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CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PAST
Nations With High Degree Of cuItiVa-
ton That Are Now Only Memory
in History's Pages.

Thousands of years ago-lOng before
the great western nations of today,
long before even Greek and Roman
we're heard Of-there were more or
less advanced civilizations on both
sides of the Pacific. China. for exam
pie had grown into a stable MOngol-
ian kingdom perhaps 1900 years be-
fore the beginning of our era. A
Chinese author writes: There 10 no
existing nation in the world that has
q larger past than China. She has
seen the rise and fall of the ancient
Egyptian dynaSties; the extension of
the Persian empire; the conquests of
Alexander: the irresistible advance of
the Roman legiOnS; the deluge of the
Teutonic hOrdeS from the north, and
the birth Of all the nations of modern
Europe"
The japanese also, a people COM
pounded Of various elements, but
chiefly MongOlian and Malayan. stood
stood at the beginning of our era on
high plane Of civilization, and even
then exhibited the tendencies and the
adaptiveness which distinguish them
today.
Then away to the east in Central
and South America, civilizations
waxed and waned. reaching their high
est development in the Aztec and In
can empires. the latter of which was
an extremely interesting example of
deSpOtic socialism.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
VARYING Movements Of Leaves.

Different species of trees move
their leaves very differently, so that
one may sometimes tell by the mo-
ton of shadows on the ground, il he
be too indOlent to look up, under what
kind of tree he is sitting. On the
tulip-tree (Which has the finest name
that ever tree had. making the very
prOnOuncing of it's name almost like
the utterance Of a strain of music
LiridOdendrOn tulipfera), on the tulip
tree, the aspen. and on all native pop
lars, the leaves have an intense indi-
vidualism. Each one moves to suit
itself. Under the same wind one IS
Uilling up and down. another is whlrl-
ing. another slowly vibrating right
and left, and others still, Quieting
themselves to sleep, as a mother gently
pats her slumbering child; and each
one intent upon n motion Of its own.
Sometimes other trees have single
frisky leaves. but usually the oaks, ma
pies. beeches. have community of mo-
ton. They are all acting together, or
are all alike Still.-Henry Ward
Beecher
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Doos In Roumania.

Each nation looks upon the dog in
a different way. but the dogs Of war
and the dogs Of peace (of a pastoral
and agricultural people like the ROu-
manians) are beyond doubt the INTEL
lIgentsia' Of their kind. A little far
Their east he was sometimes held IN
fear, and an old Babylonian prayer
runs thus: From the dog. the snake.
the scorpion. and whatever Is baleful.
may Merodach preserve u.s." On
the other hand. on some Of the won
derful bas-reliefs Of that period. our
four-footed friends have been CRATE
fully immortalized. and their names
remain w1tten thereon to this day
He who ran and barked." The bitter
Of his foes" The seller of his enc
mics" But here In Roumania slayer
Of the wolf." 'the friend Of sheep. be-
tokens q less disInterested path in
Hfe.-Exchange-
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Death of Madame Roland.

The terrible French revolution
brought many women as wen as men
into prominence, some for their genius.
some for their crimes and some for
their mIsfort9nes. Among the num-
Der was Nine. Roland. wife Of a IA
nous adherent Of the revolution. who
was guillotined November 8. 1873. As
She passed to the scaffold, she gazed
at a gigantic statue Of Liberty erected
near II and exclaimed, 20 LlbertyI
how many crimes are committed in thy
nameI" Nine. Roland was not only
a good but a beautiful woman. and
the guiIlotine took the life Of one who
was, perhaps, the most remarkable
woman Of the French revolution.
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Mystic Shrine.

The Ancient and Arabic Order Of the
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine was found
ed 1.4OO years ago at Mecca, Arabia.
The modern order Is Of comparatively
recent origin. 1t was founded at New
York in 1871 by William. J. Florence.
the actor. II contains a legend as to
Arabic origin and on its affairs rest
copies Of the Bible and the Koran. The
Mystic Shriners are an entirely sepa-
rate organization from the Masonic or
der. However, one Of the provisions
Of membership Is that the applicant
must be either Scottish Rite Mason.
that Is to say, Mason Of the thirty.
second degree. or a member Of the or
der Of Knights Templar.
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4 sARDINEs ARE PACKED
.,uzrstiveIy Simple Process, but the
wl.rk Requires Expert Supervision
and Must Be Carefully Done.

