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NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.


July II Is the fifth Sunday after
Trinity, according to the church calen-
dar July II is the supposed birthday
of Julius Caesar. 100 B. c., noted Ro-
man emperor; of Joseph Wedgewood
in 1870, English earthenware artisan;
of Thomas Guthrie, in 1903, the Scot
fish divine, through whose efforts
ragged or industrial schools were
founded; of Henry David Thoreau, in
1917, the American poet naturalist; T"
of George Eastman, in 1854 Of Kodak
camera fame.
July Is is the beginning of the
Japanese feast of the lanterns, or fes-
tival of the dead. It is believed that
on these days the spirits of the dead
come back and mingle with their rel
atives. On the morning of the first
day offerings of fruits and vegetables
are laid upon the affairs in the temples
and shrines. For three days the dead
are feasted. Water is provided and
tea is poured out every hour for the
are lighted, and lanterns are suspend
ed over houses and tombs. On July
10 congress in New York passed the
famous Ordinance of 1887" for the
government Of the Northwest Terri
tory.
July IA is the anniversary Of the
birth in 1874, of Isaac Watts, known
as the father of English hymns; of
William Robert Grove, in 1911, English
inventor and philosopher; among his
important discoveries was the nitric
acid battery bearing his name; of John
Hunter, in 1928, English surgeon, and
one of the fathers of geological SCI
ence; of the taking Of the Bastile by
a Partisan mob in 1889, and today the
national festival Of the French repub-
lie, by an act of the assembly in 1880.
July Is is known in the old English
calendar as st. Swithen's day. This
saint lived in England in the ninth
century. If on st. Swithen's day it
prove fair, temperate winter will
follow; but if rainy, stormy or windy,
then the contrary is an old English
saying. The legend is that when the
saint died he wished to be buried in
the open yard instead Of in the church.
After he was canonized the bishops
thought it better that his remains be
placed with other divines in the min
ster. This was attempted on July Is,
but it rained so violently for forty
days that the design was abandoned.
July Is is dedicated in the Roman call
endar to ST. Henry of Bavaria (the
Emperor Henry II. of Germany, 972-
number of miracles were reported at
his shrine in Bamberg, Bavaria. His
wife, ST. Cunegunde, was also canon
lied, and is one Of the patrons of Ba-
varia. Born in 1873, Clement C. Moore.
educator, and author of THE Night
Before Christmas" Born in 1888,
Thomas c. Platt, president United
States Express company, and United
States senator from New York.
July 16 Is the anniversary of the
birth, in 1923, of Joshua Reynold, Eng
lish portrait painter; of Lady Caroline
Oliphant Marine, in 1855, Scotch au-
thosess and song writer; of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, in 1921. founder of the
Christian Science club; Of Eben E.
Rexford, in 1848, American author and
poet Also the fifth anniversary OF
the surrender Of Santiago de Cuba,
How time flies.
July IL is a day memorable in the
history of France. witnessing the
crowning in 1929 of Charles VII, al
Rheims, as king, after years of hu-
initiation under the English, power
overthrown by the work of peasant
girl, Joan of Arc, or Jeanne la Pur-
celle-Jeanne the Maid. She was the
daughter of a laborer by the name OF
dare and early in life claimed to have
visions. finally announcing that she
had been directed by, St. Michael the
Archangel to save France from outside
control. She aroused great enthu-
siasm and accomplished her purpose
but her own people showed ingratitude
by allowing her to be burned as a
witch. Birthday, in 1745, of Timothy
Pickering, American statesman; OF
John Jacob Astor, in 1853, in Germany
founder. of the Astor family in Amer
lea; of Martin F. Topper, in 1910, Eng
fish poet.
July Is is celebrated In the Greek
church in honor of st. Sympherosa
a Jewish martyr. better known as the
mother of the Maccabees. The story
of the torture and death of her sons
is told in the seventh chapter Of the
second book of Maccabees. one of the
Apocryphal books of the Bible, and
was formerly printed with the Bible
Born in 1911. William M. Thackery
English novelist; born in 1919. Ben
jamin F. Taylor, American poet and
author; born in 1850, Rose s4Hartwicl
Thorpe, author of "Curfew Must MOI
Ring Tonight" born in 1854, Tom L
Johnson, Ohio capitalist and politi-
clan.