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following scheme" added DR.. L.
grain. Beginning of dynasty of Isin
about B. C. 200: Or, 23oD; Gut. 2425;-
Akkad. 265o; Kish. 2s75; Upi, 5000;
before which we have to place at
least eight more dynasties of Mari,
Adab. Hamazi. Kish, AVIAN, Ur. Uruk
and Kish, about B. c. 5000 to 1000"
The People of Gutium." referred
to in the tablet. have been known to
archaologists only as invaders. prob
ably tribesmen from the hills. who
swept into the peaceful and fertile
valley of -Aesopotamia in a<.5 B. c.
conquered all the cities. and re-
mained in control for more than a
century. Some rather interesting
speculation is aroused by the state
ment in the tablet that they had no
king" Was this the worlds first re-
public? And IL so, what was its
method of choosing its leaders, Some
of the cities named in the chrono-
logical lists have never been discov-
cred, but doubtless some day they
will be located and no one knows
what stories OK ancient enlighten-
ment their ruins may yield
DR.. Legrain is one Of not more than
a dozen living men who can read
and translate Sunerian. This Is a
language that was considered in the
dead class as long ago as $500 B. C.,
when the later Babyionian language
was in use. He is the author OF sey-
eral books and is now compiling a
volume Of illustrations OF strange
birds and animals that were in use by
the artists of ancient Sumner and
Babylon. This viii show that vfr-
tually every heraidic sign developed
in relatively modern times in all the
European countries had its origin
far back in the dawn of history
One of the earliest of these signs
was on the insignia of a scribe The
record of it was found in the Nippur
collection of tablets on lump OF clay
that had been used to seal a bottle q
Babylonian wine. On the clay the
owner of the coat of arms rolled his
seal cylinder. thus leaving an i'm
preston that has remained for moro
than 1000 years.
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twenty-one kings who occupied the
land 124 years and 10 days.
This new and welcome informa-
ton must not blind us to the fact
that absolutely reliable chronology is
actually out of the question. not only
because a legendary number OF years
is attributed to the kings Of the first
dynasty of Kish fsome six. seven,
eight or nine hundred years each).
or because any attempt to supply by
indirect computation the missing
portions of the text would prove
fruitless, but because the texts so
far published do not agree in all de-
tails Whether the various readings
have to be traced back to the old
scribe. or to the modern copyist has
to be further established"
The translation:
Diverse. column three: reigned 50
years.
Eluiu reigned IS years.
Balulu reigned Sc years.
-Four kings ruled 40 plus 81 years.
Ur was defeated by arms.
Column four: or kings ruled
$500 plus 1sz years
Kish was defeated by arms. the
kingdom passed to Hamazi.
In Hamad -pi-ish became
king and reigned years, &C.
Summing up the new chronology
cal data we may safely establish the
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during the last century Of the repub-
lie. The ladies were getting tired oe
sitting at home while Roman and
Greek courtesans took possession of
their husbands"
Moral censors OF to-day shoot wide
of the mark If they adduce from
what took place two thousand years
ago that the world has changed little.
But yet Brandes comes to the defense
OF the womankind OF that period by
calling attention TO the kind of men
that surrounded a Clodia, for in
stance. To judge her with some
show of justice, he says. We must
consider her environment. Cicero'S
enmity contributed chiefly toward
the bad reputation attaching to her
character.
ITO understand women like Clo-
dia." affirms the Danish writer, her
sister-in-law Fulvia, and others with
similar instincts and methods of act
ing, we must remember that their
blood was untamed. 1t was not for
nothing that they were the females
to the males who made conquest OF
the then known world They fol-
lowed their impulses. which were ale
ways impetuous. sometimes wild"
''If Clodia possessed the beauty Of
d bacchante, Fulvia's features were
those of beautiful but wild goddess
of vengeance. Like Clodia. she is the
feminine instinct of the time, but her
aim lies In the direction of power and
wealth, not to be worshiped by paD3
men. Ambition to rule. coysyousness.
jealousy are her copsPonent parts.
She looks upon herself as coming
last in the historical events then Gen.
tering, and she enjoys to make her
self felt by gathering taxes. take re-
her summons and setting the
stronger rulers against each other
to get back the one on whom de-
pended her influence. She did NOT
succeed in pushing side Ocfavius 50
that Antony became absolute sove-
reign. She was no more successful
in supplanting Cleopatra Her ffeu
was passions football: her death
tragic"
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and anecdotes passing from mouth
to mouth during $50 years. mostly
among liberated slaves, and which go
contrary to the facts. 1t Is a pity
that Shakespeare had no other source
than Piutarch for his presentation
of Cleopatra! True enough. it was
not her he wished to picture with his
portraiture but evidently another
woman much closer to him.
Cesar never complained of Cleo
patra- Nor did she give him any
occasion. His love for Cleopatra,
nevertheless, proved ruinous to him
once more when again he saw her
in Rome. On the completion of the
Alexandrian war, and Cesar in the
year Al left Egypt, she bere him a
son soon after his departure, who
as prince Of Egypt was called Ptol-
emy, but whom the mother named
Casarion; designation that Cesar
acknowledged. It is very certain
that when In the year 46 she ar
rived in Rome to be near Caesar she
had her tiny son with her.
Hated by the Romans.
Although her reception was for
NAL, still she was received In Rome
as Queen over a great country that
was the ally Of the republic; she
was the guest of the Dictator and
resided in his gardens. But her
coming in reality caused great Of
fense; the antipathy of the Romans
rose to fever heat. Not that Ro-
man society objected to an illegiti-
mate love connection. The old FASH
ioned Puritanism existed no longer.
1t was long time since the Roman
matron remained at home at the
spinning wheel.
THAT C2sar's name In Rome was
associated with some of the foremost
women of the patrician class rather
shed halo around him than made a
stain. And that in Africa he should
have had an affair of the heart with
an exotic queen like Eunoe of Mau-
ritania or in Egypt a connection with
the Queen Of the Nile, those were
travel adventures and Indifferent gal
lantries."
Brandes declares that the Romans
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lost sight of the fact that Cleopatra
was by no means a barbarian queen
by descent, but to the contrary, Of
purest Greek stock. However, this
did not matter: she came from
Egypt. And that Caesar should let
q woman from the land Of the
eunuchs and the magicians, and
whose people worshiped deities with
the heads of animals and stuffed
birds take her place at his side SO
that all could gaze upon as il they
were a united couple, that was a
scandal He, Roman who for the
fifth time had been chosen consul,
and dictator for the third, that he
should be the lover Of an Egyptian
was an insult and a reckless disre-
gard for the pride of the Roman peo-
pie. AS Merivale has said in 'aThe
Romans Under the Empire" it had
the identical effect that would have
been caused in the sixteenth GEN.
Jury buoufu sth IhSAou PSe Va q
Spanish grandee have married a
Jewess. It was an open defiance of
public opinion when Cesar placed a
statue of her in the temple in repre-
sentation of a Roman goddess. II
also caused bad blood that he per-
mitted her to call his son Casarion.
How the murder of Caesar brought
an end to the relationship between
the Roman and the Egyptian Queen
it is not necessary to particularize
here. Also, in Antony and Cleo
patra" Shakespeare dramatizes Wv
idly the further career Of Cleopatra
as enchantress.
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Cleopatra Was a
Woman of Merit
Continued from Preceding Page.

