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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-06-14, Page 6P. possessor iraMune front storm acct., ystic Jewels dents or dangers of electrocution, Tradition says that the cobra jewel Are India's Pride 'shines in the night and that tile cobra feeds on the toads and into and in sects that are attracted by iten1.iight, laxnonds That Weep When The cobra falces it out and puts it on. Moon is Full, Elephant Arid I lie ground, concealed beside it Cobra Pearls, Emeralds and and preys ulyingpon the rodents which. Rubbles That Bring Rain comenear• He swallows it again and and Disease, Hidden is cometh I goes back to his hole. The jewel is Vaults. BAFFLE SCIENTISTS London—lifysterious and inexplica- ble are the gems that abound in the Indian Empire and Burma, even in 1 e said to melt and turn to poison when he is angry and so It is difficult to get, but there are instaiices where such jewels are found. In the Poona district, 200 miles south of Bombay, a rich Zaminder obtain- ed one such Jewel. It has the prop- erty of curing all snake's bites. It these dere of the twentieth century. sticks to the wound only when there ;'Sone jewels come to the notice of is poison in the bite and falls off when the scientists and they cannot explain the poison has been absorbed. them or their origin, They are not Portrait in a Ruby . mere freaks of nature. H. ' W. B. Moreno, member of the There are diamonds that seem to Legislative Council of Bengal, Calcut- weep when the moon is full; there are , ta, is the proud possessor of a ruby, pearls from the head of the Bing l which contains under its shining sur - Cobra which make rain; there are face the image of a dark man, dressed rubies, scarlet purple in tint, which cure blood poisoning; there are emer in pugree (the national headdress of alds which remove slain diseases,' the Hindus) and clad `in white robes. gems wonderful to behold and almost The face is dark brown and the closer impossible ^ to value: But these are .one looks at the image the more held secret, hidden carefully for gen- luminous does the )race appear. The erations iu .gigantic vaults, the en- director of the Geological Department trance to =hich is known only to the "'n! the Government of India prouounc- heads of the old families who are proud ed the ruby one of great intrinsic to possess them. I value and said that it was a freak Some of them come to light on rare of nature without a parallel. ' '''This occasions, when an old palace is pull- image appears clear through a thin ed down to make room for a factory, •halo of scarlet cloud forming the sur- or a poor agriculturist comes upon a face of the ruby. How the image hidden store in a new plot of ground came to be inside the ruby is a myse which he is trying to bring under cul- tery as deep as that of the elephant tivation. Finds Radioactive Diamond pearl. The King Thebaw, of Burma, had in his possession a wonderful pair of A few months ago a common look- earrings made of rubies, containing ing antique necklace, belongingtothe underneath their surface perfect lot rc 'al family of Tanjore in south In- uses. These were stated to have the dia, was sold in the Sowkarpeth or . power of curing all blood poisoning. Bankers Lane in Madras. The pur- King Thebaw wore them to the day chaser, desiring to give it as a Pres- of his death. He gave them on that ent to his daughterin-law on New day to a devoted servant and they Year's Day, gave it for resetting. The have not been heard of since. The jeweler found that the diamond, Maharajah of Budi has in .his posses - hanging as a pendant, was a very sion an emerald cup of the deepest peculiar one, brought it back to the green tint. All skin diseases are owner and 'suggested that it should cured by using the water kept in that be reset as :a ring. It Weighed five cup for three hours in the , sun..., and one-half carats. The owner kept A chief in Bombay has a' mortar it to consult other jewelers. and pestle carved out of whole sap - On examination it was found to con- phires and gives the medicines made Six of Europe's Fe'rest AR ' EUROPEAN COMPETITORS FOR COVETED TITLE OF "MISS UNIVERSE" These girls will compete against beauties from all over the world at the coming International pageant of pulchritude to be held at Galveston, Texas, June 2nd to 5th. Left to right: Miss Italy, Miss Belgium, Miss France, Miss •England, Miss Germany and Miss .Spain. ' { Chinese Famines The Two Causes of ,These Re- current Famines Are Due to Drought and Flood Four Million Starving China, engaged now in destructive civil war, is at the same time beset by her ancient enemy famine. The reason why famine so often sweeps , large sections of that populous coun- I try is explained in the. following article. The writer of this article; 1 which appeared in the New York ' Times, was formerly 'an adviser on railway administration to the' Chinese Ministry of Communications. Never Known to Fail Troy, Pa.