The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 21, 1920, Image 13
BIGGER THAN ALL
*Human Mind Is Real Wonder ot
the World.
Inanimate Things That Used to Be
Classed as Marvels Are Trivial In
Comparison, According to
Boston Writer.
An up-to-date newspaper must have
an encyclopedic editor "Uncle Dudley"
writes in the Boston Globe.' HIs job
IS to do what he can to quench the
publIc thirst for odd scraps of miscel
laneius Ijfrrmation'. Ae lives close
*h the rservoTIr a librai .containing
the records of the race. Oie day lie
flei a depogjtin about John 8iot's
translaioln of. th'igj*o .
can Indians; the.ge ir es
defics t))at on September 7, i a, alw w
Orleanls, Jim Corbett took the wind
Uo hn t. I:'ulh''fs safis (fi hfroun
V'" e 1 fitf* t ock ques;1oninpr
ticular Vnlch bobn
What are 11h'e iCT N
world? For purpese o? ree.e'riie, the
u1@if o4 Ry.onders always has been,
.2.v and ever tall be, apparently
.M . tly 1 The almanacs never
slw ten or a dozen. The probleii of
selection 1.1 snggering in tlwyse days
when the wonders of the world actu
ally total much nearer 7,000 than they
do/seven.
Nevertheless, it is interesting to con
pure the compiledl lists of the seven
wonders of the ancient, the medieval
and the modern worlds. They are an
index to the history of the human in,
tellect. Any compilation suilces. These
wIll (10.
Seven wonders of the atinclent world
-Pyramids of Egypt, Pharos of Egypt,
Henging Gardens of Babylon, Temple
of Diana at Ephesus, Statue of Jupiter
b Plildias, mausoleum of Artemnisia
at' Halicarnassus, Colossus of Ithodes.
.Seven wonders of the middle age
CQllseum of Itome, catacombs of Alex.
addria, great wall of China, Stone
h6nge, leaning tower of Pisa, porce
lain tower of Nanking, China; mosque
of St. Sophia at Constantinople.
.Seven wonders of the modern world
-Woolworth building, Uiffel tower,
etc.? No. Inanimate marvels are of
the past. Here comes the lightning
change. The third act is a hunmmer.
The compiler of the wonders does
not even attempt to cover *he whole
modern period. Ile tanlates from the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries
only. And lie calls his last list the
seven new wonders of the world. Here
they are:
Wireless.. telephone, airplane, ra
dium, antiseptic and antitoxin, spec
trum analysis, X-rays.
What next?
The great wonder of all the ages
is the human mind. Tts evolution is
the history of the world.
Degree of Tire Doctor.
One of the tire manufacturing con
cerns of Akron, 0., has established a
school of tire repairs and the institu
f'on Is so popular that it has been
found necessary to increase its capa
city, whleh is about to be doubled.
This institution has averaged .15 grad
uates a month since Inst August. Ev
ery gradiate of the school receives
a diploma, certifying that he has fin
ished the reguilar 'ouirse of instrue
tion, counsisting of lectures. text-book
study andpract ical re~paiir work. The
studtent is first made thoroughly ac
(luaintedl with the dletaiis of tire eon
strueurn bfrheis nctually trained
ini repair work. ] Iepai r st ocks. fabl rics
of all de'veript ions, air h ngs, vulenniz
ing machines and( me~lthods, comnt
tources of' tire tro uble, etc., are
oaong the subjtects taken up. The
chief instructor and his assi1st ants in
the schiool are t horoughly experienced
tire mien fromi both factory and retail
business standpoints.
Air Photography.
No camern hats probabiy been (devel
oped so raidl~iy as the (curiouis appa
ratus us~ed in photogrnphing from aloft,
The ordInary enmerais are of li~tthe use
for work at high altitudes. The height
plays curious tricks itponi the camnern.
A picture taken fromn a height of a few
hunidredl feet may he hazy, while if thm
photographer rises several thiousandl
feet thq earth may appear perfectly
distinct. The latest forms of nero
camiera are often six feet In length and
must be equippedl with many (delicate
adjustments unknown to ordinary ap
paratus. It is held by means of han
dIes at the sides and rested (for it is
very heavy) on the edge of the alle
pland.-Boys' Life.
He Needs a Ducking.
A New York shoe dealer with a
perverted sense of humor stands to
lose a lot of friends bectfuse of the
"clover" advertising idea lhd has placed
in effect. In his show-window he has
placed a number of shoes, every one
different from the other. Signs an
nlouncing such prices as $4, $5 andl
$4) are attached to each shoe. The
joker lies in the fact that when the
would-he customer goes in and as
to see a certain shoe he is informed
that the price is "that much for one
shh),'-10xchange.
