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BIRDS AND BEASTS
AMENABLE TO MUSIC
Zoologists and ornithologists long
have studied the effect of music on
beast and bird and the net result ot
their Investigations is that the only
crawling thing that will bite the band |
that plays to It is the rhinoceros. It
will charge with intent to kill any j
saxophone player, any trumpeter, any i
violinist. It will chew into splinters
any radio set that thus transmits. So
recently declared E. G. Boulenger, di¬
rector of the Zoological Society
aquarium of London, where elaborate
music tests on animals were made.
More domesticated beasts such as
the dog and cat are reported to l.*
quite amenable to the charms of radio
concerts. And the canary bird actual
ly improves his song box through con
stant suggestion, and subsequent ef¬
fort at imitation.
Scorpions, spiders, crocodiles j
wolves and jackals all have a distinct
penchant for syncopation and become
docile and even supine, it is reported
CLERIC HAS POWER
AS WATER FINDER
Dr. Foxley Norris, dean of West¬
minster, England, is one of those men
In whose hands a twig will reveal the j
presence of water below the ground ;
At York on one occasion he took the
divining rod in his hands and found j
that it moved at a point near the city j
walis. It was not suspected that i
there was any water at the spot, bui
old plans revealed that the fishponds j
In the gardens of a former archbishop j
were situated there, and the spring
which supplied the water must have
been flowing still beneath the ground
It was quite by accident tliat he dis¬
covered this gift. When experiments
were being made at his home thl-ty
or more years ago by a professional
he took the twig and found to bis sur¬
prise that it moved In his hands. Af¬
terward the same thing happened
when the professional men went over
the ground, and the well that was
sunk as a result Is In use to this day.
THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.
FRIENDLY PLANET
TO VISIT US SOON
To Come Within 13,000,000
Miles of Earth.
San Francisco.—Astronomers of the
University of California are making
preparations already for the approach
of the planetoid Eros, scheduled to
come nearer the earth In 19110 than ii
ever has been. Eros will be 13,500 <MX
miles away, and in such a position as
to enable the scientists to make good
observations.
Much importance is attached to the
event because Eros will be In a good
position to carry out the process of
checking the distance of the earth
from the sun, says It. H. Tucker, as¬
tronomer emeritus. Preliminary stud
ies have been carried out by Professor
Tucker at Mount Hamilton, in which
tie lias determined the position of 402
stars which will form a background
for Eros in 1930.
In making these determinations.
Tucker spent 77 nights at Lick ob¬
servatory, during which he made 2 .
100 observations. The period, which
is just passed, constitutes one of the
best observing seasons, from the*
standpoint of atmospheric conditions
recorded at Lick observatory in 30
years.
The positions of the fixed stars ap
pearing in the same portion of the
sky as will Eros, although much
further away, will aid in determina¬
tion of ttie distance of Eros from the
earth. The calculations will lie made
botli in terms of miles and in. terms
of a common astronomical unit, which
is fixed as the greatest diameter of
the ellipse that the earth describes
about the sun once a year.
Eros’ move will be Its first close
approach since Us discovery in 1S98.
Oh, of course it’s woman’s driving
that l* responsible for most of the
motor crashes, but why is it that one
so eeldom bears of an accident in
which the drivers of both cars are
WOjBea?
Sagacious Silence
“What did you say to I he traffic coji
who arrested you?’'
"Nothing,” answered Mr. Chuggins.
"What did you say to the judge?"
“Nothing. If you try to put up
defense you get the worst of it for be
ing a time-waster.’’
Lead Killed Him
"Ellen, what’s become of old SI
mon?"
“He done die wid lead poisonin’.”
“Lead poisoning? I didn't know
Simon was a painter.”
“Nossuii, lie was in de chicken
business."
Natural Result
Edith—Tom looked awfully silly
when lie proposed to me.
Elsie—No wonder. Look at the slll>
tiling tie was doing.—Stray Stories,
More Like It
Bill—My watch stopped. Have I
been here long?
Mae—My watch is being repaired,
but tiiere's a calendar on the wall.
