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TD CONTROL SPIRITS OF ?&lnt?e Have Distinct Object m Erecting Pagcda?> and Country ? Is Garlanded With Them. Chinese pagodas are the work of the Buddhist church almost exclusive ly. The most beautiful specimens are in the Tangtse valley, where pagodas are the most numerous. Every impor tant Chinese and Manch?rian city is garlanded with them.; From the walls of Pekin a dozen pagodas and towers may be counted within the city, and with a good glass a half-dozen may fee seen rising from the surroXmding plain. Chinese have appropriated the pa goda as a counterpoise to evil, and use it subject to their rules of geo mancyl At a city in Tung, in the Pekin plain, a region in past years visited by earthquakes, there is a prominent pagoda, which at one time had 1,000 bronze bells suspended from its cor nices, most of which are still in place. The people have this story of its con struction : A Water owl lives ^underground at this place, and when he shakes his tail it causes earthquakes. Geo mancers located the emi'of bis tail, and the pagoda was built7 pn it . to hold it down. However, they, could not lo cate his head, and thua-he is still aide to wink bis eyes, which causes trem blings of the earth. When his eye ids: * have ? been a ceuTftte I y ; ioca ted a second pagoda will be bnilt. Pagodas range in height from 20 to over 200 feet, and arte of various shapes, such as round, square, bexng ' onal, etc. They always have an odd number of stories, ranging usually from seven to nine, and sometimes with eleven, or even thirteen. ORGAN WAS ONCE UNDER BAN C -Scottish Preabytery, Less Than a Cen tury Ago, Declared Its Playing Contrary to Law. i . , The organ, as an addition to the ^0<mi*sicai service In the Presbyterian cgcnurch, was under a ban less ?han a ?j. hundred years , ago, according to a ? -writer in the Manchester Guardian, re .< filing the first organ made by James yj Watt. It was a small chamber organ, ;? in ?form* like a harmonium, which he 't. built for his own use. When he moved to Birmingham the organ was left be hind and came into the possession of j the minister and session of St. An- i draw's church, Glasgow, of, which Watt had been a member. The instru ment was used for weekly choir prac tices, but was shrouded under a green baize cover on Sundays, as though in difgrace. In 1806 permission to use it was refused by the city council. Then on* Sunday afternoon, by pre-arrange- j ment, the church attempted to use the j A^rj^mwithout the Council's consent, j ' An organist from a neighboring Epis-j copal church was called in. He played the organ while the last psalm was sung. There was so much excitement over* the affair that a bitter contro versy followed. The presbytery de clared it was contraiw to law and the constitution of the established church, and it was prohibited in all churches ; and chapels within their bounds. Sixty years later St. Andrew's church got its first organ peaceably. Had Gas Mask for Watch. If the Germans^ had had a better i* se.ise of efficiency and had spent more ' time on the things that really counted, 1 they might have fared better. Tor-in : stance, many "Germ^n^ Jon^cers^.wasfed S hours hanging otf their duaouf. walls ? curtains and'*God Bless Our'Home'5j pictures,- which were not *at : a.U ap preciated when they were captured-by the allies. "' % One careful German soldier hadj a gas mask made tor his watsch: This energy was wasted, for the watch is now id America. ' -" ?? The gas mask is simply ah outside e case?one face of it glass so that th? time will . sli*w through it?which . fastens tightly about the'watch and allows nothing to go in or out. Of course a watch does not need a respirator, nose-clip,-mouthpiece or chemical box. ? Popular Mechanics Magazine. Got His Receipt. Humorous incidents in connection with the war are not yet exhausted, arid Ian Hay gives this one in his latest book. "The L;i<t Million." in connection with the capture of a vil lage from the Germans. A detach ment of infantry arrived at the village only to find that a T:uik had beaten them by four minutes in the race to ~'-"i1io market square. The usual young officer was in charge, and when the major came along he handed the vil lage over to his superior officer, and then shyly asked for something to show, "just to show. sir. That we were here firsr." The major thought he could fix that, and solemnly wrote out a receipt: "Received from the offices commanding British tank King Boy one village, in poor condition." RiQht Spirit "Mr. Grahcoin spent thousands of dollars oil his daughter's education. She attended some of the most ex pensive schools in America ami Eu rope. She w:ts taught to sing, to paint, to play various musical Instruments and to speak three or four languages.' '"Fin-." "But let me tell you how shameful She repaid her father's tender care. She came back home and married his Chauffeur!" "Splendid! A girl with her wealth and accomplishments might have m?r: ried a broken-down duke."?Birming ham Age-H era! d. ASK ONLY FOR FAIR CHANCE ! Crippled Soldiers Arc Eager to Prove They Have Lost None of Their Good Amevican Grit A West Virginia private soldier who lost a leg in the war and now goes on crutches was visiting the national j capital, and while inspecting the i Washington monument requested a po ! liceman to act as a witness for a 1 short time. The cripple then proceed | ?*fi to climb to the top, 500 feet above j the ground and reached by $00 stops,, j .It is clear that this athlete was not In [Washington to claim a pension on the j ground of physical disability. In fact, he asks no more than a fair chance to show that he is fit to hold a job, and is ready rto prove it. In the main mili tary hospital in Washington the pa tients are publishing a paper called the "Onie Back," whose main pur pose is to promote the industrial wel fare of crippled so, ?ers and sailors, j It gathers information on useful work I for men who recover from amputa j tions or serious wounds, and wants j to ascertain how much they will be j able to do, not how little, and to en j courage ambitious efforts as far as j possible. Such endeavors, for one i thiyg, add to the happiness of those : who often are merely classed as un I fortunates. A crippled condition docs j not necessarily mean a crippled life, j The privilege of being independent J that appealed to "Burns as glorious Is j dear to every healthful nature and ' earnest participant in the duties of I life.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. MAY AGAIN BECOME NATION Possibility That Arab Tribes Will Be Reunited as One Result of the Great War. One of the most interesting figures at the opening of the peace conference I was Prince Emir Falsul, son of the king of the Hedjaz, the latter known \ as c*the grand old man of the East/* He I is very handsome and hfs picturesque headdress was well suited to his style. As the prince strode up and down the room before the opening of the session he was .a perfect type of Arab beauty and dignity. The representation of his fine race in the peace conference ami their present effort to establish their ancient kingdom recall the general opinion which, I believe, is held among orientalists, that the Arabs are des tined ultimately to play a big part in the world. I have seen them in the districts around the Suez canal and the Red sea and have wondered wheth er they would not again become ? great.people. Individually, it seemed to me that they w^re finer than any othpr orientals. As a wandering race they have lacked the co-operation and cohesion which euable a nation to make headway. It would fie one of the historic romances if out of the world war the Arabs emerged as an organized people prepared to assume heavy responsibilities in the near East. ?New York Times. Grain for Alcohol. j Obviously nation-wide prohibitior i '"ill cut sharply into the use of the ce j reals in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes. At thf" same time it is regarded as assurer that more alcohol will be manufac tured than ever before for use in the liberal arts and in manufactures gen erally, this to be denatured and thus absolutely uc^t for driuking purposes Plans are under way, however, foz greatly increased output