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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
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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
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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 ]
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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*
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dirty. Lets clean up and save
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