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/'•. 't 5X->,:^,^ „ *-«C,*i*<* i>*V V, ~ ~ "*" " * ? • % *£ * *- * *" .> - %•" , ™ 'i^v Patxaotk Caltbratigi by Young German Order M ik^: * The Toung German Order," • ltrgt and influential orftnludoo lit Qyiouy, is ben Men boldlnf Mtriotk «wci««i ®n the sixth anniversary ofthe adoption of the eoMtltutton. At the tight Is Captain Wahraum. leader * if cm order. tr-,. " '•• K- Jerba Is in ic Interest W®> Fabled Home of the Ancient Lotus Eaten. Washington. -- Jerba, the North African Island where an ancient Greek treasure galley was discovered recently, ia not listed as a stopping place on the Mediterranean cruises, although It possesses a background of rich historic and romuntic Interest. Tradition places on this little Tunisian Island, almost midway between Gibraltar and Suez, the home of the lotuseaters, of whom Homer tells In one of his sea tales. "The present-day natives, mostly Berbers of the KharlJIte sect, would probably tell you they have never heard of the fabled sweety forgetfulness that was said to come to the Lotophagl, as the eaters of the lotus plant were called," says a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geograp!.!.. society. "There Is nothing today about their busy little palm-shaded towns, or harbors full of fishing boats, that lends the atmosphere of 'a land of always after dinner.' Secure In their Insularity against the attacks of nomadic Arabs, the Jerba Islanders tend their fruit -groves and vegetable gardens, vying also In Industry with their kinsmen, the Nozabltes, as traders to all the seaports of the Orient. 8ponge and Polypus Fisheries. "The sponge, polypus and other fish* erles, and the oyster beds In the Canal id'Adjim, the ship channel through the narrow sweep of water that separates Jerba from the mainland, are .productive. Every morning the queertlooking craft of the Arab sponge fishermen put out from the long wharves, with \ flags flying, for the great stretches of shallow water that extend In all directions from the island. Large steamers must be met by native sailing craft and rowboats, as it Is Impossible for most of them to approach within two or three miles of the shore. "Jerba has been made, through the icfforts of Its inhabitants, one of the most fertile and prosperous spots along a great stretch of sun-baked Mediterranean coastline. More than a million date palms wave their fringes over the white-roofed towns and villages of thiB Island oasts, which Is .approximately twice ar large as Malta, (Its British ^neighbor 250 miles to the northeast. In addition there are expensive groves of olive, orange, lemon and peach trees. "To the stranger coming from the t>lea': and parched Tunisian mainland this fertility seems a miracle. There are no rivers on Jerba, no streams worthy of the name even, and rainfall ,1s as scant and infrequent as on tne .mainland. The answer to the riddle is underground water, obtained through artesian well*. "Humt-Suk, the capital and principal city,'lies on the sandy north coast •bout half a mile from the sea and >v. SVr.' Plan $3,000,000 Copy I of Solomon's Temple >! Philadelphia. -- Something of ,•? the glories of a civilization long past will be presented In minute and historical accuracy for vlsi- >; tors at Philadelphia sesqulcen- £• tennlal exposition next year ;«? when plans furthered by Mayor £« Kendrick's presentation of 00 ;•! acres of the exposition site to John Wesley Kelchner of New >j York are completed. The plan contemplates the construction of >1 an elaborate replica of King Sol- >• omon's temple and citadel at a I*; cost of $3,000,000. | The plan centers about a j|f tower, which will rise 240 feet. $ The house of the forest of Leb- £ anon, the palaces of the king ;•! and queen, the molten sea and w the tower of David Will be parts § of the exhibit. * five miles from the anchorage of steamers. Its countless little buildings of one or two stories all have domes and from the roof tops the city looks like an array of Inverted saucers, with the graceful minarets of the mosques breaking the skyline like slender lighthouses. Public gardens and a number of wide, curving streets show the beneficent influence of the French. Down by the sea is the spot where a great mound of Christian bones, called 'the Skull fort,' stood for centuries. The bones were those of several thousand Spaniards who were masfeacred by the pirate Dragut In 1660. They were collected and buried in the Christian cemetery near by in 1848. Roman Ruina Everywhere. "Ail over the island are Roman ruins, decayed causeways, baths, temples-- the subsoil of all the Mediterranean world. But t.slde from the mausoleum of Borgha nothing remains intact of this one-time Important Roman colony, the birthplace of two Roman