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The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
GYPSIEs REMAIN A PUZZLE
BY Many, the Familiar Wanderers Are
Believed to Have Originally
Come From India

The word gypsy is a contraction OF
Egyptian. When the nomads appeared
in the British isles, many centuries
ago, their leaders called themselves
"earls" folk. Only about 100000 In
number, the Balkan states and south
Russia have most Of them, but there
are many in Egypt and among the
MOOrs on the coasts of North Africa
Who are they? To that question
historians, anthropOlOgists and just
plain, curious people have tried to find
an answer without success. Many be-
lieve that they are descendants Of the
lost ten tribes of Israel; still others
think they are the children Of Ham con-
demned to perpetual wanderings. They
have been considered Spaniards, As
syrians and Egyptians, though they
are different in body and mind from
all of these.
The opinion generally held is that
they are Hindus. They have the dark
complexion, the same thin lips,
straight and propOrtiOnate nose, brill
liant eyes and white teeth Of the Hin
dus. Their language, such Of it that
is not gypsy adaptation of the Ian
guage of the people they live among,
shows similarity to Hindu dialects.
Besides, their habits and customs link
them with the fortune telling, mysti-
cal habits of India.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
First Adding Machines.

The first machine to directly per-
form the operations of addition and
subtraction was one invented by Pas
cal in 1912. 1t was known as the ina
chine arithmetique." Twenty years
later Leibniz attempted the cOnstruc-
tiOn of a machine for making elabO-
rate astronomical calculations; and
various other attempts were made in
succeeding years. but with little sue
cess. Between 1922 and 1842 Charles
Babbage designed his machine for cal
culating mathematical tables by the
method of differences" About 1850
Thomas of Colmgr invented a success
full calculating machine known as the
arithmometer, in which the numbers
were inscribed on cylinders moved by
trains of tOOthed wheels. In recent
years a large number of successful
machines have been devised.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
New Scientific Discovery

Among the most remarkable
glimpses into hidden corners of nature
that scientific advance has afforded
are the frequent discoveries of micro
organisms in unexpected places,
where they produce phenomena here
tOfOre supposed to rise from other
causes. For instance, a scientist in
Upsala, Sweden, ascertained that in
preparations of meat and fish con-
tanning, for purpose of preservation,
salt to the amount of Is per cent,
micro-Organisms grow luxuriantly and
he concludes that the flavors and
OdOrs that are peculiar to various
salt conserves are due to the micro
organisms with which they are
crowded.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
PLEA FOR BIRD PROTECTION
Feathered Creatures Alone Are Able
to Wage Effective War on Insects
That Destroy Crops.

1t has been estimated, and no doubt
cOnservatively, that insects injure the
crops in the United States annually to
the amount of more than three-quar-
tiers of billion dollars. All will agree
that if every portion of this loss could
be avoided by the protection of bird
life, it would be well worth the cost
Not only the farm crops and gardens
suffer, but orchards, forests and shade
trees are greatly injured by insect
pests, condition of which the people
of Massachusetts are probably better
aware than are the inhabitants of any
other state.
There is a well-authenticated story
of a Bavarian nobleman who made a
fine piece of forest land a sanctuary
so delightful to the feathered folk that
when a scourge Of destructive insects
swept over the country, the summer
dwellers protected his trees from
devastating worms that stripped bare
the neighboring forests. Similar oc-
currenceS on smaller scale are per-
haps not uncommon. Manifestly, from
the standpoint of good citizenship,
which calls for wise economic policies,
bird protection as a subject for ma
tiOnal legislation is deserving of most
careful consideration; for these little
friends of man, if they are encOur-
aged and protected, render a very val
liable service. Much wise legislation
has been enacted, but there is need
of more to make our bird friends Sc
cure.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
GobeIin Tapestries.

The most famous products in the
history of weaving are the sO-called
GObelin tapestries, fashioned in the
factory on the site where many years
ago Jean and Philibert GObelin, mer-
chant dyers of scarlet, had their works.
The name of GObelin has always been
identified with the product of these
ancient looms, which, for over $50
years have turned out tapestries solely
for the state. In times of peace these
never leave France except as gifts to
visiting kings and chief magistrates.
Formerly 300 artisans and appren-
tices were employed in the GObelin
works, weaving textiles after designs
by LIE Brun, Boucher and many cele-
brated artists. Today the wOrkmen
number 60 and, as an expert weaver
can produce only five square feet a
year, it is understandable why the
tapestries bring such exceedingly high
prices. 1t is estimated that the
minimum value of a square foot of
Gobelin tapestry is $3.50.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
FISH SENSITIVE TO CHANGE
Sudden Variation of Temperature Will
Drive Them to Distant Waters
or Destroy Them.

