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DEFENDS . RACE : .
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\ . Lives Is a Survival of Old. Time
Superstition.
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TESTIMONY 'SUPPORTS HIS CLAIM
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" " , Massachusetts Lawyer Decll1res ; He
I Has Studied Habits of the Wandering -
ing People and Has Found Little to
Warrant Condemnation---Have Never
Been Kidnapers Of Children.
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Boston.-"Bo good children , or the I
gypsies wUl got you. " I
For hundreds or' years mothers
and nurses lmve 'Used ' tWs style of adi i
. . monlUon with . .rofflj.Ctory' lldren , for :
i < sl ce the advent of the gypsies Into' '
; ! ! England from' the cast in the s1x- ,
. \ to nth' century : pOPull .r opinion has I
nssoclnt d them with thievery and
kidnaping and thrlttIess' ways , with
sorceries and Incantntlons and' things
that' 100m terrible to the childish
mind. Famous writers have pictured
them as IncorrIgIble rascals , the pulJ.
110 who have seen only the nomadIc
. features at thelx : 'Ufe have built up
many superstitions' around this ancient -
cient people , unUl to-day to be a gyp. :
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sy Is to bo an outcast. n namel sll
wanderer upon the earth. feared and
distrusted by all men save the few
'whose de31lngs with the gypsy folk
( ' have taught them better.
But have not Borrow and Groome
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, Walter Scott fallen Into the error of. .
' . , . . ; accepting prevalent beliefs without
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, " 'f. 'Typo of Well Educated Gypsy.
A accerate persoee' keowledge of the
people of whom they have written ?
And have not the gypsies' romantic
oha.rm. theIr curious lingo. their habit
at wandering. their superstitions and
lore and their supposed freedom from
humdrum restraints and moral and
.
legal conventions created in the pub-
lie mInd an altogether false ImpressIon -
sIon of this curIous people ? Those
who bave come closest to them assert' '
that'such Is , the case.
Especially Is the popular Idea a fallacy -
lacy when pplled to , the American.
gypsy. v.nd It has remained for A. T.
Sinclair , a Massachusetts lawyer , to
como publicly to theIr defense. Mr.
Sinclair Is In a , posItion to know what
ho talks about. He has spoken tIle
, language of the AmerIcan gypsy for
25 . .rears , he has given years of study
- to the habits of the orIental gypsy ,
and to the subject he has devoted his
best observation. The result of hIs
dealings with gypsies and , his close
assocIation with thom for a quarter of
a century Is the firm belief that they
. are a much Ubeled and greatly misunderstood -
understood people.
T < 1lk Little of Themselves.
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Many havg , wondered why the gypsy i
( I baa never tried to defend hlmsolf"
' / ' why no one .of. them has ever attempted - !
ed to refute. the general conception of .
his people. When an outsider approaches -
preaches , a gypsy to get Information.
the man who a moment before might
have en loquacity Itself , In the
hope of makIng a horse trade , becomes -
comes sUddenly secretive : ho is as
close as the proverbial oyster. Not
once In a thousand Umes w111 n gypsy
discuss wIth an outsider either his
own affairs or those of his trIbe , whatever -
ever the stranger's bu lness claims
may be upon his consideration.
But Tom Stanley , son of the chief
of the Somerv111e b"Ypsles , relented
somewhat from thIs rule to explain
certaIn misconceptions that have long
existed In the minds of the public
concerning the wanderIng folk.
"Of course It doesn't matter to us
what people think , so 10nJ ; as wo
know ourselves honest and so long as
wo play fair m trade and In nIl our
dealings wIth tbo . world , " he Bald ,
"That Is one reason why none of us
ho.s ever taken the trouble to oontra-
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dlct the many lies that are circulated
'about our manner of Ufe and our
methods of doIng business. But many
Umes I have been tempted to write
somethIng about our people , that
other people may know them better ,
for nothIng accurate has boon wrltton
that I can find. "
Valley Stanley Is known from Bos.
ton to Worcester and throughout all
the outlying country. He Is the hereditary -
editary chief. of his trIbe , for , Uke
kIngshIp , leadership among the gypsies -
sies usuallY horedltary. His people
camp at Somerv111e durIng the summer -
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mer months , though they move about
to some extent as his btf.Jlness as a
horse trader demands. At present hOt
Is livIng In Everett , while the people
of his tribe are dIstributed throughout -
out Everett and L'nn forthe _ winter.
