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The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
CHINA ADDS TO DEMON LIST
At Least Five New "InfIuences" Have
Come to That Country With
Spreading Civilization.

China Is land Of demons and
spirits. For untold ages every busi-
ness, every dwelling and every condi-
ton of life has had it's particular
demon or flock of demons. The ancient
Chinese religion consisted mainly OF
rites to either propitiate or render
pOwerless the evil spirits and encour-
age the attendance Of the good ones.
The category Of demons was so COM
plete that it was not until modern
civilization began to work it's changes
that there was room for any more.
Now, however, there are at least
five new devils, according to DR.. w. ID.
Hudson of Kashing, whose lectures IN
Shanghai on the Chinese conception OF
ghosts and spirits have been reported
to the San Francisco Chronicle.
among the modern new devils" DR..
Hudson said in one lecture, ARE the
malaria devil, the opium devil, the red
match devil, the railway devil ana the
gunshot devil. The natives of the ma
laria districts have learned that mos
quito netting is very efficacious In COM
batting the malaria devil. But that
method is not very impressive, ana
the Chinese, especially those in the
back country districts, insist on Delng
impressed. So the priests and natlve
doctors have devised charms and exor-
cisms whereby they claim to Danish the
demon without recourse to the nettlng.
The foreign doctors naturally are
skeptical, but if noise and banners ana
general impressiveness have any VIZ
tue, the method should be effective.
'SThe opium devil calls for particu-
lar set of incantatiOns and paper
prayers, as does the red match demon.
This is a comparatively new demon
that came into being about the time
that the Chinese discovered that eat
ing match heads was very conven-
lent and cheap way Of committing sui
eide. The railway devil is distinctly
foreign, the natives say. He dWells
inside locomotives and his speclal Dusl'
ness is to run the engine over people
at every opportunity. He is SUBJECT 10
two sets of prayers, one to allay MS
yearning to destroy, the other invoking
his aid for those tired of life and ue-
sirous Of speedy end.
"Then there is the gunshot devil,
not so distinctly foreign as his brother
of the railway, but just as blood
thirsty. He has come into prominence
since the mode of public execution was
changed in most places from behead-
ing with the sword to shooting.
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Alike.

Four-year-old John was visiting his
auntie. Now, he had not intended
staying so long and had not brought
an entire change of clothing. So he
was much distressed about not being
clean.
The afternoon before his uncle was
to take him home auntie took him
to the first vaudeville show he had
ever visited. And the comments he
made were loud and amusing to the
members Of the audience around him.
But nothing exactly startling was said
until a young woman in black tights
came on the stage to do some aero
batic stunts. Then his clear little
voice called out so that most of the
people there heard him. "Oh, unite,
she has on a dirty union suit t. :"
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
Portuguese Feminism.

Recently the diploma of doctor OF
agronomical engineering was for the
first time conferred upon a woman
in Brazil. The recipient, Maria Ade-
laida Pinto de Magallanes Quintanilla,
is young woman of Portuguese birth.
She comes from one of the most noted
of the Iberian families, being direct
descendant, as her name would indi-
cate, of the famous sailor Magellan.
Miss Magallanes is the third woman
in the. family to have received the
doctorate, her two elder sisters having
been graduated as experts in law and
pharmaceutics. She has made spe-
cial study of tropical plants and con-
ditiOns.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
She Comes No More.

NV little friend in the apartment
across the hall was studiOus pupil
who had come to my apartment for
q few hints in the execution of her
studies when q mutual friend Of ours
who was known as chatterbox was
seen coming down the street headed
for my apartment.
My friend, being more anxious to
spend an hour studying than talking,
said. "Tell her that I am not here"
and hid in fair sized clothes hamper,
expecting the talkative party to leave
In moment or two.
Forty-five minutes passed and to my
horror the hidden one sneeZed, while
in the clothes hamper. / could barely
keep from laughing; in fact, a little
smile from me seemed to give away
the entire proceeding. The talkative
friend evidently had discovered the
intrigue, for she left Immediately, and
although this happened some time ago,
we have never seen her since.
This certainly was my most embar-
RAISING moment.-Exchange.
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Ninety-nine-Year Rent $25, ,ooo, 900.

