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KWP THE NEWPORT MERCURY'FOR THE WEEK RNblNG JUNE 20, 1925 Seldom Wiped Out by Enemitt The latest census of the Indians In United States shows they are do- Ill far better than holding their own. reason for believing than twice ai.wariy of were in ex- a whites began to de- it -vi continent. gpyerpment publication put out tht.Untyij. of South Africa makes Be itat'eineDt'that the white population maintaining Its ratio of the negroes. Kail- yur additions! from abrond, says this the prospect of keeping a white In South Africa must fade.

mB)r even orcei1 to 4bahdo'n the country'altogether. History mikes 'it ciear that conquered peoples are seldom really con- Acred, if (hey have been In a region lime they have become far juora fitted to (he environment (ban he newcomers. They reproduce fait- a rule, and suffer less from local idlttasej. slick dose to (heir arlg1nal hojnes, whereas Invaders are ofttn restlesi and given to moving mj 'The Saion type In Britain Is said $o'ba a disappearing type before the itock that first peopled the lilanii. The barbarians who Italy and Spain have been bf the Latin races.

Bu- Hvaatans'think of-theniselv'es as Latin that country was HoiuMi the'Rumanian stock Is a DOGS RELY LITTLE ON THE EYESIGHT Indians, ftw as they art In com- yiiiton with other races, may poislbly of the elements of our Their" big chance i 'dla- struggle for survival 3 nafere In. the rnwj and! rough. I Greatest Grain In Minnesota, and Superior, In which lla 1,600 miles Inland, 'ara' practically ports for of "la unbroken to 6,000 miles. distant, Ib'i'- of the Welland and Erie lesna.U.yB^th i cities In connection New York by water for un- shipment of barges containing 4hS e4ulv'iilent of 75 freight cars. Sjtuated the very gateway to the' IflfA" wh' cs t' count iy-'ot the Nor th- and Superior hate seen of grain Increase By founds.

The first shipment was Since that shipment aS.elsvatdrs,' having a storage capacity more than IS.000,000 hive i been built OD the water front of The "Great Northern alona possesses a stor- capacity of almost 8,000,000 Im'sheis." A iiugle plant of this syt- 6,000,000 bushels and clean and, reshlp 400 cart a working day of 10 To com- ipfttelr flii.kU of Superior's oncyjth8 trajnlotAi wheat Is When -the -shipment was made from Superior a. boat carrying. 1,000 tons a large Vessel. Today, boats plying Jthafiport carry 14,000: tons. Radio for Intomnla Bruce-Porter, chief snr- -geon Third Qeaeral already knoVn as OB.

ofiradlo far rtf tomeiir of enU mental trbublW. I'fieJi rweatlr as ''saying that moijOnty'' hospital ap'pi4iyabl73n' Tfettfng to a' "Wl Ui I Hiinry Hido jr many -cases -of flnMmnia 'and highly TQUS condition' had calmed and teased by the uae of radlo. He, maintains at radio In hos- )yould be "one. of most prao that thtriiedlcal science to press Seem to Be Guided Only by Sente of Small. Many hunlera believe that, a goed old-fashioned "hound Is capable of following a trail I en or twelve hours old.

llut the definite recorded Information Is ccant Indeed. It would be interesting to know juit how long after a trail was made a dog Is able to follow It with accuracy. Also, we should all like to know to which groups or classes of smells dogt are most sensitive. You may havo observed that a dog never pays any attention to a portrait ot another (log, or.of.tvli master, hii own reflwttorr In a mirror may leave him unmoved. Most.of his power of sight stems to go to waste.