—After losing "his ump- teenth maid, via matrimony, Hal Carpenter of this city resorted to advertising as a means to secure another. The ad ran: "Girl Wanted: The most successful matrimonial agency in Northern Pennsylvania wants a good girl for general house- work. Two in family, washing done out. Marriage , certificate guaranteed in reasonable time. All graduates from our home now happily married to fine men. De- lays are dangerous, regrets are vain," .. floods result. Once every forty or fifty years nature withholds .the mid- By rains, and there is no crop By JOHi4 EARL BAKER whatever. Sometimes the monsoon In the daily press you have been splits, leaving a drought belt between thin wonderful properties. It was therein as a eure of anaemia. In reading about an appalling famine in well soaked counties. '. :• generally of a bluish tint, but during Travancore state there is an. image China. Four million fellow humans There was a time . when the occa- lhe day it took on a rosy shade. Theof Ganesha, the Elephant God, cut are starving. Ten million are in dire- sional drought found a public granary moment it was brought under tire, out of a ruby and an image of Nara-' Yul straits. Ten million women, child filled with the surplus of -the fat years direct rays of the sun, however, it � yan, or Vishnu, cut out of a blue sap - turned full blue. When taken into phire. Some of these jewels are only a dark room it gave out no light at taken out on ceremonious occasions all. In the evening he went to open', when they are worshipped and then the safe and was astonished to find I restored to their secret vaults. the whole safe Hooded with brilliant �./ moonlight. The diamond was illun,i- Rocket Explos•ols n,the whole interior of the safe. ttrug He lifted it up and found that the wad of cotton 'wool' on which he had placer the jewel was wet. - . it was found that the stone lost its ln5'er when the moon waned and would not give any light during the day. Tradition. has It that there are jewels called the sun and moon stones which glow in darkness only when the sun or moon is shining. The mythology of the Hindus gives a story of how Krishna, the eighth in- carnation of Vishnu, had to fight a bear demon for the sake of a sun stone. Elephant Pearl from Ceylon nom Ca -lou comes the wonderful elephant pearl. "Until I ,examined. this jewel myself," said Dr. Joseph Pearson, director of the Colombo Museum, "I had been under the im- • pression that the references to these pearls in Oriental literature were off, the -car taking a lunge forward more of a kind of mythological legend every time a fresh rocket exploded. than reality." Mr. G. Rodrigo, of' Von Opel said that the machine was Borella, Ceylon., the possessor of this not intended to revolutionize motor - unique gem, had taken the elephant ing, but was a practical step toward pearl to the director for his opinion. It weighs twelve carats, has shining brilliant hues with creamy golden tint and is supposed to he . 2,000 years old. Thepearl was examined under a microscope and was found to have the basis of ivory. All the old tests of Indian jewels were tried, and it carne out triumphant under them all, It was examined by the American:: Cousin at Colombo, W. A, Leonard, and he found it to be perfect, Under its almost transparent pearl film one could see a complete form of a, white elephant, correct in every detail. 31r. Rodrigo was flooded with re- views from New York collectors, who bad heard of it through Mr. Leonard, with offers of purchase. "It le ono of Cr vlon's proud possessions, and ;t wi7•s never leave, this island," 'i l sir. Redrige In reply to these requests. 