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MR.. BRYAN IN Y
He Visits the Relics Of the Ancients and Finds
a Wooden Statue of a Mark Hanna Of
Thousands Of Years Ago. -

the mummy rested and the soul, while It
vent away to commune with the gods,
returned from time to time and for this
reason rooms were made for the reception
Of the soul and for the habitation Of the
double. 'f '
PHARAOH OF THE OPPRESSION -
One can hardly believe az he looks upon
the shfivelled forms that they were inferred
30 long ago. / will inclose with this
article a photograph Of the mummy Of
Egypt's greatest builder, known as "the
Pharaoh Of the OPPRESSION who died
more than 5000 years ago, The hand no
longer sways the soeptre, the eyes look no
more upon the gigantic statues which he
scattered along the Nile and the voice
does not now demand the making Of "bricks
without straw" but the mortal remains Of
this famous ruler wildly recall the days Of
Israel's bondage.
With the mummies are many mummy
cases, some covered with hi%eroglyphios,
some ornamented with pictures in oolors
and most Of them covered with a lid upon
which are a face mask and an outline Of
the form OF the, occupant. The process by
which these bodies have been preserved Is
still a mystery, but the fact that they have
outlived dynasties and survived the count
less changes Of so many centuries gives to
them a lasting interest, O.
The collection Of statues and images OF
gods, human beings, beasts and birds uns
up into the thousands. Some of these are
heroic in size, others are not more than an
inch in height; some are strong, some beau
tiful and some grotesque.
Granite, both red and black; alabaster.
stone, iron, bronze and olay-all have been
brought into requisition for this work.
Some OF the bronze has, upon alysis,
been found to contain practically the same
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OF Rameses IL. some sitting, some stand
ing One OF these statues Ii 45 feet In height,
and another Of less Dimensions was I'M
earthed only about a year ago. When ex-
cavations were begun houses were serenely
resting on the top Of the temple, and II 10 be-
lleved that further excavations will dis
close an avenue leading TO other temples
two miles away.
In front Of the Luxor temple Is an obelisk
Of pink granite, a part OF which is still under.
ground. 0belisks were always erected In
pairs, and the companion OF this one was
removed some years ago to Paris. Fl
These great monoliths come down to us
from the period when the Egyptians wor-
shipped the sun, and they we're intended
to represent his rays. The oldest Egyptian
obelisk 10 at .HeliopoliA, not far from Cairo,
and IA 90 feet in height. It h supposed to
have been erected between 1900 and 1000
BE but II IL IN an excellent state OF pres
ervatton and bids fair to bear testimony
for ages to come to the reverence felt by
the ancients for the sun.
Az one time Heiopolis was a thriving
city and IA referred to In the Bible "A Son
but to-day the obelisk stands alone in the
midst Of cultivated fields, all OF tho buildings
having disappeared.
II TEMPLE OF KARNAK.
While the obelisk at Heliopolis outranks
all others in age, the one at Karnak, in the
suburbs Of Luxor, has the distinction OF
being the tallest one yet remaining. 1t
10 s11 feet in diameter at the base and 97H
feet in height (sh feet less than the obelisk
at Roms).
The obelisks were cut In a single shaft,
most Of them from granite quarries near
Assuan. These quarries are more than
five hundred miles south Of Cairo, and 1t
Is supposed that the obelisks were trans
ported on the Nile to the places where they
have since been found, but how they were
andled or placed no one knows.
The temple Of Ammon, at karnak. is
generally regarded as the most interesting
Of temple ruins in Egypt. 1t Ia the work
Of many kings, one adding a sanctuary,
another a pylon. another a court, &C.
each placing his cartouche, or seal, upon
his work.
This temple, which was officially styled
the Throne Of the World, covers an i'm
mense area. One pylon, or gateway. Is
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NJ WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
p Copyright. 1909. bv Joseph B, Botpits.

Copprseu In Greai Bra1in-AH Rtohis Rsssrpsd.
We nave been moving among the Oldest
monuments reared by man, and they make
the rest Of the world Seem young.
In Japan O Buddhist temple built / 200
years ago impressed US with the youthful
nesa of American institutions; in China We
were shown temples that had stood for
twenty centuries and were told Of customs
and laws even older; in India we found q
pagoda some $500 years old and visited
the site OF a city whose foundations were
probably laid more than 5000 years, ago;
but here we see the mummied forms OF
human beings who lived 900 years before
Christ was born, inspect the handiwork
Of men who laid down the chisel before
Abraham appeared upon the earth, look
upon colors that have withstood the changes
and defed the elements for forty centuries
and handle wheat that grew upon the banks
OF the Nile long before Joseph built the
Rranaries for Pharaoh.
