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Vi'J* hi Vk^Z-" * \\ t STUDY CmUZATION OF 3,600 YEARS A0O Expedition Completes Wotfc in Kharga Ouis. Washington.--Secrets of a civilisation of 8,500 years ago In the Libyan desert were studied by a British expedition which recently completed several months' work in the Kharga oasis, „ \ "Kharga is an oasis archipelago--* series of small oases dotting a depression half again as large as Rhode Island, which lies about 125 miles west of Luxor, Egypt," says a bulletin from the Washington .headquarters of the National Geographic society. "Ruins of ancient buildings spread over a wide area of the oasis indicate that it was once a thickly populated region. Kow there are about 8,000 inhabitants, mostly Berbers, who live In 15 villages and towns. "Since 1908 a narrow-gauge railroad has connected Kharga with the main line of the Nile Valley railroad, automobiles have crossed and recrossed the near-by caravan routes, and airplanes have frequently landed in the oasis, but primitive customs still prevail among the natives. Farmer Uses Ho*. "A plow would be a curiosity to s Kharga farmer; he cultivates his fields with a hoe. The irrigation system, perhaps, was old when the Christian era began. Weavers of rush shape panniers for donkeys and floor mats without the use of labor-saving frames and other devices. An ox, traveling,, a circular path around two huge grinding stones, furnishes power for the native flour mill. Where ox power is not available, grain Is placed in the hollows of large stones and beaten by the women with smaller stones. The native butter churn is a skin tied to a pole. Churning is done by swinging the skin to and fro with a Joky motion. "Historians have' traced Kharga's existence back to the Sixteenth century B. C. Perhaps the outstanding architectural gem Is the rain of the Temple of Hibis, a stand stone structure that Darius JI completed In the Fifth century B. C. Mud forts, built In the form of castles, with 30-foot walls, recall the occupation of the oasis by the Romans. "From time to time, when Kharga was a more Isolated region, It was a sort of desert 'St Henela.' ' One of its prominent exiles was Bishop Nestor! ns, who was banished by the Council of Ephesus. Ruins of a large Christian cemetery and several well fortified monasteries are attributed to the exiled bishop. "Kharga might be divided Into two groups of oases--northern and southern groups. It is a *day's caravan travel over a sterile, uninhabited regie* from one group to the other. ' Some Streets Ars Tunnels. »' "Kharga, the chief town In the oasis, is in the southern group. It is surrounded by groves of palms and productive irrigated farms. Many of . the Kharga streets are winding tunnels formed by the meeting of the upper stories of bordering houses. In some places -the tunnels are so low that a pedestrian cannot walk upright, and so long that In parts of them even the inhabitants must feel their way through darkness. Natives say the streets were built thus to withstand attacks. \ "The open streets are solidly walled by the rough, ugly facades otrji^Kd. buildings. Rows of upright palm leaves border the roofs of many houses. At first glance they appear to be merely decorative. But the roof is the favorite resort of the secluded womenfolk In Kharga so the leaves really insure privacy. The roof occupants cannot be seen, but they can observe the happenings in the Kharga streetflb" - anrawoo fUntu FnmI •# --•rfirr in China ars but daring versaries and Mas- Wmrne Foes or tjM had WiBbe .Mfcrtfcal poltea P* *•J Alfattk Havarad a* Contain* Most Protein and lime, Says Expert tJood legupie hays are excellent feeds, because they contain a high percentage of protein and lime, says E, P. Reed, extension specialist in soils and crops at the Ohio State university. A ton of alfalfa, he points out, eontains 212 pounds of crude digestible protein and 51 pounds of lime. A ton of red clover contains 152 pounds, of digestible crtide protein and 43.2 pounds of lime; a ton of sweet clover, 200 pounds of digestible crude protein and 51.2 pounds of lime, and a ton of timothy contains only 00 pounds of digestible crude protein and 4 pounds of lime. , The most practical method of making hay in Ohio, Reed believes, is found In the windrow method. After the hay is cut, it should be left in the swath until well wilted. It Is then raked into small windrows with a side delivery rake. The small windrow permits uniform drying of both stems and leaves and there Is a minimum loss of leaf. To complete the curing process, the windrow should be turned at least once each day until dry enough for storage. As the top of the windrow dries, turn it over on dry ground so that the under