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tribes, the crows, the BlacKIooC
and the Shoshone, as they had q
superstitious fear of the geyser
regions and therefore avoided
them.
The first effort to explore the
park was made in. 1870, when the
Washburn expedition spent a
month traversing the region and
made mastery report of the
wonders found there. The direct
result of this expedition was to
cause the United States Geologi-
cal Survey to give attention to the
new wonderland and, finally. the
setting apart of the remarkable
region as a public national park.
To one who has never visited
the place, the story of its wonders
is almost unbelievable. At one
end of the valley is the mammoth
hotel, maintained by the govern
ment for the accommodation of
visitors. Hard by the hotel the
ime-laden springs that break from
the pine-covered hillsides have
formed frozen cataract of white,
lemon and palest pink formations,
through and over and in which
water of the warmest bubbles and
drips and trickles from pale green
lagoon to exquisitely fretted basin.
The ground rings hollow, and
some day the mammoth hotel,
guests and all, may sink into
caverns below and be turned into
a stalactite.
Walk out toward the terraces
and you are almost sure to meet a
stream of iron red hot water,
which, after greeting you, will
duck into hole like a rabbit.
Then will follow a gentle chuckle
of laughter and then deep ex-
hausted sigh from nowhere in par
ticular. Fifty feet above your
head a jet of steam will rise up
and die out in the blue. The dirty
white deposit beneath your feet
gives place to lime whittier than
snow, and you come to a basin of
frosted silver filled with water as
clear as the sky. One cannot
know the depth of that wonder.
The eye looks down beyond grot-
toes and caves of beryl into an
abyss that communicates directly
with the central fires of the earth.
And the pool is always in pain, so
that it cannot refrain from talking
about it; muttering and chattering
and moaning. From the lips of
the me-ledges. 40 feet under
water, spurts of silver bubbles fly
up and break the peace of the
crystal atop. Then the whole
pool will shake and grow dim and
there are noises.
Nearby are other pools all
equally unhappy, riffs in the
ground full of running red-hot
water, slippery sheets of deposits
overlaid with greenish gray hot
water, and here and there pit
holes, dry, dusty and waterless.
Elsewhere the internal waters
have first boiled dead and then en-
balmed the palms and underwood,
or the forest trees have taken
heart and smothered up a blind
formation with greenery, so that
it is only by scraping the earth
that one can tell what fires rage
beneath.
Yet the pines will win the bat
tie in years to come, because
nature, who first forges all her
work in her great smithies, has
nearly finished the job and is
ready to temper it in the soft
brown earth. The fires are dying
down; the hotel is built where ter
races have overfowed into flat
wastes of deposit; the pines have
taken possession of the high
ground where the terraces first
started. Only the actual curve Of
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NSNMSH the MISSISSIPPI rlVor anu
144VgH the Pacific ocean, in the
lgWg!B northwest corner of the
State of Wyoming, and in the
same latitude as the State of New
York, the grand Rocky Mountain
system eliminates in a knot of
peaks and ranges enclosing the
most remarkable lake basin in the
world. From this point radiate
the chief mountain ranges and
three of the longest rivers of the
continent-the Missouri, the Col
umbia and the Colorado.
On the south are the Wind
River mountains. a snow-clad bar
rier which few white men have
ever crossed. On the east is the
Snowy Mountain range and the
grand cluster of volcanic peaks be-
tween it and Yellowstone lake. On
the west is the main divide of the
Rocky Mountains. On the north
are the bold peaks of the Gallatin
range and the parallel ridges
which give northward direction
to all the great tributaries of the
Missouri from this region.
Set like gem in the center of
this snow-rimmed crown of the
continent is the loveliest body of
fresh water on the globe. it's dark
blue surface at an elevation greater
than the highest clouds that fleck
the azure of summers day over
the tops of the loftiest mountains
of the east. Its waters TEEN with
trout, and the primeval forests
that cover the surrounding coun-
try are crowded with game. But
these are the least of its attrac-
tions. It is the wildness and
grandeur of the enclosing noun
tain scenery and still more the
curious, beautiful, wonderful and
stupendous natural phenomena
which characterize the region. that
have raised it to fame and caused
it to be set apart by our national
government as grand national
playground and museum of un-
PARALLEL and incompatible mar
