The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-31

the rise and fall of ancient empires,
dynasties and peoples; the names of
all the sovereigns, cmperors, kings,
rulers of the earth and the duration
of their authority; the area, popula-
ton and number to the square mile
to each country with an cpitomc of
ancient and modern history, togcth-
or with a fac-simile ofaucient coins,
medals, stones, monuments, obclisks
and pyramids of Egypt, Syria,
Ninevah and Babylon; of nipple
mcnts of warfare and husbandry,
alphabetical letters and hicroglyph-
les; of mythology-thc gods, tenn
pies and priests; Of geology-thc
stone age, the iron age, the brass
or bronze; of navigation-the com
pass, the galley and the clipper
ship; of electromagnetic size, the
distance and number of heavenly
bodies are all given in their proper
systematic relation to the worlds
history. AS the atlas shows the
place where, so the chart shows the
time when, and the relative position
of one event TO another. In this
work the author evidently does not
assume to be responsible for the
facts of history, but gives them
simply as they are found on record
in the several histories Of the va
rious nations of the earth. Every
student of history has experienced
the difficulty attending the effort to
eliminate the salient facts of gen
cral history from the voluminous
network Of subordinate facts and
details with which they seem inev-
itably entangled. Without some
thing of this kind to assist in sep
arating the important facts Of
history from the confused ideas and
tumble of uncomncctcd facts, can
we hope to make accurate progress
in understanding the full record of
our race? This chart shows what
is going on at the same time, the
world over, in all the nations. One
of the chief features of this work is
what is termed synchronism, for
here we find, without the loss of
several hours at general library,
that the founding of Troy and Ath-
ems were contcmporaneOus with the
Egyptiaa bondage and the founding
of Thcbes by Cadmus. These also
occurred at the time Of the first
Introduction Of letters, with the
Israclitcs in the wilderness, the
building Of the largest pyramid ny
Chcops, and the reign of Saul, the
first King of the Jews, IIoroaster,
the Persian philosopher, and llcsiod,
the Greek poet. We learn at
glance that when Solomon was
writing his Proverbs, that Homer
was writing his piece of ancient
Troy: that Lycurgus, the Spartan
lawgiver, who made iron legal
tender, and had public tables to
which all were invited, and abolished
all theatres and Injuries, lived at
the same time as Queen Dido, the
founder ofCarthagc and the Prophet
Elijah; that when Isaiah was proph-
csying, Romulus was founding
Rome; that Pythagorus, who invent
ed the forty-ninc problems and
multiplication table, lived contcm-
poraneous with Scion, who revised
the bloody laws of Draco, and Esop,
who wrote those wise and witty
fables, and Ncbuchadnezzcr, who
took the Jews captive, and the
Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel of
sacred history; that Cincinnatus, the
Roman patriot; that Pcricles, the
great Athcnian statesman; llcrodo-
tus, the father of history; Xerxcs,
Socrates and Ezra; Plato, Ncnophon
and Malachi lived at the same per-
iods of time. This chart is simply
a most unexpected illustration of
the benefits of objcct-teaching, and
it had been in place less than half
an hour when it was surrounded
with visitors. 1t is the first thing
of the kind ever attempted in this
country or in Europe, and it is II
rather curious fact that resident
of the distant State of Oregon should
be the exhibitor.
The arrangements for the cxhi-
billions of live stock, opening on
September 1st, are such rs to insure
an excellent display in all depart
mcnts. The entries of neat cattle
number $50, and more arc expected,
while the entries of sheep and swine
amount to 1000 with u constantly
increasing list. The dog-show also
promises to be very interesting, the
list comprising considerably over
100. Unless, however, the Amcri-
can breeders and owners Of horses
speedily exert themselves, they will
find their entries largely exceeded
by those from foreign countries.
Canada West has entered 76 horses,
and the Eastern Province of Quebec
and Nova Scotia have promised to
make tho Dominion exhibit reach
$50 head. These animals have been
selected by a committee appointed
by the Dominion Government, and
will be the best representatives of
their respective classes. The Cana
dams will hold u Dominion live
stock exhibition in Philadelphia,
and permit provincial as well as
international connection. Tho