The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 17, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
ENJOYED PLAY OF REAL LIFE
Women Enthuslastlo Over Act* Which
No Doubt Were Thoroughly Fak
; miliar to Them.
Robert W. Chambers, the novelist,
said at tho Century club In New York:
"We novelists have got to remember
that the public, while claiming stoutly
to like truth and realism, really
likes?really likes?well, here'B a
story:
"Two women Btood In a queue waiting
to get in to see a melodrama.
" 'Thls'll be a good show,' said the
first woman. 'Life, vou knnw noni
racivnigni ior a seat on an Allegheny
school board attracted state-wide attention.
Iiut within a short period the
men of a city ward doomed it wise
and to the best interest of the citizens
to fill a board of visitors with women.
The wisdom exhibited by the men in
givihg women an opportunity to exercise
their Intelligence in governing the
public schools is a wholesome sign.
Women are the natural guardians of
children. They have charge of them
In their homes. Their experienced
hands will make a favorable Impression
on the schoolroom.
Women are already represented on
the board of education. Their presence
there Is fixed. Their position
will not be changed unless their Influence
Is enlarged. ? Pittsburgh
f Leader. I
The Fruitful Days. t
Now comes the season of accom- >
pllshment. Summer's light and heat 1
have long ago suffused these buildings i
with which we wrap ourselves against J
the Influences of the natural world and <
have laid up even in the feeblest of us i
some store of energy, some additional t
gift of life. Whether we see it or not, j
we are ready now, if ever, against the! t
darkness of winter when the tides of j t
being are low and its wheels turn slow-! 1
ly. We have before us the example t
and inspiration of the earth's mighty j e
harvest, the warning of these shorter |
days, and the spur of cooler weather, i
Those who teach know that the sue- c
cess of their year's work depends on)
the drive of the next four months.'
Those who direct the enterprises of
trade and manufacture know that this i
is the time to realize what has long i
heen nlnnnwl If ?nn nmw?? '
anything or do anything better than >
In the past, now Is the hour for your: t
beginning, the beneflceht strength of f
things is on your aide, and the course f
of the world runs with yours. The1 t
past Is a help, but not a hindrance, and i
the way Is clear toward whatever good I
may be your goal.?Collier's Weekly. ! 1
Lead Pencil Industry. 1
The English lead pencil Industry, 8
which is receiving a notable Impetus 1
through the war, dateB back to the r
early half of the eighteenth century.! *
when plumbago?which hitherto had 8
served mainly for the manufacture of r
shot and crucibles?was first used for r
writing purposes. All the black lead used
in pencil making then came from *
Seathwalte, which enjoys the double ''
distinction of being the rainiest vil- '
lago in the British Isles, and of be- c
Ing the only place in the world where' 1
pure plumbago may be found. This I
mine yielded a huge fortune to the
Bankes family, who owned it, the out- c
put In 1813 amounting to 31 tons of 1
pure plumbago, which realized $525,* c
000. Twenty years later foreisn ?
graphite began to take the place ol t
plumbago in pencil making and in r
1850 the Seathwalte mine was closed g
down. fe
Birds Invade Helgoland. i'
Helgoland is now experiencing an *
Immense aerial invasion. In early 1
autumn the Island Is one of the rest 1
places of the birds migrating from
the North, and night after night they *
come In countless armies. In times *
_ Ik. I~1 ? A .A _ . f
ui yoaun lua iiinuuara turn IIIO in- I
vaslon to profit. stirring abroad all
night with lanterns and netr, trapping
t tho weak and weary birds that snatch | ?
a few minutes' rest One observe! j "
records having known 15,000 lark* *
alone trapped In a single night, ol ^
which nvimber a lighthouse man caught
5100 by fixing a wire not outside tht f;
great lantern.
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life. Nothin' overdone.'
" 'Yes, I like life, too,' said the other
woman. I don't want to be put tc
sleep, though. Still, 1 can't stand
nothin' far-fetched.'
" 'Same here,' said the first woman.
