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RulnYlnnian Tablets.

The collection consists of tablets OF the
Second BabylOnian Empire and of The Fer
sian, Greek and Parthian periods. Two are
especially interesting from the social point
of view. one is the summing up and judg-
ment in lawsuit in the thirteenth year OF
NabOnidus. 4 farmer named lddin-Marduk
had sent by boat to Babylon 4SO measures OF
fruit. kurgainstan, who had undertaken
the transport, lost part of his cargo on the
way, and having admitted that there had
been neglect on his. part, agreed to make
restitution. When lddin-Marduk came 10
claim the amount, kurgal-natan avoided
him, so that the former was compelled to
bring the case before the court. The boat
owner, when summoned, acknowledged the
charge and was condemned TO pay the value
of the lost fruit. The decision is attested
by the seals of five judges. This curious
case shows that in BabylOnia carriage prac-
tically included insurance.
The other il a kind of remonstrance adj
dressed TO the crew Of boat bound for
Lhushan with provisions for the king. The
crew. for reasons not explained. wanted to
abandon the boat. and the writer Of this
tablet demonstrates with them, pointing
out that to desert boat laden with royal
provisions would be tantamOunt 20 high
treason. Ii is probable that if the sailors
had not given way after this remOnstrance,
it would have been followed by their arrest
and formal accusation.
There are a great many contracts OF sales
and loans. An interesting one tNO. 205)
shows that slaves. as well ms lands, houses.
and personal property, were mortgaged.
IL also COMPRISES lists of various kinds Of
tithes due 10 the temple Of Esogil, Of ami
mails brought to Babylon for sale, and of
other personal property. No doubt II was
an inventory made before mortgage or a
bill of sale.
The tablets of the Greek and Parthian
periods are, as usual, most astronomical.
The latest is OF Is. {. 81 The Academy.
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THE BREAST sTRoKE.

"The old breast stroke IL the best Wncn
swimming for pleasure. The hands should
be placed just in front of the breast, the
fingers pointing forward and kept close to-
getber, with thumbs to the edge Of the
forefngers. The hands must be made rather
concaye on the inside, though not so much
as 10 diminish the size. In the stroke OF
the hands they should be carried forward 10
the utmost extent. taking care that they DO
not touch the surface OF the water. They
should next be swept 10 the side at
n distance as low as the hips, and
should then be drawn up again by bringing
the arms toward the side, bending the
elbows upward and the wrist downward,
30 as 10 let the hands hang down while the
arms are al lsing.
1.-The legs must be drawn up with the
knees inward and the s0les of the feet in
cline6 outward; they should then be thrown
backward as widely apart as possible. The
swimmer must draw his breath the instant
that his hands, descending 10 his hips, cause
his head 10 rise above the surface OF the
water. and he should exhale at the moment
his body is propelled forward.
.'There are two kinds OF plunging, shall
low and deep water. In shallow water the
swimmer should plunge himself as far for
ward AS possible at a very OOlique angle,
and when he touches the water he should
raise his head, keep his back hollow, and
reach his hands forward. In deep water
his body should descend at a greater angle.
his arms stretched out, his hands closed
and pointed, and his body bent so that his
nose almost touches his toes.
"Diying Is one Of the most fascinating al.
juncts Of swimming. The two most COM
mon modes are feet first and head first. In
the former, the legs, arms, and head are to
be kept perfectly rigid and stiff. Fear, or
the peculiar feeling In the bowels in jump
Ing from great heights, must not induce the
swimmer 20 spread the arms or legs, or 20
bend the body. The head-diye is the safest
mode for persons who are heavily built
about the chest or shoulders. Ii from u
great height, the head is drawn down upon
the chest. the arms stretched forward, and
hands closed 10 = point. As soon as the
diver IL on his way his knees, which until
then were bent, must be stfened. Care
must be taken not % strike upon the
stomach. When the swimmer has gone
down as far as he wishes, the arms are 10 be
slsed and pressed downward.
sin swimming under water the swimmer
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WHAT 1T EFFECTS.

