Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 3 June 1921 — Page 6

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THE HERALD-DEMOCRAT. GREENCASTLE. INDIANA

FRIDAY. JUNE 3. 1921

ENGLESN TOUGH, INDIANS TENDER

Cannibals Tell English Explorer of Their Preference in Choice

of Food

TRAVELS IN EAST AFRICA

Aside From Learning the Dietary Habits of the Natives He Discovert Many New Herbs, Some of

Which Cure Malaria.

Ixmiion.—A remarkable East African Journey of exploration has Just lieen completed by the Kev. John Koseoe of Thetford, Norfolk, who describes his experiences to a London l»ally Mall representative. He has brought back curious knowledge and ctirious concrete tilings beyond even his own dreums. The things include fifty or so varieties of herbs—some of which seemed to effect miraculous cures of malaria and even the worst diseases—many native poisons, vast cases of fetiches, Implements and instruments going hark to 2000 B. C.., and photographs Innumerable of strange and grim ceremonies— some cannibalistic—many quite unknown hitherto. The knowledge of ritual and custom Is a yet stranger store. Xlr. Boscoe, one of our greatest ethnologists, went out for the Royal society and the expedition was most generously financed by Sir Peter McKie, to whom both science and humanity owe great gratitude. Tribes Who Live on Milk. Mr. Koseoe, who is in his sixtieth year, traveled many thousand miles In the Interior on foot and—of all machines—by bicycle, using native paths. He found tribes who lived wholly on milk and nothing else whatever, unless a cow died, and after feeding on that a 12-hours’ fast was Imposed. So vast are their cattle herds that a king regarded 20,000 as a small flock. Another tribe lived wholly on bamboo tips and moles! In another the relatives always ate the dead, even If they died of smallpox; hut these folk, which is hardly surprising, were less healthy than the others, whose women are described as “the fattest things ever seen,’’ while the men are thin, very athletie and often well over six feet In height. One of the cannibals stated in evidence that "Englishmen were very tough, but Indians nice and tender." The crown of the expedition was six weeks spent with the king of Runyoro. He has become a Christian and so felt it possible to give Mr. Roscoe all his fetiches, an entirely priceless collection, which throws quite new light on ceremonies going back to 2000 B. C.

YANKS ARE BEST PAID

Second Lieutenant on Rhine Gets as Much as Foch.

DATES FROM PRIMITIVE MAN

That the Giving of Knivea “Break* Friendship" Is a Superstition of Ancisnt Days.

GO FAR BACK IN HISTORY

Prehietork Animal* and Reptiles That Have Survived the Long March of Father Time.

American Army of 15,000 Cost* Ger. many More Than 80,000 French Troops in Mayence Zone.

Coblcnx.—The pay of a second lieutenant in the American army on the Rhine Is equivalent at present rates of exchange to that of Marshal Koch. This may explain in part why the American army of lb,000 men costs Germany more than 80.000 French troops in the Mayeuce zone. It accounts also for the exaggerated statement from German sources that America's lighting force cost Germany more than all the allied armies of occupa-

tion.

! Marshal Koch’s salary Is 33,000 I francs. A second lieutenant in the J American forces in Germany receives | $2,120 u year, which extra allotments ■ bring up to about $2,300. At the rtite • of exchange of 14 francs and a half • to the dollar the second lieutenant ’ draws about 33,350 francs a year. j The buck private receives $36 a t month, a corporal $51.80, a sergeant $63 and a technical sergeant $74.20. The French poiiu at Mayence has to be content with 75 centimes a day, a corporal receives 90 centimes and a sergeant 2 francs. With the rate of exchange about 60 to 65 marks to the dollar, the American soldier in Germany draws a larger salary than muuy of the high German city officials. The American soldier in the Coblenz area lives better than the average bourgeois family of either France or Germany. There never has been a soldier In any army who has had at his disposition tiie organization of welfare which the American soldier on the Rhine enjoys. Officers say the boys here are living the lives of gentlemen and behaving as such. Although prohibition does not exist In Coblenz the correspondent has yet to see a drunken American soldier In the city, yet pay-day, the dread of the military police, has come and gone. The Germans seem to bear them no animosity and they are popular with the frauleins and spooning might he added to the outdoor sports which find favor with many soldiers.

