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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

I'd the warm glow, the acrid smell, the
scurrying flight of bats and the smoky
fare of the torches in these subterra-
mean chambers.
what is an Apis bull? And why
should it have tombr she asked GU
riously.
''Oh, when they found bull with
certain markings the priests made the
people think Osiris had gone into him,
and they adored the beast" replied
Bonvale, quite content with this de
gree OF erudition on the subject.
Mrs. Bonyale informed herself some
what more about the Apis bulls. If
she was going to the Serapeum, the
metropolis of defunct bovines at Mem
phis, she chose to know what claim
this sacrosanct herd could have on the
attention of an intelligent New Eng
land girl Of today. She would hardly
have been a true product Of her envi-
ronment had she regarded with aught
but quiet disdain the solemn mockery
Of worship which lay in adoring the
benevolent Osiris reincarnated in
bull no matter what its erotic mark
ings. Yet ages before Christ had come
to food the chambers Of the mind
with his mystic light the early kings of
Egypt had fostered the recollection Of
their highest divinity by presenting to
the somber Egyptians "him who slept
at Phile," renascent in n lordly bull.
Her Imagination at least found es-
thetic delight in picturing the majestic
creature with its lustrous, silky hide,
the symbolic triangle standing white
upon its brow, the hair of its back
swirling to simulate an eagle, the
snowy crescent flashing on it's stalwart
flank and beneath its pink tongue the
knot which fancy called the mark Of
the scarab, the sacred insect Of Ptah.
What destiny for bull-to be
taken from the common herd and in
stalled as god, cared for with infinite
attention during life and after death
embalmed at enormous expense and
enshrined in a costly sarcophagus If
the revered animal rounded quarter
of century it was imposingly killed.
II death came to it before that time all
Egypt mourned, and sorrow settled on
the land like pail. So charmingly
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

with anything so modern as a Jealous
husband. Hers was dawning on her IN
that light She could not flatter herself
that the suspicious vigilance of her
matrimonial lord was the distorted OK
preston of too engrossed affection.
She realized 1t as the selfish greed for
absolute domination which Is compati
BILE with the narrowest of natures.
Compared to this degrading jealousy,
which she quickly came to rate as ma
lignant, her husbands tendency to
stimulants, which also cropped out dur.
ing this stay In Cairo, seemed almost
forgivable. Yet drink produced In Lu-
cien Bonvale that dry, insolent irrita-
bility which is one of It's unpleasa ntest
effects
AS Clarice Bonvale's eager young
soul rebelled under the scourge Of this
double revelation dull mist seemed
to obscure the effulgent radiance of the
srient, and an iron thorn pricked
through It's sensuous Incidence. She
thing, capable of heaven only knew
what possibilities. Until now rose
leaves had strewn her way through
life, and homage to her wonderful
beauty had been a stimulating incense
to her brain If not to her heart. She
had always had her mother hitherto.
Now she had only her husband. That
she should so phrase it to herself filled
her with a childllke shrinking and de-
spair. Never before had her soul known
this helpless loneliness. 1t Is n DESC
lating thing for proud, ardent young
wife to learn that she has married n
stranger who. as her husband, Is rapid
ly becoming bereaving acquaintance.
There was dumb cry In her heart
for some touch Of human sympathy,
for the soothing support which affec-
ton exhales. This poignant isolation
was enhanced by her surroundings.
The gayety Of the hotel people; the su-
perficial splendor, almost nakedness, of
the orient's color; the melancholy of the
tombs, mournful memorials of q hui
man kind associated with so remote a
past as to be merged In the mythical;
the stolid insensibility of the sitting fg-
ures in the many shops of the great
bazaar, from which drifted perfumes
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

