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. ' . ' _ ' ? "r ? ? .-. . . 1 Michael Collins Ap- j peals to Iri^men! *-: Urges, Dail Eireann to Form; Provisional Government j Quickly to Prevent Anarchy- i -? * Dublin, . Jan. . 10,-?-Michael C?l- \ lins at the session of the Dail to- i day urged that the Dail form a?! quickly as possible an -Irish pro-1 visional government to prevent an- j archy. . j The Transvaal of Peru '/While tear gas, bombing planes j and long range guns now common- j ly figure in European war news one j outbreak finds its way into the; newspapers' which probably is: marked by poisoned arrows, maces; known as "head breakers' and a j form of 'wireless telegraphy' which j antedates civilized aerial communi- j cation if natives are taking part in j it." says'a> bulletin of the Natkmalj Geographic Society's Washington, r D. C. headquarters concerning the \ reported * revolution in Northern j Peru. - i The revolt referred tet is that at I Yurimaguas, Peru, a town "lying j southeast of Iqultos, Peru's great j inland port. . i "Yurimaguas Kes in the Trans- j vaal of South America?a Trans- j vaai whi^h -?wairs a Cecil Rhodes ; or a Daniet Boonc to be its pion eer." the bulletin continue?. ''Span iard? found gold in the fastnesses ? of the MVrrtana.^ as this region is caiBed. but modern commercial pre*-, ?geciers are-more interesetd in the ?black gold' n^aning the rubber,, which abounds in its forests. Tbe Farthest Inland Port 'The Maronen? as the- fteru-vians call the .Upper Amazon, pierces the Montana region, and, its tributaries form a vast network of natural; waterways which already are be-! ginning to bear treasure laden j carriers. Yurimaguics lies south of i the Maranon, along one of this riv- j er's- mest important^Pernvian trib utaries, the Kuallaga. Remote Yurimaguas is 500- miles from leuitoa, whence cargoes' are trans ferred to ocean steamers which j must crawV across a continent for i su distance equalling that from New J York to >Norfh Dakota before? reaching salt water. To the west I th* Andean peaks bar- the- water way to the Pacific, but-surveys nave been made for a trans-An dean railroad which will gird Lo renzo, where the HuaUaga emp ties into the Marar. on. to Faita, the Pacific port of Northern Peru. "Growing appreciation ; of this lajrd-vodtrcooszmercial' promise is in dicated on the National Geographic Society's new map of Suoth Aj-oer Sca, wherein a vast tertitvry? larger than our State of Moniaaa. and j bounded by the Maranon on the j ??trth? Ecuador on the west, and j Colombia to the nortto, - acw. is' claimed; in parts.' by air three now* j ers. Iquitos, -where the revolu- i tionary activities began in-early; ?ommer, . is held by Peru, hut lies j 35i the side of "the Maranon, where ; Ecudaor's claims extend.. ?. ~* j Potatoes Vie With Gold. " "Iteference frequently is made; to.this region as the 'Land of the Incas.' Tne designation would be more nearly correct were it called *c 'outlying land of the Incas,' for the surprising .civilization of pre- ; Pizzaro days .had its center some j 6(/0 miles farther south, at Cuzco, 1 near which the Pompeii of the j western , world. Machu Picchu, was ? unearthed; by . a National Geo- ; graphic Society, expedition. '*Long it. was a question whether j the people who built white gran- i ile mansions, temples,, and stair-' case farms along the canyons of' the Urubamba. and probably gave | to the. world the humble potato, a far .greater gift than the . gold j wh>ch the, Spaniards sought?j whether these people with a Ro- j man love of^ : urban refinements i penetrated the plateau wilderness I in. the region of the Maranon and j the. Kuallaga. "Here geographic explorers were ' the van guard of fortune seekers, i for . the expeditions to northern I Peru brought back not only re-; ports of tribes which had recog-' nized Inca rule at Cuzco, but fulled ? accottrits of the rich timber treas- i ures awaiting development. Tribes! now inhabiting the Montana are! thought to be descended from j those which massacred early Span- j ish adventurers and thus discour- j aged further penetratior* into the I Andean foothills, the grass covered j plains, and the impenetrable forests \ which constitute the terrain of i this territory. A Language With Two Words. "The murderous Chuuchos. ter ror of Mongana travellers, are only i one of many tribes to be found ! there; and the human geographer \ already has found a treasure store ot:his own in the primitive customs Of peoples who live as they did ; long before Columbus set foot qn I A^nerican soil. These tribes cover ; an octave of civilization ranging ; from' the In je injes. who have but i two words jn their spoken Ian-; guage. to several which have the j htgenious 