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PISA: AN OLD CURIOSITY SHOP OF HISTORY A city ??f lO.otW skyscrapers before IVtci' M limit l?0HU*?t Manhattan Island for tha present price df * supper * a Broatfway cabaret. A city UiBt warred and trailed with empires. yCl plunged "Ho u. disss! rou?? ?^yiiyyla with a rival ?Uy o\ci M right* to a lapdog. A city which *el*cd after a Florentine Hobson vbottlod up" K.J lurrtmr eTtrrJWFe with sunken Wll dK before tha ?,T sun 1 1 *? k ? > bit# Hacb I* i'1*". wlijiiJe U?*nlii| towei was ciidJiViiiercd by recent earlh<|U#se tremors hi Italy.. lM*a's word ahuuuds In Incidents as freakish a* Its famous lower; yet It possesses a history necessarily more significant than uny HritJsb or Amer lean city. Indicative of I'laa's importance in the thirteenth century was her send lng ui> ambassador to Home. I Iter? by hangs the story of the lapdog. 1 >ul^ Ing the coronation cere hi on I e* o Frederick II the Florentine emissary admired the lapdog of a certain car dinal, an that dignitary promised to give the tiny animal to Its admirer. Next day the IMsan ambassador said a few kind word* iibbnt tin* name dog. and the cardinal Just ax readily proin Jsed It to htm. The Florentine sen for bis gift. and got- it ; the FUnn sent, and received an apology. Flore n tinea began Joking the IMynns about tbla in cldent, and lights ensued on the Ho man streets. Wbeii the I'lSttn una folks heard this li nave them an ex eel lent chance to pick a quarrel that had long been simmering. A sort of medieval Hoston tea party was stage* by the IMsans, who seized all the en emy merchandise within their iea? ?. and thus precipitated the tlrst of a series of wars with Florence which culminated In the subjection of IMm> by her long-time rival. The lapdog story seems trivial, yet characteristic of a certain childish quality noticeable among the Juvenile civic nationalities that preceded na tlonal Italy. As further proof one might recall the occasion when the. victorious army of l.ucca bung upon s l'lsan tower a mirror with the Jn scr1.pt Ion "Oh women of IMsa. use these to look at yourselves. No otn er challenge was needed for the IMstuis to march to the gate of .Lucca* and there to plant poles, topped with mir rors. bearing retaliatory comment. Were a super Hip Van Winkle of medieval IMsa to come with his latter dav compatriots to Mills island in 10-0. not only the national bird of his adopted land, hut the skyscraper Ine of New S'ork might make him feel at home. Towers ti.ey were^called. these I Is* ?toscrspers. huddled together for alt the world like groups of tall apartment houses. Two reasons are assigned for this method of building, common to Italian towns of the twelfth century One- was- that the wall permitted only vertical expansion when P?>P^?ton pressure increased. Another believ able In view of ?be constant factional J lights and family feuds, attributed them to the necessity for protection. iiridcrx that could be thrown Horn tower 10 tower further suggested the skyscraper likeness ? >1. these precur sors of the modern lire esc ape. many ? community battle .has raged. The Leaning Tower of IMsa serve' humanity well, aside from l.eeom ng the most effect i* e bit of city advei tiding Net devised, for It permitted Galileo.* a name of IMsa. to carry on his experiments wi.h the law. ,-overn tpp the pendulum. THE, FLAMINGO, A BIRD OF BEAUTY AND MYSTERY, IS SAVED FROM EXTINCTION that th?* Mauiiii'jx hiril of bpaut> and tn \ >i ? i > will | ?'i UtiHioo i* fMitH inrd in a 'el tor from II. K \V ?oloit.nl irot.'inur of (lit' I'.' 'ntllliO. w ln? It mh ?. "You will !*' - i it 1 1 in h. rtr (tint an OI'UiT ill ool.lH'll tin." I M ? 1 1 1 1: i -? s*?? | Jfi v - Injf to!H|ili?! >? pi'oi eft ion ro Hi. flamin go. Thi* - oiv of o;ir Mi;ir>lu'v owes : Ik* ?-\|>f'|. 'ion .i of ynu it ude." ?