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WTHOS IN RUIN Knee Magnificent Home of the ? U&jjjk a Wreck. Lhat th* Uol?h?vikl Havo Not Do f fyoy'i Th*y H*v# Marrod? Seen? | of N?0ltot and 0?Mrtion. 1D0 Winter iwlace, once a place of tttdeur and the home of the caars, stands abandoned, according to a ?#nt visitors there. I'etfograd in the. ild days was a city of palaces, and the inter puluco, largest of all, also was ,e tin est. Three thousand could dunce iert. t>< one time and 2,000 could be ^1 at a single sitting. On Buch occa ionn the palace wan a aceue of lavish llaplay of gowns, Jewels and uniforms. Today the gardeua are In a state of ,eglect and desertion. The wrought on fence which once surrounded ,em has bejtajl torn down. Grass wan owing l? tba cqurtyard, . As te entered the palace doorway, be be g,nu aware of a penetrating damp .etw, an intensely disagreeable sensa ton. In the dining room, where Nlch tas and his predecessors toasted and ere toasted, six chairs around a ood?n table seemed to await their oc ?upants. On one of the steps of the grand ^airway the words, In French: ?'Vive !e commune I" bare been scrawled. At ie bottom of the stairway stood two ;uffed bison covered with dust. The ?lis, once decorated with many war [ctures, held gruesome photographs, aat notes of condemned revolutlona .en have been assembled and tacked p. in one corner was a limb of the from which Youdenlch was tanged. In the bridal chamber of Alexander .1 ii rid Made Alexandrovna, a Chinese lamp? In a thousand pieces ? was itrewn about the floor. A' great dock as in fragments and i battered piano oou i-C TVS?!. A crystal can delabra, torn from the ceiling, lay In a t w i m r 1 1 and shattered heap. : in Alexander II's death chamber was the bed where he died after the attempt on his life. In a corner of the room was the clock which, since the afternoon of March 1, 1881, has marked the fatal hour, minutes of four, when Alexander died. It was his son, Alexander III, who stopped the hands so that those present might never for got the hour. A half-smoked cigarette, which Alexander II had thrown down on the way to review one of hla.jfegl inontx, was preserved in a glass case. And there were several little frocks of a <langhter who hftd died In her youth. Alexander II kept these In his room and frequently would have them dis plays! before hlint ? v The Nicholas II salon has been used for 'a motion, picture location and was in . extreme disorder. Nicholas II's study was under lock and seal- and could not be viewed. Near the Nich olas 1 1 .salon, in a dark coiridor, was a full length portrait of Alexander II ? the face marred with bayonet holes. Over the furniture some one had daubed lime.. The Winter palace, once a palace of imperial magnificence, was a house of silence. Ancient Phyaielana Knew Mueh. A French physician finds that what-! ever Hippocrates may bare known in his day, physicians a thousand years ar<> were practicing the healing art In many respects as their successors are doing today, and lie has toldljthe j Paris Academy of Medicine about It. We Matter ourselves, for example, that our treatment of tuberculosis Is strict-' ly modern, but this physician shows that an Arab doctor named Avldenne, who was born in the Tenth century A D. and lived to be one hundred yearn old, prescribed this treatment for consumption; Fresh air, rest of holy anjl mind, milk and superfeed In?. And we almost thought we had invented fresh air I Hospitals In Air. Giant airplanes equipped as flying hospitals, w|th white walled operating theaters and staffed with surgeons and anaesthetists; in addition tO'Rllota and mechanics, ire to be supplied to the French colonial medtaal. ssttfftOM far carrying out work in<r?aot* territories. These aerial hospitals will hare triple specially allenced engines, and vibrations and oscillations will ha fa duesd to a minimum, So that even moat ?erirnia operations can be carried out while the patient is being borne through the clouds. - r ? ? A - *r ul Muit Part With Something. "You must give up coffee." ? ? "Never touch it, cPoc." ; "Give up smoking.*^' "I don't smoke*" "Then give- up $5 and we'll call It j square."?- Judge, ? ? No Sympathy., t>. "Have you any aympathy for a; la inn duck?" "None whatever," replied Senator | Sorghum; "any man who has energy' *nd ouli enough to get elected to congress can easily get himself a betr ter Job." On With the Danes. *TK> you dance?" "No," replied Miss Cayenne. "I follow the .present custom. I slmplj ) ?tend stilltnalow-ndtir dross and ?Mmr In ""Una" Washington Htar. Bep?rlally th? Co?t. coal ladmtrj la said to ha OOD COMPANY FPU QUAKER Reactions to Voioe of Man of Poo* Said to Bo Sumo m Thoae of Qenorai HIndenburg. An Interesting story reaches us from ft Quaker source about the discovery of u Germtut professor of phonetics who U engaged lu collecting and analysing lihonogvupMe recorda of (lie voice of speakers of every country and lan guage. During the war lie not ouly got records from allies and war prisoners of uearly