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I tan rather that Hebrew name;
but it is truer that Manetho is a
lover of legends. (JosephuS, An
tiquities. blk. II, Tacitus, Histories,
bk. ", Oh. 3; Knappert, The Relig-
ion of Israel, PIP. 1882; Renan,
History of the People of Israel, vol.
l, p. 134)
DICTURE the Jews now wander
Il ing for half century across the
peninsula of Sinai Q150-1100 B. O.,
harassed with hunger and thirst in
land which seemed to grow moth
ing but dirt and stones; losing faith
at times in their tribal deity, and
seeking mystic comfort in exotic
gods.
For a while they reverted to the
worship of the serpent and the bull
strange phallic cults of the Egyp-
tan peasantry.
Legend has it that to bring them
back to Yahveh Moses went up in
to a mountain and came down with
tablets of stone bearing the Ten
Commandments, of which the first
sternly babe the people to return to
their own god.
So the Persians tell how one day,
as Zoroaster prayed on a high
mountain, the Lord appeared to him
amid thunder and lightning and de-
livered to him the Book of the
Law"
In the Greek story Dionysius was
called "Lawgiver" and was repre-
sented with tablets of stone en-
graved with laws.
The Cretans told of King MinoS
receiving laws from God on Mount
Dicta; and Hammurabi, as we have
seen relied upon the same diplom-
acy.
Doubtless the Decalogue developed
gradually out of the "mores" or vital
customs of the tribe, as similar
codes have arisen everywhere, and
not for half a thousand years yet
we're they to receive their final
formulation.
AT last the weary Jews emerged
from the desert and entered the fer
tile fields of Canaan.
Story has it that thety fought
their way in ruthlessly, but people
could be forgiven a certain perth
nacity in refusing to re-enter the
wilderness.
Perhaps, too, some of that cru
city was invented by their own his
torians, for cruelty was admired in
those days. as it still is in husbands.
What war there was was soon for
gotten; we find the Jews marrying
freely with the Canaanites, with a
Semitic people whom they called
PhiliStines, and even with the dis
tant HittiteS, who contributed to the
mixture their majestic noses.
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DRINK WATER TO
HELP WASH OUT
KIDNEY POISON
If Your Back Hurts or Blad-
der Bothers You, Be-
gin Taking Salts.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with
a lot Of drugs that excite the kid
neyS and irritate the entire urinary
tract. Keep your kidneys clean
like you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with mild,
harmless salts which helps to re-
move the body's urimous waste and
stimulates them to their normal &C
tivity. The function of-the kidneys
is to filter the blood. In "a hours
they strain from it 500 grains of
acid and waste, so we can readily
understand the vital Importance of
keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of good WATERFOWL
can't drink too much; also get from
any pharmacist about four ounces
of sJad Salts; take a tablespoonful
in a glass of water before breakfast
each morning for a few days and
your kidneys may then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for years to help clean and stimulate
clogged kidneys; also to neutralize
the acids in the system SO they are
no longer a source of irritation, thus
often relieving bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
injure; makes a delightful effer-
vescent lithia- water drink, which
everyone should take now and then
to help keep their kidneys clean and
active. TRY this; also keep up the
water drinking and no doubt you
will wonder what became of your
kidney trouble and backache.-Ad-
vertisement.