Apollodoros in that way fooled the
guard.
Cleopatra was brought before
Cesar as a bundle. Before his eyes
the straps were unloosened, and out
of the bag stepped Cleopatra; like
Aphrodite, according to the legend.
from out the sea shell.
Caesar was transformed into Cleo
patra's spokesman after having been
her Judge"
Brandes discusses the Alexandrian
war for no other purpose than to
present to view Cleopatra, "for
whose sake Caesar permitted his ene-
MES undisturbed to gather armies
against him in Asia, Africa, Spain,
while, If Cleopatra had never existed,
he could have put an end to the
world war at once. For Cleopatra's
sake he found himself in a more diff
ficult position than ever before, and
on her account he was compelled to
wage war during more than four
years subsequently. No other wom-
an did him such harm, and none re-
mained so precious to him until the
last.
A Woman of Great Merit.
mot that this passion was un-
reasonable or was bestowed upon
one unworthy Of it. Cleopatra pos
sessed not only beauty, that beauty
which takes equal rank with rich
intelligence and rare goodness. Apart
from her attractions she apparently
was a woman of great merit.
1.-THE fury with which she was de-
famed by historians and poets want
ing to ingratiate themselves with
Augustus makes no impression on a
modern reader free from bias, and
what, for instance, Plutarch tells
about her long after her time is un-
reliable nonsense that he had heard
from his great-grandfather, Nikar-
chos, who again built upon evidence
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Tablet Neglected
for Years Fills
Out Chronology
to Deluge.
SMALL tablet of baked clay
broken into three fragments.

