THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND", JANUARY 21, 1900.
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JESUS AND ANCIENT JEWS
weke thex xot the ESsasmaiEXT
Dtymolosry of Certain Hebre-iv Terms
Must Be piowu to Understand
Certain Biblical References.
PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (To the Efiltor.)
In a recent issue of your paper, a corre
spondent from MUvrauTcie delivers himself
of a labored effort to interpret certain
biblical terms, such as Jehovah, Elohlm
and similar expressions, to make them nt
to his peculiar conception of bis imag
inary relations between the Old and New
Testaments. While this laborious perform
ance may be, and no doubt is, the ripe
fruit of bis earnest 6tudy, and as such
eminently satisfactory and sufficient unto
himself, to the mind of the ordinary reader
It presents a bewildering chaos of defini
tions and interpretations, incongruous as
sertions and deductions quite beyond the
Srasp of common understanding. But, be
fore I take the liberty to offer a few sug
gestions anent the linguistic performances
of that article, I shall briefly touch on the
remarkable statement about "Judaism"
that condemned "Jesus of Nazareth to an
ignominous death." The writer Is evident
ly a strenuous believer in the literal
accuracy of the New Testament and Its
pathetic narration of the tragedy on Gol
gotha. But, granting for a moment the
historical truth of all Its details, so dra
matically recited, does not Christianity be
lieve in an ordained 4estlny, predestined
fate? Do not Its professors quote chap
ters and incidents of the Old Testament,
tear out Isolated passages from their con
text, to prove how the earthly career and
end of its founder, who "was to be sacri
ficed for the sake of humanity fallen
irom grace, is forecasted in the pages and
lines of the Old Book? Now, if Judaism
is held to account for the violent death
of Christ, Is not the assumption warranted
(from a Christian standpoint), that it was
divinely ordained, that Judaism be the
providenclal agency, the Instrument In the
hand of the Lord, through which should
be performed the final act of-the divinely
conceived programme, without which
there could be no Christianity? Therefore,
if Jesus had to be sacrificed as a consum
mation of the new dispensation he was
chosen to create, does not the prosecution
of the Jews on that score ever since reflect
on him "who had seen fit to choose them
as a means through which to accomplish
his grand purpose? Or, is the master less
culpable than the hireling who does hla
bidding? And yet, who is today not famil
iar with the -word "Christ-killer," which,
In times gone by, meant more than a vile
epithet, but even today strikes terror to
'the hearts of many unfortunates in many
a Christian country a scarlet letter, crim
son with the blood of generations; a bloody
shibboleth used to lash the latent furies
of mobs nourished by the centuries of
Christian reign of love and charity, per
haps to divert the -wrath of the benighted
masses Irom the riotous indulgence of
priests or a threatened tide of popular
upheaval from the misrule of oppressive
potentates.
But let me, for a moment, drop the re
ligious for the historical aspect of the sub
ject, and for blind tradition substitute
logic and reason. It should be borne in
mind that the Pharisees, the principal ac
cusers and prosecutors of Jesus, were then
the ruling sect, and they were known as
rigidly adhering to the literal text of the
law, as Interpreted by their teachers. Bear
ing this fact in mind, it is altogether Im
possible that they coud have decreed or
employed crucifixion when this was abso
lutely against the letter and spirit of the
Mosaic law. The penal code of the old dis
pensation prescribed four methods of capi
tal punishment, as follows: By stoning,
toy fire, by strangulation and by the sword.
Crucifixion was not named and never was
""employed by tfie Jewish" state. It was,
however, a favorite mode of torture and
killing by Romans and other pagan nations
of that and later periods. Moreover, the
vague account of place and persons men
tioned In that trial is altogether at var
iance with the law and established rules
governing such proceedings. The judici
ary, as organized in the Mosaic law, did
not include high priests In the com;osl-H
tion of that body. The functions of priests
were In connection -with the temple and
the sacrificial cult, but not of the judicial
order. We are not told that Jesus was
tried before any established judicial body,
such as the Beth Din, the minor or the
Kreater Sanhedrin, but the chronicler dim
ply narrates: '"And they led Jesus away to
the high priest, and with him were as
aembled all the chief priests and the eld
ers and the scribes." Is it credible to as
sume that the Pharisees, these zealous
sticklers to the letter of the law, should
have allowed themselves such a radical de
parture from plain, prescribed forms?
