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Ocean Waves Trifles
to Those of the Air
it is rather startling to learn, and
from high scientific authority, too, that
we fire living most of the time sub
merged In waves to which the greatest
waves of the ocean are mere ripples
In point of size. When a current of
air blows across a water surface water
waves are produced, and when a cur
rent of air blows across a surface of
quiet air, or air having a different mo
tion from the first current, then air
waves are produced.
These atmospheric waves, we are
assured, have all of the phenomena
of water waves —troughs, crests, foam,
breakers and spray—but since the
qualities of air and water are so differ
ent the air waves have dimensions
over 2,500 times those of the corre
sponding water waves.
Thus the great ocean waves of per
haps twenty-five feet height would
have atmospheric counterparts extend
ing upward a distance of ten or twelve
miles above the earth's surface.
The undulating movement of such
air waves accounts in part for the in
termlttent gusts of wind which we
notice so frequently in storms. —Wash-
ington Star.
Little Reverence for
Long-Dead Statesmen
The Pantheon is visited nowadays
under conditions which seem decidedly
lacking in the respect due to the mem
ory of great men. You pay a franc to
get inside the building, and for 50
centimes more you can join an as
sembly of trippers for a visit to the
crypts In the wake of a guide who ap
pears to be on very familiar terms
with the distinguished dead buried
there, says Paris Figaro.
The aforesaid guide will rather dis
dainfully show you the basement
where not less than forty statesmen
of the first empire sleep. The other
day he pointed out the tomb of Zola,
Jaures and Carnot, and an English
woman In the party asked If she
might go into one of the tombs. To
this the guide replied carelessly that
It really was not worth while, as she
could see all these fellows at the
Musee Grevin, "where they’re all life
size and made of wax."
Feu> “White” Buffaloes
In the old days Indians cherished
the white buffalo robe as almost be
yond price.
In 1832 or 1833 the Mandans, says
the Pittsburgh Sun, hearing that the
Blackfeet at the mouth of the Yellow
stone bad a white buffalo robe, sent a
delegation with eight horses and with
trading goods the 200 milt's to procure
the robe if possible.
The delegation left the horses and
the goods and returned afoot with the
robe. This was consecrated to the
Great Spirit ami hung upon a pole,
out of touch, as powerful medicine.
It is said that not one in 100,000
buffalo was white. Even at that, the
color was likely to be a yellowish
white, and the robe was known by the
plainsmen a* a "buckskin" robe. The
pure white robe scarcely existed.
Basilicas
The name “Basilica" was given In
ancient Koine to buildings used as
meeting places for business men, ami
as courts of justice. A basilica con
sisted of a long central hall or nave,
■with aisles, the aisles being separated
from the nave by pillars supporting
the roof. At the end of the nave, op
posite the entrance, was a raised plat
form, or dais, with seats for the
judges. To give additional space there
was sometimes added at this farther
end, a semicircular structure called an
apse After the Introduction of Chrls
tinnty, basilicas were very generally
converted Into churches, and thus it
1R that the form of the modern cathe
dral Is derived from the undent
Roman basilica. —Kansas City Star.
Patriotic American
The pledge to the American flag that
is used in most of our schools is at
tributed to James P. Upham, a Boston
publisher, who In 1888 suggested its
use In the schools. The Idea was
adopted by the National Education as
sociation, which persuaded congress to
urge It to the attention of President
Harrison, who, by proclamation of
July 21, 1802, naming October 12 as a
holiday In commemoration of the four
hundredth anniversary of the landing
of Columbus In the New world, sug
gested the pledge to the flag be re
cited by the pupils and the ting raised
over etery school house.
Testing the Pay Envelope
A writer in a recent number of
Printers Ink asks this question. In sub
stance: "Would you rather receive
*2OO a month and know you were
worth more than receive S3OO with a
sinking conviction In your heart that
by the standard of wages paid to
Others you were being overpaid?"
There are probably quite as many peo
ple overpaid in the business world as
there are those who are underpaid.
When business slumps the overpaid
ones are headed for a fall; the under
paid ones keep what they get and per
haps a little more.
