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brew structure, believed to be the palace
of Omri and Ahab, consisting of a Sc
ries of chambers grouped around courts
On the western side of the hill the gate
way, fianked by two round towers was
investigated, and was found to be Roman
worw resting on older square towers of
the Greek period, which in turn occupied
the site of still older Hebrew towers. On
the eastern side of the hill the extensive
ruin, with its monolithic columns still in
position, was shown to be basilca ad-
joining the forum of the Herodian city
In 1910 the explorations were contin-
ued at all the points named but especial
IL in and about the palace building at the
summit This building, though not yet
completely explored, is now known to
have covered more than one and a half
acres. and shows four periods of con-
struction, tentatively assigned to OmrI,
Jehu, and Jeroboam II.
1.-THE belief that the building was orig
inally erected by Omr and Ahab was
based on archaeological grounds, and
seems greatly strengthened by the discov-
cry of an alabaster vase inscribed with
the name of Ahabs contemporary Osor-
kon II. of Egypt
"Of unusual interest is a series of os-
traca found during the past summer at
the level of the Osorkon vase and COM
prising some 75 fragments of pottery in
scrbed with records or memoranda in
the ancient Hebrew character.
THE script in which these ostraca are
written is the Phoenician, which was
widely current in antiquity. 1t is very
different from the so-called square char
acter, in which the existing Hebrew
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most pathetically. Who can blame Fifth
Avenue?S Their problem is to secure
evangelical success Who can blame any,
one concerned in this Rape of the Apos-
tie? And yet-and yeti
DR.. Jowett was-and is-a pulpit king
in a very select and rare line. He was
called from Sunderland, his first pastor
ate, where he had achieved a strong in
f1uence on the life of the community, to
Birmingham on the death of the greatest
pulpit scholar of the 10Th century, r. w.
Dale. Dale's church was a spiritual
court, his pulpit a throne. Dale was a
gold medallist for Latin at the London
University, a sturdy English thinker. a
creator of political and spiritual move
ments, friend of Gladstone and Bright,
a close associate of Joseph Chamberlain.
a most catholic-hearted evangelical, who
could be a saint in political whirlpool.
To succeed Dale as pastor at Carr's Lane
chapel was greater honor than to be
chosen archbishop of Canterbury. In the
latter case, other considerations would
have to be weighed In the case of
Dale's successor, manhood and the
preachers gift were all in ALL And Jow-
EFT was the outstanding man. Hardly
known till then outside his own
parish, he was suddenly the center of
evangelical England. Dale had again
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abolish 1t altogether, and If it is a good
thing, why not let down the bars and
give 1t full swing?
If ships are what these gentry want
why not repeal our onerous and odious
navigation laws and allow the American
citizen to go to GLASGOW. Scotland, or Bel
fast, Ireland. buy ship, bring 1t home
give it an American register. and sail 1t
under our flag? That is the way Germany
made her merchant marine, now the sec
end in the world. But our shipmasters
are thrifty porkers, and yield much fat
for the republican campaign fund every
two years. Here is an industry, not only
protected. but competition with it Is abb
solutely prohibited, and yet not a single
American shin for the foreign trade has
been built in an American yard in years.
And this beggar abuses Gods patience
every time Congress sits demanding to
lie hired to work for ITSELF
When they would monopolize the Amer
lean market, they demand that Congress
shall fine citizen for buying from any
body but them. And then they have the
unspeakable effrontery to demand of Con-
gress a subsidy to go out after trade
they say is disreputable. If not infamous
Well, let us suppose Congress so faith
less to it's trust as to cast the graft to
these beggars. The people pay them to
make the ship. 1t Is freighted with got
ton goods from Rhode Island and Massa-
chusetts and 1t sails away for Buenos
Ayres. Arrived. the American goes into
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1t is all right, my friends, to dig the
coal, make iron, and honestly develop all
OF Birmngham's resources, but it might
be wise thing to contribute some of
the money thus made to the research and
conservation of the ancient history,
which no doubt will be gained or re-
vealed by the work in which Professor
Lyon is engaged.
