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A Square In Kokand, Fergana. (Pi epared by the National Geographic So ciety. Washington. D. C.) Continual reports from Moscow that the soviet government is seeking to become a leader of Asiatic peoples arouse interest in Fergana, the coun try which was the Russian empire’s deepest southeastern wedge driven into Asia, a country of deserts and oases, towering mountains and picturesque valleys, where the territories of Rus sian, Chinese and Briton almost meet. Fergana, formerly Kokan, has numerous bids to fame, but among them two stand out. Its northern fer tile valleys and oases constituted the heart of Russia’s cotton producing country; and Its borders soutli and east marked the terminal moraine, so to speak, of the great Slav glacier which had moved slowly down through Asia, bringing its deposit of Russian dominion and culture, until it hung over both India and China. The southern portion of Fergana Is a sort of Russian Kashmir, with the delightful vale left out—a country of high but deep valleys and towering peaks, bleak slopes and sparkling lakes. It Is, In fact, the reverse to Kashmir’s obverse In so far ns the more rugged portions of Kashmir are concerned, for it lies Just over the mountain divide from that better known land of towering peaks; so close that a Titan—or a Rig Bertha, if one might be gotten there—might hurl a missile from Russian to British terri tory. Only a narrow strip of Afghan land, reserved to Afghanistan because of the long Jealousy and diplomatic struggle between Britain and the old Russiun empire, lies between. In gl^places It is as narrow ns twenty miles. The southern portion of Fergana is the Pamir, or, more properly, the Pamirs. It has a Persian name also that lias intrigued the world's Interest, Bom-l-Dunya, “Roof of the World.’’ Toward the middle of the Nineteenth century, the Pamirs, to which scant attention ling been given before, be came the world’s mystery region. The meager references to It in the writ ings of early Chinese Buddhist pil grims were ferreted out, together with those of Marco Polo and other daunt less early travelers who had crossed the forbidding region. Agents of the British Indian government were sent on secret expeditions to survey the area from Kashmir northward; and after Russia absorbed the Khanate of Kokan In 1876 and fell heir to its claims to the northern Pamirs, Rus sian explorers began to i»enetrate the mystery region from tlie north. Thus there was born the great rivalry be tween Russia and Britain in central Asia which gave rise to mutual sus picions and almost led to acts of war on several occasions. Lofty Valleys Almost Unpeopled. It was found, when the observations of the various explorers were pieced together, that the Pamirs made up an almost unpeopled country of such high ultitude and severe climate that it could never be permanently in habited. “Pamir" has been generally accepted to mean "valley at the foot of mountains,” and the Pamirs, cover ing an area roughly 150 miles square, are a series of these characteristic valleys, their river-fed floors mountain high when compared to the mountains of most other lands, with snow covered and glacier-clad peaks rising several thousand feet above them. The bottoms of practically all the Pamirs are at least 12,000 feet high and some are over 13,000. Only a few hundred Kirghiz nomads wander over the region in summer, living in their hemispherical felt tent huts, and making for the lower coun try, whether, India, Afghanistan, China or Russia, In the winter. For nine months of the year mountains and valleys alike are wrapped in Arctic like cold, everything covered with a heavy blunket of snow and ice. Once imperial Russia got possession of the Pamirs In 1893, she drew even tighter about it the cloak of secrecy that Nature had all along maintained. Yet it became known, though the re ports strained the credulity of British explorers, that military roads were traversing what had appeared to be | impassable terrain. They reached out from the railroads of northern Fer gana through gorges and over lofty passes into the Pamirs, and over them It was uot Impossible to drag artillery to the very threshold of British India. Few persons other than trusted im perialists were permitted to traverse these paths which Russian dreamers hoped would some day lead their em pire still farther south. 1 he Russians even defied the gen eral belief that permanent habitations could not be established in the Pamirs, especially by people of the lowlands. In one of the mountain hemmed val leys, in the very heart of the Pamirs, and along their military road, they built the fort of Murghahi and gar risoned it with several hundred sol diers, mostly Cossacks. During the last twenty years of the Russian em pire this highest of Russian military posts was maintained without a break. Whether it constituted a practical threat nt British India is problemati cal in view of the roadless gorges and peaks to the south ; but it served at least to keep alive enmity and Intrigue between the two great empires until they ranged themselves side by side in the World war. Soviet Russia has not stripped off the veil of mystery from the Pamirs, and whether they still garrison this far southeastern outpost of Russia is not known to the outside world. Divide the Waters of Asia. Though strictly on a basis of aver age altitude and