The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 05, 1923, Image 6
BOOM IN WILD
ANIMAL MARKET
Growing Demand Because of De
pletion of Slocks During
WorlJ War.
MANY EXPEDITIONS NOW OUT
#>
Year and a Half Frequently Elapses
Between Time of Captufio and of
Sale ? African Native* Catch
Fever for Higher Pay.
New York.- The wild animal market
la enjoying un unprecedented boom.
During tho 'World war lite wild unU
uuil supply was shut off, although the
normal demand con tin nod. Tho breed
ing of such stock In captivity, is very
limited, while the death fate la com*
yarativoly high. The zoological gar*
dens, circuses and wild-animal exhibit
tlons of nil klndH have suffered a
steady falling o(T In their stock, with
no means of renewing It. A tyrge sup
ply of lions, tigers, elephants, hippos,
bears, snakes, In short, of every va
riety of animal used for exhibition
purposes, must be collected and dis
tributed to bring the supply up to nor
mal.
Kvery scot Ion of tho globe, from the
Arctic circle' and beyond to tlie equa
tor, Is searched for wild animal* to I
meet this demand. Expeditions, ma.ny j
of them very elaborate, are at work
afield today In some twenty-three dif
ferent countries scattered throughout
tho world gatherlnK such specirrer*.
The work Is organized on an elaborate
scale. Knrh expedition must 1 e di
rected by speclnllsfs who have - ; -enl
years In these fields and thoroughly
underst and the conditions undvr which
a particular animal may be tracked
dowrt and captured.
Transportation i? Difbcutt.
Since most wild animals are cap
tured In remote regions far from civ
ilization, the question of transporta
tion Is extremely difficult. Hundreds
of miles must be covered over wild
regions before the nearest railroad or
shipping port is reached. The han
dling of most wild animals under such
conditions Is extremely dangerous and
difficult. So great is the American de
mand for wild unlmsls at present that
stock is now shipped directly to the
United States from the South African
and other fields. New York lias be
come a great clearing house for wild
animals, where extensive ihlpments
* are received rivaling Noah's ark for
the variety of its passengers. There
are at present three suctj cJ?itring
houses, one In New EnglaAu, another
in Jersey City, a third at Coney Island,
from which wild animals are distrib
uted to all parts of the United States.
Wild animals nre one of the few
commodities which have not Increased
In price during tho war. The present
quotations for the stock of a nienanerlo
compare very favorably with the pre
war prices. A lion or tiger fully
grown can be bought anywhere from
$700 to $5,000. A glraiTe brings from
$0,000 to $14,000. Considering the dif
ficulties of capturing these animals In
remote parts of the globe and trans
porting them thousands of miles to
their ultimate home In noiiio zoological
garden, the prices seem surprisingly
low. Tho prices incidentally nre large
ly determined by the purchasing pow
ers of the owners of menageries. Most
zoological gardens, for Instance, are
supported by subscription and can
only afford to pay certain prlc?>a and
the wild animal dealer Is obliged to
meet tliem.
Cost Has Increased.
The cost of gathering wild animals,
mwnwhllp, has considerably Increased
since pre-war days. In (lie most re
mote Jungles of Africa the natives
have caught (ho fever for higher pay.
The now Hj>i r 1 1 naturally affects (he
price of wild animals t<> the ultimata
consumer. ,
The average visitor to a meaaKcrlA '
who gar.es Idly nt wild animals rol
lecte<l for his amusement hiis little
Idea of the enormous work required
to assemble such a show. An expedi
tion sent out for timers, lions, ele
phants or hippopotami will often con
sist of mora than 100 persons. It is
necessary to have experienced beaters
who arc familiar with tho Jungles imd
the habits of the animals required
There must ho s large force of run
ners who are also skilled In handling
wild animals under various conditions.
Several nutlves must make the trip to
prepare tv,f* food for the animals.
