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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-11-26

special interest for students of racial
history. Sardinians are small of
stature. Even their soldiers have an
average height a fraction under five
feet, four inches.
But the most conspicuous curiOsities
of Sardinia are its nuraghi great
round towers, relicssOf the bronze age.
which served as fortified dwellings for
some prehistoric people. There are
5000 or more of these towers, some 60
feet high, usually about 30 feet in di
ameter at the base, made of stone
blocks and smeared with clay on the
inside. Stairways lead TO upper cham
bers and platforms.
Interesting as are these relics of I'M
known inhabitants. even more faSci-
mating are the traces OF ancient civili-
cations 10 be found in the daily life
of Sardinians of today. One may find
oxen blowing as they did in the days
of the Roman empire. implements
which were introduced by the success
sive occupants. one Catalan town
(Alghero) where there is no Earring
note in the illusion of old Spain, and
dances of the classic Greek period at
the mountain feSte.
Only in Sardinia and Corsica is the
mufoni. predecessor of our sheep, 10
be found Wild deer and wild boar
are plentiful in the mountain districts.
Tunny fishing is major industry.
In area Sardinia is comparable TO
Vermont. but has more than twice the
population of that state. The island
lies directly south Of Corsica, and is
separated therefrom by the narrow
straits OF Bonifacio. In shape ii has
been compared to a human footprint.
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THE FLAMINGO, A BIRD OF
BEAUTY AND MYSTERY.
is SAVED FROM
EXTINCTION

Assurance that the flamingo. bird OF
beauty and mystery, will escape ex-
tinction is contained in a letter from
II. f. W. Grant, colonial governor of
the Bahamas. which says:
You will be glad 70 hear that an
order in council has beenSpassed Civ
ing complete protection TO the fiamin-
60. This glory of our marshes owes
the expedition a debt of gratitude"
The action of the Bahamas council
was taken following an expedition.
which trailed the flanAngo. the most
beautiful of the worlds larger birds.
10 is last stand. took motion pictures
OF the timOrous creatures; and brought
about a realization OF how near they
were 10 becoming extinct I'm the new
world through humiliation by native
sponge fishermen. These fishermen
hunted them down for food purposes
at the nesting and molting season.
The first American naturalist TO To-
cate and study the gorgeous flamlngo
was DIR. Frank NJ. Chapman I'm 1901
when he estimated that some 10000
fiamlngoes were to be found ON one
OF the little known islands OF the
Bahamas group. Since then II Is be-
lieyed that fully two-thlrds Of the
colonies have perished.
The expedition that spent ten days
In the abysmal salt swamps OF Andres
tsand, filming the tlnmlngo nud study.
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HON0RED AS GREAT TEACHER
Works of Euclid, Ancient Mathematl-
clan, the Foundation Of the
Science of Geometry.

