Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-17
coLuraHus AND The HgsREws.
Some curioos Coineidenees In Csnnection
with his Sailing and Discovery

Some curioas Coineidenees In csnnection
With his Sailing and Discovery.
Discoveries ancnt the voyage OF
Christopher Columbus in 1892 seem to
be multiplying every day. AL. per
chance, may not be equally worthy Ct
acceptance, and yet some are remarlza-
bly, borne out by history Jewish
savants. among others, have diligently
searched into the circumstances bear
ing upon that first voyage of the Geno-
csc admiral and have brought 10 light
some very interesting particulars
Among these are evidences thatSHe-
brews were among the sailors thst
composed the crews OF the three YES
sells under the direction OF Columbus
And that this Circumstance Is not re-
carded as unlikely Is shown by the
difficulty that Columbus must have ex-
perienced n persuading even seafariHg
men to venture upon unknown paths
in the trackless expanse- ltis regarded
as quite reasonable that few. mem
be-s OF that stock which Spain exiled
during the same period gladly chose to
sail CT an unknown voyage rather than
submit to the perils attendant upon
punishment from the Ibe-ian peninsula
That Louis Ge Torres, p converse. or
converted jew, was OF. the cre@ OF Co
lumbus. and that, by reason OF his
knowledge as p hnguist- he acted as in
terpreter 70 the expeditions and per
formed other labors in the newly d.
covered continent, abundant ties Gmony
has already established
But more recent researches. have
brought to light curious condolences in
connection with the date of the sailing
49, ID,7.. h. .7-~s -
the first sighting of land at San Salvador
on this side OF the Atlantic Or Moses
Kayserling, of Budapest, Eustria<Hun-s
gary, a Jewish scholar OF rerOvn, whose
studies in the history and literature of
the ancient race have earned for him a
deservedly high rank, verifes the as
sumption OF some writers that the Sd OF
August. 1892, and the 18th of Octobe-,
1892, correspond with special events in
IsraeIs history, as do those ssnne dates
in 1892 correspond with Jewish ami
versaries- The argument Is as follows:
The Fast Of the Ninth Day of A5-
marking the worst disasters IN Isrsaers
history, the destruction of both Holy
Temples at Jerusalem lhuQdreds OF
years after each other), and the disper-
sion of the Jewish nation-occurred in
1892, on Thursday, August = History
shows that the exile from Spain also
happened about the same period OF 1892,
but the later evidences prove that 1t oc-
CURED on the same identical date and
day-immediately preceding the sailing
of Columbus three Ships
What must be considered, however,
as OF equal, If not of still more, impor-
lance, is the additional discovery that
the 18th of October, 1872. occurred
Wednesday, and, as this year, on the
seventh day of the Jewish feast of tab
ernacles, the day OF the great hosan-
mas when the Hebrews, with praises
and hymns, joyfully thanked God for
His divine protection. DR.. kayserling
and oth9s by means OF their investiga-
tions have established it seems beyond
/ doubt the correctness of this double
correspondence OF days and dates
! These discoveries may. indeed, be re-
| garded as remarkable Columbus sets
I sail just at the period OF Israel's suffer
! ing, to arrive at what was TO b, through
! divine providence, the haven OF rest for
/ the prosecuted and the true refuge for
! the oppressed, just at the time when
/ the Jewish people throughout Their dis
| persion are declaring amid psalmody
and thanksgiving their love and de-
pendence upon Him whose word de-
termines the destinies OF all nations as
| f every individual.
[<Columbus' diary starts out in these
words, quoted by DR.. Kayserli2g- I'm
the same month in which their males
| ties issued the edict that all Jews should
be driven out of the kingdom and ter
ritories, in the same month they gave
me cthe order to undertake, with suf-
fcient men, my expedition of discovery
to the Indies - philadelphia Ledger.