VOL. LI
rSHEEP THRIVE IN
RED RIVER VALLEY
Farmer* Learn Flocks Are
Paying Propositions.
. Washington.—Farming In North Da
kota and western Minnesota Is In a
transition stage between grain grow
ing and diversified production, and the
farmers are making sheep a paying
proposition In the transition process.
Sheep have been added on hundreds of
North Dakota aflu western Minnesota
farms In the last few years. They
have added materially to net farm In
comes, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Information
gathered by the department lndlcatea
that sheep can be proitably Included
in farm enterprises on most of the farms
in the Red River valley of North Da
kota and Minnesota, and Indeed
throughout North bakota, with the ex
ception of the southwestern one-third
of the state.
Sheep raising In this area In 1024
was profitable, according to an inves
tigation made by the department in
co-operation with the North Dakota
Agricultural college. Returns from 190
flocks and as many farms were an
alyzed. Even though It Is usually un
wise to start in the sheep business
when It Is at the peak of prosperity,
this should not deter the farmers in
this area from starting with sheep In
a small way because sheep are espe
cially well adapted to this area and
can make a profit at much lower
prices for wool and lambs than now
prevail, it Is declared.
Industry on the Increase.
Market conditions have favored
sheep, raisers In .the last few years.
Since 1922, wool and lambs have com
manded prices well above the pre-war
level. As a result, the sheep Industry
Is on the Increase In most parts of the
United States. Sheep are displacing
cattle to some extent on the range.
There Is a strong tendency to increase
sheep in many farm sections, and the
demand for feeding and breeding stock
has been such as to put the price of
feeder lambs much closer than usual
to the price of fat lambs. There Is a
slight tendency throughout the worldj
to expand sheep production In response ,
to higher prices for sheep product*.
Few countries, however, have much
room for expansion In sheep raising
except at the expense of other farm
enterprises. Accordingly the outlook
for the industry In the United States
Is not unfavorable.
Some Important conclusions are
drawn by the department from Its
study of the 190 flocks previously men
tioned. The investigation showed, for
example, that size Is an Important fac
tor In determining the Ibcome from
sheep raising. On these Minnesota
and North Dakota farms the Income
from flocks of sheep increased verj
nearly In the same ratio as the size of
the flocks Increased. Thus, from flocks
containing 50 sheep each the profit In
1924 was $204, while from flocks of
150 sheep each a profit of $124 was
realized.
These profits were figured after mak
ing allowances for all costs, Including
Interest on the investment in the
flocks. Not only did profit per head In
crease with the size of the flocks, but
production costs, both for lambs and
wool, decreased.
An Important point noted by the In
vestigators is that 55 per cent of the
small flocks received attention at lamb
ing time. In the case,of large flocks
only 6 per cent received inadequate at
tention at this critical period. The re
sult is shown In percentages of lambs
lost In the case of the smallest flocks
the percentage was 12.7, compared
with only 3.9 per cent In the largest
flocks. Apparently the reason for this
condition Is that farmers with small
flocks do not like to take the necessary
time to care for their sheep in the
lambing season, whereas farmers with
large flocks know It will pay them.
Effects of Good Care.
Accurate records of losses at lamb-'
Ing time were not available In all cases.
It Is therefore believed the beneficial
effects of good care were really grestef
than these figures Indicated. The pro
duction coets and net profits from
these Investigations show that every
laifib saved at lambing time meant $8
or $lO more Income In the flock, with
very little additional costs.
Though labor made op only IS par
cent of the production costs in thesis
sheep.enterprises, it wss one of the
most Important factors affecting the
profitableness of the business. In aria
ter less than one honr a day sufficed
to care for a large flock. Little atten
tion waa likewise necefesary during the
summer. In the critical lambing period,
however, the labor requirements were
relatively large and wan adequately
met on farms the operators of which
were In a position to hire their field
labor and devote their own attention
to their sheep. For flocks of from 00
to 150 head, one man's full time was
necessary In the lambing season. For
larger flocks extra help was required
for a period of from two to four xsots
Sweet clover waa the principal pas-;
tare crop prgrlded, j&is plant makes I
THE ALAMANCE (^LEANER
excellent pasture, but haa~ a tendency
to cause "bloat. 1 " Btudy of the cauaes
and pnroitlTM of bloat from aweet
clover la necessary, says the depart
ment, because even men who hand)*
their flocks In the most approved man
ner have losses from bloat. Neverthe
less, the total losses from bloat were
only 1 per cent of the total number of
sheep In the breeding flocks. In a few
localities the loss from dogs and
coyotes was serlons.
