VOL. LI
COAL FIRMS' HEADS
RULE SPITZBERGEN
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Officials Take Place of Po
lice in Desolate Isles.
Longyear City, Spitzbergen.—Eu
rope has many dictators whose names
household words all the world*
over, but Spitsbergen has a few less
known rulers who understand the art
of running a community virtually
single-handed to perfection. They are
Chief Engineer Sigurd Westby at Ad
vent Bay, Director H. Dresselhuys at
Green Harbor and • Director Knudsen
at Kings Bay.
Each of these men, who are In
charge of the local Interests of differ
ent coai companies, wields virtually
autocratic power, and wields It wisely
and Justly, Judging by results;
Not Yet in Possession.
By the treaty of Versailles Spits
bergen became Norwegian, territory,
but King Haakon has not yet taken
official possession of the Islands, and
pending the enforcement of the Sval
bard law, now before the Norwegian
parliament, there Is no Norwegian
governor, law court, policeman, cus
toms officer or tax collector In all
Spitzbergen.
It is the coal companies' writ that
runs throughout the archipelago or da
much of It as Is Inhabited.
Forced to Be Strict
Rules and regulations have to be
pretty strict in mining camps with
floating populations like those in Spitz
bergen. Unauthorized drink traffic is
put down with a stern hand. The
companies' understandings with ship
captains is that any clandestine .liquor
trading by their'subordinates is not to
be tolerated.
Of course, smuggling occnrs once In
awhile, buf detection e&talls very se
vere penalties on guilty parties, who
have thefr credit on the companies'
books docked by $23 for a first of
fense. '
Subsequent infringements may en
fall social ostracism and deportation
from (he island, but the extreme pen
alty Is seldom enforced.
Rats Warn Miners of
Impending Roof Cave-in
Wilkesbarre, I'a.—Rats In the an
thracite coal mines on many occa
sions haye demonstrated they are
friends of the miners in giving them
warning of approaching danger. A
recent Instance occurred in the Em
pire colliery.
Anthony Kopnlskl and his son, while
eating lunch, were attracted by the
peculiar actions of two rata which
continually annoyed them. Five times
they drove the rats away by throwing
pieces of coal at them, but each time
the rodents returned. This aroused
the suspicions of the elder Kopnskl,
who, directing his son to follow him,
went out of the alt
They had proceeded only about 20
feet when the root crashed In, bring
ing down such ar mass of coal and
rock that would require three weeks
to remove it
The ability of the rats to warn the
miners of" approaching danger has re
sulted in many of the men making
pets of them. The average miner hesi
tates to kill a rat especially If he is
working In a chamber where cavelns
are likely to occur where there Is
bad air Or gas. |
Plan Memorial to Tom Watson
Atlanta, Ga.—"The Tom Watson
Memorial association" has been
launched.. The object of the associa
tion Is to erect a memorial or statue
of the distinguished Georgian to be
erected either In the state capltol or on
the capltol grounds.
? Blue Laws for All
California Co-Eds
(•
Berkeley, Cal.—Women fresh
-0 men who enroll In the Univer
se slty of California will learn
0 that the women's executive com
•v mlttee has been active during
X the summer vacation.
O In outlying n campaign' to
0 promote intellectual pursuits
" rather than frivolities, the com
mlttee let It be known that It
v will not tolerate:
0 Coming home from dances af
-0 ter one o'clock.
- Entertaining masculine friends
9 after 10:30 p. m.
O Hose rolled below the knee.
0 Too generous use of rouge
and lipstick.
£ All extremes In dress and con
9 duct
Q Indulgence in cigarettes.
A Petting parties.
•. Drinking Intoxicants.
2 Notice will be served on ail
O women students that violations
fot the code will mean trial bo
fore the women's committee.
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER,
Filipino* Continue to
" Believe in Taliemans
A youqg, descended from *
"gutmaytan" or anbfornt feudal prince
known as Mallei la sacking the en
chanted kerchief which gave his Illus
trious ancestor supernatural powers,
such as that of charming birds bo that
they would alight upon his extended
linger, or philandering wtith other
men's wives without arousing Jealousy
on the part of the offended husbands.
