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and gall. where hand in hand the dread
specters of hunger and disease stalk the
and: where men, women and children
lie by thousands-where to die is often
nore welcome than to live. Instead of
.ast areas of agricultural land. where
prosperous, contented farmers harvest
he golden grain. tk~re are unlimited
,cres of desolation, where the peasants
,overtly conceal what few food supplies
will keep their families alive. with quite
he same instinct as dog conceals "A
one.
Instead of happy. contented homes,
here are thousands OF families broken
'p. never to be reunited. Fathers have
)een executed, mothers have been put
n compulsory la Dor. children have been
,laced in barracks. houses have been
Communicated Instead of busy facSo-
les producing boots, clothing or other
ssentials. everything is chaos and the
population wears old army clothes and
!rifts about as purposeless as the dead
caves before the autumn winds. Trans
'ortation and communication are al
most dead. The pres; is paralyzed. all
Iews is disseminated by order of the
'overnment. Every one is forced to
tbor for the state.
This is only a beginning" says Le-
in. This riotous orgy of devasta tion is
only a beginning, Just think that
dis diabolical post-impressionist pesti-
nee. "bolshev vism," was caused by Le-
IN Some will say that it cannot he as
sG as all that. but | know. because |
as there and saw il.
And what is going to be the outcome
/ all this" you ask. Every one asks
lie same question. In my first article
said. He is an audacious individual
ho would confidently predict the flu
IRE of Russia II is country of such
tartling incongruites and each sue
reding month I spent in Russia lessen
Il my confidence to correctly analyze
ne situation. If | attempt it at all ii is
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went to an American woman named
Mrs. Scott
MRS. Scott? Oh. boy-eee" enthus-
iastically yodled Paul y
Paul" exclaimed the maternal
countess. What do you Know OF
this Mrs. Scott?''
Nothing much-only she and her
sister. Miss Bettina Percival, are the
best-looking poulets in or around
gay Paree."
my SON." from the shocked count
ess.
They say she begged in the streets
of New York year ago, or rode
bareback horse in a circus. But she
reputed to have more money than a
poodle has feas. And easy on the
eyes-you tell-er-phone. I'm in the
hands of a receiver"
"A circus jumper: Paul. do remem :
Der your vocabulary. The cure Is
present"
But the cure had not been listen
| ing These Americans would they
not be Protestants? No more would
| he baptize children at Lougueval. HIS
poor( who looked to the bounty OF the
castle-what would become OF them
| His old heart was heavy.
| The next evening the abbe and his
| godson. Jean Reynaud. lieutenant
| in the artillery, were sitting down TO
up to the door. and two young WON
en- in travelling costumes descended
upon them.
| "Howdy do, please sir, my names
I Scott-Mrs. Scott. just bought this
/ castle. and l wanted to give the priest
| "A chance to gaze on his new parish
toner's"
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While the poor old man was try
ing to get it into his head that after
all the new owners were not going
to turn him away from his beloved
poor, Miss Percival spied the supper
and invited herself to eat. Jean.
being young and impressionable, was
holding forth in the shadows, trying
to decide which of the two sisters
was the prettier.
AS they ate Mrs Scott explained to
the cure that her father had owned
silver mine. over which there was a
lawsuit, and it was only when she
money to fight the suit. that she
cleared the title. Hence the story that
she had begged in New York.
To pay Mr.. Scott for lending her
money she had invited him to marry
her. silver mine and all. and he had
accepted. The circus rider story was
idle gossip. And with their great
wealth they wanted to do good. The
cure should have buckets of kale to
distribute-there must be no poor at
LonSueval.
While the old able pinched himself
and tried to listen, they slipped him a
p. G. tmeaning parting gift) of two
thousand francs for his poor. and with
faint rustic of red hair they were
gone.
! Jean. back among his barking artil-
lery once more, was tormented by a
( sweet face. Bettina. back among the
dukes and princes who sought her sill
yer mine and hand. yearned for the
| country quiet again. Soon Tongue
val saw again the Americans Count
Paul, hearing that his old school,
! chum. Jean. was daily visitor, ex-
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claimed. rapturouSly:
Jean. I'm just what that rich. red :
head squads looking for. Lead me
after, boy. I'll show the girl a good
time. I've just been waiting for Il
queen who's too proud to see her
husband work"
Too proud to see her husband
work" The phrase lodged in jeans
Adams apple. Even when he fell
somersaults in love with Bettina. and
she with him. he refused to speak be-
cause he didn't want to- be an ar
pendage to a rich woman. Miss Per
cival's husband, Give up his army
career? Not Jean. He started to
, leave Paris. He came to bid his god
father, the cure, farewell.
Bettina had had her own way too
long to be squeamish over details
She arrived at the curate while Jean
turned to the Able Constantin
Monsieur lie cure, / have a confes.
sion to make to you. I'm in love
ooh. up to my eyebrows. And the
| man / love. loves me. But he thinks
because I've got money that I'll try
to make little lap-hound out of him
All L want. is to be his little side
kick. to follow him in his career
Now. make Jean confess-Jean. do
you love me?"
Yes" he replied.
Then marry her, my son." smile d
the little priest.
| able poor of Longueval turned out to
witness the wedding of the rich Miss
Percival who had turned down
princes and mobiles to marry the peas
ant born Jean. godson of the Able
COnstantin.
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They Jumped Every Minute.

