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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
KAFRISTANS A WARLIKE RACE
Hereditary Foes Of Afghans, Their
Chief Form Of Diversion 10
In Murderous Forays,

Adjoining Afghanistan, and now un-
der the same government Is Kafristan,
n hilly country inhabited by primitive
but most interesting people. Like the
Afghans, they are warlIke and hos
pltable, but perhaps owing to the
abundance Of vines In the country. are
great wine bibhers. Hitherto they
have heen the hereditary enemies OF
the Afghans, and still the raids and
forays on peaceful Afghan villages are
regarded as the choicest form OF
sport.
The gatherings Of young warriors for
an attack on the Afghans are the oc-
caslon of all-nIght revels, and selec'
ton Is made of the most promising
volunteers, an exchange says. The
raid lasts about a fortnight, and on
its return the party kIndles bonfires
on Il hilltop to announce Its arrival.
On seeing the beacon the whole neigh
borhood focks to the spot, and who
ever has killed n Mussulman Is car
rled shoulder high to the village. where
dancing and festivities ere carried on
IN celebration of his feat. He who
can b ,ast Of no victim Is treated as
an outcast and his fellow villagers
give him food over their shoulders
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12

will be made 10 secure the cooperation
Of parents in fixing health habits" in
the children.
Following the discussion Of the sub
ject, Mrs. Karl Eaton, Of Springfield
Mo, representing The Parent Teach
ers Association" gave an interesting
and instructive talk about the work ol
the Anti tuberculosis Society. She
told about the organization in Missouri
schools, known as The Health Cru
saders."
For the benefit Of teachers not pres.
ent We wish to state that both Of the
above named societies furnish literature
lree OF charge, which will be excellent
material for your work in hygiene this
year.
Friday morning the teachers respon'
ded to roll call with verse Of scrip
ture and Francis McConkey read the
nineteenth Psalm. The morning was
principally taken up in organizing a
Community Teachers Association" !"
Mr.. Vernon James was elected cnair'
man, Mr.. Fred R. Moran vice chair
man and Mrs. John w. Bennett Sec
retary. Treasurer. Thru this orgsniza-
tiou the teachers oi Taney county ex-
pect to boost lol Legislation favorable
to the schools and teachers at the next
session Of the legislature.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
eol,lnu Steel In Oil.

Cincinnati Is one of six places In the
world where steel is strengthened by
being boiled In oil. At plant in Car
thage, a steel shaft Weighing 10000
pounds, the largest piece ever subject.
ed to the new method, went through
the process Of being strengthened. It
was "hollow bored tumbler shaft" for
use In dredging gold in California, cost
ing about $1,000, The great shaft was
first suspended In an upright furnace
until heated to just below the melting
point. A crane then picked 1t up and
dropped It Into a huge we'll Of oil,
where II boiled aud sputtered, throwing
out clouds Of oily mist
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Happiness In Gladness.

'Be gladl When you have said all
there Is to say about llfe's sorrow,
disappointment and pain, about the
selfshness and wrong that sweep over
the earth like shadows, about the
shortness Of Its days and the certainty
Of its nights, 1t still remains blessedly
true that the universe Is thrilling with
the song of gladness," says a helpful
writer.
"Be glad for the beauty OF the
springtime, the blue of the skies, the
music OF the birds and the glory OF
the sunsets. Listen to the laughter
Of the little children, answer to the
handclasp Of friendship, grow warn
In the lovelight of countless happy
homes and be sure that somewhere
over and above an Is n great Love thai
makes oil these things possible"
The secret Of happiness lies In you
own attitude toward life.--Orisor
SWEET Marden In Chicago Daily News
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
nnn,t Try 70 Remove EreekIes.

FreckIes can be removed, but, al
the journal of the American Medlca
association says, "the effect Is onl!
temporary at best, and usually no
worth the irritation and effort that !
costs"
The method is TO apply solutions o
mercuric chloride in a strength Of frOr
0.5 to / per cent, strictly under med
cal supervision, for If one tries to d
It oneself she Is likely TO make u mast
mess Of her face. These solutions prt
duce an inflammation Of tile skin whic
ends In the outer skin peeling Of
bringing the freckles with 1t.
The Journal Of the American Med
cal association says that the prescril
ton written by Hebra, and recon
mended particularly for the remov'
of frsckles, will not do The trick.
wise women let their fr0ckl'
alone.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Teachers Meet

