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Cardinal Gibbonu,n Roolr.

Messrs. John Murphy & Co. of Baltimore
have published, in volumes of a uniform size,
three books by JAMES, Cardinal GIBBONS, respec-
lively entitled Our Christidn Heritage, The
Faith Of Our Fathers. and The Ambassador Of
Christ. The first two volumes are reprints. Our
Christian Heritage" having first appeared in
1888 and THE Faith Of Our Fathers" in 1875.
but the forty-seventh edition of the latter book
was revised in 1895. The purpose Of The Ambas-
sador of Christ" is to define the mission OF the
Catholic clergy in the United States; that of
The Faith Of Our Fathers to present in q clear
and compendious form an exposition and vindi-
cation OF the principal tenets Of the Catholic
Church.; that Of Our Christian Heritage TO
discuss within as small a compass as possible a
variety OF subjects, which tho author considers
OF vital consequence not only to Catholics, but
to all men who take a serious view Of the solemn
duties Of human life. 1t is the last.named book
to which we would direct attention at this time.
reserving some account Of les companion vol
umes for another occasion.
In an introduction to Our Christian Herr
tage" the Cardinal defines tho class of readers
whom he has especially in view. They arc those
who say: We are longing for light, but We
hesitate to become Christians, not so much be-
cause your religion claims to be supernatural as
because we suspect 1t to be irrational. We re-
ject your authority as teachers; We reject
Christian revelation; We take nothing for
granted; we appeal to the force Of reason and
historical evidence. Lot us try to meet them on
their own ground and respect the appeal"
Tho whole Of the book before US may be do
scribed as an appeal to history. but. of the thirty
Ave chapters, those which are most convincing
deal with tho influence of Christianity upon the
condition of woman. upon human slavery. upon
the number and atrocities of wars, and. gener-
ally. upon the practice Of social virtues. Lot us
note very briefly some OF the points made in
connection with two Of these subjects. They
are lacking. 1t will be observed. neither In
copious and accurate learning nor in cogent
argument.
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he captivity, ssospt Jeremiah. IN the phrase
ebove Sefsfred 70.
II q submitted by tho author Of this book that
the conclusion 10 Irresistible that nothing was
known insthe land OF Israel concerning tho
Patriarchs or the stories In which their names ng-
urc until after the period which il now assigned
by learned critics for the production Of those
stories, and that even knowledge Of tho sacred
history in which they were eventually incorpo-
rated was confined TO q small class until after
the captivity, when the books Of the law wero
promulgated. There is no trace of an oral tradi-
ton of the personalities or the family Of the 30
called ancestors of the Israelites during the long
torn anterior to tho division Of tho kingdom Of
Solomon and the development Of written htera-
ture; II such an oral tradition had existed 1t
could hardly have escaped como passing allusion.
Tho use Of personal names to designate tribes
or bands and tho putting Of tribal history into
the form of personal story, were common every-
where in primitive times, especially among
Oriental peoples. The Israelites usually spoke
Of . people Of q land az tho children Of a land.
selves, woro called the children Of Heth; Heth
being assumed TO DO tho name Of an ancient
parsonage. Mr.. Fiske mentions an illustration
of the inclination OF tho earliest writer's TO
pcrsonify triboe in their ordinary language at
the beginning of the Book Of Judges. whore.
several generations after tho era assigned to
Jacobs family, Judah said unto Simeon, his
brother. Come up with me into my lot. that We
may fight against the Canaanites. and 1 like
wiso will go with thee into thy lot 80 Simeon
went with him."
Apparently, the Book of Genesis underwent
little change after the blending of the original
two documents, which took place in tho time of
Hezekiah. It must have been among the liter
AIRY treasures of the Temple which wore car
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that Il antedated the Esyptian boodagss 40
cording 10 the generally accepted ETY.
mology Il meant warrior Of God" Az
the Hebrews were not primarily and essen
TALLY a warliko people, Mr.. Fisko points out
that they could hardly have given them
selves that title In the nomadic days. II more
probably sprang out Of the ono era In their his
tory when they wero nerved to desperate battle
for tho possession Of q country which tnoy
claimed by Inheritance and divine PROMISE
Jacob was q poctical designation for the same
people, and used only in rhetorical Language. II
was derived from q word meaning heel, ana
was applied to ono who supplantod or super
seeded another. There is no indication OF Its use
before the tribes wore established as o nation,
and its adoption probably had reference rather
TO the crushing or supplanting Of tho Canaan
itos than to any relation with the comparatively
remote Edomitos. The dominant tribes OF the
northern kingdom, Ephraim and Mnnasseh were
POLITICALLY designated as Joseph, tho double deri-
walton Of which may have a special signih-
canoe. It is explained as meaning both taking
from and adding to. 1t may imply an original
joining to the other tribes or o separation from
them in their later history, and 1t was used with
apparent reference to both senses. There were
traditions Of q tribe or branch Of the Hebrew
people which were settled In tho south under
the name of Simeon. but which had faded out;
and there wero traditions Of two that had re-
mained to the east Of the Jordan after tho con-
ouost, designated as Reuben and Cad, which had
also lost their identity. There was, finally. o
class Of persons scattered over tho country, and
wandering from place to place, associated chiefly
with the oracles and shrines of worship. and
known as the Sons OF Levi. that being a general
term borrowed from Egypt for those who served
at affairs.
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the Old Testament which modern knowlcdgo
tustines. He has thought Il an advantage that
| this should be done by one who was not only
free from theological prepossessions, but whose
| working life had not been absorbed In the special
| study which IL liable to narrow the view and
impair tho sense of proportion. His first essay
in this direction was his work upon The jew
fish Scriptures" to which We have before ro-
ferrcd. Now he undertakes to p%resent'an oxpo-
sition Of the ancient Hebrew books. so analysed
and examined az to demonstrates the manner of
their production, and. as II seems to him to con-
vincinRly Justify the general views which hehad
taken of the whole collection. Among the con-
illusions which he deems established beyond
further dispute arc these: Tho irst six books Of
the Old Testament, namely, the Pcntateuch.
and Book Of Joshua, which ombody tho ancient
covenants and tho jewish law. wero put into
their present form after the return Of the exilos
from Babylonia, when tho ~levitical system OF
tho Second Temple was developed. Tho code
which constitutes the bulk Of tho Book OF Le-
viticus, parts Of which, however, are reiterated
in tho last chapters OF Exodus, and scattered
through Numbers and Joshua. was then formu-
lated and woven somewhat crudcly into the old
narrative of the early history Of tho people,
which were modified and adapted for the pur-
pose, especially the last sixteen chapters of Elk
odus and considerable passages in Numbers.
Tho Book Of Deuteronomy, on the othcr hand.
which was included In tho "Torah.' contained
the statement OF tho law put in form In the
time OF Josiah's reforms, which the High Priest,
Kilkiah, pretended to have found In the tenn
pie. Tho old primitive or sacred" history
Of tho people was used as the frame
work Of narratives and Of the entire system Of
prescriptions and requirements and Of laws and
ordinances for restored judaism. which 1t was
a. A. - III A.
consecrste. This sacred history had been COM
piled In the time Of Hezekiah. after the fall Of
Samaria. and near the end of the eighth GEN.
fury B. c.. mainly from two older versions, one
OF which had been produced in tho Northern
Kingdom and tho other at Jerusalem. from half
a century to q century before. This material
constitutes the bulk Of tho Book Of Genesis and
the first part of Exodus. and 10 traceable in
fragments through tho other books.
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so1rE y SOCKS
NJ l1esrsM lErths.

