davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
BY Garrett p. Serviss,
Eminent Astronomer and Authority
ON Subjects Of Scientific
Uuferesf .rf

ON SUBJECTS OF bcientAic
Interest. .r'
'EVT HILE staying in the North
" Carolina mountains dur
w ing September, heard
much about certain mysterious
nocturnal lights. which. for sew
eral years have been the subject
OF q good deal of gossip and
speculation among both natives
and visitors.
was told that the matter had
been called to the attention of
the Smithsonian Institution and
the Geological Survey, but that
the Investigations undertaken had
led to no definite results. There
being large deposits of magnetic
iron ore in these mountains the
theory was held by many that the
lights were of electromagnetic
origin.
Eye witnesses with whom I
talked described the lights as
suddenly appearing after night
fall above a long, dark range
called Brown Mountain. and NOV
ing in such a way as to suggest
that they emerged out of a deep
depression on the hither side of
the mountain and rose rapidly in
the air. above the horizon. They
were described as being often
very bright.
TRAVEL AT GREAT SPEED.
In some cases, II was said, they
would separate and seem to fly
apart. Others would appear to
be moving swiftly toward the OBJ
server. Some excited persons
estimated that the lights trav-
eled with a speed as great as 200
miles an hour. Nobody had seen
them close at hand. since Brown
mountain is several miles away
in an airline from the point of
observation, which was usually
the summit of an isolated hill in
a wild, rugged, much-wooded part
Of the mountains near the north
ern end of Burke county.
One day DIR. G. NJ. Randall and
set out from 'Linville to try 70
run down the mystery. Our chauf.
feur was one who had himself
seen the strange lights. We rode
about twelve miles over rough
mountain roads and through two
fierce thunderstorms.
These storms made our expe-
dition a success by clearing the
atmosphere. 1t was our intention
TO make a careful preliminary in
spection by daylight of Brown
mountain and it's surroundings.
For this purpose the doctor took
along a powerful binocular. At
the foot Of the hill Of observation
we found a small country hotel,
frequcnted by fishermen. and also
visited by curiosity seekers drawn
by the mystery Of the lights.
On a conical brush-covered hill
there stood des>rted two-roonsed
cabin inhabited in summer, we
were told. by a preacher" and his
family. From the porch Of this
cabin It was customary for the
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
Sea Phantoms as Mysterious
Uncanny Spirits Seen
on Land
on Land

no doubt that rather a hot-tem-
pered gentleman of that name
many years ago left Holland for
the East by way of the Cape Of
Good Hope.
The story Is that. meeting with
battling winds. he swore a ter
rible oath, in consequence Of
which the Divine wrath decreed
that he should for eternity, en-
deavor to weather that head
land.
Another strange sea ghost
story is that during January.
1647, vessel left New Haven,
Conn, but was never heard Of
again. One evening in the fol.
lowing June. after severe
storm, she was seen coming up
the river. The inhabitants were
overjoyed at their return, but
something uncannv was noticed
about her, especially as she wal
sailing against the wind.
To the onlookers' CONSERVATION
she gradually faded away and dis.
appeared.
On she came, with a cvloud Of
canvas,
Right against the wind that
blew;
Until the eye could distinguish
The faces Of the crew.
And the masts. with all their rig
ging.
Fell slowly one by one.
And the hulk dilated and vanished
AS a sea mist in the sun.
That the combined sea and land
tank, about which so much specu-
lation existed during the war,
should have been forecast by
phanotm ship, is indeed, strange.
This is the specter vessel of Port
bourne, in Cornwell, and in Robert
Hunts "Romances of the West Of
England" there is a description o.
what a local inhabitant witnessed
during one OF its escapades. "Cn
II came from over the sea. Glided
up over the sands and steadily
pursued it's way on the dry land.
On II went to Bodelan and turned
toward Chygwiden, and there van
ished." Truly weird!
The lumbermen fthe same
Lawrence" also contain a descrip-
ton OF a mysterious disappearing
vessel seen off Cap d'Espoir, and
which vanished amid the noise Of
battle. She is said to be the spirit
of the British flagship which was
unaccountably lost.
The lumbermen Of the same
great river relate that warning
of bad weather is given w the
appearance Of an antique oaravel,
which proceeds most uncnrcsrred
up the Gaspe Falls, where no
other could follow.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
HOW CIVILIZED MAN CAN LEARN
HEALTH FROM SAVAGE

