The Port Orford tribune., April 02, 1919, Image 1

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ORIGIN
OF
BASKET
BALL.
A single m otion is q u ick er to m a k t
th a n tw o .
O n ly o n e m otion is n e e d e d *to
m a k e a n y c h a ra c te r d e sire d o n th e
la a hues Nsw T o rn business toatt-
tuU un Utsre » u an em ploys w S o m
C hristm as
baa t M «a vtag arses of
In d ivid u a l tousiufcrstloa.
H o «as a
bouaaoopor, nearly to years iu bar-
Bssa. ana no h*u been overloaded la
fc n a s r ro o ts o t la n v a a in Wo.1 stroot,
•x c e p t lo r a ousioin&ry and u ^ .a ry io s
111» sold place, says (bo U s tro it fr e e
Fraas. S everal days before Christm as
Ia s i y«nr ths otOea becu.ua ua-iaied
w ith rtuaurs o t au uapraesaun isj Hood
com plete, ¿traight-line, k ey -fo r-ev ery -
c h a ra c te r k e y b o a rd of th e
Twiabla sad Uuvcrwl Lias SpaaW
PwUct Dud G a aid
Back Space L e a * 1
Retold«
lepneed Marginal Slap»
Model 10
S
Escapement, Speediest ever
Revised
U N IN H A B IT E D ISLANDS
I f yon should w a n t a n Islan d —th a t la,
an u n inh abited Island—t o r th e purpose
e f occupying It alooet Befataeoa Cruses
like, or to use It fo r ro m an tic Action or
(o r any o th e r purpose, to th e e c losión
s f a ll e thers In the w orld, y o u need haws
no trouble lu lludlug one I f you see lit
to m ake a Journey to the In d ia n oceea.
In th e w aters betw een M adagascar aad
In d ia you caa find m ore th an 13,000 o f
them , w h ere there la no t a hum an be­
ing and w h ere yo n can. I f yon w ill, be
m ouarch o t a ll you survey.
A n E ng lish tra v e le r baa recently been
am ong th e sm all Islands th a t dot the
weetern end o f th e In d ia n ocean te
m ake an In ven to ry o f them abd re­
ports th a t he counted 10,100 and found
only a b o u t 000 o f t h e y Inhabited.
N ow , th ere Is a good chance fo r an y
one w ho tuny w a n t a a Island.
These p a rtic u la r Islands’a rc not large,
as Islands go. b u t very m an y o f th em
are sutHcieiit for the purpose of a Rob­
inson Crusoe oj, a n y o th e r novel hero
o r fo r even a sm all colony o f sh ip­
wrecked m ariners o r o th e r persona who
m ight be cast on one o f them or seek
fo r th e purpose e f m a k in g a homo pret­
t y much ou t o f the busy w orld.
Some o f them aro o n ly an acre o r
tw o , w e ll elevated above th e tide, w h ile
others a re a q u a rte r of a m ile In d ia m ­
e te r and run n in g fro m th a t up to a tails
o r tw o la len gth an d a q u a rte r o r lesa
o f the len gth
io breadth . M a n y o f
th em are g ra n itic structures th a t rise
steeply fro m 20 to 100 feet, w e ll cover­
ed w ith ric h soli, through w h ich sm all
fresh w a te r stream s b o n y to th e sea,
which they reach a f te r flo w ing over
tieacbes o f glistening calcareous sand
th a t are b egirt b y co ral reef», w h ich
to no w alla about th e Islands.
C o m p lete , S traight L in e
l^eyboard and
Key for Every Character.
A
\ Write for iafansahoQ to
T he Smith Premier Typewriter Co., Inc.
Syracuse, N . Y .
Buactos sverywba»
T h e B . m l t C ra b .
G e n tly crack th e shell o f th e whelk,
t o r you w ill fiud U a lm o s t Im possible to
e x tra c t tlie occupant a liv e otherw ise,
an d yon w ill see w h a t you m ay be par-
dotted fo r Kuppoetng a m la lsta ra lob-
wter, bu t w h ic h In re a lity belongs to an ­
o th er d is tin c t epeclee—n a m e ly , th e her­
m it crab. P agurus bernharfine. W h e th ­
er he has o b tain ed occupancy by force
Of arm s e r m erely th ro ug h decease o f
the o rig in al te n a n t la a moot point, hot
Thousands Have Kidney
the first supposition la h ig h ly probatye,
and Don’t Know it.
as he la a meat be llig e re n t little cue
■ e w " « e X ln c , t .
tomcr.
