CAME miGHT
Ancient Records -\b *uf Babylon Being
Found and Dec ph r< d.
INTERESTING STUDY
Etfryday Affairs in City Long AntedalinK
lUrtti of Christ?The
.naiiiu t unui runy i?escrn>e<i?
Vital Importance of (he Wutorwny
to Welfare of the People.
A correspondent of The London
Standard glveB some interesting details
of a atore of cuneiform written
tablets recently discovered at the ancient
town of Dllbat, near Babylon.
The tablets tell In graphic manner
the story of the cltisens, their business
transactions, disputes and everyday
life.
They are not the usual royal edicts
and records, hut what may best be
termed family archives. They relate
to a very early period, being
mostly dated in the reigns of the
predecessors of that mighty monarch
Hammurabi, who codified the
Babylonian laws, and so were composed
at the period of the first Babylonian
dynasty.
From these newly found tablets
and previously deciphered references
In the records of Babylon we now
know that Dllbat was a small Babylonian
town on that great master
piece of Mesopot&mlan engineering,
the A rah tu canal.
"The canal," nays the correspondent,
"must have kept near to the
great river Euphrates. for It washed
the southern face of Babylonian a
ramparts and upon it opened one of
the great clty'a gate* dedicated to
the god I'ras. It led away southward
to Dilhat, which, aa the newly
found records inform us, waa built
between the canal and the Euphrates,
for some of the tablets refsr to pieces
of property in land or houses, described
as within ths city or its suburbs,
as bounded by ths rlvsr, and
others by ths canal. As ths present
natives of ths district will not reveal
the sits of their And ws unfortunately
do not yst know precisely
where Dilbat stood.
"The Arshtu eansl not only watered
the soli and so produced ths
crops, but eerrled upon Its surface
the harvests it hed created. Thus
an old tebt says It was the 'brlnger
of the life to Babylon.' Dilbat was
probably ths great southern granery
for the capital, for Hammurabi, In
hits long autobiographical panegyric
bonst* that ha 'extended the plantn
r ^ tTons of Dilbat and accumulated corn
for I p.'
"When the Arahtu was first oonStr
acted it would he difficult to h.iv.
but it? benefits to their people caused
the kings always to keep it in repair,
and vice versa, invaders of
Babylonia in war time damaged it
as a preliminary to starving out the
capital.
"The special deity of Dilbat was
Ip. probably a shortened form of
Nimip, ami his temple was called
Inibl Anum, 'Proclaimed of Ann."
There was a city wall coeval with the
foundation of the city, and restoied
by Kins Sumn-Abu, predecessor of
Hammurabi. The town appears to
have posseeaed three harbors or
dies and a market, and one can imagine
the busy hum of commerce upon
Its streeta and wharves.
"The documents reacued from its
ru'ns almost all concern the salo or
rent ins of houses and lands and
fields or the hire and purchase of
cattle and erops. Dllbat being the
center of a rich agricultural district.
The terma employed are common to
all the iiahylonian cities. The
ground and the houses are clearly
defined by the enumeration of neighboring
properties and the names of
the render and purchaser, and at the
end of the bargain the deed discloses
comes the oath aworn before the god
of the city in the temple ami also tin
Invocation of the reignin? king. The
Dllhnt scribes also added a clause
placing the ones of any subseuent dispute
of the deed upon the seller.
'For nil the contests concerning the
property A. It.) is responsible." Finally
follows the names of the witnesses.
and nft?n ?l?" ??>? ' 1'
?i?w t uc nviiut* <11
the tablet, and generally several sig
nets of the persons concerned.
"Legally the vender should always
seal the tablet, hut If he has not p
sign t then some or all of the wit
nes.-i s applied theirs Properly
peaking also, the tablets should have
been in duplicate. The first was inscribed
and baked and copied, ther. a
cover of soft clay placed over or
around It and the document re-engrossed
upon this cover from the
tbat 4t ??ul<1 be reforr*'rt to
at fttty lime-by paying, thfee
at the reeord office.
