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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1928)
Runt Stoni a Fak Concerning the authenticity nf tha Kensington Rune Stone, Dr. Walter Hough, bond curator of anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, makes the following statement : "This (tone wu established as a fake by the con fession of (he man who Inscribed It, The work wa cleverly done and flw reived many, but a scholar found1 that a few rune not In use In ilttU were used and Anally Hie fukur made 1 clean breast of It." Ml innIlolMAT OUR COMIC SECTION Events in the Lives of Little Men M Vt &tret Seen In (Praparol by tht National 0rphl Socitur. Wuhiutoa. D. C) t; 'HE early history of Normandy, ren taking It only from the reign of ltlchanl the Fearless (907), explalnt In Itself why to day, to those who look below the sur face, Normandy see ma In many way separate land from France. The SO year of English occupation under Henry V loft their lasting Impress, though Us natural position demands that It should be an Integral part of France. That Norman power of adaptation to circumstance was the "fatal gift," so apparent In Its Sicilian conquest, which has destroyed tlie Norman as a separate race. It has been said that the finished historian must be a trav eler," but one who possesses to the full the Instincts of the traveler must know bis history as he knows with his own eyes the true look of a wide land. Tlcture follows picture in the radi ant Normandy landscape; the limpid light Is at once brilliant and tender, and the eye feasts always on a ban quet of color. Between slits of cliff are bits of sea, poplars shiver in the sun, meadows slope from height to ocean, longing for the sea, and the green roadway threads Its path through alL It I not strange that Isabey an J Paublpy found beauty here. In fancy ltichard Sans Peur an'd ""le Hellequlu ' still ride hrou?h the forerts, and leg ends people every ruin. Les In the present than In the past, one dwells Euch on the stirring times when Nor mandy had a life of Its own and the Norman name was famous from Scot land to Sicily. lloufleur Is a quaint port with Its famous Saint Catherine's belfry bouse, shop, warehouse all In one, while a delicately modeled spire crowns the whole. Villas line the bills, old gate and watchtowers yet remain of the lloufleur of great days. Beyond the quay bristle a hundred masts, sails drip with color, and the water U Nile green a bit of Cairo in the north of France. Along the water front the same old boures which near ly 300 year ago were brave In their brand-new carvings, s tiiey looked out to see the high-decked Spanish ships ride in, dipping their flags to the fleur-de-lis of France. Then Havre was only a strip of yellow plage, be fore the threatening sand bur stole lloufleur' harbor Inch by Inch. Reminders of the Conqueror. Lisleux Is one of the charming cor ner where something still remain of the Middle ages, snd In the church sre windows depleting the marriage of Henry II and Queen Kleunor, and Thomas a Recket in his Norman exile. The most personal beginning of the Norman conquest was at Fulaise. There from a window of the lofty castle-keep Robert, count of Hlesne (later Robert the Magnificent and Rob ert le Liable), row Arlette, the tan ner' pretty daughter, washing clothes at the riverside. With all the setting of romantic legend she became the mother of that king whose bar sinister was blotted out In Conqueror. At Caen one Is In his footsteps. SuUit Etlenne contains his tomb, and has an Interior remarkable for strength and solidity a perfect example of the Norman-Romanesque, "adorned" though It now Is by lit glass chan deliers of the Nineteenth century' most lurid pattern. The Hotel de la Monnnle 1 a splendid house, built by a princely merchant, Etlenne du Val, Bleur de Mondrulnville, the man whose great wealth enabled him to get suf ficient supplies Into Met for It to withstand Its? siege In l.VA There I an atmosphere of heroes and king In Caen. One see the tomb of the Conqueror and the house where Benu Brummcl riled. He see the ruined castle where "le Jeun et beau Dutiols" performed prodigies of Tulor. Many French artists, areheologlst and men of letter are alarmed at the lack of consideration manifested by the state for the nutlonul monuments, which are being allowed either to full Into decay or to be restored with In discretion. The great master Rodin was deeply concerned with this ques tion, and In bis desire to awuken pub lic interest wrote a series of essays on the Cathedral of France, the study of which was his favorite pas time. The walls that William built and Frolssart writes about are a girdle that Is lost today. The Conqueror's tow Is brought to mind as one look Routn, Normandy. at I'Abbaye sux Hommev and vis-avis l'Abbaye auz Dames, like the queen who bullded It, ills on a throne. It I at Bayeux, though, that one feels nearer that queen, Mathilda. Gray, dim Bayeux, old even then, when the Conqueror's queen was writ lug history with her needle. The first of the great French realists, she seems In the naive sincerity of those old tapestries, which truly are an epic. Fine Ptrchtrons Are Many. Between town in Normandy one to struck by the fine percherona. Along the smooth, white roads they pass In sturdy line, with that majestic dig nity only possible to thoroughbreds, whether bones or humans. Their mottled haunches and polished coats gleam like mother-o' -pearl, and their liquid eyes speak volumes to oue who loves them. Then Dives Dive, with Its Inn of the conquering William, where Madame de Sevigne really left her patch-box, and one almost fancies the odor of rose leaves behind her, where the cook beau eggs In old Caen bowl that the china collector greedily gate on, and where the exquisite tapestries ought to be put under glass. A chateau It was, built for the Conqueror while bis