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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-26
THE LOST BOOKS OF THE BIBLE.

A correspondent writes to the New York Sun
as follows:
Mr. H. ". Turner says the appearance Of the
revised edition of the New Testament reminds
him that he heard long ago of lost Gospel to the
Hebrews. If Mr. Turner will take the trouble to
read the Bible over carefully he will find therein
proof that twenty-three books fit have been lost,
afew of which will name for his information In
the Book of Numbers, xxi, IA, occurs the following
reference Wherefore it is said in the Book of the
Wars of the Lord" Now, where is that book :?
Lost. In the third Book of Kings it is recorded
that Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs
There are not more than fifteen hundred in the
present Bible; the rest are lost. In the same
book it is mentioned that he wrote 105 cantcles
There is not half of that number in the present
Bible. Then we find an alluson to the Book of
Nathan the Prophet. There is no such book; it
is lost. In Chronicles we read that Acts of David
are written in the Book Of Samuel the Seer and
Nathan the Prophet. There is no such book: it
is lost. There was an Epistle of ST. Paul to the
COlossans; it is lost. St Paul wrote five EpistIes
to the Corinthians; we have only two Of them
the rest are lost. Altogether twenty -three books
OF the Bible have been lost nineteen from the Old
Testament and four from the New.
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NORLESSE OBLlGE.

Not long ago says the Boston correspondent Of
the Concord Monitor, had occasion 10 ride in a
Baacon-streetc car, well filled with passengers many
OF them Back bay gentlemen going home to late
dinners. l took the only vacant seat, which was
near the forward end. Very soon a lady friend
entered in velvet polonaise, bordered with chin
chila fur and rich Paris bonnet. Instantly sew
eral gentlemen sprang to their feet, Offering seats
With a gracious recognition Of their courtesy, she
accepted one midway the car. They crowded to-
gether on the opposite side, and the gentlemen
who had risen was Teseated. The next passenger
was negress, bowed with age, neatly but poorly
clad, and carrying a large basket filled apparently
with laundry work. She gave timid glance up the
with the sad, pathetic eyes Of her race. | scan
ned the faces of the young men, wondering which
one would befriend her. The conductor slammed
the door, and as the car started the woman lurch
ed forward, but not a man stirred. My friend
laid her dainty glove on the wTinkled hand and
quietly seated poor Africa in her place, arranging
the basket conveniently at her feet Theirindiffer
ence fled at once. There were seats for the elegant
lady on the right and left which she frigidly de-
clined After moment large, fne-looking man
rose, and, touching his hat. said gravey, while
the color deepened in his face: | deserved your
rebuke-will you kindly take my seat?" She
accepted his apology and seat. I am sure none
who saw the incident will ever forget it.
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LOOK OUT OR LOOK IN?

A Frenchman who prided himself on having
mastered the English language was astonished
when a friend said to him: " How do you do?"
"Do vat!" II mean how do you find YOURSELF"
Sar, nevair lose myself" But how do you
feel?" Smooth; you just feel me-" His expert
ence in mastering English was less trying, how
ever, than that of fellow countryman of his,
who on travelling Oh canal-boat heard the cry,
Low bridge-look oHt!" and taking the words
literally looked out in time to be struck by the
bridge. His exclamation on recovering himself
was, Vat peoples vat a tongue; you says look
out ven YOU means look in
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-26
THE GREAT PoMrCHARTRAIN BRIDGE,

A reporter saw r. W. Rogers the railroad con-
tractor the other day about the great bridge across
Lake POntchartrain. Mr. Rogers said: "The
bridge is to be five miles in length. The treste-
work on this side, by which the bridge is to be
approached, will extend from the Peoples Canal
to Point aux-Herbs, q distance Of sixteen miles,
and there is four miles of trestle-wOrk to be built
on the other side" "What was your estimate on
the work." about $4,000 per mile for the
twenty miles of trestle-wOrk, and $4,000 per
mile for the bridge, making sum total of $780,,
COO and this included the embankment. l
derstand they estimate the cost at 81 250,00O, but
how they make it | don't know" Can they
finish the work by December /, 1oS2, as they
agree" II don't think So Prominent lumber
men tell me that it will take at least 15OOoOoo
feet of lumber for the superstructure, ana aoouC
the same amount, board measure, tor piilnS' anu
that all the mills in the country cannon Sd" Ii
ont in that time."-Nec Orleans Democrat.
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THE EARTH DRYING UP,