Olhf4lI1Z ll0ASb Va S~~N@ -
N broken into three fragments.
4 n which had been lying unnc-
ticed in the Nippur Library col
lection of the University Museum
at Philadelphia for more than twenty
years, has just been the means OF
restoring more than five hundred
years of ancient history. Translated
by DR.. Leon Legrain, Curator Of the
Museums Babylonian Section. it has
turned out to be the missing part Of
a huge chronological tablet widely
conied and circulated at the time of
Abraham, which gave the names OF
dynasties and kings back to the De-
luge.
Numerous copies of parts of these
tablets have been dug up in various
parts of Mesopotamia by American,
British, French and German explor-
ers, but by some singular misfortune
all the fragments heretofore found
were minus the columns listing the
Sumerian dynasties between $500
and 5000 b. c.. From that year on
archaeologists have been able to re-
construct the framework of Baby
lonian history with remarkable ac-
curacy, but until the new find they
had no means of determining the
order of dynasties earlier than 5000
B. c.. some of the names of which
were known.
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cIodia and Fulvia.

There appeared on the Roman
stage at the time of Cesar two
women who played important parts
in the political drama which wit
messed the rise and fall of the die
tator-Clodia and Fulvia- OF the
former of these, Brandes says that
she probably was descended from
that famous Appius Claudius Cacus,
the builder of the Appian Way and
the Aqueduct. Her particular admirer
was Cajus Valerius Catullus, and
around this couple Cicero wove can
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Clearing Up Of 500 Years

belonged and the city which became
their capital, the total number of
kings and years and one particular
dynasty, and. best of all. fully de-
veloped lists of succeeding dynasties,
are a leading light in the obscure
path of the student of ancient his
tory. Anything bearing on these
subjects is most valuable document
for the scholar, the arch@ologist or
any man interested with the problem
of origins.
among the few uncatalogued tab
lets in the Museum collection there
has come to light. during the last
summer, fragment from Nippur
which is of unusual importance in this
connection. for it is part of a chrono-
logical tablet that fills gap in the
early history Of Babylonia. 1t begins
at a point prior to $500 B. c. and
comes down to 5000 B. c., covering
a period of more than 500 years and
connecting up with other chrono-
logical records that have come to
light from time to time.
The Legendary Kings.
"By degrees, thanks to the docu-
ments published in the last ten years,
we are reconstruc ting Babylonian
history over the third millennium back
to- the legendary times of the kings
after the flood. The part played in
this reconstruction by the Babylon
ian expedition and excavations in
Nippur cannot be overrated. Indeed,
Nippur and its temple toward B. C.
1000. at the timeof King Hammurabi,
the very time when Abraham started
on his long wandering career. ap-
pear more and more as a Center of
religious and intellectual life.
At Nippur records of the past used
to be stored, preserved and compiled
in form of statues. slabs of stone and
votive objects covered with inscrip-
tions and reliefs. recording the names
Of the kings, their wars. their vic
tories and their offerings to the gods.
That ancient institution, with all
respect and allowance for time and
place, might compare with the mod
ern abbeys of Westminster and st.
Denis. A collection Of these inscrip-
tions on a large tablet done by a
scribe of the temple is among the
most precious documents preserved
in the Museum. All the inscriptions
on that tablet concern three kings Of
the dynasty Of Akkad, B. c.. 1900,
Sargon. Rimush and Manishtusu.
Besides the newly found frag-
ment the collection in the Museum
contains other tablets Of the same
class. One OF these Is one-hah Of
what must have been the standard
work on chronology. It was a work
complete in twelve columns, six on
the diverse from left to night and
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vas showing Roman beauty at its
worst Every lover OF Latin poetry
is familiar with the manner in which
Catullus sang the praises Of Clodia,
who comes before the reader in the
form of his beloved Lesbia-
Originally i. was the intention
Of Catuilus that his friend should be
to that period as another Sapho,"
Brandes affirms. "her equal in power
OF attraction, knowledge and taste.
Clodia was of an imposing beauty and
the aristocratic young men Of the
day danced attention upon her in
her house in Rome. her gardens
along the Tiber, or at her country
place in Bajae. Married to the opti-
mate. Quintus Metelius Celer, who
had been praetor in 63 and consul
in 60, he was considered a valua-
BILE military man. When he died In
SO. very suddenly. the spiteful ru-
NOR had it that Clodia personally or
through her brother had rid herself
of her husband by giving him poi
SON"
Brandes gives a detailed account
of what happened when Clodia and
Catullus fell out and how the latter
rained abusive language over the
one who formerly he had adored.
Cicero occupies a prominent place
in all those happenings. As one of
her accusers he brought her before
the Roman seat of judgment But,
argues Brandes, 'to form true pic
ture of her presents us with unsur-
mountable difficulties. since we have
not a single line from her hand or a
work from her own mouth. Her
violent accusers were a discarded
lover and a malicious lawyer who
prosecuted her because in her daring
and impudent brother he had found
an enemy. Greco had busted himself
in a matter that did not concern him
in the least.
The Rebellion of Women.
ssrbat C1odia oversfepped what
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The Rebellion of Women.

