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II JULY 10. 1924. g PRACTICAL USES Or WEATHER FORECASTS Save Merchant and Stockman From Losses. Washington.?One pm?lurt of thl JVTV.I uuit uv V. UIVX' ? t>""< <'K IIH.T' .i> lug uw in the commercial world is the weather forecast. Everyone is familial with the laconic sentences which appear In all newspaper* forecasting the weather for the following day. Tbest forecasts, i>y the *?*ay, now h%vc reached a raarfc of more than SO pel cent accuracy. In earlier days of row teorology the weather man's predictions used to be laughed at, but lr nearly nine cases out of ten nowaday! he is right. The brief daily notice represen: by no means the full prod oct of the United States weather b\i !r?au. Jl makes many other catcula on weather subjects which ai\ available to anyone upon application. When one speaks of weather in most parts of the United States, the Idea of rain Is probably the first men tal reaction. To show how this ideu has been commercialized one may rea.l the experience of a large umbrella dealer. He hud been In the habit oi ordering large consignment* of umbrellas from the manufacturers in the autumn because lie was under the general impression that more ruin wat noticeable at that season. Then it occurred to him to apprnacl the matter scientifically and ho got ii touch with the weather bureau. H< was furnished with charts showing tin usual distribution of precipitation ii his part of the countrj. After gtndy !ng these, he worked out a char? whtct proved an efficient guide to the araouui of ruin which would fall In the van oiift months of the year. On the bash of this chart be placed orders for um brellas to be delivered month bj month in fjuuntitlo? proportionate t'. the expected rainfall. The systeu worked perfectly. He was never over stocked and never sold entirely oat When to Buy Lambs. A western sheep raiser tarnishes an Diner inieresnng example, n nan sui fered losses by purchasing vounlambs and having them klRed by ad verse xveatlier conilitions. After stud? tng weather charts extending overloip Jft periods, lie was aide to make a onlru 1? latlnn showing the enrliest date In ilu spring at which It would he safe to hnj lambs. There was only about a week'i difference in his time of purchase tin der tlie new system, but It turned hi: losses Into profits. Architects and builders, especially ill regions where snow falls, are mon and more consulting weather chart? ni a guide to the construction of roofs Snow la very heavy. The whole na tlon remembers how the roof of th? Knickerbocker theater in Wushtngtoi collapsed two years ago after an tin usually heavy snowstorm, kllllm scores of people. Rv consulting th weather charts the architect car dc term trie what stresses the roof he i planning will bo subjected to. lie the plans to take care of the maximus load, .leaving In addition h coefficien of safely. The weight of snow resulted In icarlouB dispute In the West some tin: ugo. A flock of sheep was purchase on the basis of so much ? pound. Tli sheep were run onto scales out n doors and weighed. Upon delivery tb nttycr round tnut tne sn??p were ver much underweight. He had jmM fo fevers) hundred pounds more than h received and put In :i claim for th missing sheep. Investigation dovelope that when the sheep were weighed heavy snow was falling and each shoe carried a coverlet of Know The ptu chaser had bought both sheep an snow hy the pound. Of course, th snow was gone when the sheep wer delivered. Evidence !n a Lawsuit. An important lawsuit Is pending 1 the state of Utah In which the weatt er bureau Is furnishing material ev donee. A mining company opened u a subterranean stream of water ant as water Is valuable In that arid sec tlon. Immediately made use of It. . regular surface stream nearby slniu taneonslv diminished its flow. Irrigation projects In the vlelnit and power companies set up a clnlc that 1he mining compuny had Illegal! diverted the water from the surfac stream by tapping Its nndegroun ? sources. The mining company is seel lng ft) show by weather record that th diminution of the flow of the siirfac stream was due to a long continue spell of dry weather. How the weather records can b used In personal matters is reveale in the case of a brand-new Ilmouslo fftiien wna uvmnnifu *?u nu road. It was Insured and a claim wr entered on the ground that the mi chine bad been overturned or wrecked by the wind In the course t a Btorm The weather records wei consulted by the Insurance compan anil it was shown that the hlghei wind pressure In the stale was bi one-half the pressure against the sit of the car