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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BELIEFS.
influence OF Magic on Their Lives-Ideas
or Heaven and Hell.

No nation in the world devoted so much
attention to the subject Of the future life as
the ancient Egyptians, and yet, strangely
enough, with so little effect upon their daily
life in this world. 1t had, however, no
morbid effect upon him, for, unlike any
other nation Of antiquity. the Egyptian
had fully convinced himself that this life
was but the anteohamber to a life OF
eternity and everlastingness."
Egypt was essentially the land of magic,
and fully justified the Talmudic saying
that when magic was created out of ten
parts, nine we're assigned to Egypt 1t is
In magic, says the London Globe, that We
find the whole key to the Egyptian ideas OF
heaven and hell.
The greatest work on the future state was
that known as the Book of the Dead"-a
marvellous compendium OF magic, religion
and folklore. Its beginning is lost in the
dark regions of the prehistoric age, for
there is now no doubt that it had taken
definite literary form long before the fourth
dynasty. B. c. 300, and was old by the time
OF the sixth, some centuries later.
The Egyptians ideas of future life were
the outcome of his magical belief that every
thing material or immateria! had its immor-
chief religious cities, the king, and the
people, all had their doubles in the next
world. Out of this grew the idea of a life
in the future state Of perfect happiness,
the best on earth, in the Fields OF Peace.
There can be no doubt that this region OF
Egyptians, and, indeed, for a long time by
the common people, not as a celestial
region, but as situated in the fertile and
well watered regions Of the Nile delta In
the northwest Of Egypt, where the blessed
ever breathed the cool north wind.
Jara ha lual nm iHnpl form nj hia life
upon earth. He ploughed his fields and
grew the grain which supplied him witt
abread that grew not stale and beer that
never became sour Here was situated
the duplicate of his earthly town or village,
and Heaven would, indeed, be a home to
him. =.
The belief in ancestor worship, no doubt,
was an important element in the religion
of the Egyptians-but would the deceased
meet and be recognized by those who had
preceded him? On this point Dr.. Bulge
describes how the deceased meets and is
recognized by all who are near and dear
to him.
AS he truly remarks, it is an xac pic.
ture of the return of a long absent wanderer
to his native village, such as nay be seer
also, the reason why the funeral inscriptions
make so strong a feature Of the family and
social rectitude of the dead. Thus the ex'
preston: Il was one %reverent to my father
favored Of my mother, devoted to my
brothers and sisters and united in heart
with the people OF my town"
The underworld was a region OF fire
lakes of fire, rivers Of fire, and the damned
were treated as captives, bound, beheaded
and each day brought to life to undergo
fresh torture, Space will not permit uf
to deal with this subject here. but in these
terrible pictures we have, no doubt, the
source from which the. early Christian
writer's drew their vivid descriptions Of the
fortunes Of the wicked.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
LAND OF THE PARIS CABMAN.
Place to Which He Returns With His Saving
to End His Days.
From The London STANDARD,

10 IL a popularity Of Paris. which every
visitor who knows enough French to tell one
dialect from another must have noticed. that
nearly al Paris cabmen come from the same
part Of the country. The same thing Is true
Of coal merchants and OF dealers in roasted
CHI estnuts, who come from Auvergne; OF
the goatherds. who hawk their milk about the
streets. who are Breton peasants. and OF many
other trades.
The cab drivers land Is probably little
known to Englishmen,. II Is down in the
Aveyron, and Rodez Is It's capital. a tiny, vii
lage. where the worst language and the beet
eldest Of each family In Rodez takes the land
With him until their death, and the OUNCE
sons 90 to Paris and drive cabs.
For years they drive about In all weathers,
ecraping together SOU by sou until they have
garnered enough to 60 home and pay for their
Board and lodging for the remainder Of their
DAYS. They go with the elder brother to q
notary on the first day Of their. return. home
and sign q deed by which he is bound TO keep
them for the remainder OF their days In idle-
ness in return for their savings.
There is an old priest In Rodes who thor
oughly understands his flock, He never
asks them to enter the church. but chats
with them outside 1t, and breaches informal
sermons as he thinks At. A few. days ago
q deputation OF the men took him . plaster
statuette of St. Fiacre falsely believed to
be the cabmen's patron. saint, whose rake
for st. Fiacre was really a gardener they
had cut away. and substituted a tiny caoman'S
whip,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
A Snn6nx a~ilhouatte.

