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WHERE THEFT Is UNKNOWN
Rare Standard Of Honesty Prevails in
Brazilian Diamond Town Of
C~iamantina.

II ever & native of Diamantina Ora.
lillian mining town. has stolen q dia.
mond, even as d boy, he is b~lackhalled
IN the community all the rest of his
ne. III Is q long way to anywhere else,
ever since the advent of the railroad.
SO that the stealing OF the towns
chief product Is extremely rare. writes
HARRY a. Franck in the Century.
Men from far off up country often
come in with thousands of dollars
worth Of diamonds or black carbons on
a pack mule, which lags far behind
with it's negro driver, and though
everyone along the way knows what
IL carries, for decades no negro has
run away. nor has any one framed
a hold-up.
Gold and precious stones are handled
in the town with a casual carelesSneSs
equaled only by the Bank of England.
A local feWe)ry shop, famous in the
trade he world over, looks like a
miserable little tinker's den. where 81
dozen men and boys. all with more or
less African blood. work ut dirty, worr
benches. About them is a wilderness
Of junk, where cigarette butts, gold
nuggets, iron tools, gold wire. and
worthless odds and ends lie iunhled
together with diamonds of all sizes,
cut and uncut.
Old tin tobacco boxes, with fortunes
in diamonds, lie loose among them,
and precious stones wrapped in dirty
bits of paper can scarcely be diStin-
@niShed from the dusty rubbish on the
tables. 4 tiny show window, recently
put in as a concession to modern ideas,
hes q siX-carat diamond stuck against
the glass, with several smaller ones
ahont it, day and night a tin can that
originally held soap, but is now full
Of emeralds. amethysts. topaZes and
the half dozen other precious o
found in the region, was kicking about
the floor.
Yet there was no sign OF lock or key
except those used to fasten the outer
door at night: the owner came only Off
and on during the day. and amid this
disordered tumble OF wealth his dozen
workmen and boys toiled from Z in the
morning until sometimes 8 at night at
ludicrous wages without q loss ever
having been reported.
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material for the embankment and
serves as a diversion drain. Some
times a short concrete dip is used for
the purpose of passing the water over
the road In a compa ratively wide and
shallow 1ow instead Of under it.. A
dip is simply a pavement extending
the full width of the roadway and
protected at each edge against under
mining by q cutoff wall extending Is
inches below the bottom Of the pave
ment. Instead of attempting to build
up a grade for this pavement, so as
to raise it above the food water, the
dip follows the grade Of the wash, and
h water passes over 1t in time of
flood. Where the deltas are SO wide
and the country SO undeveloped as to
make the cost Of Il concrete dip exces-
sive, the dips are surfaced with gray
el and the downstream edge is protect
ed by a concrete cutoff wall. In con
nectiOn with these drainage dips a "
shaped system of dikes and bitches Is
used, cOnverging toward the road If
it is desired to lead the flow from two
or more washes to a single dip, and
diverging toward the road when 1t Is
better to split the flow of a single
stream to more than one dip.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1922-03-08
Folklore 81 the Hair.

A heavy head Of hair indicates few
II any virtues, according to folklore
gathered from many parts OF the
world. The Turks claim that women
with short intellect have long hair.
The Albanians say with finality. "Long
hair, little brains Other contrib
utors say that much hair indicates un-
~governable temper and inclination to
melancholy. IF a girl has a great
deal of hair she will marry poverty,
while the girl with little hair will mar
~ rich" according to another source.
Curly hair Is a sign Of a scold, and
also early widOwhood if the hair falls
in little curls at the back OF the neck.
A long and peaceful life is promised
the owner Of hair that grows low on
the forehead and retreats up the side
OF the head over the temples. Chest
nut or brown hair denotes fairness III
dealings, generosity, absence OF de-
ceit, but pnhappiness in domestic life.
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ROAD
BUILDING
TREES PLANTED IN STREETS
th Coh9ested Centers They Have Boon
sacrificed to Alleged interests
Of Business.


