TaffoHai Called
Port of Tragedy
Once Gave Promise of Be
ing Metropolis.
Washington.—Tai-o-Hai, island port
of ca.l of tlie liomewnr<l-t>oun<l l.'nlted
States fleet which lias been visiting
in the Pacific, is described as a "port
of tragedy’’ in a bulletin from the
Washington (I). C.) headquarters of
yie National Geographic society.
"Situated at the innermost point of
a horseshoe hay whieh furnishes a rea
sonably well protected harbor," says
tlie bulletin, "Tai-o-Hai, once gave
promise of being a Pacific metropolis,
a rival, perhaps, to Papeete, Tahiti
750 miles to the southwest. The town
oa N'tikahlv;!. largest of the Marquesas
islands, is listed as the administrative
seat of the French government of the
Marquesas; hut tlie honor is a hollow
one, for tlie Marquesans are rapidly
tlying off. Tlie hundred thousand or
more who peopled tlie eleven islands
a century ago have dwindled to three
thousand or ft.ur thousand.
Rosy Future Seemed Assured.
"When France took the islands over
in 1812 tlie future seemed rosy to tlie
white settlers who went there. The
islands teemed with superlatively
healthy, brawny natives. The rainfall
was abundant and vegetation grew
rankly. Dreams of exceedingly pro
ductive coconut, cotton and vanilla
plantations filled tlie heads of French
adventurers. Tai-o-Hai was built with
these dreams in mind, and stores, inns,
churches, schools, and another accom
paniment of civilization —u jail—
sprang up.
“But tilings did not work out as
had been expected. The Marquesans
did not care to become plantation la
borers. . They had led lives of ease,
spending their time in idleness, in
gathering nature’s fruits, and in war
among themselves. Some unscrupu
lous planters tried rutn and opium its
inducements to labor. They brought
a certain temporary success, but they
helped to bring a speedy end to all
hope for tlie survival of the Mar
quesan people. To drunkenness and
soddenness were soon added tlie white
man’s diseases—diseases whieh meant
little to tlie civilizations of America
and Europe that laid become largely
Immune to them, but which carried
off tlie Islanders like flies.
“Tai-o-Hai, whieh had waxed, ns
quickly waned. Today less titan 150
people live in the village, and there
is only a handful of whites. Aban
doned buildings are on every hand:
traders’ shops, dwellings, an inn, a
leper house. The once populous val
leys back in Nukahiva have been
abandoned to the rank growth; only
tlie half-smothered platforms on which
dwellings stood tell of their past use
by man. In tlie valleys not wholly
abandoned, the few survivors have
moved near the sea for neigliliorliness.
"Tlie Marquesas are in two groups.
Nukahiva lies in the northern group.
Seventy miles of ocean separate it
from the group to tlie south. It was
the southern group, discovered in 1595
by Mendana that was named Mar
quesas.
Claimed for America.
"Tlie northern islands remained un
known to tlie outside world for 200
years and were then ,discovered by an
American, Captain Ingraham, a skip-
Scorned Sheik Takes
Clothes to New Mamma
Oakland, Cal. —A youth for
whom police tire searching dem
onstrated a unique method of
squaring accounts, after a girl
had rejected his advances.
Jeunnie Yvonne told the young
man, whose name the police are
withholding, that she was "off
him like a wet bathing suit,” so
when she was absent from her
room a short time later, the
youth loaded a suitcti.se with
her clothes and left a message
•which read:
“Tills is a dose of your own
medicine. 1 have a new mamma,
who can use the clothes nicely.”
u,.,, u m .»*«■....•! ..! ■•lidding eiviied ..i ...i<«iivule. Venn., to tin* memory of tlie buys who "went west." This
Inauliful building, erected a »•<»,* of over .*2.000,900, was dedicated during a stats meeting of tbe Americas
Legion. It bouses tbe slate e:.. v.i\e offices of tlie legion.
per from Boston. He named them tlie
‘Washington Islands,' and they almost
became American possessions, (’apt.
David Porter of tlie United States
navy took possession of Tai-o-Hai bay
in 1813 while harrying British ships
in tlie Pacific; subdued the Nukahivian
natives; and proclaimed the Washing
ton islands territory of the United
States. But a mutiny of the ships he
Memorial to Ruskin Is Unveiled
Scene at the unvelling’of a memorial to Buskin at Chamonix, France. In
the foreground near the right is seen Ignace Paderewski, the famous Polish
pianist and statesman.
