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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
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RECENT DISCOVERIES OF
 ANCIENT BIBLE MANUSCRIPTS

Recent dispatches from Europe an- nounce the discovery of what appears to be the most ancient of all Biblical man. uscripts yet discovered. The discovery of the manuscript occurred in Syria, and it Is now on exhibition at Cairo, Egypt. The manuscript contains portions of the Old Testament written in the Samaritan characters, which are more nearly like the ancient Canaanitish characters than any other.
 This alone gives the manuscript special significance as the text critics recognize that one of the fruitful sources of error In the transmission of the text has been the possibility of mistaken in copying a book written in an obsolete character.
 The manuscript is dated in the year 113 of the Mohammedan era. which began in A. D. 622. Thus it will be seen the man. uscript dates about A. D. 735.
 In the Pentateucn some peculiarly in- teresting features are reported. There is passage of fifteen lines immediately following the decaloguc, which affords some new light on rhe ancient Israelit- ish legislation. The date of this manu- script carries 1t back into the heart of the Masoretic period. and should give some information upon Maso-etic meth ods.
 The oldest manuscript of the Hebrew Scriptures, up to the present, has been a copy of the later prophets. preserved at St. Petersburg and bearing the date of A. D. s16. There are a number of oth- CTS, especially in Russia, that lay claim to greater antiquity, but these are the fraudulent products of a Jew named Firkowttzsclsh manuscript of the PQnfafQ1YQh n hA efah Niue tu generally acknowledged to have been written in the tenth century. The un- critical layman will observe that more than a thousand years lie between these documents and the latest books included in our canonical Old Testament; while the earliest manuscripts we possess of the New Testament are four or five cen turies older than the Petersburg manu- script.
 The fact that~tfIis manuscript is writ ten in the Samaritan character has an- other feature of interest. Since the dis covery of the existence of a Samaritan Pentateuch, in A. D. 1616. 1t had been usual to discredt It's value for critical purposes: though 1t contains about 5000 variations from the Mosoretic text, most ly of minor importance. But the Sep taught corresponds more nearly with the Samaritan than win the Hebrew; many quotations in medieval writers tend in the same direction. while our manuscripts of the Septaugint are older than any He brew texts.
 It is to be hoped that the reported dis covery will not prove another fraud, like the Shapiro case of 1SS3 A copy of Deu- teronomy, written upon scraps of leath- CT, and without the features that pro- duce the chief critical problems, was pro- duced.~ The Jew Shapiro reported that it was secured from some Arabs the man. uscript having lain for centuries in the land of Moab. But those familiar with the land of Moab asserted that there was not a cave in the region dry enough to preserve the manuscript, and on various grounds is was shown to be a fraud. The ingenious Jew, in despair at his failure,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
A THE CAPTAIN By Churchill William.

It seems that the books of the present day grow more full of the war and war times than they do of home life or TO- nance. Really and truly they grow more warlike with every passing month and give less of the home life each time
 I like the way Williams writes very much and he has a mode of stating a fact followed by a full stop which is un- usual and entertaining; his style is graphic and concise and his descriptive power far above the average. The de- scription of the forty-seven day siege of Vicksburg is just and impartial and very interesting. When one finishes the book they have very much clearer and higher opinion of '"The Captain"-who is General Grant-than ever before.
 The story opens with the period just previous to the opening of hostilities in the great four years struggle known as the civil war. The scenes are carried on through the war and some time after
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wards. The characters are mostly South ern, and the two Southern girls pictured in the story are Southern indeed and very lovable.
 "The Captain Is given a fine charac- ter, upright, honest, patient and calm, under repeated misfortunes and reverses.
 The story ends sright after the surren- der of Vicksburg, and just after the two Southern girls have very gracefully surrendered to the two Union lovers And Grant fThe Captain) as he toiled up the high ridge, Is described in the fol- lowing language:
 After reaching the top of the ridge from which he had for so longs looked upon the city, he drew rein upon It's top Was it given him as he sat there, his head fallcn little forward and to one side, to see the smoky distance of those Tennessee Mountains tnd troddsT fields of Virginia7zwhere he has to .1nish the task to which he had set his hand away back ir little Illinois town? With
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grave face for a little while he gazed over the wide plains and the great muddy river, rolling its ceaseless tide from the North: then he lifted the reins and spoke to lis horse as he said: Come, Jeff, there is plenty ahead for us to do. And thus ends the story, and 1t leaves in the heart an unsatisfied feeling. Just why you cannot tell, but yoI feel disappointed nevertheless.
 There is one thing, too. that you feel after you have finished the story-while the Captain with his strength of char acter must be admired, there Is absolutely nothing to suggest that he gets this pa- tience honesty, strength and nobility from any higher source than within him. self This fact leads us to feel that the author has missed an opportunity of showing to the world that true greatness and lasting patience comes not from within but from Higher Power without. Gothrop Publishing Co.,, Boston. Mass, $1.50.) May Cartledge.
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seen and will not see until after he wins her as his bride. Oftentimes there are two lovers after the same girl with the same messenger to carry their mes sages back and forth. This leads to & bribing of the messenger or go-between. by one or the other of the lovers, caus- ing the carrying of false messages. These messages of course leads to the rejection of one lover by the maiden, unless she finds out in some way the untrustwor- thiness of her servant.
 Hidden Mama" describes this life and is intensely interesting, and at times very ludicrous, looked at from our stand point. GA. s. Banes & Co.,, New York, 1.5O.)
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and his hair is rumpled in evkry way for Sunday. If MT. Carlyle will get that hair cut, we believe that he will have better success with his next book. It is certain that he has sort of aptness for description, which is perhaps best evil denced in the part where he treats of one Marie Antoinette. We were real sorry for Marie when we read about her, and we are not easily affected, either, be- cause we used to be sheriff of this coun- ty. and we have hung many man with out any other sign of emotion than changing our quid from one cheek to the other But we nearly slobbered when we read about Marie.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-01
Sir Roger de Coverly, and Other Pa
 pers, By Jos. Addison.

