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VOLw 1(7. * ; ;; ■ , ■ . ~ ■ " "" * ” ” '’' Here are shown girl athletes of Berf.a using the rhoastnd, a new training apparatus the hoop arrange ment le suid to be an Weal solution of the problem of training all the muscles of the body at the same tim “ ■ - ■ ... ___ U- S. Documents Eagerly Sought . ■ ~— ; — ♦ Public Purchases 7,770,782 Governifient Publications ~ in a Year. Washington.—The document divi sion of the government printing of fice, which, under the superintend ent of documents, has charge of the distribution and Hole j>£..pearly all government publications, except those allotted to members of congress, last year made sales amounting to $487,- 922.63, an increase over the preceding year, and $194,551 more than for the fiscal year 1021, ac cording to George H. Carter, United States .public printer. In the fiscal year 1925 the docu ment division sold 7,770,782 copies of various government publications, an Increase of 626,041 over the sales fjjr 1924. Most of these publications vjiC. ordered by letters, of which 375, were received during the year. A.j large number also were sold over they on tie ground. floor of the Document’ j building. / The increasing sale of government publications Is especially noteworthy, says Mr. Carter, In view of the fact that the office has no funds for adver tising Its products and has to. compete with free distribution by members of congress and other officers of the gov ernment. . The gale of government publications could be greatly Increased, declares Mr. Carter, by ending the present ** wasteful method of free distribution which cannot supply all the demands and Is therefore of benefit only to comparatively few .persons. The charge for government publications, it is pointed out, is nominal,, based upon reprint cost, plus 10 per , cent. With this low cost no real reasoh Is seen by the public printer why the distribution of practically all govern ment publications should not be put on a sales basis and every one thus given equal consideration In the sup ply of public documents. Would Help Pay for Printing. “Increased sales would, of course, help compensate the government for the cost of printing,” the report con tinues, “but a material growth In sales, unless accompanied by a re duction of the free copies, would ne cessitate an additional force and a larger building for the document divi sion, which is already seriously'over - crowded. Therefore, any plan for the Increased sale and distribution of gov ernment publications should, of neces sity, take into consideration additional facilities and larger quarters for the document division. "During the fiscal year 1925 the document division distributed 54,084,- - 458 copies of publications. About 7,000,000 of these copies were pur chased by the public. The distribution was made In 21,372,292 packages, fill ing 189,166 mall sacks. Periodical distribution for the various depart ment and subscription lists requires the handling of 1,235 mailing lists ' - .. - - ■ ■ ■* t •'■ -■ SUGGESTS HOW TO FIND SAFETY DURING TORNADO Southwest Corner of the Basement About the Best Shelter When Twister Is" Approaching. 'Harrisburg. 111.—While no place In the path of a tornado Is safe, as a rule a person Is safer Inside a build ing than outside. Scientists attending the annual mbetlqg of the Illinois State Academy 'of . Science here were told this by Prof. PrSfflcH. Oolyer of the Southern'lll inois State NoriMl university. The • data by Professor Oolyer was com piled after a study of the tri state tornado, which swept through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. --■-*■ “A person is safer In some oullding,” he said, “because the air Is literally full of violently whirling missiles of various kinds. Many of these are j splintered timbers from destroyed bplldlngs that may ft any moment be r thtust through the body. ty •• *• • \;. -* n ■ X\ W, ~ r ... \ ■ |BhK I B &J flj | j. H fl am A Jw BL JBI i By- B B'- ■ Bk u B B - * will mHbbHbgbbbK JHmv HI tm Ak b|L bR A 1 A s * j. ' < H • - / • ■ . i JL. iL... - , ’ ■ ' ■ "■ - - 2 < ■ * \ ■ lUL—_ r - -- * - - • : >-*—• containing approximately 835,000 names. /Frbm these mailing lists 22,- 712,964 machlne-stCnoll Impressions were made during the year. “In order to meet the demand for government publications the docu ument division has to, carry a regular stock of fully 30,000,000 Copies, Includ ing almost every publication issued by the government In the lust half century. During the year the super intendent of documents f received and stored copies of the products of the government printing office. “Not all of the copies printed an nually ever reach the public. During the year 2,345,531 obsolete and useless “ copies, which had been ordered by the departments In former years, had to be disposed of as waste paper. Millions more of government publications will have to be consigned to the scrap 1 heap year after year, If the present printing fdr free distribution