Shepherdstown register. [volume], February 09, 1922, Image 2

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THE HUNGERS OF LIFE.
By Charles Scanlon.
Most, if not all, normal pesple have
five distinct cravings which may legitimately
be gratified, but in the effort
ta do so many people emphasize one or
the tsther too strongly and thus becogue
unsymmetrically developed, or in
ccSnmon phrase "lopsided."
These five cravings arc: 1, Physical
hunger; 2, Social hunger; 3, Mental
hunger; 4, the hunger of Ambition; 5,
Spiritual hunger.
1. Some people not only eat to liv*
but some in a large measure live to cat
Ttffcy find so much pleasure in gratifying
the palate that they become gormarmizers,
and in so doing not only violate
the laws of health and propriety,
but interfere with accomplishing what
they might otherwise achieve. Few
*s se distinctly differentiate a man
lture from aae who i* uncultured
selfish as the manner in which
he eats. The kind of food, the quantity,
and the manner in which he takes
it are indications of thc degree of culture
and self-restraint which he is accuflomed
to exercise. However hunRty.
a person of refinement cat9 ir
itineration both as tt> quantity and
rapidity.
2. When one says he is lonesome he
simply means that he is sociallv him.
gry. It 5s conceivable that one be in
the enjoyment of good health, nble to
command great riches, have access to
vast libraries, exercise large authority I
iKtd be devout in spirit and still lonely
beyond expression. We ore social
beipgs and crave fellowship with aair
kind. The heart must be satisfied as
well as the stomach. It is thus instinct
which draws people into groups and
cities and httlds them there in spite of
adverse circumstances from which they
couTd escape if they were willing to
sacjrjflce social companionship. In this
as in other things extremes ore to be
avoided.
3. Physical hunger affects different
people in different ways* Some becoifJfe
weak, others grow bitter and
violent, some becomes nervous, others
despair. Likewise mental hunger affects
different individuals in different
waj^. Some people exist without
much mental stimulus or food. Oth
ers^_prefer to sacrifice almost anything
else rather than to deny them-'
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scientists becomes absorbed in his sub- i
ject, the historian in his quest for
truth, the artist, the musician, the mechanic,
the sculptor, the inventor, the
mathematician, all crave mental food of
a particular kind.
4. There are people who have all
that heart and mind can desire in the
foregoing respects and are obsessed
with an ambition fV>r position, power
and authority. To be, to have, to
do are the dominant desires of their
lives. A few months ago 1 strolled
thtough some of the ancient and elegant
palaces of Europe where kinus
and emperors reigned ;n splendor and
power. They had houses, l.'nds, music
and statuary, gold and jewels sufficient
to dazzle the eye and bewilder the
mind. No whim of appetite, no luxury
of learning, no coterie of companionship
was denied them, but they were
unhappy and in a mad efforc to gratify
their ambition for power <>? ???> ?;?
r HIUIIV/I ny
despoiled whole countries, populated
vast cemeteries and laid -waste the
achievement of centuries. A stroll
through the ancient and modern palaces
of Potsdam, a visit to any of a
hutfdred battlefields of Hurtapc, will
convince one that food for body and
mind, the cravings of the social nature J
and all that wealth and position can ilr ;
will not satisfy all the desires of man
5. Dotted over many continents, bo;',
in the heart of the city and far in the
country, on the mountain and in 'he
va ley, are retreats or monasteries ,
where men have retired from the world
in order to satisfy the hunger of their ,
souls. On the Appian Way front the ;
city of Rome to the Catacombs is a i
monastery inhabited by monks who
never speak even to each other. They
can talk and no doubt have the natural
desire to communicate with each other.
They receive instruction in the
morning cither by signs or in writing
from the head of the house and busv
themselves all day in carrying out their
instructions aryl in meditation and
prayer. The normal person wonders
that any one should conceive this to
be necessary in order to cultivate his
spiritual nature, but they have conceived
this tt> be true and arc willing
to sacrifice everything else in order
in Ki imy i;i: ir.inscr ror spiritim'
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elevation. I do not agree that such
a life is necessary or even conducive
to spiritual eminence, and have cat- f(
ried in my mind a picture of the lonely q
home apart and yet not distant from
the busy haunts of hurrying hundreds.