surface is exposed. If tlJe hay becomes wet from rain, the same process of curing and drying Is recommended, except that the turning should be more frequent. When the hay Is sufficiently dry It Is most efficiently taken up with a web hay loader rather than the push arm type which knocks off many tf the leaves. Lime and Sweet Clover Will Increase Yields Is liming worthwhile? Frank Moore, Clay county, Illinois, contends the man who is farming sour soil will be doing something else ten years from now if he doesn't lime. He has been a lime and legume convert ever since he moved to that flat land farm In the central part of the state 13 years ago. At that time he harvested 10 to 20 bushels of corn to the acre. Now his yields are 45 bushels. "Lime and sweet clover will make this prairie land produce bettor than the timber land of the same region," said Mr. Moore. "The only time lime fails is on the place where the owner is always going to apply It It won't do any good If It isnt spread on the land." Mr. Moore contends that It Is better to buy the flat, sour land at a low price than to pay the going price for highly productive land in other parts of the state at the figure ft commands. Telephone Birthplace Being Demolished Boston.--The birthplace of the telephone is being demolished here. In its later years the four-story building on Court street, near Scollay square, was known as the old Palace theater, but in 1875 it housed the attic laboratory where Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. It was there that Bell made the first telephone call in history, with his partner, Thomas A. Edison, on the other end of jthe wire in another part of the building. Electricity May Bells in Vatican'City Vatican City.--The works department of the papal state is examining the feasibility of substituting electric power for manual in ringing the bells of St. Peter's. The matter is not easy, because a certain art and skill are re^ quired in ringing the bells, there being different manners for ringing the various ones in order to obtain the prooer effects. Raspberry Worii ' This raspberry fruit worm !t the larva of a beetle about one-seventh of an inch long. These beetles do some damage themselves in eating the flower buds and leaves, besides laying the eggs which hatch into these worms that live11 in the fruit. The best method of control is to spray before the flowers open with arsenate of lead, 2% pounds to 100 gallons of water. Cultivation of the ground under the plants will also help in destroying the pupal form of this insect which winters in the ground near the plant Soybeans Immuni -Fortunately the soybean, together with all other legumes, is immune from chinch bug attacks. If land next to bug-infested wheat is not planted It would be well to put in soybeans. The beans likely will be at least as profitable as cbrn. .7 While it is profitable and practical to construct a barrier to protect com and sorghum crops from chinch bugs yet this barrier will require considerable time and some expense RPM fikCTSfc Shear sheep only when th« wool is dry. Damp wool will spoil. • e • Sodium chlorate applications for killing weeds have proven meet effective in August • • • Oats ground and sifted aaiii «B excellent feed for young calves and pigs. Soaking Is not advisable. • • » Summer fallow land will need Just enough cultivation during the summer to keep down weed growth. • • • Once it required three hours of work to produce a bushel of wfceat; now it takes only ten minutes. • • • Tomato growers should be on the lookout for leaf spot, especially If their plants' wees not grown Xrosa tn^ed seed! * ' Husband Eats Out, So V^ife Sues Him Tulsa, Okla.--Because he husband would not eat his meals at home, Mrs. A. C. Davidson filed divorce suit, according to records in the county at- \ torney's office. T Mr. and Mrs. Davidson have f been married since 1902! % Asparagus' thrives *© ft sandy loam soils, but contrary (ft- popular belief also does well on heavy soils If they are- well fertilised. • e e Oats will ngt flow out through cracks and knotholes where wheat would trickle out and waste. Almost any * 1 sort of farm storage will do. N»ter»' Debt to Franklin Printing was brought to America . *^th the early colonists and. given a Stable place by Benjamin Franklin,, to whom all American printers look a*,their particular patron. Desert Cool tl Night •^be sands of the desert grow quite cool at night The radiation at night is very high, consequently the temper- No grain crop is easier to store and keep than oats. Seldom does oats heat, it will even absorb considerable moisture from leaky roofs and still dry out without getting moldy. Tbe Diftrme* Eixercise is any kind of hard work that would give you a pain if you wers paid 40 cents an hour.