VOL LI Visitors Find Ready 1 Welcome ifi Denmark It Is a common habit of American towns to erect a colossal "Welcome" rlgn by the railway stations for the Information of tourists. In .England and' also In America, hundreds of homes have Inscribed the magic word on the doormat, where of course, the visitor wipes his boots. In Denmark, however, there are no electric signs to bid you welcome, and no bouse "says it with doormats,"»but I venture to say that there Is not a town or vil lage In the country, where It Is not written on the face of every blue-eyed Dane that you meet From modern Esbjerg to ancient Elslnore, from j Frederlkshavn to Mo en, every facg ' seems to say, "We are glad to see you in our country." And what a country It is, in which to take pleasure In such a welcome! Surrotinded by the sea on nearly all sides, a kingdom of is lands. lakes and woods Krotn the shelving dunes of Jutland to the rugged cliffs of Bornholm. wood-en circled fjords and romance-encrusted castles provide a welcome whose sin cerity can never be doubted. —From . "My European Excursions," by Edwin Robert Petrle. Declare Birds Are Insensible to Color Bavarian scientists claim to have Made certain the fact that birds cannot see color, are not affected by It; in fact, any color is good with the birds, even those of bright and gay plumage j having no appreciation of the fact that ; they, are better dressed than -othe's Even the gorgeous display of the male .peacock brings no sensation of beautiful colors to the eyes of other birds about. The test with birds' eyes show, the scientists assert, that birds do not look at things as human beings do, that all flying birds by day see everything in a bright, red orange light and are only a slight way to the short wa*e!^^light that make blue aud vlo let visible,. Night-flying birds are less sensitive to colors than those that make.thelr flight by day. the eyes of all birds befng screened frorn Intense light by tiny globules of oil In the retina of - the eye that act as color screens. The Bavarian scientists say the Darwin Idea, thty beautiful plumage of birds Is a factor in (he selection of mates, is merely a fanciful theory, poetic and Interesting but lacking scientific sup port " Discovery of Value One day an English physician, who loved growing green things, found on the Island of Trinidad a few tiny grasslike plants In a ribbon canefleld. The Englishman, delighted that he had caught nature napping and found j out one of her secrets, took the little i plants to his home garden, and in due ! time he discovered that he hud sev eral One new varieties of sugar cane., One of these new varieties was car ried to Hawaii, where It multiplied and produced a new raCe of sugar «-ane that will grow on poor land. In a handful of years Cuba fairly won the nickname. "The Sugar Bowl of the World." So great Is the de mand for Cuban cane sugar that she has never been able to satisfy her ei'gei buyers M-trlnn Benton Bal •srf '• ' , Doctoring a Mountain Some alarm has been caused in Rome by the statement of scientists that the Matterhorn, one of Italy's famous mountains, is In a shaky con dition, and may topple over Into the Italian valley. Years ago similar fears for the Rocher de la Clusette in Jura caused engineers to rush to the moun tain and shore it up with concrete. Lasting Furs Among the more durable furs are bear, fisher, dyed skunk, stone marten, European fitch, Russian fltch, otter, beaver, dogskin, natural skunk, north ern mink, blended muskrat, raccoon of all kinds, opossum of all kinds, Hudson bay sable, Russian sable and wolverine. Old English Taxes A tax on windows was first Im posed In England In 1(505 to defray the cost of the recolnage of silver. In 1850 the revenue derived from win dow-tax was £1,832,084. The tax was repealed in 1851. and In Its place a tax was imposed on Inhabited house*. Factories Behind Times Only 0 per cent of the factories In the United States are well lighted and some 20 per cent have made no change in- Hghtlng equipment In the last seven years. During this time In dustrial electric lighting equipment has undergone a complete revolution. Temptation-Proof Honesty' A man who dropped a one-pound note on the railway platform at Wlth neTl, near Chorley. Lancashire, pa turned next morning and found It care fully folded and weighted by a small ttsm Uod— Aaswsra. THE ALAMANCE CLEANER % Is Old Theory 4a a philosophical theory mechanism Is the attempt to regard the entire universe as a closed system of causes and effects In which every change Is ultimately reduced to a change of mo tion. In this sense It Is pMctically synonymous