Continues and ifeaidsd .ftor jlx \ “The 'Buperlntwadeilt ]Tjhth al*o conducts an lextensHvinforma tion service concerning government publications. Last year his office re ceived and answered 161,852 letters of Inquiry and aided several thou sand other Inquiring persons who vis ited the office. The. fact that the document division possesses a re markable library of government pub lications, consisting of 375,000 book?, pamphlets and maps, for which there is a complete reference catalogue, makes It- possible to furnish Infor mation which could not be obtained as readily and accurately from any other source. - - ? Better Library Bervlce, '“Better service Is being rendered the depository libraries than ever be fore,, as indicated by the increasing number, of libraries that have fonnd it advantageous to secure congres sional designation as depositories of government publications. By the new law allowing depositories to se lect the class of publications to be furnished by the government, the de pository libraries have been relieved! of the unbearable burden heretofore imposed In having to receive and store copies of every publication printed by the government. “Under thfe selection plan only 59 of the deslghated depository libraries elected to take copies of all govern ment publications; 230 libraries re ceive more than 50 per cent of the list, and 173 of the smaller libraries less than 50 per cent, or only the publications of special Interest to their patrons. This plan has ef fected a saving In the printing of thousands of publications, which here tojTore the libraries had to discard after a time owing to lack of space or usefulness. “Another agreeable service to the depository libraries is the Immediate delivery of all cohgressionjJf' docu ments and reports that suffi cient slse to be bound separately. Formerly It was. necessary to hold all these publications until after the > "In other cases a person may be struck by the rapid movements of any kind of debris in the air. In case the building has a basement, the south-' west corner of this basement is gen erally a safer place to be than the rooms above the ground, In this case, however, one should keep away from the stove or furnace with a Are In It. A number of persons were buried to death while pinned beneath fallen debris which were near a furnace or stove. - * „ "If there Is a room with a strong box, steel bed, or exceptionally strong table, It is well to lie flat on the floor near such an object, for It will often hold up a fallen colling or roof suffi cient to save, a person from being* crushed. -> ; ,Many people out of completely wrecked buildings, because they had presence of mind enough to place themselves In such a position. Sometimes hallways, where the . . *i. - close of a session of congress so that they could be bound In sets. Many publications of congress were obso lete or useless before they were sent to the libraries. The more prompt de livery was made possible through the co-operation of the joint committee on printing in adopting the new meth od of distribution as proposed by this office.” . . —- Many obstacles are encountered bjr the document division which are un known to most mail-order houses, It Is pointed out by the superintendent of documents. The question of stock Is always aU uncertain quantity, he states, since, as a general rule very little infom|atlon is had on which to base requirements. Publicity from unanticipated sources often exhausts the supply and aside from creating delays, while reprints are made, If the publication was run from type and not plated, refunds have to be made. Would Facilitate Payments. “The adoption by the government of a legal tender of small amounts along the Hue of the Canadian postal note would be a great convenience, K not only for; the public in ordering gov ernment publications, but for any one patronizing a mail-order house where small remittances are de clares the superintendent In his re port to the public renter. “Although we advertise -that post received as remittances. If we could not find an outlet for these stamps It would be necessary to return them as' nonacceptable for the reason that they cannot be converged Into cash. Fortunately our foreign business has , grown to such an extent that we were able to use all of them. I am con nonacceptable keeps a great many people from ordering publications. “The generous policy of the United States government In Its free distribu tion of publications has no doubt served to depreciate their value. Those opposed to a restricted free distribution might be interested in knowing that Great Britain since the war has discontinued even Its pre war limited free distribution, and now all libraries have to purchase their copies. _-v ! “The British government, rbcognlz i. log the value of its publications. In iBB7 passed a resolution permitting the reprinting of information con tained In a majority of them. The policy Is similar to ours, In that jwe do not allow copyrighting. The two’ countries also entertain similar vldws I In their prattled of charging the prime cost to the government, so that the , public may purchase at a nominal cost for paper, presswork and bind ing.” Indian “Gobbled,” So He - Shot—Murder Defense Okmulgee, ,Okla.