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THE NEWNAN HERALD, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921.
CONVERTED IN STRANGE WAY SCORCHED MONEY IS GOOD
Woman Led to 8ee Beauties of Chris
tianity Through Advice Given
by Brahmin Theoeophlet
1 How n woman wna converted to
Christianity by a Hinhinln Is told In
the Boijfon Herald by Miss I-Illnn Free-
man Clark®.
Colin Tlmxtcr, tbo poetess, was an
earnest student of strange and mys
tical fondlings. At one lime she was
much dominated by the touchings of
John WelRs, and alio did tint nppreGl-
nto the' beauty and power of tbo Bible,
Sbo Raw n good deal of a Hindu
theoRopblst named Molilnl, nnd under
Ills guidance came to regard herself
as n tbeosopblst.
One day she sold to her friend, Mary
Farktnan, "Did 1 speak contemptu
ously of such a person? 1 ought not
to, for one of the principles of the
osophy Is to feel no contempt for nny
human being,"
Mbui I’arkmnn replied: “But did
not Jesus tench Unit? Is It not all In
the Sermon on the Mount?"
By nnd by Molilnl himself happened
to got hold of a copy of the Now Tes
tament. nnd was much surprised nnd
Impressed by the beauty of Its con
tents. He spoko of It to Mrs. Thnxtcr,
nnd found to hls nninr-eincnt thnt she
knew nothing about the Now Testa
ment.
"Wbntl" ho sold, “yon do not rend
your own religious books? I never
heard anything moro beautiful than
Oils."
Mrs. Thnxter forthwith began to
rend the Now Testament nnd became
so much Interested In It that she went
about with n copy In her pocket!
whenever, sho h(id n chnnce she would
rend 1L From that time bIio began to
attend Phillips Brooks' church. She
was converted to Christianity by a
Brahmin tbeosopblst I
BIG DAY IN BALBOA’S LIFE
Great Spanish Explorer First Sighted
the Pacific Ocean on 8eptombor
25, 1513.
On Sept. 2B, 3013, Vasco Nunc* do
Balboa bad !Hr flrst poop nt tbo blue
expanse of the Pacific ocean, rotnarks
tho Los AngelcR Times. It was gained
from tbo top of the mountain range nt
the Isthmus of Darien. Four days
later.' on the 2t)th. ho reached the
alnpes himself nnd stood waist deep
In the waters. He called It tho Croat
South sea and be took formal posses
sion In the name of tbo king of Spain,
nftcr the manner of the old-time ex
plorers. That was tho big day In
Balboa's life. Ho came to the Now
World ns a stowaway and die attained
Hie title of admiral of the Pticlflif ni)d
governor of I'nnnntn. Yet four years
later ho was executed In tho public
Rqunrc nt Aela on a trumped-up charge
of treason. Bullion wur an advonturer
with Ibe pnRsloiiR of the gambler, the
drunkard and the spendthrift! yet ns
ho gathered power nnd authority bo
Indicated prudence, Judgment and fore
sight. He wns n regulnr nenut nnd now
California Ims n deilgntful beach nnd
Ti guarded bay named after him. It
would bo very proper to cnll the Inst
week In September Balboa week In
this Roctlon. for from tbo discovery
to the possession of tbo Pacific four
days elapsed.
i "
Peculiarities of 8t»ture.
Stature depends -t good deal on ell-
mute. The BitRbnien live In tbo grout
Knlnhnr! desert, tbo full Polynesians
on the Pncltle Island*, nnd enjoy nil
tho advantages nature can bestow.
Tho Hottentots, of tbo sumo rnco ea
the Bushmen, but Inhabiting more fer
tile country, are appreciably Inllor.
On the higher ground the people are
usually shorter.'so that the Swiss nnd
central Europeans generally are stocky
rather than tnll. Sometimes stature
varies with the class of mon. Knrly
emigrants to America lieforo tilings
were mndo easy- by the steamship com
panies, were nlwnys tnllor than the
rncos from which they bad sprung.
They wero picked men, full of physical
vigor nnd courage. Stature vnrlos also
according' to profession. About Unit
the professional nnd ecclesiastical
clnsscs are tall men, but 'only about
one In ten of the coblilera, weavers and
tailors rench tho height of five feet
seven Inches.
