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Damascus,^? SWISS! CALL£P STRAIGHT The Street That Is Called Straights _Z>£^??a«sozAS ~*3<=>fore N> * -««r~t<s /y&r-Aed ofiMs&na&ceju* ~- t *F* liA* ^*JE; I. Jl wrwm. y **TJ* ^ * % Important Factors • . M Care of Bees i^Much Depends on Activity of Bees and Weather. By DEWITT J. MASON \MASCUS, one of the oldest ciUes Dof the world, and at one time the wealthiest and busiest market of the Orient, is now partially deserted. Automobile trains, native carts, and other available vehicles, pressed into service, removed many of the inhabitants, including merchants, fleeing with their families from the ancient city of historical and mythical story as though from pestilence. Many of the famous bazaars, where merchants once sat cross-legged and displayed their wares, are closed. Hotels are empty. The streets are deserted except for loungers in the Merdje Central square (where revolutionaries were recently hanged by the hundreds) and the beggars in "the street which is called Straight."--and troops. Soldiers are everywhere. Black, yellow, white, these soldier squads move through the narrow streets constantly, arresting revolutionary suspects. Three vernacular daily newspapers and two COmic weeklies have been suppressed by the French authorities. Meantime revolutionary organizations, called the "Iron Hands," "Watchful Eyes," and the "Moslem Stalwarts," are circulating secretly printed inflammatory proclamations telling of supposed French disasters. The Vendors of these proclamations are arrested by secret service agents the pioineift they are discovered. Promptly at 6 o'clock each evening the curtew sounds. A gravelike silence descends, broken only by the heavy rumbling of tanks, the clattering of armored cars, the sound of galloping hoofs as cavalry moves through the streets. Then, from time to time, comes the distant crack of a French 44seventy-flve." You know it is bombarding rebel groups hidden away outside the city. Then there comes a walling chant and from high up in the minarets a voice calls the faithful to prayer. This is the Damascus of rebellion; The ancient city after revolt against French control and subsequent bombardment. Rebel activity in the south has been suppressed, but bands of marauders and revolutionaries are roaming the country. ° The French are cutting down groves and ; destroying the gardens in the suburbs of Damascus. It was in the groves and the gardens that Uhe revolutionaries concealed themselves. The City is also being encircled with a cordon of barbed wire, while every military police post Is guarded by sandbags and machine guns. Sentries keep constant watch from the roofs of buildings. While the batteries of Fort Gouraud are trained directly upon those sections of the city that are * regarded as most dangerous. ffNptrd fcjr th* United StitN Department of Axrlcultore.) The annual crop of a colony of honeybees is dependent upon a considerable number of factors, part dealing with the activities of the bees and part resulting from the various external factors influencing the Secretion of nectar by the honey plants of the locality. Weather suitable for the secretion of nectar and the storing of it by the bees Is one, of these important factors. Although the weather is beyond the control of the beekeeper, a knowledge of the influence of weather factors upon honey crops In various parts of the country will be of great value In developing the best beekeeping region of the. United States. To gain this knowledge it Is first of all necessary to keep certain colonies under observation, recording at frequent and regular intervals the w eight of each, and recording such accompanying phenomena of the weather as may reasonably be supposed to influence either the secretion of nectar or the activities of the bees. The results of making a careful record of this kind with two colonies of bees at the bee culture laboratory of the bureau of entomology, and the mathematical analysis of the records kept, are included In United States Department of Agriculture 3ulletin No. .1339, "The Effect of Weather Upon the Change in Weight of a Colony of Bees During the Honey Flow," by James I. Ilambleton, aplculturist In charge of the bee culture investigations of the department. The bulletin is of technical Interest to beekeepi ers and -others working on bee-keeping subjects, and Is available upon | application to the department while the supply lasts. Copper Sulphate for Sheep Worms Method of Control Devised by Scientists Gives Good Results. JD a ttisloSCUxS --After- A i HE world began at Damascus and will end is a story about Mohammed--"a tale which a visitor In Damascus is bound to hear many times." The prophet is said to have ridden to a hill overlooking Damascus, "where he was met by a delegation of Damascenes." With great ceremony, the story proceeds, they invited him to enter the city. The prophet gazed down on Damascus, In