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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
FISH THAT KNOWS NO FEAR
Killer Whale Easily Holds Title of
Most Ferociods Of the AMI
mails cf the Deep.

The killer whale Is one of the most
.eadly animals that swim In the sea.
Killers are found In almost every ocean
OF the world. but. because OF the nature
OF their food. they use as feeding
grounds the sounds and bays along the
coast, rather than the open sea. They
are feroeious pursuers. constantly de-
stroyIng more than they eat.
KILLERS apparently will eat anything
that swims.T says Roy q. Andrews. of
the American museum, who has been
studying whales for some time. "Fish.
birds. seals, walrus and other whales
are all It's prey. Its capacity Is almost
unbelievable. There Is record Of thlr'
teen porpoise and fourteen seals being
taken from the stomach Of 21-foot
specimen" The capacity Of the killer
has given rise to number Of fantastic
tales, one OF which tells OF a killer be-
ing seen with seal under each fiipper.
q third under Its dorsal fin and
fourth in its mouth. In pursuing, the
killer bellows in a terrifying manner.
Killers are the only whales that feed
upon their own kind. They sometimes
20 In company by dozens and set upon
young whale. batting him like so
many bulldogs. Some will lay hold OF
his tail, while others bite at his head
and thrash him until the animal dies.
SO great is the strength OF the killer
thasa single one, by fastening its teeth
INTO the body Of dead whale being
towed by several whaling boats, can
carry 1t to the bottom in an instant
They know no fear and in parties they
viii attack the largest whale.
E5t even a ship. or number of
ships can .daunt the ferocious killer.
who frequently. through Its boldness'
help whaling parties by terrifying their
mutual prey into nonresistance.-From
an American Museum of Natural His
tory Bulletin.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
conaress Shoes Come BACK.

There has been very decided reviv-
al Of the old congress gaiter," with
its elastic insert at the sides, which
were very generally worn more than a
quarter of century ago. The explain
alton rests in the fact that American
shoes are now being extensively worn
by the natives of Japan. The more
rapid adoption of the western styles of
lace and button shoes is made difficult
by the native custom that requires that
shoes be removed before a person en-
tiers a home or inn. In some cases 1t
is even required that the shoes be re-
moved or at least covered with cloth
protectors before entering shops, thea
tiers and similar public buildings. This
custom has led to the quite general
adoption of the old-fashioned but con-
venient congress" boot by those who
wear occidental footwear during bust
ness hours.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
EnaIand,s Bio Mistake.

On the 9Th of March in 1765 the
house of lords in England passed the
stamp act. which led to the famous
Boston tea party, the first militant act
of the Revolution.
The English treasury had been
drained by the Seven Years war and
the country needed money. The people
of England were already taxed to the
limit and King George and the English
parliament decided that the most ex'
pedient way to raise money was to
tax the American colonists and to es-
tablish the principle that he colonists
must pay taxes to the crown even
though they were not allowed repre-
sentation in the English parliament.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

pig belonging TO James Newman
Of San Francisco was unusually OBJ
stinate, and he tried calling 1t "nlce
pIggie" and lot Of other pet names.
but the animal snorted and refused TO
come along. Then its owner called
the hog names that indicated he was
very angry, but the harsh words had
no more effect than those of honey
AZ last Newman lassoed the animal
and was at once arrested for cruelty
to enimals. "The hog didn't seem to
be very cheerful, judge" the police
man told the Judge. HE was on the
way to his own funeral" Newman
pointed out. "You wouldn't expect
him be laughing. hardly. would you
now, judge?"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

Si3ce Bulgarla's unconditional sul>
render TO the sliies tic nlei5 OF her
armies haye d IN struggling homeward
and many weddings ars being eele-
braied IN consequence.
Bulgarian methods of entertaining
before the wedding do not differ ma
ierIally from those OF other nations
except that the bride instead OF hav-
Ing her trousseau carefully put away
In the hope chest" from which she
only takes II for the privileged few.
hangs II up on cords which are stretch
ed ncross the main room Of the
house Here II Is viewed on the
Friday before the wedding by all
the matrops Of the town. while the
bride and the maldens dance before
the door and remain there until the
matrons haze given their full criticism
Of each garment. and II they disap-
prove Of them the girls must help
the bride make them over until suit
able."
Instead Of rice. corn as an emblem
OF plenty. Is showered over the bride
and groom. who are escorted to their
home with many ceremonies and they
are virtually imprisoned within its
doors.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
GREAT EVENT .FoR aosLEMs
Gala Day When the Procession Of the
Holy Carpet" Leaves Cairo for
City Of Mecca.

