davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18

year the acreage in the southern part
of the state needing protection was
overestimated by about 100000 acres
There has been added to northern
acreage hazard an amount greater than
this. so that the total is L little greater
tlian last year.
Mr. Nash placed before the meeting
in Washington the work being carried
on in Idaho by the several timber pro-
tective associations in the state, and
received considerable favorable COM
ment on the conduct of the various
problems encountered
The commissioner said it was ad-
united by those familiar with Idaho
conditions that the state has the great
est fire hazard Of any state in the
country in the white pine areas in the
northern part Of the state and is de-
serving of help and encouragement in
ne work now being done.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18

flies into a great number of pieces.
The Cullinan stone having been sue
cessfully split the next and final OPP
GRAFTON was the polishing, the most
difficult and incest part Of the diamond
cutting. The huge gem was polished
on a disk made of cast iron and steel
revolving at the rate of 24OO revolu-
tons a minute. The diamond was
pressed down on this disk, which was
literally supplied with a mixture of
diamond dust and oil. by weights Of
fiom IS to rs pounds, and the disk wa
constantly turned from a. m. to p. m
every day for eleven months before the
polishing was completed.
Worth 2Is Millions.
The Cullinan is many times l.rger
than the Excelsior. the next largest
diamond in the world. The Culhinan
in the rough weighed 1927 carats. The
part of the stone on the mill, when
weighed between 500 and COO
carats. The actual commercial value
of the stone is about s2,5OO,OOO, but ITS
unique character makes it practically
priceless.
When the Culinan was found it was
a problem of the diamond company to
decide what to do with it, It's mere
size. over one and one-half pounds.
made it unmarketable and unstable
and to cut it into small pieces would
destroy not only its intrinsic value hui
It's sentimental value. The diamond |
therefore remained in the vaults of the |
for nearly three years, when |
it was decided to present it to the
King of Great Britain on the anniver- |
sary of his Goth birthday.
In the rough the stone was valued az
about s1,OOOOOO and about this price
vas actually paid, namely 100000 and /
$500, 900. representing so per cent of the |
interest the government of the Trans
yaal had therein on account of the fac'
hat the government was entitled t. 1
his percentage of the output of al |
diamond mines of South Africa.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18
THE GREATEST DIAMOND
HOW It WAS POLISHED
PRESENTED TO KING EDWARD
VII. BY KIMBERLY MINES
OVER 5000 cARATS.

The wonderful skill and ingenuity of
the diamond workers, which involves
the utmost delicaey of workmanship.
has never better been illustrated than
in the polishing of the biggest of all
diamOnds-the famous Cullinan. pre-
scented to the late King Edward VII. by
the owners of the Kimberly mines in
South Africa. says the New York Her
aid.
II was necessary to cleave the stone
in three pieces so as to remove the
two very bad flaws. This cleaving was
accomplished first by making an in
cision in the stone with a diamond
cutting saw at the point where it was
to be cleaved and following the grain
Gall diamonds have grain) to a depth
of One-half to three quarters of an
inch
Before this cleaving operation was
undertaken crystal models were made
and cleaved to learn. as far as could
be known. just what would happen
when the same process was applied TO
the real stone.
Splitting the Stone.
When the incision had been made the
cleaver inserted into the slit a spec
tally constructed knife blade made of
the finest steel. and then with a thick
steel rod struck it hard blow and cut
the stone in twain exactly at the point
where it was proposed to be cut. 1t
was an exceedingly well executed piece
OF work.
The cleaving of a diamond is not |
always accomplished along the line II
is intended, and it not infrequently |
happens that in cleaving a stone IL
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18
FUTURE OF SILVER.
mining Congress Journal)


