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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-02-02, Page 2j *■ Field Museum. Minard's /"x ail nves wouiu oe as wiub H are Morris and New Orleans, and Princeton During date was ing. He represent them lives would be as snug and comfort- SEND US YOUB • BROKEN WATCH WE’LL REPAIR IT As good ss new and Guaranteed for 2 Years at Moderate Prices DURBIN JEWELRY Co. Ltd. Established 16 years TORONTO i of he toa general election, a candi-; addressing a crowded' meet- promised that; if elected to in Parliament, their 4 u C PdMNhms Company a Know Your School in the rock, a little stream leapt out, to fall sheerly ten or fifteen feat into a winding channel, along which it 5OFTEN5 WATtK Use it for all WASHING 0 Every woman's W Maid-work urtiy vat of the snauows and watched; me with their glittering eyes. “So the night passed, and dawn found me still sitting there, the dead man huddled on the ground not three • paces from me. I am a man who as ‘ a rule thinks slowly, but when the CHAPTER XXX.— (Cont’d.) “This was not primarily to scale peak of the Himalayas, noi* even to visit Khatmandu, but to endeavor to obtain a glimpse of the Temple of Fixe! came my mind was fully made a Wmuuig vuauhc, —Th ^adow °ne J?r?'up. I dressed myself in Vadi’s clothes, bubbled away westward, doubtless to lhe bearers were seated around their 1 J ........ . . „ .------j fire at some little distance from us,' and Vadi and I were consulting re­ specting our route in the morning, when I decided to take him into my confidence. Accordingly; _ “ ‘Vadi/ I said, ‘I know for a posi­ tive fact that we are within ten miles of the secret Temple of Fire? “ ‘The sahib is wise,’ he replied. “ ‘So is Vadi,’ said I, ‘Therefore be knows how happy a thousand pounds af English money would make him. It is his in return for a sight of the Temple? “‘A man may die for nothing,’ he returned, softly, “Why should the sahib pay a thousand pounds?’ “ ‘It is forbidden for any to see the Temple, even from a distance? “ ‘But if no one ever knows that I have seen it?’ “ ‘Fire-Tongue knows everything,’ he replied, and as he pronounced the name, he performed a curious salu­ tation, touching his forefinger with the tin of his tongue, and then lay­ ing his hand upon his brow, upon his lips, and upon his breast, at the same , time bowing deeply. “This conversation took place, as I have already mentioned, in the shadow of one of those strange stone hillocks which abounded hete, and it was at this point that I received a] warning which might have deterred many men, since it was inexplicable and strangely awesome. ♦ “My attention was drawn to the phenomenon by a sudden cessation of chatter amongst the bearers seated around their fire. I became aware that an absolute stillness had fallen, and in the eyes of the Brahmin who sat facing me I saw a look of ex­ altation. of wild fanaticism. “I jerired my head around, looking back over my shoulder, and what I saw I sha’l never forget, nor to this day have I been able to explain the means by which the illusion was pro­ duced. “Moving downward toward me through the jungle darkness, slowly, . evenly, but at a height ’ above the •Libgt.I judged to be about fifteen feet. wa®^a*~soxT7ria--t?1'^ or flambeau, visible because it was "faint­ ly luminous; and surmounting it was a dartinv tongue of blue flame! “At the moment that I set my eyes upon this apparently supernatural sr«*exacle the bearers, crying some word in Hindustani which. I did not understand, rose and fled in a body. “I may say here that I never saw any-of them again; although, considL- erfng that they took nothing with them, how they regained the .nearest village is a mystery which I have never solved. “Gentlemen, J know the East as few of my fellow-citizens know it. I know something of the powers which are latent in some Orientals and active in others. That my Brahmin guide was a hypnotist and an illusionist, I have since thought “For, even as the pattering foot­ steps of the beartrs grew faint in the * distance, the fiery torch disappeared as if by magic and a silken cord was about my throat! “As I began a desperate fight for life, I realized that, whatever else Vadi might be, he was certainly an expert thug. The jungle, the rocks, seemed to swim around me as I crash­ ed to the ground and felt the Brah­ min’s knee in the small of my abek.” and, being very tanned at this time, form a greater waterfall beyond, I think I made a fairly creditable) “The mendicant was fully half a native. j mile away