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THI GASTONIA GAMTTI TUESDAY, FEBEU ART 3, 1920. . Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, tn 1915 the world held Its breath, note with horror. The Zeppelins had swooped down, over Whitby, on the ' ooast of ; Yorkshire, A cry of ven geance wenf up when It was learned that half of the ancient abbey of Whitby had been destroyed. Founded tn the seventh century. It was Hilda's abbey. The majestic ruins through all the ages could be seen as you climbed the quaint little seaside town of Whit ty. Its red-tiled houses seeming to lead directly and only to that abbey on the heights. : HIlda was a princess of the blood royal, but early dedicated her self to the religious life. King Oswy pive her a grant of land and she erect ed the celebrated convent, or abbey, ef - Whitby. Of her sanctity and of her learning the men in high places in church and state who sought her ad Wee and prayers attest in full measure. Caedmon, the earliest English poet, tarried in the monastery for monks which 6he erected near her own con vent to reform the religious life of friars. The famous council of Whitby was held in the monastery. Could not the Zeppelins have spared the sacred and almost perfect ruins of a holy spot like Whitby abbey? Chicago Journal. Indications are , that, while the lea has increased, the ctiier fifties have probably deci cased. . i The Islands composing the; reserve tipn are Laysut l-shunl. Ocean or Cure Island, Pearl and Hermes reef. Lysla skl or Tell Island, Mary reef. lowett reef. Gardiner Inland. Two Hrotliers reef, French Frigate lionl, Netker Island, Frost shoal and P.lrd Island. CHILDREN OFFERED AS BAIL Pueblo Strikers Seek Release Wives After Mayor Is Beaten. of ' Increased Use of Coffee. Whether prohibition has or has not tncreased the use of coffee, it Is at least a fact that the people of the . United States are now consuming more coffee than has been their custom and are paying far greater sums for it than ever before. A sta lenient by the Na tional City bank of New York shows that the quantity of coffee brought Into the United States In the calendar year 1919 will probably be greater Minn ever before, notwithstanding the fact that the cost Is about three times as much pound as formerly. The Import for the ten months ending with October approximate -1.140.000,000 pounds, against 940,000.000 pounds In the same months of.lst year, and 1.122,000,000 pounds In the corresponding months ot 1917, the former high record years in Importation. Reorganizing Chilean Army. " Announcement of plans for a fur her reorganization of the Chilean army has recently been made by the minister" of war. The plans nre to operate along three distinct lines. First, an organization of a number of civilian bodies Is tohe made for the purpose of stimulating interest in and development of military aero nautics. Second, an attempt is to be made to Increase the standing army to 28,000. Third, a number of military railways are to be -hullt which are to have strategfc chnrAVter.' To aid in bringing about the latter number of .Japanese military rail road authorities have been retained. Pueblo, Colo. Children a surety for bail is snniipiin;: new in Colorado. Five women were umong those ar rested here following a riot In which Mayor Mike Studzlnskl was knocked down and severely beaten by striking steel workers. Husbands of the wom en made frantic attempts to obtain their release on bonds, saying they needed the women to, "keep the home fires burning," and one man, who could Dot raise the $200 bond required, took his three little children to the police station .and offered to leave them In custody as surety for his wlfels ap pearance In court. The offer was re fused. Later the women were re leased on a cash bond o? $1,000 given by the strike committee. The rioting followed, the attempt to reopen the Minnequa steel mills, closed since July. Austrian women stoned the workers who tried to enter the plant. NUTS BROUGHT FROM CHINA Shortage of Texas Supply Makes Necessary to Import Large Quantities. It Marshall, Tex. Peanuts are belni? Imported from China by a Marshall oil mill owing to "the Inadequacy of the Texus crop to supply the demand for peanut oils. Several coiisijirmieiils already have been received from Shanghai, tin? nuts having been grown In Shantung. The foreign peanut Is no hotter than the nntive product, according to local oil men, but they come already shelled and therefor" are more easily and less expensively handled. The Chinese mils are about the sie of the ordinary Spanish variety. Gasoline Locomotives Now. Gasoline locomotives that are safe to se in Wial mines' have been Invented In Enrlard, their Ignition taking place Inside of tight boxes and their ea kaust through water. by ' Many Still Re.ic .. .ns. Charles Dickens h is (..en ruled out class of 1 the younger literary critics as a decided hack number, but the statement by his British publishers that during the post three years the ale of his books has been almost dou bled seems to refute that idea. Some of Dickens' novels sell more than 50, 000 every year, ami he has been dead forty-eight years. His sales during the last ten years have been larger, it is asserted, than those of uny three nov elists put together. Invents Typewriter on Which to Write Music Wichita. Kan. Will Kansas wonders never cease? A type writer on which one can suc cessfully write music Is the in vention of II. P. Flauth, a com poser of this city. The machine Is said to have U)5 characters which can he wrllteq on. below or above the staff. The typewriter differs from the ordinary model only in that the printing surface vt the roller is flat. - Flauth Is understood to have w'orked more than IS years on the Invention. RUSS REDS SELL CZAR'S GEMS Lenine Government Trading in Hol land Through Germany to Avoid Blockade. Three ! landed Clock DJal. A patent has been granted for a de vice featured by a sort of three-handed clock dial to indicate the day of the week, day of the month and hour when man absent from his office will re-tarn."'