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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14
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Kahahawai
and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Hungary Bars U, S. Film Story.
BUDAPEST. January IA P-The
Hungarian censor today forbade the
production of a motion picture adapted
from Theodore Dreiser's novel AN
American Tragedy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-14

Admiral Stirling has kept his balance.
but must have been misled by persons
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Fly Seen as Scavenger
In Scheme of Nature

We know now, as the ancients of
Old Testament days did not know,
how dangerous flies are to health
by reason of their fondness for foul
or decaying matter. In fact, their
function in nature would appear to
be the destruction of corrupting
material by their maggots. The
danger of their presence, especially
of their biting or stinging, comes
from the contamination they bring
from their connection with the pois-
ons Of decaying material How ter
ribly diseases nay be spread by the
swarming myriads of flies of various
species in hot countries, we in our
temperate climates can only
imagine.
"E'lies of Death" is the striking
figure "the Preacher, the Son of
David, King OF Jerusalem" Solo
man the Wise uses fEcclesiastes
1911, margin) when he would sig
Nifty the awful damage Insignificant
things may do. .'Flies of Death
cause the ointment of the apothe.
cary to send forth shrinking sa-
your; so doth a little folly him that
is In reputation for wisdom and
honor
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Toll Of Carelessness
Graphically Summed Up

What is -.more powerful than the
combined armies Of the woriu
asks the Literary Digest.
What has destroyed more men
than all the wars of the nations.
The answer is given by The Safe
Workers tChicago) In the striking
style of personification used by Rod
ert n Davis in his famous piece
81 am the Printing Press We READ
on:
II am more deadly than bullets.
and have wrecked more homes
than The mightiest of siege guns.
Il steal. in the United States
alone. over five r@illion dollars each
year
II spare no one and | find my
victims among the rich and poor
alike the young and old. the strong
and weak. Widows and orphans
know me-
al loom up TO such proportions
that | cast my shadow over every
held OF labor, from the tui hahS VI
the grindstone to the moving OF
every railroad train.
ST massacre thousands upon thou
sands of wage-earners year.
ST Turk In unseen places. and DO
most of my work silently. You are
warned against me, but you heed
not.
ST am everywhere-in the house,
on the streets. in the factory, at
railroad crossings and on the sea.
ST bring sickness, degradation, and
death. and yet few seek to avoid
me.
81 destroy, crush, or MAIN, give
nothing, but take all.
at am your worst enemy.
81 am CARELESSNESS."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

Although it was discovered in the
eighties that water kept in sill
yer or copper vessel acquired GER
tain germ-killing properties, It was
only recently that scientist in
Paris found a commercial adapta-
ton for the phenomenon.
Silver chloride mixed with pot
ter's clay and baked at high tenn
perature is employed as altering
medium, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. and it has been found
that water passing through such a
filter has the property of killing ty-
phoid and other germs, while itself
containing no silver.
Previous researches had demon
strated that, if silver is to sterilize
effectively. it must have enormous
surface. 1t was therefore con-
verted into minute bubbles. which
make it possible to kill all germs
in 100000 liters of water.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

In Roman times many OF the
large villas or country houses in
Britain possessed dovecotes Of
which no traces have come down to
us. The Roman columbarium, how.
ever. survived in Gaul. and 1t was
the Normans who reintroduced Il
into England. In medieval and later
times. before the advent Of the tur
nip and the sweet potato. the Cove
cote solved the problem Of food dur
ing the leaner months of the year.
Pigeons could be accommodated In
very small space. the average dove
cote being capable OF holding sew
eral hundreds. whose keep was In
expensive With the introduction
OF root crops the day of the dove
cote began TO wane. For many years
past. therefore, the dovecotes Of
Great Britain have been falling into
neglect, and along with windmIlls
and watermiIls they are becoming
rare.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Ancient Writers Depict
Terror Spread by Fly

