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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
TAUGHT USE OF PLOWSHARE
How Legendary Chinese Emperor Is
Said to Have Encouraged Agri-
culture in That Country.

In Europe the most significant Of
the gifts of the soil are wheat and
flax; in China they are silk and rice
Old Chinese myths name Shen-nung
or Siennung the divine laborer," a
legendary emperor who is said to have
reigned in the first half of the third
millennium before Christ, as the ia
Their of agriculture. 1t was he who
first made wooden plowshare and
taught the people how to use it. Shen-
nung was one of the three emperors
whom legend reveres as founders of
the Chinese social system. 1t was
Shen-tsan, or Sien-tsan, the wife of
Huang-ti, another of the three, who
taught the people the rearing Of silk
worms and the treatment of cocoons
and threads and the weaving of silken
garments, so that her subjects might
no longer suffer from "chapped and
frost-bitten skin"
The sanctuary of Shen-nung is still
standing south of Pekin, R. Meyer
Rlefstahl writes in Asia Magazine.
Here the last emperor OF China used
to come every year to bring sacrifice
to the presiding divinity and to open
furrOw in the soil with his own
hands. The ceremony is very ancient.
Even in the sixth century there was
an imperial field that formed a sane
tuary fourteen Ii south of the capital.
There, in the first months of spring,
on day of good augury, sacrifices of
a steer sheep and pig were made
to Shen-nung and to Hou-tsi. The en-
peror, clad in his state robes and the
ritual bonnet, entered the golden char
lot of state and performed thrice the
ritual Of sacrifice. After this the cere-
mony of blowing took place.
To the north of the city, in olden
times, Shen-tsan had an altar. Later
the shrine was transferred to the pre-
e cinct of the palace, where the en-
press presided over the rearing of
silkworms and the production of silk.
Old records mention the mulberry
grove of the empress and her pavilion
for the rearing of silkworms. Toward
the middle of spring, in ancient times.
the chief of the court would sum-
mon the empress to the grounds north
of the city to begin the rearing of
silkworms. The ladies' of the palace
and the wives of high Gignitaries aid
ed her in the task. After fasting and
sacrificing to Shen-tsan, the empress
and the concubines of the emperor
themselves gathered the mulberry
leaves. The silk obtained was used
for the Sacrificial robe of the emperor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Mathematical Prodigy,

Some years ago the London Lancet
cited remarkable case in which ex-
traordinary ability in arithmetical cal.
cuiation was associated with general
mental inferiority If not actual insan-
lty. The patient w.S completely blind
and was able to make elaborate cal
culations such as square root of any
number running into four figures in
an average of four seconds and the
cube root of any number. running into
SIX figures in six seconds; thus he gave
the cube root Of 465, 4S4,375, which
was IT'S, in ID seconds. These are
mere trifles, however, compared with
the following: He was asked how
many grains of corn there would be
In any one of Ga boxes, with one in
the first, two in the second, four in
the third, eight in the fourth and so
On In recession. He gave the an
swers f.. the 18th (S,192). for the
18th (131,072), and the Oath $685.
6OS) instantaneously, and he gave the
figures for the 4Sth box 14O,737 .sR-
ao5,32S) in six seconds.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Water as a Diuretic.

A powerful diuretic is water-its
action in this respect, drank by a
healthy man, being very marked, and
1t appears impossible to explain it's
limitation by a mere Increase in blood
pressure, whether local or general ;
it has the power of increasing tissue
change, and thus multiplying the prod
ucts as fast as they are formed-and
thus, by giving rise to increased APP
petite, provides fresh nutriment for
the tissues, and acts as true tonic.
In persons who are accustomed to
take too little water the products of
tissue waste may be formed faster
than they are removed, and. thus &C.
cumulating may give rise to disease.
Many equity people are accustomed to
take too little water, except In the
form Of small cup Of tea or coffee
daily; large tum-b1er Of water drank
every morning, and especially with
the addition Of some nitrate or car
Donate of potassium. will prevent
equity paroxysm.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Productive Guam.