'wireless telegraphy* de- : vice referred to above: "In each dwelling among these \ tribes there is a hollowed out tree \ trunks with holes of various si2es ; and at varying distances from each other. Hence the residents had an instrument with a scale of five notes, which, however, was not uircd to produce music, but to sig nal their messages in code from house to house. In view of the high and complex civilization found at Machu Picchu it is not so surprising to learn that savages devised a way to gossip, and per haps to trade, before white men began to use the telephone. When these instruments were placed in the open long distance signals could be exchanged: and an im portant use was to rally the tribal warriors when attack threatened. One observer tells about a friendly conversation carried on across the Maranon.. at that point nearly a third of a mile wide." Presbyterian Pro gram For January Foreign Missions Will Receive Special Attention this Month - Presbyterians of this section have planned an interesting and busy schedule for January under the Progressive Program arranged by the church for the year. Dur ing the current month special at tention wili be given to foreign inissions.. It is planned, to organ ize classes in every church for the study of this cause and a number of pamphlets have tb'een prepared on the subject. I ? ^ Stewardship w ill also come in for attention, and organization and promotion of groups for instruc tion will he urged by the pastors. Another' subject is that, of pro motion of the family altar by ser mons, . literature and personal work. This is under the direction of the permanent committee on Sabbath, and family religion of the general assembly. It is the_ desire of the church to establish "family worship in every home. * Literature on all, of the above subjects has been. assembled and sent out to. the various churches. ? Great Britain To Aid France Lloyd George and Premier Brjand Agree on Matter -;?? Cannes, Jan. 9.?Great Britain's written pledge to France to come to her. immediate ajsistance to tho fullest extent of, , her military and naval- resources in the event of un provoiced aggression, on the part of Germany, has . been , embodied in a document by Lloyd George, the British, premier, and submitted by I telegraph, to every member of the British cabinet for approval . In JBritish orcfes here ioriight the expectation was that replies en dorsing the.,compact Wi>uld be re ceived by tomorrow evening, when the document win be given to Aristride - Briand. the French pre mier. It was said that the text probably would. be published Wednesday morning. ? The. proposed agreement is. un derwood to he simple in form and to give France* what that country is seeking, namely, a jruaranteo of seeurity^and the . immediate aid of Great .Britain, should Germany at tempt another war of aggression. The agreement was the outstandi ng development of the day's hap penings here.JThe general optimism that it will be..put into force has greatly heightened .the spirit of the French deleg?tes. '-. .i. ?_ . Riggs Calls Meeting Athletic Association of the I State to Meet January IC j Clemson College. Jan. 8.?The j second term of. the college yedr be- j gan on the morning of January-4. j with an increased -enroUment, and j with every- indication of. continu ance of. successful work for che session. The total enrollment, af ter the matriculation of a dozen or more new students, has now reach ed a total of 1,007,. which is t the j largest enrollment in the history of j the college. Dr. W. VLs Riggs. president of the I coHege. and president of the South | Carolina Intercollegiate Associa- \ tions. has called % meeting of that j association to .be held in Spartan burg on Tuesday night, January 10. The meeting will consider inter collegiate athletic matters of in terest to the colleges of the State. Rapid progress is being made in the erection of the temporary gym- j nashim, which is being constructed largely by means of student labor. The structure is just west of Riggs Field and will be most convenient for athletic use. It is hoped that the- buildings will be completed in time for use during the latter part of the basketball season, and also for the early baseball training. The Five-Gent Loaf. A sixteen-ounce ioaf of wheat bread can be bought in New York for five cents. Two of, the biggest stores have announced this price, which is a full return to the pre war figure, and the fact is hailed by the metropolitan press as sig nifying a general and an appre ciable readjustment of the price of foodstuffs. Bread is tho barometer of frod costs. A low-priced loaf is an indication of cheaper living and 1: is believed that the return to the pre-war.price of bread Will have a great influence on the whole mar ket-basket price list. Some of the, largo d?alers. yet resisting return to the five-cent loaf, protest that j bread cannofbe sold profitably at! iaeh a price., but the two stores! which have made the cut may be j able to show quite differently. At any rate, there is the principle of the thing-and its psychological ef fect. The f?ve-ccnt loaf is an ex ample and an influence for lower living costs to'a degree inestimable. Chicago, Jan. 10.?Native Amer lean seamen will soon become ex ! tinct. according to the Internation i al Seamen's Union, claiming that i the shipping board does not en courage them. Washington. .