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Old Egypt's Gold Mines.

Prof r. D. George of the University OF
Colorado suggests that tho ancient Egypt
lans drew the larger part OF their gold
from the old working near Coptos lati-
tude u degrees north and from the
mountains somo distance to the south
probably the mines for which the kings
or the twelfth dynasty sacrificed the lives
OF many thousand men, for the rule OF
Egyptian kings who wanted gold WAS 10
invade Nubla and take possession of the
mines. Just as when they wanted copper
they drove back the nomadic tribes OF
SINAI ano quilt fortresSes to protect their
miners. The Nubian gold workings of
which Prof. George speaks are placed in
surrounded oh all sides by waterless
desert Here may be seen tunnels and
shafts penetrating the mountains 10 al
most unknown depths
Ihree hundred stone huts shelter 200
mllls used In pulveriZing the ore; Immense
clsterns once caught the scanty water
supply from the upper slopes, and near
thefn stand the sloping tables on which
the pulVerized ore was washed Records
show that these mines were WORKED n,,tb
uttle interruption for twenty centuries by
.he Egyptians. and there is no means of
knowing now long they We're worked bv
the Nublans before them
IN the inscriptions OF the New F,mpire
various Kinds OF grades OF gold are men
,ioHeu; ana N one of the Tell-el-Amarnn
letters, written during the eighteenth
GiEnasty; the King OF Babylon accuses
Ainenophls III. OF Egypt of sending hIrr1
mass of base metal for gold Ha sdn.ni MN
The twenty minas of gold Won een3 -,
contained when melted down, only fuo
mlhes or pure gold" So thot tho oaai5
oi''h even tnen was not unknown
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names. etc. Around the north and west
sides were benches for the people TO sit
On going UP to the desk / presented my
recommend from the bishop in whose
nolds, who was then acting as clerk.
asked me my name, those OF my parents.
when and where | was born, and when
L was baptized into the Mormon Church.
That over. he told me 10 leave my hat.
cloak and shoes In that room. and TAX
ing up my bundle. / went into the room
marked on the plan, where | sat walt
ing till 1t came my turn TO be washed
One of the women, an oltlcia Ing high
prieStess told me TO come behi.id the cur
tain (Which have indicated by waving
ltne), where / could hear a great deal OF
Splashing and subdued conversation. |
went, and after | was undressed, [ had
10 step into long bath. about half full
OF water, when another woman proceeded
TO wash me. objected strongly TO this
part OF the business. but she told me to
show a more humble spirit. However
when she got down TO my feet she let
me go, and j was turned over to the wo-
man who mad spoken to me first and
whose name was Bathsheba Smith Zone
OF the widows of Apostle George A.
Smith, She wore n large shiny apron
and her sleeves tucked up above her ell
bows She looked thoroughly like bust
ness.
Another woman was standing beside her
with large wooden spoon and some
green olive oil In q cows horn This
woman poured the oil out OF the spoon in
10 Bathsheba's hand, who Immediately
put II on my head, ears. eyes, mouth. and
every part OF my body, and as she creased
me, she muttered kind OF prayer over
each member Of my body: My head, that
l might have q knowledge OF the truths
of God; my eyes, that i might see the
glorles OF the Kingdom; my mouth. that
| might at all times speak the truth. my
arms. that they might be strong I'm the
defense OF the gospel my bosom-and
mere L must ask my readers not to think
! want TO tell this part of the story but
! do want people TO know the truth. and
how disgusting and indelicate this thing
Is Mormon people deny many OF these
things, and civilized and decent people
can scarcely realize that this institution
~ as infamous ns 1t really is. but / SOL
emnly assert that these things do exist
10 continue: My bosom. that | might
nourish the children whom ] might raise
by my husband q was not then married
but expected TO be-, and another part OF
ny body, that L might raise up a goodly
seed. that they might be pillars Of
strength TO the upbuilding and strength
ening of Gods Kingdom upon the earth.