vels, free to all men for all time.
All that is left of the terrific
forces which there threw up the
ragged mountain peaks and tore
the yawning chasms now finds is
sue in occasional earthquake shocks
and in iunumerable hot springs
and geysers. Nowhere else in the
world can the last-named phe-
nomena be witnessed on so grand
a scale, in such limitless variety,
or amid scenes so marvellous in
beauty, so wild and unearthly in
savage grandeur, so fascinating in
all that awes or attracts the lover
of the curious, the wonderful, the
magnificent in nature.
Fifty years ago the wonders of
the Yellowstone were unknown
save to the Indians and few trap
pers and prospectors. The earliest
record of white man visiting the
region was found inscribed on the
trunk of tree. 1t was the initials
and date, j. o. R., Aug. 10. 1919,
cut with hatchet. The date was
partially verified by counting the
annual rings on another tree near
by, which bore Ratchet marks.
presumably of the same date.
Efforts have been made to trace
this inscription to some of the
early noted trappers, but without
avail.
That the French had penetrated
the region is known from the early
name, Roche Jaune meaning Yel-
low Stone. given to it because of
the prevailing color of the grand
canyon through which the river
flows. Every shade and gradua-
tion from the brightest yellow to
the deepest orange are found in
perfect riot of color. Little knowl-
edge was gained from the Indian
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lUEGSNSH journey IFOm Cu0 SOuTC0
NSNNp of raw rubber to the fin
aA-Al ished product. It is a
journey that will lead through
tropical jungles where wild ami
mails, dangerous snakes, hunger
ana sickness all help to prevent the
collection of this most important
material.
The word India Rubber" was
first applied to substance which
the natives on the banks of the
Amazon river in Brazil called
''cahuchu." An Englishman named
Preistly in 1772 discovered that it
would remove pencil marks from
paper which accounts for its
present name of rubber or caout-
chouc. which was derived from it's
native name.
From the time that Columbus
first touched South America in
1893, at which time he discovered
the natives making very crude
uses of this cahuchu, the rest of
the world has had its eyes turned
toward the vast treasures of the
upper Amazon river country.
After the American revolution
ships carried from the South
American countries many curios
of rubber of native manufacture,
but it was not until about 1920,
that Macintosh endeavoring to
overcome the sickness of the rub
Der with which he had covered
pieces of cloth, he thought to lay
the sticky sides together and thus
originated the waterproof cloth
which is used in so many ways to-
day.
Up to this time there had been
no method discovered to overcome
the sickness of the rubber so that
its use was limited to the manu-
facture of raincoats. There was a
man named Chas. Goodyear. work
ing as a chemist for one of the
companies who were manufacture
ing these raincoats and during one
of his experiments he accideDtly
dropped a piece Of rubber, in
which there had been mixed some
sulphur, on a hot stove and upon
removing it a short time later be
found that the heat had vulcanized
the mixture which is today the
basis of the rubber industry.
While a number of large rubber
plantations have been started in
various parts of the world in
recent years, the greater part of
the raw material still comes from
the uncultivated trees and the
finest the world produces comes
from Brazil, being known as Up
River Para.
The method of tapping the trees
very often damage them consider
able, as it is done by making an
upward incision in the tree with q
sharp ak from which a milky like
substance, known as latex, flows
into receptacle placed there to
catch it in a manner somewhat
similar to that used to obtain the
sap from the maple tree for maple
syrup.
After the latex is collected it is
poured on a stick which is held
over hot fire and continually re-
volved until there is a large hard
ball about 18 inches in diameter on
the stick. This ball, or biscuit, as
| it is called, is now ready to start
on its journey to the rubber fac
tory.
Upon the arrival of these bis
cults at their destination they are
graded and tested as it is very
necessary to use the different
grades of rubber for the various
purposes to which it is put. After
this is completed and the grades
have been sorted, the crude rubber
is put through process of wash
ing in order to remove all the inn
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I(dCt61T is a very interesting
|lMAgal journey from the source
|GkNa of raw rubber to the fin
lNAN1 ished nrodnct Tt ia a
The mirror., 1919-11-06
YELLOWSTONE
Foremost of Natures Wonders on Earth Where Spendor
Abound Which Neither Pen nor Brush Can Portray.
Utica Globe

