THE ALAMANCE (»I.KA\I:U
VOL LIT
INDIANS HELD
AS HEAVENLY G
One cf the FOOT Original Co
lettial Blessings.
The Indian is the real advocate of
To him it was the staff of life.
Both he and it are distinctly Amerl
zL The sailing vessels which car
ried back to Europe news of the dis
jjyery of the one bore also samples
„f the other. Corn has meant so
much to the Indian in his economic
life that he came to reverence it. It
ffa s one of the four original celestial
blessings sent down to him from
heaven, the Indianapolis News says.
The others were squash, beans and to
bacco. Corn meal Is used by the
Pueblos and other Indians In all their
religious ceremonials. No tribal un
dertaking is complete, no official pro
nouncement is effective, unless they
are accompanied, at their reception,
by the sprinkling of the sacred meal.
medicine man finds in the meal,
blessed and sanctified by his own
hands, his chief ally in imploring the
blessing of the good spirits which rule
the Indian world, or In driving away
the evil spirits which threaten to usurp
the functions of the good. Growing
corn will wither and die, seeds will
not sprout, horses and sheep will per*
Ish, families cannot prosper and the
evil spirits of misfortune and disease
will sweep the villages unless the sa
cred meal is sprinkled at the begin
ning of all undertakings. The chief
fetich of the Pueblo medicine man is
an ear of spotless white corn, adorned
wltli a plume of downy white feathers
bound to the top. Known as the
mother, this ear of corn represents
the mother of all mankind. With It
the medicine man performs wonders.
Pollen of corn and squash, especially
among the Navajoes, performs an im
portant function in sanctifying all un
dertakings. It Is to them the most
spiritual of material offerings and no
ceremony connected with growth Is
complete without it. Its symbol, as
well as that of growing. corn, often
appears in the sand paintings made
famous by this artistic people,
ancestors of the Indians, the so-called
cliff dwellers, cave dwellers and
mound builders, used corn. Among
arrowheads, pottery, stone Implements
and other artifacts found In the caves,
cliff dwellings, mounds and ruins of
communal houses of these prehistoric
people, little ears of corn are often
discovered. To these people the great
American commodity probably was as
essential as It became later to tbelr
descendants.
Feared Effect of Eclipse
Stirred to frenzy of a purely relig
ions character by the sun's eclipse,
hundreds of thousands of Hindus from
Calcutta congregated oh the banks of
the sacred Ganges river, where they
bathed and prayed for protection
from the demon believed to be swal
lowing the sun, which, being too hot
to retain, Is causing It extreme an
guish. The Hindus believe their lives
>re profoundly affected by this demon
wless they bathe in the sacred river.
Business and household activities
*ere at a standstill during the eclipse
and cooking utensils were broken and
sleep and travel were suspended.
Judges in Russia
Of 2,600 judges on the bench in the
Cnlon of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1,410 are peasants and 882 are work
men, according to data furnished by
®e people's commissariat of justice.
Among 1,400 judges of instruction, 627
peasants and 292 are workmen.
o fT tHhree per cent members
t e Communist party, candidates
membership or members of the
.TT P r °selytes for membership
«nm?M enty " foOr years of a * e >- Pr «-
•hetotJii. ° ther 791 3udges " e
"ie lnteiiige nzl(L Only 112 women are
positions—not on the
the judiciary establishment.
Hair-Splitting
hi mi£ all T?M Porter was a Tery care "
' keen youthful days he had
oiraov 6Ver f y reprimanded for lnac
taiam? ev *r since be had been
; tak| ngly correct
> platform gen , tleman a PPW>ached on the
"is ti * asked genially:
-Xo It y tra,n ' P ort «rr
i ter- «i» replle d the careful por
"Don't f ° Des to th ® company, sir." i
man t g £/ U r ! " snap P«4 tfce ol( *
aesin that I T kn ™ I
Uke thk ' , Want t0 toow ,f 1 **
I "Therl t0 Springfleldr
Porter ■ need ' 8lr '" answered the
line fOT ., hatß what we've got an en-
A . D °ubly Helpful
fcm(N« an . ty par,or announced Its wllV
*»cht, w° ontribDt6 to ft* «*cti»
Per at K *nsas City. Kans., 10
Vis, , h l °5 money earned by bob-
Wr* T> , ot feminine mem
hsued ih? Paßtop ' O- A. Finch,
kuildln J bnllet ln: "While you're
[ fag .|| p your beauty and marcel-
U the bntM, r IOCk8 ' 7011,11 adding
Separation of Latin
and Greek Churches
Apart from the theological discus
sions, such as those arising from the
addition of the words, "and the Son,"
in the creed, the separation of the
Latin and Greek churches may be
traced to the founding of Constanti
nople and the political division of the
Roman empire. Ignatius, patriarch of
Constantinople, had been deposed, and
was succeeded by Photlus, who sum
moned a Council of the East In 867,
and passed a sentence of excommuni
cation on the bishop of Rome. The
churches became reunited toward the
end of the Ninth century and re
mained so until the middle of the
Eleventh century, when, In 1064, Ml-
I chael Cerularlus, patriarch of the
I East, renewed the condemnation of
. the Latin church, and was in turn ex
communicated by Pope Leo IX. Ef
forts toward reunion were made from
time to time, and at Ferrara (1439)
the Greek prelates signed a decree of
anion, but were forced by the people
and clergy to repudiate it Since then
the two communions have remained
separate.
