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some Interesting Biographical Fast..

Appleton's Cyclopedia
American Biography shows th;
j no section OF this country has COZ
trlbuted 10 II grander statesmen
soldiers, ADLER Jurists or more elC
quent orators, purer patriots Q
d proiounder scholars and thinker
] grealer dlv!nes, lawyers, phys
clans, inventors and artists tha.
I the South.
II shows:
That eleven Of The twenty-five,
: presidents of The United Stale
were men of Southern birth.
That the greatest American ora
tor was a Southern man.
That The author of the Declara
ton of independence was a South
ern man.
That lie author Of the Emanci.
patton Proclamation Was a man oil
Southern birth ana lineage.
That The author of our national
anthem, The Star Spangled Ban
ner,' vas a Southern man.
That the most iliustrious Amer.
can-the father Of his couniry"-
the man flrst III war, first in peace,
and first in the hearts OF his cOun.
trymen-was a Southern man.
That the father OF the Constr
tutlon' was a Southern man.
That the greatest American ju.
rlst Was a Southern man.
That OF the trio Of greatest
American statesmen - Calhoun.
Clay, Webster 1.-THE order in which
they were named by Edward Ev-
erelt)-two we're Southern men,.
That the man distinguished As
the "BayaId of the Revolution"
was a Southern man.
That the three most successful
and distinguished soldiers of the
second war with England were
Southern man.
That the most overwhelming de-
feat that any English army has
ever suffered was inflicted by
Southern soldiers, commanded by
a Southern man.
That The most distinguished sol
dIers IN the war with Mexico were
Southern men.
That The most distinguished off
Ger in the history of The American
navy prior 10 The late war between
the Staies was a Southern man.
That the most distinguished ma
val com mander who fought on the
side during the late war was
Southern man.
That many Of the most distin-
-uished officers of the Union army
II HE late war were Southern men,
including Geo. II, Thomas and +.
?. Blair.
That what the great English al.
nlral, Nelson, pronounced ''lhe
n0sl daring act OF the age" was
performed by a Southern man.
That the man who was first TO
i've a complete description of the
,ulf stream was a Southern man.
That the man who was first TO
mark out specific rnutes to be fol-
owed in crossing The Atlantic was :
Southern man.
That the man who instituted The {
OF deep-sea sounding was a |
man. I
That the nan who was first TO
lggest the establishment Of tele- s
communication between 5
he continents by cable on the bed L
I the ocean was a Southern man. :
That The line along which the Il
XlslIng cable was laId Was indi- $
ated by a Southern man. "
That the plan Tor splicing the ca Is
.e in mid-Ocesu was originated By 4
Southern man. Il
That the inventor who was de- a
AIRED by the French Academy of il
10 have done more for the )
use Of agriculture than any 9th Z
living man was "A Southern man. ST
That the nan whose discovery tN
IS done more TO alleviate human
iferIng than any other was a "
man. u.
That the most original discovery Sd
er made IN physical science by CT
American was made by a South bc
n man. o.
Thai the worlds most dislin. OF
ished Ornithologist was a South m
n man. e.
That the worlds greatest chess 1t
aver was a Southern man. pr
That the artist known as ''the al
nerican Titan" was a Southern OF
an. a
That the first discovery and an.
uncement of The use of steam as
)ropelling power came from the ~
uth-frOm a citizen OF Augusta, Ia
tie
These are a few of the facts that M
challenge Ire attention of all y
ldents OF American history IN sa
magnificent volumes Of this 81
clOpedia. They make, indeed. Ia
brilliant showing for the South. sp