A valuable by-product of the sheep
industry In Minnesota and North Da
kota was found te Iw la Us value ti
controlling weeds.
Walk* Across Country
Searching for Parents
Newark, N. J.—Does anyone
know the whereabouts of Billy
Hunter's mother'and father?
Anyone who haa Information
of them will put Joy Into a real
boy's siid heart and give him a
chnnce to aettle down Instead
of prowling the country hunt
ing every nook and cranny for
the parents he never knew.
Billy Just stopped off at New
ark with Teddy, his pal, a
►jappy-go-lucky, brave little fox
terrier.
lie was placed in St. Michael's
asylum in Jersey City when he
was two. .That was eighteen
years ago. Until he was four
teen lie was shifted about to
fourteen other asylums and
homes. All trace of his parents
was lost.
Four years ago he set oat in
search of them and has not
stopped since. He remembers
his mother's maiden name was
Agnes Mcllugh and that his £2-
name was Andrew Hunt
er. •
' Interesting Anniversary
Abbotts Langlev, a little village In
Hertfordsvllle, England, la preparing
to hold a commemoration this sum
mer in honor of its moat dlatin
guished native son. Pope Adrian IV,
the only Rngllahman ever to occupy
the Vatican. A tablet la to be un
veiled In the pariah church to mark
the fact that this pope was once a
little Hertfordshire boy, named Nich
olas Breakspear. A pageant will be
held in the grounds which once formed
the garden of the house in which
Nicholas was born some four cen
turies ago. Being only aoi eaay hour's
motor-car run to the north of London,
the village la expecting to entertain
a large number of pilgrims.
How Conditions Chang*
Natives living in northern Alaska
beyond the Arctic dr-de are ; turning
from the snow Igloos and dugouts to
homes built of lumber and brick. Capt
John Worth, master of the Carolyn
Frances, first visited the Bethel and
Kuakokwlm river districts in 1904, in
quest of furs, gold and Ivory. Then
the Eaklmoa and Indians lived in al
most primitive style. Last year«he
again went north on a trading mission
and found all changed. The natives
have become Interested in reindeer
herding, fur farming and gold mining,
and, following the white man's way*,
are content in modern houses, as far
as possible la tjiat Isolated country.
Why Fbh Is Net Meat
The distinction between fiah and
I meat grew op in the OathoUc church.
In the book of Acta It says, "Abstain
from meats offered to Idols, and from
blood, and from things strangled."
FronT the early days of the Latin
church this passage was Interpreted
aa referring onlf to the flesh, blood or
marrow of such animals and birds ss
constitute flesh meat. Fish, molluals,
crabs, turtles, frogs and such cold
blooded creatures were not considered
aa coming under the Injunction.—
Pathfinder Magazine.
_
How to Koop Floor Clom*
On a stormy day spread several
newspapers on the floor when the
family enter the home aad let them
remove their rubbers there. When
rubbers are dry they can readily be re
nters* by the respective on man to
save work for mother. The papers
can be homed, flier* Is na saMai
roc sad ae floor to dean.
CSWFIW Record for Lmws
In sixty-eight seeslons, covering
lflf yean of Its existence, cengrens
has jisssil SOyOeo laws, ar aboat TBfl
for easb session, according to flflar*i
published la the Cougrssslooal
Record, bf these faety sins ware un
eoastltutlosaL
VOISM of Choorhdmmm
Cheerfataesa Is the best faith care
that can be administered to eeif or
others. At first It may esst a little
effort bat eveataally It «ray Wnaa a
habit DoctorT and nana* practise
cheerfulness, aad la antty cas« M
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1925
f HOW I
MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS »
; TURN OUT THEIR WORK.— jj
According to a glass expert, the 1
most interesting part of the B
: manufacture of glass is its geo- jj
: graphy. He saya the glass in
your milk bottle, for Instance.
