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Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-01
Did Merlin Dictate
King Arthur's Laws
WhichBring Wisdom
To Modern Nations?
BY Edwin F. Lindenberger

-HE past, according to scholars, is never dead.
Words predictions and warnings issued
thousands of years ago influence the careers of
men, the destiny of nations. Though we may
not heed them, the laws and wisdom of old
times which predict and instruct, exist in the
dusty archives of museums and hbrares-and
few of their secrets being translated into
modern languages
Recent discoveries of two western scholars
Dr. L. E. Nelson and Professor ]. w. Kyle, of
the Redlands University, California-show how
Excalibur, Merlins magic sword, has flashed
down through fourteen hundred years, given
more than human power to dictators and kings
and when rnisused, has been withdrawn. Far
fetched symbolism, fantastic and unreal? Not
at all-for these scholars have unearthed and
translated several ancient manuscripts which
have been hidden for centuries in the British
Museum and Magdalen College.
These yellowed manuscripts of King
Arthurs written in 500 A. D. The great ruler
had inflicted crushing defeat upon the invading
Saxons, and retired to his castle to draw up
infiexible laws for his gallant Knights of the
Round Table He had determined to prevent
further conflicts.
Perhaps he was reaching the age when wis
dom was preferable to fighting,-for even kings
NAV grow weary of slaughter. More than mere
ly telling his Knights how to live thenceforth.
he expressed concern for nations yet UNBORN
and set down rules to govern their conduct. If
he couldn't trust his Knights to practice dis
cretion he was even more fearful for the gen.
erations over which he would have no control.
He felt, it is said, like father to a huge
family Like parent of today, he feared the
time when his experience could no longer pro-
vide safeguards So, calling in Merlin, greatest
magician of the time, King Arthur sat at the
Round Table, drove his Knights off on errands
of eallantry 80 he wouldn't be disturbed. and
dictated.
Punish the evil trdnsgreSsor and the plum
derer of toedter nations"
This applies today to Italys treatment by
other League members for her invasion of
Ethiopia Nations who adhere to League man.
dates are akin to the Knights of the Round
Table Furnishing the offender.
"A /HETHER Merlin looked over King
Wv Arthur's shoulder and foresaW the future
no one can guess. There different opinions
of the scholar and layman. It is probable that
Arthur was a fairly clever ruler himself, and
kept the magician at his court for the sake of
appearances-it looked better to have a man
who was noted for wisdom Then if things
went we'll the Kng took the credit If events
turned out badly, he could blame Merlin.
"When uictorious do not punish the enemy
beuond necessity
This was another of the great Kings lava
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center portion with red and white roses, SYM
bolic of the War of the Roses. King Arthur's
portrait is feature of the restoration, and the
names of his Knights given at the correct
places.
Tradition and legend which have come down
through the years recognize three Tables-the
Table of Passion, a Table made by Joseph of
Arimathea to commemorate the Table of Pas
sion, and a third made by Uther Pendragon and
given to King Arthur on his marriage. This last
Table was later increased in size to accommo-
date the knights created during Arthur's reign
Like Biblical research, Shakespearean argu-
ments, and tales accompanying the ancient
sagas of the Norsemen interest in Arthurian
md ,erial, authentic manuscripts and romantic
legends, has steadily increased
Copies secured by DR.. Nelson consisted of
Latin chronicle from Magdalen College and
portion of John Hardyng's Chronicle dated
1436) from the British Museum. total of SIX
valuable documents were received
THE Latin chronicle OF particular IN
| terest 1t declares that the Round Table
was established upon the advice of Merlin, the
magician. Laws given in detail and an ex-
planation of Arthur's relationship to Mordred:
"While he toas harassin9 France ,oth arms,
Mordred, his son from concubine to ,0hom he
had left the royal palace to be guarded, an dg-
greSstue youth and bold for time tnfdtm-
ated t0ith an eagerness to reign, thinking that
an opportunity ,0as offered him by fortune IN
absence of the king, undertook to arouse the
liberty of the people"
It didn't work out exactly as Mordred an
ticipated since his father returned and re-
