The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 30, 1920, Image 2
MYSTERY OF LIFE
Who Knows Where It Comes
From or What It Is?
Marked Difference Between Mankind
and the Wild Things, In Their View
of Death?*Lower Animate Lit*
tie Impressed.
Some folkh talk about "the mystery
of life," and It la as good a way as any
to apeak of It. Kor, truth la, nobody
seems to know anything about life.
Yet everything pays more attention to
living th|D to anything else, l'rac
tleally eveiyr inotlvo In tho world
among tho wild things, Is to live.
Not oven man, with all his know!
edge, knows where life comes from, or
what it Is, George F\ Burba writes In
the Columbus Dispatch.
It Is Just the opposite of death, be
will tell you; one either lives or dies.
If he Is living, the body la In a certain
condition. The blood flows through
the veins. The heart boats. The body
la warm. Ono Is conscious of that
which, goes on about him. The very
opposite Is true when a thing la dead,
whether the thing Is a man or ft dog
or a bird or a flsh. Hut the why of It
ftll?nobody understands that
The wild things strive with all their
might to escape death, but they pay
little ottentlon to the dead things about
them. It doesn't Room to make any
impression upon nn animal to run up*
on another animal that Is dead, out In
the woods. *They fear death, but they
do not respect tho dead, nor ahow ftny
emotion In the presence of death.
They do not know what It la?that la,
they do not know that the dead crea*
ture they encounter In the wooda (a
dead and done for. If It la aomathlng
they want to devour,vthey dolour It;
If It la not, they pass on without pay
ing much attentiou to It
Death Is more of a mystery to man.
That Is, It Impresses him to a great*
er extent. He thinks more of It He
tries no harder to live than do the wild
things, but there Is something In con
nection with the presence of a dead
creature that Improves a human be
inf. This Is especially true If one en
counters death out In the fields or
woods. Tramping through a forest, and
coming suddenly upon a dead animal,
one pauses In contemplation of the
mystery before him. Yesterday a
splendid stag, let us say, roaming the
woods In triumph; strong and swift
and beautiful; conscious of his strength
and fleetness; living?breathing, seo
ing, feeling. %Todny?there he lies.
Ills cout roughened by the winds or
rain, his eyes sightless, his limbs with
out motion?unconscl(Ais he lies there
like a log rotting In the elements. Can
this be the stag of yesterday? Is the
thing called life all ho needs today to
arouse him from the slumber?to
smooth his splendid coat, to bring the
gleam of llglkt Into tho eye, to give
speed to tho limbs? Then,' whence the
thing called llfe? Or. from whence did
it come In the beginning?
Thu^ do we meditate and marvel
? t the mystery of life and death when
we are In the presence of death?espe
cially If we encounter It In the great
shadows of the forest?out where there
Is nothing to Interrupt us, out where
reigns tH{H which gives life and which
recalls It f
I ? Few Reminders of Raids.
Studious lover* of I,oudou will not
fall to notice how swiftly,'true to her
marvelous gift of eternal youth, she is
obliterating every trace of the Mr raid
period as If It had never been. Some,
of the scars made by enemy bombs
still remain, as In the wholesale mar
ket In Cov??nt (iai'den, but they might
pass an unnoticed as the effects of re
cent tires which are always to be
found in the great city. Notices of the
nir rah) shelters are, however, already
hard to find; an odd one may be dis
covered on a lamp post In Tottenham
Court ?on<t <>r at (Jresham college,
which had m?t found leisure to tear
down the shabby poster about Its use
hh an air raid shelter; while In
Southampton row the New Zealand
record office fins nut yet demolished Its
^Andtnig revetment. Speaking general
ly, however, mI! si^us of the reign of
terror by n.ghi have "vanished like
the baseless fabric of a dream, leaving
not 11 wrack behind." ? Ijoudon (!lobe.
Pjper Underclothing.
