North Carolina Newspapers

Pl CRristmas Flashlight ■t Wason • late October afternoon Bit be first drifted into the settle- But house. He wah not tbe type ■t usually seeks out such a place. Hera was nothing foreign about him Kothlng suggestive of the Immigrant ■> silvery, white hair was brushed He* from a face of distinctive refine-1 HlOt, which even the marks of die-' ■nation could not hide. He looked Bredlngly frail, possibly tubercular, i ■Be was selling Ink and blotters, and, Bbelvlng a bit of financial encourage- Bent from Miss Newton, tbe young Munaa on duty that morning, be call- H again in a fortnight and yet again. Fin the course of his visits Miss New- Ipo, Whom he always Insisted upon leolnt, gradually pieced together his lelDeltnt story. He had come from a aooy old Massachusetts family, was |M|Rted at one of tbe eastern nnlver ptlM and had been an official In a big ■MI bank. Put the Uiink bablt had Mttene4 itself upon blm. ■Be had .married, but Jit* wife had Hpjrted him after two years. She Iras long since dead, as .wece all of bis BDmedlate family. He • bad gone Hough tbe indescribable'experience Kit* tho ipsn,' who la down and out imetimee suffers, though not always, ank God! *. It was almost twenty Mta ago that he bad left the east. And - now he was in Chicago, rut Me from every old time tie, a derelict the great cltv, living In one of tin KHeakable west side lodging houses Hen In Spirit, In ambltlou and in ealth, 00, proud, in spite of every' ting, to gp. tP -tbe poorbouse, too weak i much nwf- than earn tbe 10 cent* eceesary for a bed and tbe additional tttance fe# food. » • A 1 few days before Christmas the >an appeared again st tbe settlement "ft—lt you had some shoes, miss, thai Said lit my big feet I'd be very glad work for .them, . These are-well tty're pretty summery'tor walking tb« Mts. I've put newspapers In tbr Wes, at they're wet clean through." Nothing lo tbe right size could b l»OBd, and-tbe man was told to return « a few days, when a pair would Ix '.{Waiting blm. Meantime ills* New "Jto procured from a friend dome new taavy shoes, and, leaving jbem in tb HBce OO the day before Christmas, sb« kid to the ose in charge: 'S"Otes these to my lodging houst Mend when be comes, please, and tell ipto I cannot see blm today. I'm leav mg tor home tonight, and I hsve n kindred sad one things to do beside* HI needn't work them out. Tell blm jjpsy'rs a—a sort of Christmas present Jlbd to eonie and see. mo after New Kjpnt when tbe man came that after Won be Insisted upon seeing Mlsi JTewtcn. "It will take only a minute,' jafTa sorry to' trouble you, miss," lit Apologised when she appeared. "I jbomlse not to keep yon long. But 1 Kjmtht to myself as I est there rftafllnu In the public library" (be Mpi WAS VBLLIXa IKS AMD SLOTTliis. |flfc "brushed up," as he would say. 0 his Latin and Oreek history, and HW ware better versed than he "bCrfttsrs of tbs day) "that It was Hp. eOld and Stormy to walk away Kliare. But 1 said to myself, I'm ■ tie one to break my word to tbe Hr who has been my Mend.' Be wanted to jftve you a little tVe Brought yon a fe# Hb. fancy omsc tor your own MV'-fhf reached down lntp np-josi needs a Utile yuiisu l*r# a long, long time. miss. • iMpk yon for the shoes. You ere to r ithink n right word! In replft* *" tMtoasn wajftsd to work In payment ■a Shoes. He was seat en an «r> ■to two, and later parmiaaioo was ■ftl te gtve him something to sat Kalss,'* said heat hefinished a ■pMf o coffee and his last plsee ■a*. that Will do tor supper and BBMV braakfaat too. Oh, bat MM'-P cSffee! * • • And so heaee tt>r Christinas! Isn't, fiat toe) How 1 wish 1 had a home He tot • • • Well, miss. goOdby and H; aetry Ckristaaa to you." HHi wpnt out upon tbe avenue, KknAows gllstSnlng with Cbrlstass it#' Storee crowded with ttonr shoppers. Miss Newton returned sfter ■fetor's aha waited la vaiu to hear Vtwr lodging house friend. He fiapn-wkn knows?—perhape he la ■mm this Christmas season. MAJBT HUMPHBEY. ■ ' Nat to .Be Trleked. Hjicral vlaitor to' Glasgow desiring ■MI sntefM S restaurant, and whan 1 had token n eeul tbe welter pre s! Was the mm. B|, ay pan." roared the ■uiinkn rustic, "yon doat cheat me ■} this. Ito only just coom In. ,l ■t any these 'en things, and ■Mart'pay tor 'am- I knew* yer Hmud FU gat my dinner some ■n 9 Ha (ton took his de leaving the sraltor to think It ["* !