The guides count centuries as trippingly
on the tongue as a treasury expert or an in
suranoe magnate handles millions. They
discuss dynasties that rose and fell when
Europe was shrouded in darkness, before
the light OF history dawned upon the Ganges
and the Yangtse; they deoipher hieroglyph-
les that kept their secrets for ages, and lead
one among ruins that astonish by their
immensely as well as by the artistic skill
which they reveal.
Back in the misty past-in the prehistoric
p~eriod-there we're two Egyptian kingdoms,
n occupying upper and the other lower
Egypt. This was prior to $500 B. c., and
from the stirring scenes engraved upon
stone one can imagine the conflicts which
took place along the fertile valley of the
Nile before Menes, the earliest known ruler,
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the stufing process; in another, cranes are
being fed; here, rams are treading in the
seed, and there, cattle, horned and hornless.
are being driven through a river. Agrioul-
ture, ship building. carpentering and other
industries are infinitely pictured.
While the human figures are stiff and an
gular, the birds INT beasts are so exactly
like h we see to-day that one could easily
believe them to have been drawn by a mod
ern artist.
The sarcophagi Of the sacred bulls,
t~wenty-four In number, are followed out
from single pieces Of granite and are oov-
cred with immense slabs Of the same kind
Of stone. Each is'large enough to contain
a good sized animal, and some OF them arc
covered with hieroglyphios giving the pedi-
grees Of the blue blooded occupants. These
baskets Of the royal line rest in subterranean
vaults hewn out Of rock and connected by
spacious halls.
UP N INTO CHEoPs's PYRAMID.
Still nearer to Cairo, only six miles away,
in fact, are the great pyramids Of Gizeh-
Che ops n Khephren. These have been
described so often that any elaborate com.
ment upon them might weary the reader.
We climbed to the summit Of the largest
and by doing 80 not only gained an idea Of
the immensely OF this 100000 cubic feet Of
green valley on the one side and the yellow
plain OF shifting sand upon the other, for
these pyramids stand upon the dividing line
between Egypt's far famed fertile lands and
one OF the most barren OF earth's deserts.
We also followed the narrow passage
and peered into the empty granite sarcopha-
gus which for more than 1900 years kept the
body Of the builder concealed from the
sight Of man, and when we came out, half
crawling and half climbing, each assisted
by two Arabs, our muscles as we'll As our
this stu pendous pile.
H SPHINX A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.
AT the foot Of these two pyramids stands
pile almost as old. The Sphinx itself Ia q
little disappointing, because photographs
often show II in the foreground and the
pyramids behind 1t, and It thus appears rela-
lively larger than 1t really Is.
a human 1s9l1 heads and ind Is Go oSt r. from nm a sP huse s x11s
that .juts out into the valley. It was q
grand conception Of the brain OF one long
ago forgotten, and Is the oldest product Of
the chisel Of man. 1t has outlived unnum-
time.
Its position by the pyramids 10 q fitting
one, and looking upon 1t and them one IA
awed by the sense Of their antiquity and
recognizes the appropriateness Of the lines
OF the lecturer. Stoddard:
Eternal SPHINX!
The pyramids are thine;
Their giant summits guard thee night and
day.
On thee they look when. stars In splendor
shine,
Or while around their crests the sunbean,s
plag.
Thine own coevals. who with thee remain
Colossal genii or the ~boundless plain.
Eternal sphinxi
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n1e1v7W IT,

united the two Kingdoms, assumed the title
of Lord Of Both Lands, fashioned a double
crown for himself and adopted the lily, or
lotus, and the papyrus as symbols OF his con.
solidated empire.
We are probably indebted to certain
natural peculiarities Of Egypt for the preser-
walton of the unique evidences Of ancient
civilization found here. First, there is
but a small area Of tillable land stretched
along the most wonderful Of rivers and
guarded on either side by a barren waste
that offers greater protection than a wall.
Second, the climate Of Egypt is dry and
there are no drenching rains to deface and
no violent changes Of temperature to dis
~inteerate. Third, the temples and tombs
are 80 massively built as to discourage the
vandal, and, fourth, the sands Of the desert
have drifted in and concealed for a hundred
generations many Of the most valuable OF
these relics Of a bygone Age.
