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ceremonies. The Egyptians wor-
SHIPPED cats. pied bulls, crocodiles,
apes, serpents, and numberless other
creatures. In fact, domestic cats are
supposed to have originated in or
near Egypt, for from the earliest
times temples were erected in their
honor and devotions offered to them.
The family in whose house cat
died shaved their eyebrows.
A cat was supposed to symbolic
the moon, which was accounted only
less sacred than the sun. 1t was a
capital offense to kill a cat in the
land. When dead it was cmbalmed
and usually buried in Bubastium,
which sacred city was dedicated to
the moon. Painted cats figured in
the finest mural decorations. In the
middle ages cats were supposed to
be the familiars of witches, and in
our own New England may still be
heard (when the lights are low
blood-curdling stories of the achieve
ments of old Mrs. Nj, a we'll
known witch, and her familiar, and
IL - al law llldl NuCn llldb Olu DldNh
cat came into the room our Jim
caught him and put HIM into the fire.
place. where he was held till he was
dreadfully burned, when, with ter
rible scream, he tore away and
leaped through the window, breaking
the glass, and no one could get into
the old woman's house the next day.
When an entrance was finally forced,
Mrs. M was in bed with ner face
and whole body covered with deep
burns and cuts"
If q cat cried on house-top, il
was considered sure "forerunner"
of death. In all ages the supposed
attributes of cats have received
great deal of attention. In some
lands they have been deeply veneer
ated, while in others they have been
regarded with extreme dread. Satan's
favorite naturalization was said to
be the form of a black cat. Prob
ably the favorite Egyptian animal
was the sacred bull, Apis, worshiped
with divine donors. 1t was regarded
as a symbo. of Osiris, god of the
Nile, husband of Isis, and great di-
vinity of Egypt. His residence was a
sacred court in the temple of Ptah,
at Memphis, where he was waited
upon by priests. Oxen were sacri-
feed to him. His changes of appe-
tite, choice of places, and all move
ments were religiously regarded as
oracles. 1t was understood that he
would not live more than 25 years,
and if he reached that age the priests
quietly disposed of MIN in sacred
well into which 1t was popularly be-
lieved that he had cast himself. If
be died a natural death he was
placed with great ceremony in the
temple of Scraps, in Memphis.
AT the Inauguration of new bull
ut Apis bacchanalian festivities were
held. This animal must be black,
with a white square on the brow,
the figure of an eagle on the back
and knot under the tongue. His
birthday and the day Of his dis
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developmcr, of railways, agriculture,
mines, manufactures and shipping
are given ont to the press by
representatives of this bureau. The
bureau is sustained by contributions
from the several American republics
in proportion to their population.
The exhibit of the bureau of Amer
lean republics has been made with
the object of showing its work. A re-
lief map of the Intercontinental rail-
way, the construction of which was
suggested at the international Amer
lean conference of 1890, gives an idea
of the proposed line of that railway
through the countries on this CONT
nent. The interest in this particular
display is enhanced by the miniature
exhibit of the most important prod
ucts of the countries through which
this railway passes. The wall space
contains photographs of officials who
have been prominently identified with
Pan-American affairs. The cases
which occupy the floor space contain
documents pertaining to the history
of this hemisphere.
The prominent feature of this ex-
hibit is a collection of photographs of
the Columbian Mural paintings of the
University of Notre Dame. There is
a fine portrait of Christopher Column
bus, which is said to he authentic.
This bureau may be said to he under
the supervision of the secretary of
state. For this reason these two ex-
hibits are practically grouped to-
gether.
The exhibit of the bureau of Amer
lean republics was selected and in
stalled by Mr.. Williams Carlton Fox,
the chief clerk of the bureau. The
director of the bureau, the accom-
plished William Woodville Rockhill, is
one of the foremost diplomats of the
United States. He has served as as
sistant secretary of state, as minister
to Greece. and is now the special en-
voy of the United States TO arrange
our difficult affairs in China.
CHARLES EDWARD LLOYD.
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Bernardo Calvo, Senior Don Luis
Felipe Carlo, William Woodville Rock
hill, Esq, director; DIR. Horacio Guz-
man, secretary; Williams {. Fox, chief
clerk. This bureau was established
in 1890 for the prompt collection and
distribution of commercial informa-
ton concerning the American repub-
lies. 1t publishes TRANSACTIONS of the
tariffs of the countries of Latin
America reduced to United States
equivalents. 1t also publishes hand
books and maps of these countries,
monthly bulletins and az commercial
directory written in English, French,
Portuguese and Spanish, containing
the latest information respecting
their resources, commerce and gem
eral features. Replies are furnished
to inquiries in relation to the com
merce and affairs of these republics
and items of news bearing upon the
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land. His wife was woman of great
beauty, and of beautiful piety. Her
daughter, who became a historical
character, was even more beautiful
than her mother-and more brilliant
because of her opportunities for in
tellectual development. The child was
born in this city in June, 1899, when
Napoleon was first consul of France.
AS she grew up she was famed for her
charms, having soft, brown hair of
chestnut tint, clear, rosy complexion
and beautiful gray eyes. At a school
commencement in Georgetown she
was crowned by the wife of President
Madison as a reward for her graceful
dancing.
Beautiful Margaret O'Neil had
scarce budded into womanhood before
she made herself conspicuous by her
conquests. An elopement with one
lover had been arranged, when the
child, by accidentally upsetting n
flowerpot, discovered her fight to her
father, who stopped the runaway and
sent her off to school in New York.
On her return she made the acquaint-
ance of young Undertake, a purser
in the navy, and the wedding took
place in two weeks.
1t was as Mrs. Undertake that Mar
garet lived in the house on the corner
of | and Twenty-first, and here she
spent five happy years of married life.
She had two daughters, Virginia and
Margaret, as well as son, who died
very young. Her husband left on a
cruise, and it was while on board of
the Constitution, stationed at Port
Malone, that he suddenly died of
heart failure; and the heart-broken
young widow was wounded by the UNI
founded rumor that he had commit
ted suicide.
When this wonderful woman was
in her eightieth year, only few weeks
before her death (and that was about
20 years ago), she said to the writer:
"Gen. Jackson was kind and fatherly
to my two little girls, and 1 adore his
memory. Gen. Eaton, of Tennessee,
was also kind to me, and l married
him. My beauty was a fatal gift to
me, for it made me unhappy. 1t was
not my fault. l am an old woman now,
and 1 have no worldly thoughts; but
you may be sure that unusual beauty
was my bane. Women suspected me
of captivating some men whom mere
" entertained, because of my social
position; and many of them l smiled
upon when, in my heart, l loathed
even to meet them."
Al that time when she was the oh
ject and subject of Dlalice. envy, jeal-
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PRAYED TO ANIMALS.
Ancient Egyptians Worshiped Cows,
Bulls and Cats.
They Also Veneratcd Serpents and
other ReptiIes-Other Nations of
Antiquity Initiated Their
Example.
Especial Chicago letter.

