Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 January 1895 — Page 5

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ATHLETICS and the mind. Football and Rowing; Are Said to Be Fine Mental Training. In England wc are apt to take tbo j necessity foi* sports in some form for granted, but in America the subject of athletics is ^discussed with a sorionsness wbiwi hardly obtains in this country/say® The British Medical Journal.; Dr. Conant of Boston, in a very suggestive article in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, pleads earnestly for tiie general acceptance of athletics, not as mere sport or pastime, but as j«irt of the system of education which the universities supply. There can bo no questiotjt hat wh ilo the4 ‘sit still system” of education has done much harm to children free muscular activity has been conducive to brain development, partly probably by supplying it with more healthy blood, but partly also by the cerebral activity involved, the muscle and the nerve being; in fact but two parts of one machine. Muchas one might imagine thatj h- carefully planned gymnasium oxer- ! cises could bu arranged, to give the exercise required, the gymnasium does not seem a popular place, nor does Lr. Conant seem to think much of’it asa vr ( uia of education. As usu-1 any a d it is under cover and r..) 1. ■ ! gi\at esset tialvttCoh air, i id it i",cits’ the stimulating in- ; fluehce of outdoor sports and esi>e-1 It cially of games. Neverthele ss gym- I % nasties, alt Ik vth npt in*, most useful form of exercUej, arc of great ad- | • vantage as a tmiamg for a erey." or team., . . •

it, However, says c.onaaiv there is to bo any attempt ati£kgular and h v marie devoIopmontyiiQt only of the body, but .of the mental faculties as vail, oiio must hare, in ord r to got the highest good from such- training, a certain amount of stimulus in i be work to4 l>o done, the stimulus arising from com petition and from .public appreciation. fjpyaking of football, ho says that there is a cousiderabie*risk of in jury.in' the game, especially, to not' been carefully sport-at school. V. hat is vantefl is men who have trashed in ■! the cure iul supdrvi:s, so that ijaoy 3seme constant pud Sion over tlio plajx shall bo in a coridn j<n both of iori i ::d mend.l heajlth. A j st which is giv|eu of the injuries received by the Ilaryar-. n .on during the last four season^ shows a considerable num bev of acj?idt n ts, but cjom-para-ovely few <-i a .spb.ous nnrhre, and loose appear to have occurred chi by au-.o tg the "chtWi” .rather 'than the rvnrsity” teams^howing that the better trained men are far the least liable to injury. There seems no doubt tuatlroy.mg is oho of the best tnean^of developing a man in an all nrouvd wav, but'hoi& in regard to it and “truck!" athletics much of the benefit nn.^sfronp the indi? viclual training or vXvaSmng" given to each man. . - ] We come round, then, to the old point that athletics should bo looked on as part' of the education of that inseparable neuromuscular arrangement of which inan is principally made up and to the activ ity of which all expression of ejtht'r intellect or emotion is flue. Iif considering the further hearing of this question the influence which an athletic training has upon a man after he has left college must hot be lost sight of. Many a man feds that his success in after life is largely dim to the excellent condition of his mind and body, brought about by the athletics which ho practiced when in college. This athletic training never * entirely leaves him in after life, and although he may be much occupied in other ways he still finds! opportunity for indulging in some! form of athletic work, which keeps him physically a healthy, man and mentally a bright one.

Anci«nt Ss.lt Currency. In various countries anciently, and in some eastern ones down to the present time, salt has been recognized. as a medium of exchange. > Cosmas speaks of a salt currency as being in use in the heart of Africa in the sixth century. Marco Polo, in his work,“Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the EaSlSP^written in thS thirteenth century, tells us the Tibetans had none of the great khan’s paper money, hut used salt instead. 4 'l Their small change was made thus: They had salt which they boiled and set in a mold flat below and round above, and every piece from the mold weighed half a pound. On these molds the prince’s mark was set, and none but the royal officers specially appointed was permitted to make it, Eighty of these molds were reckoned to lie equal to a “saggio of fine gold.’’—Leisure Hour. Hotr Japs Laaucb Their Ships. Hie Japanese apply’ one of their pretty ways to the launching of ships. They use no wina They hang over the ship’s prow a large pasteboard cage full of birds, and the moment -the ship is afloat a man pulls a string, when the cage opens, and the birds fly away, making the air alive with mtisic and tbe whir if wings, n'ho idea is that the birds thus welcome the ship as she begins fter career as a thing of life.

