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INTERNATIONAL FAI.LS PRESS .e explained' fus stay 17y re­ NELSON COULD BE "NERVOUS" 6ETS 1 AZTECS GOLF SEALED BOOK TO HIM BIRDS HAVE KEENEST VISION marking that he was late getting borne tin evening before. "But you Recent Discoveries by Anthropologist LYRICS LILACS AND Great English Sea Fighter More at could have gone home," reminded the Western Writer Frankly Admits His Nothing in the Animal Kingdom to Reveal Much of Interest Concerning Home on the Deck Than on principal. "I told you we would close Ignorance of Game Sometimes Compare With Eyesight of Feathered Ancient R-ace. the Land. up." Called "Cow-Pasture" Pool. Creatures. By GERTRUDE BURNHAM "Yes, I know," he returned, "but you Additional indication that the Pueblo Lord Nelson, despite his great prowess see, Miss T—, it's this way. The board We ought to be ashamed of it, but' Birds have fwi acuity of vision superior Jndian cliff dwellers at Aztec, N. M., as an English admiral, had his little holds i. respontV'8 for this building the truth is that we have never been to anything in the animal kingdom. founded the Aztec and Bonito culture foibles. He loved duck hunting, 1920. by McClure Newspaper S-. n..i u."Lome able to work up any sympathy or and I'm Ljt willing to leave it in Man and monkeys are perhaps has been uncovered by new excavations but nobody could be persuaded to accompany IO interest in golf, says the Seattle PostIntelligencer. charge of a perfectly strange man." down Kew in lilac time, ii in advance of the rest of the mam-! of the American Museum of Natural him, because the hero of the They tell us that it is lilac time. mala, but fall (%:tremely short of the History, it is announced. Nile always carried his gun cocked as a most absorbing game after one has It isn't far from London standard found in birds, for they pos-1 Bareback Gowns. Discovery of a sealed room in perfect if to board the enemy, and the moment learned the fine points, but on the surface sess about 100 times the degree of A lady In a decollete berated the condition at the Pueblo ruin in The lilting refrain persisted ij, t'ai a bird rose he let fly without putting it appears to be a waste of beef acuity found in man, and their visual bolsheviki at a dinner in Washington. Aztec, surpassing in beauty and state mind of a gir{ vvi.o siood irresolutely the gun to his shoulder. He —a trifling and infantile occupation— acuity for moving objects is much "Why," slie cried, "the latest news of preservation any previously found upon the London pavement one snr I.H rarely hit anything. His bringing in with two full-grown men knocking a more keen. from Russia is that these curs are selling in America, was reported to the museum morning when even that c:' a partridge became a remarkable event little rubber ball about the grass, getting It may be because of this that small the very clothes off the women's by Dr. Clark Wissler, curator of was l*o5nr: afforded glimpse :f •In the family. it into a hole and out again to animals and birds wishing to escape backs." anthropology. skv At :1c corner barrel or:': Another side of the sea fighter is the next hole. And the technical language detection become immobile, their pro-, Senator Johnson of California looked The interior of the sealed room is i:rMi*''rg .out it un-es to appreciative shown in an episode related by his they use! tective coloring blending with the surroundings. around the table with a smile. All the plastered and painted in brilliant white trro'ps of '!:!?!c:! '-hllibeti fiiend, Beckford. "I offered to show The London Times, printea in a If one peeps through the ladies' gowns were decollete. In the with dull red side borders and a running II v. Ii no go do.Vn to Kew? St him." said Beckford, "what had been country In which go!f has eve-. great­ smallest hole In a fowl-yard fence, back this deHlletage was especially series of triangular designs. Dr. ready iw -ni -tai from London." and done by planting in the course of er vogue than here, furnishes whole says Dr. G. O. Lewis in the Emu, one marked. Wissler reported. A sacred serpent years. Nelson mounted by my side in now thai iic war was over she would pages of golf chatter like this: will find that some old hen has perceived "The bolsheviks." he said, "wouldn't carved in wood decorates the ceiling. H! sve Logjam! for America and a phaeton drawn by four horses, which "Duncan and Mitchell began to make the action. Vultures, while extremely find much to sell at a fashionable It is two and one-half feet long and of ihe nppc.r:lit ty would he gone. With I drove. The horses were gentle, under mistakes at the eighth—a nasty doglegged high fliers, become aware of American dinner party, would they?" the finest workmanship. On the ceiling perfect command, and I had driven sudden d-. c.sio-i she hailed a passing hole which demands exceptionally the carcass of a beast a few hours af-1 beams are imprints of hands in for years. Singular to say, however, !»t:: a::! en !ie journey to Kew straight play from the tee and ter it dies. Birds have been known to Looking for