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\ from Hero ,0 and Th ere Coed So Different From Other Girls LINCOLN,* NEB.—There is a coed at the University of Nebraska this year from Mldnapore, sixty miles west of Calcutta, India, and her name Is Khanto Bala Bal. 'Miss Ral Is registered as a Junior, following two years of study ■ at Bethume col lege In Calcutta, and Is enrolled In Christian and missionary arts. Miss Ral Is of the Bengali race. Ber father Is a Brahmin and was converted to Christianity shortly be fore Miss Ral was born. She ap pears on the campus and in the class room In her native costume, which consists of a separate waist and a “sari,” which is made up of five yards of material so draped as to form the skirt of her costume, and caught at the shoulder. “I love my native costume and 1 do not think I shall be persuaded to adopt the styles of the American girls,” Miss Ral has frequently told inquirers. She speaks English flu ently. Apparently her observation of the i matrimonial angles and ceremonies of the American has not changed her native viewpoints "I am w.ell content with our own matrimonial system,” Miss Ral says “We have great faith in the wisdom of our elders and my sisters, as well as myself, ar£ quite willing to abide by the choice of our parents.” Miss Rai has an ambition to return to Mldnapore and teach in the girls’ high school there, which is to be erected from donations made at ju bilee meetings. It was at one of these meetings she met Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Elmore 6f Lincoln, who Induced her to accept a home with 1 these people during her schooling. New Marvels Found in Mammoth Cave CLEVELAND, O.—Carl T. Robert son, naturalist, in the course of an exploration of Mammoth Cave, i.':- Ky., has mad? one of the most Im portant discoveries in the history of this great natural wonder. His party entered into a new cavern. His story, In part, is as follows: “Then we came to a region of hellc tltes which 2s, I dare say, the most marvelous ever seen by human eye. Helietites four or five Inches long are . considered notable. Here was one four feet long, and it had a horizontal branch nineteen inches long. There ■were other helietites three feet long, with branches extending horizontally and at every conceivable angle. “At another point there was a hellctlte cascade from roof to roof. There were also hellctlte stalagmites, V a formation which I had not before noted. These helietites are among the rarest and most inexplicable of cave phenomena. “Beyond this region we came to a region of rock flowers, the most enor taous crystalline flowers ever found. There are roses, chrysanthemums. daisies, lilies. They are of a white ness that Is whiter than snow. “Instead of forming flowers, these black crystals are mostly of the so called ‘fibrous’ kind, forming needles two or three inches long, and some times so fine that the pendant masses seem as soft as the fur of an animal. “Next Is the region of gigantic snow balls, easily a foot in diameter. There is nothing like it. It is unique.” After a mile and a half the avenue suddenly narrowed to a mere pass. It became difficult. Instead of a level sanded floor the explorers found them selves climbing and scrambling over rocks. To Add Six Miles to Manhattan Island NEW YORK.—New Yorkers who often pretend to be indifferent tp the city’s wonders have had their imagination stirred by the daring plan, just, announced, to extend Manhattan i island six miles down the bay by I building mammoth sea walls from both sides of the Battery and filling in the intervening space with earth. A company has been incorporated to carry out the project, and T. Kennard Thompson, a prominent engineer of the city, has prepared the detailed plans. The Broadway association, composed of merchants along the fa mous thoroughfare, has indorsed the idea. If the plan is ever carried out, its proponents say that six square miles would be tacked on the most valuable piece of land on earth; that twelve miles of needed docks would be ad/led to the port’s facilities; that transit would be greatly Improved and that the tax on all real estate might be reduced 1 per cent. The plan has already been outlined to the war department, Mr. Thompson says/ and no objections have been raised, since the proposed built-up extension would still leave on either side of the Island the same clearance for navigation that now exists on the Hudson and East river sides. The work could be completed in five years, in Mr. Thompson's belief. “It is a well-known fact,” he said, “that the business center of Manhattan Is rapidly moving away from the city hall, and if it is not prevented the lower end of the island will again be come a residential district, with the result of tremendous decrease in val ues.” Judge Alton B. Parker says the project Is legally feasible. He estimates the cost at $600,000,000. He insists that it is a project for private capital and not for the state or the city. Parlous Times for Judges m Chicago CHICAGO:—These be parlous times for judges In this neck of woods. Judge Charles M. Thomson of the Appellate court Is on crutches. Judge G. Fred Rush of the Circuit court has a broken arm. Judge David F. Matchett of the Appellate court has a kneecap out of commission, i Judge Thomson sustained his in juries In Lake Michigan. His wife and son had gone for a swim while the lake was rough. High waves wer» rolling the boy near some dangerous piles, when Mrs. Thomson swam to his rescue. Judge Thomson, who was sitting on the beach, feareit for the safety of both, and rushed in after them. His right foot caught in a hole In the bottom of the lake and an un timely high wave wrenched his body, with the result that he sustained two broken bones In the sole of the foot. Judge Rush was on his way home. Attempting to board an Illinois suburban train on the Randolph street platform, he was caught in a jam, with the result thf.t he sustained a broken bone In ths right arm. i .vi& Judge Mntehett is among the, mosi powerful looking citizens hereabouts. Ho enjoys a wrestling match, not as an onlooker, hut as a participant, and was engaging in such a'bout with his son when his injury took place. Judge Mutchett, when he starts anything, mixes matters pretty generally. And a wrestling match is no exception with him. So the superstitious politicians among the lawyers of the Chicago bar are wondering whether they really want to be candidates for places on the bench at the judlci“< election next June. f * . • These Yanks Do Not Want to Be Brought Home Two Atnerican soldiers on leave from the army of occupation, enjoying the annual vineyard harvest time fes* -r tlval in Italy.