<aa. 10. ? Miss i Kathryn Clem mens Could has ot | fered her estate near Richmond as I a site for a home for veterans' widows and orphans. Chicago. Jan. 10.? Russell Meal ier, aged nine, is suffering from a self-inflicted bullet wound, as the result of sri<*f over the death of a pet dog. J'htsburfrh. Jan. 10.?-Fire today swept the Bichsbaum building in the retail district causing a dam age of two hand red and titty thou sand dollars. The tiremen were driwn back by the smoke. Florence County Retains Agent Legislative Delegation Ap propriates Same Amount For This Work as Last i Year j Florence, Jan. 9.?At the annual j meeting of the Florence county leg islative delegation, which conven | ed at the court house Saturday, a I committee of prominent womeii representing the women of Flor ence county requested that an ap- ! ? propriation sufficient to continue j home demonstration work during the year 1922 be made. The same I I amount appropriated last year was granted by the delegation. -? ? ? Weeks Favors _Ford's Bid Only Comprehensive Plan Yet Offered For Muscle Shoals _ Washington. Jan. 7.?Henry j Ford, in the view of war depart- j ment officials, occupies the posi- j tion of first importance among those bidding for lease, purchase, completion and operation ot' the ' Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate and' power pi43jects. Secretary Weeks announced to day after a conference with C. .C. Tinkler, president of the Construc tion Company of North America, j of Sain Francisco who sought an agreement in which his company i would, complete construction work and operate the plans on a semi- ! government basis, that the Ford 1 offer was the only comprehensive I scheme before him for completion ! of th,e project and manufacture of fertilizer by private enterprise. Both the Tinkler proposal and that recently submitted by Fred erick E. Engstrum ol Wilmington. X. C, it was said, related also en- j tirely to construction work on the. [dams and other plants and involved ! the government in future manage- | j ment of them as well as in paying j for th8 work to be done. The virtual placing cf the two [offers in the class of contract bids [rather than lease and operation j [ proposals brought Mr. Ford's plan 1 |aigain to the forefront of the trans- j action and removed in the minds of [ war department officials whatever [idea had existed that the Tinkler i jand Engstrum plans were of a i competitive sort as compared to : I that of. the Detroit manufacturer, j ! It'was recalled that when Mr. j I Weeks first announced his desire to | dispose of the Muscle Shoals pro perties to a reputable private in- j terest that would guarantee to ope- ? [rate to the country's advantage he j was prompted principally by the j motive of making them serviceable ; to the nation, guaranteeing their operation rather than Utting them stand dead still, and without ask- ! ing congress for the millions nec lessary for government construe- j jtion and management. Such a de isire still exists in the mind of the [ war secretary, it was said, and the ; Ford offer, it was added, is the ! nearest thing the government has I received for its fulfillment, that, j however, is not regarded as a per fect fulfillment in its present form [ of the desires of Mr. Weeks and the j [secretary will seek to have it [amended in conferences scheduled ! to begin Wednesday between war [department officials and represen [ tatives of Mr. Ford, or the latter in , person. j In the meantime Mr. Tinkler and F. C. Hitchcock, acting as his engi neer-adviser, will remain here in conference with army engineers. It was officially announced that they I would modify the plans, they ex- ! plained to the secretary today, but [it was not stated in what manner ! i the alterations would be made. The ' [ Engstrum offer remained in the [hands of the chief of engineers. Major General Breach, for study and? further report, by him to Sec retary Weeks. ? ?? ? NEW PEACE DOLLAR WILL BE RECALLED i Washington. Jan. 8.?The new \ peace dollar is misnamed and will i have to be withdrawn from circu- j lation