SENTENCE OF JESUS. The remarks of those present when the sentence of Jesus was procured, are preserved by Fabricius (Cod. Apoc. N. T. iii, p. 487. (N. AND Q., VI, pp. 226, 303.)

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Simon Lepros.: With what right is an innocent man condemned? 2. Rabam: I know not why laws are made when they are not kept. 3. Achias: It is necessary to have a full report and the cause of accusation, before one is condemned.

4. Sabath: No one should be condemned without cause, according to divine and human law. What has this man done?

5. Ronosphin: Why are laws given when they are not kept?

6. Phutiphares: An impostor, who may cause an uproar among the common people, is of no good to the country.

7. Ryphar: The laws only punish the guilty; if he is a transgressor, let him confess it first; without this do not condemn him.

8. Joseph (of Arimathea): O how mean and ridiculous it is that there should not be found in a city one who protects the innocent.

9. Joram: Why do we allow this righteous man to die for his righteousness?

IO. Ehiberis: Though he be just, he shall die, because the common people became rebellious by his words.

II. Nicodemus: Does our law judge a man before he has been heard, and before he has been tried?

12. Diarabias: He is worthy of death, because he has been accused before a council.

13. Sereas: A rebellious man is dangerous for the country; he must therefore be removed from the people.

14. Rabinth Whether just or unjust, because he is against the ancient laws, we can neither suffer nor tolerate him.

15. Josaphat: Put him in chains and imprison him for life.

16. Ptolemy: If he be neither just nor unjust, why do we tarry so long with our sentence of death, or banishment from the country.

17. Jeras: It is better and more expedient to banish him from the country, or to send him to the emperor.

18. Mesa: If he be just, we will follow him; but if he be unjust, we will thrust him from us.

19. Samech: Let us make peace that he may obey us; but if he refuses we will punish him.

20. Caiphas: None of you know what you are talking about; it is expedient for us that one man should die, and that the whole nation perish not.

THE BIGHT, THE LEVANT. Is there more than one place on the globe called "the Bight," that is, on the west of Africa? Also, is there more than one Levant, that is, on the west of Palestine ? (N. AND Q., Vol. V, p. 212.) OBSERVER.

Bight is a bend in the sea-coast forming an open bay as the Bight of Benin. Levant means simply east, though it is generally confined in its use to the eastern parts of the Mediterranean, as the coasts of Turkey, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Egypt, etc. The word is Italian, and signifies rising, alluding to the sun rising in the east. Levant companies, in London, were established in 1581, 1593, and 1605.

Judging of the real meaning of "Bight," I snould think there may be other places where the word might be used synonymously with bay The Bight of Benin is nothing more than a large bay on the southwestern coast of Africa. MRS. L. T. GEORGE, Chicago, II.

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NESHOBE ISLand. Where is Neshobe Island, and what are the books known as the colored books of Neshobe" ? Neshobe Island is in Lake Bomoseen, which lake is owns of Hubbardton and Castleton, Vt., nine miles in length and from one-fourth to three miles in width. Bemoseen means 66 beautiful waters." The island was named Neshobe at a celebration at Mason's Point, Lake Bomoseen, July 4, 1881. The island had been known by several names it seems, such as "The Island," "Chowder Island," and "The Island on Lake Bomoseen." Several names were proposed, among them Taghkannuc, Kellowanda, and Neshobe, the latter of which was adopted. The proceedings, account of celebration, poems, addresses, ctc., were published under the auspices of the Rutland County Historical Society, by its secretary, John M. Currier, M. D., August 25, 1881. There seems to have been a misunderstanding as to the proper name that should have been given to the Island, for in 1882 appeared a pamphlet, "Lake Bomoseen, its early history, conveyances, fishing, hunting, resorts, islands-their names," compiled by G. D. Spencer, a counter to the previous pamphlet of the proceedings, claiming the that Taghkannuc should have been the name of the island. Taghkannuc (pronounced Taukannuc) was proposed by Henry Hall of Rutland, and Neshobe was proposed by Dr. John M. Currier of Castleton (now of Newport), Vt. In the two years following Mr. Spencer's pamphlet, appeared "the colored books of Neshobe," which are here described. They are neatly gotten up, each printed in

the color of ink named, and published anonymously at intervals of a few months, and we understand are now entirely "out of print." "The Red Book of Neshobe: or the Naming of Neshobe Island in Lake Bomoseen."

"But Neshobe dieth never;

His name still lives in the island green,
That rests in the bosom of Bomoseen,

And thus it shall live forever."-PHELPS.

"Only 347 copies printed for private distribution among the Owls and Eagles of the N. I. O. C. M. E. A. L. E. B. V. 1883."

