The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
the balloon at spitzbereen will be completed By
the 25th Of May.

the negative from the seventh commandment
has brought to light a curious record OF ancient
misprints OF Holy Writ. The copy sold at Sothe.
by's anne from tho library Of II. j.. Farmer At
kinson, member OF Parliament for Boston in
the last House Of Commons. with 1t was sold
this letter from Mr.. II. stevens to the owner!
I congratu'atc you on your acquisition Of a com.
plete copy OF the Wicked" nlblc. This, | think, "A
the NTH now known. Yours r. probably the second
copy that Is known ~ complete with ali the ZAP.
rnrAtus" the Book OF Common Prayer. Scripture
genealogics. Concordance, ami Palms in Meter sc.
: " . Nou are certainly In luck, hut, a. I toll the
anxious and curious old lady at the Cation eIhlhi.
ton, that though this seventh Commandment was
fourd printed In the Bible, II IL not now generally
considered binding. 1t Ia hardly necessary to state
that this edition was suppressed. In the same library
are two or three "Iugge' Bibles. thus termed from
the nfth verse of the Psalm Ecl.i 80 that thou
shalt not nede TO be afrnycd for any bugges by night. -
instead of tho terror by night as In tho authorized
version.
Somebody whose time has apparently been OF
little value has had the patience to make a rec
ord OF these grotosque mistakes, and thus cata-
logues them:
The "Brecches" bible" Then the eies Of them
botn were opened. and they knew that they were
naked, and they sewed ngge tree leaves together and
made themselves brooches" Cgen., ILL.,, ~ printed In
1890. Tho Treacle 4" Biblc-"Is there not treacle at
Gileadt Is there no physician there - DER, will. 22Ji
printed In 1853. Tho "RosIn" Bible-"Gs there no
rosin in Gilead1 Is there no physician there ~ der,
will, 22); printed In 1909. The Place makers" 81.
bic" Blessed are the place makers; for they shall be
called the children OF God" Matt, ". 81; print.
ed in i5ol-9. The vinegar" Blble-"T The par
able OF the vinegar" instead Of tho vineyard"
appears in the chapter heading to Luke, II. In an OK.
ford edition OF the authorized version which was pub.
iished In I'M. The Ears to- ear " Bible who hath
ears to ear. let him ear" Matt. xiii. 43); printed in
1910 The - atanlIng EIshpar Rble-"Ani IL alaIl
come to pass that the fishes will stand upon it," In.
stead OF Fishers" Eek, Xviii, l0)i printed In 1900
The Discharge" Bible-"I discharge thee before God"
a Tim. W, 21): printed in 1905. The "wifehater "
B!ble-"Ir any man come to me, and hate not his
father . . yea, and his own wife also /" Luke.
xiv. 2S); printed in lsIe "Rebekah's Camels'.
Bible-"And Rebekah arose. and her camels, s. instead
OF "damsels" tden.. xiv. CD; printed in 1928
I noted recently in this correspondence some
astonishing recent revisions in the English code
of morals and honor. 1t has remained for an
English Judge, however. to officially and legally
establish the ruling that lying is not wrong. at
least 1t is not sufficiently immoral to Justify an
employer In Diminishing a servant. An East End
shopk eeper discharged his errand boy. who sued
him for a weeks wages In lieu Of notice. The
man justified himself by saying that he found
that the boy told lies.
"Nonsense.' remarked Judge Bacon. "all
boys tell lies. more or less. 1t is q habit that Is
not confined to them"
But 1t is wicked pleaded the shopk eeper.
Judgment for the plaintiff. with COSTS re-
piled the Judge.
The most recent discoveries among the tombs
of the ancient Kings and Queens of Egypt are
perhaps the most interesting that have yet been
made. NJ. de Morgan has resurrected the num-
mifcd remains of Princesses Khnoumit and
tia. These two Princesses lived at the end of
the third and the beginning of the fourth
dynasties. or about 500 years before the Chris
tian era. Their tombs had been concealed with
a good deal OF ingenuity. There was ample ev-
idence Of the fear OF being disinterrcd by
prowling nomadic bands OF robbers, apprehen-
sions which continually dwelt in the minds of
the ancient Egyptians. There were several
sham funeral chambers cut In the rock near
the real tombs, some or them bearing mislead-
ing inscriptions intended to deceive marauders.
The actual tombs were inscribed with
warnings which threatened terrible pen
alties upon any intruder. The remains
OF tho two Princesses were Enclosed
In rich sarcophagi within a fine vault. An i'm
posing array Of sculptured figures stood guard
the stone collins. The bodies themselves
were still decked with the diadems. rich neck
let's. and other jewels which had adorned the
wearers at the court of the Pharaohs. Princess
Khnoumit wore an deliberately chased gold
and au additional head ornament in gold
representing feathers. Princess lta had
at her side q finely chased dagger set in a ham
die OF solid gold. All the jewels In setting and
In artistic workmanship rival all the best work
of modern times. All the inscriptions within
and without tho tomb were well preserved and
distinctly legible. Most of these relics reached
Cairo q few days ago. where they are now being
by enthusiastic Archaeological.
In tho midst Of the daily denunciation and
demonstration against all things American in
Spain, 1t may be interesting to note that there
is one citizen OF the United States on the spot
who Is doing his best TO calm the Spanish tenn
per by abject apologies for his country. This
peace-loving Individual is William w. Stuart,
tho Barcelona correspondent of the New York
World. He sent a letter to the Dtdrto de BARGE
Iona this week which the undergraduates OF
Princeton will hardly thank him for writing.
is what he wrote:
THE United States university where the
outrage telegraphed to-day occurred was
where I passed four years OF my youth.
and, as l have always experienced the
best OF treatment among your countrymen
during many years, Iregret the occurrence from
the bottom OF my heart, and | think 1t Unnecessary
to offer an explanation. The students were
excited by exaggerated and false tele-
grams OF events in Spain and wished to retail
ate: and, moreover. all the world over students
are fond OF joking, as was evidenced by our
Consul General asking the authorities not TO
punish in any way any student. Ii must also
be added that III the United States all the uni
are private, and the Government has
nothing to do with them. Besides this, Prince
ton is a town in which there are neither Gov
ernor nor military governor, soldiers nor guards,
ana consequently it was very easy to promote a
disturbance"
The editor OF the DidriO Is good enough to
thank the American apologlst for his letter.
ut the same time he points out that lack
police authority Is no sufficient excuse for ex-
ceases OF the kind by the students OF
Princeton"
T. p. O'Connor, who, in addition to his work
AZ a journalist and political leader, is perhaps
the greatest OF English book reviewers. has been
discussing the subject OF literary criticism this
week before an audience OF women journalists.
Some OF his comparisons between mod
ern and earlier criticism were interesting and