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as to what penalty would accrue to
him.
1t speaks volumes for the training
which the government OF Papua gives
its police. Recruited from savage life,
with its freedom and absence OF heavy
work, and turned into hard fighting,
competent, loyal upholder OF law and
order in six months, Dengo in one In
stant had violated q tradition bequeath-
ed to him by generations Of ancestors
simply because a white man had or
dered him to do 80.
Dengo was squatted on the ground
beside the reptile, grooming something
in the dialect of his people. AS we ap-
proa ched he rose and stood impassiVe-
ly awainting further orders.
II thought so,'' said Humphries, as
he turned over the dead snake with
the toe Of his boot. To me he pointed
out a moose of plant vino tightly fast
ened back Of the snakes head The
free end Of the vine was several feet
long.
Mira o." he said, although how he
could tell puzzled me.
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A FEW yards farther on, around
"A bend I'm the trail, we found the
other policeman standing beside bed
of hot Goals. On the flre was q deep
earthenware pot and beside it a piece
OF wood and a stone, evidently the
cover to the pot and the weight which
held it down.
In the dust about the fire were the
prints Of naked feet. To one side a
peg had been driven deep into the
ground, and fastened to it was another
length of the same kind Of plant vine
which had been tied to the snake.
1t was all very mystifying to me.
Look inside the pot" said Hum.
phries. although he himself had not
done so. With the stick ! carried l
turned the hot vessel over and f1shed
inside it.
What brought to light was hand
kerchief, khaki-colored and unmistak.
ably one of ours, which had disap-
peared two nights before when the old
sorcerer had hung up our clothing to
dry.
'It isn't hard to guess what hap.
pened after you have come to know
natives as do" said HUMPHREYS
"Nrira-Oa fled from the village last
night when his powdered bamboo trick
was discovered and crossed the river
to this side.
Early this morning he took that
handkerchief and put it with the
Evening star., 1926-11-28

