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Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14
BIGGERs

II. r. King of Frederick, Okla, is
here visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. H..
Ferguson.
John Polk of Imboden was here Sun
day looking after his matrimonial
fences.
]. w. Lingel and family of Skies
ton, Mo, visited relatives here last
week
Mrs. Nevada Jarrett of Imboden was
here Sunday visiting at the home of
John Ferguson.
w. w. Davidson and family of Palat-
ka attended church here Sunday.
w. f. Deaver and family Of Maynard
were here Sunday attending church
and visiting relatives.
Mrs. Ella b. Reynolds and son,
Thomas, visited in Pocahontas Mon
day.
Mrs. Thema Ferguson. who is at
tending school at lmboden, was home
Sunday.
E. Il. Tyler and family of Pocahontas
were hero sunday visiting at the home
Of Mrs Josie Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parker of Middlebrook
were here Sunday visiting friends.
Rev. J. L. Baton of Naylor, Mo,
preached two good sermons here sun
day.
Mrs. DR.. Lynch and children, Mrs.
Glenna Polk and son and Miss Ruby
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14

Bill Camp and family attended the
graveyard working here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins Of near
Delaplaine passed through here Fri
day en- route to Water Valley to visit
relatives
Misses Mayme Bates and Myrtle
Reed visited Mrs Emma Tyer Of Water
Valley one day last week.
Among those whc took Sunday din
ner with Miss Rittie Graham were
Mayme Bates, Myrtle Reed, JEFF Moore
and Bill Swinney.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14

Has il ever occurred TO you who are
superstitious about the number "13'
that almost daily you may be carrying
around with you a piece Of money that
is just full of thirteens? just take a
good look at an old quarter Of dollar
and you will see thirteen letters in the
words quarter dollar thirteen arrow
heads, thirteen feathers in the eagles
wing, thirteen parallel bars ON the
shield, thirteen letters in the scroll in
the eagles beak, thirteen stars, thirteen
horizontal stripes and thirteen leaves
on the olive branch.
If this information happens TO be
new to you and you are superstitious
about keeping the quarters, we believe
there are lots of people in this world
who will very graciously relieve you
of them.
We would take a few on subscrip-
tiOn.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14

week lining the boys up to work ON
the road again as soon as they can get
to it. The work is badly needed.
Jas. Stubblefeld caught catfish
last Saturday night that weighed Is
pounds. So Jim has quit his crop and
gone to fishing for a living.
Everybody come to Sunday school at
concord. We are having "A fine Sun
day school and need your help to put
it up higher.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14

Since the people of Texas elected a
woman for governor, folks have been
wondering how she would turn out"
Up to this date she has turned out"
over three hundred inmates of the
state penitentiary since she was in
augurated.
This is at the rate Of four day,
which shows that MA" Ferguson is
going some.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14

The pessimist puts two and two to-
gether and gets 4, but the optimist
22.-Bristow (Okla.) Record.
Which is why you can usually dis
count optimism by about so per cent
Arkansas Gazette.
And those three lines Of pessimism
ruined two columns of otherwise opti-
mistic editorials in our state paper.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14

The most drastic bone dry law en-
acted In the United States since pro
hibition became national went into ef
feet in Indiana April 20. Here are
some of the provisions of the new code
which state and federal officials both
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-05-14
The Editors Eye

The school election will be held in
Randolph county on Saturday of this
week. Let all, who hold the interests
of our children at heart, turn out ard
cast their votes for the advancement
OF education.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Fear Airsickness,
A IRSICkNESS or the fear q