"And then they went In and sat
through five acts wherein the hero
killed thirty-six Kafirs with his naked
hand, found a diamond as big as a
duck's egg, smashed with his revolver
from a mile away the bottle of poison
that the beautiful heroine was about
to swallow rather than yield to the
blandishments of the villain, and final- j
ly killed the latter in an aeroplano j
duel, slightly ofT stage, inheriting later
an unexpected dukedom, and so forth (
and bo on.
"When the curtain fell to the sound ;
of wedding bells the two women looked |
at each other with glistening eyes.
" 'Grand, wasn't it?' said the first. \
'Llfo, real life, eh?'
'"You bet,' said the second. 'That's
life, that is. Nothin' far-fetched or
overdone.'"
WOMAN'S PROGRESS GOES ON
Pittsburgh Ward's Board of School
Visitors Is for the Time Being
Entirely Feminine.
A news item In the L.eader provides
striking evidence of woman's progress.
Announcement was made that a whole
board of school visitors In the Twentysixth
ward will consist of women.
It has been only a few years since
the candidacy of the late Miss Kate
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FLOODS OF MUD IN ALAS
Much Damage Done in Indian Villi
According to Letter ReceiveC
From City of Juneau.
A river of mud 100 feet wide
uearly ten feet high ran into the
ilan village of Klukwan the other <
carried off ten ricks of wood which
natives had gathered, broke into
SChOOlhOUBO. covered the flnnr uii?
two-foot layer of mud and stones,
strayed gardens and did much o<
iamage, says a Juneau (Alaska)
ter. There is an Indian tradition I
many years ago a similar str<
:ame down out of the mountains
iestroyed an entire village.
The Village of Klukwan is 23 m
Inland from Haines, on the Chll
river. Two and one-half miles b
from the village in the tops of
mountains is a great bowl, or han?
iralley, which some monster glacie
prehistoric times left as a monum
rhis bowl is drained by a small stre
which often becomes choked s
rocks.
The heavy rains of the three d
proceding the 13th gradually filled
sorgo of the small stream with a ir
if water, mud and rocks. Between
ind throe o'clock on the afternooi
August 13 the nativeB in the vill
leard a deep rumbling and grint
Sack in the hills, according to the si
Jrought here from Klukwan by W
Eleattie, superintendent of na
schools. A moment later the nati
saw a river of mud coming down
mountainside, headed directly for tl
Somes.
The river covered two and a
miles at the rate of eight miles
lour, carrying rocks ranging f
pebbles to bowlders. The stream <
linued to run for about fifteen i
ites and spread for a width of over
!eet.
As soon as the water drained off
mud became so hard that picks w
lecessary to break up the layer.
SITE OF GARDEN OF ED
Recently Discovered Tablets Give
Legendary Spot as Island of
Bahrein.
The history of Bahrein, in the ]
dan gulf, is long and interesting.
:ient tombs found in the interior
? ni ? -?
jo nuti ruuumciana once set
here. The kings of Assyria frequ
y fought there. The 13abyloni
jailed the island Dilmun.
Again the island is the center ol
merest, for there has recently been
covered in Babylonia a large clay
let recording the story of Parad
he deluge and the fall of man. and
story tells us, says the Christian 1
ild, that the island of Bahrein,
indent Dilmun. was the paradise,
harden of Eden, where man 1
lved.
The newly deciphered tablet rec
ng this story was among the man;
scribed objects found by the exp
ion sent to Babylonia from the 1
rersity of Pennsylvania. Prof. Step
L.angdon, a young American schc
vho is professor of Assyriology
fesus college, Oxford, England, a cl
rndowed by an American family,
rlslting the museum in Philadelphii
he autumn of 1912.
At that timo he copied a numbei
he tablets, one of which was a tr
;ular fragment. He took the clay
et to Oxford, where it was showr
he eminent English scholar. Pro
lOr Sayce. and it was disrnvernri
t recorded a part of "an early Sue
an story of the flood and of the
>f man.
