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Seemingly immune to pain
Australian Aboriginals Suffer Little
Inconvenience From tven the
Most Severe Injuriee,
The sight of their ord blood will
,a#nd Australian aboriginals into hy»
t'jrlcs, writes a correspondent in the
Australian Bulletin, but I am con
vineed they feel little or no pain *rom
even the severest iftiury. On one oc*
casion, when dragging a y».*ung girl
from a shark that had her foot in its
jaws, she looked up end remarked
casually, “Mine link it dat shark been
tak it mine foot:" The sight of
blood up«”.t her for a wh.ie, but a
few hour- inter she was GaMt-g
euGhre ^ith the res: of the CRmp. The
v. uLaer Is that wounded blacks don t
m or c- otter, bleed to deeth. for they
tak bo -peclal means to prevent it.
Tit most ".proved method used to be
to cover tie wound thickly with fine
KS’ grove Ksh, and over thnt a layer
of t amp c ‘i - . which was not removed
for *ever* days. 1 never »aw them
\ves a a wt md, their theory being that )
the blood heals the wound. In iater
yea *s ti ey all learned to go to a doc¬
tor whtn njured, but thirty or forty
yea *s ago one saw dreadful deform!- i
ties re-su ing from accidents anu
fight*. Oi tracer's island in the *ev- j
•nt es the e v as a man who»e leg had .
been brokt i in two places below the
knee. Neither fracture had knitted.
and he was a most grotesque object
to neet. The doctors wanted to mend
him, hut he kept out of the way. An¬
other case was an old woman whose
arn had >een broken between the
wrist and elbow, She used to pry
the hones ^ne against the other, and
she could give a terrible blow with the
loose hand.
BEAUTIFUL LAND OF HOLLAND
Oliver Goldsmith's Description of
Dutch Country as True Today
as When He Wrote IL
“In winter, when their canals are
frozen, every house is forsaken, and
all people are on the Ice; sleds drawn
by horses, and skating, are at that
time the reigning amusements,” Oliver
Goldsmith wrote of the Dutch. “They
have boats here that slide on the ice,
and are driven by the winds. When
they spread all their sails they go
more than a mile and a half a minute,
and their motion is so rapid the eye
can scarcely accompany them. Their
ordinary manner of traveling is very
cheap and very convenient; they sail
ln covered boats drawn by horses ; and
ln these you are sure to meet people
of all nations. Here the Dutch slum¬
ber. the French chatter, and the Eng¬
lish play cards. Any man who likes
company may have it to hla tafcte. For
my part I generally detached myself
from all society, and was wholly tak¬
en up in observing the face of the
country. Nothing can equal its beauty;
wherever I turn my eye, fine houses,
elegant gardens, statues, grottos, vis¬
tas, presented themselves; but when
you enter their towns you are charmed
beyond description.”
Chinese Musical Instrument.
The characteristic musical instru¬
ment. of the Chinese is a series of
f amboo tubes, the longest of which
measures about nine Inches, and of
which t’:e remainder diminish in
length at a regular ratio, eRch being
just two-’l irds the length of the one
before. T ils arrangement was devised
t y the C inesQ—they say, by the Em¬
peror il aang-Ti—on the following
principle: Between heaven and earth
the -e is perfect harmony. Now, the
itu: iber three is the emblem of heaven
am. tvo of earth. If then two pipes
or tube* 1." made in the proportion of
three to vo, they will harmonize in
tone as perfectly ns earth and heaven.
So the base tube of the Instrument
wa i made nine Inches long and the
second two-thirds that length, or six
inches. Ct course, tha third lias to he
two-thirds the length of the second,
or four lr ebes; and so on. The result
wai thtt lie note of the second tube
we* wbat ve call an interval of a fifth
ab< ve tin t of the first, that of the
thi rd a i tth above the second, and
so on through the whole range.
Rsre Tropioal Woods.
