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BESSARABIA: A CONEY
ISLAND OF HISTORY

Bessaraba. recently assigned TO the
suzerainty of Roumania, has long been
n racial catch basin.
Her population was more than -
10000 before the war. and included
Moldavians. Little Russians. Jews, Bull
garians, Greeks, Armenlans, Tartars,
Germans, and Gypsies; but that list
is short compared with the encyclo-
pedic procession of Getae, Goths.
Avars, Huns, Bessi (whence her
name), Ugrians, Humans, and Mongols,
to mention but few, since the days
of the original Cimmerians.
For Bessaraba, sloping southwark
from the westward foothills OF the
Carpathians, between the Dniester and
Pruth. down to the Black sea and
Danube delta. lay in the normal geo.
graphical pathway of tribes pushing
westward from Asia and southwark
from the bleak Russian steppes toward
the warmer seacoast lands. Moreover,
Bessarabia is ut the convergence of
these two hlstory-beaten paths, and
many times clash ensued to decide
which group should pass through the
meek of the bottle" toward Europe S
lands of milk and honey.
Among the most narrowing of the In
vasions was that of the Mongols in
the fourteenth century. They came
across the Volga under Batu, grandson
of that Mongol Charlemagne, Jenghii:
Kahn, and though there is no complete
| story of their depredations In Bes-
sarabia. that region probably suffered
/ n mi m nth
recorded in narrowing detail. AT
Ryazan women and children were used
as targets In bow-and-arrow contests
sllvers of wood were driven under the
nails of the men; then they were cor
rallied in churches to watch their wom-
en- being tortured, and finally roasted
alive. Another city, Kozelsk, was re-
named Mobalig, "City of Woe" and
| kiev was laid waste after her people
had been manned and murdered.
A picture of peaceful, pastoral Bes-
sarabia prior to the renewed ravages
of the World war, furnishes pleasing
contrast. A delight to the few tour
lists who went through the region, were
the Moldavian homes.
A Moldavian interior was immaculate
| and vivid. Brightly-colored curtains
and hangings were used. An inevitable
| decoration were rows of yellow
gourds, the raising of which is one OF
the minor Bessarabian industries. The
people are deeply religious. Each ortho-
odox home had Its altar, facing east
ward, sacred bread beneath the icon.
and cornstalks placed in the shade OF
a cross before it. Even the affairs
were colorful because of their draper
les and candles, and many times they
were laden with flowers. The Bes-
sarabian women are sprightly, bright
eyed, and pretty.
| Moldavians constituted about half
the inhabitants of Bessarabia. Rou-
mania, it will be recalled, was formed
by the union of Moldavia and Wal
lachia; hence the adjoining Bes'
sarahia, with its large Moldavian pop
ulation, long has been the 'Irredenta'
of Roumania.
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strange incidents or are of peculiar
origin. The derivations of the EaTne
of the city itself would fill a cage
hut one authority gives the name as
derived from the Celtic Luan-dun,
City of the Moon, and tradition has
it that there was once temple Of
Diana where St Paul's now stanus.
Similarly Greenwich is suppose! to
be derived from Grlan-wick. also Gel
tic, meaning City of the Sun. Lon
don IS also to be derived FROM Lud's
Town, so called from Lud, said to be
Il mythical king of Britain.
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SILO WILL HOLD MOST FOOD
Keeps Various Crops in Best Form for
Different Animals Till Needed
Later On.

More food can be stored in a given
space in silo than in any other build
ing, making it u cheap storage. The
silo also makes possible growing the
crop till 1t has produced the greatest
amount of food per acre, and keep
ing this food in the best form for the
animals till 1t Is needed. Sllage is like
having pasture for the live stock the
year around. The silage is nutritious
and has good effect on the digestion.
good growth of the animal to which
it Is fed.
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
Man, to Fight the Influenza, Must Go
Back to the Old-Time Nightcap.
By LOUIS SAINT MAURICE. French Physician,