Real, But No Ghosts.
A frightened yoll from a man \
van walking through Union Squ
iark. New York, brought two pass
>y to his assistance. In answer
vhat the trouble wae. the man, i
lad been touching the harp none
tently, pointed to rows of pliant
Igures. "Am I seeing them?"
isked. "No. they are ghosts
-ight, all right. This park used
>e Potters Field, and I guess th
ellows have come up to see
Iroadway sights." What the so
law wero the down-and-outs asleep
he benches. Since the cold spell
ived here they have discovered
ray to sleep comfortably. As s
is the cops leave the park the wei
aggies wrap themselves in layers
tewspapers. These, they have dis<
ired, keep the chilly winds from i
ing too close to their skins. Ot
iarK night the white figures on
tenches look rather startling i
oming upon fhem suddenly it's Ha
0 make one's hair stand straight
Bacteria to Make Bread?
Prof. W. B. Bottomley of Kit
ollego, London, referred at the ra
ng of the British association at M
heater to the behavior of a spei
ubstance found in peat treated
acteria. called auximones, which 1
emarkable effects la promoting pi
:rowth, and which were appares
ssential to plant nutrition.
Professor Hartog said that the mi
ng of the section would be remi
iered for the paper, and the Indue:
1 would have on the food supply
he world.
The president of the section a
hat the conclusion reached shot
hf t Professor Bottomley was on
r'nge of a very great discovery.
Protecting the Bison.
It is stated that there are non
,000 bison In national parVs, etc.,
his country and In Canada. *3
American Hlson society Is Inferos
11 preventing the extinction of th
nlm^li und In trvlng to foster tli
iropagatlon; It ij said tc !>e meet
rith success.
THE LANCASTER NEWS. JA?
;KA TRAVELS ON LAND OR WATER ?$ ?.<
"Amphlbiouo" Motor Boat, Invention *
I of Austrian, Seems to Have Been
Proved a Success. 1 1
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and A nMtnl,cr of People have been work-1
j ing of late years to solve the problem i
lnv of constructing a vehicle capable of 1 }
tlie traveling upon both land and water.' J %
., More than nno hna hnH onmo Haoko- *%#
h a BUCCOS8? but none is better, perha 3,1
^ than that invented by a Viennese eugi- J
,jler neer named L. Zelner. ? ^
This "land motor boat" resembles an i
hat ordlnary touring car in appearance ex3am
cept that the body is rather higher.
un(j But besides its wheels, it is provided j J J
with a propeller placed at ihe rear.!
jjea The power of the motor can be |
Iknt 8wltched from the running gear to the + 4
ack Propeller screw and vice versa. It is |
the built so as to take quite steep grades
,in with caso. Hence one may ride down ?$ ??
J. the sloping bank of a river, plunge into J JJ
ent current, switch the power to the
am" Propeller and cross the stream in a
vith practicable motor boat. Arriving at
the other side, the engine is switched ? JJ
I to put the wheels 'n commission once ^
the more> tbe bank ip easily climbed, and *^*4
lass i?urncy continued without more .
two ad0 X|
, Tho vehicle has made ennd under 4
laise I>ract'cal tests and is expected to be
ling particularly valuable for military use. ?
to i It is so built as to go well in swampy
q | and muddy country. In shallow water *
tlvo 1 w^00'8 nn(^ propeller may be used siives
?1taneously; this is a particular ad- ??
the vantage when a sand bank is accldenhoir
ta,ly encountered in a stream, since it J ^
removes the danger of "getting stuck."
ba)f The power is supplied by a 16-horse % ??
an power, four-cylinder motor which gives
rom a speed on land of 45 miles per hour. ^ J
c This speed is dlminishef in water to V**}
njn about twelve miles per hour.?Literary i**!