_ —a. , " I*. The Name a# ■fe la the 114 ms nf naaea and has Hp all time. John Is strength. The altuation. dissparate. is saved when to appears. Wife, sweetheart. ale mayealm her tonia when shoulder of John Is there to ■ on. Tbe ship is safe when John Hffeay welMook t* the pHMUg of ■pistol or. better M. ma*n what when to ho John to - „ Famous People I Named Christmas - .... 11 Chrtstmss Is sn old fashioned Eng- ( .llsh family name, especially to Surrey i and Cambrldgeahlre, and many people bearing It have achieved fame In one' 1 direction or auther. I For - lpstnnce, there waa Gerard' Christmas, tbe famoua carver of stst , usry, who flourished In tbe early part 'of the seventeenth century. He de signed Aldersgate and carved with his eWn hands the richly ornsmented por tal of Northumberland House, s fa miliar object to tbe older generation of living Londoners. His chief energies, however, were | directed toward ornamenting and beautifying tbe ships of the royal na | vy, and tbe highly decorative atyle ho I originated wes right down to the middle of the last century, . when iron superseded oak in tbe con-1 structlon of battleships. * I At his death his two sons, John , Christmas and Matblas Christmas, whom be hsd brought up to his art, | succeeded him ae official carvers to \ the lords of tbe admiralty and worthi ly carried on the work be had so well begun. Every one lntereeted In coins sad coinage Is familiar with the name of Henry Christmas, tbe eminent numis matist. wbo died .In 1868. Besides being a fellow of the Boysl society and of tbe Society of Antiquariee. be was for many yeara honorary secre tary of the Numismatic society, to whose publications be contributed largely. He also wrote end published s large number of religious snd his tories I works. ( John William Christmas ("Jean of the Iron Hand") was one of the mbet famous of the many English sdven turers wbo during tbs French revolo tlonsry disturbances of 1701 fought en the loelng side. ■ Joining the Cbouans or roysHst In surgents of 'Brittany, he soon made 1 bis mark and was Intrusted with the 1 conduct of a division by George Cs -1 doudaL their supreme commander. Later on. when Cadoudal. disgusted 1 with tbe dissensions of his highborn 1 generals, organised a new army la 1 which no aristocrat waa permitted ta bold command, Christmas was forced 1 to resign with tbe rest He waa, bow- I ever, reinstated on bta pointing out . that be waa not, as bad all ftleag been , supposed, of noble lineage, bat was. an 1 tbe contrary, the eon of a aanth of England peasant, g Thence onward he acted aa Cadou- I dnl's adjutant general and did splendid 1 service against tbe royalist forces until January, 1703. when be bad the' mis fortune to be tafcen prisoner. He was 1 shot st dsybresk on the morning fol » lowing bis rspture. Noel is, of course, only another form f of the word Christmas, end of fsmous 1 Noels, both livHig and dqad. there, la a I lengthly list, . ... , It Is, for Instsnce. the family asms L , of t|ie saris of Gainsborough, whose history has been a distinguished one for generations past Noel-Hill, agnin, la the name of Bar on Berwick, a famous member of a fa uioua old English family. Then there Is Erneat Noel, wbo has done more to Improve the bousing of the working classes than has probably any other man living. Vice Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, wbo bas been commander In chief on the China station since 1803. hss received ' many decorations. Including the much coveted gold medal of tbe.Boyal Unit ed Rerrice Institution. /. Going' farther back, there waa that Henry Nodi, the famoua courtier of tbe reign of Queen Elisabeth aad au thor of the now familiar pbraae "Mon ey wss mSde to spend." Hla extrava gance knew no bounde and very much displeased bis royal mistreae, herself one of tho most extravagant of mon archs. Of a very different type waa Baptist Wriothesley Noel, the eminent non conformist divine. He waa at first ed ucated for and Inducted Into the Church of England* But the reealt of ' tbe Oorham case, -Which drove many 1 high churchmen Info the told of lone, r sent Noel Into the ranks of tbe Bep ' lists. . . ; 1 He ptibHH> renounced on