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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1938 Ttoyd ADVENTURERS’ CLUB HEADUNES FROM THE UVES OF FEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! “The Death Stampede”- By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter H ello everybody: Meet Andy Grob of Freehold, N. J., today’s Distinguished Adventurer. He’s going to tell us the story of how he went hunt ing and got hunted himself. It was in the late fall of 1932, and Andy’s dad, who is a great hand at rambling through the fields with a shotgun, took him for a little prowl across the field to see if they couldn’t bag a rabbit or two for supper. Brownie went along, too. Brownie is a hound dog and his job is to scare up the bunny and drive,him out into the open so Andy’s dad can get a shot at it. Andy Went Out Hunting Rabbits. It was a nice, brisk autumn day, and Andy took a tip from Brownie and began searching through the thick grass along fences and around tree stumps to see if he couldn’t scare up some game for his dad. Every thing went along nicely until they came to a fence. Andy’s dad climbed the fence and started across the next field. But Andy saw a pair of mules and a horse on the other side and he was a bit afraid of them. He figured he would walk along the fence a few yards and cross at a spot where those animals wouldn’t be so close to him. Andy intended to follow close by that fence, but he turned aside to investigate a few clumps of grass and got quite a way out toward the center of the field. He wasn’t paying much at tention to anything but the grass clumps, but suddenly he heard a sound of hoofs on the turf. **I looked back toward the mules,” says Andy, “but they were grazing peacefully on the other side of the fence. Then 1 saw Brownie Andy Knew He Had to Reach That Fence. coming toward me, growling and showing his teeth. I turned around “then—” Stampeding Herd of Young Cows. And what Andy saw then just about scared the life out of him. Behind him was a herd of young cows—stampeding—coming full tilt in his direction. “Their heads were down,” says Andy, “and they were making a funny noise. A terrible feeling eame over me. I couldn’t move my legs and felt like I have in dreams when something was after me and I couldn't move. I knew this wasn’t a dream, though, be cause those eows were getting closer and closer. I turned and ran toward daddy.” As Andy ran he saw his dad start running, too. He heard him shout something, but he was so far away that Andy couldn’t catch what he said. He did know, though, that he had to get to that fence—and over it—before the cows caught up with him. If he didn’t he’d be smashed to a pulp beneath those panic-stricken animals’ hoofs. “I was so scared,” he says, “that I guess I almost flew. I was close to the fence now, but those cows were-close to me, too. I could hear them breathing as I ran, .and I knew I’d never get over that fence in time. I was winded and my breath was coming in sobs. I tried to run faster, but I couldn’t.” Mad Race to Reach the Fence. It was about the toughest spot any kid has ever been in, and even Andy, at that moment, didn’t realize how close to death he really was. Nothing short of a miracle could get him over that fence in time to escape the pounding feet of those fear-crazed cattle. And it was only a matter of seconds, too, before they would be on him. Then, suddenly, they WERE on him, and things began to happen all in a bunch. “I heard a shot,” he says, “and looked up to see Daddy standing with the gun to his shoulder. But, as I looked up, I tripped on something, stumbled and fell. As I went down I dived headlong toward the fence. At the speed I was running I must have rolled over and over. Something sharp struck-me in the back. I saw Brownie fly past me, his teeth bared. Then I shut my eyes and waited.” Everything happened so quickly that Andy was bewildered. He heard the cows’ hoofs pounding, almost at his ears. He kept his eyes shut tight, afraid to open them. But, strangely, no hoof crashed down on his body. Even more strangely, the sound of hoofbeats came no closer. He felt Brownie jump on him and he heard his dad call his name. Then he opened his eyes. His Escape Almost a Miracle. ’' Andy hardly believed what he saw then. He was on the other side of the fence. How he got there he didn’t know, but there were the cows, separated from him by strands of wire, pressing against the fence, try ing to hook him with their horns. Then his dad came over and showed him what had happened. It really was a miracle, in a way. When Andy fell he had rolled right through a small broken space at the bottom of the fence. A strand of barbed wire had caught him in the back and that had caused the stab he felt as he rolled through. His dad had fired a shot just as he went down, but he had fired it in the air, because he was afraid of hitting Andy. Copyright.