| I,,. -i-tj of j in- Mr??:nmn< . oun< il w a.s i a k ? n ! ol low hjj an oxpod'tion. whUh it :>??! i !j?- Mai-iinco. the most beautiful i f ih< world's larpor birds, to its liisi vt.iiiii 'imL motion pictures of I ho liino: o.!> ? i ? ;t 1 ur<'??^ hikI brought about a tTii!,/.:itioh of how npar they w ero to h. ? o o!n- ?* \ t i ii ? ? f in tin* now world throiiuh iin? ' I ? InMon hy native Kponjjo ti vheruKii Thoso fishermon hunted ;hrm i|o..n for food purpose* at the i ? * ? < t i 1 1 c and Molting season. The lir>l Ameruao naturalist to lo~ rate and study t ho sorireous flamingo -rnr Pr. Fmr.l: M. ''tinpniwn in iiKJl, uhru In linn t ?'d that .sonar 'JO.OOfi tlarnlnjfoos wfii' to !??? found on oue of the In 1 1** known islands of the Kahuuui* Kr,"'P? Sin<e.fhen :t !? be lieved ili.tt Mi II v two thirds of th*? ?-olonir? hnvr perished The erpodltion ihat spent ;en days !n the n t ? y ? m n I salt swamps of Aridros inland, film' z 'he flatr.!r.?o and study In lifs habitat for aclentia* par pom-*. ?'m m>Qt out bj the Mlam Aquarium association. A yacht was the mother ship ef I he expedition MIHl Mil rXpi tvMH C l liiwer Win u*ed a* a scout boj|t. CttlVftA caUor* wrere taken along to fet Into the shal low salt ci?ek*, and noM' Into I In* la goonv^or (.loop entrance* (o the murky svyamps where the Nemlngo A liahaiua guide, Peter Hannlster. who l>a<l aidttd lN" tor 4'hapniuu'a part> I'' years ago. al?o wtMti with lit# party. A ft* t peminu tag tQ the almost ? MIX tfctlhlc points With 1 1 14* ? i? it \vns necosury to t(lVM*?tl nillon of the "mvu.nI/' or tidal marl marshes. carry lug the heavy cameras and motion pic ture machines, In Koareh for t lie bird*. Wiidlnic In watev up to the wal?t . deep hi the marl mud, was the dally program), while blinding swanus of uiOiiq til teen compelled nightly retreat* to the yacht, anchored several tnilei ?til shore. tiui the hardships found a worthy reward when the party came upon I# bnle* of Noveral huudred birds, de scribed by a niemher of the party as "a TlAinJug mass <?f brilliant *curlei bodjes, Jet bi.uk beneath the huge Wings, vv'lth their long, slender neck* gracefully powering and ralalng their Itomun-nosed heads an they bought be neath the 'water the tiny spiral shell known to gcieutlat* as ?Ocrlthluiu,' up on whjeh the Ma in Inyo lives exclusively In Its native habitat." SARDINIA: THE ISLAND OF PYGMIES AND WOLFRAM A traveler of tine Imagination spg tiests ihai travel htYolvcs a double Journey- ? "one fo?ward through space, the oilier backward through time." Your steamboat ticket from Civi tavecchia. the. port of Home, entitles you to an eight-hour voyage, to Sar dinia, hut affords a protulttm of sev eral thousand years backward to Nu r'ope'H earliest traceable hlsrtory. Sardinia has a double Interest Ju*t now hecausu of the reported .native .demand for home inle, and because Americans- liuve found tracts contain ing wolfram. highly prized as it source of tungsten. Second oul.v to Sicily among Medi terranean islands, Sardinia has be^n referred to us the lost Isle of that sea. (icographlcally it has been said 10 turn Its back on Italy, for Its east coast Js mountainous, 'rids isolation has a eo?np?L>a t inn in preserving the ho<aof?nelty W a people who jiave a I ? Sardinian Miners. special interest for students of ruclal history^* Sardinians are small of stature. Even their soldiers have an average height ? fraction ?under five feet, four Inches. Hut the moat conspicuous curiosities , of Sardinia are Ms nuraghl, great round towers, relics of the bronze age, which .served as fortified dwellings for some prehistoric people. There are ?j,000 or more of t he?e 4owers. some ti() feet high, usually about .'10 feet in di ameter at the base, .made of stone blocks and smeared with clay on the inside. Stairways lead to upper cham bers and platforms. Interesting as are these relics of un known inhabitants, even more fuscl natlng are the traces of ancient civili zations to be found In the dnlly life of Sardinians of today. Ou? may find oxen plowing as they did In the days of the Roman empire. Implements whbb \\? rv introduced by the succes sive .?. . lipaiiK. one '"ai.il.in town (Allium) when s I i ?? no Jnrrlng note in the illusion of old Spain, and dan?