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SS>.tr >£m*&.v* •~*T*s§. -•\•- W..-W XeHBNRY -PymBftlAK, MeHBNM, --iM* *££-' a* r^£rf.^ tb. [Wte Killed, 180 I in California City--* | $40,000,000 SCOTTISH IftAlDS OF MAtlY COLORS Barbara, Cal.--This ptfcture$ que city by the sea, playground of millionaires, took toll of the earthquake which swept In from the ocean, *?*' leaving death and destruction in its * #ake. ;f ^ The number of those killed by the ^ qtuake may not go above twelve. This a & due largely to the fact that the - 7»o«t severe shock occurred so early m the morning, when the business district, the section hit the hardest, was almost deserted. One hundred and T fifty persons were injured. Such suburban regions as Monteslto, center of ' a colony of wealthy people from Chicago and elsewhere, escaped loss of life and serious property damage. V'v 'The property damage is estimated '"j - m $40,000,000. Lfit of Dead. Following is the list of dead in the a^rthquake: Mrs. Charles EL Perkins, Burlington, Iowa, widow of the former president of the C., B. & Q. railroad; Patrick Shea; Bertram B. Hancock, millionaire realty man of Los Angeles; J. Mostiero, William Matthews, * Demitrias Saintor, James Starvlew, H. Bazzard, Dr. James C. Angle, dentist; . three unidentified, two of whom are Mexicans. Great Reservoir Collapses. The Sheffield reservoir, the city's main source of water supply, collapsed jlfter the first two great shocks, and . .'Its released waters swept bridges, feulldings, trees and acres of soil down } »t»> the sea. The water leaped over the aialn bridge, a concrete structure at | Carrillo boulevard, but this bridge | fceld and saved the city from being off from the outside world. • *, Although the residential section of ; jp #ie city escaped the worst of the dlsfV 4ster, 10,000 of the Inhabitants of the l'*;l.,flty are sleeping in tents. Many of > fhem are not homeless, but they re- .V': fuse to re-enter their houses while the «arth still trembles. Citizens whose homes had caved In are being fed at Red Cross food depots. Many of the last remaining vestiges ,#f the old Spanish regime at Santa • JBarbara--the adobe houses--were destroyed. Historic 8ites Destroyed. El Patio, an adobe structure of . ... Spanish architecture, which figured ' y firominently in the colorful days of 0, "governor Pio Ploc, was the only one to remain near Intact. De la Guerra, with a history equal to El Patio, is in dusty ruins. The faded green shutters were broken and f%^twisted in the heap of gray clay-- * v once the social gathering place of Spain's gay beHes and Caballeros. '.X Another ruin was the old Santa Barbara mission, a relic of the days of the. ftadres along the historic Camlno Real <King's highway). The shades of evening found the Stricken residents of the ruin-strewn -«clty making ready for the night. Women and children in all parts of the city carried out bedding, couches, and «ven bedsteads and prepared for slumber, If possible. In the tropical warmth «f the out of doors. Eyewitness Account of Quake. Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seattle, "Save the following eyewitness account of the earthquake: T "It was about 6:44 a. m., the air was sultry. Everything was very quiet. I noticed as I lay on my bed that quite a large wave dashed against the beach. The ground seemed to raise up with a crunch something like a million dogs gnawing a bone. I leaped out of bed .and the floor seemed to rise up and hit me. I stepped again and It seemed as If I could not reach the floor. "I dashed for the open air and bejgan to bang on the neighboring bungalows to rouse the occupants and gei them out in the open park. "Then I heard an explosion like a * .great fuse and I saw tho walls of the power plant a block away fall, then a "bright blue flame, such as they use In movies at night, lit up the heavens -and then flashed out. Right' behind me I heard a rending. Two blocks _uway I saw the walls of the new California hotel lean over gradually and collapse, leaving the occupants lying in bed, some covered and some uncovered. "The ground rolled like a canoe hit by a wave. There was no excitement. Crash after crash from the business district! The man sweeping the streets on the water front never quit sweeping. He shoveled and swept. "We built a fire. The gas was gone, «o the bonfire sufficed. We cqoked «olfee and ate our breakfast. "The damage on State street was great. A mile on both sides was practically destroyed. Within a week we will start' rebuilding the town. It will be built larger and better than ever." Remove Filled Supera as Soon as Possible and Put in Empty Ones. The "busy" bee is not nearly so industrious as he has been pictured by his admirers. In fact, he has some very human qualities. He works when there Is an incentive to work, and he has been known to loaf on the Job dreadfully when he has gotten up enough honey to keep him through the winter. The bee would not contribute much to man's sweet tooth if he was not persuaded to do so through Intelligent