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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
CAPT. FAUNCE SUCCUMBS.
Was One of Oldest Rivermen and
Fishermen in This Section.

Capt Chris Fattnce. one of the Oldest
riverlnen and fishermen in this section,
died Friday at the home Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Hahn, at Virginia High
lands, Va. after a short illness. His
funeral will take place from the residence
of Mrs. John Murray, 3V7 18th street
southwest, Monday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
and the interment Will be in the family
lot in Congressional cemetery.
Capt Faunce had reached the age OF
eighty -one years. but was active and as
we'll able to attend to business as could
a man half his years. For over half
century he had operated fishing craft on
the river. and his store Of information
regarding Potomac fish and their habits
was unexcelled by any one in the city.
Christmas day, it Is stated, he was up
and about the home of his daughter.
Last summer he was in command of the
schooner Virginia.
His death was directly due to an all
ment from which he had suffered for
years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Physical Fitness for Business Men
RECHARGING THE BATTERIES.
BY Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion.

TO cleanse their batteries by placing
themselves under expert medical care.
ana then after while, IL the mechan SIN
of their beings has not been worn beyond
repair they begin to gather some Of the
vital force.
tontrasted with this very unwise plan
is the idea of recharging the batteries
day by day. The greatest restorative of
pended upon to do all Of the recharging
Sleep cannot overcome the excessive bur
den OF continuously depleted body. 1t
cannot take care of all the business of
waste and repair and fatigue Under
certain deteriorating conditions sleep may
become deep lethargy or coma
Often very limited amount of physic-
al exercise. followed by bath and rub
down. Will put the muscular parts of the
body to work. and Will aid the organs of
elimination in casting off the days ref
use. Full, deep breathing during exer-
else pumps large supply of oxygen into
the lungs and throws off the carbonic
acid gas and moisture from the lungs
The business or professional man
emergeS from this daily workout feeling
refreshed. He has done to his body what
the man at the garage does to the electric
automobile He has recharged his hat
teries-he has brought his current of en-
ergy back to its full vibration. This man
is going to feel fit and fine at sixty or
seventy years of age. lie is going to he
young and supple when a man of thirty
five or forty has drawn upon his phys
ical reserve of energy and has broken
down.
The best way to deal with the greatest
lof all ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO paw for
what YOU get when you get IL. and make
your purchases every day. Don't get
into the habit of that fearful or suicidal
policy of waiting. You cannot buy en-
ergy from nature i'm a One-lump sum
The organs of your body are constructed
To carry only certain reserve and no
more. You must do your buying day
by day. and II you keep healthy and
vigorous. and give your physical organ
ism something to do. you have cleansed
away all the cinders and have put new
coal on the fire of your possibilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
EXPLAINS HIS ACTION.
Capt. Steunenberger Writes to Army
and NAVY Journal.

Capt. George Steunenberger Of the 18th
Infantry at Fort George Wright, Wash
ington who recently was reprimandeo
for writing some humorous verses reflect
ing on the German training Of the Turk
ish army, has written a letter to the
Army and Navy Journal, explaining his
action.
Now that the storm of criticism and
comment has somewhat subsidized, sald
he, Il wish to say that the classic INES
which recently stirred the country were
sent to the Journal because they were IN
tended for army people alone. 1t was
matter of some surprise to the writer 10
see them flashed across the continent oy
leased wire and published under giarfns
headlines as a casus belli. Had l iore-
seen such a dire calamity ! would nave
thrown them into the waste basket
where they prob ably belonged.
Those daily papers that tntlmateo that
an army officer was seeking notorlety
might have added that all the 'notorietv
was due to the dailies themselves: Ihei!
avaricious space writer's attended 10 IL
with such thoroughness that no amount
of explaining will ever set 1t right. Inc
tragedy is complete, and IN Milwaukee
and Cincinnati my name will be forever
held accurSed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
The Pole Star.
rom the Christian Herald

From the Christian Herald
Any clear night look at the Dpper or
Great Bear, and in a direct line from the
two first stars in the quadrilateral of this
constellati ton measure with the eye about
five times the distance between them in a
straight line. and you will locate a lu-
minary a little brighter than it's neigh
bors; this is the Pole star. Automatically
speaking, there are no fixed stars; So
called fixed stars are supposed to be the
suns of other systems of worlds, them
selves performing immense revolutions
through the fields of space However, of
all the bodies which scintillate in the
starry night. the only one that remains
motiOnless or seems motionless is the
Pole star. At any moment of the year.
day or night. it's station remains un-
changed. All other stars. on the con-
trary, turn In twenty-four hours round
it. taken as the center of the mighty
vortex. For this reason 1t is the most
important star to navigators in determin-
ing their course.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Mrs. Greeley's Home Discipline.
From Lippincott's Magazine.