New YOrk.-The Standard Oil Com
Dany, it has been learned, has acquired
Il ninety-nineyear lease on the nine
story Welles building at 1920 Broad
way which, with it's present holdings,
for which negotiations are reported
under way, would give it 52S. 1O-fOOt
Broadway frontage-the greatest in
the financial district. Rental of the
Welles building and plot viii be nearly
$25 100000 for the full term
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
Aaitate Reunion of Central America

WashingtOn.-Agita for reunion
of the Central Am rrican republics into
Gne nation has been revived in Qua
temala, according to advices received
here, the result being that a tense pO-
litical situation has developed. Pres
ident Cabrera of Guatemala has been
an active opponent of the idea. Sal
vador and Honduras have been con-
tending for such union for years.
Costa Rica is favorable, but Nicara-
qua is opposed.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
U. S. Agents Arrest Mine Workers.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Ed Stewart and
William Mitch, president and secre-
treasurer, respectively, of District
No. II, United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, and eighteen others have been ar
rested here by United States mar
shal on charge of conspiracy to en-
hance the price of coal in connection
with the recent Indictment by a spe-
Cial federal grand jury at 1ndianap-
ellis,
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
Rob 25 Deposit Boxes.

Ogden, h.-Twenty-five safety
deposit boxes were robbed in the bank
at Layton, Utah, twenty miles south
Of here after. the door into the safety
deposit box department was forced
open by the use of explosives. The
loss will not be known until check
has been taken by the renters of the
boxes, the bank officials said.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
REDS ROUTED ON
POLISH FRONT
MOSCOW FORCES CAPTURE 600
IN TWO-DAY BATTLE, Ie
REPORT.
PLAN new OFFENSIVE
BOLSHEVIkI WILL MAKE NEW
ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE
PRoSKURoV.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Warsaw, March 23.-The Bolsheviki
have launched repeated attacks along
various parts of the Polish front.
These are considered by the military
authorities to be preliminary to the
lOng-heralded general spring often
Sive. The attacks were repulsed by
the Poles, 900 Bolsheviki being taken
prisoner in the two days fighting.
Bolshevik officers who deserted to
the Poles report that the soviet army
is preparing for a general offensive
in an effort to recapture MOZir, Row
no and ProSkurOv.
A report submitted to the Ameri-
can and British authorities in Warsaw
says that Nikolai Lenine, the BOlShe-
visit premier, has personal aspirations
soon to become the head of a CONT
mental communistic state, and that
owing to these hopes is seriously en-
deavOring to bring order throughout
Russia, establish peace with Poland,
and eventually create credits abroad
for Russia
The report describes Russia as with
out wheat OF flax for export, saying
the peasants have disposed of all
stocks they had hidden from the Boil
sheviki. The mills are not operating,
and the peasants are spinning only
enough for their clothing, raising just
enough IL. for their own uses.
The report says that even if stocks
for export existed, shipment would be
impossible because of the lack of
transportation.
One reason why factory production
is at its lowest ebb, the report says,
is because there are no shipments of
cotton from Turkestan, and because
of the desertiOn of workers from
plants, owing to the refusal of the
peasants to send food to the cities.
AS consequence, the state Of hun
ger among the poorer classes is worse.
The wealthy people, however, are able
to buy food, the report says.
The report concludes by saying that
the statements of the BOlsheviki to the
world are designed to deceive.
PariS.-The Russian soviet govern
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27
At Chicago.
EASTERN LIVE STOCK.

Chicago.-Hogs-Bul $14.6O@16.10:
top. $3.50; heavy, $14.25 915,59; me- ae
light light, $14.S5 @15.95; heavy pack
ing sows, smooth, $13.15@13.75; pack
ing sows. rough, $12.5O@13.OO; pigs.
$13.40015.25.
Cattle - Beef steers, medium and
heavy weight, choice and prime $13,65
@15.50; medium and good, SILL %
1866; common, $40. @ 11.65; light
weight, good and choice, $12.25 @ 1910;
common and medium, $1,000 1925;
butcher cattle, heifers, $7.25 @ 1928;
cows, $7.25@12.00; Gamers and cutters.
$5.OO@7.25; veal calves, $4,000 1925;
feeder steers, $9.O0Q12.OO; stocker
steers, $7.50@11.25.
Sheep-Lambs, "a pounds down,
$16.75 019.10; culls and common, $14.0O
016.50 ewes, medium, good and choice,
s1O.75 @14.25; culls and common, $3.50
1850. ,tt
CASH GRAIN IN CHICAGO.
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METAL MARKETS.

