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ROCKDALE RECORD
Official Orpin of Korkdale County
and the C'ity of Conyer*
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One year $1.60
Six months •76
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signed li.v (be author.
Drain Tile “Logs” Used
as Building Material
A “log house" In which the "logs"
are formed hy common red drain pipe
tile has been built In Kingsville, On
tario, Canada. Charles Miner, who
erected the unique dwelling, chose
tile for the material because It pro
vides dead air space In the walls to
protect the Interior from cold In win
ter and heat In summer.
The house stands on a foundation
of concrete Nocks, except for the
potch and steps, which are supported
hy the tiles. A wooden framework,
sheathed with hoards In the usual
manner, was first erected and the tile
“logs” were laid In courses like brick
veneer up the sides. At corners, the
ends of the tiles overlap In criss
cross fashion, much as did logs In the
cabins of pioneer days. Where the
ends of the logs are exposed, they are
closed with cement colored to match.
This Insures dead air space and pre
vents birds and squirrels from enter
ing
The cost of the unusual house Is
said to nave been moderate as com
pared with the cost of the conven
tional wood or brick home. —Popular
Science Monthly.
Early Man Had Faith
in Arrow Divination
Kong ago, in the most high anil far
off limes, primitive man resorted to
the making of magic to determine
what course to pursue In the vast
wilderness of his ancient world, writes
Catherine Hargrave In the Boston
Transcript. Arrow divination was a
favored kind. To make this magic
a circle was drawn on the ground with
the proper rites and incantations and
divided itdo t lie Four Directions.
With more mystic ceremony arrows
were cast into the ring and upon the
manner of their falling depended the
future.
The American Indians did tills as
well ns the Asiatic peoples, and In
both countries gaming sticks re
sembling arrows, sometimes with ac
tual feathered shaftments and some
times with the feathers pninted upon
them, were used to play a game much
like the older magical processes, with
a circle on I lie ground, divided Into
four or eight parts.
Cat* Once Deified
Egyptian deification of Hie cat, says
the Golden Book Magazine, lias been
traced as far back as four thousand
years, and for many centuries the bod
ies of favorite cuts were carefully em
balmed and Interred near the temple of
Bubastis, the cat faced goddess of Beni
llasan or of Heliopolus. One of (lie
strangest archeological discoveries was
that which disclosed the mummies of
thousands of cats near Hie tomb of
Beni liasan recently.
Whether tho domesticated eat Is a
native of Egypt is not known, but the
first mention of the cut In Chinn was
ns recent as 400. The eat also was un
known in Europe until just before
tlie Christian era.
Character Come* First
Music, of all I lie arts, touches most
widely on things which are humanly
interesting; and If you shut out the
knowledge of what Is Interesting In
your fellow human beings, how is your
art going to grow? Art, like many
other tilings, gels itfeod from outside,
and it is a mistake to suppose that
it can feed exclusively on itself. And
art Is always interwoven with char
acter, and we have even frequently to
observe lliat character counts for
more in the end than natural gifts
of any kind, whether artistic or lit
erary.—From “Hubert Parry His Life
and Works, ’’ by Charles L. Graves.
Moon Viewed From Ve**el
The Naval observatory says that
the change In an observer’s position
from day to day on an ocean trip
would affect Hie moon’s apparent posl
tlnii so slightly ns to be scarcely no
ticeahlo — that is, the moon’s local time
of rising would change from day to
day Just about as it would If the oh
server were stationary. However, II
the rising of Hie moon were timed
by a watch keeping for Instance.
Eastern standard time, the speed of
the ship might lie such that the risings
on successive nights would be at ap
proximately the same watch time.
Tree Saved by Wacbington
The American Forestry association
says that Hie Washington oak in
Audubon park, New Orleans, Ln., is
famous for its beauty. Its name, the
number of annual visitors mil its size.
It is said to have acquired its name
In the following fashion: President
Washington was visiting a family by
Hie name of Horry. At dinner Mr.
Horry noticed that a tree obstructed
iiis view and gave orders that It should
be cut down. Washington heard tills
and objected. The tree was not cut
down and lias since been known as the
Washington oak.
Amethysts and Opals
Used as Road Material
A street almost literally paved with
amethysts lias been reported to the
Berlin geographical society hy Prof.
Otto Quelle of Bonn university, says
an Associated Press dispatch from
Berlin.
