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NAVAL HEROES RECEIVE MEDALS FROM TAFT wwgm Sliced M W Dried Beef . I ! i u if! i PKKjSIDKNT 'I'AiT. an commander -lu- hlef of the uuvy, recently presented imxlals of honor to six members of thu now of tho battleship North Dakota for heroic uctlon that probably saved that verse! from complete de struction. On September 8, 1910, after un explosion of oil, these men nulled Into the boiler room, brought out the dead bodies of three comrades nnd successfully fought the fire. In tho r.hi;c pvnph. from left to right, they are: Autif:t Holts of St. Louis, chief water tender; Thomas Stanton of Kh.xle Island, chief machinist's mate; Harry Llpseombo of Washington, Patrick Held of New York, Karl West.i of Mass uiiustits, nnd Charles C. Roberts of Newton, Mass. RELICS OF Central American Jungle Is Be ing Cleared for Park. Greatest Wonder Excavated Thus Far Is 20-Ton "Stone Turtle," Unique In History of Archaeo logical Discoveries. Los Angeles. Charles F. Lummls has gathered his young son under his wing and sailed for Central Amer ica, to pursue important investiga tions for the Southwest museum, of Los Angeles, the creature of his un tiring labor. The Southwest museum, for which material has been In course of accumulation for a num ber of years, Is destined to be one of the greatest attractions In south ern California. Its collection is made up of relics of prehistoric civiliza tions, mainly gathered from New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Its offi cers are rejoicing In the opening of new fields of exploration and at the prospect of the acquisition of relies from Guatemala. A fund of about $70,0d0 Is in hand for the construc tion of a suitable home. The departure of Lummis was de layed until he declared he must hur ry away to get in his work "before the bottom of the sky falls out in that land of Quetzal, where the an nual rainfall is from eight to ten feet." flo was accompanied by Iiis 11-year-old son Quimu, who in coming years is expected to make his mark in the scientific world, through his explorations. Lummis is also one of the board of managers of the Amer ican School of Archaeology, which holds annual "meetings" in different fields of research, and Quimu. since a mere baby, has been his insepar able companion at these gatherings. The boy is a great pal with the In dians, and it is said that none sur pass his skill and daring In scaling ticklish cliffs. The gathering is this year being held at Qulrlgua, Quirigua. is In northwest Guate mala, where much of the country Is owned by the United Fruit company, sometimes spoken of as the banana trust, and through his company the archaeological association has se cured concessions on the ruins of the most marvelous of ancient cities of Central America. Under the direc tion of Edgar L. Hewitt, of Washing ton, extensive excavations have been made. Mr. Lummis will soon be among the staff of experts and will have an important part in the first Important examination ever made of these ruins. In a letter Professor Hewitt says: "I only wish you could have seen REVEALS SECRET OF WOMAN Scientist Tells Why She Can Defy Cold In Decollete Special Layer of Fat Acquired. London. Why can apparently frag ile women wear pneumonia blouses in the arctic springs of the British Isles? Why can they do these things and wear an evening costume w hich would be fatal to the majority of men, and yet suffer no harm? These are questions that have puz zled the Daily Mirror. To solve them it applied to "an experienced doctor who has studied the subject." He had been puzzled by the same problems. The scientist knew that woman's skin was more tender than man's and their constitutions generally less able to stand cold and wet, so he looked into the matter. He then discovered that "women have a special layer of fat all over their bodies, thicker than a man's and acquired when human kind dwelt in caves and huts." "In those days," he argued, "the men were able to keep themselves warm by hunting and fight ing. . . . The woman had to stay ELECTRICITY FOR LAZY MAN It Lights Fires In Morning, Feeds the Chickens and Does the Chores Just Push Button. Omaha, Neb. Kichard Baxter, a jpardener, living on the outskirts of the 'city, and an electrician of no mean Ability, has demonstrated that electric ity Is just the thing for a lazy man. ' Haxter has curried his devices to ucu an extent that now he Is making electricity do most of tho chorea ubout ANCIENTS Quirigua before we began to trans form it from an impenetrable Jungle into a beautiful archaeological park. We have completed the survey, set ting apart k0 acres, and have made a complete plan for landscaping the park. Tho work Is now half done." A number of stelae, or monoliths, up to 30 feet high and 4 to C feet at the base, elaborate!;' carved In high relief, have been uncovered. The greatest wonder excavated thus far is the 20-ton "stone turtle," uulque in the history of archaeologi cal discoveries. It Is not the Idea of the explorers to bring away these mammoth relicR, but to clear away tho mass of vegetation, accuinulatad through