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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
IEREDITH's ASHES CANNOT
REST IN WESTMINSTER

London, May 20-The Westminster
authorities have declined permission
to place the ashes of George Mere.
dith in the abbey An appeal to the
dean to this end was strongly sup
ported by the Society of Authors
representing all the leading writer's.
by Premier Asquith, Lord Morley.
Rudyard Kipling and James NJ Bar
rie. Mr.. Barrie made personal APP
peal to the dean, but in vain.
1t was announced officially last
night by the dean that a memorial
service will be held i'm the abbey on
Saturday. The funeral, therefore, will
be at Dorking, as previouely arranged
The action of the Westminster au.
thorities has caused much disappoint.
ment, as it was known that the fami-
ly of the late novlest had no objec-
tion to the placing of his ashes in the
abbey and the question Of space was
not involved by the depositing of the
urn therein.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
LAD IS VERY
PERSISTENT
Russian Boy Makes His
Eighteeth Attempt to
Enter the United
States.

Now York, May 2O.-That distin-
guished transatlantic tourist. Ben
ME Axlerod, who has crossed the
ocean thirty-iye times, usually with
irons shackled to his wrists and an
kles is again kno king at Uncle
Sans door. On seventeen occasions
Bennie has knocked, only to have
the door shat I'm his face with rude
commands from the immigration ari-
thorlties to be gone
There are some queer things about
Bennie. Last year when he was over
here he was thirteen. Now he Is
sixteen. dIaying three birthdays in
one year HASN'T strained Bennie In
the least. His cheeks are rosy. his
blue eyes are as bright as vlolets in
the early morning and his mouth l.
always ready to Stretch wide into a
wlnsome smile.
The secret Of Bennics jump i'm age
Is this: Since early IN 1906 the hoy
has been striving to enter this coun-
try. In that year he ran away from
his fathers home In Odessa, slowed
himself away on -hip and eventu-
ally landed in New York. He got as
far as Ellis island and was promptly
deported.
Since then Bennie has been coming
back almos. with the regularity Of
eloclSwork and usually he got no
nearer his goal than Ellis island. But
on these trips Bennie accumulated
a vast store OF wisdom concerning
the immigration laws of the country
he is determined to adopt. He learned
that a strong, healthy boy Of six
teen, capable Of earning his own liy-
ing, cannot be deported. So, al
though he was only fourteen years
old, yesterday morning, he was SIX
teen the same night and proud of II.
He says he has no favorite steam
ship line but takes the first one
handy. II Bennie's tale of his thir-
ty-fve trips across the Atlantic Is
true he has travelled more than
100000 miles without the outlay OF
a dollar Bennie says all he wants
now Is a good boss who will appre-
eiate hard working boy
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
A MODERN
CROESUS
Il Italian Historian Writes
Complimentary of
Andrew Carnegie.

Paris, May 2O-Guglielmo Ferrero,
the Italian historian who recently
visited the United States, is contin-
uing in Figaro his analysis OF the
position occupied by American mil
lionaires. lie lays emphasis on the
theory that these men feel themselves
surrounded by public hostility and
that consequently rney are bound,
like their prototypes in ancient
Greece to assume public Responsible
ties and yindicate themselves before
the people.
Slgnor FerrerO attributes much or
the former hostility to John ID. Rocke
felier to his disregard of the public
curiosity and the mysteries with
which he surrounded himself, and he
points out that Mr. Rockefeller has
changed his tactics by publishing his
memoirs and granting interviews
freely
The writer considers that Andrew
Carnegoe, ON the contrary, has play
ed to perfection the role of a Croesuq
in a democracy, lie has given lavish
ly and maintained good relations
with the public through the press and
his books and by fanerlng the theory
that millionaires are only the deposit
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
EAST BUFFALO

