Wall Paptr in Amtrica I
Wall pnpur wns Imported hy
surly mUlurt of the Colonies. Tha
Best factory for milking wall paper
was established In this country III
171K) by John B, Howell at Albany, N.
Y, but the second one did not up
pent' until IK 10, During thla period
the wealthy people weru In the habit
of Importing their wall paper from
England and Vraneo.
Soil Nouriihment
' riiosgvue la usud In dye making, In
the form of farm manure, nitrogenous
fertilizers and green lunim.'e crops,
like clover and soy beuns. Phosphorus
may be added by applying phospl ale
fertilizers or farm manure. I'otnssluin
may bo added to a toll In the form of.
farm manure, crop residues and pot
stl fertilisers.
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OUR COMIC SECTION
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LOXO ago, when the Gotha laid
waste to western Europe, a
smalt band of half-wild fugitives
hid for safety In the great
swamps near the Oder that low, flut,
wooded region known now aa the
Spreewald. The Wenda, this odd frag
ment of a lost tribe call themselves;
and to thi day they are hiding there.
In this Spreewald swamp. Clannish,
isolated, and happiest when left alone,
they are concerned not at all with the
rise and fall of nations around them.
Though In Germany, the Wends are
not of It Even the Germane them
solves look oo this lost tribe more aa
curious specimens of an ancient race
than as a part of tbelr cltlxen body.
They are Slavs.
Trobably 1.S00 year have rawed
alnce the Wends first colonised In this
great swamp, and sallied forth, led by
their pagan kings, to kidnap children
and to plunder food In what la now
Toland and Germany. Today only a
few thousand of the tribe remain ; but
through all these centuries they have
clung tenaciously to their own cdd
speech, their soclnj Jorms and super
stitions ; and, except for a few of their
queerly clad girls, who sometimes go
to Berlin as nursemaids, the Wenda
seldom quit their Spreewald haunts.
' Yet, content aa be Is with his eel
traps and cucumber patch, his hay
field and cherry trees, the wary Wend
will drive sharp bargain with out
siders who come trading for bla
carved novelties, his wooden shoes
and dishes, his smoked eels, and the
cucumbers of bit Island gardens.
Stronger than his diet of eels and
cucumliers, however, and stranger
even than his bermltllkj seclusion, la
the unique plan of the Spreewalder's
village and his method of getting
about The Spree river, rising down
near the old Bohemlnn frontier, flows
up through Saxony Into Brandenburg
and spllta here Into hundreds of
brooks and canals whose watery net
work Ilea all over the Spreewald re
gion and forms thousands of tiny
Islands. The ancient Tillage of Letde,
built 1,400 years ago, literally covert
whole group of these Islands, each
Individual house standing on tiny
isle all Its own,
Thsir 6treta Are Streams,
So, Instead of having streets and
sidewalks like any normal town,
Spreewald village Is served entirely
by these crooked water streets. Every
family has at least one boat snd In
summer the boat la the street car, so
to rpeuk ; and there are lines of public
boats, puled by stalwart "motormen,"
that run on schedule time over regu
lar routes and loop called "Grobla."
All along these water streets there
are signboards that greet you and
point the way to various settlements.
But Instead of saying "two miles."
for example, to such or such place,
the slim says "two hours," as all dis
tance Is measured by the time It takes
to pole to place, ., .
k Some phases of this novel amphlbl
u life see?o almost absurd to visit-
I.ij5 rih8, 5i .AjwrigiS fef.
whether he Is fourteen or forty, hU
'a ITirlTl from a brass land and a street
parade and so does the youth of the
Spreewald. But we have distinctly
American Ideas about the correct uni
form brass band should wear, and
we Insist that etrett parade shall
march In the street Hut the Spree
wald form of celebration Is wholly
different Here the memlers of the
band dress In long black, funerut-look-Iiig
coats and two-quart bowler huts;
uud, Instead of marching, they squat
In flut bout the bass drummer In
the stern pounding away aa the boat
is poled along the canal!
The country here Is too low and wet
for grain, but wild bay Is cut In abun
dance. A platform of pile la ruined
high above the swampy ground and
on this the haystack la built Bout
loads of huy, moving through the
many canals, look, from a' distance a
if they were sliding curiously about
the country driven by. some unseen
force. ,
In winter the whole waterway net
of the Spreewald Is frozen over and
bgcomes a veritable spider web of Icy
Innet and avenues. Then the Wend
wears special Iceshoea, with his skates
built fust to them. Aided by a light
ten-foot pole with sharp spike In
one end, the Bpreewalder glides
easily about his Ice-bound colony, not
for pleasure, but for Seed and con.
venlenct. Then, too, all burdens that
to School by Boat.
are carried by boat In summer are
loaded on sleds.
Etls and Cucumbers,
Eels, cucumbers and cherry plea aa
big as prayer-rugs figure In all feasts
In these Spreewald Swamps.
The Spreewald eel, slim and slip
pery, smoked or stewed, la enshrined
In the tonga and traditions of this
singular community. A Spreewald
swamp home without Its eel traps
would be like a chicken farm without
chicken coops. Whether you like
atewed eel or not, you cant tit down
In a tiny Spreewald restaurant with
out buying one; it simply Isn't donet
And the eels, gastronomlcally, are
mated for life with the cucumbers I
These giant cucumbers, deadly
green In shade and wickedly curved
like scimitars, threaten you at every
turn. Cucumbers in heaps on the
river banks; punts piled high with cu
cumbers being poled to market at
Burg or Cottbua; men, women and
children plucking, peeling, packing or
eating cucumbers, or asleep on piles
of them, are alwaya In the summer
picture. Von wonder the whole world
could consume such uncounted tons
and noj succumb to International In-diKi-stlon.'
