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Cig is the Jelg.;in pc:,;IUs I eh'-, friend, drawlpg the trm.-k an;! mil!; wagoas in.niMiy to nn. Dm of the i:nl:iiet wa:,' ns of the schooner type now in ue is drawn by camels thrm:g!i th: streets of ccriain towns in India. That country affords a ariety of comoyances and conveyors among which even ti e most biae of novelty seekers might find something to interest him the humped ox, the horse, the donkey, the camel, the elephant and the human , being carrying u long po'e across his shoulder t which his burden Is slung. The back of man bears the bur.h n in China. And so the chain of hurdenbcar r goes around the world, with the elephant of Slam that piles the native teal;, the earab.'.o that threshes the rice of tile I'hlllppiiK'S, the mail who propels the palanquin, the jinrikisha. and lately, the "jinkrikomol.ile" of Japan, the trotting ox of Ceylon, the splendid horses of Arabia, the saddle ox of Central Africa, and the Tho' Vest China Jitney. earned of the Sahara and Central Asia, to the llama of the high Andes, the ubiquitous automobile, and the homely but utilitarian little burro of Mexico. Central and South America. Thousands of these last named Utile animals daily tread the trail leading from the lowlands to the city of La I'jjz, delivering In the capital of T.ollvia practically everything the city , gets from the outside world. Patiently, too, the burro has trailed Its way through history, from a period in the Holy Land older than that In which Joseph and Mary tied from Herod's slaughter of the Innocents, thence to Northern Spain and across to America with the Spanish explorers r.nd colonizers. r THE LONG, LONG TRAIL OF THE GYPSY Now that the weather is becoming mild again, some line day you will discover a camp of gypsies near your door-step, and wonder where in the world they came from. The world has been wondering for manj' a century whence the original gypsies came. (Jeorge Borrow relates that the llrst gypsies' made their appearance In Moldavia in 1417, and no one seems to be very certain In regard to their place of origin. The original T.XK) increased to formidable proportions in a century or two, and Maria Theresa and Joseph II tried to civilize them, with no success. In the early days each little band had a captain whom they honored with the title of count. To secure the coveted position this leader had to be valiant and courageous in the pillaging expeditions for food and sagacious and crafty enough to settle their disputes. For this he was allowed a third of anything that the band stole. Despite their marauding tendencies, and their more or less contemptuous attitude toward people not "of the blood," they have a code of morals which contains many excellent requirements. A true gypsy must not have a quarrelsome disposition, and he never reveals the secrets of the brotherhood. Though they make the rest of mankind their lawful prey, they are capable of great sacrifices for each 'other. They pledge themselves never to marry out of their own sect, nor will they leach their, language to anyone not a gypsy by blood or adoption. Their daredevil spirit perhaps has had a passing influence on most of the countries in which these wanderers have lived. At least Kngland is accredited with having contracted her love of horse racing from them, and they are nearly always to be found among her jockeys ami in attendance upon her Derbys. Preier.ing.a knowledge of the metaphysical and dabbling in fortune telling hao always been within the province of the gypsy women. They have claimed that they could witch away troublesome ailments of the heart and have compounded queer love philters which instead of imbuing the unfortunate taker with a steadiness of aim with his love arrows, have poisoned his digestive tract. I.ut they realize the monetary value of the myth concerning their ability to divine the future, and have since the beginning of their history capitalized it. In Spain where a large proportion of the race now livc, travelers say that they find neatly whitewashed eaves lighted by electricity, and that even gypy royalty will caper and career around in fantastic dances for the coinä of n casual visitor. HOW AN ISLAND WAS DESTROYED 3Y A NATURAL INFERNAL MACHINE Kecent volcanic activity in Hawaii serves to emphasize the fact that the Pacific, one of the gteat "safety-valve regions" of the earth, is seldom free from an outpouring of molten materials. Many of the inlands of this largest ocean are of vulcanic origin, t Sreat streams of lava went up first in

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r.e p.vt cf the ('a'-'!! then in ::. icOne 1 t'e ;."!rat?t :c"';on;- of o caiiie ios!uri..;:e-c has bees: in and r.ea the i-dam! of Java, in the southwestc;-:. cor:. er of the i'.:. : where that body of water me-f t!i Indian oean. Volranie-iaade in the first place, and constat! ;Iy bring remade by them. Java has :m:e vobamu'S than any area of Its size In the world. Kstlmates of the a'tive and extinct craters range from 1) to 'K Kverywhere in Java, in the huge crater lakes, in tlssures that now ar river bod- even in ancient temples, half ßnhshed when interrupted by some fiery convulsion, are evidences of cataclysmic forces such ttitbr.Ient forces as now are in continuous hysteria In the Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes in Alaska, and break their crusted surface .cage intermittently In Java. The ''treacherous Kbit," as the natives .call it, all bat wiped out the town of P.ritar, but even Its devastation, as reported to the state department, was mild compared to the violent upheaval of Krakatoa in ISS'I. Then mother nature turned anarchist and planted a gargantuan Infernal machine on the doorstep of Java. Krakatoa is a little island In the Sunda strait, between Sumatra and Java. Australians, as far frm the explosion as New York Is from HI Paso, hoard the terrific detonation; more than half the island was blotted out. parts of It were thmg aloft four times as high as the world's highest mountain, and to touch bottom below the water's surface vMiere most o! the island had been, henceforth required a plumb line twice as long as the height of the Washington monument. Skyscraper waves Hooded adjacent is