handling, and through fear of starvation. A hive of bees can be kept at work through most of the summer if you keep this fear constantly before the workers. Quit When Full. Under the old system of hfrttsg a good swarm seldom produced mors than 10 to 20 pounds of honey a season for the keeper. This was due to the fact that when Mr. Bee got his house full of honey, he quit working. Since beekeepers adopted the sectional hive with supers holding small pound frames, the records of production of a single hive have constantly grown until beekeepers say that in good seasons they sometimes run 200 pounds of honey to the hive. Certainly 00 to 80 pounds is an average yield. The point is to keep a continual watch on each hive during the honey flow and to remove the filled supers as fast as possible, putting in empty ones. If you don't do this, you are losing Just so much return from the bees. Oftentimes to delay doing it at the right time, finds the bees out of the "notion" and they will continue to loaf. By planting alslke clover for midsummer feeding and even for la'te summer, the bees can be kept working right along during hot weather, and they can finish off' on buckwheat or some other late crop. Buckwheat honey, however, does not appeal to the market as clover honey. If there Is any considerable planting of sweet clover near by, either in fields or growing wild along the roadsides, it will keep the bees busy until well into the fall. And sweet clover is one of tha best and dearest honey-makers you can find. Prices for Honey. Last season honey was bringing beekeepers 50 cents a pound right at the local markets. In the larger cities, the price was even more favorable. And every pound that the bees can be encouraged to produce is Just that much more "velvet" for the beekeeper. ' It pays to have the extra supers all read? to be slipped Into place as needed. The big honey flow always comes with a rush and the way the bees get It In often catches the beekeeper unawares, especially so if he is a new hand at the business. Constant prodding Is good for Mr. Bee. It will help him to earn the right to the reputation he has en- Joyed so long. Nationa* Costume Distinguished tor Bright Hues. ~ Everyone has beard of Scotch plaid, but perhaps there ate not many who know what a Scotch plaid really la In Gaelic, the word is "peilald," and means a sheepskin or hide. From this is derived the Gaelic "plalde," meaning a blanket. So you see that the plaid Is in reality a piece of material, and not a pattern, as we think of it. The plaid is also called "tartan," and as a garment Is worn by both men and women in Scotland, where It forms •n Important part of the national costume. The peculiar patterns, consisting of crossbars of stripes of various colors, are said formerly to have distinguished the Scottish Highland clans, each clan having its own particular plaid. Do you remember In your Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake." how "Roderick threw down his target and his plaid"? Thus, it Is plain that the plaid is a garment or shawl woven in the check patterns of a peculiar kind, but the terms have become confused, and so used Interchangeably. Sometimes you will hear a shawl referred to as a plaid, and Just as frequently, the pattern on it is called a tartan, cane silage, shelled corn, and cotton- Some of the clans had more than seed meal. The longer a limited one plaid, for use on different occa- Satisfactory Ration to Produce Baby Beeves Beef cattle investigations conducted by the animal husbandry department of the Kansas State Agricultural college show that fairly satisfactory baby beef can be produced on a ration consisting of cane silage, shelled corn, and no alfalfa hay. The calvea fed this ration gained 2,08 pounds per head per day for 197 days. The high degree of finish and economy of gains, according to the result of a second experiment, are determined by the length of time a limited amount of alfalfa hay is fed with amount of alfalfa is fed with this ration the greater the finish and economy of gain. Another teat showed that alfalfa alone is a satisfactory roughage to feed with shelled corn in fattening baby beef for market in so far as gains are concerned. , - Spray for Vegetables Arsenate of lead is better than parts green as an application on vegetables and vines such as the potato, cucumber and bean, because it will stick to the plant longer. Paris green, however, will kill the bugs as quickly and as readily as arsenate of lead. Arsenate of lead should be used at the rate of one teaspoonful to two gallons of water, well stirred or at the rate of 1 pound to 50 gallons of water for arsenate of lead and one-half pound of parls green to 60 gallons of water. Cover the plants thoroughly to get good results. Pigs Ready for Market Full feeding with a balanced ration on good pasture gets the pigs ready for market a full month before those that are given only a half grain ration during the first three or four months after weaning. Another outstanding lesson is the