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erciss IN the Open. Each Of them
will daily with . hunk Of Black
Bread and . large Radish later in
the day.
We are now looking a. what Is
known a. the Home Of Laughter
and Song. This II . grand Spot
in which to settle down II you don't
object TO rooming with the Live
Stock and can subsist on the afore-
said Laughter and Song"
On they went. with tumbling
Waters and white Deserts beneath
them. They came to . mere rib
bon Of Green bordering a River
which wound through . Desolation
Of burning Sand.
II thought you would enjoy Q
closeup of Egypt" said the Guide.
This ID where Agriculture was In
vented Q good many Centuries be-
fore the Year One. Countless Nil.
lions have been working at II ever
since and the most that any Tenant
ever got ahead was the Privilege
Of facing eastward twice . Day and
giving Thanks to Mohammed.
The Exhibit to which I call par
ticular Attention ID the FeIlah With
the Breech-C -Clout driving the oxcn
and guiding the Plow made from .
crooked Limb. He. 10 stiIl pulling
the Ptolemy Stuff because he is not
taxed for, Free Schools and Expert.
msnt Stations.
Please get next to the Bunch
lifting the Water out Of the Nile
In buckets and pouring II Into lr.
risation Ditohes. How's that for
the little old aoth Century, Bach
member Of the Bucket Brigade
earns almost enough every Day to
buy . good scent seear. The
Grain 10 trampied out according T.
n. most approved o'A Testament
msthods, '
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The daughter Of this couple was
sent to Europe and educated in
Paris. Rome and Berlin. to study
natural science. % she had
broad grounding for the research
work she later undertook with
her father after the family had
settled IN Brasil.
At the time that she won out
In the examination and was
awarded the position a. head of
the natural museum she was only
twenty-six years old. She was
not only the first woman to take
such position. but was the first
woman to take the examination.
Senior Lutz is said to have revo-
iutionized the status Of women
and won the confidence and ad-
miration of the Brazilian men.
She L. president of the League
for the Intellectual Emahcipa-
ton of Women. She came to this
country to attend the Pan-Ameri-
can Conference Of Women held
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Of Species which had multiplied
without increasing in Popularity.
In other Words. this Party was
around sticking up People in the
name OF . large Undertaking for
the General Good.
He went at Ebenezer hammer
and tongs and told him to Come
Across with q Handful.
Ebenezer began to side-step,
back UP and plead Poverty.
So the Solicitor went back to
Headquarters and reported that
Ebenezer was UP against It Plenty.
He was q Poor Man.
POVERTY A RELATIVE TERM.
The Committee considered the
Case carefully, because there were
several Ebenezers right in this
same Township. But one men,
Der Of the Committee, having no
Pity in his Heart, suggested that
Poverty was q Relative Term.
He said that Ebenezer was Q
well-meaning Citizen and there
was just one Prescription needed
TO make Eb q useful Patriot Of
comprehensive Vision. and that
was an Inspection Tour.
He called attention to certain
biographical Data.
+ Ebenezer had started out In Life
a. q Farm Hand,
His only Assets at the beginning
were set OF willing Muscles. the
habit Of Industry, and about as
much technical knowledge Of
Agriculture a. he could absorb
from his Neighbors. He believed
himself TO be seif-made.
II never struck him that the
Institutions Of q Free Country.
and the Privileges sproutins under
q Western Sky. and the virgin
richness Of . new son. and the
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- NE day q serious-minded Dis
turber Of the sofl named
/, Ebenezer, living out where
the Prairie Loan u very Brunette
and the Cattle are broad across the
Hips. rot up IN the Morning 30
borne down BY Business Anxiety
that all he could take for Break
fAst was . few Eggs and a couple
OF Patty Cakes Of q rare kind Of
Sausage containing Pork and
several Strata Of Flapjacks and
Tureen Of Coffee.
The Grief that seemed crushing
him TO Earth had been engendered
By an inability to buy more Land.
Drain Prices had gone Ker.flop
and Ed didn't know which to
blame the Board Of Trade or Con-
sress.
He was, stin living in Comfort.
but the Easy Money Of War Times
had evaporated and almost every
day he would zee In q Catalogue
the Picture Of something he
couldn't afford to buy.
One Of the bitter Ironies en-
eountersd during the Vaudeville
Tour known a. Mortal Existence
is that no matter how much Of the
Crisp q Fellow handles. he feels
IKE Lazarus n he cannot acquire
ali OF the desirable Items that he
seems TO think he wants.
uEr AN "AsKER."
