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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

peaks, and alkali wastea between tl"
Missouri river and the Pacific coast
1t was inausurated early in 1860 in
order that the West might be Kept
more closely in touch with the North
in view of the trouble brewing from
the slavery question, and. though II
had an existence of only sixteen
months, Il made the East and West
only ten days apart at time OF CRISIS
The date Of starting was TO De
March &c, 1850, ant Forts kearney'
Laramie. Bridger, Great Salt Lake
City, Camp Floyd. Carson City, the
Washoe Silver mines, Placerville ana
Sacramento were to be the points OF
delivery of mail. In st. Joseph, Mo-,
eager and excited crowds gathered
In the streets. to see the first courier,
the wiry, twenty-year-old Johnnie Frey,
as he dashed away on his Jet black
steed for the first lap Of the race or
flesh, blood and determination against
the desolate spaces Of an unpeopied
country.
These riders were clad in buckskin
shirts, ordinary trousers, high boots
and soft slouch hats, and were armed
with sheath knives, Colts revolvers
and Spencer carbines. The best time
they made across the trackless waste
was in carrying President Lincoin's
inaugural speech to San Francisco.
seven days and seventeen hours.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

nest and foraging for food and be-
come converted into flagons by dis
tending the crop to such enormous d.
mensions that the abdomen looks like
a transparent bead. In this condition
they hang by their claws from the roof
Of the nest chamber And thenceforth
spend all their lives receiving liquid
food from the tongues Of the foraging
ants, storing it in their crops and re-
gurgitating it to hungry individuals
when the liquid food supply outside
the nest becomes inadequate.
"This is, of course, apt to be the
case periodically in dry regions so
that we find the true honey ants eniy
in deserts like those of the southwest
ern states, northern Mexico, South Af-
rica and central Australia.T
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
HOW ANTS CAN HINDER
AIRPLANES

Ants have assumed a new role in
Africa-that of enemies of aviation.
Reports from surveyors of the pro-
posed air route from Rhodesia to Cape
town say that ant hills have inter-
tere6 seriously with the placing Of
aerodromes.
To understand this phenomenon one
must understand how ubiquitous Is the
ant I'm South Africa, writes William
Morton Wheeler to the National Geo.
graphic society. He continues:
"Ants are to be found everywhere,
from the arctic regions to the tropics,
froms timber line on the loftieSt noun
tains to the shifting sands of the
dunes and seashores, and from the
dampeSt forests to the drieSt deserts.
Not. only do they outnumber in indi-
viduals all other terrestrial animals.
but their colonies even in very circum-
scribed localities often defy enumera-
ton.
"One subfamily of the ants. the
Dorylinae, embracing the wonderful
driver ants of Africa and the legionary
ants of the American tropics, are high
ly carnivorous, but nevertheless sue
ceed in forming immense colonies, oft
en- of hundreds OF thousands of indi-
vidhls. This they accomplish by re-
hnquiShing the sedentary habits so
characteristic of the great majority of
ants. They keep moving in long files
through the jungleS. capturing or kill
ing all the insects they encounter. and
even overrunnlng dwellings, and, in
their search for cOckroaches and 9th
er vermin, driving out the human in
habitantS.
From time to time these strange
ants bivOuac for the night or for a
few days in some hole in the ground,
or under z tree, but soon continue
their predatory march. Evidently
they are able TO remain carnivorous,
and at the same time to develop large
colonies. only because they are nOmad-
fc and can thus draw their food sup
ply from n large area.
Certain individuals, the 'repletes' OF
the colony refrain from leaving the
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
HONE. ~ =
TOWN - =
HELpSRJ J
LIFE IN SMALL TOWN BEST
Has Many Advantages Compared to
the Hurry and BustIe Inflicted
on City Dwelier.