"In case of a dispute as to its n<Tffffyror
an extra sum the ou i r :
envelope was broken and compare I |
with its Interior duplicate text, and
the litigant who proved to be In or- I
ror'in his allegation that the two 1
versions were not identical paid a i
considerable forfeit, and a new outer t
case was placed over the original
tablet and relnscribed. This procedure
Is mentioned In the Old Tes- r
tnment as Inquiring of the outer and t
the Inner tablet of a deed. t
"The fell&hin with their picks and . c
MAY MEAN MUCH
SEARCH FOR POTASH MAY
PROVE OF GREAT VALUE.
Amendment to Appropriation llill
Suggested bjr ConKrrssnian Lever
Affect* Fertilizer Situation.
A special dispatch to The State
from Washington says James Wilson,
secretary of agriculture, does
not hesitate to express the belief that1
the amendment to the m?rieiiWiie?i
appropriation bill, offered by Repre- J
sentativ? I,evor of South Carolina. :
will be of national benefit. He has j
written to Mr. l^ever expressing that i
belief and congratulating him upon
the Important work he has accomplished
for the farmers of the country.
The amendment provides for an
appropriation for an inveatifation to
determine a possible supply of potash,
nitrates and other natural fertilizers
within the United States.
That this amendment is regarded
as the beginning of an undertaking
of vast importance to the farmcis
of the nation is shown by the favorable
way in which this matter has
been received by the agricultural
scientists of the country. *
Mr. I^ever himself believes It to be
one of the most important undertakings
ever put on foot by the department
of agriculture. In arguing for
his amendment, ho s*>t out cleatly
and concisely the facts that the entire
section of country which he in
part represents is at the absolute
mercy of a great (lertnan syndicate
for its supply of potash, one of the
necessary Ingredients of a complete
fertilizer.
It ws? shown that this country |
consumes 18,000,000 worth a year j
and it la of Interest to know that of j
this amount at levat SrfO per cent is
consumed in the South.
According to a statement of Prof.
Harper of Clemson College about $i,4."?0,000
are expended for potash in
South Carolina, while Commissioner j
Watson makes tha expense to South!
Carolina for thla fertilizer Ingredient |
sugnuy more than thhs.
The freight from th? German
mines to thla country amnunta to
about $.r? a ton and this Itself, It Is
urged by the men interested in the i
outcome of the investigations authorized
In this amendment is no con- <
slderable item that may be safed If i
jHitaeh deposits are discovered in th.s i
country. i
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture is enthusiastic
about hie investigation " i
Murdered Klectrornted.
James II. Allison, of Ashevllle.
was officially electrocuted at Hallelgh,
N. C., Friday. Floyd Mcdee, In :
i quarrel over a woman. He was the !
first white man electrocuted in North
Carolina.
shovels have, however, broken most
)f the outer covert# of the Dilimt
locuments. These methods for the
mreglsterlzation of transactions necessitating
legal formalities to enible
them to l>e cited as 'evidence'
n the la*.v courts, or the municipal
tribunal (for in one case, at least,
he Mayor was the judge) were sitn';ir
to those at other contemporary
neighboring cltiee, but they possess 1
their own peculiar phraseology, pro
?uiink mu iMlbat Ii.nl his own typo
of citizen, though comparatively an
nslgnlflcant town. So a flourishing
school of scribes and solicitors dountless
crowded the shaiy corridors of
its temple and the halls of the god's
tribunal.
"Truly its properity was but a reflex
of that of Habylon, but the city's
existence was not ephemeral, for it
commenced with the first regions of
'he great nelghtKjrlnj cities' Kings .
and endured until the Persian era.
"The majority of the tablets found !
often merely register plots areas or .
locations, for most of the litigation,
was atKiut boundaries. Others, how- j {
ever. are for loans or hiring arrce ; .
meuts. one being for a period of j
'hree months only. Huzulum hires a !
bull from the great temple gods of | .
