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names given, and their beauty highly recommended. See chapter 42, verses 10- 15.
 A noted critic who recently lectured in Birmingham, told us that the book of Job must be assigned to late period, be- cause of the profundity and eloquence of the various dlscourses contained in the book This was the only reason he gave for assigning late date.
 Now this learned critic evidently for got, or else ignored, some of the most striking facts in the history of literature This history shows that, in poetry and In eloquence, the earliest works of man are not unfrequently the best. Homer, the first of epic poets in time, Is also first in merit. There were very powerful ora tors among the leaders of the Highland clans of Scotland, when those clans were barbarous freebooters. Some of the finest specimens of oratory to be found in Amer ican history came from the lips of sav- ages, who scalped one another. The sub jects discussed by the interlocutors in the book of Job are subjects upon which what we call ''culture'' throws scarce one ray of light. The questions upon which these orators spoke were speculative questions which no science can settle, and which Revelation itself does not explain. These questions puzzled Job; they puzzled Lucretins and they puzzled McCosh.
 What is called Natural Theology" Is
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deliver but their own souls by their right eousness." This statement is, in sub stance repeated four several times in the context. Now, unless we are prepared to relegate Noah and Daniel to the realm of fiction, 1t is not easy, with this passage before us, to see how we can escape the conclusion that Job was a real historical man.
 Besides, in Mark, 18th chapter, 14th verse, our Lord recognizes Daniel as prophet; and in Luke, 17th chapter, 27th verse, he treats Noah, the ark and the flood as historical. Again, inithe 9th chap ter, 11th verse of the Epistle of James, we read: ''Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord Is very pitiful and of ten- der mercy" That Is, you have seen what results the Lord brought out of Jobs trials; and thus you should learn lesson of patience under the Lords chastise- ments. Here again Job is evidently treat cd as a real person. The lesson has little point if we regard Job as a fictitious character
 Further, the details given as to Jobs family (Job 1st chapter, End verse; and as to his property Qst chapter, 3rd verse; point to his real existence, and this view is confirmed by the details given at the close of the book, where we are told that his substance was doubled, and where his daughters are mentioned; some of their
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tell John how many degrees of a fool he is. This Is largely the reason that for elgn missions meet with such little suc cess in China, for, despite the reports that may be made to the contrary, the conversion of the Chinese to Christianity Is attended with the poorest results of any missions in the world. John is a man that will quietly observe and keep his con clusions to himself he Is neither aggres- sive nor contentious, but his passive re- sstance enables him to hold his own against the attacks of all innovators.
 Foo-Chow is about 400 miles south of Shanghai, and at the northern end of the Fomosa channel. Vessels doing a coastlng trade in China generally carry pilots who take the vessels from port to port, and these men have picked up a pretty fair knowledge of the English language, es- pecially it's profanity. One day two of these pilots had a misunderstanding about some matter and proceeded to express their views of each other in English, that being the language common to both; when they got through there were words enough lying around to make respectable sup pement to Webster's unabridged. These pilots carry their tea and opium pipes with them and alternate their idle hours by smoking and drinking tea.
 Foo-Chow is a real Chinese city sur
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BY F. I. MONKS.

wounds received in wars of the last few centuries are not yet healed.
 Japanese influence will continue to make itself felt in China until the Mkado becomes the virtual ruler of that coun- try. When the time comes to fight for the open door in China it won't be Germany or Russia that will stand in the portals. Twenty years ago, or even less, con cerled action on the part of the Call casian race would have completely re- moved the menace which is looming on ths far eastern horizon today The yell low races are being crowded, it Is almost case of "standing room only and the population Is still increasing. Where will they seek for relief from the con gestion of their own country, but in those countries where millions of acres are still virgin soil; in Australia and the Pacific islands. People are disposed to speak lightly of the yellow peril" but the person who coined that phrase was speaking of a time a few years hence. The Chinese soldier has put away his fan and umbrella, he no longer wears the target on his back or shouts ayah, ayoh at the discharge of a blank shell; his little cannon Is now a twelve-ineh breech-loader. and his drill sergeant Is a Japanese veteran. China has shaken off the slumber of centuries and our interest today fig not in her sanpans or pagodas. but in her arsenals and armies
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BY J. C. HIDEN, D. Ds

