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MUINLtAI, m.rk.1 a, *?,...? PREFERRED TO GO UNTAUGHT Rather Than Learn Hated Language of the Magyars, the Slovaks Remained Illiterate. Slovak stupidity was as deliberate M Is the sturdy determination of the Cteech. Forced by the Magyars to learn a hated tongue or go untaught the Slovak chose the latter course; hence he is largely Illiterate today, his Ignorance a tribute to his sense of freedom. One of their number ex plained It to me In the cafe of a moun tain village. He saw me sitting alone and his first sentence explained why he came over to speak to me. "Yoa are lonely, I think," he said. . And as we sat tiiere, id me smau cafe, be told me how, rather than sub mit to Magyarlzatlon under the Haps burg regime, he refused to study till the day when his fond dream came true and he set out for America. After his arrival In the United States be went to night school, and, Judging from the quality of his, Eng lish, he profited well from the privi lege. "Nobody forced me to learn Eng lish," be explained; "I did it because I wanted to. English is a very 'prac tl8chje* language, and I wanted to be an American through and through, so I worked hard at night to learn. I got my first papers all right, and then I came back for a visit. Then came the war, and I had to stay." \ F'S number is legion and he is re making the mental atmosphere of' Slovakia.?National Geographic Maga \irine. BELONGED TO MEDICI FAMILY Welt-Known Pawnbrokers' Sign Once the Heraldic Device of House Famous in Hlatery. During the Middle ages the Lom bards made a practice of lending money at Interest. The Medici family was the first to turn the practice into a profession. / Many years before, Averardo de Me dici, a commander who served with distinction unde^ Charlemagne the Great, killed the giant Mugello, whose club had three Iron balls attached to it In -order that It might be a more effective weapon. For this reason the family of the Medici adopted the three balls, gilded, as the heraldic device on their coat-of-arms, and the appearance of this Inslenla soon came to be rec Preparing Soil for Tobacco. For the purpose of tobacco growing the soil most be thoroughly cleared of weeds, seeds and Insect larva be fore the plants are set out. Old prac tice was to build fires over the sur face, but the operation is now accom plished by means of a canvas cover under wfcich live steam: from a road roller to projected. A high tempera ture is maintained for two hours. ognlzed as a symhgl for money-lend 1 ing. Incidentally, the name of the Medici ^ family has been further perpetuated through the word '"medicine" a trib ute to the skill of the members of this house in the art of heuling. Prodigies of the Past. - , Long before'the war It was stated that a man was too old at forty. But now tt looks likely that soon the cry will be "too old at fifteen 1" A small boy of eight summers i?e cently tackled twenty or thirty of the best chess players In the world, set ting them all problems they could not tackle; another child appears on the scene, who, at the age of seven or eight, pens a diary, which the greatest literary lights describe as wonderful; wblle we'll soon have quite a small library of Juvenile novels. It was regarded as a phenomenon when Chatterton wrote Immortal poems at twelve, when Mozart com posed In his fifth year a concerto so difficult that only the most practical artists could play It, when the infant ^ son of Evelyn, the diarist, could read Latin and Greek at three and one^balf, when Macaulay had written a poa? f long as "The Lady of the Lake" at eight and when Mlllais carried off a gold medal for painting at nine! But now It's becoming quite the usyal thing. England Is credited with being the foremost nation in aviation. In 15 months, the record shows, 82,000 pas lengers and 200,000 pounds df freight traveled 1,000,000 miles' In 48.000 flights. The transocean passenger schedule, which was so confidently predicted as almost ready several years ago, is still remote, but it is a fact that a round trip from London to Parts (574 mites) can be made In six hours instead of twenty-four, at a cost of about $90 for plane, against $40 by rail. The aero company which is op erating a passenger service between Key West and Havana, charges $150 for one passenger one way from New York to Boston (260 miles). Rabbit Leather. Samples of rabbit leather recently sent to this country from Australia have been examined and tested by the United States bureau of standards, with a view to determining the utilica bility of such skins for shoe uppers or other purposes. The leather was found to have only about one-fourth the strength of calf skin and to tear rather easily. It has a great advantage in point of'cheapness and might perhaps serve for uppers of fancy shoes that are not expected to stand much wear. The experts are of the opinion that it could be used to advantage for linings and novelties. SWIFT AND SLOW MOVEMENTS Some Interesting Comparisons Mad* of Speed of Travel of Various Familiar Things. The swiftest speed we know Is that of light?186,000 miles a second; the slowest is that of the human thumb nail, which prows 2-l,000,000tlis of a yard a second. This froui Science and Invention, which makes some more speed com parisons, as follows: A cannon ball has been flred at j speed of 2,000 miles an hour. A bamboo tree grows 27-10,000,-1 OOOths of a yard a second. 