that it was admitted I haw carried on Its tires. Bad drivlr and not the wind. It was show cnnsed the damage. Almost innumerable caaes of prnct cal use of weather records are on ft' with the weather bureau and It Is e: pected that Increasingly frequent ui will he made of the bureau an the cor merclal world learns the value of tl data available. > Bar Face Powder Hillsdale, Mich,--The All Face an No Powder club has been formed h high school girls of Jonesvlile. Pov derpoffs and lipstick* are tahoaed b all the girl*. TAHITI FARMERS ARE ENRICHED BY BEANS Kanakas Live High as Price of Vanilla Soars. * Paii*?te. Tn hit!.?A Krvul rtemanil has arisen la tfc?e western inlands for * bicycle* und motor cars. a? though toe roads are mere track*. The Chinese Id Papeete have enj deavored to satisfy the demand by | combing ail the old junk heaps for an > dent bicycles and antique "tin lizzies." j A little tinkering and >i rew coats of , ?.*u ivr.iui'.vui > | ances are ready to be exrkr.uged tor | quantities of vanilla far in excess of the value proiTered. This ie one of the consequence? of the visitation at Papeete of "vanilla millionaires" from the leewsrd ktoup of the Society islands. These islands escaped the plant disease that devastated the plantations of Tahiti some " years ago. Thus. when the price of vanilla beans soared recently to great , heights. these islanders had full crop*, for which they received sums beyond their wildest dreams, Papeete being the Paris of the South seas, these newly-risen nabobs have been flocking here to spend their gains. The roads in and about the city have become perilous from flivvers, i chartered by the week, loaded with 1 fat Kanakas, who rush about at high speed, to the consternation of pedestrians. Their women folk are astonishing the beach dwellers with glowteg silks, htgh-heeicd shoes and picture * I hats. This orgy of spending will continue 1 until the last franc is gone. Then the Datives will return happily to the 1 peaceful shores of Rniatea and Ivors and resume their old pursuits of i climbing the mountains for "fei" and J j combing the reefs for fish. But. hav. ing had a whale of a time, they will ' be content. ? I ? Daughter of Rasputin Makes a Visit to Paris y Mar..; Gregorievnn, claiming to be r { the daughter of Itaaputin. the famous o , evil genius of the late czarina of Uuse sia, arrived In Paris recently after d | many tribulations and adventures. She a ' claims to be oue of the live legitimate p children of the notorious monk. She r- claims to have lived with her father ti in Petrograd. and each week he took e ber to see the czarina. She also tells e of the terrible ordeals after ilnsputin's death, when she was Imprisoned with her brothers and sisters, and eventn ually sent to Siberia, from where she i- made iter escape. She hopes to obtain l- some engagement on the stage, as she p is n very talented girl and a good i, dancer. She is shown wearing the !- same costume which she wore while \ she lived with her father, and with 1- which sue arrived In Paris. v Many Old People n Hutchinson, Hons.?Hstotead. with r total population of around 1,200, has e more than forty residents more than d seventy-five years old, the eldest being ninety-three yearn of age. It Is claimed a the percentage of septuagenarians in ? | Hoist eml Is larger than an> town In d the state. * d ooooooo oooooooooo ooooooooo | Find House Built of I is g Mud 200 Years Ago g *- 5 Philadelphia.?After weather- P d o lug the sunshine an<l storms of o >' g perhaps two centuries, o two- V "* o story house, built of trend from 6 W X foundation to roof, has bqpu g *t 5 discovered by a building In- p it 2 spcctor aud condemned. 2 le o Close examination of the o o X unique structure, which stands g IK V flt 822 Buttonwood street, re- O n. X vealed that builders of '-*00 years g 2 ago used the same methods of 9 J- 6 pouring mud Into wooden molds 8 le o as jB used today In the construe- v k- p tlon of modern concrete hulld- 5 ie g Ings. Y a- 6 To the generations of men. p ie 9 women and children that have g p passer! it, the house has stood 6 g as a landmark, but not one of g p noteworthy history. A \\ eek ago 3 q g it was to the passing citizenry Y y p only a house on a street, "that's 0 r- 5 ' eon there for many years. ' g '* j aooooocoooooooo-aoooooooixa THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVI HIGH TEMPER AT J RE EFFECT ON THE BODY Man Cannot Endure More Than BO Degrees F. Washington.?That the human body, I in a -late of rest ami in stili air, can- I not endure Indefinitely t, tempernture ! higher than VO degrees Fahrenheit j with ldO tier