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Who i. Jelu. ?
That thcrc was a Jesus of Za7.-
arcth , and that hc lived in the
time ascribed to him and that he
is thc author of the Christian religion -
ligion with its rcvelations , moral
principles and purity is not contradicted -
tradicted by anyone who has
honestly investigated the subject.
. . . But that hc is the Christ , the only -
ly begotten son of God as taught
in the Holy Scriptures is denied
by some , and thc following erroneous -
roneous cloctrine is being taught
j here in our community : 'rhat
. Jesus was the natural son of
I Joseph and furthermorc that the' '
God we worship 'is an immoral
God if thc account of his birth
as given by thc gospel writers is
correct. We have more reason
to call a loving mother immoral ;
, who bathes hcr infant son and
: ' . cares for him as only a mother
can , than they have to call Gud
! immoral , because in the plan of
hnman redemption hc saw fit
that his only begotten son should
! " be made of women. 'l'he first
; thing needed in man's redemption -
tion was the rcvelation of Jesus
; the Christ as the representativc
of God. And the 'God who
touchcd insenate matter and this
world was brought into existence.
who too somc of the dust of his
, I own world and fashioned man in
. his own. immage ( had a right to
i. arrangc matter as hc' pleased )
: : ; and he' saw fit that his only begotten -
1 gotten son should be made of
. . woman.
This is God's world. " 'l'hc
earth is the Lord's and the fullness -
ness thereof.II It is God's world
by right of cre tion , by rigI t.of .
power and by nght of the chvme
purpose which he made completc
through his son. Mar , understood -
! stood this fact and whcn the
angel made the announcement to
her , which was more beautiful
than any marriage ceremony ,
she accepted the divine fiat as a
great blessing bestowed on her
; , from her creator to whom she bc-
. . ; longed. God's word dcclares
: that the Holy Ghost should be
'i ' thc mca'ns , and it also declares
\ that he should be born of a vir-
gin. What a dreadful thing fet
a .puny man to insult .the l-
mighty God by chargmg h1l11
. with such shamefulignominious1
} . disgraceful infamy as calling
( him an immoral God because h (
i used this means to reveal himselj
\ to the world. Beware of sucl :
t\ '
: sop history , for this is sinning
t against the Holy Ghost , attribut ,
. ing that which is of the HolJ
' : . , Ghost to evil influences , and II (
certainly does so who says Jesm
was Joscph's natural son , and n (
\ amount of hypocritical courtes )
. could prevent the c1egredahot
. j WhlCb. would accompany such at
" assertion. It would be useless te
! ; say that he was divine just a :
: ( . ' men and angels are , for then hi
1 would have no divine authorit'
, . or power , his blood could not at
tone for buman sin and he woule
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be proven to be an impostor.
If therc is one fact which Jesus
emphusi7.ed more than another ,
it is that he was the son of Go .
When on trial under oath , be
confessed that he was'the son of
God , and his judges understood
this confession in the same sensc ,
and do you suppose that rather
than explain th : he meant to
claim that he was onlv man that
hc would have sutTered himself to
uc condemned and crucified.
If he was a mcre man , all thc
miracles which he did were only
tricks , and anyone claimiug
that Jesus was a mere man
males him a triclster and a de-
ciever , , lnd they also malc the
apostles uasc imposters , uecausc
thcy wrote what thc ) ' knew was
false , basc because thcy did this
with a wic1ed purpose to deceive.
Anyone who tries , can see how
uneriable such teaching is , fOt
thc following reasons :
1. 'l'he moral and rcligiolH
tone of thcir teaching forbid i .
2. 'l'heir consecrated lives for.
bid it.
3. A dcceiptful person could
not have made su h a moral re ,
novation in socicty.
4. What motivc cou1 < 1 hav (
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prom pted thcm.
5. Would they havc sutTerec'
martyrdom to substantiate a lie
'l'herc is no ground fur the
hypothcscs of honest deccption
lor this woull also male Chris
a base deccivcr and I he appostle :
simpletons. If the account thc'
give is 110t ture thc ) ' know it , fo
thcy state that they saw th
miricles and took part in many 0
the evcnts which the ) ' state ane
a large portion of the gospcl i
what Jesus did and taught. I
is difficulL to see how the evi
dences of gcnuiuess could hav
been strengthcned in number 0
kind , or how the lives and chat
acters of the sacred wn ters coull
ha ve ueen more worthy of con Ii
dence , for the ) ' bacle up thei
claim b ) ' the life thc ) ' Ih'ed.