. Colorado settlement prices:
Bar silver, $1.22. q
Copper, pound, 10000.
Lead, $9.25.
Spelter, $S.72.
Tungsten, per unit. $3.50 012.OO.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27

If you break tumbler. 1t is a sign
some secret will be discovered about
you.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27

Paris.-The Russian soviet govern
ment has proposed to Italy that rela-
tions between the two countries be
resumed Immediately, according to
dispatch to the Temps from Reval.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27

Carbohydrates. 2 hard. s2.4s,
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Dressed Poultry.

The following prices on dressed poul-
Turkeys. No. is ..SS @42
Turkeys, old toms. ....... SO
Ducks. youne. .2O @22
Geese ..25 OPT
1SOOSteTS '''~v
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NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING the PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN

western Newspaper Union News Service.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-27

CASH GRAIN IN CHICAGO.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Quest Of scientists.

The question of the origin Of the
West Indies will be decided. scien-
lists aver. when indigenous animal
life Is found to be related indisputably
10 that of the South and Central Amer
lean mainland. But mammals. which,
being wingless. could not have flown
over the intervening seas, are unfortu-
nately the most poorly represented
groups of the higher life Of the An
TILES. For this reason much scientific
interest attaches to a recent expedi-
ton to Jamaica, backed by the Amer
lean Museum Of Natural History, says
Popular Mechanics magazine. Be
lieving that the West Indies once had
much larger mammal inhabitation
than today. the expedition concerned
itself with the excavation Of fossil
fauna from the islands limestone
caves. Many fossil were found. sew
eral of them new to science.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
PUT RELIGION ABOVE DUTY
Why Buddhist JaiIers Are Not to Be
Trusted t. Guard Prisoners In
their Care.

Punjabis and men of northern In
'dia are nearly always warders of Bur-
mese jails. The principal reason for
selecting them is that they are not
Buddhists. The Burman Is sometimes
employed, but his Buddhist education
often causes his prejudices TO come to
collision with his official duties
The story Is told of Buddhist
priest placed In solitary confinement
for disobeying prison rules. The
stone cell in which he was confined
had a plank inserted at both ends into
slots in the wall, which was a bed at
night. The priest began to jump up and
down In an effort to break the board
The Burman guard asked him to de-
sist The priest said he could not
sleep on an elevated bed. as 1t was
against his religion. When the board
was broken the priest feigned sleep.
The Burman sentry returned to his
post The priest pried the bars open
with the board. Later the sentry saw
the prisoner walking softly down the
hallway. To arrest him by force would
be against his religion. so he pleaded
with him to return. Another sentry.
Punjab. came In and saw the Bur
man sentry on his knees. He arrested
the priest without ceremony, and bun
died him into new cell.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

eyed. one hand over her mouth and the
other pressed to the bosom Of her
white frock.
What are you doing here?" asked
the young man sternly.
Il thought I'd like to take a little
walk" faltered poor Sally Ann. II
didn't know you had come this way,
and besides"
Tho young man turned on her saw
agely. well. you shouldn't have come.
It's too late, and-and-it's too late, "
he anished lamely.
6ally Ann suddenly sensed feeling
Of superiority. The young man was
embarrassed. that was certain.
why did you, say--what you said r
she inquired. her spirits gaining
strength with every word.
r. The young man suddenly seemed
shrunken, dropped. He hung his head.
, ~ said It because can't do my work
any more. There's something wrong.
I'm a writer. Sally Ann, and came
up here to finish 4 book that must be
done by fall. For awhile everything
went beautifully; and then, lately. I've
fallen OF. can't do anything but sit
and think. try TO write, but the
words won't come. And / don't know
what the trouble Is."
Sally Ann was all sympathy in
moment. II know how you feel" she
said eagerly. Sometimes I'm just
like that. too-when want something
awfully badly and can't think what II
is-why, sometimes L." she stopped
abruptly. The young man was coming
slowly toward her in the starry dusk.
And suddenly Sally AIMS heart
stopped beating and then took up Its
toll Of pulse-beats with furious In
tensity. Why was he looking At her 30
atrangelys
sally Ann. you've told me yourself"
he was saying II do want something
'awfully badly and I've just found out
what 1t is. Can't you guess, Sally Annf
It's you want. Oh. my dear"
Was this demure little Sally Ann
whom he had watched for so many
days as she fed her chickens or worked
at her little tasks around the house
this girl with the shining eyes and
flushed cheeks who was moving to-
ward him, her head slightly back. her
hands Idle at her sides, her eyes look
ing into his and telling him without
words all that he wanted to know?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
stonebenoe Familiar to Many.

