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MAY 22, 1930 NO. 15 tomiimenMMfcMasttsa jLaw Does Not Say \Two in Front —The population of Massena has almost doubled in the past ten years, it now being 10,633. —The Cortland county board < supervisors recently purchased $28 20CV worth of new road making equi; mrrft. •Tho 37th annnaal convention i tin Central New York \Volunteer Fir> men's Ansociation will be held : Skaneafcole.s,, July 30-31. —The .summer meeting of the Nr i^ess~'Ass\SDiwfcio|)r J !S?iri- -bs -fee!\ \at'Xake George, on Friday and Sr urday, July 18 and 10. • —On the GoUverneur Dairy Boa last Saturday cheese sold at 17 cent On the same date a year ago t! price was 20% cents. . —>Seventy-fiv,e thousand trees, p ceived from the Lowville nursery were recently planted in the easter section of Oswego county. —The annual village pudget for th village of Potsdam, adopted ,by th board of trustees, amounts to $73 326.80. This is- a n increase of aboi $14,000 over 1929. —The establishment of a fish oul tural station in New York in 1931 •\ assured through the enactment by t) senate and the house of ^a bill provi'.' ing a free year, construction and mati tenance program for the bureau of fisheries. . , —iLaw Brothers construction con pany, of Herkimer, was-, the low Mr' der for the reconstruction of the Po 1 - Leyden-Lowville road for a distanr- of G.88 miles, when bids were openr at state headquarters at Albany. T 1 Herkimer firm bid $336,299;70. —The hamlet of Lowell, Oncid county, was visited by a- fire xecentl. which destroyed the M-etljodist Epi:-c pal church, a two room schoolhous recently built, a general store and th home of James Thomas. Fireme: from Vernon, Oneida arid Rome wer- at the scene. .; —Lieutenants-Governor Lehman ; ha: ordered the state fore'st preserv closed in order to aid rangers an:' fire wardens in the prevention and control of fire. The forests are ex tremely dry from laok of rainfall anc! several fires in the Adirondacks ari believed to have been caused by care lessness of huntexs and fishermen; The state forests were closed by Gov ernor Smith during a similar dry period in 1924. —The mapel sugar season in New York was one of the best in several years in contrast t o the very .poor sea- son of 1929. Quality was exceptional- ly good. The state-federal estimate issued from the New York State De- partment of Agriculture and Markets indicates that 3,720,000 trees were tapped, and that 1,123,000 gallons of syrup were made, i n comparison with 615,000 gallons in 1929; 718,000 gal- lons in 1928; 1,003,000 gallons in 1927, and 1,128,000 gallons in 1926. According to a statement made by Senator Perley A. Pitcher, of \Water town, there is nothing in the state law' that specifically provides tha more than two persons shall not r\! on the front seat of a car. The la\ as amended this year, does provid that there shall not be such a nuiribo • of persons on the front seat as \ obstruct the view of the operator the front or sides - of his machine '. .interfere with his operation of it. ''Section 'TfPof the Vehicle and Traffic Law provided that no -person should operate any vehicle so con structed or closed as to prevent thy driver from having a clear view ahead and at the sides of such ve hides,\ said Senator Pitcher. \This section was amended 'by Chapter 756, Laws of 1930, in effect since April 24, 1930, by striking out the matter contained in the old sec tion and enacting a new section 15 which provides that it shall be unlaw- ful for the operator of any vehicle to drive the same when it is so .con- structed or loaded or when there is in the front seat of the vehicle such number of persons as to obstruct the view of the operator to the front or sides or to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.\ Homespun Yarn. To keep the natural bright color of the fruit in preserves, rapid cooking is necessary. Milk and fruit drinks in hot weather are not only refreshing but contain valuable food materials. If the color of a garment is likely to run, wash and rinse it rapidly in cool water and dry it quickly. Children need as much sleep in summer as in winter. Sleeping hours and naptimes should not be shortened by long hours of daylight. Light, airy clothes closets equipped with hangers for dresses and coats and racks for shoes and hats lengthen the life of clothes and save time and expense in caring for them. Avoid overloading the washing ma- chine. If the clothes can move about freely during washing, the cleansing action is more effective and there is less strain on the machine. Freshly - picked greens may be canned now for meals next winter. Shrink them first; then can either by using a steam pressure cooker or by adding acid and cooking in the cans in a hot water bath. The Lumber Production Only six states have been leaders in the production of lumber since 1839, the year records on this industry were first started by the United States Bureau of Census. Statistics shov that New York state from 1839 tc 1849 led all other states in lumbe- production. Iii 1859 Peimsylvani: was ahead and from 1SG9 until l':£- : Michigan .produced more lumlber thai her sister states but in 1S89 her nex: door neighbor. Wisconsin -caaie int. the lead and maintained her posit'.'