TINE beginning or base mark cf
all survey lines in the District
Of Columbia Is at Jones Point,
i at the upper cape of Hunting
Creek In Virginia. several
,l!les from Alexandra.
On April IS, 1891, 3 corner stone was
laid at this SPOT, which designates
The most southerly point In the Dis
tr1ct. Impressive Masonic ceremonies
accompanied the official establishment
~ Jones Point as the survey starting
point Of the District. The heU-n cor
ner stone. which Is about six feet high
and two by three feet In cross section,
.t!ll stands as the sentinel ot land
measurement accuracy and building
location psrmanency in tho City of
Washington. It forms a part Of tho
foundation OF the terrace retaining
wall around the Jones Point Light
house, on the northern bank OF Hunt
ng Creek.
When the District OF Columbia was
taxed out originally the survey party
sed magnetic compasses. The cor.
Isr stone at Jones Point was the base
II the survey. A survey line 10 miles
and 203.6 feet was extended at a AS
uegree angle in a westerly direction.
\ similar line was surveyed in an
easterly direction. being IL miles ,0.5
Get in length. The third boundary
Ire OF the District rs staked out
measured 10 miles and IS feet. The
7'nal border as surveyed III lTe1 was
10 miles 263.l feet in length. Evident.
~ the survey was made in this form
20 as to include both the Potomac and
Anacostia Rivers within the District
borders.
The original territory OF the Dis
tr!ct, as designated by Congress. was
= tract 10 miles square. The point of
Itsinning tor running experimental
lines of the first survey was found by
starting at the Alexandria courthouse.
proceeding southwest one-half mile
and then shifting to a southeastern
course until Hunting Creek. an estu'
AIRY Of the Potomac. was struck. Pres
ident George Washington authorized
this preliminary survey by special
PROCLAMATION, while the District Com
Jnissioners, Thomas Johnson and
David stuart, saw that II was carried
cut
II Congress had not accepted the
land donated by Maryland and Nir.
Sinia, Washingtonians would, doubt
less, now be living somewhere along
the ia nks OF the Delaware River. The
c,tizens OF Pennsylvania and New
Jersey had offered a tract Of land
along the Delaware as seat for our
w @S1AAAA6 . wa W
day overlooks the Potomac instead OF
the Delaware because Congress, by
32.,o.o9 vote. eventually accepted the
V!rginiA.Maryland land bequest.
The land boundary OF the District is
marked on the ground by sandstone
nile posts numbered from one to nine.
on their exposures. which face the
District, they bear the inscription,
Jurisdiction Of the United States"
ON the opposite side Of the marker
ne word Maryland" is scrolled IN
solid stone On the third side appears
.I7e2," designating the year when the
of;cial survey was made. On the
fourti1 face are inscribed technical
data about the variations OF the sur
vey cempasses.
A. the time when the District was
,s,siUshed Georgetown. CaErollsb2"S
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ders. A man who has been n magis-
trate for New Guinea for 10 years be-
comes a great deal of u fataliSt and
he expects such things.
Oriro Petana Is built on the east
bank of q river and, poring over a
rude map that night, we decided to
cross 1t there the next morning.
When we all had managed to get
across in the one or two canoes which
were available, the order of march for
the day was laid out. Dengo and Wal
mura were to be the leading police and
were to accompany Humphries and
myself, as they were our orderlies.
The other policemen were scattered
through the line to keep the carriers
moving, and Corp. Sonana and two
men were to bring up the rear. Down
ing was to go anywhere he wished
with his camera.
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so, having seen the line in motion.
- we hurried on. Waimura was
swinging along with Humphries, my.
self and Dengo following in the order
named.
Suddenly Waimura leaped over
something in the path between the
high grass that rose on every side Of
us ana yelIeU. L OlO not KNOW tne
meaning OF the word which he
shrieked over and over, but before
HUMPHREYS could cry out n warning
Dengo had seized me by the shoul-
ders, spun me around behind him and
leaped in front of Humphries.
Coming straight toward us was a
snake It was between 8 and feet
long, and plainly it was very angry.
1t did not swerve to either side in
fright, but seemed bent ON attacking
us.
MY God, come away" yelled Hum.
phries and, seizing me by the wrist,
started to run. His eyes and those of
the police had seen something that I
had overlooked.
AS we fed. Humphries called back
over his shoulder to Dengo to kill the
snake.
80, taubada Eyes. master)" replied
the policeman, and a moment later the
report Of his rife rang out. How
much mental anguish it caused Dengo
to fire that shot it is easy to guess, for
to him the snake represented the lord
of all things.
But Humphries was his master and
he obeyed that masters command. al
though I have no doubt that in his
mind there were plenty Of miSgivingS
Evening star., 1926-11-28

Merlin Moore Taylor has lived a
varied and adventuresome life in
many parts Of the world. AS boy
8 years old he was in Rio de
Janeiro In 1891 during the. bom-
bsrdment OF the city by an in.
Nurgent feet. He returned to this
country and was educated in Ar.
Kansas. where he was born.
Following his graduation from
college. Mr.. Taylor entered news
paper work. where he became a
thoroughly trained writer and
editor. He has travelled extensive.
Iy in the United States and in
South America. Europe. Australia,
New Zealand and the South Seas.
lie is the author Of many novel.
cites and short stories published
in the United States and in Eng
land.
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BY MERLIN MOORE TAYLOR.