From Lippincotts Magazine.
Representative Amos Cummings used
to tell the following story about an en-
perience he once had with Horace Gree
ley:
lone day l went out to see Greeley at
Chappaaua about some newspaper busi-
ness The old gentleman saw me COM
ing as he stood looking out of the win
dow and opened the door himself.
Come I'm here. Amos. .he said. Is he
led me into the parlor.
Il followed him into the room, and. as
l was going TO remain only Il minute, |
aid my hat, gloves and cane upon "A CEN
ter table. Greeley and l had just i'm
mersed ourselves in a talk "lhen Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Reassigned to Duty.

Col. Charles W. Taylor of the cavalry
recently was ordered to be placed on the
retired list of the army, to take effect
February % next. That action was taken
by the President on the application OF
Col. Taylor. who had been ordered to
duty in the Philippines, and did not then
wish to go SO far away from the United
States because of the serious illness of
his wife. Since then Mrs. Taylor has
died, and the officer has asked that the
order for his retirement be rescinded in
order that he may resume active duty.
The President has approved his request,
and Col Taylor will be assigned to duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
TIPPING LIMIT IS SET.
Bounds Defined for Giving of Gratui'
ties by Treasury Employees.

Tipping by government employees en-
titled to allowances who are connected
with the Treasury Department must be
kept within rigid bounds The bounds are
set in an order of the Secretary OF the
Treasury, issued yesterday, addressed to
agents, field workers, employees in the
revenue service and others.
Twenty-Five cents day is all that will
be allowed hereafter as stipend for the
porter Fifty cents a day will be al
days expenses must be kept within So.
otherwise. and no four-doilar charge
made for hotel accommodations that cost
two dollars.
The expense accounts are expected,
from now on. ito represent actual eXpen-
dtures. They are likely to be closely
scrutinized for overcharges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

oscillation. Two stationary transits
with highly magnifying lenses are focus
ed directly upon the suspended wire, and
through these each culver of the monu-
ment is detected. being magnitied on a
fine scale graduated to thousandths of an
inch.
Every morning at 10 O'Clock a state
ment of this plummet line is taken and
reported to the War Department. and IL
was by this means that the effect which
the suns rays have on the huge white
shaft was discovered. This plumb bob,
of course, was placed i'm the monument
for the purpose of detecting any settling
it might undergo, and although the great
weight of its mass has pressed the
ground for many decades, it has settled
only slight fraction of an inch in one
corner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
WIN SILVER CUPS.
Gunboat Helena and Cruiser South
Dakota Get Navy Awards.

The silver cups awarded annually in
the United States Asiatic and Pacific
fleets for the highest aggregate score in
small-arms practice have been won this
year by the gunboat Helena OF the Ash
attic fleet and the cruiser South Dakota.
of the Pacific feet. The cup OF the At
lantic fleet will not be awarded Tor sew
eral days. as the years score LOT the
fleet has not yet been computed.
The annual rifle contest among the
three companies Of the American IIega-
ton Guard in Picking was won by Com
pany r, which also produced the great
est number of marksmen and sharpshoot-
erS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

Greeley swept into the room. The mo-
ment she entered her eyes fell indignant
ly upon my hat, gloves and cane on the
table Without "a word she swooped upon
the outfit like fishhawk and threw therl
out of the window Then she left tn
room without pausing for speech, one
who has taught somebody that the haJ
was the place for such things. ! WAS in
clined Ia get a trific warm, but GreeleA
stretched out his hand in "A deprecatoia-
way and cheered me with the remark !:
Never mind; she thought they were
mine -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Enoch S. Fowler Is Dead

Enoch S. Fowler. formerly of this city
died recently in Seattle. Wash. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow at 2
o'clock at Oak Hill Chapel. this city Ma
sonic rites will be held under the auspices
of George G. Whiting Lodge. No. 30, +.
A. A. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Mayor Wins Recall Fight.

GAINESVILLE. Wis. December 2S-The
petitions for the recall of the mayor of
GAINESVILLE and his two councilmen were
thrown out today by verificatiOn of the
city clerk, j. p. Hammarlund. who held
that the petitions were illegal and insult
iicient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Death of Cant. Thomas w. Lay.