do mot think that where a man
lives has anything to do with his pro-
gression, as progression is hereditary
and 1t Is not caused by environment.
writes correspondent of the Pitts
burgh Dispatch The idea that boy
must go to the city to acquire fame
is becoming a thing Of the past, for
people of this world are beginning to
realize that progression may mean
many things-amOng them progression
in tilling the soil as well as progress
sion In politics.
The most progressive men In the
world are the men who go to make
up the little towns, for they are. gen.
orally the steady, reliable, sensible fei-
lows, who do not pine for the excite
ment and the glare of life In a big
city. Small town men are the rock
upon which this great country Is most
securely built. They are the whole
some, true-blue scouts, who are big
enough to live the simple, little town
life, and their quiet nerves hold our
country balanced. The city man Is q
bunch Of nerves compared with the
man from the village. His days are
spent in lodging automobiles in the
streets, hurrying from place to place,
trying to beat the other fellow at max
ing money, and. after day Of being
ION the jump" he goes to the theater
and does not get home until morning.
Then ne sleeps five hours dnd is ready
to go through the same performance
again. Little Town Man goes to bed
at 10 after an evening at the movie
and at 9 is ready to get up and begin
his day. The country Jake" is no
longer a person to be laughed at, but
person to be envied, and many OF
our greatest so-called progressiyes are
going back to the "simple-life."
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
ADRIANOPLE: A WEATHER
VANE OF EMPIRES

Entry of Greek troops into Adriano-
pie Is an event in secular history fairly
| comparable to the investiture OF
Jerusalem by Allenby's army, for this
Turkish city has for nearly 1000 years
been weathervane of world poll
| tics.
The rebuilding of the ancient Thra'
clan. town of Hadrian, who gave II
his name, signalized high point In
the power Of the Roman empire. The
decline of Rome was foreshadowed
some two centuries later when the
| Gohs defeated Valens there and made
their first break through the Roman
frontier.
Next Adrianople was the setting for
the Turks advent into Europe. There
Murad |. established himself, planned
the capture of Constantinople, and
sent out expeditions to subdue various
Christian peoples. For time the
European capital of the sultans, Adri-
anople was relegated to be the CHIEF
bulwark Of Constantinople. There
Turk first met Slav, and there the
Russians finally. forced their way to
the Black sea by a treaty which also
loosened the Turkish hold on the
Caucasus and compelled recognition OF
the independence of Greece.
Adrianople Is on the MARTHA
Hebrus of Grecian legend, where Or
pheus was dismembered by the Thra-
clan women; also celebrated, under its
later name, in Bulgarian song and
story. 1t is 1877 miles by rail north
west Of Constantinople.
Today the city wears its past glory
with a sort of shabby gentility, with
no pretension of prosperity but less
squalor than the usual Turkish city.
1t possesses the grave of the first
Murad, or Amurath, who was assassi-
mated in his tent after he had van
quished an army of Christian allies on
the field of Kossovo. p.
A mosque bearing the name Of Sui
tan Baiezid recalls that monarch,
whose first official act waste order the
execution of his brother, who was first
Ottoman ruler to call himself sultan
and whose conquests finally were
? checked when he was taken prisoner
by Tamerlane.
But the architectural masterpiece of
Adrianople is the Selimieh. product
of a Greek tribute-boy's genius. and
relic of the reign of>Selim II, the Louis
XIV of Turkey.
Yearly the Turks would seize GER
tain number of sons Of their Christian
subjects, and in Sinah they found
they had acquired a skilled bridge
builder. They allowed him to follow
his bent, and the Shahzadeh at Con-
stantinople, the ,Suleiman at Stamboul
and the third famed mosque at Adri-
anople were given to posterity. The
Selimieh stands upon the highest hill
in Adrianople and four lofty minarets
tower far above q massive dome.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
WARSAW: THE PARIS OF
POLAND