4.i_ ?AKAim/1 flift enn nt I xne eanu ojicnia uunu iuv hum 05,583 miles an hour. A snail moves 15-10.000ths of a yard a second. i De Romanet flew an' airplane on November 4, 1920, 193 mlies an hour. Tommy Milton's motor car traveled one mile in 23 plus seconds, or 136 miles an hobr. An electric train in lests between Berlin and Zossen made ISO miles an hour. , j Railroad engines have made 120 ) miles an honr. v Ice boats glide two miles a minute, or 120'miles an hour. | The motor boat Miss America litis J j made 76.055 miles an hour, j Destroyers make 48 miles an hour, j A man has skated 27 1-3 miles an ! hour, run 13% miles an hour, walked j 9^4 miles an hour. 1 CHINESE HAVE OWN COURTS i ' ! Orientals in This Country Administer : j Justice Without Troubling the Regular Tribunals. ! Completely isolated from any Inter*! ! ferehce from the occidental officers of | { the law, the Chinese have their own l J courts of law. Criminals against this j code, when punished, are not haled bo i' fore the white man's tribunal.. As , ! vrfcfenceL . examine .'the : I dockets of^ny court, In an attempt to : ' find where one Chinese has Issued a . complaint against another, say the po- j I lice. Quick execution, under the busy j I life of downtown Portland, is said to, ! have been m$ted out to many / men. j j while milady shopped above. At any rute, that is the gist of one j of the many tales told about police ' headquarters? concerning Portland j Chinatown, by an "unchow" who j should know. Most of the police are j award of^the suspected existence of | the tunnel. The numerous raids j against gambling dens, which to the J public are more or less routine af fairs, are tinged with the thrill of ad venture for the police, who wonder which one of their number will be the first to discover one of the en trances to the mythical passageway.? Portland Oregonian. Solidified Oil Economic Fuel. French chemists have announced that .they are meeting with signal suc cess in the effort to save and conserve tliQ fuel supply by a process which solidifies the oil and makes It in this shape much easier to handle and eco nomical to burn us fuel. At no distant date, It is promised, it will be possible to use the new ?? ouKafifnfa fni* hoflvr flip] yivuut'l i\D nuuoubuic XV* uvu.j oils In furnaces, locomotives,^ and for other Industrial purposes where coal conservation Is a big Issue. Not only will the product not be af fected by changes of temperature, but It will also withstand combustion un less in direct contact with flames, while It Is easily extlngulshable by water, v Preliminary samples lalready pro duced have proved too costly Here is a new Northcllffe story from "The Mirrors of Downing Street." The eminent editor had c caller who raised his hat and made profound bow to the elevator boy aa the two men, Northcllffe and his friend, went up to the editor's rooms. When they came down the friend again raised his hat and bpwed low to the boy. Northcllffe remonstrated with him. "You shouldn't Joke with these boys," he said. "It makes discipline difficult." v "Joke I" exclaimed the caller. "Good heavens, I wasn't Joking. How do I know that tomorrow that boy will not be the editor of the Dally Mall?" v As It Was Pronounced. "You have made a big mistake," said the boss. '1 never saw that word In my life. It may mean 'ossified,' but even that word doesn't apply." "But that Is what you dictated," ; replied the stenographer,'spelling and! j pronouncing from her notes. MAW ? ?? UT ??M ! All, iriuiucu mc man, i uu derstand now. I said 'bona fide,' but I didn't expect you to spell It T>onl fled.' "?Houston Post. New Orleans Anniversary. In 1923 the two hundredth anni versary of the formal elevation of New Orleans to a capital city, with the historic Place d'Armes as Its civic center, will be celebrated, and by that lime It is hoped not only to' have Jackson square and Its surroundings I duplicate Its ancient arrangement but! also to duplicate the ceremony which ' marked the occasion as memorable as i any iu American civic history. Fox Aids Farmer. Besides such poultry as they cap j ture, foxes are very fond of field mivt I >in/l llimisuinris: nf fhpm li : ills way they tire a positive benefit t< J iiie ug?!