Dogs have for generations dwelt in a world of smell. With seeing ii bellevlug. But with dogs, smelling is believing. I suppose nearly every dog owner has noticed that If his dog gets separated from him on the street and becomes slightly excited or bewildered he might as well blind. He tp d.epen.d.

on his can fo'ok right at his master without seeing him. He must Identify his master by scent. Many doga are quick at catching a ball and are' grabVoj" at small prey t.h.f try.to dodge them; but experimental and 'Show that a riot keen-at perceiving tniall: previously brqught to attention? 'there ti eVldence that'the average'dbg niik.es muchjNn usis eyes thin Is popu-' or Coffee? Officials of a N'ew York broadcast tstudlo sent this story to editors: Dnr- ilnj tha broadcast of a hole! orches- 'irai waiter dropped a loaded tray. "The.neit day the station received a a. (Jog' sitting -on the kitchen ts look scross the back yard and see" a that-, has for he probably doesn't find the.

bone until he happens to go.near enough to smell It. But If another dog across the yard, he 'that, because If is too conspicuous even for his Entrained eyes to miss. Dr. John B. Watson, formerly chief psychologist at Johns Hopkins university, brought' up litter of puppies with several kept In a dark room until three or four months old.

These practically, sightless dpffi got along Just as well as the others. They were 'ablo to find their way about, open doors, nd sinse directions the same as any average puppy. One even learned to Jump a rope I' The point It that they didn't mlts the lack of eyesight, because they wouldn't have used' their eyes much C. Kelly In Coiller's Mr. Munyon'i Preient Ben March of the Farmers' National council, ardent advocate of government ownership of the railroads, said recently: "Our politicians love' us dearly before the election, hut after the election ell, we set a shock like Mr.

Munybn's. "Mr. Muiyon's wife came to' him a little time before "Christmas and aald: "'Georga, Fm sorry, but you'll have to give me check to buy our presents 1'ta cct the Hit down prices highland tha Hit Is so a'tall Mr. Muuyon, gloomily. 'Look h'e're, nip- pose yoi) don't glva me'any presents at l'" 1 I could n'eve to a yei, you must.

Times are mighty 'Well, if you Insist, George, I consent) Just for this "'GoodI' And Mr. Munyon sighed with relief. 'Now go through your list again and tell big a check you ne Munyon went through the list a. second lima very carefully, while Mr, Munyon RaJJej Blltl 8 Sopefiil she said aUlast. 'There, George! You need only to give me a' check for $109.50 Rettore Ancient Windows In the year 1323 seven windows, the INDUSTRIES UNITE TO SAVE FORESTS special delivery letter containing the handiwork of the old masters, were earnest ijuery: it soup or coffee that splashed the tray was dropped? We stand to one In my family that It wis a coffee splash, with only my holding out for Weekly.

'Siphon Wafer to Capital An automobile could be drives tfbrou'gh the world's largest siphon, Trhlch nearing completion on the of Washington, says Popular -'Science Monthly. It Is to he be used 'iar tha Great Fill condall-whlch will Supply water to the national capital, -tnd Is expected to be ready for oper- -ation In' May. This single Is sufficient In a stretch 29 miles 'of to'give the water momentum to reach Its destination. Price for Race Hone BIghty five thousand dollars for a the highest price ever paid for a horse In Australia, Is the for which Heroic, the winner of Hast ycar'u Caulfleld Guineas, lias cha.nfcd hands. Heroic Is bred from anUScgllfh sire, Yalals, and as a two- year-old" was "the Targest stake winner on the Australian turf.

Certainly Howard--I'm too tired to lake yon to tho thcjitcr tonight, love. Mrs. Howard--lint, nfior I've bridge hurd all the iifleraoon I think I'm entitled tc- a little fun ID the presented to Tewkesbury abbey. In Gloucestershire, England, by Eleanor de Clare, wife of Hugh le Despenser. have long been regarded as among the most treasured possessions of the abbey.

Time naturally has had IU way with the leadwork, and the glasi Itself has been damaged and disarranged, but happily not beyond repair. Steps are being taken to hare them restored as nearly as possible to rheir original beanty. The abbey contains In all some really magnificent painted glass and monuments of considerable'interest In every corner. The abbey Itielf had Ita origin In tha Twelfth centnry. Bank on Shipboard Among conveniences for the comfort of passengers on board the ocean liner Leviathan, one of the latest Is a branch bank.

