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^ * Hie sparrow may not be an exceed- llngly Important bird but it certainly ,deserves better usage than it received from the translators of what is known ;«s our Authorized Version of the Bible. Its Hebrew name was tsippor, says a iWnter In the Montreal Family Herald, ‘which occurs some thirty-two times In ‘the original, hut Is translated sparrow in only two places, Psalm 84, 3: “Yea. the sparrow hath found an house and the swallow a place,’’ and Psalm 10L’: 7: “I am as a sparrow alone upon the liouse-top.” Irr other places it is set down in our Bihlcs simply as a bird. "What spirit of divination instructed King James’ scholars to differentiate between the ‘'tsippors" in the two Psalms and the “tsippors” elsewhere no man may say, hut so far as any one has been informed it would ap pear that the sparrow received less than fair play at their hands, however wisely their choice was exercised In some cases. * (Jenerally faithful little mothers, true to their task of rearing their broods, are hen-sparrows, restless and ^disconsolate when driven from their eggs, as the nature-loving writer of Proverbs 27:8, notes, when seeking for a parallel to a man who finds him self out of his proper station hi life: “As a sparrow that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.” ing Endicott 86 By GEORGE ADE Legends Cluster About V' World-Famous Pearls \ Since the time of Cleopatra pearls of great value have figured In ro mantic ns well ns commercial history. Pliny records probably the two most famous, those that Cleopatra wore In her ears, and It Is a well remembered story of how slit* dissolved one In wine and drank It to win a wager with Antony. In the Sixth century the Peroz pearl was even then valued as high as $2. r »,000. Charles the Bold In the Fifteenth century owned an other valuable and famous pearl, while ranking with it were the Tararequi and Oviedo pearls and the celebrated "I.n Peregrina” (the incom parable) belonging to Philip II and which came from Panama. The pearls of Mary Stuart, of (Jueen Elizabeth, together with those of the great moguls and shahs have their coun terpart In such famous American collections as (lie Morgan Tiffany and the Could pearls: another famous collection, the Van Buren pearls, a gift from the Imam of Muscat, Is in the National museum.—Washington Star. Walking Soda Fountain America is the home of soda water, the Montreal Family Herald observes. When Americans took charge of the Panama canal construction, the intro duction of soda water to the isthmus soon followed and the result was—a walking soda fountain. The black woman vendor balanced her soda fountain on top of her head and dis pensed her drinks with one single glass tumbler to the Jamaican work men employed on (tie canal. She had three or four varieties of flavors, and her soda water actually was only plain water. However, her customers seemed satisfied with the drinks. v,. Placing Horseshoe There Is no agreement among be lievers In this superstition as to how good luck can best be obtained by the placing of a hanging horseshoe. One way Is to place it with end| pointing upward "so that the luck will not run out." The most usual way of hanging a horseshoe is with the ends pointing down, this being based on the idea that the protective powers of the horseshoe are associated in some way with the nimbus or halo pictured around the heads of saints and angels. In the Middle ages horseshoes were hung on the thresholds of houses In order to ward off witches. s g “Pantheon” of Florence The church of the Santa Croce in Florence might well be called the Pan theon of that city; Its facade suggests, a little, London’s Westminster abbey, and It was an Englishman, Francis Sloane, who restored it In 1803. Along both walls extend the tombs of the immortals, the most notable being the Anal resting place of Michael Angelo. The tourist also may see here the tombs of Rossini, the composer, and of Galileo and Michiavelll. Many of the tombs are beautiful but none pre tentious. f * “Feuchtwmnger’* C^nt*” The "Feuchtwanger nickel cents” are well known to coin collectors. Doctor Feuchtwanger was a chemist whose specialty was metal experi ments. He tried to persuade thfe gov ernment to adopt nickel for coinage purposes but officials would not listen to him. So In 1837, at his own ex pense, he put thousands of nickel cents and three-cent pieces Into cir culation to prove their utility. Twen ty years later nickel was adopted for coinage purposes. 1 -V ' ' ... — 4 See* Doctor in Now Rolo Man cannot fear, he cannot hate, ha cannot worry Intellectually-—he fears with all his organa I feel jus tified In the prophecy that before many decades the role of the physl dan will have changed so much that Ms profession will seem an entirely ■assr one.—Dr. George W. Crile, Clave- . 1932, Rull Syndicate.—W.NU Service. NCK there was a Married Couple that was blessed ac cording to Custom and Prece dent. The important It was a highly-colored and wriggly Boy weigh ing close on to ]<> Pounds. The Fa ther, who had su&ered unspeakable Agonies during the Ordeal, was known ns Henry or Hen and the Mother, who also was among Those Present, bore (he old-fashiOned Monicker of Martha, so the Offspring for no [Particular Rea son, was Christened Endicott because that Label sounded like Money and Social Eminence. Let US take a Peek at the Bio graphical Data surrounding the Par^ ents so that we may better understand the Policy which they adopted for the upbringing and guidance of the First- J Born. Henry came from a Farm, where he slept on a Straw Tick, plowed,through the Snow Drifts to the Little Red School HousCj associated with a sporty Hired Hand and tolled under the hot Sun for Nothing a Month. Later he did Janitor Work and lived on Soda Crickers and other Food de void of Vitamins while struggling through a Sectarian College. When he arrived in the City he lacked about Ten Beans of having Anything at all and the only Fact that saved his Boarding House from being a Flop Joint was that the Windows had Lace .