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- Aid the Weaker.
; By WILLIAM H. DEVINE, M. D,
#Dlroctor of Medical Ingpection, Bos
* ton Public Schools, in Scouting. ‘
> HY should you like to be
healthy and strong? rorl
e selfish mpotives? For the.
, Pleasure it givesfiyou? ‘
- Is that all? No. You want to be
. well and strong so that you can help
~ others, your family and neighbors.
- You want to feel that you can re-|
spond in an emergency to a call for
help. Did you ever consider the hap
‘piness that comes to a strong man
when he can use his strength to aid
his weaker brother? '
When an accident occurs, perhaps
some one is drowning, a fire threat
ening the occupants of a building, a
railroad disaster, conscious of his
_power, the strong man comes to the
relief,
When a community is in the grip
' of an epidemlc, the doetor and nurse
can not render efficient aid unless
they have the physical strength to
sustain them in the hardship of car
ing for the afflicted. |
The soldler is unable to render ef
ficient service at his country’s call
upless he has the strength to sus
tain him in his arduous work. Pa
triotism and courage are not suffi
cient for our nation’s progress, unless
backed by the strength of its citi
zens.
The statesman, doctor, soldier, in
fact all citizens, must maintain their
hea'th if they would serve their coun
try loyally and protect their flag in
time of need.
* In the late war many young men
were unfitted to bear arms because
lthey had not attained health and
ctre&xth by observing the laws of
‘hygiéne. How can hezlth be secured?
Conserving the strength by pure liv
ing, proper exercise, breathing pure
air, life in the open, abstinence from
tobacco and injurious stimulants.
Do not use tobacco in any form.
At least, resolve not to use it until
you are 21. If you keep this resolu
tion, that riper judgment which
shou'd be yours when you attain your
majority will show the folly of this
injurious practice.
Keep the mind busy with healthful
recreation and study. Keep the body
clean and pure, take proper exercise,
nourishing food, manly sports and life
.in the open.
Troop 32 to Resume
% Drills at Meeting
: To Be Held Shortly
At our last meeting we had very
, good attengance. Jim Lewis, who had
just returned from a vacation spent
on Paula’s Island, North Carolina,
gave us an interesting talk.
' We planned at this meeting to start
drilling at our next meeting, whieh
‘we had discontinued during the hot
weather. All summer we have been
' holding our meetings in the open alir,
Mr. Landers, our scoutmaster, having
fixed up a large electric light for
| that purpose. During the summer
‘the troop went on a week's camp
'"near Clark-v;me, g:;don a farm be
. longing to Wash ers,
‘" We went up July 4. On arriving
..we pitched the tent belonging to the
‘‘troop, a large Red Cross tent, 14x186.
. .Dog tents were used by some of the
‘boys. We had a fine time swimming,
‘fishing and hiking.
" We hiked to Mt. Airy, and also
' _elimbed Mount Griffin. While we
. 'were at Mt. Alry we saw and old
woman who was 119 years old. She
told us many interesting things,
' We certainly enjoyed our camp, and
+ho to go again next year.
’ " . DUDLEY COOK.
Scouts in Troop 6
Adopt Novel Means
To Insure Camp Money
Our troop didn't get to go on a hike
this summer, but we are going on a
big one next summer, if nothing hap
pens, We expect to stay about a
month and make up for this summer’s
camp.
' Well now something about our
troop meeting: We have something
new now. In order that we may
have enough money 10 go on a camp
ing trip next summer we decided to
charge all boys who do not bring their
Beout ropes, signal flags and Scout
knives to meeting, 30 cents, This is
also a way to get the boys to bring
their equipment to the meetings. This
goes into effect the first of next
month. We had a new bhoy to join
our troop last week, Gilbert MeDuf
fe.
. Al of the boys are gotting back
now from their summer vacations, as
it {8 gatting near time to go to school.
We expect to start off better the
first of September.
Seribe and Treasurer
Are Chosen by Scout
Members of Troop 34
Friday night Troop 34 held an out
door meetng at:the old fair grounds
Scoutmaster McMaster was absent.
Assistant Scoutmaster Sams took
charge of 'the meeting. Two new
officers were elected, as follows:
Charlées Starling, treasurer, and
¥rancie Newman, scribe,
After the business of the troop was
transacted several instructive Scout
games were played, and the troop was
given setting up exercises by Assist
ant Scoutmaster Sams.
