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VOL. LI CANNIBALS RULE AUSTRALIA WILDS Territory Larger Than Tjcxm* Entirely Domi " Bated by Savages. i Newcastle, 4 .ustralla.—Recent de vefdpalenhi of a startling and tragic nature In the wl Id and little known re 'glon of northwest Australia hare led to a demand by the white population of the commonwealth that the govern ment take immediate measures to check the reign of savagery that com pletely dominates a territory larger than the state of Texas. The unciv ilized blacks of this almost unexplored region know little and care less about the white man's government which is supposed to control northwest Aus tralia, and the few missionaries who have been daring enough to seek con tact with the aborigines have been forced to flee for their lives. Barbarism Is In as full sway over a country comprising many thousands of square miles as it was a century ago. The natives are the*most savage of head-hunters and more blood-thirsty cannibals than those of New Guinea. Alf\df Vhich Is proved by an almost' incredible story Which has just reached the eastern Settlements. ' v > - ,: ' *• * » •' l A Blood Feud. Not long ago the newspapers of the world contained a parnwph or two to the effect that a pearling schooner had been driven ashore on the wild northwest coast, Its crew captured by natives, killed and eaten. Now an other pearler has been forced ashore region and some of Its ere# hkVemet tragic deaths, with the" result that a blood feud of appalling savagery has' developed between the j fewehitr >Mii of'the territory rfnd a 1 on the one hand, and the herds* of savages on the other. to the latest reports reach- SnoT com pletely wiped Itti'Nhd *mt»ny victims eatea In the coursewf barbaric orgies «8 ufthtt; kndwfi to the Solo- SpHSB n jkbrides half a/cen 4 *Mtf*Vearler was driven ashore In IStent* In this quar tet 'at cdpe n&i taire, In Montague ionnd, the heart 6f tSe region o£alf Western Aus t#*lfa. ¥|e" crew* managed to make shifts wltfi k "few* and a bSJiHI BSaV. Having been tossed about , bribe hurricane bdverkl' days they had ' little or no Idea wbfere they were, «- eept that the region was probably a After* waiting for many days In the hope of sighting a passing sail, two of the number, chosen by lot, set forth westward to search for some settle ment or a misMldtf station on'the coast After a Journey fraught with extreme hardships'and every possible danger Ma wild a&lm4}s and wilder men, they did' succeed In reaching a remote mlssloii post. But to tAeir dismay they the only boat the mlsslon arfas possessed had been "Wicked a few days before In another gale, and to retrace the Journey on foot was un thinkable. >» The two white men therefore pressed en 100 'miles' there' to a little settle ment named 800 l gin, near Cape Le veque, Western Australia, the only white settlement in a region compris ing some 25,000 square miles. -Here a lugger was procured and a relief ex pedition set out for Montague sound. Poisoned Spears. In the meantime so many weeks had elapsed that the rest of the ship wrecked crew, now nearly starved, concluded that their comrades had been captured by the blacks, and two more men volunteered as a last resort to set out Inland in the hope of reach ing a government Outpost more than 800 miles through the bush. They Anally came to the Hunter river and followed upstream for some distance, at last making camp In a state of utter exhaustion. Apprehensive as they were of a native attack, they were too utterly weary to take any farther pre cautions. The result was that the blacks, who had been stalking them many days, advanced and delivered a volley with "woomeras," or poison tipped spears. Both white men were lnstnnrlv kl'led and doubtless eaten. About this time the relief expedi tion was setting forth from Cape Le ( veque for Montague sound. Upon ar rival only three or four of the crew were found, the rest having disap peared In the bush Several armed men, therefore, set forth upon the trail. A friendly tribe was encoun tered and from them It was learned the* sarates to whom the two wWto men had Tall en victims were of the 'nrr»"»»-rle trim? and that they had never h-fnre even seen a white man. Willi the friendly