of alcohol as above noted, some of this undoubtedly .to..be made from grain, while large quantities it now appears will be pro duced from cheap molasses brough! from the West Indies. Officio I chem ists have been able to secure from this not only alcohol but also the use ot residue for the production of glycerin, something of increasingly large con sumption. Glycerin is very largely used inT-making nitroglycerin, transpar ent soaps, lubricants, printers' inks, etc. Death Brings Joy. The reports from many parts of the United States that some women of an adventurous nature married sol diers in the hi.srh hopes that the hus bands would be killed and that they would collect the Insurance money are based on fact. it. is believed. A young woman, well dressed, went to tlie post office at Vancouver, Wash., recently and received a int'-r. she opened, read, and laughed loudly. A man driving a machine in which she rode downtown asked her what was the good news. S!n> astonished him by repiying that her husband had been killed and she would get the $10,000 insurance. Origin of Famous Dyes. The famous blue and purple dyes of the east, frequently mentioned in his tory, were in all probability extracted from the Roccclla lichen, which has been extensively used in France in re cent years when gorgeous colors were desired for silks. These dyes are se cured by pulverizing the plane body, termed the thallus, and extracting the coloring matter by applying alkali. Litmus, ono of the lichen dyes, is wide ly applied in the science of chemistry. ?Textile World Journal. Production of Quicksilver in 1913. The domestic output of quicksilver in 1918, according to statistics com piled by F. L. Rans?roe, of the. United States geological xm\-r\\ department of the interior, was 33,432 Uasks ol 75 pOU?dS each, valued at about $?<>,? ?4&30L Compared with the output ol 1017 this shows a decrease in quantity. FELf HER EXALTED POSITION Empress Theodora, Though Not Bom to the Purple, Was Every Inch Royal Ruler. The name Theodora has been home by more than one lady of distinction In Roma and in the Orient. The most picturesque of the group was the Em press Theodora, wife of Justinian, Byzantine emperor, who lived fourteen centuries ago. She was the daughter of the keeper of wild beasts and was an actress in pantomime, "living movies" one miglte call the perform ances, for without speaking a word she could make her audience hold its: sides with laughter. But as soon as! she became empress it was as if thej blood of till- the Caesars coursed, through hor veins, for none was more j arrogant than this high-stepping j daughter of the people. Here is one of her orders to a messenger: "If you fail j in the execufhn of my commands I | BWe&r by Rhu that liveth forever thatj ycur bi'.-- -I.all be flayed from your; body,'' Ami the messenger knew that she meant every word of it. [j One may wonder if some of the mow j archa who recently have faded fron) their thrones would have gone so read* By if a Theodora had been presentf. There was an insurrection in Constan tinople and Justinian and the royal household were about to escape on vessels waiting at the stairs of the palace gardens, communicating with the sen. Then spoke Theodora: "ft flight were the only means erf safety I should yet disdain to fly. Death is the condition of our birth, buf they who have reigned should never survive the loss of dignity and dominion. I Implore heaven that I may never -be seen, nor a day, without my diaden and purple." So she restored ttje waning courage of Justinian and h> generals, and the day was saved. NEW WEST INDIAN INDUSTRY Exports of Divi-Divi, Product of Tree of That Region, Will Grow Now War Is Ended. An Interesting product in which Curacao, the important port of the Dutch West Indies, deals is divi-dlvi, which is the trade name for the curved peas of n email tree with a character istic winding form, . indigenous to northern South America, Mexico and a few of the Ne'herland Antilles, says the American magazine. The plant ing is done by sowing only, and the chief dispensers of the seed were for a long time the goats. The dried peas