VOL il
STUDY OF BIRDS
OBJECT OF TRIP
Prof. H. A Nininger to Go
From S. Dakota to Mexico.
McPherson, Kan. —A study of bird
ufe from South Dakota to Mexico City,
and back along the western coast of
Mexico and the United States to Can
ada, will be made this summer by
Prof. H. EL Nininger, head of the bio
logical department of McPherson col
lege here.
Professor Nininger will make the trip
under the auspices of the National
Ornithology society, and it is expected
to result In the most important dis
coveries in the Interests of ornithology.
The party will start from western
South Dakota and travel In a house
car tuilt especially for the purpose.
Care will be taken to keep well
ahead of cold weather, so that the
birds can be studied in advance of
the migratory period for the American
species.
Crossing the Rio Grande, the party
will continue south, gathering data on
Tiw species both rare and common to
Mexico. While there, the migratory
birds of the northland, which will
have soughf winter quarters, win be
closely observed.
From the City of Mexico, Professor
Nininger wijl move northward, travel
ing along-the western coast of Mexico
and the United States until the Ca
nadian border is reached.
Colleges and universities along the
in both countries have asked
Professor Nininger for his disclosures.
REAL "SKY PILOT"
Rev. Henry Hussman, pastor of a
Catholic church Ip St. Louis, Mo., has
become, at sixty years of age, an air
plane pilot. "I went out' to the flying
field in 1922 Just to see what It was
like," he says. "I took one look and '
decided I wanted to ride. Since that
day I have been an ardent aviator."
Rears Son on sl2 Week;
Learns Mate Is Wealthy
New York.—Alleging, while strug
gling on an allowance of sl2 a week,
that she discovered her husband, head
of two producing export corporations,
had grown rich and was maintaining
another woman in lavish clrcum- :
stances, Mrs. Helen A. McKee of>|s
Waverly avenue;, Lynchburg, L. 1., :
brought suit for divorce against Ren- .
ard A. McKee of Brooklyn.
Mrs. McKee, before Supreme Court
Justice May, asked SI,OOO a month
alimony and $2,000 counsel fee. The
couple hai'e a grown son, Harold. Mrs.
McKee obtained a separation eight
years ago. As her husband seemed
In sftaltened circumstances, only sl2
a week alimony was allowed.
Recently, Mrs. McKee said, she
found her husband was president of
the R. A. McKee corporation" and the
McKee, Fulton, Bart el corporation,
both of 201 Broadwny, and that his In
come was $50,000 a year.
Mrs. McKee alleged her husband'#
Brooklyn home Is one of the show
places of the neighborhood and has
an Italian garden on the roof and a
private bar In the basement, together
with a billiard and ballroom.
" ' - /%, I
Champion Freak Wager
Two members of the Turnverein
"Gut Hell" of Krefeld. Germany, are
rolling a barrel 9 feet high and 6
feet In diameter, along the German
frontier to win a wager. According
to the Conditions laid down they are
to roll this 709-pound cask around the
entire German border within n year.
This requires them to cover at least
6.9 miles dally. Thus fur have
averaged 12.2 miles since they started !
In January.
Motors for Many Par pete*
The Wool worth building in N#w •
York has a total of 1.200 electric :no
tors, used for various pursue*. One
thousand of these notors are at
•De-eifhm Uwfcepouer or icsa.
THE ALAMANCE (T LEANER.
Wanted Human Tit-Bit
to Top Off Pork Feast
New Guinea cannibals, apparently,
have a low sense of hospitality, says
Merlin Moore Taylor, In the Wide
World. He says that the mountain
folks had duly provided the usual
feast, but when their guests arrived
they had been seized with the desire
to top off their gluttonies with a bit
of human flesh, and accordingly at
tacked a visitor.
His life was saved by his fellow--
villagers after a free-foivall fight,
whereupon the mountaineers, although
disappointed. Insisted on a resumption
of the feast.
