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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-11-17, Page 2* ‘ ‘ His military exploits against the. In the Gobi neighboring tribes won him such' I favor that his father-in-law became devoted j jealous and ordered him assassinat- Learning of the plot, Genghis their army in a decisive battle on the banks of the Amur. With thoughts of even greater con- Tomb of Genghis Khan Found In Gobi Desert, Says Explorer Seven Silent Lamas Guard Silver Coffin Resting on Crowns of 78 Princes and Ghost of Mongol Foretells Future Once a Year, Russian Reveals London-—The Russian explorer, mother, resulted in his defeat and ho Frofessor peter Kozloff, says “The was forced to flee to Karakorum, Sunday Express." has solved darkest, whore he placed himself under the Asia’s greatest archaeological mys-, chief of the Toghrul Ungh tribe, tery by the discovery of the tomb of Quickly winning the favor of his mas- Genghis Kahn (Jenghis Khan) ’ ter, he obtained command of the army Mongolian conqueror, 700 years after, and the chief’s daughter as his bride, his death, near the ruins of the dead i city of Khara-Khoto, ix *1''' desert. Professor Kozloff has uuwwu, twenty years to the search. He found ’ -the great Kahn’s dust in a silver cof-1 J-ahn fled his' COuntrrTat fin resting upon the crowns of seven-j head °f d-°°0 rJ1Uen‘.j,1*0-.,.;;; ty-eight princes and khans whom he over his own tribe and speedily xaxsed and army to invade the territory of , !■ his father-ixx-law.tne conqueror s h fOrceu his father-in-law to flee and fin resting upon the crowns of seven- i head of d,000 cavalrymen. I 0 ? ty-eight princes and khans whom he ( over his own tribe and speedily laxsed /nnmmred and arIUV t(> wvade the territory of _, ’ , . ,, , ’ his father-in-law. Again victorious, The wonders of the conqueror s , h forced his father-in-law to flee and tomb, says “The Express, vie with geJzed hlg iands# those of Tut-ankh-Amen. Seven sil-. Tartar tribes, becoming alarm­ ent Lamas guard the secret place, I gd growfng domains, organized and every seven hours one of them j & ieagUQ against him, but he defeated strikes seven times on a huge jade i hell hanging above the sarcophagus. For seven centuries the priests have preserved the mystery. Jewel- ’ qUests before him, he called a general assembly on the banks o£ the Ononstudded weapons of Genghis Khan and his own story of his reign, a life-; and wag there consecrated by size lion, tiger and horse in pink jade ( tribal priests Genghis Kahn, and a copy of the Bible written by an . <Kahn of Kahns." English monk also were in the tomb. Professor Kozloff also visited the, tomb of the Genghis’ favored wife, I the inscription on whose white mar-! ble coffin sets forth that “the great I Khan released her by placing hisi dagger in hex- breast,” The tomb lies beyond the labyrinth of passages cut into the mountain side. It is a spacious hall about forty feet square, the whole carefully preserved, and once every year cer­ tain privileged mongols and the Khan’s descendants repair thither to make sacrifice to his memory. Once a year, Professor Kozloff assured, on the anniversary of Khan’s death, his ghost arises blows out the lamps, leads- the chief of the guardian Lamas to the huge black slab at the rear of the shrine aud writes with the accompanying priest’s hand prophesies for the com­ ing year. was the and Born Son of Chief in 1162 Genghis Khan, originally known as Temujin, who ranks with Alex­ ander, Caesar* and Napoleon among the world's conquerors, was born at Deylun Yeidak, near the northern bend of the Hoang-ho in Mongolia in i pitality, 1162. The son of Yesuka Bahadur, a 1 Mogol chief, he became head of his tribe upon the death of his father, al­ though then ont> thirteen years old.