; was assembled from the ends of
the earth, and upon being assem
bled started Its backward Jotfr
; nay to the far corners. As a ;
: I common example, let ua Con
sider the mason Jar. This Jar
; starts Its career In a quarry in
: West Virginia as common sand. j
| To thlp Is added soda ash from :
; Ohio; limestone from Michigan; j
f eld-spar from North Carolina; ;
j niter from the mountain deserts ;
; of Chile in South America; an
timony from Utah* a small
amount of cobalt from Canada,
and selenium, a sister of Sul
phur, from Montana. All these
materials of all colors, composi
tions and fused to
: gether to form these Jars, bot- ;
| ties pnd other transparent
: ware. A zinc cap from Missouri
: Is placed on top of the Jar. In- j
I aide thlß cap la a white porcelain \
liner which la made of all the :
previously mentioned ingredl
enta to which are added fluor- ;j;
spar from Kentucky and cryolite :I!
front Greenland.
Upon reaching the glasßhouse
these materials are mixed thor- 1 :
oughly In the proper proportlona 11
and * fed Into a huge furnace :j:
called a tank. The average tank :
holds from 100 to 500 tons of jij
the liquid. A fire in the bottom ;
of the tank plays over the liquid !
constantly ralalng Its tempera- jj;
ture to 2,600 degrees. The mix
ture is continuously fed In at
one end of the furnace while the ; j
finished glass Is drawn from the | ;
other. It takes from one to two I
days for tbe glass to travel the
length of the furnace which may :
be from 20 to 40 feet long. When !
]|j the glass comes from the fur- j >
; ; nace. it la stiff like black mo- ;
:|: lasses In winter. Its property of :
| gradually hardening on cooling \'
: allows It to be'blown or worked : :
Into various shapes. In the old !
« days all glass was blown and
; pressed entirely by hand. But
: now machines do all the blowing :
| and pressing much faster and ;
: more accurately than man.- ;
j11 Pathfinder Magazine.
How Civilization Has
Wiped Out Grasshopper
The early history of the New Eng
land states affords numerous records
•f the Inroads by graaahoppers upon
the crops of the settlers. During the
period 1748 to 1766 a great scourge of
these hungry Insects occurred In
Maine, and other outbreaks occurred
In Vermont during the year 1797 and
1786. When agriculture began to be
established generally In the great
plains region of the United States,
lying west of the Mississippi river
and east of the Rocky mountains, dur
ing the decade 1870-1880, a migratory
species of grasshopper, commonly
known as the Rocky mountain locust,
frequently swooped down from Its
breeding grounds on the benches ef
the mountain range In such great
swarms as to destroy practically all
cultivated crops over vast areas ef
country, reducing thousands of fam
ilies almost to starvation. As the
settlement of the Rocky mountain re
gion progressed tbe breeding grounds
of this destructive pest cessed. Thus
thsre has not been a serious general
outbreak of the Rocky mountain lo
cust since 1880, and this particular
grasshopper has ceased to be a pest
of any great Importance.
How Apes Help Science
Monkeys and apes are being raised
en a farm In French Guinea by the
Pasteur Institute for experiments! pur
poses in studying measles, typhus, yel
low fever sad other diseases that can
not be transmitted to rabbits and
guinea pigs, commonly used In such
tests. Chimpanzees are also kept at
the farm, as they are considered the
most soluble ef all the animal "rela
tives to the human race" for the
studies and also afford material for
experlmsats la psychology. A director
Is In charge ef tbe laboratory and
special buildings have been erected for
ears of tbe patients while they
are given Inoculations and treatments.
V sneering Long Known
Is the cartoons e» the walls jf the
teat s * Rekhmara. sear Thebes, drawn
about (he tfsse ef the Kfndes, carpen
ters are shews botHag glue, splitting
weed Into thla sheets for vsnssr, aad
clastic (he veneer on *e coarser woods.
I Situation Alte-s
1 £a old bachelor eaya (hat a sua Is
gUaitl-r eaasared by (he same kind
M axtravsgaat dreaaing la a woman
r . ./I.
' Am oM bachelor wjr« that a man U
mmtttmm cnaaaiwd by (It* WM kind
iH otmuui dreaalng la a waman
I «La k* H*« IM •*»» »arrta*a.
