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SUCH IS LIFE? Modest! . ?' 1 "vil ? ? , , By Charles Sughroe Italy's Volcanoes Are / Always Threat Stromboli Again Gives Is landers a Bad Scare. Roracf. ? Stromboli,'5 the , constantly active volcrfnoon n small island lj? the Mediterranean at tlie toe of Italy, burst Into more thnn usual activity a few days ago causing (ear among the residents of the Island anil the nearby mainland. The activity quickly sub sided to normal, relieving the terrors of the Inhabitants who know that Italy's volcanoes have a record for be ing bad actors when aroused. Vesu vius, in 79 It. C., burled I'ompell and two other cities, and after more than l,f?00 years relative Inactivity .burst forth wlih ' tremendous Violence In 1631 and wiped out 18, ()00 people. The conditions which exist In the neighborhood of those well-known Vol canoes are duplicated In hundreds of places throughout the world where volcanoes are located In areas so highly developed and densely popu lated. KTSt All Volcanoes Have Cones There are probably several thousand active, or semi-active, volcanoes on the earth, hut only about 400 are known and recorded. To the average person a volcano Is a cone-shaped montaln out of the p?mk of which is sue fire, steam, hot gases and-. molten rock. To the scientists who specialise . in the study of volcanology this Is but one of the many phases of volcanic activity. To them the cone-shaped mountain is common only to certain types of volcanoes. The cone Is some thing that Is built up by the volcano, Navy's New Coach Lieut. Thomas J. Hamilton, the new hepd foothnll conch of the United Btntea Nnvnl ncndemy at Annapolla, who already In busy training his ?quads. and some volcanoes do not build cones. Mnnna Loa. tn Hawaii, covered a vast plain with Its flow before build ing its present crater. The Italian vol canoes also have cones of comparative ecent origin. Stroruboll's cone has been built up within 2,000 years. It started out, as did Ktna and Vesuvius, as an under-water volcano. The high er a volcano builds Its cone the hard er It Is for the lava ?o reach the vent, nnd then vents arc developed at lower levels. Chain Around the Earth. Great chains of volcanoes stretch around the earth. Tho greatest chain is in the mountain range that extends like a ring arotnid" the Pacific ocean. Other chains stretch across Asia and Kurope. The volcanic islands of the Pacific, from Hawaii, 'through the Philippine^ to New Zealand, mark Biib-oceanlc volcanic areas. What causes volcanoes to erupt is not known! In recent decades observ atories have been established to study them and much Information is being gathered. Their activity Is due to Internal ? heat of the earth. This heat Is not the heat of the great Internal core of the earth, because that heat Is reached ;only at great depths, and volcanoes do not have their roots at greater depths than six to fifteen miles. The heat which causes volcanic activity is believed to be due to chemical action and to the great pressure produced by occluded and chemically produced gases as reactions take place between jpck substances. / ! ' Some forces of world-wide effective ness also may be Involved. This Is in dicated by the frequent simultaneous activity of volcanoes or of earth quakes .in widely separated parts of the world. 1 * i ? i . -> Long Line of Firsts Is Tallied by Infant Bryan, Texas.? It's John Sidney Rorlskle the First at' the Frank Borls kles. For these reasons: John Sid ney is the first child of his parents, th? first grandchild of both his pater 1 hal nnd mntemnl grandparents, the first great-grandchild of frit* Bran dies. who has 16 grnndchlhlren, and the first child born In the recently re opened Bryan hospital. Beggar's Disguise Nets Sleuth $37.50 London. ? The detecting business enn be made a profitable affair over hero by "them as knows 'ow." One Scotland Yard Investigator, ordered to watch a certain street corner for a wanted man, disguised himself as a beggar and stood for six days on the spot before he finally made his ,arrest. During those six days kind hearted passersby tossed $,T7..r>0 Into his outstretched palms. ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode Unlucky seventh - vEvE*Y SEVENTH PF.R^OH MiltS SOME KIND O* AN ACCIDENT EVERY YEAR. BAt ril6MT-. I I J&*TS CAN PLV At MI6M miM MR6CTLY INTO Small owning*, having | AM AMAJNNG SKNSE Oft , LOCATION, " 1.M Keeping cows) in THE CITY* * > Tnt*t A?fc~ u J 5 0,0,00 COWS IN I Los Angus' m?t*o fOtftAN AffctA. CONFIDENCE By LEONARD A. BARRETT By common consent prosperity will not be fully restored until we have a return of confi dence. The col lapse of securities and the general de cline of all eco nomic values Is at tributable to the sudden reversal o(^ a mental attitude; from confidence to distrust, from hope to fear. The es tablishment of con fidence Is essential not only to the stability of the fi nancial markets. but also Is a prime requisite for mak ing permanent our civilization. If we remove confidence from business we have bankruptcy. The lack of confi dence in the security of a bank causes runs and the ultimate failure of the bank, If It Is not strong enough to withstand the runs. Lack of confi dence in the Integrity of nations cre ates suspicion, and In some cases in cites war. Nations which do not trust each other soon become enemies. The same principle holds true in domestic life. Remove confidence from the home and a condition Is created which may Champion Callers During American Farm week at the World's fair in Chicago, the world's} champion husband and hog callers were selected, and here they nre. Above Is Mrs. Charles Hayes of Alta, 111., whose husband can hear her me lodious call of "Charrrrlleefie," no mat ter what corner of the farm he Is working. BeVow Is Orbra Parks, eight een years old, of Mason City, Iowa, ad Judged the host suinmoner of swine. onslly load to divorce. True and last ing friendship can only bo built up upon confidence. A* confidence Is es sential to the security of the family, so It Is the mnlnstny of government. The absence of confidence In the gov ernment means revolution. One needs only to read of the revolutions In France and In Russia to be convinced of this point. We are not surprised then to read, In almost every appeal for loyalty to our government that we should cultl-' vate confidence. The restoration of confidence seems to be the main oh* Jert!ve. Just so! There Is no othor way to win back more prosperous days. When we speak of confidence, however, we seem to have In mind a return of trust In some v??ue and In tangible thing like chattels, mort gages, or even money. Now let us ask In all candor how any person can have confidence lp an Intangible ob ject. We may have faith In the re actions of certain known laws which are bound to respond when we place them to the test, like Iron which will lilvarlably be attracted to the magnet. Hut confidence Is quite another thing. It Implies action In the field of human personality. The appeal which come* to us. If we understand It aright, In for confidence In persons; in the Integrity and the moral value of promise* and covenants. Confidence then Is npt It blind faith by which we tmnt ? law, hut a spiritual principle by fchlch we trust one another. Vf?Xtrm N?w?p*p?r Unto*. The Inside of This Awning Lends Decoration to the interior Since It It Gaily Painted in Flowers and Birds. THE intense heat of summer made many householders consider hav ing awnings for windows which have btiet^, toft unprotected ^hitherto. From the 'standpoint of economy, now is a good time to do this work since there are excellent opportunities to buy awnlnga, ready to put up, at decided reductions, and awning cloth very speclall^'iprlced. By having the win dows done jttow, the awnings will be ready for next year, as soon as the bqat of ?he sun and thq glare becomes uricomfor?4bIy strong. .It , Is a for tunate replacement time? If you get advance ritjdes. *J Awnings not only reduce* the tem perature bf rooms, and soften the light but they go far toward dressing up the outside of the house. There Is a ten dency In newest styles to have this ornamental element , featured for the Inside of the rooms; as well as the ex terior of the house. To promote this, huge flowers, or flowers and foliage are painted on tho under side of the awnings. Illrds and butterflies lend themselves admirably to this decora-" tlon as they might actually be flying and fluttering about outside the win dow. They ,.re gay little creatures, both In color and character, and strike a happy note In decoration. It Is well to remember this type of nwnlng when taking nrtvantage of late summertime buying. Fringr? Fralured. Another feature to hold In mind Is that fringe Is the sinnrtest finish for valances. White frlngo Is In high favor even though there may be no touch of white In the nwnlng cloth. Tho decided contrnst accents tile style. Or It may be that the nwnlng cloth la In one plain color and a geo metrical design or Just n broad line of