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**"./ % ' - . \ - y W«" ' ^ i'*v- ,.. f t'i" TH* MuBBIMf P&AHHMEAUSS, TMPB8PAY, JAKr4rttM- • *C ' ^ - 7 " " J - " - * * * « ; * • $ RAMPAGING BEAR • ICEEPS PARTY ON ALERT TWO DAYS t ring Expedition Has Lire- Time During BUzzajgii in Rockies. New York.--How a griszlj on the k(ff his party on the-alert for two tens# days while they were held captive in their t£hts by 11 bit* •/.nrdtn the Rocky mountains w»s told by James I.. Clark, vice director in charge of preparation of the American Museum 'of*Natural History. Mi. Clarji has just returned from an expedition sjtonsnred, by Alfred C Berolxheimer for t|re colleftion of spe dinens, Including antelope. eli fwlcfr Told. Tales Items of Interest Taken Pros the Files of the Plaindealer rM;,tmun Am* • HUNT IS PLANNED FOR MEXICAN GOLD moose for scientific specimens. Mrs <lark, who has tramped garnet trail-- I'rom Africa to Alaska, hus a mcitifuv : of the party. . * • .: TJie 6ear incident oc<hiPrcdTin'-"a' re .itwte- region."M, Hie Rt^kles styith »». Yellowstone : park, known as "the 'Thoroughfare.** ;The. exjiedil ion's camp had l»een established abofii trnitlefrom '» 'cabin occupied b.v.Jack TH^H'/ugUa forest ranger tieular distriet.v . » • /*;•*' * .?'• -Find -BearTraqks.C'.^} "Qjie TDoroiiis;, less than hi>,lf «T<iTtfle from camp. we discovered bear tracks and front their size ttwas easy to tie duce that he was 'a big fMlow and no doubt of it." said Mr. Clafrk: "Inas 'much as the tracks came -front the dl lection of the ranger's cabin, we fol lowed them. When we got -within car shot of the place we heard some of the fanciest 'cussin' the English Ian guage can produce, "Next tve saw a sign whl<<h should read C. S. Property1--Do not Destroy Under Penalty of PunishnvPut.' It had I teen painted on thick wood which bad been forn to splinters and chewed to pulp. "This was our first indication that a griszly bent upon death and destruc tion, was on the rampage. When we reached the clearing in front of the ranger's cabin we saw Theobnugli rue Hilly surveying the damage done b.\ the grizzly. BedJ chairs, table and other furnishings had been thrown out of the cabin and broken into kindling wood. The cabin, door, made of Inch thick wood and reinforced by heavy strips of lumber, had been broken and hrown into the brush. Its iron hinges had been crumpled as though made of tinfoil. Flour, beans and other sup plies- were scattered all over - the place." A mischief-minded grizzly is a dan ;rerous customer--even more so than a lion, according.to Mr. Clark, and he lias hunted both. A Hon can be scared off because of his natural fear of man, but a grizzly holds no such inferiority complex. " "A grizzly will walk in where lions fear to tread,** said Mr. Clark, "and it vras up to us to deal with him before he attacked us. If the bear could do what he did to a log cabin, it need* no stretch of the imagination to figure out what he would do to canvas tents*. Blizzard Breaks Loose. "But snow fell that afternoon. It turned into a mild-sized bll-czard, accompanied tiy zero temperature and the hunt had to be aba ml. tied. ^r,» protect ourselves against attack we placed our bacoyi an 1 other delicacies that attract bears, in a tree and in such a manner that w°e would get warning if he tried to get at them Then we loaded our rifles, closed our tent-flaps and waited for two days while the snow continued to fall. But nothing happened.--Mrs; Clrirk wrts not aloae cool, but' disappointed. Vhe was all set to bag the bear the minute be got into camp." * The Clark-Berol/.helnter party hunt -* ed antelope along the Gray Hull river in the Big Horn basirf. on the property of George J. Belden. On this; the • largest ranch In Wyoming and as large as the state of Rhode Island IS a herd of about 3,000 antelope on which the game department of Wyoming de dared open season this year because of the damage done to crops and also 10 eliminate some old bucks to lur prove the condition, of the h^rd. "But antelope do not ma lie willing targets just because a hunter has a license to shoot them." said.Mr. Clark "They are wild -and \yary--speedy ant! suspicious. When their keen "yes spot the Intruder, they are off like a 'puff of smoke. We also ohtaiued two tine elks for the museum and a male ami temale of-the increasingly rare Wyoming. or ShiraS mo?.se. of which the museum had no specimens? It was really these we 'vent to