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II ESTABLISHED in Canaan, the
T. Jews formed a state, and to be
in the fashion set up king. But
their priests erred in choosing Saul.
Nature sometimes countermands
our coronations and raises up kings
of her own with no pedigree but a
native power.
Out in the desere a handsome
young brigand by the name of David
was lifting himself to such wealth
and influence that Hiram, Prince
Of Tyre, helped him to the throne
of the new kingdom in return for
tie free passage of Phoenician COM
merce through Palestine to the Red
Sea.
David built new capital at Je-
rusalem, ruled for a generation (ca.
1000-960 B. c. and founded dyn-
asty that reigned for half thou
sand years.
He was a rollickingly pagan and
ruthless fellow, with a taste for
battle and beauty. but posterity,
which loves distant villains, forgot
his sins, foisted him into sanctity.
Solomon, son and successor OF
David, displayed his deviationS from
monogamy too widely to be SO thor
oughly shrived; but as he became
the husband Of seven hundred
wives and three hundred concu-
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a T Ninevah, north or Assur on
1 n the Tigris, Sargon IL. (722-
705) and Sannacherib (705e681)
built a new capital, whose splendor
outshone anything that Western
Asia had seen before. Within their
palaces sculptors wrought works Of
bas-relief, which still remain I'M
rivalled in their portrayal of moving
and suffering animals
In the palace of Sennacherib'S
grandson, Assurbanipal 1920
whom the Greeks called Sardana-
paluS-recent explorers have found
the remains of the imperial library,
containing $4,000 volumes" Gas we
should say) in clay-tablet form.
One tablet tells the old legend of
the flood, and appends this stern
inscription :-"WhoSoever. shall carry
off this tablet. may Assur and
Belt overthrow him in wrath and
anger, and may they destroy his
name and posterity in the land" So
ancient are the habits of book
keepers.
And then the wheel of history
turned once more, and new tribe
of hardy nomads, unspoiled with
libraries, appeared as "Kaldi' or
ChaldeanS in the South, looked with
envy upon the wealth of Nineveh,
laid siege to it with the help of the
Modes, captured and ruined it (612
B. CO. and formed an empire of their
own.
Upon the remains of ancient
Babylon the Chaldeans built another
capital, as luxurious as any that the
land had seen, and on the roof of
his great palace ACKNOWLEDGMENT
(604-56D laid out those famous
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, :"
which the Greeks numbered among
the Seven Wonders of the World
Commerce and industry hourished
and science grew as never before.
II was the Chaldean astrologers
who, in the attempt to foretell
human events by the course of the
stars, laid the bases of astronomy,
plotted the Zodiac, named the con-
stellations and mapped out the
sky.
The five planets were to them
gods; and though we know those
planets now by Roman names
Jupiter, Venus, etc., these are
but Latin correlatives of Chaldean
deitieS (Marduk, Ishtar, etc.
The loveliest of these gods, Ishtar,
the Babylonian Venus, is still I'M
Willingly honored in Our festival of
Easter.
So Chaldea waxed in wealth and
power, and gathered taxes far and
wide.
In $50 B. Q. the little kingdom of
Judah, the southern half of Pales-
tine, fell to the conquerorS
Jerusalem was captured and de-
stroyed, and thousands Of Jews were
carried to Babylon in bondage.
It was this tragedy that made
little Judea great, and prepared it
to become the supreme moral teach
er of mankind.
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Profit in
Welcome
That's Real
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON


