Thursday, March 24, 1927.
ise. 1 uu-iin iu.it «lie l » u i i P a n t h e r
lit th e beast I t s e l f ; th a t th e c a p ta in of
th is vessel h a s r a p t u r e d , s o m e w h e re
lu o u tla n d ish foreign p a r ts , a black
p a n t h e r ; a n d th a t he h a s ta m e d It a n d
tr a i n e d It to light. And In a b a t tle It
slays m ore en e m ie s tlpm all th e rest
' of th e crew. O ne c ru n c h of Its Jaws,
Hud a man Is gont^ And It w e a r s a
gold ch a in around Its neck. And It
minds th e cap ta in . And t h a t 's w h a t
j lion of th e su b je c t ev e ry o n e began
ta lk in g In concert. A aron, who had
1 CHAPTER I.—In the sm a ll N e w J e r - d eposited his sea-ducks In a co rn e r
*ey v i l l a s « o f S t r a i t s i a o u t h . In t h e y e a r a n d w as doing h i s u tm o s t by Inroads
synopsis
5?«y,
u“Sa«raVr"?J5ulh whiSlVlaf on tho ll,|l,or ,0 ,n:lke 11P for ,ost tlmp-
activities a re it. hlny, and h u n t i n g began to tell th e S tra o g e r of “ Bloody”
farhmiUofnh he™ r i r o ' a n d “ 2 C'urloton an d his b r ig ; I sa a c w as re-
»trunger, w ith w hom they a f te r w a r d coun tin g ho rrid ta le s o f th e n otorious
d i n e at the tavern.
T h e co n v ersatio n S ta rk e y ;
e n d Anally som e one, I
tu rn s on a n o to rio u s p irate, w hose
sh ip , t h e B l a c k P a n t h e r , is t h o u g h t t o know not who. for by this tim e th e
be in t h e v i c i n i t y .
s tro n g ale w as h u m m in g In my ears,
But A aron did not w ish to run the m e ntioned th e n am e of th e Black P a n
slightest c h a n c e of losing Ids dinner ther.
“Aye." cried the s tr a n g e r , “w h a t of
•‘No. Dick." lie objected, “ no disre
s p e d to the o th e rs, hut y o u 're th e boy this Black P a n t h e r ? I hav e h e a r d th e
to do the shooting. T h e y will lend n a m e m ore th a n once In th e la st few
you their r ltle s; put th e m side of you weeks, an d a lw a y s It Is a different
uinj when y ou’ve Bred y o u r own piece story. I should be glad to le arn the
lay It down a n d give 'em two more tr u th ."
E veryone. It seemed, w as ea g e r to
shots as they go olf. You'll do that
en lighte n him. but A aron, hav in g the
for un old man. w on't you. boys?"
To my e m b a r r a s s m e n t , both Isaac loudest voice and th e least c o n s id e r a
ami William r e sp o n d e d by doing as tion for o th e rs, w as "the Arst to gain
Aaron sug g e sted . T h e s t r a n g e r eyed th e s t r a n g e r 's ear. " T h e Black P a n
me curiously.
"You seem to enjoy th e r," he explained, "Is th e n a m e they
quite a r e p u ta tio n ." be o b s e r v e d ; and give to one of th e most bloo d th irsty
added. I th o u g h t n trllie mockingly, of these gen tlem en of fortune. Like a
"hut a r e p u ta tio n lias Its draw backs. beast of prey, lie sla y s most savagely
and w a ntonly, sp a rin g n e i th e r m an
It’s not a l w a y s ea sy to live up to It."
