Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-20

After her popularity seemed estab-
| lished when no danger to her person
appeared probable. she took her share
of the direction of the excavation
which was going on simultaneously in
various parts of the huge mounds Of
Nippur. Ultimately the Worknen in
Der division became so much attached
to her that at niGhtfall, when the work
was done, they bore her 10 the house
upon their shoulders. The finest flow
ers and fruits, and various curiosltles
We're brought TO her by the Arabs, es-
pecially by the children. whose devo-
ton to the Beg's harem' us she was
called, was remarkable.
The workmen lived with their fami-
| lies in little reed huts. and Mrs. Haynes
was often asked to visit these to tend
sufferers from fever, burns or some
disease. Al first they called her de-
risiVely the GiaOur CChristian), but
they soon reverenced her knowledge of
healing drugs. The discovery of the
| treachery of one of the Arab sheikhs.
the beating of the postman by his pre-
decessor in office and various like in
| cidents divided attention with the
progress of the work. Days of the un-
| covering Of I. large number of graves
| containing bowls, rings and different
| bits of jeWelry, as well as tablets here
| and there, were red-letter days of
| course.
The wall Of the city was traced for
| 49, feet and the gateway of the an
cent city, with the stairWays on either
| side, and the large open space into
| which the chariotS We're driven to
await their masters, We're all laid bare.
No better idea of the work done by
| Mrs. Haynes can be given than by
copying an extract from a page of her
diary, at which | have been permitted
to glance. This entry was made 4
month after reaching Nippur:
| Il am Kept very busy and wonder
that the time passes SO rapidly in this
| place, where we are so much alone.
The finds Of today We're a clay image,
or idol: forty eight sound tablets. one
fine and one coarse seal, one perforated
prism, Il kitchen. unearthed by HaZam
| and photogra phed. and eighteen graves
opened. The kitchen is built of bricks
twenty inches square, the floor and
| portion Of the walls are intact. The
frepot, made of bricks, is perfectly
| SOtl anu SiiONS iic MAJ M VI lIIc-
Almost every day new tablets We're
| discovered, and as these are the books
of ancient Babylonia. they are con-
sdered of the highest value. From
! them may be learned much of the bust
ness and the social life of ancient
| times. Here are contracts between
bankers and farmers for loans. mar
riage contracts ana the documents of
| the entire life of Il highly civilized peo-
| pie. who lived 5000 years or more ago
| One of the exciting incidents OF the
| time is thus told by Mrs. Haynes
Just about sunset one Sunday | was
| sitting in the court of our house while
Mr.. Haynes WAS busy with his ac-
counts, when I heard Il commotion out
| side. but before | realized that it really
! meant something q bareheaded Arab
| with his face all covered with blood
| from IL cash in his head, staggered in
to the court and dropped down almost
at my feet. | rushed upstairs after
Mr.. Haynes. who went at once to the
! door to prevent other Arabs from COM
! ing in. Several, however, had followed
| the wounded man in. and the whole
| party was screaming and gesticulatine
| as if each one We're wildly determined
! that Beg should hear his side of the
story only.
| "In the meantime the frantic efforts
| of the man TO get up and get at Abad
el Mohammed told us that he was the
man who had done the deed. The
! Turkish commissioner tried to arrest
Abad. but | refused to let him go. and
in trying to protect him pushed the
commissioner with such force that he
tumbled over backwards. DR.. Haynes
afterwards settled the matter salts
factorily, but this is only one of tbs
trying experiences to which his wife
was exposed. y few weeks later shs
had trouble with the cook. DR. Haynes
reproved him, and in serving the tea
that night he brought upon the tray
besides the tea, a Bible and a larGG
butchers knife This was an opei
threat to do violence. and it is not sur
prising that Mrs. Haynes did not seer
well that night. On the next morning
the cook was sent away.
One night DR.. Haynes and his wifi,
We're awakened at midnight by al
awful din. They found that the daugh-
ter of one of The workmen had died
and the mourners had assembled t.
| Wee ana wall with the mother. Al
of the women clapped their hands OF
their breasts and walled in chorus
Your daughter is gone; where have
: You put her? What have you done
, with her? | want to go with her. She
was chaste ana comedy maiden Will
long and flowing locks. The mother
gave expression to her grief in the
form of divers and many loud screams
: howls and walls. She repeatedly called
upon her husband. saying: You,
daughter is gone, and you will soon &c
to her. What have / to live for.
Whom to make bread for" etc.
When the first of the grain was har-
. vested in May little pile of the new
grain was spread on the ground, and q
man, with three or four women and
several children. tramped round and
round in circle. two walking abreast
and all singing their harvest song
The threshing of the grain is done in
the most primitive fashion. The stacks
Of grain having been placed on Level
pieces of ground, man drove donkeys
oxen and cows together around and
around the stacks, tramping out the
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