The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 31, 1933, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
Man's Wi?dom at rault
Orsr MPu?ibM of Ufa
Kver since the dawn of recorded
thought wh?e men uud great thinkers
have tried to folve the puasle of Ufa
Whence? Why? Whither? And all
aorts of answers have been given.
The great Greek dramatist Sopbocles
Mid: "The best of life Is not to
be ^orn." The poet Dante said: "Living
la a race to death." One philosopher
called life "a fallen tear which
the earth drinks up." and another
aatd! 'To tight, and ever to recommence
the tight, Is life."
Ufe has been called a comedy and
a tragedy, a song and a dirge, a progress
and a decay. It has been likened
to S Stormy and uncharted sea, to Ac'
tlon and to runplug water, it has
been dubbed an Uluslpu, a cheat, and a
fraud.
The old Roman playwright l'lautus
caught one glimpse of the truth when
he said: "To live well, live today";
and Hulzac was not far out when he
said: "Life Is what one's sentiments
make it."?London Tlt-lllts.
Irish City of Galway
Linked Withe Columbus
One of the most fascinating of Irish
towns Is Gnlway, capital of Oonnaught,
famous for the pride of Its merchant
princes and Its fishermen from the
Twelfth century; and traditionally
linked with America, for the legend Is
that Christopher Columbus visited Galway
before setting out on his voyage
and attended mass in the Church of
St. Nicholas, founded In 1320 by the
Normans, and In use today.
Here Columbus Is reported to have
met Rice De Culvey, a Gnlwayrahn,
who Joined Columbus' men as a sailor,
so that It was early known In Galway
that the expedition hnt^been a success,
and St. Nicholas' bells rang out to celebrate
the discovery of the New world.
ifhlway had a monopoly of Spanish
trade In those days, and the arched
doorways and patios of Galway houses
still remain an evidence of Spanish
influence.
A?h "Queen of the Wood#"
The oak id spoken of as "the Monarch
of the Woods," but the ash tree
7 is "Queen of the Woods," says the
Montreal Herald. Ancient stories tell
that the gods held their council beneath
an ash tree, on the topmost
branch of which sat an eagle, watch<?
lng the way of the world while a
squirrel ran up and down the trunk,
carrying messages from the bird to
the gods. The ash Is one of the easiest
tree* to recognize .with Its straight
trunk, the bark a pale gray color, Its
lower branches growing straight out
from the trunk, curving gracefully to
the sky. The tips are quite different
from all other tree-tips, each ending
In a stout gray twig, slightly flattened
at the tip, and beyond this flattened
tip two black buds, with smaller buds
at the sides. Even when other trees
have put on their spring dress of
green, the ash tree stands bare.
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Weather Lora
People began "speaking of the
weather" a long time ago. The first
scientific treatise on the weather/says
the Qnited States weather bureau, was
written by Aristotle more than 300
years before the Christian era. The
weather bureau library, which is the
largest meteorological collection In the
world, has a big book on the weather
by Albertus Magnus, printed in 1494,
and a facsimile of a weather Journal
kept by Rev. William Merle of England,
#ho recorded the weather day
by day from 1337 to 1344. The first
weather records In America, so far as
known, were kept by Rev. Jobann Campanlus,
who recorded the weather each
day in the colony of New Sweden near
the present site of Wilmington, Del.,
for the years 1644' and 1645.
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L. Old Catffov?!* City
The site of Oakland, Calif., was part
of the holdings of Don Luis Maria
Peralta, who received vast grants from
the Spanish crown. In 1842 he divided
his lands among his four sons
and the two to whom this region fell
established themselves on their
estates. From one of them In 1850
Moses Chase leased a tract, and he bocame
the founder of the future city. ,
In 1852 the settlement was Incorporated
as a town and In 1854 it was chartered
as a city. The name was sug
gested by the grove of oaks In which
the first houses were built.