Corsica Off Base,
Sardinia Shifts
Both Islands Have Moved,
Says Cartographer.
Paris.—-Following stories tlwrt a new
island was about to appear at any mo
ment in the Gulf of Biscay, it is now
reported in the French press that tlie
islands of Sardinia and Corsica have
apparently shifted some ten meters
toward tlie east. Scientific investiga
tion of this strange fact lias been go
ing on for some time, witli Paul llel
bronner, cartographer, who started ids
career as an Alpine climber, playing
the role of island locator. Writing in
I.e Quotidien, Jean Cabrerets gives
this account of tlie wanderings of the
two islands:
"Helbronner first started by sealing
tlie mountain peaks of France, Italy
and Switzerland, and was not long in
discovering that tlie official map of tlie
Frencli Alps was far from being exact
as compared with foreign maps, which
were more precise. In July last he
embarked for Corsica, in order to see
if tlie isle of Cyrnos was still in tlie
same place that bad been assigned it
by the scientific geographers of the
last century. There are even some
doubts about tlie immobility of Cor
sica !
Accurate Tests Made.
“Some time ago, following investiga
tions by tbe Italian government, it was
announced that tlie two islands —Sar-
dinia and Corsica —appeared to have
moved tlie appreciable distance of ten
meters toward tlie east. M. Helbron
ner is now about to verify this. The
difficulty has been the uniting of Tou
lon, or the island of I’orquerolle, by
a direct imaginary line to tlie island
of Corsica. This line of view is no
longer impossible today, as it would
have been in past. From Cape
Corsica M. Helbronner succeeded re
cently, when tlie night was exception
ally clear, in distinguishing tlie power
ful projector which tlie admiralty had
installed on tlie till I fop of I.e Faron in
France.
ZEBULON RECORD, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1925.
left in the harbor pnt an end to his
plan, and the United States never re
asserted its claim.
"The Marquesas are of volcanic
origin. They are extrejnely rugged,
and, except the valley floors, there is
no level land in them, the observ
er from shipboard who sails among
them their sharp peuka. line behind
line, cut the sky like the bizarre moun
tains of stage scenery.
“A number of tlie smaller Islands
are now entirely uninhabited. Unless
some hardy race be brought to them,
it will not be long before tlie Mar
quesas will be left virtually as they
were millenniums ago, before the
Vikings of the Pacific, in their huge
canoes, came to claim them for man
kind.”
"One may count on tlie ingenuity of
this man, who, during many consecu
tive months kept wateli on tlie moun
tain peaks for the favorable moment
when tlie light permitted him to fix in
a direct line of view the two highest
summits of the Alpine range. His
observations were carried out on 7 3
different peaks and were verified sev
eral times by photographic and scien
tific appliances. Monsieur Helbronner
has all the necessary equipment with
him in Corsica, and it is now a matter
of awaiting the results of tlie tests
lie is about to carry out. His ealeu
lations may prove of invaluable inter
est to science. A triangulation of ex
treme precision may be aide to de
termine if certain geologists are right
in their assertion that Corsica, like
other lands, moves across tlie surface
of tlie globe somewhat like islets of
foam on a cup of coffee.
Similar Claims Made.
“Tbe German professor Wagner
brought forth a similar hypothesis
within recent years, lie affirmed that
tlie superficial crust constituting the
continents float above the central
fnagna of our globe. Continents and
oceans would therefore appear to be
but a floating drapery thrown upon
tlie body of tbe earth. And this cloth
ing seemingly become* torn at times.
Thus, still according to Professor Weg
ener, tiie edges of the continents Amer
ica, Africa and Europe should fit to
gether, if it were possible to join
them.
"It is obvious tluit it will lie less
difficult to observe the driving of an
island lik£xCorsica —if there is a drill
—when its actual position lias been
recorded in relation to the continent.
However, it is hardly probable that the
verification will lie fulfilled in our
iTme. Today it is difficult to say If
Corsica lias moved within the last half
century or whether it has been wrongly
recorded on the map by the early ge
ographers.
The HAPPY HOME
By MARGARET BRUCE
VAnVAhNWAWAWiVAtAn
WNU Servlc«
Stonework in the Garden
Next to the flowers themselves
there is nothing that gives so much
chnrm to a garden as a little rough
stonework, to my way of thinking. A
low, irregular stone wall against a lit
tle bank, two or three curving stone
steps around a bend, stepping stones
set In tlie grass, or a built-in pile of
stones holding n bird-bath In their
laps—all these add Immeasurably to
the garden’s lovableness.
