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SECRET SOCIETIES
The Earliest Ones Had Strenuous
Initiation Rites.
SEVERE TESTS OF COURAGE.
The Egyptian* Subjected Candidate*
to a Threefold Trial by Fire, by W?
tar and by Aii^? Tha Order of Aaaaa
aln* and Their Sham ParadiM.
Am our primitive communities In
which might is right and the tyranny
of Buperstltlon 1* absolute minorities
have always been treated with scant
consideration, and overt dissent from
the opinions of the majority had A
tendency to militate against the sur
vival of the dissenter. Liberty of
thought and action, qualified only by
the rights of others, is a comparative
ly la te growth. But thought dies hard
and when denied open expression lives
In secret Imparted to a few chosen as
sociates until the times are ripe for it
to be divulged. Thus a few thinkers
and their disciples would band them
selves together into a secret society,
and the Instinct of self preservation
would cause them to guard against
their secret being revealed to the un
initiated.
The earliest secret societies were
religions rather than political. In the
mysteries of Persia, India and Egypt
an inner rin^ of priests formed an ex
clusive association whose members
gradually became the repositories of
the bulk of the learning of the com
munity. Severe tests of courage and
nerve were Imposed upon all aspirants
for admission to the order. Among the
Egyptians the neophyte was taken
down a deep shaft In one of the pyra
mids and snbjected to a threefold trial
by fire, by wnier and by air.
He had to walk across a grating of
redhot Iron bars, with narrow inter
stices whereon he might tread In safe
ty, to swim a wide and dark channel
communicating with the Nile and to
hang suspended by two Iron rings over
an abyss in the blast of two swiftly
revolving wheels. Kveu then he had to
nr.dergo prolonged fasting and silence
and to take an oath of secrecy ere his
tnltiatlon whs complete. A secret
brotherhood of nobles, partly religious
and partly political, which aimed at
the concentration of knowledge and
power In the hnnds of its members, was
established by Pythagoras at Crotona,
In the south of Italy. For a time It
succeeded in gaining the supreme di
rection of affairs, but after the Syba
rites had succumbed to the Spartan
discipline of the order it was suppress
ed by a rising of the discontented.
During the middle ages the unset
tled and Inwless condition of many
countries engendered by the weakness
or the absence of their nominal rulers
was especially favorable to the growth
of secret societies. Toward the close
of the eleventh century Hasan-ben
Sabah, a Mohammedan fanatic who
had been a fellow student with Omnr
Khayyam at Naishapur, seized the cas
tle of Alamut and founded the sect of
the assassins. It Is still a moot point
whether the word which their evil
deeds have given a permanent place In
the languages of Europe as a synonym
for murderers be derived from the
founder's name or from the hemp opl- j
ate hashish wherewith they were
wont to fuddle their brains to a pitcb ]
of sudden frenzy. The Venetian trav- ;
eler Marco Polo tells of an ingenious ,
plan adopted by their chieftain to in- |
sure the unquestioning devotion of his |
dupes. This was no less than the
creation or a sDani paradise who lux
urious gardens, rivers of honey and
wine and hourls, nil complete. Thither
the man selected for any dangerous
exploit was transported In a state of
Intoxication and on his return was
told that he bad been given a foretaste
of his life after death.
The terror of their name soon spread
through Europe. No potentate was
safe from the vengeance of a sect
which regarded death In the execution
of their lord's decrees as the gate of
paradise. King I'hillp Augustus of
France, contemporary and foe of Rich
ard Coenr de Lion, having incurred
their enmity, was so afraid of them
that he dared not stir abroad without
his guards around blm. and perhaps
his fear appeased the ruthless sheik,
for their plans rarely miscarried. The
order was ultimately crushed in 1256
by an irruption of Mongols under Hu
laku Khan.
In Germany the violence and an
archy that prevailed after the outlaw
ry of Henry the Lion, when every pet
ty baron tyrannized without let or
hindrance orer all whom his "power
could reach, led to the Institution of
a very different secret society, whose
functions were purely judicial. The
"vehmgericht" was an attempt to
check the license of the feudal lords
and to secure the due chastisement of
crime. It was the proud boast of this
court that It Judged in secret and pun
ished in secret. Every member was
sworn to reveal all crimes that came
to his notice, even if committed by
those nearest and dearest to blm;
hence It became a maxim of the Ju
rists of the time, "Non frater a fratre.
non hospes ab hosplte. tutus." The
sentence of the court Involved outlaw
ry, degradation and death: tbe con
demned was declared "vebmbar" and
was relentlessly pursued by at least
100,000 daggers.? London Globe.
Soured.
Tm Jnst crazy to play golf," said
the enthusiastic summer girl.
"Most people are." muttered the
mere man who had no ambition even
partly to fill the presidential chair.?
Chicago New#.
FOND OF ELECTIONS.
In Switzerland They Selttt Even
Gravedlggsrs by Ballet.
According to Professor K. F. Roget
of Geneva, the Swiss have tbe great
est political Intelligence In tbe world
today.
"Every citizen of o cnnton Is n Swiss
citizen." says Professor Roget. "One
must become a member of some local
commune to become nut urn lire*) ami
In order to do ?o mint tie accepted bv
the local communal council.
"Every male Swiss citizen Is nn elec
tor from the age of twenty, there be
ing no property qualltl<-arlon. Kvery
Swiss Is a soldier and every soldier an
elector. Tbe federal elector may vote
wherever he may happen to bv. guar
antees being taken that he voles only
once.
"The cantons are the political nnlts,
and no elector may exerrlse political
rights In more than one canton On
moving from one locality to another
tbe Swlsa must wait three months be
fore he may exercise the franchise In
his new neighborhood."
