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The Washington herald., 1920-10-31

and decreasing demand for labor.
the natural inference would be
that the real estate market would
reflect the depression. Sales for
the past six weeks have aggregated
more than sl.oo0.o00 in the district
called East Flatbush, Brooklyn. r.
Y and the sales for che week end
ing October IS were s117,o15.
There must be some logical
cause for every phenomenon, how
ever mysterious, and It does look as
The Washington herald., 1920-10-31
SHANNON AND LUCHS REPORT
SALES OF TEN PROPERTIES
IN AND NEAR THE DISTRICT

bungalow type, completely detached,
occupying a lot so by approximately
200 feet. DeVeauN purchased the
property for his own use.
The three-stOr brick dwelling,
1896 Calvert street. was bought by
Ethel VI. Rutty who viii, it is un-
derstOod. make the necessary al
tcrations so that It may be used
for business purposes.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-31
Vacant Land Demand
Continues to Increase

For some reason which is not
apparent on the surface, the demand
for vacant land continues to in
crease" according to q statement
made recently by William E. Har-
mon, of William f. Harmon G. Co..
Inc. with a tight money market
The Washington herald., 1920-10-31
John W. Thompson,

John W. Thompson,
Reaor president OF John w Thompson Co., of the Young
est OF Washington real estate operators among
this line He is in close all the cy DEVELOPMENTS
particularly the handling OF hghclass properties
Thompson native Of this where
vate schools later going Lafayette College which he
graduated His real activities 1916 when he
opened offices Fifteenth For he
active the army gone to the Mexican
border with the District and later France where he
served the front in field artillery
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25
MOUNTAINS AFFECT BIRD LIFE
Andes Said to Be Responsible for Num-
ber of Species Found in
South America.

The richness of South American
bir,l-iife is due to the presence OF the
Andes more than to any other tna
thing Ii is the absence of great
mountain chains in Africa. which ac-
counts for the comparatively SliaiI
numbers of species of birds IN mat
continent. From base IL summit four
distinct zones of lfe-tropical. sub
tropical. temperate and n!pine-are
found in the higher Andes. and each
zone has species which are confined
to@it.
II is not only the height of the An
des which affects bird life. In placed
for hundreds of miles. this gigantic
range may appear rs two or 'hree
chains, each not less than lo.oO of
H. 0CO feet in height. anC these cit
matte walls are as impas-Aahle 10 tha
species living in the tropical or sub
tropical valleys they in &ose "s though
they extended To the zenith. lsola-
tloa is. there fore, acded 10 'he fhc-
tors of climate and sedeniar'ness IN
the making of the species tnd me
three combined have producec great
or variety of bird life than iS found
in any area of similar extent NJ the
world. The American museum - nat
ural history inaugura'ed in lHil ut
ol0eical survey of the Andean r"El"n
with particular reference to MS ''r"
life. AS result of the collections
do. l,..
is now in possession of large co. 'er-
tions and data from the more nc"-h'
ern part of the chain.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25

captives." also conquered Cyprus.
Esarhaddon, the Caesar and Carnegie
of Assyria, who left at Nineveh an
indexed library of many thousands of
clay tablets. received tributes from ten
Cyprian kings.
Pausanias, Benedict Arnold Of
Sparta. liberated Cyprus from Persian
dominion, and Evagoras. one of the
island kings. hero of the worlds first
known biography, penned by isocrates,
WHO united the scattered principali-
ties. is the King Arthur of island ira
dition.
Thus Cyprus reeks with composite
memories of eastern. Grecian, Roman,
and even Anglo-Saxon civilization. No
less was it a focal point for religions.
At Kouklia. where certain tides still
pile masses of foam along the shore.
Aphrodte is supposed TO have been
born of the waves. Here are ruins
of a temple for her worship, where
originally fetes were held which, as
one writer puts it. were the scenes
of a too literal worship of Venus" and
where until recently it was the Gus
tom to immerse maidens in honor of
the goddess birth.
Kouklia is on the site of the an
cient Paphos. The Paphos of today
was the oae-time Neapaphos. where st.
Paul struck blind the sorcerer, Elymas.
and converted Sergius Pauius, the Ro-
man deputy.
The present-day Larnaka is on the
site of the biblical Chttim, whose
| ships are mentioned by Daniel. and
whose ivory is referred to by Ezekiel.
| In Larnaka is the tomb of Lazarus,
who, after being raised from the dead
| is said to have become bishop of the
renowned city.
| The area of Cyprus is about equal
to the combined areas of Delaware and
Rhode Island, while its total popula
ton is about half that Of the lattel
| state,
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25