economy of feeding a high protein feed with corn, even If the pigs are running in alfalfa pasture. Also note that dry-lot feeding, when a balanced ration is full-fed, is as profitable as feeding on pasture. EARLY OATS RECOMMENDED AS - GOOD ALFALFA NURSE CROP Most Satisfactory When Cut in Green or Dough State. "There is really no best way to put in alfalfa," says Professor Shepperd of the North Dakota Agricultural college. "It all depends on the fertility of your soil, whether your soil is sandy, loam, clay loam, free of weeds (especially such weeds as quack grass, foxtail and pigeon grass) also, whether you have the time, the tools and the inclination to do all the things necessary to best protect your little alfalfa plants under all conditions. "In certain soils, there Isn't enough plant food or sufficient moisture to take care of the needs of growing a full-sized nurse crop and ripening it ready for harvest, and at the same time supply the necessary plant food and moisture for the alfalfa plants. They have to send their roots deep enough Into the ground so that they can get moisture in sufficient amounts to supply the need when the nurse crop Is removed and the sun shines directly on the little alfalfa plants during the hot, sunshiny period of harvest time. "Of all the nurse crops early oats at the rate of two pecks to one bushel per acre with the alfalfa and then cutting the oats green or in the dough stage for hay, have given most satisfaction. It gives them shade In their early weeks of growth, and It keeps weeds and grass from starting and crowding out the alfalfa. Also, by removing it- before It ripens, the moisture that would be needed to ripen the grain is conserved and not passed off into the air by the evaporation process. A light seeding of about two pecks of oats to the acre Is a good protection for the little alfalfa plants from the blowing of sand. "Barley seeded at the rate of one bushel to the acre on soils suited for barley has proven to be an excellent nnrse crop. As a rule, It does not lodge as easily as oats, ripens early and excellent yields have been secured of from 25 to 51 bushels on different farms where only a bushel of barley was used and seeded." As Green Manuring Crop Rye Holds a High Place Rye does pot make use of atmospheric nitrogen as does the legume crops and for that reason It gives back to the soil only the nutriments which it takes from It. Its greatest value as a green manuring crop Is its ability to return large amounts of organic matter to the soli which Improves Its mechanical condition, moisture capacity, etc. Rye should not be allowed to grow until it reaches a large size before It is turned under because it will exhaust the moisture supply and thereby Injure the following crop. In some soils there is also danger of getting so much organic matter from a crop of rye that unless it Is turned under early and allowed to begin decomposition the excessive amount of material turned under will interfere with the movement of the soil moisture. sions. For instance, the royal Stuart has a plaid of bright red foundation, squared off with greenish bars, interspersed with narrow black and white stripes. ' But the Stuart "hunting plaid" has a green foundation blocked with black and blue crossings, with an overplaldlng of red and yellow. At the same time there is a "dress Stuart" which has a white foundation, and plaldings of red, blue, blsck and yellow. For the most part, these real Scottish plaids are made up of simple colorings, a bright red, a canary yellow, dark purple, dark bluish green, with a black, and a white. Of course, wherever the different stripes cross each other In the plaids, a modified blend of these colors will appear. Naturally the dye-pots of the ancient clansmen were mixed from the plants native to their beloved heaths. There is the black from the alder-tree bark and dock-root; blue from the blueberry and elderberry; crimson from the dark lichens; and green from the broom, thistle, heather and wild cress. The dyes produced in the old ways were very fast In color, and it Is said that many of them are still produced In the Highlands. Naturally, when a design has been as omnipresent as the plaids this season, there Is always a great deal of interest aroused as to Its origin In history and story. And while it may not always be possible, or even desirable, to reproduce the exact patterns of the various clans, generally the colorings have been more or less faithfully adhered to in order to give to our modern plaldlng the name of "Scotch plaid." * Oterin "JunkP in Abbey The proposal to overhaul Westminster abbey so that more of Its treasures and beauties may be revealed has led C. W. R. Nevison, an English art- 1st, to remark that the abbey is more like a' department store than a church. The opinion that some of the most beautiful things In the abbey cannot be seen because of the overcrowded memorial statuary is shared by man. lovers of the historic building, including Canon Westlake, the abbe;' historian. "The proper course is to get rid of some of the ecclesiastical Junk at present in the abbey," Mr. Nevison said. "I thlnl; It could be cleaned out without offending anybody's susceptibllities. Ultimately many beautiful things could be discovered which cannot now be seen."