/ until- 1905. Between 1905 and 19J: the banner state jumped to th Pacific coast when we find Washing- ton ranking first. In 1914 the dlt tinction was carried back across th Rocky Mountains. Louisiana in that year was the largest producer and: then in 1915 Washington again as- sumed leadership and has maintained the position since that date; It is predicted that eventually the pen- dulum will swing back t o some of the southern states where the honor may remain for a long time. When these states were in the van of lumlber production they were not always producing the largest amount of timber in their history. New York reached its peak yield in 1869 but ranked first among lumlber producing states in 1840. Pennsylvania was at the head of the procession in 1859, but was producing more lumber in 1896 than any other time-in her his- tory when she ranked fourth. On the other hand Michigan, Wisconsin and Washington led all other states at a ;time when they were producing their largest volume of lumber. North Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are thc- only states that are practically non- productive but Utah, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Iowa rank very low in lumber resources.—New York State- College of Forestry, Syracuse Uni- versity. Jewish Atonement Day \Tom\ is Hebrew for \day\ nm! Tom Klppur means day of atonement It Is the tenth day of October and Is observed by the Jews by'fasting and continuous prayer for 24 hours. The Last Word Claire and u little friend had gone to the matinee at the picture show, and they stayed so long that Claire's mother was impelled to ask the rea- son. -'Well.\ said her daughter In all seriousness, \you see, we stayed for the no-velty!\ Hoe Handle Homilies. By Bob Adams WINTER ONIONS. Top onions need but little care And, started once, they're always there. Top onions, also called Egyptian or tree onions, are a fairly common home garden crop. Ef you do not have them, one way to get started is to. get some neighbor to divide a few clumps. Set out at this season, they should make top sets this fall. If you have no accommodating neigh- bor, you can get the top sets from your seedman in the fall. This vege- table should be in the garden of every onion-eating family. Besides their use as young raw green onions', they may be stewed, tops and all, in spring, and for flavoring they are al- ways available. Our Next Problem It Is estimated that the lack of effi- cient and economical distribution costs the country not less than seven or eight billion dollars a yeaj.—American Magazine. . Growth of Jewish Society The Jewish jV-ricultural society was founded in 1!)\'(). At that time there were about 1.000 Jews on farms. The number has grown to more than 80.000 and the area under Jewish operation approximates 1.000,000 acres. Q[ The Gas Stream ]D The rural homemaker who is plan- ndpgto make her spare rooms pay by entertaining' automobile tourists this summer will do well to use these spring days to put the last-minute touches on her house before the heavy highway travel begins. Success in the business of running- a tourist home often depends on de- tails and these are well worth con- sidering early. When the overnight guest is taken to his room he should find it cool, clean and comfortable. Windows on different walls are im- portant to allow for cross ventilation. Full-sized screens allow windows to be opened top and bottom when nec- essary for comfort and ventilation, yet give protection against flies. No guest is satisfied who finds a musty and stuffy bedroom where the window can be opened only a few inches. Aiwnings and window shades are also helpful in keeping out the heat and glare from the hot summer sun. Bedrooms that look and are spot- i lessly clean and restful are paying investments, long remembered by guests. In choosing the furniture, rugs, curtains, bedspreads and the finish of