The broad ax., 1920-05-01
81 ldina charactsr.

81 ldino charastsr.
It's folly 10 build with neutral ~
esriais. Character demands toueh
With God and co-operation with ons's
Fellows. There may be some with o.
slre TO be considered clever who dare
% sssume positions that throw then
into the Iimelight and the ridiculoua
They may couture up eute-soundlng
pnrases trimmed to capture itching
ears without giving a thought TO what
rekl meaning they may convey. Tt's
dangerous TO vent wholesale disaster
upon those OF other faiths II men
BE given 10 folly It's your part to lead
GAem to the truth-Grit.
Diligence.
Our word. diligence, Is from the L.
tip, ~dillgencia." It means the quality
OF being diligent; interested and per-
severing application; devoted ana
painstaking effort to accomplish what
is undertaken; asslduous industry:
careful attention. Industry has ths
wider sense OF the two words. Imply.
ing an habitual devotion to labor for
some valuable end, as knowledge or
property: Diligence denotes earnest
application to some specific object or
pursuit which more or less directly
has strong hole on ones interest or
feelings.
Chinese in Java.
The standard Of living Is probably
higher in Java than any other Chinese
community in the world. The houses
are clean and well furnished, the peO-
pie dress in European clothing, and
every one has a great deal TO say
about dirt and sanitation. There are
Chinese families in Java which have
been there for FIVE centuries, but the
great majority of the 10000 who live
on the island have come there or
are descended from those who came
there in the last fifty years
eno~storms Form In Warm Climates.
Potentially snow storms form In |
general region Of warmth, strange az
1t may seem. The area Of low barO-
metric pressure, or storm sea, comes
whirling eastward across the Gulf |
states and then generally takes q
twist northward along the Atlantic |
seaboard. When sufficiently far north |
these warm air currents are chilled |
and the moisture becomes snow, very
often being borne to the earth By the |
back draft Of east wind
Character Revelation.
Not merely speeches prepared, ora
lions delivered. sermons preached, but
what a man says and how he says Il 10
his neIghbors friend, to his aequaint
ance or customer. to bis father or
mother, his wife or child across the
breakfast table; this Is what counts.
for II reveals him or his guard and
taken unawares, not as he would wish
20 be. not even as he would wish to BE-
thought to be, but as he actually Il
and 1t marks him with an indelIbla
mark.-Exchange.
The Peanut.
The peanut In a member Of the pea
family and the nut" is more accurate
IL described as a pod. Il Is grown
from seed In many tropical and sub
tropical lands, a long warm season be-
ing necessary for its maturity. II
flowers above ground. then the stem
bends downwarLs. the young pod en-
ters the soil and there natures. No
roots are ever attached TO the nut; the
nbers. mistaken for them. are from
the stem
Indians and Japanese.
Professor Mena, Mexican scientist,
went to Tehuacan In 1903 to mvesd-
gate story that IN sIlan towns near
by Chinese talked in thei- own tongue
to the Indians and Were perfectly un-
derstoOd. He found the legend false
japanese scholars visiting the Mexi-
can museum have been surprised to
hnd articles used by the Indians ex-
actIy the same as those used by jap
lJIsse peasants.
Peculiar H~rUn Fish"
: In the Indian orean is a curiosity
,aIled the sdrum FISH," which the isl
md fishermen Of the Seychelles. Ami
-antes, etc, often take with hand lines
md which is highly esteemed as an
lrticle Of food; II has earned its name
rom its habit Of making booming
noise when pursuing or pursued; In
sEze and taste It is not unlike the
>0d-
Remarkable Meteor.
Numerous observations Of the bril-
liant meteor seen in the early eve
ling Of October q. 1919. show that
[ had the long horizontal fight Of
I85 miles from over a point Of twen-
y miles northeast Of York. England,
o thirty miles southwest Of St
Valery, France, according to the Sci
sntiRc American. It travelled at q
need o. about thIrty-three miles q
,econd and its average altitude was
,eTenty-four miles Il
Forged cameOG n
Hundreds OF treasured eameos and
IntagIIos, for which large sums have