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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-23

We know that a highly elaborate
code of legislation existed, though
it has persisted utterly. The Oldest
legal document in the world is a
written brief, preserved in the Ber-
lin museum, and presenting to a
court a complex case in inheritance.
Judges apparently required all
cases to be offered not in oratory,
but in writing-which compares
favorably enough with our windy
litigation.
Add to these judges a host Of
Scribes or secretaries, a parade Of
soldiers and an army of tax gath
erers Gall pictured for us on the
monuments, and we distinguish
the outlines Of the oldest state in
history.
Those early dynasties (III.-VIII)
constitute the "Old Kingdom" It is
the age of organization, pyramids
and chieftains made powerful with
weapons harder than any that men
had known before.
Copyright, 1927. by Will Durant.)
To Be Continued
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The ancient inscriptions show us
the Great House" of government in
which these works were planned and
from which the nation was ruled.
In this Great House (Which the
Egyptians called Per-o and the He
brews Pharaoh) the king lived with
his harem and his attendants-wig-
makers, perfumers, launderers,
bleachers, guardians of the imperial
wardrobe and other dignitarieS.
One tomb describes its occupant
"overseer of the cosmetic box, over
seer II the cosmetic pencil, sandal
bearer to the king, doing in the mat
ter of the kings sandals to the sa-
tisfaction of his lord"
y
ri HIEF aide to the king was
IL the prime minister, or vizler,
III and under him in every prov
ince were local governors, who COM
bined the functions of administrator
and judge. Here, 5000 years before
Christ, law reached its earliest
formulation.
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at Hooks drug store, Illinois and
Washington Sts., Indianapolis, where
large crowds are calling daily to find
out for themselves about this
surprising new medicine.
II had been suffering long time
from stomach and kidney troubles"
said Mrs. Craig, land I almost be-
lieved I would never enjoy good
health again. I couldn't eat thing
without suffering afterward. My
food would seem to form into a
hard lump in my stomach instead Of
digesting properly. This would
cause terrible pains and very often
had spells of nausea, belching up
sour, bitter liquid. was going
down in weight and losing my
strength faster each week. couldn't
sleep at night, due to kidney trouble.
and was subject to rising three and
four times every night. When I
got up in the morning felt like I
had no rest at all, and was always
suffering with terrible pains across
my back. And along with this
aches and dizzy spells.
IT read so many testimonials of
Indianapolis people, who benefited
by using Konjola that I decided
there was something to this
medicine, and started taking it
myself. The first bottle helped me
wonderfully and now since I have
taken my third bottle I am feeling
like I never had a sick day in my
life. 1t is a pleasure to enjoy my
meals now, without any fear of
stomach misery afterward. I am
never troubled with indigestion
pains, because my food agrees with
me and is building me up in a Won
derful way. I have gained back my
strength and never suffer with
backaches like used to. The head
aches and dizzy spells to not come,
and am relieved of night rising
and the other miseries I used to
suffer. I feel fine in the mornings
when I get up. In fact, I enjoy
better health in every way and can
certainly recommend Konjola to
Others"
This Konjola is a new medical
formula, containing the medicinal
juices of % natural plants and made
into one compound which restores
the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels to more healthy, normal ac-
ton. Konjola banishes the poisons
from within the system cleansing
the important functionary organs,
thus ending the aches, pains and
rniseries so common among people
today.
New feelings of health come from
the effect Of Konjola in natural
and safe way, yet the action of this
medicine is amazingly quick and the
relief is generally permanent and
sure.
The Konjola Man is at Hooks
Drug Store, Illinois and Washington
Sts., indianapolis, where he is daily
meeting the public and introducing
and explaining the merits of this
remedy. Konjola is being sold by
every Hook drug store in this city,
and by all druggists in the nearby
townS.-AdvertiSement.
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or their heads, or thrust through
clumsy handouts of wood.
T1iodorus Sicuius describes them
working naked in the mines
Everywhere they toiled that Egypt
might have food, and pyramids, and
kings.
KINGS
XVII HERE there are pawnS there
NV must be kings. Kings were
never so plentiful as in
Egypt; they are so common there
that we lump them into dynasties.
and even SO their history is the dull
est story in the world. Yet they gave
Egypt order, boon unfelt by those
who have had it long.