ages, and make Qulrlgua a wonder center for scientists of the world. Washington's Origin. ' London. Dr. Solloway, who Is studying the ancestry of George Wash ington, says that ho sprang from the Lancashire Washingtons who can trace their line back to the time of tho Danes in the tenth century. Stork Busy in Pennsylvania. Harrisburc. Pa. Health commis sioner Dixon is not worrying about race suicide in Pennsylvania, for he announced the other day that In 1910 there were 209,636 births recorded in the state, as against 119,771 heaths. HE WINS AND LOSES Broker Gains Fortune at Expense of Sight. Awful John Schaack Sees Folly of Overwork When Too Late Says Take Vaca tions Often and Make Them All Long Ones. Chicago John M. Schaack, for 20 years one of the most prominent brokers in La Salle street, has gone blind. This became known recently when after inoiUhs of treatment with noted specialists of America and Eu rope he appeared on the board of trade floor absolutely sightless. Within a few days he will leave for the east, where he will rest for the summer at some mountain resort and take further treatment In the hope that his sight may bo restored. The cause of the affliction was a se rious breakdown, which he suffered several months ago. The other day Mr. Schaack traded as usual in the offices of Iiartlett & Co. Me declared that if the trad- at home in the cave to look after the baby and cook her husband's dinner whenever he might bring it in. "And caves or huts must have been chilly abodes in keen weather with an east wind blowing; and women, who had no hunting to warm their blood and enable them to resist cold, suf fered accordingly. "So nature set to work and gradu ally built up on women a special layer of protective fat That took a few thousand years probably, for nature never works in a hurry, since time is no object to her; but bit by bit the work was completed, and now women can play what seem to men foolhardy tricks with comparative immunity." Expensive for Fat Tourist. Santa Monica, Cal. Tourists who use the automobile stage of the Topan go Development company this sum mer to Tisit resorts near Santa Monica are required to pay the weight for their rides. The company has de cided that the man who weighs 300 miiBt pay twice as iuch at least as the maid who weighs about 120. the premises. It feeds his hogs and waters his cows; it lets the chickens out of the pens in the morning and houses them up. The premises of Baxter are a net work of electric wires, dozeps of them running from his house to the barn, the hog yard, the chicken coops and the grain bins. In his house he has a den and this Is tho seat of his elec trical experiments. In the morning, when he desires to do the chores, in stead of slipping into old clothes and going out to the barn he goes into his iin and sits down opposite a switch 1 1 MONKEYS CATCH COLD EAS.ILY Dr. Chalmers Mitchell of London Say Animals Are Quite Susceptible to Human Ailments. Kanras City, Mo. Monkeys are Just as susceptible to colds and tuberculo sis as human beings, and often catch colds from the people who come to watch their antics, according to Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, secretary of the Zoological society of London, who passed through the union station of Kansas City on his way to tho Philip pine Islands. "Cold weather Is bad for animals, and for monkeys, who are nearest to man species, especially," said Dr. Mitchell. ' During the recent cold spell In London the worst April for 14 years there was no serious mortality among the animals, but I expect they will feel the results of the severe weather later on. Their constitutions will have been weakened, and there may be many deaths. "Damp, not cold, Is the monkey's enemy. Consumption Is their disease In captivity, largely because they are living in community, and one tubercu losis monkey may infect the others. Monkeys, being nearly allied to man, catch man's diteases. "I wouldn't say that a Hon couldn't catch a cold from a man, but I should say It would be unlikely. A monkey, on the other hand, would be easily in fected, as would crocodiles if they were exposed properly." ing gets exciting enough he would delay his trip east and stay on the floor. "I can see my mistake now," he said. "Now that I am laid on the shelf from overwork I can see the folly of it. If I were to offer advice to business men it would simply be: 'Take vacations often and make them long ones. Be the champion vacation taker.' "When business was demanding ail of my attention for many years I be lieved I couldn't get away; that there was no one I could depend on to leave in charge. I am now paying the price and an awful price it is. If I had my life to live over again I would take two or three long vacations every year. "Still, if I had my sight back I would not think of quitting the game. I would get right back into it as deep as ever, but I would rest oftener. It pays to be a broker. I have made and lost much money. I have a com fortable fortune now that is safe, and I am going to keep it safe. "I wasn't as big a sport as some of the other fellows who, in years past, have