In New Guinea all mountain hamlets
are built upon the £ops of peaks which
offer a good view of the surrounding
country, "so that our approach was
seen long before we got to Kepollpoii,
the place where the feast had been
held. The Kepollpoii people, natural
ly, being none too easy in conscience,
thought so large a body must be an
avenging party, and. accordingly we
walked into a neat ambush. The re
ception committee consisted of not
only the Kepollpoii warriors, but all
their friends from near-by hamlets.
"We had descended a small ravine
and were following a well-defined trail
along It when the trap was sprung.
One moment, we were alone In the
jungle; the next the banks on each
side of us ,were covered with armed
natives. Fortunately for us, they did
not attack without warning, or our
situation would have been hopeless.
Probably the sight of white men
stayed their-hands."
Hard to Find Meaning
in Noise of Insects
The plaintive love-song of the crick
et, and all the other insect sounds that
are heard on a summer night may
have no meaning at all to the insects
themselves.
Judged by human ears, the test in-
Bect musicians of today belong to
rather primitive orders. The more
advanced groups, such as ants,
beetles, flies and butterflies, make no
sounds that we can hear, or else, at
most, only sounds that seem to us t(V
be nothing more than faint squeaks,]
buzzes, hums, or clicks. Whether the-
Insects themselves hear these sounds
has not been determined beyond
doubt. It should be remembered that.
In man's affairs at least, many sounds
are made without Intention, and even
contrary to desire—for example,
sneezing and snoring.
If the sounds made by Insects are
merely Incidental to friction between
purts of their body, then those sounds
have no biological significance, except
as they may betray the Insect to ita
enemies.
'Useful Wedding Present
"Didn't know you had a boy, Mr.
Dash," commented the hardware man
affably as his customer and neighbor
selects a complete kit of carpentering
tools, choosing for the most part the
Implements of the smallest and light
est sizes.
"Nope," agreed the customer, "this
is a wedding present"
"Are you Joking?"
"Not a bit of it My daughter's
getting married. Asked her what she'd
like for a present and she told me a
tool chest Keeping house for herself,
she claims, she Is going to have the
equipment to do her own odd Jobs
without using the poker for a hammer,
the scissors for'a saw, and her hus
band's razor blades for a Jackknlfe." —
Detroit Niews.
Historic Mutiny
The Bounty sailed from England in
1787, bound tor the Bociety Islands in
the South Pacific. As the result of a
mutiny Captain Bligh and nineteen of
his men were set adrift near Anna
mooka, one of the Friendly Islands, la
un open boat. After being at sea 40
days, the little band reached Australia.
Captain Bligh on his return to Eng
land published an account of the mu
tlny."Some of the mutineers were cap
tured and tried; of these six were con
demned to death and three executed.
Eight others colonized Pltcalra's Is
lands In 1789, and remained there un
known to the world until 1814, when
they were accidentally discovered-
Kansas City Times.
Many Worked on Vatican
The Vatican Is not the work of one
architect. It was built and added to
during a period of many years. Pope
Symmachus was the first to build a
residence on this site. Nicholas V
(1447-55) began a systematic policy
of improrlrlg the Vatican and this was
continued by the succeeding Popes.
The palace covers about 13V4 acres
and is said to contain over 1.100 rooms.
The buildings are of different styles
and epochs and were Joined together
by many architects. Among the most
noted architects and artists represent
ed Are Raphael, Michelangelo, Bra
mante, Bernini, San Gallo, Perufino, ■
Da Volterra, Vasari, Varese and Fon*
tana.
, GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1925
Excellent Idea Is
Umbrella "Exchange"
Brussels appears to be the only city
which, has a wen-organized umbrella
borrowing bureau. Tlie annual sub
scription is low, but if every umbrella
-•user were to Join such a society. Its
income would be enormous.
The idea Is rather similar to that
in force at "the British museum. Na
tional gallery and other public insti
tutions, where you are required to de
posit your,' "gamp" before being al
lowed to go round the guMfcrleji. You
get a ticket of metal, or a bone disk,
which will redeem your umbrella at
any
brella exchange, the umbrella Is not
your own, but the property of the so
lely. v
Each member, on paying his sub
scription, receives a token, usually of
metal stamped with an index number,
which he carries In his-pocket instead
of an umbrella in his hand. When
caught by the rai'i. all he has to do
's to to one of the society's agen
cies. which are tobacco shops, restaur
ncts and big stores, and hand over the
token, to be immediately provided
with an umbrella.