"That Clodia overstepped what
was due old time Roman custom and
morals Is indisputable But she was
no exception In that respect. Eman-
cipation Of woman broke over Rome
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15

Carolina, and the lowest (5,7 each)
for Kentucky and Virginia; while for
the colored the highest rate (14.S)
for Kentucky and the lowest
{9.6) for Maryland
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15
QUEEN OF SHEBA"
AT THE BIJOU TODAY

In throwing the romantic love story
upon a background Of exotic spIendor
William Fox has created superb
spectacle that fills the heart as well
as the eye.
Queen Of Sheba" of arbay, bless
ed daughter OF a hundred kings, ruled
the hearts of men and va imper-
vtous to the appeals of all q #til final
ly she met the supreme 10 which
dominated her whole life-tA great
King Solomon
Here in opulent splendor with the
gorgeousness and glory of the ancient
Orient as its background has been
screened this greatest love story.
Can the world loves loved" so
let Your public know that Queen of
Sheba," is the greatest love spectac-
lie ever conceived.
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15

It is simply low Vitality, a lack Of Energy
caused by impure blood. GROV E'G
TASTELESS chill TONIC restores Vitality
and Energy by Purifying and EnrichinG
the Blood, You can soon feel its Strength.
anine. InviGorating Efjccs 60c.
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15
A NEWS TRAVEL POLICY;
IT is ABSOLUTELY FREE

In a short time it may be too late
to get News travel policy and those
who can possibly spare the money to
pay for years subscription should
do so at once as there is no telling
when an accident win come
A phone message to the business Of
fee, 1873, will be answered by a mem
Der Of this department who will fully
explain the policy in every detail
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15
gS1.EHE.IEfR'.ESD
~
LOCAL VAUDEVILLE AT
THE GRAND TONIGHT

Tonight will open another weekly
fuu night. Several well known local
artists have decided to contest Tor
the prizes, and according to the line
up this should be a very pleasing bill,
Miss Pauline Bosarge will dance the
Russian vampire danse and the Irish
iigg. Sister Mary has an act entirely
different from those previously pre-
sented. and Miss Cook has an act
which she refuses to state what it
is, all you can get ont of her il gust
wait and see" then comes Marion
Sparkle. as the cornet soloist ana
Martin and Newman III little bits of
nonsense, these two boys have been
rehearseing the act for the past three
weeks, and they say it is a knock
out. Then the rustic dance done by
four pretey litele maidens under the
careful direction Of Mrs Davies, a
song and the shimmy dance win be
included in this act
Corinne Griffith in her latest pie
ture divorce CouponsA will be pre-
sented on the screen, Aong with an
Al Christie comedy Get your seat
carly, the price being the regulad
amateur night prices.
Tie Broadway FoiliG3 viii p3y
Saturday changing at the mag enec
and night giving thEesvApws on this
day in eoniuncti6Sa the picture
proram Of Jack HoXie IN the "Brok-
Zen SPUR" and an extremely funny
The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15

WI pen The ratio of deaths from
childbirth to the number Of women
bearing clildren in the year 1921 was
about to 150
Of the u stotes for which figures
are available, South Carolina has the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-15
ADVANTAGE IN auburn" HAIR
According to This, 1t Gives Its Pos
SCISSOR a Distinct Start in
Matrimonial Race.