graphical pathway Of tribes pusnins
westward from Asia and southwark
from the bleak Russian steppes toward
the warmer seacoast lands. Moreover,
Bessarabia is at the conveyance OF
these two history-beaten paths. and
many times a clash ensued to decide
which group should pass through the
neck of the bottle" toward Europes
lands of milk and honey.
Among the most narrowing OF the In
vasions was that of the Mongois In
the fourteenth century. They caGe
across the Volga under Batu, grandson
of that Mongol Charlemagne, Jenghif
Kahn, and though there is no complete
story of their depredations in Bes
sarabia, that region probably suffered
atrocities similar to others which are
recorded in narrowing detail. AT
Ryazan women and children were used
as targets in bow-andarrow contests; !;
slvers of wood were driven under the
nails of the men; then they wers cor
rallied in churches to watch their wom-
en- being tortured, and finally roasted
alive. Another city, kozelsk, was re-
named Mobalig, City of Vice." 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 it's altar, facing east
ward, sacred bread beneath the icon,
| and cOrnstalks placed in the shade Of
cross before it.: Even the altars
were colorful because of their draper
les and candles. and many times they
were laden with flowers. The Bes.
sarab;an women are sprightly, bright
eyed, and pretty.
Moldavians constituted about hall
the inhabitants of Bessarabia. Rou
mania, it will be recalled, was formed
by the union of Moldavia and Wal
lachia hence the adjoining Ites
sarah:a, with it's large Moldavian pop
ulatich, long has been the 'Irrcdenta'
of Rclmania.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25
BESSARABIA: A CONEY
ISLAND OF HISTORY

Bessaraba, recently assigned to the
suzerainty of Roumania, has long been
a racial catch basin.
Her population was more than =
600 600 before the war. and included
Moldavians. Little Russians. Jews, Bull
garians. Greeks. Armenians, 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 Bessarabla, sloping southward
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.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25
AZORES: MAY BE AERIAL
HALFWAY HOUSE

The Azores islands, in years to
come, may be an established mid-At-
lantic rest station for airplane flights
across the ocean.
Farhest from continent of any
Atlantic island group, the islands lie
$50 miles west of Cape da Roca, Portu-
gal, and more than a thousand miles
southeast Of Newfoundland, nearest
North American land.
Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes,
while the former were active, made
the Azores objects Of scientific inter
est akin to that evinced in the now
famous Mount Katmai region in Alas
ka. Suboceanic eruptions, sometimes
piling up islands which soon disappear
ed, were characteristic phenomena.
One early description Of such an event
tells how the earth and waters were
rocked for eight days by earthquakes,
followed by a vast caldron of fire that
seemed to sweep the seas surface and
consume the clouds, spewing enormous
masses of earth and rock. Then there
appeared a group Of rocks. ever grow
ing higher and wider until an area of
several square miles was contained in
this mo mans land" Later it was
shattered. and subsided, as the result
of more earthquakes.
The Azores comprise three groups
of islands, Their total area is less
than that of Rhode Island; their popu-
lation about equal to that of Kansas
City. Mo- Most of the inhabitants are
Portuguese. The rest are Flemish and
Moorish, with few immigrants from
the United Kingdom.
Fruits and fish constitute the prin-
cipa exports. Oranges are supplant-
ing pineapples. but the other products
lemon, citron japanese medlar. and
bananas-maintain their popularity.
The principal fish are the mullet, tun-
n.y. and bonito.
Saint Mchaels largest island Of the
group. has lava beds. caves which may
be traversed for miles. and man.
moth crater with two jeweled lakes
one azure, the other emerald-at its
tr+tom.
On Santa Maria is the church where
Columbus knelt. Off TerceTia a sub
marine volcano made its appearance
az recently as half century ago. On
COrvo have been unearthed coins
which suggest Carthaginian visits, and
an Arabian geographer of the twelfth
century described islands of the "West-
ern Ocean" thought to have been the
Azores.
About the middle of the fifteenth
century the Portuguese sent eXpedi-
tions to settle upon them. One island.
Fayal. was presented by Alphonso V
of Portugal. to his aunt. Isabella.
duchess of Burgundy. 1t was upon
her marriage to Philip the Good duke
of Burgundy. that he founded the fa-
nous knightly order of the Golden
Fleece.
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 I
lived at Angra. one Of the seaports of
importance. Others are Ponta Delgada |
and HOrta.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25