II Is a longtime custom among the
coastal tribes Of New Guinea to
launch new canoes and set up
i the foundation posts Of their
houses with a ceremony that re-
Quires the shedding OF human blood.
che authorities thought the coming
OF civilization had done away with II
20 a large extent.
Particularly no one would have sus-
pected the people Of Bioto Of reverting
TO savagery. because It was one OF the
first villages brought under control
and a native missionary had lived
there many years.
Yet, so deeply Is tradition and super
stitton ingrained into the New Guinea
blacks that Bioto disregarded the mag
Sstrate's order for the big canoe. that
our party OF three white men wanted
for an expedition up the Ethel River.
for two whole days while it's people
sought a victim whose blood could
he used in the ancient christening
ceremony.
Word that a policeman was coming
TO enforce the order stirred the people
o immediate action.
Biotos warriors raided the nearby
village Of Rapa and seized a victim.
The policeman got to the place where
the canoe lay on the river bank Just
In time to mix into the battle between
The Bioto people and an avenging
party from Rapa. but too late TO save
tho captive, whose head was split open
across the bow Of the canoe.
AS his body was tossed over TO the
crocodiles the canoe was showed into
the water and the Bioto people turned
their attention to repelling the foe.
Thus right at the start our expedi.
tion was tinged with the blood of a
l,,,pN
pened anyhow, but 1t gave VIZ a rather
unpleasant feeling.
We had not recovered when Richard
Humphries. the magistrate who repre-
sented the British government in our
PARTY, discovered that q certain sor
oerer had given our party the "evil
eye" and that all Of the carriers
knew It,
Two years before. Humphries had
ciApped the sorcerer. Mira Ga by
name, in jail for practicing black
magic. When Humphries, picking out
our needed hundred and twenty car
riers from the men the police ha 4
rounded up, found Mira-Oa among
them, the old man was In a towering
rage.
Il will not go! will not gor'
screamed Mira Ga before anything wac
said to him.
HIS denanco MADE IL necessary 70
teach him a lesson and impress others
IL we were to avoid mutiny later on.
IIumphries merely told the police to
pull the old sorcerer out OF the line
and make him stand with the men
chosen TO go.
Mira.Oa threw a fit then. He drop.
ped on his back and yelled and
Screamed just like a naughty child.
WE were to start early the next
morning and retired early. Dur
ing the night. however, one OF the
policemen woke us UP with the infor
nation that Mira.Oa had stirred up his
fellows with tales of periis they We're
10 face. had laid upon us The most
awful curse in his repertoire and was
then engaged In some of his hocus.
locus calculated to make the curse
stick.
''Taubada tmasterI" said DenGo, the
policeman who was to be my orderly
and bodyguard, pointing to the Sor.
cerer. Il savvee this black COW. He
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Actual Savings Of $23 to $50

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How Skinny Kids Gain
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN THE DAYS NEWS


MaioE George L. Berry, who is
the firstao asr51nce his candidacy
for the. Democratic nomination for
Vice President in 1928, has been
president of the International
Printing Pressmen and Assistants
Union of North America for near
~ 20 years and has wide ac-
quaintauee in organized labor cir
eles. He. was one of the founders
of the American Legion and is a
past senior national vice COM
mander of that organization. He
is a native of Tennessee and is
still a resident of that State. He
has never attended school and was
1G years of age before he learned
to read and write. This is not the
first time that Major Berry has
aspired to high public Office. In
1914 he was candidate for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor of Tennessee, and was de-
feated by Thomas C. Rye by 80
votes Two years ago he announe-
ed for the Democratic vice presi-
Dental nomination but did not
push his candidacy.
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TOMORROW AND SATURDAY
Mannish Walk Is
Hard To Discard