monstrated-applying, doubtless, one of his
laws which governed the matter,
Deciphering the Latin tested the skill of the
translators The ancient scribe had several
peculiarities of letter and word form. Many
skeleton translations were made before the
work finished. Words were abbreviated with
dots or lines, and "i's" dotted only when
next to an m"
To prove that King Arthur himself was more
nan legendary figure, this paragraph was dis
~overed
ARTHUR not satisfied ,oith the Kingdom left
by his father, gathered his forces and punished
and subdued in quick succession Ireland, the
O1!;neys, Denmark, Jutland and several others
totOnrd France"
Like miasma from a stagnant pool the
auguries of a long-dead age drift across
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into modern English.
Y A /HETHER Merlin's prophecies are of real
w Importance depends upon the readers
viewpoint So far. mostly they have come true.
These few scraps, taken from the transations
into Latin by Godfrey of Monmouth, and later
translated into English. at startlingly into his
tory.
At time when the world was fat and the
ocean was the jumping off place, King Arthur
and his knights were given another glimpse Of
America and its relations with the League Of
Nations:
"The Eagle of the Broken Covenant, rejoicing
IN its third nesting, tOith its roaring Wheps for
saking the forests, follooing the chase within
the 1Oals of cities, croWning the head of the
Lion, uniting of divers shares into one"
The Eagle is the United States; the Broken
Covenant" the League of Nations; "forsaking
of the forests, young men coming out of the
farms to take up industrial work; the forming
of huge trusts and combinations AS to crown
ing the head of the Lion" does it mean that al
industry shall be for the profit of Britain?
Without doubt good old King Arthur was at
time angry at the slowness of an important
message, for, through his wizard Merlin. in his
wrath he declares thus
an another day stones shau speak, and the
sea be ndrrot0ed into strditer channel Upon
each bank shall man be heard of another.
The hidden things of them that are beneath the
sea shall be revealed, and Gam shall tren.ble
for dread"
Again, from the evidence. extending the
mailed fist toward France
Modern men have a certain sympathy for
King Arthur, for although powerful in war, and
backed by the wisdom of Merlin-he was not
happy in love. Women in those DAYS were in
many ways much what they today-prefer-
ring someone other than their prosaic husbands
In Arthur's case it was Lancelot, his successful
rival-a Knight who made no laws and per-
haps wasn't as wise as the King yet faith
full to love that for years euded him
A to the women of King Arthurs reign.
~ Malory's colorful Morte D'Arthur gives
this instructive passage:
Then spale fair Igraine and SAID, I am a
,0onadn and may not fight but rather than !
should be dishonored, there toiH be some good
to take my quarrel" Her louer ,Uas King
Uther, 0ho gdue her child to Merlin In time
the boy grelO to manhood, became Arthur Ring
of the Round Table, and revealed to his
mother "And then the king let make a great
feast that lasted eight days"
Women the scholarly transators say have
not changed since King Arthur's time. They
still like some man to fight their quarrels, care
for them, and to have their children become
kings.
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A Page From John Hardyng's Chronicles
From the British Museum 1t Relates the
Laws of the Round Table, and Was
Written in 1896.
thousand years to plague the destinies of royal
ty and nations.
Woe to the royal house of England, should the
solemn divinations of Merlin be taken lightly!
And to Edward regning kng,--beware the
taking of German bride! Events sure to fol-
low such romance would result in devas-
tated Europe
Take note of these words of Merlin
"The White Dragon shall arise and ,nuite
htther the daughter of Germany Our gardens
shall be filed toith foreign seed Thereafter
shall the German Worm be crot0ned, bm the
Northtoi,,d shall rise against him and snatch
him from the tlo0ers that the West,0ind
brought FORTH There shall be gliding in the
temples and the edge of the S,0ord shall not
cease Scarce shall the German Worm find
refuge IN his cdUes, for the vengeance of his
treason shall oUertdke him"
This dire prediction is among translations
made more than 800 years ago by Godfrey of
Monmouth our principal source for Arthurian
legends. 1t was he who translated the proph-
eces from the ancient Britain into Latin; and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Fish Wanted