A Teachers Plan Meeting was
held in the high school building at
Forsyth August 4th and 5th.
The meeting was opened at one
o'clock Thursday afternoon, with a
song service.
Discussion Of the work In agriculture
for lo202l, as outlined BY the State
Course Of Study followed. This years
work is the study oi soils and the Super
intendent and teachers are anxious
that II should be made a profitable
years work for the boys and girls ol
Tapey. Later in the year a study ol
THE Home" in its relation to the
child, the school and the community
will be taken up.
Special emphasis Will be placed on
the study Of hygiene this year. The
schools are coming to realize the i'm
portance Of this branch oil study. Tha'
fi,e child's mental progress is measur
ed By the soundness bis physical bodl
. sell recognized, hsnes special sfor
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
SLIPS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS
Humorous to Record, but oetract Lit
tie From the Stories az
They Are Read.

The British minister Of education
points out some mistakes that he has
come across In books. One of them
runs through "Ivanhoe," where the
Normans and Saxons are represented
as two distinct races. The fact Is that
at the time with which the story deals
marriage between the two races had
gone so far that Norman could hardly
he told from Saxon; but Sir Wnlter
Scott did not realize this until the story
was set up In type, and so the famous
novel appears with this blunder right
through II. Another mistake was made
by Mrs. Humphry Ward. who In one
of her books made two people take
chairs In Kenslngton gardens In the
first week In October, though all chairs
are removed from the gardens on Sep
;embcr 30. Charles Kingsley makes
'John "BrumblecOme' reclte n prayer
from the prayer book long before the
time the prayer was put In; the poet
Pope makes n weasel eat corn, which q
weasel never does: and likewise In
"Don Quixote" the merry Cervantes
makes one of his parties nt a tavern
eat two suppers In one night The life
of novelist Is full Of trouble, but such
little things do not seem to matter
greatly. We would rather have the
stories with all their mistakes than
have the dull fncts without the stories,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Most Remarkable Cave,

Howes cave situated 30 miles from
Albany, N. Y, probably the most re.
markable cavern known, was dlscoy-
cred by Lester Howe for whom 1t was
named, In 1872. Howe penetrated 10
distance of II to IL miles, but vlsi-
tors do not generally 20 farther than
four miles. The cavern was also call.
ed the Ostgaragee cave, and Is cOnsid-
cred one of the wonders Of the con-
tlnent.
The entrance to the cave Is about
50 feet above the valley, and the rock
chambers known as the Reception
room, Washington hall, the Bridal
chamber. and the chapel, are success
slvely reached. Then the Harlequin
tunnel IS traversed, and the visitor
passes through Cataract hail, Ghost
room and Music hail.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Good for Every Day Use.

Get up right In the morning. Go
to bed right at night. Start with JOY
in your heart, hope In the future, kind
ness In your purpose. II II Is a dark
day, never mind; you will brighten 1t
up. If 1t is a bright day, you will add
to the brightness. Give a word of
cheer, kindly greeting and warm
handshake to your friends, says a
writer In Leslie's.
If you have enemies, look up, pass
them by, forget and try to forgive.
If all of us would only think how
much of human happiness Is made
by ourselves. there would be less Of
human misery.
II all of us would bear in mind that
happiness IS from within and rot from
without, there would be a well-spring
OF Joy In every heart and the SUI
would shine forever.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
May easkets.

Hanging May baskets seems to be a
purely American custom, which prob
ably was fostered In New England.
At least. among all the varied nhs-
times with which the day has been
associated, there Is no mention of May
baskets in the old histories of the day
In New England, particularly, the
May basket Is exceedingly popular
especially In the rural sections. In
the country. girl hangs May basket
on the door Of the house In which
her beau lives. Then she rings the
bell and runs. II he catches her be
fore she reaches home, he Is entitled
TO q kiss.
In the cities, The young folks are
usually content to send their offerings
through the mail or By q messenger
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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
ETHER FIRST USED IN BOSTON
In 1s44 Horace Wells Dentist, Made
a Successful Experiment on
Himself

