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CHAPTER n,
The Early Birds and tho Worm

The Early Birds and the Worm.
In the enormous barn of the rail-
road station stood many strings Of
cars, as If gigantic young CULVER
stabbed his toys there and invisibly
amused himself; now whisking this
one away. now backing that other in.
Some Of the trains were noble equip
ages, fitted to glide across the whole
map with cargoes Of Lilliputian mil
lionaires and their Lilliputian ladies'.
Others We're humble and shabby
linked-up day-coaches and dingy
smoking-cars, packed with workers,
like ants.
Cars are mere vehicles, but locomo-
tlves have souls. The express en-
gines roll In or stalk out with gran
denr and ease, They aEs like EN-.
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Rs.t nruas Naadad,

Be sure that all drugs and chemicals
used in killing flies are fresh and pure:
otherwise results may not be satisfac-
tory.
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Makes the Nation Gasp.

The awful list of injuries on Fourth
of July stsggers humanity. Set over
against it, however, is the wonderful
healing, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Of
thousands, who suffered from burns.
cuts bruises. bullet wounds or explo-
sions. Its the quick healer of bolls.
ulcers. eczema, sore lips or pile. 25 cts.
at P. A. Clemmer's r
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Are You Happy

If you are it is safe to say that you enjoy
good health, as 1t is impossible to be happy
unless you are we'll. Noted physicians will
tell you thai bad stomachs and torpid livers
are the ca,.se of IS per cent of all diseases.
For the past AZ years SEVEN BARKS has
proved to be the unequalled remedy for all
STOMACH, LIVER and KIDNEY troubles, and
the greatest tonic and blood purifier known.
1t makes your digestion what it should be
and keeps your entire system in good con-
dition. Price of SEVEN HA2ks Is but so
cents bottle at all druggists. Money re-
funded If not satisaaa. Alaress
LYMAN BROWN. y a. M. I, y. New rerk,NY,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-06-11

GOLD
is one Of the best preservers of the
teeth because of its ductility. malability
and close adoption to the cavities and
margins of the teeth.
1T is PROOF AGAINST THE ACIDS
of the mouth and stomach and affords
the greatest resistance to the arduous
and trying duties of mastication.
We make a speciality of Gold Filings
at reasonable prices.
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Mother Gray. Sweet Powder. for Children

Relieve Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate
the Bowels and are pleasant remedy
for Worms. Used by Mothers for 20
years. They never fail. At all Drug.
gists. 26c. Sample FREE. Address. A.
S. Olmsted, Leroy N. Y. 75w4
Impure blood runs you down-makes
you an easy victim for organic diseas-
es. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies, the
blood-cures the cause builds you up.
Baby won't suffer five minutes with
Group if you apply DR.. Thomas Eelec-
tic Oil at once. 1t acts like magic.
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Like the Spratts.

ssENGLAND and Germany. spending ali
their cash on ornaments, remind
one OF Mr. and Mrs. Spratt"
The speaker was Mayor Esterbrooke OF
Fawtucket. He continued. with smile:
England and Germany will arm them
selves to the point of bankruptcy. to
the point OF impotence. 1t will be a
case OF Mr.. and Mrs. Spratt all over
again.
MI. Spratt, You know. once told his
friends that he would attend a certain
smoker. and Mrs. Spratt told hers very
nrmly that he wouldn't. Well. a nom
partisan acquaintance. the evening of the
smoker in question. dropped in at the
Spratts' to see who had won out.
The visitor found Spratt and his wife
last asleep in their chairs at the dining
room table. Spratt, you see, had put
sleeping powder In Mrs. Spratt's coffee
SO that he might slip away. and she had
put sleeping powder in his TO prevent
him from doing so.'
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Takes the Cake.
CENATOR SIMMONS was talking about
- BOOM

