Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-16

With to-days issue TIE EVENING STAR has
been published ten thousand days unir1ter-
fuptedly, except on Sundays and legal holi-
days. In some senses this is not q very long
period, but it exceeds by far the average life of
newspapers in this country; and when an exis-
tence of a third OF a century is but the promise
of n much longer and more useful career, as in
this case. IL means n great deal Ofthe several
engagements and steady improvements tha,
have been made in the paper in that time il is
not necessary To speak here. Happily they are
all known 10 many persons now living. who, as
its constant readers, have watched its growth
TO strength and useful influence from small and
unpromiSing beginnings. They will bear testi-
mony we think, that, under It's present man
agemeEt, at least, it has in every way kept pace
with the spirit and requirements of the age and
that it has led rather than waited to be driven
This policy it may be added, will mark the
future history of the paper even more distinctly
than It's past. If evidence ON this point were
needed it is furnished by the present issue OF
the paper.
With the view of meeting the unusual de
mands made upon Its space at present by adj
vertsers, and of supplying at the same time to
its readers all the news of the day, with other
useful and entertaining matter, it appears to-
day in eight-page form, of eight columns each or
with a grand total of sIxTY-FoUR COLUMNS, of
more than average length and width. There
are in fact but few double-sheet daily news
papers larger than to-day's STAR printed any
where. Other journals seek to meet occasional
the publication of loose supplemental sheets,
varying in size according To- demands; but THE
STAR prefers to solve the problem by enlarging
its pages. when necessary, and retaining the
usual arrangemer, of matter and make up of
forms, feeling well satisfied that the interests of
both advertisers and readers are best served by
this course.
1t has been made possible to accomplish this
result only by the addition of larger and faster
presses to the already excellent equipment of
the office,-to which very important accession
has been made withil the past two weeks by
the Introduction of a second new fast Hoe Web
Printing Machine, of the best construction. and
combining all the lates; improvements AS an
illustration OF THE STARS disposition In this
direction it will be pardoned for saying here
that within the past four years it has purchased
and put in operation new presses and other
machinery and appliances costing the hand
some sum of SEvENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOL
LARS 10 say nothing of large sums invested in
the purchase and improvement of real estate
required for the proper handling of it's large
and constantly increasing business nor of still
other large amounts expended for enlarged and
better telegraphic and other news-getting ser
vice. That these expenditures. sometimes ap-
parently in advance of real needs. have been
Justified, is shown by the gratifying and sig
nificant fact that THE STAR is the only after
noon paper outside of New YORK which requires
two fast web presses to print its regular daily
editions
With this record behind it, It is scarcely nee
essary TO say in many words TINT THIS STAR
will be quick liz the future as il has uniformly
been prompt in the past, 10 meet all the re-
quireInents OF the times, whatever they may
demand. in intelligent and legitimate enter
prise, and strive, by independence. honesty of
purpose, and fair dealing. 10 deserve the exeep-
tionally liberal patronage extended to it.
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An outline OF the principal changes made in
the revision of the Old Testament has been given
out for publication, from which e appears that
generally the new readings do not differ in sense
from those in the King James version
AT the very outset, however, the reader
Is confronted with a change in the mar
ratve of the history of creation, which
j. perhaps the most important alteration in the
whole work of revision. The old expression
"lnd the earth without form and void
now reads land the earth was waste and void"
Tncn the indication OF the separate stages of
creation Is definitely marked. the expressions
In the Old version 1.-The evening and the morn
Ing were the first day, Se., now reading "and
there was evening and In re was morning one
day" land there was cvenin. and there WAS
morning Il second day, and 50 OH until the six
Periods are completed. These alterations seem
To be importint concessions TO the results OF
geological investigations. and will serve TO dis
pei the be!iei still retained by many literal con-
structionists Of the Old Bible that the earth was
fashioned IN six ordinary days. The mex. i'm
portant alteration is the substitution OF the
words 1.-THE grave and 1.-THE pit with the He
brew word ''Sheo!," in the margin whenever
the WORT Hell appears in the political books
the reVis1rS stating IN their preface that ..hcIl
hit could be taken in It's original sense as used
In the creed; would De q fairly adequate eauiva-
lent for the Hebrew word, but il Is so commonly
understood as the place OF torment, that TO en-
ploy it frequently would lead to inevitable mis-
understanding
Some o. the mos. familiar expressions have
been changed, the most notable being the allit-
Grafton, vanity and veXation of spirit" which
has become vanity and striving after wind"
There are some verbal alterations in the ten
commandments, the most striking of which is
that of the sixth, which. instead of being Thou
Shalt not KILL, now reads Thou shalt do no
murder. As only the mos: radical changes
are noted in the outline of the revision now
published, il is but fair that criticism OF the
work o. the theOlOsians who have been engaged
So long rpon the subject, and who presumably
have beer thoroughly conscientious in their
efforts, should be deferred until the entire vol
urnc can b. examined.
The spring race meeting OF the National
Jockey Club closed yesterday with q series of
contests in which the favoritcs were generally
beaten and the outsiders were successful. This
was bad thing for the boOkmallers but il en-
aoied many of the "bovs' TO get whole Those
who followed the professional tips" however
lost their money. The entire meeting has been
the most successful OF any in the history OF the
Jockey Club. both as 10 the extent OF the atten-
dance and the general excellence of the sport
There was a singular freedom from complaints
as 10 the decision of the judges and in nearly
every race the trials of speed were honest and
the winners were pushed 10 their utmost efforts
The number of ladies present each day has
been notable, and shows increasing interest On
the part of the fair sex. Altogether this meet