In 1914, Horace Wells, dentist, Hart
ford, Conn, attended lecture by Col
ton on nitrous oxld gas. In lllustrat-
Ing the lecture gas was administered
TO one CT the audience, who became
unconscious. This led Wells to be-
lleve that 1t might be employed 10 rem.
der painless the extraction Of teeth.
He tried II on himself and found that
It was so.
During the same year William Nor
ton, O Boston dentist, heard that sui
furic ether could he Inhaled In small
quantities to produce uncOnsclOusness.
Accordingly, he experimental. He was
Insenslble for eight minutes. On re-
covering he concluded that ether might
be employed successfully in surgical
work. On October 1G, 1916, Morton ad-
minstered ether to n patient In the
Massachusetts general hospital In
Boston.
II was in November, 1S47, that Slmp-
son. famous Scottish scientist of Edin-
burgh, resolved to try personally the
inhalation of chlorot0rm. Sitting with
his friends, Duncan and Keith, around
dinner table, he proposed that they
lnhale chloroform. Each consented to
the test. First, their minds were liven-
ed; then they fell into deep stupor.
Simpson, recovering first, found Dun
can snoring on the floor, and Keith,
halt-sensible, struggling to regain the
chair from which he had fallen.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
rnld OF The Famous.

In his book, "The End OF the Chap-
ter" Mr.. Shaw Leslie tells the follow
ing story:
my grandfather witnessed an effec-
tive piece Of play In the house Of com.
mons during duel between Dlsraeli
and Gladstone. During a heated flight
Of oratory Gladstone upset some pens
on the table between them. Disraeli
rose. and, after calling attention to
the fact, slowly replaced them one by
one. The effect of Gladstone's speech
was lost by the time Disraeli had fn'
ished."
Speaking Of Dickens and Thackeray'
Mr.. Leslie says:
MY grandmother recalled the ludl'
crous Incident which brought them to
gether. As they both left the Athe'
naeum, unknown to each other they
seized the same hat. The effect wa'
ludicrous enough to appeal even e
professional humorlsts, and they shoo'
hands"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
LAST WORD IN DICTIONARY
Possibly Few Know What II Is, and
Really II 10 Not Of Great
Importance.

Do you know the last word in the
dictionary
II begins with the last three letters
In the alphabet, placed In their re-
verse order, and II means an Indian
llbellulId dragon fly having a large
head, narrow face and very large
eyes," The word Is "zyxomma." This
is in the New Standard dictionary.
Webster's New international stops
one short Jf this, listing It's final word
as "zythum," explained as being "a
kind of ancient malt beverage" which
the Standard calls Il very excellent
beer that Diodorua, though wholly un-
accustomed to 1t, affirmed to have been
scarcely inferior to the juice Of the
grape"
Together. then, the two dictionaries,
with beer and a dragon fly, make fair
ly unImportant endlngs.
Reading up the column from "zyx'
omma," one must traverse strange ter
rltOry for n distance Of 62 words be-
for one reaches "Iulder Zee" the first
OR rather the last fairly widely
known term IN the dictionary. Be-
tween this Dutch sen and the llbellu.
lid fly Is n scmi.desert country, stud.
ded numerously with such thorny OBJ
structIOns as "Zygacnidae," "Zgncma-
ceae" and "zyhOmnillare."
No wonder you were unacquanted
with the last word in your dictionary.
You are excused. Kansas City Star.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Hummlna Birds Nest.

Burroughs, in his charming little
book. "Wake Robin" says 1t Is an
event IN ones life to find humming
birds nest. The event happened to
me without any effort on my part.
Looking up from a seat in the gro' !
I saw the ruby.throat drop down Sd
its nest, like a shining emerald ffwp
the clouds: It did not pause upon the
edge OF the nest, but dropped lmme-
diately upon It. The nest was situ-
ated upon an cak twig, and was
about the size Of bIack.walnut and
from where sat It looked more like
an excrescence than nest. II was sit
uated IN the fork OF two twigs. and
firmly glued at the base to the lower,
but was not fastened to the upper
twig.--Mary Treat in Home Studies
In Nature"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
HUNTING THE SPERM WHALE
One Taken on West Coast OF Scotland
Realized Five Thousand Dollars
for lts captors.