One old writer tells US that: Cat
tie are struck with such terror al
the approach of these insects (fliesl
that they forsake the pastures and
run, furiously, in every direction
until exhausted by fatigue they sinh
down and expire. Even the ele
plant and rhinoceros, though they
cover their thick hides with coat
ing of mud. are unable to protect
themselves from these troublesome
prosecutors. Their attacks are moi
confined to the brute creation; and
when they sting human being, VIC.
lent tumors are produced. and every
part OF the body becomes as IL IN
fected with leprosy."
When to this graphic description
of the terrors excited by the advent
of such flies. are added the furthel
weil-known facts that In the East
some make their way into the nose
ears and eyes to breed. others bore
into and deposit their eggs In the
flesh. where maggots are produced
frequent causes Of very painful and
often dangerous ulcers. we car
readily understand the awfulness Of
the plague whereby Almighty God
would drive Pharaoh and the Egyp'
tians to do his win, before he should
"a cornraIlad RI fnfIfrf <roafnr frnu.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
aCarpetbagxer" Used to
Reflect on Character

In the middle of the last century.
yalises in the United Suites were
commonly made with very durable
sides of carpet instead of leather
and were called carpetbags. In the
development of the West. one COM
monty carried his possessions In
such commodious bags Western
bankers, lacking strong-boxes. GUS
tomarily carried their wealth and
deposits with them in these bags
and found it very easy to decamp.
A rowing person of doubtful char
acter thus became known as q car
petbagger The term was also OPP
probriously applied to northerners
who, after the Civil war. swarmed
through the South.
The first automobiles In France
during the early Nineteenth cen
tury were steam-driven. II was a
natural step to transfer the title OF
the fireman (chauffeur) of the loco
tive to him who operated steam
driven hOrSeleSS carriage.
AT the time that Elbridge Gerry
t17441814) was governor Of Massa-
chusetts, he laid out the districts
of that commonwealth. One of these
districts was so abnormally ar
ranged that it was thought to re
semble q salamander in shape.
Hence, any voting district unfairly
laid out for the purpose OF support
ing some particular issue or can
didate is said to be gerry-man-
dered.
The political term mugwump is
from the Algonkian Indian dialect
mugquomp, chief. - Literary Di-
gest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
"Individualism" in Arts
and Mankind Compare;

Social evolution amen. ants
stretches back at least one hundred
million years. while human society
could hardly be said to have ex'
listed two million years ago. Thus
human society is a much more re
cent evolution. and we would ex
pect the individual human to ex
hibit q greater degree of individual
istic behavior compared to socia
behavior than in the case of the in
dividual ant. Human society has
had to build mechanisms for con
trolling prevalent anti-social ten
denotes. We all undergo rigid train
ing through the activities of par
ents, teachers, and others which
tend to stimulate the social re
sponses and suppress or redirec1
the anti-social responses. Ever
after we reach adulthood, we have
need of policemen, lawyers, govern
ments, and ministers to force OF
persuade US to conform to the so
cial pattern. Ants do not neet
such mechanisms, for they are borr
perfectly socialized. They do moi
need to be taught or persuaded OF
forced to react socially. for theil
anti-social tendencies were elm
mated long ago through natural Sc
lection. Boston Herald
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Nations "Great Men" in
1870 Made Poor ShowinS

"The great Q mean in stationD men
In congress assembled look much
like other specimens of the genus
homo wrote John G. Lowe, of Day.
ton. Ohio. after visit TO Washing.
ton in fS40 Indeed. some of their
countenances were not very strong.
ly marked with induces Of talent or
statesInanly capability. The sen.
ate. albeit all the degeneracy (as Is
said and always has been of the
presently OF the times. yet presents
the appearance of a grand and dig.
nified assembly. American nobility
mot the nobility OF blood, but the
nobility OF character-are found
there.
81 heard some of the senators
speak. Was not gratified with Mr.
Crittenden. who seems filled to the
brim with the feelings of a ready
orator. Mr.. Calhoun struck me AZ
a master spirit. be ii of evil or OF
good. The great Webster, too. spoke
like one strong and unyielding in hia
convictions of right. There, too
sat the Industrious Henry Clay. BE
did not speak whilst l was In the
senate chamber. but had heard
him a few days before at the con
vention. To look at him is enough
for one who is interested In observ.
ing the noble traits of the human
face divine Near Mr.. Clay sat the
accomplished and classic Preston, .
man whose appearance iii bespeaks
the vivacious elegance and bril-
Iiancy of his oratory."-Detroit
News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Offenders Hailed Into
Court ssby Fellow Crows

