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forecast weather month in advance Scien''"' Say? It Will Com. in Our Lifetime. ? 4 Chicago.?Cold waves such as the nation recently recovered from will be accurately forecnat by science more than a uiooth lu advance in the not diMtant future, according to Dr. Oliver justln I-ee, head of the Dearborn Astronomical obsorvatory. He declared thia would undoubtedly be accomplished by science within our lifetime as a result of a world-wide study of solar radiation now balug made under the direction of the leading scientific minds. Completion of thia gigantic task will jneau the finfllliuenb of a dream long cherished by science to make possible! . long distance" weather forecasting. It j will mean the saving of untold millions 0t dollars from crop losses throughout the world, and a tremendous advance to aviation. "Since solar radiation is the basis of all life, science has been concen-1 iratlng on it to give us the answers, to many problems that now confront us," Doctor Lee said. "Many observations have been established throughout the world, particularly for the purpose of studying joinr radiation, until now virtually a worldwide network exists in which scl-! enlists for many nations are repre-! seated. "Specific instruments have been de-j vised especially for this study of the! changing intensity of the sun's radla-: tion. and recordings are taken each' day all over the world where the sun ! bIiIups." While sun sjaits have "n tremendous connection" with the earth's weather, Doctor Dee said they cannot yet be held responsible for such rapid changes; in temperature as noted during the re- ? cent cold wave, because "nobody has yet found any direct connection." . The sun Is now going Into the minimum stage of its eleven-year-sun spot cycle, Doctor Lee explained, and this leads to the belief sometimes that Intense cold weather Is due In such a period. This does not hold true, he said, despite the fact that at times solar heat varies from 2 to 3 per cent at the minimum sun spot stage. Only Diamond Mines in U. S. Are in Arkansas Murfreesboro, Ark.?Arkansas is ths only stnte that can boast of a dim-' mond mine or diamond deposits?yet, little Is known of this Industry, even j by residents. There are diamonds in Pike county, Arkansas, that blind the eye with their brilliance and beauty and are as fine as those mined from the Klmberlys in Africa. The largest stone to be taken from Arkansas soil weighed 8 carets. Thousands of the finest quality have been aold. As early as 1889 the geological survey of Arkansas published an article on the peridotlte of Pike county. It was not taken seriously. In fact, the matter was laughed at. However, In 1900 when John Hudleston picked np two glittering pebbles from his farm near here and took them to Little Rock, where they were examined by Jewelers who pronounced them genuine diamonds, the doubting Thomases began to dig, too. Later these stones were sent to New York, where they were cut and polished. They weighed approximately three carats. One company alone has marketed over ,\000 diamonds. They range as large In size as 20Vi carats. "" Indian Dances Menace Farms, Canada Decides Ottawa, Ont.?After grave argument the Canadian house of commons has decided that Canadian Indians may not don aboriginal costume and attend pageants or dances without special permission from the nearest Indian agent The amusement and entertainment with which they have proTided the white man has been the ruination of many aa Indian farm, wrecked through neglect. It was stated hy the government Book "Lost" 17 Years Is Returned to Library Birmingham, Ala.?A campaign for the return of overdue books at the Birmingham public library recently brought hnrX a volume that had been missing sjfire 1917. The campaign lasted three weeks, during which per'nd no overdue fines were assessed. There were fl.207 books returned during the drive. Squatters Use Home in Owner's Absence I.uveland. <V>lo. ? When Carl Cooch and Ida wife went to Call'"riila, "squ after*" moved Into ^jhe Cmich residence and made themselves at home. l"l?m his return to I^oveland Cow h discovered that the uninvited guests had moved out with some of the furniture, linen, towels and clothing. They had uaed a ouanMtj- coal and wood and had demoted the pantry shelves. The only satisfaction Gooeh was able to get out of the visit was the knowledge that the "squatter*" were clean. They had taken a bath and left the water In the bathtnb * evidence. -L - " < j ?? . , K Francois Villon First Great Poet of Nation Few are unfamiliar with the more dominant aspects of the career of Francois Villon, student brawler, tavern knight, tosspot, rowdy burglar and homicide who became the first great poet of the united French uailon. Hut i outside of France It Is not always understood that, transcending the ballad singer who was at once an Immortal figure and a miracle of disorder, Villon stands out as the first of the great national singers of a united France. Before him there