The Dahlonega nugget. (Dahlonega, Ga.) 1890-current, June 22, 1928, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIgNmHMMi IB - < 'V MR r> 1 ■ u 1^<7 **»<"»' i±f wmmm /*y Gocd Advertising Medium. Devoted to Local, Mining and General Information. $1.50. Per Annum Vol 40—No. 20 D AH LON EG A, GA., FRIDAY jUNE 22. 1928. \V. B. TOWNSEND, Editor and Fro Bril “ROCK BOUND” Use of Cardui Helped to Relieve Suffering. "I have taken Cardui and havo found it a very helpful medicine,” says Mrs. Minnie Rocher, of Lynn Haven, Fla. “After n course of Oardui, I felt like I had been made over. “For a while I suffered with bad pains in my back i*nd sides. At times, these would distress me so I would seem past going. “We had known of Oar dui in our family for a long time, so I thought I would try taking it,. I soon began to improve. I grew strong and well, and was able to resume my house hold duties without the least inconvenience.” Cardui is a mild, harm less extract of valuable medicinal herbs. Try it. Say Animals Crawled in for Hibernation. Pi. 6? fllP lt?MS lliefjg Used By Wetness For Over 50 Yearn FOR SALE : I11 Dahlonega, on main residential street, throe acres with frontage of 210 feet on Park Street and about 000 feet on side street. Will sell in one piece or divide into lots. OAl’T. W. A. 11EYDEN, Pox K, Dahlonega. G. H. McGUIRE DAHLONEGA. GA. Kepairs watch. 7 ..., clocks, pianos, or- ans, sewing machines, Jewelry, &c.,. Next to Burns’ Barber Shop. r REUSING CLUB. i Wo have enstaUed a Dry Gleaning Machine and are able to give you first class work. For Dry Cleaning 85c. Scrubbed and Pressed 00c. , Hats blocked and cleaned 65 cents. Mail orders given special atten tion. ABEE & JOHNSON. For Cq.pgrc.ss. 'To‘the Voters-of the Ninth Dis- ! trict: In announcing my candidacy for the Democratic nomination for election to the list Congress, I desire to express my gratitude to the people for their continued confidence, and J. sincerely trti'-t I may receive the unanimous vote of the people at the ensuing pri- ■lnary. I shall employ my entire time and endeavors in the interest ‘ of the people indivhlually'and col- j lectively, as I have tried to do in ; the past. i May I express the hope that ev ery qua.ified voter, bot,!i male hand female, will cast their ballot for me this time regardless of their attitude in the >past. To re ceive (ill lha votes cast will cn- eourago me greatly in my efforts for the people and I will try to do my duty to everybody, i My fondest hopes are and my mest cherished ambition is to pialce myself worthy of the confi dence of the people I so much ap preciate. I tlial! visit all the counties be fore the election. Sincerely yours, Thom M. Belt,. Who Invented the Wheel? i The discovery of the wheel is lost In 'antiquity. Crude forms of it were in use already at Iho dawn of civiliza tion. Egyptian and Assyrian chariots .usually had wheels" containing six 'spokes, according to Inscriptions on ancient monuments. The Romans made ! wheels with four, six and eight spokes. Many historians regard the discovery of tiie principle of the wheel as the first significant mechanical discovery of civilization after the discovery of ! the lever principle. Washington.—The possibility of a toad living for many thousands of years incased in rock, ns might be inferred from the reported discovery of a toad at Frederick, Okla., in pleis tocene rocks some seven hundred fifty thousand years old, Is discounted by scientists and the records in scien tific literature. Many times each year there arc re ported discoveries of toads, frogs and other such animals incased in rocks so far burled and so solid that the farmer or workman unearthing the animal feels sure that It must have been thcVo when the rocks were formed. Hut the most provable ex planation given by scientists is that the animal had been in a torpor for only a relatively short time and that its oueyance of the autumnal instinct by creeping down Into the earth away from the cold above had led it by some small unobserved hole or crack into the place where it Is found. Frog3 Kept Sixteen Months. Frogs, closely related to toads, were kept for sixteen months in u state of torpor during the experiments of a French scientist, Cliossat, who pub lished Ills results In 18-13. Periods of acute Inanition, as the condition is scientifically termed, usually last only from fall to spring, and it is nature’s method of keeping such colu-blooded creatures alive during the time when the weather is too cold oil the surface and there is nothing for them to eat. Sucli animals are believed not uncom monly to lie in such a state for ten months to a year. The strange and interesting condi tion into which such cold-blooded ani mals &ink Is quite different from the true hibernation of the hedgehog, hat and a few other mammals. All vital .functions are at a minimum, the mouth, eyes and nostrils are stiut, breathing is through the skin, and the heart heats very, very slowly and feebly. The temperature of the body sinks with the lowering of the surroundings hut, provided the blood does not begin ‘to freeze, the creature is able to ;emerge vigorously in the spring, hun gry but fit and rested. Place of Human Diecoverles. 