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PAOS FOUR THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. Queen Victoria Said to Have Invented Acroatica Hermiston Drug Co. Black & White Barber Shop and Beauty Salon s I $ GREETINGS! To one and all, with the added wish that the coming year be a prosperous and healthy one................. O’Conner’s A Very Merry Christmas— Good times, Good friends, Good Cheer, With gladness Johnny-on-the-spot Throughout a bright New Year! « 0 Mor-Tone Sound Service There is a legend that Queen Vic toria invented acrostics to amuse her children in the year 1856, and in this year a poet printed a double acrostic, in which the first letters in each line of the poem spelled one word, and the last letters another. It may be that the queen made the acrostic a popular puzzle with society, but actually the acrostic is an ancient device, states a writer in Pearson’s London Weekly. One of the oldest is to be found in the Bible. At the head of every group of verses of Psalm 119 is to be found in correct order the letters of the Hebrew alphabet: "Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Daleth,” and so on, 22 letters in all. A nursery-rhyme descendant of this is the familiar A was an Apple, B Bit it, C Cut it, D Dealt it, E Eat it, F Fought for it, and so on to “X Y Z and ampersand (&) all wished for a piece in hand.” In the time of Elizabeth when flat tery was the sure way to literary success, Sir John Davies wrote 26 verses in honor of Queen Elizabeth, calling the collection “Hymns of Astrea” and making each verse an acrostic on the word “ASTRAEA.” Medieval monks were often fond of writing about love, and Francis Colonna was no exception. He wrote a love story, parts of which were not likely to meet with the approval of the church, so he did not affix his name to the book. But many years later it was dis covered that the initial letters of every chapter formed the Latin statement, translated, “ Brother Francis Colonna passionately loved Polia.” I I I I Umatilla Cooperative Creamery § i « PORTIONS OF FARM OUTLOOK FOR 1939 AS PUBLISHED BY U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE F a rm e rs w ill soon be m ak in g th e ir p lan s fo r 1939 crops an d o th e r oper a tlo n s. T h e purpose of th e F a rm O utlook is to give in b rie f form in fo rm a tio n w hich m ay be h e lp fu l in such p la n n in g . Summary. clin e in n u m b e r of m ilk cows w hich s ta rte d in 1934 has been checked and th e n u m b er of h eifers now on h an d in d ic a te s a n in crease in m ilk h e rd s n ex t y e a r a n d s till m ore in 1940. T h e p o u ltry in d u s try also is ex p an d in g . T h e n u m b er of lay in g hens in 1939 is expected to be ab o u t 10 p er c e n t la r g e r th a n d u rin g 1938, a n d w ith a fav o rab le feed situ a tio n , egg p ro d u ctio n also w ill be heavier. T h e n u m b e r of h o rses an d m ules h as been d e c lin in g u n til th e re a re only a b o u t h a lf as m an y on farm s as th e r e w ere in 1915. T he decline pro b ab ly w ill go on for several m ore years. P rices, how ever, hav e d ro p ped som ew hat th is p a st y e a r and co lts raised to be sold 2 or 3 y ears hence a re lik e ly to m eet a s till less fav o rab le price s itu a tio n . T he g e n e ra l outlook is fo r some im provem ent in th e a g ric u ltu ra l s itu a tio n in 1939. P re s e n t co n d itio n s su g g est th a t in c re a sin g business a c tiv ity a n d ris in g consum er incom es w ill c re a te a som ew h at m ore fav o rab le domestic! m a rk e t fo r farm p ro d u cts in th e com ing y ear. I t is expected th a t th is w ill m ore th a n o ffset th e less fav o rab le fo reig n prospects. T he g e n e ra l level of w holesale com m odity prices in th e U nited S ta te s is expected to av e ra g e some w h a t h ig h e r in 1939 th a n in 1938. Some in crease in prices of fa rm p ro Dairy Products. d u c ts a s a w hole is lik ely , w ith th e T he d a iry in d u s try is b eg in n in g crops in som ew h at b e tte r p rice posi to expand a g ain . T he d eclin e in th e tio n th a n livestock p ro d u cts. n u m b er of m ilk cow s w hich s ta rte d T he volum e of sh o rt-te rm cred it in 1934 h a s been checked, a n d an used by fa rm e rs is expected to in in crease in n u m b ers is in prospect. crease so m ew h at in 1939, b u t th e T he n u m b e r of m ilk cows on su p p ly of lo an fu n d s w ill be am ple. farm s a t th e b e g in n in g of 1938 w as T h e d em an d fo r farm m o rtg ag e c re e stim ated to be 24,902,000 head, or d it p ro b ab ly w ill n o t be larg e. 7 .5 .per cen t less th a n th e excessive F a rm w ages probably w ill a v e r ly h ig h n u m b e r a