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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 1 June 1904, Page 4

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THE SACKED NUMBER SEVEN. An interesting article on the mystical and sacred number seven lias been contributed to the March number of “Kord und Sud.” Tbs wilier tells the history of the use and significance of the number from the earliest known Bible times. The number appears in the Veda probably as early as the sixteenth or seventeen ill century 8.C.; it was familiar to the ancient Brahmins, tho Babylonians, and the Chinese ; in the legends connected with Buddha it frequently occurs; the Babylonians talked of 'seven worlds, seven rivers, seven evil spirits, and are said to have changed their week_of five days for one of seven; and in China, even before the days of Buddhism, seven was an important number. Naturally the mystical use of the number soon spread among the neighbouring nations—the inhabitants of Mesopotamia and Chaldea, the Assyrians, and the Modes and Persians. It occurs in Zoroastrianism, and in Persion epic history it is a favourite number. Tho number was also shown to the ancient Egyptians. Persian epic story and Persian epic history it is a favourite, number. The number was also known to the ancient Egyptians. In ancient Greece and in ancient Rome, seven was in constant use. In astronomy we luive the seven stars or Pleiades. We road of the sevenbranched candlestick and many other “sevens” in the Old Testament. In the Apocalypse seven is tho leadipg number. Mahomet speaks of seven heavens. In the Koran there are seven heavens, seven earths, seven seas. In the Talmud also there are seven heavens. There is the legend of the seven sleepers, the seven Christian youths of Ephesus persecuted under Details, who hid themselves in a cave and slept there for nearly two hundred years. We know the seven chief virtues ami the seven deadly sins of the Catholic Church, and we have the seventh heaven, or state of supreme bliss, of popular usage. For Bronchial Coughs take Woods’ Great Peiiperraiut Cure, Is 6d. Experiments in cotton-growing have been conducted recently at. the Government experimental station farm at Hamel, Western Australia. The plants raised proved healthy, with well-formed pods, bearing cotton of very good texture; but, owing to the high price of labour, there would not appear to be much prospect of establishing the industry on a profitable basis. In the opinion of the Minister of Lands, however, the succees of the experiment justifies its extension to those parts of the State where conditions are more favourable to its development. Mr Hopkins is accordingly having inquiries made, with the view to establish a plantation somewhere in the Kimberley district, the labour for which would bo supplied by aboriginal prisoners. It is expected that about 90 prisoners would be available for the work.

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