The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 46, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 March 1929 — Page 6

May Scrap Battleship That Never Went to Sea !*— ■ t 'I —' 11111111 1 , I ‘"'V 1 ' r W I ' v 'ffi ' r .... ■ ’- - ' ••'*:• ■• W' - ' ! ' ' :'.' '•* 1 i f Kato — — •W ' " * * I'* ** * ’ • ** ** »»**, (. JK yjy • • ♦ •’• •* ♦ ♦ •#»»»#»»♦♦, fefr" If ‘ .. .. . .. < ’. . ' ''"'T"' -®!!®"" ' A naval board of inquiries is to determine whet her the U. S. S. Electrician, shown above, shall be scrapped. It was built at Norfolk in 1918 at a cost of $300,000 and has been on dry land ever since, being designed solely as a practice ship for training in the use of electrical apparatus. ‘ General Ely and Recruits Sail for Panama ■MOm «.X' 3WS Some of the 700 army recruits departing from New York bn the steamship Cambrai for Panama to replace troops there whose term of service is ending; and Maj. (Jen. Hanson E. Ely, commandant of the second corps area, with Mrs. Ely and their daughter, who also sailed for the Canal Zone on the Cambrai.

I IN HOOVER PARADE l*F'l ■ ■gh Gen. A. T. Goodwjn. commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who accepted an invitation for his staff to participate in the inauguration of Herbert Hoover as President of the United States. This was the first inaugural ceremony in which Confederates have ever paraded. GIANTS’ NEW COACH '-M s S' * ■ Ray Schalk, veteran catcher, who is coach for the New York Giants, who are now cavorting at their Texas training camp Only Thought He Thought An old Methodist bishop was at a meeting where the speaker had made a strong appeal. One of the men on the platform gave visible signs of having been greatly impressed. His brow wrinkled noticeably. A man sitting next to the bishop whispered to him. “Blank up there seems to be thinking hard.” “Thinking,” replied the shrewd old churchman. “He’s not thinking; he is merely rearranging his prejudices.”— Boston Transcript. Navy Personnel The number of enlisted men in the United States navy on active duty during the Revolutionary war-was 15. 000; the War of 1812, 20,000; Mexican war 7,500; Civil war. 121.000; Span-ish-American war, 23,000, and the World war. 551.73 d. Human Nature “We have no means of foretelling the future,” said Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown, “excepting by the past. What human nature has done in the past. It will always be prone to do.”

Kilauea Is in Action Again 1 bB j • Jr j . ■- - « J X: ' ’ a*.- '’Myk. drill - ~.. < ic 3M xjb " Mt# jri* ’fejjfcxy ~| I I I |IM - I The Halemaumau pit on the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is belching tire and lava again. The first manifestation of the disturbance was a burst of black smoke followed by fire and loud roaring. This picture was taken during a previous outburst of the volcano. Heiress and “Cowboy” Elope IBir o.Ml rt — r '- . v Wmbml ■ ■■ - ... 's < vl IF 1 i* J I 1 jr |MK jßfl lfl| \ J Katherine Thorne, daughter of R. J. Thorne of Chicago, former president of a big mail order house, and Charles Gillespie, entertainer and film cowboy. who eloped in Arizona and were married. The young heiress’ engagement to a Chicagoan was recently announced.

SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST

It takes a good mind and a generous heart to grow old gracefully. Don’t neglect to know a little more than you let people know you know. Whether you frankly admit your blunder or not, people will want to go on talking to you about it. Schools for the deaf in the United States have 17,532 pupils, and more than 13,000 of these are being taught to read the lips in conversation.

THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL, SYRACUSE, INDIANA

“How do they get along now?” "Oh, as short as ever.” Many sick people never get well until they quit taking medicine. The Armless Wonder seems to be handy at putting his foot in it. Difference between a mascot and a talisman is that a mascot is alive. China has about one mile of railroad to each 200 square miles of its area.