Dee. a, , IMS, his connection with the Bstob ' Uehed church aad waa a tittle latar * publicly rebaptlaed by Immersion In t Job a Street ehapei. Holborn, n build ing situated hard by the very church } whorolnhe had mlniy red during leog ' 1801. ought to he by his , "Paper's Drive," than which no poem 111 bcM mot* widftly rud. rsrttud r and quoted. The vera so are. however. t a I meat tmlveraally aaerlhad to Heed. even, by people who ought to knew , better, and the real author's name . remain in eoaaoqueaco burled M-eh , Urine. Another poet named Noel, who en- I WW coDfiatriuif rrimration ID dim 1 day, waa Roden Berkeley Noel, the I author of, "Behind tbe Veil." "Bea t trice," -n»e Bed Flag" and' other , poena. Ilia collected worka were pub t Uabed In 1183 among toe aerlee of , "Canterbury Poets." I Bodes N4OI, who waa wall known to society aad a groom of the privy , chamber to Queen Victoria, died very 1 suddenly at Mains aa May Ml UN. ~ . . Work Fee Senta. ' "I wonder what Santa \taa doae the f tost of thr year," said > "Christmas corns* but once, and ha lota all his work then In one night." 1 "Oh. I guess birthdays keep him bmtyj" said Annie. "You know wa always get preaenta than." • ■«! ' . 1 . Nat Far Tea Times ss Muefc. , Marks-So yon saw tbe woasaa who 1 dropped the purse, but loet her la the crowd? Did you sdven tee tor her? Parks-Tex: 1 put this In: "If tbe very , bomety woman of forty, wearing a , dreaa of Mst year's style aad a moat nabecomlag bat wb> loat her puna containing CI.SO on Uoytston street ■atnrday Will apply ta tor prop erty will be returned.'* I>e had na anawer. though. Marka-l abould aay not! Oo you thiak aay womaa would own ap to,*hat-daacrintton tor 91401 A WMIM Aaawan tbe barber wht/ when ahavtag yna or cutting yunr hair triee to sell yen an innamerable tut at tonics and pomedra yon du not need haant aay tbtuic over hts stster. the Ulkativa tady In tbe haled?nsiln* empertnm. "And new. madam, will you barn anytblng on your hand whan I aa Is labedT" asked tbe artlate aa aba coa cluded a vigorous shampoo. • "I'M ail re J don't know," waa mad am'e uaamlllng reply "I was in hope son would leave enough hair to pin ay toe m."—Hew York Trtonnn / Four 1912 Selrials raOTEN iThis Great Gripping Story of the Far, Frozen Northlands Will Be Run as a Serial in This Paper Commencing With The Issue of Jan'y 4th, 1912. Alone it is worth SI.OO, the price of a year's sub '. «• * scription. But this is not all. During t the year 1912 there will ap . 4 * r pear Four Great Serial Stories in THE GLEANER, worth four times the price of the paper. All are by the '' most popular authors. ■ • Send on SI.OO and get the next issue. I «■ 4 , rt The Always Busy Store" . . rr-' ' . 'i I *' • Wishes all its patrons and friends A Merry Christmas AND t ' * - Prosperous New Year Call when you want a Wagon, Buggy, Surrey, Harness or FARM MACHINERY. N. S. CARDWELL BURLINGTON te-. FORTITUDE. For Wade ii tK* guard a*d rap port of die odwT wHww Lucfa, HMM » t Mlgk a( oMUk jurww thai ii m Bfnmcant 4 courage at d>e mart daring (eata of Wlato men thotdd exhibrf the MM imcnttbißty to norml torturei that red men do to plyweal lor mmm.—'Theophile Gauiier * Wanted—A HtiidbfMi Meanlsrln lllk* beared each t top algh that Ui oooapaalea «nami to Uk kin what the matter wan. I«u}W thinking a boot bad roads and tba wiiw et Klmt*''W tba fMtafo a railway train behind tfca*' "Wall. ere ain't fall off yet." Ha B«t think o' what n COCT—■ fane* It woold be If we could kan mm place to grab on to while da territory slid nnder our feet until da place we wanted to go to coma along." —Youth'* Companion. An Odd •winning Cental. ' ■r John Paktngtan. a naiOer etf Qaaao BWbatb. waa a nrkli lanr ed wageta. Be once bet OfiOO that ha would ewlm the Tbamae fron the kddge at WeatndMtar to fha bdiga at Oreenwfch faster than three relaya of yonng noMsana. Sir John won thta bat. Tba relays of nobtasen. tbnagb they swan bard, were batty beaten. Xba queen was praaent at the race, and to the loaen she gsre, by way of a consolation prte, a butt of aacfc.— i Looftoa Standard. 11 1" 1 1 * "1 1 1 Dickens' Christmas From Work* of Yulehde Author Who* Centenary Coma In Febrtwy. An angel, speaking to a group «C shepherds In a field; MM travelers, with «r«s uplifted, following • star; • baby in • manger. . 