Gypsy Held In Respect.
"I would take Valley Stanley's word
where I would not take another man's
bond. " said an Everett horses dealer
of tho.chlef of the Stanley tribe.
"Why , I knew his father , BIll Stanley ,
ehlet of th9 trIbe before hIm. There
was never a straighter man In the
horsEHleallng buslnl"ss than B111 Stan-
ley. "
That Is too Idea formed of two gypsy
chiefs by a man Intimately associated
with them in a business that offers
great opportunities for- - sharp work.
"Perhaps you yourself have been
frIghtened when a child by somebodY
telling you to 'watch out ' or the gyp.
sics w111 get you' " 'said' the chloC's
son. "That Is because people have
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the Idea that gypsies go In for kid-
napIng children. They have usually
carrIed this Idea In their minds since
they themselves were children , when
they received It from their parents In .
precisely the same way. That Is ab.
solutely a wrong Idea of us. 'Why
should wo kidnap ? Wo have children
enough of our own. quite as many as
we can take care of.
"Then they accuse us of being ad.
dIeted to stealing. That Is a lie. We
know the value of a good reputation
in our busIness. and If wo had no
higher standard of honor than that It
would be sufficIent to keep us honest.
I think that If you w111 Inquire among
the people with whom we have done
business you will find we bear an excellent -
cellent name for honesty. This mls.
conceptIon of thlovls te denqlos Is
Inherited. and It ha.s been fostered by
the depredations of many wanderers
who are not gypsies at all , but have'
taken to a nomadic exlstenco for
sheer love of Idleness and freedom
from responsibility. I know of French.
men , of Irishmen and of Germans who
travel about the country posing as
gypsies. when they have nat a drop
of gypsy blood In their yelns and none
of the gypsy co do of living ,
"Some of us are fairly well educat-
ed. Much of that education has been
obtained by contact with the world ,
but the world Is a good unlvorslty , and
one doesn't forget the lessons ono
learns there. When a gypsy leaves
the Ufo of his forefathers and applies
himself to the usual pursuits of clv-
U1zatlon ; ho generally succeeds , which
proves that the gypsy Is a man of In-
telligence. ' 1 'have a cousin who Is
mayor of a large town and another
who Is head of a considerable shoo
manufactory.
Personal Characteristics.
"Look at me. Do I look lIke an
Egyptian ? Am I dark , or swarthy , or
fierce of aspect 1' ,
Tom Stanley Is a woll-set.up man
above the ayerago heIght. no darker
than most dark men of Caucasian
blood. He speaks English well , and
away from the envIronments of his
summer camp has as little of the air
of tIle gypsy-the gypsy of fiction ,
thut Is-as a business man.
"Yet people plcturo me and my
people In their Imaginations as half-
snvage wanderers. akin to the Egyptians -
tians or the orlentnls , Look at thlg
little girl of mine , Docs she look like
an Indian child 1"
lIe thrust forward a bashful tot of
about seven ) 'ears , a fla.xen.halred
child with big blue eyes. She , too ,
was as far removed from the popular
Idea of the gypS ) " as Peary Is now
from the north 11010.
"I am of Amorlcan bloo/I , but of
English descent. 1\1y people lived In
'Vorccster a few gcncratlans ago , and
ft _ . . .
: my frcat.grcnt.grandfatIlor was a.
Drlst8man. . The Stanley famll ) ' 19
n good ono In England.
"Yet we are gypsies. descended
from a long line of JYpslcs. We speak
the Roman tongue , which Is a language -
guage In general , UBO among gypslcs
the world ovor. though It yarlcs grent-
ly according to the country III which
a trIbe lives.
"The next thue nyone tells you
that we huvo no rellgJon , do not belIeve -
lIovo it. Wo hayo our religion 111'0-
clsely as you or' any ot ior'ma.n who
Is not a gypsy has his. Many of our
people are Daptlsts : some belong to
other Christian denominations. When
a gypsy does become cnthuslastlc ever
his rollglon he makes not Infroquent.
ly what you ca1l a great rovlvallst.
