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forth in the Bible. In this sense, it
would mean a non-existent thing; lor no
science of natural history-nor. indeed,
OF anything else--is revealed in the Bible.
2. The processes, so far as they are nat
ural and human, by which the Bible
came into existence. This would be a per-
fectly legitimate historical and critical
study; and, properly pursued. it would
produce valuable results. A good deal of
what is usually called biblical introduce
ton" belongs strictly to this department
of study '.7orne's introduction" in its
latest form, is fine example OF the
work which scholars have done in this
line; and the unabridged edition of
Smiths Bible Dictionary contains much
Of the same kind of work and OF quite
high order Of merit.
g. The various kinds of living creatures
whose names are mentioned in the Bible.
The classifying of these creatures into
ORDERS" Species" etc, is an important
part Of the domain OF natural history as
a science. The biblical writer's never
undertake any such classification; nor is
there any reason to believe that they
were acquainted with anything OF the
kind. But, as the animals mentioned in
the Bible are materials for the student
OF natural history, one may, in loose,
popular way of speaking. use the phrase.
1.-THE natural history Of the Bible when
he means simply the several kinds ~of ami
mails referred to in the Bible.
II any young person, who Is In the habit
Of reading the Bible attentively, will ask
himself the question, which of the ami
mails that am acquainted with are mem
ticLed in the Bible?' he will probably ask
himself question that he never thought
of before; and If he will take interest
enough In the question to pursue it with
care. and with the best helps he can
command, he will probably learn some
curiously instructive as well as interest
ing things.
How can goddess wording sit In jldg-
n,ent upon his Christian neighbor for do
ink what he himself does not pretend
to abstain from, or for neglecting what
he himself does not pretend to do? The
very fact that he requires higher stand
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ENGLANDS SOCIALIST FACTORY-By George Eaues