There Is, besides, the stafT who direct
^ the expodlt!-'! s. In some cases the ex
pedltlons Include 3.00 experienced
hunters.
The point of departure for Home of
these expeditions in h large farm In
Bast Africa. Here uiore than 300 na
tives are constantly employed The
farm, incidentally, is situated nearly
100 miles frcm n railway, and here
tho wild nnlrr.als are br'?ug' t and kept
for Severn! months to a<- ;.stoin thorn
gradually to rnpfivlty such an it
pedltlon n ay he absent - ne nnd n half
years In the Jungle T'.oy m'ist time
their trip so that the iuilr:... i.s \\,ll he ?
raptured at u fa\ ir.-.Mi- s. .ison when
rhe change to a 1 'vnp'ivitj >* ill
least affect t: ? r . ? tl'L
Mine :s on Kn;? Five.
Johnson ('It > i . ? I \ ; v n were
killed and a score i. juretl. son.e s? rl
vUBljt When a cha-g?? <>f Md- iovj
<ier exploded pn . * re y ,n a tmne
nff here. Three >.f tt??* d^ad men
were surveyor ? r* **#r?
miner*.
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NOT EASY TO TRACE ROSARY
Probabilities, However, Ar# That It i
PI nil WM UrouQht Into Uh III |
AMbl* or K?ypt.
It In not at Mil likely, I lliltik, thstj
the use of prayer beads originated n?
Arabia or Kgypt. It Is to India that
wo must k? for the homo of (Ma rolls-',
lou? device?India, '.'the mother of re
ligions," the IhiuI where tho gods OUt
numher the people and where the
carry tlfclr seal, to the point
of Intoxication. There Ih convincing
evidence (hut the roaury existed In;
Indlu Jong. before It appeared In .other
parts of the world. At some remote
period, when the Vedas were still lu
vogue, the circlet of Jewels or head*
a rope i*h n means of promoting medi
tation and registering meritorious
acts. It may be aeon In inultlfurlous
i colls about til? necks of the gurus of
today, Cornelius II. I'atton write* lb
Asia Magazine.
Starting from India, we uia.v c|esrljr
trace the spread of the rosary to the
IUiddhlM? Ce> b*o, norma and Slam,
known a* the southern school, and
especially to Tibet, where In I.aiua
Ism the faith of Gautama reached Its
lo\>e?t and whence the rotary,
along with other customs spread to
China K -v-ea and Japan.
The M .'..muoedans may easily have
taken 'over the iWary through their
couth s with India, or else, as seems
m?>ci? bWty, they lesrned Its us? from
henm:> 4 ad monks of the Kaatern or
church through their earlier
t-xK u *?'tq Palestine. Syria and north
I m. Africa, The oriental Christians,
in icm roaj have taken over the de
I k y fnmlbf Indians by way. of Per
>:V aoO the caravan routes of the
Kjts: If we f-ould say with certainty
that !h* Koman church borrowed the
l4ea ttam t he *ucce?M**ra of Mahomnt
durtng tbe Crusades, the claim of de
would be logical and com*
-pei>. ? - ? ??
We must not rule out, however, the
possibility that this aid to prayer
sprang up spontaneously in different
parts of the earth, under the pressure
of tbe need of the hnman heart,
everywhere the same. My own opin
ion hss adopted both imltatively and
spontaneously. Throughout the Bud
dhist world It was clearly copied from
India. In the Christian and Moham
medan worlds It appears to have had
an indej^endent origin, but to have
owed somewhat to the borrowing
process Incident to travel und trade.
Anthracite First Burned in 1806.
