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‘{‘Sporu” a Century Ago
i Not of Highest Order
Public entertalnments in London a
hundred or more yeirs ago were moré
of a sporting than of a dramatic or
musical type. In the Observer of a
date of 1825 appeared a full report of
a dog m at the Westminster pit, at
which personages of rank” were
among the spectators, and whereat
also his grace, the king's rat catcher,
entered the arena with a cage contaln
ing ninety rats that a dog named Bllly
killed seriatim in sgven minutes and
thirty seconds. '
Another article recorded that Mr.
Wombwell, the proprietor of a lion
named Nero, had bullt a den, ten feet
high and fifty-seven feet in circumfer
ence, In which a‘'contest a outrance
between his pet and six dogs was to
take place in June. Still another
chronicled the melancholy fact that
“John Smith, who was matched to eat
a pair of men's shoes in fifteen min.
utes at the Half-Moon tap, Leadenhall
market, has broke down 'in training,
having been seized with Indigestion.”
Spot That Made History
The bridge over the River Adda at
Lodi, Italy, is famous as the scene of
a terrible contest between the French
under Bonaparte and the Austrians
under Beaulien, May 10, 1706. The
Austrians were. strongly intrenched on
the opposite bank of the Adda and
thelr formidable artillery swept the
bridge, but Bonaparte, charging at the
head of his grenadiers, bayoneted the
cannoneers at theéir guns and drove the
defeated Austrians into the mountains
of the Tyrol. As a result of this vic
tory, Mllan capitulated to Bonaparte a
few days later. This battle is frequent
ly spoken of as the “Terrible Passage
of the Bridge of Lodl"” It was Bona
parte's first important victory over the
Austrians, and, as he afterward de
clared, kindled the first spark of his
ambition.~Kansas City Star,
R. Jordan & JBrother
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Great Wall of China
Longer Than Supposed
It is one of the Seven Wonders of
the World, medieval Europe wrote
poems about it, and the Great Lexicog
rapher, friend to Miss Pinkham In
the days before Becky Sharp threw
the dictionary told a. certaln Scotch
writer to the signet that it was worth
‘& visit, Chinese poetry and legend Is
full of the names of Kia-ju-kwan and
Shan-hal-kwan—much as we speak of
Dan and Beersheba. 'But few are the
eastern Chinese who have reached the
western end-—political exlles, for the
most part, fleeing from poison or the
sllken cord at Peking. -
Jt fell to Sir Aurel Steln of the
British museum to put an end to the
myth of Kla-ju-kwan by finding hun
dreds of miles of”wall beyond it in
the desert, older and mcre romantic
still, bullt of bundles of reeds and pop
lar branches anchored to driven posts,
But, Important as his discoveries are,
barely a score of Chinese know of
them yet, and hence they have not
robbed Kia-ju-kwan of its unique
place in Chinese lore.—Langdon War
ner, In the World's Work. LY
Silver Conductors
Many questions are constantly being
recelved which refer to the desir
ability of using silver as a conductor
in radio receivers. The answer is that
silver is the best conductor of elec
tricity known and has several advan
tages over any other conductor. Most
metals, such as copper, brass, ete., are
suk ject to corrosion. This corrosion,
which forms on the surface of the
metal, greatly Increases the resist
ance of the conductor to radio-fre
quency currents, which travel on the
surface. This is not true In the case
of silver. Silver oxide, which is the,
corrosion which forms on silver, is an
excellent conductor of electricity, Be
cause of this fact silver is an ideal
metal for switch contacts, tube sock
ets, ete. :
' THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1925.
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Patience and Temper
Rehearsals are trying periods, Ev
erybody seems to be wearing his
nerves outside his skin, The question
whether the actor should take three
steps to the right and pause with his
left hand on the back of a chalr, cen.
ter, before proposing to the heroine
or whether he should do It from the
hearthrug, with his left elbow on the
mantelplece, may threaten the friend
ship of a lifetime,
The author wants him to do it from
the hearthrug—is convinced that from
there and there only can he convey to
the heroine the depth and sincerity of
his passion. The producer is positive
that a true gentleman would walk
around the top of the table and do It
from behind a chalr., The actor
comes to the rescue. He “feels” he
can do It only from the left-hand bot
tom corner of the table. %
“Oh, well, if you feel as strongly
about it as all that, my dear boy,"
says the producer, “that ends It, It's
you who've got to play the part."