How symmetrical or balanced are our t(
lives? How evenly do we endeavor to c
supply these five passions? Neglect'^
any, and we have injured all. Empha- j
size one out of due proportion to the (
other and we lessen our happiness n
Because some of our needs are 'ess
tangible than others or less imperative c,
than others docs not mean that thev
arc less important.
We may satisfy the stomach and
starve the mind, or we may gratify the t[
mind and neglect the body. We may j
give ourselves so completely to society ^
as k) become selfish, superficial and b
improvident. We may gratify such a t)
towering ambition for money or power a|
or ration as to lead us to scorn the
rights Of others. We may be so in- i ^
tense and impractical in the quest far j
spirituality as to render us useless to
others and defeat the purpose of our , ^
creation.
If moderation, good judgment and
unselfishness control our hungers, a j ^
happy, useful life is our due portion.
Poison in the Small Garage.
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The newspapers occasionally tell of n(
men's being poisoned with the carbon- sa
monoxide gas that is produced by an bt
autontobilc engine running in a small wi
! closed garage. The Companion printed
an article on the subject a few years
ago, and only recently the United
States Public Health Service published ' th
a paper warning the automobile owner so
ntot to start his engine in a small ga- ha
rage when the doors and the windows ae
are closed. Nevertheless, accidents! Qf
continue to occur every now and then | j ]
Carbon-monoxide gas, which is the j an
same poison as that in illuminating ; (h
gas, comes from the exhaust pipe of aj,
the automobile. It acts on the blood jn
and prevents the oxygen in the air
from purifying it, and the person who 1 no
has inhaled much of it dies as he would th<
from suffocation or from drowning. Gf
The red corpuscles in the blobd contain
a substance called haemoglobin, which
carries to the tissues the oxygen from
the air that is in the lungs and brings 01
back in place of it carbonic-acid gas un
that the lungs exhale. Carbon monox- us
ide is able to form a strong union with j su
haemoglobin and to prevent the blood 'n
corpuscles from carrying oxygen to the i ,lC
tissues. So the man is poisoned with tri
nis own waste products. ac
A small amount of the exhaust gas
can be inhaled without serious injury,
for there will still be enough red cor- ha
puscles unsaturated with the gas to
carry on the vital exchanges in the s,f
body. But if the amount Of carbon
monoxide is only fifteen parts in ten ttl(
thousand parts of air,- as it will be- er<
come in five minutes in a small garage w'
with the engine running, it is danger- nii
ous. ho
Anyone who is suffering with carbon- 's'
monoxide poisoning should be carried
into the open air, douched with cold c"
water, and, if he is able to swallow. sa
stimulated with hot coffee or ammonia.
Artificial respiration by means of the s-j
pulniot*>r is necessary in many cases, hy
and sometimes transfusion of blood hu
is the only thing that will save life, to
Even that may fail when the person he
has inhaled much of the poison.? ; dts
Youth's Companion. a 1
The Attorney-General has on foot an co
investigation of the retail prices ofj
food, fuel and c'othing, which are quite
generally believed to be higher in pro
portion to wholesale prices than they
should he. He has asked all of the 'ai
state attorneys-general to co-operate, Pa
with him and to prosecute vigorously j P*1
those who violate the food and fuel j ot'
supply laws. The retailers arc much
hurt at the suspicions that the Department
of justice has signified w ith its '
notice and have already begun to make hi|
themselves heard in Washington. to
Granting the sincerity of the Attorney- | "A
General, it is not likely that this par- | ?f
tieular investigation will reveal any- . Kr
thing sufficient to sustain an action on "a
the part of his department. Retailers ?i
are best investigated and best punished
by their own customers. The 'n
on\ field where legal interference is w'
at all likely to be excusable is the coal its
maret. There is a goo.! de ll the re
that the householder would like to
have explained.
Doan's Regulets are recommended by
many who say they operate easily, w ith- 111
out griping and without bad after ef
fects ,10c at all drug stores.
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YELLOW PENCIL WITH THE *
EAGLE MIKADO
COMPANY
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Starchin*.
The well at our old home was forty
ret deep and walled with rough atone.