white forn?.i a border for ihe finished nwnlng. The border may or may not bo repeated about the valance. The fringe take* up the color harmony when It edges the awning. While white Is the favorite color for frlngo, other colored fringes are used, some times matching some stripe or color In the cloth, and again being In marked contrast, In which case the style of border or band of the fringe-color on a plain color of cloth la usually fol lowed. It Is a good time now to replace worn awnings Instead of waiting for another year. If you follow the ad vance styles of this season, you will find the awnings In the height of fash ? Ion next year. The' awning problems will all have been solved and the awn ings ready to be put up when next summer comes, and you will have saved money by this out-of-season buy ing. Ball Syndicate. ? WNU Borvlca. Students Seek Famous - Author's Lost Writings St. Louis, Mo. ? Research students at Washington university here are en I gnged In the unique task of reclaim ing for literature the works of a writ er, who gained International fame nearly one hundred years ago only to die In mysterious obscurity. He was known as Charles Senlsfleld, "The Oreat Unknown," but events to ward the end of his life In 1801 tended to conform that he actually was Carl Postl of Poppltz, Moravia, from whence he fled a monastery as a boy. Through a grant from the Rocke feller foundation, a staff of four stu dents under Dr. Otto Heller, dean of the graduate school, Is compiling as much of the works as possible In the hope of an 18 volume edition. A man widely traveled, Sealsfleld tried through his writings to Interpret America to Kurope. He wrote Eng lish sentences Idiomatically In f!er man, n custom which lost him favor abroad. Shortly before his death In 1804, Sealsfleld destroyed the manuscript of his biography, and left an estate val ued at about $.r>0,(K>0 to the family of Anton Postl of Poppltfc. Joseph Postl Investigated and was so struck with nis own resemblance to the dead writ er that all doubt of tils renl Identity, i?* Carl Postl. was removed. Great Round-Up of Wild Horses Here In a??en tha trndltlonnl chuck wagon of the Old West crossing the Molalln river In Oregon followed by wild horaea during one of the longoat end largest round upa of wild florae* In the atate. The herd waa driven 450 ml lea over atreama, doaerta and moitnUlna. TIMELY TEXT Before beginning his sermon on? Sunday morning, a minister said that he was sorry to have to com plain about the offertories. He felt bound, however, to make a protest and an appeal. "In last Sunday's collection," he said, "there were no fewer than six buttons^! hope such a thing will not occur gain." Then, turning tr> the Bible, he an nounced the text : "Rend your hearts, and not your garments."? Montreal Gazette. Insufferable Mrs. Longwed ? I)o you mean tt? say your husband never does any thing to justify a burst o." tears or a fit of hysterics? Mrs. Just wed ? No, indeed. lie's kindness itself. Mrs. Longwed ? Why, the mean Miing '. ? Brooklyn Eagle. Her Answer A lovely girl with red hair entered the car and sat down beside a youth. Youth (edging away) ? I must not gft too close or 1 shall catch fire. (Jirl? Don't be alarmed; green wood never catcher (ire. Can't Be Dons *. Conceited Actor ? People will gaze at my next picture with open mouths. Always lielittlin' ? Yes. It's pretty hard to boo with your mouth shut, PARTICULARS, PLEASE "Slip Is a very smart woman.** "High brow or low-nock species?** What Interest* Him Hlkor ? llow far Is It to ?Washing ton? Farmer? Well, It's about GO miles as the crow flics. Hiker ? Well, but how far Is It If the crow has to walk and carry a pack with him? Real Grievance "My husband Is moan ; he's taken nil the cash out of baby's money box." "Shameful !" "Yes, and Just when there was nearly enough for the new hat I vunted." ? Stray Stories. Asking One Instructor ? Who invented tht steam engine? Student ? Don't you know that? Why, any fool can tell you. Instructor ? That's why I asked you. That's Different Doctor ? Sit down, sonny, yon have shown good manors long ? nougb. Small Hoy ? It ain't good manners, Joetor; It's a boll.? Pathfinder. The Truth Comes Out Peryl ? Oeorge has always be haved like a perfect gentleman whenever I've boon with him, Mabel ? Yes, I found him a bit dull, too. ? Montr^nl Stnr. Reasonable Tramp ? All I ask is to be given ?vork in my line. Hut I must be pro vided with tlio proper equipment. Citizen ? What is your trade? Tramp ? I'm a rnpltallst.