Model Town * Failure
Pullman, whb-h is n??w a part of
Chicago, was founded in 1<W0 by
George Mortimer Pullman, the inventor
of the Pullman car and founder of
the Pullman Palace Car company. Ho
attempted to make It n model town,
and even the public works were the
property of the company and managed
us a business investment. Popular
discontent with the conditions led to
the annexation of Pullman to Chicago
In 1SS0. but until 1910 the corporation
held most of the property.
Ethiopian Fi?h Poi?on?
In Ethiopia two Ash poisons or Intoxicants
have boon In usc for ninny
yearC'the more common of which la
prepared from the seeds of a tree
called burberra. which grows In high
altitudes along the banks of streams.
The powder of the seeds Is spread on
the surface of the water in the midst
of the dry season when the current
-la slow and free of torrential mud.
Sometimes the fish succumb quleUy;
at other times they are excited to intense
activity,
extinction of Gigantic
"Cat" Hard to Explain
A giant lion?considerably larger
than the Afrlcun aulmal of today and
representing one of the highest developments
of "killing*' effectiveness
In the mammal world?lived In North
America at about the time this continent
Hrst was Invaded by human
beings.
(tones of the "atrocious cntx" as It
has been named In thel.atln of science,
> have been found In asphult deposits
near Los Angeles by paleontologists of
the Uarneglo institution of Washington,
together with bones of about
1,(100 other unlmuls of the cat trlbo.
"Fells strox" was a true king cf cats,
and probably of the "whole animal
world of his time. In the sume deposit
were found many bones of the
almost equally ferocious "smllodon,"
or saber-tooth cat, those of a puma
closely retuted to the present American
specie^, ami those of a wildcat apparently
Identical with a type still
llvlqg in California. All these animals
were flesh eaters. They were drawn
to the asphalt beds to devour the carcasses
of anlmnls caught there, became
trapped themselves, and perished.
The puzzle the paleontologists nre
trying to work out Is why these great
and frightful creatures, Rtrong and
fleree enough to get all the food they
wanted by devouring other animals,
perished completely at about the beginning
of the historical pbrlod, while
the llttlo wildcat lived on iuto the
present.
All Virgin Islands Not
Controlled by America
The Virgin Islands nre a group of
some 4ft of the northern end of
the Leeward chain of the Lesser Antilles.
They begin about Oft miles due
east of Porto Illc^f, About 3ft of the
easternly Islands of the group are BritIsh
and constitute ono of the "presidencies"
or governmental districts of
the Leeward Islands colonial government.
Altogether these British Virgin
Islands have an area of 58 square
miles, ami a population of a little more
than 5.000.
Larger and more Important are the
westerly Islands, formerly constituting
the colony of the Danish West Todies,
The chief of these are St. Croix (S4
square miles), St. Thomas (28 square
miles) and St. .John (2ft square miles),
having a total, population of about
2C.ftftft.
This westerly group was purchased
by the United States in 1917 for $25.OftO.Oftft.
They were given as an official
name the "Virgin Islands of the
United States." But Americans often
bob off the latter half of the official
name and forget all about the Virgin
Islands which do not belong to the
United States.
Gastronomic Map
More than any'other country In the
world. France can be very pleasantly
described not only by Its scenery and
its historic locations, but by the food
and drink which Its^chefs and cellarmen
are able to put before the tourist.
A gastronomic map of France
could he drawn showing where In Alsace
It was possible to get the best
pate de fole gras, where In La Rochelle
the finest snail stew could he found,
where In Nonnnndy the host cider and
Camembert. where in Brittany tho
tastiest Ash products, where In
Tournlno the finest fruit and nuts,
and of course, a prominent place for
Marseilles with Its unforgettable
Bouillabaisse and for Provence with
its famous truffles, with wines from
Burgundy to Bordeaux.
Tobacco in .Old England
For fifty yegw <after tobacco began
to be used^fKnftand, all classes
smoked, from thepeers to the peasants.
Presently the medical profession
abandoned it for use In combating
sickness, but by that time smoking had
become fashionable. Sir-Walter Raleigh's
true place In tob*cco histoid
Is that long before his death, In 1018.
he taught the world to smoke for pleasure.