had been Iturgundluns and Armagnacs, poets of l'oltlers and poets of Normandy, hut It needed the sacrifice of Joan of Arc In the year of Villon's birth to reconcile the warring fuctlons that constituted the French state, and to restore the loyalty of the nobles and the trust of the people to the French crown. It was this new and united France which Villon sang In his blazlngly patriotic poems. It Ib to Villon, too, that a latter time owes Its most vliid accounts of life In the Paris of the Fifteenth century. From the unllghted streets, wolf ridden and unguarded In the cruelest storms of winter, from the foul sinks of vice where half the brigands and beggars of Europe foregathered, from the Itive Gauche, ruled over by Jennat de Huinnonvllle and Aristotle, from the shrine of the Church of the Celestlnes and the Innumerable belfries of the city, from dungeon and brothel, gallows place and kennel, from wherever there wns life, movement and vital Impulse, Villon drew material for his documents of perfervld realism, the dry point etchings of a half forgotten age.?Boston Herald. Many Gave Thought to Making Artificial Ice There Is much uncertainty as to who first made lee by artificial means. Experiments for making artificial Ice were started by the Italians In the Sixteenth century. The first machine j used was Invented by Dr. William I Cull en (1710-1790), a Scotch physicist and physician, whose machine wns based on the vacuum principle, the atmospheric pressure being reduced by means of an air pump. In 1834 Jacob Perkins, an American engineer living In London, obtained a patent for a machine generally credited with being the forerunner of the modern compressor machine. Many experiments were later made by French and German Inventors. Prof. A. C. Twining of New Haven, Conn., made many Improvements on lce-maklng apparatus In 18T>0, 1853 and 1855. In 1857 Dr. John Gorrle of Apalnchlcola, Fla., patented an lce-maklng machine and as a tribute to his Inventive genius the state selected him as one of her two distinguished sons to represent her In the Capitol at Washington. The modem ammonin absorption process of making Ice was discovered In 1858.?Pathfinder Magazine. Geniu* Died in Poverty Fi-ledrlch Wilhelm Goebel, recognized In Germany as the Inventor of the military tank, died without collecting the 10,000,000 marks he demanded as compensation from the ministry of defense for his Invention. His widow was left penniless. Goebel, old and poor at his death, first exhibited his tank In 1913, when It climbed a 50 per cent grade amid the applause of high Imperial officers. He maintained to the last that failure of the kaiser's officers to recognize the Importance of the tank caused Germany's defeat In the war. The tank was one of a long list of Goebel's Inventions, ranging over the fields of aviation, shipping, electricity and warfare. Salt Meat for Longevity An Item taken from the London Observer of 1831, dealing with the death of Patrick Gibson at the age of one hundred and eleven, gives an interesting reason for his longevity and intelligence. It says: Until the last few years of his life he walked dally two of three miles. His diet consisted of pickled pork and salt beef. If he dined on fresh meat he felt oppressed, heated. and feveriRh. and could not take his glass of porter, which he always did at meals. He was a Catholic, and lived on milk and potatoes on Fridays. He seemed to die without any bodily disease. He gradually became exhausted and simply ceased to live. "Blooding" a Building A strange pagan belief still exists In England, In the superstition that any ipew building will he unsafe or unlucky unless human or animal blood be split on It before completion. Not long ago n workman fell from the top of Strat ford-on-A von's lofty new Shakespeare theater, and was killed, whereupon one of his fellow-workmen remarked: "That *ilt save blooding the new building." Being questioned, he explained that If no one met with an accident, shedding blood during the erection, it was customary to kill some small anltnal on the site, to ensure the building's future safety. All Aunts Little Billy was making his debut at the home of his northern relatives. "This Is Aunt Sue, Billy, and here ure Aunt Kuth and Aunt Ann. And this la Auntie Helen, dear." BiHy was much Impressed, but especially by Aunt Helen's big come, Spot. At home a few days later Billy became solemn and apparently mtKb disturbed. "Mother," he said, "do yon think Aunt Spot 11 miss me mnchT" Greek Myth of Flood Is Similar to Noah and Ark Tin* mythology ?if the (J reek a con lulus a story of u grbut flood which (tears considerable resemblance to the flood'Story of tlie OhrMflmn ltlble. It centers about a cbnracter known as Deucalion and bis wife I'yrrha. Deucalion, a son of Prometheus, was favored of Zeus and was chosen by the god t<? repopulate the earth after the Greek race should be destroyed by a great flood. Forewarned by Zeus of the Impend lag flood, Deucallou constructed a large boat or ark upon which he and his