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on the walls Of the great temple at Kar-
max are to be believed. II is also known
that the Hittites he'd sway in the city
OF CarchemiSh on The Euphrates. for
many of the puzzling inscriptions attrib-
uted TO them have been found in the
ruins OF that great emporium of the day
Il is not known with certainty TO what
race they belonged although the pictures
of the Httites found In Egypt have led
many 10 the Conclusion that they were
Mongolians, for the pgtail, still found in
China, and the. straight nose and re-
ceding forehead prove absolutely that
they could not have been of the Semitic
race. ike the Babylonians. nor Of the
Egyptian stock. Some have suggested
that the Hittites were Turanians. but no
one can do more than guess at the mat
ter. Before a language can be deciphered
It is necessary to know to which stock
( belongs and this uncertainty about the
rigin Of the Hi-tites has only deepened
he difficulty in reading their Inscriptions
iome, Ike Colonel Gender, have thought
-at at last a solution of the problem hal
EN- found, only to be proved wrong in
o few weeks By other scholars. The only
hope seems 10 lie in finding some Hittite
inscription, side by side with one in
another language, now known, which will
erve as a key This was the fortunate
accident which led to the reading both
of the hieroglyphics and of the cuneiform
inscriptions. for in one case it was the
Greek parallel version. in another the Per-
sian, which led to the decipherment of
the lost tongue There is good ground
for hope that the German expedition 10
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Hittie Inscription.

by the German expedition. With true
German thoroughness the entire mound
or series of mounds covering the site of
ancient Babylon is being cleared away.
Without striving for sensational finds
that may astonsh the world. the ex-
p orers prefer to work thoroughly and re-
veal at last the glories of the civilization
and architecture Of the city OF Nebu-
chadnezzar and his predecessors on the
throne OF Assyra. They have already
succeeded In finding the great wall de-
scrbed by Herodotus, and regarded as
fictitious by critics Of the Father Of His
tory, whom they curt ey termed the Fa-
tner Of Lies. Herodotus, who visited Ba-
bylOn In the time Of Artaxerxes l., Cl6J
L. CD said that the wall surrounding the
city was 90 royal els wide and 200 ellis
high, ga by 1886 feeO. and that on top OF
the walls. on each edge, were one-story
houses, leaving q space between the
rows OF houses, on which four charlots
could drive sbreast. This well has been
found. but II surpasses the description Of
HerodCtus. The retaining wall was built
OF baked bricks laid In asphalt and was
1914 feet thick Beyond this was a flling
in Of sand and gravel 60 feet thick. and
then another retaining wall a. feet chick
making the entire breadth OF the WI.
1861 feet.
This wall surrounded the city. IN which
was the palace Of Nebuchadnezzar and
all Of che temples required for a city,
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covering as much ground as London.
Only enc OF these temples has been found
so far, the temple of the Hittte monu-
ment but this is a fine structure, built
in the usual fashion of
step-tower or Ziggurat, and
many of its rooms have now
been uncovered. From inscriptions found
there it seems that this temple was built
by Assurbanipal. (6sS-626 B. C.) and by
him dedicated to Nin-Mach and cal ei
Emach The leader of the expedition. Or.
Robert Koldewey. states that the court.
Of the temple containing a we'll is sur
rounded by rooms which are shut off by
doors from the court and show interest
ing mural concentrations. In the court
and rooms there is double tile pavement,
with a space of six and a half feet be-
tween the two pavements. In this pc
culiar store chamber a great mum Der of
inscribed clay tablets have been discover
ed, bearing the names of the workmen,
and the wages paid to those engaged in
building the temple. These pay rolls are
dated, giving day, month and year Of the
reign of Nebuchadnezzar and Evil Nero
dach From this II is evident that the
construction Of the building began during
the reign Of Nebuchadnezzar and was
merely completed by Assurbanipal or
Sardanapalus, as the Greeks called him.
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A New Drink Wanted.

