VOL. LI
SEES ENGLISH AS
WORLD LANGUAGE
Lexicographer Make* Pre
diction for Future,
"Ws are building a great language
for the future years," remarked Dr.
Frank H. Vlxetelly,
the Standard dictionary. He believes
that "English is undoubtedly the great
est language of all ages for ease of ex
pression and shades of meaning," and
thinks that "the English-sneakine
races of today number nearly 200,000,-
000 people." This is aboutl2 per cent
of the population of the earth, but
Doctor Vlsetelly experts the percent
age- to double In 75 years, according to
the New York Sun. > ;
Languages can be measured In im
portance by their usefulness as means
of communication and by their contri
butions to world culture. English has
quite evidently become the most Im
portant of all languages from the
purely practical standpoint No other
tongue la used so extensively In trade
or even in governmental and social re
lationships. It is estimated that 120,-
«**ooo people speak German, 90,000,-
000 Russian, 00,000,000 French and 55.-
000,000 Spanish. Despite the great
population of China and India neither
of these countries has a single lan
guage spoken by as many people as
speak English. India hss 147 lan
guages. Chinese dialects are Innumer
able. Altogether only 220,000,000 In
dians speak languages of the Indo-
Aryan branch, and there are three" of
these. Mandarin represents a means
of communication almost everywhere
In China, but It probably has not the
actual currency that WngUah h.« The
tongue that only 20,000,000 people
spoke in 1800 is undoubtedly dominant
among lsnguages today so far as ex
tant of use and variety of usefulness
are concerned.
English has alao steadily shaped it
self into an effective medium for ac
curacy and hpsnty of expression. It
has been jeercM at as a heterogeneous
language and it has been criticized for
the "weskness" of turning to UHn
and Greek for new terms Lovers frf
the romance languages find it lacking
In elegance. Its grammatical irregular
ity has boon noted. Still, English has
produced poetry, drama and fiction
that are now world Inheritances.'* Its
poetry especially challenges compari
son in fineness and body with that of
any language. Meanwhile, as the pow
er of the nations taping icng"«h has
grown, the serviceability and dignity
df the tongue as an Instrument of
diplomatic, scientific end critical or
philosophical use has been inore gen
erally acknowledged.
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Historical Organ
■ An organ wHh which King James n
entertained himself while he apd Ms
army were 'encamped outside of Lon
don in the year 1687 for the purpose
of overawing religions rioters within
the city, arrived In this country a few
weeks ago. A firm in New Tork has
bought It. The organ la sqaace and
has a false front, pierced and .carved,
and with dummy pipes painted on It
The keyboard has four octaves and
forty-three notes and diapason, cornet,
seequlalter, principal, twelfth and fif
teenth stops. The lower half of the
Instrument, except for two small pan
els that are decorated with cuplds and
represent *9(nslc n and "Singing,"
, shows scenes In East India. The large
panels in front evidently represent epi
sodes th the life of a princess. In. one
she Is seated on a camel led by a
guide armed with a spear. lit another
she Is alighting from a camel In an
oasis.—Tooth's Companion.
"Corking Idea" le Right
The Boston Transcript credits the
following to a Texas newspaper:
"Milt Bimjpes had a narrow efcape
yesterday. While working MI his wa
ter tank his holts slipped and he fell
in. All be had to get ost by was a
rope, and with overshoes and overcoat
it was hard climbing He worked 'tU
be almost give out and In desperation
stopped, but failed to let loose the i
rope, in a very short time his hands
froze to the rope which gave him a '
corking Idea, he would reach as high
on the rope as he could, hold a time j
'til his band would freeze to the rope,
then blow his breath on the lower hand
'til it turned loose, then ranch again,
so finally readied the top. His feet
are frozen, bnt be is able to be at his
Ear iy Co/Fee Heaeee
Coffee booses were ptnees of re
frashment first opsned In the Slx
tssnth csntnry U Constantinople. In
Isndtm they were, so to speak, dub
hnnms. fits to sfi whs could bay s
cup; sad yst esch was knrfwa tor Its
special drde of visitors, literary,
silsilfii. rsllglons or political. In the
!>■■» of newspspers they were s
great asnana of sin ending news and of
• to «■*'♦ as twsnfal an influence In
: politics that in 1675 Chariea JI at
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THE ALAMANCE (JLEANER.