Opportunity and Thrift
i Are Brothers in Blood
One of the benefits of thrift aesaaa
from the fact that often the poesse
' lion of s small amount of money at
the right time marks the turning
point In the possessor's life.
The world Is full of Instances of
those who have found the way to
great auccess when, through thrift,
they were able to take advantage of
some special opportunity jffor self
i advancement
| Disraeli said; "The great secret of
success in life la to be ready when
your opportunity comes."
| To those who are drifting along
I from day to day without getting
I ahead and apparently making no ef
) fort to do ao, this advice ahould come
with special force. Money should not
be saved merely with the object of
being ready for some great oppor
tunity in life, but the fact remains
that without saving and getting ahead
there will never be opportunity for
any progress whatever.
it alao la to be borne In mind that
opportunities for personal progress
often come to those who, because of
their thrifty habits, have gained the
.good will and confidence of some per
son who Is In a position greatly to ad
vance their Interests.
Thrift brings Its rewards In count
less ways aside from the mere piling
up of savings. One of these Is the de
velopment of Industry. The thrifty
man Is well organized; he la of the
type that inspires confidence upon
' the part of the employees and execu
tives who are looking for men to fill
Important posts.
The man who Is thrifty can rest as
sured he Is making no mistake.
It may not be possible for him to
look ahead today and aee the advan
tagea that will come from today's sac
rifices. But the day of reward will
arrive.
Thrift and opportunity are always
on friendly terms.
Boomorang Proof
Robert W. Chambers, the only novel
ist in the world to pay a five-figure in
come tax, said at a luncheon In New
York:
"Novelists are conceited. Some peo
ple declare they are modest but—
"Well, any snch declaration aa that
reminda me ot two pretty glrla who
reclined In their bathing aulta on the
warm sands of Palm beach.
"'So you're flirting with young
Scrawler Scribba, the novellat, are
youf- aald the first pretty girl. 'I
don't see how you can stand him —
auch a conceited duffer as he. la f
"Conceited?' aald the aecond pret
ty girl. "Conceited your grandmoth
| erl Scrawler Scribba Is as modest as
a woodland violet. Why, I aaked him
[ last night who waa the greateat living
novellat In America, and he blushed,
and bit hia Up, and murmured con
fusedly that It wasn't for him to
say.'"
Festival ot Old Music
( A festival of the chamber mualc
of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
| Eighteenth centuries is being ar
; ranged for August at Haalemere,
England, where Instruments will- be
j used representing those of olden
times. The festival Is to be stsged
by Arnold Dolmetsch, who with
other members of bis family and pu
plla will play numerous rare Instru
ments virtually unknown to the
average mualc lover of today. The
lute, the recorder, the viol, the vir
ginal, the viola d'amore, the harpal
, chord, the clavichord, referred to by
Roast tl aa the "seven sweet sym
phonies," will be used In rendering
tbe music of the old masters. Eng
lish music of "the golden age period"
i (the Sixteenth and Seventeenth cee
; turlea) will have a prominent place
on the featlval program.
London Resumet Polka
Dances of twenty-five years sgo
bsve come bsck as one of the aeason*s
novelties In society. On these occa
slona the dancera wear costumes of
tbe period. The polks, tbe mazurka,
lancers and the barn dance have all
been reintroduced with favor, and.
even that known aa the Washington
Poet danced to the march of that
name, which 1* often heard on the
London radio these dsys as played by
England's beat-known Jazs orchestra,
according to the New York World.
One of the tyst "quarter-century
sgo" dances wss arranged by Miss
Belle Harding. s aortal favorite, whe
waa attired In a black dreaa worn
originally by her mother and which
revealed a pink petticoat considered
a true symbol ef Victorian days.
Racial Divisions
Or. Alas Hrdllcfce,* curator of th»
Bilslsn of physUal anthropology, Na
111 — 1 srassum says thst there are
paly three grand divisions of the hu
mtrn race, tbe population of the white,
tadsflsrmsnlc. Aryaa and Semitic be
tas 894000,000; yellow-brown. Inctad-
Ins Mi —— or Turanian, Malay,
N/anlil. Amsrfran Indian (T), 711,-
0SOU0OO; Mack race, tadodlag the aegre
|ht Bests, IS^KtyMOl
WHY
Cats and Witchcraft Have
Been Associated.