Contrary to outside expectations, sill -
yer production under the Pittman act
has not made the anticipated increase
Westerners know that mineral produc-
tion cannot be made to respond quickly
To an increased demand Much of time
and money are required to open ar
abandoned mine The short time
promise under the Pittman act has not
justified the expense of opening mines
except where very early production
was possible. Operations looking to
future output are not justified in the
face Of the apparent drifting away
from the use Of silver as money. Some
European countries are now making
subsidiary coins from bronze and other
metallic substances. The silver coin
age of Great Britain has been debased
from 925 fine to 500 fine. thus releasing
about $4,000. 900 ounces of silver from
its circulating medium.
Notwithstanding these presently dis
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18

case of life appointees, like those of the
supreme court.
II is doubtful if there has ever been
a time in our history when there was
no member of the court dating back to
an earlier period than this McKenna
for example, took his seat in 1898, only
p years ago. This change doubtless
comes from the later period in life al
which men become of sufficient prom
inence in their profession 10 obtain
this peculiarly distinguished recogni-
ton. The new Harding administration
counts one in the list, and that is Chief
Justice Taft, who is now in his 65th
year. and so one of the oldest men at
the time of his appointment of any
man ever named for the court. In fact
no member of it is today so young as
President Harding, who is doing the
selecting from this time forth.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18
THE SUPREME COURT.
Boston Herald.)


Of the nine members of the supreme
court of the United States, three owe
their appointment to the eight years
OF President Wilson's administration
These three are McReynolds, of Ten
nessee; Brandies. of Massachusetts
and Clarke of Ohio. Two owe their
appointment to the preceding term of
the Taft administration. These are
Van Devanter, of Wyoming, and Pit
ney. of New Jersey Two owe their
to the two terms of Pres
ident Roosevelt: these are Holmes, of
Massachusetts. and Day. of Ohio. On
ly one remains, McKenna, of CalifOr
MIA, who owes his appointment to the
Mckinley administration Thus rap
idly the procession moves, even in the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18
PROTECT THE FORESTS
AID FOR IDAHO
AN ALLOTMENT OF ABOUT $4,000
FOR 1922. MOST OF 1T FOR
THE NORTH.

Idaho will receive as much federal
aid for forest protection in 1922 as was
received in 1921 and maybe more. ac-
cording TO l. II. Nash. state land com
missioner who returned Wednesday
from Washington, where he has been
for about two weeks, attending a meet
ing of the foresters of the various
states called for the purpose Of decid-
ing on the allotment of the 100000
federal funds for forest protection, says
the Boise Statesman
Eastern foresters made a strong eff
fort to have the method of distribution
changed in such "a way that the amount
Idaho would receive would be cut
down. Mr. Nash said. but this was
blocked, and the ratio viii be about tn,
same as last year
In 1921 Idaho received a total o
$4,000 from the federal government to
aid in the protection of the forests o.
the state This amount was distrib-
uted, $4,000 to the forests of the
northern part of the state and $4,000 to
the southern timber holdings This
year, Mr. Nash thinks the northern /
forests will get more and the southern |
forests less but thinks the total will /
be about the same
Distribution Changed.
This distribution viii not seriously /
handicap the work i'm the southern /
pert of the state, he said. because last
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Pants, shirts, overalls and
sweaters, at Buckleys'.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
NEGROES DESERT G. o. P.
Flock to Democratic Ranks and Cele'
brate AL Smiths Victory.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-Carrying
improvised banners on which were
conspicuously displayed pictures of
Alfred E. Smith and DR.. Royal S.
Copeland, SO or more negro boys,
ranging in age from II to Is, hilar-
iously marched through a section of
Harlem on the evening of November
Z, blowing horns and beating tin
cans and other nondescript substi-
tutes for this race to celebrate a
Democratic victory.
For the first time in the history of
American politics negro voters in
large numbers are manifesting an
uncompromising attitude of inde.
pendence toward the Republican
party.
Election results in many pivotal
States disclose that particularly In
New York, New Jersey, Delaware,
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, the defec-
tion Of negro vote had an important
oCdlih6 VII IhC AoGC oA
congressional or guberuatorial can
didates. In Missouri several thous-
and negroes abandoned the G. o. p,
while in Virginia negroes put for
ward members of their race to in
sure the election of Democratic can
didates for Congress.
Contrary to expectations to some.
negro voters went to the ballot box
in a resentful mood on Nov. z.
Charging the Republican party with
base ingratitude and singing the
song, after All That I've Been to
YOU" they cast their votes by the
thousands for Democratic candidates
During the previous administra-
tion negroes were appointed as min
lister to Hayti, register of the treas
ury. recorder OF deeds, assistant
United States attorney-general and
minister to Liberia. Choice federal
plums were also distributed to the
race In various sections of the coun-
try. AS fitting reward for giving
undivided support to Harding and
his running mates in 1920 this
group was high in its hopes to win
back what had been lost under Dem
ocratic rule and secure more be-
sides.
So far as representative federal
appointments are concerned to date,
requiring senatorial confirmation.
the negro has Jared but little better
than when Democrats were in con-
troll at Washington. A negro Repub-
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
SIGNS OF HARD WINTER.

