Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, May 7, 1920, Page 7

TERM’S ORIGIN IN a —$— =| == Many Explanations of the Letters “O. | K.,” Have Been Made, but Few Are Trustworthy. Quite a cycle of legendary explana: tions have gathered around the origin | of the popular term “O. K.” | It ts held | that in early colonial days the best rum and tobacco were imported from Aux Cayes, in San Domingo. Hence the best of anything came to be known lecatly as Aux Cayes, or “O, K.” | Another explanation refers to the use of “Old Keokuk,” an Indian chief, who is said to have signed treaties with the initials “O. K.". However, | the term didn’t come into general use | until the presidential campaign of | 1828, when the supposed illiteracy of Andrew Jackson, the Democratle can- didate, led Seba Smith, the bumorist, writing under the name of “Major Jack Downing,” to sturt the story that Jackson indorsed his papers "O. K.” under the impression that they formed the initials of “Ol! Korrect.” James Parton, the noted blogra- pher, discovered In the records of the Nashville court, of which Jackson was judge, numerous documents in- dorsed “O. R.,” meaning “order re- scinded.” He therefore urged that it was a belated business that Major | Downing saw on the desk of the pres- dential candidate. The Democrats, in Neu of denying the charge, adopted the letters “O. K.” as a sort of party ery and fastened them on their ban- ners. ONE OF THE OLDEST METALS Abundant Proof That Iron Has Been in Use Since the Very Earliest Days. Tron must have been familiar in the time of Moses. A wedge made of tron was left in the great pyramid by the bullders, which proves that the metul was known and in use about 1,500 B. C, Besides, in the fourth ahapter of Genesis, tt Is mentioned that Tubal Cain was a pioneer tn developing the arts of iron making and brass work ing. Brass, however, was a very in- definite term among the natives. When spoken of tn the Scriptures it ts sel dom to be understood to signify the alloy of copper and zine now called by that name. The tempered for edged tools or weapons of war was a bronze, usually a compound of copper and tin. Copper was also known to mankind at a very early period, Articles of cop- per were found 81 feet under the statue of Rameses the Great, which Was erected 3,500 years ago. Debris has accumulated there to a depth of nine feet, and the copper articies were found, on further excavation, 72 feet lower down. “brass” We are still on deck and with better flour then ever, says Meyer and he “knows.” 14-tf DRA ADAAADAADADR DARE % ARST NATIONAL BANK ——or—— Cottonwood, Idaho Sete SS. Se] = eS eS ES EE ES SS Oh ES ee |) $2,200,000,000 Gold Reserve THIS VAST GOLD RE- SERVE OF $2,200,000,- 000 IS ONLY ONE OF OUR ADVANTAGES AS A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RE- SERVE SYSTEM. AND WHEN YOU COME TO US' FOR YOUR BANKING NEEDS THIS ADVAN- TAGE IS YOURS ALSO. The Greatest Banking Association Ever Devised The Springs prings, as one unit structural plan, are longer, and more wider, sturdy, amply strong to carry the rated load under ons. On the functionin, Springs depen lite and flexibility, of long Gretna Green. the s once Gretna Green, eloping couples, the haunt of persons who ex sed cupidity at the expense of Cupid, and innkeepers, ferrymen and tenders ex- ploited the couples who fled there. Any witnesses si pd to make the marriages recognized as legal, but the “professional witnesses” like the “marrying parse of some Amer- lean towns, engaged “touts” to bring couples to them, and when the rail- road from Glasgow to Carlisle started running, the station platform at Gret- na Green thronged with these obnox- fous “commissioned men,” According to a popular legend, blacksmith shops were favorite mec- eas for eloping couples, but authority {s lacking for stories of smithies who would pause while shoeing horses to help legalize marriages. tollhouse there, Hatshopsu-Pharach. Who antedated De Lesseps (1869) by 4,000 years in digging the Suez canal? A woman. Hatshopsu-Pha- raoh, She ascended the throne of Egypt with her brother, Thothmes II, about 1600 B.C. Her courage and ca- pacity brought the reins of govern- ment into her own hands. At the death of Thothmes she was the mas- ter spirit of the age. The dominant woman built the splendid terraced rock temple of Dalr-el-Bahari on the Theban