Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1923, Page 16

16 Little St. Kilda Of Great_ Auk "Little St. Kilda, one of the outer- most of the Outer Hebrides Islands, which newspapers say is soon to catch up with the news of nine or ten months ago when the West High- land steamer again calls at its ‘port, was among the last of the stromg-| holds of the great auk before its final extinction,” says a bulletin of tho National Geographic Society. “This bird was at one time a val- uable asset of the Islanders, who now catch puffins, the fulmar—one of the largest of the petrels—guillemots, razor-birds and solan geese both for their food and oil. A specimen of the great auk was captured alive off St. Kilda in 1821 and a later one in 1840. One or two later specimens may have lingered on in Iceland or the Faroe Islands, but it evidentl disappeared from the earth entirely about 1844 or 13 Birds Yield Fish O1L “During one wee of August each vear the St. Kildans take the fulmar in great numbers. Their bodies yield an oil which is practically a pure fish ng most of the qualit of ‘that made from the liver of the cod. After this has been extracted, the islanders pres e the meat of the bird for consumption during the winter month: arly every person and thing that comes from St. Kilda identified by its fish-oil 1 . whi probabl v volcano, becon autumn when the he Atlantic close \nd make the one small port on its brecipitous sides inaccessible. Its people ha no means of communica- tion with the out world during their isolation. For generations, when they have been near starvation or afflicted with d LS during the winter months have relied upon d. They write nessages and put them in b or when the wind is blowin S| th Scotland station MEASLES DANGEROUS DISEASE “Toll Greater Than in Smallpox,” Says Dr. Pittam. From the Kansas City Star. Dr. Radford Pittam. unde wusplces of the Health Con \sscciation, spoke in the Star studio on * “Most of my io audience are id of smalipox, but not afraid of measles; but you must know that more persons die each year from measles than from smalip: said Dr. Pittam radio inal and inhumane to per- 0 known to be infected s to come in contact with It is the duty of every parent having measles in the hon 10 See to it that this is reported 1o the local health 3 vour duty as good cvery known measure for the preven- tion” of this or any other disease which represents not only a loss ot civic prestige, a loss of dollar: nd cents, but, most important of all, a needless 1oss of human lives.” B —— Anthony Trollope's Cigars. Prom the Manchester Guardian. Anthon Trollope was among the men who could work hard and smoke hard, and found it impossible to do the one without the For those regular hours of he timed himself words per minute a special supply of ver: which he housed with the care. One wall of his library divided into a number of little bi fitted with sliding doors and care- fully numbere Mhese were all filled with cigar: like plank, oughly seasoned. through the bins in fashion, refilling each, as from a cask of cigar ported fron E S e Positive Proof. From the London Answers. The door of the post office opened and a man whom the postmistress did not re. 2 one of the pe ple living rict walked T am expecting a registered letter to be left here for m he nounced as he approacted’ the ter. “What name; ples 3 postmistress. The man gave his name and the let- ter was produced, but the woman had some doubts as to whether she ought to give it up, as she had no means of identifying the caller. Upon hearing this the caller took a photograph from his pocket and handed it to the postmistress, re- marking: “I think that ought to satisf: as to who Tam.” - She looked long and earnestly at the portrait and then said: “y that's you, right Here’s vour letter." of timber, to Trollope workec methodical emptied, ially im- you enough. Gallantry. From Judge A young soldier from the back- woods section had been invited to a military dance and was frankly hor- rified at the up-to-date days of the voung women. His partner, after spending half of the dance in agony over his awkwardness, suggested that | they sit out the other half of the dance, and led him t> the veranda. There she drew out a gold cigarette and remarked: “Of course, t mind girls smoking?" he young soldier v t as modern a " he retorted, hoot if you che you determined he. she. I don’t give a A New Element. From the Youth's Companion. The teacher was pilotind a class in general science through one of the early lessons in the textbook. What were the four elements asked, “into which the ancients divid- ed all natural objects? William, you may.answer.” Sarth,” began William, ‘slowly. arth — and — and — air —let’s see, there was earth and air