HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-06-18, Page 6WORDS OF BIBLE COUNTED
now, Where and When a Prisoner
Found Their Number.
It le bell known that the num-
ber of lettere, nv0rds, verses, etc„
Contained In the Bible have been
Counted, Let r,y whom, when, or
Where, is not generally known.
Treat's publication, entitled "Cur-
• noodles of the Bible," speaks of the
emce:rence as being of Spanish or-
igin, and that the Prince of Gran-
ada. tearing bsnrpatton, paused the
arrest of the supposed would-be
usurper, and Le order of the Span-
ish crown he was thrown into an
old prison called the place of skittle,
Situated f0 Madrid, where he was
*Unlined for thirty-three years,
With no other companion than the
rate, mice and other vermin that
frequented hie diemal cell.
During his confinement he count-
ed the lettere, etc., contained in
the Bible, and scratched the sev-
eral numbers (111 the stone walla
with a nail. When his work wag
dlecovered lie grate furnished with
writing utensils and ordered to
make a copy of the results of his
long and tedious task, and, on MN
being completed, he finally received
hie liberty.
The following le a correct copy
of hie great work :,
The Bible contains 3,566,4e1O let-
tere, 778,716 words, 31,113 verseH,
1,185 chapters, and (311 booke.
The word and occurs 10,G114
times, the !word Lord 1,1153 tete*,
the word Jehovah 6,1.35 ranee and
the word reverend but once, which
b in the ninthverse of the One
Hundred and Eleventh Psalm.
The middle verse is the eighth
%'prey of the one hundred and eigh-
teenth Psalm. The twenty-first
verse of the seventh+ chapter of
Ezra contains all the lettere of
the alphabet except the letter J.
The Berea chapter to recut IN the
twenty-sixth chapter of the Acte of
the Apuetlee. The most beautiful
(MAMA or IS the 1weuty-tieird Pealuh
The nineteenth ehjptet o: IL Kings
Rod the thirty-seventh chapter of
leatab are alike. ,
The four most inspiring promises
are to be found in the sixth chapter
Of
141. John, thin y -seventh vow, and
fourteenth chapter, aeeond verso el -
so eleventh enapter of St. Matthew,
twenty-clglitli vers., and the thir-
ty-sment11 14111 1111, fourth verse.
The longest weep is the ninth
verso, eighth chapter or Bother. The
ettortest cense is the thirty-fifth
Verse, eleventh chapter Or :et. John.
There are ten chapters in 1 he Book
of Esther, to which the words Lord
algid Ood do not occur. The eighth,
fifteenth, twenty-first, and thlrty-
flrst versos of the One Ilnnired and
Seventh Psalm are ,[like. levet ci nes
of the One Hundred cud Thirty -Filth
Psalm end alike. Tine One Hundred
and Seventeenth Psalm contaited tint
two verses, the One hundred and
Nlneleent.11 Psalm contains 176
verses. There are no words 01' vainest
of more than six syllables.
It las also been dtecovered by Nome
person unknown that In Joel. third
chapter, third verse, the word girl
Occurs, and in the eighth chnpler of
Zechariah, fifth verse), the weed
girl's le mentioned for the only time
to the whole book.
The eighth chapter of Eeth.'r.
ninth verse, contains fifty -t wo 1'11.
The word snow appears twenty-four
times in the Old Testament, and
three times In the New. -Boston Her-
ald.
QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE.
Why the Men and Women Took
Opplette Sides 011he Church.
A man ac0uetomel to the manners
of the enlightened and piogreesive
Eavt was talking to his fe20w tra-
vellers in a Pullman smoker.
'Ort occasion," he stud, "I was
down In the mountains pi' Teeuc-
see, where everything 10 nrimllive,
and on Sunday 1 attended a Bap-
tist Church. :aril to Ley Surprise
and interest, the women mere
Mated on' one side of the house and
the man on the other. 1 had never
seen anything of the kind before,
and atter vertices were over I spike
to ons of the membees about it, ai
be was a pillar of nee church and a
slam I knew quite well.