tribe was a boy named Horrie. who had been missioo tan-hi xnd he volunteered to lead a *§gd »»i bpariU ■— «d white pea far ■ 1 ■ r.f r ■■ 1 -• TOT: ALAMANCE GLEANER ther into the bjph on the trail o(1km murdering savages. After an adven turous pursuit of 100 mj}es o£ several stragglers west) canght and taken back loaded with chains nearest white settlement The Blacks Triumph. Then, when It was learned that the capture was- due to the assistance of a black of another tribe, a blood feud . to the death was declared. The friend ly natives were Informed through de ' vious means that the "death bone" of the Australian aborigines had been: minted toward them; but misslapt •ducated,' they scorned the supersti tion. For creeks a bush warfare ensued, j several other savage tribes Joining against the friendly blacks and their j white tllles. Finally a climactic con- | (llct developed far into the heart of the unexplored and little-known bush of northwest Australia. The battle long was an Incantation of the medi cine pen of the savage aborigines against the friendly black, who had led other natives on behalf of the white man. Horrie must be cap tured for the torture, or, fit least -killed. After a short and savage fray the cannibal tribes gained the ascendancy, the mission boy was killed and his bodr captured, to be dealt with ac cording to the unspeakable rites of the Australian blacks, with which not | fijalf a dozen white men in Australia I are familiar. In the meantime the I I friendly tribe was forced' Into I j tfle bush and cut off tfom its handful | of whlje allies, who escaped to the : -.'(-laments and notified the '"rials at Iftoome, the * iport on the northwest . • t The last heard of the friendly j blacks was* that they were surround ed somewhere on the Glenelg river, In the heart of the wildest bush country 'f>( Western Australia, with every.prob ability nO>plng entirely destroyed, j This story well authenticated and , by no meuns the first of its kind with in the last few years, has astounded "civilized" Australia, especially the folk of the Eastern cities. n 1111 n 111' t' 11 nmn nll Indian Girl Wins Title of "Princess Ameriqs" ■■»■»,! ( l»t 1 n 111 1.11 '*r ... H M % \y Miss Alice Garry, fail-blooded In ?tan, who won the title of Princess merles' and a $l5O prize at an nl congress of Northwest Indians Spokane. Alice is seventeen years L Knowing and D sing Bnweeh the knowing ai.d the doing civ Is a deep gulf. Intr that abyss ; ie happiness of many a man *lip«, .od Is lost. There Is a» pence, no eal and lasting felicity, for a human ife uatll the gulf Is closed, and the ■ontlnent of conduct meet* the conti nent of creed, edge to ed»r. lip to lip. I irmly Joined forever.—Henry Van •Dyke. Refreshing K Chlrsso roan hits lnv"ri««»d a ma itne for making u-e crt-.. • w tltout -•ng ice. Thus the simple operation is rendered complete. Several years ago numerous manufacturers learned that Ice cream could be made without ' using cream, and now with this new •st Invention all on* has to do to get ' some ice cream is to get It-—Exchange II Friendship That Stands , I The friendship of $9 good Is the [ only rrienAKlp which slander cannot prejudice For it Is a Very difficult - matter to believe a man who speaks . to the prejudice of him whoee char* L nrter we have thoroughly tested fsr , f iisnjr years—Arletetie. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24,1925 Census Not Popular Among Many Peoples Superstition among natives In the Kenya colony, In Africa, has caused census takers no end of trouble. The natives believe it is unlucky to count themselves or their wives when the official enumeration is taken. In other countries census taking has sometimes presented similar difficul ties, says Tlt-Blts. The first Chinese census showed a total population of 28,000,000. It was taken to serve as ' a basis for the imposition of a poll tax. Several years later another census was taken to organize relief during a fam ine. The population had grown to 303,000,000. Infinite trouble Is tnken' In the prep | nratlon of the Indian census, but one j story told by a British administrator shows there also the way of the cen sus taker Is difficult. On one occasion . he had to point out