.-' ippara, Shamnsh and Ala for a year. ' .
Doubtless the joint deities bad a (
shrine at Dllbat and a farm for sar-i'f
r'flci.il cattle and did a thriving trade
in stud cattle and rams.
"People also hired out chariots
?nd agricultural implements, but
loans were mostly in money and seed
corn. The interest for the latter
sometimes amounted to 36 per cent,
H
bit it wis pavable In kind out of ^
n'hol It - ... ..
...... .. u.i im. aim u me rarnier
3i<1 part '<1 in the previous season ^
with his reserve of seed, because of j
a specially ''igh (>ff?'r for it tie could
afford to pay such Interest to obtain (i
a freeh supply.
"Some deeds concern the hiring of .
harvesters, and they wore often registered
before the engagement matured
by the crops ripening. A ?
lnnse was therefore inserted that if ^
!' o men contract d for failed to ap- s
u ir the farmer could hire others at v
he price paid that season l?y the '
\Iug or his own estates, and it may :i
>p presumed tha* the person who had
iromised to supply the men made up
lie difference, if any.
"Such was life at Dilhat. about tl
!.000 years before the Christian era. I"'
is revealed by the small clay tablets V
hat the patient Industry of many in- fi
olleots have for the love of science P
mabled us to read." li
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WILL FIND A HOME
DKSTITl'TK ('HIIil)llKN CAN NOW
GO TO COLUMBIA.
Governor Blriwo Approves the Act
Kntrustiii^: Children U? the Rescue
Orpliunugc There.
"IteBtitute, abandoned and unprotected"
children, for whom no other
special provision is made, will hereufter
be committed to the care of the
Heecye orphanage, Columbia, wherever
they may be found in the State.
The act eo provrding has been approved
by (loveruor Bleasc, and the
affixing of his signature made it effective.
The act provides:
That whenever any girl under the
age of 14. or boy under the age of
10 years, shall be found by any policeman,
sheriff! constable or other
person in any county, city or town,
In circumstances of destitution or
suffering, or of abandonment, exposure
or neglect, or of beggary, or
in any house of ill-fatne. It shall be
lawful for, and the duty of, such
officer to tnako report thereof to
the probate judge of said county.
Thereupon, such probate judge
shall forthwith fix a time for the
hearing and investigation of such
rase, as speedily as possible, and gi e
notice of such hearing to the parent
or parents, if Known, or to the guardian
or custodian of such child, if
known. And such probate judge
shall hear all the evidence offered
before him and investigate fully the
circumstances and surroundings ot
such child.
And if. upon such investigation,
the sa'd officer shall And that said
child is abandoned. or is being
brought up in immoral or vicious
surroundings, or without any adequate
or proper care or custody, it
shall tie r~* ? ?-- '
..... n.Mi nil" II illj CI I
such officer to issue a warrant or
commitment, committing ?aid ^lul.i
to the custody, raro ami rearing of
the Rescue orphanage, situated at
Columbia, or to any similar orphanage
in the State, devoted to tho relief
ami aare of such chlldrsu.
The said orphanage and any other
orphanage devoted to ths relief of
children who ars dsatltuts, abandoned
or l>elng raised In lmmorai
snd virions surroundings, shall have
full care and control over any child
committed to It, as herein provided;
subject alwaye to the right of the
courts to lnqulrs Into the propriety
and eufflclency of the care and main- '
'enance l?elng provided for any such
child, and to modify or change the
rare and cuetory of any child, a? the '
court may deem proper.
That any such orphanage to which
a child has been committed as provided
in the two preceding section? 1
shall have the right to entrust any ;
such child, for its care, maintenance, '
rearing, education and adoption, '
the care and custody of any Individ- (
ual or family, which it may deem '
proper, upon such guarantees as may '
be required by such orphanage. Hut 1
this right shall be subject to the supervision,
Investigation and con.rol of 1
the courts of common pleat for said
State of South Carolina, upon appli
i ation made to the courts. * 1
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CAN'T UK FOI'MK
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T. Hawkins MIssimI Since Thursday j
on llroad River.
