Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-01-27

IOOt W00t 70 90 So UecduSe tuo luveostuSus
liz . good one.-m much Better thdns HAT
made BY farmers Who bsy'lsnd u ~ or
acre. 81 IS i.ssisi adi 10 ss'ss otsos sfs %
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The Wisdom pf the EsyptiaaS ssass'
The moderns, are accustomed toipoohsf
pooh \ good deal # people sosunfortsnltsaa
les to live bsfere this nineteenth centArJsss
but just think wbst.soms af thesehSepptsM
people and times did manage e find out
and accomplish for themselves. There
was Egypt-oldestaadw wisest Of nations
what Q record foz hssss. hl IL laeeiRhers&v vntn
last htty Years, sot ler sPash asidw csirssosg
What did The old asEeyptisnL knaErs sboatss
sa the Oldest 9l the arss shepl isEPias Aa's
en eoss aSx e Manage a|s 9[sas ESs;tneed
EclimlteN % to tnfh The edissasssrl issasssl beyond
FITS bahkssint,a garden. aud MAKE Egypt
a storehodse sna grsnsfj forth esdhsUd1d. =
| ing naiions' : He buile tesersdis~56 fug6s
as to retain aficient t1.tef ffom4bS 6vetsts
flowing river to- feed il when 10 nbsi1ea--.ss
. lake four hundred and 6GE EDiles Aaese4ds
land three hundred feet tdeep-and this it-
tied up with. a.skllfd sy,temeaf A0odeetesse
dams, and locks These were ystesiHoep
Dn stupendous! saale, truly .ags; g;assi u
! As to what h1 kpev about building. g...
who has not heard of bis pyramids, those
vast muses. some 81 which were old Ia
the time II sKbrshdGnn. and Yef Bailt WITH :
such fA;shf fitness sud skilft thit TIC hasUrs
Try 10 still perfesta He knew bow to 4difseos
1ry and .movechsge blooks o6sstbnS, z1dAee5s'
fleet in length aadr then cover thin rlitkhs
accurate and beautiful .chiaelussr AAhE
lEwhole land was full, Of these Fon3ss&lH Il
sass sa e
weave linen 50 6ne that each separate
Thread was cqWpaeed. .Gf thsee hundred aEd
sixty five small adstwisted togetheF
He knew how todye if il, pYSple, ard blue bst
lkesSS51 = ti5'.gss il5R Ebd ss5bp&sE s !sss. !sSe !,
mime. .. Sinai, and 9 he. :, to make HpSdta! u "
t9 But *hst dId .hs fhda a6odf eASl = =
lie understood gsometry vsll sneugh s.sk-.
iea5t, fot land surveying, He npderstoed ye
Eshe fotupdity Of the earth. the .aunAeeer:as
frraI Rlsas ID the solar ,s3atadn. tks bbliqsis VI
lty af'ahnAhliptio. sHe could 3ositslf echpt~
sesg the apusisiea of asbsp pl6nets. tkss sstfnpss
length of the year. He iiada f6h8aa ut Rde
method Of notation..g9 9f them indeed.
! the decimal AID f66ss' :apode decipa1. As fqF
1cbekfistry. It's very hame lfIom Chch&ii,
tvvhchs msahs Esgeyypt1. tells Us xhefg fftaG1s"
First studied ewN q wonder u at the EgSfpEssl
ftiausI pot hsfephsEsisn ss6ong thtlf m0ieJ
ignorant ae1gAbSrs, ,spts sbeing' nsgiCiaae. .bss
EAs,fer uAsohssihaosld Esfptiaas pm1assr
paper and 5wretg on ~ Aud. ~, ,AaEa aAuniS
pspyrus rolls made in thetiqe.af thesastlIhss
Pharaobs; but be went on fsrthes TO tnFnh les
bis buildings. his obelisks. eyensb sco@9 9s&ae
into books, inscrihing them With EstoFiee 5
and Biographies, by REPRESENTING Oh them !.
throughs paintings and sculpture. ialf &6iie's
Ioccupssi6ns and beliefs, His hopes aha vol
feafs. .auEs7os sdt ID slsscl'7aqs5 Is saa1 afsd
t. Que lsshs in1 wonder lwAsre be got dlksw
lshis knowledge sAnnientA A}feeeesvsntAsos
Thin for It, just ~ ,thes Amsrieaa goessia 80
Germany. We, can trace, the germs, &tis<
least. Of our science and art to natiopq rss.~
moved from us BY ages but whom did the
| Egyptians lsern, from Were sthfse pans
|of Ham the 6rst tp. develop 70 spch 2, paE,,
lvelous degree, the arts Of lite Did they -
find out by otigi1hsl observation what his
Been transmitted to us And thr6hkh J.
xhn remote antiquity were tBsy slball ?
lsecuhuissiSt ths experiences wElclf 96kil- 90
fed them 90 essaklisAf stchs seAbA i6ssiHcss1
tions, suck ietsled sditions; sdoh'd 'dteiaassxs
Ihepis isssnienss ;ssd astaw ooasdo, ssT .siiu
No0pe saap1tella ARA, ,pphts keysnA {
onr fnrthest tseditippsahAk ysoasdy sahoUbus
iher a g, Ei9he eHarfsl. .eqltivsteads skiu~s,
Iftls 81 the long ages befoge ahA HAeA IA
TO IrecoH her changes, time has long oRhx !.
tsfate6 .$H traces. The world bad lond
lieie6tstgn ifa6ddt Ser It'll st6e feiaSSiSte -
fef asslh.lf-ee6t6r3 sbieoddd y'1A fN1Hlss
ther le6si sibhried life:: Dtts1dx5 6d6dk hinds
~ 10 bstVAeaN fies oktcesseish %SHmS1fdhass
lsiSnts Of civiliaaaion-snmpared to which
1ail European hisa0FyA NJ Sef 4bAerday-
lIRnahaait ~ iasttssdsli 81 Atfshaahs1
and faifndEthsfs semhahia epdkhs6 aiEhss
l0uE OWN .SSessst;t f. Anes;assis .ssaaoH .n
rs ssanibFsrsxs 1-ss ~ ~ .--= 7ssrb ksssud 40
fei ~An aGdaaagt hseitstiAgm - aa.ss
word iu aascEieias TIA actpssateE AfIs~1-s<s
lisdted suitor. said He Is pak Atysa0f,,sS
not exactly dnminaaine. hnt-1 .fpgms-
tids SPesesta& hey Eiapd, l:NB, bNA
POI. digpitY sspoqgh for tbat3 i thipE "
mfably." We don't doubt il, 74's