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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-03-15
FORTY HOURS DEVOTION

st. Paul's Catholic Church viii
have forty hours devotion Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday. March
II 10, 10. Rev. Prof. Placidus
Rettenberger, o. S. B., from Pc
kin, China, will preach English
sermons each morning and evening
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

1E elaborate funeral ceremonals of the Pharaoh lasted
from three months and attended by nationwide
mourning while the body OF the monarch beng pre-
pared for mummihcaton.
When famed Tuankhamen. whose tomb yielded such rich
of antiquity died. the words: he King deadl
e from sn tes
boats travellers dsmounted from came and retired
the INNS merchants closed their shops and the streets of Ihebes
and other Egyptian cities all but deserted.
The temples and all public buildings closed for period
Of n days allow for strange ceremona and for the
mummhcaion of the kings remains the City OF the Dead
where the undertakes and embames compelled to live
During this time the citizens ordered refrain from
bathing and from the of perfumes meat fish and wine
Love-makng during this period serious ofense and
the whole period supposed to be passed contemplation
and prayer until the day when the kings body taken from
his palace embark the o-caed Ship the Dead for the
City Of the Dead
The second way of embamng simpler Cedar oil was
the oil elected the internal parts away with
fluid state And the dissolved the flesh, that nothing
remained but skin and bones
The bodies Of very people simply soaked in
TIME broken body Of the child called Nessa was embamed
huredly that it is evident her people did wish
dignity her mortal remains with decent burial Poor little
Nessa! When she called before the God of Judgment.
she had to confess her SIM and receive the punishment she had
Her idea Of Immortality great deal different from
texts known as Book Of the Dead scientists and historian.
derive their knowledge of the Egyptian belief the
ton. And they know that the Egyptians possessed 5000 years
ago. religion and system of morality sublime as our own
But the had inherited from their predynsc
superstons and childish for amule rites
and charms The Of the Egyptians that they could
through the centuries the supersons Of their orefathers
And that in modern Egypt today father may say
his child. had rather you dead and your coffin.
than dissraced BY an affair with So-and-So Exactly.
in America It is nothing but talk But in Egypt they
mean It.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

inferior and less costly. And the third way cost practically
nothing.
In the expensive way they drew the brain through the
nost with hook taking part of it this way and the
flank and removed all the entra cleansing and purifying the
body. filling with myh and cassa and frankncense. Them
sewing up the ncision they soaked the corpse for
20 days. And. afterward. they stuffed with fine lnen
preserve the of the living body
Sometimes they filled the cheeks with butter. which
good presevatvc Sometimes they made artificial eyes. Some
mummies have small onions inserted under the lids.
The vital organs which removed preserved and
placed jars because the dead would undoubtedly need them
in the world But first they duplicated exactly
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

in the body.
The whole body was painted red or
yellow. And then wound tightly in
strips of linen. Over the face the cloth
was drawn so tightly that the contour Of
the features was plainly visible. Over
the eye sockets. eyes were drawn.
The form of the body was preserved
exactly through the wrappings. A
wooden care Of human shape was made.
and on il portrait of the deceased was
painted. Then. with charms and treas
ures, the dead were carried to their
sepulchral chambers.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

chastity tor love.
Instead of keeping her ndiscretion a secret.
they were instrumental in publishing It to all the
civilized world. For 5000 years The sorry
deed slumbered. And now. at last. murder has
outl
Smith and Dawson have made other remark
able discoveries about people who lived thou
sands Of years before Jesus Christ was born.
They know. for instance. that there was very.
very old woman who died 900 years before
Christ. who had bed sores. She was quite
an important lady. and - though nobody
would ever zee the bed sores-the embalmers
evidently thought It would Be much nicer if
they were concealed before she went to meet
her gods. So they got some patches Of gazele
skin, and affixed them very neatly over the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30
M u M n, y case I'M
earthcd al Thebes
the face is a
painted likeness of
the deceased.
(P h tOs courtesy
Boston Museum Of
Fine Arts)


actually it yielded the reactions Of uric acidl
Scientists have discovered that certain priest died of gall
stones And prince died Of Potts disease. There
little tuberculosis And great deal Of rheumatism. Rheuma
sm. fact appears Be disease Of great antiquity and
wonderful prevalence Old Egyptians seldom grew to adult
life without experiencing some Of its effects.
They have found the mummy Of a woman who died Of
appendicitis And scores who pehed from mastod diseases
Rameses had smallpox An aged priestess suffered from
pelvic abscess
It curious fact that in country where might have
expected roy be common only has been found
Social diseases have been unknown There has been
no evidence. whatever. Of any phic injuries to the bones
Nor anything resembling syphc injuries to the teeth Of
the Egyptians Of ancient times.
Post mortems mummesl It CHASTITY. And marvellous
almost beyond belief
The diagnoses are possible because Of the miraculous
Of the Egyptians in the art Of embamng Few people have
manuscripts written BY Herodous 500 year. before Christ you
learn something Of the methods of procedure
There were. three ways Of embamng. The most
perfect way extremely expensive. The second way
1faga
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

