MARCH 8, 1923. HDR. A. W. DULA RETURNS < Lenoir News-Topic. Dr. A. W. Dula. who has been in ^ New York a few weeks taking lec- < tures and special post graduate work. I has returned. While there Dr. Dula bought quite a lot of the latest ii - struments and apparatus for con ducting an up-to date office among them the following: A ten-switch * electric lighted test cabinet, sanitary instrument case with two new model sterilizers, new model opthalmoscope ' and hetinescope and new trial case ' with finest test lenses made. These f < additions, together with the new i model Geneva combined retinescope < and apthalmoscopc -ecently installed < and other appliances and apparatus * for making a thorough and scientific * "test of the eyes, makes Dr. Duia's office the best equipped of any eye J specialist in this section by far. 1 Dr. Dula is going to have his office < rearranged and equipped to have * three examination rooms, one a reeu- * Jar eye hospital style dark room for examining and testing, another with a combination electric light, and day- * light testing, and the third room to j * be fcr daylight testing for those who 1 prefer the glass fitting to be comple- ' ted in daylighL Monumental Carelc**ne*? From the Dearborn Independent. The original message of President Monroe embodying the Monroe Doctrine. was found, together with many . other valuable documents in a base-; went room under the capital terrace.' The valuable papers were packed aw-1 ay in a wooden file, partly rotted. and covered with cobwebs. The ori-. ginal draft of the bill establishing, the judiciary of the United States, a paper backed volume in the handwriting of Samuel E. Otis, seer- tar;, of the first senate, containing the only , record of the enrolled bills present . ed in the first session of Congress, . and a bill providing for the adinixs-J ion of Kentucky into the Union were' also found. Officials admit there arc I many other priceless documents uc-j cay nig away in store rooms, ail legible, but so brittle that pages break in the handling. THE ENGLISH SPARROW ?PASSER DOMESTICUS Statesville Landmark. The passer domesticus, or English sparrow, is having some attention directed towards him by the authorities at Greensboro. Some years ago they tried to dislodge him by cutting down some of the shade trees about the Federal building. The inconvenience to the hoodlum was of short duration He found plenty of desirable quarters about the crevices of the Federal building and now ways to frustrate his new quarters are being considered. If the authorities stick to the fight, they will find that they have an endless struggle to outwit his s{5arrowship. The correct name of thi3 city pest is the ho sc sparrow. When the first j were brought to this country, nearly! 75 years ago they wort brought from fcrngynd ami hence were called hnp- , llsl? ^nnrfov.". The whole of Kurope' , can claim his nativity. ] Reference to thi :. ?>ry of he p.? > ser <\' them were 1 rough*, to ih-o country in the fail of J ?,k by three tors of the Brooklyn In: lit Bi >. >klyn, X. Y. They were cared for dui ing the following winter mo... s ant! were freed in the spring. They did not *?o well. A second attempt to J . introduce them was made in 1852. in. the spring of 185B a number were! turned loose in Greenwood cemetery ' and a man was hired to watch them, i They did well and began to multiply, i In 1869 the city government of Phi! delphia imported one lot of 1,000.1 Their scatteration throughout the United States and Canada was a inat-j ter of only a few years. The first in North Carolina are accredited to Wil son, About 1870 or 1877, when; fifty birds were introduced there. Tiiv auppOsxCioit no to the i>p?HTGWo i popularity in ibis country is based on the theory that the Europeans coming here longed for surroundings similar to the ones back home and the Sparrow was one of these. The natives here heard of the sparrows, through these Europeans and were, brought to want them. Regardless of when nnri how thev rtime. the ereat majority would like to see them com- > pletely bliterated, while there are i some willing to defend them and j keep them. Wfce" they crowd themselves out of town the overflow! moves to the country districts and are j apparently as contented there. Their; depredations on the wheat fields be MEN W Men Wanted by Elec Shulls Mills. N WAGE $2.CK Find Manager at Robl i :ome more noticeable every year. If Greensboro finds a successful vay of