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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20
RECENT REFLECTIONS.

A good horse for sale. Inquire of
Shockey & Landes.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Dessenberger, June 10, boy.
Marriage license: Miss Bertha
Kuhn of Hope and Abe Ruffel of
Woodbine.
Wanted, chambermaid, and dining
room girl at. Union Pacific hotel.
18d5tw1t
The Pegues store at junction
has been sold to J. e. Crockett of
Topeka who will put in new stock
Of goods.
All Trimmed Hats in braid and
straw reduced one half price at M.
q p. Peacock's. wit
David Croft is very sick at the
residence of R. B. Jacobs. He re-
Gently came up from a visit with
his son at Galveston.
Wesley Smith, who is here from
Baxter Springs visiting his parents,
has bought several cars Of baled al
falfa and is loading two cars today.
He IL shipping to Joplin where
good demand for alfalfa exists.
FORD COUNTY. In great wheat
belt, best Of soil, climate and water.
Dodge City county seat. Good wheat
crop. Half million dollars Of Inn
this year. New railroad
running southwest. Lands from
$3.50 to $40 per acre. Good terms
solicited. Santa FeI
Land Company, @. L. Painter, Man
ager. Dodge City. Kan. 2ow4t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

A good horse for sale. Inquire of
Shockey & Landes.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

Marriage license: Miss Bertha
Kuhn of Hope and Abe Ruffel of
Woodbine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Dessenberger, June 10, boy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

Wanted, chambermaid, and dining
room girl at Union Pacific hotel.
18d5tw1t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

The Pegues store at junction
has been sold to J. E. Crockett o
Topeka who will put in new stool
Of goods.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

Saturday cent OF sale P
d paid for before removing from grounds FOR oner
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-06-20

All Trimmed Hats in braid and
straw reduced one half price at M.
& B. Peacock's. wit
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-12-20
A Few Mentions

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Hundreds Of other things to select from, SO lose no
time in making your purchases.
Thanking our many customers for past patronage
and hoping a continuance of same in 1913,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-12-20
XMAS PRESENTS GALORE!

We have an extra large assortment of the many presents
needed, useful as well as ornamental
A peep into our Wonderland Of beautiful gifts may
settle the difficult task Of selecting presents for loved
ones.
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Devlled Eggs I'Anulalse.

Six eggs. half cupfuI OF creau
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trim them around the edges with n
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MADE as follows: into stew pan put
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yorks OF the eggs. mustard and chut.
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thlckens. but II must not boil Az
the last minute add the ham aun,
chow.chow to the sauce. Pour ov%
the eggs and serve very hot. ea,.
nlshing the dish with triangular cr,Ist.
Of fried bread.
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$500 REWARD $500

], j. G. Harris. sheriff of the
County of Elko, State IF Nevada.
d. hereby offer and guarantee a
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Dollars for the arrest and con-
viction of the person Jr persons,
who burned or caused to be
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on Ed Carville's ranch in Mound
Valley, Elko County, Nevada,
during Lthe month of August.
1911.
j. c. Harris
Sheriff Of Elko County.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-04-02

Force Necessary.
isn't enough to hit the nail on IN.
nead-there must DO some fore. ho
hind the blow u"
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BOOK & JOB PRINTING
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stYs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-15