the customary punishment given man for adultery.
interest," the late Sir Alexander Simpson appeared upon
the scene." Mr. Smith relates.
Now Sir Alexander had recently retired from the
Professorshp Of Midwifery in the University Of Edn-
burgh. and was naturally particularly interested in
obstetrics.
'Have you ever. he asked. found Of pres-
nancy in a mummy?
The gentlemen at work on their examination Of
Egyps ancient citizens explained that such instance
had ever been found because the embalmer removed
all the viscera hat is the internal organs) excepting
the heart and kidneys.
Then Sir Alexander expressed desire to see
mummy unwrapped. There only still swad-
died in its grave cloths-the mean. little mummy in
which one. at the moment. was particularly inter-
ested Students lifted it carefully. and laid it
table, And then. by very remarkable coincidence.
Sir Alexander and the archaeologists received the
surprise of their lives.
They were still chatting Of the remote possibility of
discovering the body of woman about to become a
mother. Smith and Dawson and the others were con-
WINGED that no such finding could ever take place.
Yet. BY sort Of miracle. the body actually being
unwrapped at the moment. proved to be such q one.
In three monhs-had she lved-the girl who lay before
them would have become mother.
THE mummy" says MIR. Dawson. was that of a
young woman not more than Is years Of age.
Immediately before her death th. girl had had both
the head which had fractured her skull
From the injuries revealed in her bones. is clear
that she put up hand after the other. to fend the
blows and had both her wrists broken in turn.
Then. when she was writhing upon the ground in
her agony. she received the fatal blow upon her head
ssDERHAPS in these facts we have the record Of
an incident for which many parallels might be
found in modern Egypt For it is no uncommon
occurrence when relative: discover that CIR! has com
mted an indiscretion-he results Of which in the case
we are considering became apparent at the sixth month
of presnancy-to set on her with sticks and kill her.
'After they had killed the girl. the body was pre-
pared for burial in summary fashion. without the care
that would have been bestowed upon her remains if
she had not been disgraced.'
When Nessita's father and brother. murdered her.
they thought. of course. that they were silencins
scandal. One wonders if-where they wander among
the Shades-the story of Nessitas shame has reached
them. How surprised they would be. if they could
know that thousands Of people will read today Of the
crime they committed. because girl surrendered her
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

amned hundreds Of mummies. witnesses the tale
& Ns, who died f., love- .,, Thy s, working hs Gae
performing sort Of post norton upon and women-kngs
and queens and fowhose bode. had been taken
After one Of US had unwrapped al the mumme excepting
one Of mean appearance that seemed lack any particular
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

sores. And there they to this dayI
Then there was Rameses H. with low slopng forehead
and prominent nose. who suffered horribly from toohaches
There probably any dens those days. The poor
people. who lived foods had excellent teeth But
the kings and all the beautiful ladies who their favores
ate sweets and got dreadful cave and probably walked
the floor nights with jumping toohaches.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

Lett. an un-
knoWn royal
mummy Of the
XVII dynasty
. and below.
an ancient drap-
ing Of mummy
mailing. a boy
is bringing band
ages to the en-
baln,er pllilc an
other porkn,an
poGshcs the case.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

wi thousand years ago. and only now dis
The dreadful killing of 16-year-old
girl has just been brought to light girl who lived and
loved - and snned when Tuankhamen reigned in ancient
Es ~; tomb n.mele.. Cal, her ne..;,. She wa. little
creature with small bones and tiny hands and feet She had
narrow opins shoulders and deicaey modelled body Her
hair short. and black and curly
Like ali the girl. Of her crowd she painted her lips and
roged her cheeks and put drops her eyes make them
shne And her parents coded her, most likely for her aghy
ways Because those days. probably talked to their
children pretty much they do today.
Sometimes you hear father Or mother .eP'aand girl
when she Ia. come in .a been out boy the family
And very frequently you may have heard them I'D
rather you dead and in grave. than have such
and such thing happen.
Well that exactly the way certain parents talked who lived
in Egypt 5000 years ago. Only today. Of It
nothing but talk. And in those day. they meant it.
NTESSITA had lover. And Nessa going to
| Y have baby.
She carried her her heart. and there
feafuy odfashoned about any number Of things They
believed for instance that OF girl to have
boy friend in the most casual way They wanted Mes
Of her romantic little heart they scarcely thought
So that when the child fell in love- she kept her
from them. And contryed without their knowledge to meet
her sweetheart She met him moonlight nights in the DESERT
in the shadows Of the pyramids And they stood at the foot
Of the Sphinx and pshed their trot beneath the stars. And
on countless lovers. And her stony mouth seemed softer the
moonlight that perhaps. they thought she smiled them.
And they dark Of streets about the market place.
And sometimes when nobody about the boy might have
gone to Nesstas house in the city.
u ber hes toeethe s Ike flock Of od buzza every time
Nessta walked down the street. Perhaps Of them
her father,
Maybe it was her brothers who heard the scandal At any
rate the family heard the dreadful And they called
Nessta into the sitting and demanded to know if
true.
Poor Nessia Perhap: she denied tat first. Maybe she
admitted de6anty. perhaps. And little proudly. because
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