81 made the woman of Egypt,
said Rameses III, "go with I'M
covered ears to the place which she
desired, for no stranger, nor any
one upon the road, molested her.
=. I took a man out of his mis-
fortune and gave him breath. ]
rescued him from the oppressor,
who was of more account than he.
I set each man in security in his
town; I settled the land in the
place where it was laid waste"
1t was one side of the royal story;
the other side was war. The his
tory of Egypt begins with MeneS,
who won his way to fame in the way
dear to crowds by coming out of the
South, conquering the Delta, and
forging South and North for the
first time into one kingdom.
Menes built capital near Mem
phis twenty miles up stream from
Cairo, and established the First
Dynasty there in 34O0 B. G. (The
wise reader will insert the word
about" before all dates in Egyp-
tian history)
After him comes dreary desert
of dynastieS, with tragic relief sup
piled chiefly by war; in the Third
Dynasty (298O-290O B. c. King
Khasekhem boasts of taking cap
tive "47, 200 rebels
Nevertheless it was in this dy-
nasty that King loser began the
characteristic architecture of Egypt
with his "step-pyramid" at Mem
phiS.
1t was, like every pyramid, a
tomb, but unlike its predecessors it
was made of stone, not brick, and
rose to height of ZOO feet in five
stages, each smaller than the one
beneath. From this quaint struc-
ture came the pyramldal form of
Egypts most famous monuments.
Toward 1900 B. g. the figure of
Cheops Cor Khufu) emerges dirnly
from the chaos of kings; we know
him only as the builder Cor master
of the builders) of the first and
greatest pyramid, which stands with
three others in the cemetery of
Gizeh outside the modern Cairo.
Here stones have been piled Pelion
upon Ossa as if they we're the most
abundant of Egypt's natural re-
sources; 100000 blocks, averaging
two and half tons in weight. meas
uring in all one-seventn of a mile in
length, one-tenth of mile in
width, 4e1 feet in height and in area
$4,000 square feet.
The mass is solid; only a few
stones were omitted to leave space
for the royal tomb. And every stone
was fitted to the next with indis-
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BACK TO HEALTH;
FEELS fine And
PRAISES KONJOLA
Morton St. Lady Relieved
of Stomach and Kidney
Trouble by the New
Medicine.

II can certainly indorse Konjola,
because it has restored me to health
and I don't remember when I ever
felt better in my life than I do since
1 got this medicine" said Mrs. Della
Craig, well-known Indianapolis lady.
living at 1918 Morton ST., this city,
while talking with The Konjola Man
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or their heads, or thrust through
clumsy handouts of wood.
T1iodorus Sicuius describes them
working naked in the mines.
Everywhere they toiled that Egypt
might have food, and pyramids, and
kings.
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doned the wooden dugout in favor OF
the more modern folding boats made
of canvas and steel.
Our last night at Navaite was melan-
choly. Bussey had to get a radio mes
sage of to the United States. Condi-
tons were bad. Rain was falling and
the batteries had run down. In spite
of low power he got through promptly
to Rio. and our friend, LIB, expressed
delight at hearing us on the air again.
Our signals were reported R-7-that
is clear and distinct-but Bussey cut
the conversation short. Rush mes
sage" he said; my receiver ceasing
to operate"-and then pounded out
the dispatch as rapidly as he could.
BY the time he got through the re-
ceiver was dead and the phones were
soaked with rain water.
TO me that scene on the wild sand
stone flats was extremely dra-
matte. A night black and wet;
boxes piled up in the grass with the
small wireless instruments perched on
top; solitary wire sticking up in air;
a fiashlamp Pickering in the darkness,
and Bussey crouching under a water
proof sheet tapping out his signals
to the world we had left behind us.
He was bothered with ants. They
crawled up on the sending key, got
across the contacts and were killed
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poles had been thrown across the
gap to act as footbridge. They
had been placed there within the
last "a hours, because the sap was
running from their freshly broken
ends. This was the first indication
we had of Indians. They must have
been keeping us under observation,
although we never saw them. Later
we saw footprints in the sand and
on the west bank we discovered cyl
dences of primitive agriculture. 1t
gave us a queer sensation to think
that human eyes were peering at US
from behind the trees and that hu-
man forms were following us in the
shadows of the forest, watching
every move we made.
