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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S- FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939 ADVENTURERS* CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFI <« Fanged Death 99 I remembered everything I had ever heard aboot rattlers. basket down on the boulder while he climbed up to pick a few berries. But Graham never picked so much as a single berry. The minute he reached for them, things began to happen. As he stooped down to part the leaves of the first bush, a rattler shot oat from beneath ^and^landed almost at his feet. rattler sounded from a niche In the rock Just over his head. Then, all at once, that sound was repeated from a dozen direc tions. From the right. From the left. From behind him! The sound swelled into a low, ominous hum. Graham realized, then, that he was right in the middle of that nest of vipers. He took a quick step forward—and stopped dead in his tracks. “A big one lay right in my path,” he says, “coiled and ready to strike, its whole body swelling and deflating with anger, as if it were being blown up by a bellows. Its tail sounded its threatening war-note and its head was flattened and drawn back for the kill. I tried to back up, and right behind me near a rotted tree trunk another one reared its head and rattled and hissed. “Talk about things flashing through your mind! In a split second I remembered everything I had ever heard about rattlers. I remembered my grandfather telling that this was the worst time of year to be bitten, for in late August when the rattler is about to seek his winter quarters his venom is twice as poisonous as it is at other times. And I remem bered hearing that the speed with which the venom takes effect depends on where you are bitten. My uncle once told me of a woman bitten in the breast who lived just 17 minutes.” Those thoughts went through Graham’s mind in just the smallest fraction of a second, and they stirred him into action. Over his head was a tree limb. He leaped for it, caught it, and swung out from be tween the snakes that had him cornered. He landed in an open space, grabbed up a stick and began flailing the bushes to right and left. "I made for the boulder where I had left my gun and fishing basket,” he says, “still beating frantically with my stick. Another snake struck at the stick, and I threw it away as hard as I could and tore through the bushes like a madman.” Suddenly He Heard Another Low-Pitched, Ominous Hum. Graham reached the boulder where he had left his gun, out of breath and shaking like a leaf. He had hurt his knee in his mad scramble through the brush and now, believing himself out of danger he sat down to look it over. And then, suddenly, he heard another low-pitched, ominous buzz. Says he: “I looked back over my shoulder just in time to see another big rattler leap at me. How I ever did it I’ll never know, but from a sitting position, without getting to my feet, I actually jumped three feet to one side, and the snake missed me by a foot. It knocked over the basket and landed coiled right on my gun case. I ran to the left edge of the boulder and broke a limb from a green sapling as if it were a pipe-stem. I saw the infuriated snake make ready for another strike and I knew it wouldn’t miss this time. “Behind me was the cliff. In front of me was the snake, and I couldn’t get off the boulder without getting in range of its strike. Then I saw two other rattlers edging up to join in the attach, and although it was a terrible jump I preferred the cliff to death by snake-bite. I hesitated only an instant, hoped for the best, and leaped into space.” The top of a cedar tree broke Graham’s fall. He landed in a bed of pine needles below it and he says he fairly bounced as he landed. “Luck was with me,” he says, “and the only injuries I suffered were the terrible scratches on my body, arms and face. I went home leaving my gun and basket right where they were, and I didn’t go back for them until after cold weather set in and the snakes were all holed up in their winter quarters.” Copyright.—WNU Service. Origin of Morgan Horse Has The founder of the house of Mor gan in the horse world was a horse bom about 1789—the property of Justin Morgan, who kept a tavern in Springfield, Mass., until he moved to Randolph, Vt., in the same year that was foaled the colt which was to perpetuate its owner’s name. No one seems to have any knowledge of the blood strains of this famous sire, writes Capt. Max well M. Corpening in the Chicago Tribune. Some historians of Mor gan horses say he was anything from a thoroughbred to a Canadian pony. Others claim many infu sions of Arab, Barb, and Turkish blood. Be that as it may, a good horse was produced. This founder of the clan was named Figure at birth, but renamed Been Traced to Other Breeds Justin Morgan when its offspring started to gain fame. He was a small horse, only 14 hands high and weighing 950 pounds; dark bay in color, with black legs, mane, and tail. The latter were coarse and heavy but not thick. His head was good but not very small—the fore head broad, with smaU ears set far apart. His eyes were medium size, dark, and prominent, with a pleas ant but spirited expression. His back and legs were his most no ticeable points—the former being extremely short, with shoulder blades and hip bones long and sloping. The legs were short, close- jointed, and