from me, but in that clear “Faintly throughout the night, tropical air was plainly visible; and, above the other sounds of the jungle, fearing that he might look around, I had heard that of distant falling; I stepped back into the comparative water. Now,, an informant at Nag-'shadow of the gorge and watched. , ’pur, in speaking to me of the secret, “Gentlemen, I saw a strange thing, temple, had used the words: Placing his bundle upon his head, he “ ‘Whoever would see the fire must -walked squarely into the face of the quit ail* and pass through water? .waterfall and disappeared!” “This mysterious formula he had firmly declined to translate into com­ prehensible English; but during my journey I had been considering it from every angle, and I had recently come to the conclusion that the en­ trance to this mysterious place was in some Wqy concealed by water. “And now, gentlemen, I must relate a discovery which I had made in the act of removing Vadi’s clothing. Upon his right forearm was branded a mark resembling the apparition which I had witnessed in the night, namely, a lit­ tle torch, or flambeau, surmounted by a tongue of fire. “The plateau upon which I .stood was one of a series of giant steps, and on the west was a sheer descent to a dense jungle, where banks of rot­ ten vegetation, sun-dried upon the top, lay heaped about the tree stems. “Dragging the heavy body of Vadi to the brink of this precipice, I top- CHAPTER XXXII. STORY OF THE CITY OF FIRE (CONT’D.) “ 'Quitting air, must pass through water.’ The meaning of those word’s became apparent enough. I stood at the foot of the waterfall, looking up at the fissures from which it issued. “Although the fact had been most artistically disguised, I could not doubt that this fissure was artificial. “A great deal of niist arose from it. But I could see that, beyond a duck­ ing, I had little to fear; and, stepping down into the bed of the little stream which frothed and bubbled pleasantly about my bare legs, I set my bundle on my head as the mendicant had done, and plunged through the water-> fall, into a place of delicious coolness. (To be continued.) ■--------------*>-------------• At onetime people ceuld get only bwlk tea-tea ex posed to atr—f?at flavoni'-^Then came “SALAISA” —sealed in metal-full-flavoured—fresh—dellci- • c^s—disst“free—now people use “SALADA'% Four grades—75c to $1.05 per lb Fake Diploma Schools Fought In Federal Educational > Drive Atlantic City.—The Federal govern­ ment is waging "war to the death” against fake correspondence schools, universities and colleges, many of which carry on a traffic in diplomas and degrees, selling them to “anyone Golden-Haired Ape Sought in Jungles By Four Scientists Party Headed by H. A. White, of Field Museum, to Hunt for Other Rare Animals on Expedition to Asia Now Orleans.—The golden-fleeced Not So Modern*’ “I dealt with him as he had meant to deal with me.” Mild Winter Has Set No Records CHAPTER XXXI. STORY OF THE CITY OF FIRE (CONT’d). “How I managed to think of any defence against such an attack, and ©specially in the circumstances, is a matter I have often wondered about since. “You may observe that I have large hands. Their size and strength serv­ ed me well on this occasion. At the moment that the rope tightened about toy throat I reached up and grasped the Brahmin’s left thumb. Desperation gave me additional strength, and I mapped it like a stick of candy. “Just in the nick of time I felt the ©ord relax, and, although the veins fn my head seemed to be bursting, I managed to get my fingers under that damnable rope. "Clutching the rope with my left hand, I groaned and lay still. The Brahmin slightly shifted his position, which Was what I wanted him to do. Tho brief respite had been sufficient, As he moved, I managed to draw my knees up, very slightly, for he was a big heavy man, but sufficiently to enable me to throw him off and toll over* “Then, gentlemen, I dealt with him aS he had meant to deal with mo; only I used my bare hands and made a job of it* “The fires burned lower and lower, btxt I made no attempt to relenish them; and because I sat there so silent all kinds of jungle ere&tutee crept fur- pled it over, swaying dizzily as I watched in crash down into the pois­ onous undergrowth two hundred feet below. “I made a rough cache, where I stored the bulk of my provisions; and, selecting only such articles as I thought necessary for my purpose, I set out again northward, guided by the sound of falling water. “At midday the heat grew so great that a halt became