Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-07
CURRENT TOPICS IN EUROPE,
A Statue 10 Butch Wllliam.-Afii-
can Items.-The Princes Visit.
Important DiscOVeries.-Baby-
Ions Uiterature.-A Japanese
in England.-Dr. Farrar's Ae-
Acknowledgements. etc.

IN in England.-Dr. Farrar's A
he Acknowledgements, ete.
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a EURorE, November 18th, Iss'
10 [Srecial correspondence Of til
n. DEsERET News. THE little tow
ar Of Brixham in Devonshire, Ems
=, land has never had n very prOmi
n nent place in English history. il
=, fact there are thousands Of peopl
:, who never saw Brixham aud We
,s seem to be tolerably happy. Yet
was at this town, POI yeaEs ago, tina
a William Of Orange and his wifi,
: Mary landed, when they came ovel
. from Holland 10 take possession o.
j.. the throne Of Great Britain. Last
week statue was unveiled at Brix.
ham TO commemorate the event,
/ and the little fishing village was
, thrown into prominence rs it has
: not been since less. The scene was
truly impressive. Amid salvOs OF
artillery and bands of music.
and cheering Of the crowds, the
canvass was drawn aside revealing
n beautiful statue Of William and
Mary cut from a block Of Sicilian
marble OF a light grey color. The
statue itself is of heroic size and
stands on a pedestal about ten feet
in height. 1t represents the Prince
addressing the assembled multitude
who greeted his arrival.
At this distance of time il seems
impossible 10 fully comprehend the
importance Of this event. Ii was
nothing less than the final victory
Of Professionalism in England. II
this expedition had suffered the fate
of that under the unhappy Mon
mouth n few years before, we can
easily perceive the history of Eng
land would have been very different.
Much has been written concerning
the destruction Of the Spanish Ar
mazda, but comparatively little con- 1
corning the landing Of William III. I
at BriXham.
Enthusiasm in African affairs has
again been aroused from the recent
letters received from Stanley. So
late as August 29th both Emin Pa
sha and Stanley We're in safety. The
great problem OF Central African
colonization seems to be in a fair
way TO be solved. But on the other
hand comes the sad news that DIR.
Peters, the famous German traveller,
has been murdered. 1t was DIR. Pc
tiers who first formed treaties be-
tween the German Government and
the chiefs Of the East African trioes.
and his death will be, in Germany,
greatly lamented. Africa is now
the theatre Of grea. changes, and
this is especially true in regard 10
Egypt. The Prince Of Wales in
MS recent visit there must have no. :
iced n vast difference since the
lime Of his last visit fourteen wears
ago. Cairo Is fast assuming tue ap- !
lcaranCe Uf a European town. I
Even the ruins near Cairo v
hose mementoes Of ancient .
greatness, are cared for, and efforts /
re put forth TO preserve them from !
urther demolition by the hlrblrism Q
i the natives and sOldiery. This is C
specially true Of that Oldest and n
most beautiful Of Egyptian obelisks q
hat stands among the green fields n
n the banks Of the Nile not far II
tom Cairo. 1t il the gravestOne Of e
great ancient city which has van m
Ihed and left only this relic behind. \
hat city was the Beth-shemesh of =
cripture, the famous On, which is ~
honorable TO all Bible readers rs n
ne residence Of the priest Of Patti Of
lerah whose daughter Asenath h:
)seph married. The Greeks called vi
HeliopOlis, the city Of the sun, be -
use there the worship OF the sun IN
III Its chief centre and its most CT
cred shrine. 1t was the seat Of the I q
ost ancient university in the Og
orld, 10 which youthful students tn
me from all parts of the world. TO de
lrn the wisdom which the priests q:
On alone could teach. Tbales. In
Pythagoras and Plato ali ful
Iuled There, ana perhaps Moses too. e'I
was the birthplace Of theliterature We
Egypt, where were written on TIA
pyrus leaves the original chan We
5 OF the oldest book in the world. mi
nerally known as the "Book Of tin
e Dead" giving 4 most striking TN
count OF the conflicts and tri- th'
lphs Of life after death, n whole ia
py or a chapter of which every i
,yptlan, rich or poor. wished 10 Oh
We buried with him in his coffin, in
q portions Of which are found in ism
1bed on every mummy case. AMI for
the walls Of every tomb. In To
mt Of one Of the principal temples sO-t
The sun, in this magnificent city.
od, along with n COMPANION. long
ce destroyed, the solitary obelisk
ich the traveller now beholds.
Is said TO have been constructed
re than two thousand years be-
Christ, and has outlasted the Inc
OK OF armies and change Of dy-
ties, and stands where it uriSi-
~ stood forty centuries AGO. ,
rat n lesson for humanifyi .
ypt now under the domi1. lCo
oil Britain, then unknown. Ne
visited by British princes who TO
We to decipher on the Wondering wer
estals Of Egypt the names Of her % !
udest kings. "
lst now the Antiquarian Societies 'iu'
europe, especially those who dis gov
age the Mosaic era, have teen he
,wn into flutter of excitement h,it
atjons 'i M VI IIGl. oayee's eX- that
SERIOUS line Of mounds on the the
ern bank Of the Nile, commonly dOu
81 'Fel-el-Amarna, - may well rry,
c startled them, for these results -.
W into shade anything vet dis
red concerning Egyptian and Torn
ylonish literature. "Strange as mig
ay appear, IL is now reasonable for I
elieve that we are now able 10 go
lie the very letters that were .iu''
zen by the princes and governors iaNo
-anaan, Babylon and Egypt uses
n rs yet Joshua was unborn. man
TO trace the course Of -,
is which led TO the mis- Nc"
OF Moses, and the exodus Seth
roel out Of Egypt.'' About pei
years ago Professor Sayce. John
e experimenting the disinter- his o
oil these ruins, discovered a -tb,
number Of clay tablets about * mn
ize Of roof tiles but not more T,hr,j
half an inch thick. These In
Is are covered with characters has +
he Babylonish language and coref
been found TO consist OF letters otLey
'es and dispatches from me m,.sr
US kings Of Babylon and beIict
an 10 The mOnarchs Of Egyut. truth
= VI 49, II mas oeen clearly he XII
that is to say at or before tbe fonnd
when Moses lived, Thus m,
e that the kings Of Babylon c,irat
"a carried on n correspond ''trut
~ iiielr OWL anguage with these
rs " Isypt. Inc Babylon "subj
,n lSl'tSe' !. mus appears, was iectiv
ld- neuiuii OF diplomacy ing TO