Satan. white paint. Several strands of finely we had not gone far before a peculiar i* I! he h:: nv.t ing refrain still Ui her with the second. Hagen and Barnes come from 50 to 100 miles by their! When I was a small girl I heard made rope hang down and on the anxiety spread over the admiral's •uin'd won that hole and never afterward a good deal about the devil, and my observation of each other's actions.' floor are a large number of nicely cut countenance. Soon he said: This is Lilacs, il::it was the magic word looked back. The further they went curiosity was keenly aroused. One A brown kingfisher, perched on a stone slabs, one of which was 2% by too much for me. You must set me Lilac* white and purple, how lovingly the better they played. They got back day my grandmother took me to town post near a newly-plowed field, is \xk feet and IM inches thick. down. I reassured him argued. All thc.v clustered about the little New another hole at the thirteenth two on a shopping expedition, and suddenly known to have no difficulty in locating Several adjoining rooms, seeming to would not do. He descended, and I !''!i.::iand home. superb drives were responsible for ir.issing me, she looked back. There the exposed part of a worm from walked the hordes back home, Nelson bef.r a relation to this sealed one. are I.'ci eyes clouded with a sudden them winning the next they squared I was, sprawled face downward on any distance up to 100 yards. yet to be uncovered. Dr. Wissler tramping beside In the road." mist She saw again two figures at the sixteenth, and finished the first an iron grating in the sidewalk, anxiously stated. Continuing on the Aztec excavation, 'Standing by the bushes, lithe sturdy round one up. peering through the bars. On he said: HAD LOFTY IDEA OF DUTY lad in khaki, and a girl in a li!a His Favorite Time. "Once they secured a grip oil the being questioned, I announced that I "Since the greater part of the west frock who raised shy. adoring eyes:o I "Wouldn't my little man like to go game—slender though it was—the wanted to see at an. (I had always side is now uncovered, one can get a meet his. The heavy odors of ih^ Janitor's Sense of Responsibility and visit grandma in the country?" been given to n,...«..rstand that the infernal Americans did not lose it. Mitchell full sweep o\er this immense complex liiu and purple glory wish ii Somewhat Embarrassing in This asked his mother. regions were under the earth.) and Duncan fought hard, but neither of stone walls and quaint doorways. Ii. ii lit iiped her arms tilled tile ai: Particular Case. "Yes. mamma, if the chickens are could produce any 'funny stuff.' Duncan —Chicago Tribune. Our excavations have revealed di.r.ng those last sacred moments be ripe now," replied the six-year-old.— holed a five-yarder at the fifth, that the greater part of the east and lore his departure for France. Then The principal of a city school building Boston Transcript. the longest putt holed in either round, A Difference. north sides of the city were swept by ess -I'd pj-oiu'ses, 1:11? 'e'. is still young and has a very attentive but it was only a flash, and steadilywearing "Hiram," said Mrs. Corntossel, fire. The ceilings were of wood, supported ie irs, (or the girl was one of a rac admirer. Occasionally he Or His Way. their opponents down, Hazen "what bandwagon are you going to by great logs of cedar and who unflinchingly sent iheir be«t f* comes to the school building after "Found, an honest man at last, and Barnes finished the match on fh? ride on I'.JI spruce, overlaid by split cedar and fight liberty under ihe banners her and takes her home in his roadster. Diogenes?" sixteenth green." "Mehitabel.'' was the reply, "I know bark. These fell down upon each oth !.e iii'.ed States, and the man The other afternoon she was "I have hopes, after listening to how I am goin' to vote, but I won't be What, do you suppose, is a "dog er and lay in the lower rooms In great ..a'.e scMrucU .o show c'.noli'.u. finishing reports and the young man some campaign oratory."—Louisville flourishin' on any bandwagon. I am legged" hole? And the "straight play charred masses. We found the bodies After Ids pari :re t-he had v. 2 i: t: came into her room until she was Courier-Journal. from the tee and with the second." not sufficiently prominent to have a of several unfortunates caught in the Willi aga'n and again. At firs! the re ready to go. And "holing a five-yarder from the seat and be examined by the adrairin' rooms. pile.- were recci\«! as 1 eTu- ri A Clue. The janitor finished his work and fifth?" But all this criticism is the populace. I'm only one of the fellers "As the fire did not reach the west "ou'd I evpec'.e-l. sh.-n ha "You said rise suspected moonshiners she told him that he could leave whenever mere ebullition of ignorance, in that are supposed to be proud and side we found a large number of rooms leiice. unbroken s!:eiice. Ail a' Cf? save you a clue by singing. he wished to do so, and they which, perhaps, the public largely happy if they are invited to climb with the'r ceilings still intact and locai» him had been in v:rn u»»i would close the building. But still he What was the song?" shares. What do the ignorant call it down every now and then and crank household ut' nsiis on llie floor just as lie corrod:ii« ajjony of siispen yre "'Oft in the Stlll-y Night."' lingered until the?