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m l WISE MB. NOTED ORATOR rRTTDICTB WAR OVKR iX>NHTTT1JTION. Rap* Roosevelt aad Bryan?He Ad vtsis Graduate* of Baltimore Unl versUy ttcbool of Law to Read piker The Baltimore Unlvereity School of Law held Its commencement laet evening at Albaugh's Theatre, nine graduatee In law receiving their di? ploma*. The orator of the evening was Mr. John g. Wtee, of New York end Virginia. Mr. WWe Ad?reee. "Mr. Chairman. Baby Brothers In Law. Ladles and Gentlemen," was Mr. Wise's Introduction. In speaking of special practice, be said: The specialty of every lawyer In bis youth and. Indeed, of every men who aspires to any business In thought, la philosophy, in ressonlng. In correct apprehension of nU duty to his neighbor and to himself, end In gorgeous Imagery and felicitous ex? pression, should be the Holy Bible. He will never master It. yet It Is the greatest text-book of sll for ths man who Is to know and to sppeal to hu? man nature. I speak from a purely worldy standpoint. I would say the sums thing If my province here was spiritual. If you have prejudice sgainst the Bible rend the Tslmud; If prejudiced egntuet ths Talmud read ?doctrine* of Confucius or ths reli n of Buddha. If you read them all yon will be the better for It Without the magnificence of any of them the light ra your soul will never be lit nor ?nun yon nppeal with full strength to humanity.** On the same subject he said: "Thors Is one specialty, however. In which the most prominent of Its devotees do not seem to have advanc? ed far beyond their predecessor*. 1 refer to constitutional law. It will be n long time before students of that subject will And out many things about our complex Constitution that were unknown to John Marshall and Reger B. Tansy. Msn of ths Bryan end Roosevelt type type will And It ?dtfBeolt to convince the people of this snuntry that John sad Roger did net know what they were talking about. That teams to be their pre? sent effort" TMssnsjBjrd of Constitution. 'Further on In his address Mr. Wine "We. have reached a time In our peilticni history when a new school of tnstilnsliss fans risen who advocate the dssjenn of power In the Federal ?ever*meat to do anything which sp? un*** to be an advantage to ths ctti ssns of the United States, ingardlem of the hesitations of the Constitution. The argwmsnt is that oka ages social and economic, have arisen since the Constitution was constructed, making n new construction of Its meaning ad sjissfkle. in other words, that ths Constitution Is an india-rubber thing which can be stretched to meet chang? ed condition a social snd economic.*' "Trained lawyers, who would seV vocnte these Ideen, are rare. Indeed. 1 have heard of msn In high places who have lamented the Inch of first class legal talent to advtss them on these questions, and who. when told that A or B. th**r clone adviser*, were men pnssssslug such learning and such talent, have replied: 'Yes. I know, but they don't agree with me. I want advisers who agree with me.' "ft Is a common thing. In strong domtoattn* nature*, with sbounding confidence In their own opinions, to be Impatient of legal restraint. Oli? ver Cromwell, when he bullied par? liament Ignored the traditional ma? jesty of the parliamentary mace, or? dered It out ef Ms presence and called that a bauble which had for genera? tions been used as s means of bringing men back to their senses and their respect for law. Andrew Jackson, when hs wsnted a thing done, first Invoked the Eternal, then declared whet he thought wse law; would lis? ten to no argument that was not law; would remove from office any man who questioned his law. and would appoint a lawyer to the bench who would declare the law to be as he wsnted It. Hometlmea we question whether the bullies and tyrants of this class ars all dead. Tendency of the Time*. , "The tendency of our time Is to breakdown the barriers of constitu? tions! limitations snd upon srguments of convenience enthrone something different from what we h*v* had In the past for better or for worse. Whether thte will be eccompllshed rsmslns to be seen. But certain It Is tbst tbess radlcsl changes will not be accomplished without a strong re? volt agstnst them In favor of the old theories of our government by the conaorvstlvo people of our land In every section thereof. In that strug? gle sppesls f<?r Divine sld will go unanswered. f*f we hsve Divine au? thority f<>r the ststement. 