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The Alamance gleaner j VOL. LIV. ~ * GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 1929. NO. 52. ;|v 11T " - ?? , ~ WHAT'S GOING ON NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS , Senate Votes $24,000,000 to President to Use in Dry Law Enforcement. By .EDWARD W. PICKARD Disregarding u>e earnest pro test of Secretary of the Treas ury Mellon, the senate last week tacked on to the deficiency bill an amendment, offered by Senator Harris o? Georgia and then much altered, ap propriating $24,000,000 to be placed in the hands -of the President "to be used as he sees fit" In Increasing the personnel of the federal agencies charged "with enforcement of the pro hibition law. The senators also voted $250,000 for the prohibition Investiga tion proposed by President Elect Hoover. The vote on the former Item was 50 to 27, and party and wet and dry lines- were disregarded. Many prominent wets voted for the* amend ment and as many leading drys were against It Mr. Mellon had warned the senators against appropriating anch a bugh sum In advance of a definite plan for Its expenditure. Bishop Thomas Nicholson, president of tlie .Anti-Saloon league; Bishop. James Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist church, South, and If. L. Crawford, secretary of that organization's board of temperance and social service, bad sent Mr. Mellon a telegram demand ing that be support the Harris amendment or admit he was unwilling y or unable to. enforce prohibition. This drew from Senator Brace of Maryland ? fierce denunciation of thone three men la the debate before tb^. roll'call. As finally passed by the senate, the deficiency appropriation measure also carried an amendment requiring pub lic bearings on all tax refunds in ex cess of $10,00(1 The bill carried $75, 000,000 for tax refunds to.be added to the $190,000,000 heretofore appropriat ed for that purpose. . There were strong Indications that fbd' conferees on this bill would re ject 'the $24,000,000 prohibition Item but would accept the appropriation for the inquiry desired by .Mr. Hoover n AD1CALS and pacifists in the sen "? ate Were successful in checking progress on the 15-cruIser bill al though they would not admit that they were filibustering against It Representative Fred Britten, chairman of, the naval affairs committee of the house, devised a. plan that rather dis mayed the opponents of the measure. Hr, Britten took steps to add the cruiser authorization bill and. an Ini tial appropriation for the ships to the annual naval appropriation bill short ly to come before the house. This procedure would hare the effect of discharging the senate from further consideration of the cruiser authoriza tion measure. With the provision for the cruisers incorporated In the ap propriation bill, the pacifists could de feat- the cruisers otAy by defeating the entire hill for upkeep of the navy In the nest fiscal year. Mr. Britten laid Ids plan before President Coolldge and afterward he said the President Indicated < desire to bare the cruisers authorised and built but advocated elimination of tl># provision of the blU requiring the lay ing down of fire Cruisers each year. Be wants no appropriations made by. this congress that wooid endanger the surplus In the treasury. Mr. Coolldge, Senator Curtis and Senator Hale all j believed the senate would soon peas ? the cruiser bill. t mmmmm, ON MONDAY the senate.confirmed the appointment of Roy" O. West ?f Chicago as secretary, or the ta tertor. The vote am 53 to 3?,' the negatives Including tbe' radicals and near radicals of both parties riEUHKllT flOOVEB finally soc 1 * ceeded. In netting to Miami Bench for. his rest period that will last antU Just prior to his Inauguration. South ern Florida turned out en utaoaa to welcome him, and Ulster and Miami Poach were gayly decorated. After s Mg parade that included fourteen beads, the. keys to All ami and two fine flslilng rods Were presented to Mr. Hoover in tbe dty park, Among tbe notable* who greeted hint were Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, who rides In a wheel chair, and Jack' Dempsev. Mr. Hoover was soon taken to the J. C. Penney