The Cottage Grove sentinel., December 21, 1925, Page 3, Image 3

COTTAGE PROVE SENTINEL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1925
Music-Mad” Snakes
‘Soldiering” on Work
Oaptured by Women
Not Modern Monopoly
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At the mouth of the Ganges,
sacred river of India. .here is a
large tract of marshy land called
the Sunderbunds. More than bait
this tract Is unexplored, yet within
Its borders live a tribe of people
who do nothing but catch snakes.
They are purely nomadic, living in
boats and plying their trade be­
tween the marshes and the bylanes
of Calcutta where are situated the
venom vendors.
Eighty to 85 per cent of the total
tribal strength is said to consist of
women who feel themselves as much
at home among the death-dealing
reptiles as among human beings
They seem to possess immunity
from the poison, of cobra and the
krite alike, or even the spot
I iefl blacksnake that is found here
| in great numbers.
In Calcutta there are many places
where one can obtain snake venom,
! yet it is perhaps significant that
, Italy is one of the largest buyers
of this strange commodity, For
what It is used, precisely, is not
! explained.
More interesting, however, is the
manner in which the snakes are cap­
tured. First these reptiles are
music mad. The note of a reed
pipe Is one thing they cannot re
sist, and as It is being played they
1 come as near to the player as is
possible. The piper waits until ht
feels that the music has got hold ot
the serpent, then he plays faster and
faster until the particular snake de­
sired appears to be paralyzed. Then
the piper calmly walks up, catches
hold of the snake just under Its
head urfii thrusts It Into a basket.—
Grit.
Modern Fowls Mere
Amateur Egg Layers
The ostrich lays the biggest thing
in the egg line at the present age
In the world's history. Hard boiled.
It weighs three pounds, and would
make a good breakfast for a large
family.
The kiwi, a New Zealand bird,
which Itself weighs only about four
pounds, lays an egg weighing 14
ounces. But the egg of the extinct
aepyornis, which may be found in
museums, is ns large as 150 hens’
eggs. It was a Madagascar bird
that disappeared entirely some cen­
turies ago.
Among volcanic sand in New Eng­
land an explorer discovered a par­
tially burnt egg that was even big­
ger. A derby hat would hardly
serve as an egg cup for it. The
bird that laid It was called the di­
noris. and Its height Is Imagined to
have been something like 14 feet.
The cynics, who know that the
vorld is getting worse all the time,
ire sure that Idleness and “soldier-
ng on the job” are faults of the
Twentieth century. In the good old
luys everyone worked bard and con-
mieutiously.
But there have always been hon-
•st workmen and the other kind,
ust as there are today. There Is
i curious old French epic written
>y one who called himself the Gro­
wer of Troyes In the Thirteenth cen-
ury. Here Is one passage quoted
>y M. Langyols In his “Life In
Trance in the Middle Ages”:
“When I finally make up my mind
:o work I take wifh me a young
nate who knows nothing of the job,
jut I Insist on his being paid the
lull wage of 12 derfters. When, at
ast, I get on the roof, 1 lay oue
tile In the time it should take
ay eight or ten. I ease off and
sing a song, then take a siesta be­
tween two slopes of the roof. It
s then time to knock off for din-
jer. After that, it Is soon supper
time, so we leave work for that
lay. Of course, with piece work It
s different; I can do as much In
me day as in five days by the hour.”
Such is the speech that the Gro­
wer hard put into the mouth of a
IlletjAoO years ago.—Youth’s Com-
Methods of Naming
Newcomer to the World
Choosing a name for a new baby
Is always a matter of anxious con­
sideration.
But in many lands this anxiety
bus been minimized by the laying
down of rules to guide the choice,
says a writer in Science magazine.
For instance, in Egypt the par­
ents take three candles and the* one
that burns the brightest and long­
est determines the child’s name.
The Hindus allow the mother to
name the baby. Then, when the
baby Is twelve days old, If the fa­
ther does not like the chosen name,
he selects another.
Then the two names are written
>n slips of paper, and held over a
IJghted lamp, the one that burns the
brighter being the name adopted.
Egyptians place 12 names in the
Koran. One slfp Is drawn out, and
the name on it is the name for the
child.