S om ehow Ids w o rd s n e t tle d me. w om an nor child. H a r d ly ever, they
They w ere c o u r te o u s enough, but In say. does a victim e s c a p e to tell of
his w hole m a n n e r I se em e d to read th e d is a s te r. Only now a n d then, by a
disbelief—a feeling t h a t 1 w as not miracle, som e s tr o n g s w im m e r h as con
nearly such a m a r k s m a n ns my triv e d to leap Into the sea an d keep
friends m a d e me out to he. And I d e afloat until some vessel has rescued
And from su r v iv o r s suc h as
term ined t h a t If I ev e r d rew a bead him.
th e se we h a v e le arn ed the n am e and
stra ig h t In my life, 1 w ould do so now
“T h e r e 's only one w ay to tell," I th e c ru e ltie s o f th e d re a d fu l Black
answ e re d so m e w h a t s h o r t l y ; an d with
P a n th e r."
out In th e least rea lizing how much.
A f t e r th is e x p la n a tio n . A aron m ade
In the fu tu re , w as to depend upon th e
h a s te to m oisten his t h r o a t again, th u s
accuracy of my aim. I w alk e d out to giving I sa a c a c h a n c e to t a k e up the
the end of th e pier, a n d b a n ish in g all tale. “A aron m ay spe ak tr u t h , ” he ad
thought of my a u d ie n c e from my mind
mitted, “b u t ns for me, I h e a r a n o th e r
forthw ith c o n c e n t r a te d my e n e rg ies on story. W h a t they call the c a p ta in 1
the shot b efo re me.
know not a n d I c a r e not, but 'Us the
To begin w ith, 1 leaned the rifles of ship h e r s e lf th a t is n a m e d th e Black
Isaac an d W illiam a g a in s t the rail
P i.nther, a n d Instead of the skull und
where I could easily g r a s p them, and cross-hones, sh e flies a w h ite flag w ith
then did not s c ru p le to t a k e a d v a n ta g e a black p a n t h e r e m b ro id e r e d th e re o n
of the added s te a d i n e s s to tie o b ta in e d And all a g r e e t h a t w hile th e o th e r ein
from shooting w ith a rest. I leveled 'b ie m Is h ad enough, yet w hen honest
my piece, w a ite d until I had th r e e big folks see th e black p a n t h e r nt the
black fellows In line, a n d carefu lly peak they a b a n d o n all hope und com
noting the position of th e r e st o f the mend t h e i r souls to God.”
flock pressed the trigger. T hen, with
Now this, for Isaac, w as a speech of
out w aiting to see th e result o f m.v
g r e a t length, an d w hen he had finished
shot, I pm down my piece an d seized
he m a d e haste, as A aro n had done, to
I s a a c ’s rifle. It took a m om ent for the
refre sh him s elf w ith a n o t h e r m ug of
thin cloud of sm oke to dissolve, and
ale. But a t cnee, ¡¡mi th is tim e to my
when it did I found, ns I h a d expected,
su rp rise, a th ir d s p e a k e r w a s re a d y to
flint the f rig h ten e d d u ck s w ere a lre a d y
add his version of the affair. T h is
taking wing. T h e y are. how ever, In
was A bner Moody, th e village d ru n k
com parison w ith a w idgeon or a black
ard. who sp e n t all of h:s w aking
duck, slow flyers, nnd I h a d am ple
hours In th e tnphoom of th e tavern.
tim e to focus on f o u r b ir d s close t o
"B egging your w o rs h ip ’s p ard o n ." he
gether, an d to d irec t my nlm, by a llo w
began in his high, shrill voice, “this
ing th e p r o p e r h e a d w a y , a t them
is th e w ay th e story comes to my
Once more, w ith o u t an I n s ta n t 's de- „
e a r s ! ” And he s tr e s s e d th e pronoun
lay, I laid dow n th e second rifle,
as If to Imply th a t by th e very process
grasped h a s tily for th e third, and
of r e a c h in g A bner's e a r s ru m o r w as
though, by this time, th e d ucks had
th e re b y tr a n s f o r m e d Into truth. “ Yes
not only g a in e d c o n s id e ra b le speed
te rd a y , at about this hour, I cha nce d
hut c o n s id e ra b le d is t a n c e ns well, m.v
good angel stood by me nnd I dropped to he r ig h t here, an d tw o gentlem en
a g ray bird from th e c e n te r of the w ere here, oil the way from New York,
and I listene d to th e ir ta lk, w hich w as
flock. T h e n nnd th e n only, still hold
of
th e Black P unther. And th u s the
Ing th e sm o k in g rifle in m.v hand, 1
looked, not w ith o u t a p p re h e n sio n , to
pee w h e th e r o r not m.v e a r l i e r shots
had re a c h e d th e ir m a rk .