me process Of preparing sardines is
- simple but requires experience
"a reat care. Upon the arrival of
Ssrdines at the factory they are
'-nediately placed on large wooden
'.Tss about forty feet long. where
ssy are cleaned This process takes
LIZ a second, aAd a fairly efficient
~,rker can clean from 800 to 400
,ounds of fish per day, according to
! r-irer in Fishing Gazette.
The fish are then placed in watts of
,5pe. where they are allowed to re-
r,in from one-half to two hours, ac-
..1,ing TO size. They are then placed
: wire trays equipped with prongs in
,yright position, where they are al
EEed TO dry for about an hour before
,ey are ready for cooking. This is
sue by placing the trays in large steam
rpns. where the fish are subjected to
/, pressure of about two pounds of
sssm, twenty minutes being consumed
4 properly cooking the small fish and
!. much as thirty-five minutes In cook
M the larger sizes.
This cooking has to be carefully
urched; if the sardines are subjected
. TOO much steam they become some
mat brittle and break when being
,cked. Some sardines-are cooked in.
|l: however, an extra charge is made
|sr this process, and comparatively
Nv are sold.
After the sardines have been prop
civ steamed the trays are placed on
lOng counters for sorting, which is
done by carefully selected and we'll
psid girls. After sorting. the tins are
filed with oil and placed on shelves,
where they are allowed to remain for
about twelve hours in order to insure
the proper impregnation Of the Oil.
Pure olive oil is used in preparing
most Sardines, especially the best
sradeS, but for some markets a mix
ture of olive oil and high-grade pea
nut oil is desired.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Rupert Brooke in Fiji.

Fiji in moonlight is like nothing
else in this world. It's all dim
eOlOrs and all scents. And here, where
its high up, the most Enthusiastically
shaped mountains in the world tower
up all round, and little silver clouds
and WiSpS of mist run bleating up and
down the valleys and hillSides ike
lambs looking for their mother.
There's only one thing on earth as
beautiful; and that's Samoa by moon
light. That's utterly different merely
heaven. sheer loneliness. You lie on
a mat in a cool Samoan hut, and look
out on the white sand under the high
palms. and a gentle sea, and the black
line Of the reef a mile out, and moon
light over everything. floods and floods
OF il, not sticky, like Honolulu moon
Light, not TO be eaten with a spoon, but
nat and abundant, such that you could
slice thin golden-white shavings on
It as of cheese. From Collected
Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a
Memoir"
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Would Be Lonely.

A little friend Of mine is quite mis-
chievous little boy, and after a day
OF play with the boys of the neIghbor-
hood his conduct is not always every
thing his mother could wish. But he
Is quite a lOvable little chap. too. and
was one day showing his affection for
his mother in true boy fashion, with
hugs and kisses. His fad her looked on
approvingly and said: THAT Is good.
son. That is the way like to see my
boy. Can't you always play nicely and
be good?" The answer voiced the feel
ing Of Young America; ~Sure. can.
3ut I'd have to play by myself.
eago Tribune.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
HANGED FOR BURNING COAL
There Was q Time When Job Of Look
Ing After Production Would
Have Been Sinecure.

The present-day restrictions with re-
gard to the use Of coal would have
seemed very mild to our ancestors. re-
marks a writer I'm London Tit-Bits.
There is no doubt that the use Of what
used to be called "sea coal to distln-
guish il from charcoal had its draw
backs.
Many look forward to the time when
there will be no more smoky chimneys
in Britain, when the atmosphere Of
London will be as clean as IL must
have been in the days Of Good Queen
Bess, and when a new building will not
be begrimed with SCOT almost as soon
as II is built.
In the reign Of Edward the inhabl-
tants of London petitiOned the king
against the growing use Of coal. declar-
ing that 1t was "a public nuisance, cor
rupting the air with its stink Ond
smoke, TO the great detriment Of their
health" WhereupOn the king prOhib-
tied its use, offenders to be punished
for a first offense by a fine and for a
second TO have their kilns and fur
PAGES destroyed.
The practice of using coal was at
length made a capital Offense and a
man was tried, condemned and hanged
for burning coal in London.
In those days the population Of Eng
land probably did not exceed four or
five million, and wood was plentiful
and cheap from the vast forests that
covered tens of thousands of square
miles where now are great towns
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Marriage.

Marriage is the nursery Of heaven.
The virgin sends prayers to God, but
ahe carries but one soul to him; but
ne state Of marriage fills up the num-
Der Of the elect and hath in II the la
sor Of love and the delicacies of friend
nip, the blessing Of society and the
mon Of hands and hearts. 1t hath In
4 less Of beauty, but more Of safety
nan the single life; 1t hath more ease,
put less danger; il is more merry and
more sad; is fuller Of sorrows and
ruler of joys; 1t lies under more bur
oenS, but is supported by all the
Strengths Of love and charity, and
nose burdens are delightful.-Jeremy
Hyior.
The broad ax., 1918-12-07
Loops ,he Loop IL : Storm at Sea.