East Buffalo, N, Y, May 90
Cattle-Receipts %; STEADY. Prime
steers, 6 Gp Z; butchers steers $50 a
$50.
Veals-Receipts 200; active. Com
mon 10 choice, 5.25 a s.
Sheep and lambs-iReceipls 800:
lambs, G,25 a $50; yearlings, G.7j
m 72j; sheep 3 a G.4O.
Hogs Receipts 1890; slow, York
ers, 7.5O a 7.G5; pigs Z a 7.l5.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
PITTSBURG

Pittsburg, Pa, May 2O.-Cattle-
Receipts light; market strong, un-
changed.
Hogs Receipts doubledecks; mar
ket weak. Heavies 7.G5 D 10;
mediums, 7.5O a 7.55; heavy workers
7,4O a $50; light yorkers, TO a
7 90; pigs, G.75 a $50.
Sheep and Receipts 10 dou-
blcdecks; market weak.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKETS

Corrected Daily by Chas. Turner 4 Co
PAYING PRICE.
Butter, zoe per lb.
Eggs, l9c per dozen.
Lard, 9c per III.
PopCOrn--2c.
Potatoes, per bu., SOC.
SELLING PRICE.
Butter, 25c per lb.
Eggs-22c per dozen.
Cheese-N Y. Cream, zoe per lb
Lard-l2 l-2c per lb.
Syrup-40c per gal.
Sugars-5c 20 &c per ID.
Teas-4Oc TO SlOO per ID.
Vinegar-25c per gal.
Salt-Sl25 pcr bbl.
Hand picked Navy Beans-5c per III
Carolina Head Rice-lOc Id or 25c
Cracked Hominy-4c or lbs for lOc.
Marrowfat Beans-7c lb, or lbs 25c
Lima Beans-l0c h., lbs. for 25c
Prunes-S Is to 15c lb.
Seeded Raisins--lOc and II l-2c ID.
Cleaned Currants, lOc per lb.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
PRAYERS
WERE HEARD
K I'D n a.p ed Woman Was
Grossly Mistreated and
then Released.

New York, May 2O--"My prayers
broke his heart and he let me go,
softly said Miss Emma Trotter. wno
escaped last night from a man in a
shack in Asbury Park, after she had
been held three days by three kid
napers.
Revenge for the loss of a girl, who
had been torn from their grasp by
Miss Trotter, who is missionary OF
the Florence Crittenden Mission,
prompted the kidnapping.
Miss Trotter lay on a white
hospital cot, weak from druggng
and brutal treatment to which she
had been subjected by her captors
Two thick braids of hair framed her
pale face as she told the story of her
abduction
A call came over the telephone ear.
ly Saturday night to the mission
asking that Miss Trotter call at a
house in good section of Asbury
Park, in connection with her mis-.
sionary work. She obeyed the call.
AS the door opened inward, i'm re-
sponse to her ring at the bell a
mans arms came out of the darken.
ed hall, wrapped themselves around
her and dragged her into the house
Lights flashed on, and she saw three
men.
Where is Charlotte?" demanded
one OF the men.
Charlotte" meant Charlotte Graves
girl who had been taken by the
missionary from three men a week
before TO be sent to a home. Miss
Trotter wouldn't tell. She had saved
Charlotte from them, and she intend
ed that the girl should be safe from
such as they AS they talked one oI
the men sided around the group un.
tn he was behind her
A brutal arm came from behind
her and clasped her neck. Another
forced open her mouth. Someone
poured a drug down her throat. The
missionary remembers laughter ring
Ing in her ears as her senses left her
That was Saturday.
Monday night she recovered con-
seriousness in hut on the outskirts
of Asbury Park. One of the men
known to her as the companion OF
Charlotte. was with her. She was III
and weak.
She begged for release, and clung
to the mans knees
You took Charlotte; / took you
was his answer.
The missionary knelt and prayed
She prayed for herself and for the
soul OF her captor All Monday night
she prayed, when the mans brutality
did not fill her mouth with groans.
She prayed Tuesday. Tuesday night
the man opened the door.
You are too good; go home" said
the man.
She crept through the darkness and
fell fainting at the door of the mis-.
sion From there she was sent to a
hospital.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

