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McCORHICK MESSENGER. MeCORMICK. S. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 13, 1939 Jlsk Me .Another A General Quiz 1. Why is the speaker of the house of representatives so called? 2. What country is the Land of Cakes? 3. How big a trunk did the Char ter oak have? 4. What is the oldest parliament in the world? 5. Is there a word descriptive of the feeling of annoyance one has in a noisy place? 6. About how much of the world’s habitable land surface does the British empire cover? 7. Is there a tropical valley in Canada caused by hot springs? The Answere 1. The name was borrowed from British parliament. 2. Scotland is so called from its oatmeal cakes. 3. Nearly seven feet in diam eter. It was in Hartford, Conn., and blew down in 1856. Its age was computed to be nearly 1,000 years. 4. The Althing of Iceland is the oldest parliamentary assembly, having celebrated its 1,000th an niversary in 1930. 5. The word is dysacousta. 6. About one-fourth. 7. Many stories have been writ ten about this legend. The hot springs exist but they have no ef fect upon the climate. COUNT THE EXTRA SMOKES IN CAMELS \ By burning 25% slower than tha average of the 15 other ef the largest-selling brands tested^slower than any ef them—CAMELS give smok ers the equivalent ef T ODAY’S big news In cigarettes rr»g*»n« real smoking pleasure and more of it for SMOKERS! Read the results of scientific laboratory tests on 16 of the largest-selling brands: 1 CAMELS were found to contain MORE TOBACCO BY WEIGHT fhee die average for the 15 other of the largest-selling brands. 2 CAMELS BURNED SLOWER THAN ANY OTHER BRAND TESTED - 25% SLOWER THAN THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15 OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELL ING BRANDS! By burning 25% slower, on the average. Camels give smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! 3 In the same tests, CAMELS HELD THEIR ASH PAR LONGER than die average for die other brands. Camels smoke cooler! Costlier tobae* cos, delicate in taste and fragrance. That’s smoking pleasure at its best; Camel’s added bonus. America likes a shrewd 6»y...America favors Camels! CAMELS COSTLIER TOBACCOS PENNY FOR PENNY YOUR BEST CIGARETTE BUYf J- 11 Beacons Fuzzy-Wuzzies Aid British in New Omdurman ‘Battle’ Guarded U. S. Ships in 1789 300 Erected Since Control i Passed to Federal Government. WASHINGTON.—When in 1789 the United States took over under fed eral control the existing lighthouse system, there were only 11 light houses standing. At Cape Henry, the Commonwealth of Virginia had set aside a tract of land for erect ing a permanent lighthouse. Plans had been drawn and materials pur chased when the government as sumed control. The state deeded this land to the national government and sold it the stone and other ma terials purchased for the construc tion of the stone lighthouse. In the act authorizing the deed of gift of land to the government, there was inserted a clause stipulating that the national government should within a specified time erect the lighthouse, writes John William Ed wards in the Richmond Times-Dis- patch. Default meant the land re verted to the Commonwealth of Vir ginia. So, in a short time, the new stone lighthouse atop the landing dune of Cape Henry began its cen tury of uninterrupted service to the sea-borne commerce of the Chesa peake bay. Now More than 300. There are more than 300 light houses in service in the United States today. Some of them have served for a long, long time, while others are as new as next year’s motorcar. Minot Ledge lighthouse at the en- trance to Boston’s harbor is a familiar landmark to those who voyage to city by the way of the sea. This lighthouse stands upon a reef of rocks seldom seen above the surface of the water. Cape Race lighthouse on the New foundland headland is another fa miliar lighthouse. Near unto this point lies the shortest sea 'route from New York and Boston to Eng land, and ships going and coming from the St. Lawrence river also pass close by it. It has a modern light of more than a million candle- power. Out on the west coast of Oregon shore is the Tillamook Rock light house. This huge rock, which lies a mile off shore, was a great danger to passing ships, and it was with difficulty that the rock was scaled, a foothold gained, and later from the tower a light with a candle- power of 160,000 cast its flashes 18 miles to sea. Down Cape Hatteras way, that ever-alluring shore, there are sev eral lighthouses familiar to Vir ginians, in story as well as actual life. Another early lighthouse is the one on Little Brewster island on the south of the main entrance to Bos ton harbor. It was built in 1816, although the lighthouse now occupy ing the site was erected in 1859. It has been