From the London Telegraph.
Excessive tea drinking induces, accord
ing to various oculistic authorities. GER
tain maladies of the eye OF course the
mere lnyman on reading such staf ement
can on,y acquiesce. Although the organs
are not visibly affected. a dullness of the
sight follows indulgence in the afternoon
cup. In fact the symp oms do not appear
TO differ much from those produced by an
immoderate use of whisky beer or other
strong liquor and as in that instance the
removal of the cause is generally followed
by the cessation of the effect. Saoud the
evil spread. there is sure to start into ex-
istence an anti-tea association, and the
hab.tua ~ thirsty sou; viii 10 o r know
what TO imb be- though there are stll
three we l-known beverages left. namely.
cocoa. milk and coffee Too much Of the
latter has been cond mned ong ago, cocoa
induces 70 undity. and milk d "a ,recs with
the majority OF adults. A rated dr. nks are
lowering 10 the system ". en- undiluted.
Noah finally got tired Of water which is
not 10 be wondered at What rs 10 be
dJnc2 We want another NJ like or a
Mazda Won schwartz. The former drank
mlxture OF t,a. brandy I'D cham q. me:
sudcrmanns heroine drinks connection
of chocolate and mocha. We want some
inventive genius In the way Of beyer-
ages,
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my fate and make my dominion firm rs
heaven and earth. And as to my dear
brother, Samas-sun-ukin, King of Babel,
grant that his days may be long and
that he may be satisfied with many sue
cessors. Whoever craftly grasses my
name or the name of my dear brother,
or breaks my inscription, or changes it's
place, may Nin-Mach implore misfortune
for him before Bel aud Belt, and wipe
out his name ana his seed from the land!"
1t has been proven in the course OF
the excavat ons IN the site Of this
temple really lis in the suburbs Of the
city. and It was supposed that a mound,
called Amran by the Arabs, covered the
chief Babylonian ruins. Excavations are
now procoedir rap dly at this p int, and
already some Of the ancient ruins IRE b =
ing brought TO light. Deep down In this
mound II Is expected that the palace OF
Nebuchadnc gar will be found, ara here
too. must be those marvellous hanging
gardens, one OF the wonders Of the world.
A large canal used for br ng the
woter from the Euphrates, pro ba jly for
watering these garicns. and ca lei IL
hil has been found and wlthln,a short
time IL Is probable at the very ar hes
upon which the gard rs were painted
Will come 70 light They were not ace
u Pep hanging far en. b rather ele-
voted gar ems. planted upon arches sew
enty-hye feet hish and extending five
hundred feet IN every dlrect0n. but coy
cred with 30 deep q sol that the largest
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q bas-relief sculpture Of a Hittite deity,
excelently preserved. There is no DOUBT
that this is the god of thunder. for he
grasps I'm one hand the triple fork which
SO often represents lightning in ancient
art. But the inscription is not so simple
matter. Clear cut as the
characters are. not all the schol-
ars in the world can translate the
leEend or even evolve from the
characters an alpha betcal system. But
even to the eye Of one who has no ac-
quaintance with ancient languages the
inscription is interesting pictoraliy. one
character represents an arm another a
leg and foot. still another the outline bust
OF man with his hand raised TO his face;
and there are squares, angles and other
familiar figures, each one seeming TO
mean something when considered by it
self but without attainable meaning when
regarded In total Within those simple
looking characters lies the secret that an
archaeologist would give lifetime Of toll
10 learn.
Students Of the Bible will rccollect that
among the nations which were driven out
OF The Promised Land by the Israehtes,
under the leadership OF Joshua, the Hit
tltcs are mentioned. This. scholars agree,
must have been when the Hittite power
ives waning. for II was several centuries
before this that Sell and Rameses Pha-
raohs OF Egypt. sent out several eNpedi-
tipus against the Bittites ana reduced
30 10 subsection II the inscriptions up
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and they told how they had been cap
tured ard asked for my story. The hy-
ena cculdn say what was to become Of
US. but tfe lion said to me right away:
They are going to carry us across the
sea and put us In cages in what they
call a zoolc gical garden. They want us
for people to stare at. We shall find the
elephant and the rhnosceros and the ze-
bra end the camel and the ostrich over
there. and perhaps we shall have good
tines I'm not going to whine and com
plain unless I'm badly used If they
don't use me right then they must look
out for themselves"
Perhaps you know that balloons arc
quick-tempered and always ready for
fight? When they took me aboard the
steamer ! had made up my mind to be
as ug y as possible. but after talk with
tie lion / decided 10 make as little trou-
bic as possible. There were two men TO
give Us food ana drink, ana for three
days all went well Then ] got seaslck
and couldn't cat. and one OF the men
came 10 my cage and poked me IN the
ribs with a stick and swoFe at me. lie
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must be shot, but the captain put stop
TO that. He ordered the crew to throw a
net over me and tange me up, and some
tried TO lasso me with ropes, and when
they Closed in on me l lodged away and
climbed one of the masts. Men tried TO
Climb up and get no d of me. but when 1
showed my teeth they dared not put
hands on me. BY and by a woman ought
out basin of milk and placed IL on the
deck and called to me:
"Bobl Bob! Bob! Come down Bob and
have drink of milk. Good Bob-nlce
Bob-come down"
was thirsty, and the milk looked good
TO drink. The woman spoke kind Y, and
] thought she would be my friend, and so
after awhl e I came down and drank the
mi and let them capture me. The
keeper whose hand ] had bitten wanted
TO punish me after ! had been returned to
my cage, but the woman came up and
gave him talking to and he desisted. /
had 10 tell the lion all about my adven-
