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* Tilt Barawtll Pcople-ScnUtel. BtniwtIL S. C- Thti r, Ntrtaber S. 11 SUCH IS LIFE—Fair Warning! By Charles Sughroe voutu [GIVE WO! >wvv*r?i iw- GIVE you 24HcxjRy to oer Out of My YARD Scotland Once Led in Witch Burning Palm Given to Northland in Revived Discussion. f London.—Although several anti quarians have presented evidence in London papers giving the Ameri can colonies a clean bill of health in regard to repeated accusations that alleged witches were once actu ally burned there, a mooted ques tion still remains and its discussion has mounted to fever attitude: What part of the United Kingdom was most culpable in this respect, Eng land, Wales, Ireland or Scotland? Scientific opinion is making out a good case for Scotland, with a rec ord of 4,000 executions, although one writer declares that strangulation (worryit), and not fire, was used as a means of exit at the stake. An other writer, however, while admit ting that strangulation was some times used, declares that the stake with fire was a much more popular fdrm of execution, and he writes: ‘^Rev. Dr. Lauchlan MacLean Watt, Glasgow, tells that in 1658 a warlock, duly condemned, was ‘wor ry it* (strangled) at the stake on the Castlehill of Edinburgh. But in that WILL ADORN BIG DAM ■ if M- V Model of the 30-foot winged figures of which two will* be cast in bronze and placed on either tide of the 125 foot flagpole at the Nevada end of Boulder Dam. The figures which are the work of Oskar J. W. Hansen of Chicago will be cast in bronze and placed in tho semi-circular granite base at the flagpole. They will face downstream and across the 1,000 foot gorge of the Colorado river. same year four women were burned to death in the same place, all con fessing their covenant with hell, while presently nine witches from Tranent all went the same way, with confessions in their mouths. School Master Done to Death. “Then there was the noted case of Dr. Fian, school master, Saltpans, 1591, who was first strangled, then ‘put into a great fire’ and burned on the Castlehill of Edinburgh. “Or we may take what is known as the wittiest representation of a witch trial in the English language —the sketch, 'The Devil to Pay’ in the ‘Table Talk of Shirley,’ by Skel ton. There the minister of Cudie- stane declared that the witch on tri al had no title to be burned alive. She was not, he said, a first-class witch. She must be ‘worryit’ first. But even there, out of ten old wom en, although two were strangled, eight were burned to death. “From the official records—and many are available—it is clear that of the 4,000 so-called witches burned in Scotland only a fraction under went the minor horrible death by strangulation before the burning at the stake. “But I shall confine myself to the case of Aberdeen, a dreadful exam ple. where the records are clear and full, and where, in 1596-97 alone. 22 women and 1 man were burned to Meath. Says Kennedy, the annalist: ‘They were, of course, condemned to the flames, and in order to make a due impression on the minds of the people their sufferings took place at short intervals at the Cas- UehiU ‘ Last Exeeatiea la 1722. “These shocking occurrences went on in Aberdeen well into the Seventeenth century, although the last person to be tried by a lord of Justiciary was brought up at Dum fries Gamut court as late as 1709 and the very last person to under go trial for witchcraft in Scotland was an old woman who was brought before the deputy sheriff of Suther land and condemned, at Dornoch, in 1722 “Not everybody in Scotland was pleased by the cessation of witch burning, and the repeal of the stat ute of King James authorising the same. 1739. “In 1743 the Aasocate Presbytery of Scotland—the noted Erskine Se cede ri from the Church of Scotland —declared that ‘the penal statutes against witches have been repealed by Parliament contrary to the ex press law of God*; and more singu lar still, even in 1819 Rev. James Paterson, M. A., minister of the Associate Congregation of the up land parish of Midmar, Aberdeen shire. felt it necessary to issue a pamphlet. ‘A Belief in Witchcraft Unsupported by Scripture ’ It was printed by Chalmers, of The (still existing) Aberdeen Journal, a strange production, very rare, but an item in the local collection of this library.’’ COURTESY By LEONARD A. BARRETT The tourist motoring in Ohio will have his attention frequently di rected to a sign attached to the rear of a large truck and bearing this inscription: “Blow your horn — the road is yours.” The truck is owned by one of the large oil companies in Ohio, and the driver has been instructed to turn to the right the moment he hears the horn of an ap proaching car. “The road is yours.” One seldom sees a finer expression of courtesy. Courtesy seems sadly lacking on many of the highways we travel. A driver will frequently park in a position that leaves little or no room for the car in the front or the rear to move out. “Just so I have HUBERT TUNES TOE . ou . Bvj Lydia Le Baron Walker Q- m |; ; iQ I (i i v ' n UneLPUQi Where Ha Wants to Be A man generally shuns an invi tation. Why? Simply because ac cepting, knocks him out of the dull, stupid rut he is always com plaining of. After opportunity has passed en by. It looks three feet taller. I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I awoke, and found that life was Duty. A word to the wise may be suf ficient, but the wise frequently ask for further enlightenment. Can't Fool 'Em Don’t argue to young people that the world is all wrong. They know better. A chronic knocker is angry when everybody agrees with him and he has to dry up. Civilization as it develops, be comes more Intellectual, but It must not forget to consult the hu man heart. Two perfectly useless com plaints are of the weather and the fashions. Both are inexorable. To be confident of pleasing is often an infallible means of dis pleasing. Little at a Time Everything is to be accom plished bit by bit. The man who has affection for you may be under an illusion, but, oh, let it never be dispelled. The dumb animals arc the ones that live as wisely as they know how. Happiness is the bird on whose tail you have to put salt in order to capture it. Two great talkers will not travel far together. QuilUag Fashions This Cherished Coverlet. Hubert Schultz, end of the 1996 Columbia university football squad ; , is seen here in kicking practice The team of the Moramgside Heights school is giving its opponents plenty of competition in the current gridiron season. AMAZE A MINUTE SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD Dwarf elephants/ On the Mediterranean islands oc Malta and Cyprus dwarf RACES OF ELEPHANTS ONLY 5 TO 6 FEET TALL HAVE BEEN FOUND, CAUSED BY CONTINUAL INSUFFlCIEkY OF FOOD. Danger driving hours- The hour of LEAST AUTO AC CIDENTS IN THE week is Tuesday __ TWEEN 4 AND 5 AM The greatest number occur Sun dan afternoon 7 O'CLOCK Fishing UPSTREAM- Fish rest FACING the current, , const ouCirriT FISHING UPSTRfAg IS MOUG EFFECTIVE wuu: room” is the common practice. Con sideration for the safely of the pub lic is of little concern, so long as one keeps within the law. Scores of automobile accidents can be at tributed to lack of courtesy—which is simply s lack of respectful con- ! sideration of others More courtesy l on our highways will mean less ac- , cidents. “Be courteous” is a good ! motto to hang on the dash board of every car. Courtesy may express itself in respectful consideration of others, no matter what the surroundings may be. In one large store in a prosperous section of a certain city the men remove their hats in the elevator when ladies are present. In another store less favorably lo cated in the same city, the removal of hat? is tabooed. Why this dis crimination? Is not a lady always a lady regardless of the particular elevator in which she rides? The principle of courtesy should hold true and prompt a man to rise when a lady enters the room, whether the room be palatial or humble. Is courtesy dependent upon prosperity or poverty for its expression? How much of the courtesy in our daily contacts is real; how nuch is artificial and conventional? The answer to this question reveals both true and false courtesy in nations as well as in individuals. Courtesy between nations is of paramount importance in producing mutual un derstanding and good will. Its nat ural use expresses a hopeful es teem for others and a fundamental regard for the opinions of others. Courtesy is the conscience of diplo macy and the covenant of per petual peace. The gift of the Sta tue of Liberty by France was an act of sublime courtesy. The same element was entirely forsaken when nations fought with nations in the last great war. Let us have more of the kindly spirit of courtesy in our international