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Tho States nays friends of T. a
\uchtr* M q wlr In? ev P CJ V. ~ t *
............ wi oiiciiuu are vory ;
much worried orer his disappearance. .
M M. Scott of the Scott Bros. com- i
pany, by whom Hawkins was employed.
was In Columbia Friday night t
making Inquiries. j
The last seen of Hawkins was fi c
>'clock Thursday aTeniug. He was <
?ut on tha Broad river in a bateau. e
The regular farryman was in Wlnns- t
!>oro attending court and Hawkins
lad poled soma passengers across the r
' rry. He was wearing overalls at v
he time, his other clothes being In f
he s ore. He had r.o money with n
lirn. D
Hawkins 13 a nephew of T. B. r
kughtry and a brother-in-law of Dr. *
,o(lrand (Juerry of Columbia, and ti
s about 2 7 or 2 8 years of age. Mr. t
*eott is very anxious to g'jt any inormation
of the whereabouts of p
lawkins. The l>oat which he was ft
owing, or poling, has not been t<
leen. it
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The Deadly Auto. I)
At Fort Worth, Tex., Harry Sears, ii
1 contrnrtor, is dead, liis daughter. ! b
drs. O. T. ftamos, is seriously injur- p
d, and the latter's husband and Miss li
>laude Berry are suffering internal
njuries as a result of the wrecking
>f their ? tomoblle when the mahine
Hkldd*d, turning turtle. A
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Ne.jroes Not l)cslri><l
ir
The Don Inlon Government decid- U
d to stop the immigration or no- G
tops from the I'nlted States, and'm
topped at the boundary a party b<
hich int< tided to go to WestPrn le
anada. Thp np tops arp reparpded
s undesirable citizens. *
Follows W ife to (iravc. In
I'nbalanced by poignant Orief over r
1p death of his wife, which occurred ti<
riday morning at her home, at in
('nrronton. N. C , M. M. Ilendleton T!
red a hullot into his temple and ex- 1 sr
ired in 30 mlnu'es. Their married t'.i
fe was an ideally happy one. gc
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NO USEFOR IT
Governor Blease Says He Will Hereafter
Ign^r* Pardon Boa'd.
HE ASSIGNS NO REASON
Simply Says lip Ham Wilidrnwn All
l'npprs in 1 lauds of MpiiiImth nn<l
Will Kofer No More to TIipiii?
TIip Ofllcp is Not A1k>Us1i?h1 by
law.
The Columbia Record says reportera
who asked Governor Mease, Friday,
what was the statua of the
State board of pardone, were told:
"Well, I hare recalled the papers
that were In their hands and 1 do not
intend to refer any inore cases to
them." Which means the practical
abolishment of the l>eard. if the governor
stands by hlH expressed intention;
yet the law requires tb the]
board shall met regularly, on the
first Wednesday in each quarter, and
so it will continue to meet, its members
drawing ?4 per diem and their
mileage, although their occupation
be gone. The governor has not the
power to abolish the board, nor is it
%
within the discretion of the board
to neglect the attending of tlie reg
nlar meetings merely becauso the
governor has ceased to refer to it
any matters for consideration.
The board is composed of Messrs.
it. Maves Cleveland of Travelers'
Rest, C A. 5ava-*e of Walterboro and
Washington A. Clark, Sr., of Columbia.
Mr. Cleveland being chairman
utd Mr. Clark secretary. Mr. Savage's
term expires next month, Mr.
Cleveland's about a year hence and
Mr. Clark's two years hence.
