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Show THE MIDVALE,JOURNAL ...... ... Friday, March 9, 1928 ' t '""'rhe Cream of the Tobacco Cro p. With Flaa [;' LAX Is a plant useful to man I' which lias been under cultivation for practit-ally. us lou:; us en;n tl1e crucle~t type of civilizuliou has b""n in existence. Of two principal 'U· riNies, one 011 tmnual nnd the other a :wrennial, tile former Is belle\'ed to ha\·e been brougllt out of the t'au· casus by the Aryans when they first found their wuy Into Europe. It IS prohably a native of the region soul n of the l 'nsplun und the rtistriet thnl Is now soul heru ~;urupe IJy the t•·hms, a Tou1·unlan people who lnvuciPcl ~;m ,.,,e from Asia. Annual Max grows with ! particular vlgr•r ou the shores of the i Baltic. The pereunlul ty[lt of Mux, "linum angustifollum," was culti\'llted In northern Italy and Swltzerluncl before the tlrst representatives of the ! Aryans, whom we usually mean w!1en ' we say the white race, came from i southern A~lu into I•;urope. Seeds and ! seed capsules found In the very an· clent remains of these tribes show them to ha1·e made considerable use , of flux. Later, as the annual type vf fta x, lin um nsita tissi mum, or ''mo~t useful," came to be ':nown It was sub· stituted for the ancient form. The perennial flax may still be found grow· ing wild at many places In those coun. tries that sunound the Mediterranan sen, lncludin)( northern Africa. Italy, anrl Spain. People of p! ucticully ull the clviliza· tlons studied in am·ient history knew and userl one of the forms of llax. Egyptian monarchs wore 1·obes wo,·en from It and were wrapped in ir when their bodies were mummilled. Flax has also been founl.l in a tomb of Chaltlea, n nation which flourished before Bubrlon berame a great city. The extreme remoteness of the lir8t use of flux in prehistoric times is shown by the fact that all the nu· cient peoples, Celtic, ~'innlsh, Italian, l and others, have names of their own , for it. In the case of plants spread · from one people to another It is usu· ally possihle to see the tiimilm·ity In ( names adopted hy one tongue from another. I Sci€ntists consider it conservative ' to assume tlmt flax in its different forms has been ln cultivation for at least 5,000 years. Although the per· enola! flax was grown In Europe earlier than the annual variety, the latter is probably the older Inns· much as It was grown and usee! by eastern civilizations that were older than any in Europi!. The common an· nual flax is thus a plant of Asid, com· ing from the region in which common belief Is accustomed to place lhe Oar den of Eden. I I' ' I I ' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Drawing by Ray Walters. AUCH 17 is a day for "the 1'---""""' wearing of the green" and the display of the shamrock, a day to honor the patron saint of Ire· ll\,lld because it was on a ~!!Jrch 17 more than 1,-lOO year& ago that he died. Is a day which Is celebrated by true son of the "ould sod," but many of them realize that in so they are honoring the memo1·y a man who was not horn an Irish· even though he became the suint of that country? In fact, what seems to be tl1e mo~t ,·eliable tlon is true St. Patrick was u man and us such he is e111it1etl the veneration not only of the Irish of the Scotch us well. ~lore than he may well be rpmemhered by Christian,-, whatever their Da· ty, for It was he who brougkl the triumph of Christianity over l!l;lltm>>ul away batk In the days when phrase "the wild Irish" was truer It has ever been since. are several \""Prsions of the of St. Patrick's parentage nnd ace .but the strongest evidence the latter points to 11 !'pot called trlek ("Patrick's Celt") near on the !Uver Clyd~, in That he was a Celt there no doubt, and he himself In his con has told us that he was born the Britons and I herefore the Latin-speaking people who been com·erted to Christianity. father's name was Calpurniu~, 3 u landowner and town coun In a Homan town which Is to hm·e heen on the coast ot probuhly a colony from the op· ll·ish coast, since there was fl'e· travel across the narrow sea he· Lhe>-e two bodies of land, hoth trips IUid warlike expeditions. wns