imperative. The path was still clearly discernable; and in a little cave beside it, which afford­ ed grateful shelter from the merciless rays of the sun, I unfastened my bundle and prepared to take a frugal lunch. “I was so employed, gentlemen, when I heard the sound of approach­ ing footsteps on the path behind me —the path which I had recently tra­ versed. “Hastily concealing my bundle, I slipped into some dense undergrowth by the entrance to the cave, and . crouched there, waiting and watching. I hd not waited very long, before a yellow-robed mendicant passed by, carrying a bundle not unlike my own, whereby I concluded that he had come some distance. “I gave him half an hour’s start and then resumeu my march. If he could travel beneath a noonday sun, so could I. “In this fashion I presently came out upon a larger and higher plateau, , carpeted with a uniform, stunted undergrowth, and extending, as flat , as a table, to the very edge of a Sheer , precipice, which rose from it to a , height of three or four hundred feet— gnarled, naked rock, showing no ves­ tige of vegetation. . ; “By this time the sound of falling , water had become very loud, and as , I emerged from the gorge through , which the path ran on to this plateau ) I saw, on the further side of this ( tableland, the yellow robe of the men- . dicant. The was walking straight for ( the face of the precipice, and straight for the spot aX -which, which a fissure I Niagara Fruit Growers Uneasy Over Prolonger Warm Weather ■ According to meteorological records the present winter, although it has 'been of a mild type to date, has not made any records for high tempera­ tures. For the past 35 years there have been periodical wann winters similar to_the present one. The temperature average for last December was 29.2, just three degrees above the average^ .xiS-C-Oinpartd., with ajL-av&FdgO'temperature of 81.5 which prevailed during December of 1920, and an average of 34.3 in December, 1889. The warm wc.___ _____________ Friday and Saturday, following a de­ cidedly cold period earlier in the week, has resulted in the country loads be­ coming almost impassable for motor- driven traffic. The frost has com­ menced to come out and in some sec­ tions of the province it has come out and the roads have dried sufficiently to allow dragging and grading opera­ tions to proceed. Winter sports have been hard hit. Hockey, curling and other sport sche­ dules have received a severe setback, as no natural ice is available for these sports except in Northern Ontario, which is experiencing much colder weather than in the southern, central and eastern parts of the province. Fruit growers in the Niagara Pen­ insula are growing uneasay over the prolonged mild spell. No damage has as yet been done, but should the warm weather continue a few days longer, to be followed by heavy frosts, the result would undoubtedly prove dis­ astrous, as reports from several Ni­ agara districts state that the buds of shrubs, rose bushes and even some apple trees have commenced to show a swelling. Farmers also are anxiously looking ■for snow to protect the-'fall seeding from frosts. Neglect of Research Manitoba Free Press (Lib.): nation that neglects the advantages to be obtained from the research lab­ oratory will inevitably fall' by the wayside. And yet the Canadian Gov­ ernment is spending only $170,000 this year on research work, and there are no adequate laboratory facilities for carrying on industrial research. With only a few exceptions, the industries of Canada are not strong enough yet to provide their own facilities, al­ though they might do more than ap­ pears to be the case. . . Canada has been neglecting a powerful means to her material advancement which other countries have found to be ex­ ceedingly valuable. It is time that she bestirred herself and employed the method that is open to her oUac- celerating het progress and develop­ ment and increasing the prosperity of her people. For frostbite Use Minard’s Liniment. SMARTLY SIMPLE PAJAMAS The chic two-piece pajamas pictur­ ed here are an attractive and easily fashioned style. The jacket is shown sleeveless or with short kimono sleeves, a square or round neck, and with or without a patch pocket. The trousers have elastic or tape run through the top and are straight or gathered at the lower edge. No. 1114 is in sizes 84, 36, 88, 40 and 42 inches bust. Any size requires 4% yards 36 or 40-inch material. Price 20c the pattern. 