emperors, Viblus Gallus and Volusenus. "Hara-Serlra, a village of 1,500 Inhabitants Ave miles south of the capital, is a resort of Jewish pilgrims from southern Tunisia and Trtpolltanla. The Gheriba or synagogue, Is built on the spot where, according to tradition, one of the tables of the law of Moses was found. It is much revered also by Catholics and Moslems. Not far away, at Gallala, is an unexplolted Eden for photographers. This is the center of pottery manufacturing, where all day long the statuesque native women, Twentieth-century Rebeccas, carry graceful white waterjugs to the stone-rlmined wells. "Of the lotus, or jujubier, as the French call it, there are few remnants. There has been much disagreement as to the identification of the Homeric lotus. Lotus Is a popular name applied to several plants, and whether the one that the Greek poet had in mind was a tree, a bush, a flower, or the seed of any of them, baa not been determined. "Cne visitor was taken by a native guide far Inland to see what the guide said was the only living specimen of the lotus on the Island, it was a bush or vine, trained up the wall of an Arab house, shoulder-high, and grew in stout, hardy stocks. It was almost leafless and bore no blossoms. "Some of the natives contend, bowever, that the lotus has nothing to do with the stranger's forgetfulness of home. They point to the soft glow of the sunset on the white-domed houses and minarets, the rippling bluegreen Mediterranean and the waving palm trees along the sandy ahore-- and then ask If any auch loadstone la necessary." - *rr May -Open Way to Grftat Strides in Radif» Washington.--Existence of a "celling" over the earth, which exerts a strong influence on radio communication, has been established by the naval research laboratory, in association with the department of terrestrial magnetism of the Carnegie Institution, It was announced by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur. " Experiments have confirmed the long-disputed theory advanced several years ago by the late Sir Oliver Heavislde of an iotzed region In the higher levels of the earth's atmosphere, It was announced. Observations indicated that the plane of maximum density, or celling, lies at a varying distance above the earth's surface, rising and falling as atmospheric conditions vary. •* Importance to Radio. Behind this purely scientific announcement is news of vast importance to radio development, both commercial and broadcast. It means: That the short-wave transmission field now may be opened with, in the near future, mathematical certainty as to what may be expected In transmission and reception. That, within a brief time, the commercial radio field will expand tremendously, with moderate power, cheap short-wave stations supplanting present high-power ones with prohibitive erection costs. That transmisiaon and reception of broadcast programa will undergo important changes. That fading, the bugaboo that baa ruined many a fine evening, li well on the way of being,overcome. The condition is further explained as follows: "This layer acts as a deflecting surface to electro-magnetic waves. Results obtained are based on an analysis of the phenomenon known as 'skip distance,' checked by a simple mechanical device by means of which the effective distance of the deflecting layers may be actually measured. In seeking to account for this, a theory was developed at the research laboratory that there was a relation between the earth's magnetic field, frequency of waves used, skip distances^ observed and height qt the _a :s layer. This relation could be and was worked out mathematically. "Joint experiments with the Carnegie institution of Washington approached solution of the problem from a different angle, demonstrating definitely the existence of two waves, one of them arriving by way of the earth and the other by way of the layer. "The knowledge gained will play an Important part in further advance Ing the radio art." BRINGING SKY TO EARTH • At tlie bureau of .standards in Washington high altitudes are brought to the ground. The low pressure existing In the air at high altitudes causes the airplane engines to give less power. So to study how this can be remedied, the same air pressure is brought to this room, the engines started HH* their performance studied. Raid Jail Garden Lawrence, Mass.--Depredation* of potato thieves raiding the gardens ol the county Jail have become so rerlous that George M. Banting, master at the institution, appealed to the police. In some Instances the thieves have scaled the Jail fence to dig up th« potatoes. # | Few Babies ^Arrive in the Far Noi^hJTown i Longyear City, Spitsbergen.