NE H ^ FLASHES

Naliuti Wide Happenings Briefly Told

Akron. O.. ir tho Insert city In the UnlK-d Stater to more than double Itn popuhition. Recent crnruK n-turas give It a ixjjmUUon of *OK,4S5. A wulk-out of trolley employes in Syracuse. N. Y.. tied up the system Sunday, forcing church yoers to valk. Sherman Hammons. SI of Dawson Springs, Ky.. shot and killed his twenty-three-year-old wife, her slster-it.-luw. rnd then blew cot his own brains. M's. Hammons laid instituted

divorce proceedings.

The prohibition commission at Wcshtncton. D. C., says Here are now three Illicit "moonshine'' stills In the South for every one that was mere before the enforcement 'f the prohi-

bition amendment.

George H. Weaver, prc sident of th«* Remington Typewriter C impany, wrs found crushed beneath hi. overturned automobile near Mount Vernon. N. Y.. last week. He dl-o Ik.ore he could be rushed to a hospital, wrhout re-

gaining consciousness.

Fannie Hust. celebrated authoress, has Just disclosed the fact that she has bc.-n wed to Jacques S. Danielson,

pianist, since 1915.

An Oklahoma tornado killed fiftyone. injured lot and totally wiped out

the village of 1'eggs.

The Hoc Island Hotel, second largert hostelry in the world, was recently sold to two Philadelphians for $17S.00i). The original cost of the mammoth structure was over J1.500.000 and was constructed foi the purpose of housing Hog Island workers.

Ever}’ family in Buenos Aires is to have the privilege of hearing at least oae opera each se>son free of charge at the new municipal opera house, be erected under the supervision of

the government.

Of the 74 flying fatalities In the United Slates Air Service during 1919, 83 pet cent are attributed to the fault or carelessness of the pilot as the prt raary cause, and 8 per cent to the .allure of the plane.

‘Lo, the Poor Indian’ Above Exclamation is Heard No More

Ever since J. Fenimore Cooper's time, the white inhabitants of the world have held queer and diversified ideas as to the character of the North American Indian. These conceptions ranged from the ideal of the noble savage as portrayed in "Det-rslayer" and the ‘‘Lost of the Mohicans" to the belief of the frontiersmen of the '80s that the only good Indian was a d.. u Indian. The modern representatives of the original inhabltanti. have had to shoulder a reputation for sloth, laziness and general uselessness in many oases. That this latter conception

may be no more accurate than the ideal of Cooper is indicated by the latest report of Cato Sells, Commir--sioner of Indian Affairs. Mr. Sells stmwp that the 232,196 Indians in the United States earned last year 312. 802.647. They hold over 11.000.060 in Government Savings Stamps and are buying more regularly. They subscribed over 34.000,000 to the last Victory Loan rnd their Liberty Bond holdings aggregate over 325,000.000. With these figures of thrift and industry and wise investment in view, "Le, the poor Indian” no longer seems to fit as an appellation.

China Furnishes Another Rasoutin

While ricksha coolies and teahouse gossips tell iwch other that Bolshevism means three acres and a cow all around, and even the sober middle class Chinese think there may be some remedy In it for materialism, it it: interesting to learn from Merlin that the most powerful men in SovelL Russia today is a Chin<*c or Confu clan burial nam-d *pak Yen. who was formerly a barber's assistant in Blagovestschensk, and was nearly, hang'il as a spy during the Russo-

Japanese war.

For several months ipak hss had working quarters in the Kremlin, and , has a palace in tnoscow, where he j keeps up great state and parades hit

four Christian vives on Sunday in gullded carriages. The orthodox Communists b.'terly criticise Ipak and his ways and accuse him of having accumulated 3500 million rubles (15 million dollars) in six months . Ipak owes his power, says the Rabotrhl Golos, to his industry. Insinuating ways, running and ability to keep on good terms with different

parties.

He is on first rate terms with LenInc. who calls him "My Celestial.” and takes no important step without consulting him. The Communist leader Jakovlef tely declared, “We have a new Ran pi.tin. who hypnotizes our new czar.

Scientists Now Say Plants Have Souls

“Good Morning-Glory, Will

You Have Some

Hooch?”

■ made e close ire incli’ied to

Scientists who hav ntudy ot plum life

belie re that they possus.- a form of life en-rgy that closely resembles the soul life of uan. Pleats eat. sleep, drink, rest, become fatigued, react to stimuli, become drunk When fed with a'cobol and recover as if from » "Jag." In other words, they live and die in tnu<h the same way as do all the rest

of living things upon this globe.

In writing on this subjeei in Azolh. the occult magazine, Hereward Carrington mentions a number ot latereating facts that invcsltgators have discovered. Among other things. It has been found that plants like to torn bight into day. Contrmiy to popular tradition, they do not go to sleep promp'ly ai sunsit. but as a rule they retire to rest long aftei

midnight and do not wake up until or etanran the next morning.