'l’lio place of discovery of the Okla homa toad, now at the Museum of Natural History at Denver, Is of sci entific interest because of the evi dences of early -man in America that are claimed to have been found there. Arrowheads and primitive grinding Implements wore unearthed in the Frederick (Okla.) gravel pits in strata ofia Hie lee age that geologists pro nounce twenty-five thousand to one million years old. Most anthropolo gists nro unwilling lo concede that this continent was Inhabited before the Indians came from Asia 8,000 to 25,000 years ago. Investigation of the Eastland (Tex as) horned toad that was said to have been placed iu a cornerstone thirty- one years ago and resurrected alive a short time ago will be reported shortly to the scientific journal Science byl'rof. Willis G. Ilowutt of the Texas ■Christian university. After an ex amination of the external features of the animal, he concluded that it was a perfecily normal specimen which hud undergone winter hibernation, it was probably an old one, for the horns about the head region were consider ably worn and the right hind leg had been broken hut healed. Otherwise It appeared no different from a normal horned toad at this season of the voar. Royalty Had Eye to Saving the “Bawbees” The collection of books made by the late King Leopold 1 of Belgium is extremely valuable. A French writer tolls of how Leopold, hearing that n particular book lie desired was In the possession of a small dealer in n poor quarter of Paris, set out to obtain It at the lowest price possible, for Leo pold counted with care every penny ho spent on Ills hobby and part of tbe pleasure It afforded him, according to a writer in tho New York Herald* Tribune, was tho getting of a valu able volume nt a low figure. This par ticular book was a French transla tion mnde In the Sixteenth century of n Latin work by a writer named Cretaeus, written about 200 A. D. When Leopold arrived in Paris he clad himself in the attire of a man of tlie working class, called on the deal er and bought the book for a few francs. But coining back to the hotel where ho was staying the Icing was robbed of his purchase. Some years later, when in Vienna, he saw tho book on a dealer’s shelf. The price asked for it was $150 and after much bargaining Leopold paid the money. It does not appear clear why ho should have been so eager to obtain this particular volume, for from lime to time he obtained far more valuable nnd Interesting ones. Prisoner Had Brief Hours of Pleasure A truly Gilbert Inn situation Is de scribed by Francis Carlin, Into super intendent at Scotland Yard, In Ids "Reminiscences of an ex- Detective.” Mr. Carlin was once sent to New York to take back to England n well- known absconding lawyer. They re- i turned on the Cedric. The relations between Mr. Carlin and Ills prlsonVr wore perfectly friendly on the voyage, and no one on board even suspected tho truth. The lawyer, most popular with pas sengers, was constantly In demand lo organize deck games. On each occa sion he went quietly to Mr. Carlin nnd Inquired If he would mind. ! “Certainly not,” the detective told him. Then came the Inevitable ship’s con cert. The lawyer was Invited to take \ the chair. “Of course my uncle will act ns chairman," halted in Carlin, “and fill slug you n song.” j “And an excellent chairman my prisoner made,” said Carlin. “He was accustomed to preside over meetings. ] lie made a most tolling speech on be half of the seaman’s charity, nnd then went on to announce the turns—in cluding my own, and to give the audi ence an interest In each.” The lawyer got five years when he arrived home.—Kansas City Star. Cllfr Dweller Rattle Uncovered by Boy Mesa Verde, Colo.—The finest spec imen of a rat lie belonging to tho an cient cliff dwellers ever found in Mesa Verde national park lias just been discovered by Doric Nusbaum. fifteen-year-old son of the park super intendent. The rattle and other pre historic relics found with it have been presented to the park museum by their finder. 