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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

principles OF the Sumerian language,
which is aggutinative instead OF infect
ed, are the same as those Of the Finnish.
Hungarian, Turkish and Chinese Ian
guages."
The representative of The Tribune
pricked up his ears at this last piece or
information, for ii suggested key to a
great conundrum. lie knew that the
tongue OF the Magyars had no relative I'm
Europe, except, perhaps, that Of the Firms,
and that the Asatic origin of the high
spirited Magyars was shrouded in
mystery. Were these peoples-all noted
for their intellectual capacity and their
physical prowess-related and among
those dispersed from Babel?
1t is marvel that there should have
been preserved TO US this piece OF a
cracked tablet from the plain of the
Euphrates and the Tigris. reminder OF
an almost unknown civilization, the
major part OF its characters as distinct
as the characters OF a papier mache
matrix. One feels that 1t is all the
more marvellous when IL is realized how
perishable is this red page how great the
vicisstudes through which 1t has passed
Made OF a clay that owes its hardness
solely to baking In the heat of the rays
Of the sun. II can be disentegrated by
water or broken by fall. Each tablet, tc
the man who can piece out It's tale, Is like
Chinese puzzle. for his problem Is no,
alone that of reading II. lie must first
put the pieces together. Those persons
who think that there IL nothing that
! cannot be done on the instant, IL 1t is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

and beast. the bondage OF labor and the
stupefying and soul-benumbing work OF
the tiIler OF the soil. 50 long inescapabie'
are yielding to the advance OF modern
science
Agriculture is 10 longer to remain a
practice Of yokels. but is 10 become an
applied science. and the farmer with busi-
ness ability no longer needs the supply
OF Drawn and elbow grease which were
once his sole necessary equipment with
the changes now taking place the man
OF brains and ability can find In the coun-
try every exercise for his talents that has
attracted him in the past TO the city
every opportunity for fortune and deyei-
opment. a healthier and a fuller life. am
at the same time escape from the drudg
cry and the grinding toll that have made
the farm place TO be abandoned TO the
less enterprising.
The greatest agent OF agricultural
progress is electricity. IL Is the great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

verse side. the other columns following in
order.
Then DR.. Poebel showed how great an
influence simple act may have. He
turned his hand one-quarter around so
that the lines of writing were vertical
and the tablet was horizontal. Then they
reminded one of Chinese writing. and one
saw that in reading them the eye began
"a the right hand and travelled downward.
That was the way the early Sumerian
writers held the tablet. he explained
They wanted the Lille short, and they
wrote across the tablet the short way.
This particular tablet is IN Sumerian ana
was written before the Semitic Babylon
ians had influenced the language. In
course Of time they found that by turn
ing the tablet a quarter Of the way around
and holding it perpendicularly they could
write more easily. In this way their
writing became horizontal instead OF
vertical and read from left to right. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

omancipator of tho toiler 4 motor or
even diminutive size does tho work OF
man at far less expense, since the power
developed by the human machine Is the
most expensive power which mankind
ever utilities. Electricity minimizes
the labor and the farmland. with the
necessity of exercising but little skill.
can direct the ldbors OF large electrical
units and accomplish amounts OF work
that would be utterly impractcable under
ordinary conditions"
The field is vast. How vast. perhaps
few realize. Mr.. Rooster gives some IL
Eliminating figures. "Of the 10000 per-
sons engaged in gainful occupations IN
the the United States" he says, mot less
than 10000 devote their energies TO az
riculture. About 90 per cent OF the horses
and mules In this country are also at
work on the farms. The substitution OF
electric power for even small proportion
Of the work Of farm animals means
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

great national economy.
There IS no form Of energy which can
supplant manual and animal labor on 'he
farm or country estate as convenient!
and cheaply as electricity. and 1t Is far
superior TO steam or any internal com
bustion engine. In fact. there is no other
agent which can supply all three hecess'-
ties-light. heat and power-from the SAME
source Due 10 this fact. working hours
on the farm and rural industries can De
regulated. as are those I'm manufactur-
ing and commercial industries, ana Ire III
rural communities can be made as az
,ractIve. il not more so. than tnat Oh
Tho cities. where the struggle for eN-
,e,ence ,s incessant, and the living ac-
Communications. or what corresponds 10
home life. fall far short OF the pleasant
and healthfu surroundings Of the coun-
try residence"
Almost everything can be done by cleo
trlcally operated machinery. MT. Rooster
illustrates this by grouping few OF the
most common I'm a paragraph. The ma
chimes usually operated on the farm ne
saws, ARE ploughs, rollers. reapers' thrash
ers. corn grinders. corn Shelters corn
shredders, fodder cutters. wood saws
pumps. horse and sheep clippers and ap'
paratus for unloading and hosting nay
corn stalks and similar products. An
other great saving OF labor In the Use
OF electricity is in serving washing ma
chinery. carpet cleaners, sewing ma
chimes. fans and appliances for COOKING
and for heating laundry irons, none OF
which could well be served by any agent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17
Already Various Brainy Pioneers Have Set Up
Dvnamos on Their Farms, Each Of Which
Does All in the Way Of Agricul-
tural Toll That Hardy Band
of"Hmed Men CouldDo.