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With Captain White Sidney Legendre, of graduates of Tulane and recent Oxford students, and Ben Finney, of Richmond, Va„ all athletes with a liking for science. Of the rare animals sought the golden-fieeced monkey and the giant panther are the most desired. The ■ former is a monkey covered with long, ’ golden hair, beautiful in appearance and so rare that even ancient Chinese manuscripts number it among gifts worthy of presentation to empresses. Tho seledong’ is one of the largest animals in the world and Captain White already has one to his credit. It weighed *3,000 pounds and its gredt head is now in the New- Zoological Gardens. After six months in the (jungles the hunting party, which sail-, definitely the true worth of such insti- > from gan Francisco, January 6, | tutlons before sending good money return with its collection for the I for instruction of questionable value*. ----------------------------------------------- Liniment for sore throat. Federal Trade Commission. He spoke before the fourth annual meeting .of the Association of Ameri-! ^iary, can Colleges, in the Chalfonte Hotel, Some of the fake schoools, some operated by Individuals "during their spare time,” were named. by Mr. Humphrey, who urged aid from the association to obtain state legislation controlling such enterprises' and in un­ covering them. S Some of the alleged universities, he declared, sold a master’s degree' for $5 and a doctor’s degree? for $8.50. A large number, chartered in this country and operated by American swindlers throughout Europe, were sellingt degrees and creating general contempt among Europeans for the educational systems of the United States, he said. T^iere were to-day in’the United States 350 private correspondence schools, with 2,000,000 enrolled stu­ dents paying more thin $70,000,000 annually in tuition. Canadians would do well to find out One of the many methods of locat­ ing oil without drilling, which has some scientific backing, is the “seis­ mic” method. A large hole about 6 feet deep is dug and filled with 150 pounds of T.N.T. When this is ex­ ploded a radio wave is sent out by auxiliary apparatus, a sound wave goes through the air, and another sound wave goes through the ground. These are picked up by suitable ap­ paratus, that for the ’ ground wave being a delicately mounted pendulum such as is used to detect earthquakes, an$ the time of arrival of each is re­ corded on a revolving photographic film. By taking observations at sev­ eral points and comparing the times taken for the waves to get there the trained prospector can tell if the ground wave has met an obstacle. It has been found that oil deposits, particularly in Texas, often occur in rock salt domes. These are large cavities formed out' of the salt below the surface, extending down to the level of the oil. This gradually seeps up to the top of the dome, forms little pools there, and if a wave should hit it, it would be bent from its normal semi-circular course. This deviation is noted and by taking readings in several directions the top of the dome may be very well mapped., In most cases drilling has shown that there was oil below the surface where indicated. There is one com­ pany in Texas which thinks so highly of the method that it spends some $30,000 per month for high explosive ! alone. The method has been.veryi successful there, but was not being' used, and would probably not be used; in Canada since the peculiar salt domes art not generally found here. The’Need for Protection Toronto Mall and Empire (Cons.): Wages in Canada will certainly be brought down to the low level of European countries if the Govern­ ment does not take steps' to protect our industries from foreign competi­ tion. What is wanted is a policy that will favor Canadian producers, for the smaller industries ‘which, have been neglected ate essential to the welfare and progress of this country. “Why are yoti .putting, 'persona? on that letter to Mr. Durand?” “I want his wife to open It. A farmer became the ^father twins,- and on learning the news was so delighted that he hurried the nearest post office, and sent this telegram to lids sister-in-law: "Twins to-day. More to-morrow.” them. At tine close of his address a voter asked, “Will you promise not to promise anything that will com­ promise with your promises without promising to fulfil your promise as far as you can promise?” The reply is not recorded. Mrs. Sugimoto, Columbia In-* structor, Finds Her More Conservative Than Ever on Visit to Homeland,’ Tokio.