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Show Thursday. September 18. 1930 INDIA AND ITS PEOPLES By CapL L. R. Claud Hobinaon TI1E Giant of Mushroom Tribe r TIMES-NEW- Seeks Date of J I the End of Polygamy X J -- V Utanhul. In an effort to calculate bow soon the last Turkish polygamous fumlly may be expected to die out. the Turkish authorities are the country. Many JS throughout still . are families , . . . . practicing I I V poiygmiiy wiiuiii me iaw, iuaiunuch as they are the over- r- flow from the $ Kline which waspolygamy abolished a J few years ago. It la believed that the have been dlmln- polygamlat lulling at a great rate during the lait few years, aud spa- U etatiatlcs will be drawn up regarding them la the forthcoming general count of the Turklau population. Night in Lahore to the serious rlollus OWINd occurred in Lahore, fol- d Elephant Hunting THE termination of the ATWorld war I received three months' leave, the first two weeks of which I spent as the guest of on a hunting trip in Colonel M Nnpnl, that mountainous country which has' produced a nice of fighting men, the Ohurkas, unsurpassed among India's martial tribes. This Is the only country In the world where that singular sport can be obtained of hunting wild elecaptur phants with tame ones, and When I proposed ing tliein alive. that should be to Colonel M allowed to make the experiment, he at first refused on the ground that it was too dangerous for a' novice. I!ut Inter he relented after I had acquitted myself creditably at a rewas sept among hearsal, wher the trees on the bare back of an elephant, with only a rope to hold on by, and made to dodge the branches as he rushed through them at full sliced. But this was nothing compared to the actual day of the real hunt, when the elephant i rode formed one of a band of flftv, tearing at a clumsy rate through t he jungle after the wild herd, which it finally overtook and with which It engaged in a pitched battle. I shall never forget the uproar of that singular encounter. The trumpeting of the elephants the screams of the mahouts the firing by the soldiers of blank cartridges the crashing of the brandies as the huge monsters with their trunks rurled up, butted one another like rams, and their riders deftly threw lassoes of rope over their unwieldy heads all formed a combination of sounds and of sights never to be forgotten. It Is so difficult to take prisoners under these conditions hunters that the experienced seemed well satisfied In capturing three out of a herd of twelve. I returned home utterly exhausted by the violent exercise which had been necessary to escape being smashed to pieces by overhanging i. ranches, or crushed by the mob of jostling elephants, Iwhich must have been my fate had lost my grip of the loop or rope which was all there was to hang on by. To cling on the more readily I had removed my shoes, and bleeding hands and feet bore testimony to the violence of the struggle I had to retain my precarious position. Hut so great was niv excitement nt the time that I how only discovered afterwards much my skin was the worse for wear. 1 1 ((c). 1(30. Western Newspaper Union.) PAGE THREE The New t Turkey . lowing Mr. Ciundi's passive resistance movement of 11M8. lh elly was placed under martial law. Among oilier regulation, ntihllc meetings were forbidden and the Inhabitants required to be In their homes by eight o'clock at night. I was assigned to the command of a troop of horse which nightly patrolled the Indian city, that same vlty which Kipling called 'The City of Dreadful Night." A ride through an Indian walled city at night, under the restriction of martial law. Is a strangely weird experience. Our palrol sets out Hume hours after smiset ; we walk along the Mill and through Anakall to the Lahore Gate. Only an otllcer on a motor cycle and the troops at the telegraph olllce are seen. Perhaps a man here and there Is sleeping outside, on an old cliarpoy or rope bed, snuggled up In a rug and thrusting bis head out to see who are these disturbers of the night; and then "Halt! who goes there?" It Is the sentry at the city gate and we pans still farther Into the heart of silence and The streets get narrower, and the atmosphere gives one's olfactory organs more and more varied, unasked and undeslred experiences. Even the houses, with unfriendly and unwashed expression, frown upon us as we pass under their overshadowing upper stories. Like old hags, worn and decrepit with age aud clothed with rags, they seem to resent the appearance of well-femen and horses, wandering Into their silence and One wonders If all the products of our universities, who talk glibly of the East Its glamour, its wisdom and ancient thought have seen the cities of the people and how the common Oriental mind expresses Itself in material things where Its daily life Is concerned. For, after ail, It Is results that count, and however superficial and artificial Western civilization may be. It has brought about