The kerchief Is known lb the family
traditions as "the kerchief from the
and amulets, tt is supposed to have
been secretly hurled by the chieftain
before he died. Bach succeeding eldest
son has searched for the spot In vain.
American schools endeavor to disabuse
the native mind of its belief in talis
mans. but the belief is still wide
spread ; a mysticism almost abysmal
In depth affects the psychology of the
people.
It was only" recently necessary for
the police In n town adjoining Manila
to take Into custody an adolescent boy
to whom thousands of (he afflicted
were going because It was said his
possession of an enchantment be
stowed upon hlm'heuling powers.
Not far from this town a gang of
counterfeiters were recently raided by
a constabulary squad. To conceal evi
dence the men threw their dies Into a
stream back of their shanty. ,Washer
women later found one of the dies,
and when they ctefined.lt they discov
ered the Image of Murlu Crlstlna,
queen regent of Spain prior to King
Alfonso's coming of ape. The old wom
an conceived this image to be that of
the Virgin, and soon a story was
abroad that the die (of the true nature
of which no one had the least concep
tion, not even the local officials) had
been miraculously hidden In the
stream bed and that a great blessing
would ensue from Its discovery. From
surrounding towns people by thou
sanda began making pilgrimages to the
fortunate village, to adore the image
and receive Its blessing.
Society Suggestion
I am obliged to a man named Cun
ningham for sending me a copy of a
weekly newspaper printed In a town
in the Southwest. It says the bache
lors of the town had long been in the
habit of attending social affairs given
by 'the young married people, and
caused a good deal of trouble. Several
young couples separated as a result
of "rpmance." Whereupon the young
married men made a new ruling, and
now the bachelors, when they long for
society, And It among (he unmarried.
A married- man, if disposed to flirt,
finds a restraining Influence In his.
wife, but a bachelor has no such hand
icap. I should say an old bachelor
should be permitted no lady company
save that of widows, who, of all wom
en. are most capable in Jhandllng old
bachelors. —E. W. Howe's Monthly.
Long Journey for Nothing
This Is the story of an absent-mind
ed professor. But among stories about
absent-minded professors It roust hold
high place. The professor Is J. C.
Aderman. He teaches at the Univer
sity of Sidney, In Australia. Recently
ho arrived In London aa one of the
delegates to the congress of the em
pire universities. Then Professor Ad
erman discovered an error. At first he
#•»« slightly puzzled, then alarmed and
then probably- as humorously embar
rassed as It Is good for a man ever to
be humorously embarrassed. He found
that he had miscalculated by a year
the opening of the universities' con
gress and that it will not open till
June. 1926. Professor Aderman trav
eled 24.000 miles before he discovered
his error.
Vote Plant Memorial Trees
One hundred and sixteen new mem
bers of the American Tree association
at Washington have been registered,
following a tree planting on a memo
rial walk, by the United States Veter
ans' hospital. No. 100, Battle Creek.
Mich. Among others, trees were plant
ed for President Coolldge, General
Pershing, Woodrow Wilson, Warren O.
Harding, Robert E. Lee. General Miles,
Clara Barton, Mabel Boardman, Abra
ham Lincoln, Joyce Kilmer. Plans for
the tree planting werte directed by
Emma L Kotz and Dr. William M.
Dobson. The tree aaaodayon sends
tree-plantlag instructions and tree-day
programs for a stamp to pay postage.
The memorial walk Is of silver maples.
Homecoming Proved Fatal
Thomas OlUrarke of Liverpool, Eng
land, at the age of sixty-nine, decided
to revisit his boyhood home In Bel-
Cast, Ireland. As he reached the beau
tiful Moarne mountains near 'Kiikeel
he stopped at the foot at the hill lead
ing spward to his old home and after
a few seconds dropped dead. Physi
cians say his death was canned by the
emotional excitement and Joy which
were too much for his physical condi
tion at his age.
Italy» Streets Narrow
Pew streets In Italy are broe4
enough to permit street cars.
