THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1936.
PAGE SEVEN
ce Names take
STRANGE DISGUISES
Spelling Altered to Fit Way
They Are Pronounced.
Washington. "Every godfather can
klve a name," according to Shakespeare ;
but keeping a name, is often a prob
lem. Places hare a harder time than
people In reserving their names un-
Icorrupted, according to the Natlenal
KJeographlc society.
"If the spelling of names continues
to be altered to fit the way they are
(pronounced, descendants of persons
mow living In Gloucester and Worces
ter, Mass., and Sioux City, Iowa, might
even, .come to spell, them 'Gloster,"
''Wooster,' and 'Soo City,'" continues
the bulletin.
"English ploners in the United States
encountering French names frequently
pronounced them In such 'hot potato'
fashion that the original form Is scarce
ly recognizable. Thus Luray, Va., was
once La Eeine; Rickreall, Ore., wati
La Creole; Sallisaw, Okla., came from
Salaison, meaning 'salt provision.'
Names Are Garbled.
"Rivers, streams and creeks fared
even worse than towns and cities in
having their names garbled. In Ar
kansas, the Cheniin Couvert stream be
came the Smackover.
"Spanish names, as well as French
ones, have proved stumbling blocks.
Among the familiar Is Key West, Fla.,
evolved from Cayo Hueso, meaning
'bone reef.'
"Indian names have proved tongue
trippers. The Inudlan name lawl-
saqulk, 'middle creek,' for a village
and creek in Pennsylvania has become
Loyalsock. Connecticut Is the way
pioneers pronounced the Indian Quonok-
tacut, one Interpretation of which is
the river whose water Is driven In
waves by tides or winds.'
"Names are legion that have been
spelled according to sound. The pla
teau known as the 'aux arcs' by early
French settlers, later became Ozark.
'Aux Arcs' has been Interpreted vari
ously as referring to a French trading
(post among the Arkansas Indians, or to
bends in the White river, which flows
through that region. Yosemite Is an
approximation of the Indian name for
grizzly bear, 'Uzumaltl.'
'Slurring of combined names now
jitad then forms a new name. The
fswlft Rapldan river In Virginia Is said
to have been first called the 'Anne' for
Queen Anne of England. 'Rapid' was
Added, referring to Its current.
Blame Clerical Errors.
. "Sometimes a clerical error Is re
sponsible for an odd name. Glasco,
i Kan., derived Its name when a post
master mlspelled Glasgow. The classic
jej-ample of a place christened er
neously Is Nome, Alaska. Cartog
raphers applying epithets to places
on a map1 of Alaska ran out of new
jnames, and marked a cape tentatively
Name? A draughtsman mistakenly
'copied It as Cape Nome, and so It has
remained.
"While scores of place names ne
icome peculiar after being buffeted
about for centuries, others are odd to
start wltih. Among the queer ones
jGolaid, Texas, formed from part of
I the name of the Mexican hero, Hidal
jgo; and Yreka, Ca'lif., formed by trans
posing most of Bakery. Yewed, Okla.,
lis the reverse of Dewey, in whose
(honor it was named.
! "Another group of names are the
hybrid pieced together out of scraps
of several existing names. A well
known patchwork name Is Texarkana.
.Connecticut has Hadlyme (from Had-
dam and Lyme) and Wlnsted (from Win
chester and Barkhamsted). California
claims Callstoga (from California and
Saratoga) and Calexico. Kansas con
tributes its share with Grenola (based
'on Greenfield and Kanola) Kanopolis
! (parts of Kansas and Centropolis) and
Kanorado.
New Motor Fuel Better
Than Gas Now Being Used
Vienna. A three-weeks' Alpine test
I ... . t . 1
race proved to sausiacuuu ui uuiuun-
ties that the new motor fuel invented
bv Baron Alfred Coreth Is better and
cheaper than present liquid motor
fuels.
A gold medal was awarded Baron
(Coreth by an international commission
of examiners and the Invention has
already been purchased by a group of
English financiers.