walls and floors, it is well I to. consider not only appearance and expense, but ease i n cleaning as well. The bed, generally the most im- portant piece of furniture in the room from the tourist's point of view, should be, above everything else, im- maculate and comfortable. The chief thing which the tourist home sells is rest. This is what guests pay for and they can not get it on a corn husk mattress or one that saigs in the middle and is full of humps. If you invest in good springs, mattresses, and bedding and give them the best of care, they will be found, most economical in the long run. (©, 1030, Western Newspaper Union.) It is not -growing like a tree In \bulk doth make man better be: Or standing long; an oak, three hundred year To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die at night— It was the plant and flower of light; In small proportions we just beau- ties see And -In short measures life may perfect be. —Ben Jonson. National Forests Sixty per cent of the 138,000,000 acres (exclusive of Alaska) In the 150 national forests In the United States Is usable for pasturing doniestic stock, raised on the farms and ranches In the national forest states. Forest Fire Fatal to Fish After ii forest fire Is over and the embers hiive cooled, rains wash tons of the alkali »slu>s into the streams and lakes. This- fundamental change In the water content kills thousands of fish. Eisteddfod Is Aged The age of the famous Walsh Eis- teddfod no one. knows. Oertuiuly It Is older tlmn the throne of Great Britain. It is more than. 700 years since the Welsh people, first hi-ld » competition, in their own .Iniuin- ai>. Plurality Exceptions With the exception of the follow- ing words, nouns ending in an \f\ sound form the plural In the regular way: Leaf, loaf, half, self, life, sheaf, wolf, beef, knife, wife, shelf, elf, wharf. I Oh, of Course 1 Life, gurgles a scientist, is a hetero- geneous collection of Irreconcilable phenomena. Just the tip that the world has breathlessly been waiting for I—Cincinnati Enquirer. His Age Catches Him \The other day,\ remarked a com- paratively young man who was be- ginning to lose the hair on the crown of his head, \I had the shock of my life. While doing some work In the basement I accidentally bumped into a low hanging pipe. I got such a bump that I feared I had broken the skin and I went upstairs to find out. I took a hand mirror and by manipu- lating It In conjunction with one in a dresser I finally was able to see the top of my head. I gazed In wonder and it took some time for me to real- ize that that nearly bald pate be- longed to me. I couldn't, and don't realize that I had lost so much hair. As I look at myself ordinarily, that hair-shy expanse doesn't appear to me, nor does it suggest Itself when I brash my hair. I feel like a rapidly aging man. I wish I hadn't seen It.\ Divers' Perils Overcome The greatest peril of the deep sea diver Is that of his connections be-, coming entangled whereupon the diver Is helpless either to get him- self aloft or to signal for help. This danger is entirely overcome by the use of a divin;c apparatus which has been tested In E'-.thmrl with entire success. Tt dispenses with HIP hel- met and other impediments of the usual diving garb. The operator has a tank secured to his belt from which a supply of oxygen is villained and a device for absorbing i' • '-:ir- honlc acid gas of the exhaled nir and thus the necessity of pumped air to him is disposed of. Women as Chattels Behind the question: \Who glveth this woman to be married to tills man?\ was the one-time accepted be- lief that a woman was a \chattel like furniture. •asm ARE YOU SURE ? Arc you certain that your valuable papers and jewelry are safe from FIRE THIEVES CARELESSNESS ? The utmost safety yet devised is yours if you UBe a SAFE DEPOSIT BOX. You can rent one at this Bank for a little money. • , The Jefferson County National Bank Watertown, N. Y. DANIEL B. SCHUYLER, Prresidcnt CHARLES A. DONHAM, Cashier Paperweights The very first mllleflore paper- Weights were manufactured in Venice, but later they were made In other for- eign countries and In the United States. Old Theory Abandoned The bureau of American ethnology says that the Atlantis theory of tho development of the Mayan civllizatlbn is no longer accepted by Mayan schol- ars. Moliere's Depth P-ar—sf'c Moliere's last iilfy wns \Le Malnrle Imaglnaire\ ami tho story of that play Is the history of his death. While critically i'l he wrote this, one of ills hest comedies, around the Usurp of a man who was sick only in im.