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committee will investigate everything in
connection with the proposition, par
tieularly' financing, and was clothed
with full authority to act for the post
The committee is expected to make
known its decision in the very near
future. ~x1sae;sisiss s..& F.l gfss.sss
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High Wycombe Council of England is
to buy for $4,000 the Priory, four
teenth-century house in the heart of
the city for probable use as q, library.
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PRIMARY VOTING VALID.
Glass Says Democrats Who Sup
ported Hoover Are Eligible.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, December 10
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia believes
Democrats who voted for Herbert Hoover
in the national election are eligible to
vote in the Democratic State primary
next June. His views are contained IN
a letter to State Delegate Harry G.
Ficklen, who was a Smith supporter, as
was Senator Glass.
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TOLD Is used on pottery either for
- gliding or as a coloring agent III
glaEeS, Its value for gliding lies III It's
reSistsnes to oxidation and the fineneSS
of the layer that can be produced. for
which reason 1t Is not an expensive
stain. The aid of fiuS Is EMPLOYED
in application. and mercurouS oxide Is
found to reduce the amount OF gold re-
quired, The following mixture IS used:
Fifteen parts of black mercurouS
oxide. rs parts of basic biSInuth nitrate
and Q.3 parts OF melted borax, The ad-
dition Of three parts Of silver CARGO
nate to this composition produces
greenish tint After firing IN the muf-
fier the gold has q matt surface and
must be polished with Blackstone or
agate, A cheaper process. which does
not require polishing after the burn. Is
the uss of glan1old or Nielsen gold, q
preparation of gold solution with an
organic medium. such as turpentine,
lavender oil or q halSam or resin. AS
coioring agent in gla1es gold pro-
duceS shades from violet Ia purple and
red. Of which the best known Is purple
of CasSurS. lake of precipltated sold
with metallic hyCirpxide, preferably that
OF tin. which was formerly regarded rs
a definite compound. The presence OF
ammonia or alum in the StanncuS chic
ride solution produces shades nom dark
to rose purple. and the tint may be fur
Their modified by the substitution Of an
timoiiy or magneSia for TIN, Choice OF
dux materially influences the color.
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ART IN CAMEL RIDING.

a LII that is necessary. 1t is claimed
by those In position TO know. TO
become an expert camel rider Is to get
the right tension on the reins, or rather
, on the nose string, when the camel viii
trot along at perfectly uniform gait
hour after hour. RI the reins are slack
ened. the beast stops When they are
pulled too hard he goes the faster.
Experienced riders tie the reins. at the
proper tension to the pommel of the
saddle and then settle themselves down
to sleep II they are SO minded The
reputed doctlity of The camel Is said to
be unmerited. He Is simply stupid be-
You'd all other beasts OF burden.
He takes no heed of his rider. pays no
attention whether he be on his back or
not. walks straight on when once he
Is set going merely because he Is too
stupid to turn aside, and II anything
tempts him out of the path he con-
tinues to walk On In the new direction
simply because he Is too dull to turn
back into the right road. To contend
successfully against this prodigious, per-
sistent and invariable stupidity consti-
tutes the whole art OF camel riding,
Experts aver that nothing is more
amusing TO the officer initiated into the
mysteries OF camel riding and driving
than the sight of o recruit In the East
fighting against the dizziness OF his
camel.
IT is said TO BIZ common sight Of
the march In countries where the
British have employed the camel To
come across soldier standing with n
countenance Of utter despair by the
side of q loaded but motionleas drome-
dairy gazing at the supercilious brute
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waters OF the Yangtze while on active
duty.
Many long season Meyer spent in
the remote recesses of mysterious Asia,
with no white man within hundreds Of
miles Of him, and often with no one
at hand whose language was in any
sense familiar.
On one trip. while travelling Ia nights
through the desolate Monaghan plains,
he was under cover only four nights,
and out of the 10 others was disturbed
once by wolf, twice by rain and four
times by prowling robbers. In letters
TO the big boss" DR.. Fairchild, he
makes light of such trivial handicaps
as the extreme scarcity Of palatable
foods and the benumbing and penetrat-
ing cold of the Asiatic nights.