r ONDON-Ill.health, according
IL to the famous scientist. DR..
Leonard Hill, is the peculiar
property Of civilization. In a
treatise on What the Savagcs Can
Teach About Health" DIR. Hill
gives valuable advice. He says:
General Bruce, Of the Everest
Expedition, described Tibetan
porters as carrying weights Of
over a hundred pounds each up to
an altitude Of 5000 feet to a height
Of $4,000 feet. One girl, he says.
shouldered a tent and with tireless
energy carried 1t up the pass.
THE Tibetan tribes live on
natural foodstuffs. such as milk
and corn and green foods: with
almost no sugar or alcohol; they
keep their bodies fit by hard exer.
else taken in the open air and sun
shine. They are very long-lived
and free from all the nervous and
digestive troubles, appendicitis,
colitis and other kinds Of "itis"
which afflict the dwellers in big
cities.
Civilized man requires a book
Of some hundreds Of pages to cata.
logpe the names of his diseases.
On the other, hand, a wild animal
or wild man. while exposed to
greater mischance from his nat
ural enemies, keeps the body per-
feet in its fitness and attains to a
joy in existence that Is probably
never reached by citizens who
live a continued life in mean
streets beneath a smoke e-darkened
atmosphere.
SUN AND AIR CURES.
Experience has shown that
children who are suffering from
tubercular disease of skin or
glands. joints and bones are
cured by treatment in sanatoria,
where their damaged parts are
put to rest when necessary by
splinting and their bodies are ex.
pOScu Huuc oh SNcIy pOSsiDic OC-
casion to the sun and open air.
Those who also receive the
advantage Of bathing In the sea
become brown through their ex.
posure to the sun. The fire Of
life Is stimulated by the cool air
blowing over their bodies. They
have to keep themselves warm by
the combustion Of food within
themselves In place Of being kept
over.warm, as most chi .dren too
often are, artificially by over.
clothing and confinement In the
stagnant air Of over.heated rooms.
Their appetite Is thus stimu.
lated, and they eat quantities of
the good, nourishing food they
are given. and by means OF this
their resistance to their disease In
raised while at the same time the
suns rays, bathing their bodies
on all fine days, are absorbed by
the skin and In part by the blood
beneath, and there works its
curative effect,
Recent research has shown,
too, that rickety children have
their bone troubles cured by ex-
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
BY Lucy Lowell.
WOMAN writes to protest

n WOMAN writes to protest
~ against my arraignment Of
the mother who published
the illegitimacy Of her little son
for the purpose Of visiting
vengeance upon the lover grown
cold. former friend of her be-
trayed husband.
My correspondent believes that
my attitude IL one Of stoning a
woman while the man goes free.
= Now I am not particularly con.
cerned with the supposedly fine
shades Of right and wrong that
lie in the actions Of people, be
they women or men. believe
the deed deplorable which hurts
another. And in that this mother
sacrificed the life Of her baby, for
the shadow Of that trial in the
Indiana courtroom must lie
athwart his path so long as he
shall live, and in that she
brought deep sorrow to her hus-
band II not by her treachery. at
least by her crazy clawing for
a chance to hurt one wearied of
a sordid infatuation, 1t is my
idea that she is guilty Of grave
error.
As for the. man-and.woman
phase of the case, that is another
matter.
The good and bad that live In
the human heart are comparative.
Not all of us have enjoyed equal
opportunity to develop the good
and to suppress the bad. There
are many who tend naturally to
Kindness as flowers tend toward
beauty and their effect upon life
round about is something the
same. Others through such mis-.
fortunes, as physical maladjust-
ments or bitter and warping ex.
periences poison the atmosphere.
And these are to be pitied for the
misery they Store up for them.
selves,
but for, the most part folks are
Just folks, with a little bad and
more good in their makeup and
one or the other responding to the
call Of daily living.
And Of, these the one with advan.
tages OF education, social training
and profitable experience among
others is the one to whom the world
locks for poise and q certain game
ness, the ability to take blow with
a smile.
And the courage to face the
consequences Of an action!
The mother who swore away her
sons .birthright was educated, So
ciaily trained and experienced.
BY her own story she saw ut to
transgress what she had held as
proper conduct for women n we'll
as for men. As to whether she
was justified In that transyression
she alone knows. The matter lay
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
British Writer Comes to Defense of
Marriage AS Career

