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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-05
Mothers Are Helped
THEIR HEALTH RESTORED
Happiness Of Thousands OF Hemes Dus
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and MrS. Pinkham's Advice.

A devoted mother seems to listen to
every call Of duty excepting the su-
preme one that tells her to guard her
health, and before she realizes it some
arrangement of the female organs has
manifested itself, and nervousness and
irritability take the place of happi-
ness and amiability.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
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one upon another. 1t was then known
as the Tower OF the Seven Spheres.
and each of the various stages was
colored according to the planet to which
it was dedicated. The lower stage
measured 727 feet upon each edge and
twenty-six feet in height; it's outer
layer of bricks was black, probably
covered with bitumen. The second stage
measured 232 feet, the third 1888, the
fourth 146, and thus they decreased in
size until the upper stage was just
large enough to support the shrine. One
stage was faced with blue glazed bricks,
another with red glazed bricks. Maj.
Rawlinson believed that the bricks of
one stage were overlaid with gold and
another with silver. Even in the pres
ent impoverished condition of the coun-
try the immense domes and minarets of
the shrines of the sacred cities, Ker-
bella and Nejef, are covered with gold
In ancient times the Tower of Babel
was one of the wonders of the world,
and so today, In all the world, there is
hardly more imposing ruin.
While Major Rawlinson was excavat-
ing at the base of the tower, he re-
moved from small inches near the cor
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
Used the Wrong Bait

Yesterday a man was fishing in
Guilds lake, at the Exposition, from
the Bridge of Nations. Another man
passing by asked him what he was
fishing for, and he replied
German carp"
Catching any?'
"Nope, seen lots of 'em in the water.
but they seem to run away from my
bait"
What you using for balt?"
"A potato"
Fishing for German carp with po-
tatol Say. did you never hear about
the eternal enmity between the Irish
and the Dutch2"
"Yep; but what's that got to do with
it?"
WELL" said the onlooker IF you
want to catch German carp you'd better
change your bait. Use pretzei.
Portland oregonian.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

nerS several large, barrel shaped clay
cylinders. covered with beautifully pre-
served cuneiform inscriptions. The
cylinders, now in the British museum,
were written by Nebuchadnezzar or by
his order, and placed we might say,
in the cornerstone. In the inscription
Nebuchadnezzar, after describing the
reconstruction of the temple, says:
1.-The tower of Borsippa, which
former king had erected and completed
to the height of forty-two cubits, whose
summit he did not finish, fell to ruins
in ancient times. There was no proper
care of the drains for its water. Rain
and storm had washed away its brick.
The tiles of its roof were broken. The
great god Marduk urged me to restore
it. did not alter its site or change its
foundation walls. At a favorable time
1 renewed it's brick work and its roofing
tiles, and 1 wrote my name on the cor
nices of the edifice. 1 built it anew as
it had been ages before. erected its
pinnacle as it was in remote days"
How does 1t happen that in Hebrew
literature there exists a story of this
old tower? The answer is not difficult.
In the year $50 B. c. the Jews were
taken by Nebuchadnezzar into caps
tivity, and during their exile of fifty
years in Babylonia they were un-
doubtedly employed in the reconstruc-
tion of the Tower of Babel. They
worked side by side with the captives
from almost every other country in tina
eastern world, and the medley OF
strange languages were constantly
ringing in their ears. For months they
probably laboriously carried the heavy
square bricks and mortar to tre-
mendous height, a strange occupations
for them, for bricks were seldom used
in their own rocky country. The
lightning of every storm hurled great
masses of the brick from the summit
of the tower until it seemed as il God
were destroying it. The thoughts Of
these things were constantly in their
minds. In later years, as they returned
from exile to their own homes, is it
strange that with their oriental fond
ness of narration they told of tower
of bricks which the people of ancient
times built to high heaven; that Cod
angry, sent heavenly fire to destroy it,
and the languages of the people were
so strange and unintelligible to each
other that they scattered throughout
the earth, as did the captives at the
close of the exile? Thus the story OF
the Tower Of Babel is true.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