1t was not at all unusual for Meyer
to devise a crude bed within the damp
ness of a deserted temple. Time after
time he wrote Of occasions when he was
only too glad to stretch out his weary
limbs on q brick bedstead The man
who said, Bandits and revolutionists
were Meyers associates. II not his COM
panions," was not so far from the truth
At any rate, the explorers life was in
deed o series of self-sacrificeS at the
altar of plant science
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Elephant Envens Hunt Which Takes Men to Mountain Top in
Equatorial Region of East Africa-Other Venturesome
Scientists Face Hardships to Obtain Delicaces for
American Tabe-Surprisngly Large Number of
Plants Is Successful in Gaining Recognition.

was concerned with discovering the best
varieties of the avocado, better known
as the alligator pear.
Popenow's letters read like a series
of o. Henry stories, so filled are they
with dramatic situations and curious
twists of circumstances. He was I'M
usually we'll qualified for his exacting
Job. A scientist of the very highest
type, he likewise possessed an abound
ing enthusiasm, besides profound
knowledge of men.
Though Popenow spent many long
month carrying on his investigations
without American companionship, ne
always bore with him that magic gilt
of the gods, keen sense OF humor. Ger
tainIy he needed 1t. since over-zealous
offIcials of the various lands were some
times suspicious Of his trusty typewriter
and camera. So much so, that the ex-
plorer, now and again, found LODGINGS
in tails not always up TO Snun IN the
matter of food and comfort. However
a winning personality and companion
able WAYS usually extricated MN IN
short order from difficult and trying
situations that. probably would nave
taxed TO the breaking point the enour-
ance of less able person.
Lively experiences have likewise IAN.
an to the lot OF r. II. Dorset, omciai
photographer on various important e1-
petitions, His son, j. NJ. Dorset, now
deceased. was also skilled camera
man. and the two experts recently
accomplished for America the new feat
Of taking photographs and motion PIC
lures of China's agricultural industries.
In addition. they helped amass huge
collection OF new kinds OF soy beans
wild pear trees, wild chestnuts and or
namental plants. which In few months
displayed remarkable hardihood In
thousands Of American fields and gar
dens.
While camped recently In gloomy
Sumatra Highlands. the Dorsetts were
| frequently In serious danger because the
| region was infested with ferocious III
gers.
r. II. Dorset smiles today at the
mention of hazaFd~~~it has become al"
most commonplace for him. Yet, prob
| ably he will never forget the occasion.
| not so long ago, when he happened 10
be penetrating one OF those grueSome
| stretches Of wilderness which abound
| III mhlICIiullh. AldhHlk camp ipt WV
night, 1t occurred TO him that he was
only about 200 miles away from the
home of IA good friend. certain DR..
Hardin. Straightway he sent word that
he would be on hand at certain
| date for brief visit. But for some
reason or other that visit never materi-
allied. Which was just as well. At the
very time appointed. a group of bandits
| murdered DR. Hardin and they might
! have slain his friend
| A classic example Of unfaiiing devo-
| ton TO duty In the face Of almost UNI
believabIc hardship was the late Frank
| N Meyer. He knew the growing things
OF Siberia, Turkestan. China and the
Caucasus as did few other OF his con-
| temporaries, He went on foot In the
course Of most Of his research work,
finally dying in the harness. SO to
speak, being drowned In the muddy
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/ with an expression of the most comical
helpleSsneSs.
The recruit has exhausted every de-
vice that he can invent to make the
beast understand what II ought TO do,
but all In vain. and there the soldier
stands utterly staggered and dumb
founded by such miracle or stupidity.
Generally the man Is too FAR gone In
hopeless beWilderment even to use pro
family Ills vocabulary has long since
been exhausted. -.
