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INFORMATION i
Teheran is the capital o{ Persia.
The Island of Java belongs to the
Netherlands.
The Selkirk mountains are in south¬
eastern British Columbia.
The bone commonly called the knee
eap is known as the patella.
The fifteenth wedding anniversary
is celebrated as the crystal wedding.
A palindrome is a word, verse or
sentence which heads the same in
«!ther direction.
• Soimization is the use of syllables
{do, re, mi, etc.) as names for the
notes of the scale.
FOR THE IGNORANT
No! A mau who asks the ticket
agent for a reservation to Omalm is
■not necessarily a Navajo chieftain.
The Initial cost of an automobile
has nothing whatever to do with the
engraved initials placed upon doors.
When a physician orders you to
.keep away from cigarettes, he is not
.suggesting that yon purchase a long
cigarette; holder.
Manv who are thinking about a
trip abroad have little intention of
leaving home this year. The world
always has had its great thinkers.
Exchange,
African tribal Language
One ot the greatest dillieultles ot
missionaries In the Sudan lies In the
perfect tjahel ol languages existing
'among h* many ndhwj, a linguist, great dial
Jenge to the ambitious as
jhere are’no books i t any kind among
,bem. and no teachers. Added ditU
cullies are the various intonations ol
each word. « wioiu, tone being used
often completely changing the meaning
of the word, itecentl.v it has been
discovered that In one tribe
•different tones ere used.
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COURIER. CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
Living Things Thrive
Under Canopy of ice
Life proceeds ttnlml.v enough within
every pond and stream roofed over
with its glassy canopy like a natural
tint house. Peer down through the dear 1
ice and you will see tire plants arc
green, though small, and that theie
are fishes gliding about. Their scales,
however, show thni they grow but
little now. There is enough to eat,
but their appetite is poor.
The land snails spin storm doors
athwart the opening of the shell, and.
creeping into some secure crevice, be¬
come dormant; but the pond snails
move about as usual, but build no uoo
shells.
'the smut! aquatic creatures still
.creep lazily over the fermenting mud
• or ensconce themselves in its depths.
The water spider is wrapped in a
glistening bubble of the air be took
down will) him.
All these tiny creatures of
underworld are at ease, there Is no
need nmv for activity, little necessity
for hunting or tieeiug. Hunger Is
.stilled, no energy need be expended in
producing eggs ot in the distress *f
• molting; and so, like the plants, the
ianimals tie still, recuperate from the
waste of one summer and gather
I strength for the next.
Colonial Bedsteads
The turn-up bedstead was popular
in New England. "This,'’ writes Alice
Morse Earle, "was a strong frame
filled with a network of rope, which
was fastened at the bed head b.v
hinges to the wall. By night Hie foot
o( the bed rested on two heavy tegs
By day the frame, with its bed fur
nishings, was hooked up to the wall
and covered with homespun curtain*
and doors.” These beds were In (tie
kitchen, the place chosen because the
room was the warmest in Hie house.
!
Creaking of the Stairs,
The cm taking of the stairs at night
j i-j due to tlie change of temperature,
! which makes the woodwork contract
or expand or something, but it’s ter
rtbly ban) to remember that when
j | they creak.—Ohio State Journal.
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and Acceleration!
A type of performance entirely new
in a low-priced automobile—that’s
what you experience when you
drive the new Chevrolet Six!
Marvelous six-cylinder smooth¬
ness throughout the entire speed
range! A freedom from vibration,
drummingand rumble that makes
driving and riding a constant
delight! Increased speed and accel¬
eration, with 32% more power for
hills and heavy going!
Such arc the qualities of perform¬
ance a) I vv now available in the ---- price *
-a Six in the price range of the four!
"Safety First” lde*
The bureau of mines says that the
phrase "Safety first!’’ became a na¬
tional slogan in the year 1911, when
the bureau of mines gave a national
safety first demonstration at Pitts
: burgh, Pa. Previous to this, the
phrase “Safety Is ihe First Consider¬
ation !” was used on the stationery
and among the employees of the H.
U. Frick Coke and Steel company of
,
Pittsburgh and the Illinois Steel com¬
pany of Chicago. But since the na¬
tional demonstration these firms and
n great many others dealing with safe¬
ty appliances have adopted this
phrase.
Logics! ‘‘Arithmetic’’
The children' were playing school
and n.vurally the oldest sister was
teacher. Sue was putting the "class”
through the intricacies of arith¬
metic.
"Put down the fi and carry the 4;
put down the $ and carry the 1,” she
taught. Finally she turned to little
sister, who hud been listening quietly
and attentively.