Few, perhaps, are aware that in a ma
Jority of the states women have some
recognition at the ballot box. 1t is usu-
ally limited to questions pertaining to
schools, and is much broader in some
states than others. In a number of
them all school offices, including the
state superintendent. are open to wom-
en-, but they have in few cases been
elected to any more lucrative station
than the county control of schools. They
have seldom shown much disposition to
avail themselves of the opportunities
afforded for the use of the ballot, and
the suffrage cause as whole is not pro-
crossing in way to invigorate the
hopes of its champions. Washington
territory tried woman suffrage for five
years--that is, full-orbed voting-but dis
carded it when the state was
to be formed, 1t does not appear
that the women made any con-
siderable effort to retain the rigth.
In Utah the women all voted
for some time, and polyg amy did not
have any very serious disasters that
were encouraged by them. In Kansas
women nave been given the ballot at
municipal elections, in the expectation
that they would eliminate all liquor
drinking. The government records show
that the consumption has not been cur
tailed by their efforts. Wyoming ought
to be model state on this theory. 1t
has for twenty years had no question of
sex IN voting. Yet all the vices of mod
ern civilization are sanctioned by law
there. Gambling, dance houses and
their usual adjuncts are licensed. In
the only state in which women have the
full ballot there is greater laxity in the
moral dispensations than in perhaps
any other state. This is not due to
woman suffrage, but that has little con-
serving and purifying influence. 1t is
an object lesson to those who think that
voting and operating in politics will
benefit either women or the state.
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late. AS one OF the signs of the change
going on considerable attention is given
to the recent delivery by Hev. l.. w.
BACON, son of the great theologian,
DIR. LEONARD BACON, in q Congrega-
tional church in one Of the old Puritan
towns of Connecticut. The first theater
ever erected in the town was lately
opened, and the eloquent preacher made
1t the occasion for sermon in COM
mendatiOn. He held that the stage had
been growing better, and did not now
merit the indiscriminate denunciation
that was so common in other towns.
The character of the plays had been i'm
proved, and the reputation of the stage
people had been changing. 1t was con-
coded that immortality was not neces-
sary. or even common, adjunct of the
popular theaters. He would have the
church recognize the theater and aid to
make it moral force in the age. Mr..
BACON is little in advance of his cloth,
but, perhaps, not much.
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REALM OF MUSIC.

The fourth concert of the Seibert orchestra
takes place this afternoon at the Germania
Turner hall. The special features of the pro-
gramme consist of trio for piano, violin and
cello, in which Miss Louise Seibert Z rof.
Muehlenbruch and Aug. Triebel will partici-
pate; flute solo by C. K North andsa violin
solo by Max Dick. The full progra NINE is as
foil owS:
amazon Mareh -. $3.50; ...-.Chr. Bach
Observation-Disclosures aus der
Fremde''. -. ... Mendelssohn
Trio for piano. violin and cello,
Miss Louise seibert prof Mueh.nbrSeh and
Aug Triebei.
Descriptive Observation-Disclosures
Flute Solo-"Du, Du iiegst mir am
c. X. North. . '-'n'
Strings b, ''Serenade Enfantine,. Bounand
Violin Solo-'Polonaise, op 21 Wieniawski
Max Dick.
DlvertiSSeme nt on Swedish and Nor
wegian National Melodies for
three cornets ....,.........B utenuth
EackeltanZ. 49,. ............Meyerbeer
The Christmas music will be repeated at
Christ church this morning, aud in The even
ing Christmas carol service will be held, as
sisted by the choir. Programme of music:
Professional Hymn ................No. II
Magnifeat c.sx,
Nunc Dimittis ( - '''''' M ui1ASiianA III "
SdTOlo .JdlieS bldlkle
Children of the Sunday School and Choirster
Boys.
Anthem-"The Lord Is My Light =. Fl. Hiles
Recessional Hymn. ........... =. mo. "a
Master George Nichols VIII sing 1.-THE
Christmas Song" as an offertory solo during
the morning service.
A sacred concert is to be given tomorrow
evening at St. Luke's church, corner Summit
avenue and Victoria street, the programme
OF which reads:
Magnificat-St. Luke's Choir ,.. Eek
Piano-Fifth Nocturne -. Leybach
Miss Margaret Franklin.
Ave Maria-Miss Francis Smith. 80. Weigand
Jesu Del Vivi-Trio ..........V Verdi
Miss Aggie GAY Messrs. j. II. Donohue and
J. T. Gehan.
Angels Serenade -. .......+..... .Praga
Violin Obligato by Gustaye Won Goetzen.
Mrs. Arthur Rogers.
Cantique de Noel-Christmas Song Adam
Miss Emily Haggerty
Violin Largo. Handel
Gustave Won Goetzen.
Almighty God--Solo and Chorus 49,. Mozart
Eugene Kaeuffer and Choir.
Violin obligato by Mr. Won Goetzen.
Miss Aggie Gay.
Pro Peccates (''Stabat Mater'). .Rossini
j. T. Gehan.
Miss Rogers, Messrs Donohue Gehan aud
Kaeuffer.
Good Night QLaasletO ,.............P insuti
Misses Gay and Smith, Messrs. Donohue and
Gehan, Mrs. j. II. Dononue, and Prof. Z.
e. kaeutfer accompanies.
y. ii. Donohne --..--. director
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A SILVER ANNIVERSARY.