Especial Chicago letter.
VXYEBSTER says that religion is
w amy system of faith and wor-
ship" This is generally ac-
knowledged to be an age of religions
but it would be too much to ask
that large proportion of the devo-
tees of the various cults in vogue
should have faith or belief in all the
tenets of the sect to which they
ardently attach themselves to-day,
only to seek another tomorrow.
They worship for many reasons, chief
est of which is, perhaps, that it
pleases their selfhood to differ from
average people who accept the be-
liefs to which they were born, and
adhere to them. 1t would surprise
the latter, probably, to know how
many fire-worshipers and survivor
shippers there are right mere in Chi
cago to-day. Divination, by consult
ing the stars, palmistry, omens and
certain mysterious rites with which
the uninitiated are but little famil-
lar, are steadily becoming more pop
ular.
While there is no doubt that the
religious tendency of the age is to-
ward higher spiritual development,
the number of those who have re-
vived and are practicing the reli-
gions of the ancients is by no means
small. This has brought about
general interest in animal worship,
the different forms of which are be-
ing studied on all sides, and present
many curious features. Among prim-
tive peoples animals are regarded as
possessing souls which, in many in
stances, formerly animated human
bodies. \ likeness is recognized be-
tween the animal and some deceased
friend. and the animal receives great
honor. Here distinct link is found
between ancestor worship and animal
worship. There are few well-known
animals that have not in some time
or place figured conspicuously in such
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tural resources, and both private indi'
viduals and the government have been
at work collecting important data. a
few years ago Prof. Porter, of the
Massachusetts institute of technology,
made a number of interesting investi.
cations of the Maine rivers, the results
of which were published in a recent re-
port of the United States geological
survey, and this season the survey will
continue Investigations in the same re-
gion which will, it is expected, be of
much future value. Over 100000 horse
power is now being furnished by the
rivers of Maine to hundreds of differ
ent industries, and beginning has
only been made of the use of the states
wonderful water resources.
GEORGE B. IIOLLESTER.
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Names Rivers Turn
ing Factory Wheels
Nature Has Given the State an
Abundance OF Power for In.
=. =. dustrial Purposes =. =.
rHE state of Maine, famous for