ONDON, Oct. 27.-The subject
Of whether marriage is a
- failure continues to receive
treatment from all angles in Brit
ish periodicals.
One Of the recent contributions
on the subject is an article in de
Tense of marriage" by J. b. Nor
ton. a rising young writer. He
says:
II have suddenly realized how
jolly II Is to be old.fashioned.
Among my beliefs is a very firm
faith in the institution Of mar.
riage. am antiquated enough
to think that the majority Of mar
riages they do not advertise
themselves are happy. I am
stubborn enough to cling to the
idea that human nature has not
altered, in spite of wireless and
airplanes. I am even unreasona.
able enough to suggest that all
these crawling cynicisms and
winnings and dirty little com.
plants are becoming rather bor.
ing.
1T Is as we'll to record these
things before l am ostracized as a
reactionary.
Whatever one may say, mar.
riage is q woman's career. That,
like most platitudes, Is true. And
make the point because nearly
all the attacks on marriage, and
half the quack remedies for an in
stitution that bores some people,
come from women. Nobody wants
to say that q woman must have no
hobbies and no recreation. But,
speaking generally. everything in
her life must finally be subordi-
mated to marriage,
"All these new theories are
kind of pose. They will pass. They
are to be found in great mum.
bers In the novels of today. They
represent a phase. And the sub
ject is becoming duller and more
tiresome every day.
THE danger Of these views
about marriage people who hold
them invariably call them, with q
smile Of pride, advanced views'D
the danger Is that they, become
a fashionable fad--llke ospreys or
pet dogs. And boys and girls
grow up In q pestiieut.al atmos-
phere, and adopt q pose OF cyni.
cism before they have learned to
think o. anything for them-
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON
MOUNTAIN LIGHTS
Night Flashes in North Carolina Wilder
ness Investigated by Scientists After
Natives Seek Their Origin in Vain.

sightseers to watch for the lights,
not going up for that purpose,
however, until after dark.
Clue to the Mystery.
We went up about p. m. and,
the storms having ceased, the
view was as clear as crystal. wa
could look over and far beyond &
the long, dark summit of Brown
mountain, which resembled an i'm.
mense wave in the middle OF the
vast landscape, semeing TO the
naked eye to consist only Of
ranges of trackless mountains,
stretched out one beyond another.
The most distant horizon was
perhaps twenty to thirty miles
away, and appeared high above
Brown mountain.
AS soon as the binocular was
called into play we began to dis.
Germ clearings and evidences of
habitation In the apparent wilder
ness OF uninhabited mountains
over beyond the Brown Mountain
ridge. In several places buildings
could Enthusiastically be seen. This
Immediately suggested a clue to
the mystery. With the aid OF a
pocket compass ! made a sketch Of
the scene, putting in the points OF
the compass in order TO fix the di-
rections of the objects seen by the
glass, for subsequent comparison
with the location of the lights, If
they should appear. The directions
were also carefully noted with ref,
erence to the uprights supporting
the porch roof.
We cooked and ate supper, and
as night came on began our watch.
The twilight had hardly faded be-
fore our chauffeur exclaimed:
There they are, look"
After all the excited stories
that we had heard about them, and
in view of the air of mystery SO
long thrown over the whole sub.
ject, the sudden appearance Of the
lights, truly was a little startling.
Some of them were as bright as
distant electric lamps, and they
really did seem to shoot upward
But this effect was csnfineL !.
naked eye views.
Appear and Disappear.
When watched with the glass
most of the fainter ones weTv
seen to be motionless lights. evi
IDENTIFY emanating from villages.
Long rows Of them appeared ana
disappeared as the mists and re
Elections over the intervening
mountains and deep wooded valleys
made them shift and fuctuate. Tn
brighter ones we concluded wer,
the lights of automobiles. One
could follow the infections Of the
invisible roads by the motions,
brightenings. and fadings. and ap.
pearances and disappearances "a
these lights.
Later. on passing through Wash
ington, I learned that representa-.
tives of the Geologic Survey had ,
with similar means, arrived at sub
stantially the same conclusion abou;
the nature of the lights. But
they had added locomotive head.
lights as one of the sotrces Of il
Elimination, for there is, II seems,
a railroad running through the
country beyond Brown mountain.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
Lucy Lowell Says Only Honest Sim
ners Deserve Divine and
Human Sympathy