"'We have always done it that
way,' he said, in explanation.
"hut why 1' I porzlateal.
" 'Se's to worship God arcordin' to
Our consciences, nn the eOl'tiilaion
pervldes,' 110 replied, in a matter of
course tone.
'But tatting on the opposite std ,o
of tbo church doesn't make any dif-
ference with your eonecbmces, does
It ?' I kept on.
"'Don't it?'(le Raid, with emphatic
confidence to the knowledge that it
did. 'Well, it makes all the drff0;-
ene0 in the world. Do you mean to
say that a man kin set 01e1' there
elongpldo uv his wife, where she kin
hedge hen In the short ribs with her
elbow every time the preacher sly(
anything she thinks fits Me case?
Sey, kin n nese dio that and 11'01 -
Ship God aet'ordin' to his oouseienca?
Not much, 119 can't, I reckon, no
Where, en' pertickler not in this neck
for woods'
'The explanation and the arge-
gent carried conviction beyond nl
eontrouerey, and I hail no more to
et"
Her $pitefol Friend.
Chicago Post.
"E,he seems 10 be extremely fon(
01 skuting."
"Yee.' explained her spiteful friend,
"You see„ ns it matter of courtesy,
some min has to offer to put on her
Metes for her."
" Well ?"
Well, IL's the only wny *he min
jet a man on his knees to her."
..10.4_.1'..
CURED HIS
BRIGHT'S DISEASE
Former President of Bricklayers'
Union Used Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
Andrew McCormick, of Toronto, Tette
01 a Core hit' the Most Dreaded of
all Diseases.
Toronto, Julie 15.-eepectnl.l- In
these days when the dreaded Ilright's
Disease seems to be selecting its
efettles et will the report of an au-
thenticated rare is received with
relief by all classes of the commun-
ity. And ewe' it report chinos frotu
Andrew Met'or•mlck, Of No, t4:1 Spiv
Bina avenue, this city.
That Mr. McCormtek is well known
and highly respected is evidenced by
the ,net that he tins held high offices
(n several fraternal societies, and
(vas for several rests I'reeldtent of
the Ilrlrkhevers' Delon. Interviewed
regarding the, cure, Mi'. Mecorntick
says :
"I suffered with an attack of
Brigitte.; Dimmer) and naturally was
much troubled .concerning 1t. I
hoard of 1ho wonderful cures effected
by Build's Kidney' fills and concluded
to try them. The result was so sat-
isfactory that it gives me pleasure
t0 recommend t)h'ni''
I1lke nett keep the Kidneys sword
by tieing Dodd's kidney l'ille and
there can be no Llrlglit'e Disease.
Explanation Heady to Hand.
Brooklyn Eagle.
"Why 10 it," asked a curious citizen,
"that in Stockholm a conversation
by telephone costs only Ia traction
over a penny, while In New York tt
conte a ,limo?"
"1"m-ee—well, you ser," sold the
telephone man, "the language there
to very different from ours.'
At the Yarmouth' T. JI. C. A.
Boyd Camp, held tit Tusket balls
in August, I found MI,NABO'S LINI-
MENT most beneficial for sunburn,
an immediate relief for colic and
toothache, ALFRED STOKES,
General Secretary.
Their loot Lay.
Comanche 1 (11 Former,
Dear Editor: What ails my hens?
,:terry moment; I find two or three
lying on their bucks, toes curled up,
never to rise again,
J.P.A.
Your (WI are dead. -Editor.
Teo }inch for the Lion.
I'iekede lv.
She -Listen !There's; a lion roaring.
And teat's moth:lee 1' e nice. Why ("OWL
you run and help?
Ile -Oh, it wouhl be cowardly for
both of no to at lack the o11 hidy,Th.
Ii011 must take his chances. He
ehoulelJ1't have begun it,
b:NOLtiH SPAVIN LINIMENT
Removes till hard, ,,ort or calloasod
Lumps and 111111101100 from horees;
Moot spavin, curbs, splints, ringbone,
sweeney-, stifles, sprains, sore anti
swollen throat, coughs, rite. Savo $50
by use of one bottle. Warranted the
moot woneerfut hlcmi.eh cure ever
known.