Dishonesty.
Let n bishop appear nnd memhors
of Ills church will be preached a great
sermon. The appreciation Is for the
man's reputation nnd position. Thou
sands of books actually worthless re
ceive what Is called .appreciation be
cause they are written by noted men,
printed by noted publishers. You
laugh at the jokes of a clown but
would not smile at the same nonsense
. offered by n neighbor. How tho chil-
' dren Inugh at the teacher's jokes. How
an agent laughs at your jokes when
he thinks he has you In a buying
humor. We are actually honest about
nothing.—13. W. Howe's Monthly.
Alloy of Great Strength.
Blnkmetal, the Italian war alloy of
Adolfo Pouehaln, Is claimed to have
greater strength than steel or any
other uictal with a higher limit of elas
ticity. It Is an alloy of due and cop
per, endures a high temperature nnd
resists corrosion better than copper.
Its lightness, great strength nnd non-
corrosiveness have fitted it especially
for ntrplatie uud ship construction.
Though stated to be not yet fully de
veloped. its varieties offer advantages
In working as substitutes for steel,
brass ami aluminum, nnd can be cast,
turned, drawn,-' forged rolled and
stamped.
Government Will Redeem It If It la
Possible to Recognize It as
Currency.
When Hie Chicago fire occurred nnd
subsided ninny people scrambled
through the embers to find the antes
In which their money bad been put
away. With Impatient bunds these
safes were oponej) to seo the condi
tion of the contents. In innny In
stances this hnsto was expensive.
Flames were not able to penetrate
these safes to consume tile contents.
Being airtight there was not enough
oxygen In them to create a blaze. But
In many of them there was still bent
When nlr wns let Into these snfes they
burst Into flnine nnd the contents wero
consumed. Had they not boon opened
their contents wolthl linve been Intact
By the time tho Baltimore nnd San
Francisco fires came such snfe owners
ns banks had acquired moro wisdom.
Ample time wns given for them to cool
off. In most enses It wns found that
tho paper money wns dried nnd life
less but still Intact. Much of It went
bnck Into circulation, Moro of It was
replaced by tbo government with new
money.
Even when little but ashes Is loft
the government will redeem burnt
money If tho bills are still recogniza
ble. Such bills, carefully packed In
cottoi) batting that they may not be
ground Into n powder, nre still ns good
nt tho treasury ns though they wore
In the original form. They will be
Identified and reissued.
CAME WITH THE GLACIERS
Little Cinquefoil Made Flret Visit to
America Hundrede of Thousands
of Yeare Ago.
Nonr the very'tip of Mount Beacon,
on tho Hudson highlands, thore grows
a small white flower known to bot
anists ns "Polontllln Trldentatn," ■ or
tliree-toothed cinquefoil. Its history
Is ns long ns Its name, and goes bnck
hundreds, of thousands of yours. In
that remote period of the world tbo
glaciers onmc creeping down from tho
north, burying under snow, and Ice
all the couhtry north of Long Island
nnd central New Jersey. Tho cin
quefoil enmo with It/for the cinquefoil
Is n hardy little chap, nnd loves the
hitter weather ns much ns tho famil
iar snow blossoms.
When the glacier torilc up the groat
retreat n few flowers and a few hfrds
and heiiRts wore left stranded In -a
etlmnto that slowly hut surely warmed
until tho summers were almost tropi
cal In their heat, and, not being de
signed for such torrid days, the spe
cies slowly died oqt, first tho flowers,
then the beasts and lastly tliethlrdH,
until now there nre muny varieties
thnt have homi destroyed. The glnquo-
foll Is one of the few thnt remained
true to typo, nnd Is now found In plen
ty near the Arctic circle. In appear
ance It resembles somewhat tho wild
strawberry plant both In bloBBom and
lenf, allhough the fruit Is' not edible,
being small, dry and bitter.
Making It Easy.
