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PAGE TWO :HE ASH2VILLE GAZETTE-NEWS Tuesday, Jdy 21. i; , if h .1. -i :: MM I, . ANIGHT OFTERROi - Peculiar Experience With a Dead- ly Mexican Tarantula. PENNED IN A DARK BEDROOM. ' .... - . The Trying Ordeal Through Whloh a Woman Tourist Passad In a Hotol at Vara Crua Awaiting tha Bite That ' Meant Madnaaa and Than Death. The tarantula is math larger in Mex ico than In Italy. His four pairs of fuzzy legs, his speckled bulging belly. Ms abnormally fat head, armed -with vicious nippers and equipped with eight eya arranged in transverse rows, suf fice to All you with a wholesome desire to give bjm tha right of. way without ado. Owing to tha fact that he has an un welcome habit of leaving his own realm in the tropical Tinea to make sociable little visitations to the cor ners of your bedroom it had always been my custom to search every nook ; and. crevice of my sleeping room be . for retiring for the night Twice had . 1 seen native laborers, peons, in the agony of death due to a tarantula bite. So it was not surprising that this creeping thing headed my list of the many dangers to be shunned in Mex ico. I had Just reached Tera Crux from ; Mexico City, very tired, and decided to seek my room early in the evening, which, indeed, is the only snfe and proper thing for an unaccompanied woman In Mexico to do. That part of the dlligcnclas in which my room was located was evidently undergoing re pairs, for a pile of timbers was includ- r : ed in the furnishing of my apartments. ' i No particular reason occurred to me mby 1 should investigate this lumber, and. little realizing that it might shel ,ter lurking danger, 1 flung my weary head on the dirty pillow. But as 1 lay flnletly dozing off to sleep I suddenly heard a soft little noise, which one Unlgbt describe as a cross between a hum and a hiss. : As a precaution against the many "jTenomoiis things that creep and crawl even In the well beaten paths of Mex- Ico I bad made a careful study of the arachnids, to wblcb clans the tarantu las belong. I recognized that soft on- ostentatious warning tbut announced a roommate as undesirable as one could well wish. '..' Cautiously I stretched out my hand ' to .see If by cbiince there were some matches on the little stand near my bed. with the result that I knocked the - vunllghtPd candle upon the floor. That was enough for my mettlesome room mate: he had been personally Insulted by the noise, and suddenly in the utter "darbnoRs. that black stillness which ;ouf feels in u strange room, I detected a ulckerilng odor, the warning of the "anqry tunintula. 1 strained my enrs to detect the soft characteristic click that the male, the deadliest of the species, employs as a ..fancy frill to his malicious song. My .;7)lood chilled as I hesrd his muffled hum-click, buin-cllrk, bum apparent ly not three feet away. I held my breath. Incidentally my nose, and lay wondering bow long it would be ere 1 should feel bis big fuzzy feet sneaking up the side of my neck or before bis soft woolly body would light upon my face. It was not at all comforting to remember that one of a tarantula's ec centricities is to find his wsy to a point ''on the celling directly over the object . of bis anger and then to drop uncerv- Ymonlously upon bis victim. - It was the only time In my life when I longed for the bliss of ignorance. Would to heaven I had not studied tbls hideous horror of tha tropics I But I had. Moreover, I had seen the awful effects of bis worse than fatal bite, whose work of destruction was merci lessly long drawn out If the bite of a mala tarantula infects a large artery it throws the victim into " dreadful auto of erased nerves. The incipient stages of the poisoning are ac 'eompanled by accentuated melancholia, followed by a shattering of the mental ity. On gradually absorbing tha venom tha unfortunate subject reels and raves to a msd whirl until ba swoons from pur exhaustion. The tarantella, the graceful Italian dance so often de scribed la musical literature, derives its same from tbls hideous poisoning. AJI this and more darted through my mind as 1 lay there in the darkness wondering If 1, too, were doomed to die Uke a dervish. Aa tha night wore on the buzzing grew lesa sedulous. I lay motionless during tha thousand yean till dawn, which cams at last a divinely soft, bine, shimmering shaft of fight, which made things faintly vis ible. Cautiously 1 draw myself op to a sitting posture and craned my neck In a searching survey about my chamber of borrow There, Is torture worse than mine. bung my roommate, four of his Vgi pinioned beneath tha Umbers. There be sprawled, a maimed brt angry pris oner. 01s eight eyes winked ma a mil itant "Uood morning." and I forthwith returned tha compliment with tha lien aVr abaft of my hatpin.