The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-11-29
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bow him dowa to the very groundi

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land1 the Son Of Heaven, child Of the
exalted god, San, cause his sculptured
tablets to be carried of by his
enemiesl
''May Gula, the great queen, wife Of
the meridian Sun, infict dire diseases
on his [familyl]
"May Yem the great[god]of heaven
and earth, son Of Anu the powerful,
blast his fields with llghtniugl
"May the goddess -, the great
enchantress, dry up his cows, and
make his focks Of sheep barren by
powerful incantationl
MAY Bushuk, the great god, infilct
blindness and fever on his cattle and
may his domestic fowls never lay
eggs or hatchI
"And.may the great goes named on
this stone, with their united anger,
and with curses impossible 10 be
dispelled, curse his springs Vi water
and forevermore burn up ali seed ;hat
he may plantl"
Those imprecations were one way Of
warranting the title. The mound
of earth" to which this field ran on
one side was the levee Of tie Tigrs
river, like the Lower Mississippi
levees It viii 70 Doubt make your
readers laugh If tell them that this
ancient Mr.. Kill of Western Asia
four Thousand years ago, NAV be the
ancestor OF some Of our Kellys Ct
Irishtown. But let us see. All will
agree that everyone who is living to-
day had ancestors living Somezvheye
then. All families are sold families, "
Now Professor Rhys, the distinguish
ed Welsh anthropologist, archaeolo-
gist, historian, says that on both
sides Of the Irish sea the shores from
north to south have a population that
is not Aryan, that is to say, whose
ancestors are not all from the north
of Europe. An appendix ia his book,
"The Welsh People," by another
writer shows that the Gaelic dialects
are 50 strongly impressed with West
Mediterranean construction that II
leaves scarcely a doubt as to these
facts. have long believed that the
Scotch name Murdoch is the reni
niscence OF Babylonian name IL
which the name Marduk or Meroducf
! is compounded, just as the grantee
husband in this deed is named Kigee
Ship.Marduk. Furthermore, believe
that the Picis OF Scotland are tbs
tribe Of Pekod of the Bible, or
colony from them. So that If sOm'
Of the Marduk family got to Scotland
the Kelleys OF Ireland may be frou
! the Kills Of Assyria and Babylonia
Scientific investigators are more ant
more coming TO believe that the cen
= tinuity OF races aud religions and sec
ular institutions, from the mos
, ancient times till to-day, has beel
less broken than we have heretoior
thought. The same change has taFel
: place in that branch Of science as j
= geology. The old idea was that th
Z surface Of the earth had bee
- put into its present conditio
d by mighty commissions Of nature
y Whilst there have been some it
> now the belief Of geologists that th
: work has been slower and throug
y vast periods OF time. Thus our deco
? 10 our recorders offices are probabl
= a long, unbroken evolution frol
y such monuments as the one give
+ above.
Our ancestors 10 Siberia aud Mort
Europe we're for ages so well supple
: : with land that they never bought {
II sold it. And When the time saN
that they settled down on TN (ool
q or "home-deldn for each family, Il
% outraHge FOR the Aocks and herr
y was "no mans land, or CONNIE
property
= The text is 10 the congression
~ library at Washington. My intere
in the restoration Of proper dnauci
0r and economic laws in this country
q That more Of our people may ba'
~ time to spare from the endless roor
20 Of work to look lack into the pa
that science is digging UP for u
q For there are lessons for is in tn
rs remote past GEoRoE WILSON,
Mrs L. A. Oyerton, Of St hOui
no arrived Wednesday evening to spel