\> hr>n the rain ceases the borrower
deposits his umbrella in the next
agency he happens to pass, and In
exchange deceives another counter.
Rose Cashes That May
Be Classed a 5 Freaks
AF a rule rose bushes are not classed
with yews and oaks afnong the long
lived and ancient, hut o rose tree on
the w ull of llil(:cshe!m cathedral,
Prussia, can be traced back with cer
tainty to the Eleventh century. Its
main trunk lias a thickness of 20
inches, and the branches spread over
the wall to height of 25 feet.
The of Cl.illon, on Lake Ge
neva, in which the famous "Prisoner"
of Byron's poem was interned, has a
very large ross tree of unknown age,
and in the Marine gardens at Toulon
there Is one that spreads across a
space of SO feet by 15 feet, and which
has been known to bear 50,000 bloom*
at the same time!
The biggest rose tree in Europe is
in the Wehrle gardens in Friesburg,
Germany. Its stock Is a wild rose on
which a "tea \rose" was grafted 40
years ago. Today the -tush Is 120
feet high.
Bark "Wrapping Paper **
The Chop! Tibetans retain their In
dividuality partly because they inhabit
inaccessible mountains. At their cap
ital, Chonl, on the Tao river, lives the
hereditary Chinese ruler of 48 tribes
of this people. He can levy taxes,
quell rebellions and administer punish
ment, but the Chinese say of him. "He
has yie pig's head, but cannot find the
door of the temple." Tliey imply that
he is willing to give bribes to keep
his position, but too many officials ex
poet them, and he cannot tell which
deserve the largest. A recent study
of the province includes extensive
botanical and zoological observations.
One tree, known locally as the "red
birch," Is a boon to
shining, brown, papery bark, which
peels off in large, thin sheets, which
are used by Tibetans and Chinese for
wrapping butter and other food ar
ticles.
Tough Steak a Myth?
Tests So Indicate
Washington.—Meat eaterswho
have gained the Impression that
some of the beef out before tbem
Is more suitable for the manu
facture of automobile tires than
It is for human consumption ap
parently hav§- been misled by
their own temperaments.
They were disillusioned by bu
reau of standards experts who
have Just completed tests re
quested by the Department of
Agriculture to determine Just
how tough beef can be so stand
ards ryjght be fixed on the basis
of resistance, to mastication.
Using machines designed for
measuring resistance of fibers to
various stresses, the experts
found" eves the toughest piece of
meat supplied by the depart
"went too delicate to have any
valuable Indication of strength
sufficient for use except as a ta
ble decoration. With this mncli
established. 11. L. Whlttmore,
head of the bureau's mechanical
section, said that the task of
fixing statdard Moogt.ai ss for
beef would be continued with
more delicate machinery than
has hltkerto been utilized.
Advice by Wholesale
Physicians admit that a*fter all their
research they really know very little
about either the cause or the cure of
a cold. But then It doesn't matter.
Everybody else knows all about colds,
and will g>\e you free advice if yoa
give the slightest hint that you will
listen.—Kansas City Bta{.
HOW
'SENSE OF SMELL AIDS IN
DETECTION OF FLAVOR.—
What we ( know as taste Is a
somewhat more complicated
sense than la commonly sup
posed. Now, with the sense of
taste alone it Is only possible to
detect four flavors, which are
sweet, sour, bitter and salt. All
the more delicate flavors are
discerned with the aid of the
sense of smell. This is easily
proved by holding the nostHls
when eating any kind of Jam,
for instance. In such conditions
It Is quite Impossible to detect
the speciui flavor of the fruit.