erroneously said that this was the first lighthouse built by the new government. The Cape Henry stone lighthouse bears that distinc tion. WHAT! NO EVE? After waiting years for the right moment, the right mood and the right piece of stone, Jacob Epstein, modernist sculptor, created “Adam,” which he considers his “greatest work.” The huge alabas ter figure was completed in 18 months, without benefit of model. It is being exhibited in London. In the welding of the “life line of the British empire,” Lord Horatio Kitchener’s famous victory at Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, on September 2, 1898, over the fanatic dervish hordes of the Khalifa stands as one of the most important military conquests in England’s history. Stemming from this triumph was Great Britain’s complete mastery of Egypt. Now a British movie company is remaking history, filming the battle with the aid of the Hadendowah tribe, known as the Fuzzy-Wuzzies, a name given them by Rudyard Kipling. Left: Natives relaxing before a “battle.” Circle inset: Makeup men create dummy heads to be strewn on the battlefields. Right: Hand to hand encounters between the natives and the soldiers. Farmer Brown’s Boy Allows Mr. Blacksnake to Escape By THORNTON BURGESS _J Linen Suit Correct Garb for Groom at Summer Weddings By PHYLLIS BELMONT r\ RUMMER THE WOODPECKER ^ and Mrs. Drummer actually flew to meet Farmer Brown’s Boy when they saw him coming through the Old Orchard with a stick in one hand and a stone in the other. In spite of all that Tommy Tit the Chickadee and Chatterer the Red Squirrel had told them about the kindness which Farmer Brown’s Boy had learned they still distrusted him. But now with Mr. Blacksnake actually looking in at the door of their home and making ready to swallow their five helpless babies, they forgot their distrust. They flew almost to him, then back toward the So Farmer Brown’s Boy brought the stick down close beside Mr. Blackshake instead of on him. tree, all the time crying in the most pitiful way. Of course Farmer Brown’s Boy couldn’t understand what they said, but he knew right away what they meant. They meant for him to hur ry, to please hurry and help them. So he did hurry, and when he saw Mr. Blacksnake he hurried still fast er. Mr. Blacksnake saw him com ing. He drew back from the door way of Drummer’s home and hissed angrily. He pretended to be very fierce, and by so doing tried to frighten Farmer Brown’s Boy as he had so often frightened others. But Farmer Brown’s Boy knows all about Mr. Blacksnake and how he really is a great coward and only pretends to be brave. “Hi, there!” he yelled, and threw the stone he held in his hand. It didn’t hit Mr. Blacksnake, but it struck very close to him. Right away he forgot all about those young Woodpeckers he had planned to eat for his dinner. He didn’t have room for but one thought and that was to get away as quickly as possible. He saw that Farmer Brown’s Boy wasn’t afraid of him, and he was afraid, very much afraid, of Farm er Brown’s Boy. He turned and be gan to glide swiftly down the tree. Farmer Brown’s Boy rushed for ward brandishing a long stick. “Kill him! Kill him!” shrieked Chatterer. “Kill him! Kill him!” shrieked Sammy Jay. “Kill him! Kill him!” shrieked Drummer and Mrs. Drummer, and all the other feathered folk of the Old Orchard. Farmer Brown’s Boy fully intend ed to do it. As Mr. Blacksnake slipped from the tree Farmer Brown’s Boy raised the long stick, meaning to bring it down on Mr. Blacksnake’s head and kill him. But he didn’t. You see at just that very minute he changed his mind. It had come over him all of a sudden that Mr. Blacksnake had just as much right to live as he had. He was one of Old Mother Nature’s big family just as much as was Drummer the Woodpecker. In trying to get a din ner of helpless young Woodpeckers he was no worse than a lot of other little people, and not so bad as hunt ers who with dreadful guns go out to kill birds and little animals, not because they really need them to eat, but for what they % call sport. He remembered, too, a lot of things he had found out about Mr. Blacksnake and some of his rela tives—that they really do a great deal of good, more good than harm. “I don’t want to kill him,” thought he. “What I want to do is to scare him so that he’ll never want to come back to Drummer’s house again and will think a long time before he will visit any other nests.” So Farmer Brown’s Boy brought the stick down close beside Mr. Blacksnake instead of on him, and kept doing it as he chased him through the Old Orchard half down to the Green Meadows, all the time yelling at him and altogether giving him the worst scare he ever had known. “That's a whole lot better than killing him,” said Farmer Brown’s Boy as he stopped to get his breath. And though Chatterer the