--Bird life is prolific enough In these lonely latitudes, but a visit from the stork is a sufficiently rare event to set all the wireless apparatus in the archipelago humming. A baby born here enjoys the unique privilege of being baptized In the most northerly church on earth (78 degrees, 18 minutes north latitude) and it was the good fortune of an Associated Press reporter ft witness the christening ceremony of Baby Eigurd, firstborn son of a mining engineer of the Great Norwegian Coal company. The little wooden Lutheran Church was crowded to capacity with the entire female population of the village, hardly more than 40 all told, all In their Sunday best, and young SIgurC marked his disapproval of the proceedings in the way infants have all Su. over tbe%orld. He wfis nrnch more amiable at home, where celebrations were kept up until the small hours In a dense atmosphere of tobacco stn&ke and an improvised one-man jazz band. ^ "He will be a regular Norwegian," his mother said as Sigurd was finally borne off to bed amid loud protests. Nearly 20,000,000 pounds of tobacco were produced last year in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. •KmmoM taawT. CaJffam Cyanide and Carbon Bisulphide Put the Rodents to Death. found on "Nearly every New York farm, and they always have a 'coming* appetite for, cabbage, clover, alfalfa, beans and grains." says M. D. Plrnle of the New York State College of Agriculture at It "In they are usually kept In check by their natural enemies, dogs and foxes." Mr. Pirnle says, "but In the open fields, and around vegetable gardens, there Is so much food and so few natural enemies that measures must be taken to guard crops and prevent the 'chucks' from digging holes in the meadows and cultivated fields.* Farmei Because considerable distances In the and fail, neighboring fanners must co-operate to clean up an area. Woodchucks like to dig In railroad embankments, and these should he watched aa distributing centers for nearby farms. The college is glad to help farmers with eradication campaigns, and In many localities county agricultural agents are planning demonstrations of clean-up *8&thod8. Shooting, trapping, and poisoning are unsatisfactory ways of handling (he woodchuck problem, as they take too much time and trouble. A substance that gives off poison gas provides the best and most economical way to kill them, according to the college. The gas from liquid bisulphide kills the "chucks" In their dens. "In using It. plug all openings but one." saya Mr. Plrnle; saturate a small wad of cotton with about three tablespoons of the liquid, and shove It well Into the burrow. Then plug the last opening. 8ome persons claim that exploding the carbon bisulphide gas gives surer results, and they reopen the hole after about half an hour and set It off with a torch fastened to the end of a pole. Carbon bisulphide Is very explosive and Inflammable, Mr. Pirnle cautions, ao that it is unwise to smoke while placing It Qas Kills Woodchuck. Calcium cyanide in flakes or granules may be used In a similar manner, he says. A tablespoonful placed deep down In the burrow gradually gives off a poisonous gas and kills the woodchuck. In extensive holes, with several openings, it Is best to place some cyanide In each of them, of course closing all the openings. In May and early June, before the grass gets high. It is easier to see the woodchucks snd locate their dene. Before the cyanide or bisulphide Is placed. the person using It should make sure only woodchucks use the holes, so that no skunks will be killed. Skunks are valuable fur-bearing animals protected by law. and also are of considerable value on farms, itecanne they feed on Injurious grubs, cut- Mr. Pirnie cautions: carbon bisulphide Is' explosive and must be kept from flames and heat; calcium cyanide is very poisonous and must never bo scattered where poultry can find a single particle. Cyanide cans uiust always be opened outdoors, for a concentration of the gas from It can prove fatal to humans as well as to woodchuck*. The hands should always be after usia Ice House Is Desirable for Production of Milk An Ice house on every dairy where natural Ice can be harvested is highly desirable for the production of milk having a low bacteria count, and no time is better than early winter for constructing one, for It ia at this period when work on the farm Is less pressing. The department of dairy husbandry at the New Jersey College of Agriculture, New Brunswick, reports that It will be glad to answer any questions relative to Icehouse construction. In building the storage house allow space for at least tons of Ice per cow. This will cool the milk, allow for melting, and provide a margin for the household. If no river or lake Is at hand an Ice pond can sometimes be constructed. Whatever is used, the water should be of unquestioned purity. Old ponds should lie cleared of the