This' bank has been established by an eastern trust company. About 4,000 persons usa the hank each trip. Tha cashing of 'checks, the changing of money from one country Into tho currency of another, Issuing of letters of credit, the paying of money on wireless orders, these are some of the chief activities of this son- going bank. In Addition to this the bank Issues bulletins of stock quotations day by day, as they dro received by Post. Board Is Named to Avert Lumber nation-wide movement to conserve the lumber resources ef tbo United States was started by (he appointment of a conservation committee, of which Secretary Hqover has agreed to act as chairman.

The committee Is. to make a thorough study of the wood-using industries and report at a conference to be held next fall. One of the big objects sought ta obtain closer co-operation In Insuring full use of all timber cut The committeo coiuprlsss representatives of the railways, Uie paper und pulp Industry, purchasing agents of the country, wood-using Industries, lumber manufacturers retailers, architects and contractors, the American Engineering council and the national farmer organizations. A preliminary conference, called by Secretary Hoover, has been In session here for some tlnie and It was voted (hat definite action to bring about conservation to the best of At the close of the. conference the was summed by John V.

Reynders of who -represented the Ahieilcan Engineering council. United StatM," he aaldi "has Seed living. In a tool's paradise. Fo; 1 e'lgni governments a studying eco- netnlcs, and unless we take the same itep economy measures wlll.be forced must look at such problems from, a national Voluntary Action. Hoover explained the Department; i Commerce had been diveloplng during the last three wjth Industry to eliminate waste.

possible, he obtain practical result's by voluntary action, the function'of the government being to bring together the Industries that -they might unite for such action as would serve the common Interest. Secretary Hoover said the fact that timber was being cut at rate four times than It being called for immediate and. constructive action. The problem for (he committee, he added, dealt vrlth'the problems faced In making for economy of uae -after the forest had become a commercial Announcement was made by Mr. Hoover that an anonymous gift of $25,000 a year for two years had been received, to serve as the nucleus for financing the Investigations which the committee will undertake.

He recommended that the program of the committee take the form of day-to-day operations, with studies specific to ascertain the full facts, and then to be considered from the standpoint of with other Industries, to the end bjf of one Industry 'might be utilized wherever possible by another. One' of the faulty functions of the p'rftEe'nt-day commercial and industrial fabric, --Secretary Hoover contended, was. that Industries had not been brought to co-operate In, thi Such co-operation, hV said, would riot economy of of Industry, but. would result' In a more efficient use of raw Pajwr Industry. A report on behalf of the American Paper and association was madt by Norman said faper and pulp Industry problem' 'from two "eh'da; and more'mills were employing" fo'resfers to secure expert treatment of the timber and-to said.

At the finishing Snd of the Industry Increasing attention was being given to research uses Hugh P. Batrer of New tary of the 'same organization, said that while the paper and pulp industry consumed 6,000,000 cords of wood this n'as but 4 per cent of the timber cut In the United States. The value'of products nnd paper goods Is about The Industry, he said, has two problems, one technical and the other commercial. In the technical field decay of wood and utilization of decayed woods has been combated by the forest products laboratory. Hardwoods were being used with success where they were not formerly usable and where a decade ago- foresters regarded the hardwood trees as a nuisance.

Howard Andrews of Nnshvllle, representing the National Association of Rnllroad Tie Producers, ssld that through the use of wood'preservative the Industry already had reduced the replacement of ties from a rate of 326 per mile in 1920 to 00 per mile In 1624. Col. W. B. Greely of the federal for- eit service, who will act as vice chairman of the new conservation committee, argued for the establishment of some sort of clearing house and guiding agency to aid In the conservation desired.