Looping the loop in a kite balloon
was the hair-raising feat performed
some time since by a young balloon
LIST when the government was testing
the use Of captive balloons on battle
ships doing convoy work. according to
a story in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The bafloonist in question had
been aloft In his basket several hours
despite very rough weather when 90
mile gale struck the feet Instantly
the gas bag made a spinning nose
dive, swinging the basket and occu-
pant through a complete circle. No
sooner was one loop completed than
another and another followed-fifteen
In all
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Naval Nicknames.

Curious nicknames are applied to
vessels of the British navy. The
Ariadne is known as the Hairy An
ME-" or "Haggy Agony" the Narcis-
sus, as NASTY Sister," the Greasy
as the "Greaser:" the IncOnstant
as the "InkStand," the Iphigenia
as the "Silly Jane;" the Lucifer as
the Match Box" the Hecate as the
He Cat" or The Tom" and the Nep-
tune as the Jews Harp" In the
American navy similar nicknames
have been used to some extent. The
Sassacus was known as the SASSY
Cuss;" the MIantonomoh as "My Aunt
Don't Know" the WissahickOn as the
widow Higgins" the Winnebago or
perhaps the WyalIusing as "We Know
She Goes Slow."-Chicago Daily News.
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NOTED PORT OF WANDERERS
samara, on the volga, Long the Lure
Of Nomadie People-lts
Past History.

Samara, the VOlga port. seems to
offer a peculiar significance for the
wanderers of the world. Through the
years. says The Villager, the district
has been an especial lure for nOmadic
peoples; the fierce tribe Of Bulgars
occupied II until the thirteenth cen
fury and were followed by the Mon
gOls, and when the power Of the Col
den Horde had waned the VOlgn bank
was still ravaged by Bashkirs, Kali
.mucks and Nogal Tartars; the insti-
tuition Of the city OF Samara itself was
for the protection Of the Russian en-
pire's frontiers against the depreda-
lions Of these nomadic marauders
from the steppes.
In the effort to stabilize this border
region and make 1t a solid bulwark.
Catherine ii offered Germans Of
Wuertemburg and Baden special priv
lleges for settlement here; today as
much German as Russian may be
heard In the streets OF Samara.
Yet, after all the centuries Of effort,
the city is again swept by wanderers.
fighting hOrdes who know no military
base" gypsy warriors who have trav-
ersed the Siberian expanse without
baggage and without plan Of cam
paign. with no orders save their own
impulse. with no responsibilities save
their own purpose; their exploit will
go down into history with full as much
plcturesqueness as that Of Genghiz
Kahn's followers and with far more
honor.
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Brand hsn Head.

! What a good head the baby has,"
aslaimed Aunt Madge. who had come
~ the way from Anderson just to see
NE new baby in Ashland avenue.
hen be president, sure"
1t ought to be a good head put in
,a'ue brother. whose three-year-oic
: sOse is out Of joint. ''he only has used
:" tWo weeks."-LndianapOlis Star.
The sun., 1918-11-20
CURB TONE HEAVY,
BUSINESS LIGHT
Trading Entirely Professional,
With Prices in Narrow
Range.

The general tone in the market for
curb securities yesterday was again
heavy with q contraction in the volume
Of business. The trading was wholly
professional and uninteresting and price
movements as rule were In narrow
range. In the early part Of the session
there was short period Of steadiness,
but as offerings became heavier and the
demand diminished prices moved slightly
lower.
Keystone Tire and Rubber, which was
again the most active In the list. after
crossing 20 to q new high record. re-
acted on profit taking sales by the trad
ers, falling almost point from the
early top price. United States Steam
ship was again firm, touching its recent
high for tho present movement Strength
may be attributed to the recent an
nouncement that the subsidiary compa-
MES have contracts with private interests
for ffty-slx ships, amounting to approx
nately SOC, 100000, to be built after the
completion OF the Government contracts.
OIL stocks were again quiet and gen.
orally lower Standard OIL stocks were
from n fraction to 2 points lower. ex-
cept Penn Mex Fuel, which advanced
more than a point. War stocks were
heavy throughout the session, but losses
were small Mining stocks were fea-
tureless.
Bonds were again active with most
interest in Liggett & Myers which
displayed stronger tone. Federal
Farm Loan IS were under pressure and
lost almost a point.
Total sales and range OF prices follow +:
The sun., 1918-11-20
TO SELL sULzBERGER REALTY.