-iirimi- tlon. When it was produced he pbivod the part of the man with the felrned illness. The nic'.it of Its fnrrtli pro- duction found Moliere much wcrre. He refused to disappoint his audience and went on. During the performance a convulsion seized him which he cov- ered with a laugh. At the end of the evening he died. Just a Suggestion Scientists who are looking for some material to make rubber more elastic might try mixing in the average hu- man conscience.—Arkansas Gazette. Don't Get Behind Truck Lima Beane says the straight and narrow road Is all right, provided you don't have the hard luck to get be- hind a truck.—Toledo Blade. IE3M No Bargain \The trouble with you, baby,\ com- plained the young husband, \Is that you want to go buy-buy too often.\— Pathfinder Magazine. Cradle for Baby Oysters Paper cradles are being employed with success In the artificial culture of oysters. The cradles are card- board lattices, like those used in parti- tion egg crates. In which the baby oysters are kept. The system has been found to develop even-sized oysters, while eliminating the loss due to crowding and producing greater quantities of seed oysters from a given area than by the ordinary meth- od of shell-planting.—Popular Me- chanics Magazine. ATTRACTIVE FOODS No one cares to feast the eye at the expense of taste, yet \good digestion waits on the ap- petite\ which has been stirred by a p p e 11 zingly ap- pealing foods. Thus we serve little garnishes of slices of lemon dipped into parsley, small molds of jelly, dainty fritters, pipings of cream and mayonnaise, sprigs of fresh green, and', we know that the extra time anil trovje.le is well worth the pleasure if affords, & fair trial of bio art of garnish Ing will prove that the relish of a disii properly and tastefully served is much enhanced. One must be consistent in the use of garnishings. Taste will have much to do with the result. Flowers ex cept nasturtiums are used only with sweet dishes. Ribbons are used by some artists in decorating foods, but the only really appropriate food that a-ribbon seems to fit is the wedding cake, when tied up in a box. A stew or dish of creamed vege •table or fish, if heaped daintily on a hot platter, surrounded with a ring oi delicately browned potato, shoe strings or chips, will awaken the desire to -partake much more than If It is dished up any old way. The esthetic side of serving food should be in the mother's mind. It will be easier to teach proper table manners and the children will more quickly learn to eat foods good for them If they are nicely seasoned, gar- nished and served. One must avoid extremes, as It Is not necessary for ordinary occasions to dress up a dish elaborate enough for an exhibition, neither should It call forth the remark, \It tastes better than It looks.\ Deep Electric Furnace What is claimed to be the deepest electric furnace in the world is In op- eration in a South African mine. This furnace, which is worked at a depth of 6,300 feet, was installed for the heating of carbon drill steel. Fairs Are Selected The State Department of Agricul- ture and Markets has issued a folder containing the dates of all the county fairs in the state. The county fairs in the North Country will be held as follows: •Franklin county fair, Malone, Au- gust 18-22, with night show. Essex: county fair, Westport, Au- gust 19-21. Jefferson county fair, Wafcerto m, September 1-5, with;, night show. Lewis county fail;, Lowville, August 26-29. St. Ilawrence, county fair, Canton, August 26-29, with night show. iGouverneur fair, Gouverrieur, Au- gust 19-22. The list gives the Clinton county fair at Plattshurg as undecided. A movement was started in Platt-iburg- recently to reinstate the annual f. r there, but the plan has not yet had definite results. There was no fair held in Plattsburg last year. The Adirondack fair at Saranac Lake does not appear in the depart- ment list, but the fair association is making plans for a fine exhibition late this summer, and full announce- ment of program will be made later. The Saranac dates are the last three days of July. It will be noted that there is a de- cision this year among all of the North Country fairs for earlier dates than prevailed a few years ago. The Jefferson county fair is the only one with dates in September. The Frank- lin county fair, for the first time in its long history selected August dates as applying to the 1930 axhibition en' the grounds at Malone. The New York state fair at Syra- cuse has the dates of September 1 (5 with night show. THE FARM By Floyd M. Callward, Department of Forestry, St. Lawrence University, —o^ A FEW EASY RULES TO * OBSERVE. —0— It is not difficult for anyone to be careful with fire while in wooded, azeas. Here are simple rules which if observed will go far toward re- ducing- the appalling number of man caused forest fires reported every year. 1. Matches—Be sure your match i? out. Break it in two before you throw it away. 2. Tobacco—Be sure that pipe ash- es and cigar or cigarette stubs are dead before throwing them away. Never throw them away into brush, leaves or needles. 