first civil government was established in the Territory), until about the close of the year 1802, when he was removed by the President. Charles Willing Byrd was Secretary of the Territory, and was Acting Governor of the Territory after the removal of Gov. St Clair. Return Jonathan Meigs was elected Governor on the second Tuesday of October, 1807, over Nathaniel Massie, who contested the election of Meigs, on the ground that "he had not been a resident of this State for four years next preceding the election, as required by the Constitution," and the General Assembly, in joint convention, declared that he was not eligible. The office was not given to Massie, nor does it appear from the records that he claimed it; but Thomas Kirker, Acting Governor, continued to discharge the duties of the office until December 12, 1808, when Samuel Huntington was inaugurated, he having been elected on the 2d Tuesday of October, that year. Return Jona. Meigs resigned March 25, 1814, to accept the office of Postmaster-General of the United States. Ethan Allen Brown resigned Jan. 4, 1822, to accept the office of United States Senator. Wilson Shannon resigned April 13, 1844, to accept the office of Minister to Mexico. The result of the election in 1848, was not finally determined in joint convention of the two houses of the General Assembly until Jan. 19, 1849, and the inauguration took place Jan. 22, 1849. Reuben Wood resigned July 15, 1853, to accept the office of Consul to Valparaiso. William Medill was elected in October, 1853, for the regular term to commence on the second Monday of January, 1854. John Brough died Aug. 29, 1865. Othniel Looker and Allen Trimble were Acting Governors. Thos. W. Bartley was Acting Governor, vice Wilson Shannon resigned. William Medill was Acting Governor, vice Reuben Wood resigned. Charles Anderson was Acting Governor, vice John Brough deceased. Rutherford Birchard Hayes resigned March 2, 1877, to accept the office of President of the United States. Thos. L. Young was Acting Governor, vice Rutherford B. Hayes resigned. W. I. BRENIZER, in Ohio Educational Monthly. GEOGRAPHICAL FACT. The shortest line that can be drawn on the earth's surface, one end of said line being at the mouth of the Rio Grande, river in the Gulf of Mexico, and the other end at Pekin, in China, will cross Behring's Strait. If you doubt it, take a large terrestrial globe and some thread and convince yourself. This truth may be of far greater value than we now know. What say you, gentlemen? Shall we begin the Pekin and Denver road at its Asiatic terminus, and so let the road bring along the labor that is to build it? Extraordinary Personages of History, Abdelmalek, son of Marvan, was 5th caliph of the Ommiades, and began to reign in 685. He was called Abulzebab because "his breath was so very offensive that it killed the very flies that settled upon his lips;" he reigned 21 years, and was succeeded by Valid, the eldest of 16 sons. "Alcman, a lyric poet, flourished in the 27th Olympiad, at Sardis, in Lydia. He is accounted the father of love verses, is said to have introduced the custom of singing them in public, and to have died a very singular death, viz. to have been eaten up with lice." Alexandria, a native of Asia Minor, was the founder of a sect called non-sleepers, because some of them "always kept awake" to sing. He died in 430. St. Ambrose, bishop of Milan, an eminent father of the church, was born in Gaul in 333. The birth of Ambrose is said to have been followed by a remarkable presage of his future eloquence, for we are told that " a swarm of bees came and settled upon his mouth.” He died at Milan in 397, and was buried in the great church there. John Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, a most famous French writer on geography, was born at Paris in 1702, and died there in 1782, as much esteemed for the gentleness and simplicity of his manners as for his extensive knowledge. He labored at his maps "15 hours a day for 50 years." Aristarchus, a celebrated grammarian, was born in Samothracia. Growing dropsical he found no other remedy than to "starve himself to death." Aristotle, the Stagyrite, laid always with one hand out of the bed, having a ball of brass in it, which, by falling in a basin of the same metal awoke him. William Cabestan, a poet, murdered by the husband of his mistress, who ate his heart unknowingly, and died of grief. "Haymon, a native of the Tyrolese, of gigantic stature, in the 15th century, is said to have been 16 feet high, with strength proportionate to his size." Martius Curtius, a Roman, who "to benefit his country," plunged into a gulf, which caused his death B. C. 362. Andrew Danican, a Frenchman, only two months before he died, played at the same time two games of chess with the best players, he being blind-folded, and was victorious in both games. He died in 1795. Paul Farinato, an Italian painter, born at Verona, in 1522, was cut out of his mother's womb, who was just dead with labor. His last moments were as remarkable as his first on account of the death of his nearest relative. He lay upon his deathbed, and his wife who was sick in the same room, hearing him say, "I am going," said, "I will bear you company," and was as good as her word, they both dying at the same minute. Joseph de Beauchamp, a celebrated French astronomer, born in Vezoul in 1752, died on Nov. 19, 1801, at the moment when Buonaparte appointed him commissary-general at Lisbon. Christian Henry Heinecken, born at Lubeck, in 1721, spoke his mother tongue fluently at ten months of age; at one year old he knew the principal events of the Pentateuch; in two months more he