-New Ton ton. The Sasiaet Way. 1 want the watte of man; that's an I'm asking." asld tha "Tot as rot women" orator. Then." said a man aa ba arose to peak. "I contend it lent a vote thai tha lady waota. Jul aba baa to do Is to gat married. .Ladles' Home Jour ai Prefer fcs Kfre nnjuat gam, fo that bring grteC bat once) thla for ENERGY IN ATOMS Likened to Infinite Power In an . Infinitesimal Space. EACH ONE ISA TINY WORLD. If All Should Burst Their Walla at Once the Univarse Would Dissolve In an Instant A Magie Force That Science Is Seeking to Control. Do you remember when Aladdin had, at last got down into the cave under the tree, what inexpressible mar vels he found around him? But among all the riches of the cave there was only one little dust covered thing that was really worth the risk be had run, because it alone was truly novel and unlike anything else in the world the necromantic lamp that bad the genie for its slave. With that in his posses sion the poor boy was more powerful than all the monarcbs in the world provided that be knew bow to handle the lamp, and that knowledge came to him by accident I have Just been pondering over some statements by Jean Becquerel. the French physicist about the contents of the atoms of which matter is com posed, and they have forcibly recalled Aladdin's adventures to my mind. The interior of an atom is a little world infinitely more marvelous thau the cave that contained the magic lamp, and It conceals powers incomparably greater than that of Aladdin's good genie. To the scientific Imagination the in side of an atom is inversely as won drous as the starry heavens. It is in finite power packed into infinitesimal space. That, of course, is an exag geration; bnt this is a case in which one has to speak In Imposing figures, because the facts surpass all ordinary experience. "The atom," says Jean Becqnexel, 'is a closed world or almost closed, and It Is that fact'wblch constitutes its Individuality." This "closed world" of the atom Is so small that If we could Increase the powers of our microscopes a thou sandfold we could not render It visible, and yet that minute speck of matter incloses a "solar system" as elaborate as that of the great sun with its planets, and keeps locked up there an energy so colossal that the plainest statements of fnct that can be made about It seem like wild dreams. "The emanation from radium" fa substance whose atoms spontaneously give out at least a part of their en ergyt "is capable of liberating 2.500.000 times more energy than the most vio lent chemical reaction known." The world within the atom ordinarily behaves as if It had no concern with the world outside. It 18 sufficient unto itself. It is a little medieval China, with closed ports and insurmountable walls all round. Still, a very few atoms, like those of radium, have a tendency to communicate with the outer world by a kind of explosion. - If all atotns should burst their walls simultaneously the whole universe would be dissolved In an instant. The atoms that do disintegrate n from change to change. Within tbelr limits the foundations of mntter era. broken up; the distinctions of the fun- aatuental elements are confounded: things lose their nature and shift into other things; uranium gives birth to radium and to polonium; radium brings forth helium, and the last transforma tion of polonium that has thna far been observed is Into plain lead! It is like a transmigration of atomic souls. But tbls is not the onlv conseonence of the opening of the world of the torn. That opening releases eners-v In forms which we can recoirnii. and which some day nerbans we mav be able to utilize. Atomic energy Is the ma ale lamn that the Aladdin of science has found in nature's secret rave. One day Aladdin's mother foand tha rusty lamp where he had cast It said as useless and thought that she wonld polish It up. Instantly, at the first rig oroua rub. the slave of tha lamp stood bercre her, ready to do her bidding! The Aladdin of science has not thrown his lamp asld. lie knowa It Is fnll of magic. He is sure that If ha rubs It aright the genie will appear be- ror mm. but be baa not yet learned the right stroke. And perhaps after all it will be with him aa It waa with tha other Aladdin-accident will teacb blm the secret. When that dar cornea. If ever It does. there will hardly ba any limit to the transforming power of man over the world ba lives ln.