Always picturesque. Cairo is never
more fascinating than during the PRO
cessIon Of the Holy Carpet" IN the
lhzaars we watch the barefooted
workmen embroidering. holding the
cloth 10 their toes. which appear TO
be prehenslIe or watch them 20 TO
tle dearest mosque TO bathe five times
day. As many times day also
from the minarefs OF mosques the
ruezzins are reminding the natives Of
Tie approaching festival, and that God
is great there is no God but God, and
Mchammed Is his prophet. Come to
Prayer"
Howllng deryishes are dancing In
The mosque near the Square OF Sutten
Hasan. while devout Moslems are en-
gagged In eventlde prayer on their
housetops. Water carriers are on the
way to the yellow Nile for water, or
are bearing wine In their goatsklns the
same as IN Biblical times. while aged
men in the mosques are appareled ex-
actly as ii Abraham's day.
The streets are filed with soldiers.
while thousands Of civilians attend the
ceremonial held in the sacred prophet.
&c Enclosure In the great square near
the citadel. The enclosure is pyra-
midaI wooden structure covered with
embroidered stuffs embIazoned wifa
gold embroidery and quotations frotJ
the Koran. Here the people receive The
blessings Of the prophet, together Wits
special dIspensatIons and sacred tnlls-
MINIS
The khedlye and his dignitaries are
oil present 70 formally start the cara
van and It's military escort toward
Mecca. In tar-off Arabia. The people
press forward TO touch the sacred In.
closure. kissing Il with fervor. Won.
en- let down their shawls and face wells
from the windows as the procession
Of last starts Following II are the
pilgrims who will accompany the car
per 10 the sa4ctunry In the mosque 1T
Mecca, and who will return Inter w.A
Tho sane caravan to Cairo. bearing t.S
carpet OF the previous year.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
DAYS OF ATHENS GREATNESS
Emperor Hadrlan Did Much Toward
Making the City Religious Center
for All Heilas.

II was during Hadrian's first visit
to Athens (about 124 A. d. that he
made plans for rebuilding the majestic
temple of Olympian Zeus. He added
signe,ly to the adornment Of Athens
with many temples and other build
ings; he built an aqueduct to bring
the water OF Cephlssus to the city.
and at Corinth he constructed aque-
ducts TO bring to that city the water
from Lake Stymphalus. Sparta was
then the most important city in the
Peloponnesus, and the visit Of Ha-
drian there Is established by an In
scription. He was absent from Rome
three years at this time, returning
by way Of Sicily, where he made the
ascent Of Mount Etna to witness sun
rise. Gregorovius believes he has evil
dence that proves Hadrian to have
been In Athens again In the year 1872
A D.. and he assumes that the great
temple Of Olympian Zeus was then
completed and dedicated. Not for
centuries had Athens known any such
magnificent festival as that of the ded-
ieation of this olympieion. 1t was
made national festival, with repre-
sentatives from every city in Greece,
as the Olympian Zeus was the new
religious center for all Hellas. The
dedicatory address was delivered by
Polemon of Smyrna. who was the most
celebrated Sophist of his day.-From
Athens, the Crowned" by Lii
ian Whiting.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
Gold Leaf on Wood.

The following method Is given for
applying gold leaf on wood: The sur
face must first be carefully cleaned
and prepared, and when quite dry
treated with the appropriate gold size,
which Is laid on with a very soft hogs
hair brush or camel's-halr pencil; sew
eral ,coatings are applied. each being
dry before the application of the
other. and finally smoothed down. To
this surface the gold leaf, cut into
suitable sizes, is taken up by the tip
of a special brush and laid on, being
pressed down by dry camels-hair
brush. and so on piece after piece I'M
til the whole surface is covered. FL
nally. when dry, certain partg of the
gilded frame are FURNISHED with o
flint or agate burnisher specially made
for the purpose. The whole operation
requires a certain amount of expert
enoe TO obtain satisfactory results.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
MANY PERSONS SOUND BLIND
Peculiar Afflletion That II ls Nov
Asserted Is Not Uncommon
Among Mankind.