In giving an account of Palestine as
an archaeological field Professor Lyon
says; such treasures of literature and
of art as excavations have brought to
light in Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Crete,
Greece and Italy, cannot be expected in
Palestine. But so great has been the
influence of this country on civilization,
especially through the Hebrew and Chris
tian Scriptures, that even modest rem
nants of the former ages have fascination
and value. The explorer expects to find
beneath the soil remains Of successive
populations, Canaanite Hebrew, Baby
lonian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Roman,
and of successive religions, Canaanite,
Hebrew, Christian and Moslem. 1t is be-
lieved that the archaeological explora
ton OF Palestine will aid In understand
ing the country and its peoples in the
same way as in the case of Greece and
Italy.
The lecturer recalls the important part
which the City of Samaria played in the
history Of Israel between it's foundation
by Omri and its capture by the Assy-
rians B. G. AS the northern capital II
was the home of most of the kings OF
Israel, and of one at least of the great
prophets, Elisha.
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a%sSsT !, s 'ss s.: ;%s'' sas en- !.
L said to be the art of reading char
acter by the inspection of the shape of
the hand and the lines that mark the
palm; it is claimed, also, that by this
same method of scrutiny events of the
past may be declared, and future happen
ings predicted.
~ When this alleged science had its rise
no one can say. 1t was practiced in the
remotest ages of India, and at an early
period in Greece and in Italy. The
fatalsts of India have an expression
/, ut is written on the palms of my hands,
by which they mean to say: My lot IN
life, therefore, cannot be otherwise. The
reader will find interesting references to
this subject in the massive work of e.
B. Tylor, entitled, Primitive Culture, first
volume, page 125.
in Europe, and in the Elizabethan period
1t is quite conspicuous in literature. Ben
Jonson in his comedy, The Alchemist,
discloses an acquaintance with palmistry,
the names of the months etc. The sub
ject is much talked of In Shakespeare S
Antony and Cleopatra, in act l, scene 2.
"Theres a palm presages chastity" says
iras Sir Thomas Brown, whose best
known work is "Religio Medici,' written
In about 1850. subsequently wrote THE
Garden of Cyrus" in which he speaks OF
this "chiromantical observation-disclosures
tions-in the lines and mounts of the
hand"
In modern times a French writer, M.
Desbarrolles, published a book called
1.-The Mysteries of the Hand which ex-
cited much interest among people gen.
orally and among scientific folk in par
ticular It was more than treatise on
pamistry 1t combined the system in
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a youngish man, with reserve power of
physique. inten Sc devotional power, and
the voice and sway of pulpit king, we
were sure that nothing could avail to
break the suspicious tie. When, like
Dale, Jowett came to Americe and be-
came known personally to American theo-
logical leaders and churches, as his writ
ings had already made him intellectually
and spiritually known, we felt that 1t
was pleasant variation in a widely use
full life; but that Jowett was now and
forever "Jowett of Birmingham" as the
other had been Dale of Birmingham"
And all the more because Birmingham
had treated Jowett magnificently, making
him its non-conformist bishop, and sup
plying him with the means of establishing
splendid gift to the poor people of the
central area, known as Digbeth Institute.
Alas. an apostolic succession has been
broken. | frankly deplore it, Jowett be-
longed to Birmingham, and his bones,
should he die in New York, must be
carried with the same reverence as were
Joseph's, to his own place. He may sing
of the superior opportunities of this fair
land. But he has no chance here to
make his voice heard even in America
as it was already being heard; and Biz
mingham, greatly beloved, will nurse for
all the years a sense of slight, the
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N AVID GORDAN LYON an Ala
bamian, by birth. was educated
- in the south and in the UNIVERSE
ty of Leipsic. Germany. After returning
to this country he was made professor
CT Greek and sanscrit in HaWard uni
versity, Cambridge. Mass.
