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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11

existence, stood human being whose
shadow fell upon her soul with blight
ing chill.
They landed at 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, d.
minutive. with demure relish of its
gorgeous trappings.
The tombs of the Apis bulls We're as
depressing as she had imagined. Out
of the intense glitter and warm brown
clearness of the upper world they
plunged into the stutfy gloom of strait
ened Enclosures underground. Descend
ing few steps they found themselves
in long corridor. out of which opened
several small rooms some is by 10 feet
in dimensions throne rooms, so to
speak. of the SefIpsr and sublimated
bulls In the center of the room stood
the sarcophagus, hewn from single
block of granite CT sandstone, the mass
i've shell Unfolding the remains of the
regal bovine which so many centuries
ago had housed the masquerading Osi-
ris.
More than a thousand years before
the last of them had passed out of the
life of Egypt. and not her own short
lifetime back. a Frenchman of Bou-
logne. Marietta Pasha, had unearthed
their tombs. long lost in the irreverent
enshrouding sand. Yet the solemnity
of it all, if any there was. did not
check the scornful culver of her lip as
Clarice reflected that her heart asked
not for Crisis. but for one friendly
touch to save il from an aridity like
that of the surrounding desert. Alas.
cowed by her oppressed feelings, intol-
erantly resentful of Lucien Bonvafe's
degrading jealousy, scarce daring to
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11

ed the warm glow. the acrid smeh. thu
scurrying digit Of bats and the smoky
fare of the torches in these subterra
mean chambers.
what is an Apis bull? And why
should it have tomb? she asked Gu
riously.
"Oh. when they found bull witt
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 Bonvale informed herself some
what more about the Apis bulls. II
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 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 a
bull. no matter what its erotic mark
ings. Yet ages before Christ had come
to flood 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 Phila." renascent in lordly bull.
Her Imagination at least found 9s-
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 its stalwart
flank and beneath its pink tongue the
knot which fancy called the mark OF
the scarab, the sacred insect of Ptah.
What a destiny for a bull-to be
taken from the common herd and in
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11

lions with their reiterated "Alla Akbar
ALA Akbar! La Allah II Allah! Heyyi
alasallahw the narrow, dirty alleys, tn
garlsh Paris suggestiveness in so mucl
Of the khedive's capital-all seemed t
drain her heart and leave in it heav
Ter burden Of aching void.
The same numbing undercurrent o.
sadness ran through their excursions Il
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 9
land Of mystery. II one cares for it al
all one loves 1t. There is no half way
If one does not love 1t one really hates
it and all its ways" Clarice Bonvale
did not love it. She saw 1t all with her
husband. She had come to feel him q
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 short
little laugh. They were sailing on the
Nile, the yellow Libyan hills in the dis
lance.
The quick wrinkle came into his
smooth forehead, and there was the
Disguised 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 so was not
therefore the less.
She was looking forward with sharp
desire to the hour of their departure.
If she fell in unprotestingly with Mr..
Bonvale's proposition to go here or
there 1t 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
of the Apis bulls. She hated tombs
more than anything-frst because 41he
was too alive not to detest the thought
Of death. and then, because she loath-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11
to soften as she gazeG.