* - Curtains. Henry grubbed and saved and kept a Gimlet Eye on the Main Chance and presently Owned a newly-painted Home which was mortgage-free, and a stream-line Roadster and a shapely Partner who had Eyes like a Girl of Kj and knew how to keep House. The Touch System. Martha came from a Small Town where her no-good Dad wore the same Derby Hat and solicited Insurance for many Years before he was hurled by the l/)dge. She had to make her own Clothes and waited on the Table while attending Norma! School. For a while she Taught and then- she achieved great Popularity by combining rapid Short Hand with Correct Spelling and became an Ornament to a large Busi ness Concern. After humping the Bumps and running the Gauntlet and swimming the Rapids and being tried by Fire, she had her own Apartment and a Wardrobe, without losing her Identity as a Member of the. Female Sox. and then Henry discovered her and hounded her into taking a Chance. Here were two Self-Mades who had demonstrated that the Path to Success Is paved with flinty Stones and bor dered with Thistles. Henry and Mar tha had arrived because they got out and mingled with all kinds of ornery Mortals and wrassled with Circum- stituces and were not afraid of Perspir ation. S.o they figured that to make a Neat Job of little Endicott, they should pro tect him from all the Hardships they had endured and surround him with all of the sweet and civilizing Influ ences which had been denied them. In this Respect they were running true to Form. It Is hard to find Parents who hare any Faith in old-fashioned Recipes. If they traveled In the Grit they want, tii* Youngsters to ride on velvet. Having proved that Assets have no Value unless they are wou in Battle, they proe^-ed to spoon-feed the Chil dren and hire Foreigners to wait on- them. ' ' ' These two anxious Parents read books on the Subject and learned that their precious Jewel should be nur tured to Greatness by Contact w’ith all that Is True and Beautiful and Good. They sat up Nights to dope out the proper Environment. The Big Idea is that a young and responsive and sympathetic Being who leans up against Knowledge and Cul ture will, by Capillary Action, absorb nil of the Ingredients which will make him high brow and useful and looked up to and envied. If you surround the Little One with Masterpieces of Art. he or she will come to know the Differences between Good Pictures and those appearing on the Outside Cover of a Story Maga zine. Ushers in a Theater learn the Music of the Opera, without any Attempt to memorize it. The Melodies soak into them. Kids who are dragged to Church get the Scripture and the Hymns even If they have no Enthusiasm for Sacred Themes. Even the Noodle-Heads who are carted over to Europe find themselves steeped in History and Architecture and Table d'Hotes and come back dif ferent. Mud Hens With Big Ideas. Any tall-grnss College can get the Text Books used at Yale, Harvard and Princeton but when they try to duplicate the Expense Accounts, they fall dow-n. If the Freshman wishes to learn New Tricks from the gilt-edge Products of the Brownstone Avenues, he must take a long Ride on the Train. He can acquire Facts in any Public Library and get Mental Discipline out of a Correspondence Course, but If he wants the old Savoir, Falre (with the Accent on the Salve) and the Air of Distinction and that banchty Rom* thing-Or-other which enables a Snipe to look down, from Heights above at he most mingle with the Henry and Martha had been Mud Hens brought up in the Marsh, but they were determined that Endicott would be a Golden Pheasant, surround ed by Flower Beds and Fountains. They began to teach him French while he was Teething. Endicott must have been puzzled for Weeks at a Time, trying to determine which was really his Mamma: Mamsellc, the Sani tary Nurse, the Kindergarten Spe-' cinlist or the Pkycho-Analyst who was making a Study of bis Responses, which probably moans Something to those who are up with the Times. .When other Boys were mastering Marbles, he was taking Lessons on the Violin. While many poor Urchins were roaming the Fields barefooted, look ing for Green Apples and Snakes, the Heir-Apparent had on’the Fauntleroy Regalia, including Silk Stockings, and shiny Pumps, and was learning how to enter a Ball Room. His Guardians and Keepers and Tutors and Trainers and Handlers and Rubbers used a Mechanical Appliance on his Face so as to put his Nose in the Air and give him that Suggestion of Snifllness which is always a Valuable Asset to any Boy who is ashamed of his Parents. They regulated Ids Diet, his Ges tures. his Pronunciation, his Complex ion, his Amusements, his Reading, his Hours of Sleep, his Finger Nails and his Moral Nature. They worked on him the same as Luther Burbank would have applied himself to a new $20,000 Species. Fudge Instead of Football. He was kept in a jeweled Box, sur rounded by Tissue Paper and Cotton Batting. When the iceman came, he was taken.to the front part of the House for fear, he might hear something which would corrupt his Vocabulary. The only Young Persons permitted to come