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u more than two. The name of this
number ~ the Sanscrit language is Trl.
The Polish. Russian. Bohemian, Welsh,
Irish and Gaelic languages all have this
form Tri probably from the Sanscrit. and
this form. serves as prefix in hundreds
of English words. The word three in Old
Saxon is Thria: in Anglo-Saxon and Old
Persian il Is Thri; in Old Friesic. Tire; in
Gothic. ThreiS: in Swedish. Danish and
Italian il IS Ire: in Icelandic Thir; in
Dutch Dire. and in low German. Ore In
words of the same origin. but in different
languages. we often find the letter used
In one language and the letter q substi-
tuted for It in another. Foreigners, too.
in learning our language, often make n
similar substitution saying dis and dat
for this and that In Latin we have Tres
the name of number three. and from
this comes the French Trois, the Spanish
Tres. and the Portuguese Tres. Three in
Greek = Treis. In tongues where the
name Of the number admits Of dcclension
we give only one form of it.
There are many features of interest in
the word and many curious uses 10 which
&c il put. The principal parts of a bird
are its two wings and its central body.
Ancient ElSttEl;tilS always Spedh Ol an
army IL line Of battle as having right and
left wings and center, and we use the
same terms to-day. and. further the lead
ing divisions of an army are infantry,
cavalry. and artillery. The trinity in re-
lision consists Of Father Son. and Holy
Ghost. The trinitarian thought is seen
again in the Brahma. Vishnu and silva of
the Hindoos. and in another form in the
Il -. A NJ
and kohusu. In Eden we find
Adam. Eve and the serpent. The
names Abraham. Isaac and Jacob
are almost always mentioned togeth-
er. The chief bodies of the heavens
are the sun moon and stars. The triangle
IS the basis OF the branch of mathematics
known as trispnometry. In the domain
of treaties We have tripartite agreements,
as between Germany, Austria and Italy
to-day. those nations constituting Il triple
alliance for offensive and defensive pur-
poses. Trifoliun Ohree-leaved) is the name
of genus OF leGuminous plants number
ing over three hundred. All are familiar
with tho trilogy and the expressions:
"When shall we three meet again - The
three tailors Of Tooley street" authors of
petition beginning with the words: I'VE
the people Of Great Britain Three
black crows sat OH tree and the Horatii
at the bridge. in 1.-The brave days of old
1t takes three persons to make family,
man. wife and child. An insects body
is divided into three parts or lobes. the
head, thOraX and stomach, and, attached
TO each side of the central lobe there are
three legs.
We speak Of mans life as extending
over three score years and ten. and q
youth reaches his majority in three times
seven years, and his whole life is divided
into childhood. youth and age. Fruit has
skin. pulp and seed There are three
witches III Macbeth" who round about
the cauldron 60" There are three funda-
mental or primary colors and the prism
has three sides.
Three times and out "a three-leaved
clover" "a three months bank note. -
'tri-color flags. two out of three. three
out Of five red. white and blue" are
phrases heard every day. The knife, fork
and spoon are used i'll taking food. The
soldiers of the revolutionary war wore
three-cornered hats. The earth has two
poles and the equator from which we
reckon latitude and longitude Early in
the century il was customary to print
nearly all novels III three volumes. The
triangular form Of buckwheat kernels
b-echnuts. Brazil nuts and of cocoanuts
before the outer covering is removed. is
well known. The Prince of Wales has
three daughters. President Grover Cieve
land has three: he has been nominated
for the presidency three times and would
iikc much 10 have third term. A banks
three days of grace, Cerberus. the watcl
dog of Hades, with his three heads. the
three roots of the trcuspid molar teeth
tripods, thrcc-mastcd ships. are further
illustrations of the use of number three
In logic we have the major and minol
premises and the conclusion. Man has ;
physical. intellectual and moral nature
A government has three branches th'
legislative. the judicial and the executive
and nature has three kingdoms. the min
cral. the vegetable and the animal.
The day il subdivided into morning
noon and night. the seasons have tire,
months each, three times three gives III