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Claim Columbus Landed
on Island in Bahamas
The landing place of Christopher
Columbus when he discovered America
Is on an island now known as Watling
island. Watling Island, in the Baha
mas, is so called after one of the nu
merous intrepid British mariners who
crossed the seas to acquire various
lands and luxuries that did not natu
rally belong to them. Columbus, ac
cording to his journal us published by
Las Casas, christened the Island San
Salvador immediately on landing, says
the Detroit News.
The island was originally called
Guanahani by the Arawak Indians,
who Inhabited it at the time of Colum
bus' discovery in 1-192. The Ara wake
are now extinct, except in certain
parts of South America. They were
not a fierce race, but pastoral people
and fishermen at the time Columbus
discovered them. The Caribs, who in
habited Jamaica, were cannibals, mak
ing continual war on their Arawak
neighbors.
Whether San Salvador island "as
the actual landing place of Columbus
has been disputed for many years,
owing to confusing statements in the
Las Casas Journal. But American and
British research has established the
fact that San Salvador is entitled to
the honor of being the first landing
place, for examination of the topog-1
raphy of Watling and its neighboring
isles established its Identity through
the testimony of no less than the dis
coverer, who described the island on
which he landed.
Oldtime Apple Sauce
Lacking in Vitamins
Mother killed a valuable vitamin
when she made apple sauce by the old
recipe, Edward F. Kohman, Walter H.
Eddy and Victoria Carlsson charged In
a joint p. per recently presented before
the American Chemical society. Vita
min C, the vitamin which prevents
scurvy, was the one destroyed.
The experts told how the fruit
should be ‘prepared to preserve this
vital food factor and also prevent
corrosion of cans after cannings, says
the Kansas City Star. AH fruits use
oxygen in a breathing process not un
like the breathing of animals. It Is
this oxygen In the fruit which de
stroys the vitamin and the way to pre
vent the destruction Is to get the oxy
gen out of the apples before the cook
Ing starts.
This can be done by peeling and
quartering the apples and keeping
them overnight under water contain
Ing about one per cent salt. Deprived
of oxygen supply from the air In this
way, the apples use up the oxygen In
their tissues. This drowning of the
.apples saves vitamin C.
Tiger’s Habitat
The tiger does not inhabit Africa.
.It is found in Asia, where it has an
extensive but rather localized distri
bution. Westwardly its range extends
to the lower Euphrates and the south
ern shores of the Caspian; but it does
not occur In Persia south of the El
burz mountains, nor in Beluchistan or
Afghanistan. Northward, it Is to be
found throughout southern Siberia
and Mongolia, eastward In the Amur
valley to the sea of Okhotsk, in Sak
Ihalln ami Japan. The elevated Ti
betan plateau has no tigers. South
■ward the species ranges throughout
• Cldna, Slam, Burma, the Malay penin
sula, Sumatra, Java and Ball, and all
of India, but is unknown In Ceylon.
This Is evidence leading naturalists to
■ conclude that the tiger is a compara
tively recent immigrant into the
South, and not naturally a tropical
epecies.
Her First Experience
A minister’s little daughter was at
tending her first church service, at
which her father presided. On his en
trance, she was greatly surprised, and
cried out in joyful recognition. “Why.
there’s my papa up in that box 1” Moth
er and aunt swooped down upon her
and the little maiden was cautioned
to keep silent. But the service was
long, and the wee worshiper got very
tired. Mother whispered that It would
soon be over, but baby-nature had
reached its limit of endurance. Walk
ing into the aisle, she coaxingly asked,
“Isn’t you nearly done, papa?"—De
troit Free Press.
Land by the Ounce
America's most expensive real es
tate, undoubtedly. Is the soli of New
York city. For instance —
The wife of a banker —the banker
having lately been •‘called’’ to New
York to join the staff of a New York
bank —sought to light up the couple’s
apartment by growing a pot of flowers.
A friend had sent her some bulbs.
From a florist she bought a little pot
—price 25 cents.
“And now,” she said to the florist,
“I’d like to have you fill the pot witli
some nice, rich soli.”
“Lady,” said the florist, “I can sup
ply the soil, all right, but it’ll cost
you twice as much as the pot.”
Only One Solar System
No other system resembling our
solar system Is known to exist. How
ever, there are many double, some
triple, and some quarduple stars; but
unless the smaller members of such
systems are more comparable In size
to the sun than to Jupiter, we have
no means of knowing of their exis
tence. The smallest star whose mass
Is known with fair accuracy seems to
be at least one-eighth as heavy as the
sun, while Jupiter Is less than a
k thousandth as heavy as the sun.
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DR. GEO. S. CLARK ’
He has been one of the most ac
tive members of the Hartwell Board
of Education for several years, and
through his knowledge as a leading
practitioner has been of great bene
fit in cosultation with the other
Board members along health lines,
as well as in every other construc
tive move.
Dr. Clark is a valuable member
of the Board, and his services have
been greatly appreciated.
He has been a member of the
Board for four years, and is now
Vice President of this body.
Holland Cows Always
Well Taken Care 01
Cows In Holland are treated with as
much consideration as human beings.
They have the best of food. Their
sheds are furnished. They even have
overcoats when they go out.
