| Show Copyright 1921 1924 North American Newspaper Alliance Paraffin Is Obtained From Petroleum The list fb lb things for which wax is used is long and constantly in increasing In- In creasing In the main commercial vac wal Is obtained from plants from mineral oils otis such as petroleum and from bees But Dut there are some other sources Many arany plants plants' have a athIn athin thin film fUm of waxy y material that covers the tile leaves and stems to protect protect protect pro pro- them from too rapid evaporation tion The paraffin of 5 so widely used is obtained from pe petroleum petroleum pe- pe shale oil and lignite Ignite Today loday lo- lo day petroleum 0 e Is the tho cOoler chief S source I although 1 only certain r I kinds I s of oil J produce marketable quantities In obtaining paraffin from petroleum petroleum petroleum petrol petrol- eum a freezing mixture is applied which reduces reduces' the of the oil all sufficiently to 10 it into crystals Is an in interesting interesting In- In wax vax found In n a solid state In beds of ot coal coat or associated bituminous bituminous bitu bitu- minous deposits It is related to paraffin and when pure is of similar similar simi simm- lar Oar color and texture Beeswax is isa isa a a. wax of ot very cry high quality The comb wax Is carefully saved and shipped by the beekeepers to the market is a white wax oo 00 crystalline st structure ob obtaIned obtained oh- oh tamed as a solid precipitate from the he head oil of the sperm and bottle- bottle lose noso n ose whales and also to a lesser degree from sharks and dolphin oils S After Arter all perhaps the worst thing about poverty is a a. nickel cigar Colorado Colorado Gazette Gazette Ga Ga- zet zette te Massacre of Wyoming in Pennsylvania nia The l of Wyoming was waa the name given to a frightful massacre committed in the Valley of Wyoming Pennsylvania J luly uly 5 3 1778 In the Revolutionary war I On June 30 of that year British soldiers and Seneca Indians ns In Invaded Invaded invaded In- In the valley and were opposed posed by only me meS time the h greater e portion l r ya of the able bolted eJ e male 1 Inhabitants a being on duty under Washington The Americans were defeated in battle on July S 8 and refuge In Forty Fort but surrendered two data after atter on promise of ot protection The British however were unable I Ito to restrain the savage Instincts of I their Indian allies who attacked the settlers with new vigor n the j evening of ot July B 9 set fire to their theire dwellings e and nd murdered many of the inmates Campbell the Scottish poet has commemorated this tragic event In Inh's his h's Gertrude of Wyoming The navy seems better at flyIng fly fly- Ing log airplanes airplanE's than at racIng horses morses Sprin Springfield Republican can S From Antiquity Stars Have Told When to Plant Too loo early for tor record In written history the procession of ot the fixed stars about Polaris save gave man a a. means of ot telling time I Irom rom antiquity the stars have told when to plant to fo obtain the harvest And I it was and not astrology that performed these miracles For many n centuries the naked eye eya was tl the most rt powerful r rna instrument tot for astronomical observation Not until I the time of the great Galileo did the I telescope allow a a. deeper glimpse i into Irto the heavens Yet et knowledge of ot the position of ot the earth In the scheme of ot things antedated the tho telescope bold men had maae made bold guesses g that the sun and not the earth Wah Walt the cen center tel of rotation in our own little corner of the tho universe uni unI- verse Slow but fundamental were the early steps of ot practical astronomers astron astron- omers Because Imagination was strong in the childhood of ot the race our ancestors peopled the hills valleys valley a and the sky with strange and powerful powerful pow pow- erful beings ln i in the s shape shapo e of t people fl animals a and d gods Out o of a fel little litti group of stars the Little Dipper they created Ursa Minor the tho Little LittleBear LittleBear Bear Dear with Polaris the tip of I his tall tail Close by they the tho Great Bear Dear and flocking in the sky i they believed they saw saw dragons outlined men women in light birds l that and td s started beasts to toward toward tol to- to all ward the earth many years ago Terms Jew Hebrew and Israelite The Tho terms Jew Hebrew and Israelite are sometimes incorrectly used as synonyms Hebrew is the ethnological and linguistic name Israelite the national name and Jew tho the popular name of ot the tho people as The Egyptians oppressed Hebrews Hebrews Hebrews' Hebrews Hebrews' He He- brews brews' David was the tho typical kind of ot the Israelites' Israelites tho the Jews revolted under the The three names have their special application to the tho people In the period Hebrew in the monarchial period Israelite and In the period subsequent to the return from tho the Babylonian captivity New dew says Desk Book of Errors In English Mr 11 Coolidge says he has gIven given given en no thought to the 1924 convention con con- In other particulars however r he is very human News News News' N Egypt Has Nothing on Gu Guam m People marvel at the great blocks of ot stone stona which t by ys some unknown l c. c t to o t l t to o proc process vere Isted were hoisted In p place ace build the Egyptian pyramids yet yeton yeton yeton on the island of Guam there are two huge blocks weighing ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 2500 pounds each that evidently marked the burial place chief Ono One of ot an an ancient native I found looted sted on the other when I They ore are larger than the stones used In the pyramids Both are aro of ot coral formation Jh Ili The finding of J Guam many such burial places on Indicates that this Island once had hada hadI Very little Is a I big population known nb about t its itE ear early y Inhabitants In other words Secretary Mellon told Governor Pinchot that prohibition like Wee char charlt charit tj begins at at home Louisville Courier Journal Use of Salt Known to Early Egyptians S The knowledge Wl and use o of salt isas Is Isas afA as asT old as man da Those who h are learned In such lIuch matters tells us that salt is Ig necessary to both human and animal life because it supplies an essential part of ot blood and is therefore required for tor the dut ex exercise exercise ex- ex of physiological functions The Tho use of salt for preserving foods fods was known to to the early Egyptians and Assyrians New Testament Works of Inspiration In addition to being Itself self the pinnacle of ot literature the New Nevy Testament Testament Tes Tea has been the Inspiration ration of ot orb 0 of sublime C b art art in in masterpieces architecture In other painting i forms f 1 music One has only to think of j the time mediaeval Gothic cathedrals the tho paintings of Raphael Leonardo Andrea del arto Santo Michael Angelo Correggio the tho music of Handels Handel's s Messiah and of ot Wagners Wagner's s Te Xe Deum Is Famous Latin Hymn The Te Deum Is a famous Latin hymn of praise praille and supplication supplication- 50 so called caned from Its first words words- used In the tho ritual of ot the tho Roman Homan Catholic and 1 Anglican churches Its Ita date and authorship are uncertain but It is commonly supposed to be bethe bethe bethe the joint production of ot St St. Ambrose antI and nd St St. Augustine on the occasion o ot of the baptism of ot the latter about A D D. On this account it Is frequently frew fre Ire e railed called the n w r. r It also has be been ascribed r d lo to bishop of Alexandria to and to Hilary of ot lens lers |