Anthracite coal was first experiment
ally burned, and Its value as a fuel and
marketable commodity tested, la the
old Fell bouse, Wllkes-Barre, Fa., in
February. lKurt. The experiment was
conducted In a very primitive sort of
grate built f?r the purpose by Judge
.(??ssf l-'vll, then one of the loading men
in the community. He had written in
letters to relatives describing the
achievement, and had for some time
contended that if properly Ignited the
"stone coal," as It was then railed,
would burn, but his friends laughed
at him. They would not belly v<> '
until they had. as he wrote, "in i,
demonstration of i h ?? fact." l>a> al'ier
day the old room In the tavern wns
erowded with the people of the little
v 1 1 1 :i and tin* travelers who passed
through, and soon to all parts of the
region where outcropping* of ctml had
boon discovered, the news was home.
Bells With Interesting Histories.
The bells of the old missions along
the length of California must have In
teresting histories, l>ut there is little
of an authonllo nature concerning
them. One of them at Santa Vsobel,
San I>icgo, lacks hut sevtm years < ? f
being two hundred years old. It la
marked "N S: de hereto, 17N2," which
mi'iiii'' < Mir liiid.v of I. ore tor ? Tint real
origin of this hell is not known, but
It is said to have been In service In
Lower California where the mission*
were established 1 f x ? years before the
mission fathers Invaded Alta, Calif.
These bolls must have been a power
ful aid to the fathers In gaining the
attention and Interest of the Indian?!
and it wins that some facts concern,
lng the castings .should have been
kept, but there appears to ho nothing
like 11 n authentic record.
Tame EnouQh in Front.
Fat Ilegarty had Just purchased *
mule, but he did not obtain from th#
animal all that he required of it.
So he wended his way back to th|
horse dealer.
"Vou said this mule wns (jnifi> fume,"
he sai(J to the dealer,
"And so he Is tame, Isn't he?" replied
the dealer, in nu aggrieved tone.
"Not altogether ? only partlalli so.*
the disconsolate Hegarty replied. "II<
Is taiue In front. I dare say, but lie i|
desperately wild behind I"
Co-Operation in Japan.
At the eighteenth national conven
tion of co-oj>eratlve societies recently
held In Tokyo. 12,000 delegate* weri
on hand representing 2,&f>0,000 "co>
oj>ernfors," belonging to 3,770 local
organizations, according to reports of
the meeting received by the all-Amen
lean co-operative commission of
Cleveland. Hanking is ona of the
strong features of Japanese co-opera
tive activities.
Arctic Sea Cow Extinct.
An authentic wrlteup of the Arctic'
<ea cow (now- extinct) was made about
the middle of the Klghf eenth century!
by < ieorge William Steller, who j
shipwrecked '>n Bering Inland, "1741.
w!th the Husslan navigator, Capt. Vi
tus Bering. This "cow" was not un.
like the manatee or dug->ng of south
ern waters, weighed x.o?w> [Moirrds. find
was 20-80 feet long. Stiller and hll
companions ate it? (.l
COTTON CULTURE IN CHINA
Long Neglected, Native Industry ff
Recent Yosra MaAe Extaaor
din?ry Development.
In the beginning the Chlmnte were
too much devoted to the lovely Yuenfl,
k'oddoA* of mulberry leaves and silk
worms, to look with favor upon a cult
of "mien-hua," the cotton lluwm. Cot- ,
tou <lld not thrive tint It it, too, acquired
a patron; the Lady II nam,', of the
Yuen dynasty, who distributed seed*
from Turkestan tlirouuh the region
about NnnkhiU
In this city wan made the famous
yellow "nankeen," from which were
cut the trousers of many characters In
Kugll.sh tlctlou. Am nankeen was imi
tated In foreign hinds, It was exported
In .smaller quantities, and the Chinese
even hCKUM to Import cotton cloth. In
recent times, however, the nutlve cot
ton Industry hits developed rapidly,
Much of the eonrso-flbered, kinky cot
ton from the farms 1# sent to Shanghai,
Wualeh or Tientsin,, to mills equipped
with' Kngllsh ?>r American machinery.
