The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 141, Ed. 1 Monday, August 19, 1935 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
SUCH IS LIFE—Hard on Father
By Charles Sudiroe
Marvelous Life Is
Led by the Oyster
Changes From Male to Fe-
male and Back Again.
London.—The curator of the aqua-
rium at the London zoo is' astonished
to find how little people know about
that luscious bivalve the oyster. So
with the aid. of Doctor Orton, head, of
the British government survey at Ply-
mouth, he writes a romantic biography
in the Observer of London:
“The oyster starts its life as a free-
swimming organism, keeping itself
afloat and moving in the water for
about a fortnight by means of the
cilia, its fairy-like paddles, in energetic
motion. Gradually its developing shell
becomes heavier, the weight becomes
too much even for its most strenuous
efforts, and it sinks to the bottom or
until it touches some solid object.
“On its luck, for one can describe it
In no other fashion, at this stage de-
pends its future existence. Landing on
mud or soft sand, its doom is sealed
and many millions of oysters In this
fashion perish annually.
American Experts' Ways.
“For cheapness and for ease of de-
tachment of the developing oysters the
American experts have lately used the
rectangular cardboard egg holders
from egg boxes similarly coated with
lime and sand.
“Once settled the oyster has literal-
ly nothing to do but eat and grow.
Its one occupation In life Is: to strain
gallon after gallon of water through
its filtering mechanism, which retains
the minute food organisms'and passes
them on Into the mouth of the animal.
"Its one protection against its en-
emies is its hard shell and the ability
to keep the two halves firmly closed
by the adductor muscle. Crabs, how-
ever, can break It open. Starfish may
either pull the shell apart, or by means
of a convenient arrangement, when the
oyster is too big and strong for this
Junior Champion
Mavis Freeman, winner of the 100-
meter free style national junior A. A.
U. championship at the title meet held
at Jones Beach, L. L
operation, and equally too big to swal-
low, they may evert the stomach and
engulf the unfortunate oyster, until at
last, compelled to open its shells for
fresh supplies of oxygen, it is attacked,
weakened, and finally destroyed by the
digestive juices.
“In its second summer the oyster
jreaches maturity, and it is with the
investigation of this period of Its lire
that Doctor Orton has been chiefly as-
sociated. The oyster is not a hermn
phrodite, nor is it propagated by di-
vision. It is bisexual; but any one
oyster does not belong to one sex
throughout its life.
Transformation of Sex.
“At first maturity the oyster func-
tions as a male. Within six weeks
of that time it may be a female car-
rying a full complement of developing
embryos. When these last are ready
for the free swimming stage they are
discharged into the water, and the par-
ent, its duty done, again becomes a
male and goes into a resting stage
from which it will not emerge until
the following summer, or, possibly, a
year later than that, when the cycle
is again repeated.
“Unlike the eggs of most fish, the
eggs of the oyster are fertilized within
the body of the parent, where they are
retained until the developing embryos,
of which there may be a million or more,
have actually reached the form of small
oysters. They are not, however, im-
mediately extruded into the water, but
first spend an intermediate existence
in the mantle cavity of the parent,
where they may continue to develop
actually in water, but under fully pro-
tected conditions.
“At first, unless examined under the
microscope, they resemble a milky
fluid, and to those in the trade tiie
oyster is then known as ‘white sick.’
As the shell develops, the mass be-
comes gray, and then dark, when the
parent oyster is described as ‘black
sick.’ At the end of this stage the
young oysters are literally blown Into
the water, thereafter to fend for them-
selves.”
Volcanic Ash From Kansas
Kansas supplies more volcanic ash,
used for abrasives, scouring powder
and soaps, than any other state—and
never had a volcano.
Texas Syndicate to
Hunt Pirate Gold
VVallisville, Texas.—Pirate gold
has lured searchers to Lake Char-
lotte to raise a ship that was sunk
more than a century ago.
E. II. Sherman, local resident,
found the ship and interested a sal-
vage firm in the report that the
boat was laden with gold.