In the AfVths Of Lsrasl we have an analysis Of
the ancient book Of Genesis in tho light o: mod
srn scholarship, by NOS KIDpER FIsKn Mso-
millansL. II should be mentioned ut the outset
that the author. with whose previous work on
'Tho Jewish Scriptures many American read
en- are no doubt acquainted. has approached the
uplopct In n rovercnt spirit although he has
brought TO bear the resources Of modern critical
research upon it's study and exposition. While
holding tho book Of Genesis to be q composite
production, made up largely of myths and frnE-
mcnts Of myths embodyinR the conceptions Of
the earliest writer's OF Israel regarding the rela-
lions Of that people to their deity. he. at the same
time, believes the book to DO of extreme interest
70 the sane student of human development, be-
cause within IL were planted tho first germs Of
religious conceptions which have grown and oK-
banded through human history. and become some
of the powerful factors In tho gradual elevation
OF mankind. II is not, indeed. asserted that the
moral tone porvsdinR the book OF Genesis II
high, or that the ethical conceptions Of the
writer's were exalted. but It is maintained that
their ideas of divinity and It's workings attained
q height which was lofty and luminous in COM
parison with tho surrounding moral and relig-
lousgloom. The founders Of the Jewish faith laid
hold upon the eternal principle Of righteous
ness' in human conduct and Of submission to
divine law. so far as 1t Is revealed to human In
telligence. Nnd sought to give II q potent sane
tion in the story Of their people. Surely such a
story Is worthy Of study in all the candor Of
broad enlightenment.
The text Of Genesis used in this volume 10
mainly that of the familiar English translation.
but the two principal versions, tho authorized
and the revised. have been collatcd with render
0.uo h- laar~nl II.lrata 40 t- atlAr LAM ,a pna N q
we'll as in English, and liberties have been taken
here and there with those versions where the
real meaning could be made clearer, while some
obsolete words and phrases have been super
seded. The old division into chapters and
verses, moreover, which Is largely arbitrary, has
been discarded and a division according to sub
lects has been adopted.
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ity dealt with slavery. The Church. he reminda
~ .don,inu ~. nc.,,,oa -. =. S-..ss
pau Ala no, do.m ~ " nar, -, -. $500
hastily to sever, or rudely to disturb, tho relA-
tions t,st sha torns snha;,,tDu -. -.
and man. What the apostles and their suoce,.
sors did was to pursue a policy which. without
gradual emancipation of slaves. They sue
ceeded In iightoning the chain; in causing l. to
relaN ,s no,a aay oy Gay. TILL al last IL ieu
from the limbs of the captives. Their irst stop
-. Is
slave 10 emaneipate MN from the thraidom OF
his passions and the darkness of error. and to
admit him to the liberty of n child NJ God.
In the ne,t Mac. ,ha Christi.n n,on.~
cheered the heart of the converted slave by Civ
ing a conspicuous place in tho scheme of ethics
TO those virtues that had been hitherto deemed
contemplate and unworthy of a freeman. In the
pagan world. poverty of spirit. humility and
nation under affront, forgiveness Of INJURIES and
love of enemies. obedience and long suffering.
virtues at all, but the base characteristics OF an
enslnyed and ignoble caste. The apostle Of the
SSr remind hiGanSs im Of S0 fhs rea ihs so ShF,s' ot n Stsxi
not depend on the isa accident ID atS Of b druS or %rE @esitS 6o or
tue is the sole standard Of excellence in tho
sight OF God, as we'll as the sole test OF future
recognition. Again. the Church contributed
largely 10 the moral elevation Of tho slave by
l~cyelling all distinctions between bond and FREQ
in her temples and religious assemblies. As
soon as tho slave entered the place OF worship
he breathed the air OF liberty. lie possessed
every privilege accorded to the freeman. He
was admitted 70 ar, equal participation in the
the same font. He sat side by side with his
master at the Agaue. He Joined with him
In the public prayers In, the peni.
tential discipline OF tho Church there
was no class distinction The Chris,
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".