HELIGOLAND FORT RAZED BY BLASTS Arsenal Destroyed in Keeping With Peace Tormi. "Ad" Exclutioenett Rsdlo ads nro unique. They contain no prvtty pictures of ladles' leg-a. --Duluth Herald. Heligoland.

of this' little island which bag boon converted from the status of a fortress and submarine biH. to. lint of a 'peaceful district folk who follow entertainment-of summer as a side line, have bMD won- late how.the change trhlch baa taken place here Is going Jo affect their business. Ttie outer entrance the harbor has been completely blocked, as part of dismantlement, and rendered useless for all hut fishing smacks cqd small pleasure boats bringing sumder tourists''from the continent work of demolition, carried'out under the peace terms by the Inter- allied commission of control, la said the of this kind ever attempted, and with blocklog of the harbor entrance against warships of all kinds the Job has been brought to a conclusion. While, this work was In progress great numbers of visitors arrived from spring until fall to witness the different phases of transmission, but with away of the fortifications at at.end, the great eung taken doyrn Into, ni j- the Inh a I la ta eel the libllc generally'Wjil lose Interest time island Qer- nians t'6gk 24 years to equip at'a'cost oTapp'rbilmately -v- of coa- crete' and brick work was demolished 00,000 feet: of carried explosives: the operations.

the.for- Uflcalloaa. was acconipiinled" by cii't- tha numerous guns by means of ''oxy-acetylene and oxy-hydrogcn by' the burning' of holes In the gun turrets as a preliminary to break- Ing, them up by by. drill- Ing blasting and removal of the concrete gun emplacements, and the destruction. of extensive chambers which served an enor- and where' the German runners lived. terms of pence stipulated thtt the work- should be done at the cost of the German government by.the aid of German labor.

Now that this has been done the Inhabitants say they feel much more happy and contented. Pensioned 75 Yeart pcnisal of records, prompted hy the recent death of James Q. Thomas, ninety-six, at Nfansfleld, 111., disclosed that hn was the or.ly per- eon ever to receive a government pension for more than 75 yeais. Thomas was a Mcilonn war vetiran. Owls Like Fish sn, In this vicinity have p.

taste for rare snd expensive fish. Adolph Daniels, who rnns goldfish fnrm hero, lost 200 fine In one nlRht rcceully iis the result of a raid by owls. Crow Flies Near Golf Course and Balls sleek, ralrt- nlght-black crow, with an apartment somewhere back In the pines near the fourteen th ola on the, t. Germain golf course, Is responsible'for more golfing griefs this spring than all the. bankers, traps and fences put together.

"This bird Is'a golf ball'thief and Is suspected of being a common crow kliptomanlac. Sitting calmly and with pretense of eating, worms some. 200 yards from the tee, she waits until some golfer taps. out. a good drive.

tha over, takes tha ball and flops.off'.jvlth it This'thief U' teaching the trick to her hlbe. this old gosilper word along to her sis that hun- jolf balls repose now In the nearby rookery with acores of cheating hen c.ro.wfl taring to In the meantime, the crow Is protect laws which suggest th'afshejs a'tarrlon bird'and'there- fora Take National Bug Census Forecast Their Cycl naQonal censris Insects resident and visiting In "the has been undertaken by the department of Agriculture. It will-Include-the careers, habits and conditions of life of foreign-born naturalized and Indigenous species In the hope that accurate forecasts may be made of what experts term "entomological cycles." Nearly three score entomologists an are engaged In the surrey, each them having several assistants unde his supervision. Once Penniless Alien Buys Astor Mansion New palatial mansion of Vincent Astor at Fifth avenue and Sixty-fifth street, long known as one of the social "landmarks of the country, now Is the. properly of Benjamin Winter," who 23 years ago was a-penniless Immigrant-boy from Poland.

The price was ap- proxlmately $8,000,000. The residence will be demolished and a new 110,000,000 apartment house erected, Mr! for many' yean the housa wVs the social 'center of York's "100." The residence contains the Aster art collection, one of the most famous private art collections in world. The new owner of the mansion began his career as a house painter. He gradually accumulated a little capital and entered the contracting business. His real estate operations began In 1914.

