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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
PALM-LEAF LITERATURE.
1000 Sanskrit Manuscript Lent to
Oxford.

Oxford University has just come
into the temporary possession of some
1000 palm-leaf manuscripts. which
have been loaned to the university by
his highness Mahsraja Sir Chandra
Shum Shere Jung Bahadur Rama, 6.
tOxon). prime minister of Nipal.
The maha raja in 1909 presented the
Bodleian Library with a very valuable
collection of $500 Sanskrit manu-
scripts. and Lord Curzon has since
persuaded him to grant loan of the
palm-leaf manuscripts for the purpose
of their being photographed. The
palm leaves measure from two to four
inches i'm width and are from eight TO
twenty inches long. They were sent
to London to Mr.. II. T. keymer of the
firm of Keymcr Son & Co. of ! White
friars street. and were handed over bY
him personally to Prof \. \. Mac
donell VI. A.. Phi. D.. professor of Sanskrit
at Oxford University.
The manuscripts almost price
less. not only on account OF their
rarity. but also on photographic
grounds. Manuscripts. said Mr. Key
m.f, could be better preserved in Nj
pal than i'm India. owing to the excel
1ence of the climate. Mr.. keymer has
just returned from a visit TO Nipal.
The manuscripts hear dates between
AID. 700 and 400. and nearly all
older than any Sanskrit manuscripts
in India. They will be reproduced BY
the telegraph and collotype processes.
and the Max Muller memorial fund
has made a grant for the purpose of
covering The expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
To Get a Garden.
-om the Detroit Free Press.


Over in Lewiston. Me-, there lives a
clergyman named G. D. Holmes, a man
of scholarly attainments and of large
activities. He is known as a member of
the tireless-worker brigade in his pro-
fession. Yet his cheeks glow with health.
seem to abate his energy. nor to Stereo-
type his phraseology. Young men do not
crowd him out of pulpit after pulpit. nor
push him farther back from 1.-The firing
line" Why? Because there are times
when he becomes the man with the
hoe in the garden and the field. He lays
aside for the time, his purely mental
la,bors to take up others more largely,
purely physical. Not that gardening and
farming do not require exercise OF brain
power Of the highest order. But these
employments call into activity physical
functions not used in purely mental
labor. The whole man is employed. And
he is hungered. too. So he eats liberal
". And he is wearied. So he sleeps
soundly, and wakes with youth renew
ed like the eagles"
The instance is cited because it is i'm
men of large concerns in public life
turn aside from ordinary physical labor.
not realizing its great functional value
in preserving to them the energies they
SO much need and so largely and con-
stantly consume. Aside from it's senti-
mental value, and from it's profits to the
table. the garden has what may well be
termed medical value. The example
of Minister Holmes, therefore. put into
few words, is this: Get a garden and
keep health and youth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22

and man could put In his path. The rains
fell and obscured the sun, and miasma
filled the Veins of the men with fever
The trees and the elephant grass invad-
ed the paths and tracks. and brought
them back to primitive jungle. Swamps
spread their tentacles to drag them down.
Mules died and left them without trans
port for supplies. Hordes of ape-like men
beset their path and threatened them as
they wandered. entangled in the jungle
But Capt. Fox hung on to the trail The
elephant poachers crossed the British
frontier and sought safety across some
imaginary line which marked the limits
of the British writ. The pursuing party
held on, keeping a parallel track in Brit
ish territory, striving to drive the raid
ers on to the posts Of the Belgians in the
Kongo. This bulldog tenacity did not stop
even at crossing the frontier-whether
Willingly or unwittingly one does not
know. but 1t is hard to see an imaginary
frontier line on the hunt for desperadoes.
and the rain falling and no sun showing
to give the chance OF taking bearings.
do not think that many of US here are
inclined to worry overmuch as to whether
the boundary was crossed by accident or
through stubborn resolve to get those
elephant poachers anyhow, anywhere
Nor do our neighbors. the Belgians, seem
to be greatly concerned.
The career of these poachers was ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
Cooperative Stores.