Several of the boys of Troop M
are out of town for the s_:zrnm—r'
among them are Theodore Krdman,
who is in Colorado, Edward Young
™ s also out of the city.
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“How can we get in?” That was
the question which confronted us at
the last meeting, when we found our
cabin locked. We tried every win
dow and door in the place, and final.
ly sent two scouts to get thé key at
a home a mile away. In the mean
time Assistant Scoutmaster Hamil
ton gave us a quick military drill.
We had a fine meeting, there be
ing twenty-one present. The main
thing on the program was the final
arrangements for our camp. Every
boy who goes is to contribute $2.50
for this fund, and several paid it at
the time; the others will give the
amount to Assistant Scoutmauter|
Tilford sometime during the week. ‘
We found that a large number of
the boys could not leave for camp
until Saturday afternoon, as they are
working; therefore we will have two
parties—one leaving early In the
morning and the other in the after
noon.
We told Scout Lindsay Gudger of
Asheville, N. C,, who has been with
us for a month, good-bye as he is go
ing back to his home. We sure did
enjoy having him with us.
We have invited Assistant Scout
master Boyd Taylor to go on the
camp with us, and he thinks he can
go. We sure hope sO, and we are
going to show him a good time if it
is in our power., |
Several scouts from Troop 19 went
to the “Cathp Dixie Minstrels” Tues
day night at the Atlanta Theater and
we sure did enjoy it. We met four
scouts who have been away camping
and who had many delightful stories
to tell us. They are Guy Holcombe,
Francis Plumb, both from Camp
Dixie, and also Bartow and Clem
Ford, who have been camping near
Gainesville, |
Clyde Tidwell, Willlam England and
Lewis Buckley took their Tenderfoot
examinations at Assistant Scoutmas
ter Tilford’s home Monday night.
Several weeks ago whe we were
checking up on those who were going
on an overnight hike, Assistant
Saoutmaster Tilford asked a new boy
if he could go with us. *“No, sir," re
plied the boy, “I can go on all of the
overnight camps, but not on the over
night hikes.” *“Well, my boy, there
is no aifference at all between these
two things. We are simply lol.!’ll to
spend the night in the open. 3
can go then, sir, but I theught that
you hiked all night on an overnight
hike, and I was afraid I would lag
behind.” °
FRANK McCORMACK.
Troop 23 Decides
To Meet in Open
For Rest of Summer
It was decided that Troop 23 would
meet in the open during the remainder
of the summer, At our last meeting
nearly every member was present.
After having the pledge to the flag
and the Scout oath. Scoutmaster
Kaufmann gave us our new registra
tion cards,
When business came np before the
meeting we proposed having a water
melon cutting. ©Our Scout master
very generously offered to furnish all
the money need, but we were able to
raise enough so that he only had to
pay his “share”
Our senior patrol leader, David Es
kin, has left our troop and has gone
to Portsmouth, Va. We hate to give
David up, for we count him as one of
our best Scouts,
We were glad to have Reuben
Cleine back with us.
We planned an overnight hike and
we are all living in hopes it will be
posgib'e for ug to take same, as this
will he a new experience for the bhoys
of 23" as only about one of the
troop has been on an overnight hike
before.
JACK MORRIS
| TROOP 33 TO CAMP,
~ The members of Troop 33 are plan
ning a camping trip next Friday, We
had a new first class scout with us
at our last meeting.
We are planning to have a new as
pistant scoutmaster in the near future,
BEN BAIM.‘;Y.
DUES IN TROOP 8,
Troop 8 begins dues on September
6. Most of our members are back,
g 0 we are going to continue dues,
At our last meeting we elected
Robert Dillon assistant treasurer and
paul Welch to assist in getting up
news each week, ;
EDWIN NIX.
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN —— A Newspaper for Fecple Who Think — SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1919.
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FOUR SCOUTS
Assistant Scoutmaster MeConnell
had charge of our meeting last Fri
day. Mr. Gerrideau of Troop 7, Jack
sonville, Fla,, visited our troop meet
ing last week and taught us first aid.