a greater cleanliness. So our solitary patrol marches on sometimes In threes, sometimes in puirs, and sometimes our horses must walk in single file. Not a soul is to be seen ; only an occasional light looks down into the dingy street, and I'eeping Tom appears at the window for a furtive glance. Dogs show their annoyance in noisy fashion and slink away in mysterious holes and corners. The journey is uneventful. Winding, Irregular streets are aggressive In their eilence and lifelessness. Only the stars above seem to possess any animation as they glitter over this city of the dead. NEPIII. UTAH S. 1 L . J ; A m J with the GOLDEN VOICE J Here it is I J Wild Life Suffers by Atwatcr Kent has thia Quick Vision Dial stations always in sight and evenly spaced to end no stooping or eyestrain easy, end from accurate tuning from any position . . . Tone tone TONE. The Golden Voice! Natural tone of every instrument, living quality of every voice... Ton Control I Four definite shadings give you in radio music . . . New harmonious beauty the kind of radio you like to live with . . . Extra power and distance range I More than a year ahead . . . Once more Atwatcr Kent sets with Screen-Grifar the pace the finest radio in all of Atwatcr By Kent's eight years of leadership. -- Drought and Fires New York. Drought and forest fires have taken an enormous toll of wild life and Hh throughout the United Stales, according to reports reaching the American Game Protective association with national headquarters here. The depletion of game and fish. It is believed, will be felt for years. Birds and beasts, fish and fowl, have suffered alike, from both Eight pounds of mushroom, all In one plat.t, is the prize that John Caslello of Havre street. East Boston. Is proudly holding aloft. The gigantic fungus, which was grown at Groton, can supply enough sauce to smother a row of steak from Boston common to Faneull hall. MEXICO PLANS FOR FARM REVIVAL 000.000 bushels of corn annually. or about as much as lilt nols. The frljole, or Mexican bean. Is grown In every one of the 28 American Experts to Restore Prosperity of Agriculture. Employs one-thir- d states and two territories. Sisal Crbana. III. Mexico, "cradle of wars." ha? set out to restore an Industry which In the more trou- binder twine for American harvest bled times of 20 years ago proved ers. In naming Dean Mumford as one Its undoing, and It has summoned an Illinois authority to help do the of three American counselors on Its agricultural problems, the Mexican job. H. W. Mum ford, dean of the colgovernment has selected one of the lege of agriculture, University of foremost live stock authorities of Illinois; and director of the state the United States. He was one of agricultural experiment station and the first, if not the first, authorities In the country to recognize the Imextension service, has been appointed nlong with two other American portance of marketing studies In agricultural authorities to serve on experiment station work. The first a commission which will study the bulletin ever published on the marJive stock, educational and other keting of a live stock product Is the phases of the republic's farming "Production and Marketing of Wool." issued in 1000 by the industry and make recommendations for their development. Mem- Michigan experiment station. Credbers of the commission are now in it is given him for doing the Mexico carrying out their assignpioneering work In standardizing ment. market classes and grades of live Ba'-In 1011 money accumulated stock. by the Madero family of Chihuahua Developed Feeding Tests. He was one of the first to reeng-- " from stock raising supplied the sinews of war for the overthrow nlze the Inadequacy of the results of the Diaz, government. That from the usual Uve stock feeding benevolent dictator, who ruled be- trials In animal nutrition work. It 1910. Is credited was he who inaugurated the practween 1S76 and with having done more for the tice now common with nil experione of the ment stations of using carload lots progress of Mexico, world's richest treasure lands, thun instead of Just a few animals In achieved had been The by the republic these feeding experiments. in all the centuries of its previous animal husbandry department which at he the developed college of agrihistory. culture. University of Illinois, is United States Plan Appeal. first the real Now stock raising In ttie rich re- perhaps comprehensive had. public Is not as prosperous ns it oneHethat the country on served farmthe national once was. Mexican officials realize, however, that the Industry can he ers'15live stock marketing committee from which evolved the promade Just as potent a force for of buiJding up good government as It ducers'nowlive stock marketing agenacclaimed as the most was for tearing it down 20 years cies, ago. Through the help of the Illi- successful voluntary nois expert and the two other marketing enterprise in the counmembers of the commission, Mexico