Yerington times. [volume], August 23, 1919, Page THREE, Image 3

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RICH WITH CHARM OF AGE
Old Deerfield, In Massachusetts, On*
of the Most Interesting of New
England Towns.
Descendants of the first families will
tell yon in all earnestness that the
newest house In Old Deerfield Is at
least one hundred and twenty-five
years old. As a matter of fact, this is
sot a true statement, but It cannot be
called “a lie” on the part of the In
formant, who la a Puritanical New
Englander.
The difference Is all In the point of
view. For him or for her. the half
dozen homes and the one hotel that
have been built in the last decade do
not exist. He does not see them, but
Books right through and sees the land
scape as It was before the blot Ap
peared.
Old Deerfield Is little changed since
the Indians trailed through Massa
chusetts on their way from Albany to
Boston. Relics of many a battle be
tween the white man and his red
skinned foe are to be seen In the little
Pocomtuck museum, Deerfield’s only
public building. Various boulders
along Main street and on the Albany
post road commemorate the many,
bloody struggles to push the new fron
tier westward In those early pioneer
days.
Trees that were old when Columbus
discovered America overreach Deer
field’s one beautiful highway—Main
street. Their height. If not their size
of trunk. Is almost great enough to
tempt the eloquence of a native Call
fbrnlan.
For safety's sake a plump, very
plump, purse or one that has been
stepped on by the proverbial elephant
to a necessity in visiting Old Deerfield.
Her women have revived housewifely
, Industries and renewed needle and
Ibom artistry. Loom productions like
Hioae that New England grandmothers
turned out. Modest signs may be seen
announcing: “Raflla Baskets” that
have earned for their weavers a world
fame for design, color and fine weav
ing ; “Quilts and Needlework,” that
would stagger the hurried city-bred
woman; “Tatting and Knitted Lace;”
"Photographs” now recognized on two
continents as unusual camera art, and,
finally, a “Tea Room for Automobll
lsts” In a house bearing the date of
1678.
Dance to Attract Mate.
On some of the Islands of the Pa
cific, In tropical South America, fa
found the beautiful bird known as the
Jacana. It is famous for ^its so-called
love dances, which appear to be exe
cuted by the male to excite the admir
ation of the female birds. When the
mating season approaches the Jacana
will single out its favorite lady and
try to win her admiration with all its
bewitching maneuvers. In the dance
the wings are spread and worked in
such a manner that the beautiful col
ored feathers produce a brilliant effect.
Charles James Fox.
Charles James Fox was one of the
progressives of English politics, as well
as one of the most brilliant orators
and statesmen in the history of Eng
land. Like most thinking people of
his day, he favored freedom of the
American colonies and was constant
ly In opposition to the German king,
George III, who was then sitting on
the English throne.
What He Didn't Understand.
Joe had been spending his first va
cation on a farm. When for the first
time he saw the chickens all lined up
on the roost he exclaimed. "Row do
they ever stick on to that grand1 stand
while they are asleep T”
In His Line.
Lady of the House (to the dbctor)—.
Fm so glad you came along, dbctor.
Some unexpected guests have arrived
and the butcher hasn't turned up.
Would you mind killing a couple of I
chickens for met—Pennons Weekly. |
TAUGHT WORK
THEY LIKE BEST
Disabled Men Are Given Every
Chance by Vocational
Board.
HOW ONE FOOND HIS JOB
Unskitod Man, Wounded at Belleau
WdOd, Who Thought Engraving
Fun Soon Proves Himself
Expert Workman.
Washington. — ▲ stoop shouldered
man leaning on crutches came into the
offices of the federal board for voca
tional education one morning and, look
ing around the room, asked if this was
the place where the soldiers who had
been hurt In the war could find some
thing to do. The agent of the board
asked him to sit down, and told him
the plan that the government had for
helping the handicapped men of the
army, navy and marine who had been
disabled in the service so that they
might keep on with an active life.
Maimed at Belleau Wood.
“I reckon I was In the service, all
right,”,the stoop shouldered one said,
laying his crutches by the chair. “At
Belleau Wood! Lord, what a day!”
He let his hands drop listlessly be
tween his knees and turning his eyes
to the adviser, he said: “Well, how
you goin’ to help me? I have lost my
left leg and I have about two dollars
Ip my pocket and nowhere to get
more. I never had a decent Job In my
life. I don’t know how to do anything
special and I don’t care what It Is you
give me to do, Just so It’s something.”
The adviser talked to him for a bit
and tried to discover Just what this
man could do. He had held odd jobs
here and there , but none led to any
thing definite. He wasn’t any more
interested In auto mechanics than In
street sweeping, or In gardening than
In clerking. He sat there listlessly
looking at his hands and left It to the
adviser to decide. Every now and then
he slowly turned a strange ring he had
on his finger.
The adviser felt rather discouraged.