-Oarrett P. Serrtae la New lork Journal. Warned Against Coffee. Once upon a time people wanted state wide prohibition of coffee. la bis book. "London In English Literature," Percy H. Boyntoa aaya of tba old cof fee bouaes: "Aa tha aomber of there Increased broadsldea appeared against tbem. Ona waa entitled The Woman's PetJtloa Against Coffee.' and It asserted that coffee drinking encouraged Idling and talkativeness and led men to trifle away tbelr time, scsld tbelr Chops and spend their money, all for a little base. block, thai, nasty, bitter, nauseous puddle waterr Transposed. Ila Then my welfare la of bo Inter est to yon) 1" he Not so mm h aa your farewell would be, Mr. Bmltbers. Mue toB Transcript i ji a ii i aa is aaaaaa We shall never find tha altoatloa where courses and eheerfnlnesa will aot avail mm mora thus repining. PARK SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC USE One of Their Important Fea tures Is Accessibility. . RECREATION FOR MASSES. Every City Should Have at Least .One Park Within Easy Walking Distance of a Considerable Part of Ita Popu lation. By FRANK KOESTER, Author of "Modem City Planning and Maintenance." One of the most Important features of a park system is accessibility. The greatest attention should be paid to so arranging the parks and transporta tion lines that the public may be pro vided with quick, cheap and convenient means of getting to the parks, for otherwise they lose the greater part of their usefulness. Every city should have at least one large park within easy walking dis tance of a considerable part of Its population, and its other parks should be within easy reach by surface or other lines of transportation at a single fare. River and island parks should be reached by bridges or by boats operated by the city. In character, the parka of a city shonld be varied, those of small size, surrounded by buildings of architec tural Interest, of more formal character, that is, laid out on a regular plan, with walks, terraces, avenues, lakes, foun tains, Bower beds, statuary, ornamental electroliers and other features of a similar sort, than those situated in more distant portions of the city. The V t V w - aantaaV- -as aCBLOSS PLAZA, BABLSBtrra latter should preferably be of a' more rural character, primeval and undis turbed In general effect. The main park of the city may par take of both these characteristics, por tiiius being adapted for one purpose and portions for another. Appealing to a large class of nsers. it should therefore contain a number ot features calculated to make It an interesting place of recreation for the people. The entrances to socb a park may be ot a monumental character and there may be in It a central mall, laid out In a formal manner and flanked with statues. I'rotuenades and walks, large flower beds, botanical gardens. tooioglcal gardens, lakes, with aquatic birds, facilities for rowing in summer and for skating in winter; artificial geysers, small streams and rivers with artificial falls, rock forma .Ions, by paths, innslc stands, summer houses, abetter bouses, drinking fountains, re freshment stands, concert pavilions. tennis and croquet grounds, wading pools for children, playgrounds with swings, carrousels and tba like. aun dials, ornamental bridges, free sing ing birds, squirrels and other small animals, driveways, bridle paths, res ervoirs, oliservstlon towers, decora tiro kiosks and other featurea all go to make aucb a park attractive to Visitors of all classes. An additional feature, which la very popular abroad, particularly in Uer many and Austria, and which could be Introduced by American cities In tbelr parks, though not!l Its advan tagee became familiar It would prob ably exdta some opposition, la tbat ol concerts to which aa admission la Charged. Socb concerts are given by orchea traa of tba finest musicians and are beld in hedged tneloeurea. The ad mission fees nerve to pay a large pan ot tha expenses of tba park, and also to ctclnde the rougher element ot park visitors. Another feature of tha continental park system wblcb Is of tba greatest usefulness and which undoubtedly adds to tba besltbfulneae of tha public by making tha porks and excursion grounds more attractive la that of bar Ing on sale, wherever tba demand may a tlst. adequate supplies of good food ai prices to suit the pocket books of aU. Tha city should erect tba necessary buildings, plaa the parka and grounds accordingly and lease tha privileges to competent restaurs ten ra. Boca build In as are also of use In the winter aa well aa la tha summer, when skttlng and sleighing may ba enjoyed and res taorants sod cos certs patronised aa well. , -H.s..ft4i , . i" ; i .aMmaiMUL aJfSSL A I a 15 V la" BiRTII OFJRIVER, How the St Lawrence, the Oldest In.the World, Was Formed. ITS BED WAS MADE TO ORDER. Nature Saved Thla Hist or le and Un changing Stream the Trouble of Cut. ting a Channel For Ita Course From i the Great Lakes te the Sea. What la tha oldest river in tba world? The St Lawrence. It la also ona of the few rivers that did not have to make Ita own bed and has remained unchanged since the very beginning of the American continent Try to think of a time when the earth waa covered by a moss of water, hot, steaming and often tremendously disturbed by tha throes of a globe be neath It that waa shrinking because It was becoming cooler. As the globe shrank every particle of the outside waa naturally pulled in toward the center, and tha hardening crust, which