The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 05, 1919, Image 3
hOI VASTLY RICH
I?,^ with **?
** ?f Today Thoio Old Fellows
tMw!u!d Have Been Considered
Merely as "Piker#."
imiif liiM- ll?*' name* of
r?r * ri-(>K.,h and #om? OPlito
??wtfd U> r ?uu?arlson t?. express
***, Ldth. The two tlr*t historical
^presented .cWfet* Ul
the fletltloua figure tf
8fS' ** nam, for ipMf
* UftW lich Croesus was there
*,nes' u .>t' ludgiws. The *'olue uf tlU)
Wuv* ?>
?Ke estimated. A *?!*( user bed
cL$\\? gives at least 80?ne Idea
!u*t he considered affluence. lie
t ared that no one could be consld
1 rich who could not. maintain en
ov This, of coulee, would be a
H^V undertaking even at that -period.
??*h un army then was not In s.ze
S hlng Hko an army of today, nor
Juthe equipment or sustenance near
Ths costly. At Pharsall. Caesar had
Sooo legionaries. 1,000 cavalry; Pom
Sv4ft.OOO legionaries. 7.000 cavalry.
So history records that at the time
2 his election to the consulate with
tanoey he feasted the Kornan popu
Ict at 10.000 tables and gave each
family <?orn for three months.
The question which came up. how
?er was in regard to the financial
-sources of Monte Crlsto. Nowhere In
0? novel ft re figures given from
which a complete nnswer can be de?
rived The prices which the count paid
for his possessions and for producing
his spectacular effects are frequently
neotloned. but not so often chat the
ram total cun be known. However In
the very Inst chapter.* Just before
Monte Crlsto disappears In the East,
i hint Is dropped as to the wealth
which Dumas had In iiilnd as original
ly belonging to the count and what ac*
cordingly he believed constituted al
most fabulous riches nt that time. In
ilnmst his very last words In the book,
Monte Crlsto says: "You do not know
til the Joy which life affords with a
great fortune. I possess nearly 100,
000,000." By this, of bourse, he would
mean francs and therefore nt the end
tf his career of reward and vengeance
the count had $20,000,000. When Monte
Crlsto arrived In Paris he had his
Irst Interview with the banker, Dnn
glars, which threw the latter Into
nich consternation that the count had
in unlimited credit. He declares de
finitely that he will need for the year
forlng which he expects to reffmln
Ib France 0.000,000 francs, perhaps
more, though he says that he scarcely
thinks that he will exceed that
Wxmot, The Interest on 100,000.000
ftincs would have been about 6,000.
000 so that renlly Monte Crlsto ap
pears to have been living nearly with
in his Income. There Is little or noth
to* to Indicate that he considered or
nther that Dumas considered that his
famous character had In any degree
knpalred his fortune. Therefore, the |
Inference Is thr>t the figures set by
Duraas In his mind as the wealth of
Monte Crlsto at the beginning cannot
hare been very much more compara
tively than $20,000,000. That, of
wurse. Is a goodly fortune even In
these dnys, but nothing very remnrk
?ble nnd certainly not fabulous. Of
course, the purchasing Dower of raon
ey was considerably greater In Dumas
lifetime and his hero might be sup
fosedtodo much more wi^his riches.
New York's Beginnings.
The tirst street railway In the
world was the New York and Harlem
fond, built on the Bowery In New
fork city and opened for travel fro'ii
Prince street to the present site of
Union square, in November, 1832. Two
lorse-drnwn vehicles fashioned some
what like a stape coach of the period
were run over the line on the day of
Gie openlnp. carrying" as .pa^eng^rs
Mayor Walter Rowne, the city coun*
tilmen mid other invited guests. TTie
iffalr attracted many spectators^ and
tonvinced the most skeptical that the
?pw horse rnrs were certain to be a
r'Pflt convenience. The road was ex
tended to Murray Hill In 1838 and
fnrhed the Harlem river In 1830.
Fare* were paid in sliver sixpences
?f the old Spanish currency then In
drmlntlon. and one of the road's orig
inal ft-nturos otii] in existence Is the
?W P^rk avenue tunnel under Murray
RiM. Horse cars were discontinued 'n
York City on July 26. 1M7. when
i few officials nf fh,? New York Hall
company and the public service
fl^m'^ion hoHrdod an old mr of t ho
BWi-or street line, and took turn*
In drlvinc ? tio antiquated veblHe on
final tr'.p.
Baby "Unsiept."