'lrareka ziiia:r, an Indian writer on. Sraw.e.s of ' tie fourth century, men- tions Khat an eklibsnt pearl is found in the 'load nor the root of the tusks Of an elephant horn when' the sun is Passingthrugh the sign of Capri- corn with the Moen in the-Pushya or Shrnvatta. -"This pearl," he says, "Is never to be bene d er valued and so in this science of^geres I cannot give .its value." Describes Mystic iPearfs Vabara 'Mihir also gives eight ferent kinds of ,pearls that > are ' at. mystic value: ons, elephant two, co- bra; three, 01ielh four, ,conch; five, storm; six, hainhoo; seven, crocodile, Ond eight, wild boar. He gives the properties of the various pearls and Indicateshow and when they are y „�ottnd. The storm pearl is said to four On locations and costumes, Propel Motor -Car at Great Speed Solution Is Sought of Flying in the Highest Altitude of the Atmosphere ren, old men and old women are wan- upon which the poor of each county dering about in search of food. Mil- might draw. There was a time when lions have 'surged into 'the province of dikes did not break frequently. This Manchuria, perhaps the . largest emi- was.. the period of China's greatness, gration in history. Perhaps a million when government was strong and sub. have perished on the way. A corse -ordinate officials were under good dis spondent estimates that Shantung has cipline. One hundred and fifty years ago, lost 9,000,000 of populationin twelve months. • under the great Emperor Chien Lung, Why is China known as the land the Chinese Empire covered five ands, of famine? The answer cannot be one-half million square miles of terri- given in a single sentence. The ell• tory—almost twice ;the area of Canada. mate of North China is determined In the days of Chien Kang Hsi, China • by prevailing winds. During the win- could have defied the world 9n battle. ter months these winds blow easterly At that time China maintained her. from the continental ,.plateau, upon I river dikes and cared for her own' which is the Gobi Desert. During ipoor in time of drought. the season, consequently, there is no while . Europe and America have I Berlin.—The "Opel Rocket Car," rainfall and only rarely 'a light snow. i grown strong and rich, China has propelled forward by the explosion ofDuring the summer these winds blow 1 grown weak and poor. Chien Lung, rockets placed in the rearof the ma -westerly from the Pacific Ocean, car -'like Kang Hsi, "maintained his great, chine, was demonstrated for the firsteying with them the moisture which 'Power over the vast extent of China time on the Avus Speedway, attainingproduces the summer rains. Thus the I only at the expense of tremendous a speed variously estimated at 100 belt lying between Nanking and Pe- 'energy. He was exceedingly active, miles an hole. Fritz von Opel was at king receives most of its precipitation and spent much of his life on inspect the wheel. r during June, July and August. This tiOn trips from province to province. The ear:started with a terrific roar, belt extends from the coast back some But his son and his grandson were emitting a sheet of flame and a cloud400 miles to the plateau. more ordinary in their physical, men - of yellow smoke as the isuccessiweAn occasional snow in winter, an tal and spiritual endowments. rockets exploded. The machine gain- early beginning or a late ending of The strain of ruling an empire ed momentium as one rocket after•an- the monsoon, is a frequent variation nearly twice the size of Canada, with - other, a11'of uniform power, was shot from the rifle, If there is a good out the help of telegraph, telephone snowfall or two in the winter, one or railroad, was too much for men good shower during April and May, anything short of heroic stature. North Chinahas a big year—a crop Their empire began to creek. By of wheat in June and a crop of millet, 1860 the Manchu Emperor was no- sorghum and beans in September. < If more than a mere puppet. After 1860 mere infanta bore the imperial title. in 1900 Practically the whole of the Chinese Army refused to obey the Empress Dowager's order3. In 1912 the Manchu dynasty abdicated, A Period- of Decay During the entire period of decay,. river training, dike repair, the public of them have beds higher than granaries, like • everything else con - the surrounding country, devastating netted with government, decayed also. a,,,solution of the problem of flying at the snows or the showers fail, there 1 s, a terrific speed through the highest only one crop -the fall crop. altitudes of the earth's atmospheric Floods and Droughts strata, with the object of making a flight between Europe and America ' Frequently it happens that the within a few hours • or encircling the year's moisture is nearly all crowded earth within a day. into the last two weeks , of July and A motor -driven airplane, he said, the first two weeks of August. Then ceases to be'effective at the highest rivers burst their banks and, as most altitudes because of inability to carry a requisite amount of oxygen. This obstacle, he said, can be overcome by the rocket system formula, which he said