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rage eight Ti t K! / , if face} Little jour _ Figuring «V®F or] /L^\ Events* t \ b Ttw National G«ogr*pht£ Socuty, WVhmg, on, D,|C., for D^»i- ' ■miff lnitff*r. •f Mton.y/ \ \ \ s< I / / sum LINE OF FRIENDSHIP MARK TRADE ROUTE Hearings In a dozen elites of countries by (he United Stales Canadian Joint commission to considei connecting the St. Lawrence river and the Great Lakes by a canal system awakened a new Interest In Die nearly 4,000 miles of border that separates this country from Its neighbor to the north. The boundary between the two great English-speaking countries of America, giving them joint ownership of some of the greatest lakes In the world, as well as a liver of prime importance, hold* poisibllltles for development overlooked by many of the citizen stockholders on both Sides of the line. The single scheme now under discus¬ sion for the construction of canals to handle ocean-going ships foreshadows a work that would rival In magnitude and Importance even the epoch-making engineering feats at Panama, With huge canals connecting the waters of the Great Lake* and Ihe SI. Lawrence, a hips capable of negotiating any weather could saij wiih (he ore, coal and grain of the western United States anil Canada, directly to any port of the Seven seas. Discussion by the two countries of the feasibility of engaging jointly In the development of their border waters Is in contrast with some of the stormy Incidents In which the boun¬ dary has figured. Known In recent years as "the border without foils," and come at last to be regarded as a line of amity and friendship, It Is per¬ haps not generally realized now that until the cumulative efforts of years resulted not long ago In the settlement of some long-standing disputes, the United States-Canadlnn boundary was Ihe source of almost continual misun¬ derstanding. Many times there,were unpleasant Incidents, tw;lce the coun¬ tries were on the verge of war, and for well over a hundred years after the close of the Revolutionary war diplo¬ mats, commissioners, and even neutral kings and emperors acting a* arbitra¬ tors were kept busy trying to straight¬ en out the many snarls lido which a border line can become tangled. Much of the trouble In regard to the boundary resulted from ignorance of the geography of the country on the part of the early negotiators. The St. Croix river which Ihe earliest treaty staled should form the eastern line of Maine at the very starting point of the International boundary was not satisfactorily Identified at first, and this caused friction for some years. A second geographical error—the as¬ sumption that the Lake of the Woods drained lido Lake Superior—Is respon¬ sible for the rather Indefinite boun¬ dary of small lakes and brooks be¬ tween the two large lakes. The be¬ lief that die Mississippi river had its source In Canada, and field notes In accordance with that belief, brought about the existence of a tract of land of a hundred square miles, cut off on a peninsula on the northern shore of Ihe Lake of the Woods, practically sur¬ rounded by Canadian territory and many miles across the water from oth¬ er land of the United States. In connection with still another United States-Canadian boundary — that between southern Alaska and British Columbia—a mistaken Impres¬ sion of early Russian traders has giv¬ en the United States a boundary run¬ ning helter-skelter over foothills and ridges when It was believed to follow a mountain watershed, a logical geo¬ graphical boundary. — v KIPLING SETTING NOW NEWS BACKGROUND The Simla Hills of Kipling fame and the Interesting Punjab country again were brought to public attention this year hy reports of riots among nations who had been aroused by the rumored destruction of the golden temple ot Amritsar, a principal city of this pro¬ vince. Punjab Is a Peipiati word meaning "five waters," and* refers to an area In India, about the size of Oregon, be¬ tween the Jhelatn and the Sutlej, drained by three Intermediate streams. These rivers empty into tbe Indus, which forms the western boundary of the atate. Situated at the northwest gateway of India, the Punjab has for ages been the Belgium of most of the military expeditions from the west and the trail of many migrations. For this reasfm its peoples — Mohammedans, Sikhs, Hindu Jats, Kashmiris Hiid Rajputs, all belonging to the tall, fair Indo* Aryan