CHEATING AT EXAMINATIONS*, The Attempt* on the ChrtI Serrle* Examiner*. On the desk of W. Pellez, one of the board of examiners for position, in the postal service, there is a littfe. appliance that savors very strongly of schoollxiy tricks. A candidate for a clerkship had it in his possession and expected by its help to get a good mark in the department of “local delivery. ” This being considered of the highest importance is worth five times as many marks as almost and other subject. The little appliance consisted of an ordinary sheet of ordinary blotting paj>er, plain and innocent looking on one side, but pasted over on the other side with a printed list of all the hotels, theaters, elute, ;■ railroad offices, etc., in the city. It would have ma le matters easy for j the owner if he had not been caught, but be had overlooked the fact that the examin- j ers furnish all blotting paper and other stationery, and that none may bo brought in by candidates. His scheme was not only detected, but j ho was unceremoniously expelled from the examination. That is-the inevitable fate of nearly all such schemers. “We irmst be constantly on the watch,*’ said Mr. Pellez, “for such' people as he. Here," he added, takin" a p icket guide to the city from his desk, “is something in the same line. The candidate wlio tried to use j it was also disqualified, from further corcpetiiioni We have detected otlh ers with » lot of information written on little Scraps of cardboard, which they stowed away,in various poekets. Others have written the names of important rivers, state capitals, etc., on their culls, just as schoolboys do sometimes. Candidates ought to know that all such means are ^illegal and likely to he found put, and that their discovery means certain exnulsion:

“The women candidates? No, we don't have nearly so much trouble with them as might be expected. Beyond a disposition to ask each other questions which they do perhaps from force of habit, they make few attempts to get ahead of us. When wo find them talking, their scats are promptly changed. A highly strung, nervous organization ns fatal to the success of; some of them. They become nervous and hcmihystericrJi and temporarily forget things about which they are ordinarily well posted. j “Once in awhile we *find a candidate who thinks that; tire examiners can beinflnencecl in his fuvol* through some means or other. Such a one was tlfe young man! who said he heard tnere .would be no trouble in passing an examination if fctiXhwero put up. We disabused his mind or that notion in very short order and convinced him 01 what would happen if lie tried, to use. that or any other sum with such an intention. “I have also known candidates to tell pathetic stories of poverty and plead for a lenient examination on account of their starving families. While very sorry for such people they should know that we cannot discriminate in anybody’s favor in the slightest degree, no matter what tho circumstances. -Now York-Ad-vertiser. * \ :

Anecdotes of litltet Healy. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the l&te commander of tho. forces in Ireland, fold him that he e found “blind shooting” prevailing to a deplorable extent among the Irish militia regiments, and that he intended to insist bn a greater attention to target practice. “For goodness sake, don't do that, your royal highness,” exclaimed Fattier Healy. “If you make the militiamen good shots, there won’t be a landlord left-in the country.” " I On another occasion Father Healy sat beside Professor Huxley at a British association dinner, when the latter told him a story of a priest who had cross examined him as to whether he had ever noticed any glimmer of religious intelligence in monkeys. “Now, why did ho ask me such a question, Father Healy?” asked the professor. “Have Roman Catholic divines any theory in tlm mattor?” “Not a theory in the) world, ’’ replied Father Healy. “You may depend upon it the priest wanted to see whether he could |*et a cheap curate among the monkeys.” —Westminster Budget. No More Four-year-old Mat ton. With regard to mutton, 4-year-old mutton is now a thing of the past. Formerly people could not dine unless a saddle of mutton was cut from a 4-year-old sheep. Now the mutton sent to the table is from 18 months to 2 years old, and the younger generation are not sure that it is not preferable to the much prized 4-year-old mutton. The saddle is still considered the prime joint to serve.—Kansas City Times. A Modest Stan. Dumbleton—An honest man’s the noblest work of God. Flasher—Thank you, old boy. Very few men would have had the quickness of perception to adjust that remark to my appearance.— Richmond Dispatch.

