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The record-union., 1897-09-19
BEFORE THE FLOOD.
DISCOVERY OF A CITY THAT
EXISTED BEFORE NOAH.
Skeletons of Long Dead People
Found in a Remarkable State
Of Preservation.

The spade of the explorer has at last
been struck into the historic soil of a
city that existed before the flood From
its ruins have been brought forth relics
of heretofore unknown civilization,
and at last the scientist and the arch
aelogist are studying the remains of a
race of people that lived and died thou
sands of years before the history of the
world, as We know it to-day, began.
For many years archaeologists have
believed the theory that in the dim
dawn of the worlds beginning Egypt
was inhabited by a strange race which
antedated the Egyptians by many
thousands of years, Nothing was dis
covered to prove this idea, but the
whole evidence of history pointed to
the seat of one of the very earliest pre-
historic civilizations being located in
the warm climate of upper Egypt.
The theory has now proved true, and
In the Nile Valley have been unearthed
the first remains of a race more mys-
ferrous than any science has ever be-
fore baffled with.
Not only have the explorers found
quantities of the jewelry, weapons
and implements used by this unknown
people, but they have also unearthed
temples, tombs and, still more wonder
full, skeletons of the people themselves.
Several months ago the Department
Of Antiquities of the Egyptian Gov
eminent received advices of the find
ing, in the Tuekh district, of prehistoric
remains. and dispatched an expedition
to investigate them. Excavations
were carried on with only partial sue
cess until two months ago, when the
explorers came across the most re-
markable series of finds that have
probably ever been made. From UNI
der beds of desert drifted sand they
brought to light the first remains of
this strange race Of whom the world
has ever known. Ruins of buildings
were unearthed rich in the treasure of
this ancient people, and colossal stat
ues uncovered, showing what they
looked like in real life. Scattered
about in profusion were evidences Of
the life they had led, and on the walls
of the buildings We're carved pictures
of their sports and battles.
The explorers entered the tombs and
brought forth skeletons of this long
since the world began. A close exam
inatiOn of the remains showed that
these people were not of swarthy COM
plexion, like the Egyptians of the days
of Rameses or of Cleopatra but were
fair, with light hair. They were of a
race as dissimilar to the Egyptians as
the Caucasian is to. be the Nubian. AS
some of the skeletons fragments of
skin We're still discernible, notwith-
standing its partial discoloration from
age, it had Enthusiastically once been
white.
The few hairs that still chung to the
skulls were blond and not of the
coarse, straight nature so Characters
tically Egyptian. The bodies had been
placed in the graves, or tombs, in vari-
Gus positions. Some were found lying
on their backs, others bent forward in
a sitting position, while others again
were almost standing erect. They
We're in a remarkable state of preserva-
ton, and had undoubtedly either been
embalmed or put through some secret
The record-union., 1897-09-19
An Arctic Vision

(Written by Bret Harte at the time of the
Alaska Durchase)
W Where the short-legged Esquimau
Waddles in the ice and snow,
And the playful polar bear
Nips the hunter unaware
Where by day they track the ermine
And by night another vermin.
SEGMENT of the Frgid Zone
Where the temperature alone
Warns on st. Elias cone;
Polar dock, where Nature slips
From her ways her icy ships,
Let the news that flying goes
Thrill through all your Arctic foes,
Till the tidings circlng round
Every bay of Norton Sound
Throw the vocal tide wave back
On the Spot where Eugene Sue
Lee Led his Wyretched Wandering Jew,
Russ and Esqumau alike
He it is whom Skalds of old
In their Runic rhymes foretold;
Lean of flank and lank of jaw
See the real Northern Thor,
See the awful Yankee leering
Just across the Straits of Behring;
On the drlfted snow. too plain
Sinks his fresh tobacco STAIN
Just beside the deep inden-
TatiOn of his number 10.
Leaning on his icy hammer
Stands the hero of this drama,
And above the wild ducks clamor
In his own peculiar grammar
Lo, the Arctic prologue rises.
WALL I reckon faint so bad
Seem twas all they had,
True, the springs are rather late
And early falls predOminate;
But the ice crops pretty sure
And the air is kind of pure;
There's right smart chance for fun
chase
All along this recent purchase,
And unless the stories fail
Every fish from cod to whale:
Rocks. too: mebbe quartz; let's see
'Twould be strange if there should be
Seems I've heard such stories told
En- Why, bless you-yes, it's gold!'
While the blows are falling thick
From his California pick,
You may recognize the Thor
OF the vision that l saw
Freed from visionary glamor
See the real magician's hammer
The record-union., 1897-09-19

