The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 20, 1920, Image 12
IZUYDER ZEE TO
BE RECLAIMED
t . ,r ? . J . .
Work on $125,000,000 Engineer
ing Project Will Start
This Year.
PROVIDE LAND FOB 300,000
Oike Thirty Miles Long la Part of
Plan to Add New Province to Hoi.
land?Area of 827 Square Mile*
to Be Reclaimed.
The Hague Work is to begin tl?l? '
year on the reclaiming of the Zuydor j
Zoo. our of t Ik* world's greatest en- '
glneerlng projects. by which it Is pro
posed to restore to Holland within 8|i
years what. was-mice fieri# hut was
taken away hy storms of many cen
turies.
When the wo-k Is finished not only
the original land will be restored, hut
ninny thousand acres which always
have been beneath the sea will he
ready for cultivation*
According to pre-war estimates the
entire work of reclaiming the Zuydor
, Zee would have cost approximately
? $88.K<HUXM>. hut, with the Increased
cost of lahor and materials In the
last six years, it Is believed the cost
will he well In excess of $ 1 L'5,000,000.
The work will ho done and p4?ld for
hy the state, through special loans,
and the state, through rental of the
hind reclaimed, expects the scheme
to pay for Itself within a few years,
and thereafter yield a handsome rev
enue.
Will Support 300,000 Peraont.
The total amount of land t<? be re* j
claimed will he 827 square miles,
which will constitute a. twelfth prov
ince of Holland, capable of support- i
Ing a population of .'UK).(KK>, and where- !
in several cities of undent trading J
fume are expected to be restored to !
commercial Importance. The engineer- j
ing work Is now well under way.
Centuries ago. at the beginning of
the Christian era. when the Romans
had their settlements In Holland, much
of the space now occupied by flic Zuy
dor Zee was land and the south part
of the present sea was a lake, called
Flevo. Northwest tempests swept the ;
? North Sea. washing away the trncf
of dry land between the sea and the
lake. One large, shallow body of wi?- j
tor?the Zuydor Zee?was formed.
The towns situated on its bank
throve us the merchantmen came Into
their ports. Hut us ships been mo larger
and of deeper draught, traM'y was di
verted to deeper seas, leaving the
once famous towns on the Zuyder's
shore mere INhlug villages, which they
are now, while Amsterdam's commerce
came to her through a canal leading
direct to the North sea.
To Build Dike Thirty Miles Long.
Or. A. A. Heekifian of The Hague,
who has devoted nearly all his life
to the I doit of reclaiming the'Zuydor
Zee. explained tlie plans to the Asso
ciated Press eorrespondent. He Is '
now a ?member of the stale council ;
which will mrry out the work,
"The first thing to do." said T'octor *
llcekman, "Is to construct a gigantic !
dike fo keep out Iho North sou. This '
will he ."in miles long, stretching
from Wii-rlngen Ih the Frisian coast,
where the water ranges in depth from
33 to 11 feet. II will he everywhere !'
Id to 17 feet above the sea level. There i
will lie a double-track railway on top j
of the d'ke. Its construction will take1
nine years and Its cost, by pre-war !
estimates, will bo more than SL'O.OOO.
i >00.
"The total surface t(? tie reclaimed Is j
vl!7 square miles. There will remain
a lake <?f tux) .square miles, which
will act as a reservoir during the po- ,
riods when owing to northwestern I
storms, the water of the lliver YsSel
and of the ?:iiiats cannot be. emptied
into the North sea. The wafer of the
take will be let out Into the North
*e;i tbrouirl' the great sluices at the
WieMnm-n ? ? mI of the dike.
'Mi.si i.i Mil land to be reclaimed
now li?-^ 1.". i eel ticneath the sea
level I'iir: m' it |s expected to be
? Irv within II \ears, n>> pumping out j
will b???in :i- v.miii a* the dike is com- 1
pbti'l Tin- hist of the land Is ex- 1
|iei" id i.. !.* I j iv within r.r. years."