DIR. Lyon is a man of large information
and eminent ability. During the years
of his professorship at Harvard, apart
from his faithful work as instructor. his
labors in linguistic and archaeological
studies. with that of a weighty charac-
ter and great administrative ability, east
1y made him the choice of Harvard, in
supervising her excavations at Samaria.
y Alabama has a right to her pride in one
of her most talented and favored sons,
and feeling that the readers of The Age
Herald would enjoy knowing more of the
work In which he Is so much interested.
and to which he is devoting the best
years of his life, we shall this morning
follow him in some of his Investigations,
through the advance sheets by Profess
eor Lyon on the work In Samaria; also
through the outlines of a lecture deliv-
cred by him in December, 1910. before To-
cal societies of the American Institute OF
Archaeology of Boston, Providence, New
York. Princeton, Philadelphia Baltimore,
Washington, D. c., Washington, Pa,
Pittsburg and Rochester. And why not
at Birmingham? Are we too busy dig
cling coal and making money to take
an interest and hand in recovering the
long lost history of the world in which
we live?
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Jacob II. Schiff has added another to his
notable contributions to the cause Of
learning. But so large is the area of an
cient Samaria that the great bulk of the
exploration still remains to be done.
ut is therefore earnestly to be hoped
that the work may not stop with this
first expedition, but that other patrons OF
further discovery which the hill of Sama-,
ria presents. The claim of Samaria in,
comparison with Greek and Roman sites,
is particularly strong. since remains from
classical antiquity are already abundant,
whereas. notwithstanding much excava-,
ton in Palestine, the work at Samaria In
the first to bring to light important re-
mains of the early Hebrew times"
DR.. Lyon congratuates the ArchaeIogi-
cal Institute of America on the existence,
CT its school for oriental study and re-
search at Jerusalem. The managers or
that school have recently bought a very
desirable lot and are now engaged In an
effort to raise money for the erection or
a building and for endowment With an.
endowment this school will be in posi-
ton to bear a share in the great work
Of the exploration of Palestine.
What has been accomplished at Sana-
ria is but a sample of what remains to
be done at many other points in that
country. One of the best methods Of car
rying on explorations in Palestine would
be through this school, as has been seen
in the same case of the school at Athens.
The endowment of the Jerusalem school
ought. therefore, to appeal strongly to
lovers of archaeology and OF the Bible.
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OF David. But this is not surprising.
since the interval between David and
Ahab is only about one century.
Now it is evident that these ostraca
have great interest for the epigraphist
speciments of Hebrew writing which
they exceed by far all known ancient He
brew Inscriptions. Moreover, they are
the first Palestinian records of this ma
ture to be found.
ut is not improbable that thousands of
such records may exist at Samaria. In
some part of the hill, less overturned
than the summit has been by the burrow-
ing of later builders, it is likely that
multitudes of business documents await
the explorer, documents giving records
of sale, barter, contract and all phases
of private and social transactions.
More than this, may we not hope for
historical records? We know that the
kings of Israel had their court analists.
And while we may be sure that their
work was committed mainly to perish
able material, other parts of 1t may
have been written on stone, pottery or
clay. Such possibility is enough to kim
die the Imagination of every student Of
Palestinan history.
with this years campaign the first
Harvard expedition to Samara closes
The work of preparing the results for
publication Is now we'll advanced. In
Guiding the publication the cost of the
undertaking has been s65,0Oo, which is
$4,000 more than the original gift for this
purpose. BY the generous gifts which
made possible this first expedition, Mr..
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at his palm. Studied line, and said,
Colonel, when you were a lad of about
Is or so, there came into your life an
event that you have never gotten over;
it has marked your whole life; 1t was
a death or calamity of some character"
He looked at me with the utmost aston
ishment and said, when 1 was II years
old my brother was shot down at my
side and 1 have never recovered from
the horror of that moment" Other things
1 told him.
lady whom 1 had never seen before,
asked me to look at her palm. did
so, and found a distinct line running
from beyond the life line directly to the
mount Of Saturn In such wise as to pro-
phesy possible madness or deep melan-
cholia. I told her there was some great
sorrow over which she was grieving, so
constantly and profoundly to the exclu-
sion of everything else, that she was
in danger Of sinking into melancholia.