'ft ft Happy, happy Christmas that can I win as back to the delusion of oar i childish days; that can recall to the old man pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveler, i thousands of miles away, back to U* own fireside and his quiet home. * ft After dinner Caleb sung the son* about the sparkling bowl. As I'm a living man. hoping to keep so for a year or two, he sung it through. ft ft A merry Christmas and a happy New York to the old man, whatever ho is! Be wouldn't take it from me, but he may have it neverthelc*. ft ft But my sons I troll out for Chrletmaa titOUt, v The hearty, the true and the bold. 4 bumper I drain and, with might and main. Give three cheers for this Christmas old! We'll usher him In with a merry din That "hall gladden his joyous heart, And we'll keep him up while there's bite or tup, t • ... And In fellowship good we'll p»u. u • ft ft We're t> be together all the Christ- Bias long and have the merriest time tn all the world. . V .•■ft It He heard them gtve each other nwrrj Christmas as they parted at crossroad* and byways. * To ho, my boys! No more work to night Christmas eve, Dick! Christ mas, Bbenezer! Let's have the shut tars up! ft ft Christmas was at band in all his Muff and hearty honesty. It was the season of hospitality, merriment and open heartedneas. The old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him and. •mid the aound of feasting and - rev elry, to pass gently and calmly away. ft ft' The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table and towered high above tfeelr heads. It was bril liantly lighted by a multitude of little tapers and everywhere sparkled and glittered with bright objecta. J! ft Upon your own hearth, in Its quiet sanctuary, surrounded by gentle influences and associations, hear her, her me, hear everything that speaks the language of your hearth and home. * *> i.. ' We all come home or ought t? come home for a short holiday—the longer the better—from the great boarding school, where we are forever working at our arithmetical slates, to take and give a rest. ft ft Holly, mistletoe. red berries, ivy, tur keys, geese, game, poultry, brown meal, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, pud dings, fruit and punch. ft ft But bark! The waits are playing, and they break my childish sleep. What Images do I associate with the Christmas music as I see them set forth on the Christmas tree? - ft ft And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief sea son of happiness and enjoyment. * • • How many old recollections and how many dormant sympathies does Christ mas time awaken! A Jolly Christmas Gams. For a rousing Christmas game pro vide a number of large, rosy apples and as many trifling presents. Each boy or girl in turn is given a broad bladed knife, with which he or she must scoop up ono piece of fruit. Bal ancing the apple on the knife blade, he must walk rapidly around the room. All those who succeed in carrying the fruit over the prescribed course are allowed to select one ef the prises as a reward, or a peanut may be carried on the knife blade If the stage man ager prefers. _ ... Christmas Long Ago. Come sing a hale helgb-ho For the Christmas long ago When the old log cabin honied us Prom the night of blinding snow. And the rarest Joy fcsSd rsisr.. And the chimney roared amain. With the firelight like a beacon Through the frosty wlndowpana. . Ah, ths revel and the din From without and from within, Tte Mend of distant iMgtlbella With the pllnklng violin. The muffled shrieks and cries. Then the glowing cheeks sod eyes, The driving storm* of greetings. ~ . Ousts of kisses and surprise 1 •lag In again the mirth Of ths circle round the hearth. With ths rustle Blndbad tailing us The strangest things ea earth. And ths mlastm bard we knew, | With his "Love-l-er so true." , Likewise his "Toung And "Lov-ed Henry" too! And, ferret tins ne'er a thing, Lift a gladder votes and sine • >!' Of the dancers In ths kitchen Clean from start to "pigeon wtaf." Wag the story and the gles r Aad ths Jor and Jubilee, The twirling form, the quickened breath Ths sigh of scstMy. But eyes that smile slone Back Into oar happy own. The leaping pelse, the laughing blood. The trembling undertone: SO. pair os off