There is such a wealth Of archaeological
treasures here that one scarcely knows
where to begin or how to condense the
most important things into the space al
lotted to a newspaper article. / shall not
attempt to describe things chronologioally,
because some Of the temples have been
added to by different kings and dynasties
until they represent the art and life OF many
hundred years.
The temple at Karnak, for instance, bears
the impress OF Egypt's rulers from Thut-
mosis to the Rameses, and from the Rameses
to the Ptolemies. a period Of some 1900
years, and the building Of the numerous
pyramids covered even a longer period.
STUDY OF MUMMIEs.
As the tourist usually bel gins a trip through
Egypt with a visit to Cairo, he is likely to
find the great Egyptian museum, the Mu-
scum Of Gizeh, a fitting introduction to his
subsequent investi~ cations. Here one finds
samples Of all the antiquities Of the country,
excepting the pyramids and the temples,
and there are mummies, sarcophagi statues,
carvings and hieroglyphics from these.
A considerable space is devoted to num-
mics, some from the tombs Of kings, but
many Of more humble rank.
The early Egyptians believed that man
was composed OF several different entities.
First. there was the body, and, second, the
double-a sort OF invisible form reproduce
ing the features of the body. Next came
the soul, represented as a human headed
bird, and then a spark Of the divine fire,
called Khu, which has been translated as
the luminous"
It wa to prevent the departure Of these
attending forms that e%mbalming was re-
sorted to. By suspending the decomposi-
ton Of the body, they thought that they
could preserve the connection between II
and the double, the SOUL and 4the luminous"
and by prayers and offerings these could
be saved from the second death,
This is the explanation Of the mummy
given by archeologists. The double, ii
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more than 800 feet wide, nearly $50 feet
high, and has walls 10 feet thick.
One court covers almost 600 square
yards, and one aisle leads between pillars
50 feet in height, about IL feet in diameter
and supporting capitals Of IL feet. The
stones used in this temple are of enormous
size, and they were probably raised to their
positions on scaffolding OF ~earth-this
being also the method employed where
attempts have recently been made to re-
store fallen columns.
WORK OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTISTS.
The hieroglyphics upon the walls, the
columns. the obelisks and the statues,
after remaining a puzzle for, ages, have
been deoiphered and woven into a con-
secutive history, This was made possible
by the discovery, in 1893, of what is known
as the Rosetta stone (now in the British
Museum), at the mouth Of the Rosetta
arm Of the Nile, by u French engineer
named Bouchard.
This stone bears a decree inscribed In
three languages-ancient Egyptian, mod
ern. Egyptian and Greek-and furnishes the
key to the secrets Of ancient history.
The pictures represent sacrifcial cere-
monies, domestic and industrial scenes,
battles, triumphal processions-all phases
Of life, in fact. One wall contains, in hero
glyphics, the treaty OF peace which Rameses
II. concluded with the Hittites, while an
other wall represents Rameses III. holding
a group Of prisoners by the hair and rails
,ing q club as ii TO strike.
Close by the god Ammon is delivering to
him chained represent Of different
vanquished nations. the faces being 30
true to life that the Israelites brought from
Palestine can be easily distinguished from
the Ehiopians and Nubians Of the sout .
One of the heads seen often in the drawings
resembles the yellow kid" and tho dom
keys are exactly like those seen to-day.
THE SINGING sTATUE OF MEMNoN.
Luxor and Karnak are on the east bank
OF the Nile, blu Thebes required both sides
OF the river for her great population, and
the west bank is also rich In evidences Of
ancient civilization. The Rameseum is
here and would attract more attention II
II 1t were not o~vershadowed by larger
temples. Here also are the Colossi OF Mem.
non, one of them known to literature as
the singing statue.
This Ia desert he'd by Stra DO and Juvenal
and bears many inscriptions In Latin and
Greek made by those who visited 1t under
the Roman rule. Hadrian looked upon it in
100 A. D., and a poetess OF his day decla res
that the statue greeted the Emperor.
1t Is supposed that the sound which for
many years issued from the head Of the
statue just after sunrise was caused by the
change in temperature, the granite having
been cracked. At any rate, the sound ceased
when the statue was repaired. II now sits
silent, and with its companion gazes upon !
