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“SAYINGSBF JESUS."
THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED LOGIA
—-THE MEN WHO FOUND THEM.
__...___....
A Collection of Words Uttered by Our
Lurd and Proof That They Are at Least'
100 Years Older '1‘th Any Knoflrn Man-
uscript of the Gospels. -
Last winter, on behalf of the Egypt
Exploration Fund, says the London
Daily Graphic, Messrs. R. P. Gren'fell
and A. S. Hunt conducted excavations
at Behnesa, a picturesque little village,
standing on the site of ancient Oxy-
rhynchus, upon the west bank of-the
Bahr Yusuf Canal, and their labors re-
sulted in the discovery of larger quan-
tities of papyri than had ever before
been obtained from one Site. The dis-
coveries included literary fragments,
accounts, business contracts and nu-
merous documents relating to the con-
duct of municipal affairs. Many large
rolls were obtained in perfect condi-
tion, and of these no fewer than 150
were presented to the Gizeh Museum.
But the greatest treasure of the col-
lection, and one of which it would be
difllci‘ilt to over-estimate the import-
ance, is a small leaf of papyrus about
six inches long by four wide, upon
which is written a collection of logia
or sayings of Christ. The~ leaf had
evidently formed part of a 'book which
in all likelihood contained a collection
of “sayings" of our Lord. It is proba-
ble that this collection was made be-
fore the second century; and the char-
acter 0f the writing affords incontesta-
ble proof that it cannot be of later date
than the third. Hence it is at least a
hundred years older than any known
MS. of the Gospels, and consequently
of the greatest interest to all students
of the Scriptures.
Mr. Henry Frowde has recently pub-,
lished a pamphlet which contains illus-
trations of the precious fragment, re-
notes by the fortunate discoverers of
the papyrus. All the logia commence
with the words “Jesus saith,” and it is
natural to suppose that they are the
teachings of our Lord as pOpularly re-
ported in Egypt in the second and
third centuries, Which some early
Christian of those times committed to
writing, either for his own edificaticn
or that of his co—religionists. No
doubt there were many such collec-
tions made in those days, and as the
Egypt Exploration Fund proposes to
establish a special department for the
investigation of Gaeco-Roman sites,
we hope that further treasures such as
Messrs. Grenfell and Hunt have .this
year secured for England may be
forthcoming, if only the work meets
with the financial support which it
merits—Philadelphia Ledger.
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1 THE SMALLEST CITY.
It Has a Regular City Government, but
I Only 100 Inhabitants.
i John De Salme bears the unique dis-
tinction of being mayor of the smallest
city in the world. He is the chief ex-
ecutive of Fenton, a beautiful little
hamlet on the picturesque Meramec
river, fifteen miles to the south and
west of St. Louis.
i There are less than 100 people in
Fenton, yet it has been an incorpor-
ated city for more than twenty years.
And during that time it has grown
considerably. When it was first in-
corporated there were less than forty-
five inhabitants in the place.
It is the only city of its size, in all
probability, in the world that is in—
corporated and has a mayor and a full
quota of city officials.
There has not been a prisoner in
the city jail for over five years, and
the structure has been allowed to de-
generate into a pig pen, where a drove
of hog-s now make their home—St.
Louis Republic.
Senator Vest‘s Favorite Yarn.
Senator Vest has a favorite story
which he has told on the occasion of
many a political speech, but, so far as
known, never on the floor of the Unit-
ed States Senate, says an exchange.
“A temperance lecturer was strug-
gling against odds in Kentucky,” says
the Senator. “He was talking to a
not very large audience that had been
drawn to thevhall by curiosity. ‘The
effect of alcohol is to shorten life,’ said
the lecturer.
“An old man at the rear of the hall
‘r0se at that juncture and said, ‘You’re
a liar.’
“ ‘Why?’
Adam’s ale.
. “ ‘Because, sir, I’ve been drinking
for seventy-five syears, and 1 am 90
and am likely to live to be 100. I am
strong enough to lick you if you’ll step
outside.’
“Oh, no doubt, sir. You’re an ex-
ception, sir. If you keep on drinking
—’ the. lecturer paused. »
“ ‘What?’ asked the impatient old
toper.
“ ‘If you keep on drinking,
have to be shot on judgment day.
St. Louis Globe—Democrat.
inquired the advocate of
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EVERYDAY RELIGION.
“Earth has nothing more tender
than a woman’s heart when it is the
abode of piety.”-Martin Luther.
It is a part of my religion to look
well after the cheerfulness of-life and
. let the dismal shift for themselves.—
Louisa M. Alcott.
