El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-29

A .ExANDER THE GREAT lived
a $50 years B. c. He conquered
4 n the world, or all he could lind
of it. He began his task when - he
completed it at 80. and died signing
for more worlds to conquer
We will never die from Alexander
disability. we see a milky way OF
worlds to conquer.
Alexander made a list Of the seven
Wonders Of the world, and 1t was MS
proud boast that all Of these were
his personal possessions. He did not
produce these Seven WOnders-ne SIM
DIV annexed and took them over
Alexander's Seven Wonders OF the
World We're: -.
The Pyramids Of Egypt ,.,.--,o,
The Hanging Gardens OF bdOS iOH
The Tomb of MausO4os
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Statue Of Zeus by Phidlas
The Lighthouse on the Island OF
Pharos.
All these seven wonders are Gus
living but in heasay, save the
mids alone. ..z at,or,t
a75O years B. c. When Moses LED Ine
Children OF Israel out OF cSpll'i'S
these pyramids were already olu.
The pyramids were built 1or tonlDS
ana monuments to the memory OF Ger
tain Great men But the irony OF
things is manifest when We cOIls 80,
that although the tOmbs remain me- me-
is no authentic re 1,oHts5 as -
Hanging Gardens
The Hanging Gardens OF Bapyl ,
were built about $50 years q, = .s ~
NebuchadnezZar for the srallIlC -. -
of his queen. She was from Ine
mountains. and the BabylOnlan plau
seemed dreary to her Inc ueSl-N1A7
DAYS of NebuchadneZZar, Wnen ne ~
came a vegetarian. are IaInl4ldI 70 q,
NebuchadneZZar was the 1lrsL man "
take tn the tall uncut his gdIueAS
were a plaything- Ihey ehouIeu -
a decade and then the worms ana the
weeds had their way ,+.,5
The Tomb of MauSOlOS was e SCtCS
At HaIfcarnassus by Artemisia, we OF
MausolO The tomb was snan Dul
most elaborate dream In marble
gold and silver and precious Stones
FIT for a dead deity, but TO the mem
orv Of a commonplace man the cfea
ton was too exquisite, too precious 70
last The barDarians oVerran the -
try and the tomb became one OF the
things that were -
only because ii was the birthplace OF
Euterpe mother Of InenlsloCle,S. -
made one remark to the. Athenls17
traf Is deathless, yes. ! am an allsL,
but nv son is ThemistOcles! only
g 9rs - 5eopie can render a location IN
forgettable.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue
Oh feet high, representing HeIoss -
sun god. the national deity Of the FIlo-
mis- great statue Of bronze. made IN
se-sra+e parts and rtveted tosetnSls
bestrOde the narrow entrance =
barbor II was set up $50 years p -
=
memory. It. however, supplied las
sius Ia good smile. ,-,,..- -,-as
me Statue of Zeus by Phidias was
of marble. inIaid with gold, ivory anu
ebony The statue was supposed ~
bave been modelled from one mace IN
the time Of Homer, when the poe -
for the artists model Inc statuS . ~
- feet high-cOlOssal IN proper ttol --
re Romans tumbled this statue rom
IFS pedestal and carried II away pc
The Pbaros was rocky island on
the EevDtian coast AAeNahoel -
1acted This island with the nalnlale
and at the entrance OF tne haI ~ -
Alexandria built a magnlrlcenl lIsLit-
bo1Ise-the first maritime light mouse
erected t,,y1+ AZ
Epbesus $50 years B. C The Worshlp
If Dfana-otherwis the GODDESS OF
NTature-was the recognized rellSloA
of Ephesians. In It's carry cOHSSP
ton it was a beautirul relslOh- - -
reIigions grown great and powertul
lose their original virtues. Read MS
tory. ~. %
In the time OF Paul, the Temple OF
Diana was falling into decay and the
material was being used for houses
ana barns by any one who cared 70
appropriate it. Pliny says that the
temDle was 12O years in building
Constructed 30 GlOrify
These seven wonders Of the World
were things Of pride and pOmp, con-
structed to glOrify and amuse the rev.
Slave labor entered into their con-
struction: and GiscOrd, death and mis-
a7,- Tor the many was the result Of the
proud plans Of their making.
Today, II we were asked TO make a
list of the Seven wonders Of the
World we would name the things that
contribute to human happiness and
add to our well being-that make the