A man whose name we could not
learn is in Jail here on the charge of
having stolen an overcoat from. a
travelling man at Hayti Tuesday of
this week. The alleged theft hap
pened while the tri-city special was
waiting at Hayti and the travelling
man had gotten off the train for a
few minutes, and while he was gone
the accused man is alleged to have
stolen the coat and left the train.
This train was on its way to Kennett
and when it pulled out to the switch
coming this way the man got on the
train again, carrying the coat with
him. Claude Holt, a brakeman on
the train, spied the man and while
he had his attention directed out of
the window Mr.. Holt got the coat
and hid it. At Bragg City Constable
T. v. Schoonover was called on the
train and the man arrested. Mrs.
John Roney of Blytheville, who was
coming here on visit, and another
lady, whose name we do not know,
identified the suspect as being the
man who got the coat. The accused
man vigorously denies his guilt, but
this will be thrashed out at his pre-
liminary.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
SENATORS WISH NEW CON-
GRESS SEATED IMMEDIATELY

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-The
present practice under which Sena-
tors and Representatives continue
to sit in Congress for four months
after they have been defeated for re-
election would be abandoned under
an amendment to the Constitution
reported today by the Senate Agri-
cultural Committee.
BY unanimous vote the committee
decided to bring into the Senate a
resolution providing for such an
amendment, which would require
that new Congress take Office i'm
mediately after it had been elected
instead of the March following
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
NOT C0NTEMpLAT--
ING MATRIMONY.
Democrat-Argus.

Democrat-Argus:
When Hon. Sterling H. McCarty,
our Circuit Court Judge and known |
over a considerable section of the |
State as more or less confirmed |
bachelor, had sitting few days |
ago for dozen or so photographs.
interested friends began to put two
and two together and surmise that |
perhaps the Judge had in mind the
commission Of matrimony--or at any
rate possibly the submission of his
likeness to a matrimonial journal
somewhere. However, we believe |
we are in a position to say that this |
opinion is not correct view of the
situation, the more so that we do not
believe 1t at all needful that the
Judge should have recourse to such |
an agency were he intent upon de-
parture from his present state of sin.
gle blessedness
The facts are that Judge McCarty
has in mind long vacation from
work and worry after his present
term in Office expires-January IL
and plans to crafty long cherished
ambition to make visit to Europe
especially to visit Palestine and the
Holy Land. During his tenure of Of
flee this manifestly has been impossi-
BILE, but now that he is to retire
from a long and arduous grind of
duty, he can avail himself Of the op-
portunity, and 1t was with view Of
making preparation to secure his
passport out of the country that he
had the photos made. 1t is re-
quirement of the officials to have a
likeness of such applicant before
granting authority to leave our
shores, and inasmuch as Judge Nc
Carly has not had picture made
since his term in the State legislat-
ure in 1911, he thought it best to
have one bit more up-to-date, as
he has put on considerable enbon-
point and in other ways looks rather
more middleaged than at that time.
So the Judge probably will take
his departure some time in the COM
ing February, according to present
plans, for more or less extended
and doubtless very enjoyable stroll
through places of interest in Eu-
rope and the Near East. Although
considerably in advance of the actual
need for the photograph perhaps he
likeness made at this time, when
memories of the election and the
great Democratic victory are fresh
in mind and that pleased and satis-
fled expression sits enthroned upon
his amiable countenance.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Sewing Machines,
-Lefler Hardware Co.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
A CORRECTION.