So many American tourists have Wis
tied Stonehenge and SO many move
readers the world over have read
Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Uber
villes." that the name and appearance
OF Stonehenge is as widely known to
day as any other ancient monument OF
Britain. Its name Is Saxon for THE
Hanging Stones" and 1t stands some
six miles northwest from Salisbury
and about two from this quaint little
old-werld village of Amesbury. 1t
stands near the crown of a gentle
slope and its appearance, even at half
a miles distance, is strangely weird
and imposing.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

The Irishman suffers from con-
stitutional inability not to mix his
metaphors. 1t is delusion to suppose
that bulls" are enthusiastically
Irish form of wit. Perhaps the best
bull" Of all has been uttered BY q
Capuchin monk. who called upon bis
congregation to be specially thankful
that Providence should have placed
dealt, 1t the end Of life and not n IL
middle, 20 that We might have "a
poasab,s dine 70 propars fse kIe
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Ahput Pr.eleu, stene,.

An amethyst Is quartx crystal stain
ed With manganese. Opal 10 crystal
OF another variety. containing from
to ID per cent Of water. Diamonds
are carbon. and rubies are . kind Of
corundum-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
chIrese oeeora,s Roof Rldae.

The roof ridge OF Chinese house
Ia usually decorated with an elaborate
plaster ornament In the form OF a do
sign, embodyine the character 'fu.-
signifying happiness. To prevent the
ornament being damaged by birds the
owner Of the honse sticks numerous
ordinary sewing needles point outward
into the soft plaster
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
cIlnen,na Arnumen,.

The little girls were preparing TO
play house. snd had difficulty decid.
ing The question. "Who will he the
mainma7" Finally one said, IN tone
OF finality. But Mary Elizaberh. I've
got to be. Don't you know I'm sixes
than you arer
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Chamberlain Cough Remedy
the MnfheRa EaXnrifA

The soothing and healing properties
Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, it,
pleasant taste and prompt and effec-
tual cures have made it q favorite
with people everywhere. 1t is espec-
tally priced by mothers of young
children, as it always affords quiet
relief and it is free from opium and
other harmful drugs.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

"Can any boy tell me the three
foods required TO keep the body ID
healthr' There was . silence IN the
class I'LL one youth held up his hand
and replied: "Your breakfast. you1
dinner and ySur support"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

There are still some places where
people believe q felon on the nnger
II caused by having pointed the finger
at the moon. and that some headaches
are caused by having ones hair cut
whIle the moon Is in crescent-F. b.
Cheley IN "Stories for Talks to BoyA'
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Dreamy Philippine Gowns

Patient fingers of dreamy brown maids
fashioned the most exquisite intimate gar
away land of garden tropics and hand
craft the Occidental maiden still
family breathing of swayng palms and lotus flowers These
gowns combinations and camsoes made from the choc
est select material and workmanship unequaled.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
HawalI., Pin.appI. output

In the Hawaiian Islands the pineap-
pie Industry has. during the last few
years, experienced considerable devel-
opment. causing II TO rank second to
that Of sugar, At present there are
about 1000 acres planted with pine
apple1
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Al FnrnIture Of Metal

Wooden furniture will disappear en-
tfrely at no distant date. owing to the
perfected processes Of making steel
furniture and the scarcity Of suitable
timber.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Free Governments.