and remodelled, it is stated at the treasury. Trouble has been ! associated with the new coin sine its career was launched. President Harding, its sponsor, had a pre- j monition of this^when lie objected to dimple originally placed on the chin of the figure of liberty. "Fem inine dimples." he said, "arc not usually associated with peace." That was removed but now it is discovered that the sculptor, An thony Francisco, placed his mono gram "AK", beneath the face of! liberty which is mode!1 *l from that of his' wife. Initials on money arc ta^oo. it is stated. Jlut more serious yet is the fact j that bankers complain the new dollar will not stack, and others j say it is too thin. If the issue is withdrawn those already in circulation may go to premium and collectors will fight for them. Hence treasury officials smile when you refer to the new issue as the "peace dollar." Russia Has Her Draw bricks. Moscow. Dec. 7.?Every day lift in Russia is a very praetcial les son in self help. When the central heating apparatus fails, and heat ing plants which have not been repaired for seven years often fail, one buys :i sheetiron stove and pipe in the market, thrusts :? pipe oui through his window, searches for high-priced wood in the market. Cuts il and builds :i fire. if the electric tight bulbs burn Out. or the fuses blow, or the wires wear out. one goes ;< !.he mark el for he necessary supplies, gi is oui one's penknife and becomes one's own electrician. Ir is a great tragedy when ehoes or clothing wear out orire ( t I Only Woman to Run Radio School; Miss Mary Texan Loomis is the only woman in the world to conduct a radio telephone school. That is in Washington. She is shown here in overalls at work at her drill press. The radio phone transmitter on the Ufr is partly of her own invention. Is Football Sport for Girls? Two girl teams played football at Sudbury. England, in a match ar ranged officially to show whether the game is too much for girls. Physi ;ians who made the test examinations voted to let 'em play. Capital's Prettiest "Bud*. Miss Eleanor Davies lias been universally acclaimed the prettiest am?ng the Washington debutantes of this season. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph IZ. Davfos quire repairing- Tailors have no j frequently supply workmen to make cloth and shoemakers have no building repairs of minor charac Ieather. These can be found only i ter. bin they are seldom able to in the street markets and it re-1 provide the required materials, uuircs many hours :<> place a pair This ncces itaies hoars of search of shoes and sufficient leather for |.through the streel stalls scattered half-soles in the hands <>r a cob- ?::!')!::-: miles of boulevards. The bier who will sew them on. capital, organization and confl The lack of s>rviceaoie new j uvnee which are necessary to ef ciptb in the markets has jut worn ' fassembling of large stocks elothiifg a: a premium. i! is "We stid lacking. gr.lily bought by men ami \yo if? ? -11 who have if turned and ren- Washington. Jan. 10.??The In novated. T:ulOrs are so busy with tersiaie commerce commission has j.'iis sort of work that it frequent- t;ranted authority to rbe Pullman iy reouircs several weeks have I coiiipairj to purchase the property j i pairs made. of the llakkcll and Parker Car Co.. Plumbers and tinners and ear-jbv tssuing new capital st<><k to the penters and painters utterly lack *aju< of sixteen million, live hun suppliest Small contractors can * dred thousand dollars. Beirut, The City of Sunsets. Washington, Jan. 6.?Beirut, the ancient Syrian city featured in rc cenl dispatches because of Moslem opposition to changes in street naming and police innovations, is described in a bulletin of the Nat ional Geographic Society by* a former resident of the city as fol lows: "Picture, nestling at- the base of the Lebanon, a many tinted city pushed out into the setting sun by the pressure of a famous mountain range, which, just east of the city and robbing it of the early morn ing light, towers tb 8,500 feet in a beautiful mountain whose snowy heights form the crystal screen upon which is projected the rose glow of the world's most. colorful sunsets. "The backbone of the city stretches to the west from a low alluvial plain which almost makes Beirut an island. The wharves to the north, looking away from the more famous but inferior ports of Tyre and Sidon to the south and toward the other Phoenician ports of Tripoli and Alex?ndretta and Sclecuia. all of which have old Phoenician names long since for gotten by the inhabitants. Bcry tus was the name of Beirut. Curves Like Bay of Naples. "The waterfront is commonplace enough most of the year, even though just outside the disfiguring breakwater there lies the