THE ALAMANCE (JTLEA NER
VOL. LI
POISON OF BORGIAS
MIDDLE-AGE 1 MYTH?
Modern Science Sheds Light
on Subject'
Of all the names in the vast rogues'
gallery of history, none shines with
such sinister effulgence -as that of
Borgia. The characteristic of the
Borglas—Alexander VL. Caesare. and
Lucrezla—-which has made the great
est appeal to the popular Imagination,
Is their ability as plotters and poison
ers. They are credited with the most
complex stratagems and with innumer
able murders, committed with a most
artistic subtlety and variety of meth
od. The usual Impression Is that an
endless procession of cardinals, dukes
and princes dined with, drank the
health of, or accepted rings from the
fatal family, and died weeks later
without visible symptoms of foul play.
The legend Is so terrible that It seems
almost a pity it is not true.
However, the facta are that Lucre
zla, supposedly the blackest figure of
the three, was really nothing more
than a rather imm'oral, and certainly
very stnpld woman with no provable
criminal record at aIL Caesare, her
brother, was simply a medl6cre free
lance soldier, raised to dukedom by
the power of his patron, the pope. His
outstanding murders —those of his
brother, his brother-in-law, and Astore
Manfred! —were rough, vulgar affairs
of cpld steel In the hands of servants.
Alexander VI seems to have been
the only poisoner in the family; and
the poison he chiefly affected, when
diagnosed in the light of contemporary
accounts of the deaths of his victims.
Is a disappointment; merely an qrsen
lous solution comparable to modern
rat poison.
There is no authentic snpport for
the fable about his presentation of
rings with small, sharp fangs on the
Inside, which scratched the victim
and caused lingering death; there Is.
In any case, no poison suitable for
administration In just this way except
curare, which la even todagr exceed
ingly difficult to obtain and which was
then unknown.
The only really picturesque mode
of assassination in vogue anywhere
near the period, in fact. Is one mem
tloned by Benvenuto Cellini; poison
ing by the administration of powdered
diamond. Crushed glass, as Is now well
known, does not deserve the reputa
tion It once enjoyed, nor, according to
Cellini, do other crushed Jewels pro
duce the genuine diamond effect, their
fractures hfing comparatively blunt
and their material soft The diamond,
however, powders Into Innumerable
needles with -points of extVeme fineness,
which do not blunt and which gradu
ally penetrate the walls of the
stomach.
So It seems .that the long-derided
story about lingering deaths from one
dose of Borgia poison may have a
foundation In fact Alexander had
plenty of foes to whom he wished all
the agony possible—and plenty of dia
monds.—F. R. Buckley, In Adventure
Magazine.
New Yorkfs Power Plant
The greatest station for generating
electric power is being built by the
New. York Edison company at Four
teenth street and the East river. The
balldlng and machinery will cost $50,-
000,000, and the station will have n
capacity of approximately 1,000,000
horse power, considerably more than
the entire projected development of
Mnscle Shoals. This one station can
supply current enough to light 3,000,-
000 houses —more than there are in
the whole state of Mew York outside
New York city. With this addition,
the generating stations In New York
city can pspduce as much lighting and
power current as is used in all France.
That gives an Idea of the extraor
dinary Use of electric light and power
in the , United States.—Youth's Com
panion. I
Avocation* and Teeth
In an article on the relation of va
rious vocations and dental diseases,
the Social Democratic News service
of Germany points out that bakers and
pastry cooks are the worst sufferers
from bad teeth, believed to result from
the excess of sugar they consume.
Leather workers are inclined to de
velop a brown discoloring of the teeth,
while the molars of lead and silver
workers have a tendency to turn bine.
Copper workers, unless they brush
their teeth incessantly, soon find them
turning green in color.
Gas Preserve* Fish
*he use at carbon dioxide gas re
frigeration lnstesd of ice in *
consignment of 10,000 peunds of fresh
fish flioin Halifax to Montresl was so
successful that, when the cargo was
unpacked ten dsys lster, the fish was
found to be free from odor and the
natural color unchanged. The gas la
carried in cylinders in refrigerator
cars, and the system Is expected to 1
•ztend the market for trtsb tab.