CENATOR SIMMONS was talking about
- a boom.
Il congratulated him on his boom"
said the senator. laughing, land he APP
peared astonished that knew anything
of it. But I told him I had keen nose
for booms, even for little ones. I ex-
planned that I was like the Newbern
urchin.
IA Newbern urchin used to call on q
certain old lady every Saturday after
noon, and she would give him piece OF
cocOanut layer cake. But one Saturday,
as she expected company for tea. she de-
cided not to cut the cake, and therefore
none was offered to the urchin.
He said, plaintively, as the time came
for him to go:
81 believe smell cocoanut layer
cake
1.-THE old lady laughed. went to the
cupboard, and cut him very tiny
slice. When she gave 1t to him, he
thanked her and said:
But it seems strange that l could
smell such q little piece. doesn't It?
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Uncle Ezra Says:

xxVV7HEN Teller gifts above his job
w he's long ways below It
''Yew kin allus tell when q man hez ben
to an auction by the watch he displays =
People who set round waitin' for
somethin' to turn up never git very fur
frum their cheers"
Chickens are good deal more apt to
come home to roost ef they hev good
roostin' places"
..Some folks say this ID q hard world
an fun NV rocks: tibet IL becuS they never
dig any Nv 'em out.
when yew are takin' pleasure In the
thought thet yew belong to the upper
crust try also to realize tibet they's lots
NV people who never hev any use fur it."
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A Splash.

WILBUR WRIGHT. at tea in Day.
ton mentioned q rich young PhiIa-
delphian who had recently taken up
flying.
suppose they're making q great
splash-he and his new biplane"? said
a Dayton girl
Wen. they did make rather splash"
Mr.. Wright admitted, tho day they fell
into the Schuylkill river"
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The Laconic Laconians.

WILLIAM LYON PHELPS. Yale's
W brilliant professor Of English liter
allure, was discussing, at q dinner in
New Haven, the significance Of words.
Some words" he said, have q history.
and a knowledge of their history gives
them q richer meaning. Take, for ex-
ample. the word 'laconic.'
Philip of Macedon was threatening
the Laconians
IF enter your city, he said. I will
level 1t to the DUST
"Ifi' was the Laconians' reply.
"And the pointed brevity of that reply
is Embedded in our word laconic' like
9 fly in amber"
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Understood His NEARING.

Upton SINCLAIR, at a vegetarian
banquet. condemned the business
morality OF today.
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Sinclair. smiling,
at trust feast the other night a trust
president lifted his glass high and de-
clared:
This IL the age Of steel. I drink to
Inen he frowned and added. hastily:
OF course. the gentlemen OF the press
In the gallery will understand that 1
spell the word with q double e."
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mt Manuscripts Of the Cophc Christian Church


books and Scriptures of the modern
church were still in the ancient tongue.
the remnants of Semitic and ancient
Egyptian and the infusion Of Greek made
an ancient COptic manuscript a sphynx-
like puzzle to the earlier scholars of
Europe.
The infusion of foreign words into the
Egyptian tongue" said Prof. Prince.
may be compared with the changes in
that of England after the Norman inva-
sion. We are all familiar with the num-
Der of French words that crept into our
language. then and afterward. They were
used to express objects or thoughts not
represented in the vocabulary Of the orig
inal tongue. The appearance of Latin
words during this period is also to be
noted: But here We see the influence Of
the vehicle for both. Very much the
same thing happened in Egypt with the
predOminance of Greek influences and
the coming Of Christianity
Egypt directly from Judea?" the reporter
asked.
mo. 1t is believed to have come from
Greece" Prof Prince replied. ''The early
Coptic sacred writing seem to have been
copied directly from the Greek texts
~
Prof. Prince illustrated these mingled
influences by referring to a psalm chant
he had annotated with music. The words
were in two Of the Coptic dialects. The
chant, In its simple. almost weird half
tones, might have passed for one Of an
cient Egypt. Yet twice the variations
We're distinctly Greek.
The discovery of the Rosetta stone and
Of hieroglyphics solved the mysteries Of
the Coptic tongue and their ancient peo-
pie. Thus It is possible to turn back the
pages Of history to the authentic begin
nings Of Christianity thus disclosed.
There IL little more than q suggestion,
"reminiscences. OF the ancient glory of
the Christian Church Of Egypt in the
modern Copt The two must be ap-
preached from different angles, regarded
with wider viewpoint. The difference
might be compared to that between the
desert monastery In ''Thais" and the later
caliph's court in an ARABIAN Night"
and the ancient Christian shrines filed
with rude worshipers hidden away in
some alley Of modern Cairo.
The Copts form not more than one
fourteenth OF the population Of Egypt,
are patronized and not infrequently de-
spised by Arab and European alike. Their
churches and converts are about 1.13O in
number. Most OF the Copts are found I'm
upper Egypt. There are considerable
number In Cairo and Alexandria: a very
few in the delta Of the Nile. They make
efficient government clerks or account
ants. A number OF them are rich, as
wealth among native Egyptians go. They
are frequently money lenders Politically
they are In had Odor. The nationalist
regards the Copt as an intractable men,
ace. The Engiishman looks upon him
with mistrust which is returned In the
form Of . standing grievance.
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0 Civilization come from those

are various little cabinets or chapels.
one has an image Of the Virgin, soft and
lovely enough for a Greuze painted by
roman hands before the dour Byzantine
ldeas crushed human outlines out of holy
faces. Another has q most curious painf
ed cabinet with q lamp swaying in front
OF 1t, and wooden drums like the shells
Tor modern artillery, containing the relics.
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For a Frost.