Learning to walk like man has
its disadvantages-for, like any
other habit, it's liable to become
permanent.
This is the warning of Marion
Davies, famous Cosmopolitan
star, to any girl who may attempt
TO emulate the swinging gait of
the masculine sex for amateur
theatricals, some prank, or as an
affeetation. She knows.
Miss Davies had to learn to
walk like a mana soldier at that
for her astounding masquerade
as the crown prince in her new
Cosmopolitan picture, Beverly of
Craustarw," which shows at the
Monroe Theatre tomorrow and
Saturday.
She cut her hair short like a
mans, removed all feminine
traces from her face-and
assiduously practiced military
stride until it became second ma
ture to her.
Then, all of a sudden, | caught
myself doing it on the street
when | happened to be in a
hurry" she declares. "A mans
stride, once learned, is so easy,
and so much quicker than a wo-
mans, that one unconsciously falls
into it. The penalty is being TAX
en- for a 'mannish' womanand
that's a severe penalty indeed
sometimes"
After the picture was completed
Miss Davies had to practice walk
ing like a girl again until she had
broken herself of what had become
a difficult habit.
Miss Davies heads a notable
east in the new production, which
was given a lavish presentation
under Sidney Franklin's direction
at the Metro-Goldwyn-M Mayer
studios. Antonio Moreno plays
the leading male role of Danton
opposite her, and others include
Roy darcy, the Crown Prince Of
..The Merry Widows" Paulette
DuvaI, Creighton Hale. Max
Barwyn, Albert Gran, Charles
Clary and other notables.
Elaborate settings depicting a
mythical kingdom in Europe are
the scenes of the new play, adapt
ed from the famous novel by
George Barr McCutcheon, and
gorgeous costumes. uniforms and
gowns makes It eolorful.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MON ROE
SsssSsessSssssssssssssss
TODAY
Johnny Hines Gets
The Coats Goat

When Johnny Hines was in the
midst Of production of 1.-THE Live
Wire," which shows at the Mon
rec Theatre today, a near ca
lamity was ayerted when he tried
to make a scene with a goat too
realistic.
According to the script, the goat
was to be reused to such pitch
as TO buck an automobile in order
TO get it out of rut in the road.
Almost everybody at the studio
tried to get "the goats goat" but
they wouldn't get near enough to
IL TO get the desired action. Stir
rcd to action, Johnny decided to
do the goat-getting himself, with
the result that he was bucked
about ten feet in the air and land
ed in a mesh Of barbed wire with
the goat after him. Fortunately
the studio help came to his rescue
and saved Johnny from what
might have been a serious dis
aster.
Johnny was just a bit mangled,
but it took two days in bed be-
fore the comedy star was ironed
out well enough to resume work.
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SURE HELP FOR STIFF, ACH-
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NOTICE TO cREDIToRs

In Court of the County Judge. Mon
roe County. State OF Florida.
I'm re estate Of
gmeifna RecIo. deceased.
To all Creditors. Legntees. Dis
tributees and all Persons Having
Claims or Demands Against said
ESTATES
You, and each of you. are hereby
notified and required TO present any
claims and demands which you, or
either of you, may have against the
estate Of Emelina Recio, deceased.
late of Monroe County. Florida, to
the County Judge of Monroe Coun-
~, Florida, at his office i'm the
Court House of said County, at Key
West, Monroe County, Florida, with
IN twelve months from the time
81 the first publication of this
notice, to-wit, April list, 1926.
Dated April i, A. H., 1926.
BOLIVAR IT. RECIO.
Administrators of the estate of Eme-
lima ReeiO, deceased
aprl-S-15-22-29; may6- 20 q
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LEGAL NOTICES


IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIR
CUT OF THE STATE OF FLOR
IDA. IN AND FOR MONROE
COUNTY.--AT LAW.
The Citizen Publishing Company.
corporation Plaintiff,
Il. q. Chemical Products Corpo-
ration. a corporation, Defendant.
To- Il. Y. Chemical Products
Corporation, corporation organ
lied under the laws of the State of
New Jersey
You are hereby notified that a
/ writ of attachment has been issued
against you, and your property at
tached TO satisfy the demand of
the plaintiff in the above case,
amounting to $100.S0.
Now, unless you shall appear be-
fore the Clerk OF the Circuit Court,
in and for the said county and
state, In the City of Key West, on
the 7th day of June. A. D. 1926,
Judgment will be rendered against
you, and your property sold for the
debt
dated 25th day of March. A. D.
1926.
tsEAL) d. z. Filler.
Clerk of Circuit Court.
WILLIAM II. MALONE AND RAY
M0ND r. LORD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
aprl-S-15-22-29; may6-13-20- 81
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NOTICE TO cREDlToRs
IN C0gRT OF THE Count
JUDGE. STATE OF FLoRID