I shall
n e v e r fo rg e t th e sight t h a t met m.v
gaze. T h e re , an equ a l d is t a n c e ap a rt,
th r e e birds, tw o b la c k s a n d a gray,
floated sto n e -d e a d on th e quiet w a te r
I w a s th e c e n te r of q u ite n d e m o n
str a tio n . A aron, w ith a glorious din
ner before his eye«C w a s n a t u r a lly the
most delighted, hut th e s t r a n g e r w as a
close second, nnd a« If d esirous of
m a k in g a m e n d s for his disbelief, corn
p llm en te d .ne most h a n d - o m e ly on th e
ac cu rac y of my aim. a n d cro w n ed the
occasion by Insistin g t h a t we should
all a d jo u rn to th e ta v e rn , w h e r e he
could c o m p lete his p a y m e n t to Wll
Ham nnd a t th e s a m e tim e, as he w as
kind enough to p h r a s e It. “d rin k n
h e a lth
to
th e
s t r a l g h t e s t shooting
young m an he h ad n;et In m any a day.”
N a tu ra lly , we all a c c e p te d w ith nine
rtty, all o f us, th a t Is except Anron
who w as too Intent on re tr ie v in g hi«
coveted gam e to go w ith us at once,
hnt who e a r n e s tl y a s s u re d th e s t r a n g e r
t h a t he would be w ith us direc tly a n d
would m a k e an h onest effort to dis
Y>ose of Ills f a ir s h a r e of th e ale.
Once s e a te d at th e r o u n d fable In
th e ta v e r n , w ith tw o or th r e e of Its " T h a t’s W h a t the Black P a n th e r I t."
r e g u la r p a t r o n s a d d e d to o u r group,
an d w ith an u n lim ite d supply of ale story com es to my e a r s t h a t t h e Rlaek
for all. It w a s not long befo re to n g u e s P a n t h e r Is n e ith e r th e n a m e o f th e
w ere w ag g in g freely.
T h e s t r a n g e r c a p ta in n o r of th e vessel, b u t of som e
w as s m e rc h a n t, he told u s. an d a d m it thing else.
ted t h a t th e s e w e r e tim e s w hen a
At th is Aaron looked highly Indig
t r a d e r could m a k e excellent profits, nant, as most of us a r e wont to do
p r n i l d e d he w a s w illi r g to ru n some when an y of o u r th e o r i e s a r e doubted,
risk. B u t— a n d he lo w e re d hi* voice 'And w h a t the devil.” he Inquired
and gtnneed a p p r e h e n s iv e ly ab o u t him ta rtly, “ do you m ean by ‘som ething
■—he h a d h e a r d —w e m u s t r e m e m b e r else?’ ”
th a t he w a s but a sim ple m e r r h n n t an d
And thus, w hile of m o r s e n e ith e r
k n ew n o th in g o f th e s e a — he h a d h e a r d Abner nor A aron had so Intended It. it
lately m uch ta lk of villainous p ir a te s h ap p e n ed t h a t A b n e r’s p a u s e a n d
w ho w ere le aving th e ir usual h a u n t s A aron's question w ere d ra m a tic a lly
In th e C a rib b e a n a n d w v r t l n g f a r th e r most effective, for eve ry eye w as now
and f a r t h e r n o rth , so t h a t (h ip p in g tu r n e d e x p e c ta n tly u p o n Abner. “By
■ long th e A tla n tic se a b o a rd w as no som e thing else,” he a n s w e re d (lowly
longer s a ' e
And w ith th is In troduc
and Imprgfglvely. "I m e r n so m e tblng
1 1 -
must he on my way. T h e lad is a horn
w restler, t h o u g h ; a n y o n e could see
tliut. Ilia foot slipped on th e g r a s s ;
o th e rw ise I should h a v e been th e one
u n d e r n e a th .”
