THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
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Published Saturday Morning, Twenty-five
Weeks in the Year, November to May, at
Plnehurst, Moore County, Nortb Carolina.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY O, lOOO.
The Small Boy's Complaint.
I go to bed before it's dark,
And lie and hear my doggie bark.
His name is Budge, but he's a pup,
He's crying 'cause they chain him up.
I want to have him sleep with me,
But mother'e 'fraid I'll get a flea.
Of course that's only her excuse,
Because for dogs she has no use.
My father says a woman can
Make things uncomfortable for man.
He said it low because, I fear,
He was afraid that she would hear.
Now what he says is always right,
I often think of it at night,
'Cause mother is so awful neat,
She always makes us wipe our feet.
'Cept when there's mud, our feet, you see,
Are just as clean as they can be.
And once I'm almost sure I heard
My father say an awful word;
He whipped so hard my brother Sam
For saying it the word was dam.
They had a game of bridge one day,
Budge barked so loud they couldn't play.
The ladles said that dogs and boys
Got on their nerves, they made such noise.
'Twas then she said that Budge must go;
How hard I cried she'll never know.
I said to father, "Let's go, Dad,
And run away she treats us bad."
' He had a twinkle in his eye
Like he would laugh, while I could cry,
Said he "My son, we'll never find
A mother who would be so kind."
She kissed me awful hard that night
And said: "My dear, 'twill all come right."
That gave me comfort, what I heard,
For mother never breaks her word.
Tho' one thing sure, you bet jrour life
Wheji I'm a man, I'll have no wife.
Tho' if I had to chose some other,
With all her faults, I'd marry mother.
She's lots of fun, and very sweet;
Her only fault is being neat.
By that time Budge will grow so high
That he wont have to howl and cry.
Dad will live with us just the same,
For she won't have to change her name.
He says by then we'll be quite bold,
She won't mind dirt, she'll be too old.
IIow She made Her first Cakw.
She measured out the butter with a very solemn
air,
The milk and sugar also, and she took the great
est care
To count the eggs correctly and to add a little
bit
Of baking powder, which you know, beginners
oft omit:
Then she stirred it all together,
And ehe baked it for an hour:
But she never quite forgave herself
For leaving out the flour.
A CI EXT EirOXXEEIirNCl.
Another Case of Nothing- New Under
the San.
Unmistakable evidence exists that 2,
500 years ago certain Hebrew engineers
(in the time of King Heze-Kiah) execut
ed exactly the same kind of work which
was carried on in the Simplon tunnel,
though perhaps on a slightly smaller
scale.
Dr. Bertholet, a professor at the uni
versity of Basel, is the gentleman who
claims to have made this discovery. The
Jewish records state that King Heze
Kiah, or Ezekias, who reigned at Jeru
salem 727 B. C, was much troubled at
the bad state of the water supplied to the
people of that city. He accordingly had
a vast reservoir made at the gates of the
city, to which water was fed from various
springs lying at greater or less distances
from the reservoir in question.
At first his project seemed doomed to
failure, as there existed between Jeru
salem and the springs from which the
water was to be derived a high chain of
hills, over which it would be impossible
to convey the water. It was therefore
determined to open a passage for the
water through the solid rock. One of
the Sirack manuscripts dating from this
period states in this connection : 'Heze
Kiah fortified the city by bringing water
thereto, and he bored through the solid
rock by means of bronze, and he collected
the water in a reservoir.'
llecent explorations have enabled this
predecessor of the Simplon to be thor
oughly identified. It is said to be the
Shiloah tunnel by means of which water
was brought down from a source to the
east of Jerusalem and poured into the
pool of Siloam, mentioned in the Bible.
This conduit is 3G0 yards long. The dis
tance, as the bird flies, between the two
mouths of the tunnel is also only 360
yards, which proves that the work was
not executed in a perfectly straight line
due doubtless to the difficulties which
the engineers encountered in their task,
which (for the period) was of a really
marvelous nature.
That the work was commenced from
both ends of the tunnel is not only prov
ed by the inscription, but also by the
fact that the marks of the boring tools,
picks, etc., may still be seen, all bearing
in opposite directions. The direction of
the tunnel was altered several times dur
ing the construction thereof, as there are
several short galleries which were evi
dently abandoned as soon as it was noted
that working was being done out of line.
The floor of the tunnel is finished with
the greatest care, and the workings vary
from five-eighths of a yard to one yard
in width by from three feet to nine feet
in height, more or less, according to the
hardness of the rock.
In the light of modern engineering
science, the following questions suggest
themselves : IIow did these old-time en
gineers gage their direction, recognize
and remedy their errors in aligument?
What tools did they use to execute a
piece of work which has remained with
out equal or rival for 2,500 years.