...;' Needs Human Sympathy. The Eldorado Times moves that a few kind words he strewn in the path f the man whose wife is squaring up lot of social obligations by giving a eries of parties. Kansas City Star. -'Bouquets for Patti The bouquets iltrowu to Mine. Pattl a the occasion of one of her farewell appearances In Purls tilled eight carriages. Amsterdam, Holland. The Lenine government fh Kussla, balked by the world financial blockade from sending money ahrottd for propaganda purpose-", now Is conducting an extensive truffle in confiscated .jewels through Germany to Holland markets, accord ing to the Handels'hlad. which com ments oti a charge that the com munist member I.isser of the Am sterdam council offered the Itussinn emperor's diamonds for sale. ' Seed Sprouts in Boy's Ear. Klondike, Tex. Kver hear of a hackherry seed sprouting in a boy's ear and trying to grow a real tree? Well, such tilings happen. Two years ago the nine-year-old son of j. R. Moore, a' farmer near here, w hile eat ing hackberries In a tree on the Moore farm got one of the big berries in his ear. In a short time the seed sprouted and the lad began to have trouble with bis ear. A specialist called found that the sprout and the seed, while de cayed, had roiued the hearing in that ear. The rotted part of the and the sprout were removed. BIRD BREEDING PLACE MENACED ... ' ' - Most Remarkab'e Refuge in the World in Danger, From Hunters. MANY , RARE SPECIES THERE Bird Reservation Is Under Control of the Department of Agriculture Protecting the Birds There is Precarious Business. Washington. Sticking out In the Pacific ocean 000 miles beyond Hono lulu Is a group of little Islands, the largest not more than two square miles in area, and several of them barely rising above the waves at high tide. Yet on those islands are many hundreds of thousands of birds and among them are at least six species not found anywhere else in the world. In 1911, one of those species was rep resented by six bird.; all that were left us the sole means of perpetuating the species, and they concentrate! on a single little island, where one man might kill them all In one minute's shooiing. That species the I. ay sail teal has fortunately increased until there are, by estimate, thirty-five- Individuals. For the United States department of agriculture, for a few years, has con trolled the islands as a bird reserva tion the Hawaiian Islands reservation, It Is called. But protecting the birds there Is a precarious business. The possibility has existed always that one or more of the rare species might be wiped out In a day. Albatross Destroyers Arrested. By way of ' illustration, this: One day In 1909 the crew of the cutter Thetis found an old shed absolutely plied full of albatross wlrys. A warch revealed the fact that 23 plume hunt ers had landed on Laysnn Island and had killed at least .".00,000 birds. The men were captured, taken -to Honolulu, and formally arrested. Siace that time there Is not known to haveeen any repetition of such depredations, iiut It Is always Imminent. Just now many fishermen largely nationals of countries other than the United States nre extending their op erations from Honolulu out to the re gion of he bird reservation. Landings on the Islands nre constantly immi nent, and such landings would be a menace to .one of the most remarkable' bird-breeding places in the world. The bureau of biological survey, having direct charge of the reservation, Is calling attention to the fact that dis turbing the birds on Laysnn or any of ..the smaller Islands Is forbidden, and announcing that the reservation will be protected, by whatever means are .necessary, for the benefit of all the peoples of the world. Laysnn, the largest of the group, is one' of the most westerly of the Ha waiian Islands. It has an area of about two square miles, and within It. con forming generally to the coast line, Is a large lagoon. This Island Is one of the most populous bird-breeding places on the globe, literally hundreds of thousands of birds resorting there to lay their eggs every year. Specialists of the biological survey call attention to the fact that the ostensible occupation of fishermen does not mean that men may not be very destructive to birds. The great auk, they recall, was exterminated by fishermen. The rarest of all the sneeles that exist only in the Laysan group Is a duck-like bird, excellent for food, and therefore most likely to be shot by fishermen. 'Rare Birds on Island. The species that nest there and no where else are the Laysan teal, the little Laysan rail, the Laysan honey eater, the Laysan finch,, the miller bird (a small warbler), the Hawaiian tern, and the Laysan albtrtross. Other spe cies that nest principally on Laysan and adjacent Islands and would be in danger of extermination If molested there, are the red-tailed tropic bird, the black-footed albatross, the gray hacked tern, and the sooty tern. The number of individuals of the ex clusive species in 1911 were estimated to be: Six of the Laysan teal, perhaps 100 of the miller bird. y)0 of the honey-eater, 2,000 of the rail, 2,700 of the finch, and 180.000 of the albatross. k Cheap and Pretty Horn. One of the most interesting exhibits at the British Dairy association, show as a : four-room cottage, complete, with large entrance hall, carriage paid to the nearest freight station, priced at $875, The house Is made of asbes tos a compound of asbestos and ce ment and the manufacturers describe it as "weather-proof, vratproof and darapproof." A charming little week end cottage of two rooms Is offered st $375. Primrose Legend. , The primrose an oracle In love affairs. Let youth or muid pull the flower, ami, after cutting off the tops of the'staineus, lay it in a wscret place. Let youth lreimi through the night of his sweetheart. L'pon looking at It the next day. If he And the stamens shot out to their former height, suc cess will attend; If not, disappointment. keep Rats Out of House. All rat boles should be stopped up with metal or plaster mixed with broken glass. The house should be built so that rats cannot gain an en trance, and no rubbish should be left about Human Discontent, now does it happen. Maecenasthat no one is content with that lot in life which IK? has chosen, or which chance has thrown In his way, but praises those who follow a different course r Horace. Farm Lands If you want to sell a farm-we'H sell it If you want to buy a farm-we'll get it List your property with US ' S. Q. McGRAWr& GO. Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds GASTONIA, N. C. 112 W. Main Ave. Phone 745 GAZETTE WANT ADS PAY TRY W IRO S ig White Sale Watch for our page advertisement in Thurs day's Gazette. ' - This big yearly event begins on, Friday Feb ruary 6th at 9 o'clock, and will continue through Saturday February 14th. Come every day, it will pay you. . 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