T h is d ip lo m atic e x p la n a tio n rem oved
all tr a c e s of gloom from the fac es of
my f r i e n d s ; an d a lth o u g h It did not
deceive
me.
I concluded,
wisely
enough, t h a t If he chose to p u t it In
title
ll.rlit
tliu t
utile
l t l >2
Aiinttonn
m ill
a venge anc e. T h e s t r a n g e r h ad not draw in g me a little to one side, said
only one a n s w e r to his q u estio n , hut In a low t o n e ; ” 1 have driven th e m a re
three. Yet he skillfully m a n ag e d to some d i s t a n c e ; It would sc arce ly be
keep th e good will of all, for. I n ste a d of right to use her again. But I have
«electing one e x p la n a tio n as t h e trn* Just r e m e m b ere d a m a t t e r of Im p o r
one, he a n s w e re d , “ Well. I should say tance. H av e you. by chance, a h o rse
th a t w e had best keep c le a r of all an d w agon, a n d could you d riv e me a
••lack p a n th e r s , be th e y man. s h ip or few miles b efo re s u n d o w n ? If so, 1
heast. If th e s e ta le s lie true. I th lu k
to »mv vou
I a n s w e re d t h a t I had a co nveyance
I shall re f ra in from v e n tu rin g u c a rg o
such a s lie desired, a n d that I would
hy se a.”
B ut Anron hy this tim e p r e tt y well gladly drive him a s f a r as he w ished
Invig o ra te d by th e heady ale, h a s te n e d to go but t h a t I had no wish to he
to defend th e lighting q u a litie s of th e paid. F o r Instead of sulking a t hav
seam en o f o u r coast.
"D o n 't you Ing been th r o w n In th e w re stlin g
m atch. 1 h a d th e good se n se to per
fea r," he cried. " O u r sh ip s go arm e d
T hey hav e th e ir b r a v e c u r r o n a d e s and oclve t h a t this m an kn ew m uch more
th e ir
brass
six -pounders.
T h e y ’ll th a n I did. c e rta in ly about w restling,
and 1 sh rew d ly s u s p e c te d a b o u t most
prove a m a tch for all th e s e vll—
o th e r th in g s in life as well.
villainous p ir a te s .”
T w e n ty m in u te s l a te r we w e re Jog
“ Indeed, 1 believe so,’’ the s tr a n g e r
as se n te d h e a r tily enough. "W ith tlie glng to th e s o u th 'a r d . T h e s tr a n g e r
sto u t la d s I see a b o u t me here, I had fallen silent, a n d as I knew
enough not to e h n t t e r but to w a it until
w ould risk an y v en tu re . But no ves
«els se t out from y o u r s n u g little p o r t spoken to, we w ere both of us left free
T h e r e ’s u h a r b o r to th e n o r th of you. e l t l y r to enjoy o u r o w n th o u g h ts or to
th o u g h — w h a t do th e y call It? C e d a r delight th e eye w ith the b ea u ty o f the
Inlet, t h a t is th e nam e, llo w soon. 1 evening. \ et a f t e r we had tr a v e rs e d
w onder, could I ship som e goods on some t h r e e miles in this m a n n e r, my
a tte n tio n w a s sudd e n ly a t t r a c t e d else
some c r a f t bound for th e I n d ie s ? ”
w here as w e c a m e a b r e a s t o f Curlew
P ro u d to be of service. It w a s I my
self who a n s w e re d th is query. “ You Island. E v e r since we left home. In
would hav e to w ait." I a n s w e re d , "be » deci', I find noted the shrill w h istling
ca u se th e h ark E a s t e r n S t a r sa ils from of curlew and plover, an d had realized
the in le t tom orrow , hound for J a m a i th a t a g r e a t flight of these b ird s was
ca, a n d pro b ab ly th e r e w on't be a n In p r o g r e s s ; an d now, as we c a m e op
oth e r vessel clea rin g for som e little posite th e Island. I could see. even at
th a t d istan c e, th a t m a n y of th e se
tim e."