--San Francisco Chronicle. Preparation Needed The world turns aside to Jet any man pass who knows where he is going. But take time to get there. Patient years must be spent in preparation. Take time enough.--David Starr Jordan. Gkicagti .spaat Iff the hoo» of hia sister, Mrs. George Youn* and family. Mr^nnd Kn. 8. H. Beatty, Mrs Viola Lou and Mrs. Jennie Bacon attended Roy Hendrickson's funeral at Richmond, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Nina Cristy of Joplin, Mo., is visiting friends here. George Shepard is enjoying a two weeks' vacation from his duties at the Bowman Dairy plant Mr and Mrs. J. R. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Young of McHenry were callers in the George Young home, Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and family were Elgin callers Friday evening. Mrs. Ed. Thompson and daughter, Mrs. Nick Adams, Mrs. Nick Young and Viola Roger were Woodstock visitors, Friday afternoon. Hazel Ritter of Kenosha ts visiting in the home of her grandfather, Frank Fay. . Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and family of McHenry spent Sunday in the Nick Young home. Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon of Antioch spent Thursday evening in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A, Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Alec Anderson ,and family were McHenry visitors Saturday. Alice and Walter Low are visiting in the home of their aunt, Mrs. Leslie Allen near Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters spent Son. day night and Monday with relatives at Hunter and Belvidere. Among those from here to attend the carnival at Hebron Saturday evening were: Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schroeder and daughter, Jessie, Mrs. Viola Low and children, Mrs and Mrs. Harold Wiedriph, Mrs. W. O. Fisher and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Boyd, Mrs. Mrs. Belle Boyd of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey of Deerfield spent Friday in the S. H. Beatty home. Mrs: Viola Low and son Robert spent Saturday and Sunday in the Leslie Allen home near Hebron. Mrs. Ruth Hopper and son, Elmer, and Wayne Foss spent Friday in the Bert Merchant home near Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shafer of Cincinnati are spending the week in the W. A. Dodge home. < Adrian Thomas of Chicago spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. £dgar Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Munshaw of Eau Claire, Wis., spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. .and Mrs. William McCannon. Mrs. Leo Newlin and children of Hutsonville, 111., spent the past week with Mrs. Lillian Stevens. Dorothy Carr and Dewey Beck of Chicago spent Sunday in the ^Charles Carr home. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason Bishop and three children spent from Wednesday until Friday in the Mrs. Lillian Stevens' home. Mrs. C J. Jepson and daughter, Virginia and son, Harold, were visitors at Elgin Sunday. Mrs. Lillian Stevens was balled to Genesco, 111., Wednesday by the death of her brother, A. C. Royce. She returned home Friday. Olive Jepson is spending a week with her grandparents in Elgin. Mrs. Agnes Jencks and daughter, Mary, of Evanston spent the weekend with Mrs. Lillian Stevens. Mr. and. Mrs. Leslie Olsen and family of McHenry spent Sunday evening in the Elmer Olsen home. . Mildred Jepson of Evanston spent Friday night with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olsen and son, Fred, of Chicago spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Olsen. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens and family of Milwaukee spent Sunday with Mrs. Lillian Stevens., Mr. and Mrs. Lee Huson and daugh. ter, Ruth, of Mundelein spent Saturday evening in the C. J. Jepson home. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr and family spent Saturday evening at Woodstock. Eva, Antone and Louise Williams attended the dance at Twin Lakes Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr and Mrs. Frankie Stephenson spout Thursday at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens spent Friday evening with friends at Lake Geneva. Arthur Wetterer' of Chicago is Spending a couple ct weeks in the L. E. Hawley home. Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Butlpr, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens, Bdb Walkington, Elmer Olsen and Joe Brefield were among those from here to attend the ball game at Crystal Lake, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Walkington and son, Paul, spent Sunday in the Davis Walkington home at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Lenaxd Franzen and family of Algonquin were callers here Sunday. Mrs. Lewis Hawley and daughters, Arthur Wetterer, and Mrs. Andrew J Hawley spent Sunday afternoon at Lako Geneva. Mr. and Mirs. T. Shandelmeier ,of; Belvidere spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shuetze of Monroe, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Block and daughter of Kenosha spent Sunday in the Dr. Hepburn home. , Rose Wice and Theresa Francona" Of Chicago are visiting in the Roy; Neal home. Frank Hawley of Chicago spent Sunday in the home of his father, E. C. Hawley. Clay Rager of Chicago spent Sunday "here with his family. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore of Chicago called at the William McCannon' home Saturday evening. On Sunday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. James Mc Cannon of Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs| Hugh White of Milwaukee and Mrs# Jane Carr £$&£& at the Mc Cannon horn# - hJ?*at the M. W A. 1*11, That* win bo a prtgrsui In tike noon followed by a cafeteria supper. In the evening the choir will put on a negro minstrel show. Come. Mrs. Ed Peet and Ralph Clay were Roclcford visitors Monday- Mr. and Mrs. Harvsy Bumgartner and son of Detroit, Mich., are visiting i nthe W. A. Dodge home. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shepard and family spent Monday at Delavan- On Wednesday they left for the Wiscon Shi 'todls. - ' • rv A Tettthg'Siow ' ' Golf to Irvin Cobb has always been a matter of companionship and exercise, not a test of skill or science. He Is indifferent to any score he may make on any hole, whether It be a 3 or a 17. I fixed up a match one day at Pelham for Cobb with George Duncan and Abe Mitchell. Golf to Duncan ts a religion, a literature, an art and a science. When Irvin S. walked up and took his stance the famous Scot almost fainted. He dashed up and changed every detail of Cobb's game grip, stance, spread of feet position of knees and shoulders, bead, ankles and the rest of it "Now," said Duncan, "don't forget to pivot" The Paducah Phenom took a terrific belt at the ball. "Gosh!" said Duhcan, *^ou visaed It dean!" "Nothing of the sort" said Cobb, "I distinctly saw it flinch."--Grantland Rice in Collier's. In thm Smuggling Butin--* Finding herself with a neat little surplus from her weekly allowance for household expenses, a fond grandmother bought for each of her little granddaughters a pair of white canvas shoes. * "Where did you get the money to buy our shoesT asked one of tbem, "Oh, I Just smuggled ft," was the answer. On the first occasion that the children had to wear the shoes, they found that they had no white stockings to mat^h them. They said: "Grandnla, won't you smuggle some more money and buy us some socks?" How to fied ad. and Australia an* act jar aortb of the ice firtag* Is the Otiftt troop of islands--gloomy, precipitous, remote. They are of volcanic origin and some of them rise steeply to a height of 3,000 or 4,000 feet above the sea. They are known to, sailors the world over as the breedlng place of the kingbird, that shark of the air and the most voracious of winged creatures, says the New York Times. He is no larger than the common sparrow, yet he is a match for bis most powerful foes, owing to his needlelike beak, Hghtningllke rapidity, pugnacious nature and absolute fearlessness. Occasionally a tramp ship approaches the kingbird's desolate islands. Whalers used to visit them for sea elephants, which abound on Possession island, the largest of the group. A sea elephant is a species of walrus, frequently measuring 26 feet In length and 28 feet In circumference, but the bones of one of these leviathans of the southern ocean are picked bare by the voracious kftgbirds in a few hours. A party of shipwrecked men cast ashore on Apostle island, a cluster of barren rocks at the extreme northwest of the group, 50 or 60 miles from the main Islands, constructed a rude tent of freshly killed walrus hides. Within half an hour after It was erected It was covered with kingbirds, pulling, tugging and tearing at the skins. It was useless to fight them with clubs or stones, because for every one killed a hundred others appeared to take Its place. It was not possible to frighten them off. At nightfall they retired to their holes in the rocks, but in the early morning returned to the attack with thousands of reinforcements from the neighboring Islands, In a few hours nothing-but the bare poles of the tent were left standing on the snow-coveved roeks. Every particle of hide and hair had been devoured. Eye Seldom MnUwIeo ;, , According to a Russian sclenttlt, the human eye moves involuntarily about a hundred times alftttrate. 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