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nEnl!DITY.

hEHlsDITN.
There is no other excuse in the
world so overwork ed, going and
coming, as heredity. Whenever 4
man and woman are cutters wnS
lay down upon the job of life.
whenever they are too self-indul-
gent to control their appetites an :;
passions; whenever, they are lazy
and trifiinS, they take no blame %
themselves. They lay it all on theii
forefathers.
Judging by the people who talk
most about their heredity. it i2-
pears that the one CHARACTERISED
II at parents most frequently oe-
queathed to their children is a yei-
low streak. 1t is the failures WIN
pu; the loud pedal upon the sub
they are to their ancestors. rne
successful are apt to take credit
alone to themselves for their
achievements and to claim that they
are self-made.
Heredity certainly has been a
mantle of charity under which
weaklings have taken refuge not
only from their own shame, but
from the judgment of society. And
the amazing thing is how they
have put 1t over on the balance of
US and gotten away with it.
Year after year We go on sup
porting the shiftless and yanking
drunkards out of the cutters and
putting up with the tantrums OF
the vile-tempered because we are
committed to the haIIucInation that
they can't help their faults.
It's in the blood" we say
darkly and graphically as we UP
again into our pocketbooks and put
the brakes on our own tempers and
make another effort to help those
who are too inert and selfish to try
to help themselves.
Worse still. the heredity myth
exerts a paralyzing effect on those
who think that they are its fore
ordained victims. There Is no doubt
that the belief that there is some
peculiar poisoned chemical COM
pound in the blood that flows
through their veins, exerts a ma
lign influence on many people and
prevents them from being the
decent, fortnight citizens they
might be.
They feel that nobody expects
them to be anything, or do any
thing, and that they have no DIue
china that they have to live up to.
And they expect nothing of them
selves. so they do not have any
H.. ~.
makes it easy to take the line of
least resistance which always
points downward.
/ have known schOolboys who
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calmly announced that they knew
they would die drunkards and gam
blers, because their grandfathers
did. l have known men to sit down
and let their wives take in board
ers to support them. because they
declared business ability did not run
in their family. / have known peo-
pie TO die Of disease without making
an effort to live or be cured, be-
cause they believed that tubercu-
losis or cancer was hereditary in
their blood.
/ have seen women give full rein
to their tempers and go into
spasms of rage over every trifle
because their grandmothers were
viragos. 1 have seen women ruin
their husbands by their mad ex-
travagance because they said they
took after some ancestor who was
waster and a epender.
All of these people visioned her
edity simply as palliation of
their weakness. 1t gave them leave
to do as they wanted to do. Not
one of them saw in their heredity
a red light of warning.
The boys who believed they were
born with a thirsty throat and a
yearning for games of chance did
not deduce from that tip that
they should never touch liquor or a
card, and that they should beware
of temptations that other men
might safely daily with. The man
who realized that he lacked energy
did not argue from that that he
must make his will power force him
into perpetual high gear. Those
who came into the world with weak
constitutions did not make a study
of hygienic living so they might
ward off disease.
The high-tempered woman and
the eXtravagant woman never
dreamed that the knowledge of the
sins to which they were prone
should make them put ten times
the guard on their tongues AMI
their spending that a good natured,
thrifty woman needs to put upon
herself.
Just how much there is in her
edity not even scientists know.
Certainly we see IL work out in
strange ways in real life, because
just as often children seem to in
merit lHe virtues lndt parents nave
not got, as they inherit the faults
they have. II you will run over the
list of rich and successful men in
your acquaintance you will find
that about three-fourths of them
are the sons of ne'er-do-well faith
ers. The fathers shiftlessness
forced the boy out to work and
made a man instead Of a loafer of
him.
And it is a common proverb that
no-account mothers have capable
and efficient daughters. If mother
is too trifling to KEEP a clean house
and make the children clothes.
daughter is mighty apt to qualify
for the job.
The most rabid prohibitionists
have ever met were the children of
drunkards.
All of which goes to show that
heredity is mostly an excuse for
self Indulgence and that we can ex-
orcise whatever evil spirits our an
cestors have handed down to US by
the use Of a little will power. 1t
doesn't matter what 10 in the blood
as long as there is enough strength
in the backbone to fight IL.
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MOTOR EQUIPMENT
TOBEAT SCHEDULE
Seven Pieces of New Fire AID.
paratus Promised by
December.

