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The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

Frost bites are like burns and scalds. AL
are cured by ST. Jacobs Oh.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

Easy to have rheumatism. Just as easy
10 get rid OF it with st. Jacobs Oil.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12
star 'robacco."

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t IS not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

1t has stood the
test of time: it has
saved thousands of
lives; it has restor-
ed millions of suf-
ferers to health:
it has done what
was never done.
never attempted
before: it has made
men stronger and
healthier; it has
ma de :. wo m e n
brighter and hap
pier; :. it stands
alone in all these
qualities. Do you
not think it would
be wise for you to
use it and thus
avoid the dangers
Of the season +? In
sist upon having i
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

Cold breeds q brood of aches and pains
st. Jacobs Oil destroys them.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

have found Piso's Cure for Consump
ton an unfailing mcdiciuc,-F. r. Lotz
laO5 Scott s., C0yIngton. XIV Oel. |. 1901
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12
4 Query,

Without the woman sufrragist.
The cycle and the bloomer,
Where woulc the modern hu.norist
Find subjects for his humor?
Brooklyn Life.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

\ funeral at house attracts people who
never 50 there ut any other tEuc.-AtrhisoD
Globe
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

"Now for another arctic exploration
said Fogg as he started on a search ior his
ovcrshocs, Boston Transcript
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

The Grip Of Pneumonia may he warded of
with llales Honey OF lIorchouud and Tar
Pixies ToothaChe Drops Cure in one minute
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12
~ INTERNAL uExoI,rIoN.

hcGoatBciow-Noa seem distressed.
The OtAcr Onc-hud well may be.
I've eaten 20 pages OF 4 Scotch dialect
stoTy.-N. !. Times
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

When bilious or costivc eat n Cascarrt,
candy cuthartIc. cure guaranteed. lOc, 25c.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

Officer Ito rccruit)-"lou look as sUllcn rs
an ape that has Just found out that you are
lis descendant. ."-Fliegcndc Blacttcr.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

1t takes backbone to take any kind of q
stand that will leave a man standing alone.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12
1T EXPLAINED THE DIRT.

Mother-Johnnie, your face is very
clean, but how did you get such dirty
hands?
Johnnie (smartly) me face
mamma.-N. Y. World.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

No-To-IIuc for FIFTY Cents

\ baby in buggy is good thing, but no
man likes to push it along.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-12

People really ought to have better sense
than they have.--Atchison Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06

Kush, which meant "the shoulder of
death" we were lost, and spent
dreadful night struggling through
drifts, till we felt weary and faint. BY
the time we reached a village the next
morning, we were in tolerably fam
1Shed state, for We had been exposed to
a storm, 5000 feet UP a mountain side,
and had had nothing to eat for twenty
hours. Wolves soften prowled round
us, and once we met bears. One,
big, black, ferocious brute, looked like
attacking, but he thought better of it,
and scampered off to a wood.
To be honest, one must not describe
Persia as either beautiful, or romantic,
or poetical. And yet,sin saying this, 1
must make exceptions.
ShiraZ, the garden Of love-" is an
exquisite spot, renowned for its rose
gardens, its orangeries, it's myrtle
groves. The scenery is charming, and
all is fragrance and delight. Towards
the south coast, after dropping from
the great Persian tableland, there are
palms and shady bowers; folks dress
ga1ly and are merry; and one did, in
deed, feel that the5scene was Eastern.
There were to be seen the marvellous
ruins Of Persepolis, the great palaces
built by Darius, the audience chamber
of the mighty XeFXes, the noble hall
of hundred columns, the spot where
Alexander the Great Toasted.
The shattered pillars were the gaunt
remnants of Q mighty past, and an
American riding the bicycle over such
historic ground was marvel beyond
imagination. John Foster Fraser.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
AGED MAN A wANDERER.
Refuses to Call Any Place His Home,
PreferrinG to Tramp the Country.