treatment prior to their interment.
Around their necks were massive neck
laces of gold, made in beautiful designs,
and their waists were encircled with
broad belts made of golden beads fash
toned in the most elaborate patterns
Where all this gold came from the
explorers have not yet been able to de-
termine, but that it must have been
exceedingly plentiful in that remote
age is evident from the quantities of it
these strange people used for their per-
sonal ornamentation.
The skeletons were of men who had
evidently been very powerful, the bones
being large and firm. In life they must
have been considerably larger than
mankind of to-day, for in a number Of
instances the remains measured over
six and a half feet, Notwithstanding
the shrinkage that had been going on
during the ages they had lain buried.
There was no trace of clothing upon
any of the skeletons, ii evidently haV-
ing decayed thousands of years ago,
but at the side of several were found
swords of a wondrous pattern that had
probably been buried with them. These
manship, showing that these ancient
people were we'll versed in the work
ing Of metal A remarkable feature
of them is that with a little restoring
they could easily be made to look like
the weapons of the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries.
The explorers excavated along the
sides of one of the buried temples and
found some of the most wonderful
carvings upon the walls. Near what
had probably once been doorway they
found pictured a hunting scene, all the
figures being hfe-siZe. The images
were carved out of the solid stone and
the workmanship was remarkable In
the picture men were represented on
horseback chasing a species of animal
resembling the modern deer. Lower
down was pictured a warrior on horse
back with a queer square headdress
and holding an immense club. On the
right were numerous elephants bearing
men on their backs and charging as il
in war
The top and central figure in this
huge carved picture appeared to repre-
sent the King or some other important
parsonage watching over the sports and
battles of his subjects. Each figure
was accurately carved, although not in
proportion, the horses, for instance, be-
ing represented larger than the ele-
phants.-New York World.
The record-union., 1897-09-19
DREARIEsT PLACE ON EARTH.
Travellers Shun the Resort of Thi-
bet as Unfit for Habitation.

Recent publica tons of the Russian
Geographical Society contain most in
teresting accounts of explorations I'M
dertaken under its auspices by Rob-
orovsky and Kozloff in one of the most
inhospitable regions of the earth's sur
face, the elevated Thibetan plateau,
which along the Russian mountains"
lines. up to the northeast face of the
giant snowclad Kuen-lun says the In
dianapolis News Over this region
of dismal dreariness, elevated from H.
900 to II 900 feet above sea level, man.
foot is hardly ever known to pass, and
even to the natives of Kashgaria it is
virtually sealed province. The sur
face is largely covered with deposits
of loess and earth of extremely fine
particles. Identical with that which
forms the dominant landscape feature
of a large part of China, and very SIM
liar to that which makes up the
bluffs of the upper and middle Miss
issippi Valley. In this loess originate
sand storms of terrible severity, the
dust being carried in such volumes into
the air as to cause complete darkness,
objects being rendered invisible at a
distance of more than ten yards.
Entire forests of poplar are buried in
these dust deposits, decaying and rot
ting in the dry mass of earth which
surrounds them. In the desert which
lies south Of the Uzutagh, and occupies
a position upward of 10000 feet high,
hardly a trace of animal life was to be
found in the middle of June, almost the
only forms of moving creatures being
scattered broken-down orongo ante
lopes which approached to within a
few feet of the travellers, seeming too
weary to pay attention to their pres
ence. Snow alone falls over this most
inhospitable tract, and rain is SEEM
ingly unknown. In the month of June
snow fell every day. evaporating imme-
diately On June 18th, at an elevation
of II $50 feet the thermometer marked
IL degrees Fahrenheit.
Along the depression of the Cher
chendaria a striking contrast is pre-
scented in the characteristics of the
country. the banks of the river being
overgrown with rushes. poplars and
tamaracks and harboring immense
numbers of wild camels. antelopes. wild
cats. bears and various smaller ami
mails. But traces of recent dessica ton
are everywhere apparent, large tracts
being marshes, strewn with the re-
mains of fresh-water mollusks-the for
1ner inha bitauts of a vast lake
The record-union., 1897-09-19
A "Reminiscences,

