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'"THE A5HEVILLE CITIZEN, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1922.
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Monday Morning, October 2, ,1922.
Some of The Citizen's Ambitions
For Asheville and Western
. North Carolina:
J. A hard-urfaeed highway fiom Aahe
vlVa to the county-aeat of every county ad
joining Buncombe. - ......
. Hard-surfaced highway coanectlf j the
capital ot all mountain counties.
I. More tourlft hotel In thl whole
mountain region AND ANOTHER COM
MERCIAL HOTEL FOR jIIEVILLU.
4. Establishment of additional Summer
Camp School
I. Increased e of the rot-eel for reo
reation and (port. k
, . A central park with a ayrtera of amaller
parka.
T. A col'ge In Aahevtlle built upon
foandatlone broad enough to support a great
university.
I. , A greater Summer School, with cur-He-jlum
arranged to give vocational training
in aruand y.dustrles.
get richer and the poor poorer T" There la
among the member of a large cla of Amer
ican an attitude toward money that la snob
bery of the raakent kind. They think to mis
takenly of money that to have to economize
seem to them a dlagrace, aomethlng to be
.named of and. If possible, hidden from the
neighbor. Becauae a thing I of amall cot
It oan not. In their opinion. poMlbly b'"flrt
claw." S'ifh a habit of mind deetroy all
chance of careful spending, all prospect of
thrift.
Buch people never have money because
they are Igrorant Of the real value of money.
Their ambition I to pend. not to u or con
serve. Their trouble N this- afraid to reljr,
upon their native worth to lift them up In
the serial cal. they expect the thing to be
accomplished through in extravagant appear
ance of being well off. Obvious!', the person
with that twisted Idea of value has neither
the aense nor the stamnia essential to the ac
cumulation of wealth, the symbol of power.
- But the rich go to marked down sale be
cause they know what money is worth and
"what the tslng they want to buy are worth.
They have long ago learned that to pay on
cent more for an article than It 1 worth I
a confession of weakness. Cost labels mean
little to them. They are out to get the best
possible out of everything. And, becauae they
know how to do this, they know how to
handle money. The snobbish poor stay poor
because they deserve to; that Is to say, be
cause they lack constructive, conserving
ability.
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A Victory For Decent Politics
Tammany is burden enough on the pro
gressiva elements of the Democratic Party of
Nnr Tork and the country, but Democracy
everywhere should rejoice that It Is spared
the spectacle of an alliance between Tam
many Hall and William Randolph Hearst.
Those who know Hearst wilt not be misled by
his grandiloquent announcement that he could
not accept the gubernatorial nomination from
reactionaries, nor will they credit Murphy
with even partial conversion to political Ideal
Ism when he passed along the word to name
the popular and capable former Governor'
"Al" Smith. Murphy shrewdly weighed the
chance . of party success and the conse-
quences of good or ill for Tammany should
he give the award to the unstable publisher
of newspapers that pander to prejudice In all.
its forms. That business politics in this in-
Forty Thousand Handicaps
What can the woman; 'oj.;SJte?. ..:'d&:&!!W'f ' P1Me.'
righteousness may be;taken u an scclou
so "far aa theWammany ehlerts'conciiied. "
Those who are alrt for evidences that
do" to!h: Stated ik0f2imr
.Government"'- Inquire an Asheville woman.
Tha obvious answer to Jhls la .that- they can
. promote both causes by giving the Slata. their
votes and making their votes a constant and
repeated expression of their high Idealism.
' But there are in North Carolina 40,000
white women voter who can not"-'wrlte their
names. That means 40,000 handicap on
North Carolina women's work tor; good Gov
ernment The woman who is illiterate Is at
the mercy of other people's politics. She can
contribute to politics only that which ha been
given to her. She can reason put nothing be
cause she can, not assemble facta, figures and
arguments except from the mouths of others.
Rumor is her Instructor, gossip her guide.
One great contribution1, therefore, that the
literate women of the State can make to good
Government is determined, war upon adult
Illiteracy. The opening gun in this battle has
been fired. A Buncombe County woman has
proved that the Illiterate white woman, when
sympathetically approached, gladly., accepts
"tke opportunity to put off the burden of her
ignorance. What Mrs. Elizabeth K. Morrlss
has done InAshevlUe and the surrounding
distrk-ts to give adult illiterates education,
can be done all over North Carolina. It
should be undertaken In every county In the
Slate.