to a native enu merator some discrepancy in his fig ures. "But surely," protested the enu merator, "your honor can supply naughts at discretion?" ' South Carolinian Was First American Doctor The first native of English-speaking America to receive the degree of Doc tor of Medicine was William Bull, who , died In London, England, about 134 I years ago. He was born In South Carolina In 1710, and In his early manhood went 1 to Europe to study medicine, receiving I his M. D. degree nt Leyden. He prnc- | • ticed his profession with considerable success In his native colorty, nnd in ' 764 became iieuteri«nt governor of | South Carolina, a pf>. itlon he retained | until the Revolution. As Doctor Bull remained a loyalist he, In 1782, ac companied the British troops to Eng- 1 land after their defeat by the Conti nental army under General Washing ton. Doctor Bull resided In England dur ing the remainder of his life. Poets to Royalty The office of the English poet lau rwte Is in the gift of the sovereign of England, sa(d to have been created during the reign of Edward IV (1461- 1483). The appellation is derived from a custom of the English universities, which continued until 1512, of present ing a laurel leaf to graduates In rhet oric and versification—the "king's lau reate" being a graduated rhetorician in the service of the king. It was for merly the duty of the laureate to write an ode on the birthday of the king, but this custom ha* been discon tinued since the reign of George 111. The first poet laureate, iu the modern sense, was Edmund Spenser, who was granted a pension of £SO by Queen Elizabeth In 1591. Ben Jonson was the first to receive the olllce by formal letters patent.—Kansas City Star. Historic London Church The Church of St. Michael, one of Wren's churches, which has Just been reopened after extensive renovations. Is one of the most historic churches In London. It Is built on the site of that erected by Dick Whlttlngton, and In which he was burled, but the original was so entirely wiped oet In the great fire that no trace of Sir Richard Wblt tlngton's grave now remains. The renovation scheme Included the paint ing of the walls and'celling, and the moving of the heavy nltar railing for ward to form a choir screen. The rep resentations of Moses 11 nd Aaron found In all Wren's churches are In this case exquisite statues which for merly stood on pedeftnls beside the altar. They have now been accommo dated In niches In the walls some few feet above their original location. Christian Martyrs The dates of the most violent , Christian persecutions under Romsu ! emperors were as follows: Nero, 6-tr : 68; Domltlnn. 05; TraJa#. 106; Mar cus Aurcl'n* !CVl77; Septimus Severns. IP! 1 it; Vf-ximns. 235-238; Deelii* '>" *-"">2: Vu'erlan, 258-200; Aurellan. 275; Dfocletlan, 308-313 fthe 'Tii Itl t'>p tmirtyrs) The reason for Cb-lsflan ]wr*/>' ' flon according to Itom n'sro Inr. us not on account of •„r .f*—beliefs so ranch is In r ' *'llll refusal to con forirf to the state religion -and na tional law Religion was an Integral part of Roman law. - - t Foncred Tl 1 Jone de Sun Mar si 1 , 5 >ark Is the first staijt 'f„A -owl American to be ere ■« r"tn Wi shin-ton. It Is a replica of one In I'.nenox Aires and was thought « fitting gift to this country, since San Martin was a patriot to whom many South Americans accord the reverence that people In this coun try pay to the memory of George Washington I , Too High "I simply «-an't ge» over it" said th« 1 tweet roun* thing as she paused in j (Nst si the rail fence. •:| ill fill 1111111 Ml 11111 li | HOW j v COLORS THAT PLEASE) THE + t EYE ARE MANUFACTURED.— I Y Insects, rah and plants all help T J. to provide the colors with which Z Y an artist paints his pictures. The T cuttle-fish Is responsible for se- X ;; pla, this color being obtained from T the fluid which the fish dls- X T charges In order to hide from Its T ■ • enemies. 