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 <h'.nesticus wi.ll di . lose that eight
pair- ><\' 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
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: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.
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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.
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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
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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 <?f California for .1 distance
??t 0t? miles, lr passes just west
of Set* Francisco to the east of Los
Any < s and disappears in the Gulf of
Calif ruin. Along the Son Andreas
rift, as it Is called, earthquakes nave
occur-ed at different times in different
sec. >. 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.<M ' Hni-. j. ?n<l
ectrospectlve. A Nordic sulks alone
In spirit, and often, in fact, like a lion;
Lull ting, either for game or adventure.
Celt* have teeth of the cutting type,
with large pendulous upper incisor*.
Similarly Celts are of a more settled
mind, more tractable, uiore given to
government, and no; so Impatient of
restraint. Oro Mugnons have teeth of
an Intermediate typ?. and mentally
they stand between Nordics hoc t'elts.
Nordic teeth are soft, unci usually
yellow with age. White Nordic teeth
ore usually artificially bleached. CroMagt'on.s
have white teeth, hard
teeth a> 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.
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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,
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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.
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