he to the
to the Of
hes 10
Jah-oh-e
the God
sides; holding the key
the Lord
Fig g. made with
renlns as
% Abraham
IA
Fig Answers the
Il In It's o
Of the
planets to
the
OF
the tonso
Fig Represents the
the
Z o. the Holy
Ghost unto Abraham in the
Temp o Cod '
Es H. Also the
o the Lord
e So ' "N N"'
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Twain was commenting on the alleged
dead man. he would doubtless say that
the report OF his being dead was very
much exaggerated
il our good bishop was in anyway re-
| sponslble for all this confusion of inter
| pretatlon of the plates, L should laugh
| outright, for he is no more of an Egyp-
| toloSist than L am; but as 1t is a learned
! jury of savants that have each other by
the ears, il will be becoming In me to
| place my hand over my mouth and stand
demure, as l do now.
Explanations of plates and are not
| as extended AS in the case OF this plate
No, /, for which reason, / take IL. there
Is less conflict and more general agree
mcnt among members OF tho jury than
| In the explanations OF plate No. |. But
we have the dictum, on the high author
| lty Of DR. Saycc OF Oxford. that the
hieroglyphics of plate No, g have been
transformed into unnt eligible lines 80
that hardly one OF them is copied cor
rectly, and how what IL stands for,
under such circumstances. les To be made
out is difficult for the lay mind TO com
prehend. II should also he remembered
that these savants in their tnterpreta-
tion OF the lacsimiles are pointing out
what they conceive To be the meaning OF
some few Of the principal figures, but
glve US no translation OF what might
be thought. by the layman. TO be the
script OF the text, namely. the small
characters around the border OF the cir
cular disc. as also around and within
the main part OF the other facsimiles. H.
as one OF the jury declares (Mace),
Egyptian characters can now be read
almost as easily as Creek one Won
ders how IL Is that one or other OF the
plates was not completely translated
and Its story eXhaustiyeiy told, Can 1t
be that Egyptoogists are not as sure
OF their knowledge OF ancient Egyptian
script as the above remark ot Dr. Mace
would lead us To think they arc? is not
our knowledge OF the Egyptian records
still In its swaddjne band of in
fancy? What is said of plate No. @
however. is more important for another
reason than for disaGrGemenls among our
jury OF savants. and which | now proceed
to point out.
nI.-IMPoRTANT CONFIRMATION OF
JOSEPH SMITHS DECLARATIONS
WITH REFERENCE TO PLATE NO 9,
mo. is one of the usual disco with
magic inscriptions placed bepeatb the
head OF the dead."-PETRIE.
"Cut No. is a copy of one OF the
| magical discs which In the late Egyp-
| tlan period were placed under the head
| Of the mummies. Mace.
Fac-Simile No. 2 80 is commonly
called among Psychologists a hypo-
cephalus IL was placed under the head
| of the mummy. and the various represen-
tations upon IT were OF magical power
designed TO assist the deceased in various
Of his head."--BRGASTED.
II is proper to say that our "juryman''
adds "These did not come into uso un~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-15
How 1t Was Engraved.