home on Uelle Island In Biscayne bay. One of his first callers eras Stnart W. Cry racer, a wealthy cot ten manufacturer of Charlotte. N. C., who helped swing hid state to the Re publican column last fall. He was a classmate of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur at Anncpolls and the corre spondents at once guessed he might be given Mr. Wilbur's portfolio as a recognition of Ihe new political Sooth. Mr. Crameer did not discourage this Idea, but declared that Mr. Hoover did nut mention the sabject of cabinet appointments dnrfng the call. Dwlght Morrow, ambassador to Mexico, who wag in Miami on his way home from a vacation In Nassau, took breakfast with the President-Elect Thursday, and tlien all appointments were put off until the next week nnd Mr. Hoover and the members of his: Im mediate party left for a two dgys' trip to the Florida keys to get some fishing. Two Ashing yachts carried them. /"OKLAHOMA Is In a fair way to get ^ rid of another governor?a habit they have "down there. The state's house of representatives voted six Impeachment charges against Gov. Henry 8. Johnston, and the senate suspended him from office pending an Impeachment trial. Ueut. Gov. W. J. Helloway has taken his place. The charges against Johnston Include In competency, corruption In office and violation of the constitution and laws of the state. The name of Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, comely confidential secre tary of Johnston, figures prominently In hearings of both bouse and satiate investigating committees. She Is charged by political enemies with wielding great Influence over , John son's 'official acts. Hit CLARENCE COOK LITTLE, president of the University of Michigan, has resigned, effective- Sep tenner 1,1029, nnd asked for leave of absence from Jane 30 an til that date. In'bis letter to the board of regents Doctor Little said: "For some time two things have been Increasingly apparent. First, that my methods of handling situations dealing with . In terests of private donors, political In terest local' Interests, and alumnae j Interest are not consistent with pol icies which the board of regents deems wise. "Second, that 1 shall. I' hope, be more effective In rdeutlflc research | and teaching than In administration." There baa been much bitter debate over Doctor Little's prooonnced views ever since he became Michigan's sixth president In I02A. /CONDITIONS In Afghanistan are v-1 exceedingly confused, (lablhullah, the rebel chief, after capturing Kabul, was proclaimed king of that part of the ronntry, but a let of the tribes men are said to be opposed to Ms rule, and Amanullnh, who abdicated. Is trying to form an army of the dis affected ones In order to regain his throne. Hahlbnilab (s not getting the support he expected from Russia and It Is not believed he eon retain the crown lie grntjbed. The balk of the original Afghan army Is said to be stnt loyal to Amanullah, due to the Influence of the military governor of Jalalabad, who la the former ruler's cousin. The Hlnde^ of Lahore and various Moslem organizations of India ate appealing for Unsocial aid for Aatanuliali. ^ .. -1 . AT A meeting of the Teaaants' league of Mexico, which repee aeqta half a million agrarians. the radical lenders pat ibrough lestdatioos demanding laws thal wonld coate near to Sovtetlzing the country. 'They de manded the abolition of the federal house of deputies and the senate and legislatures In the 28 Mexican-state/ and the sufantltutloa of dsosclls Canned of peasants, small farmers and the working riaeara. to the ex clusion of nonlabunte and iateilec tuala. Suapenaton of the payiffent of uatkmol and foreign -debts, the Im mediate extinction ef Ittlleragy and the establishment of schools fa every city, village aad ranrii were also rirgcd. They proposed dlrtslsn of all the rraalnlog heelenAas ud ranches among the peasants.