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etees-sew^wHsLuj insasaasesBss^esfWHY Manx Cat U Only On? of th? Family With No 1 ail. Why tli? Man* eat. alone ?* ell mum her a of the citl trlhu. In deprived Of a tall l?. ol'len dlHcutwcd. Thl* lui porta nt appendage la very necessary W-, - to rata adding <llgnjtj to their ear jp: rlnge. allowing for greAter expression In a display ?f tomporatiient. A vlo lent wagging that denotes anger 01 excitement Is rash to Ignord. while a gentle tapping movement shows that oil Is at peaco with the world. . Many theories have been put for* ward to account for the missing tall. Olio Is that these cats were Import' ed from the orient In the earlier centuries, as cats of" this description have been found In Japan and China. Another Is that Noah shut the door of x' the Ark as the Manx cat wns passing through, and so It lost Its tall forever, Whatever the reason, the Manx cnt Is a freak breed with slightly longer hind logs thnn front, which mnkes It a high ronr model of a cat. They nre smaller than the ordinary short haired breeds, with rather longer hair, tho texture approaching that of rabbit fur. ^-Detroit News. WJhy Type of Woman Is Referred to as "Harpy" The word harpy comics from Creek mythology. In an account of the advonturos of'Aeneas and his band of refugees from their sacked city of Troy, when the wanderers landed their ship on the Island of the harpies: The daughters of the earth and sea. The dreadful enntchere, who like women woro 1^. ' \ Down to tho breast, with scanty ?vL'l:".: coarse bluck hair About their heads, and dim eyes ringed with red. And bostl'HI mouths set round with Hps of lead. But from their gnarled necks there began to spring Half hair, half feathers, and a sweeping wing " Grow out Instead of arm on either sine. It Is doubtless from the circumstance that the harpies were sent by the gods on errands of vengeance that their namo onnie to he applied to a woman of cruel, malicious or revengeful nnture. Why Turkeys Are Bald Have you ever wondered why the p - turkey looks bald and seems to have blisters on his head? There Is an old legend among the Indians of North America, tho original home of tha bird, to account for this. They say that tit the beginning of one winter j the fire of the world had all been extingulshed except one tiny spark In the hollow of a tree. And It was dying. It would have gone out If the turkey hadn't kept it alive by fanning It with Its wijtgs. As the heat Increased all the feathers were singed t ofT his head, but he kept on fanning j ?and so gave tire hack to the world. So the turkey's bald head and "blisters" are really a badge of honor.? I Answers Magazine. Why If Is Called "Parson Bird" | A small black bird, one of the honey | enters of New Zealand and Australia, | Is called the parson bird been use of j two prominent globular lappets of j white feathers on ouch side of Its j throat which resemble the white lawn "bands" of a Church of* England clergyman. In action, however, this little bird more nearly resembles a circus down thnn n dignltled clergyman. for It delights In turning somersaults and performing other remarknble nntles while living. It Is popular ns a cage bird because of Its beautiful Ringing and Its great powers of mimicry. Why Japancic Arc Excluded Japanese and other noti white 1m- j migrants are exelndeil because they do not become assimilated, but retain ! their national and racial characteristics rather than heron.e Americans; and bcrrrcm Their tow standard of living tends to reduce the common level of Amet-rrnn livinc If Japanese will work 1 l hours n day for 7."> cents the wages of all workers will Tend to he reduced to that level This situation was becoming serious on the Pacific coast at the time the exclusion lawwas passed. ? Pat blinder Magazine. Wh y Fi?h'? F.yti Arc So l.oca t ed The stiape and location of a tlsh's eye depend largely upon its hnhlts. If it lives close to the bottom of Its native body of water, or at least at considerable depth. Its eyes will he close to the top of the bead, looking upward In most species tho eves are so Situated on the sides of the head that only one eve can he used at n time for viewing an nb.lect Put those species that have to pursue their prey at great speed are aide to look for ward with hot h ev es Why Fi<w Csr?a?l?