A yet more curious point Is to
be found in the fact that the
ability to taste is to an extent,
>at any rate, dependent upon
sight. Few persons can detect
the difference between beer and
stout If they drink with their
eyes closed. There are also a
certain number of persons about
who cannot tell tea from coffee
if they shut their eyes when
drinking.
Most of the men blinded dur
ing the war lost all pleasure In
smoking; they said the tobacco
had nojlavor to thtfm. In many
cases by using stronger tobacco
the lost pleasure In smoking has
been regained. An interesting
test for ordinary people, sug
gests a Scientific American au
thority, is to close the eyes
while smoking a pipe or a cig
arette. It Is amazing' the dif
ference that It makes, proving
beyond all doubt that seeing the
curling smoke has a great deal
to do with appreciating the
aroma of the tobacco.
So all this seems to indicate
that, after all, the senSe of smell
and sight are highly important
In exercising our full sense of
taste.
How Man Is Affected
by Climatic Changes
How far change of climate and lo
cality will in the course of time mod
ify physical characters Is a point upon
which there appears to be a conflict
of evidence', says Prof. James A. Lind
say In the Nineteenth Century. The
Jew, so careful of the preservation of
his racial purity, seems In all coun
tries to retain his physical characteris
tics. It Is said that after six gener
ations the British residents In Bar
bados show no variation from the av
ers ge"Xjiglo-Saxon type. On the oth
er hand, there Is evidence that a com
pany of a few hundred Germans of
Wurtemberg. who In the year 1810 set
tled in Transcaucasia, In a few gener
ations lost many of their original fea
tures, and became approximated to
the prevailing Georgian type, although
there had been no Intermarriage.
There Is some reason to believe that
the United States Is developing an
American type of which squareness of
Jaw Is one of the features. In Aus
tralia there Is an Impression that the
X»fung Australian of the third or the
fourth generation is developing a rel
atively tall and slender figure, the so
called "corn-stalk" type, although It
may be doubted whether the physique
of the Australian military forces In the
great war corroborated this view. The
whole subject Is alngulariy obscure.
How Brain Affects Eye
The man who Is clumsy with his
hands, who cannot perform delicate
tasks with tools, shoot straight or play
such a game as baseball probably
lacks a correct balance between the
muscular systems of his two eyes,
E. C. Clements, British physician and
aviator, t/>ld the psychologists of the
British Association for the Advance
ment of Science. This observation re
sulted from studies of eye disorders
which rendered British pilots incap
able of landing airplanes successfully
during the war. Two factors are In
volved In successful binocular vision,
he said. The Impulses which are re
ceived from the two eyes must be In
terpreted correctly by the brain. In
response, to this stimulus there must
be_aflcfent coordination of the muscle*
responding. In many eases, says the
Medical Journal and Record, such de
fects can be removed by special visual
training exercises.
How Police Train Horses
The school for training
horses at London attracts p'flice au
thorities from all over the world. Po
lice horse's are not recruited from any
special breed, although good steck of
fers itself better to work wlfh. To
teach them to not get., excited, the
trainers place the raw horse* in a
great srena with traln*d «nfmals, and
su'hlenly, without wsrnlng, drop hun
dreds of fluttering flags icto their
midst. The peaceful, denxnip.-r "f the
trained horses soon Is lmirartel to the
raw animals. This and similar tricks
soon make them }nvulnerable to ex
citement from such causes.
Spotlight of Wprld
Turned on Minister
' The minister Is looked upon as the
leader of the community. He stands
on a high pedestal. The church atmos
phere, the organ, the painted windows,
the silence, the solemnity, set him off
and apart from his fellows. There is
something of enchantment and mys
tery about him. Wisdom must flow
from the fountain head, and whnt the
poor overtaxed man can give is mere
words, and sometimes dull ones at
that. -
He must stand a little stralghter,
keep himself aloof, talk dogmatically,
and be Just a little above his fellows.
That makes the minister a rather lone
some man, spiritually.
He cantiot share himself wlfh his
fellow. He must share the pretended,
artificial self wltS them. He does that
unconsciously, of course, but that only
makes hjm a more unfortunate'person
still. He gradually Identifies himself
with the thing people think he is, and
his real self goes withering away, and
his real personality loses its force and
character and significance.—A Minis
ter's Son, In Century Magazine.