But the -causes that led up to the trag
edy on the cross, looking tip to which mill
ions of mankind have sought and yet seek
salvation, but the source also and the
sign under which legions of mankind have
been tortured and martyrized with the
barbarous Ingenuity of centuries of Chris
tian conization those causes, it can bo
successfully assumed, -wee as much of a
political as of a religious nature, and, in
order to comprehend them at their true
estimate, we must endeavor to picture be
fore our mind the situation, surrounding
conditions and circumstances under which
the great drama was enacted, the plot of
which, we are taught, is so sublimely pro
found In Its divine conception as to reach
far back to the garden of Eden, growing
and enlarging from page to page to its un
folding with the .sensational birth and
career of its hero and tragic culmination
at Calvary.
The Jewish nation, owing principally to
Internal strifes, had become an easy prey
to the ascending world power, the Roman
empire. But the Jews, though living in a
state of vassaldom, had not yet lost the
patriotic militant spirit of the Maccabees,
who had once rescued their enslaved coun
try from the thralldom of foreign oppres
sors, and they hoped and eagerlj looked
forward to another national hero that
would arise from their midst and, uniting
the warring factions and sects, with one
great heroic effort once more throw off
the oppressive yoke of foreign authority
and again restore to the chosen people
the national glory, the prosperity and
proud eminence it once enjoyed amongst
the nations of the earth under the benign
rule of David and Solomon. And, indeed,
there arose, as in response to that unher
sal feeling, many who proclaimed them
selves political leaders, and others who as
Bayed the role of Messlases upon -whom
the mantle of David or the Maccabees
had fallen; but their revolutionary efforts,
if such they attempted, would be promptly
squelched in their Inclplency by the vigil
ant Roman governors, and the instigators
would soon drop out of sight. But the
time -was ripe and propitious for genuine
greatness to come forth, for a genius to
arise that would bring order out of the
chaos, that could successfully wrestle
with the problems confronting the -nation,
threatening both its religious and political
existence.
At this time Jesus enters upon the scene.
Whatever his original ambitions and as
pirations, if such he had, we can and will
not now consider. Suffice It to say. that
as he went about preaching only lessons
in morality and humanity, the watchful
eyes of the authorities did not attach much
significance to his doings, looking at him
much in the lUrht as the church did foi
some time at Martin Luther and others,
as enthusiasts or harmless cranks, until
the signs of unrest and agitation caused
by the leader and his following that had
gathered around his banner became suf
ficiently marked as to excite the easily
aroused suspicions of the powers that
were. Stirred up by zealots and fanatics
of different stripes, the authorities -were
jiade to realize that the harmless and
owly preacher -was,4n reality a dangerous
character, a masked enemy,- detrimental
at the common weal, a disturbing factor:
to their policy of permanent pacification
of the conquered provinces, which was
evidently not unlike Weyler's rule in Cuba.
His enemies -were many and ever on the
alert to report to the authorities alleged
suspicious acts and treasonable utterances,
such as must be regarded Inimical to the
.welfare of the state, and the safety of
its organized Institutions.
Thus "despised of men," denounced as
a dangerous political agitator, as a traitor
to the cause of established government, as
an heretic to the recognized form of re
ligion, he was feared by those in power,
and they condemned him to that fate that
has befallen so many others after him, for
offenses perhaps less than his, under the
very sway of those that profess his creed
monopoly of love and tolerance. If it
was possible for Galileo to be put on the
torturing-rack at a time when the faith
of "good will to men" had been proclaimed
for 1500 years, just because the poweis
that were scented danger to the estab
lished ecclesiastical institutions from the
proclamation of a mere scientific discov
ery, why should we look for more toler
ance and enlightenment from a pagan gov
ernment of 2000 years ago, and religious
zealots of that comparatively remote
period. In treating with a movement and
a leader, the imprint of whose strong in
dividuality had commenced to make itself
felt upon the restive spirit of the age, ex
citing a greater Influence than a Socrates,
a Savonarola, Galileo or the many others
did who suffered a martyr's death in
their respective ae and generation?
