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Show 'HI U. Till' meaning of thla nanio haa been discussed lalely by the prtaa bcuuse it Is borne by a candidate for tho Vlco-Presldtncy. Vlco-Presldtncy. The Dr-stKrT a ftw days ni.0 pate It ns 'The Juit" whkh la lhnlutirrtUlljiiairettj !, thusu i ho cught lo ki ow it Ltl, (lentral Adlal I wlug nt venwn'i inoHitr la still alive; an I though afed 8 1, la vlgoroua anl Irljhl. Hit le a t'evout l'resbylerlan nnl ought to be familiar Willi IholttMe. lltrolaadla Irttcli from llloomlnton written Im-mo'ilslely Im-mo'ilslely alter the family had leen Inlervlowedi llloomlnglon, III , Jnno .. ' suersl Htesensiin, Ilemoerstl. esildldaie f r 11 e l, . l'real leney i,r tin I ntlo I Hiatus, gtla bla llrst name, Adlsl fr. m the Inula. II yu will lurnloChron. l.xxtll, "i, vou will nnd soniellilnir about Adlal The word liteani Mho Jusl "It la an unusual name, and Iho Sto veltson and llwlng families bare bad a monopoly nf It r set t rl a n ra Ions " The 7ioiiniit. ytsltrJay with much abuse of Uio.NiHrtand per'ect dlire gar I of even Iho inotl rudlmenlary rules ol Hebrew grammar, derlvel Iho wurd from AMut and aya H maaus "mywllnosa" How Iho Jl In .InM cauio lo bo I) I ii ,1 f 'ui u ). t not seem t ben conundrum lo tho great oriental scholar of tho Tn4unr. .Nor doea It strike hlm that he lnaJI) mixed when lie ilvea thu form Mu'lani at Hie plural of Al.lal and tramlatra It "(hell testimony," as If "lestlmony" were lural on account of bslug p receded iT I lural pronoun. The whole ctlort le more than usually Miotic surpassing even the ridiculous nl temit, some time ago, ti explain "lleseret" at n diminutive if "de. sell." Concerning Hie mcsnlngof the word Ad'al, oplnlona tllflcr. Unler thuclr-cums'ancta thuclr-cums'ancta It la alio to refer In cogiialr language nnd particularly lo the Arable which Is still a living tongue, with nu abutidante of words nnd derivatives. The three radical leltera In .trf'.tl aro A (ayeu), D an J I,. Tlila word Is found in Arabia (irii'), and its nuanlug Is "to dojuillt," "to act rightly," It has uunii reus derivatives, deriva-tives, lu almost all of whkh thla meaning mean-ing la imminent. The noun itl( Is formtd from It, and mt a ns "Justice," 'equity," "n ctltude " This ouglit to bo mitldrred lu llxlng the truu meaning mean-ing of the Hebrew word In dispute with which thu Arallo Is so mar akin. It shows that the Duiliiit Nl Matin Interpreting It aa "Ihojust" has strong lauU to slanj upon. The word nifu' is further very likely retained lu the I.alln ailattngut, old Herman ttda line, nnd thu Anglo Baxon lutlal, all of which convey Hie niMulnguf "noble," slncoone of tho ctiaracltrhttcs of no bllllywaa superd to bo to mettout Impartial Justice. Tbo Anglo Saxon rraVef la found In naaiis like I'.ttivl wolf, l'.thelb.rt, etc , and In several modern names. The (Jeimau tikt anil Hwidlsh uiltl are undoubttdly from the samo touree |
