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Show K OTST TELLS OF FINDS AT NIPPUR 0 ablsLIIIT ni ON ANCIENT SYSTEMS Dl:csvsrie Made by Prof. Hilprecbt Declared to Be Ar;ong the Most Valuable Ever Made Work of Translation Going On at the University of T; hr. ic.t OF LAW Penn-cjlran- ia The Hymn to Ellil. j. i s ttT Ths ilcti girts and tbe Irese- protection of Nabu, ibe god of agri- UecauM uree (laid) baton Ellil, culture. becauan ot th prostrations, with which "An Interesting reference to boundthe lord and tho non of tin lord, which to mill and Ninlb ho showed ary stones in the religious literature," with his reverence, says Dr. lllnke, "occurs in the Shurpu because ofrespectful the utterance of suppurations, series, in a prayer which Is remarkbecause ot th u prayer of the king, the priest. The able for Its ethical contents. priest Intercedes for the worshiper Curses Upon Offenders. and implores the deity to forgive him, Then follows the statement of the asking the following questions: Has he drawn a false boundary? Has he grant of land. Here is the curse diomitted to draw a true boundary? lias rected against him who shall deny he removed the confines, the limits the legal giving ot the land: or the boundary stone? May Anu, the king, the futher of the FACTS FADS FALLACIES Rods, In anger overthrow him and annihilate hla life, Ellil, the lofty god, who appolnta Peculiar Features. tha fato of gods, appoint for him There is an immense amount of an evil fate, ao that calamity, misfortune very curious Information about the the commandi of men may oppress formalities of land cessions in Dr. and him. Hinke's book, but in view of the na- Ea. the king of the ocean, the lord of ture of the controversy regarding the wtadom, "Temple library at Nlppud the lit- take away fromof him gladness of heart, inlnd, happiness erary features of the inscriptions are abundance and fullness, ao that of most Immediate interest. The lamentation may selxe hint. lord of the rrown of aplendor, boundary stone erected under Ne- Sin, the hla face, eo that he may not have buchadrezzar I., which is under special darken merriment (?) consideration, contains a transcription Shamash and Ramman, powerful gods, of "a magnificent and typical Baby- the lofty judges, give him plans, and with a Judgment of lonian hymn. The stone was found evil Justice on the northwest side of and righteousness may they not judge at Nippur him the Ziggurat, within the temple area, lord of confines and bound- -' by Dr. Haynes, In February, 1896, at Ninlb, the tear out his boundary-stonthe close of the third Babylonian ex- Quia,arlea, ths great mistress, put lingering of of the sickness PennsylUniversity pedition vania. It Is a conical block of black Into Ids body, so that dark and bright red blood he may pour out aa water. limestone, 49 centlmenters in height Ishtar, tha mistress of lands, whose fury and 73.2 centimeters in circumference Is like a flood, at the middle. The Inscription con- reveal the difficulties to him, so that sists of a heading of two lines placed he maythenot escape misfortune. powerful lord, the mighty Nuska, among symbols at the top, and 155 scorcher, UneB of text, arranged in five columns. (the god), my creator, be hla evil demon The stone Is slightly damaged, but and may he burn his root. the few lines which have been partly , The Inscription apparently establost have been almost completely re- lishes the fact, says Dr. Hinkle, that stored from the context. The stone Nebuchadrezzar was a usurper and has several features not found in that the first kings of his dynasty other monuments of this kind. One Is were contemporaneous 'with the Can-sit- e kings. At first he battled In vain a drawing of the piece of land- - to The against the Elamite and Assyrian suwhich the inscription relates. second is a beautiful hymn to Ellil at premacy, but after repeated reverses tbe beginning of the inscription. Dr. and late in his reign he was able to , M. HILADELriIIA. Recent J donee that the This subject, I believe, I have already treated sufficiently In my book, 'New Light on the Old Testament from , . Babel. "The advanced state of the systems of law in those old cities, for instance, was remarkable. The now famous code of Hammurabi Is based upon precedents, proving the existence of systems of law long prior to his time. There may also have been codes even earlier than his. There must surely have been In the time of Abraham extensive legal libraries. Think also of the wonderful Babylonian system of writing! We know that the Chinese have from 30,000 to 40,000 values for their written Blgns. One scholar has already collected about 14,000 values for the Babylonian written signs, and another list Is being compiled, which contain as will, In all probability, many more. Given these premises, It stands to reason that there must of have been immense collections documents and books In all the Babylonian cities. Some of the books must have consisted of a thousand tablets each. Of course, there were vast storehouses or libraries to hold them. evl- - d controversy as to the results of the Nippur excavations was not killed but was merely "scotched" by the course In .n..l(relatlca to It taken by the governing . iKAbody cf the University of Pennsyl-vara, may lead to further action of 3 kind on the part of the latter. LjL,Th:.a has been much disappointment t, r'amcLg the friends of Prof. H. V. the head of the assyrlologlcal ,r0B Section at the university, that the mild rendered by the Investigating tuiit committee of the trustees in 1905 did carry with it the weight of a ad sii-- t The degree of contempt with this verdict was received in DMrr Jverdlct Op dgpm T e. a x jirjnnnrutrirLnrijuuLrLnnrLririrvvx,i,r 19 enters your mind and you harbor it, If but for a moment, it will prove prejudicial to your interests. I have always contended that tho llttio, troublesome word "If (when It expresses doubt) is not to be found In any true psychological dictionary. Every time you use it and every tlmo you think it you are giving yourself a suggestion that may prove your defeat. An autois just as suggestion forceful as If it came from Borne one Deallnf with Personal Magnet elso. Therefore not accept do ism. Telepathy, Psychology, doubts from any source. Remember Suggestion. Hypnotism, that "ifa and "but are always and Spiritualism. (when doubt is expressed) links in your thought fetters. By In the first plucc, learn to keep EDWARD B. WARMAN, A. M own counsel. Should you, howyour Emintnl PtycholosUt sail ever, consult with anyone who belong HisifiiiL to the "doubting Thomas" class, make up your mind to shut out every doubt either expressed or implied. (Tho majority of us when asking advice are THE POTENCY OF PSYCHOLOGY. usually seeking approval.) or Sooner realwill later, Influeveryone Psychology is the most potent ence known to man. No thought is ize his desires, providing he holds to ever lost. As Henry Wood has so them with persistent and unwavering well expressed it: "Thero Is not a confidence. The best thlngB of this thought but has its due influence. life are not possible while we paraThe every Idle word' for which men lyze ourselves with doubts of our abilshall be Judged, when rightly Inter- ities. Tie very force we waste upon our fours Is all that would be necespreted, is a startling psychological sary for the achievement of our purtruth. As a man thlnkoth in his heart so pose. At the very point of discourageis he.. Not the conscious thought of ment we are often nearest accomthe moment makes him what he 1b, but plishment. If the question has been asked me tho sum total of his previous thoughts. once It has been asked me hundreds Thought is, indeed, the motive power of the universe, and psychological of times: "If one falls does he not lose his confidence?" , thought the most potent Do not conNot necessarily so, no. If he does, found the terms psychology and hypnotism. We frequently hear one say: ho could not have had a very largo "Oh, he has hypnotized you," Instead stock of confidence to lose. Success ot saying: "lie has psychologized' Is not built upon one effort, but upon repeated efforts and failures. As a you. A certain historian says of Na- rule, failure should never be acknowluntil the last effort has been poleon: "Among his associates in edged and tho last effort should not the army, in the councils of the na- made, tion bis word was law. A look, a mo- be made until one is successful. Ultimate failure should never be action, a few quietly uttered words were but. Instead, hope on. knowledged, All obedience. to command sufficient felt the mystic spell- - of his power. hope ever with Increasing confident In ultimate success. Note the instance when Marshal Ney Concentration. had been sent by Louis XVIII. to , the emperor ou his return from This is best accomplished by true Elba. No sooner dld the marshal quietness rather than by fntenstty. come within the spell of Napoleon's Concentration la the key to all power. powerful suggestive genius than he, Thought is force; concentration of himself, surrendered to Napoleon, and thought is the focussing and directing the combined forces marched against of force for a certain purpose. To be the king. In reading the history of successful in concentration depends France I have sometimes imagined on what we concentrate our force (continues the historian) that Napo- upon and what ends we have in view leon must have hynotlzed the entire in so doing. It should never be for French nation and then died without unworthy ends. As a practice for such removing the spell of his genius. A concentration you should occasionally suggestion of his spirit still broods select some one thought and focus over the land. your mind thereon at the exclusion of You must learn Although hypnotism is suggestion, all other thoughts. suggestion Is not necessarily hypno- to still the little thought waves runtism. In the case of Napoleon it was ning through your mind continuously his personal magnetism and psycholog- by gathering the thought forces toical power that were evidenced In look, gether In one big wave. word and movement Whatever business project you may . The New Thought people are, many have in mind concentrate your thought of them, extremist! and quite extrav- upon It So completely that you may agant in their ideas of the attractive hold that particular thought at the power of thought The New Thought exclusion of all others and hold It with is