The man or woman who smiles, fill-
ing the hearts of friends from day to
day with sunshine, does more for the
world than all the medics of the apoth-
ecary. ' .
Endeavor to be patient in bearing
with the defects and infirmities of oth-
firs, of what sort soever they be, for
that thyself also hast many failings,
which must be borne wit-h by others.—
Thomas a’Kempls. ‘ . .. .-
1 I head and throat wonderfully,
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Many a woman has felt the depths of .
humiliation when her head, filled to _
sufiocation, and matter running from it.
down her throat. was causing intolerable
nausea, she has been forced either. to
hawk and spit, or to swallow the disgust-
ing matter she knew was causmg the
trouble. Many a woman can remember
when, just as she was making a special
effort to be entertaining and to please,
her words were choked oil by the same
never ceasing dropping of matter down
from her head into her throat. What’s
that? You’ve felt it? Of course you have;
few in this climate escape. But though
misery loves company, that doesn’t
make this cross much easier to bear.
But to bear it, to endure all the in-
convenience, humiliation, actual misery
resulting from the disease which causes
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Mrs. G. F. Borst lives at No. 1 Bur-
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TH'E CIICHESIT BABY IN THE WORLD.
'ilu Liztlv: Lady’s ‘Vellltll is Beyond “The
Dream of Avariem-l
{he greatest heiress in the world is
the baby Grand Duchess Olga, daugh-
ter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia.
Already she is one of the richest per-
sons in the world and what she will
inherit is beyond computation.
The Czar’s will is the only law in
Russia and he has absolute control
of all the money that can be extracted
by taxation or otherwise from his vast
empire. But he has also what
called private property. “This con-
sists of the Crown domains, including
more than a million square miles of
cultivated lands and forests, besides
gold‘and other mines in Siberia, all of
which produce a vast revenue. The
actual amount of this is unknown, as
no reference to the subject is made in
the budget or finance account, the
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.' Crown domains being considered the
plrivate property of the imperial fam-
l y.
'lhe Grand Duchess Olga was born
November 3, 1895, and is the older of
two daughters, the Czar as yet hav-
ing no sons. The week she was born
$5,000,000 were settled on'her. This
sum was invested in ‘British, French
and other foreign securities, as the
Czar, like other monarchs, is not abso—
lutely certain of the future, and does
not wish the family to be in need at
any time of the necessaries of life.
The imperial infant has been inun-
dated with costly presents from all
the monarchs of the world and fro-m
the wealthy noblemen and barborous
Chieftains, who rule, under the Czar,
some of the great countries in his em~
piie. These presents alone are worth
millions of dollars.
Her bassinette is studded with pre-
cious stones and she has a doll whose
dress is ornamented with priceless em-
eralds. Every pin used to fasten her
imperial garments is made of pure
gold. >
If the Czar shall have no son it is
possible that he will make his little
daughter heir to the throne. In any
case she will inherit a large share of
his incalculable private fortune. Be—
side her wealth that of at Vanderbilt
or a Rockefeller becomes absolutely in—
significant.
CLOSELY RELATED SENSES.
[t is Proved that Cinnamon has No Flavor
Except Through the Nostrels. .
The senses of taste and smell are so
closely allied, it’s almost impossible to
say where one ends and the other he-
gins. Some articles of food have taste
and no smell; some have both; some
have smell only. For instance, cin-
namon belongs to the latter class, and
-. as smell only and _no taste. Absurd,
you say! Very well, just put it to the
test.’
Take a small piece of cinnamon, hold
yorr nose tightly, rather high up, be-
tween thumb and finger, and begin
3hewing. You will find yourself chew-
;ng an absolutely tasteless bit of bark.
'i‘hen let go your nose. Immediately
you will find it “tastes” strongly,
though it is really only the perfume
which rises to the smelling-chamber of
the nose.
One thing you may remember, for
your comfort. Nature has given to
every poisonous leaf, fruit or nut, an
unpleasant taste of some sort—acid or
bitter. Thus the tongue warns us
against poison; and so it is that sav—
ages and animals rarely die from in-
dulgence in the many poisonous plants
which surround them.’—Golden Days.
Not a. Judge.
“Is it true, ’Nezer, that stolen
chickens are the sweetest?”
”Dunno, boss, ’deed I don’. I nebber
tasted de yudder kind."——Typograph-
ical Journal.
Miss Passe. 0h, Reginald. Do some
brave and heroic deed and prove your
love for me.
Reginald.
marry. you? .
Haven’t I offered to
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