George Tatut threatens to break
the world record getting his second
class test card filled. He has been
a Tenderfoot only one week, but al
ready has favored the hardest tests
for second class. Each boy told what
he would have for a meal if he was
required to use nothing but utensils
to be foung in the woods. The most
complete meal was cornbread, cooked
on slabs (preferably hardwood),
propped near the fire; fish and pota
toes baked in clay; meat broiled.
Scoutmaster Strother and Scouts
Edwin McCutcheon, Dan Wier, Wil
llam Coley and Amos Alsobrook met
at troop headquarters at 2 o'clock
Saturday aftermoon. We caught the
East Hunter car and transferred to
the Camp Gordon car at the postof
fice; we got off at Oglethorpe Uni
versity and hiked about a mile and
a half to Silver Lake. Scoutmaster
Strother, Dan and Fawin went swim
ming. About a dozen soldlers asked
us whether we knew “the semaphore,”
and of course we told them “Yes" (so
we did not practice any while they
were near), :
After the swim we hiked back to
ward the car line, so should it rain
we could get to the car. Of course
it rained-—as it always does when we
‘are on a hike. We built a hut, but
by the time we finished it the rain
had stopped, so we will never know
whether it was waterproof or not
Edwin McCutcheon and Amos Also
brook were given the honor of build
ing the fire, which was not such an
easy job in the raln. We bullt a
pyramid of small twigs and on one
side whittled lots of shavings; after
several frulthess attempts to strike a
match+on stones, Mr, Strother showed
us ho wtostrl ke it on the “west”
side of our breeches. After supper
Mr, Strother read us Troop 13's (De
troit) “Rules for Hikes," from Scout
ing, and “Boy Scouts in the Wilder
ness,” from Boy's Life,
About 7:30 we caught the car and
came home,
AMOS ALSOBROOK.
SAVE SCHOOLBOOKS,
The Boy geouts in Demarest, N. J.,
with their busy hatechets kept the
Methodist Church supplled with kin
dliing wood, and then, when the
schoolhouse took fire, instead of let.
ting the books that had hard lessons
burn up, they faithfully rushed in and
saved them.—Scouting,
PREVENT FOREST FIRE.
Prompt action of the San Franciseco
Boy Scouts, In camp near Point
Reyes, prevented a serious forest fire,
More than three acres of timber land
were burned over, and the scouts ex
perienced much difficulty In extin
guishing the flames —Scouting,
HONOR ROOSEVELT. 4
The Boy Scouts in South San Fran«
clgco have planted a large date palm
in the civie center in honor of Theo
dore Roosevelt,—Scouting,
BOYHOOD TALES OF ATLANTANS
WHO HAVE ACHIEVED
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LUTHER Z. ROSSER.
By SCOUT FRANK McCORMACK.
Luther Z. Rosser was born on a
farm in Gordon County, Georgia, De
cember 31, 1859. He was a little over
one year old when the Civil War
broke out, and of course his father
and many kindred left .-for the front
Just after the war ended Mr. Ros
ser entered the public sehool near his
home. He worked hard during his
school years, knowing that he was
fortunate in having the chance. Dur
ing his spare time he helped on the
farm where he lived, thereby taking
a willing part In the reconstruction
of Georgla.
He liked declamations and debate,
ard this gave him the idea of being
a lawyer. In the year 1873 he en
tered Emory College, at Oxford, Ga.
During his course he was out of col
lege for one year, teaching school,
on account of his failing health,
He graduated in 1878, and then
taught school for one and a half
years in Mitchell County, Georgia.
He did this so he would have enough
money to start practieing law. And
then came the turning point of his
life—on May 20, 1880, at the age of
20, he was admitted to the bar at
LaGrange, Ga. For four years he
practiced law In Campbell County,
and then, in February, 1884, he moved
to a larger field in Atlanta, and here
he is today, one of the most promi
nent lawyers in the whole State.
Mr. Rosser has lived In Atlanta for
thirty-five years, and during that
time not once has he run for public
office, but he has always been prom
fnent in public affairs, He is now
a member of the firm of Rosser, Sla
ton, Phillips & Hopkins. His son
Luther Z. Rosser Jr., has followed In
his. father’s footstéps and is also a
member of that firm.
Mr. Rosser now resides at 209 Gor
don street.
