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America’s Great’ Debt
to Pioneer Mothers
Pioneer mothers played n great part
In American annals, following the
| ones they loved they made homes
{spring up In the wilderness. From
[ helping to btilld the cabin, raising the
littlo crops, weaving the clothes, down
the long range of ceaseless toll which
lfrontier life holds, they were co-work-
*ers with the men who gave America
'48 states Instead of 18, Leah A. Knz-
murk writes, in the National Republic.
Around tin 1 wide-mouthed fireplaces
at night In the Isolated cabins these
mothers of American yesterdays laid
the foundation stones of Twentieth:
I century progress. Here they taught
{lessons before the coming of the
; schoolmaster; hero they taught reli
gion from the precious family Bible
'long before the steeples of white
churches dotted the landscape. All
i the seeds of civilization they planted
(on eneh new frontier, as the men
I planted the wheat In the newly turned
(soil, drained the swamps and felled
! the forests. Toller, mother, teacher,
preacher—all these In one was a typ
ical pioneer woman who furthered the
! cause of America.
FIND NEW TRACE
OF ANCIENT MAN
Jbr Economical Trantpoftatitm
Bones DiscovereJ in China
May Be 50,000 Years Old.
Incorrect B diet as
to Growth of Trees
A marked oak tree began growing
!on April 17, nnd grew regularly until
May 23. Th.cn It began a rest period
of 32 day. On June 21 It started
!fo grow again and continued until I
July 13.
At the beginning of. the season It
grew for 30 days, then rested for 82
days, and thereafter grew ug hi for
20 days. During the f.rst g-owi'i per
led It grew ton inches, an average of
about one-third of an Inch a clay.
This proves that the belief that trees
grow from early spring, when the
leaves begin to come out, until the
(first frost, when they start to show
itheir autumn color, Is not correct.
For Instance, In the. latitude-of south
ern Pennsylvania the native forest
trees make 00 per tent of. their height
(growth In 40 days of spring and early
Isummer. Trees are lighting for their
ilives all, the time.
Women Geographers
The Society of Woman Geographers
(Is a society organized In 1025 by a
group who felt that there should he
’Some medium of contact between
i women distinguished In geographical
(work and Its allied sciences—eth-
.nology, archeology, botany, natural
[history, sociology, folklore, arts nnd
(crafts, etc. For active membership In
(this society only tlu&e women are
eligible who have done distinctive
(work whereby they have ndded to I he
• world’s store of knowledge concerning
(the countries In which they have trav
eled. Corresponding members are
those who fulfill the requirements for
active membership, hut who reside
joutside the United States of America
and Canada. The associate member-
,ship admits widely tnvyeled women
who are Interested In furthering all
forms of geographical exploration and
research.
Distinctive Brigade
The name “Orphan Brigade” was
lgiven to a body of troops because they
had to leave their own slate to Join
,the Confederacy. '‘Different accounts
liavo been given as to how ilia com
mand acquired die designation ol
;Orphan brigade. Its attitude towards
Its native state—expatriated by rea
son of identification will a cause
which Kentucky had not formally ap
proved; Its complete isolation from its
.people; Its having been time nnd
again deprived of Its commander by
(transfer to other service, or death In
battle—these, all and singular, may
(have suggested the name which soon
fixed Itself In the popular mind, nnd
lias como to ho the real one by which
It will be known In history.”
New York.—The discovery of fur
ther traces of prehistoric men In
Chirm and the recent finding of teeth,
which belonged to ancient human be
ings like the Neanderthal men of Eu
rope have attracted geologists to In
tensive study of the prehistoric Chi
nese scene.
The evolution of the land surface on
which early man dwelt In north China
has been studied by Prof. George Bar-
hour of Vouching university. Peking,
nnd reported to the New York Acad
emy of Sciences.
In the era before man appeared tbo
land had been worn down almost level
and the rivers llowcd smoothly over
flat country, Professor Barbour’s sur
vey showed. Then tills flat land sud
denly was broken tip by tho same dis
turbance tlint pushed up the Alps, the
Ilockles nnd the Himalayas. The riv
ers had barely succeeded In opening
out the valleys when a slight buck
ling Of the surface dammed the
streams back Into lakes.
"About this time," said Professor
Barbour, "we find the first traces of
(primitive man, or some close relative
of his, living In a limestone enve over
looking the Peking plain."
