PRNTHG One of the mo«t curious incident* in the history of the invention of agricultural implements occurred, not in America, but in south Aus tralis, according to the Manchester Guardian. In 1842 there was such a scarcity o f labor in that colony for the har vesting of the crops that many farm ers were iu two minds whether they would continue wheat-growing at all. The situation was saved by a miller named John Ridley, who invented a “ stripper,” which would both reap and thresh the corn at the sane time. The idea came to him from an article in an encyclopedia, which was illustrated by a woodcut of a crude contrivance used by the sol diers of Julius Caesar to strip the heads of the wheat grown during their campaign in Gaul. M». Rid- !ey’s “ stripper” at once reduced the cost of harvesting from 48 to 7 cents a bushel, and started Australian wheat-growing on its prosperous ca reer. DIPLOMACY The sheriff nowadays calls to mind a hard-drinking, hard-riding, hard hitting tigure of the old western frontier, or perhaps a genial politi cian in a big city. The office was created about the time of the Norman conquest in England when the “ Scirgerefa” was Constantinople.— How the prompt a nobleman, the principal officer of action of Charles V. Vickrey, General the king, the agent of the central Secretary of the Near East Relief, and Harold C. Jaquith, representa authority. tive of that American relief organi “ Scirgerefa” is almost pure Sax sation In Constantinople, saved the on, made up of Scirge and refa, Uvea of 18,000 orphan children and which later became Shire and Reeve, seven American relief workera la Alexandropol, Armenia, la what all meaning county and head official. the representatives of the Allied na- i Thus the sheriff was the reeve of 1 tions In Constantinople are appland- the shire, the boss of the county, | ing today. For five years the Near Bast Relied ; responsible only to the head of the organization had built up a work o t government. mercy throughout the former Turk Is it only a coincidence that the ish Empire and Tranacaucaala, to g oriental word sheriff has a similar point where 54,800 Uttle children meaning? The sheriff is the head were being housed, clothed, f«fi. given medical attendance and tamghf, of a princely Mohammedan family and over 58,000 others being sup claiming descent from the prophet plied with food. Then suddenly, on through his daughter Fatima. The February 6, last, tWbre cane hurried cable reports of renewed fighting th chief magistrate of Mecca is a sher Armenia and Transcaucasia, where iff. Members of this noble line are 76,818 of these little ones were loca distinguished by a green fez worn ted under the protection of the Near by the men and a green veil by the women. ANCHORED TOO NEAR SHORE ./J * * , N e w Y o r k Y ac h tsm e n H a d Fo rg o tte n I W h a t W o u ld H ap p e n W h e n the ! T id e W e n t Out. j * n. 4 . Two ardent New York yachtsmen who spend their vacation each sum W-’- , v mer b_v taking a fortnight's cruise i in Long Island sound, one evening • <6( Y > . last week dropped anchor off Savin i Rock, near New Haven. Not familiar with the sound at » ,*• . . iV* this point, they anchored within a tt 4 4 hundred yards of the beach. The next morning about four o’clock the ; skipper heard a knock at the cabin doop. “ W ant any milk this morning?” j a voice shouted. Puzzled, the skipper came out of his cabin and saw a milk wagon standing beside his boat. ON hi OF THIS 10,000 The water at Savin Rock is very Consular representa shallow, and unless a boat is an Bast Relief. chored fsr off shore, when the tide tives left the country. All foreigners piled onto ships and fled. War goes out it will be left high and dry threatened to scatter the work aad on the beach. The boat was resting render vain the long, patient effort* on a roadway used by a milkman of the Near Bast Relief to salvage a whole nation’s children. when the tide is down. j 1 1 17 m »fey— Mother was so pleased with all the nice things you said about her in yonr letter to me. You see, she opened it by mistake. Hubby— I thought she would. Prompt attention Given all orders B L O W IN G A L IN E ASH O RE. Wrecks ou rock shores, reasoned W. S. Crouch of New York, occur when the wind is on shore. He sought to take advantage of this fact in devising some means for getting a li-ne from ship to land— the opera tion which usually takes so much time and is so fraught with peril. A line-carrying buoy was the result of his work. The buoy was recently tested at Rockaway Beach, says the Scientific American, and did all that its in ventor asked of it. Released from the ship, it blew steadily toward shore, the line unwinding behind it as it went, until finally it was dragged out of the surf with the line intact. In addition to its use in this manner, it is available for all the regular purposee of the ordinary buoy. HE 18 Y O U N G Y E T . The teacher of the primary class in the First Presbyterian Sunday school in Franklin, after opening all the windows and trying to see that the tots were comfortable, said: “ Now I want all of you to tell me of something we have to be thank ful for this morning.” Up went all the chubby hands, but one youngBter was more anxious than the rest. “ All right, Bobbie," she said, “ what do you think w# should be most thankful fo r?” “ For the nice hot weather," he replied. With the thermometers register ing around 90 the teacher just smiled.