nAvID BEL4Asco 1t dinner In New
= York sat beside the wife OF dis
tinguished diplomat.
In Japan" the lady said. I'VE make
our houses out Of pAper."
Mr.. Belasco smiled.
"Ah. % do We. sometimeA" he answer
ed.
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Chapel Of Palermo. but it's very small
ness is its beauty, for it brings you near
to the dark screen crowned with golden
ikons, and the antique columns OF mar
BILE taken from some Roman temple,
which break 1t up into the place Of the
women and the place Of the men and the
place Of the priests. Behind the glorious
screen. which goes all around the church,
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Egypt In way that is typical of their
position In the country and the insistance
with which they have chung to Christian
ity for eighteen centuries. dispute
arose over the observance of Sunday.
The English gave preference to the Mos
lens and fixed their Sabbath as the day
business. The Copts insisted that their,
Sabbath different day of the week
should also be observed. They held
congress at Assiout. in upper Egypt, in
grievances. These were discarded by Sir
Eldon Gorst. who claimed that two Sab
baths In the government Offices every
week would be impractical and a need
less handicap to business.
In the Coptic shrines. however. are
many reminders of ancient glories and
parallels in design and ornament to bind
the Copt to the great Christian subdi-
vision of the Eastern church. To appre-
splendid fame of st. Sophia in Constants
nople with her apses. domes and soar
ing arches as the empress Of Byzantine
cathedrals. Thus the churches Of Coptic
Egypt and of Russia would become her
blood kin; their domes, screens and ikons
claiming common ancestry. Cousins
german to these would be the basilicas
of Italy. Of which st. Marks in Venice
is the most familiar. And in their COM
of Constantinople share the fate Of the
Coptic churches of Egypt For while st.
Sophia is a Mohammetan mosque and the
Coptic sanctuaries are still Christian,
ion Of the Moslem-the blight of st.
Sophia, where infdel minarets soar
above her majestic bulk, her Christian
seraphtm look down upon worshipers
and the conqueror's whitewash has been
ineffective to dim the gorgeous marbles
reared by Roman emperor.
How close these analogies are NAV be
gathered from the Captic churches of
Cairo. The most famous OF these. doubt
less remembered by many American tour
lists, are those Of Babylon, the Roman
citadel in the purlieus Of old Cairo. Here,
in the crypt Of Abu Sarge, tradition saws.
Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus found
refuge after the fight into Egypt. The
sacristan will tell you, indeed, that they
spent nearly the whole Of their sojourn
in Egypt there Even those with a cur
sorry knowledge of the architecture Of the
eastern church and the basilicas of Italy
can trace his parallels in this description
of the most famous of these shrines, the
Mo'a llaka, the famous Hanging Church
of Babylon, given by Douglas Slade In
his new book. Oriental Cairo"
This. is one Of the most beautiful
churches in Christendom," he writes. ut
is not wrong to mention it in the same
breath as the Capella Reale at Palermo.
and st. Marks at Venice ITSELF It's mo-
safes are not extensive; 1t has not their
wealth Of marbles, though 1t ia richly
adorned with both; transfused with the
meilowness OF antiquity. but 1t has the
finest ancient woodwork in the world: IL
is lined throughout for several feet from
the ground with screens Of dark polished
wood inlaid with ivory and ebony medal
lions chased with fnimitable Byzantine
carvings: the screens are broken by an
tique stilted arches Of ivory.
al Mo'allaka is small, like that Royal
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P1ERPONT MOR-
GAN recently re-
turned from a va
cation jaunt to the
site of the ancient
oasis of khargeh,
four days ride
west of the ruins
of Thebes, in
Egypt, and on the
ar a V a n route
from the Nile to
.Berber, in the SUI
dan
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mistake to suppose that the term denotes
any denial either of the humanity or of
theory is merely that the divine and
human natures We're so united that they
cOalesced and became one and indivisi-
BILE.
1.-THE Copts accept the Nicene Greed to
the fullest. They are, therefore, In point
Of doctrine virtually in unison. though
not in formal union. with the great body
of eastern Christians; while in ritual and
practice they have probably preserved
more Of the form and spirit Of early
Christianity than any other church in the
world
The language Of the captain and his