SldlC VI hdihNs 80
it's statesmen, its extensive ship
building industries and its mag
nificent forests, is remarkable in an
other and different particular, namely,
in its unique and valuable inland water
ways. In these days of rapidly grow
ing towns and cities, water, good, pure
water and an abundance of it has be-
come necessity, and if by any chance
a countrys rivers come from noun
tain region, tumbling over cascades
and rapids on their way to the sea- as
they do in Maine, they have greatly
added value, and the manufacturer
soon has his wheels humming, and the
electrician flashes light through city
streets, and sets his cars in motion by
means of the economical power they
afford. Nature sometimes seems to
show kind of favoritism in the distri-
button of her gifts, layishing them up
on one section and Withholding them
from another; for example, she has
left but q handful of streams in the
great states of Nevada and Arizona,
while she has scattered them in liberal
III inc hAA'NAS AANNAN
state of Maine. Look at the map of
this state, and see how the rivers lace
and interlace over its entire surface,
drawing water from all parts of its
richly forested area; notice how they
come down from the highlands of the
state; Mount Katahdin, over 5000 feet
high, and the clustered SUBMITS
Nd fha lnffiar lie
of the White mountains, just across
the border in New Hampshire; notice
too the innumerabe lakes dotting the
highland region, unlike those in any
other state, and only equaled in parts
of the Canadian wilderness. 1t is esti-
mated that five of the principal rivers
alone drain nearly 1900 of these lakes
which, large and small, cover a water
surface of LOO square miles. So
closely are they set among the forested
mountains, and so largely connected by
streams, that it is possible for the
woodsman or the hunter to travel
many miles by canoe upon them with
but few carries between. But aside
from the interest and beauty they add
to the state, the lakes of Maine are of
incalculable commercial value, be-
cause they act as great natural storage
reservoirs for the rivers. One of the
greatest drawbacks to the use of rivers
to generate power is the unsteady flow
to which they are liable; between the
spring freshets and the summer
drought, either a feast or a famine, il
is quite impossible to rely on most
streams for constant flow. Take the
Potomac, a river draining large ter
ritory, which ought to be of great value
as a source of power, but owing to the
rapidity with which the flood waters
pass and it's low condition in the sum
mer, it cannot be used to anything like
it's full capacity; and how often one
sees, throughout the country districts.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-06-20
How Cubans Eat Oranges.

The style of eating oranges in Cuba
is to peel the luscious fruit round and
round as an apple would be, care being
taken to. cut just through the yellow
rind, leaving the white skin entire. Ii
is then cut open through the middle
and eaten from the hand, no spoons
being used. Oranges already peeled
are for sale at every fruit stand,
though Americans. it is noticed, in Gu
ba prefer to peel their own.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-06-20
He Needed m Bath.