It is q popular belief among GER
tain individuals that when crow
has committed some misdemeanor
1t is given a hearing and II found
guilty is punished by group of
its fellows. Such procedure is
called q "crow trial" The chief Of
tenders taken into court are thought
to be sentinel crows that have de-
serted their posts.
An incident such as one recently
described in Bird Lore substanti-
ates this belief. According to this
account q congregation of 200
crows were observed to form cir
Gle from 16 to 20 feet in diameter
about single crow. From time
to time one of the crows of the cir
Gle would attack the center bird
administering several vigorous
pecks with its beak, and then re-
turn to its place in the circle. The
victim apparently made no effort to
escape.
It is suggested that although such
behavior might indicate something
In the nature of trial this would
imply that the crows possess fairly
extensive reasoning powers. An
other possible explanation given for
the movements of the birds was
that they were the result Of group
hatred focused upon an unfortunate
Individual
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Umbrella, Back in 1902,
Worth Advertising For

Further proof to the old adage
that no matter how old the world
gets the people in 1t never change
is presented in an old Tlost" adver-
tisement for an umbrella In the
Middlesex Gazette. Middletown,
Conn.,, for September 5. 1902:
IAN Umbrella .Lost-The Sub
scriber in travelling from New Ha-
ven to Middletown in the Stage on
Monday. the 18th ult.. lost, or some
where left, New Umbrella-cover-
ing of Green silk, with Red edge
enclosed in light Blue cover, with
the Owners name on piece Of pa
per pinned to the Cover. Any per-
son to whose knowledge 1t may
have come Is desired to send 1t to
the Printer-For which they shall
receive the thanks of the Owner
and reward for their trouble
Cyrus Bill"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

Please publish how ITO Preserve
a Husband" Be careful in your
selection; do not choose too young,
and take only such as have been
reared in good. moral atmosphere
Some insist on keeping them I'm a
pickle, while others keep them In
hot water. This only makes them
sour. hard and sometimes bitter.
Even POOR varieties may be made
sweet, tender and good by garnish-
Ing them with patience, well sweet
ened with smiles and Favored with
kisses. Then wrap them in a mantle
of charity, keep warm with steady
fire of domestic devotion and serve
with peaches and cream. When
thus prepared they will keep for
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

Mrs. Martin Is an ardent Sunday
school teacher.
dust think" she COOS, ''of put
ting beautiful thoughts into the
heads Of those little seven-year-olds,
thoughts that will influence their
whole lives"
And SO. on Nature Study Sunday,
she read Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" to
the class. explaining each line, and
dwelling on the fact that eonly God
can make trees
at the close of the lesson period
she smiled on the entire class and
asked, Nov, dears, what have you
learned today?"
An audible litter went around the
table. The children looked at each
other and all grinned. Then one
small boy replied:
We've learned that poems are
made by fools" Kansas City
Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

Day. after day. the silent men Of
the desert go forward across its
monotonous horizons; their mouths
are flanked with these two deep
lines of patience and of sorrow
which you may pote today in all
the ghetfoes Of Europe; their smile.
when they smile, is restrained by a
sort of ironic strength In the
muscles of the face Their eyes
are more bright than should be eyes
of happy men: they are, as it were,
Injured to sterility;; there is nothing
in them of that repose which we
westerners acquire from continu-
al contemplation of deep pastures
and of innumerable leaves: they are
at war. not only among themselves,
but against the good earth; In a
silent and powerful way they are
also afraid. Hilare Belloc.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Last Civil War Battle