get and they will form a valuable addition to the museum's American collections." TEN YEAR AGO The employes of the Terra Cotta factory were given another additional :m' "day's vactaion on Monday of this week. " •. \ ' - • A new bam has just been completed On Jthe farm of Wrn. Zenk south pf this dity. The structure was framed and completed by Mr. Zenk's nir^teen year old son, Paul. Winter arrived in real earnest during last Sunday night. -A rain during the night turned into snow and by Monday noon the ground .was weH c6v ered with the beautiful. •'} „ In common with dairymen throughout the entire Chicago fluid district^ the milk producers of McHertry and Ringwood which includes all of the i members of the Milk Producers' as^'n and many of the members of the marketing company, went out on a strike on New Year's morning. The dealers have offered to contract for January milk at a price of $2.60 per 100 lbs. but the producers are holding out for *2.75. , Legendary Treasure of MaxI* milian Sought. TWENTY YEARS AGO Rev. D. Lehane, the popular arid beloved pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic church here, leaves today for his new charge, the Holy Cross parish, at Batavia, to Which place he was ordered by Bishop P. J. Muldoon. Butter was declared firm at 35 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. The gas gang quit work last week and have left town. " Work will not be resumed until spring: Fred Wolff has succeeded G. Bosnia as foreman at the local plant of the Borden milk company. The first cutter of the season made its appearance on our streets on Monday morning. However the craze has not become general. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Local auto owners took advantage of the beautiful day and took a spin in their machines last Sunday. All of the village hose carts are now stored on the lower floor of the city hall, where they may be found whenever needed. On New Year's day Philip Meyers, the thirteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers, shot a weasel near Woodland cemetery. Weasels are scarce in these parts and the young sportsman naturally feels happy over his capture. Butter remained firm at 32 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. There were" no offerings or bids and the session was a quiet one. Fisherman Uses Line to Save Man From Drowning Chico, Calif. -- A fisherman lassoed a downing man and pulled him to shore at the mouth of the Russian riv er, according to friends of 'be hero 0. A. Miles. Miles was* Halting when be «aw a boat capsize in the ocean nearby. Two of the occupants escaped. The third, appareutly dazed, was being carried out to sea when Miles cast bis line around the drowning man's shoulders and pulled ttlru to safety. FORTY YEARS AGO J. F. Claxton will accept our thanks for files of South Dakota papers. C. E. Lamphere has purchased a new bup, and is now running for the"f"flns." Riverside House. It; is a "neat and tasty rig. On account of, the extra work in making the change in the paper we are one day late again- this week; we can assure our readers that, barring accidents, the Plaindealer will be issued regularly every Wednesday hereafter. Jos. Buch, while driving posts on his farm north of tjiis village today, a twenty-pound hammer, which he was using came off from the handle, s t r i k i n g him in the head, cutting an ugly gash. Joe says that hammers are good in their place but for curing headache they are not a success. Ftort Worth, Texas.--A quest for tbe legendary treasure of Maximiiiau, illfated Nineteenth century emperor of (Mexico, win be made pn the wind swept alkali plains of West Texas this fall. As legend has it. the- Austrian prince, who had been placed, on the Mexican throne by Napoleon III, of France in his quest for an empire, made plans to flee front Mexico when It became certain his feeble throne was tottering. The emperor loaded a caravan of five wagons with his personal belongings, goRl bars, and Jewels of the royal family. The goal of the caravan was a g«lf port, where the treasures were to be shipped to "Europe. Maximilian was to follow. " w' ' " Before Maximilian could flee he was executed,. The caravan,/already on Its way, under Maximilian's retainers, ^continued; its ^journey, bent pn delivering 'the treasure to Empress Cariot-, ta, who had fled to'Kurope. The caravan slipped across the R,10 Grande into Texas. It disappeared somewhere Ih