SUCH IS LIFE In the Sweet Bye'n Bye By Charles Sughroe
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PERUVIAN BEAUTY
Ont of Hi most lion in I ful snd pup
.nlsr women In Washington's dlplo
litttla set la Honors Kantlagu K. lie
,dnys, wife of the tlnl secretary of
the Peruvian emhuaay.
THE COUNTRY
CHURCH
Br THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dsa f Msa, Uwivsrsity of
llliseis.
Tb old country church wa stand
Ing by Hit ronduld deserted, it we
rode by IU A frw
gravestones were
S'' VAI standing askew
.f?1 I from tli effect
of frost mid rain
In Hi fiirlmuiM
at Hi buck of
th structure.
Tli fence which
had one ki-it
out marauding
Hiilniul wua full
lug Into decay.
Tli rhurrh llscll
was wrsthrr beaten, uiit lti( d f"r
yesrs, lit Imluws broken and Ha roof
lorn and open to the niln. II was
relic of day thai arc gone. The roil
crete road running In front of Ita door
way wss sufficient explanation of Ita
abandonment. If country people gu
to church now. some of them hap
pily do, th town I only few min
ute distant, and la molly reached
V count distance by linn now anil
not by oilleo.
And yet at on tint th old church
waa th center of rural activity. Serv
Irea wer held In It every Xiuuluy
ometlmc even twlc on Sunday and
tli aermona were lung. It wai gatli
ring pise fur social contacts, though
many of thna who attended III week
ly services would hav reaeiilcd th
Suggestion that Hiey wer there ex
cepting for th serious worship of God.
Children were Uu pi lied In th old
church; young people wer married In
It, every winter, no doubt, rvllKlou
enthuslssm wa stirred, and lritltfTT
nt member wer linniKhl bmk
thrnugh th liiatruineninllty of th
revival meeting. At week-enila lilm
rural vorallat organised dinging
K-hool, and th nelghlMirliiHid young
pcopl fliK'ked to hi tuteliiKe, not an
much becalm they wnnted their voice
trnliied, erhiipa, a lieciiua It gnv
them an opportunity in be together.
Friend gathered In th old church to
Refugees From
, y law-
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riiofiilx, Aria. lluplui'liiK th an
cient ferry tlut lina lerved northern
ArlKonn and aoutht-rn I'tuli dweller
sine whlla men llntt liegiin to Irnvel
lb uiK'hiirted nrcu of tint I'ulnled ih-a
ert, th l-ea Terry liiiili:, hlubel
airueliir of III kind In th world, la
to be forniiilly put Into line will) ehih
ornl dedlciilion ceremonies text June
. Th bridge will open up grenl n
piiin of coiinlry and evenlimlly r
nil In l illri-il tloiinluln alnlea' utito
iniiblla rnii from I'linmlu 'v Mexico
liM-nled al lb upper reiiehe of the
(Irnnd cnnvon In th wild, unm-llli-d
iorlhn of northern Arlzomi, the
pny hint Irlhul to th dent) before
thi-y found their Inat reallng ptiice In
lh church yard In Hi rear. I hnve
no rccnllm-llnn that anyone, no mutter
how agoiilallr In lire h mltfht hnve
been, waa ever conalcnrd to his grave
without soma slinpl servir being
emicled In the neighborhood church
It would hnve been unnccmly lo buv
done ot hernia.
Hut that Is all a thing of the pnat
today, and the old church stands
sbnndoned and lis purpo" IiiiimI for
got ten, Ther were four country
rhurchc In the community In which
I flrat lived, for d"nia waa vital
thing then, and th Itnpilats had no
dealings wild th I'reabyterlnna, hut
not one of hc churcbea la In exig
ence todny. They are torn down or
turned Into harna or dwelling hoiiae.
They are no more cenlers of activity,
religious or sovliil.
romuiiinlllea l something by th
clinnse, belh-ve. There la an nu-at-nre
of unity which once fe-Td
iielghlHirhiMtd together. There It nut
ao much frlendllnea or exchange of
citurtenlea as ther one wna. Ne'gh
hors know each other leas Intimately
mill cMiierute leas freely limn In the
old dn)S when th country church
Inoiighl them regiilnrly together
Ther Is more comfort, no douhl.
nior npiMirtnnlty for Rinuaement and
enlerlnliiment In the nearby town, life
bus In It more thrill and nmr excite
lueiit, but I never see the old count rr
church without wlalilng that In hl
rcgiird, th old friendly dnyi could
come back axiiln.