/ A IRsICkNEss or the fear of it
has deferred many hundreds from
using air transportation regularly, es-
pecially across the English Channel.
Alrsickness. which is exactly the same
/ as seasickness. is caused by sudden
Joits up and down experienced when
The plane hits certain air pockets or
currents.
DR. c. 3. Head, medical adviser 10
the British air ministry, has been
studying this problem. which is diff
hcut one, says Scientific American. 1t
canhot De solved by flying at great
attitudes, by the use of drugs or even
/ by subtle soothing stomach strok-
| lnGS. The trouble is that ventilation
OF an lnclosed airplane cabin is par
| ticularly difficult. because with the
| limited cubic space available for each
passenger, if the air is changed suffi-
/ clentiy often To keep the carbon-diox-
ide really low. draft for some one is
! inevitable. If drafts are excluded the
carhon-dioHide content rises RAPIDLY in
so connned space and the air be
/ comes unpleasant. Under such condi-
tlonS, particularly at meal times, air
sickness is always perilously near.
The learned doctor suggests that
there is work here for a committee
coHlpoSeu OF designers. medicO physi-
oloGlsts and susceptible passengers.
Perhaps the designers alone can help.
AT any rate, they should be able to
provide adequate heating, avoid drafts,
yet provide plenty of ventilation.
The latest three-mouored HandIey-
Page supplied TO the Belgian Company
Sabena," provides decided improve
ment in these respects. Four rigid
tunnels. like those on d steamship. are
held outside the cabin. collect the cold
fresh air and lead it to a tube on
either side at the top of the Compart-
ment, the rate Of admission being
easily regulated Warm, vitiated air
IS Withdrawn at the bottom and rear
OF the cabin, openings being disposed
where the sides of the fuselage are in
suction. Hot-air pipes circulate un-
derneath, the air being heated by the
exhaust pipes of the central motor.
This apparently simple system of
heating and ventilation has taken the
designers several years in its develop
ment.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Label Deaf Pedestrians.
OWING to the fact that in recent

OWING to the fact that in recent
months several accidents have
occurred on the streets of Vienna,
which were traceable to the subnor-
NAL hearing of pedestrians. the DO
lice department has suggested that
all persons whose hearing is subnor-
NAL shall wear a yellow brassard
1Ocm. in width with three large,
round black spots. The "Vox" So
ciety, the Vienna organization of
persons with subnormal hearing, has
complied with the suggestion and has
supplied all its members with bras
sards. 1t has also published re-
quest that all institutions which
treat or deal with ear affections
schools for deaf mutes, polyclinicsD
follow their example. Especially
since the war the number of per-
sons suffering from defective hear
ing has increased greatly. The
large number of cannon of heavy
caliber used in the war, the many
explosions and also the infectious dis
eases resulting in middle ear affections
have caused the organization in
Vienna of the "Vox" society, which
numbers 10000 members and which
essays to protect the interests OF
persons with subnormal hearing.
During recent years, IL per cent of
the traffic accidents have been due
TO subnormal hearings, so that the
action of the police department Is
quite generally approved by physi-
clans.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Washn&t0ns Modern C0ssacks Supass All Others in ski

and horse. Some of the horses can
stand with their front feet on barrels
! when ordered by their owners to
strut their show stuff" A few of the
/ horses on command will play dead,
I like your pet dog Rover. Several Of
the Army steeds are mathema.iCians,
in that they can count from one To
i five. One animal has a special liking
] for warm biscuit. Another eniovs his
1 regular portion of chewing tobacco
Army rules, however, forbid the pro-
miscuous feeding of the cavalry
mounts, SO that sweets and dainties
are taboo in the war-horse ration.
A volume could be written on the
heroic deeds of cavalry horses and
their dauntless riders since mounted
riders were first authorized in our
Federal War Department. Neither
clouds of arrows from the bows of
ruthless redskins, nor the scathinr
Volleys from enemy rifles, nor the de
structive discharges from smoking
cannons mouths have stopped the
charges of our efficient cavalrymen.
Again and again coura geous troopers
nave ridden into the valley of death
Neither horses nor men ever faltered
Ihere are no more striking examples
OF the marvellous accomplishments or
trained obedience and adherence 10
command than those which the ma
tlonal records Of the United States
Cavalry show
Men obeyed because of faith in their
ofhcers: horses obeyed because of faith
IN their riders. And because of this
mutual faith-a faith which is never
/ vlolated-our mounted service is what
IT is today-the most effective of its
kind under the sun.
Today the United States Cavalry in
the stirrup is more formidable than
any other organized body of horsernen
in the world. Each trooper is
trained expert with pistol and saber.
Furthermore, our American Cavalry
eXceis all European saddled soldiery in
marching methods and general fitness
for mortal strife.
Evening star., 1925-11-01