Fish are very quick to feel a change
Of temperature in their native ele-
ment, and sudden cooling or heating
Of the water is very injurious to
them.
A hot summer has often been known
to drive herrings to find cooler waters
at a distance. Some years ago, a
fearful storm ragged along the eastern
coast of North America. After it had
subsidized, the sea was strewn with
millions of tite, a fish like a cod,
but attaining a weight of 80 pounds
or more. A vessel was sent to dis
cover the cause Of the strange phe-
nOmenOn. 1t plOwed straight ahead
for $50 miles, and estimated that an
area of 5000 square miles was COW
cred with dead fishes. 1t was dis
covered that the storm had brought
icebergs in its train, and the con-
sequent great cold had proved too
much for the fish, accustomed as they
were to warmer waters. The cod has
an objection to sudden changes of
climate, and if put in colder water
than that to which 1t is accustomed.
will he numbed. Experiments have
been tried to acclimatize English sal
mon in Tasmania but the difference
in temperatures has caused those eX-
perimentS to fail.
COngers and pilchards have died
from cold off the Cornish coast, and
the once plentiful bOar-fiSh have never
been seen in the shallow waters of
Cornwall since a violent easterly gale
blew in 1879
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Chinese Ancestor Worship.

In China almost every family has,
in the main hall of the house, its "an-
cestral shrine" wherein are arranged
the ancestral tablets. These tablets are
made of wood or stone or marble, ac-
cOrding to the financial circumstances
of the family, and inscribed thereon
are the names, titles, dates of birth
and death of deceased ascendants and
the names and degrees of relationship
of their nearest living descendants.
Twice a year, on the birthday and
death-day of the departed, ceremonies,
consisting chiefly of Obeisances before
the tablets, are held. The use of the
tablet as an object of reverence is not
due to the belief that the spirit of the
departed resides in it, but rather that
it is a symbol to be remembered and
respected by the living; and the days
set apart for worship" are no more
religious than is remembrance Of the
dead.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Microbes That Defy Death.

Though some microbes are very
tough and can stand great extremes Of
heat and cold, the majority of them
are easily killed if the right methods
are used. But what puzzled scientists
for many years was that KILLED mi
crObes seemed to be able to come alive
again!
You could kill them as dead as door
nails, but in a very short space Of
time they would reappear in swarms
and as lively as crickets.
Then a discovery was made. 1t was
found that many microbes breed by
means of seeds or spores, which are
almost indestructible, save by fire.
Experiments made with spores show
that they do not in the least mind un-
dergOing a temperature of 400 degrees
below freeziRg-pOint for many hours.
Nor does it hurt them to be boiled! |!
That is why such a disease as an
thrax, the microbes of which produce
spores, is so extremely difficult to
stamp out-nO ordinary means of dis
infection is of the slightest use.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Preserving Vegetables

When dehydrated raw vegetables
are stored in alright containers at
ordinary temperatures Investigations
show that their moisture content is an
There is a "critica, moisture content"
below which the di stinctive color and
taste is retained unimpaired for up
ward of six months For cabbage this
is from 8 to 3.34 per cent; for onions
from 5.74 to 6.64 Per cent There is
more injury from exposure to an at
mosphere of comparatively high hu-
midity at lower temperatures than
from similar exposure in a dry at
.mosphere.- Scientific American.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Had Much Faith in Onion.

Alexander found the onion in Egypt,
where the Hebrews had learned to
like it. He had it cultivated in Greece
and gave it as food to his troops, in
the belief that it excited martial ar
dor. Whosoever wishes to preserve
his health, says an ancient saw,
should eat every morning, before
breakfast, young onions and honey {!
But this does not sound like a very
tempting preservative.
Asia is said to be the native home
of the asparagus. Yet the Romans
cultivated it with such marvellous
success that the stalks raised at
Ravenna are said to have weighed
three pounds each, and we are asked
to believe that the African variety,
grown in Libya, reached a height of
twelve feet.-New York Herald.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
JanItor Objected.

