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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
German tgyptologists Are Studying
an Interesting P'aapyrus
Found Recently.
LIKE THE '.L0GlA OF CHRISTI
Apparently Bears Cloae Relation to Papy
rus Discovered Three Years Ago--
version OF Gospel According
to Egyptians. n

SsLondcn special says: An interesting
papyrus is now being examined at the
Strasberg Library. It. was purchased
In fragmentary condition from Cairo
merchants early In 1899 and has al.
ready proved of the first Importance
According to German Egyptolpgistt
and theological sayants the fragments
are pages OF a missing gospel which
was rejected as uncanonicaL Ia the
third century. but was widely accepted
In the second hi
The papyrus dates from the fifth
century, but the character OF the
Greek words which are textually re-
produced proves that the original man.
uscript belongs to the second century
An interesting feature is the very
close connection apparently existing
between 1T and. the Logia of Christ,
the recovery Of which three, yeara ago
caused q senHati tion. q It Ii suggested
that both are practically pages df the
same manuscript, namely, Fhss Yer;
sion Of the Gospel according TO thss
Egyptfans.n u 4.S% % MS 4 ~ ~
AZ the rsse,t sof fve years, WORK
another fine papyrus roll In the British
Museum has Just been published. ~
was written between 70 and So IA. d.,
and Is collection of folk legends cur
rent In Egypt at that time. The
nero OF the stories is Siosiris, son Of
Khamuas. priest Of Memphis. Many
OF the passages suggest that 1t Is ar
adoption Of the storyFof ChriEt as told
by his disciples, and II SO, 1t IL certain
~ the earliest record known, being
less than twenty years after the intro
duction Of Christianity into Egypt bJ'
st. Mark In 81 Al. ID. Is s3
f2 SStOsfYfa n
motner's. name was revealed TO his
father in a dream In which these words
We're spoken to him: His name shall
be Siosiris, for he shall do many mar
yels in Egypt" He is described aA
being great, big and strong. He went
to school, rivalled the scribe who
taught and began to talk to the scribea
In the house OF life. .5s 't ~
All the land wondered at him, say
ing Behold the boy who reached Il
years OF age and there was no scribe
In Memphis who could equal him In
rehdtng. writing and magic. z s3: Ii
sios:rts takes his father. to hades.
where the cycles Of the land Of death
are described. Here, also are many
stories Of Jewish Christian origin for
example, the story Of the rfch rlan and
lazarus The doctrine OF future pun.
Rtshment, not found IN Egyptian rit-
uals is here clearly stated. Later Is
an account Of a contest between Siosi-i
rig and the magicians Of Ethiopia.
which Il strangely reminiscent of the
story OF Moses. One magician says:
Cast my spell upon Egypt and cause
the people to pass three days and.
nights without seeing light Even;
the story OF Moses and the. bullrushes
is given. One magician rebukes the
other as follows: Art thou not Hor,
the son of Negress. whom saved in
The reeds of Ra 2,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
Gi4All'yIEsIoN's q BuzzaRDs: GONE.

Nonc Seem In the City. It II Said, Since
s s the Great Storm. e. stss
New Orleans Times Democrat: cone
OF the most curious results OF the great
Galveston storm :, said all gentleman
who has lived for a number OF years in.
the tempest swept city. = was the tstaI
destruction of the buzzards. From
time out OF mind the lower end sof the
island has been "a favorite haunt Of
these birds. and they could be seen,
there any day by the hundredsa After
the storm At was generally supposed
they would flock to the scene OF rliii,I
ana aS the nppearancess ssofs the noiso1ne
'creat atures war looked forward to Sas al,
inevitable finishing touch #ori the hor-.
rors OF the great catastrophe. But
much TO our surprise, none was to be
Seem and since then have been all
ever q the Island \ and find that they have
completely disappeared. A good MANY
old timers SAID they had, taken
refuge on the mainland and Would be'
back kshgain In, a few days; but weeks
have elapsed and none has appeared.
The only explanation is that they either
persisted on the spot during that terri
BILE night or were blown out to sea ana
drowned fss M M q ssssSs
ri In speaking OF the matter thes other.
day an old fisherman told me OF an all
most similar occurrence on the coast
Island below Cedar Keys that was for
ymerly a great resort for buzsarsdS; !; IL,
face II was known am ong the natives
sas sBuxxards' Cay. For soms reason
or other the big birds made II; their.
rendezyOu1, and the spot was practical.
toe them One niKht
about ten years ago, q terrific trcpicat
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
person to take eseQgnizance Of them was
q Miss Lou Jones, a resident Of Hazel
hurst Coniah & coiinkx She; was 4

