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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-09
CANNOT Be RETURNED
Paul Roy, Wanted In This Country on
Murder Charge, Will Not Be
I Surrendered BY France.

Special to the Herald.
Paris, France, April paul Roy,
who is charged with killing his broth
er-in-law, George Carkins, in New
Hampshire, and whose case has Great
ed much attention in the two coun
tries, will not be given up to the
United States by France.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-09
Married Yesterday.

Mr. James w. Crawford and Mrs
Mabel Adams were married yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock by Justice DeX-
ter Their friends extend congratula-
tons.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-09
THREE MEN KILLED
BY Fall From scaffoId on Which
They Were at Work.

Special to the Herald.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 9.-Three
men were killed today while engaged
in painting the Southern Express
building, formerly known as the
Southern Hotel. The scaffold gave
way with them.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-09
WEATHER FORECAST.
ISSUED at New OrIeans.)
Palestine and vicinity:

For Palestine and vicinity:
Tonight probably showers. Friday
fair Cooler tonight and warmer Fri
day.
Minimum temperature, GO.
Maximum temperature, "a.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-09
MANY AssAsS|NAT|0Ns
Occurred In Lisbon Last Night-Three
Are Dead-Crimes of Political
Character.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Paris, France, April 9.-Rioting has
given place to assassination in Lisbon.
Several men were shot or stabbed in
that city last night. and three are
dead. The crimes are all of a politi-
cal character.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-09
MinnoWs For Sale.

Fresh creek minnows for sale by l.
L. Alternately, corner Lacy and Third
streets. Phone $3.50. 9-12t
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lis Hall, Virginia. It was while on a trip to Florida with her father that she met Prince Murat and the meeting proved one of those cases of love at first sight.
 Prince Murat possessed quite a for tune and was man of broad and lib- eral education. As linguist he had but few equals, being proficient in sev- en languages. He was also learned in the sciences and in his researches for new information in this field of study he devoted much of his time and spent much of his money. It is said that In appearance he resembled very closely his famous uncle the great Napoleon Bonaparte. When the Florida Indian war came on the Napoleonic blood of his great ancestors which flowed through his veins became beyond his control and he rushed to the front of the battle where the danger was the greatest and as an Indian fighter he won much distinction on the com hard fought fields of Florida, Alabama and Georgia. He was given the com mission of colonel while engaged in this war against the Indian tribes of the south.
 All his life he longed to see the Be- napartes once more restored to power in Europe, but death claimed him be- fore his life's dream was realized.
 A few years after the death of Prince
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l uans nowadays would venture to state a number at 43O, when they know that God | himself has put it at 400.
 But granting all that is claimed for the round" number, what are we to say of the statement in Galatians S:17? The so- journ Tn Canaan seems to have been some 2l5 years (see Ellicott on the passage). and no system of round" numbers will explain such difference as Is here found. Ellicott adheres to the ancient mode of explanation, 1. e., that the 430 years in clude the sojourn in Canaan-say 2l5 years but of this we are obliged to say that the explanation explains nothing. but only increases the difficulty, for Gen esis 15:13, where God himself makes the reckoning, gives the time of the sojourn In Egypt-not in Canaan. Olshausens at tempt to embrace Isaac and Jacob in the b Covenant" and thus eurtail the time seems farfetched and wild. Conybeare and Howson, in commenting upon a similar difficulty, say: "Supposing it could be proved that St. Pauls knowledge of an- cient chronology was imperfect, this need not surprise us, for there seems no req son to suppose (and we have certainly no right to assume a priorD that divine in spiration would instruct the apostles In truth discoverable by uninspired research
 