Euclid was an ancient mathemati-
clan, who is said by some TO have
flourished In the third century before
the Christian era. 1t is generally
held that he was a Greek. but the date
and place of his birth are unknown.
1t is generally held that much of his
work was done at Alexandria. Egypt,
which in those ancient times was q
famous seat of learning and the CEN
ter of extensive commerce. The most
famous work of Euclid that has come
down to us is the Elements of Geom-
etry in Is books. The first six are the
most valuable. They contain the
foundation of geometry, on which is
based several branches of higher
mathematics. These books are still
used in schools and colleges. The
next three books deal with the prop
critics of numbers but they are super
seeded by modern arithmetic Euclid
also left other works. such as treatises
on harmony and optics.
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THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The Marshall islands, along with the
CarOineS, were seized by Japan soon
after the outburst of the war, and their
permanent disposition has been under
discussion. Their proximity to the
Philippines has been referred TO in
this connection.
The two chains of curiOusly-Shaped
atOlls, or coral islands consisting Of
lOw-lying coral reefs encircling Ia
goOns, known as the Marshall group,
lie a little south of the center of an
imaginary line between the Philippines
and Hawaii.
Guam, Samoa and Honolulu form q
triangle of trade routes, with its sides
not penetrated by important steamship
lines. Near the center of this isolated
Pacific zone are the Marshall islands.
Before the war Sydney was reached
by steamer, a voyage of more than
5000 miles The only other egress is
q steamer to POnape which connects
with the French line to Singapore.
Like two loOsely-strung chains Of
jewels. the islands stretch from north
west 10 southeast, each with its Ia
COON setting encased by a strangely
shaped circlet of coral, some like tri-
angles. harps and stirrups, and one
outlining a bulls head with its horns.
Straight-haired, dark-br0wn natives
still preserving the religious signifi-
canoe of tattoo and taboo. are to be
found.
Woman was given higher position
than among most savages because sue
cession was through the female line.
But the chiefs power was absolute, to
the point of life and death. One am
bilious ruler learned an alphabet and
is said to have heheaded all his sub
iects who seemed likely TO acquire
more knowledge tn; n he had. In some
islands the mother was allowed TO
keep only the first three children. She
had to bury the fourth.
Skillful and fearless navigatOrs. the
natives used bread-tree wood to make
sailing canoes in which they would
voyage for months. They devised
CHARTS, IllIUc VI SliChS. SilON lAic III
cations of islands and the directions
of prevailing winds.
Ancestor worship was their predomi-
nant religious sentiment. With pc
titions and gifts they worshiped the
departed whose spirits were supposed
10 return 10 earth I'm certain palm trees
which they set oif in stone Enclosures.
Birds and fishes sometimes embodied
these spirits. they believed. and thus
certain species became taboo.
Homes of the natives were not pre-
tentIous. Floors were raised above
the ground TO escape the rats. and
matched roofs covered the combination
house and storage room.
The two island groups are known
as the Ratak aud Ralik chains. Their
entire area is not more than 1G0 square
miles; their native population 1900.
with fewer than 300 foreigners. The
seat of German government was on
Inlult and the most populous island
l. Majeru. with but i.Goo persons.
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ing his habitat for scientific pur-
poses. was sent out by the Miami
Aquarium association.
A yacht was the mother ship Of the
expedition and an express cruiser was
used as a scout boat. Canvas canoes
were taken along TO get into the shall
low salt creeks, and nose into the la
goons for deep entrances TO the murky
swamps where the fiamingo hides. A
Bahama guide. Peter Bannister, who
had aided Doctor Chapmans party 10
years ago. also went with the party.
After penetrating to the utmost
navigable points with the canoes 1t
was necessary to traverse miles of the
'swash" or tidal mari marshes. carry
Ing the heavy cameras and motion pic
ture machines. in search for the birds.
Wading In water up to the waist. knee
deep In the mari mud, was the daily
program. while binding swarms OF
mosquitoes compelled nightly retreats
to the yacht. anchored several miles
off shore
But the hardships found a worthy
reward when the party came upon COL
onies Of several hundred birds. de-
scribed by a member of the party as
"a flaming mass of brilliant scarlet
bodies, jet black beneath the huge
wings, with their long, slender necks
gracefully lowering and raising their
Roman-nosed heads as they sought be-
meath the water the tiny spiral she'll
known TO scientists as 'Cerithium,' up
on which the fiamingo lives exclusively
in its native habitat"
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A teacher could not get little girl
to remember the number four. She
would count, "-, 2, 3, s." Finally In
desperation the teacher asked her II
she had cat at home. The little girl
said she did.
Then run along home and count
the cats feet, then come back and tell
me how many she has," said the
teacher.
The little girl returned to the school.
room promptly.
"Well, did you count the cats feet?"
asked the teacher.
Eyes, ma'am."
How many has it,"
1.-Two in the front and two in the
back."-Kansas City Star.
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ible from a railway that crosses the
river half-mile below them. and they
lie under the route af the proposed
Cape 10 Cairo aerial service.
Louis Livingston Seaman. in a COM
munication 10 the National Geographic
society, describes a visit to Victoria
Falls and contrasts them with Nj
agara, as follows:
Early in the morning Of the third
day, we were suddenly awakened by
the guard and treated 10 a scene Of
beauty never 10 be forgotten. Some
ten miles distant five enormous COL
umns Of vapor were shooting their
roseate-tinted shafts hundreds of feet
heayenward. while the faint roar of
the falls told US the MosiOa-Tunga-
the smoke that sounds-was no longer
mystery.
Each moment increased the beauty
and vividness of the scene. With the
first rays of the rising sun came a
picture of color of wondrous loneliness.
Delicate tints of violet. crimson. and
spray as it shot higher and higher.
ultimately disappearing as virgin
clouds in heaven, while the ever-in-
creasing thunders of the waters lent
an added solemnity to the view.
Hardly could we wait TO reach our
destination. So great was our enthusi-
asm. But our hopes were doomed to
mOmentary disappointment. only TO be
more than realized after a study of
the environment; for. Notwithstanding
their magnitude. the first view of Vic
toria Falls is decidedly disappointing.
Although nearly a mile in width
and 400 feet in height, the grandeur
of their proportions is eclipsed by the
sudden disappearance of the river, as
it plunges into a narrow, rocky assure
extending across its entire width. Only
at a single central point is there a
breach in this assure through which
the falls can be seen and appreciated
in their full proportions. where the
converging waters rush madly TO the
ZigZag canyon below. So restricted is
this view that there is an entire abb
sence of that awe-inspiring and most
paralyZing effect which strikes the Wis
itor dumb with wonder and amaZement
when Niagara bursts on his near
vision.
Ion first sight of the Victoria Falls
one involuntarily exclaims, oh, how
beautiful! but they lack the majesty
of our grand Niagara
mo single visit can adequately re-
veal the fullness of their charms. but
repeated excursions must be made to
their islands and precipices, their grOt-
tos and palm gardens, their rain for
ests and projecting crags, their rain
bows and cataracts and many-sided
views of their exquisite setting in the
emerald framework of trOpic forests,
before their indescribable beauty can
be appreciated.
Had the falls been in America, the
Indians would surely have named
them Minnehaha. Laughing Waters"
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Ii Was Potent