There is abundant evidence that the amount of
water on the surface of the earth has been stead
lily diminishing for many thousands of years. No
one doubts that there was time when the Cas-
plan Sea communicated with the Black Sea- and
when the Mediterranean covered the greater part
of the Desert of Sahara. In fact biologists tell
us that at one period the whole of the earth was
covered by water, and the fact that continents of
dry land exist is proOftha there is less water
on our globe now than there was in its infancy
This diminution of our supply of water is going
on at the present day at rate so rapid as to be
clearly appreciable. The rivers and smaller
streams of our Atlantic States viSiby smaller
than they were twenty-five years ago. Country
brooks III which men now livi ng were accustomed
to fish and battle in their boyhood, have, in many
cases. totally disappeared, not through any act OF
man. but solely in consequence Of the failure of
the springs and rains which once fed them. The
level OF the great lakes is falling year by year.
There are many piers on the shores Of lakeside
cities which vessels once approached with ease,
but which now hardly reach to the edge of the
water. Harbors are everywhere growing shall
lower. This is not due to the gradual deposit of
earth brought down by rivers or of refuse from
city sewers. The harbor Of Toronto has grown
shallow in spite of the fact that it has been dred
ged out so that the bottom rock has been reached,
and all the dredging that can be done to the
harb0r of New York will not permanently deepen
it. The growing shallowness of the Hudson is
more evident above Albany than it is in the
Underwater region, and, like the outlet of Lake
Champlain, which was once nayigable by Indian
canoes at all seasons, the upper Hudson is now
almost bare Of water in many places during the
summer. In all other parts of the world there is
the same steady decrease of water in rivers and
lakes, and the rainfall in Europe where scientific
observations are made, is manitestly less than it
was at period within mans memory. What is
becoming Of our water? Obviously it is not
disappearing through evaporation, for in that
case rains would give back whatever water the
atmosphere might absorb. We must accept the
theory, that, like the water of the moon, our
water is sinking into the earth's interior-New
York Times.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-26
A LULLABY SONG,
Sleep, baby, sleep;

sleep, baby, sleep;
Your father tends the sheep;
Your mother shakes the branches small,
Where ripened fruit in showers fall
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Sleep, baby, sleep;
The sky is full of sheep;
The stars the lambs of heaven are,
For whom the Shepherd now doth care;
Sleep, baby, sleep,
Sleep, baby, sleep;
The Christ child was a sheep;
He is Himself the Lamb of God;
The world to save, to death he trod
Sleep, baby, sleep.
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The Court (austerely how did you
have the audacity to break into this mans house
at midnight and rob him? Prisoner (piteously)
-" But, your Honor, last time | was before you
you wanted to know how I could have the
audacity to rob man on the highway at high
noon! When do you want me to get IN my
wOrk?n
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-26

One of our exchanges is responsible for the fol-
lowing: Lightning struck hive of bees in Kan
sas the other day. The painful story is soon told
The misguided lightning came out of that hive
quicker than it went in and went off into space
with its tail between its legs. Moral-Never
pick quarrel when you are not acquainted with
the folks.
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MORE MORMONSI

The Onion steamer Wisconsin, brought on her
lost yovaoe from the Mersey to New York 500
Mormons among her passengers. During the
present year no fewer that 2'4oO Mormons have
sailed from the Mersey for the United States.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-26

President Tylers wife died at Washington Sep
TENDER 10, 1912, and he was again married while
President, June g. 1914 to Miss Julia Gardner,
of New York the only event of the kind which
has occurred in our history.
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We scatter seeds with careless hand,
And dream eer shall see them more;
Tut for a thousand years
Their fruit appears,
In weeds that mar the land,
Or heaithful store.
The deeds we do the words we say
into still air they SEEM to feet,
We count them ever past;
But they shall last
In the dread judgment they
And we shall meet
I charge thee by the years gone by,
For the loves sake of brethren dear,
Keep thou the one true way,
In work and play,
Lest in that world their cry
OF woe thou hear john Rebge
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28