Dropping this subject for the present,
-we now come to the writer's wonderful
exposition of biblical texts and terms. He
understands, amongst other things, that
the word "Jehovah" (better Yahavah) In
Hebrew is "Ehyeh." which In turn should
be pronounced 'Yahoeh." From which fol
lows that he does not know, or seem to
know, that Yahavah is a Hebrew word
in Itself. "Havah" means "to be," in the
sense of being ever present; hence, "Ya
havah," the everpresent, everlasting.
"Ehyeh" Is merely the iuture tense of
havah, with the pronoun "eh," signifying
"I will be," not "I am," as most versions
have It The correspondent cites the
"learned" to prove that "yah" as an inde
pendent noun means "He who will be."
If his "learned'' do not repudiate thi3
and other scientific truths imparted to
them by the correspondent, they stand in
danger of losing their "learned" reputa
tion. "Yah" Is a poetical abbreviation
from Yahavah, and as such often used In
the Psalms and by Moses, who sings. "Yah
is my strength and song." (Exodus xv:2).
Nor does the correspondent's interpreta
tion of "Elohlm" reflect any more credit
upon his scholastic acumen. This word
he undertakes to translate "the mighty
ones," as being messengers of Jehovah,
that speak as his representatives to Moses
and the patriarchs. The fact that Elohlm
stands in the plural Is a stumbling-block
to many that are not familiar with the
peculiarities of the Hebrew tongue. In
the Semitic, especially In the Hebrew lan
guage, certain words are used In the
plural only, as, for Instance, face, heaven,
Implying a multiplicity of features, prop
erties or beings encompassed into one unit
Thus "Elohlm" means a multiplicity of
strength, allsufflclency of power, as de
rived from el strength. Elohlm is in
terpreted by the savants as representing
Deity In the aspect of dealing justice, while
Yahavah stands for God in the aspect of
mercy. Yahavah, as spelled in the origi
nal. Is the sacred name applied to Deity,
to profanize same by pronouncing it ac
cording to Its lettering was and is still
considered sacrilegious. It Is ordinarily
pronounced "Adonac," which signifies
Lord. Master.
The etymology and meaning of these He
brew terms not being properly compre
hended, has given rise to much idle spec
ulation, and led many into erroneous phil
osophizing. Peter Xiombardus, a note
theologian, undertook to argue and prove
the dogma of trinity from the plural
form. "Elohlm," a contention -which,
though rejected by orthodox and liberal
students alike, has lately been attempted
to revive again. By some dexterous jerk
ing and violent stretching of Isolated
scriptural texts, aided by his own vivid
imagination, the correspondent arrives at
the conclusion that "Yahveh," which ho
designates the memorial name (whatever
that means), was almost Identical -with the
name of Jesus, which, he declares, means
"I will be savior," or "he will be savior."
Now the Hebrew equivalents for Jesus
are: Yeshua, Yebosherab, Yishai, Isaiah
and other ramifications of that name,
which -was as commonplace In biblical
times as John and Henry, for instance,
are today. The sense of these is "help
ing," "saving, "aid-rendering," and no
particular significance will attach to it
just because the founder of the Christian
religion was the bearer of it, in common
with many others before or after him and
contemporaneous with him, while there i&
ground for the suspicion even that the
name was but subsequently assigned to
him as most appropriate.
When the correspondent, moreover,
elects to leave the solid ground of legiti
mate Inquiry and study to wander off into
the trackless wilderness of theological
speculation, without the guiding compass
of logic and reason, I decline to follow,
but must leave him to the vagaries of his
fanciful moods. Yet I do not blame him.