ton of mankind to hide their transgres- sions.
 In the whole book of Job I find only one word which can in any way be con nected with Hebrew history, and this word is geographical. of 'behemothe- whatever that was-we are told in chap ter 40th, verse 23rd. that "he trusteth that he dhn draw up Jordan into his mouth," that Is, drink up a river. This occurs in the discourse of Jehovah, and 1t proves that the writer was acquainted with the geographical fact of the existence of the river Jordan. But even this fact does not necessarily connect the book with Hebrew history, for the Jordan is mentioned in the 10th verse of the 2nd chapter of Gen esis ('with my staff l passed over this Jordan'), and this was hundreds Of years before any Hebrew nation existed.
 Now that a pious Jew of the period of the Exile should have composed a TO- nance in which not solitary allusion to Hebrew history occurs, that he should have ignored the Twelve Tribes, the pa- trlarchs the law, the prophets, the Exo- 6us Moses. David, Solomon, and all the kings and priests that he should never say a word about the ingrained difference between Jew and Gentile-all this is more than I feel called to believe. and hence l am inclined to hold, until further light comes, that the book of Job Is one of the oldest In our canon.
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asking how many minutes he could have for considering the problem, General Lee replied: Fifteen Jackson went off some thirty paees. sat down at the root of pine tree, looked at his map for two or three minutes, put it in his pocket, and spent the remaining time with eyes closed and cap pulled over
 When the time had expired.' said Douglass, Jackson arose, went to General Lee, and explained on the map the flank movement, and begged to have the re- sponsiblllty of it's execution. General Lee called attention to the great risk, but Jackson said 1t would be unexpected by General Hooker, and, if successful, might destroy the federal army
 History tells that it was successful, saved Lees army, and if Jackson had lived, il Is reasonable to suppose that Hooker would have been destroyed
 4n conclusion I would ask, can others attain in their chosen occupations credit able success and eminence? Yes, by imi- tating Jackson in the following respects:
 l. Set before you in life the great pur-
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and astronomy did not fully show his genius, yet his method of teaching ar tiliery tactics in the cIass room did, how ever little we then appreciated 1t, Here instead of much reference to text books he presented unlimited numbers of origi- nal problems. Supplying certain ground and positions of forces, he required stu dents to invent best methods of attack or defense, If a wrong answer was given his eyes would flash his body become agitated and his common reply was: No, sir, give them the bayonetl" This an- sWer, which we heard hundreds of times he repeated to General Bee at First Ma nassas. He had thought over a thousand times what was best to be done in a similar situation; and so he had previous ly in his study thought out every other situation that was presented to him during the war. Hence he was never taken by surprise.
 Now, passing from his work as a teach CT, there Is another view Closely con nectedJ that is very interesting, especial ly in this day when there is so much
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light" why don't you go to bedT' Cant afford to lose the time from study" "How can you study without a lght?p Best way in the world to study, Mr. Williams"
 His habit and reason, said Dr. VII liens, were then ascribed by me to his eccentricity: but since Colonel Kid Doug las, Jacksons chief of staff, three years ago in Baltimore cave me tho history of Jackson's planning that celebrated flank movement at Chancellorsville and recall ing what I had seen of Jackson's methods O.. study, I have concluded that his great ness as a general was due to his inborn genius for war, and to his method or study, a method that exercised his prac- tical imagination and his thought powers as no mere book study can.
 ''Colonel Douglass said that when Gen Robert E. Lee found his army nearly sur rounded by General Rockers, of nearly three times his numbers he sent for Jackson, explained to him the almost hopeless situation, and asked Jackson to devise some plan for extrication. On
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"HE following item Is taken from the
 telegraphic column of a daily pa
 \ per: Prof. E. L. Curtis of the Mccormick Theological Seminary startled the orthodox congregation of the West minister Presbyterian church here Sunday by declaring in his sermon his belief that the book of Job is only poem written by some pious Jew during the period of exile. He asserted that the book was only a parable, and that Job and the other persons mentioned were but creatures of poetical fancy"
 That "orthodox" Presbyterians should have been startled" by such utterances from a theological professor is scarcely to be wondered at. Still the statements are of a character to excite interest and to awaken thought. Let us examine them somewhat critically, and see what sort of foundation they rest upon.
 So far as my knowledge exterds, there is, outside of the Bihe, absolutely no ev- idence of the date of the book of Job, nor of the period during which Job lived. That Job was a real person, however, Is pretty clearly indicated in Ezekiel, chap ter IA, verses APO. In this passage Je- hovah himself Is reported as saying: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, were in 1t (the land), they should
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A stonewaII .Jackson Story.