7
II soems TO have been but q few years after the
time Of the Johovist writer that the writer
known a. tho Elohist put forth at Jerusalem
the Judean version of the "uaored history"
Such Of his work 80 has been preserved II known
az the Elohist material, or from the "Elohist
document" because he used tho word Elohim
for the dolly down TO tho point in tho narrative
at which tho appellation OF Jehovah was said to
have been revealed to Moses. There had been.
40 yet, no such religious ferment In Judah
as had been going on in the Northern Kingdom.
and the prophetic spirit had not begun tho
vigorous development which eliminated in
Isaiah. Tho art Of writing had been mainly en-
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III.

The two chapters In which the influence of Pa
ganism and Christianity respectively on human
slavery IL considered are among the most valu-
able In the book. II % well known that ct the b.
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nsss Wbsn Noes had Just rescued the people
IRON theirssFvitude within the bordersof Egypt.
and was raliying them to the effort Of making
their way 10 tho possession Of the Promised Land.
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Snnitlifeld.

We are having beautiful warm days
with cool nights.
Mr. Henry futile, wife and children
of Winthrop, were visiting relatives in
town last week.
Fred Witham and wife of Norridge-
wock were In town Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Lawrence of Mercer, preach
ed In the Gould school house, Sunday.
Frank futile spent a few days In
Madison, last week, visiting relatives,
he also attended their cattle show and
fair.
The good templars are reorganized
and are having some nice meetings.
Mr.. Conkling was in town last week in
interest of the steel ranges.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Tyler of Mt.
Vernon were In town, Saturday, visiting
friends. Mr.. Tyler bought quite mum
Der of lambs in this Vicinity.
Mr.. u. T. Dudley has been laying by
the past week with lame arm.
Mr.. Arthur Cram of Mt. Vernon, visit
ed at Mr.. Dudley's Friday.
Shurburn Bickford has sold his farm
at Martin Stream to Richard York of
Fairfield.
Harvey Sawyer Is having his store rt-
paired. He will have very nice store
when done. He has also been at work
on his house.
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Fairfield.

