Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-26

AGAIN when I read Of the great good
lydia i. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. l decided immedi-
ately to give it trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages OF Sanative Wash
can say feel like new woman. L
deem it nv duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
e. Pinlhams Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains and
suffering. have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which | am CRATE
ful. May heaven bless her for the
tell me you didn't understand that? And
Buddle talks so plainly"
felt a little embarrassed until the
other youngstcr cried out.
"Gayu bTigger. but bis
"she wants butterad biscuit and jam"
said the other mamma; "and her bib IS
tied too tight
did baby really say all that with
these few words?' l asked.
ooh. yes. Of course" smiled the proud
mother. IT'S very simple
/ should say that about ten TO twelve
letters Of the alphabet were used while
those babies kept up n spirited CONVEX
sation and sampled every edible on the
table. which makes me say that we have
very smart babies and that the door IS
wide open for the solution Of Professor
Abernethy's linguistic mystery right
here
read an interesting article in an old,
Old book of the National Library not
long ago. which gave valuable notes on
this subject Tho letters a, j. ana y
have survived all changes The SOUNDS
of a wailng infant are those assigned 10
the first letter of almost every ALPHABET
when a child cries the lips are apart
and form at each side OF the NOUN d
sharp angle with sides or ABOUT equal
length. The arrow-headed or wedge
shaped symbols In use among the oiu
Babvlonians till the time Of Alexander
conouests were copied from the human
mouth. Sideways from baby's closed
Inns Won see a natural e, and these two
letters are "ab" Double them ana YOU
have the eastern word Abba, Tor father.
II required many generations or SLOW
nrogress before a series OF characters
were worked out The time came Whch
Cadrnus. the man from the East brought
an alphabet OF sixteen letters from
pboenicia into Greece. Looked at as an
individual man, Cadmus d"lAuieS u "
myth. a shadow; ne expresses III leBen-
Diary form the outcome Oh loHs 'i"'"
Of almost forgotten facts.
p,be Greeks were early oXpansionists.
The, stretched these sixteen letters TO
twenty-four with light wooden tapiets'
,ov.rea with wax, and "A solid pointed iron
Mcneil the first art OF copying SOUNDS
INTO Icttered forms began, and the ART OF
writing rs certainly OF great age. Iroles-
sor Helprecht Of Pennsylvania bhlNeI-
sitv. who gave such interesting accounts
Of his explorations IN BaDylohia Two vi
tbrc. wears since. asserted that on inc
strenpth of his own Investigations, the
Pobvioula people existed and were aDle
90 ,,.rfte a. least 1000 years before Christ.
ola syracuse was admirably literary.
Il crushed humanity. tortured slaves
worshirpea with It's appettes' ana steeu-
uv swallowed its weak competitors III
I'm turn. IL was swallowed by sreedieI
Rome. but when IL took its Armenian enc
mics captive ia battle Il spared lnoss OF
them WHO could repeat the verses OF EuIl-
pldes. .,. ,.,,-,r
woaid hate. Of all things 70 dampen
the artlor of Professor Abernethy's aEte-
| dil1vion verbal researches-especia
with the contract for filling 200 babies
aboad-but [ am compelled TO say that
there is another scientific investigator IN
this field. Rather should l say IN the
woods: for Professor L. j. Garner is
now In the wilds Of Africa studying the
language OF monkeys. The Forum SUMS
up his scientific results:
HE has so far analysed the speech OF
monkeys and OF man as 70 convert the
sounds of one into the other mote by
writer-What sounds. what wordsD and
thus he thinks he has determined the
identity of them" Professor Garner
uses the photograph. He says ne mas
taken human sound and Analysed H. ana
he has thrown the speech OF the great
apes and our other Similar kinsmen INTO
that innocent instrument, and found that
the constituent parts OF each are the
same. More than all, asks the Professor,
docs this not prove, along the me OF
Photographic development, our descent
from monkeys"
What If IL does? What's the use to give
us dead away" like that? over there
the great apes and things would nave
kept the secret TO themselves ana wnat
the use 10 blab it out through the phono-
graph and the printing press?
You remember that horrid remark OF
Odette Tylers: THE more l see OF men
the better / like dogs" ] feel that way
sometimes about the monkey. He's
harmless little animal, full Of innocent
FRANKS and. barring his long tail not
forever In the way like some-O, well
am chattering now like monkey my
self but all the same l do not believe
AS Professor Garner says, that II the
races OF mankind are the progeny or the
Similar stock, may not their language
be the progeny OF the Simian tongue!
Don't believe it, Not a word OF ~ Be
lieve in the babies sweet, lispins notes;
The moo" moo" "baa, COO goo
OF TWO hundred prattling angels shall have
my hearts full benedic,ion at a saie
distance.
The roads haze been for so long nearly
impossible that much upper-country
freight is yet waiting 10 be hauled. The
tobacco crop Is nearly all priced, and j,
is likely that much Of the bulk Will SO 70
market during the next few weeks.
Politics are very quiet. but We feel al
home" again since Congress adjourned
and our own member. Mr.. Quarles, super
cedes Mr.. Yost.
Farmers are far behind In their work
few plant-bed are burned, and very little
ploughins done.
There have been some fine fox chases
lately, the humid air keeping the scent
close for Hne running.
Mr. j. z. Cameron Is not yet GONZALES
cent; he has been I'll FOR about two
months.
Miss Julia Martin, OF "Willow Dale.
Is visiting her cousin Mrs. John Plunkett