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the plain of Shinar as far back as 2100 b. O.. had
worked into their religion of EMIL food story which
the Jewish scribes later accepted and wrote into
Genesis as an ancient Jewish belief. 1t was also
shown that the Jewish account must have come from
the undefed Nppur rather than from the dis
torted Nineveh editions. In this connection it Is
significant to remember that Abraham was living at
Ur Of the Chaldees not long after the Nppur tablet
was written
The Nppur fragment, being but small section OF a
large tablet. furnish comprehensive summary
of the original Babylonian deluge legend For this
the Investigator turns to of the Nineveh tablets
which is practically complete and which serves to
give outline of the story and to show the general
subject undoubtedly treated at length the Nippur
tablet. as originally written.
The flood story forms a part of the great national
epic poem and sacred hook of the Babylonians which
centres about the person of King Gilgamesh, semi
mythical hero. Gilgamesh passes through series OF
marvellous adventures in the course of his wandering
about the earth He is in search of the great gift
which has sought and which 1t needs 40
Ggamesh come from the shadowy past to introduce
as a motive-mmortay. His question to all he meets
is How shall secure eternal life?" And the answer
each time is, "The life which thou seekes thou wilt
not find for when the gods created man they prepared
death for man and retained life in their hands"
Story of Noah.
Finally. after many adventures, Gilgamesh starts
out to find his ancestor Utnapshtim. the Babyonian
Noah who had been made immortal after Drawing the
deluge The hero arrives at the Land of the Blessed
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Another remarkable connection lies behind the err
ror by which Biblical translators adopted kind" or
Species the meaning Of the Hebrew word This
Hebrew word originally borrowed from the
Babylonan and has hitherto been puzzle to Old
Testament students, since its meaning Is number"
and in the text "for its number" When Professor
Hprecht discovered the Babylonian equivalent for
this word In Identical connection, flood story,
he cleared up the obscure meaning The Babylonian
Noah is commanded to take from all living things
only two 'lnstead of a number"
The Biblical text revised in the light of this In
formation would read, Gen. vi, 90" (Two) from the
BIRDS instead of number thereof (two) from the
beasts instead of number thereof; (two) Of every
creeping thing of the earth instead of number
thereof; two of every sort shall come unto thee to
keep them alive
Professor Hiprecht seized upon the word which
he renders 'house boat" most interesting ampli-
fcation of the meaning conveyed by the Biblical
word ark" The Akkadan inscription gave it as
'magur" boat He found in Babylonian literature
that "magur' boat a large and heavy craft
propelled by poles towed through the canals also
that the Babylonan gods sometimes supposed
TO live "magur' boats -.s-g
Having presented his discovery and commented
upon it far its Assyrological interest goes Pro.
Hprecht leaves the rest of the discussion I'd
the theologists after making further point The
Deuge story must Form part of the Oldest traditions
of Israel Agreeing. it does so closely with the
Nippur version it must have been received by the au
thors of the Old Testament before Nippurs glory and
vitality passed in 2000 r. c. He indicates that the
Deuge story could not have entered Canaan except
at the time of the emigration of Abraham who prob.
ably brought it with him from the plains of Shipar
some two hundred years after the Nppur tablet was
written. Professor Huprecht regards Abraham as a
truly historical person.
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through the mouth of Ea at shall sweep away all
men together" thunders this ancient god of the
Babyonians with terrible majesty as he speaks OF
the food he will bring, according to the precious
fragment. 1t may well be that future examination
of the 900 fragments still untouched may result III
bringing other parts Of the narrative to light. The
translation of the Nippur specimen, dated about
210O b. c., follows by lines;--
.1.......... thee,
(the confines of heaven and earth) will loosen,
g. ia deluge | will make and) it shall sweep away
all men together;
A.. .Cbut thou seek Dife before the deluge cometh
forth;
5.(For over all living things many as there
are / will bring overthrow, destruction an
initiation.
g.. Build great ship and
7 total height shall be its structure.
s.. it shall be house-boat carrying what has been
saved of life.
o.. with "A strong deck cover dU.
10. =. .dhe ship which thou shalt make
H. Onto it bring the beasts Of the feld the birds
of heaven, t.rt
12. (and the creeping things, two Of everything
instead Of number,
10. and the family
II. g.. and. ="
Professor Hilprecht supplied the phrases enclosed by
ally indicated.
The Biblical story foIows:--
Gen vi, I. And the LORD said will destroy
whom have created from the face Of the earth aud
the creeping huES. ana the fowls OF the air; for ir
repenteth me that have made them
VI, Is. And God said unto Noah The END OF all
flesh is come before lne, for the earth is filled with
violence through them: and behold will destroy
them with the earth.
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1000 YEARS OLD

H. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms snaie
thou make in the ark, ana shalt pitch 1t within ana
without with pitch 80. -.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make
II of The length of the ark shall be three hundred
cubts the breadth of it fifty cubts, and the nesnt
of 1t thirty cubts,
16 window shalt thou make to the ark ana IN
cubit shalt thou finish 1t above and the ooor oi tne
ark shalt thou in the side thereon: WIN lo"er'
second and third stories shalt thou make It.
IT. And, behold. l. |, do bring hood OF
waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh, wherein
is the breath Of life, from under heaVen' ano eFeiy-
thing that is in the earth shall die.
1S But with thee will establish my covenant; ana
thou shalt come into the ark thou, and thy sons anu
thy wife, and thy sons wives with thee.
49, And of every living thing OF all flesh, two OF
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, TO keep
them alive with thee; they shall be male and female'
90 OF fowls after their kind. and of cattle after
their kind of every creeping thing Of the earth after
their kind two of every shall unto thee, to
keep them alive.
A comparison of the Nppur version with the Bibli-
version Is here giYen:--
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in the far west beyond the Straits Of Gibraltar, and
there meets Up-napishtim. Gilgamesh asks him
eagerly how be attained the envable state Of im-
mortality.
From here on 1t Is the story of the chosen
of the gods selected for his righteousness to
survive the general catastrophe. Utnapishtlm, OF
Noah tells of the Deuge in the form of dramatic
dialogue. He describes how he received warning and
Instructions from the god Ea in a dream; how the
god spoke and commanded him to build boat In
which he and his family and the animals were to
escape destruction.
Thus the corrupt version which undoubtedly rol-
lowed the original in all essentials Professor Hi
precht's Nippur fragment deals with the part where
the warning was given to Ut-napishtim, either d.
recty by EMIL, as Professor Hnprecht thinks, or
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the mind of The priests and learned men were
charged with writing historical political. religious
and commercial records. The clay tablets or books
stored in libraries and archives in under
ground rooms of the temples and palaces. Important
documents inscribed with terrible curses upon
the head of any who should destroy the tablets
ing the four expeditions undertaken by the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania from a hill which the
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BIBLICAL VERSION.

BIBLICAL VERSION.
Gen. vi, 7.---'I win de-
stroy man whom ! have
created from the face OF
the earth" =. 7r'Hesa
1S-"But with thee I
will establish my cove
nant."
17.-"And, behold, I,
even /. do bring a food OF
waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein
Is the breath of life. from
under heaven; and every
thing that is in the earth
shall die"
14.-"Make thee an
ark"
15-. "and the height
of 1t thirty cubits."
Ia. "rooms shalt
thou make in the ark" -.
16.-. "and the door OF
the ark shalt thou set in
the side thereof; with
lower. second and third
stories shalt thou make
it,"
16.-"A roof (window)
shalt thou make to the
ark. and in n cubit shalt
thou finish 1t above"
1S-. land thou shalt
come into the ark"
19.-"And of every liy-
ing thing of all flesh, two
of every sort shalt thou
bring into the ark"
20. "of every creep
ing thing or Ine edIIu
after his kind dnstead OF
a number)."
49,. thou, and thy
sons, and thy wife, and
thy sons wives with
thee"
ing general similarity be-
iblical versions Professor
of the Akkadian words.
logical terms which aid in
Biblical language. For In
translation of the Hebrew
W" In the English was
N "roof." In view of this
IS phrase "cover with >
flutes an important link.
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NIPPUR VERSION.
Line.
s.. at shall sweep
away all men to-
gether."
A.. "life(?) before the
deluge cometh forth"
o.. "over(?) as many
as there are. | will
bring overthrow, de-
struction. annihila'
tion ="
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O.. with a strong
deck cover it(D."
TO-. "the ship(D which
thou shalt make"
IL. Into it(D bring
the beasts of the field,
the birds Of heaven"
12-. ''instead Of n num-
ber."
13-.. "and the family"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08
Pretty Figured
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Cool, desirable wash fabrics for summer wearing
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08