'Render unto Caesar things that are Caesar'! snd to Clod the thlna* that are God's.' Before It resches the stage of force or an armed contest It will be preceded by s great debate, like those on sla? very and metes' rights, antedating eor civil war, and In It the learning and character of the legal profession will be Invoked to an extent greater than ever heretofore. "The opoprtunlty to champion one side or the other of that controversy will. In my opinion, surely arise dur? ing your life time, and you should now be preparing for it as the great? est opportunity you will ever have. An Issue, which involves on the one hand the perpetuity of the glorious govern? ment under whieh we live, with all It* checks and balances and safeguard? and liberties and blessings, or, on the other, the striking down of that gov? ernment and the substitution therefor of a stronger end more untrammeled centralised personal domination, Is one worthy of the dignity of the strongest Intellects and strongest characters that have ever appeared In the arena of debate; and so, as my parting word to you, I say now, In the leisure hours of peace and youth, prepare, gird your loins, put your In? tellect and body In training, watch and pray, for no man knoweth the hour when this Inevitable Issue Is sure to come."?Baltimore Sun, May ISth. THAW IS DENIED HIS FREEDOM. Must Henkeln In Asyrnrn Until He Is Better. Poughkeepele, N. Y., Mey 25.?"In view of the existing mental condition of Harry K. Thew the safety of the public Is better Insured by his re? maining In custody and under obser? vation u^ntll he has recovered or until such time as it shall be reasonably certain that there la no danger of a recurring attack of the delusion, or whatever it may be." This 1* the decision reached by Justice Morchauser, of the SUto su? preme court, In a decision h.inded down In the matter of Thaw's appli? cation for releaue from the Mutten v an Asylum for the Criminal Insane on a writ of habeas corpua. Thaw, who has been In Jail here since the Insanity hearing was begun, was quickly apprised by hla counsel of the adverse nature of the decision snd has accepted, apparently with resignation, the decree that he Is still Insane and that the Interests of the public will be best served by denying him liberty. ; LAME EVERY MORNING. A Had Back as Always Worse In the Mosnaag neunter People Are Flnd lng Relief. A back that aches all day and causes discomfort at nght Is usually worse Jn the morning. Makes you feel es If yon hadn't elept at all. Can't cure a bad back until you cure the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys?make you feel better, work better, rest better and sleep better. Permanent cures In Sumter prove the merit of Doan's Mrs. Mary Partln, living at 43 Uailroad avenue. Sumter, 8. C, says: "My kidneys have troubled me for a long time. The secretions were very frequent In action, and I was com? pelled to arise many times during the night on this account I suffered con? stantly from backaches, and In the morning when first arising would feel tired and worn out, having but little strength or energy. I Anally saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised, procured a box at China's Drug Store, and had used but the contents of this one box when the backaches ceased. I have not had any backache since using Doan's Kidney Pills, and feel refresh? ed when I arise In the morning. The secretions act regularly, and I do not have to arise at night. Doan's Kidney Plls have restored my energy and ambition and I am pleased to recommend them." Por sale by ell dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United Statee. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other No. 67 GEN. LEE CRITICALLY ILK Little Hope Held Out for the Re? covery of Ranking Officer of the Confederacy. Vlcksburg. Miss., May 27.?Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander-ln-chlef an the Confederate veterans, is criti? cally 111 here and his physician report? ed late tonight that little hope is held o*jt for his recovery. Qen. Lee was taken ill on May 21. after a hard day's task in making speeches and welcoming the Iowa and Wisconsin union veterans at the Na? tional park here. He has suffered a ?late of collapse and his son, Blewett Lee. general counsel for the Illinois Central, ha? been summoned from Chicago. A Grand Family Medicine. ?"It gives me pleasure to speak a good word for Klectrlc Bitters," writes Mr. Frank Conlun. of No. 436 Hous? ton street, New York. "It's a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver complications; while for state buck and weak kidneys It cannot be lei highly recommended." Electric Bitters regulate the digestiv?' func? tions, purify the blood and Impart re? newed vigor and vitality to the weak aid debilitated of both sexes. Hold under guaruntee at Albert's I>rug il -re. 60c. When one is able to smile cour savously through misery, one has conquered Fate, and there Is no reason why haplpnem H not ever his. You Should Know This. ?Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure a ?y case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach Of med? icine. No medlelne can do more. Albert's Drug Store. BABIES VICTIM A HERO. HIS EARTHLY AFFAIRS ARRANG? ED, DR. MARSH DIES LIKE A MAN. Death Sentence Passed, lie Said: "The rust Hides Nothing That Sliuuld Make Me Afraid"?Opiatee Ease His Last Hours. A New York special says: Fulfilling the terms of the death sentence pro? nounced upon him last Sunday, when he was told he must die before Thurs? day noon, Dr. William H. Marsh suc? cumbed to hydrophobia this after? noon. His last hours were eased and he was rendered unconscious by opiates administered by his physician, while his family hoped against hope that unerring science might for once be in error. Not for a moment had Dr. Marsh, however, deluded himself with false hopes. With the death warrant of the physicians of the Pasteur Insti? tute still ringing in his ears, he made his will, called his family and busi? ness associates into council and gave them explicit directions for the con? duct of his business and personal af? fairs after he should have gone from them, then calmly lay down to die, us he had lived, like a man. "You will die before Thursday noon. No human power can save you." That was the dictum of Dr. Wil? liam L. Wheeler, of the Pasteur In? stitute, delivered last Monday. It struck Dr. Marsh like a blow be? tween the eyes, but he stood up to it man fashion. "I have seen some pitiful sights, but I never have been bo moved as I was by the calm courage, the splendid heroism of Dr. Marsh when I told him there was no hope for him," said Dr. Wheeler today. Returning with his physician, Dr. H. M. Culinan, to his home, in Ocean avenue, Brooklyn Dr. Marsh at once began to make plans for the future of those near and dear to him. Himself a graduate in medicine, he knew sci? ence had said its last word. "I am not afraid to die; the past hides nothing that should make me ashamed to face the future," he said to his friends who called when the word went forth that one about to die wae waiting for the end. His only fear was that the frightful convul? sions of the final stage of rabies might prove too harrowing for his family to witness, the terrifying cries too heartrending for them to hear. So he asked Dr. Culinan to keep close when the period of delirium began and to be liberal with chloroform, opium or whatever might avail to stuplfy and soothe. Faithful to his trust. Dr. Culinan hardly left the bedside of his patient and friend until the end. From ear? ly Tuesday afternoon until he died, Dr. Marsh was in a state of almost complete unconsciousness, induced by sedatives. Death came gently and peacefully. None of those who sat in comer" ence with Dr. Marsh until near'y midnight Monday would speak to? night of the occurrences in detail. It was In the library of his home that he gathered them together?his wife, his sons and daughters, his son-in law and his lawyer. There was the will to be drawn up, and, that done snd the distribution of his personal property arranged for, he turned his attention to the future of his children. Stock In the Standard Water Me? ter Company, the profitable business that Dr. Marsh established for the manufacture of his own Inventions, Is held entirely by the members of the family. Still In the possession of his facul? ties, the only symptoms of his fatal disease being the convulsive contrac? tions of the throat that seized him from time to time, Dr. Marsh direct? ed and the rest consented that his second son Ramsey, who has been associated with him In business, should undertake the management of the company as Its head. There were other things talked over, too, but of their details none would speak to? night. It is safe to say, however, that of all the occupants of the house Dr. Marsh was the only one that slept that night.?Baltimore Sun. Thinks It Saved Ills Life. ?Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Me., says In a recent letter: "I have used Dr. King's New Discovery many years for coughs and colds, and think it Saved my life. I have found it a re? liable remedy for throat and lung complaints, and would no moro be without a bottle than I would he without food." For nearly 40 years New Discovery has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies. As a preventive Of pneumonia, and h Ikler Of weak lungs It has no equal. S lid under guarantee at Slbert's Drug Store. 