Investigations regarding the report that
an old man named AlOnZO Huntley had
walked from this city to Niles Mich has
resulted in curious story, says the Council
Bluffs Nonparell. The old gentleman not only
halls from Council Bluffs, but he has a re-
markab,o history. He has relatives in
various portions Of the country who are will
ing and able to care for him but he abso-
lutely refuses to take up a permanent abid-
ing place.
There is something pathetic about his wan
derings. Years ago his wife died and from
veritable wandering Jew. With the grief
occasioned by that event his mind became
unsettled. and he could not be satisfied any
place. He has a sister Mrs. Tinnell Of Mo-
mona county. in this state and niece in this
city Mrs. F. VI. Phillips, He was STAYING
with the Phillips family, but last spring be
came restless and started to find his sister
Mrs. Badger. supposed to live near Niles.
Mich. He invariably carries his bucksaw
and is followed by a devoted little black dog
HIS Wanderings have covered a large area
OF the United States. He depends upon his
WOOD saving for living, and when money
Is gwen him by his relatives he saves & and
walks rather than spend it for car fare once
he started for Michigan and tramped to
California in search of Mrs TinneH whom
Neb. ''-'
Eight or nine years ago he had lob OF
wood clearing near this city and decided 10
marry and settle down once more. So he
purchased new suit of clothes and took HE
pride to small cottage Love in the cottage
was short lived, and one day about three
weeks after the marriage things became too
interesting for him and he deliberately
tthrew plate at his spouse. picked up his
DGShsd". WhlStled to his dog and left his
ly did. '9'' F''''A'F'-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
This is perfect pen picture of the
Babylon of today"
THE TOWER MOUND.

All is gone, and in the entire world
there is today hardly q place so drear
and uninYiting as the scene that breaks
upon the vision of the traveller as he
first looks out over that Babylonian
plain. But not for long does the feel
ing of desolation hang over him, for
in the distance rises a mound that in
stantly attracts his attention, sending
his thoughts back to the dawn of hui
man history. 1t is the mound that ira
dition points to as marking the spot
where stood the tower so famous in
history The Herald is indebted to Dr.
William Hayes Ward for the photo
graphs here produced, showing the
mound, the ruins Of the tower upon the
summit and the recent excavations at
it's base. These photographs were made
by ]. H. Haynes, of Dr. Wards party.
during his late expedition to the mound
and surrounding plains. They repre-
sent the ruins as they stand today.
1t was here, then, according to the
Biblical account, that the descendants
OF Noah journeyed, and began the
building Of a city, the GROWING glory
of which was to be the Tower of Babel.
According to Biblical students, the
tower was undoubtedly a temple,
which, when completed according to
the most learned authorizes, was to
have resembled the accompanying illus
tration But it never reached this
point Long before its completion the
Lord interviewed, and by confusing the
tongues of the people compelled the
abandonment Of their colossal under
taking.
REBUILT ON OLD FOUNDATION.
In considering the evidence bearing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06

would every now and then swing round
his horse, charge where the throng
was thickest, slash wildly at anybody
and everybody, and allow us to slip
ahead.
At one place the news of our journey
preceded u.s. and when we approached
the town about twenty Of the wealthy
Persians turned out on horseback.
After the customary salaans, we rode
in front, and the troop danced ana
careered about us-a demented escort.
The lanes were packed with men, ana
the housetops crowded with women. A
feast had been prepared and there was
much bowling and exchanging OF com.
pliments, drinking of tea, smoking OF
kalians, and general lionizing. Inc
governor of the town waited on us, and
asked. on behalf of the inhabitants,
who had never before seen bicycle,
that we should give an exhibition. We
said we would ride in an open space at
noon next day.
1 we'll recollect the futter of excite
ment 1 was always in when a travel
ing circus came to the little town OF
my school days. I think the folks OF
that Persian town experienced some
thing of the same sensation. Five
hours before noon, crowds collected be-
fore the house where we were staying,
and, as time went on, the gosslplng
gave way to yells and Impotence.
Casually 1 strolled to the roof to
smoke a cigar and the tumultuous
shout that arose has only been equal
led in my memory by the pandemon-
iun- like roar on the posting Of flgures
at presidential election.
When we sailed out, half dozen far
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06