N. Y. Hostelry Opened in
1812 Closed by Dry Law
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AS LITERATURE IS "MADfc
Kipling Manuscript Show# Author Poo
?cued of at Loaat One Qraat
Ouality jjrf Genius. |
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There turned up. tin* other* day, In
a sal?- <>t 01& t MiSfPlptl a pa11U til.i? l.v
Intencatlng specimen of literature in
tiie making, Mr. itudwud Klpllhfl 10QI
it in 1 \ 1 ??? wrnt< 11 <"i'> jt? ,,m' ^f!?r
of the NhIIoouI Observer. Mr. Henley,
IIII. I It 111 > | ; 11"?*? I Under the title ^0#
llnwiii" In .January, 1?KJ! but between
the coining of .Him tymnvrltten sheets
ivikI ito* appearance of the printed
poem a good tunuy things happened
to the manuscript, aome duf to the
author ami some to t 1m* editor. One
Imagines Mr, Henley editing Mr. Kip
ling. a situation which the author an
ticipated. for against certain lines be
Had written admonitions and dire
threats. although there la no evidence
to ahow whether Mr, Henley let the
llnea staiyl because he liked them or
because he waa terrified. In another
Item In the aatne sale one aeea that
Mr. Kipling first wrote the poem
"Cleared" lu the character of un Irish
man, but when he saw It In proof he
altered the phonetic spelling. Which
Indicates. Incidentally, the capacity for
taking pains which Is an Important
factor In succeaaful authorship, even
If It falls to stand, deaplte a well*
known quotation, for the. whole of
genius.?Christian Science Monitor.
"BABY" AIRPLANES FLY FAST
Planet That Can Make Ninety-8lx
Miles an Hour Are Now in Use In
Europe.
Just as .-the era of adult automobile*
was followed by the creation of baby
motorcars, so now In the aerial world
there Is an Influx of baby airplanes.
In the park, 1n the fields and In vari
ous other open apaces miniature air
craft are having tryfirtts all over Eng
land, v.-.
One of these midgets, called the
"Brltlslf Crow," weighs 220 pounds,
qnd tiles with almost the speed of a
full-grown airplane. Another baby,
called "the pocket airplane," Is so
small that a man can span Its wings.
It Is 10 feet long, and the Inventor,
Austin Whipple, .says It will achieve
r speed of 5X) miles an hour. A fea
ture of this baby Is that It can be
folded for transport and carried In
side a trunk.
Tin# French are also dabbling In 1111
purlan aircraft. An Infant monoplane
Is turned out by a French firm at Car
say with a span of a trifle more than
K? feet, thus being two feet smaller
than the "British Crow." Fitted with
ii ten horsepower ARC engine, It has
a speed of 02 miles an hour, and can
land at the low speed of 20 miles an
hour. The average retail price of
these little brothers of the Capronls,
Hundley Pages and Vlmys Is from $1,
000 to $1,200.
Monumental "Toppers."
Though there Is a revival of the silk
hat, which many people thought the
war had made extinct us a species of
headdress, few would argue that It
makes a fit subject for the sculptor.
Yet there are several top-hatted
statues about. One at least Is In the
United States. It Is a statue of Presi
dent Lincoln. He is bareheaded, but
his "topper," a very unfashionable
specimen, Is carefully laid on the seat
ai his side. Hut perhaps the funniest
specimen Is In the Central square at
(ilasgow, Scotland. It represents a re
spected citizen, James Oswald, mem
ber ?f parliament, and he carries his
"topper" In his right hand, held firm
ly the brim and upside down. The
street urchins find this "topper" irre
sistible. If the policeman Is round the
corner they play pitching pebbles Into
Mr. Oswald's hat. Some of them are
expert at the game and the hat .has
to be emptied of stones quite fre
quently.
Eight Thousand Swiss.
Only 8.CMXK Swiss soldiers fought In
the war. That number entered the
French service.
Hut that is not the whole slury. Out
of the n.000, .'too survived, including
many wounded. The rest, 7.TOO, were
killed. A thousand of them held up
ii (ii>rmnn advance one day at Verdun;
held It 111? until tln? Inst man of them
was killed.
About r.o years ;ik<) the story of Wil
liam Tell and the poem about Arnold
\?m Winkelried were in most of the
school readers that young Americans
cut their eye teeth on.
The M.ihhi Swiss who fought in the
war well established the right of that
?ini\ a ml that poem to remain in
A !i??? ri?*:?11 school render*.? Life
Lost His Place.
rrtrt?nrrrn luiver enridtrrted a?fvrnl
nire store in a neighboring *ovn.
Hit/.er. like many others of his race,
liked lit> beer so one day between
euston.er^ he ?fej.petI info the barber
-hop ami while waiting his turrr de
elded lie W oil || | have tillle to enter n
?<11 loon iie\I i|imr and ha\e a glass of
beer. 'Mi returning to the barber
>hop he v\ a ? llll|< h \e\ei| to find his
urn taken hi :tiio|hei and after a few I
?_-rnff iein.irh> ?.n<! n> th? barber:
"When a man out ami comes right
,i u a y b-ick in i * in init ?"
* Some Ordeal. j
sV 'miii* iii?it,* i ^ pit!r
H nd feeble " ,
"TV.n through unite in nrrtent. Wits
ip to I liibdub s hon??? last night."
