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JOHW n. l*or>G0ES3, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. $1,150 a Year in Advifnce. VOL XXXIX. PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY* GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1903. NO. 8 BIBLE BREVITIES. Written Tor The Home Journal. We have now seen that Israel was successful in the battle of Rephidivn* in which the defeated King, Am&lee, was a grandson of Esau and Ada, a Hittite woman; and Moses has returned from Meunt Sinai, (after a stay of 40' days,) bringing the 2nd tables of stone ' having inscribed thereon the decalog. The people respond ed promptly to the call for free will-offerings, of gold, silvor, cop per and wood, and t,heir services as laborers under the skillful di rection of the master workmen, Bezaleel of the tribe of '• Judah, and Aholiab of the tribe of Dan. The * 'perfect understanding of every detail, respecting the con struction of the Tabernacle, the work now- begins with an energy directed, .by unerring council. ’Twa& "about , the first of June 2518, when all things began to work for the glory of God on earth, and the Tabernacle was fiuished and set up at foot of Mount Sinai, and formal worship held first on Wednesday April 1st (Abib 8) 2514, It may be well to remark that Israel’s camp at Sinai was’ their 12th camping; their four first campings were before they crossed the Red Sea, and during their stay of 40 years of wandering, they only obserbed the 7th day or Sabbath of rest aud kept the feast of the Passover in its regular time (14th day 1st month.) Now I’ll give you suoh descrip tions of the Tabernacle that all may have quite a perfect idea of it. I’ll first speak of the Taber nacle proper, and use the nearest measures, omitting the small dec imals. Conceive a frame for i house, having only four walls, and being 49j feet long, 16£ feet wide, and 18* feet high, having one door to it, and an arrange ment for forming a back room 16£ feet long by means of cur tains suspended. This frame work .is now walled on the outside with a heavy curtain of linen of blue, purple and scarlet colors, and cherubims of fieedle work wrought thereon. Also ’tis covered over head, first, with rams’ slcinsjdied red, aud above this a second cov ering'of seal’s skins; the struct ure is now held in position by means of ropes which are fasten ed to pms driven into the ground (just as you see a circus tent held up.) The door to this house is 5£ feet wide, which is closed by the curtains of outside wall* lapping; inside the house, we fiud it ceiled with boards of Shittim (acacia i wood and overlaid with gold, each board standing on its end, and stayed by tenons to ribbings of acacia which are covered with gold. The partition to form the two rooms, is of the same materi al as the outer covering of the walls, the passage through is clos ed by lapping of this curtain. I’ll now speak of the fence which enclosesthe Tabernacle and its grounds. ’Tis 18.24 feet long, and 9,12 feet wide, and 9.12 feet high—the gate (ouly one,) is 8 684 feet having 4 posts in it for the hanging of its curtain of fine twined linen of blue, purple aud scarlet colors and embroidered with needle work—the curtains for the fence, proper, was simply fine twined linen, and held up by 52 posts having' silver mountings and hooks for its stays. ■ The divisions fo the Tabernacle for the service are the gate, lead ing into the yard (inner court,] first entrance to house, a door facing the gate leading into the Tabernacle of the congregation, or, again this room is called The Holy; then we enter the Vail into the back room, called the Most Holy. It must be remembered that whenever the Tabernacle is put at its Mail, door and gate face the East. The only furniture found in' "the Most Holy is the Ark, a sim ple box of acacia wood, 4.06 feet long, 2.786 feetjwide and 2l78 feet deep, overlaid with gold inside WASHING-TON LETTER. Special OorreBpouclonce, According to the Senate leaders, ...... the anti-trust program of this ses- and outside, having 4 gold rings. sion of Congress is completed in on the sides near the corners, ] so far as- the upper chamber is through which was .two stoves of j concerned. The passage of the acacea, overloaded with gold, with! Elkins bill is expected in the which to bear the ark ; in the ark j House. x The Littlefield .bill, it- are placed the Law and Command-! self too ” mild in its provisions to men s, (the pentateuch.) j correct any of the trust abuses* A golden bowl ,of manna, aud has been passed by the House but Aaron’s rod, which he used before I will be buried iu a Senate cora- Pharoah, (and the rod put forth J mittee where it will never see the buds, every spring of the year.)