--Westminster Gazette. Idea of ffanfedr Changes , With Advancing Yearn Nothing la more apparent than that a man's sense of humor "grows up" with him. Two l^banon men stood watching a group of small boys, probably Ave or %|x years old. They were Immensely tickled over the sad plight of an elderly man who had slipped on a mud-smeared banana peel and sat down on the walk with rather an undignified thud. He quickly regained his feet, but it was "hot stuff" for the small boys who chorused their excited glee. "Nothing funny in an old man falling on the sidewalk," grunted one of the men In disgust oveikthe shouts of the boys. HNo, not now for us, but I can remember when I was a kid nothing was funnier than some grown-up person getting a "sprawling fall," the other replied. "I guess our sense of humor grows up with us," he continued. And undoubtedly It does. At ten years a boy will find keen delight in mimicking the soft speech of his big sister's beau. When he Is fifteen he looks down with superior Indulgence on his parents and he is positively amused at the seriousness with which they regard bread, butter, rait and other prosaic things of life. A few years later at college he roars with laughter when prexy and the profs are sneezed off the platform by red pepper placed in the faculty hymn books. As a lover he repeats over and over to himself the cute little things which his sweetheart has said to him. At thirty, when he is married and a father of two or three lusty children, he gets his best chuckle by listening to some bachelor friend discuss life, because the big joke Is that the bachelor doesn't know anything at all about life. At fifty he is secretly amused at the self-confidence of the bustling family man of thirty. By the time he has reached sixty be smiles in amusement, tinged with sympathy, upon the strenuous ambitions of his younger friends to achieve success, which they must abandon In a few short years. His seventieth birthday comes and he finds himself getting his great Joy out of the play and pranks of his grandchildren. And he probably would laugh as heartily if not so loud If some old man should fall on a mud-smeared peri.--Lebanon (Ind.) Reporter. Found Rare Art Works Three large bowls were dug up In a garden In the slum section of Budapest Believing them to be brass, their discoverer used them as flower pots. Subsequently rings, chains and small figures of animals were excavated In the garden. Thess were sent to the National museum, where they were Identified as gold ornaments of gre*t beauty an: clever workmanship dating back to the Hallstadt period. Tha finder then toak the bowls to the oni seum, an* the director found that cb<>\ constituted one of the most Important discoveries of recent times. Tho bowls are of pure gold dating -!,«<*> years ago, and their elaborate design excels that of the famous gold tren» ure found Rt Szllagy Somlyo. Humors are now current that the whole neighborhood abounds with antiquities, an., systematic excavations are to tot tarried out F AMOUS "UFEBT FIGHTS TO SEE WORLD /•lit Pomeroy, Denied All Pleas for Liberty, Still Hopes. Boston.--The doors of the Charlestown state prison clanged behind bim 50 years ago when he was a stripling of seventeen. Today he Is a grizzled old man of sixty-seven, but he still Is fighting, fighting, fighting In the hope that some day be will get out to see the modern world about which he has read so much. He wants to see a trolley car, to ride In an automobile, to fly over the mountain tops In an airplane. Jesse Pomeroy, the most famous "lifer" In all America, lias written a really graphic po£m on the flying machine. Although 20 years of his time has been spent in solitary confinement, Pomeroy does not feel that the world has passed him by. His "solitary" was done years ago, when he was young and rebellious and fought and broke all the prison rules. For the last two decades Jesse has been what they always call the model prisoner. SUM Boston Woman. That Is why he has entered suit for libel against a Botson woman who wrote a letter to a newspaper claiming that Pomeroy had skinned alive a little kitten placed In his cell. Pomeroy feels this letter has prejudiced the public against him again and ruined his chances for parole or pardon perhaps for years to come. And so he says he had been damaged 15,000 worth. Pomeroy's half century of confinement has been spent under the very shadow of Bunker Hill. Pomeroy has Just suffered another setback, the fusal of Governor Fuller to consider him for a pardon. When Pomeroy was fourteen It waa charged he had murdered a four-yearold boy, found with his throat cut and 15 stab wounds in his little body. Three years later Pomeroy was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. The governor commuted the sentence Baby Trudges Mile* to See Sick Mother New York.