—WNU Service. Use of the Silver Skewer In the early part of the Seven teenth century a silver skewer was used by the cutting squire to hold meat in place while it was cut into slices. Having cut off a slice it was placed on a slice of bread and then served to a guest. This manner of serving is practiced in many of the older countries of Europe. In time the skewer used for holding the meat gave place to a fork, which was a great improvement. One, two, three and four-pronged forks came into use in the latter part of the Seventeenth century. By this time each guest was supplied with a fork and helped himself instead of being served by the cutting squire. How We Are Saved From Meteors The earth would be pelted to pieces by meteors if it were not for the layers of atmosphere around it. Friction, caused by air resistance, bums up most of the “shooting stars” before they reach us. The “Robinson Crusoe” Story Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe” story was founded on Dampier’s “Voyage ’Round the World” (1697), the adventures of Alexander Sel kirk, a Scottish sailor, and other sourcea. Chippendale’s Career Traced Although Thomas Chippendale was an English cabinet-maker who had never visited the Orient, Chi nese art had a great influence on his creations. So says the Standard American Encyclopedia. It was dur ing the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries that Chinoiserie, fanciful decorative work showing the influ ence of Chinese art, was brought to Europe. In the middle of the Eighteenth century chinoiserie be came noticeable in every decora tive craft. Prior to that time the furniture had been heavy and se vere, but under Chippendale’s use of Chinese art, the style became rather delicate with classical tendencies. President Son of Judge Tyler President John Tyler was the son of Judge John Tyler, Revolutionary patriot, judge, governor of Virginia, who was the son of another John Tyler, marshal of the colonial vice- admiralty court of Virginia. “Larboard,” Obsolete Word “Larboard” is an obsolete word in nautical affairs. It refers to the left-hand side of the vessel as you stand facing the bow. This is now known as “port.” The right-hand side is called “starboard.” ■““—IMPROVED— UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean at the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for April 10 FINDING OURSELVES IN SERVICE LESSON TEXT—Mark 8:27-38. GOLDEN TEXT—“What shall It profit a Man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”—Mark 8:36. PRIMARY TOPIC—What Peter Found Out. JUNIOR TOPIC—Peter’s Right Answer. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— Making Life Count Through Service. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Finding the Richest Life Through Service. “Finding ourselves” seems like a singular, almost self-contradictory, expression, but it refers to a sound principle recognized by psycholo gists as well as spiritual leaders. As a matter of fact, modern psychol ogy has begun to recognize and use spiritual laws and principles which alone bring about human happiness and efficiency. A word of warning—let no one who studies this lesson fall into the serious error of thinking that some formal religious service will bring redemption and favor with God. We are saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ—“not of works, lest any man should boast.” It is then by the new birth that we are “created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2:8-10). It is the Christian who needs to “find himself in service.” Only as he thus yields to Christ does he really find the life worth living. The words of Jesus in verse 35 are sol emnly and gloriously true. I. Clear Confession (w. 27-30). Even those who deny to our Christ the recognition of His deity, and the devotion of life which is His just due, must, if they are at all in telligent, admit that no man ever lived who has made such an impact on human history. Even in the days of his life on earth those who did not accept Him as Christ regarded Him as the resurrected form of one of the nation’s greatest leaders. Now un believing men speak of Him as the great founder of Christianity, a mighty leader, a wonderful exam ple, or an unequalled teacher. It is not enough that we stand with the mass of humanity who may thus admire Him, but who do not count Him as Saviour and Lord, The ques tion comes to us as it did to the disciples, “Whom say ye that I am?” “Thou art the Christ”—this alone suffices as the foundation for Christian testimony and conduct. n. Corrected Error (w. 31-33). Although Jesus was not yet ready to have His Messiahship proclaimed to the public. He was prepared to teach His disciples concerning not only that important truth, but of His rejection and death. “He began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer ... be rejected . • • killed and . . . rise again.” Note the divine “must.” While it is true that wicked men showed their hostility toward our God and His Christ by hanging Him on Cal vary’s cross, yet it was to die for our sins that He came into the world. The cross has rightly come to represent God’s love to the world rather than man’s hostility to God. Error now asserts itself, and strangely enough it is the very one who had the clearest grasp of the truth regarding the Messiahship of Christ and boldly expressed it who now objects to the revelation of the coming death and resurrection of Christ, and lends his voice to re buke the Master for speaking of it. Satan hates the cross and the open grave. Jesus won the victory over him there. He did not want to hear of it before it took place and used impulsive Peter for a mouthpiece to object. He doesn’t want to hear about it now and uses many a skillful and gifted preacher to speak against it. “The offense of the cross” (Gal. 5:11) has never ceased. III. Consecrated Life and Service (w. 34-38). “Let him deny himself” (v. 34). That command we have construed to mean that we should perform lit tle acts of self-denial, foregoing some comfort or pleasure, possibly for a few weeks. It does not mean that at all—but does mean the re nouncing of self and self-will, and a complete yielding to God's will. Likewise, to take up one’s cross does not mean to bear some of life’s little disagreeable experiences; it means again to die to self and to live for Christ. Careful attention should be given to the solemn questions asked and statements made in verses 35-37. These are not the reasonings of a man—they fall from the lips of the Son of God. What, He asks, will you give in exchange for your soul? Payment How little we pay our way in life! Although we have our purses con tinually in our hand, the better part of service goes still unreward ed. Discussion The more discussion the better, if passion and personalities be es chewed. Pain Pain is in itself a sharp disciplina and hard to bear. WHAT to EAT and WHY ^ J-loil&ton CJoU(£l55 Noted Food - — ■,.