And now as to the bad copying ana
pprposey altering gudes III sns the oris
inal documents as beautifully written on
pa pyrus. with black, and small
part red, ink or paint, in perfect preser-
find upon the collins OF mumles-hlero-
sIyphics. etc.-with many characters or
letters like the present (though probably
not quite SO square. .,o form OF the G teDreM, SoI
H.. o. and So That is, the most ancient
form Of the Hebrew. From this it would
appear that the original was not detective
lished in the Times and Seasons (Vol III 3,
Nos. o 10) was done by Reuben He'd
lock. an engraver from Canada. John
Taylor later President Taylor, also rom
Canada and a worker in wood, was also
present and working on the Times and
Sea sons at the date OF the publication OF
the facsimiles. and there Is httle DOUBT
but what the wood engraving was rea-
sonably well done. AS to purposely chang
ing the figures or altering the text, that
is out of the question, since that would
have subjected the Prophet to detection
and exposure, as after the facsiniles and
the Book of Abraham were both pub
lished, the mummies. with which the
papyri were found. and the papyri, were
Prophets parents al, Nauvoo, subject to
the inspection OF all who might choose
TO examine them. AS late as May. forty
three DAYS before the death Of the
Josiah QUiucy--the Josiah OF Figures OF
the Past go 1oGship. 1t Is not likely that
Joseph Sn!' ur his associates would do
sgnedly change any OF the figures in
their copy of these documents and run
such risk OF detection and exposure.
Again / say, such differences as are
found to exist between these facsimiles
and similar documents with which they
are compared by our jury of savants,
may not arise from bad copying but
represent documents Of different compo-
stion from those with which they are
compared: OF different ages. and By o
sojourner in Egypt. as was Abraham
And this. too, might have an impor-
taDt bearing upon the date OF the docu,,,
many centuries later than Abraham; "
= about $50 TO $50 B. C."-PETRIE.
Such documents as facsimile No. 2. said
by the jury to be a sort OF funeral tab
lot, in common use, "dld not appear In
any Egyptian burials until over a thou
BREASTED. OF facsimile No. 3. also re-
lated 10 funeral uses--of which there are
many of tho kind-'yet It, may be stated
rs certain that the scene was unknown
until about 500 years after Abraham S
day. y."-BREASTED.
II is fortunate for Joseph Smiths
claims that the learned jury did not de-
ancient date than Abraham, for that
would have presented n real difficulty,
but being this side OF his day. he may
| have been the author OF such documents,
though copies of them may not have been
| multiplied until centuries later.
.-DIsAGREEMENTs AMONG THE
JURY OF SAVANTS.
Plate las to the whole plate:
1.-The well-known scene of Anubis pre-
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piEyrjns pErssrH ,!ho body of dead man
Apparently the plate represents an
embalmer (name evidently unknown-just
pairing n body for burlal."-PETERS.
Parts OF the well-knoHn Book OF the
Dead.'-MEYER.
This ngure represents Osiris raising
from the dead. "(D-BREASTED.
Judging from the plate itself. II | were
on the jury. ! should vote with Breasted,
mated for the cmbolming OF tho dead.
The main figure on the bedstead like
altar. with both hands raised in pro-
test; and one foot up, Is evidently not
cess that Petric and Peters think is un-
der way. II should be observed, too. that
the figure to be "embalmed' is clothed,
and possibly In his right mind, Judging
rather Intelligent expression OF the eye.
II Is more Ike a book Of the living than
OF the dead more like resistance to an
assassin as Joseph Smith depicts 1t, an
as sacrifice to false gods-than either
an embalming scene or a resurrection.
As to the separate figures on plate l.. {:
Figure 1.-The hawklilSe bird.
The hawk Of Horus'-PETRIE.
"A bird In which form Isis is repre-
sented ed''-BREASTED. ("The hawk of
Horus" and this alleged representation OF
Isis cannot be regarded as identical or
was the sister and wife of Osiris, and the
mother OF Ilorus: and Horus solar
deity. the avenger OF his father-see
RaWlinson and others, R,)
THE soul (kos) Is flying away In the
form Of bird" (sicD-PETERs.
The soul In the shape Of bird is fly
ing above IT, o.. e. the body)-MEYER.
The, soul is leaving the body in the
the body with knife for mummifac-
tion on'-BISSING.
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Soul of Osiris.

To these diverse interpretations Of this
hgure l. l add that OF NJ. Deveria: THE
soul OF Osiris. under the form OF a hawk ."
He also adds. in parenthesis. that the
or the head OF an ass, then It could be
made TO mean something else than what
these, other learned men describe 1t as
meaning Deveria also says that figure
3''-whlch Breasted calls an Officiating
priest; Meyer "a priest approaching II
q. e. the ''bier'D: and Peters, and "ern-
halmer,IDeveria, balm ! say; calls figure 9"
me 1s,, God OF Anubis. With this Petrie,
tnat Deveria says he. is 'effecting the
resurrection OF Osiris" and Petrie that
he is the conductor Of the souls OF the
dead: Petrie makes no. complaint
veria insists that he SHOULD have q
jackars head" Yes. or some other
change might be suggested. and by such
process some other meaning may be read
into the plate and make 1t different from
the translation OF Joseph Smith
Let us all stand together here mo-
ment-this jury OF savants, and NJ De-
veria, and also you and l, bishop, let US
be no savants, we need not be much
mad Hamlet instruct us.
"Polonius, the tiresome old court!er,
to the presence Of his mother. then"
that's almost the shape of oamel?''
Polonius: BY the mass, and It's like
weasel" q
"Polonius: It is backed like a weasel -
Hamlet Or like a whale?"
'Polonius: Very ike n whale"
mother by and by"
All right, bishop for one. / will change
my belief in Joseph Smiths translation OF
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EMARKS ON JOSEPH Smith, JR.,
AS A TRANSLATOR"
A Plea i'm Bar of Final Conclusions