'in Asheville' 1922 Hummer Rchool for
Teachers, twenty-five women took - the ' full
course in methods of instructing adult illiter
ates. There were also twenty-five entrants In
the classes for club women interested in such
work. And. since this kind of teaching has
been made a part of the State's educational
system, all that la needed to carry it to com-
i plete success is plentiful and wntliu.Ma.nUc sup
port. For -this support the women are ad
mirably suited. For motive they have the ob
ject of relieving their sex of 40,000 handicaps
in 1U effort to uplift politics and improve
Government. With industry they can lamp
out adult Illiteracy in North Carolina in a few
ears.
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Why They Stay Poor
This1 was an Incident of Ashevllle's "Dol
lar Day" last Friday. Over a hundred wo
men" "were crowded on the pavement await
ing their turns to get Into a large atore. which
waa packed to the doors with buyers. Two
of the women' were conversing while they
milled around! "Why, there's Mrs. Blanks
exclaimed cne of them. "She's one ;of the
richest women In Asheville. What on earth
Is aha doing at a. marked down sale?" The
other caught ber meaning at once, and elabo
mted o It: " I had the money she's got.
rd never buy m. marked down thing M long
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' , la those few sentences you liave an wer
ra tka aackaeyed iuesUon: "WHy do Vo. rich
The "Jargon" Ot Sports-Writers
With no specifications set forth In tha In
dlctment, only a general defense oan be offer
ed to a criticism of sports-writers' English re
cently hurled at Tha Citisen as follows: "We
have only to turn to your own sporting page
to find one of the most unintelligible Jargons
of perverted meanings that waa ever Inflicted
on a long-suffering public."
Let It be granted that here and there a
reporter of athletic events -allows himself too
free rein In the effort to escape from dullness
In narration. Doubtless the critic refers es
pecially to baseball, and If so It is only fslr
to Inquire first what Is the Justification, If
any, for having a terminology of sports.
Plainly, It Is the legitimate ambition of the
historian of the diamond to catch something
of the spirit of the game for the benefit of
those who did not see the contest. Shall he
use a quick, nervous vocabulary,' or atick to
plain, matter of fact proee T Therei can be
no doubt aa to the answer, whatever fault
may be found with the Individual ability to be
Interesting without straining too much after
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effect.
The story of the game is likely to begin
thus: "Canton hit two Hendersonvllle pitch
era hard here today." To the uninitiated, this
may sounil like the onset of a baseball riot,
but the reporter Is not expected to write for
the man who knows nothing of baseball. Sup.
poae he should write: "In the third round
the lanky heaver crumbled and was removed
from the mound." As a variation from the
usual terms that would . grow tiresome with
repetition, ia that not infinitely better sports
language than to say: "In the third Inning,
the tall pitcher began to manifest signs
of physical distress and failing nerve force
Therefore hs manager replaced him with a
substitute."
Allowing forUhe exceptional In slang, Ahere
is ground for' suspicion that the reader who
uUers blanket condemnation of all the news
paper reports of golf, baseball and football Is
more or less Ignorant of the game he thinks
he I interested in. Such a critic would prob
agly denounce "there's nothing doing," al
though this expression was good enough for
the masters of Elizabethan English.
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Voice of the People
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MR. rOLZOlDES
MISTAKE
women will break up. the secret alliances of
machine politics will point to the fact that
the newly enfranchised seem to have fought
Hearst consistently and vigorously, And the
New Tork women must unquestionably be
given a large portion of credit for that hos
tility to Hearst which Murphy was unwilling
to face, And for those Inclined to pessimism
aa they observe popular government In opera
tion, the defeat of Hearst ought to be en
couraging. For It demonstrates that men
cannot always ride into political power even
when they have great wealth, control grtu
newspapers and are artists in the capacity for
stirring up discontent.
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The Y And Community Service
Laying the corner stone of the new T. M.