was discovered in an old Latin manuscript of 3.420. Herr von Opel didnottry for speed, although he said that during recent* trials at Ruessell- sheirn-on-the-Main, with a driveless motor-ar, a speed of 430, miles per hour was attained fora few seconds. He is of the opinion that there is practically no limit to the speed which could be reached by the new machine, which has the appearance of the ordi- nary racing car, except that the back part consists of a steel chamber with 12 round openings, out of which penes trate the steel pipes from which' thert,. rockets are discharged. Fuses are connected with the pipes and' are°linked upon an auto, switch- board, and are controlled from the driver's seat. The rockets are dis- charged by means of an electric spark. The drawback to the new invention is that each rocket costs: a small fortune. Out, of every dollarexpended on making a 'movie film of importance, tltirtY oonts go to the actors, nineteen to general expense and overhead, thirteen are divided are divided authors andcamera among directors, men, five are spent on raw filth and Airco from the ,.Bice in a ural• cloud law' kh'wrfa>:'�.... "' -.. �•;Y � WILD OAN,ADIANS IN ENOLAND, More frequent catastrophies--catastro- phies more appalling—have been the inevitable result. Here in America it is difficult for us to appreciate why the Chinese peo- ple do .ziot, cpllectively organize to build a new Government and imporve their lot. A people with a -tradition in self-government like ourselves do so in fifteen of twenty years. But the Chinese have no such, tradition, no•such experience. Imperial Govern- ment is all they have known. To learn any other is a tremendous task. The energies of all the national lead- ers are absorbed in that one neces- sary task. Thus, where disasters overwhelm large areas it is left for us who are living under organized conditions to cope with the situation. For seven years an International Famine Relief Commission has attempted to-do some work which formerly the Chinese Gov- ernment funds have been placed under its supervision. in time of famine, instead of doles or opening soup ,kit- chens, it organizes some needed work of repair or construction. It does a work or organization which in better days was assumed by the Government. Instead of giving charity it gives em- ployment on work calculated to pre- vent the recurrence of these disasters. Payment is made in coarse foodstuffs for time laborer and his family in pro- portion to the work done. Work in War -Time Because., of the civil war, perhaps many wonder if it is possible to en- gage upon sizable construction works. The answer is that China is a big country. The armies move in fairly definite, lanes toward well-known ob- Chinese Famine Relief Traces Appeals to Sage Ten' Million Face Starvation in Shantung, ' Birthplace of Confucius and Mencius ,r Shantung, that province of north China suffering prom the. greatest cam( bination of afflictions of any portion of the world to-day—war, famine and' their inevitable attendants; disease and despair—is regarded by the Chinees as the most sacred of the new provi°noes, for there were born the two sages, Confucius and Menicus, whose i}bilosophy and teachings have molded thought. and conduct in China for nearly 3;000 years The teachings of these sages, ante- dating by several centuries the Christian era, , constitute one of China's greatest- claims to ' kinship with the western world. Proverbs transcending time and place, as filled with wisdom as the Scriptures, ap. plicable, it would seem, to "men of every race, of every age and clime," are to be found in the sayings of these two seers. . Beginning with the basic law of Confucianism, which is the Golden Rule of Christianity stated negative- ly: "Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you," the . sayings of the two are replete with wisdom of 'a type universal in its ap- plication. Mencius -"Second Holy One" Mencius, known as the "Second -Holy One, or Prophet," also had his Golden Rule, which translation ren- ders: "If one treat others as he would be treated by them be shall not fall to come into perfect life." Confucius was born in 661 B.C.;, Mencius, B.C., 381, nearly 100 years after the death of the elder sage. In many circles to -day moral teach- ings are not very popular. Even the story with a moral is eschewed. Some have described the theory of any essential relationship between ethics and aesthetics. Yet there ie something in the simplicity, the ent Chinese prophets that is akin to 'poet'ry., ' Said Confucius: • "Your scholar who