Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-05-12
CURIOUS NUMBERS.

10 the opinion that they have some
mysterious or mystic power. Seve-
raj of the ancient philosophers, es-
pecially Pythagoras and the Jewish
cabbalists, attached a great impor-
lance to them, and sought to ex-
plain the mysteries and symmetry |
of nature and its creator by ciphels.
The numbers which, i'm this respect, !
are the most curious, are sere1l, three,
sir, nine and tirelre.
Rome was built ON serel hills, |
called SeptimOntium Aventinus,
Capitolinus, COelius, Palatinus, OUR
malls, Esquilinus and Niminalis.
Rome had sere1l kings: ROmulus,
Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius,
ANGUS Marcus, Tarquinius Priscus.
Servius TuIlius and Tarquinius SUI
perbus. There were sere1l Wise
Men: BiOn, of Priene; Chilon, Of
Iacedaemon Cleobulus, of Lyndus;
Fernandez, of Corinth ; Pittaeus, of
Mitylene; Scion, of Athens, and
Thales, of Miletus. Seren cities
claimed to be the birthplace of HO-
mer: Chios, ColOphOn, Ephesus,
Rhodes, SaIamis, SciO and Smyrna.
In the war of Thebes, Boetia, TWEEN
ty-seven years before the Trojan
war, each contending party had
seren chiefs. Those who advocated
the cause Of POlyneices were Am
phiaraus, Capaneus, Eteoclus, Hip
pomedon, Polynices, ParthenOp-
aeus, and Tydeus. The leaders of
the opposite party were Eteocles,
Hyperbius, Ismarus, Lasthenes,
Megareus, Melanippust and Poly
phontes. The SeUen wonders of the
ancient world were the pyramids of
Egypt, the walls of Babylon, the
hanging gardens of Babylon, the
Mausoleum or funeral monument
of king Mausolus in Halicarnassus,
the temple of Diana in Ephesus, the
statue of the sun-gOd in the island
of Rhodes, and the temple of Jupi
ter, in Ellis The seUeR wonders of
the Middle Ages were: the Coliseum
in Rome, the catacombs in Alexan-
dria Egypt, the church Santa So
phia in COnstantinOple, StOnehenge
(an ancient Celtic temple in Eng
land), the leaning tower in Pisa,
the porcelain tower of Marking,
and the great wall in China. Then
we have the septinsular republic of
IOnia in Greece consisting of the
serea islands: PaXOs, Corfu, Santa
Maura, Theaki Qthaca), CephalO-
mia, Zante and CerigO. The Anglo
SaxOns had a heptarchy consisting
of the following SeUen states: Essex,
WeSsex, Sussex, Kent, NOrthum-
berland, Mercia and East Anglia.
In the schools Of the Middle Ages
Seren liberal arts were taught, name
ly, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arith-
metic, geometry, astronomy, and
music. The first three were called
h-icitul, the remaining four quad
l.iyitB1. The Grecian god Pan had
Il pipe with seUea reeds. According
to the belief of the MOhammedans
he'll is divided into sere1 stories or
apartments, one below another, de-
signed for the reception of as many
distinct classes of the damned. The
first, called Jehenan, will be the
abode of those who acknowledge
one God, that is the wicked Mo-
hammedans who, after sufficient
punishment, will finally be released;
the second story, called Ladka, is
assigned to the Jews; the third, Al
Hotama, is the receptacle of Chris
tians the fourth, Al Sair, will be
occupied by the Sabians; the fifth,
Sakar, belongs to the Magians the
sixth, called Al Jahin, is the place
for the idolaters and the seventh,
the lowest and worst of all, Al Haw-
vat, will receive the hypOcritS.
They also believe in SereH heavens.
In the Bedhagata, the religious
books of the Buddhists, white ell
ephant is spoken of as having Seren
tusks, each tusk contains SeUeR tanks,
each tank Seren lilies, each lily Seren
blossoms, each blossom sereJl petals,
each petal bears seren palaces, and
each palace Seren nymphs. Basili-
dies, chief of the Egyptian GnOstics
in the second century, acknowledged
the existence Of one supreme God,
perfect in wisdom and goodness,
who produced from his own sub
stance SereR beings or ATOMS of Il
most excellent nature. HindOO my
theology speaks of SereR winds, and
the Zcnd-AVesta of ZOrOaSter of
screen Amshaspands or good angels.
There are sercR days in the week !;
therefore the week is called in
French semaine, in Italian settima-
ma, and in Spanish semana, from
the Latin septem (seven) and name
mOrning Orday). God commanded
Noah to take SereR heads of all clean
animals into his ark. .>ar6t candle
sticks, screen offerings, and thesprinll-
ling of the blood Seren times are
mentioned i'm the Old Testament
Every sere1tth year was a Sabbath
year. Pharaoh had a dream of yerea
fat and Sece3 lean cows and of SeceIl
full and SereG empty ears of corn,
interpreted as screen years of plenty
and Serell years of famine. Peter
once asked his divine master: GLOW
many times shall | forgive my
brother if he Of1ends me-" ".Serea
times perhaps ," "No, seventy
times sereD times" replied Christ.
The Lords Prayer contains SereR
distinct prayers or requests: /
IlaIlowed be thy name; THY
Kingdom come To us; 3-Thy will
he done on earth a. it is i'm heaven ;
i-GiVp lis to-day our daily bread :