That 10 why Ebenezer was feel
ing awful Blue when he wound
mp his little bank and started to
Town 70 pick out some new
Records for the photograph.
He aiishted In front Of the Bank.
and thsre he pumped right into
. moss Of Calamity.
The Person accosting him was
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kindly help Of an intelligent Com
munity had co-operated to make
him fairly Independent II not SIN
fully Rich.
Someone suggested thatft would
be q Grand Thought II Ebeneser
could visit some Of the other Geo
graphical Divisions on this limited
Globe and study the Daily Life and
Domestic Affairs Of other Men who
had started with Nothing much
and worked hard. and practiced
Economy and persevered In their
Efforts to set aside q few Rubies
for q Rainy Day.
So the Committee pulled of .
very bright Stunt.
II learned that q smart Y4nk
had perfected an Airplane Of in
credible Speed. 4
The Committee invited Ebenezer
to take q free ride. The Lad at
the Wheel was instructed to show
Ebenezer the Sights that would do
him the most good.
Our respected Neighbor has got
Il into his Bean that \ Raw Deal
has been framed and that he is the
Fall Guy" explained the Commit
tee to the Aviator. Let him get
wise to the Happy Lot Of those
who are not subject to the oppres-
sive Conditions which have caused
him to holler." .
NOT A SILO. e
They sailed away, and q strange
assortment OF changing Land
scapes began to unroii beneath
them. 4.
BY the time they had gone .
paitry thousand Miles In q south
erly direction. Il was revealed 10
the pop-eyed Traveller that even
the Home Of the Brave vss made
up largely of Mountain Ranges
and Scrub Forest The Bottom
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I forget the name Of the Staple
Food Of this Vicinity. but Il 10 a
kind Of Ragweed en- Casserole.
Please take notice that these dark.
skinned Persons are Hustlers. You
don't catch one Of them loafirg
on his Job. He scratches Just a.
hard a. any Township Trustee in
the Mississippi Valley. Does he
get anywhere7
After . long and sweaty Day.
he sleeps on the bare Ground under
. Canopy Of Twigs piastered with
Mud. He looks at an unchansing
Horizon. After q while he dies.
Don't pity him. He never heard
that somewhere In the World the
weary Plowman goes to the pio-
ture show and eats Cream
Cones. We VII now proceed to
India, one Of the favorite Haunts
Of those who 60 forth to Sow ara
Reap.
LAND OF MYSTERY.
India, Ebenezsr had read some
where. was the land Of Mystery.
The mystery turned out to be
that swarms and Myriads Of skinny
Individuals with large, mournful
Eyes and fiutterins Cotton Night
les somehow managed to wrench
a sustenancs from the biistering
Plains.
Each Human work-Animsi WIS
escorted &c his daily Task by the
spooks Of Superstition. while be.
hind him staiked the dim specter
Of Famine.
Sometimes . Crop does not come
up TO Expectations" explained the
Guide. when that happens, about
a. many People a. you win find IN
the state Of Pennsylvania curl up
and dis OF Starvation. ....
Land 10 owned by the RaJshs
and Princes. The hereditary Priv.
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rs he unhappy Not at sll.
Once a Week he sits down to a
Banquet consisting Of q Bowl Of
Rice with . piece Of dried Fish
in It.
THE HAPPY JAP.
On the homeward Tack the
Airplane took In Japan, 20 that
Ebenezer could observe Conditions
in q progressive Nation where the
Harvest Hand pulls down II cents
q day and can Afford to put dried
Fish into the Rice two or three
times q Week.
During the hasty skip across the
Pacific, the Guide addressed Eben-
ezer as follows:
We'll. my jolly Home-seeker. II
you decide later on to fee from
the predatory Inflictions which
have caused you 90 much sorrow
in the U. 8. A.. to which part Of
this Terrestrial Sphere viii you
emigrate?
"of all the drudgins Farmers on
the outside Map. is there one with
whom you would trade Places,
Can you. see any one Of them
running shoe-string up to $40
LScres7"
They began to make out the
white Houses and the big Red
Barn5 and the Fat Stock and the
ribbons Of Macadam and the flivs
moving hither and thithsr. while
In between and all around were
the unhampered and generous
Fields.
How DO they look 10 youf'
asked the Conductor.
"oh. Boyr was al that Eb
could exclain.
Meraii whore Isnsr..ss b sst
Bliss set Wissi
so.sr,sA. issa - ssn sy.s'..s> r.>,
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Lands were subject to overflow
and the Slopes consisted Of Min
eral Deposits.
Presently they hovered over .
sun-baked Expanse studded with
pricliy Vegetation.
