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...counter-plot to secure the cat for himself and thus obtain the Princess. They easily outwit the vizier and the ministers, secure the Cat and return to the Maharajah's court just before the arrival of the crestfallen ministers, who have brought the two guards of the shrine, whom they supposed dead, but had only been drugged by the Boston fakirs, as proof of the fight with the Rao's soldiers which they offer as an excuse for their failure. The Maharajah is furious, but his anger is quickly changed to the utmost terror, when word comes that...
...Child '03 Harry Hamemilis, Boston fakir, G. O. Winston '04 Moni Ghon, Minister of Treasury, J. C. Lord '03 Fewa Crops, Minister of Agriculture, V. C. Mather '03 Creedan Bighat, Guardian of Temple, A. S. Thurston '03 General Deva Stashion, J. S. Seabury '04 Lao, Guardian of the Shrine, R. W. Page '03 Mao, Guardian of the Shrine, G. D. Boardman '03 Priest to Rav, R. W. Ruhl, '03 To To, a herald, R. W. Page '03 Unda, Princess of Kunda, Duenna, W. S. Sugden...
Professor Clifford H. Moore lectured last night on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus." There seems, he said, to be no reason to doubt that the old legends are correct when they state that the worship of the god originated in Thessaly and was carried to Argolis by men driven from home by pressure from the north. The shrine held an important place in ancient literature. Even Aristophanes, who burlesques the methods of the priests, seems to have believed in the power of the god. According to official records, lately discovered, the patient slept in the shrine over night...
...neighborhood of, the shrine is very interesting, containing as it does the famous theatre of Epidaurus. The temple itself is one of the most perfect examples of its period now standing. A detailed restoration has been worked out by two Frenchmen, who have worked both from the ruins themselves and from the many references to the shrine in the writings of Pausanias and others...
...Classical Lectures. II. The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor Clifford H. Moore. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...