FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922 THE BREVARD NEWS,-BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA REBUILT BY BENEDICT MONKS On« «f th« OidMt of English Abb«y« Again Opwi lU Dof% Buried iif^e heart of Devon, be tween Buckfastleigh and Ashburton, «t a place called Buckfast, a yerj old abbey is on the verge of reopen ing its doors, London Answers says. For many years a body of Bene dict monks hiv« been busy rebuild ing what is perhaps one of the oldest monasteries in Great Britain. The vexy early history of Buckfast abbey is unknown, so the date of its foimdation will always remain a secret^ but documents that are at present in existence prove that it was before the coming of the Nor mans. A grant l^y Canute of the manor ol Zeal Monachonim is the earliest authentic document now in the pos- •ession of the monks, and it is re- <»rded that this -abbey was occupied by monks until the time of the Bef- onnation. ^ In 1538 the il^y was suppressed and for over three hundred years thfe buildings were in the hands of pri vate individuals, until in 1882 the monks of St. Benedict of La-Pierre- qui-Vive of France bought the site. When the monks again took over the property the buildings were made up of a modem house which had been built from the ruins of the original wall. None other* than the monks of St. Benedict have had anything to do with the rebuilding of this abbey. ZERO EQUALS ZERO Boy—^Does chewing tobacco ppoil joor teeth? Old Man—^Well, IVe been chewing for fifty years and I have all the teeth I was bom with. LAKE OF BEAUTY The legend of Iracema, princess of the Tabajaras, in Brazil, is a tale of the northeastern state of Ceara, and of Martim Moreno, who mar ried Iracema (in the story), anil who (in history) founded the colony in 1611. Iracema leaves her people and her high place hmong them, and goes with the white warrior; she fights by his side aj^ainst her own broth ers. While Mai tim was away on the hunt Iracema used to swim “among the white herons • 1 the red jaca- nans,” in Lake Turangaba, called ever since the Ijake of Beauty, be cause it had bathed tlio most lovely daughter of the race of Tupan. Why is the land cf beach and for est where she died now called Oeara ? From the ara, parakeet, that sings in the tree above the place in the river bank where Martim left her. THAT MUCH SETTLED “Uncle, what did that mule try to do to you?” ‘‘I don’t know, boss,” said the old negro, who was feeling himself all over to find out where he was hurt, *%ut de minute dat mule h’isted his heels I knew he wam*t tiyin* to do mfe no favor.”—^Birmingham Age- Herald. MOST PRIMITIVE OF BIRDS THE MUSIC LOVERS •*Why do you go to the concerts if you don’t know anything about music P* "I like to watch the faces of the people who don^t know anything either.”—Fliegende Blatter. TIME TO VISIT MOTHER Mrs. Green—The doctor has or dered i^y husband to^^p smoking. Mrs. Wyse (from experience)— Better visit your mother for a few weeks, my dear.—Boston Evening Transeiipt. A MATTER OF FIGURES Blackatone—^Why did you fire that young bookkeeper ? CouldnM; he balance his accounts? Webster—^Yee! ’ '^t he starts^ t goggle them 1—^Ne^ ’'ork Sun. Th« Hoatzin Haa Many Charaet«ris- tle« Linking ft With the R«met« Past. In certain restricted portions of northern Sou^America lives a bird known as the noatzin. It is a fairly large, moUled black and brown in color, and with a conspicuous crest ; of long, narrow feathers on the head. ^ In British Guiana the hoatzin is I confined to short stretches of scrab- by growth along the banks of slug* I gish savanna streams. This limita- J tion of range is due to the fact that it is a very weak flyer and cannot sustain itself in the air long enough to bridge long gaps between patches of scrub. This failing would long ago have resulted in its extermina tion if it hod not been held in bad repute as food by the natives, the alleged unpleasant odor of its flesh causing it to be tabooed. In Guiana it lives in thorny trees, which give it protection against other enemies than man. Of all known birds of the world the hoatzin is by far the most inter esting to the evolutionist, observes the Detroit News. Closely confined in a favorable environment, the 3'ears have touched the hoatzin but lightly. It remains the most primi tive of living birds, and retains many characters tfiat link it with the past. no WORRY OF CIVILIZATION Care-Free Pigmy Indians of Border of Colombia and Venezuela Alwayii Jolly. No one with authority, no appar ent government, no ceremonies, no religion, a carefree people, always smiling, jolly, with nothing to be jolly about. * These are some of the main char acteristics of a newly discovered pigmy race of naked red-skinned South American Indians, four feet high, who inhabit the mountain border of Colombia and Venezuela. Details of this strange tribe are given in the World’s Work by nrnrvte P. Bush, who, with a party A' il prospectors, were the first wIp; * men—with the exception of a ^‘^•lnish padre—ever seen by the Of the world outside they know nothing and have no curiosity. The bow and arrow is their only weapon, carried by the men wherever because they never go any where except to get food. Wading into tlie water they wait for a fish to hover near, then, like a flash, they pierce it with an arrow. cXPLANATION OF <*BLUE BLOOD** Two explanations are given of how the term “blue blood,” to de scribe a person of aristocratic de scent, came into use. One is that it merely was borrowed from the Spanish, where “sangre azul” liad long been used to denote the aris tocracy of Castile and Aragon—per sons who traced their pedigrees from ancestors who had never inter married with the more swarthy Moors, who had at one time con quered Spain. The other explanation is that it was founded upon the noticeable fact that families which for genera tions have not had to “rough it” in any way develop fair skins through which the veins show blue, whereas families who for long periods have had to work hard physically, dp'-cLp thick skins through which tLj blue veins cannot be seen. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE “Rastus,” said the judge stemly, “you are found guilty of having sto len two chickens from Mr. Bobin- son^s coop last week. The fine will be-$5.” Smiling complacently, Rastus ap proached the clerk of the court and laid a $10 bill on the desk. “Yessuh, jedge,” he said, “so Ah gives you ten bucks which will pay you uj? and includin* nex' Sattidy night.” UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN One of the elevators of the Wash ington monument at the capital is in charge of J. i’>. Evans, who has been on the job for forty-two years. The distanc' he has traveled up and down the shaft would be equal to three trips l r mnd the world. Ethe- -N( '•ou r T. 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