G6a2211RBOUT half way between
HgMgH the Mississippi river and
04S4VgH the Pacific ocean, in the
Hl4A@lglH northwest corner of the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
MEMPHIANS
REPORTED WOUNDED

Three Memphis boys are named in
Mondays casualty list, one having been
accidentally killed and two wounded.
Pr1vate Paul H. Christian, %, of
battery e, Sl6th field artillery, Slst d.
vision, was struck by a locomotive on
n, "A and fatally hurt, according to
official telegram to his parents, Mr..
Mrs. D. M. Christian, 140S South
Lauderdale street.
He enlisted April 81, 1918, and wrote
his parents after the armistice he
emerged safely,
Corporal John E. Jennings, of Bat
terry A, 1i5th field artillery, was gassed
on Nov. Z during a German lombard
ment OF the Argonne forest, he has
written his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Jennings, 1875 Neptune street. On
Dec. lS he wrote that he was rapidly
recovering. He enlisted with Lieut.
Col, ". j.. Bacon'S 18th machine gun
battalion, but was transferred. Before
enlistment he was with his father In
the levee contracting business.
Private Charles H. Rainey, who en-
listed from route g.. Nashville, is a
brother to Bob Rainey, Of The News
Scimitar's composing room force. Only
meager information has been received
as to how he received his serious
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
KIWANIS READY FOR
BIG QUALIFICATION

All arrangements for the first annual
~jollification cabaret dinner to be given
by the Kiwanis cluU to members and
their friends at Hotel Chisca Wedges
day night at 1880 o'clock have been
completed, according to announcement
Monday by the entertainment COM
mittee.
r~esenting the Kiwanis Club Interna-
tional, will present the charter to the
local club at the banquet, the speech
Of acceptance to be made by Louis J.
Moss, local president. Rabbi w. ii.
Fneshriber will ask the invocation.
Entertainment plans call for cabaret
dancing, some out OF the ordinary fea!
lures OF a theatrical nature, a stunt"
program and music. The ladies will be
remembered with special favors.
Arrangements have been made Tor
400 plates,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
HARPMANN FUNERAL SET.

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Emma Harpmann, aged IS, widow OF
Sol Harpmann, who died at her home,
$50 Poplar avenue, Sunday evening, will
be held Tuesday morning with services
at the Jewish cemetery, DR.. W, H.
Fineshriber officiating.
Mrs. Harpmann had resided in Mem
phis since 1864, and during her resi-
dence here had become prominently
identified with the Hebrew Relief asso-
citation and the Poplar Avenue temple.
Her husband at one time engaged In
the wholesale tobacco business here.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Elsie
Flexner and Mrs. Lag r. Feist, and
four brothers, Ben Hurst, Of New York,
Sam and Mich Hurst, OF st. Louis, and
Henry Hurst, Of Memphis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
LECTURE IS DEFERRED.

Owing to the illness Of Joseph Pen
nell, lecturer and critic, who is 81 OF
influenza in Philadelphia, his lecture,
scheduled for. Tuesday night at the
Goodwin Institute, has been deferred,
He was to have spoken here on What
Doing and Might Do for Art under
the auspices Of the Memphis Art as
s~ociation, Arrangements will be made
for his appearance here at q later date
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03

and it cured me. I keep house and
am able to do my work now. l GER
tainly praise your medicine. MRS;
SUDG 0LDFATHER, 54s West Second
Street, Mishawaka, Ind.
Women who suffer from such all
ments should not continue to drag
around and do their work under such
conditions, but profit by the exper-
fence Of Mrs. 0ldfather and thousands
of others who have tried this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound, and
found relief from such suffering. II
complications exist write the Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
The result OF their 40 years exper'
fence in advising women on this sub
ject is at your service.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
AUDUBONS WANT WARDEN.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb, 3. (SpL)-
ishing of the office Of state game war
den, resolutions were adopted by the
East Tennessee Audubon society at a
mass meeting here. Copies were sent
to Gov. Roberts and members Of the
legislature.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
WILL REHEARsE SONGS.

Songs to be sung at the Lincoln cele-
bration In Memphis Feb. IL win be one
Of the features of a meeting Monday
night OF negro soldiers. which will be
held at the Plymouth Community
house, 1852 Walker avenue. Several
stunts will also be given by those pres
ent, as this Is the regular night for
this feature.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
take CALOMEL
ONLY IN this
| DISCOLAX FORM
Worlds Greatest Liver Medicine Made
Free from SIckenlng or Harmful
Effects In DIscoIaI Tablet Form. At
First Glass Drug Stores.

