Show ON THE BANKS OP THE NILE I Mo1a file llilett Obelisks Constructed Thousands or leuri At n From the Inn Mall Gazette Tho old cat of nil the obelltk 10 I tho beautiful one of rally granite which itamU alone among the green field on the banks of Iho Nile not far from Cairo It Is I the gravestone of a great city which hnl vanished and only left this relic behind be-hind That city was Ilcththemcii of the ncrlpturr the famous On which la memorable to nil Illblo reader DO the residence of the priest ot On Post liberals what daughter Ascnnlh Joseph Jo-seph married IhcCJrrckicall Htllop ollp the city of the sun because there the worship ot the sun had Its chief center and Us matt sacred shrine It was the teat of the mot ancient unl null of the world to which Youthful ttuilcnts came from all parts ot file world to learn file occult vtlidom which the prlittt ot On alone could teach Thale Solon Kudoxut rythagorua and Plate all studied there perhaps Mote too It was alto the birthplace of the sacred literature ot Ig 1 1 pt where I were written on papjrus leaves the original chapter of the oldest book In the world generally known as Tho Hook of the Dead giving a moil striking strik-ing account ot the conlllctt and 1 Irl uniphs ot the lire after death a whole copy or fragment of which every Egyptian 1 rich or poor wished have burled with him III his coffin and portions por-tions ot which are found Inscribed on every mummy cato and on the walla of every tomb In front of ono of the principal temples of the sun In this mngninccnl city stood along with a companion lone since destroyed the solitary obelisk which no now behold on the spot It alone ties survived file wreck of all Ibo glory of the place It was constructed by Usertcicn L who II I suppotcil to have resigned 2800 II C and nan oulllted all the dynastic charges of the land and still stands where It originally stood nearly forty Krn centuries ago What appears of Its shaft above ground Is I sixtyeight feet In height but Its bate Is burled In the mud of Iho Nile and year after year the Inundation of the river dePosits de-Posits Its film of soil around foot and buries It still deeper In Its sacred grave |