not always right thought; nor is it confidence In the accomplishment of In reality new thought but, rather, the object the old thought revived. Passivity. Nearly 20 centuries ago the great This Is one of the most difficult "There things to learn and yet one of the most naturalUt Pliny, declared: surely exists in man a certain power Important The successful student of of changing, attracting and binding psychology must be able to make whatever he desires or wills to at- himself passive (negative) and positive tract, change, bind or impede. at will. To make one's self habitually 1 am a firm believer in thought vinegative without knowing how to bebration and know, by experience, that come positive Is a dangerous thing; the psychological power thus exercised In fact to make one's self habitually has a most potent influence whether negative is noi desirable thing. it Is used in drawing things unto No matter how Intent you may be on one's self or in projecting a spirit of tbe business project ycc. ave In mind, helpfulness and success to others. when you enter an office or enters Reason, however, steps in and says: your office you should be able to beThus far and no farther. Tis true- - come passive at once; for only in so "All things come to him who will but doing can you get the mental attUude of that person toward you and th? wait if he bustles while be waits. Tbe New Thought apostles say that business you represent. Always bear in mind that an Impresyou can sit in the silence and attract anything you desire horses, car- sion cannot be made upon a positive, riages, flowers, etc. I believe it If but, instead, upon a negative; hence you sit long enough in the silence; but the necessity of your being passive. carI also believe that the horses, Think of it a moment; that even your riages and flowers will be those that own subjective mind cannot make an come to your funeral. Impression upon your objective mind You may sit with folded arms and, unless it is passive. Who has not puzzled for hours or Mlcawber like, expect something to turn up, but you will find that it will days or even longer over some probfacilitate matters very much if you lem and given it up in despair? Then suddenly, In some moment of abstracgo out and turn it up. Is not the nerv- tion when in the necessary passive On the other hand, it ous, restless, excitably active person attitude, the solution came. Try to who accomplishes most True energy recall a name or date. So long aa you are objectively active (positive) In displays itself far more impressively will fall, but when you In repose than in action. Napoleon, your effort you with his arms crossed over his breast, "let go" and say "well, never mind, Is more expressive of power than the it will come to me when I'm not thinkfamous Hercules beating the air with ing of it" And it comes. It was there nil tho time, but by your effort bis athletic fists. (positive) you closed tho door agalnBt Applied Psychology. It. But you may say: "Suppr lng In a Any theory to be a remarkable theory must have a workable basis. business transaction the other man Psychology is nothing if not practical. becomes positive, should I still reBeOf what benefit is the Sure. with main passive? Why? its wonderful Intuitive intelligence If cause two positives clash and, m all we cannot make use of it in the every- probability, nothing I .earn gained. day affairs of life? It ,1s for that pur- the secret of being a good listener-o- ne can listen without necessarily acpose that I, desire to call your attention to the following eight psycholog- cepting. ical pricipies, the combination of (Copyright, 1507, ty Joseph B. Bowles.) which, properly applied, will unlock A Free Ride. the door of surrem to any line of A man who evidently balled from business for which one has any natural rural parts walked Into the Ellsworth aptitude: building tbo other day aad asked on 1. Confidence. what floor a certain firm was located. 2. Concentratlor. "Theyre not In this building," said 3. Passivity. the elevator man, "but get In the car 4. Unloading. anyhow, and I'll give you a ride." 5. Posltlveness. The countryman got In and the ele6. Impulsion. vator shot swiftly upward, to Ms Im7. Clinch your thought. mense delight. 8. Control conditions. When the car was auln on the Confidence. ground floor the farmer got out and Unless you have confldenco In your reaching la his pocket said: That was self and confidence iu your undertak- a fine ride. How much is it? ChL ing how can you reasonably expect cago ltecord-llerald- . success? and your Thought is vibratory Rough on tho Experts. If Ananias, who has been deceased thought will affect the one to whom it is voluntarily projected or the one for some little time, were now alive, who comes within Its radiation. he would, we fancy, hold himself out The.efcre, If tho shadow of a doubt us bq expert witness. Law Clerk. ) , ar--e- st Religious and Literary Texts. "There must have been a great mass of religious literature In existence. There must have been In use hymns to all the gods, in practically every cult, for In Nippur not only Ellil, but most, of the other divinities of the middle east were worshiped. tfvmtoAr 00 tovixtary There must also have been large