during one of the latter A. D. 405 that Patrick, then a of sixteen, was taken prisoner hy high king of Ireland, Niall, who his stronghold at Tara; from he set oat on many raids against ll!ll:hbtori,ng tribes. Later Patrick' was to a petty king named Milchu. governed the district around '""""''" mountain In North Antl·lm. King Mllchu set Patrick to herdlug on the cold slopel' of the moun· Often the boy spent his nights prayer and it Is said that during All Fish Anyway In the South wh'lD people speak of they really menn large·moutb bass. This Hsh is alro known "chuh." In Canucla the wall·eyetl Is known as "dore." Catch the flsh in Delaware and parts of svlvanla and he becomes the ' salmon.'' Throughout ~:inila the pickerel Is known as pike. specie!! of (Ish are usually in· when one thinks of pickerel. Jerusalem chamber of Westmln· abbey takes 11'11 name from the reo wood with which the walla are and which Ia said to have been from Lehanon. Tiling• Tllat Bon't MiJC '"'v" •eldum BeW~ much oalen~o 111!1 n1urh Ieeming met togeth~' " ri"lng and decllnhlg, mak .. r"; and ml!Hiay, when h• """" nt aii.-Ri~hol' Hull one ~f thQ~e vigils he had a dream In which his own people seemed to call to him. AftN· six years of capti1ity, lnsi)Iretl by his dl'enm he escaped and made his way across Ireland to the ea~·t eoast where he bourded a ship which took him to some JlOI't in Gaul, prob· ably Rorcleaux. For the next few years he liwcl on an island oil' the coast ueur Cunue~ and there attended the school of Honoratus, learning to read and write Latin and studying re· !igloo. Later he returned to Britain. where he was warmly welcomed' IJy his relatiyes. He1·e he hacl a seconcl dream which iuspired in him n desi1·e to lead a mi>-siou to Ireland. In ordpr to prepare himself for his !'xpeclitlon to Irelancl, l'at1·it-k went haek to Gaul and for a time made hi~ home at Auxer1·e. Tl1e1·e he was or· dained hy Bishop Amutor and in t11e y"ur 4!l2 I' a trick was con,etratccl bishop .h~· Germanus who approYed uf his mission to lreland. rn that same year Patrick arrived oiT the coast of 1\'if'ldow with a shipload of mission aries, both mPn ml4 women. The ]Wrt>· was d1·1ven from the ~hore when the> attlc'mpted to land, so they turned th~ir ship north nnd disembal'ked at a place called Saul In Down. From there th!'.l went in chariots and on foot to the Hill of Slane near 'ferra, which was the sent of King Laoghnire, or Lae· galre, (from whom the modern O'Lear:;s are descended), the son of King :\lull, who was then reigning in Meath. It wns about EastPr time, whm the Druids held their p1·incipal feasts of the year. On the order of the king nil of the house tires on the island we1·e extingul,·hed. Then the Omit! prie,·ts lighted the Bel Fire on Tara hill. From this seedfire of Bel, hlessed hy the god~. the ]JeO]lle were to tnke blazing brands with which to rekindle the firrs on theil· hearths, and it was a great sin for anyone to kindle 1heir fires except in this manner. In defiance of this tradition Patrick ;:athered a heap of hrosna or rough fuel on the ere~! of Slane hill, OJipo site 1'ara, and while the Druid priests looked on angrily, lightect his fire ll2· fore the Druids had started theirs lmmemately there were riotous scenes and Patrick was commanded to Rfl[lear before the l;ing and explain his sac· rlleglous act. Arriving before the king, Patrick was surprised to tine! th&t monarch hospitahle and willing to listen to the ~tranger, ai!IH,ugh the They are the true Eastern chain plrk· erel (esox reticulatus) and the g1·eat Northern pike (esox estor), which is really not a pickerel at aii.-Field and Stream Ma~nzine. -'----- Back to Galileo The possibility of telephone vr wire· less telegraph was evidently In the mind of Galileo, for in. lrnl2 he re· ferred to "the secret art" by which through the sympathy of magnetic neeclles men might converse at long I distances. L'ttle Drain on Treasury Sixteen Jlrirlces, dukes and counts of the old Gerlllclln empire have drawn from ~e GermiUI republiciUI coffers In the last three years the sum ot 2,239,528 gold marks, or about $500,000, according to a statement Issued by the Prussian finance ministry In reply to a question In the diet. These payments, the !tatement explains, take tlle place of annuities granted after the revliution to former heads Druid priests demancled his punisl!