Motor apparatus ordered for the
District Fire Department will be de-
HVered in December. several months
ahead OF the contracted time. r. d.
Hazard. general agent Of the Amer
lean La Franc Fire Engine Com
pany. which was awarded the con-
tract, told the Commissioners and
Fire Chief Watson yesterday.
Although the water tower and the
hook and ladder may not be COM
-pleted until March, Hazard said.
construction of the other seven
pieces would be rushed so that they
could be delivered this year. Haz-
zard came from the company's Of
fices in New York yesterday TO con-
fer with Chief Watson on specifica-
lions for the apparatus.
Five promotions and two appoint
nents in the Fire Department. were
approved yesterday by the Commits
sioners. II. r. Barker. in the serv-
fec since 1908, was promoted to the
rank of captain: F. NJ. Edwards and
G. G. Harper were raised to lieu
tenancies: John c. Stein and P. H.
Buehler were promoted to sergean-
cies and John Rooster and F. s.
McIntire were appointed to the
force
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Marriage Licenses.

Unless otherwise specified. all the follow.
ing applicants are from this city,
Frank A. McMann. rs. and Josephine II.
Knollinger. %. The Rev. J. II. Jeffries.
Harold Murphy. %. Of Frankfort: Ky, and
Marie Maynard. %. of Boston, Mass. The
Rev. T. Z. Davis.
Bartholomew CIines. %. Of Wakefield,
Mass, and Edna c. Harrington, IS. The
Rev. J. G. Geale.
John I. Hodge. IS. and Ora BowIes, e5.
The Rev. NJ. W. d. Norman,
James r. Newman. 81. and Mary 7. Proc
tor. IS. bo;h Of Oxen Hill. Nd. The Rev.
J. r.. Horstksmp.
Barry N. Bruce, 81, and Blanche Donohue,
IS. The Rev. II. =. Downs.
James L. Arbuckle, p. of Chenille. W.
Va. and Lorena Z; Fries. IS. of Berkeley
Spring.. W. Va The Rev. J. B. Frazier.
Edwin s. Walters, 40. and Marie L. Mer.
Iell. 20. The Rev. p. c. Gavan.
Clifton +. Timmons, %. and Mary A.
Ma yhew. 81. The Rev. A. N. Mark.
Harold T. Creecy. Il, and Irene Jackson.
81 The Rev. J. d. Pair.
William II. May, "a. and Catherine N.
Warwick. %. Of Mt. Rainier. Nd. The Rev.
J. Fl. Jefries.
Nathaniel Thomas. 81 and Anne Cunning
ham. %. The Rev. W. ]. Howard.
Walter r. Gould. %. and Ruth n. nderson.
%. The Rev. J. J, Callaghap.
Eugene slayden. IS. and Elsie l.. Lueas,
81. both Of Richmond. Va. The Rev. II.
Schroeder. y
Lawrence Lee. %. and Clarissa Roy. 10.
The Rev. J. r. Marshall.
Frank ". Thompson. jr.. "a. and Mildred
r. Stalcsys, .. The Rev. J. 7. Marshall.
Maymond L. Miller. 80. and Agnes NJ.
Mcguire. ~. The Rev. A. Kausler.
Walter Y. OldfatEer. %. and Mary Z. Fos-
ter. 20. The Rev. L. u. Clark.
Clarence p. Porter. As. and Mary G, shiv-
ers. IS. The Rev. J.. II. Wells.
David Calhoun. n. snd Pearl Mayum, 10.
The Rev. G., 4. Deyaughn.
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ARMY ORDERS AND
ASSIGNMENTS.
Promotions