That Is his temperamont.
"This temperament shows again In
the music of the gypslos. Although
thIs music Is ontlroly by , car , many
gre t composers bave conceded that
It is errecUvo and accuratQ. even
though wild In character The gyp.
sics In Hungary and Russia and Po.
land are noted us mu lclans. "
Mr. SI.nclalr's Testimony.
What the son of the clilef of the
Somervlllo gypsies sa's about the
gypsy folk Is borne out by Mr. Sin-
clair. Ho does , in fact , destroy many
a chorlshed illusion.
"A good many of thom are members
of the Baptist church , and speak at
the prayer meotlngs with nIl the fervor -
vor of the other mombers. OCten-
times I huvo heard them exhort visitors -
ors to theIr camps about the blessings
and necessity of a Christian Ufe , " ho
says.
says.And
And he adds that they ro not
given to thlovlng moro than any other
"poor , Ignorant people and the com.
munlty where they are found. " Mr.
SInclaIr's conelus'ons ' with respect to
the American gypsy are Identical wIth
a report sent him by the governor general -
eral of Russian Central Asia on the
gypsy folk of his country , who have
the reputation of being tbloVC9 and
cheats. but , "according to the reports
of our administrative officials , they
behave themselves wel ! . "
As to their a1leged propensity to
steal cWldhen , an idea fostered by
suporstltion and the melodrama , Mr.
Sinclair says that Is all a myth.
"All the gypsies In the vIcinity of
Boston know mo as 'Lawyer SInclair , '
and for many years I have been consulted -
sulted by them when In troubl .
There have been n good many cases
when children wore lost nnd the gypsIes -
sIes were suspected of kidnaping
them. Often their camps have boon
searched and they have been subjoct-
cd to much annoyance and trouble.
In no case , howevor. has It been
found to bo true that they had taken
any children :
A Case In Point.
"One case , I remember , excited
great Interest In the newspapers at
the tlmo it occurred. A Wlllle McCormick -
Cormick disappeared Beaten , and
his loss was b ralded all ever the
country In large headllnes by the
nowspapera. Finally two Husslan
g'psy gIrls were arrested In WashIngton -
Ington for steallng blm. A Boston
detective was sent to 'Vashlngton.
The two girls were kept under arrest
for many bays and subjected to a
rigid cross-examInation , as was the
whole gypsy camp. Finally It wns
discovered that these gypsies had
never had or seen the boy.
"Tho question has been one I have
consldored cargfully for 25 years. and
I have made very many Inquiries. but
I have never even heard of a 'case
where gypsies have even stol a . a
single child. "
Mr. Sinclalr says that they Imow
too well that were tboy to steal anything -
thing they would be suspected at once
and searched : and they
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mullltudes that followed Moses out
of I gypt-crrorts have been made to
trace Ulelr origin to each of these
sources 'rho mosl commonly accepted -
od theory Is that they are of Indian
orIgIn. and their language , Romani ,
OD WS many roscmblancos to the
Ulndu.
I.eavlng thlo1' early homo In northwestern -
western India about the ) 'cn.r 900 , the
g ) ' pay folk , driven b ) ' the Irrupllons or
the hordes of Genghls Khan , started
on. their long 1l11lrch of een urles.
Taltlng the dlrecllon of Kabullstan
and Porala , the ) ' penetrated Into
Egypt and northern Africa nnd migrated -
grated west through Asia Minor Into
Turkey.
'I'helr cllrllest nbldlng place on the
continent of Europe was Grecce. As
early as 1398 a g'psy chieftain named
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A Gypay , but Doesn't Look It.
John wns established with a largo followIng -
lowIng under Venetian rule. They
ro recorded In Switzerland In 418 ,
In Denmark In 1420 In Italy In 1422 ,
In Franco and Spain In 1442 , In Poland -
and and Russia about 1600. and In
England not long after. It Was the
depredations and the frequent atrocl-
tlos practiced by these Inrgo InvadIng
hordes that gained for the gypsies
theIr bad name. n name that has stuck
to them over since.
The Last Mlgr < 1t1on.
Their Inst migration was to Amorl-
ca and Australia , nearly three con-
turles lator. 'Theso bands were most.
ly Engllsh gypsies , although IDany
bands from the continent of Europe
are to be found In the United States.