cally the same an at the Brandywine.
cut In the same manner and put to-
Sgether In the same way. .s
It was then discovered that the wall
could be traced for several miles by the
| mound OF earth which covered it,s In,
some places 1t was almost level with
the ground, in other places 1T lowered
p number Of feet above the level OF the
surrounding country, and at various
far alb reports OF 1t are available the
stones were exposed, showing almost
conclusiyely. that 1t was a continua9
ton of the same work. The exact ber
ginning or ending Of the wall has not
| to this day been ascertained, but SO
far as reports Of it are available 1t
length is somewhere between six and
eight miles. 81
After the agitation by Miss Jones In
favor OF an expedition to examine the
wall at length Captain T. B. Birdsons,
! Of Haxlehurst. became Interested In II.
About that time Colonel Louis u. .Dus'
the publication OF a paper there. IN,
Icompany with Captain Birdsong they
agreed 70 mike an examination Of the
place. Speaking Of the trip. Captain
SBtrdsong said eecently: g &. !.
With a Mr. Bridges, who lives at.
iBrandywine. and s., s. Stanres, who
also resides In the neighborhood, We
visited the wall. locally known as the
quarry. cannot give q description
OF 1t better than these sketches. which
| y have prepared and which you have,
nor = better verbai description Of 1T
than you have, except to say that on.
top II appears broad enough for q two-
horse wagon to be driven on II, and
with plenty OF room to spare. In fact.
the top. where the dirt has been res
moved; looks much like a paved street,
covered with heavy blocks OF stone. .
Wall Plainly Visible. N /; %
MT. Bridges got "a negro and crow
bar and showed US how the people OF
that section got the stone out Of the
wal. The negro stood on top OF the
wall WIN the crowbar ana then
pounded at the wall with repeated YER
ttcal strokes until the crowbar bit,
into g crack or seam. Then, working
the bar laterally, out rolled a stone,
bseXssaiS feet square, almost q perfect
Issnnfs7 from Its ancient bed OF cement,
falling from our feet as though fresh
from the gstonecutter,s hand. From
the spot from which the stone WAS
moyed could be seen the cement which
held AZ In place, and the ends OF the
other stones and their sides, cut and
aa3ustedS with mathematical nicety,
ined BY US closely. If n b 4
'tiighSahoxe us. 200 or 300 feet, rose
g hill. with an oval shape, much like
the dome OF the. capitol at Wa, s,hington.
and the marvellous part remains to he
3toid-tlne twaIl apparently runs under
the hill, for II is exposed on the other
side; It can be plainly seen, and Its
or questioned. B VIZ 9s q al
distinctly remember Colonel Du-
pre- remarking, III that hill be the .sedi-s
ment OF ages, how old must be this
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26

Eastern Texas II GettiAr into 49,. Y
growing In earnest. The Oltpift M,
this season WIN be NOT less than 3oIoos;
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
Evidence Of High Civilization
Among Prehistoric Missis-
& sippians Is Found. \
NAY BE The CRADLE OF MANKIND
Excavations That May Upset All Previous,
Theories as to the Races early Home
lis Now Used rs . Quarry "
Startling Discovery.

Chicago Tribune: q A chance discov-
cry, away down in the wiids Of south
west Mississippi, may give antiaua-
rians and archaeologists new prob
lem to solve, the answer to which may
upset all preconceivedS notions and the
pries as to the aboriginal inl1a abitants Of
this country, or at least In the lower
part Of the Mississippi valley and
throwi.a flood Of light upon what are
now dark pages as to human existence
on this continent. 3a.5si
It may be decided that this continent,
and not the far east, was the cradle OF
the human race; that before Nineyeh
and Tyre reared their walls ARatnstSthe
opaline sky<of the orient: before Baby
Ton and the pyramids were Thought OF,
: there existed upon this continent q civ-
1 llization, complete. highly cultivated In
the mechanic arts and capnble Of, en-
gineering work comparing fayorsoly
with that shown In the pyramids and
IN the manifold beautiful tamples
which lie buried beneath thes shfftin
sands of the Desert Of Sahara
3l$At the present moment an expedition
$is being fitted out, amply Waed With
funds, and under the direction Of dib-;
Z tinguished archae eologists and ANTIGUA
.rians, who will give the s'BrandyWine
wal, 9, !, in lower Mississippi, q thorough
Investigate ton in the light % science and
experience in such ma tters. his expesi
dition is expected 10 reach opiah and
i Claiborne count Hes some Time during
the present month, and ayations
will at once begin. The results Of the
work will be watched by,sstudents all
over the world with intense interest.
srsgI sfrS6 stones Ready Gut. ~ n ~
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
MEMORIAL SOCIETIES.
YYyHEN THE LATE ROBERT G. INGERSOLL was
" gathered o fathers a large number of his