For if his acute Intellect, his keen facul
ties of perception, can find In the serpent's
wicked exploits In the Garden of Eden,
in the revelations to the patriarchs, and
other chosen ones of the chosen people,
unfailing proof of a coming new dispensa
tion to be granted to sinful mankind fallen
from divine grace, the discerning mind
of the unbiased student of sacred writ
may fail to penetrate into the intricate
depths of such profound logic. Yet such
is the mode and method of what passes as
Scripture study and Interpretation In the
school of orthodox theology, which is ap
parently possessed of some mysterious code
or hidden key to the Scriptures which so
readily unra els the concealed meaning of
knotty passages, converging dates and
figures, characters and incidents of the
Old Testament Into one crand nersneo.Hvft
as it were, with the minute .details not
lacking, of the advent of a personal sa
vior, the supernatural accompaniments
and striking end of his mundane career
How that method of interpretation wm
sometimes degenerate into a mere jug
gling of ciphers and words, regardless
of grammar, logic or sense of context
I ask leave to cite, owln to lack of space'
but one instance for Illustration in
Psalms, 11:12, we read: "Kiss the son, lest
he be angry, and ye perisheth from the
way, when his Tvrath Is kindled but a lit
tle." "Kiss the son," of course, can't
be anything else but allude to him who Is
called the only begotten son of God. How
strikingly well this interpretation harmon
izes with the general sense of the passage,
as well as the etymology of the Hebrew
equivalent for "son," we will presently
demonstrate. Now, If I understand It
right. Christ came to earth as love per
sonified, as the Incarnation of mercy and
compassion, with the erring and fallen of
humanity; yet he is heralded by the
Psalmist as one easily angered, who will
visit condign punishment, nay, perdition
upon those who may arouse his easily
kindled wrath, by their failure to "kiss
the son," i. e., to pay him the homage
due. How does the plain intent of this
passage comport with the Christ picture
In our mind as him who, In his infinite
love to mankind, suffered the death of
sacrifice to save from Inevitable perdi
tion untold millions of grace-fallen hu
manity! As a matter of fact, the trans
lation "son" Is at least arbitrary and
forced, and etymologically Incorrect The
Hebrew equivalent for son Is "ben." But
David does not use this word In the
above-cited passage, but employs the term
"bar." which is the Chaldaic equivalent
for "son." This would be about the only
Instance where a Chaldaic word is used
in the Psalms, which are otherwise writ
ten in the choicest classical Hebrew.
There Is no apparent reason why the
Psalmist, who had such a wealth of the
purest Hebrew at his command, should
find it expedient or necessary to intro
duces foreign word Into the easy flow of
his graceful, inspired songs. Or should
the sweet singer of Israel have gone out
of his way In order to please his diligent
Christian commentators? No, the word
"bar," as employed here, Is not Chaldaic,
and can, therefore, not mean son, but is
Hebrew, though used, apparently, for
metrical reasons, with some poetical li
cense, of which prerogative the ancient
bards would make as liberalfUse as the
poets of today, as, for Instance, "Yah,"
which stands for "Yahavoah," used by
Moses In the 14th chapter of Exodus.
"My song and strength Is Yah." "Bar,"
as a Hebrew word, is a poetical abbrevia
tion from "barah," meaning clear, pure,
as was read In the 19th Psalm. "The com
mandments of the Lord are 'barah' clear,
giving light to the eyes." "Bar," there
fore, stands .for clear, or purity, and
connected, the passage must therefore be
read: "Kiss (the ancient sign of submis
sion and homage), i. e., pay homage, be
devoted to purity or virtue."
I could refer to other instances to dem
onstrate my point, but, owing to lack
of space, this may suffice to illustrate to
the ordinary mind, unbiased and unwarped
by the "endless refinement," as The Ore
gonlan so aptly puts it, of obtuse the
ologians, how the Bible is studied, in
terpreted and made ready for the use of
the faithful by those methods of pluck
ing out or violent wrenching of scriptural
passages from that context and with the
aid of -an always vivid imagination inter
pret and construe them regardless of log
ic, sense or grammar In order to establish
or bolster up their untenable theories pr
contentions. S. L. GOLDSCHMIDT.
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Contagious Diheuse.
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Birth.
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BpWIGCTESTS.
Home Team Hng Taken Three Out of
Four Games in the Opening?
y n Series,
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The Multnomah team won three out of
four games in the' 'opening series of the
big interstate bowling match, which took
place at the' Arlington alleys last night.
Three of the four games were exceedingly
close and exciting, Multnomah winning
the first by 5 and the third by 11 pins.
Arlington won the second game by 4 pins.
The last went to Multnomah easily, an
old-time Multnomah finish winning the
game in the last three frames. The bowl
ing was the best ever done In tournment
work on the Arlington alleys, which have
heretofore been exceedingly slow.
