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Show Useful Father-in-LaLlmelicbt . Spelling Profit Columbus in wa got- - exploration ideak born Webster common fcxpressions IJIoah Hert.Orie of. the from ins. fathbr-in-laBartolom; of a political campaign is that his ford. Conn., son of a firmer. A failmeo Monis de PalestrellS, one of the er that .candidate occupied t h e ure as a lawyer, he turned to teach writing. He was most distinguished navigators under limelight As in old expression it big and serves, butfrorin a scientific point of twenty - six when .he published Prince Henry of Portugal ColumGrammatical Insitute of the Eng-- t bus was a large man, with a long lew it no' longer tells a true story. lish ift Language,1 which made him face, says ,a descriptheaters Limelight was pfodued friis of flame' a book published in tion him in a consisted of famous, an spelling oxyhydrogep by directing '3534. But pll of the Columbus porra a cylinder of lime.' Electric bulbs book, reader and gfammarvand po of various sizes and power and of successful was his speller that the traits are of doubtful authenticity, svery conceivable color take the income from it alone Was sufficient and 'no one knows for certain Just v,hat he .did look like. Thp discovery place of the old limelight and a can to support him and his family durdidate can bask in a blaze many ing the 20 years he was at work on .of America is claimed by the Spantimes as powerful as was possible "his dictionary. More than 65,000,000 ish, Italians, Portuguese, Icelandsome years ago without lime having copies were sold. He mastered 23 ers, Danes,. Norwegians, Welsh, languages in order to compile his Dutch, Arabians, Basques. Irish and anything to do with the illumlna . tion. . dictionary eight of them he taught Chinese! . himself .within five years!' ' . 'When Christianity Triumphed Strange Disaster' Backbone Bock One wf the strangest disasters, in When Christianity triumphed Backbone rock, one of the most over ancieht paganism, the zeal of naval history occurred in the Mediterranean on the afternoon of June striking natural formations In Souththe new converts led them to re22, 1803, says Collier's Weekly, when eastern America, is a stone wall of gard their old gods as evil spirits Vice Admiral Sir George . Tyron, Erwin quartzite, sixty seven feet and demons. On one night of the aboard' Brltainj then greatest bat- high and only- sixteen feet.. thick, year, says Science Service, Hallowtleship IL M. S. .Victoria, ordered which extends for 656 feet across e'en, or the Eve of All Saints' Day, 11 these demoted were and reordered 'a mysterious mathe narrow valley between Holston neuver to the consternation of the mountain and Iron mountain, two supposed to have a recess from fleet behind him, that made another ranges that run parallel for thirty their under-eartprison, to parade giant battleship rarh and sink his miles. These ranges are Joined by In fiery forms and raise what misvessel, in thirteen minutes, with a a connecting ridge known as Cro.ss chief they could. loss of 358 mountain. hiflhself. Have Peculiar Type of Dress The Parsees, Hindus and MohamEdison as a Schoolboy Lawmakers' Hopper As a schoolboy Thomas Alva EdiThe term hopper, referring to medans each have their own peculiar type of dress and headgear, was con- bills presented in the house of represon, white sidered so dull his teacher sent a sentatives, Is more or less figuraranging from the trousers of the note home Saying he. had no promtive. There is a small tray where riding breeches-lik- e ise. His mother decided to. teach members may drop the bills which Parsees to the hii.i herself, in desperation. She en- they have introduced. These are at skull cap of the Mohammedans and dured such of his experiments as once removed by the bill clerk. The the colorful magnificence of the turmembers may, if they desire, send bans of the Hindus. trying to hatch duck eggs by Setting on them himself and making the bills directly to the bill clerk Instead of placing them on the tray, odorous chemical mixtures. School of English Poetry which- is a mere formality. The spasmodic school of English poetry was a group of English poets Monastery 1,000 Tears Old Ill nat's Trained Gong Situated between three great so designated by critics. It inmountain peaks, stands the famous My neighbor, Hi Hat, has a gong cluded Philip James Bailey, Alexmonastery of St. Bernard. Founded which he strikes as he chooser, to ander Smith, Gerald Massey, Sydalmost 1,000 years ago ty St. Ber- indicate his preference as to the ney Dobell and other minor poets. nard ' of .Menthan, it is a solemn time of day, said Hi Ho, the sage Swineburne was sometimes' classed shrine ' cf nobility end antiquity. of Chinatown. In this way he in- with them. Within Its sacred walls travelers dicates the superiority of his perfind rest and comfort sonal opinion to vulgar ideas of Canyon Mile Deep From Bright Angel point on the chronology. north rim of the Grand Canyon the Sardines The name sardine is derived from . Old Custom eye sweeps the massive chasm of Painting the Island of. Sardinn ln the Medthe Colorado river to the south rim. People painted their homes In aniterranean sea, these small cient times. The