with materialism. The term was first given currency by Her bart 1 —__ Grapes Long Cultivated From the earliest time grapes wera grown In the East and in southern Eu rope. The vine wjis extensively cul tivated by the ancient Israelites, the Greeks and the Romans. Grapes were first grown in Flanders In the Tlilr | teenth century and were taken to Eng land In large quantities during ' the I reigns of the later Plantagenet kings. The First Tube The "Twopenny Tube" was the nick name of the Central London railway, because when this tube was opened the.charge was twopence for any dis tance. It was not the first tube rail way, however; the firpt In the world being the City and South London, opened in 1890. Nests of Air Monarchs The National Zoological park says that the bald or golden eagle's nest weighs from 10 to 12 pounds, and that of the harpy eagle approximately 14 pounds. As a mle such nests are *bout 3 feet across and 1 foot high, consisting of loosely woven sticks. Friendship The most I can do for my friend Is limply to be his friend. I have no ■vealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy In loving him he will ivr.nt no j»ther reward. Is not friend ship divine In this? —Thoreau. Fast Flyers In Its migratory flight with tha 1 change of seasons the wild goose flies at the great speed of nearly sixty utiles an hour. But the plover does better; It averages about seventy-live miles an hour. * . Is Ancient Story "The Lay of.Havelock the Dane," an Anglo-Danish story, writtett-some time before 1300, tells of the son of the Danish king set adrift at sea by treach ery and rescued by an English fisher nan. , Wars for Silesia Frederick the Great of Prussia waged three wars against Austria to gain possession of Silesia The first was from 1740 to 1742; the second In 1744 and 1745, and the third from 1756 to 1763. * English Harvest Custom The Kernababy, a harvest custom observed In northern England and Scotland, Is made of the last glean ings of the field, which are bound to gether to represent a human form and dressed up In gay-colored clothes. What Leaking Tap Costs As an Instance of the Importance in avoiding the waste of water, a recent authority states that a single leaking tap may mean the loss of 55,000 gal lons of water In a year. Ideal The Ideal situation will be attained when a car Js within the reach of every man, and every limn out of reach of a car.—Greensboro Daily llecord. Flattered "De longer a word Is," said Uncle Eben, "de more I feels kind oj flat tered for beln' given credit wif mebbe knowln' what It means."—Washington Star. Work Love your land nnd keep It In good trim, so that your barns may be full of provision In due season. . . . Whatever be your fortune work is best. —Heslod. Be Considerate _ Mrs. De Stile —Don't throw those peanut shells around on the floor, Willie. Remember, this Is the maid's day off. v Corse of Prosperity All that a wave of prosperity means to most of us Is the privilege of water ing others buy better curs.—Medford Mail-Tribune. Most Animals Can Fly Almost two-thirds of all known kinds of animals can fly or glide through the air. Almost Never Cobwebs are said to be conductors of electricity. But they seldom shock a domestic servant.—London Opinio*. They Will Talk The trouble with most dumb-bells la I that they aren't domb. —Kthei Gazotta. GRAHAM, N. C.; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17,1925 Polished Tablma The way to remove hot watsr marie ea polished table tops or pa pier macho trays la to treat thass with a pnsto made of ollre oil and salt. The paste should be left 06 for half an hoar and then robbed awny with a cloth. If the first application does not succeed, repeat the process which rarely falls to give good re mits. Peculiar Bark Lace bark Is the Inner bnrk of sev eral species of trees, the best known being the lace bark tree of Jamaica. It is readily detached to sheets or lay ers like birch hark, each layer being a delicate network of fiber. Unenviable Distinction Laurence Shirley, fourth Earl Fer-' the last nobleman who died u felon's death In England. He was convicted of murdering lits land stew ard in January, 1700, and was hanged at Tyburn, May 5, 1700. Scientist Mobbed Joseph Priestly, tho discoverer of oxygen, was, because of his sympathies with the French Revolution, attacked In 1791 by a mob, which broke Into and burned his house and destroyed his instruments and • manuscripts. Powerful Divers' Lamp The electric lamp carried by deep sea divers has four times the strength of an ordinary locomotive headlight, and enables a diver to enter a sunken ship and to read figures