Cats-Eye Has Many
Point* of Beauty
The dictionary describes the cat's
eye as a "gem exhibiting opalescent
reflections from within, like the eyes
of a cat Specifically a variety of
chrysoberyl or a variety of quarts or
chalcedony. Inferior to this In bril
liancy. It is cut en cabochon."
The distinguishing feature of ths
cat's-eye stone is* the peculiar mllky
whlte, bluish or greenlsh-whlte sheen
which crosses and recrosses It with
every play of the light as the gem Is
turned about The explanation of thla
peculiarity Is that the stone contains,
packed In its depths, many closely
matted fibers of another strange
eral. fumillar to us as asbestos. The
thing that makes asbestos remnrkabls
In the mineral world Js that though It
is rock, it does nor' crumble when
crushed, but conies to pieces In the
form of fibers. It Is the streak of
these fibers In the cat's-eye which
causes it to reflect the light in Its very
lovely way. with every movement' of
the finger wearing It
Of course, the beauty of the stone
can also be greatly enhanced by the
skill of the cutter. To say that the
stone Is cut "en cabochon" means that
in this style of cutting the upper part
of the stone is shaped like a low
dome, and It brings out all the natural
j luster and cclor of opaque and trans
lucent stones. Therefore, such stones
as the garnet, turquoise, cat's-eye,
etc..-are usually cut In this way. The
best cat's-eye comes from India and
j Ceylon
Locates the Pain
Vagrant aches and pains which often
afflict the stomach and are hard to
Identify may now be accurately lo
cated and classified by an Instrument
resembling a miniature seismograph,
. the device with which earthquake
: tremors are recorded, according to
; Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
j pnln finder, devised by Dr. W. C. Al
j verez of the University of California,
, Is said to register the course of such
Ills In almost any part of the abdomen
and to clearly reveal every step of the
digestive processes. By the recorder,
the passage of food through the di
gestive tract can be closely followed,
and the exact spot and Inatant of the
setting up of any trouble definitely
learned In a few minutes. The Instru
ment, called the muitlple-electro-enter
ograph. Is suid to obtain its data by
means of a pendulum swung In s
vacuum tube and marks its records
with a needle.
Harp Loses Eminence
Tara's famous harp Is disappearing
and fast becoming but a memory. At
the recent Feis Cecil at Dublin, the
| festival to which Ireland's budding mu
sicians come annually to submit them
selves to tests set by eminent adjudi
cators —there was only one entrant for
the harp competition and only one,
also, in the competition for a song,
with harß accompaniment. It Is ex
plained that the harp is at a disad
vantage as compared with the violin
and other Instruments of smaller bulk,
since It Is not easily portable for pri
vate entertainments, and being essen
tially an instrument of the Individual,
it van never hope to find a place as an
Item of household equipment as does
the piano. But whatever the reason,
the fact remains that the harp Is be
coming almost as extinct in Ireland as
are the snakes banished by St. Patrick.
Famous Royal House
The name "House of Bourbon" is
given to the royal family that for
many generations occupied the thrones
of France. Naples and Spain, and still
reigns In the last named country. Ths
house of Bourbon was founded about
900 A. D„ by Adhemar, lord fef Bour
bon, who traced his descent ts Charles
Martel. The first French sovereign of
the line was Henry of Navarre who In
1589 became king with the titls of
Henry IV. The Bourbon family re
tained the throve of France until ths
French revolution when It was deposed
In the person of Louis XVL In 1814,
after the fall of Napoleon I, It was re
stored to power and held the sover
eignty until 1830, when the bouse at
Orleans, a younger branch of the Bour
bon family, succeeded it—Kansas City
Times.
The Trusting Sex
"Well, dear," ssid Mrs. Jones, ss her
husband one evening dragged himself
wearily up the porch steps and, sat
down with a sigh In his favorite rock
er, "bow did things go at the office
today?" Mr. Jones sighed again, and
fanned himself with his straw bat as
be replied, absent-mindedly, "They
didn't go well. They didn't go well-
They didn't go well at aIL I had •
ninety-three end I should hsve had •
ninety-two."
