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Show THE RICH COUNTY. REAPER RANDOLPH Useful in I i. I I I V v "tt Both I . i? ;. , m k the cost 'of production was estimated at lesk than a cent 7 mills per cubic foot of helium, and during' one busy Mn. Washington. Hoisting the stratosphere ballooh Explorer II more than thirteen miles above the earth, helium vividly tfembristrated thAt it cdh jobs for science as ' well as 4 foSKwar! ; j" f,r j'". Bohrlng stdlly bp, In spite of the ' tug bf ' gravity; this Aristocratic gas was showing its preference for the upper eights; where It is much more at home than at sea level. At the earths surface, the 'Atmosphere contains only of of about ode per1 cent of helium "(.0000054), but 800 miles away froni! the earth it is believed to consist largely of hydrogen and helium, which may finally escape into practically empty space between 5 5:i- - c ' helium-- bearing lf ' the stars 1 - tasteless, odorless helium' has a temperament all its own, says the National Geographic society. It has no savage tendency to be deand structive; for It Is Being a ' monatomic gas, Its hermit nature keeps each in dividual "particle, or atom, aloof from Its fellows. Helium Is so haughty, In x fact, that It refuses to mix with other elements unless1 shocked or Jolted Into a combination by an electric dis : ' ; charge.'1 Ordinarily lazy and inert, heliums only exercise is to drift heavenward when released, being the lightest kbown gas except hydrogen, and to indulge In the lazy sport of conducting electricity. In which it can be beaten only by neon. But It makes less effort to struggle1 through rubberized fabric than ' does hydrogen, thereby winning a Commercial advantage,1 for less of it Is lost from a balloon. Helium ts stub bornly ' opposed to change, remaining the same at low temperatures 'which make rubber as brittle as glass. f1 Largest Helium Plant This latter quality aids man In separating helium from natural gas. At So'ncy, about seven miles west of Amarillo; Texas, the worlds largest helium production plant processes natural gas, piped 12 miles from wells In ; the Cliffside structure. This plant, operated by the United States bureau of mines ' with leased rights tb gaS from 50,000 acres of land, million cab produce over twenty-fou- r . cubic feet of helium a year. One year Colorless, . k- - one-ha- month the cost dropped to 4 mills. In 1915, when the world output was 100 cubic feet, the price was nearer $2,400 per cubic foot Helium ; esecaped J general'- notice until the destruction of World Aar air' ships by fiery bullets ; started the search for gas to substitute for hydrogen, which explodes easily, even in contact with air. - U. S. Producer. r jThe UnitedBiggest States alone has natural gas , in amounts sufficient for commercial . production. Ohio, Colorado, Utah, northern Oklahoma, and especially Kansas and Texas have gas wells producing as high as 7 or 8 per cent heiium. The sands of the Cliffside structure in Texas, now being worked by the government v - 2 - , Has Many 'Potential Uses So Par Not Exploited. , : per cent helium, but have been chosen because! they are easy to work, have a steady volume, and a market for residue gas. It has been estimated that from Hatural gas! a million table' feet of hell'tim escape 'dally. Classed as a ra re' gas. helium Is fare In quantity but hot ln dccurrehce, for it can be found ri burly everywhere; In'1 exceedingly hnlsUI amoiihts, ih the older rocks of the earths Crust, lri "gab frbnirrilri-era- l springs, in sea and river water, and especially In natural gas. r Its ; power to conduct electricity gives helium potential bses which So far have hot been exploited.' Its main cdmtnercial Use no Is ih aeronautics, with possibilities of development lit food preser vation,- fireproofing, refrigeration, and cooling electric motors. It might also be employed In air conditioning for people who must work under great pressure, Ss lri deep-sediving, chissori work, and tunneling. Scientists find helium helpful as a standard wave length In studies with the spectroscope and as a medium for low temperature studies. In an atmosphere of helium, hot metals can be worked without the corrosion they suffer under normal conditions." tlant, have only , r- . - - 1 . a : Our Naval Conference Delegates - Tercentenary i, of Dramatists Death Obierved. Madrid,4 Spain. Spain Is celebrating this year the tercentenary of the death of Its great dramatist, Lope de Vega, ode of the worlds most prolific writers. De Vega wrote more than 1,800 plays and "was equally 'productive IU other llterAr Work, composing 'epicsv lyrics, pastorals and novels. 