*n Bank* Fail There are several reasons why t an ada has fewer hank :a lur^^han the I'nited States In the first ^^Re ada has fewer bank-: ot.evWnk with numerous nrnr.-hes con*rotting over 27 per ee|it of i he I ?..||i'it.<o|i s hanking i resources, while three bunks, with 2 Hoo branches, control 7n per cent Canada does tmf have the speci.it gov eminent control found in the I nted v States. hr ft _ Why Throne Heir Called Dauphin It was originally the appellation of the lords of the Province of I hm phlne. The Inst ot these, dying child lesa. bequeathed hi* possessions to the grandson of Philippe VI of France or condition that the heir apparent h the throne should hear the title ol Dauphin of. Vlenne and govern 'n province. Bk-:. r. "Memorial to Valor of Soldiers of the South" The United States half dollar bearing the picture of < J rant and Leo, with the Inscription, "Stone Mountain" on the face, and on the reverse, "Memorial to the Valor of the Soldier* of the South." year 11)25, Is a commemorative coin, issued In 11)25 by the United Stales pilnt at the re<|in>st of Stone Mountain Confederate Montimental association, 'Nitiorgtinlxatlon, founded In 1010, was sftonKortal by the Daughters of the Confederacy, to perpetuate ami honor the memory of the soldiers of the Confederacy, and Itohert K. Lee, In partlenlar. Money for the memorial was raised by the Daughters, largely In the South Due unotllclal statement says that 2.H14, 701) pieces were minted, and sold for $1.00 each. The association had asked for 10,000,000. Stone mountain Is 10 miles from Atlanta, (la. This particular memorial deplete (Irani and l.ee on horseback, and Is carved on tho sldu of the uiuun tain. The original sculptor was Uutzon Ilorgluin, who had trouble with some of the association, and was discharged. His plan was carried out by Augustus Lukoman, who completed It In 1028, In spite of the opposition of some of the northern veterans; It was unveiled and dedicated April 0, 1028, on the sixty third anniversary of the surrender of I/ce to Crunt. Itohert 10. Dee, IV, great grandson of the general, pulled tho cord that released the curtain. Every Word We Know Is Stored in Small Space Science Is repealing many wonderful things about the human brain. It long lias been known that different parts of the brain perform different functions, tint science Is relating the parts and the fum-tions. so that the exact location of an Impairment may he determined before an operation. A small section of the hraln may tie a storehouse for a sped lie thing. A professor of Latin and (.reek suffered a blow on tho head. He remembered everything else, but could remember nothing about Latin and Creek. This and many other strange experiences, from head Injuries are related by a writer In Popular Science Monthly. One InJury left the victim with perfect sight, hut printed words meant nothing. Another. after a similar experience, had perfect hearing, lint spoken words had lost their meaning. "In one small patch of gray matter, hardly larger than a nickel." sa.vs this authority, "is stored every word we know." F 11 1 Birds That Laugh Ouf green woodpecker is famous for his ringing, laughing call, but of nil birds If Is tho kookaburra, or laughing jackass, a large Australian kingfisher, which laughs most heartily. Australia has also a laughing owl, ns the whitethroated nightjar Is called, with notes so like pealing laughter that one laughs ! to hear them. The lyre-birds of Aus- ' tralia imitate the laughter of the kookaburra. and any other sound they hear ?human laughter, the screams of a pig In Its denth-thrpes. the noise of a horse or dray, complete with the rumbling of wheels and the rattle of chains, the buzzing of a saw or the swish of a conch driver's whip. Severnl of our gulls hnve ? laughing cackle, while the penguins called "Jackass" utter a laughing, braying note all through their nesting seuson, laughing from dawn till dusk. England'* Oldest House Minster abbey is reputed to be England'* oldest house. According to tradition, the picturesque dwelling, which Is located on tho Isle of Thanet, near Margate. In the southeastern corner of England, dates hack to King Egbert of Kent, who lived In the early part of the Ninth century. Egbert ; granted half the Isle of Thanot to Lis niece, Domnova. and she erected Minster abbey as a nunnery. Later It became the property of the monks of St. Augustine's. Canterbury, remaining