the interior. Several years later, John Cjilvert, a surveyor posting a boundary line for a rancher, found the remnants of a wagon train almost entirely coverted by sand. Level with the top of the sand he saw a chest. In the chest was bar aftet bar of gold. Fearful to trust his finding In a bank, he left It hidden in the sand, going to it as he needed more gold. That is the gtory he told Herbert Scheel. an autoinoble salesman, Just before he died, according to Scheel. Calvert gave Scheel a map to the location and a general description of the spot. Scheel said. This year Scheel will try to locate the treasure. WHY= Women Outlive Men--They're Better Organized The latest crop of life Insurance statistics, produced by a promineni Insurance company, show conclusively that women of all races and under all ennditiorifs of lite live longer fhan nien. The reason, according to this authority, is fhajt womeu are "better organ-, ized physically than men." The average ^American now lives a little more than 01 years. As is explained in the American MagaRine: "At birth, a-white male child may look forward to a life of 59% years: a white female child may expect 03 years. In all civilized countries the female is longer lived than the male, enjoying an advantage of froiq 2 to 4 years. "Among all peoples the womprt outlive the men. Statistics show^ftfai from 10T> to TOG males are born for every 1(M) females. But as they grow older the higher death rate of. the males equalizes this in' spite of the heavier male immigration. Very old people are predominantly women. There seems to be no question that' women are better organized physically than meiK Also, women enjoy greater protection and despite the hazards of child-bearing, lead lives which are lessphysically exhausting. "If you are married, whether •yop-ft are man or woman, you have a better chance qf living long than tf you are single. The old ,)oke that it only seems longer may be disregarded. A( the age of 25 for example, the married man may expect five more years of life than the bachelor of the same age. •'Married women have an advantage j ove'r the spinsters ^11 along the line, except In a few of the child-bearing years." I 0 * * * I t * 0 0 0 0 :j 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 * 0 t 0 * 0 0 0 > 0 *- 0. • 0- 0 0 0 0 0 f 0 ' 0 0\ 0- •: 3S53I The Fourth Lovely Lady BY THERESE BENSON OoprH|kt kr Tt« Bobba-liar rtll Com pan r 7 WWJ S«CTi«M Canadian Tells Monster Story of Sea Monster Montreal.--A. strange story of a bluish green sea monster, described as being 80 feet long and having coils five feet thick, was "related .by travelers. who said that they had seen the creature In the Gulf of Georgia, off Vancouver island. Reports on the monster, which was $aid to create a huge wash by Its very movements in the siea, have oeen current for some time, but the latest came from MaJ. W. H. Laugley, a widely known barrister and clerk of the legislative assembly. He reported having, seen It recently and confirmed the story of F. W. Kemp, who had seen it earlier. "I was picnicking with my wife and sixteen year-old son on Chatham Island." said Kemp. "I thought at first it was just a tide rlp; Then I was amazed to pee huge coils come out of the top of the water like a snake. Judging by logs lying nearby, the total length of these coils must h'Ave„ been at least 80 feet and they were five feet thick, I should think. They came twisting out of the water so high that I could see light tinder them. "They seemed a bluish green color, but shone in the sun like aluminum. The rear part of the creature was serrated with protuberances like dorsal Discovers "Ice Ceiling" 60 Miles Above Earth The existence of a peculiar froK.e| ^particles, GO FIFTY YEARS AGO Trv the new brand of cigars, made by Barbian Bros., named "Thrice Crowned." They take the lead. We learn that Stephen P. Smith will build early in the spring on his lot north of the Riverside House, a brick building, <thjree stories high, suitable for a store or other business. At the New. Year's party at Grand hall. Parker House, one hundred and thirty couples were reported, and all pronounce it one of the most pleasant and enjoyable parties ever held in that hall. E. Lawlus ads reads, overcoats that will wear three years, $3.50; heavy suits, $5 00 and boys' pants, heavy lined, $1.50. >.