to soften as she gazeG.
At that moment woman who had
come through the rooms without being
heard on the rugs hustled up to her
and exclaimed vivaciously: II knew
you would see me, Clarice. ! am glad
| came in unannOunced SO as to catch
you in that pose. | wish you could
have your picture taken as you looked
just now. You We're perfectly lovely.
| never saw you with that expression
before. You seemed lost in thought,
yet it was happy. peaceful thought
What were you thinking about, dearw
The lady's eyes reverted to the cabi-
net as if to discover the source Of such
soothing memories.
Egypt" replied Mrs. Bonvale very
quietly, with faint, peculiar smile.
"Oh. / see," murmured the other,
with conventional drop in her hearty
voice. you passed your honeymoon
there, didn't you? Those two little i'm
ages recalled II, l suppose. Poor Lu-
Glen! Did he give them to you? Who
are they, and what do they mean?'
ISIS anu OSlTls, salu the WluoW VI
Lucien Bonvale. "What do they mean?
A great deal, but really can't tell you
just what"
"Well, don't try, Clarice," said her
caller alphabetically. ITS the asso-
citation probably. l understand"
She put forth her hand and patted
the lightly clasped ones of the woman
in black.
yes" answered Mrs. Bonvale softly,
with thoughtful look at the tiny i'm
ages. Its the association. You will
stay to luncheon, won't you"
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11
NAMES CHRISTMAS TREES
The Once Despised Fir Now IA Popu-
lar Source of Revenue.

lar Source of Revenue.
A few years ago the fir tree was
| looked upon as a nuisance in Maine.
| Now it is source of considerable in
come to hundreds and to the transpor-
| tation companies as well.
The beginning Of its popularity was
in 1892, when a party of hunters who
had been in steam yacht to New
foundland to shoot caribou called at
Sargentville, On Penobscot bay, to visit
some abandoned copper mines a short
distance inland. The leaves had fallen
from the deciduous trees, causing the
dark evergreens to stand out in bold
relief against neutral background Of
browns and grays. The owner of the
yacht was struck by the beauty of the
scene and also with a practical idea.
He hired men and horses and had cut
about 600 of the frs, which he carried
on the deck of the yacht to Boston,
where they were offered for sale.
The demand exceeded the yachtsman's
greatest expectations for the whole lot
was snapped up in short order. So
profitable was the first venture that In
the next Christmas season fully $4,000
frs were sent from the shores of Pc
nobscot bay to Boston. where they werc
all sold Ut good prices and in the fol-
lowing year the trade was extended to
New York, where the frs were as
eagerly taken. In 1896 the shipments
of trees from Maine to the large cities
had increased to about 100 000, and in
1899 over 100000 were sold.
In some sections, where the fir is es-
peciaIly prolific, the cutting and pre-
pairing of Christmas trees is made the
occasion of festive gatherings, CORE
spending to the huskings in fall time,
whole families going into the woods
and taking their dinners along. A
man cuts the trees close to the roots
and a boy or a strong girl cuts with
sharp Ratchet the few dead limbs from
the base. Women and boys tie the
trees into bundles of dozen, and then
the harvest is piled into hayracks and
carried to the nearest railroad station.
The smaller children gather the trail
ing creepers of the ground pine, pluck
branches of glossy wintergreen and
gather the red fruit of the wild raisin
shrub, all of which are packed in boxes
and sent to the cities for the making of
wreaths and garlands for the decora-
lion of church and home.
The evergreen harvests are generally
bought by men who make business of
the Christmas markets of the
cities though many farmers and others
Iend their crops direct to market. For
trees FIVE to six feet in height the buy
FRS in Maine pay cents each. and for
trees six to ten feet in height the price
paid is 10 to Is cents. The five cent
tree sells in the city market for 25
tents, while the fifteen cent tree often
brings 81 or more. The total revenue
to Maine people this year from the
Christmas greens crop will probably
amount to $3.50, OOO.-New York Trib-
me-
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11

stalled as a god, cared for with infinite
attention during life and after death
embalmed at enormous expense and
enshrined in a costly sarcophagus! II
the revered animal rounded quarter
of century 1t was imposngly killed.
II death came to II before that time all
Egypt mourned, and sorrow settled on
the land like pail. So charmingly
naif-to summarily eject the god who
proved faithful tenant and to bewail
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
III. A. d. 1862. Yet through the centu-
ries their preserved exuvie had held
stately possession of the Serapeum-
were waiting there for her to come
where they held their silent court.
SO much lavished on beast Of the
Gu.d, and che, made in the likeness OF
God, looked. in vain for sympathy,
some touch of human interest that
might ease her aching heart! What a
mockery This bull, flower Of the herd,
by force of his lordly markings raised
to the pinnacle Of a nations alteration,
She whom beauty had as sharply sepa-
rated from the others of her sex had
gained by this gift husband whose
highest form of regard was an intoler-
able Jealousy, 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-
ousiy 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 Bonvale
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 reioiced 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
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11
Gifts For Children.