Girls Bethrothed at Birth. He also organized a pageant of some 4,000 years of ceremonial, such a thing as no man ever saw before. Thousands of natives themselves came to see it—a sort of grand finale to ages of accumulated superstition. Since the king is also high priest and the great repository of tradition, he could give away the Inmost mysteries and did: How to bring rain is a miracle that Mr. Roscoe achieved in a forest holy of holies and received native thanks; how to promote all sorts of prosperity—especially plenty of salt—and how to exorcise evil. By his knowledge of local language and earlier visits Mr. Roscoe who was all alone, penetrated many present beliefs and customs that have balked our rulers and our missionaries. For example. In one tribe girls are betrothed at birth and married at twelve or fourteen. If they are unfaithful before marriage they are killed. In the next tribe girls may do as they will until after marriage. Many most elaborate laws of marriage, of morality, of divorce and of land tenure have been revealed in the course of the Journey. The discoveries Include valuable commercial news. Including an unknown graphite mine of high quality. Mr. Roscoe says he has material for five years’ work at six hours a day.

SEEK GOLD NAPOLEON SUNK

French and Polish Engineers to Try I to Recover Treasure In Lake Near Vilna.

Warsaw, Poland.—Treasure seekers are to begin work soon in an effort to recover a wealth of gold and sliver reported to have been hidden from the enemy by French soldiers In a lake near Vilna during Napoleon’s re-^ treat from Russia In 1812. The task is to be undertaken by French and Polish engineers under the supervision of the two governments. A plan of the lake, marking the spot where the treasure was dropped Into the water by the troops, has Feen recovered by the authorities. Estimates of the value of the gold and silver ’range from 45,000,000 to 50,000'.000 gold rubles ($22,500,000 to $30,000,000). Many guns and flags and even carriages and other articles belonging to the emperor himself were slipped into the lake at the time. It is said, to prevent their falling into the hands of the pursuing Russians. Initial plans to recover the treasure were interrupted by the beginning of the war In 1914.

WOMAN HAS QUEER JOB

Two of the most popular puiuications In the United States today are Prenatal (.'are and Infant Core, issued by the children's bureau of the Department of Labor. Between three and four million copies are sent out from the bureau yearly, usually in answer to request. The person in charge of this glgfintlc distribution is Miss Hamilton. Khe takes care of the requests that come In from women all over the United States. The hooks are a compilation of directions for the care of babies from noted child specialists and are written in simple, easily understandable English, by Mrs. Max West.

DOG SMUGGLING BY AIRPLANE

British House of Lords Gets Promise of Minister of Agriculture to Abate It.

London.—Dog smuggling by airplane has arrested the interest of the house of lords, which recently devoted part of an afternoon to a discussion of the subject. The pampered toy dog was roundly excoriated by a number of their lordships. Lord Willoughby de Broke supporting Lord Bedislowe In a demand that “such useless brutes” he excluded from the country. It was pointed out that It Is an easy task for a person to smuggle the small

lap dog Into the country ]n a muff or basket. The ministry of agriculture

promised to renew its vigilance In the matter of preventing dog smuggling and to increase the penalties if nee essary, M

Alaska to Supply Print Paper. Washington.—There is sufficient pulp wdod in Alaska to furnish perpetually one-third of the print paper consumption In the United Slates. Colonel Greeley, chief forester, an nonneed n'*er n survey. This could t>e put down on the Atlantic seaboard on a basis of between and 4 cui> r. pound, based on present rail fteigli rates, and practically 1 cent n pouh'.'. by water, he said.

The popular superstition that It “breaks friendship" to give or accept a knife without something of value— preferably money—passing in return, is a survival from the primitive man, declares Ixmdon Answers. The savage, having progressed from a club to a knife or sjiear as a weapon, soon learned the danger of relinquishing it merejy for friendship's sake. His friend, having disarmed him, was apt to be his friend no longer. So, for giving up his knife, even to his friend, he demanded a recompense. And he saw that when a friend presented him with a weapon, that friend presently came to regard him—because of regret for the act or because of envy at the added superiority the gift bestowed—with suspicion, growing into enmity. Whereas if he gave a consideration for the knife it was a matter of fair trade and friendship was likely to endure. All this became so deeply ingrained in the mind of the primitive man that the idea survives today as a popular superstition. Popular superstitions belong to folklore, and where they have not a religious derivation are mostly survivals from ancient civilizations or are inherited from our savage ancestors.

APRON WORN AS ORNAMENT

Women of Czecho-Slovakia Don Garment With a View of Attracting Maaculine Eyes.