Nature Kind to Snake.
A queer AfrIcan species of snake,
which lives on eggs, has a tooth-like
spike projecting downwvard from its
backbone, just behind the head, which
is tipped with enamel. When it swal
lows an egg the latter passes down t'he
gullet uhtIl it encounters the spike,
-which breaks the shell. Thus no part
of te edid contents is~host, as would
be the cape if the snake were obliged
to bit' th~e bga wIfh its motith.ftrika.
MARKS END OF TWO TOWNS
Abandonment of lit-Starred Western
Enterprises Has Now Been Defi
nitely Established.
The final chapter of the tragedy of
t)vo abandoned cities in the Antelope
valley was written by the board of
supervisors when the names of the
towns of Little Rock and Tierra Bonita
were erased from the records,
rays a recent issue of the Los Angeles
Express.
By formal resolution the streets and
avenues of the dead cities were aban
doned and thq sites returned to the
status of agric'nltural land.
W. 0. Petchner, representing agri
culturists of the Antelope valley, who
now seeks to plant pear orchards on
the sites of the riEd "poon) cities" of
Ny l-ars ago, Wlthe o fr of their
Ill-starred txIstbe. V - . "'"
. aittle Rock and Tierra Bonita were
laid out about 30 years ago bg a
Qhicago syndicat folowrT~ hle
sl ho 1 er th
~ ~src 1WEh o I
Tefegraph, to manuifnd . pa-)
per print paper pulp out of the fiber
of the yucca pt Palns that covered the
dosert at that thue" Said Petchner.
"The schene sounded great and
looked fine oiLI paper, but it lasted only
about one. year. The towns, which
fiad Ieen formally laid out, still per
sisted on the records, and the streets,
avenues and squares could not be
abandoned until a law had been
passed making It possible to (10 so.
"The English colonists long since
have scattered to the four corners of
the earth and but few remember the
boom that was created over the yucca
pulp mill and the shipping of fiber.
Now the forbidding desert of those
years has been changed into the abun
dant pear orchards of today. The re
mains of the houses are being
cleared away, and where the coyote
and jack-rabbit roamed among thd
stark remnants of the collapsed boom
the pear trees are blossoming forth a
promise of a bumper crop."
About Bread.
Bread Is the staff of life, but few of
us know why certain kinds of bread
make a more sturdy staff than other
kinds. An expert has stated that If
wholo wheat bread had been eaten and
white bread forbidden, the pre ient
national decay of teeth would never
have happened. Flour made from the
whole grain has Lvice the protein and
only a third of the water in ordinary
"white" flour. Bretd is such an excel
tent food because but 4% per cent of
its solids escape absorption by the
body. If milk were drunk with bread
practically every crumb would be ab
sorbed in nutriment. Ordinary white
bread contains 40 per cent of water.
The "Cat" in bread is just 1 per cent
of its total ingredients. The rest is
made up of protein (the basis of life),
starch, sugar, dextrin, cellulose (Indi
gestible), and mineral matter. New,
moist bread is extremely hard to di
gest because It produces no apprecia
ble flow of saliva in the mouth (luring
matalention. A slice of ordinary day
old bread is not digested until it has
been in the stomach two and a half
hotrs. Wheat can he eaten in its en
tire state. if soaked for a long time in
water, then hoiled in milk, and sugar
nalded. This is the ancient "frumenty."
Rteal brown bread is made from stone
groundl flour, muanuf'aclured from the
whle grain.
Cargo of Bobbed-Hair Girls.
Itobbed~-hialr girls on the lier Ven
tur-a on the trip up frotn Sydney gnve
I he app~learnc( oif a stenmiier "mnned"
by Amnaz''ns, or a troop of women
whio hadie .lust lbeen deobl~ii'ild from
the "dea th ha ttal ion,'' hut t hey were
nearly ail r'eal girls and without a
speiek of "vetes~ for women" eiement
in them, so mnost of the muen pas
s('nge'rs said when the V'entu tr reaChed
riinol ulu,. necordingl to the Pael 1e
('ommer('lal Advertiser.
Most of' the hohhed-hair girls were
youn~g andl most of themi slemiler. Some
hadl their hair cut Duitch fashion, some
had it shinghl far up toward the
crown, being left to frizzle ouit girl
faishiion, but all had enough hair left so
that there were captivating ringlets to
allure the opplosite sex-as usual.
Europe's Plague Spot.
Around the 14-mile-long girrlie of
massive wails which Constantine
raised around his capital, the
breakers of war seldom ceased to hurl
themsemves. Twenty-six times the
city was besieged-by P'ersinns andl
Avars, lby Russians, Latins and Turks.