There are lace curtains In the win
dows of many Dutch cowsheds. And
the floors are laid with shining white
tiles, kept spotlessly clean.
Lest her tall should drag in the dirt,
the Dutch cow has it held up by a
neat chain from the roof. Her horns
are scrubbed and polished. She Is
carefully groomed, says a writer In the
London Mail.
As she spends eight months of the
year indoors, perhaps these comforts
are necessary. To lighten the darkness
of winter the cowshed Is provided with
electric light. There Is also some kind
of heating system.
The Dutch spring Is generally very
cold and windy. Therefore, when the
lucky Dutch cow Is turned out to graze
In May she is well wrapped up. The
pampered animal must not catch cold.
Everything, from the shining milk
pails to the beautifully carved milking
stools, is as clean as It is humanly
possible to make It.
There is a farm in Holland where
pigs are kept—and where each pig has
a sort of little bathroom attached to its
sty.
Candles Play Big Part
in Chinese Ceremony
While both domestic-made and im
ported candles are extensively sold in
China, their uses by the Chinese are,
distinct. The Imported candle is pre
ferred for Illumination and It is al
most exclusively used for this pur
pose.
The Chinese-made product, unlike the
foreign candle, which Is usually white,
comes in a variety of shapes, sizes and
colors, red being the most general,
says the Detroit News. The red candle
is used for ceremonial purposes, at
weddings and at other gnla events.
In recent years foreign candles
stained red have been Imported to aid
in filling the demand nt what Is per
haps the world’s greatest candle-burn
ing event, the Chinese New Year.
Those of plain white take their place
in funeral ceremonies at the death of
elderly persons and those of light blue
or green are to be seen at funeral serv
ices held for younger persons.
At weddings candles decorated with
wax flowers are used, as well as others
made Into figures of the dragon and
the phoenix propitious sighs for a
newly married couple. In these the
wick Is made of reeds or grass.
Push Clouds Aside
The fabled performances of the old
woman of the nursery rhyme who was
able to "sweep the cobwebs out of the
sky” has a scientific parallel in the
ability of aviators under some con
ditions to brush small clouds out of
the sky by repeatedly flying through
them. A fair-sized summer cumulus
or fair weather cloud may sometimes
be obliterated by about twenty flights
through it. While there is no ade
quate explanation for this effect, it is
thought to be due to a combination of
the stirring effect of the plane and
especially of the propeller, the carry
ing into the cloud of warmer, unsatu
rated air, and the warming of the air
in the cloud by the compression effect
of the swiftly-moving plane. The
method works only when the clouds
are about stationary In size, and fails
when conditions are such that they
are growing rapidly.
Number of Languages
Living languages number about 800.
This does not Include the thousands
of dialects and “near” languages.
The difficulty tn computing the num
ber of languages in the world Is to
decide just exactly what Is meant by
the word "language." Linguists are
far from being agreed as to when a
form of speech ceases to be a “dia
lect” and becomes a language.
Roughly, the 860 languages are dla
i tributed as follows: Europe, 89;
Asia, 123; AfaUa. 14; America, 117;
islands of the Pacific and Indian
oceans, 417.
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., AUGUST 15, 1924
Problem!
Sunday afternoon—and the Bible
class was over. The teacher was
standing by the door saying good-by to
all the bright little darlings who had
listened so attentively to her dis
course.
“Good-by, Susie I" she said, with a
sweet smile to one small child.
“Good-by, teacher," came the shrill
reply, and then she added with pride:
“It’s my birthday tomorrow!”
“Why,” returned the teacher, “it’s
mine, too!”
The little girl’s face was clouded
with perplexity as site answered:!
“How did you get so much bigger’n '
me?”
Western Mustangs
T f he ponies of the western states. I
the mustangs, are mostly southwestern I
breeds, apparently Moorish in origin. |
coming to this country byway of Mex- |
ico and having been brought over 1
originally by the Spaniards. To these
ponies the term “bronco” is often ap
plied. Many of the small horses at
the present time have been crossed
more or less with the American trotter,
the thoroughbred, or the Arabian :
horses*. These still are known as i
“broncos,” although in recent years
they have been more commonly termed
cow ponies and are used exclusively ,
in herding.
Why He Looked Tired
The head of a large business house
noticed that one of his clerks had been
looking off color for some months, and,
one morning, when he was looking
rather paler thau usual, he tackled j
him on the subject.
“You look tired this morning, i
Jones,” he said kindly. “Don’t you i
sleep well?”
“No, sir,” was the reply. “The fel
low I share a room with and I suffer •
from alternate insomnia.”
“Alternate insomnia! What is
that?”
“Whichever gets to sleep first keeps
the other awake all night!”
Remarkable Mines
Among the most extraordinary j
mines in the world are those at Hib- |
blng and Coleraine, in Minnesota, j
There are to be found the only open
mouthed iron mines to be seen any
where. The iron ore is so close to
the surface that all the railroad had
to do was to lay tracks and back in
and haul out whatever ore it pleased.
It is unusual to find metals og other
valuables of nature close to the sur
face. The diamond and ruby mines
furnish exceptions. The commoner
minerals are often burled deepest.
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A loafer’s idea of happiness is
nothing to do and lots of time to
do it in.
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