GRAHAM, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1925
Sports Help Samoatis
Keep Physically Fit
The Samoans are the finest set-up
men physically on this footstool and
. they keep fit with the open-air life on
the se«u In one group of the islands
the Samoans are baseballers. In an
other group they became so devoted
to cricket that they knocked off work
to' play the game, matches between
villages lasting weeks at a time play
ing six out of the seven dnys-4for the
Samoans are deeply religious. Chris
tian at that So 'obsessed were they
with cricket that ordinances had to be
passed to limit the time of playing It
They do not box, but they wrestle
some-r-catch-as-catch-can.
The dwellings of the natives are
thatch whares or huts; of the whites,
lumber. There are neither minerals
nor oil In Samoa. Wild pigs are
abundant.
The Samoans are of clean habits,
mentally and physically, and Idolatry
has gone out They have supersti
tions. of course, and they have native
dances.
The principal crops for export are
cocoa, copra—the dried kernel of the
coconut —and a little rubber.—Mr.
Mills, In Adventure Magazine.
Daughter's High Ideas
Spoil Daddy's Meals
"Eating at restaurants must have
put my manners on the bum," said a
man whose family has recently moved
to the city. v •
"How's that?" asked his friend.
"It Is either that or my daughter has
been getting too much etiquette. She
answered one of those advertisements .
offering a book oo the gentle art of
how to
week. I get the benefit of It all.
"Either my fork Is upside down
when I eat or I do not put the tools
where th«jy belong when I am through
eating. I {[eel as though I were a little
boy again. I am waiting hourly to get
spanked."
"Why not call your daughter down
once In a while for something?" was
suggested.
"I do not get a chance," was the sad
reply.
Cubit Measurement
The length of the cubit Is derived
from the length of the forearm. From
a number of Egyptian measuring
sticks found In the tombs of Egypt,
the cubit Is ascertained to be equal
to 20.64 English inches. The Roman
cubit was one and one-half Itoman
feet or 17.4 English Inches. These
are the only two cubits whose lengths
are undisputed. Two cubits are men
tioned in the Bible. The shorter of
these was probably that which Is
called the cubit of man nnd the longer
Is called the cubit after the first meas
ure. Julian of Ascalon speaks of two
cubits in the ratio of 28 to 25. We
have no accurate knowledge, however,
of the Hebrew cubits, since the cubit
of the temple Is estimated variously
by high authorities as from 10 to 20
Inches.
Idea of Piano Is Old
Pythagoras was the first person to
be credited with the discovery of the
principle of the modern piano. The
Instrument described as a mono
chord, consisted of a single string
stretched over bridges across an ob
long box. This Instrument Is said to
have dated from SSO B. C.
Stringed Instruments of the santlr
class were the protoypes of piano
forte. First known as the dulcimer,
probably from refereoce to It In the
Bible, more than 1,500 years passed
before an instrument was made that
bore the name so common now—
piano e forte, so called by Its Inventor
Bartolommeo Cristoforl. By trade he
was a maker of harpsichords and
lived In Padua.
$66,000,000 for Air Holes
He who buys Ice cream by the bulk
Instead of by weight pays dearly for
the air holes In the confection, accord
ing to facts revealed at the recent
conference on weights and measures
at the Department of Commerce. A
billion quarts of Ice cream arte made
by dealers In the United States an
nually, It was found, but a fifth of the
total amount sold Is air space that Is
packed Into the containers In which
the Ice cream Is sold Selling the Ice
cream by bulk Instead of by weight,
says Popular Science Monthly, means
that somebody psys $60,000,000 for the
air holes.
Piano Precaution
It yon are going away and the piano
1s not to be played for a while, spoil
the food for moths by banging two
«m«n tbeesecloth bsgs containing
squares of camphor Inside the piano.
Moths an spt to erf? away the fell
that covers the hammers st any time
of the year, so It Is a good precaution
ary measure to Veep such bags Inside
the piano st all tlmea But In that
case they should be bong oo either
side In such way as not to lnterfers
with the mechanism of the Instrument
WORLD WAR HISTORY
; IN HOOVER'S LIBRARY
Collection Endowed by Sec
retary of Commerce.