Six times the Saracens flung their hosts
agninst it ; and eight times it fell into
the enemy's hands, and was laid1 waste
with fire and swvord and pillage.
Three times the Turks laid seige to
it ;andI the third tine, in 1453, Mo
hnmmed II made it his own after a
fierce and- stubborn resistance. From
that day to our own Constantit,oplo
has remained in Turkish hiands--the
plague-spot of Eutrope.
Gone Are Caravans of Gypsies.
The gypsy caravans drawn by
horses, Which were once a feature of
their picturesqlue encampments, are
gone, for the automobile has displaced
the animals. These people travel
around in high-powvered cars in which
have been incorporated1 some of th9
resplendent features of the old-time
caravan.
Towers of Babel.
Twenty-three languages are spoken
in Jerusalem, according to the latest
reports. But Jerusalem has nothing
on the t'umber of foreign tongues
whkih sio henys on the average New
,Yog st'reet care-Boston Evening
Tanann~Itt
TOM MIX IN NEW PLAY
SUIRPASSES TO1 11MIX
Tom Aix, it is said, has accon
plisied in "The Cyclone," which Wil
liam Fox will present on Friday at
the Princess Theatre, what no other
im hero has succeededl in doing-lhe
has surpassed Tox Mix.
This is a stliel(idous feat, as the
tIlousands of fals -whom he has
Lhrillcd by his peerless daring In
mlih superb Fox productions as "The
leed lManiac" and "The Feud" will
attest. RePortsj from places where
his pictuire has been shown dleciare
uhat Mix grips the imagination of his
iudiences :Ud wihips their blood to
nountaill torrent velocity by hls dis
'lay of courag(' and agility.
The sto y of "'I'he Cyclone," which
a I ale of the Canadian Northwest
\lounted Police, deals with a series of
itirritig episodes leading up to a
itunt climax that shows the Cow
puncher star at his best. This ultra
-tunt was uidertaicn by the actor ani
hiis direelor after considerable delib
iration. Mix rejected every modiflea
I oll suggeste(I witi a view to his per
sonal safety, and insisted upon en
acting Ith r--owning episode in all its
magnificent daring.
Coleen Moore ;:-ays opposite Mix
as Iin coveed air, atid is a beautiful,
very feminine prize for his very mas
culine prowess.
The rest of the east is exception
ally strong, as t necessarily must he
to support loads of such high calibre.
The QuinIne That Doos Hot Aftect tho Kec
Dlecat.qe of Ito tonic and laxative effet 1. * . '
TIVE ISROMO QUININE is better thimn on.a.r.t
Quinine and does not caise nervousnes, r
ringilnd in head. Remenber the Iii nme n-'
'ook for the signature of E. 'V. GROVP. Me
1785 1920
THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTPON
Co-educat 14a11111.
Enitrance examinations, and exam
inations for the free Wiltion county
scholarshilPs at all couity seats Fri
(lay, July 9, at 9 a. M.
Four-year couises lead to the ]I. A.
and B. S. degrees. Special t wo-ye4r
pre-mledical and pre-technical Colrs
es are given.
Special buildings and athletic
grolInds, well eqiuipped laboratories,
unexcelled library facikities. Two.
dormitories for iliell. Expenses moder
ate. For terms and catalogue, address
LARRISON RANDOlH,
49-3t President,
BIC
Is still goil
Remarkable
vantage of <
success, still
that we are
fallifpurchas
A Great Opg
All I t(Ii'~ .\In's, Hoy
styles 2.is' lssthan wi' lu,holsa
for' our fall1 pIurhses
A11 .\fen's III'w ilSo
59c, 99c. $1.90 aini $3.99. 'l
to $7.00i. New lot put1 on t
Ladies I
(loodls. Tis meanIIs at real s;
$ 1.5(0 Voiles, in all color1s, 11
$ 1.25 V~oileIs, iln all o0lor's, n1
$1 .( Voiles, in all color11s, II
$1 .a( I)r'ess linens, astel1
.$1 .00 Or'gan11(1ie in ll olor101s
DAV
Laurens Bes
For Immediate Delivery
F ORDS
We have for immediate delivery
three new Ford Sedans, one Ford
1 ton truck with pneumatic Tires
and one Fordson Tractor.
Now is the time to buy as cars
and Tractors will be scarce this
fall
Also few Second Hand Cars
Waidrop 'S Garage
Phone 334 Laurens, S. C.
J U skE
ag on at Davis Roper Co's Department store.
savings are possible for those who take ad
>ur July prices. The sale has been a big
we have left lots of goods in summer wear
willing to sacrifice to make room for our
es.
sortunity to Save EtaSeil
loney) l~i hlxi. iil1'otil' ')t 7
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'heseC arei vay.e Values ifMen'$'nd.Boys
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