 sion"
 Here, at last we catch a ray of light but note that 1t comes from a quasi ad- mission that Paul's chronology was erro- neous. Without such an admission these able and scholarly expositors are appar- ently at sea. The supposition of an erro- neous chronological statement on the part of an inspired apostle is, of course, fatal to the theory of plenary verbal inspira- ton, and yet 1t is the only supposition upon which we can reach any satisfactory solution of the problem.
 Assuming this view as correct what IS the result? Paul has made an erroneous reckoning. But what has that to do with the spiritual truth which he was n- educating? Absolutely nothing. For, In Gal. 3:17, the teaching is precisely the same, no matter what number of years we introduce. The argument is that the covenant of grace antedated the law, and therefore the Galatians would act un- wisely if they followed the teachings of the Judaizers and gave up grace for law. The law which came after the promise to Abraham-no matter how long after-ean not disannul that promise, and therefore it Is unreasonable to give up your hope of salvation by grace, and go back to
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sometimes over stony places and barren wastes. The American bride in England at least feels a sense of kinship with the people in a common language and cus- toms. The English nobleman is more apt to be forgetful and neglectful than cruel or brutal. He is not a gambler or a spendthrift and though hidebound In prejudice and often selfish to degree he has most of the saving graces of the gen. tleman born and bred. It may be said that at least 50 per cent of the English marriages contracted by our well-brought- up girls who knew how to take care of themselves have resulted happily.
 AS for the Frenchmen of title, it seems just lark for them to marry rich American girls and spend their money as fast as they can get hold of it. The most fragrant cases of the French hus- bands duplicity and rascality have been so thoroughly aired the last few years that the American heiress of the best cal ibre has been frightened off and has thus spared herself an intimate knowledge of the F'renchmans utter lack of respect for the marriage tie In so far as it binds him to more than scrupulous politeness to his wife in public.
 So with the Italian, sentimentalist in all his flores, a perfect love-maker, an in corrigible gambler with a childlike igno- rance of the commandments, especially the seventh
 The Germans in their stolid militarlsm ought to make good husbands, yet the re- cent court scandals In Berlin go to prove that you never can tell.'
 While on the subject of international marriages it is interesting to note that Congressman Sabath. Bohemian by
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the hope of salvation by the law. Such step would be what Paul called failing from grace"
 Now, is it not clear that the religious content of this argument is untouched by Pauls chronological error2 And was not this religious content the thing about which Paul was concerned, and which he was inspired to teach? I see nothing ir rational or irreverent in this view.
 How Paul came to believe that 430 years was the correct chronology is of little practical moment. There Is reason to sup pose that the figures were those of the current chronology. as taught by Gam aliel; and that Paul adopted the accepted chronology. But suppose that Paul had known and had stated that the figures were GAS, instead of 4SO, would he not have shocked or puzzled his readers? Or. else, would he not have been obliged to turn aside from his argument. which was all important, to discuss an unimportant question of chronology? I have no idea, however, that the last supposition is cor rest. but believe that Paul made his state ment in good faith, following the chron- ology in which he had been educated
 I have discussed this case at length be- cause 1t involves principle which, once accepted will lead us to sound and sat- isfactory faith in revelation, notwith- standing some inaccuracies which seem to exist in certain statements made by in- spired writers. To some excellent Chris tians, no doubt, this view savors of loose ness, but it is clear that, no matter what view you adopt you must encounter diff culties, and true conservatism will be more anxious to preserve what is real than to hold fast to any scheme of in- spiration. however hoary with age, or however necessary to our preconceived opinions. In judging of the claims of a reputed revelation we have no right to dog matize. When Mahomet, Swedenborg and Joe Smith claim to have received revela- tions from heaven, we call for their ere dentials we weigh the evidence, we count them as impostors, or as fanatics, and not as apostles. But when Christ and the apostles speak, we listen reverently be- cause we have solid reason for believing in them, and in their mission If we are to have any intelligent opinion, then, as to the nature and the limits of inspiration, we must honestly and fearlessy look at the facts, weigh the evldence-'prove all things; hold fast that which is good"
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: Sr ooo ooo-MEN AND MATTERS-HEAVY LIFE 1