11“ looked Ms d isa p p o in tm e n t. "A re flocks w e r e a lig h tin g th e r e for the
vou s u r e o f t h a t ? " lie asked. “T h ey night. And Im m ediately I resolved to
may not h a v e finished lo a d in g her. I)o rise b e fo re d a ylight th e next m orning
and s e c u r e a b a g of th e se long-legged
vou really think she sa ils so soon? "
w
aders, delicious eno u g h to delight the
"I'm positive," 1 m a in ta in e d . "S he
«alls sh o r tly a f t e r m id n ig h t, on the most e x a c tin g epicure.
T he s t r a n g e r h ad for some tim e, as
tu rn of th e tide. I w a s told by the
it seem ed to me, been w a tc h in g the
son of o n e of the o w n e r s .”
coast line w ith close a tte n tio n , nnd
Tills
e v id e n tly
co n v in ce d
him
now all a t once lie laid a h a n d on my
'T h e n I lose my c h a n c e ." he siild re
i arm.
fre tf u lly .
“ Well, ’w h a t
c a n 't
h*
“ My hoy," ho said, “ I am g r e a tly In
cured,' as th e y say, ’m u st he en d u re d . your debt, but th e h o u r Is late, the
And now 1 m ust be going. M a s te r Og
( T o Be C o n tin u e d N e x t W e e k )
den, 1 um m u c h In y o u r debt for tin
loan of y o u r w h ite m a re , a n d my s c o n
with you, I believe Is se ttle d In full
And as for you, yo u n g m a n " — a n d he
singled me out flatterin g ly from the
r e s t—“ I shall not soon fo rg e t y our
pro w e ss w ith th e rifle. I sh o u ld not
As T o ld to F re d Lockley of T h e
like to be th e duck t h a t com es w ithin
Jo u r n a l by B e r t Hue.
y our range."
"A ye," A aro n b ro k e In, "n n d he can
B e r t Kue is p u rc h a sin g a g e n t for
w restle, too. Cun th r o w a n y o n e li
T
h
e O r e g o n J o u rn a l. "I hail from
th e vll— village.”
T h e s t r a n g e r r e g a r d e d me w ith nd Hills, a small tow n in M in n e s o ta ,”
m iration. "I h a v e a lw a y s w o n d e re d at said Mr. Rue, w h en I a s k e d him
the c r a f t of th e w r e s tle r s ," he said how he had saved his first $100.
simply.
W ould you ob je ct to sh ow ing "The first m one y I ever e a r n e d was
me a s a m p le of y o u r skill?"
selling the S a tu r d a y E v e n in g P o st,
M ore g ratified a n d p ro u d th n n ever. Chicago P ost, S a tu r d a y Blade and
I a s s u re d him t h a t I w ould gladly com
the P e n n s y lv a n ia licit. 1 m a d e about
ply w ith Ids req u e st. “ B u t most of
th e m ,” I ex plained, like th e you n g cub $1 a week. O n S a tu r d a y s J m ade
t h a t I w as, “don’t like to try it any a r o u n d a dollar bla ck in g shoes at
more. B e c a u se th e y u lw a y s get the five c e n ts a shine in a local b a rb e r
shop. T h e first r e g u la r su re -c sejugh
w orst of it.”
for
th e G re a t
"I would not th in k of tro u b lin g job w as w o rk in g
th e m ," he dec la re d. “ You m ay throw N o r t h e r n
R ailroad com pany. T h e y
me Instead. Let us go o u ts id e on th e paid m e $2 a m o n th l c le a n e d eight
turf, w h e r e I m a y fall softly.