boats were building that be crossed to England In, and over the dor are stM the of n!S oj aa oTI seigneur wld married Into the bouse of Savoy. Dives' port, now nearly choked with sand, was once great haven. There William's fleet, assembled for the con quest of England, lay a whole mouth awaiting the favorable winds which never came until they had changed their position to 8alut Vulery. Between Rouen and Havre Is the pretty town of Caodebec, with quaint timbered houses and It broad terrace beside the river. On a market day, in the Grande Mace in front of the church, i to be seen one of the few old-time sights of Normandy, the grand old church and the place Itself con tributing their share in the ensemble. But the traveler who would see this specimen of an old Norman town, wearing still Its mellow and pictur esque charm, must hasten thither with out delay. Wondsrful Mont Saint MichsU Mont Sulot Michel, with It de tached air, appears ss though man and nature united in their work to build a masterpiece. Its one straggling street, that begins In the gateway of a king and ends ah, that I the point Where doe It end? Three time did the vision of Saint Michel appear to Saint Aubert, commanding a church on the rocky heights. Hence rose that marvel of early Norman architecture, with II tombs of saints and heroes and brotlivr of kings, It Black Vir gin, It Salle des Chevullcn with (un lit aisles. It cloister and exquisite cotonade. A one think of the his tory that has peopled this pinnacled bill, emotions. Impression, anil sensa tions crowd the mind, and surely the fulntest Imagination can fill the struc ture with the kingly shapes and knightly shadows of the Hundred Years' war. Trouvllle. Deauvllle, Dieppe In a rhort sketch of Normandy, those gay bathing places, those "doublvs ex Iralts de l'urls," must be omitted. They are Watteau In the Twentieth century, though, and the salon of a casino In the height of the season Is an ani mated and diverting scene. In Normandy the artist may find congenial occupation and the oppor tunity, so difficult In these days, of sketching picturesque types group at the market place, group at the Inn door, horse In clumsy harness, goats and sheep In Biblical melange. He will find doors and porches of so good a pat tern and so old Hint they are new to the world of today. One may learn the value of variety In Its simplest form and realize the artlrtlc worth of high-pitched roofs and contrasts In color. If It be only of dark beams against plaster, and of meaning In the lines of construction. But these treas ures of Normandy are disappearing fust and must be quickly gathered. In all the fair Normandy coast, each year more and more Is tlicre a disap pointing note. One looks almost In vain for the old Normandy costumes; the blouse snd the close white cap ore all that are left now of the won drous headgear, the short petticoats, the embroidered stomacher, the Caen and Rouen Jewel of a generation ago. Modernising destruction Is rapidly blotting out the memory of old del FINNEY OF THE FORCE T""wT I f FOftWHAT.t- will MOW FAITH - rfj rsSviOtsTS MCBCVSAW?- US POOCIhoeJ AflC Wf1. X ( A 800V (JilHOuT TtUr J 1 8 AWLS FSB A KX 1 nfl-ClHUGY? 7- V w& ta what rrs J old mah v S X AU. 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Haydn't Nationality Haydn has always been considered" a German, but Rnhran, the village In which he was born, .changed rulers when Germany annexed It, Before then It was Croatian. Ills music lis more of the Slav character about It than Teutonic, but no doubt some of It Is susceptible to German Influence. F ormalUy Little Jean was visiting her small cousin. They were playing and hav Ing a glorious time together when Jean's father came to take her homo. After she had donned her coat and bat, she turned around snd said: "Say, com bark to me, somebody P . . Atomic Entrgy According to the theory of Dr. Rob ert Mllllkan, the cosmic rays which physclsts detect coming to the earth from Interplanetary spare are tha form of energy freed by the break down of atoms In the process of crea tion of new atoms. How Com pa it Worht " Hie compass does not point exactly to the geographical North pole, but to Die magnetic North pole, which Is some distance away from It, Ita an proximate position being 70S degree N. latitude and 00 degrees W. longU tude. How Blood Travtl Assuming the heart to bsat (Bl timet a minute at ordinary heart pressure, the blood courses through the vein at the rule of SOT ) arris In a minute, or seven miles an hour, miles a day, and OIX'O miles a year. Havt Hard Taik To develop the wisdom of serpents while they retain the gullelessness of doves Is the task vhlch faces the re-llglo-mnral ford's If they would aid In the moral regeneration of society. Rlnhold Nlehbuhr. Keeping Up With Juniot On the whole, It's wiser not to stsrt making a pal of the boy till after the boy finishes with periphrastic Latin conjugations and quadratic algcbralo equations. Arkansas Gaxette. Desir Ntvtr Fulfilled Our desire always dlsnppolnt ns; for though we meet with something that gives ui satisfaction, yet It never thnroiiKhly answers our expectation. Rochefoucauld. But They Get the Coconut i It Is sold of native Bumatrans (list they are too buy to climb coconut tree so they train monkey to go up the tree and get the fruit for them. Probably Hot Music -Scientists hiv been able to set fire to wood by sound wsves, produced prohubly by some Jnis band Instru mentNew York Herald Tribune. Orchid Mature Slowly Nearly five yere are required for an orchid plant to mature under glass from a seed and only about one seed In a million produces blossoms. OPERATION NOT NECESSARY KKLTAI.MdCl.lMll lliMfits vsnltti asilcMr ind In I. C. J. Imi naiMwgl. SnsssiiU umim Ilia I ui Minna onrMbiMtri. which MUSttttHMlwh. FMKKIOU tS IlluUrtlad book JsttiSns Hod.,. rT.ntirrisj Pfc V I at am ami m RECTAL X, 9,H f