Stanford University.—The Hoover
war library, endowed by Secretary of
Commerce Herbert Hoover ut Stanford
university, hug received 44,500 books
and pamphlets. In nearly all languages.
Every one bears In t-ome way on the
World war.
The Inrgest number, 12.000, are
printed In Russian: 10,000 In French,
9,000 In English. The rest are divided
among Hungarian, Italian and other
languages.
Many of the Items, printed or out
of print, are Irreplaceable. It offers
students facilities duplicated nowhere
and paralleled only by the Musee de la
G\lerre at Paris.
Documents of All Nations.
The program of the Institution cnlls
for procuring all Important official
documents of every nation throughout
the war and during the reconstruction
period. Three-fourths of this mate
rial already has reached the library.
The manuscript collection Includes
6.5.000 Reports and communications
bearing on conditions In Europe during
and after the war. Tills file Is sup
plemented by copies of private papers
of men who were active In world af
fairs of the time.
Files of Newspapers Gathered.
The library has collected from each
couutry involved a file of newspapers
In sympathy with the government, to
gether with those of two opposition ,
papers, representing the left and the
right.
Mr. Hoover graduated • from Stan
ford In 1593. He Is a memter of the
board of trustees.
Big Difference in Wages
i Paid "Movie" Director*
Hollywood, Cal. —An explanation of
the wide variance In amounts of the
weekly salaries of motion-picture di
rectors was given here recently at a
meeting of film executives.
I The average salary received by the
"top - notch" director approximates
$2,000 weekly. Other directors —many
of them new In the Industry—are flald
lesser amounts, ranging as low aa sls
a week.
I One producer, In speaking on the
question, "How much Is a director
worthf said: "A director who docs
not know every detail of the motion
picture game Is expensive at any price.
One who does know is worth $2,000 a
week because he will save his salary
a dn7.cn times In the cost of a pro
duction.
"Through the Inexperience of a di
rector, studios sometimes are com
pelled to retake the work of many
weeks. This means that the cost of
keeping the company and the mechani
cal stafT on the sets for the extended
length of time was greater than the
difference between what the producer
paid his small-salaried director and
what he would have to pay a top
notcher."
Kansas City Observers
See Shower of Meteors
j Kansas City, Mo.—A meteoric show
er of unusual brilliance was observed
by many persons here. Dr. E.
Davis, president of tbe Kansas City
Astronomical society, 'said he counted
12 bright flashes 1* the hour between
9 and 10 p. m. The meteorites took
a southwest course from the north
east skies and were many-hued. Some
were strikingly white and some of a
bluish hue.
i Dr. Davis declared the meteorite*
are from the meteor belt known as
Perseldes and their presence had been
predicted for this time by astronomer*
He declared It 1* possible the spectacle
may continue for several nights.
"The last meteoric shower of
Importance occurred In 1910," wild
Dorror Davis, "but that did not com
pare v.ith tbe brilliant display of
1833."
Japs Consume 5,000,000
Snakes for Food, Medicine
Tokyo. The medical virtues at
tributed only to the rattlesnake In
America are held In Japan to extend
to most of the ophidian tribe.
The demand f«r t-naki-s for medtafc
nal purpose* Is so large that Zen
San. the most famous snake rntcher
In Tokyo, declares the annual con-,
sumption to be between 4.000,000 and
5,000,000' for the country as a whole
and between 5,000 and 0,000 In the
city of Tokyo alone.
Richly per cent of the unfortunate
reptiles are charred and powdered, or
else dried and made Into -;i|>sules and
pills. Only 20 per cent appear undis
guised upon tbe table (Killed, baked
or roasted.
In the vicinity of Mount Jonkl and
Ehigagen tbe most snake-haunted re
gions of Japan, some 200 men make •
specialty of serp«it catching.
We?f African Coast
" White Man's Grave?
In the entire globe there is no re
gion of worse refutation than the west
coast of Africa, G. Ward Prince, spe
cial correspondent writes from Ni
geria. With, Devil's Island and Botany
bay It shares proverbial Infamy, and
by the majority of Englishmen has al
ways been regarded as their national
Siberia.
