Tombstone epitaph., 1891-02-08
easolN or As.pAAserA.
sas 1-sesar< A D aaa O Survive As chznxss--inssrsstsns zssssrsaal ItsnA

Hhen cfsad crses, the hps are arar1
 and tsfsn. at each ssds of the n1oith. q
 sharp angle. with sides of about ec,lsi
 hength The sounds of the crying ara
 ssaosa assigned Co tl,e Girst letter of aIEllost
 ssess alphabet. The arrow heafed a,
 wedge shap.l characters in use among tlss
 old Bshylonians and P.rsia1ss til the tir.s i ~ the great Aisxandey7s Asiafic coao,.s.ts i were oOPied from me huEnan mouth. Bv
 means oi different combinations tiiss. I wedges or A 5 were made to represent sonsonant us well as vowel sounds. R,,s the entire alphabet Is made mp of tiles. Nei6es, It required many generations ! pffioksbsy 10 advance from A and B. Now. stsok at aenilGs face, sidewayS ghea tbe ups are shut. and yoR -ee nHtaral E. fai these two letters together and ws.
 rave sb, which by being doahle1 gives S5ta, the old eastern word for father. A lighi modification gives am, .le=.. =.-,-..:. the old ssstefn form of mama OF naatnu,a
 sa tbe wests just as abba was changed
 'uto papa and pope or holy father. The srrow heads had served to record ihS
 sisiorys tbe literature, the religion of
 mighty empires-the old AssyTiSr.
 Ae.iian, and Persian. They were traced
 mostly on 6Ficks. Paper had pot yet bs~-. % much as dreamed of.
 krons 4 and B [Alpha and Betal . comprehensive scheme cf phonetic char. Actors must be worked cut before tl,s
 eaf or rind os PapyTus csn be used for
 Eritirg on. The lip letters M aEsl F, sofseaAed into F and v, which last r-,.F socaiizsd as C, are modihcations h,srsiy sf B We may safely gay the same ot the dental D. snfteued intoT. which t.aTs rise b s. A series Of characters a,as gradually worked out, and the tirse s.aula Shen Cadruus. the man from the East. brought an alphabet of sixteen Iettssp From Ph1nie3& into Greece. Cadrlus ksoked al as an individual man. dwinalss Co nlyth--a shadow. He exprssses lp legendary form the outcome ~C a long train of almost forgotten fscrs. These sixteen lstteTs were exDaRdcl bs inc Gneeks to tSgnty-foaIr. Light woodea tablets covered with wax for writing on ~ere edopted. But tlIe pen was sill ef Soid irosl. like a pencil, sh1rpat one end. with tat circular head at the otllrr for blottsBg out, when desired, what hasI been written with the point. These tahlets were fastened to-etkn. st inc
 
 shut Ike OUT bOoks For imporfant soeunsnts the edges of the tables wer. pierced with SStas through wEieh tripls, thread was passed and then sealecl. IL is 10 this custom that allRsSon is made in tae Apocatypse-''c c.oSs scaled gsish seren seals. " This Apocslyptic hook was '.ys.rit ten witaia and on the back" The an- elents used to write On the front side oHly-evsn after they had given u,s wooden ta5lets in favor of papyTls atil parchment. The hack was generally stained saffron or yellvs.
 The ola Italians, too. of pTc-hiseoric. age got an alphabet from the east. The lettens were extended and modified uatis they bscams very different ss form frogrs those OF Greece. But 1T Is rphlarkaiIs that A, B, and O survive all elau.svs- They are copies Of the mouth when emit sInS the sounds assigned them Modern typography has nc GOubt greatly iu- proved the rude, early scraB3, such aS nay stlh be ssea on old Cravestoaes. The. Jld PhoeniciaI and old Hebrew AlcFb has net tise sIIne position as OUT modern A. They are alnlUst horizontal. w-fth a neariv line drawn acruss tle angle formed by the sides of the Iatter. The tatef Roman alphabet WIS spread bv Ra 11an conquest. Our ABglD-SaaOn fore ka.heEs af lzngth adopted it. They man { a31cl to get Up q sort Of literature. Eus sls age Of pocket dictionaries. handy volumes, the daily or even weekly news Papers WAS stiIi bns I@=y of Art an discovery have still a long at; 'reniicCsiig- OefoEs we can inundate our postofica- <Ith valentines cr photograph iDstanis- seOSsiy ea pspes the taE c< so1se mighty sG-~zL-Jcas1ca sGs&asEy Rss.sz.
 Hl-Sss Bear Is ThIs7 |
 Christian Hess, q Eootcsi0p7sz while on the way to his work on Iise Blue mountain, came upon 1le bo<iS of bear lying near the edgc Of tSe l woGds In ElieF creek, the head Erd l lore paWs resting on the bank. FIsi l in one of the bears claws was a piece l of corduroy nearly foot ioaS a.eJ ] three inches Etde, which had evident I V been torn from a hunting cod l There were ty7o brass buttons on 1t 1 Hsss procured the assistance Of q fsl | low woodchOppeF. and they dragged he bears earcaSs out Of tlss wateT. | rhere was s bullet hole in its left side 1 md several ugly cuts on its head. The | 0ear had not been long dead. as tls~ blood where Il lay was quite fresh | No one living in this vicinity Is kDoSC 10 have wora 8 coat such as the frss. nent found iussthe bear's claw was torlI lrozu. There are no evidences Of a:iy truggie saygbere around the sf-st where the bear was found. but the si ent testimony of the piece of coat and he bears wounds leave no doabi tiszt he bear and some unknown hunter