And then-oh. dreadful murder!-they sci
upon her-her father and her brothers. And
they killed her with sticks. And when she lay
at their feet. they rained more blows upon hel
pretty head. And. lest there be scandal. they
instructed the embalmer to prepare her hurriedly
for burial. and to dispose of her body as quickly
as possible. Three thousand years ago Nessta
died. And now men have found her broken
body-and the secret she bore beneath her
heart. And Nessita's sin-as old as the
world banded today on the tongues of
archaeolosists! For the reconstruction Of this
tragic romance IS one Of the marvels Of science.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

TINE discoveries made by the scholars who
examine mummics are so startling that it
seems as # no ase-old secrets might be
preserved from the all-seeing eyes Of modern
science. They know. for instance. that the
great Siptah had club foot. And that his
successor had a mastoid. They know about
the gluttonous old Christian who got govt.
He was a member Of the local community Of
foreign Christians who settled about the temple
Of Philae. about 50 years after the Jews had
cruci6ed Jesus over in Jerusalem.
His feet. especially the great toes. were
fearfully gnarled and swollen. And in addi-
ton. to the signs Of govt. there were the typical
inroads Of arthritis. Doctors have analysed
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-30

Queen Nefretari. who was very old. was
bald on the top Of her head. But she was
vain woman. and twisted wisps Of false
hair among her scanty locks. The Lady Ray.
who was her nurse. had gorgeous hair. which
she wore in small plaits arranged on either
side of her face. She was graceful, delicate
woman. with fine features and we'll proper
toned limbs-much better looking than the
Queen.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23
EXCEEDS EXPLOIT
 COLONEL ]! L|NDBERCH DECLARES SIR HORNE.
FLIGHT OF BERT HiNkLER ENG LAND TO AUSTRALIA GREAT
 ACHIEVEMENT

CAMBERRA, Australia, Feb. 23. (4) Commenting on the flight of Bert HinkIer from England to Australia Sir Robert Horne, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, said Thinker out classed Colonel Lindbergh's achieve ment and his flight is the most en- couraging and inspiring that has taken place and has relieved the wlsole British race of the feeling that it had been outclassed in recent times in air developments"
 Thinkers flight required endurance over long periods and courage of an exceptional order. This flight is the greatest single achievement in the history of aviation"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23
MICKEY WALKER WINS
 OVER JACK WILLIS

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23. P)- Mickey Walker, middleweight champ ion, pounded out 10 round decision over Jack Willis, Texas slugger, but for seven rounds the title holder had as tough a battle on his hands as he ever experienced since he won the crown.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23
WIN COMPETITION

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, (P)- Miller & Pflueger, architects who de signed. the new telephone building, have won the competition for the de- sign for, the new Stock Exchange building to cost S1, 5O,Ooo,OOO.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23
TAKING ANOTHER CHANGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 23, (P)-Horace Dodge, Jr,, multimillionaire motor heir, will marry Miss Muriel Sissman of Detroit, in Paris in April, it was re- ported. DDodge and his wife were divorced some time ago.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

The rotary which left Anchorage last night for Mile 79, north of Por- tage, where slides now block the road, was compelled to return to An- chorage for repairs. It is thought the rotary may be back on the job today.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

The local railroad headquarters to- day was unable to state when train would arrive or depart but it was thot definite announcement might be made tomorrow.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

The halibut schooner Cape Beake, of Vancouver, B. C., arrived in port yesterday for supplies and departed last evening for the halibut banks.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

Regular S1.OO Boy Scout Book special .35 C. three for $1,O0. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

At Bird, above Portage, the slide area, it was raining torrents this morning.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

Gravel, rock and mud, as well as snow, has to be contended with around Bird by the snow crews.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

RECORD SALE. 3 FOR Sf. TAKE FEM, NO PLAY FEM. SCHALLER- ER'S ALASKA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23
The halibut schooner Kanatak is among the vessels in port for supplies.