Mr. Clark said that be had not
been advised of the governors intention
not to refer any more case?
to the board, hut that if the governor
did pursue this course, the
board would have no choice but to
met regularly, on the flret Wedneelay
in each quarter, notifying the
governor that it wae in eeeslon,
\waitlng hie pleasure, and, if he laid
no buelnese be'ore it, adjourn; and
=o on until the gsneral aeeemhly
ihould see fit to repeal the act creitln?
the eomini.a"'on, or the boa.d
tuoum ro out <>r xistenre by explrab>n
of the term* of lta meutber3.
I'he pay of the hoard, Mr. Clark said,
s limited to % 4 per day for mem>ers
while the board ia sitting, and
he usual mileage to and from their
lomes on official buslneas.
The a-'t creating the board prorides
that within .tn days from ihe
ippolntment. aaid board shall meet
n the city of Columbia, and organze,
and at once notify the governoi
>f their read'ness to consider any
'etitions he nry s"o tit to lay t et'ore
hem. They shall keep a comply ?.
ocord of all their proceedings, and
lold same subject to the orders
'mm the governor, or the general
tssembly.
It shall be the duty of said board
o consider any and all petitions fotardons
or commutation of sentence
vhlch may be referred to them by
he governor, and to make their recommendation
to the governor regardng
same; provided the governor may
>r may not adopt such recommendaion
but in case be does not, he shall
mbmit his reasons to the general assembly;
provided, further, that the
governor may act on any petition
without reference to aaid board.
Said board shall hold regular
nesting# at leaat four times "arh
'ear. beeinninw r? n '
?. vu *. H*? Ulll Y> Wdfirilay#
of January, April, July and
October. respectively, and aa m 4ny
Ttra meetings a# the eovernoi ni^y,
hrough the secretary, order.
The members of ??ald board shall
eceive au compensation for their ?erires
tha sum of four i$4) dollars
or each day they shall be in seunlon,
iot to exceed 20 days, and 10 cenis
er mile, one way. for the most dtect
route to and from sue'; meet!'-.,:,
a'd sum to be paid by the State
reasurer, on warrant of the comp- j
roller ceneral.
Said board shall have autho-ity to
reserve order at Its meetings, and
> punish any disrespect, or con mpt
committed In its presence. A
lajority of said board shall cons:i
ite a quorum for the transact.on of ,
uainesB. and a majority shall rule
i all Its deliberations. The mem- ^
era of said board shall hold no oth-r t
I.mm unite man mat ?r notary pubc."
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Fulls Heir to Fortune.
Th? News and Courier nays Tj. H. t
dams, a yeoman In lTncle Sam's Her- P
ice at the local naval plant, has been f
iforniod that he had fallen heir to a t
>rtune of $27,000, left him through }
ie death of a distant relative. Yeo- r
an Adams' home is in Ronton liar- ?
>r. Michigan, lie has been in Char- |
ston about nine months. * a
(lift Strike St ill < >i?.
The Charleston fertilizer strike re- t
ains on with more than 2,000 ne- i
oes idle and declaring their inten- t
on to remain away from the works a
nil their demand for $2.10 is mil. li
here has been no disorder worth a
t
leaking of however and it is en- i
rely possible that the men may yet t
> back to work without the increase, s
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DOING GOOD WORK
PASTEUR TREATMENT GIVEN IN
COLUMBIA FREE.
Ninety-Nine Per Ucnt of Persons Hitten
by Rabid Dogs Saved Says
I Report.
The Columbia Record Bays aince
the beginning of the present year, 19
persons, of various ages, hare received
the pasteur treatment for hydrophobia
at the State laboratory in
this city, at no expense to themselves
except that of the cost of living. For
a year or so past this department of
the l-nlversity of South Carolina, un
der the efficient management of Dr.
F. A. Coward, has been treating this
disease most effectively, and it n? !
beyond question that through its instrumentality,
a number of Hvcb have
been saved from this disease, which
when once developed, can not be
cured by any means now known to
medical science.