*?-s of the c|;i**ic (Jrct-k period ?t the mountain (V-te i?nl> n Sardinia -wid ("orsicji is the . iiitloni. pn-ili i of our sheep. to ,?? * on n < I Wild doei and wild lioar plentiful In Mte mi^n'ain disficts ! .n'.;\ tisb.n- ?? Ui.ti.tr industry III 'MM ** ? e ;i - ?? Mil | i.i l ii I >1 c lo \ . : 1 ? ?: . : I ? ' '? ? .1 - i ? ' ' .1 I I \> . ? e I he I .. i] ? 'i I I . >i ??' ha i ? ' ii i e I'll, i* 1 . ? i ? J lj. > ?lllf.'!* uf 4 Ot >ica a lid l.v *?m >:i l :i I ?-? I ( !i- i'? fi ??ni bv tlw narrow *faits of I'.oti :f.n .?> in ^hnpe it has '.(?I'ti o;;ip;r ? '<> ?' bi.ioan f>mi??rinf AIRPLANES TO WHIR OVER THUNDEROUS FALLS W !) '.?? N .i?..iiii I all> will . ot.tuiue . b.>'<! ' 1 ?? ?* :i ? /i for hon ey jcinitier" i 1 "her traveler*, they : i.-; .?! . - 'inii t<> comparison wi'h Jin i: .i ! \>> ? ?? i ? I .* r 'lie Vlc toria i h<i* 1 ? /.i:iiI?m . i -? Africa Ne.'om - fr ? . ! f>y ? n: i s. Fry::- ? ? .. e .?f t?it"?MTv. so feared i!.m I .- ??iti- who discov ered tbe rai!" yV'. bad great diffi culty in p?Tc?iad b * followers to acrornpar b' 'b?- .':?!l-? now ure vis it?i# from a riltway that cr??m ttw j river half-mile below then, and the> , lie under the route of (he propone- f Cape to Cairo Herial service. l.OUl* UTii|g?iUli Seamau, lit a coin i Inimical ion to ihe Nutloiial t if? ?* * ? I ? h ? ? <.. lety, describe? it visit to Vlclon.. I ills unit COatta*!* them With Jfl | a gam. as follows : l -iily III I lie morning of tin- III'" ia>, wv were siiiiii?-ni> awakened 'lie gtturd ami t rented 10 a sctne n! j hi .lUl,< UtA>,l'X lo l?e forgot Hill. Soiia. j irii milev distant* five ? norinous ??? ! i milH? ?#f- v-ftpM** wvi> xliO'rtlliy the** j i ??"??an timed ^ i ih if s hundred* ol Mf I <?;! > rim a i ? I. while the In Ml roar of j ihe falls Milil ai* llie Miisioa-Tungu the inioke t liu t sounds- -- was no loiljijei J a mystery, ? "Each moment Increased \t?ie beauty j ami vividness <>| i lie scene. ' Willi the I firm rays of the rising sun came a picture of color ol wondrous loveliness, i?cii<ai?' linis of violet. crimson, ami beryl played' through the mounting spru.v u? It shot higher and hl^lu-i. ultimately disappearing as vji'liM' ci?. nil.- In Im'UM'u. while the ??ver-ln ceasing thunder* of fhp wntrn b*nt an added solemnity to the v|?Ny, ' , "Hardly could we wall to reach our lie:. I Illation, so $(|a ,,IU' SlfltlllN' asm. itui our ho pea were doomed to momentary disappointment. only to he more than rcallxed after a study of the environment ; for. notwithstanding their magnitude, the first view of Vic toria l>lls Is decidedly disappointing. "Although nearly a mile in width and -1(H) feet in height, the grandeur of (heir proportions is eclipsed hy the sudden disappearance of the river, as It plunge* Into a mfrruw. rocky lissure extending a cross its entire width. Only a t a single central point Is there a breach In this fissure through which the falls can he seen and appreciated in their full proportions, where the converging waters rush madly to the * iyzug canyon beloW. So restricted Is this view that there is an entire ab sence .of that awe-luppirihg and moat paralysing effect which strikes the vin^! Iter dumb with wonder and amazement when Niagara bursts on his near vision. "On lirst sight of ihe Victoria Falls one in voluntarily t>\elaims, 'Oh. how beautiful." hut they lack the majesty of our grand Xiuua^u.' "No single visit ^.can adequately re veal the fullness of their charms, but repeated excursions must be made to their islands ami precipices, their grot- j i os and palm gardens, their rain for ests and .projecting crags, their rain | bows and cataracts and many-sided i views of their exquisite setting in the ! emerald framework of tropic forests, before their imh'crihahle beauty can be appreciated. "Had the falls, been.