II generally happens that the soldier
has nothing with which to beat the
beast He cannot reach up 10 Its body
with his foot to kick It, Pummeling
with his fist has no appreciable erect
upCn the camel. He might as wei
thump the ground So he Is at his wits
ends and his discontinue Is as COM
plete as 1t Is ltidicrous. AS for the
camel, 1t stands there exactly where II
has stopped gazing into space with u
look OF silly holiness. as II 1t saw the
North Pole In the distance, and with
compiacency that would not be map
propriate were 1t viewing vision OF
angels
Til 1t Is falling short of its duties
obviously has no interest for the idiotie
beast. It never SO much as wtnks. but
simply stands III its tracks with Its
head high up In the air, rs II awaiting
revelation. sere is nothing To be
done except to wait until the other
camels come along and then to tie It's
nose TO the tail OF the last ship" in
line,
The sight OF the hind legs OF the ami
NAL In front Of 1t moving and the ten
sion OF the string In Its own ncStriis
are the only hints 1t can understand.
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When this extraordinarily likable and
gifted man died his worldly goods were
few But there was no fms written
after his name. II is being extolled to-
day by the hundreds Of Americans who
grow and use the plants he introduced
or adapted. In the course OF his busy
lifetime Meyer managed to save bit
of money which he left to the Agricul-
ture Department, presumably to be used
for plant experimental work. However,
his legion of friends In the department
felt 1t would be more fitting to use the
money for a Meyer medal to be given
annually to the man whose work in
plant introduction work for the year
was deemed most outstanding.
II X
CERTAIN explorations are designed
primarily for the purpose of COM
batting domestic plant diseases, notably
those causing serious annual loss to our
crops Of cucumbers, tobacco. sugar -cane,
potatoes, and In some instances corn
and Winter wheat. Such was the nature
of recent trip to the west coast of
Africa and the Canary Islands, Led by
II. H. Mckinney. plant pathologist. who
returned to Washington some months
ago, the expedition resulted In the gath
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ering of an extremely valuable collec-
ton of plant material
The very latest exploration designed
to counterfeit plant disease is distinctly
In keeping with the suirit of medern-
day science. 1t is now under way in
New Guinea. headed by DR.. w, +
Brandes. sugar-plant specialist The
island is believed to be the native home
OF sugar cane. so an airplane is being
used to probe the UNEMPLOYED wilds for
disease resistant varieties that may
prove valuable to the industry In
Louisiana, which has suffered lately.
The plane is equipped with pontoons
for landing ON rivers and lakes,
Because sugar cane is propagated by
cuttings instead of seed, 1t will be
necessary to adopt method of keep
ing the collected canes In growing
condition until shipment can be made
TO this country A propagation garden
Is being established for the purpose at
Port Moresby, where newly collected
specimens will be sent at intervals and
planted.
When the expedition is ready TO re-
turn, cuttings will be taken from the
propagating garden and shipped to
Arlington Farm, Rosslyn Va. for re-
planting IN the departments sugar
cane greenhouses, where they will be
kept under observation for year.
While. of course, good many OF
the plants brought TO America by our
plant explorers are destined for the
economic dump-heap, surprisingly
large number continues to be successful
either In a large or small way as field.
orchard. forest or garden crops, or as
ornamentals for street. park or door
yard. Some of the new immigrants
have had fascinating history In their
native section Of the world
For example. there Is Mexican
amaranth plant closely related 10 some
OF our common weeds, whose seeds once
Allied the granarieS of the ancient
Axtees. Long before Columbus diSeov~
cred America they were used for max
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Chinese mother and child photographed by OF Uncle Sans
plant explorers.

ing bread. OF like interest is an Afri-
can tree whose berry has been long
known to natives because its peculiar
quality enables Ii TO make sour foods
taste sweet. Which is to say that for
at least "a hours after consuming the
.delicacy the, mouth retains an invigor-
ating flavor far superior to many OF
our much-advertised breath sweet
enerS,"
-
WITH climate much like our own.
w China has contributed large num-
bers of promising plants. A particu-
larry novel one is the yang-tal, a fruit
said 20 combine the fiavorS of the
gooseberry, strawberry, pineapple and
rhuharh. The same country has sup
piled us with new and valuable pears,
peaches, cheStnutS, luJubeS and many
shade trees and ornamentalS, japan
has contributed. among many other
plants. the mitSuba, 4 common Vege-
table which resembles some Of our ma
tive plants growing all the way from
Nova Scotia TO Texas. From Colombia
has come night blooming cereuS. with
blood-red flowers as large as SaucerS,
and promising blackberry. We now
grow yielding wheatS from Eng
land and Australia, from New Zealand
curkwood tree producing cork one
half the weight of the ordinary variety.