more difficult exercises. Ultimately
the best riders are modified as re-
cruitS for the exhibition drill teams
They are instructed in the A to liza rd
of spectacular riding. They acquire
proficiency in the performance of hair
raising, death defying feats. They are
Schooled in so-called athletic horse
manship.'
Thus it is that the Virginia or Mary
land farm boy, accustomed to the
broa dback plOw horses of his father 8
farm, after the first year of his en-
lfstment period at Fort Myer is as
skilled in the art of saddle and Stirrups
as some of the rodeo riders of West
ern cow ranches. The secret of this
remarkable change rests in the care
ful, correct and progressive instruc-
ton which is followed in training
these modern cavalrymen. The motto
Of the Cavalry teachers is never to
ask their men to do anything which
they are not trained and prepared to
do.
Acrobatics play part in the educa-
ton of the drill teams for these men
who participate in the dangerous
forms of rough riding sometimes fea-
tured must be carefully trained ath-
letically, in order to have developed
the coordination of mind and muscle
essential for such difficult feats. These
spectacular stunts require nerve dar-
ing and courage. They do not demand
that nicely of riding and the thorough
knowledge of horses which comes only
as the reward of years of saddle eX-
perience. During the last 10 to Is
years a marked improvement in the
horSema nship of our American
Cavalry has been consummated large
ly through the effectiveness of the
cavalry training schools
The troopers a Fort Myer do much
riding without stirrupS so as to ac-
Quire good balance and firm seat
They are trained comprehensively in
jumping over low obstacles and in
handling pistol and saber on horse
back. Naturally. they acquire greater
expertness in horsemanship in learn
ing to handle these weapons from the
saddle. Particlar attention is devoted
to pistol practice, as the consensus of
opinion among leading Cavalry off
GERS of this day and age is that the
stubnoSed Colt is the most efficient
weapon for mounted combats. Plenty
of attention is also accorded saber
drills. The saber is the weapon Of
last resort after the pistol has belched
forth it's bullets.
Maybe, perhaps. you may think you
are a fairly good horseman. Likely as
not You may also be a fairly good
shot with a revolver. Now. if you
want TO have some real fun just hop
on Your horse. with your pistol in its
holster at your belt. Urge your horse
to a gallop. Then try shooting AT
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Relatively Still Holds.

IN spite of all attacks. the theory
of rela ativity is still on firm foun-
dation, according to DR.. Charles F.
St. John of the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory. All the tests of the theory
suggested by Einstein, and several
he did not think of. have supported
the theory when put to trial.
One of the crucial tests of relativ-
ity consists in measuring the spec
trum shift. If light has mass. as the
Einstein theory postulates, it is sub
ject to gravitational attraction.
Therefore, the sun would tend, at
least slightly, to pull back its light,
even at the moment it sends it out.
This would lead to the displacement
of a source of light, having little
trum as compared with the spectrum
of a suorce of light having little
gravitational attraction. like an arc
light here on earth. DR.. st. John
made this test with delicate instru-
ments and found the predicted shift.
Evening star., 1925-11-01

man sized objects 10, 20 or 30 yards
distant. You will find that the art of
shooting accurately from the saddle Is
a difficult one. You will then under.
stand why cavalrymen devote so many
hours of intensive practice to this pur.
suit.
Shooting with a pistol as pra cticed
by our cavalry troopers is cloSe-range
firing. The mounted soldier is trained
until he is about letter perfect in
shooting at distances of ) to 10 yards
while he is guiding a galloping horse.
The soldier boys perform some won
derfully good shooting straight to the
front over the heads of their steeds.
They are accurate at diStanc of 90
to 80 yards when firing from the backs
of madly plunging steeds straight over
the horses heads.
HORSES as we'll as men have to
be trained painstakinSly to sat
isfy all the requirements of our criti-
cal cavalry service. The horses are
selected specimens, purchased by the
best judges of horsefiesh in the United
States Cavalry. The steeds for the
Eastern regiments are secured from
Virginia, Kentucky, Vermont and
some of the Middle States. The horses
used by Western Cavalry squadrons
are from Texas, Missouri, Colorado,
Oklahoma, Wyoming and California.
No difficulty is experienced in secur-
ing plenty of satisfactory Cavalry
horses. The quality of the animals
has been much improved, consequent
on the use of Governments owned stall
lions, which are the outstanding fea-
lures of the notable Army remount
stations now located in the leading
horSe-raising districts of the United
States.
A good Cavalry horse can be of any
color except gray or white. Animals
of very light colors are too conspicu-
Gus for Army service. They consti-
tute easy targets for enemy sharp
shooters, who work effectively even at
long range.
A Cavalry horse has to show some
considerable signs of breeding and to
be of good conforma ton, as judged by
the purchasing officers. The weight
limits for the service steeds range
from $50 to 1850 pounds, while the
animals must be from IS to 16 hands
in height. Good horses are often ac
cepted which differ in some charac-
teristics from these specifications.
Uncle Sam pays from $125 to $175 for
his Cavalry mounts. The horses which
are issued for troop Use range in age
from TO 8 or q wears
Each horse, after mobiliza tion into
Evening star., 1925-11-01
He loves his LAsteK, 90