- lit) America, the Indians would surely have named them Minnehaha. Laughing Waters." ? v ? . THE MARSHALL ISLANDS The Marshall islands, along with the Carolines, were seized by .Japan soon after the outburst of the war, ami their permanent disposition has been under discussion. Their proximity to the Philippines lias been referred to In tills connection. The two chains of curiously-shaped atolls, or coral inlands consisting of low-lying coral reefs encircling la goons, known as the Marshall group, lie a little south of the center of an ima^hnry line between the Philippines and Hawaii. Guam, Samoa and Honolulu form a triangle ?? f trade routes, with its sides not penetrated by important steamship lines. Near ihe renter of this Isolated Pacific zone are ihe Marshal) islands. Before ihe war Sydney was reached by steamer, a \oyage of uior.e than Ji.tXM) miles. The only other egress is a steamer to. I'omipc which connects with the French line to Singapore. Like two loosely-strung chains of jewels, the islands stretcii from north west to southeast, each with its la goon setting encased by a strangely shaped circlet of coral, some like tri angles. harps and stirrups, and one outlining h bull's brad with its horns. Straight -haired, dark-brown natives, still preserving the religious signitl eance of tattoo and taboo, are to be found. Woman was given a higher position than among most savages because suc cession was through the female line. But the chief's power was absolute, to the point of life and death. One am bitious ruler learned an alphabet and Is said to have beheaded all his sub jects who seemed likely to acquire* more know ledge (bun he had. In some j islands the mother was allowed to ; keep only the first three children. Slie had to bury the fourth. Skillful and fearless navigators, the natives used bread-tree wood to make sailing canoes in which they would ' voyage for months. They devised charts, made of sticks, showing the b>- ? cations of island* and the directions ; of prevailing w lnd? Ancestor worship was rheir predoml- ' nant religious sentiment. With pe tition* and xlft* they worshiped the departed whose spirit* were supposed 1 to return to earth in <ertain ps^lm trees i which they s*h .?fT !n stone indosures. ! Birds and fishes sometimes embodied ! these spirits, they believed, and thus certain specie* became taboo Homes of the natives were not pre tentlou*. floors were above ? the eroimd to escape the rats. ;mj that ( bed roofs covered the combination house and storage room. Tin* two islnml croups me known hs the Hatak and Knlik diaitiv. Their e? t re wren I M i *? ?f tnote than ? i K ? sipj;tr?* TO!le? the:r native populn ? ion I'tYw). with fewer han 'Mm foreigner*- The sem <"<*M-iiian go\ ei nnt? nt whs on j tntin: an<" the nin?i populous r is Mnjeru with but ; . *?r.n*. M me. Murte Bru?theiu died at ho/ IiIm In Apenzell, (Switzerland, thia > * a I the ago of 10i5 yearn, an Hie k shu ..f ji stiiiK on In-*- lip, The old woiumii bad f?*nred thj? doetorn ull ttlV an. I had Imm'U vislh?l by quo until tho wasp WU\ Before shr >Ii.' w ; l>ruth' roinrs . I^tvuuxe of tUo doctor : not the wu?p." T4i?? prt<* of hog* in t'htcttgo h?? . I. u tu pro<wui ifvt-lM $to a bunted uuti lit Uiw. TttfM. W. formerly ?tttor ,M owner of the Auguata OhroaVfc J3 .luilm Harris, wuu u* the lnte foj Ob*uUU>r llurrtH, have imrd***i 3 <\>luuU>u* Knqulrer Sun of Outa**] 'fh* N. H. X, if a .22 Loop Rtflr Curtii^0 Champions of the World The American Small -Bore Rifle Team won the Olympic matches in Belgium last summer with U. S. .22 N. R. A. cartridges. The great majority of prize ? winners at the national matches in this country used them also m .22 N. R.. A. Long Rifle Lesmok Cartridges are used a: most universally by expert .22 calibre users because : 1. ? They are" absolutely accurate at all ranges, from 25 yards to 250 yards. 