To suburban dwellers such effects
are not difficult. Smallish stones are
generally to be d;ad. and the children
may drag them In a stout wooden cart,
which they may make themselves. As
to the builder of the walls or steps, I
know one office man who attributes
his splendid fitness and hard muscles
to the outdoor work he does around
his place on week-ends and holidays.
Autumn is the ideal time to get such
| work done. The air is cool and crisp,
! and one may work outdoors without
getting heated and perspiring. Then,
too, the stones got a sort of settled
look before next spring, and u hen the.
J new grass comes in March, it will
j grow up around the stones and make
| them look as if they hud been there
{ for years.
It is not only country dwellers who
j may indulge in decorative stonework.
I know a city back yard—the tiny
garden of a famous painter —that has
wandering cobblestone paths, a low
( stone wall with vines clambering over
| it, and a semicircular flight of stone
| steps leading from the house to the
j garden. He did all the stonework
! himself, in moments of relaxation and
I play, when he laid his busy brushes
down and went out to get some nius
] c-ular work in the open.
If stones are not to be picked up in
! your immediate neighborhood, a cart-
I load can be delivered to you at a price
j low Indeed for the amount of beauty
j you can pile up!
To Spend or Not to Spend
"I’m going to take you to luncheon
: at tlie Ardsley-Blenlieim,” said the
you n g matron,
feel her family a
what one lunch
eon costs her at
that gorgeous ho
tel. She goes
| there every now and then, just the
| same, I notice.”
“Os course she does —but only now
and then, you'll notice. And I think
she is quite right to go there occa
| sionaliy. You see. women generally
divide up into two classes —the ex
travagant and the economical. Your
j extravagant woman likes to wear the
| most elegant clothes, go to the most
| exclusive restaurants, and use a taxi
! instead of tlie street car. Your eoo
j nomlcal woman is miserable when she
j buys a really expensive coat, eats in
the cheapen of little luncliroonis or
j cafeterias, and would blanch at the
! mere thought of indulging in a taxicab.
"Now the trouble with both these
| classes of women is that they almost
never do the other thing. If the de
luxe lady would go once to a high
priced place to every five times at a
modest little tearoom, she would have
| just as good a time and satff* her hus
band much money—and perhaps some
| worry. On the other hand, the little
1 economical lady acquires a cheap out
i look after a while. She Is not qt ease
i in a really expensive place and doesn't
behave as. if she belonged there. She
| gets a middle-class, dull look by wear
ing only middle-class clothes and visit
! ing middle-class shops.
"Now I believe in being an all-round
woman, who Is at home wherever she
I goes. By having one good gown or
j coat, In which she feels well dressed
anywhere, she can now and then visit
the haunts of fashion and wealth if
only to know what it's like. But she
enn economize all she wants to on
house clothes, and In return for one
seat in tlie orchestra tit the opera she
can go ten titfles in the balcony to see
a play, and still not fee: Inferior We
mustn't get rusty and awkward just
because we can't live expensively ail
tlie time. You know the old saying: J
‘One can wear old worn shoes without '
shame, provided one lias a handsome ]
puir at home!’ if we feel at home in
a luxurious setting, we can gc cheer* i
fully to unluxurious places.”
• Copyright.)
Condensations
China has 207 steam spinning mills j
Silver was discovered fa NoVada !'n
1850.
Antoine Cadillac foun«i<*<l Detroit !?:
1701.
Tlie name Missouri signifies "Big
Muddy."
DeSoto discovered the Mis.Datpjil
river in 1541.
St. T.ottis contained 800 Irlmlu'auis
In 1775.
Carnel's-halr brushes are made from
the hair of the tails of equlrrels.