Rlllv wa? Ifft alone with the babv
*ho wn* asleep. while mother went to
th<> ?tnrp \vi>. n she returned -li" fonn'1
RT't trying to pnclfv the baby by get
1'nc him t'Vf-rv plaything In Slgtot an<^
n tin pan.
"What nrr> you doing, Billy?" "he
^f,d. "\o wonder baby is crying'
^ d'dn't von keep still and let birr
He-.pv
'l1'! ?" r..pii,.d Billy In an Injured
ton<\ -p.nt mother, he unslept the
?Intjte you if.ft the house.**
Safety and Sanity.
"A t.v?ku-," vnld the optimist. **we
tr.^de tho Fourth of July safe and
tire."
Tc?~ r?>nHod the p?>*?fmL*L "bt|t
VP nthrr days in tb? ye??
to U looked ?ftrr." -
RANCHER NOW CROW'S FRIEND
8'rd He Formerly Despised Came t?
Hit Rescue and Wageti War on
Destructive Worm*.
\ There'* n rancher out at San Ker
nnnilo valley way who has rev I soil
all his preconceived notions about
crows. says a Lof} Angeles dispatch to
the St. LotlJt Uepublle. Inasmuch at
they have saved htm $rit(MJO, lie feels
that ho In duty hound to chuck the
i "scarecrows" and cultivate hi* uew
found friends.
In othor words. he's off the antl
crow movement for life.
Mr. Robert Kargp, program chair
man of the Los An stoics Audubon so
ciety vouches for the facts In the case.
The former has 4$ acres of tomatoes.
They were coming along finely when
he discovered some weeks ago Unit to
mato worms had invaded the Held aud
were destroying the plants .
All hands ? nun. women ami chll
drad? --were drafted to. wage war on
the worms, which multiplied at an ap
palling rate. As many as 1,000 of
them would he found In a single morn
ing.
The fight appeared to be hopeless,
and the farmer lu despair had almost
resigned himself to the loss of his crop
when the blackleg battalions of his
rescuers arrived one morning.
A veritable cloud of birds descend
ed on one corner of the field. At Arst
he supposed It merely meant more
trouble. In a short time he discovered
his mistake.
The new arrivals were after the
worms and they got them, too. The
loyal birds stayed right on the job
for several days. A careful search of
the field several days ufter they left
revealed' only three of the worms.
Not a tomato plant was disturbed by
,..e birds, according to the rancher.
He Is now trucking his tomatoes in a
nearby cannery which contracted for
them. At the price fixed he will clear
$5,000, r
If the crows had not arrived on tlma
there would have been neither vlnea
nor tomatoes left In a few days, so he
credits them with having saved him
the results of a year's labor, the cost
of his plants, and returned him a uoat
profit besides.
Finished thev Program.
The newlyweds movdd In the ar*art
mejit next to the settled old bach
elor. They had a ukulele and every
night they entertained themselves and
annoyed him by playing It and sing
ing very sentimental songs together.
Usually they ended with "Home Sweet
Home."
He endured It bravely and said
nothing until one day he beard them
having their first quarrel. That night
h% supposed he would have quiet, tmt
quite as nsual the bridegroom
thrummed on his "uke" and very wild,
weird tunes he thrummed, too. final
ly there was a long silence and the
bachelor knew that they hads ended
their concert without their usual
"Home Sweet Home."
Grimly he crossed to his Victrola,
whfcfi had been silent since the ad
vent of the newlyweds and their su
perior musical Instrument. With ela
tion he took from the rack the record
he had put there In hopes that so me
; day his turn would come. And exult
antly the Vlctrola ground out "Pack
Up .Your Troubles In Your Old Kit
Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile.**
Enforcing Etiquette.
MMy oldest girl, Zanzallne, Is right
smart of a lady. If I do say It." prlde
fntly admitted Gap .Tohnson of Rum
pus Ridge. "Tuther night when young
Bill"Dlek Rlggle was calling on her-4^
steps young Hamp Ynwkey. and lowed
he'd set up on the other side of her.
'Peored I ik^, Bill-Dick preferred peace
to etterkett, and was willing to arbi
trate about It. Rut Zanzallne knowed
her manners. and she hauled off with
the fire shovel and smacked young
Hamp flat with It. and like to have
beat him to death before he could tenr
himself out of there. Then she tam
ed to Blll-DIck and told him to go on
with his sparking. Aw. yon bet .vonr
life, when It comes to etterkett, Zan
zallne Is right there with the author
ity!" ? Kansas City StaK
Asleep at His Post.
I was stationed, while In the army,
at a camp In Texas, and had been
working as a stenographer in the of
fice of the executive officer.