Offered Congress Home
The first fiscal proposal received by
congress looking to the location of the
seat of government came from Kings
ton, N. Y„ the state legislature hav
ing, on March 14, 1783, authorized the
trustees of the township of Kingston
to grant to congress "a sufficient quan
tity of land within the said township
to secure to congress a place of rest
dence adequate to their dignity.”
Seals and Tuna Fish
Have Hiding Placet
There is a mystery surrounding the
fur seal which has never been solved.
No one has ever been able to discover
where they go In winter. No one has
yet been able to make a record of
their hiding place.
All that is known, says the Minne
apolis Tribune, Is that on the islands
of St. Paul and St. George, in Alaska,
the seals begin to appear about the
end of April or the first of May and
toward the latter part of August or in
the first weeks of September they dis
appear as strangely und mysteriously
as they came. In this respect they
are not less puzzling to scientists than
the huge schools of tuna fish which
appear and disappear from the waters
of southern California regularly each
year.
Tuna fish have been caught, marked
and turned loose, with the hope that
some of them might be caught in oth
er waters during the winter months,
but so far none of them has been cap
tured. A similar method of marking
seals would do no good, for they are
never seen during the winter months.
Years ago the seals numbered 5,000,-
000 or more, where today they may be
counted only up to four or five hun
dred thousand. Yet even in the days
when they were most numerous, their
habit of disappearing suddenly with
out leaving a trace of their where
about* und as suddenly reappearing
after an absence of several months
was just as mysterious as it is today.
Paris Bank Messenger
Needs No Armed Guard
The Paris bank messenger wears a
cocked hat witli an air of dignity. His
coat Is liberal In cut and you can see
the big brass buttons on It glittering
in the sunshine quite a long way off.
A brass plate over bls heart bears a
number and under his arm he carries
a leather satchel attached to a big
chain secured about his waist.
There is an air of prosperity about
him. He is of liberal proportions and
plants his feet firmly. He Inspires con
fidence and we might trust our for
tune to his keeping and still sleep
peacefully at night.
We meet him often in the busy
morning near the opera pursuing his
steadfast way along the crowded pave
ment. He,» least of anyone, is in a
hurry. He Is picturesque, slow and
sure. And that we feel we may con
fide our treasure to him Is due not to
the chain of shining steel with which
he grapples it. nor his glittering but
tons, nor the brazen number on his
breast, but he is secure, inviolate be
cause he is fantastic, nnd treasure
walks the streets unguarded save by
the fantasy of a glorious cocked hat.—
From the Continental Edition of the
London Mail.
When Poachers Flourished
As a profesßion, poaching has fallen
off greatly In Great Britain. A hun
dred years ago the nights between the
harvest and hunters' full moons were
the nights of the poachers' delight, and
there would be a steady flow of game,
not killed by shot, to the cellars of
dealers in country towns, to the coun
try Inns, and to the boxes of such
coachmen and guards and country car
rlers as were willing to do a little
business in handling game. A hundred
year-old record shows that no fewer
than four-and fifty poachers were shel
tered in Lewes jail at one time. There
were poachers in every town and vil
lage, hence the threatening notices,
“Beware of Mantraps,” still often to
be seen In British woodlands.
Fires in Forests
It Is not practicable to equip forests
with lightning rods. No remedy is now
In sight for disastrous forest tires due
to lightning, such as have occurred on
a vast scale in the western states dur
ing the last season, says Nature Mag
azine of Washington. When lightning
strikes a tree tiie ordinary result Is to
splinter the wood or strip off bark
through the sudden generation of
steam. In the great majority of cases
the tree Is not set on fire. Neverthe
less the aggregate number of forest
fires started by lightning is, in many
parts of the country, greater than the
number due to all other causes com
bined.
Paper in Farming
A 50 per cent Increase In the pineap
pie crops of the Hawaiian islands has
been accomplished by use of broad
strips of brown paper that completely
cover the soli around the plants. The
paper smothers the weeds, thereby
leaving all the nourishment for the
plants, which force their way up
through the covering. Also, tfle papei
protector conserves the moisture ii
the soil. The waste fibers of sugar
cane, once considered valueless, art
used for making the paper. Seventy
five thousand rolls of It at a coat ot
$200,000 are used yearly to cover the
3,500 acres of pineapple plantations ir
the islands.
