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T is the twentieth letter in the English alphabet, 

 derived from the twenty-second and last of the Phoe- 

 nician alphabet. This was the tav, or mark, which 

 had practically the same value as the Greek tau and 

 the English t, and was made much like a capital T, 

 except that the vertical line extended through the 



t 



crossbar. T is more closely related to d than to any other letter, and the two are often 

 confused and used interchangeably in allied languages. In English, t has only one regu- 

 lar sound, but taken in connection with i it is often pronounced like sh, providing another 

 vowel follows the i in the same syllable, as in partial. The Anglo-Saxons, when they 

 adopted the alphabet from the Romans, added two letters, one of which was called thorn, 

 and had the sound of th. It was shaped very much like a capital Y, and probably because 

 confusion arose from the likeness, the letter was later dropped and the combination th 

 substituted for it. This digraph, as it is called, is pronounced in two ways as in think or 

 breath, and as in their or breathe. 



TABER, ta'bur, a town in the extreme south- was of acacia boards, overlaid with fine gold. 



ern part of Alberta. It is noted for its many 

 coal mines, which employ 500 to 600 men and 

 have a daily output of 1,000 to 1,500 tons. 

 Taber is on the Crow's Nest Pass branch of the 

 Canadian Pacific, thirty-two miles east of Leth- 

 bridge and eighty-four miles by rail west of 

 Medicine Hat. In addition to coal Taber is a 

 shipping point for large quantities of grain 

 raised in the vicinity, and its elevators have a 

 capacity of 100,000 bushels. Several schools, 

 one costing $80,000, and the fine building of 

 the Canadian Bank of Commerce, erected in 

 1913, are features of the town. It was founded 

 and incorporated in 1906. Population in 1911, 

 1,400; in 1916, estimated, over 2,000. 



TABERNACLE, tab'ernak'l, or TENT OF 

 MEETING, the center of worship of the Israel- 

 ites during their wanderings in the wilderness. 

 Moses received instructions while on Mount 

 Sinai for its erection (Exodus XXVI, 30), and 

 the materials were provided by the free offer- 

 ings of the people. It was dedicated on the 

 first day of the second year after the Exodus 

 from Egypt. 



The tabernacle was fifteen feet long, fifteen 

 feet wide and fifteen feet high. Its framework 



The ceiling was of curtains of white linen, in- 

 terwoven with blue, purple and scarlet cheru- 

 bim. Above this was a curtain of goats' hair 

 and outside of all a covering of skins. The in- 

 terior was divided by the "veil," a curtain of 

 linen similar to those of the ceiling, into the 

 Holy of Holies and the Holy Place. The Holy 

 of Holies contained the Ark of the Covenant, 

 in which were kept the Tables of the Law, the 

 pot of manna and Aaron's rod that budded. 

 Above the ark was the "mercy seat," a cover 

 of solid gold, surmounted by two golden cheru- 

 bim. In the Holy Place were the table of 

 shewbread, the altar of incense and the golden 

 candlestick. 



The tabernacle stood within a court, 150 feet 

 long and seventy-five feet wide, enclosed by 

 rich curtains and supported by brass pillars. It 

 opened toward the east, and before it stood 

 the altar of burnt offering, where the people 

 brought their sacrifices to be offered by the 

 priests. There was also a laver, where the 

 priests washed their hands and feet before en- 

 tering the Holy Place. 



The tabernacle and its furnishings were so 

 constructed as to be easily portable. It was in 



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