prepared by the United states I,ena -.men,
OF Asriculture)
'he Oh the characters in an early.
uas american romance of the time
"h'i' Tue stamp act was causing all
'"S vi tlouhle Is recorded as declar-
"e '"0> New lofk never would be q
"' "usiileSS cltS because Broadway
wv Niaiueh Lane were lined with
'' me van NfoonlS, he StuyNe-
suns lhe AftaFeltS, and other early
set'iefS on lle country saved fine irees
'pou- ih"lf homes, on the village
a. 49, 80 - NouH'iS '""N2' "'"
'o' o'' "i' s'S IL"
NJ. .aS' w h~'V'"'""], "t'
~ @ ""s "'SH "~"liSi&1"ted
~ 800 "",l1''S' ~
a. '''i'sSS VIZ "o"Si S"l-
"ho'''''' @~"N'
:" A'@''N"' - '"' III tHe
h'1UeN ahu comfort gave Way 20 thy
Ilro"0s o. commerce, ho} only ia New
ioIA pul III most "f 3fu@llca's great
sitt@' 50 tAat tVt'aN trees IN q bHSl.
i,e>S stree, are a rare sight. There
lo,1. ,...9" 80
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BRUIN HAD SENSE OF HUMOR
No Other Explanation Of AnimaI':
Taking Picture Of His Enemy in
humiliating Flight.

For a long time bears have been
known tc be humorous, but not until
a few days ( was it demonstrated
that a black bear, if properly ap-
p~roached, will display artistic learings
remarks a writer in the New York
Sun. Somewhere in the dim lore OF
bruin generations there may have
Deen bears that had artistic inclina-
ton Or the subject of this story may
be the advance agent Of a new ultra
tendency in wild life. Every suppose
ton, however, fails to explain salts.
factorily how Il black bear in the vii.
Gerness Of the Allegheny park could
learn enough about a me to take
pictures.
Nevertheless. it is tru that at least
n bear knows photography. accord
Ing To X. S. Craig, Il forester from the
New York State College of Forestry.
Craig is engaged by the park com
mission to assist in making d study of
the timber growth in the new state
PARK. Black bears have always been
plentiful in this section, where the
Allegheny river winds through The
mountains down to the Ohio. Craig
was cruising through the forest gath
er1ng timber data. He left his camera
on a log and was looking around for Il
good subject to snap when he discuv-
cred a big black tear browsing in
some berry bushes.
Craig was surprised. He neglected
10 think Of the camcra in the concen-
trated effort to place distance be-
tween himself and the bruin. He ran
down the trail back to the camp and
Informed two companions Of the pres
ence Of the black bear. The three
men went back to the spot but the
Dear had disappeared. The camera
Craig left IN the log was still where
he placed 1t, but a plate had been ex-
posed. This did o attract attention
until the plate was developed and
showed him in rapid flight down the
trail.
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Marvel Of Loop Antenna.

With a one-meter loop antenna and
a special 12-tube receiving set, re-
markable results have been obtained
of late In Paris. says the Scientific
American. Even transmitters Of low
power have been heard some 5000
miles away under conditions by no
means ideal. In fact, messages have
been recorded on Photographic tape
at times when commercial radio com
panies were greatly troubled with
static. The ~ tubes employed for
the receiver serve to detect, amplify
and wen filter the signals so that
static and other parasitic disturb
anceS are weeded out.
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Get One Chance to Marry.

During times of Albanian feuds,
which amount to tribal warfare, wOm-
Ell attend largely to outdoor duties.
Marriage is by contract; generally ar
ranged upon the birth Of a child. A
woman exercises no choice, but has a
veto power in respect to her husband.
Should she not wish the nan OF her
parents arrangement, she may reject
him but, in that event, must take
to remain a virgin, assume the
status Of "A man. and in some regions
she dOns mems clothing. Should she
marry another man. her rejected suit
or's family must seek blood vengeance
apon her male relatives.-National Ge-
ographic Society Bulletin.
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protection and timely attention. says
Farmers Bulletin 1909, Planting and
Care Of Street Trees, just issued by
the United States Department OF Ag-
riculture. Every tree should be
trained to its proper form while
be necessary later. Guards are neceS-
sary, too, for several years.
ITO the mutilation Of severe prun-
ing has been added the destruction Of
cause they excluded a little light, or
made the store less prominent, or
were somewhat in the way of using
the sidewalk for merchandise"
The bulletin insists that providing
shade on city streets is as much a
municipal function as providing lights
or sidewalks and should, therefore, be
cared for by public officials. Prob
ably the most efficient way OF arrang-
ing for proper supervision, 1t says, is
through an unpaid commission Of
three or five members which in turn
employs an executive officer. Meth
DDS of organization are described, and
numerous illustrations show how trees
should be planted. There are chap
ters also describing pruning, spraying.
TRANSFORMING, and other subjects of
Importance to every town or city
whether it has trees or wishes to have
them. The bulletin may be had free
upon application to the Division OF
Publications, United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Washington,
D. C.
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GOOD ROADS REDUCE PRICES
Poor Transportation Facilities Help
Keep Up High Cost Of Liv.
ing in Big Cities.