the center of its green gardens, and said: "When I die, I shall go to heaven; so why should I now go to Damascus?" And that handsome compliment to the city where the Apostle Paul, after his miraculous conversion, found shelter in a house in the street called Straight, is explained by a reference to the Koran, "which pictures paradise as an orchard, traversed by streams of flowing waters, where grow the most delicious fruits." This ideal, explains William Jourdan Ilapp in the New York Times, appeared to the natives of that sterile region to be realized at Damascus. The city and Its surroundings are lavishly extolled by Arabian poets, he reminds us. Sketching the eventful story of that archaic paradise-- "the oldest city In history"--so recently devmtated anew, in a ferocious clash between the occupying French and the recalcitrant Druses, Mr. Rapp remarks that Damascus, although "besieged. pillaged and burned at recurring intervals since the days of Abraham," has always been rebul\t, until it is easy to believe the eastern say-, ing that the world will end there, in Its legendary cradle. And he continues: "From its early days the history of Damascus has been stormy. The origin of the city Is unknown, and there Is much to confirm the popular belief that it is the oldest continuous city In the world. It la mentioned a number of times in Genesis. Abraham's steward is called 'Eliezer of Damascus.' David made a successful expedition 8gainst the city for the aid it gave his enemy Hadadezer, nking of Zoab. Throughout the reign of Solomon, Reson,who established a dynasty in Damascus, seems to have been in constant con« fll<?t with the kingdom of Israel. 'In all its long life the .history of Damascus may be divided into a few great chapters. In 333 B. C., after the battle of Issus, In which Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian armies of Darius, Damascus was delivered by treachery into the hands of Parmenio, a general of Alexander, and the narem and treasury of Darius, which had been lodged in the* city, were surrendered to the conquering Greeks. "In the New Testament Damascus is spoken of In connection'with the miraculous conversion of Paul; the episode that pictures his being lowered In a basket over the wall to escape Aretas, the ' governor, and Paul's return to the city from Arabia." DURING this first centuries after Christ? Syria was a Roman province, and in JX'O A. D. Trajan made Damascus a provincial capital. Later the city was an outpost of the Byzantine empire. In the wars between Ryzance and Persia it suffered greatly and was finally captured by Khalid-ibn-Walid in 635. The seat of the caliphate was tVasnferred from Mecca to Damascus, which became the'center of the great empire of the Onunayyads, whose rule extended from India to the Atlantic. ^he Oinmayyads were replaced after ninety years by the Abbaslds, who removed the seat of their empire to Bagdad. Damascus then passed through a period of unrest i« which It was captured and ravaged in turn by the Egyptians, the' Carmathians and the Seljuks. Crusaders attacked Damascus in 1126, but never succeeded in keeping a firm hold on the city, even during their brief domination of Syria. Throughout his fierce struggle with the Franks Saladln made his headquarters ^In Damascus. His tomb Is now one of the sights of the town, In 1899 Kaiser Wllhelm of Germany, on his visit to Damascus,, laid a bronze wreath on the tomb. It bore the inscription: "From one great emperor to another." Turkey to Aden, Is ever realized, Damascus will probably be its capital. "The most important building in Damascus is the Great Mosque of the Ommayyads. Its Ininarets dominate the whole city. The site of the mosque was originally occupied by a Roman temple. This was converted into a Christian church by the Emperor Theodosus in 375, and named the Church of St John, because it was supposed to contain a casket with the head of John the Baptist. To this day Damascenes swear by the head of St. John. < THE greatest sufferers in the present turmoil, the writer remarks, are the 15,000 Armenians who had built a model refugee village on the outskirts of the city. Of these unfortunates we are told: "After many years of hard struggle, and with a little aid from the Near East Relief, they had become self-supporting. Dispatches report that these Armenians have had to abandon their village and flee to Beirut, where, under the guns of French warships in the harbor, there Is some protection. In peaceful times, May Is the best season in which to pay Damascus a vjslt, for then the plain of the Barada river, In whose midst the city stands, is covered with a brilliant carpet of wild flowers. Walnut, apricot, leinon and orange trees In the gardens surrounding the city are in full foliage. This brilliant oasis, with minarets rising from hundreds of mosques, Bedouins of the desert regard as the next thing to paradise. . "Damascus has a population of about 