And signal lamps a n d sw itch lights at
ta k e c a r e t h a t you don't b r e a k my the station, filling th e la m p s and
bones."
cle a n in g them, lig hting th e m each
N o th in g loath. I follow ed him o u t
side, nnd th e o th e rs, n u d g in g one a n nig h t a n d p u ttin g th e m o u t each
My
r ailro a d
jo b
didn't
o th e r slyly, fo rm e d a rin g a b o u t us. 1 m o rn in g .
removed my ro n t a n d w a is tc o a t, and m a k e m e affluent, so 1 pop p ed co rn
the s tr a n g e r did likewise, his b re a d th a n d sold it at five c e n ts a bag, p e d
of s h o u ld e r nnd d ep th o f ch e st show dling it on the str e e t. I also had
Ing to a d v a n ta g e as ho sto p p e d briskly' ab o u t j 5 c ust0in e rs w h o paid me
forw ard. Indeed, If I h a d not know n 50 c e n ts a m o n th f o r going to their
th a t he w a s n pea ce ful m e rc h a n t, tin
b a r n s each m o r n in g ami driving their
used to a t h le tic sports, I m ig h t readily
cows out to th e p a s tu re tw o miles
hav e re g a rd e d him as a w o rth y a n t a g
d is t a n t a n d b rin g in g th e m bac k at
onist. But, a s It w as, w ith th e kind
h e a r te d n e s s of confident youth. I felt night.
th n t w hile I m ust still r e ta in my pres
1 cainc to O re g o n d u rin g tin- y ea r
tlge a s t h e village cha m pion, my real of th e Lewis a n d C la rk fair. I w o r k
concern m u st be not to I n ju re him or ed in a sawmill a t N eedy, se ttin g
to c a u s e hint to fall too roughly. And ra tc h e ts , for w hich I was paid $1.50
th e re fo r e I m ay f a ir ly say In m y own
a dav I saved o v er $100 h e r e which
b e h a lf t h a t I did not begin the encoun
t e r w ith my u sua l vigor, hut sough! I in v e ste d in a business c o u rse which
only to com e to g rip s quickly nn<l en a b le d m e to se cu re a job w ith the
Jo u rn al, A pril 12, 1912.”
brin g th e un eq u a l c o n te st to an end.
And t r u l y th e bout w a s an unequal
one. th o u g h not In Just th e m a n n e r I
B u c h a n a n & M u r r a y a r e building
had a n tic ip a te d . E x a c tly w h a t really tw o houses on S e v e n th s tr e e t in
h ap p e n e d I h a v e n e v e r been able to
P eg g ’s a d dition to B e av e rto n .
recall w ith d l s t l j s ^ n e s a ; In fact, I can
not ta k e o a th t h a t I e v e r laid h a n d s on
A n u m b e r of relatives an d friends
th e s t r a n g e r at all. B u t t h a t he laid
hAnils on me w as certnln, for the next g a t h e r e d at th e ho m e of M rs. T . J.
m om ent I found m y se lf flat upon nty Allen, o n M a rc h 18 in h o n o r of her
hack, w ith both s h o u ld e rs p inned neat- 71st b ir th d a y . Mrs. P e t e r J o r g e n s e n
ly to th e ground, w hile m y con q u e ro r. pr c s e n t t .^ h e r w ith a large b o u q u e t
w ith an ag ility n n u su n l am ong pence ) f c a r n a tions.
ful m e m b e r s of th e m e r c h a n t s ’ profe«
slon, le ap e d lightly to hi« feet, l e
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Ing me to follow suit a« best I m ight
IT IS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF
I f I h a d not been com pletely over
CONFIDENCE
AND TRUST THAT
com e w ith s u rp rise , I am s u r e t h a t I
sh o u ld h a v e e n jo T e d ' th e e x p V s X n s YOU CAN BUILD UP BUSINESS
on th e face* of th e audience, for th e ir
c o u n te n a n c e s disp lay e d v a ry in g d e • Q o o t f f l l i o i t t 0t M i t t f t t t t t f ^
gree s of a m a z e m e n t an d c o n s te r n a tio n
F in ally A aron spoke, w ith h esitation,
a s th o u g h d oubtful w h e th e r or not
he w a s te lling th e t r u th . "D ick got
th r o w n .” h e a n n o u n c e d ; a n d as no one
c o n t r a d ic t e d him ( f o r th e r e was. In
d eed , no possibility of c o n tra d ic tio n )
h e conc lude d t h a t th e phenom enon
».«»1 « cfn sliy o ccurred, an d Itnmedl
a te ly h a z a rd e d , “T r y It again, D ic k ;
tr y It a g a in .”
