The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-31
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| Locust Fence.
When 1 was O. boy In 1870. used
to hear that tho locuat fence around
Monroe Park had stood for seventy
hve years. II was then in fne condi-
tion and 1 have often Intended to
find out. II could. whether It had
stood that long. Can you ,nfarm me?
MONROE
The old fence was locust. OF turned
posts with square rails mortised IN,
and II was kept well painted II had
nothing like the claim TO Antiquity
that you suggest, since the park was
Enclosed with board fence UP to tho
war-having been used for wears as
you remember was erected In 1857 or
1863. when the place was put in order
Tor park.
Time OF burial.
About how long after death is it
customary to bury q corpse7
In ,hl. region. about f Si = Is
hundreds OF considerations. and VITA
the definition OF bury In the warm
er climates the time would be shorteri
Some Of the books recount the case
OF the death OF an English woman
to whose husband had been willed an
annuity bD iUnE as MS WHO renamed
above ground" This woman was NOT
buried" Till nineteen years after her
death. the husband remaining alive
and collecting the annuity for that
period.
Calendars.
VIII you tell me the date OF the
Calendar OF the Black Book in Eng
land and the title of some work now
procurable in which I may ind ali
he "Calendars." Jewish, Christian. Mo-
The earliest entry is the death of
monty 't taken as the ano date, Of 'I tn.
hook Bonds Book of Tables FOR
Verifying Dates With the Christian
Era"
Heading and Running.
There is & Scripture text abou!s
you would locate for MRS sns; A. NJ G.
Habaltkuk. chapter XII verse 2. says,
Write the vision and make 1t plain
r rpon tapes hat ne may run ba mat
sentence. LET him which Is upon the
housetop not come down." etc, from
which is said to have. been taken the
text for sermon against pride. Top
us this is the ordinary gloze OF the
passage you inquire about. Some
commentators seem to think that Ha-
t!on of his works which the ordinary
racer might peruse in his professional
hours with small discomfort and no
loss OF speed. Others, with better
information about the publishing con-
ditions of the tiSle, consider that the
prophet is directed to make his state
ments so plain that one may run
by the tables on which they are graved
and read them as he runs. But they
all do singularly little credit to Ha-
bakkuk's ability to write Hebrew. and
this Is the stranger since. in the third
chapter. Just q little ahead. he pre-
sents example or literary compo-
sition which is well-nigh nuwless.
Habakkuk would have had no difficult.
ty in saying "that he may read that
runneth" If he had intended 70 say
any such thing, and that he may run
that readcth"' is a widely difreren.
thing. The prophet was commanded
to foretell the coming invasion of tho
Chaldeans, and to write the vision So
plain that the man who read It might
run. Habakkuk saw the point He
ran. When Nebuchadnezzar and his
ravening hordes came to Jerusalem.
IIabakkuk was as comfortable as an
exile generally is over at Ostracine,
and the foe departing, he returned
to his farm, where In consequence Of
his powers OF Interpretation. he lived
in quiet plenty. while the bodies Of
less perspicacious Jews were serving
to aid the vernal eruption OF asparn-
gus and give n livelier color to the
on ri bpans