/ The_ next In derision? "Cow-pasture pool." up the car." ihev were left." upon her. No one had heard and aine appealed on no prison- eas West Indian Animals of Old. lty list. Hardly Complimentary. An expedition of American scientists A clerk in liie employ of a Chicago Finally .'he had voluntner^d a a have just returned from a trip of exploration business man, while a fair worker, is Red Cross nurse for foreign service, in the West Indies, where yet an individ-i of pronounced eccentricity. and there found partial surcease from they made many remarkable discoveries. One day a wire basket fell persciial sorrow. Now her work was It has been generally supposed off the top of the clerk's desk and over and she was going home. tiJoioi that the thousands of islands, many scratched his check. Not having any home, to what? of them very small, in this general court pi aster tt hand, he slapped on With a tart -ue came to hers-d!' group were raised from the sea at three two-cent postage stamps and continued The bus had reached Kensington, and some period long past. The scientists his work. A few minutes Kew Gardens lay before her. K!n found many fossils, however, which later he had occasion to take a paper alighted and walked slowly along. The show that the islands were once populated to his employer's private office. birds were singing and their sweet with many animals larger than When he entered, the "old man." observing notes were all that broke the silence. any living today. Some of these are of the postage stamps on the The peace of it stole over her and «he the rodent type which flourished in clerk's cheek, fixed him with an astonished sank down on a bench, half-hidden remote geological times. The question stare. "Look here, Tom!" among the lilac bushes, and gave herself is, how could these animals have he exclaimed. "You are carrying too up to bitter-sweet memories. found their way to the islands far out much postage for second-class matter A man wearing the silver bars of a at sea? It is calculated that they lived first lieutenant in the service of the about 100.000 years ago. It is supposed. United States stood beside a London therefore, that the West Indies, Or an Outside Nail. bookstall, idly turning the leaves of as we know them, were once connected He had bought a house. It had a book of poems. His eyes caught with the mainland or were parts of a *H*en such a bargain that he couldn't the following lines: great continent with mountains and visk waiting till his fiancee saw it. "Come down to Kew In lilac time, In rivers, and the widely separated islands But she was delighted to hear the lilac time, are mere fragments of the original 1 news and questioned him eagerly It isn't far from London." body.—Boys' Life. about it. He read absorbedly to the end of "How many clothes closets are there the poem, then re-read it. Turning Heal Pair. Henry." she demanded. with sudden decision he asked the The proprietor of a drinking place "There are six," replied the man, bookseller how he could reach Kew. In a southern province of the Philippines proudly. The bookseller gave him the necessary married a native woman whom "But that's hardly enough, Henry." directions and advised him to go by he pronounced the ideal wife. As "What do you want with more than all means to see the famed beauty of Fritz discussed his wares he informed six closets? That's enough to hang the gardens. his customers with mathematical certainty your clothes in, is it not?" The young man thanked him and that his wife was "the bestest "Yes, dear," replied the maiden, What Do We Mean purchased the book of poems. The voinan in da vorld." No one disputed firmly. "But you'll want part of one next bus that rumbled along toward till a Scotsman insisted upon knowing for your clothes, won't you, Henry?" Kensington found him on its top, immersed why she was. The question rather in deep thought. His mind disturbed the mental processes of Piaying Safe. was far away in a little New England Fritz, but in a moment or two he answered "Rastus, how it is you have given ijjpSjak, Jisent, dflMiaji village which he had not seen for confidently: "Arat I dinks, she up going to church?" asked Pastor over a yea There stood a farm house dinks." Brown. with clustering white and lavende lilac The Scotsman was not quite satisfied. "Well, sah," replied Rastus. "It's put fipurs on the market with our Y\v bushes and beside them a girl in "What does she think?" he continued. dis way. I likes to take an active a frock to match, her laughing tace eyes open. "We knew "There was Room "Noddings," replied Fritz with part, an' I used to p#ss de collection bent over the lovely blooms. his usual stolidity. basket, but dey's give de job to at the Top—for highest possible quality He swung off the bus at Kew and Brothah Green, who jest returned strolled down the winding paths, enjoying at lowest possible price"—and we said so from ovah tha-ah." Miracle of Ingenuity. the rustic solitude to the utmost. "In recognition of his heroic service, in print. The air turbine of I. T. Nedland, a He turned a corner and came I suppose?" North Dakota artisan, is less than onetwentieth And now Spurs are perched at the top— upon the lilacs filling the air with "No. sah, I reckon he got dat jdfo of an inch in diameter and magic sweetness. This was familiar, but we didn't put them there. Smokers in reco'nition o' his having lost one o' weighs only one-fifth of a grain troy. this was home, and all that was needed his hands."