Bell Chimes Go Back
to Fifteenth Century
The ringing of a bell, or bells, to
give notice of the beginning of church
services, and at daylight and dark
ness, is a custom lost In antiquity.
The curfew was an ancient custom
that has only recently passed away,
and we still have the bell for a va
riety of useful purposes in our pres
ent day requirements. People visiting
Europe for the first time are surprised
at the melodies and peals of bells they
hear. Some peals consist of as many
as fifty bells, and the skill with which
they are manipulated only comes after
long practice in the art
Historical documents show that
there was a set of chimes about the
year 850, which consisted of small
suspended bells that were tapped with
a wooden mallet. Of course bells are
much older than this, but not chimes.
Half swinging chimes were first intro
duced In the Fifteenth century. In
most cases—for chiming—the bell
bangs dead, and Is struck with the
clapper or with an outside or free
hammer, or they are swung only short
distances.
Cultivate the Be»t
Nearly all onr heartaches and carea
are the products of worry. We let
things rob us of oar peace and we
are victims of conquerors. All the
worry in the world won't make us
better, but It will undoubtedly de
prive us of the nobility which Is ours
for the claiming. It Is oars to be un
disturbed and undistressed. Doctor
Brand, In Mrs. Barclay's "Rosary,"
told Jane Champion: "Here is a pre
scription for you! See a few big
things. Go for the big things. You
will like to remember, when yon are
bothering about pouring water In and
out of teacups, Niagara Is flowing
still." Help yourself to what is yours
by right—health, happiness, upright
ness, and love. If these things be
yoars, then nothing can rob you of
your best, and there won't be any
waste.—London Tit-Bits.
"Old Man" and "Dad"
Asks one of those who are always
viewing with alarm: "Does your boy
call yon 'Dad* to yonr face and 'old
man' behind your baekf
It is quite possible he does, which
worries us not in the least In fact,
there are times when he calls us "old
man" right to our faoe. And strange
to say, it is at such times when the
invisible barrier between father and
son is most completely obliterated and
confidential relations most firmly es
tablished—lt is at such tiroes we can
get In our best instructive licks with
out any suspicion on his part that we
are giving advice. Call us "old man?"
He sure does, and why shouldn't he?
We call him "old man."— Philadelphia
Inquirer.
State Constitutions
The states in existence at the time
of the drafting of the Constitution of
the United States had constitutions
of their own and it was upon these
that the federal one was patterned.
The states developed their documents
from colonial charters, which in turn
were modeled upon the charters of
mercantile companies of the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth centuries. Massachu
setts Is the only state which retains
the constitution framed tn that period,
but it has been revised and amended.
All the states, however. In their mod
ern constitutions retain many of the
principles and much of the frame
work of the ether documents.
Moslems and Christians
Moslem women are not allowed te
marry Christians by the terms of the
modified form of the Swiss civil code
now before the Turkish national a»
sembly for ratification. The Inw,
which prohibits polygamy and divorce
by the mere whim of the husband, de
clares as null marriage® MBUMW
with Christians.
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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1926.
Colers in History
itFfBC colors are a sign of
dominating masculine influence and
have prevailed In color history even
I T, *°roua reign of Louis XIV In !
I the ■eoaissance. On the advent of j
| Louis XV, and the combination of
| wealth with the rise of woman's in- j
fluence delicate tints and Bhades were !
popular for the first time. At pres- j
ent there are more than 2,000,000 dls
tlactlens In color.