ancient manuscripts is that of the last
stage Of the Egyptian tongue. during the
Roman period. Therein was locked the
mystery which prevented any but an
imperfect knowledge of their Scriptures
and religious writings until comparatively
recent times. It was the solution Of this
enigma. too. which has added SO much
Of interest and importance to the recent
discoveries.
In the Coptic tongue many words. of
the Pharaoic and succeeding periods have
been retained. The Egyptian was par
TALLY Semetic in construction, with q
number of Semetic words, chiefly Of the
Aramaean family About 100 B. C. the
old forms Were succeeded by many new
words and differences of structure which
approached more nearly the modern Cop
tic. This continued till the days Of the
Ptolemies-a period ending approximately
with the beginning Of the Christian era
Then there was fresh infusion Of new
words. many of them Greek, and some
different grammatical forms. Finally.
when Egypt became q Christian nation.
the old Denote alphabet fell into disuse
and an0ther-that Of the ancient Coptic
Scrptures-was substituted.
This alphabet has the twenty-four let
tiers Of the Greek alphabet. But 1t also
contains seven others, which proved q
stumbling block to scholars who sought
to gain a complete understanding Of the
text. These seven letters are believed to
be survtvals OF the ancient hieroglyphics
retained to represent sounds not found in
the Greek. They were obtained last
week with the pronunciations used In
the delta OF the Nile. from Prof Pruici.
Other difficulties In the translation OF
the ancient Coptic records were found in
the variations OF the dialects. There are
no less than seven OF these. The early
Christian writings, however. may be
grouped under the heading Of three-the
Sahidic, or the language Of upper Egypt:
the Memphitic, spoken In the neighbor-
hood Of Memphis. and the Bashmuric, the
dialect Of Lake Menxaleh and its neigh
borhood..Mo Of the manuscripts recent
sly acquired by Mr.. Morgan. for instance,
are In the sahidic dialect Of upper Egypt,
which had evidently spread to the monas-
teries near the Lybian desert Another
manuscript In the collection comprises
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!; - - /
zEz6F Etkas4l1zz=@zza=>> BY +
You Can Al,
Rule only be respected until be rejected In
Of be of yesterdays Judgment
The past only epitomze the
hand but the accuracy its information
old .nays there would hope betterment
The earth udgoes alteration hour and each change has
its effect upon standard calculations.
We must constantly challenge the reasoning of predeces
The human mind hundred per competent
There always aa10s in the best of LaOs
No .uiN eOer perfect anything.
The that worshps ancestry walks in shackles.
dominated by precedent is held in hobble
Today society divides its members broad classes If
you conventional if you cling the security Of rut If
you only existing won't think for yourself
ute but originate, iUent prospect you
discover errors systems inspire
husasn for you alone your share fame and
fortune.
The twentieth century belongs the revolufionarynot to
those dissatisfied with ie but with their contribution i-to
Hard Work OF itself does not warrant labor with
intelligence, you udgng treadnH The of
hours devoted a task has little influence uaLue
In time all businesses trades and calngs become 50 ouer
crowded that there only geanngs for the majority.
Only the first have advantage but always
place opportunity uneueoped years.
full of beyond the
hands to drag them forth.
Walk your and look beyond the toward the
Piernont MORGAN Excavat;no IN Eovnt for
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Merely to mention the fact suggests the
question: Was this famous connoisseur
on a still hunt for some precious relic of
the Pharaohs. some bit Of ancient enam-
ei. scarabus or sacred vessel of clay or
glass to further enrich the Metropolitan
Museum or his home in New York city?
The newspapers recorded, when Mr..
Morgan's destination became known that
he had gone to the African desert to
learn Of the progress being made there
by the native laborers he had employed
under Egyptian engineers to excavate
near Khargeh in a search for Christian
cemetery, which dates back to the early
days of this era. Some fine Roman re-
mains in the district were also mentioned
vaguely as an object of Mr.. Morgan's
researches. Mr.. Morgan's excavations
have a much more definite object. He is
seeking ancient manuscripts of the Cop
tic, or Egyptian, Christian Church. early
examples of which. recently translated
and elucidated, have caused such pro-