SAN Francisco, Oct. 27.-Noonday levies
an assessment Of 25 cents.
Alexander B. Bernard, q civil mining
engineer, has been arrested on q charge OF
forgery and hypothecating 700 shares Of
Mexican mining stocks. The certificates
we're made out on old blanks OF the COM
pSny, which have not been In use for three
years. The company are unable to ex-
plain how Bernard obtained the blanks, as
no blanks are missing and the old aban-
doned blank-books are intact.
Col. j. G. Kelton, Adjutant-G General Of
the Division Of the Pacific, who has Just
returned from a tour through Arizona,
says all the trouble is over, unless the
Mexicans drive the Chiricahuas back over
the line, in which case the troops will at
tend to them. The war has been greatly
exaggerated. There has been no danger
OF a general outbreak. The fight at Cibicu
was ther result Of a misunderstanding. and
the wrong use OF Indian scouts. The In
dian agents and the military have been
working together tremendously, and he
indorses the action Of Tiffany. He ex-
poets that the American and Mexican
authorities will work together to put down
the hostiles. Col. Bernard, during his
pursuit of the Chiricahuas, entered Mex
lean Territory without q protest from the
Mexican authorities.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28

Something More Abont J0hn
Mcguire.

Mcguire.
The Ogden Herald has these additional
particulars regarding the detection and
arrest Of John Mcguire, the railroad pos
tai clerk 1t appears that Mr.. Sharp,
Postoffice Inspector for this coast, says
that for some time past valuable letters
sent Eastward had failed to reach their
destination, and suspicion fell upon Ma
guire as the guilty party. He was one OF
the three clerks on the same train, and
while one was engaged at work in the
night time the other two slept. II was
Maguire's watch from. Wells to Ogden.
The Inspector took one of his assistants
into his confidence, and when the mail
train arrived at Wells, Tuesday night, w.
A. Robinson, a clerk in Mr.. Sharp's Office,
got on board and secreted himself in the
postal-car.
Shortly after leaving the latter sta
ton, Mcguire began overhauling the let
tiers, and Robinson says he caught him in
the act of purloining their contents,
w%hereupon Mcguire was placed under ar
rest. and on arriving at Ogden was deliv-
cred over to the authorities. The accused
has been a long time employed in the rail
road mail service, and has q wife and two
children in San Francisco. His salary
was 81, 900 a year, and the recklessness
with which he is said to have spent money
first excited suspicion that he did not
come honestly by it.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
BONDS.

The late transactions in Confederate
bonds, which were reported in our dis.
patches, have a curious explanation. The
spectators of Wall street have been pay.
ing 81 so per 81, 200 for the bonds, while
in London a ] 1000 bond brought So.
The explanation is that the lawyers have
information that there is still on deposit
in the Bank of England a Confederate
fund amounting to EGO, 900, which, with
the accrued interest, would make quite a
good sum. England, after the war, re-
fused to surrender up this money, unless
the United States, as administrator,
would also assume the debts. 1t is pre-
sumed that the foreign holders of Con.
federate bonds intend to bring suit
against this deposit.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
JUSTICE TO sCovrLLE,

The New York Sun seems to think
that Scoville, Guiteau's counsel, is not
being fairly treated by the press of the
country. 1t says: "Let Guiteau have
justice at the hands of the law, and let
Mr.. Scoville have justice before the pub
lie. MI. Scoville assumed with reluc.
lance the part of counsel for Guiteau ;
but once assumed, it becomes his duty to
defend him with every argument and
every method recognized by the law.
Guiteau is on trial and not his lawyer.
Let Mr.. Scoville do his whole duty, and
let the public treat him with respect.
And if he fails to do his whole duty, he
cannot be respected"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
CABINET APPOINTMENTS.