AS result of the return of peace the
first large auction sale of improved
properties Is scheduled to be held early
next month. The Offering involves the
holdings of the late Ferdinand SulZber-
ger. meat packer. comprising twenty
four properties on Manhattan Island
The sale is 10 be held under court par
tition brought by the Sulzberger heirs,
and will be conducted by Joseph p. Day
under the direction OF McDougall
Hawkes., referee. The sale Is scheduled
for December 10.
Tie greater part. OF the properties
are tenements and dwellings, adjacent
to First, Second and Third avenues, but
the 'list also includes the four story and
basement dwelling at 21 East Sixty
seventh street and the seven story Ben
Hur apartment house at 2643 and 2645
Broadway. adjoining the northwest cor
ner Of Tooth street. The other parcels
are known as 500. 1876 and SIT and S1s
and sbS and 1855 First avenue; s71 Sec
ond avenue: 1887 Third avenue; 6ls
East Fourteenth street; 206 and e1a
East Forty-fourth street; 31s, 3le ard
1923 and ais and $40 East Forty-fifth
street; S07 and 343 to $40 East FIJI
tieth street; 226 East Flfty-sixth street :.
Ais to 42l East sixty-third street aoS
and 8o4 East Seventy-ninth street. and
100 East Ninety-seventh street
The sun., 1918-11-20
RENTS FLAT FOR AZ YEARS.
Engineer VIII Pay s4b.30O for
Rtyer-ide Drive suite.


Harrington Emerson, an engineer Of
80 Churca street, has determined to fix
his residence for the next forty-two
years at l25 Riverside drive. according
TO lease recorded yesterday. He has
closed a lease for the south apartment
on the sixth floor with the Riverside
Drive Apartments, Inc, for twenty-one
years from October l.. 1915, with a
twenty-one year renewal privilege, at
an annual rental Of s1,0S0. which ag-
gregates $i5,S60 for the full term.
Pease n Gilman have leased apart
ments at $40 Park avenue to +. l.. Rich
old; at s29 Park avenue 70 Dallas
Bache Pratt: at e25 Park avenue. to
Miss Mary Olcott; at SO East Thirtieth
street. to Francis NJ. Clark at IA East
Thirty sixth street. to L. n. Babcock /;
at 81 West Fifty-elghth street. TO Mrs.
Joseph Hoffman; at $40 Central Park
West, to Harry ~ Hollenberg: in the
Wyoming. Fifty-ffth street and Seventh
avenue, to Frank N. Hoffstot; at S70
Park avenue. to ]. Mercadante; at asa
Riverside drive. TO Frank n. Heggblade ;
at 2 West Sixty-seventh street, to John
H. Dale; at SO West Seventy sixth
street. TO Dimitri Golditzine: at q West
Fiftieth street, 70 Mrs. Dorothy N. Gle
ments at IL west Twenty-eighth street,
to Mrs. Mary +. Lupton; ut 11o East
Fifty-sixth street. to Lewis B. Linde-
muth I; at SO Manhattan avenue. to Mrs.
Jessie Robichon; at II East Forty first
street, to Mrs Samuel p. Warren; and
at 1910 Madison avenue, to Mrs. G.
Hitchcock.
Douglas L. Gilman s. Co. have leased
apartments at ere Park avenue to Ed
gar Park: at AL Park avenue to Mrs.
~ pa y L
South to Harmon s. Graves OF Rye,
N Y
The sun., 1918-11-20
OPERATIONS BUY IN FLATBUsH,

William s. Baker has sold for John
ston & Rapp n triangular plot, S0Ns0x ir-
regular, at the intersection Of Flatbush
and Rogers avenues and for Isadore H.
Kramer the adjoining plot fronting7140
feet on Rogers avenue, with a depth Of
1914 feet. to the Jules Realty Company.
Inc, for a price said to be close to
$4,000. Stoddard & Mark represented
the buyers.
Walter s. Ross and c. c. Gretsinger
have sold 523 Vanderbilt street. between
Prospect avenue and Eighteenth street, a
two story and cellar two family brick
house. on lot '.2ox1o0. for Frank d.
SCreamer & Co.
The James r. Ross Company has sold
for Henry weingarten the store and
apartment building at 1907 Bergen
street. The same brokers sold for the
d. q NJ. .Chaunccy ReaN Estate Company
the northeast corner of Fulton street and
Howard avenue. a plot measuring 100
feet on Fulton street and running to the
eoutherly side Of McDougall street, III
feet more or less
The sun., 1918-11-20
100 p. o. RENTAL INCREAsB.