No other people. in all the WORLDS
history, has borne oppression so brave
ly and gloriously, as the Poles, except
the Jews; and Warsaw, where the
Russians had to keep garrison of
100000 troops to overawe a city OF
100000 people" is to Poland what
Paris is TO France.
Indeed the vivacity, the gayety and
the quick wit of Warsaw's people are
a constant reminder of Paris; as well
as those deeper likenesses which
spring from Warsaw's 'ascendancy in
the letters, the arts and the social
graces.
All this, too, in city where the
most gruesome tragedies have stalked.
As recently as the years of our own
Civil war the Russian army moved
down thousands of men and women
as they knelt in the snow, singing their
national anthem. Deportations are an
old story in Warsaw, every effort at
naturalization was followed by
slaughter, and hundreds marched the
long trail to Siberian exile.
But Poland's spirit meanwhile, be-
came a synonym for the indomitable.
The success of the classification of Po-
land has been described as the process
of keeping 120O0,OO0 Poles pinned to
Russia by bayonets. Politically nom
existent, for even Poland's name was
expunged from all official Russian rec
ords, the pre-war Warsaw We'd with
world capitals in science, particularly
medicine, in manufacturing, in trade
and in literature.
Though Warsaw betrayed none Of
the grimness characteristic Of Russian
cities, reminders of her by-gone glories
and tragedies were to be found even
before the World war restored her au-
tocracy.
In the Lazienki gardens is a monu-
ment to John Sobieski, who stemmed
the advance of the. Turks in Europe. a
figure as picturesque as Paderewski
who now sees his land barrier to boil
shevism's westward spread. II was In
1853 that Turkish force had thrown
itself In crescent formation around VI
emma. The encampment was no less
threatening because 1t resembled cir
Gus rather than a siege, with its herds
of camels, and luxurious. tents with
baths and parrots within and foun-
tains without.
Mighty events often hinge on slen-
der circumstances. SobieSki hesitated
because Leopold, Austria'S emperor,
first declined to address him as
'Your Majesty" But Sobleski's hesi-
tation Is said to have vanished when
he learned that the French ambassa-
dor had written to Louis XIV, who.
rather hoped for the worst for Aus
trfa, "Don't trouble yourself, Sobieski
Is too fat to sit on horse and fight"
The "fat man" rode his charger into
the thick of the fight, helping hew his
way to where, the Turkish grand viz
Ter stood, and after the battle handed
enc of that dignitary's stirrups to an
aide, with the command, "Take it to
the queen and tell her that he to whom
q belonged is defeated and slain"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
STEEL AFFECTED BY FIRE
Figures Gathered by the United States
Bureau of Standards Reveal Sta
biIity of Structure.

Some interesting figures relating to
the behavior of structural steel at the
high temperature of ordinary fires
have been given by the United States
bureau OF standards. Naturally, the
strength of steel at high temperatures
has very important bearing upon
the stability of structure which may
be subjected to fire. Without any pro-
tective covering. steel columns fail
after only 10 or Is minutes of expos
ure to temperatures such as are
reached in ordinary fires. Resistance
can be greatly increased by the use Of
coverings Of brick, concrete, plaster,
tile, etc, to such an extent that COL
umns so protected are unaffected after
several hours exposure. to intense
heat. says the New York Evening
Post. -
Tests have been made to determine
the compression strength, Of specimens
of structural steel when heated in an
electric furnace to temperatures cor
responding to dull red heat Q,1OO de-
grees Fahrenheit) and loaded up to
10000 pounds per square inch. 1t was
found that structural steel loaded to
10000 pounds per square inch fails at
about 1,O75 degrees Fahrenheit, and
under load of 10000 pounds per
square inch failure occurs at 925 de-
grees Fahrenheit. For practical con-
sideratiOns. however. the limit of util-
ity may be regarded as reached at
temperatures of about 130 degrees
Fahrenheit below those given above
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
Earshworms in Lawns.

Earthworms in lawns and gardens
can be poisoned with bishloride OF
mercury poison, Make stock solu-
ton by dissolving one ounce In two
gallons of water. To use, dilute two
quarts of the stock solution In 80 gal
Ions of water and in the evening
sprinkle this over about thousand
square feet Of lawn. The ground
should be moist when this Is done. The
worms will come out during the night
and will never go back. Bichloride OF
mercury Corrosive sublimate) Is a
deadly. poison and therefore must be
used carefully.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
SYDNEY'S FUTURE ASSURED

much of which is occupied by public
parks and private residences, though
ultimately available for commerce II
required. The founders of the city
wisely provided for an abundance OF
open space, now utilized in parks and
public grounds. with a multitude Of eX-
cellent roadways and beautiful trees.
Flower beds are everywhere. De-
tached houses are the rule. AS IN
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
Have Reserve Of Grass Seed.