Professor Bose fount? I

plant srtnc time to r druniennear when ahohr istered in large qu.-nt caused a temporary air. lions, while rhlorofonn fata! The most egtr.n

Would Build For the Eskimo

Americans need never worry aboct ihat portion of Its population which has something to do. Thai part which has notiiine lo do is more or leas of a perpetual menace because of half-baked ideas it persists in adding to the genera) confusion of life. Note, for example, an official of the United ritales Bureau of Fisheries, who ha* started a movement to "modernize" the esklrao by providing him with a concrete house in place of his pictut raque and cozy hut or “iglos." We are Mit at all woirfed that the Eskimo would ever Join in the enterprise to make hts home a dreary pigpen, hut cite the csss merely as typical of the abberations of people who haven't enough to do. The Eskimo change* his place of abode more often, undoubtedly, than he docs hts underwear Thl. is to say. every two or three weeks. Instead of cleaning up the accumulation of filth, he de sorts it and builds a new house, t 'hieh Is neul and sanitary. Aecordii g to Stefansns. it is "as warm as your library." which he means, of count*.

I that it feels that way to one dre: v-d it took a according to the modes uf the Arc

-r from hies.

" admin j What could be dime with an ugly Kthrr ■ concrete dwelt'ng to improve on this the fum - j manner of life? Some folks are «.--vei 1 usually j happy unless 'improving" something ninury par- j j B natnre which comes from the hand

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i Thousand Colleens Have Landed at Ellis Island, and Thev’re Industrious

A New York paper gives os this cheering bit of information: Nearly 1,000 colleens from the troubled Emerald Isle .looking as if trouble never troubled them, have landed at Ellis Island since Saturday and later pass.-d through the portals of the Barge Office. most of them in care of Father Grogan of the Mission of the Holy Rosary in State Street. Many of the girls are well educat-d and all know how to read, write and cipher. A large number will go ot. hare gone, to relatives who have been

in America some time. The majority have found or will peek places in households in the metropolitan district. It Is likely that other big conilnkents will follow and help to solve the servant girl problem In and about these boroughs.” That these lasses and as many more as choose to come over for the same purpose will be warmly welcomed by housewives fortunate enough to lain (heir services is a foregone elusion. Good plac-**- and good pay are awaiting all of them. The more the better.

Vindication of the Speculative Builder Builder Must Make Profit.o He’ll Not Work Great Britain needs S00.000 new houses at once. When thee-' are bull she needs 100.000 a year to replac’he houses that have decayed and to keep up with the Increase in population. The shortage of Louses was at Drat a Joke, but it has now bcoome a misery in many BriUsh cities there absolutely no way of getUng a house except by buying it. Premiums of 31.000 are being freely offered in, I*ondon for small apartments, and hundreds of thousands of people are living in one-room homes. This disastrous situation h*s been, btought about by the destruction of speculation and private initial hi the building trades. Its primary cause was too much state regulation and its secondary cause waa too much slacking on the part of workers. The government official and the labor leader set out to banish profit from the .vullding trades. They did. They succeeded beyond their dreams. Then they found that the life of the building trade was profit—that bey could never have any bouses at all without the aid of the speculative 1 under.

Poli Gets a Lease The Un<ted States Government cni ihe Poll Theatre property in Washington and for several a ear* the house has been operated under an nrangrment through which the t •atrtcal interest could he ordered to vacate •n thirty days' notice in case Uncle Sam wished to erect a new siracturc >n the site. Recently, however, Mr. Poli succeeded in getting a ten year lease without the thirty-day clause sod he will now spend about 376.006 •emodellng and redecoratinc the the® The Sbubert Interest* will continue to book attractions there.

Keep On Keeping On

KEEP ON keeping on. «lu -e i.- plenty to try for: Don't wring your hands and lie down in despair. Things that you vant you have no timi to sigh for. While you are moaning another gets

there.

Thing* worth the having make effort more pleasing. For the beat fruit* you have always to climb. Never giro In. though good fortune bo

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lea in the tac' that those of the Creator. atcb arrest the bunt of thej ——

(mnieulai way In human, Try uair* a !UlV .it of preserve eat a plant's pulsation in a;and Jelly rhich left over and crystal lag manner. lizot in your puddings. It sweetens rilain lost 4000 prominent r.nd imparts a delightful flavor at the

Keep on keeping on. and keep « all the time. There is no sense In forever complaining. Gtumbling and growling are bad for the soul. Struggle and eJimb, to all good thing* attaining. N.-hle endeavor will get t,, the goal. l-ife will he fuller and cleaner and blighter if you press on with a purpose sublime: Nothing good fortune loves more than a fighter. Keep on keeping on. and keep on all the time.