'fhe rattle was found in all prob ability exactly ns it was left by some oil(T dweller eight to twelve centuries ago. it is considered remarkable that so fragile a specimen, composed of ililn gourd rind, could have survived so long a time. The rnltle consists of two disks ot gourd, about three and a half indies In diameter, cut and rubbed down to fit perfectly together. Yuccn fiber was used to fasten the two halves ol the rattle nnd the noise was pro duce I by small sandstone pebbles In the hollow ease. Tho handle of thr ift th» was a stick of mountain ma hogany. More V/ays Than One to Take Nourishment When a person Is suffering from u throat or mouth wound, or some trouble tlint prevents him from eating, it may be possible, In the future, to feed him through the skin. That adequate nourishment can be obtained in this manner has been proved after a year's experiments by an Austrian doctor. At present arti ficial feeding is practiced in two ways: injections Into the blood and injec tions into the digestive tract. As food thus given is not completely absorbed, neither method is satisfactory. This new discovery is, therefore, of great importance. The digestive or gans can be rested for long periods while the patient keeps up hi3 strength nnd body heat by tbe nour ishment absorbed through tbe skin. A mixture of fat, protein, sugar, and (lie necessary vitamines in a concen trated form will constitute the oint ment with which the patient will be massaged. Brain Weight Unimportant Whether a person’s brain becomes larger niter intellectual development is still a disputed question. Smith Eky JeiilTe, an authority on the subject, says: “Weight of brain, however, lias no direct relationship with intel ligence, ns idiots’ brains are known to have weighed just as much as those of the ablest men. Intellectual ca pacity consists in tho great multi plicity of nerve cell connections. While it Is true that a number of cele brated men of recognized brain power have had larger brains, there are many more of equal capacity wiiose brain weights have not been remark able." Wild Creatures Able to Foretell Danger In addition to tbe five senses human beings enjoy, St seems that nnlmnls nnd birds have one that enables them to divine a little of the future and what it holds for them. The saying, "Rats will leave a sink ing ship,” Indicates a strange fore knowledge on the part of these cre- fiuros. Fish, birds, nnd animals are Invari ably true weather prophets. Sea-birds know in some curious wny when a storm is approaching. Though tli6 weather is fine and the sky gives no warning of a coming storm, they ura moved by some common Impulse to make their way inland. Wild geese will also fiy from the approach of a Thunderstorm. Ants will desert their nests, taking their babies with them, 24 hours be fore the outbreak of a forest tire. Rabbits will leave burrows made in low-lying ground before a fiood oc curs. They have some weird premoni tion which forces them to seek higher ground before the danger is upon them. Pyrenesan Farms Laid Out out Small Scale In (ho little pocket-like valleys of the Pyrenees Hie soil is black nnd rich, though it lias been In use for many centuries. Tho farmers know the value of their land nnd lliey cher ish every foot of it. They keep It built up by constant fertilizing, mulch ing, compost lug, cultivation and crop rotation. But what great odds they have to labor against ! Our America.a farmers would hardly have such farms as n gift. Here we come to n little farm where a man is plowing with a yoke of oxen and a very crude plow, just as in Bible tithes. Again wo see tin ox and n cow yoked together, for tills farmer can’t afford n pair of oxen. There goes a man who lias borrowed a plow of n neighbor, nnd It Is so light that he i.s carrying it on ids boulder. As wo view Die slopes from somo height., I lie country }ool;s like a piece of patchwork. The farms In the big valleys of course arc much belter than the hill farms. Cow paths nnd sheep paths make n network against the velvety gray-green of the pastures. Sheepfolds built of rails, and small bjirns of stone, nro found on (lie sum mits, to furnish the sheep protection at night or in bad weather. Some of tbe shepherds carry a blue umbrella strapped to their back in case It storms. J Women nnd children nro helping to bring In the liny. Often it is done up in canvas so it can lie loaded on the back of n donkey. Tbe fields are in closed by walls of stone or fences made of saplings or twisted twigs.