- His first military experience came almost immeditely, when several of the subject tribes refused to recog- nize him . A war lasting several years, and carried on chiefly by -his Captured Pekin in 1215 After winning tho voluntary mission of the neighboring tribes, he began bis first great conquest—the invasion of northern China, The cause of the war was Genghis Khan’s I refusal to recognize the suzerainty of ( Emperor Tchong-hel. He scaled the Great Wall in 1211, divided his army into three divisions and after a series of bloody campaigns took Pekin in 1215. , He next conquered the Empire of Khwarezm, which' extended from the borders of Syria to the River Indus and from the River Slhun to the Persian Gulf. Pushing forward from this empire, Khan, with an army which his chroniclers declared num­ bered 7-00,00'0, subdued Persia and crossed into Russia, plundering the land between the Volga and the Dnie­ per. At the time of his death, in 1227, he was continuing his campaign against nor them China. Although - a barbarian in many re­ spects, Khan appears to have posses­ sed statesmanlike qualities. He toler­ ated all religions in his domains, made obligatory the practice of hos- established severe laws against theft and organized systems- of communication. He respected" men of learning, although he himself had little schooling. Before Professor Kozloff's present discovery the only memorial to Khan known to exist was a granite tablet discovered among the ruins of Nert- chinsk. i ST pj If 's' - This strange monument, a whole whale-skull, stands as a memorial lost whalers at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. to Kenya Colony Hunts Lions With Terriers has no time to bother with the hunter. He is so busy with the dogs that the hunter has plenty of leisure in which to shoot. Naturally not all dogs have the Earl Gives Art Gallery to London; Paintings Valued at $1,500,000 / j, . . .....- Works by Reynolds, Romney, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, Van Dyck and Lawrence Included in Collection Left by Lord Iveagh I three Guinness brothers, one of I whom, Walter, is Minister of Agricul­ ture of England. The Protestant Church In Ireland receives $750,COO to be used to in­ crease tho salaries of poorly paid clergymen, and St, Patrick’s Cathe­ dral in Dublin has the use of the in­ come of $300,000 as long as it re­ mains Protestant. London hospitals also receive $30'0,000. The chief public beneficiary of the estate is the British taxpayer, as the death tax which will be paid in a few days is $22,000,000. The size of Lord Iveahg’s fortune puts an end to the legend that no one In England can accumulate more than $25,000,000. This prqbably is the limit of largo landed proprietors, like thd Dukes of Bedford and Westmin­ ster. Even two such characteristic multi-millionaires as Viscounts Bear- sted and Cowdray left only $22,000,- 000, But two estates recently pro- J bated, neither of them well known, have exceeded the $25,000,000 figure. Lady Strathcona's was valued at $33,- 000,000 and Sir Robert Houston's was valued at $30,000,000. London—London Js to have a new art gallery in Hampstead, in which there will be hung some of the finest paintings in the collection of the late Ear^ of Iveagh. It will be housed in, Kenwood, the beautiful mansion of tbo late Earl, and surrounded by six­ ty-seven acres of park land, This is- the largest public bequest in Lord Iveagli’s will, which disposes of the largest private fortune ever ad­ mitted to probate in England. It Is valued at $55,000,000. Lord Iveagh owned what is believ­ ed to be the finest private collection in the world and himself chose what pictures should go into the new gal­ lery. The selection contains fourteen paintings by Reynolds, ten by Rom­ ney, Several Gainsboroughs and works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Dyck, Turner, Hoppner and Law­ rence. The value of these works is estimated at $1,500,0'00. The basis of the Iveagh fortune lies in the Guinness brewery interests, a^id though, for England, unusually large public bequests are made, the bulk of the property will go to the be used in the same way. Or the dead animal may be left outside a hut of thorn bushes in which tile hunter con­ ceals himself. This is a little^more dangerous than spending-the night In a tree, for lions have been known, when wounded, to charge the hut.- , . There is still another method'. The bait is left out overnight; but, in­ stead of sitting up with it, the hunter’ I A Working Boy’s Library Sinclair Accuses Mencken of Always Destroying II. L. Mencken, foremost critic of America structive up after Sinclair “The Bookman.’ According to Mr. Sinclair, “The darling an dido? of the young lntelll- genzia has no message to give them, except that they are free to do what they please. Mencken," he says, “has ‘made his school,’ as the French say: he has raised up a host of young per­ sons as clever as their ihaster, and able to write with the same shillelah swing. * “Mencken is in a Berserk rage against stupidity, dullness, and sham. If you ask Mencken what is the rem­ edy for these horrors, he will tell you they are the natural and inevit­ able manifestations of the boobus Amerirauns. If^you usk him why then labor so monstrously, he will Bay that it is for his own enjoyment. But watch him a while, and you will see the light of hilarity die out of his eyes, and you will note lines of tired­ ness in his face, and lines of not quite perfect health, and you will realize that ho is lying to himself and to you; he is a new-style crusader, a Chris­ tian Anti-Christ, a tireless propagand­ ist of no-propaganda. “For the present, that is all that is required; that is the mood of time, cynicism, ridicule, and comtempt for democratic bungling. But some day the time spirit will change; America will realize that its problems really have to be solved ,and that will take serious study of exploitation and wage slavery, of co-operation and the demo­ cratic control of Industry—matters concerning which Mencken is as ig­ norant as any Babbitt-boob. • Sooner or later my friend .^lencken will have ' to face these new facts, and choose between the bloody reaction of Fascism and the new dawn of indus­ trial brotherhood/’ and its people, has no con- ideas by which he may build he destroys, declares Upton in the November issue of ----- -----------— Mountain Sheep for British Columbia Fifty Rocky Mountain sheep have been supplied to the British Columbia Game Conservation Board by the Can- ‘ adian National Barks Branch of the | Department of tho Interior. These ' sheep Were captured near Banff in ’Rooky Mountains National Park and /.they wiR bo used to stock a former i range of the ppedM near Spence’s , WWfiQ/ BA * Landscape Now this must be the sweetest place From here to heaven’s end; The field is white with flowering lace, The birches leap and bend. The hills, beneath the roving sun, From green to purple pass, And little/ trifling breezes run Their fingers through the grass. So good it is, so gay it is, So calm it is, and pure, A one whose eyes may look on this Must be theliappier, sure. But me—I see it flat and gray And blurred with misery, Because a lad a mile away Has little need of me. —Dorothy Parker in The Bookman. With all their pleasures the messen­ ger boys were hard woxffred. Every other evening they were required to J be on duty until the office closed, and j on these nights it was seldom that ti reached home before eleven o’vlocki'i On the alternating nights we were ‘ relieved at six. This did not leave • much time for self-improvement, nor ' did the wants of the family leave any money to spend op books. There came, however, like a blessing l’rom above, a means by which the treas­ ures of literature unfolded to me. Colonel James Anderson—I bless his name as I write—announced that he would open his library of four hun­ dred- volumes to boys, so that any young man could take out, each Sat­ urday afternoon, a book which could be exchanged for another on the suc­ ceeding Saturday. . My dear friend, Tom Miller, one of the inner circle, lived near Colonel Anderson and Introduced me to him, and in this way the windows were* opened in the walls of my dungeon ■ through which the light of knowledge streamed in. . Every day’s toll and even the long hours of night service . "were lightened by the book which I carried about with me and read In the intervals that could be snatched from duty. And the future was made bright by the thought that when Sat­ urday came a new volume could be obtained. In“ this way F-became fa­ miliar with Macaulay’s essays and his history, and with Bancroft’s “History of the United States," which I studied with more care than any other book I had then read, Lamb’s essays were my special delight. Books which it would -have been im­ possible for me to obtain elsewhere were, by his wise generosity, "placed within my reach; and to him I owe a taste for literature which I would not exchange for all the millions that were ever amassed by man. . . Npth- . ing contributed so much to keep my companions and myself clear of low fellowship and bad habits as the bene­ ficence of the good Colonel Later, when fortune smiled upon me, one of my first studios was the erection of a monument to my benefactor. It stands in front of the Hall and Libr­ ary in Diamond Square, which I pre­ sented to Allegheny, and bears this inscription: To Colonel James Anderson, Found­ er of Free Libraries in Western Pen­ nsylvania, to working