Cat Scared by Tin
Can Raises Rumpus
Stamford, Conn.—A stray cat
snarled things here badly early
this morning. The feline hobo
was desperately hungry, and In
Its haste and eagerness to sat
isfy the hunger, thrust its head
Into a salmon can that ap
peared to shrink. The cat was
unable to get Its head out and
rushed about blindly, knocking
down babies In its efforts to free
Itself. People in the neighbor
hood called the police and the
fire departments to kill the cat.
Tabby was very tame after the
can was pried off by a cop.
He couldn’t get a lead from this man’s
silence, and to get his confidence he
asked to see, the ring. The man took It
off and handed It to him. His face
became suddenly animated. “I made
that,” he said. “Hammered It out of
silver myself and engraved those fig
ures on the outside. Nothing but some
playin’ of mine,” he added deprecat
Ingly. The adviser looked at the ring
carefully. It was well done, with a
certain look about the engraving that
gave him an Idea.
"That's Just Play.”
“How would you like to learn en
graving and get a good position at it?”
“Doin’ this? Say, this ain’t work.
It’s just play, and nobody pays you for
havin’ a good time, do they?”
“Let’s have a try at it,” suggested
the adviser, “and see what happens.”
The federal board sent the man to
learn engraving, and In a few months
he was the best of all the workers In
the Jewelry store where he was em
ployed.
That ring was the key that opened
the door of success, to him. He has
waked up and is enthusiastic about his
work; only, he says, “It’s not work.
This Is fun.”
Work always Is fun when you have
found the right vocation, and the fed
eral board Is trying to find what the
disabled soldiers like to do best.
WOULD FLY TO JAPA«
V
Capt. E. T. Rickenbacker, the
United States army’s greatest ace,
says he is in aviation to stay. He li
endeavoring to perfect arrangement!
to fly across the Pacific, hopping first
to Hawaii and then to Japan. The
photograph was taken at Band
Springs, Alta., where Captain Ricken
backer was enjoying a short vacation.
PACIFIC FLEET
HAS BIG GUNS
Powerful 14-Inch Batteries For
midable Feature of West
ern Squadron.
DID GREAT SERVICE IN WAR
Big Naval Guns Mounted on Railway
Carriages Were Strong Factor in
Reducing the St. Mihiel
Sector.
San Francisco, Cal.—Not the least
Interesting feature of the new Pacific
fleet Is the 14-Inch guns, 12 of which
are mounted on Admiral Hugh Rod
man’s flagship, the New Mexico, and
several other ships of the fleet.
Design and construction of the 14
inch naval gun on railway mountings
on the western front was one of the
great accomplishments of the Ameri
can navy during the war. The guns
hurled 1,400-pound projectiles far be
hind the German lines, and were a
strong factor in reducing the St.
Mihiel salient.
Built in Record Time.
The gun was designed, built and de
livered In less than four months. On
December 26, 1917, according to Sec
retary Daniels’ official report, not a
FOOD FOR TURKS ARRIVING ON CAMELS
Under the direction of a French officer this camel transport, currying load
after lead of wheat and grain, being brought Into Constantinople, where
the food rlota are reported to have taken on a serious aspect.
drawing had been started. On April
25, 1918, a completed gun was rolled
on its own wheels to Sandy Hook prov
ing grounds for long-range tests.
The guns, Secretary Daniels said,
originally were Intended for the new
battle cruisers, but a change in design
of the vessels made the guns avail
able for land service.
The guns were mounted on car
riages ’ 'hlch could be moved freely
over the French railroads. With them
went their naval crews. Twelve cars
were required for each gun—machine
shop cars, armored ammunition cars,
kitchen, berthing, crane and wireless
cars. The batteries were sufficiently
mobile that if an order came to move
while in action, they could be on their
way in an hour.
Greatest Range of Mobile Guns.
The 14-lnchers had greater range
than any gun ever before placed on
mobile mountings. The German guns
whi^ fired on Paris were “freaks.’*
T.NV were built on permanent steel
and concrete foundations. Their pro
jectile was small and specially built
for long flight. This reduced their ef
ficiency and while they had moral ef
fect, their military value was small.
Because of their permanent position
their location wns discoverd by allied
aviators and the guns silenced.
The German 15-Inch gun In Flan
ders also became famous for its long
range bombardment of Dunkirk and
other allied bases, but neither conld
be shifted from base to base without
delay of weeks. The American 14
Inch gun could move from one end
of France to another and had a range
of 30 miles. At range of 22,000 yards
It pierces armor successfully.
PROBE CLAIM TO AGE OF 130
National Geographic Society Will In
vest (gate Case of Kentucky
Patriarch.
Louisville, Ky.—The National Geo
graphic society has been asked to in
vestigate the claim of John Shell, a
mountaineer of Leslie county, Ken
tucky, that he is one hundred and thir
ty years old. Shell’s neighbors cor
roborate the statement concerning his
nge. Shell has nine children. He says
the oldest is ninety years old. He Is
said to have 200 descendants in his
home section, several being great
great-grandchildren. The mountaineer,
who claims excellent eyesight, steady
nerves, and general good health, at
tributes his long life to outdoor liv
ing and temperate habits.
