Wonderful Teles Told
of Monster Serpents
From time immemorial the sea ser
pent has figured in story and legend.
Fliny, the Homan naturalist (23-79
A. D.) tells of enormous water and
land serpents, some so large that
whole armies were sent against them.
The hardy Norse fishermen gave
thrilling stories of sea monsters.
Olaus Magnus, a Swedish bishop,
wrote of “a very large serpent of
length upward of 200 feet and 20 feet
in diameter, with a row of hairs 2 feet
in length hanging from the neck,
sharp scales of dark color, and bril
liant, flaming eyes. It attacks boats
and snatches away the men by rais
ing itself high out of the water, and
devours them.” Hans Egede, a Nor
wegian missionary to Greenland, tells
of encountering, on July 6, 1734, “a
very terrible sea animal, which raised
itself so high above the water that
its head reached above our maintop.
It had a long, sharp snout, and blew
like a whale.” The oarfish, with a
body from 25 to 30 feet long, and al
most as thin as a ribbon, is believed
by some naturalists to be the creature
which gave rise to many remarkable
yarns, told from ancient days until
now, of “sea serpents.” The silvery
body, crossed with dusky stripes, the
grotesque head and face, with en
larged fins tipped with red. waving
above like a horse’s mane, might well
give foundation, it Is said, to almost
any story. Still no one can definitely
<a.v that the sea serpent does not ex
ist.
Humming Bird Small
but Famed as Fighter
A man's bravery can never be
judged by his size. Frequently the
midget has the spirit of a raging lion
while the big, hulking 200-pounder
has the timorous heart of a rabbit.
The same law of nature applies to
birds, Kendrick Kimball writes, in the
Detroit News.
The humming bird, sometimes called
the "jewel of the air” because of his
flashing luster, is only three Inches In
length, but bis courage knows no boun
daries. Humming birds are fearless.
They will attack a hawk, a crow or an
eagle, and against such a nimble ad
versary the bigger bird would have no
chance.
With his rapier bill, which he thrusts
into flowers for their nectar, the hum
ming bird is capable of dealing an ad
versary a sharp prick which would dis
courage further aggressiveness. Among
themselves, the humming birds tight
frequently. Like skilled fencers, they
thrust at one another with their long,
needle-like bills, ducking and darting
so fast that the eye can hardly follow
them as they maneuver for openings.
Here Endeth the Lesson
A thrifty Scotch farmer started off
each day by reading a chapter from
[he Bible to his held hands. One
morning during the harvesting season,
he struck the sixth chapter of Chron
icles, which consists of 81 verses of
genealogical names. He droned on
until be came to:
"And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and
Hilkiah begat Azariah, and Azariah
begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Job
jzadak.”
Then he paused and looked over the
leaf.
“Weel, my friends," he said, “they
begat ane anither richt down to the
end o’ the page and a lang way ower
on the ither side, so we’ll Jist leave
them to it. Off wi’ ye to yer work.”
—Boston Transcript
Nature Always Fair
How just Is Nature in distributing
tier gifts. As a tribute for the gossa
oier skin she doles to the true blondes
and the Titian blondes, she is greedy
in the coloring pigment, for eyelashes
uud eyebrows. With the stirring, vi
vacious beauty of the Black-eyed-Su
san type, she mingled a nice brownish
skin, none too delicate perhaps, but
which is far more resistant to sun
and wind than that of the fairyiike
blondes. To the face that Is not per
fect in any sense, she adds the body
silhouette of a beautiful dryad. In
each case, there is sure to be one
feature, fact or figure that is nearly
beautiful.—The Dance Magazine.
First Maple Sirup
Maple sugar making is an ancient
art entirely confined to the North
American continent. Before the ad
vent of the white man, the Indian had
learned to extract and concentrate the
sap of the maple tree. On the ap
proach of spring the trees were gashed
with the tomahawk, and a wooden
chip or spout Inserted to direct the
duid drop by drop into a receptacle
on the ground. The sap was caught
in a bircb bark dish and boiled in
earthen kettles. The small quantity
of dark, thick sirup thus made was
the only sugar available to the In
dians and is stated by early writers to
have been highly prized.
Few Left-Handed People
From the meager Information ac
cessible on the subject it appears that
primitive peoples are as predominant
ly right handed as civilized peoples.
Any theory which seeks to explain the
origin of right handedness must go
back farther than civilization. Accord
ing to the bureau of American eth
nology, there are very few cases of
left handedness among the present
day Indians. It is supposed by that
authority that the Indians were pre
dominantly right handed before their
contact with Europeans.
Royal Splendor That
Once Dazzled Europe
Europe was dazzled by a display of
royal pomp unequaled in the history
of pageantry, when Henry VIII met
Francis 1 of France on the Field of
the Cloth of Gold.