cent relative humidity* j has been determined b> Department I oi Interior investigators at Uie | burgh experiment station of the bu- j reau of mine?, co-operating with the ; American Society of limiting and Ven* ; i tiluting Engineer*. In the course of ' the tests it was noted that the heavier S and stouter men in toe ex{>erimeDls, i when subjected to uncomfortably hot | temperatures, lost more weight than the 'ighter end thinner men. but us a rule could endure such temperature* ! for a longer period and complained | leas of the exhaustion which followed. ! Loss of weight in the subjects ex- j perlDjented with gradualIj hcreased ( with mi increase in atmospheric temperature. Whenever the subject drauk Ice water he immediately gained in weight, and in ail casts the subject, within*24 hours, usuuUy regained the J entire weight lost. Subjects who 1 dracui ice water freely after exposure j to high temperatures felt no ili ef- j feets, ieading to disprove the assump- | tiou that such action develops severe j cramps. It was found that the exhaustion and weakness following subjection of j human oeings to a very high temperature and humidity for a short period it not so severe as subjection to 6 moderately high temperature and hu- j midity for a longer period. Take Pulse Rate. The pulse rate, rather limn the rise j In body temperature, apparently de- ] tenuities the extent of the discomfort j experienced by llie supjecl. Subject* i become very uncomfortable after the j pulse rote exceeded l"tf? pulsations j?%.t 1 minute, and complained of unbearable and distressing symptom* when the pulse exceeded 160 per minute. The highest pulse rate recorded was 1S4 per minute. Subjection to high temperatures and humidifies produced no marked change ic the respiratory rute. The health, cotoforl and fffidtdicy of men eimeged in the mining industry may be impaired, ic souie instances very seriously, by abnormal physical conditions of mine air or by variations in its composition. Tills true in some of the metal mines of the West, where high temperatures with varying humidities are encountered. Physiological studies have been made by the bureau o! mines la some ot the uiine> showing the effects of varlions temperatures and humidities. [ As it is difficult to carry out studies j on many controlled tenipeintuxes. it j was thought best to make the pres^ cat experiments in a laboratory and apply result a to th? mining industry In so fur at? practicable. The experiments were conducted In two fully equipped chambers. Insulated by cork board, designed to maintain air conditions at a desired temperature and humidity. The temperature, humidity and air motion of each room au?y be controlled independently of each other. The air conditions are controlled by apparatus outside Gi the chambers and entirely i separated from them. Instruments for observing the body and surface i temperatures of the subject, also for recording the rate of respiration and j of the heart pulsations, and the appA: rat us for basal metabolism work are j located in an adjoining room. Record Temperatures. The oral temperature of each subi Ject wap registered by the one-minute clinical thermometer, while the surface temperatures were recorded by j with the body and connected to a potentiometer In as adjacent room by means of flexible wires. Surface temperature readings were taken witnout the knowledge of the subjects. I21 addition to counting the rate of respiration hy an observer, the rate was also recorded at intervals unknown to the subject by means of tin inflated tube strapped around the chest and connected by long rubber tubing to the kymograph Ion placed in the room adjoining* the chamber. The wave lengths were traced ou smoked paper encircling the drum of the in strumect. While irrelevant to the present . study. an attempt waa made to de' terinJue the cause of the Inflammation of the eyes, of which worker* In the Industrie* bo frequently complain. | On u day when the eyes were norma) a small quantity of sweat, which had i been collected during an experiment, I nan dropped in the eye. The cou: junctlra almost Immediately became . Inflamed and the eye felt sore. ine i bwcmi collected from the face seetnedI leas Irritating to the eye than that collected either from the cheat or arms. Hweatbnnds were then applied to the forehead during the experiments, these preventing the sweat from falling cto the eyea and also preventing the Inflammation. This proves sufficiently that sweat la the chief factor In produolnir the conjunctivitis which accompanies exposure to heat, the inveatlgatoia say. Jap Wages 78 Cents Daily Tokyo.?The average dally wage of Japanese laborers. Including women. Is l.K> yen--at normal exchange about 78 cents in American currency?accoidlag to figures published by '-be home department. The average wage for male laborers is 1.79 yen and for women 88 yen. and the average workday Is ten hours, twenty-six minute* iRY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. SAYS TUT-ANKH-AMEjN WAS REALTY SHARK. Overcharged! Abraham for Land for Wife'# Tornb. W a a h?n yt f a.