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KASHMIR MOUNTAIN i |
GARDEN OF INDIA
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One of Most Richly Enjdowed
of Beauty Spots. i
Washlngton.-^-News of the tleath of 1
the maharajah of Kashmir jqpcently c
directs attention to one of th^ wealth- c
lest thrones In India. The country famous
as the "land of nlghtlhgales and i
roses-' is said to bring an income to \
its ruler in excess of $5,0(XI,000 yearly, j
"Kashmir's real weidth, however,
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cannot be measured in terms of
.money," says a bulletin frpm the
Washington headquarters of the Na- '
tlonal (Jeographic society. ' "Anyone *
making a list of the ten most richly J
endowed of nature's beauty spots i
I would have to Include, In a represents- _
tive list, this vale set amidst the tow- ,
. ering Himalayas. One traveler asserts
| 'it Is impossible to know what color I
and depth, and proportion are until
one has visited this "Happy Vqlley" in
the Himalayas.'
Complete Circle or mountain*.
'"The state of Kashmir in India *
spreads over an area equal t;o that of |
Minnesota, but it is usually the so;
called 'Happy Valley' that Is assoeint- '
ed with the name of Kashmir. Not
on the slopes of the Himalayas, hut |
set down deep anions theih. Is the
vale that has Inspired so ouatiy writers
of poetry, prase and music, and which, 1
In former years, gave to the world one
jof tiie most beautiful and delicate of '
all fabrics made by homan hands?the '
Kashmir (or cashmere) shawl.
"The Vale of Kashmir, a wide. level j
plain 84 miles long and DO to miles
wide, has been compared to. a transplanted.
peaceful Thames valley, with j
a girdle of high, I snowcapped tnoun-j{
tains. Its charming coinhinntions of j |
lake and mountajn scenery, wooden .
chalets and winding roads, are much t
like those of Switzerland, except that j
there is always a white horizon, a j
complete circle of snowy peaks. On ,
a clear day the mountains glisten In \ (
the sunshine like 'the battlements and
towers of some fairy city Of purest ]
marble.' J i
."These mountains, the loftiest in |
the world, have helped to make Kash- j
nllr the primitive beauty spot ^t is' today.
They are i Kashmir's strongest
battlements against the# encroachments
" .if.? ...ni..k
of the white man s civilization?win
has so greatly altered fhe more ac- ,
eesslble parts of India.
"With a latitude about that1 of
Damascus, or of the Oarollnas in the
United States, and a protecting wall
of mountains, the Vale of Kashmir has
none of those extremes of heat and ;
cold which make the districts to the
north and south so uncomfortable at
times. Flowers / and trees of many
varieties grow In profustai. Sometimes
a sudden chance in temperature
nearby will result In a snowstorm on
the surrounding mountain peaks, a
vivid and Interesting spectacle from
the valley. In the winter the hiercury
drops a little below freezing. 'During
the summer the thermometer sometimes
shows a temperature of 105 degrees.
"The weaving of shawls used to be
the main Industry, but those Wjho made
ithem were 'practicably slaves, who
were never allowed to leave JitTshtnir.
It has Deen said that every shawl cost
the eyesight of ope or more persons.
The shawl Industry was brought to an
pnd by the Franco-Prussian war In
1870. /
"A treaty between the state of
Kashmir aqd the British government,
J?y which six shawls of fine quality
tnust be paid yearly. Is said to be the
" only thing that prevents the knowledge
of the art from dying out among the
natives. One of the most beautiful
designs Is the 'cone' pnttern; another
favorite Is the 'ring'' shawl, which,
though not transparent. Is so soft that
it can be easily drawn through a
finger ring. American whalers and
Balling vessels plowing the Pacific 50 i
years ago invariably made their way
into the ports of India to obtain one i
of these prized light wraps as a gift
for the women vaiting at home.
"Main Slreet" a River.
"The main suiprise and the delight'
f this romantic taalley today Is Srtna
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far, the capital] 'the Venice of the!
East'. Through the vale winds the-.
Jhelum river, fed by the Icy Himalayan
springs, occasionally, forming beautiful
lakes of sky-blue water- The
"main street' of Srinagur is thisj
river, and facing the river are the!
palace of the maharajah, the government
buildings, and dwellings. On the
river, and the numerous canals that
intersect It, live l.r>,000 people in boats.
