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LIGHT ON HITTITES.
SCULPTURES SHOWING THEIR Ar.
TIsTIc CULTURE FOUND.
Important Excavations Made by Prof.
Gsrstang In Asia Mlnor-orialn
Of People and Their Race
Still In Doubt.

London.-Prof. John Garstang of the
University Of Liverpool has made
some recent excavations at Sak-Ji-Gen-
ri. Asia Minor. and thereby adds an
important contribution to the prob
lem Of the Hitutes comparable with
the results obtained by the German
Archaeological DIR. Hugo Winckler, who
demonstrated that about 1900 b. G. the
Hittites were on an equal footing with
Babylon and Egypt as the three great
powers Of the world.
Indeed, two years ago DR.. Winckler,
working under the auspices of the
German Asiatic society, discovered
within the walls Of the modern city of
Boshaz Koi deposit of 1000 tablets,
mostly in the Assyrian language,
which he identified as the remains of
the state archives OF the Hittite en-
Dire. This fact has boen practically
confirmed by one tablet, which, In
scribed about 1900 b, c., contains the
text Of treaty made between Ram
eses H., Of Egypt and Hittite king. A
duplicate OF the text of this treaty, in
hieroglyphics, has been discovered on
the walls of building in the temple
of Karnak on the Nile.
Prof Garstang. in the course Of a
lecture before the Royal Aslauc So
ciety, stated that further evidence of
the high state OF artistic culture
reached by the Hittites In their prime
was strihingly demonstrated by the
work at sak-Ji-Genzi last autumn, for
In one excavation In one OF the many
mounds the explorers discovered a
temple In an excellent state of pres
erVation and \ series of sculptures. As
The bee., 1909-02-25
TEE UNNENDAeIu sREAK.


have broken my heart on occasion,
And found u would mend again soon;
haze broken my head. an abrasion
Wds all you could see by next noon;
i can cure a smashed dish with mere
plaster;
I can crack bad Joke and not kill;
But the hopeless. the mendless disaster
Is to break new ten-dollar BILL
once tried 10 break a young broncho.
And he was quite whole when l quit:
At the wheel, with merry honk -honk-O
have broken mems legs--but they knit.
can break bread-the lengthy French
genre
And still have some dough" in my
"roll;"
But I can't break a bone" from tenner
Without going "brpke"-'pon my SOUL
But, you ask me. why break into verses
on such an old broken-down theme7
Why break the commandment with
curses
'Gainst truths that pre-date Academe7
Why?-Because have broken the hoodoo I?
broke a thumb--Doc fixed the ache;
And to-day he sent (the old voodooD
A ten-dollar bill can't break.
Chester Firkins In Puck
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REGULATING THE COOK

Maggie" said Mrs. Hartear
sharply, this meat is not prousrar
cooked. NY husband says IT H. noa ~
for a pig" 4.
But, Mrs. Hartford J.
Now do not answer back, MeEKft
! do not care to argue with YOU q
went to the butcher myself yesterday
and bought the steak, so know q ~
all right" ~
IF you"
DO not be impudent with ms.
have warned you several times about
trying to correct me. You have noadw
a dismal failure of to-day's dinners Mr.
Hartford is thoroughly disguised, win
your cooking and Just left for tAD
cafe to get something to quiet hEhi 40,
petite"
BY this time poor Maggie was N
tears.
There is no use crying about ~,
continued Mrs. Hartford without tA@
least display of sympathy. II h1p
demonstrated with you about your NJ
lect of duty long enough. Remembt
now, II this occurs again ! shalT c..
tainly discharge you without . nzs4
ment's notice." I
But Mrs. Hartford awoke win q,
sudden start and shaking her husNan
violently said:
George, Just had the most lmpon
hble dream."-New York Herald
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WHY She couIdnr ThInk of n

why" asked the manager. ~Goze
you want this partf II IL jnse ths-
thing for you. 1t win Give you . nhHnos
to make the greatest lift Of your HnS..
You will have some Of the CieTerGse
lines / ever read, and there win b =
ane chance to exhibit your emotionAE
powers" III lt
Yes" replied the actress VINO fhR-
IL years had been regarded as one s1E
the most beautiful women on TIA
American stage, but the costumes n
should have 10 wear would give ms nD
chance to show that have during ma
past six months reduced my welghk
more than 40 poundS."-Chicago Res
ord-Herald.
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Can you wonder at the smiling, un
ruined countenance Of the Japanese
maiden when you consider the fact
that her style In dress has not
changed in $500 years, and that in
stead OF developing a crop OF
wrinkles over such duties as darning
and mending. she turns these homely
occupations into genuine pleasure?
Where we would place an ugly patch
or a puckered up bunch Of darning
the Japanese girl will cover the hole
with some exquisite bit Of embroid.
cry in the design Of bird, flower or
butterfy.-New York Herald.
The bee., 1909-02-25