is bent on study- ing the principles of virtue, yet is ashamed of bad clothes and coarse food, is not yet fit to receive instruc- tion." "When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a_ bad man, examine your own heart." "He who requires much for himself and little from others will be secure from hatred." "Alas, B;have never seen a man who ►could see his own faults and assign .himself at the bar of his own con:.. science" "Observe a man's action; scrutinze his thoughts, take note of the things that give him pleasure. How, then, lin itees. Hostilities are always of can he hide from you what he really limitag.;duration., Beep out of the. line isv" of action or "lay low" during actual • 'When a generally detest fighting,; and: no more than the usual ed, or when manhe is generally detest - obstacles will be encountered. En- closer examination is necessary.'' gineers r are riled to lives of laboris Much of the traditional pacifism of ander crude conditions. Dihazard. i it `the Chinese may be traceable to such always somethingsatedChina a` hazard. ager of Mencius's teachings as the fol- to the initiated famine worker lowing: these military campaigns are only : "When one subdues men by `force;: minor h obstacles. they do not submit to him in heart, If there were a settled Government but because •they are not 'strong• in China starving Chinese ' because not look to this prosperous land for help. enought to resist:' But. there ,is, no Government in any' "If one treat me unreasonably 1 real sense of the word. The civil war will say: 'I must .have been wanting is a struggle .toward government, it in kindness or proprfet'y' How else. is about the only method ever sue- can this have happened?' If the, cessfully used by man to produce new other continue' perverse, I must have government. Some day China will self -resect enough to say, 'I must have no need of American aid. But have failed to do my best.' If all is meanwhile millions starve—millions vain, 1 say, Why vex myself about .a ' whom we can save—millions whose wild beast? - friendship can some day help tre- Evidence that famine is au ancient mendously toward a peaceful world affliction of the Chinese also is found . order. in some of the sayings of •tbe "Second Holy One." "If there is too mach rice in the kitchen, there aro starving people on the road," Chinese Village Honors Father "When men die of famine, you say A Strange Custom . It is the season that is to blame. I -low Who Killed Son Cen- does this differ from saying, when tunes Ago, you have caused a plan's death: 'It :Fulling, China.—Tho near -by mud was not:,I, but the, weapon'?" walled village . -of "Father Killed His Son" stands as 'a monument to the • wort' of a Chinese . general who fought Japanese invaders centuries ago. He was General- Ts'i and lived when t China was ruled by the Ming dynasty • from 1363 to 1644. He was sent to Pakten ` Province to exterminate Jap- anese pirates who were ravaging the coast. From Futsing, ,General Ts'1 was about to start for the Sea when in- formed by signal lights from the coastal hilltops that pirate boats were landing: Before going he drew up his troops .and announced that any man; who looked back ,after they left .the. walls of the city would be sutulnarily, executed., The troops marched blit and, when they reached the site of the present village,of "Father Killed His. Son" the' general's: own son looked. back •toward Futsing:..The general himself;,; bee 'leaded the lad, and in the strength given by his example of faith to hid Word the army swept on to• victory against the marauders, ' ""f f 1, See the country 1 take down tire: , billboards. r and is of the color and size of :� more Over 200 bears, wolves and bttifalo (alt stuffed) arrived at Wapping from burst f believe a horse understands more iFho poiuegrarrate seed, shining like a thana dog." "I don't," "Very likely Canada to figure in exhibitions throughout ,the old land by the Empir do. pt ligh'tn'ing- all n,al,A4 the but 1 was speaking of the horse" Marketing board. A ilow airplane is equipped with e a card -tattler probably to aeenaLoin passengers to the grand slams Yet there is one phase of the pres- ent famine. in Shantung where, it is estimated, 4,000,000 people ars threat• eued with starvation and approxim ately 6,000,00-0 others are seriously of fected, in which it differs from all the others that have afflicted China through the years. At3 IF "'HA1' HELPED -- Habby:: You'll have to out dowel eitpenses, that's all. ' Well, I su i lolls I'll have 'VVifey; 'We , 11 toshorten ray aklrts again.