Capt. Thomas w. Lay. retired. of the
United States revenue cutter service, who
died at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. a. w. Martin. Roland Park. Balti-
more. Nd. will be buried in Mount Olivet
cemetery In this city tomorrow. The
funeral will be private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
The Hittite Empire

That we need not despair of So doing is
shown by the light cast by recent arch
Biological work on what once seemed to
be the insoluble problem of the Hittites.
Prof Sayce long ago made us familiar
with the idea of a vast Hittite empire,
consisting probably of a federation of
loosely compacted tribes, stretching over
the greater part of Asia Minor, from the
Euxine to the Egean, and able to make
head against both the Egyptian and the
Assyrian powers. That the Hittites We're,
like the Cretans, of Aryan blood has long
been conjectured; but their Photographic
inscriptions have not been found capable
of translation. and the insight that Prof.
Sayce and others have been able to give
US into their probable meaning seems to
show that few. if any, of them can con-
tain any historical information. During
the last few years. however, the labors
of Prof. Garstang at Sakt1egleuzi in
Cilicia, of Mr.. Hosarth at JerabluS. and
of the German eXcaIatOrS at BOghaZ-
keui have brought to light the ruins of
palaces and cities of great Importance for
the study of Hittite history and culture.
together with longer inscriptions in Hit
tite script than any yet available But an
even more sensational discovery was
made when Prof. Hugo Winckler found at
BoghaZkeui inscribed copies of treaties
between the king of the HittiteS and the
king of the MitannianS, an allied and kim
dred nation of northern MeSopotamia at a
date something like 400 X. c. In these
treaties, among the Mitannan gods in
voked. appear the Vedic de!t;es Mira
Varuna, Indra and. probably, the Asvins
or Heavenly Twins. Hence it would seem
that Aryan-or, to use more modern
phrase, Indo-Germanic-gods were wor-
SHIPPED in western Asia nearly a thou
sand years earlier than has hitherto been
suspected. and that all our ideas as to the
relative ages of the Indian and Iranian
cultures must henceforth be modified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

T. J.. fIargrove of Fredericksburg. Va.
charged with the murder and burning al
Mansfield Thornton and his wife several
DAYS ago. has been taken To the SpotSyI-
yania county Jail. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
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also Fancy Weaves OF medium length with self or
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Digging in the Holy Land.

! While this has been the case with the
two countries to which the public are
most accustomed to look for sensational
discoveries, the stream OF research Has
| in fact, turned elsewhere, and has pro-
| duced results every whit as important 1or
our knowledge of antiquity as those vi
I former wears. The work of the Paiestihe
exploration fund in the Holy Lana, ui'-
grateful and barren of material rewards
| as 1t must always be in so poor couh-
try, has yet shown us that Palestine was
! inhabited as far back as 500 Is. -, u!
race of cave jewellers in the neollthic OF
polished stone age of culture, VINO Were
gradually dispossessed by Semitic tribes
| coming probably from Arabia. These cave
dwellers were capable of constructing
great subterranean waterWorks Tor thelr
own protection during sieges or inras1ons,
and there is some reason to connect
them with the megalith-c or cyclopean
remains first pointed out by Condor
which their last explorer, Dr. duncan
Mackenzie. compares with reason to those
existing in Sardinia and the Balearic
Isles 1t would seem. therefore that
| even at this early date the coasts OF
| Syria were subject to the influences Of
| European as we'll as Asiatic culture. and
| that expeditions like the Crusades We're
but repetitions of phenomena going back
to the very dawn of history.
! This view is much strengthened by the
results of Prof. Macalister's excavations
] at GeZer IN the lana Oh the
tines during the last few years. These
leave little doubt that the theory held by
most scholars, which assigns a Cretan
origin to the Philistines, is well founded
and that the settlement of the European
emigrants on the Syrian coast can be
fixed with fair probability as taking
place Immediately after the sack of
Ghossos.
| Would that we were any nearer TO the
| identity of the authors of this catastro-
| phe, which seems to have brought with
| it the downfall of the rich Egean cviliza-
| ton revealed to US by the work of Sir
| Arthur Evans The solution to the prob
| lem is doubtless to be found in the many
tablets in Photographic and linear scripts
stored in the palaces of Crete Up to the
present, however, these have defied inter-
| probation. and even the publication of
the first part of Sir Arthur Evans great
| work, 'Scripta Minoa, although 1t gives
US abundant material for study, has not
yet enabled us to say what these tablets
| contain, or in what tongue they are writ
ten. When we can do So-which Will
probably be when a bilnsual inscription
| of sufficient length to form a key Is dis
| covered-we may know what sudden in
| cursion of barbarians it was which sent
| these giants in braZen armor wan
| dering from Europe to found new home
| on the Syrian plains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
|DELV|NG INTO PAST
Valuable Results of Recent
Work in Archaeology.
THE CAVES OF PALESTINE
Additional Light on the Problem OF
the Hittites-Research in Baby.
lonia and Egypt.
+. H.. in the London Spectator.