I had been out quite late in the
night on the day previous and bad been
feeling quite sleepy while at work, so
J folded my arms on my machine. and
before long, was fost asleep. I had
been asleep about ten minutes when
the executive officer tapped me on the
shoulder and said: "Don't yon want
one of these pillows, too?"
It seems a woman who !lve<] close
to the camp had become acquainted i
with the officer and. bad sent him a j
few pillows to be given out by him, j
and T was Indeed glad to receive one |
of theni. but was much embarrassed in j
the way I received It. ? Kx< hange.
Mild and Ancient.
"Shall we refer to that opponent tn !
uncompromising terms as a proffer?** j
asked the Invaluable secretary.
"No." replied Senator Sorchnm.
"Let's keep up w-date and make It !
>trong. The profiteers th???e days have
made the old-fashioned grafter look |
like a piker.**
His Glimpses of Warfare.
"What are your Impressions of 'No |
Man's Land?' " ?\
H 1 didn't get Into the war," axuiwered
the morose citizen. "My only vivid
tdea rf **?**> Man's TrSmJ' J s hnme whllf
ifprlne honTrleiinlnc Is going on.**? ?
Uinneauoll*
GRATEFUL FOR ONE THING
(Soldier Might Have Seen Qood in Oth
er Change*, but Not In That
L*?t Greeting.
j The man who bud volunteered hi*
life for his country came hack from th?
western front. Ills ex porlence had
completely changed him. lie carried
within the sense of an entirely now
world.
He went to Washington, lie heard
the speech of a senator, Me saw the
lobbyists consorting together. He
wnntcd(sonhMh|UK, and he waited for
it in vain.
"It, is the same old crowd," he said
He met the girl ho loved ? with an
other fellow. She told him that she
dill loved him and that the only feasor
?die was with the other fellow was hf*
?nil SO she was lonesome for him.
"It's the same old girl." he said.
lie. traveled on a railroad, The guard
vas surly. The. train was late. Tin
I was pour. Tln< rate waa neariv
touhle.
"It's the sumo old transportation?
>nly worse." he said.
He reached his homo town. He was
net by a delegation and a band. With
<n two weeks four of his neighbor*
had gotten the best of him, another
borrowed half his puy, and at the eud
of a month when he walked down Main
street no one knew hint because he
was broke.
He went back home. There was a
woman waiting fdr him on the door
step.
"My baby heroP* she said.
And putting his arms around her, he
replied :
"Same old mother? thank God P* ?
Thomas L. Masson In New York Eve
ning Post.
jOT the wrong impression
jranrifather Was Convinced Hie Pet
Had Joined the Church, and Re
joiced Accordingly.
She Is a newspaper woman and her
grandfather fohuerl/r was a local
preacher of circuit fame. He Is very
much interested In her religious state
and worries because she does not at
tend church every Sunday night.
The other evening she went to a
church to write a story about the new
organ. the purchase of which had been
made possible by her stories in the pa
per. So she tool; grandfather with her,
knowing that while he could uot hear
much of the services, still he would em
Joy being In the church.
At the close of the sermon came a
surprise for the newspaper woman.
The minister announced : "Miss S., who
wrote the stories which brought the
money for our organ, is with us tor
night and I would like for her'to come
up In front so that all of us may see
her and shake her hand."
. Grandfather saw his grandchild ad
vance to the front of tho church and
also 9aw the people begin shaking her
hand. He had not heard a word the
minister had said, but still he had the
memory of camp meeting days to in
form him of what was happening.
They convinced him that his grand
daughter had Joined the church and
with handshaking the people were
welcoming her Into the fold. So he
did his part. He rose to his feet and
began shouting at the top of his voice.
? Indianapolis News.
Power From Ocean Tides.
So far such little power as has been
abstracted from ocean tides has been
insignificant. The rise and fall of the
tides Is not very great, even though It
does amount to 70 feet In some plnces.
and bence If any considerable power
Is to be obtained basins of large area
must be used.
By damming the bay at Mont St.
Michel In France, where the tide rises
about 4 r? feet. It is estimated that
enough power may be obtained to op
erate half of the Industries of France.
A French engineer with vast powers
of imagination has conceived the Idea
of building dikes across the channel
and across the Thames estunry to
form two large tidal basins which may
be used alternately to furnish a con
tinuous supply of power,
Shelves Are Fireproof.
! Not a stick of wood Is used In two
fireproof houses being built In Eng
land as an experiment, says an Illus
trated article In Popu.'ar Mechanics
magnxlne. Concrete and steel are used
exclusively, the dows beln& of jolnt
Ioks composition with rounded cor
ners, while window frames, trimmings,
doors, staircases, and even the cup
board shelves are of steel. The cot
tsiges are fitted wl*h every modern Im
, provement and are said to have ex
celled similar dwellings of wood or
brick, both In time and cost of con
struction.