'"I invite your Attention 70 the
Peon Of Mexico" said the polite
Guide. He puts In the usual
number Of Hours per Day.
Once In . great while he 10 per-
mitted to look at . small piece of
deprecated Tin Money. He lives
In the Mud Hut that you Gee nest
ling among the Cacti.
His food consists Of Injun Meal
and Black Beans touched up with
Pepper Sauce.
"If he lives to be 90 Years Of
Age, he stiil lacks about SIS Of
having enough to pay the Funeral
Expenses."
INVENTED AGRICULTURE.
Eastward they Glove their way,
and up from the Sea rose . whole
Continent Of spired Cities and tiny
Gardens and first-class Scenery.
This, In q General Way, 10
Southern Europe" explained the
Conductor Of the Tour.
"It is my purpose to show you
the more favored Regions. Look
at the huge Hoteis and the dandy
Palaces. They are not frequented
by members Of the Farmers Pro.
tective association. but the hum.
blest Toiler can look at them every
time he straishtens UP. g..
tho Tower you see yonder 10
not . silo. II 10 part Of
Chateau -.
DO you make out all the Truck
Patchesf Wen. those are not Truck
Patches a. al. They're Farms. You
win note that al the Women ana
childrsn ere psrnu1nasd - ta,hs Nm.
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THE FIVE SQUARE MEN

nARRING may be a few babies born the last couple Of
years my Grandpap Mugg has pretty good line in
- everybody back in my old home town, and what he
thinks Of most Of them is scarcely fit to eat.
You take the average prominent citizen Of home
and matter how he stands in the community my Grand
pap Mugg dig him up from yonder and show
where he ought to be in Jail, or maybe hung.
For many years my Grandpap Mugg claims that outside Of
himself there only five in my homo town,
which gives total of six entire population. And
my Grandpap Mugg he the of the
lot although some people say different.
The five guys my Grandpap Mugg square guys
are as follows:
John p Stubbleed the president Of the Stockgrowers
bank.
Herman B. Hornblower who the Manhattan clothing
store.
Red Mack Counihan the gambler
Gus Juniper the harness maker.
Elmer Foote, the editor of the Daily Express.
AAn these guys very old citizens and my Grandpap
Muggs knows them since Pixies Peak Is a hole in the
ground. Naturally my Grandpap Mugg knows what he is
talking about when he they square, and Of he
also knows what he talking about when he says he him
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By BUGS" BAER

beat who wanted to know what the trouble was about
Rggity took slam him and wound in the county jail
where the far apart that they had to keep
little Riggity in shoe box for safety
guess that Riggity like all the other little men
thinner they are the more important they
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~ know all these gentlemen long time my Grandpap
Mugg and know there very little any larceny in
them. They my oldest and dearest friends and
glad I can shoe them in a big opportunity"
My old claims that it not reasonable that anybody
live in my old home town long these parties and
remain but Grandpap Mugg he will lay
money any Of the five, but not much Of
John Stubblefed Anyway, he says he is going take
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WHAT'S ashlight picture Of pop taken at his best in
the thickest part Of a banquet.

sas Funny how yon never any eyes In hashlight
picture Pops head is nothing but mouth and teeth which
be all for the best seeing taken at banquet
Another thing about those flashlights is that everybody
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self is square, although people dispute it.
Well sir what happens one time but my Grandpap Mugg
has very important business deal which looks it
is going to make him plenty Of dough.
It that this is deal in which he needs q number
of partners and especially partners who square
So my Grandpap Mugg decides he will take in the dea
all the five guys mention and give them chance make
some dough with him.
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. NE day q serious-minded Dis
turber Of the sotl named
Ebenezer, living out where
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Along the walls OF tho great temple
(Which still stand, though partly
ruined), are set number of large
stones, called "gnomons," so placed
for the purpose OF observing tho stars
and to measure the shadows cast by
tho sun. Also perched on the walls
are gigantic soapstone birds. which
are supposed by archnologlsts to rep
resent tho goddess Venus.
There Is much mystery about the
Great zlmbabwe, as the ruined city is
called In Rhodesla today-meanlng
Here is the Great Kraal"-and some
dispute In regard to the degree of its
antiquity. Some authorities are OF
opinion that II dates back to a period
before the birth OF Moses, which
would give 1t an age OF more than
thirty-seven centuries. or perhaps
1000 years. The lowest estimate
places the building OF II at 1900, u. c.,
or 500 years before Solomon was born.