C. A. building ought to mean more than that
this Institution is now equipped for larger
service In all the activities usually associated
with such organizations. It Is a matter ot
pride to Asheville that la has one of the finest
T homes in the country, but it has long been
the ambition of the officers and directors of.
the T that it should enter upon a program of
what may be called extension service In every
school district of Asheville.
With "its commodious grounds, the T Is
prepared to supervise athletic contests for
boys and men as It has never been able to do
before. But why should not he T. M. C. A.
become the leader at every city school In es
tablishing community centers in athletics and
general recreation for school patrons as well
as stulents? Why cannot the T and the
T. W. C. A. organize men, women and chil
dren in groups for playing, singing, for liter
ary programs or forum discussions of public
questions? It can be done, but it would be
necessary to have probably one or more rec
reational leaders to assist the two associa
tions, since the teachers already have enough
work to do, some of them too much.
This modified form of the Community
Service Idea is practicable If the people are
willing to spend a very few thousand, dollars
a year more than Is now devoted to the work
of. the Y .and the T. W, C,. A.,
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. Progressiva Republican candidates who are
promising to stand by the Administration
would do well to remember what usually hap
pens to Innocent bystanders.
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John D. says It took 'him three months to
earn his first $50; and we?re willing to bet it
took him a lot longer than that to spend It.
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There Is a revival of Greek tragedy, but
Constantino' Is a
or' villain.
sorry flaure either as hero
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Thrift Versus Almhouses
The almshouses are filled with men who
Intended to save money, say The American
Duildlng Association News "they waited until
tomorrow" to provide for a rainy day.
. - And besides, that sorrowful army of flnan-
5lal;eifhqiara,i.Jtrankly ' asklng"f5rf
tfharlty from society, think. of the thousands
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of other who are,, going into old age with no
financial reserves built up against the . stern
heeds of that time. For some, saving has n
been practicable; but that applies to a very
small number, if the will to thrift la cultivated
as It must be by every man who attains to
economic Independence through his own efforts.
J Su.cn remarks are suggested by figures re
cently compiled showing the growth of build
ing and loan organizations in North Carolina.
These institutions, with those similar under
differenenr names, are making it easy for
North Carolinians to buy homes, on convenient
terms; they teach the habit of saving, which
is a safeguard against the loss of a home
after It Is paid for. There are more than 225
Building and Loan Associations in the State,
with assets of over $40,000,000 and more than
60,000 shareholders. These associations, the
farm loan banks, the savings banks and other
loan agencies which accept payments on lastall
mcnts, are promoting home-owning and farm
owning; they are rendering valuable ssrvic
to urban and rural life. '
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The necessities of Old World peoples has
changed hands across the seas to holdouts
across the seas.
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Many family trees, like orchards, rould
be better with pruning..
Editor of The Citisen:
I was much surprised to read
in your paper this morning an
article by Mr. Adamantios Th.
Polyzoldes. Editor 'of the Greek
paper, Atlantis, entitled the "Treg
edy of Hmyrns." ' ...
Mr. Polyzoldes In this article Is
trying to throw dust in the eye
of the Greek people, to hide his
responsibility for the great catas
trophe that has befallen the tireeit
nation, and to save the hide of hi
royal master. '
it la a true fact that Greece re
ceived no assistance from the Al
lies In their fight against the Turk
but the Greek people were told oy
the Allies why they couldn't ex
pert any assistance.
Ths duty of Mr. Polyzoldes ns
an editor, at that time, wa to ex
plain to the tlreek people What
the consequences of trying to fight
against the whole world, would be.
Instead, Mr. Polyzoldes with h!s
yellow sheet, Atlsntis. led the
Greek people to believe that the
Allies could go hang. All that fho
Greek people needed was King
Constantlne with his rusty sabre.
For a while I, to, was misled. By
the way Mr. Polyzoldes was writ
ing I thought Greece had no need
of help from the allies. Consid
ering what Mr.- Polyzoldes has
published In his paper since No
vember, 1020, he has no right to
complain that Greece received no
help from the Allies. If the Al
lies are guilty of letting Greece
suffer thia great debacle. Mr.
Polyzoldes and the other yellow
Greek editors are more guilty be
cause they made the Greek people
believe that they could fight with
out help from the Allies.