I looked up into her face; her tears were
flowing. 1 asked, who is it?" my
mother" she said. I then warned her
to seek life's happier things for thought.
I met a physician from the north, in
whose presence the subject that l was
studying was introduced. He asked me
to look as his hand. l did so. became
more interested in his head line than in
any other. Among other things, I said,
you have had trouble in acquiring your
education. You travelled a long distance
to study. and had hardly begun your
work, when you were Interrupted; the
interruption lasted for quite time for
the loop is long and narrow; finally you
accomplished your educational desire"
He told me, You are exactly right
went to Europe, to study In Berlin but
was hardly installed before 1 received
cablegram announcing the death of my
father. packed up and returned to
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But did you ever hear the roar Of that
chorus from the lusty lungs of a thous-
and men?
And, moreover
THE Morning Light Is Breaking"
may not be one of the great poems
measured in the precise balances OF a
professor of belles-lettres. but the in
spiration of it has lent wings of hope
to many weary soul.
What is the test?
over and beyond all others Is tho
test of time
Has the song lived?
If so it holds q message to human
hearts. 1t has the power to recall tho
sacred past and to stir the emotions
and to inspire the life.
Let revisionists revise.
Let the music publishers omit the
good old hymns from their new coll
lections. The people will sing them
Just the same. They will hand them
down to their children as the common
folk did their favorite Scripture texts
in the days when the Bible was chain
ed to the pulpit.
The universal heart does not con suit
editors or music mummers.
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pangs of wounded heart For it is no
little thing that a minister should be
so beloved by three-quarters of a million
people, that he should be their pride as
they his.
viii the Philistines rejoice and the
daughter of the uncircumcised triumph
because dollars have decided the day, and
a man has been sold for money? Doubt
less the talk will be in the streets of-Gath
and Askelon will smile with the superior
ity of cyncism. They that worship
Dagon, who in commercalism, will cay,
"Of counsel" But I do not. / cannot be-
lieve that Jowett is tainted with money
lust Neither do | think of DR.. Aked
that he lonsed for the lavish feasts of
Nebuchadnezzar more than the clusters
of Eschol, that he was won by money,
not by opportunity But the appearance
of evil is all too evident. and on that &C
count I cannot but be jealous for reputa-
lions such as these. 1t would have been
easier to forgive the forsallng of Biz
mingham If New York's millions had not
been SO near the chosen goal
On the other hand Jowett will be rare
addition to the preaching art of America.
[ wonder whether he can ever equal
himself here. That is the perplexing
question. He can never be more than an
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By Edwin A. Nye

looks at his watch every minute or SC
and walks up and down like a lion In
circus cage. He is so nervous he
makes every one restless. There is nc
reason for his fretting himself. 1t is his
way.
And see this man?
A very important business awaits him
at the end of his trip. He goes to the
ticket office, finds out when his train
will leave and sits down to wait. Thai
man is master Of himself. He refuses
to be jostled from his poise.
Watch yonder woman.
With unrest and feverish haste pic
tured on her face she pulls and hauls al
a bargain counter where the women stand
three deep. She wants something fol-
nothing and after rasping her nerves and
tearing her clothes gets her bargain"
Is 1t worth while?
think of another woman of about the
same age, who has good sized family
to look after and who always takes time
to battle and care for her body; who
once day slips away and takes nap
who because of these things is better
wife and mother and who Is young, and
fresh looking at As.
Is 1t worth while for a man or woman
to fret and fuss and fume over tri1es?
Is it worth while to. fight and pull al
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upon what, then, was the sweetness Law
ished? Why, upon the heads Of
Two dogs!
Yes. on the heads of two dogs, one a
bull terrier and the other a collie.
Doubtless you will fancy the woman
had no children upon whom she might
hestow her natural affection.
Wrong again.
There were three bright little ones.
aged 3. and Z, respectively. who some
times called her "mother''-when she con-
descended to visit them, once day, for
a few minutes in the nursery. But
She did not walk abroad with her chill
dren. Oh, no. is not fashionable in
her set to walk in public in company
with ones children.
