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AUGUST 30. 1923. MISSING LINK T' MAY BE SHOWN ? (New York World) ^ The ape man of Javo, known to! cp many scientists as the "missing link1' j jI;j has entered the polite fieid of inter- t national diplomacy. ft took him 500,000 years. gcj At the end of the Pliocene period ac and long- before the first glaciers y swept prehistoric Europe, this crea tcre lived, loved, fought and d?ed. j ba Part man and part ope. his fossils are j .said to be the only specitnents thar' w* bridge the gulf between man and the Anthropoid, and strengthens the en theory of the common ancestry of ?r>< both. I go It is known he walked upright, al-; though he probably could neither crt talk nor build a fire. More is known i.r but thorp i?i vtill mr?rp rno fm-nd - ... ? IIV oat. The world of science is waiting, and while it waits an Elderly Dutch ar physician keeps his fossils locked in at a safe in Holland and guards them tu from all eyes but his own. so A movement to induce him to open a the safe doors to the world of science wj has started in this city and it is un derstood the aid of foreign diplomats and others has been sought. What s-. the outcome will be only the guardian of the Ape Man can say. ba In 1801 Dr. Eugene Dubois, now pj a professor in the University of Am- ar sterdam, was asked by the governor tj( general of Java to "explore the fossil t^( field* near the village of Trinil in the interior of the island, on behalf pj of the Netherlands Indian govern- an rnent. Before starting on his expe- f0 dition Dr. Dubois announced he intended to find "the missing link." Apparently he kept his word. cr; The excavations took about two years and resulted in the discovery of I an the thigh bone, the top of the skull1 {n and two grinding teeth. This was all j)a 5,000 centures had left of the Ape Man. ne He was named Pithecanthropus Ert ctus. and his fossils, e xhibited b^ fore the British Association for the jn Advancement id Science in London ^ in ls?.? I, stirred scientists of two con- w. tineirs. Plaster casts were taken of the teeth rind the external part of the , skull top. Tht thigh bono was only photographed. p-. The exposition ended and then !.r precedent was upset. Dr. Dubois, in- Ui stead of writing u treatise and placing tin* bones in a museum for the J)(] benefit of his colleagues, took t h? cn fossil/, wrapped them in cotton, car- ^ ried tl em to Holland and locked them jt in a safe in Haarlem. They are there I ^ today. I V Meantime reprodm tions of the i( cast- of the skull top and teeth and or photographs of the thigh bone were ^ being broadcost to scientists ir. every part of the world. In New York the entire head was built from the duplicate of the single piece of bone. i ox Using the top of th<- skull as a has*.-. Dr. II, McGrcg r of Culumbia University, internal i'.uiily known expert in th?- restoration of fossils, made the skrl' of the Ape Mm:, and I from 'his hulir rne heat:. Carefui measurement of the era- ^ nial vault showed a new brain had been discovered- smali'-r than that of , a man. yet larger th; . Shi* 1 of jJ: any ape. It had occupied a :pac?* of >, about 850 cubic conum- Tors, while that of the ape never exceeds tSOO, [. and man's average is between l.f>00 j ja and 1,000. a. Although ho had only a photograph left from which to build. Dr. ^ McGregor continued his work and o made a cast oi the thigh bone. From re this he decided that the Ape Man s< walked upright, was about 5 feet 6 e inches tall, and Ithough he belong- 01 ed more to man than ape, still was 0< not a man. r; The cast of the teeth were reproduced and studied here by another a expert, William K. Gregory, curator ^ of the department of comparative ic anatomy in the American Museum j, of National History. He found a f, combination of man and beast and j| concluded the teeth "mingle and t| combine in a remarkable way human a and ape characteristics." While other scientists were study- c ing the Ape Man Dr. Dubois was o not idle. The treatise he finally wrote t] in 1897 was not complete, so he has js written another which still is unoub- ~ iished, although he said two years | c ago it soon would go to the printer. J v ^ The interior of the skull cap, which gives more details of what the brain looked like, was filled with fossilized rock. Dr. Dubois carefully removed this and made a plaster cast of the cranial vault. This was examined by Elliott Smith, British authority on brain structure, who announced that the brain had been closer to that of a man than an ape. Dr. Dubois never explained why he has kept the fossils from the scientific world. It even has been rumored that strong religious influ< ences have been brought to bear upon j him. and there are conflicting reports in Holland as to who actually ,} . owns the fossils. Some say they beI j long to the government, others to a ; J religious society, and still others de, I property. !