Qver the Jhelum are many large
bridges of wood, built on" piers of
crossed horizontal logs. What the lit- i(
tie chaletlike houses lack In archl- I
tectnral elegance, they make up In j
plcturesqueness, and In the spring
their sod-covered roofs blossom forth |
with fresh green grass, delicate mauve)
Irises, and In some cases with
gorgeous scarlet Kashmir tulips.
"Near the capital, and gracing the!
shores of the lakes of the Jhelum. are |
, the beautiful summer gardens of many ]
of the former rulers of the country, i
Some of them, such as the Shalimnr, j
where tne Aryan youm sang or rne j
pftle hands"he loved, are In ruins, but |
nature has been kind and even in ruins
they possess a dreamy loveliness that
puts man's handiwork to shame. On
an autumn evening, when the avenues
of Chenar trees are tinged with gold
and russet, when the lofty mountains
behind them take on every shade of
blue and purple, and the long lines ot
fountains sparkle in the rays of the
getting sun, it would be difficult to find
match for them elsewhere."
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Medicine Cheap and Good
Here's a French physician who advises
us to walk on the front of the
feet, In order to stimulate the action !
of onr lungs.
"Walk on the front part of the foot,"
says this Professor Amer, "at the rate (
of 190 steps a minute, with the head
up and the calves stiffened, a quarter I
of an hour, morning and evening." I
This medicine, comments an observer, i
can be taken by anyone, costs nothing
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ruild, and Mrs. C. P. Burnett for the j c]
Auxiliary, read admirable reports of 10J
he; women's work for the Parish, i E
onimunity and the missionary fields j A
if the Church. j | il
The vestry .as elected for the eh$u- j di
hg year is as follows: Hon. F. P., M
TaOnn senior warden: Dr. Allen J. I pi
hituy art receivtu?
i 8-hour-service] at
1 and practically all of thi
the oalancc on the .
following day? ,
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hild's'wu.v, and hi- departed forthwith, u
It was at dinner that the tragedy oe- 1
urred. Seeing Uie imposing old hut- b
er hovering near the table, i young Itoy (i
. licked his lingers and beckoned in a a
rulv imperial manner. d
"What do you want, dear?" asked ei
lis aunt, from the top of the table, ! a
vhilst all eyes were centered on the | *
lelighted boy.
"ij was going to ask the man." said i h
itoyj Indicating the butler with his ' tJ
jpoo|n, "to blow my soup for me?it'? n
too ^iot!" j b
Trace Term "Mugwump*'
to Algonquin Indiant b
The first general use of the term ; ,
"mugwump," as applied to a deherter ! f
from a political purty. was during the j (
Presidential campaign of 18S4. j ^
On June 15 of that year a newgpa- g
per In New York referred to the lnde- v
pendent Republicans who had desert- !
ed, Blaine as "mugwumps," and the p
word was Immediately ^taken up all ?
over the United States as a fit apnel- t
lation for the disaffected Republic* ns
calling themselves "Independents." j.
The word is supposed to be of Ah n
gonquln origin and was used by the f
Connecticut Indians as a synonym for j.
captain, leader or superior person. In e
the modern political meaning It Is applied
satlricully to those who consider
themselves superior to their former
partisan associates.
The word was Incorporated Into the <
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American language long o?i?re u ?utalned
Its modern political significance,
being often used in New England and
the Middle West us a synonym for
dude, pbarlsee, etc.?Chicago Journal.
Historic Islands
Bedloe's Island, on which the 8tatue
of Liberty stands, was ceded to the
United Stages government for the purpose
of harbor defense and It wus occupied
by Fort Wood. We do not find
a record of any military prison on tfie
island, though soldiers may have been
held In detention there. The neighboring
Governor's island has a military
prison. It Is interesting to note
that Bedloe's island or Liberty 'Island
"^Charles
^^fany o/1our orders a rt\ yv
\ shipped the same day |
t rvey, junior warded; Hume Fraser, j R1
Jerk; 1). S. B'.ois, treasurer; Dr. ! ki
Carle Grady, Dr. Marion C. Palmer, G
)r. \V. W. Gray, J. Foster Searles, A
). It. Andrews, Henry Bray, J. N.
lacksou, K. W. Frost and G. H. It
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Imagine the Shock h
to Butler't Dignity I ^
Little Roy, oil. the occasion of tils jr
tfghth birtliduy, received an invitation y
o his rich aunt's house. As he would lr
itay a few days and had never been g
tefore, his mother carefully primed p
tint before hand. j if
Special reference was made to his | E
tonduct at meal times, for in his own j y
tome Ko.v consumed bis food In more j
>r less the same way that the lower
inlmuls do.
