Photograph shows supplies being by means of dromedaries. tor and other vehicles failed. [LTTE (PY AAA ed Et Sa A carried across the Manchurian desert Men Who Develop Into Murderers Five Feet, Seven Inches, Average Height » Are vou a murderer If you are about stature, i ttie over for a murderer, based on - * 1.506 con (Wis) sasurements of more than icted slayers at the Waupur tate pr Other SOR. interesting are tl frequent wriods of Tet) “Hello” Purely American Expression, but Originated With French Wolf Hunters * -— all cai wns used Engla Engiand 8 heen f f and afterwards in are no wolves in now bugil» countries, both paint it greea and i r own.” Even though William Tell and Robin Hceod bugled the same calls before America Cove call he orgotten therefore we nD 5 4 5 call it our was dis American same ide the old French wolf American. French was spoken in English court circles, so the titled wolf hunters used the French ery “hab le loup” or “a’ lou loup, loup.” being pronounced loo, the cry being a la loo: the English put on the H and made It hs and we made it hell-o, which an ns rll the telephone girls know, ed. we can make it h as we have hunter's cry halloo, is American expression, which will through pets, came here with the Huguenots also American when blown flat-boatmen's trum- be wooden Cooksu, Korean Delicacy and Great National Dish The great national dish of Korea Is cooksn, Sumner NM. Vinton writes in Travel, To make it, you plunge a large lump of ice into a bowl partly filled with steaming vermicelli of the endless va- riety. Over this you pour a portion of hot beef stew. The ice congeals the beef fat into little islands of grease, and you never know whether the por- tion dangling from the end of your chopsticks will be icy cold or burning hot. The vermicelll, which is very tough, is to be lifted to the mouth with the chopsticks. Keeping a firm hold on ft with lips and teeth, you slip the chopsticks dewn to 1ift again and take wp the slack by sucking. A AIT KNit, Highlander’s Garb, of Scandinavian Origin ‘The kilt is part of the chirdeteristic and ancient dress of the natives of the Highlands of Scotland. The word means “that which is girded or tucked up.” It 1s of Scandinavian origin, The Danish word kilte, in use today, means “to tuck Up.” The kilt of the Highland. er ig short bit has a very full skirt, belted In at the waist, and reaching to about the knees, The early kit wig hot a separate garment, but mere- ly the lower part of the plaid In which the Highlander wrapped himself, hang- tog down in folds below the belt. | About 40,000,000 Tons of Anthracite Coal Are Mined Every Year by Wet Process The | about i About coal are mined process” in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Car Northur rivers of Yennsyivani 250.000 tons of coal every year, 40000000 toms of anthract every year by the bon, Schuylkill and 1h d Juires water, connties of » DIFOCPRS Ped i of harged carrie . 1 . [IR vast quantities ich it { when i nenkior { pension a tS FACTS AND FANCIES » . 3 % . } + » . . * 3 . » . > - fx presses | t | £ ly an offhar i= mere d way he has of ask- the All o do is to tell the truth in nave t tin il o8 cd des A A i lo ly BAA AAA | Vast Quantities of Coal Remain in the Mines in an Unminable: Condition still ous loss of life and a waste of material amounting to $1.000000 a day. A gov- { ernment estimate shows that of 6,000. {| 000,000 tons of coal mined in one year (1014-1015), 3.000000 was under ground in unminable condition, rays Boys’ Life. It that more than one-half of this loss Is preventa ble: $50,000,000 worth of petroleum Is wasted annually and $75,000,000 in cok- ing conl. In 1914, 2454 persons were { killed In coal mines, To study and remedy such conditions the government established in 1010 a bureau of mines with headquarters at Washington, an experiment station at Pittsburgh, and an office for the study of smelter problems at San Francisco. This hureau investigates mine explo sions and safety conditions, studies mining methods with a view to pre- venting waste and inefficiency, and in- structs miners in first-aid and rescue work. England Eats Larger Part of Europe’s Cheese Output Mining is conducted with seri left is believed Statisticians have figured out that England eats the larger part of Eu. rope's output of cheese. Europe's out- put amounts to 340000000 kilograms. ingland alone consumes 180,000000 kilograms of this amount. Next comes Holland, which takes BG.000,- 000; Switzerland takes 43,000,000 ; France, 31000000, and Germany 20. | 000,000 kilograms, The only people on