Greece is entitled to help from
the Christian nations, and It is my
belief that the Allies will aid
Greece as soon as she rlfls herself
from the yellow editors like Mr.
Polyzoldes.
It grieves me greatly to see that
there Is yet some Greeks, that de
spite of all the lies they were fed
to the time the catastropha came,
haven't awakened yet. They still
call the yellow sheet Atlantis, the
national Greek newspaper.
It is a. shame to let a- yeilojv-
Hltnr nana nnur fnr A natnet. -lfteiT
he haa done all he could to bring
the ruin of his country. The best
thing. Mr. Polyzoldes and his fol
lowers oan now do to hel; fielr
country. Is to keep their mouths
shut, and let the ren: patriots.
(who in the past bv deeds, not
words, led Greece to victory and
glory) save now what Is left from
the ruins.
As I am a reader of your paper
and one who fought for democ
racy, now fighting for- health, '.
will consider It a favor If you pub
lish this letter.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours very truly.
NICHOLAS D. VRAKIN08.
Ward 1-8, Oteen, Sept. 28. 1832.
"LET US SIT UPON THE GROUND pP.'V J? uP'sJp2 DEATH F
. KINGS "-Kini Richard II.,. Act I1L, 3e. a. ,(
Hopi Indian Snake
Dance
LYRICS OF LIFE
(By Douglas Mallcch)
when mother starts the appie
sass.
Some fellah says that thoughts are thliga
And fly around like bats on wings, 1 ;
And, if we only knew the way, i
That not a word we'd have to say
But Just to think it. so intent
That someone else knew what we meant J
And I agree, because I know
That Mother often works it so.
I've noticed It especially
When we was havin' company.
It's wonderful the way that Ma
Can set on me and signal Pa
And really never say a word
That anybody ever heard.
Vet lets us know there Isn't much
of this or that or such and such.
He yells. "Come on
more!" when thinp
Pa never thinks.
And have some
gone;
Or. me, I start topass my plate
Again, for Mother's grub is great.
Hut, if we're short. Ma doesn't say,
"We -haven't very much today" .
She acts tn it she didn't hear
And tays, "Some apple sass, my dear
Or. if it's him that makes a break.
She says to Father. "Pass the cake;"
And no one no;lces at all
The cake is large, the chicken small.
They call It - all "telepsthy;"
I know It works with Pa and me;
Fnr more your plate you needn't pass
When Mother starts 'the apple sass.
(Copjrlgh!, 132, hy The McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Fy FREDERIC J. HASKIN
WASHINGTON, D. C. Many
years ago. a great droutn visitea
& land -vl 'the- Hop!- Indians,, in
Northern Arizona, according to an
Indian legend. The corn and the
melons died and there was no
game. By and . by the people
themselves began to dia of hunger
and thirst.-,.- The .old rcsn planted
many praye "sticks. The Qods
were Invoked In every way peo
pie could devise. But no rain
came. There waa great suffering.
Then the children ald, "We must
help. How can we make the
Gods listen? By doing something
that we hate.'' So they went out
on the plain below and gathered
snakes, and played with them
putting them in their mouths and
singing and dancing with them.
Then came great rains and the
people's lives were saved. And the
old men said, "The children have
pleased the Gods by playing with
that which the Gods love. We
have learned our lesson." So they
bound themselves in the great
snane iraternuy, made songs and
prayers, and once every year since
then they have appealed to the
Gods for rain with their "snake
brothers," who are the messen
gers to the underworld.
Thus was evolved, according to
legend, tne snake dance which
falls between August 20 and 20
The exact date depends upon the
moon. It was held this year on
the latter date and, as is always
the case, attracted a large crowd
from all over the Southwest.
ine aance is carried out now
In much the same manner ns it
was years ago, it Is believed. Two
fraternities always participate, he
Antelope and tne Snake, the for
mor as assistants In certain rites.
For nine days before the dance
the men of the latter organization
go out on the plains with notched
sticks, buckskin bags and wallets
of sacred meal to hunt for their
snake brothers. As they capture
each reptile, they sprinkle it with
the holy meal and thrust it in the
bag". Toward evening they bring
tneir captives to the snake kiva,
Tcnm-enj wnere the reptiles - are
washed, sprinkled again with
meal, submitted to chants and to
prayer and kept in captivity until
the great event. Their number is
added to day by day. And so, for
many days, minor ceremonies are
held in the kiva.