There is q little town in Pennsyl-
vania that is unusually fortunate in
its hotel-which means, of course,
that the proprietors Of the hotel
must be unusual people. They are!
When this worthy host and his
wife hung up a sign years ago which
read, mo one leaves here hungry"
it was from a true sense of appreci-
alton of their guests and their own
anxiety to serve them. There was
no commercial catch behind it. No
joker in the deck. They said it and
they meant it, for not only did they
practice what they preached, and
filled up the travelling statesmen and
their other patrons with all the food
they could hold, but they saw to it
that the food was well cooked, deli
cious and attractively served.
All for IS Cents
The miracle comes in when you
hear the price. All this for rs cents!
Broiled chicken, biscuits, honey and
homemade jam, half dozen vege-
tables, salad, pie-take your choice
or if you prefer it, ice cream
Cream, mark YOU'D or, in season,
plum pudding and mince or pump
kin pie.
They started at rs cents years
ago. They still charge rs cents,
when food all over the country has
advanced four times over. The
place is always full. Travellers pass
up bigger places two dozen miles
away, to come here, not SO much to
save a dollar as to enjoy the good
food and the real hospitality. Trav-
cling men manage to make their
stopovers last as long as possible.
No one wants to leave.
Guaranty Against Loss
The kindly people who run this
hotel have put the town on the
map and have brought so much
business to the place that the mer-
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bines" legend transformed him into
a philosopher. -
The skeptical Renan reduces the
ladies to sixty wives and eighty con-
cubines Gas if it could make much
difference after the TENTH.
To house these pretty problems
Solomon built magnificent palace,
full of Oriental Splendor.
Then he built temple, slightly
smaller, to right himself with God.
The dimensions are guaranteed by
the Bible, but "as a general rule all
the figures in the Bible must be
taken with great caution.
"The men of the East never
count, but they always name a pre-
else figure" CRenan.).
The temple brought into relig-
ion a Capitalization of power that
reflected the consolidation of the
monarchy. The priests, partly
graduating into scholars, had now
the leisure and resources to gather
together the legends and laws of
their people.
About $40 B. C. 600 years after
the age of Moses the accumulation
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chants have offered to stake them
if they lose.
I'VE don't need any help" they
answer proudly I'VE make money"
And they convince you that they
do so.
1t means early and late hours for
both of them and very hard work.
They are content with a modest
profit They dor't expect a dele
from the public in the form of high
prices to take the place of their la
Dor. AS some one said. 1.-THE lazier
we get as j people the higher the
cost of living is going to be"
But there is more to it than the
money. People naturally gravitate
to the place where they get real
welcome. This couple like people. 1t
is as true of house as it is of a
hotel.
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It's soil is poor; for the most
part barren hills, and plains of rock
and sand; too parched to pay fruit
fully for human effort; pinned in
by the desert and shut off from the
sea.
Nevertheless, in that mountainous
waste a great people grew, sending
out from its beleaguered cities ma
jestic poetry, profound philosophy
and religions that have exalted and
transformed the soul of man.
They were a fusion of many no
mad tribes; in their origin, Renan
thinks, they were like the Arabs
that ride the desert today.
What gave them unity was first
the patriarchal polygamous family
stern and omnipotent as always be-
fore the coming of the State; and
an interchangeable faith in their
tribal deity, Yahveh (Jahveh, Je-
hovah), the god of thunder and war
They needed a god as strong as
the hills to bear them up in their
centuries of wandering and trials,
for of all the worlds peoples none
has suffered more.
When first they appear in his
tory it is as Egyptian immigrants
and slaves; some had been captured
in battle, some had come in slow
nomadic migration, from eastern
Arabia-the land of Ur, where the
Two Rivers pass into the sea.
Like Immigrants everywhere, they
were given the hardest work to do,
little wonder that toward 1850 B. C.
they joined in a revolt and fled
from the land, welcoming even the
wilderness in preference to contin-
ued slavery.
Who led them none now can say:
we Cannot tell if Moses is an his
torical character or the convenient
fiction of an Egyption princess.
The tale of the Exodus has diff
ferent forms in different historians
so that prejudice has a royal choice
The ancient Greek choeremon
tells of plague that broke out in
Egypt, and how the priests persuad-
ed the King to expel the Jews as
source of it. Tacitus and Diodo-
rus of Sicily tell the same tale;
and though we must allow gen.
erous discount for the anti-Semit-
ism of classic historians, it would
not be surprising if an enslaved
people had found cleanliness an
impossible luxury.
Josephus quotes the Egyptian his
torian Manetho Cwho wrote about
$50 B. CO as attributing the Exodus
to desire of the Egyptians to pro-
tect themselves from a plague OF
leproSy that had broken out among
the Jews; Manetho adds that Moses
was an Egyptian priest who joined
the lepers, led them out of Egypt
and gave them the laws of cleanli-
ness modelled on those of the Egyp-
tan priesthood.
1t is true that Moses is an Egyp-
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Healed His Rupture