Ooromuralu
t t Buildma
Up-to-Date School Is
Vital to Community
Every patron 'of the public school
system owes an obligation to that sys
tem. If improvement in tlie schools
is not keeping pace with progress in
industry, in farm machinery; in gen- |
eral transportation, including roads,
type of vehicles, and the like, there is
something wanting in the school sys
tem, we may be sure. Even though it |
may be possible to set forth on paper
measurable and tangible progress year
by year, improvement must proceed
continuously and school officials and
patrons will be wise to form the habit
of looking backward over a period of
five or ten years to assure themselves
that improvement In school adminis
tration and practice parallels that in
other fields. A bulletin issued by the
county board of education of -Wilson
county, N. C., recently received In
the bureau of education. Department !
of the Interior, represents a fine piece
of educational publicity. It is an ac- |
count of progress from the school offi
cials to the school patrons. It shows
In pictures and in other ways the
changes that have taken place in the
schools of the county during tlie ten
year period. Among other accomplish
ments the number of schools has been ;
reduced from 57 to 17; school attend- j
ance lias Increased 64 per cent, while j
the investment in school property is j
nearly twenty times as great in 1924
as in 1914. One-fifth of, the children j
are transported to school in auto
trucks and 17 handsome buildings re
place the “shacks” of former days.
It is apparent that progress of this
kind representing improvement in
roads, in school organization, in ap
pearance and adaptability of schorl
buildings, cannot be effectively ex
hibited in an annual report. If, how
ever, a five or ten-year period passes
and no progress is noticeable, inter
ested citizens have reason to think
that there is something wrong with
their school system. Lack of develop
ment, inertia, is as serious in school
systems as in business nr industry,
School officials and patrons should
hold themselves responsible for rea- t
sonable and continuing improvement
Home Ownership as
Basis for Strength
Unhappily, the notion is still cur
rent among many people that four
walls and a roof make a house, but
they dot not make a home. Nearly
everyone has some kind of a house, a
place he hangs his fiat and calls home; j
it may be a place where he eats and J
sleeps, while he dreams of a home, a
place which he has made a sanctu
ary for his wife and children, and
where love and happiness reign su- I
preme. A home and a shelter are i
two distinct phases. But real homes j
with their Joys and their rewards were
never more within the reach of th#
young men and women of the com- j
munity than they are today. House
keeping, through the Invention of new
devices for household efficiency, has ;
become easier, aMKfreedom is great- j
er on the part of women, because of
the strides made in equipment and
labor-saving devices and knowledge, j
both of tlie importance of the home as
a factor in the social life and happi- j
ness of the community, and how to I
maintain it, was never so widely
spread.—Exchange.
Alabama Town Awake
Anniston has just Incorporated a j
new foundry company for the maim i
facture of gray iron castings of mis- !
cellaneous type. The company will j
employ 50 men and already has teirge j
orders on its books. All of which i* ;
an interesting news item to Alabama,
hut tlie most interesting thing about I
it to us is the fact that Anniston clti- j
zens subscribed all of the $15,000 j
stock necessary to create this new in- I
dustry, thus showing that they have |
faith in their town and its advantages
as a manufacturing center. It Is a
haldt that is making Annin ton citizens
rich. They keep at home all of the
profits of their Industry anil thereby
create permanent and lasting wealth I
for Anniston. —Gadsden ( Ala.) Times, j
Wisconsin Cities Zoned
Fourteen Wisconsin cities have j
adopted rity planning and zoning ordl
nances within the pust four years, says
Prof. L. S. Smith, professor of city
planning in the University of Wiscon
sin.
Professor Smith Jtm? prepared plan
ning and zoning ordinances for Apple
ton, Waukesha, nnd Oshkosh, two of
which have been 'adopted. The Osh- !
kosh ordinance is expected to be
adopted soon inasmuch as its'passage
has been Veconiniendod by tlie present -
city planning commission and various
civic bodies.
Tree Planting in Fall
Many trees shouldT*e planted in the
late fall nr Just qs soon as tlipy be
come dormant. Tills planting results
in better growth in the spring, tlie
tree rooting iri its new location bettor
than if moved after it lias begun to
shown signs of life. Very few types
of tree cannot be moved at this time,
and the home owner who is desirous
of adding to his landscape should not
put off his work too long before de
ciding upon the trees he wishes to
plant.
Lame, Tired, Achy?
Are you tired, lame, achy—worried
with backache? Do you suffer sharp
pains, headaches, dizziness and disturb
ing bladder irregularities? Perhaps i
your kidneys need attention. When ¥
the kidneys fail to properly filter the J
blood, body impurities accumulate and
cause poisoning of the whole system.
Buch a condition mav lead to serioua
sickness. Don’t neglect it! If you sus
pect your kidneys, why not give Doan's
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A North Carolina Caae
R. A. Hanes, car- -r. , n.-..,
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ville, N. C., says: VV L
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When a child is, constipated, has
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Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali
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tions for infants and children plainly
printed on the bottle. Always say
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