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. A bounty is paid for all crows kill? ed In Chicago. This SSSntl incredible. Chicago has lived for many years by crowing so loud that no one eis?? with? in 600 miles could be heard.?Phila? delphia Inquirer. Consumptives Mudc Comfortable. Foley's Honsy and Tar has cured many canes of Incipient Consupmtlon and even in the advanced stages af? fords comfort and relief. Refuse any but the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. Slbert's Drug Store. FIGHT FX>R PURE FOOD. It Has Almost Put tin Kiul tu Adultor at Ion Once So Common. Adulteration of food products by American manufacturers whose busi? ness extends beyond the shadows of their factory walls has almost gone out of existence. "Xo profit" in adul? teration is the explanation. Even the most persistently dishonest manufac? turers are learning about the lack of profit. Cause of this moral regeneration? Food a*nd Drugs act of June 30, 1906 ?called the pure food law in popular speech?the poor food law by those who have worried their heads with questions as to how the act shall be administered. No one has yet gone to jail on ac? count of a violation of the law. Rob? ert N. Harper, president of the Wash? ington board of trade, president of a national bank and an all-round res? pectable citizen of the nation's capi? tal, would have gone behind the bars had President Roosevelt been able to persuade Police Judge Ivory G. Kim ball that that la the best place for him. Not a Brain Food. Harper was found guilty by a Jury of his peers of concocting a prepara? tion and selling it as a cure for head? ache and brain food. He called it "curforhedake" and a "brainfude," hoping by the crude imitation of Rooseveltian spelling to evade that provision of the pure food law which forbids the use of brands or labels that are false or misleading. The fal? sity lies in the invitation to the pros? pective purchaser to believe that he is buying a cure for headache which at the same time is a brain food. As a matter of fact, the buyer was get? ting an acetanilid preparation that eased the ache by putting a break on the heart Mr. Harper, having manufactured the stuff In the District of Columbia, was fined $500 for the offense. Hav? ing sold it in the District of Columbia, he was fined $200 for that. Had he made it in Maryland and sent it into the District of Columbia to be sold he would have been fined only $200. I That is because the federal govern? ment has no power to punish a man for making "dope" within the terri? torial limits of a sovereign state. Its jurisdiction attaches itself only after the stuff crosses a boundary into another state. Doctoring Coffee. That there Is no profit in adultera? ting articles of food may be Inferred from the fact that 48 large burlap bags of coffee, worth probably $1,600, were burned by the government offi? cials who had seized it because no one would claim it They found it in a freight warehouse at Nashville, Tenn. Each grain had been coated with lead chroniate, which is probably better known as chrome yel? low. Each berry 'ooked good to the eye Before the enactment of the pure food law it would have sold well on the market because of its beautiful looks. But the owner or owners, when they learned that the govern? ment inspectors had possession of it, knew that they would have to pay more in fines for their attempt to hide the defects than the whole con? signment was worth. So all the men in Nashville who sell coffee solemnly declared that they knew nothing about its ownership. A few weeks ago 40,000 gallons ol wine were seized in New Orleans be? cause the liquid had been adulterated and mi8branded. The man who made it simply threw up his hands and asked the government to give it back to him so that he could put an honest brand on the containers. The govern? ment put him under a heavy bond conditioned upon the faithful perfor? mance of the agreement, and let him take it back. Glucose in Syrup. Another New Orleans seizure was 30 barrels of syrup branded "open ket? tle." The government chemists found that instead of being of the highest quality cane syrup, the liquid contain? ed a considerable percentage of corn syrup, or, as It Is probably better known, glucose. That stuff was also taken back by the now saddened manufacturer, who shed tears as he branded the barrels truthfully and figured the amount pf his loss on that little transaction. ' And good old Tama Jim Wilson, secretary of agriculture, is the man to whom theoretical credit is due for this wonderful change that has come about in les* than one year after the law was put into full effect. The sec? retary of the department of agricul? ture, the primary responsibility Is upon him. Associated with him, by the terms of the statue, are Secreta? ries Cortelyou and Straus. Hut the real credit for the great change?that Is. the credit for the work accomplished?belongs to the members