Small banks and cooperative. stores are
also advocated. Every means must be
taken to protect the agricultural worker
against the allurements of the city. II
he emigrates thither he only augments
the destitute class, and his production is
kept from passing Immediately into the
hands of the consumer through the wiles
of the Spectator" Above all things,
Argentina must not export her food prod
ucts. 1t is the duty Of the government
meats, beef and mutton. At the same
time the maximum and minimum price
OF such commodities must be set by the
authorities. The number of middlemen
and commission merchants must be limit
ed. and each of them licensed by the
government. The number of this class
of merchants has increased amazingly
great deal to give an artificial value
to the staple articles of consumption.
A tax must be imposed on all trans
actions in such articles, SO as to make
speculation less frequent. In conclusion,
we would say that is useless for Ar
gentina to raise great armies, powerful
fleets to boast of our growing export
Of our people are being half starved.
while they live in insanitary houses,
while our race is in constant danger of
degenerating in physical and mental
health.
"Our country is new and great destined
to make vast progress among the nations.
1t is all the more necessary that we
should take every opportunity to avoid
those economic cataclyms which we have
witnessed in other quarters of the globe,
cataclysms which have always resulted
in the most horrible bloodshed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
Rubbish of the Ages

The most extensive and the most inter-
esting work done was that on the sum-
NIT of the hill. Here sometimes as many
as 400 mem women and boys, including
gangs of experienced workers from
Egypt, were employed at one time, and
here by long continued and interchangeable
toll. the rubbish of successive genera
tons. civilizations and conquests was re-
moved, for a, depth of many feet. until the
bed rock was reached. which disclosed,
almost without a doubt, the extensive
palace of Omri and Ahab, covering an
area of nearly two acres. The lower
courses of the masonry which came in
contact with the rock showed the same
popularity was discovered when.
nearly a generation ago. the wall of the
temple Enclosure in Jerusalem was laid
bare to its foundations, eighty feet below
the present surface. The first course of
stone in the temple was embedded in the
living rock, in such a way that that layer
had rock on all three sides of Ii. which
seems a distinctively Jewish feature. 1t
was at this level in the excavations at
samaria that an alabaster vase. with the
Egyptian inscription of their cotem-
porary king. Osorkon Ii. was found.
confirming the assumption that this was
the palace of the Jewish kings.
Here 1T may be noted that this is the
first and only palace of a Hebrew king
ever found and accordingly is unique and
of the deepest interest to Psychologists
and Biblical scholars. 1t was undoubted-
ly an immense building, consisting of
chambers grouped around courts Here
and there stand portions of the finished
wall to a height of several courses OF
stone. Moreover, two grades of construc-
ton appear. coarser and finer. The eN-
plorers suggest that We have here the
palace of Omri enlarged in a superior
style by his son Ahab.
There We're also discovered here some
seventy-five fra gments of pottery in
scribed with records or memoranda in the
ancient Hebrew script This is not the
modern square Hebrew
character. with which most persons are
familiar but that ancient writing. close
ly allied to the Phoenician, which is
found on the Moabite stone and the ST.
loan tunnel inscription. The character OF
these inscriptions has settled one disputed
point about that of the Sloan. 1t shows
that 1t could easily have been written In
the time of Hezekiah, as ii purports TO be.
for here is writing of the same type used
at Samaria more than a century and
half earlier. for Ahab lived in 500 Be
and HeZekiah in TT. These inscriptions
are written in ink with a reed pen. in a
flowing hand. proving that this was the
common form of writing at that period
The words are evenly divided from one
another by dots or strokes. making II
much easier to decipher them. 1t is evil
dent that the inscriptions were written
upon jars of wine and OIL and even a date
is added. evidently the year of /ne kings
reign. The owners name is given. as we'll
as the person or place whence the oil or
wine came.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
Old Castle Sold.
from the London Chronicle.