Gap Johnson Knows
Value of Discretion
"A feller driving along in an old ■
hoot in' nanny car Jast night Wth Its
lights out, ran onto a mule that was
laying in the road In front ot Iloot
Holler's house," related Gap Johnson
of Rumpus Ridge. "The durn mute
started to get uf> Just as the car ran
onto him and knocked him over.
driver of the car gave a hoot of his
horn and a yell from himself, and the
mule laying on his back began to kick
and squeal. . •
" 'Say, what are you trying to do ,
with my mule?' yelled Its owner, ran-'
ning out of his house.
" 'You better ask him what he's try- j
Ing to do to me and my carl* the fel
ler hollered right back.
"And as I'd seed and heered this
much and hadn't no desire to mix in
a fight, being as I was all down In
the hack, I Just went on and never did
find out the rest of It"—Kansas City
Star.
Forgers Find England
Harsh to Their Trade
London.—Scotland Yard officials say
offenses for forging money are on the
decline, owing largely to the difficul
ties of copying the Bank of England
notes.
Scotland Yard has a, branch, similar
to the United States' secret service,
which devotes Its time almost entirely
to keeping tab on counterfeiters. De
tectives of this bureau work with the
aid of dealers In paper. Ink, machinery
and other apparatus usually required
by counterfeiters, and In most in
stances swoop down on the offenders
before they have had a chance to mar
ket their homemade money.
Art and the Haddock,
On one of the pl.-rs in Portland an
old fishmonger .told the legend of the
queer markings on the haddock. Just
abaft the fish's gills are two dark
blotches, ifke bruises, one on each
side. And from ench of these marks
runs a straight dark line back toward
the tall. The haddock, said this fish
erman. was the fish with whlcl* Christ i
fed the multitude (though that*s»unds
unlikely). This so annoyed the devil
that he tried to aven>£ himself oa the
species. He seized one, holding It
tightly (hence the bruise mark), but
It slipped away. The devil's finger nails
made the long scratches on each side;
since, when all haddocks carry that
pattern. And beauty. In any nrt. Is
Just as elusive as that haddock. It
cannot be nabbed between the thumb
and finger of any manifesto.—Chris
topher Motley, In the Saturday Re
view of Literature.
Totality
The little fellow at- the corner, sell
ing papers, looked so forlorn ahd wist
ful that the passing stranger couldn't
forbear speaking to him.
"What's your name, sonny?" he
sakfcdX *
"Jim,* was the reply.
"Jim what?"
"Just Jim."
"Well, what.'s your father's name?"
"Ain't got no father."
"Well, who's your mother—brothers
—sls*er*?B
"Ain't got none."
"No one at all?" asked the man In
pity.
"Nope." the boy answered. "When
you seen me you done seen all there
Is of us."—American legion Weekly.
Imprisoned by Bees
Louisville. Ky.—The family of Ma
thlas Poschinger were held virtual
prisoners all day In their home by
bees, estimated to have numbered 00,-
000. The bees, vagrants from a near
by wood, took possession of the Paocb-
Inger front porch. Every attempt of
the besieged family to gain freedom
wss promptly blocked by the Insects.
Surely That Was Big
Point in Ccr's Favor
The motor car salesman was show
ing a prospective customer round ,thp
ahow rooms.
Several of the splendid exhibits
caught the client's eye, but none were
sufficiently powerful to cope with his
desire for speed. There was one, how
ever, that he thought of buying, only
the parts which might go wrong were
most inaccessible.
"If only one didn't have to crawl
under the thing I'd buy it," he con
fided to the salesman.
"Oh. if that's the trouble," replied
the latter, "I can soon set you right."
He led the way to where a shining
piece of glory on four wheels glistened
In the morning snn.
"This Is our finest speed car," he
said, turning to the customer. "Just
the very thing you -want Right up to
date. You'll never have to crawl un
derneath this one, sir."
"You.don't?" said the other, is sur
prised tones.
