Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1890-12-02
ORIGIN or AInHassra
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Chsnges-Inse~Stiry Historical Iteu.s-

Siisnses-Inser~sttry Historical ttcu.s-
Whe,. a cFSnid cries, the lips arc apart.
uld form, 1T each sid. OF the Ino.rtf
IiIarp angle, with sides OF a6Uut cGuEi
ength- The sounds II the CRYING are
chose assigned to the first letter OF almost
every alphabet. Tie arrow headed OF
wedge shaped characters IN Jse among the
old Baby iUniaas ami Persi;iDs till the time
~ the great Alexander Aslatic cOn,iuests
~ere copied from the human mouth. By
means Of different combinations tLes6
wedges or As were made TO represent
nonsonant as well as vowel sounds. But
the entire alphabet Is made M of thcsg
wedges. 1t required many generations
prVISabiy 10 advance from \ and 3. Now.
look at ac:iild's face, sidewayS vhcn The
lips are shut. ard YOU ZEE a nutdrGl g.
Tut these two letters together a!.d we
nave eb. which by being dOtt..,ezi gives
4Sha, the Old eastern VOID fer father. 4
Light modification gives am. then ANNA
Ehe old eastern form of mama or mamma
n the west, just IS abba was changed
INTO Papa and pope or holy father. IhE
arrow heads had servel 70 record the
history. the literature. tic religion Q!
mighty erapi-es-the cid Assyii.n.
Aedian, and Persian. They we're traced
noSlly CA bricks Paper lad no, yet Jear.
90 much as dreamed Of
From. A and i tAlplra and ESta)
comprehensive scheme Ct phonetic char
acters must lie worked out before the
leaf or rind Of paPyrus can be used foI
writing on. The lip letters Il ard P.
softeEed into + and V. which last va
socalIzed a. y. are notifications snssrpl.
Of Is We may safely say the same 81
the dental u, sOftened iD;OT. wiic'I gave
rise 30 s. 4 series Of characters sas
gradually worked out, ard the tii.e came
xhen Cadmus. the man from the East.
hronght an alphabet Of sixteen Ipttert
rom Phoenicia into Grpecc. Cadmus
kNoked ct as an individual man. dwindias
to a nyth-a shadow lie exIsrp sscs IL
legendary form the outcome It a Ions
tr2ln Of almost forgotten f@c1s. Tftse
sixteen letters were expanded b. the
Greeks TO twenty-Iour. Li-lit wooden
tablets covered with wax for writing on
we're adopted. But tire pen was rtil Of
Solid iron. like pencil, silaTpat one end.
with a lat circular had at the @. her ful
6.otting out. when Cesircsl, what Eaa
been written with the point. Thcse
.abiegs were fastened tozethcr Ut the
Cack by wires. go that ihov opciTsl end
shg. ike cur books. For impOrtan;
documents the edges e the tables yrcrc
pierced with hSle. through which triple
thread was passed. and then seated. Il
Is 10 this custom that allusiou - made IL
the Apocalypse osn sealed with seren
seals. y This Apocalyptic hook was writ
ten within and on tie back" TIE al
sients used 10 wri;e on ths fru-t side
snly-even after they hal given U
wooden tablets in favor Of isafsyrJls am
parchment. The la>'s; wis geseTsily
stained saffron or yeli,w
The ola Italians, too. Of prehistoric
sc got an alphabet from the cast. Tie
iettera were extended aud modified uu;p
hey became very different o. form frora
those OF Greece. But il is renal kao!e
hat A, u, and o survive ali changes
They are copies OF the mouth when emit
ing the sounds assigned .hem Goleru
geography has no doubt greatly i'm
proved the rude, early scrawl. such rs
nay Gtill he seen on old gravestonos. Tie
I'D PhRniciar and old Hebrew Aicph has
not the same position as our modern q
They are almost horizontal. with nearly
perpendicular line drawn across the angle
forEsed by The sides Of the letter. Tbs
;ater l.oman alphabet was spread by 10
Oan conquest. Our Anglo-Saxon fore.
fathers at length adopted it. They man
agei to set up q sort Of literature. But
the age Of rocket dictionaries, handy
volumes, the dsily or even weekly news
papers was still long ~Sy of. Art anS
discovery have still long apprenticeship
before we can inundate cur post6fice
SIth Valentines CT photograph iEstanta-
ssSaziy en- paper the tail Il some mighty
snssb xlEfss ssaaAefy asv.sw.