For bis entertainment a temporary
palace was built at Guines, near Cal
ais. covering three acres. No fewer
than 2,8(X) tents stood around it to
house the knights and ladies of his re
splendent train. Their chapel had 35
priests to serve it and for the 20-odd
days they were in France 2,200 sheep
went to form one item of their menu.
There is a picture in Hampton court
which will give you some Idea of the
splendor of the day. It shows the
Great Harry, that giant ship, with her
sails of damasked cloth of gold and
four royal standards flying from her
fo’c’sle, sailing out of Dover harbor.
Other ships, bearing Yeomen of the
Guard, drummers, lifers and banner
bearers, are making ready to follow,
and the water is thronged with small
boats full of spectators, one of whom
is graphically represented in the act
of being seasick.
The diplomatic results of this mag
nitieent display of wealth and power,
it i? sad to read, were us near nothing
a^ doesn’t matter.
I Chairman Didn't Quite
Get Idea of Lecture
Being a Scot, and therefore a sen
timentalist, I have always had un ap
preciative eye for good-looking women.
As a consequence of many wander
ings i thought 1 could give a lecture
about the ladies of many lands. 1
gathered a lot of pretty photographs—
ladies walking iu Hyde park, dusky
maidens dancing in the South Sea is
lands, and that kind of thing—and
wove a cheery lecture. “Sovereign
Woman: Being the Impression of a
Man in Thirty-eight Countries.” It
went well
I delivered it In a Surrey residen
tial town. My chairman, who had en
tertained me ardently at dinner, said
the customary things a chairman is
expected to say—information culled
from “Who’s Who"—and concluded
by remarking, “Now I will call upon
our lecturer to give you his experi
ences with 38 women in different
countries!” The audience roared. 1
Mushed. The chairman inquired in a
loud whisper, "Have I said anything
wrong?”—Sir John Foster Fraser in
London Graphic.
Disappointing
Tiie big house in the wood had
been unienunted for years and was
supposed to be haunted.
in despair the owner had the place
redecorated, fitted with electric light
and every possible labor-saving de
vice, and offered the whole concern
at a very modest rental.
Later tie happened to hear that a
man had been shown over the house,
and in great excitement he rang up
the agent.
“Is it true some one’s taken that
house at fast?” he asked.
The agent’s voice was sad.
“So far he’s only taken the electric
light fittings,” he replied. “Per’aps
he’ll come back for the rest”
Not Case of Attraction
When two small objects are float
ing near each other In a basin of wa
ter why are they suddenly drawn to
gether as if by a magnet? The bu
reau of standards says that the
weight of the floating particles
stretches the surface of the water,
forming a dimple when the two par
ticles come close enough; the two
dimples coalesce into one, throwing
the particles together. The action Is
due to surface tension, In virtue of
which the surfuce is constantly striv
ing to reduce its exposed area to a
minimum.— Washington Star.
Problem
Last year 1 asked my best girl to
marry me and she refused. I got even
with her by marrying her mother.
Then my father married the girl. Now
what am 1 to myself?
When I married the girl’s mother
the girl became my daughter and when
my father married my daughter she
became ray mother. Who am I?
My mother's mother, who is my
wife, must be my grandmother. Since
I am my grandmother’s husband, I
am, therefore, my own grandfather.—
Vancouver Province.
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Where the Shed Horns Co
Why aren’t the woods full of the
horns which deer and moose shed
every winter? The answer, according
to a writer In Field and Stream, Is
that they are eaten by rodents.
"Many.” says the sport monthly, "have
been found partly eaten which have
the teeth murks of mice, chipmunks,
squirrels, ground squirrels and porcu
pines. Horns disappear quickly after
they are shed, as few are found in the
woods.”
Versatile Publishers
The Centrolzdat, central publishing
house of the Soviet republics, face*
a big task In supplying books to the
various small nations of Russia In
their respective tongues. Most of the
books are textbooks, printed to sup
ply the demand of the newly liberated,
backward peoples for education and
knowledge. Six fundamental alpha
bets are used to print the 42 dialects:
Russian, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Goth
ic and East Gothic.
J First Door Knockers
Utilized as Weapons
' The decorative quality of door
knockers has been gaining in recogni
tion and is now held in poular favor,
says a writer in Vour Home Maga
zine.