300,000 souls, four-fifths being Moslems. The other fifth Is made up of Christians and Jews. Among the Christians, members of the Greek Orthodox church predominate; but there are also Roman Catholics, Maronltes. Gregofians (largely Armenian refugees from Cilicfa) and a few Protestants. The Moslems subdivide into Arabs. Circassians, Druses and Kurds--nationalistic divisions which, in the case of the Druses, Is heightened by a fanatical sectarianism. Much rivalry and hatred exists. "The city has three distinct quarters--Moslem, Christian and Jewish. It Is said that there is no Missouri Demonstration on Reducing Chick Loss Thirty-two farms were used by the poultry department of the Missouri university last year In a demonstration of methods of reducing the annual losses in raising chicks, it is reported that these farms raised 88.7 per cent of all the chicks hatched. Tliis was an unusually good showing as compared to a much heavier loss by farms which were not In the dem onstration. Five essentials were adhered to In the demonstrations, namely: hatch -early, brood each hatch separately for four weeks, range on fresh ground feed balanced rations constantly and separate pullets and cockerels. Undoubtedly the third essential, that of ranging on fresh ground, had a great deal to do with the success of the demonstration. It has been adequately demonstrated In recent years that successful brooding cannot be carried on In old poultry lots. Farmers could greatly Increase their poultry returns this year by remembering the above essentials. Fresh .ground Is sometimes hard to supply and, as a result, the most Important essential Is often overlooked. (Prtpand by the United stataa £>*p«rtm«it of Asrlcultur*.) A method of controlling stomach worms In sheep devised by scientists of the United States Department of Agriculture and tested on farms for the last three years has given excellent results. The treatment consists in do^dng tlve sheep once every 25 days with a 1 per cent solution of copper sulphate. Losses From Worms. Following good results at the department's experiment farm near Vienna, Va., the bureau of animal Industry arranged with owners of 12 farm flocks In Schuyler county, Missouri, to try the method under ordinary farm conditions. At the beginning of the experiment, all owners reported they were experiencing serious losses from stomach worms. While the experiment was In progress no change was made from the former usual practice of grazing. wW£h consists in the use of permanent pasture throughout the year, except in the fall, when the flocks are allowed to run In fields and meadows from which the crops have been removed. "During the last year no sheep or lambs under treatment were seriously affected by the stomach-worm disease. Treatment Does Good. The second generation of sheep which have developed under the copper- sulphate treatment are larger than their dams, have grown better wool, and have sold without culls. Buyers of feeder lambs from the dosed flocks have recognized their outstanding condition and paid top prices for them. These favorable results were observed among more than 2,000 sheep. Full directions for using the treatment. which is comparatively simple, may be obtained on application to the bureau of animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Sure Relief 6 Bell-an$ Hot waters Sure Relief ELL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION 25$ and 75<t Pktfs.Sold Everywhere IWDfGESTK* SKIN BLEMISHES pimples, blackheads, etc, cleared away easily and at little coat b| Resinol GALLSTONES nildiM IBs Chronic Indl&ooflori. Oaa on Stomach, Distress in pit L>i Stomach. Heartburn, Sour Stomach. Biliousness, Dix*y Spella, Sick Headaches. Pain or Heaviness In Right Skle, Constipation. Colic, Vomitias, Stomach Trouble in any Form. 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In 1300 it purchased immunity from' destruction at the hands of the Tatar conqueror, Tamerlane, of whom wa. read : "Tamerlane, on this occasion, captured all the. famous armorers of Damascus and carried thein . to Samarkand and Khorasan, where they introduced the art of manufacturing Damascus blades.• Today this art still.exists in these cities of Turkestan, while at Damascus it has completely disappeared. "Damascus fell into the hands of the Ottoman Turks In 1516 when Sultan Sellm conquered Syria.