" gathered to his fathers large number of his
admirers in the state of Illinois decided to erect
a monument to the agnostc. 1t proposed to
$15OOO0 which to build temple Then
scaled down $780, to erect mausoeum
large and the project
languished and has lost the interest that formerly
attached praseworthy design to erect enduring
monument of the most widely known of all tie
celebrated who claimed Illinois their birthplace
The experience of the citizens Of Illinois in their efforts
to carry plan monument by public SUB
scripton is not unusual The movement begun when
the sudden emotions summoned by the death of pubic
their height falls into neglect. and frd[n
being everybodys business becomes the III
nobody. The elaborate plans that seemd of accom-
plshment first become formidable undertakings Is
time The which nearly all projects
begun is reflection the business Judgment "
those who naugurate them and the of determrrd
action after the plans discredabe to all corr
cerned The whose memorial is left to the Of
forgetfu friends lucky if long
the memorial scheme well started. The IngersOn
society dwindled away until there is
energy left in organization to nail tablet
telegraph pole let alone bring completion the
elaborate plans first contemplated.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
McLAVRIN WINS.

NF THE CRAZE for the new brand of democracy, in
vented by Senator McLaurin of South Carolina, con-
tinues will be necessary to rake the solid
with fine tooth comb to find Bryan democrat
The forward movement sounded by the junior
of South Carolina is being answered in way that
doubt that the people of the south heartily con-
with him in his estimation of the Bryan samp OF
democracy Ben Tilman is the only formidable
opponent Senator McLaurin to have. But Till
hold his in the controversy for he ap-
pareny lacks the of the majority OF southern demo-
Gratis The Chattanooga Times handles Timan without
gloves. fall is" says Times. from Calhoun
Pnckney, Legare Cheeves, Orr Thompson the Hampons
Butter Rutledge, Johnson and host of others to this
bumptious rowdy.' Timan is getting the worst of it in
controversy with McLaurin and his TRADE of vulgar
abuse is making friends for his opponent.
press south rejecting the public sentiment,
appears support McLaurn with enthusiasm The Rich
Virginia Times speaks for the apostle of de-
mocracy, saying Senator McLaurin has sounded the
bugle the clans will rally The Charlotte. North
Carolina Observer that 'McLaurn's speech was an
the assertion of southern manhood for the
trade abandonment of old
settled and for the spread of democratic ideas
earth" Louisville Evening Post speaks in
uncertain way, and that Senator McLaurn
Just what thousands of people thinking and saying
democratic party. organized,
is reactonary party, part in present
and faith in the future 1t is not the party of Jefferson
has repudated abandoned nearly everything for
which Jefferson stood"
This widespread satisfaction and general rejoicing
the downfall of Organism in the south significant 1t
will make republican in the heart of the demo-
cratic stronghold for be it remembered the teachings of
Senator McLaurin nearly modelled republican
policies that Timan mingled with his incorporate
the that McLaurn contemplating abbott
to the republican party 1t only requires favorable
for southern democrats break the ties that bind
them the Anticipated policies of the and join the
progressive headed toward higher
The McLaurn element in the south will the Bryan
forces from the field.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
/ DONATION PARTY AT SoUAW.
WILLIE.