And so she got down TO my feet, when
she. hoped they might be swift in the
paths OF righteousness and truth
She then turned me over TO the woman
VINO had washed me, and VINO whispered
MY NEW AND CELESTIAL NAME
In my ear. / believe l am to be called IN
In the morning of the resurrection by IL
IL was Sarah ] felt disappointed.
thought / should have received a more
distinguished name. She told me that
new name must never be spoken bur
OFTEN thought of TO keep away evil spir-
It's should be required TO speak IL
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hands which OF course every one did.
believing that all tho good and holy
things that were to be seen and heard
In the House of the Lord" were yet to
come He then told us that II any of US
attempted to reveal what we saw and
heard In the House our memories
would he bliGhted. and we should
BE INCREASINGLY DAMNED,
For they wcro things too holy TO be
spoken Of between each other, after we
had once left the Endowment House We
were then told TO he very quiet and lis
ten. Joseph r. Smith then went away
In n few moments we heard voices talk
Ing loudly so that the people could hear
-hem In the adjoining room. Il otter
wards found out in passing through that
~ was the prayer circle roomD T. was
supposed 10 be q conversation betwecn
ElohIm (Head God) and Jehovah The
conversation was az follows
Elohlm to Jehovah-"Well. jehovah |
think We will create an earth; let Mich
ael go down and collect all the elements
together and found one
Answer-"Nery well, o Lord God, It
shall be done"
Then calling to another man VIC could
hear him say,
elements together and form nm earth and
then report to us what you have done
Ans.-"Vcry well, o Lord God
The man they called Michael thon left
tho prayer circle room and came Though
the room they called the World into the
Garden of Eden, the door OF which was
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marriage register this truthful apostle
Eas since denied, that a polygamous
marriage might not be found OUT and
then ne wrote the two names on a slip OF
paper. TO be taken into the sealing room
TO the officiating priest, so that he might
Know whom he was marrying After
having given this slip of paper to the
priest, Daniel H. Wells). We knelt mt a
little wooden altar. Cthey are all alike In
the Endowment House,. He then asks
the man II he is willing to take the wo-
man to wife, and the woman IL she Is
wiling 10 take him for q husband They
both having answered yes. he tells the
man that he must look to God, but the
woman must look TO her husband as her
God, for II he lives his religion The spirIt
OF God will be In him, and she must
therefore Yield him unquestioning obe-
ailence, loI ne is as god unto her. and
then concludes that he having authority
from on nigh. to bind and loose here uLon
earth, and whatsoever he binds hero shall
be bound In heaven. seals the man and
woman
FOR TIME AND ALL ETERNITY
He then tells the man and woman ~
KISS each other across the altar the man
kneeling on the north side and the woman
on the south, and go II Is finished Some
ttnSs ~ aS they nave witnesses. sometimes not,
II they think any trouble may arise from
marriage or that the woman Is inclined
10 be a little Dcrverse they have no VII
nesses, neither do they give marriage GER
tihcatcs, and II occasion requires II end
II Is to shield any OF their polyeamoms
brethren from being found out. they wiI1
positively swear that they did moi ner
form any marriage at ALL so that the NC.
men In this Church have but a very moor
wives, oi aoie
When the marriage ceremony was over
we came out of the Sealing room" and
crossed Heaven into the ladies' dress
Ing room. where, after having dressnd
and my husband paid the fees We tooL
our departure. together with that OF tbe
Holy Spirit" - '"e
REFLECTIONS
IT was half-past three D. m when uo
ieft having gone there at eight o'cIoct
In the morning You can probably IN
agine how fatigued one feels after iis
tening patiently all the time to tbeir In
cessant talking. Certainly at Tho cnd -,
the time one feels more like takine g.,
nourishment than listening 10 the pro6nii
ngs OF the Holy Spirit" | shonld ner
haps nave remarked before thot ',h
priests. when going through the Housn vne
wear their ordinary clothing and coSso
straight Into the House of tho ord''
with their dirty top boots on as thom.
they had just come off q farm wbio Sn M
poor sinners were obliged TO walk IN o',e We
stocking feet lest the floor should hs
dehled. 'u De
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the only ono he ever tells. for they must
never tell their celestial names to their
wives. although the wives must tell theirs
10 their husbands) through the holes In
the vail. He was then allowed TO go
through 10 the other side, which was sup
posed to be heaven, and this lis where a
strong Imagination might be OF some use
for anything more unlike heaven, | can't
conceive. The man having got through,
he went 10 the opening (No. 2) and told
the gatekeeper TO call for the woman he
was about TO marry. telling him her
name. She then stepped up TO the vail
where the marks "B" are. They couldn't
sce each other. but put their hands
through the openings. one OF their hands
on each others shoulder and the other
around the waist. Crhe marks on the
plan at the sides arc for the arms and
all the marks in the plan on the vail are
exactly an they are In the Endowment
House. The top round mark Is the place
where they spoke through. and tho
square, compass and stone correspond
with the marks on the garments; the
two bottom marks were where the feet
are put throughJ with the arms so nxed.