Hut the looms in most Chinese mills
ore constructed on the same principle
hk th??*e In household weaving by sim
ple folk, such us the old Chilli! peas
ant*. They are adept at unwinding
the twisted thread from a bobbin into
a skein, to be dyed blue und woven
Into narrow eh?tb.
BELIEVE ANIMALS HAVE SOUL
. >. -?
Primitive People Have From the Be
ginning Based Their Religion on
That Supposition. ?
Among the moro primitive people of
the earth, nil animals are supposed
to be endowed with souls, which In
many eases have formerly Inhabited
beings. Many ^frlcun tribes call them
selves by the name of, and even de
rtve their pedigree from some animal.
Its cries become the omens of the
tribe. In the modern world the most
civilized people among whom animal
worship vigorously survives lie within
the range of Brahnmlsm.
Perhaps no worship has prevailed
more widely than that of the serpent.
It had its place In Egypt and among
the Hebrews; in Greece and Home;
among the Celts and Scandinavians In
Europe; In Persia and In India; In
China and Tibet*; In Mexico aad Peru ;
In Africa, where It still flourishes an
} the state religion of Dahomey; In
Java and Ceylon; among tha Fijian*
and elsewhere In Oceanlca ; and even
in the limits of Christianity the sect
of the Ophites continued or renewed
snake worship, blended curiously with
purer rites.
Business Callers Are Selfish.
A business man was telling me re
I cently that whenever anyone came to
see him and Inquired If ho were busy
he invariably replied, no matter how
busy he was ;
i "No, not at all. What can I (lo for
you ?"
His idea was that courtesy required
him thus to put the caller at ease.
Visitors stayed too long and recently
this man tried the experiment of re
plying, when asked if he la busy :
"Yes, 1 am pretty busy, but I can
Klve you a moment or two. What Is
It?"
Hut his callers stay exactly the same
length of Mine, he says, that they used
to stay when he Raid he wasn't busy.
In other words, most callers are selfish
and stay ns long as they want to, un
less compelled to go sooner. ? Fred
Kelly In the Nation's Business.
And the Res* Is Silence.
An Englishman who knew no lan
truau'e but his own hud lnnt his way
j In Rome. hi his perplexity it oc
curred to hiiu to write the name of
his hotel in large letters on his card,
and hand It to the first benign-look
ins Individual ho met.
The Ifalinn thus accosted turned,
and. with the charming manner of hiu
race, accompanied the perturbed
Englishman for about twenty minutes
In solemn silence, until they reached
the hotel designated.
In a transport of Joy at finding him
self once more on known ground the
tourist poured out voluble thanks In
tho only language at his command.
At this the Italian looked at htm In
amazement and remarked In perfect
WbKllsh :
"I thought you were deaf and
dumb
Author Poorly Rewarded.
"Black Beauty," the moet successful
animal classic ever written, was gold
by tho writer, Anna Sewell, for lest
than $100, says Vincent Starrett in the
Mentor Magazine.
In America wlone the hook has
achieved a circulation to date of more
than 3,000,000 copies, yet the Quaker
girl who wrote it on hor sick bed. and
whose life was one of remarkable!
bravery and cheerfulness under the!
most depressing circumstances, is prac- |
tlcally unknown to fame. She u-ai
born in Yarmouth. England. March 30,,'
1H20, and died 1877, one >ear nfter tl?e ,
book v h.u published.
Birch Wood Chief Fuel in Sweden. 1
Domestic hfattnor !n Srredec would
be little afT.vted *y coal strikes, for1
thf most common fuH In that country |
Is birch wood. The Iocs are usually
cut durlnc Mm ^rtn'r-r months, sn<1 the '
pleccs n re piled fi lar^r stscks to
dry until the n?-\. autumn. A h ft 1 f* ?
|
dozen or more not unlike large,
Iiaj stacks In apiuutraitco, 1? s oom*1
mon sight In runny sections of th?
country T>) ?? flreidnrp* ore #o roo? I
sfru<tc'l it-i to sf-' ?* t' " ???*?!. *o that
virtually n> ue ? f it i* vested.