Children enjoy things with which
they can do something. They are hap
piest when both brains and hands are
employed. An ingenious boy will get
more pleasure out Of the material with
which to make kite than he will out
of finished kite. Thus box of car
penter's tools makes fine present for
a boy, particularly il it is accompanied
BY few light boards and some nails.
A game that requires the looking up
Of names or characters is present
that can be enjoyed by the entire fam
fly.
A box of gay colored beads and
spool Of wire will be appreciated by a
quiet little girl
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11
The Cause of Divorces

He-What do you suppose Is the
cause of so many divorces?
She-So many marriages, / think
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-11

The touch of hand, the glance of an eye
Or a word exchanged with passerby;
The glimpse of face in a crowded street
And afterward life is incomplete.
w p Hartford
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

We would Ike % ask thr0agb
the colqm1 u Jour PAPER. 81 there
ia anJ person wbo has 20 f5reea's
August Flowef Tor fhe cars of In-
digebnoD, Dyspepsia and Liver
iIolbie tlal las not been er-sd
--and we siao mesn their resalt.
saca ~ aOarsiomaei fermentation
oi food. haoifual cyeuFeneaa. uer-
soas Gfspgr -, headYches, de-
spDn1eat tseli1ss. sieepis1es
10 fact any trouble connected
Pifh The stomach ~ liver This
medicine l9s been sold FOR msag
years in sii CIVILIZED cguntri
snd ue wiah n correspond with
Jon and sen1 go1 0ns 81 oaf books
Iree u cot. II y0u never tired
Flower, Try = - cent bot
.is drsf We haVe never known
pf - fafling. Ifso. something
more ser0us j. the matter uIfb
yna. The - cent SIC bas fusf
been inif0dueei tbis year. Reea-
ar size 10 cent?. Wcat SIDE
Drug store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22
YHE Mo. Contracting and Building Go.
CgNERAL coNIRAcToRs

Dfek Stone Nooi aud Cement Work Garry fa ino 81 buI
az mt1ea paion aa paIei picture end moulding vim
ayf ana gii<g. etc ETC.
Wat l4r rs. box ~ ps. Wo coming, end
Hiu 81 fsady business ab9gt September I5
Lgasl ibs corner e Clkasha aud FIFTH street
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

The Palace Drug Store vail
keep % band i9r ale, lncab-
descent gIo5 at tie following
prices l6 candle power 15
y candle p0Wcrs g5c. Zee
ghickssha k.eeiri, Light aad
Power ". tf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

@m aAgegs uas ~ rom Cemsa'
3 9ssrsaa
iiaaters cream Gggr as The spo'
fsa Gro srg 3
y 3. 1tm of g re
~ the eig Inaf
AfteEd lae calaa sale ~ 1rs.
Lsgfssee't for fhe lexs 80 days
B8 essbsd So oaes more
y fa irons. Ihe Dsvslas and
lle ~ high eaos Dre.
send g8r produce. fryer eggs
s81 0sasf - Ileadffz eroeeff
Griga Noek, and gst bighesb
price,
q = Van wlnkfe, nsyor of
.CAiaboma CRY. wa4 wHGor IA
tie cify = Few soarl Thur dag.
ne @is isnfr at ihe GDg
AL nght a usual. our price,
oo fecainng Don'i forget fbs
p.aee orc door afsi - esd siard
DegIin and tie AA Right Shoe
store
j ". Bell aud ffenk 6. Carter.
" Law tp1, were guesis ~ irands
here = FEN aonfs I1Brsdey.
For sale.-fhe contenfs N :
thfee room h0nse bed room kIteh-
~ end parior. The purchaser cao
have ihe hOuse 3 RENTS 81 5000
per month. one block from no.
chine shops Inqaire a. 1912 Col
0fadO agf.
TIE Hock lsla8d win rnu an *
cafsiOn ~ Oklaboma Cliy next.
SUNDAY aug ~. for wbleh round
Tp teksis VII bs sold for s
ksfnruing the irsiu Nill leave Ok
iahgma Cltg abvut II + n,. that
utuhf ff
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22
1872 NHETts ~.