Saylors Creek was the last great
battle of the Civil war. General
Sheridan describes 1t as zone Of the
severest conflicts of the war.''' It
is explained that comparatively lit
tie is heard of the battle because it
was completely overshadowed by the
surrender of the Confederacy only
three days later Such leading
generals as Lee, Meade, Longstreet,
Sheridan, Humphreys, r. FL. Ander-
son, Ewell, Gordon, Seymour, Crook.
Merritt, Stage, and Kershaw were
engaged. The battle took place on
April 8, 1866. The scene was the
general neighborhood of Amelia
courthouse, about so miles west of
Petersburg, Pa.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
How Common Sea Terms
Had Their Beginnings

Admiral is not an English word ,
its origin was F.mir ell Bagh. which
is Arabic for Lord of the Sea, says
the Montreal Family Herald. The
term captain comes to US direct
from the Latin word caput. mean.
ing head The coxswain was origi-
nally the ulln who pulled the after
oar of the captains boat, then
known as the cocks boat" Cock.
boat itself is corruption of the
word coracle. small round boat
used for fishing. Commodore i
nothing more than the Italian con
mentiatore. or commander. Ere.
quently we hear about "Dav.
Jones There was. of course. No
such person but should You speak
of duff, JonaiI's Locker. you
have the original phrase Duffy
is the West Indian negro term for
the spirit of Jonah. The term dog
watch is a corruption of dodge
watch. the dodge being an ar
rangement to prevent men from be
ing on duty every day at the same
hours. The starboard side of ship
was at one time the steer-board
side. in memory Of the Anglo Sax
ons who used to steer their boats
by putting out an oar on the right.
hand side of the stern The lar
board tnow known as the poH side)
is corruption of lower board
which was always considered in
ferior to the starboard.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Sword6sh Capable of
Piercing Steel Plate

In length the two types of sword
fish are about 10 feet. and they are
found in all the seas of the world.
In shape this large fish is beauti-
fully stream-lined, while on That
species known also as the sailfish,
there Is long fin running down the
whole length of the back. The
creature uses this as a sail when
travelling on the surface.
It is not easy to realize the tre-
rnendous power the swordtish is
able to generate when it attacks
For some unknown reason 1t viii
charge such large prey as whales,
but if, by repeated thrusts with its
sword. 1t managed to kill one. 1t
would be impossible for ii to make
q meal. for the swordfish has no
teeth, and swallows its prey whole.
The sword is about yard in
length. and looks like long point
ed nose. but 1t is as bard as nor?
and has great penetrating powers.
In 1895 a British warsllip WAS be-
ing repaired. and it was found that
a swordfish bad attacked IL iefSi,i.
the broken-off Sword enihel:lfd in
the hull This had pierced one inch
of sheatIins and had gone ihron.sh
nine inches OF solid wood. In the
South kersington museum. London,
there is block of wood which has
been penetrated to depth of q
inches. while there are records of
this sword going through more than
foot of timber.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
s.Passine the Buck

TT is our observation that every
time we get into trouble 1t is due
to not having been lazy enough, !"
says christopher Morley in the
Golden Book Magazine "The man
who is really thoroughly, and philo-
sophically slothful is the only thor
oughly happy man. It is the happy
man who benefits the world. The
conclusion is inescapable. !.
Mind your business is good coun-
sci; but mind your fdleness also.
It's q tragic thing to make a BUSH
ness of your mind Save your mind
to amuse yourself with. The lazy
man does not stand in the way of
progress. When he sees progress
roaring down upon him he steps
nimbly out of the way. The lazy
man doesn't lin the vulgar phrase)
pass the buck. He lets the buck
pass him."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Sound and Altitude

The weather bureau says, since
no definite experiments are known
to have been made to determine
the height in question. no positive
answer may be given as to what
height a man in balloon can hear
sounds made on the earth Elk
perience Of army balloonists shows
that shouting voices may be heard
in the balloon at a height OF 5000
feet where the wind is not unslsns
ally strong. Birds singing in the
trees have been heard at 10000
feet, and the whistles of railroad
trains have been heard between IL
600 and 10000 feet. High-pitched
sounds are heard best. La cloudy
calm days. when the balloon Is ~
the clouds or just above them. tbs
sounds, at least in some CASES
seem to be heard to somewhat
greater attitudes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