strangely sensuous, but poorly invigo-
rating: even the thin, penetrating cry
Of the mueZZins, perched like human
storks on the slender minarets and in
citing the Moslem to mechanical devo-
tions with their reiterated "Alla Akbar,
ALA Akbar! La Allah il Allah. Heyya
alasallah!" the narrow, dirty alleys, the
garish Paris suggcstiyeness in so much
of the khedive's capital-alI seemed to
drain her heart and leave in it heav-
ier burden of aching void.
The same numbing undercurrent of
sadness ran through their excursions to
the excavations, trips on the oily calm
or sluggishly ruffled Nile, drives to Ge-
zireh, the pyramids, sphinXes, columns
or what not.
Some one has said: The east is u
land of mystery. If one cares for it at
all one loves it. There is no half way.
If one does not love it one really hates
1t and all its ways" Clarice Bonvale
did not love 1t. She saw it all with her
husband. She had come to feel him a
disturbing figure in the foreground of
every scene, even the widely extending
one of life.
'Those ranges Of boats with their
curved yards make me think of great
dry sedges bent by the wind, and those
tall, tufted palms look like gigantic
feather busters stuck in the sand" she
remarked once to Bonvale, with n short
little laugh. They were sailing on the
Nile, the yellow Libyan hills in the dis
tance.
The quick wriRkle came into his
smooth forehead, and there was the
disgusted compression of his lips.
"You ought to learn to take things
as you find them," he said. with an ir-
ritated, monitory air.
The girls mouth quivered to slight.
proud smile. but formed no answer.
She had already begun to take Lucien
Bonvale as she found him. but her re-
sentiment at having to do 30 was not
therefore the less.
She was looking forward with sharp
desire to the hour of their departure
II she fell in unprotestingiy with Mr..
Bonvale's proposition to go here or
there II was with the relieving sense
that one more reason for remaining
would be exhausted. In this spirit she
assented to his wish to do" the tombs
o: the Apis bulls. She hated tombs
more than anFt'inS--HPst heca11sn she
was too a'iT" not to ti"tcst Il" Thought
Of death. IND then brnnSc sl!" oath
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

naif-to summarily eject the god who
proved Il faithful tenant and to bewaiI
him if he did otherwise,
Brought in by King KatechoS nearly
5000 years before Christ, the last Of
the Apis bulls had passed out Of Egypt
to be brought TO the Emperor Julian
ii. y. -. 362. Yet through the centu-
ries their preserved eXuvin had held
stately possession of the Serapeum-
We're waiting there for her to come
where they held their silent court.
SO much lavished on Il beast of the
field, and she, made in the likeness of
God, looked in vain for sympathy,
some touch of human interest that
might ease her aching heart! What Il
mockery! This bull, flower of the herd,
by force of his lordly markings raised
to the pinnacle of nations alteration.
She whom beauty had as sharply sepa-
rated from the others of her sex had
gained by this gift a husband whose
highest form of regard was an intoleT-
able jealousy, a life partner who was
already numbing the eager vitality of
her girls heart and making it cry out
to itself in the yearning of its loneli-
ness. Why should the heart spontane-
ously put forth tendrils If there was
naught which they might grasp for
support, no other heart to which they
could cling, strengthening and strength
ened by the preordained clasp?
Such was the leaven Of thought In
the hungering soul of Clarice Bonvalc
as she sailed up the ten miles of river
that lay between Cairo and Memphis
on the pilgrimage to the tomb of the
Apis bulls. The trip should have been
an enchanting one. Streaming sun
shine, vivid color and air that would
have rejoiced spring buds lent sweet
ness to the Egyptian day. But the mill
Of her heart was grinding fine Its grist
of bitterness. In the near foreground
of every view, even the long vista of
existence, stood human being whose
shadow fell upon her soul with blight
ing chill
They landed Mt Sakkarah and made
the short transit to the tombs on don
keys. Clarice smiled family as she felt
that the kindliest emotion awakened In
her by this land of Ptolemies and the
resplendent Cleopatra was due to this
same small beast of burden-strong, dl-
minutive, with demure relish of its
gorgeous trappings.
The tombs Of the Apis bulls were as
depressing rs she had imagined. Out
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G.. C.B.HOWard &CO.

While we do not have the room for large
display Of Holiday Goods, we have a good
supply of useful articles suitable for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
BALTIMORE ARION GUEST
OF WASHINGTON NAMESAKE

Tire Baltimore Ariou Singing Club
was the guest Of honor at the local
Arions' entertainment and bali last
evening, At the Masonic Temple. The
contingent from the Monumental City
numbered sixty President r. SaudIazs
II charge A program of singing and
Instrumental music was performed, the
Washington and Baltimore socte1ies
vieing with each other as 70 which
could sing best HOnorS were about
even and both were deservedlv ap-
DlBuded. Prof Frank directed The sing
ms of the visitors.
As TIE conclusion Of the program sup
per WIS served after which dancing was
iBGuiged in until a m. The Balti-
moreans left FOR hcme on . special
train which left this city d 2.30.
The following committees had the af-
fair IL charge
Arrangements - Henry Wassmann
chairman. r. Maui ard H Daiker
Reception. Bruegger. J. Paris. NJ
S5ebeTt y. Berger Edward Halpap W
RUckdaeschel J. EElod and A
SchwaT-
Flo0--"- Heiuemann. W Wiegmann
T. SjebeTt- T BUeter. G. BagelmanE
and C. BorschEe.
The music was under the leadership
Of Prof Holer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Another Ferry Line Wanted.

a mass meeting Of citizens will be
held in the neer future to see about
better accommodations between this
city and Washington. It is said that an
effort viii be made to get the Washing
Norfolk Steamboat Company to es-
cabIish a ferry line between the two
cities This seems. at the present at
least unlikely 10 be accomplished. as
Mr.. Callahan. the representative of the
Washington Norfolk Steamboat Com
pany in Washington. says nothing Will
he done by his company in that direc-
tion until the present ferry line has
gone out Of existence, as it is not their
intention TO antagonize the ferry com
pany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Two Funerals.