afternoons dedicating himself to monument is erected in grateful re­ membrance by Andrew Carnegie, one of the 'working boys’ to whom were thus opened the precious treasures o( knowledge and imagination through which youth may ascend." This is but a slight tribute and gives only a faint idea of the depth of gratitude which I feel for what he did for me and my companions. It was from my own early experi­ ence that I decided there was no use* to which money could be applied so productive of good to boys and girls who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it, as the founding of a public library in a community which is willing to sup-- port it as a municipal institution. I. am sure' that the future of those libraries I have been privileged to' found .will proye the correctness of this opinion. For if one boy in each library district, by having access to one o fthese libraries, is half as much benefited as I was by having access to Colonel Anderson’s four hundred , well-worn volumes, I’ shall consider they have not vain.—From the Andrew Carnegie. 2 * Protection and Unemploy­ ment ___ London Morning Post (Cons.): Mr. W. R. Morris, the well-known motor ear builder,^discusses the motor trade’s future ,and Insists strongly that Its present prosperity is largely attributable to the effect of the Mc­ Kenna duties; • In his- -own case, he is able to cite impressive figures to prove his contention. . . An ounce of practical experience such as this is worth a pound of the arid and ab­ stract theorising on „ which the Free Trade doctrinaire nourishes himself. , . . If- the demoralllng effect of pay­ ing a million persons to do nothing is to be averted, we need to quicken up the slow process of industrial re­ covery, and what better means could be found than those which liayo prov­ ed so efficacious in the motor trade? When every objection to Protection has_been urged, it lias- to be admitted that if It results In giving work to the workle-ss, it is Infinitely prefer­ able and more economic than any. re­ lief scheme ever invented. waumaiQ uvb tin uiugs nave tno. , , ......courage to face a lion. Lion hunters ! Fes lfc ln,.tho ^rly mom- have different preferences respecting |in!g’ w^. <n\-1^ns' ^hach have ■ gorged themselves duirimg the night, are basking in the vicinity-. In this case the lion is usually in cover and has to be followed there. Of these methods the last two are those most frequently used. The first two are decidedly uncomfortable. The fork of a tree is not the' most com­ fortable of seats and even an African niight is likely to prove cold before dawn. The thorn hut is not much more comfortable, though it permits tire hunter to stretch out at full length. After he has taken his po­ sition, it is undesirable for him to move. The slightest sound must ,be avoided. In ordinary circumstances the thorn hut is reasonably safe, for the lion is a thin-skinned animal and thorns are usually ample protection. But a wounded lion, scenting the oc­ cupants of the hut, is another matter. Cases have been known in which hut ! and occupants have been bowled1 over . by the enraged' quarry. I It is custopmry, in using the thorn hut, to bait with zebra, pegging the carcass to a stake to keep it from being dragged away and pootinig a native boy beside it during’ the d'ay- time to keep off vultures and small animals. The boy suffices to frighten away even.' lions in the daytime. The hut is about twenty yards distant, provided with la pair’ of loopholes for covering the bait. It is entered in the evening, a door of thorns being pulled into place* behind the hunters. ! Resting their rifles in the loopholes, the hunters preserve the strictest sil­ ence. The zebra bait, killed a day or two in advance, has meantime acquir­ ed an odor that (advertises its pres­ ence. Hunters have to lie doggo the hyenas snarl and cackle and howl around the carcass in the moonlight. It is not until .well into the night that the hyenas suddenly disappear and [ the hunters know that bigger game is in the vicinity. i If the mooifis still high, it is usu- j ally possible to get a clear view of', the lion coming quietly up to the bait and beginning to- feed. It is shot as quickly as the rifle can be aimed, the m0o.n has set, the hunters, with tate here, the best of luck, may succeed in >dron- first r” Native Lose Skill in Fighting Off the Marauders of Their Herds, Hence the Non­ Sporting Method Has Been