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The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

used, the edge being quite dull; so
that It does not cut but simply up
roots the grain.
Destitute women and girls are al
| lowed to follow the reapers and CLEAN
| the fallen ears. which they tie into
neat little bundles, dropping them on
the ground as they go along. and these
they gather up every evening and beat
out the grain with a stick, just as
Ruth did of old In the fields of Bethle-
hem. During the reaping period what
the Bible calls .parehed corn is
made IN almost every field. Some
wheat not fully ripe Is cut down and
set an fire, tie straw only being CON
sumed The roasted heads are rubbed
| between the hands and the chaff win
moved out in the Wind Without fur.
tier preparation. this roasted wheat
forms one of the common articles OF
diet of the reapers. Undoubtedly such
was the parehed corn which Beaz gave
to Ruth.
Threshing by the primitive methods
employed Is the most tiresome task Of
all the fellahs round of toll. In many
places it Is done entirely by treading
out beneath the feet of the animals
which are tied together abreast and
driven round and round over the
spread=ont grain The mules and
horses are provided with fiat sheet
iron shoes for all kinds of work, and
the cattle. Just as the threshing sea-
IL
As soon rs the grapes, figs and 9TH
er fruits begin ripening the fellah,
with his entire family. moves out of
the village into the vineyard. The
grape season is looked forward to as
the best part of the year. and at this
time the natives live for the most part
on fruits and bread. Jokingly the fell
laheen say that they get SO fat from
eating grapes TINT their fezzes burst.
Olives are harvested in the fall, but
by method so injurious to the trees
that they yield full crop but once In
two years. Instead of picking them
by hand, for time Is not money with
these easy-going people, they beat the
trees with sticks to knock off the
fruit, Which ut the same time results
in destroying the tender shoots which
should hear the next years fruit. The
olives when salted or picked In brine
are valued food, for peasant can
make a meal of only bread and olives,
with perhaps the addition of raw
onion.
Sheep as we'll as goats are MIXED
by the women, and the milk turned
into cheese and butter. Butter is made
in goat skin like those used for car
rying water This Is only half filed
with milk which has previously been
allowed TO sour. The skin is blown
full of air, the opening tied up and 1t
Is hung on tripod of sticks and
shaken back and forth by one or two
women until the butter is formed
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
After Wave Of Hatred Has Spent Itself
World Will Awake to Futihty of War
BY J. WEBB sAFFoLD. Of Cleveland. Ohio

purify muddy stream mp
Europe civilized of intellectual sefghteouness
aside penup but this molten
hatred has spent itself and the world has had take moral inventory
will grasp the great lesson Of the futiity of
These times that mems souls but must rally and
faith remember that the darkest hour pce the dawn Now the
time look through clouds of violence doubt and fear the
substantial peace that lies beyond
Men who give kepem doubt and fear mentally unit them
selves help We neither the bmbast
opimi without for his optimism the pessimis with his
downward tendency We strong who able and willing
give good or the faith that them to lead onward and
upward into the bright future
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
2 BRITISH VESSELS
SUNK, SAYS BERLIN
SMALL CRUISER AND DESTROY.
ER SENT DOWN BY GERMAN
SUBMARINE,
TWO OTHER WARSHIPS HIT
German Squadron of is Warships Re-
ported at Large in the North Sea-
Avoided Engagement After
Finding Out Strength.

London.-Two British light eruis-
ers, the Nottingham ana Falmouth,
were sunk in the North sea by Ger
man submarines while the -esseIs
were searching for the German high
seas fleet, according TO an official an
nouncement issued by the Admiralty
One German submarine was destroyed
by the British, While another was
rammed and possibly sunk, according
to the Admiralty statement.
A German squadron of Is Warships,
including large cruisers. was reported
in the North sea by trawlefs arriving
at Ymaiden, Holland Reuter- dis
patch says. The squadron was sight.
ed early in the region of White Bank,
and was accompanied by two Zeppe-
Inns. 1t was ON northwesterly
course.
The Admiralty statement says:
Reports from our lookout squad
rons and other units showed that
there was considerable activity ON the
part of the enemy in the North sea.
The German high seas fleet came
out, but learning from their scouts
that the British forces were in con-
siderable strength. the enemy avoided
an engagement and returned to port.
IN searching for the enemy we
lost two cruisers by submarine at
tacks=H NJ S. Nottingham. Captain
c. 3. Miller. and H. NJ. S. Falmouth,
Captain John Edwards.
AL the officers of the former we're
saved, but 50 of the crew are missing.
All the officers and men of the Fal-
mouth were saved, but one leading
stoker, Norman Fry, died of injuries.
An enemy submarine was destroy
ed and another was rammed and pos
sibly sunk.
There is no truth in German
statement that British destroyer
was sunk and British battlesh1p
damaged"
The Nottingham was vessel OF
$500 tons, and was built in Penn
broke in 1913 Her complement was
ESQ men. She was $50 feet long and
carried nine six-inch guns, four three
Founders and tWo torpedo tubes. She
was designed to make about % knots
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Protectorate by United States Needed
If Mexico Is to Rehabilitate Herself
BY WALTER C. ELIOT. of New York