· went. The king listened to Patrick's ex· planation of the new religion and although he did not embrace it himself, he gaYe permission to the stranger to preach to the people. One of Patrick's first com·erts wa~ the kln;;'s daughter, Fedelm, and it is In that connection that the symbol of the shamrocl; enter~ the ,story of St. Pat· rid;. While strl1lng to explain to the princess ancl her companions the Trin· ity of God-God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy C:host-nncl seeing that they !lid not understand, he sud,Jenly looked down and .saw ~he shamrock, which grows in such pro· fu~ion all over Ireland. Stooping The Onion clown, he picked up the tiny plant and I!ILE the onion has been known held It up-three leav('S on one stem, to man for centUI·ies aull was the perfect Tl'ini!y. This simple em· ~·idely cultl\·utecl befo1·e the Christian blem helped bring understanuing to era, It does not share the extreme t11e prince~-s and she llecame a couvert antiquity of the bean, of wheat, and to the new faith. of llax. Its introduction into lhe fum· Up and down lrel~nd St. Patrick lly of human foods came at least after went, huplizing converts, establishing the lniiO·F.uropean peoples had !i'plit churches and lenving his u~sistants to up into various groups, for there is no carry on the work in which the simple cornPl'linn hNween the numes for "J'lllbol of the shamrock had its part. onion in ChinPse, Sansl;rit, Hebrew, (jradually it hecume the s~·mhol of Gn'i'k unci Latin. Most botanists as· ln'iancl, the nation, as well us the N'· sume thut it was found reafly to hand ligious s~·miJol of Christianity in tilut in nu·ious plnc·es hy the f!iiTPrent peo· I1ind. The triumph of St. Patrick o1·er pies. the pagan Druid~ is believed to have '1'11ut onions were known In the an· given rise to the legend that it was clent world is proved lly many literary St. Patric-k who drove the snakes out references, inclucliug c111e !,'hOwing that of lrelancl, the snakes lleing the sym· 1 when the l~1,·yptlans deified one par· h<1l for the ~uperstitions of the Druid ticulurly succulent variety of onion paganism. j the Romans had a good laugh at th~ Bringing Christianity to Ireland was expense of their neighbors on the not, however, St. Patricl<'s only serv· · other side of the Mediterranean sea. ire to that country and to humanity. I Of ohl the wild onion probably oc· lie introduced many progre~slve Ideas c·upied a vast area, stretching from in t11is pagan countpY. lie brought 1 l'alestine into the Indian peni!Jsula. with him the Latin tongue and Latin 'file llel1rew und Sansl<rit nnmes for boolm He also brought anotl1er Ro· this 1egetuhle are words of great nn· man art, that of buildin.~ &tone houso.!s 1 tiquity, lndirating that Its use by and as he went through Ireland he them mny have been of long~r stand· huilt not only churches of enduring, lng tlwn in any other localitie~. Bot· Rtone but schools of stone also. Here anlsts have reported finding it wild J,ntin reading and writing were taught . more often in India and near·bY re· along with the Irish lauguage an:l gions and some reports of it in a wild these schools grew and lll'rame fa- stute have come from as far nonb as mons. The students of these school~: the southern boundaries of Silleria. wl10 inh,•rited the tradition of a rieh 1 As yet there are no nuthentirate d dis· epic and lyric native literature took coveries of wild onions In Palestine. to the study of languages of Latin, 'fhe nue onion, allium cepa, is reGreek and llebrew. And when a wave fenecl to in this article. Leeks, gar· of invasion by tile Angles, the 1'\:n:ons. lie, shallot and other membtrs of the the Lornbnrds, the Goths, \'andnls an.l same family hove different habitats Huns swept over western Europe ancJ L und histories and undnubtedly are ~· all but wipecl out learning and clas· frrred to as wild onions in many part9 sica! culture It was from these schools of the world, but they are not t11e an· in Ireland