>: ' 1 (A1NED CATFISH HELPS FISHERMAN IN NEW YORK Seth Small of Three Mile Bay, Y.. and William Loomis of laumont, who are partners in the >co chasing industry and who durS the shipping season, ship tons of ese edible fish to distant markets, ve develops a most remarkable heme for making their daily catches cording to a dispatch from Three lie Bay. When the law* came in which forde them to use nets they found cy were unable to accomplish much th ordinary hooks and lines. Their ily catches were never large ough to constitute a paying ship-! nt, and they were about decided to j out of the cisco business. One day they nooked an 80-pound ! thsh and managed to get it into a j rge tank they used for storage of j r fish. They began training the j 5 cat to follow them as they passed ound the tank at feeding times, feeding time. Seth and Bill took j rns at feeding it, and when it got? that it knew each they fashioned "muskey" iine harness for it, from lich trailed a dozen or more lengths 50 to 00 feet long?with small oks attached at intervals of about c in c res. The cat was taken down to the y and put back into the water. 11 would walk along the shore, ound the ' point", and in the direc>n of Chauinont, scattering food e while, and the cat would follow m. Then Seth would go over to ll's village and repeat the performice, also returning to the bay by liowing the shore around the point. Then the hundreds of hooks were it.ed with bits of smoked halibut, am meat and worms, and Bill or th would set out, as just explained, d the cat would follow them for e sake of the foodstuffs that the rtners tossed to it as they walked J jng. But now, is should he stated, ither man makes the entire trip om village to village. After going out a quarter of a mile they dodge to the woods and return to their roes. The big cat keeps on his 1 ly, and generally arrives in one of e other of its home ports with the ifiing lines fairly weighted dourth cisco* and larger lish, sooh as ke and pickerel, with an occasional nuskcy" for the fisherman's good L-k. While the catfish weighs only SO >unds there are occasions when it nies to its landing with over a mured pounds of fish 011 its hooks, usually makes two nine-mile trips tily. hut just at present the cisco dustry is at a standstill, as the big it fish is suffering from rheumatism something, due to its steady conlement in the tank during the long inter months. A few months ago a movement ; net bur earnest, was started to have ? Am- Man's boms and teeth nut I !m > um. where any scientist with roper credentials r.iitrht examine I iciri. flu man who started it is Dr. , es:ry Fairfield Oshorn, New York rfeoiitoVogist, president of the j raohoaii Museum of Natural His iy. author of several hooks and ropients of many decorations, inelud-J ig the Dai win medal of the R.>ya; oeii ty of London. Later Dr. Dubois wrote to Dr. Osain ami invited h^ni to. come to Uolnu and examine the fossils as much > he wished. His desire to have the pe Man in a museum apparently is ror.gi-r than his own curiosity, and r. Osborn has n . ated that he will ifuse. He feels that the research is > jraportant to science, and as the xpeditior. was financed 1> ythe Nethrlands Indian government, the fruits f rhe discovery shouid be public ather than private. The results of the negotiations still re in doubt and in the meantime the tpe Man holds his place unchalniged as the apparent link connectlg the Piltdown man who lived beor the first glacial period ami the leidelberg man, who thrived during rtat period, more than 250,000 years ffoUp through the ages his strain omes to the Neanderthal race of 50.00 to 75,000 years B. C., on through he Crb-Mannon and Azilian to the eolithic. or post-glacial mam now one 18,000 years, but resembling ioseiy tne men ana women 01 today, -hum science calls their descendants. 