Even now, when growing trade re
turns are revealing to British eyes
the economic value of this notorious
coast, the mental picture of west
Africa to which most men still cling
Is that of pestilent mangrove swamps
and fever-stricken forests.
The graves of young Englishmen
scattered everywhere about west Africa
remind one that but a few years have
passed since filth, fever and drink
were the living conditions of Europeans
out here, and death within two years
their ulmost Inevitable end.
The harm, too, which this malevolent
climate does to white men Is not neces
sarily Immediately or even ultimately
fatal. Its principal effect Is the slow
and stealthy sapping of a man's vital
ity; a process of wastage and decay
directed not only against the body, but
the brain.
The consequences of this debilitation
may not manifest themselves even un
til a west African official's career I?
over, and then a commonplace chill
caught at home In England, a touch of
Influenza, some mild Internal disorder
such* as a European who has never
left the temperate zone throws off un
fceedlngly, claims at last from the en
feebled body another life for the un
relenting coast
Obstinacy in Babies "
Merely Human Nature
If your baby girl at eighteen months
yells when you waht her to cdmply
with some adult wish, or your three
year-old pushes you away and says,
"No, I won't"'do not be alarmed at
this sh'ow of obstinacy. Periodic spells
of resistance to even pleasant sugges
tions are part of the normal develop
ment of the normal child, according
to Dr. D. M. Levy, Chicago psychia
trist, who has made an extended In
vestigation of resistance In children.
Rabies of less than six months tend
to be culm, even when Just swakened
or Interrupted at meal time, says Doc
tor Levy, but from six months on per
verseness Increases until the third
year, often with a minor high point
of resistance In the eighteenth month,
which Is particularly apt to appear In
the case of girls. After the third year
resistonce gradually decreases until
the child at five years readily co-oper
ates with an adult who knows how to
mnke himself agreeable. Girls, on the
whole, show more resistance than
boys.
Does Active Work at 88
111 R. Woodring of Nampa, Idaho,
cannot play golf like the ipilor Rocke
feller, but upon the occasion of the
oil magnate's recent birthday when he
played a round of golf and got much
publicity, Mr. Woodring pointed out to
the newspaper reporters that be him
self of similar age. was quite, active
He mowed the lawn while the report
ers stood by recording the proof. Mr.
mows grass for eight to ten
hours dally as a regular vocation.—
Chicago Post
Dirty Feet Retard Eggs
When yards and houses are wet
and ooze with moisture most ot the
time. It means cold and dirty feet for
the hens. A hen that "gets cold .feet"
seldom lays the right quota of eggs,
and dirty feet make dirty nests and
dirty eggs. In cases where a salt
able dry location Is hard to get slong
with other desirable factors, place a
three-Inch tile even with the bottom
of the foundation on the outside, and
provide prsper outlet for excess mois
ture.
Job More to His Liking
The box-office man of a popular the
ater quit his Job and before long *n
seen working for a commission house.
It seemed such a complete shift that
one of his friends was moved to ask
the wherefore.
"When I wss selling theater seats."
was the prompt reply, "after I sold
the first 200 ( was In trouble. No
body Hk%l Ufl sests I had to offer.
There was always an argument. Today
I sold 2.000 bushelr of potatoes and I
still have good potatoes* Want any?"
Grain for Cattle
For cattle a grain ration of ofle
thlrd bran, one-third middlings and
ooe thi/d oats would be very suitable.
Whfle for the bogs, a ration of 00 per
ent middlings and 40 per cent oats
would make a suitable ration for sows
or older pigs. For the young pigs st
weaning time a ration of 45 per cent
;ronnd oats. 45 per cent ground bsriey
and 10 per cent tankage is recom
mended as a mors suitable ration.
Geologist Says Wyoming
Was First Glacial Spot
Rock Springs. Wyo.—ln the opinion
of C. J. Hares of Denver, a noted oil
geologist, Wyoming wus the first sec
tion of the country to be covered by
the great Ice sheet which ages ago
surged down from the' North.
He considers that the glac'iation of
Wyoming occurred in the mid-Tertiary
period, whereas the ice sheets filled
the rest of the country In the Pleis
tocene age. The glaclation of Wyom
ing was millions of years before the
present great rivers of the Rocky moun
tain region began to flow.