wife rode to safety during the days of the flood. The Greek flood. hoWever* lasted but nine days, although during that period It covered the land and wiped out the entire population. After the water had sub* sided, so the myth goes, the ark landed on Mount Parnassus. Deucalion and I'yrrha were then In-, structed by the Goddess Themis to re- | populate the earth by canting behind them the bones of their mother. This they did symbolically by canting behind them the stone of mother earth. From those east by Deucalion sprang up men and from those cast by I'yrrha sprang up women.?Washington Stnr. Tribe of Yahgans at Tip of World Dwindling Out The Yahgans. the southernmost Inhabitants of the world, are described by an American explorer as nearlng extinction. The explorer was the first to cross the hoart^Qfl the Island In which they live as head of a scientific expedition in 11)07 1908. Though the tribe bad fought a successful light against nature, he told the Royal (leographleal society, contact with civilization has reduced the people In the last sixty years from about twenty-five hundred to less than fifty. They Inhabit the southern Island of the Tlerra Del Fuego archipelago, which lies at the southern extremity of South America. Though Charles Darwin at o$e time pointed to them as the lowest order of humanity, Colonel Furlong said they had a vocabulary of 40,000 words. They have, however, he said, no numeral above three. The "Devil's Shoestring" The "devil's shoestring'' weed, whose roots and blossoms are said to contain rotenone, used In making Insecticides, belongs to the pea family, other English names being wild sweet pea, turkey pea. goat's rue, catgut. It blooms from June to July and Its range Is from Ontario to Florida and Texas. It prefers dry upland meadows, pastures and woodland borders. It has a long slender and very tough rootstock, erect woody stems, one to two feet high ; the whole plant Is covered, with soft, silky, whitish hairs, making the foliage ashen-gray. The blossom Is about an inch long, with yellowish white standard tinged with purple, a rosy pink keel and reddish purple wings. The leaves are compound, with 17 to 29 leaflets. Wonders in Wales For many centuries Wrexham steeple or tower has been accounted one of the "wonders of Wales." It was built In 1472, replacing one blown down In 1331. It rises to a height of 135 feet and wholly overpowers the body of the church Itself, and It Is ornamented with the figures of 80 saints. In the church many American tourhsts seek out the epitaph and in the churchyard, the grave of Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale college of New Haven, who was born In America, but died In London. He was a descendant of the Welsh family of Plas In Ial, pronounced "Yale." The epitaph of "Elihugh," too long to quote here, Is one of the quaintest rhymes to he found on any learned man's grave. The Redbird Family Have you ever noticed that the female redbirds seem much less nu merous than the males? The female Is one of the most beautiful of all oui birds. Not so splendid as the male, her colorings are nevertheless more glorious than those of the male birdi of most speclea. Inasmuch as she re sembles her brothers only in shape and In the possessing of a proud cresl It Is small wonder that many who see her for the first time mistake her for something altogether new In the bird line.?Cleveland Pla^^Dealer. Venui Fly Trap An Interesting characteristic of the Insect eating plant, the Venus fly trap, prevents it from capturing any thing except the Insects upon which II depends for food. The spines whirl control the portion of the leaf of (ho plant that acts as a trap,<lo not re spond to a single movement such a.? might he made If a twig or s<o-< should fall upon It. Rut as soon as a second movement Is felt, as would bt the case If the object nlighting tipor It were an Insect, the trnp springs. Fight Until Lega Arc Gone The stick Insects, relatives of th< mantis, frequently fight among them selves untii IhiIIi contestants are reduced to mere trodles without anj legs. This Is not necessarily fatal however, for unless the Insectc art fully matured, having gone through their flnal molting, they will he abb to grow new limbs to replace the onei that have been lost. Scene In Grax, Styria. Prepared by?National (JeoKraphlc Soclwty, Wat.li In* ton, 1J. C. ? W>TU Survlce. Til 10 a/arm problem Is not confined to America. Recently farmers of Styrla, quiet, picturesque, Austrian valley, were unable to pay taxes and refused to allow auctioneers on their property. Tax collectors had hoped to sntlsfy the government's claims by selling farm stock and equipment. Styrla Is both the Shenandoah valley and the Birmingham of Austria. In an Alpine country whose bordera touch no salt water, Austria's city dwellers tuke to the grassy slopes of her tall mountains, or to rural villages tucked away In smiling valleys, when their annual playtime rolls around. Hiking Along winding mountain paths; wearing deerskin or chamois