plain. Her chief glory was in sending an expedition to the Land of Punt (Ophir) by way of the Red sea. A woman dug the first Suez canal, and as the expedition returned up the Nile the shouts that greeted the queen (who always wore the habil- iment of the male) was the first “God save the king” in history! Too Much Self-Induigence. The greatest weakness of human na- ture is self-indulgence, drifting along the path of least resistance—with 1) health at the end of the road. Good health is, of course, the first prerequisite to a long and useful life. Longevity is sought as a high price | of constant exercise of will power and self-control There are many per- | sons who have not that will power and Ret go against eeture by any amount | rendezvous of Judge GMC by Its Service to Users May 9 ON OUR HOME GROUNDS Ferdinand VS Cottonwood GAME TO BE CALLED AT 2:30 P. M. EVERYBODY COME AND ROOT! ROOT! FOR THE HOME TEAM Watch their SMOKE It is easy to camouflage a truck with good looks, or to so emphasize some minor mechanical virtue that your enthusiasm for these things precludes a sane analysis of more important parts. It is easy to make claims and demonstrate perform- ance when a truck is new. It is only after twenty-five or thirty thousand miles that any truck buyer can really know the value of his investment. Boys! Listen! ! The super strength and work ability of the GMC Trucks have been proved in the : rest war work, in the United States Mail Service and in daily de- liveries of hundreds of business concerns ail over the world. GMC Trucks are built and backed by the Genrs ! , Motors Corporation, the strongest concern it automotive industry, insuring against “orphanage, ' insuring parts and service for the full, long life of every GMC Truck. We have just received 1 fine assortment of the famous Wagner Coasters You'll want one before the BASE BALL Season is over with Ee hh ts te th he ee ed Hoene Hardware = | ee or teacning.—Exchang Loss of the Griffin. This vessel, the first to navigate the western lakes, was loaded with furs and other goods by La Salle, to the value of 2 nd sent back to Montre: via nac and Ni- agara, in or to pay off La Salle’s | creditors. It set sail on September 18, | 1679, with a crew of five men and pl | lot, and was never heard of in, A severe storm sprang up that night and it is believed the vessel struck the sand and was buried In It, or it may have been lost through the treachery | of the crew. The Artistic Temperament. The landlady announced that a well known humorist and cartoonist was to join us at our boarding house and we all had expectations of meeting a jolly good fellow who would drive dull care away When he arrived he insisted on having a small table by himself, and insted of drawing his chair up to the table always drew the table to him, eating facing the wall, with his back to the and declined to meet anyone. All in all he was a sad character to gaze upon and a great disappointment to the guests.—Ex- change. Not a Sliver in a Carload We talk a whole lot about ‘‘quality” stock; About lumber that is smooth and well made— Sven in thickness, shakeless and dry, And all of uniform grade. A perfect assortment of the best in the land, Selected for the best class of trade; “Not a sliver in a carload” is our slogan today ; Our stock puts them all in the shade. guests “Mark Him Duty.” Wealthy Patient—Oh, doctor, I have | such a bad cold. 1 can’t go to the office | this morning. Can't you do something for tt? | kx-Army Medico (just out)—Get out | of here! Don't you see I'm busy? There isn’t anything the matter with you, you gold brick.—The Home Sector, Many people don’t begin to realize what a big dif- ference there really is in the quality of Lumber. It’s worth knowing, because the best costs no more. If you want good, sound, smooth Lumber, or even thickness and of uniform grade, you will make no mistake in buy- ing from us. \> WAMMERM,, L BOND COME 10 US FOR Hussman Lumber Co. “HOME BUILDERS” INTING Tat Boost for Your Home Town--Keep it Up! ANCIENT MARVEL OF EGYPT Labyrinth Constructed Some 3,500 Years Ago Was a Structure of Colossal Size. t King Minos, with his labyrinth on | the island of Crete, is generally sup- posed to have been the originator of the maze idea; but Egypt bas a laby- tinth, too, and Egypt manages to hold the record for antiquity in almost ev- erything, labyrinths