lures on deck, and when / was through
he said:
80. they named you Bob. chit well.
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trees grew there. From a distance these
gardens seemed to hang in the air, hence
the anne But it was necessa y to water
these artificial layers of ca tn. and the
water of the Eup' rates was brought over
in canals and raised o the proper light
by some method not yet clear, but soon TO
be explained by the discovery of the gar
dens themselves.
1t is in this more ancient part of the
city that a large amount of Babylonan
and Assyrian remains have come to light,
consisting not only Of ancient walls, but
also of many cylinders inscribed in cunei-
form characters. numerous ornaments and
Votive figures, besides building, the top
story of which contains stamped bricks
OF the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The
lower portion must be much older, but
it is only now being uncovered. Here,
too. have been found, upon some of the
seal cylinders, pictures of the god of
thunder and lightning, Hadad, much like
that of the Hittite deity; and one of Mar
duk. a chief deity in the BabylOnian pam
theon. The representation of Marduk is
of special interest, because here he stands
in all his glory. with wide OPEN eyes
and ears, the symbol of omnscience, and
with a powerful right arm, the symbol Of
omnipotence. On the cylinder to the left
of the figure are eight lines of inscFip-
ton, as follows:
For Marduk, the Great Lord, the Pow
erful. the Exalted, Lord OF all Lord Of
Lords, mighty Judge, who decides the
fate of nations, Lord of the Lands, Lord
Of Babylon, who dwelleth in Esakkil has
Marduk-nadin-schu King of All, the
Sublime. his Worshiper. dedicated this
seal, so that he may live, that his fam
BY may prosper that he may live long
and his rule be established that he may
destroy the land of his foe, he has given
this seal of shining iapislazuli, covered
with beauteous gold, an ornament for his
shining neck"
From the inscription On this precious
amulet it is evident that 1t was a gift
TO Marduk, and was placed about the
neck of one of his statues or was worn
about the neck of that Babylonian king,
who was aided by Salmanezzar II. (S5S-
S2i b. CD the Assyrian monarch, who
helped him TO take away the throne from
his brother, Marduk-belusate. It was in
the eighth year of his reign that SAL
duk-nadin-schum. putting his brother to
flisht, and afterwards staying him in the
mountains In this way the discovery
even of small amulets confirms great his
torical occurrences or legends, or gives
us bits of ancient history unsuspected
before. The value of the German discov-
cries grows with each month, and II is
probable that when the work is finished
at old Babylon we shall have a more
complete view of the palaces, temples
and OF the life of the Assyrians before
their fall frcm power than has yet been
presented to the world in the case of any
ether nation buried under the dust of
ages. C. II. Levy.
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A cylinder found inethis temple has been
translated by DR.. Messner, the Assyrio-
logist of the expedition, and reads as fol-
lows: "Assur- bani-pal. the great King,
of the four ends of the earth, the King
of Kings, the peerless Prince, who rules
from the upper sea to the lower sea, and
treads all lower kings beneath his feet;
the son of Asarhaddon, of the Great King.
of the Mighty King of the King of the
World, of the King of ASS vria, of the 10 d
of Babel, the King of Sumer and Akkad;
grandson of Sanherib, the mighty King,
King of the World, King of Assyrian am
1. l completed the building of Esagila.
which my father, my begetter. did not
finish, and the gifts for offerings of
Esagla and for the divinities of Babel I
established we'll, and the government of
Babel l made firm. SO that power might
not harm the weak. l have entrusted
the dominion of Babel to my beloved
brother, Shamas-sun-ukin At the same
time l established Emach, the temple IF
the goddess Nin-Mach, In the midst OF
Babel. Do thou, o sublime Nin-Mach,
look down with favor upon my pious deeds
and daily beseech my prosperity before Bel
and Belt. Set life of many days as
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that Is a good name for a bahco,
now that I've heard your story aad
TO give you tile advice. h.. :" a "a.
your you d temper get the best of yol agatp
your cage. If YOU laid in Ne,- y y. On
with bad reputation they won't /. lIrA
to see you. on tie contr.ry tn,v ~ .I7 'al
afraid of you ard use you il, md 20. oe
VIII have cage in a da k corner -
hungry many time. You'u ns - De
home again, ard the wis st wav see
make the best of things" IL %
After thinking tn ngs over deo.5.a
take take the lions advice, but at tn .sm 10
time stood really to use nv 80 -
anybody poked at me with sti H. w.! II
were a long lorg time on tn vo,..a "
and eli OF us get very weary Of 81. 81
one day we heard men shouting thar o .'
port OF New York was in sight AMI We
knew that we had arrived IN our Nv, we
home at last. In my next will re-1 . NV
how 1 was received. 'O0
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Babylon may offer the long sought solu-
ton of the problem by finding some mon
ument bearing a double inscription, in
both the Hittite character aud the Assy-
ran, which would give the key. The rest
would be only matter of detail. For
the finding of this monument in so per-
feet a state of preservation shows that at
some time the Hittite power must have
been great, even in the city of Babylon
Itself, and where one monument has been
found 1t is almost certain that others will
be discovered. Then some of the German
scholars who have pored in vain over
the Hittite characters without the aid of
any parallel will explain 1t all in the
twinlling of an eye.
But this mysterious monument of a
vanished race, utterly swept from the
face OF the earth by the power of Egypt
and Assyria, and once an ally of the
world powers of its day. is not the only
valuable discovery which has been made
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MYSTERY OF ANCIENT RACE.
GERMAN EXPLORATION IN THE
RUINS OF BABYLON.