One Of the solutions of the high
cost Of living problem lies In good
roads. Poor transportation facilities
form a strong factor In keeping prices
up. With a system of we'll paved ma
tional highways transportation condi-
tions would be improved to such an
extent that the Q S and time Of bring
ing food and merchandise to the con-
sumner would be materially cut.
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Literary Lid Is or.

Some of our story writer's are run.
ming riot with their SMILES. Here
are a few we gathered in our late
reading:
Her lips quivered like q light auto
HE edged nearer to her until he
was almost as close as the air in the
subway"
"But his mind, like her face, was
made up."
Her hair dropped on her pMllid
chesk like sawed on q clam"
He gazed anxaously at her face,
tss way q persoa In : taxi SazeA at
TIE face Of the meter. Boston Tran.
3TtDt.
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Bay state Auto law.

in a campaign to make the roads
II Massachusetts safe and comfort
able for night driving. automobiles
from other states must have proper
light equipment devices approved
In that state before they are allowed
within the limits Of the common
wealth.
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The Cost OF Furs.

Former United States Commissioner
IT Education p. p. Claxton pointed out
that the $500. 100000 paid for furs in
the United States In 1920 is more than
twice the cost Of all higher education
in colleges, universities and profess
sional and technical schools, whether
supported by public taxation or priv
ateIy endOwed.-Our Dumb Anima!a.
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Archaeology on the March.

In their progress through Asia MI
nor. Greek troops discovered in m
old cemetery near Kutaia columns OF
blue marble formerly part Of : great
building q the Roman period. Many
inscribed tablets were alec picked Mp
a Me march.-9clenti0c American.
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Profitable Roadslde MaskeGe.
Roadside markets have helped more
than one farm family living "a Amneh-
Travelled state highway 70 ~ Z nuat
little sum to it, bank account
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Material From Mexico.

Sixty per CEN Of all the asphaltic
materials used In the United States
tor road building is imported from
Mexico.
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Money for Lincoln Highway.
A total Of $31 .384. $40 has been spent
for improving the Lincoln Highway
during the past seven years.
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Most lmportant Road.

The most important piece Of road to
build is chat piece that runs from
hour farm to town.
The New York herald., 1922-03-12


events of recent years are forcing men
to adapt their minds to this truth, So
ciety can carry very few Of the help
less. 1t is not so much the will that
is lacking as the strength. i4.
In this connection it .is,swall to keep
in mind some importait:s facts that
concern the quality OF the lives to-
day being given to. the, State 1t is
not the ctildren now being born who
promise to provide the greatest prob
lem for the, future The children to
whom an Obligation of peculiar weight
is owed are those children who were
broughf info the world during par
ticuiar periods Of terror or impover-
ishments OF resources. Disquieting
tendencies are found among children
born and reared during the years of
severest war hardships. Thus chill
dren born in Riga during the Boil
shevist troubles there and the children
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
National Life to Be Estimated
BY the Quality of the New Lives