-? K i ne Ta t - Ankb - A or en was a real estate speculator and Abraham %v:"s forced to pay forty times what land was worth in order to obtain a burying place for his wife. Prof. L>. Jj. Luckenbil! o* the University <?f Chicago told the national as^oeisttiort of real cst&te boards here. "ATi.-ient Babylonian and KgyptUui civilizations endured jus' as long as me common limn owupil reel -state." Doctor L;i?*bet?bii! mid. "In the (VrsSaa period the taxes rose wo high tiiat the small landholder was com- ; peiled to borrow yearly from the banker to meet hi* tax hill and put tn a new 'crop. Soon we find thero easing then farms ro the banking firms for sixty-glx-y ear periods: In I other words, they stave up the struggle. The story te the sunie for an- I cient Egypt, ancient Greece and an- : Clent Rome. It may tie the s>tme for , the rnitedt Slates. "Mortgages ami rent are as old a* j rite oldest form of records. They were j written on clay toi lets in tiny rows j of wedge* shaped characters in a tlm* ! tlmt antedated King Tut*s reign as , much os he antedates the modern i realtor." After fjuoting fron) Genesis the i>?r tiou tliat relates to the death of smith, Abraham's wife, and Abraham's purchase, for 4h0 pieces or' silver, of a burying place for her. Doctor I.uckenMU said that Abraham was overcharged because he was In a strange land. ? "From a study of hundreds of ancient real estate transactions I am I able to tell you," he said, "that Abraham paid from forty to fiftv times I as much as the field was worth. "King Tut probably kept a thrifty eye open for bargains In choice suburban lots overlooking the Nile, negotiated nlaety-uine-year or longer Kj&ases or? something besides his fo;;tons tomb, aod drew j?lats for new -i bdivjsh nv with *?|uaHty homes at taioderate prices.'" S'?amp Snake Found Far From Its Native Habitat Columbia, s. C.?-A party of student?. beaded by Prof. J. 1?. Corrtag t? ;i i.f the l.'nhcrsity of .South Carolina, while searching weeds cud ponds si ear made what is believed U? !?e a scientific discovery of importance. An adolescent specimen of flic bine): s v:nr.f? siiak?*. known as "semiuatrix I hitherto reported only in Florida, was found. "The question that will interest all biologists is how the species comes to tie found in a locality 36t? miles north of its established northernmost range," Professor Co?r!ngton asserted. "That :in animal cotild be a atray <?: accidental one is out of the tfimstion. as these snakes are of a very stationary and retiring nature. "The only explanation which the facts will admit is that the snake has been overlooked in the intervening territory of Florida. Georgia ami the remainder of South Carolina. Further close search should reveal additional specimens." Game Wardens Face 78 Below on Alaska Trip Anchorage, Alaska. ?Frank Dufresne, fur warden at Nome, and his trail assistant. Fay Delezene, a noted northern dog rougher, encountered some of the coldest weather known in the territory during a trip last win ici ??< hoi ui ui u?tr Aitnc r.rcie. Por ten days ai one stretch the mercury registered from ^2 to 7S degrees below aero, according to Dufresne. "An interesting fact." said Dufresne, "Is that when the thermometer registers 60 degrees below cr colder, animal life ceases :o move and burrows Jttto the snow, remaining there until the weather warms up. Loneliness Kills Bees Ants and Other Bug? Heidelberg, (Germany.?Loneliness win kill bees and other insects quicker than Irad food, says Prof. Wlihelm Goetsch, a German entomologist, who passed several years "studying the habits of all kinds of hugs. A bee must have companionship or he will tiie within Ave c\avs. Professor Goetseh declares, no matter how much hone> he may have on hand as food or regardless of how pleasant nits siMM'uuutU^M urr gtfllt* mii>. Deprive an ant of work and his friends arid he also will soon begin to mope and in a day or two he will curl up and pass away very comfortably Indeed, leaving the Impression behind that he did 9o intentionally. ??