In the dim shadows of tho cozy par
lor, Clinnfe Arbutlinot clasped, In a
passionate embrace, Gwendoline Me-
Grit, the woman who had stolen all
Uls love. The nlr thrilled with emo
tion. *
"Aly darling,” ho brenthod, “my life,
my very soul I And to think that one
day you will he mine—all mine! Those
silken tresses, those eyes, ns blue ns
the summer skies, thnt rosobud mouth
which hides your pearly tooth I Ah,
my sweetest girl, let mo gaze upon
them—those shining Jewels enclosed In
envious folds of crimson velvet I"
Just an the languishing maid was
preparing to comply with hls nrdont
request, a shrill volco entno from be
neath tho couch on which they snt
close—tilt, so close!—togothor.
“Why don't you take 'em out nnd
lot him linve n good look, Gwen?"
naked her disgusted little brother.—
Loudon Answers.
REPUTED TO LIVE CENTURIES
Holy Men In indla Believed by the
Natives to Bo Moro Than 1,000 ,
Year* Old.
Hundreds of Hindus believe that
Blshis nnd Sndhus, aged 1,000 years or
.more, are still alive. They do not care
to appear before the public. They are
living In some Himalayan caves, prac
ticing yogn. Whether a 1,000-yenr-old
Sndhu has really been seen by any
body, there Is no record; but many
people wlll-tell you that Sndhus 300
years old or more nre still to be seen,
Baba ThakurdassJI Is a renowned
Sndhu. He has many thousands of
disciples, among whom several are Eu-,
ropenns, Hls disciples claim that he
Is moro than 300 yenrs old, but ho does
not appear to be over 60. He Is a
power In India.
A Sndhu of greater repute Is Bnba
Satchltnnandn BhnraU. He Is the
Guru of the Nepal rajahs. He well re
members the famous battle of Pnnlpnt,
which took place In 1020 A. D. He has
also met Gaurango, the famous preach
er of "Bhaktl” (religion of spiritual
love) j Shlnujl, tho founder of the Mah-
rattn power; and other distinguished
Indians. He has thousands of dis
ciples In different* parts of Indln.
Questioned as to how he attained such
an age, he has said that moderation In
diet, regular habits, and practice of
"prannyam" are the secrets of long
life.
BISHOP CAME ALL PREPARED
Talleyrand’s Costume for Visit to tho
“Wild West" Astonished Those
Who 8aw It
Talleyrand, tho witty Frenchman
whose sharjf and pointed sallies kept
Paris either wincing or laughing, once
mnde a visit to America In the days
before he laid aside tho bishop's lawn
nnd purple for the robes of a minister
of state. And while In this country he
mnde n vftlt into tho Wild West,
which In those days could be found In
Ohio. A friend chanced upon him In
Now York nnd was Invited to break
fast, nnd after the meal Was concluded
Tnlloyrnnd withdrew to hls bedroom
and donned the suit In which he pro
posed to adventure Into the wilder
ness. Evon In those days New York
had begun to draw sartorlnl distinc
tions, nnd the friend, who was fa
miliar with the modes of dress In this
now country, wns nstounded almost to
speechlessness whan Talleyrand
stepped from hls bedroom clad In full
dress of a backwoodsman of the cen
tury before, Tho bishop had thrown
off hls churchly garments for the
“fringed buckskin breeches nnd coon-
sltln cap of tho earliest of America’s
ploncors. Where nnd how he had
nehtovod the costume wns a mystery;
yet he saw nothing ridiculous In It; wns
In fact delighted with It, nnd thus olnd,
departed for the wilds of America,
Writings of the True Poet
With the true poet everything Is
terse, touching, or brilliant. He gives
the choicest thoughts In tho choicest
language. He Illustrates them by
everything that he sees most striking
tn nature and art. He enriches them
by pictures of human life, such ns It Is
passing before him. Hls writings,
therefore, coutnln the spirit, tho
aroma. If I may use the phrase, of the
ago In which ho lives. They are cask
ets which enclose within a small com
pass tho wealth of the language—Its
family jewels, which are thus trans
mitted In n portable form to posterity.
The Betting may occasionally he an
tiquated, and require now and.then to
be renewed,' ns In tho case of Chaucer;
but the brilliancy nnd Intrinsic value of
the gems continue unaltered.—Wash
ington Irving.
In the Superior Claes.