How about the bootleg goods In
this town." asked the stranger
''In what PARTICULAR" said the old
:nhabitant.
rs it potent"
Potent is. the word. \ gentle
man of my acquaintance stepped out
of a theater one night during an in
PERMISSION and purchased a few drinks
in a nearby alley. Then he returned
TO the theater"
"Well, what is so remarkable about
that?'
"He didn't know, until the doorkeep-
er kindly tod him, that it was the
next night. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
If man falls off roof he certain
~ has an excuse for eavesdropping.
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AIRPLANES TO WHIR OVER
THUNDEROUS FALLS

While Niagara Falls will continue
70 hold their own as n mecca for hon
ey-mooners and other travellers. they
must henceforth submit TO comparison
with another natural wonder, the Vic
toria Falls OF the Zambesi. as Africa
becomes frequented by tourists.
From being place OF mystery. SO
feared that Livingstone. who dlscov.
cred the falls In 1885. had great Diff
Guilty In persuadIng his followers 20
accompany him. the falls now are Wis
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DIAGNOSIS.

The telephone rang, and the book
keeper answered it,
Yes, madam, this is wilkins mar
ket"
This is Mrs. Blank. I want you to
know that the liver you sent me is
most unsatisfactory. 1t is not calf's
liver at all; calf's liver is tender
and"
Just moment, madam, and I'll
call the proprietor"
what is it," Wilkins asked.
The bookkeeper surrendered the
phone.
Mrs. Blank" he said, Liver COM
plant. Boston Transcript.
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Fair Playgoer Ito friend examining
poster of famous play being performed
by equally famous actor Whose
Hamlet DO you like best. dear?
Friend-Oh, shakespeare, by all
MEATS.
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At the Club.

"How far have you proceeded in
your discussion of intimate domestic
problems?"
"We have just gone through the
trousers pocket matter"
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Satisfactory.

rs your husband voracious in his
appetite, MADAME
anything and everything as long and
as fast as he kin git it,
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The Other Kind.

II hear food is going to take drop
all over the country"
"That is more than the consumer
can do unless he goes outside the
three-mile limit"
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Mistook Its Sex.

"Bings has clever parrot that re-
marked the other day IL wasn't worth
while talking when you had nothing
to say"
"Then what does he call IL Sally
forf"
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Naturally.

what are the best export places
for cOrk?"
81 suppose it's where they have the
largest floating populations
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At the Zoo

See the critters at the zoo
See the panther and the bear;
Then the thought occurs to you,
What expensive furS they wear!
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Contrary Hopes.

Funny, isn't it, when a man
throws his hat into the ring"
"Well?"
"He wants a square deal"
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Porch Ascent

Knicker-Did he begin at the bot
tom OF the ladder?
Bocker-No, you might say he start
ed at the bottom of the front steps.
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FAIR

Fortune TelIer-You will marry a
rich man who will give you princely
allowance. Two dollars, please.
Customer-I'lI pay you out of my
allowance. Good day.
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eod Idea.

