The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1935 Page: 3 of 8
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Important New Ciiapters
lition Gathers Mammal
land Bird Specimens.
York.—Aft ar six solid year* of
and still, son ami swelter, k» male airing
of the Whitney South Sea ex-
Ion which ha* been collecting
and other specimen* for the
•lean Museum of Natural HlBtory
South Pacific, William P. Coul-
eader of the expedition, ha* finally
aed to New York.
Dee 11)21), when Mr. Co.ulta* took
iianU of the expedition, sponsored
|arr.v Payne Whitney, find later by
Whitney, he has cruised more
25,(100 miles In the South Pacific
rd the “France,” a 75-ton auxiliary
oner, and visited some 50 Islands
Island groups. In the course of
visits, he collected about 10,000
Unions of birds, mammals and rep-
for the American museum plus
ml thousand insect parasites and
75,000 various kind* of shells,
uring the past three years,» Mr.
|ltns was accompanied t>y his wife
created a sensation among the na-
on many Islands who had seen
white men and'tervfcr a'<whlte
ban. ,1 .. > ,■ •
wording to f, Tfubee Davlsop,
|Ident of the' American musetito,
the Whltniy *fkfuth -Sea expe-
pn during almost a 4Wide and
of ceaseless research and explor-
|n In the south seas, has added
pteM of untold ‘value td man's
pledge of natural history, partlcu
bird life, In that remote section
Hie world.
Many New Specimens.
Ir. Cotiltas contributed about four-
spedmens toward these new dls-
ferlos—mainly lnnd Sbirds—during
six years he headed theexpodl-
. Chief among these is a type
jpgapode” from the Nlnl^o Islands
(picer ihing about this strange bird
that it was first discovered and de-
Ibed by Bougainville, one of the early,
inch Pacific explorers, and ha< not
seen by an Ornithologist since,
ere has never been a series of this
Id taken previously—a drrib-colored
Ih fowl as big as a hen, anu its chief
|hn io fame is thajt ft lays a 3^-Inch
knottier bird collected by Mr. Coul-
ls the “DJnhn,1 native name of a
1 not unlike our barn owl. It Is
tut! inches tall and has a peculiar
Jh-pitehod cry that sounds somewhat
a trattle officer's whistle.
erenced this owl. They say that when
It cries, some one will die. And should
anyone kill one of the birds, that la a
sure sign of death.
“By sheer luck I
the
a fe-
r.M.v time In the Admiralty Group Is-
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p is," said Mr. Coultas, “was a diftl
Dt one. The natives were -surly, ar-
pant, treacherous—the most difficult
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i found in the whole South seas and
to their laziness and cunning they
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ke of no assistance whatever. A
ML®'
sc in point Is the Island of Manus,
lore very few whites have ever visit-
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the Interior. Here we were practi-
Hy ordered ‘out of the hush’. But
^ AMl
( wanted tb get a *I)Jnhn.’
“From generation, natives have rev-
ar)l
CC Workers Find 1
had obtained
seai oast, ~imr-r~wiir
about 15 miles Into the Interior in the
middle part of the Island of Manus to
Investigate some chalk cares where I
was told I could find more of this par-
ticular species. I arrived on a Friday
made a camp and began my hunt In’
the chalk caves. The old chief of the
village accompanied me the first two
days. His name was Duwal, from the
village of Metnwarl. He was friendly
but unensy. Hunting these owl* was
defying the gods.
Natives Art Surly.
One Sunday, for some unknown rea-
son, the old chief became suddenly !H,
and on Monday morning, when 1 set
out on another trip to the cavps, I
found that he was lying unconscious In
his house. This wtis about six o’clock
In the morning. I toent to a cave alpn^
and' dbtained • a- beautiful male. I was
highly elated. bu$ my Joy vanished
when I returned to jeamp about a :B0. I
was horrified tQ hear the death wtall of
Hhe wtmrbn: nWho bad died? I learned
soon enohgh-^-it was the old chief. The
natures were far more surly than they
had been heretofore—almost threaten-
Lofit Graves Yield
Bones of Soldiers
Arras, France.—Once bloody bat-
tlefields, now flourishing farms and
busy factory sites, still are yielding
the hones of soldiers from unmarked
graves of 20 years.
Many of them are Identified to be
sent home to rest In the village
churchyard. Often a pencil, a watch
or a ring Is the uieuns of naming
the "Lott In Action” lists. Uniden-
tified bones are placed In a common
charnel house with a last brief ab-
solution by the village priest.