Here are some of the state
mcnts Jesus made concerninl
himself , and no other man eve
made such claims , He sars :
"Before Abraham was 'r am.
"All authorit ) ' in Hcaven au
I in earth is g'en to me. "
"All power is gi vcn un to 111
uoth in Heaven and earth. "
He also claimed the Messcani
prophecies werc fulfil1ed in hin
And again he SR'S : "Scare
the Scriptures for in them ) '
. think JC havc eternal lifc' an
they are the ) ' which testify (
me : " What Scripturcs ? ' 1'1 :
Old Tcstament scripturcs <
) course. IIc claimed that 11
alone kncw UIC l ather , that 1
came forth from God and wou ]
return to him.
'l'hat he had power to forgh
sins ; that be could give rest 1
thc human soul. ' 1'hat t1
prophecies were fulfil1ed in hin
that he workcd miriclesj that 1
clid then and would aC'ain on t1
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1:19t : rlaJJ raise tbe dead ; that be- ;
would sit on the throne of judge-
ment and all nations would be
arraigned bcfore him.
He kncw what thcBC claims
meant , and if thcy were not truc
they were in the bighest degree
deception and blasyhemous.
If he was an imposter how can
YOlt accoun t for the transforming
influence of his teaching on the
character of men ? For the
triumph of Christianity over all
opposition ? Why has a belief
in Christ done morc to make men
bettcr than all other forces com-
uil1ed ? Why arc all thc best
great cell 'es and governments
in thc civih7.ed world undcr the
control and influence of Chdsti-
anHyVhy oeR it have the
same power over the most learned -
ed and influential man that it
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has over the degrade sav ge ?
Why docs it save men from the
love and practice of sin ? If I
Christ was not the true son of :
God , why did hc have such trans-I
forming influence ? Do you bc-
lieve a mere man could have invented -
vented Christianity as a system
with the power and influence it
has ovcr civilized nations and the
transforming' influence it has
over men's lives ? How can you
account for the prophecies so
minute and exact , written ccn-
turies before and indisputibly
fulfilled ? Prophecies fully pre-
sent111g thc character of Christ
and the events of his life written
so long before as to imply the divine -
vine plan.
Here is a prophesy taken from
Isaiah , who propheciec1 760 years
beforc the crucifixion and he
gives a graphic account of the
scenes which became real life on
Calvary. Every line of this
prophecy is a wail and every let-
tcr a tear. I refer to { hc 53rd
chapter. It is an epitome of his
life and death. I will note each
thing spoken of by the prophet.
1. He would not be attractive
to the Jews.
2. lIc would be despised and
rejected.
3. He would endurc human. .
sorrow and grief. I
4. Hc would sutTer for mans
transgrcssions.
5. He would be silcnt whE'n
on trial.
& . He would die under judicial -
cial sentence , as shown by being
"taken from prison and from
judgemcnt. "
7. Hc would dic by violence
or as stated l'cut-otT out of the
land of the hving. "
S. Hc would be numbered
with transgressors.
I ) . IIc would be with the rich
in his death.
10. Whcn he would give his
life an otTering for sin , he would
prolong his days.
11. ' 1'he gospel would prosper
in his hands.
12. He should see the travail
of his soul , or many should be-
comc his disci pIes. '
13. 'l'hat he would make intercession -
tercession for the transgressors ,
or "l ather forgivc them they
kr-ow not what they do. "
For thc corresponding fulfillment -
ment read Mathcw 27th chapter ,
from the 11 th to 60th vcrses.
Neithcr Jesus nor his disciples
could ha vc directed thc betrayal ,
. the trial and crucifixion. 'rhis
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agreement of prophecy and his-
l tory can not be cxplained away ,
. for thcy wcrc evcnts brought
auout in good part by those who
kncw not , or cared for the Old
'l'estament scriptu'es. and therc
is uut enc solution-thc prophets
werc inspired and Jesus was the
Christ the son of Hod. Jesus
somctimes cal1ed himself the son
of man , and so he was. Man is
a gcneric 'name and Mary his
mother belongcd to that genus.
It was as if he had said "ai-
- though I am thc son of God , I
bclong to thc same class as your.
self , being born of the seed of
woman. " And whcn hc says son
of man it is in consequencc oj
_ his rclation to Mary , and whet
he calls himself the son of God
it is in consequence of his relation -
tion to the Father.