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Even the huge cherry pies, delicious
aa they are, fairly overwhelm you by
their atu;ndoua size. Throughout the
region big, broad-mouthed clay ovens,
built apart from the houses, are busy
baking these pies, and as you glide
along the canals on a still day the
forest air It laden with tbelr appe
tizing odor.
Buxom Wendlsh muldent, swamp
angela In knee skirts and bare legs,
push and pull the pies about in the
ovena with ten-foot poles, pausing
now and then to recrack tome old
bucolic Joke with a near-by Spreewald
twain busy slicing encumbers or skin
ning an eel
Tourlstt by thousands from near-by
cities flock to this quaint nook of Eu
rope In tunimer; and then the Wend
cashes In bit cucumbers, hit celt and
cherry plea, reaps a rich harvest from
hit oddly carved wooden geese and
dolls, and takes toll for poling lovert
and alghtseert up and down the laby
rinth of water lands dividing the
Spreewald Into thousand charming
green isles. Here, too, all kinds of so
cieties and bundt come for their out
ings, many walking clubs of school
boys and girls coming from at far
away aa Berlin and Leipzig.
Superstition Still Rife.
Slaves ttill to tome ancient super
stitions, the Wendt carve crude wood
en figuree of beasts, birds and fishes
and monnt them on the gables of their
humble butt. These Images, they lay,
keep off evil spirits and disease and
bring good luck.
Some of these old Wendlsh tuperi
stltiona, dating back maybe 1,500
yean, find their counterparts today In
many rural American communltlce.
For example, the Wenda lay that
crowing hen must be killed or the will
bring bad luck. Another Wendlsh be
lief common among other races la that
when man diet window should be
oiHod. to that hit soul may take lu
If It thunders during Spreewald
wedding every one It very uuhappyj
for this It bad omen.
Make wish when you tee shoot
ing star and the wish will come true.
During certain dances held In the
spring the farmers jump Into the air,
believing that the higher they Jump
on this occasion the higher their flax
will grow.
Stewed mice will care an alcohollq
appetite, and a plague of rats It a
ture tlgn of divine displeasure.
The dried heart of bat killed on
Christmas Eve, If carried In the
pocket, will bring luck at carda.
The rattle of ttorkt' bills comet to
your enrt aa you approach a Spree
wald village an odd sound, like that
made by a boy scraping stick over
a picket fence. When these long-
legged birds nest on the roofs of
houses they are supposed to bring
good luck. Lightning will never strike
a house while a stork It roosting oo
it, the Wends declare. Likewise, If
young stork fulls from the nest, it Is
a bud omen.
Should an old stork quit her nest,
the people living In the house below
should also move out at once ot take
the consequences. The Wends say
that at Creation the blrda of the
world chose the stork at king, and
that It thinks and could converse with
men if only lis tongue were longer
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Watch Out, Freddy
India't Plagut of Btggart
It has recently been slated Ihut at
the latest twelfth-year fair at Madras,
the road from the city to the bathing
plnro a dUtunre of two and halt
mllct wns lined with religious beg
gars, sitting shoulder tu shoulder.
Euch had an attendant titling lu trout
soliciting alma for his muster.
William Pnn' Colony
On April 23, KVU, William Peim
proposed to his colonists that they
make their own laws. Ilia promise to
the colonials waat "You shall be gov
tmed by lawa of your own making
nd live free, Sober and Industrious
people,'
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Education in Franco '
frlmary education la compulsory for
all Krenrb children from alt to thir
teen; those who do out attend the
government schools are obliged to
prove that they receive proper tuition
either In private school or at borne.
' Link With tht Pa$t
A shark s tooth wat 'unearthed In ft
garnet ni uiiiingnon, oeiwern in
bridge and Ickenham, Mlddleseg, Eng
land. When sent to the British mu
seum It was Identified it belonging to
the Middle Eocene period.
Banball Uniformt
The first baseball team that wore
uniforms Wat the Knickerbockers of
New York In 1SSI. The first to wear
the present-day uniform with short
pants wat the Cincinnati llrdt In 1S03.
Duralumin
The chemical propertlee of dura
lumin are at follows : Copper 8.3 to
4.3 per cent; manganese, .4 to 1 per
cent; magnesium, 2 to .7.1 per relit i
aluminum, 02 per cent, minimum.
Why Seefc Croat Rlchi$?
"Great rh-hea." said III Ho, the saga
of Chinatown, "bring great response
bllltles. A few yen will buy luxury.
Millions of them purchase care."
Washington Star. ,
Crimo World't Lois
Had I loud I nl placed his ninrvelout
abilities to evil uses be would havej
been the gravest menace ever known
to organized toclcty. American Mag
azine. Tho Only Exception
Note (o parents! The world's first
boy went to the bad and It wasn't
the fHUlt of the neighbor's brats. Sao.
Francisco Chronicle.
Don't "Bark" Ovor Phono
Pool "bark" over the telephone.
Lots of bnslneM Is Inst by people who
do not talk calmly over the telephone.
Alchlton Globe;
Agricultural DoRnition
Co-ordination In agriculture" meant)
that after you dig for worms yon dis
cover yon hove spaded the garden.
Detroit Newt,
A Magntt Then
It It easy for man to locate rela
tives, near and distant, after he has
become herov Dcs Molnet Tribune
Capital.
Tip to Snoot
Equality may not alwari be pos
sible, but brotherhood always It
American Magazine.
Calloutod Handg
Calloused hsnda can be mused from
play at well at work. Atchison
Globe.
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patented art ever commercialized.
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