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Mysteries OF the Endowment House

particular apple tree, for on the day that
they ate of that they should surely die
He then took his departure, and immc-
dlutely after In came a worry lively gentle
man, dressed In a plain black morning
suit with Al little apron on, most lend
Ish expression on his face and joytully
rubbing his hands. This gentleman was
supposed TO be the Devil Certainly his
appearance made the supposltion quite
easy tby the by, ! have since seen that
same gentleman administering the Sacra-
ment In the Tabernacle on Sundaysl. lie
went up TO Eve and remarked that 1t
wns nice would ahc like to taste one
Of those apples. She dcmurrcd a little,
and said she was told not TO, and there
fore mustn't But he pretended TO pluck
one OF the painted apples and gave II 10
her, and she pretended to eHt It. He then
told her TO ask Adam 70 have some, and
ehe did. Adam objected strongly to test
Ing. knowing the penalty, but Eve even
tunlly overcome his scruples, saying: 'Oh,
my dear they're 80 nice, you haven't any
Idea, and that nice old gentleman here,
tpointing 10 the DeviD says that he can
recommend them, and YOU need not ue
afraid Of what Jehovah says;
Adam consented. and Immediately after
he said, oh what have | done and
how foolish ! was to listen to you" He
then said that he could see himself and
that they had no clothes on, and that tnoE
must sew some fig leaves together EVory
one then made a dive for his apron out
Of the little bundle. The apron Is a square
half yard OF green silk with nine he
leaves worked on II In brown sewing silk.
a voice was then heard calling for Adam,
who pretended TO hide. when In came
Jehovah. He gave Adam a good scold-
Ing. but finally told him that he would
give him certain instructions, whereby he
would have n chance TO regain the pres
ence of his Father and God after he was
driven out into the world. These instruc-
tions consisted Of grips, &C, and the gar
ments he wore would protect him from
all evil (Mormons say Of these garments
that the pattern was revealed direct from
Heaven to Joseph Smith, and are the
same as we're originally worn by AdamD
They then put on tnelr caps and mocca-
sins, the women caps being made OF
Swiss muslin, It Is one yard square
rounded at one corner so as to NJ the
hend. and there arc strings on 1t which
tie under the chin. The moccasins are
made OF linen or calico. The mems arc
made exactly like those of pastry cooks,
with a bow on the right side | should
here mention, before / go further that
Bathsheba Smith and ono OF the priests
enacted the parts OF Adam and Eve, and
so stood sponsors for the rest OF us, who
were individually supposed to be Adams
and Ewes.
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desires TO enter" Eve was accordingly
ushercd into heaven.
Before / go further ] must tell how they
believe the entrance Into heaven Is TO be
gained on the morning OF the resurrec-
tlon. Peter Will call up the men and wo-
men, ,for II Is not possible for woman
TO be rcSurrected or exalted or to be
made a Queen In heaven, unless some
man takes pity on her and raises herr.
II tho marks on the garments are found
TO correspond with those on the vail
Cthc dead are buried In the whole para
phernalD, II YOU can give the grips
and tokens. and your new name, and you
are dressed properly in your robes. why,
then one has a sure permit to heaven,
and Will pass by the angels. (who they
suppose are TO be only mnlsterlng serv-
ants) to more exalted glory; the more
wives they have, they think, the higher
their glory Will be
To resume: After we got through, We
saw Joseph r Smith sitting at a table
recording the names OF those who were
candidates for marriage. He wrote the
names In book (the existence OF which
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The Oath.
Necessity for Pure Food Laws.

