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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01

ACCOMMODATIONS FOR TWO ELDERLY
couples or two employed couples. Lovely
'front.' rooms, second floor, with porch. Good
board. Fslkstone Courts, Apt. 202. Col 1858
CHILDREN BOARDED IN TEACHER 8
lovely home; infants included; graduate
nurse In attendance. Phi. Marlboro 27-F-12.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01

WANT COACH HOURS DAILY FOR
tourth-grade boy. Prefer normal student or
graduate. Address Box 233-M. Star ONCE.
VIT-O-NET BATHS. BATTLE CREEK RE-
Queer oil and alcohol rubS White nurse
operator. Potomac 472l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
PERSONAL.

The rate under heading Of Personal
is cents per line additional to the
regular line rate.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Differ Over Beginning
Of First Civilization

There are two Independent
theories as to the origin of civilfza:,
ton. The older theory is that the
human mind is such that given an
opportunity, 1t will produce q CIV
llization. But this does not account
for the similarity of customs found
In all civilizations, and so there ex-
lists the alternate theory that civ
ilization started from definite Gen.
ter, from which 1t spread
.'In his book, I'm the Beginning !:
The Origin of Civilization" Elliot
Smith, the chief exponent of the lat
ter theory, sets this center In up
per Egypt, on the banks Of the
Nile, and the time about 1000 B. G.
The determining cause he believes
to have been an abundant crop OF
wild barley, which caused man to
give up his roaming life for ia
vorite climate and an assured food
supply. Lean periods led to the In
vention of methods of storage. and
this taught the greatest thing ever
discovered by mantle function of
the seed In plant growth. Having
reached this stage, the further
growth Of civilization is not difficult
to visualize.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Cretans Were Liberal
in Decorative Ideas

The Cretan decorators did not
scruple to depart from a literal In.
depreciation Of nature If by so do
ing they secured desirable decora,
tive effects.
If monkey with a blue head suit.
ed their purpose better than a real
istic monkey they showed no hest.
lance in altering 1t. This Is the
decorators privilege, a sort of
artistic license that has been taken
by artists from those ancient times
to the present.
Do not think that curious draw
ings and distortions are the prod
uct of amateurish hands. The
Cretan decorators did not alter the
apparent forms because they could
not draw them correctly. 1t was
done deliberately, to suit their
scheme of decoration. Sometimes a
naturalistic treatment of flowers
and ferns was used.
When they liked they could give
realistic Interpretation and at other
times conventionalize their subjects
When It suited their purpose they
put in colors that nature. never
used in such places. These Cretan
decorators were great craftsmen
and artists. Their designs are stud
led by artists today.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Fealty to Her Folks"
Old "Mamn,y's" Passion

Unswerving tealty to her ''white
folks" was an outstanding chardc !,
teristfc of the old-time "mammy.
The instances are many where even
after her emancipation sne re-
mained with the family to whicn
she had belonged to succeeding gen.
erations. She not only waited on
aOld Miss" during life ana ciose0
her eyes when she fell asleep IN
death. but she was present at the
birth of all the children and heiped
TO rear them, and mayhap to per-
form the same Office for the grand
children and reat-grandchildren.
when "Young Miss" was married
ssmammy" usually exercised her pre-
rogative of Icing the first to kiss
the bride, and "mammy's" Oscula-
tory evidence not only was sincere
and genuine, but 1t was regarded
as good luck.
Often '.mammy's' own white
folks became financially embar-
rassed and lost everything, but
"mammy" did not desert them. On
the other hand, she invariably STUCK
to them through thick and thin ana
was willing to share any reverses
to which they might be subjected.
Here was q devotion that was
strong and lasting.
Her white folks" might forgive
an enemy, but 'mammy" never Tor.
got or forgave one who wronged
any Of her people Often she TOOK
the family name with which sne
was SO long identified and In death
many of the old-time "black mann
mics" sleep in the family burial plot
in a grave reserved for them. In
many graveyards the epitaph on her
tombstone bears witness to the fidel-
ity Of some negro "mammy. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Varieties of Spiders
Have Communal Nests