•' Why People Live Longer There are imin.v factors which contribute to prolong the span of human life. Among the more important are improved living conditions, pure food, cleaner milk, pure drinking water, proper disposal of refuse and specific action of the public health services toward various diseases. • m ,rS, t „ ,• • r ' o - U/'k - Parrot Give* Alarm •• ^ •Hdgeport, Conn.--When a rubbish fire spread to a shed, a parrot owned by Frank Leone, spread the alarm. Pollys hung out in its cage for an airing, set up such a commotion whef the fire spread that Leone rushed out to see what was wrong. He reported the fire iuid moved Polly to a safer place. . ."More Soldier* Than Citizen* - 33he only sovereign State in tbt world where there are more soldiers than civilians In the population and Where maps are scaled in yards ratheV .tfeatr mlies Is Vattcan Cltfl ' One of Moat Spanish C:tie* Cartagena is one of the most Span* tah of all South American cities. There are many reminders of the epK past In the thick-walled forts, the gray old churches, and In the crooked and Say you read it in THE PLAINDEALER- "ice-celling" of miles above the earth,1 which may be responsible for violent air currents resulting'in storms at sea. was revealed as one of the important observations of the French Polar mission, recently returned from_a year on the Ice-cap of fir »enland. Naval scientists said they had been able to prove the existence and distance of the layer of ice particles by sending a spark up to the "celling" sod recording time It took V"to bounce back." Why Word in Dictionary. Angers French Vintner Revising the big dictionary is not ali easy, task, writes the Paris correspond ent of the London Dally Telegraph. The French academy, which has been finding suitable definitions foi the many words it wishes to Include officially in the French language, has come into conflict with the vine-growers of Burgundy. The "immortals" have admitted the word "pinard." which Is slang for cheap "wine, into the dictionary? They have defined it as "a military term for every kind of wine." Had the academicians left the definition at that, no one could have been annoyed, but they also wrote: "Pinard is a wine obtained from a vine called 'pinot.'" The word "pinot" represents to Frenchmen the choicest vines of Burgundy. The local vine-growers are therefore indignant that It should be connected with the regular terms of abuse for wine. • Why, asks the Chamber of Commerce * of Beaume (Burgundy), has the|J academy gone to such lengths to con- | 4 nect the vulgar term "pinard" with anjr.j J other word? If, however, it insists «n ' connecting it with something else, why should tt fall on the noble term "pinot"? ; * Why There Are "Pi" Line. When a linotype operator has sfet n pnit of a line, then for some reason wishes °to reset It, he usually runs down "pi" to fill out ftie line, and he or the make-up man is supposed to remove it before making up the type into pages. In running down "pi" the operator simply runs his finger straight down the keyboard, which results in any of the following six-letter combinations: etaoin, shrdlu, cmfwyp. "Vbgkqjr-ete,.- lie repeats the combination as many times as necessary to fill out a^lluel . • Valuable Mirror Stolen Medford, Mass.--Some one stole, a $1,000 antique mirror, reputed to have been brought over 011 the Mayflower In 1 tJi'O. from the home of Justice William Cushing Walt, of the Massachusetts Supreme court. Violin 211 Year* Old .Atkins. Ark.--A violin whose history has been traced 211 years is owned by J. T(. Bigger, seventy-four, who plays by ear. First owned by a lloonschook family in Virginia in I722t it was brought to Arkansas tu 18-J4. Why It Wa* "Old Ironaidert The name was an affectionate one conferred on the stanch frigate after her great exploits during the war of T812. Her first great triumph in that war was her victory over and capture of the British Ouerrlere on August 19, 1812. Later she fought and took another British frigate, the Java, off the coast of South America. Before the war was over she had beaten and taken two other frigates In "battle, .the C.vane and the Levant. Why Mail I* Addressed "R. R." Rural mail . service was formerly, known as "iturnl Free Delivery" hence the letters R. F. D. Officials of the Post Office department advise that this same service Is now officially des ignated as Rural Delivery and that the correct method of addressing such mail wouh1 be R. R. or Rural Route SYNOPSIS Matilda Smith Lovely ("Smtf"), jreuac- «st