Mir. Addison has pleased us very much, and if he wants a years subscription to our paper, all he has got to do is to send US one or two of his papers telling of the happenings in his neighborhood. He will find himself in good company, be- cause our subscribers know that every week we print Dots from Doddville 3 "Hezeklah Happenings, and "PottsHlle Pointers" Mir Addison gets so close to life sometimes that we can almost see a rabbit in his bed in the blackberry patch, to use figure of speech Sir Roger de Coverly is Squire Jones all over again. except that he did not lie in hls bed and Sir Roger did
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ss Hidden Manners syA1 D>~>e"

There have been few stories written telling of the life in Morocco, although this country and this people offer wide range for the imaginative powers and romantic description of the novelist
 Hidden Manners" is not a romantic, but rather it is a dramatic episode. It is quite easy for the reader as he sits in his or her home to imagine that in- stead of at home they are far away in the land of people whose life and whose character Is as different from ours as 1t is possible for 1t to be.
 The love story of this people is differ ent from the love story of our people, in
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The Battle With the Slum
 By A..

MT. Rhs always vltalizes every sub Ject he handles. His ability as a trench ant writer is acknowledged far and wide.
 In his life he has spent many years in intimate contact with the people of the slums of the old and the new worlds and his efforts in behalf of these people have been part of his life's labor. His latest book endeavors to deal with the problem of the slum in such vital man. ner as to bring 1t within the comprehen- sion of every man, woman and child in- terested enough to read the volume.
 MT. Riis is very optomistic in his views
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tory of the accomplishments towards bettering the lot of this unfortunate class.
 The work is ably written and is calcu- lated to benefit the reader by exciting his sympathy in behalf of these people, and by showing him how seriously work out the results of misguided efforts. We are glad that Mir. Riis has written this book because of the fact that there have been so many inferior books written on the same topic We predict that this work will remain a text book upon the subject for many years to come. (The McMillan Co.,, New York. $1.50)
 Edward Young Clarke, Jr.
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that lovers make love through others and not direct. The woman is not al- lowed to see the man who is seeking her hand until after she becomes his wife. During the marriage ceremony she wears thick. heavy cloth through which no light can penetrate. which completely cov- embarrassing for him to send) to the wo- is removed and she views for the first time her life companion.
 Some very amusing incidents occur dur ing the time of wooing. The lover will come to the home, and through a Servant send a message (often one of extreme sweetness and which it Is exceedingly messages of course leads to the rejection man of his choice, whom he has never
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By Jacob A. Riis.

expressed in his last work. He believes that the past thirty years have witnessed a rapid and wonderful advance In this, one of the most distressing problems of our civilized age How to manage the vast horde of slum population, so as to benefit them, giving them all advantages possible; while at the same time keep ing this class from contaminatng, and thereby dragging down, our present civi- lization, has been, and still is, one of the most distressing problems private cit izens have ever had to solve.
 This book gives a history of the battle of civilization against the encroachments of this class of people. and a detailed his-
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A History of the French Revolution,
 By Thomas Carlyle.