cite lived for time, and James Mon
roe was at one time its tenant.
A favorite meeting place for the
leaders OF the south, it became known
as the political capitol of Richmond
1t still contains many relics OF its
noted occupants.
A curious bit of forgotten history
was enacted near the old house In
1902. There came to Richmond one
Henfrey in that year, and he an
nounced to the citizens that he could
pour flame from a teakettle instead
OF steam or water. He showed the
astonished citizens this feat, and as a
result was asked to see what he could
do toward lighting the city.
He erected near the Old Stone
house an octagonal tower OF brick.
with a large lantern with many Jets
on the top. Here he proceeded to gen
crate gas in kina OF still in the base
ment. and conduetsG II by q pipe to
the burners. The experiment was won
derfully successful, and Richmond had
the distinction OF being the hrst city
In America to use gas lighting.
Henfrey failed in one thing, as cleo
trio light pioneers failed later. He ex-
Dected that his lighthouse" would H.
illuminate the whole city. This was
not accomplished and the novelty
wore on, and finally Henfey's tower
was abandoned.
Half a century later gas came into
general use, and Richmond. which re-
fused IL support the pioneer, was
forced TO adopt gas lighting.
The bee., 1909-02-25

these had not been exposed to the
weather the inscriptions and carvings
were much clearer and more distinct
than similar monuments Of Hittite art
previously discovered. Although found
IN what was, in Hittite times, only a
provincial city, the sculptures com
pared favorably with even the best
Egyptian reliefs.
Excavations was almost entirely
confined TO the smallest series OF
mounds, but soundings were made In
other mounds with view to ascertain
ing whether they would repay excava-
ton. They proved to be all artificial
and full OF objects OF historical and
archaeological interest.
Prof. Garstang, therefore, looked for
ward to ten or fifteen years work as
calculated 10 throw much light on the
great Httite problem. He cherished
the hope that some. Of, the inscriptions
would be bilingual, and would thus
open the door 20 an understanding Of
Hitite characters thereby providing
students with a vast new library OF
ancient literature.
The FIRST phase OF the Hittite prob
lem is to determine the ORIGIN of this
people and their race--whether Aryan
OF Semitic-for the researches OF men
like Sayce and de Lantsheere have
long since upset the Old Testament
dictum that the Hittites were an In
significant tribe OF warriors who sold
themselves and their horses TO the
highest bidder bent on warfare. Nor is
II certain that they confined them
selves to the land of the Hittites,"
the territory between Lebanon and the
Euphrates. As has been shown by re-
mains uncovered year ago, the Hit
tiles extended their sway through the
Levant until about 100 b. G. the en-
pire broke up into a number OF small
Kingdoms, which preserved their COM
mon civilization, language, and forms
OF government until wiped out by the
counter invasion from southeastern
Europe
Sources of information concerning
the Hittites, aside from Biblical ref
erences, are two-fOld-Egyptian In
scriptions and Assyrian tablets. In
the latter the name is COMPOUNDED with
the Khata. They are first mentioned
In the annals of ThOtmes III, OF
the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty,
(15031449 B. c. It is related that in
1470 b. O. the reigning Pharaoh
marched to the banks OF the Euphra-
ties to receive tribute from the land
OF the Hittites. consisting OF eight
rings OF silver, 400 pounds in weight,
and "a great piece OF crystal" Then
came a record Of Hittite attacks upon
the Asiatic possessions OF Egypt, and
IL was evident that the power OF these
people was gradually increasing until
Egypt was Obliged TO treat with the
invaders In 1900 b. c.
The Assyrian monuments uncovered |
prior to the excavations Of the German
Asiatic society have invariably treat
ed OF later periods One inscribed In
the time OF Tiglathpileser III b. CO |
is the first TO record the existence OF
a number OF Hlttits states. some OF
which finally became tributary to- AS,
syria. rr
The bee., 1909-02-25
How 70 Tie Him Tn.