fourteenth verae At this point the canyon is 17 miles fish abound. Sardines. Include fish of the twenty second chapter wide and a mile deep straight down of of I will build the edge of the tremendous precireads: Jeremiah several different varieties, among them pilchard, the bristling me a wide house . . . and it is pice. or sprat and the herring. ceiled with cedar and painted with Where Water Wheels Work ' vermilion; . ' In the sequestered valleys of the Beetle Has Headlights In the West Indies and Central Valais, Switzerland, the humble folk First White Corn Planter . The. first white mans cornfield,. America there is a large click bettle make the tumbling brooks work for which has on the forepart of Its body forty-acr- e clearing, was planted by them, .though hot through the metwo large luminous spots giving out John Smith and two Indian prisondium of electric power. Water so brilliant a light that it Is called In ers with only: a spade and their .wheels- are common, and are even own hands to do the work. That used for churning butter. some places the automobile bug. was at Jamestown, Va. in. 1608: ' Worms' Morals Protected Tailless Eagle w .Work on Worlds Largest Dam Progresses Rapidly ' I . . text-boo- k v,,, J? w.y - ' -- , v ' I.. ' 1 , rf- '$ ''iT 'J ',, VX- ' '" w - . ' . T ITL .v'- - tv'v -- . - ' K,, .v . . r T. - - '''"' ' CI...P r,rZvr' . A if " " Hrwlj- V V - red-freckl- Columbia University The date from which Columbia university marks Its existence' is October Si. 1754,. when a charlc? was granted by George IL under the name of Kings college. During the Revolution its operation was suspended and in 1776 it was used as a military hospitaL College activities were resumed by act of legislature. May 1, 1784, under the name of Columbia university. The site has been changed three times and conacres lying between sists of 17 116th and 120th streets, Amsterdam avenue and Broadway, New York city. In 1896 the college was reorganized as a university. - '; ' , ! :Ki rr"" e J Sx"azx V (, 1,3 J? I K ' ' ' & ft 'iS sr.-,, 3143 'a'':: Zy '( ' , i 'i Wr, ' '3s " J:, A ' , ? ' S - ?' ' god-demo- . ' o h men-rinclud- ' View showing the progress made on the Grand Coulee dam project in Washington. The waters of the d Columbia river swirl about the west bank foundations as the river' is being diverted from Its course, so that construction may be carried on in It is expected that, this task of diversion . will take four months. partially-complete- mid-chann- . . '. . Bob Scrvis Wins Florida Golf Prize POTATO QUEEN ing e, tight-fittin- g - - . e . . - Bob Servis, (left), Dayton, Ohio, low amateur and winner of Henry Doherty trophy at Miami Fla., examines his prize with Ralph Guldahl fright). Western Open champion from St. Louis, Mo., who scored 201 ,1o take first prize of $2,500 among professionals in the Miami BiRmore f 10,000 Open golf tournament. I. SON OF ZAIIARQFF? . Writing In the Sand The resourcefulness of a school teacher in early Huron county, Ohio, proves the worth of the saying that Where theres a will theres a way. The teacher, Joseph Dana, was not equipped with paper or slates or Inpencils for writing, so he Just structed his pupils to trace letters and figures in the sand. In this way the children learned spelling, grammar and arithmetic. ' King Last The last King of England, Harold II, was slain In the Battle of Hustings, and an illegitimately - born Norman usurper became William I King of England. With William from Normany came language and social influences that dominate us today. It is chiefly because of William that English of today stems 60 per cent from Latin. Anglo-Saxo- n Anglo-Saxo- n Nose Reveals Color Thousands of negroes, particulars ly octoroons, whose blood is white, cannot be distinguished from white persons except, through an examination of the cartilage in their noses. This nasal tissue is in one piece in negroes and split In all other races. Collier seven-eighth- Weekly. . Monument to. the Mayflower The Mayflower sailed from West Quay, Southampton, August 15, 1630. A memorial of the event stands on almost the exact site. It is in the form of a column 50 feet high,, surmounted by. a cupola and topped by a copper model of the 180 ton ship. . . Boiling Boints' In areas' of high' altitude water boils at lower temperatures than at' altitudes Where the atmospheric pressure is great. Boiling soup, therefore, is hotter at low levels' and also cools more slowly at low ' ' altitudes. . Training for Nursing . Michigan's Fotato Queen In the person of petite Ellen Ilarkonen, twenty-twyears old., of Pclkie, Mich., far. away in the Upper Peninsula, was crowned ih Detroit as a climax to a' banner crop .year, of Michigan. growTj potatoes. o IIow Are Your Complexes Today? DOI& The perfect gift! he will say, or she will say 3 when the card reveals the name of some thoughtful J -ap ) giver on Christmas morhing. For proved lamp is an added touch, of beauty for the j . home and useful, daily, to every member of the family These lamps are. scientificaltorv designed for eyesight protection. So varied and attractive are the new V creations, that a lamp for any purpose or any person can be chosen. 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