The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 17, 1920, Image 9
? I JAPAN SHRWE1
lights Worth Seeing in the Etn
r pire's Temple Cities.
L?tftlfuf Bc0n?ry of NJkko and th#
| ffrwtry Great Yeddo In ths Cap
I ILm I Well Repay Visitor
I for the Excursion.
I \ t . 1 1 v foot M? now treadhu tfcolr
L?y ti> rtif ahrtiijea In the tout)*!** <>IUea
Klpnn.1' W?y# tho. third of u scrli^
I tmll.ims from the National
Lr(i|ilii< soiiiely Oil tho places Which
f?, |?. visited by hummImth of ??<?!.
ft.*> 0(1 trip to the Orient.
"Ka^or Americana will stroll along
sIi.mI.v Hindis of Nlkko to the*
<?f i lit- tdiogun* tyid drink In tho
,ilcScrM?id>lr benut'ful aoenery. their
I,* all tin* while n urimirlnu the Jap
lksf word k?'kko (beautiful). which
h,. jrtjutiicso say one never learns to
wnati:u?e until he Iihh seen the city
i Mkku. In Tokyo, called tho Flow
Cmit Ycddo, the capital of the
.juplro. tli?'.v will see the Imperial pel
lCe and tl:e remnluH of the former
flory of the shoguns. a family of mil
pnry jjovernors who were the virtual
Ulcrs ?>f Jnpan for several centuries.
aAtl In Kyoto they will probably ?et
# confused, hnxy Idea of one op two
of rho vlU?> Huddhlat temples and 80
Shinto Rallies.
.?iviiiiips, too, In the ten>p!o? of
Tokyo a idt of American pocket mon
i*y will >.'<? if i< |?f ''U I' m- ivi'hliU'/ ?
pretty prayer' on a slip of paper, whh-h
the visit w, i? (rue pilgrim fashion,
will p'roas to his forehead and to his
bivasf and theb fiiHten to tin? tem
pi,- ' wall in order that It may be a pcr
petun I prtltlop. But then when there
(iivI'U.aoo defiles to whom devout Jap.
unojic write, it few American pleas will
scarcely e?<^ the ceJestl^l postal Serv
lee.
"Tin'ir will he many native pilgrim
on ! lit' Mil v to the slirlii'-s. iniiir:
the similiter montlH. when the cr ip*
tave been taken care of. the vill-i^e'
folk. though i hoy have the I on. ?
of their *VV ?' " .
I pod. feel that they most send out a
pilgrim or two to* the sacred moun
tains ami holy places of Japan to
worship i" behalf of those who din
not go. ami so they provide n food fur
his expense. Nor does the emissary
travel In state. Life for him lose*
most of its perplexities. He Is
equipped with n cheap white cotton
shirt that nut he easily washed, tlght
fittinir trousers and a loose white cot- *
ton Jacket which he tucks In with a
jdnlli". Hf wears an, enormous broad,
stiff straw hat. and on his back he
carries a piece of matting which
serves him as an umbrella by day and
?g a bed at night. . .
"in Nikko. though he does n<lt come
especially to visit the tombs of the
shoguns. he 'loafs and Invites Ids soul'
within the shadow of the two great
mausolea of the founder of the ilna?
*nd his grandson, the merciless ene
my of Christianity, which stand on the
?ide of the mountain. Up. up. up. he
climbs through courtyard and garden,
past one splendor after another, until
Je reaches the beautiful temple and
the actual hurlal place of a line of
rnlers who usurped the sovereignty of
the empire and held it for almost three
centuries, making 'lie few years cov
ering tli* glory of Napoleon and Crom
well tTr?l;:nlflennt indeed. When the
pilgrim reaches- the top of the moun
tain he prfcys. Then he smokes a pipe
or two ami leisurely takes up his Jour
ney to the next shrine.
"In August the pilgrim rolls off his
mat and t ho visitor from foreign lands
climbs out of bed at the crack of dawn
to hen r the lotus Mower bloom, for the
buds burst with a pleasing character
ise sound.
"If Nikko Is the most beautiful city
in Japan. Kyoto can be called the most
interest i ni:. n*>re the feminine visitor
finds herself bewildered by the most
eiquisii.-ls wrought of all tin- ??\#<?<iiv
He poitiTy. cloisonne, bronzes, fans
ind vol vels. After she has bought
more than she can comfortably get
tome with, sin* probably will want to
*ee a bit yf the mikado's pulace which
covers over acres of ground and Is
tarroonded by n gri*?f wall with six
fates, or jmirney out to see the larg
est Inkf in Japan. I.ake Rlwa. ami the
lJOO-rffftr old pine tree which stands
near It."