One of the strangest ways of call
ing up or stimulating the imagina-
tiOn was that employed, once upon
time, by our great American sculptor,
st. Gaudens. You will find the story
in his "reminiscences. When he was in
Rome, during his student days, he
was very fond of strolling about at
night in one of the old Italian gar
dens, in which there was a fountain
which was particularly beautiful in
the moonlight and played such mu-
sic as only a fountain in an old Italian
garden can play. So when st. Gaudens
got back to New York city and into
his humble little studio on the third
floor back, what does he do but turn
on the water tap and keep it running
all day long to remind him of the
tinkle and splash of that fountain
in the old Italian garden. One day
the janitOr comes plOdding up the
stairway, and, discovering the run
ming tap, says: 1--WE been pumpin' wa
ter up here for three weeks and won
derin' where in blazes it was a-goin'.
Young man, you'll have to cut that
out. italian HawkswOrth, in St.
Nicholas.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
In the Interest of Accuracy.

"YOu have heard what the last wit
ness said" persisted counsel, land
yet your evidence is to the contrary.
Am 1 to infer that you wish to throw
doubt on her veracity?"
The polite young man waved a dep
recating hand.
"Not at ALL" he replied. 81 merely
wish to make it clear what a liar I
am if she's speaking the truth"
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Grant Was Extremely Sensitive.

General Grant seems to have been
extremely sensitive. When he came
to the end of his second term at West
Point he was given a furlOugh and
went h0me on leave in his gray uni
form. The little country town in
which his parents lived was immense
ly amused by the smart uniform, and
the jeers of the inhabitants were
never-ending. Grant was so hurt by
them that he never again willingly
wore a uniform. Whenever the reg
ulatiOns insisted, he mounted it, but
as soon as permitted, he doffed it
again.
During the war this was translated
into a scOrn of fine uniforms. General
Grant was oftener seen in the garb of
a private sOldier-his stars concealed
by a coat or cloak-than in the double
buttoned blouse of his rank.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
THOUGHT MADE HER NERVOUS
Woman Undergoing Beauty Treat
ment" obsessed With Possibilities
Of Dire Disaster.

A nervous elderly woman entered
an uptown hairdressing establishment
and timidly requested a permanent
wave. While she was waiting her
turn her thin hands twitched with un-
pleasant anticipation of the mysteri-
Gus process ahead, the New York Sun
states.
In time she was led to the cubicle
containing the equipment of trans
formation. She seemed to shudder
las she looked at the nickel apparatus
suspended from the ceiling with its ap-
lpendage of 80 or 40 tubes. After the
shampoo strands of her hair were done
up into curriers' which were inserted
Snugly into a score of individual tubes,
she found herself trussed up as neatly
and completely as pig on the block.
Then the electric current was switched
on
She screamed once, she screamed
twice, and then she allowed no sense
of rhythm to spoil a succession Of
screams. Monsieur proprietor rushed
from the front of the store, and the
Isrtists and assistant artists dropped
their tools and their customers and
Icame rushing to the cubicle Of
Screams. They found the permanent
waver on duty in the booth repeating
the question: "Does it hurt, madame,
does 1t hurt?''
Finally her shrieks subsided and
pointing to the steel tubes which
seemed to grow right out of her head,
she whispered dramatically: mo, 1t
doesn't hurt; but / was thinking, sup
pose the store caught on firew
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
SWING WITH RINGING BELLS
Men of Nerve Required to Call the
Faithful Of Spanish City to
Their Duties.

In ordinary circumstances bell ring
ing is a peaceful occupation to which
White-haired, venerable men seem
ideally suited. But the men who ring
the bells in the famous Giralda of Sc
Vile must be young men of unusual
agility and steadiness of nerve.
When the city is to make merry on
feast days the ringers climb to the
belfry, and then, by the aid of rope
and steps cut in the wall of the tower,
each mounts to the bell he is to ring,
and stands astride its brazen shoue
/ ders. Then he presses the bell with
his feet, holding on to the crOsspiece
on which ii is swung.
Gradually the great bell Sways to
the movement of the man aStride it,
until it acquires a momentum that
swings the hammer, first gently, and
then with increasing force, as the
sweep of the bell widenS. until the air
is trembling with the blows that strike
the massive sides.
The riders bend and rise and fall
with the action of the bells, now ap-
pearing to the observer from the street
to be in a horizontal position as the
bell reaches the limit of its swing, and
again riding gracefully to an upright
position as the monster sways back
ward with another laundering note.
The most extraordinary part of the
daring performance is the sight of the
bell ringer calmly swaying the bell
while it hangs far out of the belfry
over the city; for the outward swing
sends the cOunterpOise with the ringer
into space beyond the arch.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Simple Fsod for Fighters.