"Two centuries of tertiary glacla
tion in Wyoming are known," Mr.
Hares reported to western scientific
bodies. "The ice must have been ap
proximately 3,000 feet thick and It
probably moved forward at the rate
of three feet a year, taking more than
200,000 years to spread over the cen
tral und southern parts of the state,
where It left Its more apparent traces.
"The tertiary glaclation undoubt
edly occupied a very lAng time ia
geologic history. It marks a profound
change In the climatic conditions jt
that period."
Palmyra Island, Listed
as British, Is American
* Washington.—Discover}- , that pub
lishers of recent maps and atlases
have erroneously designated the small
Island of Palmyra In tlie Pacific ocean
as British Instead of United States
territory has Just been made by the
Department of the Interior.
Palmyra Island, 090 nautical miles
southwest of Honolulu, consists of a
cluster of islets about ten miles in
circumference, with a lagoon In the
center. A few coconut trees grow
upon It.
The error Is due to Palmyra's his
tory. It wns originally known as
Samara ng and wns discovered by Capv
tain Sawle offthe American vessel
Palmyra in November, 1802.
An expedition conducted by Captain
Zenas Bent took possession of It In
the name of the Hawaiian kingdom %
1862. It wus nnnexed by Great Bri(-
aln In 'May, 1880. As a possession of
the Hawaiian Islands for 27 years
previous It became a part of the ter
ritory of the United States.
In the neighborhood are four Islands,
Christmas, Jarvht, Howiand and Rak
er, which National Geographic society
maps designate as "undetermined.
United States or British."
La'
(Babies Bereft by Sea
Tragedy Drift Ashore
Petersburg, Alaska. —Two girls, five
and three, respectively, tuld authori
ties here that a motor bout on which
they were passengets was the scene
of a spectacular murder und sulcldfe,
which left them at seu adrift and
alone In the craft.
The principals In the tragedy were
Tbm Rise and his wife. After Rise
beat the woman, he threw her over
board und then Jumped over the side
himself. #
As If guided by a providential hand,
the vessel beached Itfcelf and the two
little girls crawled off when the tide
went out and walked to a cannery
three miles up the beach, near here.
The five-year-old child, an adopted
daughter, snld her foster parents had
been drinking before the fatal fight
took place.
China Has a Venice
There Is quite a considerable
"floating population" of-several of the
largest river cities of China, but the
real Venice of that country Is said to
be Soo Chow, which is described as
truly beautiful with Its many canals
running through the city, many of
them taking the place of streets and
dotted with all kinds of craft
carrying passenger* and freight here
and there. Boats are made use of to
great extent by peddlers and trades
men. who move slowly along over the
water In all klni\s of odd l»oats loaded
with their wares. Some are calling
their wares and others attract pub
lic attention by hammering, wooden
gongs. Everywhere along the shores
are to be seen cobblers snd weavers
working at their looms or benches.
Historical Gala Coach
The management of the zoological
garden hi llerlin has recently bought
the gala couch of little Napoleon 11,
the great Napoleon's only son, from
the C'astans museum of wax works.
The vehicle Is still emblazoned with
the Imperial French crown surmount
ing the date. A. D. 1813. The coneh
! takes Its place In th° "Little Caravan"
at the zoo, a proccs. lon of young
sters on the donkeys and camels and
In coaches drawn by go its anl ponies,
| making hdurly rounds of the zoological
garden.
Drillers Hold Contest
Drilling and mining contests .rill ?eu
tare the International congress of drill
ing technologists at BucharfS this
i T— r
NO. 32
CITIES OF FUTURE TO
BE BIG TRADE CENTE#!!
People Will Live in WideSjjjfl
Scattered Suburbs.
Chicago.—Cities of the future will]
be made up of a central area, devoted I
to business and night life, and widely i
scattered suburbs In which all the |
married people will live.
That Is the conclusion of D. tt. Mo» ;
Kenzle, exchange professor of sociat jl
ogy from the Unlvefsl% j
ton to the University of CWcagoul
In outlining his study of ecology,'!
or the forces that distribute popols- jj
tlon. Professor McKenzle asserted It's |
all a Question of transportation.