An excellent and durable quality of
underdo!hilig tins been Made of a flue- j
grained paper by Japanese manufac- j
Mirers. After the fiaper has cut
to a pattern the different parts are
-own together and hemmed, and the j
places where the buttonholes are to
he formed nr?- strengthened with calico j
or linen. The paper is very strong and !
at the same time very flexible. After i
a rnrnynt Ins twin rtnrn 11 fun- hmirv 1
it will Interfere with the perspiration j
of the body no more than do garments j
made of cotton fabric. The paper Is |
not sized, nor Is if Impermeable. After j
becoming wet the paper Is difficult to j
tear. When nr. endeavor Is made to
tear It by hand It presents almost a* j
ranch resistance n* the thin skin used
for cnaklng glove?
U?e for War Materials.
The ilritith ministry of reconstruc
tion, according to the Dally Mall, la
embarking npon a scheme of rural de
velopment by the construction of n
mrgc numlHT of hjrht railways to con
nect the country districts with the
main railways. The cost will be shared
by couaty Authorities and the govern
noent. 'I he lines will be leased to op
crating companies under adequate
{U*rnit* ? Enormous quantities of
material used by the British army to
France will he utilized.
LIBERIA IS REACHING OUT
i f ' #
Trlbee of That Country, It It Sold, Avm
Accepting tho Teachings of the
Missionaries*
Plenyono Obe Wolo, ? Llberlan of
. the Kru tribe, who graduated from Co
luiublu university, says:
There uever ha* been a sclent I Ac
rui-.iis of I.Iberia, but tho population
Is estimated at froiu *.000,000 to 3,000.
000, and not more than 15,000 are
Aiuerlco l,Iberians, lit* descendants of
liberated slaves. The remainder , he
long to tribes which speak four differ
ent languages and offer only nominal
submission to the government* The
Krus elect their kings by the selection
of the most available man of the royal
house. In the Jarrowuy tribe the king
Is an absolute monarch for the reign
of six yeafs, and l? then put to death.
Other tribes also follow different cus
toms.
The tribes do uot acknowledge the
government of Monrovia, because they
feel that It doea not protect theiu. By
treaty the Uplted States government
l? required to help the Amerlco-Llbe
rlsns against the tribes, and In 1912
this country helped put dowu n rebel
lion of the Krus.
The constitution of Liberia haa a
literacy test, which has heretofore ex
eluded most of the datives from vot
ing, at the central government Is an
able to undertake their education. The
Glrbas are being taught by Episcopal
missionaries, and the Fullngos, who
are Mohammedans, are also gaining
the franchise. The Krua are very am
bitious and are also catching up. There
are more than 50 Liberlana of the na
tive tribes studying In the United
States.
WHEN RAILROADS WERE NEW
Engineers In CHarfa of Canstruetlan
Werk Had Ideas That flaw teem
a Llttla Peculiar.
Light an strand Ideas of pioneer
railroad builder# was thrown by Kd
ward 8. Jouett, general 'solicitor of
the L. Jb N., In a talk before the Ro
tary club at Louisville.
"The Lexington-Frankfort line," said
he, "was built with longitudinal atone
sills capped with a strip of iron, and
the numerous curves, which you hare
all noted, are said to have been pur
posely Introduced upon the theory that
they were an advantage in enabling
the conductor the more easily to see
the rear of his train. The coaches
were two-story affairs?women and
children below and men above?and
the motive power was mules to the
top of the hill above Frankfort. The
train wan let down the hill into the
city upon an incline operated by a
stationary engine.
"You may be interested, in passing,
to learn that with the exception of a
few miles near New Orleans, which
antedated it about a week, this line
from Lexington to Frankfort is the
oldest railroad in the Uulted States
south of the Ohio and west of the
Alieghenles. It was chartered In 1830
?very early In railroad history, when
we remember that the first railroad
In the United States was built In 1826,
and the first locomotive engine was
operated In 1829."
Health and Height Count.
Every flying man In the United
States air service has to undergo a
strict medical test periodically In or
der that he may be classified In one of
four grades. "AA" men are the few
who can stand air work at altitudes
above 20,000 feet. "A" men can stand
the strain between 15,000 and 20,000
feet, while the "R" class consists of
pilots 'for duties between 8,000 and
ift.OOO feet, and the "C" group includes
h 11 airmen fit only for service between
ground level and 8,000 feet. It has
been found that airmen of most robust
physique cannot stand the sudden
chauges of nlr pressure entailed by
diving nnd rapid climbing for any
length of time. Hence the frequent
medical examinations, carried out by
experts who have drawn - up a care
fully calculated standard of efficiency.