fea b1e fae clurIaa efs8-
giist 1h.e msese ~ 'fBors.
asy a.gaf, na1s fas sssseneas si.a'
lf tls psoDis sEpsetea ofsfori
rsio0l k4l they go1i8 "a
elszgo0ae6 %. ~ seeed W.
hea b - y besr VI tae sass.
mes iof rltost do4gi be - :
naib Cfe,,f 40 5oe " We meet
pst2 gh5i sDeaksfs beard i1
Csetasta ~ : lobg i,me. He q 0Oss
aot fstefG ftf<Faai pffolecnics
of neasia2 2ie senlfa1ek aheb
afe ~ ,sly ifcomasaeafooe u
~ asty ysgesa baE aolfs M
Aesffn 81 hls eea DsfsoDa nag
bsflsn a1d fle ffHa AZ A1sbt ~
fae b8Ne Ihe Ch0saa1 Coauef
1a Yef1 sgffogf44f eAia9 Li4
HC1f Hetsfa P48i
JAe aD.MGId feaIt9 alf4ags.
meeas phlel basc bee1 0a1 ~
fas isf 0iN ata144 b ~ aax~e
fe fte atas0ei before fse nssN1v
bas bYDgfrseed Wueb lafibff
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

Dr - 81 drf's Cfiiee ifnoN
igesfef ueef fie Bsek ~ Cons
urfee al $50 wisi ~ cgasgit
4sm ~ fs.i a1d see aiu. e
eaf.ies 8is oeD 8e1ie.Des aaf gives
~ pfcfefigtl0ns. alm
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

Miaa Ni0fa esd Alien a1fion "
nsngan 4sff diaasf kafsfs 81
ths keyt l0nfeiaJ.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

send sggf produce. frgerg eggs
ss1 5saef - Ileaaffz groeer9
Grlign Noes, md gsf bighest
pfife.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

j W bell aud ffenk G. carter.
" Law Gpus were gucsis ~ frsends
here y ZEN aonrs Ihsrad1g.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

AL ught q usual Cur prices
~ fepaifing D9nsi forget tbe
p.eees 0nf door wfsi - esd si0nd
Devlln r and tie Al Right Shoe
store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-22

q = van Wlnkie, nayor o.
Dsiabema Cry. waa yiHGor "a
tie ciiy : fer aoara Thur dag.
he aia ~ Ger at the Royal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04
Science and Old Age.

Prof Ellie Metchnikon In Pntnams Magazine
From twenty to fifty man should 1--we
for himself and his family; from hfty 10
one hundred for science and humanity. and
a fter a hundred for the state. Honored.
useful. in full possession of all his facui-
ties at six score years and ten. the gray
beard of the approaching future Will be
among the most enviable of mankind For
the fear of death is an alteration
The fact is that only one man in a million
at present des a natural death. We should
live till one hundred and forty years OF
age A man who expires at seventy or
eighty is the victim of accident. cut on In
the flower of his days. and he unconsciousiy
resents being deprived of the fifty years or
so which nature owes him. Leave him
little longer and in due tine he will desire
to die, as a child at dusk desires to sleep
The sandman will pass! All our instincts
drop from us one by one The child cries
for mothers milk: the idea Of such an all
ment is repugnant to the adult. The desire
for sweets. for play. for love and love-
for long walks and adventures are
all impulses that have Their day and pass
And the wish to live is an instinct which
fails also with safety. Only at present
none of US live long enough to be satiate
with days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04
Long-Lasting Tastes.