made a fortune over night and spent it the next night. I never be lieved in that kind of business. I have Invested my winnings in bonds and other securities since I became broken in health, and am thinking of retiring for good as soon as I can get things shaped." Mr. Schaack talked of crops and market reports and quotations In a way that shows his remarkable under standing of the game. All the reports he received were verbal ones from his brokers and friends. "It is mostly a matter of putting two and two together and making four out of It," he said. "I can trade as well blind as I could with my eyesight. But fit course it would be a hard task. I know Just as well what to do and what not to do and I can Judge conditions and prices as well as I ever could, but not being able to read will settle me. I don't want to get out of the game even now, but will if I can regain my sight. That is the only thing I quit for. I would never quit for money, no mat ter how much I might be ahead." Russian Workers in Scotland. There are thirty-five thousand Rus sians at work In Scottish iron and coal mines. board. By pressing a button a plug down at the barn Is pulled and a feed of grain sifts down from a bin above into the boxes in the mangers in front of his horses. Then pushing another button a gate is lifted and the man gors are filled with hay. Baxter's best invention for lazy man Is his fire starter. Wires run through the kitchen range. The kindling is put in the night before and In the morning, when he wakes, all he bus to do Is to push a button. A few mo ments later there is a roaring fire in the range.' CSV D.G.HOOARTH f OT nil will recognize un der tho name Haul their old friends the HlttltcK. and when the Identity Is acknowledged it must be with discrimination. Tho mimes ura one and the same, nnd the peo ple, which tho Hebrews called "Children of. llelh," or llittltes. was a southern outlier of a great group spread over eastern Asia Minor mil) north Syria, which neeuis to have called Itself Halt!, nnd to have been well known to tho Assrlans under that mime, and to the KgyptlntiH un der the slightly variant form, Khlta. Hut whether all members of this group wore connected by blood or only by J 4. ' the common udoption of a certain cul ture, we do not yet know. It Is very late In llatti history, and long arter its great period, that lilt t It c appear In the Bible story, with one exception; and when found In Palestine they seem to be aliens in the land, or ftrayed remnants of a vanishing stock. The presence of "Children of Heth" at Hebron in Abraham's time may have been due to such a survival, and so, too, may that of the hapless Uriah in David's realm. The promise made to Joshua and the Israelites, of "all the land of the Hittites" (even if a gloss of late date), and the Hlttite mother whom Kzekiel imputes to the city of Jerusalem, seem to reflect a current tradition of past Hlttite dom ination in South Syria; but when the army broke up before Samaria be cause a word went forth that the "Kings of the Hittites" were coining, it feared a power lying far to the north, which had once been greater, though it knew it not. The world of scholars has disputed about tho Hittites ever since tho mid dle of the lust century, when tho de cipherment of hieroglyphic and cune iform records revealed the fact that a people of their name had filled a place In west Asian history far more Impor tant than the Israelites were aware. It has disputed especially their re sponsibility for the monuments, in a quaint individual style of art, and in scribed In some cases with undecl phered plctographs, which have been discovered during the last forty years all over North Syria and great part of Asia Minor; and it has questioned most acrimoniously the ascriptioa of the Asia Minor monuments to them, which Sayce first proposed after com paring with the Syrian stones from Hamath the magnificent rock-relief at Ivrlz, the rock figures near Smyrna, which Herodotus thought to be repre sentations of conquering "Sesostris," and the far more numerous sculptures In North Cappadocla, at the ruined cities known as Boghaz-Keui and Eyuk. Close resemblance was admit ted, but the natural corollary, that, at some time, there had been a Hlttite j "Umpire" (in the loose oriental sense) was scouted. How should history have forgotten such a fact? Yet it had forgotten it; for a Hlt tite or Haiti empire did exist once, with its center, not in Syria, but in far Cappadocla, towards the Black sea. We know the fact now oa the best of evidence, and those doublings of the learned are heard no more at all. Our certainty has resulted from discoveries made at the site long known and guessed about, which is called by the uncouth-sounding Turk ish name, Boghaz-Keui i. e., defile village. Here massive walls and gates of an early age, the almost buried skeleton of a mighty building, which might have been palace or temple, and, most of all, the sculptured sides of a rock-shrlne hard by, had puzzled explorers and scholars for seventy years. At last, in 1906, the excava tor's spade was put In earnest into the soil after a certain