The woodlands of temperate climes
yte'd of course the bulk of the world's
lumber, b it comparatively few treas¬
ure s; but those of the tropics are filled
with rare .-abinet woods, spice woods,
dye wood* and many with medicinal
virtues. Their name is legion. Some
are of vital importance, too, in the
industries. su(*h as the rubber and
gutta perchn tree*. The forest re¬
sources of the Philippines are only
slightly explored, but they are known
to contain vast stores of wood prod¬
ucts representing incalculable wealth.
They were practically untouched dur¬
ing the Spanish regime, and fortu¬
nately for the future of the islands
they have been wisely administrated
since the American occupation.
Happy Japanese Children.
“Of all the happy beings on the face
of the earth,” Miss du Pont exclaimed,
“the happiest are the children of Ja¬
pan. I can think of no happier fate
than to he born one of these little ones.
The love of children ln Japan is be¬
yond anything that we can conceive of.
All grown people are their willing
slaves. This does not mean, however,
that Japanese children are either
spoiled or despotic, as many petted
American children are. Brought up in
households where consistent courtesy
is the rule, not the spasmodic effort
‘for company,’ the children really ab¬
sorb jeij charming laanaar*,'*
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GA* TflUKSDAT, APRIL 24, 1919.
l^e for world to come
|ph>bltIint , ^ Mcnssterles •« Meunt
Athoi Ttk# Ne Thought of
Mundane Thing*.
. peninsula tapering south*
w&rd trom tLt buST 0 f Salonlki
ends in three irregular prongs like a
misused trident of Neptune. On the
of !bt 0 f these prongs,
wiri-mAed by the sea. stands
H r aK , untmln <tT Moum Athos. It
} . t0 w v se thoughts and
ar# with a sole
„♦ ^ - ,3 u , so that
, h<1 nT which convulsed this
earth hard ;- caused a ripple in their
i - t .' :r The slopes of Mount
- covered with monasteries,
j! sn.aH.
g UnU world ln it5elfi t u ls hit
of ancient Greece. It lives to u quiet
ordered tempo In an atmosphere where
noise and strife are almost unknown,
where all the little doings of the day
move to a thousand-year-old ritual,
berearem ,., I1 i ierew j 1 ohavenotwan
dwed ft mlle from thelr cloister in
-wenty yeara, willing prisoners of their
own convictions. It ie a place of kind¬
ly. dreamy life, free from heartburn
ings and Jealousies, where each man is
^ e<Jua j of bls fellow, despite the
cag ^ g 6nd ranks of the order—equal
j E ft commoiJ infinite littleness before
the majesty of divine omnipotence and
eternity.
No woman is permitted to visit the
sacred ground of the mountain, not
that the order looks down on woman,
but rather in tribute to her power to
draw the thoughts of men from the
eternal things. Despite the prohibition,
however, there are rumors of women
disguised who fled to Athos and found
sanctuary there ln the time of the
Greek revolt and the war with the
Turks. It is whispered, too, that the
daughter of an English admiral accom¬
panied her father on an official visit
in the uniform of a midshipman.
DYES FROM MOOR AND HILL
Plants ln Scottish Highlands and Ire¬
land Used to Produoe Vast
Variety of Tlnta.
We think of the preparation of color
tints as having been essentially a Ger¬
man Industry, though in reality the
first discovery in that line was made
by an English scientist, when ln 1858
Sir W. H. Perkins introduced a beauti¬
ful mauve tint. Further back still
English and Irish dyers depended for
tones of yellow on the brown or
genesta plant, the whin ln Scotland, a
plant of the gorse family.
