Christian herald and signs of our times . chceologists are di-vided in opinion about the date of this wonder-ful mausoleum. Some believe that we havehere those sepulchres of the kihgs, mention-ed in the Bible (II. Chron. 21 : 20.) Others be-lieve that Herod the Great constructed it as a last resting-place for himself and his opinion, however, most generally enter-tained is that it was constructed by the orderof Queen Helena whom Josephus mentions asmonarch of Adiabene, formerly a province ofAssyria. Having embraced judaism, she madea pilgrimage to Jerusalem in a. d. 48, and whenshe
Christian herald and signs of our times . chceologists are di-vided in opinion about the date of this wonder-ful mausoleum. Some believe that we havehere those sepulchres of the kihgs, mention-ed in the Bible (II. Chron. 21 : 20.) Others be-lieve that Herod the Great constructed it as a last resting-place for himself and his opinion, however, most generally enter-tained is that it was constructed by the orderof Queen Helena whom Josephus mentions asmonarch of Adiabene, formerly a province ofAssyria. Having embraced judaism, she madea pilgrimage to Jerusalem in a. d. 48, and whenshe died, after her return to her own land, herbody was taken to Jerusalem for extent of the mausoleum is accounted forby the fact that she desired that her descend-ants be also buried there. Only two coffinswere found in the mausoleum one of which isnow in the Museum of the Louvre in Paris. THE CAPTAINS BARGAIN. A NEW SERIAL JULIA McXAIR WRIGHT. [Published by special arrangement withance Society.] The National Temper-. {Continued from page 3to7-) The Superintendent. WELL-KNOWN figurein the township of LaisMountain was Superin-tendent Murray. Hehad come from NewYork to take charge ofthe interest of severalstock companies, andwas vaguely called theSuperintendenf. TheSuperintendent waslooked up to as a rich man. There were won-derful tales of the rapidity with which he mademoney, the good fortune which attended all hisinvestments, the amount of money which helaid up every week, which was more than mostof the people thereabouts laid up in a year. In-deed, lucky was he in this neighborhood whodid not fall behind in his finances each looked up to for his supposed riches, theSuperintendent was feared and whisperedabout, as a man who lived in a settled gloom,held himself apart from people, scarcely spoke,except in the briefest terms on necessary busi-ness, and took no interest in anything, noteven in his own fortunes. The Superintendent was not yet a midd
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