Twas a tenderfoot who'd recently took
shelter in our gates
To escape too marked attention from a
sheriff in the states
That suggested Of the doin's, ,tellin' us
that every spring
In the church that he belonged to it was
thought the proper thing.
An the idee seemed to ketch US as a be-
in something new
In the boostin' of religion from worldly
oirx Of view.
An we grappled with the matter. all de-
termined fur to treat
Parson Bill to donation that'd rise
him off his feet!
Got our wmmen Interested. an we soon
observed that they
Was holdin' secret meetin's in quite
~ mysterious way.
AN it one Of us would ask 'em what
a was goin' on so shv
They would smile in KNOWN manner an
d wink the other eye.
Got holdin SEWN circles--called 'em
20 Thread and Needle teas
An was buzzin' round as busy as hive
o honey bees.
Tenderfoot u meetin' with 'em fur to give
'em his advice
Bout the proper way o. cuttin' the dom
alton party ice.
When the fugitive from justice wasn't
workin' with the danes.
He was usin' his persuasion on the boys
that run the games.
An the way they coughed the Doodle in
spirit of good will.
Showed there wasn't any fly specks on
their love fur parSDp Ril
An the rest of us all antied with a lib
crafty.
In truly Christian spirit, that was
heavenly to see.
An l couldn't help a thnkn' that our
ripe benevolence
Might induce the Lord to temper the
holiness of the hence
On the night of the donation all the
sporties closed their games.
An we hung our finest raiment an
adornment on our frames
An we gathered at the parsons. an to
see his s,nilin' face
Made us all feel we was baskin' in the
sun o Christian grace.
Then flash of indignation through the
party seemed to shoot.
Fur the tenderfoot was missin'. an the
cash had follored suit,
An our language as we chased him
wasn't delicate nor frail
Till We overlook the snoozer shinnin'
down the mountain trail.
have ofn heard the sa.N'. Every
thing is fur the best"
Which was proved by the results that
follered up the hangin' fest.
Us recoverin' the money an hefty wad
O. bills
That the tenderfoot brought with him
when he came into the hills,
An medico from Cripple added to the
nightly gains
To the tune of fifty dollars, which he
paid fur the remains
All of which. in Christian spirit an in
brotherly good will.
Was turned over with our blessin' tn
the smilin' ParSon Bill.
Denver Post.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
A Dangerous Kind Of Dry Goods.

The Paris municipal labratory is in
vestfgating a curious kind of alleged
poinsoning. A woman bought in SUI
burban dry goods store a large piece
of cheap cotton flannel sailed her
'pilou." to make frocks for her children.
She noticed that each time when ma
nipulating the material she felt her head
ache. vomiting and nausea. She finally
concluded that the disagreeable symp-
toms were caused by the stuff. and ac-
cordingly had it analysed. The analysis
showed that the material contained
ferro-cynide of potassium.
The woman then complained to the
police, who appointed an expert to re-
port. He said that the 'pilou' con-
tanned ferro- cyanide of potassium, a SUBJ
stance harmless in itself but when
brought into contact with acids pro-
duced by Precipitation brought into ex-
istence hydrocyanic acid, which is . vio-
lent poison. The court has appointed
a further expert to decide If the flannel
material could produce the poisoning
symptoms in question.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
IN THE HOTEL LOBBlES.

Il witnessed rather peculiar incident
yesterday" said w. L. johnson of
Akron, Ohio at the McDermott this
morning. soon after the Wall street
dispatches stating that Northern Pacific
common stock had gone to 700 reached
the city yesterday plain looking old
gentleman stepped into one of the banks
stopped at one of the windows and said {.
~ have $50 shares of Northern Pa
cific stock that want to sell while they
are up.
Where have you been all this time ?
was the bank officials reply.
oh, l have been reading the news
papers all right. but don't know just
how to go about selling this stock. You
see. l bought this when it was about So
and 81 and it looks like it might pay
me to get rid of 1t now. Can't you tele,
graph some New York broker to sell the
stock for me at tomorrow's best price?'
If you were to do that and the stock
falls 20 or 80 points you'll not have much
profit
How is that? inquired the old gem
tleman.
Well it would be necessary for the
broker to deliver the stock on the morn
ing following the sale, and if your stock
was not on hand it would be necessary
for the broker to borrow stock from day
to day until it arrived, paying high COM
mission for the privilege
well, then. 1 guess I will just mail
EN- to a broker and tell him to let 'em
go at the best he can get on the day they
arrive there.
And the old gentleman filled in his
certificates, and mailed the stock to a
New York firm.
IF the stock, when it reaches the New
York market, can be sold at 120, the old
gentleman will have cleaned up abou,
$4,000
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
BRIGHT IDEAS OF
MONTANA EDITORS
Wants to Be a Politician.

