The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-04

" ~ shS hSihpiO EAoih NhsoN toNtV
Prof. Hilprecht, almost at tho loss OF his eye
sight, has constructed q complete text Of 1872
lines written in q most archaic character. Frog'
ments Of similar vases were found bcncath tho
Sargonide pavement. Tho most conclusive proof.
however, Is afforded by tho examination Of
these inscriptions along with the earliest monu-
monts from Tello. whore they are found to form
u complete historical series relating to affairs
of which no mention Ia found. either In the time
Of Sargon or after,
'All of these records rotate to q series Of prim-
Tive wars and form certainly, whatever their
aFe may be, tho Oldest historical records known.
The earliest Of these is tho inscription Of 'Es-
%hagsGana, written In most archaic characters
this monarch is styled Lord of Kcngi.' that Is,
Lower Babylonia, tho land Of channels and
reeds In his time tho chief enemy of Baby.
lonia was the city of Kish, the modern El Hymer,
whose priest ruler had entered into alliance with
some fierce tribes called tho hosts Of tho Land
Of the Bow q people regarding whom We shall
have some remarks to make shortly. Tho first
inscription records n war against them by the
Babylonian King. It describes how the Baby
lonians conquered tho King OF Kish and
his ally the cvil-hearted horde Of the
Land OF tho Bow spoiled his city and
burned his property, carrying away tho
statue OF tho King, his bright silver and
his furniture which he dedicated to Multi. The
next inscription in this sequence is one Of the
King of 'hordes of the bow who had had his re-
venge and conquered Babylonia. This inscrip.
ton Is engraved upon tho vases which he dedi-
Gated to the temple. 1t begins by an ascription
TO Multi, the lord Of the world from 'LuRal-
Eaggi-si, King Of Ercch, the son of Ukus, high
priest of the Land of the Bow Thus we SEQ
that the conaueror had established himself In
the ancient capital OF Erech. and from his in.
scriptions VIC learn also that he rulcd in Ur
Larsa as we'll us in Nippur. Tho King then dc
scribes his empire us extending from tho Lower
Sea OF the Tigris and Euphrates to tho Upper
Sea Mediterranean. and as being granted do
minion over all lands from the rising to the set
ting of the sun, whom he has caused to well In
peace"
During the hye nights of the Jubilee celebra
ton that tho streets Of London were packed
with q moving mass of humanity there was on,
feature in the crowd that would not fail to at
tract any ones attention. This was the enor
nous number Of very young children and babiel
in arms that spent the long nights in tho open
1t was impossible to leave them at homo b,
themselves for SO many hours at a ntretch. 81
they too had to come and SEQ the sights. Fortu
nately the crowd, huge as 1t was. was quiet ant
orderly and no accidents happered to the YER.
small fry that worked in and out between it
legs. On the Tuesday tho good folk who repre-
scnt tho Salvation Army in the East End tool
charge of many babies to allow mothers to b
present at the celebrations. At night the babie
were returned to their proper owners, right sid
up, and in good vocal condition.
So much for the babies who had arrived on tn
scene of their earthly troubles in time to DO abb
to say in after years that they were alive whe
Victoria celebrated the sixtieth year of he
reign. Some. of course, arrived an hour or tw
late. A proud husband in Clapton writes to
morning paper to announce that his wife pr
sented him with q daughter at the very tim
that the Queen was passing through the street,
He In anxious TO receive any special gifts ther
may DO going for the parents of Jubilee babies.
The keepers of eating houses. especially in tn
City, reckoned on reapinS a rich harvest o
June ~. They laid in vast supplies Of foot
and. in true jubilee spirit. announced tubile
prices. But they reckoned without their host
or rather without their guests. Nothing in Ii
whole day'e proceedings caused DO much su
prise as tho complete ease, except at a very fe
points, with which 1t was possible for the mass,
of sightseers to come and 90. People WI
came to their seats at 5 or 6 In u
morning found, to their disgust, that the
might have breakfasted comfortably at hon
and come along at 8 or Gin some places eve
at 10. And this 1t was that led to the disa
pointment of the restaurant keeperB. Tho
sands upon thousands who thought that on,
they had taken up their positions 1t would
impossible to move for many hours came pr
vided with TASKS and sandwiches. while tho
who had trusted to luck found. to their joy, tn
when the procession had passed they were ah
to go homo straightaway, with little. II any. d
hculty. And so the eating-house men got lei
l One of them makes q virtue out of his necessit
He had evidently laid in great stores of swe
stun, for no is circulating handbills. sayi
!. that, to celebrate the gloriouG occasion. he
. generously going to provide all his customere
! juno "a, IS. and 20 with FREQ pastry at an the
meals.
Q The Lord Mayor and SherifrS of London held
r meeting In tho Guild Hall the other day 10 pr
. pare an address to the Queen on the subject
/; the Improvement In the state Of public heal
r which has been brought abou. during her reig
0 The facts and figures brought forward we
8 interesting and striking, almost startling.
o 1874 Macaulay compared the mortality OF I
. London Of that date with the London mortal
of 1884. When Macaulay wrote the death RI
Q was about 25 per thousands; In 1685-not a sick
0 year-one In every % Londoners died, a dea
. rate of between 43 and A per thousand. At I
Q present moment the London death rate Ia Il
% per thousand. So that, In spite of the enormo
d increase of tho population and tho difficult
It which such an increase always places In I
way of sanitary administration. the MORTAL
It OF London Is less than one-third Of what 1t "
y three centuries ago.
10 Equally striking are the facts with regard
IS the mortality Of the whole of England a
Il Wales during the last sixty years. During
10 ten years from 1888 TO ls47 the mean ann,
TX death rate for England and Wales was %
Of per thousand. while for the ten years from IL
Ia to 1890 it was 1871 per thousand. This impl
8, on an estimated population Of 20. 900. 900 Il
D. 1900 persons were kept alive in each y,
Id of tho latter period who would have died In o.
10 year of tho former.
st DR.. Thorne Thornc, In order to guard agai
10 the liability of q people to overestimate Its O
ID achievements. appealed to tho testimony
r. Henri Monod. an official OF the Ministry Of
IN Interior for France. MonOd was dissatist
with tho waste OF life in France. and ca
n. to England to investigate tho results OF L
an lish sanitary administration He found d
ar II the English death rate prior 10 1881 had b.