Show ionization ionization is the modern theory ot of electric conduction that an electric current consists of the motion ot of minute particles of matter which are charged positively and naga dively the motion of the oppositely charged particles being in opposite directions these charged particles are called ions and they are in no case identical with molecules watermelon not a native many jokes have been made at the expense of the colored mans love for watermelon As a matter of fact the black man was probably eating watermelon long before the white man ever heard of it it is a native of africa a and nd may be found growing wild on plains south of the sahara where it is an important part of the diet of deer and antelope of that region it Is believed the pilgrims brought the first watermelon seeds to america says pathfinder magazine for in less than ten year their coming melons were plentiful in massachusetts it found favor with the indians at once by 1665 the florida indians were cultivating it and ten en years later tribes of the west |