B u t th e s t r a n g e r shook his head,
t o d began p u tti n g on his o u te r g a r
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I Ever Earned’
Marsh’s Garage-:
Battery Charging
Acetylene Welding
Accessories
Greasing
Gas
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Crystal Said to Hold
World’s Oldest Drink
Unclassi;'
A fero cio u s ui. !
w hich f a m o u s hunt
c a p t u r e is th e Nau.ii near, or,
lives call It, th e oliliniset, a cr<
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h a lf bear, h a lf gorilla, w hich lu i
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t h e d e n s e f o r e s ts of K enya, At
p ro w lin g n a t iv e k ra id s an d preying
c a ttle , goats, w om en and children, i
w eird throe-toed fo o tp rin ts belong to
In th e A cademy of N a tu r a l Sciences
In P h ila d e lp h ia t h e r e Is w h a t Is
th o u g h t to he t h e oldest d rtuk in the
world, u nle ss t h e r e a r e som e older
o n e s e m bedde d in th e e a r th , w hich Is
w h e r e th is one c a m e from.
It Is a
spe cim en of c a lc ite c r y s ta l In w hich
t h e r e Is a c a v ity se v e ra l inches long
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g am e w a r u u i ill iv cc.v a , i m v v u s s i n e u
th e ir belief in its exis'etico.
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most from the beginning, hut until re-
c e n tlj It h a s n e v e r been on public
view. D u rin g its s ta y at th e ac ad e m y
t h e r e h a s been no no tic ea b le dinilnu
lion of th e m a te r ia l inclosed in the
specim en. T h e r e a r e o th e r suc h sp e ci
mens, but this Is th e la rg e s t know n
a n d h a s q u a litie s w hich m a k e it q uite
v a lu a b le in (lie ey e s of the s c ie n tists
w ho a r e w a tc h in g it to see if t h e co n
t e n t s becom e c h a n g e d In a n y way.
T h is w a s u n c o v e re d in llot-sie, N. Y.,
in lNts.-
In one v a r ie ty of blue q u a r t z from
Bucks county, P e n n sy lv a n ia , in addl
tlon to th e bubble th e r e a r e m in u te
c r y s ta ls which a r e c o n s ta n t ly in mo
tlon, w hich h a s possibly been c o n t in u
ous for m illions of y e a rs.
“W i c k e d W e e d ”
H ops did not a t ta i n tli ir p re se n t
p o p u la rity w ith o u t i « t r
de. T h e ir
use In beer w a s actu a lly forbidden hv
H en ry VIII, a n d In It HO th e city >-f
London p e titio n e d p.-irlvumut ¡ic:iln«t
th e m on th e p r o m d« t h a t " th is wicked
weed would sp<> I the d 'in k a n d e n
d a n g e r th e lives of th e people." But,
In s p ite of this, hop* had com e Into
com m on use h.v E liz a b e th 's reign, soma
c e n tu r y and a h a l f a f te r th e ir In tro
duction from F la n d e rs
d it
C otm torpolnt is th è ari et com b in
ine melodles a c c o r d in e to th è l u w s <-f
hnrm ony.
C om posero ot a n y t h l n g
m ore e l a b o r a te tirili a sene m ust b a v e
il know led g e of couiitei point, an d all
good song com posero pn -.-•e«« su eh
knowledge.