The oppressed people Mexico capable of rapid education They
grateful for every chance They sensitive emotional and
proud They quick respond gentle and fair
treatment abundany able regeneate that beautiful republic if
given human treatment and human help by
What they and the only thing they need for
the United States step this particular period Of chaos and
just poeetorae hem did in Cuba for few years until
they be educated and learn the power of their
themselves This the duty of the United States do and to do
We delay the inevitable intervention such for
money foreign munitions and foreign selfish interests shall involve
costly and bloody Mexico that anything which could
happen the present time would but story
War dreadful thing, but if humanity and The Monroe Doctrine
anything but baaney and boast they timely intervention
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Prospect of Union of All Churches
More Encouraging Than Ever Before
By DR.. r. H. CRossFIELD
President Of 'Transylyania College

Seeing the program of Jesus the Of the we
why the church has accomplished the
years Today o000oo000 people have not heard
that God love- attribute this lack of success of the church division
The the and the other the effect
of encouraging today than
has been the past Beginning century with the coming
of Thomas Campbell America American Christianity has been eav
of While the
inaugurated Christ other denominations have
fallen line until today practically evangelical Protestant body
S laboring for the accomplishment Of union.
Today practical being given trial in Canada by the Pres
Congregatonas and the Mehodsts Many this
Grafton will live the time when the outstanding principles OF
Christian religion will be seized upon and used basis of union Of
Christianity accomplishment of purpose
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

New York-The paper famine was
reflected in an auction sale here of
old paper by David Ferguson, super
visor of the City Record. One lot of
5000 pounds. composed of unsold
copies of the City Record brought
S165 per hundred pounds. Another
lot of unsold paper, weighing 5000
pounds, brought $3.50 per hundred.
Normally sales of such paper bring
from 20 cents to 50 cents hundred.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Paradise for Birds.

Conyers Manor, the 2,5oo-acre farm
of f. c. Converse near Greenwich,
Conn, Is looking its best these days,
aud it is expected that the yield of
peaches will he fully 5000 baskets. The
apple orchards are in the same thrifty
condition, while the acres of straw
berry beds. raspberry and current
bushes are loaded with fruit.
Much work is being done on the
estate to encourage bird life. In this
connection the lake is being prepared
so that water fowl will be safe, and a
large number of swapping turtles,
weighing from five to thirty pounds
each. have been caught. This work
will be continued until the lake Is
practically free of enemies of the wa
ter fowl.
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a o
Then 1t happened The welIdressed
dragged him TO the door of the the bell for quick
like
gold
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Cross Eyed, Mentally.

Do you ever start 10 say something
and find yourself using the word you
hadn't the faintest idea of using? Just
little cross-eyed mentally, aren't you
Did you ever mean to jam your foot
in the accelerator and slam II down
IN the brake instead: have you ever
put salt twice on the same plateful Of
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red
purchase
and then asked which
10
held
bill the
he Il which he
concealed bill Then he takes
of the Of Il
10 be
thoroughly soaked wrapped in tissue
started The
after the various switches
to
in the touched
anda off
bill number it is to be
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Denies %. CHARGES.