3. Making camp—Before building- a fire scrape away all infiamimalble material from a spot 5 feet in diameter. Dig a hole in the. center and in i t build your camjp fire. Keep your fire small. Never build it against a tree or logs, or near brush. 4. Breaking camp—Never break camp until your fire is out—dead out. 5. Brush burning—Never burn the slash or brush in windy weather or while there is the slightest danger that the fire will get away. 6. How to put out' a camp fire— - Stir the coals while soaking them with water. Turn small sticks and drench both sides. Wet the ground around the fire. If you can't get water stir in dirt and tread it down until packed tight over and around the fire. Be sure the last spark is dead. Agrigraphs. Ninety per cent of the entries in the two western New York egg lay- ing contests are from New York state. The shallow furrow method of po- tato planting followed by cultivation with a weeder cuts costs and increases yields. Uncle Alb says until colleges are crowded out by correspondence schools he will keep his faith in human con- tacts and relationships. When the daughters of a bull come into production, that bull will soon he proved to be either a valuable breeding animal or just so much soup meat. One ounce of corrosive sublimate dissolved in ten gallons of water con- trols cabbage maggots in the seed bed, the same treatment keeps the maggots out of radishes. Beginning at 12 o'clock noon WEAI the Cornell station presents the agri- cultural hour daily except Sunday, the home economics program Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday at 1:15; the university hour daily at 5:00 ex- cept Saturday and Sunday. The bulletin, Protecting Orchard Crops from Diseases and Insects, tells of the known controls of the diseases and insects that attack the apple, peach, pear, cherry and quince trees in New York state. A card to the mailing room, Roberts hall, New York State College of Agriculture, asking for bulletin P 498 will bring your copy. It is free. THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. —o— The head of a large department store, passing through the packing room, observed a boy lounging against a case of goods and whistling cheer- iiy- The chief stopped and looked at him. \How much do you get a week?\ he demanded. \\Five dollars.\ \Then here's a week's money; nov. clear out.\ The boy pocketed the money am\ deipaxted. \When did you hire that boy? 1 ' the chief inquired of the departmental manager. \Never was the reply. \He har just brought a note from another firm.\ % Flowers in Japan The arrangement of flowers has a special significance in Japan. Flower masters teach flower arranging, and a course is included in the curriculum of nearly all girls' schools In Japan. Gossip Must Be Silenced \Before Fame's report can be heard,'' said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, \the tcngue of gossip must grow si- lent through weariness.\—Washington Star. Advertising Essential Without suflicient and satisfactory advertising, manufacturers and pro- e''.:-oi-3 cannot possibly make any head- way in new markets.—Lord Iilddell. Uncle Eben \When a man makes a heap o' fuss 'bout what he's doln',\ said Uncle Eben, \he's liable to 'tract attention to a heap dat he ought to be doln', but ain't.\—Washington Star. Transparent Cheats Cheats easily believe others as bad as themselves; there Is no deceiving them, nor do they long deceive.—La Bruyere. Thumb Rings Rings are seldom worn on the thumb today, but during Fifteenth ami Sixteenth centuries the thumb was the popular ring finger. Cause of Idiocy Cretinism is a kind if idiocy which scientists have found to be due to the Inactivity of the thyroid gland. Little in Serving Public Be who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks htm for it.