w. J. Bryan. It has printed much twad- dle, but in an editorial the other day, 1t produced a rational argument against the nomination of the peerless leader which should be of interest to the south. The World takes the position that it Is south ern populsm and not southern democracy that demands the nomination of Bryan; populism, 1t declares, holds the balance of power in many southern states because loosely drawn primary laws allow the populists to vote at democratic primaries. nominate democratic candidates and frame democratic platforms.
 The World belives that if the south sac- rfices the democratic party to Bryan IL will pay a heavy penalty. It goes on;
 "If Mir. Bryan's nomination is permit ted there will be greater republican ma jorities in the future-majoritles more drunken and still more arrogant. Under the leadership of a republican President less complacent than MT. Roosevelt one of these majorites some day will begin to enforce the constitution of the United States by reducing the representation or every southern state in which the negro has been disfranchised
 "There will be no militant democratic party left in the north to help the south fight her battles, and the south will be left to the fate which her own leaders have invited.
 Tt is folly to say that this cannot hap pen, This very thing was provided for in the republican national platform of 1904. 1t will be provided for in other republican platforms, and the day will come when the republicans in Congress will make the reduction of southern representation
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rope during modern times He was the eldest of the two sons of Joachim King of Naples, and his wife, Caroline, who was a sister of the great Napo- leon. The father of Prince Murat, Joachim Murat, was one of Napoleon's marshals and after the battle of Wa terloo, where the great Napoleon was defeated and forever lost his once mighty power, Joachim Murat was eX- ecuted. Joachim's wife, Caroline, after the execution of her husband, fled to Austria, taking with her her son, Prince Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat, and his younger brother and his two sisters. It was in Austria that the mother educated her four fatherless children. The two daughters married European noblemen, while Prince Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat married an American lady, as did his younger brother.
 It was in the year 1921 that Prince Murat came to the United States on a visit He became so infatuated with the liberties and freedom of this coun- try that he decided to locate and ac- cordingly purchased some extensive plantations in Florida and in Louis jana. One of these plantations he called "Econchattie," This plantation was located few miles from Talla- hassee, Fla, and 1t was here that he decided to make his home after many
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Japonicas and many other emi-trop- ical shrubs, trees and plants, with their multiplicity of richly colored flowers, during the spring and summer trans form the old cemetery into a veritable paradise, while mocking birds and other feathered songsters of the semi tropics make music sweet over the tombs of the countless dead. Although one cannot help feeling sad and lonely upon entering this quaint old city of the dead, the eye is delighted with the scene and the ear is charmed with the music of feathered songsters. It was on a beautiful afternoon not long ago that I took a stroll within this old cemetery and winding my way around the many centenarian tombs and semi-tropical foliage, I at last came to two simple marble shafts that mark the spot where sleep a prince of the Two Sicilies and his American prin- cess. On a leaf of my note book I copied from the monuments, which mark their graves, these inscriptions:
 Departed This Life
 April IS, 1847
 CHARLES LOUIS NAPOLEON
 ACHILLE MURAT
 Son of
 The King of Naples
 and
 Caroline Murat
 Aged 47.
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birth, has introduced bill to levy tax of % per cent on all dowries or gifts made to foreigners by Americans in considera- ton of marriage. He estimates that near ly one billion dollars has gone abroad with our heiresses. Some one has been deceiving the congressman; it is not as bad as that.
 A few years ago when Kansas was in the midst of distressing financial panic William Allen White wrote his famous ar tlce on "Whats the matter with Kan sas?" MT. Whites conclusion was that If Kansas raised more wheat and less hell she would be better off.
 To former residents who are looking at the situation from distance, MT. White $ ! advice to Kansas seems appl1caple to Blr- mingham. One gets the idea from reading the homo newspapers that great rue tion'' of some kind is always on. There was the prohibition campaign; the row ln the city council and then the police com mission contest In the courts, which was followed by newspaper war between Mayor Ward and the commissioners.
 At this distance 1t doesn't appear that any one has a real grievance; it seems IS if a lot of sensitive school boys had fallen ont and were throwing mud. There is no intention of going into the merits of any of the disputes, but I don't believe any of them has Justified the noise that has been made.
 Why don't the citizens of Birmingham null together harder for the commercial upbuildng of the city and raise less he'll
 The New York World has been carrying on for months bitter campaign against
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years of wandering around the world. Here at Tallahassee he took out natu- ralization papers and became a citi- zen of the United States and of the state of Florida, renouncing his native land across the sea.
 An exiled prince as he was he trav- world, and after coming to America even he changed his place of residence no less than a dozen times; but here in America he always resided in either Louisiana or Florida. But the town of Tallahassee, Fla, seemed to hold many charms for him and finally he settled permanently here. During his resi- dence in Tallahassee he served at va rious times as postmaster, alderman and mayor. Although a prince of the two Sicilies it Is said that he often remarked that he would rather be but a city alderman in Tallahassee and en- joy the liberties of America than be a prince and reside in his native land.
 But 1t was finally a woman's love and a woman's smile that conquered this exiled prince and caused him to give up a life of wandering and unrest for a life of home and quietude. In the year 1862 he met and married Mrs. Catherine Gray, at that time hand some young widow. She was grand niece of Gen. George Washington, and her father was Col. Bird Willis of Will
