The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 28, 1933, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
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Fish Sleep More Shrewdly
Than Most People Suppose
The sleeping tmbitu of Ashe* have
beeu studied by uu Australian (under,
and be concludes thut u fish sleeps
more aiuewilly than we do.
"We go to bed," the expert declared,
"close our eyee and snore. Once
usleep we ure beset by dangers- Are,
burglars, murderers. A tlsli sleeps 1
with his eyes open! He to born with- '
out eyelids, except in rare Instances." 1
Apparently Hie eyes of a Ash fuqo
tlon even when the Ash Is asleep, fee
It has been observed thnt It Is practically
Impossible to "catch a Ash napping."
If a person tries ever so carefully
to poke one wltfc u stick, he says,
the fish is immediately galvanized Into
action, the eyes having sent the alarm
to the sleeping body.
Uulcss rudely interrupted la his
slumbers, however, the Ash appears
dead to the world, so still Is Its body
whesi It Is resting. The breathing docreases
until Uho 'body shows pfckctlcally
t*o motion and this frequently leads '
persons observing sleeping fishes in
aquariums t? believe that Uiey are
dead.
Fishes sleep much more In the winter
time than In the summer, often
"'hibernating" without food for days
at a time. During these periods they
draw on Hhelr body fnts for susbemance.
Arizona Meteor Theories
Fail to Solve Mystery
Scientists have advanced two .additional
theories regarding tho meteor
which to believed to have struck the
earth causing the great meteor orater
In Arlaona. One of the 'theories advanced
is that the so-called Arizona
meteor was actually a real comet
which collided with the earth.
The other theory Is that thls'comet
struck the earth at an estimated
speed of *10 miles a second during the
Thirteenth century and annihilated
all the aboriginal -cUlT dweller? when
It hit.
Science generally recognizes Meteor
Crater as one of the three known
places in the world where ?i great
meteor struck the ground. Rut so far
no scientist or scientific group has
been able to locate the meteor In the
ground. Of the other two known
meteors, one Is In Siberia and the other
In the Sahara In North Africa. The
one that fell In Siberia is known to
have knocked down by the force
of Its wind, ft'll the trees hi forest?
for many miles around.
Scientists believe meteors to be
fragments of suns or othor worlds.?
:Pathflnder.
Scrambled Aphorism*
At a lecture before the llotary Chlb
of Colombo, Ilotarlan Cucry, of the
Dorking club, mentioned that most of
the native servants have a fairly sound
working knowledge of English, but
they are unable'So comprehend the finer
points of English Idiom. A native,
excusing himself for not attending to
his work because his mother 'had died,
wrote: "The hand that rocked the
cradle has kicked the buctoet." Another,
In the course of an argument,
said: "You have:buttered your bread
on both sides, and you must lie on 4t."
Another pleaded that he was "so p?oor
that he could not keep the cat ?at of
rthe bag."?Ceylon 'Dally New*.
Yucca "Wood
'In the Southwest, especially *n
southern ^California, the yucca attains
real tree -dimensions, although the various
species of yucca are not considered
as taees. According to "Lumkter
and Its 'Uses," nearly 200,000 feet of
^ lumber Is annually manufactured from
yuoca. The wood to very light t?
weight, fibrous, tough, and when wet,
pliable and-easily molded Into dealred
forms. It la used largely for woodenware
and novelties, bat jr. considerable
quantity is used In mflhvork in California,
and Ha that start* It Is used
more than any other material In making
artificial 'limbs. Jack***, surgeons'
splints and corsets.
Curvature of the Earth
The curvature ?of the earth Is about
eight Inches to (the mile and varies
as the square erf the distance. For
two miles the curvature is four timet
eight Inches-; for half a mile it la onefourth
of eight inches, and so on. Tht
curvature of the earth, making allowances
for refraction. Is about 229.5 feet
for 20 miles. A ship 200 feet high U
1 completely out of sight at a distance
of 20 miles, assuming the eye to b?
near the level of the sea.
Palm With Monster Leaves
The Jupati, a palm Artind In tideflooded
lands of the lower Amazon
and I'nru rivers in South America,
probably has the largest leaves found
In the vegetable kingdom. Although
the trunk of this palm rarely reaches
a height of more than six or eight
feet. Its feathery leaves have been
known to measure JSO feet long and
the leaf stalk Is frequently 12 or 15
feet long below the first segments of
the lenf.
