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THE E A ST HAMPTON STAR, FRIDAY. APRIL 23. 1926 Forthe M e w s - R e a d the Star Every W e e k Genius Not Happiness On the use we make of our knowl edge. rather than the extent of It. de pends our happiness, says Dr. H. Douglas Singer In Hygela Magazine. A feeble-minded person can he happy and relatively efficient, while genius Is no preventive of unhappiness. The quality of our brains and their capacity for acquiring knowledge dif fer a t birth. However, for all types of men. with all qualities of brains, there Is useful work and happiness to be found. If we are trained to suit able habits and suitable activities, we may become equal In the degree of our usefulness and happiness. Humming B ird N o Singer The humming bird has powerful muscles which drive the wings In rapid vibrations. These vibrations cause the humming sound. Most of the’ hummers have no song, their only notes being querulous squeaks of wrath or fear. A few of the trop ical forms, nevertheless, are said to be slightly musical. The humming bird Is the smallest of birds, and when stripped of Its feathers Is not larger than a bumblebee. Trouble Lamp Held Onto Auto Engine by M agnet When making repairs or adjust ments on an auto engine a t night. It Is rather difficult to hold the lamp over the work properly. A handy lamp holder can be m ade from an old magnet, which can be picked up a t a l most any Junk shop. The m agnet will adhere to any Iron or steel surface, Old E nglish C ompany It Is known that the Fishmongers' company Is very old. but as Its a r chives w ere destroyed in the great /ire of London. It Is only certain through the charter granted by Edward III In 13G4 th a t the ‘‘mystery of fishmongers had g rants from the king's progenitors In ancient times.\ In the good old days, when Lent was kept with fish and fasting, the company saw to it that no unsound fish was sold in Bil lingsgate m arket, and punished offend ers w ith the stocks. With the Income from Its holdings the company sup ports three large almshouses, one of which Is Jesus hospital in Bray. Here “rooms w ith chimneys” provide fit ac commodation for forty old people, six of whom are to be the \most aged and poorest decayed\ persons of the com pany of fishmongers over fifty years of age.”/ A LITTLE BUYS A LOT Harris & Townsend Angora G oats As a. rule Angora goats are small, weighing from 80 to 100 pounds. Sometimes in the United States they weigh as much as 140 pounds, with en occasional one even heavier than this. Both males and females usual ly have horns and beards. The fleece weighs from 3 to 12 pounds. Ultra-Violet R ays Sunshine carries a maximum of ultra-violet rays in May, June and July because the solar luminary Is al most overhead. The rays, consequent ly, have less of atmosphere to pene trate than In earlier and later months when the sunbeams strike the earth at a slant. OW N E R S— L IS T YOUR PROPERTY W IT H US. IF SALABLE W E HAVE BUYERS. W E HAVE HAD NEW YORK CITY BUYERS HERE WHOSE RF QUIREMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN SATISFIED. AMAGANSETT LONG ISLAND T r o u b le L a m p H e ld to A u t o E n g in e by M a g n e t a n d D e ta il S h o w in g C o n s t r u c t io n . Wood-Carved D eer A pair of wood-carved dee/, more than 100 years old, are on «khlbitlon at Bath, Maine. The carving la per fect down to the minutest detail, even to the ruffled hpW 'on their backs They are t]^<fork of an a rtist pos sessed-wirtian abundance of patience. and by having the lamp adjustable, it can be swung around to any de sired position.—Edwin E. Burgess, Jr., Baltimore, Md., in the Popular Me chanics Magazine. And They Believed It At one time biology was one of the •‘stifTest\ courses a t Washington ana Lee university. Freshmen who dread ed the course were led by upper class men to the skeleton of \Traveler the famous gray charger that bore G eo. Robert E. Lee through the Civil war. In the university museum. There they were told that if they wrote their names on \that sacred relic of southern biology\ they would never flunk or fall In that subject. Hun dreds of the freshmen believed it. As a result the skeleton of the famous charger became covered with Inked and penciled names of five genera tions of Washington and Lee students. The white bones became black. So the authorities recently ordered the skeleton given a thorough bath and mounted high up on a balcony and locked against those who might seek to carry on the quaint old custom at the university.