Late In the afternoon of the
day before the dance, the Antelove
priests appear in full regalia of
painted bodies, dance sashes and
kilts of brilliant colors, and with
symbolic equipment such as bowls
of sacred meal, prayer plumes,
sacrificial plants and feathered
wands. For half an hour they
chant and enact a prayer for rain
and for their brothers, the Snake
priests.
A RACE WITH
THE SUNRISE.
The next morning before dawn
runners have gone far out on the
plain that they may race to- the
mesa top. Moping to reach it as the
aun rises. They go loping In along
various paths, all of which con
verge In the trail to the tup. .'p
they run. seemingly unwinded and
unwearied. Young girls are stand
ing at certain points with offer
ings of melon vines and corn stalks
which the runners seize as they
pass. Old women have drawn
line of sacred nieal from the trail
top toward the '-kiva court. No
stranger must crass these lines
under penalty of much chattering
and scolding. The runners dash
through the lane of meal and then
in open court, battle with bevy
of girls for their green offerings.
Indian girls, like their white bis
ters, are voluble in their play
they shriek and squeal with laugh
ter. It is evident that tha z.rl
favored of each runner always- a counter poison
wins.
The -court In which the dance
occurs looks as usual exceit for
the klsl built at one end. The ki.i
Is the shrine of rottonwoo.4 boughs
oovered with caqvss wherein the
saakea are put for (he ceremony-
; "
A shallow hole is dug in front of
it over which a board is Uld. This
Is Shl-pa-pu. the entrance to the
underworld or the abiding place
of the Gods.
At 6 p. m., or a little later', '.he
Antelope priests enter the court
with the same paraphernalia they
employed the day beforoi After
circling over Shl-pa-p.i a few
times they take their places on I
either side of the klsl and sing j
hwtily, rythmlcally and with a
wild, vigorous melodv. Two or
three times during the song they
hum a deep reverberating refrain
that has the effect of many cellos.
They employ 'no drum, though a
shrill rattle and a "bull-roarer"
are occasionally used. All the
time they keep up a certain
rythmic vajdnaojytjbelr leathered
wands. .J::'.,J'.'
- Then the snake priests dash in
literally dash In their rattles
Jingling madly, their feet padding
the hard-packed earth, faster tnan
ear can conveniently count. They
are wild looking creatures, paint
ed reddish brown from hoad to
toe. Their hair is ragged and
tufty with parrot plumes stained
a soft -rosy brown. Their Jaws
and chins are painted black, the
mouths broadly outlined with
white. -THE
DANCE
GROV S FURIOUS.
They take their place 'n front
of the Antelope priests and with
them chant and wave their wands
for many minutes. The music
seems to grow wilder. Sud-ienly
it breaks. The Snake priests sep
arate. One of them kneels in
front of the kisi, reaches in and
pulls out a snake. He grips its
neck with his lips so that its read
projects a little beyond his left
Jaw, and if it is a large snake, six
or seven feet long, he grasps its
body with his hands. Meantime,
another priest, with feather wand,
has taken his place at the danc
er's right, places his left hand on
the dancer's Igft shoulder and with
the wand strokes the body of the
snake. Together, with high
rythmic step, they, start around the
court. A third priest, also with
a feather wand, falls in behind.
Thus the whole fraternity forms
into groups of three faster than
words can describe, making the
circle of the dance. Every time
they cross Shi-pan-pu, they stamp
upon the board. These beats fall
as regularly as those of a drum
and keep perfect time to the song
of the Antelopes. Both movement
and song, are swift and wild.
Several times, each group of
three makes the circle, and then
the dancer drops the snake. The
third member of the group, the
gatherer,-'.'-now. brushes the snake
with his wand, ad seizing, it by
ma necK swinas It nitt-h In th air
Then he drapes It over his left
arm as unconcernedly as a woman
adjusts a botiquet. Meantime his
two companions, the "dancer" and
the "hugger," have gone on around
to the kisi and secured another
serpent. And so on and on and
around and around until the
"gatherers" have armfuls of rep
tiles. Now and then they hand
them to the Antelooe Driest whn
nonchalantly fold them over their
arms without loslns- a H.t t
their songs.