fretting rid of them, other rities and sections will want to know low it is done. SMOKERS BORN TO TROUBLE Sparks, Ashes and Matches Are a Few of the Factors in Misfortune. Mew York Sun. The smoker is born to trouble. Sparks fall, burning nice round holes n his clothes- Ashes fall either on lis coat or on the floor, and his w ife objects to both. Then there is the matter of matches. It isn't a light me. The question of where they go occupies some of the finest minds to ;he almost complete exclusion of everything else. You have, perhaps, reached that stage of the day where there is nothing you really have to do. Yon rhange show? for slippers. You take :;fF your coat and put on a robe. You :hrow* your collar in one corner and your tie in another. Then you get the chairs. There is ;he sitting chair, pulled under the ight at just the angie you wish. Usuiliy you have to move all the rest of the furniture in the rora to get it ;here;; but no matter. Th ;n the feet hair just the right distance away. \nd another chair for the ash tray. Vnd the fourth on the other side for he books You get out a pile of books. You lamber in! Thi.-* is good. Um-m-m! l*ou reach out for a cigar or cigarette or that literary pipe. You resect lazily that the gods cannot harm pou as you reach for a match. It was four last chance to retain that illusion. You grope in the right-hand'pocket of your robe for fully a minute before you realize that there is nothing n it but your hand. Automatically *oj try the other pocket Funny, noting there either. You examine your pants pockets. Nothing there, ither, but not so funny. Surely you aren't going to have to ?et up! There must be some ? ther vay. There isn't of course. You ?wcar, but you get up. It is harder :c* get out than it was to get in. You CPnrt ??ff ?h?> :??K tvnv Chen you spend 10 minutes amooR he ashes of yesterday's worship of ;he blue smoke goddess. The matches are not in the coat ?ou took off. Weil! You remember iow, though. There's a folder in ^our overcoat. You stuck it there when you bought the last package. You remember perfectly. After a search yon realize you vauld never have recognized Mr. \ddison Sims. You are not, apparently that sort of a man. Then you yell at your wife. Usually you are polite, hue this time you yell. "What did you do with my matches?" you shout. Her answering foice carries an entirely uncalled-for patience. "I haven't seen your mutches, iear," she says. "What would I do ivith your matches?" One Way That is No Good Weil, what would she do with hcinShe doesn't smoke. And you ive i!! the electric age, even cook on i grill. You try to light your cigarette on ;h-i cle?;ric stove. You scorch youi -Ites. ihcn you ^tart looking i,;.!- r things. At the bed you pause Wiih your-bead down and emit a j?asp. Isn't that a folder of matches over by the wall? It is! Eureka You he down apd wiggle in to reach them. You are dusty but triumphant You open the folder. It presents a row of serried stubs where once wen matches. You put your shoes on You find your collar and ycur tie and reunite them about your neck. Yoi take off your lounging robe an:l sal lir out, returning with a carton oi matches. Wi Wjr ?N Uttn I fcnoc? 10c GENUINE 2?2f "Bull" TlVf DURHAM TOBACCO 4nted trie Construction Co. lorth Carolina ) PER DAY ains Hotel. WS x. THE WATAUGA TRIBUTE TO DOG Splendid Animal Well Worth Hit Epitaph. Went to Death in Clutch of Grizzly* but Succeeded in Saving Life of His Owner. In front of a rough cabin In Wyoming there is a sodded, well-kept little grave with a heudbourd that carries this legend: BEAR PAW MIKE THE GAA1EST LHKi THAT EVER LIVED What a splendid tribute to poor old Alike, a man's dog with the heart of a lion! It was his master, a guide named Juke, that composed the epitaph, and we don't doubt that he wrota it with tears In his eyes. for. auys Mr. Edward Ferguson in Outing, the dog gave his life to Gave his master from an Infuriated grizzly. Jake ami the dug had traveled perhaps half the out in Bvswixxl canyon one bitterly cold day when a male grizzly ambled round In front of {hern. On one side of the trail the wall of the canyon rose 200 feet, 011 the other aide of the trail was a eer drop of 500 feet. The bear was less than 30 feet away. Stopping short, he looked at the man and the dug and growled ominously. Jake lifted bis gun and pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. He at tempted to throw another cartridge into the chamber, but the mechanism refused ?