n 0unuay ShnOuotte,
Some passengers on Sunday by the subway and
the al"
Are really so obnoxious that it's very hard to tell
Exactly which of them's the worst. for all are very
bad.
And apt TO make their fellow man inordinately mad.
There's the youth who wears HE hat awry. tip
tilted on his ear,
And staTes at modest msidons with a confidential
leer:
The urchin who will wtpe his shoes, avoid him as
you may,
On everybody's trousers in a most annoying way;
Tho man who thinks he's humorous. though no
one knows just why.
And asks out loud II oysters are quito cold before
they die:
Tho Information gentleman. who thinks be knowa
II all.
insisting that the Battery must be the City Hall;
That irritating infant, who is never al his ease
Unless he's climbing up on your or some ono else's
knees:
Old maidens, who will talk and talk throughout
the livelong day.
Though they've absolutely nothing worth mention
ing 10 say;
The father with q culver fun OF disagreesble boys,
Whose great delight is kicking up q most internal
noise;
The sporty chap with nashy clothes and diamonds
made OF paste,
WHO thinks his comic get-up shows the very best
OF taste:
And half q hundred Others. whose pecunarites
Arc quite as bad. or worse, perhaps, than every
one Of these.
so, II you've no desire to meet this awful hippo
drome,
You'd better spend your sunday OUT at-home
sweet home.
La ToucHB HANCOCK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
JOHN CHINAMAN'S HOUSE.
Must he Built at a Special Time n in a
Special Way.

special way.
When a Chinaman has decided to build
himself a house the first person he consults
is not an architect, but a sort OF wizard.
This individual examines the site and
marks the exact spot for the front door.
In China front doors must never face due
south, though a partly southern aspect is
highly desirable. Only the houses Of the
Emperor and Of high governing officials
may front due south.
The wizard, or geomanoer, next presoribes
the exact size Of the front door. An inch
too much or too little might have disastrous
A screen Of wood or Of bricks must be
erected about three yards in front Of the
door. This is to keep out any evil breath.
Not human breath, nor malaria, nor bad
odors; but some mysterious and fatal m
thing which is only to be kept out by that
screen.
The wizard next locates the spot for the
kitchen fireplace. This also must not face
south, because the south represents fire;
and the kitchen fire and the out fire
that the house would just naturally burn
Having settled the question Of place, the
wizard figures out a time when work may be
begun with some degree OF safety. For In
stance, II the earth god should be at home
when the workmen began digging they might
stick a spade into his august Uranium and
then there would be the devil to- pay. The
family living in that house would die out.
The would-be builder must also find out
whether it is a year, when he may With safety
begin anything. There are lots Of these un-
lucky years. A man must not be married,
for instance. when his age Is "a or 20, or any
Having picked out a favorable year, John
must next consider his two lucky months,
for there are only two out of the twelve
which are favorable to his undertaking new
things. Then his yellow road days or good
ones must be determined, There are more
black road days than yellow ones, so the
suspicious moments for starting his house
are finally reduced TO a pretty limited num-
Der.
whole family must next be figured out
COMPARED with Johns own yellow road days
and the result boiled down. The proper
moment for putting the front door in place,
for building the kitchen fireplace and 80 on
are then decided on, and. after waiting per-
haps several months for the suspicious
day to arrive, John can at last begin work,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
VIII the President Please Cast His Eye on
Pumpkin Eli?
Pumpkin HiH correspondence Of he Lufldn
(Ts1ds) Tribune.

Pumpkin Hil correspondence Of he Lufkdn
(Te1ds) Tribune.
Things still oome TO pass and the rapid
manner In which they are coming to pass.
II seems very likely that we are going to
grow the largest crop Of babies this year
ever grown In this neighborhood. We are
well aware that we are wofully derelect Of
our duty pertaining to some Of the inJunc-
lions TO be found In Gods holy word. but
we are doing all In our power to do Just
what God tells us to do In the first chapter
OF Genesis and the twenty-eighth verse.
We are trying to be a fruitful and multiply
ing people and from the way things are
rapidly coming to pass we are repllnishing
old mother earth out In this neck o. the woods.
ana don't you forget It,. Mr., and Mrs. August
Mccoy and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Brockshlre
have brand new boy babies at their homes.
This year We AVE five new babies UP to
date-one girl and four boys.
b, T. Berry will commence. blowing just
as soon as he and bis. good wife can ind q
name for their new baby.
Nr. and Mrs. Monroe Brookshire have a
brand new boy baby at their home. In the
time Of peace. prepare Tor war. That'e
exactly what We are doing-as i've out Of
Elk babies born this year are OF the maseulin
gender.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
The Society Reporter.

