Sergeant, a regular rum hound, belonging to George Contreras, head
of the dr; forces of the Los Angeles district attorney's office, Is being trained
by his owner to be a connoisseur of liquor. With the help of the dog the dry
■gent can very easily detect the hiding places of liquor, when conducting raids.
Communication
Hub of Atlantic
Fayal Island, Scene of Re*
cent Earthquake, Is an
Interesting Place.
Washington.—“For most matter* of
Importance to the world, Fayal island,
scene of the recent earthquake, {s the
Azores,” says a bulletin from the
Washington headquarters of the Na
tional Geographic society.
“That Sao Miguel is larger there is
no disputing. That Angra, the capi
tal, is a better port than Horta, may
also be true.
“But Fayal,”- continues the bulletin,
“is the communication hub of the At
lantic, with Spokes reaching, out to
Kurope, the two Americas and Africa.
On Fayal island there are four cable
companies, two American, one English
and one German. There are more than
ISO young “news pushers,' as the dis
patching operators are called, and
each group has its own mess.
“Arriving at Fayal in the daytime
one saw a ribbon of road around the
island, and the whitewashed villages
with a church for a pendant among
the ivory bits that are strung along
this SS-mile circular tour. Out near
some detached rocks near the west
end there is. a lighthouse which ap
pears at first to be a minaret. From
there to Horta,’the town, is a steep
declivity several hundred feet high so
that the road has to sweep up to avoid
washing Itself to death In the glisten
ing surf.
’ “Amid smiling seas the Azores, from
November to March, usually wear a
cloud blanket so that the fine cone of
Pico, which sounds like Orange Pekoe,
but simply means *peak,’ is hidden as
an approaching ship swings to the
north. Pico has a separate island to
itself and since Pico is an active vol
cano this is as it should be.
Tho “Fairy Town of Horta."
"Twilight had fallen when the writ
er’s vessel finally came alongside the
fairy town of Horta, now made up of
white blotches against a dark hillside
with electric lights hiding the details
like the nun’s candles during the
change of scene In “The Miracle.’
Horta Is not really a port, since It
lacks a green light to complement the
red one on the end of the single
breakwater. So passengers land’in a
launch which tosses up and down In
the swell and gives the folks a thrill
for their money.
Portuguese, with wlde-brlmmed
fuzzy hat, V-neck white sweater and
sideburns, ran the launch. He took a
shine to ns and showed us around the
town which, like a certain flower, had
folded itself up with the setting of the
son.
“Horta’s chief claim to fame seem*
'to be that Mark Twain and the cable
companies have honored It with their
attention. Mark said something about,
a thsy fart here which would have to
be taken back up the volcanic slopes
ia case of.war. That was In the days
before the Azores were the alighting
spot for transoceanic'fllght*. ?
"Horta greets one with a mosaic
aMewalk in the Portnguese style and
many of its buildings are faced w!th:
glistening tfte so that M one walks
down the street at night be seems to
be threading bis Asy along swap- pd
and passed go many churches that
Horta seemed to be the Bokhara of
the Catholic? world, was being used for
sentimental purposes, for Horta has
Its nightly rehearsals of the balcony
scene from Romeo and Juliet The bal
conies are narrow and long, looking
like sample bits of steel fence bung up
on display.
In a Horta Movie.
“Our side-burned mentor took us to
a movie theater fronted with salmon
tiles. We secured a box In the lower
of three horseshoes around which the
town was arranged. If the social
strata maintained the same relative
positions at home that they, do In the
theater, then the Horta palaces would
be down near the sea and the lowlier
and more grimy members of society
up hear the lava line above the main
part of the town.
“From June to September the whole
Island of Fayal is marked out with
blue and white hydrangea hedges and
Is one of the loveliest spots on earth,
with sometimes-smoking Pico ‘Fujlya
maing* In the background.
“The Azores are certainly the result
of tremendous volcanic eruptions that
have continued to change their physi
cal aspect ever since their discovery
in the Fifteenth century. On every,
hand are evidences of former upheav
als, from the gray lava stones that
are used in the construction of houses
and the building-of roads jo the un
derlying streaks of ashes that are
visible In places where the surface
soil has washed away, and the many
cup-shaped craters and beautiful
lakes on the tops of the mountains.
"Violent earthquakes have dis
turbed the Azores during the centuries
since their discovery. The annals of
the islands vie with those of Italy In
graphic accounts of the ever-interest
ing and terrible volcanic phenomena.