I was badly ruptured while lifting
trunk several years ago. 1 feared my
only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me no good. Finally I
got hold Of something that quickly and
completely healed me. Years have passed
and the rupture has never returned,
although l am doing hard work as
carpenter. There was no operation,
no lost time, no trouble. have moth
ing to sell, but will give full informa
ton about how you may find complete
relief without operation, if you write
to me, Eugene NJ. Pullen, Carpenter,
570A Marcellus Avenue, Manasquan, N.
J. Better cut out this notice and show
it to any others who are ruptured-
you may save a life or at least stop the
misery Of rupture and the worry and
dread of an operation.-Advertisem
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Sorority Rush Tea

The Beta Delta Tau sorority en-
tertained Sunday afternoon with a
rush tea at the home of Miss Vitula
Handbook, 3739 E. Vermont st. Dec
orations of green and gold were used
and the tea table was lighted with
yellow tapers tied with green bows
carrying out the sorority color
scheme. RusheeS entertained were:
Naomi Jolley, Jeweldeene Flesher,
Lucille Fuller, Bertha Van Sickle,
Dorothy Vehling, Lillian Richardson
and Dorothy Waller.
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remedy, DOCJOI FIVIC6 EdVOI1VS
Prescription. 1t is just the tonic
required if a woman is borne down
by pain and sufferings at regular or
irregular intervals, by nervousness
or dizzy spells, headache or back
ache. Favorite Prescription can be
had in tablet form as well as liquid
at your neighborhood store.-Ad-
vertisement.
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Liternrn HON.. Sneaker

DR.. Isaac Anderson Loeb, of Chi
cago, spoke on From Cape to Cairo
at the first literary hour of series
of four given by the Indianapolis
section of the National Council of
Jewish Women Monday afternoon at
the Kirschbaum Community Center.
Mrs. David Lurvey, chairman of the
literary hour, presided.
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PAGE II

of practices and precepts known as
the Law" received written formu-
lation as the "First Torah" (Deut.
ii, A to XVII.
They historical books were added
later still; it was only under Ezra
(ca. 444 B. c. that the Pentateuch
took final form; while its name
(meaning the five rolls) was not
given it till the days of Greek as
cendancy in Judes.
Ito Be Continued
Copyright. 1927. by VIII DuranD
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Christmas Sale

The Ladies Aid of Grace Lutheran
church will have it's annual Christ
mas sale of homemade candies,
home canned fruit. baked foods,
fancy work and aprons Wednesday
afternoon and evening at the school,
Holmes Ave and New York st.
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G6ATOT only does DIR. Du-
In rant show remark
able familiarity with men
and events of the world,
but he also is able to in
terpret history in a way
most Illuminating in con-
nection with the COM
plexities Of modern ex-
istence. Howell Ellis, In
diana Public Service Com
mission member.
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LAWMAKERS

GGEROM Dan j. to Beersheba"
II Palestine runs 150 miles north
and south; east and west it varies
from twenty-five to eighty miles;
in all, it achieves the area of New
Jersey.
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a man was DR..
R. v. Pierce.
His study along
medical lines,
and his knowl-
edge Of the
remedial quail
tiles of herbs
and plants led
to the discov-
cry of his Won
derful herbal
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a Correction

The recipe for prune cake by Mrs.
Lee Dewitt, printed Friday, should
have read one-half cup butter in
stead of one cup.
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FLMfM Icinq

White icing can be made fluffy
if you set the pan in which you
have beaten it in boiling water. Stir
until it looks like marshmallow.
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District MeetinO

The Kokomo lodge of Royal
NeighborS will be hostess for the
district meeting of the order Thurs
day. The twelve camps in Howard
Miami, Cass and Carroll counties
will send delegates.
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Winter Ferns

If your fern looks dead. try put
ting it into another pot with a little
richer earth and fertilizing\ with
commercial fern food.
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Sailed CrGnberries

Cranberries, whether made into
sauce, jelly or ice, should have the
tiniest bit Of salt added to increase
their flavor.
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Chocolate Stains

To remove cocoa or chocolate
stains, soak in cold borax water be-
fore washing in tepid suds and dry
ing in the sun.
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Fine FMdne

If you like fine, mealy fudge, pour
it out onto a platter when done and
allow it to stand until absolutely
cold. Stir with knife.
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A Benefactor

A physician who reaches out to
benefit humanity leaves record be-
hind him that is worth while. Such
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Mothers, Do This

When the children cough, rub Mus
terole OF their thrOats and chests. No
telling how soon the symptoms may
develop. nto Group, or worse. And
then's%hen you're glad you have a Jar
of Musterole at hand to give prompt
relief.
AS first aid. Musterole is excellent.
Keep a jar ready for instant use.
1t is the remedy for adults, too. Re
lieves sore throat. bronchitis, tonsilitis,
Group, stiff neck. asthma, neuralgia,
headache, congestion, pleurisy rheu
matism, lumbago, pains and aches Of
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
chilblains. frosted feet and colds Of the
chest ct may prevent pneumOnia).
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D: RY PROGRAM
FACES PER|LS

