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Here, too, was a man who knew the story, not only of the glass lying beneath his hand to-day, but of all the glass the world has known, from the colored beads inhumed with the Pharaonic princesses to the ruby salver he so fondly fingered as he talked. He spoke of the glazed windows of Pompeii; of the "excellent portrait" of the Emperor Constantine VII. painted, A. D. 949, upon a church-window.
Paul's and St. Stephen's the census-takers of 1790 found 393 slaveholders with an average of 33.7 slaves each, as compared with a total of 28 non-slaveholding families. In these and seven more parishes, comprising together the rural portion of the area known politically as the Charleston District, there were among the 1643 heads of families 1318 slaveholders owning 42,949 slaves.
Bibles sold, 693. Bibles given away, 890. Testaments sold, 950. Testaments given away, 748. Copies of the Psalms sold, 82. Other small portions of the Holy Scriptures sold, 136. There were circulated from March 5, 1834, to May 26, 1855, through the medium of this Institution, 13,949 Bibles, 9,047 New Testaments, 188 copies of the Psalms, and 789 other small portions of the Holy Scriptures.
The Danes were converted in A.D. 949, Otto the Great having defeated them, and having made it an imperative condition of peace, that they should profess Christianity. The Norwegians accepted the religion of Jesus on the same terms.
NAVY DEPARTMENT: Navy Department proper 116,101,730.24 117,029,914.38 119,768,860.83 119,596,870.46 3,667,130.59 3,495,140.22 + 171,990.37 New navy building program 12,840,428.00 12,844,122.00 12,844,122.00 14,790,122.00 3,694.00 1,949,694.00 1,946,000.00
In the year 949, Otho, emperor of Germany, Louis IVth, king of France, and Arnold, count of Flanders, laid siege to the town of Rouen. The duke Richard Ist, surnamed Sans-Peur, made a sortie by the porte Beauvoisine, and fell on the enemies of which he made a great slaughter.
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, are $14,562,381.45, exceeding the appropriations of the present year only $33,949.75, which excess is occasioned by the demands of the Naval Academy and the Marine Corps, as explained in the Secretary's report.
Article Weight Measure Remarks Soup ......... 116,400 gallons Bread 192.5 tons 106,964 4-lb loaves Tea 2.5 tons 46,980 gallons Coffee 15 cwt. 13,949 gallons Cocoa 6 tons 29,229 gallons Sugar 25 tons ..................... 300 bags Potatoes 140 tons ..................... 2,800 bags Flour 18 tons ..................... 180 sacks Peaflour 28.5 tons ..................... 288 sacks Oatmeal 3.5 tons ..................... 36 sacks Rice 12 tons ..................... 120 sacks Beans 12 tons ..................... 240 sacks Onions and parsnips 12 tons ..................... 240 sacks Jam 9 tons ..................... 2,880 jars Marmalade 6 tons ..................... 1,920 jars Meat 15 tons ..................... Milk .......... 14,300 quarts
Godfrid, son of Sitrick, and successor of Blacair, who professed himself a Christian in 948, plundered and destroyed the churches of East-Meath in 949, burnt 150 persons in the oratory of Drumree, and carried off as captives 3,000 persons. If the tree is to be judged by its fruits, this first year's growth of the new faith is rather alarming.
As in the case of the Mexican War, the United States took possession of the territory and then paid a bonus for a clear title. The losses in the war were very small. The total number of men who were killed in action and who died of wounds was 289; while 3,949 died of accidents and disease. Hostilities lasted from April 21, 1898 to August 12, 1898.
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