It is a good plan always to have a
reserve supply of grass seed on hand
TO sow when needed, for bare spots
NAV appear throughout the year. II
the soil is light and subject to injury
from drought, white, clover should be
sown. 1t mats together In a short
time, providing a closer woven blanket
70 prevent the evaporation Of water
from the soil and is considered a bet
ter resister of drought than many OF
the grasses. 1t is easily started.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

There are more motors for hire than
private cars in Japan.
Mexico is now exporting oil at the
rate of 100000 barrels annually.
During recent morning fog about
200 tons of solid matter was deposited
on. LCndc-
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
Rule to Attain Old Age.

Sir George Reid said: 81 have aimed
ut health and happiness, and when Cun-
fronted by formidable obstacle have
first tried to knock it over; failing in
this. to get around it; If not to get
under it; and If these maneuvers
failed / have been content to lie down
in it's grateful shade, lauding it as q
beautiful blessing in disguise"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
Casus BeIlI,

In an Irish. case Of domestic riot
involving much injury to person and
property, q witness In the course Of
vivid narrative swore as follows: HE
saws to me, is that your fatherT And
I says to him, 1T is me father Aud
he says, 1T is well you told me, for I
thought he was an ould gorilly,' and
then the fight began, me lord."-From
the Argonaut.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
BIG RICE SURPLUS IN CHINA
$4,000, 900 Worth Of Grain Stored IN
One City; American Buyers
Hold Back.

= Observation-Disclosures has peen
stocked with rice bought for export
and held for rise In prices even our
Ing the rice shortage, which has De
come serious in some cities OF soutlefi II
China and other parts of the Orient;
The manager Of big comherci'. 1
firm here estimated that there was
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
Where the Dead Exceed the LIvIno.

Wilmington, O.-Wilmingtons city
Of the dead has a greater population
than Wilmington's city Of the living,
according to census figures. There
are 5O71 sleeping the long sleep in
Sugar Grove cemetery while Uncle
Sans enumerators counted only 5.O37
persons living in the town.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

Sydney. about the size of Cleveland
or Detroit, is the largest city in the
eastern hemisphere south of the
equator and is destined soon to
reach population of 100000. 1t
has magnificent harbor. ranking
with the harbors of New York city,
Rio Janeiro and Hongkong, among the
finest in the world. More than 200
miles Of water front are available,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
WORTH KNOWING

Ancient Romans used gold dust 10
powder their hair.
A new Belgian law prohibits the
manufacture, sale or keeping i'm stock
of matches containing phosphorus
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
more than $1O,OO0.OOO worth OF Saigon
"long" rice stored in Hongkong.

Recently the price fell rapidly and
dealers and exporters found them
selves loaded up with rice while the
banks were pressing for the payment
of bills. Japan was not able to buy
owing to the tightness of her money
market, and it was stated that Amer
lea, ordinarily one Of the largest buy
ers of rice in this market, has ceased
TO purchase because she had obtained
a sufficient supply.
There were food riots In Shanghai
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

in the latter part of June owing to
the high prices Of rice there. On
June 20 there was only four days
supply Of rice available In Shanghai.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

City Manager for Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs at special cleo
ton adopted the city manager form
Of government, to become effective
next April, 1t Is announced.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

other cities of Australasia, very
large share of the population Is locat'
ed in suburbs, with abundant room.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

Texas Rich In Peanuts.
Texas produces S20,0O0,0OO worth
nf peanuts year.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-17
GOT HOMES AT SMALL COST
Fortunate Purchasers Profited by che
Dlsmantllng of Government-Bu
Munition Plants.