P ill s boltl* or co m m t-
• « with
An arousing scene m ay be witnessed
water and 1st It stand lw<
« hours; «
tty placing several h e rm it crabs d e p riv ­
r 7
~~ l^ '* f i*’ —vats* u . ed o f th e ir shells In a a o rd in a ry soup
S tro u -o llh y co n d l- p late, w ith a lit tle sen w a te r nud some
, 'o n
*<i* ’ em p ty shells—fe w e r shells th an crabs.
’.'¿Sf
I / nays; H “ Tains T h e fig hting and stru ggling to secure
y°o r lloon It 11 houses Is ludicrous In th e extrem e. One
ev Idea co of kid- m ay be seen alm ost successful In moor­
r C j
neJ trcuL'e; toe ing h im s e lf w ith in s shell, w hich, by
/
ironuonl de*!r» te the w a y , is effected by means o f th y
pass It er pain la
the back b also shelly plutcs a t th e e x tre m ity o f his
coavtoelr.g preo, that th« kidaeya and blad­ soft an d tw isted ta ll, w hen another
seises him b y the nnpe o f th e neck, aa
der are nut of oroer.
Wlubl te Be.
It were, an d he Is dragged re lu c ta n tly
There 1a comfort In the krev-ledge sc fo rth . T b e ev lete r still bolds him stru g­
of.en eiwey-wd. t'-at Dr. Kiltr.er’s Sv-amp- gling a t cla w s' length, an d n o t u n til be
Rect. the great Sidney remedy fulfill« every tilin s e lf Is w ife ly e u s c o iw d decs h e re-
wish in curing rheumeiiana. ,xtjn bi the
kuqnlsb his grasp.—C ham bers’ J o u rn a l
back, kidneys, liver. H a d d 'te a d evwy part
cl the urinary passage
It oerrectsln»bllltv
T h e ■ e l l e t t e a D e v il .
•'e hold water and ecald'ng pain In passing
m nld scrvan t belonging to one o f
V, or bad effeers ¿«Hewing ua« of liquor,
wine m beer, end everoowus that BRpleaaant th e w om en’s colleges bad been out
necewdty ef being compelled te go often w ith ber lo ver w ith o u t leave from her
It n n r.’t-t day, end fo get up manv time« mistress and w a s re tu rn in g late along
A - ’. -g the night. Tha mild a n i tr.e ettrw m y rood, a t the to p o f w h ich lived tbe
ordinary affect el S w a m p -R o o t la soon
U m c u tc d Professor N ettleship. N ow .
rea'isee
It stands the highest for Ha we»
derful cures of th« most d<Mreesing o w e , tb e la tte r bhd a large ye llo w dog th a t
'f yov nood ■ mvdlctn» you ahoutai have the took th e usual canine d e lig h t In seeing
best. Soul i-y oro'Clsta tr She. a n d tl sizes. cats scatter a n d flee, and. th e b etter ts
T * a i.’b y J-eVe a ‘ ample bottle of thia pounce oa th em when tney were
ste a lth ily crossing th e street, he wonld
and ■ know t ha; tc: »
perch h im se lf ou tbe ta p o f tbe pro­
nore about't noth rent
’«,^7;
¿ ’k A
fessors garden w all, surrounded aud
tbooiu'.aly free by m»l!,
h a lf hidden In tb e foliage. As tb e tr u ­
addre-a for. Kilm er it
b - m
or » » a, e.
Co_ Bt^ghamlsti, N . Y . Wlv-s writing snae- an t m aidservant passed beneath him
he caught slg bt o f a cat la th e m iddle
ttee reeling this grnaro’t« «dfor In thle paper
o f the road and. m akin g a spring a t It,
collided w ith ber and knocked her
down. 8h e picked herself up and ran
scream ing home, alm ost m ad w ith te r­
ror. ixv au e e. as sbe said, tb e devil bad
-¿ I7 X
M A G A Z IN E / ¿ Q X
Jumped on her back and th ro w n bet
a * h i ° n 14H & J dow u.—In te rn a tio n a l M o uth ly
mm; an -w
YrwMg
and look in the glass—you will see the effect—
You can’t help puckering—it makes you pucker
I « think of tasting it.