Years ago. nghtcaps universally had
colds the chest Iagrppe unknown rhu
nevc been hard Of.
On the hand literature of the past well the
Eighteenth century, show that rich and and old
all nghcp Toward the end of the Eighteenth
nghtcap fall and less than 100
has practically disappeared
the of protection for the head during the
The protecting shell Of bone the cranum getting
thinner to make for the larger brain.
Investigation proves cold the head the
influenza Further investigation shows that
wheming cold Caught during the night
preventive against the Spanish hu there
better precaution than wearing woolen nghtcap.
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PALESTINE: PIGMY LAND
WITH A GIANT HISTORY

Ahc hiStoflC uOiy ldIlu Wnere moved
the Nazarene whose birth will be COM
memorated around the world this
week, is characterized as "a tiny lit
tie country" by Viscount James Bryce,
IN communication to the National
Geography society:
Though the travellers hand books
prepare him to find Palestine small,
1t surprises him by being smaller than
he expected. Taking it as the region
between the Mediterranean on the
west and the Jordan and Dead sea on
the east, from the spurs of Lebanon
and Hermon on the north to the desert
at Beersheba on the south, it Is only
ITO miles long and so to 60 broad-that
is to say, it is smaller than New
Jersey.
OF this region large parts did not
really belong to ancient Israel. Their
hold on the southern and northern dis
tricts was but slight, while in the
southwest, wide and rich plain along
the Mediterranean was occupied by
the warlike Philistines, who were
sometimes more than match for the
Hebrew armies. Israel had, in fact,
little more than the hill country, which
lay between the Jordan on the east
and the maritime plain on the west.
King David, in the days of his power,
looked down from the hill cities Of
Bentamin, just north of Jerusalem, up
on Philistine enemies, only % miles
of, on the one side, and looked across
the Jordan to Moabite enemies, about
as far off, on the other.
Nearly all the events in the history
of Israel that nre recorded In the Old
Testament happened within a territory
no bigger than the state of Connectl-
cut, whose area is 800 square miles /;
and into hardly any other country has
there been crowded from the days of
Abraham till our own, so much history
that is to say, so many events that
have been recorded and deserve to be
recorded in the annals of mankind.
Nor Is 1t only that Palestine Is
really small country. The traveller
constantly feels as he moves about
that 1t is small country. From the
heights, few miles north of Jeru-
salem, he sees, looking northward, n
far-off summit carrying snow for eight
months in the year. 1t is Hermon,
nearly 10000 feet high-Hermon,
whose fountains feed the rivers of
Damascus.
But Hermon is outside the terri
tory of Israel altogether, standing in
the land of the Syrians; so, too. it is
of Lebanon. We are apt to think of
that mountain mass as within the
country, because 1t also is frequently
mentioned in the Psalms and the
Prophets; but the two ranges of Leb-
anon also rise beyond the frontiers
of Israel, lying between the Syrians of
Damascus and the rhoenicians of the
West.
perhaps 1t is because the maps
from which children used to learn
Bible geography, were on large scale,
that most of us have failed to realize
how narrow were the limits within,
which took place, all those great do
ings that fill the books of Samuel and
Kings. Just in the same way the
classical scholar who visits Greece is
surprised to find that SO small ter
ritory sufficed for so many striking in
cidents and for the careers of so
many famous men,"
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Happy Is the Man Who Is "Never Less
Alone Than When By Himself"


chap. He's keen steel blade He has
laugh away pocket He with crowd But
he doesn't know the life
of his group, described by one OF his friends.
There who helpless when they
They think quick contact with other minds They
glow of people But they
They thin and when they alone
many these bad thing for the nation
in written and the deeds
deep from the
solitude They They read alone They
plan splendid achievement They
hermits they like people They spend much with
people they possess those silence solitude
the mind dwakes grows.
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In 1929 supporters of Maria da
Gloria against Miguel, in the struggle
for the Portuguese crown, established
themselves on the islands, and for the
three years following Queen Maria
lived at Angra, one of the seaports of
Importance. Others are Ponta Delgada
and Horta
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
Sugar Gives off Sparks.