In their hands for five centuries, j or until the dissolution of the monasI terles. .lames I sobl the abbey and It I lias since been used ns a private residence. Death Granulates Cells Colls In the body become granulated after dentil, the American Association for tho Advancement of Science was . told. Acrunl "life" In the cells Is ; called cytoplasm and It Is Invisible. Methods of using stains that have nl way* made Invisible matter visible fail to work In the case of cytoplasm It \umof tie seen until after death and the granulation begins to take place. A col! dying slowly has more chance 'o rome apart and fat or oil comes out of the cell rnov-f often, in droplets t op* dv'Mg of starvation use up all their reserve food supply and then <! l'-'M part of tin- cell's living tn.i'e rial to keop the rest alive '1 u;s a'so happens in fev er. ? .\ie-w or-s Magazine: Goldfish Frott) Carp Family Ofddfish had their origin vvjtb the /Chinese who are and have been famens fish breeders. Tncy were devel ! oped from the carp family and their j size decreased with domestication. ; They are said to hnve been Introduced j to Europe about Ihbl fbddMsh ns we know them do not exist in n wild state but thow? so called goldfish found In Chinese rivers and In one cr two In ' this country have reverted to their ' natural state. They are not only dark f > er. but range from five to twelve > Inches Jong, resembling their ances tora, the carp. 1 - 3 H Safe 4, -J#-? /l A _ * How Chicks Live Inside Egg Shell and Peck Out How does the unhatehed chick j ! breathe inside its shell, if it does j breathe? How does a chick know | when to hatch? How does it crack j its shell? - These are some of the questions a ; good many people would probably not | be able to answer. Plainly, the shell of the egg lobks j much too hard and brittle for an un- i hatched. frail t lJttle creature to j crack without nWch difficulty. But j nature has equipped the chicken with a special little "egg-tooth" for this par- | tieular purpose. The epp tooth prows , on the upper beak of the chicken, J which uses It as a little chisel with which to break out of Its shell when j its strengthening n.uoC'e makes it ' stretcli Its neck. The egg-tooth dlsnp- ! pears a day or two after the chick has hatched. If you should paint an egg in which ! there was a baby chick, the little thing would die of suffocation. For the baby clinks breathe Inside tlielfc shells : before they hatch as well as nfter- ! wards. The air conies right through j their shells, which are full of very tiny boles, though we can't see them. In the thin skin just under the shell are many tiny blood vessels. These carry the air to all parts of the de- j veloplng chick and carry away the t carbon dioxide which the unhatehed chicken, like all animals, gives off. The chick, which begins as only a speck In the yellow part of the epp. I ' requires water, too, as It prows! and j there is plenty of water In the epp; and sometimes the newly hatched | chicks live for several days without i water because of the supply they had ! in their shells.?SL Lotfts Globe-Democrat. How Blotters Came About The discovery of blotting paper was due to an accident In an English paper factory. A careless workman forgot to put the sizing into n certain lot of paper and the result was thought t6 be an entire waste. The proprietor of the mill was vef.v angry and sat | down to write a note of.protest to the ! negligent workman. He thought that ! n piece of the ruined paper would be good enough for this purpose ?n(l was furttier annoyed to find that his ink spread ami was absorbed by the" paper Then the idea occurred to him that the paper might he used instead i of sand for dry ins wot ink. Experiments proved him right, and the lot I of "ruined" paper was advertised un j dor the name of "blotting paper."? St. Louis Olobe-Democrat. How Population Is Divided The 19.10 estimate of the Internaj tiona! Statistical Institute of the I League of Nations estimates that I there are more than 2.1XXMXX) people in tho world, divided hy continents as follows: North and South America. | 2lO.iHIO.ooo ; Europe. f?.riO.OOO.OOO; Ausi tralia, T.ixhi.ihxi ; Asia. OffO.(XXMXX); Africa. I.MI.inxi <xx) It may he assumed that half this number or I.(Xxi.tXxi.