The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 14, 1920, Image 11
0 USING SKIS
Kient and Exhilarating Sport
Grows in Favor.
ltftulia?tlc Devotees Are Hailing It
u King of Winter Sparta?-Hm
Long Figured In Hittory
snd Legend. ?
k thousand .ve?r* ?*>? "r th"v
A stlim. tl.o..*Uifu? Norseman
IIMl,-,I I'"" NVU,Ml
* ,1 to Ills war boots enabled !?????
",tH" * r i|u> Miow-clad plains and
f!" Ml hi- naiIve IhimI easily
Sth ^ai M^a. lief?ro lone nl*
? ,,.,.ci> Norsemen wore gotn?
' or 10 wassail on these
s? Si. 5 ?""?? ?:r
?1 known ski. pronounced by
!\or?oinen n* If spelled *-Im>. So
Liar did skiing become that, ae
El. to Nurse mythology, even one
S?,,elent viking gods went In for
niuf Trygvasson, best loved and
X-eUhraiecl of tbo old Norwegian
Z Liir< Is said to have been an
Zn skier. Another king, one of the
I, |inakons, escaped from pursued
S, deslt;i)8 on bis life, by traveling
i hundred miles on ski, over oue
'the most ragged sections of Nor
N'orso soldiers were equipped
S gkls and at the Important bat
/of Stlklestnd ski regiments played
Important part. In later times,
L. h war on Norway conducted
r Cbarlos XII. Swedish scouts dis
arm) tin- location of the Norwegian
km and compelled a band of skl?rs
HUtdP i hem though tho woods at
iJt The wily Norwegian sklmeh
j the Swedes to a precipice, threw
tlr burning torches down the moun
jg jldp, and then made a quick "get
Br." The Swedes, following I he
jitV were'hurled to death on the
cis bi'iow. While skiing lu the be
lulng was held in esteem, particular
od account of its practical utility,
pp^tBITire* as a sport were also
agnized after a time, and today It/
illy ranks as the King of whiter
orts. "It has uaiiK^i followers In a
ost surprising iminnei^the past twep
r-flve years," says G. C. Torguson.
riling in Outers' Recreation (Chi-j
#0). Ski associations have been or
mixed in almost every northern conn- j
y both in I-'urope and America,, he
Us us. Recently clubs have been
irmed in the llocky Mountain sjates
[our own country.
? T ungsten.
Nearly everybody Is familiar with
* tungsten filament electric lamp,
it few are aware that the filaments
Well give so effective a light are
ide from metal without ever having
w fused. The melting point of
listen is about 3,000 degrees C.
1,432 degrees- F.), a temperature
ich has been beyond )that attainable
iny ordinary metallurgical furnace,
method of actually /using this re
ictory, metal has now, it is said by
German authority, been devised by
Berlin engineer, which will penult
ihe metul being cast In apy desired
rm. and of being subsequently
?rked into any malleable shape, In
?ding wire for electric lamps. * In
fentally it would appear that lung
? carbide will ?/lso become avail
le, and as this carbide is practically
hard as the diamond?the .difference
Ing only as 9.8 to 10?it will be used
future for those numerous grinding
Id cutting operations which can only
I effected at pre.spnt by the diamond..
Boy's Prayer a Gem,
fa-Governor Stone of Pennsylvania,
kohas just passed away, was a great
tr of horses.
His pet. as a youth, was a colt
toed Midnight.
When Midnight?still a colt?died,
the result of a tumble, the boy wns
SOn sol able.
He tells In bis autobiography, "The
Je of a Plain Man," about the fu
ral he conducted In solitude ove^ the
of Ids four-footed friend.
*1 had no book, but I kuelt down
*r his body and tried to say.- a
lyer. .?
1 prayed: 'Oh, Lord, if there Is a
We heaven, let Midnight go to it* 1
Je thorn U. :ls I want to see Mid
jilt again. Make we as good boy as
Wnlght was a colt.'
1 had no audience, but a bluejay
Ji Woo<',',rush were s|nging, and I
?w a squirred barking a bass
pnw."
't Wag No Place for It.