With a change of climate the rivers
flowed more swiftly nnd cut narrow
gorges, making the surface of China
more rugged. As the soil was worn
away gentle upheavals In the earth's
crust pushed the surface of Mongolia
up. and cold, dry winds blew over
these high altitudes, picking up tho
dust and sweeping it along in Im
mense quantities. The blanket of dust
in some regions became as deep as
800 feet
In the limestone caves of Chinn
have been found stone axes nnd ar
rows belonging to tho prehistoric men,
nnd with the weapons are the hones
of mammoths, deer, rhinoceroses ami
oilier animals nnd tho broken egg
shells of ostriches. The teeth found
near Peking and considered ns possi
bly belonging to tho oldest human in
habitants of Chinn were from one of
these ancient cave shelters.
: Communication from China, Just
received by Professor Barbour, states
that now specimens of human fossil
teetli have been found nnd arc desig
nated ns belonging to the Neanderthal
period, which in Europe was about 50,-
000 years ago.
Stone With a Legend
There Is only one stoneMo he found
,ln all Lithuania, whore even the pav-
ilng cobbles for the town streets have
'to he Imported from nbroad. This
(solitary stone, a relic of tho Ice ago,
(lies In a forest, and being unique has
u name of its own, “Puntukns."
The country people say that the
idevll picked up (he stone—one can
[still see the marks of his claws—to
(destroy Aenyksciai church. He hurled
It, says the Washington Star, at the
(church, but missed, nnd only broke
olY tho tops of the two steeples. And
[two truncated steeples—the only ones
iin all IJllmnnla—are there to this day
!to gro&'T ■
f
( Earliest Newspapers
' An authority Is inclined to give
■the credit for the earliest European
1 newspap r to The Netherlands. A
•Newe Zuytutig, of New Newspaper,
was found dated in 15:2,1 sad tolling
[of the great hnltlo with the Talks
But hack in tho days • f old Rome
(there were the Acta Diurna, m Pail.v
.Events, which regularly i:io!< d hal
;tles, elections, games, religious r.tos
•etc. That daily paper, or hullciTnJ
lasted lo the fall i f the wo ■<••■■•■> -
in! re. •
Descendants of Indian
Girl to Mave Reunion
Miami, Okln.—Indians in whose
veins course the blood of a white
man, who, when captured by the Sen
ecus 155 years ago, persuaded them
to spare him and his sister from the
scalping knife and Inter married their
chief's daughter, will attend a family
reunion of the sister’s descendants.
William Spicer and his sister, Eliz
abeth, were taken prisoners by the
Indians June 4, 1773, in tiie Great
Lakes region. The sister was freed
through her brother’s diplomacy eight
een months later and subsequently
married a white man, Thomas Bowen.
Spicer remained with the Indians,
marrying (he daughter of the chief,
nnd Inter succeeding him as the head
of the tribe.
Descendants of Thomas and Eliz
abeth Bowen will hold a reunion at
Dnvlstown, l’u„ in August, and they
have invited fifty members of tho Sen
eca tribe who are descendants of
Boweji's brother.
Pir.f
20 Million Forest
Fire Yearly cn South
Washington.—Col. William B. Gree
ley, chief of the United Status forest
service, declares the South is respon
sible for the burning yearly of about
20,000,000 acres of forest and cut-over
land, or about four-fifths of tho total
forest area burned In the United
States.
This represents n loss of money run
ning into many millions of dollars, he
says, adding that a prosperous South
.must have productive forest and
range lands, which It cannot have un
til burning woodlands Is stopped.
Must Keep Name
Harrisburg, Bn.— Buzzletown It Is,
nnd Buzzletown it will continue to
he. An npponl to the state geograph
ical hoard to have the name changed
to Mnrlonville has been denied.
it ’ t
G)fte Proof
is in the driving'
Bfchseggswfl ....
The COACH
’585
Mltlxl:" 8 $ 495
aC.».»’’*595
The 4-Door $ /l n C
Sedan U l
The Convertible
Sport Cabriolet .. O 7J
The Imperial $^7 1 P*
Landau i L—/
Utility Truck $/4r*cr
(Cnussis Only)
Light Delivery
(Chassis Only) Ji5
AJl prices f. o. b. Flint,
^ Michigan
Check Chevrolet
Delivered Prices
They include the lowest
Land I i n \t, nnd financing
chargcn uvailablc.
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Acceleration that shoots you ahead at the traffic line!