First Fire-Irons
It is less than one hundred and fifty j
years ago since stoves were first"used
on a large scale. The only flre-lrou
In the time of Henry Vlll of England
was tbe flre fork, a two-pronged Im
plement for stirring and shifting the
logs, • The development of the tongs,
poker ahd shovel came along with the
eventual general use of coal. Crude
strips of bent sheet-iron were, in the
beginning, used as fenders.
Money in Snake Catching
The snake business is quite a good
one, for there Is an endless demand
for snakes for the various zoological
gardens. A good python fetches SIOO
to |260, and the ugly and dangerous
rattler $lO to $25. There Is also a
market for small, nonpolsonous
snakes, which are used as food for the >
rarer varieties In captivity, and for j
which about a dollar a pound Is paid.
1 ■
Had to Control Appetite
Eating between meals was once
considered a crime at Harvard unlver- '
slty. Students whose appetites were
not satisfied with three square meals
a day 275 years ago subjected them- 1
selves to fines. This fact was dis
closed recently when ah old set of
college regulations was unearthed In 1
the library of that Institution.
*i
Proof Beyond Argument
"How will we know when the mll
lenlum is here?" asks an exchange.
When a woman drops a letter in a let- '
ter. box and then doesn't peer down
Into the unfathomable depths to see if
It went down, we may reasonably as
sume that the millennium is approach- !
lng the city line. —Buffalo Evening ■
Times.
I
Pepys' Diary Unique
la all English literature there Is
nothiag that so reflects society of the
time in which it was written, between
1660 and 1600, as Pepys' Diary. It
was inscribed In shorthand by Samuel
Pepys and was not published until'
1825. The years In which he wrote
were gay and profligate times.
Rivers Hamper Railroads
With the exception of a few feeder
lines, the railroads of Burma run
north and south. The large rivers of
the country, which flow In the same
direction, assume immense proportions
during the rainy season, and are tho
chief obstacle to the construction of
east and west railways.
Lived to Advanced Age
Marion Delorme, a celebrated
French woman of the Seventeenth
century, lived to the age of one hun
dred and thirty-seven, according to a
popular legend, although soldiers sent
to arrest her In 1650, when she was
thirty-seven, reported her dead.
No Impossibilities
Why should we call ourselves men,
unless It be to succeed In everything,
everywhere? Say of nothing, "This
Is beneath me," nor feel that anything
Is beyond our powers. Nothing Is Im
possible te the man who wills. —Mlra-
beau. \
Inconsiderate Barber
A shudder ran down the spinal col
umns of many persons living In one of
the Cleveland suburbs when they no
ticed a funeral wreath hung up behind
the "You're Next" sign In the window
•f the local barber shop.
Simple Korean Clothing
In Korea, some clothes are merely
pasted together Instead of being se
curely sewn, It Is said. They are
pulled apart when wash day comes
around, and are pasted together again
when they a*e dry.
Few Real Rembrandts
Of all the 700 pictures which are ac
knowledged as originals of Rembrandt
only 86 are the real work of the mas
ter, the other 665 being either works
of his pupils or forgeries, a Rutgers
professor asserts.
Single-Handed Choir
Mr. Peavey not only played the
piano accompaniments but sang bass,
contralto and tenor solos when neces
sary. Tbe audience listened In rapt
attention. —Musical America.
Good Qualities First
We are firm believers in tbe maxim
that for all right judgment of any man
er thing It Is useful, nay, essential, to
see his good qualities before pronounc
ing en Ms bad ones.—Carlyle.
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j HOW |
? NATURE MAKES PROVISION ?