—Ooethe. Men Primarily Responsible In condemning the vanity of women, men complain of the fire they them- selves have kindled,—Llngree. Progression In 1790, at a reception given In hon- or of CJeorge Washington, it too's 2,000 candles to t'lutninnte the hall, cost- ing about $10 an hour. Today, elec- tricity, giving the same degree of il- lumination, would cost only about twenty-five cents an hour. Tree Sanctuary There are 2,000 magnolia fives and 1,500 dogwood trees in Mountain Lake sancutary. More than a million trees, shrubs and flowers have transformed this waste of sand into one of the loveliest spots in the wo»ld. Cause and Effect Si-ionlists declare that many anl- nuils laugh. Well, why shouldn't they? They don't have any easy payments to meet.—Macon Telegraph. Orators'Must Bow to Sentiment for Brevity A shorthand expert says Chat Amer- icans talk much faster than they did twenty years ago. Is the old poise and dignified deliberation weakening? Or is It the case, that If you don't talk fast, you don't get listened to? Do people regard it as an Impositlop that you should think you are entitled to all the time you like to make your utterance? Other people want to tell their stories, too. It Is irking to a long-winded though pithy person to have to whisk Into the conversation and whisk out again. He wants time for his weighty ob- servations to \sink In.\ Whereas, If lie takes up too much time, some of his' auditors on the outer fringes are sure to slink out. The learned and verbose are at a. disadvantage. The world has .only so much time to spare and few are al- lowed to claim more than their share. Make It brief, is the universal senti- ment. This being true, those who have something to say would better bide their time and keep their powder dry. \Don't fire till you see the Whites of their eyes,\ and use your best bombshells.—F. H. Collier In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. County News. —Fifteen new cottages have been erected at Pinehurst Camp, near Alexandria Bay. —W. Gilbert Freeman has leased the Thousand Island House, Alexan- dria Bay, for the season and will open the same on June 11. —Jacob F. Amos has been re- elected president of the board of directors of the Watertown Y. M. C. Ai for the third successive year. —The examination for free scholar- ships at Cornell University, Ithaca, will be held at the High school in Watertown, on June 7, at 9:00 a. m. —One hundred thousand wall eyed pike fry were recently placed in the lakes i n the vicjnity of Carthage. .The fish came from the state hatchery at Ogdensburg. —A. special election will be held at Dexter on Monday of next week to vpte on a proposition to purchase a. triple combination motor putonper, at a cost not t o exceed $5,000. -^County Clerk Fred H. Moore, of Watertown, has been elected chair- man of the Republican county com- mittee to succeed Attorney Henry J. Kimball, who recently resigned. —Dr. John A. Barnett has been ap- pointed as chief of the medical staff • of the House of the Good Samaritan, ' Watertown, to succeed Dr. Frederick B, Smith, who died a short time ago. —The town of Lyme including the village of Chauimont shows a loss of 67 residents in the past ten years, ac- cording to recent census returns. Lyme, including Chaumont, now has 1,575 residents as compared with 1,- 642 in 1920. The town, separate from the village of Chaumont, has 989 re- siding on 157 farms which were enumerated in that area. —The village of Dexter shows a loss in population of 144 in the past ten years, according to comtplete census returns announced by W. W. Spencer, of Oswego, director of the 15th census for this district. The figures give Dexter a population of 1,020 at the present time as compared with 1,164 on January 1, 1920. There were three farms enumerated in the area. —^Announcement Has \been made that the annual picnic of trie Jeffer- son County Farm Bureau will he held at Jefferson Park on Wednesday, June 25. Horseshoe pitching con- tests will be held and the winners of the contests will represent Jefferson county at the state fair in the fall. Bjdl games and other sports will be enjoyed. A band will be in attendance and there will be dancing. Mrs. A. T. Foster, of Watertown, and Miss •BJanche Lasher, Rutland Center, are the picnic committee. Summing It Uri Keep your face always turned to- ward the sunshine and the shad- ows will fall behind you. Bo =r Leaders Honored I'ietcnriai-ilKhurg, South Africa, received its name from the two Boer leriiers v.l.o founded It—Pieter Itetlef ami coei't r:.n-:iK. Revl'ea /vji_,ie Fie that conrtK mill runs away may live tn court another day. But he who I'ciurls and dn.'S not wed may find himself In court inr-tpnd.