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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
Peculiar Features.

There is an immense amount of
formalities of land cossions in DR..
Hinkcs book. but in view Of the ma.
ture of the controversy regarding the
Temple library" at Nippud the lit
crary features of the inscriptions are
of most immediate interest. The
boundary stone erected under Ne.
buchadrezZar l.. whic.. is under special
consideration. contains a transcription
Of "a magnificent and typical Baby.
lonian hymn" The stone was found
al Nippur on the northwest side Of
the Ziggurat, within the temple area,
hy DR.. Haynes, in February, 1896. at
the close of the third BabylOnian cX-
petition OF the University OF Pennsyl.
limestone. ~ centimentors in height
and 1872 ccntimetcrs in circumference
at the middle The inscription con
sists of a heading OF two lines placed
among symbols at the top, and 1855
lines of text. arranged In five columns.
The stone Is slightly damaged, but
the few lines which have been partly
lost have been almost completely re-.
stored from the context The stone
has several features not found in
other monuments of this kind one is
a drawing of the piece Of land to
which the nsCriptlun relates The
second is beautiful hymn to Eth at
the beginning of the inscription. DIR.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
May Publish stenosraphic Report.

II was intimated to representative
of the Philadelphia Ledger by trus-
tee of the university that the board
might yet determine to give to the
public the stenOgraphic reports Of the
hearings in the Hilprecht matter, held
by its special committee in 1905. In
this connection the statement was
made that the verdict of the commit
tee generating Prof. Hilprecht was
purposely couched In mild language
In order that II might not wound the
feelings Of certain members OF the
university who had conscientiously
believed that he should be compelled
to answer formally the charges made
by Rev. DR.. John p. Peters Of New
York and others.
AS this considerable course has not
won their appreciation, It was added,
IAN entirely different one may be
adopted"
OF course. no official of the univer-
sity will concede at this time that
the board is at all likely to reverse its
action of 1905 or to take any steps
which will mean the severance of
Prof. Hilprccht's relations with the
institution.
There Is said to be disposition on
the part of the trustees to rely upon
the results of the examination Of tab.
lets brought from Nipprr that has
been in constant progress at the Mu-
scum of Archaeology during the last
two years and a half to oblterate the
unfortunate effect OF the revelations OF
DR.. Peters, Prof. Prince of Columbia
university. and Mrs. Haynes as to the
real nature of the discoveries at Nip
pur, in their bearing upon Prof. Hill
prechts publications. Ii is declared
that the translation of the tablets
which until the beginning of the con
troversy had remained for five years
boxed up in the cellars Of the museum
IL yielding results Of the most brilliant
character. far exceeding the expecta
tons to Babylona.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

1T is said that Partisan style makers
are concealing their original designs
because Americans steal them. as 4
style isn't anybodys property Word
comes that the favorlto sleeve tn
Paris just now is finished by an nm.
dersleeye not the sheer white under.
long been familiar but an under
sleeve of satin, velvet or silk, ~
relieving color from the loose outer
sleeve They don't seem to be worn
around here as yet, but women should
be on the lookout for them. as they
may be attractive.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
Religious and Literary Texts.

There must have been great
mass of religious literature in exist
ence. There must have been in use
hymns to all the gods, In practically
every cult. for in Nippur not only
Ellil but most OF the other divinities
Of the middle east were wOrshiped,
There must also have been large mum
bcrs of inscriptions, omen texts, etc
which are to be classed under the
head of literature Thousands Of these
texts have been found at Nippur, and
we have many of them at the Unlver.
sity of Pennsylvania. One of our
stan is now working at the translation
of religious texts. Other volumes EN-.
bodying the results Of study Of the tab.
lets have been projected and will be
published In due order. | would not
be surprised II national epic should
eventually be found in part or whole
in Babylonian tablets.
The question as to what the depos.
ltory of all this material shall be
called, whether a temple library or
SOHletHlHs ciHt' II VI SOiiphi atiNti!
trivial Importance, although 1t admits,
of course. Of some discussion. The
temple was certainly the chief insti'
tuition of the city, and dominated all
the rest. The fact that arithmetical
matter was found In the library would
not make 1t any the less a library.
The library Of the University OF Penn
sylvania contains statistical books OF
all kinds as well az literary books.
would like 1t to be impressed upon
the public that we have at the uniyer'
slty very large numbers Of literary
as well as business texts
Prof Clay declined to discuss any
other phase of the Nippur question.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
Velvet Coats Trimmed with Fur.