OF course any system of regarding
population replenishment which pays
attention only to census returns is
subject to reservations. Far more i'm
portant than the number of lives given
to the nation is the quality of the
lives given and maintained. A hum
dred thousand healthy lives is better
than five hundred thousand lives half
of which will be snuffed out in early
childhood and others which will be a
perpetual charge on the State.
The social obligation toward the
young of the next generation is not
covered alone by measures for reduc-
ing infant mortality and increasing the
birth rate. Involved in both of these
there are considerations of quality,
stamina and social effectiveness of the
new population thus produced and con-
served, which are of equal Importance
with the safeguarding of the life itself.
These considerations have to do with
the social conditions surrounding the
life of the newborn citizen. The CT
fectiveness of functioning of the
agencies created for his upbringing
and the forces which go to make up
the quality, and therefore the stamina,
Of the new life are of primary impor-
tance. The division between the work
ers and the drones was never so i'm
portant as it is to-day. A sick life
mentally or physically is but half a
life.a From the point OF view OF So
ciety life poorly qualified for the
struggle, with poor resistance, is far
more expensive than life sacrificed.
In spite OF humanitarian precepts, the
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
Expectant Mother Who Plunged Down Well Save Her First Bonn
Ineligible for Carnegie Medal but Finds Reward Enough Her Babies

pulled her son from the well, will be
presented with a new rattle. Mrs.
Hans Hilton, mother of Mrs. Girling,
has written poem dedicated espe-
cfally to her daughters heroism, which
win be read on the anniversary.
1t was early during the morning OF
April Ia, 1921, that Mrs. Girling while
working In the kitchen of the farm
house was impelled by strange
power to look out OF the kitchen win
dow. and she noted that her son, Nor
man, who had been playing by the
well, had disappeared She ran out in
the yard and found that some boards
that covered the we'll had been pushed
aside. She peered down into the black
ness and saw something white float
ing on the water. Without thought
Of her own critical condition she
climbed down the stones which en-
circled the interior OF the we'll. At
times she lost her footing and she had
to. dig her fingernails deep into the
walls Of the we'll to save herself from
falling to the bottom. Finally she
reached the water and seized the skirt
of her baby boy. Unaded she made
the perilous trip to the ground sur
face. Then she collapsed. The boy
was rushed in the house and for a
time IT was feared he would die from
pneumonia. but he soon recovered and
is now. one OF the most healthy chill
dren in the neighborhood.
Reward Enough to Save Child.
The shock to Mrs. Girling's physical
and nervous system caused delay in
the birth OF the baby Dorothy until
four days later. The baby which was
born under such unusual circum-
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so did the American sorthopedists
benefit by the discoveries of the pio-
neers.
They learned that man can get
along pretty well through life with a
stiff knee IL the leg is straight, and
that man with stiff elbow is much
better off IL the limb is fiexed. So
they adopted a uniform method OF
treatment. A surgeon at the casualty
clearing station gave first aid to a
wounded soldier and his method of
treatment, as the system was per-
fected, was carried out by the doctor
back of the lines and by the surgeon
at the base hospital.
Misapplied sympathy had no part in
the new treatment. A wounded SOL
der with q shattered knee was not
allowed to lie with his leg curled up
because he was comfortable that way
The New York herald., 1922-03-12
England and Belgium Cited Examples to Show How
Children of Both Allies and Central Powers Have
Been Protected by Maternity Safeguards.