1t is proposed to hold the silver an
niverSary of the q. A. r. on the 9th of
the coming April, the date of the or
ganization of the first post in 1866. This
was at the capital of Illinois, and the
first state organization was perfected
the same year, with Gen. PALMER
commander. The order has since ex-
tended over the entire country, and has
in its membership probably a majority
of the living veterans. In its objects
and aims it has been in the highest de-
gree commendable, and has the respect
and hearty sympathy of the country. al
though at times hotheads or partisans
have seemed to divert it little from
the non-partisan path. As its mem
bership falls away by death. and the
survivors take on the silvery sheen of
honored ag9c more and more interest
will attach to the organization. The
heroes of the Revolution in their later
years were the conspicuous attraction
at independence day celebrations. So
it will be with the veterans of the Re-
bellion in coming times.
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motive is to prevent the loss to the en-
pire of males whom military service
would at some time be due. The kaiser
is said to have himself suggested the
necessity of retaining all sound and
healthy males until they have performed
the legal term Of military service. The
kaiser has also ordered an inquiry into
the methods and objects Of the Interna-
tional Socialist league, which now takes
i'll nearly all of continental Europe, ex-
cept Russia, and to which the Hungarian
Socialists have just given their adhe-
SION. While going farther than Bis
marck in striving to appease the popu-
lar discomfort, and to improve popular
conditions, the emperor sternly sets his
face against international agitation, and
will not tolerate the amaigamatIon OF
Germany with foreign organizations.
Instead Of the new grand duke of
Luxembourg being afraid Of German ag-
gression, he is himself taking the initi-
alive in seeking a military convention
with the empire, being apparently more
apprehensive Of French than of Prus-
sian encroachment on the independence
OF his little state. 1t is probable that a
convention will be agreed upon, thus
virtually adding Luxembourg to the Ger
man empire.
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THE USES OF SUNDAY.

The sky in these our last few days has
been overcast, and the season how is a
little drear. like belated fall. But for
three months we have had succession
OF bright and balmy moons and brill
liant, luminous nights which have made
life well worth living to every one in
whose heart is any responsiveness to
Natures joyous moods. There is moth
ing better for the happiness ola COM
munity than to have the sun shining
gaily when Sunday comes. Our book
keeping and scheming for SIX days IN
the week goes on quite bravely, even
though it rains or the wind blows, or
the snow falls so thick and fast that we
rub our spectacles and turn Oh the
electric light. But when Sundays
dawn breaks, it seems a little ont of
touch with what there is then in store
for us, if the face of Nature is crossed
with angry gusts or wrinkled with
doubt or darkness.
We do not know whether or not our
readers have noticed it, but there has
been hardly Sabbath in the three
months of which we have spoken which
has not invited us to the open air and
which has not been full of suggestions
to the effect that God has been good in
casting our lines in pleasant places,
however else they may fare. EMERSON,
that fount of wisdom undefled, has
called Sunday the corner stone of
our civilization, conSecrated TO high
thoughts and meditation. We are not
all of us capable of the same high
thinking and living. The SUBMITS to
which we severally can reach vary with
our characters and our opportunities
and the use which we have made of
them. But what chance we have of
getting the most out Of our lives de
ponds on our capacity to think earn
estly, to feel deeply and to catch the
poetry which colorS our every expert
ence if we only have the eyes to see IT.
All philosophers have agreed that the
greatest joy in the world is the joy of
real intellectual exertion. in this there
is absolutely no alloy. But there is
only one here and there who ever knows
it. After this come the joys of the emo
tons, like the pure love of men for
women and of women for men, the ap-
probation of the mature fer the SIM
plicity and helplessness of children, the
power to understand and answer the
tale which Nature tells. the capacity to
carry in our souls the image Of an ideal
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SATISFIED.

Harry Holland some ten years age
was asked by his mother to remember {
text that occurred to her after deatl
had invaded the home. He revolved il
in his mind many times thereafter. anC
has written the following poem, which
will be sung by his wife at the People:
church to-day. The music is by Han:
Meltke. The title of the poem is ''Sat
isfied," and the text mentioned is Psalm
xviii. Is:
When time shall end, and go home
TO mansions bright and fair,
Ger earth's bleak waste no more to roam,
I'll seek rest over there"
This fainting heart, this fearful eye
Shall rest in some sweet bye-apd-bye"
If in Gods likeness waking:I
Shall then be satisfied, quite satisfied.
Gods love in all around I see;
In verdant grass and flowrs
Whose sweet perfumes lend charms TO me
Fen in life's darkest hours.
Ye merry birds whose songs know,
o babbling brooks, your murm rings low
Do fill my heart; its ebb and flow =
Gliues peaceful, satisfied, quite satisfied.
When am borne to my last rest
The heat Of pain subdued-
I'll seek the ransomed and the blest.
And be with peace imbued
Take back thy gift. dear Mother Earth,
Which thou didst offer at my birth;
My soul to God, He'll judge its worth.
And I'll rest satisfied, quite satisfied.
If death be life, die to live;
'Twere death, live 70 die.
From trials here may heaven give
A rest at last for aye.
ti'hro' deaths dark night I'll safely glide
Ger Jordan's cold and stormy tide;
But with my ioyed ones, side by side,
shalt wake satisfied, quite satisfied
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A THEATER SERMON.