Operations have been started to
raise the 70-foot vessel from 16 feet
of mire. Work was retarded, how
ever, by recent high water, result-
ing from heavy rains.
AMAZE A MINUTE
SCIENTIFACTS ^ BY ARNOLD
Water and air
priction/
A boat moving through
THE WATER AT IOO MILES PER
HOUR MEETS THE SAME RESISTANCE
THAT AN AIRPLANE FACES AT
1300 MILES PER HOUR.
BULWARKS OF
CIVILIZATION
by
LEONARD A. BARRETT
Among many bulwarks of civilization,
three are here especially mentioned.
Civilization has al-
ways acknowledged
its debt to educa-
tion. In this coun-
try we rightly boast
of our colleges and
public schools.
In almost every
small town the most
pretentious building
is the public school.
Where little money
is available for oth-
er public buildings,
funds are always
ready for the
school. In spite of
the depression the splendid work of
our educational institutions, even
though curtailed, is worthy of our
hearty congratulations. The enroll-
ment of scholars has been very large
and the efficiency of instruction of a
very high order. Many of our teach-
ers sacrificed much in order to remain
at their posts of duty the past few
Practicing on Oscar
WNU Service.
“Oscar the Dummy” is an important
institution at the bureau of investiga-
tion of the Department of Justice in
Washington, for the “G-men,” and the
police force students there use him as
a target. Some of them are here seen
inspecting the bullet holes in Oscar.
years. “Knowledge is power," and we
Americans well know how true that is.
Any person who has visited the mag-
nificent building in which the Supreme
court of the United States is located is
impressed with the spirit witli which
the law is regarded in this country.
There may he some persons who have
no regard for law, but the majority
regard it with genuine respect. They
recognize that where no law is en-
forced chaos and confusion reigns.
Blaelcstone said, “Law is the embodi-
ment of the moral sentiment of the
people." Again he said, “Good laws
make it easier to do right and harder
to do wrong.” “No people were ever
better than their laws.”
We should'not forget the tremendous
debt our civilization owes to science.
We do not mean abstract science,
which has no practical relation to hu-
man life, but the product of our scien-
tific laboratories. In medicine science
has prolonged human life and eased
much of its suffering. In the field of
mechanics it has given us the automo-
bile, radio, television, airplane and
many comforts of the home at a com-
paratively low cost.
These are only some of the bulwarks
of our modern civilization. There is,
however, another picture! These very
forces which make our modern life
what it is, may become dangerous and
even suicidal. Knowledge is like dyn-
amite, the more one knows’ the greater
is the capacity for crime. The law,
majestic as it is, cannot enforce itself.
The best it can do is to punish the
violator. Science can manufacture
poisoned gas and weapons of war as
" ■ 'mobiles and antitoxins.
Civilization is not an argument or
an accumulation of material values. It
is Spirit and Life. Its stabi izing factor
is Personality which expresses the
idealism of those who sacrificed life it-
self in defense of our liberty.
© Western Newspuper Union.
Letter Box Lore
What of your mail box? Whether
it reposes close to your doorway or
high and dry on a post beside the
road. It represents you in the eyes
of the world. If it’s dingy and dull
or rusted, give it a new coat of paint
to protect it from the weather and
make it attractive. If there is rust
or. the metal, be sure that it is re-
moved witn sandpaper before a new
coat of color is applied.
(^%c2iouseRofS
Ltjdia Le Baron Walker
'T'-iE person who travels, however
-I- short the distance, and by what con-
veyance; train, ship, auto or airplane,
finds difficulty in keeping frocks from
getting mussed and creased. It may be
inconvenient to get the articles pressed,
or to iron them yourself, yet there is
a hesitancy about appearing in dresses
that are not free from rumples. As-
suming that proper care lias been
taken in the pack-
ing, which care is
essential, let us see
what can be done
to restore the
frocks without
work or inconveni-
ence to anybody.
Fresh air press-
ing is a process
that is not under-
stood enough and
advantage of it is
lost through lack
of knowledge. It is
entirely minus la-
bor, yet the results
are amazingly goi.d.