\ e trial of Hollin yunch, mayor,
ran? Murphy, prosecuting at
?p ?f Moncle, was on In the Unit
ates district court at Indianapolis
every <1,1 y Myncie persons and
who were acquainted with the
?rkahle r-nse rnme loo ]ate to ob_
**,s I" the courtroom. A Mun
flpg woman one day rushed lro
*> "p (o a man acquaintance
, "iixiness took him Ir.^de the
P?oo*o, and finding all the seats
?ken sb?? exclaimed, "Oh. can't
me in fhere?" "No," he
^ <l wnvriy, "not In there."
V \ "-If. ?
Dirt The Nevv - ? ~
i\ 0Utv-w,|l" you ko sailing
IV i #tr?nrT1 "fe with me?
tari m H ^ fo? ,nto- Jnok
t ih, 'l!!0 mp promise to go nvfftt
j " "iL'h life's nlr with Jilra.?Bi??
? iranvript.
U Logical Finish.
'^^r? M?>ni mngaxtne rot? 1
I In ? evorv lftye story. 1?as to
, ..
?x.- *fr~" 1 ,u*> out of n?at4>rlal
la where ibe love.etul#. .
LUCKY FIGURE "9"
Almost Makes One Be'leve' In
"Science of Numbers."
: Question May Wall B* Aeked, U
There Any Connection Between
Number Nine and Gold??Sta
tietice That Are Interesting.
A Utivm't, weighing m omue^, imh
been dug out hi the Belgian Cougo.
This is <iih< of the lurgest nugget* ever
found outside Australia, viml this n? w
"IliMl " u! Ai rimii gold Is suitl to he
MIUIUinKl.N rich.
It Is, of course, m eoUu'ldeiice, yet
a Very curious oiks remarks a writer
In London Aiikwcim,- that all 0)6 gteftl
gold finds have boon made In years
ending with I he figure ??*?." The fa
mous California gold (hub at Sutter's
creek were in 1849. *
Just ten years later oanie tin* dis
covery of gold In Australia, and In
the very same yenr In British Colum
bia. The rush to Australia was really
the beginning of the great Island con
tinent's career as a dominion of the
British empire.
In I St >! ? the famous Comstock lode
was opened up and proved the richest
ever discovered In the United States.
. The year 1879 saw the Arizona gold
finds and tlje great rush to the famous
town of Tombstone.
In 1889 the almost equally impor
tant diggings of Clover creek, In South
ern California, were opened up. tlere
the gold was Just below the surface,
and huge fortunes were piled up.
In 1891* history repeated itself, Th?t
was the year when the world first
heard of the amazing riches of the
Klondike, and when the great 'rush
began in the far arctic. The Yukon
gold has made that year a landmark
In the history of gold digging.
The year, 1909 again was the year
In which British Columbia discovered
I hat *hr poFKPRSCTT'ir veritable moun
tain range of gold. The first discov
ery was made at Bitter Creek, where
free milling.samples of rock averaged
$15 worth of gold to the ton.
And now, In . 1919, .come,s the news
of this new discovery in the heart of
tropical Africa.
This raises the question of the truth,
or otherwise, of the so-called "Science
of Numbers"?one of the many occult
beliefs that have come to us from In
dia and the East.
r There are now hiany Tittle books
dealing Kith Ihis subject, In which
those who are attracted by out of, the
way studies will find much to Interest
and amuse them. It is as well, how
ever, to test thoroughly all such the
orles before putting them to any prac
tical test. For one cannot help won
dering why, If these "sciences" are re
liable, those who practice and profess
to believe In them ar? not rolling !n
riches.
Now We Eat Mermaids.
Even mermaids nowadays yield
valuable commercial products. Their
flesh Is very good to eat, different parts
of the creature^ resembling beef, veel
and pork. Their skin makes an ex
cellent leather; their bones take *a
beautiful polish, and their livers fur
nish an oil resembling that of cod
livers which is commonly used for
medicine.
They are not caljed mermaids any.
longer, but "dugongs'1 thelf human
like appearance when seen at the sur
face of the sea, with head and shoul
ders exposed to view, having in early
times given rise to one of the most
picturesque of ifcyths.
The animal is. about the size of a
porpoise, with huge lungs (enabling
It to stay for a long time under water)
and grinders like those of a ruminant.
Tusks that protrude from the upper
Jaw are a distinguishing mark of the
male.
Dugongs are denizens of warm seas.
Often they approach near to Innd, com
ing in with the tide and feeding on
the submarine algae of mud flats. To
capture them nets are stretched across
channels leading to such flats. They
become entangled, and, unable to ris?
to the surface to breathe, are drowned.
