Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-19
THE FIGURE CRANK.
He Tells Some Very interesting Things
 About the Number !.

He Tells Some Very interesting Things
 About the Number T..
 Did you ever consider how prominent H part the figure plays in the history of the world? l dare say you have not. |" The speaker was well known insur- ance man, who is known as ''crank on figures, and he was addressing a World reporter. Tt is remarkable" he con- tinued, "and if you will jot down what tell you about the numeral I dare say you will find 1t very interesting. In the first place when God made the world He rested on the seventh day. There are 2 days in the week; there are lette rs in the name of Jehovah. We all know of the ' fat and lean kline; the years of plenty and the years of famine; the 2 fruitful ears of corn and the : barren ears. Jacob served ' years for Rachel, was cheated with Leah, and waited : years more for his reward. Laban, his father-in-law, followed Jacob for days, and when Jacob died Joseph lamented ! 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 I forgive my brother; is it enough ' times" Jesus replied: I say unto you not 2, but 70 times r.
 "'A just man falls times and riseth up again. says the proverb. There are attributes of the Almighty, gifts of the Holy Ghost, psalms of penance, applications in the Lords prayer; the Catholic Church has ' sacraments; there were wounds on Christ on the cross. In Revelations there are angels with ' chalices filled with divine wrath; also ' lamps with flames are there men tioned. Rome is built on hills, as are also Constantinople, Nuremburg, Ham, burg and Lisbon. We all know of the ' sleepers,' the 2 youthful Christian martyrs, who escaped to a cave near Ephesus, fell asleep and slumbered for two centuries.
 '"There are seven wonders of the world, 7wise men of Greece; Mohammed had heavens in his paradise; during the years war under Frederick IL his tory mentions very important battles: the war in Spain between the Carlists and Chfistinos lasted years, the Franco Prussian war lasted months. and the 7th Regiment was the first to distinguish itself, and here in New York the 7th Regiment is the crack militia body Ancient Thebes, also Athens, Bagdad and Morocco each had gates; 2 cities claimed the honor of being Homer's birthplace; there were steps to the tomb of Darius, the Persian King, and 2 steps to the throne of Solomon.
 ''The human head has openings. the River Nile mouths, there are 2 Canary islands, 2 Ionian islands, 2 col- ors in the rainbow, tones to a musical scale, precious metals, stars in the constellation of Pleiades; there are 2 cardinal virtues; the entrance to the celebrated dome at Cologne has pillars set up on pedestals, surmounted by 2 statues.
 ''You don't get point at whist until you have seven tricks John L. Sullivan won the pugilistic championship from Paddy Ryan on the 7th day of February and left New Orleans for his fight with kilrain on the 7th of July, and 7-11-7 was the death signal of the Montana Vigilants. That is all can think of at present, but l think it will show that is the most prominent of all numer- Als."-N. Y. World.