The Nal oral Influence.
Chicogo
"A polyglot is nue
teeny 1augwtg.'s, lo it
1110 troy,
"ft 10," replied the proud father.
"Then aleilyglntt1n Is one who
eats tee (lichee o; nutty countries, Is
It not ?''
But the father arae (Oh much over-
come to answer.
who Speaks
not?' asked
PiesCh Prove to yon.that Dr.
Chase's Ointment isncertain
and absolute euro for each
and every form of itching,
'0 blee legand protruding piles,
the manufacturers have guaranteed It. See tea
Hamlets In the daily press and ask your neigh -
bon what they think of it. You can use tt and
,(at tour money back If not cured. (Pc a box, at
MI dealers or g11 awRON,1liT0S & Co.,Toronto,
Dr."Chase's Ointment
A i(i/til Catch.
h)pparat.
"Leaving college, old man? Going
to marry and settle down Y'
" No I'm going to marry and Bettie
nP•" . I
SALT RHEUM somelimeo lingers for years,
but w'eaver's coyote mates short work of it,
Apply the Cerate and take Wearer's Syrup
to Maitre permnoent rare.
It's All Settled Now.
N. Y. Weekly.
Mr. 1111118-1 don't like the looks
of that young man who calls to see
Clara.
Mrs. Rinke-He looks exactly an
you' did when you first came to see
me.
"Wee I any such dude as that?'
"Yes, you were, and yet I merle,
you, In egite of all my pnrente could
say; and I ata afraid that, fn spite
of all lee can say, our Clara wil
now tel just its big a fool as I was.'
USE MANY WORDS EACH DAY
Men Ordinarily Give Utterance to
Many Thousands of Phrases.
"1 have been (ging 10 figure oat
how ninny words lite average mutt
utters in every- twenty-four hours,"
s'ahl 0 gond) ;tau wIra his a p.wehant
for peculiar things, „but 1 lave
been (nabl0 to retch any en 'incite -
tory conclusion on account of the
difterm] t rates of speed at which
different persons 'talk. Of course, I
have no FOte1'e111'.e 10 the different
kinds of words whish may. bo foetid
iu the dally vocabulary of the aver-
age man, but 1 tun talking eb0u1
leo total moldier of words uttered,
eventing repetitions and all. dur-
ing• every twenty-four Moors. T11e1'e
la 1103 quint, melancholy gentleman,
who will 11ot stank on an average of
500 worded day, and there gree many
who for one reason and another
would not utter anything like this
number. On the other hand, there 1s
the conversational Batting gun, not
always it woman either, who will
roll off words at it fearful rate of
aperd, and whose aggregate for one
day would run up to ditty heights.
Then there is 1(10 normal talker, who
will strike a goo:l, decent average
-tee man who will neither bore you
with hie indifferent ellea'0 not' Lire
you with his meaningless verbosity.
But suppose we figure that the
avel'itge person will utter an aver-
age of forty words every minute,
oe about 57,600 W 011111 for every
twenty-four hours. Of course, 110
)x0111011 will talk this much, 'as the
windiest of men and women 030»id
probably break (Kiwi' before they had
talked as rm1011 i10 fifty -;even col -
mune 111 the average daily news-
paper. The only gnostlon is as to
how much time each person puts In
talking during cash day. .~'ante melt
and women are 'situated so that they
Panned talk during the day, except
at meal time, on aceonn't of the char-
acter of work they' have to do. There
are others, such its traveling men,
for Madame, who defend upon talk
for their living. I have figured that
the high man, probably '1110 travel-
ing man, will talk Live hours out of
every twent y -f our, which would
give leis n total of 1:3,0110 words ev-
ery day. I have figured that ulna
any ,sort of a loan will talk ns 01001)
an tell minutes out of every; twenty-
four hours, and this would give him
a total of 600 words for the day.