ones mora. With our feet upon the floor. Bet our heads and hearts In heaven, 1 As they wera In days of yore! —James Whltcomb Riley. What Has Happened I On Christinas Day Hew many know that Christmas day was first celebrated in the year 8* altboujfcnet as a Christian fes tival nntil forty years after that dateT It was net until the fifth century that it was permanently celebrated on Dee. * Many Interesting events have oc curred on Christmas, and many trsdl- Upas ding to that day. They make entertaining and Instinctive reading far old and yoang alike, so a few are totted down hen as we linger over the "walnuts and wine." When Prist— eosnos on Sunday l» ts rwirtftetefi a moot lucky day. it jWeans a food winter ana an nnnsnolly ■ne earner. Should a child be born fen a Christmas Sunday It will be fk- Mewd by good fortune all Its Ufa. J Two notable coronations occurred on Christmas day-that of Charlemagne Be emperor of the west In the year I 800 and that of William the Conquer-, I, » -si ' . ' ■ == '' ...The Average Business Man... I CAN FORGIVE ALMOST ANYTHING ft " EXCEPT j, Poor Writing ,> I He Does Not Have Anything to Forgive 1,, in the work produced by the ~ ::: iwBWKTr ■ ** ' I ' > U "dißLfi t ' ' NOl2 uH » Model dSs&SgtagK Model , i f Mr-It is an established fact—it does the FINE TYPEWRITING " i» , , OF THE WORLD ' * And there is a reason why— , (Wubliigton Branch) THE HAMMOND TYPEWRITFR CO. 824-255 Colorado Bldg., Washington. D. C. » , * B. N. TURNER, Local Dealer, GRAHAM, N.C. EHH Oiovla, tße first ' Christian Sins of France, Teas baptised on Christmas day, 406. The pilgrims, who condemned all church festivals, spent their first Christmas In America working hard all day long amid cold and stormy weather and commenced the building of the first bouse In Plymouth, 1620. It Is a significant fact that no great battles Were fought on Christmas day. They have occurred on the 24th and the 26th of December, but the anni versary of the advent of peace on earth has ever been observed by a ces sation of hostilities. A notable ex ception, however, is that of the bat tle of Okeechobee, Fla., in which Zacbary Taylor defeated the Indians In 1837. On Christmas day of 1861 President Lincoln and his cabinet met and de cided to comply with the demand of jtcbst !■■■»«« or *HS mouita is Greet Britain for the release of Mason And Slldell. who had been captured while on their way to Knglapd and France 'as representatives of the con federacy. In 1868 President Johnson made Christmas day memorable by issuing • proclamation granting fall pardon to every one who had taken part in the rebellion. Sir Isaac Newton, -whose grand dis covery of the law of gravitation re sulted from the simple fact of his see ing as apple fall to the ground, was bora on Christmas day, 1642. William the Conqueror was crown ed king of England Christmas, 1066. Christmas night, 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware, fought the bat tle of Trenton the next day and defeat ed the British. King John of England was born Christmns day, 1166. Christmas day begins In the middle Of the Pacific ocean on the one hun dred and eightieth parallel of latitude, and there la where Santa Clans starts fend ends his great and only Journey of the year. In Russia Christmas day come* on jan. 6, for Its calendar Is the old •trie. Santa Clans In that country la pictured and thought to be by the chil dren an old fellow very much like a big bearded peasant, who files around With a small pack on his back, his team a span of small horses. Bee* in southern countries are be lieved to sing in honor of Christ's com ing. Severance for the manger is shown by the cattle, which kneel on Christmas eve. while sheep In pastoral regions, according to the shepherds' tales, march in procession to commem orate the visit of the angel herds. In the rural districts of England If a cock should crow during the still ness of a December night one Might bear a peaaant say, "He is scaring away the evil spirits from the Christ mas holy day." / In Austria and parts of northern Germany food Is prepared with great est delicacy on Christmas ere and placed upon tables In order'that the Virgin Mary end the angel, is passing during the night, may not be compel led to fast A light Is placed In a win dow In