Five patients are now taking tne
treatment under Dr. Coward. This
method of saving human beings from
death by bites from the so-called
"mad dogs" was discovered by the
famous French scientist whose name
it bears, and since that time, all the
skill and knowledge of scientists have
| been devoted to perfecting 'he methods
employed. It has now been toil
need to a system by which 99 por
cent of those bitten by mad do;s have
been saved from the dread disease,
which inevitably results in deatn.
The process is interestitig. The treatment
is practically painless, and during
their treatment tho patients are
at liberty except for a few miniues
each day.
The treatment consists essentially
in Innoculating the patients with the
virus containing hydrophobia germs,
very weak at first, but becoming
gradually stronger. until Anally the
system in accustomed to the poison,
ind rendered Immune. Thus when
the disease develops. It In rendered
practically harmless. Furthermore,
the patient in Immune from further
mud do* hlteu for u period oT nearly
a year.
When a pereon la bitten by a so
called mad doc, the first ntep in to
examine the brain of the dog for
jernii of hydrophobia. If these are
found, or even If not, if circumstances
are suspicious, the treatment
la given. Ordinarily, the disease will
develop In a human being In from
three weeks to alx months. By beginning
the treatment at once, the
patient la saved.
To begin with, a rabbit Is Innoculated
with hydrophobia virus taken
front the brain of some animal which
has died with the disease. The virus
is placed in the brain of the rabbit,
and he is set apart for the disease to
develop. This takes place in about
vine days, the animal becoming paralyzed
at the end of that time. The
spinal cord of the rabbit is then re
moved, cut in pieces, nnd placed in
the cooling Incubator, which is maiu'ained
at a temperature of 211 degrees
centigrade.
At the end of the first day a small
particle is taken out, and preserved
on ice in glycerine. Another por
non :s laKon out at the end of the
second day, and preserved In glycerine,
and so on, for eight clays, the
bottles being numbered to show the
number of days In the incubator.
Those particles which have remained
eight days are the weakest, being
practically inert.
In general, the patient has first Injected
Into him a small quantity of
the eight day spinal cord, ground up
to the consistency of humnn blood.
The next day, the seven-day piece is
injected, and so on down to the
one-day pieces, if the bites indicate a 1
dangerous case The next week,
the treatment begin again with a
four or five day piece of cord. The
treatment generally lasts throo
weeks at the end of which another
injection of one-day virus Is made. :
ily this time the system of the pa- '
tient has be?n gradually accustomed
to the poison in Its strongest form. '
and now when the germs from the '
bite begin to develop, they are practically
harmless. It is a case of (
R rhting poison with poison. This is '
the only way now known to treat hy- '
Irophohia successfully, but the sue- v
-ess of this method is proven by the '
lumbers which have tnken it and
ser? probably saved from death.
Once It develops in the normal '
iiiman system, hydrophobia is incur- "
iSle. The treatment cnn do no han.i.
shen well managed, even if tl?.-r? "
sere no disease germs originally in "
he body.
This department is opernted nn.i r r
h?
Huirrmiirni, anil all > 11 * "
?xpenses arc paid by appropriation.-* ?'
or thia purpose. Patients who hae
een bitten by does supposed to h ive H
l.vdronhoida, can receive the treat- b
nent at no cost to themselves except tl
hat of living expenses while in Ooumbia.
This treatment is the same "
is that Riven by the pasteur insti- n
utes in various parts of the country. | b
In this connection it might be men- *
loned that contrary to the nine-day fl
ilea in regard to hydrophobia, scion- tl
i;ts state that it is only the smallest
tiintals which develop the dise si
n that time. Dors generally take [ w
bout three weeks, and huniitn be- I iirs
sometimes wait six months af- it
er being bitten before showing tiie d
ymptoms of the disease. Tho treai-; ti
AIMED AT SOUTH
Want N?gr? Vote in This Section Counted
ia Senator's Eire ion.