doned farms we may soon be hearing of
abandoned flats
The most startling results Of all in the
Improvement of farming methods may he
looked for in the use Of electricity TO DO
the long days work and the round OF
chores A few far-sighted, brainy pio-
neers in this country have already set up
dynamos to take the place OF more nu-
merous and expensive hired men. III
Germany the application of electricity 10
farm work has reached an advanced
stage of practical and economic efficiency
The astonishing results there obtained are
only beginning TO be appreciated In our
own country. OF this development.
Thomas Commerford Martin speaks III
brief introduction to Electricity for the
Farm and Home" book by FRANK
Rooster. which has just been published
by the Sturgis e Walton Company.
'"rhe fact is universally recognized
saws Mr.. Martin, that farming and coun-
try life in general have been improved IN
condition and made more profitable IN
the degree to which mechanical energy
has been substituted in them for human
and animal labor. The public at large
has also benefited from heavier crops,
planted, raised and gathered more cheap
ly.
This process is happily in greater eX-
preston to-day than ever, and TO the re-
sources utilized by the farmer In releas-
ing himself and the land from mere brute
toll is now added electricity. the most
readily adaptable power of all The new
agency has been rendered chiefly avail
able in country life by the development Of
water powers, and the extension OF power
circuits over large areas and remote dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

ISTENING carefully amid the uni
versal din about the way prices OF
IL all things edible are going up, the
robber middleman and the dark ana oe-
vious ways of such men as corner wneat'
one hears very little II ention OF the farm
or. At election time, hoarse orators stahd
on rear platforms and tell him he Is the
backbone of the country. In the fall wan
Street sets a new high record for rates
on call money and says it's all on ac-
count Of moving the crops. OtherWise' no
one pays much attention to the rurai
proprietor who is the source OF all our
food.
If he has been neglected, ii is due IN no
small measure to the fact that he has
neglected himself Jean Francois Millet
1mmortalized the simple and pathetic
scenes of French peasant life with such
pictures as THE Man with the noe
.The Sewer" ard THE Reapers. Ills
paintings show the methods which the
filler of the soil was persuaded 10 ADAM
don by arguments about as gentle as
blast Of dynamite. The Introduction OF
the wonderful modern harvesting machln-
cry was accomplished with the utmost
difficulty. Agriculture was distinctly an
ancestral pursuit. and the ways OF the
fathers were good enough for the sons
They all SHE'D at new-fangled nouons
then. hut not all of them shy nowadays.
Our farmers are learning TO value tne
advice of specialists, and the result Is
bound to appear in a lowered cost OF 1000
production From this the farmer VIII
reap a good share of the benefit Inc
beauty of it is that as the cost Of Guilt
waiting the land goes down the comforts
Of EARN life increase. and instead of aban-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

tricts. fed from these hydro electric cen
trail stations. in some rare Instances the
farmer has been able 10 generate his own
electricity. What thousands OF farmers
are now doing in Harvesting electricity
for their service. instead OF horses or
mules. other thousands ought to be able
10 do. and that they will do it in the
near future is more than hopeful. II is
inevitable, and Mr. Rooster points the
way"
Mr. Rooster tells the story Of this Won
der-working innovation IN u NEST compre-
hensive form. His handbook VIII almost
surely arouse the interest OF every farm
or who is not already acquainted with or
utilizing the many forms in which elec-
tricity may be applied TO farm work. II
is faithful primer Of a science for
which wonderful development seems
promised.
THE ages OF toll. says Mr.. Rooster.
(Which agriculture has demanded Of man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17
~ a., Es1hz EIecLrxc Z2oau OPERATION
Hy Ea~Z Electric 22os, 1@9 20e'9T1o"
lin Germany Electricity Has Done Much of
the Ploughing for Fifteen Years-Frank
Rooster Thinks Near Future Will
See Motors Doing All the
Arduous Farm Work.