Hastings Castle. which iSto be sold by
auction shortly, is place which has such
varied interests, added to its beautifully
laid out gardens and lovely views. that
all past. present and prospective visitors
should be interested in the movement TO
secure 1t for the town. The remains of
the castle date from the time of William
the Conqueror-are indeed part of the
first Norman castle to be erected i'm Eng
land. We have all been talking of
jousts and Journeys lately. Ii was with
in the walls of Hastings Castle that the
Conqueror's daughter Adela presided as
queen over the first-other than legen-
dary--tournament held in England. Then.
too, Beckett. to win martyrdom in the
neighboring county. was at one time
dean OF the castle chapel. Of which little
beyond q picturesque arch remains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
He Was a Close Buyer.
rom the New York Tribune.

From the New YORK IfIUuHF.
Senator Finn, at a luncheon in Chicago,
told a story about an able campaign man.
ager.
He is a remarkably economical chap"
said the senator. He can make a dollar
go further i'm a campaign than any man
/ know. They tell a story about him
a story that shows what manager he is.
sit seems he went into a cigar store
one day to get light. Well. as he was
lighting up. a man entered and bought
three fiye-cent cigars. AS sooL as the man
left our friend said quickly:
Those cigars are six for a quarter,
amt they
Yes SIR said the salesman.
Our friend laid down a dime.
"'Gimme.' he said, the other three
them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
Looking to Autumn.
rom the Philadelphia Press

We have been passing through an I'M
usual summer. Many things have COM
bined to make the season memorably I'M
pleasant. The political game. for in
stance. is being played in a most ex-
traordinar! and outrageous fashion. The
facts are gloomy; the outlook depressing
AS does every reasonable American
who struggles for a living, one must
come back. when the domestic sky is
dark, for consolation or consultation with
the housewife. the real head Of the
home. She is worried just now. She is
looking ahead. She reads In our columns
tnat NOT oniy esss, gu. snoe ieatn e,, ana
vance In price with grim steadiness into
tho fall. Perplexed. yet sedate, she Is
bordering how she can meet this demand
upon her purse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22

the men. or the sons of the men. who
were sent OUT" or drifted out overseas
after a poaching episode. and were good
enough fellows for all that. just needing
the wilder life OF the outer edge to turn
them into useful citizens OF the empire.
But elephant poaching is another matter.
money. Every tusker that he gets repre-
sents clear gain of ESQ or more. His
is an orcanized brigandage on large
scale, carried on with the aid of small
armies of native bearers and gunboys,
carried on too often under circumstances
OF the grOssest cruelty. There is one
dark story. we'll authenticated, OF a party
on the trail of gang of elephant poach-
ers. pressing them hard, who found at
one spot a cache of tusks. The elephant
pOachers had hidden their booty in a pit
dug in the ground and covered over with
earth. On top Of the tusks the police
party found the bodies Of two natives
Clearly they had been employed to dig
the pit, and then had been shot because
dead natives would have no temptation
to come back to rife the hoard. 1t is an
open. armed defiance Of authority in dark
places where only the mysterious author
it, of the white ruler stands between
him and destruction by the great hordes
of natives. The elephant poacher in
trudes without leave or license into the
forests and jungles. carrying a train Of
name of the white man abhorred by his
cruelties. Therefore the elephant poach-
err must be put down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
ELEPHANT POACHERS
Brigandage on Large Scale
for Big Profits.
MONEY IN UGLY WORK
From the London Post.