DANGERS OF PEAR I, GATHERING. The Ground Sharks Ha ro a Fondnms For th« i'iesii of Diwrt. TJie islands of Cabagua and Margarita were tli© principal scats of the pearl fishery, which was also carried on extensively in the gulf of Paria itself, on the coast of Ctunana. Tbo deep water fishery—that is to say, the fishery in about 12 fathoms —is conducted now pretty much as it was in Columbus’ time. Men accuse touted from their infancy to an amphibious sort of life and trained to be expert divers are engaged at the work and go down naked into the sea in order to pick up the marvelous pearl breeders which li© at the bottom. In Ceylon the pearl fishers go out in company in their boats. Each boat carries 20 men, of whom ten are rowers and ten are divers. The divers go down to a depth of from four td ten fathoms. To assist them in their descent they use a large stone of red granite, having the smaller end bored so as to admit a rope which is rove t hrough it. When about to dive, the diver seizes this rope'with the toe s of his right foot and with the left foot secures a network bag for his oysters. He then takes hold of another rope with his hands and is let down from the boat to his diving ground, the stone helping to sink him. When at the bottom, he casts himself loose from the stone, picks up his oysters, and when ready to return jerks the rope by which lit: was let down, and he is then hauled up, leaving the stone to be recovered by its own rope.

me emei uungen mu, ui\ers u;t v o to encounter after* tbe preliminary^ difficulties attendant upon diving and working at s<> great a depth have been get over is from ground sharks. The divers in the Persian g'ulf. resort to magic and to religious enchantments in the hope of guarding against these horrible creatures, but as an additional and more effective precaution they aro armed with a short stick, pointed at either end, which they thrust into the shark’s mouth,they themselves getting away while the monster is engaged in fretting over his uncomfortable meal. A story i3 related of one diver who, having explored a rock on which he expected to find oysters, was about to return to the surface of the water when, casting his eyes upward, he .saw a huge ground shark lying in wait for him aau cutting off his retreat. Terrified at t lie sight and unable to get out of range, he was-be-ginning to give himself up for lost when a happy thought struck him He took his sharpened stake, which was too small to stop the jaws of the shark, and going to a sandy nook of the rock began to stir up the mud and to make such a “dust in the vrater’’ as 10 effectually obstruct the enemy’s vision. Having continued this until he was forced to quit for want of breath he swam off hastily in another direction and arrived at the surface exhausted, but in safety. At the top-die was rescued by the boat in attendance* practically none the worse for pis alarming experience.—Gentleman's Magazine.

Searchlights at Sea. It is too fatally easy to project a 50,000 candle power beam into the depth of night. If the night be not dark, I am »ure that it is well not to nso a searchlight at all. If, on f be other hand, the eight be dark, the searchlight, injudiciously used, is certain to be much more harmful to friend than to foe. Xo searchlight ought ever to be employed sa\e by one thoroughly skilled in working it The unskilled or partly skilled hand always throws tho light upon everything that ought to he kept dark and as invariably fails to illuminate everything which it is desirable to show up. Moreover, the light used well or ill, is apt to temporarily spoil the night sight of all who are exposed to its influence, to facilitate an/mmny's operations and to form inconvenient screens which in certain conditions of the atmosphere cannot be seen through. It should be used, like garlic in the salad, gingerly, if at all.—Nineteenth Century. _ ^ _ . * Nelson’s might Hand. Nelson’s attachment to his friends was as,.ardent as his courage. Whenhe was presented to King George III at his levee, his majesty congratulated him on his great actions. After this eulogium he condoled with him on the loss of his arm. Nelson turned around to Captain Berry, who had been tho companion of many of his exploits, and introduced him to the king with this remark: “My loss, I assure your majesty, is not so great as you imagine, for here is my right hand.”—San B^ncisco Argonaut __ The Battle of the Giants. - The Battle of the Giants Was another name given to the battle at Mariguano in 1515 between the allied French and Venetians and the allied Italians and Swiss armies. Tho latter were defea ted with slaughter, over 12,000 of their troops being left on the field. The victors lost 4,000. The battle was given this name by Trivalzio, a soldier and historian, who was present .

