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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
SHELLS USED AS CURRENCY
Probably the Earliest Form of Money
of Which There Is Any Real
knowledge.

The earliest tribes did not need
money because no individual in the
tribe owned anything personally. All
property belonged to the tribe as a
whole and none to any one person.
Later on when the tribes met there
arose the. custom Of barter Or trade,
the simplest form of which was the
exchange of articles possessed by one
tribe for those owned by another. For
instance, some of the Australian tribes
had a rough green stone which was
valuable for making hatchets. Mem
bers of another tribe, seeing these
green stone hatchets naturally wanted
them. They had no money, as we
know it today, but they had red ochre
with which they painted their bodies.
Thus it developed that the tribe own
ing the green stones wanted some red
ochre, and each article became a kind
of money-each became valuable for
trading purposes.
1t was necessary, however, tC
await the developments of unit of
value" before money became elastic.
1t required something valuable in the
eyes of these tribes. One of the
earliest forms of this elastic money
was shells. The skins of animals were
long used by savage tribes as money,
but these could not be carried about
like shells. The skins, however, were
valuable in trading and fortunes were
reckoned by the number Of skins
owned. AS soon as animals became
domesticated the live animal itself re-
placed the skin as money.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
MYSTERIES of Nature.

One of the most mysterious powers
that close observation has revealed is
the capacity of certain fishes and wa
ter animals to live out of the
water. Some small crustaceans have
been known to lie for 40 years in dried
mud without losing the power of ac-
lively living when the mud was mois-
tened again. A naturalist visiting
Jerusalem took little mud from the
pool Of Gihon, at the Jaffa gate, and
put it in a pill box. 1t lay dry for 40
years, but when some of the dry dust
was put into saucer full of water
it gave rise after a short time to
some lively water fleas. The eel, as
is well known, can travel through
damp grass. There is tropical fish,
known as the climbing perch, which
has the very curious habit of scram-
bling, by means of its pectoral fins,
up stones, roots, and even the trunks
OF trees. in search of insects on which
it feeds. Still more surprising is the
habit of a South African fish, called
Clarias, which is said to make noe
turnal raids on the fields in order to
eat the grains of millet.--Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
SCHEME PROVED A NUISANCE
Office Force Refused to Allow Method
lea! Man to Overlook Letter
Written to Himself.

The methodical Mr.. Kellam grunted
acknowledgement when Kessler, an Of
flee assistant, presented him with a
note, according to the New York Sun.
Found this in the X mail box. It's
addressed to you," said Kessler.
Kellam took the note, walked toward
the pigeonholed mail box and later re-
sumed his seat. 1t wasn't long before
Kloss, another fellow worker, came up
to him with a note addressed to him
which he had picked, out of the mail
box. Kellam was not quite so cordial,
but he took 1t and repeated his trip
to the office mail box. He was even
less cordial when Klanster, another
associate, approached him few min
utes later and held out note.
81 found this In the x" he began
Darn it." shrieked Kellam. II know
where you found it. put it there SO
I'd get 1t in the morning-it's to re-
mind me to do something tomorrow
For the luvva Mike put it back!"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
FIND HEALTH IN, SUMS RAYS
Anc. cnts Had Full Faith in Treatnaens
nav Practiced in the Most Mod
ern Sanitariums.

In small village in the Adiron-
dacks there is a sanitarium where
PATENTS take sun baths. And a hign
price is charged for the treatment.
Bathing in the suns rays for health
is an ancient ceremony, handed down
from the earliest ages. Wiseacres In
bypone times used to battle in the
sunshine, believing in the great valuo
of light as destroyer OF disease.
Light was the secret and universal
medicine by which they cured many
diseases.
Sunlight is the greatest factor In
our planetary existence; If 1t faiied
all life would perish. One has only 70
look at nature for potent examples.
In vegetable, animal and human lie
the influence of sunlight Is strongly
manifest. Compare the vegetation II
the gardens of a back street away
from the sunlight with similar groWt4
in the open country. Compare tne
children of the country with tnose
living down narrow street or tno
city slums.
For creating good general heaitt
and happiness no medicine Is SO Ell
fective as the direct rays OF the su1
A SIN bath consists of letting the ray
Of the sun battle the skin each da&
meferably during the morning. LIZ
body is, of course, wholly OF parria~
" uncovered.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
JEWISH FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Has Been Held for Centuries as
Memorial of the Dedication
of the Altar.