Mrs. Exe-GOod-by. I'm sorry my
husband isn't In. / wish knew some
way OF keeping him at home q little
more.
Mrs. Wye-Let him buy q motor
car. .-,
Mrs. Exe-why, he'd be out more
than ever then.
Mrs. Wye-Oh, dear, no! MIRA.
Dasher tells me her husband bought q
motor few days ago. and the doctor
says he won't be out for six weeks.
The bee., 1909-02-25
His Book.

what did he dor"
why, don't you know? He's the
author OF that immense sensational
success, 'Mollycoddles.'
yes. but what else did he ever
writer"
Lots. How Came to Write Molly
Goddess How Came Darned Near
Not Writing "Mollycoddles, and-oh,
a lot OF things like that. He's a great
writer. "--Cleveland Leader.
The bee., 1909-02-25
Nj. W,.h FuIal,aA-

The Jew Deddler raped timidly at
the kitchen entrance. Mrs. Kelly, an
cry at being interrupted in her wash
ing, nunS open the door and glowered
at him.
did yes wish 10 see me?" she de-
manded In threatening tones. ., 81,
The peddler backed on a few
steps. ,.. o.
well, II / did" he assured her, with
an apologize grin. Il got my wish,
Ssnk you"
The bee., 1909-02-25

The Boy-Boo, boot Gus has swaI-
lowed my little engine.
Kind Stranger-Gracious How could
that happen? ts
The BOy--We were playing railway,
and he was the tunnel. ''t'
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Scared.

Don't worry about John, mother"
well, Eph. don't suppose
should; but when one letter says his
condition is 30 good and the next says
that he'll have to get rid Of his condi-
ton before the faculty win let him
play football I'm awful afraid that
he'll make himself sick and weak. -
Puck.
The bee., 1909-02-25

A burglar broke into a Brooklyn
residence and got away with a 5O-ceat
stickpin, a SIS watch and a purse con.
tanning three or four dollars in small
change. completely overlooking a 500
roll OF banknotes in Jar right along.
side Of the articles stolen.
When he read an account OF the
burglary In the next days paper and
learned what he had missed be sishsd
and sadly remarked:
Nov wouldn't that Jar youf"
The bee., 1909-02-25
!. .krMo on CHURCH ALLIANcE.
VIII Probably Be Held in June Instead
Of October.

New York--In all likelihood the
ne4t quadrennial meeting Of the Pan
Presbyterian alliance or the general
council Of Reformed churches holding
the Presbyterian system, will be held
In New York city in June, instead of
next October, as planned until re-
Gently.
Rev. David James Burrell, pastor of
the Marble Collegiate Reformed
church, who Is chairman Of the com
mittee on arrangements for the gath
The bee., 1909-02-25
she Was Next:

Him. was reading In the paper To-
day where one of these food eranks
sayO that couple can, live comnmtD-
bly, on three dollars week, Do yo1
think that possible?
Her-No. Archibald, ! do not. Buh
I'll be a sister to you, Cleveland
Leader. - 80
The bee., 1909-02-25

"You say he is a tight,wadT
Il should say he isl The only pres
ent ], ever knew him TO give anybody
was valentine, and he didn't buy that
till the 18th OF February. because he
could get It cheaper then."-CleVeland
Leader.
The bee., 1909-02-25
Leap Year In parktown.-

Fond Parent--What assurance h@sw
l that you will be able to provides nng-
my beloved George Washington ,RanR
tus? ~.
Miss Amanda Jackson-I's dom for
teen family washin's now, Mr.. Jo1nr-
sing, and wiz de INTERPOLATION On I'm
proved machinery l kin jest double
my output-Judge. .x-sess
The bee., 1909-02-25
A EsmlnIn. Nl.,..

"one-half Of the world doesn't knu.u.
how the other halt lives" ohssrVsd 49,
moralizer
How prOyokinEI" exclaimed AGrA.
0ossyp
The bee., 1909-02-25
All for Appsaraness.

Besgar-spare a penny. sirY Pm
starving.
Swell-Here's sixpence for you. ]
don't care a hang about your hunger,
but for the sake OF decency go and set
shaved
The bee., 1909-02-25

"Politeness costs nothing" said ~
man OF ready.made wisdom.
Then reckon" answered Mr.. Cum
rox, that you never had any sxvarSl
ence with those cafe walters who rer.,.
late their politeness by the size OF a.
tip
The bee., 1909-02-25
rhe ArtI.tIe ramperament..