Mrs. Jones smiled. "Ninety-two or
ders In one day." she cooed. 1
wouldn't cull that had for a beginner!**
Contentment Recipe
To secure s contented spirit, mess
nre your desires by your fortunes, and
not your fortunes by your desires.—
Exchange. . V,
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1925
Italian Fiestas Like
Those of Olden Day*
In innumerable village festivals thai
are celebrated with much sincerity and
vivacity. Is still found a survival of
the old Italy In which every country
village was politically a nation by It
self. Many of these festivals have
their roots deep In the Middle ages.
Genzano Is a village on the shores of
a volcanic lata, once the scene of
the most solemn religious festivals of
the Roman republic. Annually, on the
feast of Corpus Christ!, It strews Its
main street with the petals of flow
ers gathered In hundreds of bushel
baskets from the neighboring fields.
I The petals are carefully sorted accord
ing to color and are 00 laid on the
pavement as to form brilliant designs
—circles, crosses, the arms of the. king
or the pope, fantastic beasts or elab
orate traceries—over which the solemn
religious procession passes at vespers.
Tlie effect. In twilight. Is a falry-lllce
mingling of design and color. Recent
ly the village of Nemi, across the tiny
lake, became jealous of the fame Gen
zano was reaping from this Secular
festival and Initiated a "strawberry
festival." There are athletic contests,
bicycle races and races between the
proudest cart horses of the neighbor
hood. Citizens compete to provide the
roost Ingenious decorations for the
windows of" their houses. Strawber
ries are distributed as prizes.
Some Character Tests
That Are Infallible
Show him
blinks rapidly he Is mentally alert.
Ask him to sit down and then pull
the chalj from under him. If he
doesn't get up, he Is lazy.
Demand his watch, his pocketbook
and his cellar key. If he inquires why,
he Is stupid.
Inquire what time he got In Inst
night If answer consumes over ten
seconds, he is careless. *•
Tell him to read a modern novel. If
he reads It through to the end, he Is
obstinate.
Relate the story about Pat and Mike.
If he assaults you, he has Initiative.
Place In his hands a necktie of mixed
lavender, red and mauve. If he says
"Merry Christmas I" he has a good
memory.
Charge him $25. If he refuses to
pay, he la hard to please.—-Kansas
City Star.
Out of the Earth
I long ago convinced myself that
whatever is on the earth and shares
Its life Is of the earth, and. In some
way not open to me, came out of the
earth, the highest not less than the
humblest creature at our feet I like
to think of the old weather-worn globe
as the mother of us all. I like to think
of the ground underfoot as plastic and
responsive to the creative energy,
vitally related to the great cosmic
forces, a red corpuscle in the life cur
rent of the Eternal, and that man.
with all his high-flying dreams and
aspirations, his arts, his Bibles, his
religions, his literatures, his philoso
phies—heroes, saints, martyrs, sages,
poets, prophets—all lay folded there in
the flery mist out of which the planet
came. —John Burroughs.
Guinea Gold
One of the oldest European settle
ments In West Africa W in Upper
Guinea, whence came the gold from
which the first gulenaes were made
and which were named for the coun
try. Also the first guinea fowl were
Imported Into England from that sec
tion of the world. "Abounding In gold"
is the native meaning of the word
"guinea." It Is still unknown whether
the Gold coast was first discovered by
the French or the Portuguese, but the
prize has been fought over by half the
people of Europe since a Portuguese
expedition took possession of part of
It In 1481. England entered the game
In 1558 when her ships returned with
150 pounds of Guinea gold.
Chamber of Horrors
The original Idea of a chamber of
horrors at Madame Tussaud's world
famous waxwork exhibition, which
was recently destroyed by Ore, came
from a Cambridge don. When Madame
Tussaud took her waxworks to Cam
bridge In 1818. figures of criminal#
stood In the same rooms as those of
statesmen, churchmen and other cele
brated people. The don suggested to
ma dame that this was "Indecorous,"
and she adopted his Idea, placing her
"criminals" In a separate chamber,
which. It Is said, was often visited by
the relatives of the murderers whose
images tt sheltered.
Azalea Cultivation
The seeds of the azalea are used In
propagating. They should be sown in
fibrosa soil and the moisture should
be kept constant, either by keeping
them in a frame covered with glass,
or In a Jlewer pot covered with glass.