highest peaks the Pamir region nmy not reserve its pic turesque second name, "Hoof of the World," to the extent that Tibet would, from one point of view it fits well. For Just as a pointed roof-peak sends the waters that fall on it flow ing off on every side, so the Pamirs divide important wafers of Asia. From the same group of glaciers at the meeting point of India, Afghanistan and China begin headst reams that How through the famous Oxus west ward to the Aral sea, the Indus south ward to the Indian ocean, and the Tarim eastward toward China to the Lop Nor. While the southern end of Fer gana is a country of rugged mountains and plateaus, the fertile valleys of its northern end constitute a central Asian Eden. Snow-fed rills and rivers, always fullest in the warm growing season, were led out over fertile plains until they died in the sands; but in the dying they made northern Fergana a garden spot of grains and fruits, and aft'- the Russians came, of precious cotton. The cotton pro duced in these and neighboring Tur kestan oases before the World war, was greater than that of India or Egypt and second only to that of the United States. In Fergana and its neighboring countries of central Asia there was undoubtedly a very early development of civilization, even though they may not have been, as some students have asserted, the cradle of the human race. And probably there the art of irrigation was practiced as early as anywhere in the world. Like all other regions of central Asia Fergana felt the heel of Ghengis Kahn and Tamerlane. It was overrun, too, from the Chinese Turkestan which lies against It to the east. When Mohammedanism rose to power, it was conquered by the Arabs and its people have since been followers of the prophet. Russian dominion came slowly to Fergana, then the Khanate of Kokan. After the more western portions of the Transcaspian region and Turkestan had fallen, Russian arms finally con quered the warlike Tekke Turkomans who blocked the way to Fergana’s fer tile valleys. It was not until 1893 that the slow-moving Slavic glacier had engulfed the southern territory of the old Khanate. With the Russians came organizing ability, development, railroads, pros perity, and a smattering at least of western civilization. To the rail head at Andijan, aimed at the #art of Asia, ran the modern expresses from Petrograd, with their sleeping cars and spotless diners. And a few miles south began the military roads that lost themselves in the mysterious Pamirs. The Bolshevists at first lost control of Fergana as of many of Its neigh boring regions. But by force of arms and diplomacy they have won it back after a fashion. If Russian power has a renascence in Asia either by domination or through leadership Fergana can hard ly escape assuming its old importance as a source of raw material for Mos cow’s cotton factories and as a watch tower and listening post over against the Indies and Chinese frontiers. How Bees Keep Warm Honeybees turn on the heat in their apartment houses at 57 degrees Fah renheit. When It gets that cold, they form a compact spherical cluster. Bees on the inside of the ball become active and walk, wiggle and beat their wrings to generate heat The outer shell of the cluster is made up of bees that ruddle close and stay still. They furnish the Insulation which prevents Che eacan of bent se effectively that there may be 75 degrees difference be tween the Inside and the outside, only I Vi Inches away. Thousands of dol lars are lost to American beekeeper^ •very year, however, by bees work-, ng themselves to death in keeping arm this way. Just Like That If a great man doesn't agree with -ou. t-ou study his point of view; li *n ordinary neighbor doesn't agree vttb you, you dismiss blm as stub | oorn. PRETTY CAPS AND JACKETS; HEAVY KNITTED CREPE DRESS IT IS always carnival time In the * realm of pretty furbelows. Here Is where designers may turn their fan cies loose for gay rioting and then mirror their pretty antics and capers In .ill those feminine belongings that are created to be more or less useful but always ornamental. Breakfast caps and negligees belong in this dec orative throng—and therefore have far more license In styles than gar ments worn outside the home. But the average woman requires some practical qualities along with gay frivolity in things to he worn In the bosom of her family. The breakfast time outfit shown here is the sort that will meet her requirements. The elutes pretty clothes. Few there are who will be able to resist the allure ments of one-piece or two-piece, and even three-piece dresses knitted of yarns, zephyrs, filter and silk, pat terned so artfully In color harmonies so gorgeous, that most extravagant word pictures fail to do them Justice. Agreed, that before the season is over, or rather is scarcely begun most of us will be coveting a knitted frock, the problem of kind, color and cost presents Itself. In regard to the latter here Is some heartening news: Never, in all the seasons past, has It been possible to buy such attractive knitted models for so little money. Of Breakfast Cap and Negligee. short coat or jacket is made of crepe de chine with a gathered panel at the front of net-top lace. Tnis makes a tine, soft background for a decoration of satin rihhon in contrasting color, placed across the panel, below the bust line, and falling at the sides In a loop and end. A small spray of lit tle