In the Teme Valley of Wales
Knighton Is a charming little town
on the Teme In the Welsh borderland
t-of Shropshire. The surrounding hills
have the dignity of mountains and
provide many fine views. For the
lover of antiquity, the naturalist and
the angler, the dlatrlct has many atj
tractions. The great C*ract*cua waged
many battjes here and his earthworks
can still be seen. There Is sic# t Alls
of a fortress st Hopton Castle dating
from~tbd century of Edward the First
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ONE AIR DEATH IN
9 MILLION MILES
Aviation Makes Good Record
in Last Half of 1932.
# Washington.?Afore (han 9.000.000
passenger-utiles flown for each passenger
fatality 1 That's the startling new
safety figurecomputed for the last half
of 1932 Sty the aeronautics branch of
the Department of Commerce.
The figure 9,113,072 passenger-miles,
to be exact?-la a notable Increase over
the ot?e for the Art* six months of the
year, namely, 8,970,590 passenger miles
per paasenger fatality.
These compilations ami many other
Interesting statistics concerning relative
Hying safety appear In the latest
Tgmie of the Air Commerce Bulletin,
ptribljshetl semimonthly by the aeronautics
branch.
* ^or Instance, during the hist1 six
months Of 1982 there were 4S accidents
of all kinds in 20.204.W8 mites of Hying
by scheduled air-transport operators.
la Che same 1981 period Oft accidents
occurred in 27,198.002 miles of
air truvefl.
Theresa quite a run In statistics
these days. American-operated air
lines carried 540,081 passengers during
the calendar year 1932, an Increase of
18,000 'bver the previous year, according
bo the results of a survey Just
compiled by the aeronautics branch.
Air'express also Increased In volume,
hut air mail declined during thp year.
Of the total number of passengers
carried 474,279 traveled on the domestic
>ulr lines nnd 00.402 on Atnerlcanopcrated
air lines extending into Canuda
and lurtln America.
A summary of Cnited States airtransport
openitions shows 134 In opem
t Ion as of March 1. 1933. classified
as follows: Mail. 98; passenger. 117,
and express 111.
rii aviation circles there is a great
deal of interest in the establishment
of a new government group to Include
the Interstate Commerce commission,
and the Commerce department's aeronautics
branch.
Scientists Will Freeze
Atom to See Why It Ticks
Pasadena, Calif.?Absolute zero. the
point at which all matter censes to
move, has been the goal of physicists
for centuries.
Yet in the new cryogenic laboratory
at the1 California Institute of Technology
here, scientists hoi>e within the
next few months to approach within ;a
fraction of a degree of this frigid
point, 459.4 degrees f-'illirenhelt below
' zero.
IMiysiclsts hope by freezing the atom,
to be able to determine what makes It
tick.
Tech's new laboratory Is under the
direction of Dr. Alexander Goetz. a
wizard at low temperature problems.
TThe steps taken In developing low
'temperatures nre successively comHpfession
and evaporation. FTieESentary"
physics tell us that evaporation lowers
temperatures. Air Is liquified by compression
and evaporated, at the same
time that hydrogen Is subjected to the
increasing cold. With the hydrogen
llqulHed it. too, is .eva|K>rnted, and
helium is liquified by the succeeding
evaporation of the hydrogen.
'When the helium Is evaporated,
after having been subjected tie an
-enormous pressure, the resultittg temperature
should closely approximate
.absolute zero.
American Exodus Taxes
Paris Warehouse Space
Paris.?'Hundreds of thousands af
dollars' worth of packed and sealed
property lies In a warehouse here, mute
testimony of the retreat of Americana.
TV exodus, which was most pronounced
last yenr, now has virtually
ended, aooording to the statistics of
the warehouse and moving concern,
which has a special department for
handling American business.
The hnge barrack-like structure contains
everything from Dresden china
to an airplane stored by a French industrialist,
who has had to give up
amateur flying for 'the present.