1t Is Hoped That Further Discoveries
May Be Made. Giving Clue go the
HIttite Language-NObOdy Has Sue
ceeded in TRANSMITTING Any of the
Inscriptions in This Strange Lit
erature-It Is the Prize Puzzle or
ArchneOIOEy-The History of the
Nation Unknown Except what Il
Cleaned from the Bible and From
Egyptian and ASsyrian Mention of
It-Other Valuable Discoveries by
the Germans in Babylon-Tbe Pay
Rolls of acknowledgements
TO Find the Hanging Gardens o.
BahyIon-SOme of the Inscriptions
Found.
Three thousand years before the birth
OF Christ a mighty nation ruled with the
strong hand in Syria and Mesopotamia
Its influence extended far beyond ii.
borders OF the realm. and made itself feit
among the outside nations. enduring long
after the nation itself had ceased 40 be.
This was the Hittite nation the mystery
aud battling puzzle of archaeology. What
little is known Of the Hittites is derived
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from the Bible and from Assyrian and
Egyptian Inscriptions. All the erudition
of modern scholarship. all the genius aud
patience that translated the arrowhead
ed inscriptions and made clear the ancient
writing cut into bricks of Nippur,
have failed to throw a single ray of light
upon the strange language of the Hittites.
or to cull from their enduring records in
stone one definite historical fact about
this once mighty race.
Endeavor in this direction has recently
been stimulated by the finding among the
ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, by
the German scholars and explorers now
excavating there, a stone monument of
Hittite art and literature. in perfect con-
dition. and Inscribed With long legend
In the untranslatabe language The mon
ument was recently found I'm the ruins
of Babylonian temple to the goddess
Nin-Mach. 1t is 40 inches high, q inches
wide and IA inches thick. On one side Is
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ought to have known that was sick,
and 1 got so mad that my sea-sickness
left me in a minute I jumped for him
end caught his hand and gave him such
a bite as to crush the bones. After that
they starved me and poked me with iron
rods and 1 got the name of being dam
gerous animal. One day, after the lion
had been sympathizing with me, 1 found
that one of the iron bars of my cage
was loose, and half an hour later I was
free and on deck.
1 didn't want to hurt anybody. but I
wanted to make trouble. There were a
good many passengers aboard. and the
way l frightened them was funny 10 see.
Men and women ran here and there and
Shout ed, and for fifteen minutes all was
alarm. Some of the people cried out that
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MozLEY's LEMON ELIXIR.