used today at Fort Myer and our other
Cavalry garriSons.
Washingtonians are most familiar
with the Fort Myer CossackS through
the Friday afternoon exhibitions held
throughout the Winter months from
January until April These drills are
free to the general public, the only re-
quirement being that all persons who
desire to attend shall obtain tickets by
mail or telephone reservation from the
adjutant at that Virginia Army post
There you will see cavalrymen per-
form most spectacular stunts. The
mounted soldiers practice for months
in gaining proficiency in the exhibition
riding they do at these entertainments.
1t is a great incentive to the riders to
know that they will perform in public
Thus the exhibitions, in addition to
producing fine horsemanship, foster
unusual esprit de corps among the
troopers. The effects of these public
drills are reflected in the exceptional
morale of the Fort Myer garrison,
both Cavalry and Artillery
Cavalry riding as sponsored at Fort
Myer features each trooper riding his
own horse. Mass riding is not coun-
tenanced or permitted. The training
curriculum is designed to make a fine
horseman of each individual trooper
Mass riding, where a number of men
in pyramid formation ride -simultane-
ously the same group of horses, is the
product of the circus ring. 1t has no
place in the training of modern caval-
rymen.
The troopers make pets of their
horses. Many a steed awaits the ap-
pearance of it's rider and noses his
blouse for the lump of sugar which
the animal knows is somewhere con-
ceaIed.
The individual soldiers teach their
mounts simple tricks. This is done
outside of service hours. and is en-
tirely a private affair between man
Evening star., 1925-11-01

of the horse has been told as a result
of finds made above the earth's sur
face.
Our modern horse is a giant COM
pared with It's dwarf prosenitors.
When the Spaniards first came to
American shores there were no horses
here. Notwithstanding science claims
that the horse was evolved in the New
World and crossed into Asia over
ground which during some remote
period linked the northwestern United
States with the eastern borders of
Siberia. The Eohippus, Protorhippus
Orohippus, Mesohippus. Miohippus.
! Pliohippus-little animals not much
larger than ordinary foxes-all played
their important parts in the making
of the horse, for they bridged the gap
from the five-toed ancestor down to
the one.toed horse.
n Asia, south of the Mongolian
Mountains, Russian traveller first
found the modern horse. Tiis horse
was y to 13 hands high. Horses in
early times We're first used as human
food. 1t is proba bic that in Asia or
North Africa the horse was first used
as beast of burden. The Arabian
was the first improved type of horse
and was used chiefly for military pur-
poses. Invading armies which visited
France and Spain in the whirIigig of
time introduced Eastern horses and
mortised their characteristics together
with those Of the Western horses. The
foundation for the modern horse was
thus laid.
Cortez in his conquest Of Mexico,
begun in 1919, brought the primitive
ancestors of American horse families
to this country. Our horse breeding
enterprises of the twentieth century
date back TO the cavalry mounts used
by Cortez. These Spanish horses are
the forhears of the cavalry Steeds
Evening star., 1925-11-01

spirit, disposition and desire for work
In word, the troopers learn all about
the commandments of stable manage
ment.
Our American Cavalry horse is the
result of a long and tedious process of
evolution. His ancestors have been
found in the fossil rocks which science
has discovered so old as to be almost
incomprehensible to the mill run of
men. Rude sculpture throughout our
countryside story in rock-te1ls the
early tale Bf the historic horse. while
the tale of the prehistoric prototypes
Evening star., 1925-11-01

our mounted Army service. receives a
number and name, and is assigned to
some certain trooper. Almost invari-
ably the trooper makes a pet of his
steed. A man who does not learn to
love his horse, as rule, does not last
long in the United States Cavalry
The troopers are taught how to use
simple remedies and how to take the
best of care of their mounts. They are
instructed in how to put a horse into
good condition. They learn how TO
feed an animal and how to keep tab on
the steed's condition by hIs appetite,
Evening star., 1925-11-01
WATERPROOF Matches.