'rhe fact that Jesus IS the
Christ the son of God is mad (
thc foundation of the church an (
" this is the battle ground of the
religious world and all othe :
questions arc unimportant com
, e pared with this.
'l'his is an irreverant age ani
this hostility to the divinity 0
Chri.t will search Hcavcn ane
earth through to find means 0
self deception and rcasons wh'
they shou1c1 not belicve in th ;
atonement of Jesus Christ. AtH
the wl le philoso.PJ of doubt i' '
found 111 a secret uuplacable hos
tilt ty . to the penit nce , puri t.
and piety demanded by our Sa
vour the Christ.
Why should thcse people whos
re strongest point in their faith j
to doubt , sit in judgment on God' '
IC' word ? ' 1'he ) ' give no definit
to whic
11 ; princip1es according
Ie the ) ' seperatc the true from th
le false in the New Testllment wri
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Re'fH'onadny"la tectwo-
ReW. . H. D. Horna ay. for-
mcr pastor of the ! 'or I. E. church
of this city , will deli vcr his lecture -
ture "Hunting a Mau , " at the
M. E. church Fri ay nigh t , December -
cember H. Some gooll music will
be provided for the occasion , in
which ReHornaday will sing.
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'l'he lccturc and music will
weU bc worth auy onc's time.
'l'he admission fee will be 25
cents and the proceeds will gofer
for the bencfit of the Ladics Aid
Society of the M. 1 ! . church.
The libcral patronagc of the
public is solicited.
ings. They retain or reject passages -
sages as fancy or theory may require -
quire and by an arbitrary arrangement -
rangement they propose to build
up what some would call a 20th
Century religion. We might as
wcll talk about a 20th Century
Heavcn or a 20th Century God as
to talk about a 20th Century re-
ligion. The things God created
by his omimpotent will docs 110t
< 'epend on a puny man to im-
provc it and bring it up to date.
Each dispensation which God
has given to man was perfect in
its seH and just adapted to the
age to which it belonged. And
he never madu an ) improvcments
or change in anyone of the three
but gave instead a new dispensa-
tion. The Christian dispensation -
tion is the last dispensation and
will move on to the cnd of time.
In the prophecy of Daniri , 2nd
chapter , this : s plainly taught ,
"that the kingdom of' the Messiah -
siah is to be the final dispensation -
tion and will stand forcver. " '
X. Y.Z.
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FOR AJ.J\-Two young milc1
cows. One fre"h tItt other SOOI
to , be. Phone No. 2511.
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We always have money to Ion
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1.t1st Saturda ) ' night A. J. Chmc1oi u. I
Owens of Roun GroV ! ! , WOl ) hrought to
tII ! ! city on the chnrge of habitual drunk-
cnes ! ! ol\lllo \ ged In jail \lIltll his case
could be henrell\IomIHY , hy the Inslnity
bcuml. Several witnesses calli ! ! up from
that vicinity Monday mortling'lnlllong'
whom were Will , Pursell , presillent of
one of the Mnson City hanks , allll J , R ,
I.ong' of I. lr.hfiellt. Prolll reports it is n
cnse that clearly COIIICS w lhinthe pale of
the law. The prisoner i'lllot only in the
hahit of g'ellin drunk but hi , ; wife nnel
family arc suhjects of his ahuse 11111\ \ ill
trcatlllnq
The deplorenble conelition in which
hi , wife was fonnd three < 1ny's after con.
finelllent fillIl his resistnnce when sanitary
relief was ofTend forcell the cOlllmutlity
to take steps to enforce the law against
hilll. ,
It is rportell that there arc two or
three others in that vicinity ngainst wholll
the law will be enforceel unless they
IIlend their ways , ' 1'here is but HtUe
doubt as to the clecission of the board in
this case , a1though a sta ) ' of sente lce for
t n dap , was gl'ante < 1 upon Ihe applica-
tlOlI of Owens' attorne ) ' .
Se\'eral other cOlllplaints of a Hke na.
ture , we utl < 1erstanll have heen filed with
the coutlty attorue ) ' and the success of
this cse ma ) ' result In severalltlorc prosecutIOns -
secutIOns ,
The law , if properl ) ' executell , can tlot
fail of heing' a great blessing , It wilt
tlot enl ) ' insure the happiness of the
falllilies amictell with a hahitual drunk.
anI , hut no douht will often have n salu.
tary efTect upon the inl1\'illnal who is
sentcnceel to the hospital for inebria tes ,
Especially will it henefit those who lIe-
sire to lem'e ofT drinking hut have not
the will power to curh Iheir thirst.
