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!p SSSx ORE than 5,000 yeart ago there were gathered at the command of Moses, on the plains of Assemblage In the valley of Mount Sinai, all of the children of Israel to listen to the reading of the laws that were re- vealed to Moses during the "forty days and forty nights" he spent ID the midst of a cloud communing with the God of the "chosen people." Since that momentous and epoch- making event nations have risen to mighty power, only to go down to decay and oblivion. Unpeopled plains have been converted into hives of industry, and hives of in­ dustry havei reverted back to unpeopled plains. New lands have been discovered and peopled and new seas have been navigated and charted. Every where progress has changed the physical condition of the people. Everywhere progress has changed the historical and geographical importance of na­ tions and countries. Here, alone, in the Mount Sinai Valley, where the nation that gave us the Savior first sprang Into prominence, progress has stood still. Surrounded by the peaks of the "Forty Martyrs," all is hushed and still on the plain where once the hum of thousands of voices was heard, and where the, valley rang with the resounding march of the hosts of Israel. 'On the peak of Ras-es-Safsafeh, the cross, the symbol of Christianity, has been planted on the very spot upon which Moses, the great law giver and leader of the Jews, stood and gave to his people the ten commandments, the basis of all religious beliefs and the foundation of all law, moral and civil. Now unpeopled and deserted, the very lonesomeness of the place Is awe-inspiring, and the "Bilence of the tomb" is not more impressive than the "veil of silence" that envelops Ras-es- Safsafeh and its surroundings. The mount on which God Is said to have re­ vealed himself to Moses is situated in the south­ ern half of the so-called peninsula of Sinai, pro­ jecting into the northern extremity of the Red sea, between the Gulf of%ue* on the west and the Gulf of Akabah on the east. This park of the peninsula consists of a mass of granite and porphyry mountains which may be divided into three groups, a northwestern, reaching in Jebel Serbal a height of 6,712 feet; a central, includ­ ing Jebel Musa (Mount of Moses), 7,363 feet, and Jebel Katerki. 8.537 feet; and an eastern and southern, whose highest peak is Jebel Umijn Shomer, 8,449 feet. Whether the Biblical Sinai was Jebel Umm Shomer of Jebel MUsa was long disputed by leading authorities. The former was advocated by EuBebius, Jerome, Cosmas Indico- pleustes, and in more modern times by Lepsius and Ebers. Jebel Musa, however, is preferred by most authorities, and is favored by tradition (which dates, however, only from Christian times), indicated by the name "Mountain of Moses," and the erection of a monastery upon It which goes back to the days of Justinlkn. The northern peak of Jebel Musa, known as Ras-es- Safsafeh (6,540 feet), meets the conditions re­ quired. since there Is an open space at its base , sufficient to accommodate a large encampment. Standing on the lofty summit of Mount Sinai, what thoughts and visions are conjured up as one contemplates that there on the vast plain of Assemblage that stretches before the eye hun­ dreds of feet below, fifty centuries ago. the com­ mandments were dellverd to the assembled chil­ dren of Israel. Excepting for the Mount Sinai monastery, which from these heights looks like a little toy fort built of blocks, the region is still and hushed, and almost deserted. The massive walls of the monastery raised by the peace-loving and God-fearing monks under Justinian in 527 A. D. --as a protection against the marauding bands of Bedouins that infested that part of the coun­ try when the wealth of an empire was possessed by the builders and occupants of the monastery --are in the same condition as when built 1,500 years ago. Today, however, the Christian world keeps a watchful eye over this mountain monas­ tery and its contents, and the Bedouins, knowing this to be the fact, k%ep on friendly as well as •lsttlng terms with the monks. In the monastery are stored the priceless books narrating the history of Christianity in the tongue of every Christian nation. Slowly the brotherhood of Mount Sinai monks are dy­ ing. otrt, there being but twenty or twenty-live at the present time. Hie life and the pay--not enough to buy tobacco--are not sufficient in­ ducement for young recruits to Join the forces year by year are growing smaller. In the course of a few years the terasurer of the monastery will remain