\ young man wants to get into politics
and asks for advice. The editor of this
paper Is not politician and is a poor
man perhaps to give advice. We have,
however, watched the maneuvers of quite
number of men who entertained the
impression that they were politicians and
we might give you the benefit of our OBJ
servat.cns. We do not say that those
men We're not politicians; they supposed
they were and We have no right to con-
tradict the imp, essiCn. If they were,
then We can give you few pointers.
If you want to be a politician the first
thing to do is to get into the push or at
least create the impression that you are
IN. Where there is a convention, if you
can't work in as delegate you can at
least get into the crowd in the hotel lob
by. and if you carry yourself in shape you
can make the stl ans err who is within the
gates of the city believe you are not only
a delegate but one of the steering COM
mittee.
Every once in while take some fell
low to one side and whisper something
in confidential manner into the cavern
of his ear. If some fellow asks you what
is the slate agreed upon, if you don't
know look wise and smile a mysterious
sort of smole and excuse yourself on the
ground that you have to see another
man right away, that you will see your
interrogation later and put him on. II
you work it right yiu will leave him with
theeimpression that you could tell lot of
things if you only would. After the
plan of running the convention has been
agreed upon find out as quick as you
can and then hunt up some fellows if
possible who haven't posted themselves
Tell them what is going to happen and
tell it as if you had a hand in arranging
the whole business. If you only give this
talk with the proper effect you may
make these parties believe you arc one
of the blades of the propeller that moves
the ship of state.
Keep busy Take at least eight or ten
men off to one side in the course of the
evening for a private conversation. There
Is quite good deal in making people be-
Sieve you are cutting a good many lemons
whether you are Or not. 1t is good idea
10 be seen off in a corner talking with
some prominent candidate. You can ar
range this if you have the proper amount
Of gall. You may not have anything to
tell him that will be of any account to
him. but then yu will be seen in CONSUL
tation and you will make some parties
who don't know you very we'll thing that
Theme must be a hen on.
Cultivate your gall. The successful
| politician does not necessarily have to
| possess any considerable amount OF
| brains but for the politician gall is the
tsine qua non."
Sit up nights; neglect your private
business. If you don't smoke you vii:
have to stand in the crowd that does UNI
til your system is full of it and you feel
| like a smoked herring looks.
But above all else cultivate your GALL
| Philipsburg Mail.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
1T IS ALL OVER.
%X@HE OPEN MOUTHED wonder with which the demo
cratic leaders contemplate the vastly improved
.3AlS-

T~HE OPEN MoUTHED wonder with which the demo-
leaders contemplate the vastly improved
dons in the Philippines is delightful. The
operate machinery party
ultimate failure of the attempts bring order
the chaotic and awless conditions in the island of
The onward march of prosperity has struck
the ary leaders with crushing than the
settlement of the Philippine troubles The bogy of i'm
perasm, prophesies of long continued and large
standing army away like a bad and
brighter light is dawnng the democratic prophets of
evil Democratic electoneerng ammunition is all
The tide of favorable has left them high and dry
party is stranded without issue do battle
future contest with triumphant adversaries
News from Manila that after consider
alton the administration has decided reduce army
in the Philippines 100000 The opinion prevails
this number will be ample for all purposes if
dons do not materially change, the number will be still
further reduced BY the end of June all
gone and the regulars who out
will be allowed return their
men will continue until the is reduced fighting
force large enough to order in the island
fleet is gradually being reduced Only Deweys
victorious squadron renains-the gunboat The
of military operations is being cleared of battle
ships and fighting and the will a thing
of the past.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-10
there's a newspaper man going OUT

there's newspaper man going OUT
Maybe he's afraid he'll faint at the
awful spectacle" said Fitzpatrick en-
couragingly. But don't you mind. His
story will be just as good as though
he'd seen the affair. He'd used to work
ing that way
Miss Gore was comforted, and sank
back into her seat and prepared for
the descent. This was made as easily
as acquiring fine at rehearsal, and the
runabout vanished into the space back
of the curtain.
Nobody present had any idea that the
great life work Of an old and hOnored
press agent had been accomplished
New York Telegraph.