every country under the nun, hut also carefully tabulated the voice reactions of the most famous of his owu countrymen. Recently he begged a well-known Kngllsh Quaker, who was on a visit to llerlln In connection with Interna tloual peace work, to allow a record of his voice to be made. This was Mr. Heath, the late secretary of the Na tional Peace council. ftnd now secretary of the Friends' Council for Interna tional Service, lie gave a brief address on the peace principles of Quakerism Into the phonographic receiver, while the profpssor eagerly watched the ma chine's delicate Indicator, which re corded all the lights and shades of the speaker's voice. At the conclusion of the test the pro fessor pronounced that the verdict of thft machine was that the reactions to the Quaker's voice were exactly the qaiue as those to General Hlndenburg's. ? Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. INDIANA AS LITERARY STATE Beginning of Its Eminent Placa in Litr orature May Be Traoed to Gen. Lew Wftilaoe. It may be surmised what made In diana a literary atate: MBen~Hur" and the fortune It built Imaginative and book-minded youth of that com monwealth today ? truly no more gift ed, 'in all probability, than that of any other ? looked upon Oen? Lew Wal lace's monumental work and pro nounced it gpod (as the world did) aud also wor eh while, nuu youth did not bury its talents In a napkin. It forthwith began to write and brought forth fruit, spme tflx?fold~and some ten-fold ? honoring the example of General Wallace and establishing what is now one of the most famed schools of literature in the world. Headed by Booth Tarkington. In diana continues to interpret the life of the jjrent central American valley, aided by new colonies of writers all, over the West who have followed In diana's lead.- They, for the most part, stem from den. Lew Wallace and his "Ben Hur," though they have traveled far from that ancient, romantic ideal. -r-St. Louis <31obe-Democrut. American Explorers Helped. The British occupation of Palestine to the present time has proved of greater usefulness to American ex plorers tnan to those of the manda tory power. The work at Belsan is only a commencement of American researches In the Holy l>and. The fa mous historical sites or Taanach and Meglddo have been allocated provi sionally to two other American uni versities ; while a third university, that of Harvard, has obtained a re , newed concession for the alt* Samaria, where, previous to the war, they had disclosed imposing Roman rains of the period of Herod, and earlier remains down to that period in Jewish history when Ahab first estab lished on that site the capital of While British universities have been slow to respond to the great op portunity which now lies open, there 2, at any rate, much satisfaction to ? derived frem the increaaing activ ity ' on the part of American col leges. Harmony and enthusiasm prevail, and the friendly .rivalry Upas established Is a healthy and helpful stimulus. Contented Cowa. "Hawking* told me abotot following Co rot in the fields When he was paint ing. One day when the master had made a particularly beautiful land scape, with cows browsing in the fore ground, Hawkins objected to the fact that Co rot had painted in a pond when there was nelly none In sight. 'My ww? will be in my picture far a thousand years;' he answered, 'and I pat In the pond to give them eome wa ter.' * ? From "Seven to Seventy,* by Bdward Simmons. One for the Vicar. A new vftoar called on a yonng wom an with musical Ability and- asked her b^w. she spent her Sundays. "I rest." said the young woman, "and dtring the rest of the week I practice. .What do yon do on 8un daya?" -Oh, I preach," replied the vicar, smiling. AAnd during the rest of the week do you practice t" she asked. ? London Tit-Bits. " E$yn+ ftMrfa For*; (ill G?plUt. The Egyptian governent Is preparing to offer valuable concessions to Amer ican or English capitalists who might wish to avail themselves of sn abun dance of raw material to establish In dustries In that country. It is aald the government believes Egyptians incap able of developing their country Indus triiiBy. "? f UNO YET TO BE EXPLORED ?ru|l Has Mor# Wholly Unknown Territory Than Has tho Entire African Continent. - - ? Just us the most remain trie devel opment of the Nineteenth century took place In North America, so the most wonderful development* of the Twenti eth century are destined to take place In Latin America, Samuel G. lnman writes In Current , History. Here la room for the overcrowded populations of the world ; hero Is power to pro duce the food and raw product* for the world ; here In u great market place fori the manufactured goods of the world, and tlnally In these coun tries Is found one of the most remark able circles of Intellectual leaders In all civilisation. Beginning at the lUo Grande auU stretching on down through Mexico, over Central America, beyond l'anama, through Colombia und Venezuela, the Andean countries, Brazil, Chile, dowu through the abounding plalus