but a memory to remind one of the greatness of its founder. Justinian. northwest from Jebel Musa to Wadi el CZPJS&SS JX&&3 Loja the traveler who for days has been wearl@4 by the sight of nothing else but the monotonous blue of the burning sky and the dreary desert all about him is exhilarated, pleased and rested by the tilght of those beautiful cypress trees with their cool, dark foliage down in the wadi--the Arabic name for hollow or valley. One can scarcely imagine anything more dreary than the valley where these trees raise their heads above the rock-bound hollow in the desert. They stand in all their majesty in the gardens of the monas­ tery of the Sinaitlc monks on St. Catherine, one of the mountains of the range called the "Forty Martyrs," and great pride is taken by these men of God in these trees, which for a thousand years have broken the monotony of the desert waste and have cast their welcome shade wherein the weary traveler and the travel-stained caravan may rest and take shelter. For, more than a year the Israelites were en­ camped in the valley of Sinai when they again took up their wanderings in search of the prom­ ised land. Through Asia Minor they proceeded to the land of Canaan, their great leader, Moses, dying as they came in sight of the country which God had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. * One of the most important places in Asia Minor, on the road from Constantinople to Konla. is the ancient town of Afium Kara-Hlssar, whose extraordinary citadel, rising 800 feet in its very center, was the Byzantine fortress of Aeroenus, where in 730 A. D. the Arabs, under the leader­ ship of Sid el Battel el Ghazi, were defeated by the Turks in its very shadow. To get a view of this most pleturesque town a climb up the stair­ way cut in the rock of the citadel brings one to the very summit where there still remain the me­ diaeval Turkish fortifications. Like all other towns in Asia Minor, Afium Kara-Hlssar is built of mud bricks. Its streets run in every direction of the compass. Although the language spoken there is Turkish, there is a large Armenian population. It is as dirty a place as one can imagine. Overrun with half- starved, howling dogs in the day, the night Is made hideous by their mad attempts to clean up the refuse thrown in the streets. It is a good place to be avoided by the fastidious. The town boasts of a fine bazaar, churches for the Armen­ ians and mosques tor the Turks, as well as schools for both classes. The Armenians have made a commendable effort to make their part of the town inhabitable and sanitary. The story of the birth and infancy of the founder and first legislator of the Israelite na­ tion is one of the treasured gems of Hebrew literature. He was of the tribe of Levi, and his mother, Jochebed (his father's name was Amram), hid him three months In defiance of the edict of Pharaoh, who, to prevent the growth of his Hebrew slave population, had ordered all. their male children to be put to death at birth. AM the danger of discovery became great, the Infant was placed in an ark on the Nile, was found and adopted by the daughter of Pharaoh, and was brought up as an Egyptian prince. But his heart was with his enslaved brethren, and his slaying of one of their oppressors necessitat­ ed his flight to Midian, where he received the divine call to be the deliverer of his people from Egypt After considerable trouble he led them forth, crossed the Red sea, in which the pur­ suing Egyptians were drowned, and then, during a forty years' residence in the desert, organized the religious and social polity of the nation. Moses stands out as a sublime and unique figure, without whom neitheft Judaism, Mohammedanism, nor Christianity could have been what they are. BEAR WA8 HIS INDIAN WIFE. Where the Hunter 8hot Her Is Now Called Bear's House. Along one of the branches of the Cheyenne river In South Dakota there Btands a hill called Matotl, or Bear's House. Tradition tells this Indian legend about It: Once upon a time an Indian hunter was out on the chase. He wandered for many a day through forest and plain, over hill and dale, till he finally came to a spot where Bear's House now la. Here he hunted for a while until one day he met a beautiful Indian woman. As soon as he saw her he wanted to marry her. Long and hard was the wooing, for the Indian woman was unwilling to marry the stranger. At last she consented, but she made the stranger promise that he would never in the future hunt or kill the bear. This animal was her totem, sacred to her and an object of her wor­ ship. The hunter