The Bible speaks OF "the whole
Land OF Havilah. where there Is gold"
almost undoubtedly referring 10 the
region here described. in southern
Rhodesia. There II reason. BY the
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way Judging from an ancient map
recently discovered in EgypD. for
thinking that the Egyptians in some
epoch had part In the development OF
mining in that auriferous area; but
the question, so far as they are con-
cerned. Is wrapped In obscurity.
The gold workings were unquestion-
ably In continuous operation for sew
eral centuries before tho birth OF
Solomon. but tho mining seems to
have been suddenly discontinued In
the time of Jehosaphat. when. about
900. b. c.. the fleet OF the Israelites
and Sabgans was wiped out by q
great military and naval defeat at
Ezion-Geber.
Thirty odd years ago John Hays
Hammond, the famous mining engi-
neer. In company with Cecil Rhodes
made an examination OF the ancient
workings, with a view to determining
whether they could be profitably re-
opened. The decision was favorable.
and since then the mines of King
Solomon and the Sheban Queen have
been producing from si2.000.000 TO
100000. 900 worth OF gold annually.
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fa,, ,,.i,, =, ,. -
'u''t VI ei"hi'e' 10 SeI'e an
''Unpl"g p'hces TOT the caravans
me Instance TO the eeacoast was
ABOUT tVo inlles' across what Is now
iortusese East AFRICA. 10 the port
known To-Day as sofala' There the
dhows Jay In Whiting 10 take aboard
mo gold ana other valuable mer-
chandlse. u must have been won
derfully picturesque scene-the sol
dlers, with their glittering arms
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hot, to throw cold water upon IT,
thereby causing the quartz to crack
and dislntegrate.
The ore thus dsintegrated was
pounded TO powder. which the work
ers washed In shallow pans to sep
arate out tho gold. To serve as
mortars for tho purpose they cut on
tho surface OF fat granite rocks round
holes. thousands OF which may be
seen today Tho gold dust. carried
to the administrative headdunrters.
was then. as already stnted. melted
and converted into ingots. Some OF
the furnaces used are stili in place.
many of the cruclbles employed for
melting the metal, as we'll rs soap-
stone molds, have been found. and
actually few OF the verltnbie ingots
turned out from tho latter.
T. The Great Temples
II IL difficult for us to realize that
Arabia Is as large as continental Eu-
rope. with Russia left out-tnkinr
tho map as Il was before the late war.
Tho people OF that country In Solo
mons time were star-worshippers
their astronomical researches having
relation 10 their relivlon), and in par
ticular they regarded the planet
Venus as representing Astaroth. the
most powerful OF dlvinitles. In the
city that was the center OF the gold
mining district were many temples.
ono OF which. OF huge size and sur
rounded by walls OF masonry thirty
Ave feet high. contained. within an
enclosed open space, a lofty conlcai
tower which was probably dedicated
~ Vapua
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Whence the Yellow Treasure Came Which En-
riched the Wise Monarch A Long Puzzling
Mystery Cleared Up The Ancient
Mines Have Recently Been Reopened.
By ARTHUR BUDD

IN writing Yet lllllo of their iitern-
ture has boon preserved. and We have
today surprisingly little knowledge of
tho history OF Arabia
We do know. however, that I'm solo-
mons time there wero In that
geographic area four Kingdoms. OF
which tho most prosperous and now
erful was that or Saba or shobn. na
wo call which occupied tho south.
west corner OF Arabia. Tho poople
OF Saba ana their noiGhbors the
Himynrites dug for gold In what IA
now Rhodesla fsouth Afrlca) for
several centuries before Solomon was
born.
Tho Gold Mines
Solomon, as we know was a very
luxurious monarch, and he seem, 10
have had largo appetite for gold.
We read in tho bible that the weight
OF gold that came 20 Solomon IN one
year was six hundred and three score
talents"-thAt ~ TO say. about two
and n half short tons. II camo from
Southern Rhodesia. where. under
some sort OF partnership with the
Arnhlans Solomon had gone into the
Eold-minlng business on an extensive
scale. lie may have furnished
troops. for the enterprise required tho
use OF several regiments or soldlcrs.
to capture slaves, to hold the mining
district Hnfo against hostile native
tribes. and to prevent escape OF the
workers.
The Inter were slaves obtained by
raids upon tribes OF black savnges
who. necessarily rendered hostile by
such treatment wero always to be
regnrdod as enemies ready TO take
advantage OF any opportunity 70,
reprlsal on this account, although
the district as whole could not b,
made secure by defensive works the
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when tho marriage Is discovered
they are banished to New York.