Cities' were burled, mountains disap
peared And sent their ashes to un
believable distances; Islands hundreds
of feet high suddenly appeared and
as suddenly disappeared, and flames
of fire illuminated whole Islands and
their Intervening waters.*’’
1 A fruitless attempt to interest the
British public In eating corn was made
In the early Nineteenth century by a'
British journalist
. ■'_:_
The prison doors closed behind him
In 1878 at aflfteen-.vear-old hoy. Con
victed of first-degree murder end sen
tenced to be hapged, hls extreme youth
ment and solitary confinement.
In such state be grew through young
manhood to middle age, and nine years
ago efime Into the comparative free
dom of the prison building, an old
man. Annually his mother carried, her
light for a pardon to the board of
pardons but was refused, and since
her death Pomeroy has continued the
unsuccessful fight alone.
Rubber to Be Produced
From Euphorbia Trees
London.—A Cape Town dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph says a meth
od has been discovered by which rub
ber can be produced from the latex
(milky fluid) of the African euphorbia
tree. 'The rubber is said to be of a
quality comparable with that pro
duced In the Para district of Brasil.
A South African company Is pre
paring to exploit the yield of 60,000.
000 trees in the East London district.
Chemical tests are said to have shown
a yield of three pounds per tree.
Vulcanising appears satisfactory with
the product of the tree. The corre
spondent says the trees are plentiful,
labor In the district Is cheap, and the
country is free from fever.
TIBET’S HORNED MAN
One ut die freakiest of all (be
Chinese freaks of nature Is shown
above, the horned man from Tibet,
tie has a dermal growth resembling
a short horn.
Use Ga» Flame to Teach
Deaf-and-Dumb Children
London. — Deuf-and-dnmb .. children
are taught to speak perfectly by
means of a gas flame.
This method, used by a suburban
teacher with a large class of boys
and girls, is to show each pupil bow
be can make a gas flame Jump to
varying heights and at a varying rate
by sounds. It requires about three
months for a pupil to learn the sounds
of the alphabet by this method.
UIss Iza Thomson, who sponsors
the Idea, says **a deaf mute has per
fectly normal vocal organs - and la
mute only because be Is deaf. He
makes sounds bat is unconscious. of
them, and they eonvey no meaning
to others.” ,
Model Commissary in Washington
___ ■ ■' m
■ever found ways to prevent lightning
from "striking ” but tn&P are
prevent It from damaginga city’s de&-'
trie system. Power companies know
! how to protect their lines' with heavy
insulation and with lightning arresters
of sufficient capacity, to deflect a
"stroke" to the ground’ before It ha*
created any havoc along the wlrfes.
Also they seetlonalize every system so
that Should a bolt strike any part of
it, the remainder will .heuuafrected;
These are the reasons why the electric
light wires leading Into a house are
hot a menace during a storm.
ouiieu umn auu water, won «uu
pour 4nto a veU-truM pan. Bah*:
lit a Dutch oven 40 mlnuts*. If the
camp" has no oven, hak« ht a pan
covered and burled In hot wood nahea.
Women Driven '
Three hundred women In Paterson,
N. ,fcr who successfully completed a
safety-first course for women drivers
of automobiles, have'organised to pre
vent accidents of all kinds. They were
also instructed on the prevention of
accidents in the home. Membership in
the new organisation was restricted to
those who were able to pass an exami
nation. Practical demonstrations were
given in the work of all mechanical
parts of an automobile.
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Such a medicine Is Dare’s Mentha
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everywhere with the distinct under
standing thOt If It doesn’t greatly help
you your money will be gladly returned.
It has helped thousands—4t will no
doubt help you.
Break Cake on Bride?* Head
It was tfae custom of the Romans.
2,000 years ago, to break the wedding
cake over the head of the bride as she
entered her new home. The breaking
of the cake was part of a solemn cere
mony, and was said to be peculiarly
Impressive. A similar custom prevails
in some sections of Scotland, where
a bannock is broken above the head
of the young wife as she, for the first
time, enters her new home.
Playing Safe
“Sir, you contradict yourself.”
"Well, you can’t say I'm not right 1”
Women Wanted
to (all sanitary belts. Something new.
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Instructions ten cents coin. D. "BROWN.
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La Relieve tint itching, burning top
nd start the beating with
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W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO.
Two Swedish engineers have Invent
ed a process of crashing op brick
waste and making new building stones
eat of It.'
Popular Macon Woman
Recovers From Long Illness
Serious Troubles Caused by Nervousness, Dizziness, Lass
of Sleep and Stomach Disorders Relieved. Strength
Restored. Says Tanlac Deserves AU Praise