--Like a homing pigeon, two-year-old Mamie Marltzka found her way to her mother's arms. While police of West Orange, N. J., were sending out a general alarm, in the belief she had been kidnaped, nurses In Orange Memorial hospital saw Mamie trudge up the stone steps of the hospital, slip In through a halfopened door and laboriously climb a long flight of stairs, to receive the maternal kisses and caresses for which she had traveled nearly two miles. How Mamie, who has been walking nearly a year, managed to make the distance between the home of relatives In West Orange and the hospital still Is a nfystery. Police believe her scuffed shoes-and clothes with the marks of many falls indicate she walked, although she bad to cross several busy streets to reach the hospital. Six weeks ago Mamie's mother, Mrs, Mary Maritzka, was taken to the hospital with an undiagnosed aliment and Mamie went to live with relatives. While police and nurses argued over her travels, Mamie only crowed. She had found her mother. Steamer Peary Starts to Pole Sydney, Nova Scotia.--The steamer Peary of Donald MacMlllan's Arctic expedition has Balled from North Sydney in the wake of the schooner Bowdoln. which left here recently with mander MacMlllan aboard. Ruhr Evacuation Plans Purls.--Preparations for the evacuation of tbe Ruhr were begun by the French army of the Rhine. The evacuation will be completed August 15, the government announced. » King Visits Paris Paris.--King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rumania arrived in Paris for an incognito visit to the modern arts exposition and exhibition of Rumanian art Deputies Guard Mines " 'fUtsburjdi.--With the appointment of 15 more deputy sheriffs, the situation in the Pomeroy (Ohio) coal mining district, where the Pittsburgh Coal company's mine power bouse 17 burned, remains quiet EkBKJACTSfc •sm: HIDES 65> YEARS; ADMITS KILLING Police Can Find No Record.^ Alleged Crime. Most Profitable Crops for Hay and Pasturage Alfalfa Is the most profitable hay crop that can be grown In this state. It does best on soils that are fairly well drained and In a fair state of fertility and that are not acid. Only adapted, hardy seed should be used. Grimm is especially well adapted to Michigan conditions while Cossack, Ontario Variegated, Northern Grown •ml High Altitude Common usually give good results. Sweet clover Is gaining very rapidly as a pasture crop. On tbe other hand, alfalfa is frequently used for pasture purposes. The seed should be Inoculated. Material for inoculation may be secured from the department of bacteriology. East Lansing, Mich. Tbe price Is 25 cents per bottle and each bottle contains sufficient material to lnoculntfe. a bushel of seed. Full directions for application accompany the material. The spray of the orchard should not in any way lessen the feeding value of the hay.--C. R. Megee, Associate Professor of Farm Crops, Michigan Agricultural Oollece. ' - ^ • ' \• . j , i- Skill will work a farm, but brains help In filling tbe pay envelope. •'"""I * • * Overfeeding Is bad for the calf. A good rule is always to keep the oiif a little hungry. A garden free ftomf #ee& sot only produces more vegetables but la a sight worth seeing. • • • It's too bad somebody can't start a fight between the gypsy moth and the Japanese beetle. • • • Because wood Is so aseM trees mast be felled. Because wood h ao useful trees should be plsnted. Plump, heavy barley closely approaches corn In feeding value. Barley should be ground or crushed for bogs, but there Is no marked advantage found in soaking or wetting It for feeding. • • • The herd bult should nm In pasture at least a part, of the summer. The exercla* will be a fine thing for him u° •ncca,ent sreen grass win cool him out" and be a great relief from the dry feed he has probably been receiving for many months • • • fr*f8„n®ed8 » well-prepared seed bed Just like any other crop. For corn stock ground it Is not necessarv to plow for sudan. Disking will put It Into good shape. If the seed bed Is not relatively free from weeds, plant* ing should be delayed If necessary until the danger of -irnsslra 'growth has been removed. Odd Way to Bring Rain Rain-making is supposedly achieved by novel methods by peasants in the Punjab. An Investigator into customs and methods visited a village where't had not rained for a long time. The anxious women of the village gathered around the officer's tent and requested to be allowed to souse him with water, as they believed that the performance of such a rite would bring down rain at once. The official refused to be drenched, for two days, but he gave way on the third. Twenty pots of water were poured on the unwilling head of the official outside his tent, and after 24 hours the rain came. Horse to Live in History The skeleton of the famous racehorse, Tracery, bred by August Be - mont at Lexington, Ky., has been presented to the Yorkshire Philosophical society and is now exhibited In that society's