Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 24 December 1927 — Page 6

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Make Nightly Climb to Rocky Stronghold * Whnt N believed to be the oldest town In America Is Acoma, situated mi top «f a great rock that stand* .‘l5O feet above the surrounding country in New Mexico. It was in exist- < nec :W years ago when the first Spanish missionaries catne Into the country. Aeoniti Is the most picturesque of the three pueblos of the Laguna Indians visited by the party of Jesse L. Nnsbaum, archeologist, and described by Derlc Nnsbaum. the scientist’s son. In St. Nicholas Magazine. Clinging to their ancestors’ dis- ’ trust of all strangers, the Indians refuse to give up the ancestral defense afforded by the barely accessible rock, j In the valley below, at the foot of the rock, they stable the horses with which they work their farms, but . every human habitation Is reached by the 350-foot climb up steep steps cut into the rock. The village Itself is made up of two streets of stone and clay houses two and three stories high, the upper floors being reached by ladders from the lower. All of the building materials, even the great wooden beams of the church, one of the oldest of the Spanish missions, have been carried up on human pack trains after having been transported across the country for distances as great as 20 miles. “Father of Medicine” Was Well Grounded Hippocrates gets his name carved on the friezes of libraries as the father of medicine, but probably few who see it there realize the great extent of his knowledge of that science or the cycle that the practice of medicine has traveled in the 2.302 years since tlie famous Greek died. His general ideas are those held by the most advanced medical men today. He placed a strong reliance on the recuperative powers of the body to eliminate or overcome disorders even of the serious kind if aided by proper regimen and improved environment. With this was coupled an equally strong disinclination to Interfere with the normal functions of the organism by the administration of drugs. Thus, his prescriptions often ordered merely a change of climate, or an altered ir limited diet, or the securing of conditions that would provide absolute quiet and long hours of ■ sleep. Frequent bathing of the entire'body, sometimes in cold, and at others 1 ' in warm or iiot water, was also a ' favorite method adopted. It is held i probable that this sensible system < brought him the high reputation accorded him by contemporaries.—Kan- ' sas City Star. Shocking! •* 'i He entered the newspaper office in I a manner that suggested murder. He ' reached the counter and took a news- 1 paper from an inner pocket. ■ "1 was intensely shocked this morn- t ing to read in this wretched journal an Intimation of my engagement, ’’ he I said. ,| The clerk behind the counter looked ■ at him with some concern. ! “I am almost beside myself with ’ rage,” the agitated man went on. “I j cannot tell you how angry I am. 1 j am worried. My fiancee is worried. ’ lam dreadfully annoyed. My fiancee ’ is dreadfully annoyed. We are all an- | noyed. Give me 50 copies of the pa- 1 per.” ’ Easy Way to Clean Silver Put a teaspoonful of salt and a like ! amount of soda in a new aluminum ’ pan and pour boiling water over them. I Place your tarnished silver in the j solution. When the tarnish Is re- 1 moved, wash and dry with a soft cloth. ’ This method will not injure the sll- ! ver, which is cleaned as thoroughly j as by hard rubbing and is not ’ scratched ns it may he when pastes or 3 powders are used. This method leaves * the silver with a soft dull finish. : which can be heightened to a high i polish by rubbing with a chamois or j soft cloth and the use of silver paste. ! —Capper’s Farmer. ’ Thought and Conduct The right thought has much to do 1 with the right conduct, and if one i thinks and acts kindly In life to oth- ; ers tie creates that personality which , speaks of a nobility that cannot bo 1 surpassed. There are many today | who have bitter recollections that I they might have done so much better toward their fellow creatures if nt the ' moment they had thought differently. | and our brother who apparently re- j grets some of the past has still time to ease a troubled conscience.—East Lqndon Observer. Out of Her Depth The popular preacher had excelled I himself, and the congregation were | •discussing his sermon as they left the , church. ‘‘Wasn’t that a fine sermon?” said 1 one woman admirer to her com- i -panion. i “Yes.” said the other; ‘‘but did you understand It all?” “Understand It!” replied the first. “Oh, no. I wouldn’t presume to understand such a great preacher.” Why Dog Fleet “It’s a wonder Mrs. Axelfriiz doesn’t understand why her dog doesn’t like to sit on her lap whiie she eats,” observes Grandma Matson. “No self-re-spectin’ dog likes to be used for a napkin.”—Farm and Fireside.