stock-—are not so sluggish In temperament and ways of living as those In other parts of the and many of them manifest a martial spirit upon small provocation. Eng¬ land counted them among Iter most valued soldiers on the western front. The vast plain of the Punjab is about one thousand feet above sea level and on the north runs into the "Abode of Snow," the Himalaya ntotin tains. At the southwestern end of the watershed stands Simla, and from It the mountains drop rapidly to the foothills and then to the plain. Jakko, tfce dqodar-dad hill of Kipling’s nr les, is Immediately within view, low¬ ering a thousand feet above Here In this town, 7,000 feet above the level of the sea, In early April, when the heat of the great Punjab plain reaches 120 degrees, most of the Europeans In IdOIh gather and around the summer home of the viceroy of India the social life revolves. Within a 28-mile radius from Simla Is the t'hor, upon whose peak, 12,000 feet high, a snow cup Is worn until well Into May. Farther to the west the higher peaks range from 10,000 to I 22,000 feet. A MAGIC ISLAND OF THE MEDITERRANEAN Amid the trials of coal scarcity, H. C. of L. ar.d politics, it may be restful to read of a place where breez¬ es blow cool, hut seldom too hot or too cold, and (he scenery is magic; where people ure.ptaceuble and hon¬ est, and there are no profiteers; where the women are pretty, charming and easily entertained, and life moves along with a song 1 There Is such a spot. Ten hours out from continental Spain on a fairly favt and quite comfortable steamer lies a little archipelago—I he Balearic Islands, whose largest Island, called Mallorca, or Majorca, is perhaps llie most enchanting corner, one of the most Interesting and pleasing, as well as one of the most forgotten Islands of the Mediterranean, The following account of its attractions Is summa¬ rized from the description of an eye¬ witness, Col. Ernesto do March y de Gareia-Mesa, Spanish army. A great painter and writer called It the "island of calm,” for there ev¬ eryone moves, rests, talks, walk* and conducts his courtships as If the day had 48 hourv, the mile about 16.000 feet, and the spun of human life 700 years; so 111 lie haste do they make in living und enjoying life, One Mal lorquln of noble family Is said to have waited 45 years In determining to lead his sweetheart to the altar, with no protest from her, and without having been slain In exasperation by his motb er-ln-law. Last summer during the latter part of July when the thermometer In Washington and New York stood around 90 degrees In the shade, and in Madrid ran to blood heat, the breezes fanned Ihese Island folk to the tune of 70 degrees. Nor is this wonderful Island an Im¬ practical place to spend a few months. There are about 120 miles of railroads on the island, and a system of local roads which permit of a traveler’s vis¬ iting many of the chief points of In¬ terest with ease and comfort. These people who take life so leis¬ urely are not lazy, shiftless or un¬ pleasant in personal appearance or manner. They are Intelligent, honest, eapahle of work, sober and economi¬ cal. These characteristics preserved throughout centuries of uninterrupted peace and tranquillity have made them peaceable, trusting, and homelovlng. The men are of medium height, strong, and agile. They have competed bril¬ liantly In many of the championship sporting events held In Spain, and wherever they lmve gone on Ihe con¬ tinent their undertakings have been marked with success. And as for the women. Colonel March, in writing of them, says: "They possess the same lovely skin us the women of North America, features ns if sculptured by Phidias nr Praxiteles, and they walk like goddesses.” But he laments In the next breath that they know notli lug of the "Joy of living,” due par¬ tially to ancestral Arabic influences, and to the fact that their island has, for so long, been under strict repres slon. He calls Mallorca “the loveliest cage on the planet, Its wonderful, In¬ telligent and gracious women being extremely bored.” And an all-important feature—-the cost of living Is low in Mallorca, Who would not be astonished to know that he could become a member of the "Royal Club of Regattas,” fully and comfortably equipped, for about ’20 cents a month in dues? Though prices rose bore no elsewhere (luring the war, tbe Spanish colonel says that It Is the "stmt of sill Europe and America, where