Machine Digs Trees at Nursery.
The i ? 1 1 r?cyv tree-differ lias been
levisfd liv l-Manr A. Jackson of Cu
r?^rtin.> i;,- With i his machine 30,
<?irt tr.-..v ? , |vi|v he dug In a day.
usins i ? ? , .1 -n'lons of fuel. The
eax to drums attach
h ? 1 1 in t urn a ro a <
<levlce. The pear
: ri-iiHMiiloti* pt 1 1 1 . run'
.? k n i fc \v 1 1 h :i
. i !ii- luatii Tin?4 n"
'!"!>(? machine i:i<tv -|
'? ?; >! her l?> i s ??\\i
*' *
tv A r ' i d e n t .
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* ? ' ! I ?! t elite I ' T f ! i
??'. ihm-I iK'ttf
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mm <-;? f->* v
- t v;vt ? ' , j \ .ft It ?
? ! let it ?pn>'!'
Rubber ir. 3.
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: *h'? ?tore at ;? "
'i vn
r.-;,- , 1 the wise clerk.
' * v?- u very fine line of op
LESSON IN UFE OF EMPRESS
"Vanity of All t? Vanity,*
Never Better Bxemplirtpd Than
7 by Unhappy Kufltnie.
In the middle "70s \ ha<h for several
fear*, a unite of iooiih In a hold In
St. Oall, Switzerland. U0lurBlQ| from
Oitf of ?uy parfodleal trips to Rngiand,
the proprietor Informed y??> that he
hod taken the liberty of permitting a
lady and her attendant to o&Hjpy the
rtnuus for n (tight, an the hotels were
all full. She wad a middle aged worn
uii. of Morrowfnl usprtt, ditwaed In
I 'lack, and walked with a cane, and
n I though traveling Im-ognlto, was rec
ognized hy one of the hotel ataflf as
ex-Kmprea* Kugenle, widow jt?f Napol
?m?ii the Little, who owned a chateau
nt'ttr SchntThau?en.
y'Thal was ahout 1874. And only a
few weeks ago this unhappy woman.
Who had long been tired of life, died
Ht the age of ulnety-four.
What a ?ad and checkered career!
Bori) lu Spain, of nn unassuming nrls
tocratlc family, raised to the glitter
ing throne of the seeoi.ul empire, lead'
or of Kurope's fashion ?nd frivolity,
losing, within a few years, her throne,
her husband and her son, then, an ex
lie, visiting from time to tlipe, like a
black ghost, the sceftpa of her former
triumphs.
; "Vanity of vanities; nil Is vanity,
salth the preacher.'*? I.os Angeles
Imbues.
CANNOT SIGNM TO MARS
Scientist Shows Impossibility of Earth
Having Communication With Our
Neighboring Planets.
In attempting to communicate with
Mars, there aire several factors that
must he taken Into consideration.
Henry' Meier of Center college
summed these up at a recent meeting
iff the Kentucky Academy of Science.
lYo said that In the first place the
probably low temperature, ra relied
atmosphere and absence of water on
Mars are against Che existence there
of beings similar to ourselves. In the
next place signaling by light must be
given up. for the reason th.it the
earth's atmosplieiV would absorb 40
per cent of the llftht sent out, and
the distance was so. great that, nn
area of light ten miles square-, on the
earth Mould. If seen from Mars
through a telescope magnifying 500
times, appear like an area one inch
square viewed at a distance of fWH)
feet. Tn considering signals by radio.
It has been computed that It would
require a current of a million am
peres at the sending station to ob
tain one of one. mnpere at a receiv
ing station on Mars. And Mr. Meier
remarked that the' powerful electric
current* sent out by the sun would
probably overwhelm the weak waves
sent from the earth.
Canadian Oil Production.
Over 00 per cent of the production
of crude petroleum In Canada Is still
obtained from the oil fields In south
ern Ontario, according to the pr?*Timl
nar.V report of the mineral production
of Canada during the calendar year
1910, prepared hy John McLeish. B. A.,
chief division of mineral resources and
statistics. .Canadian department of
mines. These fields have been produc
ing for 58 yea rs, but production has
been supplemented during recent
years by a Small annual production
from New Brunswick and Alberta. The
I oFaT^ production of crude oil from
these fields in 1910 was 240,070 bar
rels of 35 Imperial gallons, having a
value 'of $744,607, as compared with a
total production In 1918 of 304,741 bar
rel, Valued at $885,143.