But whatever natlonallt ) " a tribe belonged -
longed to , It retained the Romani language -
guage , the language common to all
gypsies. This Is not a slmplo jargon
or cant. It Is a true and complete
language. especially In the farther
east , where the gypsies have romalned
compact , and It possesses II. consldor-
able vocabulary and a highly developed -
oped system of Inflections. This language -
guage , has naturnlly been Influenced
to a conslilerable extent by the coun.
try of adoption , the braken dIalect
of UlO English gypsies , which Is the
Innguago of the mnjOJ'Jty of the
American trIbes , being a strange mIxture -
ture of English and RomanI.
How many grpsles are there In the
world ? It would be Impossible to take
a census of these roving people , When
they first made their Ilppearanco In
Asia Ilnd In Europe they wCI'e orton
many thousands strong. under cWof-
talns who styled themselves counts ,
or "kIngs of Llttlo Egypt , " the gypsies -
sies encouraging the belief that they
were Egyptians suffering banishment ,
In order to secure tolerance and as-
slstanco from the people whom they'
.ncountered In their migrations. The
One of Their Chief Sources of Income.
reputations too much. on account of
their means of llvellhood.
"Here In Amorlca the gypsies boast
that not one gypsy has over been
sent to jail , " said Mr. Sinclalr , and he
assorts that neither distrIct attorneys
nor policemen can contradict the
boast.
How , then , did It ever como to pass
that the gypsies obtained the unsavory -
ory reputation they bear ? It Is declared -
clared to be simply n case of the sins .
of the father being visited upon the !
chlldron. un Instance of a bad name :
clinging to a pOOlJle tbrough cen.
turles ,
Origin Hard to'Trace. .
Of tholr own orlsln the gypsies can
give no exact nccount. many of thorn
following tbe popular bellef that they .
cnmo orIginally from Egypt. 'rhe ;
Saracens , tbe Jews , the Canannltes ,
the lost tribes of Israt'l , or the mixed ,
gypsies must number well Into the
millions. for In Roumanla alone and
In various parts of the Balkan re-
gions. Hungary and Russin , there ar ( )
over 500,000.
No Change.
Edgar Inndvertently swallowed n. .
silver quarter dollar. for which th ( )
vlllago doctors probed In vain. Some
one asked his small brother If the
physicians had been successful In recoverIng -
coverIng the money. "No , sir , " he
answered , earnestly , "not a . penny
of It. "
Starch In Grains.
The llercontago of starch In the
four gralnR named Is as follows :
Wheat fiour , 66 POl' cent. : corn meal ,
.65 per cent. ; rice , 79 per cent. : rY
meal , 69 per cent , ' 1'ho order of dl.
gesUbllIty Is I\S follows : RIco , corn ,
wheat , rye.
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A Story ot the Conquest or Cannan
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SERMONETTE.
"Joshun , the servant of the
Lo\d.-Such \ ! Is the testimony
of the writer of the sacred nar.
ratlve : at the close of the life of
Joshua. No costly monument
was reared to the memo'y , of
the great leader , but there has
come down the ages this record
that he served God.
And wh < 1t greater or more
enduring record could be writ.
ten of : any man ? Itat once de.
clares the character of such a
g man : It testifies to the perma.
g nency of his life work : It gives
assurance of the abiding Influ.
ence of such a life upon the
lives of others.
Let UG consider these points.
First , the character of the
servant. He who Is truly a
servant of God , must be God.
like. More Is needed than the
title and the garb of outward
seeming. The right to the title ,
"servant of the Lord , " must be
tested by what a man Is < 1nd
does. Not everyone thnt salth ,
"Lord , Lord , " Is entitled to the
name and livery of "servant of
the Most High. " The true serv.
ant Is one with his master In
Plrpose and desire. He studies
to know and do the will of his
master. He delights to be like
his master and , to be Identified
with him. . How perfectly was
this expressed In the life of
Jesus. As servant of God he
lived the God life on earth. The
life of God flowed through him
just as he would have It flow
through us. The true servant
Is the branch which abides In
the vine and obtains Its life
therefrom.
And now as to what the sere
g vant docs. The true servant Is
g busy about his Lord's business.