THE fall in the price OF sugar ,et;
L Kingdom Gould to say at dfnner
party:
Thank goodness we're getting back
to normalcy. Wasn't il terrible the
way prices kept jumping up aad up
last year?
They used to tell a story last==resr
about golfer who went into es5th
avenue shirt shop and chose a Aalf-
dozen silk golf shirt patterns. the
price to be $50.
THE poor golfer was led into
dressing room and measured carefully
for his shirts. Afterward the sales
man helped him on with his coat and
vest. ushered him to the door and
said with a genial smile:
Thank you, sir. And the ehirts
will be ready Monday a week. with
out fail. price $210. net
But faltered the golfer-'but you
said $3.50 before
"'Ah,' said the salesman with n
smile. but that was ten minutes
ago."
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The Game of Ouoits.

THE game OF quoits was probably
played in the streets of James
town. St Marys City. Tort Tobacco.
Dumfr;es and Piscataway. ancient
towns in tidewater Virginia and
Maryland. by the early citizens OF
those places. 1t was no doubt played
in the stable YARD or the barnyard
of southern and eastern homes more
than century before Americans be-
gan TO think of Declaration of In
dependence. White men in buckskin
clothes and coonskin caps. and In
dians. almost naked. looked on as the
players tossed the horseshoes and
did or did not ring" the hob"
Quoits came to the American colo
nies with the first of the hardy pio-
neers from the ruol regions of Eng
land, and especially those who came
from the borderiand of England and
Scotland Be- the days sf gun
powder quoits was so popular in
England that the subjects of kings
began to neglect the practice of arch
cry. and King Edward III and King
Richard II prohibited the playing o.
quoits that men and youths shouh
put in more time on archery. A sour
tongued and bitter-penned old re-
former named Ascham wrote a book
/, in 154,. and among other things set
down in his musJy pages is that
Quoitus be too vile for scholars
He probably meant that IL was a
game 10 be played only by common
people.
There have been international
matches between quoiters. and in the
Sos wide publicity was given in the
newspapers TO QUOT match between
Billy Hodson, the champion of all
England. and Jimmy McLaren, the
champion of the United States. Nc
I4aren was a resident of Newark
y. J.. and was a Scotchman by birth.
which. of course. means that he was
a Scotchman at the moment of his
death. Jimmy McLaren represented
the Stars and Stripes. The gentlemen
played themselves to a tie, and con-
Guided. that neither was The better
There are writers on the game of
auoits and advocates of the game
who are not writers. who insist that
this game is descended from ancient
discus 1hrewing, and the enthusiastic
quoitefs Who believe that their game
had this classic origin will tell you
that tie statue Of the Discus Throw
err. sbXs Myron. copies and pictures of
which you have seen, really repre-
sents a Greek youth playing at quoits
when that game was young. and
when 1t represented strength in hurl
ing rather than skill in putting.
Evening star., 1921-04-24
Fashions in Flowers.