— Pathfinder Magazine. BCSi CA 'fSs&if ( > AA tep'Ci Vji&f/v 4 ' 1 ! lifoi Air! Other Common Troubles Helped by Black-Draught. “I think we owe.the re markable healthy record of our family to thcT use of Black-Draught.,” says Mrs. J. H. Luther, 514 W. Bel knap St., Ft. Worth, Tex. “I was suffering from an attack of indigestion. Somebody recommended Black-Draught to mo, and I got some and tried it. I felt so much better, af ter I had taken it, that I used it the next time I was sick, and then the next. I soon found it to be a dependable medicine to use for my family. “Whenever the children had colds, or an upset stomach, I treated them with Black-Draught.” Sold everywhere; 25c.. Thedford’s Of Coarse She Could Have Anything—but Use for Spiders’ Threads Miss F. Watts of Tatsfield, England, keeps a colony of spiders. As they spin tlioir fine silky threads for her, she winds these upon cards for use In the seiehtific instruments manufac tured by her brothers. Although the scratch of a diamond is thick by com parison with the tenuous threads she handles, some of these, such ns those Intended for fixing the center of range-finders and microscopes, must be split four times. This task Is car ried out under a high-power micro scope nnd requires rare steadiness ot hand. “Unpardonable Sin” Theologians differ as to the exact nature of the unpardonable sin, which is the sin against «lie Holy Spirit. In Matthew J2:31, 32, Jesus says: ("Wherefore ! say unto you, All man ner of sin nnd blasphemy shall lie forgiven unto men but the blasphemy against (lie Holy Ghost shall not be ■forgiven unto men. And whosoever ispeaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosover speaketh against the Iloly Ghost, It shall not be forgiven him, neither In this world, nor In the world to come.” Tbe context indicates that the unpardonable sin consists of denying out of pure malice the divine character of works manifest^ divine. —l’atbUnder Magazine. His Turn Next A farmer walked into the bank, sought out the credit manager, and proceeded to apply for a $1,000 loan. After the Interview had been In progress for some Mile time, and it appeared that the loan was going through, the farmer said: “Well, Mr. Credit Manager, suppose nt the end of six months tills note •perspires' nnd I cm unable to repay you, what then?" “In that -event," replied the banker quickly, “we'd make you sweat for’It." Canal Built in Miuair The reclamation authorities resorted to a novel expedient In the building of a canal along tbe side of a moun tain at Yakima, Wash. Down in the valley below there was plenty of water, sand, and gravel, all the essentials, In fact, needo' for con- erete. Up the mountain side, 500 feet higher, none of those essentials was available. Accordingly, the engineers decided to mold the concrete sections for the canal lining in the valley and hoist them into position. A trolley was rigged from the volley up the mountainside and by this means the concrete sections of canal lining, 'molded down below, were hoisted in to place. The Awful Truth Two faces were close together, Hie | man’s grim, tense; the other face was | small and white, with two slender hands pressed tightly against it It | was liiose frail hands that riveted the I man's horrified gaze. ‘Heavens!” lie said, still staring; | and In Ids voice was hopeless, stark tragedy, for that other lace was the face of Ids watch, and those little hands told him that lie had missed lhe last train home. Faith in Dog’s Judgment A lady In London has two dogs (de ■cidedly not thoroughbreds), who have •been her constant companions for years. She makes n point of having them In the room with her whenever she engages a new member of her servant staff. She says she is able to judge the character and disposition of tbe person much more easily by tin dogs’ attitude, and has never knowi their sagacity to be at fault. Essentials for Girls Girls should lie taught, above all how to dance and to sew. Then tliej will linow what to do with botti tlieli hands and tlielr feet.