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The National tribune., 1891-04-02

The hair OF these mummes is long and
black. If there WAS ever any fat on their
bodies, IL has long since dried away. and they
are mere skeletons in skin. One Of the mum
mics bears a slight trace Of a mustaehe, another
has lost half his teeth, and he seems to grin
horribly as yOu look at him. With these
mummies were found articles of jewelry, combs,
q woInan's work bag and among other things,
a dice e-bOX, showing that the Alaskans Of past
times gambled as they do now. Many of tho
relics taken from the tombs are here shown,
and they lead US 10 think that the women and
men Of pas: times had the same feelings the
same vices and the same ambitions that we
have now. These mummies arc much like
those Of South America in that they are, as a
rule, preserved in a sitting posture, and they
are dTied-up rather than embalmed. They are
by no means so old as either the South Ameri-
can or the Egyptian mummies, and they do
not date back more than 200 years ago.
ltis not generally known that there are num-
mics in Europe, but in Bordeaux there is q
church which contains vault in which in a
standing posture are
NINETY HUMAN BODIES.
These bodies are mummCs, and the floor Of the
crypt is made Of bones and bOnedust. These
mumnics were unearthed a number of years
ago, when the monks decided 10 remove the
cemetery connected with the church. The
graves Of this cemetery were about six hundred
years oiu, anu tHslr inmates, Ourleu away back
in the Middle Ages, were, upon excavation,
found 10 be perfectly preserved. The only diff
ference is in that their flesh Is somewhat
shrunken. The expressions Of their faces how
ever, is the same as at their death. and one
mummy has long beard, while another boy,
has face contortcd with pain and this one is
supposed 10 have been buried alive. In BTe-
men there is another crypt which contains
mummifed bodies ia collins, but this as the
church in south France, contains only natural
mummies. IL is indeed much Of a question as
10 whether all mummies are not dependent for
their preservation upon the climate and the
nature of the earth ia which they are buried.
The air of the Peruvian mummy-fields is much
the Same as that of EgyBt There is no roiu
The National tribune., 1891-04-02

shriyeled-up Peruvian maiden, with skin of
coffee colored parchment seems TO leer at a
dried-up beau from far away Alaska across
the way, and there, as somber as the Sphinx
lies an Egyptian princess, wrapped round with
spices, in her hieTOglyphic- clothes Of
fine linen. Hero is baby, whose chiId-cry
delighted its South American mother Thousands
Of years ago, and there is an Aleutian man.
who sits like an ape and scOwls with anger as
he did when he died in pre- historic times.
This mummy collection embraces all the va
rieties. There are other collections OF mum
mics larger in number, but these, like those Of
the British Museum and Of Cairo, are made up
almost entirely Of Egyptian antiquities, and
the average man does not know that there are
other nations who have preserved their dead,
and that there are other mummy-ields out
side those of Egypt.
Peru has thousands Of mummies and large
collection is shown in the Museum, a part of
which was gathered by Mr.. William T. Curtis
a few years ago. These are the mummies Of
the Incas, and they seem to have been en-
balmed in the sitting posture There arc
millions Of them in Peru, and their features
are natural and liielike. Some OF them have
rings on their fingers, and their eyes have
turned into opals. There IS a lady in Wash
ingtOn who has necklace made Of these num-
my eyes and the Peruvians knew how to pre-
serve the eyes Of their dead better than did
tho ancient Egyptians. These South Ameri-
can mummics were buried in the sand, and in
each grayo was placed all that the owner most
loved in life. His eating utensils, his rings,
and everything that he might want 10 use in
his future state were buried with him, and
this is the same rs to the mummies
FOUND II ALASKA.
The Alaskan mummes were discovered only
q few years ago by Capt. +. Henning. and were
arranged for the Museum by Prof W. ii. Dali
Of the Smithsonian Institution. Capt. Hen
ming found the collection in a cave in the Aleu-
tian Islands. There are a number OF these
mummies. They were wrapped up in grass
mats, when found aud they are Of both sexes
aud Of all ages. A little child mummy stands
in one OF the cases, in the original wrappings
in which it was found. 1t is the size OF two
bushel bag of wheat and it contains a four
year-old baby. There is a piece of mating
around il, and over this is fastened some
dressed sealskin. Two other mummies have
been entirely unwTappod, and they stand side
by side in cases. One is a man. the other a
woman, aud their shriveled limbs, their hollow
eyes and their CHASTITY features mako you
shiver as you look at them. They are tho
color OF polished black walnut, and their flesh
looks like jeTked beef. Their attitudes are
natural, but death has painted them with such
horrible features that one feels that cremation
or the worms are moro TO be desired ends than
mummifcatiOn.
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fingers. There Is in the National Museum, at
Washington, a mummy which the Hon. s. s.
Cox sent here when he was Minister to Turkey,
and this like those in the Boulae Museum, is
the body OF a noble lady, and is put up in the
most approved style known TO the aneients.
1t cost. in fact, just $1,000 to embalm an
ancient Egyptian, according to the accounts
which have come down to US, and the under
taker Of old Egypt made more money than the
plumber or the lightning-rod man of to-day. 1t
is estimated that $l5.OOO,OOO year was spent
in Egypt on embalming during the time that
mummies were made, and the common man
had TO pay about 800 to have himself properly
picked. The poorest people were put up in q
moro moderate way, but every man wanted to
be embalmed, and all believed that in becOm-
ing mummies was the only hope Of salvation.
They had curious customs, these old Egyptians,
and one Of them was that they passed jadg-
ment on their dead in this world. They would
not allow man to be buried if, upon trial, it
was shown that he had led an evil life, and
there were cases in which bankrupt3 remained
for years above ground. Sometimes a man
would mortgage his tomb, and cases were
known in which men even mortgaged the
mummies Of their fathers, and debts so Sc
cured they were very
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SURE TO PAY.