To have no notion is a bore
To all US writing men.
I'll go into a notion store
And fill ny fountain pen.
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ANOTHER

She was fool to marry you.
He-No doubt; but am not will
ing to let you bear all the blame.
! asked you to.
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Familiar Appeal.

do you believe you can get women
10 understand a blanket ballot?"
"Sure If ii is marked down"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

MEMPHIS. May I,-Hogs. receipts
fair higher Heavy Sit5oGlt.75; ms
dium. sl';25a 1870; packer sows sl"'s %
to 50 lbs. $40 OOa1io 90; so lbs. and up,
Sll.OOGl2OO; pigs, fat 'ltI5g1575;
thin. Il0.006ll.T5
Cattle, receipts light, steady. steers,
medium heavy, 39.0oail.50; light butch dlc
10: choice light stockers, SOOn 9.5o'
butcher heifers, SS.00T 90; fat cows
$7.00d95O; cutters. S5,25G6OO Gamers,
81 00Gi SO; veal calves, good, Sl2 O0n
II 90; light and poor, 5. WeW INV pulls'
fat, S65Oa9OO. thin, &5.OO965o'
KANSAS CITY, May 4--Hogs-Re-
ceipts q. 900: lights and mediums most
ly Csc lower; top, 50 so; heavles SLOW
fully 25c lower hulk lights ana me
diums. Sl3S5d1425; bulk, $4,000 1913.
cattle Receipts $4,000; beef steers
uncvcnly lower. she stock steady to @9Cc
lower; best Of both beef classes uhsold
al II O'clock: veal calves weak TO 50c
lower; early top, $3.50; bulk, SllOou
u 90: stockers and feeders steady.
Sheep-Receipts arriving late, no
choice stock sold early; few sales other;
lambs steady to strong; Texas goats
$775.N
ST Louis. NAV 4.-Cattle-Receipt
1 600. steady to easier; no early steer
sales yearling steers and heiters easier
Gamer cows steady at AbOd5. so; bulls
and calves steady; good and choice
ypalers, Sl2 00d 1880
HogsLReceipts i3, 500; t5d25C lower
than Mondays best time; top, $l5.75;
bulk light and medium weights. *5'Oo
mis-, 65; bulk heavies, $lA2b@h,75.
Sheep-~Receipts 1000 bulk OF re-
ceipts still out; no sales
CHICAGO, May Cattle; Receipts
"a 600. heavy steers and heavy cows
slow. weak; others fairly active; most
" steady. Yearings showing strength ;
bulk beef steers, 81 $50 1872; bulk
butcher she stock SS5OGiO.75 veal
$3.50; stockers and feeders strong
Hogs, Receipts $4,000, about 2oc low
or than Mondays average; light &C
live, others slow; bulk light SfSoM
| * Il TOD. $3.50 bulk ESQ pounds ana
over. $lS.5Odl415; pigs 2oc lower ou'N
'i$ sheep: Re Receipts 10000, slow, First
i sHtJs NM. bulk good kinds, 1900
~ s.. best wool lambs held at |2l'oo'
| LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 4.-H Hogs re RE-
S4 10! 1865 to 225 pounds, Si5.!o' ~
- iG5 hounds. $500; pigs, $ll.o0a
- "a. throw outs, S11.00, down.
| cattle. receipts, 1850, steady HeayG
S All 80, heifers. IS 0qlS.oo; cows 81, 40
| ali, 90, feeders, $9.OOdlLOo; stockers'
" sheep, receipts. so, steady Spring
| lambs, 5000; fall lambs. $500 sheeP'
| $l1.00
! FIT WORTH, Tex. May 4.-Cattle'
receipts, 1000: lower in all classes
Beeves, $S,0O@10 IS - ,,.
Hogs: Receipts. / zoo lOc to 10 down;
heavy. $l3,50dl3,75. .,,a,,...
| lambs, $l2.00dl3.00.
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VETAGE LICENSES.

