Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, November 14, 1919, Page 5

FAMILY OF SNAKE CHARMERS Women Have Peculiar Power Over Reptiles Which the Ordinary Person Holds in Dread. Possibly nowhere else is the art of snuke charming brought to such a pitch of perfection as at Mount Popa, Upper Burma, Mudia, and strangely enough by women. Here two famous sisters, whose fume is a byword throughout Burma, make thelr home. At special requests they will condé- scend to bring their proteges down to the towns for exhibition of their skill, but as a rule they prefer the vicinity of their mountain. This particular family has carried on their profession for many years past, keeping their secret always within their own circle, The snakes they use are the deadly hamedryad or nala bungarus (naia ophiohagus), the king cobra. The task, possibly, would not appeal to MTiany, as these reptiles are the most dreaded of their kind. Measuring up to 12 feet in length, they possess a deadly poison in their fangs, and an alarming speed. It is said of them, also, thut they are the only snake who will attack a human being on sight, chasing him for miles until one or the other is bound to give in. The snaké8S are fed on fowls, and appear amenable and tame to handle. The origin of the family and their work is probably unknown, lost in the dim passages of years, but their zeal ts not one whit less today than it has been since the profession was first heard of. How long they will continue to carry it on is a matter for conjecture, but undoubtedly they stand for one of Burma's chief curtosities, and a mark for the enterprising tourist who cares to scale the mystic heights of Mount Popa, GETS WRONG VIEW OF LIFE Person of Undecisive Character Can Hardly Be Brought to See Things in Right Light. A person of undecisive character #onders how all the embarrassments in the world happened to meet exactly in bis way, to place him just in that one situation for which he is peculiarly unadapted, but in which he fs also will- ing to think no other man could have acted with facility or confidence, In- capable of setting up a firm purpose on the basis of things as they are, he is often employed in vain speculations on some different supposable state of things, which would have saved him from all this perplexity and irresolu- tion. He thinks what a determined course he could have pursued if his talents, his health, his age, had been different; if he had been acquainted with some one person sooner; if his friends were, in this or the other point, different from what they are; or if fortune had showered her favors on him. And he gives himself as much license to complain as if all these ad- vantages had been among the rights of his nativity, but refused, by a malig- nant or capricious fate, to his life— Rey. John Foster. Holy Days In Doitch Land. What is religion? It is not the ob- Servance of forms and feast days. We have only nine national holidays in America. Only two of our holidays, namely, Thanksgiving and Christmas, may be culled even quasi religious. The others celebrate the birth of some great man like Columbus, Washington and Lincoln; or some at achieve- ment like the birth of independence on the Fourth of July or the new birth of liberty on Memorial day. yermany, on the other hand, In its nineteen holidays, has only two, name- ly, Christmas and New Year’s which have not a distinctly religious signif- jeance. Among them are the Epiph- any, Ash Wednesday, Annunciation, Good ¥riday, Ascension, Corpus Chris- tl, Assumption, All Souls’ day and All Saints’ day. These formal celebra- tions of sacred events, have apparent- ly not made Germany more saintly.— Better Farming. Creative Ability. In our office we draw a very distinct line between designs or sketches and working drawings, and it fs, in my opinion, fatal to try to measure a de- signer’s ability by the number of hours it would take him to produce a sketch. That is work that requires creative | imagination, and our designers aré not judged by the amount of time they put into the solution of an architectural problem, but solely by the results which they obtain, irrespective of cost, so that this part of the work does not come under this category. Only after sketches have been approved, and the work is turned over to general drafts- men to be developed into working drawings, can we begin to apply scien- tific methods in accomplishing the dif- ferent ends.