are very much sought after in Amer ica and E:;rope because of the high percentage of taunin they contain? varying-from 30 to 60 per cent. Cu racbo exported $46.352 worth of divf diri In 19.16: $28.78$ worth in 3917. Aloes, another product of. the cb'l: ony. Is exported from Curacao, hut Is~ cultivated chiefly in the Island Amba. which is one of the .six com posing the colony. The gathering of the aloe leaves takes place during the dry season, after a part of the mois ture they contain has been allowed ire escape. They are cut and the brown ish yellow, ill-smelling sap they con tain is intercepted as it leaks out Then the\sap is placed In an oven to evaporate its moisture, and the resi due is packed for shipment either fn calabash^ shells or in specially pre pared boxes. New York takes most of Chracao's aloe resin. It is chiefly used in the preparation of dyes and medicines, and is one of the most generally prescribed purgatives in veterinary practice. In 1916 Curacao exported $114385 worth of aloes. $46.430 worth in 1917. , Precious Stones in Nebraska. , A man from Nemaha county. Ne braska, went hunting moonstones In California and found two good speei ; mens. He remembered that he had I seen rocks of similar formation on his farm, and when he came home began looking for moonstones along the cow ' path. When he had made a collection, as he thought, he sent them to the ! state geologist, who pronounced them ! agate, chalcedony, topaz and tourma lines. From these a jeweler cut 28 I ovals of moonstone, mocha, sardonyx ami moss, and carnelian agate, and 35 diamond cuts of others, including ame ' thysts and rubies. These gems, which have been named the finest of the kind in Nebraska, range in color from very dark red through rose, purple, green, blue, orange and golden opal to marine, blue. Coconut Palm Tropical Cow. Copra consists of the (IrTed meats of coconuts. It contains from 50 to 63 per cent of oil. In India, Cochin China, the South Sea islands ami elsewhere the oil has been used as food since the dawn of history, for the fais contained in it are singularly like the milk fats of mammals in most respects. It is al ready in wide use in this country as "nut margarine." which is coconut oil into which some butter has been melt ed and the whole churned with skim milk?that is milk with the fats re moved?and worked as ordinary but ter. Few Animals Lost in Transit. In a statement made by the war de partment it apears that since the Unit ed States entered the war and to Jan uary 31, 1019, this government ship ped overseas from this country ??7.94.v animals, which included 5,4S9 cavalry horses, 33.396 draff horses, 28.08$ draft mules, and 1)75 pack nudes. The total number of animals lost en route over seas r;o far reported is <?t?0 horses and mules, or less than 1 per cent of the total number of animals shipped. DEHORNING OF CATTLE URGED Use of Caustic, Clippers and Saw to Prevent Growth and Remove Horns Is Favored. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Dehorning makes an animal more easily handled. ~ It renders the animal less dangerous to attendants.. It prevents the goring of ether cat tle in the feeding lot or in transit to market. It adds uniformity to the appearance of cattle and thereby adds to their value. Methods of dehorning cattle have been the subject of unusually interest ing demonstrations held by cattle spe cialists of the United States depart ment of agriculture co-operating with Animah in Dehorning Crate Ready for Operation. other extension forces. The demon strators showed how to refnove horns with clippers and saws, and with the use of caustic soda and caustic potash to prevent. rhe growth of horns on calves. I>ehorning chutes, for holding ! cattle, while being dehorned, were also constructed by the demonstrators, who emphasized the Importance of using I them instead of resorting to such prae ? trees as throwing the animals with ; ropes, tymjg. them to fences or similar I methods which are unsatisfactory. In i a.number, of cases farmers were per mitted to dehorn one or two. animals . to become familiar with the operation. The method of dehorning