First Lieut.. Robert Malcolm, NJ.
c., to captain.
First Lieut. Alexander Palmer
Kelly. NJ. c., to captain.
First Lieut.. Walter Duncan Love.
d. c., to captain.
First Lieut.. Clarence Walter
johnson. d. c.. to captain
Resignations.
Capt. William Campbell Colbert,
NJ. c.
First Lieut. John Southworth
Niles, c. L.
First Lieut. Edward Amos La
Francis, infantry. .-..
Infantry.
Capt. Howard w. Angus, to
Washington. d. c.
Col. Alfred W. Bjormstad, to
Third Infantry
Col. James N. Pickering. to
Fourth Infantry.
Col. Thomas A. Pearce. to Nine
teenth Infantry.
Col. Henry E. Eames. to Fifty
fourth Infantry.
Col. Charles c. Ballou. to Fifty
eighth Infantry
Col. Frederick B. Shaw, to Camp
Dix. n. J.
Col. Patrick A. Connolly, to
Twenty-second Infantry.
Capt. Bernard p. Hoey. to Porto
Rico.
Capt. George F. Macdonald, to
Air Service. Carlstrom Field. Fla.
Lieut.. Col. Arthur W. Bradbury,
to Fifty-ninth Infantry.
Lieut. Col. William s. Mspes, to
Thirty-eighth Infantry.
Lieut.. Col. Fred W. Bugbee, to
Fifty-eighth Infantry.
Col. Charles H. Barth. to Fifty
seventh Infantry.
Col. Frank b. Watson, to Fort
Sheridan, Ill.
Col Thomas NJ. Anderson. tr, to
Camp Pike, Ark.
Col. Robert NJ. Brambila, to Camp
Knox. KY.
Col. Reynolds J. Burt. to Fort
Thomas, Ny.
Col. Robert C. Davis. to Sixty
fourth Infantry.
Col. Frank Parker. to Camp Dix.
n. J.
Col. Howard R. Perry, to Homo
lulu.
Cavalry.
Col. John ID. l.. Hartman, to
Washington Barracks. D. C.
Lieut.. William L. McEnery, to
Fort Des Moines. Iowa.
Col. Aubrey Lippincott, to Fort
Riley, Kans.
Col. George williams. to Fort
Ethan Allen, VT.
' Medical Corps.
Lieut.. Col. George P. Peed, to
Fort Monroe. Va.
Maj. Val +. Miltenberger. to Cob
lenz, Germany.
Field Artillery.
Capt Armand s. Miller. to Third
Field Artillery.
Lieut.. Col. Albert U. Faulkner, to
Camp Bragg. N. C.
Air Service.
p Lieut.. Max Balfour. to coblenz.
Germany.
Corps Of Engineerr.
The following to Camp Benning.
Ga: Capt. Harry A. Skerry. Lieut..
Charles. j. Davis, ,jr. and Lieut..
Henry c. Wolfe.
Capt. James N. Young, to Walter
Reed Hospital for treatment.
Coast ARTILLERY Corps.
Lieut. Edgar n. Gregory. to
Panama.
Ordnance Department. ~
Capt. Walter C. Hamilton. To
Philippines.
General stan.
Mai Charles Telford. to New
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HUNDRED SAILORS
TO JOIN TODAY IN
ROOSEVELTPARADE
Committee Also Hopes
Soldiers Will Take
Part.

Promise of a detachment of 100
sailors to take part in the parade
and pageant to be staged today and
tonight by the Georgia Roosevelt
Memorial Association was received
yesterday. Gen. Lejeune has al
ready ordered 100 Marines, with
their officers. to take part in the
parade. and the committee Is hope
full Of securing a detachment of
soldiers, thus having all branches
OF the service represented.
a formal invitation, asking the
President and Mrs. Harding and
the members Of the Cabinet to oc-
eupy seats on the relieving plat
form at the pageant tonight, was
presented yesterday.
Red Cros. Prepares Flat.
An added feature for the night
pageant was secured yesterday in
a sextette of Southern negroes. who
viii sing old-time Southern mel
odfes. Special dances will be given
by the Marjorie webtser dancers,
including solos and a large picture
dance.
The d. c. Red Cross is preparing
an elaborate float to represent The
Great Mother" and this will be fol-
lowed by 1000 Red Cross nurses in
uniform.
Wounded men from Walter Reed
Hospital will occupy automobiles
in the parade and will have special
sets at the pageant.
Parade starts at p. m.
Two bands, the Marine Band and
that of the Department of the In
terror, will furnish the music for
the parade, which will start
promptly at o'clock this after
noon The starting time for the
night pageant will be o'clock.
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NAVY ORDERS.