50 GOOD CIGARETTES ioc S GENUINE "Bull" r^VW DURHAM TOBACCO THE WATAl 1 Uncommon j 1 Sense ft* Bute || HEED THE PILOT "V OU will seldom be In a crowd ?f ci?n ?a hour before 70a hear one of thena say: *'tf I w#r? twenty-one years old and fcarw a? roach as I do now. I'd be a whnla of s sucoaas." Perhaps he would Perhaps ha wouldn't. But it la certain that If ha could bagta Ufa at twaoty-one with tba aKpariaoca of forty ha would ba far battar off And the carious thing about It all Is that he could arall tatms.ilf of this experience If ha would pay heed to ths pilots who are always willing to diraot him. rvnei wooic you mink or a man, who. eft or asking: a policeman for the way to the railroad station, and gattin* tha direction would deliberately go tha other way? Yet that Is what la done, repeatedly by almost ovary young man who starts out in llfa. From bis father, his employer, from older friends, he constantly receive* directions which. If followed, would be invaluable. They coma from tha experience which these mac have dearly paid for. Tbey are Invaluable. Yet youth it unheeding, and the advice it almost Instantly forgotten with the result *hat the recipient has te learn from as experience as expensive aud often as disastrous as that of the man who counseled him If you are a young man you are fortunate. Almost any of your elders will give you sound and sensible adrloe?advice which you can follow to your own profit If you will. You can learn by the mistakes of others. Instead of by your own. You can plot your own course from a 3hart vrhloh has been made by those who haw gone before you. You will be wise to do it. Your own experience la a good teaeher. out It Is an expensive teacher. Far better listen, and listen carefully to the pilot who has traveled the same sea you must travel, and knows where the rook** are. ?oroe young men <lo this, and all of them who do so succeed. Remember thut. and you will be nftvad many grief*. many losses, and perhaps final and utter failure. And when you are forty, and nowhere, you will not be repining that you can't start the world nt twenty-one with your present knowledge n B B U BBBBbbii 5f? ON MONDAY. |S AT OUR STOR in BISCUITS. FF m g| SOLD BY THE jjp The biscuit w (US jn? and will be servt as thereof, and ren ajJ U K brand of flour yi you a most attra |p Flour jj OUR STOCK O ag . . 1 he best assoi The following |S D. J. COTTREI W. F. SHERWC 5rfl * S. ( '^jj EGA DEMOCRAT Something to Think About By F. J. WALKER MENTAL EXPLOSIONS TF BY aoy chance you should fall into A tbc lamentable habit of becoming truculent, lavish, ill-humored and sharp tongue*! in moments of trial, take & new tack and bead straight for the delectable port of good-will. Nothing is more detrimental to the Individual happiness and success than mentai hysterica, whether they be of a i mild or severe form. Often, in spite of hloiaoif. the victim of peaelouate out; bursts Is plunged into a sea of trouble from which he cannot extricate himself without loss of friends and selfrespect Men and women have fallen from high estates by allowing a burst of anger to sweep them off their mental | balance and been taught a very trenj chant orlnciple for future Judgment and s? tlon. In most cases, however, too late to be of any u*e to them. If you will look about you. you will w ui?n among me sao-raeon an<l forlorn. eking out a bare existence 111 a lowly station from which they are unable to rise because of their unfforernabie spirit. When an automobile has been wrecked by a careless driver It serves as a warning to others, but It falls to restore the car. Just so do foolish persons who have ruined their life prospect* through Impetuous impulse serve as ^amlngn to the observing and thouyktfuL And yet the world goes on. a large part of It unmindful of what is taking place under Its very eyes. The true eoncbision ts obvious: If you will apply the exj>or'?noe- of other* to youreelf, profit by their follies and hold your spirit in check when it Is about to burst forth into n ^iolant quake, yon will have nothing , to fear. To the man or woman who can control h!< or her action In the vital moment the world Is willing to yield lis rich** The eves of employer* ever watchj inc such men and women, taking note l of their worthiness. Such persons do not have to hrg for i opportunity or advancement. Ir met tors of art. intellect and self| restraint they are alwa\s at home. j mil-- i 11u-inseives m every new or | human endeavor. confident that they S can "make good." even when opposing J trlr N heat hardest against them in their darkest night AND TUESDAY OF COl E IN BOONE AN EXPEI 'ESH FROM THE OVE! BOONE HARDWARE ( ill be made from one of on ed without money and wit rember that we are prepar ou may desire. We bu} ctive price on large or smal F FEED STUFFS OF AL rtment of Grass Seed to be \ merchants in the county -L. Boone, N. C. )OD, Sherwood, N. C. \ i-aa jr. tbb a "THE HOME OF RIIOD.V fit MOXO the Ho?tt names which have been under discussion app*iers one name which {9 not generally recognized a? belonging to the list It is Rhoda, the graceful Greek name, which has completely lost its Identity under Importation and is now regard| ed &s purely