one could have lived the most reasonably during these past five yea rs.” EGYPT: A DIAMOND MINE OF HISTORY Egypt annually supplies ihe world with a precious product, an Increasing knowledge of the early life story of the human race. In the wonderful record of exploration which has re stored to us the civilization of tbe great pre-elnssteal nations, there is no more remarkable chapter than that which tells of the resurrection of an i dent Egypt. A communication to the National Geographic society by James Baikie, says: ••The science of Egyptology; which is slowly and patiently reconstructing for us tbe ordered history of the 3,(KX) years before Christ, enabling ns to see the types of men, the manner of life, the forms of government, the religious customs and beliefs of period after period, from the very dawn of Egypt¬ ian nationality, is specifically a growth of our own time. *~ “\Ye one the framework Into which we try to fit tbe facts of Egyptian his¬ tory to I lie ancient historian. Manetho. scattered fragments of whose history of Egypt, dating from the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, in the third cen¬ tury R. C., have come down to us in the works of various ancient authors. He recognized 30 dynasties of Egyp¬ tian monarchs, and he left lists of the names of the kings In each of these dynasties, together with occasional notes upou matters of historical inter est In particular reigns. THE LLADEK-TRIBUNE, FORI VALLEY. GEORGIA I The kings of the earliest dynasties reared no pyramids. Their toinh» were great structures mainly under . ground. These huge homes of the 'dead were tilled with all sorts of oh ] Jects thought necessary or underworld useful foi the deceased king in the "Around a monarch were burled his slaves, who were doubtless slain at his grave that they might accompany and serve him in the afterlife. The chambers of his tomb were stored with stacks of great vases of wine and corn, r m; Aft i w Him M &j i I i m A . - m i m ■ i>fk mm ■ *» < rJ ti mi f: ■ mm 4 m m ft * > m m «*V; m v * > Gateway of Ptolemy Euerqetes at Karnak - with pottery dishes, splendid copper howls, carved Ivory boxes, golden but Ions, palettes for grinding face paint, chairs and couches of elaborate de sign and decoration, Ivory and pottery figurines, and plaques bearing records of the king’s valor in war or his piety in the founding of temples. "Here and there in this wreckage of Immemorial splendors, a little touch helps us to realize that these dim his¬ toric figures were real men, who loved and sorrowed as men do still. Close to Mena's second tomb at Apydos lies that of his daughter Bener-ab—‘Sweet¬ heart,' as he called her—to suggest how love and death went side by side then as now. "The furniture of the tombs reveals an amazing proficiency In the arts and crafts. Ebony chests Inlaid with Ivory; stools with Ivory feet carved In the shape of bull’s legs; vessels cut and ground to translucent thinness, not only out of soft alabaster, but out of an Iron-hard stone like dlorite; finely wrought copper ewers, all tell us that Ihe Egyptian of the earliest dynastic period was no rude hurharinn, hut a highly civilized craftsman. Perhaps the daintiest and most convincing evi¬ dence of his skill Is given by the brace¬ lets which were found encircling the skeleton arm of Ihe queen of King Zer, of the first dynasty." fr THE EVOLUTION OF FIRE FIGHTING The passing of the fire horses from Manhattan island and the Installation of a high-pressure water system in Boston fo eliminate even the fire en¬ gine' are further steps In the stage of progress from the romantic days of the picturesque old hand tubs. Older folk may remember when citizens tricked themselves out in red shirts and glazed caps and carried torches In the front of a procession, or formed part'of the bodyguard of the gallant old tub as it paraded the streets on a gala occasion. Then passion for fire fighting ran to a high pitch and argu¬ ments were waged about the merits of particular engines. Today the throbs of a motor-driven engine are taking the place of those heart throbs. The horses that might have clattered from their stalls, glided beneath their har¬ ness, and raced gloriously through the drizzly, night-darkened streets before the fire-spitting demon, are drawing farm wagons or plowing the field. In by-gone days communities were dependent upon volunteers, and men from all social ranks gave