faithfulv promised to obey her wishes and to hunt all other animals and leave the bear unharmed. Then they were married and lived on in happiness and contentment for many a day. Once it happened that the hunter started on the chase. Early he went and roamed all through the neighboring forest without killing a single thing. At last he became weary and tired from the chase and resolved to return to his wigwam. As he was approaching his home he saw in the dusky twilight the dark and 3haggy form of a huge bear making straight for the wigwam. "Now my wife will be lost," he thought, "for if the bear reaches there before me he wili surely kill her." Doubt at first stayed his hand, for he remem­ bered his marriage vow. But fear and anxiety overcame his doubts. He raised his bow to his shoulder and aimed at the animal. One arrow sent straight to the heart laid the animal low. When the Indian came near he saw instead of the bear the lifeless form of his wife. The hill where they lived is still called the Bear's House, or Matotl Hill. Not for Publication. "Of course, you have some convictions in mat ters of public concern." "Mebbe," replied Farmer Corntossel. "Well, why don't you come out and express them?" "I dasn't. We've got boarders from all political parties."--Washington Star. MAY NOT BE FAULT OF WORLD Man Who Has No Friends Should Find Out If He Himself Is Not r*«ally to Blame. friend Is a most valuable aiaet fo^ one to possess. Don't you think •o? Some one described a friend as a triple alliance of love, sympathy and help, which possibly accounts for the rareness ofHhat- most desirable spe- But it arnr be thai we ourselves UH&t are greatly to blame. Diogenes, lan­ tern in hand, set forth to search the world for an honest man--on the face of it that looked no small undertaking, whereas all he need have done was make certain that he himself was the real thing and his task was accom­ plished. Does it not strike you how rapidly friends would increase if only we'd start with ourselves. Let your triple alliance qualities blossom forth. snd like the little bit of leaven amongst the dough, the Influence will quickly be felt throughout your im­ mediate community, and then further. Incalculable good will be derived even in your business. Just try it out and prove it for yourself.--Exchange. Poser for the Court. A colored woman was on trial be­ fore a magistrate, charged with in human treatment of her child. Evidence was clear that the woman bad severely beaten the youngster. aged some nine years, who was la court to exhibit his battered condi­ tion. Before imposing sentence his honor asked the woman whether she had anything to Bay. "Kin I ask yo' honah a question 7^ inquired the prisoner. "Go ahead," said the Judge, and the courtroom listened. "Well, then, yo' honah, I'd like to ask yo' whether yo' was ever the parlent of a puffectly wuthless culhid chile?"--Burlington News. I IN SIGHT ELECTION 6F SENATORS CAU8E FOR SITUA­ TION. 18 RECESS APPOINTMENTS UP Senate WUI Consider Deneen Nomina- . Hons as Soon as It Is Organized-- Oglesby'a Vote May Be Decisive. , Springfield.--Election of a speak­ er of the house may be delayed indefinitely unless leaders of the vari­ ous factions and parties give up try­ ing to arrange a deal Involving the two United States senatorships. This Is the opinion of the politicians who have been on the ground during the three days' deadlock of the last week Had the senatorships not been in­ jected into the situation a speaker would have been elected on the first day of the session, for any one of sev­ eral proposed combinations of fac­ tions and parties could have been put through. Combines Three Cornered. If there were three senators to be elected an arrangement could be made without much difficulty by which the Republicans would get one, the Demo­ crats one and the Progressives one. Unfortunately nearly all of the com­ binations possible are three cornered. If both of the senatorships are dis­ posed of in the bargain Involving the speakership one of the three leading parties must be content to do without representation from Illinois in the senate, and none of the three parties so far has indicated its willingness to do this. The Socialists do not figure much in the senatorial mix-up, as their four votes do not enable them to demand such a high price as the Re­ publicans, Democrats and Progres­ sives feel they should have. A determined effort will be made when the legislature meets again to­ morrow to eliminate the senatorships from consideration. Democrats Hopelessly 8pllt. A nonpartisan organisation gov­ erned by the rules proposed by the Progressives taking power of appoint­ ment of committees away from the speaker seems a probable solution of the difficulty. The factional troubles of the Democrats are of such a nature tats Funds Win Bs Distributed. ' A state-wide distribution of state funds--this is to be the policy of Treasurer-elect William Ryan, J*., of Danville, after he assumes the duties of his office. This was the assurance of Mr. Ryan himself. Mr. Ryan, who has been criticized for recent alleged declarations to the effect that he Intended to call in prac­ tically all state moneys and deposit them in two Chicago banks, when talked to personally, presented an en­ tirely different administrative plan. On the contrary, he declares it will be his plan to keepjptate money in both Chicago and down-state banks. The only specification will be that Chicago money will be deposited in and, cleared through Chicago banks, and the down- state money will be handled in and by down-state bankers. This policy he made clear. Banks in Illinois that now handle the more than three million dollars In state funds number over 126. Mr. Ryan declares that for the present the funds will remain in these banks, and his future administration, he hints, will probably call for but little change from the present system of depositing the funds. Springfield banks will continue to receive state funds. It la probable the clearing of deposits in loc^l institu­ tions will be made through the Ridge? ly National bank, according to thq treasurer-elect, though definite ar4 rangements to this end have not been made. Other banks of the city, ao> cording to Mr. Ryan, will be given; fair treatment in the matter of depo* Its. Plan to Revise Law. At a conference between officers of the Illinois Fish Conservation society: and officers-of the Illinois fish commis­ sion held at Hotel Sherman, Chicago, plans for revision of the present fish laws of the state were discussed and tentative plans of a bill to be present ed to the coming session of the Illinois legislature seeking an amendment of the present laws was mad«v "The fish laws of Illinois," said EL W. Perce of Chicago, president of the society, "are insufficient, obsolete and are causing a terrible depletion of the fisheries of the state. Illinois has been a great fish producing state, but through inefficiencies of the law the industry is gradually falling away and is becoming a serious matter." Col. S. P. Bartlett, chairman of the Illinois fish commission, supported the views of Chairman Peroe. "The output of the state of Illinois," he'said, "in the fish industry aggre­ gates some $10,000,000 each yea!, about $4,000,000 of this coming from the Chicago market alone. "We need laws conserving our fish that there seems no hope of an agree- "Pawning grounds, and laws that will ment by which the seventy-three Dem-, k111 off th« gasgsb- If we can obtain ocrats may unite on one candidate I even these two enactments our fish and organise the house with the afd w111 be protected and fishing con- of tour members from one of the served in Illinois. Otherwise both will soon be extinct to a general extent" E. E. Caldwell of Havana, the new other parties. If. a speaker Is elected by a non­ partisan combination composed of from twenty to thirty members each of the Democratic, Republican and Progressive parties, W. A. Hubbard, the Democrats "dry" candidate, is the probable winner. Deneen Appointments Up. As soon as the senate Is organised it will take up for consideration a long list of recess appointments made by Governor Deneen. Unless the ap­ pointments are confirmed Governor- elect Dunne will be able to fill the places without being obliged to prefer charges against the incumbents. Among these appointments are the five members of the state board of ad­ ministration and four members of the state charities commission. Although the terms of the members had not ex­ pired, Governor Deneen was obliged to reappoint them last July as a re­ sult of the re-enactment of the act creating the board at the special ses­ sion in the spring. The members of the state board of pharmacy and two members of the dental board also have been named since the last regular session. Mem­ bers of the rivers and lakes commis­ sion were appointed In August, 1911. Oglesby May Decide. Lieutenant Governor Oglesby occu­ pies an important position toward these appointees. I e has asked At­ torney General Stead for an opinion defining his powers and the senate has appointed a special committee, composed of Senators Hay, Manny and Jones to determine and