“Now, Edith,” site said, “you’re
a little girl, so I’ll give you an easy
question Add 1 and 2.”
“Well.” answered Edith slowly, “l
think I'll carry the 1 and let the
walk, ’cause the 2’s trigger than the
1.”—Exchange.
Parrot Loved a Puppy
An uncommon story of a parrot’s
supreme love for a pupp.v comes from
Charleroi. A month ago the owner ol
the parrot adopted u puppy a few
days old, which had losi its mother.
The helpless state of the dog
1 seemed to have been understood b.v
j tiie parrot, which at once made its
j home beside it in its basket, kept It
( warm with its outstretched wings,
I permitted no one to approach
protege except its piaster at
time.
Unfortunately Hie puppy died. The
j parrot was inconsolable, refused to
j j eat or drink, and has also died.
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range of the four. Such are some
of the outstanding reasons why the
new Chevrolet Six is enjoying the
most triumphant public reception
ever accorded a Chevrolet car.
If you have never driven the new
Chevrolet Six, you are cordially
invited to come in for a demon¬
stration. For until you actually
sit at the wheel, you can General never
know what Chevrolet and
Motors engineers have achieved
in the new Chevrolet six-cylinder
valve-in-head engine!
L’Enfant Planned Open
Space in Washington
“Mall" was originally the name ot
the mallet used in playing pall-mall,
a game tn which a ball was driven
with a mallet. In time “mall” was
applied to the game itself, and by ex¬
tension to the place where the game
was played. Thus Daft-Mall (pro¬
nounced pell-mell), a famous street in
London, received Its name from the
fact that the site was formerly n pall
nmll alley. In the United .States “The
Mall” is applied specifically to a strip
of land lying between the cnpHol amt
the Washington monument. It is
bounded on the east by the capitol
grounds, on the south by Maryland
a*unite and B Street Southwest, on
the north b.v Pennsylvania avenue and
B Street Northwest, and on the west
by Seventeenth street. Ir includes
the botanic garden, East Seaton
park, West Seaton park, Henry
park, Smithsonian grounds, agricul¬
tural grounds and the monument
grounds. In the original plans pre¬
pared by tiie French engineer, L'En
fant, and approved by Washington,
the Mall was to he 1,600 feet wide
and was” to present an unobstructed
vista from the monument to the Cap¬
itol. This plan was departed from,
and there are now a number of build¬
ings on the Mall. L'Enfant did not
use the name “Mall” on Ills maps of
Washington. On the original I.’En
fant map, ns well as on the maps of
1702 and 1S22, this area is designated
"Appropriation No. 2.” After those
dates tiie name "Matt" appenrs regu¬
larly in connection with the area in
question.—Pathfinder Magazine.
SOME SIMILES
Sterile as a test-tube.—.Tolm Sartor.
Jolly as a hospital.—John Grierson.
Living as Gio pain in a tooth.- Ellen
Glasgow.
I Bores like dentists’ drills.—AI
arc
ilous Huxley.
Brutally frank as a passport photo¬
graph.—Irvin S. Cobb.
DON’T TAKE WRONG
ROAD IN 1920
“Farm success or failure in 1929
will very largely depend on planting
lecisions made during the next few
weeks.” declared H. O. Hastings, of
Atlanta, recognized leader of farm
thought and president of the Georgia
Association, a state-wide development
organization having for Its principal
object the betterment of farm condi¬
tions in Georgia.
“Despite all urging to the contrary,
rtespite repeated disaster years follow¬
ing increased cotton acreage, our farm¬
ers generally increased cotton acreage
in 1928, and decreased food and grain
mops, gardens and meat animals. Prov¬
idence stepped in with unfavorable sea¬
sons aud cut yields, otherwise we would
be facing 10 to 12 cent cotton now.
“There is a great scarcity of food,
grain and forage on most farms of the
South, a great scarcity of cows, hogs
and chickens. Plenty of empty corn
cribs, empty barns, empty shelves in
the closet and a great plenty of unpaid
3tore bills carried over as a direct re¬
sult of overplanting cotton. Big cotton
acreage, big yields of cotton and farm
hard times go together.
"Time to face tacts! Georgia aud
the Southeast cannot compete with
Texas and Oklahoma cotton-growing
on bought food and grain and third to
hall’ hale per acre yields. You must
grow on home acres your full home
needs in food, grain and forage.
“The home garden, a big, all-year
round one, will help amazingly in cut¬
ting both store and drug bills. Cows,
hogs and chickens all come in handy
both for food and something to take
to town, to sell whenever you go. The
manure from the animate will help step
up your fewer acres to the three
quarters to bale per acre class. With
home produced food and grain, yon
will own your cotton instead of owe
It when made.