bluest, most nearly perfect curve of bay east fo Naples. It bears the name of St. George and although it is the French that have improved it, the British have made it notable on their beautiful gold coins, now ex tinct, which once showed St. George killing a dragon or rather The j dragon. Mythology will tell you I who St. George was-and why he j killed the dragon and why the ' British put it on their coins and j his cross on their Union Jack. But here St. George slew the dragon and threw hh i down a well?noth- I ing harms an Oriental well?and if you don't, believe it. the well is I still there and if.you go there on | a da-rk' night and gaze down into the inky waters, you will see the dragon's eyes! "The streets are narrow and full of life. The buildings are kalso mined in various hues, ugly near at hand, but truly Turneresque from a distance. On one of the highest points at the eastern end of the high rib which the city ; str?d''''^ there is. or was, a mili- j tary ".,,.1-racks. Beirut has tram lines which run along the-backbone, j and near the center of the city there is a small park embroidered I with bootblacks with small shoe blacking boxes, around which the j trams turn. Here there is anoth- | er line .of trams which runs to the [ j south to a beautiful grove of pines! i which were planted to save the! ! city from the drifting sands. . j j "The western end of the lime- i \ stone ridge is called Ras Beirut, or j I the point of Beirut, and near the j i extremity of this section there is : one of the loveliest college cam [ puses on earth, with more than a j score of principal buildings. Pos- j j sibly nowhere else on earth has j j America's name been more rever- j i ed and so lovely is the scene of the j ; deep blue bay and snowy moun- j tain range that there has long! i been a standing argument between j [this college and the Robert Col-j i lege, at Roumeli Hissar. outside i j Constantinople on the Bosphorus, ! as to which has the lovelier view. ; Nature Provkles Swimming .Pools. I "In from the west and north ! sweep the waves which are eating" i ! away at the limestone cliffs each I year the shoreline recedes before j jthe fierce battle with the wate s' I upon which the Phoenician argo- i I sies set out in search of fame and j ! commerce. At one placo the dash- ; '. ing waves have cut entiiely around j ; two towering masses of rock and ? bored a huge hole through the j side of one of them so that when the storms come Pigeon Rocks re veal a spirited picture of angry waves and steady stone. Narrow coves expend in from the sea and I in these one finds some of the J finest natural swimming pools any j where for the bottom is deep and J the water clear and the sides rise j gradually so that one can dive from (varying heights from the. water's j edge to thirty feet, j "These coves form the play | ground of the college students and I each has its name. There is the Preparatory Cove where the young American teachers swim. The cliffs are pierced in places by deep caves and it is a wonderful ad venture for a seasoned swimmer to breats the beating waves and j wait outside the narrow mouth of ' one of these till the beating waves ' lower a little and then enter i through the narrow mouth which ; promptly close behind, illuminat ing the interior with a lovely blue : light like that at the more famous ! Capri. J "From the harbor there rises a j cog wheel- railway which connects j the ancient city of Damascus to the I seacoast It was this French rail I way and the French harbor which j gave Beirut its prominence as a i port and few indeed are the Pal ' estinian tourists who have not pass i ed over this road while leaving the woild's oldest city, a green oasis ; in the midst of the tawny desert, [and the Cyclopean ruins of Baal I bek. to return to the ship for home. ?"The mountains offer various summer resorts for the city of Lei rut and the green masses of the foothills are not only dotted with pretty Lebanon villages from which thousands of Syrains have set out across the sea as did the Phoeni-r cians from the sann- port, but to land in America instead of beside the chalk cliffs of Albion, where tin was obtained in ancient times. Commuting in the Lebanon. "The natives say that the Ler l anon has summer in its lap. spring on it> bosom and winter on its head and by moving up the slopes one e.-in find the temperature de sired. Rich Egyptians come this way in summer and there are gaming places on Lebanon that ri vai Moni?