Lieut.. Stephen A. Farrell to treat
ment Naval Hospital. New York
N. Y.
comdr. Thomas G. Foster to
Hampton Roads, Va.
Lieut.. Eugene L. Gray to De-
stroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet.
Lt-Comdr. Andrew L. Haas, res
ignation accepted.
1t Og) Walter Hinton to Hamp-
ton Roads. Va
Ems. william d. johnson to L. S.
S. Texas.
Lieut.. Herbert B. Knowles to U.
S. S. SIS.
Lieut.. Guy B. Macarthur to RS.
New York. y. Y.
p Lieut.. Knefler McGinnis to Air
Force Atlantic Fleet.
Lieut. William F. Murdy to U. S
S. Arkansas.
Ems. Walter A. Nelson to RS.
San Francisco, Cal.
Lieut.. Herbert A. Nevins to Key
port, Wash.
Ems. Thomas r. o'connen to RS
San Francisco, Cal.
Ems William C. Powell to RS
New York, N. Y.
Ems. Herman II. Roloff to RS.
san Francisco, Cal
Ems. Harold T. Smith to U. S. s.
Bridgeport.
Ems. George o. Spaur to RS. San
Francisco. Cal.
Lieut.. Berton F. Sweeney to RS
New York y. Y.
1t Comdr. Eugene A. vickery bet.
Naval Hospital Boston, Mass; to
Asiatic Station.
Lit G-g) Clarence V. waggonner,
resignation accepted.
Lieut.. Myron F. Eddy to U. S. S.
Wright
Lieut.. Emery c. Hulett to treat
ment Naval Hospital, New York,
- Y.
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McWhirt-Steyens Wedding.

FREDERICKSBURG Va. Aug
30.-Miss Cornelia Virginia Nc
whirt and Bernard l.. Stevens, both
OF SpotsyIvania County, were mar
ried at the home OF the officiating
minister. She Rev. f. L. Swift. They
will make their home in Spotsyl-
vania
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Purchase Lumber Business.

ROCKVILLE. Md. Aug So
Douglas NJ. BIandford. Of Baltimore
County. has purchased the lumber
business of Oscar L. Johnson here
and will take charge of 1t at an
|eariy date. Mr.. johnson has been
IN business here for twenty-f five
years Mr.. BIandrord formerly Iiveo
AZ Silver Spring. this county
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WASHINGTON SOCIETY
VIII ArriiUe
This Morning
Senior lie Breton, Argen-
time Ambassador, COM
ing to Capital.

The Ambassador of Argentina,
Senior Tomas A. LIE Breton. who ar
rived yesterday in Nsw York on
board the Olympic. from abroad.
will come to Washington this morn
ing. He was met in New York by
the Argentine consul general, Senior
Ernesto C. Perez.
The Ambassador has been in
France with Nine. lie Breton and
her niece, Mile. Lloveras, since May,
and Nine. LIE Breton and her niece
will remain in Paris until the late
autumn.
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RESIDENTS ASKED
To BEAUTIFY CITY
Commissioners Want Disar-
mament Visitors to Be
Impressed.

Cooperation of all citizens of the
District in making Washington at
tractive for the foreign delegations
TO the disarmament conference was
asked yesterday in a proclamation
issued by the Commissioners.
washingtonians are urged by the
Commissioners to make visitors
realize that Washington is a city
beautiful" City officials have been
ordered to make a survey OF lands.
buildings. storeyards. dumps and
other places and to take the steps
necessary to correct all unsiGhtly
conditions.
Citizens are asked to give special
attention to vacant lots, unsightly
buildings and unclean yards.
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Judge Chichester Returns.