Thus history repeats itself ; "there is
nothing new under the sun."
TREES FIOIIT EACH OTHER.
trug-g-le for Existence not Alone
Confined to mankind.
As an answer in part to those who de
cry the cutting of trees by the Metro
politan park commission, Arthur A.
Shurtleff presented a paper before the
Boston Scientific society at its last meet
ing, which was entitled The Improvement
of the Forests of the Metropolitan Park
System. The paper, says the Boston
Transcript, was one of unusual interest
and of a nature to give an insight into
some of the principles of forestry for
picture purposes. It was illustrated
throughout by artistic chalk illustrations
and apt expressions.
"A humane person," said the speaker,
"could do no better deed than the stop
ping of a war or a fight between individ
uals, yet this same person will cry out
in dismay if a single tree is cut down. It
is one of the duties of the forester to stop
the fights between trees, which are be
tween ephemeral trees and permanent
ones, and which can have no other result
if continued than grave injury to the
permanent trees, while the ephemeral
ones will be lost to us by natural proc
esses within a few years even if they
survive the conflict with the long-lived
ones.
Mr. Shurtleff showed first how trees
affect one another when growing in close
proximity, noting that some of them, the
pines, hemlocks and others, when de
stroyed by the ax or by fire, do not sprout
again from the same root, while others,
the oak, maple and beech, are in the habit
of sending up sprouts from the old
stumps. Of the seedlings which spring
up in the forest 80 to 90 per cent, die at
an early age, but they leave their mark.
Certain of the survivors, but at the same
time trees of short life, endure the term
of their existence, but they also leave
their marks on the more permanent trees.
The birches make war on the slowgrow
ing oaks ; a birch whose life is but 15
years, may have permanently injured or
disfigured an oak which would have been
a joy to the lover of the woods for a cen
tury or two. It is a work of mercy to
remove the birch. Dead trees, with their
insect pests which threaten to destroy
the living ones; wolf-trees, which, by
their mass and shade, destroy the seed
lings,yet which, being already under the
shadow of death, cannot themselves long
endure, and many other forms of strife
between the trees, all come within the
scope of the forester. In cutting down
of trees, therefore, even if there seem to
be in the destruction of fine specimens,
means, when in the hands of a competent
forester, in the preservation of other and
better trees for the enjoyment of posterity.
fS9
Union Services.
All persons in the Village interested
in a Union Church Service are invited
to meet at Village Hall next Sabbath af
ternoon, January 7th, after the Union
Vesper Service, for general conversation
and to hear a report from two members
of last years committee.
ONFAMILIARITY ATTRACTS
Salmagundi Party at The Holly Inn
Provides Merry Evening.
Strang-e Combination of Games Puz
zle Participants and Furnishes
Fun for All.
TTENDANCE at the Sal
magundi Party at The
Inn, Saturday evening,
was by no means, con
fined to those familiar
with the strange combi
nation of "games" played. On the con
trary, it was unfamiliarity and novelty
which attracted, and the final balance
proved that all were equally handicapped.
In addition to the merriment which the
participants enjoyed, one must not forget
the company of onloookers who laughed
until their sides ached as they watched
the various struggles.
It all began easy enough at table num
ber one, where the familiar game of
hearts held sway, but at number two,
where needle threading was the rule,
there was trouble for all, and spelled in
capital letters.
Then there came a breathing spell at
number three, with quiet, old fashioned
dominoes, but more trouble at number
four, where handkerchiefs were stitched.
Number five gave variety in a bean
counting contest, and number six amuse
ment with a child's fish pond game.
Then, oh joy, came Tiddley Winks and
lame fingers, and last but not least, a
bowl of peanuts and a rush to see who
could remove the largest number in the
shortest time, by aid of two toothpicks.
Participants played in couples and
progressed, points being awarded to the
winning couples, and prizes given for the
two highest scores made by both men
and women. The men, however, were
not in the running for a moment, Mrs.
V. Hetherington, of Rochester, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Emery Marvel, of Atlantic City,
carrying off their prizes. Mrs. II. Coit,
of New London, Ct., and Miss Madeline
Hartman, of Waterbury, secured the
womens prizes.
Followed Iler Instructions.
Mrs. N was giving instructions to her
new servant: "Before removing the
soup plates, Mary, always ask each per
son if he or she would like any more."
"Very good, madam."
Next day Mary, respectfully bowing to
one of the guests, inquired : "Would the
gentleman like some more soup?"
"Yes, please."
"There isn't any left."
Miss Hartman Singrs.
Miss Madeline Hartman of Waterbury,
Ct., contributed to the pleasure of the
Sunday evening concert at The Holly
Inn, with a solo "Because", by Hardelot,
which was encored.