taries of their fortunes and have we'll
defined obligations.
I'm Europe the belief exists that
American milliOnaires are modern
satraps who exercise their power
ruthlessly and with the greatest au
dacity and courage" says Ferrero.
This Is true, perhaps, so far as bust
ness is concerned, but in politics they
are timid and vacillating They feel
themselves enyelOped by anmosity
ana menaced by growing opposi-
tion which makes them conceal rath.
er than display their power"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

armaments appeared to him to be
the insistence BY England on what
1t calls the two-power naval stand
ard
The conference discussed a plan for
requesting President TAFT to call a
meeting OF representatives of every
country to discuss disarmament
Professor Samuel r. Dutton, secre.
tar yof the Peace society of New
York, declared that the situation
which the conference faced was more
critical than two years ago, and that
the long voyage of the American bat.
tleships had placed America in O
false position before, the world.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
UNIVERSAL
ARBITRATION
Lake Mohonk Peace Coefer.
ence to Ask Taft to Call
Big Conference.

Mohonk Lake, N. Y, May 2O-Limi-
tation of armament and the perma-
nent establishment of peace through
out the world by arbitration of inter-
national disputes is the purpose of
the Lake Mohonl, conference opened
here yesterday. Nicholas Murray
Butler, president of the American
branch of the association for interna-
tiohal conciliation, presided, and in
an opening address he said that the
greatest obstacle 20 the limitation Of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
"DoLLAR A SQUEEZE AND
COSTS" is THE SRNTRNcF

Massillon, o.. May 20. Miss Annie
Christian last night caused the arrest
of Dan Donahue, too ardent suitor
dor forcibly huggIng her. She says
he compelled her to sit on his knee
while at her home last night and she
called the police.
How many squeezel did he give
you,' Mayor Fritz asked the girl In
police court.
1.-TWO" she replied.
dollar squeeze and costs" said
the mayor.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
HEIR TO
THE THRONE
Prince of the Blood of Sheba
is Proclaimed the Ruler
of Abyssinia.

Addis-Abeba, May 20. Lid Jeas-
sal, o the blood of Sheba, has been
proclaimed heir to the Abyssinian
throne in the presence OF King Men
elik's army of 10000
The aged Emperor himself sat on
his earyen throne and watched with
pride the manly bearing of his thir-
teen-year-old grandson.
The African sun shone from the
shaven polls of the Abyssinian
troops and glistened upon their
flowing robes OF white. Foreign
representatives, with their military
guards I'm uniforms Of their respec-
tive countries, lent a touch of color
to the scene OF black and white.
Chiefs of the provinces Tirge,
Kaffa and Harrar came with wild
retinues to honor the little boy who
viii one day reign over them. That
day is believed to be far away for
Menellk, notwithstanding his age,
retains the gigantic ylgor which
once enabled him to break the back
OF fOeman across his knee I'm the
tribal warfare which preceded his
accession to the throne, and in which
he slow 700 men with his own hands
according to the local legend.
Prince Lidj Jesau the new heir
apparent, forsook, for the ceremony,
the French silk hat which he usual
ly wears with his native costume.
He looked very much the man as he
raised his spear in answer to the
salutes OF the chiefs. And, indeed,
the prince is man, according TO
Abyssinian standards, for two days
ago he married Princess Romanie.
the -year-old granddaughter OF
the late Emperor John.
Princess Romanie Is the loved
niece OF Empress Taitou, Menelik s
wife. and so is a cousin of her
young husband.
Taitou was the heroine OF four
marriages, each OF which terminated
IN the death of her husband at the
hands OF his enemies, before she
married Menelik. He had been
espoused to her before she married
any of them, but had been forced
to relinquish her in favor pf the
then Emperor Theodore. She was
once called the Light OF Ethiopia"
The young bride is the granddaugh-
ter OF Emperor John, and the mar
TioUp serves IN rpunitn the trihp oP
John with that of Menelik.
The ceremony illuminated in a
long course of training through
which King Menelik put the boy
whom he expects to succeed him
upon the throne Of Ethiopia.
The house OF NIenelik proudly
traces its descent from sheba, Queen
OF the Ethiopians, and King Solo-
mon, and takes its name from their
son. Menelik. And King Menelil1
contends that the book of Solomon
was framed by his ancestor for the
benefit of the sons OF Sheba. He
knows the proverbs by heart, and he
has never tired Of teaching them
to the boy,
So the thirteen-year-old boy is
of Homer's blessed
Land Of the Blameless Philippians"
md will wear the high title of Negus
Negusti or King OF the Kings OF
Ethiopia and Conquering Lion of
Judah"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
CONVICT ESCAPES
OR rs IN HIDING