and—water— and—and—-" ‘Well, well,” said the teacher brisk- ly, “w es more accidents than cried William, grate- ful for the teacher's help. & e . Logic of Holidays. tFrom the Boston Transcript. If we didn’t have holidays once in a while we couldn’t appreciate the restfulness of hard work, New Brick Eigh.t:Robm Home Beautiful Carroll Manor Takoma Three hundred -feet above Washington. s | in on it | Stronghold in Its Last Days ) was built pretious to the world war | on_the island. but it is said that, even | before the Germans destroyed'it, it was of no value to the islanders, 'for they refused to learn the use of the instrument, saying that it was against nature. Handful of Inhabitants. | _“The handful of men and women i who inhabit this outpost of the Brit- ixh empire are evidently direct d scendants of the Black Danes, who pushed down from Norway and Jut- |land. The blood of these rovers |shows today in the broad-headed, dark-complexioned people of the Ork- neys, the Hebrides and the coasts of the irish sea. The St. Kildans, how- ever, speak a_Scottish Gaelic. Most | of the Outer Hebrides also are dotted | with menhirs, cromlechs and circles | of standing stones somewhat similar |'to the Druid circle at Stonehenge. ‘St, Kilda and other fslands in the group are remaining portions of. the and surface of the oldest continent f which we have any trace in Eu |rope. When the Caledonian earth movements occurred at the close of | Silurian times, the ocean floor was | pushed upward, forming the mountain | peaks of what is now northern Scot- land. This oldest land mass in the British Isles area, known as the | Huronian continent, is revealed in the Outer Hebrides of today. Land of Poor Quality. “The land in many parts of the is- lands west of Scotland is very poor, nd though the climate is equable ell. | it is difficult to do any farming. The but less than of the main- nfall is very heav that on some portions {land. The gra to the 5 Atlantic, finds friendly haunts on the rugged o ts of the Hebrides: and 1 characteristic race of small horses < still to be found on the islands, though they are fast, becoming ex- tinet. t. Kildans hunt, on the island of . Iying about forty miles farther west out in the Atlantic, sheep which belong to a large-horned breed once spread throughout Europe dur- the Bronze age. These animals ay the last representatives of their e Some Smart Dog. From the Topeka Capital. Believe it or not, here is a good about a dog: A little woolly appeared with a bone in h mouth on the main street of a Cali- fornia village. He was bent on bury- ing the bone, and to that end at- tempted to scratch a hole in the pave- ment witRout, of course, making any impression in its hard surface. From'| street to street he went with the bdne in his mouth, stopping at intervals to scratch furiously at the pavement, until finally he arrived at the corner of a street where a new sign had been erected. A resident of the town saw the little pup gaze earnestly at the sign for a few minutes, and then, with the bone firmly clinched b tween his teeth, he darted off up; the treet and was still going at top {Speed as far as the men him. A moment loked at the sign. to a dirt road.” n could see later the resident It read: “Six miles | Stringing ‘Em. From the Watchman Examine During a recent pol campaign two deacons of the same faith re- ligiously, on opposite sides of the fence cally, attended prayer meeting services. b ,” intoned the republican I pray Thee that the repub- CAnS v l}éulg together- i .Amen!” cjaculated the democrat. But not, O Lord,” continued the an, “in the sense that my atic brother means, but in the | sense of accord and_concord.” I < ..v\n_v ('ord‘lhl do, Lord; any cord'll do, was -the democrat's £} e crat’s closing —_—_— afe Offer. From the Congregationalist _Bilkins had no love for his wife's little pet dog, but one day when it mysteriously "disappeared he offered 5 reward for ity recovery. ‘But I thought,” said a friend, “you hated that dog like poison.” “So T did” replied Bilkins "I could not bear it!” “Then why on earth did you offer such a big reward for its return?” “I like to pleas: g “Well, that 5 to_bring the dog back!” 1. “T think not” wered Bilkins, unless some one saw me bury it in ! the garden.’ N Just Begin ® Live at Fifty. i From the Topeka Capital. “After fifty you get a better grasp {on realities, you quit doing things you ought not to do and you begin doing some o fthe things you ought to do,” says Nathan Loar, celebrating his 101st birthday anniversary in Kansas. Men don’t begin to get used to living until after they are fitty this centenarian says. Before that they are like birds just learning to fly. Work, he thinks, never killed any man. 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