However, tobacco had enemies from
the very beginning. King James T tnk!ne
It Upon himself to write the "Coonterblnste
to Tobacco." and ^ekkar. the
dramatist, referred to It as thou begearlv
monarch of Indians, and settertip
of rotten-lunged chimney sweeperg."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Too Well Known
AH reputable nmm.r.-hs years flgo
k,.?t lesters wlm wore ..H'-wed conoidernhie
liberty of s, It. The story ,
t,| nf |';iee. je-t-r to V-hs thetl.
of Fn-htn.l. who so embittered her
hv his reminds 'hot he was
forbidden her presume. In to ho
in ken l.nek lion ever, nnd the
very Mr-t time the oueen nnd Jester
n en In met. the queen In n (traolotis
humor said. Pnee now.we
f ii hear of our faults,
madnni." said the Je-der -11 never Inlk
?f wtint Is discoursed by
world."
French "Cedde.. of R...O."
On Nove.nl.er lo. IT'-", the i-ronrl
tfsr-s
tailed her n? the "(Joddess of Ilea
con" The church was nnnud th
"Temple of Reason"
.-stored as a shrine of roU _ -i _ /
ship until by the order of >.ipok
in 1802.
Fr*? Baths for Clergy
in Old Brooklyn City
Bath tubs were mighty scare* In
Brooklyn In the fifties. HUll th#
genial and popular Edward dray was
looked on as a public benefactor when
he eatabllahed bathing facilities down
near the Fulton ferry, writes Maurice
H Mclaughlin In the Brooklyn Kagle.
v When the nipping air of fall awept
over lirooklyn. making river swimming
unattractive, Mr. Oru^ would hire a
tug und have his huge floating bathtuh
towed to Its winter berth on the
edge of (Jowunus bay, where It would
he tied until the following season.
It wus at this season thut Mr. dray
rtgeoame a combined business man and
philanthropist, for he gave ull his at*
tendon to running his "human laundry,"
which was In a building he had
erected not far from the old Franklin
house on lower Fulton street.
Mr. dray made It a rule never to
charge clergymen for making use of
his tubs, ami dozens of men of the
"cloth" flocked to dray's place on Saturday
mornings, emerging "rosy red
to their fingertips" and ready to do
the Haul revising of rousing Sunday
sermons which-undoubtedly got an ox*
tra dash of pep frotu the vigor engendered
by the cleansing process at
Gray's.
Odd Fashions in Shoes
Favored in Olden Days
The aristocrats in ltomnn times
wore the laced sandal, glided and
Jeweled, while the Roman soldier wore
the nailed shoe, -called the callga. In
medieval days we find tho people careBilly
considering their foot comfort.
They often used cork soles. A padding
of small rushes or course grusa
was Inserted between the inner and
under sole also In early times.
In the Fourteenth century the fashionable
shoes had toes which 'curved
outward and gave their owner the uppenrunce
of being decidedly splayfooted.
Long-toed shoes, which had to bo
stuffed with moss or wool to keep
their shape, were worn also In tho
Fifteenth century. In order for u
person to walk wit.ii these, the points
had to be turned up and fastened to
the knee by a slender chain or colored
cord. When people went outside they
had to wear clogs or pattens as protection.
Need for Franknes?/j>
The couple sat on tho rustic seat beneath
the great elm.
"Gloria," faltered Ralph awkwardly,
"you believe that lovers should be perfectly
frank with each other?"
"Yes, Ralph," she answered shyly.
- "And that neither should keep any
secrets from the other?"
"Yes, Ralph."
"Because you know one might find
out later and It would cause all?aHcr^"All
sorts of trouble," she finished
for htm.
"Gloria, perhaps I ought not to demand
this, but I don't feel I could get
along with a woman who?who-?"
"Be frank, Ralph, and I'll answer
you honestly."
"Gloria," Ralph burst out nervously,
"do you squeeze a tooth-paste tube
from the top?"?Stray stories.