report whether the lieutenant governor can vote when twenty-flve or twenty-six senators refrain from voting. With twenty-five senators voting and another twenty-flve refusing to vote, although present, for the pur­ pose of breaking a quorum, it is con- member of the Illinois commission, and B. G. Merrill of Hinsdale, secre­ tary of the society, supported the amendments to the laws. Illinois Stats Poultry Show. Springfield contains for a few days the biggest and most valuable poultry farm In the country. It is at the state armory. Birds as famous in their realm as diplomats in a commonwealth make up the 2,500 distinct objects of Inter­ est. On the first day visitors took ad­ vantage of the chance to see the best that can be had in the poultry line. Ex­ hibitors and visitors alike proclaimed the display the best the state, and w fact the country, outside a few very large shows, has ever offered. Judging was one of the principal features of the first day. A large num­ ber of classes were covered. One tragedy blighted the day. That was the sudden death of the blue rttobon Minorca cockerel In the well known Deldrechner pen. T%e bird had Just been shown to a number of visitors when It fell over and was dead when picked up. Heart trouble Is believed to have been the cause. C. W. Colllge of Bristol. N. H., and- W. S. QHton of Walla Walla, Wash., ar« the exhibitors who come from the greatest distance. They both exhibit bull Plymouth Rocks. B. E. Gray, Gro»*e Island, N. Y., H. W. Halbeck of Wisconsin, F. H. Hollway, Littleton, la., and Dr. LeGear of St. Louis are ampng the biggest exhibitors of white Plymouth Rocks. E. W. Mahood of Missouri and W. J. Campbell and A. Hasklns & Sons of Jessica, Ia'i, have flee exhibits of single red comb Rhode Uland breeders. Hew Directory Issued. Issues of the new Illinois school dl- tended that a tie Is created under rectory for 1912 and 1913 have been which the presiding officer may bavs the power to vote. Officials Attack Mine Loan 8harks. That a conspiracy exists among a number of members of the Illinois Miners' union to defraud colliery workers of a large part of their pay by charging high Interest on advances of money, is charged In a circular let­ ter issued by officials of the miners' organization. It is charged that In Articles of Incorporation. Secretary of State Doyle issued cer­ tificates of incorporation to the fol­ lowing: Beaux-Arts Tearoom. Chisago; capi­ tal, 12,500. Incorporators--C. Clay Calhoun, Fred A. Bathje and Charles E. Loy. The Doxameter company, Chicago; capital. $25,000. Incorporators--W. J. Doxey, John A. Doxey and George H. Flanagan. American Horticultural company. Glen view; capital stock increased from $25,000 to $50,000. Schoenberg Bros.. Chicago; capital, $200,000. Incorporators--Joel Schoen­ berg, Alexander Schoenberg and Ellas Meyer. Wolff ft Co., Chicago; capital, $2,- 000. Incorporators--Hermann G. Wolff, Oscar M. Mansel and M. H. Sad­ ler. Tonica Creamery company, Tonlca; capital, $6,600. Incorporators--M. D. Young, L. D. Does, C. R. Ong, J. B. Brady, W. F. Hartenberger, Henry Gingerlch and John Schmitz. Wolshlag Co-operative Coal com­ pany, Peoria; number of directors [decreased from five to three. put in circulation from the office of State Superintendent F. Q. Blair. The directory, which is unusually complete, contains departmental news, names and information relative to county superintendents of the state, township high schools, city high schools, normal schools, teachers' associations, reading circles and other educational depart­ ments of the state. Several thousands of copies of the directory has been issued. State Fires Cost Over $1,000,000. Fire damage within^ the state of more than $1,000,000 for the month of December last was reported from the office of Acting Fire Marshal Morga- ridge in the department's monthly statement. In all 869 fires were re­ ported. Statistics on the fires follow: Outside Chicago--Value of buildings. $1,154,271; damage to buildings, $424, 099; value of contents, $648,516; dam­ age to contents, $277,104; Insurance on buildings, $910,753; insurance on contents, $328,192; number of fires, 492. In Chicago--Value of buildings, $5,- 405,975; damage to buildings, $109,- 485; value of contents, $3,852,625; dam­ age to contents. $265,146; insurance on buildings. $2,146,350; Insurance on contents, $1,100,075; number of Ires, 377. Counties from which no fires were reported were Alexander. Mason, Cal­ houn. Kendall, Pulaski, Schuyler, Har din, Boone, Marshall. Pope and Ran­ dolph. 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