< work. Then lie knew; the action was frozen! The bear hesitated only an instant before be charged, but in that brief time Mike jumped to meet hiiu and tore open his cheek; then in a flash he slipped rounu hitu ami made a vicious slash at his thinks. The bear turned, bat as he did so Mike scrambled hetv.i 1 him and tiie ckifT, and again attacked bis thinks. Once more the hear turned, and onto more Mike dodged him, barely escaping. The beur was now between Die man and the dog. Jake, who hud finally freed the mechanism of his ri/le, stepped forward to lie sure of his shot, slipped and fell heavily to one knee. The fall knocked the rilie from his hands, and he saw It disappear over the edge of the trail. For a moment he could hnrdlv breathe. Then he scrambled to his feet. "(let kiim. Mike, get lilm I" he yelled. At the sound of his voice the bear, which now was Infuriated, turned to attack him. But Mike shot by blra and took hia stand In front of his master. Then the grizzly reared and Started for both of them. "Mike!" Jake shouted. The dog hunched himself and sprang; his paws landed on the bear's chest, and Ills mouth closed over the creature's lower Jaw. The Impart threw the grizzly off hla balar.ee, and with hie paws closed 1c a crushing grip round the dog's body he topple! over on his side. Jake closed his eyes. Dog and bear rolled over twice; but with all hi* fa?t-ebhlng strength the dying dog tried to tighten his grip. The second lunging roll Vhrought them to tlie* edge of the trail; the snow crumpled under their weight, and dog and bear, 1 still locked in their death grips, era si i eu io ihe rocks below. Mike had saved his master's life. Airplanes Guided by Radio. tluidaiice by radio is as useful to : airplanes as to ships. When Aif*o< k, the 1-nglishimin, was about ready o hop oft" from the banks of Newfoundland, for vcnr.t proved to be ?lie first t successful non-stop transatlantic flight. the Question was asked where he rs1 pected lo land on the other side of the sea. The reply was. "O'.ifden, Ireland." The aircraft disapl peared. p.nd the world awaited news. Throughout the tli.eht no won't came back from the ether over the Atlanrlr, I as had been expected. The radio j>vaa listening Instead of talking, keeping 1 its radio compass pointed in the dl" recti on of the powerful wireless sig[ nals sent out from Cllfden. on the Irish coast. So true was the guiding Influence of radio that In 18 hours auJ j 20 minutes after itt machine left the Calm lian shore H flew directly o\ er the lofty w I ret 0*3 towers at Cllfden. The mnuc ne.d h>*?*n crossed for iu? first time by n non-stop airplane, gulch'd through clouds, fog and d kness by radio. ; Confirmed by Wire. On k decidedly hot afternoon I was lounging about the house In comfort* til,!** hut iiiutresentuhle array. ThS I bell rang. I did not answer It, hoping the caller would think 1 was not at home. A few minutes later I went to tha telephone and found that a particular friend was calling, one whom I would not antagonize for worlds. When did you get home?" sht asked. Unthinkingly I exclaimed: "Why. 1 haven't been out of the house all after, noon !* "That's strange," she said frigidly And the next few moments of con fused explanation were the most em barrassing I can remember.?Ohlcagc Tribune Sonu'liSn^ Like That. It was Tommy's turn to read aloud He came to the sentence, "SI!end reigned in the house." "Now." said the teacher, "can you describe silence?" Tommy thought for a minute. an$ then said, eegcrly: "Yea. teacher. 1 know: it's what you don't hear when you listen." DEMOCRAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE SuTj Some Facts About Wonderful Ball Fire That May Be Neva to Many Readers. Have you seen the sun? It sounds a silly question, doesn't It? Yet, in spite of the great heat and glare of j light which we receive from the flaming center of our universe, the fact remains that no living creature hue ever seen the sun. What we do see is the "photosphete," the outer layer of incandescent clouds which surround the sun's vast orb. Each of these white-hot clouds seems to be some 000 miles la diameter and to float in a medium which is darker compared with them. Outside the photosphere comes the "reversing layer." about a thousand uilles thick, and above that again, the 'chromosphere," which is perhaps 5,000 miles In thickness. This laet I* a sea of leaping, blazing gas. se uini we simps v rnnnoi