1t took us eight hours to cut por-
tage trail to the base of the rapids.
1t was nearly kilometers in length.
The second day we moved camp to the
lower and of the falls, leaving only
the canoes to be dealt with. The dug
out was ready to moved overland. The
task of hauling it out of the river
had occupied the best part of three
hours and we had quite worn our
selves out straining at the ropes. The
following morning, after coffee, we set
to work In earnest to get our fleet
across the trail. First came the cam
vas boats. We carried them over on
the shoulders of four men. In 81 min
utes they We're safely across and tied
up in a quiet backwater below the
rapids.
Nov came the dugout. We hitched
block and tackle to the bow, other
ropes to the stern, and with eight men
hauling for dear life for IS minutes
we advanced a few feet. Trees had
been felled in advance and small logs
cut to assist in rolling the cumbersome
canoe through the forest. 1t all
sounds easy enough. but the logs
would not roll, the trail was uneven,
and, working as hard as we could, our
progress was annoyingly slow. We
went back to breakfast about II
o'clock, and, thoroughly refreshed
after our meal of rice and beans, re.
turned to work. For several hours
we laborcd, till Juan. the head man,
threw up the sponge. 1T can't be
DONE" he said. Our backs are almost
broken and we have not advanced 100
yards"
What other alternative can you
suggest?" I asked him. I'VE cannot
possibly get along without the dug
out"
Juan de Cruz reminded me of the
third folding boat, which was still
wrapped up in its canvas bag.
"Why not discard the heavy canoe
and use 1t instead?"
"Why not" / exclaimed
Bob congratulated him on his bril-.
liant suggestion, and we acted upon
it at once. So we trooped back to
camp and left that heavy hulk Of hard
wood stranded in the forest. In this
manner the prejudice of the men was
broken down and they willingly aban-
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she will bow and clasp her hands over
her head in salute.
A MONG the most priced monkeys
a in the Zoo are Fritzie and Mike,
two Marguerite Capuchins from
Dutch Guiana with long, prehensile
tails and the hair on their heads ar.
ranged somewhat like the cowl of a
medieval monk. These are typical
New World monkeys. They are close
friends when alone and often can be
seen sleeping in each others arms.
But they are intensely jealous of each
other in the presence of visitors
Fritzie is the cleverer of the two and
gets the most attention but sometimes
Mike will cry like a baby over this.
F'ritzie came to the Zoo soon after
DR.. Mann took charge. He petted her
q great deal. Then he went to Africa
and was gone for seven months. When
he entered the monkey house on his
return the little monkey recognized
him at once and went wild with joy.
Fritzie Is an especially likable. good
natured animal. but Mike has the
gayer disposition. Within the past
few months he has developed the
ability to laugh out loud when pleased
The largest monkey in the Zoo, not
counting the apes, is the 75.pound
drill who came there in July. 1916.
weighing pounds. He also is
one of the cleverest occupants of
the monkey house and the hungriest
for applause He has an even more
uncharjtable face than Napoleon him.
self. Up to month ago he was pro.
vided with a big wooden ball which
he used to hurl against the walls of
his cage to attract the crowd. This
has been taken away from him since
he started throwing it against the
front bars. One day two of the bars
were found quite badly bent from the
impact of the bali. He would use
this ball to get a crowd In front of
his cage and then start all sorts of
acrobatic stunts, reveling in the sun
of notoriety.
Now his only method of ballyhooing
his act is to yell. which he does quite
effectively when the visitors are
gathered in another corner of the
building. He usually has the salts
faction of seeing them flock to him,
when he proceeds to put on his act,
swinging himself from the bars and
from his trapeze. Like Napoleon his
face bellies him. He is really quite
a good natured fellow and a great
favorite with the keepers. He comes
originally from the CAMERON region
of Africa. r.