The seeds are put on top of the soil,
and are transplanted to ordinary gar
den soil when the plant Is lsrgs enough
te am essay.
WHY
Fruit Grower* Regard Lady-
Bee tie as a Friend
Insect friends—hundreds of them at
once—are shown in the latest group
put on exhibition by» the entomological
department of the American Museum
of Natural History. When we hear of
Immense numbers of Insects, we usu
ally think of Injurious klndi, but those
shown here swarming over the rocks
on the top of a Colorado mountain are
"lady-beetles," Insects that live from
youth to old age by feeding upon eith
er plant lice or scale insects.
There are many kluds of lady
beetles both In the East and In the
West. The adult beetles pass the win
ter securely tucked away under stones,
bark, or even in crevices of our own
houses. Frequently a number of them
hibernate snuggled up to each other
as though for mutual warmth, and in
the West uncounted thousands gather
on the tops of hills and low mountains
for their winter sleep.
This habit of the lady-beetles, or, to
give them their originally longer name,
the Beetles of our Blessed Lady, the
Virgin Mary, Is neatly turned to man's
convenience by the fruit growers of
California, who send pack trains to
collect the beetles by the ton, keep
them peacefully sleeping In cold stor
age until orchards become Infested
with man's insect enemies upon which
these beetles feed, and then rush the
beetles by parcel post to the scone of
action.
Why Success Comes to
Young Men in Business
"I have wutclied many young men
climb to the top," says u writer In the
Efficiency Magazine, "and I have no
ticed that there are nenrly always
four reasons why they succeed.
"First, they muke up their minds.
They don't drift. They decide —that
seems to be the beginning of every
career. They choose the Jobs that
will suit them best and away (hey go.
"Second, I notice that they are nl-.
ways pleased with themselves and
their Jobs and their associates. They
are happy and keen In their work.
They smile their way through.
"Third, they are hungry to learn.
They listen ss well as talk. They
study and think nnd appreciate the
advice of other people. They are
never cocksure and unteachable.
"Fourth, they finish what they start
This Is a sure sign of a strong per
sonality. There are scores of start
ers to every finisher. The average
man gets stack fast In his job. The
obstacles bring him to a standstill."
Why Insects Don't Sink
Certain insects are known as water
skaters, skippers or strhlers. They
move about as freely on water as oth
er Insects do on a hard surface.
This they are enabled to do because
of the surface film and because their
| feet are covered with a velvety sub
stance which does not easily get wet
says Nature Magazine. The surface
of a liquid acts as If It were covered
with dn elastic film like a thin rubber
membrane.
If an ordinary sewing needle Is care
fully laid on the surface of water In a
basin the needle will float, notwith
standing the fact that the density of
steel is greater than that of water.
The needle floats for the simple
reason that it Is not heavy enough to
break through the surface fllm. It
bears down the surface of the water,
yet does not break through It
Why Stamps Are Not Cash
Adhesive postage stamps are not re
deemed In cash because there Is no
,nuthority In law for so doing. It Is
a measure of protection against the
use of stamps for remittances, which
use Is contrary to the Interests of the
postal service, since It diverts the pos
tal revenues from their proper chan
nel, eausing the mailing post office
to do the work while the selling post
office gets the revenue. Another ob
jection to redemption Is that It would
afford opporl unity for post office bur
glars to realize ui*m their plunder.
Why Smohe Hurts Trees
The I»epartment of Agriculture says
soft coal deposits s coating of carbon
snd cosl ash tij>on the leaves of trees,
which Interferes "with natural func
tioning of the breathing pores of
leaves. Smooth-leaved trees, such ss
evergreens, suffer most because of the
deposit thst lies In close contact with
the leaf surface. The hairy or woolly
leaf coverings of some other trees
prevent the forming of s compact coat
ing over the leaf surfsces. Such trees
endure a smoky atmosphere much
longer.
How Earthquakes Originate
The origin of earthquakes has been
traded to twcT principal causes, the
first at which is tectonic, and the sec
ond volcanic. The former refers to
movements dn the esrth's crust known
as faults, possibly caused by the
shrinking of the Interior of tbe earth
by reason of cooling.