"No," went on the agent; "if the
slightest tiling goes wrong with the
mecliatiism the cur automatically turns
upside down."
TVo Fixed Price for
Gospel in the East
Two pice, equal to one cent, will
purchusu a gospel in India. In China
a gospel Is purchasable for one-twelfth
of a cent, although It costs three times
as much to prtiduce. Very often, when
money is lacking, Bible sellers receive
payment in kind. In Korea, for ex
ample, a colporteur took two ears of
corn for a gospel; ahd another ex
changed five .gospels for-as many po
tatoes. A third, reported the receipt
of 80 pg«s and' two pairs of straw
shoes in payment for books. A drink
ing horn was accepted in Brazil for a
New Testament. In India a gospel Is
often given for an egg. A missionary
in Ceylon jvho met a man who wished
to buy a gospel, but had no money,
gave him the book In exchange for
some beans wblch he was engaged In
sorting.
v Meerschaum Pipes f
Meerschaum is the name given to
one of tile silicates of magnesium. It
is a mineral of whijte,, creamy color,,
and receives Its name from its appear
ance ftrd the positiqp In which It Is
sometimes found, suggesting that It
was petrified foam from the sea. It
Is obtained from various places, but
the best quality comes from Asia Mi
nor. Rleh deposits of it exist at a
place called Sepetdje, about twenty
miles from Eskichehlr. It Is soft
w hen dug. but becomes hard when dry.
Most of it is sent to Vienna, or was
before the war, where it was made
into tobacco pipes, many of them
hlfchly artistic. Similar pipes are
made In London ami Paris. The pipes
are cut into shape and afterward pol
ished.
Among the Lost Arts
When a knifa«r>r a sword is broken
in btilf. present-day skill is unable to
mend the article without destroying
the temper. Yet In the early part of
the last century there lived in a small
Weleh village a blacksmith who was
able, within half an hour, 'to weld
broken swords so skillfully that none
could detect the Joining. Ills secret
died with him. How the ancients
mixed their painting colors Is still an'
unsolved mystery. Many pictures on
tin' walls of tiie excavated city of
Pompeii look fresh today, and even
the painted notleqr of an election
about to take place when the unhappy
city was destroyed still tell travelers,
in vivid colors, for whom to vote.
t.oolting Up in the World
Tie In t we saw of the Mji Wand
ers was a blue!: form »il: appearing
Into the underbrush v.ith a shirt tail
Happing In the breeze. This was back
la li e days when we studied geogra
phy, and in our day dreaming of rov
ing about the wortd the liji Islands
were or.e place we did not want to be
shipwrecked on. The Islanders liked
their steaks done too rare. But how
the world changes! "Here we read
that the Fiji Islanders want a Rotar
dub. We hope the FlJlnns have not
misinterpreted Rotary's slogan: "He
profits most who serves best" —Mil-,
wauVee Journal.
Rare A merit an Stamps
The first oflicial use of postage
stamp* was sanctioned by act of con-,
gress of March, 1847. On July 1, 1847,
the first stampn were issued. They
were a 5-cent and a 10-Vent stamp. The
Sn*nt stamp bore the likeness of
franklin, while'the 10-cent stamp bore
the portrait of Washington frura
Stuaru's painting. Professional't imps
were issued prior to 1547 an 1 were
used by postmasters at some of the
larger unices. They consisted of nn
lmpre*«?on pint;d u; n I t.rs with
Impr IHi sgch hs "paid the
name of tie ce, etc. V; ■..? t-iitaips
are very ro - e arid are , toe uost
vaioablc tn«.ia
NO. 29 t
AMOY ONCE WORLD'S
GREATEST TEA PORT
Trade Hard Hit When Ja*
pan Grabbed Formosa.
| 2
Washington.— "Amoy, China, one at.
tl}e port* at which the presence of
warships has been requested to protect
foreigners, has a place in the history
of the American Revolution, although
few Americans know It," says a bul
letin from the Washington head
quarters of the lVatlonal Geographic
| society. "It was from Amoy, then
the world's premier tea port, that the
ship sailed in 1773 which figured some
! months later in the famous 'Boston
Tea Party,' ,
, "Amoy was one of the eartiest Cht
nese cities to have contracts with the
West The Portuguese established
j themselves there in 1644, but were ex
pelled before long. The British thea
' began operations in Amoy and con
tinued trading through that port ex
clusively until 1730 when were
i ordered to change to Canton. For a
i Ion? time Aruoy was the world's lead-
I lng port In tea exportation, but for a
! century tills trade has been declining;
Loss of Formosa Great Blow.