a brilliant gourd from the Philippines.
showing possibilities as Christmas
tree ornament. wild rice from West
Africa. which may be used for marsh
pasture, a curious citrus fruit from In
dia. with q concentrated peach flavor,
from Yucatan dooryard tree which Is
ornamental and whose leaves provide
delicious green's; Australian elephant
grass, which Yields 80 tons of hay to the
acre,
These are a few of the samples which
may give an idea of the great variety OF
plants the department is bringing in
daily for trial, Here and there, the
nfopagators and the experimenterS win
find one with promise. and after a
decade or SO We may find 1t thoroughly
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"ICHTING their way through dense
- tl1ickets Of giant bamboo stalks
as broad as a mans arm, two
plant explorers OF the United
States Department of Agricul-
lure made painstaking progress, not
long ago. in their efforts to climb the
lofty tanks Of Mt. Kenya Of the East
African equatorial region. For hours
the men had been forced 10 follow the
crude trails made by wild animals
Yet now their goal was all but reached
when suddenly. a few yards before
their startled eyes, there loon7eo the
huge spectacle Of an elephant.
Towering bamboos were on every
eide Of the beasts path But he tore
them DOWN as If they were mere
matches. meanwhile advancing steadily
toward the startled Americans. To
step aside vas out Of the question
for them. because Of the almost I'M
penetrable un6erbrush: while TO turn
back would mean the loss Of hundreds
Of Yards Of hard-fought territory. 30
they stood their ground, hoping that
some quick turn Of circumstance would
act IN their behalf.
Slowly the elephant marched along
frytl his mighty paws were within a
Ecant &sw feet Of the men. Where
upon ne stood stock still, eyed them
uncertainty for fraction OF minute,
ard then, with movement worthy Of
the best trained efforts OF seasoned
army private, turned on his heel.
Row lanmoIested, the explorers re-
elyned their climb. following. strangely
enough. the newly trod path OF their
erStwniie foe. until the summit was
reached. and valuable plants were Sc
cured it the interest of science.
The two men upon whom Lady Luck
ksailed 50 pleasantly we're l.. w. KEEP
alart and r l. Piemiesel, members OF
atLie army Of Government plant eH-
bIorers which probes the furtnefmosl
corners Of the globe IN efforts 10 hno
plants which may be- HARDY enough "
Withstand our varied climates ano
tasteful enough 70 tease our eXacting
t1alates. besides those whose use IN M
uuatry promises 70 be Of widespread m
Venturesome are the members OF this
exclusive fraternity. for they must be
READY ard willing at all times 10 under
nc all manner Of hardship, even 10 fls1-
ing their lives In lands where cunning
Wiid animals stalk the 1ungIeS or ma
tar.a and other death dealing teyerf
Destroy the natives right and left.
TO-DAY Mr. Average American
smacks his lips as he eyes specu-
fstiyely his morning nlouthful Of grape
fruit or orange juice, his MONDAY ba'
mana split or his dinDertime wind-uf
ri auDetlzlng pineapple. The chances
az that he does not realize that yes
Ierday~and not q remote yesterday a.
ffat~~tllese everyday fruit tidbits o.
America we're delicacles VI the mos
Expensive sort. .o,..
The banana which this country toda]
hsn grow 30 well is believed To ilay
originated In the remote Afficai
.asi9qlcs, while the citrus fruits af'
Thouaht 10 have had their start IN Tn
E1r.enl. Yet none Of these paiao
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naturalixed and valuable American
crop or ornamental.
The successes which have come about
through many of the aliens brought IN
during the past 80 years lead experts to
believe that the department viii add
Through the plant explorers and ths;r
colleagues, the breeders. the uniteu
States Is being made the worlds great
est experimental ground,
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tickIers would be really available for US
now were 1t not for the ever alert eyes
Of our plant explorers, constantly seek
ing new plant species and ever on the
watch for tasty and hardy adaptations
of the old ones.