Pineapple Clofh Aside from ns edible qualities, thl flneapplr is little known in this country, in China, however, U t* «specially cultivated for the use of th. leaves in making cloth. The fibre Ir extracted from the leave* by a simple process, and made into thread. It is then rug on to bobbins and spools stid is ready for weaving, the old ns live looms being ew; loyed.

President of France Very Versatile Man A Lover, Politcal Economist, Expert Dancer, Etc. Versatility is one of the most marked traits of the new President of France. Paul Deschanel. He is an orator, a political economist, and authority on parliamentary law, and an expert In the psychology of woman. He has discoursed on the theme ot romantic love without compromising his official dignity, and be bows publicly T .th so gracious a gravity that the dancing masters 6T Paris encourage their pupils with the remark: "Monsieur Deschanel could not have done better. He climbs mountains in Switzerland. executes graceful pen sketches of bis intimate friends, and rarely loses a game of cards. His comprehension of his f-'llow-crezture* is Instant that he can assent to me actionsry proposition of a French monarchist and agree with a , evolutionary Socialist of the leh wing pimultanoovsly.

Danger in Reading Richard LaGallienne warns agalnsl reading too much and thinking too little, in a rec- nt interview he says "We Americans bolt our books at we do our food, and so get far tot little good out of them. We treat oui mental digestions as brutally as w. treat our stomachs. Meditation is the digestion of the mind, but we allow ourselves no time for meditation. W gonre our eyes with the printed page, but all too tittle of what we take in with our eyes ever reaches our minds, ur spirits. Books are the strong lore of experience. They are to be taken carefully, drop by drop, not carelessly pulp. 1 down by the bottle. Therefore, if you would get the best of books, spend a quarter of an hour rending and three quarters of an hour in thinking over what you have read."

Explicit "Can you send a man out?" was the telephone message received at the garage. "My car is on the main pike four miles from town.” “Yes. I ran send a man. but it will simplify things if you can tell me ex actly what is the matter with tbi car.' "I can easily do that. The thingum bob ‘iaa Jammed, thus iouling the what's-its-name."

Wood’s Great

Laying Food Secret "Nearl; all commercial layircfoodr ow sold to poultrynu-n can be Improve! by adding gluten feed. When so improved and fed as a dry mash, the lncrea r ,e in egg yield is remark-

able," writes Dr. P. T. Woods.

Take four measures of the ground grain, ready mixed, commercial lay Ing food; best yellow gluten feed three measures; coarse wheat bran, one measure: mealed alfalfa or mealed clover, one measure: best meal, one measure. Mix these and keep them before laying Mock all the

In addition, feed fresh green

food froely. To each twenty-five hens a ; .M> give as Drat morning feed in acrati-hlng Utter, one quart of clean, bright, cracked, vellow coni. At noon, feed in litter one pint bard souni beat and one pint heavy clipped white oats to each 26 hens. Keep tw. grit, oyster-shell and charcoal

always before tbt- fowl*.

Thl* plan la for laying stork for market eggs only. It ir too forcing for best results for brredlng stock. Early batched pullets, and hardy, vig-i orous yeaning* that do not b*g down behind, are the best to force for egg*."

Newest Notes in Field of Science A subterranean river in the Philippines is navigable by small boats for two and a half miles from its mouth, ■•assInc through several large, sta! actite hung caverns. An Inventor has equipped the back of a nail brush with rubber suction cups to bold It on a wash bowl or other smooth surface for the convenience of one-armed persons. ‘.ccording to an Italian scientis? who has classified 4000 cases of selfdestruction more suicides occur between the ages of fifteen and twentysix than at any other psi lod of life.

Flying in Triangles When flocks of wild ducks and geese have to go long distances they form a triangle, to cleave the air mor^ easily, and the most courageous bird takes position at the forward angle. As this is a veiy fatiguing position, another bird ere long takes the pl^ce of the exhausted leader.

Heads and Hearts Some people carry their hearts to .'heir beads; very many carry their head to their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them part, yet both actively working together. The Juvenile Band The Juvonile Band of Mansfield, Wash., is an organisation of which any city might be proud. It cor.slst? of about 20 boys and girls ranging from 8 to 16 years of age. The smad performers play in an artistic manner concert repertoire. The band gives monthly programs in the city theatre and Is frequently assisted by local singers .-Jid instr. mcntallsts.

Equality

Morning stranger,” began the talkative party as be sailed himself in the only vacant half-seat in the smoker. “And what State might you be "Oh.” replied the stranger, wearily, “it doesn't matter now. One's as drv as another.”

Smoking was at one time a pens! offense in Turkey.

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