Incident to his 1920 census, Uncle
Sam has found that our island pos
session, Guam, produces from its 90
square miles, with it's population of
1925 native. 1,140,924 pounds Of
copra for export to this United States
and S51.6S0 pounds to Japan.
The live stock on the island in
cludes 6,149 water buffalo, 1857
horses, 1,16O goats, 543 hogs and 10
cattle. Corn, sweet potatoes, taro,
yams, tobacco, cassava, rice, arrowroot
and sugar, are included among the
field crops. Coconuts bananas, pine
apples, papaya, cacao lines, mangoes,
grapefruit and even alligator pears
constitute the food-producing trees
and plants.
Whereas, there are 1862 males to
100 females in the United States, there
are 95.7 males to 100 females in
Guam. Some Alt per cent of the men
are single.
The climate is said to be tropical,
but healthful and pleasant, remarks
the Portland Journal. The island Of
Guam is almost a neighbor, being only
about $500 miles from our coast
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Where II Is Quiet,

At the head of small valley where
the elevation is nearly 5000 feet and
where the Ruby mountains tower
over the stretches Of the Humboldt
National forest, are Robinson and Sol
der lakes Like many beautiful recre-
alton grounds in national forests, this
country has no national renown, says
the American Forestry magazine. But
for one who wishes to get away frorn
the mad rush of modern life in the
city or town the place Is ideal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Confederate Money.

Old and new issues Of Confederate
currency are being passed throughout
the Baltic states as current American
dollars, according to the Red Cross
Bulletin Of Riga. Many natives have
bought these valueless issues from for
eigners recently returned from the
United States.
Many Russians have come into the
American Red Cross offices in Esthon-
la, Latvia and Lithuania with stage
money, cigar and cigarette coupons
which they had bought as American
greenbacks.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
The Right of Free Speech.

1t appears now that we were pre-
mature in awarding the celluloid toast
ing fork for the seasons worst pun.
The prize really belongs to the per-
petrator OF this one. On our remark
ing to friend the other day that Del
aware was complaining, as usual.
about the frost running her peach
crop, he retofted. shamelessly: "Wel,
what Of it! A state has right to
freeze peach. hasn't it7"-Boston
Transcript.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Advice From James J. Hill.

If young fellow doggedly bucAs
sense or reason all the time. he II II
able to get nothing more than q soro
head. He must know how to take ad-
vantage CT opportunities, to use his
brains; In short a you. & man who
has no brains ought at least to have
learn to depend upon and get what
benefit he can from people that have
got brainS.--.JameS J. Hin
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Seed Distribution by Congress.

Tulips, narcissus and hyacinth bulbs
to the number Of 325,OO0, sent out by
the congressional seed distribution
this year, were grown at home. Work
Of the United States Department Of
Agriculture in its Puget sound gardens
has shown that that region is adapted
Dutch bulbs, which, in the past. have
been almost entirely imported.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15
Avoid Breaking Friendship.

A friend whom you have been gain
ing during your whole life you ought
not to be displeased with in moment.
A stone is many years becoming a
ruby; take care that you do not de-
stroy 1t in an instant against another
stone.-Saadi.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-06-15

For dyspepsia, our national ailment,
use Burdock Blood Bitters. Recon-
mended for strengthening digestion
purifying the blood. At all drug
stores. $1.25 a bottle.-Advt
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-06-15
ALASKAN PAPERS NOTICE

Now that we have a new gover= nor, for the love of the Patentor of Puns don't spring any gags about Alaska being Bone-Dry.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-06-15
COL. R, c. LQWERY

ThesGrand Forks, B. C., Gazette announces the death, in that city, of Col. R. T. Lowrey, who was with out question the most widely quot ed and most versatile newspaper man the province has ever known. He is accredited with having con- ducted g newspapers, the last of which. the Greenwood Ledge, was under his management for Is years.
 Possessed of an uncanny oom- mand of satire and humor, he was feared in high places where there was grafting or cBooked work. He despised sham or fraud of any de. scription, and was particularly bit ter in his attacks en the present day so-called religion. His Vitrolic pen brought him trouble at times, the government putting him out of business on more than one occasi- on. He was good judge of whis- key and knew enough about stud poker to hold his own M most con- pany. He will be sadly missed from the ranks of the Fourth Es- tate"
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-06-15

Hydet has been in a peculiar pre-: aicament. Having population of 800 o1 more, there have rot been snough children of school age to snable the town to secure a school but we understand this coalition is stqne tc be .erredfed,
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-06-15

