The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-25
CHINESE CHRONOLOGY.
A Record which Goes Hack More than
Two Million Years.
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ancient writer's, goes back more than two
million years. From the time of Con-
fnc;ns who xvas ro,.,, i, XXI p n 10 the
..9' 4" ~ 90 ~ = - ~ :, ~ ~ -,
Time when heaven and earth nrsJ unlJeu
to produce man as the possessor of the
soil of China. they compute was 2.267. 900
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y0"1o'
According to the biblical chronology
the creation of Adam. the first man, took
nlaco only ahout fo,,r ~. t5va thousand
pis'0s' on'y 'Oouo iour VI i've '''ous s'l,'-
years before CnrlsO. Cnlnese recoItis
which may be accepted as measurably
historical 90 hack TO the reign of Yaou.
osse !, =, - 4-o~-4 ~ s~.oz - 80
S'oo - " "oouo on0 po1'o0 - V''0
HoOu, according 60 the plDIcal chronology
| of Archbishop Usher (2348 B. C.).
Aftor Voc, c.,,,o S,,,,n who NOS s,,c-
~ = ~ ~s'l.'o ''A.sA--, ~ "''S
ceedeu by the Great Iu, ana bnen 6ne
rulers grew steadily feebler and more
| dissoI,7fe until at last Kea tba worst of
- - $3.50 -. -
Vno loo' was u'1Fon ironi pomoi ~
popular uprising; and IN l760 Is. u,
Tang. the leader of the revolution, was
,,,,,z, 49,, t3,~+ o,,,x,<x,o,, 90 ,,oxr, liva
ins'e0 oii0 nreo npsfo1 VI 10" 1i''0'
called Une 0nang uynas5y. Simultaneous
" with his reign Moses was born, accord
ING to the received biblical chronology.
a11Sa tho evos,.s If TIC Tsren1itas to1R
Mace durino the more vicorus ner1od Of
the Shane dynasty
Not long after This time. too. occurred
| the events recorded in the 91eh chanter
Of MN hers When the fsraejites. in the
latter mart , Of their ionrnev' began to en-
on the shore of the Arabian gnlf. the
! biblical narrative tells us. Balaan (B. C..
! 1921. a prophet of the Midianites. a SUM-
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! into servica aoainst The Tsraelites The
/ scrintnraj account. Of the ras,11t one Of
the hest and mosf Denerallv known Of
the stories of the Bible is that Baiaarn' IS
ass spoke with mans voice. > rebuked
him and rafnsad to 90 abead with him.
| Thereafter the nronhet 1esorted fo an
other and mora e,71r1,ccessf,,I device tn ac
oomnlish the min Of the Israelites, He
set the Mid1anite and Moahite women to
corrun tino the Israelites ans 'enticin0
| them to idoIatrons Festivals 60 that as
a divine curse on them ssthare was a
nleoua a,nong tho conoragation If the
f .ora y tt5o Fib1o to1fs
a ccordiT,o1v Mass ,,rocoo5od To 7ostrov
tho NiS7ia-itoe ,,,r1. r. +he co,,.,,1.,,G ~
~ 10 -. 9s+s 81
! MIMI hers to ssvev tho Nidianites and
smjta than ;, Tha borri,la n,etbod nv
which bn acoo,n T,1iShed thor dest,.,, ~,
o -, 20 o ~ no 70
y, nd ~ VIC uo1 ,, ~ o. .f
now nm nurs11ed nv the Chinese toward
TIr, R.re0 9o 10y " ~ -
III ae.
Tha sfog is told TINS IN the Sst cbante,
- n H sUofy , - Ooi'i 'nus IL 'ne ois' cnap'er
ssAn nd t t1''e Lord snake unto Moses saw
i,,rr VIZ = 'f''''>o -'-'S~''' S'''
x,o,,,,o tho o,,,,t7ro, Of 1s.ao. of Tho
nridianitss VIZ oftarSua,d shalt tbo ~ "1 bs
oathered into tbv 7oon1a
ssAnd Moses SHAKE tssr INTO the naonlo
eavir@ m, so,,,e Of vo,1rso1z-eS ,,,1fo tha
var and 1a+ them % againet the Nii7ian~
ties and avenee the ord Of Nidian
s1,f TIT ;s ~. +bc,,so~d th,,,crt<,,+
oil ho t; &c IF Israel shal, ro Se,sd 70
! the war. - -
ssSo there xvero da1ivarad ont IF tha
III o1 60 ,'5S IF ISRAEL tho,, ss,,d Of every
tela saed a,',ed f,
land Moses SAINT 'i them n to hhe war
tbo,,ea,,5 Of ivory tr he tbs,o and ph;ne-
10 tbo con Of fSio.~a. fho ,,r;ast 70 +ho
war. with the holv insfTnroents, ana the
| frn,nrets to h,ovv in his hand
an I'd tbox, x.ra,ro5 aroi~St tho nridion-
ties. as the lord oommanfed Moses. and
! they slow al tho males ''-->-
"a nd thew slew fbe KINGS of INDIAN
| heside tho rest of them that x,raro slain.
namely Xvi and ReIxen and Zur and
Hnr and Reha' five kin0s of INDIAN
Balaa1n also the son of Bsor thev slew
! with the sword
| ssAnd the chiIdrer, of Israel took All the
| women Of Midian cantives- and their
/ little ones. and took fine snoii Of All. their
| cattle. and All their fiocksl and All their
! Goods
land they burnt all their cities where
in they dweIt. and ali their ooodIv
! castles with fire.
HAnd thew took ALI the snoi1 and all
/ the nrev. both of men and If beasts
/ land they brought fhe canfives. and
the prev. and the snoil. INTO Moses and
Eleazer their nrio~t. and nnto the CON
oreoation of the children of Israel unfo
the camp at the plains of Moab which
are nv Jordan near Jericho.
"And Moses. and Eleazar the nriest.
and ali the princes of the oongreoafion''
went forth to meet them without the
camn
land Moses was xvroth with the officers
of the host. with the oantains over tbons-
ands and cantains over hundreds which
.Hnd N Mo osae sagG mt, tbe,,, Hao