valuable time to qualify for the service. Fire fighting In some sort of organ¬ ized form is ancient. Machines for throwing water from a distance were known, according to our ftr»t clear evi¬ dence, in the second century before Christ. Heron of Alexandria, 200 years before the Christian ern, In nu old manuscript which has escaped de¬ struction, described a hydraulic ma¬ chine used In Egypt during the time of the Ptolemies. It was composed of two brass cylinders resting on a wood¬ en base with pistons fitted into them— In its principles practically like our present engine. Like most other knowledge, this was lost In the dark ages which followed. The Romans had squads of men to carry water in “hamae," or light vases, to the scene of an outbreak where It was projected onto the fire hy those In charge of the "slphones" or hand pumps. The precise nature of this instrument has not been deter¬ mined, but from specimens found In excavations It must have been much like the old-fashioned syringe used by gardeners. These large organizations of men gave the Roman authorities trouble by their turbulence. Trajan, ; the Roman emperor, and Pliny, at time one of his governors, had long ! and serious, correspondence over the advisability of organizing fire depart¬ ments in the cities under Pliny’s Juris¬ diction, leading to the conclusion that such groups would attain sufficient strength to he a menace to the gov¬ ernment. Mention is made of the medieval use of forcing pumps on tire engines at Augsburg in 1518. England and the countries of the continent were using hand squirts and syringes at this time, America took her ideas from the English. ! GETTING AHEAD OF THE PEACH I LEAF CURL. Peach-leaf curl is one of the monest diseases of the peach. It characteristic in its appearance, shows up strikingly during May. disease really appears early in the spring when the leaves begin to ap pear. The young leaves become curl ec I or folded. The leaf blade is thick¬ ened in certain parts and this causes curling of the leaf, i he thickened areas become yellowish with a tint of red, and a little later, the leaves be¬ come quite brittle and show a silvery bloom on the upper surface. The cur ling may be confined to a small area or the whole may be affected. The leaves finally die and drop from the tree. In serious infection the tree may be practically defoliated and the new buds begin to develop and form a new set of leaves during the summer. The twigs also are affected to a certain extent. They are somewhat swollen and stunted. The disease is serious because of the loss of the leaves in the spring, This results in forcing a second growth of leaves the same season and a loss of vitality to the tree. Killing f the twigs is also damaging. Peach-leaf curl is caused by a fun gus The full life history of the fun KUS is not f u n y known and the time of infection still remains unsolved. It is probable, however, that the spores produced on the diseased leaves in the spring remain during the summer on or beneath the bud scales and the next spring the spores minate on the young leaves and adja cent tissues. After curl appears on the trees, nothing fan he done to prevent dam age at that time. It is of no use to spray with any fungicide. The grower should know, however, whether the disease occurs and take proper steps to control it during the winter and very early spring. The disease can be prevented by spraying the trees late in winter before the buds begin to swell in the spring. A thorough spray ing with the fungicide at that time is recommended in controlling the dis ea se. Any good fungicide such as bordeaux mixture, or lime sulphur is effective. Perhaps the best method is to use commercial lime sulphur, about one part to eight parts of water. This will also be effective a gainst San Jose scale if that is pres- 1 ent,—Mo. College of Agriculture. j ■o The value of life is to improve one’s conditions. —Abraham Lincoln. THE UNIVERSAL CAR What the Ford Ton Truck Will Do The Ford One-Ton Truck offers an efficient, dependable delivery service at the lowest cost. Thousands of owners: wholesalers, retailers, farmers, transfer and baggage compa¬ nies, ice and coal dealers, public service corporations — all have learned of the “delivery cost-cutting” Ford. It does ea¬ sily the work of several horses at a very greatly reduced up¬ keep and operating cost. 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