between her and her sense Of the
square deal.
However that may be. when the
time for settlement came round
she at once felt the desire to find
someone else or something else to
blame. She settled upon her femi.
ninism, in this day when others are
trying to make that quality the
symbol Of dependability! She
Haunted 1t and dared the world not
to pet 1t!
I have a feeling that God for.
gives only the honest sinner.
Copyright. 1922. by King Feature
Service, Inc
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

A GOOD deal has been heard
"a recently about the ap-
4 - pearance Of ghosts an
land. Many a village has its
haunted house or lane. duly re-
garded with varying degreese of
awe by the Inhabitants. This
being SO, It is not surprising that
the sea also possesses its quota
OF legendary uncanniness.
There Is the famous Flying
or phantom ship, OF
Vanderdecken. What truth there
is in the frequent reports that
1t has been sighted It is difficult
to say. but historically there Is
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
Jap Seeks Scat in Congress.

HONOLULU, Hawaii.-For the
first time In the history Of the
Territory OF Hawaii a Japanese Is
seeking nomination for a position
In the Territorial government,
James T. Hamanda, American citi-
rem Of japanese ancestry. has filed
his nomination papers as can.
didate for the house Of representa-
tives. His nomination papers have
been accepted by O. Brown, state
secretary Of Hawaii. Hamanda
In well known TO both the Ameri-
can and japanese communities Of
Honolulu and was formerly con,
nected with the Nippu jill. Jap
anese Language paper. here, ~ an
editorial writer.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
Largest Circular Saws.

The worlds biggest circular saws
were made IN Philadelphia, There
are two Of them. each measuring
nine feet In diameter, whirring
at the rate Of lS4 miles an hour,
they daily cut their way through
giant logs at Hoquiam. Wash.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

Here Is the Real Two-Legged Cham
pion. Put Sikh and Carpenter in
Room With Him, and Dempsey, Too.
Come Back in Five Minutes and You
Will Find the Three Superior Beings"
Torn to Pieces, and Mr.. Gorilla, I'm
injured, Calmly Examining the Frag-
ments. .'. ~ . ..,.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

third face The owner of has individual Of
his own Mr. Gorilla you might call him. politely, you
met him in Of the Gaboon region where he thves
under . sun hotter than any Mr.. Sikh ever knew.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

Once HAD fight with clubs with fists with teeth
with rocks They put their brains TO work Now child Of
standing off hundred yards could end Mr.. Gorilla
Civilization, Of these days will end the popularity Of
Mr. 0oas successor namely Mr. Prize Fighter. Put YOUR
brain to work MuSle II out Of date, -....
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

and t h . 1 r.
achievements.
, With q face Of
unusual refine
nent for. Q prize
fighter, with in,
tslligsnoe far sx.
ceiling that Of
The average prize
fighter, with Q
body In proper
ton to It's weight,
as efficient 20
any seen in .
century, t h is
young French
man held his own
for years, includ-
ing years In
which he fought
In the trenches.
It was all the
American cham
pion, bigger,
heavier, younger,
could do to beat
him.
But he was an
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