Fur is ornamenting many of the vel
vet costumes and coats seen In fash
iona5le thoroughfares, and, In fact,
many of the cloth gowns of dressy
SAVIOR Light colored velvet and even.
ing gowns with mink. sable or er-
mine garnishments mingle with rare
old laces and are the very cream Of
elegance. A beautiful Natter velvet
of princess style has mink edging the
long pointed train, close fitting skirt
and the severe square decolettage.
The guimpe and long mitten sleeves
are OF Venetian lace with narrow
band OF fur extending over the hands.
The simplicity that marks the style
OF robe of this character is de-
clded relief after the much embel-
llshed gowns that stand to the fore In
the realm OF the sartorial world al
though II requires a Juno to grace
fully wear the severely plain evening
gown with eel fitting skirt. like many
of the recently imported models
shown.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
protection of Nabu. the god OF agri.

protection of Nabu. the god OF agrl.
culture.
AN interesting reference to bound
AIRY stones in the religious literature, ="
says DR.. Hinke. occurs in the Shurpu
series, In prayer which Is remark
able for its ethical contents. The
priest intercedes for the worshiper
and implores the deity to forgive him,
asking the following questions: Has
he drawn a false boundary? Has he
omitted to draw a true boundary? Has
he removed the confines the limits
or the boundary stone"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

archaeological circles. the freedom with
which II was denounced in many scien.
tifc quarters as merely an application
Of what is fguratiyely known as
'whltewash." are almost unprecedent
ed in any similar case. 1t may as
well be said that among the alumni
of the university there still subsists a
strong feeling of dissatisfaction that n
more positive course was not taken
by the trustees. and a movement has
been begun to make concerted rep.
rasentation in favor OF again forcing
the issue between Prof. Hilprecht and
his scientific accusers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

of the opening, which is cut rather to
one side. piece OF chestnut.brown
art linen Is next cut the same shape,
but a little larger to allow for turn
ings. this Is embroidered with sprigs
of holly and berries in their natural
coloU. The work may be executed In
satin or outline stitch; after the work
Is done stretch the linen on a wet
cloth, and leave TIL dry. Put a thin
layer Of wadding over the card, then
stretch the linen over It; fix the turn
ing at the back with seccotine, and
fix a piece Of glass at the back of the
opening with gummed paper The
back is piece Of card covered with
sateen; Join to the front by scanning
at the edge put the photograph In at
the lower edge, and sew the edges to-
gethcr. 4 fine silk cord Is then sewn
all round the edge, and loops Of rib
bon from each side to suspend 1t by.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
Prayer on a Boundary Stone.

The archaeological publication last
issued by the University of Pennsyl.
yania is a volume of Series d, edited
by Prof. Hilprecht and entitled "A
New boundary Stone of Nebuchadrez
gar |. from Nippur." The author is
DR.. William j. Hinkc. assistant profes
sor in the Auburn Theological Semi.
nary. Boundary stones first appeared
in Babylonia under the third, or Cas-.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

the shoulders and form a plastron
down the back; the collar is faced
with velvet. and the vest Is of white
cloth braided in blue.
Blue hat. trimmed with shaded
feathers and silk.
Materials required: Seven yards IS
inches wide. five yards skirt lining.
three yards silk lining for jacket. one.
half yard white cloth and one-haR
yard velvet
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

throw of the foreign yoke. ascend the
throne of Babylonia and even extend
his cOnQuests to the Lulubeans in the
east and the land Amurru in the west
This enabled him to assume the proud
title of King of the World"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
FRAME MADE FROM CARDBOARD.
Easily Fashioned Design to Hold
Photographs.