try. During the summer of 1920 he hopes to bolster Its live stock rais- served as a member of the Ameri ing business and build up Its agricultural education system nfter the can commission to study German He also has investigatpattern of agricultural colleges in t agriculture. ed live stock conditions In Argentrie i niteo states. Thus Is the republic, sometimes tina, and on another occasion did spoken of as "a wondrous store similar work in France, Great house of nature's wealth," taking Britain, Belgium and Holland. State college, from Michigan another step to emerge from the fierce Internal struggle which has which lie wos graduated and which be later served as a staff member, retarded its progress for years. Cattlemen in the past have found distinguished him several years ago in the broad pampas of Mexico a by awarding him the honorary deof agriculture. paradise of grazing land from gree of doctor Serving with him on the Mexican which each year they reaped millions of profits. Hides constitute an commission will bg Director Fabian of the New Mexico agriculimportant export to the United Garcia States. Ninety per cent of all the tural experiment station and Dr. kinds of fruit grown In the world John W. Gilmore, an agronomist of flourish In Mexico and every varie- tiie college of agriculture, Univerty of grain found in the United sity of California. States abounds even more luxuriantly in the rich soils of thnt faNEW CASCADE DISCOVERED vored land. Mumford Is Authority. The most Important Mexican plant Is the agave, or maguey. Series of Gorgeous Waterfalls Fibers of the maguey are used to Found in South Africa by make paper and rope and Its huge an Englishman. leaves as thatches for houses. Mexico produces normally about 100,- London. A series of gorgeous waterfalls never before seen by a European and practically unknown I M to natives has been discovered In South Africa by Farquhar B. MaBigamy Goes in N. J. crae of the northern Ithodeslan civil service, and described hy him If Hidden Two Years a report to the Itoyal Geograph Newark, N. J. Accordiug " in ical society. to the prosecutor In Union One of the falls is 200 feet In '. . county n man can have two . . height, 23 feet higher than the wives In New Jersey if he can It quiet for two " Niagara falls, and rivals In beauty the famous Victoria falls, which .. years.keep The law can't do any-- . are about twenty miles distant. thing about It, It was brought out m the case of George E. I! This fall Is, however, only one of a series following each other in and Davis Davis, twenty-four- , rapid succession, so that the total was saved from going to jail effect is that of a much greater I '. for bigamy. drop totaling 334 feet. They are It seems who lives known to the natives as the Chleng-kwaN. J., had one " In Springfield,Davis, falls and are on the Chunga . . wife In a house In Meckes which empties Into the Zamstreet there and another In " river, bezi. It is on the Zambezi river ' '. a house across the street. '. that the Victoria falls are located. The second one gave him In describing the Chiengkwasi, two children before she '. '. found out nhout the other '. Mr. Macrae says : "The main Chiengkwasi fall Is a wife. Then she charged him " fine sight. Numerous green ferns with bigamy. Prosecutor Abe grow in holes and cracks In the J. Davis admitted In Eliza- stone and the water dashes down beth that he couldn't add to over the smooth face of the rock, the man's punishment be- spurting out iu little plumes of cause the statute-ollmlta- ; tlons runs on bigamy, too, " spray wherever it meets an obstacle. In times of flood It must be an and after two years with two sight djrlng the few wives a man Is Immune from " hours that such a short river I prosecution. would remain at its maximum Davis was arrested, how- height." ever, on a charge of nonsup- A few miles from the Chieng'. '. port and went to Jail anyway I kwasi Mr. Macrae found another ' when he could not post a S 1,000 bond. Impressive series of Ave falls. The largest of these has a drop of S3 feet. I I H I I i I H I I H I I I I I I 1 1 I ' M-H-- si " '. f W fa i J MODEL 70 Lowboy j t)uM( tub Variety of other beautiful model far II elect nc or battery operation. Price lightly higher west of Rockies and in Canada. -- d ... The New Exclusive Quick-Visio- n Dial For either or battery operation. Convincing demonstration and convenient terms at your dealer's HOIV. d hemp, which has made Yucatnn one of the richest states In Mexico, is used largely In the manufacture of '. causes. The large number of forest fires destroyed countless number of wild folk. Ashes and burned timber falling Into lakes, streams and swamps, formed a deadly kind of lye and iiolsoned fish life. The drought lowered water levels of streams and Jakes, In many cases drying them up, leaving the f)h bottoms. dead on the hard-bake"Because of these events. It Is all the more Imperative for all of us to devote every effort to conserve the decimated ranks