Some spiders live Ia large colo
MES In close intimacy not only
with spiders Of different species,
but with other insects. In Mex
leo in regions at an altitude of $500
yards, spiders are found that live
in societies and construct common
nests of large dimensions like the
nests of ants and bees The nests
are in great demand among the ma
tives of the country, who take frag.
ments Of them and hang them about
their rooms as traps for flies ana
mosquitoes.
The nests are surrounded with
threads that serve as hiding places
in which the spiders lie in wait for
their prey. All the insects caught
are used as food for the colony. In
the nests, which the spiders never
leave for any reason or under any cir
cumstances, are piled heaps of flies,
yet the nests are kept with the ut
most cleanliness. The public n.y.
giene of the colony is looked after
by q small creature treated with
scrupulous respect by all the spiders.
This fnfinitesimal being does for
spider communities what the blind
white wood louise does for ants.
1t is Of the family of the Latricides ;
it lives in the common nest
with all the spiders, nourishing IT.
self on everything rejected and cast
of by Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20

Perpetual motion has never
been successfully demonstrated. The
views of the patent Office are in ac-
cord with those of the scientists
who have investigated the subject.
and are to the effect that mechan-
ical perpetual motion Is 9 physical
impossibility. These views can be
rebutted only by the exhibition Of
q working model. Many persons
have fled applications for patents
on perpetual motion. but such APP
plications have been rejected as in
operative and opposed to we'll
known physical laws, and In no In
stance has the requirement OF the
patent Office for working model
ever been complied with. -.~-~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20

IT'S rather discouraging that 80
MANY bad habits should be so old.
One would think we would have out
grown many things that are almost
az old as history and which we
show. no sign CT outgrowing. 1t is
said that dice throwing was so pop
Mar In India centuries ago that two
kings, who had unpr0nOunceable
names, staked and lost their king
doms on the spotted cubes.
As far back as history goes there
has been too much of something
or other of which there Is still too
much.
All of which calls for sense of
humor and much patience. Grove
Patterson In the Mobile Register.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Narrow Escape

A small child who much disliked
milk pudding had been made to fin
ish it before leaving the table. When
she had at last eaten 1t she asked
If she might get down.
eyes, when you have said grace.
said her mother.
"But I've nothing to be thankful
for" answered the child sulkily.
"Very well, then" said mother,
stay where you. are"
This was too much for the child,
so. putting her two small hands to-
gether. she said, In loud, clear
voice, THANK God l wasn't sick.
Now may get DOWN."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Farther Still

An Irishman and Scot found
themselves seated side by side at
q certain Christmas club dinner and
each tried to impress the other with
the distance he-4had travelled.
After much discussion the Irish.
man admitted that he had sailed
the Seven seas amongst other trif1es.
and that he had been to the end OF
the world.
AAn' what did ye see therer
asked the Scot.
"Sure, and there was q great Dig
wall reaching to the sky. me boy.
replied the other.
"Ah. weel," said the Scot, ITS q
peety ye didna look over yon wan, !,
for was behind 1t fshin' We Ken'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Flower cuItivation

It Is not possible TO answer def
nitely as to when wild flowers were
d0mesticated. The ancient Egyp-
tians, Greeks, Assyrians, Romans
and Chinese cultivated flowers for
use and pleasure and propagated
many plants. One of the most an
cient examples of cultivated plants
is drawing representing figs found
in the Pyramid Of Gizh In Egypt.
Authors have assigned a date vary.
ing between 1900 and 1920 years
before the Christian era. The first
notions concerning gardening were
introduced into Japan by the Kor.
cans 8. ia g egg a 2: e China, 200 %
stituted ceremony in which every
year five species OF useful plants
were sown: Igs~f,sss5sr5a,'sssN
- -~SoS-x -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Materialistic