—So-called “modern” Japan­ ese girls are not nearly so modern as their critics would have one believe, according to Mrs. Etsu Sugimoto, author of “ ADaughter of a Samurai” and for many years a professor in the extension department of Columbia University. Mrs. Sugimoto is spending a year’s leave of absence in Tokio with one of her daughters, her visit to her homeland being the first in many years. In a recent interview the author made the surprising statement that she finds the - Japan of to-day more conservative than the Japan she knew some years ago. She hastened to explain the statement by going on to say that of courte the Japan of to-day has progressed greatly in adapting to Japanese civilization the many'mechanical conveniences w}fich the estern world has to offer. DON’T WANT TO FORGET PAST. “But,” she added, “there is an in­ creased feeling o nthe part of thought­ ful Japanese that they must not throw away the old civilization, They must not lose themselves in an enthusiasm for something new and forget all of the past. That is what I mean when I say the Japanese are more con­ servative than ever. They are con­ servative in that they are adapting themselves rationally to the mixing of Eastern and Western civilization. Commenting on the modern move­ ment among Japanese women and especially young girls, Mrs. Sugimoto expressed the viewrthat girls who drees in extreme foreign style and bob their hair are not nearly so radical in their beliefs and actions as many Japanese girls who dress in Japanese style. The author went on to say that a great deal of the blame for the ultra­ modern conduct of many Japanese girls may be laid at the door of their pai\ents. She pointed out that too many Japanese girls, after receiving a liberal education, are given no op­ portunity to express themselves ' through normal channels, This re- [ striction, she believes, is largely re- | sponsible for the “modern outbursts” of many girls, who are meioly seeking an outlet for their pent-up feeiingn. SPENT GIRLHOOD IN JAPAN Mrs. Sugimoto spent her girlhood in Japan during that great transition period in Japanese history whe?i the Nippon Empire was discarding feud­ alism and a traditional policy of na­ tional isolation. She sailed to the shores of America to become the bride of a Japanese, leaving behind her the manners and tradition^ which had ( been instilled in her from birth. Some" years later, at the death of her hus­ band, Mrs. Sugimoto returned to Ja­ pan for a few years with her two daughters, one of whom is now mar­ ried and living in Kobe. Former Embassy Secretary At­ tempts to Revive Fame of “The Little Chair” Paris-—A haunt of gourmets, historic restaurant "The Ifittle Chair is being reopened by an American lawyer, recently in the diplomatic ser­ vice. Eugene Shoecraft, formerly U.S. secretary of legation and embassy at Prague, Vlnna, Budapest, London and Paris, has been led by his amateur interest in fine cookery to try to re­ vive the fame of this 150-year-old place, where King Louis XIV« of France often went. In the iron-grilled window of th© place is a little chair which the King ■had made and which lie gave to the old proprietor, whose love of eating . gave him-the gout and caused him to sit by the door in the chair that gave the place its name. The chair and parts of the house are "classed as historical monuments” by thq Ministry of Fine Arts and may not be removed or altered without the government’s permission. The last proprietor was a Spaniard, who delved into ancient lore and be­ lieved a treasure was buried under the floor. He excavated to a depth of fifty feet, but finally abandoned the search. rrniip■ teW Ml Vw1 BEST FOR ALE YOUR BAKIfif'Q Pies, Cakes, BufiS and Bread "• DOES ALL YOUR BAKING BEST i .... .. ’“1 Imitation Antique Silver Bootlegged in England The man who puts now moonshine In old Bourbon whisky bottles ha« nothing whatsoever t>n the bootleg­ gers of would-be old silver wh^b-have been unearthed in England. Numerous cases have developed, lately of speculators and collectors ot antique silver who have been de­ ceived by a clever group of skillful silver forgers. This group, which has a consider­ able Knowledge of what period and pieces of silverware are in demand, first gets hold of old and damaged sil­ verware at a very small price. Tho members then prepare new silver copies of the antique ware. The nokt step Is to cut off t&e period stampings, tho date of manufacture, the hall mark aiid the. master’s mark from the old Blivet, and fit them to the imitation copies with hard solder­ ing and hammering. A man is Whit he Cfebis £ A* •