vegetable matter and refuse which often collect around the edges. , .. Right Time to Destroy -I Weeds Is on Sunny Day The best time to kill weeds Is right now, and the worst time to let them go to seed tj* also right now. ^fhat Is within certain limits, of course, hut any sunny day Is a good time to give Mr. George W. Weed a blow beneath the belt. And the more unscrupulous and vicious the blow, the better^ For weeds that go to seed are the ones that really count, sn.v gardeners at the state college. Different weeds have from a couple of dozen to a couple of thousand seeds, with the majority running toward the latter classification, and the fly with a million offspring has nothing on the weed with a million seeds. It's true that the seeds may not all grow, but killing the weeds Is the best Insurance. If necessary the dead weeds may be burned to get rid of the seeds. At any rate, take no chances with weeds--they're bad characters. NITROGEN FACTORIES ON FARMS IN ALFALFA AND CLOVER CROPS Old Standby^ .AlewDi ress •--the same dependable remedy that over a period of more fifty years has Ix reliable in catarrh and been found so the treatment of of catarrhal The outside of the package only has been altered. To facilitate packing and reduce breakage in shipping, the paper wrapper which has identified the ru-na bottle for many years fin been displaced by a substantia! pasteboard carton. » Pe-ru-na cannot be made any betfer. Three generations of users testify that Pe-ru-na is the best remedy in the world for catarrh and diseases of catarrhal origin. The remedy our fathers suid grandfathers used with so much satisfaction is still the standby for the i!1s of everyday ia thousands ot American homes. PE-RU-NA r •V-Y.-i. Pounbly Terrier May Musiccd Critic A tenor, letting his eyes rove over the audience as he waited for the accompanist to get through the introductory measures, was astonished to see a brindle bull terrier occupying one of the best seats in the house. So great was his wonderment that he sang that song directly to the dog, which cocked an alert head inquiringly to one side In an attitude of rapt attention. After the concert, the tenor asked the manager of the hall to explain the piesence of the dog. "That's all right," soothed the manager, " 'at dog's seat was paid for." "But why was the dog there, Fm asking?" persisted the tenor. "Well, It's this way: His owner, one of the rich women of this town, hates to be disturbed during a concert by having some restless person sit In front of her, so for the course she buys two seats, tandem, assigning the one in front of her to the dog; and blame me, mister, that terrier Is beginning to enjoy the music!"--Boyden Sparks in the Saturday Evening Post. j A laMmttal REWARD -- Ttionsands of people In America havebeen liberally rewarded for Insisting on bavin* USKIDE Soles on their shoes. USKIOE wears and wears and wears. It is made only by the United States Rubber Company, the world's largest manufacturer of rubber products. The money It saves on shoe bills Is remarkable. Have your old shoes re-bottomed with USKIPK. Buy new nhoeB with genuine USKIDS Soles. USKIDE Is comfortable. healthful, waterproof, good-looking. Protects against slipping. Look for th« nam* U8KIDB en the sole.--Adv. Dog Find, Gold A boy playing with bis dog, scratched up a sample of gold the surface of the ground, sponsible for the latest .gold In New South Wales. Merit Is sure to rise.- ifouNeed* itlifcTonic v%' ' i:. HOSTETTER'S c r L EBR vrr.n STOMACH BITTERs the wonderful face blmaeh ^ make• the thin beautiful. At all drutf and dapt. atoreeJCKE* by mail $1.23. BooKlet trmm* Dr. C. H. B«RT CO.. WIS 8. Michigan. .PARKER'S HAJOR BALSAM KMVfisDiadnrfM9tapsBsiF Mks Resbsws Ctltf BwiritGmudhMlUr „ Me and tl W at DnoWa m»w« ow*. wto.KhKiSiij. k>nii«. etc., stops all pain, aesuraa mM to i tea*, utM nlu^ hii tto t ~ Blaeoz Cbamtoal Wotka, 1 Plant Is Available Where Legumes Are Grown. . clover and alfalfa Now York farmers have a nitrogen factory on their own farms of greater practical value than any one could ever develop at Muscle Shoals," says Prof. E. L. Wort hen, of the New York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca, lie advocutes the "farm fertilizer factory" to the limit of efficiency whether It be on a dairy, vegetable, or fruit farm. By the farm fertlllier factory, he means growing more clover and other legumca In the rotation, conserving and fully using farm manure, and producing and returning to the soil organic matter as green manure, through catch-and-cover crops. "Where clover or alfalfa to produced and farm manure is well used, acid phosphate will suffice," he declared. He further stated that the New York grain and hay producer must meet the nitrogen and potash needs from his own farm so