"Weli ,"
\mi i. r. i ?' s o 1111 ? htxne-iiiade win*'
nm:.T*i r'.ii"! bj h's wife and Mnoked
two of !. ? ' ' 11 r i - * 11. - I' i g. I I'M. I X >T1 f H ?
r|M?? Cotjr'i'" ' i?ir?ii|l
WANTED ALL HE COULO GET
Eltftrly Passenger in Airplane W?|
Looking for Some Thrills for
Good Monty.
Uttt summer Kokomo, Intl., had the
usual airplane I'lioi who tuuk pas
sengers* up tor fl a minute. The
pilot wtm approached one day by a
mail wlio wan easily wlthlu earshot
of eighty years. The pilot took hin>
ahoanl aiuj soared around In "straight
flying," In order nut to give the elder
ly passenger any ' thrills that would
be dangerous tl> his heart uetlon.
After the customary fifteen minutes
j be slid gracefully to the ground tiud
motioned his passenger to alight.
The old man compiled, and then
walked up to. the aviator.
"Say," he exclaimed, "are you a real
flyer? What about Iinmelman turna,
barrel rolls, loop-1 he-loops, nose
dive, tall spin, falling leaf, pancake,
and ho on? Can you do any of those
things!"
"Sure," replied the aviator, "but I
did not tlilnk you cared about any of
those thlpjfs. They are a trifle risky,
you know, ami might upaet' your
I Stomach."'
"Well; I paid for a good ride and I
expected some of those things," the
pqssenger countered, "and I wduld
like to ?et them. Give uie all you
got. Tumble around In the air like
a porpoise' fii tne ocean."
The aviator told him to climb
aboard and lie would accommodate
him. He rave the passenger "all he
had." V .
"That's, lino 1" Exclaimed the pas
senger, ns he ^climbed out of the^
cockpit the second time. >. 'That's the
way I like to ride!"?Indianapolis
News.
VAST RICHES IN OLD MINES
Wealth Awaito Lucky Prospector
Who Can Find One, Though Many
Are Known to Exist.
* We are all familiar with Sir Rider
Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines"
nor was he by any means the first to
put forward tlw> theory, though In n
romance, that many old and but half^
worked mines might yet await the
patient toll of the searcher. Except
In cases wive re there had been long
continued use. It Is r\ot at all improb
able that there are ancient mines
ready to reward the Intelligent
methods of today. Hut now In Idaho,
we are told, "the 'lost' guhl mine of
the Upper Salmon river district" has
been rediscovered. A rich ledge had
been found by two prospectors and
worked by them a little; then they fell
out and a Spokane policeman, who had
the secret from one of them, sought
the mine for' 20 years; then he fell
out, and now It has been found anew,
to enrich the finders, for the. ledge
proper Is said to be from four to six
feet wide with a rich quart?. Rtreuk
that shows the gold shining in its
grasp. The #?old has always been
there and somebody for many years
has believed It to be there; It only
needed to be found to add another
to the romances of fact.
Fine Home for Young Singer*.
Appreciative of the contribution fo
music made by the i'aullst choristers,
and desirous of giving them the op
portunity to develop their art, '.John
?>. Rockefeller, Jr., has placed at their
disposal as their home a fine old
house and grounds on Washington
Heights, New York city, known as
Libby castle, The house was built
25 years ago and Is now one of the
landmarks of the city. Its architec
ture is a combination of medieval Nor
man and Spanish. There are 50 hoys
there now, ranging from ten years up
to seventeen. They have heen recruit
ed from almost every state in the
Union and every level of society, to
gether with the course in music they
receive u fine academic education that
prepares them for entrance into the
higher schools and colleges, says the
New York Times. The grounds
around Lihhy castle also make it pos
sible for them to get the proper physi
cal training.
An Egress.
A Southerner recently saw at a rail
I way stnlioif in Canada an old negro,
I pays the Columbia State, looking help
lessly about him.
"What's the matter, uncle?" he 1n
i quired. "Lost your way?"
"No. thank villi, boss, not so you
| kin call it los'. hut I In lookin' f**r-a col
! ored ooman."
"Your wife?"
"No. boss. I ain't never seen her,
hut I iix de geinmum at de ticket win
der how you git out huyh. an' he say,
j 'You I'm' a negress on dnt side.' And,
I boss, It been so long sence I seed a
I foliired I ad v. 1 been mighty gl>;l to
[ know hit. An' I been goin' film tide
I to side eber sence, an' boss, I csyu'
fin' her nowheres."?Savannah News.
Turtle Eggs in Chow.
Moiled turtle eggs are a novelty
which has been added to the mess of
the I lilted States marines on duty at
the navitl <*tRtio'n at fJuantanatno Hay,
Cuba.