When sent away for treatlllent they wilt
be compelled to 110 without their hudge
onll be kept in confinement until the
appetite has left them or until their will
powcr becomes stronger thal1 their thirst
for lilluor.
Every community that has a subject
that is beyond control should report it at
once to the county attorney , ns only in
this way will the law prove efTective.
About Gtowiug Alfalfa.
Alfalfa , though new to this country , is
not a new produ.t by any means , It
has been one of the best paying craps
gtowll ill EuroJ.e . for o\'er two thousanel
years. It was 111troduced into this country -
try by the earl ) ' Spaniards , in the valle ) '
of the Rio Grande.
Vcr ) ' likely the first " 'Yankee" who
ever saw a field of alfalfa , was I.ieutenant
Pike at the time he was captured by the
Mexicans and marched down through
the irrigated fields of the beautifnl Rio
Grande valley.
Though it has ben less than three decades -
cades since the first Htlle patch was sown
ill the Platte valley , it has grown in favor
so rapidl ) ' . with the Nebraska farmer ,
that the crop of 1905 will be cut from
over 300,000 acres , 01111 the average will
be greatly increased hy tllis : year's seetl.
ing.There
There is a reason for this growing
popularity of alfalfa , It IS particularly
adapted to the soil and cHltlate of the
west allll is the surest nnll best paying'
forage crop that call bl : growlI in this
part of tJI7 cOI111 r ) ' , year after year l11111er
all COlHhtlons ,
The great value of alfalfa as a corn
saving amI stock g'rowillg fooll is well
knoWIl anll thc c rlainty of a crop , CVCIl
in the driest season , makes it in\'llluable
to the farmerR of the west. Cattle and
hog feeders say that , by a judicious \Ise
of alfalfa , a lIIuch larger profit and m\1ch
better results arc being oblainell than
frolll an ) ' other method , The dairy ,
cattle nlld sheep fccl1lIg ! indu ! > ' tries arc
grcally increasell anllcveral minor industries -
dustries , such as honey anti poultry rqis.
ing are being stimulated and are capable
of lIIuch greater developlllent.
Alfalfa is destincIlto work wonders in
the Ilairing illllustry. It has the two
paramount qualities to cllahle it to 110
this ; low cost of proeluction iu localities
adapted to it , anllthe superior qUlllity of
butler produced while feedillg it. Prime
alf.\lfa hay is vcr ) ' palatable , 111111 beiug
easily digesteel and of a cooling or laxa.
tive tendency has an efiect on Ihc bulter
fat similar to green pasture , With it the
June conditions , which arc the most
favorable to the productian of the finest
quality and laygest quautity. call 1II0re
nearly be 1I1alllta11led anel at less cost
than with an ) ' other singlc foOlI.
Professor Otis , of the Kansas Agricultural -
tural college , ill sDeaking of the benefits
of alfalfa 10 the d iryman , Imys : "Who
can estimate the gain to agricultural in.
dustry which will come when the alfalfa
districts. prolluctin an excess of prolem ,
become the dairy ( hstricls in which the
cows will douhle or tri le their accus. ,
tomed ) 'ield ? " I
The best IIIl1ttOl1 on the market comes
frol1l the atralfa districts and sheep grow.
ers who have alfalfa hay can put lamhs
on lhe market ill less time alld ut less
cost , and with grcater profit than wilh
any other kind of forage fooll.
It is hecoming more popular e\'er ) ' sea.
son as a poultr ) ' food , It is rich in nitto-
gen which is necessary for the prolluclion
of the albulI1en in egg ! ; und is essenl alto
the growth of ) 'Olllg' fowls , All kir1l1s of
PQ\lltr ) ' relish the tender green alfalfa ,
especially if they arc lept in Sll1:1l1 yards
It is very slIcculent ane ! ! IIakes good
poultry fool ( us a silnge ,
Alfalfa is the grt'atc t hone ) ' plant
known to modern agriculture , It is
superior to white clovcr , sweel clover or
buckwheat , and honcy is being proeluccd
in secl ons of the west noanll solei at
a low price , where it was a luxury hefore
the intnduclion of this plant. When it
is understoollthal alfa\fa \ produ.ces frolll
three to four crops cllch season , auy bee.
keeper wi1l relldil ) ' understand' what a
grand bee pasture an alfalfa field woulll
L make. 'l'housllllds of acres in Nehraska
. and Kansas produce four crops each , year
on the uplands , wherc thc bee floun"hes ,
I prol1ucing from .10 10 100 pounds of hone -
. e ) ' per hh"e.
