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Th« Banwtll People-Sentinel. BarnwelL S. C- Tknredaj, December 10, IfM = SUCH IS Tn News! By Charles Sughroe top, wn VOll VBrreyooR NAMEMtfttU 'ouRE«y s^n- v J l SOT The Cop Had a Test for the Cowboy Elephants Go for Hard Liquor Cure F£ign Sickness to Get Doses of Gin and Whisky. Bombay, India.—The two most in telligent elephants a writer in the Illustrated Weekly of India ever knew liked liquor, but, while one, an American zoo elephant named Zip, liked gin flavored with ginger, the other, a European circus ele phant — name unknown—took his whisky straight: "When Zip once got a bad stom ach ache his keeper gave him a bucket of gin and ginger and put a mustard plaster on his stomach. For weeks after that he would pre tend to be ill, rolling on the ground in pretended agony. But he never got the gin again, only the less pleasant mustard plaster. "The circus elephant was just the same. He had a bottle of whisky neat to cure a cold and then began having colds every week. They tried him with cold tea in a whisky bottle but he promptly squirted it back into his attendant's face. Beer and other less costly medicines were treated with the same con tempt Had to Give la "At last, in desperation they gave him his whisky. After that he be came unmanageable if he did not get his drink now and then. He would swallow a bottle of whisky off in two gulps and he never suf fered the slightest ill-effects. It was his reward for being the cleverest of af! elephants. "Elephants, as we In India know, are among the most intelligent of animals. Their sagacity is equal to, and often exceeds, that of the two other friends of man—the horse and the dog. How exceptionally clever some elephants can be is re vealed in the following true stories: "In the teak yards of Rangoon, where troops of elephants are em ployed to stack the logs, the hours of working are from 6 a. m. to 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. to dusk. "The elephants know to a minute when the time to knock off for the lunch hour arrives and no coercion by their mahouts will persuade them to move a single log after 11 o’clock has struck. They will not even complete the job in hand. ’Down tools’ is their slogan and no trade unionist could be stricter in his observance of the rules. "The elephant’s belief in trade union principles is also illustrated on the rubber estates of Ceylon, where elephants are often employed to fell rubber trees. The lateral roots of the trees are cut through with an axe and elephants are put on to push the trees over. Do Only His Share "Watch an elephant dealing with a tree that has only had its roots partially cut. His trunk will go up and he will advance to the tree, push his head forward and give a couple of experimental shoves. Then back he will go a step or two and turn his head away. Nothing, not even the goad, will persuade him to push again until a coolie with an axe has been summoned and those roots have been properly cut through. "The elephant's long memory is well known and is another sign of his exceptional intelligence. Cases have been known of elephants be ing ill-treated by mahouts and not seeing them again for years, but when eventually brought face to face with the offenders they have remembered them at once. "In one case on record a circus elephant, a big Indian animal, took the law into his own hands and trampled his old enemy to death within a minute of the man’s en trance into his stall. Yet he had not set eyes on the hated mahout for over twenty years. "It is when captive elephants are ill, however, that their intelligence is most strikingly revealed. Even a pet dog is often extremely diffi cult to deal with when in pain. Yet cases have been known of elephants permitting their molar teeth to be extracted with hammer and crow bar without any show of resist ance." Is/This a Friendly World? By LEONARD A. BARRETT There is a tendency to state truth in terms of dead matter. We argue from effect back to first cause, and thus conclude that evolution ex plains not only the cosmos but also the complete development of the human race. In spite of ex pressed opinions to the contrary, organic evolution does explain the orderly growth of the universe, but it does not ex plain all that is implied in answer to the question, Is this a friendly world? Another tendency is to state truth in terms of cold reason. Un less we can see clearly our way through a certain truth or experi ence, we instantly brand it as doubt ful or impossible. We instinctively demand the reason for things. Why did this or that happen? If a calami ty strikes us unaware, we may be- A hard-driving taxi driver, hi a mid-west city ignored a red crossing signal, threatened the traffic policeman's knees, missed a street island by a hair, and lost grazed a loaded bus, all in one mad rfarfi The policeman halted him with a shrill blast from his whistle, then strolled over to the taxi, pull ing a big handkerchief from hie hip pocket en route. "Listen, cowboy!" he growled, on the way back I’ll drop this and see if you can pick it up with your teeth while in full tilt. U you’re the real thing, O K. Else you get a ticket!’’—Montreal Star. Btj Lvjdia Le Baron Walker “YOUNG AMERICA- ALL WET* "Young America—All Wet!" by Kenneth Dudley Smith of Staten Is land N. Y., is one of the pictures shown at the National Salon of Pho tography held in New York. The exhibition included 274 pictorial prints and 77 technical prints, se lected from 2,070 pictures submitted by the best photographers o f America. Frank Shaughnessy, father of the playoff plan in use in numerous minor leagues, was elected presi dent of the International Baseball league. Shaughnessy succeeds War ren C. Giles of Rochester. Kit:hen Color Scheme An attractive scheme of decora tion seen in a kitchen of a new home in northern Virginia has semi-gloss white ceiling and walls, woodwork medium gray, trimmed with ver milion. The floor is coated with deep gray and the curtains at the win dows combine the vermilion with white in a checked fabric. AMAZE A MINUTE SCIENTIFACTS ^ BY ARNOLD come discouraged or rebellious. Without economic or moral reserve, we may reach the point of despair. The world seems then, anything but friendly. The world becomes adamant, cruel. We frequently hear people say that which we too have said: No! this is no friendly world." Another factor must enter the equation before we can determine whether or not this is a friendly world. That factor is purpose. With out consideration of the purpose of event we despair of obtaining a satisfactory solution of either a sim ple or a complex problem