lands and rolled half-way around the earth. Hvery human eardrum heard, though it may not have registered, the air waves as they vibrated three or four times around the earth. Krakatoa levied a smaller toll in human life than- Klot, because of Its Isolation, and many of the .''.".OlK) deaths from Krakntoa's eruption were at far-distant points by drowning. An eruption jjnywhere on the island means disaster, for Java, about equal in era to New York state, supports a population greater than the combined populations of the Hmpire state and the four other most populous states in the Union Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Texas. In the native folklore are innumerable stories of the earth opening up to swallow a dancing girl. Such talcs betoken another physical feature of the island fraught with human tragedy. Not only has it steaming vents, spouting geysers, sulphur lakes, but great chasms open and close, and they have been known to swallow villages. TEMPLE STONES THAT MAY BECOME HEARTH STONES Cable reports recently Mated t'Mt Harborough ltocks, one of the bestknown of the so-called "Druid Circles" of England, would be broken up and used by a company for building homes. Tho reports bring to mind what might be termed the "light for survival" of the monuments and works of art o.past ages against the activities of later generations. During the dark ages priceless marble statues by Praxiteles and other Creek masters ' of sculpture were burned to make lime. In northern Africa and Asia Minor, in numerous places where classical ruins are found, beautifully chiseled stones physical symbols ol "the glory that was (Ireece and the grandeur that was Koine" have been built into the uncouth huts of the natives. The smaller stones from "Druid Circles" and '.'avenues." lying on the surface of the ground, ready quarried, have long fallen prey to near-by peasants in all the countries in which they occur. Hven the Ste.neiienge, on Salisbury Plain, Hngland, famous as the greatest of the supposed Druid temples and one of the most striking of the unlnscribed monuments of the world,-has not entirely escaped the hand of the vandal. The larger monoliths are too massive for easy removal, but some of the smaller "stones have disappeared and are reported to have been built Into bridges and mill dams of the adjacent countryside. Relatively small stone circles and parallel rows of monoliths known as "avenues.' are numerous- in Kngland. Wales, Scotland and Ireland. They I'iso are found in numbers in western Kurnpe, especially in France, and to "a lesser degree in jiorthorn Africa, and in southern Asia as far cast as India. Among thenu. however, the comparatively few great groups stand out prominently. Stonchcnge differs from most of the other circles in the great si.e of the upright stones, and in the fact that massive lintels are placed from upright to upright, forming trilithons. The placing of the concentric circles and outlying marker stones of Stonehenge in such a way that its axis points practically to the rising sun on the longest day of the year the summer solstice has led to gen eral acceptance of the theory that this was a temple for sun worship. I'ecause of an astronomical change which slowly shifts the apparent point of sunrise at successive summer sol stices. it has been possible to compute the date of the buikÄng of Stonehenge as approximately 1CSÖ P.. C. It Is be lieved that the smaller circles nnd the avenues and other monuments of great stones belong to approximately the same juried, which is the late Neolith ic ae. While the larger circles like the Stonehenge and Harborough Kocks doubtless are temples for sun worship and human sacrifice, it Is believed that the smaller groups cf stones mark ba rial vaecs,

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ul V7 : Lm AAm LI. RECALLED FOND MEMORIES. A director, who has a reputation for being rather harsh and overbearing in his methods was giving his leading man a tomruo lashing that falrJy turned the atmosphere blue. Through it nib however, the victim leaned gracefully against the wall and Flailed happily. "What the deuce are you grinning about?" barked the director. "Do you like to be cursed?" "Why. yes. I rather enjoy It' chuckled the actor. "It recalls the gcod old days, 'you know, when 1 nlaved Uncle Tom and was beaten to death every night by Simon Legroe.." Film Tun. Mcdcct. First Manager I'm fed up with these movie stars. Young Cecil Legrand is just the limit. Second Manager What's the matter now? First Manager He wants mo to put on a play he's written in which he's featured as a heavyweight champion in the first part and a winning jockey in the second. Film Fun. TWELVE BUG POWER. . s Papa Spider-Ucy son, run out and catch a few more fireflies, the lisht is getting low. Advice. Here, youns man, !s a simple plan. Go to it; If it la un-American, Don't do it! Strange Passing Strange! The city visitor was consulting the oldest inhabitant. "How many people In this town now?" he asked. 'Twenty-five, sir." 1 "How many did you have last year? Twenty-five, sir." 'That's strange. Aren't there any babies ever born in this town?" "Yes, sir. Hut most every time a baby is born, somebody leaves town." Anticipating an Order. . "Why did you tnrow those two pieces of toast out there on the grass?" asked the fat restaurateur. 4'1 wanted to see if a couple of quail would come around and lay down on 'em, sir," replied the white-capped chef. All Serene. "1 notice they're on very peaceful terms with their next-door neighbors." "Yes; the two families don't speak to eacli other." New York Sun. A PEKTIXEXT QUESTION Monk Say, old chap, what are x-ou behind the bars for? ' In Bctany. "Of what are you cfraid. my child?" Inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh. sir, t!:e llowers! Ti.ty are wild!" Replied the tin. id creature. Her Night. Mr. Styles Where in the world have you been. dear. in-a!l this rain? Mrs. Styles Down to Mrs. Myle's playing bridge. "Iut it's an awful night to be out." "Hut I wasn't out tonight, dear; I managed to win." Where Resemblance' Stops. "That Mrs (labbleish reminds me Of a church bell, only she hasn't the sense of one." "What do you mean:' "Well, a church bell has an empty head and a long tongue, but It is discivet enough not to speak until it's to! lei" Hie Views. "Can the ouija board 'read the future?' "Well. I don't know-. Sometimes ' th'iik The fr.ru: i if a b!.i:i:c ; :!lv."

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