Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-31

the throne OF God. seven days In the week,
seven gyncss, seven divisions III the LORDS
PRAYER, seven ages OF man, seven ph1ses OF
the moon, seven wise men OF Greece. ss5en
wonders OF the world. ven bills oil Rome,
and the lust fell seven times day. Ia
history there was a seven years war, q
seven days war. q seven weeks war. In
Asia there were seven churches, the great
Jewish feast lasted seven days, and be-
tween the fryt aud second OF these fcasts
seven weeks elapsed. Levlilcai purifi-
cation. lasted seven days. There were
seven stars, seven spirits, seven clndle-
sticks, and the lamb had seven eyes. Eu-
gene Sue wrote novel on the seven deadly
Sins. Rlchson johnson tells OF the seven
champions OF Chfistendom. Mary the
mother OF Jesus had seven Joys and ~
many sorrows. Sir Walter scott In Mar
mion speaks OF the seven sisters, and in
London there used to stand column with
seven dials, each facing street. Ths
seven wonders Of the world were
The Pyramid. fret. which IN Egypt were laid;
EeIt iabylon's Gardens, FOR hmyds made;
Then nausoiOo tomb or affection ana gum;
Fourth. the Temple OF Dian. 10 tphesus huilt;
The Colossus Of Rhodes. cast in bras IN The SUM-
sixth, JupiterS Statue, by Phidihs done
The Pharos OF Egypt. lost wonder OF old
Or the Ialltf OF ttDINr. WEI f'AN-
Both the koran and the classics speak OF
the seven Seepers. There is an idea that
a man changes every seventh year, and the
seventh and ninth are termed ciimscteric,
and their product the grand sixty'thres,
beyond which few live.
THE NUMBER EIGHT
Is the octad, squared in all senses a. 4 die.
Proceeding from its base. two, an even
number. 50 is man NOuT) squared OF per-
feet. In holy things IT signifies the Beau
titudes, and Christ rose on The eighth d2y.
TIE NUMBER NINE,
the multiple OF three, is regarded rs ST.
c.ed. II is the emblem OF Divinity, Tor,
multiply 1t in whatever shape. 1t has the
astonishing property OF resolving all the
other numbers into itself. The Wise hen
Of Athens sacrificed TO Plato when he died,
at the are Of eighty-One, figures which con-
surlmate a perfect number, GI9. NJ.
Green, who died In 1874, discovered this
property: that when nine is multiplied ~
Two, three, four, &C., the digits composing
the product when added give nine. ThuS:
multiplied by Q are Is, and and arc9.
multiplied Ly 9 are q, and an5 axe ..
4 multiplied by . are 90, and Sand are ..
multiplied by Q are 4j, and and are Q.
G multiplied by Q are 81, and . 1ad ares.
multiplied by are 60, aud and are ..
Now o multiplied by IL are 20. the sum
OF the digts OF which is IL, and not ., buI
tie sum Of the GigitS | ana are 9.
multiplied by II are los, and l and 0
and are Q.
0 multiplied by IS are III, ana 1 and l
ard are ..
multiplied by II are l25, aad / AL
and are 9.
And so ON 10 any extent.
Mainou. FrenchmSn. discovered that Il
the order II the digitS expressing num-
Der he changed, and this number be sub
tractcd from the former, the remainder
will be 9 or multiple Of Q, and being
multiple the sum Of the Gigi.s viii De ..
For example: Take u; reverse the
digits. and YOU have Y; subtract
and Q Is the remainder. Take G.; re-
verse, 80; subtract -, 4 multiple OF ., AMI
2x1G Q.
ms a nine days' wonder" "cl.s have
nine lives" "nine Tutors make man.
possession is nine points OF the hw,"
ell showing the reverence the number ~
held in.
Il was n bad sign to see nine magpies.
Niobe's children lay zine days IN heir
blood before burial. and Lars Por'enl
sworc by tie nine God.. Dcucaii)n'' ark
tossed nine day.. Hell had nine river,
and when Vulcan was kicked og. OF heaven
be was nine day, reaching Lemlos. In
China there are nine Mandariu>. Then
Of diamonds was the curse Of Scotland, and
OF the nine worthics it Is said:
Nfrc worti les we're they called OF if--eni rifr.,
Three Jews, three Pagius, and thrce Carl. San
knights.