•'Door knockers," reads Your Home,
"were little known in the obscure
reaches of ancient history, and their
! development from articles of mere
; utility to objects of art has covered
; centuries. The Greeks considered It
a breach of etiquette to enter a house
without warning the inmates. Spar
tans gave this notice by shouting their
arrival, but Ihe Athenians announced
themselves by using the knocker,
which introduction was doubtless
made at the time when doors super
seded hangings for purposes of great
er privacy or safety. First It con
sisted of a rod-like piece of Iron
chained to the door, but unfriendly
visitors sometimes wrenched it from
the door and used It as a weapon of
offense against ttie Inmates. It was
then that the form was changed to
that of a heavy ring fastened bv a
strong clamp or plate to the door, thus
serving the double purpose of knock
er and handle. From Greece the cns
tom was transmitted to the Romans
and through their conquests to nearly
every country of Europe. It was not
long before they were very much elab
orated, beveled, chased and designed
in many variations, of which repro
ductions may be found for the door
that would be interesting today.”
Guinea Fowl Resists
Appeal of the Wild
Guinea fowls have been domesticated
I all over the United States, comments a
I scientist of tlie United States Depnrt
I ment of Agriculture, and have had
[ plenty of opportunities to escape to
I i he wild. They have shov n little
indication of desiring to do so. and
lids seems rather surprising, in view
of the fact that they have done so
in tome of the islands of tlie West In
dies. They were certainly introduced
long ago into most of these islands
and are now found In a wild state In
Jamaica, Cuba. Porto Rico, Domini
can Republic, and a few of the lesser
Antilles. Where the mongoose Is pres
ent it preys extensively on guinea fowl
and keeps their numbers much in j
check. On Barbuda, in the Lesser An j
tiiles. which was made into a sort |
of game preserve more ttian 200 years
ago, 'he birds sfin nourish. Wild gui
nea fowl have been directly Intro
duced Into the southeastern states in |
recent years, but the outcome of these
experiments is not yet known
“Fifty-Four Forty"
The phrase 'Fifty-four forty or
tight” Is believed to have originated
with William Allen, who was United
States senator from Ohio In 1844, at
tlie time of the controversy with
Great Britain over the Oregon boun
dary. Tills slogan, which helped to
elect Polk to tlie Presidency, meant
that Great Britain must recognize as
American soil tlie whole Pacific coast
from tlie northern boundary of Cali
fornia to tlie southern limits of Rus
sian Alaska, the line of latitude 54
degrees 40 min. north, or else the
United States would declare war. The
matter was settled by treaty in 1840.
without war, by making the forty
ninth parallel the boundary line west
to the^sland of Vancouver, which was
given to Canada.
Hia Occupation
“1 bear your son has taken up a
profession, Mr. O’Casey,” remarked
the visitor.
"He has, Indade,” rejoined the host.
"He's phwat they call a 'cross-exam
iner.' ”
This was too much for the stranger.
“And phwat’s a ‘cross-examiner?’ ”
he asked.
For a minute or two O’Casey was
at a ioss, but eventually be pulled
himself together.
“Sure, It’s a fellow who asks you
questions, un’ you answer the ques
tions. an’ then he questions the an
swers,” he returned easily.—Montreal
Family Herald.
Bird’s “Languagen
A scientist who has been making a
study of the songs uud noises made by
birds, says that the African ttncb
Seems to bave a vocabulary of about
#00 words, und apparently an alphabet
of 24 letters or symbols. Instead of
singing when it opens its beak, It
really makes a little speech of many
words. Often the bird will use a word
one day and not use it again for
many weeks.
It wakes up at the same time every
morning, and usuuliy makes the same
morning speech of about 20 words
that lasts 14 seconds, its dafly sched
ule varies less from day to day than
that of human beings.
Juvenile Curiosity
Little Maragret had been presented
with a splendid toy with wbich she
was never tired of playing; In fact,
ahe played with It ail day long.
"Margaret," remarked her mother,
“how is it that you never pluy wirb
any of your other toys?”
“Oh, let her play with It,” protested
the child’s father. "As soon as the
novelty wears off she’ll stop.”
A few minutes later mother noticed
her little daughter examining the toy
very closely, and asked what she was
doing.
"Looking for the novelty that wears
ioff," the little one replied.—Pearson’s
Ants Never Found at
Loss in Finding Water
In a thirsty land where, as some
times happens in South Africa, a
three-years’ drought dries up every
blade of grass, the white ants always
have water. The reason has been
found by M. .Murais, a South African
naturalist The ants are water-find
ers and well-einkers.
On a Transvaal farm while a man’s
| well was being sunk the borers came
! upon a tiny two-inch shaft running in
to the earth. The ants had been
there before them I They had sunk
an ant well Co feet deep to where
water was to be found.
Up and down this shaft, night and
day. Water-carrying ants went, each
bearing its drop of water. It took
each ant half an hour to get down to
the reservoir, draw Its water, and
bring it up to the nest. Then down
again It went. There appeared to be
night shifts and day shifts, and the
| night ants worked the hardest.
It may be true, ns declared by M
Forel, the greatest living authority ou
ants, that they are creatures working
almost wholly by instinct, and only to
the extent of about 2 per cent by In
telligent or reflective observation; hut
when it comes to water finding, their
intuition makes them bard to beat.