silk roses, posed over the ribbon, proves itself the best of all finishing touches. Ribbon and georgette crepe are combined in a pretty drapery to finish the sleeves. Cotton voile in the plain and figured course one may run up Into as many figures as one may wish, for knitted fashions are tuned to every pocket bOOK. Color plus clever styling feature present-day knitted dresses. Per ex ample, t tie model of heavy knitted crepe pictured herewith is right up tw the moment in every style detail. Its coloring is wonderfully effective, being tan interworked with rose in an un usual open stitch iit vantage points In the waist portion and at the hem of the skirt. There is a subtle expression [>attern, makes delightful little coats , of this tind and there are many other 1 dainty t nd gay fabrics that are suited to them The cap shown requires light satin ribbon laid in fine plaits for the crown t nd side band and narrow lace for frills. The gathered lace makes a small msette for the center of the crown and edges the bund. A narrow satin ribbon is laid about the band and af each side there ure rosettes which are fashioned from ruffles of the narrower ribbon and of lace, cen tered /ith small silk flowers and out lined with swansdown. This swansdown border and others made of ostrich or marabout feathers, are about the last word in trimmings for caps and negligees. They are used In white or pale tints of the light colors liked for negligees. If. among milady's frocks, there be not counted u knitted diess or two, It is time to reason why. Certain It Is that, once having glimpsed the ex quisite creations heralded as winter resort modes, the desire for possession will he deeply Implanted in the heart of every woman who loves and appre Latest Style in Knitted Dress. of up-to-dateness in the bateau neck, with its narrow collar, in its slender silhouette, and in the narrow tie cord which fastens about the hipline In a series of loops nnd ends. Among new models offered, a par ticularly welcome Idea Is that of two piece knitted suits which comprise skirt and separate coat. These adroit ly introduce color and clever treatment of stripes and checks. Gray, patterned with white; henna with anther; navy with oriental shades, are a few of the happy combinations available. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. <©. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.) Panel of Embroidery. smartly shod evening foot, and as A great deal can be achieved by one brocade adds much to Its festive ap panel of embroidery, ns the makers of penrance. brocade Is most often the fashionable cloaks are proving today, material used. All manner of elab A bias panel of Chinese figures or a orate rhinestone ornaments are added, circular panel near the hem of the and some of them are very beautiful, skirt and going only purt way round Sometimes a single strand of vhine are features of some of the new outer stones marks the curve of the instep. garments. --- - Steel Beads on Slippers. Slippers Grow More Ornate. Black suede slippers are extremely Evening slippers are growing more popular at present. A pair seen re ornate than ever. There is no limit to cently had the added attraction of flat tfea fancy treatments that mark the tongues embroidered in steel beads. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SiindaySehool ' Lesson^ (By HE V. p. B. FITZVVATER. D.D., Dean of the Evening School. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) <(£). 1!>21, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSjti FuR 1-EbRUARf 3 WHAT ISRAEL LEARNED AT SINAI LESSON TEXT—Deut. 4:32-40. GOLDEN TEXT—Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with ail thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.—Deut. 6:0. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Knowing and Obeying God'j Law. YOl NG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—'1 lie Foundation of Israel s Life. Deuteronomy, the book from which our lesson is taken, means "second law.” it is a second law in the sense that it is a restatement and interpre tation of the law given at Sinui. lor a new generation in a new country. This new generation needed a true concep tion of God and also an apprehension of tiie wonderful grace which had selected them and made them a chan nel through which God’s grace would How to the world. I. God's Unparalleled Goodness to Israel (Deut. 4:?.2-34). This was shown: 1. Ily Speaking Audibly Out of the Midst of the Fire (vv. 32. 33). This honor conferred upon them was unique. It was unequalled. (1) In past history—"the days that are past since the day that God created tnnn upon the earth.” (2) Anywhere— "from one side of heaven unto the other." (3) In diameter—"there hath been no such great tiling as this great thing is.” (4) In story or rumor— "or hath been heard like it!" (5) In dignity and majesty—‘‘did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire.’ 2. By His Marvelous Deliverance of Israel From the Egyptian Bondage (v. 34). Here, too, His grace is unique. (1) In liberation—"take him a nation from the midst of another nation." (2) In the method employed. (a) By temptations—testings, that is. plagues, (b) By signs and wonders—crossing Bed sea, pillar of cloud, (c) By war (See Exod. 14:4; 15:3-10). (d) By out stretched arm—Divine interposition, such ns opening the Bed sea for Israel j and closing it upon the Egyptians, (e) By great terrors—the death of the i first born. II. The Reason Why the Lord So Dealt With Israel (Deut. 4:35-38). 