| FOR TRAVELS OF SAP.— |
j How 'the water gets uphill in the r
-J trunks and stems of trees and £
* plants has long been a sore pur- I
* zle to scientists. Several the- *
J orles have been proposed, none J
* of them very satisfactory. TJn- *
* til recently the one most com- J
* monly favored was known as the *
J theory of "capillarity," which X
* assumed that the water rose In t
* a stem much as oil rises In n *
j wick, through the natural ten- *
£ dency of liquids to climb up in J
* narrow tubes and crevices. The- S
* trouble was, however, that ordl- 5
J nary capillary attraction could ±
* not raise water high enough or *
* fast enough to account for all I
* the losses through evaporation *
* and use within the plant. Then *
* there was another theory that *
$ took Into account a supposed %
* pumping action by the roots, or J
* a so-called "foot pressure." This a
* theory, however, was always *
* very vague, and even those who *
sjj claimed to understand It could t
* not explain It very convincingly. *
* A comparatively recent devel- J
* opment is a theory that seems *
* to explain the phenonunon and *
* at the same time to be free from *
:t: the objections that have over- £
* thrown the earlier ideas. This *
* theory Is largely the outcome of X
* experiments by a British sclen- *
* tist, Professor Dixon. He found *
* that by sealing a column of wa- j
* ter In a glass tube and using ap- *
proprlate experimental means, jji
* he could make the water carry *
| a considerable weight without
* breaking. Ordinarily, of course, *
| we think of a stream of venter J
* as a thing as unstable as a rope *
* of sand, but the trick seems to *
* He in getting rid of all the air; T
% for when this was done the wa- *
* ter column could support a't
* strain of several hundreds of *
pounds per square inch. jjj
* This is exactly the condition *
we find in the 1 stems of plants. I
How Dust May Be Used
for Making Cheap Fuel
If you pump cornstarch with air In
to an Inclosed lube and Ignite the mix
ture with an electric spark It will ex
plode. Recent government experiments
have shown In dust great explosive
energy going to waste. It Is this that
Is utilized In a new fuel announced
recently, according to Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Fuel made from dust or scourlngs
not only will make use of waste ma
terial, but will reduce a big potential
fire hazard in manufacturing plants,
explains W. A. Noel, an engineer of
the bureau of chemistry of the De
partment of Agriculture. It would
solve the problem of cheap fuel for
factories, he adds, for It may be used
in steam or gas engines.
Wood, metal, leathers, chemicals,
cork, rubber, sugar, grain, cocoa and
cinnamon are but a few of hundreds
of products from which the inflamma
ble dust may be obtained. Probably
the most powerful of all dusts Is that
of aluminum, while grain dusts are
available In the greatest quantities.
How Races Decay
But why this swift, continual flux?
Why this Incessant growth and decay,
this birth, senescence nnd death of
races? Can It be that races, like indi
viduals, go through processes of in
fancy and childhood, of maturity and
senility? Can It be that natural laws,
such as limit the life of members of a
species, limit the life of a species as
well, and that tribes of plants and
animals are mortal because of the
very laws that brought them into be
ing, and that their sentence of death
Is written In their very certificate of
life? Perhaps perpetuity is not even
potentially possible for any race—at
least, for any race higher than the
protozoa, those one-celled animals in
dividually capable of enduring for
ever; perhaps there is a fixed natural
period, a racial "three score y&irs and
ten," beyond which no species can nor
mally endure; perhaps various grow
ing diseases and weaknesses of the
racial mechanism must ultimately
prove fatal, just as physical defects
must eventually destroy . the indi
vidual.—From "The Decline of Man,''
by Stanton A. Coblentz.
Foreigners in Shanghai
Forty-five foreign nationalities were
disclosed in the last census of the
French and international settlements
at Shanghai. Of these the Japanese '
led with a population of 18,804. Eng- ,
land was second with 8.191, llussfa I
third with 4,109, and the United States
fourth with 3.00& The total popula-'
tion of Shanghai, Including territory
properly belonging to It, was estimat
ed at more than 2.000,000. The total 1
Chinese population within the bound
aries of the two foreign concessions
was 1,107,851.
FROM PALETTE TO MORTAR BOARD
Young women artists turn from their jars o£ color and paint brushes to
assist plasterers in setting ornaments In place atop huge pylona which adorn
the main entrances to the Palace of Agriculture and Food Products, of the
vast exhibition buildings which forms a part of the great Sesqui-Centcnnial
International Expo-sition being staged in Philadelphia from June 1 to
December 1 to celcbrato the 150 th anniversary or Uio signing of the Declare*
tion of Independence. CMmbing ladders and walking along rickety gcafiold3
Is nothing now to these young ladies, but each timo they do it they get a
thrill.
Sicilian Brigand
The Madonian mountains In Sicily
have for a long time been infested
with brigands who linvo been com
mitting murders and robberies and
kidnaping people without being mo
lested.
The new Fascist prefect and the
new chief of police determined to rid
: the terrorized inhabitants of these
human pests. They surrounded all
the small towns adjacent to the moun
tains with militiamen, policemen and
mounted carabineers, and after a four
months' blockade they have captured
the notorious brigand, Ferrarello, and
his band of 50 men, who havo been
raiding the surrounding districts for
the last 33 years.