It takes more than a name to pnt
things In the superior class. Some
names nre fit to conjure with. Men
are willing to stake their all on what
the men who own the name say. Other
fellows with tho same name are sub
ject to ridicule. Names refer to In
dividuals, hut Individuals must put
personality Into what the name stands
for If they are to be badges of merit.
Pins signs always mean more. It's not
enough to he a son of your father In
mme. You must lie a son in deeds If
you are to be worthy of him. Leaner*
never create Plus on the things they
do. They are too content to pass mus
ter. They must learn to add -worth
to the name If they are to belong to
the Standard Plus class.—Grit
Nature Leaking In.
I don’t know anything sweeter than
this leaking In of nature through all
tho cracks in the walls nnd floors of
our cities. You can heap up a million
tons of hewn rock on a square mile or
two of earth which wns green once.
The trees look down from the hill
sides and ask each other, as they stand
on tlptoo: "What ate those people
about?" And the small herbs at their
feet look up nnd whisper back: “We
shall go nnd see." So the small herbs
pack themselves up In the least pos
sible bundles nnd wait until the wind
stenls them nt night nnd whispers:
"Come with me." Then they go softly
Into the grant city—one to a cleft In
the pavement, one to a spout on the
roof, one to a seam In the mnrbles
over n rich man’s bones nnd one- to
the grave without n stone, (vhere noth
ing but t'he man la burled—and there
they grow, looking up from between
tho less trbdden pnvements, looking
down on the generations, of men from
moldy roofs, looking out through the
cemetery railings. — Oliver Wfendell
Holmes.
Fake “Josses" for Travelers.
Quantities of .hideous Idols known In
the trade as "Josses" are supplied trav
elers and curio dealers In Canton and
Amoy, China. They are fakes pure
and simple, and have* no relation to
nny oriental religion. Ingenious de
signers linve produced a great variety
of hobgoblins—such, for example, ns
tho “hunger god," with the tnce of a
tiger nnd ferocious fangs. Most of
them nre of clay, turned out from
wooden or metal molds, dipped in molt
en glass nnd allowed to cool. A fairly
expert Chinese workman can make
100 In a day nt n cost ol three cents
apiece. The European or American
tourist pays $8. Real Josses may be
worth a lot of money, especially If
carved out of jade. This Is a material
greatly prized In the Orient nnd a
Jade Idol IB Inches high and as many
centuries old has been known to sell
for $10,000 In Canton.
Origin of “Canard."
The wool canard as we use It “has
to do with ducks. A man who wanted
to find how much he could make the
ubllc believe related In a convincing
manner that he had been trying wn
experiment. He satd he had secured
twenty ducks, one of which he cut In
to pieces and threw to the nineteen,
who greedlty ate It up. He then cut
up one after another until the nine
teenth, which he threw to the sur
vivor. therefore the duck that wns left
hail really eaten the whole nineteen,
proving the insatiable quality of a
duck's appetite. From this fraud of a
story cauie the word canard. French
for duck, as applied to a whole cloth
fabrication.
Worth Saving.
The features of this, girl portray tn®
finest type of Polish childhood that
now lies engulfed In hunger and dis
ease and all their attendant miseries.
Relief already administered by Amer
ica has preserved her beauty and
freshness, albeit her syes betray the
suffering she has seen, but literally
millions In her own and adjacent coun
tries still have no one to look to but
America aa another winter of horror
closes In upon tbsm. To tho end that
their prayer may nat go unanswered
eight leading American relief organiza
tions havs handed together In a joint
appeal In berfelf of Europe’s suffering
children. They ars tho American Re
lief Administration, tho American Red
Gross, the American Friends' Relief
Committee (Quakers), th* Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, the Federal
Churches of Christ In America, the
Knights of Columbus, th* I. M. C. A.
and the Y. W. O. A.
PLIGHT OF REFUGEE
CHILDREN TERRIBLE
One hundred thousand Russian refu
gees In Poland r- absolutely destitute,
according to official estimates. The
majority of them tre women and chil
dren. The condition of the latter par
ticularly Is pitiful and they will be
among the beneficiaries from the
$33,000,000 fund being raised by the
European Reller Council, cbmpoaed of
eight leudlng American rei; ; agencies
for a Joint appeal In betalf of the
millions of little Europeans who can
look only to America for the food,
clothing and medical care that will
make It possible for them to survive
the winter.
