Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, July 11, 1919, Page 5

WERE CHRISTIANS AT NIGHT Tribe of Stayrili in Trebizond Long Practiced Deception on Their Turk Overlords, Not far from Trebizond (on the Black Sea in Asia Minor) live the clan of Stavrili, descendants of the Greeks who kept a Greek kingdom in being until after Constantinople had fallen, writes George BE. White in the Amer- ican Review of Reviews. The Stavrili knew that they were of Christian ancestry, but in some hour of persecution their fathers had yield- ed assent to Islam, The same build- ings were said to serve as mosques above ground and churches below; the same men as imams by days and priests by night; the same boys were said to be circumecized and baptized ; and named both Osman and Constan- tine, A few years ago these Stavrili de- termined to throw off the mask and return to their Christian allegiance, and they did so, though at the cost ef much government pressure lasting for years. With some of them 1 be- came personally acquainted when they were exiled from home. One day a Stavrili met a Turkish friend, and the latter remarked, “I hear you've turned Christian.” The Greek an- swered that they had always known that their ancestors were Christian Orthodox and they had decided to avow their original heritage. “But,” said the Moslem, “you've been to mosque all these years, and we've said our prayers side by side; how did yo think you could deceive God all the time?” “I never tried to deceive God,” was the answer, “He always knew just what I was, I tried to deceive you, asd in that I succeeded.” NATION WAS NEVER MORE FIT American People Have Learned Many Valuable Lessons Under Great Stimulus of War. “Under the stimulus of war we have sweated off mental, moral and physical fat,” says the New York Medical Jour- nal. “We have been forced to curb our appetites. We have learned to sac- rifice without complaint, to dare with- out bluster, and sink our will in the common weal. Many of us went to the training camps flabby. We learned to rise early, bathe cold, eat plenty, work hard, and sleep soundly. We learned to obey promptly, to think precisely, to work accurately, and to command properly. One by one the vest ripples of the body, mind and soul disappeared and we were proud to be hard and fit again. “There is a great lesson in all this. Flabbiness is man’s greatest sin against himself. It begets sloth, fear and selfishness. It undermines the mind, the character, the body. Is this lesson, learned at the cost of lives and limbs and worldwide sacrifice, to be lost? Is the ponderous abdomen and feeble leg of yesterday to replace the straight front and springy carriage of today? Are we going to shrink from the cold bath and the hardening neces- sities of daily life? Or will we attack the post-war period resolved to remain hard and fit in body, mind and soul?” Fishes in Shipyard. To catch a nice mess of fish right In the middle of a shipyard, without the trouble of walking to the river bank, is & novel as well as a pleasant incident | of any shipbuilder’s noon hour, Dean Adams, a tool-room foreman in the G. M. Standifer plant at Portland, Ore, enjoyed such a run of luck a year ago, and never told about it till just now. “A year ago I stood about where the office is today,” said Adams re- cently, “and got a basketful of smelt. Dredges were at work clearing out a fill and the pipes were run past here, carrying water and sand to fill up the swamp. The smelt run was on and it wasn’t a difficult matter to get all ef ‘em you wanted as they came up through the pipes. Some fishing!"— Fere and Aft. He Didn’t Have to Learn. Ernest Hutcheson, the noted pianist, tells a story related to him by the head of a European conservatory which will entertain many teachers. A new pupil arrived at the conservatory for examination. The teacher struck a note on the piano and asked: “What note is that?” “Major,” answered the smiling pupil. “What note is that?” asked the teacher, striking another. “Minor,” came the prompt answer. “What note is this?” then asked the amazed teacher. “Diminished,” blandly retorted the pupil. “Where did you learn all that?” in- quired the teacher seratching his head. “I didn’t learn it,” responded the de- lighted pupil, “I always knew it.”