, 1877-10-12

va .d.~ ,,, r..,.. ,.,,.-+. III. /. .w..t
1vh,. Il thn ,e,r. ~. sst thai went ,~ro,.,
.an' l!oeo' tue s''es' y. "'y .cn'"''c'"' est i
Meath yonr dear cTcs ia laid foresctmole'
September. 1877. FANNY iJ'uscoiG.
Springfield tNtss.} Republican.
TIL. bringing to London Cleopatra'a needle IN
~, a,.n,, ,,nwo. no,,1 /, .,,,roc,cr IN, n r,vc.
w.. -, "u"y ,. us' .aaos.,an. W., ~ ~
.'sc u son'e e".,ou' 'c"ert'"s y" .''c WY "
nhclisk would he much amazcd TO witness It's
inurncy Ia MI alien land 10 stronr a witness to
M. w,t,iom and III. futilfty. II any neoplcs
,tvh, ~. s,rnrtse,I at tie ,nnrkcrv of time. ,l,c
nnrtcnt ryvntian. m,uht. They reared their
tcmnic. and their hcaycn.poiutlnr obclisks Tor
t,rrnitv. md ccrtaluIY dccu,cd thct. lard as
e,,.rrwi 4. tl,eIr monumcuts.
t:1conatra,s needle Ind never ANYTHING To do
viii thc .umntuou. Ouccn. Init merriam, re-.
.riy,d It. natua In some humorous trayclrf's
cCwe" s.,u.ns ~ "' fnr IN nrr lima thc anbt.,on
tLal curved such wcjrhty monuments
IN fnN' one biuk irom tj,c quarry diI
mt eYist: univ miniature obc},sks, i've or
tnn fcc, nir,, wcrr nnfe tien. aJ,i liz colossal
o,l;,s so eEt Of tbe are Of % IT, Fnaraohs we're
hc,nT carried away by Ro1,an conauerors, TbIs
nn, xas ,IraEecd. with mother liKc II. dcy1, 10
Alexandria II t|,ai ucriou, and Lut Tor some
cs,1nre ri rt,ie In H,t,,r woujI doubtless have
IRA. 81 liz Eternal cir with twelve that wrro
ttnSen there Thcy Inne frn,n fartlcr soutn.
wny i'm Tic Nile thts prcseut obcllsk and one
ft,ct ntinrns the Place Cf Concord In Paris NAV
huSe STOOD before a temple Of Thebcs, Or
Iirl,opniis. I hui that We do NOT know. Wc
tm.tS thnt TIothmc. iii. vtO rcfrncI
thIrtv ] md SONS odd centuries aao, tjrst ratsc,i
II to preserve lis name Immortal: but mere
,'aA nv thc " hr,,rn NJ lint unnatnel rhnrnnl, ri
shc ifo,msw narratjyc. villa Womb moi tot
israc5 70. Tc:hsps Thothnics iii. was tint pta-
ranh' mi II II wcrc proved. then indeed no
,snltl i,syn to 1iyo. II docs not bear alone tho
,'a,s,n ~ Thoi hines. for Nomcscs the Great,
ma"'r m,u nnen ,e Il about century latcF; and .st
nmnthcr ~ hts aurressors n,ttcd lila Irrelevant
,a,,,e u1, titles, much Us school.toy Of to-day
soras.''' snrnt D'' ""''AA' ="
i rrcciscly what the obellsk meant to tho nm
Wua r.t,t"'s symbni. for everything seems to
i,ave totna fnr XII rart. rrljein,,s meaning.
II. ra,nn in fhrtr tnncun tirnilrti the rays 81
the SUM- according to rllny, aud that and lis
derived Greek manic of obeisk (which means
sEewer or snif.-whence, naturally, ncttIie n
both point ID Inc estimation Of many scholars,
an ns ihS Gcneratiyc princIpic, by nc rncaus
| Of ulaIlic symbols. Other achulars scout the
| Hoinmnn,a Jennie dfc believed to haye been
0flcIinkk. for thus the Egyptian obesisks werc
a," ~ ~ .rins,inr;sf. who rnnsilrr tha nnireti
tnwnrs ~, Ehriatian rnfhctfraft n,olI{tcntinn of
the primitive ollcliskal idea. We cnnnut tell
huw in,,cll QUE religion tsosrows from thoso that
haye gonc before bort'!'s Que o. tt.e etuueuts
o. EG}bIog', sa's ,' LIN ~ .n Hs ~, ,,r.,'
NIL. nrc fm,ni MI Inc east bunk in Eyypt
r1oper s.tie ut,elisk npl,car!ng to be tlccOrn-
tioIi VI the rities Of the living, symlplizea by
t'.c rssnE OF inc sin US w. ~ " 'nC.e
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