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P Washington. --Corsica, Mediterrane an isliand, in the neighborbood of which France lost five bravye sea-- faring airmen, in a disaster compara-- ble to the loss of the PN--D No. 1, is described as follows in a communica-- tion to the Natlonal Geographi¢c so --BOFB J.--......=ewa ~ 53200 C *n onene comibg." «* *Benditry ;n' ¥iT u*3 Pira * t VENDETTALAND 1s l -- Barney Oldfield Takes a Wife LAND OF CONTRAST ccmmems * ., thierery is abborted. The innkeepers boast of wha grand things they would do |f there were more toutists, and "Corsica, like every vther counniry, 1# a land of contrasts. Bot more than most, it is the land of paradox. Be-- hind the striking beauty of the Island, eoncealed beneath the commonplace exteriors of the people, there is a mJs-- tery, & contrary quality which fArst es capes observation and later intrudes everywhere. Probably nowhere is a generalization more likely to be 'ru and false ot the same time. "One goes to Corsica, as dld Bor well's friend, expecting to fAnd every bandit a menace. He remains 40 And the man with the gun the most unro-- mantic of mortals. ©Melodrama beroes have accomplished more with the glit-- ~--"Eubrserged bs Ware.«Uar wara '37i history and conquest, home of a race full of passion but free ffom low crime, the scented isle south 'uf the Cote @'Azur offers a distin¢tive--reward to. those who leave the rush and die play of the dontinent t0 ¥igk xendetta» Corsica Is Full of Interest to _ the Tourist. ter of a silver spoon :d revolver-- wise than the most inesgue of clety. Corsicans attempt when loaded to the belt. Yet personal encounter between patives is still a commonplace. -- "Corsica, where women go safeiy glone by night nna:ndamel travel in 'pairs by day, w there are bun-- sgreryone expecits the visitor lo pay rerba} tribute to: Kalliste' (Most Beau-- padios, jazrs bands, "compleres" and wars 'It maintains an "army" of only wir soldiers, one for each village, "in tame of aggression." > The ledgers of the French mini«try w Anance each year charge Anderra WX (about $0) as a levy originally laid by Loais le Debonnaire. FEach year before the mule trails close for the winter, the French collector goes en hbis annual visit to Andorra to de-- wend D france rhd the few they have,. The sun tes the tand ~its~charm7;* z86 the mmow, its beauty and bealth . Thre roads are blocked by horses, mules and doukeys, few Of them laden, and the automobile, even for the single traveler, offers the cheapest merns of trapsportation. The perfume of the maqulis and the smells of the sireets are alike indeserlbable." Paris--One cowntry which is net worried by the tax question is An-- §orra, the oldest and smaillest republic in the world. It lies deep in the heart »f the Pyrences between the French and Spanish clatms of that range. Besides knowing no tares it knows Oldest Republic in ~~ _ World Without Taxes The collector writes out a re@}pt and hands back the sack. Theé counciltore deltherate serloys'y us to whether they shall make the wantribution. snd then, with stage] re beciance, hand over a beavy add worn goatskin sack. > legend has it that the sack doe= contain W¥ francs--in lra\ colgs &bA plugged franc«, all worthisss homey which bas found its way from France Into the realme of the tiny reprbilec. All of which may etplain France'« re-- luctapee to accept that -- mysierious goatskin bag. Michigan Breeds Herd _/ of Pure Albimo Deer Detrelt, Mick --On Grand tsland, a yame refuge in Lake Superiot, is a berd of partial and pure albino deer ----the result of breeding from Albines original'ly taken by capture Men havre previousiy bred albinism Into various animals, as the white rats and mice. and4 domestic rabbits, but this erpert-- mwent constitutes the first attempt at such selective breedings with ary of the large mamma'ls. That which has been accomplished on Grand isiand, and with comparative ease, is dificult of accomplishment im a state of nature where the albino Is crueily comspicuous and speediiy hunt-- ed down by man or the hunting beasts. There have been occasional reports of albino deer in Oregon. Always the white coat proves the animat's undo-- ing. There is no rest until it is slain. Drain Old Bog to Find Prehistoric Man's Relics Raskatoon, Sa®k.--Foss!! hanters of the Royal Ontarlio® museum digging in &n .M'mt:? near Dundurn, 25 miles muth of heré, for some trace of North American prehistofl¢ man, bave ersct-- ed a diaphragm pump on an elevated platform beside the swamp. Through a bhose the water ie drawn off each day. An URAknown species of antelope, a quantity of buffalo bones and Indian relics have been found. It was believed the pool served as a wa-- trring place for man and beast thou-- gands of years ago and that in the low-- er strata of Its sand will be found the Imprint of the unknown North Ameri-- gan prehistoric man. | A French inventor hbas designed a thermometer that may be read by the sightless. It has raiged figures sim-- flar to the Braille characters and a pointer which indicates the rise and fall of the mercury. ing about bathtubs, automobiles, of bridges and no rtvers, where T hermometer for Blind ~vigke ' gereie d on ons ced o ie diaiea ues °ces i"-:':"'_va. s weul M 41 cmini o anie mritine . Eg t 4 m ECY Many theologians have occupled themselres with the problem of the actual date of creation. Bishop Ussher computed the yeir at 4004 B. C. . A versal history, a work of 42 vol-- | 5 Imamcomm®s; -- * * L | _ -- aasz» -- Special Train | + M ' "'fl' Service for C las2'y» TheMiracle _ what is now the city of Washington was the Times and Potowimack Pock-- et. It started. in Fébruary, 1780, the eract date being uncertain The pa-- per --was delivered to gubscribers in town by '"carrier' at gheir houses, weekly, on Wednesday, and to. those at a distance by the quickest convey-- ance. * $ 04 ® : x Barney Oldfeld, famous auto rate driver, and bis bride, photographe4 as they sailed from Losangeles for Panama and Havana on their honeymoon. Date of Creation Unknown Capital's First. Newspaper Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co. ca "ke. 1 im ---- I LAAA RBoalwnnai --% Waukegan Passenger Station, Phone 163 'The High--Speed Electrified Railroad I do_by no means advise you to throw away your time in ransackJmg, Hike a duwll antiquarisan, the minute and urimportant parts of remhote and fabulous times. Let blockbeads read what 'blockbeads wrote.