>ne bright summer day, I remember,
le girls were looking down into it
'hen one of them accidentally dropped
le big wooden butter bowl over th'
dge. We boys got the long rope from
ie barn, and, tying it round my waist,
began to climb down the rough wall.
reached the water in perhaps ter
linutes and, loosing the it>pe from
ound me, tied it to the butter bowl and
ailed to the boys to pull it up.
How far away they seemed! The
ell was so deep and the top so small
lat I felt almost as if I u/prf? kinlrino
irough a big telescope. And how
ark it was all round me! I could hardr
realize that the sun was shining
rightly in the world above. The
tought made me turn my eyes upward
gain, and suddenly in the dim circle
f light 1 saw tiny bright specks. At
rst I did not realize what they wor?,
hen all at once I knew that I was
teing the stars in the middle of th^
ay 1
Soon the rope came dangling down, |
id in a few minutes I was up again
rc went into the house, and as we ate
nner I told of what I had seen from
e bottom of the well. The young j
lk laughed incredulously, but father
)ddcd gravely. "Yes, it is true," he j
id. "You can seo the stars from the 1
ittom of the well. I noticed them
hen we were digging it thirty years
"Many times since," he continued, "I
vc thought of seeing the stars from
e bottom of the welt. I have got
me comfort out of it too, for there
ivc been times in my life when it
cmed as if my soul had dropped out
the light of day into the darkness,
have passed through times of doubt
d great trouble, but 1 have found i
at even if life became dark, I could :
*ays see the stars by looking upward
prayer. I have never known the1
ne when God forsook me. If I could !
t see the sun, I doula at least see >
e stars, and I knew that the light
a perfect day would return."
Hide Jewels in Sandwiches.
Sandwiches spread with gold pieces
diamonds and eggs spiced with
set gems have been successfully
ed by international smugglers to get
ch valuables out of Germany, until
two recent eases the customs of- j
ials became suspicious of these
ivel luncheons and discovered the
ception. Now all "snacks" are carelly
examined at the frontier.
A German merchant, whose lunch
sket attracted the attention of the,
dish customs officials at the frontier
ition of Konitz, was found to have a
,-er of gold coins interlarded between
e layers of every sandwich and coved
with a thick coating of butter,
lilc each egg nested a valuable diajnd.
The total of his confiscation
ard w as estimated at 18,000,000 Pol1
\ marks.
His fellow smuggler, a Dutch mer-1
ant, was intercepted at about the j
me time at the Holland frontier.
While the officials were vainly
arching his baggage, they were struck
the fact that he was ostentatiously,
t rather nervously devoting himself)
a huge sandwich. They found im
ddcd in the bread and butter three
imond rings, a diamond brooch and
number of loose diamonds. Further
arch disclosed 44 unset diamonds
ncealed in a cigar lighter.
Rig (iinseng Root.
F. M. Smith, a well-known hunter
Marlinton, W. Va., discovered thee
gcst ginseng root ever found in that
rt of the State while hunting for
casants on Red Lick mountain the
ier day.
Smith bccnm-!-tangled in some sort
p ant and after investigating found
to be a giant ginseng stalk four feet
gh. He dug it up and sold the root
a local grocer. There were between
i and 80 marks or scars on the curl
the root, each showing an annual
owth, which indicates that the plant
d been growing unmolested for well
I toward 100 years.
A large quantity of ginseng is dug
the State for shipment to China,
here the natives have great faith in
> medicinal qualities.
Hay?He was surely a far-sighted
an.
Dees?How so?
Hay?lie had a fire extinguisher put
ins conm.
One swallow may not make a sumcr.
but a Rrasshopper makes sevcra1
rioRs.
NC1L No. 174
XXilade
in Five Grades
tED BAND
JNEW YORK
Pulpita Or Firewood? '
Dozens of mahogany, walnut and
teakwood bars, tables and fixtures from
saloons raided in the Detroit district
since the advent of prohibition, a display
of highly polished and costly
wood valued at upward of ^.>00,000,
may be chopped into firewood and distributed
among Detroit's poor Or
thes?. bars anH tah1#?c nv*T u-Viioh 1
thousands of elbows have been crooked (
and that in years past have been made 5
to glisten by constant application of (
towels in the hands of white-aproned (
attendants, may be converted into J
benches for august jndges or into j
pulpits behind which clergymen will 5
stand and voice the arguments for a <
saloonless world.