Southern City Kempt
Old Funeral Custom
The custom of bsvlng a funeral u-
nouncetsenton a silver salver carried
through the streets by an agsd negro,
of Chesterfleldlan deportment, an old
Spanish custom, nil »yif« |q Talla
hassee, Fla., and nowhere else In the
United SUtss, according to the his
torical committee at the Florida Cen
tennial celebration.
"This means of snaoandag thai
death of a member of a leading fam-
Uy long antedated the newspaper,"
«i!d Col. Fred T. Myers of Tallahassee,
whose family has resided there contin
uously for more than a century. "It
was common In the days when the
flag of Spain waved over Florida and
has persist*] in the face of modern
means of communication.
"A carefully engrossed announce
ment of the place and date of funeral
and burial Ii sttsched to a broad silver
tray by bands of black silk ribbon. A
dignified negro then bears it through
the business section with a mien in
keeping with the solemnity of his duty.
He presents it ceremoniously to all
who care to read! Later, he carries
the tray to tho homes of friends of the
deceased.
"Primus, the Impressive colored
coachman owned by M. D. Papy, a
lawyer of the Civil war period, was
the official bearer of these sad tidings
for yesrs both before and after the
war of secession. Citizens of Talla
hassee are so to this rite
that they do not recogulze It as a rallc
of s bygone era."
Vast Wealth Easily
Carried in. Pocket
Gems represent a value so highly)
concentrated that It Is possible to
carry a million dollars worth of
precious stones In a waistcoat pocket.
Though the diamonds of the world
probably have a value of *5,000,000,000,
the African yield since 1889, according
to Dr. George F. Kunz, in the Engi
neering and Mining Journal-Press, has
been only about 14 metric tons, and
with the' diamonds from all otbci
sources, the world'f production In th«
last 35 years may have been 25 tons—*
an average of only about SO pounds a
week.
The profitable sapphire mines of
Montana have produced, since theif
discovery in 1900 not more than one ot
two tons. The total yield of Burma
rubles has been not more than a ton
or so. la extreme values natural pre*
clonk stones have ranged np to $20,400
per carat, or 13,090,150 par troy ounce,
for an exceptional 20-graln "pearl; 98,-
500 per carat for a red diamond; 93,-
500 per carat for a white diamond;
16,000 per carat for an emerald; 94.-
500 per carat for a ruby, and
per carat for a sapphire.
Why Henry Went Oat
It waa pouring rain and dreadfully
cold. He came In, kicked off his wet
shoes, slid his tired feet Into a pair of
comfortable carpet alippers, sat down
in an easy chair, drew forth his pipe,
lit up and declared that nothing
would make him stir from the boose
until next morning.
"Henry, my dear," said his wife,
"did you mail m/ letterT"
"Of course I did, my love," he an
swered.
"I asked mother to postpone her
visit for n while," the wife went en;
"yon see—"
Apparently Henry did sea, for with
s single bound he sprang from his
chair, grabbed his shoes, slipped them
on and tore out Into ths marky street.
A little later be returned and re
marked :
' "Do yon knew, ay dear, I couldn't
resist the temptation of popping round
to see the new motion picture." He
hsd carried the letter to the branch
peat office.
Poetic Name for City
The appellation *Ctty at ths Violet
Crown" wss bestowed apes the dty
of Athens by the ancient Athenians 1
The origin of the term Is In dispute,
and is variously explained. Accord
ing to some authorities, the violet was
the favorite flower of the a»h—
and thus became the symbol of the
dty. Aristophsnss, In his "Eqnttss"
and "Acharnlans," speaks of Athens
ss the "Violet-Crowned." According,
to others, ton (fhe Grade for violet) I
WSS s king of Athens, was In einsi
quence lon's dty. the vtoist dty, the
city of King lon, or ths dty of King
Violet.-—Kansas Ctty Times.