Woad, too, was another valuable ally
of the dyer. Fermented woad holds
about two per cent of Indigo and was
used to obtain that color. Woad
dyed cloth was dipped into a broom
liquor in order to obtain a rich green,
So that three colors with a multitude
of shades were possible at once. In
the Scottish highlands lichens are still
collected ln order to get purples, reds,
brown and yellows go constantly need¬
ed in dyeing the clan and national
tartans. In this connection Ptolemy
tells us that tha navigators came from
Tyre and Sidon to tha sea-cliffs of
Ireland In order to obtain certalo
“mosses,” or lichens, for use In com¬
pounding the renowned imperial pur¬
ples and Tyrian reds of their land.
Walnut, dyers’ green weed, barberry,
yellow bedstraw, buckthorn, sea buck¬
thorn, and corn marigold are among the
plants of the Irish country-side which
have been used as dya-stuffs by past
generations.
Mere Incident in Cafe Life.
You’re not obliged to believe the fol¬
lowing story, nor even strain your
Imagination over it. The Bath (Maine)
Times tell It. About four years ago a
Bath man went smelt fishing off a
wharf on the riverside and when he
returned leaned up his pole on which
was his fishing line in a corner of the
kitchen. Attached to the hook was ft
minnow for live bait and this was
wriggling on the hook, when the man’s
pet black coon cat espied the fish
and made for it. Before the owner
could prevent, the cat had swallowed
the fish and the hook. It was Impos¬
sible for the man to pull out the hook
without killing his pet ao he cut the
line, leaving the bait and the hook and
a small portion of the line within the
coony. The cat seems to have as¬
similated the hook, for she never has
shown any symptoms of discomfort
from her strange meal and is still
alive and ln apparent good health.
Japanese Wrestlers.
Because of their enormous stature
and girth it has often been assumed
by foreigners that Japanese wrestlers
are a race apart, a strange little group
of native giants handed down from
antiquity. As a matter of fact the
wrestlers, recruited from the fishing,
farming and forester classes, have
splendid physique to begin with, and
become strong and muscular through
their long training and the encour-.
agement that is given to their vora¬
cious appetites, Friends are very
fond of giving them big banquets and
are amused to see how much they can
eat. One prominent trainer, when ‘a
vited by his backers to a dinner, took
all his students along with him, say¬
ing, “All my follower* come along
with me who can drink a gallon of
sake apiece.” There is a touch of the
Rabelaisian in it, especially when one
contrasts It with the usual foreign im¬
pression of the dainty tea-sipping,
cherry-feting Japanese.
The Only Explanation.
“Your husband tells me he has quit
betting on horses!”
“Oh, dear!" exclaimed young Mra.
jpiftla*. “yuailey'f brok» ag ala P
Music Supplies
The public ha3 never realized
more fully the beneficial influ¬
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at the present time: and that the
only way to create a music lov¬
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education is to have music in
the home.
There are many people who
want music in their homes, but
don’t know just what to buy or
where to buy it. If you were
sick, you would go to some one
who knew medicine to diagnose
your needs and prescribe the
proper remedy. You are sick for
music in the home: then go to
J. W. HENDERSON, ‘ THE MU¬
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who will take a special interest
in supplying you with the best
and correct kind of musical in¬
strument, whether it be a piano,
organ or phonograph—or the
the be-t Song Book.
The spiritual condition of our
our HOMES, CHURCHES ana
SUNDAY SCHOOLS largely de¬
fends upon the ' character of
the songs that we sing. The
songs that we sing are in the
book* that we buy. So, if we
would have the best character
of music, we must buv the best
BOOK. The best criterian to go
by in getting a song book is one
edited and published by a man
who has a National reputation
as a Gospel Singer and song wri¬
ter. For such a book. I recom¬
mend “AWAKENING SONG*’
by Homer A. Rodeheaver, for
sale by
J. W HFNDERSON,
‘ THE MUSIC MAN”
MANSFIELD, GA.
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You owe to ine.”
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Wa’re square,” said he
Ain’t It Though?
Puffer—They tell me old Titewodd
hasn’t bought ids wife any new clothes
for two years.
Duffer—That certainly is a shubby
way to treat her.
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