1t is becoming very rare, at least in
the larger churches, for pulpits now to
turn their assaults upon the practices
countenanced by the current DISPOSE
ton of society, such as card playing,
dancing and attending the theater.
There is perhaps a growing impression
that less sympathy is had on these lines
than in the sterner lines, and that at
tempts to interpose authority would he
disastrous. There are few even of the
most orthodox schools in which rigid
rules on these lines would not drive out
q great portion OF the younger member
ship. Prudence and some of the spirit
of the pews may furnish the explana-
ton. There is little advertising OF thea
tiers from the pulpit in any form of
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ence worker, and he said he wanted to
impress upon others his adherence Of
liquor and all who use it. There was no
occasion for his making saint of the
defunct. and perhaps peryersely weak
party; but it is high role for even one
who wears the sacred robes to stand in
Judgment upon the errlng. If only
those who had led spotless lives had
the rites of burial, there would be light
work for the preachers on such oc-
casions. 1t is understood that the re-
spect paid the remains of a dead person
does not suppose an Endorsement of his
life. There may not even be any oc-
casion for much regret at the departure.
but custom has established usages, and
by common consent the evil is left for
private mention only. DiSrespect to
the dead but disgusts the living.
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TO FILL BRAINS.

1t has been charged that the medical
fraternity have been following in the
ruts essentially since HIPPoCRATEs and
the other early lights established sys-
tematic modes. However much or little
this may have been the case in the past,
the record being made of late is not of
the messy order. DR.. KOCH, Prof.
PAsTEUR and others here and there
have been finding out several things
likely to be of much interest. Inquir-
les and investigations are as varied as
the elements of the human anatomy.
One of the most int resting lines of eX-
pertinent has been that of grating in
Of lost fractions of the physical struct-
ure. Pieces of flesh have been trans
posed and so altered to the new rela-
tons as to do service like the originals.
1t is expected that the period will be
reached when the bones and ele-
ments of the animals that approach
nearest the human family may be utI-
liked in patching up defects and max
ing complete human being out of frag-
ments. A broken leg or arm may be
repaired by bones from animals. 1t is
found now that there is a possibility
that shortage in the brain work may
eventually he remedied. Success is
claimed in transferring and interchapg-
ing the brains of a dog and cat. No de-
rangement of the system ensaes, as al
legged. 1t is presumed that this may
open the way to adding to or inyigor-
ating the gray matter in mans head.
When this is fully worked out it is i'm
possible to conjecture the field to be
possessed. The dog, the monkey. horse,
and other of the less brainy creations
might be made to contribute of their
little, and their qualities in some meas
ure impaired to the possessor. There
might be inconvenience in having pc
culiar qualities; but the processes are
not so far advanced as to require pres
ent solicitGde.
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THE STORY OF A DAY.

The roller mill at Howard Lake is destroyed
by fire.
A St. Paul pedestrian Is killed by an elec-
tric car.
The missing Fargo editor turns up at Sa-
lem, Or.
August Belmonts big string Of running
horses is sold.
Consuls fleece the government for over
million dollars.
Mr.. Scully will contest the election in
North Kilkenny.
''sockless'' Simpson is candidate for SEN
Rtor from Kansas.
President Stevens of the Sanford county
bank, Woonsocket, S. D., becomes insane.
Louis Sommers, OF Hastings, is sentenced
TO state prison for life for the murder Of
Miss Mary a. Dietzen.
A Cincinnati sausage mill. explodes, killing
two persons, injuring many others and
Hrecking seven dwellings,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28

The impression that competition else
where has reduced the divorce business
of Chicago does not seem to be war
ranted. There have been recently four
mills grinding out divorces, and in one
day recently eighty-one cases were I'M
der way. The cost, however, has not
been materially reduced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-28

In BEGINNING the new year and pass
ing personal resolves, some young ladies
may recall the statement of Nine. MOD
JEsKA that she could not afford the lux
ury of getting out of temper. 1t spoils
the countenance and makes one look
old. Those who would look fresh and
sweet, with no wrinkles, should cult
yate amiability and not chew gum.