The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-10-11
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No. 4784:-The famous French
stronghold, the Bastille, was orig
inally built by Charles V. as a.
chateau, in 1869. The high wall
around it was subsequently erected
by Philippe-Auguste. Louis XII.
first used it as a state prison, and it
was eventually demolished by the
people during the Revolution,
July IA, 1889. The "Man in the
Iron Mask" was imprisoned there,
and died in 17O3.
No. 4346:-The Angelus Bell u.s.,
in Catholic churches, a bell rung
at morning, noon and sunset, to-
invite the faithful to recite the
Angelic Salutation. It gives name
to very famous picture by Millet.
No. 5O91:-The first musical
notes were used in 1888; they were
first printed in the fifteenth CEN
fury.
No. 4172:- The Mufti is a ''doc-
tor of the law in the Mussulman
religion. He interprets both the
text and ideas of the Koran. The
Grand Mufti, called the "Sheik-ul-
Islam," resides at Constantinople,
and is head Of the lawyers and
priests or ulemas. His ordinances.
called fetfas, must be blindly
obeyed. It is the Grand Mufti
who girds on the sultan's sword at
his coronation. Every town has
it's mutt.
No. 5119:-The Hebrew race is;
distributed over the Eastern con-,
tinent as follows: In Europe,
there are 5,4O0,OOO; in France,
$4,000; Germany, $4,000, Of
which Alsace- Lorraine contains
$4,000; Austria Hungary, /, 544,OOO;,
Italy, 10000; Netherlands, $4,000.
Roumania, 265, 900; Russia, 1862
600; Turkey, 100000, and in other
countries $4,000, Belgium contain
ing the smallest number, only
5000. In Asia there are 319,OOO;.
Asiatic Turkey, AZ 900, in Palestine
there being $4,000; Asiatic Russia,
$4,000; Persia, $4,000; Middle ASIA,
$4,000; India, $4,000, and China,
1000. Africa contains 35O,OOO;
Egypt, 5000; Tunis, $4,000; AL
giers, $4,000; Morocco, 10000;
Tripoli, 5000, and Abyssinia, 2OO,-,
600. The entire number of He.
brews in the world is nearly g.
100000.
No. 4991:-The word Gypsy is
corruption of Egyptian, but is.
best understood as applied to a,
mysterious vagabond race, scattered
over the whole Of Europe and
parts of Asia, Africa, and America.
Whence they originally came is
not definitely known, but India
seems to have been the cradle of
the tribe. For centuries past they
have drifted about over Europe in
small bands, having no permanent
homes: living by begging, fortune
telling, and various tricks. The
first notice of them which occurs
in European literature is en-.
bodied in free paraphrase, in
German, of the Book of Genesis.
written by an Austrian monk
about 1922. On August II, 1927,
a band of them, coming from
Bohemia, made their appearance
before Paris, which, however, they
we're not allowed to enter, but:
were lodged at La Chapelle Saint
Denis. Other hordes succeeded
these in the following years..
spreading in rapid succession over
all parts Of Germany, over Spain,
England, Russia, Scandinavia, and
indeed, over the remotest parts of
Europe. The account which they
most frequently gave of them
selves was, that they originally
came from Little Egypt" that
the King Of Hungary had COM
PEELED about 1000 of them to be-
baptized, had slain the remainder,
and had condemned the baptized.
to seven years wandering. In
France, Germany, Scotland, and
other countries the most stringent