Donald is "shanghaled" and is away
two years. on his return he foils two
crooks who are planning to frame
the coloners horse In the famous
Kentucky Derby,
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- llE disturbed state OF affairs 80
Al rho tour East, whore war or
VI threats OF war extend from Asia
~&D Minor 20 Mcsopotamin ana Ara
ola, recalls tho days Of old whom oil
nat part OF tho world was n scene
~ everlasting conflict
In that region tho earliest civilizn-
lions wero developed. and rival king
doms were pcrpotually nt war with
one another. wholesale massncrcs
bring commonly Incidental to their
struggles one may read profuse ao-
counts OF Euch horrors In tho Bible:
for Palestine was 40 situated geo
graphically ha TO be right In tho
nldst Of tho fray.
The writings OF Hebrew historians,
naturally tending TO magnify tho po-
lticni and military Importance Of
their own country, have IN this re-
spcct thrown tho kingdom OF Israel
considerably out OF It's proper per
spostlvc. Palestine Is only 1876 miles
long. with an average width Of TWEEN
~ miles. and Israel never ala control
tho whole OF Il. Solomon, with all
his glory. was but n petty monarch.
But no ma n loWeIlul Any IN klnE
Hiram OF Tyre. whose dominions were
10 the north OF him, ana who fur
nshod the wood for building tho IA
nous Temple nj Jerusalem. In addi-
tlon. he had treaties OF Mt least com
mercial importance with the Arahinns
who were semites, and therefore
racial kinsfolk OF tho sraelites, The
Queen of sheba, who came 10 visit
Solomon. was an Arabian queen.
Arabinn's Foremost In Science
Tho Arabians OF that day were
foremost In science tof which the
contemporary Hebrews wcro pro.
foundly lgnoranD. ana especially ad.
vnnccd In astronomical research. II
was they who invented our Numerals
and perhaps also tho letters we use
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"1hat Son OF A sheih-

This production Is a comedy on the
many Arabian pictures which started
with THE sheik." Neal Burns. the
featured actor and vlora Daniel, the
beautiful leading latiy, enact a trav-
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have determined 20 steal this ruby.
"The Kentucky Derby

Alice Brown is raised In the Ken
tucks home OF Colonel Gordon.
Donald Gordon, rather hot-headed son
OF tho colonel. falls in love with Alice,
and they are secretly married.
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is forthcomInF also a bogus nohleman
who seeks the girls hand in marriage
so that his mother can get hand in
the family fortune. The real noble
man turns up In the -Tso Of a writer.
becomes secretary to the father, spous
tho deep laid plot and wcds the girl.
Alice Calnoun Is the star.
"1he Switching Hour"
Bunny (Arthur Housman), came
home IN an ice wagon In the wee
small hours from his club. Then he
found his fiancee out riding with a
count. Counts didn't count with
Bunny, so he proceeded 10 beat him
up when hs found him attempting to
embrace his sweetheart.
Luck, however, viii turn. Bunny,
IN an effort TO drink up his prospect
i've father-ln-lnw's wine cellar. comes
across priceless ruby which he
merely tucks away IN his pocket.
He then illustrates tho crooks who
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The story deals with the adventures
Of a girl whose father has suddenly
become rich and whose mother. IN
consequence OF this wealth, wants 10
become listed I'm tho social registry
and possess a'family crest. The latter
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mines being scattered over a vast
area, the administrative headquarters
were formldnbly fortified.
Strong Fortlncations
These headquarters were located in
large and populous town, existing
ruins OF which Indicate that II COW
cred Mt least dozen square miles
It's site was evidently chosen for
strategic reasons. and in the middle
OF Il rose a granite hin 900 feet hIeh
which. rendered proof against attack
on the south by vertical precIpice.
was defended on tho other sides by a
labyrinth OF walls making ascent i'm
possible except through narrow pas
siEes easily blocked. There were
only two gntes OF entrance, each OF
them guarded by two strong forts.
The whole affair was probably the
strongest fortress existing at that
period anywhere in tho world. In it's
ruined state. thirty centuries later. II
AFFORDS an Interesting study to the
military engineer. As an engineering
work II was n marvel. its construction
requiring tho transportation up tho
hill OF many thousands OF tons OF
cut Brhnlte bl0cks' without the ala or
machinery. for building the walls and
tho citadel that crowned tho summit.
To the city was brought all tho gold
from the widely-scattered workings.
| to be melted and converted into ingots
for export Thence started tho cara
vans for the scncoast--long trains OF
negroes. under armed guard. laden
with the precious metal, ivory. and
other products OF the region. Al In
! tervals along tho road were small