> lu speakiug of alfalfa as a hog pasture
" 011 his ranch near Kearnev , Mr.Vatson
. sa's , "in April I.turned sixty hogs , some
of which wen goo 11 hrooel sows , into an
_ eight.acre piece of alfalfa , an.l kepl thelll
1 Ulere nil sumlller. withonl grain during
which time thc ) ' increascll to 120 in
number , In the early fall , a lilllc corn
- was ginn them to help out the , , \falfa. \
a ! : the numher of hugs incr ascc\ \ . It is
m ) ' jndgclllcnt thut a lilUe grain should
be given to growing pigs when pastlllc/l
l on alfalfto slill1ula\c their growth and
II harden them , " Both as a pa"ture and a
It hay crop , the lasting qualities of an 1\11.
alfa field is one of \trongest roints , I
han" secn fields of this plunt in good
condition that the owner claimed hllil
been cropped for twenty.fi\'e years.
n Othcrs 8re reported to have laste ! ! a much
e longer period. It requires three Rud
: f even four ) 'ears for alfnlfa to reach ih
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Pl'iU"h : Qtu11affe&e'Clb ye & , l : ' I
1IJ3.Y be exp1 t4del. \ . b ) ' : JO mtnu. : b ,
H119 el1erl\l , ! r.r. : .t P1 trly < : p.r Sti1
therc 1' ) no rea ol. v \4tlshou 10.
Alfalfa ah\9 ' fir t place
as n VlIlUflhlc crop unl stock fo0 < 1 in tb6
mid.wcst , nud its value to this section of -
the COl1l1tn' cannot be eAtiwnteel.-Dr. .
W. II , :5tee"le in I1MtiugBrribun ! ! .
The Story of Railroad Rebate. . ' 'I '
The prohlems the voter of to'llay IIIU6t rJ
fnce lire too complex to be met Ity the .
horse.sense which hM nlways 1',1"the
saving grace of thc Republic's sulirn e. ' ] ! t
To get to Ule IJOttom of thc complexities . ,
of the great questions that dem nd le ii' ! ,
lath'e remedy requires long atHl palll ! ! ' 1
taking investigalion such as few lI1en
hl1\'e the tillle or the training to un er.
take ,
Whell Congress convencs , every right-
minded American will be wrestling with
the intricacies of thc railroad problem
I1ml1\lcClure's for this month has un er.
taken to present , in Ray Stannard Baker's
story of "Railroacl Rehates" cvery aspect
of the evil lliscril11inations which are the
root of the present intolcrable situation.
After just such an investigation as every
\"oter would like to make 1\1' [ . Haker i
shows how the railroads , through their
officers' selfish exercise of power ha\'e
helped to build up the great lI1onopoHes L.\
which control ev"ry enc of the funda- )
mental necessaries of life. lIe explains II
"what rehates nre , how they arc paid.
who pays thcm and how thcy afTect in-
dnstry , illustrating the whole process by
specific instances , little human stories
picked up froll ! rnilrollll lI1en and from I
shippers , the gainers 11I111 the sufTercrs hy "
the s'slem. " } .
With the samc power of graphic rtllte-
lIIent and clear anal'sis of facts which is
Bay Stannllrd lIaker's peculiar gift he
lIIakcs the rilhts aUll , wrongs of this
burning' questIon of re ates not ouly
clear but interesting engrossing' reading.
The City of Sidon. "
( II } " C. s. ckrosh,1
Siela or Sidon IS located about thirty
miles south of Beyroth on the sea coast.
It was nalllell for Sidoon. the oldest son \
of lImn , the son of Noah , It was built -
before Tyre , Sce Gen. chapter 10 ami
Judges 1st chapter. this city at one
time was the main port of Syria and sur-
rounding' country ,
The present huildings in this city are
wen conslructed of stone. The streets ,
are narrow. In its early Ilays it hllll 11
wide commerce , hut at the present time
the seat of go\'errtlllCnt is lit Beyroth , '
where it has heen since I8.p. Before
that it was at Sidon. It has 6,000 in-
habit'1nts , ' 1'his city is surrounded with
the finest orange farms in that part of
the country. It also has lllrge parks and
orchllrds of all the frnit grown in onv
part of the world arc foune ! in its gardens.