Not a Legal Proeodent
In Chancery court In London rsesnS
!y s dedston involving S9OO was mads
on ths tsss it s penny. It wss to fix
ths alttaaate coals of the lffigitlon,
The court attache. In admitting that
form of settlement, specified thnt tt
should not ast np n legal precsdsnt la
British law. however. . ,
At the end of the yenr 1824 men
than 60400 herds of cattle .-aislataj
srer 1.000,006 bend hnd bean sOdsll]
accredited as fres ton takmalids.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY J4, 1925
Indian Always Ready
for Game of Chance
' All Mm of Mk sexes an tn
iHMm. They hire bees
I known to gamble my everything they
i owned. Including their wive* and their
tint) which ii raising the white man's
ante- to ■ considerable decree. As a
rule, Indian dice have Cut two aides
that are marked. These marking* are
of a thossand aad one different d -
slgns and eotofs. The dice are cast
either from the band, a rap, bowl or
basket Many of the dice are thrown
on stones, either held in the hand
|or on the ground. The object of
this Is to make the dice boand over
| and over, thus insuring a fair cast.
• The Indian, oven as does the white
j man and the African enthuslsst,
| speaks endearingly to his gaming Im
| piements, beseeching the Great Twin
| Brethren, the Spider Woman or wbo
j ever happens to be the deity presid
ing ever thst particular game of
glance to cause "Lady Luck" to hover
| In his or her vicinity. Some of the
: younger generation living on the Mesa
| Grande reservation coin their own
phrases, decidedly modern and the
elder men and women chanting gam
ing songs so old that even the most
ancient of the tribe had forgotten the
meaning of the words.
Roach, Pantry Pe»t,
fg Native of India
Sir Francis Drake, buccaneer of
three hundred years afo, once took as
a prize a Spanish ship loaded with
spices from India. It Is recorded that
on that ship was a strange "Mack
bugge" which the Spanish called cu
carache, which strictly t peeking, meant
••wood loose." This ctlfaf*be became
the modern cockroach.
It wis a native' of India/ until
that time seen In Europe. ' Tfi we'cock
roach ea, however, were sturdy Wrtfcws,
given to living In dark anil narrow
places, and therefore happy In the
holds of stgQw that plied the seas.
Thus these argoslea 'of commerce have
served an a'means of broadcasting the
cockroach, and It is found In. abund
ance wherever man dwells. His bones
have provided suitable breeding and
dwelling places for these children of
the warm countries.
New species, one In America and
one In Australia, were found and dis
tributed. So hare world-girdling multi
tudes of them appeared where before
there were none at all or but local
tribes. This Increase In the range and
numbers of the cockroach >ls typical of
the man Influence in the Insect world.
Purr-rr-rr
Unlike Dickens, Thackeray did not
delight la placing among the men and
women of his novels unforgettable lit
tle portraits of their dogs and cats,
parrota or canaries. Nor do we think
of Thackeray as having that personal
fondness for domestic creatures which
WN characteristic of Dickens, whoso
oars dogs no leas than his favorite
raven. Grip, figure largely In his let
ters. But Thackeray's daughter. Lady
Bltehfe gives in her recently published
letters several delightful little glimpses
of her own and her friends' pet a; and
In one brief and charming note she
even ventures to interpret a few words
from FeUnese into English. She writes
to her friend. Mrs. Gerald Ritchie:
"Solomon (the eat) has been purring
messages, tell Peggy. He proposes to
write, bnt says It Is superfluous to
say how mnch he misses her, and that
he la purrfectly lost without her to
stroke his back. He has tried my lap,
but he doesn't mnch like tt; bo finds It
too purrpeodlcuiar, and be sends his
lovs purr ms."—Touth's Companion.
