Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-04-15

uIee, 8uo Ou0y tWUs loIccs uIo VI ~ sAs
common expressions. The three ships OF
Columbus, the ancient trireme. . craft
with three banks Of oars, the three barley.
corns which make the inch, the three feet
In Q yard and the three miles making
league are familiar matters. Trglyph
trigraph, triclinic. tridactylous, trienr
nial, trifallowing. trimester. tripetalous
triphthong, triplet, tripod, trisyllabfe. trt
umvir are only few Of the one thousand
words in the English language which
have tri as q first syllable. In mathemat
les we have three dimensions of extension
length, breadth and thickness. Three
compounded with such words a. leaved
bodied, coated, legged, toed, stringed
makes many words Trilobite. trilObate
tri-lemma and trihedral are much used
words. A speech has a beginning. mid
die and an end. Triumvirs and the tri-
umvirate are mentioned many times in
ancient history. England. Ireland and
Scotland constitute Great Britain, galli
naciOus birds have three toes. Europa
Asia and Africa constitute the Eastern
hemisphere, or the old world, and North,
Central and South America constitute
the new world. In the philosophy OF
Comts the assumption il that the devel.
opment Of mind has three stages, the theo-
physical and lastly the positive, in which
the mind rests in the observation and
classification of phenomena. This is call
ed the law Of the three stages. The 'sOns
of the three children" is an addition to
the Apocrypha purporting to be the prayer
and song Of the three Hebrews in the fiery
furnace. Certain fevers run three weeks,
the tricycle. and the three horses attached
to Russian vehicles and the three wickets
of the cricket game are well known. The
Pythian sat on three-legged stool. We
usually have three meals a day, and on
public work and in mines n days work il
usually done in three shifts of eight
hours each. The sun is Sol, Apollo and
Liber, and the moon is Luna, Diana and
Hecate. The Sabines prayed three times
a day, and Mohammedans do likewise.
Three years is a common term of service
for members of municipal boards. Old
medical books tell of remedies to be shak-
en- three times, to be filtered three times
into three dish es or bottles, and to be
taken or applied three times to effect a
cure. At the surface of the earth we
have air. land and water. Two eyes and
one mouth make the three fiat openings
Of the face, and the ears and nose make
the projecting features of the head. Yes
terday. tO-dar and forever, or the past,
present and future, constitute the three
common divisions of duration. Bread,
meat and potatoes comprise the leading
articles of our food, and water, tea and
coffee are our common drinks. The prom.
inent features of a meeting of an aid OF
sewing society are giggle. gable and COB
Bile. and a circle may be made to pass
any three points not in the same
Stro oiyht lin lnAu
confers three degrees.
The three LIS, Lead. latitude and look
,ut." is a phrase used by seamen and
comprises n careful use of the FIRST in
knowledge of the second
and vigilant performance of the
third, for in this way accidents
ut sea can largely be avoided. THE
three sisters" is a name merely for
the three fates, ClothO, Lachesis and
Atropos; the three furies were TisiphOne,
AlectO and Megaera. We also have
what Is known as the ''three-field sys-
tem," and "the three estates" were orig
inally n division of the population into
nobility. clergy and the people. but now in
Great Britain into lords temporal, lords
spiritual and commons. We have ''the
three wire system" of distributing con-
ductors to ecOnomize the cost Of copper.
The phrase three trees was long used
for the gallows, consisting a. II did Of two
uprights and a cross piece. All are famil.
lar with three coat work In painting and
plastering, also with the rule Of three in
arithmetic, three per cents, three decker
ships and brains and three ply carpets.
Three hours" service, three hours
agony, is a church service held on Good
Friday in Roman Catholic and in many
,h, &. %
Christ's sufferings on the cross from noon
that recorded in the gospel Of St. Mat
thew. We have the harmonic triads, and
the three kings Of Cologne, . name given
to the three wise men from the East"
Gaspar, Baltha.ar and Melchior. ''Three
sheets in the wind" Ii q common express
sion for drunk" or very tipsy. The Tri-
sagion is q hymn Of the early oriental
churches. The anthem used In the An
gliean burial service beginning: "Yet.
0 Lord, God, Most Holy" represents a
form Of the ''trisagion." The triads of
Hegel were supposed to have introduced
a harmony into his transcendental phile-
sOphy. The Trivium, Q term once much
used, consisted Of three parts, grammar,
rhetoric and logic. Gunpowder Ii made
Of sulphur, charcoal and saltpeter. The
three graces, the tricycle., triplets, triceps
muscles. trio. trinitarianism are examples
Of the common use Of the number three
The thunderbolts Of Jove, the trident Of
Neptune, the tisula Of Giva and the hay
forks used BY farmers have three prouss
or tines. Man has thorax and two arms
ihowing a triple arrangemsnt Of 1pkm. Ths
expression, ''the three chaptAys," hes ref
erence to An edict Of Justiniau, A. y. 6AS,
which condemned the writings e1 TAao-
aoret, Theodore and Cyril TAs "thsss
Fy' refer to the demands q he lish
Land League for fair rent, fIss sale and
ixity Of tenure. Al are familiar With
what is known as the tlaroo H.a RAadin;.
Ritin' and Rithmetic. Thap tAoro u threG
card monte. the three n bgaco and the
three mile water line from the share Of
seas which a country, bounded By . sea,
controls, the waters beyond this three
mile limit being open sea. The triassic ID
the lower of three geologic formations OF
fossiliferOus rocks above the Permian and
he Jurassic. Running through