Mrs. j. had become weary Of
the noise that accompanied the play
Of her two young sons. especially
since there seemed to be indica.
tions that a slight quarrel was de.
veloping.
Boys" she cried in desperation.
for she had been troubled with a
headache all day, "if you do not
stop quarreling, mother may get
sick and die. and then what will
You do?"
The boys stopped suddenly to
consider the effects of such q
tragedy.
Il know what ] should do" vol.
unteered Jim. 81 should go to Aunt
James, because she has such good
peach preserves"
81 shouldn't" disagreed Charles
81 should go to Aunt Helen's, fol
like strawberry jam better"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20

The wise farmers, when bothered
by woodchucks, resort to one OF
three methods in thinning them out.
They insert either calcium cyanide
or carbon disulphide In the chuck's
burrow and seal 1t over. The fumes
in a short time will penetrate every
part of the burrow and Mr.. Wood
chuck is gassed to death. Another
method is that Of attaching q hose
70 the exhaust of tractor engine
or automobile and inserting down
into the burrow, sealing the en-,
trance and racing the engine. Car
hon monoxide does the rest. Hunt
inc chdcks with firearms Is long
drawn out job and has never been
satisfactory.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Astronomical Term

A eight year" is the term en-
ployed in astronomy to indicate the
distance a ray of light travelling
10000 miles a second can traverse
in year. Thus one can easily
compute the distance Of the pres
ent outermost visible limits of
space which are estimated to lie
1OO,OO0,OO0 light years away from
the earth. Exchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Public Enemie.

That there are men in all coun-
tries who get their living by war
and by keeping up the quarrels of
nations is as shocking as it is true !;
but when those who are concerned
in the government of a country
make it study to sow discord
and cultivate prejudices between
nations it becomes the more un-
observation-disclosures Paine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
No, Guilty

A man was charged with kissing
girl against her will, and during
the proceedings the girl went into
the box.
"You say" said the counsel for
the defense, that my client took
you by surprise, and that you gave
him no encouragement"
Il d." replied the girl.
Doesn't 1t strike you as strange
that he should have managed to
kiss you as you were unwilling?"
added counsel. "Look at my client,
and then consider your own height.
Why, you must be nearly foot tall
er than he Is"
"Well, what Of it?' retorted the
girl. II can stoop, can't II"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20

Backaches and footaches and
headaches are responsible for most
Of the wrinkles and worry squints
and tired, listless faces among
women. Body aches give that hard
edge to the voice and make wom-
en- feel forty-five when they are
barely past thirty. Many of the
tired aches could be avoided IL
women would take a little less care
of their houses and a little better
care of themselves.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Primitive PeopIes

Certain tribes of the Kalahari
desert bushmen are said to bury
their sick while still alive. because
their religious beliefs forbid the
touching Of human corpses. An
other tribe has been found in the
same section which was too low
In the scale of civilization even to
built huts to live in, preferring to
live in holes made by antbears,
which they enlarge by scooping out
earth.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
skyscrapers' Value

The Greeks probably were the
first to build rooted structures OF
extensive area, for they are credit
ed with the first use OF wooden
beams. The Romans made the erec.
ton Of buildings with even greater
area possible by use OF the arcn
and dome. The development OF the
steel I-beam made really high build
ings possible. Our present-day
builders have developed skyscraper
construction to degree where val
liable ground space can be complete
" utilized by the erection of tall
building of extensive floor space.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Qualities Of u. - !.

The taste of beauty ana ,ssnaa
of what is decent, inst aa oSl the rslIa
perfects the character I - =. aanaNe
t thd am; and the philOsopII,e.pl me %
Will, as we suppose, be o q rell'S
great employment Of b Ever o.
covefs as well TO he wise a a,@ VlS
bury. pO'"e'-Shaft,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Gems From DR.. Johnsins

The Great photographers having
refused to recommend man for a
position, Boswell said: "Sir, you
have gotten many men positions
Why do you now take this stand?'
Doctor J0hnsing-Why, sir, every
time I got a man a position / made
an enemy OF him. Couldn't afford
to have so many enemies. Had IT,
stop. sir. had to stop.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
When Learning Count.