thin, but with very wide bone and extremely well mus cled for a horse of his size. Modernized Cavalry Practice Wartime Maneuvers i ' * H ello, everybody: , Distinguished Adventurer Graham Babcock of Paterson, N. J., takes the Adventurers’ club rostrum today, and Graham wins ten bucks because he wouldn’t take another fellow’s advice. If he’d done what that fellow told him to he’d have had no story to tell us today. But Graham paid no attention to that fellow, and the result is one of the most thrilling, blood-curdling adven ture yams I’ve seen in a coon’s age. It was in August, 1913. Graham was just seventeen years old, lived in Suffern, N. Y., and spent his spare time hunting in the Ramapo mountains, in season and out. At the time, hunting was out of season, so Graham carried his rifle in a gun case and took along a fishing basket, just in case he happened to meet up with a game warden. Game wardens can put you in the jug for hunting in August, but there’s no law against fishing for minnies at that time of year. Graham started out up the tracks of the Erie railroad and walked as far as the Ramapo crossing. From there he planned to cut into the mountains, but the crossing tender, an old friend of his and an old-timer in that section tried to dissuade him. “There’s a rattlesnake den just up the side of that gully,” he said, “and rattlers are mean at this time of year. Better go in up the track a ways.” — Graham Unknowingly Walks Into Nest of Snakes. But Graham had seen rattlers before and he wasn’t afraid of them. Whenever he’d come on them they had always wriggled out of sight as fast as they could. He forgot, though, that a nest of rattlers in the late summer season might actually be LOOKING for trouble. Graham climbed up the side of the hill and walked along a ridge until he came to a place where a big boulder jutted out over the edge of a small cliff. There wasn’t a rattler in sight, and he began to think he must have passed the nest the crossing tender had spoken of. He saw some berry bushes a few yards away and set his gun and fishing in- > I® V. ! m Weather conditions and rough terrain do not stop the mounted soldier. He operates as well in fog or rain as when atmospheric conditions are favorable. To the horse cavalry the passage of bad terrain is all in a day’s work—rocks and hills, sand and mud, forests and rivers never stop them. Graphic illustration of this is fur nished in the picture at the left where a 75-mm gun battery unit nears the top of a steep hill during First Cavalry division maneuvers at Fort Bliss, Texas. Right: A 75-mm gun unit photographed during night firing. GLOVED GOURMET ‘Dizzy’ Confident Arm Is in Shape m - •; R ‘ , V ' yM i t f * ■ mm : JW- ■ Li .#• V 1 / ■ ' S'A Either the corn was too hot for this old fellow or else be couldn’t wait to take off his gloves before digging into the delicious corn-on- the-cob. He is one of the many hun gry, homeless vagrants fed by the Volunteers of America soup kitchen Take it from Jerome “Dizzy” Dean, his “ahm” is all right. He also stated that the shoulder which was injured last season has been given a eomplete rest all winter. Dean was one of 13 pitchers in spring train ing practice at Santa Catalina island, Calif. Left to right: Charles Leo (“Gabby”) Hartnett, manager of the Chicago Cubs; Andrew Lotshaw, Royal Guest-—Award Winner—Stylist IMiS "' V j 1- ^ IHIIP mmm L 1/ h « . . < J m In an official announcement from London recently Lady Nunburnholme was listed as a member of the party of King George and Queen Elizabeth when they visit Canada and the United States in the near future. Bette Davis, center, pictured as she appeared in “Jezebel,” a role which won for her this year’s Motion Pic ture academy award for the best performance of a film actress. “Women’s hats will be saner this spring,” ac cording to Lilly Daehe, fashion authority, who arrived in New Fork from Paris recently. Bachelor Hairdresser Adopts Baby Boy Happy indeed are Sydney Guialaroff, 30-year-old Hollywood bachelor, and Jon, the 10-months-old baby boy he has adopted. Guialaroff says he is the nation’s highest paid hairdresser, and, as far as he knows, the only bachelor in the nation to adopt a baby. He took the boy when he was six days old because he likes babies. DEADEYE DICK m \ Young Dick Shaughnessy of Ded ham, Mass., set a new world record in the annual Middle Atlantic sheet championship in Morristown, N. J., recently. His high-over-all for the three events, the .410, 20-gauge and all-bore was 295. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL s UNDAY I CHOOL esson By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. Dean of the Moody Biole Institute of Chicago. C Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for March 19 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. 2. IftkrMtismrfrMi PETER EXHORTS TO CHRISTIAN LIVING LESSON TEXT—I Peter S:S-1S. GOLDEN TEXT—But as he which hath called you la holy, so be ye holy In all man ner of conversation.—I Peter 1:15. Christians are not only “the called of Jems Christ," but are also “called saints” (Rom. 1:6, 7). Peter had the same thing in mind when he (in v. 9 of our lesson) says that we “are thereunto called.” Let us remember that when we are tempt ed to say that we “do not profess to be saints.” “Dr. James Denney once remarked how odd it would look to see in the New Testament the statement, T don’t pretend to be a saint.’ It would be tantamount to saying, T do not take the Call of God very seriously and I do not profess to live up to it.’ When God calls, our answer is not a matter of indifference and . . . not a mat ter of presumption. Tt is not a life for which we volunteer, or on which we adventure of our own mo tion, or which we have to carry through our own resources; it is a life for which we have a divine summons, and that summons is our justification’ ” (Arnold's Commen tary). All believers are called to live a consistent, powerful, useful Christian life, and God mak^ j such a life possible. I. Living for Christ (w. 8-12). To live for Christ one must be born again into the position of a true believer. Peter was not so foolish as to urge that his readers try to live a Christian life without first being born into the family of God. He therefore lays a founda tion for his exhortations by discuss ing in the early chapters of his epistle the atonement of Christ and the position of the believer. Then he gives specific instructions to cer tain groups, leading up to the gen eral plea for Christian life and testi mony. 1. Among brethren (v. 8). Know ing what Christ has done for us, it might well be assumed that all of us who are His followers would love one another and do nothing but that which would promote Christian fel lowship. But vails even In tl times displays its worst Hence we need to consider this in struction of Peter that we cultivate unity, sympathy, and love among the brethren. Observe that this is not just a pious platitude which we may take or leave. It states our obligation to one another as Chris tians. Whatever others may do or say, let us be clear that we have obeyed this word of God. 2. With unbelievers (w. 9-11). God has called us to live peaceably with all men. We will not cure evil by returning for it more evil. If our ungodly neighbors or fellow workers mistreat us by word or deed, we are not to retaliate in kind. We are to control our tongues —how much we need to learn that lesson. We are not to be tricky and deceitful, not to look for a fight, but to se / .K peace. 3. For our own good (v. 12). What blessed assurance we find here for the believer. The eyes of the Lord are upon both the good and the evil in the world. He knows. Con sider also the promise of “bless ing” in verse 9, of seeing “good days” in verse 10, the assurance of peace in verse 11. It is not only honorhig to God, but good for us to live as Christians. n. Suffering for Christ (w. 13-18). Peter was writing to those who were bearing bitter persecution be cause they followed Christ. Per haps some were tempted to say then as they do now, “If there really is a God, if Christianity amounts to anything at all, certainly believers would not be permitted to suffer at the hands of enemies of Christ.’’ Let us be clear that being a Chris tian in no way exempts us from the common experiences of human ity, nor does it assure us that we will not have to bear persecution and suffering. But (and here is a point of greatest importance), we are able to meet such difficulties in the name of Christ without fear or discouragement, for God is with us. L Not afraid (w. 13, 14). The martyr spirit has not died out in the earth, and there are those in our day who stand unafraid before dic tators and rulers who would destroy them because of their loyalty to Christ. “Be not afraid.” 2. Not discouraged (w. 15-17). The one who knows God’s Word (and every Christian ought to know it) can give answer (v. 15) concern ing his faith. Note that if we are punished for our own wrongdoing we may well be depressed, but if we meet persecution with a clear conscience (v. 16) we need feel no discouragement. 3. Not alone (v, 18). The path may be dark and difficult, but one thing we know, our Leader, Christ, walked an even darker and more desolate road. He it is who is now with us, yes, in us. Remember that “Christ also hath once suffered” (v. 18) and go on your way in vic tory. IgP TIPS to Crardeners Care in Transplanting 'Transplanting is an impor- tant activity in amost every garden, but a gardener will save time and possible disappointment if he knows what should and what should not be transplanted. The following should not be moved: Celosia, didiscus (blue lace flower), four o'clock, hunne- mania, and perennial sweet pea. Because of their peculiar root growth, these flowers are dam aged, sometimes even killed, when transplanted. Flowers which may be trans planted with little fear of damage, as long as the moving is done properly, include ageratum, alys- sum, snapdragon, aster, calendu la, marigold, pansy, petunia, pinks, salvia, scabiosa, verbena, Canterbury bells, columbine, hol lyhock, pyrethrum and viola. There is a third division of flow ers, according to Harry A. Joy, flower expert, whose lives will not be endangered by transplanting, but whose growth will be stunted. Both plant and blossoms will be smaller but earlier. Larkspur, zin nia, phlox, nasturtium and bache lor button are In this group. DO THIS TO RELIEVE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT OF A COLD Fblm Simple Method Mm Takes only a Few Minutes When Bayer Aspirin is r form take 2 Bayer Tablets—drink a glass at water, la 2 T»>* simple way pictured often Lri’Sga amazingly fast from discomfort and sore throat accompanying colds. Try it. 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