This Is suggestion for a pretty
homemade present a sheet OF atout
cardboard is cut to the shape shown,
OF q size to hold a cabinet photograph
The size may be gathered from any
wooden frame at hand also the si1c
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31
MEANT FOR STREET
WALKING COSTUME IN DARK
BLUE AMAZON CLOTH.
Little Touches That Put the Seal OF
Fashion on Useful Garments-tat
OF Blue Velvet Completes the
Ensemble.

For this costume dark blue amazon
cloth Is employed. The skirt, which
is rather long has a plain front
breadth: the back and sides are
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

trimmed with sSaped straps Of the
cloth machinestltched at the edge,
and n velvet.covered button fixed in
each rounded end.
The blouse jacket has an added
basque cut rather full. the jacket
itself is trimmed with shaped straps
like the skirt, these are continued over
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

because of tho rich gifts AND the trcas'
urrS nnidl before Eli,
because Of tho prostrations. with which
the lord and the son OF the lord.
with which to Elltl and Ninib he showed
his respectful reverence,
because OF the uttcrancc OF supplCatlous,
because OF the prayer OF the king
the priest
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

relation to 1t taken by the governing
body Of the University of Pennsyl.
vania, may lead to further action of
some kind on the part of the latter
There has been much disappointment
among the friends Of Prof. II. Y. Hi.
prccht the head Of the psychological
section at the university that the mild
verdict rendered by the Investigating
committee of the trustees in 1905 did
aot carry with It the weight OF "A win.
dicatiun The degree OF contempt with
which this verdict was received In
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-01-31

eyi.
dence that the sO.called Hill.
preCht.Peters controversy
as to the results OF the Nip
pur excavations was not
killed but was merely
"scotched" by the course in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10

old benches and tables were replaced by
six dozen new chairs and eight new ia
bles, which represented the profits from
the leap year dance given recently by the
girls Of the school. The improvements
made the lunch room exceedingly attrac-
tive.
DR.. James f. Talmage. who formerly
held the Deseret chair of geology AT the
university and who is now exporting for
the Utah Fuel company and several large
mining companies. will address the engi-
neering society next Thursday afternoon.
His subject will be The Features of LO-
cal Ore Bodies"
DR.. J. +. Merrill. director of the Utah
School of Mines. has posted the official
notices for applicants for the Enos A.
Wall fellowship. recently established al
the university. The income from the fell
lowship Is $500 annually and Il is designed
to promote research work in mining, ore
dressing and metailurgy. Applications for
the fellowship will be received until MAY
10 and must be accompanied by testimO-
malls and such other information as will
assist the committee in making the
award.
Prof George w. Decker, principal at the
state branch normal school at Cedar City
was a visitor at the university yesterday.
He spent the day inspecting the normal
school and in consultation with Dr. VIM
NJ. Stewart, principal of the state normal
school
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
RESTAURANTS DID NOT BID
Recruiting Officer at Salt Lake Ex-
plains How Jap Got Contract
to Feed Recruits.
Especial to The HeraId)

Washington, March 9.-Senator Suth-
erland has received a letter from As
sistant Secretary of War Oliver trans
hitting the report of Cartain Meyer.
army recruiting officer at Salt Lake
City, relative to the contract made
with a japanese restaurant for furnish
ing meals to recruits.
The report says bids were asked from
fourteen restaurants and only two re-
spOnded. One bidder was not deemed
cOmpe tent, as a previous contract given
him had not been compiled with salts
factorily. Therefore, the japanese bid
der was awarded the contract and has
been giving satisfaction. Had it been
possible. Captain Meyer states. to have
awarded the contract 10 an American
citizen, it would have been done.
Sutherland has been notified that the
request of citizens of Goshen to have
certain lands set aside for the creation
of Goshen forest reserve can not be
granted. Chief Inspector Benedict of
the forest service has reported that
there is but little timber on the pro-
posed reserve. consisting only Of scat
tered scrubby growth, juniper and
pinOn: that the reserve would be of
small importance in protecting the wa
tershed of Goshen, and that the pro-
posed reserve would he purely q grazing
proposition. As ii is the policy Of the
forest service to include in reserves
only land chiefly forests, the request
is denied
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
NOTES OF THE UNIVERSITY

