The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-01-13
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], The inaplrY the origin 7isF,l Of llet,
Iters has EiHen rlss taaiYsgety asf opinions, 9prfsa
and many Of then ypssus and pnsatifSf,ets2ery;
,ra on this p9inta the learasd afls are l lbyE by ne
mfans agreed Saws waters have ATT atatrllPP'r lP
tsd their sinHeation ITO different, pspRles =
Iheths MaEErcury, ii ssd to have nyinte gyfj2
and taught tha Esyptaiaf b2x, b2x,fp to pSsi SIT thsi tahsi
Others gave the hoqoi5i, 9f the inyeptil9spga to
the oAAssyrians, a Rhsai4eisns, s4 etc Some
Il think thsy were perfeatty known before ,Ip y the
confusion tongues, and imagne, ,,i5 them to
B haFe bssp ip vi caomlaon aaa Use ~ the II antealuvt
an syeSrhlah syeSrhlah and that N9ah and his family
brought them into ths, nsE world, il Which
= they Fs bssn @ rs epntinnsas tEey asf threpsh ~ great
yAisty sqeiessiEe s charges p9F shg the pr
ssnss tin TIM @ SEM e attribute @ 2 ths 81, pyfptjoa yft To-
9 M9asfs othherso AbTahgasm & 9shsF s to ,AA1bel
anil 9f,,;;p. s9nif to Adam; ThS Wish rabpis
SsE T5e sf5 Apghy formed ben & Ea,ss q the e,
evening OF the first sab5afh~ y aud, Pliny
sem y 4 Ihs t. hsys thought t then fsTnal The
different opinions serSe v tp J show the unccrr;;
tanty sIf he ea asatsjss{ hi bit there ean No
direct evidsh:e is wansip sy That there
wsEs sgg,ys.s yarieus ss sg s1s,s, a. il i1Sy ea
all ages Of the woFlds T. repr:sent th,. obl
est senss ss,b befESrs fEsssi regular s. Il ansan
ass wax nefTp .slry, MY be readily bsa
IeyeI; BUT We have NJ certain account II
the ekstshdae th q Of rug Use 'fR51iim fsg aa5cas
characters previous 70 TT, day 81 Moses MSss noip nooip
ofahythinssa awtsp II IL tnrctfc snct caalraacters lats prr
te TIE f giving 'tft " the 2 law sa'1 81 9ahat at Sinai
25fs years fro2 the h nff fiin tic World,
AID $50 after ahisaesrfssai ai asfs 4 dAuseo oAftev
the dispersion Il N lhkihi iii the eg4tRffie tine of
p6reg ~F:iffns blc5s hse ,sisary, ,sisaryy nnbt only,
beehdsea ~ " tis disbsrsdi65n disbsrssdi65nS, nSb but becahss tAs
life of Ihtn wayais5am waya s. amich 'aabrids ;'Tcbnse-
qaehty trSditiod bse6l2g les' 'cetasnng, tasngas az the
faets fiadtb be rdtAted ID a mdiltftdde 81 per,
Sans; aipAabstical chiaifstt tirlsq Became
necessary, because without then tiep p records
Of ths'w55fi mist soon nave Been sooblitera.ed
II from om ths miids 81 the witt ssieceedfngs gur
eiatons Of ihen. n'rhiaear 'rhiaerce rs positive esi-
lence that there Vas any ISsritta5 Before .l,s
1sclatati5ll of ttihs laS Soh MSiiitr sihsi; aaa
"a a ple IS Said To have written Che
psss5 wtt'ftfil 'dssa77 HI fins sgsi gaYtsi this
'tine Writing * ii hh9shftioh lis sarxsl
relates tlrt fofo Ming III sga1i to oooa'TRg Orr,
sih Of Pen" Vas "a ct'ust5m 'ainbng the
'aRSiaiit stresS an R5.ntigg 5.nttig tto t' writs" upop
tabfd, ,sw,if afsc 55yef.i .i1wStith 1wStiith tfifn coat
ofwax for this pdrp5se tRty made use of a
stysas Or Hin 'm,ae Of bone iron, Or s5fie
kin1 ofhmdif N ,tii.. but when writing with
colorea filfi wisi fht+5id:si,sfa qeea was
first smp'oysd' and afterwards a11ains scr festh
efs' The m ,st beqHtifA kihl iop p1rssis af6,
writing grssw forHisliy yln th.l lcnflJis;ia a city
Of Ala Minor aiidligewfsei Ia Arfnsiiia and
ftaly though plihyT Tc5nsia:rsd tliose which
grew IN tho aforementioned country astos
soft and spongy. Airisn, Of Waists, speak.
ofFiins for writing as early as tliei fifteenth
cefa,ryS 1sidore,- Of Seville; makes nientior
pof dfihlsf and rceaS9 9Beias etn'Aoy edif6r writ
/ ting iabdqt the year ess;;F and A1itheluins
who lived in 7e5,9 has written Latin poem
in piaiseofthe writing penis 9tsiR, inIihi
'a'Tfeaties On Diplomatic Sciences assures ",
lEass d4~Rasigas nla9 9us3iPtss bst Frisiag
eEseahMsse used in F.ance, in copunction
With a pills, in, the eighth. century, ~ and tia
the latter began to be in general use, JIM rtlas
ninth. Tbs inysntian Of riinatip printips at length
completed what ,eqayists, t;,lh had 70 ds; ,andaw.
may truly and sm4plhaticalllyy ri. I'll say bat,
tods .sEs, n esps4i the pspnsil. sna tAepr~,,
ws n't..ls eve what nslsas. s.a sfgrsi's
ted, 40 b,4AbuseA ,Eyss.1sf rsfls ''..'
People Seem ,ss obVviioss bVis 81 81 hes sb beautisu
alapteaness Of the eye tp tight, ana ofdhsh,
70 the eye, else Why slight treated as anaen
emy I, Those who see its usefulness in ref
erence to Their own visual organs Ep yet fail e
perceive its necessity for the health of til.
lower, animals. hsss your your has horse y'gs eyes, Nj
LoyeIght. Good ones Ho,w, ioo,iigas do Won