She Did.
She wn* a four-flusher, particularly
as t?i her abilities In various sports.
"Do you golf?" he asked.
"Oh, I love golf." she"answered. "I
ploy at least 3d holes twice a week."
"And how about tennis?"
"I won the woman's championship
In our state."
"And do you swim?"
"The best I ever did wy?s n half
inlle straight away," she replied.
Somewhat fatigued he changed to
literature. "And how do you Iik?* Kip
Mng?" he asked.
"I kipped an hour only yesterday,"
was her unblushing reply.?Journal of
the American Mrdlcal Association.
Large Offer for Map Halg Used.
Offers lip to $1,750 have been re
ceived for the map used by Sir Doug
las Ilalg in the direction of the Brit
ish armies on the western front Octo
ber 8 and three following days, and
sent to the lord provost of Glasgow's
secretary for disposal In aid of the
king's fund f6r disabled officers and
men. The map eventually will be put
up at auction.
Collar Button Causes Dlvorcs Suit.
An elusive collar button was respon
sible for Andrew Emmert abusing
his wife. Angelina Emmert, according
to her testimony before a master In
chso^ery tn suing for divorce. She
said when he dropped his collar but
ton and she would not search for it
he stn;;* her. A divorce decree Is
tcommeuded.? Pittsburgh Chronic'?
Tetagrarh.
GOOD MONEY FROM BAD EGG
Jim Buokley Finally Ptoved Truth H
baying That Hi Wll Fond
of Repealing.
"Thar ain't nothln' In the yorld but
Is good fer aomethlo' is one of tho
favorite saylugs of Jltn Huckloy of
Hear Lake.
Huckiey I* a thrifty soul. lie farms
lu summer Mini naps lu winter and be
tween wheat and furs be Is growing
rich. One morning Ids wife was cook
ing breakfast. She broke a rotten egg
luto a skillet aud was-starting toward
the door to throw It away when Buck
ley Stopped her.
"Woman. don't throw that egg
away," said Buckley.
"Hut It's rotten," protested Ida wife.
"Makes no difference," declared the
phllsopher. "Thar ain't nothlu' Ip the
world but?"
"James Buckley," exclaimed bis
wife, "I've heard that a thousand
tinea."
The wolf never sniffs at the doors of
the prosperous fariuera of the Peace
river country. But foxes are different
animals?here is something you doo't
know?rotten eggs are rated aa an epl
cureau tidbit In vulpine menus.
That night Buckley set a trap In a
poplar grove near his home and baited
it with the rotten "egg. lie hoped to
catch a red fox or perhaps a coyote.
But when he went out to ^is trap next
morning, what do you think he toundt
The biggest silver fox Buckley ever
had clapped eyes on. . He sold the pelt
In Peace River the dther day for $84*.
"A right nice lot o' money to hatch
from a rotten egg," remarked Buckley,
as he Bluffed the money In hla pocket
*Tv# alters allowed that thar ain't
nothln* In thfe world but Is good fer
somethln'."?Chicago Post. ,
ONE GOOD THING FROM WAR
Ceeene Nut, Hitherto Considered Only
ae Nuisance, Has ieen Made Arti
cle ef 'Commerce.
Before the war the cocone, which
growe freely In the Southern Ameri
ca a, on large treea of the palm fam
ily, was literally such a hard n?t to
crack .^hat Its vegetable oil had no
place 'In commerce, and the tree waa
known chiefly as a botheration to
banana planter* ,Vhen they wished to
enlarge their plantations. Eighteen
hundred pounds' pressure is required
to crack the cocone nut, and there was
no machinery for doing It. Then gov
ernment experts said that nothing else
in the world would provide such good
carbon for gas masks ns the cocone
nut, und the United States financed
the creation of machinery for crack
ing It, thus starting a new and im
portant Industry. Hereafter It will
be well worth while breaking the shells
for the vegetable oil Inside them, val
uable for cooking, lighting, and the
making of nut butter; and the shells,
happily no longer needed for masks,
can be used as fuel or In the manufac
ture of gas. And so. out of an effort
to prevent the expansion autocracy
by conquest, the Southern Americas
find opportunity to expand by com
merce.?Scientific American.