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And the delightful handling ease perfected by a
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That’s what you get in the Bigger and Better Chev
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bringing an entirely new order of motoring enjoy,
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Come in and take the wheel—and see for yourself
what a great car it is! There are seven beautiful
models to choose from.
Removal of War Tax Lowers Delivered Prices
HENRY MOORE, Dahlonega, Ga.
i-.wiwsi urtrowir /re
Jbr Economical Transportation
Red “O. K.” Tag Protects You
Attached to the radiators of
the best reconditioned used
cars we offer for sale is a red
“O.K.” tag which is the pur
chaser’s assurance that
worn units have been re
placed hy new ones—and
that the price quoted repre
sents actual value. Look for
this tag when you buy a used
car—and know that your
investment is protected.
tier Crest Car.-I
jo young iimnlmi couple were bar
oiK’h at .s unniest emiugdknise. Tht-
fin was grumbling .•••hmiisc they
: unable to ttlVord tie luxurious
iurant: which luttl boett a lealuro
telr honeymoon.
ou can’t hjtve a brass baud every-
e you go," said the man, crossly,
b, yes, I can,” snapped Ids wife,
it on me now-r-on wy finger.”
Yeung British Artist
Hailed as New Master
BJymouth, England. — "Wo
have in"? satisfaction of having
revealed a great young
nrllst, whose future he as
great as that of any arilsi "ho
has ever lived," said Sir Min
fin Conwa.v, chairman of the
British Artists’ exhibition, re
furring to Lionel Elils, who e\
hibjttfd paintings at r.n oxhihi
turn here.
Critics ary uauui.muiu- la i‘C<
agnizing Ellis' work as remark
Tig. His put lire, n hrilliam
nude, “Jeanne, ' 1 is I he reason
for tliis volume of praise. R
has been hough! anonymously
and presented to ihe borough
art gallery.
Eliis, who is only twenty live .
years old, lies been cotiimis |
a lulled by Lady Aston to pa.nl X
;t portrait of tlii Hull, l’ily iln ,j«
Aster. X
.1.
The Infantry
Jack nnd Bobbie had come to visit
Billy, age seven. The throe little hoys
had been playing together quietly for
some time when suddenly Billy’s
mother heard one of the children cry
ing. She hurried Into the room where
they were playing nnd •found Jack
•>nd Billy astride a trunk and Bobbie
stamp." 0 Reside ldm. wailing dismally.
'“Why” Bu' v ‘ £lu ‘ exclaimed, “why
don’t you let Bol:’’'* ™ »'e ">'"k.
tOO?” .
“Oil,” returned Billy, “he's ine In*
fan try.”
HE N H v ]YI OOliE, D»111 o 11eir/i
c
QUALITY AT . L OJV CO.S.T
There'3 a Difference
Many women have a shadowy, in-
teal idea of love and marriage In
stead of a very real love and u very
1 real marriage.—Wonrau'B Home Com
panion.
Italians Still Burn
Old Plague Fires
Bolzano, Italy.—In the Middle ages
the farmers around Merano lighted
huge bonfires on the highest ground
to signal their neighbors they were
still alive when plague swept the j
country. The other night such fires
wore burning on nil the high spots |
around Merano, although the signals !
fmve lost their former significance.
F(T ejntpHes the peasants have j
continued this custom originated In
the time of a great plague and after- j
ward carried on as an established
event at least once a year. The fires (
lighting tiie idiis a few nights ago
were strange to visitors In sight of
Merano, hut wore taken ns a matter
of course by old residents.
Steal Ambulance
Milwaukee, M'ls.—Simply nothing
Is safe from a reail.v ambitious thief.
Jt was proved here when a county
ambulance was stolen',
Radium in All Springs
Not only is there radium in spring
water, but nil spring water is radio
active to some degree, reports W. D.
Collins of the United States geologi
cal survey. After three days, however,
the water loses half of its radio-active
"kick,” and In thirty days practically
none remains. At all times, the quan
tity of radium In the water is so small
that only Ihe most delicate tests en
able chemists to detect its presence.
In order to have any effect on the
human body It would be necessary to
drink at least d<i:> quarts a day.—
Popular Science Monthly.
lyqr? a* » v -) FLOAT
AN WARSHIP
(Salvage Work Lie .'2:3 Cai'-.cT.
cn n Sca^a Flow,
London.—Salvage work said to h”
unique In engineering history is being
■carried on at Senpn Flow hy Cox
Slmnke, who, having already raised
2(i destroyers of the German fleet, are
now engaged In the gigantic task of
floating Ihe battleship Moydlilz.