earth who eat no cheese are the Chinese, ———— ————— Chile's Claim to Distinction. off Itx west const, 1s the original home of the potato and that It has been cul tivated there since early in the #f- teenth century, Cedar Apples, Mistaken for Fruit of Tree, Said to Be in Nature of Tumor “ ‘Cedar applies’ have heen so named because they have been mistaken by some persons for the fruit of the cedar tree,” writes Frank D. Kern in the department “On Nature's Trail” In Boys’ Life. “They are found rather commonly on the red cedar, perhaps best known as the Virginia red cedar, but they have mo wvelation tq the frult, which is a small bluish berry. “These brownish, roundish or kid- by a disease of the cedar. duced by a parasite, a low form plant life belonging to the group known as the ‘plant rusts,’ These tumors or galls are more properly jecting horus of rusty color, The galls may be found on the twigs during the fall. They gradually Increase in size in the winter, and toward spring the radiating horns develop, These horns absorb moisture like a sponge, and af- ter warm rains in 1 much rusty brown to yellow, he spring they be- swollen and turn from With the ab- they boecoine come sorption of so much water jelly-like and, with the increase in size and change of color, In this many overl Are Conspicuous. re would condition they a who noticed by otherwise After a shower in the persons aok them, spring a tree which has numerous if It Swedish Oe. dar apples’ appears had One old us bloomed hotanist fact oh few that a rain 1 bring it “ handsome observed noth- them surely hour ing wm wonderful thought “0 & ia fia the y were Coel wers of heaven)” | MOTHERS’ COOK BOOK nder the best Try These. Ive Plum Pudding. ’ vid anna «1 raisi 1 and cit If cupfal julce, Mix ' ling the buttered mold Relient with op very a KOrVe Potato Pancakes. ’ . nree Bre Peel t stand in cold let Then add one-half cupful of of potntoes an vater over night, grate them flour, tes der. one egg. salt and pepper, and milk {| enough to mal thick batter. Cook like but thin, one oonful 1Ke A ordinary cakes, spread Lemon Pile With Top Crust. Blend one tablespoonful of with a little cold water; into one cupful of boiling water and cook until smooth, spoonfuls of butter with one cupful of powdered sugar, and stir into the first mixture: add one well-beaten egg and cook until creamy. Cool slightly and stir in the grated yellow rind of one lemon and its juice. Pour into a pastry-lined plate and cover with a top crust. Bake In a quick oven. Chinese Clothing Ripped Apart Each Time Washed The Chinese wear clothes which dif. fer so radically in style from the clothes of other nations that the American manufacturer of wearing apparel will find the Chinese market for his goods limited mostly to for elgners and to the comparatively few Chinese who have adopted foreign dress, Chinese clothes are largely made at home, being merely basted together, and they are ripped apart each time they are washed, COorne- starch Most Exclusive Drink. Of the alcoholic drinks wine is the most exclusive, having served kings and the tables of the rich from the be ginning of civilisation. Mm ———— — mer —————————————— = petal oh Begins 1920 With Greater Confi- dence Than It Did the Last. Elections Stabilize Internal Condi- tions, Though Fall of Franc ls Still Serious Problem-—Study Financial Policy. Paris —France with far greater last. This in handicaps, such 8s fhe balance trade running her at the of about 1.500,0004,00%) frunes a month, about 50 per c- exchange began the confidence spite of new than formidable veur in ngninet nt depreciation of the value of the franc the difficulty and reconstruction. and consequent materis's machines needed fo France's rived recent here Ll de of the regarded renewed from These confidence is directly the resuit elections, are stahilized in all danger of onary time to come and brought about a better at- titude hy as having definitely ternal politicos, ended revolut agitation for some capital and labor toward the Immense eff Money is forth r that promises stahil- ort France, oming invest- short vestments in nds are continuing at 2,000,000 000 francs f money for 0 enterprises pienty nmercial 1 he 4 i Vide INE INN IRN) mine ' immediate ’ ms « ¢ helt ribed be re trial thi i B00, 00 (x Big Trade on Bourse, hint } vei ley ee oo0n & weary ces of busis urban transportation aon irnat Ki FHS ritory & movement i he i bs lop in the region of aeve center and south of { | France, Industrial leaders say that after will monopolize any industry, and | declare that this seattering