Colonel Lost No Time
Taking Up Rash Offer
While Col. Frederick Van Rensse¬
laer Dey, better known as Nick Car
ter, sat one afternoon In a cafe with
Mickey Finn, genial word-juggler the
two engaged in mellow conversation.
relates Joseph Van Itaalte, In the
Century Magazine.
“I think a lot o’ you. Mickey,”
sighed tlie colonel, slipping down on
his shoulder-blades into greuter ease
his long thin white futile hands buried
deep in ids pennilesq pockets.
“I think a lot o’ you, too,” replied
Mickey, “and there isn't anything on
earth I wouldn’t do for you.”
“Anytiling, Mickey?”
It was a moment fraught with pos
sibilities.
"Yes,” said Finn, after brief con
sideration that lent greater value to
the concession—“anything.”
“Well, if that’s the case,” replied
the colonel, “suppose you buy me a
drink!”
<r— pr^ H— ,
Evangelists
In n winter resort town I noted
their were a good many evangelists, a
half dozen operating at one time. So
i asked the mayor about it. He says
It is his policy to encourage evan¬
gelists, as lie believes many people
attend such services a-' others attend
vaudeville, moving picture or circus
performances. Some patrons attend
the services of all I lie evangelists, and
make favorites of those who denounce
sin and society most vigorously. Tim
mayor says the evangelists do Ids
town much good In their suinnie:
work, and freely advertise a town
that Is good to them In winter.—E. W.
Howe’s Monthly.
Welsh Race Vanishing
That the Welsh as a distinct and
separate race,-with its eullur'e, titern
lure and art, will tie practically on
of existence in the next. f>0 years, i
the prediction of students id Weis
nationalism. They point to figure
showing that In Wales today there ar
more English, Irish and Scotch tha
there are Welsh, Cardiff, with 250.00
population, having only 45.001) nalix
residents. It is estimated that old
5 per cent of the population of Wale
can speak, read and write Welsh.
His Shiftlessness
“You know what a trilling. Iteedles
sort of feller my son-in-law is?” askei
old man Buckover. “He’s had then
matiz for six years or more, and a*
many as ’leven kin, including me, ali
of which have liaJ it. kept advising
him. Ani yet lie has never took the
remedies we suggesr, and kept on fool
ing with Doctor Siipps, and doing no
good a-tall. Dodburn such a shiftless
feller, anyhow!"—Kansas City Star.
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Want War on Rattlesnakes
A rattlesnake with 29 rattles and a
; button, one of the largest found In
west Texas in recent years, was cap
tured by Howard Seilan of the Do¬
ran ranch, on the San Saha river re¬
cently. Rattlesnakes annually take a
! heavy toll of live stock, and residents
of west Texas are asking that a boun
! ty be placed on them.
WHY=
Men and W6men Fir»t
Donned Garments
How came people to wear clothes?
Was it because of modesty? Or im¬
modesty, to make the body more mys¬
terious and alluring? Or for adorn¬
ment, or for protection from the ele
ments? Each of these theories has
been advanced. Now Dr. Kniglit Dun¬
lap, professor of psychology in Johns
Hopkins university, offers a new ex¬
planation, notes Popular Science
Monthly. Primitive men and women
first took to clothes, lie says, to ward
off flies and similar pests.
“Crawling and flying pests are with
primitive man abundantly and very
Intimately,” lie says. “The most etfi
cient protection is afforded by hang
ing strings, leaves, animals' tails, and
similar articles that flap with the
movement of the wearer. The fly pro
tections used on domestic animals are
exactly of the types of primitive liu
man clothing which have baffled tiie
anthropologists.
“Clothing itself is neither modest
nor immodest,” lie added. “Any de
gree of clothing, as well as nudity, Is
perfectly modest when we become
used to it.”
Why Hearing Apparatus
Varies in Many Way*
The hearing apparatus of anlmalr
Is-like that of human beings, but mod
itied to suit the conditions of the an
lmal’s life. Deer, hares and horses
like all animals whose life necessi
tales keen hearing, have ears shaped
and set in the best way to catch faint
or far-off sounds. The snake lias m
eardrums. The ear of the fish is a
membranous labyrinth connected with
tiie bladder by a series of little bones
Though Hie sense of hearing is per
feet only in tiie higher animals, even
tiie animals that have no ears per
ceive sounds. Instead of. ears tliex
are supplied witli tine nerves wiiosc
function is to note and to respond ti
every touch; nerves whose receiving
centers are different from tiie center?
of tiie purely tactile impressions. Al
animals, including Insects, have an ap
paratus which enables them to (listin
guisli tlie approach of an enemy.