Altogether they use 7(1 or so
the creatures, big and little, harm
less and poisonous, whip snakes,
bull snakes, rattlesnakes, any kind
of snake.
finally, almost unnoticed, wo
men come from an Inner room
with plaques of sacred mi
draw a huge white circle In one
j-orner o.r tne
lines Dreaic. The an,l..
thrown -In a heap Inside the cir
cle, the women hastily and tim
idly sprinkle them with mn! d
as hastily depart. Certain of the
younger Snake priests dart in, and
seizing as many reptile as they
tan hold, dash in the four direc
tions. Far out on the plain thev
release their loads and their ser
pent brothers seek their holes and
bear the recently enacted ri
prayer to the Gods helow.
ine snaK.es fanes ar nnt m.ii
ed. Sometimes the men-are- bit
ten, but it is claimed they do not
even get sick. It is rumored that
for many days before. the dance
the men use an herb t i,i.i.
the -women preparer which acts as
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Q. Why were the cedara 'of
Lebanon remarkable enough to
find a place in literature? A. I. R.
A. ' The cedars of Lebanon were
the tallest trees known in Biblical
time and references to them were
on account of their height and
Hh" - v .
Q. Did Robert Ingersoll ever
recant? C. E. T.
A. Robert Ingersoll, so far as
we .can ascertain did not chanre
his view on tl: JnjnvrtaUy ;f
the soul before-1- death.- -"-He
believed that death ended the
spiritual, as well as the physical
life ot man.
Q. Can matting and window
shades be given a coat of paint?
R. J. S.
A. Both matting and window
shades can be painted tc, renew
them. The secret of success in
this work is to apply two or three
very thin coats of paint rather
than a single heavy coat.
Q. How many people have sav
ing accounts? E, P. B.
A. There are some 11,500,000
depositors in savings banks with a
total savings account of (8,600,
000,000. This is exclusive of sav
ings departments in other banks.
Such accounts would probably
raise the totals to 12,000,000 de
positors and $7,000,000,000.
Farmers of State
Should Keep Soil
From Washing Amy
First Eight Inches is Ftei
Beds for Crops Heavy
Rains Fall.
-Q. Which has the larger area.
United States or Canada, without
possessions? J. A. C.
A. Canada is larger. The urea
nf continental United States is 3,
020.789 square miles, while the
area of Canada is 3,730,000 square
miles.
Q. How long is a roll of wall
paper? I. M. C.
A. The general length is eight
yards. v
Q. -What and ynen is primrose
Day? M. W.
A. Lord BeaconsKeld died April
19, 1881. and the anniversary of
his death has been celebrated
every year on that date' bv his ad
mirers by the wearing of primroses.
y. what Is meant by color of
A. This signifies the pretense
or appearance of official authority
in one wno being an omcer In law
or in fact is without the authority
ciuimea. -
By W. F. Pate
A man built his house on tht
bank of a river, oon after somii
heavy ran fell and the river row
sn hlah ."ita house was washfl
awav. Hi:i neighbor were sympt
tnetlc. in the way that counts, a
offered to assist him in rebuilding
again with thia proviso: That U
build his house in suck a place
the high water mark ot tne
had never reached. The man Hi
attached to this particular spS
and wa also a trifle obstinate aniij
ref usori to do so.' and built hbr
house on the same spot as before.
After the heavy spring rains hti
set In. the river rose to such
heght that the house was washer
away again.
A larg.i portion of the farmer o!
this State spend a part of their
t;me and money in trying to mato
a soil for their crops to grow it
ttr.d prode larger yields withon'.
very much success, as they do no:
insure the safety of the soil fron
bolng washed away to Jfa creeks
rivers, and oceans by the vet;
abundant rainfall that nature bu
blessed uj with.-
It is probably known by mom
farmers that the first eight tejf
twelve Inches of soil is the plac
hi which crops feed. The fin:
essential n any plan to increaK
their nroducinsr nower Is to sec,'
the soil that was already mad!
from being carried away.
