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- r i THE" OREGON " DAILY JOURNAlJ. PORTLAND. , FRIDAY EVENING, vAPRIL l 1910.' ARCHEOLOGtCAL . All Civilized Countries Join in : ; ; S'eeking ' Tabiefs -of Ancient V : Historyanyroofe Have ' ? Bwn' Unearthed." vp ; r Br Frederic J. HaskinV i Washington." April 1. Th rcent dls covery of sn ancient tablet confirming the Bible story of the rieluge has beep " welcomed by those orthodox Christian and Jews who have faith in the histori cal accuracy of the Old Testament as further Justification of their stand against that form of "higher criticism' .which denies or doubt nearly all of the ' ancient hero tales of the Hebrews. The translation of the deluge tablet by Vr. , Helprecnt of the University of Penn aylvania Is regarded as a long step for ' ward In the 'campaign of archeologlcal reaearob that la being- carried' for war! with such rich fruitage . fn, Egypt end the Holy Land.. Orthodoxy points' out that it is a remaric&blereolacldeAc that -.when higher criticism' seemed to be most successful In attacking the truth of the' Bible, tha strongest kind of erl dence' should be forthcoming in vlndl cation or its historical 'accuracy. ; i Confirms Bible History, - f The nineteenth century marked the beginning of the systematic archeojo- gical research and philological study which resulted In the; "higher criticism." i and. which also IS 'how. being used by the faithful to refute . all doubta and criticisms. . Begiiming J with thefUidiJiMlhsjaaen-Araerlcart .socletiesJ;- and Inez of the Eoeetta stone by Napoleon's expedition to Egypt nd coming dowa to tne present day there. have been many discoveries and translations of hitherto unknown 'and unreadable docu ments and monuments, which bear out Jujd confirm Bible history. The higher critics, some -or them destructive and some of them professing to be construc tive, have based. mu0i of their criti cism upon areheological work, also, but ms ortnoaox believers now claim to nave the better of the contest The record of triumphs of research to the credit of the believers in the Bible is a Jong one. For Instance, the critics attack t,ne rourteenth chapter of Genesis. ' saying that the bat- lie or the kings, therein. celebrated was no more than a myth invented to glorify the reputation of Abram. But the arch eologiat has found tablets, of that time wnion practically bear out tfi. story In all its details. ' Vr of the Chaldees If YOU AHE A TRIf U: SENSITIVE About tfe else' of your shoe. It's some satlifio. ttoa to know that amor popl eaa wi boM a else, (miller by ahakiDg Allen's foot-Eiae. ,, the antlwpUc powder. Into then. Jut tbt tains for KaiHiig PulH, Patent Leather Huiea. sod tor BiKiklnt In New KboM, Wbu rubber ar everaboe become neeeusry and - your hoee VlVu A'""1, a Foot-Eaii. .icItm iDjptaat , relief. rjm '"f""j zoo. Pimple rKEH. Address, A Bfc-.9l5fu4' U . t aesepl was but a mythical city, said the'crltlcs, But tlicrarcheolofftats "have locattd that ancient cfty-whlch was the birthplace of ths patriarch. y. c.. ' ' Reading of Hieroglyphics. "When the nineteenth century began not a word of tha Inscriptions of the temples . and monuments ofEgyptjaud AwyriscouH be read?""Tnen came the discovery of the Rosetta stops -with tta Inscriftlon In "three1, languages, which afforded the key to unlock the masteries of Egypt The hieroglyphics were de ciphered, the language was learned end the whole story of the political and social li? of ancjent Egypt' was retold to mankind after 4000 years of silence. Even more wonderful Is the Story of the" opening' up of the mysteries of Babylon and Assyria, On the rock of Beheston, over 2000 ' Jtears ago, Darius caused to be Inscribed In three lan guages the record of his triumphs. This rock is 1700 -feet high sad the inscrip tion is 300 feet above the base. In 184 Major Henry Rawllnson, a British army officer, climbed up to this inscription and copied it, thereafter publishing a complete translation. Later the mounds of dust, which covered ths ancient sites of the cities of Babylon and. Nineveh were located, and they gave up the' secrets of the past. By aid of the Raw llnson djsoovery Mi?, entire language, became known, . its grammar recon structed and Hs records made available. Since that time thousands of inscrip tion have , been translated, and the orthodox : claim ' that this application of the, acid test of archeology has proved tne-Bioie story to be made of the pure gold of truth. ;';rr-.."