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PAGE TWO THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1936. KI1ITTIIIG TOGETHER CRAZY QUILT INDIA Mixture of Many Languages, Races and Religions. . ! Washington. One-sixth of all the people on the globe, divided among many races, speaking 200 languages, and devotees of a dozen different re ligions, are gathered under a single unified government lor we nrei uw by the new Indian constitution, re cently approved by lung ueorge v. "Perhaos the most complicated con glomerate ot states anywhere, India through Its new constitution becomes the world's largest population unit un der a single government, with the pos sible exception ot China," says the Na tional Geographic society. . "India accounts tor more than two- thirds ot the population ot the British empire, and has nearly three times as many people as the United States, al though Its area Is only a little more (than halt as large. ; "But the 851,809,880 Indians crowded Into the triangular peninsula that juts ' out from the bottom ot Asia probably lare the least unified culturally, religl lously, and politically of any group of I similar size in the world. A Crazy Quilt "India Is a veritable crazy quilt of presidencies, nattve states, provinces, j protectorates, tribal areas and even a tew foreign-owned patches. Some iparts have been governed by modern British law, others by native princes ruling with Arabian Nights' splendor, holding power over life and death, maintaining their own armies, and sub ject indirectly to the British king-em-peror. All now will be more closely 'united under the new constitution. ' India la usually thought of as en tirely British In its allegiance, but France and Portugal still keep tiny tot holds on the edges of the huge British domain. Of these remnants of the days when all three powers were competing for Indian trade and riches, 'France has about 200 square miles of colonies along the east and west coasts, while there are 1,461 square miles of Portuguese territory on the western side of the peninsula. "Broadly speaking, India is divided Into two classes for purposes of gov ernmentBritish India, governed di rectly by the British crown, and the native states under their own rulers who are subject to British influence. "Great Britain came into possession of the territory that makes up British India In various ways. The nucleus was taken over from the British East India company. To this has been add ed territory gained by force of arms, by purchase and by cession. Five Hundred Native States. "There are more than 500 feudatory native states In which every shade of sovereignty exists. Britain interferes little with the local government of the I most powerful of these, and is rep resented at their courts only by resi dents who are little more than diplo matic envoys. "The British government has treaty arrangements with the rulers of the states whereby they agree not to send representatives to each other or to enter into alliances (except with Great Britain) in or out of India. They car ry on all foreign affairs through Great Britain. There Is a greater measure of control over some of the less im portant states, and some pay an annual cash tribute to the central government "To complexities that arise In Indian life from Its intricate governmental fabric are added still more bewildering tangles of religion and caste. For ex ample, 4n some of the provinces, repre sentatives are elected to the legisla tures in proportion to the numbers of various religious groups. : "With some 77,000,000 Moslems, In dia has more followers of Mohammed than Turkey ever ruled, and ranks as the leading Moslem nation. Over whelming In number, however, are the Hindus, totaling nearly 240,000,000." Lights of NewVbrk WLL STEVENSON Quints May Live Until They're 65, Says Expert Montreal The Dionne quintuplets should, barring accidents, live to be at least slxty-flve years old, Dr. L. L. Dublin, life Insurance statistician, cal culates. Doctor Dublin bases his prediction on the most recent table representing current American mortality conditions. "The probability of one girl baby surviving to age of one year Is a lit tle over 95 per cent," he said. "The probability of five such babies all sur viving to the age of one year is the , fifth power of this figure. The same 'life table shows that the probability of one new-born baby surviving to the age of fifty-one is 78 per cent. "Thus, even If we assume as favor able a life expectation for the quin tuplets as for the average American child, we reach the conclusion that in the first year of life they withstood i the degree of life risk ordinarily met with by one female individual in the first fifty-one years of her lite." New fork's foundlings and abandoned babies receive their names, religions