Color blindness is by no means an
uncommon complainT, for many peo
pie. although they may possess per
feet e-esieht for reading or seeing
long distances are quite unable to dis
tingnish between green and red and
many other pairs Of colors. Lately 1t
has been found that some suffer from
an exactly similar affection Of the
hearing power-that Is an inability to
distinguish particular shades Of sound
school teacher reports boy who
could not distinguish at all between
the sounds of very" perry" and
"Polly," and yet he could hear at as
great a distance as anybody. Another
youngster would spell Different
"drifent." He said that was how II
sounded to him. Several others ran
the letters r." IN" and Il" together in
a hopeless way, being unable to tell
one from the other.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
ciottI.

vlncenzo Glotti was native Of
Bologna, born about $780, He became
a scholar Of Dionysius Calverte at the
time that Guido REM studied under
that master. At twenty years Of age
he went to Rome in company with
Guido, and there painted some pic
lures. He was then invited to the
court Of Naples, where he passed the
remainder of his life Giotto possessed
so ready an invention, and such sur-
prlMng facility, that Orlando states.
from a list of his works, found after
his death. that he had painted no fewer
than 21S pictures for public positions
in the different towns OF the kingdom
OF Naples. ne died at Reggie In 1896.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
NationaI Forest Ares Reouoed.

The president on February %. 1910,
signed proclamation eliminating 81
ITO acres from the Helena national for
est. Montana. The lands affected are
situated along the exterior boundaries
of the forest and a large portion of the
lands excluded are already In private
ownerahip.
This action is based on the recon-
mendat;on made by the secretary Of
agriculture rs result of the land clas-
sification done by the forest cervice.
It was found that the lands had prac-
ticaliy no value for national forest
purposes.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
study the words Of Songs.

IN their efforts 20 secure good die
tion--by taking lessons from a high
priced coach--slngers often overlook
the benefit which may be secured by
reading. with careful attention. the
texts Of the songs they are to sing.
It IS manifest that singer who
cannot give an intelligent reading Of
poem cannot give an intelligent in.
depreciation OF that poem In singing.
The value OF each word. each phrase,
and their relstions TO each other, and
to the whole thought, are legitimate
objects for thorough study. Especial
iy is this true Of the pause which Is
SO valuable In speech or in the read
Ing Of a poem.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
..ba..%..S..Isa.l&a.a.ed.&d''Fl''F$
THSIFTOGRAMs

Nobody ever got rich tomoN
row. Begin saving today.
Savings crank up the pros
perity engine.
All the wealth In the world
is what has been saved by
some one.
Savings beget more when
they are invested; War Savings
Stamps are the finest invest
ment in the world; Thrift
Stamps are first aid to invest
ments.
Money saved is rooney earn
ed. Buy War Savings Stamps
Sharing in the Government
is good citizenship. You DO
that by investing in War Saw
ings Stamps.
Wise buying makes wages
count more. Saving is the
quickest road to opportunity.
Spend wisely, save sanely, ir-
vest safely. Buy War Savings
Stamps.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
Thrill of Doing Things.

Life is made up of trials and sat
lsfactions. The one is to keep up your
muscle, and the other Is to keep up
your morale. The one sets tasks that
try the fibers of your nature; the
other bestows the mental laurel that
marks consciously won victory. The
whole process begets thrills that en-
hances ideas of achievement. The
very idea of doing seems to carry with
1t the sense of worth and fitness. In
stead of feeling yourself driven by
the stress of compulsion you feel like
an explorer in new regions. Each
thing done adds to the JOY of doing
as it brings facility and smoothness
of operation. The sum Of things at
tempted and finished tells story Of
Joy known only to the fellow who has
felt the thrill of doing things
The biggest challenge to the healthy
man Is the chance to do.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
'LINCEREDTOOLONC
Great Men VINO 0utlived Their
Hours Of Fame.