of life. There is a popular saying that what ever happens is always for the best. It is difficult to believe this at all times, especially when we look ahead. When we review our past experiences and the effect of one event upon another in the chain of circumstances our life has met, we are usually able to see beneficence for what once seemed a barnacle. To think that this old world has no purpose is thin and even vicious thinking. In medicine we have many drugs, many of which are poisonous. A physician’s prescription may con tain one of these poisons. If we ex tract the poison and take it, we may die. If we take the medicine as given in the prescription, we may recover. So it is in our daily ex perience. We should not extract a great sorrow, or failure, or disap pointment and judge life by that one event. It takes all of one life’s events to reveal the pattern that holds its un broken thread of gold. , According to our vision of purpose so is our perception of life. It is our use of anesthetics that proves them a curse or a blessing. The savage who knows very little concerning the moral element of purpose sees in poison a drug that kills. He does pot know that poison may be made a power for good; that electricity may be controlled for the advance ment of civilization; that the dark- T HE spending of money advan tageously is as significant in the appearance of prosperity as is the salary received, or the wages ob tained. This is evident to every thinking person who notes the dif ference between the apparent pros perity of those who receive the same pay. One person, or one fam ily, is constantly having to re trench and to fore go doing this or buying that in the way of pleasure or getting new things. Another person or family, on the same mon-\ ey, seems to bask in the favor of fortune. Appar ently there has to be little or no scrimping and things are well kept up. The main rea son for the dif fering c i r c u in stances in the two instances lies in the contrasting ways the money is spent, advanta geously or dis- advantageously. With this knowledge, it is wise for those whose money seems inade quate to see how it can be made to go farthest without curtail ing the good things. Watch for pet ty spending. One person of my ac quaintance spent over nine dollars in trivial outlays of 5, 10 and 25 cents in one afternoon and in one store. The fact that each item is cheap enough to be considered in consequential is the pitfall. Avoiding Waste. Waste in trifling ways is another, as when in a measured service, wrong numbers are called on the phone or lights are left burning long er than needed, or heat is not turned off as soon fcs unwanted for cooking. Money melts in these several ways and in many others in which no gain whatsoever results. If the same money were put into some well con sidered purchase, an appearance of affluence would be fostered. Those whose money goes in driblets sel dom seem well-to-do. • • • Handy Knife Rack. One of the kitchen conveniences that should not be forgotten is the knife holder or rack. Too many times the sharp implements are put in drawers and unless handled care fully, there is danger of getting cut. No one wants to have knives dull, yet the sharper they are the more dangerous. The two safe ways of keeping them are in knife boxes or racks. The latter is the better way. Simple Rack. The racks may be ornamental as are the shield shaped ones. In these the knives of varying lengths of blades are hung to conform to the shape of the rack, the longest one (or the steel sharpener) being in the center, with paring knives at the outer sides. Between come knives in | assortment and graded lengths. An oblong piece of wood with the rack near the top is just as useful as the shield rack although lacking the graceful contour. The simplest rack of all consists merely of a strip of wood with correct in dentations. This can be screwed to the wall securely at each end, with indentations toward the wall and the knives be thrust down through the indentations until held back by their handles. It is better, however, to have a strip of wood for the indented rack to be screwed to and the ends of this board be screwed to the wall. This saves the wall, which gets pierced occasionally with the blades, unless the atrip oLwood acts as a preventive. ^ Whatever the style of knife rack, the same positioning of knives should be followed, the largest in the center with other knives of grad uated lengths both sides. The blade edges should turn toward the center. The knives are always held in place by the handles. A knife rack is best placed on the wall convenient to the kitchen table. It should never be where it can be brushed against. If there are children in a family, the knife rack should be high enough to be out of reach. A piece of table oil cloth can be tacked over the lower pert of the rack where,it will cover the blades. • B«n Syndicate.—WNU Semen. * Quirk Safe Relief For tyes Irritated By Exposure t r- T o S u n Wind mis and Dust — for /aUR I Y r s As Corks Met. Are Men are like corks—some will pop the question, others have to be drawn out. faint Magic Novel decorative effects can be achieved with the use of a lacquer like product that is now on the market tt comes In gold, silver, copper, amber, green, white and several other shades, and can be applied easily to glass and metal as well as to other surfaces. Drying quickly, the coating crystallizes in strange patterns. COlU^* SNUG JACKET ness of the night need give no cause for fear. We are far removed from the savage mind and heart. We cannot state truth in terms of destruction only. We know that this is an order ly universe. The element of pur pose is in the cosmic process all the way from the tiny blade of grass to the giant oak of the forest. And all things work together for good in the moral and spiritual world. © Western Newspaper Ubion. Twm S' TNI f AkVt WITH T east 91 "X f OLD fASXIONCOJIVTTON SUIT \ PENETRO, Travelers Awake There are no sleeping cars on the roed to sux KEEPS HAM NEAT A little Morolme rubbed into the hair ■ combing cm? cod keeps hair ncady in ; The 10c rise contain# i' the 5c Sac. Try k today. 1 MOROLINE ■ SNOW WHITE PETROLEUM JEICT SMALL SIZE 60c LAME StZS $1.10 A snug little jacket with capelike sleeves is tyede of soft baume mar ten. Its tiny rolled collar and wide shoulders give it a very youthful line. It is worn over a gown of rich plum-colored lyens velvet. J*>. »A ret*fleeS Reiaedy fa end NenrMs saffame A perfect Used Perffler. Makes thin Blood Rich end Healthy Bntlds Strength end Vlfr. Always Effective . . Why snffer? 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