A young man who has a fine bird
dog was overhead Dragging to his
best girl the other day about the Won
derfully keen scent of the animal.
"Why," he said, II wanted to go to the
northwestern part of the county on
business, and fearing that the dog
would follow me chained him up. !
had been gone two hours and was IS
miles from home when he broke loose
and tracked me and found me merely
by scent. What do you think of that?"
"Well, think you ought to take a
BATH" replied the young lady. And
then he went home and licked the
dog.--Tit-Bits.
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covery were celebrated es high fcs-
tivities. He was supposed to pre-
side over agriculture. Decked with
wreaths Of flowers, and led by a
priest. he was worshipcd by the
people who danced around him.
Osiris was worshiped throughout
Egypt as a human BODY with bulls
head or in the form of bull. Isis,
wife of Osiris. was worshiped under
the form of n COW. She is often seen
represented with cows head, some
times causing her to he identified with
Athor, a second-class divinity, the
daughter of Ha, the sun. The
Greeks believed Athor to be one with
Aphrodite. The COW was her symbol.
and she generally appears in hero
glyphics with a cows head, with a
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ousy and the other malevolent sus.

ousy and the other malevolent gus.
capabilities of women, her husband,
Gen. John If. Eaton, was made secre-
tary of war by President Andrew
Jackson. The wives of the other menu
bers Of the cabinet refused TO socially
war, because they believed the current
calumnies concerning her. But the
sturdy president in manly manner
stood by the maigned woman, broke
up his cabinet and appointed men
whose wives did not rule them in
everything.
Gen. Eaton was afterwards appoint
ed governor of the territory of Flor
ida and minister to Spain. While in
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WAS A GREAT BELLE.
Margaret 0'Neil, Popularity Known
as "Pretty Peggy"
House In which Famous Beauty Was
Born About to lie Torn Down
Her Fair Name Defended by
Andrew Jackson.
Especial Washir gton letter.


NNE by one the landmarks which
~ the "old families" loved and now
revere are being removed to
ma Ike way for the march of modern
enterprise. 1t is now said that an
enormous apartment house is to be
erected on the site of the famous
"O'Neirs tavern" the home of bcauti-
full Margaret O'Neil, who was known
more than half a century ago as "Pret-
ty Peggy" the most influential as well
as the most beautiful woman of her
day.
Anyone strolling up Pennsylvania
avenue will notice n row of red brick
dwellings at the northeast corner of
l and Twenty-irst streets. But few
know that within the corner house
have wined and dined some of the most
famous men of the past, and that one
woman who lived there helped to
make history. The spot has vastly
changed since the days of long ago,
when "Billy" O'Neil was the owner of
the place, and the estate then extend
ed down TO what is now the market,
comprising innumerable out-houses
and stables clustering about the main
building. The house was then kept
as an inn, and was widely known as
the Tavern" being the most conspic-
uous hotel in town, which was then
but a city of cottages and streets of
mud. 1t was to Billy O'Neil's house
that the famous statesmen OF the day
repaired each winter with their large
retinuc of children and servants.
William O'Neil was descended from
ancestors of that name, whose ancient
home had been in County Ulster, Ire
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EGYPTIAN GOD WITH RAMS HEAD.

world upon a serpent. The Orphites
were a sect in the second century
who venerated the serpent that
tempted Eve and worshiped a real
serpent, which they allowed to curl
around loaves of bread which were
afterward broken and distributed
around as the Eucharist.
Almost god-like honors were paid
to the eagle as the symbol of Jove
by the Romans. Misroch was the
eagle-headed deity of Assyria- Chick
ems and doves were used in divina-
ton. The lamb often figures in diff
ferent forms of worship. The great
Egyptian god, Ammon, is represented
as having a rams head. The goat
also received honor. The Siamese
venerate white elephant. The
greater part of the zodiacal signs are
represented by animals. Legends OF
Vishnu closely resemble the red In,
dian myths and totemism is i'm the
same class. The Indians manitou is
generally an animal chosen by him
self when he reaches maturity and
later adopted as the totem of his
tribe. A picture of his manitou il
often painted on his skim. Tattooing
and heraldry are remnants of idoa-
airy. EDWARD JULIAN
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Madrid Margaret Eaton became an in.
innate friend of Queen Christina, the
latter being especially fond of the two
beautiful Timberlake girls, who accom-
panied their mother abroad. Though
snubbed in her own land, she was much
admired and toasted in Europe, and
there Mrs. Eaton reigned as "A belle,
her daughter Virginia being famed
for her loveliness. Both girls were
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Bureau of |
American Republics
at Buffalo |
Especial Buffalo correspondence


