14A MAIL TRIBUNE, MJforJ, Oregon, Sunday. January IT, 1959
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DON'T MISS PENNEY'S
Stein Book Sold to
Cultist at Profit
Though Gertrude Stein-"A It was disappointing in that
rose is a rose is a rose is a respect. The book, her first, is
rose" - probably confused a a collection of short stories,
higher percentage of her read- and so, as one critic long
ers than any other author, since put it, "it is evidence
there is no question that she that she was capable of an
had a tremendous effect on intelligible style."
writing ' and thinking in the When I told a Stein-enthu-first
half of the 20th century, siast acquaintance about the
How good the effect may buy, not forgetting to men
have been is quite another tion the criticism and how
matter. The subject is an easy precise it was both in accu
one on which to get an argu- racy and understanding, his
ment. Nonetheless, there can reaction was typical,
be no dispute that the extent Gertrude Stein could be
of the effect is considerable, appreciated, he said, only by
and one evidence of it is the the real intelligentsia and lit-,
premium that first editions of erati, not by the pseudo varie
her works command. ty. They didn't deserve to
I was reminded of this re- have her books, and under
cently when I had the good the circumstances he would
luck to find a copy of her be happy to buy my copy at
"Three Lives" at only a dol- what the prevailing price
lar. Because it was a first edi- would be, as determined by
tion. published at New York, the better book stores and
1909, I bought it without hesi
tancy and took it home with
much the same frame of mind
in which one takes home a
puzzle.
WINNING BY 20-14 VOTE, Senator Everett M Dirksen
(111.), is congratulated by Senator John Cooper (Ky.), his
opponent in race for Republican floor leader.
auction records.
I was glad to be insulted in
that way. Three telephone
calls later I was exactly $14
richer.
VICTIM OF INFLATION-AMERICAN HALF PENNY
The California gold rush of consists of the word LIBER
1849 brought a major upset in TY at the top. Beneath it is a
the world economy, and one female head facing to the
of the minor evidences of it is right with a pole over her
that within eight years it shoulder. The pole sticks out
caused the government to sus- behind her head and supports
pend one of its most popular the cap. Beneath the bust is
coins-the half-cent piece. tne date.
Why it did so is that the The design, by, the way
gold rush had the paradoxi- was discontinued the follow-
cal effect of being highly in- ing year for the reason that it
flationary. It sent prices up was felt to be too subversive
with the result that there was It had its origin in the French
no longer any need for the Revolution, and because by
half-cent piece, and so, by then the French Revolution-
1857 the government ceased ary government was doing its
minting them. utmost to upset all other gov-
However, some of these emments and remodel society
half-cents are among the more in general, the pole and cap
worthwhile collector's items, symbol engendered almost as
One in particular that I saw much opposition as we would
recently is a piece that any- have today if one of the polit
one would be happy to find, ical parties urged the ham-
It was one of those issued mer and sickle symbol for
in 1796, the kind showing a our coins.
pole supporting a Liberty cap. Value of the 1796 half-cent
It is not so rare as those that piece with the pole showing
do not show the pole reach- behind the shoulder, is up to
ing into the cap, but it is rare $350, depending on condition
enough. The one in which the pole
The design on the face of does not show as it enters the
the coin is simplicity itself. It cap. is around $50 more.
LACK OF MARKS ON PISTOLS RECALLS ERA
Why would a pistol that the steel was restrained, but
was obviously made by a su- it was on each part, even the
perior gunsmith have no hammer tips and trigger
marks on it to identify the guard.
maker? And, more particu- Though there was no mark
larly, why would that be true of any fond. to indicate its
of a flintlock? origin, a comparison of the
Some pistols made by pjece wjtn pictures of late
American arms plants during jgth anci early 19th century
the Revolution and again aur- dueling pistols auicklv show
ing World War II, have no ed its probable maker. It was
marks to indicate their on- so similar to handguns pro-
gin. In the first case it was duced by either of the Man-
to protect the workers against tons of London, or the famous
reprisals from tne jsriusn in D. Egg, that it was almost cer-
case the later won. in tne sec- tainly made by one of them
end, the purpose was to pro- or Dy one of their ablest
vide no clue to the Axis Pow- WOrkers.
ers as to the origin of the As t(j the absence of identi
arms wmcn we uiiicu tv, fying markg the most likely
resistance fighters. . explanation is that it was
cui uiuU auv-u made during one o tne pe
a. one x mw icuaiujr. " riods wnen dueUing was
Is That So?