*? K K X K X * X * See# "Pearly Gates"; ? * Struck Down by Sight | * Hoqulora, Wash.?Rei>ortP that J % an Intoxicated man was lying in * * the street a few blocks from po * * lice headquarters sent policemen * j hurrying to the scene late at J * niglir, hut the man, Ernest De- 5 * oer told the officers he had just J * started home from an e* angel 1st 5 J meeting when he saw the pearly * * gates of heaven opening in the * sky and was struck down by the * * sight. He was perfectly sober. * afc * J the policemen reported. ? * * *JHHHC-***********^-***XXX M** T. vvbi -- y&Zp:' ?K j.*0 IP'SslSz -.^u-. l v;v. GREAT l.XPOSn ION IS ] PLANNED FOR TEXAS SL Louis World's Fair to Be j Outdone, U Hope. K"'Wi?- Try:.? Wii*W &0 (iutr. nor ! rrcu a yeir. has tx-M'ii fixrd j for the event, preliminaries for j ing a centennial exposition In Texas I have wen completed. A committee j of i lift / itlwon. mvI"- - ' ?>? . > w 'i? us iu niuu* sn.- | tions of the state has been chosen to ] direct development of the scores of contributory enterprises. The chairroan. of this committee is Cafo SdJf J of Dallas, who was commissioner of indjan affairs during the aurainistra tlon of Woocirow Wilson. At u recent meeting of the committee in Austin, at which a temporary organization was effected, it was x'i?eraUy agreed that the exposition shoe hi he held within three yef.rs. After the intv'dng. leading daily newspapers of the state exhibited far more enthusiasm than formerly ever the project and some of them have declared in favor of raising $.'vO,CRX).000 to ?33.000/> w> to carry it out. That fill! fv ?<if !rt*1 i/iiil 1 '. ?? ' ? ccaZe thna the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louie is generally agreed Among representative men. also that all nations nf the world should b- invited to participate. Probably no suhj?ot since Texas ? gained its independence from Mex- | Ico ?c 18:*> has so engaged and engrossed the people of the Lor^ Star ! state. The state's claimed 205,780 i square miles?its very biimess?as 1 !i as the richness and variety of [ its resources Impel the committee of 1G0 to attempt something big. Rose Named for Wife of President Wins Honors I m. ;uT >iM\ The Mrs. I'alvin Oxi'idge rose is ' fbe carac of the flowers held by ? young lady Ie the picture. They were i | ezlitbiipd at the annual show ?>f the | j Ameni itn Iris society. Mrs. CooUdge j j has ordered some ??f the plants set j I out In the O'hito Ronso gardens. Mrs. ' | F. M. Piorson of Tarr.vtown. v r., is | the originator of the species. Sells Napoleon's Flag* in Tiny Biis to Tourist* Pnr;$.?A watchman em ployed in j the Icvalides was recently arntfted, i charged with clipping bits ofT of Na! poleon's battle flags draped over the i emperor's lomb and .selling them as [ souvenirs to tourists at $10 a piece. i It is believed the watehmrtr. entirely i disposed of two tattle dags, cutting ; oft a tiny square of the- faded, blood j stained. shell-tattered bunting every ' time .m tourist was willing to pay a | snfficb at price. j ********XUXltKyKMXKKHH***** | | Playful Fireball 2 Rips Roads, Trees * * Loudon.?A ilrebaU played * 2 havo?? in Si ousted, Kssex, when * | J It struck the bottom of a tree % * trunk a ad started on a tour of * I i destruction, according to the + | J Stansted correspondent of the * x Dauy luronine, who was (iuri?Mi ^ * from his automobile by an ex- J I plosion the fireball caused. * Here is what happened: $ li tore away the trunk of a + 1 tree near its basis, without dam- 2 * agios the upper branches. ? J (Vuue up again under the road- * * way, with an explosion, several * $ yards away, tearing a large era- * | ter In the ground. j 2 Cut through a gas main, which * j bnmed afterwards for two hours. * I Knocked a motorcyclist off his * J machine. j J Smothered with dirt and stoue. # J Rowland Norman of Walpole t * farm, who was getting In his au- * ? tvtmobile. J J Traveled along a line ot * * barbed-wire fence for 40 yards, * j wrecking a wooden fence and * % blowing up portions of the * jjj ground. + Tore away a corner of a house. * j Broke many windows in neigh * * boring houses by its numerous * I explosions, and finally rolled J I hack near where it first appeared * $ and sank in the ground. jj PAGE SEVEN -- * 0Rl5*?Ue6LN3IS ViriiUALLY SiCPPEDj Bayers Must Try to Learn _ Source of Metal. Denver.?The game of "Wghgratd-! lag." woich hits been an nniioyaoee to the lulrtLiz of precious riieials through jot cat world. hu^ r?eefc <irtoaHr stopped In Colorado ur.ning camps during The fast ulne years as a result ot it* elf?.r:s of special agents worlr ing oader the direction of the secret , tary *'f state Id enforcing the Ore Buyers* act passed by the Colorado j assembly in 11*15. The term "hlghgniding" ceme from] the pra the originating ia tin* theft, and sale of high-grade metal ores by' Hiiin-rj- ma inc suosequcot conversion of the ores into gold and liver builion fcr sale to J he rihied States! Colorado mine owners had! tried '.n every ct'itcehliWc way to put a st<>j> to the practice, hut apparently i without aacceda* according to their re-1 ports to ' 1j?