"These are the two extremes. I uta
sa11811 11 that the normal lean -the
man who strikes a decent average
between indifferent silence and dis-
gusting verbosity i'Il1 talk probably
0110 hour, all told, each day, which
would allow him 2,400 words. And
tide, by the way, ie consldernble talk,
for it will fill two oolmmDs In a
newspaper and a whole lot of wis-
dom can he crowded into two co1-
um1te."-New Orlea ne '`Sues -Deno -
u at.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local n t dlenlions as they citnnr
t reach
the diseased Portion of the
ear, There is only
one way to cure deo taess,nnd that le by con-
stitutional r 00,1(8, Deafness 1e en mord by
an inflamed condition of the mucous Ibdngo(
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is In-
flamed you haven rumbling sound Or Imper-
fect hearing, and when itis entirely closed,
Deafness Is the result, mud unless the lnflam-
tntalon ran betaken out end this 1ilerestor-
ed to Its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever' nine e1111110 Out of ten aro
caused by Catarrh, which la nothhtg but an
Inflamed eondltton of the mucous 0001000x.
(1'e will give One Hundred Dollars tor any
rase of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be eared by 11 all's cat arr13 ('are. Send
for circulars, free.
F. .1. CHI:NEY & CO„ Toledo, 0,
Sold by 1)rnggists,'1 lc.
Hall's Family fills are the hest.
Making Sure of Her Place,
Olnelimatl Commercial Tribune.
"1)11 you ever have nny difficulty
In making your cook keep her
place ?"
"No, lndlo01; ale begin to run
the hoose from the minute ole
name into It, and shoes never stop-
ped.'
Lever'; Yee (Wise Head) Disinfectant
Socp I wvdcr dusted in the bath, softens
the water and disinfects. 35
Ismer All Round.
N.Y. Sun, •
It was night. The woman eneeled
done tJ1c stairs with a vengeful look
on her fair fare.
"1'11 001111 his hair for him," (1110
promieed herself with grim satls-
facl;On.
The front door lurched unsteadily
ope:r. A fragrance ns of a Moe
ler' enddruly filled the liou0e.
" You (vreteh 1" she exebtimdd, ad-
vancing upon him eagerly.
She slopped short end buret into
tearm. The cautious man hal had a
close heir cut before coining home.
And I Peed n bald man for ehnt
very reason 1" she waled miserably
on the stairs.
Sir Henry Irving's Wit.
That Sir Henry Irving is quite
capable of mnlntalaing his dignity
under sOulOWnnt trying circumstan-
ces 1s shown by the following anec-
dote which le told of the tragedian
by Mr. C. R. Kennedy, of the "Every-
man" company;
On one occasion Irving's company,
having been called to the theatre
for rehenreai, found upon their ar-
rival that they were considerably
ahead of time. As Sit' henry had
not yet arrh'eel, one of the actors
in the company, who was noted for
hie hernmptishnlente ns It MIMIC,
proceeded to give a lively and elab-
orate (m(tntnee of Sir Henry'shlgh-
ly characteristic acting. As he
finished Ma demonstration, n well-
known voice Came from the depths
of the darkened auditorium;
"Very goof" it said. 'Very
good indeed 1 Bo good, in fact, that
there Is no need 'for both oe tie' in
thlm company."
Unless the soap you
use has this brand you
are not getting the best
Ask for the Octagon Bar,
'ls
The 'Color's (1111 t., Prayer.
Athlete constitution.
As Brother Williams was peeper
lop to baptize a convert in the
millpond, the convert said :
"Br'er 11'flllams, ain't dat a alli-
gator on chit log yonder 3"
"Hit sial la 1" exelhimed Br'er
Williams: " et: a ten -foot one, at
dot 1"
"Whitt vve gwine do 'bout It?"
"Well," replied Br'er W1lliams,"de
water's mighty col' ter -day, en
ther'e lots er emetenony- going en
'sides del, you (1101 !it tin' he bap-
tized, nohow. Ho 'long home en
pray over yo' sins!"
Aek for Mtnard's and take 110 other.
Cigars That Lasted Well.
Boston Transcript.
Mrs, T,v rile -Why, tieorge, haven
you smoked up all those cigar* yet?