Washington.-The White House
made public a letter from Charles NJ
Galloway, acting chairman. of the CT
vii Service Commission, denying as
sertions of the Republican platform
that the Democratic administration
has created 10000 Offices outside the
Civil Service law, which cost $4,000
600 a year
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Dawn of New Era at Hand
BY JUDGE WILLIS M. vlckERy, cieyelar

They this tends show that this the time history
That the AT home of literature high
head geren Justify their the
1t shows they realize they accounting before the bar
of public after the Nothing like that has happened
before the history of the world This the dawn Of
which monhm and mtarim will be trsmped underfoot and the
voice Of the people will rule.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
May Probe Bread Case

Washington.-W Whether there shall
be federal investigation of the high
cost of flour and prospective increases
of bread prices depends largely upon
the report of Commissioner Hurley,
who is in Chicago making informal
inquiries for the Federal Trade Com
mission
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

wearing. he carTled a winning Stuck
that was expensive and beautiful to
behold. In fact, he was a eheruhie
lovely looking man. Having run out
of adjectives-here goes for the punch
in the yarn.
A big beetle-browed man, putting
from the eXertion of chasing the car.
sat down beside the sartorial wonder
lie moved over just Il tritle.
whats the matter, sport, 'fraid
I'll soil your said the newcomer.
No. Not at aH." said the lovely
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

Portland, ore.-Millers announced
here that the price OF flour in the
Northwest will be advanced at least
20 cents a barrel, and probably as
high as 40 cents. as result of the
jump in wheat quotations
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

Paris.-Andre Godin, Psychologist
and poet, has been killed at the front
by an aerial torpedo. His unpublish-
ed papers, the result of prolonged re-
search, are to be edited by his fiance,
Madame Berthe de Nyse.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Geethals to Panama.

Neutrality-suspicious. General Goe-
thals. governor of the Panama Canal.
left Washington for the Canal Zone
to prepare his last annual report and
put affairs in shape for his retirement
in December.
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feed its own Christian p0pula-
ton and at the same time sat
- isfy the military authorities
extraordinary demands for supplies is
not surprising 10 those familiar with
the primitive agricultural methods of
the Holy Land. Concerning the man
ner in which crops are raised in this
section of the near East, where 10000
people are reported to have persisted
already. John D. Whiting presents
this graphic picture in n communica-
ton to tie National Geographic So
ciety:
In the mountain districts the farm
land Is usually owned by peasant pro-
prietors. each mans property being
composed of various small pieces scat
tered about near the village in which
he lives. The raising of olives, grapes
and many other fruits is the leading
occupation, but almost every farmer
grows some grain.
Down on the plains larger fields ex-
ist and cereals are largely planted.
The land of given village Is fire.
layers and division of it takes place
every alternate year, and Is so ar
ranged that every MIN gets portions
of the good rs we'll as of the less
desirable land.
Fences. In the western sense Of the
word are unknown. In the noun
tainous country lands are inelosed by
loose stone walls. still called BY the
ancient Hebrew name .tjedar," and on
the plains by thorn hedges. When the
open fields are owned by individuals.
the boundary lines are indicated by
deep burrows, in which ut intervals
stones are laid as landmarks. 1t Is
therefore. readily seen how easily
these boundaries could be changed by
an avarieious neighbor, nndeterred by
the Mosaic warming, Cursed be he
that removeth his neighbours land
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REDUCING the Effort.

rs your boy Josh student of eff
cheney and conservation of energy and
that sort of thing?"
Yes" replied Farmer Corntossel !;
hes learnin TO roll a cigarette with
one hand"
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Another Shark Caught.

which several men took part, shark
seven and half feet long and weigh
ed 255 pounds, was hooked and then
sho. to death in the bathing center
of Rockaway Beach.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Meet Paner Shortane.

Milwaukee. wish an effort to
meet the shortage in white news
print paper the publishers of the
eight daily newspapers in Milwaukee
have decided to abandon the return
privileges of unsold papers. Exchange
lists also have been revised.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

Il
luncheon usually
lie is
minded he
witch occurred him sentimental novelty unlike
His
he
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Mt. Etna in Erustion.