Columbus, o., May Z0-IIaryey
Joh1soR, several times an inmate OF
the Ohio penitentialy who was re-
Gently sentenced to life imprison-
ment for burglary, of mhabitated
houses, used his knowledge OF the
penitentiary buildings aud grounds
either to escape or hide. He disap-
peared last evening ana the officials
are unable 10 find him.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
CHICAGO GRAIN.

Chicago, May 2O-Grain closing:
Wheat-May-Opcn 30; close l.3O
mly-Open l.15 Ii; close l.15 -
September--Open lO7; close l.O7
l-2.
Corn-May-Open 73 10; close ~
IA.
July-Open 60 is: close GS l-2.
September--Open 80 rs; close Gj
5-S.
Oats-May-Open 80 -; close 5s
l-2.
.uly-Open 81: close 81 l-S.
Septcmber-Opcn "A 4; close A
l-2.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
CLEVELAND

Cleveland, O., May 2O--IIOgs-Re.
ceipts 1000; steady. Mediums and
heavies 745; yorkers 7.35; lights Z a
LlO; pigs Z.
Cattle-lIeceipts cars; steady.
Lambs-l5 cars; $40.
Calycs-i.OO; 7.75.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
FLOUR

Marion b, Pride, ia Bbl.) 500
Legal Tender, IA bbl.) $3.50.
Monarch, IA bbl.) $40.
Carnation IA bbl.) $1.9O.
Gilt Edge GA bblD $l.75.
Gold Medal IA bbl.) 500.
Sleepy Eye "a bblD 81 100.
Golden Flake, IA dbl SITS.
Glover Leaf IA bbl.) 81 90.
Graham Flour-25c per sack,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
SheriffS Sale Of
Real Estate

Case NO, l232S
The Fahey banking Company, Z aintiff, vs,
Edward y. Moon, ct al Defendant.
court OF Common pleas OF Marion County,
OhO;
In pursuance of an OTder 2i sale from said
Court 10 me directed Will expose TO sale, al
public auction, at the door OF the Court
X louise in Marion, Marion County, ohio, on
the Goth day Cf May 4. ID. 1909, ut 2 O'Clock.
NJ. the following described real estate,
situate In he County Of Marion and state OF
ONTO, ana in the city OF Marion to.wit;
Known rs being 100 feet of Of the west
ed of lot number ,s,Nty-siN hundred and
scyenty-slN NGiGl I'm Perry Jones aud Will
sons hrst addition to the city OF Marion,
heiPg irnct Of land "a feet In width by
100 feet iu depth.
said Promises appraised at 1880.
Terms of sale, cash.
JOHN @. STARK,
by G. Breeu, Deputy,
sheriff Marion County, o.
Schoheld, DurGee a Collcld, Attorneys.
a-2O-bt-d & "
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
DAILY MARKET REPORTS
UNION STOCK YARDS.

Union Stock Yards, Ills, May 20.
-Cattle-Receipts 1000; weak; shade
lower Beeyes, 3 a. 7.25; Texans
AS a 40; western, 4.75 (d G; stock
ers and feeders, $50 "a 5.65.
IIogs-Receipts 1900; strong, 1Oc
higher, Light, ESQ % 7.3O; mixed.
$50 "a 7.45 heavy, Z a 7.4O; rough
7 % 7.2O; workers. 7.2O a 7.25; pigs
$50 a $50.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; steady. Ma
itves, $50 IA G.25 western a
G,2j; lambs, $50 a. s S.25; western,
& Go 8.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
FIGHT FOR
MODERATOR
Presbyterians Vat Denver
Have a Heated Contest
on Hands.