- , Muoa Money to Head Vast. Ths layman has little notion of the vojt luni 01 money ana -n- great amount of patient toil being- expended to read the riddles of the oast nor has ha any adequate, knowledge of the great results mat nave rewaraea tnis expenai ture of means .and pains, ; King Ed ward and, Emperor William have taken great Interest In the work, the British monarch as tha patron of ths Palestine Exploration-fund and the German kaiser as tne financial .sacKer or tne German researches ' In: 'Mesopotamia. The Unl tea Btaies aoes not jag -fcehind here are twenty-four, rards thick, What is supposed to have been the royal , state di9ir- room. Where 'Belshaiesar beheld, too late, tha hapdwriUng on the wall, h4. ben oxcavuted. In connection -wUh the feast of Belahaaiar It la interest ing to note that he was never king of Chaldea, the tablets found speaking of him until the dx of hiSideathat the fiaisaB'jrthe Persian cohquerorparlus, as ."the ' king's" son' - ' ..rroof of Klttite Zmpira. In ths boot of II Kings it is record ed that Mesna, king of. Moab. was a. sheepmaster whd paid an annual trlb ute of wool to the king of Israel, but that after the death of Ahab he re belled. In 1868 there was found on .the east aids of the Dead Sea a. block of blac4 basalt which bore a record of this very revolt Exfttvatlons mads rscently at Bat-has Kaln tha ancient capital of tho Hittitea, have shown that the Bibl description of that people was true. It appear that the . archives Of the Hittlte government have been found and they show that the language of diplomatic intercourse In that day was the tongue of Babylon, as It is that of France today. There was a regular cor respondence, on : bricks, between . the Hittlte kings and neighboring - man- srehs. Many of these brick missives have been found Intact, constituting some of the most valuable "finds'.' in tfcat regidn. v As some of the letters are written both in the Hlttlte(nd the Babylonian languages, it Is hoped that a key to the Hittlte Inscriptions will be found. The Hlttite empire was, on ly a few years ago,, regarded by some critics as being entirely mythical, '. One "of the ; most Interesting' discov eries in Biblical archeology . was that of Abe Tel el Amama letters In 1887. Some Egyptians digging there found a chamber containing - aeverai ' hundred clay tablets. They were, carried in a sack to Luxor before their valui, was recognised and many of them were broken and destroyed In transit About 190 of the tablets were saved and mosj Of them have been translated These tablets proved to be: a diplomatic: cor respondence and they relate to the con dition of affairs -In Canaan before that land was promised, to the children of Israel. ' .v;- s.!--i' )-.- 5 Tlnd High pPlaoes. ? ' Ths; Old Testament is- full 'of. refer ences to the Illjh , Places where the heathen " worshipped-;;' Even the proph ets of the true God are shown to have gone into these High Places. When tu; seeking his father's lost asses he went to consult the seer, Samuel, universities constantly engaged. In the Recent discoveries 'on the Kile Island of Elephantine, consisting of Dapyrl da posited , in the British r museum, --have added no mean-testimony to-the truth of the scriptures'. Many Biblical critics have insisted that the Books of Nehe tniah'and Eira were more or less aooch- ryphaL The Elephantine inscriptions, ac cording to learned Egyptologists, dissi pate these doubts by most forceful evl denee, - They are said to show that the kings of Judea sold their subjects to the Egyptians , f or ." Warriors, t. taklha norses xor tneir own -use in exchange. The book of Ahtkami- hitherto known only by name, Is proved to have actually exisiea ana many extracts from it were found in the Elephantine naoyri. In the excavations at Hemphia the palace of Aperies,, the Pharoah Hophra of the uipie, naa been round . and positively loenmiea, wua demonstrating the' truth of the references' of - Jeremiah. ; - Truth of Balshassar: . In Babylon the very