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Show the r.r.nm. Tlilrtii. NotHllhitandlng all our boaite.1 dr. dilation and the efforta of the Thirteen Thir-teen clubt, how few there are of ill who are not In tho Inniatt rrceite of our hearta afraid of tho tlmple number num-ber 13! Deny It na we may, an un-plraannt un-plraannt emotion nrliea In tit If unwittingly un-wittingly we tit don to dinner where thirteen people are to eat. Thli number, num-ber, however, wat not alwaya regarded aa unlucky, In Mot, there It plenty of evidence In Iho folklore of many ancient an-cient oriental people to thow Hut In olden timet It win held aa a lucky number. The hlitory of the l'iralani, the natltea of India, and of the aboriginal Indiana of our awn wcitcrn continent, amply prove thli fact. Illbllcal atudenti alio well know that In Tcalnmentary time the Jewa wcro of the aame opinion In regard to the noatlc number. Thirteen cltlea era especially dedicated to the prleitly trlbo; 13 high prleatt detcended from Aaron: 13 klnga aat In the high council coun-cil of the anclenla; preparatlona for tho I'eatt of the I'aiiover were begun nn the 13lh day of tho month of Mlian, and the holy Incenie contlited of 13 different odon Among the long-ilnre extinct trlliet of Houlh America the number had a tacrrd and dlvlno meaning, specially among the ancient Incaa nnd Aiteoa. Tho Inhabitant! Inhab-itant! of Peru counted teven dayt, without any particular name, In the week. The )enr had aeven timet 53 daya, or four timet 13 weeka. A father m compelled to aiipport hit child to the 13th )ear Tho Ailcci had eka of 13 da) a. rach with a special spe-cial name. Their century had S3 yean, or four time 13, Their public archlvra were of circular form, with a tun In the renter of each of the 13 parti roiupoilng II, and their Irlbei numbered 13. It It an Inlrrrttlng fact, and one well worth looking up by any American boy, that aeteral of the great event of our hlatory occurred un the 13th day of Iho month, and more especially on a Friday, |