In angina pectoris, agony spasm on
the heart, there are two chief features
pain and sudden death. The pain is
coming and going, intense, peculiar,
around the heart and spreading into
the shoulders and abdomen. Death,
which comes in a higher percentage
than in any other known disease, for
few ever get over it, is usually sudden
often, as the poet says, life struck
sharp on death" There are indeed in
this disease many mysteries remain
ing to be cleared up. A father and his
four children have died of angina pee
toris.-New York Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08
Take FoOt-Bath Tonight

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Allen s Footballs instantly relieve WEAKNESS and
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shake Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder
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substitutes. Samples of Aliens Footballs mailed
FREE, regular size sent by mail for 25c
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08
At Sea.

A man was discovered one evening
by friend leaning disconsolately over
the rail of a transatlantic steamer.
Are you waiting for the moon to
rise" asked the friend facetiously.
mo-" was the savage reply. 81 have
not swallowed the moon."-Los An
geles Times.
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BROUGH, The Optitcian
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08

Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep DIR. Thomas
Electric OIL for such emergencies. 1t
subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08

NoTE-The afternoon train running south at
$40 will run on Sundays at sos through the
summer.
+Daiy Daily except Sundays. Sunday only.
Pullman sleeping cars attached.
Pullman Parlor cars attached. Pullman
Parlor car TO Boston attached. stop signal
to receive or discharge passengers. Will stop
Sundays only, also during the week TO land pas
sengers holding regular transportation from Mon
treal and points beyond m viii stop only TO leave
passengers holding and using regular transporta-
ton from Bellows Falls or No. Bennington and be-
You'd or TO take passengers for points beyond
Alburgh
For detailed time tables consult folders.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

w ASHINGTON'S DIRTY Dozen" has
w been reduced by three. Judge De
Lacy did it when he babe three very
small boys, accused of stealing cigars,
pipes, milk and bread, to kiss their
parents and promise never. never,
never again to try to emulate the
Forty Thieves or any other bad people
and to turn back to the owners of
the property three dollars and some
cents to compensate for the loss.
And remember" said the Judge,
keep away from the gang you call
the Dirty Dozen If you must have a
gang, make up one of good compan-
ions, who will teach you something
that will do you some good"
Judge De Lacy has way of making
a boy tell him Just what the boy is
when he has taken anything that does
not belong to him.
Now, what would you call the boy
who took a watch of yours and didn't
give it back?"
The biggest boy hung his head and
twisted his cap and wanted to sink
through the floor.
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President and Speaker in "Hoe Down.

honors of fancy steps were even. The
dancing followed the dinner.
The dinner ended, the company
went to the east room, which boasts
an ample and smooth dancing floor.
An orchestra played gentle waltz
and the president led off with Mrs.
Joseph H. Gaines, wife of the repre-
sentative from West Virginia. The
speaker, with Miss Laughlin, sister
of Mrs. Taft, glided out on the pol
ished floor in the wake of his chief.
Then the dance was on.
In the intermission, however, when
the orchestra struck up lively tune.
Uncle Joe stepped briskly into the
middle of the room and brought his
heels together sharply. There was a
patting of gloved hands and voices
called encouragingly to the guest of
honor. In a moment the speaker 8
heels we're swinging in brilliant
highland fling.
Excellent, eh?" he called. exulting-
" to Mr. Taft II was something of
a dancer when I was youngster."
For answer the president stepped
smilingly forward, and those who
were present say the two executed
several steps of an old-fashioned hoe
down" that delighted every one. Both
were putting when they finished.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

z OCIALLY and politically the dinner
y given for Speaker Cannon at the
White House recently marked some
thing of an epoch, for not before in
many years has a president enter
tanned in honor of the speaker of the
house of representatives. Speaker
Cannon was never entertained at the
White House with an exclusive official
function during all of the seven years
Of President Roosevelt's occupancy,
and no previous affair has been given
in his honor by President Taft.
About fifty guests. nearly all OF
whom were senators and members of
the house, accompanied by their
wives, looked on and applauded when
the speaker tempted President Taft
into a test of terpsichorean agility in
the east room. Both stopped. pant
ing, when the trial was ended, but
the opinion was unanimous that the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30
A MAIL BOX AT THE DOOR.