There are fish in Lake Titicaca, the
highest in the world, but not enough,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer. They
are of coarse, native variety, and the
larger number of natives who live on
the lakes shores would like more re-
fined fish, although the water is said
to be too cold for most European va
rieties. The Bolivian and Peruvian
governments have therefore signed a
formal diplomatic agreement" whose
object is to create fishing industry
on this sheet of water set in the Andes
1900 feet above sea level and 5000
square miles in area, and re-stock it.
1t is confidently expected that foreign
experts win find some species of fish
that will be able to bear the intense
cold, even though the natives, who
from time immemorial have fished
from frail boats made of reeds, re-
frain from learning to swim because
they cannot stand the cold themselves
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Who Are You!
g
The Romance of
Your Name
By
RUBY HASKINS ELLIS
A Macintosh?

THIS name is, of course, OF Scotch
l. origin. Some authorities give the
meaning as "son of the leader"
The Clan Macintosh is branch Of
the Clan Citation, which includes the
Macphersons and about dozen other
families. Their home in Scotland is in
the Lochaber and Barenoch districts
of Inverness shire. The strength of
the clan in the field is about 1000 men.
Moy Hall, one of the most beautiful
castles in Scotland, is the seat Of this
family or of the Clan Chatton, and is
situated on the south end of Loeb Moy.
This splendid old structure has been
the home of the chieftains of this
clan for more than 500 years.
The war cry of the Clan Citation
is "Loch Moldheidh." Their badge is
RED Whortle," and their chieftain is
called simply 1.-THE Macintosh" which
as above explained means ''the leader"
The first of this ancient family to
settle in America was John Macintosh,
who located in Dedham, Mass, before
1869. There are many descendants of
John now in many parts of the coun-
try.
1t is interesting to note that the
MacIntoshs were among the recruits
from the Scottish Highlands to come
to the assistance of the state of Geor-
gia when strengthening the colony in
1875. An appeal was made to the
sturdy Scotch to come over and settle
and assist in the work of colonization.
One historian says, "They were no.
reckless adventures or reduced i'm
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is recorded as being the founder of
the Carmelites of Blakeney. He was
inferred in the old church at Cock
thorp.
Sir James Caltharpe, of Suffolk,
England. was knighted by Cromwell
In 1856.
1t was from Christopher Calthorp
of Blakeney, England. that the Ameri-
car family was descended. Chris
topher came to america on the ship
Furtherance in 1922. He was a rel
alive of Nathaniel Bacon, president of
the Virginia council In 1885 he was
named captain. He patented land in
York county, Virginia. and was a man
OF prominence in the state, becoming
member of the Virginia House of
Burgesses.
His descendants intermarried with
the Towards, Clabornes and Bowens
g Public Ledger. Inc.-wNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Mark Twain's Wit Shown in
Collection of Aphorisms

Being philosopher, Mark Twain
was given to creating aphorisms-
his diaries published in CosmOpoli-
tan are full of them. For example:
Grief can take care of itself, but
tn get the full value of joy you must
have somebody to divide it with.
Have place for everything and
keep the thing somewhere else. This
is not advice, it is merely custom.
A man should not be without
morals; it is better TO have bad
morals than none at all.
My books are water, those of the
great geniuses are wine. Everybody
drinks water.
1t takes me a long time to lose
my temper. but once lost l could
not find it with a dog.
It is not best that we use our
morals week days. 1t gets them out
of repair for Sundays.
The man who is pessimist be-
fore 4S knows too much; if he is an
optimist after it, he knows too little.
Good breeding consists in con-
cealing how much we think of our
selves and how little we think of
the other person.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Famous Old Initial Tree
Cut Down for Firewood

Leonardtown, Nd -Leonardtown's
famous old initial tree is down and
many sweethearts will be sad, per-
haps, as they learn this. The tree, an
old beachnut, had inscribed and cut in
its trunk and limbs hundreds of ini-
tails of lovers of long ago now married
and others who have died, according to
the old-timers here in this city.
The tree, on the Tudor Hall estate
on Brettons bay, stood near the water
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Origin of Chess