Hardly one Of them is copied correctly.
This repetition in his letter OF less thar
a dozen lines
The Inscriptions are far too badly
COPIED to be able to read them."-
PETRIE.
nrsssaes on nfss TSe 81 nass pste 3 Dr.
should be that of wolf or jackal, but
which Is here badly drawn"
Cut L and are ina ccurate copies OF
MACE
The reproductions are very bad
MEYER.
The hieroglyphics are merely Ilegible
scratches. the imitator not having the
skill or intelligence to copy such a script.
PETERS.
''It is impossible from Smiths bad fac
SMILES to make out any meaning OF the
inscriptions '-BISSING
Question. II all this be true of the a,
legged facsimiles. how may the learned
with such certainty? May not the difer-
ences noted in these cuts from Egyptian
documents with which they are compared,
and here assigned to bad copying, ARISE
from real difference in the documents
themselves, due TO production OF diner
ent age, or by sojourner in Egypt, sucn
as Abraham was? a layman questlon'
OF course but venture to press IT,. NJ
Theodule Deveria, a young saVant OF the
Museum OF the Louvre, Paris. wnen tne
same facSimiles were presented TO MN ior
translation by NJ. JulcS heihe.r ~ i0pv
NJ Remev was a French traveller who
visited Utah in 1866 and afterward pub
lished his observations in two volumes.
largely devoted TO Utah and the Mormons ol
made the same complaint against the
facsimiles, namely, that the rep reprodnHetts,on H t,gl
nres in the copies submitted to him were
in some cases dim and may not be det
ciphered In other cases he insists tnae
the figures should be dinerent, ana GIaiIi,s III
that others still have been purposeiy al
tered IN copying. o,-
This is substantially the claim OF our
nresant learned Jury NJ. Deveria, as we'll
as they. obtained a different translation
from that given by Joseph smith; upon
which, elsewhere. 7 have remarked;
il is the facsimiles thus changed tnat
NJ Deveria has interpreted then OF course
his Interpretation would differ from tne
translation made by Joseph Smith, VINO
doubtless followed strictly the papyrus
text, (Amcrlcana. n. Y, April, l9ll, p.
S77 noteD I venture TO make the same
comment upon the work of the jury OF
savants now being considered.
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these Egyptian plates, ''by and by" per-
haps, but 1t will not be until there is more
harmony among your EgyptoloEistS.
After this depression let us proceed for
there is more to follow. l continue with
plate No. 1, Figure .:
"The dead person'-PETRIE
1.-THE body OF the dead lying aba
(blor)"-MEYER
The dead man is lying ablcr'-BIS-
SING
'The reclining figure lifts ono foot and
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Bishops Case.

