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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. LEARN A PROFESSION IN FIFTEEN DAYS by malt 00 you ret' mike Irnm 1(00 To TNN 1101.1,01 01 A 1111. I, or portleehlrs write A. HANSEL• M. Ha,A West HamlPon, Ont. Summer Excursions 'ro ilnehesh'r, 111110Inl;nds, any of Qutnte, Itnplds tit. I.nw ,vas's, to ALnnr,nl, Qne6ee, 3lnrrn,v Itnp, Liver du Loup. T,douenc, S:gueuny 111, er. Steamers Toronto, Kingston steamers llamlllon, Spartan and (',role; n. Further information apply to H. 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