Theatrical Manager-What leads
you to believe you are fitted for th&
stageg
ApplicanN-Why. there aint ncl
doubt about it. Me and my hushanH
are on the point of separatin' all o.
time.-Puck. ,ussssas
The bee., 1909-02-25
So II Seems

Lecturer-TOday the men are liv.
ms much faster than the women.
Man Tin audienee) That's rieht
Twenty years ago, when got married.
my wife WAS nvs years the older; now
nhsf Eve years The yoHaseE-ludga
The bee., 1909-02-25

Has he had many educational a.
Vantagesf"
mot any, He never made his 60
lsge football tsap."-Dstroit Fsus
The bee., 1909-02-25
Something Saved:

Can you help me. ma'amr' asReG
the itnerant at the door. IT wan,
burned out last night and lost eSeEE-
thing"
Lost everything?"
Eyes, everything, ma'am."
well, you don't seem to have lbue
your nerve. You were around A9zg,
last week and told me the sHna,
story!"-Yonkers Statesman.
The bee., 1909-02-25
FIRST CITY TO USE eAsLleHT.
A lighthouse Was Built in 1902 to
illuminate Richmond, Va.

Boston.-The Old Stone house is the
Oldest structure in Richmond, Va, and
in its glory days it entertained many
noted people. Here George Washing
tom had his headquarters; here Lafay-
The bee., 1909-02-25
A Faithful Messeneer

Priseiiia--rhat woman always a.,
minds NE Of little drsb pigeon.
Drnahla-fos. . eaETieg DlgsoHrs
The bee., 1909-02-25

New York city consumed 10000. 900
pounds Of butter duYinS the last
Laonlh --.- - 49, -
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MonumAn9a.

A. w. Raymond, pioneer monument
and gravestone man, will call on any
one wishing anything in his line.
Address Box 41s, Fargo.
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Railroad Notes
MANY INQUIRIES
FOR COAST RATE
FARGO OFFICES sEsIEeED ~
ENoUlRERs REGARDING THE
TRIP TO THE RlG FAIR AT sE-
ATTLE THIS YEAR, $50 FOR THE
ROUND TRIP.

The Fargo railroad Offices, both
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
are besieged these days with inquiries
regarding the rates to the Pacific
coast for the great Alaska Yukon ex-
position which will open June / at
Seattle.
These requests come from every
part OF North Dakota and from all
over northwestern Minnesota, showing
that the people Of this section of the
country are planning on going to the
big exposition in large numbers.
The queries are not alone with re-
gard to rates, but as to the train
service, time of trains, stop-over privi-
leges, side-trips. etc.
II believe that there Will be liter
ally thousands go to the big fair from
North Dakota and Minnesota" said a
local railroad man this morning
Many Of the queries are from farmers
and a great many of he ti1lers of the
soil of the Red River valley will take
advantage to visit the Pacific coast
this year and make thorough inspec-
ton of that much talked of region"
The fare for the round trip will be
$50, or one way $25. anu 1t will 60 into
effect on both roads Oh May 20.
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ton that is both favoraoIe and unfa-
vorable. The weather OF today, which
was cold and rainy, Is good for the
wheat that has been seeded, as 1t pro-
notes a deep root growth. 1t is not
good weather, however, for farm work.
and there is some seeding still undone.
Any wheat seed that is put, in after
May 10 will be late, compared with
the average. On the whole the crop
of North Dakota Is about week be-
hind time. but the outlook Is good.
Reports from North Dakota at noon
today were as follows: Larimore,
cloudy and raining and 80 above:
Grand Forks, cloudy, sold and drix-
cling; Aberdeen, partly cloudy, with a
high wind; Fargo, threatening rain,
So above; Darlington, cloudy and rain
ing; Devils Lake, raining hard: Graf
ton, cloudy and beginning to rain; BIS
marck. cloudy and light rain: Minot,
cloudy and misting; Pembina, cloudy.
with west wind.
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Homestsad correspondenee.

Homestead. N. D., May 1o.-To The
Forum: Mrs. Fl. Giddard consulted
DR.. Hysiin OF Kindred last week. she
has been Ill for weeks, but is now i'm
proving.
Ole X. Standy one of the old settlers
and postmaster at Standy a few years
ago 10 dangerously sick ana liz given
up by the doctors. his age is seventy
and he has been . hard worker which
Is proved by his large farm and the
many great buildings he has erected
there during the last ten years.
Silver Prairie liz gold mine these
days, az people from this and other
counties have to so there to buy ray.
Rev. Ramsdall OF Fargo held church
services In the Central school house
to large audience on May 9.
Rev. E. Ballistad held services I'M the
Synode church out here on May o te
his congregation and also attended Ole
K Standy at his sick bed.
Julius O. johnson ID making large
watering tanks all around here at sl(
each. everyone has windmllls out here
and are adding large tanks for sup
ply OF water.
Our young people played baseball
at Power on May 0. they are going Il
train up again. Cor. n.
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WASHINGTON SPEAKER
MIR. Howe, of the Department Of Az
riculturo, Secured for In
dustrial School.