I ft till Wmiwb Ntwipaew (laloa I
Rift in Philosophy
Vancouver, U. C A philosophic
cult wlih reNirted memlH-rs.Mp ol
J.imo Americana and Canad'ans Iih
iM-en revealed In eerlea of cliHrite
and coiinlen-barsea of theft over the
handling of lh Inmllullon a funds The
colony, knowt as the Aipiurlun foutnlH
tlon. had attracted little nolle In Its
siiiuesiered liH-nllon on Vnnrouiet I
land si Cedar by Hie 8eu, near Nn
nnlmu, until Its sixty-year old leadei
and Its secretary trensiirur were ar
rented fur emhexrlenM-nl.
Iilscord broke Into oien strife wliet.
Kilwnrd A Wllaon, presldenl ol the
foundation and known as llmihei
Nil. oHned iiiiutber colony nearby on
Vnldes Island, culled lb Mulidlelh
el l lenient.
He followeil this hy accusing Itohcrt
Kntfhind. secretary-treasurer and re
IHirled ex American set-ret service
the Bleak North
u i i-tm5.mvxim irk
Bridge Links States ?
brldK will provide for th flrat time l
handy routs of lrnnMirtatluD between
Arlxona md Utah.
II will u the only bridge croaalng
the Colorado rlvei In Arlwma north
of Topnc, mar Needli-s, CallU snd
will provide kn easy way for lourhtlt
from Arlxon to renrh Itryct canyon,
.Ion National park and Itnlnhow
Natural brhlite In xiulhern Ulnh ; the
north rim of the Ornnd canyon and
lh it rent virgin fori sis In northern
Arlxona, and for traveler through
southern L'tnh to vlall th I'ulnled
ih-nert, aouth rim of the Ornnd canyon.
IM-trirtcd fi rents and other natural
wonders In Arlum.
It la exported to niien op trad and
trarllc between Utah and Arlxonn.
nelgblHirlng state that hav been sep
arated hy th great cleft knuwi as
on of th wonder of th world. It
will b mean toward developing
commerr and of owning a vntl land
thiil I known In hnrdly anybody ex
rcpt th IIoil Indians, who roam th
dcoert.
The thre hinged, steel arch brldK.
considered hy engineers lo be more
rigid thna til suspension tyi. Is 4G7
Q Back
Washington. Turning completely
an ay from the J in of recent years
Washington society this winter will
revive the stalely, old fusbloned cotil
lion ss quite the latest and moat cor
reel thing In dancing.
iMiulsnles who figure largely oo
the season's calendar sre eagerly plan
ning lengthened frocks of frills and
furbelows to match the dignified fig
urrs of the cotillion. They sr con
si.lllng luilr dresser concerning faloe
knots of curls lo attach to their
bobbed locks.
Invllnttons for th first of th affairs
to lie given at the Mayflower hotel (
ceiuhcr IU hy the Washington llucb
elon are already out. Th Hat of th
committee In charge I thickly sprin
kled with honorables and generals snd
commanders.
agent, with emheultng IJ.SUO of the
Innlllutlon s funds.
Kngliind, released on bull, retnllnt
eil hy aivualng Wllaon of ndmiipn
printing fin.UiU. Wllan was released
in f'.M.iKiu bond only to be met with
Injunctions and trespass charges.
Th colony I said to have been
founded hy dosen wen I thy Americans
and Canadiuna for th study of phi I
osophy.
While lb community Is small In th
full, II numbered many time lis pres
ent residents during Hi summer, when
hundreds ol students, mostly from
Wilson's ex home, learned the code
of the sect. The vlxlturs Included both
men and women.
R-jtore Home Where
Gen. T. J. Jackson Died
Ittrlilnotid, Vs. Tli lilt I ear hoiiae
nenr tlulne In which (Sen. T J
("Stoni'wnll") Jm-kson died bus been
rcxlored hy lh 1'nlled Piiuchlers ot
lh Confederacy as a shrln lo the
fa moil soul hern lender.
Cmcrnl Jackson was shot al Chnn
ccllorsvllle when he nnd purl id
his horsemen, ml sin ken In the dark
mm for members of the federal env
airy, were fired mam hy Confi derate
soldiers. Jiii-ksin was wounded by
three hiillels and lis the rein di-oped
from his hands, bis horse, frnnlli
ullli leiroi, nlmoNt cnrrleil Its rider
Into the federal lines hefor It could
he slopped
Ills hint order hefor being home
from the Held on stretcher was to
one of his stuff: "You muni hold
yum Bi-omid. (lonenil I'emler; you
must hold out to lh IiibI. sir."
