Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-10
THE FIGURE CRANK.
He Tells Some Very Interesting Thing
About the Number 2.

About the Number.
did you ever consider how prominent
part the figure z plays in the history
of the world? dare say you have not "
The speaker was q we'll known insur-
ance man, who is known as crank on
figures" and he was addressing a World
reporter. 1T is remarkable" he con-
tinued. land if you will jot down what
tell you about the numeral dare say
you will find it very interesting. In the
first place when God made the world He
rested on the seventh day. There are
days in the week; there are letters in the
name of Jehovah. We all know of the
fat and lean kline; the z years of
plenty and the years of famine; the z
fruitful ears of corn and the barren
ears Jacob served z years for Rachel,
was cheated with Leah, and waited z
years more for his reward. Laban, his
father-in-law, followed Jacob for days,
and when Jacob died Joseph lamented z
days At the siege of Jericho priests
with trumpets went around the city,
and at the seventh blast the walls fell.
Seven times ten Hebrew scholars trans
lated the Old Testament into Greek for
the Alexandrian library. When Peter
asked: Lord how many times must /
forgive my brother; is it enough z
times? Jesus replied: Il say unto
you not Z, but 20 times -
"a just man falls Z times and riseth
up again. says the proverb. There are
attributes of the Almighty, gifts of
the Holy Ghost, psalms of penance.
I supplications in the Lords prayer: the
Catholic Church has sacraments; there
were wounds on Christ on the cross.
In Revelations there are angels with z
chaliceS filled with divine wrath; also Z
lamps with flames are there men
toned. Rome is built on hills, as are
also Constantinople, Nuremburg, Ham
burg and Lisbon. We all know of the
q sleepers,' the youthful Christian
martyrs, who escaped to a cave near
Ephesus, fell asleep and slumbered for
two centuries.
''There are seven wonders of the
world. wise men of Greece; Mohammed
had heavens in his paradise; during
the years war under Frederick II. his
tory mentions very important battles:
the war in Spain between the Carlists
and Christmas lasted Z years, the Franco
Prussian war lasted months, and the
itself, and here in New York the 18th
Regiment is the crack militia body.
Ancient Thebes, also Athens, Bagdad
and Morocco each had z gates; cities
claimed the honor of being Homers
birthplace; there were steps to the
tomb of Darius, the Persian King, and Z
steps to the throne of Solomon.
''The human head has openings,
the River Nile mouths, there are 4
Canary islands, Z Ionian islands, col.
ors in the rainbow, tones to musical
scale, precious metals, stars in the
constellation of Pleiades; there are I
cardinal virtues; the entrance to the
celebrated dome at Cologne has pillars
set up on pedestals, surmounted by !
statues.
''You don't get a point at whist until
you have seven tricks. John L. Sullivan
won the pugilistic championship from
Paddy Ryan on the 18th day of February
and left New Orleans for his fight with
Kilrain on the 7th of July, and Till
was the death signal of the Montans
Vigilants. That is all can think of a,
| present, but I think it will show that
Is the most prominent of all numar
alS,"-N, Y. World