etIy stated. the case OF the bishop
d Joseph Smith as a translator is
competency of the prophet As a.
|asor OF ancient records can be as
|8ed In but one way. "The original
I together with his interpretations.
be submitted To competent scholars.
they declare his translations to be
ID, then they must be accepted as
|perseIy. if the Competent scholars"
declare his translatious TO be incor-
'ffen. OF course, his claims as a
|ator fall 10 the ground; and with
|1iInrc as a translator demonstrate ted.
afms 10 divine inspiration cannot be
q, he is no prophet Of God, II he
'ot a truly inspired translator then
ID no right TO the religious leader
|Beyer sincere he may have been in
Ing in his mission" the bishop
A "if the translation he gave to
Ind Is false. he Is shown To have
<Dlf-deceiyed And !f he was self
Lea In the matter Of his transla-
4 then those witnesses who testified
correctness Of his translation, by
|00sed hearing or the voice OF God,
Ing the fact. were also self~de-
I fpamphlet p. ~; and the result
be q reputation OF ''the whole body
Iief' which has been built upon
n Smiths translations of ancient
1.-The Book of Mormon and the
f Abraham.
'the bishop remarks. these aues-
sre most critical" and. might
most searching, since they lay the
tlie root o. the whole Mormon
allow the bishop all his claims
r dire results 10 Mormonism II he
|o the point OF demonstration, make
'se good against Joseph Smith as a
|6tor,
may this end be achieved? Con-
'E as the translator OF the Book
Qrrnon. the Prophet is beyond tie
! OF tho bishop. at least by direct
N Tor the reason that "the plates"
; Book Of Mormon are mot avail
for the above purpose, being In
|tepins Of the messenger to whom
n smith returned them after the
|tsion was completed. But in GER
<:syptian papyrus rolls. found in a
|naEus In Egypt, which came into
Smiths possession in 1885, a
'-uo1 OF which he published in
n iS32 rTimes and Seasons, vol III,
and lo), the bishop finds some
Pat will serve mis- purpose equally
BECAUSE With the Prophets trans
Hnd explanation of some parts Of
urient record, which the transla tor
me hook OF Abra ham. is published
Iacsimiles OF tho original Egyp-
fL These facsiniles may he sub
3 % the learned Psychologists. and
'aay the Egyptian language IL
\ translated by many scholars, we
)ust The test we need" says the
L OF Joseph Smiths accuracy as
'slator' (P lS.D
bishop has applied the test.
TO say. Bishop Spalding sent
zesilnlles OF the Egyptian re
fgn Joseph Smiths transla-
lhc Book or Abraham, and his
,rdnslation and explanations OF
Iascimiles, 10 certain American
ano German Egyptologiats for
eplmon Of the accuracy Of the
translation. with the result
ny nll-and there arc eigh, of
svc Judgment aga Inst him.
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Nv B, H. ROBERTS.

Ia Salt Lake Tribune
-n What 7 have TO say at present on
snaIding's pamphlet, Joseph
~ T. az n Translator" a plea in
~ S,na, conclusions, because | real
III my remarks may not properly he
tfsd as a complete answer TO ms
eJroitiy presented case speciilcaly
~ The Book Of Abraham, and infer
.s7,, against the Book OF Mormon, as
tSansiatio And here let Il be
+tsa that The bishops premises and
sn, are worthy OF profounder con-
+cion than il -is possible for this
Under present circumstances TO
,hsm But the number OF inquiries.
4erhaI and written, addressed to me
s,i,otbor or not the case which
,.hnn anparentIy makes against the
~ ( hra ham can be met. is the oc-
y FOR this Immediate, and what may
<oeIdered. not without some reason
adequate reply.
only object now is 10. call atten-
IA such imperfections in the data
<hIch the bishop bases ms conclu,
ss 10 indicate that they do not
LIN Sufficient grounds to warrant
tsductIons as being final, and that
'.dr,Iry conducted by him is not so
'5sble as at first glance ii would
mother item in the preliminary to
marks upon the bishops case
.st the Book Of Abraham permit me
-Fnowledge the courtesy and even
-ositv To Mormon writers he dis
h conducting his inquiry: and to
|haf his method of discussion is en-
4 Legitimate, and the spirit OF IL
roachable. l am willing to accord to
IN OF the courtesy and generosity
[bibjis i'm debate that the reviewer
a pamphlet claims for him in last
1vss Tribune.
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firmation OF the Prophet Joseph's decla-
| ration concerning the general character
OF circular disc No, 2. especially In the
significant passage OF DIR. Breasted we
at least may say that we are more than
compensated for what else OF damage IL
may be thought has been inflicted upon
lator of ancient records by the testi-
, rnony Of this group OF Egyptologists
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both arms. This figure represents Osiris
rising. from the ASTED.
Osiris coming TO life on his funeral
couch ',-DEVERIA,
Again, were on the jury, ! should in
tins case vote with Breasted and Deveria,
Tor the hgure discussed represents very
life-like attitude for a corpse II Mark
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FACSIMILE OF EGYPTIAN PLATE. mo- 81

l. h OF with
S his head
Signifies Abraham in Egypt; Abraham
bookD
Of Egypt written aboveth hand
The
to the prince
the o thu