The new substitute motor iuei is
gained from vegetable waste products
land from by-products of wood and coal
jdlstlllatlon. It to productive of a
I greater development of energy than
I fuels free from water, and only three
! quarters of the quantity of gasoline
I required for the game work is used.
' it is frost-proof and knock-proof and
may be used, without admixtures In
motors and carburetors, it is claimed.
Believe Chinese Wives
1 Joined in Suicide Club
Amoy, China. A wave of suicides
:in the past few weeks reached a cli
max here when the bodies of seven;
lyoung married women were found In
'a. nearby Wanchuan village. -,
All the victims were married and,
jwere said to have been dissatisfied
with their home life. Their death wag j
Iconsidered further evidence that
"suicide league" exists here and also
ln Hulan Hslen, ;
Historic Inn Sold for $1 ' - ' j
Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Garret's1
tavern, historical landmark here, once,
visited by the noted English author,
Charles Dickens, In bis American trav- j
els, hat been purchased by the Wyan-1
dot National Mnseum for L , , , . ,
LlihofNcwVbrlc
; , w by L L STEVENSON
Ramb'llngs and ruminations : That
West side district, hard by the water
front, that is said to be the center of
the dope traffic of the city. . . Sul
len little stores. . . Sullen groups on
corners. . . Conversations In ex
tremely low voice . . . Pallid young
men of the gangsters type . . . With
cigarets dangling loosely from corners
of mouths. . . Furtive-eyed women
lurking in hallways. . . A general
air of gloom and decadence . . . and
a policeman strolling along with bnrlse
and bross buttons gleaming. . .
Would like to have seen South street
when the booms of sailing vessels pro
jected over cobblestones. . . Covered
piers have taken muchOf the romance
away from the Hudson and East rivers
... Dark-skinned Syrians with wares
of many kinds. . . From here, they
spread out all over tiie country . . .
Two flashing young men conversin.c:
earnestly In Spanish . . . and a lad
with a guitar in the background . . .
Romance, possibly.
The modernistic front of the office
of the conservative Wall Street Jour
nal . . . Passport seekers entering
the old sub-treasury building . . .
and a group conversing in a foreign
language. . . In front of the statue
, which marks the spot whore George
Washington took the oath as first
'President of the United States. . .
Two forlorn musicians playing In a
tenement side street. . .Even their
tin cup is battered. , . A pitchman
selling dictionaries. . . The first
time I've seen that. . . Though the
streets of New York" are the vending
place of almost everything. . . A
photographer getting a shot of the
Woolworth building from the arcade
of the Municipal building. . . Must try
that some time myself. . . Those
stone columns should make an ex
cellent foreground. . . Gypsy fortune
tellers In gay-colored gowns. . . The
odor of roasting chestnuts. . . A sure
sign of late fall In Manhattan.
Sign In the Hudson tubes: "Um
brellas rented 25 cents for three
days use" . . . Wonder what happensi
In case the umbrella Is left some-!
where? . . . Maybe canes aren't so:
popular as they were a short time ago
. . . Because so many would be left!
hanging on bar rails. . . A workman;
trying to go through a Municipal build-'
Ing revolving door with a long board;
. . . That's a good trick If It can be;
done. . . Like that bank ad: "The,
most successful person today Is the
one who had foresight yesterday"
. . . But I'm against radio announc
ers who say "anxious" when they mean'
"eager" ... and if I could say "sec
retary" like an English friend does, I'd
think I was getting somewhere. . .'
Mighty fine to see Evy and Bill Fort
again after a year In Rome. . . Won
der where their next stop will be? ...
China maybe . . . and that's so darned
far away.
Taxicab passengers loaded down
with fancy baskets. . . A sure sign
they are just back from the West In
dies . . . and a safe bet there's at
least one jug of rum somewhere In
that cab. . . Mayor LuGuardla going
some place in a hurry. . . No novelty
about that. . . He's always that way.
. . . Mary Boland who turns in such
a grand performance as the Queen in
"Jubilee" . . . Anne Morgan who re
turned from Europe recently. . .
and is again giving her attention to her
numerous charities. . . Mrs Vincent
Astor, who is vice president of the
Musician Emergency Fund . . . and
a lot of musicians have been facing an
emergency for quite some time.
