The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-06-20

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lieve. = faithful and virtuous compan-
ion TO me. II would be a fortune If
they had kept the old furniture till
nov 10 sell TO relic hunters. The
country is poor and the struggle for
existence keen, the young men tell that
they are waiting for better times So
they can marry.
Old Annapolis, what a different air
is here from our West. The public
square is a circle, aud a church occu-
pies it dating from the days of twin
church and state. A cross as a monu-
ment to a clergyman is in the mid
die ofthe street. In the Gland Office"
you are charged for looking at the
deed books. In the State Home
Senate Chamber is a noble picture of
Washington resigning his commission,
where the act occurred. In front is a
bronze statue of Chief Justice fancy.
Old copies of the Maryland Ganette
show that in 1869 the unrest of the
coming Revolution was at work. The
grounds of the Naval school are rest
full and beautiful and full of history.
In the library are pictures and on the
campus monuments of the naval
heroes who found glory on and death
in the briuey deep, Guns captured
from Spain, England, Mexico, the
N.oors, tell interesting stories of the
worlds past history. The names
Insolente, Proud, REQUISITE, Growler,
Mars, Bitter, and even the Mexican gun
Jesus, did not save them in the dav
of battle The dune at whose feet the
sea waves lap increasingly is an ideal
court OF peace for the dead sailors
buried there. In the name and tomb
of Stokeley Morgan, Lieut.. commander
from the Olympia in Manila. /
recognized a member of my fathers
mothers Stokeleys, whose ancestor
told Elizabeth, who was his partner
when he mercilessly plundered
Spanish ships, 81 would rather be the
sovereign of a mole hill than subject
of the greatest sovereign in Christen-
dom" and whose proves against the
Turks at the battle Of Lepbauto won
for him tho lasting friendship Of Don
John Of Austria, brother of Philip
Second, and for his son a Spanish
bride, my ancestress. The streets of
Annapolis are named Duke of Glou-
c%ester, Prince George etc., etc.
Yet all this East today above the
Potomac leaves much to be desired. The
United States seem to end at the
Alleghenies and Potomac. In Wash
ington the people pass each other to
the left because ''it's English" The
v%irilitY Of the West is missed no less
than its true American atmosphere.
A hotel charging the same that in
our town pays for the elegant accomo-
dations Of the Nickel Home here only
pays for indifferent fare and sheets that
have been pressed by other forms and
not washed since. 1t is said that
colonies are Ginning here from
Nebraska and buying land The
Western blood is needed. As an
ethnologist l find The Cimbrl in
Virginia. In Maryland there IS a
remarkable survival of the daughters
of BABYLON. Below medium size,
black-eyed and black haired, trim
built, with fine features but lacking
force though showing amlability they
are today as their forbears IN Babel
1000 years ago who were conquered
by fierce Assyrians and moved West
ward to Britain where Prof. Rhys
says they are still found. From there
| trace them by their Welsh names to
here. Religion was an essential part
of the B%abylonian's life as of the Mary
landers, though they are no better NOR
ally than many who are not so religious.
But physically and psychicallY the Bah
%ylonians live again in Marylanders.
To them we owe letters, weights,
measures, banking, land laws, justice
in courts, and one of the greatest tasks
of the future historians will be the vim
dicatlon of Babylon. They gave their
women equal properly rights they
cared tenderIy for women prisoners
when the Jews b~utcbered
them without mercy. The Rev. A. H.
Sayce, an opponent of he Higher Crit
icism, says nevertheless that Babylon's
influence run all through Jewish laws
and comes unbroken down to us. Is ii