Mr. Teruo -riot a few left, dear.
Mrs. Tyelle-And when I bought
them, for yon laughed at me and
0(1111 women didn't knot' anything
about buying cigars. 1 didn't pay
nearly so mh011 as you do when you
buy cigars, and pet think how they
Intoe lasted!
Mlnard'a Liniment Is ueed by Phye
entail&
The Ears Ol Earnest.
Lippiurot is.
Ernee`er education in nhv8101005
began when lie was nix years old.
"What are your eyes for, 'b 'll00l?"
asked hie mother.
"To see," lie drawled.
"And your mouth'!;'
"To eat!'
"ls that all? What are you doing
Pow. ?"
"Oh yes. To talk."
"And your ears:'"
Ernest reflected a moment. Then
he answered thoughtfully, "Ears :ire
Lo clean."
'
Keep llinard'e Liniment in the
house.
A Young Philosopher.
Philadelphia 11ecent
Virgil Markham, the Mlle son of
the poet, 11/10 0 thirst for Informa-
tion, and from morning till night
Ito asks questions. Recently, having
exhnuhSted the patience of hie
gentle mother, she said: "Virgil,
yon really mutat not ask Inn anOtlier
g100tlon to -day. I am very tired,
and you bother are"
Tho boy Was 'somewhat surprise,'
at this relbeff, but he speedily 008e
to the oeenslon and Inquired: "When
I go to Heaven shall I bother the
angels?"
"I hope not,' answered Mrs. Mark-
ham.
"Or God?'
"No."
said Virgil, cheerfully, "If
I won't bother anyone up there, t
guests Heav'en's the place for mc,
and it's about timo I etarted"
Mina.rd'e Liniment Lumberman's
grimed.
ile Was Thoroughly Aroused -
A man In an apparently moribund
condition was recently taken Into
a hospital fa Melbourne, Australia,
and In order to revive Ids an elec-
trio' NIIoek was administered. The
results were startling and unex-
pected. A demoniac energy was
Instantaneously infused. He sent
the doctor aprawlieg on the floor
and flung a couple of asOIstante
out of the window. Thin 110 pro-
ceeded to wreck the ward, while
nurses ran away shrieking and
barricaded ttemeelves. He had
done $500 worth of damage before
the police arrived.
ISSUE NO. 15. 1903
flu's Winslow's notables Sirup should
always he used for Children Teething. It
soothes the child, salt ens thegum cures wind
colic and 111 the boat remedy for D/Isrrh(ea.
\%'AN'I'RD—[iglu IIT, 1.1 F C,1 1, T 10
snug 11,,11 free, the farm, with good
a dd room , 11,1 plw•I: that '1101111 h„ (01(0 1
,6,,, e. r+u, ;who Irma If t (Ito a '' per week
1st dllmg,ur :+p,: l;,lUro"t rerneulaetl tnerl; 111
Inc wl,uletsn1, ;unl rrl:,ll 11„rrh:w1.0 fu 100
1'111(,,11 St: 1 s ,a, r,uamfsoion : tnn,•11100 e1.
„d,.tor,'; .t0ld1. 00 1'.11. ho, No.
Hammon, int.
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IN FIFTEEN DAYS
by malt 00 you ret' mike Irnm 1(00 To TNN
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Steamers Toronto, Kingston
steamers llamlllon, Spartan
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Afraid to Go Himself'.
Brooklyn Idle.
Householder — There's cementing
wrong with title bill. We too big.
Grocer's Clerk -That's why the
boss sent me to collect 1t.
A FEW STANDARD TRUTHS
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four trneks, the magnificent scenery
along the line, and its depot (the
only' one) 111 New York City, Is with -
Out (bubt the premier line to New
York, I3osten alai pointe East.
Appy oprlate,
Penn. Punch Howl.
Winton -You call his wife auto
Hlrton-Y,s; she's always running,
down people.
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It puts cows in perfect health, end increases
the flow of milk.
DICK'S gives horses s smooth glossy coat,
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Try a package with any run-down animal
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