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zYE CRIT KRAA110 AND ZT SPHINX.

combination Of metals as the bronze now
used.
AN OLD EGYPTIAN LIKE A HANNA.
There are even statues in wood, and one
Of These photograph Of which l secured
attracted my attention because the head
and face bear a resemblance to the late
Senator Hanna. 1t is called "Sheikh ell
Beled, or village chief; that it should have
resisted decay for more than forty centuries
Is little less than marvellous.
While the ~excavators nave been search
ing for historical records they nave occa-
sionally found treasures Of great pecuniary
value. A considerable quantity of gold and
silver in the form OF jewelry has been UNI
earthed, and the museum contains speci-
mems OF exquisite workmanship which not
only display the skill of the artihoers but
portray the habits and customs OF the early
Egyptians.
The museum also contains enough Of cloth
found with the mummies, and of pictures
Of looms, to show that weaving was an inA
dustry with which the people Of those days
were familiar.
We must cave the museum and pro-
coed to those masterpieces which are too
large for any roof save that formed by the
vaulted skies. l am, however, constrained
to offer one criticism Of the museum In pass
ing.
1t Is under the control Of a French society ,
and the only catalogue obtainable is printed
in French. While most of the exhibits bear
q brief description in both French and Eng
lish, some are labelled in French only, and
a few not at all.
AS there are no guides to show a visitor
through the numerous roomsa and point out
the principal objects Of interest. those who
are unable to read French are at a great
disadvantage. Considering the number of
English and American tourists, it Sc ems
strange that more attention should not be
paid to their accommodation.
But to the temples, We reached Egypt
after the regular tourist season was over
and could not visit all Of the ruins. We
selected the most famous, those of two
ancient cities, Thebes and Memphis, and
they alone would repay a visit to Egypt.
ON THE SITE OF rHRBEs.
The present city of Luxor, 42O miles from
Cairo, covers a small part Of the vast area
once occupied by Hundred Gated Thebes."
In the very heart Of the city a mammoth
temple has been found where kings wor-
shipped through many reigns. 1t was built
during the eighteenth dynasty (B. @. 1900
on the site Of a still older sanctuary and
dedicated to Ammon, his wife Nut, and
their son Khons, the moo god.
Some OF the columns are ~ feet in d.
ameter, more than 40 feet in height and
support great blocks OF red granite 20 feet
long and 4 feet in width and thickness.
Some OF the columns represent clustered
papyrus and have capitals shaped like the
lotus bud.
In the temple are a number Of statues
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the barley field that reac hes out In every
direction from their feet.

the barley field that caches out In every
direction from their feet.
ToMBs OF THE I'M
More interesting than the Ra messum
or the Colossi are the tombs OF tho kings,
some forty-two Of which hi We alrea dy been
discovered. At this point the west side OF
the valley OF the Nile Is walled In by range
of limestone hills, one OF which bears q
striking resemble nee to a pyramid. Gould
. have suggested the idea Of a pyramid for
a tombO leaving the valley OF the Mic
about two miles north Of this pyra mldal hill
there Ia q small, dry va Icy which wends
its way back through the hills and terni.
mates at the foot OF ateep walls Just west OF
the hill mentioned. a..
Here arc the tombs, hewn In the SOHO
rock, the most elaborate Of which 70 the
tomb Of Sethos or seti, the father OF Ramsaes
II. This tomb burrows into the hill to the
depth Of $50 feet. @ flight OF steps leading
down through different levels and different
cha mbers to the Anal vault.
The walls are covered with figures In
oolors representing the king In the act OF
making offerings to the various gods. There
are also dra wings illustrating scenes In this
world and life as 1t was supposed 10 be IN
the next. Some OF these pioturef portray
a hell where the wicked are punished by
fire, and there are also drawings which
have been interpreted to represent the
resurrection and judgment.
Not far way Ia the tomb Of the Pharaoh
of the Exodus which contains a granite
ina 90 Of the king, and close by this tomb
is another In which the mummied form OF
a Pharaoh still reposes. Grave robbing.
however, was 80 popular an amusement In
those days that the bodies Of nearly all the
kings had been removed for ga fety to a Sc
cret vault which was 30 carefully concealed
that they were not found until the nine
tenth century.
THE LIFE or LON AGO.