included, This Egyptian labyrinth ts 3,500 years old. It is merely a chaotic mass of rocks piled up in the desert a few miles out of Medinet. The outlines of the walls merge dimly here and there | from the ruins, and from these out- lines, and the carvings on the stones, | Egyptologists deduce that the laby- jrinth was built by a certain King Labarys, who was more popularly known as Amenemhat ITI, The structure was 500 by 600 feet. ft contained 3,000 rooms, half above ground, half below. Remember that the largest hotel in our present day world boasts about that number of rooms on a dozen floors and covers a clty square, and some {dea of the size of the two-story labyrinth can be gained. Nobody has figured out yet why King Amenemhat built this enormous pal- ace or tomb, In the lower story, his- tory says, the sacred crocodiles and kings were buried, while the upper floor was, a few centuries after King Amenemhat’s time, used as a seat of government. The labyrinth was a wonderful place, one of the most wonderful tn | Egypt, if our ideas of It are correct, and {ts greatness was its downfall. The citizens of a near-by town, who worshiped the ichneumon, resented the sacred crocodiles of the labyrinth. And so they made an attack upon one of King Amenembhat’s successors and reduced the largest structure in Egypt to a ruin. LAND OF RACIAL TEMPESTS | Dalmatia Has Been an Unquiet Spot in All the Years of Her Tragic History. | Dalmatia, elongated so that It ts nowhere more than 35 miles wide, tap- | ering down to but a tile at Cattaro, | has been swept by continuous racial | tempests for the last elght centuries, | Croats and Serbians constitute the | Slavic element im Dalmatia, speaking | the same language, but employing two | alphabets. The Serbs use the Russian, and the Croats the Latin letters and | alphabet, The Latin tufluence is more prevy- alent in the cities, the story of Dal- tmatia being the reason therefor, In the middle ages the Dalmatians were a people without the consciousness of & country, During the Slav influx into Illyria the Invaders encountered little opposition, except In the seaport towns, The Latin element in the cities resist- ed the migration and thus engendered the strife for supremacy which per- sists to this day, Much of the early Dalmatian rivairy wag economic, the tradesmen and O | farmers naturally wishing to exchange | thelr goods with the Hungarians, The | maritime cities preferred to do busl- | ness with Venice, which controlled the | Adriatic, | How Chinese Use Peach Stones. Women and children are to be seen ; in the markets of China picking up peach stones, which are put,to several uses. Broken into pieces and dried in the sun, they furnish excellent ma- terial for fuel. Another profitable use of the peach stone is made by artists and engrav- ers, who carve them into different forms of animals. Some of the larger stones, if round enough, are carved into finger rings. During the season one may see in the interior of South China yards of poor people full of peach stones drying in the sun. After being cleaned, the small stones are | used for fuel, groups of small boys picking out the larger ones. The kernels are sometimes sold to chemists and druggists, They are preserved In bottles and used as cough medicine after the kernels are turned into white powder, This white powder is a very popular, con- | venient and cheap medicine for poor people in many villages as a remedy for coughs, Scientist Was Fooled. A few years ago Doctor Emmens, a distinguished American scientist, | was convinced that he had discovered a “mlssing element” between gold and silver, which he called “argentaurum.” | He melted Mexican dollars in a cru- elble, dissolved the silver with nitric acid, und exhibited a residue of un- deniable gold. Explanation lay in the fact that there was originally some gold in the silver out of which the dollars were minted. This is commonly the case (owing to imperfect metallurgical processes) with the older Mexican coins. ! Chinese Study Real Work. Even a Chinese pocket dictionary contains. more tlian 10,000 characters | representing words, and if a man in- | tends really to master Chinese he must learn to recognize them all—“a stupendous task.” However, 3,000, | 4,000 or 5,000 syllables are all that a Chinese of average education requires, and, if anyone will persevere until he