them Jealous by drawing imaginative
pictures of the East.
We created the widest excitement.
There is no Persian equivalent for
bicycle" and so 1t is called a foot
carriage" or an iron horse" and,
when people were frightened and rude,
they said it was flying DEVIL A
horse that did not eat corn was mar
vel, and the joke of bringing a hand
full of chaff and offering it to bicycle
was worn to threads before we half
finished our ride.
There were no roads, but nearly al
ways well-defined camel tracks Where
the ground was hard and gritty, we
spun along easily at twelve miles an
hour, but when, by way of a change,
there was swamp, or a rock-streWn
pass, then-well we did not travel so
fast. -....
We generally reached a village to-
wards shutdown. The housetops-the
chief places of ecreation-would be
crowded A great shout went up when
we were seen, and our arrival called
out all the people more quickly than
ever did the Pied Piper of Hamelin call
out rats The inha bitants would make
a swoop towards US, laughing, screech-
ing, yelling, waving their arms, baWi-
ing questions. We would dismount and
ask for the chapar-khanna Ghe post
house,, where horses could be found
for journeying and there was generally
bare hut reserved for travellers. On
the way there was often demand
that we should ride We would point
out that we could not ride over rough
ground. ride! rider the people cried.
They pushed and squeezed. Advancing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
MORE THAN A MILE A MINUTE.
New U. p. Starts in for Breaking Its
Records.

Records.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 5.-Celebrating
it's new birth, the Union Pacific has
taken two more falls out of Father
Time, and has set a pace for fast run
ming that will likely stand in the West
for some time. Three record-breaklng
spurts in one week are its record. OF
the first the Associated Press furnish
ed full particulars last Tuesday. At
that time $40 miles was made at the
rate OF 621a miles an hour, with 100
mile dash at the rate of 682 miles an
hour. Yesterday the fast mail was
again late in Wyoming, and was
danced across the Nebraska plains at
a rate that makes the Tuesday run
look slow. 1t covered ~ miles from
Sidney to Julesburg in SO minutes; 81
miles from Ju!esburg to North Platte
in II minutes; so miles from North
Plat to Lexington in 60 minutes; 80
miles from Lexington to Kearney in
SO minutes, and final dash of AZ
miles from Kearney to Grand Island
in IS minutes, or 20 miles an hour. The
261 miles from Sidney to Grand Island
was made in 233 minutes, an average
of 65.6 miles an hour. From Grand
Island to Omaha the run was ordinary,
the lost time having been made up
Today the Union Pacific brought a
theatrical company on a special train
from Julesburg to Council Bluffs, 294
miles, in 2S6 minutes. From this must
be deducted five minutes for changing
engines at Grand Island, minutes
delay by a Missouri Pacific freight
train on the crossing at Portal and
the necessary slow-up through Omaha,
a distance of five miles, and a slow run
over the Missouri river bridge.
The actual running time of the train
was 275 minutes, an average of 63.6
miles an hour.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06

upon the existence of the tower, it
must not be forgotten that the Baby
lonians like the ancient Egyptians, re-
built their temples on the original foun
dations. Thus on the spot where the
tower was begun, great temples were
subsequently erected, the last of which
was that Of the famous Nebuchadnez-
Ear, and which was doubtless not
great tower constructed to escape the
terrors of another flood, but a mag
nificent temple rising up in the midst
of the new city of the plain, alike for
worship and to commemorate the glory
and pride of man.
The present ruins, known as Birs
Nlmrod, consists of a huge irregular
mound crowned by the remains of a
tower. which rises $50 feet from the
plain below. The accompanying illus
tration accurately pictures the excava-
tions that have been going on, and
gives a clear idea of exactly how the
base of the tower looks today. In the
excavations of the interior of this
mound many inscribed bricks have
been unearthed, and most of them bear
NebuchadneZZar's name in cuneiform
characters. On one. of these bricks Is
an inscription that the tower was never
completed, and that it had been aban-
doned since a very remote period.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
CLAIMS A FoUR-YEAR TERM.
Basis for Postmaster Rapier's Reu-
sons for Retention of Office.

MOBILE, Ala. Dec. 5.-The cOntro-
versy over the pOstmastership at Mo-
bile is attracting general attention be-
cause of the important legal phases of
the case and the possible effect on the
spirit of the civil service law
Postmaster Rapier, who refuses to
surrender the office TO p. D. Barker is
a Cleveland appointee whose commits
sion is dated Dec. II, 1894 and his Of
fetal term will therefore not expire IN
til December, 1898. Mr. Rapier contends
that the section of the revised statutes
under which first-class pOstmasters are
appointed provides in terms that such
pCstmasters shall be appointed for the
term of four years and can be removed
by the president only by and with the
advice and consent of the senate The
president on the LIST of October. gave
to P. D. Barker. a Republican. q COM
mission as Rapiers successor Barker,
who was out of the city, did not re-
turn until recently, and on the LIST of
December demanded of Postmaster Ra-
pier the surrender of the office Nh
Rapier claims he received no notice Of
his removal according to law and will
not surrender the office until the le-
gality of his removal has been passed
upon by the courts. Barker. the new
appointee, was postmaster at Noble
during the Harrison administration
and served out his full term of four
years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
A HISTORICAL RECORD.
Relieve the Story of PentecOst and
You Must Believe story of Babel.

