A CENTENNIAL CURIOSITY.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 77, 14 July 1877, Page 3

A CENTENNIAL CURIOSITY.

as intejv. r eating eihibits m the agricultural buili- . rse&t,longi aid 5 feet tpde, rpresentiDg ■ of man^iiieludiigVitife' record of evjery nqf& from tEe garden of Eden. to Ithe; ; 1 Vpf£ray ; tKe :^c^lV:aWopited, ithe •ttna''Btatfes.^;|iie i jta^iiners, customs, ana ■'■ dress^ £ Ifcte2 pxb^ess, .civilization, dijsg 'coyerieSj-; t^tfe invention -of steam,\eiecf triciigr, l mecnanics ; &c fritrodjicj^on of| vjet^ers:;'^he> ,ja^gre^?i ; o|^ [language; ! -^pteaii^pf jiteraj^e^^ the names, : .na-tifog ;-' . alities,' anddi|Qngtiish^ng characteristics all important' /discoveries, andy i ;yinte^ti6ns;;'tl9 : ime:and' : faU.'ti£ J ancient.' iiempireV^c^'a^tife's^^^ the iimes>'oaE^all?thi6^^ ? ;' r i|nffierors, []png«i: unless Ah^'jßa^thVatfd l t>fe:'du;rai of ■ithe l fexaiitlibrily i ;> ; ''tKe i $3$ $bpiii]v;' lation, and number to the sqtikr^ -friile toj , each country, -with^ an epitome of ancieiii; * siinileJpf An^ieiit'l coins,' ■ nteSds^ston'es^ . pyramids of Egypt, Syria, MneVelii and,! ' jJabyloh ; of implements of warfare and.. * Berogly^phics'ybf r f o ( ds,; templ^^dapn^sWpbfvgeology—^he ; ■ stone age, the . iron '"age, i the brass 'or? jf'rof . -nivigation-^-the, compass^. '''^fheij^^riviiua^./tbjsrglipper'.ship ; of ks- r < .tronomybr-the size, -the distance, and? -nui^ber of heavenly hodifis, are^/gi^en f m their proper systemktic relation ; to' T^SKiie)atlas shojwj? T the. place where, , so the shp^ws ihef ■'wine when, and the relative^^Tpositioriof on© . ; ev:entjtoan.other7- lathis wprjk-tha^ttthp^ l ' U^d^H^^^'^bib'ais^i^f >^''b^ : i«B.pqin7 : ?. sib]e^^tiifeM|sf j^^h^to^but-giyes j : -Xihenf sffiply as they ;are found pnrecdrct ; ■ yVtimeWal .iiistoirres oIE-th'e' varuras ga^s^«^fch v^«p'B^nt|pf ?^erience J |ij^Le^cii&pS.ty at-.

ent facts of general history from the voluminous network of " subordinate facts and details with, which- they seem inevitably eiilahgted.*" Without something of this kin£ to assist m separating the important; facts of history from the /CfQnftis^d: ideajf ajady: jumb:l& Jo'f unconnected facts can we hope to make accurate pWgriessHft 'understanding the full ■ record of our race P This chart shows ,whaibf , is, r/ going ...-.on;; at .the same time,, -the. i world i( ;over, m all nations. ' On_6 :of the chief features oi this, work is.vwhat ; isjtermed synchronise^ fw ter^^ we the loss, of^ several I hours at a general librarjj' that the founding^ of -Troy and Athens /iveTe^contenlpo¥an;eo:t sH with ? the Egyp- _ tianbbndage and the founding of Thebes by.^adinus) x These -also occurred at the time of the first introduction of r letters,, Israelites m the .wilder;iess,;thie i building of the. largest pyra•mid -byi Gheops, 'and the • reign of Saul, . ' ihe Svai ,king,^of '' the Jews, Zoroaster, the Persiait philosopher, and Hesiod, rthe G-reek-poet... l^efiearn', at ;a glance, 'ina^'when frotomqn'.wjas 4 writing his proyerbs^tliat Homer was writing his Iliad • of ancient Troy, that Lycurgus, theSpartan lawgiver, who'made iron a legal : tender, sand had public tables to which all,; wer.e; invited, > and- [abolished all theatre^ and luxuries, lived at the same itijaae >M; ;Queen>j]Di4o»?!fthiß! i founder of , and ihepr^phet Elijah ; that, Isaiah was prophesying, Romulus 'was, founding? sbm^i4hat, Pythagoras, who invented vtKe forty-seventh; problem'j and multipjijcatiqn; table, lived contemporaneous with Solon, who revised theblooUy .-laws of Draco, and^Esop, who '^m)t€s AhoseT^wisei and^witity i. a*bles, and who took Me iE^ekiel and DanjeL of isacred history ; that Cincinna-' tvs, the ( ,patriot; that Pericles; 'the grea'i' ! A|Hejuan statesman ; -^pero-'.-jdotusi • r jihe i father \ of r history ,; i Xerxes, , ..|an^' E^p Pla.^6, •>Xenopfeon r • and Malach'i lived^at 'the.^ same period of time. This chart is simply r . a most , \ unexpected aUustration •. of j t the, benefits ; ,pjf obj^t-|^acjang,' and. it \ .Had/, been* m '■pliice^less^^^^iMp'ja^hiour whenitj "wasp^surrounded- with .^sitors^ * It is m thisj^jou^try; or .in-Europe, and! it is a rathe? eu'rsus' facVthat a resident of " %he''dlstant 'ota^ ! di 'Oregon sko'uld be -, ,tKe!exKiMtOTl ;;:^-v"-""' ( .\M-- r ' ; The w.<a^j isi a sicjpmplete library m itself^ an^ : is .always -re ( ady, for immediate tiseV :l l^o' sehbblr'obm' is completely' rfu^i§fte.d3wthbut?itpasut is indilpensible for ttetfjiiidersSfcanding and rememberingof, history. Every family which ; values m? 'le^st^n |ts r acqUjisition} • should possess , the work- "TtJs sold m the shape; of, a. ijchart ;^MolioJfpils I.jaTi'd-,1 .jaTi'd-, unrolls fat each;; Lend; of 'inL 1 the form of -a portfoliOi^-rf) Forney's Press, Philadelphia. . ! li We;lh^ follbwiffg natae J d membersof Jthj&Jiwonj^oionii^ r/p^Siute^ln^feijpmmenpm^T^^aamrs^ map pf^^iiin^TeTsair: history "to every school and family m this county. 'We have shown our appreciation of it by ordering^ tKe^same^'foEthe union school of this place. r^ > ; E. S. AiMiD(fN} l m6derator. ; -^ J L v E;.^hi^Bj .di^ectoj. > G B. Peck, .assessor < and#easurer. ■^>-l 0 )t>. (J/THTJESTOirV supt } 6£ schools. -■•' I>.E. T^p^as^o ; ' :' '-■