■■■■■ —■■i — Authority Relates the Miracle of VITAMINS and Explains Why YOU MUST EAT THEM or DIE • • • By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 East 39th St., New York. W E LIVE in the most inspiring age the world has ever known. Chemists grow plants without soil. Doctors snatch men from death with insulin. Surgeons perform in credibly delicate brain operations. And thanks to the amaz ing discoveries of nutritional scientists, children enter the world with far better chances for long and happy lives, while men and women of seventy are more active and useful than their grand parents were at fifty. <S>- ■ " Much of the hard - won knowledge of how to eat so as to increase efficiency, curb disease, and improve the chances for longevity is due to the discovery of vitamins. VITAMINS DISCOVERED Twenty-six years ago, a now- famous scientist walked nervously around his labora tory, back and forth — back and forth. He was con ducting a nutrition experiment of vast importance. H e didn’t quite know what he was going to find, but he be lieved that he was on the verge of a revolutionary food discovery. The scientist was my friend, Casimir Funk, a brilliant Polish bio-chemist. He had been work ing on the problem for many years. At last, in the year 1912, his experiments were positive and conclusive. Then he announced to the scientific world that he had discovered a vital force. “This force,” said Funk, “I have called vitamine, because it is necessary to life.” Thus, the word “vitamin” came into being, along with the first knowledge of these minute but powerful factors which exert such a tremendous influence on human health and happiness. SPARK PLUGS OF NUTRITION Other bio-chemists throughout the world—including Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins in England, and Hart, Humphrey, Babcock, Steen- bock and McCollum in the United States—had been working on the same problem that Funk had par tially solved. They knew that the first step was to find out how vita mins affected the human body, and that the second step was to discover what foods contained these vital substances. And so there began a long se ries of experiments in the labora tories of great universities aU over the world, which demonstrat ed what happens when a diet is deficient in any of the vitamins, and proved that If laboratory ani mals are wholly deprived of vita mins for a short time they will die. These experiments are of the ut most significance to every home maker, because the same thing happens to human beings as to experimental animals. Today our knowledge of vitamins has pro gressed to such a degree that it is possible to state the exact re quirement for most of the vita mins and to designate the foods from which adequate quantities can be obtained. RESISTANCE AND VITAMIN A To date, six vitamins have been identified. Vitamin A promotes growth and builds resistance to Building, Maintaining Family Health IN THE C. Houston Goudiss A articles that have appeared weekly in this newspaper pre vious to this one, the nationally known food authority has de scribed FOOD, as it provides the key to mental and physical power; PROTEINS, the foods you cannot live without; CAR BOHYDRATES and FATS, foods that provide motive pow er for the body machinery; and MINERAL SALTS, that you must have in order to build strong bones, healthy nerves and rich, red blood. These subjects have been treated in an interesting and understandable manner, free of scientific terms, principally of fering advice to the housewife that will aid her in the problem of feeding the members of her family such foods as will build and maintain their health. Every one of these articles has a definite place in your scrapbook for future reference. If you have missed any of these discussions, the publisher of this newspaper will supply them upon your request. If you have not already done so, start a department of these informa tive articles in your scrapbook at once! disease. It is necessary for the health of the mucous membranes of the body and helps to guard against infections of the respira tory and alimentary tracts. It in fluences the health of the hair and skin, is necessary to prevent a serious eye disorder known as night blindness, and is essential for the formation of healthy teeth. Vitamin A is found In milk, but ter, margarine that has been re inforced with vitamin A concen trate, egg yolk, cod-liver oil, thin green leaves and yellow fruits and vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots and bananas. • • • APPETITE AND VITAMIN B Vitamin B promotes appetite, aids digestion, prevents a serious nerve disorder. It is essential to the' maintenance of a good diges tion, which is vitally important if the