archaeological scent had been followed tip. The hoped-for quarry was cuneiform tab Manoeuvres of the Humorists His Relatives. "Tou urn by nearest relative," Bald Willie to his ma; "But when I need some money My closest one Is pa." Settle It for Yourself. The question of ttie say seems to'v Resolved Itself to which Is The most entrancing thing to wear. A klrt or paK of britches. A Labor Saver. "I saw ?ou Jump when my chauffe;:r sounded our now automobile shriek," said Mr. Chuggins. "Yes," replied the pedestrian. "It's a horrible noise; but it expressed my feelings exactly." Two Chairs Too Many. Mistress I see that you have only one chair in the kitchen, Maggie; I must get you another. Maid That's all right, ma'am; I don't have anybody but gentleman callers. -"v'yf '..v lets, broken pieces of which had been coming out of Cappadocla for several years, and by a chain of indications, Homo of them obtained on the spot by Chantre in 1890, had been traced to Boghaz-Keui. The well-known orien talist, Hugo Wlnckler, began the sys tematic search In 1906, and lighted at once on tablets. In 1907 he got more, most of them from the ruins of the great building referred to above, which proved to have been a palace or rather, two palaces of different dates, one being built partly over the other. In a word, he found remains of royal archives, written In cunei form script, but partly in the Baby lonian language, partly In a tonguo unknown. The first kind was readily deciphered; the other is yielding its secrets only to slow and painful labor. But already we have learned enough to convince the nioFt hardened scep tic that history had forgotten a great deal. This Is, however, to do his tory some injustice. She had not entirely forgotten the kings of Boghaz-Keui, but we could not under stand her records: Egyptian Inscrip tions of the eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties mention four kings of the Khlta under circumstances which Im ply that theirs was no mean power; but the texts give no indication that those kings ruled elsewhere than in Syria, where the Pharaohs and their officers came into contact with them. All these four names have now been found in the Boghaz-Keui archives, to gether with other names of the same dynasty, and we s o that it was in Cappadocia that these kings were at home. From the tablets already read, the growth of this empire towards the south and east can be followed, and from the distribution of monuments of Hlttite class its growth westward as far as the Aegean 6ea may be reason ably be iuferred. The first expansion of the Hatti folk beyond the bounds of Cappadocla seems to have been as early as about 1800 B. C, when they raided down to Babylon and up set what is called its first dynasty; hut their careers of organized con quest was not to begin for nearly three centuries, till King Subbilulu, whom the Egyptians called Sapararu, came to the throne. When he died, In the time of Amenopbls IV. of Egypt, he was over-lord of West Asia, from the Black sea to Oronotes and from the Tigris to the Aegean. Prom cor respondence with the kings of Egypt, of the Mesopotamian Mitannl, and of Babylon, which has now come to light, the stages of his conquest can be traced raids on the Mitannl ter ritory; raids into northern Syria; war with the Mitannl; full establishment of Hatti dornlnlation over north Syria and north Mesopotamia; recognition of the Hatti king as suzerain by the Aniurrl or nomads of the Syrian and Mesopotamian wastes. Kings of Egypt and Babylon acknowledged him as their equal, but as yet there was no war with the elder empires. That did not come till the time of Mutallu and Rameses II. The Hatti king had ad vanced south into the Aratnaen coun try, on the upper Orontes, and estab Explained. Two Indies, previously unacquaint ed, were conversing at a reception. "I cannot think what has upset that tall blonde man over there. He was no attentive a little whilo ago, but he won't look at me now." "Perhaps," Eaid tho other, "he saw me come in. He's my husband." Penny Pictorial. On the Safe Side. He Pardon me, but I'm not "Sir" John, only just plain "Mr." She Oh, well, you know, In these days, when there are so many new titles, I always give people the benefit cf the doubt! London Opinion. Ingenious Woman. "Now that Snooper has bought a safety razor, I don't suppose his wife can use It to sharpen pencils." "No; but she has put a handle on one of the blades and made a fine meat chopper." 