"Now, ltoy," said his mother, "be [
;ure y m behave nicely, and don't bolt It
rour food. Remember that auntie j o
:eeps a butler xvlio will attend to all r
our wants, hut there Is no need to be c
tightened of him." ti
"itii'iit-.iio!" saiil Itov In the modern a
ISS PARISH MEETING
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Other officers of the Parish are J.
oster Searles, superintendent of the
lurch school; Mrs. jC. P. Burnett,
ganist and cjhoir dirbctor; Mrs. W.
. Kilpin, choii mother; Miss Minerva
vant, president of the! Woman's Auxiary;
Mrs. Anna, Beach vice presiaut;
Mrs. D. S. Blois,' secretary, and
frs. C. P. Burnett, treasurer. The
resident of the Woman's Guild is
of Caret
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nne Nash, treasurer.
Refreshments were served by Mr-s.
. C. Remick and Mrs. Grady on bealf
of the Guild.
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as lately Been transferred to icivii
ratus, having heretofore been copsldred
a part of ttie military post of*
ort JVood. By proclamation, In 1924,
re statue was made a national lnonulent
and its base a national park.! The
overnment now makes separate; apropriutions
for the army post on the
ilaptf and for the upkeep of the statue,
uost of this being for lighting,?
Washington Star.
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Playing-Card Figures
The figures of the four suits of piaylg
cards are supposed to have been
riglnnll.v Intended for symbolical
epresehtations of the four great
lasses of men and the names atii9hed
to these figures In England
roee from a nusapprebenslon of the
tames originally assigned to them,
lua, says om| authority, by the
arts are meant the gends de rhoeur
ooeor}, the ebotrmen or ecclesiastics,
nd hence these are called copas. or
ha&cee, by the Spaniards. Their word
3>ada, sword, Indicating the nobility
nd wsuiluia of state, has been eoropted
Into the KngHah spade. The
tube were originally trefles (trefoil
saves) and denote peasantry; while
It* ctttsena and merchants were
jarfced by the diamonds (carreaux,
qoane tiles)
Preserving Egga
Of the many methods which hare
een tried for preserving eggs on a
mall scale none has proved more
oocessful than the nse of water glass
odium silicate). Pure water that
as been boiled and then cooled
hould be used. To each ten quarts of
rater one quart of water glass should
e added. The solution should he preared,
placed In a Jar or crock, and
he fresh eggs added from time to
[me until the jar Is filled; but bo sure
hat there are two inches of the- so tlon
covering the eggsj The eggs
aust not be washed before packing,
or washing Injure? the keeping quajty,
probably by dissolving the muQagtnoug
coating.
Real Estate Bargains
Peter Minult's bargain lot of real
s^tate? Manhattan Island?purchased
torn the Indians for a value of leas
ban $24, has a parallel In another
ttlonlal real estate transaction
ifought to the attention of the Naijonal
Association of Real Estate
bards by the board of realtors of the
ifanges and Maplewood, N. J. The
erritorv now en>braced, in the cities
?f Orunge and East Orange, the town
>f West Orange, the village of South
)range and the township of Maplevood,
estimated to contain the homes
if one-tenth of the population of the
Jnlted States, was bought from the
Vlnacksop and Shenacktoe Indians In
.078. The consideration, according to
>avld Lawrence Plerson, historian of
:he locality, was "thirteen kans of
urn, three coats and two guns."
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17 A LITE lof health muy not be reckoned
In dollars and cents. Two
thousand .{ears ago there was peraaps
some excuse for the gastronome,
hut today tjhere Is none. Tlie way to
health lies in a balanced diet. Hippocrates.
^he father ! of medicine,
| figured along the same lines hack 450
I B. C. llej expressed the belief that
the science of medicine had its be- j
! ginning in! the efforts of men and
women -to find better and smoother
diets.
Diet in the home totjlay is becoming
a matter of premier eonsidera
tion. Women are taking cognizance
of those important food elements
known as vltamines. They have
learned, alio, the benefit to.the human
body 'of such minerals as iron,
calcium an<ji phosphorus.
This knowledge has resulted in the
housewife ijlnnning her menus with an
eye open to dietary values, which is
the big' reason why milk has assumed
such a large place In the menu bf the
American ramny. 3111K contains every
structural element for body building.
It Is an almost perfect food. [Despite
the best refrigeration facilities, milk
will keep sweet only a short time.