‘light of day. The Senate pro- This ark has a lid, or covering ]gram includes the appropriation of of acacea with moulding to cap ! $500,000 for the employment of RX'nArt nt.t.ornfivs in tho 1 'nrnsmnn- ov.er the mouth of the ark, and ’tis'overlaid with gold, and on either end of this lid are placed two golden cherubs, the one fac ing the other, and their- wings touching aOove the center of the lid; this lid with the cherubs, is the Mercy Seat. Pass from the Most Holy room, through the vail into the . Holy, or Tabernacle of’the congregation, ’ (which is just twice as large as the Most Holy) we see the Incense Altar in front and near the vail; this Incense Altar is 1.824 feet square, and 8.648 feet|high,having moulding around the top, and 4 golden rings to ’'bejir it, and 4 gol den horns; this ark is also of acaoia wood, and ’tis overlaid with gold inside and outside. See now the Shew Table, stand ing near and on North side of the door; ’tis 8.648 feet long, 1.824 feet wide, and 2.786 feet high, leaf extending outside the legs 8^ inch PERRY LOAN & SAVINGS 0. R. Mann, Pres. 3P3EJR.imY, G-A. R. L. Oatbr, V. Pres. L. F. Cater, Cashier Directors—F. M. Houser, L. M. Paul, A. A. Smoak, J. N. Tuttle, 0. R. L. F. Cater, R. L. Cater. expert attorneys in the'prosecu tion of anti-trust oases; a law making anti-trust cases'privileged in the courts; penalties for grant ing and receiving rebates on trans portation charges, provided by the Elkins law; aud a wholly in adequate publicity provision - at tached to the bill creating a ; De partment of Commerce and La bor. Reviewing the “Senate pro gram,’’ a prominent democratic senator, who requested that his name be withheld, said to your correpondent to-day “Anti-trust legislation by the republican par ty was bound to be a farce. It is ridioulous to suppose that the re publicans are going to enact legis lation which would curtail the profits or be otherwise objection able to the very interests which have sent them here and keep them in Congress. Some of the provisions are fairly good, The DLlUAUg vUUOivlv UUV iVgo kuwu j I ~ J O " and having a raised moulding $500,000 for the Attorney General j -j._ -J „ 1 I ia oil vicrlit. if if. its rti'm^ovlv ori- around its edges; also this table is made of acacia overlaid with gold, and gold rings with which to bear it; then see the golden candlestick just south of the door—the height of the candle stick is not given,but ’tis reasona ble to suppose its height compares with the table and Incense Altar, and I shall reckon its height 6 feet; on this candlestick are plac ed 7 lamps, 6 lamps set on the extremities of 8 semioircles hav ing a radii of 10, 20, and 80 inch es (using the top of candlestick as a center) the top of candlestick being one lamp. As we now pass on Eastward through the door, we enter the inner court, near to the door, and in an East and West line with the Ark of the Testimony, and Incense Altar stands]a|copper Laver(wash bowl), its dimensions are not given, therefore I' estimate it after the system of the circles.of the lamps, and put the height 80 inches, and top rim .20 inches in diameter and depth 10 inches. Pass on. this Eastward line and near the cen ter of the gate stands the copper Altar, for daily services; ’tis of acacia wood overlaid with copper, and is 9.12 feet square,J|and 5.472 feet high; inside this altar is plac ed a copper grating, 2Jj feet below the upper edge and ’tis supported by 4 copper rings at its corners; this altar has 4 wooden horses overlaid with copper, and 4 cop per rings at its corners for staves to support it. Pass on Eastward through the gate and you aie then in the outer court or camp of Is rael. C.L.W. Better Than Gold. “I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and ner vous debility,”' writes F. J. Green of Lancaster, N. H. “No remedy helped me. until I began using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used. They have also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid for female trou bles ; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak and run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family.” Try them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore Subscribe for the Home Journal. is aft right if it is properly ad ministered, but that is a large if. If, as is probable, it goes tn favor ed attorneys in the republican party it will be worse than wasted. The law for expediting anti-trust cases is excellent. The Elkins bill is all right as far as it goes. It should have been enacted years ago, however, and will now be powerless to effect the numerous trusts which have grown up in the past because of its non-existence. The publicity bill is a farce. Sta tistics are to be gathered, it is true, but what then? They are not to be published, except as the President may direct. There will be a close relationship between the statistics published and the generosity with which > contribu tions are made to the repulican campaign funds. It is merely a great club to be held over the trusts by the republican campaign managers. Incidentally, how do you suppose these northwestern repuolicans who voted the repub lican ticket on the promise that the tariff would be reformed by its friends feel now? Representa tive Payne has announced that there will never be a revision of, the tariff by the republican party —well, we will see at the uext election. Every facility for transacting a general Banking Business. 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