A farmers institute is to be be held at
Fairfield Center, Saturday, the Odd
instant, by Secretary Mckeen and
others. There will be a good turnout.
Memorial day WAS observed In the
Universalist church, last Sunday. The
decorations of the church were very
handsome being of woodbne, while
beautiful flowers were brought in
memory of Mrs. Mary Common and little
Frank Duren.
The Y. p. C. L. we're invited to the
pleasant home of Rev. aud Mrs j. f.
Rhoades, Monday evening, and most
delightful evening was passed very
dainty lunch WAS served, after which
some interesting remarks were made by
Rev. MIR. Rhoades and Rev. Chas Welles
of Belfast, who was the guest of Rev.
and Mrs. RhOades. 1t being the annual
meeting the following officers were
elected: President, II. F. rotman; vice
president, Mary C. Evans; secretary,
Maud McFadden; treasurer, Lima Holt.
The Journal says we are to have u new
industry established in Fairfield that
will employ many hands inside of a year.
This new industry Is the Fairfield Floral
Co. and the rooms over G. A. Savage's
grocery store are being put In order for
the manufacture of artificial flowers.
An expert at the business from New
York and who has travelled In Europe
and other countries will have charge of
the manufacturing department. Maine
and New York capitalists are interested
in the project and we predict great sue
cess for them.
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COrnVille.

Chas. Doe of Boston, is visiting his
brother, Geo. Doe.
Mrs. Lucy Curtis of Bingham and
Cora Melntire of Scion, visited their
sister, Mrs. q. W. Bates recently.
cartridges are scarce this season.
Thomas. j. Young, Esq, was in town
last week.
Daniel Maynard was In town last
week.
Freeand Thompson is quite well now
Merton Dennis of Skowhegan was al
home Sunday, on his wheel
Albra Adams and family of Madison
visited at Mrs. Collins, Sunday.
Johnson's liCiment man was in town
Monday.
Nice weather lately. Many improved
it Sunday.
Elder Libby of Brighton was in town
Monday and Tuesday.
Clarence Green put his hand over thu
muzzle of an air rifle Sunday. | some
way the rife was discharged making
quite bad wound Ia the hand Better
be careful boys which end OF the gun
you are at.
Mr.. John Csss and son of Philadelphia
are In town this week. He called at hi:
old home at No. Cornville, also took
several views of the surroundings viz
the buildings and store, the hills leading
west, the spot where the old schoo
house used to be located and old Porcu'
pine mountain. 1t has been severa
years since he left here.
Mr.. Hiram Moore was in town Tues
day after more men for the woods.
There is a report that Mr.. Goodrich
OF Brighton was taken for deer and
shot, did not hear how badly. Better be
more careful before you shoot and be
sure that no person is behind the bush
that you fire into.
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LarOne.

One of the largest congregations for
Larone, listened to the sermon of Rev.
A. S. Laid at Writings last Sabbath.
Evening meetings were started last
Sabbath at Mr.. Magoon's and good at
tendance was present.
A few of our people attended the
ceremonies of laying the corner stone at
Good Will Farm, last Monday.
l.. G. Stevens has been drawing to the
M. G.. X. X. car shops at Waterville,
their annual supply Of charcoal which
Mr.. Stevens manufacturers and delivers
himself every year.
Many of our little ones have been i'll
but are now much better.
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So. Smithfeld.
May Higgins Is on the sick list.

May Higgins Is on the sick list.
Mrs. Seth Bickford held meeting
here last Sabbath.
A. p. Holmes has turkey which
dropped an egg last Sunday measuring
IL 6 3 4 inches. Who next?
Belgrade claims to be the home of the
bass, but we think Smithfield deserves
share of praise as Mr.. Thomas Doyle
caught bass on East pond measuring
eighteen inches in length and five and
one-half inches across him.
Mr.. Nathaniel Perkins and wife of
Abbott are visiting relatives here in
town and in Mt. Vernon.
Harvey Mosher and sister Mrs. Hig-
gins spent the Sabbath with their par
rents Mr.. and Mrs. Ivory Mosher.
II. f. futile and family of Winthrop,
visited his mother and brother 10 this
place the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Crowell spent
Saturday with their daughter in Skow-
hogan.
Mr. Frank Waugh and wife of Win
throp were at the home of her mother,
Mrs. ). j. Crowell Saturday and Sunday.
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INDIANAPOLIS, ND, Sen
Mr., d. H. BARTLETT, Skowhegan, Maine.
Dear SIR