l.. H.. Ill the London Spectator.
Some seventeen years ago a distin-
guished German professor of Egypt
ology announced to his pupils that the
age Of great discoveries in EGYPT was
passed, and that they had better hence
forth devote themselves to the study or
the language. Yet within a year of
this pronOuncement NJ. Ame1lneau,
working with funds supplied him by
small syndicate of Partisan cur1o
hunters, laid bare the royal tombs OF
the first dynasty and thereby not only
pushed our knowledge of Egyptian hrs
tory a whole millennium further back,
but materially altered our. views OF
the origin of the Egyptian language
and culture. With such an example
before us, no one would be SO rash as
to say that no more startling dls-
coveries in Mesopotamia or Egypt can
be expected; but it may be conceded
that archaeological research in poth
countries has for the moment run INTO
kind of backwater, and that there Is
no indication that we are on the eve
of anything epoch making. Inc Ger
man excavations on the sites OF Babylon
and Borsippa have indeed added much
to our knowledge of the architecture
Of these famous cities. and the plans
published by DR.. Robert koldewey nave
enabled us in some sort TO reconstruct
their ancient Glories. So, too. Dr.
Navilles work for the Egypt eXplora-
ton fund ait Abydos leads him to think
that he is on the track of huge con,
struction Of early date buried beh1nd
the temple of Seti l, which may equai
ar oyershadow the great works UNI
earthed by him some years ago at Der
el-Bahari Neither here nor in BABY
lonia. however, have any inscriptions
of Importance come to lgh', ano up
rnf
nothing of the first Importance 10
archaeology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Saka s Gnn,pa1oY
The Christmas Afterm;

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-18
BABY IN MISERY WITH RASH

Monroe, Wis.-"When my baby was
nix weeks old there came q rash on
bis face which finally spread until #
got nearly all over his body. It form
ed crust on his head, hair fell out
and the itch was terrible. When ho
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would ooze out In big drops. On face
and body it was in a dry form and
would scale of. He was in great mis-
cry and at nights would lie awake
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scratch and disdgure himself. I tiled
simple remedies at drst. then got
medicine. but it did no good.
Finally . friend suggested Cuticuro
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see what they would do, when to my
surprise after a few applications I
could see an improvement, and ho
would rest better. bought q box Of
Cuticura Ointment and . cake Of Cuti-
cura Soap and before had them half
used my baby was cured. His head -
now covered with a luxuriant growth
Of hair and his complexion 10 ID.
mired by everybody and has no did.
flgurements.' (signed) Mrs. Annie
Saunders, Sept. 20. 1911. ~,%
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tho depositor's credit while he, Shell
trn, tested the territory. II these
lands proved oil-producing, as he
thought they would. then his stock
holders would make enormous profits.
If they proved worthless, no man
would lose a cent, the company would
be dissolved, the certificates can
celled and every stockholder per-
mitted to withdraw his deposit. Then
he spoke thus pointedly:
Your banks good. isn't It? You
will pay the peoples money back to
them, won't you? l can't rob them,
and suppose you wont"
The president of the Driller's Bank
determined to lay the matter before
his directors. In the meantime, tide
Of small deposits began to arrive.
When the directors met on the second
Tuesday of the month, there were a
hundred thousand dollars In these de-
posits, increasing with every mail.
The bank needed the money, it was
loaded with industrial securities. The
directors hesitated, and finally con-
tinued the matter until the next meet
ing. The tide swelled into flood, the
matter never came up again before
the board, and Captain Shelton Sc
cured not one million. as he had prom
Used, but in all nearly two million dol
lars in deposits.
The entrance of the two bank direc-
tors from Massachusetts, followed a
little later on. Shelton had sent his
literature broadly scattered into New
England, reaching for persons there
with small annuities and little savings
in banks. His plan touched the very
king-bolt in the nature of these peo-
pie, a possibility of wealth without
risk. The income from their deposits
in; savings banks was slight. This
speculation involved only the trans
fer Of deposits to a different bank with
try at an ell dorado for rider. Hav-
ing determined that the Driller's Bank
of Pittsburg was solvent, deposits
went flooding westward. So great
were the Withdrawals that two direc-
tors of one of these banks In Massa-
chusetts, at the suggestion of the de-
positors, went to Pittsburg to look
into the matter.
Captain Shelton was advised. He
met these gentlemen at the Pennsyl-
vania station, entertained them at the