- sfclywri' lass, than 25 par eta* of the laads^given, to them under agraglan 'law (luring the last tea rears are now being worked. OEVERB winter storms on land and ^ sea were responsible for a number of tragic occurrence*. Near Betlevue, Ohio, a motor bos, running through ? blinding snowstorm, wss struck by an Interuihan car and lb persons Were killed. Several steamships were In distress off the Atlantic coast. The Italian freighted Florida was founder ing off the Virginia cups* when the' America went to her aid and res cued the crew of 32 despite a full gale and blgh seas. The American lanker Dannedaike lost her rudder bat made her way toward Bermuda. Rut the British freighter Teesbrldge was believed to have gone down with her crew of 30 men. She called foi help off Cape Race and ships that hastened to the location, given could find no trace of .the vessel. Earlier In the week the Dollar liner President Garfield, on a world cruise, ran on a reef In the Bahamas Fortunately the sea was calm there and all tha 89 passengers were safely taken off by the Munson 'liner Pan-America and landed at Nasaau. /tRARLES R. CRANE of Chicago. former minister to China, had a miraculous escape from death at the hands of Wahabl tribesmen near Bas ra. Motoring to Kowelt with his son. J. C. Crane, Charles Johnson and. Rcr. Dr. Henry Bllkert of the American mission at Basra, he was waylaid and tired upon and Doctor Bllkert was killed. None of the others was In jured. The State. department al Washington said that the ottark might be explained by a feud between some of the tribes and others that are under the leadership of Ibn Saud. a personal friend of Mr. Crane. The Irak government resigned last week because of disputes with Great Britain oter unfulfilled promisee ol the British In regard to autonomy. GUATEMALA bad one of those at tempted revolntlona. three prov inces being affected, and for a few days It looked rather aerlnns. Bui the government forces took the field and effectually suppressed the affair The headquarters of the rebels In Maxatenango, a seaport, were bombed by airplanes and the dty was occu pied by the federal troops. All rebel lender* who were captured were court martialed and executed. OXCB more (be old scheme of con atructlng a tunnel under the Eng llsh channel between England and France has been re rived. Questioned In parliament. Prime Minister tyilcl win stated that a nonpartisan re-ex ami nation of the project would be made. At the same time the French commit tee for constructing the tunnel, adopt ed a resolution pledging collaboration with the efforts to get the approval ol -the British parliament Economist* have long, advocated the construction of such a tunnel, but It has always been opposed by military strategists The English Socialists now favor the examination of the prefect provided the military are excluded. Engineers aay the channel bore conld bo built at a coat of about WtW.OOO.fXX}. and the railways like the Idea. There to also revivdb discussion of the counter plan of bntiding a 21-mile bridge from Dover to Calais. DETROIT river froae over, with ooly a narrow strip of open wa ter. and eoiaddeatatty Sumner C Sleeper, chief of the Detroit custom* petrol, and a dgsen of his men. quit their Jobs. The Immediate result wae a grand rush of the rum runners Small aatoa. sleighs, little skiffs and ?van skis and toboggans were brought oat tot grant a ambers and the liquor smugglers brought their cargoes across from the Canada shore without the least tuterrupttoo and In the full sight of hundreds who lined the WORD cornea from Moscow thai the Russian Communist party . lias declared war to. the death on the party of the exiled Loan Trotsky, ac ' cttolag It of an an tl Soviet plot. Oar hundred and dfty of Trotsky's follow era have been arrested and quantities of documents seised. Dispatches from Latvia -aay. many ef the oho takee have beqa executed. ' K ._ 1 . ? Riot of Color Under * the Ocein'i Sarfoco Con I he very Mrfgn M the tea there floe I eeantleas hUHone of 'Blttw wult parflrtee and plants that aerse t? forat . a marttu- pasta** far the lieHwi of ' the deep. Beneath the aorfae* of (he tropWitl seas, says the Boston Tran 1 ssrtpc oae rm 'lof'a letlluMe fairy ha? In whirli the (levers art neyally htahtpkal specimens ifi?. ptaddep the jntao ef the eel eat lets and the ar "?J3?.;** i**"* Pt^?o ?.'apt#raa Jz/'SLr'ti,*-, - Vhr.je:- jmBBH .. Md not merely boertjeta traaaported trom (Mr original bed* by submarine tWcanlr or other action. BeantlM a* are th* Icbtbyolocteal jbtdatw of aahmaiinc eratan they are aatdaaoad. la graeefalaaa* aad delicacy. by the algnM gmatbe lb* sflTery-irhfte, pink in0 porplc Maftai (hat ' ? ? * - - a-A. * ? - a * jiw dog Dcncstn nw wives is perrcct Keytoea'e aea-fardtoa are aadar the arena aad oae of the** Me* off ? : * .' "* * T S ' ' ?