The frock is put
on a hanger as
usual with the arms
of the hanger core.
Ing beneath the
shoulders. If there
are shoulder strap tapes on the under
shoulder seams, clasp them about the
arms of the garment hanger. This will
prevent the frock from slipping off the
hanger. Safety pins can be used, if
tapes are lacking.
Where to Hang Garments
If you are where it Is possible to
hang tiie garment on a clothesline out
of doors, do so, or on the branch of a
tree. These places are best of all, but
If you must >keep your garments in
your own room, suspend the hanger,
with its frock secured to it, near an
open window where the fresh air can
blow on it. The wind is an agent as
well as the out-of-door element. The
density of the atmosphere is another
factor. For this reason twilight, when
the air is slightly damp, is the best
time for fresh air pressing unless it
is the early morning. Cloudy days be-
cause of the dampness are good for
this pressing.
The wind will blow the creases out,
so a breeze hastens the work. Pre-
caution should be taken to bring the
frocks in the house, or take them
away from before the open window
before tiie dampness takes away the
crisp quality of the new, or laundered
textile. The fragrance of tiie fresh
air permeates the garments like per-
fume.
It may be Interesting to hear that
while I have been writing this story, I
have successfully restored three
frocks which were rumpled after be-
ing in the suit case during a motor
trip. The frocks are entirely free from
tiie creases and rumples, and are now
in the closet, and all the work there
was to restoring them was to put the
hangers with the garments on them
out on a clothesline.
. Help Health to Win
If you would rid yourself of suffer-
ing and come into the inheritance of
health, guard against allowing pa-
tience, valuable a virtue as it Is, to
supplant that other worthy faculty, in-
itiative. It is generally in small irri-
tating troubles that initiative is lack-
ing for the relief of pain. For example
a tooth starts aching. How many per-
sons have the initiative to'go promptly
to a dentist, even though they know
that ultimately they will have
to. They defer getting relief because
of lack of Initiative. Or it may be a
corn that is so painful that walking
becomes a misery, not a pleasure. Yet
relief can be gained sometimes by the
simple measure of using a corn plas-
ter, at least until a visit to a chiropo-
dist is made. Headaches, these com-
mon but none the less painful ailments,
should be ferreted out to find the cause.
The initiative required is small com-
pared to the relief that can be gained
by proper treatment.
In the matter of comfort persons
constantly let it pass them by just for
the lack of initiative. They would
rather endure with patience the dis-
comfort of tired feet rather than take
the trouble to get a footstool to put
beneath them. Instead of taking the
trouble to open a window or to shut
it, as it may be. they will sit either too
hot or In a draught. Such persons miss
the relief which they could have so
easily and which may be important in
more ways than the present physical
comfort.
I know of one family of which it Is
said, “They know how to make them-
selves comfortable.” They have easy
chairs and footstools, cushions and
comfort, and tlmy see that they make
themselves comfortable whenever they
can have the chance to relax. A doc-
tor seldom has to be summoned. They
have the initiative to see that those
under their roof-tree have all the phys-
ical comfort possible. Home happiness
is promoted when the proper initiative
is taken and when endurance is but
the final virtue.
©. Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Charming Cape
Molyneux works regal ermine into a
charmingly young cape with a rippling
flare at the back. It is lined with a
white and silver silk lame. The de-
mure little collar forms a V at the
nape of the neck.
Peach Bedroom
Peach is an especially pleasing paint
color for the walls of a bedroom. An
even lighter tint of the same color
for the ceiling and white for the wood-
work comprise a combination that
makes a very flattering background.
Largect Sun Dial
The largest sun dial in the world
Is in a yard in Macon county, Tennes-
see. It weighs over ten tons and the
shadow bar is 25 feet long.
Doll Envoys Arrive in Japan
Scene on the S. S. Asama Maru as “Mr. and Mrs. America,” two life-sized
figures representing the typical American and his wife, were welcomed to Japan
by “Mr. Fuji Nippon” and “Miss Sakurako,” the typical Japanese boy and girl.