At Memphis, which il only about eighteen
miles from Cairo. there are tombs Of less
Importance, colossal statues Of Ranesos IL.
and the ~sarcophagi Of the sacred bulls In
one Of the tombs, or m~astabas, as tombs
Of this style are called, are some Of the
drawings that have been most widely re-
produced.
In one place a boy is fattening geese by
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pheasant.s Brood Of Chicken

From the Ebensburo Mounfdinccr.
while travelling through the woods quits
recently Isaac Rose. a pioneer OF jackson
township. saw a pheasant brood a flock Of
little chicks. 1t Is supposed a hen had laid
hatched out the chicks, which hatch out =
week earlier than pheasants. and then left
her nest.
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The festival held by Elkton Camp
Patriotic Son OF America, Thursday
evening and last evening, will be con
tinued this evening.
Hugh Cameron, OF Blue Ball, is
threShing his wheat, which is produc-
ing well-over 80 bushels per acre from
the machine.
DR.. J. Hobart Egbert, OF New
York, writes to inquire what advan-
tageS Havre de Grace has to offer for
the location there OF a concern to
manufacture pharmacal specialtes
Railroad officials have received no.
tce that on and after October l, no
corporation, person or firm shall trans
port or offer for transportation or re-
ceive from any State any carcass or
parts thereof which have not been in
spectcd, examined and marakcd in
Spcctcd and passed, according to the
terms OF the law and with the rules
prescribed by the Secretary OF Agri-
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Hannah M. Peoples ct. al, to Merritt
F. Pierce, parcel OF land in Sixth Elec-
ton district, $3.50.
The Elkton Cemetery to Addie C..
Ford, lot on South street, Elkton, Md,
S245.
Mary A. Neal and husband to Peter
S. Terhune and wife. parcel OF land
in Fifth Election district, $40.
Clarence S. Nesbitt, ct al, to Evalyn
s. France lots in Port Deposit, $4,000.
John S. Strahorn, trustee, to John
X. Coudon, parcel OF land in Fourth
Election district, 500.
Evalyn S. france and Joseph I.
France, her husband, to the Jacob
Tome Institute, mansion house and
lots in Port Deposit, 100000
The Mutual Building Association of
Cecil county to Irwin H. Deibert, lot
on Main street, Elkton, 5000.
John Frazer to Charles NJ Boulder,
lot in Elkton. 242.
Samuel T. Maloney to William
Cooper, lot OF land in Seventh district,
5000
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John Hurford, of Calvert, reports
that ? 81 acres of grass made him 8
large loads OF high grade hay John
said something about Cecil county be-
ing leader-but we know it to be, like
Chester county, one of the productive
spots of creation.-Ex.
The wheat stored in the barn on
the Cochran farm near Chestertown,
by its weight caused the structures
collapse on Monday night About
1000 bushels dropped into the COW
pond. 1t it thought that I 900 bushels
can be saved.
Thomas Kell Bradford, a we'll
known member OF the Baltimore Bar,
a son of Governor Augustus W. Brad
ford and brother of Samuel w. Brad
ford, OF Bel Air, died OF Bright's dis
ease te Concord, N. H., on July II. He
went to that city to get Christian
Science treatment for his trouble.
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Notice to Creditors

This is to give notice that the subscriber,
OF Cecil county, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of said county, letters tesla
mentary on the personal estate OF
NICHOLS LUTHRINGER
late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the said deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof duly authenticated,
on or before
the 18th day of January, 1907.
they may otherwise, by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All indebted
to said estate are req uested to make imme-
diate payment to the subscriber.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
July 1906.
WILLIAM LUTHRINGER,
Administrator Nichols Luthringer dec d
Test-THOS. b. MILLER, Register. 7-2l-5t
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culture. The order is signed by Jas.
| Wilson, Secretary OF Agriculture

culture. The order is signed by Jas.
Wilson, Secretary OF Agriculture.
There was meeting OF Methodist
ministers OF the county at North East
last week to consider the license ques-
ton which will be up for the votes Of
the peoplel at the election this fall.
Those present were Revs. Mitchell, OF
Zion; Taylor, OF Bethel; Jones, OF
Chesapeake City; Collins, OF Port De-
post; Poole, of Elkton; Burke, of
Perryvile; Taylor, OF Charlestown;
Mcfarland, OF Elk Neck; Dashell, of
North East a permanent organiza-
ton was affected with Mr.. Collins as
President, and MIR. Poole as Secre-
tary. Executive and finance commit
tees were also appointed