The Seydlttz lay upon l er side. To
turn her over nnd raise her upright
Jt has been estimated would have cost
(more than $300,000—too much to show
rt profit on the transaction. The sal
vage engineers, therefore, have worked
(out a plan to float the huge ship,
(weighing 25,000 tons and having a
[length of 050 feet, on her side nnd t<>
tow her In this position to the break-
ling-up depot six miles away. She lay
at a depth of more than eighty feet.
(Mr. Cox, describing Uie method, of
(operation, said:
i J ‘\Ve work by pumping compressed
iair Into tho ship and at the same time
filling up with concrete one hy one
The openings through which the air
(escapes. The biggest opening wo
have tilled so far measures 44 hy 0
feet, nfid required ten tons of con
crete/’
: The .raising of tho whole German
fleet, he said, would “probably ho more
than a life’s work for most of us now
[engaged cn it."
Organize Paris Body
to Fight Fake Guides
, Paris.—Determined to rid the Purls
boulevards, museums and other pub
11c places where tourists gather of
the noxious so-called “guides” who
•pester foreigners, a group of profes
sional couriers and guides have .or
ganized the ‘‘Interpreters’ club" with
well-defined alms. The principal ob-
•Joet of the society Is to prevent any
body exercising the profession of
[guide without a permit delivered 4>.v
the police department after an ex
amination of Ids capabilities nnd
production of serious references,
i Complaints have frequently been
( made by tourists of overcharging -in
stores, visits to questionable resorts
nnd even regular holdups, for which
swarthy, oily Individuals encountered
In front of the big hotels In the eve
ning are mainly responsible. The po
lice department Issued an order two
years ago that all guides should 'he
In possession of a permit, hut this
has fallen Into abeyance.
‘‘C»ukle-interpfcters” on the tourist
autocars have been heard telling
travelers that under the immense col
umn In tho Place Yendome, which
was constructed hy Napoleon, lies
buried Marshal Petain, who Is still
very much alive. Another explained
to a group of Americans visiting Mnl-
mnlson, the palace where the Em
press Josephine spent her last days,
that. Mine. Malmaison was the mothor
of Napoleon III.
Woman Buys Old Horses
to Give Thera Easy Life
Edmonton, England.- Buying up
old and wornout horses nnd person
ally seeing them humanely destroyed
or placed In good homes where they
do light work Is the spare-time occu
pation of Miss Hayes, a school teach
er of this town.
Already 5,000 horses and donkeys
have passed through her ham!:-!, and
last year she spent $15,500 in haying
4IK! horses.
Miss Hayes says she often saw
lame and emaciated horses being
worked In tlie streets and Inquired
what became of them. Hearing they
were often Sold to dealers and
worked harder In the country or sent
abroad to he slaughtered, she started
buying them with the help of friends
She keeps several In her own stable
nnd cures for them herself.
Jail Too Noisy
Visalia, Calif.—A temporary In
junction to restrain prisoners in tho
county jail here from singing nnd
“making other noises” at night Is
asked In a suit filed against tiie coun
ty hy Clara Johnston and Robert
Johnston, who live near the Jail.
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Popular Name3
Berkeley, Calif.—One In every
American men and hoys Is named
William, nnd one among ouch 2!) oT
tiie country’s feminine population an
swers to Mary. There are 2,500,(XX)
Williams In the United Stnto3 and
2,000,000 Marys.
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Boy Wins Watch as $
Teachers Knit Brows S
Belfast. — A “brain tenser"
^ was put before the pupils of an
if Enniskillen school hy Lord i(f
x Charlemont, mlnisJer of oduen-
g lion for Ulster, when lie paid ft
E them a visit, lie asked: [jj
"If a coin were dug up in a
i|f garden at Canterbury, which i[t
M was In the area of the Roman [■[
« occupation of Mi Pain. Willi .In ft
lias Caesar on It
9
a
ml dated |{
a ‘B. C. 43.’ would'•lit:: coin ha !>
genuine V
§ wni
| g The immier^ could not e.uswei (T
| ft i! and only one I y could. i(t''
i ^ Lord ('Imi leinoiii .ave ldm „ JT
j if silver watch. The hoy uii fta
( ^ f-wered that' a mar. minting a ; -<V
g coin 43 years hel'o.e the Idrili t
j A of Christ could ii.it' put Ihe (i.ite [J-
j 9 |,| [j. (’. ,,n i t ft