We have to take Calomel some
times. Nothing else will do. But
this most useful Of all medicines-es-
pecially for the liver--should be taken
in the new DIscoLAx form now han
died by druggists, which makes it
absolutely free from any sickening
or harmful after effects.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
Moriarty Tailored Suits

Are cut without waste, fitted by artists.
tailored correctly-no lost time-no lost
materials and no guesswork that you
have to pay for. ]. H. Moriarty &
Son, 81 South Main st. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
THREE CONFERENCES.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb, 3. (Spl.)-
Holston, Central Tennessee, and Blue
Ridge-Atlantic conferences of the
Methodist Episcopal church will hold a
meeting In Knoxville March IL and II.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03

not do my work
and / could not
get anything to
relieve me. A
physician treated
me, but it did no
good. I had been
in this condition
for three months
when ! began
taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
tablet form
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03

wounds. He was struck on Sept. 2s
with shrapnel and underwent an opera
ton. Last reports indicated he was
recovering. He raj with a company Of
engineers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
Welcome Home. Boysl

Glad to see you back. Have a good
Samelson's Extra, that good dime cigar
for 7c. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
A Great Army of Men

OF Memphis smoke Samelson's Extra
cigars, the best Of all for &c. Join the
army. adV.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
why DO WOMEN
SUFFER
When There isSuch a Rem
edy for Ills as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound?

MishAwaka, Ind.-"T had such a
severe female weakness that l could
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
Seessel's Afternoon Sales.

Thrifty people shop at
Seessers
during the afternoon.
adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03

Just ask your druggist for Disco
LAX. Put up by Discolax Medicine
Co., GAINESVILLE, Tenn, IL tablets to
box, 25c. At irst-class druggists or
by mail.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
Plants Plentiful.

It is too early yet to talk Of tomato
plants and, In fact, the dealers saw
that not until two weeks from now
will the real seed buying season come
N. Then, they say, 1t will be easier
The demand for FROST proof cabbage
plants is good, but 1t is too early Ia
look at the cold frame market. One
dealers quotes the f~rost-proof plant All
from 35 cents the 100 to 80 the 1000,
(, o. b. Memphis. N
It would be well for the farmer and
gardener to buy seed this year from
dealers in whom he has confidence,
There Is said to be a tendency on the
part OF less s%crupulous dealers 10 un-
often of doubtful quality, because thev
believe they Will have a chance to re.
stock at lower prices than they paid
for present stocks, 80 ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-03
Fair Demands for Oats.

Dealers record a fair demand for
spring oats, which is showing signs Of
growing better. Good recleaned oats
for seed is being quoted at $1.15 to
$l.25 and $1.25 to $1.35. This is in
lots of five to rs bushels, according
70 one dealer, and by virtue of the
fact that oats is sold on a very close
margin larger lots could probably be
purchased at better rates,
The condition Of the garden seed mar
ket would indicate a great deal Of
home gardening this year. The dealers
are receiving few large orders from re-
tan dealers and truck gardeners, but
they are receiving large numbers of
small orders, 1t is thought that the
psychological effect OF the mild weather
on, the back yard gardener is causing
this demand. Despite the fact that Il
cost more last year to produce the
seed which is being sold this year than
ever before, the prices are in general
no higher than in the spring OF 1915
and in many instances lower, Peas and
beans are cheaper than last year and
there Is a good demand for seed pota-
toes and onion sets,
Going back a moment totthe hea vier
farming, 1t might be we'll to mention
one dealers statement that there is
unusually good demand for fine seed
corn, indicating that the South will
put In more n better corn this year
than last. ~
~ 1I-- Mt ~N
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-13