them into the towns. Rich beyond fns
need of rents, they scorn to collect Small
wads of money from little farmers or
market gardeners, and they will not navs
their lordly views blghted with anything
less picturesque than a ruin.
The same thing is essentially true OF TN
Marquis of Salisbury, whose famous HONS
at Hatfield House is to be found p's-
tured SO often among beauties OF arc1A-
lecture. Huge farms made into pastes
age, disappearing peasantry. novels ~.
such as remain, and a refusal 10 80
make the game monotonous story LoI@
Pembroke in Wiltshire. Lord Iveagh =
Norfolk, the Duke of Rutland, the Duks
of Portland, the Duke of NEWCASTLE a.
the rest. are all in the same conspiracy
Again cultural England therefore votes
tory.
This is their patriotisml This is their
systematic benehcencei This Is what
they boast of, no doubt, to tuft-nunlue
American touristst 1t is this sort OF thing
perhaps that my Boston friend reiers
to when he deplores the method of taxa
ton adopted by the much-disputed budget
of Lloyd George. But 1t is evident thax
the great cause of the spread OF socialism
in England is precisely tho land monopoly
which wise taxation alone can breah-
Incidentally, too we may learn les
son for America. For IL present ten-
denotes develop what is to prevent even
the vast spaces of this superb continent
being bought up by the handful of spec
ulators who have already obtained -
much of the means to do it? Whoever
owns the land will control the govern
ment.
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John tells us that Jesus, after his arrest,
was first taken to Annas, the father-in-
law of Caiaphas, the high priest. Annas
had been high priest at an earlier period;
but during the reign of Tiberius. the Ro-
man emperor, he had been removed by
the governor, valerius Gratus, and Ismael
had been appointed In his place, Elecazar,
the son of Annas. had succeed Ismael;
then came Simon. and in A. d. 26 Cal
aphas, also called Joseph. Annas, them
as ex-high priest and father of one high
priest and father-in-law OF another, would
naturally be held in high consideration,
ana his views in matters Of Jewish law
would have great weight. Still he had no
authority to try the case; SO, after a lit
tie parleying, he turns the prisoner over
to the officiating high priest, Caiaphas
For the last 40 years the very at
shouts of the people who are wild with
joy over what they call "the end Of
slavery" but is 1t certain that slavery
is abolished? If church member says
he is not able to pay anything to the
support of the church, and yet spends
$40 a year for the tobacco which he
cant do without" is he not a. slave?
When q Christian mother cannot go
to Sunday school, because she must
cook breakfast and keep it hot" for
her goddess soma grown man, who
cannot get ready for breakfast on
Sunday morning till after . O'Clock
Is she not slave? suspect there
are several such slaves in Birmingham.
Are there none In Boston?
Apropose to this. here is an au..ientic
anecdote of Gen. r.. z. Lee When the
army OF Northern Virginia was lying
around Orange Court House General
Lee met my father on the street and
asked him: Can you entertain two
young ladies. relatives of mine, whom
l want near me, so that can visit
them occasionally?" My father asked
him: Are they your daughters?" No"
said the general. nieces; but Just like
daughters to me- The young ladies
were soon settled at Mont Peliso. OF
course they were great toasts among
the omcers Of the arnys When thay
T. ||
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new Offices of the federal establishment
we're created annually. I do believe Tom
Plat would have put up with half the
number.
John Randolph of Roanoke was one o.
the very great political thinkers our
country has produced, and his speech
against the creation of new offices 10 .
masterpiece of political wisdom; but his
teachings are held in contempt by the
priests of the present day. who gave u
the most reckless and the most prodigu
government in the history of modern
times. not excepting that of Napoleon
the Little.
AS for Tom Plat, he deserved a better
fame He was a boss who was censo-
riously decried. Roosevelt is a boss who
is extravagantly eulogized. Tom Platt
died worth s125000. Had he never thought
of politics. he would have made 100 times
as much. Had he been venal in politics,
he would have died with ten times az
much.
/ am not praising Tom Platt. I think
he was vicious politically. l think his
machine was contrary to the spirit OF
our political system. He was a practical
man, but why should he be held accursed
for raising the money to buy the cleo
ton of 1880. and Theodore Roosevelt heid
blessed for getting his dear Hartman
to raise s250OoO to buy the election OF
1904? Why?
Are there degrees in the boss pro-
gress? Is some corruption Infamous and
shall other corruption be pronounced
blessed? Who is Haman and VINO II
Mordecai, anyhow?
OF course. The elect of the Lord may
handle pitch and remain undehled.
! can prove 1t.
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as we appropriate a technicality from
languages that are dead"
When Pope put Defoe into the
"Dunciad," he did not make a fool of
Defoe, but came perilously near maxi
ing fool of himself. Robinson Cru
soc" will probably be read long after
the "Dunciad" is forgotten. Indeed, De-
foes great story is now a household
word with thousands who never heard
of Popes satire on ounces.
In his brilliant Life of Andrew
Jackson" james Parton admits that
his hero was not good at spelling. He
averaged about five misspelt words to
a page of manuscript; and yet Parton
claims that jackson spelled better
than Washington or Napoleon or Fred
erick the Great or Marlborough. If
Mark Twain could have his say in the
case he would tell us that Jackson
spelled great deal better than
Chaucer; and we may add that our best
scholars are not at all agreed that
Homer could spell at all. But it ought
to be remembered that the Homerc
poems were probably composed before
spelling was invented. Even when
Chaucer wrote his charming "Canter-
bury Tales" spelling was by no means
fixed. good many people have been
more or less puzzled as to the SPELL
ing of the name of the greatest of
English dramatists. Was 1t Shake
spere." or what? But when we learn
that the poet certainly spelled his own
name in two or three different ways,
we shall probably give over our In
vestigations, and spell as we please.
If you have imbibed the current pop
ular delusion that the great orator.
sagacious statesman and splendid in
spired idler, read Mr.. Writ Henry's
biography of that marvellous man, and
clear your mind of so folish a notion.
Mr.. Henry's book is voluminous. be-
cause no adequate account of Patrick
Henry can be given without going
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TN order to understand the narratives
of the four evangelists especially
I. those parts which deal with the trial
of Jesus, some knowledge Of the judicial
institutions of the Jews Of that day Is
necessary
In all considerable towns the Jews had
subordinate tribunals, called Little San
hedrins." The highest tribunal. called the
I"Great Sanhedrin,'' was in Jerusalem, and
consisted of Il members. Hebrew tradi-
ton traced the origin of this court back
to Moses. who appointed 70 elders, and
these. with Moses as president, would
mako the II. The name "sanhedrin," how
ever. is evidently Greek, from ''sune-
drion," and suggests later date for
the origin of the body. Some scholars
suppose that Ezra was its founder; but
the name probably originated during the
Grcco-Syrian dynasty The high priest
was president, and was called by He
brew title which is about equivalent to
prince" All the living ex-high priests
were members. az were the "a presidents
of the classes of priests-also called "chief
priests'-the rulers OF synagogues, and
other prominent experts in the Mosaic
law 1t was very decidedly a priestly
body 1t had q regular place of meeting,
though in cases Of emergency a meeting
( Sit be held at the residence of the high
n Vt. This court had Jurisdiction in all
hnl -tant cases. and especially over mat
1 tiers = ,iritual. AS Jesus was charged with
blasphemy, In claiming to be the Son
of God. the case was naturally brought
kbefore this court. The prosecution might
Zhave ended here, had Christ's enemies
.Aeen less maliciously bitter; but they
Hyere thristing for His blood. and about
Yaree years before this time the Romans
Ne deprived the Sanhedrin Of the power
"a 4 infiict capital punishment, and hence
". 42,case must come before the governor,
PLATE. The Roman historian,
Rd Saot, tells US that Christ was executed
1 lPontius PLATE, and gives further
sting information about Christ and
christians In the forty-fourth chapter
|t he fifteenth book of hts Annals" II
lANi can't read his hard Latin. then read
Abhy's translation. which y excenent,
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/ES," murmured Captain VIII
liam Kidd half sadly, II can
~ L see now 1 was only a piker
and my work was very coarse. In fact,
compared by the standards of your
modern captains of industry, I'll have
to admit that all Of us old school
pirates were a bunch of kindergart-
eners. We never got out of the first
reader, any OF us.
The Captain paused to pull up his
jack boots and settle his plumed hat
labels done In white were embroidered
on his black velvet waistcoat. About
his waist was a broad sash full of old
fashioned single barreled pistols and
meat knives. He made brave spec
tacle, indeed, all but his gloomy ex-
preston of countenance.
: "a lot of US were talking only the
other day about that very thing" went
on the deceased buccaneer. "Teach was
here and Stode Bonnet and one or two
of the Barbary pirates whose names
escape me, and Morgan-Sir Henry
Morgan, you know, The Panama Kid
alth ough we always call him j. Pierp
because it seems to please him. We
were discussing our successors in the
field and the immense strides that have
been made in the profession since we
got out of it, When we thought of the
advantages now enjoyed by gentlemen
engaged in amassfng large completeness
at the public expense as compared with
our most noteworthy endeavors along
the same general line, 1t brought tears
to our eyes. Blackboard in particular
Was affected. He broke down and cried
like a child. His whiskers were SO fun
OF moisture all evening that he looked
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NOTES AND COMMENTS-By J. G. Hiden d. ID