depends in ; each case .upon the age ef the cattle, specialists of the department say. i Demonstrations with young calves showed how the growth of horns can be prevented by. properly applyfeg1 caustic soda or caustic potash. Older ' '.nlves and other cattle were dehorned either with the saw or clippers. While ? clippers remove the horn more quick ? iy and with less pain to the animal, j the saw has the advantage of not ; crushing the. horn, especially in the ; case of Add animals whose horns are hard and brittle. Neither does the saw cause as much bleeding, since by lacerating the blood vessels it causes a clot of blood to form quickly. NO PLACE FOR SCRUB STOCK ! Animal Is Wasteful of Feed and Own er's Labor?Pure-Breds Are Worth More to Keep. ! (Prepared by the United States Depart ! ment of Agriculture.) j Scrub live stock is no longer fit for i perpetuation in the United States*. A j ?ruh is wasteful of feed and wasteful i of Its owner's labor. The scrub animal ; has served Its purpose as a connecting j fink between the old obsolete method i of farm' ? and new progressive meth i otls. Thousands of farmers in this ! country already have discarded scrub ! stock and are better off because of I that decision. Pure-breds are worth j more to keep and are worth more to ? st*ll. The scrub animal has been use* i ful as a connecting link, but our aim i from now on should be to make the j scrub extinct and to make It the miss | ing link so far as live stock is con ! eemed. That cannot be done knmedi | ately, but it is the goal toward which we should work. ' FEEDING SILAGE TO HORSES Limited Quantity May Be Given if Care is Exercised?Cannot Con sume Large Amount Silage may be fed to horses in lim ited quantity if care is exercised, but a horse cannot consume Ehe large quantities ?>f roughage used by the steer or cow. and the amount of silage, given t? horses on full feed must be Very limited. .\l?.n- beef cwttle might be raised profitably ,}" l!i}'n>' farms. + ? * Heavy feeding does m>t always pro duce proportionate gains. * * * Corimieal, boiled potatoes and but term ilk make a splendid ration for the growing pigs. ? ? ? The i.r>l requisites in raising .stock Is a good reader. l?*f us say. a judicious feeder, aud a well-born calf. ??fl TO SELF-SOVEfiNaSIT; In India Idol Worship of Brahmanical Hierarchy Would Revive, Writer Asserts, The danger, when it comes to seTf government for India, and every Anglo Indian recognizes-it, is-that we nt*y put hack into power the Brahmanrcal hierarchy which, by all the-wiles of priestcraft, by organizing aboriginal.. worship and blood sacrifices, by as- j trolugy and "miracles," has held the 1 lowlier races of India enslaved, body i j and soul, these three thousand years, j Even the English-speaking Masters -j of art In Calcutta university* tffter their graduation, go back to: temples i ! reeking with the blood of bull? and goats, and chant Vedlc mantras -be^ fore hideous idols. Exactly so far does their study of Mill and Huxley emanci pate them. And this, in flat defiance of the fact that all the best of their sacred books sternly condemn this evil ambition -and Its instruments, blaek superstition and idolatry, the things against which the Buddha made his ; heroic protest. But long centuries age> j the dark Brahmanical reaction drove j the "Buddha's followers out of India. - J Nevertheless the British trustees for the welfare of India continue to do ail things in their power to advance the natives of that many-colored congeries of peoples along the path, of real lib erty.-?Charles Johnston, in the North ! American Review. HE ROSE TO THE OCCASION Teacher Insisted That Norman Should i Write Poetry, and Result Was j ' Remarkable Effusion. The sophomore class, at N-high j school had a genius for *a teacher. | She could write poetry and every Frl* i day required her pupils to do the same. v?Orman could' play, baseball, but poetry - was outside ?s ken. s Stilt the teacher insisted that he do it, and ..nally issued , as her ultimatum that he either write it or she wou)d mark him failure-on his monthly re port. A failure-mark meant ths.t-the team would lose one of its best g>lay ers, so Norman, tried to ? write a poem: His attempt was s?'