We have derived some pleasure from reading this volume, but the pleasure would have been greater If the author had cultivated a smoother style. His language pops around like the cracker on the end of a bull whip. We can under stand this. however. when We look at his picture. His eyes have a frenzied stare
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MT. A. J. George, the well known scholar. has undertaken the editorship of the Wordsworth Volume in the series of Cambridge Poets which IS nearing com pleuon under the general editorship of M. Bliss Perry.
 Dr. Washington Gladden.. whose recent book Social Salvation" attracted the lttention of a goodly number of thought lul readers. has been selected to give the Noble lectures at Harvard University this spring.
 Dr. William W. Howell. who was the first President of the University of Min nesota, will prepare the volume on Min nesota," in the valuable series of books on "The American Commonwealth"
 James Burroughs latest effort called Literary Values and "Other Papers, ls a most masterful work. He is said to have remarked to a friend that he had Rt last written a book which gratified him and in which he felt much pride.
 Mrs. Clara Louise Burnham. author of
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TREND OF THOUGHT
 ALONG PATHS LITERARY.

ed the lower artisan trades. The book makes a mistake in calling for change of the law prohibiting colored and white workmen laboring side by side. If the negro is ever to attain any measure of efficiency as workman, or his people ever to become elevated above the com mon horde, they must do so by them selves and not by the mixing of efforts by the two races. They must cut out their own path to a higher station, and they must live within their own race as the white man has lived within his race.
 The revival of the Poe controversy has made the literary papers all over the country echo in defense of and in oppo- sition to the merits of Poe. We are in clined to believe that even though Poe were a plagarist even though his style was another man S, he improved so vastly on that other mans original as to make his productions rank at the top and win the plaudits of all the people.
 This is a day of peculiar titles. We have books with such quaint and unique titles as "The Fool" '"The Whirlwtnd," "The Circle "The Mississippi Bubble" "The Leopard's Spots" '"The Lions Whelp," 'Tito," and now comes one with name which we dare not try to pro- nource, Hit Wykke." Verify we are ad- vancing to higher plain in the literary world If unique titles is a mark of the fact.
 The book world has been rather quiet but after March 1st. when the spring publications begin to come in there will be quite lutter of excitement. And this column will therefore attract unto itself a lively interest.
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THE LIFE WITHIN (.

Usually the aim of book is soon re- cognized-its purpose begins with the be- ginning and closes with the end. If the motive of The Life Within" Is an argu- ment for Christian Science. 1t has failed in it's significance. We confess to have had a desire or curiosity. to get glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of Chris
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Poems. Bv Robert Browning.

If we can find the man who sold us this volume we will have our money back or the book vender will have to be car ried off in cart. We believe that we can take joke as well as any one. but it rifles us to find that we have paid out the good money which we have wrung from this community for a literary gold brick.
 On second thought. however. this book may be of value when we establish our Puzzle Department, which 1t Is our pur- pose to do in one of our early issues.
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Wm. Shakespeare.

The Merry Wives of Windsor, By
 Wm. Shakespeare.
 We do not think much of this work, which is written partly in poetry and partly In prose. It seems to us that a book should be either all poetry, or none at all. The author has some good ideas, and some u>s~erstanding of human na- ture. but his style is not clear, and in some places We could not tell what he is driving at. We believe that when the author is older and has had further prac- tice, he will be able to produce a book of some worth. When he next takes up his pen, we suggest to him that he cut out all questionable alusions. This Merry Wives, as it stands is not fit to be read in our best families. and we re- commend that our fathers be careful that their daughters do not secure copies of it. Mir. Shakespe2re's picturing of the desires of the lower nature may be true to life. and may appeal to the book read CTS of New York, Cof which place we believe he Is a native). but he will find that such loes not pay in communities like this, where virtue Is held in the high est esteem.
 The illustrations in the volume are very poor We haze heard of Mir. Gibson, who Is said to he a splendid artist. We sug- gest that NJ. Shakespeare secure his ser vices as an Illustrator when he brings out his next book.
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tian Scientists, as we supposed would be betrayed in story of human life
 Phe story begins with the sudden and miraculous cure from broken spine of long bed-ridden invalid. The thing was done miraculously, by a word The in- strument is a woman Christian Scientist. The invalid's explanation of her recoy- cry Is, 'I discovered that my disease was only a lack of understanding I found that the mind of God was really my life; that mind could not be ilT or hurt; that
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Confessions of an English Opium
 Eater. by Thomas Quincy.

This seems to be 4he original pipe dream. If MT. De Quincy had occupied his time in taking the Keeley cure in stead of writing this book, we think he would have been better employed. He seems to be bug house all right and we are sorry for him-but the book was sent us as a free sample. so We have no kick
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,
 By SIT. Coleridge.

Another case of dope. If Sam Jack son. our able representative does not
 support the measure now pending In the Legislature, for the suppression of thIs
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evil we shall be compelled to withdraw our support when he makes his next race.
 Masters B. Stevens.
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The mammoth undertaking in liter ary way of Charles Felton Pidgin in his efforts to renstate Burr in the good opinion of the American people is gradu- ally showing results. His novels "Blen- ner Hassett'' and "The Climax" in which Burr's character Is idealzed, have exerted a wide influence in the desired direction.
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PERSONALITIES CONCERNING
 LITERARY CELEBRITIES.