Ths place of the cat la meat affec
tion —and dislike—is Interesting te
trace and to contrast with ths corre
sponding place of the dog; according
to the Baltimore Sun.
Doga have been honored as frienda
of man almost ever since he began te
give vent to Imaginative expression.
Homer wrote of the dog of Odysseus
(Olysses), who was waiting to' die ef
Joy, aa a heroic dog should, whan bis
master returned from his years ef
wandering. If there was a cat In hla
houaehold Odysaeus took no account
of It; and no one ever heard of a cat
dying for Joy any other of the
lofty human emotions sometimes at
tributed to dogs.
The est was first recognized, not
for Ite nobility, but as an appendage
to domesticity, "the harmless, neces
sary cat"—neceaaary to keep the
house free of rats and mice—while
such praise as there wss for domestic
animals was bestowed on Its natural
enemy, the dog:
Cats havs a certain air of mystery
due to their build; their quietness,
their apparent Indifference to people,
their habit of nocturnal prowling and
a supernatural sort of dread thst
some people feel for them. The air of
mystery sccounts, perhaps, tor ths
htrange place that they" have oceu
pled in the history of the occult They
have always been aaaodated with
witchcraft and looked upon as shar
ing the demoniac knowledge belong,
lng to witches.
In spite of her nefarious reputstlon,
however, the cat has found favor with
a surprisingly large number of dis
tinguished persons, many of  them
writ era end philosophers, wh« havs
found in the cafe demeanor the moat
admirable qualities.
Among the French the animal seems
to have been favored above others.
Montaigne, Rouaseau, Pierre Led,
Talna and Mollere were partial te
cats, observing and appreciating their
neat and particular hablta.
Why So Many Cities
Have to Be Rebuilt
Comparatively few people have yet
realized that every progressive- city la
the United States not alone meat be
rebuilt, but that the rebuilding la now
going on and gaining momentum each
year, aays Thrift Magaslae.
It la a aatural development that the
better-to-do people should have their
more modern homes first Bulldsrs
during the paet few yeara have con
centrated upon apartment bouees aad
commercial strecturee. In bssm parts
of a few of th{ larger dtlas tbe de
mand for residential aad commercial
buildings of ths higher type may be
nearly filled. New buildings la (Sis
class may now come along only as
population lncreaaes.
But In any report on housing eoa
ditlons ws must not fsll to review the
condition in our obsolete, dilapidated
tenement districts everywhere. New
housing must and will Include the
whole range—tbe demand for better
homee of all classes of workers—be
fore the volume of national building
shows sny permsnsnt slowing down.
Why Crying Harts Babies
Oylsg Is hard work. When g baby
squalls be usss up twice ss much en
ergy as when be Is sslsep. Tbe wsrk
ef the body, repressntsd by what la
called "metabolism," la doubled dur
ing crying.
If a baby cries every minute tor
24 hours, It does sn amount of work
equivalent to lifting Its own weight to
the top of the Waahlngton monument
Dr. John R. Muriln of Rocbestsr, N.
Y, hss figured out Ibis ssems ex
traordinary, but It Indicates the rate
of body growth la the young, says
Hygeia.
Tbe moral of thla story Is thst If
ths child is te grow properly, be
should not wsste his energy In crying.
A healthy, properly nourished baby
criee vary little.
Why the Pessimist Fails
* Pity the poor pessimist He hss no
friends snywbsrs. He Is a ama with
out a wslcome anywhere. And It
aerves him right Pssstaalem Is net
only unprofitable bet unaound. Things
never torn out s s badly ss the pes
simist predicts. Tbnss are always
better tbsa the pessimist aatldpatss
them. J. Plerpont Morgan declared
many .years sgo thst be bed never
known anybody wbo made msasy by
IMjig faith la Amsrlra. Mr. Msrgaa
was la business me sa optimist on
America. He believed b It and had
tbe courage te net sa lde ballet—
Dallas News.