The great age of mummy making in Egypt
lasted about 300 years, and it is estimated
that there are buried in Egypt more than
40O0O0,OO0 mummies, or about eighty times
the present population Of the Nile Valley. 1t
took long time to make mummy, and the
most approved methods required about 75
days In the first place. il took 16 days TO
clean the body. Then 20 days more for salt
ing and btumenizing it. 1t required from 30
to 80 days for the splicing and bandaging and
the bandages were all made Of linen. This
linen was in strips from three to four inches
wide, and it took at least a thousand yards TO
clothe the mummy. Every toe and every
finger had to be wrapped up separately, and it
took an experienced man to DO the work. The
mummy business Of Egypt was thus on large
scale, and there were great mummy factories,
some Of which had from 500 to 600 corpses on
hand at q time. They had a way Of marking
each corpse with iudelible ink, so that there
was no danger Of mixing them up, aud the in-
stitutions were run on business principles.
Each had a number Of painters and gilders
The National tribune., 1891-04-02

to speak Of, in either place and the sand in
which the mummies were buried Is q sort Of a
preseTyatiyc. The air is so dry that wood,
vegetables and flesh peirefy, and in Egypt the
corpses Of dead animals can be left by the road
side, and they create no smell as the dry air
quickly consumes their moisture. The en-
balmers Of Egypt could not have put up body
so that it would have lasted in our climate,
and had the air Of the land Of the Nile been
full OF moisture it is doubtful whether there
would have been either pyramids or mummies.
As it was, however. Egypt has the best air
for mummy making in the whole world, and it
Is almost impossible TO conceive the immense
expense which the Egyptians went to in the
preservation of their dead. The great pyra-
mid was little more than mummy casket put
up TO hold the mummies OF q noted monarch Of
about 5000 years ago. 1t took more
laDor to put up this pyramid than it did to
build any one of our trunk lines of railway,
and it cost millions upon
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
In the Boulac Museum, at Cairo, which Wis
tied about two years ago, found room after
room walled with mummy caskets decorated
with gold leaf, and looked az a hundred num-
mics wrapped in the finest of linen and dressed
up for the ages, regardless Of expense. With
some Of these mummies gold bracelets were
found, and the ladies Of the days Of the pyra-
mids had gold in their ears and rings on their
The National tribune., 1891-04-02
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The painsand aches Of rheumatism have In many
instances been cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The National tribune., 1891-04-02
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The National tribune., 1891-04-02
IN TIE HOWDBH.
Hunting The Trumpeter in the JungIeS
Of Siam.
by LrEUT. T. DIX BoILEs, U.EN.
by LrEuT. 7. DIX BoLIEs, U.EE