* . . - . .. . '-t Ml pvrpta. emu and rod, oraace aad wMta. dart by plainly ffctMo na a* a depth of 90 feat Tha royal hnbot with lis aMgaifleeal coat of iky-Mac aad araayo ahadtaf late |di tho angel-dob of ahnoat Uke ml n ring. with Mao aad yalto* ilrwow, giro ad dMIoato eharai to a onto* whicb tbc paalad by tho lerphot-ioajof, to otrtpoa of (Hack aad toM. enhance to tha? twa to aad oat of Um pardon growth* oa tba ocaaa bod. rates' - ? *' a - IKD HER OWN NEST BEST <? by D. J. W?Uh.) MR8. JOLIA FULTON in the first to appear at the break fast table In her daughter's luxurious apartment. 8be sat down In her accustomed place and accepted with a sigh the half of a su perior grapefruit which Emit;, the maid, placed before her. Although It was not a dark morning a lighted lumlnalre softly revealed the excellence of the table service, the American walnut furniture of a tfueen Anne design, the silken bnng Inga aod the pot of daffodils which furnished a cheerful note for the oth erwlse somber room. Judy (she pre ferred that to Julia) gazed at the flow era thoughtfully. They were unmls takably hothouse and lacked the freshness of an outdoor airing. Judy patted back a yawn with the plump hand upon which gleamed a couple of magnificent rings. She bad not slept well. She never did sleep well at Alice's. Too much going on In the bouse. Those people overheud had danced until midnight Of course, that liadnt troubled Alice for she bad been out somewhere. No ex pecting her to breakfast. She wouldn't arise until just In time for Inncheon. The door opened and her son-in-law entered. "Good morning 1" was his greeting. He sat down, passed a smooth band over bis dnrk, freshly shaven chin and then unfolded the paper lying beside his plate That paper was be tween blm and Judy during the re mainder of the meal. When, having finished he hastily withdrew, merely flinging a word of excuse In her di rection. A moment later be was on his way downtown to return no more until evening. Judy retired to the living room and ?at down by the window .with ber crochet work. She had a long morn ing before her. Nothing lo do but crochet nntll Alice appeared. And outside?somewhere. the spring sun shine most be falling like gold on the new springing grass, crocuses sticking np their lovely heads above dank mold, robins skirmishing for earth worms. "Let's nee." said Judy ruhbfhg her aristocratic old nose with her crochet needle "It Is seven weeks today since I came here to Alice's. And before that ! was live weeks at my son's. Twelve weeks all told. A long time. H'm. well, hut I had to do It. I got no peace nntll I came. Firs' Horace ami then Alice. 'Mother, yon are too old to live alone way off there by yourself. Ton mustn't do It.' Wall till they get to be seventy-two nnd sec how they feel. Not that they'll have any children to fuss about them." sighed Judy. Crocheting vexed her. She tried a magazine and was horrified ny the story Into which site dipped. There were plenty of other diversions?a talking mnchlne In a unique Jacobean case, a reproducing piano, a radio set even In the study, hut Judy did not understand these modern time killers She decided to go to her room and have a nap. There she arranged herself on a chaise lounge nnd closed her eyes She was awakened by Hie opening of the. door as her dnnghler entered. Alice Morton was forty Are with a sixteen-year-old figure and a thirty year-old face. She was pretty and she looked fairly fresh. "Morning, mother!" she began "These dinner dances always kill me. Been ssleep? Too funny old "thing I After you slept all night, too. Don't get up. I can't stny a minute. Pro going out to luncheon and to s mat inee afterward. And. oh. I.loyd Just telephoned Ihnf we're to diue at the Plaza toalght. Cut I shall he home Immediately afterword. Ton know, mother dear, we haven't bad a real good talk yet" "I know It And I've been