t th e b eg in n in g of age a little low er in 1939, a n d th e 1934. sam e tre n d is probable in o th e r im T he pro b ab le in crease in th e n u m p o rta n t p ro d u ctio n cost item s, in ber of m ilk cow s in 1938 w ill be c lu d in g farm m ach in ery an d f e r tili less th a n 1 per cen t. Some 4.923,- zer. 000 y e a rlin g h e ife rs w ere on h and T he co tto n m a rk e t s itu a tio n is a t th e b eg in n in g of 1938, m ost of H ungarian M onarchy W as F ounded by M agyar C hief d o m in ated by a n exceedingly larg e w hich have come in to p roduction. The Hungarian monarchy was supply of cotton. T he 1938-39 w orld T he n u m b er of h e ife rs 1 to 2 founded by Arpad, a Magyar chief supply of all com m ercial co tto n is y ears old on h a n d a t th e b eg in n in g tain, who entered the region which expected to exceed 51 m illion bales of 1939 p ro b ab ly w ill be ab o u t is now Hungary by crossing the -—a new record h ig h for th e th ird 5,100,000 head. T h is w ould p erm it Carpathian mountains from the successive year. a b o u t a 2 per c e n t increase in m ilk east. The numerous principali T he w h eat acreag e seeded for h a r ties of the Slavonic tribes were won v est in 1939 p ro b ab ly w ill be re cows in 1939, if c u llin g goes on a t over by gifts or subjected by force duced m a te ria lly as a re s u lt of a d th e av e ra g e ra te . of arms and Arpad settled on the A su rv ey of h e ife r calves saved last island of Tsepel in the Danube river ju s tm e n t o p e ra tio n s and th e in f lu sp rin g su g g ests t h a t th e n u m b er of as the seat of the Hungarian govern ence of p re v a ilin g low prices. T he outlook for tobacco, as a h eifers w hich w ill be added to m ilk ment. In 907 A. D. Arpad died and was w hole in 1939 is r a th e r favorable. in g h e rd s in 1940 m ay be aro u n d succeeded by his son, Zoltán, who in B u rle y is th e m ajo r type in w hich 5,400,000 head, eq u al to ab o u t a turn bequeathed his power to his p ro d u ctio n h as been ru n n in g ahead fifth of th e expected n u m b er of cows son, Geza. Geza died in 997 A. D., of consu m p tio n , and stocks of b u r- a t th a t tim e. T h is w ould be decid and his place was filled by his edly m ore th a n enough to provide son, Stephen, who had been raised ley tobacco n e x t fall a re lik ely to n o rm al rep lacem en ts. be large. as a Christian. After becoming duke The outlook is for a la rg e r p ro of Hungary, Stephen married Gi E v id e n tly fa rm e rs a re prep ared d u ctio n of fr u it d u rin g th e n e x t 5 to in crease th e n u m b e r of m ilk cows, sela, a Bavarian princess. After suppressing an insurrec ye>rs, w ith m arked in creases in an d p erh ap s o th e r c a ttle , a b o u t as tion in 988 A. D., Stephen estab o ran g es and g ra p e fru it. A pple p ro ra p id ly as th e y did d u rin g th e 1929- lished the monarchy and asked the d u ctio n , on th e o th e r h an d , is de 33 period. T he ra p id in crease in church of Rome to confirm his act. clin in g . n u m b ers a t th a t tim e re su lte d in a Pope Sylvester II gave his approval T he acreag e of tru c k crops for m a r k e t decline of c a ttle prices as to Astrik, Stephen’s messenger, and sent him a consecrated crown, m a rk e t h a s been ex p a n d in g fo r sev com pared w ith th e g e n e ra l level of which forms the upper part of the e ra l years. T h is y e a r prices have com m odity prices. Sacra Corona, so famous in Hun fallen very low for lim a beans, beets, T he supply of feed g ra in now on garian history. The lower part of cabbage, onions, and to m ato es and the crown, notes a writer in the acreages of these crops p ro b ab ly w ill farm s and crops b eing h arv ested per Chicago Tribune, was a gift from be c u t som ew h at n e x t y ear. In c re a s a n im a l u n it for th e 1938-39 feeding the emperor of Byzantium nearly a season w ill be th e second la rg e st in century later. Stephen died in 1038 in g su p p lies of “ frozen" veg etab les m ore th a n a dozen years. H ay sup w ill add som e co m p etitio n for. th e and was canonized in 1083. plies also a re u n u su a lly larg e. In The crown is kept in a sealed e a rly sp rin g crops. o th e r w ords, th e feed situ a tio n fav Low prices for c a n n in g crops casket and vigilantly guarded. No one is ever allowed to see it, re m ake it pro b ab le th a t a sm aller to n ors m ilk p ro d u ctio n . gardless of his importance, except nage of th ese v egetables w ill be pro- T o tal m ilk p ro d u ctio n d u rin g 1937 when a coronation ceremony is to duced in 1939. w ith a to ta l pack am o u n ted to 103 b illio n pounds and take place. a b o u t 10 per c en t u n d e r 1938. in 1938 