< ' .!turls?t. says the America: 7 Mi'pr/Sno. They also catri ! aitu eat many woiuk'hucks?the latrc ; in the atiaos: fear of tii^r.. > BIG WASTE OF GOOD FUuu, Sudden Cold Snap Trapped Millions of Herring in Narrow Neck of Alaskan Harbor. What is declared by Captain Hrunn J and officers of the steamship North- j western to be the greatest fish tragedy J ever enacted, to human knowledge, oc- I curred at Klawack bay, Prince of | Wales island, January 30, when at one j stroke more than' 2,000,000,000 good j sized herring lost their lives, a Ketchi kan (Alaska) dispatch to the New Vork Sun states. The crew related their remarkable erperience of sail ing through miles of dead fish. They said Klawack bay was full of herring three days before the North western arrived, when a sudden freeze caught the fish In the narrow-necked harbor before they could escape to sea. The freeze came with great sud denness and severity and about six Inches of Ice formed in the harbor. Millions of herring at the entrance could be seen dumbly fighting to get out to sea hefore the inclosed waters were frozen. "It may sound like a fish story," said Mr. Bradovlch, "but the fact is that the greatest chance in the world for obtaining good fish without a stroke of work was lost. For days a few persons tried to put some of the her ring away for the summer, but made no inroads on the supply. The near est Indians, who would have appre ciated the fish, were 300 miles away., "Th^ ship had difficulty In navigat ing out of the harbor, as the propeller had to do the work of desiccator, and tt barely made a knot an hour." SURE ONE SIGN IS CORRECT Worried Indianapolis Man Is Very Glad to Let Things Remain , on That Basis. When Wallace 0. Lee, chairman of the publicity committee for tne uypsy Smith revival arrangements, ordered the big sign on the front of the wood en tabernacle opposite the city hall, he told the sign man to spell It "Gipsy." After it was painted and set up. somebody told Wallace that he was all wrong?that the first syllable should have been spelled with a "y" Instead of an "i." So when Wallace the other day ordered 152 signs boost ing the campaign, to be sent to evan gelistic churches In the county, h? told the^ign man to spell It "Gypsy." Then various ministers worried Mr. Lee by calling him up and saying that although they were glad to get the sign, and so on, still?well, what they were trying to hint politely was that what Wallace didn't know about spell ing would have filled a bigger book than the unabridged. ^ So the harassed booster dug out a dictionary and 'lo, It said that tlje word, as a common noun at least, may be spelled either way without en dangering the peace and dignity of the state. And then along comes a letter frem the evangelist himself and his signa ture read "Gipsy Smith." Well, anyway, one sign Is right.? Indianapolis News. \ Tongue Glove. A glove for the tongue has been newly patented by Galtley Guise of Riley, Ind. He calls it a "tongue shield," and it is designed to enabla the wearer to escape the unpleasant ness of castor oil or other bad tasting medicine. The contrivance might be said to have the shape of a miniature slip per without any heel portion, but when over the tongue is Inverted The tongue Is inserted Into the "toe" part and the back part of the "sole" extends over the top of the tongue to ward the throat. The device is made of thin sheet rubber, so as to be liquid proof, and Is so constructed as to fit the tongue snugly without discomfort. When medicine Is taken It passes Into the throat without affecting tie sense oi taste, so that all unpleasantness is ob viated. "Maxim Gorky" a Pseudonym. "Maxim Gorky," who was reported to be on his way to England on a visit to H. G. Wells, but Is still held up by the Bolshevist authorities on the frontier, is Alexei Pyeshkof, the poel and chronicler of pariahs and vaga bonds of Russian society. "Gorky" means "bitter." The full name, "Maxim Gorky," bay, perhaps, be read to mean "the bitterest of th? bitter." The pseudonym effectlVelj symbolizes Pyeshkofs attitude to ward life, for his fiction Is distilled es sence of tne disappointed. He was not at first a Bolshevik, and he seems only to have joined the Bol shevist ranks under pressure. Given his choice between low diet and high office, he preferred the latter, which J is one, happily, that does not require him to take any active part In the per- j petratlon of atrocities.?Living Aga Matches in China. One of the things that practically everybody in China can afford to buy is a match and as the population is