body is to obtain full benefit from the food consumed. This vitamin is closely related to the energy metabolism, and the re quirement increases with the rate of growth and with increased en ergy expenditure, so that growing children and working men and women should receive very gen erous amounts. Vitamin B is found in yeast, whole wheat cereals, oatmeal, milk, fresh and dried peas and beans, spinach, cabbage and other greens, egg yolk and liver. VITAMIN C FOR TEETH, GUMS Vitamin C plays an important part in regulating body processes, and prevents the dread disease of scurvy. A lack of this essential vi tamin results in profound changes in Hie structure of the teeth and gums, may be responsible for hemorrhages occurring anywhere in the body, and for the degenera tion of muscle fibers generaUy. Vitamin C is most abundant in succulent fresh green leaves, such as green cabbage. It is also found in onions, potatoes, oranges, to matoes, green peppers, bananas and strawberries. In most foods, it is easily destroyed by heat— that is why it is so important to include some fresh raw foods in the diet daily. VITAMIN D AND RICKETS Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin because it can be manufactured in the body through the action of direct sun light on the skin. This is the vita min that is necessary for the proper utilization of calcium and phosphorus in building bones and teeth. When it is lacking in the diet of infants, there develops that horrible disease known as rickets, in which the bones become soft and twisted, resulting in pitiful deformities — knock knees, bow legs, pigeon breast. In foods, vitamin D is only found in appreciable amounts in fish-liver oils and egg yolk. That is why every homemaker should be so grateful to the scientists who labored to discover how to con centrate this precious vitamin from fish-liver oils and add it to foods, or to increase the vitamin D content of foods through irradi ation. ' • • • ANTI-STERILITY VITAMIN E Vitamin E comes in for less dis cussion than the others, because its significance to nutrition has not been fully determined. It does, however, appear to be necessary for successful reproduction and is found especially in wheat germ and lettuce. • • • VITAMIN G PROLONGS YOUTH Vitamin G is necessary for growth and for the maintenance of health and vigor at all ages. It helps to ward off old age by prolonging the vigorous middle years. It is essential to the health of the skin, and recent experi ments demonstrate that cataracts in the eyes may be due to a de ficiency of this vitamin, which is found in yeast, and in liver, kid neys, egg yolk, milk, cheese and green leafy vegetables. One authority claims that chronic disorders of the throat, stomach, lungs, colon, heart and kidneys may be traced to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Certainly enough has been learned of vitamin chemistry to Have You a Question? J Ask C. Houston Goudiss p HOUSTON GOUDISS has placed at the disposal of readers of this newspaper aU the facilities of his famous Ex perimental Kitchen-Laboratory in New York City. He will gladly answer questions con cerning foods, diet, nutrition, and their relation to health. You are also invited to consult him in matters of personal hy giene. It’s not necessary to write a letter unless you de sire, for postcard inquiries wiU receive the same careful atten tion. Address C. Houston Gou diss, 6 East 39th Street, New York City. make clear that the homemaker fails in her duty who does not pro vide vitamins in abundance for every member of her family. Both children and adults depend upon you for their food supply. It lies within your power to help them to health and happiness or condemn them to weakness, illness and sor row. Do not fail them. See to it that every member of your house hold—your children, the wage earners, the middle aged and the elderly—get enough vitamins to afford them the health that sci ence has placed within their grasp. © WNU—C. Houston Goudiss—1938. What Is the Cause of "Spider-Web Check"? If not properly “fed” with a good oil polish, furniture in time develops what is known as “spi der-web check!” This appears on the finish, like wrinkles on the human face—fine lines, spreading here and there in a spider-web pattern. This crazing, this light cracking, is known in furniture language as “checking” and “spi der-web checking” better de scribes the condition. This is the danger-signal, on finish! It’s the: indication of “starving” wood! A( warning to the housewife, that if the finish is not cared for imme diately and properly, the furniture will develop cracks, ridges and splits. “Spider-web check” is gen erally the result of either one of these two causes: Polish-neglect —or the use of a poor, cheap pol ish—^without the essential fine, light-oil base. When the furniture is periodically “massaged” with a reputable oil polish (the best is non-greasy), the pores of the wood are “fed” and the piece is pre served. Then “spider-web check” will not appear! The use of a quality oil polish is the best pre ventive formula for this ugly, detrimental check! -MORE WOMEN USE 0-CEDAR POLISH THAN ANY OTHER KIND! ... because O-Cedar not only deans as it polishes, but preserves your fur niture—“feeds” the finish, prevents drying-out, cracking. Insist upon O-Cedar Polish, for furniture, woodwork and floors (with the fa mous O-Cedar Mop). A Happy Hour What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour?—Catullus. 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