THERE are fashions in many
things besides clothes. One finds
fashions in words and phrases. fash
ions in conversation. compliments
and epithets, fashions in walking. in
architecture. in furniture. in medi
cine and in a great number Of
things.
There are fashions in flowers and
now there is a revival of the Older
fashions in flowers. New houses are
built in the style of houses of zoo
and 800 years ago. and older styles
than those. Furniture is made in
the patterns of chairs and tables
and sofas of the long ago. And
more men and women are talking
today of grandmas favorite flower
and grandma's flower garden than
have touched in such themes for
many years.
The world is being frightened by
flowers that were held in high es-
TEEN century or centuries ago. but
which lost cast. or lost vogue with
garden makers and florists. and .suf-
fered a long period of neglect@=But
they are coming back. You herr OF
and see such oldfashioned thinEF as
bachelors buttons, fuchsias. geERni-
ums phlox, sweet williams. pa6Sies.
hollyhocks. honeysuckle, syringa.
lilacs. 'pinks. snowballs. bridal wreath.
sweet shrubs, verhena. helioffope.
ageratum or painters brush, mari
gold and calendula. daffodils. lark
spur and mignonette.
These are some of the olden How
ers that are coming back in pa.blic
favor. They have kept themEasves
alive for generations by bloomfHE in
the back yards and even the 7font
yards of unpretentious people,@nd
they have led a more or less Hlm-
drum life in the gardens of hA1se>
that set far back in the country-Bui
they are coming now into the8os-
siest Of gardens in the citiesnd
are lending their beautiful bloatA {"
those big-style country homes wfich
are called villas" and estates.
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THE czar is dead! Long live
the czarf

TINE czar is dead! Long live
Nicholas Romanoff no longer
lives. but Nikolas Lenin
feigns in his stead, and spares no
effort to tyrannize the lives of Rus
sia's millions.
Lenin is the prime minister OF
the Russian Socialist Federated So
Wet Republic. Upon the shoulders
of this modern Atlas rests the weight
of Russian statesmanship. He is the
guardian of the government of
"workmen and peasants" He it is
who sees that the poor, down-trod-
den proletariat gets what is good
for them He also sees that his own
dreams are cndisturbed by the trou-
bles OF .he Russian people. Lenin
is the czar of all cZars.
Lenin is an ariStoCrat by birth
and an autocrat by inclination. He
has a university education and is re-
markably clever. He always made a
hobby of the revolutionary move
ment. and even in his student days
got into trouble for his activities in
a secret revolutionary society. Even
tually he-was exiled from Russia and
later headed the party which advo-
Gated social improvement by violence
land.
Soon after the revolution in 1917
the German government acted al the
psychological moment and arranged
for the return of Lcnin and his able
lieutenant, TrotSky. into Russia. This
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ton and treachery attained. 1t was
sublime.
= !: x
THE officers sold the clothing and
rations while the men died by
thousands from cold and starvation.
In the hope of better treatment
(worse could not be thought possible) }
they deserted to the red army by
whole units.
We started east at noon on No
vember 13. After many long halts,
we arrived at Barabinsk and stopped
to consider things. The locomotive
department was working very slug
gishiy and an inspection of the re-
pair shops revealed bolshevism
spreading rapidly.
Kolchak in his staff train was per-
mitted to proceed but it was week
before we received the semaphore to
go east on the westbound track,
where traffic was much more con-
gested.
For several days we averaged only
ten yersts, and some days we did not
travel at all. And finally, we. aban-
doned the train.
1t was almost dark and the sleighs
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goes of all imaginable merchandise
for transshipment to the railway.
The scenes in the railway yards
were indescribable. Thousands of
refugees with their scanty posses
sions were huddled together in small
freight cars. where many of them
must perish of cold. starvation and
disease.
Gradually the various allied mis-
sions withdrew from Omsk, with the
exception of remnant of the British
railway mission, to which l belonged.
detailed to assist in the evacuation
of the city
Kolchak announced that he would
remain and defend the city till the
last. His generals refused his or
ders. the stampede commenced and
Kolchak and his staff went out in the
night.
Soon the retreating white" army
commenced to come through in dis
organized units. They were beaten
by their own Indifference and the
momentum Of their retreat was work
ing up into a rout- Suddenly every
thing went to pieces and the con-
fusion was appalling-the very last
! word in chaos. The Romanof regime
was outdone a thousand ways in the
classic heights that bribery, corrup-
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The Able Constantin
BY LUDOVIZ HALEVY.
HHE dear old Able Constantin
trotted aimlessly down the
hicr road that u.onnd hafora

TIME dear old Able Constantin
trotted aimlessly down the
big road that wound before
the castle of Longueyal. He
stopped when he reached the gates.
and read the posters fixed on the
pillars, announcing the sale of the
Longuevel domain. The old estate.
which. for centuries. had remained in
tact. was to be divided.
The abbe heayed a sigh. How could
a new mistress hope to grace these
halls as the late marquis had done?
The abbe had been cure of Tongue
val for thirty years. He felt like a
sick kitten trying TO read "Welcome
on the mat when the door had been
slammed in its face.
1t was the day of the sale The
abbe started to the nearby town,
Souyigny, To find about the forthcom-
ing sale. He met the Countess de
Lavardens and her son Paul.
Stick about. NJ. le Cure" invited
Count Paul. who knew the ropes OF
Paris. M. de Larnac is coming to
tell US about it now. All. sherc he
comes. Well. did the mater get in
on the auction"
Not chance said the new ar
rival. The whole shooting match
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The Best of All.