Confederacy'? Emblem
The seal of the Confederacy, adopted
by the Confederate congress In 1802,
had the following device:
An equestrian figure of Washington,
after the statue which surmounts his
monument In the Capitol square at
Richmond, surrounded with a wreath
composed of the principal agricultural
products of the South?cotton, tobacco,
sugar cane, corn, wheat and rice.
Around the margin were the words
"The Confederate States of America,"
with the motto "Deo Vindlce" ("With
1 God we will conquer"), and under the
feet of the horse the date of the adoption
of the seal, February 22. 18C2.
Man of Many Attainments
Henry Martyn Robert, author of
Robert's "Rules of Order," was a man
of many attainments and accomplishments.
A West Point graduate, he
later was professor there of natural
philosophy and of military engineering.
He was a major of engineers In
the Civil war, and later, as n major
general, planned the fortifications of
New York city and Philadelphia ns
well as coast defenses on the Atlantic
and gulf coasts. Ho designed and
supervised the erection of the Galveston
sea wall. His rules of order, the
standard authority ?.n parliamentary
law, was hut an incident in his career.
Valuable, but Hard to Get
The Indian r!di:o. < :* * t <>\ a comparatively
rare animal ism! i* found
only In.the plain* r-<-r A-.-.::!, in
northeastern India. It l.vc* in nmr--..y
grass Jungles, where it is fond < f wallowing
In the mud. Its chief foods aro
canes and shrubs. The reasons f<?r the
great expense Involved In hrtr.a
specimen to this country for exhibition
are Its rare occurrence, the fact that
It can bo hunted onj-^ with elephants
and the difficulty of capturing and
shipping safely so Targe an animal.
Elderly "Runaway"
a man of eighty, described as tall
and dignified, ran away from his
daughter's home In Bronx. N. Y.. and
hied himself to Coney Island. There
hp spent several hours on the roller
ronstciS. morry-g<r-rounds and other
amusement 'devices. After a hupp;' but
Grief nfit-moon, he was found wan^
dorm: on the sire-Ms of Brooklyn 1>>
. 1 mi. who bad been sent to look
'or him.
UPSIDE DOWN LADY
CURED BY DOCTORS
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Extraordinary Cat* Reported
in London Lancet.
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London.?Hie extraordinary case of
woman who spelled backward and
read hooka and drew pictures upside
down la recorded In the current lancet.
ItrltlMh medical Journal, by Dr. R.
Ksger and l>r. J. W. Fisher of the
Devon Mental hospital.
After u cure by hypnosis the wouiltn
found thut she was unable to re^aU
passages which she hud written before
her treatment.
The woman, a house servant In l>e^
vonshlre, was subject to such trembling
of die hands thut site broke
more than the usual number or eupsi
und saucers. After an Illness she waa
committed to the hospital for exumtuutlou.
She hud previously been I
classed as a congenial mental defective.
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In the hospital, failure of speech necessitated
her writing "her wants on
a slate, but the nurses could not un-1
derstund the script. Much word was
written backward, though put down
from Ipft to right In the cutouiary
manner, and with the right hand The
letters were correctly oriented, though
In reverse sequence.
Thus, requested to write "polleenuiii,"
she put down "numecliop"? for
"Devon'' she spelled "Noved"; all
words were similarly reversed.
In mathematics, she wrote all the
figures upside down, und did the same
thing in drawing elementary objects
like dogs, cats und houses. In cleaning
up a room she turned pictures and
vases upside down.
After certain tests of vision, based
on the theory that the psychic shock
wltfch had temporarily deprived her
of speech hftd upset the co-ordination
of other closely related centers of the
brain, the physician put the patient
under light hypnosis.
The cure seems to have been complete,
and the woman has spent a large
part of her time lately writing normal
letters to her friends, ridiculing her
previous eccentricities.
Gypsy Bands Use Autos
for Their Wanderings
Jefferson City, Mo.?Modernism is
invading the ranks of gypsies, who are
heeding the call of .spring and the
open rond.
Missouri still knows the nomads, and
many of their traditional characteristics
remain. Hut the picturesque covered
wagons and other makeshift
modes of travel are yielding to up-todate
transportation modes.