'Some bf fils most famous plays, such al LaDama Boba," or The Stupid Lady," and Fueneovejuna have been staged here this year In the Teatra state theater, Espanof; the and played in one of Madrids leading semi-offici- al Girl Born, on Ship as 4 j; It Arrives From Germany .. . , Twenty talnutes before tbs North German Lloyd ' liner EurOpa left Quarantine for her ' Hudson river pier,5 a girl baby' was fiorh In the to Mrs. Paul A.; Schulz, chips hospital ' third-clas- s A tOnt-Mx- ,' passenger, who lb accortpOnled by her husband, Paul Schblz, A machinist and a United Stages cltlzen. xIinmigration officials said the:cMd-cbuladopt the citizenor was entitled', to ship- h New York. -- - ! d hAf-fath- U e -- German.thb nationalltyof the irfftther! 3sl German flag. she was b6rn under the ' T, ' . , Representing the United States InthA nfivffl conference in London are, left to right: William Phillips, undersecretary of state; Norman H. and Admiral William M. Standley, chief of Davis, ambassador-at-large- , naval operations. f ' parks, just as they were played In de Vegas time. They also have been produced to some extent In the provinces, where strangely enough the revival has had a more popular success - " ! than in Madrid. Vegas plays are So numerous that only about 450 of them have ever been gathered and deflnltelly attributed to him. Even though his dramatic works were written In verse, he wrote a hundred of them, he once said, In only 24 hours each, and there are records preserved today that bear out tales of his marvelous facility.,.;.,, At one time he undertook a play In collaboration, another dramatist writing one act,5 Lope" de Vega A second, Arid the two rd61ng the third jointly. The other man rose at 3 a! m. td complete his part,1 but de ' Vega did not get up until two hours la ter," 'theri finished his section, wrote a long poem, and after eating a hearty breakfast water the garden .while went out his friend to complete for waiting the other part. tope de Vega wrote his first play at the Age of twelve.- - His .enormous production is explained In part' by the fact that he could earn very little for a play, and that the public was constantly demanding new ones. Until A before his death fie 'scoffed at- - bis plays as mere potboilers arid be based on thought his his bthbri work.- Today all ekeept hU plays practically are forgotten. De. - 5 S. Tied to Allegiance Oath Rock Island, 111. Contractors who wished to perform work for the United States government in 1869 had tb swear that they would sup port and defend the Constitution of the United States to be eligible to receive federal work, It has been ascertained by Capt M. E. Sorley, ' Military Assistant In Rock Island States United District, Engineers. Examining records in the archives of the district engineer .office on Rock Island arsenal island, the captain came across a contract dated June 1, 1869, for the piers and abutments of the Rock island bridge across the Mississippi river. The contract contained the. clause pertaining to the Constitution. Such 1' clause 'Ih not 'cbntained In federal contracts. present-da. . y BRITISH WAR CHIEF few-yea- rs fame-Woul- d ., p-- t I tbridon. Cottage f Industry ? iri the Scotttsh 'l8larid of Lewis and Harttl e producing the 'Alfred Driff Coopbr, former financial t WeAds is enjoying cotnparatlvA prb to the treasury, who lias secretary perlty afterv a period of severe depres- - beeih named i 'war; minister of Great ; uv-giohi'BrttAtfi by PHme;: Minister The revival has beeri brought About Baldwin. His wlfe the famousStanley beauls lArgfely' by