This afternoon by chance I shook
A faded blossom from a book.
And crumbled with my clumsy feet
Inc thing that was so fair and sweet
Some twenty Junes ago.
One summer evening by the sea
My little sweetheart walked with me,
And from a bending briar vine
Broke off this blossom as a sign
Some twenty Junes ago.
Sweet were the fields in fading light
With roses closing for the night,
And sweet the promise made to me
That summer evening by the sea
Some twenty JuneS ago.
Ah-well-alone I go my way,
Content and stout and getting gray;
The light o love for me died down.
The rose O. love for me turned brown,
Some twenty Junes ago.
"And did she dep Ah-no-not She
She married Jones and Tilted me.
She's loud and fat, and lin the swim,''
And Jones-poor dog-I pity him.
He leads a life, you know.
-Antoinette Alcott Bassett
In Four O'Clock.
The record-union., 1897-09-19
Would Work on the Outside.

A newly appointed Georgia Justice
of the Peace was informed that some
one had stolen his horse during the
night. He was not long in locating the
criminal. who was speedily brought to
trial, when the Justice said:
L amt qualified ter set on this case,
seem as the horse was mine; but I'm
goin ter let the bailiff preside, an
while he's a-tryin of the criminal I'll
be out yander a-stretchin' of the rope
an locatin' of the treeu'-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The record-union., 1897-09-19

A beautiful French product was a
sun-ray skirt of gray canvas, over a
silk foundation: the corselet bodice had
a circular basque, with a V-shaped
opening in the back, and double crossed
draperies in the front, caught on the
shoulders with bright buckles. The
epaulets were petal-like in form, and
like the crossed bands on the bodice
were edged with narrow lace ruffies-
The high rolled collar was encircled
with twist of primrose velvet, cor
responding with the folded belt.
The record-union., 1897-09-19

Is coming upon
you when you feel
more tired in the
morning than on
going to bed.
When you have
melancholy spells,
when you are un-
able to concen-
trate your mind;
when your mem
DRY Ia poor, Is
weak; when you
feel unfit for so
ciety: when you
feel. shy bashful;
when YOU begin
to slose the sense
OF smell, Of taste;
when you desire
to be alone: when
You are irritable:
when you are cas-
lily demoralized.
A.cerfain cure fer
Nervous Debility
Is the great. Hud-
yam Cure. Hud-
yam cures when
all others have
entirely failed 10
cure. Write for
Circulars a n d
Teetfm o n 4 a 8.
Hudson Medical
Institute, Stock
ton, Market and
Ellis, streets.
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embroidered with jet. Full ruffles of
accordion plated chiffon finish the
neck. A red straw hat, adorned with
a black Amazon feather, red roses and
a wreath of loops of red muslin, fin
ishes this striking costume, which most
not be affected except by a woman who
is confident that her beauty is great
enough to stand close inspection.
The record-union., 1897-09-19

c. c. Cole, ex-Chief Justice of the
Iowa Supreme Court, and now Dean
of the Iowa Law College at Des
Moines, says that institution has just
turned out the youngest lawyer in the
United States. The young man is Ho-
mer Millsap, a Californian, 16 years
Did. His standing was between 80 and
100 in the college examinations. His
youth, of course, precludes his admis-
sion to practice.
The record-union., 1897-09-19
q Quief Ereniru-

n. Peck think l shall stay at home
this evening and enjoy a good. quiet.
homelike evening something l have
not done for some time
Watts-A bomelike EVENING"
thought your wife was out of town.
She is. indianapolis Journal.
The record-union., 1897-09-19