Horn Japan Fights Flies
Following the Japanese
lack of sanitary facilities caused an
enormous Increase In the number of
files. To combat the pests, school
children in Tokyo and Osaga were
offered five cents a hundred for catch*
tag them. The response waa so great
I that crews of clerks were kept busy
i counting the piles of victims sent in
by the energetic young workers, some
catching as many as 1.000 flies. lW
Insects were placed in bottles after
being classified and credited to the
hunters and were displayed st s pub-
He sanitation exhibit—Popular Me
chanics Magazine.
How Ssamsn's Wag— DUfmr
The average pay of the total drew
■of an MOO-ton ahlp. operated by tbo
United States shipping board. Is 98.448
monthly, as compared to f1.785.71 for
the same vessel of Great Britain; Nor
way. $1,100.14; Holland, 91,623-58;
Sweden. 91.820.50. and France, 9L
-319.85. The monthly pay of an aMo
seaman ranges from 918.78 In Japan
to POM in the Unfed States.
Vicarious Revenge
Prayers far revenge are said In
tiling? by dfivtag nails into a wooden
statna.
"te U Came Moot?"
Drted yak meat, often 100 ysars o!4
tosms ths stupis s ths Tibetan disc
HOW==
ANIMALS AND BIRDS CARS
FOR THEIR APPEARANCE.—
It la -wrong* to suppose that
unlmals, upon waking up in the
morning, are reudy for the day's
work snd. play. Like human
beings, they have to "dreaa"
themselves and. although this
ruay merely consist of taking
some sort of a bath and sooth
lug down ruffled plumage and
fur. animals are not contented
until Ihejf have completed their
toilet, writes London Answers.
Dogs and cats are rather
particular In this respect They
sit by the Are for hours wash
ing and dressing themselvea
More bashflil animals select
lonely spot* where they cannot
Ike observed.
Birds nre extremely neat.
Many Insist on a bath eviry
day. Watch a canary; he will
not eat his breakfast before he
Ires bad his bath and arranged
his feathers. But offer him a
hath In a tub that Is not per
fectly clean, and he will refuse
to plunge In. ~
Swallows bathe only In fresh
rain water, so they cannot In
dulge In the "cold tub" every
day. Ducks are also partial to
rain water. When a shower
fajls they ruffle up their feath
ers to allow the rain to soak in.
Ducks living near the sea will
fly Inland to a great distance
for fresh water fn which to
bathe.
HOtib Taximeter Retard*.
' Fare Passenger Pay
The principle upon which a tax
imeter works Is that for every con*
plete revolution of the cab's wheels a
certain dlatance h'as been covered
nnd, therefore, a certain amount oi
fare la due.
The actual meter consists of a num
ber of clocklike wheela with lndlca
ton which show the fare due In terms
Of dollsrs and centa. The lowering
of the "For Hire" flag bringa Into
play a flexible shaft wlilch connects
the meter with the road wheel of the
car and at the same time turns a
wheel which records the number of
tlmea the cab haa been hired la the
day.
By the different turns of keys oa
the outside of the meter the 'driver
brings into plsy gear wheels which
record the extras, so giving the fare
In total, the whole machine, of course,
ceasing to register when the cab
stopa.
It la. however, possible if the ve
hicle la hired at "time" Instead of
"distance" rates to disconnect the
meter from the road wheel and set
In operation a dock which will re
cord the fare due for 'the hire by
tl&e.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How Rice It "Cultivated"
Rice Is not "cultivated" In the sense
that corn is. The seed Is sown like
wheat or oats, after which the groaad
Is flooded until the aeed germinates.
Then the water is drawn off, bat the
ground Is flooded agala later to kill
the weeda and a third time when It
is about to head. Generally speak
ing, the height of the rice plaat de
pends on the depth of the water, for
the ear always grows above the ear
face. The grain Is produced la (Mads
similar to oats. Shortly before the
grain Is ripe the water Is drawn off
and the crop Is cut with reapers aad
threshed much like barley or wheat
Most species of rice are. grown on
marshy or Inundated land, but'a few
spedes are grown oa hlj&er groaad.
—Exchange.