shorts, hobnailed boots, green-trimmed jackets, and hats plumed with a trophy . of some other year's outing; hunting the coek-of-the-wood or other game; taking part In the rural festivals of the village, where young and old don the costume of their home town and join In the folk songs and dances; and mountain-climbing to dizzy heights on Austria's Alpine sentinels, are some of the attractions which crowd the spotless Styrlan hostelrles with city families holiday bent. Hunting the chamois Is the favorite sport for city dwelling Austrian and German visitors. Living In mountain i fastnesses difficult of approach, the chamois are perhaps the most agile of ' all Europe's Alpine animals. Thelf i pliant skin furnished the original i leather of that name, and the stiff black hairs tipped with creamy yellow, i which grow on the back of the anti mal's neck, are worn In the hat as a i badge of hunting prowess. Qtiafl, ' coek-of-tlje-wood, pheasant,- partridge, and many other game birds are found In Styrla and neighboring Tyrol. Tail ' feathers from the cock-of-the-wood also i are valued as hat plumes to supplei ment Austrian costumes, and silver pins which hold the feathers In place are huntsmen's heirlooms, often handed down for generations. Iron and Watsr Powsr. Stelerrnark, as the Austrians call this little province astride the Nledere Tauern, straggling eastern outpost of > Europe's mighty Alpine range, snp piles 00 per cent of the Republic's Irqn needs; and, by harnessing the , latent water power In Its mountain i streams, It provides a substitute for the missing link In Austria's chain of . raw materials?coal deposits which the latter lost after the reorganization of , the Austro-Hungarlan empire. From the Vnrdernberg-Elsenere I range. In the north of Styrla, comes the bulk of the raw material for the Iron works of Graz. Leoben, nnd Donawltz. Since the outcropping ore Is of such high Iron content. It Is mined . from the surface, not through deep shafts nnd chambers as Is the general prnctice In other parts of flip world. I While the mines have been worked for , more than twelve centuries and were il unce considered as the largest known I deposits, their total production for all : time Is less than a third of the world's I annual output today, i * In the Iron mountain regions espe. cinlly. where arsenic Is a by product i of iron smelting, some peasant's eat this virulent poison. It Is tnken In small doses, which are gradually Increased as the system becomes used to It. until it may he taken dally, with out viable 111 effect. In a quantity sufficient to kill an average person. The arsenic ' supposed to clear the ' complexion. Increase the appetite, and Improve breathing, especially for mountain climbers. Horse handlers i sometimes put small quanaltiss in a > horse's food or in his mouth 10 make i his coat sleek and glossy snd Improve bis wind on mountain slopes. Nat urall.v this practice Is frowned upon nnd discouraged by physicians. The murmuring Mur winds across the length and hreadth of Styrla. Its upper reaches, especially near the neck of Austria's "panhandle," where It Is fed by glacial brooks, look on a map or to the high altitude airman like the backbone of some gigantic tlsh. Along its course nnd slender "fishbone" tributaries cluster the villages and principal cities, which seem to grow In size as the river widens, ns In the case of Murau and Teufenhach, the industrial city of Leoben, and farther south, Just before the river leaves Austria, (Ira*, the nation's second largest city and Styrln's official seat of government. Towns Along thd Mur. Straddling the Mur, Ornz seems a veritable combination of Venice and Athens In miniature. Its ancient houses rise abruptly from the river's edge, suggesting the Grand canal of the romantic Italian city; while Its Schlossberg and square clock tower, perched high over the city's head, dominate the skyline as the Acropolis does at Athens. Yet, unlike either of these, Graz Is primarily a manufacturing city. Here are made bicycles, wagonB, machinery, Styrlan champagne and beer, linen, leather goods, and Iron and steel products; and here work and live many of those vacationers who frequent the country villages of the Mur valley In | summer and take delight In "going na- J tlve" by donning rural costumes. In Graz there Is a museum In which many a youngster would delight to linger on a rainy afternoon. Within- the landes*eughaus, or arsenal, there Is preserved tn perfect condition enough medieval armor to outfit completely an army of 14,000 men. Spears, swords, helmets, chain mall, battleaxes, complete suit* of armor?In fact, all of the equipment a well-appointed knight could deStre?are kept ready to hand. But, strange as It may seem, not a single suit of armor In the museum would fit a six-footer of today, nor could an average modern man wield with ease the cumbersome weapons of that bygone age. Austrian mercenaries wore some of this armor, and ranch of it saw service against the Turk when Grar, was one of Europe's bulwarks against