Rome.-1he Etna Observatory re-
ports that the center of the crater
of Mount Eta, now 100 feet deep, is
in full eruption. Lava is flowing to
the southwest.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
False Policy of Conservation in y. S.
Has Throttled Water Power Development
BY U. S. SENATOR JOHN k. SHIELDS. of Tenne..e

The development Of the water-power resources of
the country of less importance to the people than
the improvement of our waterways Manufacture comes
before commerce and transportation and it IS neces-
sary to promote and successfully prosecute it to make
them possible Power is indispensable to all manufac
turing industries Whatever creates mechanical energy
which can be successfully applied in industrial opera
tons is necessarily Of great value and contributes to
the wealth Of the country It has been well said that
cur grsa coal supplies and unsurpassed water possible
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
MAKING VOLCANO OF USE.
Some progressi

a to
in
beenu 70 a
The
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

Washington. - President Samuel
Gompers of the American Federation
Of Labor. was characterized as
public nuisance" by Senator Sher-
man of Illinois in speech in the
Senate.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

making muchlne, anu despite IIIeIdCI
that child ought to defeat it as
fraud. it fooled many. and others like
it were sold before the takers were
caught
The machine. composed mostly of
tin, is about two feet high, one and a
half feet wide and foot in depth. At
the top is cover which can be re-
moved. and an inner compartment is
lined with black velvet. On each side
there is a small storage battery con
nected with a toy dynamo in the bot
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
ST Joseph Man Tells the Time by Family Faces

CT JOSEPH MoThe d'a Of { W
-
Tiny the dial of the
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simulate Then
n
a O
wel-known
before
o
rect with
an ne
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The Idea.

II am going TO have an old beau
for the hero of this story"
That's a dandy idea"
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mass of interesting is being accumulated.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

K0MAn numerals. EXeFA TIElR Nj
Humberd-who is a grading eontrae-
tor of ST. Joseph-Iooks 1T the time he
sees his whole family
lie is one o'clock and his wife is
two. The children are arranged in
the order of their birth. beginning at
three o'clock with Carl, who is thirty
four. and continuing through Calvin,
Albert, Bertha. Glen, George. Iva,
Robert, Vernon and little twelve
O'Clock Edith, who is three and the
Youngest of the famIx.- The Mateh
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Crude Methods of Farming.

Rain begins to fall about November
average annual rainfall for 30 years
about 20 inches1. after Il rafnpss sum
mer, and as soon as the ground is well
moistened the fellah starts planting
the winter eereals-wheat, barley,
lentils, beans. etc. The pillow is a crude
affair. made of oak, the bent parts be-
ing natural curves held together with
iron bands; these bands and q small
plowshare. which only scratches the
ground a few inches deep, are the only
metal parts.
Oxen are the fayorite animals for
yoking to IA pillow. Cows and donkeys
are employed by the poorer people.
Horses, mules and camels (the last
named only along the Mediterranean
COAST are harnessed singly TO plows,
while sometimes one sees an OK and
a camel yoked together.
The fellah sews the grain on the
bare ground and then plows It in. In
rocky ground man or woman follows
with pick to loosen the earth that
may have been skipped by the pillow.
L NE SUI - not iGiliiiLcti. L ne hlSiH-
tegration of the underlying limestone
feeds the soil. so that for thousands
of years II has continued yielding
crops The manure and rubbish. in
stead of being utilized. are allowed to
accumulate in heaps outside the VIII
lagos until they surround II like small
mountains.
After the winter crops have all been
planted the vineyards and olive groves
are plowed a couple of times and also
the fields reserved for the summer
planting, these latter crops are not
put into the ground until the rains
have entirely ceased.
Harvest Time Scenes.
During harvest time the fields are
lively and picturesque; the entire
family has part In the work,
the small children playing about
among the sheaves and even the
babies are brought into the fields.
A large toothed sickle IS en-
ployed by the reapers when the grain
is long. but II short a smaller one is
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
How a Gotham Bully Picked on the Wrong Man

NEW yoRK-Into Broadway there bedazzng
~ perfectly
the latest edition OF MMt Wsomd
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

feNeIs ilnd AFTERNOON WatefmeIOn
dansants in the downtown district.
For the democracy of watermelon be
it said, that the "parlors" know no
lines of caste.
The craze began with a whoop
with the start of the watermelon sea
son. one astute concessionaire from
an amusement conceived the idea of
selling watermelons ut ten cents
slice in surroundings similar to regu-
lar cafes.
lie bought barrels of Sawdust.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
New Yorks Police Have Manipulating Machine

Anew YoR-New which located at police
~ underworld Probably the
possession department is money
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Watermelon Cabarets Are the Rage in Dallas

ALIAS TENAWay with the inspiring oekton Watermelon eaearets
- Dallas! While
Older naLelaL.
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

food when one OF the applications
should have been pepper? Did you
ever laugh at the wrong time at the
theater, or sneeze unnecessarily at a
funeral, or fall to sleep quietly in
church. or solieitously inquire where
So-and-so is nowadays. when the poor
chap has been dead six months? Sure
you have. Everybody does it. We're
all just bit mentally cross-eyed some
times and we don't look where ii seems
that we are looking. What we really
need to look out for is not doing queer
things too often. If we do there's no
telling what may happen to US. We
may get into the papers Springfield
Union
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24
Her Mistake.