In the villages and country portions of Czecho slovakia the women do not wear aprons as a badge of work. On the contrary the C’zecho-Slovakia maid does not put her apron on when she enters the house—she dons it only when she is going out to capture the eye of some swain who long has paid her court. And these aprons usually are heirlooms. Green is the favorite color. Next in popularity come gold or yell*w, silver, pink, blue, cerise and flaming rose. Usually the embroideries which display these colors are upon dark foundations. Some, however, are white. In both types gay ribbons sometimes play a part. And often the white mutton sleeves of the waists are gayly embroidered to complete the radiant effect the wearer's apron lends as she strolls down the street or along the country lane. Their skirts are usually black and always short Their stockings are for protection in their walks as well as for display. Some have small, bright designs knitted into the dull black. The waist-length jackets they wear are usually quite plain, save for the handmade lace around the bust and on the sleeves. The head shawls sound the varying color note. But It Is in the aprons that the love of color is more clearly shown.

Not Enough Amateurs. Speaking recently in London, Lord de Walden expressed some views anent the musical amateur. He held that the sad thing about the amateur was that there was not enough of him, that he should he 85 per cent of the population and it did not matter how badly he played. The worse he played the more modest he was likely to he. From had amateurs was drawn the audience who listened to good professionals. The ordinary taste of the amateur was just as likely to be good as bad. it depended upon what he was first offered. Cultured taste was really the only had taste in England and he would rather trust the ordinary crossing-sweeper for an appreciation of mu^ic than the gentleman who had come from a public school. Lord de Walden also insisted that it was obvious that the English were musical as that the French were not, and claimed that larger audiences of amateurs would result if all concerts In England did not take place practically In one plot in the west end of London where there were 4,000 times too many concerts for the ground on which they were given.

Four Major Crimes in England. In England there are four crimes punishable by death—setting fire to the royal dockyards or arsenals, piracy with violence, treason and murder. Death was In former times. In England, the ordinary punishment for all felonies. Rlackstone refers to 160 offenses as punishable by death, some of them of a nature which appears trivial. For Instance, a man who cut down a tree or impersonated a Greenwich pensioner generally paid the life penalty. Due to the exertions of Sir Samuel Romilly, this severe criminal code gave way towards the end of the reign of George HI to more humane conceptions. Since the statute of 1861 there have remained only the four crimes punishable by death. When Water Wa* a Myetery. Up to 1781 water meant either nothing at all or else a great mystery to the scientists. In that year Henry Cavendish, teacher of chemistry, discovered that it really consisted of a number of gases that had been chilled into liquid form. It remained for the French savant Lavoisier to bring about, in 1783. the decomposition of water Into oxygen and hydrogen, and seven years later two other Britons Improved on this method. They were Nicholson and Carlisle, who succeeded in separating the two elements by means of the voltaic battery.

Many of the prehistoric beasts and reptiles are still with us, though we do not always recognize them. Our common hedgehog was one of them, says a writer in London Answers. He lived and flourished in these islands thousands of years ago, as the rocks tell us in their unerring way. He owes his survival to his prickles, his comfortable disposition and careful habits; and, seeing he is u useful little beast, nobody is sorry that he outlived the dragons of old. The common shrew is literally “as old as the hills.” His remains have been found us deep as men have ever dug, and that means a very ancient history indeed. The shrew is the smallest animal on the globe, and, despite his size, he is the champion “flyweight” of the fields. He also has a frightful temper, especially when “he” is a “she.” Hence the term ‘■shrew. , Turtles and tortoises are old-timers, too. Tiie huge Galapagos tortoises at the zoo are real "prehlstoriansand, In fact, nil the tortoise tribe Is very ancient. The armadillo, that horny-backed creature which lives In South America, owes its parentage to an era w’hen time was young. And even our old friend the elephant belongs to the ancient race, as well as our own companion, the horse. The last mentioned represents civilization, for he has steadily improved | us time has gone on, whereas the other creatures mentioned have generally deteriorated, being small In comparison with their far-off progenitors.

FLAG MADE MANY JOURNEYS

Emblem Finally Planted by Peary at the North Pole Had Undergone Some Vicissitudes.