We have received from Washs ington a report of the election cons test between James Wiekershatn ahd Chatles A. Sulger, deceased, and George B. GrigsbV. This would have been of some interest two Of tnore years ago. but is now ancient History. The publication is simply a waste of public money. the sams as 99 per cent ef all government FeporSs. OHr inconsistent goVepn= tHent is wildly calling on newspas bers and magazines to conserve paper, and is itself wasting more bspeF than even Hearst with all his hadseous Sunday sehsaticns:
 We have been asked whether q lecatOt must make a declaration or fake any other steps in ordet to avail himself of the extension of lime fJr doing assessment work oh a mining claim; AZ we understand the Act, he need n5t do 80; if he foes his $1eO worth of work before 5ny his rights will be maintains ed as if the Work had been dohe Before January 1;
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
MILLIONS FLEE
RED STARVATION
Berlin Hears That 100000
People Are Getting Out
of Russia.
FAMINE NATIONAL CALAMITY
Hunger Tortured Refugees Reported
to Have Reached Petrograd and
Moscow From Central
Russia.

Berlin July 10,--MOre than 10000
GOO people, seeking to escape death by
starvation, are fleeing from central
Russia in all directions, according to
reports received in Russian emigrant
circles here.
The advance wave of the hunger
tortured refugees is reported to have
reached petrograd and Moscow, in
tenslfying the already bad situation
in those cities.
Reports received here are to the eff
feet that the heat and drought have
been So intense and prolonged that
great cracks have appeared in the
earth, trees are lealiess ana wells aud
streams are dried up.
Almost all of the cattle are said to
have been slaughtered for food to pre-
vent their death by starvation and the
refugees are declared to be existing
on roots, bark, moss and the bark Of
trees.
In many places whole villages, see
ing certain death by starvation staring
them in the face, have packed what
they could carry with them and are
wandering all over the country north,
east south and west in the hope Of
finding some place where they can get
food.
The vast majority of the refugees
Dpn In Il n,t 10,
toward the kirghiz country in Turkes-
tan, Siberia, with a smaller army
headed toward the southern govern
ments and the Kuban region
Riga, Letyia, July 19.-The Iszves-
tia Of Moscow says that an official APP
peal to all citizens of Russia to aid in
alternating suffering caused by famine,
signed by all the members of the gov
eminent, places the number of starry
ing at not less than 100000 in
the Astrakhan, TSaritsyn, Saratoy, Sa-
mara, Simbursk, Ufa ana Vitaka gov
ernmentS, and along the Volga, in the
Tartar republic, and the Shuyash ter
ritOry.
These, the appeal says, cannot exist
Until the next harvest without aid.
The famine is characterized as ma
tiOnal calamity.
According to nm American relief eX
pert in Riga, the cost Of completely
relieving this number from outside OF
Russia would exceed S4OOOOO0(
monthly.
George Tchitcherin, the Russian SO
Wet foreign minister, denies that di
rect appeal has been made for Ameri
can aid to alleviate the famine. Re
ports appearing in Baltic states news
papers were that an appeal had beer
made through Senator Joseph |
France of Maryland, who IS now IL
Russia.
NJ TchItchcrin's message reads:
1--WE have not appealed to America
except through the widespread radio
appeals of Maxim GOrky and the Most
Rev. Dr. Tikhon, patriarch Of all Rus
STA. We have no connection with the
American government, and, therefore
have no intention to appeal TO Ameri
cans for help. Have In mind that
we cannot ask for American relief
representatives when we have no eX
listing relations"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
RIOT AT PRISON FIRE
FIFTY OR SIXTY MEN SHOT AT
PITTSBURGH.
Three of Wounded Reported Dying
Ten Workshops and other Build
ings Are Destroyed.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 19.-Three men
are dying and fifty to sixty injured
from fire and riot in the Western
peniteGtiary here.
Turbulence such as not witnessed
since the Homestead steel riots ruled
in the prison for four hours.
Ten workshops and other buildings
of the old prison were burned, most
of the windows smashed and other
buildings shot up and badly dam
aged.
The flames, which started soon after
noon, were not subdued until past four
o'clock.
Volley after volley was fired by
guards and a number of prisoners,
who had managed to secure guns. The
fighting continued while the flames
ragged.
TO add to the confusion hundreds
of prisoners were locked i'm their cells
and their yells, pleading to be re-
leased, could be heard blocks away as
the flames licked up one building after
another and drew closer to the struc-
lures where they were confined.
Armed guards surrounded squad
after squad of the prisoners as they
were transferred to another part of
the prison considerably removed from
the fire.
Some prisoners were badly burned
by falling timbers, but most of those
injured were shot during the rioting.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
SKUNK STOPS JOHN DIS GOLF
Waterman Tries to Shoot Brute, But
is SO Dazed He Wounds
Self.