MY FAVORITE ‘T STORIES COBB ; Not Exactly Lost, but— I HAVE always been interested tn the character of Daniel Boone. It seemed to me that of all our native Indian fighters and explorers he. perhaps, was the most gallant and the most admirable, and certainly the most typical A few months ago a collector of early Kentucky lore told me a story of the great pathfinder. 1 leaped up* on it with cries of joy. I suid to myself that if it were not true, it nevertheless deserved to be true. So far as my Informant knew, it had never been printed, but instead he thought had been banded down by word of mouth from one generation to aniother. So I was making ready to leap into the arena with a brand new contribution to pioneer Americana when 1 sustained a severe shock. This shock was rhe discovery that the same anecdote, tn substantially the same form in which I heard it told by my Kentucky friend, already bad appeared In print. Indeed it was published a trilling matter of l<r2 years ago. Even so. I offer it here again for rhe reason that I believe it has a touch of unconscious humor entitling it to. revival and perpetuation. It appears that in 1819 Chester Harding, an artist, being prompted by a patriotic impulse, made the long journey from his tiomb on the eastern seaboard to Missouri, which then was iin the Ear West, for the purpose of meeting the aged Boone and painting |his portrait. At the time of Harding’s arrival Boone had left his home and 'gone on one of his periodical outings into the wilderness The visitor followed along an obscure trail until be came to a tumble-down log shanty. To quote Harding’s words: “1 found him engaged in cooking his dinner. He was lying in his bunk near the fire and had a long strip of venison wound around his ratnrod. and was busy turning it before a brisk blaze >and using pepper and salt to season his meat. » “1 at once told him the object of my visit. I found that he hardly knew what I meant. I explained the matter to him and he agreed to sit. He was nearly ninety years old and rather infirm; his memory of passing events was much impaired yet be would amuse me every day by his anecdotes of bis earlier life. I asked him one day. just after his description of one of his I >ng hunts, if he never got lost, having no compass. ‘No, ;said lie. *1 can t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. ” • • * A Personal Interpretation YEAIIS ago. when I was a reporter for a New York evening paper and covered trials al the criminal courts building there was an elderly and very devout Irishman called “Mac” for short, wl»> had a |<>b in part two of i general sessions. It was his duty to ikeep order and to aci as doorkeeper, on occasion, and sometimes to serve as a sort of usher. But he particularly shone on those occasions when tie was called upon to aid in taking the socalled ‘‘pedigree’’ of a newly-convicted defendant In this matter a certain routine Invariably was followed The prisoner would be arraigned al the bar. Mac would station himself alongside and 4n an undertone put to him certain ■ questions, and then call out the aniswers so rhe clerk sitting fifteen feet iaway. who duly would record them on the hack of the indictment This ceremony was more or less automatic. ‘Since from long experience the old 'man knew exactly what facts regarding the prisoner's past life be must ascertain. As rhe crmvicted man usually made his responses in a low tone, only the functionary s booming voice would be heard as he chanted his own version of the disclosures fust made to him One day a youth of most forbidding appearance, who had been found guilty of attempted highway robbery, was brought up Mac ranged up to him and in a friendly, confidential, half-whisj»er asked him for nis right name. “Henry Smith.” returned the youth. In a surly grumble, out of one corner of bis mouth “He says ‘Henry Smith. Mr Clerk.” called out Mac. He turned again to the malefactor: “Born In the United States?” “Sure — Brooklyn.” “Native-born Mr Clerk.” “Any religions instruction in your youth, young man?’ “No!” shortly “Protestant Mr Clerk.” (©. hv the McNauelit Syndicate rno.) Cocoa and Chocolate Cocoa is the ground cocoa bean from which part of the oil or fat has been extracted, and is sold in powdered form. Chocolate is the ground cocoa bean including oil or fat. generally in cake form, either sweetened or unsweetened. Large British Dependency Nigeria, with an area of some <367.000 square miles and a population of more than 18.000.000. is. after India, the largest dependency of the British crown. If population alone be considered, it ranks before all the self-gov-erning dominions, even. Lead Pencils Old The use of lead for marking is very ' ancient. It is mentioned by Pliny. Cortez in 1520 found the Aztecs using lead crayons. The manufacture of graphite pencils in England began in 1564. ~ ; No Time to Squabble In the old days, thinks a philosopher In the American Magazine, families took up so much time making both meet that they didn't have time; Ito squabble about anything

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contest?” Turnip—“ Mr. Onion, he’s our champion strong boy!” Only Sent to Suckers “What ate you so angry about?” “I just got a letter inviting me as one of the leading and exclusive honored citizens to invest in a sure money making proposition.” “Why did that make you so mad? Everybody gets them.” “I hate the insinuation that I am a sucker’’

; Not Caught Yet Father —Who sent you those flowers? I ’aughter—Oh, a certain young man. Father (slightly irritated) —Certain? No man is certain until you j have him. ‘ All Played Out She (learning to drive) —But can’t I * have the man who instructed me yesterday? Manager—No, madam. He’s definitely given up teaching. ,