pro b ab ly w ill be 4 or 5 per T h e very low p rice of p o ta to e s cen t la rg e r. T h is re p re se n ts a rec- th is season is expected to lead to ord o u tp u t, n e a rly 3 per cen t above Dice an Ancient Game The University of Pennsylvania ab o u t an 8 p er cen t red u ctio n in th e p revious peak in 1933. W ith ' (allo w an ce fo r th e stead y in crease in museum has a special exhibit de a c reag e in 1939. voted to the game of dice. It con- | i Sw eet p o ta to a c reag e for 1939 P o pulation, it w ould give a p er capi- tains dice made of terra cotta un ; probably w ill be reduced som ew hat *a p ro d u ctio n ab o u t as h ig h as in earthed at Tepe Gawra, Mesopo as a re s u lt of low prices received fo r th e y ears 1931-33, w hich w ere the tamia, in 1927 that must be at least 5,000 years old, judged by the th e 1938 crop in com m ercial areas. h ig h e s t in th e p a st decade. S upplies of rice for th e 1938-39 strata, showing remains of past ages M ilk p ro d u ctio n th is com ing w in in which they were found. Another season p ro b ab ly w ill exceed la s t te r is expected to be th e la rg e st on set shown were used approximately y e a r’s record su p p lies and a g a in pro reco rd ; on a per c a p ita b asis it w ill 1,000 years before Abraham in 3100 vide a la rg e su rp lu s. be probably ab o u t 3 p er cen t above B. C. These are marked exactly T he to ta l su p p ly of a ll feed stu ffs the same as modern dice and were w ill a g a in be larg e fo r th e w in te r th e 10-year averag e. found with an illustrated gaming In recen t years, a b o u t 30 p er cent board. Dice were common among and sp rin g feed in g seasons as a re of th e to ta l m ilk p ro d u ctio n h as been the ancient Greeks and Romans. | s u lt of a good g ro w in g season and consum ed as fluid m ilk and cream . Sophocles declared dice were in- I a larg e su p p ly of g ra in and h ay c a r R eceip ts of m ilk a n d cream a t th e vented during the siege of Troy by a ried over from la s t y ear. T h e hay th re e p rin c ip a l e a s te rn m a rk ets, Greek prince. The Roman poet, su p p ly is th e la rg e st sin ce 1927. N ew Y ork. B oston, and P h ila d e lp h ia , Horace, criticized his people for T he p ro b a b ility is th a t th is am ple d eclined s h a rp ly d u rin g th e firs t “dicing” instead of learning to de fend their country, Mark Antony, supply of feed w ill re s u lt in fu r th e r h a lf of 1938. E ven th o u g h co n su Augustus, Nero and Claudia all are expansion in livestock p ro d u ctio n in m er incom es m ay im prove and m ilk 1939. known to have played the game. p ro d u ctio n is heavy, it seem s p ro b a T h e n u m b er of hogs, especially, is ble t h a t th e co n su m p tio n df m ilk on th e increase. Sheep n u m b ers a l a n d cream in c itie s a n d v illag es d u r All Bats Have Eyes so a re In creasing. On th e o th e r Bats are quick to learn and can be h a n d , th e ten d en cy is to hold back in g th e w in te r of 1938-39 m ay not trained sufficiently in two days to eat cow s and h e ife rs to build up b reed be g re a tly d iffe re n t from last w in from the hand. These mammals ter. are very clean, washing themselves in g h erds, and th e re p ro b ab ly w ill W ith business recovery, th e lo n g be a sm a lle r to ta l s la u g h te r of c a ttle with their tongues. The saying, e r tim e outlook, how ever, is fo r in “ blind as a bat” is incorrect, since an d calves in 1939 th a n in 1938. creased consu m p tio n . all bats have eyes and in all prob T h e d a iry in d u s try a p p a re n tly is _ (C o n tin u ed on page 7) ability are merely dazed by sudden b e g in n in g to expand a g a in . T h e de- bright lights. Although bats’ feet are undeveloped and unadapted for walking, their wings are so well equipped with exceptionally keen sensory nerves that they can whizz through pitch darkness without col liding with any object. Wishing you a Joyous Christmas Day, And may all good be yours to bless A glad New Year with happiness. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1938. Original Apostle Spoons The original npostle spoors, of sil ver or silver gilt, were most popular from 1450 to 1650 and were the usual baptismal gifts during those cen turies. The handle of the spoon terminated in a figure of one of the apostles, each bearing a distinctive emblem. Thirteen made a com plete set, the Master spoon bearing an image of Christ or of St. Peter. Hayden's “Chats on Old Silver” mentions a record price of 4,900 pounds paid for a set, in 1903. Single spoons have brought from 30 to 100 pounds. With sincere good wishes —for all the joys of a Happy Holiday Season. 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