- It remained part of tjie Ottoman empire until the British conquest of Palestine and Syria In 1918. *In 1S60 Damascus was the scene of a terrible ftiussacre of the Christians. More than 6,000 were killed by the Moslems, whose minds had been greatly excited by the Indian mutiny. -A French army corps of 10,000 men finally brought calm to the city and tfile surrounding country after the Turks had failed to re-establish order. Today the French claim to the mandate of Syria Is largely based on France's traditional position as protector of Christian "minorities. "Then comes the last chapter. At Damascus the Arabs proclaimed Emir Feisel king of Syria in February, 1920. To this the French objected, end In August of the same year they occupied the city, driving Feisel out. However, Damascus, even under the French, has remained the center of Arab self-termination. If the dream of a great Arabian state. Including all the Arab lands from tjie Persian gulf to the Mediterranean and from during the ages. The Jews as nearly resemble those of the time of Paul as can be imagined. Scarcely any other people In the world has adhered so tenaciously to the very letter of the religious code. Strolling, you find It difficult to make your way among the venders of lemonade or sweetened water shouting 'Iterrid ala kalbalk!' (refresh thjf heart), and the sellers of1 other refreshments cry-' Ing: 'Take care of your teeth!' 'Food for the swallows!' and 'Allah is.the nourisher, buy my bread!' "You come to the silk bazaar, which is especially Interesting because of the fact that it contains more of the produce of native industry than may be found in any of the other bazaars. Here are shawls and mashluks or kimonos, or brilliantly colored silk cloth, woven with elaborate designs in silver and gold.- Farther along Is the cotton bazaar, dedicated to mattress makers and wool carders. Then comes the spice market, •where drugs arid spices are displayed In Inter-' minable rows of boxes and glasses. "As one walks through these bazaars, which but a "short time ago were prosperous and In full activity--It Is Impossible to drive--one Is depressed by the spectacle of destruction and ruin, and this feeling Is accentuated by glimpses of even greater damage done up the little side-alleys leading off them. The Saghur quarters are also badly damaged, while the Suk-el-Kharratln (Turners' Market), which runs across the south end of the street called Straight, has also suffered severely, house upon house and shop after shop having the appearance of being in process of demolition. But the holes Are unmistakably made by shell, and smoke curling between the rafters and firemen working on the roofs tell the true tale." Order of Birth Has Small Effect Whether you are a first child or a fifteenth does not affect your chances of greatness, according to Dr. W ilhelinina £ Key, who recently reported to the Eugenics Research association the results of her statistical studies of eminent persons. Doctor Key wanted to learn If there was any scientific basis for tHe popular notion that the eldest child has the best chance of obtaining prominence. Shj studied the family records of many famous Americans, from Alexander Hamilton to Augustus Saint Gaudens and Mark Twain, and her conclusions were that the order of birth In a family has nothing to do with their achieving fame. James Fenimore Cooper was the eleventh of twelve children. General Sherman came In the middle of a large family. Doctor Key's studies seemed to Indicate that the regular law of averages was at work%?hen It came to position In family and In world affairs --Hygeia Magazine. Historic tnglish Town Avalon is the poetic name of Glastonbury, a town In the county of^ Somerset In England. It occupies a peninsula, known in ancient days as the island of Avalon or Apples, and is the burial place of King Arthur, whose remains were found there many centuries ago. Avalon contains the ruins of a superb abbey, founded in (*>05; this occupies the site of a British church, which Is said to have owed Its origin to Joseph of Arimathea, whose miraculous thorn blossomed there early on Christmas dav. The Get Rid of Roundworms for Success With Pigs Success In raising pigs will depend to a great extent upon proper housing and freedom from parasites, especially roundworms, says W. C. Skelley, assistant animal husbandman at the New Jersey State College of AgrlcuU ture. The roundworms can be controlled by the following treatment. Withhold all feed for about 18 to 24 hours and for 50 pounds of live weight give a capsule containing 2 grains santonin, 2 grains calomel, and 5 grains sodium bicarbonate. In about 12 hours after giving tills capsule feed a light slop containing a-tablespoonful of epsom salts, well dissolved, for • each 50 pounds of live weight. Repeat this treatment In about 14 daysi The housing need not be expensive, but should be kept clean aAd warm. Small portable colony houses that are tight and dry nnd provided with plenty of clean, dry beddhig make very satisfactory quarters. Under these conditions, with plenty of good feed, fall pigs will make good gains and he ready to go on the market in the early spring. Corn Good Animal Fuel During Severe Weather tQorn is cheap, about a cent a pound One can get tine-burning soft coal fo; less than a half-cent a pound. Animals are going to keep up their body heat during cold weather. They can do this with corn at a cent a pound if the owner can do some of it for them with coal at half the corn price. If the