Baptist Church To Hold Christmas Program A unified Christmas service of the i Sunday school and church will be hold Sunday morning at ttie Baptist church -.of which the Rev. O. I-!. Miller is pastor, and Roy Johnson, superint'ndent ' of the Sunday school. The program | to be rendered will bo as tsjllowa: ' Song. . Prayer. - 1 Announcements. ’ Offering. ''Cornet Solo Harold Strickler i Scripture Lesson Supt. Roy Johnson ■ Lord's Prayer led by Mrs. H. Thomas. ' Plano Duct Misses Mildred and Myrtle Akey ' Luther Crade Song Primary Dept. t Dialogue—“Darning the Christmas Stocking".. Junior Freleand and Junior Gephart Violin Duet Ellen Gephart and Catherine Toney 1 Vocal Solo Jeanette Wlnnes ’ Play—“ The Coming of the Star," Reader. Mrs. Alva Baker: traveler. Miss Anna E. Wlnnes; Ambition, ; Edith Johnson: wealth, Ruth Winnes! power. Ida Potts; pleasure. . ’ Alice Lake; sorrow, Leona Bowden: prophet, Martha Moser; Spirit of Christmas, Vivian Thomas. Children of the Star - 1. —Wisdom—Ellen Gephart, 2. Hope—Pau'ine Marshall. 3. Faith—Mary Catherine Toney i 4.—Joy—Lucile Johnson. 5. —Peace —Edwina Shroll. 6. Love—Gretchen Winans. Sermonette —by Rev. O. E. Miller. Closing Prayer. o Poor men and poor umbrellas generally get left. A manicure artist who could also polish men's brains \vould fill a long felt want. Love sometimes. sneaks out at the window without waiting for poverty to come in at the door. The weight of a woman's first baking is usually equal to twice the weight of the ingredients. If a young man sows wild oats mixed with old rye lie is reasonably sure ; to raise a disturbance. t

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OLD FARM RELIEF DHL NOW FAVORED I Passage Os McNary-Haugen Bill Probable As Compromise Appears Unlikely Bjf Paul It. Mallon. i'P Staff Correspondent Washington, Dec. 24. — (I'P) — Efforts to reach a compromise agreeI meat on farm relief have proven futile and it now appears likely that congress will pass the old McNaryHaugen bill with some changes deI spite the fact that measure is almost certain to be vetoed by President Coolidge. ' Since congress met three weeks ago. some farm block leaders have been working earnestly for abandonment of the .McNary-Haugen equalization fee system in favor of some meas- ‘ ure which could obtain presidential approval. Now these efforts will be dropped, and the agricultural committees of both houses will be called to meet after the Christmas holidays to whip the McNiiry bill In shape for presentation. Just who Is responsible for failure of the compromise efforts has not been determined to anyone’s satis- I i faction. i The United Press is informed that ' 'Chairman Sic Nary of the senate agri- ' culture committee submitted to Presi- | , dent Coolidge before congress met, i a proposed compromise measure . which would have established a di- ' rect government loan system to en- j ab'e cooperative marketing organiza- I i Hons to handle surpluses for export. < Mr. Coolidge submitted the measure ; to Secretary of Agriculture Jardine I and to Secretary of Commerce Hoov- | er who were doubtful abcut some of < its ft attires. Meantime the farm bloc < itself found numerous objections to 1 the McNary plan, and many of its im- j portant members expressed a desire ’ to stand by the old McNary-Haugen f

i bill even though they felt Mr. CoolI Idge would veto it. They did not wish I to desert file old hill until a bettor bill was found. That left compromise efforts at an impasse which now has reached the! point where those concerned believe I further steps along those lines would be fruitless. Hence the old bill will be whipped into shape the first part of January and presented without major change for a vote expected in the senate by Feb. 1. The house agriculture committee will begin hearings on farm relief Jan. 16 and action there may be delayed until the senate has taken the first step. - - "" o— — — Two Is company until they become one, then it seems more like a crowd.

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