will prove {beneficial and result in a more { equable recovery of all paris of the country. Te Transfer industries. Powerful finanelal groups are at the i head of the movement to transfer lm- | portant industries from the cosl re {gion to southwestern France, where | water power soon will be available, Other groups are being formed to de velop manufacturing centers near the 10 the raw materials, Indus. leaders say that this activity on the part of capital, supported by the of characterized ns a healthy const sO as reduce | transporting trial cost of recovery labor from what has been o wave of to 1 inziness, gives a tone he situa of the exch value of of the conditions, ange regarded as in French out that France cannot present high prices and that Is of The Erench government in one points pointed + over at 4 she needs present low value the * means i= now studying a complete of the finn poll making such provision renovation neial View 1o obli i HB Tift Germany Accused of Taking 26,000 Dogs Paris.~~The French ministry of agriculture has lodged the commission of war damages a claim for 20000 dogs to have been stolen by mans during the war. The min istry specifies some the thefts, naming specially six val unable setters taken by man crown prince and a pointer taken by General Eluck. with alleged the Ger- of the Ger. prize Yon x % nd debt, # taxes to brio ir in all to the important Increases g the revenues up ited to budget, est nnnunl 20.000 000 G00 to It expected angement more value iis may be itest GERMANS CROWD TO COLLEGE Universities’ Enrollment This Year 41,000 Greater Than in 1814, le Two Most Prominent and Inter- sting Members of the Fa mily. i MANY OFFSPRINGS ARE KNOWN —— ———— Difference Alcoho ities Due to Amateur Attempts to Make Grain Alcohol, Between Grain and Wood Ciearly Described-—F atal- ol € kr © 1 d alcohol ingredient " 2 ™ sn. Bnd poison, af upon the optic Denatured Alcohol, Purposes “oan is made by For natured some alcohol” ndustrial alcohol a little pyridine to spoil the taste Denatured alc made more cheaply than by using cheaper any starchy vegetable or 8 waste hyproduct, a it offensive he alcohol m us stance poorest grade of molasses or the waste of a canning factory. “It is probable that a good deal of the wood alcohol that is being distrib uted as a beverage is the result of the attempts of amateurs to make ordinary alcohol. In their ignorance they use vegetable substances such as potato | peelings, and, by using too intense a | fire and making the distillation with- out having first allowed fermentation Spuyten Duyvil uninjured. env AAA AANA AAA . | Owl, Protected by 1 Law, Disturbs Law | —— Chelsea, Mass Residents In the vicinity of Chelsea have been disturbed nights by an sc. tive but elusive screech owl The little marauder starts in his disturbance between 9 and 10 o'clock. The police have been asked to capture the bird. Dur ing the day the owl flits from one chimney to another in an offort to escape capture. The police have given an alibi that it is against the game laws to shoot the owl Foot Caught in Rail, Woman Dies. Pittsburgh.—~Iler foot wedged tightly between the rail and a plank, at a rail- Chicago Man Now Has Machine in Daily Use. | Limousine Was Seized for General While Owner Was Touring Germany, Chicago, 1IL—Gen. Ludendorfl’s gen- game black body and sloping duck pose, that carried the military head of | the German armies over Belgian and | French roads while its occupant was | geen almost any day on Chicago's streets and boulevards, Bullet-scarred and battered after traveling more than 60.000 miles £3 the equipage of the German commander, five, of this city, was struck and In stantly killed by a fast train, in the summer of 1014 C. L. Willey, { alcohol instead,” sald J. H. Nusbaum, | chemist, { fa Chicago lumber merchant, with his wife, was touring Germany in the mo tor car. The war flamed up and the automobile was seized by German of- | ficials, despite ite owner's protests, bee { coming the official property of Gen. | Ludendorft, Somewhere in its war acivity the limousine was the target of well-aimed | machine-gun fire from the silied alr men and its roof was perforated in | many places, | Through an American consul Willey brought about the return of the auto mobile. C. L. Willey died in 1918 and i the car Is now used dally by his som, Fall Into Mydrangea Bush Fatal, | New York~Phoenix Miller, cleven | years old, fell into a hydrangea bish LA broken stern of the plant went | through a nostril and penetrated the a
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