Authorized (By Claire Price, London..) The Government of Kenya Colony in East Africa has sent <a white man and a pack of fitariere into its South­ ern game reserved to reduce the num­ ber of lions. It is believed to be the first time that a British colonial Gov­ ernment has appointed an official lion hunter. His name 'happens to be Hunter. His appintment is for four months. Normally the hunting of lions with dogs is prohibited on all public lands in Kenya. It is not considered sports­ manlike and, compared with real lion hunting, it is a tame proceeding. The lions in the southern reserve have been so well protected, however, that they have begun attacking the herds and herdsmen of the neighboring Masai tribe and it- has finally become necessary to kill.off as many of them as possible. In former times the Masai tribe, although not noted as hunters, were. were able to protect themselves and a Masai lion hunt was conducted with I as much pomp and circumstances as( a Spanish bull fight. To see the war­ riors surround the lion and’ advance one by one to receive his charge on their spears was a grand spectacle. Labar requirements in Kenya have. reduced the number of warriors in re­ cent years. This, it is believed, ex­ plains why the old-time lion hunts are now few and far* between. The result has been so marked an increase in the daring of the lions that the Game Department of the colonial Government has finally been compell­ ed to take dnastic action. Hunting with dogs is as safe and speedy a method of hunting lions as can be’employed. What makes a lion dangerous is chiefly hOs speed. . He covers sixty or seventy yards a j few seconds. -- -------, - ~ , . . charge, has time for only one shot, | the expert of iron nerve and sure and that at a very difficult target. If j aim, it yields all the excitement one he misses a vital spot, as lie is ex- j could want. Obviously it is a sport tremely likely to do,, it is the for daylight only. either of the hunter or of one of Kis ( When night hunting is to be ac- servants— although most of his serv-, complished, a live goat or' pig may ants are sure to be halfway up the i be tied to a stake near a tree. The nearest tree before the lion arrives., hunter spends the night in the tree But in hunting with dogs, the lion with his rifle. Or a dead zebra may what breed is serviceable; but most of them prefer Airedale terriers whan they can be had. Dogs having a bull strain are never used; they go straight for the” lion, sink their teeth into him and1 never let go. This makes them an easy prey for the lion; they are killed instantly. What is. needed! is a breed of dog that is willing to get in close enough fo keep the lion busy, but that remains' far enough away to escape death. It is notoriously true of the lion that “he's generally shamming when he’s dead" and. dbgs are never more useful than in investigating a shamming lion. Behind his dogs a hunter is so safe that regular lion hunters, although they may envy this warrior in tight moments, do not regard him as a true sportsman. Kenya’s first official lion I hunter may his pursuit as merely a job. He will work by day­ light only. In theory lions are quiet in the daytime, emerging at night..to I kill and feed. But in practice the lion is nothing if not' original; and what he should do is frequently what he does not do. Kenya’s official hun­ ter will, however, be rid of one initial lion-hunting uncertainty. He will be assured in advance of finding lions and plenty of them. Normally the only approved day­ light method in Kenya is that of stalk- : ing the lion on foot; and to stalk him into cover is about as exciting as-any kind of big game hunting known. Ordinarily the lion is not . a man- eater. He lives where game abounds and at the sight of man he bolts. When wounded and stalked into cover the lion becomes dangerous. He can hide behind a clump of grass which, to tho novice’s mind; would not afford coyer for a house cat. He can charge like a flash of lightning. He can spring fifteen oi* twenty feet. There is some­ thing like &00 pounds of him to be i stopped, and, unless he is hit through the brain or the heart jp-r the verte­ brae he can absorb a surprising amount of lead without dropping. Fbr the novice it is suicide to at- A hunter, awaiting the J tempt to stalk him into cover. For I can j COULDN’T SHUT HER UP Hilbby (tantallzlngly): * read you like an open book. Wifle (hotly): Yes; but not man enough to shut me He opened his Library boys and upon Saturday acted as librarian, not only his books the noble work. thus but This « A" you’re upl Adam, 5,931 Years Old: His Birthday Unnoticed Baltimore, Oct. 28.