A lady of title recently appeared at
London race in a silver gray alpaca,
with wide velvet revers framing
tucked vest of white chiffon; the fold
ed belt of black satin ribbon came from
under the arms. The bonnet worn
with this costume was of black fancy
straw and lovely shaded crimson roses.
A gown of mustard-colored cloth
hangs in folds from the cords around
the hips; the bodice is made in bolero,
which is thickly embroidered in raised
white chenille; the vest is of old cream
1ac
The record-union., 1897-09-19

The City Marshal of Shelton, Mo,
has been arrested for cursing and
abusing a prisoner in his charge
The record-union., 1897-09-19
TAINTED BLOOD
BLOOD POISON.

First, Secondary and
Tertiary forms of Blood
Poison or impure or
tainted blood, are mani
tested by copper-colored
spots. dry, parched, Itch
ing skin, irritated throat,
spots over the body,
blood sores, red eyes,
bleary look about the
eye, slightly swollen
lids, falling hair, etc.
When you are in the first
stage of this disorder you
can easily be cured If you
take it in time, not patch
ed up, but actually and
forever cured; in the sec
ond stage it is more dlffi-
cult and trying; while In
the third stage the only
certain cure we know of
is the 30-Day Cure of
Hudson Medical fame.
Now, just as soon as
you contract this disor-
der consult the Hudson
Doctors about the 30-Day
Cure, or write for 30-Day
Cure Circulars.
The record-union., 1897-09-19

we can hope to eliminate or suppress
the forces that work for evil and for
human degradation, and make against
the salvation of the race But the
time has gone by for the doctrine that
the safe course is to keep the mass Of
men il ignorant submission to priestly
custodians of their spiritual welfare,
who will see them through the pitfalls
and perils of this world and launch
them securely into the next The
light has got among them, and cannot
be excluded; and the safest thing is
to spread it, and make it as clear and
full as possible. There is peril in dark
ness, not in light
I'VE WISH says the New York COB
sever Pres.), some of our fire
breathing temperance friends. who in
respect of their unchristian speech at
least are not the real friends of tenn
perance. could appreciate the harm
they are doing by excess of statement
and urcharitable criticisms to a cause
which deserves the united exertions of
all lovers of things pure, honest and of
good report. Repercussion is not dis
cussion; agitation is not necessarily ar
gument 1t is not thunderbolts of
words. but the lightnings of the word
that illuminate. What is sound, true,
and preachable is a gospel temperance,
that is a temperance effort which is
inspired by the gospel, but does not
itself amount to the whole bulk of the
gospel. The temperance cause is but
one among many causes. Satan is
highly delighted when he draws off
all the fire of excitabe Christian peo-
pie in that single direction, and is
thereby left freer to operate in the in
terests of other forms of vice or inte-
rlor heart sins. No drunkard shall in
herit the kingdom of Cod and no more
shall Pharasee, a gambler or a NOR
alist. There are other vanties in con-
nection with which Satan is having as
free and perilous a play and sway as
with the vendors and victims of strong
drink"
The record-union., 1897-09-19
TEfE EEEN
a ADD
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NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
NERVOUS DEBILITY
The record-union., 1897-09-19

in the ears and rush
ing of blood to the
head is cured by
Hudyan.
The record-union., 1897-09-19

r.. cut on cut glass guarantees
sS:Scsp highest quality Look for it.
cut glass Of Worlds Fair
fame always bears this symbol cut On
every piece
The record-union., 1897-09-19

Men have testified to the great
sustaining merits of remedy
treatment which these 1000 men
have used to their great advan-
tage. This remedy is the
The record-union., 1897-09-19
Ringing