—Pathfinder Magazine. Many Motorists Seek to Standardize Horn Code For some time now there has been a code of the horn for motorists, Just as there has been a code of the w his tle for ocean and lake steamers. The only difference is that Uncle Sam sets the signals for the steamers while the signal of the motor road i$ simply the outgrowth of custonl, and of late, some m otorists have wondered if, there could be any mishap avoided by a fixed and legal set of horn blasts for road signals. Every motor car driver knows that he must toot a long blast before pass ing a car going in his direction, If he wants to make sure that the motorist ahead Isn’t going to cut in as he is passing and force him iuto the ditch. The staccato blasts of a motor horn from behind always mean that you are threatening danger to some other car by the course your automobile is tak ing. A prolonged call of the horn Is a general signal to hurry up. Why not standardize these? The answer is m ade that as horns are used to w arn pedestrians, the signals might become confused and anyway, If every motor car owner had a loud horn, the sound would he so impelling that no other car would fail to get the warning. Man Most Curious It Is rather u nfair to women as a sex that they have somehow achieved the reputation of being curious. For, as a m atter of cold fact, men usually are far more bitten w ith curiosity than are their sisters and their wives, says P. Beaufoy In the London Mall. Walk along any street at any hour when road excavations are proceeding and navvies are doing mysterious things. You will at once perceive m ales of all ages, sizes and classes Intensely watching operations which they must have witnessed scores of times previ ously. But you will not see a vestige of anything feminine. A High Quality Tire At a M o n e y Saving Price From .tread to carcass the new P athfinder Cord Tire is q u ality b u ilt for strength and long w ear. It’s larger, heavier, sturdier. Pathfinder m eans economy to thousands of c a r owners who have been using this tire in the clincher sizes. Now the line is complete, and this new Straight Side Cord offers nationally known Pathfinder quality in a size for every car. And one of the beat things about it is the price. 30X3V2 .............................9.35 32x4 ............................. 18.36 OTHER SIZES EQUALLY LOW PRICED W h y Worry? Lord Darling, a celebrated English barrister, was addressing the court when he became so engrossed In his case that ho completely overlooked the fact that It was past time for adjournment. The court asked: “Mr. Darling. have i noticed the posl- of the htiifdH of the clock?\ Oarllng—Yes. r '-- h«ijpwith respect r:e nothing *« - •»;>:e anxiety. They ■<»ni tf) me f«» ’ e where they ere- • v ure a t th1 v> of the day. First C ross-Word P u zzles The development of the acrostic into the cross-word, or a t least the devel opment of the cross-word principle be yond the initial letters of each line, seems to have been the work of Ve- nantius Honorius Clementiances For- tunatus, a Christian poet, who was born in north Italy about 535 A. D. He compiled verses in which both the first and last letters of each verse when read vertically added two verses to the poem. He also made verses in which the letters within the lines make sense if taken in a cruciform pattern. This, of course, called for a spacing of the letters to enable thera to be read horizontally and vertically —an essential feature of the cro«<s- word. These poems were lost i \ many years and. were first p u b iis^ . In 1003 by Christopher Brower, who had discovered tliom In a manuscript nt St. Gall, Switzerland. Lapping Crankshaft Pin to Secure Best Results A method of lapping crankshaft pins that is srtid to give results w here the pins a re worn out of round is as fol lows: Take two pieces of hardwood corresponding In width to the lengtji of the crankshaft bearing and 14 inches In length. Clamp them In a vise and bore a hole one-quarter of an inch larger then the pins through the pieces of wood so that half of the hole will be in each piece. Line each half of the hole with leather one-eighth of an Inch thick. Fasten a piece of leather over the end to act as a hinge and fit a piece of emery cloth Inside the opening. Apply plenty of .light oil and clamp around the pin. Place the crankshaft in a lathe and turn a t a moderate speed. A gentle pressure on the clamp will soon cut down the high places on the pin. FREE-- Seiff Filng Fountain Pen — FREE BOYS—GIRLS—Earn one of these handsome self-filling fountain pens. One pen will be given free for every two new subscriptions to the East Hampton Star at regular subscription rates, $2.50 in advance. Pens come in two sizes—men’s and ladies’. The number is limited, so get out at once and sign up two subscriptions. Just the pen for school use. H. W. Wiley, pure food cotnmis- sioner, says, “ The people of our country are learning little by little that the whiteness in flour is inverse ly proportional to its nutritive value.” NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that p u rsu ant to requirem en ts of Article Vl-a of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Board of T ru stees of the Village of East Hampton, New York, will hold a .public hearing a t the School