had left all the lahorS of the home
upon her hands; her husband had
made no suggestion of securing help,
and she had not asked any. One or
two postcards she had had from Beu-
lah, but they brought no great infor-
nation. They came in the open mail :;
her husband was welcome to read
them if he chose. but as he had sought
his own company exclusively since
Beulahs departure she made no at
tempt to force them upon him.
At last one morning came a letter.
a big fat letter, left in by neighbor
passing by, as the custom was for any
settler going to town to bring out the
mail for those who lived along his
route. She tore the envelope open
nervously and devoured its contents
with hungry eyes.
my Dear Mother:
Here l am. in the shadow of the
Rockies. That may sound poetical.
but it's :. literal fact. 1t is still early
in the evening. but the sun has disap-
peared behind the great masses to the
west, and the valley which my win
dow overlooks is filling up with black
ness. The Arthurs are pure gold. and
I have told them everything. They
don't blame anyone, not even father.
How is he? Shaving as usual, | sup
pose.
well | must tell you about my
trip, When left the house that night
] had no idea where | was going, but
first to Plainville.
"You've no idea how heavy that
suitcase got, but l took my time, as
there was nothing to gain by reaching
town before daylight. When | got
there it struck me it might be good
plan to have some breakfast, so |
walked round to Goodies boarding
house. After breakfast ! went over
to the station, and asked what the
fare was to Arthurs' station; found
l had enough money for the trip, and
! bought ticket without further ado
1.-The homestead rush is on here in
earnest the trains are crowded, most
ly with Americans, anu tHe HotelS are
simply spilling over.
81 wanted to ask some one about
Arthurs, and | didn't like to inquire
in the hotel. There was lot of
drinking going on there. But near
the door were two young men talking,
and I overheard one of them mention
Arthurs' name. Pulling myself to-
pether | asked him if he could tell me
where Arthurs lived.
"'Yes. miss he answered, lifting
big hat and showing when he spoke
clean set of teeth. It's twenty-five
miles I'D the river Were you expect
ing him to meet your
81 explained that l had intended to
drop in on them by surprise, but l had
had no idea they lived so far from
town.
".Oh, that's not far he said. Can
you ride?
Everybody here rides horseback.
It's the standard means OF locomotfon.
And the women ride astride. was
bit shocked at first, but you soon get
used to It. But twenty-five miles Is
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25
"ENCHANTCD ISLAND"

Cyprus, fairy land of the Mediter-
ranean, which Greeks have been urging
Great Britain to turn over to them, has
a history no less strange than the fic-
ton of Shakespeare's "Othello." for
which the island, in part, is the setting.
Richard Occur de Lion wrested it
from ruler who had won it by forg-
ing letters in his monarch's name af-
ter that ruler. Isaac Comnenus, had
refused to let the Crusaders ship
wrecked and seasick lady-love land
there the first time she asked.
Richard married Berengaria there
and went his way. after turning over
the island to a penniless adventurer,
Guy de Lusignan. who founded a
'x.uda state amongst spice gardens
and silken luxury" and thus establish
ed a dynasty which has been described
as the most romantic European his
tory.
Cyprus bulks large in the crotch of
Asia Minor, like huge fist with
lean finger pointing straight at An
tioch Historically, one may imagine,
the finger should be crooked Dit
more. in perpetual accusation of the
sultan. the degenerate Selim II, whose
generals captured the island, impelled
IN part, at least. by the fact that
Selin's favorite wine came from there.
GEOGRAPHICALLY. the promontory marks
the line of Cyprus prehistoric connec-
ton with Asia's mainland.
There too, reigned the beautiful
oneen Catherine ~Cornaro, adopted
"daughter of Venice" who. though
srief-stricken by her husbands death.
struggled against intrigue that the
.hrone might be saved for his unborn
child.
Early came to Cyprus those "Yan-
7ees of the Levant," the Phoenicians.
Sargon. the king of Assyria who. as
'saiah had prophesied, led 1.-THE Egyp-
ians prisoners and the Ethiopieans
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25

Boy of the North had seen that he had
grown younger, or rather he had never
grown older
And the reason that he had al
ways kept at the same age was be-
cause in his sleep came the smiles and
tie voices of children who were hap
by and who loved old Santa Claus, and
because his dreams were real he
never grew older. For the smiles OF
children keep Santa Claus from grow
Ing any older.
that his master became tired each
year he knew that 1t was Christmas
time and children that kept his mas
ter from growing older, and Boy of the
North, too, loved Christmas!
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25
PALESTINE: PIGMY LAND
WITH A GIANT HISTORY