The next set of games will be between
Arlington and Commercial next Wednes
day night, at the alleys of the latter. Last
night's scores were as follows:
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p3 p Ptr ps r
PLATERS.- 35 3h3R r
O p & (9 p P" A
Multnomah
C. A Craft 56 39 39 49 183
H. Buckman 39 44 39 56 178
H. L. Idleman 51 33 59 34 177
F. Cauthorn 33 38 39 53 163
R. H. Pickering 37 31 40 39 147
E. E. Mallory 34 32 32 46 144
Grand totals 250 217 248 277 992
Arlington
Wirt Minor 53 39 61 39 182
F. P. Mays 41 44 35 48 168
R. R. Reld 44 37 39 38 158
W. F. Burrell. ,....,.... 38 32 46 35 151
W. T. Mulr 37 32 40 39 148
A. B. Croasman 32 37 26 55 150
Grand totals ,.. 245 221 237 254 957
SEATTLE WINS FROM TACOMA.
First Match of the American CoclcetU
Hnt Association Series.
TACOMA, Jan. 20 Seattle Athletic Club
outbowled the Union Club, of Tacoma,
here tonight, and won the first match of
the American CockedHat Association se
ries. The Union" Club won Its only game
at the start, and failed lamentably there
after to figure appreciably in the result.
The score was:
Seattle-
Tacoma
Parsons 166
Tinling 160
Griggs 144
Churchill 186
Nelson 159
Huggins 1311
Bowes 158
Cole 17b
Barragar 171i
Tousey .., 137
.hiDeriy lib
Steeb 161
Total 914
Total 981
Score by games
Seattle 230 271 266 214981
Tacoma 241 225 239 203-914
One-Slued Game jat Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or.,' Jan. 20. The association
championship bowling contest this evening
between teams from the Illlhee Club, of
Salem, and the Astoria Football Club, was
a one-sided affair, the home team winning
four straight games. The totals by games
were as follows:
Illlhee 233, 194, 203, 215: total, 845.
Astoria Football Club 248, 238, 256, 251;
total. 993.
THE TOWER OF LONDON.
Restorative Work That Is Being Done
on That Venerable Structure.
London Daily News.
That venerable part of tile Tower of
London1 known as the bloody tower Is un
dergoing considerable repairs- at the hands
of the masons. 'The upper portion of it,
which faces Traitor's gate, has been re
faced in parts, pointed and colored to re
semble age. The building is to be restored
all around. Chalk, in large blocks, en
ters largely into the composition of the
Inner parts of the walls, and Is declared
by the masons to be as hard, If not
? harder, than ever It was. Some parts of
the wall by the tower are 14 feet thick.
The greater part of ftie. outer surface
of the Bloodv tower, like that of the
Bell tower and some others, has, since
the year 1832, been plastered over at var
ious times with Roman cement, into
which shallow portions of- flint have been
superficially embedded. This was in rough
Imitation of the old, solid flint work of
ancient times, which actually formed
parts of walls, and is seen in perfection
In St. Saviour's, Southwarkf and as H
was calculated to deceive, and became
dangerous through Its rottenness the
flints falling, and so on it was all re
moved. The lower portion of the tower,
built of square blocks of ashlar stone, has
had a lot of superfluous Konian cement
stripped from It, and looks somewhat In
congruous in comparison with the upper
part, which is of the Irregular order of
masonry; but that Is unavoidable, and
may, in a measure, yet be remedied.
Restorations and repairs have often been
carelessly done In much earlier years.
For Instance, the doorway that led from
Raleigh's walk directly to the room In
the Bloody tower. In which the infant
princes were supposed to have been mur
dered, had been bricked up from the in
side to give support to a portion of the
tower. This has all been removed, and
the tower strengthened in a more rever
ential way. The old oak door, wth Its
heavy fastenings, which had ibeen covered
by the wall, lies now on Its side on the
wall, and when the rottenness at the bot
tom Is repaired Is to be restored to it3
place. It was through this doorway
that Dighton, Forrest and Tyrell are said
to have passed to their fearful work.