and schools of our wild life and fish," Carlos Avery, president of the American Game Protective association, said. "Alarming as the situation Is, we can not only conserve what we have left, but we can restore the losses If the public will turn to and help their state game and fish commissions. "Tie up your dogs, pen up your house cats; for both take enormous toll dally of wild life, and then ask your commission to tell you what to do to help restore the ONLY wild folk." Alaska to Honor Memory of the "Pancake Queen" Senftle, Wash. Prospectors who trudged over White Pass trail during the gold .rush days will honor Mollle Walsh, from whose cook tent no hungry man wns ever turned away. A bronze bust of the Klondike "pancake queen" hajbeen cast. The memorial will he snipped north and set up where she conducted her "grub" tent in 1897 and 1898. Last year a bronze cast In memory, of horses and mules killed In Dead Horse Gulch was unveiled. Both casts were donated by John Newman, Alaska sourdough. Danger Sign Erected for Whirlpool "Fools" Winnipeg. "Danger Only Fools Enter Here." This sign. In letters five feet hlirh. surmounted with a huge skull and crosshones, marks the deep whirlpools nt Seven Sisters falls. The swift current has claimed the lives of several rugged swimmers this season, and a power company went to considerable expense to erect the signs to prevent further tragedies. Smuts Chases Butterflies Gen. Jan Christian London. Smuts, commander of the English troops In British East Africa during the World war, has replaced hla field maps and war implements with butterfly nets and has gone Into Tanganyika territory in search of more brilliant specimens to add Jo his collection. NEAR THE VICTORIA FALLS "Below this fall the scenery is most Imposing. Towering basalt precipices rise on either side of the river, which is never more thnn 100 feet broad and is generally considerably narrower. At one point the cliffs cannot well be less than 400 feet high and are probably higher. They rise In one sheer wall from the water's edge. The general Impression of height is greater thnn that conveyed to an observer standing at the bottom of the' palm grove at the Victoria falls." Government Gives Man Job for His Lifetime Washington. The District of Columbia government has n man on Its pay roll It can't get rid of. Dr. William Tindall. who has been In the city's employ for CI years, was given a lifotime Job by an act of congress. Tindall is an authority on the history and development of the National Capital and served as secretary to Its last two governors and nil of Its boards of commissioners until 1!)12. Although be reached the compulsory retirement age a decade ago, TindalPs period of service wns extended several times because of his value to municipal officials. But the law prohibited his serving longer than the first of August aa a clock. Greatett aid Eytotofaat,readeaay tuning in all the history of radio. ic ATWATER KENT MANUFACTURING 4764 W1SSAHICKON AVENUH nry into other peoples private af fairs is a vice; that which urges ua to acquire useful knowledge Is a Tirtue. The busts of valuable re search work la curiosity. '. " 1 Wins Safety Prize; Is Killed by Truck London. Leslie Skinner, twelve, won the first prize at school for an essay on safety first, and was killed In the street by a truck the next day. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Kvery man has his price; hut not Class Pictures Produced Stained glass of different colors unless he wants to he hought. may he fused into one picture hy CTmor'R'A'DGHjrriJ wll jam fceai 4 ii a process Just Invented hy Basil It. mu may Jm law aJL mi 5 J Bayne, an artist of Cerrard's Cross. Knglaml. The invention is regarded in Kngland as the grenlest developBaaaeU Stoop ment In the lei'hnliiie of stained FOR every home use. Diamond glass since the earliest days of the nrt. 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CUlMgo, t7S Michigan George Giraffe I suppose you are evenly; do not spot or streak: never give things that admiring my grent height. look. true, even, new colors Tom Tortoise No, I'm merely that Just The Deuce You Say I their depth and brilliance keep see An Indignant Italian, writing to hanging around to you pull in in spite of wear and washing. 