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A French designer sends out the fol-
lowing gown: The material is red
checked canvas over silk; there is 4
plastron IN front and back of accor-
dion-plaited red silk muslin adorned
with a banner-like bib. which is fas-
tened down the sides with narrow sat
in loops over enameled buttons. The
folded silk belt is tied in the back in
short loops and long ends, which are
The record-union., 1897-09-19

But very recently mixture of many
opposite colors in gowning was the
rule. Parisians, from whom we take
our initiative in fashion. are now de-
claring in favor of harmonies. To
these the preference has always been
given by very many of our most fash
ionable American women, they consid-
ering that a woman never looks as we'll
as when attired in one color selected
with a knowledge of her own partic-
ular coloring and style, the gown toned
or shaded so that there is no effect of
monotony.
The record-union., 1897-09-19
GREA I
IUD Y AN.

1t is to be had only from the
skilled doctors who created it.
No one else can give you Hudyan
except the Hudson Medical Insti-
tute doctors, and these doctors
can be seen or written to, just as
you desire. Hudyan can be used
in such cases when the following
symptoms are shown:
The record-union., 1897-09-19

There are economic, social, and po-
litical reasons for making our systems
of education as complete and thorough
as possible" remarks the Christian
Register" (Unit) of Boston. but the
moral and spiritual reasons are still
stronger Intelligence alone. viii not
induce men to do right or make them
unselfsh: and education of itself win
not reseneTate human nature. But
these are essential to the conditions
most favorable for the operation of 9TH
er Influences. Men must know and I'M
derssand before they can be expected
to do. We could not regenerate the
race by the complete education of the
generation now rising. because of the
intractabIe and perverted material that
it contains. The regererating and ed
ucating process needs to go back of
chi .dhcod The necessity of being born
again can only be avoided by being
born right the first time, and few have
that Gdvanf2ge. We have to educate
the children that are to be parents,
and ~ educate their children until par
ertage itself becomes q result Of men
tai and moral enlightenment, before
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-09
TrjC COOD THINGS CONE HERE.

Passion is unh,ppv because the good things Of
,he world come first to New-lOrk. Inc frnlt
and produce men Of The Hub are carrying on
multifariOus Investigations and negotlatiohs
with view to supplying their customers WIN
Southern fruits and vegetables that have not
seen better DAYS and been sent on as second
hand goods from New-YOrk. They are entitled
to sympathy. but at the same time they have
no reason TO complain because only one steamer
in three from the South goes to Boston, ana In
consequence their fruits are stale or high priced
Ii Is unfortunate but ii Is the relentless fate OF
those who are not in contact with the best
market in America.
70 this favored locality comes everything
which nature produces or man makes TO supply
human needs. If one goes to the farm TO enjoy
fresh vegetables. he will come back convinced
that his marketman gets the best and the
farmer keeps the poorest. If he seeks curiosi-
ties i'm odd corners Of the world. he will probably
bring back goods which could have been bought
as cheaply in town. Scarcely an article known
to trade can be named which Is not to be found
in New-Y York: for people Of every nation with
every nations wants dwell here, and we pick
our goods in every nations ports. Some OF these
things are not in general demand and arc not
found In Broadway. but those who know where
and how to look find everything they want, and
find ii at It's best.
Boston may wish to receive it's supplies direct,
but the lines Of ocean and inland traffic have
made New-YOrk the great distributing centre
which Is bound to have the first Of everything.
SO much matter Of fate and established order
Is this condition at present that 1t holds true In
spite of many minor obstacles which New-fOrk
merchants rousing themselves to overcome.
Our harbor transportation facilities need i'm
provement. our land transit must he made
simpler. our channel must be deepened, our
means for direct communication between cOun-
try producer and city consumer must he devei-
Oped. if we wish to make the best use of our iln-
parallcled natural advantages and give the resi-
dent of this city the greatest comfort and the
outside customer of this city the greatest In
centive TO come here. The great value Of our
natural privileges. which force other towns like
Boston to work hard for things that come TO us
rs a matter Of course should induce us to work
as hard as they do to round out our city's great
ness We have so much more TO work for than
citizens OF other towns. Boston may be Hub,
but all the roads lead to New York