The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-11-29
The Seven Bibles.

Coran OF the Mohametans, the Irl Fiji
kes OF the Bnddhists, the five kings OF
the Chinese, the Three Vidas OF the Him
docs, the Rendavesta, OF the Christians.
The Koran is the most recent OF the
five, dating from about the seventh cen
tury after Christ. 1t is a compound OF
quotations from both the Old and New
Testaments and from the Talmud. The
Tri Pitikes contain sublime morals and
pure aspirations. Their author lived
and died in the sixth century before
Christ.
The sacred writings OF the Chinese are
called the Five Kings, the word 'kings"
meaning web OF cloth. From this it is
presumed that they are originally writ
ten on five rolls OF cloth. They contain
wise sayings from the sages on the du-
ties OF life, but they cannot be traced !
before our era.
The Vedas are the most ancient books
in the language OF the Hindoos, but they |
do not, according to late commentators, !
antedate the twelfth century before the
Christin era.
The Zendavesta OF the Persians, next
to our bible, is rcckoned among schol
lars as being the greatest and most
learned OF the sacred writings. Soroas-
| ter, whose sayings it contains, lived and
lived and worked in the twelfth centaury
before Christ; Moses lived and wrote
the Pentateuch 900 before the birth Of
Christ; therefore, that portion OF our
Bible is at least 300 years older than
the most ancient OF other sacred writ
ings.
The Eddas, a semi-sacred work OF tile
Scandinavians, was first given to the
world in the fourteenth century.
There was large girthed man in a car
on the elevated road as rode down
town the other morning, says New
York writer, who got up and gave his
seat to a homely-faced working girl, and
then stood hanging to a strap all the
way down to Cortlandt street. No one
spoke to him but a fussy little gentle
man with presumptuous manners, who
made such an effort to engage the gen
tleman in conversation that everybody
smiled, the object OF the conversational
attack included The big man said
nothing whatever, but merely bowed his
head occasionally in dignlicd recugni-
| ton OF what his tormentor was saying.
, it was Grover Cleveland, eX-presitient OF
r the United States, a practicins lawyer OF
< the city OF New York and a freeholder,
There were two things worth taking
ns te OF in that episode. The gallantry
4 with which he rendered his seat to the
= pale-faced girl was a tribute to woman,
y hood. When Grover Cleveland became
5 president he didn't have the reputation
OF being overly gallant His sweet wife
y has possibly tempered his character
n At all events his action was ,n example
! and lesson. The other point is th'
d perfect democracy OF American institu
tions. Yesterday this man was TIN
ID ruler OF sixty millions OF people. To
le day he pays nlck!e for a ride along
J. side italian laborerG, washcrwomen
ii business men and others, who use tn
,r elevated road system, and hangs on b.
a strap like any the rest OF us. He i
, one OF the people to-day where yestel
1s day he was one OF the mighty rulers c
20 earth. The pincll-faced newsboy VIII
j, sold him a paper as he lett the trai
o. may be one OF his successors in tn
White house. The man who at presen
occupies it will, in a single day, come t
IN the plane on which Grover Clevelan
at now walks. 1t is the philosophy Of tn
republic. How small we all al
anyway
ts From {, recent Austin special to til
Gazette we learn some interesting fact
relating to the education OF the colore
., race in Texas. The report makes fir
W showinS for our great State, and is
~ sufficient refutation OF the ISLANDERS pril
~. ~ ted in some sections i'll regard to tt
" treatment OF the negro in the Soutl
and the means employed to enlighta
re- him and fit him for good citizenship
on it is estimated that the States has e:
lat pended since the war little less tina
an SO,OOO,OOO for the education OF her II
ck gro population, and it should be born
ne. in mind that this princelv sum has bee
gqen by the Democrats OF Texas to be
ter the condition and future OF q IA
all that has presistently voted against tt
e a party SO generously providing for t
ale education OF the negro when the FEEDER;
TIL. Government turned him over to t
). State at the close OF the wal. The t
tai number OF colored children Of sch
iastic age in the State is placed AT II;
' 1S6, which which at 81 per head the a
'ei portionment until September, 1880, t
oA- sum is S460, IA. In thelanguage OF
ieli report s'half q million dollars In rou
'no numbers ic annually expended for t
M educdtion OF the negro in this Sta
The total apportionment this year
pert white and colored together is 81, so
ant. 4S2, That is to say, the negro g
d is nearly one-third OF all the school nor
/ is of Texas, in which he pays taxes scar
ex- ly amounting to d drop in the buck
that This is saying nothing OF the sch
says houses and churches built for him, ne
ly all OF which comes out OF the poe
OF the white man one way or another.
These figures do not include the cit
ocN- and towns which have assumed cont
9uo- Of their own schools, and which incl
EN- total OF 7O,751 white and 2a,747
ON ored school children, and the app
ON ON, tionment from the State being this y
iacR i 1881 ,992, the colored children get
An 9sS. During the five years from i
70 to 1889 the total apportionment ior
white population was s7,aao,7as,
~ the eolored apportlonment S2,489,
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