A graphic account Of the hunting
and killing Of sperm whale Is told
by one who took part in IT, Starting
from the west coast of Scotland the
whaler made for Rockall, q lonely
granite pinnacle that juts out Of the
Atlantic about two hundred miles west
Of the Outer lIebrIdes. Why the
whales go there Is mystery, but In
early summer schools Of them may be
found in the neighborhood. The look
out soon spies 'blow," that Is the
fountain elected by the whale as 1t
comes to the surface TO breathe. Away
goes the whaler In pursuit. After
some tense maneuvering the whaler
gets into suitable position, the skipper
takes aim, fires his harpoon gun and
a harpOOn is embedded in the mon
ster's body. The whale disappears
taking yards OF hemp line with him.
Presently he rises to blow again, and
Immediately n second harpoon is fired
at him and he goes down with yards
of cable rattllng overheard. About
fifty minutes later he fonts on the
surface of the water, quite dead,
Immediately the sailors fall upon
him. Air is pumped into the carcass
to make 1t buoyant, his fukes are
trimmed off, so that he will float In
tow, and the whaler makes for Scot.
land again, with host Of screaming
birds in her rear, This particular
whale realized five thousand dollars.
1t was a full-grown sperm, about sixty
foet long.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
MAKES THE SAPPHIRE BLUSH
Nadlum Treatment Turns the Cheaper
Stones to RubIes Which Gem
msnd the Highest Prlees.

Modern science has not brought us
very much nearer the M ;ic stone OF
the old philosophers, but II has enabled
later experts to play some surprising
tricks with the existing materials OF
the jeweler and lepidary, The old
alchemlsts set out to discover the phi.
losopher's stone, and achieved gunpow-
der and other adtuncts to civilization
as the accidental by-product Of their
original Inquiry. Their lesa credulous
descendants reverse tho process; the
invention is made first and its apnlica-
ton to magic is discovered afterward.
The existence OF the electric furnace
makes II possible to create diamonds
that are the veritable stone, and to
fuse clippings and fragments Of ruby
into one complete Jewel. Now arrives
a report that with the aid Of radium
successful transformations have been
made In the appearance, IL not in the
nature, Of certain precious stones. A
sapphire, II is said, has been turned
into n glorious ruby by long exposure
to the effect Of radium. Chemically
considered, this is not very surprising
for the two stones are both examples
OF corundum, and the mysterious acci'
dent OF color is the principal difference
between them. If sapphire can be
made to blush hard enough for Its
mistake in not being ruby, pre-
sumably It could blush Itself into q
most accomplished example Of the
more valuable stone.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
LEARN THE DANGER SIGNAL
Nature Always Givea Warning to Those
"5eIow Par" and II Should
Be Recognized.

Influenza, colds and other scourges
due to germs pass by those who are at
''par" and find their victims in those
"below par" That expression, used
medically, means that your power Of
resistance is lowered, the red corpus
cles in your blood decrease and your
spirits an important factor - are
down." says n writer In London An
swerS.
A physician has pointed out that
most of us can quite easily tell when
we are below par, and then II Is mp TO
us to "tOnlc" ourselves over the period
Of depression until the normal health
returns.
A smoker below par either does not
smoke or his tobacco gives him but n
small proportion OF his usual enjoy
ment.
A brain worker below par Is con-
scious that, for some reason or other,
he has to oyerconcentrate himself on
his work.
Other people get ragged in temper
and with no apparent cause. The
cause, Of course, is because they are
below pnr.
A manual worker finds that his tools
"jih" most unaccOuntably. Others are
"Ofr their feed" and neither the con-
temptation Of n meal nor the eating OF
It gives them any pleasure.
Some find that noises usually unno-
ticcd annoy and torture. Others, again,
60 sleepy and some get touch of in
sOmna. There Is no below par
symptom applicable to everybody, and
II Is therefore necessary and very wise
to find out--as one can do by Observa-
tion--our own particular danger signal,
and nct accordingly--0nd In time
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
USE FRUIT TO MAKE JARS
F.! Common Household Utensils Con.
strueted Ct Peculiar Ware In
Central Province Of india.

There is e peculiar ware that is
made by the Banjaras In the central
provinces of India from the fruit Of
The aouln. The fruit is collected and
dried. II is then boiled in water un-
tile quite soft and pounded, the stones
removed and the pulp beaten up and
worked with the hands into thick,
brown, sticky mass. When this Is
quite ready the manufacturer takes an
carthcn vessel--any shape that pieases
hlm--and covers II all over with n
thick layer or coat Of the pulp. This
Is then put aside to set bit, and
when hard rude devices are stamped
round the neck and shoulders OF the
Particle, which is then set aside 10 dry.
When entirely hard, the gharra inside
is broken and the pieces removed.
These vegetable pots are sold accord
ing to size from four to eight annas
each.
The aOula tree Is abundant through.
out the forests of tropical India and
Burma, and the fruits are frequently
employed In medicine and for tanning.
Another material used for making
Jars Is the root of the great asphodel
The ncshy root of this plant, hy dry
ing In a sand oven and grinding. Is
prepared into a -four which, when
mixed with hot water, yields most
tenacious vegetable glue with which
the Pcrsans make great vessels for
holding oil and clarifying butter. The
native cObblers employ It In prefer
ence TO animal glue in their work.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Polishing Mirrors.