* c.u!bor?tie*. Change Boom* Installed. Sr>n>e mines operating with extremely vptuiiMfj veins Ihshdled "cltange j room.-" where workmen were required to change tfothlcg on entering and leaving iho mine, but even this scheme wue s-iM nd to have b?*en entirely effective ?s the certain surd! percentage of dishonest miners managed to find S'.rne way to smuggle ore outside. The Ore Buyers* act. passed after st hitler struggle between the Mine Owci :???ociotlnn and alleged "highgrading" interests, provides that buyers of precious metals must he licensed by the state and must post r. ! boild >f $5.0t>n for the faithful observance of the net. Tbe law requires such s buyer to make a diligent effort to 1 am where the vendor acquired h!?a ore end with what authority he 'e selling :t. Penalty for FaifiifylnQ. Giving false Information to a bnyer !b raa?5p ft punishable offense. In (his way 'he special hgr*xts have been nble to cli-M-i: the activities o* un.iutli ?r- j * laed Fellers. The virtual bottling up, of the illicit tnarkM is saW to have had the effect of stopping nhn-'sr entirely the surreptitbum removal oi ore. Si:c?- the l?*.v tvos adopted the number >f itcciisrd r?> hnyrs in the state has decreased froni 82 to 7. TVhr.Po onIV.rcptjienf -?f rho statute J dnt<?s from If* 17. when ?*lgl)t ,Af rw-?!ve alleged "hlfhgrn/lew" v.-ro given. prison s?Tile;ues of tw?? years each.! At fhe trial more- than h score <?f minors ?< stiriod that they bad gold ores to the licensed pier The successful operation of the. Colorado law has brought ah out 'he pnwsnsro ,,f similar laws in other western Writes , Broke in Argentina, He Scrubs Way Home Jvev i ore.? Benjamin I?. Snort, jolly 220-pt>under. his palms calloused from massaging the decks <?f a IjHer during (ti voyage from Kuenos Aires, smiled Jovially ?5s he helped lower the gangplank on which his wife. Mrs. Alice K. Short. end other passengers deharked here. "The long and short <>f It la."* said Mr. Short, arable to repress a smile, "that the Shorts were short of cash, j so I came up as lie of the cr w and Mrs. Short ate her way up. I'm not I afraid of rt and. besides. I was? WOJV-dlW :i:." I Mr. Slior; is an employee of the Buenos Aires office of the Standard ?>H fonip:s;i'- and returned there only a few months ago after a visit to his ; parents in St. Louis, which took most ! of his spa<*e a-h. Soon after his re; turn his mother and father died?-within ft month of each other?and he had ! to return to -*-itle their estate i Although he cuhied Ids attorney in J | St. Louis for u advance, he was i I told he would have 'o appear personally to collect, so he became an ableI bodied seaman. Bulgari. Sv/ailow Brings Back Message From India Sofia.?Two swallows of the spring; i have brought replies to message they! carried when they tutted for warmer J 1 dtaips lasi autumn. Ivan Stefauoff. a ' achooi teacher of a nearby village, wrote a message in French reading "Greeting from \v rouged nnd unhappv Bulgaria." and fastened ii under ihe wing v?i" a s vallow that nested in the eves of his house. When the birds returned recent)y he noticed one had a wrapping on its ieg and capturing it he found the following written in English : "Good tlror* will come for us. the wronged and ill-treated of the city of Meluni. Tndin. Feb. 18." Another experimenter received a more romantic reply to d message similarly .dispatched. He Is an official in Hasktwo and nis swallow brought him the following from Medina. Arabia: j "We beautiful daughters of Mohammed \ sigh for endearing words and caresses, i Ghul Patme, wife of Hassan Bey." Change to Be Made in Twelve Shipboard Crab i WRshir.jrton?Immediate conversion of an Initial r;roiip of 12 ahlppinp hoard cargo vtMtlt to Dicsel-prope'leri typos, la planned hy the board, whoso erpertsj hnvn Bann uhidvlr.tr fnr aov/?rr?1 ? ? ' .... . v ov.?.,XM(s (X 'Qiai ll'VUl'lS n program which eventually will involve ar expenditure of $25,000,000, the anioont authorized by congress for this purpose. President Coolldge has sliced ihe bill providing the means,' j and the established board was repre! sen ted oa prepared to adopt th< plan* drawn up by its construction ocgi| ueers. \ |
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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