II you are a girl and have red hair,
pay no attention to those who nick
name you Carrots" II will not be
sign of their disrespect, but OF
their jealousy, asserts London An
swers.
An eminent doctor has just ex.
pressed the opinion that the red-haired
woman has a distinct advantage over
all others in the matrlnonial race.
Man is attracted by the subtle shades
of copper and red In girls hair,
and this explains why "henna" dye
is so popular. The girl who calls you
Carrots" the loudest will be the first
to try the effect Of "henna" herself
To complete the conquest, a butter
milk complexion must be added. II
You do not possess one naturally, there
may he lSope for you IL you give
up flesh food and become vegetarian,
living On fruits, cream, salads, raIslns,
and honey
But, remember this--a womans
graces must he natural or they will
not outliye the glamor of courtship.
No self-respecting man will like to
feel that his love has been captured
10y dyes and diet And no self.re-
specting girl will try thus to capture
him.
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OLD MINE STILL PRODUCING
That at Falun, Sweden, Has Been De.
IiVering Up Its Riches Since .
>ar 1928.
the Ye

On the outskirts of the town Of
Falm, in the north Of Sweden, is the
oldest mine in the world. Ii began to
produce copper In 1925.
In the Seventeenth century this mine
was the chief source of the copper
supply Of Europe Today ii no longer
produces copper in large quantities.
but from its deep-cut galleries come
The sulphur pyritcs that are used for
,he manufacture of sulphuric acid and
other chemicals.
1t is one of the most Od-faShioned
mines imaginable. You will find no
rapid hauling machinery, no cage that
deScends at lightning speed into the
bowels Of the earth, You walk into
the mine through sloping galleries, and
then climb down to its depths by means
OF long ladders. AS you descend you
wish that YOU had brought an over
coat. for the walls are covered With
Ice.
Ventilation and drainage are ac-
compliShed by means of the most
Anticipated pumping gear in existence
in any pit.
Besides copper and pyrltes, the
Falun mine produces gold. From 1t
came all the gold used to make the
Swedish crown and scepter, and 1t
has provided most of the metal for
the gold coinage Of that country.
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RobIn Native In Three continents.

English robins have namSakes in
three continents, for in China and
New Zealand as we'll as in America,
settlers from England gave the IN.
mlliar name to a native bird. The
American migratory thrush recalls by
It's reddish breast the brighter gorget
Of the English species Though dullcr
of plumage, the New Zealand robin
earned the name by its tamness; and
there Is a touch of the same friendly
nature in the Chinese bird.
Several English birds are dstin-
guished by a human nickname; tom
tit. jackdaw, magpie, Jenny wren and
even philip sparrow. But only the
robin redbreast has made friends SO
thoroughly with man that its full
name is almost forgotten, while it's
nickname is coextenslve with the Eng
lish language.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-15
Cord Tire Facts.

A so by 3ia cord tire contains al.
most 1900 feet of cord or over a mile
and half. < 30 by has over 10000
feet of cord or over 5le miles. The
cord, similar to medium.weight fishing
line, is made Of long fiber cotton, Of
far better grade than used in ordinary
cotton goods. Each cord, insulated IN
rubber, is separated from the next by
a layer Of rubber insulating, which
gives additional strength A standard
make fve.lnch cord tire has 20 to 26
cords per inch aud n strength In fabric
carcass alone in excess OF 2,400
pounds TO the square inch, irrespective
of the strength given by other parts
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Goldfish.

Goldfish is said to he the world
most mportant-which means the
most eaten--fish. Few fish are more
prolific. 1t has been asserted that one
weighing 70 pounds viii contain over
100000 eggs, Perhaps the tarpon is
one Of them, for 1t is large fish with
a very fine roe. The cod is practically
omnivorous, finding means TO supply
great schools wherever food Of any
sort is found. 1t is found in many
parts OF the world other than the
North American blanks" and it is said
that it has been fished for by fisher
men Of northern Europe since the be.
ginning of recorded history and Of
course for unaccountable centuries be.
fore man began to make written rec
ords.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-15
Big Tree as Reservoir.

In central Africa the gigantic bao-
hab tree, whose trunk sometimes at
tains diameter of 40 feet, often
serves as a natural clstern, retaining
rainwater in large quantities in
cavity formed at the top of the broad
trunk.
Taking the hint thus afforded by
nature, the Arabs artihcially hollow
out the trunks of large baobabs and
fll them with water during the preya-
lence Of rains as a provision against
the dry seasons.
These cisterns are in some cases
twenty feet in height and eight or ten
feet In diameter. The water is used
both for drinking and for irrigatng
melon patches.