At Last
How often the wild rose has move<
its first flame along the skirts of horn
beam hedge or beech thicket, or the
honeysuckle begun to unwind her pale
horns of ivory and moongold, and yet
across the furthest elm-tops to tin
south the magic summons of the
cuckoo has been still unheard In the
windless aiud>er dawn, or when, as ir
the poet's tale, the myriad little liand>
of twilight pull the shadows out of tin
leaves and weave the evening dark
But when the cry of the plover i»
abroad we know that our welcome
spring is come at last. —Fiona Maeleod
in "Where the Forest Murmurs."
THE HARTWELL SUN, HARTWELL, GA., APRIL 3, 1925
FLAT SHOALS
The many friends of Mrs. John
B. Partain of this commounity were
greatly shocked when they heard of
her death. She being at the home
, of her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Elrod, at
I Hartwell, to spend the week, this de
, voted wife and mother and a much
beloved friend of all who knew her.
j She leaves a husband and nine chil
dren to mourn her departure, hus
band: Mr. John B. Partain; daughters,
Mesdames Quiley Herring, Emory
Sanders, Henry Ankerick, Henry
; Weaver, J. P. Elrod, Miss Ada Par
i tain; son, J. 8., Jr., Harold and Roy.
I We extend to these bereaved ones
our sympathy.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Shiflet and
daughter, Miss Minnie, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. James Sanders.
Miss Myrtice Cleveland spent the
I week-end with Miss Opal Shiflet.
Miss Myra Sanders visited her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Matt
Scott of Hartwell Saturday night.
Mrs. Patty Adams visited Mrs. j
: Cornell a while Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Martin dined
with Mr. and Mrs. Penie Culpepper
one day recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Sanders spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Sibley Sanders.
Lester, Jr., the little infant of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Bailey that died at
their home near Hartwell Saturday
morning was tenderly laid to rest
in the cemetery at this place Sunday
morning at eleven thirty. We sym
pathize with this bereaved father and
mother in the loss of their dear little
baby.
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PLAY AT BOWERSVILLE
“My Irish Rose,” a comedy-drama
of Irish life in three acts, to be given
at Bowersville high school audito
rium, by Duncan high school, Friday,
April 3rd, 8:00 o’clock. Admission
15 and 25 cents.
Characters Represented.
Colum McCormack, a prosperous
Irish farmer—Houston Cheek.
Maurice Fitzgerald, a rich young
Dublin artist—Gradys Floyd.
Terry Creigan, McCormack’s nep
hew, a young Irish patriot in exile—
Jasper Floyd.
Mr. Archibald Pennywitt, a wealthy
tourist—Allen Phillips.
Mr. Michael Pepperdine, a Dublin
barrister—J. C. Thompson.
Shawn McGilley, the laziest man
in Kildare—Clifford Shiflet.
Mary Ann McCormack, Colums
sister—-Thelma Casey.
Widow Hannigan, with money in
the bank and an eye on Colum —
Curtist Hendrix. x
Eileen Fitzgerald, a Dublin heiress
—Mabel Strickland.
Lady Agnes Barricklow, who hesi
tates at nothing—Rozelle Gables.
Pegeen Burke, a servant on the
McCormack farm—Sallie Mae Floyd.
Rose Creigan,A wild Irish rose—
Arlie Burnett.
Time of playing—two hours.
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Tuesday, April 7, 1925, 10 A. M.
Bowersville Hotel
And Furniture
Also 44 acres of land in the corpor
ate limits of Bowersville, sub-divided
into Business and Residence Lots
and Small Acreage.
Property of Mrs. Jennie Weaver
The Hotel is 40 yards of Depot. Acreage prop
erty starts there. This property will be sold on
this date to the highest bidder regardless of
price offered.
TERMS:—One third cash, balance in one and
two years.
Band Concert Ladies Invited
Oglesby Realty Auction Co.
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