on Its'steam gauge. Great Port's Love Laura, whom Petrarch celebrated In his poems, was the daughter of Audl bert de Noves and the wife of Hugues de Sale. Petrarch first saw her at Avignon In 1327. She died of the plague in 1348. Great Genius The English Bible of today Is the work of many .scholars. It did not take Its final form in the famous King James version for 75 years after Tyn dale's death. But It bears the Impress of Tyndale's genius. Their Fine Qualities Many of the world's greatest men are unknown to fame. They are great because they share their joys wljth others and keep their sorrows to themselves. Victor Hugo's Faith The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the Immortal symphonies of the worlds which Invite me. It Is marvelous, yet simple.—Vic tor Hugo. \ Quarrelsome Fish as Lure Hawaiians suspend a live quarrel gome Uu fish In the wnter In front of crevices in the rocks in oraer to lure Into concealed nets other fish of the same kind, which come out to fight. Ruined by Malaria The lost cities of Ceylon, the ruins of which are one of the wonders of the world, are believed to have been aban doned on account Of malaria. Roquefort Cheese Koquefort cheese, formerly made' only from sheep's milk in caves In Southern' France, is now made la American sa.ntuiy nUrles from cow's milk. I Busy Pinnist Often applying ''o pounds of pre ire to tho key In a minute, a pianist in the same time reads 1,500 signs and makes ~,«X> finger move ments. jsp ~ Your Guess A young woman roes upstairs at 7:45 to dress for Die evening. She Is nineteen years old and weighs 102 pounds. State the wait of the young man downstairs.—Denver Parrakeet. Dog's Long Night No wonder the m x Is king of the Arctic. He can bark at the moon for six months at a time. Savannah Press. And Sharps and Flats Music Is aid to business, says au thority. Sure —how would business get along without notes?—Winston- Salem Journal. Hard to Freeze Though tnyst bacterlu are easily killed by heat, they are very resistant to freezing. Ragpickers of Paris In the city of Paris there are be tween 50.000 and fIp.OQO families who live by the trade of ragplcklng. Unreasonable Beings - All would live lon/- but none wonld he old.—Benjamin Franklin. WHY= Some Common Expressions Have Lasted When a person la in an unhappy predicament—"between the devil and the deep sea"—he la sometimes said to be "between Scylla and Charybdls." According to a Greek legend, theSe" were two monsters, one of which lurked on each side of a narrow sea passage. In steering his vessel In such a Way as to escape one the unlucky mariner usually fell Into the clutches of tile other. There are two words —panic and hygienic—which we use almost every day. "Panic" Is a sudden, unreason ing fear of something. It Is derived the name of the god of shep herds—Pan—whose presence as he lurked invisible amongst the thickets or reeds made itself felt by mariners, and suddenly smote them with a fear so acute that they fled from the un seen. "Hygiene" Is derived from the name of the goddess of health — Hygela. How many people realize when they speak of putting an animal into a leth al chamber that the name comes from Lethe—a river on the borders of Hades—whose waters brought forget fulness to whoever drank of them? And when they describe something as being in a state of "chaos" do they ever thing that they are naming the first of all the old heathen gods— Chaos—who ruled over confusion be fore any other gods existed? "Under his aegis" Is another phrase often used. "Aegis" was the name of the shield of the goddess of wisdom, Minerva, and is used to- Indicate what the shield afforded —protection. Why Waters of Ocean Have Varying Colors The sea Is not always blue. Sea water may We almost any color, de pending on the amount of salt It con tains, -Its depth nnd the color of the sand at the bottom. While a glass of its water is clear, the Mediterranean sea, which Is rich in salt. Is perhaps the deepest blue known, while the Pa cific ocean is Indigo. A stretch of white sand below shal low water will cause It to nppear water-gray or light green, while deep yellow-colored sand. Joined with the blue of the water, produces a darker green, says London Tit-Bits. The Bay of Lorango Is a deep red because of Its red bottom. Almost any color can be found In Bristol channel, where Turner, the painter, produced tome of his finest seascapes. Large numbers of minute organisms have -caused some of the salt lakes In Tibet and in the south of France to appear a vivid crimson. Why "Eve's Apple Tree" Among the many botanical curiosi ties of Ceylon Is a fruit supposed to