—Woman’s Hoint Companion, It must have been her birthday. Tbe young couple stood before the jewelry counter of a downtown store, looking over Hie stock that ranged from diamonds to cuff pins. “Now, dear," lie was beard to say to Ids fair companion, ‘‘this is your present, so anything you want I will get. You pick it out and I liny it; ttint’s all there i.s to it. Just look everything over and then tell me what it will be." She beamed on him. Could any thing in the world be sweeter? Her eyes left bis face nnd went Iinck to tho trays of Jewelry. Suddenly, with a gasp of delight she held up a fragile; string of beads. "Oil, Harry, look I Could I have tills? I just love it,” she exclaimed. Harry, thus addressed, looked it over beneath .drawn brows. "Well, now I don’t know, Mary,” he answered slowly. “I really don’t think you would care for that. You would probably break it first tiling. Those beads don’t last long. Let’s look down tlie line farther and see if you don’t find something you would really like.” —Indianapolis News. 39 For Constipation, Indigestion, Biliousness C-48ai 'POTATO BLIPS. . i* We will have fresh potato slips at Gainesville every day on square. Green Mountain Farm. Waxtbl—Man with car to sell com plete line quality Auto Tires and Tubes. Exclusive Territory. Expe rience not necessary. Salary $300.00 per month. Milestone RojsberCompaky East Liverpool, Ohio. FOR SALE. A fine thoroughbred male ox, 2 vents old past. If interested ap ply to A. W. Anderson. Dahlonega, Route 2. Dalilom & MliUitu Uns Line. Leave Dahlonega .7 130 A. M. Leave Dahlonega 4 F. M. RETURN. Leave Atlanta 7:30 A. M. Leave Atlanta 8 P. M. Best cars. Careful Drivers PRINCETON HOTEL 1 Bus Station 17 North Forsyth St. Sh.p F RE 1) .1 O N E S, Dahlonega. Consistency of Nature Nature Is always consistent, though she feigns to contravene her own laws. Site keeps her laws and seems to transcend them. She arms nnd equips an animal io find Its place and living J11 the earth, and at tho same time she arms nnd equips another ani mal to destroy It. Space exists to divide creatures, l.mt by clothing tbe skies of a bird with a few feathgrs she gives him a petty 6lii7iTpres£hc5. The direction is forever onward, but (lie artist still goes back for materials and begins again with the first ele ments on tho most advanced stage; otherwise all goes to ruin. If wo look at her work, we seem to catch a glance of n systwe of transition.— Emerson. • . AT DAWSON VI LLL. Fiddling by John Carson and Prof. J. A. Anderson, who wijl put on a musical entertainment Saturday night June 23rd, 1928 — singing and fiddling. Also Ilo- sey Lee Carson will put on a buck and wing dance, and banjo pick ing, who holds the championship of both. r a l//easel Fights Pests The weasel, whose white winter coat forms Hie ermine of commerce, Is found In various forms from the Arc- ties to the Tropics, says Nature Magazine. It would seem us If na ture bad I11 mind a machine for keep ing in check the hordes of mice and other rodents time without some re straining agency -would devastate the earth, for tho weasel has been evolved in a variety of sizes, the smallest «ol which traverse with*ense the’burrows of tho lesser mice, while the largest approach In size Hie mink and mar ten, uiul prey on larger species. The Rain Gauge 1 : The earliest rain measure, or gnugO, was first used in Korcu, in the Fif teenth century. Galileo, Sir Chris topher \Vyr9n jnd others expcr£iypiitejJ wffh measures, but the first gauge ot which there is any authentic descrip tion was made in England by a Mr. Hooke in 1G93. r. ’ 1 The rain was collected by means of a runnel Into a flask, weighed, and the weight converted Into Inches—a differ ent method. It was not until 1891 that the late G. J. Symons designed a satis factory pattern of gauge. In Ills “storm” gauge an Inch of rain Is represented by 24-inch in tho tube. Floats make reading easy. If one tube fills it overflows and registers accu rately in the second, | “Lvoof” There is one tiling harder to under stand in Lwow ihiin (lie Hebrew, Po lish, German, Italian and Russian heard on its streets—the pronuncia tion of the city’s name. Most of us wmiiTl pronounce the “L” end follow It up by a welt emphasized “wow.” But the Holes wilt toil you to press your tor; in- to the roof of your mouth and say “I.’’ as v.-e do. then forcefully bit- Ing th • lower lip-vi i fhe upper teeth, to ray "viint" H-vHiri).- Going Into Detail A certain gentleman who bought a house as close to the station as he could possibly get It soon repented of bis choice. The following is a letter lie wrote to tbe railway company complaining about the noise made bj shunting op erations throughout the night: • "Gentlemen, why must your engines ding and dong and fizz and spit and punt and grate and grind and puff and bump and chug aud boot nnd toot and whistle and wheeze onu jar and jerk and snarl and slam and throb and roar and rattle and yell nnd smoke and smell aud shriek all tbe uiglit long?” —Exchange. f-j

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The Dahlonega nugget. (Dahlonega, Ga.) 1890-current, June 22, 1928, Image 1