The discipline committee yesterday aft
ernoon considered the cases of about ten
Sophomore boys who had been reported as
being disOrderly in the surveying class
After being severely reprimanded the
COMMITTEES pronounced four different SEN
fences and allowed the boys to choose
from them. The four sentences were to
Keep order in the class by reporting any
offenders. to keep order in the class by
arbii -ation, TO do the janitor work i'm the
surveying room for five weeks or be sus-
pended from school for period of several
weeks The defendants chose to arbitrate
with any other miscreants and thus pre-
serve the peace. A meeting of all the
sophomore boys has been called for to-
day, at which the ten hapless youths will
attempt to direct the discipline of their
fellow surveying students
Aroused by story that gained circula-
ton around the university that DR. r. V
Chamberlain was not liked by the stu
dents. and which is supposed to have
originated from one of the other profess
sors, the medical students met yesterday
and drew up letter to the board of re-
gents. in which they stated that they liked
Dr. r. V. Chamberlain personally and
that the efficiency of his work could not
be questioned. 1t was signed by all of the
students.
The lunch room at the university pre-
scented gala appearance yesterday. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
WOhAN'S LEAGUE MEETING
Three Speakers Have Been Secured
for Gathering to Be Held
Next Monday.

The next meeting of the Woman's
league is expected TO be a rousing one
at which the definite work of the or
ganization will be launched. 1t is the
purpose of the league 10 begin work
along such lines as shall be the most
helpful and at the same :iue i'm ac-
cord with other forces working for the
betterment of the city
The meeting win be held next Mon
day afternoon at O'Clock. and three
speakers will address The women each
from his own point OF view. on the
question, What Can the WunlaRs
League Do to Help Salt lake city? 49,
The speakers will be Frank T. Ste
phens, John ID. Spencer and DR.. T. e.
Beatty. The library board has given
the free use of the Packard nall ia
the library for the meeting.
Membership is open to all women who
wish to join. and those desiring to en-
roll prior to the meeting can 80 so by
notifying Mrs. Charles w. Watson. the
trn2 SrIrpT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
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One of the products of that class, of
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mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
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effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10

years old Before his death he made
a statement in which he said that be-
cause he was out of work and needed
fuel with which 10 keep himself warm
he went to the Rio Grande yards 10
steal coal. He was frightened away
by Waterman Cochran and was shot
in the back as he ran from the rail-
road yards.
the watehman's bullet entered 70
rams back close to the spine at a
point below the shoulder blades In
slant paralysis of the lower limbs re-
suited from the wound At first the
who attended the man
thought that he might live, but that
he would be paralyzed below the waist.
Then. when it was found that the
mans spine was injured. hope of his
recovery was given up.
Cochran, in d statement made to
Justice Williams, declared that he snot
ZOran in self-defense, thinking that he
was in danger of injury from the Aus
trian and the two companions the man
had with him. He claimed that when
he crept under the car from which the
men were stealing coal, one of them
kicked him and another struck him
upon the head with lump of coal
1t is not known how Cochran could
have shot the Austrian in the back in
defending himself from the attack he
described
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
TAKEN FOR JOHN DOE.
Thomas Allen is Hailed to Police
Court by Mistake.