bere sev en weeks." "That's nothing. Think bow much longer you're going to be here?years and years. I hope." Alice caressed her ! mother. "Oh, good land r said Judy, "fro seventy-two. 1 haven't a quarter of M century ahead of me the way yoo hare. Time's short for me. Alice." ?Ahsard I" Bat Alice's thoughts ob viously were wandering. "By the way. yoo want to hear Googongnla tomor row." she said. "Wonderful, mother! A voice that lifts yoo to the heavens." Tre heard them." Judy sighed "My dear. I beard great singers be fore yoo were born?what's thatt" There had been a discreet tap at Iks door and Alice had called ont. -Comer Brolly entered with a letter tm a tray. "A special delivery for you." Alice laid. Judy had colored with anxiety aa ?be saw the familiar handwriting. "My land I It'a from Nell Peebody. Something's happened." She read and ? at.'" haHmflW gave a Utile rry. "Tim bat disap peared." "Nonsense I" Alice smiled tolerantly "Rut I tell jou be line I Tills lettei tree written yesterday and he has been gone since the night before. It Isn't Nell's fault She's taken the best kind of cure of bint, I know that. It's only that he has been so I on ear me He's kissed me?" ller rolce broke She arose from the chaise lounge "Why, mother I Don't act so foolish. It's only a dog. Uoyd will get you another, any breed you like" Judy gazed at her daughter with shocked eyee She gasped at her daughter's Indifference to whut was to her so heart-hreaklngly poignant "Tim Is Tim," she said. "And I'm going to see If I enn llnd him." "You're not going to leave here Just for the sake of a?s wretched little cur like Tint?" Rut Judy had wasted all the words she was going to on the unfeeling Alice. Resides, when slie made up her mind about anything she was not to be turned aside frotn It The six-hour Journey was a tedious one for Judy. She crocheted or gazed from the window and all the time she was thinking of Tim. The little scamp! She bad not dreamed he could tug at her heartstrings this way When her children had persuaded ber that the must give up her Independ enoe and s|>end her entire time with first one and then the other of them, she had placed the little dog In o neighbor's keeping, knowing that she could not take him with her. Dogs, even little gray, bushy Scotch terriers, were not permitted ' In expensive apartment houses. From the lirst she had missed that faithful companion ship and It seemed Tim had missed her until he could bear It no longer and had run awny. Well, she would dnd him?If he wns to be found. God forbid that something should have happened to the liltle tyke. Her eyes filled a\ the thought of that warm, loving heart crushed henenlb careless tires. ft wns past 7 o'clock when the cab left Judy at the door of the tiny white house on the peaceful street whither she had retired upon her husband's death. Nell I'eabody, no body knew she was coming Indeed everybody thought Hint site bail gone nwny to stay, A lucky old woman she was to have a luxurious borne and every enre offered her. Crocuses were coming np in the freshening grass?blue and gold and white. Their varied glances welcomed Jndy. but she passed tliein by and went round to tlie back door which her key lilted. As she approached, a gray, bushy dog bounded front the step to meet her. "Tlmmy I" She held him close while he harked and wriggled nnd lapped at lier face Willi his eager tongue. Nell I'euhody, kind soul, came run nlng over In astonishment. "Why, It's yon, Judy?nnd Tlinmyl" "He mnst have known I wns enur ing home lonlght," Judy said. She snt down on (lie door stone with Tlm my snuggled against her and Nell liy ber side. "1 suppose you've only roine honie for a Juy or two to rent your house nnil got rid of your furniture." Nell to III sudly. Judy pulled one of Tlmmy's silken ears. "Don't you wunt me to stay, NellT" "Judyl If you knew how lonesome I've been without your" The woman tout-lied Judy's, hand. "Every bird likes It's own nest liest even If she Is a seventy-two-year-old bird," Judy laughed softly. The Walrus Horse nnd walrus, ns words, bear an Interesting relationship to each other. Walrus, It will be found, la Dutch, of Scandinavian origin. Il Is. says Webster's New