have been a great sufferer from dyspep-
eia Tor about fifteen years, my trouble
being my liver, stomach and bowels, wiki
terrible headaches. Lemon Elixir cured
me. My appetite Is good, and l am weL
had taken a barrel of other medicine
that done me no good.
Charles Gibhard
No. 1915 Jefferson street, Louisville. KY
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BOB, THE BABOON.
His Interesting Adventures as Re
lated by Himself.

When I was removed from the ware
found l was to have company on the
long voyage. There was no other balloon,
but there were two lions, three hyenas,
a buffalo, half a dozen serpents and a
lot of birds. All except the birds and buff
falo were enemies who would have been
glad to find them there. We were all
sulky and mad for a couple of days. but
we got on speaking terms after that. A
lion and a hyena made friends with me,
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No. 1915 Jefferson street. Louisville. Ky
MozLEY's LEMON ELIXIR

~,nro me of enlarged nver. n1fvons N
digestion and heart disease. l was IN.
able to walk up stairs or to do any kind
of work. / was treated by many phyA,
clans. out got no better until ! use3
Lemon Elixir. / am now healthy iho
,,igorous. C.. H. BALDWIN,
No. ss Alexander street, Atlanta. Ca
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MoZLEY,s LEMON ELIXIR.

Cured me of indigestion. had suffered
for ten years. l had tried almost every
medicine, but ali failed. Since taking
Lemon Elixir 1 can eat anything l like.
W. A. Gelffith
Reevesville s. c,
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MoZLEY's LEMON ELIXIR.


Cures Indigestion. headache, malarA
kidney disease. fever, chills loss Of sp
petite. debility, nervous, prostration. heart
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MozLEY,s LEMON ELIxIR.

Cured me of indigestion and heart dis
ease, after years of suffering when all
other remedies and doctors had failed.
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-Rear ADMIRAL OCanaghan, who ol70

Rear Admiral oCanaghsn' VINO u..
the other day in England, had most ~
,inruished naval career, and I'D exc !,
lend work in the suppression. . piracy
the West Pacific. and In the .ua IKE
he received a sword OF honOf from .l
merchants of Bombay, and the be
thanks Of the government ana and
Chambers OF Commerce OF Calcull' me
Madras for his services IN cleaI u. N.
seas OF the pirates VINO had hiIhe'"
feEted tham.