1 i x : 7,: -'j ;-;vV;''7 vi fy-- ' - mrsrirfr tVimm - ;i m ss Uyj& - -.in A; lished himself at Kndcth, near the modern Horns. Thoro tho young Barneses II. attacked hlin, and fought the butt lo Immortalized by the en graving of a court poet's encomiastic narrative on a wall at Karnak. Barn eses seems to have prevailed so far that ho stopped any further advance of the Hatti towards his own borders; but when he made a treaty of peace and dalliance with Mutallu's successor. Hattusll II. (whon he called Kbit nsar), its terms imply recognition of the other party's power as equal to his own. Part of Hattusll's corre spondence has come to light at Boghaz-Keui. It Includes a precis of the provisions of this very treaty, and documents which show that tho Hatti king was still overlord in Mesopo tamia and able to deal on a footing of secure independence with Babylon. These records bring the history to about 1250 II. C. We know something of two more kings of Boghaz-Keui, making eight in all. The last reigned on, the eve of that great re vival on the Tigris, which would ul timately bring Assyria down to the Mediterranean, and . In his time the Hatti empire was evidently decaying; for there were kings in Syria, where the monarch om Boghaz-Keui had once ruled alone. To this Syrian part of the empire W'e know what happened at the last. It was broken up by the power of Nineveh in the eighth century B. C. But how the empire dwindled and came to an end in Asia Minor we can only guess. Assyrian pressure was felt even there, for at least one NInevite king raided far across Taurus. From the oppo site side, the north, a wild people, the Muski, swept through the peninsula and finally settled down In Phrygla, probably freeing It, with all to west ward, from the Cappadoclan rule, and certainly establishing a monarchy whose holders, under the names Oor dlas and Midas, loom large in early Greek legend. The Greeks, finding the coasts undefended which the Cre tans of Minos had not been able to conquer, camo over and colonized them. Lydla rose last on the ruins of Phygla, nnd by this time the power of Bobhaz Keul was only a name. To Judge from the remains of the city so far uncovered. It had enjoyed a sec ond spring at some period, perhaps about 10UO B. C; but this must have been short. Greek literature makes only one doubtful allusion to it in the sixth century, and none at all to Its former greatnc. Yet, all forgotten as it was by the people in whose hands In chief the transmission of early history was to He, the Hatti em pire had not existed in vain even for the development of that same people. Occupying for several centuries the most vital part of West Asia, through which all the land routes between east and west must pass, the Hatti had been the main, agents through whom the civilizing Influences of the east had passed. Their art awakened art In Phrygla and Lydla, and left its mark on the first Greek handiwork in Ionia. From their plctographlc sys tem of writing were derived many al phabetic characters silll used In Hel lenlsed parts of South and West Asia Minor, In classical times. Their re ligion was the type religion of Asia Minor, and ultimately responsible for those so-called "Anatolian" features which spread to Greece and through Greece to Home and the west. Un compromprehended traditions and memories of their society inspired several Greek stories, notably that of the Amazons, one of whom perhaps the divine queen of them all Is carved on a gate post at Boghaz-Keui Itself. As in these latter years Crete has shown us much foundation in fact there was for some of the strangest myths of Hellas, so, In a less degree, has Boghaz-Keui. It has much more yet to tell us, for not its tenth part has been excavated; and nothing is to be desired more earnestly than that Its exploration should be resumed. A Couple of Lays. The rain and the hen have their work, As everything earthly must; The hen Hits busy and lays an egg. While the rain Is laylns the dust Bright People. With people who agree with us, We find the most delight; That's ihe way we all decide. Who's wrong and who Is right. Praise Disfigured. "There's such a thing as spoiling a person's good lotfks by praising them." "As how." "Well, I told Agnes she had a beautiful nose, and she has made her self crosB-eyed looking at It." No Chance to Talk. Gyer Poor Jaygreen has .joined the great silent majority. Myer You don't say! When did he die? Gyer Oh, he didn't die. He got married yesterday. r, Old Illckorv Smoked .fl rr; r J Fi Incst Flavor Hi . A'kforLibbU'$ jfth ' SSS W , 1 t'AV A good word Is an easy obligation; but not to speak It requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. Cur tis Yorke. 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He was never seen after that until he walked Into his parents' home recently. The police all over the east were on the lookout for him, the Hudson river was searched and finally he was given up for dead. W'hen he greeted his mother it was some hours before she could be calmed. Davis has been out west. New York Sun. Grandfather's Fault. Father Why, when I was your age I didn't have as much money In a month as you spend In a day. Son Well, pn, don't scold me about it Why don't you go for grand father? Silent Partner. A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw Pills will be sent free to anyone on re quest. Address Professor Munyon, 53d & Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you are in need of medical advice, do not fail to Tmte Profensor Munyon. Your cormuuni cation will be treated in strict confidence, and your case will bo diagnosed as care fully as though you had a personal inter view. Munyon's Paw Paw Pills ore unlike all other laxatives or cathartics. 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