could not bo packed any more solidly than it was, had to wrinkle, sinking down here and bulging up somewhere else. After a time certain of these rising wrinkles, or folds, the thicker or flrm ar parts of the earth's crust, stood the strain and became permanent ridges. The oldest of them tbat geologists know and apparently the first that bulged up above the universal ocean and remained high and dry was the broad mass on which Canada now rests. It Is a part of the original crust of the earth, and we can see It today wherever It is not covered by newer rocks or soil just aa it crystallised and cooled out of the primeval molten ma terial. Thla mass formed a broad V from Labrador down to Lake Huron and thence northwestward to Alaska. On account of Its shape geologists can It the Canadian shield. It Is the oldest land known and apparently tba strong est, for there are no signs of any ex tensive changes In It (except the wear ing away of the aurface) since it first rolled tha ocean off its shoulders. Off tha eastern coast of this primi tive continent lay a chain of lofty Is lands about on the line of the Blue Ridge, the White mountains, the Maine coast and Nova Scotia. Between these islands and the mainland was a trough like apace that ran from eastern Que bec aouthweatward to Ohio. It was two or three hundred miles wide and filled with a shallow sea, and just out side tbe Island chain was tha great hollow that beld the Atlantic ocean. Time went on. For uges the strain ing and cracking of the shrinking globe, earthquakes, sun and frost pounding surf, running water, blowing galea. Ice all labored to tear down the mountains and carry the wreckage of rocks and dust away Into tba valleys and seas. In this way vast masses of rock la layers of shales, sandstones. and what not were laid down in that narrow, trougbllke sea between tha chain of Islands and tbe continent All these "sedimentary" rocks were soft and weak as compared with the solid old granites deeply rooted cu either side of them, and tha trough it self, a sagging fold, was a lino of weakneas In tba crust As tha load of deposits became heavier and heavier tbe floor of thla trough slowly yielded, and as It sank toward tha bested re gion below tbe underside melted and grew thinner and. thinner. Tbat could not go on forever, and aoon tba continual shrinking of tha globe and tha enormous pressure of the weight of the ocean became irre sistible. The Canadian shield was Immovable, so tba rock In tba trough began to bulge or crumple all along its length. Gradually, not all at onoa, but by aloW and varying movements, those folds were aqueesed op, which In tbelr broken and worn down form we know aa tha Appalachian mountains, Toward tbe south there was room for thla action to ba rather gentle and regular, but In tba far northeast th trough waa narrow, and tha soft rocks ware aet on edge, overturned and splin tered sgslnst tha solid continent Vary early In tha struggle a great fracture of tha earth's crust occurred hero along a curving northeaat and son tb west Una It left a deep and broad trench between tba crushed and displaced rocks of the trough and the granite shore of tbe Canadian shield Into tbls trench rushed all the Interior waters of tha continent draining away to tba aea. and tbe Bt Lawrence river waa born! There, no doubt It will re main as long aa tbe earth kaepa Its present form. At that time there waa no gulf of 8t Lawrence. The land extended out to a coast line that stretched unbroken from Nova Scotia to Labrador. Tbe present gulf la tha result of a alnklng of tho coast region. Mon of It ta vary ahallow, bnt a chart of . aoondlngs shows tba ancient river bed aa a chan nel winding out between Newfound land and Cape Breton to tha deep Youth's Com pi Dion, He Simply Asked. First ClubmanWelt bow are you) Second Clubman Erao so. perhaps Last week I thought 1 waa la for rhea Ottic fever, but Just managed to atave It off. and today a twinge la my left aheolder suggests well. It may ba neu ritis or First Clubman My dear rbsp, 1 didn't mean It literally, Loa doa roncb, ' A clever man tarns great trouble Into Utile ones' a od ttl tt Bona at all -Chinese rroterh , ' REFINED MIRTH and MELODY HARMONY PRINCESS TODAY THE Southland Comedy Four In a Complete Change, GALAX Tomorrow 5c and 10c. A Statement A STATEMENT by Wm. Johnston, Jr., relative to the sale of ROYAL PARK LOTS in West Ashevllle, (see advarUiement) In view of the practices that sometimes pertain at land auctions,' and of prevailing Impressions regarding such sales, I wish to make a plain statement about the proposed sale ot ROYAL PARK LOTS. Doubtless you have attended land auctions In the past. Perhaps you now view them with mistrust. Possibly you have been a bidder and havs thought that "sharp" schemes were used to raise the price on you. Per haps you have heard of "by-bldders,' of "cries in the air." of imaginary buyers and