Tarrytown, N. Y, July 19,-John d.
Rockefeller's private golf course ac-
CURED "A handicap which made the
playing more difficult than any of the
bunkers, traps or natural hazards. A
small wild animal Of powerful personal
ity invaded the links, permeating the
atmosphere TO such an extent that
only the most ardent golfer would 80
round without Il gas mask.
one of the watchmen on the Rock
ereller estate saw the interIoper at a
distance ad seized a rifle TO annihi-
late it. But he was 50 dazed on close
approach that he accidentally shot
himself in the leg and was taken to
a hospital,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
CHURCH TO HIRE AID WRITER
Episcopal Officials at New York An.
nounce Plan Of Newspaper
Advertising.

New York, July 10.-AdycrtisnG
columns Of daily newspapers are to be
used for general church advertising
as well as for cynngellstic purposes,
II was announced by oflicin!s of the
Protestant Episcopal church, This
action was decided upon, Il vas said.
nj two important conferences, aud the
publicity department Of the rhurcl
has been instructed TO add y "ampe
tent advertising writer t" Us stan
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
AIR BOMB LANDS; SHIP SAFE
hree-Hundred-P Pound Missile Fails to
Sink the Notwithstanding
Continued

Washington, July ia 300-pound
bomb dropped by an army airplane
landed amidship on the former Ger
man mruiser Frankfort off the Vir-
ginia capes, the navy department was
advised, but failed to sink the ship.
Upper works were damaged, the mes
sage said, but the "ship has taken no
water" and bombing with heavier mis-.
siles continued.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
SINN FEM PRISONERS MUTINY
Men Taken From ireland to Prince
town Prison Refuse to Work.
Put in Cells.

Plymouth, July 19-Ninety Sim
Fein prisoners, recently brought from
Ireland to Princetown prison, near
Plymouth, mutinied. When the men
were paraded in the morning they re-
fused to work despite the perSausions
of the governor and the deputy gov
ernor of the prison. They finally had
to be forced back to their cells by the
large staff of wardenS.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
SHIP FAST IN RIVER RAPIDS
Canadian Liner With 800 Passengers
Stranded in the ST. Lawrence Riv-
er-No Danger.

Ogdensburg, N, Y, July 1S.-Al.
though efforts TO effect rescue proved
futile the Canadian liner Rapids
King, stranded in the st, Lawrence
river near here with 800 passengers
aboard, is reported in no immediate
danger.
The craft is on rocks at narrow
point In the river where the water Is
only six feet deep, but the swift cur.
rent dedes attempts to reach the
boat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
BILL AIMED AT lands FAILS
Dial Measure Fails to Obtain Consid
Grafton of the Senate-Vote
Is a Tie.

Washington, July 19.-The Dial bill,
designed to require all federal judges
to devote their entire time to their
judicial duties, failed to obtain the
consideration Of the senate by a tie
vote of % to 20. This bill was aimed
at Judge X. NJ. Lands, who holds the
position of national baseball arbiter
in addition to his work on the bench.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21

Last week he made several trips. He
visited the Bentinck family at Ameron-
gen to thank its members personally
for their marks Of sympathy during
the Illness and death of the ex.em.
press. and later he went to Amerongen
to inspect the electric plant In the
little hospital which he gave that vii.
lage.
The ex-emperor dresses In black, ex-
cept AT Sinner when he wears full
uniform with mourning band around
the arm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
BRITAIN TOLD TO PAY
WILSON NOTE TO BRITISH PRE-
MlER GIVEN OUT.
Informed Lloyd George in October,
1920, That U. S. Would Not
Cancel Debt.