that there came a return cestors of the common vegetable ot wave which helped restore it. So not the modern garclen ond farm. only the Irish but the whole world Ga.rllc, like the onion, was anciently oweR something to the man who died known and used, not only In Asia and on March 17, 4Gl, nnd whose memory by all nations around the strores ot is rccnlled each year when March 17 the Mediterranean, but also lly the comes 'round again. early people of western Europe and thE Bc·itish l~·les. A \'al·lety of wllfl gurllc Is c!llliUWn In the northern part~ Regular Crowd of the United States anfl elsewhere In Profess<>r Pic·kering once let the North America. late Richard Harding ·Davis look The 4&ue onion Is oelleved not to through a manelous mkroscope to nare grown wild In America. Some prove that there is alwars some or~an e•11·1.v writers repm•ted leeks, onions lsm preying on some lesser org-anist11. and garlic· for sule In the markets of down t<> the most minute atom of life. Mexico City and Peru, but there Is \Vhen It came time to go, the noted no evidence that any of the plants so reported were allum L-epa, from wblch author said: the true onion Is flerived. The llkell· "Professor Pickering, when I came hood is that the onion Is Asiatic anfl In here I thought I was an individual ; was brought into the New world from I leave, knowing myself to be a comEurope. munity." (@. !9.28 .. ~We.otern Newspaper Uoloo.) •• • W of petty German states. They were payable In paper marks. The sum total, 1,831,570 marks, amounted In the Inflation year 1923 to the merest fraction of one American cent. Famou1 Printing Plant The Clarendon Press Is 11 prlntlQg estalllishment In Oxford, England. In which tile university hos the prepon· derating lniiUj:!nce. It was founded partly with the prollts from the copy. right of Clarendon's "History of the ne belllon." Good for the Teeth Few know tbat sage lea\'es are ex· cel!ent for the teeth. The leaf can be rubbed on, or cboppid very tlne ~nd used wltb a brush. Tbe ell'ect is as· tonlshing. A little lemon juice Is an· other good tooth tonic, thowgh It needs to be useo but occasionally. • Humor ' IN THE VERNAC ULAR Sydney Shields, well·known actress, has un old negro mammy from th~ South In her employ. The other day a colored man appeared at the door seeking work. The woman met him ancl the following was the conversa· tion between the two: "I don't reckon you·all knows ot nobody what don't want to hire nobody to do nothin', does you?" "Yes, Indeed, I doesn·t." Jealoua ''Oh, goody!'' cried little Lois on seeing the cal;e her father had brought home. "Let's eat It now." Mother said no, It was to be saved for the on- , niversary. Lois started to cry, sot.- · bing out that she did not want It ' saved for Annie. "Annie!" queried her mother, "Annie who?" ' ''Annie Versary," was the tearful rel)ly.-Boston Transcript. Will iam T. Tild en 2nd to protect his throa t smokes Luckies LEARN TO LOVE .::r- __;:r---___.. -=- - - -~·o::...:..:....- - -=-- ttDuring the course of some of my stage appearances, t am called upon at intervals to smoke a cigarette and naturally I have to be careful about my choice. I smoke Lucky Strikes and have yet to feel the slightest effect upon my throat." '\ ~ ._, ~ .....,wJ wl9Q., .. 4. •· JJ(J.....c... L... "It's toasted'' Be-Surely y"u could learn to love , me just a little? She-Well- maylle Thursday eve- 1 nlngs-thnt 's the only evening In the' week I'm not always daten up, I Stories and T ale• There are stories to tell, There are tales to withhold. Wven a girl Is a belle Should she always be told? His Game "Jack Hobhs is making whirlwind love to Bthel Binn,;," "Yes, Jack is one of those word· changing fans, and he's trying to change the name of Dinns to Uobb~ In as few mons as possible." Greater T_han Niagara Fozzleton (at NilH:ara Falls)-Xow , there is the greate~t water power in tile worlcl. Bozzleton- \\'hat do .vou mean, the grPate~t water power iu the world? '\'hat about a woman's tears? SHOWIN G RESULTS ~Throat ~1928, Irritati on-No Coug~ The American Tobacco Co., Pet Crow Has Repaid Man for Saving Life This b the story of n r1·ow who braved the fri;;id winter of