You Must Believe Story of Babel.
The account given in Genesis XII, 10, is a
brief historical record of an important event
in the early history of the human race. Tnere
Is nothing incredible in it. 1t was doubtless
the first great attempt at temple building.
1t was the spirit of pride that was checked
by the interposition of the Almighty. And
we have reason to believe that the people
were already departing from the worship Of
the one true God.
The part of the account that seems to be
a stumbling block to many is that relating to
the multiplying of languages. We have
today the various languages of the differ/.t
races and the more we study them the more
we are convinced that they all had common
the story of the Bible and making Babylon
the starting point Only once has there been
a like event in the history of the world. and
that the day Of Penticost in Jerusa-
lem, when the reverse of the confusion Of
languages took place. Those who believe the
New Testament account OF the Day Of Pen
tecost must of necessity believe the Old Tes-
lament account Of Babel.
While the fixing of the exact location of
the Tower of Babel is immaterial, there is
strong presumptive evidence in favor of the
ruins of Birs-Nimrud Ia few miles from the
ruins of the royal buildings of BabyIon)
marking the site of the tower: 1t has been.
according to Babylonian records, the site of
a temple from the remotest antiquity. In
this respect it is without a rival. OF course.
the present ruins are of the temple rebuilt
by the great Nebuchadnezzar.
we SNAIL nave W aCCepI Inc oCoIy VI tns
Tower Of Babel as a true historical record
until something has been found disproving
1t. The burden of proof does not lie with
those who believe in the Biblical statement,
but with those who regard it as a legend.
To me the only incredible thing in connec-
ton with the story is the attempt Of some
writers on the Bible to make 1t appear as a
legend incorporated into the Book of Genesis
at a late period. But our friends have been
so frequently buried in Egypt and Babylonia
by the spade of the excavator that it is get-
ting TO be difficult for them to keep their
heads above ground.-Dr. Henry Mason.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
A BIBLE LEGEND.
The story of the Tower of Babel a
Bit of Hebrew Folklore.

What is usually spoken of as the Tower
of Babel is the temple pyramid, in seven
stages, built 1--WE do not know how early in
honor of the god Nebe, at Borsippa, a dozen
miles from Babylon, to the west of the Eu-
pirates, and repaired by the great King
Northumberland, who was named after that
god The ruin is now called Birs Nimrud, or
Tower of Nimrod. after a Mohammedan ira
dition, and visited it when in charge of the
Wolfe expedition, and photographs of it were
taken by our photographer, ]. H. Haynes
1t was the Babylonian style to build the
temples in the form of pyramids, in stages.
the separate stages being in honor of differ
ent planetary gods. The Egyptian style Of
enamelling the whole face of the pyramid did
not prevail in Babylonia except in the earliest
period. The extraordinary thing about the
Birs Nimrud tower is that while most of it is
now reduced to rounded hill, the bricks of
the upper stage were in some great confa-
grafton melted together into solid vitrifed
mass, which has been in some way broken,
perhaps by lightning, and it is split from top
to bottom, and pieces weighing many tons
have fallen to the ground and lie about the
base or have rolled down the hill.
l think it improbable that this was the
Tower of Babel of the Genesis writer. That
was more likely the much larger pyramid
temple, or Ziggurat, of Babylon, now called
Babel the measurements of which, taken
from an old inscription were published by
George Smith 1t is now an immense hill Of
burnt bricks, rebuilt by Northumberland, and
has long been used as a quarry
/ regard the story of the Tower OF Babel,
told in Genesis, as one of the most interesting
religious folk lore tales current among the
Hebrews, which has been most happily pre-
served to us by the sacred writer. 1t is not
to be taken as veritable history, but as re-
ligious story, one that has the same grand
monotheistic character as the stories of the
creation and the flood, with which 1t is as
ISOLATED. and which was, like them, admira-
ably adapted for the religious instruction of
the Hebrew people, offering a marvellous con-
trast to the puerile myths OF the surrounding
nations
No Babylonian counterpart to the Genesis
story of the Tower of Babel has yet been
found in the Babylonian monuments, nor any
reference to it, though it is likely to turn up
at any time One supposed reference to it IS
the error of an early translator, before the
inscription could be correctly read. The
word babel comes not from word meaning
confusion, but from the Babylonian Bab-liu,
Gate of God" William Hayes Ward.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06