1. That They Might Know That the Lord Is Unique in the Midst of a World of Idolaters. God’s aim was to establish a nation who would know Him as the only God and make tills essential and blessed truth known to other nations. 2. That They Might Know Ills Love for Them (vv. 37. 38). He loved them for their fathers’ sake and through them would make real His covenant purpose. / III. The Obligation of Israel (Deut. 4:39. 40). They were to consider and receive In their heart the thought that the Lord was the alone God. What we think about God is revealed in our lives. The law to which obedience was to be rendered was that set forth in the Ten Commandments, as record ed in Exodus 2:1-17. 1. Tiie first emphasizes the unity of God and enjoins the obllgrMon of single-hearted worship and service (v. 3). 2. The second is directed against the worship of the true God under false forms. 3. The third is directed against the taking of God’s name in vain ; that is. in a lying, deceptive, unreal way. 4. The fourth enjoins work on six days and forbids work on the seventh. 5. The fifth rests upon the fact that parents stand to their children in the place of God—therefore enjoins obedience to them. G. The sixth shows the sanctity of human life and that the one who mur ders has sinned against God, for man was created in the likeness and image of God. 7. The seventh is the bulwark thrown around the home. Tills com mandment may be broken by unclean thoughts and affections as well as by outward acts. 8. The eighth strikes at the sin of theft. 9. The ninth strikes at the sin of lying. 10. The tenth strikes at the desire for that which Is unlawful to own. — Like Christ. To become like Christ is the onb thing In the world worth caring for. the thing before which every ambition of man is folly, and all lower achieve ment vain. Thos'» « n'v who make this quest the supreme desire and passion of their lives can over begin to hope to reach It. . . The Image of Christ that is forming within us—thnt is life’s one charge. Let every project stand aside for that. “Till Christ be formed” no man’s work is finished, no religion crowned, no life has fulfilled its end. Is the infinite task begun? When, how, are ve *o be different? Time cannot change men. Death can not change men. Christ can. Where fore put on Christ.—Drummond. Buildinq for Eternity. If we work upon marble, It will per- | Ish; If we work upon brass, time will efface It; If we rear temples, they will crumble Into dust; but If we work upon Immortal souls. If we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love of fellowmen. we engrave on these tablets some thing which brightens all eternity.— Daniel Webster. A Bad Habit Self-pity Is a very bad habit. It hurts the man who practices It, and It disgusts the people to whom it makes appeal. The chances are, my brother, that you were getting about all that belongs to you. If you pity yourself you are likely to lack the pity of others—Herald of Gospel Liberty, i BRUCE’S CHARIOT WRITES HISTORY Bruce’s chariot writes Its own history with IS steel pens as it races along the country roads. The apparatus has just been completed by C. S. Bruce of flie bureau of standards and automatically registers everything that hap pens to tlie car on a run, including speed, wind velocity, rate at which the car gathers.speed and slow downs. It also has a camera underneath which snaps pictures automatically of the flow of gas. Photograph shows Bruce in his chariot. BRAKES DEMAND BEST OF CARE — Most Economical Plan to Leave Car in High Gear on Down Grade. (By ERWIN GREER, I’residynt fir.fr College of Automotive Engineering. Chicago.) The upkeep and endurance of an au tomobile is entirely up to the car own er. In the proportion as intelligent manipulation and care is used so is the life of the car lengthened. For instance, when going down hill, keeping the brakes applied when it is not necessary causes the brakes to burn and lose their resistance. Again, shifting the gears before the clutch stops revolving does damage. Stop ping the car suddenly or starting with a jerk are things that will soon reduce a car in value and hurry >t *3 the Junk pile. Hardly a trip is made that the driver does not smell burnt brake 1 in Ing, either on his or some one else’s car. This is noticed especially on steep grades. Burning brakes can be avoided, no matter what condition the road. More over it is neither safe nor economical to retard the car with its brakes when descending a hill. Leave the car in high gear and if the compression does not retard it enough, shift to second or first as the case may be. This will hold the car back with little or no wear on the engine. Some car drivers shut off the igni tion when leaving the engine in gear going down a hill, believing it saves gas and also holds the car back better. This is a mistake. The butterfly valve In the carburetor is always open enough when the throttle is closed to permit the engine to Idle. Therefore when the engine turns over it sucks up gas into the explosion chambers. If the ignition is off and the gas not ig nited the gas accumulates in the ex haust pipe and loads the muffler with fumes. When the ignition is turned on again, this gas ignites all at once, possibly causing an explosion which blows the muffler to pieces. Leave the ignition on under all road conditions and save gas in so doing. Bow Protector Tends to Prevent Injury The Scientific American in illustrat ing and describing a bow protector for automobile tops, the invention of T. II. Murphy. L. S. Isbell and K. W. Saw yer of North Anson, Me., says: Among the objects of the invention Bow Protector. Is to provide a safety device in tlie form of a cushion protecting means for the how of a top of an automobile whereby to avoid possible injury, should an occupant of the. rear seat be thrown upwardly and strike his head upon tlie bow. The device comprise.