Chinese children are not named.
The boys are named by their moth­
ers. When they reach twenty the
father names them over again.
Good Start
Attached to the early morning
train going east was a car for la­
borers. The lattice gate between
this car and the one In front was
closed, so that no one who belonged
to the front passenger car would
stray into the special car. A pas­
senger standing on the back plat­
form of the regular passenger coach
peered curiously through this lattice
gate and the open door Into the
car beyond. A wag In the la­
borers’ car promptly bleated out
"Ba-a-a; ba-a-a.” Immediately bls
comrades took it up, and “Ba-a-a,
ba-a-a,” they went in chorus. In so­
los, In duets, for all the. world
like a cattle train loaded with
sheep. It ended In a howl of laugh­
ter from all the men and as the car
pulled out of the station It wi i evi­
dent they had put themselves Ira
good humor for the day’s work.
Springfield Union.
An Eye Doctor.
May Be Messengers
Joe: My brother is a kitchen
From Other Planets oculist.
While the Idea of shooting to the
moon Is often considered by astron­
omers, the possibility of projectiles
ever having been shot to the earth
Is hardly considered at all. Yet
strange carved stones of which
there has been no satisfactory ex­
planation have fallen from the sky
and been picked up *at different
times.
In 1887 a small carved stone, cov­
ered with ice. fell at Tarbes. In
France. In 1892 another stone, also
carved, dropped in a plantation In
Dutch Guiana, while a carved
cylinder of stone was reported to
have fallen in the United States In
1910.
A possible explanation concerning
the stone that fell at Tarbes was
made at the time by Professor
Sundre, who thought that It could
have been swept up In a whirlwind
In some other part of the world and
¿hen dropped at Tarbes.
But while such a supposition
might be accepted as possible, more
convincing evidence Is required, for
should the scientist’s surmise In re­
gard to the .whirlwind he correct.
It Is strange that the stone should
have fallen alone—without any of
the other things a whirlwind would
be bouud to collect.
Great English Queen
Decidedly No Beauty
The Boston Transcript, In an edi­
torial taking exception to the state­
ment of the director general of the
Atlantic City beauty pageant, de­
nies that “most pretty girls have
heads as empty as their faces are
beautiful,” and cites a number of
women In history who were brainy
as well as lovely to look upon.
But It weakens an argument other­
wise good by prominently men­
tioning Queen Elizabeth of England,
__ "indubitably hand-
as one whose
some face was Mned with the
most extraordinary mental pow-
ers.” It Is strange that the best
that anyone has been able to say
3f EUzabeth’s hatchet countenance
calls into use that word “hand­
some." which is not the highest ad­
jective applicable to a woman.
“Her features," says the Encyclo­
pedia Britannica, “were as hand­
some as Mary’s (Qtieen of Scots),
but she had no fuscinatlon.” This
can mean only that Elizabeth was
not a beauty, and no contempo­
rary portrait of her now extant
makes her anything but a decidedly
homely woman.
Three Black Fridays
The Black Friday of American
history was September 24, 1869,
when a great rise in the price of
gold began a disastrous panic and
swept hundreds of firms and indl-
vlduals Into bankruptcy.
But, Incidentally, there have been
other black Fridays.
One date
known by that name Is May 11,
1866, upon which a financial panic
In London was precipitated by the
suspension of the hanking house of
A still
Overend, Gurney & Co.
earlier one was December 6, 1745,
the day London received news that
the army of “the Young Pretender,"
Prince Charles, had reached Derby
on his march toward the city. A
panic seized London; there was a
run on the Bank of England, busi­
ness houses were closed, and King
George n prepared to flee. On the
following day the invaders were
obliged to retreat, and the panic
was ended.
The Modern Hostess
She was preparing for an elabo­
rate dinner party at which the guest
Piano Moving a Specialty.
of honor was to be a distinguished
Phone 99; Res., 189-J
Japanese visitor to San Francisco.