museum at York, England. Tracery won nearly $100,000 in stakes during his racing career. He was sold in 1920 to Senor Unzus of Buenos Aires for $265,000, the largest sum ever paid for a racehorse. He was taken back to England In July, 1926, and died at tbe Cobbam stud, Surrey, four months later. Lightning and Campers A study of lightning fatalities, asys E. F. Crelghton of the General Electric company leads the scientists to believe that picnickers and soldiers are more often tbe victims of lightning than other people. Why is this? Fires at noon, he explains, cause an upward current of air which becomes charg-d and the charge is emptied immediatel) In the vicinity from where It orlgi nated. "The next time you go on a camping trip," he says. "Just throw a few wires across the trees above your Are and all will be safe. Statistics of Blindness There has been a decrease in the last few years In the number of blind people throughout the country. Tbe census of 1010 gave a total oi 57,272 In the United States, while ten years later this bad fallen, despite the Increase In population, to 52,567. In other words. In 1910 there were 62S blind for each million of population, while a decade later there were only b07. The proportion of the blind to the population varies widely in different states. Wyoming has only 154 blind per million of population, which Is the lowest recorded; New York has 405; Indiana, 759, while the state with the highest proportion of blind la New Hampshire with 1,533 per million. Denies Coyote la a Pest W. H. Fletcher of Brant. Alberta, bas written the department of agriculture of the Canadian province that far from encouraging the slaughter of coyotes, which has long been a provincial policy, the killing of one of these animals should be made a crime. He explained that Jack-rabbits, by consuming crops and damaging trees, had become a scourge to farmers. He expressed belief that coyotes bad formerly kept down the number of rabbits. Fletcher predicted that if coy otes were not permitted to prey upon rabbits the latter would become such an evil as they did In Australia. Parts, Ky.--For 65 years a man who signs his name John Wlnchell, of Rawlins, Wyo., has walked with a apecter at his side. Now he wanta to return to his old home here. Chief ef Police Fred Link of Paris. made public a letter from WlnchdL The letter reads: "Dear Sir: I am asking you a great favor, and will deeply appreciate a speedy reply, for which I Inclose stamps. Many years ago, In the year 1860, I was living In what was called Beech Ridge, near Paris, in Bourbon county. In the same neighborhood waa a young man by the name of Albert Morley. "He and myself were friends, but one night we drank too much and became Intoxicated. We became Involved In a quarrel over a young woman, with whom we were both keeping company. I struck him a blow In the head, knocking him unconscious. I left Paris that night, and learned afterward that be bad died. "I am now eighty-three years old and a longing has come over me to die In my native state of Kentucky. What I want to know is whether there are any relatives of Morley living now and 'whether I would be arrested If I return to Kentucky. "I have spent many sleepless nights t grieving over my act, and although at. j, ; that time and at the present time I i j think I was acting in my own defense, * 1 --J •till the thoughts of It still haunt me." ^ ^4 Chief Link has made an exhaustive <- ,rjg investigation and can find no one who * has any remembrance of the affair. He ; ft | advised the old man to return to his p.' •- ^ native home and that he ferobaWy'twould not be molested. Newspaper "Elevation" Little Bohhle Knotts was trying t» get a drink, but could not reach the bucket, which sat on the cabinet. So he put a newspaper on the floor and stood on it. Whtn questioned as to why be stood on the newspaper, he said that be couldn't reach the bucket, ao be thought tbe paper would make him higher.--Indianapolis New* ~ Cork Production The raw cork, which Is the external Dark of a species of oak tree, practically all comes from Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Algeria and Tunis. Portugal grows nearly one-half of the world's production. France, Ore: t Britain, Germany and the United States together take about 85 per cent jf the product. There are a large lumber of cork Importers in this Country. This country annually imports »ver $3,000,000 worth of unmanufactured cork and $2,500,000 worth of the manufactured cork. Mosquito Plague Mosquitoes are found In almost every locality where there Is opportunity for them to breed, and this opportunity depends simply upon the presence at some time during the year of standing water. They abound In the tropics and a greater variety of forms are found in that region than In the temperate zone, but they occur In great numbers, though In less variety, far to the north, the Inhabitants at Alaska and Kamchatka suffering from their attacks during tbe short far-northern summers. Horses Honored in Death John