Youngnler uf to
duy leu rn so rupld
ly Hint Ii Is' almost
liiiposslhl for lh"
schools to keep up
wltb them.
feet above tli stream bed, and Its
ends rest In precipitous cliffs which
border the Colorado river. The spun
llaelf la CIS feet lung, with th bridge
over nil being (UK) feet. 8o fur as can
tie determined. It Is the highest auto
mobile bridge in the world.
Itecnuse of the height, enninecrs en
countered difficulty In devising way
to connlrurt the brldxe, as there was
no way of building fiilse suprls from
the bottom of the canyon. The canti
lever plan was employed snd the sup
ports were constructed In the gratill
walls. As the bridge wa built out
from lbs wall, first on on side, then
on the other side of the river, toggle
Joints were umh to extend the huge
steel beams until the two sections met
In the center and were Joined.
Material had lo be trucked U'i mile
over seldom traveled desert road lo
the sit. Some of th at eel sections
used In the const run Ion were MJ feet
long and weighed 14 Ions. These bod
to be hauled by truck and trailer.
Four sergeanta and twenty-three
privates were with the Lewis and
Clark expedition.
to Old Dances &
All aorta of novel stunts and favor
ar being planned. There will be two
orchestras, one Imported from New
fork. Favors, by which the men will
find their partners, will eclipse any
thing seen In Washington for many a
day. The older members of the Ikich
dors' club who are versed In the cere
monious etiquette of former day
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
A Few Hundred Below
Freezing
Scientists do not shirk al low !
temieratures. In fact they are ;
still trying to get to the real
bottom of the temperature
scale, so-called "absolute aero.'
Tills would mean frigidity of ;
some fill degree. Al this point 1
molecules cease to move every
thing slsnds still. Man could
not live In anything like this
temperature,
ltd. Ills, tnm KwipapM Ualoa I
Many Titles, but
Here, setiled, la lius Tnfiirl, who
ng "King of Klnpi" unci "Hhmlmv of tlod Upon Kurlli." This newest emper
r In Hie world la negus of Abyssinia and emperor of Kthloplu. He tin
ruled Kllilopla for the past twelve .venrs, since the death of Menelik II, In
Hi capacity of regent. The KmprcM Zitidllu. faced recently hy the lilt emu
I've id ii n armed revolt bended by I'-ns Tiifiirl, consented to share her throne
with him, thus Abysslnln Is the only country In the world where the empeioi
and emprvsi are uut ul Hit sum time husbuud and wlf.
MUGGINS ON VACATION
F f mmc
tern
I- ' -
Miller Uuggins has arrived at 8t.
I'etersburg, Fla bla winter home, to
enjoy golfing and Ashing. The man
nger of the world's champion New
York Tnnkees hastened to renew his
membership In a golf club snd lease
small cruiser for fishing expeditions
In the gulf. .
when society shone In stately splendor
Instead of aclnlilluling Juu. will lead
the younger generation through the
figurea of the cotillion.
Not alone the cotillions, but the fact
thul many of the season's debutantes
will emerge Into the social limelight
with not only one coming out party,
but two, makes this season unique.
Heretofore one tea or one bull was
deemed sufficient to givs Miss liehhie
her due. hut now many of the younger
set are demanding both.
Baby Bites Pet Dog.
Berkeley. Culli.-I.lltle Stanley
Jones, elclil-monlhs-old Berkeley hoy.
and bis new bull dog pup, cut their
full sot of teeth about the same time.
I'nluckily for the bull pup Stanley
decided In try out his new teeth on
the pup and the dog adopted a similar
policy tuf'ord Stanley. The hoy and
dog were taken to general hospital
for treatment and recovered.