This is what he thinks of scouting®
“I think that the splendid work
done by the Boy Scouts in the war
tully justifies the organization, and
the fact that the spirit and training
tend to develop all that is best in
the boys of Atlanta and the whole
nation, This movement tends to
make them better men physically,
Troop 6 Is Planning
To Go on Long Hike;
Three New Boys Join
At our troop meeting last week we
voted In Eimer Caveney and Johnson
Collins,. We also had three new boys
come in as probation Scouts. They
are Renney* McDuffle, Hugh Ham:.
brick and Julian Mayfield.
We were delighted to have back
with us Richard Hubbard, Garnett
Bedenbaugh and our great big fellow,
Charles Hansen. We are fixing to do
great things in our troop, so look out
when we do get started,
Wae are going on our long hike thia
month, and all of the new boys will
gét a chance to go with us and learn
something about scouting, which will
help them to pass thelr examinations
All the boys who do not go will cer
tainly misst something, and when they
hear us tell ahout the great time we
have they will wish a hundred times
they had gone, LUKE TRIMBLE,
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mentally and morally, which should
lead all good people everywhere to
give the organization ald and en
couragement.”
SOME GOOD TURN.
Hammond, Ind, scouts collected
“puncture possibilities” for three
weeks, clearing the streets and alleys
of no less than 161,794 nails, bits of
metal and wire, The plle welghed
1,770 pounds.
The scouts feel, according to Fxec
utive Lawrence Harris, that If they
have gmvented but one puncture to
A serions case or to fire apparatus
answering a call their work s amply
rewarded.--Secouting,
ELLIJAY SCOUTS ORGANIZED,
ELLIJAY, Ga., Aug. 30.—Ellijay has
organized a bnnfi of Doy Scouts under
the leadership of the Rev. Dr. Lamar,
which is arousing a great deal of en
thusinsm among the boys,
Extract from the British army wig
nal manual:
“The pack -hnLLhe carried by a
mule ,or an_intelHgenty, noncommis
sloned officef”
~ Who wants to become a patrol
Header? - Scoutine
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Kill Rattlesnake, Hold Smpei
Hunt, Build Springboard and
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Swing, and Enjoy Boating, ‘
Troop 13 went on a week's camp to
Sweetwater Creek, and we sure did
have a fine time,
General Lewis furnished us with
three wall tents, one fly, a fine stove,
cooking utensils, cots, blankets and n‘
sergeant. We think he is one of the
best Scouts in Atlanta, for he is
largely responsible for the success o(‘
our eamp. y
I have been on a few camps, but
this was the best I ever was on.‘
There was a man named Mr. Bullard
who let us camp on his grounds. Wel
went on a hill that was an ideal place
for camping. Mr. Bullard visited our‘
camp and told us we could use his
boat, and we had good weather. n(
only rained three times, and none of
these showers lasted longer than mo‘
hours,
The hoys did not fuss when it came
their time for carrying water, he
cause it would do no good. The sec
ond day in camp wé made a spring
board and® a swing. The boat was
used all the time,
One day while we were all coming
up to prepare supper, Edward Lin
dorme was barefooted, All of a sud
den he gave a jump and said he saw
ln snake. A few of the boys picked
up rocks, but Newell Jones espied
him first, and he threw a rock that
cut the snake’'s head off. We went
over to examine it, and decided it
was a rattler. We espied five rattles,
and one of the boys poked it and we
heard it rattle, then we knew it was
a rattlesnake, |
Thomas Branch had a Dbirthday
while we were in camp, and we all,
planned to play a trick on him, Al
of us gathered on the bank across the
stream and called him over. When
he got across we all began pasting
him with mud. |
We went seining one day in Beaver
Run Creek. We caught one flsh that
got away through a hole in the net,
and also caught three large crawfish,
While we were sitting around the
campfire one night one boy asked us
how a snipe hunt would strike us, We
all sald it would be fine, but Rob
ert Lofton did not know what it was,
g 0 we told him how good the birds
would be. Fimally he listened to the
talk about as !m:’: -:i.ah"v%g\uld' t‘hon
he jumped up an , y not go
anx quit ul:ln' about it?" We all
acted llke we wanted to hold the bag,
but we decided that since Robert Lof
ton had never been on a snipe hunt,
we would lete him hold the bag, as he
did not know how to run the snipes,
and we told him we would give him
the credit for catching them.
Our scoutmaster, A. E. Whitten,
knew a good ditch a little way from
camp, 80 we left Robert there and
told \him not to move because a little
noise would seare th: snipes. He
stayed down there sos about a half
hour, then two boys went down after
him. When he got back to camp Mr.