Why Called Marines
The word “marine” is derived fron
tiie old French word “marin," meaning
“sea soldier.” Tiie United States Mb
fine corps is an independent brand
of tiie military service, and, tiiougl
under tiie direction of tiie Navy tie
partmeut, may lie detailed by order o'
the President for service with tin
army. The duties assigned to tiie Mu
rine corps are to garrison the' mn\x_
yards and naval stations and the de
fenses erected for their protection; ti
furnisit to all battleships and cruiser*
and other vessels, when necessary, i
detachment for guard duty and also p
assist in tiie handling of the ships
guns. A mobile force is also always
held in readiness at tiie Marine liar
racks as Hie first line for foreign serv¬
ice when l lie occasion may' arise.
Why Termed Slush Fund
A sltish fund is a political -cam
puign fund collected for! tiie (nirpnsi
of influencing .public opinion l>y- im
proper means. The term originate'
In the British navy H was former!)
customary on war vessels to sell slush
and oilier refuse hi Hie ships In ordei
to raise a fund to pay fur small lux
uries and’pleasure of the men', relates
Pathfinder Magazine. Slush is a‘sofi
mixture of grease and oilier unite
rials used foV lubrication and protec
lion of wood, especially masts and
spars. In time the term ‘.'slash fund
came to lie applied to a fund obtained
by selling all wornout equipment and
kitchen refuse from a military cam)
or war vessel. The political applicu
tion of tiie term Is quite recent.
Why Toad Swallows Skiin' -
It is a well-known fact that tlie coin
mon toad molts or sheds, its oute’i
skin several times a year. The skit,
is swallowed By tiie toad after it I
siotighed. What part lids peculiai
phenomenon plays in tlie economy oi
nature is somewhat of a mystery. Tin
United States biological survey think
Hie swallowing of the skin is'merel)
incidental lo shedding. Toads, say*
tliai 'authority, are rather clumsy ii
their actions and movement*;-? appai
ently they swallow tiie sloughed side
In their efforts to free themselve
from the incumbrance.
Why Ship Reaches Bottom
If an object heavier than water i
dropped into deep water It will go <n
down. The question Is brought m
after nearly every shipwreck and wli¬
the subject of much discussion in 1912
after Hie Titanic was sunk. Tic
views , ot physicists'seem .to- contirn
tiie experience of marine explorer.
that there is no'ground for Hie belief
that objects heavier titan water an
held in suspense at a definite presaun
level or floor.
Why Birds Nest in North
It Is not known for certain wh..
birds go north to nest, but It is sup
posed by some scientists that bird
originated in the Arctic regions whet
these regions were tropical in oilman
and that the going nortli each year i
tnerely a hangover instinct.
Why Hair Is White
Hair goes white, according to scion
tisis. because Hie white corpuscles in
the blood eai up tiie pigments which
color the Indr. This often lias a good
effect, as tiie system Is relieved of the
work of making tha pigments.
Improved Uniform International
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Lesson for April 15
TRANSFIGURATION AND SERVICE
a J TEXT—Mark TEXT—He that 9:2-49, fibitleth .-In
. and 1 In- hire, the same beareth
aquch fruit; for apart from me ye can
PRWJkWV TOPIC—Jesus Shows His
Glory. JUNIOR * , • .
TOPIG—Jesus Shows,'Hie
Glqry.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
lO-r-What Faith and Prayer Can Do.
TOTING PEpPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-r-Tha. Meaning of the Transfigura¬
tion.
When Christ announced His death
which was to take place on the cross.
victory th$ disciples were unable to see how
could issue from death. Jesus
took with Him Peter, James and Jolm
into the mountain.