FREDERICKSBURG. Va. Aug. 80.
Judge r. II. L. Chichester has re-
turned from Salisbury. n. c..
where he delivered an address be-
fore meeting of the North Caro-
lima State Guernsey Breeders AS
ISOLATION.
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Lynchburg Trap Shoot

LYNcHBURG, Va. Aug. 3o.-Hin
City Council. U. c. T., will hold an
ali-day trap shoot Labor Day at
the Riverside Park traps. Eight
events, in addition to a special han
dicap. have been arranged for the
occasion.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
DIGGING INTO HISTORY
WITH PICK AND
SHOVEL

Recent decipheriug Of a clay tablet
which may add thousand years TO
the span of recorded history-for il
contains a code of laws said to ante
date that of Hammurabi by ID mil
lennum-is another reminder that
archeologists are finding stranger true
stories than fiction can reveal. The
pick and the spade of the explorer
have resulted in astounding revela-
tions, says. a communication TO the
National Geographic society from Al
bert T. Clay, who has deciphered some
of the most famous of the documents.
above all else. one of the great
est surprises Is that the earliest peo-
pies. instead Of being barbarous or
uncultured. were civilized and pos
ses>ed culture of. high order"
writes Doctor Clay.
Several ancient libraries and i'm
mense archives have been found.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

Years ago the library of Ashurbanipal
(G6S-626 B. c. was discovered at
Nineveh. In more recent years tenn
pie and school libraries have been
found at Nippur, Sippar, Larsa, Baby
lon. and Erech The Libraries of the
first three sites belong chiefly to the
third millennium 3. c.; those of the
last two belong to later periods.
But especially large archives of
these documents, numbering, several
hundred thousand and belonging to
the third and fourth millenniums b.
c. have been found at Tello, Nippur,
Drehem, Jokha, and recently at Ur.
"The Code of Hammurabi, written
about 1000 B. c., upon a large and
somewhat irregular stele, is perhaps
the most important monument of an
tiquity of high order. In codifying
his laws, Hammurabi arranged them
in a definite and logical order, based
upon accepted judicial decisions. In
no better way is it possible te become
acquainted with the everyday life of
the ancient Babylonian than by care
full study of the Hammurabi Code
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
openly admitted the original appro-

! openly admitted the original appro-
| priation of l0O,OQ0y0O0 marks was sup
/ plemented again and again until, In
| 3 years. more than half of Posen had
| been bought for German colonists.
| Still the Poles predominated. More
bept coming from Poland and opposi-
tion to the German program was inten-
sified as the measures became har-
sher.
Even Germany was ScandallZed
when. in 1902. il was brought TO light
in the Prussian parliament that pu-
pils had been whipped by the whole.
sale for declining to say the Lords
Prayer In German. But the opposi-
tion of the grownups did not cause
the worldwide interest aroused by
the school children's strike in 1908
when about 100000 Polish pupils took
that means of protesting against be-
ing beaten when they would not an
swer questions in German. The Prus-
sian government refused TO accede to
the request Of the archbishop of PoSen
that children be permitted to receive
religious instruction in Polish. Par
ents who withdrew them from school
were imprisoned.
Efforts to absorb or crowd out the
Poles by German colonization hav-
ing failed. a measure was passed for
the appropriation Of Polish land.
Further laws were enacted compel
ling wider use of the German laHi
guage. Then came the kattowtz in.
cident. in 1910, crowning a series OF
petty prosecutions which bordered on
the absurd wherein a number of minor
officials who had voted for Poles at
municipal election were removed from
Office
Posen is smaller territorially, than
Maryland. hut had half million more
population in 1910 About million
Poles-rnore than half the total popu-
lation i'm Posen-were established
there before the World war. Posen
has mineral deposits of Ignite and
salt Much of its land was titled. It's
manufactured products. besides those
of its breweries and distlleres, were
sugar. cloth, tobacco bricks and ma
chinerv
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
POSEN, THE EXPERIMENT
STATION FOR "kULTUR"