In cleaning mirrors and pictdf
great care must he taken that no "
ter seep under the glass. Water W
ruin the back Of d mirror and bllst
the picture,
Perhaps the safest way TO poll
and clean these glasses is to use
damp chamois skin. Wiring the CT
mois as dry MS possible out Of wal
water, rub the glass until perfec'
clean and dip the chamols into Gle
water and again wiring dry. Rub I
glass the second time and polish W
paper If necessary, but It won't
This way Of cleaning mirrors and I
lures does not endanger the frame
any way and Is very satisfactory.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Beetle Cultlvator,

Ants are not the only insects that
practice the cultivation OF mushrooms,
although for q long time It was thought
that they were the only creatures Of
a lower order than man that possessed
the intelligence to follow such an agrl.
cultural pursuit. Bouverle, the ento-
mologist, had found that certain
wood-boring beetle, known as the bos'
trychide, is as familiar with mushroom
cultivation as is the species Of ant Of
which so much has been written. Pro.
fessor Bouverie discovered that the
beetles In question bore holes In wood
and half fill them with prepared
fungus which makes an ideal mush-
room bed. The garden Is carefully
spawned and In course of time the
mushrooms appear. In this way the
beetle provides itself with food suf'
ficiently tender for It's feeble Jaws.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
In constantinopIe Streets.

Procession of all kinds are to be
found In the streets Of Stamboul, ana
with no traffic regulations 1t Is diili'
cult to make much hcadway. In "The
Daily Pageant OF Stamboul" In the
Travel Magazine, Miss Lucy Garnett
finds herself in mixed society. IN
company with a large drove of tur-
KEYS, we take our way along the broad
straight street, lined on either hand
with shops. Presently the turkeys get
into difficulties with file of hamals
bearing on their Atlas-like shoulders
piles of bedding and curlously dec
Grated chests and Golfers. These bales
and chests constitute the wedding
trousseau and 'plenIshing OF a TURK
lsh bride" The turkeys are soon re-
marshaled to be dispersed many times
before they are finally landed safely
near the great mosque where they are
to be sold In celebration OF a Moslem
festival.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Shall We Discard Hyphens7

In the struggle for the conservation
Of energy and material we are urged
TO cut out the hyphcns from our books
and writings, says the Chicago Jour
nal. Their use causes us to waste an
enormous amount Of time, Ink md
physical force. Some nations build
up compound words without any hy-
nhen to break them, hut the English
find one necessary for simple word
of FIVE letters, like to-day" 1t may
he roughly estimated that each OF the
1000 100000 people who write Eng
lish write to-day" tomorrow" or
rtonight" three times a day. Half an
ounce Of force is required to make
n hyphen with a pen or n pencil, SO
this superhuous symbol entails to-
tai waste Of is,5OO0C0 pounds daily, or
enough to draw passenger train
round the world.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Puzzle for AreheoIoplsts.

Archeologlsts are puzzled by the pre-
historic carving Of a lion near Vera
Cruz. Efforts have been made to trace
the origin Of this little known relic Of
prehistoric America, but have thus
far proved futile. The similarity to
the African lion rather than the noun.
tain lion Of this hemisphere has added
to the mystery.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
ingenious Way to Save Gas,

A woman's invention to save gas
the gas range makes the weight Of /
or kettle on the burner throw oper
valve which allows the gas to b.
full force, while with the removal
that weight the valve closes to a pc
where It cits Off all the gas exc
an amount barely sufficient to SUPP
q pilot light,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-08-12
Preferred a Sure Thlnu.

Ethel--when It comes to love, ]
wouldn't give a thought I'd how much
a man Is making.
May--Nelther would ], dear. What
would interest me more would be how
much he had already made. There's
90 uas .akipg ehances,--Strsy Stories,