Insect Hunters
Giant hunting grasshoppers nearly
five inches long, that prey on small
animals such as mice and the young
of ground-nesting birds, are found in
the Congo.
They rival the kangaroo as jump
ers and can leap a considerable dis
tance on to their prey. The hunting
grasshopper is not so great a leaper
in proportion to its size as the king
grasshopper, the young of which, even
before its wings are developed, can
jump a hundred times its own length
Very few men can cover more than
twice their own length in a Jump.
The hunting grasshopper Is the larg
est of all grasshoppers*. Its great front
lip hides a pair of jaws as effective
as a hay-chopper, and Its appetite
mukes it a plague to mankind.
POPULAR ST. LOUIS GUEST
LAVISHLY ENTERTAINED
Miss Ruth V. Minor of St. Louis,
Mo., who has been the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl L. Waldron, 2423 Ma
ple street, for two weeks, returned
home Saturday evening.
Miss Minor was royally entertain
ed while here and left praising
Omaha highly. Mrs. Waldron intro
duced Miss Minor with a beautiful
pink tea.
The following social affairs were
given in her honor:
Five theater parties, by Mrs. Rhe
via Harold, Mrs. Wm. McAllister,
Mrs. Jessica Wright, Mrs. Russell
Reese and Mrs. D. E. Oliver.
Two breakfasts in the park, one
by Mrs. Blanche Buford and Mrs.
Bessie Peoples, another by Mrs. J. S.
Turner and Mrs. Helen Mouton.
She was one of the honor guests
at Mrs. A. L. Hawkins’ beautiful
whist party, Mrs. Oliver’s and Mrs.
Murphy’s delightful garden party,
and Mrs. Frank Blackwell’s dinner
party.
She was also an honor guest at
Mrs. Theo. Thomas’ birdge party, the
Domestic Science Bridge club’s party
and the Bridge club meeting at the
home of Mrs. Edith Gray.
She was one of the guests invited
at Mrs. H. Greenfield’s, at the Trus
tees’ Helpers club’s picnic.
LINCOLN NEWS NOTES
Rev. W. C. Simmons of St. Louis
spent several days in the city as the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Botts.
Rev. Mr. Simmons preached for Rev.
Mr. Botts’ congregation Sunday.
Mrs. Kathryn Moore entertained
friends at dinner Saturday in honor
of Mrs. Alma Wiley of Plattsburg,
Mo.
The Elks picnic at Lincoln park,
Monday and Tuesday, was fairly well
attended.
Mrs. Kathryn Moore, accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Alma Wiley,
Miss Anna Johnson and Mr. Gray
Wiley, motored to Omaha Sunday, re
turning Monday.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop John A.
Gregg made his offical vist to Quinn
Chapel A. M. E. Church Sunday
night.
Remember the M. W. Grand Lodge
o fMasons and 0. E. S. Chapter con
venes here next week, August 15, 16
and 17th.
W. W. MOSLEY.
LEGION’S SECOND BOXING
SHOW AUGUST 13, AT
COLUMBIA HALL ARENA
With the battle clouds hovering
about the Columbia hall arena, and
the enthusiasm of the “fight fans’’
raring in anxious expectation to be
released, the Legion is completing ex
tensive plans for launching their
“Second Boxing Show” at Columbia
hall, next Monday evening, August
13, at 8:30 p. m., offering to the
public the following high class card:
Main event, Freddie Penn of Oma
ha, vg. Jackie Daniels of Fort Crook,
Omaha. Eight rounds.
Semi-windup, Tuffy Langford of
Omaha, vs. Rich Madlock of Omaha.
Eight rounds.
Four sizzling hot four-round “per
lims.”
Ringside seats, $1.00; reserved
scats, 75 cents; general admission, 50
cents.
Comrade Metz Manion is operat
ing the “Legion Cigar Store” at post
headquarters. This well equipped es
tabishment carries a complete fresh
line of popular brand cigars, cigar
J ettes, tobaccos and candies. The Le
! gion will appreciate your patronage.
Comrade Henry (Peaceful Henry)
Brown was sent to the government
hospital at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
last week, for medical treatment.
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Hair Grower. The rerr^dy contain* medical
properties that go to the roots of the hair,
stimulates the skin, helping nature to do its
work. Leaves the hair soft and silky. Per
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; The best known remedy for Heavy and Beau
I tiful Black Eyebrows, also restores Gray
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BEAUTY PARLORS
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DRUG stores
ROSS DRUG STORE, 2306 North 24th
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and 2771. Well equipped to supply
your needs. Prompt service.
THE PEOPLES’ DRUG STORE, 24th
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full line. Prescriptions promptly
filled. WEbster 6323.
hotels
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