7 " The cochineal Insect is the 4 y foundation of carmine, and at + i) one time vermilion was made I • ■ from it. Nowadays the latter col- J or Is produced chemically from X • • mercury, T I! Another Insect gives crimson- I ■ • lake; at least, the color Is made T from the resin deposited by an •{- ;; Insect on the banyan tree. From T .. the madder plant are obtained •• ; • both madder-brown and Turkey- \ j . • red, the roots of the plant being • • X washed, baked and ground. Y Indigo Is made by soaking the •• indigo plant In water until It Is -j- decomposed. Gamboge Is really •• K a corruption of the name Cam-' !! bodla, where the resin providing If the color Is found. A natural .. Y earth from Sienna, in Italy, gives ] | .C both ordinary and tiurnt sienna, " the latter, of course, as the name " X implies, being burnt earth. Burnt •• • " umber is also an earth, while || . • yellow ochre is a clny. X Prussian blue was originally ! -j- made from the hoot of the horse, • • 1 but now It consists principally of X Y iron, potassium and sulphur. It T x was first made In Prussia. X Ultramarine, which means T 1 ;; "from beyond the sea," was for- X | '; merly made by crushing n stone T of that name. This process Is X j;; now out of date, and the color Is T .. produced by chemical means. It I ; \ Is the same with the chromes of T .. different shades, which are de- + ] [ rived from the chemical chroml- T .. um. Chinese white Is oxide of + ;) zinc; It was first known in Chlnit^X • • hence Its name. Ivory-black + sounds a curious contradiction; I • • Its foundation Is burnt Ivory and T X bone. | 4-1 1 IMM H-l l 1-l l-l i 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 | How Simple Plant May I . Give World Its Soap ' If anything happened to bring ou* present bountiful supplies of manu factured soap, to an end, we could turn to nature for an efficient substi tute In the soapwort plant, found *>n nearly every hedgerow. Its Juice is slimy nnd makes an Im mediate lather when used with hot water. Its cleansing properties are excellent, and experiments have shown that cotton and linen materials washed with It suffer no deterioration of the fabric and retain their original snowy whiteness. The lather Is not quite so efficient with woolens, the natural oil in the latter not combining I very well with the soapwort Juice. Our own gypsies, and many French, i Spanish and Italian peasants, use the ! soapwort for washing clothes by bruls -1 lng the root of the plant and boiling It with the soiled linen. But very lit tle Is required, for a couple of medium sized roots are sufficient for a family , wash.—London Tlt-Blts. How Tombstone Was Named What was there so dead about Tombstone, Ariz., as to suggest this graveyard designation for the Copper Ktate's one-time mining metropolis? Maybe others luive wondered about It 11s I have. Well, here Is the way it lias been explained to me: While Oeronlmo was on the warpath with his murderous Apaches and the early settlers of Arizona were concentrating ii bout the forts for shelter, a prospec or named Kd SchleffUn came in with news of a rich strike In the Indian - mntry. Remarking to an officer that be expected to go back and find a for >nne he drew this,retort; "Yes, youH no back and find your tombstone. | Heronlmoll get yon." But Schlefflln went back ami when he did locate his ~ nines he named the bonanza "Tomb itoiie."—New York World, Guard Shah's Jewels In a safe In the shah of Persia's palace at Teheran, millions of dollars I worth of Jewels are hidden, and a body nt fifty armed men find employment ! In guarding them. Brazilian product Caranulm wax. used In the manufsc ture of phonoirraph records, comes 1 from Bahla and several other states In Brazil. Class Bottles Bequeathed Because they were rare and valuable glass bottles frequently were men tioned In the wills of the American ' pioneers. , Goethe en Death Desth Is s commingling of eternity 1 with time; la the desth of s good man eternity Is soon looking through time i —Goethe. v . How WylacSdm tniiam Captmr« Their Fith Horn It was lncmhent spaa them to eat sp Ave small 4asr which thsgr had brought lato camp, William Kaat writes, in the Tale Bevtsw, concerning the Wylackie Indian tribe. This was a worthwhile performance. The deer wert shinned and fcuag up near the fire. The Indians sat areuad, each with a sharpened stick. They went to the pendant carcasses aad rat off strips which they thea partially brwDed and swallowed, and continued la this occupation without aapklna or finger bowls for about fifteen