palace of Nebu chadnezzar ha been Jald bare by ths pick And shovel - of , the i arehe6logist The Qorrnan work Is. proceeding regu larly, but it. Is believed that years will be required W uncover all the founda tions of the . buildings associated with ths palace of the great King. That ths task is a huge one is Indicated by tha fact that some of ths walls unearthed Guts! Grease laridSDissblves Dirt. It saves your stren Samuel Was going up to the High Places without the city; to preside at rlficlal meal. ,8aul . aocompanled him and took part, In the feast which pre ceded his yelectlon to be king of Is rael. Later these rilgh Places became seats of corruption, and efforts to abol ish them were made by Beseklah and Joslah. Nothing , definite was k known about these High Places until a few years ago when on was discovered In the hills above Petra, the ancient capi tal of Edom. Another High Place was found at Qeser, where monoliths and ob elieks still remain, ths very "standing stones" of the Canaanltes which Is rael was commanded to - destroy and the' like of -which they were forbidden to rear beside the altars of Jehovah. . Work in - archeologioal research la '.I.. Blbls :tuUUT la "sow fcichlyv exactlnf in untrained arche- ologlst may occasionally find a Moblte stona or somsiiniHg i i- .Wftu. trMnit Vin Keen almost exhausted, Excavation is required, and the work has been oegun in many -dent ' citiea The careless ' or Inexper mv tin rreat damasre. therefor only picked men art permitted to engage in- uw Eu ropean and American societies enucBvur ,iaa all 'AicAavatlnna -.In. tha Holy Lands permit for excavations must be ootawea 'jrotn iu-,un Turkev. . and sometimes : he Imposes hampering condition. - ., To ajrcheology as a science the ttci is deeply ( Indebted,- The reoords of thou sands of year of human endeavor'have been rescued from oblivion. The tleth, century man may. know t, lltlcal institutions, the law, the ments, the daily habits of hie t who flourished under the light of ; nidation long lnce extinguished, by mafly who value highly their in the record of the Scriptures, t! cheoiogists will be thanked for t. to the world the setting in which enacted the great historical e through which the religion of-Jei ha come down to living man. Tomorrow -The American 'Or: Only One "BEOMO 9nTtiTE" That is LAXATIVB BUOMO QI'IMNB for. the algua ture of E. V. GROVK. t.,. World over to Cure Cold In Ou Dr wsmsmm JWl MM . ' ' JflPalrtMlil mi PRICES. Children's Ankle Stop Slippers 4 Pzr gth Tie labor question is solved when you "Let the Gold Dust fwins' do your work.!! GOLD worKS wongers. it not pniy repaoves cne visiDie dirt and grease, -but goes d,eep after: every Jiidden particle aai . minute impurity every trace pf germ 4 lite-sterilizes as; well as cjleanses-and leaves everything it touches clean, Jpure; wliole some, safe. If you want to reduce the muscular effort of household cleaning and make work a pleasure let GOLD DUST, show you the way. - All you have to doistoassistGOLD DUST by directing its energy; it, does most of the work. Made by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY Makers of FAIRY SOAP, the !oval cake , Aawil .. -sM III k ; -im tw Sow busrnrtm m LoMfbr fife f Electric Shoe "SimmSecohSireet Strap Pumps $2.00 - i i. i 'ph ii. i iii i ii n 1 1 ii ii r' i A: grtkt lot of stylish women's foot wear in. blacks and tana,- including tbt hew Gray Suedes, . women's Spring Oxford, Strip Pumps, etc,, that sell 'elsewhere at double this ' fin A A tow price. At tomorrow'! iSAA I if bifcffiale, the pair, only l2 Second For Boys and MisseS & .50 i flood, katrong Shoes; nobby one too, in size for large; boy1 and young misses; val ues yo .can't buy elsewhere for dou ble thi price, The only ; .VVXeUV $2.50 P, Men's , Genuine MM f -ly i look' tor the Electric Sioe Sign 'at H2 Second Sired KJen's lobby Shoes and Oxfofrjs dt $2.50 iien' nifty footwear Shoes and Ox fords.i in neat patent colt, vici kid, gunmctal, yelour, etc, a well as. the popular new snaaes ot tan and ox- bl BTT pair; pnly lood for Spring. At thisr fil t A grea? t-naay . aie tor, the lrII rnlv .