and phyaically the weightiest ef the four Lovely listers, finds herself in decidedly straitened circumstances. The Lovely estate, Lovelylea, in Virginia, ta owned by Smi/'s brother, Bill-Lee, but he is living in Chile, while the eatate is rented to a Mr. Johnstone Neabit. . Smif*a dearest wish is to own Lovelylea. As "Madame Saitou" she establishes herself as a "Little Sister of the Rich," a consultant. Smif has a client, a man who dosires to evade the loveriike pursuit of an extraordinarily stout lady, his neighbor, whom he refers to as Mercy. Later, the lady, Misa Martha Washington Mercedes (Mercy for short), comes to Smit with a story that because of her excesa weight she has lost her lover, "Johnny." Smif advises her to diet. Mercy propose* that Smif, who is herself afflicted with an overabundance of flesh, ahould try the "cure," and if the results are satisfactory Mercy will follow her example. For a generous fee, Smif consents. "Johnny" discovers Smif's identity and is himself recognized by Smif as the tenant of Lovelylea, Johnstone Nesbit, She also places Mercy as the owner of an estate adjoining Lovelylea. Nesbit tells Smif a pathetic story of hi* unhappy childhood; Born abroad, but the son of American parent*, circumstances made Nesbit the lessee of Lovelylea. He haa a miniature of his great-grandmother which he tells her is the portrait of Lorraine Lovely, also an ancestress of Smif. According to Virginia traditions, he and Smif are "cousins." CHAPTER VI--Continued --16-- "Not to me," Stone interposed, his face set in Its grimmest line. "Not to me. Listen: .Having nothing else to cling to,. I held to the plans Dad and I had worked out ,, together. Until everything was 'ready, I did not go near Lovelylea. Don't forget that my going there was tiie fulfilment of a lifelong wish. At last I was to be with real Americans of pure stock. Those my mother had called among other things the 'kindest' people in the world. I'd learned something of both hunting and racing in England, and I'd Imported a pack of English foxhounds and established them at Lovelylea. One of the first things I did there was to begin to go out with them once a wetpk." "But there is a Hunt club--" Smif's tone was shocked, and Stone smiled without mirth. "There spoke the Virginian! I know. There's nothing you can tell me that I don't know now about the Hoxton Hunt. It was established before the Revolution, if not before the Flood ! George Washington rode with it l So did Jeffer- ! son! It's the pet and pride of half a dozen counties and their magnates! r ;• . At that time 1 was entirely ignorant of all this, tend [ when I got a letter from a man I had never heard of telling me rather stiffly that the Huxton Hunt re-: garded my private hunt as undesir- i able, I simply tore it up and paid no attention to it. It seemed tc me too silly for words." . i "But you should have!" cried Smif. ' Stone offered no reply. "I was next accosted In the main street of the town by a not very tidy and very obese man (haw I hate fat people!) who asked me tf my name was Nesbit. Something about him put my hackles up ax once. "I answyf^dj In no very conciliatory mfHw that I was -Dot ashamed « of my name. " 'Then you ought to be, sir,' he fumed at me, coming here seene was dear before her eyes and she recognized the other actor. "That must have been Cousin Kit," she said. "I wonder he didn't explode." "He looked as If he might," Stone confessed. "\V«11, I sent a check to the Hunt club, but I couldn't bring myself to writo a civil letter to go with it, so I enclosed It in an envelope with a fsheet of blank paper and let it go at that. About four days .later I vas told that three gentlemen wished to see me. I took it for a friendly call from some of my neighbors, those kind people upon whom I had counted. It didn't take long for me to*, learn better. ?'One of them held out my check. * " 'We have come.'to- return this,' the gentlematt said. ' "I looked at it without taking it. 'Was so much ceremony necessary V Tasked him. 'You only had to tear it up. It was sent because. I wasgiven to understand that you needed money/ '"Not your money, you young whlppersnapper!' the second man cut in, very hot under the collar. The third man, the one I liked best, whose name I believe was Lamberton, put a hand on his arm. "'Steady, Jim, steady." I'm still In hope there's some misunderstanding,' he said pleasantly. 