“Do you know,” says the author, “1
think he's right, It does seem to
come better from there,"
The rehearsal proceeds. Five min
utes lager the argument whether a fa
ther would naturally curse his child
before or after she’has taken off her
hat provides a new crisis.—Jerome K.
Jerome, in Harper's Magazine.
Totem Poles Figure
in Religious Belief
The western and northern Indians
have no monopoly on the ornamental
totem, according to those who have
mace a study of the subject. Totem-
Isra appears in kindred forms all over
the world, Savage tribes all apparent
ly possess a set of beliefs and prac
tices, mythological, religious, artistic,
ceremonial and economic, that grow
from thelr attitude toward animals,
plants and Inanimate objects. These
beliefs. and practices govern their
mode of life and give rise to their
forms of worship. This idea still lin
gers with the Alaskan Indians in the
significance the totem has in regard
to_their family and the family myths
and “superstitions. These Indiany be
lleve they are descended from some
bird, fish, beast or other object, and
take this as their symbol. The em
blem chosen is carved or %alnted on
all belongings, and is regarded as the
visible being who has to do with their
welfare, and carries with it certain
obligations. Those with the same
crest, for instance, cannot intermarry.
Christianity is in some places leading
to abolition of the totem.—Nature
Magazine. !
Declares Music Care
- for Mental Trouble
A medical journal has recently an
nounced the results of s6me experi
ments made to ascertaln the relation
of music and medicine, ‘
One curious plece of news obtained
48 that If a lively alr Is played on a
barp or mapdolin, a man's tired mus
cles regain thelr original vigor. The
music of a violoncello, on the other
hand, has a precisely opposite effect,
in temporarily lessening the usual
strength and vitality of the hearer. .
. In nervous and impressionable peo
ple, sad music In a minor key, such
as Chopin's “Funeral March,” actually
weakens the pulse and makes the beat
ing of the heart feebler and more ir
regular.
An’ rmerlcn doctor stated not long
ago that almost every mental trouble
could be cured by suitable selections
of classical music regularly adminis
tered. Jealousy, grief, overwork,
homicidal- mania, nervous breakdown,
all had their corresponding alr,
R R s 1
Maxwell ;
(Special Correspondence to The News,) |
Miss Ethel Kelly visited relatives
in Monticello recently. .
‘Mrs. Ruby Kelly and Misses Bessic
and Annie Kelly, of Monticello, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. C. H.
Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs., Leon Malone and
Misses Hattie and Ethel Kelly spent
Friday at Stone Mountain.
Miss Grace Thompson, of Shady
Dale, spent from Wednesday until
Sunday wi.th Miss Nellie Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kelly attended
the Central Baptist Association at
Haddock last week.
Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Kelly, Mrs. J.
B. Kelly and J. B. Kelly, Jr., spent
Saturday afternoon in Monticello.
- Several from here have started to
school at Shady Dale.
Mr. Tommie Thompson spent Mon
day at Sparta.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Thompson and
children, of Shady Dale, spent Sun
day at the home of Mr, and Mrs. J.
N. Spears.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Kelly spent
Saturday in Monticello.
Mrs. J. B. Kelly and Miss Nellie
Kelly spent Wednesday with Mrs. E.
H. Thompson and Miss Grace
Thompson, of Shady Dale.
Mrs. C. H. Kelly spent Ilast
Wednesday afternoon with, Mrs.
Walker Malone, of Monticello.
Application for Patent
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be paid on the flling of an application
for a Unuited States patent as a part
of the application, and If the applica
tign i{s allowed a final government fee
of S2O has to be pald In order to secure
the grant of a patent, No further
feeés are required, and the patent runs
its term of 17 years without anything
moere belng required of the patentees,
In most foreign countries, however, In
addition to the government fees which
by law have tronbo pald with the appll
cation, and order to secure the
grant of the patent, renewal fees or
annuities have to be pald regularly,
and the laws require the inventfon
that is covered by the patent to be
actually worked, as by being manu
factured, sold, etc.,, In the country of
the patent,
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