He has purchased 000,000 worth of real estate within the last ten weeks. Take litue With Speech Purlrit Sir Johnston Forues-Ilobertson bas taken occasion to criticize our conten- wrury faeliins tu pronunciation, nys he i.ondon Daily most of tbpae who are maslera a subject, he has DO liking for 'ed'anU purlsls. Sir Johnston pis- ers llie of "often" without the anil our usual "agen" Ilia precision of "again." A long vowel sound In the "my" of "uiy lords" tie considers an Invention of the modern- public speaker--who Is perlnpi collating the linked sweetness long drawn out of tha modern toastiuaater --and he calls It "perfectly intolerable." If we go back earlier than the Nine- eenth century fall Into manifold Johnston, who prided himself on: his correctltude, always laid 'hccrd" for "heard," a the Illiterate do sllll. When Boats-ell challenged him 16 had, to be sure, a.reason.. If the word wefo pronounced In the usual way, lie explained, there would be an exception to the rule' as to tho pronunciation of 1'eiir," and "thought It better not to h'ava that we may suspect that tha reason was found iilmseU criticized-and that, ha was In fact following tha common.Ltchfleld pronunciation.

Creaturei That Man It Unable to Tame A wolf can Even the lavage tlmb'iir woif, ic' caught', young, becomes a'a p'aasIvVag'a dog. But' th'at (jueer woif-llke'''an'ltual known aV'the Tatmanlan devlKrefuses to to treatment. It Isialwaysiwlld and. If It Is one.vOJE,.the ugliest crea- tvjres cats, iuch.as lion.and can can fyhx and the South American'panthar. the'blftCk Jaguar, one of the most dangerous of wild'beasts, always co- mains savage nnd -treacherous, and even when caught as.a-.kitten refuses to have anything to do with mankind.

The ordinary can be tamed If caught 5'oung is lla'oie to revert suddenly'tb. savagery, and the same niay bb" said df tha bobcat, the' American Another Nortli "American animal which has no evil reputation Is wolverene. It Is dreaded by the trapper, for it will force.Its way Into a shanty and destroy-the stores. Beethoven't Triumph One of the most pathetic cases of deafness was that of Beethoven. Why should It have happened that he who lived supremely.

In the, world of sound, very breath ijf whose life was made up of sweet chords and entrancing melody, should have been deprived of the sense of-hearing? Unconscious even of the storm'of'applause evoked by, his playing, he was on one occasion turned round singer that.be might the waving hati and handkerchiefs of his enthusiastic audience. Yet Un victory of mlnj over matttr was clearly evidenced hvtha casij of Beethbren, for ionla of his most sublime compositions were created attar bis senM-of hearing hopelessly, destroyed and thejworld harmpnjr In imaglna- could enter.Ms.own somber of Low Country Some flat lands are beautiful, though Ruskln says not--the ftatness of Holland, where "a barge with rich red color seems to come 'sailing Into the flowering fields; where i windmill or a dyke takes all the wind of the huge sky; where brimming rivera are pearl gray, and the roofs o'f the little towns are red, lucid horizon line Is bfoijs 'by, 'instead o' moun- fent, aTT" "ffiff or a woman towing" s. b'arge, from the" clean'deck of which a child sings, a llt'tla doj barks--Alice Sfeynell. Reterve Energy Both Mental and Phytical Everyone, knows a It Ii a piece of work', either mental or oius- culur, feeling stale--or colJ, as ta guide once put It fi to "w'arni. Lls James iu "Tlie Knergles of ThJ process of warming up gets parllcular.

ly striking In the phenomenon known as "second wind." On usual Occasions we. make a practice of stopping 19 occupation as Boou as we meet tli'e flrjt effective layer to call It) of, fatigue. We have then or worked "enough," so wo amount of futlgue Is an efficacious ob- on (Jits sjdo wljjch our usual life ia cast, But If an necessity forces us'to press onward, a surprising thlug occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to' a certain -'critical point, when gradually or It passes and we ire ffeslier jhaa before, lappdd a 1 level of now energy, masked until then by the fatigue obstacle usually may bo layer 'after layer of this experience. A third, nnd a fourth "wind 1 may supervene.

Mental activity shows the phenomenon as well as physical, and In exceptional cases may Qnil, beyond the, very extremity. of fatigue distress, amounts and power that we never dreamed ourselves to own-r-sour'ces of habitually not taxed at'all, because habitually vre never push through-the obstruction, never pass thpsa early critical, polats. I i 1 '2H Occupy Stage for, But Flip Minute A team'of dfncera appear nightly In one of popular.eupper clubs a '-letter from a Park 'avenue them to of nor parties. The ma'uagor of thVdancers.repllBiJ to the stating that tiiL-team would.be very glad to appear and thit tholr fee was -This brought forth another letter from the matron, who protested that the fee was too, tho reason that sht only wanted Hie dancers for 15.minutes. It was this polut of view that tot a rise out of Uio two dancers.