—lmitation of a turkey gobbler’s call, Ihdlan signal of ! intent to kill, forms the basis of the/ defense in a murder trial here. Jim I Crowell, a wealthy rancher, charged i with shooting \yillle Brunner, an In dian, testified he shot Brunner after the Indian bad “gobbled” three times > and then attempted to shoot him. The defense recalled a decision by Judge Parker, Indian territory Jurist, who regarded as justifiable homicide the [ act of a man in shooting an Indian who “gobbled” at him. walls are near together may be safer than large rooms, where there Is noth ing to break the force of a falling roof or celling. “If a person sees the funnel-shaped cloud of a tornado at a considerable distance he may drive an auto, or a pedestrian may run fast enough to es , cape. In that case It Is better to rnn, or drive, northward, since the center of the destructive path northward Is less than from the center to the south." ‘ ' - . • ■ r ' , Pinch Hitter - Londop.—K a plpch hitter Is needed on the royal ball team, American bote! men are for the duke of York. Sub bing for the prince of Wales, who Is ' treating a .mvalescentear by playing ! golf at Biarritz, the duke told the visl ' tots to stimulate the spirit of travel 1 and make the world happier. Bad Table Manners ’ Jersey City, N. J.-Marle Yvonne ’ Monrot Bart wllo ate with her knife, i haft hpfkn rllvonrofl from hot- I "w uivun.cu xruui nor nusojuiu, I who objected to what he said was h e » reniwu to noopc American customs* I BURNSVILLE, S. 0, ™I»AY, MAY 28, 1926. As a hoinM»Udlng nation, the United States Unquestionably leads all others just ft present, according to the Common Brick Manufacturers’ The proportion of residential build ing to all other itypes of construction Is growing In each year. The. statement o?t ( ' n Is made that one half of America expenditure goes into hott.es. but an accurate check of the erent classifications of constructionows that in 1925, nearly 62 the building in the United Stite3 was residential, based upon floorjfnnce area. The pro portion In 192(>i»as 34 per cent; in 1921, 62 per cen' j in 1922, 54 per cent; in 1923, 59 per-cent, and m 1924, 61 per cent. As a home building nation the United States ifaquesttonably exceeds all others at the present time. Di viding tho varioUst classes of construc tion Ipto four, namely, residential, commercial, Indffi&fM and education al, in 1925 tli.it the second largest volume whs commercial, being 16 per cent of the tbtal. The next largest, Industrial, being 7*4 per cent, and the htxt, ’educational, 6V4 per cent. • ’—— - Owners of Property Must Work Together Improvement associations afford an inspiration and a medium for the study of conditions, remedies and possibilities. They make possible the formulation an 1 application of defi nite, progressive policies. Without such policies there Is duly limited In centive for the individual property owner to keep hlj/holdings in lltst class shape or to make new or addi tional Improvements. -But when there are definite standards applicable ta a whole street and observed by all the owners of frontage, each property* owner not only enhances the value of his ground or building, .but gains this additional vg-’ue through the desir ability of the street as a whole. Prog ress is slow at best if It depends on a few enterprising property owners? yet there a disposition on in, wait men «y for the made by others to Increase thdr own values. This Is a slow game-too slow. Whatever the cost of % general Improvement pol icy recommented by any of these as sociations, It rjuld be a good Invest ment for theiroperty holders.—Chi cago Cost _ 1 .. Good Building Rules When you' build you will want to build well so that, like the descend ants of the Colonists, future gener ations. an point with pride to the w6rk of your head and hands. This thought adds a new pleasure and a new sense of responsibility to your efforts. > In advising you to build well we do not necessarily -mean that you should build expensively, although we do believe that If It is ever advis able to stretch a point, here is the place to do it. Your succeas will depend primar ily upon your pinna, your choice of materials and the honesty and skill of the workmanship employed. A good residence h simple and digni fied rather than fancy and fussy. A paodest home, "tell planned, Is far more desirable than a poorly planned mansion.