International Dic tionary, llie Danish "valrna," the Swedish "vnllroas," the Norwegian "liralroo." Since horse Is Anglo-Saxon, a very old English word, coming from the German "rose." and tlie Icelandic "hrnas," It la obvious that the end Inga of the Scandinavian words for wolrua mean "horse." The begin nlngs are the same an the Danish and 8wcdlsh "bval," ? whale. Walrus la thus, literally, "whale horse." Early Church Chimes In 1723, Christ church waa bu. , in Boston, and In 1744 a chime of bells, produced In England, waa placed In the steeple. One la Inscribed: "We are the first ring of bells east for the British empire In North America." and on another la InarHbed "Abel Rndball of Gloucester cast ns til. Anao 1744." No CHmaeat of WUIiamt . Tliere la oo authentic portrait, mar ble or bmnze. of Roger Williams ex tanL When In 1872 the Mate of Rhode Island presented hlS-statue to the na tion the artist had to make It from an Ideal conception. Steam and Water Steam al ntmoeplieiie prrasura will occupy nearly 1.700 i lines I he apnea of i lie amue weight of water at that preasnre. -? ? af- ' - '5. -? - " ?* <WoPe Janeiro^ I ?????????? ?? * '-t. The Municipal Theater, Rio de Janeiro. (Prepared hy (bp National Oeoirapblc Society, Washington. D. Ct RIO DE JANEIRO, which recent ly extended such nn enthusias tic welcome to President-Elect Hoover, Is, In both benuty and history, one of the richest cities, of the Netv world. And the customs and mode of life In the teeming city, many of them reminiscent of the Old world, give the clly an added charm to the visitor. The population of the cnpltal ex ceeds 1,000,000. Among foreigners, there are 154,000 Portuguese, 80.000 Italians, 24.000 Spaniards. 4.000 French. 8,ri00 Turks, Syrians, and Arnhs. 8.000 Germans, 2,000 British, I.SOO Spanish-Americans 1.500 Amer icans. and 000 Asiatics. Rlo's climate Is often maligned, but It suits those who like spring nnd summer weather. It la^iever as warm as summer In many of osr eastern nnd middle west cities, and the nights on the hills nre nearly always cool. Tlie plensantest season Is -between May nnd November; the warmest months are January. February and March. It Is hard to say Just wlileh Is the rainy season, as showers are frequent throughout the year. The nuts'nndlng feature of Rio. of course, is Its marvelous hnrlmr domi nated by the great rocky hills that tower over Its crescent shore lines. It Is a world city now nnd at night when Ita millions of lights nre aglow It piay well claim to be the most pic turesque of great rifles. Although Hie Portuguese discovered ? the wonderful hnrlmr of Itlo, It was a group of French Huguenots that In I.Vk'i tirsl settled there. The Ponu guese settlement that became Rio de Janeiro was made by a force of sol diers under Estaelo de Sa the same year, with the Intention of expelling the French colonists. We can picture that primitive village, a crnde chapel a few thatched huts on the little peninsula which lies at the base of the great ro< k known as Pno d'As suror, or 8ugnr l oaf. One shore of the peninsula fares the sea; the other looks out on the bay. The .village was called Sao Sebastlno In honor of Hie Portuguese king, s name thit clung to Hie city well Into the Nine teenth century. From It Estaelo de Sa wen! forth In 1007 for a final and vlrtorloua battle with the French and their Indian allies, but In the strag gle he was mortally wounded. The settlement was then moved op the bay to the summit of ? bill called Morro de Castello, or Castle Bill. Here. In (lie church of 8no Sebastlno. Rlo's oldest edifice, bejjun In 1507. completed In 1583. and thrice since remodeled. Is the tomb of Estaelo de 8?. Com Jojo's Barge Still Freserved. Brazil swung Into a new cycle lo 190S, alien Portuguese royalty ar rived from Lisbon to set op Its court In Rio de Janeiro. Dom Joao and his mot tier cane ashore ? In the royal barge, still preserved at one of the island naval bases. This same barge, used on two other occasions only, was sent out to meet Ellho Root on hie famous South American tour. A map of Rio, printed In 1809, of the city that dom Joao found, shows a mate of narrow, aneapn streets and narrower alleys. They were lighted at olght by taljpw lanterns bong out by public-spirited citizens It was rich, however. In churches and cut] vents, hospitals, barracks, a theater, and nlnteen public squares. The king made a royal palace of the hsndsome building, now the National Telegraph office, which bad been occupied by the colonial governors, and from bete bis successors. the Pedroa, ruled after Mm. <... Dum Joeo'a portrait at tows a port ly gentleman with pompadMr and -aide burns.