The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-16
BITS OF IMPORTATION.

OF the poPulaIl1 ID OF Ireland 1873 per
cent. are Catholics.
The Bible has been translated into
226 languages and dialects, and in the
last eight years 140, 600, 900 copies have
been circulated.
E1GHT of the Presidents of the United
States have been members of the Ma
sonic fraternity Washington, jackson,
Pierce, Buchanan, Andrew Johnson,
Garfield and Arthur.
THERE are now 17,726 locomotives In
the country, of which New England has
l LOO. the Middle States G, 900, the West
ern States 1880, the Southern States
1900. the Pacific States 400. Pennsyl-
vania has ZOO, New York 1000, lii
nois l, 900, Massachusetts, 96S, Georgia
303, Virginia 800 and Florida 80. The
shops in the country now turn out $500
locomotives year.
JULIUS CESAR died in the year IA
B. c., and Jesus Christ was born in
either the fourth or the sixth year before
the Christian era. Augustus was EN-
peror of Rome at the time of his birth.
Tiberius Claudius Cesar was Emperor
at the time that Christ said, Render
unto Caesar the things which are
Caesars" ITiberius was still Emperor
at the time of the crucifxion of Christ.
CONGRESS resolved on June IA.
1777. "that the flag of the
thirteen United States be thir-
teen stripes, alternate red and white;
that the union be thirteen stars, white
in blue field, representing new con-
stellation." This Is the recorded 1egisla-
tive action for the adoption of national
flag. The resolution was notprOmulgated
until Sept. 3. It is supposed that the
flag was first unfurled by Paul Jones on
the Ranger. It is not known by whom
the stars were suggested. By some they
have been ascribed to John Adams, and
by others it..has been urged that the en-
tire flag was borrowed from the coat OF
arms of the Washington family, but
both conjectures are without proof, and
the latter is improbable.
THE history of mathematics may be
divided into three great periods, each
characterized by the introduction of inn
portant new methods. In the first, the
era of Greek and Roman supremacy
geometry was almost exclusively cult
waited. While arithmetic was hardly
more than mechanical calculation by
means of the abecus, geometrical meth,
DDS attained degree of elegance scarce
| ly to be surpassed, as appears from the
rank still maintained by Euclid. After
the decline of Rome the science took
refuge among the Arabs, who trans
lated and preserved the literary treas
ures of Greece The Arabian philoso.
piers were, however, rather learned
than inventive, and added little to the
heritage. But they introduced the Sec
ond great period in the progress OF
mathematics by imparting to Europe
the decimal arithmetic, and the algebrail
calculus, both of which were perhaps OF
Indian origin.
The origin of the Order of the Garter,
the highest order of knighthood in the
world, has been variously given. Popu-
lar tradition ascribes it to Edward ILL.,
on the occasion of court ball, at which
he was dancing with the Countess oil
Salisbury. The lady accidentally dropped
her garter; the King picked it up, and,
observing the courtiers smile, restored
it to the Countess with the words: "Honl
soft qsti NAL q penSe" (eviI be to him
who evil thinks), and shortly afterward
founded the order as an incentive to
chivalry among his knights. Another
account states that the King founded il
with the hope of attracting the best
soldiers in Europe to his interest, and
invited knights to the tournaments hel6
at Windsor. At the battle of Crecy, il
1916, he is said to have given his garteS
for the signal of battle, and afterward,
having been victorious by sea and land,
and having King David of Scotland 8
prisoner, in memory of these grand
events instituted the order on the 23d Of
April, 1349. The original knights in.
cluded Edward the Black Prince and
twenty-four other Knights selected,from
among the highest mobiles in the land,
among whom the names of the Earl ol
Salisbury and the Sir Thomas Holland
who married the Black Princes widow
are found. The garter, as now worn by
the Knights, is of blue velvet bordered
with gold, and has the above motto in.
scribed on it.