of the board of food and drug inspection, composed of i>r. Har? vey W. Wiley, whose name is sulfl clent to tell who he is; Dr. Frederick 1* Dunlep, associate chemist Of the department of agriculture, and Geo. Patrick MeCebe, solicitor for that I part of the executive branch of the government. They are the ones who thrash out the hard questions con? cerning the construction to be placed upon the law and decide the chemical question! that come along every day. A Supervisory Hoard. When the very knottiest questions of chemistry come along President Roosevelt has a board of five most eminent chemists, under the presi? dency of Doctor Remsen, of Johns Hopkins, to tell him whether Wiley md Dunlap have come to a correct nclusion in respect to the matter now under discussion. That Remsen board is now working on the ques? tion whether benzolate of soda, the preservative found in nearly all con dimental substances and In all pie fillings, Is a deleterious substance, even in the small quantity of one tenth of one per cent. That board is also searching for an answer as to how much sulphur dioxide may be used on dried fruit without being in? jurious to health and unduly increas? ing the weight of the fruit, to the pecuniary detriment of 'the consumer. The Wiley-Dunlap-McCabe board has already decided these questions a way that has made the fruit and vegetable packers furious. It has held both to be deleterious sub? stances within the meaning of the law, and, therefore, on the index pro hibitum of the act, not to be used at all. Inasmuch as Doctor Taylor, the California member of the board, has gone to Europe and will be gone for early a year in studying the question, final decision on it is far in the fu? ture. Law's Wide Scope. Very few persons understand the wide scope if the pure food law or the way in which the national gov? ernment has twisted itself about to procure purity in food products and honesty in their labeling and brand? ing. Everything used by man or beast as a food or as a medicine comes un? der the terms of the law. Condition powders for stock, hay for the fam? ily horse and seed for the canary, not to mention catnip for tabby, are as much within the purview of the food and drug inspection board as Scotch whiskey, sausages from Vienna or dill pickles from Germany. Weeds From Canada. Secretary Wilson .has intimated a move to prevent the further importa? tion of wheat screenings from Can? ada because they contain the seeds of weede and therefore the food product is adulterated within the meaning of the law. The screenings, Doctor Gal? loway, chief of the bureau of plant industry, found to contain 7 per cent, of light grains of wheat. The rest is composed of various kinds of weed seeds. The screenings are coarsely ground in this country and made into food for animals. That brings the whole matter within the jurisdiction of the department. The grinding is not fine enough to de? stroy the weed seeds, and digestion does not always destroy them. Secre? tary Wilson estimated that the weed seeds would cause greater damage to the farms of the country in one year than the total amount of money spent In the establlsnment and maintenance of the department of which he is head. So the ban is on Canadian wheat screenings, of which 7,000 tons, It is asserted, have been sent to this country from the province of On? tario. The screenings may not, under British law, be sold in any part of the British empire. That being the case, they may not be lawfully brought into this country, no matter for what purpose they are intended to be used. The pure seed law of Britain and her colonies forbids the sale of screenings. Official Succotash. The shipment from one State to another of food products containing deleterious substances is positively forbidden. The other part of the law simply forbids the shipment of goods that are labeled or branded In a false, deceptive or misleading man? ner. Vhe board, for instance, decided that the only article permitted to pass in Interstate commerce bearing the word succotash without any qual? ification whatever is a combination of green sweet corn and green beans. If corn or beans that have been dried and then softened with water are ? used the fact that the product has been made in that way must be set forth on the label in such a way that the buyer can tell what he Is getting. Another thing that Wiley. Dunlap and McCabe decided is that the addi? tion of sugar to corn that is not nat? urally sweet must be told on the label, under pain of a fine for false, misleading or deceptive labelin. Don't cough your head off when you can get a guaranteed remedy in Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. It is especial? ly