All free governments. whatever their
name. are In reality governments BY
public opinion and II II on the quail
ity Of this public opinion that their
prosperity depends.-I-owell.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
simple patience.

II ia not necessary for all men to
be great In action. The greatest and
subllmest power Is often ample pa.
tience.-Horace Bushnell.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Al ideala

Movie Actor-Gee. Queenie, tha
script II rotteni I've got to wear the
same clothes In two sets.-From Liza
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

The Immortal -Four Of Italy are
Dante. Petrarch, one Of the chief
names In italian literature; Aristo.
poet and author of -0riando Furoso."
and Tasso.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09

But.ervrapper. ct The index off,e.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-09
Handkerchiefs

Always appropriate for Christmas gifts.
We have them in great variety and various
prices according to quality.
Also house slippers for old and young
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
2!@!a11ds{ :: !. C c.! Is

him into my service Nix on killing
him Off
All right" echoed the lady. buck
ingham can live a little, longer."yss Il
Richelieu reluctantly agreed to- have
madame and d'Artagnan bumped of;
and gave Lady de Winter passports &c
England. -
~ **
Eut,. ha! There was a crack ir
Richelieu's conspiracy room, and be-
hind the, crack were the four com
rades. Athos took charge Of the sit.
uation, for he learned that Lady dc
Winter was none other than his wife
whom he thought he had killed. HI
confronted her, took her passports
away from her. and sent her to Eng
land without them.
To Lord de Winter they sent a mes
sage telling of the plot to murde,
Buckingham, and she was imprisoned
on her arrival in England She
escaped and succeeded in her plan t.
have Buckingham assaSsinated. Their
she returned to France. found Nine
Bonancieux in her hiding place. an6
killed the pretty seamstress with her
own hands.
The Musketeers tracked down the
slayer and held a private trial o
their own, They found Lady de Win
ter guilty, sentenced her to death, an6
called in an executioner to perform
the operation. He proved to be the
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kyA11nesgorda1,

know. Then, being invited by the
Musketeers, he lunged in. sword first,
and turned the tide. winning the at
fray.
by gravy, the kids all right, even
II he is dressed like a JAY" exclaim ed
the Musketeers. and they invited
d Artagnan to reside with them. They
lived with NJ. Bonancieux, whose
pretty madame was seamstress to the
queen. Richelieu wanted to get the
goods on the queen about Bucking-
ham, so he could make Anne Of Aus
tria walk in the Richelieu-b beaten
path. So he ordered the pretty Nine.
Bonancieux abducted, in order to put
her through the third degree. NJ Dom
ancieux rushed to report the kidnap-
ing to the Musketeers and to ask their
assistance.
His description of the man who did
the abducting tailed with the notes
in d'Artagnan's memory book about
the MAN of Meung." so d'Arty claim
ed him for his victim. He dashed out,
fought a nice but complete fight.
freed the madame, and declared his
undying love, all in days work.
The madame told him THANK you,'
but divorces were difficult and uncer-
tain things in Paris, so she departed
to help Buckingham disguise himself
as coughdrop in order to have a
date with the queen. The queen liked
Buckingham fine, but she sent him
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gave them some budwood to take to
California. They used this wood in
budding and grating few trees near
Riverside, and this was the beginning
of the great navel orange industry of
California.
There are now upward Of 10000
acres devoted to navel oranges alone,
and the crop is probably worth from
81 10000 to SEQ, 1000, 900 annually. On
another occasion Mr.. Saunders, in the
course of making some importations
from Japan. found a few unusual
looking little seedlings growing in
some soil in the greenhouse. He
nursed these little seedlings and they
turned out to be hardy orange. This
orange has since been brought in in
large numbers and is grown even as
far north as Washington. Its chief
interest and value. however, lie in the
fact that it has been used for the pur-
pose of securing cold resistance in our
better type of oranges by cross breed
ing.
IT was not until 1895 or 1896 that
real systematic effort began to be
put forth in the direction of develop
ing the field of plant introduction.
This was during the early part of the
tenure of office of the late Secretary
James Wilson. Secretary Wilson, from
the time he came into the department