HOMER RoDEHEAvER. the sing
L ing evangelist, prefaced . song
service to Troy workingmen with this
exhortstion:
81 belong to the best trade union In
the world, men-the one that has
gtven you snfty-two holidays . yoaR
wh1SdDnV you jsta tty' :. =.
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A TYPICAL RUSSIAN WORKER.
HE IS A MINER, AND HIS FOLLOW
ING OF THE SOVIET PRINCIPLE:
HAS VIRTUALLY CAUSED A CESSA-
TION IN THE PRODUCTION OF
COAL IN RUSSIA.
because l feel that I am as liable to be
correct as many who have studied the
problem less.
In the first place. 1 maintain that the
Russian population is not Yet fitted for
modern democratic self-government. /
speak of the 10000. 900 peasants who
comprise vastly the ma jority of the popu-
lation and of whom about 100. 200, 600 are
iIliterate. 1t will be long time before
these people can thin1 in terms of gov
ernment. They are individually inef-
fectual and collectively incapable of CO.
ordinated effort. The population of
Russia is as limitless human quag-
mire incapable of sustaining the solid
structure of autonomy. The old imperial
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Months the Bolhevs Graphically
"A Land the Shadow German
Ruled by Ruthless Autocrat-Ater Three and Half Years
COLLEAGUES Are Still Their Will by Vionc-The Present
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NICHOLAS LENIN. THE AUTO
CRATIC DREAMER, WHO HOLDS
THAT THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE MUST
BE RULED WITH A STRONG HAND.
HE IS LIVING Up TO THIS BELIEF.
stroke of the Germans was effective
in achieving the bolsheyist coup
d'etat in November. which later led
TO the treaty of Brest-Litovsk Lenin
Trotsky and their co-adventurers had
now a clear field upon which to
impose their theories and to conduct
their social experiments.
X
FIRST of all. Lenin was a dreamer.
He lived abroad for years and
fabricated nebulous theories as to the
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HERE Is A CASE
FOR THE SCIENTISTS

Fifteen years ago the body of Mrs
Martin Elliott was buried in Riverside
cemetery Tuesday morning the body
was exhufned and found To be petrified
At the bottom OF the grave gushed a
vein OF water the size of a mans wrist
and the grave was half full OF water
few minutes after the body was re-
moved.
The men In charge Of the work dug
down to a depth OF about five feet.
when the soft earth caved in. They re
moved this soft earth. and several
times the shovel struck this hard sub
stance I'm the grave. However. when
the greater portion OF the loose earth
had been removed. the body, a solid
mass. suddenly pushed upward. as
though there might be air pressure be
meath IL.
The casket and the clothing on the
body were completely decayed- But
the entire body. even TO the hair on the
head. was intact The features were
plainly recognizable The chin had
dropped down before the petrifaction
was accomplished, ard the teeth could
plainly be seen. They. too. had turned
10 stone. the same as the rest of the
body.
The body. In places where the decay
ell clothing had not discOl0red IL. was
OF the color OF the human body. though
a pinkish hue.
Straps were secured to the body and
| IL was lifted from the grave. 10 was
many times the weight of the ordinary
human body.
Petrifaction of organic substances IS
not an uncommon occurrence. Speci-
mems Of pefrified organic matter Of pre-
historic ages. as well as Of a more re
cent geological period. can be found In
all parts OF the United States
But this Is the first instance on rec
ord I'm this section where petrified hui
man body has been taken from the
grave. Petrifacfion In this instance
| no doubt was accomplished in much the
same way as the celebrated examples
OF petri3ed forests found I'm Arizona
and the Yellowstone National Park
The vein Of water AZ the bottom Of
the grave probably carried dissolved
silica. which Is n white coloring sub
stance resembling quartz. though some
times showing tints. The cells OF the
body gradually give way and are re
placed by silica until the entire mass l:
lsilicified-
The body was placed I'm a cnsket and
reinterred In the family lot
Mrs. Elliot was a Miss Elizabeth
Fields before her marriage. and wa.
born and reared near Bachelors Rest
She was the mother of Private Earl FL
lott. who was killed on the battlefield
i'm France and whose body was brought
back 10 his home several months agl
and laid 10 rest In Riverside cemetery
Falmouth Outlook
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incirdes al that part OF the northwest
a-arter Of section 8. township l. range.
;. vest. and supposed 70 contain so
acres. more OF less, and beginning at
the northwest corner Of section s. run
rirc south with the section lire 1884
poles 10 a stake; thence east 10 Bayou
de Chem thence running with said
creek TO the section line. thence west
with the section line 10 the section cor
uer and the land included in the fol
lowing lines Beginning "a the north
east section corner OF the northeast
ouarter Of section and township /
range 3. west, and commencing az the
section corner and running thence
south with the section line 1891 poles
10 a Iy-rsimmon cOrnet with mulberry
Doiuters: thence west Is poles 70 A
stake with hickory and sassafras point
ers: thence north 159l2 poles TO a
stake with hickory pointers; thence
east 10 the beginning. and supposed "a
be 125 acres.
For the purchase price the purchaser
will execute his note with approved Sc
curity. bearing 6 per cent interest from
date OF sale until paid. and having ths
force and effect of "A judgment. I an
authorized under the viii and by IN,
lagreed order of sale TO execute a deet
10 the purchaser. which with the pur
chase money note will he delivered b.
me to the Master Commissioner. and b.
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CAIRO ExCURSIONIsTs
WERE HERE SUNDAY