From the London Post.
kHARTUM. June 13.-There is a story
going now up and down the Nile,
Chartered by the natives. told in
messes with kind of stiff reserve as OF
men who are afraid that pride will carry
them away. and they will add at the end
OF the story: You see we can still do
that sort of thing. IL is true story
doubtless percolating now through yari-
GUS official reports to find it's pigeon hole
N the archives OF empire-making-an
perhaps because IL is true story il is
almost unbelievably wonderful 1t has
to do with elephant poaching.
Out here on the edge of the empire 1t
is not easy to have a proper horror Of
the poacher who steals a bird from an
English covert for his pot. Some of Us
have fought or worked side by side with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22

ment insisted upon Was that the place be
left just as 1t was before the excavations
This compelled the explorers to do their
digging in sections. the earth from each
fresh section uncovered being used to
bury again that already laid bare after
1t was infinitely examined and fully and
accurately planned. Hence it follows that
of the very extensive work of uncovering
done. first under the direction of Prof
Lyon Of Harvard. and later under that of
Dr. Reisner. we'll known in connection
with similar work in Egypt. only COM
paratively limited portions can now be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
The Time Clock.


Tom Ilfe.
ture)-Would you mind signing this
statement? I've got to account to my
wife for my three days absence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22

Tho district inspector set out. Before
ne was through with his work he had to
encounter all the obstacles that nature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
UNEARTH SAMAR|A
American ExCavatOrS Uncover
Palace of Ahab.
HEROD'S HOME REVEALED
Biblical Archaeology Enriched by
Valuable Finds" Ancient
Jewish Inscriptions.
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
One of the most interesting and valu-
able discoveries so far recorded in the
field of Biblical archaeology has been
the recent unearthing at Samaria, in
northern Palestine, of the palace Of a
Hebrew king, believed to be the Ivory
house Of Ahab. Labels with Hebrew
writing, which seem to have been in
actual use during the lifetime and per-
haps in the households of Omri and
Ahab. have also been found. as well as
many fragments of pottery. Many Bibli-
cal names appear in the writings. such
as Elisha, Asa, Nathan, Uzza, Sheba and
Abiezer.
Samaria was the ancient capital of the
northern kingdom Of Israel. When Sol
ONION died. about $50 B. c., his kingdom
broke into it's two natural hereditary
divisions, Israel and judah. Shechem
the first capital of Israel, lying in mar
row, valley and therefore difficult to de-
fend, was abandoned for Tirzah. This in
it's turn, about S10. was given up for a
new site. Omri founder of the third
dynasty of Israel. chose for his capital
an isolated hill some six miles northwest
Of Shechem. The city which he built
here he called Shomeron, now best known
by the later Greek form of the name,
Samaria
Inc NIL rises to height of 400 to JOO
feet above the valleys which surround it.
From the summit. some 1.4OO feet above
sea level, one may see the Mediterranean,
on clear days, some twenty miles to the
west. There are also fine views into high
err mountains on the north and east. and
over the hills and valleys south and west.
The naturally steep sides of the hill were
easily rendered impregnable by massive
walls. The Herodian city. occupying the
top of the hill, was about two and a
quarter miles in circumference, and the
city Of Omri was perhaps not much small
er. The Herodian wall can still be easily
traced. There is no fountain on the hill,
and the people of the city must have
been dependent on a spring across the
valley and on rainwater stored in cisterns,
Of which a great many have been recent
ly unearthed. The hill and the country
around fertile, producing good crops
of olives and figs. grain and onions. and
in antiquity. grapes also. For agricul-
tural purposes the hill and those about
1t have been heavily terraced, work
which has greatly disturbed and con-
fused the ancient debris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
Capital of Israel.

Samaria remained the capital of Israel
till taken by the Assyrians in To- Here
Ahab, under Jezebel's influence, built
temple to Baal, later destroyed by Jehu.
and here 1t seems he built also his ivory
house or palace, described in the First
Book Of Kings. Then 1t was in Samaria
that Elisha had his home. The city
underwent many vicissitudes while under
Assyrian and Babylonian rule. 1t reached
its highest artistic glory, however under
Herod the Great, who rebuilt 1t in great
splendor and named ii Sebaste or Sc
bustyeh Q.atin. Augusta) in honor of his
imperial patron. Augustus. Sebustyeh
is still the name of the village on the
eastern slope of the hill. Herod forti-
fled the place, and built a great temple
here in honor of Augustus.
This. briefly, is the history of the site of
the recent excavations which have been
most fruitful of result. They were un-
dertaken by the Harvard University. The
only condition which the Turkish govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22
Fight to the Death.