A corps of searchers, divided Into
teams of three, Is pacing off nearly
every foot of earth whers battle
was known.
!Oor
8 hours were
comfortable because the natives gath-
ered around our camp lu drgyes, and
one even attempted to awuujt us. We
were vastly relieved when we succeed-
ed iu getting a runner idawo to the sea-
coast for some Of the ooast dwellers to
puddle us down the river usd take us
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Tlie Whifhey expedition had no un-
friendly lilts with the natives, but
there were time’s when Coultns had to
proceed with tactful diplomacy. This
was especially tlie ease in the Admir-
alty islands whefe he found the natives
surly and irritable.f He laid the blame
for their disposition on the climate,
poor food and. the congested conditions
under which they live,
“Double Candles”
Not Modern Ide^
In Use Centuries Ago, and
Have Heal Decorative
Distinction.
Candles which burn st both end*
•re not purely fictitious. They are a
recognised type of candle which has
been In existence for over four cen-
TvirleS. Today Wr inT enjoying w
revival because of their unique char-
acter and the oddity of the caudle-
sticks they require.
Originally, candles whUh burn at
both end* were taper* of a more del
Irate rite than our ordinary candle*
They wore bent, while still pliably
soft until each end Was s tip of a
symmetrically shaped loop like a
horseshoe minus the Inward cuKe at
the ends. Probably It was .thpught
that one candle would .serve as two,
with the l«l>«r of fashioipng hip one,
for the two-ended wick candle really
performed, and doe* today, the.func-
tion of Iwu candle*, , .
Whether or not this style of erne,
die1 was originated in Scotland; thefe*
I* plain proof Af Its being um*V there,
for no less a person than the fwfoe-
mer John Knot *h*d thvnv fn hi*
quaint and charmjng old house In
Edinburgh a two-tlpi»ed candlestick
forms part.v pf the Turhlsh!ngsx It
stands on the iqsnffil^ce la tin- din-
ing room. The taper wus held Iu a
curved candlestick which supported
the curved cniu)ic securely In posi-
tion.
Probably these curved candles
would tm very much more in evidence
today than they are.wvre It not for the
deterrent fact that candles which hum
at both ends do not last as long as
two separate candies which require
no more wax nor wick. With the nat*
ural thrlftlness with which ths Scotch
are credited, this truth would be
nbundnnt reason for abandoning the
taper of two lights In favor of ths
longer-lived candle of a single flame.
Today, with machine-made . rvn
•lies of couqiarntlve cheapness, this
thrlftlness doea uot have quite the
•'eight Iji candle furulshlnfs. Kspe-
clally when there la such pronounced
decorative dlatlnctinn In both the
candlestick and the candle of two
flames. Also the double fight with
the single stick has Its advantages
when *tmce Is n consideration, even
In such small Items u» mantelpieces.
The application of tlh term, "burn-
ing the cnndle st both dint*,” to per-
sons who use Up their vitality by do-
ing more than their energy permits,
Is easily recognizable. Those who
work early and burn the miijnlght oil I
In order to accomplish tasks they ajv
portion themselves, or which they |
feel they cannot do In the ordinary
working day time, ar»> tit subjects for
the saying, they burn the cnndle at
both ends. They cannot he cx)»ected
to last as long as those who refrain
from auch overwork.; .
The renaon why the two light cnn-
dle bums rather fast Is that fhc |
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warmth of each flam* softens thw-
wax In the candle opposite, and si**. «
ns each end hums down the wag ,
melts rather than burn* fn the WiA •'
ter. Today, If before lighting ths
two-flame candle, It la pat In thS*Pfi*‘**
frlgernlor for • few boors, it wlU ri i
so chilled that Its existence will Ml *•»
lengthened. This Is true of all c*a-
dies.
C n»H Syiwlirst* —XVNl’ Servlet,
Ashes of Joricho ',w"1
Ona of the novel experiences «f
tourists to tlm lloly Land Is tb#
privilege pf utcklngMip a handftrt *f*-'
the ashes of Jericho. The exact out-
line of the old walla are now well *•
defined. . * . oiug
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'for Eyes Irritated
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V |[ To Sun Wind
Wi1 and Rust
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Here’s an Odd Way to Make a Living
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SWELL CONTROL TODAY -
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THE ARMY-00WN,
IN TlXAS ONE
NIGHT THE HORSES
STARTED MILLIN'
'ROUNO IN THE ‘
-■4.iUC0«RAL ANO —
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When yachtsmen at Santa Monica, Calif., want,4imiX'4UMfi|0i‘H laid at the
bottom of the harbor thfcy engage the service of Lhsrq FWatier and Frank Quinn,
young college students, who have thought up this ort<|way to pay their expenses
In school. Their entamnran anchor puller is 18 feet long And Is profiled by an
Outboard motor. It has a lifting capacity of oh^half tdU.