Professor Roget declares that "every
collective authority In Switzerland is
elected
"The foreigner," he states, 'Is often
surprised to see In a Swiss newspaper
on a Monday tbe results of all kinds of
elections on the Snndny. If he had
gone Into a polling booth on tbe Snn
day be would bave fonnd In this cor
ner a clerk at a desk, at which the
elector would vote for the local school
master.
"In another corner wonld be a desk
at which he wonld vote for the local
Judge, in another part of the same
room he wonld vote for tbe local grave
digger, and so on throngb a whole
aeries of officials, all of whom are pop
ularly elected.
"The result of this training la that
the political intelligence of the Swiss
Is extremely developed, and that he
thoroughly understands what be is vot
Ing about at home In his native conn
try, and that when he goes abroad he
finds It very easy to understand and
to take part In any political movements
among which he may And himself."?
Exchange.
A Sinecuro.
General Horatio C. King, on one oc
casion narrating some war memories,
said:
"We suffered many hardships on
both sides, but the poor, brave Con
federates suffered most I remember
a grizzled old colored man wbo at tbe
outbreak of the Spanish war applied j
for a place as an army cook.
"'What experience have yon bad7"
the old fellow was asked.
"'I was cook, sab, fo' a Confederate
regiment In sixty-foV he answered
that Is, sab, I had tbe position of
cook, but. to tell tbe truth. 1 didn't
work at It'
"'Why not 7*
* There wasn't nothln' to cook,
sah.' H
Doctor* In Russia.
Dr. Ralph Thompson. In Medical En
rope, states that "In Rnssla nobody ,
ever asks a physician the amonnt of
his bill It is universally understood
that a gentleman pays his doctor a
fair sum? such a sum as be can afford
to pay within tbe iimita of his In
come and bis sense of generosity. The
Russian mind cannot conceive bow a
man engnged In the holy pursuit of
saving life and ailevtating suffering
can put a price on his services." After
this It is not surprising to learn from
the same authority that Rnssla la the
only European country of Importance
where the medical profession Is not
overcrowded.
The City of the Dov*.
When mighty Amni went to conqner
Egypt be camped on the east bank of
the Nile opposite Memphis, that great
twenty miles long capital of mad
bricks whose western verge was the
pyramids and whose mnd brick house*
hare all vanished. Amrn crushed the
Egyptians and came back to get his
camp to move o?er and occnpy Mem
phis. A dove had built in the folds
near the top of his tent Blood bathed
Araru, the ruthless, wotild not let her
be disturbed. A new city started abont
his tents. It grew northward along
the Nile. It Is today Cairo. Memphis
la only a name.
Not Desired.'
"Do yon know any cure for lazi
ness?"
"Yea."
"Do tell It to me."
"Jnat work."
"Heavens! Td rather be laiy."
Spoiled His Trade.
"What Is your trade?"
"I am an able seaman."
"Ah! Able to see men, are your
"Yes, Indeed; yon have guessed It?
that la, unless 1 have taken too much
grog."
there's Vigor and
Strength
in every drop
Ml ill! I 111
CO 7^ PHNY
UmW% With i
Mrs. F. H. Pears* wif? of the pro
prietor of the Principal Hotel of Daw
son, will be & pansenger sooth on 'he
Princess, having arrived from Daw
son on last night's train. While in
Skagnray she was registered at the
Pullen House.
Millard Royal, who hu been la
Whltehorse all summer, earning a
grubstake for school this winter, will
leave tonight on the Princess May for
Seattle where he will resntne hi*
work In the mechanical engineering
department at tbe State University.
From Alaska Is a Curio, a Souvenir
And an Ornament
The interest shown by tbe tourist
in the various souvenir* Is greater in
regard to the Fossil Ivory than any
other specimen of curios which are
offered for sale by the numerous
stores In the town of Alaska.
Aside from its beauty as an orna
ment, surrounded as It is with tbe
gold nuggets, natural in shape and
color, tn? iatoraat mwm to b* ??
hanwd by Uw tact thai tila Irory ia
thousands upon thooaand# at yaara
old.
Thara ar tbr#? klmfg of ivory foand
la AlMln ? Mammoth. Muiodoa mtd
Watrm
Tfc? Mammoth and Mastodon. pr?
historic animals, (according to w
?ci?ntfs?a) lived ? hnadrad Ujonaand
ream a*o. and today In foand la tha
ground by tba natives. on Ui* *hnr*+
of the Arctic Ocaan, B?rln* <u* and
tke North Pacific Ormn. ami orraa
tonally by minora la shaft* and drift*
Th? foaalUiMt rotoria* la can*<*| by
mln?ral? rontained la the oartb, whar*
It had laid borled for thouaaada ?f
yeara.
H. D. KJrma* baa th# ftaaat
tlon of Old Foaall Ivory >*ar?lry In
tha entira district, and it la w*il
worth one' a tlma to inapact 0W? b*+n
tlfnl stork now on 4 lap lay In ;hla p?p
'ilar jawelry omportnro
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i Joat recalr^d a shipment of fri?ah
j oy*t??r? In *!???* II Tow <"*? now ?at
1 ory*t?m cm half shall in any quantity
'at tha Park Train Rwrtaaraat
Embroidery
Pays
Not always in money EARNED bnt In
money SAVED, especially in thin trne
with Christmas gift* and it is non* too
early to think of Christmas and it* many
demand*.
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Stamped table runners, towel*, pillow
slip*, lunch twjuare*. doilie* and pillow
tope and novelties.
Free instruction given with each purchase
if desired.
Eiderdown
Wool
In six shades for making the Popnlar
Aviation Cap or Toqoes.
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