Poor Tfca li
A women eaUafl police hsadqtaarters
on the recently and sobbed
out a tale that her "dear little doggie"
had been captured unleashed, as re
quired by the health officials, and was
languishing in the pound. She was
Informed the pound would not be
open until 8:30 a. m. next day. "My
gracious, she'll die in that awful place
overnight and besides she is on n
diet," pleaded the woman. "That's all
right; your doggie will be treated all
right and kept on the diet" the wom
an was Informed. "And will you
bathe her before sending her back?"
she queried. "Yes, before we sand her
beck," was ths reply—Detroit News.
Water Fatally Charged
A brook near Schlfferstadt Germany,
charged with electricity, proved fatal
to one of a team of horses recently
when the owner drove into the Stream
to wash the wheels sf his carriage.
As soon as the horses touched the
water one of them fell dead, while
the other after frantic efforts man
aged to break loose from the harness
and galloped out of the water. In
vestigation showed that the brook was
charged with electricity, transmitted
from a subterranean installation of
power plant
Sneeze Signs
In the ancient days of Greece and
Rome, a sneeze was supposed to bear
in Its train far greater portents than
a mere cold.
To sneeze whilst rising from the ta
ble or bed was said to Indicate ap
proaching death. Yet to sneeze be
tween midday and midnight under fa
vorable planetary conditions was an
augury of happiness.
Again, if ths Greek or Roman turned
to the right while sneezing, It wa>
regarded as a happy omen.
Almost Frightened
John D. Rockefeller likes to tell s
story of an Irishman employed by him
who, in the early days of oil refining,
was standing near a big tank when
It exploded with a roar that could be
heard for miles about After the
smoke had cleared, other workers came
to gather up the fragments of the
Irishman's body, only to find him sit
ting on a pile of debris and slowly
filling his pipe. After be had tiled
It and ignited the tobacco, be re
marked, "The dura thing purty nigh
scared me."
Excellence
Excellence may be considered an
axiom, or a proposition which becomes
self-evldett just In proportion to the
clearness or precision with which It is
put If tt fhlrly exists, In thts*sense,
It requires bo further elucidation. To
point out too particularly the beauties
of a work Is to admit tacitly that these
beauties are not wholly admirable Re
garding, then, excellence as that which
Is capable of self-mnnlfestatlon, It but
remains for the critic to show when,
where and bow It falls In becoming
manifest —Poe.
Vision of Animals
Men and monkeys have far better
eyesight than any other animals, ex
cept birds. It has been found that
most birds hsve powers of vision
about one hundred times ss great as
tbst of normal man. Some birds can
fee a worm at a distance of 300 feet
Ths eyes of birds are especially adapt
ed to see moving objects at great dis
tances, so that the approach of an
enemy Is observed by them long be
fore the human eye could detect it
Woman Suffrage
The first nation was New Zealand,
which extended woman suffrage In
181)3. The other nations since that
time with the dates of enfranchisement
are as follows: Australia, 1902; Nor
way and Iceland, 1913; Denmark, 1913;
Finland and Russia. 1917; Canada,
Great Britain and Austria, 1918; Ger
nrifey. Belgium, Netherlands and Po
land, 1919; United Statwi and Czecho
slovakia. 1920; Sweden, 1921 and Tor
key. 1923.
Riant and Animal Life
plants and animals differ In two es
sentials. Plants sre stationary, while
animals can move from place to place
at will; and plants make their own
food oct of sunlight snd chemicals,
while animals get their food by estlng
plants or other .animals. Among the
lower-jfonns it is often difficult If not
Impossible to distinguish bet wean
plant and animal life.
At Any College
Homecoming day is the time when
alumni come back to the old alma
mater, criticize ths furniture, fresh
men sod architecture of the bouse,
reorganUfe the football team, weep
mildly at the try, declare things
weren't tbst wsy when they werd
in college and express great wonder
ss to where the younger generation
is folng. Then tt rain*/ —Crtorads
Dodo.
Trapper Made Sudden
Change in Fight View
Tradition has it that most of the
early trappers operating through the
Rocky mountains were serious char
acters. Such Is far from the case,
though. Many of them took great
pride In exaggerating accounts of
what they had encountered on their
trips. A few even had a slant on life
that would make a Mark Twain en
vious, says a contributor to the Fron
tler.