To get the desired effects she had
called In an Interior decorator, a
son of Nippon, and ordered him to
design a flower scheme for the
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
table. "What kind would you like?”
he asked. “Oh. anything so long
DENTISTS
as there are plenty of cherry blos­
11 W. TITUS, D. M. D.—Dentistry. soms, whether you paint them or
Modern equipment. First Na­
then\ out °f paper.” “Excuse
tional Bank Buihling. Hours, 9 to make
to the remark, lady, that cherry
12 and 1 to 6. Evenings and Sun­ me
days by appointment. Office phone blossoms would never do, because
this is not the cherry blossom time.”
1U, residence phone 212-K.
"Oh, nobody will notice that.” "You,
I)li. W. E. LEBOW— Dentist. Office madam, might not notice It, but
Fifth and Main streets. Hours, what If your guests should do so?
8:39 tu 12 and 1 to 5:39. Evenings At least one of them will smile from
and Bundays by appointment. Phones: the inside of his face, and that will
office 35, residence 1G1-J.
make him sad and spoil his din­
ner.” "Oh, anything you like aa
Celtic History
ATTORNEYS
long as the guests that don’t know
Burned Up Dollars
The term “Celtic Renaissance” is
TTERBEBT W LOMBAKD—Attor better will know that it Is Ja­ applied to the Intellectual awaken­
"When
the old-timers chopped
ney at Law. First National panese.”
ing and the renewal of Interest dur­ down walnut and ash and oak trees
Bank Building. Phone 94, Cottage
ing
the
latter
part
of
the
Nineteenth
to feed the locomotives and the
Grove, Oregon.
and the beginning of the Twentieth hearth it never occurred to them
Two Spinster Immortals
century,
In
the
languages,
litera
­
| J J. SHINN.—Attorney at Law
i
that
it was like burning up dollars.
Maria Edgeworth is regarded as
and Notary Public. Practice» the inventor of the novel with a ture, history and customs of the na­ Some persons are almost as im­
in all courts. Bader building, Cot­ purpose, of which kind "Castle tive Inhabitants of Irelnnd, the Scot­ provident with their trees today.
tage Grove, Oregon.
highlands, Wales. Brittany, It's high time that we get busy
Rackrent,” which sent her name tish
and the Isle of Man. This restoring the forests to make
into Immediate fHme In 1800, Is a Cornwall
PHYSICIANS
typical example. Miss Edgeworth's movement may be said to bavy amends for our thoughtlessness.
JjR. C. E. FROST.—Physician Influence was enormous. Her suc­ started with the publication of J. We owe It to those who will fol­
U and Surgeon. Office in Lawson cess with her Irish novel had much C. Zeuss’ Grammatlca Celtlca in low us."
Building. Phone 47, Cottage Grove, to do with turning Sir Walter Scott 1838. The Society for the Preser­
It has been noticed, says the
Oregon.
vation of the Irish Language was writer of the above, that tourists
to the writing of prose fiction.
established
In
Ireland
In
1877.
and
Her society was courted by this was followed by the Gaelic seem to be more enthusiastic over
Q.AVEN C. DYOTT, M. D.—Phy-
the trees they encounter than any
Nirian and Surgeon. Evenings "everybody who was anybody.” By­ league In 1893. The movement was other
featare. Especially on hot
by appointment.
Suite 3, Kern ron admired her, and Macaulay was not confined to Europe, but spread
and dusty days, when the earth ap-
Bldg., Cottage Grove. Entrance on among her enthusiastic worshipers.
nortlf Sixth street, just off Main. There is no doubt that she is worth to Canada, the United States, Aus­ pears almost baked, does the trav­
Argentina and other locali­ «•1er welcome the cooling ati ade he
reading today. If only for the nat­ tralasia.
ties Inhabited by persons of Celtic finds in passing through some old
I) A. FORBES, M. D.—Physician uralness
and
vivacity
and
character
­
and Surgeon. Calls answered
forest from which the fatal ax has
strain.
daj or night. Maternity work a revealing nature of her dialogue.
been withheld.
specialty. Over C. J. Breier Co. In this respect she is comparable to
Fate’s Grim Jest
Phones: Office 34, residence 199-J. Jane Austen, another of the spin­
Words, Mere Words
ster immortals.