Denver, May 2U-An appeal for
the extension of foreign missions, q
plea for the sectarian school q;
against the state university and the
wind up of heated campaign for the
office of moderator yesterday paved
the way for the opening session to-
day of the 12lst general assembly oi
the Presbyterian church.
Chancellor Samuel ID. Mccormick oi
Pittsburg university supported the
church school as against the nonsec-
tartan instruction.
There is but one way for you tc
educate your boys with proper
Christian training" he said. "YOu
must make your Presbyterian schools
better than the state universities. The
state universities are doing the best
they can, but they are powerless to
give the youth proper Christian
education"
The annual conference of foreign
mission workers was attended by
missionaries from all parts of the
WbIlus lAeNs d. y. NTOulu OF Itubl
India said the practice of sending
low caste converts as missionaries
among their own people was more
effective than that Of sending high
caste converts among the low caste.
The campaign for moderator
closed last night with the feeling that
DIR. William l.. McEwan, pastor OF
the Third Presbyterian church OF
Pittsburg, had made n winning race
DR. James Morrison Barkley OF De-
troit, Dr. Robert Mckenzie of New
York, DR.. Edgar p. Hill of Chicago,
and DR.. Howard A. Johnson OF Colo
rado Springs are the other candi-
dates showing strength sufficient to
make a contest. Justice Harlan ol
the federal supreme court is also
mentioned as a candidate.
President Moifatt OF Washington
md Jefferson college, Pittsburg, as
expected to report as to the advisa-
bility of concentrating the adminis-
trative functions of the eight boards
Of the church and the advisability OF
an executive commission.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
NEW YORK pRoDuCE

New York, May 90. Dressed pOul-
try-Qnuiet unchanged.
Butter-,Firm, receipts iil2; cream
cry, extra 25 l-2; state dairy tubs, q
to 81 10; imitation creamery flrsts
"a TO %,
Eggs-irmi receipts lS,121;t nearby
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
Eads and Einance.

Mrs. Gramercy-Why doesn't your
church get II minister who breaches
the higher criticism?
Mrs. DorcaS- How can we, my dear?
We cant afford TO pay one more than
81 800 n year Puck.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
TOLEDO.

Toledo o., May 2O-Whcat-Casl
and May 1.5O; July LIZ 3-S; Septem.
ber 10: December l.O9 -.
Corn-Cash 7G Ia; May 75 "a;
July 20 rs; September ~ IA; Dcccm
Der IS Is.
Oats-Cash and May GO; July So
3-i; September A -: December Az
l-S.
Rye-No /, 81; No. 2, 30 1-2; No. 3
81 1-2.
Cloyerseed-Cas sos: October and
December G7O; March Cos
Prime alsille-77j.
Prime timothy 1.SO.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

FOR RENT 17-acre garden and truck
with house and out buildings.
Possession at once. II acres
pIowed aud ready to plant. Bal
ance pasture. Fine place for poul-
Try. Me fruit. = acres of rich
sod will raise enought musk mel
ons to pay the rent. Fine for
tomatoes. You can plant corn II
you like. ] will take all the corn
at $Gj per bu. at the farm. 2
miles south of city. For rent for
days only. Farm for sale, cash
or on time. J. b. Bolander. Of
fee, Huber Block. l7-1S-19
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

The Forestry building on the
grounds OF the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition in 1909 will be the largest
log house ever built in the world
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

"sad about the church organ being
burned down, wasn't it?"
"Why couldn't they put II outT"
Because none OF the fremen could
play on lt!-Punch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

FOR SALE-tBarred Plymouth Rock
eggs for hat ming. Also a few top
py polan China boars, ready for
service. Schultz Bros Phone No.
5000. 2O-21-22-p
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
LOST

LUST-G0ld chain fob with initials
y. D. S. Return to Earl stat
ford No. engine house or call
phone 1OGS. 5-20-2tpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

The Spokane County building at
the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition
in 1909 will represent an expenditure
of 10000 and will be OF Spanish mis-
sion architecture.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

white fancy, 26; nearby mixed fancy
%; fresh hrsts, q Cd 22 1-2.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
Mirror Want Column.
WANTED.