HE elephantin Siam is
) valued more for the usC
% which il can be put
than for its ivory, Sc
that the first thing
, thought Of is TO catch
the monster alive aud
then TO train 10. Long
trial has proved that tan
old elephant can never
be nrnnerlN frninnd 50
The state herald., 1891-01-30
Found Hanging by His Wrists.

a brutal outrage has Just come to
light in the country back Of brunswick,
N. j. John Thomas, well.to-do farmer,
was found on Monday hanging by his
wrists TO beam in his barn by some
neighbors who had been looking for him
He was unconscious, but revived under
tho influence of stimulants. He says he
was working on his farm last Saturday
When he was suddenly seized by two men
who bound him with ropes. They then
robbed him OF s57. After this they tied
ropes around his wrists and tied him up tc
the beam where he was found According
TO Mr.. Thomas story he had hung there
for iifty-one hours. His wrists are terri
bly, laccrated and swollen and his arms
show the terrible strain put upon them
lie says he knows who his nasailants arc
and arrests will follow, Mr.. Thomas
farm Is in the country remote from Now
brunswick and he was not missed unit
Monday.
The state herald., 1891-01-30
Robbery and Wreck In Texas.

A robbery and wreck occurred on
the Rio Grando railroad between Point
Isabel and Brownsville on the 10th. About
twelve or fifteen Mexicans, masked and
vol armed, had loosencd the rails and
having tied their lariats to them concealed
themselves In the grass and bushes and us
the train came along at high ratio Of
speed tho rails were pulled apart and the
engine was derailed. The robbers imme-
diately sprang to the coaches and at tho
point OF guns, and pistols blindfolded the
officers OF the train and robbed tho pas
senger, baggage and express cars. They
obtained over $1,000 In specie and carried
! away the ship mail and also tho pouches Of
tho United States mail. All tho passen-
gers lost their watches and valuables. The
Southern Pacific lost nothing, Us thc.r
remittances were in checks upon which
payment has been stopped. The eng necr
and fireman were scalded and the latter's
foot was crushed. The train officials were
put in box car and tho door locked.
Three Of the cars were burned and the
prisoners were released in time to escape
cremation by two Mexican tramps who
happened along at tho critical moment
The officials were kept prisoners for nearly
two hours. Tho moscreants who perpe-
trated the deed escaped and have not yet
boon captured.
The state herald., 1891-01-30
The Greatest of all Mines.

President Agassiz of the Calumet
and Hecla Mining Company has made
the statement that, in his opinion. the
mine Of which he Is tho chief officer
can be continued In existence for n
period Of forty years at m annual pro-
duction Of about double its present
output. At the end OF tina, time 1t may
be assumed that the supply OF ore up
on which II depends will have been ex-
hausted. Looked at from the present
standpoint, II may seem that an out
put of double the present volume
would DO a fair and ample average OF
the probable future production; but
when Que takes Into account the
enormous increase that has been made
in the usc of copper. aud the probable
extension OF that increase, due not
only to the growth in population. but
the introduction Of new electrical de-
vices OF all kinds. the estimate made
by President AgaSslz Of what the future
Yield of his mine will be seems low
| one.
We AFRO inclined TO believe that uu-
less great changes occur tho Calumet
aud liecn mine IN the year 1870 will
bc found producing three or four times
as much copper MS in the year 1890.
This will OF course cut down tho posi-
bic life of the mine. assuming tho cor
rectness OF President Agassiz's esti-
mates, aud thus although largo re-
turns will be paid In the Interval. we
ahould say that In twonty-iive years
from this time there would be very
little life left In this great mining
property.
The Calumet aud Hccla has paid
sSi. 800, 900 In dividends. Boston Her.
AID,
The state herald., 1891-01-30
Coughs Temptations.