Between The idiot and the man Of
sense, the lunatic and the han Of
genius. there are degrees streaks--of
ids0ey and lunncy How many expect
ant politicians elected TO congress have
entered Washington all hope, eager 70
dare and do. and have come away
broken III health. fame and fortune,
happy to get back home-sometimes
unable to get away, to linger on In OBJ
security and poverty to a squalId and
wretehed old age
have lived long enough to have
known many such: Senators who have
filed the galleries. when they rose to
speak house heroes living while they
could on borrowed money, then hang
ing about the hotels begging for money
to buy Il drink.
There WIS famous statesman and
orator who came to this az last, Of
whom the typical and Characteristic
story was told that the holder Of a
claim against the government. who
dared not approach SO great man
with SO much as the IntImation Of a
brlbe, undertook by argument TO inter
cst him n he merit OF the case.
The greut man listened ana replied;
X have noticed you scattering your
means around here pretty freely. but
you haven't said turkey 20 me-"
Surprised. but glad and unabashed,
the claimant said. II was coming TO
that produced thousaDd-dollar bank
roll and entered into an understanding
what was to be done next day. when
the bill was due on the calendar.
The great man took the none. Sc
paired to gambling house, had an ex-
traordInary run Of luck. wop heavily.
and playing all night forgetting about
hik engagement, went to bed at day
light, not appearing In the hodse at
kii. The bill was called, and there be-
ing nobody TO represent It, upder the
rule II went over and to the baton u
the calendar. killing II for tlial sas,
zion of cOrrse
The day AFTER the claimant met his
recalcitsanf sttorney on the avenue
face snd face end took him to task
for his delinquency.
"Ah, yes said the great man. "you
are the little rascal who tried TO bride
me the other day. Here is your dirty
money. Take 1t and be on with you.
was just seeing how far you would
60"
The comment made BY those who
best knew the great man was that If
instead OF winning In the gambling
house he had lost he would have been
up betimes at his place In the house
and doing his utmost to pass the claim
ants bill and get another fee.-Henry
Watterson In Saturday Evening Post.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
CAN EAT WAY THROUGH LEAD
Beetle Of Remarkable Power Would
Make Man Much Trouble ~ II
Existed IN Quantities.

Probably most persons who read
the newspaper story of the discovery
by Santa Barbara (Cal.) telephone
engineer OF an insect that eats its
way through sheet lead thought It In
the same class with the ancient hoax
about the worIa that eats steel
nails" which was perpetrated about
quarter of century ago and still
reappears at intervals. One Of the
editors OF Engineering News, however,
has seen the insects. number of
which are held In captivity in lead
boxes with glass covers, to see how
long It win take them to bore their
way. to freedom.
The insect Is slender black beetle
about quarter of an inch long, with
hard wing covers and of innocent and
placid demeanor It is said to light
on lead-covered Telephone cable and
bore tiny round hole through the
lead sheath and the paper Insulation
down to the copper. Possibly 1t be-
lieves the cable to be a part of a tree
or vine Into which 1t is accustomed to
bore holes. and SO It proceeds to bore
through the lead as it would through
the bark. Some persons think that
concealment is its motive; others that
the boring process is preliminary to
egg depositing.
The lead borers have been heard of
in South Bend, Ind, and Rockford,
ILL.,; in Omaha, Tacoma, Portland and
San Diego; in Florida and in Austria
liza. The fact that numbers of them
have been found in old lead foil tea
packages leads one to suspect that the
family is OF oriental extinction
Youths COMPANION.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

Gum Chewing Popular IN Far East.
One can escape chewing gum by de-
parting this life, hut he cannot do so
by merely taking leave Of America.
II has become virtually universal due
to the universally Of mortal wayward-
ness because of the energy and In
genuIty Of American advertisers. Eng
ind resisted Pc motion OF the
Jaws for a long time then fell parts Of
Europe still hold'out bravely but It is
IN the eastern hemisphere that chew
ing gums greatest and most surprIs-
ing rayages are to be found. The Chi
Eese rickshaw coolIe now has his gam
fhc japanese geIsha ehews In rhythm
with her dancing feet; and there are
siEnlIar manifestations Of the growing
popularity OF gum IN Burma. Siam. In
dIa, the Dutch East Indies. the Philip
pines and Australia Happily this
"a. "a OF civilization Is not worse. but
infinitely better lhnn the Oa;sns's I'M
wholesome betel nut. which It is to
some degree supplanung 3ellman.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

THE mais who can meet emergen.
cles. who can rice 70 the occasion. Is
the man who win succeed. declares
Charles ~ sehwab ''llke the chap
who was one evening suddenly con
fronted BY discontented wife. She
said
Before we were married you used
to bring me flowers every day. but
now you never think Of getting me
even a bunch Of eiolets.'
But. my dear. he protested. with
out seconds hesitation. the pretty
flower girls don't attract me now as
much as they used to,
'And. OF course. she told him that
On seco d thought she really dl6n's
care for lowers
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