An error was made last week in
a letter published by Mr.. H. j. Rein
hard, in which he wished to offer Il
$500 reward for information con-
victing parties of circulating a hand
bill concerning him. The article
read "One Hundred" instead of Two
Hundred. However, Mr.. Reinhard
authorizes this paper to raise the
sum another hundred, making the re-
ward $500 for the information he
seeks. We regret the error occurred.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

lican has succeeded negro Demo-
crat AS minister to Liberia, and ne.
gro has been named recorder OF
deeds. Although President Hard
ing at the beginning of his admins
tration went on record as being op-
posed to the appointment of ne
groes to high Office in the south,
four days before election he named
Walter C. Cohen comptroller of Gus
toms at New Orleans.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
FOR SALE

My Broom residence in Kohn ad-
dition. in good condition; good sur
roundings. Will-sell for cash, or ad-
dress Mrs. ID. B. Hayes, Chaffee,
Mo. 1-tf SO pd
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Wiley Wallis was here Sunday Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Wallis
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Jesse Gwin, bookkeeper for a lum-
ber company at Deering, spent
Thanksgiving at Hayti visiting
home folks and other folks
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Browning of
Wilson, Ark, were visiting relatives
here Sunday and at Kennett Monday.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

We have all the shades in cro-
chet and art thread. Lee Spencer.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Miss Beatrice Garrett of Caruth-
ersville was guest at the W. T
Shepard home Sunday.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01
FOR SALE.

Two Ford touring cars at 500
and $125. Terms. Charlottesville
Hardware Co., Charlottesville, Mo.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

Electric Irons,
-Lefier Hardware Co.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

The above corresponds with the
advice The Missouri Herald suggest
ed for negroes during the recent
campaign. and which to consider
able extent seems to have been heed
ed. More than SO years ago the ne
groes were freed of chattel slavery,
but have ever since been bound by
political claims hand and foot, body
and soul. to the Republican party.
They have voted, not as individuals.
for that party, but as herds OF
dumb animals driven to the slaugh-
ter. The negro is as much entitled
to exercise his political freedom as
the white man. and the sooner he
learns to do SO the quicker will come
his rightful rewaM-good govern
ment.
The Missouri herald., 1922-12-01

]. H. O'Connor and wife of Cooter
were here visiting over Sunday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-13
LOVED ALL FEATHERED FOLK
AudUbon's Nam: Immortal Because
Of His Splendid Work for Amer
lean Native Birds.

John James Audubon. an American
naturalist and bird lover, who did per
haps more than any other man TO In.
terest Americans in their native birds,
was born in Meadyille, La. Of French
parents, in 1880. He studied 10
France. In 1893 he settled near Phil
adelphia, where he lived for ten
years, dev0ting himself to the study
Of birds. Later he spent considerable
time in the West, wandering through
the woods In close touch with his
feathered friends. In 1896 Audubon
Went to England, exhibiting his bird
drawings, which he finally published
IN work containing 435 colored
plates OF birds the size OF life, entitled
1.-THE Birds OF America" A copy Of
this complete work today Is worth
small fortune.
On his return To America Audubon
labored on an illustrated work, ''rhe
Qnadrupeds Of America" Audubon
never Instituted any movement for the
preservation OF birds. for IN his cay
much Of the country was wild, and
It looked as though there were no
danger Of birds ever becoming extinct.
II was his genuine love for the feath'
cred folk that caused the Audubon
society to be named for him.
The Audubon society has done much
to prevent wanton destruction and TO
create sentiment against the wear
Ing OF birds and feathers on millinery
II is largely due to Audubon societies
throughout the country that large
:rnets Of ground have been set apart
as bird reservations. The national or
fee Of the organizatIcA is - New
York 2"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-13
Chinese Wedding Customs.