The American exodus, caused by the
economic situation, has left unoccupied
dozens of chateaux nnd country
houses which had been rented or purchased
by Americans, in some cases
long before the war.
Hen Helps Mother Dog
Care for Her Puppies
Fort Worth. Texas.?A black Inngshan
hen has adopted five puppies at
tiie home of W. E. Andrews here. 'Die
ben clucks them to sleep beneath her
sheltering wings, yielding her position
mm kennel nurse only when the mother
dog arrives-to feed her young.
Use Vacant Lota
Milwaukee, Wis.- The downtown an
tomobile parking problem has been
solved here with the wrecking of many
untenanted buildings, some of them
old landmarks.
Ban American Jazz
on German Radio
Berlin.?American Jazz musk*. ea
peclully that brand produced by
negro orchestras and Hinder*, which
(Jernmna call "Vemiggerii?K," has
been banned from the Berlin broadcasting
station under the new government
radio restrictions, it wns
announced.
The ban was placed in accord
anca with Chancellor Adolf Hitler's
cultural Ideas, It was iald.
^
Monte Carlo of
The 0rientMIMi
Street Scene in Macao.
/ . , ? *\
*% r ACAO, which has long hoe?
\ \ one of the gntnbllng centers
IVI of the East, now, with modern
improvements, la earning
the right to the sobriquet "the Monte
Curio of the Orient." It l? the only
place in the world where fun-tan (
houses, opium fuctorlesoand lottery
tickets finance a Colonial government. |
Macao Is hut the tip end of the island
of lleungslmn (also known as
Macao Island). All of the Islam except
the tip belongs to China. 1 he
Portuguese area, which Includes two
snn.ll adjacent Islands, embraces less
than a dozen square miles; hut theie
are few places In the Orient where a
dozen square miles contain so mm h o
interest It Is the oldest European setI
tlemeut In Jhe Par Past and was for
Ion" the onlv haven of refuge or (
tressed mariners in the China sea. Its
modest light house, on Port Guin, was
the first that ever Hashed a beacon
from the coast of the Chinese empire.
and Its little cemetery was for
manv year the otn.v spot where a European
might find- an unmolested
^Mnny wealthy Chinese live here, not
merelv because they find the climate
more salubrious than that of Kwangtune
province, but because their beads
rest more securely on their shoulders
here, under the Portuguese (lag. The
Praia Grande is a cool nnd restful
avenue and leads appropriately to a
plaza which Is the vestibule of the
grotto and garden of Camoens.
' The plaza is to be seen at Its best
on Sunday* nnd holidays, when the
band from -the .Portuguese garrison
play* Classical selections with the
same ease and perfection that endear
the (Constabulary band to the fill
pTnos. On OTTB 'ThrpbiTrt
adorned with the elite of Macao, 'with
Chinese and Eurasian children of tho
, "cunning" type. ;and with dark-eye
1 Portuguese girls, who flirt discreetly
(but -none the less effectively) with
;the young officers from the garrison.
Bcenee <*>n the Plaxa.
Thls eomantlc plaza in Macao serves
ithe traveler like :a page torn from a
school geography. :
Here, stalking grandly across the
aquare. one sees a swarthy oriental
noncommissioned officer with his head
draped in a striped turban and wonders
what the Hindu Is doing here.
Some one .explains that he beiongi
hene. that -tie belongs to the battalion
sent here from <Goa. the tiny Portuguese
colony In India.
Then another apparition catches the
eye. >the silhouette af a -row of lvoryblnck
soldiers, topped off with red
fezzea, festooned over the rail fence
in front of the barracks. Plainly they
are net Portuguese, nor Hindu, nor
Chinese. . .
Suddenly one of the dusky soldiers
lavs his ihead back and laughs?laughs
loudly and Jong. The Identification ia
.-instantaneous and complete; there 1?
no mistaking thai laugh; it ia the
same that you hear on the levees of
the Ohio and the Mississippi. It was
made In Africa, and these are native
troops from a Portuguese colony
"somewhere along the hot, steaming
coast of the dark continent.
To those who have sojourned among
the frontier forces of the French in
the Senegal, of the British in Sierra
I eone of the Siberians at Monrovia,
or of the Sudanese on the upper Nile,
the spectacle brings hack old memories.
