Some Curious Facts
About The Bible
It is 'veil known that the
number of letters, words, ver
ses, etc., contained in the Bible
have been counted, but by
whom, when, or where, is not
generally known. Treat’s pub
lication, entitled, “Curiosities
tf the Bible,” speaks of the oc
currence as being of Spanish
origin, and that the prince of
Granada, fearing ursurpation,
caused the arrest of the sup
posed would-be ursurper, and
by the order of the Spanish
crown he was thrown into an
old prison called the place'of
skulls, situated in Madrid,
where he was confined for 33
years, with no other companion
than the rats, mice, and other
vermon that frequented his dis
mal cell.
Luring nis coniinement he
counted the letters, etc., con
tained in the Bible and scratch"
ed the several numbers on the
stone walls with a nail. When
his work was discovered he
was furnished with writing u
tensils and ordered to make a
copy of the results of his long
and tedious task, and, on its
being completed, he finally re
ceived his liberty.
The following is a correct
copy of his work:
The Bible contains 3,566,480
letters, 773,746 words, 31,373
verses, 1,195 chapters and 66
books.
The word and occurs 10,684
times, the word Lord 1,853
times, the word Jehovah 6,855
times, and the word reverend
but once, which is in the ninth
verse of the 111th Psalm.
The middle verse is the
eighth verse of the 118th
Psalm. The twenty-first verse
of the seventh chapter of Ezra
contains all the letters ot the
alphabet except the letter j.
The finest chapter to read is
the twenty-sixth chapter of the
Acts of the Apostles. The most
beautiful chapter is the twen
ty third Psalm. The nineteenth
chapter of II Kings and the
thirty-seventh chapter oflsaiah
are alike.
The four most inspiring
promises are to be found in the
sixth chapter of St. John, thir
ty-seventh verse: and f« urteen
th chapter, second verse; also
eleventh chapter of St. Mat
thew, twenty-eighth verse, and
the thirty-seventh Psalm, four
th verse.
The longest verse is the
ninth verse, eighth chapter of
Esther. The shortest verse is
the thirty-fifth verse, eleventh
chapter of St. John.
There are ten chapters in
the book of Esther in which
the words Lord and God do not
occur. The 8th, 15th, 21st, and
31st verses of the 107th Psalm
are alike. Each verse of the
136th Psalm end alike. The
117th Psalm contains but two
verses, the 119th Psalm con
tains 176 verses.
It has also been discovered
that in Joel, third chapter,
third verse, the word girl oc
curs, and in the eighth chapter
of Zachariah, fifth verse, the
word girl’s is mentioned for
the only time in the whole
book.
The Strong: Withstand the Winter
Cold Better Than the Weak
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durance to fight Colds. Grip and Influenza.
When your blood is not in a healthy
condition and does not circulate properly,
your system is unable to withstand the
Winter cold.
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Returned Hero Wears
Chevrons Showing
Duty Well Performed
The Newport Daily Indepen
dent of Tuesday contains the
following mention of the re
turn from France of a former
Oil Trough young man.
Alex Bunch, one of our Com
pany E boys, arrived home last
Saturday morning from Camp
Pike, where he was mustered
out of service. He had just ar
rived from France a few days
before. The young man is a
nephew of A. Z. Shipp of the
East Side, who has raised the
young man, his parents being
dead. He is in Oil Trough for
a few days’ visit to old friends.
That Alex Bunch has done his
full duty can be ascertained by
observing his left sleeve upon
wmcn ne wears cnevrons trom
shoulder to cuff. He has his
gold wound star, the stripe de
noting he was a volunteer for
service to his country, one
showing that he was one of the
first one hundred and fifty
thousand men sent over and
also his Triangle Division insig
nia. Private Bunch sailed for
France one year ago the frst
of next month, was w’ounded
seriously by shrapnel on the
head the 15th of July and now
carries an ugly scar on the side
of his head. He was sent to a
hospital and before the opera
tion heard the surgeon say he
was done for, but fortunately
his life was spared and he was
almost well enough to return
to the fighting line when the
armistice was signed. It is a
pleasure to give a hearty greet*
ing to such heroes that go out
from our home town and re
turn to us, and while we are
late in forming this young
man’s acquaintance, we are
proud of his splendid record
and welcome him homo.
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ANOTHER STILL FOUND
Sheriff of White County is
Keeping Up Reputation
tSearcy, Feb. 3.—Moonshin
ing is rapidly becoming the
most unprofitable business in
White county under the regime
of Sheriff Tatum Plant. Anoth
er wildcat still was seized Sat
urday by Sheriff Plant and De
puty Jack George. This was
the third taken in the past few
months. It is small, about 10
gallon capacity, and was found
buried in the mountains near
Sidon, in the northern part of
the county. After the location
of this still was discovered,
some of the officials suggested
waiting until the operators re
covered from their fright and
renewed operations . Sheriff
Plant replied: “Boys, you
might just as well get it, for I
don t intend that any more
stills shall get to working while
I am in office.”