One phrase upon every occasion Is used.
The formula never has swerved:
II always appears when accounts arc perused
That dainty refreshments were served"
IT'S equally used for the greatest and least,
Wherever the function is cast,
For something as gorgeous as BelshaEEars feast
Or slim as Elijah's repast.
When Israels children with mama were fed
While paths through the wilderness curved.
We doubt not the Desert Gazette must have said
That dainty refreshments were served.
So here Is q plea for some way that Is now
When pens TO description are nerved'
And-whet was thatt Thanks. / don't care II I DO
Let dainty refreshments be served.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
The Bengal National Song.

English Version IN the Lahore Tribune.
Ny Motherand. ! sing.
Her splendid streams. her glorious trees.
Thc Zephyr from the far of vindhyan heights.
Her fields OF waving corn,
The rapturous radiance OF her moonllt nightt.
The trees In flower that fame afar,
The smiling days that syeetly vocal are.
The happy, blessed MotherlAnd.
Her will by seventy million throats extolled,
Her strength let no man scorn.
Thou art my head, thou art my heart,
Ny life and soul art thou,
My song, my worship and my art.
Before thy feet ! bow.
As Durgs, scourge, of all thy foes
AS Lakshmi, powered In the dover.
That In the water grows,
As Bani. wisdom. power.
The source OF all our night.
our every temple doth thy form unfold.
Unequalled. tender. happy, pure.
Ny Motherland. I sing.
The stainless charms that e'er endure
And verdant banks and whole some breeze
That with her praises ring.
BUEKM CHUEpER CHkTTERJEB.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
who's Afraid3

Maid Of elk and youth OF seven
Underneath the sunny skies
Digging in the mud and gravel,
Much absorbed In making pies.
Bulldog comes 10 interview them.
Maiden hollers, much dismayed.
Youth puts chubby arm around her
with a manly. who's afraidi"
Maid OF nineteen, youth Of twenty,
SelfsAmo couple meet again.
Occupied In tender parting
AZ the witching hour Of ten.
Bulldog waits outside the portal
Youth appears in need OF aid.
Maid puts slender arm around him
With q blushlng. who's afraidt"
McLLNpBURaH wnSoN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
A Springtime Dirty.

Tit crocus now begins TO croak,
The wind flower soon will blow;
The hurry OF the hurricane
VIII drive away the snow,
The violet now vainly vies
With Ethel's eyes OF blue;
Her lips arc Loves apocalypse
I'll take q chance or two.
All, sweet II 10 to bill and coo
When she TO coo is willing;
An Easter hat will soon be due,
And I must do the billing.
So let your cateohisms NEW.
Your ancient doGmss bark:
The spring is here with all things new;
Away with care and carki
JASPER BARNETT CowpN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
GFRndmamma,

In words OF haunting melody
The posts all have sung
The praises OF those distant days
When Grandmamma was young.
They loved TO dwell upon the times
OF lavender and lace.
And how the crown OF snowy hair
Once framed q youthful face.
To-day our search Is all in vain
For spectacles and cap,
Nor does she vile away the hours
With knitting on her lap.
And so | would attune my Tyre
AS round the world has rolled
And sing a still moro bygone day
When Grandm ammo was old
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
UNCLE SANS LIBRARY.
Annual Report Shows 1t to BE One OF the
Greatest in the World.

The Library OF Congress now contains
1.s44,e l books, 4lO, $50 pieces Of music. 1873, TIA
prints and So. IA maps and charts, accord
ing to the annual report OF the Librarian,
Herbert Putnam. Just presented to Congress.
The library gained 1881 books and about
so, 900 pictures and pieces Of music during
the last year. There were bought %, COS
books, 10, 34s were received by gift. iI.7es
by copyright and e.l74 gained by exchange
with foreign governments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
Gwendoleen's Rspose-A welsh Song.

From, he wtaminsttr Gazette.
Nv 0yendoleen, my hearts delight
Sneen ON through shiyering spear and brand,
An apple rosy red within thy baby hand:
TS p RReeaGrtT how happy day and night
Md ali our woe, D vision Iarei
Sweet little princess Graded there,
The apple in thy hand-thy all of earthly care
Thy brethren battle with the foe,
Inv sire's red strokes around him sweep,
Whilst thou, his bonny babe, art smiling through
An awaiia shudders at the Norman blowi
what are the angels whispering low
3 thy father nowt
How many q queen OF high degree
Would cast away her crown TO elumber thus like
thee, ALFRKD PHRcIvAL GRAVES.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
Robbers.