All Is Vanity!
"Vanity of vanities, snith the
preacher, vanity of vanities; all Is
vanity."
Morris Flshbein, editor of the Jour
nal of the American Medical associ
ation, agrees with the preacher.
"America's beauty bill," he told (he
Des Moines Federation of Women's
Clubs, "Is $00,000,000 a year." And he
attacked vigorously plastic surgery,
cosmetics, "beautlcluns" and "cos
metologists" who share In this great
vanity fund.
The doctor finds no merit In rouge
or even beauty creams. Venus didn't
bave any, nor Cleopatra, he said tri
umphantly.—New Orleans Item-Trib
une.
Sun and the Weather
The chief of the weather bureau,
Dr. C. F. Marvin, Is not one of those
who believe that solar variation Is of
Importance In forecasting weather. He
thinks variation in the Intensity of
solar radiation Is of small importance
to the government in-teorologlst In
prognosticating future climatic condi
tions. 80 far, says Doctor Marvin,
he and his colleagues in the weather
bureau have found little to substanti
ate the contentions rtf certain students
In the Smithsonian Institution to the
effect that the fluctuations In weaiher
can be uscribed to the variation of
tlie rays of the sun.—Pathfinder Mag
azine.
MolecuUa
A "molecule" is the smallest part of
a substance that can exist separately
and still retain its composition and
properties; the smallest combination
of atoms that will form a given chem
ical compound. In physics, the struc
tural unit, as distinguished- from the
atom, and r.pplled to particles of gases
In the kinetic theory independently of |
their relation to the chemical mole- ,
ctilo.
Snow Reef in Mountains
One of the few snow reefs to be.:
found in all the Rocky mountain
range. Is on "Snow Reef Top" in Gla- ;
tier National park. This snow reef Is ,
there the year round and Is much
raved over by landscape painters and
cumera artists. In some parts of this
reef, which forms a crescent near the
mountain peak, the snow is drifted 100
feet high.
Fought to Establish
Jewish Independence
The Maccabees was the name of a
family In Syria, which during the Sec
ond century before Christ, resisted the
persecutions inflicted upon the Jewish
nation by tlie Seleucldae.
After the death of Mnttathias, the
lender of the revolt. In 100 B. C., his
son Judas Maccabaeus, defeated the
Syrians in three battles, reconquered
Jerusalem, purified the temple, and re
stored the worship of Jehovah,, saya
the Kansas City Stnr. He was slain
in ambush In 101 I?. C., and was suc
ceeded by Ids brother, Jonathan, who
was raised to the dignity of lilsh
priest, but was afterward treacherous
ly slain ct Ptolemals In 114 15. C., by
Tryphon, tbe guardian of the young
prince Antiochus Theos.
Ills brother, Simon, then succeeded
to the leadership of the common
wealth, and completely established the
Independence of the Jews. After seven
yars of beneficent rule, he was mur
dered, together with ills t*o sons, by
his son-in-huv, Ptolemy, vainly
hoped to be chosen bis SH*vf«wor. John
lljrcnnuy, >f Simon) the nest
ruler, flo renewed t/10 alliance with
Rome, conquered Idtimaea. and took
tlw» title of king, 107 IS. C. Syria be
carno a Roman province In C." li. C.
Nature's Adaptability
If rabbits In a lnl>oratory are made
dizzy for a brief period every day, the
little semicircular canals In their
heads will l>ecome udjusfed to tlie new
state of things, and Anally their
beads will not swim any more. Evi
dence on how the apparatus for bal
ancing the body gradually adapts
Itself to situations has recently been
reported by Dr. Knight Dunlap, pro
fessor of psychology at Johns Hop
kins university. Doctor Dunlap pro
duced the state of dizziness and the
Jerking of the eye* known as nystag
mus In the rabbit* by rotating them
and applying cold to the ears.
It Imd bdon previously found that
candidates for aviation need not be
rejected because their heau swam
easily when they were spun around In
a chair, as they mij;ht become adapt
ed to the unur?ual motion.
Stymied at Lunch.