on her wedding day the Chinese
bride Is clad In red and carried In II
sedan chair covered with red, Any
person who wishes may turn back the
chair curtains and have a look al the
bride. Hayseed takes The place OF
rice and confetti. The brides hair
is deliberately oiled. and so when the
girls throw haysee0s at her ihsy
stick. When she has reached the end
Of her journey she has come 10 The
home Of her husband and must bear
the candid criticism Of the whole fam
lily.
The wedding ceremony Is nothing
more than q rice AFFAIR. Instead OF
throwing II, the guests eat II The
husband ,and-wlfe.to-be cot rice from
each others bowl, then mix the rice
and both eat from the same bowl-and
they are married.
Of course there is feast, hut The
custom makes It such that the
American father OF n recepuon.giving
bride uiyht envy the Chinese father
OF the bride. Every guest contributes
something. and so II costs very little.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-13
WHERE ETIQUETTE is RIGID
Visitor to Monaghan Yourt Has Many
Important Rules Of Conduct
10 Remember,

A Monaghan yourt is an umbrella
like framework Of trelliswood Gov
cred with thick felt which when new
Is perfectly white, circular in form.
having dome-shaped roof, and is
about IA TO IS feet 10 diameter the
door always facing south or south
west, and painted red. On arriving at
yourt on a Mongolian pony II Is
very necessary 10 remember that your
riding whip must be left outside, laid
on the roof, before you enter. To take
Il. or any kind of stick. into the house
would not be regarded as simple
breach ;of manners, such as taking
your umbrella into the drawing room
when paying a call In this country,
but amounts 10 an act Of aggression.
As one enters the yourt one cannot
help noticing that the floor is covered
with semicircular mats of very thick
white felt with bold applique designs
In black. as & border. In the center
OF the building an iron casket contains
burning argol that flames brightly and
sends up ascending smoke that es.
capes through a circular hole IN the
roof. One must be careful to select
one Of the lowly seats on the ground
on the left Of the fire TIL the invita-
ton Is given 10 come M higher"
which Of course, win follow.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-13

In n quiet back street OF Dublin Is
The Church OF st, Michan's, and in It's
vaults may be seen one Of the strang-
EST sights OF the country. There lie
the bodies Of people buried centuries
ago, which, owing to some curious
preservative properties Of the air OF
soil Of that particular place. never de-
cay. Their skins tan" into a flexible
chnmois.like leather. The limbs can
be moved about with ease. the finger
nails are perfect, and In some cases
the features are fairly distinct. This
is especially the case with the body
Of an infant. buried In 1893. There
Is In another vault body said TO be
that OF n Crusader, and in another one
said to be that OF brother OF King
O'Toole. One very grueSomc sight is
that OF the headless bodies OF two
uufortunates who were beheaded dur.
Ing the famous rebellion OF 9S.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-13
HAS NEW THEORY OF SPEECH
Came About In Man Through Waking
Erect and uslnp Hands 10 Hands,
says Savant

Why have none Of tho higher AMI.
mails developed speech7 asks Or. B.
Naunyn in the Deutsches Archiyfuer
Kllnische Medizln Neipzig) He points
out that the sounds made by animals
and birds are initiative, like the 'da.
dada" OF q happy baby. But the In
FAINT progresses beyond echo-speech to
actual speech, which no animal or bird
can do.
And he proceeds 70 answer this
question. says the New York World,
on the theory that man has evolved
from the lower animals--a theory that
ia rapidly losing ground among seri-
Gus scientific men--about as follows
When man began to walk erect and
use his hands, the right hand was
found more convenient for attacks and
defense, gestures. and the ordinary
uses Of life; the left hand being used
more for carrying things
This greater use Of the right hand,
not the more abundant blood supply
10 the left hemisphere Criminals have
the latter, was what stimulated the
left hemisphere OF the brain to higher
development This provided Romanes
casual anatomic factor" that distin-
guishes man from animals and made
articnlate speech possible. II is "A
consequence OF mans walking erect
and using his hands as hands, Speak
Ing and the organ OF speech developed
together. The singing Of birds and
their balancing power are by-produets
OF the evolution Of their organ Of
hearing, as also music in man. along
with rhythm and dancing, although a
music sense evidently cooperates with
the internal ear.