APPROVE ROAD AIDS
Little Rock, Feb. 1.—The
state highway department to
day approved the following
aids for various road improve
ment districts in the state:
Road improvement district No.
2, St. Francis county, $9,000;
road improvement district No.
2, Wasington county, $50,000;
road improvement district No.
4, Prairie county, $30,000;
western read improvement dis
trict, Lawrence county, $80,
000; road improvement district
No. 1, Jackson county, $12,000
road improvement district No.
1, Van Suren county, $14,000.
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COLLECTOR'S NOTICE
The undersigned, Collector
of Revenue for Independence
County, Arkansas, will attend
in person or by deputy, in each
of the townships in Indepen
dence County on the dates
hereafter named, for the pur
pose of collecting the State,
County, Road, School District,
Municipal and Improvement
District Taxes, assessed and
levied against the real and
personal property of said coun
ty for the year 1918, as fol
lows :
Christian township at Oil
Trough, Wednesday, January
15.
Rosie township at Rosie,
Thursday, January 16.
Salado Township at Salado,
Friday, Janaury 17.
Fairview Township, at
Pleasant Plains, Monday and
Tuesday, January 20 and 21.
Liberty Township at Floral,
Wednesday, January 22.
Relief Township at Covers
ton School House, Thursday
January 23.
Greenbrier Township, at
Jamestown, Friday January 24'
Greenbrier Township at Lo
cust Grove, Saturday January
25.
Barren township at Burrows
Store, Monday, January 27.
Barren township at Hickory
Valley, Tuesday, January 28.
Ashley Township at Brewer
School House, Wednesday,
January 29.
Gainsboro township at Haiii
School House, Tuesday, Janu
ary 30.
Greenbrier township at De
|sha, Friday, January 31.
Dota township, at Charlotte,
Monday, February 3.
Dota township at Walnut
Grove, Tuesday, February 4
Black River township at
Cord, Wednesday and Thurs
day, February 5 and 6
Logan township at Jimerson
Store, Friday, February 7
Wycough t wnship at Mt.
Carmel, Saturday, February 8.
Big Bottom Township at
Paroquet. Monday, February
Big Bottown township at
Newark, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, February 11 and 12.
Magness township at Mag
ness, Thursday, February 13.
White River township at Sul
phur Rock, Friday and Satur
day, February 14 and 15.
Craig township at Ruther
ford, Monday February 17.
Ruddell township, at Court
House, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, February 18,
19, and 20.
And after the last named
date, in my office in Bates
ville, Ark., until April, 10.
1919.
When I have more than one
day in a Townhip, I reserv
the right to leave scon after
noon of the last day.
Act No. 415, of the Acts of
1911, provides that all taxes
levied on real and personalj
property shall be deemed due
and payable at any time from
the first Monday in January
to and including the 10th day
of April each year, and all j
such taxes remaining unpaid j
after the 10th day of April!
shall be considered delinquent,
and it is hereby made the duty
of the Coliector to extend a
penalty of 10 per cent of all
such delinquent taxpayers who
have not paid their taxes with
in the time limited.
All persons are requested to
have deeds or tax receipts con
taining a correct description of
real estate owned by them
so errors may be avoided in
'making tax receipts.
The Clerk of the County
‘iCourt at the time of making
settlement with the Collector
shall carefully examine the
records of tax receipts as kept
by the collector and charge
said Collector with a sum equal
to 10 per cent of all tax re
ceipts recorded after the 10th
day of April.
S. D. LINDSEY, Collector
| We Have Been Very Dis- |
criminating in the Selection |
of Pianos to Sell to YOU 1
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Ever since 1853 we have been
buying and selling pianos. The
grandparents and great-grand
parents of many present-day
Little Rock citizens bought mu
sical instruments from us back
in the “fifties and sixties.”
Established
1853
The experience we have gained
proves to us that these pianos
are unsurpassed—Kimball Hol
lenberg, Hallet & Davis, Apol
lo, Hinze and Whitney—and so
we offer them to you with the
knowledge that they cannot
fail to please.
HOLLENBERG MUSIC Co
The Oldest, the Largest, the Best Piano and
Organ House in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Just Received Another Shipment of the
NEW COUNTY MAP
The Combination Map of Independence Coun
ty and State of Arkansas that gives you more valuable in
formation concerning your home county than anything you
can buy for twice the price. Shows each postoffice in the
county with correct location. All important county roads
are shown and correctly located which is a very valuable
feature. All the new townships in the county are given
with township lines correctly shown, according to the official
records. Section, township and range lines are correctly
shown, making it easy to locate any particular tract of land.
Price,
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