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ANTENNA 190 ANTHONY, ST., FALLS OF ANTENN-ffi, the name given to the movable jointed organs of touch and hearing attached to the heads of insects, myriapods, etc., and commonly called horns or feelers. They present a very great variety of forms. The small antennae of the lobster bear olfactory bristles, and have an ear lodged at the base. And, in short, there are numerous observations to justify the general statement that in many cases the antennae are sensitive to smell, sound, and probably taste. De- prived of its antennae, an ant, for in- stance, is peculiarly helpless. ANTEQUEBA (an-te-ka'ra), a city of Andalusia in Spain, in the province of Malaga, a place of some importance under the Romans, with a ruined Moorish castle. Manufactures of woolen, leather, soap, etc. Pop. about 35,000. ANTEVERSION, a displacement for- ward of any organ. The term is par- ticularly applied to a change of position of the uterus, in which the organ is bodily displaced in the pelvic cavity, so that the fundus is directed against the bladder, and the cervix toward the sacrum. ANTHELION, a luminous ring, or rings, seen by an observer, especially in Alpine and polar regions, around the shadow of his head projected on a cloud or fog bank, or on grass covered with dew, 50 or 60 yards distant, and opposite the sun when rising or setting. It is due to the refraction of light. ANTHEM, originally a hymn sung in alternate parts, in modern use, a sacred tune or piece of music set to words taken from the Psalms or other pai'ts of the Scriptures, first introduced into church service in Elizabeth's reign; a developed motet. The anthem may be for one, two or any number of voices, but seldom ex- ceeds five parts, and may or may not have an organ accompaniment written for it. ANTHEMIS, a genus of plants belong- ing to the order asteraceas, or composites. It contains the Roman chamomile {A. nobilis). The flower buds constitute the chamomile of the shops. Cattle eat it with avidity. As a medicine it is tonic and stimulating. The true chamomile plant has a fine smell, in this differing from the anthemis cotula, or stinking chamomile. ANTHEMITJS (an-them'e-us) , a Ro- man emperor of the West (467-472) ; son of Procopius and son-in-law of Marcian, Emperor of the East. He was nominated emperor by Leo, the Emperor of the East, and became the father-in-law of Ricimer. Subsequently Ricimer be- came his enemy, and, in a war between them, Anthemius was killed. ANTHER, an organized body consti- tuting part of a stamen and generally attached to the apex of the filament. As a rule, it is composed of two parallel lobes or cells; sometimes, however, there are four, and sometimes only one. The cells are united by the connective, and contain pollen. When the time for shed- ding it arrives, the anthers burst gen- erally by a longitudinal fissure from the base to the apex. Anther dust, the pollen from an anther. It constitutes a yellow dust, which, when it falls from the atmosphere, has often been mistaken for a shower of sulphur. ANTHOCYANIN, the blue color of flowers, a pigment obtained from those petals of flowers which are blue by di- gesting them in spirits of wine. ANTHOLOGY, the name given to sev- eral collections of short poems which have come down from antiquity. The first who compiled a Greek anthology was Meleager, a Syrian, about 60 B. C. He entitled his collection, which contained selections from 46 poets besides many pieces of his own, the "Garland"; a con- tinuation of this work by Philip of Thessalonica in the age of Tiberius was the first entitled "Anthology." There is no ancient Latin anthology, the oldest being that of Scaliger (1573). ANTHON, CHARLES, an American classical scholar, born in New York City, Nov. 19, 1797. He was for many years Professor of Ancient Languages at Co- lumbia College. A beautiful edition of Horace first made him famous among scholars. His best known work was an edition of Lempriere's "Classical Dictionary" (1841). He was also the editor of over 50 classical text-books. He died July 29, 1867. ANTHONY, ST., the founder of mo- nastic institutions, born near Heraclea, in Upper Egypt, A. D. 251. Giving up all his property, he retired to the desert, where he was followed by a number of disciples, who thus formed the first com- munity of monks. He died at the age of 105. As a saint of the Roman Catholic Church he is much esteemed. ANTHONY, ST., FALLS OF, a noted fall in the Mississippi river, now within the city limits of Minneapolis, Minn. The perpendicular fall is 17 feet, with a rapid below of 58 feet. An island divides the river into two parts. The entire descent of the stream for three- quarters of a mile is 65 feet. The falls