Auditorium in the. high school building on Newtown lane, in said village on the 2 6th day o f A pril, 1926, a t 8 o’clock p. m., to consider the question of amending the boun daries of the business zone of said village as requested by the following petition: “ W e, the undersigned, being resi dents of East Hampton Village, and taxpayers therein, do h ereby respect fully petition your honorable board that the boundaries of the business section or zone in said village be amended as follows: That the line on the east side of Main street be extended northerly from its term inus a t F ithian lane to include the land of Isaac Y. Halsey and Ola M. Halsey, and such exten sion to have the same depth from Main street as now exists south of said F ithian lane. Dated March 31, 1926. Isaac Y. Halsey t Ola M. Halsey at which meeting all p arties in in terest and citizens.shall have an op portunity to be heard. Board of T rustees, Village o f East Hampton. Dated April 7. 1926. Useful Tip for Car Owners In removing or replacing the oil pan of your automobile engine, you will find the work of getting the last bolts out or the first ones In much easier If you support the pan In place with a block of wood supported by the automobile Jack. Be careful not to apply too much pressure to the Jack, since you may bend the pan out o ' shape or dent It.—Popular Sci ence Monthly. MAIN STREET TELEPHONE 210 SAG HARBOR GOODS DELIVERED FREE, ANYW H E R E a Gas Stove and a Gas Plant Obviate W e a k Starting When the starting . motor for any reason lacks power to turn over the crankshaft it may be strengthened by Coupling on another storage battery, connecting it In multiple so as not to Increase the voltage. If the conduct ing wires are of sufficient size from the battery to the motor there will be a considerable gain In power output. -“-’stove you’ve so often wished for—a stove that gives you all the conven iences and comforts of a city gas range. It’s the Coleman Cooker — a gas range and gas plant all in one! We have them. Luncheon Clubs Old The njodern luncheon clubs such as the Rotary, Kiwanis, and Knights of the Round Table, do not typify a new idea, according to records. Luncheon clubs were well estnbllsfied in Addi son’s day when the “Spectator's Club\ flourished under rules that include: \None shall be admitted into the club that Is of the same trade with any member of It; If any member swears or curses, his neighbor may give him a kick In the shins and If any mem ber tells stories that are not true he shall forfeit for every third lie a nalf- penfty.” NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that pur suant to requirem en ts of Article VI- a o f the Village Law of the S ta te of New York, the Board of T rustees of the Village of East Hampton, New \ ork, will hold a public hearing a t the School Auditorium in the high school building on Newtown lane in said Village on the 26th day of A pril, 1926, a t 8 o’clock p. m., to consider the question of amending the bound aries o f the business zone of said vil lage as requested by the following petition: “We, the undersigned, b eing resi dents of the Village of East Hamp ton, N. Y., and owners of the p ro per ty in said Village of E ast Hampton, bounded Northerly b y land of Nor man Barnes, Easterly by Main Street, Southerly by the present business zone line, and W esterly by property formerly owned by Adaline Sherrill, do respectfully p etition the honorable Village Board of the said Village of East Pam p to n that the boundaries of the Business Zone in j said East Hampton be amended or i changed so as to include all o f said I property within said Business Zone { and that the uniform d ep th from e a st j to w est be the same as now establish-1 ed. Dated April 6, 1926. C. Louis Edwards, Frank M. Conklin, at which meeting all parties in in-j tcrest and citizens shall have an op-1 portunity to be heard. «» I Board o f T rustees, Village o f E ast H ampton. i Dated April 7. 1926. r olenian Popular F airy Tales \Grimm's Fairy Tales,\ Including Tom Thumb, linns and Gretel. the Frog Prince. Rumpelstlltskin and hun dreds of others, are actually folk tales of Germany whjch w ere collected from the peasants and compiled in the first half of the Nineteenth century by two brothers, professors at the University of Berlin. Jacob Grimm wan horn a t Hanan. January 4. 178:.. and his broth er, Wilhelm, February 2-1, 17S6. pressure Rjqqt I Loyalty o f Highest Order True loyalty requires no considera tion, accepts none. It springs from honest acknowledgment of obligation and Is sustained by frnnk recognition' of right. It Is the highest possible ex pression of Independent manhood In Its relations with mau, community and nation.—Grit. NORMAN S. CLEAVES DEPENDABLE HARDWARE MAIN STREET EAST HAMPTON PHONE E A ST HAMPTON 272 More than ninety tons of reindeer meat were shipped into the United States from Alaska in 1925. East Hampton