other questionable expedient. I want to assure you that such things shall not pertain at the sale of ROYAL PARK LOTS. That it will be different from any sale you have seen. That it will be full of Interest and exciting moments, yet free from trickery and efforts to rush you, v I have employed Mr. W. J. WlUlngham to conduct this sale, because I believe him to be a man of honor and integrity! I have Investigated him, and have gotten good reports as to his character and standing. It is a definite part of our contract that everything In connection with' the ROYAL PARK SALE shall be fair and square. "There will be no "by bidding", no false cries, nothing to artlfllcally inflate values. If you at tend this sale you will aulckly decide that it la "on the level," and that Mr. WlUlngham Is a man of his word, does what he promises and makes things Interesting. If you favor him with a bid it will be appreciated, and you will bid against legitimate competition and none other. If yov get a lot you will have the satisfaction of knowing that no unfair scheme waa used to raise the price on you, and that the previous bidder would be glad to take it at practctally your figure. You will not be rushed, worried, or tired out. Attend ROYAL PARK SALE. SEE Mr. WlUlngham. Study his met ods and straight forward ways. Then you will know for yourself that this sale is fair to all and thst the bidder gets a square desl. . ; ' Wm. JOHN8TON, Jr. NEW LOCAL PITCHERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED McKlnley, a southpaw, and O'NelL a right hand pitcher, who were sign ed several days ago by Manager Jack Corbett of the local club, were re leased Saturday afternoon. McKlnley waa from the Trl-8tate league and played with the York, Pa., team In that league, while O'Nell was from the Huntington, W. Va., team of the Ohio Btate league. McKlnley started two same here, last Thursday and Friday against the Bulls, but in the first game he allowed one home run, secured by Butts, and hit one man, when he was relieved by Ostemeyer. Then in Friday's - game he started again but thla time was yanked In tha first frame after he had allowed tour hits, two two-baggers and two sin gles, which scored two men. Conway went In as the rescue pitcher and won the game. O'Nell was never used and never appeared on the field in uni form. This leaves the pitching staff of the Mountaineers where it was sev eral weeks ago: Watson, Oatemeyer, Conway and Ferris, with Fortune un der suspension. He waa suspended for ten days In order to allow the new comers a show. 0 FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY We will continue to make our Gold dust Rubber Plate, a regular $15 set for $8.00 Note our low prices for a few days only, so call early and avoid the rush. $15 Set of Teeth $6 Best '22K' Gold Crowns, Heavy Bridge Work, $3, $4 and $5 White Crowns' . $4.00 Fillings . . 50c to $1.00 IDEAL - Opposite Palais Royal PAID Eugene Walters Fire Season Theatrical Hit in Mo. tion Pictures. Featuring TULLY MARSHALL And Members of the Original Broadway Cast. 5 Gripping Parts of 210 Big Scenes. 10c and 20c. TWO PRINCESS---Tomorrow GALAX Thursday IF YOU notice that some particular , person is a persistent advertiser in the classified columns, make - up , your mind that he is making money out ot it and write the moral of It yourself. Ladies Wear Pumps that yon aren't ashamed of. Our Overstocked Sale of fers prices and styles that will appeal to you. Come to day. , , BOSTON SHOE STORE , 30 PATT0N AVENUE PAINLESS DENTISTS 8tf S. XlAia STREET Over Zacrs II KOI 1 I U DAYS 10c and 20c TRYING ROBINSON i FOR KILLING NORTOE Boston, July The selection J a Jury began yesterday "for'the triJT Lawrence Robinson, charged with tit murder of Thomas J. Norton, a ft lice Inspector. Robinson, who u wanted In Grand Rapids, Mich, ot charges tf murder and Jewelry hery, is alleged to have shot Norto when the latter with several other fc. spectors, surrounded him In a saloot here on June IS. Phone your wants to SO!, t Building Lot FOR QUICK SALE ' ' FOB SALE The choicest corner lot In Grove Part naa a magnincent view ot tne aw rounding mountains, ia near the OoU club and opposite Grove Park's flnatj .w u..u j ... wri ated on the southeast corner tl r Grand avenue and Charlotte stwU frontage' on Grand avenue, 120 tn and 150 feet deep; frontage on Cbvi lotte street 127 feet For pries lot terms see Ray & Campbell Co., No. L Haywood. Phone 1281. (117-tt) Gold Crowns White " Bridge Work Choice For the convenience of those' who can't call during the day we will be open evenings till 8 o'olock. PAINLESS EXTRACTION Absolutely FREE! ' Out of town people have im presnions taken in the momiug go home with teeth same day. All work guaranteed 10 years. - r.-Cblld. V , , Tenef or wants to 101, V Phone your wants to lot. Pbona your wants to 111 Phone ! want to 102.
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