bear the marks of Eve's teeth! The tree on which It grows Is known by the significant name of "Forbidden Fruit." or "Eve's Apple Tree." The blossom Is pleasantly scented, and the fruit Is orange In color outside and a deep crimson within. Each fruit has the peculiar appearance of having a piece bitten out of It This fact, together with Its poison ous quality, led to the belief that It was the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden, and serves the useful pur pose of warning such as might be tempted by Its lovely appearance to imitate Eve and take a bite. Why Blue Haze Is Seen The blue hare that swms to be nhoat distant mountains Is the same thing that causes the sky to look blue, namely, the scattering of light by the air Itself and by the minute dust motes nnd other foreign substances in it This scattering Is very little for red and yellow light, but relatively large for blue and violet. Now there Is not much violet light In the lower air to be scattered, but there Is a great deal of blue. Much blue light, therefore, comes to tis from the air In every di rection. Hence, distant mountains seem blue, being seen through air that sends to us more blue light than any other color. Why Ship Is "She" In some of the older languages such us Old German, from which modern languages have Iteen derived, all In animate objects were given masculine »r feminine gender. In this way the moon was feminine and the sun mas culine, and among othi*r things, ships and other vehicles were generally spoken of lit the feminine gender. Mod ern languages have adopted this same Idea; therefore, the. reason for speak ing of a ship and train ns "she." Why Stars Change Color That a star seems to change color >s due to Irregularities In the refrac tion of Its rays while passing through Mr strata of varying densities. This is also the cause of twinkling, which is especially noticeable In the case of stars seen near the horizon. Punctuation Remark* The punctuation marks hare per sonality. The period Is imperative. It says "Stop here I" The eonuna Is a tree and easy little chap. Be says "Slow up a bit, get your breath, and then trot along." The colon calls, "Oh, look what's comlnf —ret ready I" Quo tation marks give notice that the • wrltep Is letting some one elso do the lilting for a while. Parentheses mark the side paths when we leave the raaln line for a detow. Asterisks flash the message: "We're skipping something." The hyphen Is a notice of partnership; sort of a typographical wedding ring.—Inland Printer. Courage * Courage Is from first to last a vic tory achieved over one of the most powerful emotions of human na ture. ... It may fairly be ques tioned If any human being Is naturally courageous. Many are naturally pug nacious, or Irascible, or enthusiastic, and these passions when strongly ex cited may render them Inseasible to fear. But take away the conflicting emotions, and fear reasserts Its do minion; consistent courage Is always the effect of cultivation.—John Stuart MUL Identified "A man Is easy to read," said Rob erts to nobody in particular as be and a fen of his friends lounged la the window of the club one evening. Just then a street car stopped In front of the window, end Perkins and his wife and sister got off. "Which one Is his wife!" some on# wanted to know. Nobody could answer until Roberts remarked: "She Is the woman he didn't help off the ear." Social Error Mrs. Mller had her bridge dub t* luncheon and the afternoon session at cards. As the last guest departed. Theodora, the little blond daughter, remarked: "Mother, some one has used one st the guest towels." "Is it possible?" exclaimed Mr mother. "Some people dont seers Is know what guest towels an tar, yw know." Bar* That Tell Ages To ascertain the >p of a horse, if not tee eld, It Is nana I to examine tta teeth. Te tell the age of a fish, re gardless ef age, yen look Into its esr. In the Internal esr ef a fiah there Is a little bony pocket. In this pocket is a tiny stene called an othobth, which rolls about aa the fiah tips this way and that, and se helps It to know tt it Is right side up. As the fiah grows elder, aiTys a writer in English Me chanics, the othoUth grows larger, sad the age ef the fish may be detenatngd (r*m W« *! K Indefinite Term The word "few" haa never heei authoritatively Interpreted to HMB I definite nember. The word to necee sarlly Indefinite and Implies a small number, not many. In general UM number Is above twe. The word ii relative in respect to the ir—t« which It la compared. If a ttuasaud were expected, an attendance st i hundred would be n few. while tt a hundred were n maximum, tan m twenty would stem s few. Believe in Yourself Self-dUtrsat Is the cause of msst of our faflnre*. In the aastxrance of strength there Is strength, and they are the weakest, however, strong, who bnve no faith In themselves or their powers—Bovee. Put Justice Fir at If strict Justice be net the rudder of all our other virtue®, the faster we sail the farther we ahall find ouraelvee from that haven where we ahoold be. —Coltea. Early Financier Hugh Chamberlen, physician te the king of England. 