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,cro GREAT MEN AS PEDESTRIANS *0
ii
p.. Writers and Others of Worla-Wide %>***
Fame Who Were Fond of Long
Jaunts on Foot.
tho
"There have been some famous pedestrlans,
with the emphasis on the
^er" word famous. Charles Dickons was a
An" great walker. 'Twelve, fifteen, even J }
twenty miles a day were none too
t,e<* much tor Dickens . . . swinging
ent" his blackthorn stick, his little figure
ans isprang over the ground, and it took :o
, a pracucea pair 01 legs to Keep along- "j
n* side of hi3 voice.' He once did 'a
f" special feat of turning out of bed at 4^^
two, after a hard day. pedestrian and 1
Use, otherwise, and walking thirty miles
j into the country before breakfast.'
I?" Sir Walter Scott 'walked twenty or 4&h?
0 thirty miles without fatigue, notwith-1 Jj
? standing his iimp.' Browning, when ^
past seventy, could take long walks
without fatigue, and Wordsworth at
sixty did twenty miles a day. De
vj* Quincey considered fourteen miles a ^ ^
* day necessary to his health, and Lamh,
n * notwithstanding his 'almost iramatelon
rial legs,' 'could walk during all the
' ar* day.' Brahms was a tireless pedes- ^ ^
n trian, and Beethoven always took his
ia r daily walk or 'run' of five or more
waa miles in all manner of weathers,
1 n while Turner traveled twenty miles ^ J
a dny, sketching as he walked. Her- I
[ 0 bert Spencer, at thirteen, in a fit of
ian- v ,,_ _ j . I Z 2
uuiucoiuiLiicss, wumt'u luriy-eigui
a miles one day and forty-seven the j 11
10 next; but was probably injured In so
,e8~ doing. Tolstoi, at fifty-eight, walked *?*4
' a 130 miles in three days. Great men 4&0T
are usually of powerful physique, and i JJ
a many of us would suffer if we emu- j jj
lated their walking habits, but they
have not all been so vigorous. 1m- ?? %
manuel Kant walked for at least an
N ? hour every day, but doubtless Bacon or % t
iaro Locke, Chopin or Weber, Spinoza or j %
crt^ Calvin, Who were none of them in
who good health, would have found a walk i
. of a mile or two quite sufficient or i J J
even too much."?St. Nicholas. 1 *?*4
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a" NEW WAR AGAINST ILLNESS
to ?* ?*
OSQ I 2
tlie Classes Inaugurated, With Competenl 4
use Teachers, to Show How Health
( on May Be Conserved. Jt JJ
ar- X $
I a Recent innovations in educational
fiffnrt in flinatn that a as\rt nf nnnloro A
oon <
iry. fclon of Independence has been started! + 4
, Qf In the matter of dealing with human *?**4
,ov. Ills. The modern tendency is to appeal
get- *? 'he Personal sense of responsibili-1
? a ty to prevent illness rather than to de- ? 4
the P?nd upon the traditional value of cur- 4
an(j ative measures.
ible. Rochester, N. Y., has Introduced a
UI>< plan of having two teachers, one, X A
doctor and a nurse give lessons to V 4
the public bearing directly on health
8 and life conservation. Classes, open
ai?t" to women eighteen years old or over, ? t
Ian- are jn tjje pUbnc nchool build- 4
r,al lngs from four to Ave in the afternoon.
& <
,m(* Information is given as to what jTJj
diseased *re preventable, how to!
ltly avoid them, how the body can be
made resistant to disease, how to
sot" nurse scientifically, how to reserve, X Jl
Bm" record and report symptoms, and Y J
nce \ what to do In emergencies. The
ot course, which includes instruction Ic
the care of children and preparation j
a,d of food, Is plonned In two lessons a f *
week for six weeks, and Is succes- *?*4
the gjveiy given in different localities.
Another suggestive movement has ?$ ??,
been started by the Boston Instructive J
District Nursing association, co-operating
with Simmons college and the
,,n School for Social Workers. An eight
months' course has been mapped out! ? ^
to supplement the ordinary training
p!Sb of nurses In order that they may deal i ++4V
lMr practically and helpfully In as6irtlne % 1
^ the public. <
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