Why Heir Is Staged
Hair grows oaly frees the roots. Tit
hair Itself Is ss Mtotaes ee our finger
sella. Ths theory of singeing hslr te
make It grow Is beesd sa the test tbet
tbe ends of the hair sftH aad permit
tbe sate ssespe. MsgiMg. ssy ths
beibsra. dsess ep theee sputa
Both Swift and Sar*
Was Vigilante Justice
The Montana Vigilantes, who deliv
ered that territory of such notorious
gangs as Henry Plummet's In the 'Bos,
were nothing if not methodical la
their self-appointed task. Besides
Ptummer'a band of road agqnta and
murderera, to which a total ef 102
deaths alone Is credited, the popula
tion of the gold Adds numbered many
fugitives from Justice from all parts
of the country.
In many places the lawless element
was totally superior In force to the
honest citizen group, which was
driven te the establishment of a Vig
ilance committee to protect lives ahd
property. Outnumbered aa they were.
the Vigilantes worked In secret and
as mysteriously as possible; their
principal tools were the mask and the
rope. Some time during the night a
white card always exactly seven by
nine Inches and bearing the numerals
8-7-77 in black Ink, waa pinned on »
the tent or tacked on the door of the
desperado who had been sentenced to
be banished at a secret meeting of the
Vigilance committee.
The men who received such a notice
knew whence It came and that It
meant, "Pack up and leave within 24
hours or awing on the second night"
If he had the least glimmer of sense he 1
alao knew the warning waenflTbluff. |
The Vigil an tea held no public trlala.
but If aometlmea a mistake was made
and tbe victim appealed for a review
of the facta through certain chan-4
nela, he waa certain of a second hear
ing. In aucb a case a midnight tri
bunal waa held which reconsidered
and aometlmea reveraed the aed
tence. More often It reaffirmed the
banishment with a second placard,
against which there was no sppeaL
If the warning waa disregarded, the
lawlesa one found himself the center
of a very lntereatlng and determined
crowd on the aecond night and be
did not live to aee tbe next sunrise.
The Vigilantes constituted them
selves Judges, Jury and execution era
all In one, and their trials were cer
tainly short. Whenever a highway,
man or murderer was caught, (be
leader ef tbe Vigilante band would
say:
"All In favor of hanging this man
atep to the right ef the road; those
are for letting him go step te
tbe left"—J. R. Johnston In Advefc
ture Magazine.
Poeitive identification
C. 8. Collins, superintendent of the
Identification bureau of Scotland
Yard, who has made nearly 500,Qt0
finger prints of criminals and sW
pects, retired recently after 80 years'
service In the London police depart
ment From the finger prints on file
In Mr. Collins' department some 261,-
000 Identifications have been made,
according to authorities, without a
single mlstske. "I would stake my
life on the probability that there
never will be finger prints alike, even
If the world goee on Indefinitely," Mr.
Collins said recently, In speaking of
his work. During the next genera
tion, be asserted, linger printa would
be much mora generally uaed every
where, not only In the Identification
of criminals, but" ss s mstter of record
In births, and numerous other dlree
ttaaa.
Hoping Their Fling
It was isst year in a strict board
ing school, sad my roommnts snd I
bsd alwsys been on our good be
havior, writes s correspondent of tbe
Chlcsgo Tribune. We realised we had
missed s lot of the fun the other
girls bsd enjoyed, eeen though thej
hsd paid for It by being np before the
faculty many times.
One night we decided we'd be dar
ing and allp down, after midnight to
the rarely occupied guest room and
aleep In the four-poster bed In there.
The corridors were dsrk snd the
stslra creaked, but we tiptoed along
nntll we had almoat reached the guest
room. Just then we heard the watch
man coining down the corridor. We
popped Into the gueet room and onto
tbe bed.
A series of screems sroused every
one. We bsd set upon s visiting mie
stonsry from Africa.
A Surprise
Amateur theatrical stuff had base
ladulged In by certsln members of the
group out for e day's outing. One of
these stunts included tbe placing of
black wax on one or two of the front
teeth, which left aa appearance of
One young man, tiring of the wax, 1
tried to remove It and found he could
not He asked a young woman of tbe
party whstbsr she knew bow to get
the wsx off.