About the middle of the Seven­
|)R. A. W KIME.—Physician and
When Columbus dlacovered the
teenth
century,
when
s«>-called
Surgeon. Obstetrics and diseases
witches were being persecuted In | West Indies he heard of, If he did
Cartridges for Camels
of women and children a specialty.
Engl a ml. there were many fanatics'; not himself see, the Carlb Islands,
Will care for confinements at his
Camels represent the most valu­ who*went about the country seeking the Inhabitants of which were
t'ngse if <lesire<1. Office over C. J. able possession of the people of
out persons accused of witchcraft spoken of as Caríbales, although
Ircier Co, Phones: Office, 234;
because they provide and forcing them to confess by quite as frequently they were called
rcsldenee, 12'> J. Residence address, Abyssinia
means of transportation, without means of examination and torture, Caníbales. These Caníbales were
1149 west Main.
which life would be In Jeopardy. In one man In particular. Matthew said to be man-eaters.
DRUGLESS PHYSICIANS
commerce camels are used many Hopkins, received the title of wltch-
The association of the Caníbales
times as the equivalent of money. tinder-general because of his Indus­ with the terrible practice of eating
I)K. H. A
HAGEN—License. I Only under extraordinary circum­
U Drugloss Physician. Phone 30. stances will n man dispose of his try In the search. In a single year human flesh led immediately to the
Ostrander Building, 630
Main camel, as collectors of the zoos (1644) he brought 60 persons to the transfer of the name of the people
stake.
Being Anally accused of to a horrid custom. Whence we
street. Cottage Grove, Oregon.
of the world have lenAed. But witchcraft himself. Hopkins was have the word cannibal coming
Doctor Heck found rifle cartridges submitted to his own favorite test from the West Indies, although the
NOTARY PUBLIC AND
were eagerly sought, and was able
COLLECTIONS
swimming, and, happening to | ancients knew of many cunnlbal
TTARRY W. NEET—Collections to secure six drome«1arles for the I of
float, was declared a wizard and put races long before the Christian era
and Notary Public.
Bader Berlin zoo by exchanging 15 to
and had their own words for the
death —Kansas City Star
building. Cottage Grove.
cartridges per dromedary, a trade
practice of cannibalism.—Detroit
he considered good.—Ohio State
Women Do the Hard Work News.
Journal.
The girls and younger women of
S/ie Knew the Breed
I Rapa do most of the labor In the
Long Distance Hauling
Bran Valuable Food
Little Marlon and her next-door
taro fields, while the older women
Bran, the dark, fibrous portion of attend to the housekeeping. The neighbor, Donald, were engaged In
Piano Jffioving a Specialty
wheat, is leas completely digested exemption of the men from agricul­ an absorbing conversation. "What
Any Time—.Any Where
than the rest of the kernel. As bran tural labor allows more time for are anarchists?" asked little Mar­
Is sold commercially It has some fishing, and as a result of their sea lon.
food value from the starch as well experience they are much sought by
Then Donah! wwelled with wis­
as from the minerals and vitamins captains of sailing vessels at Pa­ dom.
Chestnut Brothers, proprietors
associated with the fibrous part, but peete.
"They want everything anyone
(Aerotf street from 8. P. station)
it is used chiefly for Its laxative
The constant demand for Rapa else ha« rot. and they never wash
properties. In moderate quantities, men during th«- period of nearly a themselves.” he replied.
WINTER COAL
and especially as ft comes ground century has led to a considerable
“Oh. yes!” replied little Marlon,
Rock Springs and Utah, by sack
up in graham flour, it is usually preponderance of women In the is­ with enthusiasm. “I see—the» ia
I or ton. Lay hi your winter supply.
considered to be a desirable addi­ land population—Robert Cushman just little boys rrowed up!“—Gulf
tion to the diet.
Murphy. In the National Geographic Coast Lumberman.
STORAGE AND GENERAL
Magazine.
TRANSFER
Bales of It
Disregarded
“Mayme, that man Is president of*
Summer Boarder (slapping his
Office prone 6
Their Best
a steel mill. Gets $80.000 a year."
Residence phone 155L«
Pretty Girl (in art gallery—I be­ cheek—And you have a sign up “No
‘1 wond>-r If he han«!, hl, wife hlw lieve you have a very beautiful mosquitoes.” *
Farmer—I know It, but the con-
pay envelope?”