- Pretty vineyard girls are shown presenting grapes, to their American guests. Diver Battles i Huge Devilfish Desperate Fight for Life That Was Waged at Bottom of Cape Town Harbor. MONSTER HACKED TO PIECES Comrades Use Hatchets to Free Help less Man—Creature Measures Eleven and Half Feet From Tip to . Tip of Tentacles. Cape Town, S. A.—The Onion Castle liner Dunveyan Castle collided some time ago with the harbor here, dislodging many of the enormous blocks of concrete forming the pier, which fell into the bottom of the sea, at this point between thirty and forty feet deep. The officials of the harbor board set to work to repair the damaged pier and recover the dislodged blocks, by no means an easy task. One of the most experienced men engaged on the diving operations was H. Palmer, who had had fifteen years’ experience of underwater work in various parts of the world. One day Palmer went down in the ordinary course of his work and was engaged in putting a chain around a seven ton block of concrete when he noticed a curious-looking object pro truding from a cavity below the block. The water was comparatively clear. Bending down, Palmer examined the object which had attracted his atten tion. He was beginning to wonder what it could be when, without the slightest warning, it began to move toward him. A huge tentacle shot out from below the stone, moved swiftly sideways, and in an instant had seized his leg In a vicelike grip J Feelers Grab Him. Horrified, the diver staggered back ward, but as he did so another great feeler appeared from under the masonry and alighted upon his arm, holding it helpless. Wildly the man struggled to free himself from those awful arms, but In vain. Where the innumerable tiny ! suckers touched the naked flesh of j his hand they stung, and seared like an electric wire and he felt himself being drawn slowly but surely toward the dark hole under the stone. For a moment the unutterable hor ror of his position held him spell bound ; even his brain seemed numbed. Then, slowly with a gliding motion that was horrible to behold, the crea ture beneath the stone began to p—— —' — --— emerge. As it came out Palmer beheld with a shudder the cold, staring eyes the parrot-like beak of an enormous octopus or devilfish 1 Desperately the tortured man strove to wrench himself free, but the more he struggled the tighter grew the grip of the sinuous coils. Instinctively Palmer had kept one arm free from the encircling tentacles. He noticed mechanically that the oc topus had let go its hold of the masonry and had wrapped itself en tirely around him. Drawn to the Surface. Making a desperate effort to throw off the stupor of nausea and fear which benumbed his faculties, the diver reached up his free arm and pulled his signal cord with all his strength, whereupon the men above started to haul him up. The octopus, still clinging relentlessly to its prey, was drawn to the surface. The horror of the men above when ■ they beheld the diver emerge from the water in the loathsome embrace of the great devilfish can be better imagined than described. While some dragged the now all but unconscious Palmer up the ladder, others ran for hatchets and knives and a fierce at tack was made upon the creature. In spite of every onslaught, however, the quivering tentacles stlU clung ob stinately to the diver, and it was not until the creature had been almost hacked to pieces that the, men were able to free their comrade and ad minister restoratives. When the dead octopus was laid out on the pier It was seen to be of great size. It measured eleven and a half feet across from tentacle tip to tentacle tip. Threw Boy in Pig Sty; Hog Devoured Him A terrible crime has been re ported from Charleroi, Belgium, where a farmer after capturing a nine-year-old boy who was stealing apples locked him in a pig sty with a sow and went away without heeding the young ster’s cries of alarm. On returning to the pig sty, several hours later, he found the sow tearing the last morsels of flesh from the boy’s bones. The police succeeded In arresting the farmer just as the neighbors were preparing to lynch him. > General Diaz Welcomed to New York Gen. Armando Diaz, military adviser to the Italian delegation to the con* ference on limitation of armaments, was given a hearty welcome In New York j on his arrival the other day. With him In this photograph Is Mayor Hylan. RUSSIANS NOW LOOKING TO U. S. _1_ ' ---. Men Formerly of This Country See Hope in American Aid. English, or Rather -American, Pre dominating Foreign Language In Bolshevik Foreign Office and in Other Departments. Moscow, Russia.—English, or rather American, has become the predominat ing foreign language in the bolshevist foreign office and In all - government departments, and In Moscow generally. Fourteen thousand Russians or . nat uralized Americans of Russian origin, came to Russia when the revolution opened the doors for them. They streamed across Siberia for months .and found their way to their old homes In the land of revolution. The number of English-speaking per sons has been swelled by deportations from America and by emigrants from Great Britain ami Its colonies who were interested in the experiments which the soviet government was working out. * Through their training abroad, most of these. .English-speaking pel-sons were* better equipped for government work than native Russians and have made their way into important places, with the government in both Asiatic and European Russia. Three years ugo most of the Rus sians returned from America were ex tremely oilier iu their denunciation of the Bnited States. But* they have modified. Their experience In helping to run a government has taught them It is not as easy as it looks. They have changed, as the entire Red government has changed, and it is not unusual to hear them speak with affection of America. They look for ward to America for help. Most of them insist that America is the only .country which is broad enough in gauge to develop a country the size of ' Russia. • Almost without exception, the Rus sians who have been In America be lieve the American child-feeding ia an initial step townrd recognition. They have ceased denouncing America ! as an “exploited” land. The floods of abuse are now poured out on Prance, Poland and Rumania. After the United States, Great Britain seems to be most in favor, with Germany a close third. Language schools In Moscow have great demand for English lessons, and second-hand book stalls In the markets find a ready sale for English volumes. Life Policy Blown Long Way. Staunton, Va.—A life Insurance pol icy held by J. Marvin llallew whose home was wrecked by a cyclone re cently, was found by Miss Virgie Drumsellers at Madrid, 18 miles north east of Mint Spring, where the house wreck occurred. The policy, which had been blown across the county by strong wind, was badly tom nad splotched.