numo0oy ,.w f 'JSt 1 bers of Inscriptions, omen texts, etc., which are to be classed under the head of literature. Thousands of these archeological circles, the freedom with texts have been found at Nippur, and In many we have many of them at the UnivernVwm was denounced quarters as merely an application sity of Pennsylvania. One of our ICIAN of wist Is figuratively known as staff Is now working at the translation wLltawash," are almost unprecedent- - of religious texts. Other volumes emed la any similar case. It may as bodying the results of study of the tabFronhwcll te said that among the alumni lets have been projected and will be FortwCf tla university there still subsists a published in due order. I would not Drw strorz feeling of dissatisfaction that a be surprised If a national epic should more positive course was not taken eventually be found In part or whole m AJby tls trustees, and a movement has In Babylonian tablets. be. begun to make a concerted "The question as to what the deposIn favor of again forcing itory of all this material shall be between Prof. HUprecht and called, whether a temple library or tala ftr iamf hjhis scientific accusers, something else, is of comparatively Hinke says that "it is the finest Ellil mined trivial Importance, although It admits, which has been found thus far, tttieri May Publish Stenographic Report. of course, of some discussion. The hymn the majesty and power fitly celebrating :s. "Lis it w;s Intimated to a was certainly the chief insti- of the representative god of Nippur. In some of its A. ER3,f the Philadelphia Ledger by a trus- - temple tution of the city, and dominated all it aproaches the psalms of lee of the university that the board the rest The fact that arithmetical expressions Old Ttestament the might yet determine to give to the matter was found in the library would The Inscription recites the historical public the stenographic reports of the not make it any the less a library. under which the land circumstances hearings In the HUprecht matter, held The library of the University of PennNusku-ibnl- , a high dignito was given by Its special committee In 1905. In sylvania contains statistical books of of Ellil at of the Ekur, temple tary was this connection the statement all kinds as well as literary books. I curses declares any ofupon Nippur, maAs that the verdict of the commit-o- f would like it to be impressed upon ficial who appropriates the land or was Prof. Hilprecbt the public that we have at the univerland A6 exonerating owncouched In mild language sity very large numbers of literary interferes with the rights of the ,ltlTatiCpur;:xeIy invocation to the an offers and er, not wound order the that It as well as business texts." ,tate din might and asks them to mete out cerof certain members of the Thomfeellrr Prof. Clay declined to discuss any gods tain punishments to an offender. The med university who had conscientiously other phase of the Nippur question names of 14 witnesses of the grant Thi believed that he should be compelled are given. The symbols at the top of 7 t0Btto answer formally the charges made on a Boundary Stone. Prayer the stone are outlines of shrines, ornaby Lev. Dr. John P. Poters of New The archeological publication last mented with a spearhead, a pointed York and others. Issued by the University of Pennsylof a "As this considerate course has not vania is a volume of Series D, edited shaft, a skepter, a tiara, the head DAII01. a of head a the scorpion, vulture, lion, . won their appreciation," It was added, Prof. HUprecht and entitled "A a erm star, a crescent, a an entirely different one may be by New Boundary Stone of Nebuchadrez-za- r a fork, serpents, a torlightning uniti4-I. from Nippur. The author is toise, etc. Cf course, no official of the unlver-eDr. William J. Hinke. assistant profesThe translation given by Dr. Hinke alty will concede at this time that sor in the Auburn Theological Semiof the hymn to Ellil is as follows: L ard Is at all reverse to Its the likely tailroad stones first appeared Boundary nary. riptiTfctlca of 1905 or to take any steps in Babylonia under the third, or Cas- - Ellil tha lofty lord, tha ruler of heaven and earth, iroe. IwtI.h will mean the severance of the prince, the lord of all, 1). SFrcf. Hllprechts relations with the the king of the great gods, whose equal City, Dlnst..tion. as a god Thors Is said to be a disposition on does not exist In heaven and on earth, upon the giving ot whoae command the the part of the trustees to rely upon Iglgt the results of the examination of tab- prostrate themselvea, reverently pay hombrought from Nippur that has age. and upon whose decision ths Anunnakl la constant progress at tbe Muwait In submissive awe, stand In humble seum of Archeology during the last fear, tfco years and a half to obliterate the the lord of lords, the word of whose ' ' mouth unfortunate effect of the revelations of no god can set aside, Dr. Feters, Prof. Prince of Columbia the potentate of the Anunnakl, the lord t university, and Mrs. Haynes as to the of the blackheaded, nature of the discoveries at the sovereign of landa, the ruler of kingdoms. In their bearing upon Prof. Hll- The god whoae splendor Is overwhelming It Is declared publications. prechts (?) and filled with brilliancy, ' I that the translation of the tablets, with whose glory the whole extent of heaven, which until the beginning of the conall habitations and all dwellings, art had remained for five years clothed, the museum, ktroversy In the cellars ofmost with whose majesty ths lands are covresults of the brilliant ered, whose rule cannot be rivaled, whose dicharacter, far exceeding the expecta-be y sclen-LUl.'t;- -- -i --- - sun-dis- five-pointe- d 3 S fleta 3 rjreil Nip-pu- r, k tions to Babylonia. throw off the foreign yoke, ascend the throne of Babylonia and even extend his conquests to the Lulubeans In the east and the land Amurru in the west This enabled him to assume the proud tlUe of "King of the World." 