of Argen tina to the Straits of Magellan, Is the largest expanse of undeveloped fertile land In the whole world. There la mora undiscovered territory In Brazil than there is In the whole continent of Africa. One state In that mighty republic equals the area of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. - If Argentina were a* densely populated as la the atate of New York-? and It ta far mora capable of caring for a dense population ? it would have 225,000.000 instead of ita present population of 9,000,000. Ven ezuela Is not considered one of the largest republics, but it baa three times more territory than Japan, while Japan has a population equal to that of all South America. Argunjenta might ;fcave been made in the old daya against the dense population of some of theee lands because they are trop ical, .but rnoMera science has overcome the difficulties of the tropics fqr men. The island of Santo Doinlngo ,1s said to be more capable of sustaining a dense population than any other sim ilar-sized territory la the world. ^.Ntfw that the Uuiidd States I* severely re stricting immigration, the overcrowded populations of the Orient and of Eu rope will very rapidly ttirn to the great fertile fields and friendly cll-r mates of these Latin-American coun tries. GIVE WARNING OF STORMS ? Tides Said to Show When Unusual At mospheric Disturbances May Be Looked For. It has been shown, In the opinion of certain scientists, that West Indiun -hurricanes and other great storms at sea frequently produce a remarkable effect upon the tides along neighbor ing coasts. When a tempest Is approaching, or passing out on the ocean, the tides are noticeably higher than usual, as If ~the water bad been driven In a vast wave before the storm. The Influence extends a great distance from the cy clonic storm center, so that the pos sibility exists of foretelling the ap proach of a dangerous hurricane by means of indications furnished by the tide gauges situated far away from tha place then occupied by the whirling ; winds. ? - __1 i . ? .. 1 ... The fact that the tidal wave out stripe the advancing stOrm show* how extremely sensitive the surface of the sea Is to the changes of pressure brought to bear upon It by the never resting atmosphere. ' . To KNp Relic of Warship. The captain's cabin of H. M. 8. Im pregnable, one of the last of the old wooden warships, has, by a happy de cision, not been broken up. Instead, it has been erected in the basement of a Westminster store and was opened as a wireless demonstration room by Admiral Sir E. Kr?omantle. The cabin, complete In every detail, is flitted with the original brass lamps, both Oil and candle. -Outaldtf one of the portholes Is a moving picture of what would be seen If the ship was anchored off Gibraltar at night. This moves up and down and represents the toll of the ship, while at the same tin* /the swish of an artificial wave Is heard. The . Impregnable was * built and 'launched at Pembroke in 1800, and about 1006 she served, under Admiral Freeroantle at Plymouth.? London Times. ? ? ? Wiped Out the Gophers. As a prise for the township killing the largest number of gophsrs, Linden township won purebred Holstetn bull given by Cavalier county (North Da kota) in its 1022 gopher campaign, ac cording to reports to the United States Department of Agriculture. The go phers were well cleaned up, saving the* county 410,000 bushels of grain on a conservative estimate, and every fanner in Linden township has the privilege of breeding to the bull for a small feo charged to help defcray the expense of keeping him. The prize promises to be of much benefit to the dairy Industry of the township. _ Require Much Grass 8?ed. It Is estimated that golf clubs will use 2,000,000 pounds of grass seedthls year for seeding, the 2.500 links in use and for planting the approximately 200 new courses. : The old courses, comprising some 200.000 acres, use an average of 400 pounds a year, while -Uit pew require/ ?,000 pounds for the firft sowing. Most of the seed wed for fairways is bfcw grass and red tap, wane ?updtne venrwjr putting Wnm*4* bent variety find* favor. It la paid that the outlay of golfers *r KM M*4 to (boat ?1,000,?00 ? : IS THERE WARMTH IN SM0KE7 Matter Ovsr Which There Seems to | P? Possibility for Considerable j Qlfference of Opinion. It sosiuls rathor unreasonable and, Anyway, wo would rather be collier and nee the sunshine. We refer to the funded discovery by a suburban New Yorker that coal smoke makes the City warmer. 