had been there for some time General
Lee again met my father and asked
about his nieces. They seem to be
well and happy" said my father. I'm
afraid they may give Mrs Hidden trou-
ble," said the general. mo, sir; true,
they have a great deal Of company,
and are up late at night, but they are
always ready for breakfast next morn
Ing" 20 yes, Mr.. Hidden, they have
been well raised" In a recent Life" of
General Lee, I find a note from him to
these young ladies, whom he addressed
as my beautiful daughters" and he
says to them: Tell Mr.. Hlden to shut
up his house at 10 o'clock at noght;"
and he adds, that 10 o'clock is late
enough for those young mem to stay.
You may not accept the general teach
ings of tho Darwinian system of natural
history, but 1t is not easy to resist the
conviction that there is some show of
reason for the doctrine which is called
"Reversion to type" For instance: A Wis
itor In one of our southern cities was
walking upon one of the principal streets
on Christmas eve. He saw girls, well
uioSScA oiiA apparently IN BOOu SOcletys
parading the street and making night
hideous by blowing horns. firing OF dyna-
mite crackers, and engaging with great
grsto in what Is sometimes called rails
ing Cain generally" He was astonished to
sec grown young ladies thus entertaining
themselves. He forgot that our ances-
tors of a few centuries back were heath
en- savages, and that all this pandemo-
mum could readily be explained by the
doctrine of 'ireversion to type Indeed,
no small part Of the average celebration
of Christmas has a great deal more in
common with savage heathenism than
with Christian civilization. and we can
scarcely wonder that some of our most
scholarly Investigators incline to the opin-
ion that Christmas was originally a
heather festival. with mo relish Of SAL
walton in It,"
1.-THE natural history of the Bible"
What does that mean? 1T may mean any
ono Of several very different things:
i-ThA xcisncs - natural history ~ ut
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largely into the history of the stirring
times in which the great patriot lived.
The distinguished author has the true
historical instinct well developed; he
dearly loved his subject; and II you
know his book, you will know great
deal of the most important history that
has ever been put into an American
book
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'grhe natural history of the Bible"
What does that mean? 1T may mean any
ono Of several very different things
i-Tha xciancs - natural history ~ sst
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/, as we appropriate a technicality from
languages that are dead"
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eek ZES," murmured Captain Will
- liam Kidd half sadly, Il can
n y see now 1 was only q piker
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03
HIS EL0QUENCE WAS USELESS
Colonel Morsan's Futile Attempt to
Persuade Cleveland to Grant Par
don TO q Murderer.