Many of the roving hands are travel>MF-thtf'htghwayB
this year In automo/blles,
some of them late and expensive
models. Bright colored shawls are
about the only remnant of the flaring
dress of bygone days, as women and
men alike have adopted modish garb
of the duy.
These traveling caravans are already
stirring to action, particularly In the
southern part of the state where the
rugged Ozark country Is fitting setting.
This movement Is regarded In
many communities as the first true
sign of spring.
Fortune telling, vending of shawls
and other trinkets and kindred activity
is still the foremost Industry In the
communities frequented by gypsies.
sTheir campflres still flicker, but for
the most part are reflected In the glistening
surfuce of automobiles Instead
of silhouetting the scrawny horses and
flapping cauvtfs wagon covers of earller
years.
Pumice Find May Mean
Riches for Retired Cop
Napa, Calif. ? Pumice deposits
found on his ranch near here may
bring riches to James Pearl, sixty-six,
retired San Francisco detective sergeant.
An Oakland Arm has agreed to pay
a royalty op all pumice mined. It la
one of the few heavy pumice deposita
ever found In California.
Pearl retired In 1920. after 33 years
of service. He became known as "Million
Dollar Jim" after recovering
$900,000 in stolen automobiles during
the World's fair In 1916.
Explorer's Ship Sold
Fort Pierce. Fin.?The Eleanor Bolllng.
Admiral Klchnrd Evelyn R.vrd's
famous supply ship during his Antarctic
expedition, has been bought by
the Fort Pierce Steamship company
for coastwise service between here and
| Now York.
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Grow Yellow Corn
For The Hen's Sake
Clemson College, March Jd6.?^Yellow
com contain* vitamin A, which
is necessary to moke hens lay the
largest number of eggs, to make the
eggs hatch best, to make chicks grow
faster ami to prevent an eye disease
known as opthaJmia or nutritional
roup, says P. H. Gooding, extension
poultry man, suggesting that farmers
plant at least enough yellow corn to
ftxxl their own chicken*. White corn,
he explains, does not contain vitamin
A. Yellow corn is better than white
for all classes of livestock, but chickens
being smaller units are very
sensitive to the lack of the right ingredients,
minerals and vitamins in
the ration.
"It requires about 46 bushels of;
yellow corn along with other* ingredient*
to brood 300 chicks and grow1
100 pullet* out of this brood to laying
age," Mr. Gooding states. "Knew-1
ing these needs and the approximate
yield of corn per acre, one can tell j
how many acres of yellow corn to
plant.
"Many farmers claim .that yellow
corn will not yield as well as the
white varieties, while others say it]
will, iSeed from yellow com that has
been grown in the state for sometime
will yield just as well, it seenvs,
as white com. Yellow corn, as a rule,
is an early-maturing corn and to get
the largest yield it should be grown
on fertile soil."
Rich Indian Still Has Woes
Muskogee, Okla., March 22.?The
Afth marriage of -Eastman Ricftards,
second richest Creek Indian, is headed
for the divorce court. Richards
was ordered today to pay Ix>meta
Richards $5,000 when she sued for
divorce and $75,000 alimony. His
four previous wives each got $20,000
in settlements out of court. Only
Jackson Barnott is rated richer than
Richards jynong the Creeks.
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1 "Grinds" No Better
Than Grid Heroes
Berkeley. ("Hlir.?Big, brawny
fon(lia!l heroes may carr\ <?IT more
of the de?irahle oot??|? and glory
during their college years, but
they don't do It so well ns the
"grinds" Inter nor do they live as
long.
This uuh t-ho conclusion reached
recently hy Robert Sibley, exccu- !
,*<^e manager of (lie University of
(gllfornla Alumni association. fol-.
I lowing study of records of 12 nth,
letes and 12 members of the I'hl
I Beta Kappa, scholarship frater,
nlty. All were graduated from
California 30 yenrs ago.
Of the I'hl Beta Kappa a. 10
fljpfre|e Htill living and all had been
listed in Who'* Who. only one of
the nthlctes had achieved Who's
: Who, nnd three were dead.
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