'Under the circumstances, I am Sure Mr. Nes- 4 4 "I'TV f.'Hrhty 3 ' Migh-y -v Newfc." Msabit, :«fr This bit wltl be n-. lv to g've up the .thought .of e-.ia'jlisiihtf? a hunt in this vicinityi!; ^ . . If they'd been really friendly, Smif. If they'd remembered that 1 was^a young lad alone in a strange country, things might have been .different. I might have been disappointed, but I feel sure I would have explained that I knew nothing of the Hoxton Hunt when 1 came there and had no intention of setting up an opposition to' It. As tt was. I was young, I was sore, I was doubly disappointed in that there was no friendliness in their gesture, and I simply said: " 'I'm sorry, gentlemen, f see no reason to deprive myself of such a simple pleasure. If you do not want my check, there is a waste basket beside the desk. I wish you a very good morning.' 1 turned my back on them _ btoodv Englishman ! and walkwi out of the room. You and trying to run j see- Smlf- 1 was bent on Pla.vin& tl»e things. Aside from anything else, this county can't afford to support two packs--' " 'Oh,' said I, 'if money's your real interest, I'll s6nd you a check tomorrow.' And I left him, standing In the middle of the street, purple In the face and sputtering. man and I was afraid they might see tea re in my eyes. "They left at once and later I found the check under a glass paperweight tflth a snow scene inside the glass, on the top of my desk. It has reminded me of them ever since. It looks so chilly--and what- Smif could not help laughing. The ever else gets broken, It never does! "Naturally I kept on hunting, and there were people who joined me; but I had sense enough to see they were not' the sort of people I had looked forward .to knowing and I did not make friends among them. "There was one man who hunted regularly witb me to whom I had taken special dislike. He was a, petti-fogging lawyer in the town and I suspected IUjoi of a desire to curry favor with me In order to get a share at least of my business. "I was superintending work OH day when he rode up to me. *' " "I'm mighty sorry, Mr. Nesl^t* he said with a long face, 'mighty sorry, sir, to hear this news.' "'What news?' I asked;" * " 'You got a letter from the Helton Hunt club, didn't you?" M4No,' I* returned shortly, *'I did -not.'. .- | : 1 • ; "He made his face, if possible, longer still. .'•> " 'Then I'm mighty sorry that rm» the one to bring you~the news,? ha said. 'I have it on good authority, sir, that they've reported you to the Master of Foxhounds association, which has not only censured you but proposes to have you barred by the Horse Show Association ot America from any recognized show.- They mean to freeze you out--to, boycott you socially.' "'that got my temper up. 'Listen,' I said, 'and take it to yourself or. whoever sent you'| (for rightly or wrongly, I suspected him in more ways than one) : 'The Hoxton Hunt and every one who belongs to it, can go right straight to the devil. I'll do as I please, when I please, where I please. Freeze me out? How can theyvwhen I don't give a d--n for any of them? I came here to do exactly what I am doing. I am enjoying myself, and it Is out of their power to spoil my pleasure.' "At that he left me. He tried. stir me up again from time to time as occasion ofTered, but I had taken the heart out of him. "Yet his warning proved based on fact. When I returned to the house that afternoon the first tbhig I saw was a letter from the Hoxtori Hunt c l u b . J " " "I returned It unopened by special messenger, who had ordersf td demand a receipt for it." "Whew-w-w," Smif whistled. "Na wonder you were lonely." * "But they haven't frozen me out and they aren't going to," asserted. "That's what I meant when I told you It was Impossible for me to go away to discourage Mercy. If I went, It would tfft* * victory for them, don't you see?" "I see," said Smif, knowing argument useless and wondering what she was going to do about it. Before Stone leit, Smlf Jiad learned how he had come by the emerald horseshoe and all about his acquaintance with Mlsft Mercedes. - The tatter was quickly disposed of. She also had been an exiled American in her childhood, taken abroad by her mother who was a young widow. There Mrs. Mercedes had lived a gay life for two seasons. During this period her orbit and that of the Rockwells 4iad crossed at various times and places where Martha and Stone had played together casually and without Congeniality or any deptli