How Shoe Sixes Are Warned
There are three general systems for
measuring shoes: English, used la
England and the United States; A mar
lean and French. The French onlt
length Is the Perls point equal lag 2-8
of a centimeter, or approxlautsly
4-18 of aa Inch, IS points or sizes be
ing about four Inches. English aad
American measiwe Is 1-8 of an inch,
the former counted from the 4-lach
mark, while the Istter Is counted
from the S 11-12 Inch mark. It hss
been suggested that the Engllah. meas
ure be universally used. Ia the Eng
lish measure the sixes run from 1 te
13 for children. For alahs they con
tiaue la a now series. Mse IS la
therefore 8 1-8 laches long, while as
adult stse d Is tea laches.
Milk ma m F—d
Milk as i food far ererjr oae Ma
been axtenalrely advertised la tM
Called State* la the paat fair year*,
aad apparMlly ,*l*h conrlnelng force.
Statlatlca fraaa 900 cities aad 30,000
farma indicate tbat la 1928 the cao
aunptloo of a Ilk waa 5S galloaa to a
peraoa, aa compared with 90 galloM
la 1982 aad 40 galloaa la 182 L
la Baatoa tM coaaoapttaa to a
peraM baa adraarfad la algtt yean
fraai K to «4 galloaa
Colore Have Varying '■ j
Effect on Sarfaaee
Considering the large ladwass est
ers exert upon us aad the test thdt
ws cannot afford to rsdscerats evsf?
few dsys if we do net ears for a raise
scene, certain facts shout ooioss
should be well considered bsfors say
paint Is parchassd. On this safejsst
an sutbority has said: 0
"Color materially affects the a*-
1 pea ranee of surfaces, according to the
speed st which the light rays travel—
reflective ability, that la. Rsd Is s*
sggresslvs color, irritating to seas.
Blue, a receding color. Is soothing A
dull red does not hring a surface, sp
parently, as near the ays as a bril
liant rsd. Green Is consldsred s static
color, while gray, ss wall ss green,
unless Influenced either by yellow or
bins, rets las the spperaa*-petition.
Yellow appears to enlsrgs the *tae of
sn object or surface without
Its position. For this raessn orange
can mnks a surface appear sasllsr.
defending upon the. amonnt of led It
contains, or larger if the yellow pre-,
dominates. Violet ess be either s#>
gressive or raced lag, depsodlag apea
the smonat of rod or Mas It coatslaa
Light violet, like gray. Is static ualess
it Iran* more to the red." ■
Famous Delhi Gardene
\ Laid Out by Monarch
The Kudsla Bsgh or the Kedsla gar
dens In Delhi,' India, where taenia
tournaments are held, wen originally
Isid out in 1748 by Quckl Bsegam, the
mother of Ahmed Bhsh, emperor of
Delhi.
They have been well looked after,
and although they cannot compare
with the mora ambitious pleasure
croon da of the oarliec are
well worth a visit No wall aflanial
with aerrated battlements eudrctee
the grounds, nor la there any Impos
ing entrance gateway which la a great
feature of the larger pleasaacea.
In the center of the gardsas, how
ever, there la an old gateway. Now
but a picturesque rain, It waa, a
writer In the Montreal Family Herald
underatanda, the gateway to Qadat
Begam'e palace, of which nothing BOW
remain*. To the sodthssst of UOa
gateway there la another pli lateralis
ruin—an old mosque which, "ragh at
tached to the palace, waa net In
cluded la It |a maay ways the wages
la the more IntereeUng of the twa
atructnree which give the gartrad an
air of bygone times.
Invisible Light „
I' A IssamsU atlsn of bow—a«oe o»-
Jecta can he reagarad tramrl to
"la visible light- acting th*e*h a apa
del inatnunent called the "aapsr retl
na- haaheen given hy the fssftsaa In
dian scientist. 8b JagadU Chandra
Boss.