President Arthur yesterday sent three
names to the Senate for confirmation.
He nominated Judge Charles j. Folger
of New York for Secretary of the Treas
ury and Thomas L.. James of the same
State for Postmaster General. Mr..
James, as all know, occupied the same
position in President Garield's Cabinet.
The country has come to recognize in
Mr.. james q very proper man for the
place. His retention by President
Arthur would seem to indicate that the
Star Route contractors are to receive
little comfort from the new Administra-
tion. Frank Holten Of 10 wa, named by
President Arthur for the position Of
First Assistant Postmaster General, is a
new man in public life, or at least he is
not widely known outside of his own
State. All three of the candidates were
promptly confirmed by the Senate. 1t is
presumed that the remainder Of the old
Cabinet will be retained until the meet.
ing OF Congress in regular session in De-
eamhar
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amazed at the intelligence. Indeed, it is
difficult, il not impossible, to conjecture
in what way the Nihilist leaders keep them
selves SO correctly. and so closely informed
Of even the most secret movements of both
Emperors. Both Alexander ana Francis
Joseph haye been using the OUR
Of diplomacy Of the two Empires for sew
eral weeks toward the n object OF an
effective personal interview without pub
lie knowledge, and have been baffied in
every attempt. Each time that an ar
rangement has been concluded, by some
unknown means the whole programme has
been given wide publicity, and men of
known revolutionary character have
flocked to the point of an intended rendez-
vous. Every disappointment has added
to the Cars nervous prostration, and the
circumstances which compelled him yes
terday to continue his seclusion at Cats
china, instead Of going to K~rzesnovico,
have. depressed him much. But his ad-
vices were as heretofore right. AT krzes-
novice, at the appointed time OF the meet
ing, there suddenly appeared many mystic
rious strangers, who to-day are not to be
seen, but who are not absent. The enc
mics of the Car, fearing a tripartite I'M
perial alliance just now more than any
thing else, are determined to prevent at
all hazards, the interview which they be-
lieve will consummate it. Owing to the
perfection of their plans, and the conf
dence they felt that the Imperial meeting
would surely take place, and the knowl-
edge they had of what was then to be done,
the Nihilists leaders in various parts of
the Empire, during the afternoon, assured
their followers that the thing intended
had actually been done, and from these
assurances the most alarming rumors were
spread.
DUBLIN, Oct. 27.-At the opening Of
Newmarket yesterday by the Lord Mayor,
| groans and Kisses greeted him, in revenge
for his rejection of Gray's motion to con-
fer the freedom of the city upon Parnell
and Dillon. The demonstration prevented
him from being heard.
United Ireland, the Leagues organ, is
to be published to-day. The leader
columns will be surrounded with mourn
ing, but will be blank, with the exception
Of the words, "The freedom of the press
in 1884," printed across them.
The statement that Archbishop McCabe
had suspended a priest for joining the
Land League is denied.
hi Constabulary have been instructed
to warn persons against allowing Lane
League meetings in their houses. Every
person attempting to hold q meeting will
be Immediately arrested.
Arrangements are being made to hold
Land League meetings in every Catholic
chapel in Roscommon, and to convert the
branches into the Tenants Branch De
tense Association.
Two more arrests were made in Kilkenny
yesterday. A bailiff's son was shot il
BALTIMORE yesterday.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-A pugilist named
Carney and four others have been'arrsstet
on q charge of manslaughter, in causing
the death Of Highlind, the champion
light weight. Highlind received fatal in
juries in a prize fight near Birmingham
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
eureka DaiIp Sentinel.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER %. 1881


A reporter of tie Carson Tribune re-
Gently paid a visit of inspection to the
State Prison. He warmly indorses the
management of Warden Garrard. A
great many needed improvements have
been made under his administration.
The ventilation has been improved, the
culinary department overhauled, a laun-
dry, tailor shop and bath-house Effected
and a hospital is in curse Of construc-
ton. Discipline and cleanliness are con
spicuous features of the management.
The Tribune adds:
All outside, as heretofore, is kept as
clean as water in plenty and good sweep
ing can make it, in fact we never saw the
institution in better condition. The
prisoners all look healthy and are certainly
made as comfortable as men in their I'M
fortunate circumstances can expect. Their
vituals are as good as can be procured and
as we'll cooked as in any hotel on the coast.
All seem to be under the most perfect con-
troll, and we feel justified in stating that
as regards the conduct Of the institution
it never has been in better hands. Sober
h1u attCnbA'C buGiQo VI ChuPicrSHt ehA
none other and under such supervision,
as a matter of course, everything goes
along like clock work.
From all this it will be seen that Mr.
Garrard is making a most excellent
Warden. We expected as much from
the start. He is an educated, humane
gentleman. possessed of the very strictest
integrity, and withal endowed with a
high order of executive ability. He is
best known to the people of the ommon-
wealth as the capable Private Secretary
for several years of the late Governor
Bradley. The people of Nevada are to
be congratulated on having so efficient
an officer in charge of this important
State institution. Warden Garrard is
ably assisted in the management by
Captain James NJ. Natter, a gentleman
well known in Eastern Nevada.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
JOAQUIN MILLER,