While State and city prohibition
officers are making up their minds i
which course to pursue in disposal of <
the valuable store of wood, rats and \
mice are playing havoc with the bars J
and tables that have been dumped in <
a heap near one tof the city police sta- ;
tions. t
Under a State law prohibition of- (
ficials confiscate the fixtures in any ?
establishment found to be dispensing ^
liquors. Lacking a place to store these (
articles the officials have piled them >
in a vacant place outdoors, thus ere- ^
ating what the police call the city's ?
"mahogany dump." C
i..,un \v/:n: *? ?__. ' ? *
juuk( wiiunm m. nesion 01 Kecorcl- "
er's court has decreed the collection
be cut into firewood and Riven to the
ptjor. Others propose the watet'-soak- V
ed pile be salvaged and that the wood
be used to make pulpits and judges'
benches.
For display purposes the wood is
worth a fortune, but for firewood it is |
no better than the more plebeian varie- j
tics. City officials say that to cut the |
bars into stove wood would cost more
than it would be worth for that pur- i
pose. Therefore the proposal of Judpc
Heston will not be put into effect, for
a tune, at least.
While a solution is being reached the
owner of the property on which the
"mahogany dump" is located is frantically
urging the officials to "take it
away," as he needs the space, and also j
because the "dump" has become the
home of scores of rats.
(i lands Are Cause of Bad Temper.
Condition of the glands is at fault r
for low morals and crime waves, says
Dr. Arthur M. Flack, dean of the College
of Osteopathy, at Philadelphia, j
"The war stimulated the glands to
a high emotional tension," Dr. Flack
says. "We are now in a large measuse
suffering from the result with a
great crime wave and with low moral
standing."
And here's something else about J
glands: IL
If you are accused of being the fam- ^
ily grouch or an aggressive pessimist,
consider the condition of your adrenal x
glands which are located just above 2
i Jrt
your kidneys. They make >t)u choleric, (n
irascible and hard to live with, says a
another physician, Dr. Emanuel Jacob- a
son. 2j
"A suprarenal individual," Dr. !
Jacobson, "that is, one in whbm the !jji
adrenal glands are abnormally active, j
shows by virtue of that activity, cer- S
tain traits of character that are rather $
interesting.
"Such a person is choleric, hard to ^
live with, is the family grouch and ag- y!
gressively pessimistic.
"Likewise, the individual with less [Uj
than a normal secretion in these glands ifj
will be cold-blooded, unsympathetic, PJj
apathetic and listless." ] ifj
It is still good advice to watch your Pjj
step but also keep an eye on yout p}
glands! '
Corncobs May Be Very Valuable.
The common c*>rn cob which here-'
tofore has been a waste pror,-ivt on the ;
farm, may come to be considered a val..nku
~-c
uauiv niutic ui commerce as a result
of experiments just conducted by Professors
E. B. Fred and W. H. Petetson
of the University of Wisconsin and
reported to the Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Corn cobs, it was discovered,
are rich in acetic and lactic acids, j
both of which arc used extensively in
the industries.
When the corn cobs are partially
soaked and inoculated with the bacteria
Lactobacillus pcntoaceticus, equal quan- ,
tities of acetic and lactic acid are
produced. If the yields on a commercial
scale arc equal to the laboratory
results, every ton of corn cobs will
yield more than 300 pounds of acetic and
320 [minds of lactic acid.
There are produced in the United
States alone more than 20,000 000 ton r
of corn cobs yearly. A small amount f
of these arc used for pipes or in feed
but the great bulk usua'ly is discarded.
fj
Acetic acid is used largely in the dye Si
industry and lactic acid extensively I ai
used in the leather industry. Both I
also arc used in many technical operations
in various other industries. I ^
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Jl,2WMARE THOSE Anti- i
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FARMERS. CATTLE GRAZIERS:? Write or phone us what you hav*3 to
an furnish 1,000 head Angus, Here- ^el!. as wc are loading every week.
3rd, Shorthorn steers; thrifty, mel- ,
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