Aristocrats In Gutter.
We hear rumors of grand dukes and
other members of the old nobility of
Russia driving cabstand peddling boot
laces In Petrograd. This Is no new
thing In Europe. Id England the de
scendants of the great Plantagenets
have been found In very lowly occupa
tions. A few years ago a lawsuit
proved that a genuine Bourbon was
then hawking vegetables in the streets
of Parle. A few years earlier a son of
a cousin of Empress Josephine, Na
poleon's first love, was sent to prison
for petty larceny. In 1802 the Marquis
DeFollgn,e was an omnibus conductor;
the Comte do la Marche was a house*
paiater; the Marquis DeTorcey d'Etal
llnde kept a small Inn at Carnac, and
the Marquis d'Hauteroche, a descend
ant of the nobleman who, at the bat
tle of Fontenoy, called out to the
English: "Tire* les premiers," was a
gendarme.
Antimony In the Transvaal.
A new body of antimony Ifc reported
to have have been opened near the
Komatl river, in the district of the
Stenysdorp gold fields, Transvaal. As
the ore Is found to be valuable, a ruin
ing company Is now carrying on smelt
ing operations on the spot. Three
shafts have been sunk to a depth of 50
feet, besides open workings. One Is
continuous throughout. A furnace
capable of smelting ten tons of ore
per day Is In operation and It Is stated
that there Is sufficient ore In sight to
keep the furnace working while devel
opments are being made.?Scientific
American.
Roberts Predicted Foch'a Victer/.
When Lord Roberts was In Canada
ten years ago at the dedication of the
Plains of Abraham park and play
ground he mnde this prediction: "They
refuse to believe me, and we are
asleep under a false security, for I do
not hesitate to affirm that ?e will
have a frightful war In Europe, and
that Great Britain and France will
havs the hardest experience of their
existence. They will. In fact, see de
feat very near, but the war will finally
be won by the genius of s French gen
eral named Ferdinand Koch, professor
la the military school In Paris."
Little Rivers Important.
In his war ode Dr. van Dyke
mains loyal to "little risers." In his
book, "Little Rivers," he has already
made little rivers as Interesting as the
little (>'.(* of <vrter that make the
mighty oocan. Freedom begins
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VH KK 90 M)N(i 1KAR8
Father CJrerin In W?r Hero Hon II*
I.HHt s*w M M H?b).
||rMn the Brooklyn Eagle)
CbrlN I. Steugle, secretary of the
i i\ iI service cptntlfifuddlir in living iu
ni i ?>x|M*fiat ion. On Wor
'I'll>iv In- cv^vh to be reunited with
hi* *on whom he hax not nrou for twenty
year*, W|vn ho laMi mw him the sou
Wit* ? br.by of four week*. Now he ||
a sturdy yo.uth nearly 21.
Mi.il advices to the IV.ther huve in*
formed him Hmt the young man wears
the Croix <lo mill, the French
Mcdal'lto Militairc, showiyg that be play
ed his part in tli< war. lie bears the
seal's of two wound*. Ho snvnl with
the Marine# and after his discharge Join
ed the navy, in which be rose to ensign.
The pastdof year# have worked other
change*. The young uian recently ban
been married. He wan "previously en
gaged t<> Marie Gtadys White, of Win
fr.ll, N. .CV# but *hc died while the wai
was In progre*H. v
In February la*t young Stengle mar
ried Birdie Mue Prigdeu, of Jackaon,
Mlss. The couple are now living in a
cottage at Willoughby Beach, not far
from the Jamestown Exposition grounds
sud within a stone's throw of the Hotel
Chamherlniu at Old Point Comfort.
Charles- Stengle lout his second wife
iu lftOO. She wax Marian Bland, and
they lived at Berkley, Va. She died
when the hero of the present story was
born. He was christened Samuel. When
tbtf parents of Mrs. Stengle proposed to
take the baby with them to Jackson,
Miss, and bring him up, Stengle con
sen ted.
After that Stengle came East He
said that in after years he realized'he
had made a mistake; that there were In
fluences at work that tended to estrange
him and the child. Nevertheless, Stengle
felt, its he explained in telling the story,
that he had no right to deprive the boy
of the only home be bad known or of
those whose love he had won.. So Stengle
reconciled himself to the Ion* separa
tion as best he could.