What you learn today, or this
month, isn't apt to amount to much.
1t is what happened last year. ten
years ago. century ago. that
counts. because it has been tried
out. / predicted the re-
suit of the last election exactly
months in advance, not by what
the men were saying this summer.
hut by what men had done years
Ego In elections.-E. w. Howe's
Monthly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Origin Of Knitting

Who was the first one to knit Is
unknown. That it is an ancient
art is proved by a pair of socks,
loosely knitted in fine goats wool,
being found on an Egyptian mum
my Of the date 1000 B. @.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Palmins OFF counterfeit.

Science, says Professor Burt Of
Chicago university, is evolving the
new type Of human being. Isn't 1t
a sweetly solemn thought that we
shall no longer have to put up with
the accidental type that nature has
been palming off on us?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Glowing MOm.,,.

Mems feelings are aI,.
, anu most glowing in tb sss pure
meeting and farewell: I lIIe hour q
clers, which are trans s,ne the vs
rosy-hued only at sunr iipa' g I'd
set, but throughout ths and SOe.
and cold.-Richter' '"e day a.,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
n MANI Garden.

In the garden with plants and
earth and rain, with the sun and
the wind and the stars and the
moon, man must be honest with
himself. Home Com
panion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Holly Super.tition

According TO old tradition,
when you take down your holly
and find it still fresh, you can re-
joice-for all your undertakings In
the following years will prosper.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
VIII Never Succeed

Jud Tunkins says a man will
never succeed in business who
wants to take all the best Of 1t
and give everybody else the worst
Of it.-Washington Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Daughters Indignation

Nothing makes daughter more In
dignant than fathers not being able
to make money enough so mother
can dress as she does. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
ReI;c. Of Cre.t Emp;r.

A tiny island, % square miles in
area, represents all that France has
left of her once great North Amer
lean possessions. 1t is st. Pierre.
of Newfoundland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Statistical Note

The only thing more numerous
than the sands of the sea are the
cures for au.- Cincinnati En-.
auirer, ,ss
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Important Di,coy,ery

Iron ore in the Marquette range
was first found by a white man,
William A. Burt, deputy surveyor
for the government on September
16, 1884, at the extreme end Of Teal
lake.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Life and the World

Nobody ever got on in life by
caring too much about getting on
in the yorld.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
What, che Use7

Why strive for heaven, asks q
reader in Farm and Fireside, when
after reaching 1t we don't know it?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Briefly Told

It's thoughtfulness that makes
and keeps friends
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
We Have Living Evidences

Scientists have traced man back
to fish. 1t looks as though they're
on the right track at last. -Adrsan
Daily Telegram.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Au.traIia's Monopoly

Australia Is the only country In
which black opals are found.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20
Hold. u. Up

The lowest rock of the earth's
crust is granite. It is the bed
rock Of the world, and contains no
vegetable or animal c0mponents.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-06-20

81 nenthly, se-Ss cash.
Dahn9 Kaak M pans, S5e.
Off~ fer limited timel
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
PIONEER TO PREACH
memorial SERMON
Center to Hear What Blesses
Nation From Pastor Out
Here Early as 1873

The Rev. F. A. Grossman, pioneer
Methodist minister now located at
Center, Sunday will preach a Memo
rial day sermon to his congregation.
He has preached the sermon at many
other places. 1t is based on the text,
Blessed is the nation whose God is
the Lord" Psalms 33:l2).
Wells orchestra will assist in the
services. There will be special singing
also.
Pastor Grossman. who has been
spending two days in Bismarck, has
been in North Dakota steadily since
81 years ago, but he came out here
ever earlier-in 1873. At that time he
went back to his native Iowa and
taught school and attended college.
He entered the ministry in 1881, and
later returned to this country.
Pastor Grossman is very fond of
debating. He met some Of the best OF
them back in Iowa and made the
forensic fur fly. He has been trying to
arrange a debate with Senator Nye,
but 1t has never been possible to make
the necessary arrangements convent
emily for their meeting.
In addition to his interest in de-
batting Pastor GroSSman has a fond
ness for history. especially that Of the
west Of the old days. He remembers
the Custer era and the days Of the
Little Big Horn battle which wiped
out the Custer command. He plans to
Saturday. July 20, Bismarck; Friday
preserve history that always will be
a stirring chapter in the development
of North Dakota.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
Four Minute Speakers
Boost Memorial Cause