HARD TO SAVE IN BOLIVIA
8outh American Salaries Are Higher,
But Aleo Living Cost, Writes
Youth.
8anta Fe, N. M.—Saving money Is a
much harder task in South America
than In the United States, despite the
higher salaries paid "there, says Eu
geqe Lujan of Santa Fe, who recently
resigned his position as clerk of the
American legation at La Pas, Bolivia.
In a letter to his father young Ln
Jan points out that, though one can
earn more In South America than In
North America, the cost of living Is
higher. Shoes which sell for $6 In the
United States cost $12 In Bolivia.
Board and room amount to $80 a
month, laundry at least $12; and ev
erything else In proportion.
“Although Spanish Is the official' lan
guage," Lujan writes, “there are1 many
dialect* for the population1 is consid
erably mixed1. We have Ayamaraa-,
who are pure Indians; the Cholos. or
half-breeds; the Bolivians, the Engt
Irik the French and) the Germans.”
ISSUE CURIOUS STAMPS
1
Philatelists Are Enthusiastic Over
Latest Curios.
Small Nations of E a rope Resort to
Odd Experiments to Provide
Postage Stamps.
London.—Stamp collectors, of which
London has Its fall share, are enthu
siastic over t£e carious postage stamps
which are beginning to reach them
from the smaller European states.
One example from Lithuania is of
the first permanent Issue of that coun
try. It has been lithographed on
heavy Silurian gray paper formerly
used for the printing of bread tickets.
Lettland. Lithuania’s neighbor, print
ed its first stamps on’ the backs of Qeis
man ordnance maps, but these proved
a little unwieldy and now Its stamps
are printed on> the- flimsiest of cigar
ette papers.
-—
Czechoslovakia stamps recently re*
celved here are simply the united
arms of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
with the inscription "Cesfea-Sloveuska
Statni” printed on the Magyar Stamps.
They were Issued when the Czecho
slovak troops Invaded Hungary.
The disputed port of Flume has been
provided with a striking series of pic
torial stamps, apparently in anticipa
tion of an Italian mandate, for they
all bear the words “Flume proclaims
1* annessione all Italia,” and the date
30-10-1618. The four designs include
the statue of Romulus and Remus fed
by the she-wolf, the piazza of St. Mark,
and ancient Venetian galleon and1 the
portrait1 of Dr. Crossictn
The New York Industrial1 commis
sion report shows that from $6 to $13
lr the wage of the maximum number
of women employed In four Imv-wugw
Industries In New York atnr»*
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SPEARMINT
▼
Helps appetite
and dlcestion.
Three flavors.
not enough to make
WMGLEY5 good, we
must KEEP it good until
you get It.
Hence the sealed package
—Impurity-proof -guarding,
preserving the delicious con
tents—the beneficial goody.
The Flavor Lasts
SEALED TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT
His Idea of Bigness.
During the examinations at the
close of school, the fourth-grade'
teacher asked her history class to
name the five most Important men of
the recent war. One boy, In all seri
ousness, answered the question thus:
"General Pershing, President Wilson,
General Poch, my big brother Tom
and Andy Sullivan’s brother Pat.”
The Last Word.
Mistress—Now, Bridget, there’s no
use of further argument as to how the
dish should be prepared, but our Ideas
on the subject are so different that it
Is evident one or the other of us is
crazy.
Bridget—True for ye, mum—an’
sure It Isn’t yerself’d be knpin’ a crazy
cook.,—Boston Transcript.
. - Lonely Job.
“You want to get away from peo
ple,” said the doctor wisely. “Your
nerves are In a badly shattered con
dition. You must get somewhere you
will be entirely alone.”
“Alone 1” exclaimed the patient.
“Yon have me wrong doctor. I’m a
night watchman.”
Deduction.
"What’s a polyclinic, Jim?”
“I don’t know exactly, but I guess
It’s a hospital for parrots."
Modern Girl’s Heart.
The modern girl's heart Is an apart*
ment house. A number of young men
occupy corners In It. The greater the
demand for space, the higher rent she
charges. Sometimes the accommoda
tions and living conditions become un
speakable. And then comes the In
evitable building boom. A new apart
ment house goes up across the way.
All but one—or maybe two— of the
renters move out. One or both may
then retain possession until rent has
piled up past all hopes of collection
In full, when marriage ensues.—Kan
sas City Star.
The Albatrosa,
The albatross spends its life, with
the exception of a few weeks given
each year to nesting, entirely at sea,
and Is on the wing pra.ctlcally all the
tlirie. Furthermore it does not pro
gross by flapping Its wings, as most
birds do, but seems to soar at will,
rarely, If ever, giving a stroke of the
wing, seeming to need no impetus. At
nesting time, which is early in the
year, the albatross repairs to an Iso
lated island, such as one of the Crozet
Islands, in the southern Indian ocean,
or Tristan da Cunha, In the South At
latlc ocean.
The quietest people often create the
biggest noise.