— Music and Musicians. Try This on Your Parrot. As the automobile party passed one corner they saw a soldier on guard, a big white dog beside him, and then a beautiful American flag. Of course this combination attracted the atten- tion of everyone in the car. The flag was silk, the dog majestic and the soldier proud of his trust. “Oh, look at that dog on guard!” exclaimed the woman. The little boy snickered audibly. All were impressed with the solemnity of the scene, and this outbreak seemed to the father unculled for. “What do you mean, laughing, John- ny?” he demanded. “Oh,” cried litte Johnny, “mamma said, ‘Look at the dog-gone guard ’"—— ) —— @ —— (L)} Having sold my ranch I will sell at public auction one quarter mile west of Cottonwood, Idaho public school, commencing at 10:00 o’clock a. m., the following described property 4 Two span horses, 12 years old, weight 2500 Twenty Head Three span horses, 6 years old, weight 2400 One span horses, 12 years old, weight 2400 of One span horses, 4 years old, weight 2500 One driving team, 10 years old, weight 2000 One bay horse, 4 years old, weight 1500 One mare, 4 years old, weight 1400 Horses Two colts Eight Head Hogs and 30 Young Pigs Four brood: sows Two piggy brood sows Two thoroughbred Poland China boars 21 Head Cattle, 8 Calves Six yearling calves One Holstein heifer Hight heifers with calves Three fresh young milch cows ONE REGISTERED DURHAM BULL Miscellaneous Items, Farm Implements, Household Goods One good hay rake One hack One mower and rake One good blacksmith outfit One new cable and carriage (unused) Four hay nets 9 set double harness One Garden cultivator. One new stump puller 1500 feet new shiplap lumber Two new canvas, 20 feet by 36 feet One hog oiler One outdoor cooker One scalding trough One pile fence rails One spray pump : One Monarch range One heating stove Three bedsteads One lounge One large rug Two kitchen cupboards One kitchen treadle One De Laval cream separator One new 5-gallon cream can One churn One organ One shotgun seeder One 8-horse power gasoline engine Three dozen chickens Two Winona wagons, 314 inch, good as new One new Nisco manure spreader One Winona grain tank (new) One three bottom disc plow (new) One new John Deering 14-inch gang plow One new two bottom Moline 14-inch gang plow Two walking plows One breaking piow One 8-foot double disc Four section harrow (new) One new bob sled One chop mill Two 7-foot cut new McCormick binders One 7-foot Deering binder One new alfalfa pulverizer One fanning mill (Winona new) TERMS: All sums under $20 cash;on sums over that amount 14 months’ time will be given on approved bankable note bearing 8 per cent interest. Nothing to be removed from premises until settled for. Free Lunch at Noon VERE PENNECARD, Owner Felix Martzen, Clerk Harry Cranke, Auctioneer @ Submarine Not Yet Perfect. In spite of the fact that the British have some steam-driven 2,700-ton sub- marines capable of a surface speed of from 23 tc 25 knots, the submarine { fa 9quy as a weapon of war is too slow and { When in Grangeville call at COTTONWOOD AND TRANSFER LINE 0. D. HAMLIN, Pro Light and Heavy Hauling Done on Short Notice DRAY too blind when it is submerged to be considered a serious weapon of naval warfare. When it can see electrically to a distance of ten to fifteen miles while it is submerged so deeply as to be invisible to the air scout, and when it can steam 20 knots submerged it will dominate the reval situation, says Scientific American. e. for your Ice Cold Drinks Cigars, Etc. SkaaT>_SS PATHE PHONOGRAPH Rival of the X-Ray. A physiclan has contrived a simple camera that seems to rival the X-ray in a limited field. Into a light-proof box, containing the member to be ex- We carry the well-known PATHE PHONOGRAPH and invite all persons contemplating purchasing a phonograph to look into the merits of this wonderful machine. amined, he admits light from a tung- Guaranteed to Play a Record 1000 Times sten lamp, filtered to pass only red rays. Passing through the hand or | enol DRUG Ss I ORE foot the red light strikes, at the bot- tom of the box, a photographic plate Your*Opportunity Study Music J.-B. Running OO) = ¢— highly sensitized with an eosin solu- T. F. Schaecher, Prop. tion. An exposure of one-half second The Busy Druggist Cottonwood, Idaho Mechanics Mag: makes the shadow picture.—Popular oS eines = Every Monday at Hotel Qottenweod OEEEEEEE EE EE EEE HEE ” om anes Nae ~<a eee ee Pada ladda dtd ted GRATEFUL FOR ONE THING Soldier. Might ef Chai yt Net in That. Last Greeting. 