I
About the Weather.
In Fairfax county, near the old borne
of George Washington, a woodcutter
?vitliout friends died the other day. At
! the funeral services there "was no one
| to make an address. Volnnteprs were
asked for. and when, after a few min
utes. no one responded. ? newcomer,
who hailed from the Pacific coast, rose
j and said:
"Well, 'if nobody else has anything
i to say. I'd like to drop a few remarks
on the remarkable health-giving prop
erties of California weather."
Not a Handicap.
The Americans were not nandi
I capped on the western front by their
slight knowledge of the French lan
guage. As a matter of fact It was defi
nitely proved-? to the German discom
fort ? :-?"i the American Mold leva could
ilioot in ai y old lang^tage.- Louloa
Tit- Bits.
Going "On High" In'a Fhvvsf.
fhdug to heaven "on high" in a
fllv ver haa iumo to be a fact rather
than mere fancy. At leant the feat
Has been attempted In eftlyy. This <u>
rlous ceremony took plaee reeNltljf
In Tientsin, China, says the Kansas
City star.
It In a custom among the rleli in
China to hum various eftlyles at the
funeral ceremonies. The etjflnle>? rel>
resent every manner of tliluK from
animal* to rattles loaded with money.
When the wealthy Mr. LI died the fam
ily ordered an Imitation of Ids ear
luiintd at lilH gra\e.
The ettlgy, which was constructed
In detail, with Chinese paper and reed
and hamhoo frames, was carried
through the streets for more than
three miles to the grave side. The
elllglal auto, upholstering, tires, and
even the eltljjlal driver, were consumed
by the hlaxc In a few minutes.
New Minister,
The new minister, who was rather
young, and five-year-old Marian be
came great friends at night, And Mar
Ian was not Impressed much by Ids
ministerial dignity even at church. The
other Sunday when he went home with
them for dinner she was delighted.
The little girl from next door came
over to see the visitor. "lie's the min
ister at your church ? isn't he?" she
asked.
Very decisively Marian shook her
head, "<)h, no; he's Just a nice boy,
who sometimes comes to our house
and eats a whole lot and sometimes
C<*e* to our church and talks a little
bit,*' was the reply. ? Indianapolis
News.
Country's Leather Industry.
The leather industry ranktt as the
third greatest manufacturing Industry
In the United States. According to
the census of manufacturers for 1914.
about 250,000 persons are engaged In
the leather Industry of the United
Stntes, some 55,030 of whom aro In
.the tanning and leather trades, the re
mainder being principally shoemakers
apd harness makers.
First Principles.
"What's your theory of collective
bargaining?"
"Seems to me," replied Farmer
Porntossel, "pretty much like the
j>Jnln. old-fashioned lawsuit. The
side tint Uin tret the smartest legal
talent to represent it U mighty liable
to ?et the i?esr "f the deal."
The Wonders of America
By T. T. MAXEY
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK.
IN 18SK there wan discovered - In
Montezuma county, southwestern
Colorado, the greatest prehistoric ruins
in this country. A thorough examinu
tlou of the canyon of the Mnncoff
river, disclosed the fact that It con
tained extensive examples of the mys
terious remains of an extinct race.
Uncle Sam decided to preserve and set
aside nearly 50,000 acres as u national
park ? Mesa (Spanish for high table
land) ntid Verda (meaning green, from
the cedar trees).
Many narrow canyons with high,
sheer walls open Into the valley. In
fhelr sides are many of the best-pre
served specimens of cliff dwellings
I known. A large human population
| lived in these cave-huts on the sides
I of these sandstone cliffs. They be
! Ileved that they were dependent upon
the gods to make the rainfall so their
crops would grow and worshiped the
nun as the father of all and the earth
' as the mother who brought all material
blessings. Apparently they possessed
no written language and recorded their
thoughts only oy means of symbols.
Cliff Palace, the largest dwelling ? a
community house ? had over 200 dwell
ing rooms. In addition to many sacred
rooms called klvas. Sun Temple, a
mysterious ruin, shaped like a letter
D, is over 120 feet long pnd 04 feet
wide.
As the population of this community
increased the floor o. the caves was
covered with rooms, and Anally they
emerged from the caves altogether and
bullded pueblos on top of the mesas
In the open couutry.
A visit to these ruins is much like
going back Into Another world.
?lUff* Niul >*?????' (0 Kuro**.
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