—Argonaut. It has eight parts, the casing being of did it themselves. You can't keep a good to complete the picture was the gold and the motor of steel. The girl, lookii up at him with the lpvelight thing down—and it didn't take smokers He Didn't Have to Lie. motor, which has six slots, has a diameter shining in the depths of her eyes. Dick had been spending the day of 0.032 inch the shaft, 0.007 long to discover that Spur had something Still held by the enchantment oi his with a little playmate, and when his inch. Mounted on a hollow pedestal dream, he turned and saw a girl sitting they wanted. mother called for him he hopped in the turbine is driven at a high rate of on one of the garden benches the machine and settled himself comfortably, speed by a jet of compressed air entering What was it? Just that good old with bowed head. As he looked she saying: "Thank heavens, at the bottom. This seems to raised her head and he saw her face. tobacco taste—that quality of bygone that's once I didn't have to tell a be the tiniest of all motors, being As recognition came he swiftly days. Spur's blend i.3 choicest Turkish^ lie." smaller than the same maker's electric stretched out his arms and she flew His mother asked what he meant, I motor and steam engine, each of to them like a homing bird, too happy fine Burley and other home-grown tobaccos—and and he said: "Well, you see Mike's which is reputed to be the smallest to be surprised. So swiftly had the it's some blend. mother wasn't home, so I didn't have machine of the kind in the world. dreams of both become reality that to say I had a good time, cause I Now—how about smoking a top-notch there was no consciousness of abrupt didn't." A Perfect Thirty-Six. transition. cigarette? G. S. Wyckoff, the Vigo county scour One hour later a squirrel skipped Set thic clown, too! Playing the Game. executive, is both very tall and very out from behind the bushes and cocked «LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. "Why don't you go into politics?" Spurs are crimped slender. The other day one of his his -read to one side. He was watching asked the summer boarder. —not pasted. You'll young friends said laughingly, "Since this couple who were so ciose together "I'm already in," replied Farmer see it in the seam of uniforms make a person so much more on the park bench, so quiet, Corntossel. "I'm takin' a deep interest every Spur. You'll save for the low murmur of voices and popular, I believe I'll have to get m^ \A in several kinds of election." find it means better soft laughter. one. Oh, by the way," she continued, "But you never join the conversation The man had explained the Ion# silence "do you happen to have an old suit of taste, easier drawing, in that line." slower in a way which increased the khaki like this one. I thought 1 might burning. "I'm glad you noticed that. What girl's love and trust. He had been on get it and have it cut down for 013*self." I'm trying to train for at present is a secret service mission of great danger. recognition as a 'sphinx.'" which had made it impossible for The" executive nod-led. "Sure," he him to communicate with anyone. He agreed, "you can have it. But you 7 When the Clothes Give Out. had since been promoted and cited for won't need to have it cut down. Just "You seem to be in a quandary, Obediali." bravery. roll it up instead."—Indianapolis Then came the story of their appearance a News. "I am. With a few alterations this in the garden, and he unwrapped 'barrel could be made to fit me, but I the book of poems. Two Neither Satisfactory. don't know whether to take it to a heads came close together and the Edwin—Which'll we see? There's carpenter or to a tailor."—Judge. listening squirrel heard words which an awfully funny Charley Chaplin at sounded strangely like this: the Bijou. You'll split your sides. Southern Confectionery. "Come down to Kew in lilac time, In at Then there's "Shrieking Souls" the "Gee whiz! Dey got cherries an' lilac time. stand Scareliead. It'll make your hair strawberries an' all kinds of fruit It isn't far from London." on end. covered with candy. What kind shall And the man, the girl, and the squirrel Angelina—Can't you think of something I get. Rastus?" all agreed with the poet that it else? I'm wearing my new "Give me a chocolate-coated watermelon was an esvellenf tbing to do. georgette waist aud :d a Map*line I've j,us i: "—New York Central Derma nent wave. iBsctV