The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-07
ed - - Babies Alive
Infants Were Cast Into the Glowing Furnac
as Voluntary Sacrifices to Placate
Angry God = Strange Rites
Attended Sacrifices.
Attended Sacrifices.

the hands Of the god transfers
children into its fiery bosom.
first child offered as a sacrifice N
be a voluntary one. The high mi
of Moloch walks up and down
encourage the crowd. At las,
man or woman rushes up, pale "
fear, and child is delivered to
red-clothed priest. In an instant
is yelled and placed in the hands
the statue. The chains work.
little mass descends into the f,
statue. There is a puff as Of WI
. steam is thrown upon heated D
The brazen arms work m.
quickly. Child after child dis
pears into the fiery furnace. e.
time the priests Of Moloch cry
stretching forth their hands
place the sins of the people upon
god, ''They are not men, but oxen.
The God Appeased.
The hours wear away, but the
is unappeased. At last when thes
is setting the statue seems to t.
on paler glow. Some imagine /
they can see burning flesh, 9th
descry hair or limbs or even VIII
bodies in the fire. The crowds g
away to bowls Of Mystic voluptuol
ness. Some cry out that the god
satiated and that the remainder
the children should be spared; OF
ers that the sacrifice shall go O
The furore becomes greater ar
greater The faithful come 70
ward leading their little ones, bea
ing them with sticks when they b
come overcome with fear and wou
hang back. Fathers of children in
molated at former sacrifices thro
eff1gies of the little one and the,
toys upon the fire. The more de
vout becoming insane with religion
frenzy, rushing with knives upon tn
other. The red-gowned priest
gather up the ashes in bronze pan
and cast them into the air that tn
influence of the sacrifice may reac
to the stars. The cooling metal {
the god throws a darker and darkC
smudge of red against the blacknes
Of the sky.
Carthage, the scene of these il
EQUITIES so fateful to the model
mind, has long since passed ava
The legions Of Rome have owe
whelmed it, leaving hardly a stor
upon a stone, these two thousan
years. Today an ignorant travele
could pass over the site Of the gre;
city without realizing anything of /
one-time power and magnifcenc
Archeologists like Pouissot and La
tier carry on their excavations am:
a desolate plain unvisited, save /
herders and their focks of sheep.
few mounds, an end of a wall he7
and there, is all that is left Of Il
once proud city.
One Of the largest and most r
nowned Of all the sanctuaries {
Carthage was the Temple Of TAM
the foundations and inner sanctUn
of which have just been discover
by the French scientists. Inc.usir
of the zones of gardens that su-
rounded the building, the temp
covered very large extent 9
ground.
It was a long black building SUI
mounted by a rectangular towe
bearing a crescent. Great censel
on the angles on the roof perpetua
ly sent wisps of smoke streamip
toward Heaven. Decorated with 81
yer and gold, it was one Of the mos
pretentious buildings of the cit,
Within were thousands of picture
statues and representations Of th
divinity of Tanit.
Tanit, next to Moloch, was tn
greatest deity in the Phoeniciar
Carthaginian or Canaanitish religion
She was similar to the Venus of tn
Romans, but her powers were NOR
embracing. She was the god Of pre-
creativeness, of fecundity and {
love. The statue of Tanit with tn
veil was supposed to be the guar
dian of Carthage-if the veil wer
stolen it was imagined that the glor
and strength of the city would de
part along with it.
MoIoch, the head Of the Cartha
ginian hierarchy, was the sun got
terrible to placate. His sacrifice
were entirely of the blood Of infant