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Murat his cousin Louis Napoleon be- came emperor of France. Emperor Louis sent an invitation all the way to Tallahassee, Florida, to his cousins widow, whom some years before he had met in London, urging her to at tend a family reunion to be given in Paris. She accepted and going to Paris was royalty entertained by Emperor Louis and other relatives of her late husband, who urged her to remain in France but the love of her Florida home and the city where sleeps her husband prince was too great and she left sunny France for the land of flow CTS; her beloved Florida, the adopted home of her husband. Emperor Louis Napoleon settled an independent for tune upon her. Much of her wealth and time she gave to charity and she was loved alike by the high and lowly who knew her best.
 Thus, far from his native land and the home of his noted relatives. in that aristocratic ante -bellum city of north ern Florida, amidst a tangle of semi tropical foliage and flowers, yet rest ing in almost obscurity, lies a little mound of earth beneath which slum- bers the remains of one from whom circumstances snatched the title of King of Naples and sent him adrift on the world, as it were, as only an ex- lied prince.
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quires me to believe that the words, as well as the doctrines, of the sacred writer. were communicated to him by the Holy Spirit; and that he is in no wise responsible for his style, since his language is not of his own selec- ton. According to this theory the writers were not free to write what they thought. felt and understood to be the truth of God.
 On the other hand the views advo- cated, or rather assumed, by the "rationalists" are by no means satis- factory; and though many of our best commentators, and of our most scien- tifc writers upon the principles of Hermeneutics, are more or less ration alistic, I have thus far failed to find in "rationalism" any tenable ground for my faith, or any satisfaction to my reason. Indeed, rationalism, philo- sophical and religious, seems to me the perfection of the unreasonable. That weak human reason sh hould ,/fix the limits within which infinite wisdom must work-this strikes me as palpably and presumptuously absurd.
 It is frequently said that the writers of the Bible claim to be inspired" Here we have the same looseness of state menJ Wn1cn we nave a1ready noticed In another connection. Do the writers of the Bible make this claim? Sorae do, and others do not. I am not objecting to the statement that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God" I am scrutinizing the grounds of 'mechan ical" inspiration. We have good req sons for believing that the book of Genesis was written by inspired au tn ority; but no such claim so far as we know, Is set up by the book itself. We cannot learn from the book who the author was. Nobody seems to know when, where nor by whom 1t was written.
 Thirty years ago almost every edu- cated American expositor held that the "six days" of the opening chapter of this book meant "creative periods of indefinite duration. But now our best Hebraists and most scientific exegtes tell us that such a meaning does violence to the language-that these "six days" were days of twentyfour hours. Now, if man has made up his mind to believe that every statement in the Bible is infallibly correct-that matters scientific, historical, chronological, all came within the do- main of infallible inspiration-we can see how he may be forced to insist that these days must mean "creative periods"
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next week has wisely decided upon q home wedding. ...
 There is no large structure In the city better protected against an assauie VI petticoats than the mansion at F1rth ave nue and Fifty-seventh street, unfess N be the Tombs or the armory or the Twelfth regiment, N. G. N. r., In WHICH fine organization the bride-to-pes prother commands a company. Indeed. Dame hu- nor has said that if necessary the cap- tain and some of his fellow guarosineh would picket the grounds about ms motii- -er,s house in order to protect the guests at the wedding breakfast, as large oeie- gation of hungry people Is expected out side as well as in.
 Though the brides wedding present to her husband is 100000, there IS strihs attached; perhaps as gentle protese against the fragrant extravagances or Boni de Castellane. He may use only the interest of the fortune, the principle being held in trust as nest egg for the wife Even this arrangement should give him more money to spend than any other nobleman in his home country, Hungary.
 Hungary is practically an unexplored field for even the most enterprising and adventuresome of our marriageable maidens. It is odd that an heiress who might have gone anywhere and picked her choice of all the gentlemen of modern ized continental Europe and Great Brit ain should have elected to go so far af1eid for a husband.
 The pathway of American brides in England is we'll beaten.-It has led through green pastures and lowered borders, and
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and authoritative, there seems to be l no reason why 1t should damage his faith his hope or his charity, to learn that slight errors have erept into the Bible, errors of a scientific. chronological or his- torieal character. errors which have no bearing upon the great soul-saving, life giving doctrines. That such errors are , incident to everything In which human agency is employed, and that they do not impair the value or the authority of the spiritual truth which revelation was in- tended to teach. and does teach-these are propositions which no intelligent Christian need be afraid to accept.
 Bishop Ellicott, whose orthodoxy as unquestioned, and who is one of the ablest, most scholarly, cautious, conser- vative and painstaking of modern com mentators, holds these views; and if he ever wrote an irrational or an irreyerent line, he has carefully kept it out of his commentaries Besides: If we must have an infallible Bible-infallible at all points how can we get on without an infallible interpreter? No mans theology rests upon the Bible, but upon his Interpretation of the Bible This interpretation may be original, or it may be adopted from some
 
 unless he gets it from an infallible source, 1t Is fallible interpretation. So long as we believe 1t to be our duty to use our God-given powers to investigate for ourselves to weigh the facts, and to accept as our creed only that which rests upon satisfactory evidence, so long shall we be obliged to expose ourselves to dan ger. We shall not learn to swim if we keep out of the water, and in this case the <. water is everywhere.
 To those who hold to plenary verbal in spiration Paul's reckoning in Galatians BIT presents a serious difficulty. The apostle here states that the law was given 43O years after the covenant with Abre- ham. In Genesis. 1513. Jehovah says to Abraham: Thy seed shall be a stranger in land that is not theirs, and shall serve them, and they shall affict them four hundred years" This clearly refers to the bondage in Egypt. Stephen, in Acts 7:6 clearly referring to Genesis 1513 makes the time 400 years. The difference between 400 and 430 gives little trouble, for the 400 may be regarded as a round" number but even this difference, when regarded from a modern point of view, is suggestive of considerable freedom on the part of the inspired writers. Few Chris