- Carlo. Recently the au tomobile has come to the Lebanon and up the winding roads there now climb motor cars of all shapes and sizes. There are many commuters in vsummer time and each night the tired business man haves the hot coast and takes the business man's special to the eoci retreat of Aleih or Suk-ei-Gharb. "North from Beirut there runs a famous road, und at 1 >og River the elif's are carved with the j proud inscriptions of cono.uerors ' who have passed this way since his i tory was holding a rattle. People Mixed; Holidays Many. "The population of Beirut is j mixed and the holidays many. Some of the churches are wealthy ; though the mosques are generally : small. Long famous for its learn [ ing. it is today a city of colleges and schools. One of the great in stitutions in Beirut is the Amcri- j I can press which publishes most of the Bibles and Gospels that are j issued in Arabic. Its product ! reaches the whole of the world. "During the wer v^hole sections of the city were razed to make I way for new roads and thorough- ; j fares and the center of the city; [ is becoming less and less pic- ; ; turesque as the days go by) The i j seller of sweetmeats, carrying his j swaying tray on his head and his ' rude tripod on his arm. no longer ! has to look up like a dying Gaul j while balancing hi* load in the j midst of buildings whose awnings and balconies strove to rob him of; j his livelihood. "'What your soul desires,' h<tr j shouts as he tries to work up ap- ' petities to the buying point and j the seller of cooling drinks with a great hall of Lebanon snow stuck i above his highly colored bottle j clinks two brass bowls together in; a way that is more nearly related' to the sound of clinking ice in a I cocktail mixer than any adver- i tisement for sickish syrups has any j right to be. City of Picture Book Houses. "Through this close packed' city j of picture book houses there go the Christian women, bare of face ; and none too beautiful, and the i Moslem women whose religion mer- ! cifUlly supplies a veil. Unless one j cirfuily supplies a veil. Unless one '. hears the shout of the arbaji driv- ; ing his spirited steeds before a j shiny victoria he is likely to have | his shoulder grazed by the passage of a Levantine beauty, eloquent of face and redolent of perfume, ac companied by\somc pale faced of ficial with waxed moustache and a blazing tarbuche. "The Syrian loves the sunsets and as evening settles down, there is a general exodus to the heights of Ras Beirut where the waves pile up from the west and the sun ! goes down in a radiant sea. Then j the line of carriages is almost un broken and the barren slopes are dotted with small groups of Mos lems with their 'harems' which in- j elude all the female relatives from : child to grandma. As though so j much beauty could not exist un-[ challenged, there are wretches who j come to this loving tryst with the | setting sun with talking machines, j against whose agonized screams ; in Arabic melodies the rear of the J waves in all in vain." Knitted Outwear Worn by The Richest Girl ?n England. i Miss Edwina Ashley, pretty 20- j j year-old grand-daughter of the ! late Sir Ernest Cassell. is now the : richest woman in England, and one ! of the richest in the world. On her I ; famous grandfather's death recent- j ! ly. she inherited a fortune estimat- j : ed at $l00,000,00r0. Miss Ashley is ! *.he only grandchild of the late Sir '? Urnest Cassel, who was known to ; the public as King Edward's friend i j and financial mentor. King Ed- j I vard was godfather to Edwina. ' aenec her name. The idioto shows Miss Ashley on ; j the links. She is an expert golfer. : On Armistice Day. The Humane Society of Terrei ! Haute. Indiana, was represented in ! the Armistice Day parade there by I ja large float decorated with blue J land white flowers, and featuring horses, dogs, and carrier-pigeons, j j It was drawn by four beautiful black horses. A large cage, erect ed on tlie back of the float for the 1 pigeons, bore an immense placard : with these words: Our Silent Allies Horses. Hogs, and Birds "They All Served." Corsica: Island Jewel of France -hhif* "Wushington. Jan. 6.?Corsica is one of the Mediterranean reasons advanced"" by France in' her claim that her navy was necessary to de fend her possessions ift&itiree seas. The following bulletin concerning Corsica, from che Washington. D. C. headquarters of ?'the/ National Geographic Society, is based on notes by Clifton It Adams, recently returned from this island Pcpart ment of France: ' '"Few people know .Corsica as more than a little island, the birth place of the Emperor Napoleon and! the home of an almost savage race. But today, because it. is so little known, it is one of the,most de lightful corners of the-earth. A Medley of Races. "Its history is astonishing. So many races have fought for it in the obscure centuries that the pres ent day Corsican is a mixture, ex hibiting many of the racial traits of the adventurers from Tyre- and Phoenica, the Goth^ Vandal, Moor and Saracen as well as the Roman. Genoese and Pisan-of the later cen turies. "The love of liberty is still strong and in some of tho smaller moun tain towns the older men say that they never ceased fighting- for in dependence until after August .15. 