The Metropolitan Tobacco Company
has rented TO the G. & G. Restaurant
the four story building at 1873 Delaney
street, adjoining Loew's Theatre at the
northwest corner OF Suffolk street The
lease is for long term of years and
involves an aggregate rental OF about
100000. The tenant plans to make al
terations to the property calling for an
outlay of $4,000. and will occupy the
entire building. The present lease shows
en- Increase of over $50 per cent. over
. rental OF the property made in 1907.
The Charles r. Eoyes Company has
leased for Richmond Rochester the five
story building at ~ South street, near
Old Slip. for ten years at an aggregate
rental OF $4,000. This lease represents
q substantial increase.
Albert b. Ashforth has leased space
at 10 West Forty-fourth street to the
"Over There Theatre League in the
Brokaw building. Broadway and Forty
second street, to Louis Kaplan; at 229
East Forty-first street TO the Oliver
Continuous Filter Company; second
floor at $50 Fifth avenue to the +. @
Smith Piano Company: at l6 East
Twenty-third street to Kaufman Bros.
4 Co, and the three upper floors at 161
West Forty-fouNh street to the Plcca-
diliy Club.
Pease & Gilman have leased TO Anna
L. Langman the store at 20 West Forty
sixth street,
white-Goodman have leased TO Her
man Teri. the third and tenth lofts at
736 Broadway; space at 1913 to f40 West
Twenty first street 10 Benjamin Bush,
and the store and basement at as West
Fifteenth street 10 the Loyal Sponging
Works.
The sun., 1918-11-20
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGES.
Manhattan.


w. mtg (l5. 0oo-Beatrlce NJ McCandlish,
extrx. to Beatrice NJ McCandlish. indiv,
1912 st Charles az New Orleans, La:
HoUsToS ST.. 100 Ei.pDavidd' Davi. 70
cS GSss H ~ @ ws:t %Sd sy S 900
Co to Columbia Trust Co. 60 Bway,
gdn; etty.. Merrill, R a T. 100 Bway; 81
hA Sogd % ifr.a IL ra % sG-h 1sis
Madison av; attys, Steiner q +. 500
LEROY SY ST. 10. mtg ;s.socHLincoin Tru.,
Sd Nv, sss|Edw II ana Harold X
ct and Bronx River; atty. Lawyers T q
SANE Pr PRo oTsR; EIpo siSSS
S' oTsnss. S 5; atty. aS .e iss coo
WEST END Av. 7St. mtg t1.ooo-Arthur
" corse to Eleanor Knowles. sci West
72D ST. IL E-u 81 Trust Co of n Y tc'j
Frederic Kernochan, sS9 Park av, and
emo. trustees viii Thos 3 Winthrop. for
F arf st, h sn lnt Of rE ay M'1sT 90
18TH ST, 22o.22s w-Henry Goldstone 70
Morris L doldstone, 2l7A Bwayi address
18TH ST. e. mtg $4,000. y part a u
De KaiS az White Plains; n Z; atty,
FoRDHAM RID. e cor Grand sv. iiixsss
xloox1t7 little InG Co OF N Y to John
Il cahill; atty Marseil. II
SAME pRoPERTiYY--iBaniers Trust S' co,
trus. to n Title Mtg Co. 1875 Bway;
SANE PRoPERTY-N = TIftii: u Mtk co
20 lily Kroger. sse6 i2sth st; atty.
NELSON Av, 8, 1905 < isx2Sxss.sxS5,S
xs7-constant NJ Bird to Jos Bird
Iarchmont. Y; atty, Hy w Kennedy,
LOT 3ss, map Haight ESt---cari Heinrich
TO Herman yelthGus, 2o7 st AIMS ev;
atty. Helen 8 Leube, SOIL westohester
HULL Az iiii--,l ii = 1iix d... ts;' 70
The sun., 1918-11-20
SEES U. S. ALONE
IN EXPORT FIELD
Expert Reports European Mar
kcts Are Too Bare to Com
pete Just Now.

European markets are so short OF
goods that American exporters will have
practically no competition in South
American trade for long time.
This statement is on the authority OF
r. A. Toledo, manager OF the Latin
American division OF the Allied Indus
tries Corporation. who undertook an In
veetigation following the recent cancel
lations Of orders South Americans had
placed in this country.
lie attributes the cancellations to the
fact that American firms are not ade-
auately represented in foreign fields,
but saws that when the Latin Ameri-
cans find they cannot purchase goods
in other countries, they will have TO re-
sumo placing their orders here.