The Penn's Grove record., 1896-04-10

T HREE is a cardinal number, n IL
the sum of two and one, or 10 one
more than two. The name OF TINS
number in the Sanscrit language Is Tn
The Polish, Russian, Bohemian, Welsh,
Irish and Gaelic languages oil have TINS
form Tri, probably from the Sanscrit, anc
this form serves as q prefix In hundred
of English words. The word three In Old
Saxon is Thria; in Anglo-Saxon and Old
Persian 1t is Thri: in Old Friesic, Thre; in
Gothic, Threis; in Swedish, Danish and
Italian 1t is Ire: In Icelandic, Thir; In
Dutch Dire, and in low German, Dire. In
words of the same origin, but In different
languages, we often find the letter I used
in one language and the letter d substi'
tuted for 1t In another. Foreigners. too,
In learning our language, often make @
similar substitution, saying dis and dat
for this and tlrat. In Latin we have Tres
as the name of number three, and from
this comes the French Trois. the Spanish
Tres, and the Portuguese Tres. Three in
Greek is Treis. In tongues where the
name of the number admits of declensior
we give only one form of it.
There are many features Of interest In
the word and many curious uses to which
II is put. IL PtlhAilat hth ~ "
are its two wings and its central body.
Ancient historians always speak of an
arm in line of battle as having right and
left wings and n center, and we use the
same terms today, and, further, the lead
Ing divisions of an army are infantry,
cavalry, and artillery. The trinity in re-
ligion consists of Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost. The trinitarinn thought is seen
1910 :. II D.I-,, IT.nl-. a,I Gt-a NJ
the Hindoos, and in another form In the
divine triad of Thebes, Amen, Not
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 trigonOmetry. In the domain
of treaties we have tripartite agreements,
as between Germany, Austria and Italy
to-day, those nations constituting a triple
alliance for offensive and defensive pur'
poses. Trifoliun (three-leaved) is the name
of Il genus of l%eguminOus plants number
ing over three hundred. All are familiar
with the trilogy and the expressions:
''When shall we three meet again = THE
three tail0rs of Tooley street" authors OF
O petition beginning with the words: I'VE
the people of Great Britain Three
black crows sat on u tree" and the Hoyatii
at the bridge. In 1.-The brave days of old"
1t takes three persons to make n family,
a 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 he central lobe there are
three legs.
We speak of mans life ms extending
over three score years and ten, and a
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 in Macbeth" who "'round about
the cauldron GO" There are three funda-
mental or primary colors and the prism
has three sides.
"Three times and out" "a three-leaved
flower" "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 in 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 it was customary to print
nearly all novels in three volumes. The
triangular form of buckwheat kernels,
b~eechnuts, Brazil nuts and of ~cocoanuts
before the outer covering is removed, is
well known. The Prince of Wales has
three daughters, President Grover Cleve-
lund has three; he has been nominated
for the presidency three times and would
like much to have a third term. A banks
three days of grace, Cerberus, the watch
dog of Hades, with his three heads, the
three roots of the tricuspid molar teeth,
tripods, three-masted ships, are further
Illustrations of the use of number three.
Ia logic we have the major and minor
premises and the conclusion. Man has n
physical, intellectual and moral nature,
A government has three branches, the
legislative, the judicial and the executive,
and nature las three kingdoms, the min.
eral. the vegetable and the animal.
The day is subdiyided into morning,
noon aud night, the seasons have three
months each. threa timeS three gives VI
the number Of the muses.. All are familiar
with the three bright stars in the belt OF
Orion The story Of mans life on earth
Is comprised in his birth, life and death
Three years are ordinarily consumed in