Near the Grotto of Camoens Is a
hallowed garden, one seldom visited
save bv the few who seek It. It is
| the little "God's Acre" of the English
' chapel, the lonely burial ground of
the pioneers who died in the China
sea in those early years whert there
| was no "Happy Valley" at Hongkong.
Where Portugal and China Meet.
But these details are not for the
speeding traveler. He gleans the esHentiirt
facta from a guidel*M.k en
route; hi* all-comprehending eye
sweeps The landscape while the Hongkong
Macao bout leisurely makes its
way n11 to the dork, where the Jinrikisha
coolie is* waiting to whirl him
around the circuit nnd hack to the
gangplank. A stroll past the grotto
of the poet, a snapshot of the imposing
facade of ruined Sao Paulo's, a
brief glance at a fan-tan game, a twominute
detour at the opium factory,
ten minutes at the fire-cracker works,
a whirlwind finish at the Barrier Gate,
and Macao has been "seen"?at least
on the average tourist schedule
The Barrier Hate, designed like an
arch of triumph and now wreathed by
the -'branches of venerable trees,
wakes an arresting silhouette, especially
when you pause to consider that
this Is the only place In the world
where Portugal /Is hounded by China.
The spot Is more historic than the
average visitor realir.es. This little
neck of the Island Is the place where,
| In the Western World secured
Its first foothold In the Far Kast. It
; Is true that Magellan had landed In
the Philippines earlier, but It was not
( until 1T?tl7 that l.egaspl established a
j pertnaiient settlement at Cehu.
; In 1 r?.*?7 the unwelcome Portuguese
| Invaders were officially given perttilsI
sloti to remain In Maeao, and In ir>(3
| the Chinese government liiiilt a burI
rier wall across the nock of the island
! to fence them out. Six times a month
' the gate was opened to permit snp
piles to he Imported hy the Isolated
foreigners. who held tenure hy virtue
of the payment of an annual rental.
This.arrangement was abruptly terminated
in 1 SItV when the Portuguese
governor general refused to pay rent
any longer and ejected through the
gate the Chinese officials sent to collect
It. The present Harrier Cute was
then erected to commemorate the
event.
With a guard of Portuguese soldiers
oh one side of the gate and representatives
of the Chinese republic on the
other, the Harrier Cate reminds you
of the Neutral Strip at C.lhraltar, with
Britain and Spain on guard at each
end.
Making Firecrackers.
Returning along the beautiful driveway,
you find It convenient to stop at
the outskirts of the city and take a
few lessons In the craftsmanship of.
firecrackers. The process of manufacture
Is so simple that even the twohour
tourist miry learn to "roll "tits'
own."
First, you make the tiny paper tubes
and paste red paper around them.^lt
Is like the traditional method of making
doughnuts?first make the hole
; and then mold the dough around it.
Next, you take a double handful of
the little tubes, stand them on end,
and tie a string around the bundle.
Then you paste white paper firmly
across the top and the bottom, so that
the openings of the tubes are covered.
With a crude Instrument that looks
like a nail punch you perforate the
top paper rapidly to admit to each
tube first a layer of clay, then the
powder and the fuse and another layer
of clay. Finally you string together
the required number, wrap them in
a net package, affix your fancy label,
and the work Is done.
The Chinese have been making firecrackers
after this fashion for many
centuries and have acquired amazing
dexterity.
Fan-tan Is another monument to
the patience of the Chinese people. It
Is one form of gambling with which
the Western World Is not likely to
become Infected; It Is too slow for
the occidental, who knows many ways
of arriving at the same results mors
speedily.
How Fan-tan la Played.
The paraphernalia of the game Is
all downstairs, but the aristocratic
gambler prefers the second floor. In
the center of the large room Is a sort
of light well surrounded by a railing,
over which a motley crowd Is always
leaning. Since the gaming table Is directly
beneath, every movement can
be seen to advantage.
On the long table are charts bearing
the numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4, and
the game issimplicity Itself. You
may bet on any one or all the numerals
and you may wager any
amount you rhoose. Your stake Is
lowered to the table In a little basket
and placed on the numeral you designate.