By OLGA BURNS
such a beautifully finished
banned under pain of death.
piece that the odds were heav- T.a. har,norw, nBrinHiMiiv'
ily against its having been bgn sometimes bei so
produced m a plant geared jntense that smart arms mak.
for war production. It had erg avoided w b fe
lHU ;""""'; ing tneir names off pistols
nine-inch barrels of browned. were M ifl cased
twis ed steel They were side irsfor duelling.
uy axut; aiiu uicu ujr acyiuait
gooseneck hammers and dou
ble hair triggers.
The stock was of ebony,
nH tho arm was nf tho rhprk-
ered, saw-handle type with a frm 5800 to $1.00
small ivory crest inlaid on
either side. The engraving on
The double barrel pistol by
itself was worth from $200 to
$300. The original pair in its
case would have been worth
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Skin Divers Warned
About Shark Playinq
Ithaca, N. Y.-(Science Serv
ice) Daredevil skin divers
who go up to a shark and
grab it by the tail are invit
ing trouble.
With the increase in the
number of skin divers to
more than 5,000,000 there
has also been an increase in
daredevil behavior, Prof. Per
ry W. Gilbert, of the Cornell
university zoology department
here, warned. Furthermore,
he said, public statements
that sharks are harmless are
"dangerously misleading."
Most species of sharks are
highly unpredictable. Very
little is known about what
attracts them to their prey
and many species will attack
and kill with little provoca
tion. Prof. Gilbert said..
He is chairman of an inter
national panel on shark con-
trol. The group, the American '
Institute of Biological Sci
ences Shark Research Panel,
is seeking basic information
which will enable scientists to
develop an effective repellent.
If the victim of a shark's at
tack is rescued, the most ur
gent need is to stop the bleed
ing. Prof. Gilbert recom
mends. Most victims die of
loss of blood.
"We need to know more,
not only about sharks' behav
ior, but about the relative im
portance of those sense or
gans which guide a shark to
its target," Prof. Gilbert said.
An Englishman named Bar
tholomew Gosnold settled on
Cuttyhunk Island off south
eastern Massachusetts 18
years before the Pilgrims land
ed at Plymouth. However, he
abandoned his colony after
three weeks.
King Henry I of England
died from a surfeit of lam
preys, and the trout with oth
er valuable fish of the Great
Lakes are dying from a sur
feit of lampreys, too.
But while the 'lampreys the
king ate gave him acute in
digestion, the trout the Great
Lakes lampreys eat merely
make them hungrier still. In
fact, since the early 1930's,
these sea eels have pretty
well killed off all the lake
trout, except in Lake Super
ior, and have made such in
roads on the rainbows as to
result in shortened fishing
seasons in the Great Lakes
tributaries.
Hut since the trout is a
wily fish and a fast and pow
erful swimmer, how is that
the lamprey, said to be the
most primitive of back-boned
creatures, can catch him? Ap
parently it is more by speed
than by guile.
The lamprey is able to dart
forward with such power that
he can, make his way up
rapids and over dams by
throwing himself forward bit
by bit to a new point where
he can cling to the rock by
his powerful sucker mouth. In
open water he has been clock
ed at speeds up to 15 miles
per hour, and he has been
found clinging to the sides of
ships, whales and other animals.
How he kills fish is by
fastening himself to his prey,
preferably near the gills. His
round mouth with its rasp
like tongue and over 100
sharp teeth, quickly scrapes
away the skin, and it is then
a simple task for him to suck
out the blood and bits of
flesh. The strength of the
lamprey is such - some of
them reach a length of three
feet that it seems it would
be impossible for a fish to rid
himself of one, and yet they
occasionally do. Both steel
head and shad in the rivers
of northern California have
been captured with scars on
them that unmistakably
showed they had won out. I
Like various other fish, the
sea lampreys enter fresh wa
ter to spawn. Most species die
after laying their eggs. Along
California streams their
bodies have been found by the
hundreds in May and June.
The eggs, as many as 200,000
are laid in scooped-out shal
low nests, and when they
hatch, the larvae - known as
ammocetes - burrow into the
mud or sand where they stay
for three or more years until
the summer or fall in which
they undergo a swift change
in the adult form. Once the
transformation is complete,
they go down to the sea or
lake. :
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Children Release
Car's Hand Brake
Ashland Three small chil
dren escaped serious injury
Thusrday when they released
a station wagon's hand brake
and the vehicle rolled across
one street, travelled 100 feet
and stryck two parked cars,
according to Ashland police.
The vehicle, operated bv
Mrs. Edna Mary Toney, 223
Fifth st., Ashland, had been
parked on Second st. across
from the post office. ;
Parked cars struck were
registered to Fred E. Jones.
607 Fairview st., and Roland
L. Parks, Bandon. Both ve
hicles were damaged slightly,
police said, and Mrs. Toney's
vehicle received considerable
damage to the front end.
Mrs. Toney was cited for
failure to park securely.
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