JOKING WITH UNCLE SAM. Ttke Fanny Thins • Trawllas Mw Saw la CUicasOk “Saw <* fanny thing in Chicago, not long ago. ” remarked the drummer to the hotel clerk in hi.* usual nonchalant and insouciant manner. “What it is?” queried the slangy clerk! “You know that the government is dead down on anybody who attempts to make anything in the shape of government money?” “You don’t mean in the way of salaries?” inquired tho clerk shyly. “Of course not, you jack. What I mean is an imitation of the paper money of the United States. ” “Oh, yes!” /■ “Well, an acquaintance of mino who runs a saloon in the ur salted queen of tho lakes put a jo t upon the entire commercial end >f the government out there. He h d had j a picture jMviuted by an artist repre-1 senting a $5 bill hanging in hi t place I for some time and was prou of it, for it attracted a lot of attention. One day a government sharp happened in there, and in about two minutes he was after tho salot n mau for imitating government money. Of <x>urse that ended the picture, and the saloon man was hot. “Ho tpok it down; hut, lo and behold ! in two days there was another in its place, so like it that anybody would swear it was the same. Nothing was said about the trouble by the owner, and his customers vent on admiring the genius of the artist and his work. Then along came the government sharp again, and he saw -the picture. Tii:s time ho got hot and went after tho saloon man roigh Ihod. Tho s;iIoon man was .-nsstr ns you please this time, though, and when the government sharp demanded the removal of the picture the saloon man not only rt fill'd to take it down, but defied the other fellow to touch it. He did, ^though, and there was a scrap, in which the saloon man fired tho offender. Then he went after tho authorities,-and a force visited the saloon, and there was another row.

in me meantime uio saioon man was getting a good deal of free advertising lor liis place and having his own fun. The authorities got the picture at last, and thou the saloon ruan took a lawyer and went after them. They had a conference ever 1 the offending picture, and an expert was called in. Hqjooked at the hill as it lay quietly under the protecting glass and finally docidocTtln-t it was a remarkably clever imitation ef a government §f> bill aad eertainly came under' the law made and provided-in suc h cases. The saloon, man was apparently knocked out, but he asked to take the picture a minute, and when they handed it over to him he removed the frame and glass, and taking out the card on which the-bill was thought to he minted he carefully slipped his knife ujhder it and took off a genuine bill. Tfho government forces simply look-1 efi at each other, and the man who had started the trouble actually turned green. When I left, there, they were trying to find out where they were at, and the saloon man had a framed and mounted bill hanging on his wall, but whether it was the genuine thing or an imitation nobody dared to make an effort to discover. ” “Uni—um,” said the clerk. ‘‘1 hadn’t seen anything' of that in the papers.” ‘ '“That’s because you don’t see those that print all that’s going on,” said the drummer, with confidence. —Detroit Free Press.

Powers of the French President. The president of the French republic hits no veto power, certainly not. in the same form as that e xercised by the president of the United States. But he has powers not possessed by our president. He can adjourn the chamber of deputies at any time, although not more than | twice- in the same session, for any 1 period not exceeding a month. He j can close a regular session at any i time after it Has lasted five months,' j and with the consent of the senate j he can dissolve the chamber of dep-! uties at his discretion, but in that j case he is compelled to order a new election to be held within two months after dissolution.—Brooklyn Eagle- . ■; . * ‘ • i Small Sized Men. The large majority of con tempo- i rary authors of international fame are small men physically. IppLing, Barrie, Jerome, Howells. Stockton, Stedman, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, ; Boyeson, Snltus, are none of them above medium height, and several j of them are actually diminutive, i Marion Crawford and Conan Doyle ! are tall, athletic looking^ men, but are the exceptions that prove the : rula—Cincinnati Times-Star. j Eye of the Home. The bright fire is the eye of the ; home. It b . oaks cheerfulness, peace, cleanliness, comfort. About: it the small, sweet courtesies of life, | .in which there is no parade or affee- j tation, which manifest themselves in kind words and affectionate looks, cluster naturally and graconilly.— Jsew York Ledger. i

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