MATCHES which can be dipped in
water without spelling have been
produced, it is claimed. by putting
rubber latex into the tip material. The
mixture is then vulcanized The light
ing power is retained even after the
matches have been In water for some
Evening star., 1925-11-01
BY GEORGE II. DACY.

n sacks are 400 expert troop
wv ers stationed on yonder
side of the Potomac, In
Evening star., 1925-11-01

Twelve Months Fort Nker Transforms Green Recruits Into Polished
Service NontdM NoM HrivnW retD
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-06
NJ GALA ESTATE
DECISION IS
REVERSED
Appellate Court Awards Share
to Survivors Of Seventh
Georgia Regiment

Al fight for q fifth share IN. the
estate Of Maria f. McCalla, a large
portion of which Is, said to consist
of real estate holdings in Georgia
was won yesterday by the Assocla'
ton Of Survivors Of the Seventh
Georgia Regiment, an unincorpo-
rated association of that Stats
Justice sRobb of the Court sol
Appeals has reversed the decision
of CHIEF Justice Mccoy of the
District Supreme Court, refusing to
recognize the association as being
the beneficiary intended by the
testatrix. The lower court had
held. that there was nothing in
the. will Of / Miss McCalla to indi-
cate that the association was In
tended In the bequest which reads
"One-fifth to the Seventh Regiment
of Georgia
That tribunal declared the First
Volunteer Regiment of Georgia APP
peared to be the organization in
tended by the testatrix and award
ed the fifth share Of the estate
to that regiment. The association
appealed and the appellate tribunal
decided in its favor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-06
20 NEW SCHOOL CLASS
ROOMS NEEDED YEARLY

In case of shortage Of funds for
school accommodations providing
of proper schoolhouse facilities for
housing pupils for full time in
structioYl is more important than
play space, superintendent Ballou
declared, last night, in q discussion
Of the five-year building program
at = meeting OF the school extern
sion committee of the Public
School Association at Franklin
School.
The five-year program. Doctor
Ba1loli indicated. Is based on sur
veys which show that an average
of twenty cIassroorns must be sup
piled each year to accommodate IN
creased enrolment, and that $50
rooms will be needed to have every
child seated at the end of five
years, including seats needed to
overcome shortage already existing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-06
LUMBER FIRM LOSES
APPEAL IN RAIL SUIT

The Transportation Act Of 1920
relating to Federal control of rail.
roads does not eliminate the period
Of Federal control in computing 2
state law Of limitations in action
for damages against railroads, the
United States Supreme Court held
Yesterday in an appealed suit OF
E.,IlIerfon- Kruger Lumber Company,
Minnesota, against the Northern Pa
cific. Minnesota and international
Railroads.
The lumber company lost it's
appeal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-06

slowed upon him by q detachment
in charge of Major Emanuel Firtr::
An invitation was also extended
to the President to attend the
uuadrennial bah of the Fencibles
in Philadelphia on January IA. TIE
President was unable to accept
the invitation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-06
PRESIDENT IS MADE
MEMBER or FENclBLEs

President Coolidge yesterday be.
came!a member of the infantry bat
talon of the State Fencibles OF Phila-
delphia. The, membership was be.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-18

astonishing ana mOsT Welcome meg
sage in the flowing script Of a rapid
penman, but clearly legible. It was
without date and very brief. These
were the cheering words in it:
my dear friend: I have good news
from down the river. The danger is
passed. HENRY THORNHLL."
Jack being out of camp, Margaret
had found Solomon. Toward the
days end he had gone out on the
south road with the young lady and
her mother and Mrs. Arnold.
Jack was riding into camp from an
outpost of the army. The day was in
its twilight. He had been riding fast.
He pulled up his horse as ne ap-
preached a sentry post. Three figures
were standing in the dusky road.
Halt! Who comes thereF' one of
them sang out.
1t was the voice Of Margaret. It's
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-18
CHAPTER xxx
sOIomon,s Last Elnht

meanwhile, Margaret and her
m0'her had come up the river In a
Darge with General AZ Mrs. Arnold
NO the house Of the hair s-T had
gone out on a tour Of t~4SCect.rq. He
mao ieft headquarters 3 her the noon
meal with a curious E6ssag- IN ms
poeSet and 4 feeling Of great relief.
Ihe message had been delivered to
nun ny the mother OF a captain in one
oil the regiments. She said that ii bad.
Deeh given to her ny Il innn ytomsshe
ono not know. Jack had been busy
when It came and Gid not open It
until she had gone away. It was an