"The first type at city," he added,
"demanded that Its Inhabitants walk j
to the center for business „ and the 1
pursuit of pleasure. Xhat type tended. !
to be circular and family Ufa was j
distributed In all parts. Then, with J
the rudimentary street car lines, eame'a
the star-shaped city.
"As Industry developed and runs 1
transportation lines came Into being, «
there also developed clusters of city
life, with a new center at each cross- J
lng. 'Gradually subways and elevated 3
lines brought a network" of urban lift -j
scattered all over the city,"
"With nutoi," he said, tSp»popnl»'3
tlon may live anywhere within fifty J
or seventy-five the down- J
town, highly specialized s hopping vjß
area."
Professor McKenzie 'added that It *|
wiih possible to predict, with fair ao- "1
curacy, how long a slum will" remain /J
a slum and to what extent the gold 1
coasts' of today will reuialn fashion-J
able.
Human Goyotes Prey on
Settlers in Mojave Desert |
Los Angeles; liil. —lone Is the chiv-3
nlry old West-; gone Is the hoe- '1
pltallty to 'every wayfarer. Instead 3
there Is suspicion nnH mist rust
The cause Is the "desert
skulking ituiniiiis thut prey upon tte |
homestead property unprotected for j
a few months while the owner le on j
government leave of ahsencfe. y
On the Mojave desert the settlers 1
are In arms and more than 100 coofc> |
plaints have been filed within the last \
few months with Hrulnerd B. Smith, \
register of -the United, States land
olllee in Los Angelek Thousands
dollars' worth of property has been i
stolen from homesteads by systematic J
marauders. "What a contrast to the j
days or '40," Iteglster Smith said ' "It &
was the honored custom then to leave
the doors unlocked ntftl a traveler had
perfect freedom with the food and ]
utensils.
"This code of honor was port of the *
'winning of the West,' and a visitor ;
always carefully cleaned and replaced
every article used In cooking or sleep
ing at the premises."
Iteglster Smith has asked the De- |
purtment of Jnstlce'to start an invests- j
gallon of conditions on the Mojsvp j
and evolve meiint of protection for tlis ]
struggling homesteader t
Ancient Fundamentalism
Is there any one so senseless ss to „
believe that there are men whose fooS-J
steps are higher than their headsf Or i
that the things which with us are In s
recumbent position with them hong tU
en Inverted direction? that tfce crops ,
and trees grow downwards? that the j
rains and snow, and hall fall upwards J
to the earth? And does anyone* wen- {
der the hanging gnrdens are mentioned |
among the seven wonders of the
when philosophers make hanging '
lie!(Is, aud seas, and cities, and
tains? I am at « loss what to ssy,
respecting those who, whan they havel
once erred, consistently persevere In j
their folly, and defend one vain thing
by another. —Lactantlus (Fourth Odpjj
tary).
Nicotine in Tobacco
Nicotine is a colorless, internes
poisonous liquid. If exposed to tM
air. It absorbs oxygen and beeooMfl
brown and ultimately solid. TfegQ
quantity of nicotine contained In
baceo varies from two to eight pm>
cent, the coarser kinds contalltMjfl
the larger quantity, while the bes|
Havana cigars seldom contain nMM
than two [K-r cent, atul often kMKjj
Nicotine does not uppear In tqfrsrop
smoke. It is split Into pyridine Snd
eoHodlne. these, the latter Is asUH
to be the less aotive and to pHfl
ponderate in cl«ar smoke, while ttlj
smoke from pli»es contains a larfffl
amount of pyridine.
*
Reminded
• "The storm burst upon us»so sm
denly '»nd violently that we had
warning of Its approach," oaid the toKe
nado victim, relating bis •
jo a friend, "tn r.n Instant the bdwH
wus demolished and scattered to tfcffl
four winds. How I escai>ed being*
torn to pieces, I *1" not know!
"G —good gracious!" said Mr. HiMjH
Jumping to his feet. That re(n|Ml
me! I—l almost forgot to
•er for my wife!"