Sir Jagadla Ohandra Bene dadkrwe
• that he has perfected his MNMM
after SO years' siiwliaral
| "lavlslble light" consists ef sfeaet
electric wavaa having the saaM pnp.
ertles as a beam of light Thsae waves
are selectively absorbed by dlffsraat
substances. Oral tar and pitch era
transparent whilejratsr la mages
||) i y- ' -
Modem Ute
I MarHnsbsig Is a Uttle tows swag
beat the railroad and the —*l chil
dren know very ltttle abeat ridlag en
the train. One day Klsra Wymaa sal
his mother went te New Albeay la m
auto, bat returned via BsMra em the
praia. it was Bsto's Srst ride en the
train. Tha trala waat a aheet dU
tance and stopped. At the mam thN
Dae heard the aolae of steam wrap
lag. aad with a look of disgast he
leaned back la his seat aad said,
gee. there gaea a tin, aee we will
have te wait another half hear."—Zn
dlanapolla News.
Wi*, Cooor BobM Hob
Once again wigs of varisns ralsrel
hair are being won by Trtmni ef hah
lon la Parte te eevsr their bobbed
heeds when they pat en evening at
tire. The color of the hair -stilus
the gswa aad after Sve yean ed stag
nated bastasas the hairpin maaafeo
torero are starting ap with a Isartsh
Bmhalmr Pmrrmimgm High
I IbtKi ku tM kUkMt pwntlll l
of rtatfo m of My Mate tatbe
nk L!iir ** >OTr -
Ot S 'ST p»alatl«a
»•" «* M* *2 par oaat M kMte
tan. «Mte of ite wmm atfy 1M tori
mm if* ateglo.
, Cmmm mf Vmitm Ow|pi—
: Sctealata ivciplM » water o« «f -
terMt typoa of caraa. To the IM
CM the mmt faartllar an tboao tna-
MM la MtM aad gjprnm aa a
roaatt M tto aolreat actlM of water,
te MOy eoaatrtar lava caraa Mm
tte nputtM of
MM MM MM Xwii Mtk cflh
M the coaata by tM fnnaaate Ml
MHaai Matter «T —— "Wrtrt
Cermad Reef Horace
in American History
Osmsd beef sad (Mm was rs
the Tttaa race sf Newj
that dsmlsatsd art, coo*
smpw aad literature aattt it wsa dbK
cevsrsd that bleed As rdtea war*, after
laltolor aad that the mil
Italy aad Ukvalnia. Tbea they sorteC
fsdsd away.
Is the sld days, aad it is pertiafe so
■ew. yoa took a place « SSH hardened
beef from the moot datable put tf
tbee*. I« eeeked it ever the winter
la nit Mu Thia destroyed the taste
•ad perfected til* vulcaalslag. Then
I you took the big Iron pot adT the book ,
la the woodehed. tiled It half full of
water, aad pot la the Mat Ton also
»■* la pststoos. carrots, a cabbage,
enleaa. taimlpa, wtiNm or what
hare yon. aad oet tho pot oa UM back
•Mkojitero aad weat oa about yoor
Iyou took tbo pot lata the depth of tho
! back yard aad poarod oat tbo water.
j*bea rtm laa bask. bocaado (bat wa
tar, if approachod too latlpataly,
woald dsatroy 000*0 tasto for aay klad
iwbbl'Ltiiiir **" Mrr * d *** I
eerned hoof tastod'liko carrots; tbo
potatoes tasted Ilka eobbago; they all
torted Uko onleaa. If you have over
datoa tt yoa will-get tho (Moral Idea.
Tbo path breaker* tbo eenptro balld
or* that passed westward along tbo
Oaalda trail aad thelfohowk valley la
tbo fertteo, were corned hoof aad cab
bege-eetlng Imorlcaas. Tboy went to
Ohio aad grow ap aad beeas» preet
denta. Jut as others stayod la Bostoa
aad ate cod. aad still others went to
Temeat sad perfected tbo savory iro
harveet ef tho sacealeat bean. Tbeoo
ceoMsUblos are food far h—to aad
prophet* Tboy are tba Jwt aad
propor atlmslaita tor isrcDera ea«"a
■torn sad rock-bo«ad coast* Tigtr
WlUlama, aad '""Birrr Blsrhstoaa.
aad Betsy Stalk aad OoL Issy Putnam
•to thscn. "Deat gtra ap tbo rtdp,"
crtod Lawrence la tbo thick of hattla.