The province of poSen, formerly
part of Germany's eastern Prussia.
and one of the most important frag-
ments of old Poland, which has been
Incorporated in the new war-born Po-
land. was the unhappy experiment
station for some of Prussia's most Wig
orous and futile efforts to Germanize
an alien population.
Until the northern portion Of PoSen
fell to Prussia, after the first par
tition of Poland in 1772, and the re-
mainder was annexed to Prussia 21
years later, Posen's history was blend
ed with that of Poland. In connection
with the first partition, it will be re-
called that Frederick the Great adopt
ing those parts of Poland he desired
with a military force, on the preteXt
that he was seeking to check the
spread of a cattle disease.
After being banded for a brief pc
riod, Posen fell to Prussia again in
1915, and for more than half a CEN
tury Germany paid little heed to 1t.
After the division of the vast estates
and other economic changes, Polish
middle classes in Posen began to pros
per, whereupon, toward the last quar-
ter of the nineteenth century, Prussia
began to take notice of its provincial
.Topsy." Germans had been immi-
grating there since the thirteenth cen
tury and the newcomers, at first were
welcomed. Severance of Posen from
Poland changed that feeling though
open friction was not generated until
Prussia began her repressiye meas
ures.
Polish mobiles had kept alive Po-
lish traditions, but Prussia was more
alarmed by the prosperity of the Poles
than by what, today, might be called
the mobiles propaganda. SO she set
about Germanizing POsen, both by col
onization and by compulsion, much as
she attempted to do to the French in
Alsace.
Prussias first move was to make
German the language of the schools.
Police were ordered to disperse meet
ings where Polish was spoken.
After l6 years that program failed
to make much Of a Prussian impress
sion upon Posen. so commission was
set up. In 1884. to buy land from
the Poles for German settlement. Be-
fore the failure Of this policy was
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05
TABRIZ: PERSIA'S CAPITAL
CITY

Tanriz. capital of Persia, from
which diplomatic representatives re-
Gently fed at the approach of Boil
sEaevstx forces, is one of the most i'm
po<tant cities in Persia. Its popula-
ffeu Is about 100000. Teheran, the
capital, is the only place in the do
mfniaus of the shah which exceeds it
fn size
ff is beautifully situated in a wide
valsey en- the River Ali. which flows
into the salt lake of Urumiah 80 miles
10 fsie west Although apparently sur
rounded by mountains, Tabriz has an
elevation o. more than 1000 feet and
afbe climate, in winter rs extremely
severe.
Hundreds of springs and fountains
vsssser thousands of beautiful gardens
On ssIs ancieut city which for CEN
eartss has enjoyed a deserved repu-
Fssie9 as health resort. Indeed, ira
<tleiau says that the place was found
ed by ESaeideh. the wife of Harun-al-
Rashid. hero of the Arabian Nights"
According TO this legend, Zobeideh
<aeie here to recuperate from fever
In the year 791. andsa cure was quick
Ey effected, thanks to the salubrious
climate, hence the name Tab (fever)
ritz speurer away, or fever destroy
fng." As matter of cold history
s1awever, Tabriz was in existence four
centuries before the birth of the beau
sff9i ZObeideh.
Up TO the time of the completion
af a railway through the Caucasus
aud che Improvement of transporta-
gi0u facilities on the Caspian sea.
Tabriz was the emporium Of Persian
trade with the West. Now. however,
raost Of Its trade has been diverted
% Asfara, ON the Caspian. $50 miles
GO the east. and to Resht. 200 miles
TO che southeast.
Of the three hundred mosques of
uzssSciI the city boasts only one de-
SERVES special mention. 1t is the ia
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

try. Attacking the nunnery they led
its young abbess into a wood and or.
dered her to worship their gods. She
refused, and in spite of their .0orts
to terrify her into submission. the
brave woman remained faithful to her
creed. In fury, the leader Of the
band ordered her to lay her head dcwr
TO be cut off. Obeying. her hesr
was Immediately severed from he
body. On one night every year - I,
ahbess revisits the seer, of her t
tyrdom. carrying her head
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

wise the gold in the beach sand, wnich
itself is the debris of inland rocks.
In some regions the mountains con-
tain much gold, which is fetched down
to the lowlands with the gravels porhe
by streams. Such gravels may be very
rich in what is called "alluviar goiu'
They furnished the "placers" In can
fornia, worked by pioneer miners, win
pan and rocker.
Nowadays the stream graveis oi
California. and likewise those OF the
Yukon, are worked for gold by huee
dredges. which. with huge lcoop puck-