fe>. Madden, famous horseman, has established at Lexington, Ky.. a cemetery for noble horses. In th<a plot now lie burled at least ten famous horses ol history-making records. Mr Ma art en has hopes that this place may become a "Westminster mbbes" 4* Wooded aalmala otf th* ****• - * Ha Is an Omnlverous Reader. to life Imprisonment "because of tha lad's youth." The "boy fiend," the "fiend incarnate," as he was celled at the time, entered the state prison September 9, 1876. And he has been there ever since. Perhaps If his suit for libel is permitted to stand In the courts he may get out to attend the trial. Perhaps that chance rather than the need for $5,000 damages has prompted him In tbe suit. There is further explanation of the libel action in the fact that Pomeroy has come to consider himself an able lawyer. He has read and studied lsw for years, giving especial attention, of course, to murder trials. Not many years ago he prepared what was pronounced a very able brief on his case and tried to get permission to argue It before the Supreme Judicial court of Massachusetts. He was denied the request, as be has been denied every request looking to his liberty. Student of languages. Pomeroy has studied languages and is proficient In at least four. Perhaps he hopes to do a little world travel before his days are ended. He also has Studied chemistry and Is well read In ]hi8tory. His turn for poetry Is not at all bad and he Is one of the most valued contributors to tbe prison magazine. Prison fare and prison dayseven the 20 years of "solitary"--have not broken Jesse Pomeroy. He is in good physical condition for a man of his age. He Is an omnivorous reader and In that way feels he has kept up with the progress of the world--has kept step better, he believes, than the unobservant and the Illiterate among the free men who see, but do not understand. Modern Inventions Interest Pomeroy hugely. The picture papers and magazines are his hobby. He believes he could step out Into the world tomorrow and probably never get a thrill, for he baa visualized all that is taking place and his Imagination bas carried him far afield. Tbe old prisoner is described today as s "good religious man," but no warden as yet ever recommended his release. He Is popular In the prison, however, and doea his work well. Hongkong Pirates Putt Jobs Near Big Worshiped Los Angeles.--Piracy flourishes un-v" der the very nose of British war ves-.„ sels in the English-controlled port of Hongkong, according to C. B. Brown, j,. member of an English firm of public accountants in Hongkong, who arrived^ at the Alexandria en route to Engtaadfit for a six-month vacatloo. r'v MA large British merchant veaaet ; was looted by pirates less than 100 miles off Hongkong Just before I embarked for America," said Brown. "This Instance of the general lawless-, ness that reigns In the Far East at thlq| moment is only one of many of a si mi* lar nature that have occurred since the breaking down ef stabilised gov* ernment In China. ^ . "Naturally, the British do all their power to protect their own ln« terests and those of other foreigner* - In the troubled region, but their efforts are often futile. In the numerous cases of piracy, for Instance, they have never, so far as I know, been able to bring the guilty persons to Jus-. tlce. The looting of this ship was typical of the manner in which the pirates operate. It was an inside Job --the looters boarding the vessel att the port as passengers and overpower-t Ing the crew when far enough out toi make it safe." Can't Afford Cope Connellsville, Pa.--Lack of available^ funds has resulted In the dismissal of | the Dunbar police force. The town bas been without a police departments^ since the first part of laat month, k For several weeks the lack of police was not particularly missed. But a /. street brawl broke out recently aad^';, the contestanta fought far more two hours. 0rx, Nose Dive Fatal Detroit.--Jack Burns. Detroit ator, suffered fatal Injuries when he^fe was pitched from an airplane after nose dive from a 300-foot altitude here. He was alive when picked ap, tat dMp, tm a hospital. Loot Cemetery Columbia City, Ind --^Thieves who visited the Nolt cemetery, south ef Columbia City, carried away all the implements from the tool house. Including s large lawn mower, rakes smS shovels. Profits by Crime Belfast.--The will of John McCon« Bell, a ninety-year-old Fermanagfei5 farmer who was murdered by his man*^ servant. Patrick Murphy, includes #- bequest of $250 for Murphy. •. ter is serving s lite sentence, gf. • V tffr-ltr. r 'J Punished for Pugnacity Thomas Mowbray, duke of Norfolk was banished from England by Rich ard I. in 1398, for challenging and pre (taring to meet in single combat Henr.i Boltngbroke. earl of Hereford, after ward King Hsasy "i*. * ; ' •" • ^ - s a s T • J . ' W f c r X • « • ' Twin Statistics The American Genetic assoctattop, says that in 1917 it was estimated tb%;: 1.07 per cent of the number ot baMqp hom io the United State* were tWhM. Twenty per cent of these are