Thomas Allen, cement contractor of
1924 South jefferson street, was dragged
to the police court yesterday afternoon
through misunderstanding. He was
supposed to be John Doe" who owns
the dog that bit the son of Phineas T.
Glllett on last Friday. He was not John
Doe however, and was allowed to go
Mr.. Gillett went to the police court aft
er his little boys encounter with the
dog and stated that the animal had
rushed out of the ward of the house at
1924 jefferson street and had made a
vicious attempt TO bite the child As he
did not know the name of the man who
lived In the Jefferson street house war
rant was issued for John Doe" of that
address. charging him with keeping q
vicious dog Sergeant Hilton was sent
to arrest John Doe He found Allen
in the house and took him into custody
Allen admitted that he owned a dog
brown Chesapeake called Nell" who
was the most gOOd-natuTed canine in all
the world. He was sure that a mistake
had been made
But as he lived in the John Doe"
house he was compelled to go TO the
police court. There it was quickly dis
covered that he was H)t John Doe and
that Nell was blameless
Assistant City Attorney Rogers then
asked that the case against John Doe"
he dismissed. He said that Gillette had
seen the owner of the vicious dog and
had been promised that the animal would
be executed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
INSPECTORS TO MEET.
General Conference of Forestry Ser
vice Officials In Washington.

Chief Inspector r. E. Benedict of
district No 4, national forest service,
will leave tomorrow for Washington,
where on the 18th will begin a confer
ence of all the chief inspectors and the
chiefs of the departments i'm Washing
ton. The conference proper will last
about week, but there will be con-
ferences between the inspectors and the
bureau chiefs extending over a period of
two weeks. At these conferences the
details of the service i'm the various To-
calities will be gone over and changes
i'm the laws and administration will be
suggested. There are six districts. No
1 taking in Montana and parts of Idaho
and Wyoming; No. ,, Colorado and Ne
braska; No. 3, Arizona and New Mex
leo: No. 4. Utah, Nevada, southern Ida
no and parts of Wyoming: No ). Cali
fornia; No. 6, Washington, oregon and
Alaska.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
PUBLIC LIBRARY ROBBED.
Thieves Loot Cash Drawer and Sc
cure Small Sum.

1t was discovered yesterday morning
that thieves had broken into the public
library building some time during Sunday
night. The thieves crawled through a
window in the rear of the library and
broke open the cash drawer containing
about 50 which had been collected IN
fines upon readers who were tardy IN
returning books and in deposits made by
persons who had taken out books
1t is believed that the robbery was care
fully planned. One of the thieves. it is
believed was in the public library at
closing time on Sunday evening and
found opportunity to unfasten a rear
window Then when the crowd passed
out Of the building the thief left with the
others only to return in the evening, prob
ably with companion, to loot the cash
drawer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
BULLET WOUND
PROVES FATAL
Mat Zoran, Shot by Railroad
Waterman at Bingham
Junction, Dies.
WAS TRYING TO STEAL COAL
SLAYER WILL BE CHARGED
WITH MANSLAUGHTER.

Mat ZOran. the smelter workman
who was shot by d. Macy Cochran,
Rio Grande Waterman, at Bingham
Junction on Friday night, February .,
died at Holy Cross hospital early yes
lerdaY morning.
Waterman Cochran viii he r'iaI god
with voluntary manslaughter. County
Attorney Willard Hanson STATED la t
night that Cochran viii probably not
be rearrestad, but that when he is ar
raigned before Justice OF the Peace
Williams at Bingham Junction today or
tomorrow, his bail will probably be in
creased. The WatChman was arrested
on the night of the shooting ard was
released under $500 bail after he had
been detained in the county jail for
two days.
ZOrsn was an Austrian. about "a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
SUES FOR DAMAGES.
Coal Miner Wants Twenty Thousand
Dollars for Injuries.

A case involving personal damages
was fled yesterday in the United States
court on removal from the district
court of the Third district hy Louis
Pierucci against the Utah Fuel COM
pany. Pierucci claims that while at
work in the cOmpany's coal mines at
Sunnyside on April %, 1907. the defend
ant negligently failed to turn off certain
electric currents leading into a cham