hours, at which time they exhibited censiderable dis tention. From time to time ths stripped bones were handed out to the nondMerlpt dogs thst always signalize an Indian camp. After this sumptu ous repast both people and dogs were able to endure several dsys o'f fasting wlsbefit> complaint /'"However, after a due allowance of weep, our friends went out fsr fish, and it was a most Interesting perform ance. Oat of respect for us they re frained frem the easy use of dynamite and put la practlee an ancient method of getting results. ' Going to a deep pool In a rock cleft they beat apea ; the water with brancbsa, threw im stones and scared the scheel of fish until, like so many small treat they took rsfugo andsr the banks. Than an able-bodied In dian stripped and, taking la his hand a small scoop net withoat a handle, dived down Into the Icy dsptha. He swam under the rocky bank until eaiy his legs were vlslbls in the clear wa ter. He succeeded la getting a Mg | fish Into the net and came la trtamph to the surface to drag bfan oat In shal low water. We who considered oar selves fishermen ware forced to praise and admiration of such a feat I com mend it is real eportsmsamhlp, Put Implicit Faith I in Power of Turin Among certain savag* trlhei la Southeastern Africa twins are rsgsed ed m the children of haavsn ant see believed to posseas the power at eaa trolllng the elements. In times of draught the y sepia wM dig a hole la the greuad. pat the mother ef twlaa la It aad pear asa» of their predoaa water apea her. They believe thst this will caaaa rala to fatt. Whsa a thunderstorm eecara the people appeal to a twin to "talk to hegven" en their behalf. la many caaes the mediator is a mere child, bat the natives have implicit faith fas his power to persuade the tbuadsr and lightning to go away and leave them In peace. Aa seen as ths storm has abated the youngster Is isrstltiy thanked for his Intervention Soundings by Ms The new method of taklaf sen ail |ngs, now used oa shipboard, la called ths echo method. It has sevsral dte* tlnet advantages over elder methods, such as lncrsasad rapidity, lower ep eratios cost sad greater accuracy The outfit employs no lead or Ilae aad 000- slata chiefly ef an electric lisißßiillllnt unit which aeada so and vihreMeas through ths water. Aa they idliul from the ocaaaTa fleer they ars regis tered oa a receiver *ln the shfe. Us depth of the water la dstmmtosd by noting the lapse st ttssa between the sending and iwestvteg of the afcatfa. The apparataa la set Into aparaMso simply by prssslng a batten. The re salts are regiatersd visually, so thst the nsvlgatlng sflcer can determine the depth as sarfly aa he can tell time by "looking at a deck. Every Man a Genius Doctor Spearman, who has token many "ability test#* tells the British Association tor the Advancement of Science, that every man Is a genius st something and a dunce at something else. He believes the habitually un employed and the mlsflts In Industry could every one of them do something that would make him a treasure, If we only knsw what It wan It Is up to science to And a means of patting round pegs, instead of square ones, fhto round holes.—Capper's Weekly. The Nervous System The human nervous system Is really , a living telegraph line made up ef eieo ! trical condensers, thinks Dr. W. B. Whitney of the Geamnl Electric Ce, according to Bdean. This Idea Is sharply disputed by sjleutlste, who say that nerve meaaages da net travel st the speed of electricity, but Doctor Whitney demonstrated with condenser apparatus thst the transit time of a message can be slowed dawn area to three seconds, a time much longer thaa the known nerve reaction time ef s human being. No Spoiled Pood foe Her "Now. you understand. Bridget the Jelly Is to be served next to the lost" "But faith, missus, ye told me tbt bloomln' stuff was maidsi aa. 1 threwed It oat" Doxologies j The lesser doxology, or "Glory be to tka Father and to the Son," etc., teems to have come.into use In the Vanrth century. The use of the 1 Creator doxology, or "Gloria In excel sis" (sometimes called the angelic , hymn, from its being an expansion of 1 the song of the angels in Luke 2:14) 1 sen be traced back to the Fourth cen- ( tury- It appears