T\*o Utut-pounil turtles were cap
tured recently by marines while sail
Ing h small boat on the bay. When
they were killed more than 100 eggs
were found In each.
The egg of the turtle when re
moved from the body has a soft ghell.
The egc itself ?* alHHtt the kIiu* of ?
hen's egg The Inside resembles In
taste and appearance the yolk of a
hen'* egg.
TN !>rv boiled hard, and tin
shell Is peeled ofT like the outer skin
of an oniou.
Tba Wonders of Amorlct
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By T. T. MAXEY
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
THW colossal' statue of Liberty en?
lightening the world, Jhe gift of
the poople of Frit u Co to the people of
the United States. in commemoration
of the centennial of tholr national In
dependence. stands on Hedloe'* or Lib
erty Inland In New York harbor and
was Ortoiicr 28, 188t'i. !t
has welcomed millions of people to
our shores, and It bade farewell to our
brave soldier boy a when they walled
awa.v to aavo the land from whence
It can*.
This statu > la of bronze, 151 feet
high ami rears upon a stone pedestal,
approximately 100 feet .high, making
the total height of the entire structure
over fi(K) feet above the waters of New
York bay. Iti estimated weight Is 225
tons and the cost. Including erection,
was about $(100,000.
The index finger of this gigantic
figure Is 8 feet long and 7V4 feet In
circumference at the second Joint;
the head Is ten feet thick : the. m?s?
4% feet long and the mouth &% feet
wide. Forty persons can stand in the
head and the torch will accommodate
12 more. There are 154 steps In the
statue from the pedestal to the head,
and the ladder In the raised right arm
contains 54 rounds. The light In the
torch In maintained by the United
mates lighthouse aervlce and la visi
ble for many miles at sea.
Th* "'fV ?hal greet*. tin* eye from
the top is oho of the most marvelous
In all rlitv. world.
Port of Shanghai.
The port of Shanghai does perbapa
40 per cent of the entire foreign trade
of China, and of the total Imports of
Stianghal for the year 1918, the United
States furnished about 10 per cent.
Chinese Irdustrles whlbh are prosper
ous f r cotton spinning, shipbuilding
and flour milling. Hallway projects
couiinanil attention.
Life Insurance
Protect* mortgaged real estate, a
"Life" Policy pays the mortgage if the boiy
rower dies. It gives him time to discharge
the obligation if ho. difcs. An "Endnwnif jit"
Policy pays off the mortgage whether the
borrower lives or dies.
Southeastern Life Insurance Co.,
L. A. McDowell, Agent
Galvanized Corrugated and V Crimped Hoofing
Have two thouxaiul two haudrcd (2,200) tfheetJi Corrugated uumb?r tw?
tv-nine gauge (ialvaniaed Hoofing In 7, 8 aud 10 feet lengths. One t)|?|
and four hundred (1400) sheet* V Crimped 4n same-length*. This c?r t|
left factory January 21st, expected any,day. You ought to uue our La
Headed Nnil? in putting on Hoofing, Bend for circular.
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY
823 WEST GERVIAS St. COLUMBIA, S.C,
There's traffic trouble abend of motor
ists. (MiarNc .Ohaplin will be at the
Majesllo SatuiMlay in a Hhiniinying flivver
for a- "Day's Pleasure." See his latest
comedy sueoess. adv
Fanners are considered the greatest
truck users ia~ the- United Stat ok and
it is estimated that 78,000 trudu
now used in hauling farm product* ,
PennHylvania's revenue from tut*
bile U<,ensevduring 10)0 was $5,OPOJ|
or $1,042,460 more than durtng ldij
See Fatty Arliuckle at 4be Mijgf
fonijpht in "THE OARAGE". adT j
More miles per gallon
More miles on tires
The Rise of Maxwell Is Due
To Its Metals ;>:H
i ? . . r V-r ?. ? - A
-r- ? ? ? " '* ? ? /riSS
Fine soil ma'kes fine wheat; fine feathers make
a fine bird; and fine metals have made the
Maxwell. They'have given it: - 11 v
1?A life of 100,000 miles. 2?Thriftiness.^
For its metals are light in weight.-Therein
comes thriftiness.
But these metals are of extra strength.
"Therein comes long life. . .:
Metallurgists?those who have made/ the -
study of metals a science?will teH you that
such metals are costly, but they guarantee |
quality in a car and their generous employ-:
ment in a Maxwell is by far the best evidence
anyone may need to determine its quality.
They are almost alone responsible for the
rapid rise of Maxwell, for the fact that nearly
400,000 now have been built, for that ever
growing friendliness to Maxwell the world over.
Carolina Motor Company (inc.) Camden, S. ?.