--rwmwv v fmSecohd $2.50 Pr Packard Shoes A fortunate buy by out1 able manager obtained for, us a great quantity of -the genuine PACKARD SHOES FOB MEN the kind that sell the world over for $3.50 and $4.00 the pair. They come m hundreds of different styles, and will go at this colossal reduction at the big rnaay aje, ua :pair..i-. vei. !.y$2.50 Boys' - Girls'' Shoes $t. 00' tA greit assort-1 ment of stylish " Spring Shoes., and ' Oxfords - for thil- .dreh ,boys ? and : girls to go . Fn :day at this, start ling low-price, the ?! : I A C U f ChUdren'. fancy" Shoes, Oxfords. KsllllU iJllUtZS'UAlUrUh Strap Slipper, etc; big lot to go tomorrow at this' reduction to only 69cPr. Second StBetm s.- -c "vs. v ; v ; i ' 1 i ii i "i ' ' ,-. .'. , , i ' J' " "-"i , i w i ' .TTTT ' .i i Mil"' i' i " . 1 ' -" . mmmmmmmmmm . " . ...-, . .a , . - - . . . . r , 1 1 - 1 -".' , J "mm iiwbih i i, ni imwii ,fcJM,i nwwi mrmmmimmmtmmnt iiwiwim n pihh iimxI. . 1 . i i'h m n hibiiu mm , - .. .. . In. " r r sausiica customers have left our store each day since the beginning Of this great sale. You, too, will fall in line after you've inspected the extraordinary --; bafgains offeredyo Fdr instance, in our Suit and Overcoat Department we are offering the finest lot of Men's Clothing in Portland at prices way below any eyer quoted elsewhere iii this city Theyweremade by four of the best clothing manufacturers in the East, Kuppenhcimer, Peck, Strouse Bros., and1 the' j?. B. Q. Clothing Co., and comprise aU the newest Spring fashions. Quality considered they. are the greatest bargains youVe ever seen t REMEMBER, every article MUST GO! 01161110130111 is togetrid of m stock before we are forced to vacate. Don't miss this bpportuntiy to save money. Come tomorrow! ; H ' SPkciAL VALUES IN Suits,Ove coats, Topcoats Cravenetles This stock comprises all the very latest models in the ; popular spring colors, shades and mix- - j,tures... . i .' m00 VALUES gjj fjg $18.00 VALUES O-fl' Q "A now. . . ; ,mAodU SSwvS?.;$ii5.b0 : l.ow..Lu.Ef.;$i(5.85 $25.00 VALUES 0 NOW..M.,.fu,J $30.00 VAXUES g22 50 $35.00 -VALUES f .75 r . i. . . ,. - A fine assortment of Shirts. In the range of patterns' and quality and beauty of fabrics they re supreme. i; ' . . UES-00tTi' QES NOW 0.00 VALUES OOA AA 75c values ... 60c $1.00 values . 80c $1.25 values . 95c $1.50 values $1.15 $2.0d,values $1.45 $2.50 values $1.85 .00 values $2.15 A superb collection of newest spring ;-,.. colors. You'll" want some of these. . " . s, ' '"V,rv 50c values now only y . . 35c 75c values now only V ; 60c $1.00 valuesnooiUy ' - Splendid Val- All colors" and black;, also fancyi patterns.Excep- tionally fine quality mate rials..:,-'. .;.v-'; -;- 25 Vfiucsat?it5c ; - f 50c tValucsr at ' $5.00 values $3.85 Underwear; Pafa Robes $2.50 VALUES v. . .:31.85 $2.00 VALUES . .31.55 :$1.50VALUES:?I $1.00 VALUES . . i . . .1 80 75c VALUES U,...V.CO 50c VALUES 40 &5u QM (OPPOSITE' QRF1GDM TmTOT i . 5 X Tf Crant Pcay r 9?" to Men fiiid Dc j gjlt and Strir UUIi A0 ,.LI l'i i- n iiii". .... Co. leases corner of Seventh.. 1 ana stars;, streets, now oo-, oupted by th. Sslem- VVoolr eu Mills Clothing companr. - as tae result er an sa vers, reoort on tha part of th committee selected ; ! ' to consider th advlsbll- . It of tulKUnr a 'vountrr Hom," the Portland) lods or B. F. o. or sues, jno. 141. - ha. Dractlcallr. decided .to ;beliv negotiations tor, the. erection or a Dig exy oraper on th sits 6C the present' ' temple, t Seventh Slid 1 Stark streets. 'Tbe lodr 1 eonvlnoed that 4he uarter block, becauae of its tin. .- central location. jusMfle a 1 or 1 story edlfioe, and this, according J to Out Moser, exalted 1 Tiler, f Is th class of Improvement I that will be made. In' the war o? -earlier 1 construe tltm ef a towering - 1 sky-scraper, Is the ground- 1 floor lease to th American ' 4 . Kxprea companr. made ev J ' short time tm but Kx1ff J Buler- Moser' la' confidents mat some teaaporarjr ar- j J rangments can be .mad . n. -r-Th: Bventn Telearaaj ' - . Fb. 11, mo. . , ) EMITS In all the" new shapes and i. popular colors. 52 Values now $l;C5 $3 Values now $2.35 $4 Values tiow $3el5 $5 Values no w $3.85 m D o - -n You'll findhere the swcUest line of ? trousersin- townv ITiey're excellently K" V:; tailored land - m eatJrariety of-' f iney- weaves, y OOuesrnol 4prii&now; $6.0a vjJues ;$8X)0 vues; nov-i 4. S6.00
