The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-01
BY the Cambridge, Eng, Uni
versity Press as Result
of a Memorial.

Va q NLNitlOll ai.
LONDON, July 27-New Testa-
ment students and writer's are await
ing with interest the Forthcoming
publication by the Cambridge uni
verslty Press OF THE Eplst'e to the
Hebrews. an Experiment in eonsery-
alive Revision" by 1.-TWO Clerks"
The experiment Is sequel to a
memorials recently presented to the
Archbishop of Canterbury by dep
utation headed by Bishop Carpenter
and the Dean of Norwich. This
memorial was extensively signed by
scholars OF all denominations pro-
fessors and tutors OF the universi-
ties, heads of great schools and
others. 1t invited the Archbishop
to appoint a committee to correct
the authorized version OF the New
Testament ein those places only
where it was erroneous. misleading
or obscure"
In reply the Archbishop expressed
the wish that the petitioners would
provide specimen to exhibit the
kind OF revision which they desired
and suggested the Epistle to the He-
brews as the most desirable for the
purpose.
Excavations made at the corner OF
Paternoster Row and st. Paurs AL
ley in.Ilondon have disclosed part OF
the old wall which once enclosed the
original St. Paul's Cathedral The
wall, which is about sixty feet long,
is made OF chalk and rubble and was
built nthe twelfth century. On
the same site pieces or Roman
amphora, Roman vases and some
samian war have also been uncov-
cred. Other finds include cancels
skull unearthed in High Holborn and
large quantity of pipes OF the
eighteenth century.
Under come old stables in Barthlo-
mew4Close, one of the Oldest parts
OF London, three Norman arches
have been uncovered. They are be-
lleyed to have formed part of the
cloisters Of the Priory which once
stood on the site.
The exodus OF British nobility to
Canada continues, and there are
enough peers now settled in the Do
minion to form House OF Lords
The latest recruits are the Hon.
Gerald, Ward, youngest of the four
brothers of the Earl of Dudley. and
Lady Evelyn Ward, the daughter OF
the Earl and Countess of Erne. They
have shaken the dust of the old
country from their feet in favor Of
Ontario, where they expect to en-
gage in farming.
Last November the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland took up large
tracts Of land in ALBERTA and British
Columbia as part OF the ducal scheme
for the purpose of encouraging
English and Scottish farmers. to
take up farms where they may set
tie without the sacrifice OF their
British citizenship. When on their
holdings the duke and duchess live
in a coy bungalow near Brooks,
Alberta.
Lord somers, late of the Life
Guards, soon after taking up farm
ing in Ontario. was joined by Lord
and Lady Hyde, his sister and
brother-in!law, Lord Leconfeld's
brother, Reginald Wyndham, is also
trying his lot as a settler. Other
peers own large holdings in Canada
and spend great deal of time in the
Dominion looking after their inter
ests there.
Efforts are being made to find an
English market for new and extern
siye cotton growing section in Asia
Minor. Trial shipments have been
made TO Liverpool, and It is said that
a considerable development IN this
trade may be expected soon.
The efforts of the growers are
concentrated in the Adana district.
1t is fertile coast and is said to
produce a high class cotton, the
the raising OF which has been given
great stimulus lately by the intro
duction Of modern methods and ma
chlnery. The Egyptian varieties are
not cultivated on large scale, owing
it is said, to peculiar climatic con-
dltions: but in the last few years an
American variety has been intro
duced and is giving satisfactory re-
quits. This variety will now pro-
due about 5000 bales, while the to-
tai output has doubled since last