From the Boston Post.
 "Stonewall Jackson" said . Virginia veteran, used to tell a good story about 0 bridge builder.
 This bridge builder was called Old Miles. He was very necessary to Jack son because the fiinnsy bridges on the line of march were continually being swept away by the floods or destroyed by the enemy; and in these contlngen- cies Miles was a regular tjewel. He could run you up a bridge in the time 1t would take another man to make the measure ments.
 ''One day the Union troops burnt a bridge across the Shenandoah. Stonewall Jackson called Old Miles to him and said: "'You must put all your men to work. Miles, and you must keep them at 1t all night for I've got to have bridge across this stream by morning. My engineer-an invaluable fellow. by the way-will draw up the plans for you
 Well, early the next morning Jackson, very much worried, met Old Miles.
 See here he said dubiously, how about that bridge? Did the engineer give you the plan?'
 "Old Miles took the cigar from his mouth, and licked the ash off with d sneer.
 'General.' he said. the bridge Is done. I dunno whether the picture is or not"
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p-., of serving your fellowmen, as son did, when he decided on the pro- e.sion of war.
 2. Realize that attainment of your high air depends upon development of char acter and mental power.
 3. For character building take Christ as your model, and develop yourself by faith an,. loving service to your fellowmen, as Jackson did.
 4. For acquiring mind power, realize the necessity for study as he did at the close of the Mexican war, when he left the army to take a professors chair at the Virginia Military institute, where he coI!d better learn the science and art of war
 D. Bear in mind that greatest mental power does not come by merely reading and memorlzing books. but there must be constant exercise of all the mental functions-espeeially imagination and req son-secured by a great deal of refiec- ton and study, without books.
 J. T. MURPHEE. Tuscaloosa, Ala. June 2s, 1907.
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rounded by an immense wall about twenty feet thick at the bottom and thirty feet high It is built of bricks, or rather tiles, about one inch thick and seven inches long. In this wall are gateways com manded by towers where soldiers are con stantly on duty. The streets are marrow, dirty and crowded, and the little squatty stores are packed with merchandise The River Min flows past Foo-Chow and Is spanned by a stone bridge which leads from the city to an island in the river; a second, but a much shorter bridge con- nects another island with the first one. These bridges are almost 600 yards and 100 yards respectively, built of large flat stones and with arches aDout twenty feet span. It is said they are in existence over a thousand and will probably last a thousand more. The Chinese evidently know how to mix mortar
 The foreign shipping does not go up to the city of Foo-Chow, but anchors in the river abut ten miles below, near Pagoda island Strong currents are formed in this river by the tides and communica- ton between the shipping and the city is done by san-pans. When the tide Is ebbing thousands of these san-pans come sweeping along, each anxious to reach the vessel first, so as to get a load to take up to the city on the flowing tide.
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"HERE are as many spoken lan-
 guages In China as there are in
 Europe, and the only language in which all Chinese attempt a conversa- ton with their countrynen from other provinces is pigeon" English" curious compound in which certain English words are allied with French or Chinese words. There are also certain words which ex- press variety of meanings according to the sense in which they are used. For in- stance "chow" may mean food, or 1t may mean something useful; 'mass-kee" is used to denote such phrases as never mind," "all right" enough" that will do," and all ideas expressing content or the conclusion of any business The Chi
 nese are very fond of attaching the double to words and in conversation with them it is necessary to speak this pigeon Eng fish to be understood. Instead of saying to a Chinaman, Did you observer" you say, "John, you mak-ee look see," and when you offer him about one-quarter the price he asks for anything he pro- stests, saying "No can do, too much-ee loose-ee; mak-ee loos-ee plen-tee.'
 A Chinaman never can be made to un- derstand anything contrary to his interest, his mo sav-vee'' is the only reply pos-
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TIHE first articles I always read in
 The Age-Herald when they appear
 A are those by Rev. J. c. Hiden. D. D., for his thoughts have always the mark of originality and are expressed in clear and most interesting style.
 He and were both students of the great gackson, he entering the Virginia Military Institute one year before graduated. The opinion he gives in The Age-Herald, June l23. as to Jackson's teaching is what pre- walled at the time. and been common since. But after graduating in 1853 and becoming myself a teacher, recognized ahat he had in the science classes two marlxs of a good teacher: his daily and alnvarying practice of reviewing back les sons, and his appreciation of original work by students. rewarding highly every successful effort; and I can now see that the marks of genius were shown when he was teaching the science of war;
 While his methods of teaching physics
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memorizing of text books. and so little reflection. so little exercise of practical imagination and so little development of thought power.
 We know what is meant by "Stonewall Jacksons way" of marching and fighting, but a more important question in these times of peace and school-going is: What was Stonewall's way of studying2
 1t was by this that he became the most original and successful general that Amer iea ever produced.
 In 1889, at Lexington, Va, there was celebrated the semi-centennial of the Vir ginia Military institute. About 400 old cadets were present. Of my class QS5S) there were seven. We had freqpent meet ings, and the question most discussed was; "How did Jackson become such wonderful general-much to our sur prise?" There were two prominent an- swers, one was voiced by one of the greatest heroes of the class Col. J. J. Phillips, who is now a great and wealthy merchant of New York, and who served in-the Virginia army through the entire
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war. led his regiment in Plckett's charge at Gettysburg and fell desperately wound ed near the breastworks of the enemy. Ills explanation was; Because Jackson always susprised the Federals by doing the unusual and unexpected' The other explanation was expressed by the Rev. Walter W. Williams, D. D., then rec tor of an Episcopal church In Baltimore, and since passed to his reward. He said: No, boys, Jackson had developed his mind. especially his military imagination and his thought power, by his peculiar method of study" This l had special op- portunity to observe. I was inspector of rooms on his division in barracks, and at 10 o'clock every night I went to him to report presence or absence of cadets. There was never any light In his room, and he was always sitting up with his feet on the sill of his south window, and his face towards the hills in front and away. About the end of the first month asked him one night: Major Jackson, why have you no light in your room?
 He replied My eyes will not bear a
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ways; we must all hang together" And Franklin replied, We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately" There go a few millions" said one of the members, as John Carroll of Carrollton, then the rich est man of the colonies, put his name to the Declaration.
 The great Charter of Freedom was now complete.
 Copyright, S. s. Mcclure Co.)
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-01-02
Proposed Anti-Protection Combine