The necessity for national pure food
laws Is self-cyident The reasons for
opposition on the part of a Few congress
men cannot be Understood unless they
are representatives OF some interests
which are injurious 10 public health. We
do want all foods labeled properly to pre-
vent frauds, whether they are harmless
to health or not. and we do want a check
to the indiscriminate use Of chemic anti
septics Yet 1t is well to go slow so as TO
avoid committing ourselves TO condem-
nation OF harmless things. ii Is par
tlcularly wrong to place d prohlbltiye tax
upon coloring materials In butterine and
permit the practice In tho case OF butter.
The Department OF Agriculture is wisely
conducting war against foreign foods
imported under false names. Foreign
makers Of foods and beverages have too
good things-and have grown rich upon
our ineanc desire to buy something made
in France or Germany.
The average American ls said to enjoy
being swndled IN littlo things now and
the-even tho wrong end of horsc
trade has Its compensations. But when
II comes to being swindled as a regular
tling by a Frenchman or German It's
a different mattcr-a reflection upon our
national intelligence. There should be-
then, no opposition 10 this proposed law.
but we do hope that Its bencficent pur-
pose can be extended beyond the scope OF
importations and Interstate trafflc-the
present limitations OF national laws.
We hope to see the time when any one
WIN II duouleil'iy hellS one tIlnB unueT tne
name or another can always be prosecuted
and driven out of business, and II the
fraud is proved TO be injurious to health
we hope the seller cal be locked UP as a
public enemy. Luckily for the people IL
Is found that inspections OF food are in
creasing public confidence and actually en-
hancng trade In preserved foods instead
Of hampering 1t. Fear of fraud always
tends to XIII any kind OF commerce The
worst kind of sordid sef-Intcrest may
thus bring the offenders themselves to the
side of those who are battling for the pub
lie hcalth-Amcrican Medicine
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Figures That Staeeer.

.,i iI used TO be that astronomy. with its
situipehdo9s iti magnitudes. incredible veio9
- to'ies ana ihconceivable distances, seemed
- ~ make the greatest demand on mans
belief Today II Is physics. We read for
Instance that Hertz's oscillations give
rise rise TO 900 '0ooo 900 oscillations per second
anything happening In the f1ve bund "a
laiIilohtn ,i! part of second7 But this is
3uIte ts a long period compared to some of
on2ios on2se nov accepted as inevitable in
Vpues- ACCORDING to Maxwers eroat
theory a light wave Is a series Of alter
iintins electric currents flowing In air or
i,,,,terpianetaTy space. and changing their
onS ori sceion lSo 600 900. 0o0,0oo times per sec
,, omu. Ano this is supposed to be true OF
every form of light coming from the1sun
INC ene eiectric lamp or a lucIfer match. Who
tS tsn { thlnk OF anything happening in the
ondf-London Telegraph
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or two before they go through the house.
| was baptized the night before. On TINS
same evening was told that as | was
going through the House of the Lord
ON the following day ] must pay the
very strictcst attention TO everything
should sec and hear, as II would be Tor
my benefit hereafter. ! was obcdient In
that respect for l remember everything
that happened as vIvldly as though IL
were Yesterday, and II IT had not been
for nv benefit | hope that this article
may prove of some use in warning and
cnlishtenng people. as 10
THAT MOST HORRID BLASPHEMG,
Jargon and mummery that goes on In
that most sacred House OF the Lord.
MRS. G. S. R.
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knuckle OF the index finger which is
| placed straight along the palm OF the
| hand, while the lower part Of the hand
IS clasped with the remaining fingers.
The robe for this grip was changed from
lhe right to the left shoulder. We were
then made TO swear to avenEc the death
OF Joseph Smith, the martyr. together
with that of his brother. Hyrum, on this
American Nation. and that we would
teach our children and children's chill
dren to do so. The penalty for this grip
and oath was disembowelmcnt
We were then marched Into the north
cast room tthe men, of course always 60
room We were then made TO take an
oath OF
OBEDIENCE TO THE MORMON
PRIESTHOOD
And now the highest or grandest grip
OF the MelchiZedek priesthood was given.
We claspcd each other round the hand
with the point OF the index finger resting
on the vt.ist. and little fingers hrmiS
linked together. The place on the wrist
where the index finger points is supposed
10 be the place where Christ was nailed
10 the cross but they tore out and he had
TO be nailed again, and so you place your
second finger beside the index on the
wrist; it Is called the
SURE SIGN or THE NAIL.