The historic Holy Land where 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 a communication to the National
Geography society:
Though the travellers hand books
prepare him to find Palestine small,
it 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
110 miles long and 50 to 90 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
trcts was but slight, while in the
southwest, wide and rich plain along
the Mediterranean was occupied by
the swarlike 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
Benjamin, 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 are recorded in the Old
Testament happened within territory
no bigger than the state of Connecti-
cut, whose area Is 4,S0O 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 it only that Palestine is
really a small country. The traveller
constantly feels as he moves about
that it is small country. From the
heights, few miles north Of Jeru
salem. he sees. looking northward, 9
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 iI
the land of the Syrians; so. too it is
of Lebanon. We are apt to think o1
that mountain mass as within thu
| country. because it also is frequentl,
mentioned in the Psalms and thu
Prophets; but the two ranges of Leb
Of Israel, lying between the Syrians Of
Damascus and the Phoencians of the
| West.
perhaps 1t is because the maps
from which children used to learr
Bible geography, were on a 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 a ter
| ritory sufiiced for so many striking in
cidents and for the careers of SO
many famous men,"
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25
THE BERMUDAS

The Bermuda islands suggest the
colonization and present in their later
chronology a curious parallel to United
States history, with the events pre-
dated by number of years.
The Robinson Crusoe comparison
obtrudes because the island was dis
covered and later settled as the direct
result Of shipwrecks, and the settlers
had to build themselves bark to set
sail again.
AS for the anticipation of American
history on miniature scale, it may
be noted that the colonization took
place seven years before the Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth, Mass. that witch
es were burned, Quakers were perse-
cuted, and miscreants were ducked
before similar occurrences are recorded
in New England, and that slavery was
abolished in 1884. The BermudianS
protested long before 1776 against the
mother countrys rule, until the island
prisons were overfull; but relief
laration of freedom. but by the ac-
cession of Cromwell.
+ But the essential point Of contact Of
the American with the Bermudian
arises from the all-but-forgotten fact
that while the immortal Lafayette gal
lantly helped the colonies conclude
their war of independence, the BerIpu-
dians supplied the ammunition to te-
gin it.
SO acute was the need for powder in
l775 that George Washington wrote to
the governor of Rhode Island that mo
quantity, however small. is beneath
notice." Learning that there was
store in Bermuda, and that the island
ers were anxious to have the embargo
lifted upon shipment of food supplies
from the colonies. Washington address
ed letter to the people of the island.
who had shown themselves sympa-
thetic with the American revolution
lists, promising them ample supply OF
provisions and every other mark OF
affection and friendship which the
grateful citizens of free country can
bestow on its brethren and benefac-
tors" if they would make this ammu-
milton available for the Continental
army.
1t so happened that the powder had
been procured before the letter was
delivered, and with it the Continental
army compelled the British to evacu-
ate Boston.
Not only the sale of the powder, but
the fact that Bermuda allowed the
colonies 10 have salt, so incensed its
governor that he upbraided the citizens
for treason, and feeling ran so high
that lie was removed. His successor
was a native of Salem, Mass, whose
Loyalty to the mother country was such
ths.t he gave up large estates in the
coonies rather than join the rev0lu-
tionists. He was connected, both by
blood and by marriage. with the Win
throp family. Under his rule the is"
lands full allegiance to England was
restored.
Browne was succeeded by Henry
Hamilton, during whose administration
the town of Hamilton was founded and |
named for him. This town today is
the seat of the island government. 1t
has a population of less than 5000.
1t did not become the capital of the
islands until the time of Sir James |
Cockburn, lord chief justice of Eng
land, and before that time one Of its |
most famous lawyers. Cockburn, near |
ly three quarters of century ago, |
made the plea of insanity, which saved |
the life of Daniel McNaughten. who |
shot Sir Robert Peel's secretary.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-12-25

grew more and more hostile. He re-
solved, however, that there should be
no open breach between them; he
would neither scold nor question her.
but would impress her with his dis
pleasure by adopting cold, matter-of-
fact, speak-when-you're-s e-spoken-to atti-
tude toward her.
Under the circumstances it was not
remarkable that Harris work began
to loom larger than ever in his life.
The space left vacant by his daughter
he filled with extra energy driving the
great plows through the mellow sum
mer-fallow. A new tank-man was en-
gagged and the rumble of the engine
was heard up and down the fields from
early morning until dark. From his
wife he held aloof, speaking with
strained courtesy when speech was
necessary. She, in turn, schooled for
years in self-effacement, hid her sor-
row in her heart and went about her
work with a resignation which he mis-
took for cheerfulness. and which con-
firmed him in his opinion that she
knew more of Beulah's intentions than
she had cared to admit. Only with
Allan his relations remained un-
changed indeed, the attachment be-
tween the two grew deeper than ever.
The young man avoided any reference
to Beulah; what he felt in his own
heart he kept to himself, but the father
shrewdly guessed that he laid the
whole blame on Travers
Meanwhile Mary plodded along with
her housework, toiling doggedly from
five in the morning until half-past nine
or ten at night. Beulah's departure