A queer phenomenon has recently
come to the notice of Washington SCI
entists. Disks of loaf sugar mounted
on n rapidly rotating lathe while
hammer beat lightly against them
were seen TO give Off continuous
light that has not been satisfactorily
explained.
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24

The founder of the Bank of Eng
land died in poverty.
So Long.
Jim-Why did France make the lit
tie finger of the Goddess of Liberty"
Just IL inches long?
Jam-I can't imagine.
Jim-Well, II they made 1t 10 inches
long 1t would be a foot-Boys' Life.
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SIZE OF MOTORTRUCK
is QUITE IMPORTANT
Study of Vehicles Is Profitable to
Purchasers.
Four-Ton Truck Is Especially Adapted
to the Transportation of Boxed,
Grated or Barrel Goods-Aiso
Is Economical.

Moving goods by motortruck is get
ting down to n more exact basis every
day. one of the vital factors In the
profitable transportation of merchan-
disc over American highways Is the
size of the truck itself. The truck
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
Does Not Marriage, Oftener Than Not,
Result in the Triumph of Man?
By GEORGES cLEMENcEAu, in Surprises o Life"

The question of love and marriage has manifestly
the most obsessing interest for humankind To pro-
tect the weak-that is to say, the woman and the
child-aganst the caprice of the strong Is assuredy
the duty of society But VINO will claim that marriage
as instituted by law and practiced by custom, per-
forms that Office and does not oftcner than not result
in the triumph whether Just unjust, Of man:
There are happy marriages. whatever noyelists
say There are married couples who love each other,
and live happily together to the end Of their days
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Most-Used Letter.

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Gold
Bug" he states that Of letters OF
the English alphabet 'e" predorninates
remarkably. The succession aftcrward
is 40 d dhnr rstuyc m b
X pq z.
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
FEED PUREBRED STOCK

Five dollars worth OF iron
made into horseshoes sells for
SO but made into hair springs
for watches sells for more than
million dollars. Moral: Make
raw materials count-feed good
stock.
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unhappy alone know where shoe Pinch
when congratulated his happy home
Memo women, great numbers say the
Mokoubamba, delights rs
disappeared another has started its 1t may
less long time arriving but will begudge waiting
md the is a out of it,
than suppose that extraordinary adven
life interesting If looks closely finds that
things those that happen day. and
automobile with
hatred jealousy ahery reality the vulgar
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24
Peculiar London Names.

London Town (EnglanD has many
curious names Incorporated in its
streets and squares which embody
The Ordway new era., 1920-12-24

through the collective sale of farm
products and purchase of farm sup
plies; the proper financing of all ac-
tivities, including the building of
warehouses, the preparation of crops
for market, and their movement to the
markets; and the employment OF
trained and efficient business and
sales management.
An organization founded on dire
need with well-defned purpose has
the best chances of success. Farmers
who are satisfied with the results OBJ
talned without an organization do not
feel u need for an association. Neces-
sity for an organization may arise
from the lack of marketing facilities,
or from dissatisfaction with existing
agencies. When n cooperative mar
keting association is under consldera-
ton it is advisable to have pre-
llminary survey made by competent
local people or by experienced coop
erative organization specialists from
the United States Department of Agri-
culture whose advice and services
are available upon request. In max
ing such survey care should be taken
TO ascertain the need for an organiza-
tion, the attitude of the farmers to-
ward such an undertaking, and the ap-
proximate development Of business
available.
Manager is Keystone.
The manager is the keystone of the
organization. His selection is of the
utmost Importance. He should be ex-
perienced in marketing the line of
products intrusted to his care; he
should possess tact and good judg-
ment, and be honest and above sus-
picion. The success of the organiza-
lion depends upon his ability to meet
the members and the trade with which
the organization deals, and to retain
their confidence. He should possess
the proper qualifications for the posi-
tion he should be given broad powers
and the hearty support of the mem
bers in his work. together with n sal
ary that will attract ability and be
commensurate with the services ex-
pectec Of him.
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A BIT OF ADVICE
First - Don't Delay. Second - Don't
Experiment