imagine a tc:nj>erature so terrible. The photosphere Is visible to our eyes through the chromosphere. it might be supposed that *Aen a "spot** occurs upon the sun's disk? and of Inte there have been some very large ones?we might then get a glimpse at the real surface of the sun. Hut astronomers tell us tlist we never can see through the series of concentric shells which envelop the central body down to the more solid body which is the real sun. Everything connected with the sun Is staggeringly big. Those little dark Minspots Which you peer at cautiously through the medium of a smoked are, most of them, many thounds of miles across. One was measured and found to have a diameter of tulles which means that cur whole planet could have been pitched Into it like a g?-if ball into a lurga pail of vvsiler. ?!n a midsummer day we nre apt to complain of the bent, yet the amount of the sun's heat which reaches this plane* is simply infinitesimal. Perhaps the best way to put It is this: Suppose the sun's heat to be worth $25,OUOtOOO, the amount of Ids fortune he bestows on us Is oil? cent.?Louisville t 'ourier-Journal. Resting Weather. storms are more often inl our ml mis than in the air. This winter season Is rather no lure's quiet holiday, a vacation that will hear its fruit in mors active seasons to come. Frost to tear at the rocks, ice to ruh gravel clown, melting snow and flooding rain to spread the life-containing loam over slid through the earth's clay?any student can tell of these. The Immortal life of our world pursues Its way In the calm of winter, though more withdrawn from sight, just as in the leaping J*y of spring. ' And. as always, beautiful beyond knowledge or deserving. It Is our eyes that are dull in winter, not ths sky or land. Lavender of snow shadows, purple of maple buds, Isced designs of tree tops living gray against the clouds, oak trunks coal black above melting ice. (minted firs llks Jade carvings aver sunlit snow, the holy pearl and silver of late misted sunrise and the flaring red of .sunsets wind-blown along the western hiils, the winter clays move over our world in bounty as the stars across the sky. ?Collier's Weekly. "All Their Eggs in One Basket." Of all the multitudes of salmon that run up the rivers of Alaska and ihe Northwest coast, not one ever goes beck to the sou. Their business i- to reproduce their spe< ies an*! They do not spawn in the river*. Those which escape capture on tli???: way up ascend to the headwaters, where there is usually & lake?perhaps several hikes. They do not spawn in the lakes. For that purpose they seek streams that flow Into the lakes, and there deposit their eggs, scooping out nests In the gravelly bottom with tlieir tins. Andrew Carnegie said that lie believed in the policy of putting all of one's eggs in one basket, and then "everlastingly watching that basket.** It Is. in effect, what the .salmon do, guarding the eggs and the young hatched from them until the latter are big enough to take care of themselves. Thore are many predatory enemies to he feared. In the Hereafter. A small boy, when told by his Sunday school teach.or that he would leave his body behind when he died, said In alarm. "I don't understand v.?. ?? "You see," explained the teacher, ''you will take all that Is good with you to the hitter land and leave all that Ik naughty here on earth." "Oh!" he exclaimed understandIn gly, and then, after a moment's thought, added soberly, "I guess I'm jroln' to be pretty thin up there, teacher." Fossils Found In Spain. On a farm at Detortello, Spain, have been found large deposits of animal fossils, reports the Scientific American. One complete, measures 76 feet: another Is a detached head measuring about 30 fe?t. Scientists have inspected the find and regard It as most Important. British Wireless in Africa. The British animal colonial report for Gatnhh. notes the completion of wlrele- t bpraph and telephone stations in that colony at Bathnrst and ot McCarthy Island, distant 176 miles. These stations are Intended for Internal oommuni'-Mlnn, as the colony has so organized telegraphic wire ay stem. Home is Whiskey's Sanctuary. flreensboro News. There was anciently a game of the ri-iai schools called base?just plain ase?as distinguished from prison ase, which was more complicated, if you strayed away from your hr?.-?. you were in jeopardy, and might be c.