Researches made by various schOl-
ars indicate that the heroes of Homer
prepared their food with their own
hands, the New York Herald re-
marks. In the happy simplicity Of the
Homeric ages the great heroes who
dealt such terrible blows, leaving
death and desolatiOn behind them
when they reposed after their exploits,
partOOk of a blameless dish of beans
or a plate of hOmely lentils.
1t may be difficult to imagine Dio-
medes in the act of peeling onions or
Achilles washing cabbage. But al
though the wise Ulysses roasted, with
his own hands, sirloin of beef, veg
etables occupied the most conspicuous
places at all the great banquets Of
ancient Greece.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Hearts of Royalty Preserved.

The last English sovereign to have
the heart removed from the body after
death and to be separately preserved
in a silver urn, was "gOOd Queen
Anne" The hearts of her sister,
Queen Mary, and the latter's cOnsOrt,
King William III, of Charles II and of
Queen Elizabeth, are also cared for
in Westminster abbey.
The heart of Richard COeur-de-LiOn
is still in the custody and care of the
canon and chapter of the cathedral of
ROuen. 1t is under his recumbent
effigy, in that ancient fame, and was
brought to light after the lapse of
six centuries, in 1888, inclOsed in
caskets of lead and of silver, andNith-
cred almost to the semblance of an au-
tumn leaf.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
MOST THRILLING OF SPORTS
Pig Sticking Not the Form of Amuse-
,ment That Would Appeal to
the Mollycoddle.

One of the most thrilling Of all
sports is pig-sticking. Armed with
a Steel-pointed bamboo spear some
seven or eight feet long, and mount
ed on a fast, well-trained horse, the
pig-sticker waits outside a patch Of
covert until the beaters' cries announce
that a wild boar has gone away. He
then gallOps after the quarry, ac-
cOmpanied by several other riders all
intent on winning the honor which
goes to the first spear"
The Indian boar is a large and
powerful beast, standing some 40
inches in height, and armed with
formidable tusks, which he uses to
good purpose. He is the craftiest
of animals and the finest of fighters.
After him go the spOrtsmen. They
have no chance of catching him for
some time, for in his first burst the
''Pig" will Out-distance any horse. At
last one rider, drawing away from the
rest, gets within sticking distance.
Quick as lightning the boar links"
or jumps to one side.
Next moment horse and rider are
struggling on the ground, for piggy
has charged hard and true, throw
ing them both. If help is not at hand
he will wound or even kill his antag-
Onist.
His tusks, nine or ten inches in
length, he uses as chisels, ripping
and tearing with them in his fury
Luckily, the second man is close up,
and after fierce fight the pig is
speared. Here is a form of sport that
no one could accuse of tameness.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11

Badgers are rarely seen out of their
burrows in the daytime, and this is the
reason that, travelling over the west
ern plains, one so seldom sees a badg-
er, although their burrows are very
numerous and every indication exists
of the presence of these animals, SAYS
the American Forestry Magazine. They
chiefly come forth at night; and it is
the rarest thing to find pair together.
For some reason or other, the sexes
pursue their avOcatiOns usually apart.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
HELPED GRANT TO FORTUNE
How Mark Twain's Friendship and
Business Instinct Was Used to
Help Old Friend.

In 1885, Mark Twain, who had his
financial ups and downs, was enjoy
ing a period of prosperity as the pub
Usher of his own books. The pub
lication of the Adventures of Huckle-
berry Finn" at that time had been
particularly profitable and Clemens,
hearing that Richard Watson Glider
discussing with Grant the publish
ing of his memoirs, called upon the
general, with whom he had long been
on intimate terms, for the purpose Of
finding out how far the project had
developed.
1t soon appeared that the Century
editors desired the book, but would
not guarantee a profit of $4,000 to
the author, who had recently ex-
perienced a failure in business and
whose health was breaking down.
Clemens, whose first and last thought
was to serve his friend, said: Gen
eral, l have my checkbOOk with me.
I will draw you check now for $685.
600 for the first volume of your
memoirs, and will add like amount
for each volume you may write, as an
advance royalty payment"
An arrangement was made where
by Grant received 20 per cent of the
net returns and, as is well known,
the book was a vast success. The
publication resulted in receipts by the
Grant heirs of about $450,000 The
first check to Mrs. Julia D. Grant,
drawn February Z, 1886, for $780,
600, remains the largest royalty check
in history.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
poyIe Made Good as Detective.