Few weeks pass nov that some mem
hers of the old Alexandria fsmilies who
have from time 10 time gone TO Wash
ington are not returned 10 The old burial
grounds 10 make their last abode here
The remains of Ada c. hammond were
brought over on the ferry today and the
fntermeHt was made in the Presbyterian
Cemetery She was the daughter OF
Capt. Alexander hammond. who carried
on the first clothing store established in
Alexandria on King Street. adjoining the
Western Union Telegraph Office. and oc-
cuDied for quarter of a century the
dwelling at the northwest corner Of
King and Fairfax Streets. The remains
Of Mrs. Martha A Goodwin we're brought
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
MANY PATENTS GRANTED
TO THE SMITH FAMILY

Shades Of Pocahontas,'' said = Patent
Office Official this morning We have
Issued in the last week twenty patents
10 SmiJhs-twen'y out OF a total of 6l2
TO all the world. That is one more than
We issued 10 The German Empire. and
to only seven States ir the Union did
we issue more than twenty patents. The
Smiths have girdled the earth. If they
were all collected and deposited in
desert they would build I'D 4 nation and
rule the world
The Smiths rejoicing in the receipt
OF patents are &c be found anywhere
from the hub Of the universe 10 Des
Moines, Iowa. and Athens. Tenn. Henry
C.. of Boston. Mass, is pre- eminent
among his tribe this week. having re-
ceiyed no less than seven patents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
GENERAL ". H. JACKSON
Of BELLE MEADE DEAD
Career Of the Noted Teunesseean Comes
to q Close

NASHVILLE. Tenn. March 31--Gen-
William H. Jackson. noted Confederate
cavalry leader during the civil war,
when ne bore the s0briquet Of Red
Jackson. and later one Of the most prom
inen- American horse breeders. died al
his home. Belle Meade near Nashville
yesterday afternoon He had been in
failing health more than a year.
General Jackson was a brother OF the
late Howell E. Jackson. Associate Jus
tice the United States Supreme Court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
River Rose in Streets.

Some anxiety was felt last night for
the safety Of goods stored on the first
floors of the water front. The water
rose steadily until it flooded the river
end of she streets and on King Street
came up to the railroad track at Union
Street The lower floors of the water
front establishments have. however. al
been raised several feet within the last
fifteen years and after o'clock he
tide receded. having done no damage Of
importance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Domest

TwilIed Toweling. Regular
price, &c. Speedy Outlet Co. 5 LAT
price .......-.......-........-...J4
Pillow Cases. large size. free from
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Speedy Outlet Co 5 prize. -
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" > ~ iGS =
a. Bleachad Muslin. free from
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Wide Sheeung. unbleached. Regu-
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40-inch Turkish Towels. extra
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Busy Court Clerk.

John s Brown. clerk OF the courts Of
Alexandria, reports that during the
month Of March fifty-three deeds nave
been placed on record in his office and
during the same month he has issued
twenty-etght marriage Iiceuses-twenty-
four to white couples and four 10 ne
prnns
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Mayor Simpson III.

Mayor Simpson being indisposed.
there was no session of the mayor
court this morning only few cases
OF misdemeanor were ready for trial and
these VIII be disposed Of tomorrow
morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
rHE wAsHINGroN TnIEs. TUEsDAY NARcH 81. SOB.
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES.

here yesterday and buried. She was the
daughteE Of ShimueI Goodwin, custom
house officer here in the sos VINO re-
sided al the corner of King and Wash
iuctou Streets
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31

DR.. J. w Bovee yesterday at the Co
lumbar University Hospital. in Wash
ingt0n. performed an operation for ap-
pendieitiz upon Carlton Crymes, of this
city The operation is said to have been
entirely successful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Charter Amended.

In the corporation court. Judge Bar
ley. yesterday an amendment TO the
charter OF The Trust Company of Cuba
inserting the name of Harris Lindsay
among the incorpoTators. was granted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
lanes Smithers Improving.

The condition Of James Smitbers, who
was seriously hurt while attempting TO
board freight train to ride to his flag
mans box on Fayette Street Sunday. Is
reported TO be slightly better today, Mr..
Smithers had has leg broken and was
severely cut and bruised by his fall from
the train.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Lenten Services.