Col. Franklin Pierce Morgan of
Washington and New York never
made but one great speech, and the
story of 1t is pathetic. His audience
was Grover Cleveland, then president
Of the United States, and his purpose
was to secure pardon for a murderer
named O'Neil, IN whom the colonel
had become interested. "T'n never for
get that day." said the colonel in tell
ing about the incident. Il had told
Dan Lamont the day before that
intended to ask Cleveland to pardon
O'Neil, who was a creature of the
dark places at times, but a pretty
good fellow at that. Cleveland had
taken the precaution to send to the
department of justice and get the pa
pers in the case. | got up early the
next morning, had massage and was
feeling tip-top. l got in to see Cleve-
land and / spoke 20 minutes. Never
in my life, before or since, have
been as eloquent as | was pleading
for that fellow ONeil. The end of
every sentence | uttered brushed the
edges off a cloud. | concluded my
argument, confident that I had swept
the president off his feet. Mr.. Nor
gan,' he said, is that all you have to
say on behalf of your friend? Mind
you, he said friend Yes, Mr.. Presi-
dent said l; I think that's ALL Mr..
Morgan he replied, never as long as
| am in the White House shall that
consummate scoundrel-consummate
scoundrel, mark you-get out of the
penitentiary.' What's the use Of elo-
quence, anyhow" concluded the col
onei
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03

Teachina Correct Speech.

A woman of culture and travel has
made a glorious success teaching cor
rect speech. It is surprising how
much incorrect speech there is among
our educated people. They cling to
provincialisms, incorrect pronuncia-
tions, wrong use of words, and un-
musical intonations The southerner
holds to the soft, T-less utteranCe Of
his nanny" days; the middle west
erner fiattens his vowels; the Boston
ian throws his RS completely out Of
Joint. This woman undertook to cor
rect such errors and teach a pure,
perfect English speech to few young
women. She became so successful
that she was compelled to start a
school of correct English which has
grown to great proportions. This par
ticularly promising field is open in
every town In America.-The Delinea-
tor
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03
DOG KEEPS PEACE IN FAMILY
Lucky Cur Whose Appetite Is Pam
pered to Prove Innocence of
His Master.

My most interesting patient Is a
bulldog owned by a man down on
Ninety-seventh street." said a Veter-
marian. Every afternoon, between
four and FIVE o'clock, the dog and his
master take a walk. Just before they
go home they stop in here and give
the dog an appetizer.
He is such healthy looking beast
that it seems wicked to waste drugs
on him, but it is only by keeping him
toned up so he will eat them out Of
house and home that the man can al
lay his wife's suspicious. Formerly
the daily wanderings Of the pair were
not quite as innocent as hey are now.
They had a habit of stopping at a
saloon where the dogs prtion of theil
refreshment was a sausage.
THAT took the edge off the dogs
appetite Owing to domestic restric-
tions the man does not stop at the
saloon any more, but If the dog is
slightly off his feed no arguments will
convince the wife of the couples in
nOcence
THE funny part of the thing is that
the woman used to hate the dog, and
before her animus toward beer reached
a head she nearly starved him to
death. These are happy days for him,
when he has to eat his head off to kee p
peace in the family"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03
THEY KNEW THAT BAD ROAD
Mark Twain Tells How Three Natives
Dodged Task of Hauling Stage
Through Mud.