“Constable" here?
"Pay envelope? Gosh. he must
New Attendant—Dunno, miss. un­ carned cTitteni ;>ay no more 'ten
Loose leaf ledger sheets of bring It home In a valise.”—Louis­ less It’s "Erbert 'ere—’e ain't bad tion to It than the berry pickers do
to the /ign, “No trespassing.”
rille Courier-Journal.
I looking 1—Tlt-BIts.
. ¡very kind. The SentineL
Chestnut Transler
PAGE THREE
Moe: What does he do?
Joo: Takes the eyes out of po-
ta toes.
It Petrified 'Em.
A clever grocer put this sign in
his window to sell salt:
“Lots of Lot’s Wife For Sale.’’
Filing cards.
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The Sentinel.
NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has filed his final ac­
count in the matter of the estate
of Mabel Spray, deceased, and by
order of the county court duly
made and entered, Saturday, the
23rd day of January, 1926, at the
hour of 10 o'clock i a. m. at the
county court house, in Eugene,
Lane county, Oregon, is fixed as
the time ami place for hearing
objections to said final account.
All persons having objections to
said final account, or any item
therein, are hereby notified to
file the same on or before the date
for said final hearing.
ELVIN C. SPRAY.
L. E. Bean,
Administrator.
860 Willamette St., Eugene, Ore.,
Attorney for administrator. d21j!8c
Are
Run
You All
Down?
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DON’T FORGET
There is nothing the youngsters will like better than a
BICYCLE, WAGON, SCOOTER OR A KIDDIE KART
FOR CHRISTMAS.
I have a full line at reasonable prices. Make a small
deposit and I will set article away for you until Christ­
mas without extra charge. I also carry the parts and
do the repair work.
HARRY RENTLE
THE BICYCLE SHOP.
400 Main Street
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Felt That Way.
Feel nil out of sort»?
Tired, achy, blue, irritable?
:
Back lame and stiff?
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It may be the story of weak :
kidneys!
Of toxic poisons circulating about
upsetting blood and nerves.
There’s a* way to feel right
again.
Help your weakened kidneys
with Doan ’a Pills—n stimulant di­
uretic.
Doan’s are recommended by
many Cottage Grove people:
Mrs. E. J. Leum, 725 south Sec­
ond street, says: “I consider
Doan’s Bills a good remedy for
kidney complaint as I have used
them at different times when my
Jcidneys were out of order and
My
when I felt run down,
kidneys acted irregularly, too, but
Doan’s always gave me relief from
these attacks and benefited me in
overy way.’’
Price 60c, at all. dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—
get Doan’s I’ills—the same that
Mrs. Leum had.
Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N, Y.
Hall’s Catarrh
Medicine?;.^“';!
both local and internal, and has been
successful in the treatment of Catarrh
for over forty years. Sold by all druggists.
F. J. CHENEY
Secretarial, Stenographic, or Bookkeeping Course ;
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992 Willamette St.
Phone 666
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Brick, Fire Clay, Metal Lath, Cor-
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Sewer Tile, Concrete, Sand and
Gravel, Plastering Sand, Zouri
Store Front Fittings, and other
things too numerous to mention.
No Charge on City Deliveries
Godard Ê? Randall
Just North of 8. P. Station—Phone 100
Well,George, hete if is
VERY TOWN needs more folks like the George Middletons.
Surely they have learned the secret of contentment! And their
plan is so sensible and easily adopted that very few word*
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will make it yours—
First, th* Middleton* operate their household on a budget They have
a definite sum of money for each department of expense.
Secondly, [and this is more important], they invest their funds
carefully and wisely. Mrs. Middleton is buyer for the firm — and
a mighty good on«.
Mrs. Middleton is a good buyer because she knows what to buy, when
to buy and where to buy. There is never any doubt in her mind.
Perhaps you hava guessed the reason: Mrs. Middleton readt the ads in
the newspaper, and does her weekly buying according to their advice.
That’* why she so often finds opportunity to greet George with a
new dress, or another piece of furniture, or a substantial deposit for
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