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Show (Oapirrlfkl. IMS. Nwtk imrtou . Xnptf AUUtaea.) - Gloucester Originated Schooner BmMm rmtiklBr tb eoaotry'i rKtK tlhlnr TllUr. OloaMrtar ir iMovnltlaa (or tb land-Men land-Men of tb word chooMr, now uaed to dal(nata ft typo of atlllns cm ft. It would bo quail r tlttin to lot tho world know by wbt whim It wu that Ita acbooiMra cum to bo ao najnod. It woa In GloueoMor that th word ortflnatod. Prorloaa to 1TII tho word wna unknown. Cnptmln Androw Roblnoon built voaaol which bo nuatod and rlnod In a pocullmr mannor. During tba voo-al'a voo-al'a launching, aa aba waa alldlnc off tha atoek. a byatandor ertrd out: "How aha acoona!" Tho cap-tain cap-tain Inatantly roturnod: "A acboon-r acboon-r lot bar bo! And tbua tho nama caink Into marina Toeabulary-Hcoon Toeabulary-Hcoon waa tba word aod la tba dialect ot that day to doacrtba .a kipping or aklmmlng motion and la of Scandinavian origin. a r7 th "wm"ann"hllato rT-Ity rT-Ity must ba a comodlan Bpo- . kana Fraaa. Where the . Ghetto Originated Tha Ohatto waa tba Jowlah quarter quar-ter ot an Italian city. Popa Paul IV In 165 aatabllahod tbo (hotto of Roma, and It oxlatod until III, whan It waa romovad to maka way for tba now ambankmant of tho Ttbor. Tho Jawa woro at ona tlmo cloaaly conflnod to tba aactlon of tha city, and wora not alio wad aut-tda aut-tda Ita Umlta unlaaa dlatlnrulahod from tbo Chrlatlana by waartnc, tho men a yollow bat, and tha women wo-men a vol! of tho bum color. Tba (hot to waa lncloaad by wall and tho (atea tbarato wera locked at nUTht. Nature Is the Cook In National Parks Free publlo camp grounds, with fireplaces for booking ead hat fur-aishsd fur-aishsd by aature, are among tta conveniences provided by the department de-partment of Interior for the camper In national psrka Is the rtetmly completed camp ground In Hawaii National park -ot only the fireplace, kul natural best also Is enrpMed. lhfs Is aeompilslted ay bulMing tha fireplaces about 104 feet from tke edge of the flrepot of Halemaumau. Over hot cracka cornea up bested air, free of gsa smoke or ashea sere a bulletin of the department of Interior. One of the advantages ef these "flrelssa cookers' la that they art alwara ready for the next meal. A recent party of thirty-five psreoas hsksd their potatoes, balled their coffee, and did all their seek-In seek-In I la the aatural flreplnoee. v Thla la a government ef law and order" Prehlbitloa - law and erder It from your bootlegs ger. Norfolk Virginian Pilot. Famous Slave Case Tried in America in 1837 The Prlgg case, la American buttery, but-tery, wae a famous Slav case tried In UI7. Edwerd Prlgg caused a fugitive fu-gitive slave-woman te be returned to her mlstreee. In violation ef a Pennsylvania etatuie forbidding tke carrying ot Bay aea-ro out of the tale In order to enslevo him. The caee waa finally brought before the aupreme court af the Vnlted ataiea. where It waa eontealed that the statute was uaeoaetttational. alnoe It conflicted with the national r- (rltlve slave act of 17M. Tbs opla-oa opla-oa waa headed dowa that the aa-t aa-t tonal law must be carried out ay tatlonal authorities alone. . . Remarkable Process of ' Steel Tempering Chopping a cold crowbar fato chunks with an ex and whittling a eteel rod late ehavinge with a pocketknlfe are made simple performancee through a process ef steel tempering that a) credited to two Investigator In tn state of Washington, in fact, a steel ax and pocketknlves that had beea tempered kv the process are alleged te have 'actually been made to perform these seemingly Impossible feats. The prorese consists In the use ot certain chemicals In water or oil la the tempering veeset It Is declared that any kind ef tool from a blunt hammer head te a keen-edged rnsor can be tempered ta a perfeotioa never before attained. As a general thing, the ten books a man enjoys most are the first ten. Baltimore Bun. Dodecanese Islands In Aegean Sea The Dodecanese are email Islands In the Aegeen sea. not far frem the coast of Oreece. and It Is because of their minuteness that they do not appear en ordinary maps Because ef the general Ignorance of the islands and their locations, Dae de Unlverelte, of Athens, a few yeara ago, offered a Rhodes Crown ef Laurels and 11.00 drachmas (a drachma Is worth about lt cents) te anyone writing the beet history of the Dodecanese from the time of Homer to the present. Al-thouah Al-thouah the collective name of the le-lends le-lends la confusing. Individually some of them are familiar Rhodes, Fatmoa. iraria, Cos Lores. In the Turko-Uanaa war of llll ther passed Into the possession ef lteiy. under whose rule they remained re-mained until 1130. when they were restored te Greece. Tke leleads are eomsletely Oreek. They have played a part la the events ef the world since the down of history and the earliest mythology of Sreeca. Large Oak Tree Reputed Hiding Place of Charter The charter eek tree was a tare oak tree nearly seven feet In dlame ter wbich formerly stood la tertfora. Conn. It I famous as ths traditional hiding place ot the Connecticut royal charter ia in 7 It had. eoeordlng te tredltlea, beea whisked away In the dark by a loyal colonist an hidden la the hollow trunk of the old oak. But two years later, when King James was deeosed, the charter waa brought from hs hiding place end was recognised by the new government la England as the lew of Consectlcut. Most ef the etory is historically true, but It ha never beea proved that the charter was kid en Jn ths old oak. Thkl honor was not attributed te the tree until 17. ever a century later. In lUt the charter oak slew dowa. It was computed te be nearly lew yeere eld. A section of the trunk Is still kept by the Connecticut Hletortcal eo-etety. eo-etety. Tke remainder wae cut la ill pises aad sold as souvenirs. |