4 wee The man whp ‘tad volunteered his life for his country"tame back from the western -front. “His. experience had completely changed him. He carried within the sense of an entirely new world, oe ; He went to Wai He heard the speech of-a tor. He saw the lobbyists consorting together. He wanted something, and he waited for it in vain, “It is the eame old crowd,” he said. He met the girl he loved—with an- ether fellow. She .told him that she still loved bim and that the only reason she was with the other fellow was be cause she was lonesome for him. “It's the same old girl,” he said. He traveled on g railroad. The guard was surly. The train was late. The food was poor. The rate was nearly double. ‘ “It's the same Old transportation only worse,” he said. He reached his home town. He was met by a delegation and a band. With- in two weeks four of his neighbors had gotten the bést of him, another borrowed half hig pay, and at the end of a month when he walked down Main Street no one knew him because b was broke. He went back home. There was a woman waiting for him on the door- atep. » “My baby. hero!” she said. ’ And putting his arms around her, he replied; § “Same old mother—thank God !"— Thomas L. Masson in New York Eve- ping Post.’ GOT THE WRONG IMPRESSION Grandfather, Was Convinced Hie Pet Had Joined the Church, and Re- Jelced Accordingly. She fs a newspaper woman and her grandfather formerly was a local breacher of circult fame. He is very mauch interested {n her religious state and worries because she does not at- tend church’ every Sunday night. fhe other evening she went to a church to write a story about the new organ, the purchase of which had been made possible by her stories in the pa- per. So she took grandfather with her, knowing that while he could not hear much of the services, still he would en- Joy being in the church, At the close of the sermon came a surprise for the newspaper woman. The minister announced; “Miss §,, whe wrote the stories which brotght the money for ‘our organ, is with us to night and I would like for her to:come up in front{so that @ll of us may se her and ‘shake her hand.” Grandfather saw his grandchild ad- vance to the front of the church and also saw ‘the people ‘begin shaking her hand. He had not heard a word the minister \ha¢ said, but still he had the memory of camp meeting days to in- form him of what. was happening. They convinced him. that his grand- daughter had Joined the church and with handshaking; the people were welcoming her inté&the fold. So he did his part. He-rose to his feet aud began shouting at the top of his voice, Indianapolis News. Power From Ocean Tides. os So far such little power as has been abstracted fromocean tides hag been insignificant. The rige and fall of the tides is pot ‘very, great, even though it does amoynt to,70 feet in some places, and hence if any Considerable power is to be obtained’ basins of large area must be used. +i By damming the bay at Mont St. Michel in: France, where the tide rises about 45 feet, It is estimated that enough power may be obtained te op- erate hajf of the industries of France. A French engineer with vast powers of Imagination has conceived the idea of building dikeg across the channel and across the Thames estuary to form two large tidal basins which may be used alternately to furnish a con- tinuous supply of power, Shelves Are Fireproof. Not a stick of wood is used in twe fireproof houses being built in Eng- lang as ap experiment, says an illus- trated article in Popular Mechanics magazine. Concrete and steel are used exclusively, the floors being of joint- less composition with founded cor- ners, while window frames, trimmings, doors, staircases; and even the cup- board shelves are of steel. The cot- tages are fitted with’every modern im- provement and are said to have ex- celled similar dwellings of wood or brick, both in time and cost ef con- struction. ; F About the Weather. In Fairfax county, near the old home of George Weshington, a woodcutter without friends djed ‘the other day. At the funeral services; there was no one to make an address. ' Volunteers were asked forg.apé when, after a few min- utes, no fone. responded, a newcomer, who hailed from the Pacific coast, rose and said; “Well, if nobody else has anything to say, I'd like to drop a few remarks on the remarkable health-giving ‘prop- erties of California weather.” 4 Not a Handicap. The Americans were not handi- eapped on the western front by thetr slight knowledge of the French lan- guage. Asa matter of fact it was defi- nitely proved—to the German discom- fort—that the American soldiers could shoot ia say old ianguage.—Lonten WNL Odes, oe > oni