The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-31

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MILITARY AND MUSICIAN.
Among the military jubllees, In fact, the
rrst one, 70 be celebrated during the com
ing year Is that OF Emperor William him
self On the 9th OF January, 1894. the
German kaisor will celebrate not only
his thirty-fifth birthday. but also the TWEEN
ty-hfth Anniversary OF his entry into The
army ON that day In 1859, the then
Prince William was appointed second lieu
tenant In the First regiment OF the
Guards.
william, by the way, Is not only a mil.
itary, but also a musical man. Few peo-
PIE would have supposed the emperor
capable of welding bandmaster's baton.
| This, however Is what he did during the
recent hunts IN the Gohrde, Hanover.
Not only WAS the band OF the dragons
1 obliged by the emperor's special order,
70 add new pieces to Its programmes. but
the sovereign actually conducted thirteen
pieces. and hts audience as well as the
! musicians were astonished at the effective
manner in which he did IT,
MANS coLoRs. CLOTHES AND Gus
TOMS.
Considering the interesting estimates an
ethaograpbiesl statlstcian recently pre-
scented OF people living on this planet and
or their habits as well, II would seem that
in this closing decade OF the nineteenth
! century humanity lis. after all, hardly in
the position to glory overmuch In its civ
! llization, which in our days Is SO often
looked upon as immeasurabiy superior to
that OK past ages.
The number OF human beings Is calcu-
lated, with great accuracy at I,450 COO 600
not fewer most likely more These are
distributed literally all over the earth's
surface, there being no considerable spot
on the globe where man has not found a
foothold In Asia, the so-called ''cradle
OF the human race" there are now about
Sl0o0O,0O0 people, denseiy crowded, on an
average of about 100 to every square miIe
In Europe there are s2O,oo0OO0, averaging
100 to the square mile, not so crowded as
Asia but everywhere Dense and In many
places overpopulated. In Africa there are.
approximately, Ao. 100000, and in the Amer
lcas-North, South and Central-ll0, 900 900.
these latter, of course, relatively thinly
scattered over broad areas. on the Is
lands, large and small, there are proba-
bly, i0,O000y0 more.
The extremes OF the blacks and whites
are as to ), the remaining 100000 coo In.
termedidte, brown. yellow and tawny in
color. How little advance our race has
made In Its progress from poverty Is
seen by the fact that only 600 900 600 clothe
the entire body, while 250000.O00 go entirely
naked. and 7O0.0D1000 wear loiu clothes
only. Living In houses are 50O.o0O.OOJ and
the remaining 2500o0.0d0 have nothing they
can call home
SEVEN. IN SYMBOLISM.
In his History Of Symbolism in Chris
tian Art" Mr.. Edward Huiine has gath
cred a vast collection OF curious lore Al
though there appears little IN this attarct.
I've anthology that Is entirely new. an Is
Interesting and Well digested. One Of his
chapters threats OF the mystical properties
OF the number seven, and this seems TO
be particularly full. Ii would be difficult
elsewhere 70 ind a better account Of this
ever Interesting symbolicRi application OF
lsthe number of perfection n, n III ii has been
called by old writer's. Il "a certainly esi-
rous 70 notice how often this idea seems
10 be Involved IN its use both IA religious
ard secular application. Thus. to quote
some few representative examples out OF |
many:
IN OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT.
Baalam, az an effectual test of the win |
of God, built seven affairs and prepared
seven oxen and seven rams for sacrifice.
Job, referring 20 the eifeetual protection /
of Providence. says; In seven troubles /
there siiaIl no evil touch thee and again.
Wisdom hath hewn her seven pillars
Jacob. as sign of perfect submission,
bowed himself seven times before his /
brother. The seven, fold circuit OF Jericho 1
prior TO It's complete Overthrow Us ANOTHER /
example NaaInan was Commanded to /
battle seven times in the Jordan as a pre-
lude TO his complete restoration 10 health 4
Samson, for full security, was bound +
with seven bands. The Jewish church
has seven great holy days IN each year
The ltonllsh church has seven sacramento. +
On the first appointment OF deacons In the
early Christian church seven men of bon-
eat report were 70 be chosen, How Oft Z
shall my brother sin against me and j +
fotEiye hin9P The question suggested I
seven times as the limit OF endurance of 1
wrong. The golden eandlesticlS OF the
Jewish temple WIS seven-branched The
graf apooalyptic angels are seven IN num- 4
per. and Ephesua, Smyrna. Rergatnos, my
atira, Sardls, Philadelphia, Laodleea were /
the seven churches IN Asia. IN the same
book we read of seven candlestleks. seven 4
stars seven trnmpets, the seven spilits
before the throne OK God. Pharaoh In his
dream saw seven ears Of corn, on the
seventh DAY OF the seventh month q holy
observance was ordained TO thu children
81 israel who Toasted seven days and re-
NAMED seven days In tents. The seventh
year was 70 be observed as a Sabbath,
md at the end Of the seven times seven
cHnle the great year of jubilee.
~ CHURCH AND SECULAR LORE
There ate seven penitential psalms and
seven mortal Sins Ihe seven Joys and the
seven sorrows Of the Virgin mother are
represented ~ the art Of the &
niddla ages. The first series comprises the
lnnuuclatlon, the visitation the nativity,
.he alteration Of the kings. the presenta-
ion In thu iesnple, the finding Of Christ
among the doctors IN the temple, the as
The seven srrrows are the pro-
ohecy OF Simeon, the flight into Egynt
Christ missed In the temple the betrayal
= her son, the cfueinyion the deposition
rom the cross. and the ascension.
There nre, III addition the seven cham
oions of christendou St George Of Eng
and; st. Andrew, o. Scotland st. David
u Ayalest 81. Patrick Of 1reand 81 Janes
II Spain, ST Denys OF France and St