Telegram-herald., 1891-04-27
The Weight and Dimensions Of
Ancient Billet Doux.
TEN ACRE LIBRARY FOR one WORK
Ths niaa<a Treasures of ArchAssIegy
bFssshs se Light ana = Compare
tive Iftasrasisn Of Their
styis Iatrsduesd.

more effective. In 1887 some clay tab
lsls bearing cuneform inscriptions were
discovered at III AmArna on ths Nile.
These we're sold To the British Museum
aud the German government and upon
tFansleron they prove TO. be Of great
historic value. They are letters write n
70 the Pharahos of Egypt by the Kings
az Babylon. and date back 200 years be-
fore the exodus OF Israel. These letters
are numerous. and show q rare degree
OF culture and an intimate acquaintance
with other languages. Prot. Howard
O-good, ID. D., of Rochester Theological
Seminary aud one of the translatoss Of
the revised edition of the Bible con-
tributes an interesting article on these
letters. and several Of them are repub-
lsshed in this article. The following is
one OF the short letters:
sample Of the Eiiies-Doux.
Burraburiyzsh to Amenophis Nv.
Addressed to Napchuruiye, the
great King. King OF Egypt. my brother;
bgrrburiyash. King of karaduuiyssh,
thy brother. lam we'll; may It be well
with thee, thy land, thy house, thy wo-
inen. tiny mobiles, thy cavalry, thy char
lots.
II and my brother have mutually
agreed upon friendship, and have said,
Like our fathers, we will maintain
friendship with each other Now, OFF,
GERS of mine. went with Akistabu,
in the land Of kinakki. When Aki :
tabu had advanced further towards
nay brother, shumadda, Malunne's
ka trtet &f
Acre, having sent out their people
slew my officers and took away their
money. | send a messenger TO thee,
ask him, he will corroborate il 20 thee.
"The land of the Skinakki is thy land
and if have been overpowered, CON-
pei each King TO restore the money he
has taken away. But the persons who
have siam my people do thou clay, and
so avenge their blood. But If thou wilt
not slay these persons, they may again
come in my way. and slay thy messcn-
gers, so that there will be and end of
messengers between US, and thou wilt
no more know even the name. One Of
my people. Shumadda, was retained,
after cuttlug of his feet. and another
IL with ShutadnA of Acre. These people
they should give up to thee. So, my
brother, thou maycst learn of my
health. As present eend TO thee .
pound of crystal CD. Send my nlessen-
ger back to me quickly. and may learn
oil the health of my brother. Keep not
back my messenger. Let HIM come
Applied % Modern Business.
The above was written upon heavy
tiles and these were afterward
burned and glazed. Imagine the letter
carrier of that far distant day; what a
burden life must have been to him,
when one short letter was = bsckload
and had TO be carried in hod! The
business man when he went 10 his office
in the morning would tell the clerks e
build up Bug fire in the letter kiln as
no had q couple of letters TO bake.
Then the porter would bring IN few
vheelbarrow loads of clay, and while
the clerks stood around playing pata-
cake, patacake, bakers a man. knead-
ing and rolling il into fat slabs, the
merchant would put on leather apron
and commence writing. Grasping =
ten penny nail IN his hand nc would
draw multitude n arrowheads point
ing In all directions, and as fast as the
slabs were marked they would nc taken
to the kiln. They would convey or.
ders for goods aud then be thrown away
IN the back yard OF the receiver. -Four
thousand years later they are exhumed
by jealous antiquarIes and translated
by students Of euneforrn inscriptions to
the wonder of the world Think what
. business mans letter file must have
been IN those dsyS.
A Library Filled With Them.
The thought of Babylonian public
library is SIMPLY oyerpowering. Ifa
young man should call for volume of
"McCsuley's history OF England" or
"Mr. Barnes Of New York" the polite
lady attendant would look at his tile
library card aud then conduct him 10 q
ten acre lot and point out heap of
brick bats as BIG as load of hay.
Very few books we're stolan at time
and the thleves were mostly building
contractors. Turn back the pages of
of forgotten centuries and gaze upon
the family circle among \ people whosc
very existence may he forgotten IN
as ther cycle of time. The following
letter " IL give you such glimpse, hut
unfortunately 70 is not authentic "a il
has not been laid before the Arch
selogreal Society. It's general tone
however should DC sufficient guar.
anty of genuineness. IL SHOWS that
human nature = much the same all
the world over. and that mankind srs
travelling beaten track IN grest
circle that extends through countless
centuries. The following letter by
Rurrouexicsno sc his country villa a
few miles above Thebes. "a written 10
his con Leterf'Iker who IS being edu-
Gated at Babylon.
ViRat love rvempsif.S.
MosorrroHrKsr Bv THE CRERK. Sept.
2 fs78 y. C.-Addressed 30 Nv SOD
r.sterf ker. t5 Rue De Bacchaaala.
Rsbylonsa: oh my son, pride of thy
fathers hesrt, Oh son OF gun: eon Of
e,Snabnkers Greeting. NV hesrt
goes out TO you scross the Syrian sands,
kewise my pockethook or the contents
thereof. which "a the same. Your ma
j. veil. 80 are thy five sisters IL is
we'll WITH nae and with thy younger
brother. Thy brother Ratrschiossurus.
he OF thr cIubfoet and the MET eve.
hsds fair 20 heeonle a great hunter ard
. ns,ghtv man oI cd vas thine Dnese.
Nirrol. In the morning re risetA
from his couch, eiraeth up hls Ions and
goeth ferth frugginV. fte goeth forth
- the <Serea <sss ~th rs heart fail 81
hope and rssuFneth At sunde~n With
kis tees fuil Il biospdeicksrs. eiory
IN his .punk. His riurx = ss dear %
nv heart "a the spriug sfust in ire
huuerv eroeossiie. TIE hrfnfle hflil =
dead vss "a ohasrsss sarns iodsra n