?Philadelphia Ledger.
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Influenza Epidemics.
A British doctor, writing in the Lon
don Lancet last November, calculated,
as a result of his observation of influ
enza epidemics, that / one occurred
every thirty-three weeks, though those
falling in mild weather were so slight
as to be hardly noticeable. He pre
dicted that the next epidemic would
occur in January or February of this
year, sixty-six weeks after the severe
epidemic of 1918. If his observations
and theory are correct the next two
should come In the mild weather of
next September and of Aprfl, 1921.
Another one would then be due In
December, 1921. But as the germ cau?
lng the disease seems,to bo losing Its
virulence theire Is ground for hope
; that, In spite of the defenselessncsa of
.medical science in combating the epi
demic, the worst Is over for a good
many years. ??"
Good One on Dave, by Cracky!
The OTTTer day Henry TTrny went
down to Dave Moran's barlier shop am
asked Dave If he would sluive one sld<
of Ills' face for a dime. Dave Informed
him that he would shave both tides foi
15 cents, but If he only wanted on<
side shaved he would shave It for it
ce*ts. Ifenry not Into the chair, an<?
aftef' Dave . had tucked the toweh
around his neck, asked him which s1d<
of wis faCH he wanted shaved. With
out SHfNttnfL Ifenry <tulckly replied
"the evtstye^Wftfet Spriugs) Arkaa
?aw Thomas Cat ?
;? mhs. kmma Alston
S\itutor, May lo,?Mrn. 1-aniiia IMks
< i AAotttiU ?U*hI ut 1?m homo m?ar Utt
! iTt??kI in thl? coUiiTV TiktKlay nlirbt as a
mailt of kt 1Ji> fracture alio hail sun*
tahictl thf Ki'Wwy before. Mho hail
tKX*? ill Huitmig li.aUll f<U- llu? |t
yoar aiul iter conafcliutkyi yvu* ui* twif
i u-U'uriy h)b\pt to ivowor from this
fall i?lu> had wHk'u cntwlnj? the Mller
ho\s homo to jwy a ????!. Alston
!ia?l u-M of the 75 years of her life
it* (ho ?<kl SaiaWux hoam*?UHul, H?ft bor
l?X ^<'r n^tktkr, t1u> Id to WMIUiui Smatwx
Hor IiiinIui imI, l*r. Alston,
tUtnl soiiio 35 you its fcflpo.
Mrx AKtou is by ln-r only
ohlltl, .Vhroiu<>4i A^U>n, >v!*> with Ms
family Hvod \villi hw, ami oiu?- nlstor,
Atiw. (jtMirm ilfuhitiu trf Surutrr. llor
I?u>iU?m- in law, J)r. Ho\vW?i)U AI.Moii, ??(
CliarW^Um ttt? runoial wiilrh
was ln>l?l al llu* Slill"li l?i?r\int; t;ioiiml
ill tli?- rimivh at bl?? A>*vji>?i.?n ;ii
Service and Quality
We established our business on the principle ot
being fair with our customers, giving them full value
for the money they leave with us.
We have continued that policy throughout the
years we have been serving you, and we are pursuing
it more persistently than ever in this era of price in
flation today. But we never lower the standard of our
goods.
On this high plane of commercially we solicit
your patronage.
Bruce s Pure Food Store
'HONE 66
Life Insurance
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Protects mortgaged real estate. A
"Life" Policy pays the mortgage'if the bor
rower dies. It gives him time to discharge
, the obligation if he dies. An "Endowment''
Policy pays off the mortgage whether the
borrower lives or dies.
Southeastern Life Insurance Co.
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L. A. McDowell, Agent
FINAL lusdlAKi.K
Nmi.v is luMt'liy u!\?'ii I liiit oue
month front this tl?U\ uji Monday,
May 10th, 1020 1 will uiako to tho Pro
l?aU* Court of Knsliaw OOUDty my tlual
rot vim afc A<1 tut intra tor of tho ^?tutt?
of Mis. l.oultui S. l4tng. (lewutiod, and
on |W mi mo datv I will apply (o ut
-.ii.l i % m ft for a Una I <IK<-hai>:o as salil
AiliuluUtrator
W l?. Mr l,M >\V A 1.1..
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'
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Manufacturers of Paige Motor Cars and Motor Trucks
With the demand for the
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