Like that story about the farmer
who arrived in town during a ministe
rial convention. . . At the hotel
where he intended to stop, a long line
ahead of him added D. D., Ph. D. and
other degrees after their names. . . So
when It came his turn to register he
wrote: "John Smith, R. F. D." . . .
and that one about the diffident young
man who couldn't propose to the girl
he loved. . . Because she was a
twin. . . and he was cross-eyed. . .
So he didn't dare take a chance on get
ting a yes from the wrong one!
Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
Hit Tate Are Simple
Alamosa, Colo. Annals of crime re
veal Icebox bandits, kissing robbers
and strip thieves, but Alamosa police
are searching for a bandit who, they
say, Is Just "plain dumb."" Breaking
into the rear of a liquor store here,
the thief passed up choice whiskies
and rare wines and took six pints of
the cheapest whisky.
Old Medical Fakes
Flourishing Again
Reno. Medical fakery again is
coming to light in western states
and public health officials are mov
ing to combat it.
The "handkerchief racket" has
been found flourishing in California.
An eastern firm carries on the cu
rious business of advising the sick
and afflicted to send them a hand
kerchief (together with a modest
fee). The handkerchief, says the
firm, will be blessed and returned to
the gender, resulting In the patient's
recovery. ,
Instructions are given the patient
that no food Is to be taken while
the handkerchief Is In transit As
a result one man nearly starved to
death, Ms plight being discovered by
neighbors,
' tt
Uhe OLD "GRENADIER" HOUSE
at NORWELL.MASSACHUSETTSm 1930
-SOLD FOR $500
-A RELIC OF COLONIAL
DAYS
-ALMOST A RUIN
-A DERELICT
THEN CAME THE MIRACLE...
THE OtO GRENADIER HOUSE WAS RESTORED, ENURGED.
AND MODERNIZED, F0R'$I350 - - CONVERTED INTO A
CHARMINGLY INVITING RESTAURANT AND TEA HOUSE
ITS NOW VALUE
JED AT $25,000
THAT 5 WHAT THE OWNER WAS RECENTLY OFFERED FOR THE
PROPERTY AND THE BUSINESS
THE ENTIRE RESTORATION WAS FINANCED WITH A
f MODERNIZATION CREDIT LOAN INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
Jl HOUSING ADMINISTRATION. ITS BEING REPAID IN
yNVlljNTJVICyjTHLY INSTALMENTS
A $25,000 PROPERTY FROM A
Keep Breeding" Birds
Healthy And Strong
The care and managament of
breeding birds is an important fac
tor governing the fertility of their
eggs and the livability of the chicks
secured.
Thus the future of a flock depends
a great deal on the proper handling
and feeding of breeding birds, said
C. J. Maupin, extension poultryman
at State College.
He gave the following suggestions
for poultrymen who are breeding and
raising their own chicks:
Keep the birds healthy and vigor
ous, provide clean houses, keep the
houses well ventilated, keep birds
free from parasites, change the litter
often to avoid filth.
Give the birds a clean yard and
range, avoid overcrowding, supply
green feed when possible feed milk
in some form, and provide oyster
shell or limestone grit.
See that the birds get plenty of
sunshine, and do not keep breeders
in service too long. The older the
birds after the first year or two, the
lower is the quality and fertility of
their eggs.
The heavier birds decline rapidly
after the first year, but the lighter
varieties ar cood for a vear or so
longer. If a bird is an exceptionally;
COOd hreedpr. it. mav Iia nrnfitnhlv I
, 1 j i"
kept in service for a year or more
beyond the customary service period.
Milk, alfalfa, legume meals, and
fresh greens contain vitamins needed
by the breeding birds. Cod liver
oil or some other source of vitamin
D tends to increase the hatchability
of the eggs produced-
From 10 to 12 pounds of grain a
day should be fed each 100 birds in
cold weather, but in the spring the
amount may be decreased.
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