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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1903)
.r...r r , .V .,..., ... AROUND THE WORLD A Camel Trip to Petrified Forest Vicissitudes of Sahara TravelingThe Sphinx as the Father of Terror More Ancient than Chronology. Caiko, Egypt, Feb. 20, 1903. Thebes, where arts your hundred Kates, horscnieu and cars mentioned by the poet? What caused you to lose your grasp upon a thousand states, which Homer suggests were once yours? Let the poet of the Greeks speak: "Not till proud Thebes unrivaled walls contain v Tho world's nrat umpro.11 on tlio Kgyptlnn plain That prcads liar conquests o'er 11 thousand states, Andiwurn Jut heroes through 11 hundred Knto$, Two hundred horsemen, mid two hundred enw, From each wldoixirtnl IssulnK lotho-warp." Tho grandeur and splendor once evinced by proud, unrivaled Thebes, so entrancing to Homer that it indcl libly frescoed itself upon his mind, has flown and in its departure has left wreck, ruin, decay and almost total an. nihilation as vestiges of its former greatness. "Tho I.ord'of Hosts, the God of Israel, saith 'Behold, I will punish the multi tude of No ,(Thebes) and thoir klngs."--Jercmiah, 4O: 25. No (Thebes) shall be rent asunder." Ezckicl 30: 16. History follows as tho narrator of prophecy fulfilled. I shall leave Egypt, laden with an argosy of memories that shall afford food for thought until life's highest goal is reached, and I shall not consider tho trouble and labor experienced if I am assured that I have taken a'single step toward unlocking Egypt to any searcher! for truth unacquainted with this his toric laud. Cakio, Egypt, Feb. 21, 1903. After scaling the great pyramid and finishing the trip through its interior, my Ohio friend and I secured camels at a charge of six shillings each for a long trip out in the Sahara desctt to tho petrified forest bo called, but I would call it a petrified tree instead. Why dignify one tree or at most a half dozen trees with the name "forest?"' I did not care so much for the petrifica tion so apparent away out in tho desei t as for the trip itself. I had often wondered how it would be to ride a long legged, crooked necked camel over tho scorching Sahara sands as a Bedouin, and iftl ever had cfrbugh of any one thing in my life it was that riding. If I had consulted my own feelings I would have preferred to walk and carry tho camel and probably would if I had been strong enough, but siucc I was out for experience I decided to ride the entire journey or die in the attempt, even if every bone in my anatomy ached under the influence of ten thous and movements in seventeen directions at one and the same time. The dargo man, who went along to show us the whereabouts of this so-called primeval forest, rode a donkey. My friend and 1, who were surprised to meet each other out on a desert wild, were per mitted to ride the donkey occasionally over a hort stretcli of the journey al ternately while our bones were in the formal act of seeking their former ren dezvous and resetting themselves'. My cornel was named Kameses and if he was not in the ark, I rest as sured that his ancestors were, his age being very much in evidence though he could rise from tho turtle posture .al most as quickly as the up-spring of a rabbit, thereby requiring a person to be very active or tho lantern-jawed des ert traveler would be off without his pasengcr. Of course we were wise enough to take our luuch along as those desert wastes produce nothing, in short it would be difficult out there to develop sufficient energy to raise a respectable disturbance. A visit to old Cairo is not without interest, but old Cairo is a reproduction of the old cities of India. He who would see only the native quarters of old Indian cities might ' s,top off here and save a few thousand miles of his journey." Cairo's mosques are built on a small scale compared with those of India. Those of India are more beautiful, more, costly and much larger, the finest one here being at the Citadel, built bv Mohammund Ah. in 1829 and patterned after those nt Constantinople, so I am told. The mosques of Cairo are the leadint sights of the city. The Coptic church in old Cairo is interest ing because it is the traditional site where the Virgin took refuge, for a while at least, when the innocent child ren were being massacred at Bethle hem. The crypt of the church, con taining the identical spot, is 2,900 years eld, the spot occupied by the sacred ones being marked with a cross. Th' citadel is much sought by visitors because of its liigh commanding posi tion affording a splendid view' of tho city and also because 450 Mcmlooks, were slain here; only