of affection. Then Mrs. Mercedes had maue a suitable marriage with a manufacturer of furniture from Grand Tlapids, Mich. Little Martha (she was not Mercy until her war service? was whisked back to the Middle West, -only to be sent East again later to a fashionable finishing school. Finally, after America entered the war she and several otflr ers of her graduating class had managed to get themselves accepted by the Red Cross and taken abroad. Thrilled but remarkably useless, they had been assigned to a convalescent hospital in the south of France, where Stone was recuperating. There the two had iiitT again. v (TO BE CONTINUED.) {; ' • " f »• ! I l -*•: • tt I .«*:«•» m mmi*3* Vm m m m % m m m mm m^%;mm m m m11 0 -\ *• # tS: 1 Where Crops Fit In • There are some crops which are hot well suited to very fertile soils. Buckwheat, for example, often produces too much straw and too little grain on rich soils, especially those soils which are very -high in nitrogen. Oats are likely to lodge badly on soils too rich in nitrogen. On the other hand, a fertile soil is^ essential for profitable yields of wheat and barley. Rye will grow well on rich sojls but it is also a particularly goi>d crop for light Infertile soils. r It It Called "Red Su" The Red sea takes its name from a peculiar reddish color at ceitaln scasons" of the year in parts of ttie sea. due to marine plants, or to reddish animalculae, called by sailors "whale feed," which float on it like a scum. Or, to the reefs of red coral which abound In many parts of it. Why We Call Cat "Pmm" Ohr words are arrived at in all sorts of ways. This particular one belongs to the Imitative class, and Is most probably based upon the noise a catH makes when "spitting." it figures in several languages In additioft to our own--In Dutch, German. Irish . and rjaollf. _in«WAr« Mnwnr.tne Soil Absorbs Limestone Tests recently completed at the Ohio experiment station indicate that the reaction between finely ground lime, stone and soil acids proceeds with surprising speed. Under practical conditions, however, the rate of decomposition is not so great, because commercial ground limestone is not so uniformly fine and van not be mixed witb soil as perfectly. The moistur^ content of the soil is importantlimestone Is not decomposed in dry soil. Although the limestone as such has disappeared by reaction with the soil, It -has not been lost. The lime content has simply combined with soil adds, neutralizing and being held by them. This active lime is gradually removed by crops and lost by solution In drainage water and by surface wash. First Passenger Railroad The first passenger railroad in the United States (the Baltimore & Ohio. 14 miles long) was opened to the publie May 24, 1S3U. Jury Declares Hen Suicide; Frees Negro Chattanooga, Tenn.--Because a criminal court jury decided that a hen in a poultry,car committed suicide, James ('lafk. negro, was a free man tojlay.- C'lark, on trial before Judge Charles Luks for attempting felony, was charged witb attempting to steal a chicken from a Southern railway car. Shally Wise, attorney for the negro, argued that the chicken which railway detectives found with its neck pulled thiough a wire screen on the side of the freight car was not pulled out by Clark, but was trying to escape. The state was represented by. Assistant Attorney General John Lively, Jr. The defense scoffed at his objections to the idea of a chicken trying to commit suicide. Plaindealers for sale at Walsh'*. Psychology^ A perfect example ot. mind" is found on Itossel Island In South Pacific. When a man is arrests for a crime, even wheu it Is murdt tue police merely attach a handcuff to oiie of his wrists and set him freji' until his trial. Wearing a handcuff^, they have l»een taught to believe, pr|r rents a man from running away.-* • ,Cel|#er's-Weekly. Philippines' Islands Small • Almost half of the 7.WU0 islands In the Philippines are so small that have np names. Gold Supreme , That gold will always maintain, I®!, supremacy as a precious metal ta si?? tested by the bureau* of mines, which*, points out that about half of the metfi mined since America was discovered has disappeared from the face of th»i. earth--buried In graves, lost In shl^ wreckage at the bottom of the oceaa. AIN'T IT THE TEUTH! BY ARNOT THE SHOW ftT THE StfooVCEM THEATRE \S POSlTNELV \r4t>ECEt4T fcNO Ov4F\T For RESPECT?i8VE *mKE sr EASy "T^OH'T CRovJO • J« i," C' -'i