''The Right Princess" a Christian Sci ence novel, is said to believe firmly in all the fallacious doctrines of this faith. In spite of her peculiar belief she is a lovable and beautiful woman. Her friends are numbered by the thousands and they are expressing regret that she allowed herself to give voice in novel form to the sentiments expressed in ''The Right Princess
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Florence Holbrook has received justly many hearty congratulations in regard to her book on Mature Myths" It is a unique story book for children. It deals with hundreds of myths to delight, edu cate and amuse the children.
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LITERARY DEPARTMENT
 OF THE BUMTOWN
 DAILY DIATRIBE

The Bumtown Daily Diatribe decided that 1t would run literary column The following was the result of the editors first attempt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-30
RAILROAD NOTES.

The case of Talbot j. Taylor and others
to restrain the voting of stock held by the
Union Pacific at the annual election of
the, Southern Pacific was yesterday for
circuit court of appeals at Cincinnati on
teiegraphlc adviceS from counsel In New
York. 1t Is understood that the Southern
Pacific election, which has been post
since last April. will take place the week
after next at Louisville. It is learned
authoritatively in legal circles that John
D. Rockefeller. operating through his
brother William and others. settled the
controversy. between the Hartman and
the Keene interests in the Union and
Southern Pacific lines
"A second protective committee of in
come bondholders in Mexican Central was
formed yesterday at the meeting held IN
New York at the office of j. III. Warner.
Ben B. F. Tracy and the representatives
of a number of trust companies and banks
are on the committee, which seeks to get
better offer than that put forth by
Ladenburg. sPGalmann & Co., for the con-
version Of the bonds
The Salt Lake city council has passed
by unanimous vote the ordinance grant,
ing the Oregon Short Line franchise for
a new depot and other proposed terminal
facilities. The improvements contem-
plated by the company involve an ex-
penditure of nearly $1,000,0G0 -.
passenger agent of the Frisco lines IN
Missouri, will resign from that company
Oct. L. Tt is understood he will enter
the service of the Pere Marquette.
]. Calvin, road supervisor of the New
Orleans division of the Illinois Central,
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad
w. B. Dixon Northwestern passenger
agent for the Milwaukee, Is in Duluth on
a business trip.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-30
MILWAUKEE BEGINS A
WAR ON ROCK ISLAND
viii Allow No Cheap Rates
From the Towns on Its
Track.

The first move in the Chicago rate
war between the Rock Island and the
other st. Paul Chicago lines was made
Yesterday when the Milwaukee ordered
the Rock Island to cancel it's cheap fare
between Chicago and Mortified, Erin,
Dundas, Castle Rock, Pennington and
Rosemount. The six towns are on the
line of the Milwaukee road in South
ern Minnesota, over which the Rock
Island runs its trains.
BY the contract giving the Rock ISL
and permission to operate over the
Milwaukee's tracks, between Erin and
Inver Grove, it is agreed that the Rock
Island will not charge lower rate for
travel between Chicago and the points
on the line than is charged by the Mil
Waukee. The order issued yesterday
will compel the Rock Island to with
draw the So rates from the six points
and to restore the old fare of $11.50.
Rock Island Cancels Rate.
Circulars We're issued yesterday by
the passenger department of the Rock
Island canceling the cheap rates from
Erin, Dundas, Mortified, Castle Rock,
Pennington and Rosemount. The old
rate will again become effective Oct. s,
the day on which the other st. Paul
Chicago lines will withdraw the cheap
rates between the Twin Cities and Chi
cago.
Rock Island passenger officials say
that the IS St Paul Chicago rate will
not be withdrawn and that the old fare
Will only be charged from the towns
that are located on the track of the
Milwaukee, used by their system to
complete the northern end Of the ST.
Paul division.
1t is said that the towns affected by
the increased rate will bring action
against the Rock Island to force it to
make the same rate to Chicago as is
made from st. Paul to the Windy City.
1t is claimed that the action of the
company in granting a cheaper fare
to st. Paul and Minneapolis than is
given to the towns south of the Twin
Cities is a violation of the long and
short haul of the interstate commerce
act.
May Build Track.
An official of the Rock Island, in dis
cQssing the Milwaukee roads action
yesterday. said that the order requir-
ing his line to charge the same rates
from the six points as is charged by
the Milwaukee was the only logical
action that the Milwaukee could take.
In concert with the other lines, the
Milwaukee has agreed to restore the
old rates, so must live up to its agree
ment. We expected that we would be
obliged to raise the fare from the towns
along the Milwaukee line over which
we operate, but this action will not in
any way alter the position we have
taken in regard to the through Chi
cago-St. Paul rate. However, it may
hustle us along in the building of our
own track over the thirty miles of ter
rltory where We now use the Mil
waukee's."