----Lord Che# terfield. § j $ # # .LE INXDEPENDENT-- THURSDAY. ~FEBRUARY -- Shun Non--Essentials Throughout the full six weeks engagement of F. Ray Com-- stock's and Morris Gest's great production, "The Mir-- acle", at the Auditorium, Chicago, we will maintain the following special service direct to the doors of the theater: Arrangemients for seats at | the Auditorium may be made | through our tickst agents. | All south--bound trains arriving downtown be-- tween 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. will make a special stop at Congress and Wabash, at the doors of the Audi-- torium. From 9:58 p.m. to 12:58 a.m., all north--bound trains will make a special stop at Congress and Wabash for homeward -- going passengers. L "> > "Atiitern in' the miProtr ptaces and~ --, Reindeer for the Market The Eskimos of Alaska are not al-- lowed to sell female reindeer, but may sell excess steers. 'The Eskimo herds have Ihcreased so rapidly that there !s not a sufficlent market for their rein-- deer steers, so they sell theim to white deaiers, who send the meat to outside markets. ' Midsummer eve falls or the night befovs the festival of S8t. John the Baptist, June 24. This used to be ob served in ull parts Of Europe, . Fires the young people leaped over the flames or threw garlands into them. Pancing and singing played a part in the festival § ~ The humanitlies are those branches of education or study which are in cluded. in what are called elegant learning, as languages, gramimar, philesophy and poetry, including the ancient classics. The name implies that the study of these braunches has a tendency to bzmanize man, to cult} tate particylarly those faculties which distinguish him as a man in all his re lattons, social and moral; that is, which make him a truly cultured man. ~ .. Futter® Substitates In place of® Fufter the native Fill-- pino uses coconut oll thickened with hydrogenated" (hardened) cottonseed oH imported from America Old European Festival The Humanities . » walan migrti--ds" in _ OR / U K\ 4 6# Minerip a T wo ME xi uk Cl 2 J 44 Heinrich vyon Meissen, who died at Mainz, Germany, in 1318, was the founrder of the first school of Meister-- singers. The women of Mainz, whoese praircs he sang, carried his body to bis tomb in the cathedral. _ Wreote Pocem at Eighteen Percy Bysshe Shelly, the celebrated English poet, was only eighteer years old when he wrote his famous poem, "Queen Mab," whish is one <(f the classics of our language. He was drowned off Visrez=16. fily. * Picking pebbles for use in huge grinding mills us'ed to be a proftable industry -- along the . Pacific _ coast. Bcience has invented a steel ball which does the work more quickly and lasts_ twiee --as long. As--a--resuit--the market for pebbles is destroyed. The pebble pickers are hunting new jobs. A Bavarian peasant is the proud possessor of a set of false teeath once owned by the late King.Ludwig. His majesty's deeds may be forgotten, bot his winning smile, at least, is to be preserved for future generations.-- Motor Age.> . U :u] The First Meistersinger Smile That Lingers BARTLETT--MORRIS REALTY COMPANY, Not Inc. Telephone 18 . -- 25. _ _© sfe LlBERTYVlLLE, 1 Enjoy six days visiting Florida's Fourth largest, and America's olcfest city. _ See Florida's best agricultural and horticlutural soil, where two or more crops are grown yearly. Home of the Satsuma orunfie, Blue berry, Pecan, Grapes, Peaches, Hay, Cortn, Hogs and Cattle. Healthful Climate and purest of water. See America's largest Naval Air Station, Famous Old Forts, Deepest Natural Harbor In the South. § | -- ONE WEEK OF P LE A S U R E. 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Inexperienced _ "Tre--rever kissed a girl before," he said, removing the cigars from his vest pocket and stepping--toward her. _Earnings of Laziness Laziness begins with cobweb2s and ends with iron chains--Provero. you have come to expect in a OME NO W! Kanow How to Do It Led in Tunnel Idea t t ronktin's *xpedition ~** t bat aro. Airaéimo. mose. patent lTet. ters in the alphabet? The quick an-- ewer Is "U. 8.' There is sometiing to te said; however, in favror of "O. K.'--EL Paso: Herald. s gdel; II Disastrous Retreat During a retreat from-- Persia, 12 17 %®, 18,000 men of the army of Almed, emir of Afghanistan, perished in »ne night from exposure.to the xevere cold that held the country around Herat in its grisp. *~ Between 1847 atd 1857, 30 expedt-- tipns ere> sent into The Afctic--r@ glons to find--Sir Join Frinklin who wt ovut for the Nortb pote, May 19, JI%45. WThe 'ust ane fountd relis of Unable to Resceue Frarmklin Tedaching parrots to talk provides New York weman with a living. Arkerica's Oidest Hospital J} i Instructor of Parrots What About "PD?" Penuspivania hospital, in Phil-- ; the oldest lia America, dating 1751, operates under a char-- inallvy prahied to it by George PACGE +# tng