II is a very good plan TO stick TO one
kind Of gift when making a number,
for one can get a remnant Of goods
which, made up in different styles, viii
do for several gifts. For instance, sup.
pose one decided to make a number 81
table runners. A bolt Of braid In duh
gold. a short length Of tapestry and Il
scrap OF velvet viii cost but a few dol
lars, and from all Of this can be made
three or four stunning covers.
A ward Of wide net will make six
breakfast caps with ~ yards Of narrow
lace TO trim them. Picoted ruffles OF
the net really cost less than lace, how
ever, and in that case the net viii make
three caps, the other being used for
trimming. Small chiffon flowers, wired
butterflies and shirred ribbon bowknots
are ways Of trimming.
4 luncheon set Of cream coIored crash
would be very pretty hemstitched In
rose or delft blue thread. The luncheon
cloth should have a hem about two
inches wide, and the six napkins may
be henuned wide or narrow to suit the
designer. Japanese hemstitching, which
is double hemstitching split, Is more
effective than the regular kind, and
also withstands laundering better. To
explain more closely, one takes five or
six threads Wheu making the first round
Of stitches. The second time. instead
Of taking up the same threads, one
takes half Of one group and half Of the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-13
IRISH DOMINION LEAGUE
RUNS EMERALD isle

DUBLIN. Nov i3,--Arfairs in Ire
land have reached a pitch when differ.
enees OF political detail sink into the
background, Upholders Of the Irish
nominion league. for instance, while
SUI prepared TO put forward a con
moment arrives, realize clearly that
at the present they cannot and should
not interfere between the people ami
the rulers, Government tactics have
brought about this clear line OF de-
marcstion; every a has TO make up
his mind whether he stands for the
military repression which appears to h.
the Whole policy Of Dublin castle, or "
he stands against IL. tC he takes the
latter point Of view. then even II ne
IS not In agreement with the detail OF
Sim Fein doctrine, he becomes a Sim
Feincr, So a movement which was
undoubtedly beginning to lose force be-
cause Of its practical ineffectiveness is
put by the attitude OF the government
lHto a position Of acknowledged cham.
piorship OF a whole pcontc.
More significant stNl Is the fact that
many men OF constructive ability, h
have heretofore held aloot from Sim
Fem as a visionary adventure OF eN-
tremists, are o joining forces in the
feeling that only in this way can they
help their country. The adhesion of
these men will greatly strengthen tho
leaders Of Sim Fein who wish 70 make
good by adopting and putting through
q definitely practical program Of eco
monte and industrial re~conptruction
Already the previous v~agueness ~
the Republican parliament is beginning
to give way to definite schemes n u
is now well known that the amount OF
money at the command OF the organ
ization is sufficient to enable quite
large schemes TO be put through. Y Is
too early as yet TO give the detailed
/ form which such enterprises are likely
To assume but II Ia probable that the
| oueation OF housing In Dublin and the
completion OF land purchase will be
tackled first.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-13

After all. II IS hard for those who.
have the time and ability 10 make at
tractive gifts 10 refrain entirely from
their fashioning. And it is really great
sun to see just how far one a go on
4 little outlay Of real money, I have in
mind one very clever girl, who, having
moved TO a distant city during the
wear. found herself rather Iut 10 II to
make attractive gifts for her absent
friends and relatives. So she sat her
self down in front Of her trunk, hauled
out an evening dress which she seldom
wore, and firmly took the skirt OF, THIS
she pressed and renovated. Then she
rummaged until she found a few pairs
az long gloves Of former gay days. These
she cut off 10 make new gauntlet ones
for street wear, and the tops she put
with the satin undersklrt. A few scraps
Of colored ribbon, some green leaves
and a bit or two OF silver tinsel were
made into flowers and pressed fiat with
a warm iron. The glove tops were COW
cred with envelope folders OF the satin
and wreaths Of the tiny flowers were
nut on the flaps. Result, IL as dainty
level cases as one could want; cost,
nothing but the postage to send them.
with the satin which was left she made
few Sachetg for hat crowns, lacking
them with wooi and working q cross
stitch noSeEay in the center. This girl
was not one with oleverer ideas than
many who will read this article; her
necessity simply helped her through,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-13

next. thus making a crossed effect,
which is very pretty.
Ordinary button m0lds which cost
only a few cents a dozen. may be
enameled IN black and combined with
gass beads OF bright color to make
ornamental tassels for window shades
or cushions. In case a long tassel Is
desired, one OF wool may be added to
the bottom OF the Tnolds.
Pincushiuus which sell for way up
youder in the shops may be copied at
home by using. odd pieces Of silk and
velvet, which are in every woman's
work basket, Tiny bows Of velvet rib
bon, a flower or two OF GeOrgette crepe
and designs OF colored headed pins are
used with marvellous effect,
Covers for the lower part Of the ca
nary's cage are made Of pale gray china
silk bound In black and tasseled In wool
of bright shades.