Printed in red ink, containing preface, dedication, history of the naming of Neshobe (a poem of 44 stanzas), Indian summer of 1882 on Neshobe Island, Neshobe (a poem), with illustrations. Octavo. The above initials stand for "The Neshobe-Island-Owl and Cedar. Mountain-Eagle Association for Literary and Ethical-Culture in the Bomoseen-Valley." Octavo.

"The Orange Book of Neshobe: or the History of the Rutland County Merino Shoe-Thread and Slate-Dust Club; which was organized under the name of Rutland County Merino Sheep Breeders' Union."

"Lover of Right and Hater of Meanness."-SECRETARY'S OFFICE. "On many a jutting crag and crest the Royal Eagle built her nest, Or soared aloft from towering tree o'er Bomoseen and Neshobe." -MARANVILLE,

"Only 333 copies printed by the Owls of Neshobe Island for the Mor al and Religious Instruction of the Eaglets of Cedar Mountain. 1883." Printed in orange ink, containg introduction, history of merino sheep in Rutland county, and otherwise, in 18 taluscripts, testimonial, etc., with illustrations. Octavo.

"The Violet Book of Neshobe: being a complete collection of the songs of Jimmy Carney; as composed and sung by that gentleman in the hotels, groceries, meat-markets, stores, shoemakers' shops, private residences, church sociables, and other places of entertainment." "Then the old Historians did all agree

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That the name of this island should be Neshobe."—Carney. Only 500 copies published for the author, by the assistance of the Owls of Neshobe Island and Eagles of Cedar Mountains. 1883." Printed in violet ink, containing 11 songs on Neshobe Island, Lake Bomoseen, Castleton, etc., and a biographical sketch of the Jimmy Carney, with illustrations. Octavo.

The Blue Book of Neshobe: or Strips from the Owl's Nest on Neshobe Island."

"That long as time should last, or land, or sea,

The name of the fair isle is Neshobe."-BARBOUR.

Only 329 copies issued for the amusement of the Baptist church, at Fairhaven, by the Owls of Neshobe Island and Eagles of Cedar Mountain. 1884."

Printed in blue ink, containing preface, dedication, and strips from the owls' nest on Neshobe Island entitled " Birck-Bark Strips," Nos. I to IX, (poems, extracts from the press), with illustrations. Octavo.

"THE WORLD MOVES." The following question illustrates our age. Do we realize how fast things move in our day, or as Dr. T. A. Pierson puts it, "While Methuselah was turning round we have gone around the world?" Scarce forty years ago Daniel Webster said in the American Senate, it would be of no use to organize Oregon as a territory, as the delegate from that far-off region could not reach Washington for a year after his term had expired! In a month or so two senators and a representative will pass from Oregon to the capitol in a week's time. Are we at the rushing of the nations?

THOUGHTS FOR THINKERS.

The following questions on meta

physics have been formulated by "M. G."

(1) Can there be thought without a thinker?

(2)

(3)

Can there be a thinker without life?
Can there be consciousness without life?

(4) Can there be consciousness without senses?

(5)

(6)

Can there be senses or life without an organism?

Is it a fact that there can be life, consciousness, thought or sensibilities, without an organism?

(7)

Has man a double organism, each having life, thought, consciousness, aud sensibilities?

(8)

senses

buried?

(9)

Does the living, thinking, conscious, Christian man, having and character, continue alive when his body is dead and

Does the Bible or science teach that there are any disembodied

persons?

(10)
Can there be any body without a body?
Will anyone say yes to these questions?

M. G.

Philosophic Facts.

Most iron bars, such as form the vertical bars of windows, or of picket fences, &c.,-or any iron bar in a vertical position, that has stool perpendicularly for some time, will be found to have become magnetic.

Any bar of soft iron, suspended sufficiently long in the air, will become magnetic, and. no matter in what position it has been balanced, it will eventually assume a north and south direction.

If a bar, devoid of magnetism, is placed with one end on the ground, slightly inclined toward the north, and then struck one sharp blow with a hammer upon its upper end, it will immediately acquire polarity, and exhihit the attractive and repellant properties of a mag

net.

Arsenic can readily and infallibly be detected by heating the suspected powder, or substance. If arsenic is present it vaporizes with a strong garlic odor, a property not possessed by any other metal.

If we place a piece of silver on the tongue, and a piece of zinc under the tongue, there will be no effect noticed. But as soon as the metals meet with their margins, a thrill is felt through the tongue, a metalic taste experienced, and, if the eyes are shut, a sensation of light is also the result.

If a living human body is stretched on a board and then perfectly pivoted, it will assume a north and south position. This faculty becomes lost after death, and will gradually lessen as the body grows cold and rigid. This would be a good test of death actually having set in. This experiment was repeatedly tried at Paris, some years back. We should sleep with our heads to the north, and it is not impossible that death could be made easier in that position.

J. O. H.

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