IN c0gRT OF THE COUNTX
JUDGE. STATE OF FLORIDA
MONROE COUNTY.
In re Estate of
William Riley, deceased.
To All Creditors. LegateeS. Dis
tributees. and All Persons Having
Claims or Demands Against said
Estate:
You and each of you are hereby
notified and required to present any
claims and demands which YOU or
either of YOU have against the es-
tate of William Riley, late of Mon
roe County. Florida, to the County
Judge of Monroe County, Florida.
within twelve months from the
time of the first publication of.this
notice. said claims or demands 10
be sworn to and presented as afore-
said or same win he barred. See
Chapter 1ofl9 Laws of the State Of
Florida for year 1926.
Dated May 18th. 1926.
CHARLES L. ARCHER.
Administrator
j. X WATKINS.
Attorney for Administrators,
may l3-20-27; June3- I0-I7-24 jly1-S
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By Condo

IN THE COUNTY JUDGES COURT
IN AND For THE COUNTY OF
MONROE. FLoRIDA.-IN PRO
BATE.
In the matter of the Estate of
George Syeeting. deceased.
Notice of Final Discharge.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
the undersigned, ExecutriX of the
Estate of George Sweeting, de-
ceased. will on the Seventh day of
July. a. u. 1926, file her Final Re-
port as such Exeeutrix, and petit
tfon the Judge of the above styled
Court. to discharge the undersigned
as Exeeutrix of said Estate. Such
Final Report and Petition of Dis
charge to be filed on the above
mentioned date before the County
Judge of Monroe County, Florida,
at the hour of Ten o'clock A. NJ, on
said date, or as. soon thereafter as
the same may be heard.
Dated at Miami. Florida this 21st
day OF April. A. ID. 1926.
MARY SWEETING.
Executrix of the Estate of George
Sweeting, deceased.
EDWARD s. ELLIS,
Attorney for Executrix.
may6-I3-20-27 ju3-10-17
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Electrically driven sewing ma
chimes and darning machines re-
pair 100000 pieces of linen annu-
ally for one of the big transatlan-
tic steamship companies.
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to know, right now,
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The eyes of the Moslem world
will be turned today toward Cairo,
Egypt, where a great Islamic
Congress has been summoned to
meet to consider the choice Of a
new Caliph of Islam to fill the
vacancy created by the action of
the Turkish Government in Danish
ing the Caliphate from Turkey.
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Sweden, in 1909, was the first
country to experience a general
strike, in which the workers in
practically every industry downed
tools.
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ssssssssssssssssssssssss
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
sssssessssssssssssssssse

Bishop Joseph F. Berry, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, born
at Aylmer, Canada, 20 years ago
today.
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Rt Rev. William A. Hickey,
Catholic bishop of Providence,
born at Worcester, Mass, 81 years
ago today.
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birth Mothers Friend should~be USED.
Write Bradfeld Regulator Co. Dept. BA z.
Atlanta, Ca. for free Booklet tsent in
plain envelopel telling many things every
expeetant mother should know. Mothers
Friend Is sold at all good drug stores.
Begin aOso and you viii realize the wisdom
of doing so as the weeks roll byl
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Bishop Joseph F. Berry, one of
the oldest and most widely known
of the Methodist bishops, is 10
years old today.
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TODAY'S EVENTS

Eighty years ago today Con-
gress by resolution declared a
state of war with Mexico.
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Lord Londonderry, Minister of
Education in the Government of
Northern Ireland, born 4S years
ago today.
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Il costs approximately $4,000
20 operate one of the big transit
lAntie steamships on a single round
trip between America and Europe.
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The American Bible Society will
hold its annual meeting today in
Philadelphia, where the first Bible
Society in the United States was
formed in 1903.
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The first Court of the season,
which was to have been held by
King George and Queen Mary at
Buckingham Palace today, prob
ably will be postponed owing to
present conditions in Great Brit
ain.