Whitten asked him how many snipes
he had caught, and said not any, that
we did not run any up the ditch. The
boys pretended they were mad and
told Robert he could not have any
thing for breakfast. Then the ser
geant gave him the “horse” laugh,
and told him he was the goat.
We went down to the factory
shoals one day, and many of the boys
«ald they never had such a good time
before. We went through the old
factory that Sherman destroyed dur
ing the Civil War, It is a pretty brick
structure with vines climbing all over
it. Mr. Whitten topk many good pic
tures, as there was such a beautiful
landseape. The boys went across the
stream on rocks, and all of us fell in.
Then we joined hands so should one
boy fall in the rest could pull him
out,
Ferguson's Mill was an Interesting
place. One of the boys got permis
glon to go into the mill when they
wers grinding menl. They generate
electricity for Austell,
When we went on the eamp Edward
Lindorme could not swim a yard, but
before we came back he could swim
about thirty yards.
One of the boys let the boat loose
and Jack Branch tried to jump into
it, but It was a bad guess, and ho
went down Into the water,
Newman Schartle, Ralph Lovell
and 811 l Noyes were the biggest eat
ors In the camp. Bill got about elght
pleces of fried ehicken one day, and
still did not have enough, but he
didn’'t want to eat the neck and wing,
80 he quit. JACK BRANCH,
FIGHT MOSQUITO,
The Doy Scouts of New Orleans are
to wage war on thg mosquito, Every
pool, swamp, marsh or leaky drain
age system in the New Orleans dis
triot which might prove a breeding
place for mosquitoes is to be searched
out by troops of Scouts who will re
port the location to the board of
health, Scouts will also assist in
epreading propaganda to educate the
people In mosquito warfare.--Seout-
The Boy Scouts’ Oath
“On my honor, 1 will do my heat to
do my duty to God and my Couns
try and to ohey the Scout Law; so
Aelp other people at all Himes; to
keep myself physically stromg, mens
tally awake, and morally atraight”
Members of 8 New York Troops
” . .
Sleep Beside Carip ‘Fires on
Trip to Sabbath Day Point. {
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NEW YORK, Aug. 80~The I'ifth
Division of Manhattan Council, Boy
Scouts of America, have just finished
a fourteen-day hike, covering the dis
wance {rom New York to Sabbath Day
Point, Lake George, where they
camped for one week.
The patty consisted of sixteen
Scouts, representing eight troops, and
were under the supervision of ield
lxecutive Walter I, Abriel.
T'he swudy of trees and plants was
Lo be vne ol Lhe Leatuies oL Lhe hiwe.
Hervert M. Mfit’aer, a grauuale
0L Cvlnell ghd scouunaster vi Livop
020, atcompuluet Lue party as -
stiuclor and examiner in trees, ne
baving taken a course in loresiry
wihile aL coilege.
ILhe boys boarded a Hudson Navi
gation boal at 12yth strect pier, ex
periencing o delighiful moonugnt sail
ap Lhe hutson w Albany. When laps
Wwils Sounded the boys roiled up n
their blankets and glept on deck, retus
g stateioom acocommodations, as
they Wwere out to rouga it
Arriving atAibany,wuey immediate-
Iy maue wneir way Lo Ltine open coun
try i order to cook their urst meal,
going by the way of Londenvile,
Latough Cohoes, across the Mouawk
River. ‘'hey reached Wateriord,
wiere, through the Kinoness oL My, H.
U, aaddier, who gave tiem the freeduom
Ol his lawn and grounds, they maue
LUI LI sL camp.
on enteing Cohoes one of the
wheels of thé truck wagon broke,
ald in oider to secure one Lo lepiace
1, they wete compeiled to buy a bavy
Calriage thal Torwdnately nad tour
good strong wheels,
While camping on Mr. Miller's
estate the boys were treated to a cun
cert in his mansion, and of course Lhe
miusieian scout, Nerman Joy of Troop
bzi, assisted with violin selections.