TO select a dwelling from a large
stock of samples, buy 1t lover the
counter" at bargain price, and then
pack 1t on motor truck to be sent
home. is novel solution of the house
hunting problem, says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. That is literally what
has been happening recently, however,
in number of communities where
munition-plant housing facilities are
being dismantled by the government.
All the purchaser needs is a vacant
lot, of course, and foundation for his
new home.
Near Cincinnati more than 200 four
room houses were sold in two days at
che remarkable price of 5000 each,
their original cost to the government
having been over $500. Purchasers
of these houses have been able to get
concrete block foundations built for
an average price of 1923, and to secure
truck and trailer delivery within five
miles for $120. making a total cost
of 1858 for a well-built home.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-17
0B[I(
ROADS
MANY G0OD-ROAD PROJECTS
Oklahoma Leads Country In Size Of
Single Scheme Handled During
the Month of July.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Among the special features of the
recent federal aid road record as kept
by the United States department Of
agriculture are three road projects to
cost over s1,000.00O, one of them over
100000. Pennsylvania had first
place in the number of statements APP
proved during July. the amount Of
federal aid allowances, and the esti-
mated cost of roads to be construct
ed, while Nebraska turned in the
greatest mileage. Seventeen projects
in Pennsylvania approved will cost
s4,607 ,028.41 for which the federal aid
is 81 ,96S, 997. 40. Ohio with II projects
came next to Pennsylvania in the
number approved and in the estimate
ed cost of the roads to be improved,
and third in the amount of federal
aid.
Oklahoma's two projects occupy
third place for the month in the esti-
mated cost of the roads and second
in the amount of federal aid allow
ance. This state leads the country in
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-17
ENJOYED WELL-WON H0NORS
Some Men Of Genius Who Lived Many
Years After Their Fame Had
Been Assured.

Sophocles, the famous Athenian
dramatist, lived to be ninety. The au-
thor of Ajax" is the oldest writer,
and he is unique in his degree Of
longevity. The next in point of age is
Thomas Carlyle, the author of "Sartor
Resartus" and "The French Revolu-
ton" and other works of noble con-
ception, undoubted brilliance. and
lofty aspirations. He died at the age
of eighty-six.
Jeremy Bentham, whose disciple
was John Stuart Mill, and who is the
author of works on government, THE
Principles of Morals and Politics." and
other lucid expositions of the utili-
tartan system, underlined Carlyle by
one year; while yoltaire, whose "Philo-
sophical Letters" and "Discourses of
Man. make his name to live, died at
the age of eightyfour.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-17
B0SCHEE'S SYRUP.

A cold is probably the most COM
mon of all disorders and when neglect
ed is apt to be most dangerous. Sta
tistics show that more than three
times as many people died from In
fuenza last year, as were killed in
the greatest war the world has ever
known. For the last fifty-three years
Boschee's Syrup has been used for
coughs. bronchitis, colds. throat ir-
ritation and especially lung troubles.
1t gives the patient good nights
rest, free from coughing, with easy
expectoration in the morning. Made
In America and used in the homes Of
thousands of families all over the
civilized world. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-17
Eases
At oncel Relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound"

The first dose eases your coldl Don't
stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing and
snuffling! A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually
breaks up a severe cold and ends all
grippe misery.
Relief awaits you! Open your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages of your head; stop nose running !;
relieve the headache, dizziness, fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiff
ness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest. surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance. Tastes nice.
Contains no quinine. Insist on
Pape's ADV.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-01-17
More Rapid and Economical Trans
portation Of Farm Produce Brought
About by Better Roads.

the size Of single project handled
in July. It is estimated TO cost ST.
271, $500 for which 100000 federal
aid is allowed.
In the record of approvals for the
month of August Arkansas occupies
first place n the estimated cost and
mileage of projects and in respect to
the largest project. Minnesota is first
in the total number of projects APP
proved, namely IL, and second in the
amount of federal aid allowances.
Pennsylvania received the largest
amount of federal aid and her six
approved projects come second in the
estimated cost of the roads.
On Massachusetts, project, a short
concrete road, the estimated cost is
at the rate of $127,864 a mile. This
is the highest average cost per mile
so far sh own in any federal aid road.
A bituninous brick or concrete road
in Ohio will average $67,716 mile
and TIA miles of concrete or brick In
Pennsylvania will average $64,O15,
while another project in Pennsylvania
will average $56,44 per mile.