Barch Aided by National Park
Service Maps.
(Washington.—Fortifications used by
|ei|('b troop* In the siege of Torktowo
been locatfid •>>' BMfnbers of tb"
'llinn conservation corps working on
e site.
I Wlien the CCC started work at York-
("ii the fortifications had been oblit-
fated by farming operations and their
fart location wa* In doubt. Maps of
r bistorical staff of the national park
(ivice had Indicated the fortifications
J°l>ably ran perpendicular to the York-
Inmpton road.
[TVorkTng on that Information, the
men ran test trenches through
TTri'-,« imrullel to the mad.—Polnts
In " ore uncovered which by soil strnt-
leation and signal of disturbance Indi-
?ted they, once had been dug out. B.v
Pnneeting the points whole lines of
f'nches were identified and now are
flog reconstructed.
A* a result of the CCC work and
chnical advice of historians It was
ossihle to locate not only the first po-
ti°n of the French grand battery but
also the first of a series of parallel
trenches u^ed by—the French in their
ndvancp^bn Cornwiikis.
The historical siafT V'the (>ark serv
ice 'believes the fortifications tirst were
cphstructed by British ,'forces for the
defense of Yorktown when it wras
learned that the combined French and
Continental troops were marching on
the Important colonial seaport.
September 2D, 1781, however, the con-
tinental-forces pushed toward the York
river. They were surprised to find that
the British had deserted the outer for-
tifications and had moved back to the
inner trenches Immediately above York-
town. By order of General W ashing-
ton the atltrs took possession of the
abandoned ground.
man of the school board. Mrs. Hessle
Wfilet won thfl Thjcdtb'n as member
of the School’ board ‘find her daughter,
Jessie, the Jown librarian, Is now a
library trkMee. ,
FA YOKED BY HITLER
STALIN TELLS THEM
I • ?. Stalin, dictator of Soviet Itns-
P’ In characterliticf po*e a* he de-
F*n' « speech during the second AU-
Wnn Congress of Collective Farm
tock-^orker* In Moscow.
Farmer’s New Fox Alarm
Proves Its Efficiency
BryantvlUe, Mass.—Willard 8now
has become the Kdlson of this little
town with bis new fox alarm.
A crafty creature has been stealing
Snow's poultry and .evading capture
with ease, so Snow put his inventi\e
genius at work.'-
Up tied a string to the foot of a
dead duck and ran the line through
n window to the table beside his bed.
where hi fastened It around a tin can
full of pebbles.
The other night the can went rnt
tllng across the floor, and Show, shot
gun In hand, made a beeline for the
hep coop. He found a fine red fox
had Invited Itself to a duck supper.
Now Snow has the brush to show
for his new alarm.
Town Election Turned
Out to Be Family Affair
New Durham, N. H.—'The town elec
here turned out to he a family
the 2fl elective officers, 14
five families.
urovec vj. Hayes was elected as
selectman and moderator of the school
district, while his wife won the office
of town clerk. The offices of moder-
ator, auditor and trustee of trust funds
went to WalteV H. Milter.
was made <Merk of the school district
Hah Berry Is town treasurer and t.*
collector and his wife Is « '|hr«r>
trustee. Nel«on Berry was elected a
member of the board of 8’1l'(‘rvl"<’rH'
while his wife was selected as chair-
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Trick* Fail to Help in
Case of Dog Ownership
Cincinnati.—In an effort to settle a
court suit over the ownership of a
beagle hound, Judge Samuel Bell had
the dog brought into court here, but
the canine was too full of tricks to be
of any aid.
One claimant of the dog aald .bis
name was Colonel and the other aald
it wna Bud. When the first Josepn
Bourgeois, called Colonel the beagle
came and at hla command did tricks.
Then the second, Paul Marlscben.
called Bud, and the bound responded
also and again did his tricks routine.
Judge Bell finally decided the case
would have to be settled strictly on a
Wai basis. After taking this te*tl-
^kdij he awarded the dog to Mari-
sener
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Heth, H. Hardy. The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1935, newspaper, May 23, 1935; Aransas Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth803715/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ed & Hazel Richmond Public Library.