Two men from the upper world
were sent to converse with Jesus
about His approaching ’death at Jeru¬
salem—the very thing about.which tiie
disciples refused to talk. The'trans¬
figuration is therefore a foregleam ot
the corning kingdom.
I. Jtsu* Christ Glorified on the
Mountain (vv. 2 , 3). ,
He took the disciples “by them¬
selves” and was “transfigured before
(item.” This shows that the purpose
of the transfiguration terminated upon
tire disciples and not on Christ.
Christ’s rebuke of Peter for tils un¬
willingness to hear concerning Uis
death apparently’for a time estranged
fhe disciples from Him. To heal this
breach an unusual transnetioft was re¬
quired. His shining raiment was. typ¬
ical of that glory which shall be mani¬
fest when Christ comes back to the 1
earth. His appearance on tiie moun¬
tain typifies His visible appearance
on the Mount of Olives (Zeeh. 14:4, 9).
II. Pstsr, Jamas and John Represent
leraal In tha Flaah in Connaction With
tha Kingdom (v. 2).
Ohridt is peculiarly the King ofi
Israel. According to Ezekiel 37:21-27,
the Israelites are to be the central
people in the kingdom. Tills people
shall be gathered from among tiie na¬
tion* and united as one in that king¬
dom, in their own country.
III. Moses and Eliae Appeared in
GHory With Jesue (vv. 4-13).
Tliese men In the glorified state are,
typical of tiie state of tiie saints in
glory. Moses, who was once denied an
entrance into Palestine, appears now.
In glory representing the redeemed of,
tiie Lord who shall pass through death
Into the kingdom. Multitudes- of the
Lord’s own vtlio have fullen asleep
shall be awakened at Christ’s coming
and pass into the kingdom.’Elias-rep- ,
resents the redeemed who shall pass
Into the kingdom through translation.
SjomSe shall be living upon the earth
when the Lord shall come, and they,
without dying, shall be Changed ami,
thus pass Into tiie kingdom (I Cor. 15:
50-53; I IT Ess! 4:14-18).
1. Peter’s proposal, (vv. 5, G).
So definitely was tiie method of the
kingdom unfolded before Peter that
he proposed to erect tabernacles for
Christ, Moses and Elijah. It is true
that tiie unveiling of thd majestic por
soh of Christ and’the panoramic dis¬
play of Hie kingdom somewhat discon¬
certed ' Peter; yet he ^grasped its cen¬
tral meaning and proposed to -celc- .
brate the advent of the'kingdom which
had been prefigured in a tangible way.
2. The divine voice out of the’
cloud (vv. 7, 8 ).
God declared Jesus to be His be - 1
loved Son In whom He was well
pleased. If' one would know what Ms
pleasing .to God, let him -study’ Jesus,
who perfectly > dld‘ His Father’s will.
8 . Jesus’ charge (vv. 9-13).
He charged them that tfiey should,
tell no . man concerning the tilings
which they had seen until He had!
risen from the dead. *
IV. A Demonstration of tho Purpose
of ths Establishment of th# Kingdom
(vv. 14-29).
When they descended from Hie
mountain of transfiguration they wit¬
nessed a great multitude In a state of
perplexity. The immediate cause of this
state was the grievous corfditlon of a
young man possessed with- a demon
(v. 18). The father of the young man
had appealed to the disciples to east
tiie demon out, but they were unabler
to do so. When they brought him
unto Jesus, tiie foul spirit was re¬
buked and came forth. This young
man’s state Is representative of the
nations who are oppressed by tiie
Devil. Just as this young man was
grievously oppressed, causing Id in to
cast himself Into the fire and into tiie
waters, so tiie nations today in their
perplexity are doing the things which
will result. In their own destruc-j
tion. The Devil will be peculiarly ac¬
tive in the oppression of men and na¬
tions in the last days.
Getting Salvation
If we are going to get salvation, xv«j
have got to get it upon God's terms
and not upon our own; and that Is
why I fear that a good many people
will not get it—simply because they
can’t have their own way about it. 7 -
D. L. Moody.
Sailing to Glory
We do not sail to glory in the salt
sea of our tears but in the fed sea
of a Redeemer’s blood. — Christian,
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