"I was sure that when the guardian
ship had expired nature would c-seert
itself and he would come to me," said
Stengle today.
The young man llropped out of (sight
with the advent- of the iwak,Vbut/ his
father was satisfied that he was doing
hi*> bit for his country, and when he
received a letter from the boy recently
thiV belief was confirmed. It told him
about the young, ipau's war career, of
the death of his fiancee and hi? grand
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WE have op hand today
iPIIPpvo cars of brick, and
an invoice fpr ope hundred
thousand to arrive in a few
dayj.
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J. L. Guy Lumber Co.
Mttk Near Seatar4 Frii?kt Depat j
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, mother and of the subsequent marflt-ge,
J AH is in Yeadinesa at 1JJ8 Halsey
street, the Btengle home, for the reunion,
' and th? young man and his bride will
. be rfceived with open anna.
A (.'lusiral Harpist
Mn"ui:.'r J. A. Coburn In hia minstrel
show i'il'j season"*?:* offering au Juova
tion io f.he minstrel loving public. This
nove'M act Is the han> soloist, whoso
1 mux *i- r does not live. Mr. Kent Gage
, and !?c oomes from the land whero harp
ists! grow, He *became Interested in the
hn v "t the age of seven years, and as
ho grow older his interest became ikoro
pronounced until he has become known
as one of the world's great manipula
tors of th^ wire strings. During the
time liis act is being produced the au
dience sits enraptured, and when he fin
ishes the encores are so numerous that
the artist is wcil nigh exhausted at the
finish. This exicptlnnnlly pleasiug act
, will be presented at, every performance,
( in t')#n!io part of the program.
?I. A. Coburn's Minstrels will appear
. :it the Opera House Saturday January
. 31st.
Storm I'luyed ttuvor.
C'uuideu was fortuiate Id ?<>t
the sever* freexe experienced by
farther up state. Only a little iw
ed up here Monday morning, but
Kershaw on up tlte Southern Hot
Knd <poles suffered never? damage.
Rdrfc pill Rfccord of Tuesday sajr?:
"All oV*r the v'f) wire a were snap
and in all sections this (Tuesday)
ing trees have, been denuded of
branches by the wojght of the ice.
entire city * watt in darkness Mob
night?no street lights and no light* I
the homes. The cause of this ispttfi
The Record being late was that th?i
storm which swept over Rock Hill todi
smashed down thfe -wires carrying jj
electric power to the southern Mcth
?of the city. The wites went down abc4
noon, the current not coming on
uwtil 5 o'clock this afternoon. Aud tht
current Went >>ff agadn at 6:20, K ]
had to print it on Tuesday, morally
the first time in seventeen years."
Two* motor carsr?a Packard and i
Hudson were stolen in Columbia ?a Sat
urday and Sunday.
The Cleveland Makes Good
Because it IS so Good
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"The Cleveland is in a class by itself.'* That's the answer from
owners of the new Cleveland Six all over Arncrica.
The Cleveland has made good with the public in>such a big
way, because it is so good.
Men of engineering and manufac
turing skill, and of high ideajs, devoted
three years to the development and
perfection of the Cleveland Six before
they offered it to the puH'V- Fvp^n.
mentation was worked out in the
Cleveland Company's laboratories
and shops and in constant tests on
the road; not in the hands of owners.
So the Cleveland has made good.
The thousands of Cleveland Sixes
that have gone out to owners since
last July arc performing as few cars,
indeed, can perform. Tne poWer and
life of its motor, its remarkable com
fort in riding, the ease of handling, the
beauty and graceful style of its body
designs, the excellence of its finish and
upholstery, truly plaop the Cleveland
Six m a class by itself.
We cannot tell you hmv good the Cleveland Six is. -~
Vou must drive it and ride in it to kno'W.
Tourlnft Car (Five Pa??enger?) $1385 Roadster (Ttl
Sedan (Fire Psutscngers) $2I9S Coup* (Four
(All prlc*? F. O. B. Factory) ~
Now Is the Time to Come In and See the Cleveland SiX'
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Camden Motor Car Company, Camden, S. C.
CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, CLEVELAND
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