Inc Dig Streekfus steamer. Capitol,
was here for half an hour Sunday az
'efnoon with an immense party Of ex-
cursionists from Cairo. The big ex-
cur sion boat landed here ct ! O'Clock
anu stayed here thirty minutes before
returning 10 Cairo, while the passeng-
ers dlsembarked and spent a few min
utes IN viewing the city. Many of them
We're especially interested in the steps
Whicn lead up the court house hill, and
"a gerry began TO climb them. Most of
those who undertook the task. however.
lost Their enthusiasm after going about
nan way up. After their short stay
me oig craft turned around and began
the return trip 10 Cairo.
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DISASTROUS FLOOD AT
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

With forty or more bodies recovered
out of an estimated death list placed at
$50. and with N property loss placed at
from $l.OO0OOO To <3.0O0.0c0. San An
tonic. Tex, early Saturday suffered the
worst flood I'm its history.
A cloudburst In the Oimos valley,
north of the city. sent a food of water
down the San Antonio river. which
Joined the food waters from the Alazan
and San Pedro creeks on the west. and
inundated a large part Of the business
section and several residence sections
The residence section. I'm which the
greatest loss OF life occurred. Is occu
pied largely by Mexican families.
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"a, held until the sale is confirmed By
-. court at III eSeptember term, 1921
wirness my hand as surviving execu-
80 this. the 18th day Of August. 1921
]. ". NAYLOR.
srrviring Executor Under the VIII Of
Ioshra NaylOr. Deceased
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NOTICE

Fulton Circuit Court
Wayne Thomas. Trustee & Plaintiff
Va. Notice Of Sale Of Real Estate
Nora ". Naylor Defendants
BY virtue Of q Judgment and an
agreed order Of sale Of the Fulton Cir
cult Court. made at the January term,
1919, which order may be found I'm or
der book %, on page 314. and which or
der was renewed Mt the May term OF
court, 1921. I. J. w. NAYLOR, az the
surviving Executor Of the will Of JOSH
IN Naylor. deceased. shall proceed to
ofIer for sale at the court house dor In
Hickman, Kentucky, to the highest bid
der. at PUBLIC AUCTION. ON the 18th
day Of September. 1921. at 1 80 O'Clock
~ m or thereabout (being the first day
Of the September term Of the Fulton
Circuit Court). upon q credit Of six
(0) months. the following described
real estate In Fulton County This
sale II being made for the purpose Of
division among the heirs-at-law Of
Joshua Nayl0r. deceased -
F1Fyt Tract
Being In Fulton County. Kentucky,
land being the west half Of the south
west quarter of section g. township 1.
INNS Z west oontnining 50 acres.
more Or lees. a. shown By the deed Of
|record In deed book Z page 13A yul-
ton County Court Clerks Once.
0eeon6 Tfaet
Lot Avs 90 IN Fulton County. which
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During an examination In Kansas a
would-be teacher declared that IAN
alien may become citizen by being
born IN this country. Boston Tran
script
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