FROM
CONTRIBUTION EXEMPT
TAXATION.
Contributions te the collection of
the European Belief Council for th*
European children’s rellef^und are ex
empt from taxation and may be de
ducted from Income ta: returns, ac
cording to a ruling that Has been
made by the office of Internal Reveuue
Ju Washington.
Great Russian Port
The harbor of Odessa, In south Rus
sia, Is formed by several stone piers
and n long breakwater nnd Is protect
ed In every direction. It is the only
port In southern Russia where ships
drawing 80 feet can come directly to
the docks, and the docks are larger
and better equipped than those of any
other Black .sea port The depth Is 85
feet on one side and 13 to 17 feet on
the other.
Gasoline Vs. the Rod.
Tlie old-fashioned father who used
|o whip hls son (or a violation of the
(ules of the hou?e tins a new method
jf punishment. Ho locks the garage.
i-Los Angeles Times.
WEBSTER AND WESLEY TREES
NAMED IN HALL OF FAME.
Washington, Jan. 12.—To mark dates
that had a great influence upon Ameri
can history the arrival of John and
Charles Wesley in America and the birth
day, January 18, of Daniel Webster—
the American Forestry Association to-
dny announces a fist of trees it has
placed in its Hall of Fame for trees
with a history .
John and Charles Wesley arrived in
Georgia from England on February 5,
1736, and the Wesley Oak, hnder which
they preached some of their first ser
mons on tho American Continent, is an
nounced for a place "ui the Hall of Fame
by James R. Jay, editor of the Chris-
tiart Advocate of New York City. The
tree is still standing on St Simons Is
land. Charles Wesley served as secreta
ry to Gov. Oglethorpe, and with him
went to lay out the town of Frcdrica.
As there was no house of worship, both
the Wesleys preached their first sermons
under this oak.
In nnnuoncing the Webster tree for a
place in the Hall of Fame the associn
tion says that the path frmo this tree,
on which the orator hung his scythe
when lie finally decided tp go to Dart
mouth College, led almost to the Presi
dency. Webster twice refused nomina
tion for the Vice-Presidency,, and both
times the head of the ticket on which
Webster would have been elected died
in office. Webster was born in Frank
fin, N. H., Jan. 18, 1782.
To mark the one hundred and fif
teenth anniversary pf the path-finding
expedition of Lewis and Clarke, .which
opened all the western country, the
American Forestry Association an
nounces the nomination of the Council
Oak at Sioux City for a place in the
Hall of Fame. This oak was the one
beneath which that band of hardy pio
neers camped aud where they held ene
of their first councils with the Indians
after leaving St Louis. Tho tree was
160 years old^at least when Lowis and
Clarko camped beneath it.
Tho famous tree between Bridgeport
and Stratford, Conn., is also nominated
for a place in the Hall of Fame. No
auto tourist who gets in the vicinity of
this tree, now said by experts to die-
more than 600 years old, misses tho
chance to Bee it. W. R. Bates has pur
chased tho plot on which the tree Btands -
and built a retaining wal^ around the-
tree to save the oak.
I
You want your rfioney’s worth and then
some, don’t you?
I say this stuff called “Panco” outwears
any leather I have ever seen.
Give us a shoe repair job and ask for Panco.
Say, by the way, do you do your own home
repairing? If you do, I want to sell you the
leather. .
I have something fine for you in leather,
better than any you have bought and at a less
cost to you. Let,me show you.
The Shoe Shopj®
“ON THE SQUAREr-NORTH SIDE.”
W. M. Askew. ’Phone 326.
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Don’t
Overlook the fact that service,
to be effective, must be contin
uous and personal. Human in
terest is the deciding factor in
efficient methods in dealing with'
“folks,” and real human interest i
is from the heart, not the head.
When we say “Call on u« for
it,” we mean that so far us pos
sible we will get you exactly
what you ought to have—and
when you want it. It’s a real
pleasure to serve people here,
and we hope you will make us
happy always by coming here
for it.
J. R. McCalla
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