Footwarmors, heating pads, bed warm
ers and radiators are among some OF the
other convenient and much used appl-
ances. I'm many a country home, says
Mr.. Rooster, THE small motor has solved
the servant problem, either by making II
possible 70 do without a servant, or oy
making the work so pleasant and agree
able that good servants are glad TO re-
main indefinitely. Small motors do the
hard work. such as turning the washing
machine and wringer. moving the carpet
cleaner floor polisher, dish washer. oui-
fling and polishing wheels, etc.
Following this the author enumerates
no less than thirty-eight machines men
toned simply as examples OF much
longer list. all Of which are already IN
frequent, If not daily, use by most tarfn-
ers. and all of which could be operated
by small, easily portable motors. Wires
carrying the current are strung about the
premises, the motor is carried by one or
two persons or drawn by horse 10 the
point where the machine is to be operated
and the electric connection Is made oy
means OF a flexible cable.
The author demonstrates tne supeI4o'ie'
OF electric n;otors over steam or gasolehe
prime movers. which have to be supplied
with water and fuel and must be instaileo
in much greater numbers, as they cannot
readily be carried from place 10 placs
on the farm. Inclosed electric motors
moreover, may be placed anywhere on the
farm. in the haymow, beside 4 stack In
the field. by a woodpile or In the barn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17
OLDEST CREATION STORY.

This account OF the creation ana Wv
deluge, apparently. is more thah Wv" va.
sand years older than any other 'n. ~.
Ing those in Genesis and on other psS'
lonian tablets Genesis is known " "a
compilation, made after the jews -
established a kingdom. and mou'ue 80
meet the theological beliefs OF tha' am od
The stories of the creation ana 'he mans. Avg
in Genesis are composites. meluu'ms
more than one account, when ~ 1ror
notable details are contradictory cha
instance. in the Biblical accou", .a,ad
creation of man and woman II md
in the first chapter of Gehes'' +, our
God said. let US make ma" So
own image. after our likeness in
God created man In his o"" % ,,als
the image OF God created ho - T., this
and female created he '"''"
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Continued on seventh page.
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angular stylus Of old. II may not be
generally known that the stylus was tri-
angular i'm shape and that every impress
sion made by IL was triangular, thus re-
sulting in the wedge-shaped characters.
As the reporter watched Dr. Poebel hc
| pictured a literary worthy of ancient
/ times gouging cuneiform characters In the
soft clay. The tablet fitted we'll in the
palm, being convenient width and
curved on the reverse side. The fiat side.
he explained. was the front After that
side had been flled--and he turned II over
| by way Of llustration--the surface of
the reverse side was written upon In a
similar way There were three columns,
and one read those on the diverse side
J from left to right. beginning with the
column at the extreme left. This was i'm
dicated by Dr.. Poebel When finished
with that side the tablet was turned over
vertically, and the reading continued
down the right hand column on the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17
RECOVERING FRAGMENTS.


When the buildings in which the tab
let's were stored were destroyed
naturally the tablets were broken IN
many pieces and the fragments scattered.
Time shrouded them with "A coating OF
debris and a deep cloak OF soil Ohy
great care in making the excavations
can save them from total destruction
or further mutilation. No effort IS maze
10 clean or match together the fragments
on the ground. They are packed care
fully in boxes, just As they are picked up
and shipped in that condition. Inc
cleaning and matching are done IN the
museum. where the facilities are favor
able. No scrubbing brush is applied
no matter how delicate its bristles'
Water would damage the surface OF the
tablet. The careful use of dry brush
will finally remove the earth and other
debris Then the matching process De-
gins. As each piece is cleaned its snaps
is noted and the contents scanned III
order TO learn the subject VI the WIN
ing. 1t is like putting together picture
puzzle, except the problem is cotnpn-
Gated by the fact that II Is not KNOW"
whether or not all OF the pieces nave
been collected. In a collection there may
be parts OF several tablets. one OF inc
prizes I'm the collection of the University
Museum is the tablet containing dupr
cate of the famous and epoch-maThi"e
Code OF Hammurabi, including parts ho'
decipherable or which were erased ~
other eras on the black diorite s'e'
unearthed at Susa eleven years aso,
This is made of many fragments pleceu
together after being cleansed. The ir"s'
mentary character of many ot the Ia
let's il one of the reasons that they arc
not quickly read and placed before 10.
public. II may be that other pieces "n
he found which will add TO the s'o's
found on the tablet whose contents W." az
recently made public. portion Oh Wv
university's collection is stored III ~"
stantinople, and perhaps two-nfths Oh .n'
tablets In the museum at Philade'p""
| have still to be read
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