By the use of so called cheap Baking
Powders you take this puckering, injurious Alum
light into your system—you injure digestion,
and ruin your .stomach.
A
AVOID ALVM
pfainty-
M<? CALES
) f
A u th ority
For N e a r ly 5 0
^25^'
is made from pure, refined Grape Cream of T artar-C osts more
than Alum but you have the profit of quality, the profit of good health.
fc o y a l
DOCTORS
Y e a re l
Nothing has ever equalled i t
Nothing can ever surpats i t
Mty connm rttoH «
eurwd. N aturo aloato
Bo fc, it »usd s h « I*.
Dr. King’s
New Discovery
M I I I I ’ M M l I S|1»3
is r.TALooi
rrwa«u-A
eb 4
r«r«rtn« p«u*v*hCflgr
o wi r r *. co., * ‘* ‘•’2’’*
A Perfect
Curqi
M o n r r b ac k
For All T h r o a t a n d
Lung T roobiet
It it fa lls .
T r ia l B M tte s ire s .
u
Io la th s I.J0WTO VO TM a w h » tu rn
k c C A r .L ’S svs ry s w a th for c o r n e t farb -
io u a to r p atterns, tor «reagtntcsl » » r ic « ,
for fofccy r.eedlcworfc, for good atoriee <or
p lte .u m . tor t-rlp, for « « & .
R a r e Covraar«.
You m ust have courage, m y bay. No
m atte r w h n t band o f circumstances s r
m y them selves against you. I f your
purpose ts rig h t you w ill succeed. U f a
Is a b e a u tifu l th la g . T h s chance to
fight Is a great blessing.
No m atter
bow hard th e situation u iayu eem , keep
on doing rig h t, bravely face the fu tu re,
set yo u r stand ard high, w o rk and w ait,
be p a tien t and th a n k fu l, and yoa w ill
win. Y ou m ay never be rich i s tbs
w o rld goes—not ric h In mooey or rich
In pow er—b u t you m ay be rich In tb s
know ledge o f tb e tru th th a t you b a rs
m ad« tb e best o f your chance to be ■
man. D o n 't set your standard by th«
m en w ho have achieved greet w ea lth .
T h a t la nothing compared to th e riehee
th a t tielong te blin who hse struggled
to enlarge and ennoble the circle of
Ufe to w h ic h be Is c a s t—Schoolmaster
trie d to Seep eelm , btu bia bopaa ran
rio t, sad to a d a r
Setore Christm as
found btm la a aarvous Ourry. ; Ha
saw bla fallow em ploy«* called into
the easaisr’s o lllio oua by one, each re­
tu rn in g w ith a »ailed eeretope. Th e
booSSaetar w aited lu r his ssgtdfons,
bu t i t cams not. says the W o rld X
W o r t. Cved Ute office boy emerged,
b itin g new gold piece« to teat them ,
and the ro ll wee complete an hour be­
fore th e bookkeeper summoned cour­
age to »end la au In q u iry w hether a
TThsre Is s o envelope to r M r. B lan k,
b e t the presideM wishes to see him
lo r a m om ent."
Th e bookkeeper »aw only one In te r­
pretation, T h ia m eant hie discharge
lo r ta ilin g efficiency.
H e fa irly to t­
tered into the sanctum, a p itifu l Ogure
of panic fear.
- B it down, M r. B la n k ,"
aald th a
president. " I have om itted yo u r name
in the Hat of C hristm as rew ard * fo r
fa ith fu l service, and I regret th a t
th a bask w ill b a te to Bad another
m an to fill your position a lte r to -m o r­
row. Com pos* yoprself. air, tsars ate
undignified In t b i f office
You should
kn o w b e tte r a lta r being here lo r so
long a te rm o f service. D on’t go. I
have a few words more to say before
you le a v e T h e directors have decided
to re tire you on fu ll pay lo r the rest
o f yo u r life , and the year’s salary w ill
he paid to you In advance T h is does
n o t establish a ruinous precedent, fo r
employ te w ith IS yeais o f fa ith fu l
service to th e ir credit are no t sp rin ­
kled very p le n tifu lly
through
W a ll
TH E YULETIDE IN AUSTRIA.