A REPUBLICAN SCHEME
Would (Jive Congmw ltight to Supervide
Senatorial Rleetlons 111 Event
of I'asnagc of Resolution?May I>efeat
the Resolution for Direct
Election of Senators.
In lees than an hour Friday the
Senate voted the Sutherland into the
resolution providing for the election
of United States Senators by direct
vote; fixed next Tuesday an the time
I for voting on the resolution itself,
made the case involving Senator Uoritner's
seat the unfinished buBiimss
and received the Canadian reciprocity
bill from the committee on
finance.
No sooner had Senator Heveridge
concluded his speech, in opposition
to Mr. Lorimer, at 4:20 o'clock, than
Senator Hale asked that the unfinished
business bo laid before the
Senate.
This was the resolution providing
for the constitutional amendment for
the election of United States Senators
liy popular vote. This demand
met the approval of the Chair and
the resolution was taken up.
Almost before Senators could have
. .mv iu roaiizp wnat was taking place,
the Vice President directed the beginning
?f the roll-call on the amendment
offered by Mr Sutherland,
eliminating so much of the resolution
as takes from Congress the right
to supervise Senatorial elections, l ite
vote resulted In favor of the amendment,
50 to 3 7.
Seven Republican*. Messrs. Borah,
Bourne, Briatow. Brown. Cummins,
Gronna and LaFollette, were recorded
with the majority of the Democrats,
in opposition to the amendment.
Immediately following the announcement
of the vote. Senator Bacon.
of Georgia, declared his opposition
to the resolution as amended.
While he had favored the measure as
reported from committee, ho said
that now It would he impossible for
him to vote for It, and he gave notice
that on Monday he would address
the Senate In explanation of his position.
It la understood that the adoption
of the amendment will have the effect
of alienating the votes of a number
of Southern Democrats, as the
result of the new law would he to
force the South to count the negro
in all elections for United States Senator
,
This is a direct slap at the South,
and should have the effect of causing
all Democratic Senators from defending
I.orimer, who, with the other
stand-pat Republicans, Is in favor of
i no movement to make the South
count the negro vote in the Senatorial
elections.
<>. TIIAT >1 Alt KM SKIItT.
It Must (Jo! Skirts a Woman's
"Crowning (Jlory."
The eminine world is exercised
over the possible invasion of the harem
skirt, or trousers. Concerning
the new style, the fashion writer of
the Baltimore Sun has the following:
It is all right to talk about the
harem skirt, but the sagacious readers
of this column know full well
that uo normal minded woman will
over wear such a thing.
The hobble skirt is inet rinsicaily
beautiful: the harem skirt is intrinsically
hideous. No feminine person,
except Dr. Mary Waler, has ever
been known to deliberately to assume
trousers unless for purposes of
liaguisee not ever a sufTra?ette.
A woman's skirt is really Iter
rowning glory, more so than her
lair.
It helps her to appear in various
hnrnctAru ? *
. nun, wII*-T? SIIC plltS Oil
i vor.v trailing skirt, she feeis !iko
?m empress, and swoops al>ont in a
vay to impreaa the most unconrernd.
How could she flounce without a
iklrt? We have all seen ladies
lot.nee with Indignation. Well, that
lounre was 99 per rent ski?-t.
My a rudie or two on a skirt a woiian
makes herself | lump, by a tuck
t two she makes herself a souhrette.
If she has large feet, her skirt caries
lirst aid to the afflicted, if she
as small feet it is no bar to their
xh Million.
Wlten its wearer is sad. a skirt
links down until it trails in tho
ark ; when she is gay and coquetish,
here is a delicious frou-frou to it.
Trousers are ugly, they are unrolantie,
thoy are misshapen. No worn
n with a grain of the feminine
ft in her would assume them; she
.01.id never give up iter beloved
owing breadths of material for
hem.
it isn't necessary to say the harem
kirt must go; it is enough to say it
ill never come.
tent can be given to advantage only
tiring the period before the symp)tns
appear.
J