"Do yo'u know how many dances could do In 1C minutes?" naked tht feminine portion of tho.team, who dls- me. "We.coulJ do. ten dances--Just twice as many we.do.nightly In the sUpper club. Do you reallze'that It only takes a minute aud a half to do each one of our numbers? Even with our pauses betweea dances nnd tho our performance 'lasts ten minutes. And then somebody wants us it cut rates to appear 1C minutes) It Is a laugh, isn't' liori Evening World.

Famout Old The ancient caalla of Lpchlevea Ii situated an Island In Lochleven, Scotland. It Is famous'not only as th( Imprlsoruu'ent'of Mary In also as thi scene, of her eScape'May Whlli was compelledito.sign hts abdication favorl of, her. Infant aon, James, and accept. eorl at Murray, as regent of the An IB- terestlng account, of these, event's. Ii given' In-Sir Walter ScoitVnovel, "Tin The'costle was'bu'llt In 12JT, and served as a royai Vesldence In tit tlin't of Alexander in.

-H bfr sieged by the English 1301, tnJ again Oraham, 4rit and.ihi of- oned (jled'wlUiIi Its 1 walls Tri Cl'ty Stir; Long of Toil A century ago (or in the so-called good old days) Amasa Whitney operated a factory In Winchester, and, according to the American Outlook, he had sixteen rules and regulations, the n'rst of which "The mill will be put In operation ten minutes before sunrise at all seasons of the year. The gates will be shut ten minutes past sunset from the 20th of March to the 20th of September; at thirty minutes past eight from the 20th of September to tha 20th of March; Saturday at Good Idea It was before the day of tin Uzzlea, and one Kentucky merchant sold loti of buggy harness to farmers who paid up once a year. One day his clerk sold a set of buggy harness and did not charge It promptly. When he did start to charge harness he had forgotten to whom to charge it. "Charge every man on the books with eet of harness and when they raise a tick, take the Harriets from their account," the boss told him.

There were ISO names on books, and but two Hardware. Frulit Save the Teeth Dentists to the front wlti authoritative freii fruits' are' the best "deiaerti 1 for itt teeth'and act as dentrlflct Pastrj JBJI Qthe'r sweets are well ktiown to Se not so good for the letth- Fresh fruits have a cleansing elect on teeth, the 'say, only because of their cellulose fliwrs but also because the vegetable acldJ they contain stimulate a flow of salln which keeps the mouth clean. FroJi juice In Infancy Is known to be vain- able adjunct to the proper development of the teeth, and continue! through childhood to furnish ti; sweets and keep up the work of Ing the teeth Qtr Star. Question? "I say, doctor, did you ever doctor "Oh, yes." "Well, docs doctor doctor a doo lor the way tti.i doctored wantl to ba or does the doctor do- Ing the dodortr.g doctor the ollitr doctor in his way?" Hair After Death According to Draper of Harvard university the. following facts hare observed concerning 'the.

growth of hair after death: dentally In identification, the may arise whether the hair or beirf grows after Authorities somewhat, but the weight of the view that the hair, InclcJ- the beard, ceases to grow at A- Ualler explains apparent growth Ihe shrinking of the soft tissues aroMJ each Individual hair. That growti hair after burial of tha body mty does occur In exceptional (o be demonstrated by autieS- cases on record." The Maid'i Idea of ft One theory of compensation person should be paid for his cording to' Its rilfllculty and not ECCC''- Ing to the skill with which te forms II. A woman was a coarlr-- sdlierent (o theory. A lady was about to engage "It tofms to me," sha said, 6hk very hluli wages, seeing that p- rl had no rxfierlencc." "Oh, no, mum," answered carnfslly; "you It's much wnon ymi don't know.