The Senegalese
with a forehead
lower than that
Of the French
champion, with
q facial angle
that only tens Of
t h o u 8 q n d 8 Of
years Of evolu-
ton Q o u ! d
change, to make
room for intel
lie o T. conquers
the higher type
And here the
gorilla, W h Sc
face tells the
story of his
mind, repre-
sents q develop
ment that could
conquer with the
greatest ease any
half dozen hu-
man beings.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

higher type7 II
you had q face
Hike arpentier's
20 u%,8 : wouldn't
change 1t for
Silks face, al
though in the
change you
might become
strong enough
to knock out
ALL the cham
pions, stron 6
anos,0h In knock
out q whale or
an ELEPHANT.
You don't like
the face Of the
gentleman Of
Senegalese birth,
but that face
gives him much
Of his power. It
gives insensi-
bility.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

We show three pictures Young men, seeing them win
do their own thinking about Importance Of prize fighters
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

Have o healthy
body, live wisely,
take exercise.
But don't envy,
don't admire the
gorilla class,
don't pay TO see
that class per-
form.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

The idea here young gentlemen to make you and
realize how little prize fighting success amount TO-
The Washington times., 1922-10-28
Three Championships
Educators III;

You Can Learn from These Three Faces How Unim-
portant Prize Fighting Is in Modern Civilization.
The Washington times., 1922-10-28

initiated order left crushed and helpless by young
ssnsgaese negro known Battling sik whose face you
here ~ - a.,. >, i..,
Notice the difference in the tive faces the Carpenter and
the Sikh face Which would you rather have? Which the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-05
BERLIN

Schools began on Monday, after two
weeks vacation.
Clarence Stewart is reported on tie
gain. after two weeks illness with
the grip.
Mrs. Sarah Scott, although confined
TO her bed, remains about the same.
I. L. Stone recently lost valuable
horse, caused by kick from another
horse.
Grange meeting this week Friday
evening. Degree work in the first and
second degrees, followed by program
and new sugar and donghnuts. Ladies
kindly bring doughnuts.
Mrs. Clark Stewart Is reported en-
the sick list.
The many friends of Peter Gonyo re-
ceiyed cigars the first of tho week. HIS
marriage to Miss Baldwin of Montpelier
occurred on Monday at the Methodist
parsonage Rev. Mr.. Redding performed
the ceremony
A son, weighing eight pounds, was
born April TO Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Mskkelsen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-05

last week to take to sleighs again.
Fred Reed of Mortified. who was
tenant on the farm Of J. A. Bombardier
last year. has moved back to North
field, to the George Denny farm.
N. r. Graham and r. R. McAlister
are commissioners of the estate of the
late John Howard Winchester.
w. Otto EdsdA has moved from the
Wilder farm to the house formerly DC.
cupied by him on the farm Of Richard
Seeley.
Jason johnson has been quite sick
the past winter but is now able to
come from fhis-hqme to the village on
foot.
Mrs. Harold r, Crosby and son, John,
are visiting relatives in Hyde Park.
Warren Wilfore of Barre, Miss Anna
Wilfore of Mortified and Mrs. G. w
Neal of Everett, Mass, are at the home
of their parents to-day, called here by
the serious illness of their brother,
Clarence III. Wilfore.
M. Ellsworth Morgan is confined TO
the house by an attack of humps. He
is not very sick and no other cases
have yet appeared.
There Is TO be sugar social at
the Congregational church Friday eve
ming. Begins about 1880. Everybody
welcome.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-05
If You Are
Bothered With Gas

Received letter and Baalmsnn's Gas
Tablets o. X, and many thanks for
rush order 1t was Cod send that
my husband saw your ad. in the san
Francisco Examiner. Baalmann's Gas
Tablets surely did wonders for me.
I had severe case of acute gastri-
It's. Taken down in the fore part Of
January quite suddenly. ! was under
the doctors care. but no relief. ] mad
every symptom that you mention IN
the pamphlet | was on the verge of
starvation and heart failure. Weighed
1911 lbs. before taken i'll. My skin ce-
came parched and chung TO the bones.
Since taking Baalman's GasTablets
I am on the way to recovery; weigh
1855 lbs. now; ap taking solid food, en-
ioying a drink of water, and sleep well
at night.
Thanking you for your promptnsss
in rushing order. remain,
Respectfully, Mrs. CLARA BURKE.
April Is, 1921. Spreckels, Cal.
ow package can be had from Cum
(, San Francisco.-Adv.