It must be so , else Is he dlsloy.
al and unfaithful. To be a servant -
vant Implies service. The Idle ,
careless , Indifferent , neglectful
servant Is no servant at all , and
not worthy of the name. But
what may we know of the life
work of the true servant of the
Lord ? We may know first that
It has helped work out the eternal -
- nal purposes of God In the
g world. We may know In the
8 second place that the measurIng -
Ing rod of eternity , not that of
time , must be used to declare
I ! the quantity and quality of the
- work. We may know also that
the service rendered on earth
was but the beginning of the
I service to be rendered In
Heaven. What < 1n Inspiration
In the thought that he who
works and builds with God here
worls and builds with God for
eternity.
And then there Is the abiding
Influence of the true servant of
God , which goes on and on In
ever widening circles among
men. Thlo thought Is expressed
In the declaration concerning
Abel , who offered < 1cceptable
sacrifice to God , that "being
I dead , he yet speaketh. " And
from Abel down take the record
of the true servants of the Lord
< 18 set forth In the Word of
God , and who can estimate the
Influence which has gone out
I from those lives. Though dead ,
they continue to speak their
message to the hearts of men.
Joshua , the servant of the
Lord. What < 1 glorious com.
ment on his life. Servant of the
Lord I May We all strive to be
worthy of the' name and rela-
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THE STORY.
THE years followIng the conquest
of Canaan amI the division of the
lund among the varIous trlbell : , brIng.
Ing as they did theh' peace , and security -
curity and prospel'lt-tor the land
brought forth abuntlatly ! - gave
.Joshua the I'est. he longed for and
needed , [ 01' with the advancing years
he hnd felt more and more the burdens -
dens of leadership A feeling of con.
tentment and sntlsfactlon filled his
heart as be beheld each tribe content-
( Jdly settled upon Its Inheritance. The
tabernacle had been set up In Shiloh.
and the prlestll : and Levltes ministered -
tered before the Lord , while the people -
ple worshiped without at the ap.
pointed seallons. : 'fhe mercies and
blessings of the l..ord WOI'e tlO fresh
In mind. and the might ) " victories
which the I orll hud glyen them wore
of such recent occurrence that there
WU:1 : no tbought or desire to mingle
with the heathen nations about them
or to be oven 1:10 : much as drawn away
by Idle cllrloslt ) ' In the worship of
theIr Idols ,
All this. as we hllve said. brought
cheer and lIatlsfactlon : to the aged
le'ldor' heal't , and encouraged the
he po thut whatever had been the fall.
ures In the Pllst. however grievous
had been tholr disobedience and lack
pf faith , h jjeopio hud at last learned
Ithe w tlllolll nnd rownof sel'vlne
the true God and woul,1 nol again de.
: part from him This confidence
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Berved to blind 'foshulto any ton.
dency townrds wnywnrdnoss on tho'
part of the people , nnd for Borne time
now he had ceMed to requlro the detailed -
tailed reporl from the elders. Thus
the weeks anti months slipped by , and
llIore and moro Joshull. and thoB
nbout him realized thnt the Infirmities -
ties of nJe were tolling upon him ,
"No , It will not bo long be ( re the
I.ord will come tor mo , " ho Bald ono
dn ) " . "But I nm ready t go. for
pence has come to the land nnd tho. .
people nre wholly given to the servIng -
Ing oC the I.ord. "
Dut that night his aleoll wns troubled -
bled , nnd ho behold strange things In
his dreams. Ho UlouJhtIoRes ! stood
by his sldo ntHI was 1)lntlnJ ; towards
the people gnthered before the t\\bo1'- \
nacle , nnd sn'Ing :
"How soon they will forgot ! 1I0w
soon they will ( orget ! As In former
time so will the ) ' ngnln turn from the
Lord. "
And as ho turned to pro lest , Moses
vanished from his sight and ho awoke
with n stllrt.