— Indianapolis News. TW O W EEKS W AS AM PLE. He wished only two weeks— then he assured his prospective employer that their association would be ex tended, did this English cook, speak ing the British brogue and looking the part. He was employed by a prominent Indianapolis banker and a few days later he vanished with the family silverware, worth about $ 2 , 000 . The erstwhile cook objected— al most strenuously— to companion help, saying that he was accustomed to bear alone such responsibilities as were outlined when he was being considered for the place. Apparent ly he did the ‘Ion» w o l f stunt, sad didn’t wish interference Fortunately, tne silverware vss fully insured. B A D C IS T E R N W ATER. Generally the disagreeable odor and taste sometimes noticed in cis tern water is due to the growth of an algae, a microscopic plant. Oc casionally there may be a growth of moss or other material that will add to the trouble. Adding chloride of lime having about 36 per cent avail able chlorine in the proportion of one to three pounds per 100,000 gal lons of water will kill the growth of bacteria and algae. It may be necessary to thoroughly clean out the cistern and wash the walls. How ever, do not do this until after try ing the chlorinated lime. A pump that will stir up the water in the cistern, such as an ordinary chain pump, will be good to use. NEW M AGIC LA N TE R N . A lantern rivaling in its proper ties thst of Aladdin has been in vented by Francois Dussard, a French scientist. The lantern, which conceals ul tra-violet rays behind powerful lenses, has the property to enormous ly msgnify anything placed within its rays. Germs which can not be seen under a microscope are, it is declared, plainly visible, while the French mint is adopting the lantern for the purpose o f detecting forged bank notes. Surgeons are intensely interested, as even the remotest organs in the body can be photographed enor mously magnified, thus facilitating the discovery and cure of disease. FO R H ER BEST BEAU. After taking s few pisno lessons I received my first piece. I prac ticed it and thought I played it well. One Saturday evening a man friend called to take me to the theater. Just before we left the house I played my new piece through for him. At the theater a man came out and announced that he was go ing to give several imitations, the first being of s girl plsying her first piece for her best beau. To my Sur prise he plsyed on the pisno the «sine piece that I had been studying, and he got off tune several times. My friend was the first one to burst eut laughing — Chicago Tribune. But the American men and women who had cared for these little oass were undismayed. They refused to leave under bombardment, with hostile armies sweeping through the streets where the Near Bast Relief’s great orphanages had been estab lished, with all supplies cut off and no communication with the outside world, or with that far American homeland whoae representatives these heroic men and women are, they stuck to their posts. The lest food from America had come la on November 8, 1920. It wae not until four months later that the new governments of the Tranecauoeelan states were estab lished on a solid basis. But famine threatened. An eppeal waa made to American philanthropy: “ Critical need for food products in Caucasus,’’ the cable read. “ No limit to need in Armenia. New government pqpmisea better facilities for relief activity than former government.” A few days later, a further piteous plea fol lowed: “ Total orphans In Alexandro pol 18,000. Supplies In Alexandro pol allow half-rations, April 3rd to 30th. After May 1st, nothing.” Bnt this splendid American relief organisation had not waited. Food was already on the way. On April 22, Charles V. Vickrey, general sec retary of the Near Bast Relief, cabled: "Expect ship first week In May: 1,000 tons lice; 1,000 tone wheat flour; 600 tons oornmeal, corn flour, hominy; 30 tons sugar; 500 tona beans; 5,000 esses corn syrup, from New York and New Orleans direct to Batum. Additional 1,000 tons wheat flour from Pacific Coast June 1st.” The seven American relief workera In charge o f the 18,000 little ones in Alexandropol cabled u last appeal: “ No food at any price. Fou r days more and wo are finished.’ ’ But when the first relief ship “ Que- quen” entered the deserted harbor of Batum on May 1, there were Just ten bags o f flour left. The food ship had c om e in time. Am erica had saved the d a y —and the 18,000 little o r phan children, who had suffered so much and lost so much In their short, war-clouded lives, never knew that gaunt hunger In the robes o f death had knocked at the door of the or phanage at Alexandropol and lhat Am erica had thrust the bony hand away. “ It is the great heart of Amerlc* that made this work o f salvatiou pos sible,’’ Mr. Vickrey declared "T h e money thst sends the bread to these children comes from ten million homes throughout the United States It com es from the hearts o f the most generous people in the world, who cannot bear to know that half a world away, little children are facing hunger and death, without helping them to life and happiness.” Mr. Vickrey 1* making a nation wide appeal to the people o f the United State« to keep this great work going. Contributions may be sent to Cleveland H Dodge. Treasurer, t Madison Avenue Sen’ VorV r*tty. T«0 The Itl y / *