in the Roman liturgy ( st the beginning of the 81xth century. , The lsst stoasa of the hymn, written j by Bishop Thomas Ken ("1687-1711), beginning, "Praise God from whom all t blessings flow," is commonly called , "the doxolegy" In Protestant churches. | Lame After Marriage Adolescent love is an event Mar ried love Is a situation. The first Is s ! critical phase of development the ; second Is sustained romance. de-; sire to retain a special mystery or at- i traction Is Imbecility. Love for a wife Implies an liability to conceive of life ' without her. The music of the spheres begins, years after the marriage cere msay, when this happy condition Is achieved. Foe both man and woman ths domestic atmosphere should hold Test, understanding and sympathy. 1 Ss Is ene ready ,tor the great adven -tsre.—Baton Msyo, In Harper's Magn ates. ' I Dogs in Church Parade Owners of pedigreed dogs in Lon- 1 dsn are using the famous Sunday 1 morning church parade In Hyde park for the purpose of showing them off. I For every bona fide church goer who J strolls through the park on Sunday surning there are scores of dog own- t era snxious to hsve their pets seen and admired. Many dog fanciers SMter in from remote towns merely to stroll through the park In order , that' the thoussnds of curious msy see the product of their kennels and perhaps make inquiry regarding the ownership and sale price of the «V>gs. Rep Tape An Italian soldier, who was declared dead during the war, but insists thst he Is very much alive. Is having an aabsrrasstng He has married since, and the government insists upon paylag his "widow" his pension. He has also received a nice medal reciting his good dseds snd ths battle in which he died. His name stands engraved upoa a monument to "our hero dead." In fact the war department refuses to concede that he Is still alive. Hs Is now making the government testify agalnat Itself, because the scurvy Income tax collector not only believes he is alive, but Insists upon making the usual collections In the usual harsh way.—Los Angeles Times. Saving Telephone Poles Large telephone companies through out the country have found fhat pine poles Impregnated with coal-tar creo sote give the longest-service. Cali fornia electric power lines are using s large number of yellow pine nnd Douglas fir poles which Have been im pregnated with coal-tar creosote, In stsad of untreated red cedar poles which were badly damaged by ter mites. These pine poles have been trested for their entire length by the open-ctll pressure method, which will prevent bleeding or sweating of the anosote. How Colds Are Caused The time-honored notion that colds are for the most pnrt caused by In clement weather Is ridiculed In a bul letin Issued by the United States pub lic health service. Cold In the head, says the bulletin. Is unquestionably the consequence of overfatigue, which exposes the system j to the bacilli that (lont constantly about The majority of colds nre ] "caught" during the months when lit- j tie outdoor exercise Is taken. It 1s not cold or damp which causes j coryzs (the technical word for the all-1 ment), but tho substitution of stole air for fresh. How Malnria Works When the red blood cells Infected * with malaria break up they liberate not only a bunch of daughter para sites. but a small amount of poison which the parasites have formed. When a large number of them do this st the same time. It causes the chill snd fever which occurs Just after the cells break down. It has been esti mated that at least 150,000 parasites must divide at the same time to liber ate enough poison to produce a chill — generally many tiroes more thnn this. How Indians Made Canoes Birch bark is peculiarly adapted for covering canoes becsuw It Is tough, light and smooth. Some of the Indians —a* canoes of cedar wood covered Willi aa unbroken piece of white birch baxfc. The strongest snd most durable e caaosa, however, were made by hot " towtaw eat birch logs. Most of the In e dlaas en the plains covered their cap t ernes wtth battle ak&*-Exchaaga. NO. 47 SELECT GOOD BULL FOR BEEF CALVES | (Prepared by the United Mttat DeptrtßMl of Acrtealtnn.) Buying a good herd boll is the fin* > | step In growing better beef calves at much leas