Speaking Of Cough. Mr. Boswor,h
snidi ''llr was u great orator and .
grand, noble man but no was not o
mnstor OF himself remember ons
l''nc when man put some whisky IL
= glass OF soda wafer no was about tc
drink Just thu, taste was enough 10
,ct The appetite afro within him. and
~ went OH on q protractcd aprcc.
very low people over knew Of this. bu,
the fact !. related In one OF his blogrn
phie1' When ho came out Of It never
saw o man feel 80 In all my life. lie
cried Ike baby mud vowed that bo
would never speak before mn nuiicnca
again, aud, II remember rightly. he
Cancelled his engagements for tho res,
oi that year. lie has told mo many
,inics whcn passing saloons mounted
on q horse hc had dug tho spurs Into
The bcnsts Hanks aud ridden for mile,
n, bfcakncck speed TO yet on, Of react
oil tho temptation. - cieeciand Leader.
The state herald., 1891-01-30
WIT AND IIUMOR.

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left.-Bosson Herald.
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Thu man who rro,os.d o,h o,c,oc.
IN tho morning adj ibc busines. In dn,,
timo.-Bo,tou Ga,,ve
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a" men Is mo best known ihsu'n'orf
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Much n n man ndm,rss tho truth
no pro s,, 70 have y loIa about some
o'her fe''ow'-hfeh''on diooe'
~, Kisses are like an actress diamonds.
ny oi.oner thoyfo stolen Tue better
'he'r owners are pieassd.-Lyd'
Even the LATEST Of mon can usually
SEQ some work that some other fellow
ought 10 do'-somerc'he Journal
There Is not always virtue In soap.
For instance. the more soap" polite.
'ans Use the dirtlcr become their hands.
-I'a"o1r9 D''pd'h'
Prlmus-"liow in the world did
Bobbltt manage to sc, the table IN n
roarf secuhdus-mBy his table man
ners' presume. '-1m Epoch
Pstient-"what, charging mo Go
for n prescription for innncnzaf' Ply.
slcian--"My dear sir, diagnosed your
case As hay fcvor."-M J. Sun.
Willisnson-"Dld that bonnc, Won
bought for your wlto III the billFn
Hcndcr,on-''No; but tho bill iust
about fllod tho bonnet. "-Life.
You're always full Of ncws." said
Tho Letter 10 the Box, "rm glsd Won
dropprd In" replied tho Box. .rIl
keep Won posted. H-N y Herald.
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The state herald., 1891-01-30
sngncity OF n Horse.

The surface roads have tho patent
table switches, They consist Of an
iron table within aud one without tho
tracks, one balancing the other. Asa
good many lines use the same track
here and there. these switches arc
turned this way and tina, every minute,
tho operation being performed by
causing one horse 10 tread upon this
or the other inbla. Coming down tho
street the other day on the front plat
form OF a surface ca | noticed tho
driver looking another way as we np-
preached Que OF these switches. The
switch was turned the wrong way, ani
while was wondering whether was
on tho wrong car or we would soon DO
ON the wrong track. the old white
horse on the near side showed his fellow
outside the tracks upon the right table,
skilliully avoiding the inside plate
himself by half hop, skip and jump.
aud We went around tho corner nli
right aud flying. That beat any
trained horse | ever saw, because Il
was practical aud had been picked up
by n dcspised aud generally cxccratci
animal-tho street car horso.-P,tt,.
burg Dispaieh.
The state herald., 1891-01-30
Frenehmen in the Society Islands.

News received from Tahita shows
that the natives Of the islands are more
eager than ever TO have the United States
declare u protectorate over the group and
thus save them from the exactions OF the
French. On the main island Of itaiatca
there arc 1900 natives, Of whom only Zoo
have submitted 70 tho French. Tho head
chief was bribed to sign treaty Of sub
mission by IN annuity Of 10000, but the
majority Of petty chiefs refused to abide
by his compact. Their camp Is In the
mountains, and II Is SO strongly fortified
that the French cannot take 1t without
large achievements. The French are
much annoyed by tho supplies Of powder
and balls which tho rebels receive, pre-
sumabiy from American trading vessels
that land caraoes In places not guarded by
customs officers.
The chief objection OF the natives to tho
French is the heavy taxes imposed on
every thing, including q u year for the
privilege Of carrying gun. Tho French
have u scheme for converting young
natives Into soldiers and using them
against tho rebels, but IL is doubtful
whether 1t will succeed. As 1t is now the
5000 rebels cannot be subdued by force.
The state herald., 1891-01-30
The Nebraska Middle.