Joreph L. Meek was one of the best
known of these frontier humorists.
One ,of his eiperlences which is gen
erally credited concerns an attack
made on his party by a band of hos
tile Indiana While stopping for a
rest the Indians were sighted as they
were in the act of charging the trap
pers. The redaklns were but a few
hundred yards away and mounted. The
whites lost no time in mounting tbelr
animals and beating a hasty retreat
Meek, however, encountered some
trouble with his mule which refused
to budge.
"Boys, stand your ground, boys I"
he screamed. "Stand your ground I
We can whip 'em. Stand your ground!"
But the trappers failed to heed
Meek and put all the territory pos
sible between themselves and the on
rushlng Indiana About that time
Meek's male, seeming to realize its
own danger, set Its pedal extremities
in motion. Within a short time Meek,
astride the mule, had caught up with
the rest of the party. Another min
ute he passed them. Then he turned
in his saddle, and shouted back over
his shoulder, "Come on, boys! We
can't fight 'em. Come on, boys 1 Come
on!"
Many Put in Work
on Bamboo Cctrving
When you gaze upon a beautiful
piece of bamboo carving, which is to
be seen generally In the Oriental sec
tions of the muscuiSis, you are behold
ing the work not of one man but of
many. Each workman has his spe
cialty and when he docs his share of
work he passes the piece over to an
other, wtio does thut part which he Is
especially trained for. The man who
does the Chinese characters does
nothing else. Another does mountain
scenery and if there are any animals
Introduced Into the landscape they are
cut by another, while portraits are
taken care of by a workman who does
no other kind of work. Before the
work is laid out, .the surface of the
bamboo Is treated by a rubbing process
which proceeds with the aid *a
brick of fine clay and the operation
takes place under water. After it Is
carelully dried It,is turned over to the
artist who marks out the design from
one workman to another as Indicated
above.
Land of Hot Tamales
Americans traveling in South Amer
ica soon became acquainted with the
"hot tamales" south of the Itlo Grande.
They are of the matze-and-meat va
riety, put up In corn husks. But "the
elder brother of all tamales" Is the
Mongolian rice tnmale. In America
It can be* found only In Chinatown.
It Is wrapi>ed In rush leaves and Is
made like a miniature pyramid of rice
pulverized with pork, ptnon auts and
chestnuts.
The largest tanmle known Is made
In South America In the region of
the Orinoco and the Amazon. It is
called aliaka and Is composed of
minced chicken, chlckapoos and pep
per, well cooked and rolled up in
banana skins. »
Early English Boxer
James Flgg was the first recognized
boxing champion of England. No date
of Flgg's birth is obtainable but It Is
supposed to have bjfn about 1095. Flgg
weighed about 185 and stood close to
six feet. He was born at Thame, in
Oxfordshire, England. lie died Decem
ber 8, 1734. Previous to 1719 Flgg
wus known as a first-class swordsman,
cudgeier and boxer. He was consid
ered more adept as a back swordsman
th«n a pugilist, bat-later be took more
to boxing, defeating every man be met
In stand-up fights.
Great Writer's Nickname
The nickname "The Bricklayer" was
given to Ben JonsonJjy his contem
poraries. His father died a month
previous to Ben's birth, snd his mother
subsequently married a master brick
layer. Jonson entered the University
of Cambridge in bis sixteenth year, but
on sccount of straitened circum
stances was obliged to leave college
snd assist his stepfather for a time as
mason and bricklayer. It is said that
be worked at the building of Lincoln's
Inn with a trowel in his band snd a
book in bis pocket—Exchange
A Good Hunch
Father—My son. It gives me much
pleasure to present you with this $25
for your good behavior.
gen—Why don't you give me fifty
hocks sad have an awful good timet
SO. 88
FORECAST BY FISH i
DEUGHTS BATHERS!
Anglers Say It U to Be l
Warm-Water Year.
New York. Veteran II ilu i iiiimß
' cheer sea bathers this season wltk'%
word that this Uf apparently to be 4(9
"warm-water" year Inshore.