coat per pomfO, says the United Statea Department of Agricul ture. In common or native cow herds, calves sired by pure-bred bolls weigh on an average about 129 pounds a head more, when one year old, tban calves of the same age sired by the average run of scrub bulls, and they will sell for about two cents a pound more as stockers and feeders. Two-year-old steers sired by good pure-bred bulls weigh on an average about 200 pounds more a head than steers sired by scrub bulls, and sell for considerably more as stock era and feeders. There is practically no difference lit the cost of feed for the two dasses of calves up to the yearling age, but from that time on grades develop more ca pacity and require more feed than scrubs. The difference in cost of feed, however. Is a very small item when the values are taken Into con sideration. The big difference lies in the type of bull used. Having selected a good bull, he should be the best-cared-for individual In the herd. Not only should be have (qteclal feed at times, but be should be kept in a separate paddock or lot and should not have the freedom of the herd except during limited seasons of the year. Unless a special lot can be provided, some means of giving the l>uU exercise should be devised. The bull should be well fed during all seasons, but especially so just pre vious to the breeding season. His ra tion may consist of roughages mainly, but a small quantity of grain also should be wed. The exact quantities of feed that ahould be given depend largely upon the else, age, and In dividuality of the animal, and the ra tion must be varied according fee re quirements. As a general rule erase slvs quantities of silage should not be fsd to a bull doing heavy terries. A safe rule to follow is to feed one-balf as much allege »»•.«> u mild constitute n fall ration for gn average cow. Hot Texas Leads Nation In Ice-Making Plants Philadelphia.—Texas ranks first among the states of the Union ta number of ice manufacturing plants and first In the number of persons as gaged therein. The industry baa an aggregate Investment, based on re placement cost of approximately s33*- 500,000, according to a survey and r* port of the Industry, recently com pleted by Burt C. Blanton, consul ting Industrial engineer. "The ke industry in Texas today ranks fourth In capital investment among five major dasses of manufac turers," Mr. Blanton said, "which are, petroleum refining, power and light, textiles. Ice and refrigeration and cot tonseed oil mills. •The maximum capacity of Texasf Ice plants amounts to approximately 15,000 tons of Ice a day. "The average annual Ice production In Texas now approximates 2.215,000 tons, which, based oO the average pre vailing price of ice. Is valued at ap proximately $12,500,000. "Texas ranks fifth among the states of the Union in the quantity at Ice manufactured. New York ranks first. Illinois second. Pennsylvania third and California fourth. "The Ice Industry ranks ninth in point of Investment among the Indus tries of the United States," Mr. Blan ton said. Rome Buys Old Convent for College Purposes Rome—The Holy aee has purposed for 5,000,000 lire the former convent of Saint Antonia, near Santa Maria Mag giere, to establish therein Lor.hard college, the Oriental institute an ! the nfwly founded Bussian seminary. TM pope has donated to Lombard college 1,000.000 lire for expenses. The con gregation of the propagation of the faith probably will take care of the other institutions. Indians Increase Washington.—The Indian population of the United States, exclusive of Alaska. Increased 2,098 during the fis cal year ending June 90,1929, over the previous fiscal year, according to a tabulation Just completed by the In dlun bureau of the Interior depart ment. The total number of the In dians In the United States is 340,30"., a gain of 18,078 during the last IS yearn. Why Noses Are Flat Eskimos and coast African tribesmen have broad, fist noses. This Is doe to the fact that the mothers of these races carry their babies snuggled against the shoulder or breast at the time when the nose la in Its most plastic state, the frequent pressure making the nose a rather sfc*peleSß blob.
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