found impression among scholars and
students Of exegetics.
Mr.. Morgan's journey to Egypt. more
over. followed closely on the announce
ment Of his purchase in Paris Of what is
regarded as the most complete and valu-
able collection of Coptic manuscripts that
has ever been unearthed in Egypt. These
were discovered in the spring of 1910,
acquired through the efforts of M. Chas-
senet, head of the French Institute of
Archaeology. and Prof. Henry Hyvernat
of the Catholic University of America,
sent to this country last winter and
now being edited and collated by Prof
Hyvernat.
In the announcement that Mr. Morgan
had purchased this collection the real
significance of his acquisition was be-
clouded by a newspaper controversy One
report had 1t that the manuscripts had
cost the American collector about $780,
600. or something like $1,000 apiece Then
came the rumor that Mr.. Morgan had
been deceived and that the manuscripts
were worth not more than $25 apiece.
About q month ago reports were printed
to the effect that Mr.. Morgan had actu-
ally paid about $4,000 for the manu-
scripts. and that the controversy regard
Ing the supposed hoax was to be ascribed
to q campaign in the Egyptian press
against II. Chassenet, the head Of the
French institute there, who was re-
preached for having allowed the manu-
scripts to pass to an American. when, 1t
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Within the last few years the Copts
have dgured IN the political situation OF
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of biblical research? How will the dis
covery of these manuscripts, going back
to the very dawn OF Christianity, qualify,
illuminate, beautify and possibly SIM
plify the accepted conceptions of Jesus of
Nazareth and the first of His disciples?
Who knows? We may have to change
our IDEAS of the early Christians" was
the comment OF Prof. John D. Prince
Of the oriental department of Columbia
University. when these questions were
put to him. 1.-THE Coptic Church is a sur
vival of one of the original forms of
Christianity. 1t recalls the simplicity OF
the first Christian worship. Its history
must be regarded as part Of that Of the
Greek Church.
At once the thoughts revert to the By
zantine hierarchy and the other great SUBJ
represented, its simple and authoritative
beginnings, Its progress through more
than thousand years Of dogmatic bick-
erings. intrigues and schisms, alternating
the Church Of Rome in the west as 1t
did the HISTORIANS in Asia Minor and the
Church of Alexandria, or the Copts in
Egypt. The comment recalled how the
parent trunk was felled when the Mos
tered walls of Constantinople and up the
valley of Lycaes in 1541 into the citadel
Of eastern Christianity. OF the branches
which survived, the modern Russian
Church of Egypt the more important to
students of early Christianity. For the
isolation Of the Copt, owing to his schisp.
permitted Of the preservation Of his early
parent body fell prey to the Moslem In
vader.
The Coptic manuscripts recently UNI
earthed and their complete calculation
are believed by many scholars to rank in
importance with the discovery OF hero
glyphics. This branch of the subject.
however. Is not so much a matter Of
Byzantine Church history as Of the solu-
ton of mysteries Of the Coptic tongue
within a comparatively few years.
The Copts are survivors from the days
Of the Pharaohs. Some believe them to
be a remnant OF the ancient Egyptians,
interlopers. A. J. Baker. In q recent ar
ticle on Egyptian affairs In the Nine
teenth Century, however, indicated q
much closer relauon Ds'W we, Gnr,s!ia "a
the Copt and his ancient writings more
plausible. Mr.. Baker wrote:
.It is commonly said that the Copts
are by race descended from the ancient
Epvnfians This is sound as far as It
goes; but only q part OF the truth; for
the saying would be almost as true Of
the majority Of the feilahin. or tillers Of
the soil who are re reaon Gepts os
Copt is now properly confined to that
section of the community which has re-
tanned its primitive Christianity. and not
EXCHANGED II for Mohammedanism. For
the Coptic Church dates its foundation to
the preaching OF st. Mark. and 1t shows
q continuous succession OF patrfarchs- the
Patriarchs OF Alexandrtar-from the hrst
present day. At the council Of Chalce-
don. in 451 A. D., tho eastern church was
rent In twain by one Of those metaphys-
teal subtleties over which the eaSterns
delighted to torture their understandings:
and since that date the Coptic Church,
like the Syrian. has remained what Is
called monophysite. But It Is quite q