THE excavations of Professor HUI
mann which brought to light the
grandeur of the residences of the
old Attalites in Greece came to a close
In 1886. No further work was done for
some years but in the autumn Of 1900
excavations in the historical ground
covering the ancient city Of Pergamon
were resumed. This new enterprise was
begun in the hope that the previous
find of a Grecian residence might
bring about enough discoveries to re-
store an ancient Grecian city. Since
1900 the work has progressed yearly un-
der the direction of Professor Dorpfeld,
secretary Of the German Archaeology
cal institute in Athens. Professor Dorp-
field has been assisted in his work by
DR.. Altman. Buildings have been
erected on the spot for the housing
of workmen and everything necessary
for the continuation of the work has
been placed at Professor Dorpfeld's
disposal.
Professor Dorpfeld went to work on
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

I the southwest, or untouched portion,
where Professor Human had left off,
including three large terraces of the
Temple OF Learning. as well as large
ancient tower which adjoined 1t. This
tower contained a winding staircase.
the greater part of which is still well
preserved. With the discovery of the
three terraces was also unearthed a
magnificent hall of columns, dating
from the time of King Eumenes IL.
Thousands of figures in white marble
which ornamented the walls of the
temple have also been unearthed. A
study of the inscriptions on these frag-
ments suggests that the walls of the
temple were used for eataloguing pur-
poses.
The most important find was the head
of Hermes by Alkamenes, which has
been sent to the Ottoman museum in
Constantinople. 1t is bust which was
undoubtedly mounted on pedestal,
and when found was in three pieces.
These pieces. put together. make a
complete bust. Below the bust is the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

New York. / told no one and to brace
me up 1 took Beaconsfield's lofty
motto. The secret of success is con-
stancy of purpose I said it over and
over. until even the wheels Of the train
seemed TO come in on the refrain.
When reached New York went ia
Mr. Charles Frohman's office and
said to the office boy, is Mr.. Froh-
man in?'
"'No,' said he. / sat down to wait
and said I to myself, The secret of
success is constancy of purpose One
hour passed, two hours, and the secret
of success seemed to include other
things than eonstaney. l inquired OF
the boy when Mr.. Frohman was likely
TO return.
"In three months. He has gone to
Europe
II told this tale to Arnold DAILY when
l played in Candida with him.
"'Yes, said Mr.. DAILY ! know that
story. / was the once boy!'"-Na-
tional Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
Electric Cars in Manila

America in the Philippines is going
ahead. as an extract from recent let
ter shows; I'VE were fortunate enough
to land in Manila on the very day when
the new electric tramways were opened.
There are fifty miles OF rails. all in
stalled on the latest Yankee plan. The
streets were crowded with Filipinos,
Spanish e, etc. staring in won
der at the novel sight. No pushee, no
pullee, go like helleel'" Gould KipIing
himself put II more graphically than
does that touch OF pidgin Englishg-
London Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
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ffcult. AT a height of 115 feet the
climber stops, unable to go further. I
believe that as yet no one has scaled
the brick work which projects from its
summit. This mass of solid masonry
has been split in two by the lightning,
which plays about it during every pass
ing thunder storm, and along the sides
are huge masses of fused bricks, al
most indistinguishable from igneous
stone, which have been hurled from
above
The tower is constructed of large,
square, baked bricks, each measuring
thirteen inches on it's sides and three
inches in thickness, and each is stamped
in wedge shaped letters with the name
and titles of Nebuchadnezzar; upon
most of them the inscription is as
legible as upon the day they were made.
The bitumen from the hot springs at
Hit, up the Euphra tes river, served as
mortar, and layers of reed mats were
occasionally spread between the
courses. The large, square holes for
the circulation of air. penetrating the
tower at regular intervals, now pro-
vide homes for the foxes and other ami
mails which inhabit the desert.
1t is only since the young science of
Assyriology has progressed and the
architecture of Babylonia Is better
known that the real purpose of the
Babylonian tower has been understood.
The Babylonian temple consisted of
two distinct parts-the tower and
series of rooms about it's base. If one
could look back to the time when the
Babylonian temple was in use he
would have found a magnificent, bar
barrie splendor seldom surpassed The
long, narrow Railways, always obscure,
to lend them awe and mystery, were
lined with the statutes of the gods and
kings. Some were in gold others in
marble or diorite; some were clothed in
dresses of inscribed gold; the stone of
others was tinted to give it a natural
or striking color; the eyeballs were of
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