OMtalaly aot They hadat any cab
bage, bat tbo bold was fad of eesaed
boot Theca ls stma lot ofeosnod bood
It Is for" a*-». M/kT'iT MsMsaCbtt
Maatbly.
V * recent, flmna jnotor ahov
them was eaUMtad a tnnk«Uw. A
aatectUlar tractor vatof Khe an
A* utNMlic potato digger has keea
doetgaed tka it tko lareater Mya will
Kw* a wo&derfal lakoraartag a*
dUMHttofim. It sat aly dlge a»
t>te kit (iwlauM Omm hi
•Mmpi far pirti—.
ataeluaels
«ss*la -f katt* atfaatok Do w
ckta*toafcallk*a aaall
wkoele, ul cantos • hut thuu
like drill ta froat of W at tks «i of
tw# braces. A pall oa a lever la nfl
la start tko trill dewsward. i»
ether pall steps It at tka doatrod deptk
aad brtaga It kuk ta tka starting
pelat. Tka tavsatar kallt kla erigtaal
wM (ram X> piecoo of tea aa*
CaW falb Clrwlrfin
Oortlaadt Btaackor aald at tka aa
aaal Parrot kail at tka BltaCkittea la
Wear York:
"Tka aow faahleoa as* tiaaaparaat
Wall, we're aaad to tkat Bat kare yoa
remarked—l know yoa kara, of coarse
—tko retara of tko alasked skirt T Tka
akori. vary tight skirt wltk a loag
ststfLat tka loft side kas retaraed, aad
lfo well. ttf* a revelation.
"A graad dame, got ap la tranepar
eat Moaae aad slaakod aklrt aad sU
tko rest of tt atsppod at w* tskto la
a raetaaraat tka etkar day at Innekasa
time aad laagked aad said:
"1 lore tkoao aow faskloaa. Tkey
■ake mo fool so glrilsk. Cortlaadt
Bvery tfaae a aaa laoka at aa I
Meek.'" •
Traash Joka F.
OHljraa af Mew Terk «u nodtnli|
the |fi|iyl to • Avar with aU apr
faceaad WiM W» to favor at
"It caart la daaa." Oaaaral O'Ryaa
■aid. "mad aay aaa wka aaja la caa
«• It la to aucMr tte aam rtdtoaloaa
poaKlea aa Mr. Bake.
-Mr. BaKe |M km tae ■arrtag
Mto wtto Matai H to ktow
ap a«k Mead. ehT
Bak, v* aad favdar
f I—rfirf ,
ttval fta atotk Wkaa Jt waa ttoae tor
tka filtoahaa to ka-takaa. a at ran (a
araaua arha was alttlac back of aaa
aald wkat I thought waa, "Hare yea
Hiadtoar Mack auvrtaad, I kaad
adkar oml
T«nr«aa l—flu \n t rail
aia mm «4kra dkaa +mm '>aa
NO. 15
fork mni V«g*tabl*s
StapU Chin— Food*
Fwfc Is tbo chief moat of tbo CM
aese. It Is aoed by practically aU
dasoos of people la all ports of Chlaa.
A meal with out ptebb«addand to
bo aaasoolly aad with thp s%■
vegetarians li ased by
flares or nrr poor people only,-the
Worth Oktea Mows says.
pock is each a epaoa toad
that wealthy people trill aot ores
touch tt Daring Now Tear festival*
sad birthday or weddlag celebrations
s whole tries «d hog or a half of It Is
oftsa purchased aad consumed by .tbo «
family aad tbolr gueeta.
Lamb, however, may ho snbotttated
tor pork, bat beef is considered mors
or lees sacred sad Is very seldom -
need tor food. Tho quantity of meat
estsa is small; it Is usually served
cut Into small pleeee and mixed with
vegetables la a greet variety of wsya.