The origin of chess is lost In OBJ
security. Its invention has been vari
ously ascribed to the Greeks Ro.
mans, Babylonians. Scythians. Egyp
tians. Jews. Persians. Chinese. Hin
dus, Arabians. AraucaD;ans. Castilians
Irish and Welsh. Some have endeas
Ored to fix upon some particular inti
vidual as the originator OF the game
among others named are Japhetl
Shen. King Solomon, Xerxes. Hermes
Aristotle. Semiramis. Zenobia. etc
However. popular belief attributes the
origin of chess to the Hindus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
dead" Gold Mines Live

With gold at premium throughout
the world, abandoned mines and dig.
gings," unworked for years, are being
tackled with modern machinery and
new methods. One of the oldest mines
in existence has been reopened, says
the Washington Post 1t is in Wales,
where 1900 years ago 1t was discov-
cred and worked by the Roman In
vaders of the British isles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

and In the yesteryears at one time
had benches under it and was a popu-
lar lovers rendezvous. To show the
deep affection for one another the
young folks would cut with penknives
their initials together on the tree. AS
the tree grew taller the initials would
grow higher and the bark would cover
some OF them over, making them final
ly become obliterated. However, some
of the initials still stood out against
the hand of time and could be made
out But the tree, rottening from lack
OF care, has fallen down and has been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Cruel Test for Mozart

Mozart, when a child genius, once
was locked up by Adelaide, sister of
the unlucky Louis XVI of France. I'M
til he proved his ability by writing a
concerto for violin. She thought Leo
pold Mozart, the boys father, was
playing a trick.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

cut up for firewood by Willie Thomp
son, who has shack near the tree
Thompson says that If the tree could
talk it would tell some very interest
ing tales about the younger set of loeg
ago, who met beneath the tree a !.
carved their initials on its trunk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
SS5;,I5,!(|s||ss:e:
about:
The Lords Shock Troops

NTESTWOOD, HILLS, CAL.
w I'm peace: l knew streets
in New York where citizens went
at their own risk, and policemen
walked in pairs. But some were
as safe as though they'd been in
church-a doctor with his kit;
nurse in her uniform; a priest or
nun; a preacher or rabbi, and al
ways a Salvation Army worker.
In war: Ask any veteran what or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Many in Same clax.

my neighbor, Hi Hat, is wiser than
| am" said Hi Ho, the sage of China.
town. "He preserves a supercilious
silence and so avoids betraying how
much he doesn't know"
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migrants, but were men of good char,
acter and were picked for their mill
tary qualities" They founded per-
manent colony of their own in Georgia
and called it New Inverness and to the
section that was allotted to them to
hold and cultivate, they gave the name
of Darien. Both of these places are in
Macintosh county.
Also, valuable service was rendered
to this county by these men in the
Revolution, the war between the states
and other national conflicts.
Among the early settlers were John
Moore Macintosh, Col. John Macintosh
and Gen. Lachlan Macintosh Each
played heroic parts in the early life of
our country and wrote the name of Mac
Intosh into the annals of our history
with the same indelible impression of
honor and integrity that has ever been
its characteristic in bonnie Scotland.
The Macintosh plaid is in colors of
red, black and yellow.
A Ca.tharpe?
TALTHARPE, Calthrope or Calthorp,
~ as it is sometimes spelled, is a
name that was found in England at
very early date. Ingham and Cock.
throp, England, were homes of the
Caltharpes.
Richard Caltharpe is the first men
toned by this name, and at a later
period John Caltharp, of Cockthorp,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Indian. Had Painle.. Dentistry

Zapotec Indians in Mexico had PAL
less dentistry a thousand years al"
says an archeologist, for they used :
natural anesthetic growing wild I,
their country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

SdulLuIlOu, uU lIdIlSi
how big its personnel,
or how fat its purse,
outdid the Salvation
Army in service TO
our soldiers, whatso-
ever the race or the
creed or the color.
At Christmas: Who
sent Santa down cold
chimneys to gladden.
the hearts of children
at hearthStones that
elSewiSe would be
desOlate? Who brought
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Fosdick Now Heads
Rockefeller Foundation