ivory; the pupils were of precious
stones, and it is possible that their
heads were covered with false hair to
impart to them lifelike appearance.
About their pedestaIs were vessels of
precious metals and stones, wrought
into fantastic shapes and constantly
filled with food and drink. In my own
excavations at, Bismya, in Central
Babylonia, hundreds of marble lamps,
vases carved with figures of animals
and men, or inlaid with ivory and
precious stones, present an almost per-
feet example of a Babylonian temple
service; these objects now form some
of the rarest treasures of antiquity.
Distribution of Rooms
Other chambers about the base of the
tower were occupied by the priests;
there they stored the sacrificial offer
ings of the people; there they composed
and copied the hymns and psalms for
the responsive singing of the temple
service; there upon the little tablets of
clay they drew up the contracts of the
people and stored them away for ref
erence in case of dispute. To these
chambers the people came with their
offerings to worship the local god to
whom they attributed their recovery
from disease and safety from accident;
there, too, they brought their dead to
be cremated and left their ashes in the
common pit mingled with others who
had been cremated before them, and
there, if we may believe the conclusions
of Professor Delitzsch, the most illus
trious of all archaeologists, the young
maid, in thankfulness for all the bless
ings which she received, went 10 sacri-
flee her virginity to the local god, who
was represented by the temple priest.
AS interesting as the lower half of
the Babylonian temple was, the tower
which reared its head high above it was
equally important. Until recently it has
been supposed that the tower was a
popularity of late Babylonian times, but
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
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at Bismya one of the most perfect
structures which L uncovered was the
base of a stage tower more than 5000
years old. 1t now appears that the
tower may have been the original tenn
pie and that the chambers above its
base were later development. Per-
haps the primitive object of the tower,
as the Bible story suggests, was to pro-
vide a pathway to heaven, or as the
older scholars suppose, it was built that
the early astronomers might better
study the stars, or that 1t might serve
merely as a landmark to guide the
wandering people, or a watch tower
from which one could observe the ap-
proach of the enemy even when far
distant, as does the modern. Arab on
his watch tower today.
1t might have been retreat during
the extreme heat of the Babylonian
summer, where the king or priests,
high above the heat of the city and the
sand storms, could pass the hours in
comfort, while the common people were
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
Men and Women

Women respect a man whom they
cannot deceive, but only when he has
the generosity to warn them of his
Instrumentation Oliver Hobbies.
There are two things absolutely nee
essary to the well-being of the normal
feminine mind-namely, one romantic
attachment and one comfortable
friendship.-E. Thorneycroft Fowler.
There are but two sorts of women
those who take the strength out Of Il
man and those who put it back.-Rud-
yard Kipling.
world-three and no more. There are
happy men and there are knaves and
fools. Hybrids 1 don't count. And to
my mind knaves and fools are very
much alike.-H. G. Wells.
There is no such thing as woman in
the abstract. When you talk about
woman enthusiastically, you are talk
ing about the woman you love; when
you talk about woman cynically, you
are talking about the woman who won't
love you.-Frankfort Moore.
Who steals hearts steals souls,
wherefore it behooves woman to look
that the lock be strong and the key
hung hight. Marion Crawford.
Whenever a man Is a failure his
friends say he is an able man. No
man is able who is unable to get on,
just as no woman is clever who can't
succeed in obtaining that worst and
most necessary Of evils-a husband
Robert Hichens.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13

, inscription: Learn that this is Her
mes, by the great Alkamenes, standing
at the gates of Pergamon."
Another importan find was the statue
of a Greek water carrier. It depicts
the face of beautiful Grecian girl,
The small, sharp eyes, the well defined
contour and the smiling mouth are
characteristic of this period Of Gre
clan life.
Work is now progressing on the
southern portion of the temple. and
Professor Dorpfeld has hopes that this
year his excavations will result in re-
storing almost completely the long
buried city of Pergamon, which has
figured so prominently in the ancient
history of Troy.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
paIv Was the office Boy

"I began as a student in Boston
dramatic school. My family believed
my aspirations to reach no higher than
to teach grammar school, but knew
where Louise CLOSER intended to so
and one day l started out quietly for
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-13
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sweltering below in a heat which now
registers $50 degrees. These are theories
of the past; now 1t is practically certain
that the tower was the support of the
shrine of the local god. There, high
above the plain, where he could look
far over the country which he ruled, re-
posed the god of the land. From thera
he ruled and watched over his most dis
tant people To satisfy him food and
drink in costly vessels was constantly
before him. To attend his needs, if we
may believe Herodotus, a priestess
dwelt continually on the summit of the
Tower of Babel 1t is said that the
oldest and ugllest female that the
country afforded was selected for the
position. lest the priests while perform
ing their religious duties should anger
the god whom she served by smiling
upon her.
Recent Excavations
Several excavators have dug about
the base of the old Tower of Babel, bui
it is to Sir Henry Rawlinson that tire
credit for the best work is due. In the
time of Nebuchadnezzar the tower corr
sisted of seven stages, resembling seven
square boxes OF different sizes placed
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
8uruorisfisches
Q4r efuettt him.