Announcement has been made that
Mr.. Howe of the department OF ag.
riculture at washington, ID. c., has
been secured as one of the speakers
to lecture at the industrial summer
school at the A. @. in August.
He is a>speaker of wide repute and
will deliver lecture on Industrial
Education.
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CROPS LATE in CANADA
Seeding in North Dakota Has Pro-
crossed FavorabIy--Reports
on Wheat.

Minneapolis Journal: d. r. Nc
Laughlin of the Cando National bank,
Cando, N. D., was In Minneapolis today
en- route to Chicago and Sioux City on
business. Mr.. Mclaughlin said crop
conditions are very promising in the
vicinity of Cando and nearly all the
seeding has been done. Wheat is all
in the ground and the farmers are be-
ginning to plant barley and oats.
w. G. Gamble of the First State
bank, Arthur. N. D., WAS also in town
and at the Northwestern National
bank. The crops. Mr.. Gamble said,
were little behind time In getting
started, but conditions now are favor
able and practically all the wheat has
been seeded. T. w Merchant OF
xenia, o.. who has been IN the west
and who came in over the Canadian
Pacific line, reported the crops late In
west Canada. The weather, he said,
had been too cold and all OF Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta is behind
by week or ten days. some of the
farmers and grain handlers are dis
turbed over the outlook, he said. but
others feel that there Is yet time
enough to finish seeding.
Carruthers & Co of Toronto sent
wires to Minneapolis, reporting that
in the provinces Of Quebec and On
tario the grain crops are behind the
average date In getting started, as
the weather has been too cold. Grove
& CO. of Winnipeg wired that the con-
ditions today were very favorable for
the seeding Of wheat, but not favorable
for the seed already m the ground.
az temperatures are too low.
In North Dakota there il a situa-
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PENALTY FOR not
Delivering GOODS
THIS PARTY BELIEVES THAT
COMPLAINING WITNESSES
SHOULD Be FINED FOR AsAN.
DOMINO CASE WHICH HAS ONCE
BEEN STARTED.

Should there be penalties for people
who have others arrested and then
fail to appear as complaining witness?
This question was brought up in a
group OF interested Fargoans last eve-
ming, among which were several law
yers and other professional men. In
stances were recalled where scores OF
cases had to be dismissed for the
simple reason that the person with the
convfcting testimony was not to be
found when the case was called in
court That a man can be arrested
but once for the same offense is a
fundamental law and once the case has
been dismissed, the defendant can
never be placed in jeopardy again for
the same offense.
There is also a class OF people, I'm
some places, that use the court as a
place to "get even" and when warrants
are secured they have no intention of
appearing against the defendant. At
ter holding the alleged law breaker in
jail for night on the strength of
the offending party, the officials get
wise and demand the papers.
Cases are sometimes started for the
purpose OF accomplishing a certain
end, and with the pressure OF prose
cution, considerable Is sometimes &C
complished, after which the action is
allowed to drop and nothing more
heard after several adjournments. II
seemed to be the sentiment among the
party discussing the question that NO
one should be allowed to start any,
thing that could not be finished.
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RAILROAD ACTIVITY
ALONG CANNON BALL
TOWNS ARE TO BE BUILT Be
FORE RAILROAD REACHES
SlTE-LAND PRICES
BOOSTED.

Bismarck, N. D., May 12.-In speak
ing of the condition existing along
the Cannon Ball, Curator Fish. of the
state historical society. who has re-
Gently returned from trip to that
part OF the state, says hat there is
great activity
Surveyors camps are located every
eight miles along the proposed line
and all preparations are being made
for the immediate pushing of the real
construction work. The chief engin-
eer has established an office at Cam
non Ball postoffice, and will direct his
men from that point for the time be-
ing.
Three new towns have assumed def
mite shape and lumber for the con-
struction of buildings is already on
the ground at Gyther, Riverside and
Wells, all south Of Mandan.
The road will run from Mandan GO
Wells, and from there will branch in
two directions, one line running &c
Fort Yates and the other going to
Flasher and Mott, and other towns in
that direction.
Mr.. Fish states that the people, es-
pecially the farmers who have lived
that at last they are really to have
a road, and also says they are very
enthusiastic over the prospects of the
country now that it is to be put on an
even basis with the other parts OF the
state insofar as railroad transporta-
ton is concerned
The advent Of the road has already
had an effect on the price of land
and the values have increased mater
tally
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We are offering exceptional bargain
for Thursday. Put US to the test
Give US the opportunity to submit
proof. You've as much to gain a
we have.