—Exchange. World-Famous \Alley\ Wall street, New York city, is about 30 feet wide and one-half mile long. Manganese in Steel Making The steel industry takes approxi- mately 95 per cent of all the man- ganese consumed in this country. The percentage of the metal which goes into the steel varies from around 1 per cent to as high as-12 per cent In steels In which particular hardness is desired. Manganese has long been used in removing oxygen from molten steel, but It is only of late years that its value as a hardening agent has been realized. Enameling Lon^ Practiced Enameling is one of the ancient arts, the earlv Egyptians and Assyrians us- ing enameled bricks of great luster for the walls of their palaces. Cavern Wonders She Carlsbad caverns are in New Mexico and are said to contain some of the most spectacular of under- ground wonders in America. Witty Definition The definition of a university aa Mark Hopkins at one end of n In? mill >i student at the other Is iittHbut- i'ii V> .lames Oarfli-ld. Qualities of Asbestos Known to Charlemagne The Emperor Charlemagne is said to have possessed a cloth of asbestoB with which he often astonished his guests. After having partaken of -ft meal and imbibed freely of wine, HIS banqueting friends would be dulled to the proper degree of credulity. Then the emperor would grasp it cor- ner of the tablecloth and sweep It from the rough-hewn table , Into the Are. Startled, the guests would gather around and in amuxemont watch the flames vainly lick about the coverlet. Then the emperor would thrust In hip hand and pull the cloth clear of the blazing coals, which Imd bleached it to whiteness, and return It to th* table. A miracle, every one would ex t claim, and It Is said that even Char- lemagne himself \v o n d a r e d.—New York Times. \Sammies\ Various stories are told as to why (he American soldiers In France wer* called Sammy. One of the most plaus- ible Is that when the United State* troops embarked in France the French children called, \Ce sont les amis 1 Co <ont les amis I\ To the unaccustomed ears of the marching Americans It sounded as though the children were calling out \Sammy! Sammy I\ and they took It to mean themselves. - Of Mixed Blood Portuguese are a mixed race, origi- nally Iberian, with Inter Celtic admix- ture. Gallcian blood predominates in the north. Jewish and Arabic In ths center, and African In the south. The presence of negro blood In part of th* population Is due largely to the set- tlement of African and Brazilian SlaYOS In the country. Cider Helped Out During the month of November, 1929, the public fountains of the town of Sama de Langreo, Spain, were con- taminated with typhoid germs, and In- stead of water the 6,000 citizens drani apple elder. The total consumption oi elder for that period was 200,00« liters. Old-Time Party Emblems Research does not reveal the con- tinued use of the same emblems by the Federalist and Whig political par- ties. The black cockade worn on the hat was an emblem adopted by the Federalists during the troubles with France in 1798. Black Cocade Feder- alist was a term of reproach applied to members of the party during the days of its decline. The Whigs were sometimes called Snuff-Takers. Other names used particularly In Illustra- tions were Cotton Whigs and Free- Soil party, This later term was also applied to the later Democrats and Liberty party. In the Whigsf famous \Hoopla\ campaign In 1840 there were torchlight processions carrying a miniature log cnbln, a barrel of hard cider near the door with a pet rac- coon chained to the roof,—Washing- ton Star. Perfection to Come We rest in faith that man's per- fection Is the crowning flower, to- ward which the urgent sap in life's great tree Is pressing—seen lh puny blossoms nowi but In the world's great morrow to expand.—George HUot. Or Leave the City A prominent manufacturer of eoap, shaving cream, perfume, tells this one: \We once announced a contest lor the best slogan advertising our prod- uct Some chap submitted the fol- lowing: 'If you don't use our soap, for heaven's sake use our perfume 1'\ —Arcanum Bulletin. Object of Pity One of the toughest jobs In the world must be that of a beauty doc- tor. He must have some .cases offered to him about as hard as making a po- tato opt of a tomato.—Greenfield Re- publican. Italian Art Masterpiece Ten stories from the Old Testament are Illustrated on the famous bronze doors mado by Ghiberti for the Bap- tistery at Florence, Italy, regarded as among the world's masterpieces. \Forcing\ Spring- Flowers Chemists have shown that lilacs and other spring flowers can be made to blossom at Christmas by exposing them to the vapor of ethylene dl- chlorld\ or ethylene chlorhydrln. i