English and American. , The name signifies "Rose." It is taken j from the Greek word for the flower. It was apparently transplants io- ? tact to English shore?, as there Is no record of Its evolution from a Greek ' root. The RohaLs which appeared in France ard named the wife of Gilbert c de Gaunt Is thought by etymologists to have arisen froci the Latin "hros." nteaning fame, rutbe: than to have been taken from the flower. Indeed. n?o?t the derivatives of the feminine name. Rose, are believed to have rftmn ffrttw ?h(t ani'^'o Thus Rhorla is almost unique In her place and slfiUdc&ace; likewise It bas ne^er suffered contraction. The ruby l? Bhod&'s talismanlc gem. lt pf>fwes3eK the deep red color which Is likewise her talisman, and promises her the fulfillment of her ambitions. bodily and mental health, and poise of bee ring Tuesday Is her lucky day and 5 her lucky number. S 6r wheUr r*%.) YpuR'5 ^r| HAND fOimi TW! Mm3mm hfliMMS w 1 Mlere m ftm ha Tow fafaa CARRIAGE AND MOTIONS OF THE HAND#. jxjTTHILE the character! sties, tfnYV icicles, propensities etc., of & person may be read best from he lines, the mounts ;ijd the signs of the hands. uK taken together ana to each ussigned its proper significance, much may also lie learned from the manner In which the subject carries his or her bonds und moves them. For example, when the person is of mi open, frank nature, he wil! have 1 | little to conceal, and will open his t hand or palm freely to the gaze. The < hand of one whose thoughts and life 1 ; need concealment will close more or f leas tightly, and the fingers will en- ^ deavor to hide the palm, as it were. Note. therefore, whether the subject * seems hent ou hiding his j?ahn. even * before he knows thai he is under oh- | 1 cervntion. .iial deduce thcrefrotu a se- s cretive nature. 4) l?> Wht?Ur Syodlctu, Inc ) m : JRT, SEPTEMBER THIRI BISCUIT MAKER VVI1 V OF AN "A! .URN'S PRC COMPANY. irmost popular brands hout price. What we want ; ed to furnish you this or in large quantities and thu 1 lots. '*Nuf Ced" We are 1 L KINDS IS FULL AP> found in the county. Your 1 ll- a: l i / r uanuie 11115 same urdnu or r N. L. MAST, Mast, N. C N. M. CHURCH, Mable, ERS& .GOOD FLOUR" PACE THREE THE RIGHT THING at M* RIGHT TIME Br MAR7 MARSHALL DUWEE SERVANTS Let ?v?ry m?kn mind him own b'iatieaa.?-0?rvant??. T^HEKB is a certain type of who thinks, always, that brusque J teas, even rudeness, to the servant* o<. il? friend* shows familiarity with tha| raya of the world. Let ub hope that hese persons are chose who have had tttie chance to get about, little chine* v uuu^i' vriui muTC nug iagvi uyw hings should be don*--that they ar* hose who have never had servants of jb?w" own, and have had few friend* vho numbered servant* among thei* yossessious. SoDHtixna*. unfortunate* y, we meet women who have always >een used to servant* who yet have in overbearing attitude toward th* ervnuLs of their friends. We always ;u.^ect that they gossip with their iwn servants. Now. In the big cities, at least, serrrnts resent an appearance of fr1 endUlast of a too Informal sort on theit imployerx' parts. In their relation a* wrvaut, especially where they bars ipACialleed, they wish to assume * leferentlai manner, Jo*t a* they wish :o have their employer* assume a directing manner. That ia part of Ui| fame. They expect the same treafr nent from their employer*' friends. But there la a manner, between one >f overbearing haughtiness and on* q4 wter.tatlous frlendllnesa. that the weU>rea man or woman assumes to M4 Wend*' servants. And It 1* really only lie outward manifestation of a klndljf ronsiderution to othera, whatever theaj 'ank or walk la life. To begin with, always gree* youi Mends' servants. If you have visited he house often enough to know them, ""-U W1 nivuuun km "UU1V ?C!iV, that is, if you are a week-end giiesfc n a house, and the roald brings a Sefr ;er to your door before breakfast, say 'Good morning, Jane." And always bank them, simply, for services reotared. If yon call frequently at 6 ior.se, and tbo same servant always insvvers the door, remember e simple rord ^f greeting then. Never ask favors of your friend^ lervants. either when you are visltlnf n tlielr homes or when you might he ihle to make a convenience of them &i loin* other time. (<?> by McClure Ne* apaper Syndic* ta.? o MHEiW ? J BStt V H 8 B m ) AND FOURTH I I. SF.RVF. HOT ^CESS" RANGE S3 n i?3 L~J=r| Ml i you to do is to eat r-^ a= almost any other ;.?S S ;re fore can make i? headquarters for 3TJ rS I Trv /-^/Mnini r"T?r-> IL> CVJiVirLL I t ^ trade is solicited. jug lour. m In n. c. i m CO. 3 1 |P
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