The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-20

1t is hardly necessary for me
here to do more than mention the
peculiar character given to different
numbers by Christianity. One is
the numeral indicating the unity of
the Godhead TWO points to the hy-
postatic union; three to the Blessed
Trinity; four to the Evangelists;
five to the Sacred wounds; six is
the number of sin; seven that of
the gift of the Spirit; eight that of
the Beatirudes; ten ls the num-
Der of the Commandments; eleven
speaks of the loss of Judas;
twelve, of complete apostolic col.
lege.
THE NUMBER FOURTEEN.
The number fourteen has often
been observed as having singularly
Influenced the life of Henry ~, and
other French princes. Let US
take the histry OF Henry,
On the 14th of May, 1929. the
first King of France named Henry
was coEsecrated, and on the 14th of
May, ,l61O,the last Henry was sssas-
sinated.
Fourteen letters enter into the
composition of the name of Henri
de Bourbon, who was the four
teenth king bearing the titles OF
France and Navarro.
The 14th December, 1853, that is,
ID centuries, IA decades, and IA
years after the birth of Christ,
Henry ". was born; the ciphers of
the date 1853, when added together,
giving the number IA.
The 14th May, 1854, Henry II.
ordered the enlargement of the Rue
de Ia Ferrouller. The circumstan-
ces of this order not having been
carried out occasioned the murder
of Henry ". in that street, four
times IA years after.
The 14th May, 1862, was the date
of the birth of Marguerite do Va
lois, first wife Of Henry ".
On the 14th May, 1888, the Pari
SLAMS revolted against Henry l, at
the instigation of the Duke OF
Guise.
On the 14th March, 1890, Henry
~. gained the battle of Ivry.
On the 14th May, 1890, Henry
was repulsed from the Fsuxburgs
of Paris
On the 14th N vember, 1890, the
Sixteen took oath to die rather
than serve Henry.
On the 14th November, 1892, the
Parliament registered the Papal
bull giving power to the legate to
nominate a king to the exclusion OF
Henry.
On the 14th December, 1899, the
Duke of Savoy was reconciled to
Henry ".
On the 14th September, 1906 the
Dauphin, afterwards Louis XIII,
wassbaptised.
On the 18th May. 1910, the king
was stopped in the Rue 6e la Fer
ronnerie, by his carriage becoming
locked with cart. on account OF
the narrowness OF the street. Ra
vaillac took advantage of the occa
sion for stabbing him.
Henry " lived four times IA
years, IA weeks, and four times IA
days; that is to say, Sc years and
months.
On the 14th May, 1643, died
Louis XIII, son of Henry w; not
only on the same day of the same
month of his father, but the date,
I643, when its ciphers are added to
gether gives the number ID, just as
the clphers OF the date of the iblrth
Of his father gave IA.
The restoration of the
Bourbons tooks place in 1914, also
marked by the extremes being IA;
also by the sum Of the ciphers max
ing IA
The following are other curious
calculations made respecting GER
tain French kings:
Add the ciphers composing the
year of the birth or the death of
some of the kings of the third race,
and the result OF each sum is the
ticular number of each prince.
Thus:
Louis TX. was born in 1915, add
the four ciphers Of this date and
you have TX.
Charles VII. was born in 14o2;
the sum Of l and 4 and 2 gives
VII
Louis XII. was born in 1461 ;Gnd
l and and and l make XII.
Henry ~. died In 1910; and /
and 6 and make twice ~.
Louis XIV. was crowned in 1913;
and these four ciphers give XIV
The same king died in 1715; and
this date also gives XIV. He was
aged II years, and again Z and 7
make IA.
Louis XVIII. was born in 1773;
add the digits, and you have XVIII.
THE PoPEs.
There ls q singular rule which has
been supposed to determine the
length of the reigning Pope's life,
in the earlier half of century.
Add his number to that of his pre-
decessor, to that add ten, and the
result gives you the year of his
death.
Plus VII. succeeded Plus VI, 8
and 7 make l3; and 10 and then the
sum is %. Plus VII. died in 1923
Leo XII. succeeded Plus VII.
L and 7 and 10 make %; and Leo