Yesterday afternoon 1t was reported snow had piled over the tracks.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

Scores of small birds around the city this morning herald the near ap- preach of spring.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

The s. s. Alameda is expected to arrive in port tomorrow night from Seattle.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

The halibuter Kanatak brought in 5000 pounds the result of one days fishing.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

No slide came down during the mite as was rumored uptown today.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

The Best m the "Belt"-Gateway,
Seward daily gateway., 1928-02-23

Cleanliness and the best of meats our motto. Frye-Bruhn.
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Get your fresh killed chickens at Brown & flaw kins Corporation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

SELECTING two typical
American child types, Ray
mond Woog, known as the
"children's portrait painter
Of France" has begun their
portraits for exhibition in the
United States and abroad.
The children are Weston
Watson and Florence z. Du-
lex, Of New York City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

NEW o TEAM HONORS are being sought by
Leonard Seppala, famous dog team driver, who gained
international recognition when he drove his "huskies'
through a binding snow storm carrying serum for the
people of Nome, Alaska. He is shown in the photo with
| his dogs. which he entered in the Poland Springs Dog
| Derby, at Poland Springs, Me.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

TOWERING ABOVE his fell
low students, even in a district
where they grow EN- tall, JeiT
Newton, Of Arson, Tex, shown
n the photo, is believed 10 be
one of the tallest students in the
United States. He's q junior at
Texas chronological college at
,.hho~k.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12

ACRoBATIC ABILITY and
Colonel" a Royal Bengal tiger
in Luna ParS Los Angeles,
Cal, are not strangers. Sol
onel" can jump, eight feet in the
air if necessary, as he is demon
strating here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-15
Globe Covered
In j. s. Search
For New Pants

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-(P-
From an office half buried among
dozens of others in a rambling tenn
porary building a young man directs
the governments activities in an en-
terprise as old as mankind and as
broad as the world is wide.
He is Knowles A. Ryerson, in
charge of the office of foreign seed
and plant introduction. and il is his
job to superintend a plant immigrant
family that is growing at the rate
Of about 1000 members a year.
Working with Ryerson, in the
broad expanse of the globe, are men
twice his age: but he is no youth i'm
the knowledge of the task he per-
forms. He came 70 Washington from
Port-au-Prince. Haiti. where nc
served the native government as a
plant pathologiSt. Prior 10 that he
assisted an agricultural survey Of
Palestine.
In a broad sense the agricultural
explorer is as old as the history Of
men. Desiring better foods, man be-
came an explorer, q plant hunter.
The modern agricultural explorer.
however, is n development of the last
quarter of n century, and came into
being in the United States depart
ment OF agriculture. He goes out into
the little-known parts or foreign
countries to bring back new crop
plants. He must he thorough. pa
tient with endless detail, and ready
to face physical danger.
During 25 years these explorers
have brought TO the United States
1855 plant immigrants that have
found a definite place in agriculture.
There is hardly a farm crop on the
continent that does not trace It's an
cestry 20 some foreign ource.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-15
Boy and Girl State Champions will sing over thu air from DALLAS. Two will ad-
vance to try for awards offered national winners by Atwater Kent oundahon.

; Fourteen singing champions from
southwestern states-boys and girls
ambitious to scale the heights reach
cd by Caruso and Jenny Lind-will
compete in semi-finals Of the Second
National Radio Addition over Sta
ton WFAA, Dallas. next Saturday
evening, Nov. II, at 10 p. N.
These are the boys and girls who
have been voted state champions in
singing contests just concluded in
southwestern states. The approach
ing semi-finals will determine which
boy and which girl will represent the
southwestern part Of the country in
grand finals Of the national contest
for winners of which the Atwater
Kent Foundation offers cash awards
totaling $17.500. The two winners
of the semi-finals will be chosen by
combined vote Of radio listeners and
a board Of judges.
Here are the states and the sing
ers representing them:
Arkansas-Miss Anna M. Chandler,
Fayetteville. soprano; Charles +.
Henry. Little Rock. tenor.
Kansas-Miss Kathryn NJ. Lang
made, Lawrence, soprano; Allen
Stewart, Parsons, tenor.
Colorado-Miss Hazel Hayes. Den
yer, mezzo soprano; Franklin Horna-
day. Denver, tenor.
Oklahoma-Miss Faye Beard.
Tulsa, soprano; Charles S. Wilbour,,
Norman. baritone.
New Mexico-Miss Mary Ellen Sew.