LINCOLN, Ncb. Jan. 2l.-When tho
Joint convention Of the Legislature to hear
the election contest rcconyenod this morn
Ing, resolution was adopted to present
the question OF the proceeding to tho Su-
premo Court for decision. The questions
to be decided are:
Docs n concurrent resolution converting
the Joint session require tho signatures OF
the governor aud lieutenant governor, and
In case the court holds that 1t does. VIVA,
action can tho Legislature take II these
officers refuse to sign the resolution The
Supreme Court heard argument on the
matter this afternoon.
The state herald., 1891-01-30
Probability of War in Central
America.

Two officers OF the Guatemalan
army are now in New York purchasing
arms and ammunition, and 4 third rcprcsen.
ta,ivo OF the same government Is buying
horses that, from the standard Axod, will
DO Just suited for cavalry ind field artil.
lcry service. The officers mission appears
TO Indicate that the peace so recently cs-
iabllshcd between Guatemala md Saliva
dor Is TO DO broken up.
1t Is practically promise OF war and
already the preparations Of the govern
ment OF Guatemala have been accepted by
those aware of them Us u warning that
with the opening OF spring one moro effort
will be made TO wrcst from Salvador the
Independence for which she fought so long
and hard. March Is tho time liked by
people acquainted with the pcculiarltics
OF the two countries for beginning hostili-
ties.
A letter received dated December 3 con-
firms the rumors OF war
~ am sorry TO inform you," says tho
writer, "that peace In this unfortunate
country will DO disturbed In tho near
future, aud that the la,o war with Saliva
dor will bo renewed. The government 10
cndeavoring To prepare itself for tho
struggle which, on some prctcxt or other.
will DO begun In March next Us
soon rs tho harvesting OF tho coffee crop is
ended"
coniirmatory evidence OF Guaicmaia's
warlilo Intention was given when Colonel
Aguilar, one OF the bost artillery officers
In tho Gautcmnlnn service, aud General
i,oKlno iinrrlos. nephew OF tho late l.rrsi-
dent or dictator putemnln, arr j In
New York, tho .dowlcdgcd aE Of
their government and rs quickly as posi-.
bio began tho actual purchase OF rifles,
sldc- arms and ammunition.
The state herald., 1891-01-30

Further details have been received
Of tho terrible colliery explosion which
happened on Wednesday Mt Jusovka depot,
near Charkov, Russia. The explosion
caused fire to break out in the pits. The
owners and managers OF the mines tried
to descend into the burning pits, but they
were compelled To desist Eventually u
rescuing party succeeded In entering the
mines aud reaching the entombcd mcn.
After considerable labor aud danger they
brought TO the surface tho bodies OF
twenty eight OF the miners who had been
killed. They also rescued ninety -one
men who were In nm unconscious condition.
The latter were all badly burned and
bruised, and two Of them subsequently
died. It is said that the explosion was
caused by u man lighting cigarette.
The state herald., 1891-01-30

William OBrIen telegraphs from
Bouiosno.sur-Mer to the publishers OF tho
recently established paper Of Dublin, ia
followsi
~ have n letter pressing mo To become
responsible for tho continued publication
Of tho Insiipprossibie. My cablcgram
from America only authorized tho con
tinued publication OF United ireland on
lines distinctly laid down In tho cablcd
Instruction.. Since I have become nc
quain,ed with the tonc mud contents OF the
fnsuppressibic I am only restrained by
national policy from at once disassociatine
myself publicly from any responsibility
for its writing. regret TINT nm obliged
TO request that my maine will not be fur
thor used In connection with tho papcr.n