HanukkahI the Feast Of Dedication,
also called "Feast of the Maccabees,
is a Jewish festival beginning on the
twenty-fifth day of Kislew Oecem-
ber) and continuing for eight days,
chiefly as a festival of lights. 1t
was instituted by Judas Maccabeus,
his brothers, and the elders of the
congregation of Israel. in the year 16o
B. c., to be celebrated annually with
mirth and joy as a memorial OF the
dedication Of the altar, or the purl-
fication Of the sanctuary.
After having recovered the Holy
city and the Temple from the Greeks,
Judas ordered new altar to be
built in the place of the one which had
been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes,
who had caused pagan altar to be
set UP in the Temple of Jerusalem, and
Sacrifices to be offered to his IDOL.
When the fire had been kindled anew
upon the altar and the lamps of the
candlestick lit, the dedication OF the
altar was celebrated for eight days
amid sacrifices and songs.
In the Talmud the festival is prln-
cipally known as the Feast OF IL
Elimination" and it was usual either
to display eight lamps on the first
night of the festival, and reduce the
number on each successive night, or
to begin with one lamp the first night,
increasing the number till the elgntn
night. The lights are supposed to De
symbolical Of the liberty obtained by
the Jews on the day of which Hanuk-
kah is the celebration.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
Had Seen Him Somewhere.

A woman writes: My husband, who
is a minister, had occasion one after
noon while making calls to pass our
home. Edward, three years old, was
playing on the lawn. His father pre-
tended not TO see the child and walked
past the gate without speaking.
Amusement written on his face, I'D
ward sp1lng up from his play and ran
after his father, calling. "Say, is your
name Daddy '-Bosto:. Transcript
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
Grandma Was Richt.

"Oh. mammal exclaimed little Ger
trude, II can spell nothing and that's
a big word, isn't it?' "A pretty big
wori for little maid of your age"
replied her mother. How do you
spell 'nothing'?' ~ X NJ why.
darling. that isn't right" "es 1t is,
said Gertrude, emp.latically. Il SAID
to grandla. what does q x NJ spell =
and = said nothing Edinburgh
Scntsniat
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
Two Sentenced FOR Wreck.

Norristown, Pa, March 21.-Walter
Yeakel and Charles L. Evans were
sentenced to six and nine months i'm
prisonment, respectively, for criminal
negligence in the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad wreck at Bryn Athyn,
Pa, last December, in which twenty
six persons persisted. Each also was
finod S5(l
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
Siamese Fightlng-Fish.

The government of Siam realizes q
considerable revenue from fish fight
Ing by licensed exhibitions where fish
are matched against each other at
sporting events. The fighting fish are
found in the waters near there, and
while not large, they are ferocious
and fight to the death.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
Shortening a Leather Be 4.

If you want to shorten leather
belt instead of cutting or boring a
hole, neither of which is satisf ictory,
heat a knitting needle or hat pin red
hot and punch it through. This can
be done also. in shortening tn, belt
of sewing machine If it breal in
OpportunelH
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
PhiIosophic Soiemnity.