21,424 TONS OF GOLD DUG. Since Columbus Discovery Over $12f 600,000,000 Has Been Mined. Since Columbus found bis new world, 21,424 tons of gold have been dug from the mines of the earth. Their value Is over $12,600,000,000. Of this vast total 19 per cent, or nearly of the whole, has been mined in the last ten years; 30 per cent, or almost & third, in the last 20 years; 41 per cent in the last 30 years; 54 per cent in the lost 40 years, and 68 per in the last cent, or over half century. , Assuming that an Increase occurs in the annual output this amount will be doubled ip 30 years, while if an annual Increase of 5 per cent la obtained, the doubling will take place in less than 20 years. II. F. Van Wag-ene- n predicts that as a result of tbs creation in so short a time of ao immense an amount of indestructible wealth aa this, a general advance In the market price of all commoditiea may be expected. Interest rates will certainly decline. Wages should rise, for with this amount of new capital arising in the brief period every department of human activity is bound to be stimulated, and this will create an enormously increased demand not only for all those things that machinery and art can produce, but sIbo for those that can only be brought into being by human hands and human service. one-fift- h two-third- Accident Qualifications. Run over by an automobile, was be? said the city salesman. Til bet equaled, vinity cannot he was a big man six feet high and whose decision Is weighty, whose comweighed 200 pounds, or something like mand Is lofty, whose law la supreme, whose ways are that." wonderful, Five feet 11 H and weighed 180," V rrOiv f who rules heaven and earth, who sus- corrected his Informant the lands, tains "I knew It, said the city salesman. who mils tha faithful shepherd, who ap"In casualties of that kind you may points tho governor of the earth, site, dynasty and the date of this one forever with the light of hie gracious generally figure on unusual physical 1300 before about is in particular countenance, with his shining face Christ. In all royal grants of land two he looked faithfully upon Nelmchadnes-tar- , proportions of tho victim. In fact, the prince, hla favorite, proof is needed that large bodies move documents were used; one, a large, who la devoted to hla aanctuarlea. and conical block, to be placed upon the that he might shepherd Sliumar and slowly; it can be found in the statistics of street accidents.- Barring the field in question for the Information Akhad. of the people in general; the other, that he might renew the sanctuaries of children, most persons who figure in the city of dwellings, Ol such accidents are heavyweights. a private document or tablet, to be and regulats the tithe of Ekur and Nip- course, little his of as title, people are by no meant held by the owner proof pur, Immune, but In the majority of cases Curses inscribed upon certain stones ha broke the weapon of hie enemy and hi In he of hla where a pedestrian has got tangled up enemy the placed were acepter public show that they with au automobile, a horse car, or a which could be removed. The a lifehand, ot eternal days he granted to him street car, the description of hts perabsence of curses in the inscriptions and preceding king he magnified sonal appearance brings out the fare upon other. stones shows that they abovehlaany that he was five feet 11 Inches high were private documents. Boundaries Because name. ot the regulation ot the tithe or more, and waa to sacred were possessed of unusual and boundary marks of Ekur, because of tilt magn'fleent avoirdupois. sacrifice the god Ninlb and were also under the . The "Temple Library" Exists, ' Dr. A. T. Clay, assistant professor of Semitic philology and archeology, a L- j- has done much very remarkable work as an interpreter of the cuneiform texts brought from Babylonia. As to the identity of the supposed "Temple llbrare at Nippur, he said, when in-- 1 30. terv'.swed on the subject: "Yen ask If there was a Temple II- Most assuredly brsry at Nippur? then was. Nearly 20 years ago Dr. Pete. I found tablets In the mounds at Nippur, which he designated as rollcs of a library. We have at the museum many religious texts of the early But peri l In Babylonian history. the: a are exactly what you would ex- pect to find, for every Babylonian city had its templo and cultus, and in connection with them schools for scribes. j i 11! - monu-ments- ce soul-powe- r ipL J S 0 J i |