Washington, July ia letter from
Woodrow Wilson when President, TO
Premier Lloyd George Of Great Bri-
tain, declaring that the United States
could not consider proposals to cancel
or exchange Great Britain's indebted
ness to this nation, was placed in the
Congressional Record by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican
leader.
Mr. Wilson's letter, dated in Octo-
Der, 1920, was submitted to the senate
foreign relations committee at the
time by Secretary Houston. 1t said
that Suggestions looking to the can
collation. or exchange" were made to
the former President in Paris The
communication apparently was the
reply to the British premier's letter
made public last week in the senate
finance committee hearings
Mr.. Wilson's letter said that the 20,
sition of the United States had not
changed and lit is not prepared to con
sent to the remission of any part OF
the debt of Great Britain to the Uni
ted States"
Mr.. Wilson it appeared, urged Lloyd
George to fund the debt, saying that
if this were not done embarrassment
of the treasury would necessitate
steps to collect unpaid interest
Expressing confident expectation
of the payment in due course Mr.. viii
son added:
at is felt that the funding of these
demand obligations of the British gov
eminent will do more to strengthen
the friendly relations between Ameri-
ca and Great Britain than would any
other course Of dealing with the
same"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
LLOYD GEORGE DENIES RUM0R
No Truth in Statement That King
Interferred in United States
Farley.

London, July 19.-Mr. Lloyd George,
the prime minister, declared there was
no truth in the report that King
George had stepped in to untangle a
complication between Great Britain
and the United States over the pro-
posed pacific conference before the
recent action by the Washington gov
eminent in moving for such confer
enCe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
MELLON ENCOUNTERS SNAG
Secretary Meets Opposition in Senate
to Request for Blanket Author
Ity on Debt

Washington, July 19,-Senatorial
opposition to the Administrations re-
quest for blanket authority to handle
the S11000,000,000 foreign indebted
ness to the United States developed
in the finance committee, before which
Secretary Mellon appeared.
Senators La Toilette, Reed and
Walsh of Massachusetts voiced oppo-
stion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
MEXICAN TROOPS AMBUSHED
Vera Cruz Reports That More Than
5000 Federal Soldiers Were
Killed by Rebels.

Vera Cruz, MeX, July 10.-It is re.
ported that large detachment of
government troops have been umbus,
caded and totally destroyed by rebels.
More than 5000 are declared 10 have
been killed when the regiments
were attacked between Zacamixtle
and TuXpnm.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21

Professor PEARS has met with a
great degree OF success in showing the
practicabj.fty Of hot storage for such
articles as carpets, clothing, partlcu-
larly woolens and furs, as well as
cereals, dried fruit products and other
materials unaffected by dry heat.
Professor PEARS has used grain and
carpet beetles and other insects OF
similar nature in demonstrating that
they do not develop at a constant
temperature of 100 degrees Fahren.
heit.
He has concluded that hot storage
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
USE STORAGE FOR FURS
West Virginia Professor Making Eek
periments, Asserts Heat Kills
Moths Quickly.

Morgantown, w. Va.-"Hot" stor-
age as opposed to cold" storage for
many things affected by Insects. but
not by heat, may be realized soon If
the experiments of Prof. L. NJ. PEARS
of the department of entomology OF
the University Of West Virginia prove
antirely satisfactory.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
$4,000 JEWEL ROBBERY
Seventeen Hundred Watches Vanish
in Mystery Theft in a Chi
cago Hotel.

Chicago, July 19.-Seventeen hun
dred watches, including 200 diamond
studded wrist watches, valued in all
at $4,000, were reported stolen from
the room of Harry Preston, New York
jewelry salesman, at the Hotel Sher-
man.
Preston, member Of the firm of
Preston Bros. of New York, had been
in town less than an hour when he
discovered his loss.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
RACINE HAS MURDER MYSTERY
Mans Body With Five Bullet Wounds
Found in Pasture by
Workmen.

Racine, Wis, July 19.-The body Of
David Serpe, a twenty-five-year-old
shoemaker, was found in COW pas
ture with five bullet wounds, any one
of which would have proved fatal.
Sheriff James has several clues to the
murderer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-07-21
GOOD FELLOW is ARRESTED
Secretary Of the National Body Is
Accused of Mail Frauds
Got SCI, 800.

Sioux City, Ia, July 10.-H. *. Han
SEN secretary Of the National Organi-
cation of Good Fellows Of America,
was arrested on tine charge Of using
the mails to dorraud. 1t is charged
that Hansen secured $G2,5O0 in %
cent membership fees from 10000
persons in all parts Of the United
States.
The object Of the Good Fellows of
America was to make a drive to Sc
cure legislation permitting the manu-
factnre Of light wines and beers. Han
sen was the founder.