CLOCK OVER 100 YEARS OLD
The clock is a very important p:.#ee
of congressional machinery. For this
reason there are about 125 clocks In
the United States capltol at Washing
ton, the more Important ones receiv
ing dally .attention. These docks are
cared for by Cleorge H. Jones, as they
were by hts father before him, who
was locksmith of tho capltol In Gar
field's day. The picture shows John
adjusting the clock In ^tatuary hall
which Is over one hundred years old.
TOTES GUN, BUT FEARS MOUSE
Woman Deputy Sheriff Sees No Rea
eon Why She Cannot Fill Job
a* Well as Man.
Kenton, O. ? "I can't understand
why you, make so much fuss about a
woman serving as a deputy sheriff.
We women vote now and I cannot
understand why we should not be
willing to take our places in any of
the positions men assume," was the
way Mrs. Kthel Johnson Pfelffer,
twenty-eight, first regularly appointed
w6man official with the power to ar
rest who ever has served lp the Har
din county sheriff's office, met a ?ug
gestion that she pose for her picture
ai\d talk for publication.
''I feel perfectly at home In this Job
and am getting along Just fine," Dep
uty Sheriff Kthel Pfelffer continued.
"Why, I served my Apt warrant tp
day and. If I do say It myself, I
wasn't a bit scared."
"Will you tote a gun and go out
after the bold, bad men who fracture
the laws?" the new deputy sheriff was
asked.
?'Most certainly I will," was .ier re
joinder. "I feel confident that I am
capable of fulfilling the duties of my
position and I don't want to be a
slacker.
"I won't be afniid to pack a gun
when I have to ; but, say, do you
know, it's a funny comparison, but I
am really afraid of a mouse. That's
a feminine trait I guess I'll never get
over," confessed the deputy sheriff,
who Is the mother of several children.
JAPAN BOOSTS RICE HARVESt
Enlarged Production Due More to
Improved Methods Than In
crease in Acreage.
Tokyo.? While Japan does not pro
duce sufficient rice for the needs of
her people, who, even after an elabor
ute banquet, require a bowl or more
of their staple food, production has
kept pace with tho increase of the
population. In the early days of the
MulJI reign, when the population was
-WKKJXKKT; there was 35,000,000 koku
of rice produced. This year, with a
population of 70,000,000, the crop is
estimated at an equal number of koku.
The Increase in production is due
more to Improved methods than great
| er acreage under cultivation.
YANKS MAY SAVE RICE FIELDS
Crop Near Mt. Ararat Threatened
With Destruction by Failure
of Irrigation 8y?tem,
Krivan, Armenia. ? Certain flourish
lug rice and cotton fields at the foot
of Mount Ararat are threatened with
tho same destfuctlon that at. one time
in ancient history - overwhelmed the
hanging gardens of Babylon, namely
failure of the system of Irrigation and
the Inroads of desert sands.
American engineers are trying to
save the situation. They are going In
with 500 refugee laborers, and will en
deavor to reopen a 30-mlle Irrigation
canal from the Zanga river.
German Nitrogen Output Cllmba.
Berlin. ? Germany Is producing 8A
{>er cent more nitrogen now than In
prewar years The output this year Is
expected to reach 340,000 tons.
U. S. Automobiles Lined Up
Would Nearly Circle Globe
Washington. ? If all the auto
mobiles In the United State*
wore to take to the road at the
*nme tlmo, end to end. the lino
would extend four-fifths of the
distance around the world at the
equator, or wvvn lines from Sr tc
York to San Francisco. Presi
dent George C. Dlehl of the
American Automobile association
said there a ro 3Q.flOOOf*> tn
the t'nltod States, * hlfch If
stretrhed from end to end would
extend 20,000 miles.
