Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-21
Bible GuriOsiLies.
Strange Facts Gained by a Study of the
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 Good Book.
 The learned Prince of Granada, heir to the Spanish throne, imprisoned by order of the crown for fear he should aspire to the throne, was kept in solitary confinement in the old prison at the Place of Souls, Madrid. After thirty three years in this living tomb, death came to his release, and the following re markable researches taken from the Bible and marked with an old nail on the rough walls of his cell, told how the brain sought em- ployment through the weary years
 In the Bible the word Lord is found l, S53 times; the word Jehovah, 6,s55 times, and the word reverend but once and that in the 9th verse of the 111th Psalm. The Sth verse of the 18th Psalm is the middle verse of she Bible. The 9th verse of the 8th chapter of Esther is the longest verse. The Both verse 11th chapter of St. John is the shortest. In 8th, 18th, 21st and 31st. Each verse of the 136th Psalm ends alike. No names or words with more than six syllables are found in the Bible. The 37th chapter of Isaiah and 18th chapter of Ed Kings are alike. The word girl occurs but once in the Bible, and that in the Sd verse and Sd chapter of Joel. There are found in both books of the Bible 3 5S6,- 4s3 letters, 773, ,693 words, 31,373 verses. l, 189 chapters and 66 books. The 26th chap ter of the Acts of the Apostles is the finest chapter to read. The most beautiful chapter in tho Bible is the 23d Psalm. The four most inspiring promises are John, 14th chapter and I'd verse John, 9th chapter and 37th verse; St. Matthew, 11th chapter and 18th verso; and 37th Psalm, 4th verse; The 1st verse of the Goth chapter of Isaiah is the one for the new converts. All who fatter them selves with vain boastings of their perfection All humanity should learn the 9th chapter of St. Luke from the 20th verse to it's ending. wclseley n a Coartfer.
 
 Royal recognition may also count for some thing with the future Lord Wolseley Of Cairo The distinguishing note of royal courtesy, as we all know, is 8 delicate consideration for ] the convenience of others. The Queen has it l in a high degree. She holds her court st Balmoral in the height of the parliamentary session. Radicals, who are always grumblers, have complained that this was inconv enient But criticisms upon the great are usually founded on imperfect knowledge of tho facts. The true reason for the Queens stay in Scot l land is to insure to her ministers, as they l succeed ono another in attendance on her royal person, relief from the fatigues of Parliament and the oppressive air of London l in summer. Whom the roy al pleasure has to be taken, what can be more delightful to the overworked head of great department than l railway journey of 600 miles, long drive over the hills, nights rest at the castle and the journey back again the next day and night ! to London ?
 Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived in London, 1 having travelled with hardly a break the 5000 miles from Cairo. He had become inured to fatigue. fresh start to Balmoral l the next night could be but prolongation of l the pleas which, Dr. Johnson taught us, is to be found in rapid and continued | locomotior He had, it is true. to leave Lady l Wolseley, whom he had not seen for some ] months, behind him. He had to decline an l invitation for her and himself to dine with ol Dr,,, 1e TaIn borough house that evening He had to leave ! unfulfilled 8 multitude of other engagements l But these are minor inconyeniences, and not l to be weighed for a moment against the honor of dining with hissos sreign on a lonely 1 hill side in North Britain. The Queen, more over, is not only military ruler, but a moth l er What could be moro beautiful than her l impatience to hear from the commander of her forces in Egypt full narrative of ''the l admirable manner in which the Duke of Connaught led his brigade to the attack. '' l Sir Garnet is far too accomplished courier l to allow his royal mistress to suspect that the Duke never led his brigade to the attack | at all.
 It was on Tuesday afternoon about that Sir Garnet Wolseley reached Balmoral. He had an audience of her majesty and an early dinner. and started the same afternoon ba ck again. Twelve hundred miles travel for two hours talk Who shall say that it is not | & blessed thing to live under sovereign, and that sovereign 0 woman ? He was ir London yesterday morning at the war office by noon and took charge of his department as adjutant general, and last evening dineG out and was the lion of a small party after
 ward. He certainly looked none the worse
 for his journeys, nor much altered by his
 Egyptian hardships. A little browner, ot
 course, but the keen eye glittered as of yore
 from beneath the fall brow, the thin face
 was no thinner, the spare light figure al
 straight as ever, and he bowed easily ant
 low before the Princess Mary, kissed her glovet
 and extended hand. and recovering himself
 as alertly as if his muscles had never beer
 stiffensd by bullets and saber cuts, by feveri
 and exposure to half the worst climates II | the world.