-wretched that his teacher tried'sarcasm. ?*???: "You are -a genius," she told hlai: "Now see if you can't write a poem about yourself and .your wonderful abilities." ... ? - ? Later she found Norman's effort-in his memorandum book, but she ha* kept the finding a secret. For he had written: Lives of school teachers all remind as That they'd better ?et a mt.nl' And; departing leave behind them Fewer nuisances if they can. . Devoted Nurse's Death. The story ef a aurse's devotior in France was <to!d by :Maj^Gei* v-?ttt!r* bert Wallace at a meeting convened by the London .-national' - council Jot women to consider shorter hours for hospital staffs. "There was," .said" the general* ^a certain hospital in France where the German bombers were coming over night- after night Some people get restless when they know that bombs may be dropped on them. The wound* ed man?although he was practically indifferent to shell fire?in a hospital very often gets seized with .this hor rible fear, this inability to keep still; There , was a certain nurse who was looking after a ward in ,-which there was a man -who was bedridden and could not get out of the^was. -Sl*e had gone off duty.: one evening when these bombers earae over.' She knew of this man ind went back to her ward. She was not on duty, but' aim sat at this man's bed.and sang to him. A bomb fell.. That woman was killed, twit the man was left* The name of this heroic nurse was not re vealed. Not ParHculaf^' - "? Two local fire laddies recently west on a hunting trip. Hearing a shot, one yelled to the other: "Get something?" "You betcha," the other replied. "What is it?" '?Pheasant.**'- > ? ft* The other, approaching, laughed de* rislvely. > "Huh!" he said, "that Isn't a pheas ant; it's a screech-owl." "Oh, well," said the first huutar, "what's the difference* When I oat a bird I eat its meat. I ain't particular what kind of a voice it's got"?London Tit-Bits. May Be Bis Gold Field. That free gold of untold quantities would be fouud in the gravel of the channel where once flowed the Rogue river has been the-belief of Oregon miners for more than half a coalary. And so it happened that the owner of the old Waldo mine near Grant'* Pass the other day made the greatest strike ever made in this section when he turned gravel for the first time. His holdings consist of 4,260 acre? and it Is believed that almost every foot of them lie over the eld rivet bed and that nearly all of it la rich lu pay dirt. Danced to Death, It was a Polish weddiag and there were quite-a number of guests. Sack one that danced with the bride was to pay $1. They had been dancing and celebrating all evenlag and It was early the next morning; when the tetde had danced about forty-?ve tttass therefore making about $45. So* was determined she would m*ke $09 bo> fore she quit and had almost,s^sssi od wheu she fell to &? ttofr 4fjjg& tor Admission to New York M?y :i-^-?Apj>Iicatiojfl four of the smallest' cx>uh&es* 1? world?Iceland, the' Repmjt&'^e^ gta. Ssua Maririo and '- L?sens ~ for admission to the^I^g^ffcl tiohs, which are to eom5e*: b^ore Council of the - League-^hen ^it venes shortly in &o?ie, "Italyv i awakened interest in these lands peoples. 1 ? ? V ^ Iceland, which anth:'i#l$ -befo?^ to Denmark, has 'a population 30? ^ap proximately 70,OOtr and aa :areft^?^? 35.000 square fhiles. :lt -was.^'ise.0*^... e'd by Norsemen - in tlie.afoth e^ia^y ^ and continued as a re p im ifc u nti! fi^^M when it united with^oi^avy.?:>t?$i$&c% it was taken by Denmark in " wftoia^ hands it remained t?ti.I; ; t5PO ycacs'.-t ago when, in full . agreement' with the mother country,. under Ihe.iprinV ciple of ?elf-determination Ice^a^,;:. proclaimed its irrdeprendehee: '?''?*133j|fc;i; Christian, of Denm^firkv' ^Oftoi^iS^^^^m former colony by' send ing iO.. 'waa?a?p^;' to salute the Ic^andic-jaati^ai^^^^^ The Danish government"_? . in'i~%pj&k forbadc the ttian?fact?re or s?te'^f^ intoxicants and the par&aaheat^f-4ei&?: land subsequently enacted-a" prc^^r '^ tion law making the ninetteea^ssei?'' or parishes in the country's thpee ara or -provinces forever*" ^?ry-.'V^ ?R^afl^^ die women have long had/the right to A vote. ' ? '-'^&% Reykjavik and Akreyri, the. ^i?