Ellsworth American., 1920-04-21
Buckwheat Cakes

The ancient practice of bluffing is
not limited to the human species. Va
rious animals pretend to be worse than
they are. The hog-nosed snake is. a
perfectly harmless little fellow, with
no capacities in the way of poison.
and yet this reptile, which is rather
pretty, is given such sinister names
as fat-headed adder and sand viper,
and is usually killed on sight. This
is because ii has the habit of fiatten-
ing its head and putting out its neck
and kissing violently, which is for no
other purpose than to frighten off in
Fruders. 1t is a plain bluff, to give
the impression that the reptile has
poison fangs. This counsrfeit Is usu-
ally taken at its true value, and af-
fords the hog-nosed snake consider
able protection except in the case of
human beings, who destroy the inno-
cent reptile on sight, when it is not
only harmless but useful also in keep
ing down vermin.
inappropriately Named.
a1NA'ho titAo Atat uiSiltd Il ldiilt IOT
some of the most desolate, tragic,
malodorous, or otherwise unpleasant
places on the face of the globe Christ
mas sound lies amid the dismal.
stormy horrors of Cape Horn, and
Christmas Harbor is an equally cheer
less spot in Kerguelen land. OF the
three Christmas islands, one is a low
atoll covered with guano; another lies
off the ice-bound coast of Cape Bre-
ton, while the third is a forest-clad,
unhealthy islet which possesses only
40 inhabitants. Mounds on the Cardl-
gan coast are called Castell Nadolig,
which means Christmas castle, and
are said to be so named because the
Welsh garrison of a castle that for
merly stood there were surprised and
massacred by Morse pirates while ca
rousing on Christmas night.
There Is No Escape.
Dartmoor, the great English prison,
is so situated that escape is almost i'm.
possible, indeed, no man has ever fin
ally got away. For miles around
stretches an expanse of wild moor
land. The plight of an ordinary per
son, lost on the moor. is sad enough.
but how much more pitiable must be
that of an escaped convict who, like
a hunted animal. finds himself assail.
ed alike by the fury OF the elements
and by the united enmity of his fell
low creatures. Often man has slip
ped. away during a fog, wandered
about all night and at daybreak found
himself within stones throw of the
prison walls. There are many ways
into Dartmoor prison, but only one
way out-the broad highway which
the' discharged convicts tread when
they leave the prison gate behind
them.
OIL Fields Extend Out Into Ocean.
One of the oil fields of the Pacific
coast, lying within a few miles of Los
Angeles, extends out into the Pacific
ocean, and considerable number of
OIL wells are located at some distance
from the shore. In England. the
workings of the Cumberland coal field
run two miles out under the sea. The
'ehuiation OF these mines is a nice
engineering problem, but is successful
ly accomplished. At Workington,
Eng, in the year 1887, before the sci
ence of surveying was as highly devel-
oped as at present, the sea burst
through and the workers were drown
ed Many Of the oldest mines in Eng
land, long ago worked out and aban-
doned, have filled with water In the
lapse of time, and constitute an ever
present danger to the miners in ada.
cent mines, who may be drowned at
any moment.
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