Where Fillers
Mean Dollars
In other words, when you fill up
your car here with our guaranteed
gasoline, oils, greases, etc., you
are getting the most for the least
? you are saving money and ad
ding to the life and running effi
ciency of your car or truck, Yqu
can prove this, too. Ford Repairs
and Vulcanizing.
Beard'* Filling Station
West DeKalb Street
RAISING MILK (J OATS.
Greenwood .\Iun Says He Han Best
Herd Kast of Rockies.
(Inde*-Journal.)
Dr. J. W, Payne of Kpworth,
Greenwood' county milk goat breeder,
has just received by express, ten very
fine pure bred registered Swiss Tog
genburg milk goats from one of the
most prominent breeders in Califor- ,
nia, the state in which two thirds of j
all the milk goats in America are !
found: These goats are from some
of the best stock in America, sopne
of them being descendants of world
record animals and related to a part
i of the famous herd of 72 head bought
last spring by a group of Chicago
millionaires for $24,1)45.00. Dr.
Payne values this lot of does at from
$i,500i00 to $2,000.00 and the express
charges on them from San Francisco
co were $235.00. They were in tran
sit seven or eight days, but seemed to
be in splendid condition after such
a Jontf journey. This shipment with
what he already had on hand, makos
the Greenwood county breeder's herd
the finest and largest herd of pure
bred registered . Swiss Toggenburgs
southeast of the Rocky Mountains, it
is believed.
Dr. Payne has done much to intro
duce these valuable animals in this
section of the country, where they
have been so little known and as a
result, the masses are being edu
cated as to the real value of their
milk as an ideal food for babies, in
valids, convalescents, old people who
are ill nourished, tubercular and pel
lagra patients, as well as those who
wish to stay well. "This milk is the
most perfectly balanced easily digest
e4 and assimilated food known .as
being far richer in iron, calcium,
phosphates and vitamines than that
of. the cow," Dr. Payne says, "and
one of the .mest important features
to be considered ip the faot that the
Swiss milk goat is the cleanest and
healthiest domestic animal in the
world and immune from the dreaded
disease, tuberculosis. . .
"They are thoroughly domesticated,
very affectionate, fond of ? children,
mako the nicest kind of pets; and can
be kept on a city or village lot to
supply a family with this suporior
milk at a very nominal cost/' declare*
Dr. Payne, "and while the price may
at first seem prohibitive, after one
owns one awhile and becomos thor
oughly attached to her and knows
the real Value of her milk, the price
doesn't seem to be bad after all."
He and his family use tho milk alto
gether in preference to cow's milk
and he states that his goats would be
priceless if ho could not buy, any
more, hs he never expects to be with
out a real milk goat- as long as he
lives.
He expects an exceptionally fine
crop ot spring kids frpm his herd.
He is also flooded with calls for
stock from people in all neighboring
states as well as a few from the
Northwest. '
While Dr. Payne at first intended
to breed purebrod only, he is now pre
paring to raise grades to supply tne
demand for utility stock at moderate
prices.
Visitors are always welcome at Dr.
Payne's goat farm, which is located
about ten miles south of Greenwood*
and he takes pleasure in showing his
herd as well as answering any ques*
tions one may ask concerning it.
To Welcome &mali Accounts
V
That Promise to Grow
Planting- potatoes one day and pulling
them up the next, would- not develop into
a bumper crop of potatoes.
Just so in depositing funds, While the
First National Bank wants and welcomes
small accounts, it urges the importance and
desirability of having them grow.
*
Remember that regular deposits and
consistent checking will have the desired
result.
WANTED- 1,000
bushels cow peas.
F. M. WOOTEN
WE ARE SAVING MONEY
for thousands of others in cleaning and dyeing Win
ter Garments, Carpets, Rugs, Blankets, Comforts,
Curtains, etc. We will be glad to serve you.
FOOTER'S DYE WORKS
Cleaners- Dyers. Cumberland, MaryUa<L