Those fanns arc irrigated from the
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river that supplies the city with water , .
from water works , Sid on and Tyre wele ' ,
first built in 2700 B. C.
T\'re 3 a short elistance south of' ' Sidon
a11fis a district of Sidon. When the
Jews took l'alistine they called it .thl'J
Grellt Baraba. From there its go\'errt.
ment spreael to the north-west until it. . . .
united with T\'re anll became a branch .
of the Israelil sh tnbe , Asheer. In 720 "
B. C. the Persians captured it an it was' J
then \THIer the control of the king' of
Persia m1d Babylon , ab'lon help d \ , .
Persia with her lIect at the time kmg ,
Shires claimed it. ' 1'hat was 351 n , C. . ,
The same ) 'earthepeople rebelled against , .
their king' , Ages the Great , and the new )
king surrendercd it ag'ainst the will of
his people 111\11 they destroyed the dty
nnll burrteel themselves to death rather
than to fnll into the hands of the enem ) ' .
In the yellr 332 n , C , Alexander the
Great took anel rebuilt it withoul an ) '
trouble , At this time the city gOVernment - . '
ment was uncertain , One day it would
be uneler one go\'erument and the next
UlHler al1other.
The ROlllans captured all Phoenicin
and Syria. History relates that this cit ) ' I
was the scene of mallY wars and was torn
down and Ilestroyed in 1291 A. D. . when
the French got control of it , hut they dhl
not rehuilll all of it until 1630. Facheo
Dcen l\T lIan 11rag eelthe harbor anll made
it possible for ships to anchor. He also
built man ) ' line buildings for commerce
and mlllle othcr improvements , After
that the French established commerciAl
interests helween it and Damascus , In
1791 A. D. Ahmad I'asbn drove the
reuch out and her commerce ran down .
to nearly nothing ,
In this cit\ ' arc manv of the olel ruinf\
of Bihle titiles and tombs of kings of
Syrin ,
In 178S the city was elestroyed by IIn '
earth quake , but wa' ! rebuilt again. In'
l 96 it was greatly afflicted with choler ) ' ,
a great lIlany elieel with the dread llisease.
In 18.10 the Brillsh fleet took it. 11am.
ageel it. ; ncw fort /tllll destro'ed the great
wall of the ohl fort which had been built
about 2,000 years. It stands neur the
old Sielon ruins , about two miles froUL '
the sea shore.
In Janunn' , IHS5 , an old fashioned hAlf
moon circlc.hell was discovered in tlw
rllins with a lot of tablcts with wriLin
on lhcm. The hell anll t.\hlets arc all at
I'nris in the mnseUlII , In 18.8 a number
of stone jars were discovercll with n '
quantily of gold coin which amounted to I
i40oco , From the inscription it showlt }
to ha\'e been coineellltthe tillle of Alex-
anll"r lhe Gn'at. about 3.P , B. C ,
'rhe city is I wo"thirds l\Iohalllndon.
The other thinl is mafIc up of Chri"tial1A
anll Jcws , It has scvernl large schools
for the Christians and enl ) ' one school
for the Iohallladons and one for the
Jews.
The Delt Chrialmas Gift.
Nothing mnle a better Christrna < ; ift
than a hook , hut most c p"righted fiction
relnils for $1,50 per copy. One of the
neatest things of lhe senson lit a .popular.
price i'l "Weh Throws Seven , " a coUec-
lion of stories of tn'\\'elinJ lIIen by Frank
I. Trew , n Beatrice newspaper mau.
This little voluufe , which is elegnnt1) '
hound in Ottoman cover and prinled on
fine eJgshell hook papcr , conlains se\'cn
vcr ) " origin 111 al\el \ cnterlain lIJt stories of
the r01lI1 about real travelcrs. One of
lhrse stories " 'rhe Hurdle Race , " is con-
sidelcd quite exceptional. "Pilly miss"
is anothcr gooll one mill a1\ \ are extremely
reae\r\ble \ , lIulltor is 11I1mirnhie hlende
wilh pathos in these storier. anll there is
a touch of nlllure in them that appeals to
a1\ \ ,
Bellt postpnicl on receipt of see with
the aul\lor's \ nlltograph in inlt. Address
I . 1\1. \ Trew , lIe1trice , eh. , '
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