—If Adam were living he would be 5,931 years old to­ day. . Computation of the late John P. Brady found-the first man was born in the Garden of Eden, October 28, 400-1 B.C. Brady erected a monument If in memory of the first man on his es- . It is believed to be the and only 'shaft dedicated to _____ Ie bears the inscription: “To the memory of Adam, the first man." • Mr. Brady, who died a few ago, was an architect. been established in Autobiography ul perhaps?" ‘ electric hairbrush?" see I’m bald?" growled the best of luck, may succeed in drop- first ping the lion in his tracks'; but the Adam, animal usually gets away wounded, to ’ be sought in the morning.years “Correct, Now SELF-SUPPORTING “So you never expect to marry( 'Rastus?" “No, sah, Ah 'spects to keep right on makln’ mah own Irfln’ till Ah • die." His Majesty’s Mall In transport at Chambord, in the lake St. John re glon of Quebec. Both boy and dog are thoroughly familiar with their jo b and have proved themselves worthy of their trust BY TWO FEET yanltyl Don’t you think l’m -< yoiry gradeful walker1? ■ jealousy: You fall short of JL | think. VJ By how muohi PJlWQt/ < J4. TWOf0«L What Religion Is Religion is the link between the Finite mind and the Infinite. It is the escape of the human heart-from an everlasting solitude in the wilder­ ness of mere matter and force. It. is the reliance of, the human will, longing and striving to be good, upon the Eternal Will, perfect In righte­ ousness and power. It is man’s con­ scious relation and kinship to his- un­ seen, unsearchable Creator. Canadian Indians as Agricul­ turists A report of the Canadian Depart­ ment of Indian Affairs states that ag­ ricultural conditions on the reserves In Ontario have very much improved in the last five or six years. There are a great many more Indians farm­ ing at the present time than there were a few years ago. The number of stock on some of thet^'eserves has more than doubled. A Sign appearing in a doctor’s of­ fice in St. Louis reads: “I treat all diseases, including children." “What Is ordinarily used as a con­ ductor of electricity?’ ’asked the pro­ fessor. “Why-er"—began the student, all at sea. “Wire." tell me, what IS the unit of electric power?" ‘The what, sir?" t the Watt. Very good. That Will do." “Exactly, ■? r Always Ready. The pedlar began, ‘Can’t I sell you an automatic “Can’t you the man. “Your wife, “She’s bald, -too, except when she’s dressed up." • “Perhaps -your son?" J “He’s one month’old and quits* bald." “Quite.so. Have you a dog?" “Yes, a Chinese hairless poodle." • The pedlar dived into another pocket. “Allow me,'V he, said, “to show the .latest thing in fly papers Labor Finance London Truth (Ind, Lib.): Labor Party, in conference at pool, decided to drop the capital levy from their program and to substitute an extra super-tax on unearned in­ comes over £500 a year, the proceeds to be devoted to the abolition of taxes on necessaries, the financing of social legislation, and the reduction of the national debt.) Personally, I very much, doubt whether this bold scheme for “making the poor richer by making the'rich ’poorer” is likely to be as popular with the general mass of voters as its sponsors b^ lieve. After all the working man nowadays is- not totally ignorant of elementary economic principles, and the notion of curing unemploymeyj by curtailing the funds available fox industrial investment may appeal more to his sense of humor than ,t« his political suffrage. _—a—.---------- (Th a Black- The Melting Pot » -London Advertiser (Lib.): No mat­ ter what restrictions we. may apply In the future,, wo carinot hope to make Canada homogeneous in race, and we must deal with the situation as it is instead of indulging in lamen­ tations as futile as grumbling at tho • weather. We cannot altogether es­ cape American influence, which is ex­ ercised In some ways qujto beyond . the control of legislators, We cannot for instance, prevent Canadians fj'pm preferring baseball to cricket, or sing­ ing the populai’ songs of our neigh­ bors/ Or talking their slang, or adopt­ ing their inventions,. » I Geno Tunney is going to mafia soms^f girl a perfect husband. He says won’t tharry until h4^ through fight ing.