Raymond D. Fosdick, brother of
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor
of the Riverside church in New York,
who has been elected president OF the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09

a measure of holiday cheer to the
misery-laden, putting clothes on the
backs and dinners in the stOmachs of
the naked and the hungry?
So for their eleventh-hour drive for
their Christmas fund, thank God for
the Salvation Army. Every cent went
where it should have gone when you
gave it to them, for verify | tell you,
as one who knows, these are the shock
troops of the Lord.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Find
Out
From Your Doctor
if the Pain" Remedy
You Take Is Safe.
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Family's
Well = Being to Unknown
Preparations

before you take any prepara-
- ton you don't know all about,
for the relief of headaches; or the
pains of rheumatism, neuritiS or
neuralgia, ask your doctor what he
thinks about tin comparison
with Genuine Bayer Aspirin.
We say this because, before the
discovery of Bayer Aspirin, most
so-called pain remedies were adj
vised against by physicians as being
bad for the stomach; or, often, for
the heart. And the discovery of
Bayer Aspirin largely changed
medical practice.
Countless thousands of people
who have taken Bayer Aspirin year
in and out without i'll effect, have
proved that the medical findings
about its safety were correct.
Remember this: Genuine Bayer
Aspirin is rated among the fastest
methods yet discovered for the relief
of headaches and all common pains
-. and safe for the average person
to take regularly.
You can get real Bayer Aspirin at
any drug store = simply by never
asking for it by the name aspirin"
alone, but always saying BAYER
ASPIRIN when you buy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
That Marvellous Hen

WHATEVER became of the hel
w which from time to time hauled
off and laid an egg with mysterious
initiating on it? In my days on a
country newspaper this gifted fowl
was a regular journalistic feature. Her
output might be soft-shelled and shy a
yolk, but always the cryptic writing
was there.
Once she produced an egg bearing
letters which many translated as
prophesying war" But somebody
pointed but that if you read the mes
sage the other way it spelt raw"
which also seemed to cover the case.
This barnyard phenomenon died too
soon. How the New Deal boys could
use a hen capable of turning out weird
alphabetical combinations and then 60
ing off and forgetting them!
Afterthought-AmO all the office
seekers or office holders who have been
or may be mentioned for a Presiden-
tial nomination next year-Or even for
Vice President-yOu will search in vain
for the name of Governor Hoffman of
New Jersey.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-01-09
Destroying a Skunk

I'VE just - been reading-until !
L stopped to gag-the latest novel Of
one of the new school of authors; you
know, those so-called realists who mis-
take filth for fiction and lewdness for
literature. I wouldn't say this person
was much of a writer, but he certainly
is a practical dirt-farmer.
I've never believed in censorship for
creative work; and as regards this
group, I've always gone on the theory,
paraphrasing an old line of an old
ballad, that they were more to be pit
led than censored.
But for the individual offender
against common decency-well, when l
was a younster down South, they told
me the surest way to destroy a skunk
was to pen him under a barrel and
just let him smell himself to death on
his own personal perfumes.
Our Younger Generation.
IN THE paper l see where, for theil
l. Sunday sermons, three ministers
preached on modern youth-with par
ticular references to the shortcomings
of same.
1 haven't a doubt that the first cave
man, surveying the antics of his colt
ish brood, remarked in tones of gloomy
resignation to his hairy mate:
''Well, mommer, the worlds done
pretty we'll while we ran it. Look at
the hole in the roof to let the smoke
out, that thought up right out of my
own head, be-gee! And now when I
get the trick of this new throwing
stick worked out, civilization will just
about have reached her peak. But
heaven help the poor old earth when
that bunch of crazy kids yonder takes
hold"
Before we start blaming the oncom-
ing generation for everything, includ-
ing it's own sins, which are sufficiently
manifest already, let's go back to
where this buck-passing habit started.
Let's go back to Adam, the derned
old eXperimentalist!
IRWIN S. COBB.
G North American Newspaper Alliance,
Inc.-WNU Service.
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Use Today Right
No matter about yesterdays short
comings, today is yours.-Ryder.
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