Golf Is a game that has a special
vocabulary of its own, and beginners
are at first a Utile at sea with re
gard to the meaning of some of the
terms. You are "stymied," for ex
ample, when your opponent's ball lies
directly in the path your own ball
must take in order to drop into the
bole. The Tatler saya;
A gentleman was plowing on a cer
tain links in Scotland wl »-n ho turned
to bis caddie and said: "I say, caddie,
why couldn't that fellow get his ball
Into the hole?"
"He was stymied, sir," was the re
ply.
"He was. whatT'
"He was stymied, sir," repented the
raddle. *
"Ohj was he?" replied the other;
*1 thought he looked rather funny at
tench."—Youth's Companion
No. 5.
fcUREAU OF HEALTH EDUCATION,
N. C. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
CROUP
Unfortunately, this word croup hu
been used as a name for various con
ditions, some serious and some not,
until there Is Bome misunderstanding
in the minds of many as to just what
the word means.
Literally, croup is a disease charac
terized by laborious and suffocative
breathing, with sometimes spasm of
! the larynx and sometimes a local
ru'obrane in the throat. Diphtheria
j also causes a membrane in the throat
; and when the disease la serere the
; swelling in the throat causes a chok
ing with difficult breathing.
Because of this similarity, diph
; theria is sometimes called croup. This
| is unwise for it leads to confusion and
: often obscures the seriousness with
which diphtheria should always be
j considered.
i "Itis" is a suffix meaning infiamma
tion and laryngitis means an inflant
, mation of the larynx. Among the less
serious affections of the respiratory
tract in infants, none gives more alarm
ing symptoms acute, spasmodic
laryngitis. During a spasm of the
larynx in infants there are very few
diseases which strike such terror to
the hearts of parents, and yet as com
mon as it is, it is consoling to know
that babies do not die from such
spasms alone. A characteristic of sim
ple catarrhal laryngeal conch is that
it is absent early in the day, that it
begins toward evening and increases
in intensity during the night, and *» a t t
even without treatment, improvement
comes fn the early morning hours. It
is during the stage of greatest inten
sity, usually about midnight, or be
tween eleven and three o'clock, when
the apasm of the larynx occurs which
gives rise to the symptoms that are so
distressing to the child arid the pa
rents. Cyanosis and difficult breath
ing, except in unusual cases, is pre*
ent only daring the spasm.
Any doubtful or suspicious ca99
should have immediate medical attaa>
tion to be sure the trouble is not diph
theria. While the doctor is coming
use every effort to relax the tpasM
by heat and steam from boiling water.
Either hut or cold packs about the
neck arc helpful.
Keeping the infant in overheated
rooms during the day and subjecting
it to drafts and chilling at night prs»
disposes to spasm. «■»
Ingenious Scheme Keep»
Parental Line Intact
Kespect for one's elders is a
I'.ralsc worthy custom, which, neverthe
less. may be carried too far, J. D.
in Adventure Maga
zine. On Kaga. in the New Hebrides
It has become quite bad form to let
one's nu rents die. Of course, It ia
rather difficult to keep them alive if
they full out of a tree and break their
necks, or meet a shark while they are
swimming about in mid-ocean, and ex
treme old age is also responsible for
many casualties.
Even so, the respected parent must
net die; he must, on the contrary, live
more vitally than ever, and the practi
cal-minded indigenes have found a
perfectly simple solution to this awk
ward problem. They go to the next
Tillage or a neighboring island and
buy a child of the desired sex, whom
thoy adopt—as their father, mother or
grandparent, as the case msy require.
The child is given the deceased's
name, rank and precedence. He ia
treated with every mark of respect
formerly accorded the real relative—
at least when the occasion calls for
ceremony.
This makes for astonishing confu
sion among relatives, and it drew from
one visitor, who came from another
iclund, the scornful comment:
"Raga I Oh, that is the place where
they marry their granddaughters 1* *
Crow Dsserves No Mercy.
The crow is generally regarded ky
naturalists and sportsmen as one of
the most destructive robbers of birds
In the country and his depredations
occur chiefly daring the nesting season
when the young are helpless. As a
result of the enormous damage caused
by crows In the destruction of game
and nseful birds, movements have been
ftnrted in several parts of the country
to conduct' a vigorous warfare against
them. In some states there are al
ready bounties on crows. Anti-crow
clubs are being formed in localities
everywhere throughout the country
where the crow has become a pest
Doctor Warren, who has made exten
sive studies In bird life, believes that
the crow Is one of the worst of aU
destroyers and his conclusions liava
led him to denounce this predatory
spades in severe terms.