Edith-Betty is such a talker / posi-
lively couldn't get word in edge
wise.
Ethel-Oh, that's because you let
her get the first start-Boston Tran
script
The Monticellonian., 1916-08-24

HAT Syria has been unable to
feed its own Christian popufa
ton and at the same time sat
isfy the military authorities
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-15
PETRlFlED FALLS IN ALGERIA
Remarkable Mineral Formation Which
Puzzles Scientists Called 1.-THE
Bath Of the Damned"

With ali the beauty of a cataract of
living water. there Is in Algeria re-
markable petrified waterfall which re-
Gently has been engaging the attention
of scientists.
This is the Hammam-Meskhutin
which means The Bath of the
Damned" and is located 62 miles from
Constantine, on the site of the ancient
town OF Cirta. This solidified cascade
is the production of calcareous de-
posits from sulphurous and ferrugin-
GUS mineral springs. issuing from the
depths of the earth at temperature
of 95 degrees Centigrade.
THE Bath OF the Damned" even from
n near viewpoint. looks for all the
world like great wall of water dash
ing into a swirling pool at its foot. yet
its cleaning. graceful curves and the
apparently swirling eddies at its base
are as fixed and immovable as If
carved from the face OF a granite
cliff
Many centuries have. of course. gone
to the making of the deposits, and the
springs were well known to the an
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-15
CHAPTER XII,
Grace Captures the ou,pos,s,


The next evening there was choir
practice at the Walnut Street church.
Abbott Ashton. hesitating to make his
nightly plunge into the dust-clouds of
learning. paused in the vestibule to
take a peep at Grace. He knew she
never missed choir practice. for
though she could neither sing nor play
the organ. she thought 1t her duty to
set an example of regular attendance
that might be the means of bringing
those who could do one or the other.
Abbott was not disappointed; but he
was surprised to see Mrs. Jefferson in
her wheeEchair at the end OF the pew
occupied by the secretary, while be-
tween them sat Mrs. Gregory. His sur
prise became astonishment on discoy-
ering Fran and Simon Jefferson in the
choir loft. slyly whispering and nib
bling candy. with the air of soldiers off
duty-for the choir was in the throes
of a solo.
Abbott, as II hypnotiZed by what he
had seen, slowly entered the audi;ori.
UNI. Fran's keen eyes discovered him.
and her face showed elfish mischief.
Grace. following Fran's eyes, found
the cause of the odd smile. and beck
oned to Abbott. Hamilton Gregory,
following Grace's glance-for he saw
no one but her at the practices, since
she inspired him with deepest fervor-
felt suddenly as If he had lost some
thing; he had often experienced The
same sensation on seeing Grace ap-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-15

property. because ! was the only liv-
ing relation he had. SO he couldn't help
my getting 1t. I'll bet he's mad, now,
that he didn't make a will! When he
said that mother-it don't matter what
he said-I just walked out of his door,
that time. with my head up high like
this Oh, goodness, we're here. "
They stood before Hamilton Greg.
ory's silent house.
Good night" Fran said hastily. Its
a mistake to begin a long story on a
short road My! But wasn't that a
short road. thought"
"Soretime. you shall finish that
story, Fran. | know of a road much
longer than the one we've taken-we
might try 1t some day, II you say So"
Il do say SO. What road is it?"
Abbott had spoken of a long road
without definite purpose. yet there was
a glimmering perception of the reality,
as he showed by saying TREMENDOUSLY /:
This is the beginning of it"
He bent down. as If to take her in
his arms.
But Fran drew back. perhaps with a
blush that :he darkness concealed, GER
tainly with little laugh. I'm afraid
I'd get lost on that road she mur.
INJURED, for | don't believe you know
the way very well. yourself"
She sped lightly to the house, un-
locked the door. and vanished.