- He was a patron of arts and letters and brought with Mai treat Portugal the royal library eg ' k " . 00,000 volumes ami the "old master*" which now grace the academy of Bet las Arte*. The nntlonal library t* one of hi* lasting memorials, alone worth a rlsit to Brazil. Dom Joan's botanical garden Is to day the finest la l lie New world and equaled only by that of Ruitenzorg, Javn. lis century-old Imported bam boo* are as tall as forest trees; Its native Victoria Begin lilies most queenly of their kind. Its Royal I'alm avenue, a'lmnat eighteen hundreil feet long. Is second only to Rlo's Quad ruple Palm avenue bordering the Uangne rannl. In tlie early days tliese palms were a mark ot royal dis tinction and were planted only Id parks and avenues near city and coun try palaces. The Qulntn da Bop Vista, some dis tance from the heart of lite city, was one of I he country homes of royalty. This splendid estate, now Rlo's finest park, was presented to Dom Joao by a Portuguese citizen. On the king's re tufn to Europe It was claimed by Eng lish hankers for crown debts and pur chased from them by the Brazilian government. The palace Is bow the home of the National Museum. Street Scenes In Rio. The types on lllo's streets are ever y fascinating. On the level ways, min gling wllh countless head bearers, am carters trudging beside their male teams, men trundling band trucks, and cake sellers with wares In boxes on wheels Tliese last named are popu lar, us the Brazilians are very fond of sweets. A unique sight Is a cart with two huge a heels, carrying gran ite blocks or great logs auspended by chains, from the axle. The vegetable and chicken sellers of Rio carry their wares In croupe of baskets hanging from l lie ends of a pole slung across their ehoolders. This Is probably n survival among those customs which reached Portugnl through her Far Eastern colonies. Run Ouvldor and Ron O on calves Diaz, named after a favorite poet, are unique. They are ezceedlngly nar row. with diminutive shlewnlks; but. as no traffic Is allowed, pedestrian* walk In (lie street. On many other equally narrow streets one-way traf fic only I* permitted; bat even here pedestrian* have rather a bed time of II dodging motors, trams and trucks. The lottery play* an Important part In the life of the people, and to oo well established that It to often used to ratoe money for charities, and to not frowned on by religious bodies. Great credit to due to the Brazilian arleotlet. Dr. Oswildo Cms. who died In 1917, while atlll In hto forties. . It waa be who made the Bgbt for sani tation,* completely transforming the capital. Hto memorial to the Oewaldo Cms Inatftute, of which he was the lint director, maintained by the gov ernment for medical research. On the Institute's staff to an eminent Amer ican pathologist It to easy to go sightseeing la RJa. Automobiles, which hers observe en speed limit, rent for ten mllrels an hour, about three dollars In oar mousy ?t the present rate of exchange. lb few other cities to trolley riding so delightful. The Canadian com pany. known locally as "The Light." supplies electric power sad operates . an elaborate system of trams, or "hands." aa-thn Brasiltsns call them. The Brat electric road Issued hoods; hence the same. To every part of the city, to the mouhlahm. ocean bsocltea. and far distant suburbs, these trams carry foe la comfort. The open eats are targe and-solidly boil I. No crowding to allowed: every one to seated. Smoke tug Is permitted en all bat the Bm three aeaas. The tor* varies srith Hto dtotaactoama hundred rato (ahoat thrwh cepis) by each arctisa. these to Bb th V ao dost in ?o. which adds toaarty lo the ?li soars of the rids. ' . - i*. ':A -
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