The American dolls were sent to Japan entrusted with the mission of cement-
ing friendship between Japan and the United States.
snse Bi
©. Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service
If you can get a vacation, use it.
Go somewhere.
It may not be
Tims farther away than
Out the next town, but
at least that is
somewhere.
If you can afford the money and the
time, go to Europe, or South America
of preferably across the American
continent.
See people who have different man-
ners and customs than yours.
They may be strange and surpris-
ing, but it is useful to know that there
are other ways than your own, and
that some of them may be very good
ways.
If you can’t go any long distance
away, get as far from your job as you
can.
Don’t be like the laborer who, when
given a week off with pay, stood
around and watched his friends toiling
at their jobs, and was content to think
that for a time at least he didn’t have
to wield a pick and shovel.
Meet as many people as you can.
Talk to them. Get their ideas about
things.
*******
Our bodies often need a change. So
do our minds.
We get into ruts without knowing it
If we stay there they get deeper and
harder to get out of.
Find out what other people think.
Talk politics, if you can talk politics
intelligently.
That will lead to wider knowledge
of the affairs of the country you live
and work in, and will make you a more
discriminating voter when election
day comes ’round.
Everybody needs a perspective on
life.
It Kelps to meet people you have
never known or seen before.
♦*****♦'
You know what it means to get mus-
cle bound. Getting mind-bound and
soul-bound is far worse.
Somebody, Pqpe, I think, said some-
thing to the effect that the proper study
of mankind is man.
Take up that study. You will find
it more interesting than many of the
books you read just to while away
the time.
We all need change, variety. We all
need as wide an acquaintanceship as
we can get.
You’ll never get more than three or
four real friends, the kind that will
“go through.”
But you can make manv eongentai
acquaintances, who will t?.Vs ■“red titgv#
with you.
Step out among them. You'll he glad
you did.
*******
I am not sure that we are very
deeply indebted to Columbus.
In the first place
We’re All he went forth on
Debtors a Private venture.
In the second, the
Western continent would have been
discovered very soon anyway.
As the Englishman said after he had
traveled across the American con-
tinent—“It wasn’t so remarkable that
Columbus found America. Rut it
would hnye been remarkable If h*e had
missed it.”
The men to whom the world is most
in debt are first the men who pre-
served the Bible for posterity; after
that the long line of inventors who
have increased happiness by promoting
physical comfort and convenience.
Of these James Watt, Stephenson,
Samuel F. B. Morse, Edison and Mar-
coni are especially prominent.
None of these stumbled on their
inventions. They worked them out
carefully and scientifically. And they
all had in mind the fact that if they
succeeded they would be benefiting
mankind.
*******
I give all credit to the Wright
brothers, but Professor Langley and
a number of others had experimented
with flight before them.
Langley, had he lived a little later
when light gasoline motors were in
use, would have succeeded.
Indeed, the Wrights, not at all jeal-
ous of his fame, took the Langley ship,
equipped it with a modern engine and
made a flight with it.
You and I sit down and take all
these modern conveniences, and think
nothing at all about them, wondering
sometimes why progress is not more
rapid than it is, even if people can
now travel from New York to Los
Angeles on a regular liner almost be-
tween sunset and sundown.
*******
Why don’t we all do our part in
progress?
Some of us are lazy, some of us know
nothing of mechanics, some of us do
not even think about it
Meanwhile if you have some disease
that twenty years ago would have re
leased you from earthly troubles, you
can find a surgeon who will prolong
your life, while other medical men are
working to prevent many illnesses that
our great-grandfathers took lying down,
and stayed down afterward.
This is not intended to be a sermon,
but l really think that it would make
us a little more kindly and a lide more
unselfish if jee remembered all that has
been done for us by devoted men and
women, and remembered :i tvidioul any
hope of future favors from other people
who may do as much for us.
All that we car. do to keep up our
end Is to be grateful and appreciative
nnd a little more zealous In o-jr own
efforts to help our brothers and sisters.
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