Moslem Invaders. The unchanging charm of Styrla lies in her small rural villages, each with its steepled church or turrented castle perched high on some rocky crag. Nestling in the lonely valleys at the feet of giant sentinels of the eastern Alps, these little towns are a world te themselves. Dairying and Farming. While dairying hna been the principal industry of rural Styrla f<* many generations, farming has been encouraged, because Austria today has te import large quantities of food. Agricultural schools are scattered throughout the province. Timber covers over hnlf of Styrin's area nnd gives work to many lumbermen, who make telegraph poles nnd railroad ties for exportAcross the rich bottom lands stretch rows of strange haystacks with crossarms which resemble grotesque scarecro%vs. As soon as^the snow leaves, in early spring. the dairy herds are turned Into these fields. Then, as the weather becomes warmer and the snow recedes, the cattle are driven to higher pastures. The meadows are then used to grow hay and farm crops. Boys and girls, usually children of the owners, tend the herds, milk the cows, make cheese, and in summer live In log cabins or tllmsy chalets provided for them In mountain retreats. - The milk, cheese, and butler are brought down dally, and In more favored vllllages are sent to the local dairy, a model of cleanllneaa and mod* era appliance#. A small French dirigible, the E-9, !>roke down Tuesday whale on a test light and wan forced down in an nnergeney landing at St. Nuzzaire, KHNjiviHo of the break down of a small memo. Two men Wore slightly hurt. Hie jury in the case of the state >f Indiana against Rev, Lemuel O. Conway, charged with attempting to tesault an 18-year-old Sunday school eacher, after a trial lasting about week, returned a verdict of not guilty it Muncie, Ind. Two English airplane* on Monday iuoceeded in flying ovetr the top of Mount Everest, highest peak in the world, more than 29,000 feet high. It iraa the first time that man has ever looked upon the mountain from above its heights. The Soperton, Ga., News was last week printed on paper made from Seorgia pine pulp. rri ^ . 1 ........ . X 1 11 WAKE UP YOUR LIVER RILEWITHOUT CALOMEL And You'll Jump Out of Bod in the Morning Rurin' to Go If you (mI ?our and flunk and tha world looks punk, don't swallow a lot of salts, mineral water, oil. laxative candy or rKuwiui gum and expect thorn to maka you suddenly awaat and buoyant and full of aunahlna. For they can't da it. Thay only novo tha bowels and a ware movement doesn't get at the as use. The reason for your dowa-aad-out feeling la your lifgr. It should pour out two l>outuls of liquid oils into your bowels daily. If this bile la not flowing froeiy. your food doesn't digest. It Just decays In ihe bowels. Gns blasts up your stomach. You have a thick, bad taste and your breatAi ia foul, kin often breaks out In blemishes. Your head achee and you fool down and out. Your whole system is poisened. It taken those good, old CARTE?*# I.ITTLE LI VEIL PILLS to get these twa pounds of bile (lowing freely and maka yen ' fed "up and up." Thev contain wonderful, hnrmlene, gentle vegetable extracts, omening when It eoatar to making the bile flow fraeiy. But Uen't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's Little I.lver nils. Look for tha name Carter's Little Liver Pills on the red label. Rseeai a substitute. 26c at all stores. $ 1981 C. M. Ca. TAX NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a one per cent penalty has been added to all 1932 state, county and school taxes left unpaid through January 1, 1988. And on unpaid taxes after February 1, 1983, an additional penalty of one per cent will be added to regular assessments. S. W. HOOTJ3B, Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C. Camden, S. C., January 25, 1938. KERSHAW LODGE No. 39 A. P. M. . Regular communication el this lodge la held on 1fee first Tuesday In eaeh munfB At t p.m. Visiting Brethren ere welcomed. N. R. GOODALB, JR., J. W. WHjSON, Worshipful Master. Secretary. 1 -M-BMf EYES EXAMINED and Glasses Fitted THE HOFFER COMPANY Jewelers end Optometrists 6 6 6 LIQUID - TABLETS - 8ALVB . Checks Colds first day, Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, Malaria i* 8 days. 666 SALVE for HEAD COLDS Moat Speedy Remedies Kmows SPEED! Time counts when you're in pain! Insist on genuine Bayer Aspirin, not only for its safety but for its speed. The tablet that is stamped Bayer dissolves at once. 11 is many minutes faster than remedies that are offered in its stead. If you saw Bayer Aspirin made, you would know why it has such uniform, dependable action. If you have ever timed it, you know that the . ? tablet stamped Bayer dissolves and . gets to work before a slower table!" nas any effect. Stick to genuine Bayer Aspirin. You know what you are taking. You know it is harmless; nothing in it to depress the heart. You know you will get results. For headaches, col'*\ neuralgia, rheumatism, the safe and certain relief is always the tablet stamped?