-ptured by any of the enemy who vould outrun you. unless you were vigilant* and kept a distance handicap o- all of them, greater than the disparity in speed. Any fellow of the adversaries who had touched his base af:-r you touched and left yours was e itled to catch you. and you touch- i ing base after any of the opponents bad touched theirs, were entitled to i.'- the hunter and the latter became 7 the hunted. Being chased towards your base you had to surrender, you were undone, if any of the enemy laiii hand or. you before you reached the region of sanctuary, your base;' once there you were immune, nor couid the strongest, nor all. of the opponents remove you hterefrom. Under the latest North Carolina' prohibition law, patterned after Mr. Yolstead's famous statute, the citizen having strong waters in his possession is fair game for the officers of the law until he touches base; then let the latter beware. The c!.it -e may lead up t?? the citizens' threshold; there it ends; if wind and limb hold out so far. better than tin wind and limb of the law. as 'twere, the citizen may possess, keep, use, nn dicinally or hospitably. Oth rwisi the animating liquid is -coiifiseat:d and the citizen a captive. I "Have" means to hold, and . hcd| English word also retui t: other meaning of the La'.a La' are ? obta . procure. T! ou r.ir <. > ha ishalt not have Unquestionably this provision of oar statesmen v.oil add c :. bcinen' >i not ziE^t to life, both for t.\e Morally Sainted and the wiiirbt< rs ot ti law. LIFE IN RANGES Scientist Asserts Many Mountains Arc Aiive. Those on Pacific Coael, and a Largo Belt in Africa, Constantly Growing, Ho Say*. Dr. Itaiiey Willis, professor of geology, Stanford university, bus auUed for Chile, where he will examine the effects of recent earthquakes, lie goes us the representative of the Carnegie institution, Washington. The mountains are "alive," according to Doctor Willis, Iq inuuy places. Along the Atlantic coast they are "dead," nut around the Pacific and In a great belt which reaches across Africa the mountains are growing. Doctor Wllils explains that in their growth large masses comprising many thousand cubic miles of rock are pressed together. When the strain of this pressure is too great they slip and tlie earthquake wo uis. "This is the inouern theory of earthquakes," l?t*ior Willis said. "It was tieveiyfieit ihimqj, >,u?ires of the great curthqi.a. e of i;Mki which caused the tire i : i destroyed San I?'.aneisco, and it 1 - keen demon rated by many uiiio.. . ikquakefr thai have occurred sin - . "W < often speak of au earthquake plane :i> :j fructtiie. hut ll is n*>t really a k. It ?s the surface between *\v?. . ai n;:i?es which never nave bet! iii':!i''l. but which ages have beta. s!.,.|itni5 Past each other, and wlier.- this plane comes out to the snrfn.< ??!' the earth we have a line which is s >:i\etiiiies called an earthquake rift "The greatest of these rifts in the United States extends through the coast ranges . The most reject wus the quakv of IfXKJ. which covered a stretch of " miles with San Francisco near the center. South of that stretch for sum- three hundred miles there has been no niovemeit since IST?7, wben the- whh a severe shock, the mark of \\1 : h may be traced across the desert plains like an irrigation ditch. Siii! furth -t south there have been several reci a shocks, but none of great vhv ten- e. although tliere Is evidence of considerable activity In the section east and south of Los Angeles. In view of the fact that we can thus locate certain lines along which earthquakes have occurred, we are able io speak of live earthquake rifts as we speak of live volcanoes. We know by the form of the volcano or by the occurrence of eruptions within historical time that It is potentially or actually active, and much the same may be said of earthquake rifts. "They are lines of special danger on which uo dam or schoolhouse or skyscraper should be located. They should also be avoided, as far as possible, by railroad lines, bridges, aqueducts and other public works, and yet It happens that they often run through valleys where such work is suggested by the conditions of the ground. As long as we remain iguorani of their position, we run the risk of inviting destruction, but It is not difUcult by . proper studies to locate the lines of i danger on a map and to muke the In1 formation public for the benefit of en j gineers and others," Pa^e Tbr?e DISTINCT TYPES OF TEETH Although Built on Same Principle** They Vary Greatly in Different I Races