Millions of American housewives have
solved this big problem by using evaporated
milk,! which Is simply fresh '
cow's milk ' sterilized In cans to
achieve keeping qualities; and with
sixty per cent of the water retrieved;
Evaporated milk Is not the same as
I condensed nflk, although many persons
confuse the two. The condensed
product Is a! combination of mill! and
I sugar cane in a two-fifth cane suirar
, and three-fiftjh milk proportion. Evaporated
milk has nothing but Water
taken from It and nothing at nil added
Sugar Is the preservative used In
manufacturing the condensed product,
while heat ;only Is the preservative' .
for evaporated milk. For this reason
the evaporated product may be used
In any way In which market milk Is
used.
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Cause for Rejoicing
That optimists se$ .only the cheerful
side of events because It is their nature
to do so, and not because they
are the beneficiaries 0^ constant good
fortune, was ilfcstrated by a mishap
that befell a man noted for his buoy1
ant spirits. A friend, calling at his
office, found him laughing heartily.
| At his feet lay the fragments of a miri
ror, which he explained, he had Just
broken accidentally. "But why are
you bo merry about li 7" the friend
Inquired. "Why don t you see,"
laughed the optimist; "it limits my
bad luck to seven yeare."
Sunlit Minds
Studies by physicians and scientists
in England reported at the congress
j of the Royal Institute of l'ubllc
Health, held at Brighton, England, In* [
dlcate that sunlight, "either natural or
artificial, when properly administered,
may have a definitely beneficial effect
on mental activity." It was found that
children handicapped In school work j
by Illness, when cured with the aid of j
sunlight caught up with and even outdistanced
their classmates.
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An amusing Indit n story is trans- }
lated into English Ly I'andlt Shyama
Shankar, an Indian scholar who Is also
well versed in English. Four Mohammedans
were offering prayers at a
mosque. One, by chance, said something
not belonging to the prayer. The
man next to him cried out: "You fool, i
you have spoken out In the midst of >
your prayer. Therefore all your prayer
goes for nothing." "And yours?" cried
out the third man. "You, too, have
spoken, so your prayer cannot have j
any effect." T"_e fourth man muttered
to himself: " They are all speaking.
Thank God I am not!"
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A young Scotsman took his lass to
i high-class motion picture theater In I
London. It was in the afternoon, and
presently an attendant came to them I
with tea ami cake on a tray. "How j
nuch?" the young man inquired cau- I
tlously. '''There is no charge," an
swered tlie attendant. In silent woncer
the j'buth and his lass sipped their
t ?a and munched their cake. Two
hours later, after they had witnessed
a performance, the girl whispered,
"We must he going. It's past all
o'clock." "Not me. lass," he replied,
"i'ou can go if you like, but I'm staying
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BANK AND IRifl
(Continued fr<-tn
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| tommittee and tin , ,.(
both of which wopthe
stockholders, ah . .1
were present.
Fo lowing these |?,]
in at: able address I,
far-reaching and M
I Mr. W. T. Matntii) it s, . . ....
II he subjtct of his n e
j Henry Gibbs iti a f,
words brought out ;i. .
[operation. Solon ismade
\ eryhody ores. .
tli. y lived in Polk ,
Jackson in a vers I.
to gtft things yon
pressed it, "Know lit
and then go after it
mncn 10 uie jjrut 11: .
Tallant. Between ii:
the radio other inter .. ^B
made by Air. \V. A .
Lewis and Fred W.
In the business tie
holders voted unaninit.n !v |(,^B
resolution made by ill. !?;>^B
(ectors at their Decern! :
ocrease the bank's cape fl
$15,000 \o $25,0011 as s*.
rectors deem advisable. ; v
ment of the bank is
keep pace with this fa>: . ;
munity. The old bank i,;
were re-elected and iinm'.-.i^-^H
the stockholders adjourn..!
a brief meeting in \\ h.< h
their oath of office and djH
W. T. Hammett, ,prosit!'. :,t B
lumbus Cotton Mills, vt<
and Mr. P. S. Lewis a.-d.-n^B
ier. The officers of tin :./^B
as follows:
J. R. Sams, chairman .,
E. W. S. Cobb, presid-m.
Frank Jackson, vie ...^B
W. T. Ilammett, vie- n-B
Fred W. Blanton, vi< ;H
cashier.
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P. S. Lewis assistant
M. L.; Arledge, assistant'cidB
So great was the wmn. -I
meeting until it was tlcd.d J
the annual stockholders' a...?
the form of a banquet ajauii vfl
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