Indeed, in the first place, it is not
fashionable in that smart set to have
children at ALL But If you do have them
il is not at all good form to appear with
them in company. Good taste demands
you should take your outing with a
slavering bench legged bull terrier or u
pulling poodle pup.
The nurse gives the children their out
ing.
And one may fancy how embarras sing
for the mother-and the dogs-should they
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PALMISTRY-By Dr. w. E. Eva,s

vented by M. d'Arpentigny, which was a
distinct phase of chiromancy In addi-
ton to the palm the entire hand was
considered-its shape, the outlines of the
fingers, and the lines thereon; together
with every popularity of the palm. What
Lavatar, in ITS, did for physiognomy,
d Arpentigny did for chiromancy. Lava
tar's dictum was that of the ancient
philosopher, 1.-The whole of mans moral
character is declared in his hand Many
other books have been written on the
subject, a number of which have read;
but for the most part, they are just as
useful IL thrown into the fire. How
ever, L used to read all that came in
my way. For I believed palmistry to be
unmitigated humbuggery, and 1 deter
mined to ascertain the truth of the
matter. Therefore, I began to study for
myself, being unwilling to take any other
persons word. l devoured all literature
on the subject that I could find. l tried
theories by the examination of the human
hand, long and patiently; and, to my
establishment, / found the theories con-
firmed by the shape and lines Of the
hand in many instances. I became pro-
foundry interested, and pushed my studies,
although still skeptical. Later, having
learned certain principles quite thorough
ly, concluded that l should try them
on the hands of persons that 1 did not
know, except slightly. 1t was easy even
at the beginning to read the larger lines;
but the hair-lines, and complexities of
shadow lines required magnifying
glass, which procured. An opportunity
to test my knowledge soon presented
itself.
1 was passing through public square,
when gentleman, whom did not know
well, stopped me and remarked, that
he heard knew something of palmistry,
and asked that read his hand. I looked
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ABLE IMMIGRANT-By George Eaves,

alien. He has been engaged in fiat con-
PREVENTION of the law forbidding the I'M
portation OF aliens for work contracts in
this land. He will be honored loved,
admired, enriched in hundred ways.
He will aid in the weaving of the two
lands in one web of life. He will take a
large part in the spiritual leadership OF
American 'brotherhoods" and in the
spiritual culture of American conventions
But Jowett will never cease to be
avowedly English, the connection with
America being quite incidental. He will
help men see that rigid orthodoxy is no
measure of ministerial values; and he
will convince the blatantly heterodox
that it is well for free thought to find
the secret of the Lord, and to cultivate
the grace of reverential awe. / hope he
may further the movement for right con-
gregational singing in public worship, on
Welsh and English lines, to make us
have done with 1.-The beautiful isle of
Somewhere" nausea, and to stand on our
feet in hearty but devotional uplift of
the great chants and hymns. For frankly
we have some things yet to learn of wor-
shippers in the old land, and so eminent
teacher will have unusual influence.
and may be trusted to say what he
knows,
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A CCoRDING to dispatches the
"a Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
\ church, New York. 1.-The most
wealthy congregation in the world
has succeeded In capturing a pastor.
an Engishman, a Congregationalist, a
scholar and a master of the devo-
tional life. That church has been ang-
ling for pastors these many moons.
Campbell Morgan was their chief de-
sire, and 1t seemed as tho there was
written over the door," American need
apply The name of a prominent Eng
lish Episcopal minister had been strange
ly connected by telegraph wires with the
vacant post. Several other Congregation
alists and one Scotch Presbyterian had
been approached" unofficially and now
the last man to be expected, perhaps the
foremost preacher nj the English world,
the Rev. J. H. Jowett, d. D.. of Birming-
ham, has been secured.
It is not long since the New York Bap-
lists persuaded Dr. AlSed to come over
from Liverpool to lead the forces of what
is called MIR. Rockefeler's church," also
a Fifth Avenue Bethel. And the double
surrender, of England to America and of
American preachers to English preach
ing. strikes such a cosmopolitan as 1