of Mankind. People's teeth reveal what they arau Every race of men?every type in each race?has teeth whose appearance are as distinctive as the color of their hair or the shapes of their heads. The teeth of ail animals are built on three patterns: those of the herbivore, those of the omnivore, and those of the carnivore Another way of saying the same thing would be to call some teeth renders, some cutters. and some grinders. All human teeth partake of these three shapes, but to different degrees ? in different ruces. Front teeth are of the incisor, or cutting type, eye teeth are renders, or fuuga. while molars are built for grinding. Nordics have teeth predominantly the rending type?the type of carnivores with long eye cusps, the type of attackers. It is no coincidence that the Nordic mind Is ufso the closest to tl.u i?.pnlv. a rule. Celts and Nordics are often troubled with toothache, because their to?uh enamel will not resist the germs of decay that lurk in the ? rev ices of the mouth. If Aryan's teeth are middle ground. The Semites will stand on one side of them, with large teeth, while Alpines will l?e oil the other side with small ones. Semitic teeth can be t.old at a glance. They are narrow, long crowned and hard and white. An infusion of Semitic tylood into a family stock can he detected in the children's teeth severai generations after. A face of one type with teeth of another Is a sign of a crossed ancestry. Alpines have short crowned teeth, and In addition the front upper Incisors are so short that the tooth edge in front is often concave upward instead of convex. This is sure mark of Alpine blood. In addition, Alpine ! leeth are much blunter than Aryan or Semitic, and approach closer to tta^, herbivore's type. This is In keeping with the Alpine traits of mind, pa? alvity, stolidity, and love of fixed abode. Why Adam Left Eder.. Why did Adam leave the Garden of Eden? A clay tablet has been discovered which It Is said gives tha original story from which the lllbllcal account of the fall was obtained This tablet, which has been translated at the I'niverslty of Pennsylvania. claims that Adam was driven from Kdeo, not as a punishment, but to prevent h'r.i from obtaining knowledge which would make him into a god. The story is in the Sumerlan language, and originally formed part of the librarv of the temple at Nippur. It takes the form of a diatomic between God and man. and i> ver.\ similar to that given in five Hible, except that there 1- no rel'orom-e to a serpent r:|- tile .apvatlow. Adair,, >ays the story, was . riven from Kdeii to prevent him from obtaining food which n'..n!d make him immortal. The Hook of Genesis is supposed to liave been written eleven hundred years nfIer the taider was inscribed. Even the Best of Us. The teacher bad asked for the correct translation of a passage in Latin, and my head shot up. "Nt>, Marie. 1 don't want to call on you." she .sa'd. "1 am sure you know It. for you always have your lesson." This she did. hut not getting the correct answer-, came back to me. Imagine :i:> chagrin and the secret joy of the other pupils when I, too, felled to rive the right translation! .1 decided tl a am! there that a good reputation not always desirable.?; Exchange. ??rr-........ _ l _ _ The Ford. George F. Laser. the New York financier, said at a farewell luncheon before his departure for Italy: "Only i .'is would make terms wtth the !h>Ishevlks. Tic so who counsel each a ? urse remind me of Nutty Noonan. "Nutty Noonan, the village half-wit, ? - ? ? ' < >' -? ..f.-oL- i.nfl mnrnlnci WU5 I' HI l i II ?'.> CJ.t . . V ^ .... ? -a ^ when the doctor appeared. The creek was much swollen, for It had rained overnight Furthermore, there was no| bridge, but only a ford. "The do-tor pulled up. He studied; the ford uneasily. It had a dangerous look. Then he turned to Nutty. "'Has anything got across the fordj fhis morning. Nutty?* he asked. ** "Sure. Doc. Surest thing you know.' said Nutty, and he nodded and grinned in a reassuring way. 'IHggln8on'9 ducks went over not ten m!u-: utes ago.'" Why They Remain Unmarried. Dr. A. A. Brill of New York. In bis study of 400 cases of patients who had beer, only or favorite children, found that only 9H of them had mar* rled, though their average age was thirty four, says a writer In MeClure's Magazine. In his opinion most o< them remained old maids and old bachelors because they were unduly dominated by their attachment to their parents. ?