Somebody recalls Sir Conan DOyle's
activities as a detective back in 1907
when he applied the Sherlock Holmes
methods to an English criminal case
and succeeded in bringing about the
release of an apparently innocent man.
That was the Edjali affair, which was
widely exploited in the English news
papers at the time. Edjaii, the son
of Parsee and an EnglishwOman, was
accused of wantOnly manning animals.
The prosecution made out a strong
case against him. 1t was alleged that
on a certain dark night he went to
Il field near his home and there bru-
tally mutilated a horse. Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle became convinced of his
innocence, and succeeded in proving
beyond a doubt that the nearsighted-
ness of the prisoner was of so extreme
a nature that he would have been Un-
able to find the field, let alone the
horse.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
No Bonehead He

Rastus-Feller, why for you all dab
blin' wild dis here OyesterOpathy?
SambO-'Cause All done read in
book dis oysteropathy treat Ob de ma
nipulation of de bones,' and de onliest
partiality Ah's got is humOrin' de gal
lopin' dominoes to pass in review
Science and Invention.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Reassurinu Him.

81 beg your pardon" said the en-
barrassed man to the flOorwalker 81
want to buy some hose for my wife.
1 believe she said roller hose. You
Spll 'em up or roll 'em down. 1t was
Something like that"
"Step this way, SIR, and have no
fear. We discharged a young lady
only last week for making a f1ippant
remark to a man in your predica-
ment."
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Advanced Methods.

HAS that young Thingmajigger per
son proposed to you YETI"
'NO, mamma, but don't worry; he's
going to teach me to drive his car, and
if he doesn't grab me pretty soon I'll
start for a ditch" Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
A Quiet Life

where did you get your new chauf-
feur?'
Il picked him up in CALIFORNIA;. He
worked for several movie stars, but
he's going to have a new experiences
with me-"
How is that?
'I'H never keep him up until after
midnight. Age Herald.
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Better Than Perpetual Chatter.

'This living with a genius is little
trying said the worried looking man.
"a genius Didn't know that you
had one in your family"
''Yes, my wife; she's discovered per-
petual emotion. Science and Inven-
ton
The Adair County news., 1922-07-11
Grotesques.

''She says she gets all her gowns in
Paris" remarked Miss Cayenne.
''What do you think of them?"
81 think that in spite of all her
griefs and perpleXities Paris evidently
retains a sense of humor."
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-10
SALISBURY BOARD
BACKS PRESIDENT
Action in Releasing Manager
"lzzy" Hoffman is Upheld by
Unanimous Vote.

Salisbury, Md. July I0.-The action
OF President Harry W. Rurak IN I'M
conditionally releasing Harry Uzzy)
Hoffman as manager of the Salisbury
baseball club Monday was unanimous
~ sustained by the board of directors
Of the club at a meeting in the Cham
Der Of Commerce rooms here Satur-
day night. After eX-Manager Hoff-
man and President Ruark had both
been. heard the motion sustaining the
latter was placed upon the floor by
Graham Gunby, OF the board.
AT the opening Of the meeting Pres.-
dent Ruark stated that he had no per-
sonal Ill feeling against Hoffman.
Pressure. he said. had been brought 10
bear by certain members OF the board
OF directors and several stockholders
Of the club insisting that the club had
not been up 10 the standard of other
teams Of the Nlstern Shore League.
and unless complete reorganization
was made Immediately a notable de-
crease in attendance would result.
Public sentiment from all sides, he
added. was IN favor OF his release.
Hoffman reviewed the handicaps en-
countered by the club at the start OF
the season. but declared that at the
time OF his release the best team in
the Eastern Shore League, bar none
vas represented by Salisbury. Two dis
senters on the team. he charged. were
listened 10 by the directors, though nc
meeting was called of the board a
which ne was invited 10 attend.