The rate at which cold-water inatipß
erel have been passing this coast wltfe* ■
out making the .usual stop and wariilH
water blueflsh have been flocking in 9
Is advanced as the basis for the fore-l
The ocean's present heated frl—
along the coast, as Indicated by
predilection of these finny weathft Jj
vanes, the one for cold, the other for 5
moderate temperatures, is still fa*> 9
ther borne out, in the fishermen's :J|
mind, by conditions at sea. They etti a
the recent contrast between overcoat a
weather reported In mid ocean by t%- 'I
turning tourists and the rising mer- A
cury found on approaching land.
Lay Effect to Gulf Stream.
While the migration of fish and fiw M
behavior of the deep are' largely *9
matter of theory, practical anglers ad- 9
mlt they nevertheless explain the pre®- a
' ont atmospheric condition by the gulf tj9
| The signs at hand show, they sayifi
' that the gulf stream mixed thia spring |j
:In sufficient quantity with the cold M
1 currents coming down from the arcttefl
i to moderate the latter as they flowed j
' down their southern grooves.
| The condition is therefore regarded a
|hs fundamental and
' permanent, In so far as Atlantic Jj
beaches are concerned this summer;^
The fishing smack sharps first be
came convinced of this when mackerel ||
striking In off Cape May obviously felt aj
the heat and kept on going.
Instead of Idling up the Long Island fi
shore until about June 1, as is their i|
wont, it was found they
without pausing for breath to galß,'J|
more congenial deep-sea chills off Nova >9
Scotia. Conversely, blueflsh and weak- 3
flsh begun to move landward In re- 9
sponse to the more attractive sntnafe- jfl
rlne clime. **
Opposite Condition Last Year. |
Last year it was Just the
fishermen recall. The gulf stream, ae- |
cording to their theory, did not nttn
sufficiently with the Greenland water.
The result was that mackerel aboakfr J|
ed in local flslilng grounds all sank- 9
mer, something never known befara fl
Itlueflsh and weakfish were commas* fl
snrately scarce, and were only to be 0
found, In fact, well ont at sea.
The gulf stream explanation of the j|
periodic disappearances of various ts- J
rieties of. flsh apparently goea Just ao
far. Anglers say complete mystery I
surrounds some of the vagaries of M
"sea beer' In Its moods and action* J
Some years ago mackerel sat S
"lost" so completely for several yMng*fl
that the government established #9
closed season to tempt them back. Now
they are available In abundance.
Blueflsh have been "lost" off and oa Jj
since 1014, so much so that their nn-9
certain appearances disrupted a Joins 1
Ishlng Industry and largely caused tIM J
present dispersal of blueilsh fleets.
Old flslilng diaries treasured in Toi* |1
ton market record that blueflsh dlsap- -J
peared In 1821 for forty yearn When a
they returned they suffered the fMSffl
of Rip Van Winkle after his two dee> fl
ades of slumber. Long island nn- 9
tlves no longer recognized then and A
went for a long time In Ignorance that, J
they were merely the staple sen food |
of their fathers back home again. ]
Society Woman Quits
League; Killed Her Pali
Washington.—Mrs. Frances H. a |
Burnett, poet and social leader, had' M
a dog called Tinker Bell; but Tinker s
Bell Is no more.
The dog was captured by the do#-a
snatchers of the Animal Rescue J
of which Mrs. Burnett was a manager, j
and killed. Now the society wooM a
behind that humane lnstitntlon aro at j
war over poor Tinker BelL
The District of Columbia has three |l
rival dog-snatching institutional The 9j
league Is run by prominent women of
various society groups. Its avowed®
purpose Is to save cats and dogn from
brutal treatment at the hands of polieaifl
officers and others.
No wandering dog is safe in Wash* ■
ington with three energetic groepS j
after Iherp. Many good ones disappear™
annually jind go the gas route to tho fl
great dog beyond.
Until a few days ago Mrs. BurmflH
■yaa a member of the board of
trnors of the rescue league, bot unllM
cold when she discovered that TlnHjgS
Bell had been seized and gassed IKfl
loath all within a few hourSL JRmH
refused to remain on the board of al|H
organisation that tnade such quirijHj
work of a lost dog.
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