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and are lanquid in the morning: if the
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natural in appearance. do not delay
In such cases the kidneys often need
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Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
prepared for kidney trouble. Ask y0ui
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thousands. Can Ladysmith residents
desire more convincing proof of their
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and willingly testifies to their worth:
Mrs. w. l.. Burch, says: II have
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and have found them very satisfac
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am pleased to recommend them on az
count of the lasting benefit | got
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for Il kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same thai
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sent, and the girl finally yielded her
reluctant permission for me to &C.
company them until she could be
safely left in the care of white friends
&. ]. I knew her real thought was else.
where-With those two in Kirby's
hands, already well on their way to
st. Louis. Try as she would, she was
unable to Danish from her mind the
conception that she was largely to
blame for their misfortune, or sub
merge the idea that it was cOwardly
in her to seek escape, while leaving
them in such peril. fingered, talk
ing with her for some time after Sam
had fallen asleep, yet the only result
was the bringing of tears to her eyes
and a reluctantly given pledge that
she would do whatever / believed to
be best and right. She appeared so
tired and worn that left her at last
in the little glade where we had
found refuge, hoping she might fall
asleep. l doubt if she did, although /
dozed irregularly, my back against
tree, and it was already growing dusk
when she came forth again from her
retreat and joined us in hastily pre-
pared meal.
Sam and I slowed away in the boat
whatever provender remained, and /
assisted her to a seat at the stern,
wrapping a blanket carefully about
her body, for the night air in those
dank shadows already began to Chill.
I took possession of the oars myself,
believing the negro would serve best
as a lookout in the bow, and thus
settled we headed the boat out through
the tangle of trees toward the invis-
ible river.
Suddenly we shot out through the
screen Of concealing boughs into the
broader stream beyond. The light
here in the open was better, although
dim enough still, and revealing little
Of our surroundings. Sam knelt, peer
ing eagerly forward into the black
ness, an occasional growl of his voice
the only evidence of his presence.
doubt if / had taken dozen strokes,
my whole attention centered on my
task, when the sudden rocking of the
boat told me he had scrambled to his
feet. Almost at the same instant my
ears distinguished the sharp chugging
Of an engine straight ahead; Their
came his shout of alarm, God
A'mighty! Oars de keelboat, sah
Dey's goin' ter ram US -
Twisted about in my seat caught
vague glimpse of the, advancing
shadow, and leaped to my feet. an oar
gripped in my hands. Scarcely was
/ poised to strike when the speeding
PROV ripped into us, and | was cata-
pulled into the black water.
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being safely hidden by the darkness,
! permitted the current to bear me
downward, my muscles aching pain
fully from the struggle, and with no
other thought in my mind except to
keep well out of sight of the occu
pants of the boat. To be perceived by
them and Overtaken in the water
meant certain death, while if they con-
tinued to believe that / had actually
sunk beneath the surface, some fu.
ture carelessness on their part might
yield me an unexpected opportunity to
serve Rene. The few words overheard
had made sufficiently plain the stu.
alton. Poor Sam had already found
freedom in death, crushed between the
two colliding boats. but the girl had
been grasped in time and hauled unin-
jured aboard the heavier craft. This
had been the object of the attack---to
gain possession of her. Very evidently
] had not been seen closely enough
to be recognized by Kirby. In a meas
ure this afforded me decided advan-
tage, provided we ever encountered
each other again-and / meant that
we should. The account between us
was not closed by this incident; far
from it. There in that black water,
struggling to keep afloat, while being
swept resistlessly out into the river,
with no immediate object before me
except to remain concealed by the
veil Of darkness, resolved solemnly
to myself that this affair should never
end until it was ended right. In that
moment of decision / cared not at all
for Rene Beaucaire's drop of negro
blood, nor for the fact that she was
slave in her masters hands. To my
mind she was but a woman, sweet,
lQyable girlish woman, in the unre-
strained power of a brute, and depend
ent alone on me for rescue. That was
enough; cared for nothing more.
With silent strokes / waited patient
ly until the steady chugging of the en-
CINE grew faint in the distance, and
then finally ceased entirely.
Continued next week.
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CHAPTER X.
The Loss of Rene.