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the next cage are two UNDERSTANDS
who sooner or later will take his
place. These are Napoleon the
Younger and his mate-Little Suzette
They are two pretty monkeys now
but sooner or later they will look fully
as frightful as Napoleon. particularly
the male. The old mandrill seems to
realize that these two are destined to
take his place and he hates them in.
tensely. He will yank desperately at
the bars of his cage in an effort to
get at them and tear them to bits.
Seldom in nature does age bring such
ugliness as it does with the mandrill
They are members of the baboon fam.
lily and inhabit the forests of West
Africa in great troops, feeding on
fruit and insects. They make good
exhibits and show q curious likeness
for bright colors.
In the next cage are two rare speci
mens--the wh.te-collared mangabey
and the Hagenbeck mangabey The
latter is the only representative of his
family in the United States. Both
these varieties are supposed to be ex.
tremely delicate in captivity but this
pair has lived at the Zoo for years,
both in perfect health. When they
came the Hagenbeck mangabey was
a mature animal and the other a
youngster. The older monkey abused
the younger badly. The white-colored
monkey hardly dared call his soul his
own about the cage. Every now and
then the tyrant would turn on him
and administer a good thrashing. just
to show who was boss.
But White Collar now has his
day. Hagenbeck was growing old
as his cage-mate approached maturity.
He no longer was the fighter of old
but he continued to assert his
superiority. One day about five years
ago came his Waterloo. He at
tackled White Collar and was badly
whipped. But the victor was gen.
tleman. Apparently there was no
thought of revenge in his heart. Ever
since that fight he has remained
boss" of the cage but he has main
tanned perfect courtesy toward the
other. He never tries to grab more
than his share of the food or show
off before visitors by whipping Hag-
enback. Here is remarkable case
of the character difference among
monkeys.
Next comes Emma. the golden
baboon, who once was a circus mon
key and learned some clever tricks
from her old masters. Among these Is
that OF sQlaaming after the Hindoo
fashion. ~ the word Of command
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that in our race against time we
would be the winners. Again we
made wonderful progress. In single
day Of hours we travelled a distance
that took Roosevelt two whole days
to cover. BY 4 in the afternoon we
found ourselves at the head of another
long series of cascades which would
require all our skill and strength to
negotiate.
Once more we put up our tents
on one Of the Roosevelt-Rondon
camping grounds. The stump Of a
nearby tree had been faced up and
bore an inscription "R. r. 6-3-1914"
along with other marks we could not
decipher. We also found tin cans lying
about in considerable numbers.
Inspection of the new rapids showed
them to be long series covering Il
couple of kilometers. 1t was too much
work to cut wide trail over which to
transport our canoes bodily, so I had
the men prepare footpath, then we
dismantled the boats and carried the
pieces over, reassembling them at the
poin of embarkation.
We were driven frantic throughout
this portion of the trip by bees. Not
bees such as we know up in the North.
ern Hemisphere that make honey and
less crowd which feed on the honey CT
others and annoy man by crawling all
over him in most brazen manner.
There Is no checking them. They re.
fuse to be brushed away like flies.
They must be squashed and their
smell Is most unpleasant. They crawl
impudently up your nose, into your
ears, down your neck. Every opening
strains their curiosity. Without hest
tation they scramble in. They get in
your hair, become entangled in your
beard until they. cannot get free. So
persistent and tireless are these pests
in their attentions that by the time
r'~ht comes you feel mentally ex-
hausted and worn out.
l used to crawl under my net at
night with a thankful heart, looking
forward to at least eight hours OF
peace and quiet. In 20 minutes
would be wide awake. Somethin.; was
biting me. l would turn on my flash
lamp to look about and there would
be dozen fat carregador ants ener-
getically clipping out large holes the
size of a half dollar in my mosquito
netting. and a whole string of those
cursed mosquitoes were flying in.
Sometimes l used to think that these
insects co-operated with one another
They certainly acted that way. 1t is
bad enough for young men to have TO
- up with such things, hut imagine
how Col. Roosevelt felt, and the trial
it must have been to him. Yet, there
are people who think his expedition
was one of those jolly hunting trips
such as " jaded city man takes for
relaxation and pleasure.