this was done by the Government or
by supervised private initiative the re-
suit was the same. The war gave an
impulse TO this movement. In the
face OF reduced supplies and the gem
eral lowering of child vitality certain
organizations arose which applied
modern scientific and economic prin-
ciples, to this movement. The best OF
this work was done by private or semi
public organizations, chief among which
were the various milk charities of
Europe, the children's clinics and the
American organizations created by
Hoover for children's relief in Europe.
The problem Of the regular supply
OF pure and wholesome milk to indus
trial populations, adult and child, must
be considered one of the first problems
of the present social organization.
Here lies the chief significance Of the
transfer Of child feeding from the
mother to society as a whole. For it
must be recognized that the change
from breast to bottle feeding means
nothing else than this. When large
numbers of mothers cease breast feed
ing they lay upon society the obliga-
ton for the regular supply Of whole
some milk. The Industrial regime in
central Europe has tended to bring
about an almost complete cessation of
breast feeding by employed mothers.
In portions of southern Europe the
practice of sending out children to wet
nurses was general. In practice. how
ever. the bottle has taken the place
of breast feeding. 1t cannot be too
clearly recognized, therefore, that the
system of bottle feeding signifies sim
ply the transference of the functions
Of feeding the young from the mother
to the state. Upon general state or
economic organizations .devolves. not
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stances is now in perfect health and
when New York HERALD representa-
tive called at the Girling farmhouse
the baby was found grooming to her.
the front porch.
II am not heartsick because I didn't
receive a medal or any other glorious
tribute said Mrs. Girling with a
smile. II did only what any mother
who loves her children would do. A
friend of ours who lives near by wrote
to the Carnegie Institute asking why
was not presented with medal for
bravery, and he received a reply that
my act, though one of great heroism,
could not be recognized with a
bravery medal because / had risked
my life for one OF my own blood
That satisfied me. l had saved my
child. That was sufficient reward to
me
The more have thought about my
climbing down into that dark hole OF
a well the more I think that Provi-
dence helped me to perform the feat
will tell you why, and I have never
told anybody this before. There was
q tin water'pail by the well when my
boy fell in through the parted boards
that covered II. When looked out
the kitchen window II seemed as
though heard a strange pounding
on that pail. Then I saw my son was
gone. believe God directed that there
should have been a pounding on the
pail. A strange feature that followed
days later was this: That same water
pail was pushed into the we'll by horse
and II was only few days ago that
my husband recovered that pail. Now
1t is rusty and ruined.
Perhaps one great satisfaction is
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Splints we're applied-frequently the
Thomas splint-and the leg kept
straight. Then when he got better of
his other wounds his leg was straight
and he could walk on it IL the knee
was stiff, which didn't always follow.
Similarly. a patient with shattered
elbow was not allowed to let It heal
with his arm sticking out like a sema-
phore. 1t was fiexed-bent. Then when
it healed we .sewed the several nerves
together IL we could, but IL the gap
was too big we unhitched a muscle
here. brought II around and attached
1t somewhere else. with the result that
the man could twiddle his fingers, per-
haps tie his necktie. in any event feed
himself, and in all likelihood use a
hammer, saw or Jackplane and follow
a vocation that would restore him to
society.
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Children of Central Empires No Worse OFF
Than Before the War, Says Investigator

/UCH talked during the about the psyche
MI logical ect children 1T is now clear tat
such little deleterious erect upon the
second hand grudges
left the children mentally
and morally unspoiled fss
condition child life europe three
years ago to the conviction
first have more harmful
ehden hardshps days The
socaed have had bad erect upon the
children bad effect upon the minds
disciplnes
accustomed and man. built artificial
the minds Of
wandering thought The characteristic
child in Europe to-day
ynicism mental Judgment Of his elders
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Bv LIEUT.. NECLEY FARSON.
Royal Air Force.

QUAMlCHAN, vancouver Lake,
British Columbia, Jan. 20, 1922.
ITY the poor. shivering citizens
- OF New York who know not
= what good bracing weather--40
below--brings in the way Of health
and comfort. Out in Cowatchan. In
the Vancouver Lake country, log
fire is not a mere means of getting
warm, but an invoker Of dreams, an
inspirer of poetry, q realizer Of all
good things in life.
But one must come in from a long
tramp beside the shores OF the green
lake. frozen to depth OF thirty feet,
with its surface like an enormous
mirror framed in tall, straight, glacier
mountains, white the color blind call
them, but In reality rejecting all
colors from deep Prussian blue to
tender rose. oh, the beautiful palette
of these gigantic hills!
BY night they are not, as the far
aways might imagine, of but single
somber tint, even in their deepest
shadows there are compounds OF
many colors. I would like to paint
in words what one sees here every
night in this moonlit January. Pic
ture valley, misty and silver-gray
watched by q gibbous moon that does
rot light it but indicates Its mystery
See the mountains around this valley
that seem to have been momentarily
arrested in their tumble into the
shapes they show. See wild river
white as milk as it rushes wildly
down the valley and fed by cascades
shining like molten silver In the moon
light. This is the back drop.
When it rises bronzed humanity ap-
pears on the stage. Quite close to the
rapid stream stands huge black box
Of building with three tall chimneys
out of which streams Of red sparks
are constantly flying upward. Ap-
preaching this, the main building oi
an Indian reservation, IL you are In
time for the great annual pow-wow
you pass groups Of the red men