Congressman Weisse Democratic
representative OF the Sixth Wisconsin
| district, has a bright idea 1t is that
the Democrats and the tariff-ripping
Republicans OF the Sixtieth congress
form a coalition and defeat Joseph G.
Cannon for reelection as speaker Says
Mr. Weisse:
IF the Republicans are really earn
est in their desire for revision of the
tariff schedules they will have the sup
port of the Democrats. But revision
cannot be accomplished with Mr.. Can
non in the speakers chair. With him
anything but 'stand-pat' policy is be-
lieved to be impossible.
IF the Republicans consent to this
union the Democrats will consent to
the selection of any man whom the
tariff revision Republicans name for
speaker. But revision of the house
rules will be asked in return. The
Democrats say this. too, is impossible
while Mr.. Cannon rules the house. II
is not the desire of the Democrats to
obtain more house patronage; simply
revision Of the house rules which
will enable revision of the tariff"
Something like so tariff-ripping Re-
publicans would be needed to enable
the coalition TO control the speaker
ship. Whether so many can be relied
upon to unhorse Uncle Joe" remains
to be seen. Then, too, II IL question,
able whether the Republican revision
lists are at this time prepared to help
the Democrats pull their free trade
chestnuts out OF the fire and by dis
rupting the Republican party prepare
the way for a Democratic victory in
1908. They may get to IL in time, ac-
cording TO present Indications, but not
yet, we think II looks as though the
Democrats would have to wait at least
another two years before they are
able to form an anti-protection COR
bine
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Gamma Pumpkin.

Peel and cut the pumpkin into small
cubes. Cover with water and cook
until tender--no longer. Fill the Jar
with these cubes. being very particular
TO fill the space around them with the
water I'm which the pumpkin is cook.
ed. When the jar Is nearly full add
four grains Of benzOic Gcid. Fill the
Jar 10 Overlooking and close as usual.
being very careful that all rubbers.
covers, etc. are perfectly sterile The
benzoic acid may be purchased for
very little Of any druggist Have him
weigh out four grains for you and
wrap IN a separate paper, then anyone
can guess at the quantity by looking
at this
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The Same Argument.

Organized labor uses the same ar
gument as do protectionists- ls
held out the promise Of personal ben.
efits in the way Of better wages and
shorter hours u Is hoped that at
some time the world may become so
good and so highly civilized that hu.
manity may find it possible to work
for each other. But at present a gov
ernmcnt must protect the people that
gives Il being, the protective tariff
seeks TO benefit those living under II
and unionism guards the welfare OF
It's members.-La Fayette OndJ Jour.
nal.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-01-02
Beef with Eqa Toasts.
Sailed Peanuts.

During the holiday season sailed
peanuts will be I'm constant demand.
Every housewife will want to know
how to prepare them quickly. and in
generous quantities.
Place any amount OF Spanish pea
nuts you wish to make up In your
rooster. or II you have no rooster put
them In your popcorn pepper and
roast them to a nice light brown.
Turn them out into a coarse sieve,
and when they have cooled enough
so you can bear your hands on them
rub the skins of as well as you can.
For every three pounds OF peanuts
break one egg into n suitable dish
and beat up slightly.
Pour over the peanuts. stir around
a little, throw on sufficient table salt,
and stir them around thoroughly with
your hands.
Do not stir any more than neces-
sary.