From ne Atlanta Constitution.
Brown bee, sippin' honey
Out dar, in de dew,
Folks is des a-waitin'
Ter steal II all FUN you'll
Ever see SIGH doin's
Senee Freedom set you fr0of
Bee-he rob de flower,
En- mamie rob de heel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
Teachers Agencies.

The Z. Miriam CoyTiere Agency, 100 9Th av, Nov
York city, makes a specially of conscientiously
schools. and Instructors In all branches. Estab.
llshed 1880.
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u

HAMLET'S SoLILoQyY, xophelia,. in French
versity Place.
IMPORTATION about SCHOOLS free, save time,
worry. sometimes money. 25 Il West 104th ST.
Manhattan.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


Two friends have q controyersy 4 state, his
case In writing as follows; From the natural law
that a body Immersed in water e buoyed up and
loses as much weight as the water II displaccs
weighs, | conclude that q tub OF water With q
live nsh In II viii weigh no moro than the tub OF
water without the nsh. I have never tried the
experiment. but assume that the law Ia sound "
on the other hand states his cess thus Ny as.
seT,lon Is that the tub OF water will gain in weight
exactly as much as the weight OF Che object In,
meTscd." Which Ia right You Will put an end
to a controversy which has been raging for days
by giving US a decision OF this question.
The instance is historic. Tho story runs that
this was the nrst question that the newly founded
Royal Society was called upon 10 consider, that
King Charles asked his sages why a bucket OF
water containing a live fsh weighed no more than
before the nsh was put In. The answer then Is
the answer now weigh It, Empiriclsm Is not all
of PHILOSOPHY, but experiments frequently save
wear and tear on our inductive logic. II In search
OF a real puzIle for such debate q far better oppor-
tunity is afforded In this problem In the conserva-
ton of energy. Asteel spring fully coiled is capable
of performing 50 many foot pounds OF work. While
charged with this potential energy II is tied fast
with a gold cord and immersed In a bath of sui
phuric acid. The spring dissolves without TN
coiling. What has become Of the energy1
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
HIGH FINANCE IN OLD ROME.
In Spending Money Modern S%pendthrifts
Arc Not a Marker TO Cnligula.

That the accumulation Of vast fortunes
was as possible in ancient Rome as it is in
the United States to-day is shown by the
Scrap Boot in the following table COM
piled from authoritative historical records.
While it may be true that the wealth
of the Car Of Russia and John D. Rookie.
Teller may exceed nearly all Of these old
time boards, there can be no question Of
the fact that as spenders OF enormous
fortunes Antony and Caligula have never
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11

crnssus's landed estate was valued at. IS, sss, $50
His house was valued MISUNDERSTANDING. 400, 900
Cecilius Isidorus. after having lost much,
woTtb d euHia y . s.s7S.ooo
Ientuins. the augur, no less than. ....... i6. o66, eo8
his house e "a' ''"'" nav ....'. 700. 900
He once swaIlowed A pcarl worth..... 5000
Apicius was worth more than........, 5000, 900
He poisoned himself after he had spent In
HIS kitchen and otherwise sQuandered
immense sums TO the amount of....... t.l6o, 900
and SuTned at iTruscSiafm, was valued al $4,000
Gifts and brides may be considered signs
OF great riches:
BfutSs, With a pearl worth, -. 5000
WITH the sum or aea. 900
Curio contracted debts to the amount Of. $500, 900
Milo contracted one debt of...,..;;,;. 2.ei6,ooo
Antony owed at the ldes OF March, which
he paid before the calends OF April. ... 100000
Seneca had a fortune of,,,.m,"..... ~i7.5Oo,ooo
1' seent in 1e less a. then ns we've months Ghs"so'a 11s. LEO. 900
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
THE WITTY IRISH PEOPLE.
HUHOR THE BIRTHRIGHT OF
THE CELTIC RACE.

IN ireland Everybody Jokes and Every.
body Is Responsive to JokeS-Samples
or tbe Popular Ebullitions OF Fun-Irish
, Blunders as G God as Other Peoples Wit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
POLITICAL NOTES.