Red Squir rel and Drummer the Woodpecker didn’t think so, and said as much, it was, as you know. © T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service. England Imports Fleas FOREST GROVE, ORE. — Eng land has imported 1,000 fleas, includ ing 80 different types, raised by Dr. C. Anderson head of the biological department of the University of Ore gon. They were shipped to the Tring branch of the British museum at Hertz, England. I AM planning to be married in * church soon. I would like to know if I dress as a bride what should the groom and best man wear? Is it correct form for them to dress in white linen suits; if not, what? Is it correct for my mother to give me away provided there is no close male relative? How far ahead of the date of the wedding should the invitations be sent? Thank you. A BRIDE-TO-BE. Answer—At a summer wedding the groom and best man may cor rectly wear comfortable white linen suits, or white flannel trousers and blue coats. When the bride has no male relative or old friend of the family to give her away, it is quite all right for her mother to do so. However, the bride may prefer to walk down the aisle by herself. In that case her mother will step for ward when the minister says, “Who giveth this woman in marriage?” and say, “I do,” and then return to her place in the first pew. Invita tions are sent two to three weeks before the date of the wedding. (Phyllis Belmont.—WNU Service.) Many Names for Texas Texas was known as Florida, Ami- chael, Panuco, New Philippines, Ci bola, Quiver a, Tejas and Santa Fe before it became plain Texas. Winds Corroborate Dead Woman’s Story Dead for three years, Mrs. Pattie Tillett once testified in a.land suit that one boundary mark—a cemetery—existed near the famous Seven Sisters dunes in Dare county, North Carolina. There was no trace of the cemetery and the case was dismissed. Now a storm has swept the banks, and shifting sands exposed the bones of Mrs. Tillett’s ancestors. Attorneys have moved to reopen the case. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ANALYZES CORRESPONDENCE WASHINGTON.—Letters to the United States public health service provide a liberal education in hu man curiosity, ignorance and cre dulity. Recently the public health service made a detailed analysis of nearly 10,000 letters it had received, requesting or offering information on the general subject of health, and in its decorous, objectively, scientific way, marveled at the re sults. Of the 9,795 letters analyzed, the largest number—1,372—came from New York state, Pennsylvania run ning second with 806. The District of Columbia was third with 532 and Illinois fourth with 515. Far down the scale were Nevada with six let ters, Delaware and Wyoming with 16 each, and Vermont with 19. From foreign countries, presumably including American territorial pos sessions, came 133 14 .ters. and se^- en were listed as of unknown origin. Many of the letters are entirely proper, asking specific or general information on the subject of pub lic health, and providing interesting clues to national interest in health. But others offer sure cures for dis eases, usually for large sums of money, and still others request in formation which the health service is unwilling or unable to give. Some of the questions aske^ con cern the susceptibility of a human being to rabbit fur; how to get rid of germ-phobia; are there drafts, besides in a store; the age of the youngest human mother; how to preserve life; the use of dried chicken gizzard or of honey in the treatment of cataracts; the food and healtb value of barracuda, the cure for epilepsy, and the one posi tive cause of infantile paralysis, and ao on. Crocheted Edgings For Every Purpose Pattern No. 2002. You’ll want to crochet these edgings — they’re all different widths—since they lend them selves to so many uses. Some are suitable for round doilies. Pat tern 2002 contains directions for making edgings; illustrations of them and stitches; materials re quired. Send 15 cents in coins for this pattern to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, ad dress and pattern number plainly. Whatever Else Might Be Said—He Was an Optimist The fight was between two heavyweights, Puncher Smith and Killer Jones. In the first round. Puncher hit the floor hard five times, and just before the bell went down for a full count. The winner was rushed to the mike where he said a few modest words. By this time Puncher had come to, and staggered to his feet. The announcer coaxed him to say a few words. Puncher tried to keep his knees from collapsing. He heard sounds like the chirping of thousands of birds. Then he said to the mike: “Ladies and gentlemen—this is the greatest fight of my career— and may the best man win!” LOST YOUR PEP? 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