Stormy sailing for the Govern
ment's new prohibition machine
under Seymour Lowman. OF New
York, who August / will become as
sistant Secretary of the Treasury,
threatened today.
Many protests are being received
at the Treasury from dry advocates
because of the removal of Major
Chester P. Mills, of New York, as
administrator for that city.
New York drys apparently are up
in arms over the claim that Mills
was removed because he refused to
do the bidding of politicians in max
ing appointments and handling alco-
hol permits.
Despite the fact that Prohibition
Commissioner ]. NJ. Doran declared
that Mills removal was "discip-
linary measure" because the admin
traitor failed to act promptly against
subordinates accused Of using third
degree methods, those who objected
to the New York personnel shift
have been officially Informed that
Mills in reality was promoted and
then quit.
Officials sought to belittle the
statement male by Major Mills that
political patronage, not efficiency,
has become the chief requirement for
prohibition appointments, but it was
admitted privately that the quick
action taken in the New York dry Of
flee probably was little hasty."
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A marriage license was issued
here yesterday to Elmer Lee He'd.
rick and Beulah Lucille Butler, both
of Del Ray.
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WILL REPORT ON
WATER MAINS

The committee appointed by the
District Commissioners to study the
advisability Of installing a high
pressure water system here is
about ready to report back, after
having seen an exhibit of Balti-
more's system. which is one of the
finest in the world. yesterday.
The system was demonstrated to
the committee by Fire Chief August
Enrich, of Baltimore, and Walter
H. Hough, president of the board
of fire commissioners, of that city.
The committee saw water thrown
to the 18th story of a building
without the aid OF a fine engine
within two minutes from the time
the alarm was sounded.
Members Of the committee were
much impressed with the exhibition
and also with the opinions ex-
pressed by Baltimore's two fire
heads that every city should have a
high pressure system.
However, in their report, they
probably will give preference to
the opinions expressed by fire ex.
perts of New York last week that
Washington does not need a high
pressure system, but does need adj
ditional fire equipment, especially
better water. mains and more fire
hydrants.
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GENERAL DAVIS
RET|RES

With the voluntary retirement
today Of Mai. Gen. Robert c. Davis,
the Adujtant General of the Army
since 1922. the khaki ranks OF the
nation lose one of their most dis.
tinguished veterans.
General Davis has served continu.
ously in the Army for SO years.
He began as a second lieutenant
in the Spanish American War, i'm.
mediately after his graduation from
West Point in 1893, served with
Theodore Roosevelt in the battle
of San Juan, with General Perish.
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ing in the Philippines and again
with Pershing in France, where he
was adjutant general Of the A. "a.
=. during the entire war.
General Davis retires to enter
business, as president Of corpora
ton recently formed in New York
to exploit an automatic photo
graphic machine for which a young
Russian inventor Is reputed to have
been paid $1,000 900. He will be
succeeded as adjutant general by
Mai. Gen. Lutz VAIL, who has
been assistant to General Davis
for three years.
Col. Charles H. Bridges. adjutant
of the Third Corps Area, with
headquarters at Baltimore, will move
into General Wallis place, with the
rank of brigadier general.
The three officers involved in the
shift were cited for distinguished
services in the World War.
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EUROPE CHURCH OUTLOOK

Explaining that the Protestant
churches of Central European coun.
tries had been hard hit by the war
and postwar economic conditions,
the Rev. Adolf Cutler, of Zurich,
Switzerland, told members of the
Federal Council of Churches at the
Cosmos Club yesterday that the out
look is better now than at any time
since the war.
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day. the Navy Band viii play.
wednesday the Army Band. and
Thursday the. Marine Rand.
on Thursday. the Army Music
School Band viii play at Stanton
Park and on Friday. the Com.
munity Civic Band win play al
judiciary Square Al concerts win
start at Tao ana end at . p. m
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5 Band Concerts Booked
For Week by Col. Grant

Five public concerts during the
coming week were announced today
by Lit. Col. u. S. Grant, III,
director of Public Buildings and
Public Parks. At the Sylvan
Theater, Monument Grounds. Tues.