He found It In Brazil, In the prov
tnce of Bahia, where he visited Ger
man gem cutters’ and polishers’ colo
nies that have mined and handled
0,000 hundredweight of amethyst
Whole streets, he said, are paved
with the waste material, that gives
them n lovely violet sheen. Doctor
Quelle said tie knows of a place In
Siberia where opals are so plentiful
tlmt the coarse grades are used as
road building material.
The Deutsche Allgemelne Zeltung
reports roads at Bernstein, In the Aus
trlnn Bugenland, graveled with waste
from the semi-precious serpentine
stone.
In the same country, near Rejnltz.
are roads of a beautiful green shade,
sold to be free from dust. They ore
surfaced with waste from nsbesllc
stone.
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Vegetables Offered to
Gods of Ancient Times
Turnips, beets and radishes were a
respected trio of ancient Greece, all
three having been acceptable offerings
at the temple of Apollo In Delphi.
Their respective rank may he Judged
from the custom of dedicating turnips
In dishes of lend, beets In silver and
radishes la beaten gold.
Though radishes ore thought to have
come originally from China, tlielr cul
tlvotion Is of great antiquity In Eu
rope. In earliest times they were gen
orally boiled, hut later Homan physi
cians recommended that they he eaten
raw, with salt, before breakfast. A
sirup made from them was used to
cure whooping cough and maladies of
the chest.
Turnips, too, were thought good for
hoarseness and coughs, and ulso ef
fective ns a poultice for the feet. So
important were turnips to the poor
In the Middle ages that they appeared
on armorial hearings to denote a per
son of good disposition who relieved
the destitute.
Tracing Popular Idioms
Professor Smith in Ids “Words and
Idioms” gives many expressions com
ing from the chase, and from hounds
and horses In particular. A few of
the canine Idioms, he points out, come
from dog fighting.
From Ids list we pick tlie following:
“To dog the footsteps of,” which
points to the faithfulness of the friend
of man; “Not to have a dog’s chance,”
meaning having no chance at all; “To
have a bone to pick with"; “To tench
old dogs new tricks"; “A hone of con
tention”; “To bristle up”; “To go off
with one’s tail between one’s legs”;
"Top dog”; “Under dog”; “His bark
Is worse than Ids bite,” und “A hang
dog look.”
The commonest phrase of all is “dog
gone,” especially as used as an ex
pletive with “it" following.
Governor Obeyed Order*
A governor, the talking motion pic
tures reveal, was giving a memorial
address in the South, before a large
crowd whicli applauded ids utterances,
but those who saw 1 lie pictures found
humor In the scene which ids gather
ing probably missed.
The microphone, being on the stage,
gives (lie theatergoer some of the con
versation which is missed by (lie most
earnest listener in Hie crowd which
stood in front of Hie platform.
The governor was closing Ids ad
dress and ns lie sat down lie put Ills
hut on, but, ns Hie applause began, a
woman standing beside Id in, probably
Ids wife, spoke up quickly, “Take your
lint off."
And the governor did. —Springfield
Union.
Got the Knee* Mixed
Johnny was complaining fa badly
bruised knee. It had always paid him
well when lie took Ills hurts to moth
er beeuuse she soothed his feelings
with a 5-cent piece.
On this occasion Johnny needed 5
cents for a top. He remembered that
he had a small bruise on his knee and
If he could only make mother believe
that it pained him, all would he well.
Mother listened to Johnny’s tale of
how lie had fallen on Ills knee and
bruised It. She asked to see Hie knee
and Johnny sensed victory. He hur
riedly pulled Ids stocking down, hut
alas and alack! It was the wrong
stocking ! —Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Good Customer
•Tve forgotten what the other thing
jyas I came for,” suid the small gill
In the grocer’s shop.
The grocer tried to be helpful.
“Was it cheese, bucon, butter, marg
arine, lard, tea, coffee, cocoa, sugar,
Jam, marmalade, biscuits, bottled
fruit, chutney, plccnlilli, bloater paste,
potted meat, baking powder, soap,
soda, spice, rice, tapioca, semolina,
macaroni, currants, raisins—”
“1 remember now. It was can you
tell me the right time, please?”
Don't Be Quitter
Quitting is one of the worst traits
of the human race. And one of the
most common, too. One little setback
nnd we tiirow up our hands in dis
gust. The fellow who wins Is the one
who can take a reverse and come
back smiling.—Gilt.
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We make a careful, thorough and scientific exam
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Our charges are most reasonable.
We are on Broad St., between Marietta-Walton.
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Optical Cos.
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