The flag which I’eary planted at the North pole, and which has drifted 400 miles from its original geographical position, has done more traveling in high altitudes than any other ever made. The intrepid explorer carried It wrapped about his body on every one of his expeditions northwards, and left a fragment of it at each of liis successive “farthest norths.” By the time it actually readied the pole, therefore, it was somewhat worn end discolored. A broad diagonal section of this silk ensign was left at the farthest goal of earth, and a diagonal strip of the same flag was deposited in a glass bottle by Peary, together with his records and a message, and was placed In a space between the Ice blocks of n pressure ridge. Four other flags were left at the pole; the colors of the Delta Kappa fraternity, the World’s Ensign of Liberty and Peace (red, white and blue, in n field of white), the flag of the Navy league, and the Red (.Toss flag. All that Peary had left of the North pole flag was flying at the masthead of the Roosevelt when It brought Peary safely back from his Journey to the little town of Sydney, Cape Rreton. whither he had returned so many times before, hut unsuccessful.

The Seismograph. There Is a little instrument—or perhaps it’s a Mg one; at any rate, it is little In comparison with its job—that has a field all Us own and that knows not sentiment. Its scientific name is the “seismograph.” When a gigantic cataclysm in the earth's crust overwhelms some city and sends thousands homeless into the fields, It records the fact with mercilessly cold methodidty. At such times it Is absolutely inhuman in Its devotion to the bald scientific. It worries about the cause of disaster; bothers itself not a whit about effect. Then, having exhibited its callousness, it goes to .sleep, perhaps has a conscience-smit-ten dream and suddenly wakes up to prove to us all, or some of us, that we have wholly unsuspected cause for thankfulness. In this mood It’s about the only thing on earth able and willing to Impart that impossible piece of knowledge—what we missed.

Intelligence Tests. Are you Intelligent? If so, the following mental exercises will gauge the extent. Get somebody to take out his watch and tell him when a minute lias expired. Of course, you must not resort to any such dodge as counting the seconds. And you uiust talk, and he talked to, during the test. If you guess the very second the first time you are a wonder. Three seconds short was the most nearly correct first attempt among our acquaintances. Thrity seconds short was the worst attempt. The mistake is nearly always on the same side—tiie guessers think the minute is up before it is. Another excellent test Is: Not looking at your watch, hold it to a mirror, and from the face of the watch reflected therein try to tell the time. It sounds easy, but it isn’t. ,71 ;r

How Disease* Are Spread. Many of the diseases that afflict man may almost he said to he made by him, says the United States public health service, for they are spread almost altogether by his disregard of the simplest rules of sanitary living. Typhoid fever, for Instance, Is spread by the contamination of water, milk and food by human filth which has been run into rivers or wells or left exposed for files to curry to the kitchen or dining room, or which even more disgustingly, Is carried to food d'- My from soiled hands.

GERMAN WAGES AND PRICES. German wages at the present time are reported to lie about $5 In gold weekly, or roughly one-half of the prewar normal. German prices in terms of gold seem to be on the average around 20 per cent above the prewar normal. The German industrial Interests seem to have been able to deceive the German workmen with the depreciated German mark, says Wallace’s Farmer. In terms of marks, the German workmen may t>e getting five or six times what they were before the war, hut in terms of what the money will buy, they are getting far less. It Is a strange thing that people have come so to worship money that they will allow themselves to b« deceived. As long as German money has a fluctuating gold value, it U likely that the United States will in<) Germany a very hard competitor to beat. With a currency of uncertain value, it is possible to make labor do more work for less return than would otherwise he the case. Germany will eventually pay for the war by the selfdenial of her laboring people, a selfdenial enforced by a manipulated currency system.

ENTERTAINED

The cause of oyster poisoning, like LhuJ of clam poisoning, is atill in doubt. Fresh oysters in season are always safe. According to Gardet, all oysters are diseased during the summer. The nature of the disease was not determined, but it was found that diseased oysters possess a characteristic milky appearance and that the liver Is enlarged and gray and soft, according to George H. Glover of the Colorado Agricultural college. The sale of oysters Is prohibited from May to August and poisoning by oysters may occur in September and October. It is better not to take a chance on oysters that do not smell fresh, and this is most likely to occur in the first oysters that appear in the market early In the fall.

Mr. Mrs. Lewis M(V their country home “IdyleS' tertainW the members of .s" ! ' Kappa Gamma sorority , 1 University and their friends S' informal dancing party Sat J' 1 ening. Their daughter, Mi“> Who IS a Student in DePauw R* sity, is a member of the s ^ The Kappa members in be guests —Brazil Times. ^1

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