one, Emin Bey, escaped by leaping his hoi so from the towering battlement, crushing his horse but saving himself.' Among the objects of interest in and about Cairo which I shall not take the Bjiaco to describe arc: The Ezbckich gardens in the center of Cairo. The bazaarB on Mousky street. The uni versity. Hundreds of mosques. The tombs of the Khalifa and Mcmlookcs. The great aqueduct in old Cairo. Khoda island, reached hi' train, where tlic Nilomclcr is located, and Moses' tree, where Moses is supposed to have btcn found in the rushes along the Nile. The ttmseum, where arc ex hibited the mummies, sarcophagis, gods, and relics of ancient Egyptians. It is opened daily except Mondays, an admission fco' of 5 piasters being charged at present. It contains prob ably the finest collection of Egyptian faitiquitic3 extant, the building itself having cost S 1, 000,000 according to otic authority, and 85,000,000 accord ing to another. Tho ostrich farm near Hchopolis contains about 800 birds, and is a favorite mccca for the ladies. Next to the pyramids the Sphinx at tracts flic attention ot every traveler. It is the most lonesome bachelor-like object you over saw. All alone, it sits about 500 yards from the great pyra mid. It is called by the Arabs "the father of terror or immensity." vIt is supposed to be older than the oldest pyramid, and is carved from the ad amantine rock. Its paws arc 50 feet in length, its total length is given ns 140 feet, but those feet seem short when tho Sphinx is compared with the pyramids. Some idea of the size of this fellow may bp gathered when you imagine him to be 30 feet from brow to chin and 14 feet across the brow. A stono discovered by Mariette Bey, now in the museum nt Cairo, contains the proof that tho Sphinx antedates the pyramids. Speaking of the Sphinx, kinglake said: Laugh and mock if you will at the worship of stone idols, ,-1 1 ' , The mqvVer you rqad this advertisement the mower -you will -realize that this is aMSER advbrr tisement, and the mower you will realize that you need a new mower. Last winter you saw the need -ofjiiower hay. Don't be caught that way any mow--" er. The McCormick Mower has mower good jroints tharfany other mowdr made. Newberry has mower niowers than, he wants, also stackers and sweeprakes. Call and see, Yours for Way, 0. 'A. Newberry. e9a9e0aeuaseeeeie09 FOR. "3V Slxev SeN0vw$ "Nlacvwe Leave your order at my residence, first door north of the U, P. church or 'phone No. 224. Machines sold on easy payments or we will rent them by week or month. Prompt attention given all orders. JT P V AMC Agent for the Singer Mfg. Co, UYll3, Alliance, Nebraska. 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Fresh and Salt Meats, -FISH AND OYSTERS rr o" ber i Coal Co. but mark vc this, ye breakers of im ages .that in ou,o regard the stone, idol bears awful semblance of deity un changeablencss in the midst of change tho same will and intent, for ever and ever inexorable. Upon ancient dynasties of Ethiopian and Egyptian kings, upon Greek and Roman, upon Arab and Ottoman conquerors; upon Napoleon, dreaming of an cstern em pire; upon battle and pestilence; upon the ceaseless misery of the Egyptian race; upon keen-eyed travelers, upon Herodotus yesterday and Warburton today, upon, all and more this un worldly Sphinx has watched like a providence, with the same earnest eyes and the same tranquil mien; and we shall die and Islam (Mohammedanism) shall wither away, and still that sleep less rock will be watching and watch ing the works of a new busy race with tlidse same sad earnest eyes, and the same tranquil mien everlasting. You dare not mock at the Sphinx." I was not impressed so much with the Sphinx. To me it is not so inspir ing as Mr. Kinglake suggests nor is it commanding for it sits in a depression. While the earth's crust was forming a colossal boulder or rather a stupendous stratified rock was upheaved, The ancients chose it as an object out of which to sculpture for themselves an unusually large god. So to my mind the Sphinx is easily accounted for, but the great pyramid staggers the mind in every attempt to account for it. The other pyramids which stretch out across the desert like huge haystacks are smaller than the one considered, so I will not devote space to them. E. C. Horn. 3 3 ! I & '' -ft' una. vrisSiiiy feyi i-i4c-uiinufra waaviwrr. t "ZfiTfot' Something to Blow About Hut never blow nwny. Our o windmills run in the lightest wind but stand their ground "V in the fiercest storm. These Windmills Are of the most approved pat tern, have many Improvements over tlioso of older design. Stronp, serviceable and lust ing. 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