' 1'he drellm troubled him nnd tor
da'R he studlcd ever It , until it scemed
thl\t it must have bectl n vision nnd
not n drcllm , and that MOBes had
reall ) ' spokcn to him. Would the peo-
'plo turn ( rom the Lord after he hnll
gene ? Would they forgel his morcles
and blosslngs nnel go ntter the gods
at the people nbout them ? ho nsked
hllnsoIr , over nnd ever again
"Boforo I go I must wnrn thorn. My
lnst mcssngo shall be nn nllpcnl to
them to be fnUhful to the God who
hils been so faithful to them. "
And so .Joshua sent his messengers
through nil the land whlthor the
chlldron of Isrnol had settled , nsking
thnt they alii como to Shechem. Now
Shechom w s the pineo where solemn -
emn convocation hnd been held when
they had flrst come Into the Innlt
yenrs before , and the blessings and
the curslngs of God had beou road In
their cars by the Levltes. And It was
here thnt Joshua gathered the people
together Wltl their elders nnd their
omcers nnd judges , and said unto
them :
" 'rhus salth the Lord God of Israel :
Your fathers dwelt on the other sldo
of the flood In old time , even Ternll ,
the futher of Abraham , and the father
of Nnchol' : nnd they served other
galls. And I took your father Abra.
ham from the other sldo of the fiood ,
anti 1011 him throughout nil the land
of CaulUUI , and mllltlplled his Deed
and gave him Isnac. And I gave unto
Isaac .Jacob and gRail : and. . I gave
unto I sau Mount Seh' . to possess It ;
but .Jacob and his children wont down
Into I gnlt. " I
Joshun paused in his hasty review
of the early history of tIle nation , and
If there had been any Inattontlon at
the beginning , at the mention of
ggypt all eyes and ears were turned
towards him. He then wont on to
rapidly cover God's wonderful dealIngs -
Ings with thom In Egypt , of his loadIng -
Ing them out under the hand of
Moses : of his miraculous dollverancos
and care all through the wilderness
journey , nnd of his bringing them at
. , .last Into the prDmlsed Innd and' givIng -
Ing them- the victory over all their
enomles.
"Now. therefore , " ho concluded.
"fear the Lord and servo him In sin-
cel.lty nnd truth : aud llUt away the
Jocls which your fathers served on the
other sldo of the flood and In Egypt ,
IInd servo ye the Lord. And If It scorn
ovll unto yo 11 to serve the Lord ,
cheese you this day whom ye wUl
servo : whelher 'the gods which your
fathers served that were on the other
sldo of the flood , or the gods of the
Amorltes. lu whoso iand yo dwell :
but as for mo and my house we wUl '
servo the Lord. "
The voice of the aged Joshua was
almost a sob as ho concluded his ap.
llOal , and with difficulty ho controlled
hlll : feelings. for , as ho was speaking.
there was but ono vIsion before him.
that of Moses standing at his sldo
) ) { ) Intlng at the peolllo and saying :
"As In former tJP10 so wUl they
again turn fro.1 the Lord. "
But all this' faded before UlO shout
which went up trom the people as
they answered and saId :
"God forbid that wo should forsake
the Lord , to servo other gods : for the
lJOrd our God , ho It Is that brought us
up and our fathers out of the land of
Egypt , from the house of bondage ,
I\nd which did these great signs In
our Sight. and preserved us In all the
way wherein wo went , and among all
the people through whom we passed.
And the Lord drove out from before
us all the people , oven the Amorltes
which dwelt In the land : therefore
will we se.\'e the Lord : for ho Is our
God. "
And Joshua said unto the people :
"Yo are witnesses against your.
selves that yo have chosen the Lord ,
to servo him. "
And they said :
" 'Vo are witnesses , "
So Joshua. the aged leader. made n
covenant with the people that day ,
and set them n. statute nl1 an ordl.
nance In Shechelll. And ho wrote
these words of the people In the book
of the law of God , and took a great
stone nnd sot It up there under au
oak. thnt wu by the altar that h d
been reared to the Lord In that place.
And Joshua said unto all the people :
"Dehold , thIs stone shall be a witness -
ness unto us : for It hath heard all the
words 0 ( , the Lord which he spako
unto us : It shall bo therefore a wit.
ness unto you lest yo deny your
Gotl. "
Used Them for Shoe Soles.
Call1n ( ; on nn American consul In
China , n Chinaman asked for trade
catalogueD , sllylng that ho would prefer -
fer these with thlcIt leaves. nnd It was
: wentuully discovered that the cula-
IOIueD wore wanted as Inshlo soles
for shoe9.