11# write*: "Several towns an the south aide of Long i* laud have noticed a greater discrep ancy lu the weather this winter than ever before* Instead of varying three or four or live degree* from the New York city temperature, It In noted thut there Is a variation of ten or fifteen degrees. That is, It Is warmer In New York by that much. Ia It poo Nlble that the use of aoft coal, with amoke hanging like a blanket over , the elty, has a tendency to make It less cowr. - It would take a long and precise se ries of experiments to prove this; and there would still be the posslbll-.. lty that the higher temperature might be due to other muses. We know that the elty Is hotter In the summer than the country, but that Is due to the reflection from the pavements and superheated walls of buildings. If the "lnioke pall" keeps out the greater atmospheric froatlness, . It would possibly be explained on the same lines that a smoke smudge pro tects peach and orange orchards from northern blasts In earty spring. Cities live under a mors or less.per petuui smudge. The "smudge pots" are always going; but If we could have our pure air from heaven strained of smoke and tho sun-rays falling upon us instead of the Boot, we should cheer* fully Accept aero instead of ten degrees above. NO AVAILABLE WOOD SUPPLY Investigation Shows That United States Cannot Rely on Pbrslflh Importations of Lumber. T ' A unique and exhaustive compilation or the forest resources of the world has been completed by the Forest serv ice, United States Department of Ag riculture. This reveals, among other things, that so far aa our great struc tural and nil-purpose woods ? the soft woods- ? are concerned we must be come self-sufficient or go without. If all the available Siberian timber were put at the undisputed call of the Uni ted -States the yearly export would hardly supply one-fourth of oar an nual timber heeds. Thero Is an Im mense reservoir of hardwoods In the tropics which can be used for limited and special purposes and secured at mahogany prices. But the struggle for the world's supply of soft woods will become more and more intense, 80/1 those nations will fare best that pru dently use their suitable waBte lands for growing coniferous woo<fs. This study shatters the dream of those who rely on Importing the timber we peed when our own is gone. 77 '? Standard* of Measure. For most of us the knowledge that a meter is 3.S7 inches longer than * yard is quite sufficient./ We must know as much as that, because the metric system of measure la so widely employed that one constantly finds it necessary to turn meters Into feet or yards. But the refinements of modern science demand a far higher degree of accuracy in measurement than is .per* haps ever dreamed of in the ordinary walks of life. The pains taken to ob tain precise standards of measure are almost beyond belief of one who is not familiar with scientific methods. Eveiry one knows that so-called "standard" bars, on which the exact length of the yard and the meter are marked, are in the possession of the goverhments of the United States, Qreat Britain, France and other coun tries, but every one does not know ,with what care these standards have been compared and with what patience they have been minutely measured again and again. ? Washington Star. Should Grow Timber. The national lumber shipment in lflao was about 2,070,00? carloads, and the average haul for each carload 485 miles. -According to the best estlnAte of the vforeet service, United States Department of Agriculture, the freight bill on lumber for that year Was $25, 000,000. A fraction of this sum, says the forest service, wisely invested each year In forest protection and rehabili tation would grow timber where it Is needed, reduce the nation's freight bill, cheapen lumber, and releasp vast amounts of railroad equipment and la for for unavoidable transport. Coal and iron cannot be grown, but timber can be. Invisible. A peculiar machine Is exhibited |n America by Peter Davey of England. It's called the "oscilloscope." An elec - trie sowing -me chine is run fit top speed. Light rays from the uosclllo ecope mnke the faat-rtylng needle seem perfectly motionless. Switch the light off and the needle is seen darting up and down. Light vibrations thus deceive the eye. .Makes ' you wonder about the forces and "thlngH" around us that are invisible because our five senses are not "sensitive to their vibrations. The sixth sense (psychic power) may be the ability to *?eeT these vibrational Peanut Crop Worth While. The value of the peannt crop in 1922 le estimated at $29,22*000 0} t he United Btatee Department of Afs?40t tore. In 1081 the value waa eetinatetf at WJOWJOQO ?s4 ft* Confutation. Two sisters apparently nil in nil to, each oti\er? rhaii liyfid together for many years. Then when ?the one was ninety-eight, and the otbor ninety-six, the elder djed. The relutive who un? ? U'l took tin- (ask of luvnkuig 0u* pain ful newa to the survivor feared tho shock would ho fatal to her. But tho ?lil lady bovo up wonderfully. "Ah, well." she replied, "now I suppose I shall ht> able to huve niy tea nuule an I liko it,"? Royal Magazine. THE Represents the latest achievement in Typewriter Construction; gives the greatest measure of satisfactory service and a quality of work that is unsur passed. Woodstock Typewriter Company General Sales Office 35 N. Deaborn Street Chicago, K Illinois F. D. GOOD ALE, Agent, Camden, S.C. HOT WEATHER GARMENTS Need frequent Cleansing To Remove Soil and Perspi ration. 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