-. Sest trat Der RGuber Dem ein>
fat1en Wenoerer NIT ge5idtem MeHer
entgegen uno f9nitt tim ben Weg, oas
Mort .uno Ole &eble ab.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
Gutuange.tsr #tpff.

8ap rdaz
fgil Grab beuts MOreen beaahlt bic
lfsap Getretar tire erpbe Me4nuns
f1hIs4 unb Aeute MaMmittag III Rafs
1tsardna4en BET ber sSrau Mebtf6r!1
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
Artttk.

,Wie mar benn oas neue 9rauerz
iptela"- @rpBartts: auf Der 8ihne
Haben iie ftd In tbrem 8lute getpdlst
lnb i'm 3ui9auerrdum -. Dor Ga
nsnl"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
Afmnsrtrtaa4tn

Ser fIei e & arl (Sur
Fk1rta, bic etnige 2teoer pnrgetraser
apt): pSante. baft Tu Did behp beite
t seipaf9en9-S ante: ,sSrnse,
bit tqfn5t Du mid fol6en l1nniin fras
efn9-a a + I; ppapu faate ia bDrs
bin, Du itngit beute unretn."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
WetttHthitdr.

sNyn. etnem Roupe faint Germ Rpble
aaA ptrna poil 3eit au Get, tpenn Der
DMg eine 3urpe ma9t, bte absr ibm
tn1 Qepdfnsb ltesepbe 9utf9a4tel auf
pfn Rppf. Ser eigentbinter ettfAuls
higte Tf4 iebesuaf, brinst iebod bic
@@08tet INNER tpieber auf feinen
qiits1 plat. Nls biefe nun tpteber ber'
~NpiefiSnt, nettt aoBle: rau' brau9en
@e I'D ridT mebr au entiAulbigen-
M BIN tn's f9on setpebnt!"
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#d1a.ssr @sna.ske.

HHrfsr (tl ejnem r1atnreei9i9ts
en Merfe Mbbtlbuneer Der poraett<
H8en Msefenuneebeuer betra9teno):
aDpnnerpetter, tpern foIde Wieher
Seaie nod In unfern Mdlbern lebten,
m1s fur Sdgbdbenteuer fDnnte man ba
- am Gtafrnttf9 erSablen."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
a~sraunertsr aa1aHltah.

yesis fOusn NIT ggSbersr als aefss<
Is4 .au1aifiger @efGninbigtett bnr9
pah ylprT StDgpetm seIaErsn ]siHI-
Mtler. Rein =. tpifen g. 4err
msIter, bis 9auern seben bait lang
fap,es eIs bie gtabter, ba fdGt bic @e@
Mmnbtgteit nehr auf."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18
A4tnberlenf.

Greuno gum @einbGnoler):
Der Senai9er, ben Du MIR 90 ges
brdht bait. Der 1T apar nt9t
f9Ie4t. =. aber neult6 babe t3 einen
EeG3tger eetrunten. -. Der mar MOD
bief Glferi"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1905-11-18

Dnnt
R9. Sm apetten Dit GROCER 9oae
aettsf1maus, tpo5u 2beilnebmertarten
b bretbts pfennig ausseseben perben.
= 9eate: gerdu6erte Wurit nit
Gduerfrqut.
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THE OWL GROCER COMPANY.
Naaemetnes ssommtHtons . @etda,

Maaemetnes 8ommiftpnS $ Oefdb6ft.
Sir banoeln in &prn, Safer, sforu.
mebl, Mtebl, Suttertufen aaer Grt, Sat
ner'Bei5en, 8uderrobr Samen, 8afir.
&0rn, beutiber Sirie unb Seu - in @n.
genlabun9en 06er tpeniger.
Sir erfuden INN g0niignationen Dor
9anbes.Brobucten. Sbnele Grlebiauna
Der @eih6fte. Gaenten fir bic Ctnabc
Badiua g0n1hann.
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AuH nefn Gxnnrert.

profeffor: r&0nnen Sic mir,
Ebse, fasen, tpo bic Suoitb benz 9ofo'
fernes ben &opf abj9nitt9"-p + :
mansr: ySapobl, am 9alie."
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-13
Where the Strain Came.