X X X
TT was not long before we were again
on our way. 1t had been quite
task carrying cargoes over the rocky
forest trail, but every one knuckled
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is feared, they would communicate
to live stock. This restriction shuts
of what would otherwise be a most
prolific source of material for Amer
lean ZOOS.
In the next cage to the macacques
are three mona monkeys, who live in
great troops in the treetops of West
African jungles. They are small ami
mails with brown coats, greenish col
lars. very long tails and long, agile
arms. These monkeys have voices
like birds-sharp. delicately tuned
chirps-so that one standing before
their cage in the dark easily might be
deceived as to the occupants. They
are among the most intelligent of
monkeys, learn tricks easily, are hardy
I'm captivity and remain gentle and
friendly to the end Of their lives.
These monkeys will breed in captivity,
which few others do, and consequently
are greatly desired for all collections.
Two of the most priced monkeys at
the Zoo are Sarah and Emma, olive
balloons brought back by the Smith
sonian- Chrysler expedition. Sarah was
a very scrawny, lousy little monkey
brought i'm by a native to the head
quarters Of the expedition and sold
for few cents. She was sick and
heart-broken. Efforts to feed her
were vain. There was little nkelt-
hood that she would live.
Emma, on the other hand, was as
typical an old maid as ever lived in
a monkey community. She was crab
bed. complaining and combative. She
sulked and the other captive balloons
left her alone. Eut something in the
pitiable condition Of little Sarah
awoke spark of sympathy in the
heart of the old lady. She became
the protector nd foster mother of
the sick baby with the result that she
saved her life. They both are kept
in the same cage at the Zoo and show
great deal of affection for each
other. Emma is far gentler and more
friendly than when she first was cap.
tured and Sarah Is in perfect health.
In the next cage to this pair is
Pops" the pig-tailed monkey. He
has been at the Zoo since 1911.
Pops" wears sideburns around his
face and is somewhat sensitive about
his short. curling tail. In his younger
days he was IA great pet both of the
keepers and visitors. but of late years
| he has become rather savage. and
only certain keepers whom he knows
well are allowed to handle him. He
| Is the representative of a simian fam
| lily which lives in great troops in the
swampy jungles of Southern Burma,
| feeding on fruits and vegetables.
Then in the arrangement or
the monkey house comes one Of the
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! dangerous monkey in the collection.
This is the Barbary or Gibraltar ape.
! the only member of the Simian family
| found in Europe. He.is kept outdoors
all year long and has never shown
any discomfort during the cold Win.
| tiers. He has kindly face-vague1y
remidful of the features of a Greek
philosopher. But of late years he
has developed a very bad temper.
None of the keepers goes near him. He
is fed through the bars. William H.
Blackburn, headkeeper. has said that
this monkey is the only creature in
the Zoo, with the exception of some
of the poisonous snakes, which he
would not make some effort to re-
capture If it escaped. He would go
after this fellow with a shotgun and
shoot as soon as he saw him. He
could easily tear man to bits and
would do it. He hates the human
race, particularly small boys. Need.
less to say. he is very carefully
guarded against escape.
Recently fine mesh has been
placed around his cage because of his
habit of picking up stones and hurting
them threw the bars at boys who were
tOrmenting him. He has deadly
aim and throws with far greater force
than pitcher could put into ball.
1t was feared that he might injure
seriously or even kill some OF the
boys. He had particular enemies
among them and would fly into a
frightful rage when these lads APP
peared before his cage. He might be
excused on the grounds that they first
had thrown the stones at him.
Could this animal have been trained
as a base ball pitcher in his younger
and milder days? Probably not. Zoo
attendants say in spite Of his speed
and perfect aim. He wouldn't be able
to throw a ball over the required dis
lance and would only act when ex.
cited.
He used to have tin basin filled
with water in which to wash his face
but this has been taken away from
him and a small pan set In the con.
crete floor. In fits of rage he used
to hurl the water in the basin at
crowds gathered in front of his cage.
The species inhabits North Africa and
a tip of Southern Spain. They are
4 great nuisance because of their habit
of robbing gardens. They are not true
apes, but members Of the baboon fam
lily with rather highly developed
brains.
Another outdoor ape in the Zoo
is the Chacma baboon-Old Chalk.
He has lived in the open for
16 years and never known a sick day.
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