Vegetables are assd much more free
frby thsnmiaasi people tbaa by Amor
> rsdishes P epd''tho^likef > *many
ptoats sad woods are setsa which ars
aot usually fftnoldsrod as food to
America. Thus radish loaves, shep
herd's parse, bamboo sprouts aad a
largo aas*ar of ssa wooda'aro assd
as food.
Bmlimomt Evil Spirit
Lmrkud in Wmtek COM
Until coapaiattraly modern ttaaa
the wMifif ot * watch was considered
• proof of tho fwmr'i gentjlltjr, thon|h
tbo In Tuition can bo traced back to tho
Fourteenth centaiy. Watchee vara
Worn attached to a chela anipaadad
amid tho neck. a which
turrlTw with WMWL
Tnm tho feUewtn* story of one
Mr. Allan, a reputed sorcerer, who dUd
In MO, wetcbee moat bare bean veftr
uncommon In his dnjr.
Being at" Holme Lecejr, In Hereflord
ahlra. Allen happened to leave Ms
Watch In the chamber win daw. The
maids entered his raon to mako tho
bed, and. hearing a cnatonn debtee
eound rmli (ran a caao, t aariuded
of theai took U *» with tan«B Ud
threw lb on( of the window toto tho
neat
The atrlnc attached to tho enm
cnaght on the aprlf of an elder that
«raw eat of tho meat, and thin can-
Irmed their belief that tho can de
tained nn ovS aptrtt
Youthful Mtmmtmm
AM aid aa tka kills awn MMa to
racy y*oag and tko esrtk'a a—t wy
mobile.
Dr. Weodell P. Woodrtng of tka
Dal tad Stalaa geological anrray aaja
tkat tka tUai of tkaaa kllla prob
ably caaaaa tka oarthfaaksa wkfck at
tatarrala akaka tka awlkiia part t€
tka eoaatsp. Saaaa of tka coral roof
cape aaoar aiariae taaracaa tkat rioa
like glgaatlc atalra from aaa tore* ta
• keigkt of akoqt WOO feat. Tkaaa
tarracaa, began la Mtocaae tlmoa, are
praaarrad bacaaaa of tka aridity of tka
fight Dmtidmd Nmmm
la tka cofamaalty now kaowa
aa Bat?* Vt, araa undecided aa ta tka
aow aama tar tka town. tko origtoal
aatao 'of wklck araa Wllbceborgh. ▲
change was decided aa ta ITBBL Era
tnaUy the proepoctlre namaa narrowed
down to two, Hoi dan, spoaaorad bp!
Cape Joaspk Thompeon, and Barre.l
offarod by Joaathsn Sherman, botkl
aaasaa being after Maaoachnaottal
towna. The coatroTeray developed"
lata a Ist flgkt, Sherman winatsg.
Tka dtp fatkera aad tka legbtatara
koaoiad tko victor by aandng 0*
towa Barn.
"WaafW Mmdicm*
The partlcalariy wed-knows aaa
aatoroi the doctor's coaaatttog room
sad took s ckslr.
"Well, what caa I da for yoat" aakad
tko doctor.
"I don't thlak mack of tkat coogh
modlcia* of yoara," aaawecad tka sua.
"Ok. ra sorry to hoar tkat." was
tka reply. -What la the reaeoar
"Why," said the other. "There's a*
mark dead waate la It. I hadnt take*
■sot* than a qoarter of-a bottle wkaa
ay cold dleappeared, aad there to tka
otkor throe inert era Just tkroera
sway."
Pkmrmoha Bmlt WM
It* atone ncd la the cooatmrtl—
at dH Egyptian pyramids «m trmn
tb« Tormb qnrrlM. It to eatakttobad
that It took lOOyQOO mum warM« far
tea jre«i. t» Mkt a wMwiy S.OOC
feet toac I* ncmtrnf tb« I—to tt
tb« it«w ltd 20 |Hn more to com
pMt lit NmaM of (to CkMfL Thk
pf—M ceatalaa ftSOObOOO blacks af
■toac MtttjfK MWM 40 cubic (ML
The Macka cmme from the Mokattaa
hill* as well m the Tani both of
wirfafe were is tit mipaaHe aide at '
the WOe
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