Charley Dreney and Nell Ellis, Z II.
BOYD and Bonnie J. Mckinney FRANK
/, Younger and Georgia +. Martin.
%ou q, Reid and Sue Rootes. j. y Bur
and Fannie DiEgson Thomas II. w, WH -
Wnnf,na and MARY Eta Marbury. Jonn
Pinkston and Entc wilson, ,,,...
Tommtt Daniel and Cert M y,.I,,,'E
waiter Laws and Collins Long, S}INrS-
trr THOMAS and Berdte McEuil4ugmM,
Steve Walker and r nor4 ,,,, G"'d H,.SIL
RnrnctIc and Clidy Smith James Nr,rI
and md sarah smith. Haywood Joyn'r ana ana
~ Efdc Nickcs Robert T9rq 2.1%,,n a an5
nnssin Woodford Eug,uc HaldIson ana
mia mia Mcclellan. Albert Alien and Laura
thompson, Oliver Nj Mst.% ,nG ana I~,n HGI -,
Nnrr TS' Jacob blackwell and Frances
TurnST Wa,sr G s,,,.. ana %"Y IN, ' Gaa.
rlunkctt Wa s5GG a Hai'S B "1% Woninsoo
NOR mo- ,iiardner ana Rrthts Moore, column
6 V Whttmorc and Pearl holden.
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Ebr sarms artn1ttar
Classified Section

island common No wonder weI"n >
formed railroad judges are bullish on II
at "a
New York-The market has a good
undertone and there IS good Cofnmls ,
sion house demand for stock The steel
stocks are in particularly fine demand
and short interest IS large.-Delaney
to clark & Co.
New York-Floor brokers say that a
decidedly better feeling prevails on the
floor the prospect Of rate advance
has brought forth favorable comment
in professional circles and short cover
ing is in evidence & NJ. to Clark
4 Co
Boston President VIM. NJ. Wood, OF
American Wooden Co, says 81 MUS
of the company have not been closed
in 30 years and are not going to close
this year. Asked II the company pro
posed to give any increase TO employees
he rophed there undoubtedly will be
some Increases granted to employees.
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MIND BLANK FOUR WEEKS

PITTSFlELD, Mass, May I. tBy
International News Service,)-A victim
Of overwork. with his mind blank
for four weeks Robert X Simmons, 50
years old. OF Boston, walked from Hud-
son. n. y, to Pittsfield, 80 miles and
announced himself to the police, having
regained his memory. -Rolatives sent
carfare for his return nome.
Simmons was employed at the MAS
sachusetts general hospital. lie re-
called little about his wanderngs, eE-
cept he had been in Albany and Hud-
son, \. Y. and seemed TO be going
back and forth between those TWO
cities
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BIRTHS.

Emmett G. and Matte Cassell Par
ham. 466 Garland, May 3. boy, 500
Ray c. and Violet Bloom Parke, 'SS
Roanoke. April 4; girl -,
John and Rosa Rambant Elicit, Dab
South Front. Dec. /, 1891 boy
Aston f. and Grace Weigant Arnouit
1857 Jefferson Extd April %; girl
V. Nj and Bessie Robinson Baker $50
Winchester, April II; girl. ,..,,.-
Henry b and Pearl Halstead Grimm
st. Joscph's hospital, April 96; boy.
Arthur r. and MargarGt calhoun
Joseph S. and Victoria Lagomarslno
Locke, st. Joseph's hospital April "
girl. ,,,ara,
Jerry and Mary Brenford, General
John and Bertha Fleming. 3S5 Tur-
''S . ~" " and BESSIE Harris General
hospital April IA, E!rl., 90, >orr
Earl and Pearl Wi'hers, 1874 Nor'h
Manassas, April ~; girl .,.....,,. A,s
George and Sue Spears, General nos
initial, April 80. boy
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DOW. JONES SUMMARY,

NEW YORK, May 4-Railroads east
of the Mississippi and north OF the
Ohio and Potomac to ask FOR ~ per
cent increase in freight rates,
Primary elections in Indiana and Call
fornia today ,,,.,
Following revolt in Juarez' Mexican
rebels now control greater part Of Chi
huahua .,
Twenty thousand operatives in 81
New Bedford textile shops on strike
Workers ask 80 per cent wage IN
crease.
Heads Of stock and commodity eX-
changes Of country to meet in Ne"
York Friday to discuss proposed tedera
tax onc.fifth of one per cent Of amount
| involved in security transactions. -,
Average price twenty railroads, 'l.So
NJ