One of the suggestions Of the post
master general for economizing in his
department is that the people put up
little boxes or other receptacles at
their front doors, so that the postman
will not have to stand and wait until
somebody answers the bell A great
deal of time is wasted by the postman
having to wait 1t is in the interest
Of an efficient and economic service
to provide these little conveniences.
And then they are not only conven-
fences for the postman; they are also
for the people of the house. There
Is the mail man." says the housekeep-
er, with her hands in the dishwater
or mixing the dough for the family
bread-"run, Johnny, to the door, "
and Johnny is down in the back yard
trying to lasso a black cat, but by
this time the mail man, thinking no
one is at home, goes OF with the ex-
pected letter from Mary, who is visit
ing over in Chicago, and so the family
Is deprived of the pleasure for several
hours, simply for the lack of a neat lit
tie letter-box at the front door.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

The report of the geological survey
shows the remarkable growth in the
production of natural gas in the Uni
ted States, the output having risen
from $215.O0O in 1882 to $54,64O, 900 in
1908, or 254 times the value % years
ago. This is a tremendous increase.
But the question will be suggested to
many minds whether such enormous
consumption of natural gas will not
soon exhaust the supply. In fact, in
one or two localities there have been
complaints that during the cold waves
Of the present winter the natural gas
has proved an uncertain reliance for
heating purposes, sometimes failing
when most needed. A little conserva-
ton and more effective regulation
might be in order.
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bandits" Seal Promise with Kisses

Tell me, now, what would you call
him."
The biggest boys lips framed the
words:
"a thief"
And in that way Clerk Harper.
listening attentively, knew that the
boy had pleaded guilty. Each of them
did, for that matter.
The judge ordered the middle-sized
youngster to step around and kiss his
mother and ask her to forgive him,
and to understand, that he would
never, never do it again, and would
Dozen.
The middle-sized boy sulked. The
spirit of the proud rover of the Span
ish main told him that to kiss wom-
an in court, even his mother, was a
puerile thing to do.
Kiss me-" whispered the mother.
The boy still stood debating with
himself.
do you want to go to the reform
SCHOOL," Numbered the judge.
And then the proud rover of the
Spanish main turned and fed, and
the erstwhile dirty digit became his
mothers little boy again, and was
caught in a loving pair of arms. and
tears ran down the faces of the boy
and his mother and several other
women who were in court
And the other dirty two had to
kiss their fathers, that the ends of
justice might be met.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1910-03-30

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N. Y, and resides at Is King street,
that city. In giving testimony regard
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l could not eat meal without expe-
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/ had exhausted every available re-
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SaA cat any IuluS 1 care IOr WIFI
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Believes Monkeys Do Not Know Much

call a trial in error.
The professor is satisfied that the
monkeys have no memory of things
in the sense that they are able to call
up picture. place, person or thing.
There Is no question that they are
able to recall having seen a person
when that person stands before them.
In other words, they are the equal Of
any Of the domestic animals in that
respect.
He can not even subscribe to the
Darwin belief that they have magma
ton, such as Darwin thought dogs
have because of the evidence before
him that dogs dream in much the
same way that human beings do.
Professor Shepherd did not enter
upon the experiments with view to
establishing a theory or to disprove
theory advanced by another, but
simply to find out for himself the
mental capacity or want of capacity
of the lumenoids available for his ex-
perimental work The professor is
convinced that when monkey
scratches his head, very much as a
man does when he is perplexed, it is
no evidence of thought on the part of
the monkey. His idea is that it is a
purely physiological phenomenon, per-
haps due to the similarity of construc-
ton of a man and a monkey.
Another thing the professor feels
warranted in saying is that the mon
key is not any more initiative than
many other animals. He shows that
monkeys that have had merry-go-
round in their cages, that revolves
when they jump on it, will continue to
jump on a contrivance of that kind
that is fastened so that it will not
revolve and continue to go through
the motions necessary to make prop
er merry-go-round perform It's proper
functions, just as if the first trial had
produced results
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