estimated at 400,000,000, the number of matches consumed reaches a great volume. Chinese manufacturers have been making matches for thirty years, but they have never made enough for their own use so that the deficiency has been made up by Japanese and Swedish manufacturers principally. During the war when the outside sup ply was 'jut oir me activity ot tne Chinese tnatch-making establishments increused considerably as well as tbt Imports of material for match making. WHALING RESIGNS SEMINARY PLACE Distinguished Theologian Goes To , i Louisville?Look For New j Heud. Dr. Thornton Whaling, one of the j most distinguished theologians in < the Southern Pres/byterrian church,! tendered his resignation as president' of the Columbia Theological semi-j nary to the board of trustees at its, regular meeting yesterday, the board accepting Dr. Whaling's resig nation with "the <ieepest regrets,", feeling that the institution has lost one of the greatest personalities ever connected with the seminary in President Whkling's leaving. I>r. Whaling has been elected to the chair of theology at th? Louis ville Theological seminary at Louis ville, Ky., resignng the presidency of the Columbia seminary to take this position,.where, free from admini strative duties, he can devote him self to his class room work and at the same time find leisure to con tinue his writing cai theological and religious subjects. Dr. Whalng came to Columbia seminary July 1, 1911 and during his ten years of service has seen the institutions prosper under his ad ministration. The board of trustees will take up the consideration of the election of Dr. Whaling's successor at once, ac cording to H. R. Murchison. secre tary of the board, announcement of the election of a new president to be rnadfe in the near future. Dr. Wha,ling was also professor of di dactic and polemic theology at the seminary, his resignation also leav ing a vacancy in the teaching foTce which will <be filled' by the board. The State. YOU may cure a cu^tor with a barga but it takes qu; ty to hold hin AFTER 3 REPRIEVES, NEGRO ELECTROCUTED AT COLUMBIA TUESDAY Columbia, May 3.^-Albert Wilson, who has been twice reprieved, -paid the death penalty in the electric chair today i'or the murder of Bryan E. Butler, a white man of the Paci fic Mill community here, whom he shot on a crowded street car on the night of March 20, 1920. A warm fight to save Wilson's life T>1 J . 117 inougnts wc For the Clei paign Ma Banish dust, dirt, disease Our biggest asset?A Spo A good job for everybody Get rid of the rubbish ar Kleen Up and Keep Kleei Make-back yards look lik? Brighten the corner when i Clean up the back yards t Clean possessions make g Health means wealth. CI It costs too much to stay money. Cleanliness. Thrift and C Homes and Towns Beautiful. The scrub brush, the pair brush are mightier than the s forward. Every boy and girl who h cleaner citizen. For economy and health, for pride's sake, Paint and W1 and continuous enjoyment of ] Following prizes for childi For the cleanest yard For the largest number o For the prettiest flower t Others to be added; se ner in; ckll Nothing to 1 sion, Qualit What more if you are p about your.. L411 n... PRII ' When you I livery of sc give you all and you'll service we g The Presi Appliances that work a p Have that extra roc can be done foi Two-Way Plugs Fang :: Irons Toasters Perculators Machine Motors Globes and Shades Abbeville Wat PLAIN ftease rejjuri uuy uvuvus ??? om has been waged, on the ground that the negro committed manslaughter and not murder. The governor was j asked to commute the sentence to [ life imprisonment and on the other hand several -petitions were sent to him asking that he aiiow the negro to die. The governor -took the same posi tion as that of the courts, circuit and supreme and the electrocution was allowed to go through !is scheduled* >rth While in-Up Cam-' y 9th to 14th ?and live longer. tless Town. , ?Clean up and paint up. id banish the fire demon. i. ; front yards. e you are. ind back up the clean yards, ood impressions. ean up for both. dirty. Lets clean up and save Jivic Pride?The essentials of it brush and the Whitewash iword in civilization's struggle elps to clean up will become a clean up. t or tnnit s saKe, ritewash up. Then for a larger life, keep it up! ren not over sixteen years old: , $3.00 f tin cans $3.00 >ed $3.00 * \ Offer Except Preci y, and Service.... could you ask articular iave to have quick de me printing, we cans I the speed necessary, get trie same carejui rive every order..." s & Banner Co. make summer ieasure )m wired now=it a small co?t. . \ Jfe have on hand two HUGHES II RANGES which we offer at a big reduction in price 3r & Electric IT - - ?et or house lights to the office