the' HmftAtlori of tfie trade-mar- k LAdy DladA Manners. ty, to genrilne products. Of 'the Ideal Iridustry to the exclusion Of Iriiltatlon nfachlrie-mad- e Early Chamber of Commerce goods, which hari reThe' Hanseatic league was A gfAat vived the confidence bf the public In these remarkable materials. i,:y trading association of thri Middle Ages, of wCfe the tweed pre5 which- included all the principal tbwris Lengths seated by the islanders to thfe Duke in hortliern Germany.1 The leAgrie ' anrd'Duchess bf Gloucester as Wedding protected ' merchants ; against plrateft, ' " thieveS and hostile governments, and presents. f " , lri return exacted perfect ' bbedlence i ' Har Long Shorelin from Its members. a whole dty wriuld ; Florida-- ' has 1;148 miles bf 'shore be held responslhle Tor tfie bffefisfe bf line and a land area of 56,801 sqriare brie of Its bitlzens and obliged to puri-Is- b Well-know- hArid-iriad- n - - - - - if -- - miles. First Colony In Central America The fiirat colony In 'Central America Was founded lri 1502 in Costa Rica, Where he left his brother "s Bartholomew, 51 . Proverb of Scilly Isles proverb of the Scilly Isles, which lie off Cornwall, England, tells f that for every man who dies a hatural death On the Islands the sea takes nine. 5 A Celebes Island Narrow First to Describe Scarlet Fever. Celebes Island In the Dutch East ; Scarlet fever was first Accurately Indies" IS 800 miles long and yet So described by Sydenham in 1670, before narrow that no place ts as far as 70 which time It had been confused with miles from the sea. smallpox and measles. ! Indians Use Blow-GuThs Pawumwa Indians of South America are said to go almost naked and to use the blow-guwith poisoned The Man Looking for Trouble n n darts. De man dats lookin fob trouble," Said Uncle Eben, is de only one I knows who loses by bettin on a sure thing." . The Congo River Immensity of Brazil measures 3,285,319 square The Congo river has a length of miles, exceeding the size of the United about 3,000 miles and drains an area States by more than 250,000 squarei of more than 1,400,000 square miles. 1 Brazil lAlM'A R KfO ElMER (TlVALU Scottish Home Weaving . r keturas to Prosperity To Theresa Sham of Stowe; Vt., being the first yoUng goes the honor wtrtnan to bh elected a show queeh this winter In the Unfted StatOS She vtras given the title at a carnival of the Mount Mansfield Ski club. 1 ? , j -- Ethiopia' 3,800 Islands in Japan the first to : Japan is made up of no less than World; in the 3.800 Islands, dragging thelf length Ethiopia had through almost every climate known nearly T000 to man and covering a distance of 2,000 The Evil Eye Suez and Panama Canals The evil eye superstition h s been, The Suez canal is 101 miles long, the found in all parts of the world and Im , Panama canal is 50.72 miles. ... all races? - SNQW.QIipm d agent r . ' Portuguese Opened The Portuguese ' Were open up Ethiopia to the Sixteenth cferitriry; after been lost tb view for years. deep-fixe- Pilgrimage to Mecca Animals in Ethiopia The historic annual pilgrimage to Squirrels, hares and monkeys range Mecca today Is estimated to be be-- i abundantly from the warm lowlands of tween 100,000 to 500,000 yearly. j Ethiopia to heights of 10,000 feet. Depend on Ethiopian Rainfall , . Deals With Fingerprints The prosperity of the eastern Sudan Dactyloscopia Is the science which and Egypt is largely dependent on! deals with the identification of indi- the Ethiopian rainfall. j viduals through fingerprints. The Name Patricia Wind Spreads Seeds The name Patricia is the fen Seeds are spread in various ways, Inine form of Patrick, from the Latin, but the wind is the most important and means noble. Spain Sees' Old Dramas of Lope de Vegav Jobs for U. - ' Friendship Is no plant of hasty growth; though planted in esteems Soil, 'the gradual culture of kind Intercourse must bring It to miles. ! 4t- Nauru Island In the Iacllic Is only eight and a half square miles in area but is said tb be a modern paradise. It Is without public debt and maternal mortality. - , - UTAH ? , - , ' - ! 1 ? miles. ' the wrongdoer. - , ; El |