recommended for children as It's pleasant to take. Is a gentle laxative thus expelling the phlegm from the system. For coughs. colds, croup, whooping cough, hoarseness and all bronchial trouble. Guaranteed. Sohl by Slbert's Drug Store. When a woman won't she won't? and the reason she won't is because. When women heed the call to arms men must face the powder. WEEKLY WEATHER REFORT, I Mont y <>r Rainfall and KoiiteMrbM Higher Than Normal Tciupreavarej Throughout South Carolina. Columbia, May 27.?Mr. J. W, Bauer, section director, yesterday is sued his weekly weather bulletin showing the temperature and rain? fall in various sections of the State, The bulletin shows that the temper* ature was above the normal and that showers were very frequent In all sections of the State. The summary is given below: "The weather was generally favor? able, having been warm, with ample precipitation. There was more than the usual amount of cloudiness. "The mean temuerature was from 2 degress to 4 degress above the nor-, mal, the general departures having oc cured along the coast. The mean temperature was nearly normal dur ing the fore part of the week, but the last two day were unusually warm? with maximum temperatures of 90 degrees, or above, in nearly all por tions of the State. The night temper? atures were unformly favorable. The temperature extremes were 96 degrees at Blackville, Clarke's Hill and Flor? ence, and 55 degress at Summerville. "Frequent showers occurred during the middle and latter portions, with heavy rainfall in the central and east* em counties where the weekly amounts ranged from less than an inch to over three inches; it was light? er in the western counties where the weekly amounts were generally lese than an inch. Destructive bialstorms occurred on the 20th and 22d, in the eastern and northeastern portions that were most damaging in Berk? ley, Sumter, Darlington and Marl? boro counties." FLORENCE MYSTERY EXPLAINED R, Lee Branson was $5,064) Short* Fact Announced by Officials of the Bank of Florence. Florence May 26.?The officials of the Bank of Florence gave out anoth? er statement this morning in regard to the Lee Brunson affair. After go? ing over the books very carefully they have found a shortage of $5,000. They have not yet finished their work on his books, but it is not thought that the shortage will exceed this amount. The officials state that he did not car? ry all of this amount with him at the time, as that much in cash would have been missed from the vault. The idea seems to be that this amount was taken in small sums from time to time. This Information comes as a severe blow to the many friends Of Lee Brunson here and throughout the State. When the statement was given out that there was a shortage In Brunson'a accounts, his father, Judge W. A* Brunson, and the other relatives promptly made god the shortage, and any other that may be found, thus obviating any prosecution of his bond. Had the shortage not been made good though, the customers of the bank would not have been injured in any way, as by the last statement of the bank, it showed a surplus of $20, 000. .~*r^' ? ii. wmm% FRUIT OF EXTRAVA44ANCfc. State Forced to Borrow Dp to Full Limit of Half a Million. Columbia, May 25.?The State treasurer's office expects to be forced to borrow the full limit of half a million dollars allowed by law this year, owing to the heavy appropria? tions and the fact that the amounta borrowed last year, $350,000, had to be paid in January, making a big hole in the winter tax receipts. So far already $200.000 has been borrowed, on notes payable next Jan? uary, and within 60 days it will like? ly be necessary to borrow from $150, 000 to $200,000, according to the de? mands that may be made upon the office between now and the first of July. The amount of the next bor? rowing will depend largely upon how Winthrop, the South Carolina Uni? versity and the Citadel call for their special appropriations of $30,000 each. Considering business conditions the interest paid on these notes is ex? ceedingly small, less than 5 per cent., the same as paid last year. The bor ! rowing is being done through the Pal? metto bank of this city. TWO MEN DROWNED. Rev. C. A. B. Jennings and Dr. T. D, l/conurtf the Victims. Greenville, May 26.?Dr. T. D. Leonard, a dentist, and Rev. M. Jen? nings, pastor of the Preebyterian church at Reidville, were drowned last e vening at 6.30 in Berry's mill pond, eight mile-s from ??reei. The two men were taking a day'a outing and were fishing when the stnrm came up yesterday afternoon. To escape a drenching they drew In anchor and were paddling to the shore, when the boat overturned, throwing both men into the water. Neither could swim.