—Sunbeams. The Wig in History. The custom of wearing a wig, as| costume, | @ recognized part of the dates from the early days of the sev- enteenth century. It started in France, when Louis XIII, being greatly struck with the “long, fair locks” of the Abbe La Rivere, attained by the simple means of a periwig, adopted the style for himself, and so set the fe By the time of Charles II the wearing of the periwig, or peruke, or perruque, had become general. Pepys records the fact that he paid £3 for one; but it was not until the time of Queen Anne that periwigs, or wigs for short, really came into their own. Then did they appear ip the full glory of an ever changing though fast stabilizing “Richard, the Lion-Hearted,” braving Albert’s hands, ing the kid behind. “Ll didn’t want the two-bits,” said what a Thrift Stamp Is.” WHAT MIRO READ AT SCHOOL Youngster’s Initiation Into Culture Was Made “Almost a Re- tigious Mystery.” with the vast ¢ y of the literary r works and names he was corpelled to learn, Shakespeare and Goethe and Dante lifted their plaster heads frown- ingly above the teacher's as they perch- ed on shelves abot the room, Much was said of the greatness of literature. But the art of phoneti and the com- plications of grammar swamped Miro’s s. It was not until he reached the high school that Hterature began really to assume that sacredness which he had heretofore felt only for | holy Scripture, Randolph Bourne writes | in Yale Review, His initiation tnto culture was made almost a religious mystery by the econsclentious and | harassed teacher, As the “Deadwood Boys” and “Duvid Harum” slipped gway from Miro’s soul in the presence of Milton's “Comus,” and Burke “On Conciliation” a cultural devoutness was engendered in him that never really died. At first it did not take M conscience is strong enough to make you uncomfortable, but not strong | enough to make you do anything about it. Mira did not actually become an omnivorous reader of great books. But he was filled with a rich grief that the millions pursued cheap and vulgar fic- tion instead of the best that has been thought and said In the world. Miro indiscriminately bought cheap editions of the English es and read them with a certain nt uncomprehend- ingness, On Chasing Pleasure, “I don't believe in makin’ much ex- ertions after pleasure, I don't believe in chasin’ her up.” Says I: “Let her come of her own free will.” ays I, “You can't catch her by ch: n’ of her up, no more than you can fetch a shower up in a drewth, by goin’ out doors, and runnin’ after a cloud up in the heaven above you. Sit down, and be pattent, and when it gets ready the refreshin’ raindrops will begin to fall without any of your help. And It's just so with pleasure, Josiah Allen; you may chase her up and all over the oceans and big mountains of the world, but she’ll keep ahead of you all the time; but set down, and not fatigue yourself a-thinkin’ about her, and like as not she will come right into your house unbeknown to you.”—From “Jo- siah Allen's W Battle for Prohibition. Hard drinking in England came te | be regarded as a gr » national dan- ger. In 17. nd jury held the traffic responsible for a great crime wave, and regulation of the | liquor business by law was instituted. | Similar exper!ments were In the mean- | time being made in America, The battle fn this country against use and abuse of liquor began in a mild way as a protest in pulpits against drunkenness. A New England society went so far as to bind its mem- bers not to get drunk except on the Fourth of July and general training days. Advocates of moderation gave way to those who felt that only total ab- stinence was the remedy. Then the battle began. » London g Always in the market for poultry Saturdays and Mondays. T. Clarke, the junk man. 39tr other flour not half as good. 23-t “Idaho Gold” costs less than Richard Siprelle, 11 years old, who is a student in the Crocker Interme- diate School in San Francisco, won national attention recently when he sold King Albert of Belgium a 25 cent Thrift Stamp. The King had just seated himself in his automobile after an official reception in San Francisco when leaped aboard the King’s machine and thrust Thrift Stamp and card into “Thank you,” said the King, and then the King’s car lurched forward leav- At school Miro was early impressed | » beyond the stage where your ! the United States Secret Service men, Richard. “l wanted the King to know IN HIGH PLACES By Walt Mason. I have bought a grand piano and a sumptuous sedan, and a lot of other doodads, on the monthly payment plan. On each thing I paid a dollar, and I’ll pay a month- ly bone, till I’m laid away and sleeping underneath a sagging stone. It is true I didn’t need them, and I haven't coin to