The venturesome explorers belong to
the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant In
PRODUCTION of the Bureau Of Plant In
dustry. Agriculture Department. For a
quarter of a century this far-fiung or
ganization has been active. The value
of the hundreds of crops its men have
introduced or improved upon has been
estimated conservatively at 100000, 600
annually. Included in the list are the
hardy wheat called durum, Peruvian
alfalfa. now the most important va
riety in California; Pima cotton, the
great crop Of the Salt River Valley,
Ariz.: the date palm, now grown as an
established industry In the Southwest;
Sudan grass. an important forage crop
in many States, and others lar 100
numerous to mention.
We are told by DR.. David Fairchild,
head of the Foreign Seed ana RANT
Introduction ONCE, that there are easily
10 times as many undiscovered plants
In the tropics as are TO be found IN
the colder parts Of the globe. Whlch
explains why the plant hunter con-
centrates his attention on the worries
sunniest regions. BY means OF his
highly technical art he Is striving 10
select the hardest growths OF the lot
and adapt them for cultivation as Tar
North as they will grow.
What happens TO the many hundreds
of test plants that our explorers send 10
Washington from time 10 time consti-
s,s4 t9A Ff NfGffihiffiln
methods First Of all. the plants must
pass rigorous customs inspection 10
determine their freedom from disease
and insect pests Thereafter. as an addi-
/ tionai safeguard, they are grown Tor
| time in detention.
The next process Is 10 spread them
| among Government research workers IN
! Washington as well as among the state
plant experiment stations Here efortS
/ are made 10 determine their adapt
| ability as breeding agencies. In case
| the new growths make the grade, the
| final step is 10 distribute them among
the thousands Of amateur plant breed
| ers throughout the land.
/ These plant immigrants are very
much ike human immigrants IN GER
! tain respects Most of them require a
! long period Of acclimatizatiOn and
EOOG many nave 10 ne Dfed WIN OuI
t domestic varieties before their worth Is
| known. Like all living things, the cli"
| tivated plants ON which We subsist are
changing continually through Mother
Natures unconscious but nevertheless
| definite process Of selection, while the
plant breeders lore brings quicker and
| sometimes equally widespread vari-
atlons.
4 u
TX searching for new plants, c0lorful
and varied have been the experiences
| Of the Government explorers. Wilson
Popenow. now with a private organi-
zation, spent nine years travelling
through Mexico. Guatemala, the upper
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TX searching for new plants, coloffui
and varied have been the experiences
Of the Government explorers. Wilson
Popenow. now with private ofgani-
zation, spent nine years travelling
through Mexico, Guatemala, the upper
portion Of South America and down
The Andes into Chile. Much of his time
Evening star., 1928-02-19
ULTRAVIOLET RAY
MAY BALk COLDS
Cornell School of Medicine
Holds Series of Tests
With Students.
Correspondence Of the A..ocistet Pres.

Correspondence Of the Associated Prss.
ITHACA, n. Y.-Experimens In
progress az the Cornell University Col
lege Of Medicine here indicate that
ultraviolet rays will prevent the COM
mon cold.
Twenty-Five freshmen, receiving tao
radiation treatments a week from q
mercury vapor lamp. are building I'D a
resistance To the disease which ia not
enjoyed by an untreated group Of their
classmates. Results obtained To date
sno" that both the number and severity
OF COLDS among the irradiated students
are reduced by so per cent.
Ine experiments were started a year
and a half ago by George H. Mauzhan
and DR.. D. F. Smiley to test a theory
tnat since people seldom suffer from
colds In Summer, sunlight has some
thing to do with their immunity.
1t seems that IS the case" say the
physicians. The lesson, they add. Is
that men. women and children must
lcarn 10 take advantage OF the sunshine
Natures ultraviolet storenouse
The rays change the bacter!oc.daI
power o. the blood. the scientists e1-
plain. increasing lis resistance TO the
germs that cause colds Thus If bac-
teria we're introduced into the blood of
a person VINO had been irradiated, tia.
blood would have the power 10 destroy
the organisms
Irradiation, it has been found. also
improves the condition o. the skin
which protects the delicate tissues ot
the BODY from the bacteria that are
always seeking entrance.