Meaty Fliss, Literally.
tanduii. - Mone) riles, literally, these
uays. In one nwmm ii- luoa m pnvrr
arrived at th Croydon airdrome Is
the hlg air freighters from I'aris. The
..Unfa MMlml mw.K-M
Only Half a Throns
IhhisIs of aome three dozen tlllcs. Im-linl
Pipe Line
D ACK lo 1805, In Pennsylvania, an
- underground transportation sys
tem was born. Strang as It may
seem. It has continued to grow until
today It hat about W.OUO- mile of
line, mainly between the Itocky moun
tains and the Atlantic ocean, does tnj
unbelievably large and slippery busi
ness, operates almost automatically
and continuously and yet so quietly
that relatively few persons know much
about It
Curiously enough, the petroleum
pipe-line system of America, like
rn 1 1 road, has IU mala and branch lines,
terminals, storage yards, stations, dis
patchers, telephone and telegraph
systems. Generally speaking, Ita trans
porting pipes vary In size from four
to twelve inches and mainly ar laid
underground at varying depths or on
river beds. Sometimes they follow
their own route. Their capacity a
rles according to working conditions.
Ordinarily a four-Inch line esn be
counted on to handle about S.i0 and
n elghi-locb line about 21,000 barrel
per day.
Pumping stations, two to ninety
miles apart, depending upon local con
ditions, but generally about forty
miles apart, to keep the oil oo tb
move from well to tank, to storage
yard, to refinery, to market, at needed.
Day and night, week day and Sun
days, this gooey fluid that lubricate
tb nsUon's mschlnery moves. Inces
santly ret silently, on Ita way. Gauge
keep the operating officials advised
when leaks or stoppages occur snd
communicating system bring th re-
pslr gsngs who see to It that th se tr
ies I quickly re-established.
In addition to being greasy busi
ness, pipe-line traffic Is chiefly one
wsy business east Very llttl of It
move In th reverse direction.
Spanning the St Lawrence
TIME wa when tb wonder ot
tb world numbered seven, but
that time bss gone forever. Today,
wonder are numerous. One of them ,
I tb glsnt boulevard ot steel whk-b
engineer hav flung s cross and high
above the water of th majestic 8t
Lawrence river and U known to the
world as the Quebec bridge.
This structure Is peculla In design
In that the central span, 640 feet long
and weighing 6.UOU tons, hangs sus
pended between the two end spans si
height of 172 feet above the water,
Instesd of resting upoo pier. This
mlddl span wa built ashore, Hosted
lo mid stream on mow and then lift
ed bodily Into place and securely fast
ened. This Job went down In history
on of th greatest engineering
feat of all time.
Without tight of tb bridge or a
photograph of It It I well nigh Im
possible for on to form an adequate
conception of Ita tremendous alxe. One
of Its caissons goes down more thsa
100 feet below high wster; one pier
rise 100 feet above It foundation;
th center to center width of the mala
trusses Is 88 feet ; the center to center
dlstsnce between the two main piers
I 1.800 feet, and th total length of
the steel work &23U feet
Us construction set the owner th
Cansdlsn National railways back to
th tun of about gl3.0H0.0U0, but It
shortened lh haul between Halifax
and Winnipeg by about Zoo mllea, and
that wa far more Important
Mini Fanning
ACCORDING to one of Unci Sam'
publications some 17,300 acre ot
peppermint Including about UMt
acre of spearmint are farmed In the
United 8tte. Two-thirds of this acre
age la In northern Indiana, about one
fourth In southern Michigan th com
bined area comprising lb largest
known peppermint-producing section)
In th world, th remainder In Wash
ington, Oregon and New York.
Certain muck and peat soils seem
best adapted to this culture. Planted
In rows, harrowed when young and
later weeded by hand. It Is Imrvested
with mowing muchtne. Harvest time
range from lal July to early Septem
ber, according to weather snd crop
conditions. Two to three tons of herb
per sere Is sn average yield. The hay
Is distilled In vats about H'.'fi pound
of hay producing pound of oil. One
traveling through mlnt furmlng sec
tion during harvesting time will note
that th country round shout It I
permeated by oollceuhly sweetish
odor.
Th nil bring the money. Il I sold
by the pound. The yield may rinive
from next to noihluy to Imi pound
ier acre the Nveruue helnu fr. in 2.
to 7.1 pounds The price may lluciuuie
from f I per pound In over supply sea
sons to t'-3 per pound In short crop sea
sons the general average Mug about
$2,511 pei pound.
Formerly, certain qminlltlei ol Juicy
mint leaves wer used In making
very celebrated concoction rather
widely and fondly known as mint Ju
lep. Today, the oil Is chiefly lived In
flavoring extracts. nnHllelnes and cos
metics. Such of the crop as Is m
poriert noimully Rue to Knuland. Ger
many snd France.
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