"Sure." she aald, boldly. That's'
easy." And forthwith she grasped the
wax firady between thumb sad fore-.
fiager sad pullsd. I
Imsglne her amassment a moment
later when she held in ber hand tbe
full upper aee of tolas teeth belong-1
lag to the yeung men.—lad! snap idle I
News. I
NO. 26
STRYCHNINE TO
CURE CRIMINALS
Doctor Say* Prison Error Lo4
to Discovery.
Washington.—To prove bis cunt—
tlon that criminals and even degen
i erates may be reformed, rehabilitated
1 and transformed Into useful and up
right dtlaena by administration at
I doses of strychnine. Dr. Bail B. Dad*
dins, president of the Prisoners' Belief
society, offend to aell his body ts
Johns Hopkins university tor experi
mental purposes.
Doctor Duddlng. who says he has
been told be may expect just about
one year more of life because of s
heart ailment, revealed tor the first
time that he, himself, served time In
the penitentiary for a criminal of
fense.
In fact, be declares he was s crfm
, Inal at heart and In mind and that It
was through a mistake made by an
attendant in a prison hospital, who
gave him a large dose of strychnin*
Instead of calomel, that his physical
and mental being lost all traces o t
criminality.
The Incident occurred while Doctor
Duddlng was an Inmate of the West
Virginia state penitentiary In 1910.
Although a graduate In medicine, Doe
tor Duddlng never has practiced his
profession.
"I thought I never would tell the
story/* be said, "but I realise It may
do humanity some good and I have not
long to live. While I was In the peni
tentiary I became suddenly 111.
"I was removed to the hospital and
the doctor ordered a large doe* of
calomel. Instead, the attendant gov*
me a large dose of strychnine. In
stantly I was convulsed. For three
days I hoverpd between life and death
and finally was restored to conscious*
nese.
"When I recovered I was cured at
•11 my criminal tendencies and
thoughts. Strychnine Is well knows
a* 4 drug which best controls the hu
man body. I believe that In my ess*
it changed the nerve structure* In the
brain so as to remove all criminal po
tentialities.
"I think my brain would prove aft
Interesting study to scientists."
Filibuster Developed to
Nth Degree in Austria
Vienna.—A committee of the Aus
trian national assembly baa been giv
ing a striking exhibition of obstruction
of the public business by a procesa mt
talking a measure to death. Then la
no regulation to prevent the comadt
teemen from speaking forever, and
some of them have declared their In
tention to talk until they gain their
point. Irrespective of the merit* of the
c*se.
There came before thrf committee
the question of nominating a chair
man (o look Into the question of city
rents. The Social Democrats were op
posed to Doctor Klenbock, former min
ister of finance, who.was desired by a
majority of the committee. They be
gan a series of endless speeches am
the duties of the chairman, and have
kept this up for eight weeks.
One member, Herr Wltternlgg, baa
spoken for forty-eight hours, spread
over * period of seven days. He re
cently announced be would "mumbl*"
for seven days more. His method Is
to utter s word every thirty
or two words a minute, end thua to
prolong Indefinitely his dlsfouren
■ ■ ■ ■ -
Say Yankee Travelers
Too Free With Tips
Southampton. Reports circulated
here that the American State depart
ment has pat Its foot down on ex
travagsnt tipping by Its representa
tive* have brought out tele* at the
largesse at some American million
aires when they leave the vessels that
have carried them acnes the Atlantic.
It Is related among steamship stew
ards that on one trip recently aa
American mllllonaln gave $lO to every
member of the crew of the ship on
which he was traveling end 923 to
each of the officers. His tips, It wss
estimated by the stewards, cost this
Individual SIO.OOO.
Another passenger not' long ago sur
prised a steward by presenting him
with MOO after a six-day passage fnm
New York to Southampton.
Equable Temperature
The climate at the equator variaa
with the altitude above the sea level
f and nearness to the sea. At Quito, ea
the equator. 0.360 feet above sea level,
the morning temperature Is 47 degress
—the midday temperature Is 00 de
grees. This varies very little with the
I season.
' m
Gave Name to Town
, Shreveport. La., was named In booet
1 of Henry Miller Shreve (1785-1864), s
native of New Jersey, who. In 181 ft a*
I cended the Mississippi and Ohio riven
I to Loalsvllla In the Bntefpri** tteflitt