(KX) are females It is estimated that the ; he's net gain in population Is 1<i, I ixxhxxi a year. ? Pathfinder Magazine. i How Many Mile* Japan Own* Japan's mandates in the Pacific. In eluding the former German colonial possessions. extend for 1.2<xi mites nor:h fr?>iu tin* Eqmitor and f?>r 2..r,<xi miles fr-ua cist t?> west. The total area of land in tins enormous expanse of <ea i* ot. \ s-gii square miles. j The islands number iVJ.Y and the ' groups are the Marianne islands, ex eluding Guam. Which belongs to file j Cn'fed Stares; thi* Marshall Islands , and the l "undine islands. i ? How Tube Traffic II Handled ; The Holland tunnel, which connects i Jersey t'lty and New York city. Is > composed ot twin tutss It is 9.2'xi j feet iq length Each tube is of 29 feet j t> Inches external diilineter with In terior roadway width of 2< feet and clearance height of 1.1 feel ff inches Each tul>e tins trnftlc In one direction only. Seal Looks Liko Fish, but of Animal Family The soul It* a member of that queer family of creatures which look like fish, but which are nevertheless animals, says a writer In the Montreal Herald. Like the whale, the seal breathes air, but It has the advantage over the whale In that It cuh come on Irtnd. The seal lives entirely on fVtli, and may eat as much as a hundretj'pounds of them In a day. lie can swim wouderfully well, Just as well as a fish can, and throughout the late summer, autumn and winter, he roams the sev? en seas, and during all that time be4 may never leave tho water once. Hut In tho spring ho returns to tho placeo where he was born, which may be s thousand miles away, and there he meets millions of other seals. In the summer the baby seals are born, and as soon as they can swim?that takes about six weeks?off they go again. Those seal nurseries tiro In out-ofthe-way places where men seldom come, and on suitable beaches the rocks aro often worn smooth by the millions which visit them every year. The scene on those beaches is wonderful, for you can hardly see the ground for. the huge number of animals. The noise, too, ran ho heard for miles away, for all tho. males fight for tho best places and. roar all the time. Spicier Builds Swinging Cradle for Young Ones A spider rejoicing In thetohnme of olios coenobita; found In Madagascar, has a unique nest for Its,young In the form of a swinging cradle. Tho spider spins several threads, forming them Into a stout cable, and carefully suspends It from the branch of a tree from which the cradle Is to swing. The cradlo Itself Is an empty shell, sometimes a snail sftell, but often a one-chambered shell ending In a point or spiral opposite the openlrig. The spider then travels back and forth from the branch to the cradle, which Is still lying on the ground, uqtll she decides that the rope Is strons.enough. When the cable Is thick enough the little maker mounts to the top of it, where It Is fastened to the brnnch, and rolls It up with her feet until the cradle swings some two Inches clear of the ground. Since the spider silk Is moist when first spun, and contracts as It dries, she knows It will become shorter.' And here, In their shell cradles, the baby spiders rock back and forth In the breeze, safe from harm until they are ready to start out in life for themselves. Engraving on Copper Engraving Is generally done on a thin, lint copper plate, with a small pointed tool known as a burin, or graver, which makes n V-shaped cut. The engraver works by pushing the burin, holding It almost flat ngalnst the plate. Tho very nature of the process makes the line more methodical, less sketchy than an etched?line. The process came Into use early In the Fifteenth century, and was practiced most In Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Martin Schongauer was the first big name. After him came Albrecht Durer, head of the prolific Sixteenth century Ocrmnn school. Among the early Italians, ?tvere Mantegna. Marc Antonio and Carfipngnola. The English and French engravers offer the best opportunities for them. Among the more prominent Englishmen were William Sharp and Robert Strange. The Frenchmen, who engaged In perpetuating on copper plate ! the work of Wntteau, Chnrdin and i Lancret, were Cochin. Audran, Tar! dleu, Gravelot and Moreau. i "Tekla" Pearl# Man Made i Tokln ponrls are made from a spe' cics of Hungarian fish that Is found i In Lake Balaton, which contains radl! um In its waters and quantities of , gold fish. A kind of whiting and i sbent supply the scales used