From the New Orleans Times: Democrat
'Tt Is a curious thing how the favors Of
certain things, will come back to a man
after the lapse of many years." said an OBJ
servant man, Sand often without any sort
of an excuse. unless we are to rely upon
rather finely spun theories for an excuse
Many years ago / took to cod liver Oil.
Men who havehtaken cod liver oil will un-
derstand that there Is no special reason
why one should forget the peculiar flavor
of this article,o But my experience Is not
simply a question OF memory. / have ex-
perienced the physical fact. not once. but
number of times since / quit taking 1t.
Even today the taste OF cod liver Oil came
back to me- and it was as fresh on my pal :
ate as 1t was when last put 1t there.
Now, why is this? Why should taste cod
liver oil years after quit taking It? can
not say cannot be mistaken when say
experienced all the physical symptoms of
the taste. Were it not for this fact might
account for 1t on the ground of association.
Some fact or something or other intimate
iy associated with the fact OF taking cod
liver oil, might have caused me to remem-
Der rather wildly the taste. But things re-
membered, no matter how vivid the picture
no matter how intimate the associated fact
which brings the picture back, are not as
fresh as the things of the moment taste
cod liver oil. feel it on my palate. and, in
fact, experience all the physical unpleas-
antness of the dose. and I'm sure the fact
cannot be accounted for by the theory Of
the association OF ideas. It il up to the
doctor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04
German Wine Growers,

From the London Stdndar0.
The wine growers Of Germany have al
ways had an evil repute as a class Nearly
four centuries ago Erasmus denounced
them with burlesque violence. protesting
that all the Ills which aff1icted his old age
were due to the foul decoctions he drank
when an innocent youth. although he had
most carefully avoided German wines for
many years. The trial of Dr. Schlamp Won
Hofe aus Nierstein shows that his frater-
nifty still practice the ancestral arts with
improvements suggested by modern science
1t was proved that this ingenious person
age. one of the largest wine growers of
the country. first added SO per cent of
water to his vintage. Then he mixed a
quantity Of cheap Greek wine. and fortified
the whole with ammonia. fannie acid CELIA
tine. isinglass. raisins and sugar. finish
ing with a few drops of some mysterious
liquid which he carried in his pocket The
fine is Els or Imprisonment for three hum
dred days in default. DR.. Schlamp urged
the public prosecutor to spare him. on the
ground that nearly all his colleagues did
the like. and exposures would ruin the wine
trade. 1t was business-1ike argument but
the prosecutor heard 1t unmoved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-04
From Harper's Bazaar.

Wherever 1t Is arranged in the plan Of
the architect. somewhere in the usual coun-
try house there is sure to be a big. square
hall. SO called. This Is really the place of
general gathering. There is winding
stairway. big fireplace. plenty of win
dows-some Of them opening on the veran-
da-and comfort Is the keynote. Just stop
for a moment to observe one thing in this
summer of 1908. How few ornaments YOU
see. The more we eliminate small things
from our lives the better we are; the more
We eliminate them from our parlors the
better is everyone who visits us, believe
Thanks to our Japanese instructors, per-
haps. or to our own evolution the passing
Of bric-a- brac. tides and useless ornaments
is about accomplished What cases are
seen hold flowers: the candlesticks are
meant for candles that burn in them every
evening: the clocks are to tell the time,
the lamps to give light. the books to read
When we do discover a rare piece Of work
or glass or china, our eyes are not divert
ed from 1t by dozen surrounding trifles
that make confusion in our sight and chaos
in our minds
For this fashion let US return thanks. and
then go one. The high wainscotfng of the
hall may be natural wood polished and
treated. or what Is highly in vogue. wood
stained a color to suit the taste.