Leaving Waterford they lolowed
the river road turough Mechanicville
o Stiliwater, where they put up for
thie might, they arrived there about
Y p. In., and in less than 16 minutes
the wiole town, it wouid seem, was
around the boys watlching them pre
pare their meal. They must have
taought the boys were connected with
the barnum & Bailey Clrcus.
| MAKE HIT WITH GIRLS,
Neveriheless the boys made a hit
with the town girls, for the next
mornming they were out to ‘help the
scouts uo mess work, after whicn they
sang several popuial selections and
seni the fellows on their way bub
bling with joy.
In order to avoid an inland lake of
sixteen miles they went by boat to
sabbath Day Point where they were
royaily received by Mrs. Kearney, pro
prietress of the hotel and owner of
the grounds surrounding this partic
ular point. She generously permitted
the boys to use a private beach and
grounds to camp on, and the place
was 8o inviting that the thought of
going on to Fort Ticonderoga wns
abandoned, but several hikes in the
mountaing and nearby summer re
sorts were substituted, While going
up on the night boat the boys made
the acquaintance of a Mr. Penfield,
‘who for the past seven years has con~
‘ducted a camp for boys on an island
south of S.bgtlh Day Point. He in
‘vited the Scouts to visit his camp and
take a hike up Black Mountain. ot
course the lnvltuuotp was accepted,
and a party was made up to make the
‘vmt which lasted a day and a night
and a good time realized.
The hike to Jab's Pond at the
summit of Sunrise Mountain and 1765
feet above sea level as well as the
Ihl¢e to “Inspiration Rock,” just south
of Sunrise Mountain and 9,000 feet
above level, was ideal in every re
‘npect. the trails were rough and
steep, which gave the boys some real
‘mountaln climbing experience.
Ten Waycrss Scouts ‘
In Tennessee Camp
Prof. W. L. Sprouse, Scout execu
tive of Waycross, and ten leading
'Scouts of that section are attending
a big Boy Scout camp at P:lkmont.‘
Tenn.,, this week., They passed
through Atlanta en route. These,
‘husky Scouts from the coastal plains
‘are enjoying the bracing mountaln
‘air, hikes, fishing, exploring and hav.
ing a real treat in scouting right in.
the heart of the Great Sgrokies, The
camp I 8 conducted under the n.un-l
pices of the Knox County Council,
The Scouts accompanying lr.‘
Sprouse were Thomas Lamar, George
IFfesperman, Paul Hill, Charles Little,
‘Maurlt'e Sweat, Frank Middlebrooks,
‘Sammm James, Paul Jones, Francis
MeDaniel and Marvin Spicer, ‘
} Before their departure they were
addressed by Scout Commander Dr.
George N. Mac Donnell and reviewed
‘by V. L. Stanton, president of the
Wayeross Boy Seout Counell, who
pronounced them in fine trim for the
trip.
BUILD BOARD WALK,
8o all the boys and girls going to
High School at Pinson, Tenn,, might
'lwn"fl!. the Boy Scouts bullt a board
walk 600 feet long to the school--
Outing.
What Does ‘Be Prepared’ Mean!:
“Be Prepared” is the motto of the
Boy Scouts of America. Just to see
if they had the idea, several Scouts
who visited Scout headquarters the
otner day were asked, “What do you
think ‘Be Prepared’ means?"
Scout Hurbert Green of Troop 4
says: “Be prepared for any emer
gency that comes up——a call for help,
a call for service, or anything that
a Scout should do.”
Scout Sam Ramsey of Tronp §
mays: “One way to be prepared Is to
always bave a knife and pencil with
you. You will heed them,”
Scout Garnett Bedenbaugh o’ Troop
6 says: “A Seout should be prepared
to do the right thing at the right time,
and do it willingly "
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Common Daffodil, Foxglove, Aco
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nite and Roman Hyacinth Dan
gerous—The Antidotes,
It is rather alarming to realize that
a number of the wild flowers of which
we are all so fond contain deadly poi
sons, says an article in “On Nature's
Trail,” in the September issue of the
Boy Scout magazine, Boy's Life,
~ The daffod!l is an instance in point.
Its long, narrow leaves contain a pow
~erful irritant polson, and children
ghould be wa:ned most strongly
against chewing them.
The common foxglove contains a
poison which has the most extraor
dinary effect upon the heart, 'whése
action mdy be reduced to only seven
teen beats to the minute, Of any one
thus poisoned, the pupils of the eyes
are widely dilated, and his only
chanece of lifs is to lie absolutely
still until the doctor comes.