T lie r e Is no "flow " In
m usic for m ore tlinn o n e vid e e; mi-
ics« It bus th è splrit o f c o u n te r p o in t,
It is Just a m a ss of incanii.gl*- «elioni.«.
But Why Quibble Over
Small Matter of Name?
A S;;a F ra n c is c o w o m a n te lls of an
e n t e r t a i n m e n t she w ish e d to give to
som e friends, a t w hich she desired
th e services of a m andolin q u a r te t, of
which one of h e r s e r v a n t s h ad spoken
on many occasions. She, th e re fo re,
com m issioned th e m aid to a s k the
q u a r te t to com e to th e house an d play
for h e r guests.
T h a t eve n in g t h r e e colored men
h e a rin g s a x o p h o n e s a p p e a r e d on her
porch, a n d one of them a n n o u n c ed
him s elf solem nly a s "de le a d e r of de
m andolin q u a r te t."
“ B u t w h e re is th e f o u r th m u sic ia n ? ”
a s k e d th e lady,
“ W e all Is h ere," said th e lender
w ith pride. " W e ’s de m andolin q u a r
te t.”
" B u t a r e n ’t th o se s a x o p h o n e s you
h a v e In y o u r h a n d s ? " feebly inquired
th e lady.
"Y us'm ," said th e m an p atiently.
"Y as'm . Dey's t h r e e o f us. a n ’ w e plays
de saxophone, b u t w e all's de m a ndo
lin q u a r t e t . ”
Your P r o fc fsio n
j
It Is In th e n a t u r e of man to n hnse
his ow n profession. In his own p r o
fession lie re a liz e s his lim itations, h u t
he b la m e s th e m upon th e profession
and not upon himself. On t h e o th e r
hand, seeing tilings from outside, he
Im agines th a t o th e r p r o fe ssio n s a r e
eua le r than Ids o w n an d th a t If h-*
had e n te re d one of them h e would
h a v e gone higher. In Ids own p ro fe s
sion he Is Inclined to n o te only the
f a il u r e s ; In th e o th e r s Ids eyes a r e
on th e successes. Betw een disloyalty
to Ids profe «Ion and di-dnyalty to
h im self he Instinctively chooses d i s
loyalty to Ids profession
B a ltim o re
Sun.
O d d F e t l n w i O ld O r d e r
H is t o r i c T o w n
H a r p e r 's F e rry is a to w n In W est
V irginia at th e confluence of the
S h e n a n d o a h a n d I’otoum c an d is about
•‘ill tulles from W a sh ln g ttii. It r e
ceived its n a m e from R obert H a r p e r ,
a n E nglish m illw rig h t, w ho o b ta in e d
th e g r a n t of th is site in 17 IS from
L ord F a ir f a x , th e frie n d a n d p a tro n
of G eo rg e W a sh in g to n . T h e original
su rv ey w as m a d e hy W a s h in g to n him
se lf a n d It is s a id th a t lie p ersonally
s e le c te d th e f e r ry as (lie site o f a
n a tio n a l a rm o ry . H a r p e r 's F e r r y is
f a m o u s In A m eric an h isto ry a s the
seen« of Joint B r o w n 's raid.
T h e “Odd F ellow s,” as «neh, vvere
fornied in th è E igliteenth ce n tu ry , h i t
w lth t h è I n te rm e d ia te link of thè traile
guilds tliey str o tc h back to Rom an
lime«.
Froui ii m nrhle nionuinent
fonie] ut I.m iurtuiu, n e a r Beine. It Is
c lc a r flint th è piani ice of com hlnatlon
for provldlng decent burlai, an d per!-
odlcally s p e n d in g a convlvlal tinte In
eucli oth e rs' com pany. Mas a fenilico
of t h è llfe of th è anelimi Itonians, an d
th o se Iwo o h je e ts (w lth o th e rs ) bave
nlw nys hecn p a ri of o d d Fcllowshlp.
Some. Indceil. con ten d flint th è Rom an
Icglons founded lodge» iti U r i la l u ! —
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