Mark Twain was a firm believer in
the national movement for good roads,
and had many tale to tell about the
incredibly bad roads of some sec-
tions. A Hartford man recalled the
other day this experience of the IA
nous humoTist's: Il once had 80
miles"-so Mark Twain began-"to go
by stage in Mississippi. The roads
were terrible, for it was early spring
The passengers consisted of five men
and three women-three large, we'll
developed women, swathed in shawls
and wells, who kept to themselves,
talking in low tones on the rear seat.
Well, we hadn't gone a mile before
the stage got stuck two feet deep in
the black mud. Down jumped every
man of US, and for ten minutes we
tugged and jerked and pulled till we
got the stage out Of the hole. We
had hardly got our breath back when
the stage stuck again, and again we
had to strain our hearts out to release
her. In covering Is miles we got
stuck eight times, and in going the
whole 80 we lifted that old stage out
of the mud II times by actual count.
We FIVE male passengers were wet,
tired and filthy when we reached our
destination, and so you can imagine
our feeling when we saw the three
women passengers remove, as they
.dismounted, their wells, their shawls
and their skirts, and, 10 and behold!
they were three big, hearty, robust
men. AS we stared at them with
bulging and ferocious eyes. one of
them said: Thanks for your labor,
gents. We knowed this road and pre-
pared for it. Will you hcker?"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03
OLDEST LIVING CREATURES
Giant Tortoise Brought to London
From Mauritus Probably En-
titled to That Honor.

What species of animal lives to the
greatest age is a question that has
not been satisfactorily answered, but
it is contended that a giant tortoise
brought to the London geological gar
dens from Mauritius about ten years
ago is probably the oldest living crea-
ture whose age is positively known.
This tortoise, which weighs a quar-
ter Of ton. has lived at least one
hundred and sixty years. as historic
documents prove.
1t is said that one hundred years is
a good old age for an elephant and
that no other animal except certain
birds and reptiles and the whale
reach this span of years. In 1921 there
died at Peterborough, in England, a
tortoise whose age was said to be two
hundred and twenty years. One IN
stance, at least, Is known of a tor
toise which was still growing when
eighty years old
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03
Once ENOUGH.

Il am not an inGuisitive man." said
the minister, but there is one thing
l would like to know. Why do people
who marry more than once never get
the minister who tied the first knot
to tie the second or third or fourth?
1 have married enough couples to
earn for me the title of marrying par
son. Many Of those people were
prominent enough socially to get their
doings recorded IN the newspapers
and l learn through that medium that
a fairly large percentage of them
marry again. But they never ask me
to officiate
why don't they? Didn't | bring
them good luck the first time? Has
their experience prejudiced them
against me personally, or is there a.
superstition that prevents a man be-
ing married twice by the same min
lister?
Even members Of my own congre-
cation who marry again seek a strange
minister. Why?"
The Washington bee., 1910-09-03
The Perfect Foot.

A woman's foot, when perfect, is
followed out well, both inside and out,
with a high instep, short heel and
long, straight toes, slightly spatulate
at the ends.
This is the type of the most beauti-
full foot. 1t is, on the whole, a foot
not frequently seen in its perfection,
for often one or the other element of
beauty is wanting. The rarest point of
beauty is the following of the outside
o. the foot
If anyone would convince himself
that the hollow of the outside of the
foot is rare, let him watch the prints
that seaside batheTs leave when they
step on a dry plank or walk. Most of
such footprints show a greater or
smaller hollow on the inside of the
foot, but nearly every one shows
straight wet mark on the outside, says
Woman's Life.
That water should flow under the
arch of the foot without wetting IL is
an old and good rule where feet are
concerned.