‘ Every one knows the wild arum or
| cuckoo plant, with its big heart
shaped, glossy leaves. A most dan
gerous plant it is, too. If you chew
a leaf, your tongue swells enormous
1y so much so that you will be almost
‘unable to swalow. Meted butter is
the best remedy for poisoning by this
plant,
~ The most dangerous of all common
hedgerow plants I 8 the aconite eor’
- monk’'s hood, which has palm shaped
leaves. A very small dose causes a
strange tinglinz all over the body,
and partial blindness, A little more
and death s certain.
These are al plants which are more
or less attractive to the eye. There
' are others which seem to advertisa
themvelves as dangerous. The hem
lock, for instance. If you pinch a leaf
it gives out a nasty mousy odor.
;()m‘ need hardly state that it is very
polsonous, being a powerful narcotic.
iTho sufferer sinks Into a drowsy
' state, which, if remedies are not at
hand, ends in death.
. All the nightshades have a sinister
' appearanoe and should be avoided al
together. There are al¢o many com
mon shrubs of which the leaves, if
eaten, produce unpleasant results,
Among these are the common privet,
the elder, holly and laburnum,
Plane-tree leaves will cause in some
people an illness resembling a bad at
tack oY hay fever, and this not
through chewing, but merely handling
them. The eyes become 'red and
swollen, while nose and throat are
sore and Inflamed.
Quite a number of plants are pos
sessed of short hairs on their stems
or leaves, which will cause a rash to
break out upon sensitive skins. One
such is the Primula obeconiea, which
is one of the commonest pot plants in
greenhouse or on window sill
Bulbg of the Roman h¥acinth are
ecovered with a sort of light scale,
which comes off on the hands and
sets up an unpleasant irritation which
gsometimes spreads upon the arms.
Many who work In conservatories
lor glass houses often find that hya
ecinths cause severe eye trouble. The
'idea is that the pollen is the irritating
~cause,
{Boxing Bouts Staged
By Active Scouts
At Troop 2 Gym
There was no business meeting m
our troop last Friday. Everybody
gathered In the meeting hall and
'marched down to our gymnasjium.
Tillman Deal arranged two bouts for
‘the night, the first one between “Ruf
fian” Small vs. “Bullet” Deal In
‘this mixup some hard blows were ex
changed, but *“Bullet’'s” punches were
the hardest and “Rufflan’s” seconds
threw up the sponge.
. The next one was & smaller one
between "“Kld” Cotton vs. “Young”
Haynes. The shade of this fight was
given to the “Kid” after he had
knocked “Young” Haynes down in
each round. After these bouts we
played “capture the flag,” “follow the
leader” and lots of other games wnich
we all enjoyed,
Next Friday the main bill is to be
one n!x-roung bourt between “Bullet”
Deal vs. “Happy” Deal. These two
brothers are going to battle for the
troop welterweight. This is to be a
big fight, for these two boys are to
settle the lifelong argument, “T ecan
whip you,” “You can't.” There is also
to be a five-round scrimmage between
“K. O.” Doster and “Lena" Quarres.
TILLMAN DBEAIL.
Scouts in Troop 11
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~ Have Enjoyable Camp
f At Chestatee, Georgia
| On August 16 we left Atlanta for
(Chestatee, where we are camping this
summer. We reached Chestatee and
gelected our camping site on the two
‘mile lake and went to bed. We sat
around camp most of the day Sun
day, but on Monday morning we be
gnn fixing our camp and it took most
of the morning to get it straight. I
the afternoon we went to the falls of
the Chestates River and went In
swimming, Tucsday we fished and
went to see the mines nearby, but we
could not go through them, so Wwo
went back on Wednesday and had a
delightful time going through them.
ROBERT HANES.
> Scout Robert Loftin of Troop 13
says: “It means to be ready to de
your duty.”
Scout John Anthony of Troop 14
pays: “It means to be prepared for
anything at any time.”
Scout Carl Liippold of Troop 8 says:
“Be prepared to help other people
at all times and to help In any kind
of emergency, whether you think you
can or not”
Scout Tom Branch of ~13
gays: “Be prepared menns to be
at all times to do the things pre
scribed in the SBcout laws” .
Scout Albert B:jrllo of 3
says: “Be prepar means gn
pared In mind and body to -
ers any time, and to do the pight
thing.” S
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