WANTBD-1O0O people to buy
lncubators, Breeders, Poultry Sup
plies and Seeds. Come In and see
Prairie State Incubator I'm opera
tion. Consumers Wholesale Gro
Gerry, Y. NJ. c. A. Block, s. State
st. 3-1l-eOdtf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

Denver, May 2O-A sermon by the
retiring moderator DR.. Fullerton, OF
Chicago, formally opened the 12lst
annual meeting OF the Presbyterian
church, here. 1t is believed DR.. vii.
liam l.. McEwan, of Pittsburg will be
elected moderator. James b. Bark
ley of Detroit. and DR., Edward p
Hin, of Chicago. are two candidates
Two othres withdrew this morning,
after an all night caucus, in favor OF
the later
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

lot. Inquire S2j David street.
j-20-6tpd
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms,
outside cntrau @, can be used for
light housekeeping. Cheap rent to
right parties. Cali 2J2 Gal, st.
j-l7-3t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
MISCELLANEOUS

HAVING PURCHASED the big brick
residence property OF The Stoltz-
ScOneld Land Co., at 2i3 Duluth
Ave, Sconeld Heights, have ex-
changed my residence property on
Girard avenue for two modern
houses on West Columbia St., be-
tween Windsor ard Olney Ave. and
will Sell my Columbia St. houses
on most liberal terms. W. NJ.
Jackson. Phone, office 575,. Resi-
dence. 1911. 3-20-tf
MOVING AND TRANSFERRING
clean and renoyate your RUGS
move, crate, store and do transfer
work of any kind. Phone 1905.
s. KNOCH. S-29-lyr
Complete sets Of photographs, geo.
logical collections, Indian curios,
specimens OF fish, bones OF prehis-
toric animals and big collections OF
interesting souvenirs will he display
ed in the Alaska building at the Seat
tie in 1909. Arrangements are being
made to procure such an exhibit
from King MeneleK OF Abyssinia.
u,,,. a.. Ntt,.,.,su ,,,,,,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20
FOX SALE.

FOR SALE-G roomed house cheap.
Gas, good we'll, cistern, fruit, large
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-20

Try the Mirror want column.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-25
The Head on
the Wall
judith Giveth Token OF
Certain Victory.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
Copyright, 1909, by the Author, W. s. Edso

Based on the Apocryphal Book of
Judith, Chapters 14-16.
Difficulties in Book of Judith.-There
are two conflicting statements as to the
original language of the book. RIG
speaks of it, together with Tobit, as mot
existing in Hebrew even among the
Apocrypha," in the Hebrew collection,
while Jerome, on the other hand, says
that Among the Hebrews the Book OF
Judith being written in the Chal-
dean language is reckoned among the
histories.' There can be little doubt
tnat the book was written in Palestine In
the national dialect (Syro-Chaldaic). The
text exists at present in two distinct re-
tensions, the Greek followed by the
Syriac). and the Latin. The former evil
IDENTITY is the truer representative of the
Latin was derived, in the main, from the
Greek by a series of successive altera-
lions. The Latin text contains many
curious errors. At present 1t is impos-
slbie to determine the authentic text.
Inc existence of these various recens1ons
OF the book is a proof of its popularity
and wide circulation; but the external eV-
loence of its use is very scanty. Inc
nrst reference to its contents occurs IN
elem. Rom., and it Is quoted with marked
respect by Origen, Hilary and Luclfer.
Jerome speaks of 1t as ~"reckoned dmong
the sacred Scriptures by the Synod OF
Nice 1t has been wrongly inserted IN
the catalogue at the close of the Apos-
tolic Canons.