chill Is not taken off of the cow's drinking water with coal or wood, she will warm It to 98 degrees with corn. If the pigs are forced to drink water or milk in which there is some ice, they are going to melt th< Ice with corn at a cent a pound. If the chickens have a warm mash at noon. Just that much corn Is saved. Eggs come faster. All the way around, jtradlng coal for corn on a fuel basis is good business. pruned until they reach bearing age, only moderate pruning of small branches Is required to keep the tree properly thinned. Sunlight will then be admitted to the central portion of the tree. • ' In the pruning of young trees keep the head low. Also avoid having two branches leave the trunk at the same point. Four or live main branches should be saved, and as far as possible so selected that they will be evenly distributed around the tree as well as up and down the main trunk. In all your pruning work use sharp, efficient pruning tools. Make all cuts clean and close and wax or paint all wounds that are over an inch in diameter. Does Not Pay to QHnd Alfalfa Hay for Cows Experiments conducted by the dairy husbandry section of the Iowa agricultural experiment station indicate that It doesn't pay to grind alfalfa hay when It Is to beefed to dairy cows. At least it wasn't/profitable in these preliminary tqsts. Eight cows were used In the experiment. The use of ground alfalfa did not Increase the yield ofyeither milk or butterfat In these test^ and. In addition, there was a greater amount of ground hay refused by the cows than of the unground hay. It cost $3.50 per ton to grind the alfalfa and there seems little likelihood that this figure could be reduced on the average farm, those in charge of the test say. The grinding cost, they state, represents from 20 to 25 per cent of the market value of the hay on the farm in the average year. Increase KuMiten* by using personal letter* bulletins. Made to attract attention. Mlmfeo* graphed with hand-drawn illustrations. Sam* pies sent. Least cost. Box 72, Petersburg, 111. 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Trees which have not been pruned regularly and have grown too bushy and dense should receive a rather heavy thinning of medium-sized branches in the outer portions of the Calves Will Eat Silage Every silo user knows that calves three or four months old ^rlll eat and relish silage; in fact, all livfe stock will consume silage as they would grass. Rapid and vigorous growth la not only desired, but Is the most profitable In the rearing of domestic animals; and it is extremely Important that the young calves be kept in a growing condition from birth. This necessitates,.the feeding of a,succulent ration. Provide Fresh Air Colds and roup in the poultry flock are usually brought about by faulty ventilation. Three sides of the poultry house should be tight witll a liberal ' opening in the front for fresh air. This should be covered with a muslin curtain only when it is stormy or on extremely cold nights. Frost or moisture on the celling or side walls and foul air in the poultry house are positive Indications of poor ventilation. How Deep to Plow Deep plowing is not necessarily In Itself good farm practice. Plow soil only so deep as you can fill It with humus Is a good rule. To plow It deeper may be injurious to the soil itself, and he of no benefit to the crops planted in It, besides causing an actual monetary loss to the farmer who does It. Good plowing, therefore, does not mean deep plowing. shrine of St Dustan, located there, used to attract thousands of pilgrims ' tree. If possible, avoid removing jhjrge during the Middle ages. ,j£ansag City' Star./ "rfo Fool Like Old Fool" Old fools are more foolish than young ones.--Rochefoucauld. limbs because this leaves the tree thin In places and too dense elsewhere. All dead, diseased, broken. Injured, crossing and rubbing limbs should be removed a$ far as possible. When young trees have been properly RPM lACTSfe Corn, kaflr. sudan, and cane seed should be tested for germination. • • • The old saying that a bushel lot corn before a cow freshens is worth two bushels after freshening Is true. • • • Milk Is about 90 per cent water. The body weight of a cow is over SO per cent water. To give a maximum of milk, cows must drink plenty of water. • • • Getting in crops is only the first lap In the race. It is the man that keeps tickling the corn and the potatoes and the garden sass with tlic hoe that comes out ahead. Loosen Up That Cold With Musterole Have Musterole handy when a cold starts. It has all of the advantages of grandmother's mustard plaster WITHOUT the blister. Apply it with the finpers. You feel a warm tingle as the healing ointment penetrates the paces, then a soothing, cooling sensation and quick relief. Made of pure oil of mustard and other simple ingredients, Musterole is recommended by many nurses and doctors. 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