"The greatest blow to Amoy trade
came in 18SM when Formosa, Just off
thrt Chinese coast from Amoy, waa
taken from China by Japan. For.
tuftsin tea and other products had
reached the world through Amojr.
Since Japan took over the big island
Its own ports have been developed
and trade worth millions of dollars
annually Ims been lost to Amoy.
"Aiuoy is still a big city, however,
with a population of about 150,0001
And nothing can take from It the dis
tinction of having one of tii# best har
bors on the Pacific. Like Hongkong,
the town is situated on an island-
Amoy island, which has a circumfei l - -,
ence of 35 ntfles. The nearest pen
insula of the mainland is three miles
away. The arms of the island and
the mainland inclose a large bay,
whose mountninous shores and islets
make this body of water one of the
picturesque spots of the Chinese coast.
Outside Amoy Island a string of Is
lands, stretching north and south,—
forms an excellent natural breakwater
which adds to the value of /Amoy's
great, deep harbor.
"The native city of Amoy has two
parts; the old and new cities, divided
by a low range of hills topped by old
battlements. The site of both is it
self the steep slope of a larger hill
which rises to barren, bowlder-capped
summits behind the town. The streets
are narrow, steep affairs in which no
vehicles but sedan chairs can be used.
Kven the grandiloquently named *Cho
anchow Highway' is little more than
s footpath over which an occasional
donkey picks his way.
"Amoy is popularly accorded a
world's record, but it is not one to be
shouted about by proud citizens. Many
travelers who have seen the unspeak
able fil(h and smeiled the indescrib
able odors of certain oriental
assert that In dirtiness and insanitary
conditions Amoy is the Abou ben Ad*
hem of cities. Because of this situ
ation Amoy is frequently visited bjr,
cholera and plague
"Then; Is a great golf in the matter
of conditions —and half a mile of aait
water—between Atnoy and its foreign
settlement This is on Ko-i«ng-sa, a
small Island which lies between Amoy
and the mainland. With/ its conso
lutes and residences built among shady;
trroves, its schools, hospitals, churches
and hotels, and above all with its san
itation along western lines, this little
oasis, Is known as the Paradise of
South China.'
Open Door for Emigrants;
"Amoy is a great gateway for cooUa
emigration, especially to Singapore and ■
Past Indies. About 75,000 natives em
bark at Amoy each year, and only a
small part of this number retains.
Nearly every family In Amoy has one
or more members abroad, and, since
tlie decline of the port's trade, eco
nomic disaster is staved off largely
by the remittances sent home by these
expatriates. This 'tribute* to Amoy
amounts to more than $12,000,000 an
nually.
"The largest and deepest draft ves
sels in the world can be accommodated
easily in Amoy'a commodious harbor.
Because of Its excellent harbor facili
ties, Amoy -was selected by the Chi-,
nese government In 1908 as the port'
at which to receive and fete a section
of the United States fleet then on Its
famous trip around the world."
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Petroiram s Origin p
The origin or jetroleuiy is » matter
it moch speculation. It Is probably
produced In part.Jo' ">•? *!" w deconi- ,
position of both bftimal an ! vegetal®#
matter deeply burled in stV.iinenUug ?
rocks; and In part l>y the 'vriaentalkpf».
and decay of organic natter at ths
earth's surface, t?ie resulting oil being |
deposited contemporaneously with thtf
rocks in which it is preserved. Some ■
petroleum may also be produced by
vha action of water on deeply buried
metallic carbides.