1 When the crucial moment has arrived
the master of ceremonies, who
sits at the head of the table, pours
out a gallon or two ?f m*ht. the fn- "
miliar Chinese coins with square holes
In the center. Then, with a little rnke,
he begins rapidly to draw them In,
four at a time. The spectators on the
mezzanine floor stop cracking watermelon
seeds and eagerly wait for the
last motion of the rnke. It takes
about five or ten minutes to reach the
fateful termination, and the Issue depends
upon the number of cash left
for the last move.
If you have placed your bet on number
8 and there are three caah left,
you bare won twice the amevint of
yom; wager, bm 10 per cent eotn mission.
If there are 1 or 2 or 4 caah
, r afrit?Oft ye? hire M, J
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Bank Is Paying Off J
100 Cents Per Dollar J
Albemarle, N. C\, April 20. State
banking officials refused to permit
tho Hank of StanltelO in Stanley
county to reopen after tho banking
holiday until certain requirements
were met so totikiy tsho institution was
paying ite depositors 100 cents on the
dollar. Approximately $20,IKK) had
been tied up in the 'bank since the
holiday. Until yoon Monday depositors
had withdrawn about $10,000 and
others were ivoftifled to "come get
your money." The situation was said
to bo unusual in banking circles and
was made possible by officials of the
bank after (Jurivey P. Hood, banking
commissioner, refused the reopening
license.
WAKE ur YOUR !
LIVER BILE- I
WITHOUT CALOMEL
And You'll Jump Out of Bed in '|1
the Morning Rarin' to Go
If you feel sour and sunk and the world
look* punk, don't swallow a lot of aalu,
mineral water, oil, laxative candy or ohowitig
turn and expect them to make yon suddenly iL~-{$
sweet and buoyant and full of sunshine.
For they can't do It. They only move the
bowels and a more movement doean't get at
the cause. The reason for your down-and-out
feeling ia your liver. It ahould pour out two
pounds of liquid bile into your Dowels daily.
If this itiln ia not flowing freely, your food 0
doean't digest. It just decay's in the bowels.
(Jits bloats up your stomach. You have a
thick, bad taste and your breath Is foul,
skin often breaks out In blemishes. Your head ?
aches and you feel down.and out. Your whole
system is poisoned.
It takes thoso good, old CARTER'S
LITTLE LIVER PILLS to got thoso two
pounds of bile (lowing freely und make you V,
feel "up and up." They contain wonderful,
hurmless, gentle vegotublo extracts, amaaing
when it coma- to making tho bile flow freely.
Hut don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's %
Little Liver Pills. Look for the namo Carter's ,
Little Liver l'ills on the red label. Resent a
substitute. 25c at all aloroe. ? 1931 C. M. Co.
TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that u on? <
per cent penalty has been a^ded to
all 1932 state, county and school
taxes left unpaid through January 1,
1933. And on unpaid taxes after
February 1, 1933, an additional penalty
of one per cent will be added to
regular assessments. V---J \
S. W. HOGUE,
Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C.
Camden, S. C., January 26, 1933.
01 KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 * I
A. F. M.
c/n\^^eKu'ar communication of
^is lodge ia held on. tha
first Tuesday in each month
at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren sre welcomed.
N. R. G-OODALE, JR.,
J. W. WILSON, Worshipful Master.
Secretary. 1-14-iT^t*
EYES EXAMINED
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3 RULES
big help to BOWELS ?What
a ioy to have the bowels move
like clockwork, every day! It's easy,
if you mind these simple rules of a
famous old doctor:
1. Drink a big tumblerful of water
before breakfast, and several
times a day.
2. Qet plenty of outdoor exercise
without unduly fatiguing yourself.
- -:J
3. Try for a bowel movement at
exactly the same hour every day.
Everyone's bowels need help at
times, but the thing to use is Dr.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. You'll get
a thorough cleaning-out, and it won't
leave your insides weak and watery.
This family doctor's prescription is
just fresh laxative herbs, pure pepsin,
and other helpful ingredients that
couldn't hurt a child? But how it
wakes up those lazy bowels! How
good you feel with your system rid
of all that poisonous waste matter.
. . Da. W. B. Ca to watt's
SYRUP PEPSIN ^ I
A Doctor* Family LstmNvt