Y utetlde, as i s . I by the non-Germ an
Is very p ictu r­
day th e Foies
l a G alicia f ir - t at-euJ tunas. aad than
s it down io tha t a J iiy Supper. T h e
ablul dlaii on the table contains eon-
secrated eggs, which the fa th e r «fa­
ir 1 b u lee A fte r ea.lng , a ll eyes are
etosed aad a ll bum s bowed down to
th e table. In the belief .b a t Jacob's
ladder is th en deacsnjtug fro m heaves
to earth , aad aowa to» ladder the
angels a re coming Io b.«ss the w o r­
shipers and
to oarry away
th eir
oeru uy troubles to heaven.
Among
the Csechs th e legend runs th a t he
w h o most stric tly last« oa C hristm as
evs w ill see the H o ly C h ild In
his
dream « th a t night. In the evening the
real celebration bcfln».
A ll Mghts
ore then ex.luguish«d in th e house;
no fire, no lig h t is visible. T h e c h il­
d re n crowd together to le e r and re­
m ain perfectly silent, a« otherwise
they knew they w ill receive none o f
the presents brought, by th e C hrist
C h ild and laid a t the entrance o f the
house.
Basket ta li as a recreative
game is unique la its origin for
two reuaona. F lra tjj, it la oar or <
positively sure, bonae America:
production; secondly, the name,
date and pint« of its authors v
are exactly known, says O rtT.i,
Days. Of uo other game in a! i t ••
category ran thia be said, t;
birth of the bulk of them is bur*
In an obaeurity which reach'
yond
the
cuneiformco.»
baked clay tablets of Babylon, and
the hieroglyphics of the remote»’
Egyptian records.
Basket ball, oa the other baud,
waa born in the year 1901 at
Springfield, Maas., anti ita author
waa James Nainamith.
In that town la a training » 'bo<
connected with the Young Men’»
Christian Association, and. r*
course, professors, among them >
professor of psychology, whc
paid to teach the young ¡dear :
to thinkj/'ffectively. In o n eo i fair
lect iirtddfie called attention to cer
tain canditinna upon which the
brain could with advantage be ex
ereiaed, and challenged bis class
to supply the requirements to
meet them. The conditions were
the invention of a new game
which could be played indoors, in
a limited area, by a defined and
unalterable number of contest
ante, and adaptable to both sexes
Upon this hypothesis one of his
pupils, Janies Nuinsniith, the same
night evolved “basket ball.”
It
was pnt into practice the next day.
experimentally,and found to meet
the conditions and limitations
laid down by the professor admir­
ably. But it had more than aa
academic value, as its rapid spread
as one of the most appreciated
pastimes attests.
Must Have Th an e
Newricb— A man can get along
without ancestors.
Mack— T ro t, bat big chiMrea
can’t.—Town Topics.
popAbJlon at A v a .C s .
esque
Uo C h .. ia M a
THE AUTOMOBILE.
A m oto r cab service Is about to be
introduced in Cologne, G erm any.
A m ericans have asked the legislature
o f B ritish A m e ric a fo r perm ission to
ru n autom obiles in to the fa r-o ff and but
lit tle know n Om lncca region In B ritish
A m erica.
D u rin g the m onth o f D ecem ber, ac­
cording to the P aris edition o f the H e r­
ald, TOR accidents were enured by
horses, res u ltin g in 52 deaths and 65S
in ju r ie i. In th e ram e period there w ere
o n ly 21 autom obile accidents and only
one death.
In Pari« an autom obilist was d rivin g
an autom obile a t an excessive ra te of
speed, and th e d riv e r o f a trazn ear
aas doing the ram e th in g . T h ey rrnshed
togi-iher. and a lady was rang«*! be­
tween Ih e tw o vehieles anil her -teg
was broken. Th e au to m o b ilist was
sentenced to tw o m onths’ im priaonm ent
w ithou t th e benefit e f the first-offense
law . and thg d rive r o f the tra m w s y
senfenced to eight days’ im prisonm ent
w ith th e benefit o f th is law , and they
had to d o t to ln tlv SS.000 damages.
" B a rk Vo. I , ” «aid th e ow ner t v
c e n tly , “ tv o f welcoam to me wb ■.
.1 come ho .nr.