16c the Passing Show, demands why the your neck. packages. All drug stores. British Itoyal academy has harred a Statesmen Not Crowded portrait of Mussolini? "Because," There are approximately 1,000 informed the editor, "they feareil It rooms In the British house of commight snap at the other pictures." mons. Pathfinder Magazine. Highest Quality forSOYtars Real dyes give mm& tmm richest colors! lt iCREMOLA FACE BLEACH A. re-dy- Root of False Opinion the too good opinion that man has of himself to be the nursing mother of all the false opinions, both public and I look upon private. Montaigne. Greatness Recognized There never was a great truth hut it was revered ; never a great institution, nor a great man, that did not, sooner or later, receive the reverence of mankind. Theodore Parker. Truth Hurt Him An Atchison man pouted for a week hecause one day when he had a sick headache and asked his wife if she worried about him, she replied, "No." Atchison Globe. s Americans "Cold and Sour" The average American eats 23 pints of ice cream and 25 pickles In a year. Perhaps that's what makes him such a cold, sour proposition. Itoanoke Times. He Ought To It is probable that the British Prof. J. Arthur Thomson says an African snake, the Desay peltls. swallows eggs larger around than Its throat, then sucks out the contents and regurgitates the shell without breaking it. Uncle Eben "A man who loses a fortnnp In do stock market," said I'ncle Eben, "gits mo' notice dan de one d:it loses his wages In a crap game. But one is Jes' as broke as de other." Washington Star. Truy Successful Life To live with a high Ideal is a successful life. It Is not what one does, hut what one tries to do, that makes the soul strong and fit for a noble career. E. P. Tenney. Toll Taken by "Varmints" The animal "gangsters" of the western range states wolves, coyotes, mountain lions and bobcats take a yearly toll of live stock and game of about $30,000,000. Drains Vast Territory The Black sea. which Is the size of the Mediterranean sea and five times as large as Lake Suof perior, drains nearly the surface of Europe. one-sixt- h one-four- art- ist who has painted his wife's portrait 55 times can choose his own dinner menus. Pittsburgh Post-Gazett- Age of Accountability The age of accountability is when you observe civilization and realize you are a part of it and blush. San Francisco Chronicle. Take Time to Eat Never hurry children when eatChildren who bolt food suffer ing. Food properly from Indigestion. masticated Is easily digested. Would Be Popular What we long for is an invention that will block off the noise from the other people's radios. Detroit Free Press. Nugget of Wisdom The mind Is a bank that pays compound Interest on the knowledge you deposit in It. By Gum I Then there Is the Dumb Dora who wanted pyorrhea hecause four out of five of her friends had it. Pathfinder Magazine. Satan and Black Cats to an old legend, Satan's favorite form of disguise was a black cat. and this probably gave rise to the superstition that a black cat brought bad luck. According Not Bound for Ruin There may be a rash on the face of civilization, but Its heart Is still beating vigorously, and Its feet are still marching on and up. American Magazine. Vitamins in Watermelons Itipe watermelons supply two vitamins abundantly and contain two others In detectable quantities. Early Use of Monograms The Greeks are supposed to have been the first to use monograms. They are found on old Greek coins and rings. The Romans, however, made the more personal application to family names. Country Should Be Worthy There ought to be a system of manners in every nation which a mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely. Burke. Add Business English Exotic words have a way of fastening themselves In the popular mind; and what we dread now Is that executives In conference when you call will hereafter be in "consultative session." Much Lesser Evil The mechanical man who gave an r speech In New York was, no doubt, a welcome relief from the man who gives a mechanr ical speech. Arkansas after-dinne- after-diune- Gazette. Army Command command "Halt!" under army regulations Is given on the right foot. The left foot Is then adavneed and the right foot brought up to It, the halt being executed In two counts. The Distinctive Hitch "diamond hitch" Is a method of fastening a rope about a pack animal's load by which the rope, secured by a cinch, crosses so as to leave a diamond-shapepatch on A d top. Ceremonial Discontinued The last continual burnt offering was probably jnade by the Jews A. D. 71. since which time no such offering has been made. U. S. Paper Currency The paper money of the United States is printed only at the bureau of engraving and printing In WashThe mints of the United ington. States jnake no paper currency. Big Mystery Another thing we don't understand about this "truth serum" is where they get the stuff to make It with. Arkansas Gazette. Time to Heal The experience gained by hard knocks is never fully appreciated until after the soreness has disappeared. Los Angeles Times. Tribute to the Silent There are some silent people who are more Interesting than the best talkers. Lord Beacons-field- . g Good and Bad Curiosity can be vice or virtue. The curiosity which prompts one to COMPANY A. Ktwater Kent, President "Another Thing" Another thing Job did not have to poke along behind some loafer on the highway. Los Angeles Times. No Cracks in Currency The paper In currency Is so prepared thnt the bills do not crack In time; old bills show wear, but not cracks. Elusive There's practically nothing left for an explorer to hunt for now. Unless he drops a collar stud. |