A water sail is sail used to pro-
pei vessel by pressure of the wa
ter instead of the wind. Where
there Is strong current. large
sail can be attached to the sides Of
a ship amidships. carried forward
and then submerged in the water.
Weighted on its underside and
buoyed at the surface of the wa
ter, 1t furnishes a wide expanse Of
vertical surface to the current. The
current fills the sail In much the
same manner as the wind does
when the sail Is carried In the air
and draws the vessel along. Such
sails used to be employed In carry
ing crewIess fireships down on an
enemy feet when the current fa-
vored such an operation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10

In the summer of 1883 an erup
ton occurred on the small volcani,
island of Krakatoa, In the Sunds
strait, whose effects were far
reaching. The finer particles. o.
the volcanic dust, attaining tn,
higher layers of the atmosphere
were diffused over large part Of
the surface of the earth. Within
the tropics they were borne alons
by air currents at rate of z;
miles an hour from east to west
until within a period of six weeks
they were diffused over nearly thu
whole space between latitude 80 de
grees north and As degrees south
Eventually they spread northwart
and southwark and were carried
over North and South America, Eu
rope, Asia, South Africa and Aus
tralia
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Mrs. Alligator's Family

A female alligator is extremely
belligerent as she stands guard
over her nest Of eggs. Her nest,
which is constructed without the aid
of the male, resembles very much
the nest of a muskrat. It is made
by the piling together of swamp
vegetation. Then it is followed out
in the center and the eggs deposit
ed, numbering from % to 70. Con-
trary to common belief. the growth
Of the alligator is fairly rapid. Doc
tor Schmidt, assistant curator OF
zoology. is authority for the state
ment that gator often attains a
length Of II feet by the time it
reaches its fifteenth year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
"Punic Faith"

One Of the pictures that have per
sisted since ancient times is that
of the eleven-year-old Hannibal
swearing an oath Of eternal hatred
toward Rome, says the Boston
Globe. Among the people Of the
Eternal city the oaths Of Cartha-
ginians were not taken particular
" seriously"Pun faith was q
byword among them for treachery.
There is a legend, not very well
substantiated, of one Roman who
broke an oath gloriously. Regulus,
captured by Carthage, was sent
home ON parole to urge the Roman
senate to negotiate peace. Arriy-
ing he told the senators to keep up
the fight. Then, having violated bis
oath, he returned to Carthage to ac-
cept death by torture. Other pris-
oners sent by Carthage on the same
errand did some finger crossing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Historic Oxford Tavern
Becomes Mere Memory

The ancient cellar of the
Swyndlestock tavern, the scene of
the outbreak of the most violent
Flown and Gown riot in Oxford
history. has been demolished to
make way for the strong room of a
bank On st. Scholastica's day,
1856, an undergraduate complained
to the keeper of the SWyndlestock
inn thatrhis beer was bad. The inn
keeper was so annoyed that he
struck the customer on the
head with a tankard and killed
him. The bells of the University
church were rung to summon the
undergraduates and those of st.
Martins church to summon the
townspeople. and in the ensu-
ing battle many lives were lost on
both sides. Until 100 years ago the
corporation of oxford had to do
penance once year in the univer-
sity in expiration Of the offense.
London Mail
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-11-10
Poisonous Lion Fish

A lion fish. now on display In the
Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, is exceedingly poisonous.
It is to be found In large numbers
along the shores of islands in the
Pacific. Along its back, the fish has
a row OF spines which can be raised
so that they stand up like picket
fence. The tips will penetrate fish
at slight touch and In SO doing
will smear poison into the puncture.
The fish are brilliantly colored, but
so well do their colors blend with
the surroundings that they are al
most invisible.