in at the Tea Hour and Join him in a Glass of Malted Milk were those Hot-House Products who were guaranteed to be free from Freckles, Slang and the Normal Instincts of Youth. When he finally went to College, a large Delegation went with him and put more than so Sofa Pillows in ids Room and had the Curtains arranged so iliat the Morning- Sun would not strike him in the Face, thereby caus ing him to start the Day in a Peevish Mood. Even if the Football Candidates did call him Qtieenie. lie could afford to regard them with Disdain, because he know more about Porcelains and Wal ter Pater than the whole Rowdy Bunch put together, and the Wife of the Assistant in Chemistry often said that hj£ Fudges were in a Class by themselves. He on me back from the Varsity with a London Accent which can he ac quired only by those who are horn far from Great Britain. He had acquired no Vices except that of taking As pirin for a Headache. A good many low-brow Spectators on the Side-Lines had predicted that two Hubbard Squashes could not get together and produce a Lily, hut it seems that they were wrong, inasmuch as Endicott now lias the most inter esting Collection of Postage Stamps outside of the Museums. MORAL: By the application of Modern Methods any kind of Nut may be grown on the Family Tre%. Historic Tobacco Pouch Now in French Museum A papal tobacco pouch has been presented to the Museum of Rouen. It was once’the property of Pope Plus VII, who*’was consecrated to fffipal honors in 1800. Whether he ever made personal use of this tobacco pouch Is not known. He presented It to Cardi nal Camhaceres. one time primate of % Normandy, as a mark of esteem. It Is a work of art, being decorated with gold, pearls and enamel. It has had a picturesque history. When Cardinal Cambaceres died lie bequeathed It to his physician. Doctor Trehet. During, the Franco-Prussian war this papal tobacco pouch was hidden away In a wine cellar at Saint Ouen de Thouber- vllle, Eure. The house above was burned to the ground by the Prussians on December 24. 1870. The pouch was untouched by the fire, and until re cently it has been in the- possession of the Duputel family. Have You Ever r ' Considered as a Clerk? A CLERK—BETTER, A SOLICITOR — who calls weekly at hundreds of homes in Barnwell County, not annoyingly ringing the doorbell asking to “see the lady of the house,” but one who calls pleasantly, tells all the news of the community, gossips with the family, and sells them goods that are in your store. V Maid Wed to Goat Incredible as It may seem, a young Indian girl was recently married to a goat at Ramakrishnapura, a village near the Howrah suburb of Calcutta. The girl’s two sisters were widowed at an early age, and, to save bis third daughter from the stigma of early wid owhood, her father directed that this ceremony should be carried out The theory behind the practice Is that if fate has doomed a girl to be widowed young and she goes through the cere mony of marriage with an animal or plant, the evil spirit will mistake it for her real husband and kill It. Then there will be no curse to prevent her from living as long as she likes with her subsequent real husband. Speeding the Golf Ball The first golf balls were not rough, but It was found by experiment that If a golf ball is made rough it flies farther and straighter than if perfect ly smooth. Why this should be so is difficult to explain. Probably the toughened ball has more elasticity when struck by the club, and It $eenn certaifflv too. that the roughening of the ball make* It revolve like a rifle bullet, and thus gives It a straighter path, with more penetrating power. If no one is home when this clerk calls, it does not pass on to the next home,- but waits patiently until some one comes. It then tells its story to the first ar rival and repeats and repeats to every member of the family. It never tires—even weeks later this clerk is still talking, repeating its sales talk and old news of Barnwell County. Incomes have been reduced but among the hun dreds of people this clerk calls on some one is always in need of something—something that is in your store. The clerk sits at night with the family while they dis cuss what they need and whether they can afford the things that this clerk has to offer. John needs some new shoes. Shoes? Sure, says this clerk. We have them priced from $3.50 to $8.50. The very size and what you want and something that you have been looking for, for only $4.75, etc., through the needs of the family. This clerk is on duty all day and night, day in and day out, week, month and year. Rain, snow or sleet does not prevent him from making his calls with hundreds of families. How much would a clerk, or solicitor, of this kind cost • 4/ you per week? Could you.afford to pay him what he would be worth? dould you find such a person who would work night and day regardless find fill the bill as well as this clerk? Friend of thousands. Always ad- *•■*1 f mitted to every home he calls on. Considered a part of every family. Such a valuable clerk could demand and get any salary he wanted, but not this tterk. Advertising is not an expense! Consider it as one of your clerks. Put this clerk on your weekly or monthly payroll. It is a sound investment. One clerk who is on the streets and in the homes of Barnwell and this trade area ever soliciting business for your store. One that sends in business to keep your other clerks who stay in your store busy. ' ' •* ■ -- ■ . ••••• Can you afford to be without the sei*vices of this cleerk? Call and let us tell you how cheaply he will work for you.