“It will be easy to take the wrong
road in 1929, because it’s the old road
we have traveled so long. The right
and only safe road for 1929 farm pros¬
perity is the road to full, or practically
full, production of food for the home
table, full corn cribs, big bay and for¬
age stacks, eggs and fried chicken from
the flocks, meat from the hogs, milk
from the cows and something extra to
sell every time the auto or wagon goes
to town. This, and this only, is the
safe road.”
The pull that keeps ti fellow out
of juil ten't ’going to get him Into
heaven.
There’s always a comeback In those
wise saws. It’s a long lane (fiat bits no
returning.
Those who follow Hie beaten track
are not apt to leave any footprints
In the su mis of tixuu.
Extra Bales —
' EXTRA
DOLLARS
Start now to make them
I T is the extra yield per acre that makes real
cotton profit.
Say you made one-third bale per acre last year.
Feed your next crop plenty of Chilean Nitrate of
Soda and you ought to at least double your yield,
for Chilean Nitrate sets a larger crop, then helps
it through to early maturity. Stronger plants.
Better cotton too. More strength to fight bad
weather and early bolls to beat the weevil.
4,125 lbs. lint on 5 acres
J. J. Marchant, Doerun, Ga., won the Col¬
quitt County 5-acre Cotton Contest in 1928,
using 500 lbs. per acre of 9-3-5 at planting side
and 150 lbs. Chilean Nitrate per acre as
dressing. He produced 4,125 lbs. of lint cot¬
ton at a cost of 5c per lb.
Chilean Nitrate is the old, original “Soda”, the
natural product—not synthetic. Used profitably
for over 50 years. Last year every cotton cham¬
pion used it to make his winning crop. Place your
order now for all the Chilean Nitrate you need
and be sure of extra bales from your new crop.
A New Fertiliser Book—FREE
a Our make valuable a better crup. book “Low It is free. Cost Ask Cotton" for Book will help No. 2 you or
tear out this a<l and mail with your name address on
the margin.
Nitrate m , Chilean
of Soda
“its soda NOT LUCK
EDUCATIONAL BUREAU
917 Hart Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
In writing please refer to Ad So. B-69
Arrangement of Hair
Marks Chinese W ; fe
It Is customary in occidental It d*
for a married woman to wear a c Id
band on the third finger of her '•ft
hand. Not so in China. You k w
a married woman In China by ihe
way her hair Is trimmed above her
brow.
Usually on the night before Hie
wedding friends of the bride trim ! ?r
hair. It is sometimes clipped e .d
shaved, but in most cases the halt is
removed with two twisted thre s.
These threads are rolled over :!«
forehead with the fingers, the twist of
the thread extracting the hair a id
giving the forehead a square appear¬
ance. If you can imagine what s m
would. look like if yottr hair above
the forehead were removed, leaving
a clearing of, say, four Inches long
and one inch wide, you will have
sortie idea of what the Chinese mar*
ried woman's head is like.
After the marriage this must ha
done at Intervals to keep the shape
present.
Quail Die of Thirst
Dr. Joseph Grinnell, ornithologist, of
California, believes that lack of water
explains the disappearance of quail in
many parts of that state, lie lias made
investigations and Hhds that areas
formerly supplied with water are now
dry owing to climatic changes and rec¬
lamation work and have become un¬
inhabited as nesting grounds for the
quail.
Doctor Grinned does not believe
that vermin lias accounted for the dis¬
appearance of tlie birds so much as
(be tuck of water, as the species of
wild birds and animals designated as
vermin also have become scarcer dar¬
ing recent years in the same area.
Young quail which tire batched more
than 400 yards from water and where
rnin does not fall or heavy dews occur
shortly after they are hatched will die
from (hirst, says a bulletin of the
American Game Protective association.
Watermelon From Africa
j The traditional appetite of the due col- to
I ored man for watermelon Is
the fact that he acquired his fondness
for the watermelon in the land of his
origin, Africa, where tbey are found
today growing wild. That water¬
melons were grown by the ancient
Egyptians is proved by numerous
paintings as well as carvings on mon¬
uments. The fruit was probably In
! troduccd into England some time in
s the Sixteenth century.
1 According to Master Graves, It
I abounded in Massachusetts in 1629. of
only nine years after the landing
! the' Pilgrims. The Indians lost little
1 time in adding ihe watermelon to
! their iisl of cultivated plants, in
: 1004 the Florida tribes were cultivat¬
ing it in their fields of maize, and
nine years later Father Marquett
i found the Western tribes growing wa
l terinelons.. ;
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