How does Nature defy us with a
few cheap elements Give me health
and a day. and will make the polnp
Of. emperors ridiculous Emerson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30

Thurston X. Porter, nominated by
President Harding to be United
States marshal for China Mr.. Por-
ter came to Washington from Buffalo.
He served in France with the office
of auditor for the War department
and was on the editorial staff of the
Detroit News.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-03-30
Heads II lal

Every once in a while we see some
Dody who reminds us of what you
can do with peanuts.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
GLEN mo.

doe Z. Marlborough. who travels for
Nollcs lirts. Gruccr Go. and sells Max.
well House cS'fce. has written the
luiluwing rocm un Glen I.io." and dctl.
Gated 1, 10 the Minis family.
You've read. Let me live by the sid.
Il the road and be- friend to man."
iou know II h easier In theory. than
o. practice I'm any landi.
know u a cottage that stands by the
roHd with adols walls at clay.
In sage brush hills. dessert like. yet Its
mirih holds one In sway
Trail, ON the line II New Mexico.
surrounded by the raprock's fringe Of
hills, and goes hy the name 81 Glen
Riu.
why they saw On o. Ll'l such I'm Ia.
clincd to think no one knows;
ror about her W. haV. seen no glen.
and ~ her no river flows
Tier surroundings are Just such that
leave must everything Ia desirv.
rui a. darhn ness brings out the stars.
=" do IN. sage brush hills GA, there.
There's mirth ~ the walls II this cot.
irrc ~ any Who hy chance NAV 80
juurn;
\ united family IN happiness. = life II
were well uhat all might discern.
70 those who may care for the weight.
Ter things. there's library with
good hooks.
To the youth IN quest ~ iocundity.
there's music, and girls with good
looks:
The light In their ewes compared 10 a
star. seems a. u II shown through a
mist,
Their songs rar. beauty. and fantastic
s'"ps. would make q scdai- deacon
frlsk.
q awsy frum M" huS, marts - trade
away from the ihronT ~ multitude
Each me who enters - posialS II 4
distinct individual. they study hi
every attitude.
y" thinks sometimes What makes ~
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
LADIES, TAKE NOTICE

Demonstration and sale 81 Partisan
Art Needles. the only needle 81 its kind
that will work an any kind Of material.
It's wonderfully simple. We, simply won
derful. Does French knots and raised
embroidery. Everything from the dain'
test work To the coarse. heavy rag
rug. Easy to use. Every woman inter.
csted In fancy work will want one 81
them See window display ~ the bed
room set ON the unbleached muslin.
made In French knots. DON'T faily to
SEE this at White a Kirk.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

bore. We consider people In mass:
Yet there's great variance In any two.
whom we might think In like class.
II the reader. per chance should pass
this home outposi where the West
begins.
You viii find glad welcome there. and
viii he sorry when your visi, ends
There's gold In plenty on those hills at
the rising and setting OF each sun.
Not TO be moulded into coins. hut In
the happiness you've won
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
". Cohn. salesman for King liros.,

a Go. Chirugo. was among the knights
oi the grip In the city this week. lie
covers many Of the larger cities fer his
firm from Georgia tn New Mexico
"klrgmadc" garments aye widely
known IN furnishing goods stores \
feature Of the king merchandise this
scasun II the new Rambler Knit sweat.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Then Sl,. I.ri,-I'ermapeu,,y

You know me. don't you." smiled
the lady customer.
"Of course. ! remember your face"
raid the clerk. but there have been
"a many OF you people cured by Ant
Ju.cr and Ian Tac that | can't keep
youi names In my mind
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
%. &. u,an Columbia, Hale. popular

salesman iul the Panhandle for Wilson
Bros. furnishing suods. was IN ANA
iillo early this week with his usual
large line " sanpl-s Nj. Hale IL one
at these statesmen who H. thoroughly
snld t. the value ~ his eouls II feel
that II I should ever quit Wilson Bros.
would NO, want t. travel any more"
siid IIal"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
when chickens get hungry. the,

must have feed even II It has TO be
shipped by express" said u, \ Gard.
n'r junior counselor Of Amarillo coun.
ell \ few DAYS ago he shipped 900
pounds by express to Melrusc. y. NJ.
fer u ear & poultry IN route to Los
Angeles
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

-. II X the sensation In The knit goods
line. as II will stretch two to three feet
and contract To- IT, original size. So
strong was one firm IN its belief OF the
selling value of this sweater. that II
placed an order for $4,000. said Mr.
COIN.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
DAY MORNING IN THE AMARILLO DAILY NEWS
tts,sry E.tv1sim vlsitssu.