And II the grip Is properly given. II Is
very hard TO pull apart. The robe was
changed from the LEFT to the right shoul-
The men then formed a circle round the
altar. linking their arms straight across
ana placed their hands on one anothcr's s
shoulders. The priest knelt at the altar
ana TOOK hold of one OF the mems hands
ana prayed. Hc told us that the electric
current OF prayer passed through the
circle and mat was The most efficacious
KIND of prayer The women stood out
side the circle with their wells covering
their faces, the only time during the GER
emony That they did so.
Inc prayer over, they all trooped up the
staircase on the north side OF the house
INTO the room called the Instruction
Room. where the people sat down on
hencheS on the west side OF the room
racing the n about midway between floor
and ceiling was a wooden beam that went
across the room from north TO south and
from which was suspended a dirty look
ing piece OF what was once white calico
This was called the Vail" and is sun
posed to be In imitation OF the one in
Solomon's Temple on this vail are marks
ike those on the garments, together with
extra holes for putting the arms through
But before going through the vail. we
received general outline OF the instruc-
tlons we had received down stairs This
over, the priest took u man to the vail
TO one OF the openings, Cmarked II where
he Knocked with a small wooden mallet
that hung on the wooden support
voice on the other side of the vail az
was supposed 10 be Peter's) asked who
was there when the priest answering for
the man said. Adam having been faith
tul desires to enter The priest then
led the man up to the west side OF the
vail, where he had to put his hands
through and clasp the man or Peter 90
whom he whispered his new name and
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shut that faced the places c and D. where
we were standing listening and waiting.
He remained there n second, or two and
everything was quiet. AT the end OF that
time We heard him going back the same
way TO where Elohim and Jehovah were
waiting. When he got back he said. Il
have collected all the elements together
and founded an earth; wnat would st thou
have me do neXt2' Using the same form
ula every time they sent him down to the
world, they then told him to separate the
land from the water, light from darkness.
etc, and so they went regularly through
the creation, but they always told him TO
come up and report what he had done.
When the creation was supposed TO be
finished. Michael went back and told
them II was very fair and beautiful to
look upon Elohim then said to Jehovah,
that he thought they had better go down
and have look at 1t, which they did
and agreed with Michael that II was
beautiful place; that II seemed a pity II
should be of no particular use. but
thought IL would be o good idea to create
man TO live in IL and cultivate these
things.
They then came out OF the Garden OF
Eoen (Which was supposed 10 hayo been
newly flnshed) and shutting the door aft
er them. came to where we were standing.
We were then told to shut our eyes, and
Jehovah said to Michael Give me a
handful of dust and ] Will create man"
We were then told to open our eyes, and
We saw man that he had taken from
the crowd, standing beside Jehovah. and
Adam, for thou shalt be called the father
bf all mankind" Jehovah then said II
was not good for man to be alone so he
would create a woman and q helpmatc
for him. we were again told to close our
eyes and Adam was requested to go to
sleep, which he obliglngly did. Jehovah
then supposed to take a RIB from
Adams side and form Eve. We were
then told TO open our eyes and look upon
the handiwork of the Lord. When We did
we saw a woman taken from among tho
crowd who was standing by Adams side
Jehovah said he would call the woman
all mankind
THE DOOR OF THE GARDEN OF
EDEN
was then opened and all marched in
with our bundles. the men going first
IS they always take precedencc) and we
ranged ourselves round the room on
benches. The four sides OF this room arc
painted In imitation Of trees flowers
birds wild beasts. etc CThe artist who
painted the room was evidently more ac-
quaintcd with whItewashlng than paint
ing) The ceiling was painted blue. dot
tod over with golden stars; In the center
of IT was the sun. little further along
the moon. and all around were the stars
In each corner was a Masonic emblem
In ono corner IL n compass, In another
the square. the remaining two were the
level and the plumb. On the east side
of the room, next the door was painted
apple tree, and In tho northern par. OF
tho room was small wooden altar.
After VIC had seated ourselves Jehovah
told AdaIs and Eve that they could eat of
every tree In the garden except OF this