~ St Mary's Church tonight the Rev
Father Carey. Of the Holy Name Church,
Washington. will deliver The sermon.
Services will also be held at Christ.
Grace. and St. PauTs Protestant Episco-
pal churches this evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Shoes.

one lot OF Mems Fine Satin Calf
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Wei kid and patent leather, lace and
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one lot of Mems High Art Nuili-
fires Slippers. in tan and black
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One big lot of Misses NontDfp and
Spring Heel, Tan and Black. in both
lace and button Friendly's price,
81 80 10 81. Speedy Outlet Cos dQC
Misses Imported Russia Calf;
some few ladies' button and lace,
heel and spring heels. FTiendly-s
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Misses Black Vici Kid and Patent
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Frieudly's price. s1.75. Speedy RQC
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Ladies' High Cut Rain Boots. in
HACK and tam only a few pair
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Ladies' Very Fine Dongola Kid
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Personals.

Annie Campbell Thomas. OF Baltimore.
who mas been visiting Mrs. CORTLAND H
Smith al her handsome home on Semi
nary Hill near this city. has returned
home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Gents Furnishings

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31

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Mems All-siIk Neckwear. Easter
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
Linings, &c.

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-31
IN THE SILK SECTION.
THAT WILL INTEREST EVER
FASHIONABLE DRESSER

Soc Black Jap Silks. % inches 33c
VIDE, at-------- -
&c Black Taf5eta Silk, q zoe
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soc CoIored Taneta silks at. %
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81 Fancy Striped Waist silks E0C
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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
THESE WANT TO FIND OUT.

A party of forty-six representative
Germans connected with the agricul-
ture of their country have been max
ing a tour of the United States for the
purpose of finding out how it is that
this country leads the world in agri-
cultural lines. They will see u
herds of registered stock, packing
houses, study our dairy and creamery
interests, be shown the big wheat
fields Of the north, the cornflelds of
the central states and the cotton fields
OF the south, as well as the great fruit
growing sections of the Pacific coast.
At some point in the west they will be
tremendously introduced TO his excel
lency the P~oland-China hog, and it is
to be hoped that they may be so fav-
orably impressed with his many good
qualities that upon their return home
they will recommend that the barriers
now in the way of the shipment of
American hog products to Germany
will be removed. 1t is almost certain,
further, that the party will hit Mil
waukee either going or coming.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
Oak and Hickory Trees.

A friend writes and wishes to know
If he can transplant some hickory and
burr oak trees. We doubt if he can
do so successfully. These two var.e-
ties of trees are the most difficult to
transplant of any that we know of,
owing to their having long t%aproots,
which go down deep in the ground,
and few If any surface fibrous roots.
If we wished to transplant them we
would prepare them one or two years
previously by cutting the taproot of
two or more fet from the surface and
compel them to throw out some sur.
face roots. To attempt to 10Y them
without doing this would be to lose
nearly if rot quite all of them.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
Many Schools in Ruskin University.

The University at Glen Ellyn will
include the following institutions be-
side Ruskin College, and Ruskin Bust
ness College:
Steinmann College, 1886, Dixon. III.
Chicago Law School, 1896, Chicago.
Herring Medical College, 1892, Chi
cago.
Union Electric Telegraph College,
1884, Chicago.
Balatka Musical College, 1879, Chi
cago.
Preparatory departments of medi-
cine, dentistry, pharmacy, mechanical
engineering, telephony and domestic
sciences, 1901.
Chicago Seminary of Sciences, 1895.
The Art Seminary, 1899, Chicago.
Phillips School of Oratory, 1890,
Chicago.
Josephine Turck-Baker's School of
Correct English, 1897.
Ruskin Hall, 1898, oxford, England
(affiliated).
j. ]. Tobias, LII. D., Phi. D., former
ly chancellor of Midland University,
will be the chancellor of the new uni
versity.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-05-22
Bound to Increase.

The insistence of some forms Of
wild life is remarkable. For instance,
take the crow, a bird which does not
multiply rapidly, yet so shrewd is this
bird that he is able to evade all or
nearly all of his enemies and multi.
ply in numbers until he becomes a
nuisance. Or take the English spar
rows, beset by cats, air guns, poison,
owls, nets and traps, and yet in spite
of all he is everywhere in ever in
creasing numbers. Or take the rat,
with cats. traps, poison, dogs, ~ferrets,
each and all after him relentlessly,
and he is the biggest nuisance Of the
three in spit of it all. These types of
animal and bird life seem to thrive
under persecution, always closely in
contact with man, Notwithstanding
mar is their worst enemy.