A Connecticut Republican wants women
appointed on the. Governors staff, and adds:
Il would like some beautiful girls appointed.
The men are not selected for any particular
mental qualifications. 30 why should the
women be-"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11

A less renowned politician than the ante
bellum statesman and orator says:
Tickle the public and make II gnn:
The more you tickle the more you'l win.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11

A N%ewbursh Republican said at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other night: Motto for
the next Republican State conventional
you banker to warm a serpent into life do one
BENJAMIN B. Odell. Jr.. a kindness
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right sense OF the word, amateurs OF the
arts.
They will not even write their humor
down. Ifthey did. what a library OF humor
they might makel 1t is something too
instant, too evanesoent, too much of the
time and the occasion for cold writing
down.
Everywhere mel oongregate in Ireland
is a centre Of wit and humor. It invades
the learned professions and those whom
age might have stalled to laughter. The
Four Courts Library in Dublin Is one of the
places whence the good stories emanate.
The wits Of Dublin, within my memory,
have been Baron Dowse, a Judge; Lord
Morris Of spiddal, also a Judge; Father
Healy, a priest; DR.. Medley, a surgeon.
ANtheae are gone. Most happily, Richard
Adams, County Court Judge, yet remains
And, to be sure, the vacant places have been
filed. Even politics has not made the
Irish sad; and there Is no tax on laughter.
When you set out TO tell good stories from
Ireland they jostle each other 30 in your
memory that you hardly know which to
select. I will put down q few haphazard.
A friend Of mine who was very enthusi-
astio about things Irish, herself being an
car in Duh4h. She was p~raising every
thing to the carman. and among the rest
the famous Dublin stout with which she
had just become acquainted.
What an excellent drink it is she said,
why, it's meat and drink, too"
"Thrue for you, ma'am," replied the car
driver, AMI nights lodgin' too, il you only
dHnk enough Of it,
Another story was told me by q leading
Dublin teetotaller who had taken no pledge
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
In Bronson's Elocutlon. published In Now York
in 1et5, by A.. s. Barnes & Co, In which there arc
a large number Of "Qratorica and Poetical Read
ings."I found the following:

III . IOCuepL uDlou u y toih
in 1et5, by A. s. Barnes & Co, In which there arc
a large number OF "Qratorical and Poetical Read
ings." found the following.
And then, alone, would la mourn;
And count the hours till his return,
For when did womhn's love expire.
II fondly fanncd-thc holy nre'"
Can you, or any OF your readers. tell me who
Tia" was. or who was the author Of the above linesi
/ ask because the name Is somewhat common In
eastern Pennsylvania, and I believe II Is not uset
as a Christian name In any other part of this country.
JOHN y. WAHYEL.
There Is an la in the Hindu mythology, tho
daughter of q man of influence. At her fathers
order a priest OF Rama transformed her into a boy.
AFTER passing through a baleful wood she recov-
cred her former sex and was loved by Buddhs,
Pururavas being their offspring. Thence onward
lila was man and woman in alienation month by
month. PurursvAs is one of the principal char
aoters In the sacred drama Of "Vicrams and Urvasi p"
To him is ascnbed the invention Of the art of making
ARE by the friction OF two pieces OF wood. The
Pennsylvania Dutch name of q similar sound 10
masculine, however. and Is spelled. we believe,
Ihle. In that form IL 10 not uncommon on the
lower Rhine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-29
is NO DISCRIMI NATION.
Portland Lumberman Says Ogden
Gets Square Deal.

+. ID. Kingsley. prominent lumber
dealer of Portland, was in Ogden yester-
day. In speaking of the scarcity of lum-
Der, Mr.. Kingsley said that it is entirely
due to the increased demand. He said
that the eastern people had just begun to
realize that their lumber supply was
about exhausted and their demands for
Oregon and Washington lumber are very
heavy In addition to this he said that
the San Francisco fire had caused an in
crease demand and that the exports are
heavier than ever before. Railroad
building is. also very heavy, he said, no
less than fifty-tWo bona fide railroad pro-
jectS being now constructed in the state
of Oregon alone. He said that these COM
panies are offering as much as 81 per
thousand feet above the listed prices for
lumber and in many cases their orders
were given preference on this account. He
also spoke of the shortage of cars on all
railroads and asserted that they were
unable to secure anywhere near the num-
Der of cars necessary TO transport their
output In his opinion the duty on lum-
Der will eventually be taken off and this
will relieve the situation and cause a
substantial reduction in price. He denied
that there is any discrimination against
Ogden as had been limited at d meeting
of the Real Estate Mems association a
short time ago and said that the shortage
affected the entire country.