Ma, D. H. BARTLETT Skowhegn
Dear
want to say word to concerning the Acme mills
modelled and newly equipped said mills with all the best modern milling
machinery This
said mills thus while making flour the highest standard quality
shall yet be able sell cheaper heretofore
Mr. Paine our head miller the business having had
mills
and we now have winter wheat milling plant second the world
we will be able
-four that the White Plume" and the Whe Rose the best
o
take much in the
ducts o the modern mil
Hoping
ing year, am.
Very truly yours, DANL c. ROBINSON.
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CORRESPONDENCE
Athens.

Mrs. Leander Poland died last Friday
after loug aud painful illness of cancer.
The funeral was held at her late resi-
dence, Sunday. She leaves a husband
and children.
Misses Lue Turner and Mary Tarbell
have gone to Worcester, Mass, where
they have work at the insane asylum.
Howard Hayden Ia sick with jaundice.
Roscoe Jones and Nelson Cooley are
threshing In town.
The steers advertised as lost by Fred
Cromwell 10 the last REPORTER have
been found dead In the PASTURE; both
had been shot.
Josh Williams of Skowhegan, was in
town this week.
Miss Louise Kimball is not not as well
this week.
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Commissioners Notice.

The undersigned appoir ted by the Hon.
Jur ge of Probate for the county of Somerset,
commissioners to receive and examine the
claims OF creditors against the estate OF Omar
Clark OF Carratunk in said county under
guard anship, represented insolvent, hereby
give notice that three months further time
from the second Tut sday OF Angus A. ID. 1897
has been allowed by said Judge to said credi-
tors in which to present and prove their
claims and that we win be in session at the
Office of Walton & Walton in Skowhegan on
Wednesday the thirteenth day of October A.
ID. 1897 and Saturday the sixth day Of
November A. D. 1897 at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon for the purpose of receiving the came.
SkowhegRn, Sept. 81, 1885,. 3w40a
L. l.. WALTON,
L. c. EMERY, Commissioners.
GEO. II. PISTON,
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Scion.

Mrs. Hattie Matthews and son Nor
man of Waterville, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Cross.
Miss Mary Wilton, who is teaching
school in Embden, was home over Sun
day.
o. w. Hilton was home from Skow.
hogan over Sunday.
Several of our townspeople were in
Bingham Saturday.
Mrs. o. w. Hilton and Mrs. Hattie
Matthews visited relatives in Madison
last Wednesday.
Mrs. John Monroe, Mrs. Frank
Withee, Mrs. Isaiah Dyer and Miss Carrie
Healey of Madison, were visiting rela-
tives ia town Sunday.
Miss Bertha Whipple is visiting rela-
tives In Mass.
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Mayfeld.

Mr. Thomas Clark is the happy man
this time, 1t is n boy.
The hunters are plenty and so are the
deer and the hunters had better shoot
deer instead Of men, one man was shot
dead and another came near being shot
In this vicinity last week.
Mr.. Mullen has moved his family to
Kingsbury.
Eliza Mlllett has gone to Medford to
visit her foster parents, they are sick and
failing fast.
Harry Clark and wife visited their
mother, Mrs. Mary Clark, last week.
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You all know Mark Hobart of East
Madison, he is reckoned as one OF the best
men in the world. (has used White
Plume for years, why shouldn't he beg.
He has just bought six barrels for his own
use, won't use any other.
have carried home this summer three
barrels of the best -four could find, but
had to return them. then bought bar
ell of your "White Plume" and it certain
ly is worth all three. It's the best we
yer had.
AUGUSTUS CROWELL, Skowhegan.
Don't spoil your digestion and your te
of inferior -four The above are sample rel
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Mrs. D. Bryant has gone to visit her
daughters at Skowhegan.
Mrs. Mary Cook is on the siek lis.
Mrs. Maud Gerald is stopping ia To IN.
VIVA Campbell has gone to Moscow to
visit her mother.
b. w. Adams is doing mason work for
CODE Brown.
Nice weather to 10 fall work.