IN MOST newspape- offices there is
certain stock story intended to i'm
l. press upon the cub reporter the
value OF brevity and an appreciation Oh
the relative importance OF events Inc
cub has turned in" column story about
a fire in which the damage was $500. ana
the editor tells him that the story or the
Creation was told in very much less than
a column. Perhaps, if the reporter had
been obliged to write with a metal stylus
on a clay tablet small enough to be held
i'm the hand he would have made his
story Of the fire more brief. Typewrlter'
do not make for brevity.
The editor who desires TO Spring this
story on the latest cub may now use
fresh illustration. The other day the press
contained a column account of the trans
lstion of the contents of an inscribed
tablet of brown clay found at Nippur
by an expedition from the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA. Arno Poebel, OF the stan
of the university museum, after spending
months i'm going over 1t time after time
found that he had unravelled poem OF
great historic interest. Perhaps it would
be better to say a part of poem, Tor
more than half of it was missing. The
fragment which remained was about six
inches wide Originally IL might have
been nine inches long, but IL is now less
than three. Yet it contained on its two
sides enough material to fill two-thirds
of a newspaper column. Its cuneiform
characters. almost microscopic. spelled out
not only tale of the Creation. but also
a version Of the story of the Deluge.
TWO BABYLONIAN RECORDS.
This tablet and another one recently
translated, after its numerous fragments
had been pieced together and found to
contain the famous Han murabi code, in
Guiding previously undeciphered portions
comprise two OF the most important
Babylonian records in the fine collection
OF the university. They are OF interest
and Importance from many points OF
view. and the one whose mysteries have
Just been fathomed is particularly so be-
cause Of the light hitch II apparently
throws upon the origin Of the Biblical ac-
counts of the same events. The form and
literary style are simi,'r TO those found
in the Hebraic writings. IT makes clearer
cal system, which ultimately reached
point where IL recognized one god as su-
perior TO all other gods.
A representative of The Tribune few
DAYS ago went 10 Philadelphia and saw
the precious fragment. There was feel
Ing OF fascination in looking upon the
reddish object as It. lay in the hand OF
the man who had translated 1t while he
told its story. 1t no longer was an ordi-
nary piece OF moulded clay, covered with
curious characters. upon which one cast
only passing glance in a museum II
fascinated even more than would dia-
inond. for gem is only the product OF
the alchemy OF nature, while the tiny
connecting link with the far OF past this
glimpse into an unknown civilization from
which much Of our own has sprung, bore
the stamp Of the mentality Of man. One
was sidelight on the processes OF nature.
The other was sidelight on the evolution
of man.
DIR. Poebel turned ii in his left hand
lust as II he were the wielder OF the tri-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

so ordered. perhaps wonder why the
tablets are not read as soon as they arc
exposed TO the light. II may seem
strange to them that there should sull
be a large number Of them In the
museum OF the University OF Pennsyl-
vania and elsewhere unread. although
recovered a number OF years ago.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-05-09
Kentucky Red Men.

Arrangements are being perfected by
Miantonome Tribe No. and Haymak-
ers No l, of this city, to entertain the
Great Council of the Improved Order OF
Red Men of Kentucky, which will hold
its annual convention in Lexington Tues
day and Wednesday, May ID and IA. 1t
was largely through the influence of j.
+. Sexton, of Richmond, member of the
Finance Committee of the order and one
of the most enthusiastic Red men in the
State, that the council was induced to
meet in the Blue grass capital this year.
Mr. Sexton, with a large delegation
from the Floating Canoe Tribe, of Rich
mond, will come here as advance guard
of the feathered braves. 1t is expected
that something like 500 mem bers of the
order will be here from all parts of the
Commonwealth. The convention will
be one of the most important held for
some time, inasmuch as it will make
some provisions for the welfare of the
widows and orphans in the great reser-
walton of Kentucky, elect the Great
Council and take up other matters OF
importance in the order.-Lexington
special to Louisville Times.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-05-09
Munthe's Modern Players.

Munthe's Modern Drama Players are
still holding the boards at the Grand OPP
era House and are pleasing all who see
and hear them. The attendance for the
past two nights has not been what il
should have, owing TO the several other
attractions in town and commencement
season, which is upon US. The offering
last night was 'Drifted Apart, and the
work of Mr.. LaRenZ and Miss Lessi and
their support was all that could have
been asked Tonight the ever popular
old play, East Lynne, will be presented
and a good audience should witness it..
Miss Lessi. who is especially good in all
her work, will take the roll of Lady lsa-
bel, while Mr.. LaRenz will take care Of
one of the best characters. Tomorrow
night. Saturday, The Trail of The Ser
pent" will be the bill, and this will wind
up the engagement in this city.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-05-09
Death of a Little Boy.

Little John Andrew Davis, the Is
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John ID.
Davis, of Union City, died at their home
Wednesday from erysipelas. He had
been i'll since the 18th OF April and was
not so strong as most children of his age,
but he made hard struggle for his life.
Friends a nd relatives made strong en-.
deavor TO save the little life, but all in
vain. The Master had called him.
While it is hard to give him up, those
who loved him have the consolation of
knowing that he is where there is no
more sorrow or pain and is asleep in the
arms OF Jesus. A wide circle of friends
extend their sympathy to the bereaved
parents. A short time before death
came, he raised his little hands and
pointed with one finger upward. This
greatly impressed the family, as they
felt that little Johnny could see far into
the land that is fairer than day.
A