ocder.tbat the Christ child. In trnrsrrfng the streets, may not fall. T Countrymen in Poland assert that upon Christmas night the heavens open and the scene of Jacob's ladder Is re enacted To the- Mints alone, tow** sr. is it visible. Hew Willie Wen. Mother—Did you ds as I told you at Mrs. Winters' and not ask the second time for pie? Willie—Ye*, ma. 1 didst hare to ask only esta I got the first piece with , sot askln' Boston Transcript I : .. - • T £_ ■ "A Cricket Mstch Record. The record attendance for any cricket match is 06.000, the number present at the England versus Australia test match of March, 1898. A Bsd of Rases. | The beds of the shahs of Persia In ancient times were filled with rose petals, which bad to be often scattered lest they become uncomfortable. This must surely have been the origin of the familiar saying. "He would com plain of a bed of roses." Hew Bound Carries. A cannon report has been heard as far as 146 mites. - s Ruskin. . Ruskln's favorite adverb was "en ' tlrely." Over the grave of bis father ■ tie put a memorial stone describing the elder Buskin as "an entirely honest merchant" Honsy In History. Hindus for centuries have used new honey as a laxative and old honey as an astringent. Aborigines of Persia offered honey to the sun. Greeks still mix it with milk or water and use It as a libation to the dead. In one section of India milk and boney are banded to all bridegrooms as they arrive at tb» door of the bride's fsther, and in an cient Egypt honey was long a chief In gredient of embalming fluid. i Clay Pipss. Virginia -has tbe world's largest clay pipe factory, tbe clay of Appomattox county being especially adapted for the purpose. Qussr Nam* Fer a Hotel. There is only one hotel bearing the enrious sign of "Tbe World Turned Upside Down." and that U to be found In Old Kent road. London. The rea son of the Inn receiving this quaint title was tbe wish to perpetuate the memory of Captain Cook, whose ex ploits in tbe antipodes at one time thrilled the seu going and sea loving residents of that part of the metrop olis. TrilUs Thst Count The Bunk of England has made SOOO,OOO merely by retaining tbe frac i tlons of pennies from Interest pay -1 ments on the national debt In the past I 120 years. ■ Animals and Tees. A horse has one toe only. A deer or ■ goat has two. really, however, s split hoof. The camel has a genuine pair of toes, quite nnlike those of a goat The rhinoceros has three toes, the hippopotamus four and tbe ele phant five. That is the limit In toes. Numbered Baby Carriages. A Berlin city ordinance 1 compels the numbering of all baby carriages, so that nurses cannot exchange them by mistake. Th* Russian Empire. Few persons realize bow vast la the area of the Russian empire. Into that enormous country you could put all of non-Buaslan Europe and yet take np only a tittle more than one-eighth of , the Claris domains. Then you could add i the United States. Including Alaska, ' and still have almost enough territory left to place Canada In. In fact the i Buss lan empire comprises one-seventh 1 of the land surface of the globe. i German Grape Culture. l In Alsace-Lorraine there are ever 80,- I 000 people employed In grape culture i and about 76.000 acres plantad Is grapes, which Is the largest acreage of ■ any state In tbe German empire. I Hot Winda ef Egypt, i "Khamsin" is tbe bot wind from the > depart which blows oat ef tbe Sahara ' upon Egypt The word mease fifty. ■ from the idea that It lasts for fifty days. The kbamsin is terribly hot and ! dry and sometimes brings psstllsnce with It ' : ' ) 'Japan's Army Ration*. , Tbe rations for s day provided by Ja pan for each of her soldiers la tbe Sold are three little bags of rice sad • bunch of dried vegetable* Dietary Fads. Tbe late Baasaet Wilks. Qness Vic toria's physidsn. wss opposed to diet ary fade. Be one* said. "If a faddist tells yon to take an ounce ef albumen, an ounce of starch and so orach water, and all that sort of thing. Just yon go and get a alee chop." * Chemistry In tsadtfv Cbswilatij Ims played an Importas* part In tbe Industrial history of Swe den. No leas than twenty of the fcnown chemical element! btw been I Stscoversd by Bwedes. Elephant's Skin. Tbe skin ofVan elephant usually takes about five years to tan. '