All the older residents of the town
of wellesley remember with pleasure
Seth Dewing, the wit and the sage of
many town meeting. AT a meeting
at which was present the removal
OF the superintendent of the town
farm was being discussed. some citi-
zens intimating that he was lazy.
After all had spoken Mr.. Dewins
got up, and in his inimitable way said:
MIR. Moderator, If the seat of that
mans pants was made of leather and
the soes of his shoes were made OF
paper, the seat of his pants would
wear out long time before the soles
of his shoes"
1t is hardly necessary to state what
happened to the superintendent
Boston Herald.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-13
WHY OLIVES ARE PIckLEp.
California Joke on Tenderfeet From
the East

Il have Just returned from Califor-
nia," said the traveller, land for your
information, in case you ever wander
thither, let me post you on one of the
merry little jests which the inhabi-
tants love to ring in on the innocent
tenderfoot.
about the first thing they'll run you
mp against the California ripe olive.
Ever eat them? You can hardly get
them here because they won't stand
shipment. And they're mighty good.
Most real olive eaters prefer them
to the ordinary green picked olive.
The ripe olives are picked also, you
understand, and come out of the brine
Jet black.
after you have eaten and approved,
they will lead you on by remarking:
"'Well il you like them that way
you'll like them better fresh. Just
stroll out to the orchard with me and
well have one
"Then they will lead you out to one
of their long lanes of olive trees.
pause to remark that you don't know
what olive green and olive brown
mean until you've seen those colorS in
that slim, graceful little tree.
There are the fresh olives all right
hanging among the gray leaves and
looking mighty tempting. You pick
one with the confidence of the easy
mark and bite into it.
"Whew! Bitter? l can taste it yet.
It's all the quinine and rhubarb and
NORWOOD in the world, combined in a
nasty, haunting bitterness that hangs
to you until you have eaten two meals.
1t is an oily bitterness that gets into
the corners and crannies of your
mouth and won't be washed out.
when you recover a little they ex-
pain that the brine takes out the bit
terness, and that's why olives are
pickled.'
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-13

Lowndes, Mo-. April 10th.-Mrs. H.
c. Harry of this place. SAYS
For years was in very bad health.
Every spring l would get SO low that
was unable to do my own work.
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year. l was
very weak and miserable and had
much pain in my back and head. l
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised
last spring and began treatment of
them and they have certainly done me
more good than anything / have ever
used.
81 was all right last spring and felt
better than have for over ten years.
i am fifty years of age and am strong
er to-day than | have been for many
years and l give Dodds Kidney Pills
credit for the wonderful improve
ment"
The statement of Mrs. Harry is only
one of a great many where Dodd's
Kidney Pills have proven themselves
to be the very best spring medicine.
They are unsurpassed as tonic and
are the only medicine used in thou.
sands of families.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-04-13
SHAKESPEARE UP TO DATE.
Twelfth Night shipwreek Changed
Into Railway Wreck.


The people OF India are inveterate
theater-goers-tha is. In the large
towns. where they have theaters-and
devoted to Shakespeare, whose plays
they pad and adapt to suit popular
taste. precisely as Broadway man
ager would make over a Sanscrit play
II he were going to produce it here.
Viola and Sebastian are introduced,
not by means of a shipwreck, as per
Shakespeare, but through the medium
of a railroad smashup. The great GEN.
trail Bombay station is first shown. the
trains made up with first, second. in
termediate and third-class carriages
Viola and Sebastian are seen to hur-
ry down the platform carrying their
dress suit cases and to settle them
selves in one of the second-class cars.
later scene shows their train cross
ing a lofty railroad bridge. The
bridge breaks in two, letting them
down into the ravine below, and from
the wreck the two are saved by diff
ferent wrecking parties, who carry
them in opposite directions unknown
to each other.
Thus is Shakespeare brought up to
date in India.-New York Tribune.