4 Il THE Pan-American exposition
N at Buffalo there is an unusual in
terest manifested in the ex-
hibit of the bureau of American re-
publics. 1t very properly adjoins the
exhibit made by our own state de-
partment, and is in close touch with
it officially.
The bureau is controlled by an exc
cutive committee of the Internation-
al Union of American Republics. The
secretary of state of the United
States is ex-officio chairman of this
committee. The other members of
the committee are: Senior Don Fer
nando +. Guachalla, Senior Don Car
los Martinez Silva, Senior Don Joaquin
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building industries and its mag
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-17
A Careful Mother.


This is story one woman is never
tired Of telling of n mother whose child
had been i'll with scarlet fever. She
always emphasizes the fact, too, that
the mother was possessed, upon ordi-
nary occasions, with good sense and
would be called more than ordinarily
Intelligent woman. She was, too, a
more than ordinarily careful mother,
and it was as an illustration of this
that she told the story of the care of
her boy to the friend who now repeats
1t. Not as much was known about
sanitary conditions then as now, but
1t was not in n time of primitive Igno-
rance.
Il always believe in taking the great
est care to prevent contaglon in any
disease" said the mother, "and with
the fever l was extraordinarily care
full. Why, when the skin began to
peel rubbed the child down with my
hands every day to remove every loose
fragment, let it fall into cloth, and
then l gathered 1t up carefully and
shook 1t out the window"
The listener to that story laughed
then and there, to the great surprise
and indignation of the mother, and
laughs now at the ridiculous ignorance
of n woman who claimed to have even
yestige of common sense.-New York
Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-17
The piles that annoy you SO will be
quickly and permenantly healed If you
use DeWitt's Witch Halle Salve. Be-
ware of worthless couterfeits. Smith
One Fare Plus So.

There are still some good lands in
northwestern Iowa, southwestern
Minnesota and South Dakota, and If
you are expecting to make change in
location, you should take advantage of
the low excursion rates in effect. On
the first and third Tuesday of each
month excursion tickets, bearing 81
days limit, can be purchased to all
points on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids
& Northern Railway, north of and
including Abbott, Shell Rock and
Waverly at One Fare Plus So.
Full information relative to these
lands will be cheerfully given upon APP
plication to Messrs. Ilten & Brooks
our Industrial and Immigration Agents,
Ceder Rapids, Iowa ,-..-,
Ii you are thinking of making trip
to any point in Alabama, Arkansas,
Arizona, British Columbia, Canadian
Northwest, Colorado. Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Indian Territory, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Mime
sofa, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi,
Montana, New Mexico, Nebraska,
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homa, Oregon, South Dakata, South
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on agents of the "Cedar Rapids Route
for rates, ETC., or address
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b., G. r.. s. N .Ry.
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CHApTER VIM.

That was memorable day in rail-
way circles all over the west, but es-
pecially SO in Nebraska. What made 1T
more remarkable was that, with the
going down of the sun, the Big Horn
road was practically in running order
again, while the Seattle, It's powerful
rival Of the past, was still blockaded.
Trayersing as they did for 20 miles the
same territory, the lines divided only
by the narrow gorge of the Red Water,
1t was strange to mark the hustle and
life along the north bank-the lights,
head and tail, of passenger, freight and
cattle trains hurrying away eastward
and by contrast to note the silence on
the hither shore. All day long the
"booming" western city, the railway
center of the populous section. had
been thronged with people over and
above its postoffice list-flrst, the farm
ers and villagers from all over the
county; second, the tramps and toughs
and Migrants from all over creation.
These latter. having Joined forces with
the strikers early in the game, had
speedily, MS has been seen, taken the
bit In their teeth, the game into their
own hands. and the destruction of
trains by fire and fame and the whole
sale robbery of freight cars were their
doing. not that Of the dlsaffected rail-
way men, who, all too late, wished
themselves rid of their desperate al
lies But all over the neighborhood