H e caa r--c
w a lk a block a w a y , w h ir'
th a n r . v. ife ean do, f
o u te r
th * t '1» e r e n c * ; t - -
a fe w da rs -,-.i eha nrehed r . .
•
h tliw a V v
, fin uprai*< <’ . •;<
w in d upQu tk«
- r
'
“TVtf t'f - r tecoiMl hov i it
m m ir
»be fAniitv
hdlRV T»
j jt tab •(» } p ,’
Bn rr.’iHi
’.li kw» tr .
tlin«*» tb*it w invMM.ibJji u-<» ,
we « t r f iiw d to le.TYe hi»*
T •
••Then h< hftr a
fo r m y rr '1 c.r i n - L i "
alw Rv« w arned o f her
m ay lay n»y p la n * a civ . d
o th e r kind t be rk te ’ ** n.-
i
th e r U at t '< e <Joor. H i»
’
»1
vocal e ffo rt-'li to H f ib r j i -! tha* St -
le t ou t fo r « ro m p in the vr <1
hi« «uprenie d E M H u rtm tio n *e » U il
ua t h a t I t U foeal tim e b t v ’
a
hun<Ty. A fte r e « tin < he w i’’ H o
hta hftunehm and puff a t a M i s m ”
m eerschaum . H e ’s a cute do>f. a r ‘
be fo re I ’v« been m a rrie d a ye ar i
b e t he w ill be able .to bai k O ?
alp h a b et and ehew tobacco.”
IN D U S T R Y
HERE
AND
ABRCB.1
Tnv. Germ an G overnm ent does not a
low ItussianSto w o rk in ita powder fac­
tories.
A c o u r a w r w ith tw o m illio n dollars
oapitul has been f rm eil to w o rk a
nickel m ine in Oreg in.
T h f . largeet linen tills in th e w o rld
are oo t In Ire la n d < lu Germ any, but
in Jaradova, Rnv-
here seven thou­
sand operatives are m ployed by one
concern.
Aw English com pany Is w o rlring a
s ilv e r m ine in B o livia which yields
m
ore
th an three hundred and sixty
'
T h » A lla n « ' !-•*« Bsc»-
F ig u ra tiv e ly speaking, th e bed o f the ounces to the ton, w h ile specimens of
A tla n tic ocean has a t las t lieen laid
alm ost pure silver are met w ith.
hare. E ng lish, A m erican. G erm an and
T ir e Russian G overnm ent has Issu--<1
French
sounding expeditions have an o rd e r fo rb id d in g the em ploym ent of
mapped every section o f the ooze th a t A u s trian w .•ik m e n c ith e r in ag riculture
lies a t tin- bottom of th e g re a t w a te ry
o r m anufactures. latboren* o f th is n a­
waste. A ccording to theae map« and tio n a lity arc conducted to the A ustrian
diagram s th e A tla n tic Is a hnge w ator- fro n tie r every day b y hifhdreds.
t r o u g l t o f v a ry in g depths, exten din g (
T ir e great data aensci Am erican riv e r,
from pole to pole. H ere and there C a lifo rn ia , lias been finished. T h e w o rk
rocky p e a l» , lik e th a t o f T e n e r iffe .o r was done by th e convicts o f Folsom
hugt* m ountains o f sand, lik e th e bank o ; prison, and creat lienefits w ill accrue to
N ew foun dland, reach up to erb ev'w w U .u- Sacram ento >hrough th e completion of
surface.
B etw een Ire la n d and Nc v- tb e w o rk and th a ca n al, which w ill be
hm n.lh.nd th e re exist» a rem arkable completed a t a la te r date.
snbm arine p la in , a lw a y s re fe rre d to M
T ire steszs • agtoet. >f th e w o rld rep.
••the telegrap hic p la te a n ," w hich Is evi­ sent, appru-.usately the w o rkto p p e n
de n tly a continuation o f t h e g re a t w a ­ e r o f l.otW.gi i.uoOc’ uen. or more tl,.
te rs h e d . w hich, betw een la titu d e * «0 double the ■» r k t o r popnlotton o f tl
and ' i O degrees no rth , su rrou nd * tbe w o rld . Use I d-J P“ 1 Istlon o f w hich la
e a rth afid dlvM sa th e w a te r* flowing fcsnally est'.m A e d a t i,W M » g l.W W Inhab-
south from those flo w in g north.