- i cipal villages of. Iceland,..are ph. ' coast whicli is a. belt of rich Jand. The interior is a "Va^ plai^u\;j| 2.000 or more feet above sea - feve|g| composed largely of sand?'/k^-^^^s tfesert and practically destitute of 7 grass or trees, excepting a few .hardy' beeches.; There ire no- foaJdSv"r* F$r centuries Icelanti was ?f?^eiS.y&t volcanic eruptions, tfee lava ^Se*4S.-Cdv:^ -.^ errog- an area of r4v500 ^?ar<^j^es-.. . Georgia, formerly 'ancient, lyia^a,;^-.. part of Russian ^Traus-C^ucasi?," ? <is?:. popluated by a pepoie who ic&frTOfem selves -MarH and who are k?Owh neighboring Persians -as' Guri. :\ seats of government are *Tffiis Guria: In the:lhft:d ceh'tu^ stituted--a'mTght\' state1 whic1t^fes^g| ?until 1424 -when ?? it 'divlo^H^^ -three parts. In - Ih&t i^&t^^^^^ corporated in the Riiss^^?j^lk^'::-^ i .The pppulation 'j?t./Q^^:M^00^ time she-declared her iadepenae^S^a^^ < Russia. on-Ma^ W ^li,"^?^eWi^? &,000;0O0: Etgixty-:per*^?f^^ . gians are^fan^ere. '^Ok -^sa^^^'^^^y^ I the jndependence of Geor^^- lisa^ J?ec- \ j ognized byl^ialyY'^ ?peace treaty Batum is to "become ?frfee.i port. ?? '? .^-.-t ;' :^0;' I San *Marhia -;er ^raic^ only,one of the?^m&ile^yf^jpit^^iy: and coh^isi^'Of ? c^gS3^ .420 feet.-high :oyi witet^;g?e town ? and some circumjacent, terrae^ four or fiye villages. *ftre ii^uTailpn, prior- to the war/was about S^OO^-^aa j; Marina ^uratefte'd-arfc ari^'^^S^Alf lies. The chjefin?usfr^ - including 'the raisi^'^*^^^^ legislature of the.'repubic^%eoj^i&^S l ed of ? senate of ^;tee)ab^ra^le4ttie^ [ for-life,' equally; from> tT&&1&??%t , peasants,' citizens ^nd a^fefe;'<&t?tjb ?presidents- are chosen by the senate every six months. Luxemburg, whicir >iies - between Rhenhtsh "Pr'uartaf' Be^?rn sace-EOrrame,' r:tbd -^ #1?^ -:wa^-^O^E? pied by^ the G^irmains d a^g ^eJ^ear. was made a Graifo Diichif 'in:1$L4j i&y the kiiitg of the N^therla&ds. jn^1^7 it w?s'decIare^-ttfeWraT'territo^ Treaty Of Lond?hr -It-has ^l?nge^, ?however, since Xi*&<**t?>4ijt? f>\*t? signing of the Vera?i?es .a^ea^ito. ^ho. Zollverein or German CustQ?i'.s tTp ion. ' : t: " . f -'? Tiie population of ? Lux^mbnrg, - be fore the war. wais af^rotei'mat'e^ 000 lljrfng -in -an . area of^aeoat. t^^) square mHes. "Walloon Fi^e^h-iSi^^k; en in a few vit)a$ea:'but'. ^Vlanguage of the people is chiefry a German "dia lect.-"':*' ''' <?-' ? .After the?.armistice in-'.;Ihe-.*Pe*}d war, the Germans: evac*H(cted Ludern?- . bur^. a revo.hition ; occarre^ib^ halted by the" Allies.' 'The,' American troops' passed through Dmitry ?ni? were wen -mreited.. -T^fe'^aji^L^iiBtt^ ess Marie whose abd icattoii ia%* t^en demanded by a ,mob, fled from, the country and a republic wa? -pjro^a?a ed.: -This new govattimeni, ^o^vever. e^Jiisted only a :few hoars; >tPh%-: paftt?4: tnent calfed for .a plehescite- to -dfeofdfe the future form of ^ov^rnnaent &M& the people voted for a i^oVaUpn pt Duchess, the Princess Charlc^e. ft Duchess, the' Princess v C^a^loffee, a sister of Marie. ? . ;^Amen jCorforM- v? The phrase "amen co?n^ is- saH to have origin a ted - in Lenio*v-'wh?re, at the end of the Pateraoster :*pst, the monks at one ritae finL*aad tho? recitat/Mi of. the ^Pafeer -Noiter^^'jm they ? w ent to- procesSaa Ofi i^t^vM Christi day at ?St. '^iiii C?tiex??i The? began in ?Paternoster row rrirh the Lord's prayer in f?tinr'*Mtte* ing it to the *nd Of the ^s?W>tv'ami then said ""amen" at ttwF>corner of tht row. As usetl in this coantsy^tlrt phrase describes >the <rdw?r church where the ^lderiy-^Be?bcrs sit and pronounce the word "araen" at Intervals. ?Physicians*-Oath. ?; **/'? A -part of lfi? Wppocrtrtlc ?*b*llr'?a follA^-a: ?IWiat?Tfliv in cmn?Hwi frith my professional ftottlxs*, ?araiat ia cwnneeSkMi wtth- It; ! nmy?8*o^*?s?? lu the It^sof men trhich <Hig4?t-not^o be spoken aJ?ro?d. I wiH Rot;-<ii.t.algai ?S reckoning Ihai ^lI '?ch/ Should kept secrer." Thiro?thif t?mectl? by f^^cy ewn t ?!? rt?e?>iWH^; rart? ly indeed Una If wer been broken ky a refutable phyaldaa.