relationships. edaeatioa or imkerited emit see. It to • aiatter el self-4toeipliae and la ssie develops# eat. A ditch digger may be a man if he has a T HE name American patchwork was given by the English to a j certain type of piece patchwork evi dently originated on this continent. It to a name unfamiliar to moot Americans, although credit for the beautiful work is given to the wom en in the United Stale* and Canada. American patchwork found its way from this continent to England in the latter quarter of the last cen tury. somewhere about 1179 or 1MB In Great Britain It was attributed equally to the United States and Canada, both countries being m America, and there being an un certainty about )uet which sort ion was rsspoostbto lor the distinctive The name of loghouao quilting was given the design abroed It has an odd aound to ua for tog homoo are termed log cabins la America Here the pettem has been known through the century as the log cobin pettern. but the name tog house quilting has a fascinating ring le It The petrh- worh was. and to. one of the hand- someat type* of all Its special fea ture was its use of nbbone for patches and also silk and satm (and aometimes velvet) cut into strips of nbbon widths. The strips are poaitionod in ever- widening rows about a small squaro of one of the materials. In each row strips overlap one another Ends are straight, that is they are not dovetailed or mitered The rib bon-like stripe can be sewed to a foundation square or be seamed to gether. In the old work the rib bons were sewed to a foundation, with a square of silk sewed on the exset center of the foundation square. After this the rows were personality. “Every inch a gentle man.” A fine compliment earned not at a cost of money but by a persist ent attitude of mind that listens when another speaks and remains calm when that speech is not the echo of his own mind. Courtesy is something more than an expression of conventional good manners. It is the outward expression of the soul within. The fruit of loyal nature and the gift of noble mind. C VN>»tern |»f w jpaptr Union. set in order about It. Edges slight ly overlapped so no lining was vis ible. The method of arrangement of colors la definite. One diagonal half of a square to of dark colored pieces, the other of light ones When squares are sewed together dark come* against dark and light against light, producing a faednal* ing v sequence of e squares of light and colors are artistically quilt with Ha rich perb ^ ^ Week’s Supply of Poet uni Froo Read the offer made by the Poa- tum Company in another part of this paper. They will send a full week's supply of health giving Poatum free to for it.—Adv. Methods to Witdom By three methods we loans art* . dom: first by reflection, which M the noblest. second, by Imitation. i which la the easiest, and third, by ssper.encv. which is the bitterest g. i sssam A Three Days’ Ceogh Is Yosr Danger Signal PLAYTIME COSTUME ■LgsTyaia: right mm. IA6VJ perfect tsya, **A8 Ms arrtva. CONSTIPATION A Parma-violet broadcloth dinner dress by Robert Piguet, with an absurd little muff of Parma violets. Boy designed the hat of Parma- violet broadcloth trimmed with tiny pinked edges to match the dress. Midget Antelope Pals With Bunnies cvawMdtmlbC! Kir (NR TafaNto). Hal bon. “ Try N R Tablets ysmetf. Nou Nov | they ara and non habit fonn- tabieta cent* at NIGHT TGmOQPO* £ B'Ch* BACKACHES CAUSED BY MOTHERHOOD Thoaa montha before baby cornea put such a heavy atrain on mother’* muscles, that aha frequently suffers for years. Allcock’a Porous Plasters do wonders for such back aches. They draw the blood to the painful spot—whether It be on the back, sides, legs, arms or shoul der. This has a warm, stimulatinc affect, and the pain soon vanishes. It takas only S seconds to put on an Alleoek's Porous Plas ter. and it feels as good as a 12 massage. Over 5 million people have aaad Alleoek’s. the original porous plaster. Refuse nay plaster but Alleoek’s. It brings quickest relief. Lasts longer. Easy to apply and xw move, lit at druggists. WNU—7 45-36 Don’t beBALD! Don’t Rive op! Faithful use of Glover's Mange Medicine and Believed to bo the only animal of its kind in the United States, this blue Duiker-Bok was s recent addition to the Fleiahacker aoo in San Franctaco Ho to seven years aid sad aretgtos tuna sad s half pounds. The hunnias with whom he Uvea ta a special paddock ara hie pato. Ha GLOVIKs