ROSWELL. April ii.--MeInbefs q
the Roswell Rotary club. detailed for
duty each Sunday. call at the hosslp
of the city and Iced their dutomobiiss.
with hotel guests. taking then for .
ride through the city and through The
surrounding country. - q
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
That Trademark.

Have you ever caught that fellow
that passed the lad checks on your"
nj. And he Is certainly one skin
I'd love To- touch
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
TOM
SIMS
SAYS

With censor on the beach bathers
think they are between the I.yil and
the deep blue sen.
Easy street II hard Ia find
These air regulations ought 10 star,
IN hot air
movie star sends her hubby a week.
~ check for n million kisses. Wonder
who cashes II Tor him?
Every week ~ cleanup week Tor the
booilcgEers
Sometimes We think the only thing
Europe Is out OF l. her head.
When you tell her she looks like n
Flower. don't forget the hest flower,
grow Wild
Mr.. fordncy wants tariff on books.
Don't make 1, hank books
More than 1900 Wall Street men have
gotten permits Ia carry REVIEWERS. Nry
what chance has an investor,
There may be- some pretty smart men;
but none who II pretty and smart
Bryan says he viii live 10 see The
counry dry; but others say he started
too soon.
Since the shutters have started. there
ought To he a fortune In making flavor.
ed lipsticks.
PROSPERITY Is In Its infancy" saws
"A banker. II acts like a.
New novel. "Thc Beautiful and the
Damned" Is cros,ing comment. An.
ether. women W.. men book. no doubt.
The future seems to move about as
fast as we do.
It's easy 10 tell when summer comes
Look at the funny names OF the new
soft drinks.
\ new political PARTY II without a
name; hut the others will soon begin
calling Il some.
Wouldn't these foreign countries be
rich II they could spend all the money
they are making?
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Nev regular meeting Of Amarillo

Council will he aSturday night. April
%. at the W q. W. Hall. Boys. lets en-.
courag" our new officers by having a
hrg. attendance
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Now Hes Ioafiug,

All lcisuft.ly he moved about.
Al leisurcly he lunchcd.
lie punched the clock at times that
clock
Had nr,r before been punched.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Nell Brin Of Dallas. VIM has been

Nell lIrin ~ Dallas. who has beeu
making thu ianhandlc for the Iast ten
years. ~as among the weekend visitors
In the city with ladies ready.to.woar
from New York lines. he II nov oul
with fall samples and films for spring
aud summer. Business IL picking up,
slid Mt. Brin. and he believes that IN,
next three ~ four months win show
siill more Improvement. Lack IT conf
dcncc II the greatest falling In business
now said Alr. lirin. Among the lines
that he now represents are; ]. \. l..
.kuif Bros. New York. furs: Lady
fair Dress Co. New York and New.
burger Garment Co. ~. Louis dresses
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

\ new political iarty IL withou, a
name; hut the others viii soon begin
calling Il some.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Nmarillo Council. L. e. 7. has a mem

bcrship campaign On. Have you turned
IN an Application? Just think how easy
It would he To- get thre - new mem.
beers. making total Of 200 Tor ANA.
Iillo Council. II YOU would just turn Ia
an application or two.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

llis Cure.
The fellow was getting an acre too fat.
But said. "oh. my lunch. Why ] must
have that
Then he found nickel packets Of raisins
Ia chew
I'm passins this bunch right along tn
you.
Those irsnful things take your appetite
And don't make 81 you such an adipose
sight.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

It's easy To tell when summer comes
Look at the funny names OF the new
soft drinks.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Boy, Howdy
Where Statesmen Are and
What They're Doing.
Jimmy Caldwell has bouehi an Over.