—Boston Herald. "/ Dec&rative Values Fffint and stain, besides being In valuable as means of protection and conservation, art. the best decorative mediums we hate. Before choosing a color scheme f«r a house, one simple rule should be heeded, a roof should be in perfect harmony with its sur roundings or In definite contrast to them. This involves a study of the style of architecture, the character of the setting, and the geographical location of tho house. Every roof is an Individual problem. Among trees, hard rooMines, developed In strong colors, will contrast pleasingly with the softness of the leaves. But against a sharp horizon, a color w'hich will •often the sllhoaette la desirable Clean-Up Committees The Kansas Otty Real Estate board has appointed five committees to take charge of an improvement campaign, each committee to be appointed to a definite section es the downtown re tail district.- iria planned to elimi nate.. unsightly conditions on vacant property, to clem up vacant store rooms, to ban .signs and to remove the sidewalk display Os merchandise. The campaign follows an appeal for greater orderllnets and beauty In the business section* of American cities made at the afin4ai convention of the " National Association of Real Estate boards in Detroit in June of last year by H, It. Ennis of Kansas City, for- j mer president of the association. r mrir~' r The U®'States Department of AgflculturßLlvocates the iris for T" • r ’ 1 'VI n V i l m,. I ST' ‘Moses” Sent to California- bv Halt? * s bßi x-aJ ‘ ■ nKppw, -1 J’Bm |_J_ Hr * ■ i * The only fiifi-sired copy ever made of. Michelangelo's masterpiece, “Moses,” sent to frlfe country at the direction of Premier Mussolini, being unveiled In Forest Lawn Memorial park, Glendale, Cal. Count Buzzl Graden- Igo, personal representative of the Italian dictator, attended the ceremonies. * est * i i Ruler of Baroda, Son of Herdsman - Maharajah Gaekwar Has Governed Indian State - for 50 Years. ' r . v Washington.—The gaekwar of Ba roda has achieved a record. He has sat upon his throne for 90-Jfears, an nnusnal term among Indian rulers In focent centuries. Therefore, Baroda has had a jubilee, climaxed by a great state dinner at which the Important citizens of Baroda sat cross-legged on the floor of the palace audience hall with eastern viands before them, while the maharajah gaekwar sat alone at a table in a chat* of state. The state oyluiy tit ruler ha»_ Ingtonf (IX ° l the Na ' tional Geogr-- 80C,ety „x ”, fads" on Dry Land. “Baror” A one of the wealthleat of the T- -‘ an native states, Is a group of on dry land,l says the bul letin. “Only prewar Prussia had more scattered dominions. There are four main divisions, but about each of the. larger regions cluster small districts, and even separate villages that fairly pepper the territory of the Bombay 1 presidency of British India, in which the gaekWar’s ‘lslands’ He. There is probably a separate fragment of Ba rodan territory for each of the 50 years the gaekwar hqs ruled. “The territories, which total 8,000 square miles, begin near the west coast of India, 150 miles north of Bom bay city, and extend for 200 miles to the north. Other fragments are scat tered off to the west on the Kathlwar peninsula, the most remote being 225 miles from Baroda City, the capital. “Most of the state is level alluvium In s high state of cultivation. This is especially true of the region lying to the north of the capital. With Its fields, well ordered hedges, and groves of trees, this section has much the appearance of English park land. Some of India’s, best cotton land is In Baroda, -and the state has 25 gins and a cotton mill. Bice and wheat are raised, and a considerable area is devoted to poppy growing for the mak ing of opium. Growers of poppy are U censeff, and the handling of opium Is a state monopoly, “Baroda City has a population of 103,000. There, and in the vicinity, are the palaces of the gaekwar. The white stucco palace of Nazar Bagh Is notable chiefly as the Barodan strong box. In it are stored the gaekwar'* jewels, said to be worth $10,000,008. Among them la one of the world’s fa mous diamonds, ‘the Star of the South,' of 125 karats. Another unit of the collection la a cloth embroldared .OWLY MOSQUITO GIVEN CREDIT FOR U. S. POWER « Insect Prevented Eetabllehment of Dominant Civilisation In Amarlean Tropica, Scientist Say*. Chicago.—The Jowly mosquito made us whit we are today. At least, yel low fever and malaria mosquitoes have been largely Influential In giving the United States a leading rank among the nations of the world. That tribute came from a bitter enemy of the Insects, the Gorgas Me morial Institute. It Is contained in a report for the institute prepared by Joseph A. JPtlnce, International authority on mosquitoes and senior sanitary engineer of the federal public health service. Had malaria and yellow fever not rebuffed the early settlers In Amer ican tropics, the institute said, a doml- would romilt ed anti, with Its earlier start, would with precious stones and seed pearls. This was prepared for a Mohammedan ruler and waa meant as a cover fore, the tomb of Mohammed. “Four miles south of the city IS the. Makapura palace, the country place of the gaekwar. It is noted for its fine-gardens, fountains, grottoes, and pergolas. The chief of the ruler’s res idences is the Lakshml