*: | a casing which may be inflated, and Is adapted to be fitted upon the lower side of the bridge portion of the bow. Large Washer Helps in Transferring Oil The tipping over of the funnel while | filling the gas'oline tank or pouring i oil into engine bases through breather ! pipes results with loss of oil unless j the funnel is held with one hand, in which instance the person pouring Is under a handicap. A simple modifica- ; tlon to the funnel consists in solder- ! ing a large wastier over the spout, i With the washer secured to the fun uel it will rest upright on the gas | tank opening or on the breather pipes, permitting the use of both hands for tipping the oil can. Wiring Chart. It may not he out of order to sug gest to the new car owner that one of the “tools" that should always be car ried in the car is the chart of the wir ing system. Without this he may find himself in difficulties with the elec trical system that will be almost im possible to locate. Incorrect Focus. When headlights are out of focus, it Is not always due to the brackets be ing bent. Frequently it is due to the reflectors being loose. Every 1,000 Miles— Lubricate steering gear, uni versal joints and break linkages. Tighten bolts and nuts, such as spring clips and body bolts, and replace missing cotter pins. Wipe out collection of carbon dust in the ignition distributor and carefully oil the circuit breaker directly beneath. Tighten or replace worn clips on demountable rims, and have badly worn out or cut tires re- . placed, as they may blow out and cause a had skid. Inspect brakes, jack up the rear axle and test the clearance of the bands. The lining should be free from oil, dirt and glaze and the bands so adjusted as to give the brakes an even, steady and certain application. Fill Radiator With Old Sprinkling Can Filling stations and garages make a practice of filling radiators with an ordinary sprinkling can which makes a convenient receptacle for handling water but does not lend itself for the purpose intended. In filling the radia tor considerable water is usually wasted owing to the inconvenience in handling the can. To eliminate this difficulty an ordinary pipe ell can be soldered to the spout of the sprinkling can and thus direct the water into the radiator regardless of the angle at which it may be necessary to hold the can.—Automobile Digest. Wooden Wedge Handy in Examining Tires When examining the inside of a cas ing for a puncture, fabric break or weak spot most of us try to force the beads apart with both hands, support ing the tire meanwhile upon our shoul der as best we can. This task may be enormously lightened by using a wedge made of a substantial bit of wood three-quarters of an inch thick and three to five inches long, accord ing to the size of the tire. This wedge is slipped between the beads and pulled around the circumference of the cas ing with one hand, while the other hand is free to hold the tire. Progressive Tightening. In tightening opposed nuts, such as those holding the bearing caps in place, one nut should be drawn up a little and then the opposite one tightened a little. It Is wrong to tighten one nut ful'y and then proceed with the other, as this method tends to spring the metal and cause poor contact. AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP In France medical tests are neces sary before a driver of a motorcar cam get a license. • • * A rear axle should be cleaned every 5,000 miles or less. To do this, drain out oil old oil first. * * * When a man wants an open car and the wife wants a sedan the argument, as a rule, ends in a closed incident. • • * Did you know that a gallon of mo tor oil lubricates 1.000,000 square feet of cylinder area in an automobile be fore It is completely burned? • * * A motorist who uses overalls to work around a car should remove or cover all unnecessary buttons. This will prevent scratching the fenders or body. * * • Feed a ten spoonful of graphite Into the engine through the Inlet while the engine Is running, hut he sure to use only the best graphite. The “treat ment" will do wonders. * * • Mud and dirt that have become hardened In the cells of the radiator should never be removed with wire or a tool. The thin cell walls ere easily punctured and small leaks in the radiator invariably result. * • * no not attempt to dean the tires with a mixture of kerosene and wa ter. This is extremely harmful, as kerosene Is one of the solvents of rub ber, softening It and causing it to wear the fuster. According to statistics, the wearing qualities of American motorcars show a steady and definite improvement, bi 1915 14.5 per cent of the cars In ties were eliminated; In 1916 10 per cent were discarded. In 1917 only 15 per cent dropped out; In 1918 5.3 per and in 1919 5.9 per tent.
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