and even birthdays quite by chance. There Is a difference between a found ling and an abandoned baby, accord ing to the department of public wel fare. A foundling is an Infant found In a doorway, an alley or some other place with no means of Identification. An abandoned baby Is one left at a home or an institution of some sort and never called for. Both foundlings and abandoned babies come under the jurisdiction of the welfare department and that Is that city agency that de termines the name, the religion and the age of the little one. This is un der an agreement made In February, 1932, with the police department by the welfare agency and the three leading religious faiths, Catholic, Prot estant and Jewish. Jewish organiza tions, however, do not sponsor a ifoundling unless it is proved beyond ,doubt that he or she Is of Jewish parentage. Catholic and Protestant agencies present to the welfare department lists of 25 names for both male and female babies. The first child found, pro vided Its parentage cannot be traced, automatically becomes a Catholic and Is given the first name on that list. The next child becomes a Protestant and receives a mime from the Prot estant list The age is ascertained as nearly as possible and thus a birthday is fixed. Sometimes a note pinned to the Infant's clothing Indicates in which religion the parent (or parents) wish the child to be reared. Such requests are always granted, said Miss Budora L Davles, director of Investigations for the department The finder of a deserted baby Is in structed to take It to the nearest police station. There the finder makes an affidavit as to how, when and where the Infant was found. If the little one was found In Manhattan, the Bronx or Richmond, the police take it to the New York Foundling hospital, a Cath olic Institution. If found in Brooklyn or Queens, it is taken to the Brooklyn Nursery and Infants hospital, a Prot estant institution. Children found In synagogues or organizations definitely Jewish, are taken to a Jewish organi zation in that particular locality. The affidavit of the finder and other In formation, if any. goes to the welfare department. After studying all available data, the welfare department starts an investi gation with the aid of the police, in the endeavor to ascertain parentage. If the parents are found, the police may recommend mercy or severity, and usually those recommendations are fol lowed. If no background whatsoever is developed, the child receives Its name, religion and birthday by chance. Then It is turned over to the agency of Its allotted religion to be raised or given out for adoption. One hundred fil'ty-seven children were cared for by the department last year. Down ou old narrow Cedar street Is a chop house that dates away back to 1S00 and which, more than likely, Is the oldest chop house In town. Orig inally "Old Tom's," it has always specialized in thick steaks a "double porterhouse" still means just that chops, fine wines and liquors. Prohi bition made a difference but even in the deepest depression, according to the present owner, Harry Kramer, who has been In charge for the last 30 years, only one employee was fired. Repeal restored the old routine but the present wine cellar Is on the third floor. The guest book registers such dis tinguished names as the late Theo dore Roosevelt, J. P. Morgan, Jacob Schilt and George F. Baker, as well .'s Nicholas and Alice Longworth. The Roosevelt sons are still occasional patrons. The wall decorations Include nn old violin and some Revolutionary money. These represent Proprietor Kramer's only returns on checks which turned out to be rubber. "Old Tom" accumulated no such mementoes. Be trusted nobody. Things i Uko about New York: Times Square at midnight. . . . With the flash of jewels and the tapping of canes. . . . The tracery of the George Washington bridge over the Hudson, against a twilight sky. . . . The quick tempo of Grand Central Terminal employees as a crack train Is arriv ing. . . Riverside church chimes as heard on the Jersey shore. . . . Seeing traffic policemen helping blind men across busy street intersections. C Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. Surveyor Forgat Hill Shrewsbury, Mass. A hill over looked for 60 years has bobbed up to confound modern surveyors. Located between Boston Hill and Prospect Hill here, it was not recorded by federal surveyors who mapped this territory In 1887. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE . EGGLESS COOKIES With eggs almost unattainable, and priced so high, the following recipe is gladly welcomed. And the cookies are really good. Cream cup butter. Add 1 cup brown , sugar and cream together thoroughly. Add 2 tablespoons un sweetened chocolate (melted), 1 tea spoon vanilla extract, and 1 cup nut meats (chopped), and blend thorough- lyk. Mix together and sift 1 cups bread flour and teaspoon soda and add to the mixture alternately with 1-3 cup milk, beating wellafter each addition., pry by teaspoonfuls on greased cookie" sheet and"' bake in a moderate oven- (850 deg.) 10 to 12 minutes. Timely Questions On Farm Answered Question: Will alfalfa make a gooci growth when seeded in the Spring Answer: Fall seeding is advis able in most sections of North Caro lina, but spring seeding may be done under certain conditions, and especially at the higher elevations. In the Piedmont section spring seed ing should b made on soils that heave badly and on fertile soil infested with chick weed. The seed should be put in between March 1 and 25. At ele vations of 2,500 feet or higher the seeding should be made between April 1 and 30. Qustion: My chickens seem to be weak in the legs and stagger when they walk. What is the cause and how can it be remedied T Answer: This trouble is caused by improper feeding or a heavy infesta tion of internal parasites. Open' the intestinal t-ct of two or three birds and examine for round worms or tap worms. If these are not present, the ration should be carefully studied and reinforced. An addition of 7 per cent dehydrated alfalfa meal to the laying mash usually helps to correct vitamin definciency and is a valuable addition to the ration, especially dur ing the winter months. Fresh, Warm Water, , v Needed By Livestock One of the most expensive ways a farmer can heat water for his live stock is to let the animals drink it cold and warm it with their bodies. Giving the animals water at freez ing temperature lowers Iheir vitality . and seriously curtails the production of dairy cattle, said Prof. R. H. Ruff ner, head of the State College animal husbandry department "Can you imagine a beef animal fattening, a calf growing, or a cotv producing large quantities of milk af ter becoming thoroughly M chilled and shivering for an hour in overcoming the effects of 10 to 20 gallons of ice cold water?" he asked. ; He estimated that a cow producing 25 pounds of ' niilk "ft '.day burns up more than a pound. of corn in warm ing the water she drinks when it is taken into the body at freezing tem perature. At the State College dairy barn, where water is supplied at a moder ate temperature, there are seven cows producing more than 50 pounds of milk a day. The food burned to warm the water is needed to maintain the animal'? vitality, promote growth, and to produce milk, Prof. Ruffner pointed out. To attain her full milk-producing capacity, he added, a cow should be given all the fresh water she will drink at a temperature of 70 degrees. If the water is too cold, she will not drink enough to maintain a full milk flow. The resulting loss may be far more than the slight cost of providing ani mals with water from which the chill has been taken. carefully but amply, exercise sanita tion at all times, and cull rigidly. ; Subscribe to two or more goc poultry magazines, and secure t poultry bulletins which may be ob tained free from the agricultural edi tor, at State College, Raleigh. CHAPPEa HILL Miss Grace Monds, of Washington, D. C, spent Christmas with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Monds. Miss Florence Chappell, who at the present time is a nurse in St. Vin cente's Hospital, Norfolk, Va., spent Sunday before Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chappell. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moore and their daughter, of Norfolk, Va., spent Sunday before Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chappell. . Mrs. Paul Greene and little daugh ter, Kay Frances, .of Gates, spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Chappell. Miss Edith Chappell, who for the past three months has1 been attend ing the Radford State Teachers Col lege, East Radford, Va., spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C Chappell. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Winslow, of Belvidere, were Wednesday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Chap pell. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Butt and chil dren, of New Hope, spent Christmas Day with Mrs. Butt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Monds. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Butt and children, of New Hope, spent Christ mas Day with Mrs. Butt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hendren. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Chappell and children spent Christmas with Mrs. Chappell's mother in Manteo. Miss Edith Chappell was the guest of Mrs. Tom Hollowell Saturday' af ternoon. - ' After spending the holidays at home, Miss Edith Chappell has re-, turned to college to finish the year'B work. . . ; Spain's rice crop this year is ex pected to reach .320,000 metric tons, fen to fifteen per cent more than last year. CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE Early Jersey, Charleston Wakefield and Flat Dutch See Me For Prices JOHN O. WHITE, JR. Route 1 HERTFORD, N. C. FOR SALE FARM LANDS and TOWN LOTS For Cash or on Easy Terms H. G. WINSLOW HERTFORD, N. C ' Rescues Starving Cat, . - ' bat Contracts Lockjaw . Munich. Because he loved - animals and climbed into a house to rescue a tarvlnc cat, a chauffeur at Bad Toels, Atithera Bavaria, has contracted lock- 'Jaw. II b Joseph Hobendabi, and 'knowing that the eat had been locked op for two days without food or water he entered the house through win dow and tried to make friend! with ' the cat But the crazed animal turned e-j scratched t:a painfully la the Question: What are the requirc c:i'. : for signing a new cotton con tract? Answer: For a farm to be eligible for contract in 1936 the land must have grown cotton at least two yearr since 1980. One of the years speci fied is either 1934 or 1935. If natu ral causes which could not be con trolled prevented planting in either or both of these years, credit for plant ing one year will be given, but cottr must have been grown on the lane at least another year since lSMO. Another requirement is that the farm must have a base acreage of one whole acre or more to be eligible foi a 1936 contract. Captive Penguin in Zoo j at Philadelphia Lays Egg Philadelphia. Zoo officials, astound ed by the action of one of the garden's penguin flock In laying an egg, are hoping against hope that a chick will be hatched. Usually the birds need an Iceberg or something like that for nest ing activities, officers explained, but this penguin just built a private nest In. a clump of bushes. If hatched, the chick will be the first penguin ever born In captivity. Principal Cracks Down on Those Who Misspell Fremont, Ohio. The complaint of employers and college professors that modern high school graduates can't spell has brought results from Prin cipal A. C. Stokes of Boss high school His students misspelled so many words that he ordered all to have one or two 20 minute lessons a week. Poultry Raising Is Hard For Beginners The novice who enters the poultry business with expectations of making easy money is doomed to almost cer tain failure. Poultry raising requires long hours of work and study, careful attention to detail, and a persistence that re fuses to admit defeat, said Roy S. Dearstyne, head of the State Colleg poultry department. Too often, he said, urban dweller.' invest large sums in placing buildingr and equipment on a poultry farm then purchase low-priced chicks and attempt to run the farm with the cheapest labor obtainable Only by a miracle, he declared, can such a venture succeed. Before any one, city man or farm er, goes intf the poultry business Dearetsyne added, he should consui the local farm agen, then visit a number of successful poultry farms to see how they are run. The beginner should start off with a comparatively small number o' birds. A year's experience is needec to get a working knowledge of pou try production. Secure the best chicks obtainable Deartsyne emphasized. Good chick? cost only a few cents more to star: with, while inferior chicks cost mar dollars in lost profits later on. Before setting up a poultry farm, ascertain whether there' is a gooi market for eggs and chickens. Thar is no point to poultry raising unles the products can be sold readily. Study measures for controller parasites and the common poultr diseases, Dearstyne continued; fee Return From Mine; . Find Gold in PanU Ordway, Colo. A month's . em ployment in their gold mine at Vic tor, Colo, proved highly, profitable to . the Howard Morgan family. When Morgan and his ton returned to their home here, Mrs. Morgan washed their overalls. She 'called her husband's attention to the silt and sediment In the water. : Morgan "panned" the residue and recovered more gold dust- r ,. . . ' j ... Taylor Theatre EDENTON, N. C PROGRAM COMING WEEK Today (Thursday) and Friday, January 9-10 Joan Crawford "I LIVE MY LIFE" Saturday, January 11 Bob Steele "TRAIL OF TERROR" "Call of Savages" Comedy Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 13-14 John Boles Dixie Lee "REDHEADS ON PARADE" of the All the significant news of the world, gathered by 5500 correspondents, tensely, concisely, yet completely told, and superbly illustrated with action photographs. 10 Cents on All Newsstands 1 PCI ) " IK Wednesday, January 15 Martha Sleeper "TWO SINNERS" ATTENTION! January 23-2-. , The Crusaders" Produced by Cecil DeMille . ; Loretta Young r Henry Wilcoxon . : j Soij!-5ttlwwthdt point changes rnc appearance of rhuoofmjok) room: n 1 r n ttraMiilum eoMr r W 4 v Sm tin (lottoa MMftaMnt- f bmUful. 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