Vilas. In it Is a huge Darbar hall around which are covered and screened wooden galleries from which the women of the gaek war's menage may observe state func tions witbout being seen. “Leading off the main street xk Ba roda City arejnumeroua ‘wards,’ each » *t separate caste or class. "^tncluainpi y. -aprtf heav/ rfxteA itfra|l«Sr g&rJLjAof thf town English influences -are noticeable'. Baroda collegevhas Its «cket grounds, its tennis courts and gymnasium. Baroda spends more on public education than any other na tive state, maintaining public schools for both boys and glria There are even zenana classes for adult women who must remain In seclusion, -‘■"ivi--;.' From Hut to Palace. - “The 2,506,000 ! lhhat)itants of Baroda belong predominantly to the Hindu - ' j)[ i—. * ' i S' Gasmask Is a Real Gentleman I ’. y; -: ..j' , - '4&\£A f" i 3 kV JHak 1 •-5Pe. W I ■ a - Gasmask, prise cavalry hors* at Fort Myer, Virginia, near Washington, has table manners that would do credit to e social dowager. In this photo graph Gasmask is shown at luncheon with his trainer, Sergt S. J. Mathevvaon of Troop F, Third cavalry. Gasmask was s guest of honor at luncheon servLd at the Washington horse show. "* ‘ \ ,'V’> -V. t> settlements along the Atlantic to the north, The early Spanish colonics of the central plains of Central and South Americp had wealth and opportunity for growth and development, but they could not hold their ground against the dreaded mosquito, said the report. This eventually led to emigration from Europe directed to the northern part of the continent and since that time, the Institute Jed, the mos quitoes haye leaf vigorous and com t.nuous although unsolicited, support been done and, while paying tribute to a falling foe, the Institute announced that the warfare will be pressed until there Is a mosq.ittoless America. ' ■ " •' ' .JL*. . "-4 ” te?!?the UnUeTLIS IT nssr^ 1 ? r •;>* SSi Hindu temples pierce the Skyline of the capital... The minority religion* are not molested, and the gaekwar, in fact, patronizes one of the chief Mohammedan festivals. “The life of the present gaekwar has been like that of the hpro of a fairy tale. Jo J 875 the rpler of Baroda was accused of attempting to poison: the pritlsli resident, and wg* deposed. Be had no heir, ao a ‘search was made by the British government for a col lateral relative. A young lad, the son* of a humble herdaman, was chosen and was placed on the throne in 1870. It la he who is the present gaekwar. “Baroda is Important as well *B' wealthy. The gaekwar is one of only . five Indian rulers entitled to receive a salute of 21 guns anywhere in India.” Havoc Was Extensive in Krupp Dismantling lug the havoc wrought at the works under the direction of IhO intSH ally control commission are givodSM the report presented at the anufll . meeting of the company, says aflo ’ lincorrespondent. , if The machines destroyed numaPa 9,300 and had a total weight of- atotj* 60,000 tons. The dies and tools saor flced reached the prodigious total 801.42 Q. their aggregate weight bei 9,58 g tons. ' . "J ' Further, 379 presses, tempering m _ naces, oil and water tanks, '1 plants and overhead travelers scrapped on the commission On the testing grounds 159 experlS^S*« tal guns and 1,100 tons of.-ammupitfotf were destroyed, The replacement value of all this property Is estimated at about 104,000,000 marks.' The report mentions that the con-,, cern is now permitted to shake annu ally not more than four guns above seventeen inches.' • ■. * i • gpg Fort Centuries Old Is Discovered in Kentucky Lexington, Ky —Discovery of apfe historic fort in a ‘ lost world’’yKi J 'the Kentucky mountj&ins was ayfucmnced recently. . Trot W. CL Bumroghjf of Perea col lege, the South's Bqtgcst mountain, school, told the Kentucky Academy of Science in annual/convention that the fort, a half-mil\ south of Indian Fort mountain, explored by him, and one of the largest prehVjtoric forts in the nation, probably i*\ several thou sand years old. Tbe “lost world" in Madison county extend 30 acre* within two grim setsfof cliffs, 80 to L' /rior cci>per,\ was u*e*«3x| by . professor, who tripled ove£ sketT.ona which had been lying flak for centuries after a consuming rite to the god of fire, Mn rrind Tllsijy llxf •- - “ —' v r —ivkwiriwu int^auy Providence, R. I. —Pot years many folks in the state have been Illegally married. A law passed in 1789 says persons with a former wife or hus band living cannot wed again. '■ ~' r \ . ■ ! . ' V»V. . -,; u - /; . •; •' ■ ' Say. Prince of Wale. Talk. Like Cockney London.—The prince of Wales has a marked Cockney accent, according to the dramatist, St. Jclm Greer Er vtne, who publicly debated the ques tion, “Do we know how to pronounce English r with the actor-inanager, Nigel Playfair, recently. '•v r Mi*, Ervine cr(*w hot over "tho vil# cockney accent unri horrible vblce" and appealed to women not to VOICdS. • L, I nri«e*u hi* tiriri *ri e(lva k no
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