Builder of Soils.
Most of the fame that has come to
the humble cowpea has arisen from
Its extremely practical value as a
builder of soils and as a feed crop.
It Is a legume and plowed under, Its
vines give the needed humus to soil*
lacking this necessary quality.
Its name Isn't poetical, either, but
It Is entitled tp a place among the
most beautlfjfl flowering plants In this
country. Its coUsln is our. vari-col
ored sweet pea. In blossom a field
of cowpeas, with f heir dark, glossy
leaves, looks exactly ns If a myriad
host of purple butterflies. each with
(wo yellow spots on fts wings, had
settled upon It for a momentary rest,
and when the wind blows the resem
blance Is even more marked.
Shortening the Twilight..
Although no son of romantic Erin
would be expected to deprive the
world of twilight* J. O. Sullivan has
contributed to the Canadian l\n
cineer strong mathematical nrgutnents
that lengthen night at the expense of
the lover's hour.
As the result of personal observa
tions Mr. Sullivan would correct the
standard statement of encyclopedias
that twilight continues until the sun
has fallen at least IS degrees below
the horizon. It will be near (he
truth, lie Thinks, to sa^~ that twilight
ends when the sun's decline Is about
15 degrees
Not So Wrong.
"Don't you think, dear, that It
would be a good plan to let me select
the stocks for you to buy and sell?"
his wife suggested.
He withdrew 1 1 5 ? attention from a
vast complication of calculations long
rtnouffh to snort disdainfully.
"Why. you don't know anything
rl out tin. ttock market." he said.
"No," sue responded sweetly; "hut
It's a j?oor rule that won't work both
?**fiys -Lt)<\ T've observed that it is
t!io~e *-ho know all a^nt It that gen
erally lose."
. ? ; ? ? *. fi "
Militarism the Cause of Anarchical
State of Affairs in Mexico.
By VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ, in New York Time?.
I want to contribute all I can toward the destruction of that mili
tarism, which it* the principal cause of the backwardness ami the an
archical state of affairs in which Mexico is living. Ho long as that coun
try does not suppress its general?, who are everlastingly bent on tyran
nizing over it, bo long as it is not ruled by pacifto citi/.cns able to think
in modern terms, Mexico will remain a sad e\(vptiou? an object of loathing
and disgust among all eivilis&ed peopled.
The well-to-do classes of Mexico have tted the country and arc wan
derers on the face of the earth. The middle and professional classes have
continued living at home, but under deplorable conditions, and either
not daring to speak at all, or saying what they really think in as low a
voice as poaaible. What else can they do if militarism is in the saddle?
Where can they find protection, if the strongest portion of the peoplo, kopt
in ignorance formerly by the priests and now by generals calling them
selves liberators follow tin- military men blindly on receipt of a rifle ami
on a promise of two dollars a day, and a free hand?
Just as I have spoken here in the United States 1 shall go on speak
ing in Europe and everywhere else. /\.nd who knows? German militarism
was a far stronger and a far less ridiculous thing. Hut no slight influ
ence on its ultimate destruction came from the uprisiug of public opinion
against it throughout the world.
The Tractor That
Mother, Son or
Grand 3ad Can Operas
25 % More Power, Too
TfaisuewE-B U-20, S. A. E. rat
ing. Tractor pi-'.Ks as ranch iia a
15-25. PulU a i til loiul v/lth
uiuplo reserve f<-c iTiertjcncies.
The Mo3t Power f^r thoAVelght
aad Money over offered. ,
AU gears are enclosed aad dvist
proof ? running in oil. Onl* 3
grease cupa to ba filled dully.
It'a n four-wheel tractor?* ail
wheels out of furrow.
Tho enrloo is standard K-B
4-cyllmUr Kerosene' Motor.
This la the tractOf for your work.
Come ia and sea it,
Sold by Macltcy Mercantile CoritpanX, Camden, S. C.
SO wholesome and good are Ward's
Orange-Crush and Lemon-Crush ?
so carefully guarded their quality
and purity? that even the littlest tots will
thrive upon their harmless delicious
ness. **Your physician will tell you this.
T
And how the children like
them! They are' the drinks
the kiddies dream about. All
their tempting flavor and fra
grance come from the delicate
oil pressed from the fruit itself,
combined by the exclusive
Ward process with purest sugar
and citric acid ? the natural
acid of citrus fruits.
in bottles or at fountains
Prepared by Or?ng?-Cru?h Co., Chicago
Laboratory: Loi Aogclci ^
Hottlotl In Cntn?lrn Wy
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