for the ! manufacture of "Tekla pearls." There i are two laboratories on the lakeshore | at Siofok and Fonyod, where micro' scoplc crystals are extracted by 11 treatment with ammonia from the { scales scraped off the fish. The prodnet Is the raw material of the "BnlaI ton pear! essence." Glass bends reJ celve a coating of this essence, which ' lends them that warm, glossy shine 1 that makes It so difficult to the eye | to distinguish "Tekla" from genuine pearls. The coating, however, Is not j done In Hungary, but mostly In the pearl laboratories of France. Spain 1 and Japan. It Is the essence which is exported from Hungary, or the | scales themselves, salted down In barrels. ] ! _ Antimony Widely Used Antimony, of the non rusting and non-taruMiing metals, plays an tmpor. tnnt part in industry. Perhaps its m<?st Important use. at any rate the use which daily affect* more people than any other. Is its use In type metal. It has a low melting point, melting nt J SOU degrees. It lire Is Its * way Into medical use In the tartrate form. fartar nmtic, being widely used In medicine. Antimony oxide tu?d antimony sulphide mixed are used to eolnr glass and porcelain yellow, while In n form known as butter of antimony, antimony chloride, It Is mixed with olive | oil to give a brown color to gun bar{ rels. 1 Antimony Is usunll.v found in the sulphide form, particularly In France, where large quantities are smelted. Antimony Is also produced In Bofneo, California, Nevada. Mexico, and New Brunswick.?Washington Star, v _ . Flumes Destroy Beach Resort Wilmington, N. C., Jan, 28.-?Nine blocks of Wrightsville Beach, island summer resort ten miles from here, were swept by today and 103 buildings destroyed. The flames, starting from an undetermined cause in the Kitty cottage, a hotel, spread along 2,500 feet of beach front buildings on Lumina ajcpnue, burning them all. The OTeanic hotel, largest structure on the bench, was one of the first buildings to fall. An official of the Tidewater Power company, which owned the Oceanic and a number of the other buildings burned, estimated the loss in excess of $1,000,000. Reginald R. Hickson, a prominent lumberman of Cheraw, was found dead in his hotel room there, with a 45-caliber pistol in his hand. He had lived in Cheraw for 20 years, going there from Lynchburg, Va. WEEK END POLO WILL ATTRACT MANY HERE (Continued from first page) Bryn Mawr College. There was an interesting article in 'the New York World-Telegram of January 20 about John K. Winkler, who spent his bpyhood in Camden. He worked for sixteen years in New York for William Randolph Hearst, and then wrote Hearst's biography after his retirement from the newspaper field. He has since written biographies of Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie and Stillman. To quote the article: "Breezy aild light of touch is Jack Winkler. His conversation runs to anecdote and humorous exaggeration, with high dramatic content He is easy and genial company, untroubled by formality, perfectly assured of establishing friendly understanding with all comers. His primary asset is his wide acquaintanceship. His friends simply dropping in to see him normally bring in more news than most reporters could find by going out to look. He has contacts and inside tracks which account for the intimate and gossipy style of j most of his work." ! George O. Forbes, of North Egrej mont, Mass., who with Mrs. Forbes I is stopping at Hobkirk Inn, had good 1 quail shooting this week. | Thomas Megear has returned to ; Babylon, L. I., after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. John L. Weeks. Mrs. Weeks j and Mrs. David Stone attended the ; luncheon given at the Lake Forest Club by Mrs. Sapp of Columbia. Balmy air and warm sunshine have , brought out large numbers of golfers : this week. Seen almost daily on the Kirkwood course are Mrs. Wallace I. j Keep, Miss Klara Krumbholz, Mr. and Mrs, H. G. Colebrook, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Cousins, Mrs. Oscar Seely, Mrs. A. C. Clark, Miss M. E}. Blariehard, W. Ji. Webber, C, M. Barnhome, Ward C. Belcher, Mrs. Paul McElvey, General Francis Peabody, Mrs. Damon deB. Wack, Prof. L. W. Reid, Miss Ruth Ferguson, T. H. Somerville and: Miss Marion C. Wick. V Many of us have not realized that we have a serious author in our midst. Henry Savage, Jr., member of the South Carolina bar, has written 'S 41 America Goes Socialistic/' an interpretatiort of our governmental drift, which was the . non-fiction choice of the Book-of-the-Mpnth Club for February. iDorrance, the publisher, says of it: "One of the most authoritative " and thoughtful pronouncements on an all-important subject to issue in the season of 1933-34." f i Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Blake, of Convent, N. J., were visitors at the Kifkwood en route to Miami, where Mr. Blake will be a judge in the horse I show next month. Thoy expect to rp- ; turn in time for the hunt trials and steeplechases here February 21 and 22. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Blauvelt, j of Ridgewood, are other New Jersey .1 visitors. Mrs. Thomas J. Kirkland gave a large luncheon recently for her bridge club and some of the cottagers. * ; Among her guests were Mrs. Samuel 1 Russell, Mrs. Harry G. Marvin, Mrs. Warren H. Harris, Mrs^ Leroy .David- I son, Mrs. W. L. Wright, Mrs. deWitt^Sj Peterkin, Mrs. Victor Froment, Mrs. fl Stanley ^Llewellyn, the Missea Leila J and Charlotte Shannon, Mrs. Reuben il Pitts, Mrs. Robert Marye, Mrs.* Doris 1 Houser, Mrs. William L. DePass, Mrs. George Cook and Mrs. Edward LeadDean Gildersleeve, who has been spending a few days at her cottage I near Green Leaf Villa, will return the third week in February for thefbunter trials on the 21st and the steeplechase on the 22nd. Mrs. Thomas H. Somerville and Miss Jennie Somerville returned Mon- I day from a few days' visit in Mont- ? pelier Station, Va. Thomas H. Som erville and Hamilton Somerville are enjoying the shooting at their t>re- 19 serve near Augusta, Ga. j Miss Viola Winmill, daugl($er of . -fl Robert Winmill, of Warrenton, Va., ex-M. F. H. of the Warrenton hdfijpds, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Melville' \JL Beams, of Warrenton, who have a cottage here for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grand, of I Millbrook, L. L, were recent yisitota? at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Kirkover, en route to St. Augus- .? tine, Fla. Mr. Grand is the author >? of that delightful novel, "The Silver Horn," and many other hunt stories. ]' Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, Jr., "1 of New York City, were visitors at the Kirkwood en route to Aiken where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark. HOW =========== I H1CAI.TH PAYS Dl VIDIOM >8 : KASi:s STHA1N ON MINI What are the dividends of health? In the fIrat place the healthy man possesses ihc following character1st ics which gain for til in peace of mind : ^ . 1, Mo la ?ij'l|Oni{l.v ffncnnat'lctliH of tils hotly, which matron well with Out special attention. 2. lie In free from disturbing varieties of selt CoiiSclousnost. M. lie In easily absorbed In outside Interests. 4. Ho meets an outrage, un Insult or misfortunes In a matter-of-fact manner and never sulks or broods. 5. lie manifests a general Joy In living? 0. He carries a burden of heavy work and responsibilities without complaint and with little fatigue. J. He develops a set of habits and adheres to them tenaciously. 8. He seldopi craves narcotics. ft. lie seldom craves any of the 'psychic escape#" such as dream life, self-deception, cheap fiction uixl religious consolations. "Thus ^everything from n man's ability ro digest raw onions up to his ability to accept disagreeable facts and to get along with disagreeable" persons depends largely on tbe precise kind of health he has." maintains' Walter II. I'itkin, professor of Journalism. Columbia university. In "Dividends of Health," an article published In Hygela Health Magazine. NOTICE 1 We have a stock of high grade FERTILIZERS and NITRATE OF SODA op hand. Also all varieties of COKER'S PEDIGREED ^COTTON PLANTING SEED. We solicit your cotton business; also your Warehousing business. I * * ."Jg I. T. HAY COTTON & FERTILIZER CO. ? ? ' ? . ..vp] Telephone 519 Rutledge Street Camden, S. C. . " I'll1 .Mil' IUL J1J1' gffgwgg. y. | REAL ESTATE * RENTS COLLECTED, FARM AND CITY PROPERTY . jfj | | \\i* \ HUNTING PRESERVES g j Repairing and Care-Taking of Property | ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE I I DeKALB INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. I j N Crocker Building ?? Telephone 7N FERTILIZERS All kinds of Mixed Fertilizers? 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