The quarrel between joaquin Miller
and Mckee Rankin is bringing out inter.
esting statements about other plays than
the "Danites and "Forty-nine." In a
letter Mr.. Miller says: "My old friend
Mark Twain published a book. 1t was
drapatized. He let the parties go on
for half a year. Then, when the play
t'Colonel Sellers } had proved a hit, he
put out his hand, paid Densmore, who
dramatized it, 500. and made a fortune
for himself"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28

He Finally Stands Up for His Rights
Against Western Imposition.
The Marquis Of Lorne evidently got hi
dander up before he reached Omaha. He
seemed to think he had been sufficiently
taken in during his travels through the
West, and finally resolved to maintain his
rights at all hazards. Nye's Boomerang
gives the following aceount o, his row with
q newsbov while on the Union Pacific
going Eass;
would You like to buy q Harper's Mag.
azine 2" asked the soft-voiced and timid
~peanutter on the east-bound Union Pacific
train the other day to o middle-aged pass.
enger who was looking over the October
Harper and reading Goodwin's article on
the Mormon situation.
NO." said the middle-aged party, at Ia
my own magazine, and therefore / do not
care to buy It,"
Excuse me-" said the poor little fright.
ened peanutter, while the tears came into
his eyes, II fear you want to cheat q poor
orphan boy out OF his books. Please pay
me, sir, or let me have the magazine back
again.. All, sir, you would not rob me Of
my 6oouss
'sNo," said the stern stranger, 81 do not
wish to rob you Of your book, my boy, but
I bought this on the Utah Northern road
and paid for II. hen I went into the eat
ing house for breakfast the train butcher
took 1t out Of my seat and sold II to me
again In the afternoon.
~ was in the middle Of an article when
we got to the dinner station. so I turned
down the leaf and left 1t again In my seat.
! had to buy 1t onoe more. Now the mag
azins has cost me 90, and you want me to
give 1t to youso that you can sell 1t through
Nebraska, no doubt. No, my poor little
orphan lad, you may go and soak your head
for an hour or two and battle your tear-be-
dimmed eyes, but I cannot give up my 90
magazine"
The hurt and grieved orphan boy went
to the s~leeping-car conductor and asked
who that sarcastic cuss over yonder might
be, and the conductor said 1t was the Mar
quis Of Lorne.
And 1t was.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
WANTED IN INDIANA.
A Utah Mining Man Charged with
a $4,000 EmbezzIement.

A Utah Mining Man Charged with
a $4,000 Embezzlement.
: On Saturday last, says the Salt Lake
Tribune, a detective from Terre Haute,
Indiana, arrived in this city with a requi-
sition from the Governor of Indiana, for
J. Hasford, one of the officers Of the Jones
Bonanza Mining Company, near Park
City. He called at the Office Of the United
States Marshal, and while inquiring for
his man CHANGED to meet Deputy Sheriff
Moor of Summit County, who was in at
tendance in the Emerson trial, and there
learned from him that Hasford had sud-
denly left Park City and his whereabouts
since Wednesday morning were unknown.
A warrant was placed in Moor's hands, and
he is now after the man. Hasford was in
dicted by the Grand Jury Of Terre Haute,
charged with the embezzlement Of $45, 900
from various insurance companies Of which
he was the agent. 1t is surmised that
Hasford got wind Of his indictment by
telegraph and disappeared accordingly.
On Wednesday morning he packed his
valise hurriedly at the hotel and said he
was going away for a couple Of weeks on
important business. When asked in what
direction, he replied that he was as yet
undecided. The detective started for
home on Sunday.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-28
FIaHTlNG FIRE WITH FIRE.

A secret society has been formed in
st. Petersburg for the purpose of COM
batting the Nihilists with their own
weapons. The society is said to be COM
posed Of 300 persons, divided into groups
OF five each, and directed by a central
committee, at the head of which is man
OF princely rank, closely connected with
the throne. The other members belong
chiefly to the nobility and the official
class. They are animated with intense
hatred oil Nihilism, and are determined
even to assassination to crush it.