the purchaser. William oliver of New
York Between 2 and o'clock, Lans-
ing his attorneys, and a number OF
stage hands gained entrance and be-
gan to remove scenery and chairs.
Agents of Oliver were notified and III
the controversy which followed there
was a personal collision between at
torneys of the rival claimants. The
police quelled the disturbance about
the time it began to be interesting.
Later warrants were sworn out and
Lansing's party was arrested, being
released on bail.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
MO3~IN BHEATER.
Riot Results From the Sale of n
Lincoln Playhouse.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 5.-The Lans-
ing theater, the leading playhouse of
the city, was this morning before day
light dismantled of part of it's furnish
ings, almost riot accompanying the
work, and as result j. F. Lansing,
late half owner; L. G. Burr and Ros-
coe Pound, his attorney, and score
of laborers were today arrested. The
trouble is the outcome of the sale of
the property under foreclosure week
ago. Mr.. Lansing claimed there was
a conspiracy to defraud him of part
of his holdings The district court,
however, confirmed the sale on Satur-
day and declared the title vested III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
Says Arrest Is a Mistake.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Harry Stewart,
jeweler, was arraigned as suspicious char
acter in a police court today and remanded
until tomorrow for identification Stewart
was arrested on Saturday by central office
detectives at the Hotel Cadillac on the
strength of telegram from the chief Of po-
lice of Cleveland, which stated that Stewart
was wanted for forging railroad tickets. Stew
art was very indignant over his arrest. He
says that he is not the man wanted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
SINGLE TAKERS MOURN.
Memorial Meeting in Chicago in
Honor of Henry George.

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-Exercises in
memory of the late Henry George were
held at the Auditorium this afternoon
under the auspices of the Chicago
Single Tax club. Over 1000 persons
were in attendance. Mrs. George, the
widow of the dead economist, clad in
deep mourning, occupied a box. She
came to Chicago last week to attend
the wedding of her son, Henry George
Jr., and prolonged her visit in order to
be present at the memorial exercises.
Edward o. Brown, of Chicago, pre-
sided, and in opening the meeting paid
an eloquent tribute to the memory of
Mr.. George.
Addresses were also made by Dr.
Emil G. Hirsch, former Governor John
P. Altgeld, Bishop John L Spaulding,
of Peoria, and Rev. DR.. S. S. Craig,
of Toronto Ont
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
MED Far From His Children

DENVER, Col. Dec. 5.-Lorenzo D. Ronde-
busch, the well known mining man. died early
this morning He was born in Blooming Val
ley. Pa, and was 81 years of age. He leaves
a daughter, who is the wife of Harold H.
Henderson, an Englishman and lives in Sus-
sex, Eng. and son. j. II. Rondebusch, who
is a sculptor, and lives in Paris.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
INDIAN TERRITORY BLAZE.
Loss of 100000 ia Burning of Bust
ness RIocIks at Tulsa

TULSA, 1. T., Dec. 5.-Fire originat-
ing in the general merchandise store
of Price e Gillette this afternoon de-
stroyed over 100000 worth of property
The principal losers are Fred ]. Scott.
Lynch Mercantile company, Price Se
Gillette, The TuIska Banking COM
pany, the Commercial hotel George B.
Per1yman, Lewis e. Brobeek, and Egan
Bros. The insurance will not eX-
coed $4,000. 900
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
To Chicago for Seven Dollars.

Commencing Wednesday, December
1st, the Burlington Twill sell tickets
to Chicago for $6-reduction of $3.50
from former ratel Finest trains on
earth Ticket Offices. 400 Robert st.
(Hotel Ryan and Union Depot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-06
To Chicago for 500

On the famous North Western Limit
ed. Secure tickets at 1896 Robert
street, ST. Paul; 413 Nicollet avenue,
Minneapolis. and union depots in both
cities.