1709 when the island was formally declared a French possession. By a strange prank of fate Napoleon Bonaparte was born in".that day in the beautiful little .'port of Xjaccio. with its orange and almond groves, its mimosa trees an^' its''graceful palms. ? : A- ? The Hero of Coi-gica "During the struggles of later year? Pasqualc Paoli appeared as the leader of the Corsicans against the oppression of Genoa and while ho in turn was forced to submit to the rule of France he is consid ered the real hero of Corsica and his picture can be seen in. many a. mountain home^ to this day. His tomb is the shrire of Corsica, Tales still are told of his simplicity and scorn of luxury. .,After he was made a generrJ. so runs one of these stories, his brother thought it more befitting his dignity that glass windows should be put in his home. Pasquale broke every pane declaring, T do not mean to live Mke a duke in my father's house;' but like a Corsican born.' "Because the 'Vendetta' was organized in these , stirring times _ as a protective measure the world of the present believes the Cor sicans to fce a savage people, vin dictive and vengeful, and that bandits and robbers abound in the mountain fastnesses. Today the Corsican is a milder man, often very poor, always kindly and hon est and hdspitalbleto travelers, it is a matter of native pride that no beggars are to be found in Corsica. "Not to be outdone by other larg er cities. Calvi. on the north coast of Corsica claims the birthplace of the great discoverer Columbus. Bastia is an important- port on the northeast part near Cape Corso and opposite Italy. - Ajaccio. the^ capital, is the most.jcharming.^ity of all the island anxT lies on the beautiful Gulf of Ajaccio to the southwest. Roads, to Remote Places "There are few towns or cities to compare with these., two except Calvi, Sartene and Boni'acio and a few little mountain towns along the short railroad line which.connects the principal ports. The 'routes nationales' are excellent highways and penetrate to the most inacces sible mountain villages. .Automo bilists have their machines brought over from tho continent on the " little steamers which' ply to and from the island to France and Italy. Hotels are not so. comfortable ps those of the mainland but each year since the war travelers have been coming-in increasing numbers and hotels are improving. "Mountains are the. wonder of the island. It has been, called the Switzerland of the Mediterranean on. account of long ranges Of rug ged peaks, snow capped the year round. The climate is adjustable and the traveler can stop where best suited. From sea level up to about 1800 feet there is the cH mcte of Italy and Spain with vege tation such as citrus fruits, small grain and vegetables. Between 1800 feet and five thousand feet is the cooler climate such as is found in the lower Pyrenees or Provence. Here grow the olive and almond trees and the cork oak from which comes the bark for ccrk products. Higher than 5000 feet is the climate of the Alps or Scandmavia, Here are the mag nificent state forest's o* high pine trees or magnificent chestnuts or graceful beech and birch. Many Sheep and Goats "p.. cause of the lack of labor and capital there are few exports and these are confined to wool, cork, wine, olive oil, charcoal; briar wood pipes and big timbers suitable for building from the forests. ' Sheep and goats are to be found in great flocks in the mountains and the thrifty peasant has ' his clothing rmd food from them* , In the swift flowing mountain streams are many varieties of fish, and wild boars and moutaih sheep can be found in the dense, forests in the higher altitudes. . "In the next few years the trav eler tr whom comfort is not such i consideration will be attracted to tins island wonderland The beas season for a visit is during May and June when the thick covering of low shrubs called 'maqxvls' is La bloom and the whole island is a mass of many colored flowers. The perfume can be cmelled many mile? ?u? to <*c-a. ? Corsica with at. area about that ot cur State of Maine, is. the third largest of the Mediterranean Is iat <!>. :ani\ing next to Sicily and Sardinia None of its eight river.? is na\i?ao?e. its mour.tairs ar^ lace ! with trails of goat and sheep. Vanwert. Ohio, Jan. 10.?Four children were killed instantly and seventeen injured when a school bus carrying thirty-three children was iiit by a Pennsylvania freight hear here. The chauffeur was blinded by fog.