As largo areas of our land
sown to clean cultivated crops
fntL thn unrlnfl' And summer. It
good plan to sow crops in the fill
on the name sbil to occupy the li"4
during th-t winter and spring, in
roots of those crops will keep tlw
soil from washing or being blowii
away, and also the available pun
food that , might be lost by leach
ing will ba" saved and changed Inti
a form that can be used by crops;
or if tho crops are turned bac(
Into the -ioiIs in the late winter !;
early spring, the producing powi'
of the soil will be increased by tli
added available organic matter. i
The farmer have a great varied
of crops from which to choote tj
s.-w as cover crop These incluiti
rye. wheat, oats, barley, vetch, j
rrlmson clover, bur clover, nil
clover, sweet jclover and the dl'l
ferehl'grasfes. " In case the leguirf
crops' are used, the soil should L,
inoculated with the kind
terla that thrives on thel
-land take nitrosen from
liiow those crops and improv
producing power of the soil.
nd are
ps duf
it i
Q. How should a chameleon be
careo. rorr vv . u.
A. A chameleon should be kept
in a large wooden box, in which
is placed a small amount of dry
sand and grass. Its food consists
of any small Insects, particularly
flies. Meal worms may be fed when
the insects are not available.
Q. What constitutes natural gas
T. D. '
A. It is a gaseous member of
the paraffin series, petroleum being
a liquid member and asphalt a
solid one. Natural gas is made
up chiefly of jnarsh gas, or meth-
COUrt Than UHUttliy lOrmS
TheUrtsnaTkh" ahre ! :er per cent of the gas.
r.i. .iit:n ut nujiiner oi snaty
ses of United States samples being
8.30 (Ala.) and 14.33 (Dexter,
Kansas). In this same scries car
bon dioxide ranges from 0.05 to
30.40 per cent; nitrogen from. 82.70
to 0.60 per cent, artd oxygen from
a trace to nine per cent. Other
hydro-carbons are usually present
in small amounts, but range from
a few tenths per cent, up to 20 or
30 per cent.- in exceptional cases.
The rare element neon as well as
helium has been found in Kansas
gas. "
Q. What kind of , p,rrot
learns to talk most readily T T
A. The Biological survey' savi
that the grey pirrot of Western
Africa ia best adapted to training
aa a talker.
0QP Wntto thrown pottery? F.
A. Thrown pottery is ahaped
on a rapidly revolving disk, The
preparation ot the clay is a scien
tific process. The ingerdients
ball clay, flint powder, feldspar
and kaolin are carefully selected
snd weighed In certain proportion
o that they will fuse properly and
becoma sufficiently hard when
shaped and fired, Tho mixture jg
ot Dac-j
r roo'ili
the air.
e th-f
GEORGIANS WILL SLATE
SENATOR OCTOBER '
MACON, da.. Sent. 30. October 1'
was selected for the special primin
In Georgia to nominate a democrat''
candidate for United States sensw
to be voted on In November, at
meeting here today of the Democra
executive committee. The state con
vention was postponed from OctoW
to ..'. ,
left to stand until thoroughly
soaked and thfen ia lawned throup
fine linen aqd dumped into a P1"
ter box which absorbs the waWi
and leaves the clay in condition t8
be beaten. All the air bubble;
must be driven out of the ball o.
clay before it is placed on th
throwing wheel. Worker in p
tery delight in th touch of fj'
plastic clay a It spins upon f"
disk. The thumbs make the in
side of the object while the M
tennea rtn0-r .him tne iti"
After the work ni art Is DroperL.
snapea it is put into a plaster
rn "lAA.kAM haw" ana
then finished or turned,
objects Qnally are orname
placed in the Are oven, ar
later baking process puts on
uesirea glaze.
, JJJMi" I,
ard" and
. The plsf
tmented aif.
,, and a stfir-
on i
nd 1
W. wa lad nrt ioun
China- f
A. The nam Is applied to w.
ou tough, compact mineral of t"
pyroxeme and amphlbole i1"05";.
and wa used by primitive man
utensils and ornaments. Jade n
been found among the r"
the lake dweller in gwltferUn
In parts of France, in Mexl
Greece, Egypt and Ala Minor.
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