Thcater goers will know all about
the American Legion's proposal for a
memorial community building If they
attend their favoritc playhouse be-
tween Friday night and election day.
Reinllart j. Kamplin, manager of the
Lcgion's memorial community build
ing campaign, said today.
Arrangements have keen msdc with
the managers of BismarcA'S movie
houses to permit campaign speakers
to give fOur-minute talks at 8 O'Clock
each evening.
On Memorial day the four minute
talks will be given in each theater
both afternoon and evening, making
IA speeches in all.
"Our speakers will state only the
facts pertaining to the proposition
and will do that as clearly as possible
In the time allowed them." Kamplin
said.
If the people of the city have a
complete understanding OF the pro-
posal when they go to the polls we
will be content. If they are fully In
formed there can be only n result
ia the election and Bismarck will be
on it's way to becoming not only the
best but the biggest city in North
Dakota"
Names Of the speakers and their
assignments will be announced later.
Members of the committee IN
charge of the feature of the campaign
are H. f.. O'Hare, chairman: MRS.
Obert Olson, Mrs. James Morris. r. q.
Harrington and Carl Knudtson.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23

terday from Moline. III. She is
scheduled to be the first to take off
after the pathfinder.
The largest ship In the tour Is the
Stanolind. the trimotorcd plane Of
the Standard Oil Company of 1ndi-
ana, which will carry members Of the
city council on the tour. It arrived
late yesterday from Chicago, piloted
by r. Lamont and ]. Phelps.
Principals IN the air tour will take
part In a radio program to be broad
cast by KSTP tonight especially for
liz .eners III Alexandria, and Grand
Forks, N. D.. where the tour will stop
before reaching Winnipeg.
Julius Peril. aviation secretary Of
the st. Paul association. is in charge
of the tour which is sponsored by the
association in cooperation with the
Contact Club of the Americas and the
Squarc Post of the American Legion.
Official sanction for the flight over
the international boundary was re-
ceived today from Secretary of State
Stimson. The tour will fly over st.
Cloud, Mimi, 1t was decided. to as
sist that city in a threc-day celebra-
ton opening its new municipal air.
port. Greetings will be dropped on
the new field.
The pathfinding plane is scheduled
to hop Off at Z a. m.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-23
Slope Editors Will
Conduct Meeting Here

Missouri Slope members of the
North Dakota Press association will
meet in Bismarck for a district meet
ing Saturday, July 20. 1t is announced
by officers Of the organization.
Program plans have not yet been
completed.
Dates for seven district meetings of
the association were set at a meeting
of the executive committee at James,
town May 4 as follows: Friday. July
II. La Moure; Saturday. July Is,
Cooperstown; Friday. July 10, Mott:
Saturday. July 20, Bismarck: Friday,
Aug. Is. Stanley: Saturday, Aug. II,
Rugby: and Friday. Aug. %. Langdon.
Officers of the North Dakota Press
association are Harry J. Morris,
Jamestown. president: L. E. George.
Hillsboro. first vice president: Fred
Jeffcris, Washburn, second vice pres
ident: G. G. Lowe, Linton. third
vice president; M. I. Forkner, Lang
don, secretary treasurer; and Mr..
Morris, Mr.. George. W.. G. Taylor,
La Mourc, Edward Sullivan. New Sa-
lem, and Mr.. Forkner, members Of the
executive committee.