2.- If after using part of a box you are dissatisfied with? them, your dealer will refund the pr.ee of the full box. The following is quoted from a news item regarding the Olympic contests in a famous rifleman's publication, dated July 15, 1920: "TJiey picked U. S. Am munition for the cold-blooded reason that they found it ' to shoot straighter than anything else oh the market,". U. S. Cartridge Company, New York, Manufacturer* Come in and get a copy of the U. S. Game Law Book? Free MACKEY . MERCANTILE CO., Camden, S. C. BURNS & BARRETT, Camden, S. C. ?' ' " ? ? - ;? . 5 ' ' 2. The Facts of the Telephone Situation in South Carolina * By J. Epps Brown, President. "1 SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY . The Solution of the Problem To furnish (he telephone service which 4 *111 be needed la the state of South Carolina <JuflnK 1921, additional facilities must be constructed. To build thene facilities will cost $936? 906.00. Tho Company ha? no money with which to construct these facilities. AJ1 new construction must be paid for out of the capital account of the Company; all of the Company's present capital is Invested in the Company's business. This money can be had In only one way; It must be Invested In the Company's busi ness. This money can be had from oi ly one source; from the Investing public, people who have surplus money to Invest. Part of the Investing public of this coun try live in South Carolina These facilities are needed lo -errr the people of South Carolina. Will the investing public of South Caro lina furnish this money? HJvery dollar the pmbllc of South Carolina will Invest in the Company will be used to construct plant facilities In fh? state of South Carolina for the use of the people of boufh Carolina. If the investing public livi?g in South Carolina will not invest their surplus money In the Company's business, the Company Sua! the money needed to serve you om the Investing publhr In other states; from strangers. Can you f xpoct strangers to inveet thetr motipy 1n a buslnens located !n South Caro line Id which the people of South Carolina will not forest their money? The facilities now used by you were paid for by money furnished by strangers. They know what they are earning in South Caro lina while Serving yon Just as you know. Can you ask or expect them to furnish more money tor your use in South Carolina tader pTSsont conditions? , It the ^people of South Carolina will not "apply the money needed to serve them selves they must induce strangers to furnlah It. .... Thia can be done by allowing the stranger to earn a fair and just profit upon his money . now Invested In South Carolina, serving you, and upon all additional' Money required to furnish yon 'service.' ? <7 This can be done in but on? way; br pay ing fair and Just rates. - / When the Company la legally authorised to charge a rate which will yield a fair asd Just profit over and above the cost of nishlng you servicfe in ttf4 state of South Carolina. ' It can secure from stfangefs liv ing in other states the mostf needed to fur u?sh service to the state M South Carolina. The Company must have this right before ii can get the money. The people of South Carolina mu?t aot first. _ To have telephone service you must either invest your own money in the Compaty** business, or permit the Company to earn such a profit upon its present and future fa vestment as! will induce strangers to invest thefr money In the s^ate of South Cswttaa. to ferve you. ? j /-? - ?.">** '* The next advertiMment will tell what profit the Company ukl t? earn. EC