The Weltmnrket directs attention to
new uses Of some raw products. In
Holland useful gum or paste is being
made from garlic. The bulbs are
pressed and the juice or fluid matter
so obtained Is thickened by Insplssa-
tlon. A good substitute for cork is oh
tanned from certain fungi. which are
dried and ground. mixed with cement
and consolidated by pressure. In Nor
way a process has been patented to
enable carbide to be used for driving
motors. n Denmark a company has
been tloated to make briquettes from
heather These have o higher heat
value than pent. Experiments are be
ing made to use chalk mari. especially
that which comes from the Limburg
mines. ~ a manure.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
Mammoth and Man.

The first mammoth remains dug up
In Europe were supposed 70 be those
of gianltic men. In 1877 learned
professor at Lucerne. from pelvis
and one thigh bone. Reconstructed" a
man 10 feet high Nor was the mistake
without excuse. Inasmuch as the bones
of the mammoth are remarkably hu-
man like. The vertebrae look like
magnified copies of human spine sec
lions. and the same is true of the
shoulder blade. the pelvis. the femur,
ofr
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29
NINETEEN SAVINGS
RESOLUTIONS FOR
NINETEEN-NINETEEN

Here are the Nineteen Savings
Resolutions for Nineteen-Ninetoen-
Every one of them good! Pledge 10
observe them throughout the year,
and live up TO your pledge. 10
have one must save. Save and Have!
You are your biggest asset! Capt.
talize yourself! Take the II out of
life and put it in Thrift!
/. will not quit, but will push
my personal job in helping clean up
the war.
2 will buy wisely, save sanely
and invest securely, and will insist
upon getting 100 cents value for ev-
cry dollar spent.
3. ! will take the "if" out Of Life
and make it build up Thrift.
4. | will have personal share in
MY Corntry's victory finance.
5. | will have enough sand to hold
on to the slippery dollar.
s. | will increase my savings, not
tomorrow, or next day, but row
7. l will capitalize myself through
saving, am my own biggest asset.
g. will not sell my War Savings
Stamps or other Government securi-
lies for mess Of pottage.
3 | will join the Get Ahead"
movement. such as one OF the Gov
ernments War Savings Societies.
10. l will not let the War-is-Ov-
err idea make me ungrateful to those
who have fought and bleG for Lib
erty.
II. will be behind our end Of the
Peace Table with my heart. brai1s,
labor, encouragement and money.
II. l will employ all practical
means of stopping the foolish drip
from the pocket-bock which under
mines the foundation of Family Sue
cess, and save through War Savings
Stamps, Thrift Stamps, and other
Government Bonds.
10. | will make Thrift a happy
habit and a solid business which Sc
spending of money wisely
II l will remember that Thrift
is one of the great lessons taught by
the war
is. l will not set aside my newly
acquired habits Of Thrift aud Sacri-
fec, but will carry on" with great
err zeal and enthusiasm than ever
before.
16. l will keep written account
OF what ! buy study 1t weekly, and
try to reduce my foolish spending,
and increase my ability TO buy WISE
ly.
IT.. ! will look ahead and not al
low my impulse to spend thought
'essly, rob me of some big opporsu-
nifty or advancement which may
come in the future; / will rave for
a "rurn Around Fund" which will
enable me to meet an unexpected
need, or better, an unexpected op-
portunity
Is. | will save-not through mi
serliness or to support future lazi-
ness--but to live we'll now and m tho
future.
10. will conserve my time, nv
energy. and my money that may
work without financial worry, with a
clear head and fresh vision.
Pledges made in 1918 20 invest in
'nited States Government War Saw,
ings Stamps, but which, for any rea.
sor. could not be met BY December
81. 1918 may be fulfilled and the
Government expects tliat theyN shall
be fulfilled by the purchase of 1919
War Savings Stamps.
A War Savings Pledge is a person
Al. binding obligation. Save AMI
have'
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-03-29

Il owe debt Of gratitude to that
msn."
That grouchy magazine edItori
why?"
HE refused to publish lot Of
poetry 7 wrote In my youth."-Louis-
vile Courler-Journal.