Raleigh, Cranmer and Ridley -bavo 'cer
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cure of plies. -
tainly passed through it when prisoners
here In the tower, and Cranmer often,
when he daily took his dinner with the
lieutenant of the fortress. So say the au
thorities. Portions of the old houses,
which are to be seen above that part of
the battlements known as Queen Eliza
beth's walk, which connects the Bell and
Boauchamp towers, are also undergoing
restoration. It is said that Queen Elira
beth used this walk when she was a pris
oner in the Bell tower, hence its name.
The old houses had sunk quite 15 inches,
and had to be raised to their proper height
by hydraulic means. Had they not been
seen to in time they would in all proba
bility have tumbled down and buried the
esteemed lieutenant of the tower, who
lodges in them, in their ruins.
TEE REVISED BIBLE.
Reasons "Why It Is Unlikely to Dis
place the Authorized Version.
PORTLAND, Jan. 19 (To the Editor.)
Who has forgotten the excitement and
high--nrought expectations everywhere as
the committee on revision of the scriptures
neared the completion of Its work, some
years ago? A number of the larger da'ly
papers In the East printed In a single
issue the entire edition, a marvel of en
terprise and skill.
The Bible was probably at that time
read by a greater number of people than
ever before; ,but the Interest in the re
vised version at once dropped; not bcause
the work had been poorly done, for only
a small number comparatively were com
petent to judge of that, but because of
disappointment in the expectation that
radical changes would be found In the
new version from what was contained in
the old.
What is the status of things now?
Though the revised vers'on is accessible
to all, and is the result of the labors of
the best scholarship in Europe and Ameri
ca, it Is probable that nlneteen-twentleths
of Bible readers care no more for the new
version than If it had never been made.
Nor is this greatly to be regretted, for
the following reasons: The authorized
version is substantially based on the trans
lation made by Tyndale In 1525, for which
he was strangled and then burned at the
stake in 1536, exclaiming with dying lips:
"Oh, Lord, open the king of England's
eyes." In the preface to hla translation
Tyndale urged upon the scholars of his
day, it they perceived that hl3 rendering
had not attained unto the true sense of
the tongue, and the very meaning of scrip
ture, or if ho had not given the right
English, word, it was their duty to put
their hands to It and amend it.
This Bible, with Improvements by Cover
dale and John Rogers, appeared In 1537,
under the title "Matthew's Bible," this
name being assumed by Rogers for safety.
The Geneva Bible of 1560, and the "Bish
op's" Bible of 156S, carried the process of
revision still further. Out of these come
substantially our present King James ver
sion,' with various and numerous improve
ments, for in 1613 an edition was pro
duced'1 with more than 400 variations,
chiefly In expression and phraseology. In
163S appeared the famous Cambridge edi
tion, carefully revised; and In 1701 that
of Bishop William Lloyd, with Usher's
Annals. In 1762, and again In 1769. ap
peared the remarkable editions of Dr.
Paris, with the present punctuation and
spelling of our Bible.
From all of which it may be seen that
the Bible now in use In the homes, Sun
day schools and churches is the result of
the most thoroughly sifted Inquiry Into
the original text, and the revision of more
recent date fails to alter any essential
doctrine, teaching or .duty of the au
thorized version. It must, therefore, be a
most gratifying result that under the
converging light of. so many sources of
Information, and after the painstaking
toil of such able critics as were engaged
on the revised version who had access to
the Alexandrian manuscript, now one of
the chief treasures of the British museum,
and the two oldest manuscripts, "B" and
"Aleph," the Vatican and the Slnaitic, ths
Bible under which the churchea of the last
200 years have grown up and prospered,
stands In its essential Integrity, and thus
vindicates its substantial accuracy in so
striking a manner.
While no earnest and ambitious student
can afford to neglect or dispense with the
revised version, yet It will never displace
the authorized version, for the following
reasons:
First The general excellence and sub
stantial accuracy of the authorized ver
sion. Second Because of the variance of judg
mentbetween the two sections, American
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Third The sacrificing of smooth, musi
cal English to what the late committee
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Fourth The adherence for good and
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to that with which they have long been
familiar.
For , these reasons the authorized ver
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book of the people. C. E. CLINE.
Strenstli of United States Xuvy.
OREGOK CITY, Jan. 20 (To the Ed
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States navy?
Second What Is the strength of the Boor
standing army in time of peace?
READER.
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tors and 33 torpedo-boat destroyers.
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