was master of the entire histories of the Old and New Testaments; at two years and a half he answered the principal questions of geography, and in ancient and modern history. He spoke Latin, French, German, and Dutch with facility before the commencement of his fourth year. His constitution was so delicate that he was not weaned till a few months before his death which occurred in 1725. His Daniel Lambert, remarkable for having greatly exceeded the ordinary dimensions of mankind, in that he weighed 739 pounds, which is 151 pounds more than the great Mr. Bright ever weighed. coffin was six feet and four inches long, four feet and four inches wide, two feet and two inches deep. There were used 112 superficial feet of elm lumber in its construction. He was born in 1770, and died in 1809. Henry Welby, an eccentric character, confined himself in an obscure house in London, where he remained unseen by any one until his death, a period of 44 years. He died in 1636. Thomas Jolley Death has a brother named Sudden Death, as the former told when he was on a professional visit to Nottingham, Eng., as a private detective. The father of the two men may yet be alive, and if so, has probably had time to reflect upon the hideous names with which he labelled his two baby boys to go through the world. The real name of the family is D'Ath. L. M. G. Questions and Answers. SWEDBERG-SWEDENBORG. (Vol. III. p. 60.) Why did Emanue Swedenborg change his sirname from that of his father's name which is Jesper Swedberg? Obelos. In 1719 the Swedberg family were ennobled by Queen Ulrica Elenora, and from that time the name of Emanuel Swedberg became Emanuel Swedenborg as also the descendants of Dr. Jesper Swedberg's family. Jesper's children were Anna, Emanuel, Eliezer, Hedwig, Catharina, Jesper, and Margareta. Emanuel was born at Stockholm on January 29, 1788. His mother named him Albrecht after her father. This was while Emanuel's father was traveling in foreign parts. Jesper did not care to perpetuate his or his wife's ancestors' names, and gave as a reason that in the entire Bible he could not find a single example in which children have received the names of their parents or forefathers. He cites Jacob, who had twelve sons of whom not one was called Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob; King David had many sons, not one of whom was called Jesse, or David; Solomon had many sons, none of whom he called Jesse, David, or Solomon; the neighbors and cousins of John the Baptist desired to call him Zacharias, after his father, but his mother said, "not so, but his name shall be called John," which was confirmed by the father. Dr. Swedberg says he made an exception in naming his youngest son Jesper after himself because he was born on his own anniversary birth-date and on the same hour of the day as himself, "who first saw the ligh tof the world on the 28th of August, 1653." He says his own name means "he will write," and corresponds to the deed, and believes he has written more than any-body in Sweden; he says, "I think ten carts could scarcely carry away what I have written and printed at my own expense, and yet there is much, yea, nearly as much not printed." He says his son Jesper wrote nearly as much. Emanuel we all know was a voluminous writer. Dr. Swedberg says he himself and his wife were born on Sunday, and all is children were born on Sunday, except Catharina who was born on Easter. Emanuel was 29 years old when he was ennobled and took the name of Swedenborg, and at this time took his seat with the Nobles of the Equestrian Order in the Triennial Assembly of the States of the Realm. THE PRAYER OF AJAX. tation on the title-page of What was his prayer, and (Vol. III, p. 60.) I recently saw this quoa book: "The prayer of Ajax was for light." where found? Z. This prayer is found in Homer's "Iliad," Book XVII, lines 727-731, (Pope's translation), and is as follows: Lord of earth and air! Oh King! Oh Father! hear my humble prayer: THE PATER NOSTER. (Vol. III, p. 31.) Are there other prayers similar to the Christian Pater Noster, found in the Bibles of other nations? If so please publish some of them. STUDENT. The Mohammedans have a prayer which they hold in great veneration. They call it by several names, as "the chapter of prayer, of praise, of thanksgiving, of treasure," etc. It is the first chapter of the Korân, and they esteem it as the quintessence of the whole book, and often repeat it in their devotions, both public and private, as the Christians do the Lord's Prayer. It is as follows: "Praise be to GOD, the LORD of all creatures; the most merciful, the king of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious; not of those against whom thou art incensed, nor of those who go astray." POPE'S UNIVERSAL PRAYER. (Vol. II, p. 582.) I note that you compare Cleanthes' "Hymn to Jupiter," with Pope's "Universal Prayer," which leads me to ask that it also be printed with those which have appeared. Also, translate the abbreviated Latin words which generally appear with it: Deo Opt. Max. H. T. W. The abbreviated motto Deus Optimus Maximus: Deo Opt. Max. is for the Latin words, "To the best and greatest God." Or, in other words, "To the Supreme God," or, " To the Most High God," or, "To the Great First Cause." THE TENTH WAVE. (Vol. II, p. 46.) The Roman poet Ovid has a reference to "the tenth wave as being the most violent and perilous." Why did they so consider it? The couplet is as follows: "The wave, of all most dangerous near the shore, W. H. Y. Sir Thomas Browne, in his " Pseudoxia Epidemica," Bk. vII, ch. 17, says: "That fluctus decumanus, or the tenth wave, is greater or more |