Jimmy Caldwell has bought an Over
land coupe and tn advertise his bust.
ness he has had the following sign
painted ON The glass nj the rear above
the seat: Jimmy Caldwell. the Dorsey
Man" Jimmy evidently intends Ia obey
The speed laws In Panhandle towns. OF
he never would have left himself open
in such easy Identification. declare his
friends.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

wouldn't these foreign countries be
rich II they could spend all the money
they are making
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
Waiter Mouni. Peter, shae salesman

has received his fall and winter sam.
pies, and declares that he has a hrgcr
and more varied line than ever before
u" ~ expecting n splendid demand for
his line q shoes from Panhandle mcr.
chants
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
J. F. BROMER1, q. C.

Amariiios on8tnh Cuuopsscs" "
tablished five years. Complete X.Isay
servi~e. Phone ,o7s-foss Me- "--
ton Western Building. across from the
court house.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
John n. Jared. who spent two years

In putting over the Chesterfield cigar.
cite la the panhandl, with headquar.
tiers In Amarillo. was recently called To
the New York office and was offered a
place with the company In China. lie
has accepted the pest and will leave
April - Tor san Francisco 10 visit the
factory there and then go 10 Seattle.
Wash. To sail on the =. :. Pine Tree
state Tor Shanghai. China. April 20.
Friends uf MIR. Jared regret that h. will
not be- among the Panhandle statesmen
any more. although they are glad that
he Is making step that he believes
will bring about further advancement.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

The future seems To- move about al
fast as we do.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12
q. ". Burns. state rrprrsen,aii,. Of

White Crest Mills who was hac Mon
day. Is one OF the veteran travelling men
Of Texas. He has been selling goods Tor
Is years.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

PROSPERITY Is In Its infancy" says
"A banker. II acts like u.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

With u censor on the beach ba,hcrs
think they are between the dcyil and
the deep blue sen
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-12

Since the shifters have started. there
ought To he fortune In making flavor.
cd lipsticks.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-23
THIRD PRESBYTERIAN
SCHOOL HAS OUTING

Tho annual picnic Of the Third rrcS-
hyterjan SUNDAY Schol was held yestcr-
dav Afternoon on the Fairgrounds. The
members Of the school and their friends
assembled at the school in the morning
and went to the ground in the special
car run by the Wheeling Traction COM
pany
l.. C. MedIck. superintendent oc tn"
school. was in charge OF the day and ar
RANGED an interesting program Of aih'
letic events which were run off In the
afternoon In the evening the Third
Presbyterian baseball team played the
First Christian nine.
After spending the entire day on tn"
grounds the ricniCkcrS returned TO their
home after dark.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-23
BIRTHS,
Sc DEATHS,
DURING MAY
DEATH RATE SHOWS HEAVY FALL
mo OFF TO 100 PER
THOUSAND
Organic Heart Disease Leading Cause
81 Deaths - Tuberculosis
Claims Seven

Rlr;hs in tho city OF Wheeling again
exceeded the death rate in hgures com
piled by Dr. ]. E. Marschner for the
month OF May.
During the month OF May there were
IA births In this city and IS deaths,
Thirteen OF the deaths were non-resi-
dents. The death rate per 1000 during
the month was 1.2O compared 70 birth
rate OF PSI per 1000 during the pre-
vious month.
The leading causes OF deaths during
the month were: Organic heart disease.
nine: Brlght's disease. e!Eht: violence.
eight: tuberculosis. seven: and cancer.
four.
There were - deaths over 20 years
OF age. OF the SIS deaths. IS were males
and 10 were females
There were no deaths from typhoid
fever. scarlet fever. diphtheria. measles
or any other contagious diseases.
The health commissioners report fol-
lows:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-23
PREPARING ~" CAMP
FOR OPENING TUESDAY

General Secretary !. G. Slayton and
Secretary Of Boys Work NJ. A. Gould
% the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton spent yesterday a: the summer
hcamp OF the on Buffalo creek looking
the place over and doing some little
work that il necessary.
The members o. tho Y who are going
10 tho ca MP this summer are all asked
To attend The big camp reunion which
will be held at the Y Friday evening
In the assembly room. SO far there
are about forty-flve boys WHO have
signed 20 attend the camp. but the
numter 10 expected 20 reach 30 before
Saturday.