the moun· tains near where Hill \'an \\'inlde wns awakened by the echops of <listnnt bowling. It is a stor.v of a crow he· frienclecl b~· man mnl, in turn, man's friend und companion. There 'vas commotion in the field, for there was an nrp11nrnt in crow circlt•R, sn~·s 1\ature Magazine. A young fello 1 was lleing I'Uible~sls pet ked hy his tonfre1·es, for whn t rea· son the cmws only knew. Jolm \Yrst anl\·e•l In time nnd rescued the youngstl'r. uearlr dead, carried l1illl to his bam and fl'd ancl nur~ecl him hac·k to hp:,lth. He ('hl'istPnrcl him .Tarl< and h€ hl'<'llllle a fully arc1·edi!erl nwrn· hPr of tile family, Jnrk hernme n home·lovin.~ rrnw. wnnclt·ring uhout tile ho11'e and 1·epay· in~ tile hospitalit~· with a Oe\'PI'·fnll· ing- ori;;innlil~ of trkks. lie lil;e<l motnri11g, tra,·eling per<·hed on tile I'Oof of thl' car, a"cl in ]HI)'rll!'nt for his rides clrchll·ed war on nHII'Uuding ·rows and clrm·e them from the com. Inc. Are You Listening In? 'l'be SUNS.U:'l'· DY'.rlt\'1' Sing(~rs are broad .. casting a prugram ot original songs, duet~ and qua.rteta over Columbia !Satlon-wido Radio Stations at 6:30p.m. every 'l'hnrsda.y (Knst.ero time) bctzinni n~ 'I'bursda{. )!al'<'h ~11),000 Prit.f' Contest for users u SUNSE'l' and OY'l'IN'11 Is ntnv in full swing. Prizes announced at ea.ch broadcasting from 16 Radio :Stations. It your d.enlf'r does not stock SUNSET DYES and J)YTIN'l' {tbe new lUc 'l'lnt) write and let us kno..v. Bend 2cstamp for ''COLOR NEWS." a DAW 4-page !-color publication-it eonta.ina tun purl lcu1ars of this in1 rreM ir:g contest. He member: ~UNBK1' DYE:-; il.nd ))YTIN'P should be in every home where people lO\ o color. Write tOtlny1 Address Dept. n North American Dye Corporatlon 1\lt. Vernon, :S, Y. For Wounds and Sores Try HANFOR D'S Balsa m of Myrrh A.ll dealen are aathariz:~ to ni!ll!d JOUt montJ for the first b(lftle if not 1nited . I Ring Had Traveled A Mrs. Gabb-l've been using beaut~· cla.v for my complexion. Mrs. ~tuhb-Yes, l'l·e noticed how muddy it lool;s. Sweater Beguiles That now beguiles. Grumpy Gauge weel\s ago o young womnn Like His Toys rather (with new cur)-llange d it can whHt's wron.g. Social Note Agatha-Do de!H<rling cool;s aslr for n 1·efer~nce uowa<hl>·s? llaniet-:>o ; they reques, letters of lntrorluction.-~lonlrenl Star. "What's the excit~ment on Broad· way?'' "Oitl ham week.'' M'.L.DOUGLAS SHOEand.S Somethin g Gained "Anything in the mail?" asked unpopular Senator Spug. "Sixteen anonymous letters." "Well, we won't have to answer them, anyhow.'' 'fo-r Men:Women. 'BolJS Distressing Error • Friend- Why do you lool; so sad'r Cashier-Th e auditor found a big mistake in my accounts. Friend-Did he report It? Cashier-Re port it? I bad to share witb him! Smartly styled for the new season-made of the finest leathers, best of workmanship - and the famous W. L. Douglas quality built into every shoe. Put Next Madge-Did the hostess put you next to Jack Wilder at the dinner last night? Marie-She did; she told me all his dreadful past. Moonlight Mrs. J&ggs-The moon Is so beau· tlful tonight. Won't you come out on ' the porch and watch It, dear? Mr, Juggs-Yes ; just a minute till I find my magazine. "Bring my book along, too, will you?" Once More "1 notice, Jones, that you are 4rlvlng your car to the office once again." "Yes, my daughter•• vacation llaa ended." lt Gathering of Actora He-When Is ;our birthday? Shc-\Yhen will it be most couveni· ent for you ?-nnston Post. Llza-Are you suti,fieu with your new employer'? Jane-Yes; they are refined people. I sta1·ted work this moming and th~y have only grumbled the times.-l'atl l· llnder. nncler:stmul weut all ri;:ht when I d1·ove it down yestenlay. Bohl•y- Yes, hut yesterday it was new, dadcly.-Bo~ton Tram'Cript, Adjustab le B:1.r fur coat styles; ''l'fs a sweater gaudy fP\\' emplo)'(>() h) an ex!'tuth·e of a 1\'iJ.. ming-ton (I lp].) com·e1·n, while llllliliu.; lettNs. l'('nlll\'ed n rlinmond 1·jng and left it 011 lwr desk. \\'he'll she lookecl for It the ring llacl disntlpen,·ecl. ;,_he l'<mcluded It might lan·e sli 1'.pecl inl<• one of the lette1·s sl1e lmd sealecl ancl mailed. 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