burn, but I see my neighbors blowing every kopeck that they earn, and if they can have pianos and fine motors and such stuff, I will go as far as they do, though it makes the sledding tough. Every month I’ll pay a dollar on the junk I do rot need, till I limp around on crutches and my whiskers go to seed; and when I have crossed the river to the shining golden shore, I will still be owing money to the Jinx installment store. And I fear the recollection will destroy my peace of mind, when I have a harp before me and a pair of wings be- hind. But my neighbors, they keep blowing every rouble, every red, and I’d be a sort of piker if I let them get ahead; so I’m buying cir- cus wagons, and I’m buying costly gems, and my wife is wearing sables and has diamond diadems, and I bought the whole caboodle on the monthly payment plan, and I'm riding to the poorhouse in a super-eight sedan.—Copyright, 1919. (By special permission to Savings Division, Treasury Depart- ment.) HABIT “Ben Franklin is our great example of thrift. He wrote more on it and wrote it better than any other man we know. He began practicing thrift when he was 12 years of age, and he prac- ticed it and wrote on it all his life. He became the richest man in Amer- fea in his day, richest not only in money but in health, brains, sanity, good cheer, influence. He was a scien- tist, a business man, a linguist, a diplo- mat and a philosopher. He always paid his way. He founded the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, founded the first public library in America, organized an insurance company, pretty nearly cap- tured the lightnings, invented spec- tacles, manufactured the first cook stove, went to France and borrowed money on which Washington fought the War of the Revolution; and the basis of all the strength and excellence of Benjamin Franklin lay in the fact that very early in life he acauired the habit of thrift. “Thrift is a habit. A habit is a thing you do unconsciously or auto- matically without thought. We are ruled by our habits. When habits are young they are like Hon cubs, soft, fluffy funny frolieson little animals. They grow day by day. Eventually they rule you, Choose yé this day the habit ye would have rule over you. The habit of thrift is simpl; the habit which dictates that you shall earn more than you spend. In other words, thrift is the habit that provides that you spend less than you earn. Take your choice.”—Elbert Hubbard. Start now. Buy W. 8. S. In one year £7,011 adults died in New York county. Of these, 23,061, or 83.3 ber cent, left ro estate at all. Save, Of the widows in the United States over 65 years of age, 31 per cent are without many of the necessities of life, 90 per cent without the comforts of life. Save, Scratch Your Head and Wonder THAT IS, IF IT IS NOT PERFECTLY PLAIN THAT IT IS RUST AND ROT THAT ARE PUTTING YOUR VALUABLE IMPLEMENTS IN THE SCRAP HEAP MUCH FASTER THAN THE USE YOU GIVE THEM WHAT’S THE USE. WHY NOT MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO BUY A FEW BOARDS THE VERY NEXT TIME YOU COME TO TOWN AND BUILD SHEDS FOR EVERY MACHINE ON THE PLACE? DECENT CARE FOR YOUR MACHINES WILL SAVE YOU MANY TIMES THE PRICE OF NEW SHEDS. BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT LUMBER FOR, RE- MEMBER, IF YOU WANT THE BEST—HERE’S WHERE TO GET IT. LET US QUOTE YOU. Hussman Lumber Company “The Home Builders” . . the national joy smoke aihed ceoer LLING your own cigarettes with Prince Albert is just about as‘joy’us a sideline as you ever carried around in your grip! For, take it at any angle, you never got such quality, flavor, fragrance and coolness in a makin’s cigarette in your jife as every “P. A. home-made” will present you! Prince Albert puts new smokenotions under your bonnet! It’s so delightful rolled into a cigarette—and, so easy to roll! And, you just take to it like you been doing it since away back! You see, P. A. is crimp cut and a cinch to handle! It stays put—and you don’t lose a lot when you start to hug the paper around the tobacco! You'll like Prince Albert in a jimmy pipe as much as you do in a home- rolled cigarette, too! Bite and parch are cut out by our exclusive patented process. You know P, A. is the tobaccu that has led three men to smoke pipes where one was smoked before. Yes sir, Prince Albert blazed the way. And, me-o-my, what a wad of smokesport will ripple your way every time you fill up! - <= such pei condition! 0 5 Rael Sener iy ‘Winston-Salem, N.C. Why Subscribe for the Cottonwood Chronicle? because it brings home news to you each week {BEE SEAGER TESST ARES RE NSA | | |