that he need purchase only add phosphate as a fertilizer. If he is to compete successfully with the western farmer. In intensive vegetable crop production, Professor Worthen says, a mixed fertiliser can be used to advantage. Under these conditions, high analysis mixtures such as the 5-10-15 and 4-12- 4 should be purchased or home-mixed. When vegetables are grown under field conditions manure and acid phosphate may to some extent replace complete fertilizer. "More nitrogen from the Inexhaustible supply of the atmosphere through more and better clover, additional nitrogen and potash from the farm manure supply, and a larger proportion of the tertlllzer investment In add phosphate will," he says, "lower the cost of production of grain, silage, and hay on New York farms." Stable Manure Is Quite Beneficial to Gardener 8tahle manure has really a trinity of values in plant food, humus and beneficial bacteria. While conditions may make it very difficult or Impossible to obtnin, at the same time the wise gardener will uever willingly do without it. A ton or two, or a load of manure will not be one whit too much for a garden 30 by 60 feet, although a much smaller amouni will give good results, if supplemented by compost of leaves, lawn clippings and the like, by green manures "and commercial fertilizers. Stable manure Is rich In nitrogen and well supplied with potash, but the phosphoric acid can be Increased profitably by about 50 pounds of acid phosphate for every ton of manure. Soviettzing Gypsies Soviet Russia is attempting to tame the gypsies. Recently representatives of these wanderers--who are of East Indian origin and have been rovlug through Europe since the Fifteenth century--formed an association, obtained recognition from the Soviet as a Juridical body, and announced their Intention to win their brethren away from nomadic habits and Induce them to give up fortune-telling and horsetrading and settle down on farms or In industrial communities. In printing this report from Moscow a Budapest paper notes that a similar experiment with Hungarian gypsies was a failure. Fattening TurkeyB for the Thanksgiving Trade Turkeys allowed 'o range without confinement are usually about as far from home about the middle of the morning as they will get. Wherever they may be, tbey seek out cover or places with shade where they remain until the cooler part of the afternoon, when they begin to range toward their roosts for tb$ night. It is In taking advantage of this fact that they are confined until the latter part of the morning and their ranging area thus reduced. By adding com to their ration and giving Increasing amounts as the turkeys fatten, the turkey hens which are to be put on the market may be prepared for the Thanksgiving trade. Usually It ia more difficult to fatten the toms at this time, as they have larger frames, and it requires more feed to cover them with flesh. Thus It is usually found best to supply the Thanksgiving trade with tnrkey hens and to supply the Christmas trade which comes late in December with tnrkey toms which have M a longer fattening perlo^> Alfalfa Cut in Fall When alfalfa Is cut or pastured late In the fall the plants sre weak ened. The reserve of plant food, which Is normally stored In the roots, is cut down due to the removal of plant foliage. the part of the plant which manufactures the food products. Six to eight inches of growth should be left In the fall, for this is sufficient to catch and hold a good blanket of snow to protect the plants from extreme cold snd acts ss a partial Insurance against loss through winterkilling. FARMlACKfc Watch Cutlcura Improve Yovr Skin. On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cutlcura Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cutlcura Soap and hot water. It Is wonderful what Cutlcura will do for poor complexions, dandruff. Itching and red, rough hands.--Advertisement Wise Fire Chief When fire destroyed a tailor shop at Gleu Ridge, N. Y., $20,000 worth of clothes belonging to wealthy people were burned. The ouly suit saved helonged to the chief of the fie®: department. To Dress Well Without Cost W, •- >' Logical Maid J He--You're the sweetest girl I ever saw. 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Collect all past board bills you can by selling them for what tbey bring. • • • There ta only one rale to go by la the case of trying to thicken s thin stand of alfalfa. That rule la, "Dton't try if" • • • Many of the poultry loases are caused by spoiled grain and decom posed animals being allowofl jllo |i main aronad the farm. %ast loam Nothing has such hunger-satisfying flavor as the home loaf made with Yeast Foam. Send far free booklet The Aft of Bakmg Bread? makes bread that tastes better Hewmdcr the men tarice a* mud* «f S** w?