There was the echo of an oath, q
harsh, cruel laugh, the crash OF
planking, strange, half-human cry
of fright from the negro-that was all.
The sudden violence of the blow must
have hurled me high into the air, for
| struck the water clear of both boats,
and so far out in the stream that
when | came again struggling to the
surface I was in the full sweep of the
current, against which [ had to Strug-
gle desperately. In the brief second
that interviewed between Sans shout
of warning and the crash of the two
boats I had seen almost nothing
only that black, menacing hulk, loom
ing up between us and the shore, more
like a shadow than reality. Yet now,
fighting to keep my head above water
and not to be swept away, I was able
to realize instantly what had occurred.
I had been mistaken; Kirby had not
fled down the river; instead he had
craftily waited this chance to attack
us at disadvantage. Convinced that
we would decide TO make use of the
rowboat, which he had left uninjured
for that very purpose, and that we
would venture forth just so soon as
the night became dark enough, he had
hidden the stolen craft in some covert
along shore to await our coming.
Then he sprang on us, as the tiger
springs on his prey. He had calcu-
int thn of "a
speeding keelboat had struck us
sQuarely. crushing in the sides of our
frail craft and fiinging me headlOng.
What had been the fate of the
others I could not for the moment de-
ter,nine. The darkness Swallowed ev-
erything, the bulk of the keelboat
alone appearing in the distance, and
that shapelessly outlined. The craft
bore no light, and had it not been for
a voice speaking I doubt if l could
have located even that. The rowboat
could not be distinguished-it must
have sunken, or else drifted away, a
helpless wreck. The first sound my
ears caughr, echoing across the water
was an oath, and a question: "By
-! good job; do you see that fell
low anywhere?"
"Naw," the response a mere grOWl.
"He's, goner. reckon; never knowed
whut hit him. jedgin' from the way
he upended it,
"Well, then he isn't likely to bother
us any more. Suppose he was the
white mann"
Sure he wus; it wus the niger
who was up ahead. We hit him, an
he dropped in tween Their boats, an
went down like stone. He never
yeeped but just onct when | -furst
gripped Their girl. don't reckon as
she wus hurt ct all; leastwise I never
aimed fer ter hurt her none."
HAS she said anything?'
"Not id twitter; maybe she's
tainted. I dunno, but that's Their way
females do. What shall | do with
the bird, Kirby?"
ooh, hold on to her there awhile,
long as she's quiet. I'm going to try
the steam again, and get outside into
the big river. H, man, but this
S,asn't been such bad nights work"
rhe steam began to sizz, settling
swiftly into a rhythmic chugging, as
tbs revolving wheel began to churn
Us, tbs water astern. Confident OF
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asked a number of questions l an.
swered these as best / could and then
explained, so + as / deemed it de-
sirable, the general nature of the
plans I had made. The Illinois route
offered the only hope and we decided
to venture it, although Rene pleaded
earnestly that she and the negro be
permitted to go on alone. TO this
suggestion, however. ! would not con-
The herald., 1920-04-01
AMENDMENT TO CHARTER OF }. o.
ELMER COMPANY, INC.

United States Of America. State Of Lou
lslana, Parish Of Orleans. City of New Or.
leans lie II known, That on the 9th
DAY OF the month of February. in the year
one thousand nine hundred and twenty
and Of the Independence of the United
states of Aemrica the one hundred and
forty-fOuTth, before me. Charles +. Fetch
niger, Il notary public, duly commissioned
anG qualified in and for the Parish Of
Orleans, State of Louisiana, and therein
residing, and in the presence of the wit
nesseS hereinafter named and undersigned
personally came and appeared Mr.. J. o.
Elmer, President of J. o. Elmer Company
me- and Mr.. James Rainey. Acting Sec
rotary of said Company, "A corporation or
ganizcd under the laws Of the State OF
Louisiana by act before Charles F.
Fletchingcr, notary public, on February
10, 1913 recorded in VI. q. Il. 1923, Folio
81, of the Records Of the Parish of Or
leans, said corporation being domiciled in
the City of New Orleans, who declared
that by a resolution and vote adopted and
voted at a special meeting of the stock
holders of J. q. Elmer Company, Inc.
held at the office of said Company, at No.
223 South Peters street, in this city, on
the 9th day of February, 1920. held by
consent of all of the stockholders of said
corporation. and upon waiver of notice OF
time and place of said meeting, signed by
all stockholders. at which meeting al
stockholders of record were present IN
person or by proxy, it was voted unani-