OF this particular elephant poacher.
who was put down, do not intend to tell
the name. He carried his hight through.
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FRIDAY is GREEN TICKET DAY.

Purchase of Mems e-for- e.
ascent Collars. ......
1000 dozen Mems Collars: all
styles in the lot. including stand
ing tabs. high. medium and low
folds.
Boys sizes from 10 IN to Ia
mems sizes from II UP 20 90
plenty of the large sizes" %
most OF these collars are DC
perfect. Choice.
SI.oo Mems Neglige Shirts, o5c.
Part of our New Fall Shirts just
arrived in time for this sale: all new.
exclusive patterns. never shown be-
fore. Every shirt warranted 10
give satisfaction in fit. service and
color. They are all cut coat style
and with attached cuffs. ~
Sizes from IA TO liza. sl-co OSC
Snirts for.....-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

"E'rank Chaffee, Secretary Business Mems League, Birmin gham, Ala:
 Aviation meet, automobile show anu races, in spite of had weather pre- yailing, Is a tremendous success. un- fortunately. smashed three aeropianes today. The aviators escaped without m fury. Will show here Sunday. Please bring committee down. See Saturday s Montgomery Advertiser for details.
 "J s. BERGER"
 This was the telegram received yes terday morning by Secretary franh Chaffee of the Business Mems league and he stated later in the day that ne feared 1t would be impossible 10 send A committee to Montgomery TOT the meet Sunday.
 Later advices were received from MT. Berger in which he stated that the accident would have no effect on the Birmingham meet, as new machines and narts had been ordered, and that every machine would be in perfect oroer TOT Birmingham April S-l3.
 You see MT. Berger has four weeks in which to secure new parts ana new machines to take the place of the hrox en parts of the airships wrecked Friday in Montgomery" said MT. Chaf- fee.
 "The wrecks, while deplore them as much as anybody. evidence the faet that the meet is a sensation and that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

Andes, the Great Advertiser, whose unioue methods of advertising com bined with the wonderful merits of his medicines, is fast gaining fame and fortune, is again to invade this state and while here will give away free $50. 900. of his great remedies They will be distributed into every part or the state and will be given absolutely free for the asking or calling on the nearest druggist or dealer in med fcines. These are the same medicines that more than $100,000 of them have been sold in Alabama in the past two years and many sufferers owe their very life to these modern preparations Every dollars worth was sold with guarantee and not one bottle was re- turned This speaks wonders Tor the medicines. But Dr. Andes always im- presses on the public that his rene dies are not cure alls, but he guar antees Andes Great Prescription to cure any case of catarrh so long as it has not reached the lungs Also Rheumatism, indigestion, stomach, liver, Kidney or bladder troubles; and as . blood purifier and spring tonic Andes Great Prescription has no equal
 IT you have that tired all gone feel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-10

To the Democratic voters or JenerSoh
 County:
 am a candidate for coroner of this county. l have been a citizen of this county IA years. I have been actively in- terested and identified both in civic, busi- ness and material progress and develop ment of this, the greatest section, of our entire southland. I have always been a democrat, and have been engaged in the undertaking business for the last quarter of a century, here and in Tuscaloosa, Ala, where I formerly resided. And am now a member of the firm of Smiley, Gaudin, Smith Undertaking and Livery company, located at 1719-21 Second avenue.
 l make no vain, glorious promises, save that if elected by the democrats of Jef- ferson county in the primary of April 1 I will discharge the duties attendant upon the office, fearlessly, energetically and honestly.
 Believing that from my past experience and services that 1 am genuinely and fully qualified and equipped, therefore I earnestly and respectfully solicit the vote and influence of my fellow democrats of Jefferson county. Thanking you in ad- vance for,y your aid and assistance, I am yours most respectfully.
 s#s JAMES T. GAIDIN