1673-1720, was cele brated for proposing a scheme "to make Englsnd rich and happy" by Is suing a large quantity of banknotes on the security of landed property. Haa Increased in Value In the last year ef the Eighteenth century 20 acres of land from Thirty second to Thirty-fourth street an Fifth avenue, New Yqrk city, were sold te one John Thompson tor (he M st •2.500. Courtesy As the sword of the best tempered metal Is the moat lexlble, ae the tmly generous are most pliant and COST teous in their behavior to their late riors.—Fuller. All That Matters It does not matter wheOer yea preach In Westmlnrter abbey er tend a ragged don, so yon he faithful. JCh faithfulness In alk —George MacQan • - J. _ -U Haifa Change Ntver Explained by Science To a recent number of T, P.'s and Cassell's Weekly, Prof. J. Arthur Thomson—who is a kind of self appointed British pope of popular science, and a very good one, too— elucidates the causes that make peo ple's hair turn gray. The subject was dealt with very suc cessfully a number of years ago by Professor Poulton, the Oxford entomol ogist In his book, "Animal Coloura tion," on which Professor Thomson Is evidently basing his own ideas. The story of the responsible bankers whose hair turned gray in a single week during times of crisis like the World war is probably quite true. Such cases are not uncommon In history. Marie Antoinette's hair, for example, Is said to have turned white In a very short time as a result of emotional dis tress; and similar instances are re corded by a number of medieval writers. The sudden change of color Is due to the intrusion of little bubbles of gas Into the substance of the hair, which reflects the light and prevents the pig ment which is still present from show ing. When hair goes gray more slowly. It Is—or so Metchnlkoff believed doe to the officious activity of white cor puscles which have got Into the bad habit of prowling up Into the balr and devouring the pigment Many fur-bearing animals change color with the weather, and the mechanism involved In thcas changes appears to be very nrach Uks that which affects human hair. British Expert Sees Addition to Wernith Experiments la producing oQ frtsn coal. In which variosa science depart ments at Birmingham (England) uni versity have been collaborating for three years, have shown that ®. psr cent ef liquid can be extracted CRM Lancashire coal by powdering Jt and subjecting it t* very high pnssana of hydrogen gas. Professor Nash, who has taken a leading part in research, when asked as to the significance rf the discoveries from the standpoint of Industrial utilisation at British esal lesoarcea, said he was eoly able to anaooace that the laboratory tests had demonstrated oQ conld be gst from coaL The commercial exploita tion he waa not competent to dto cuss. The liquid products have not been investigated In detail, bat apart from small proportions of unidentified substances they consist ef hydro-car ; boos which are basts of ail feel eOm. Sooth Staffordshire eoel gave 37 par cent of liquid, while a Sooth Wales coal gave 28 per cent Cause Enough A camel baa Its limit of endurance as the old saw concerning the altimate straw and the broken beck win testify. Mrs. North also had her ttmtt. which was finally reached when an argument about which little conld be vtteMwd. continued with unabated fury for two hoars In the Smith hooseheU next door. Calling to Willie Smith, who was playing in the back yard, lira. North asked the sevea-yearold thhtfng Bght ef the warring Smiths: "What Is all the row aboat WHUer* "Oh. mamma pot her cuaMon on daddy's chair and he sat down on tt" replied the small lad. "Why. that Is no cause for sach an argument Is KT* "Sure It is! It van mamma's»pin eashlonH As Dad Sees It -My boy." said the Billville-father to bis literary offspring, "this here so called Hre of genius,' is well enough la the lasy. dreamful iamm bat when the winter wind is rumtUag to the hollows and cavortla' rnissd the frosty hills. It cant hold a tallew can die to cord wood and hard caaL Hare's a new ax that has never cat dees a pine sapUn', or a oak tree; and «Bt •em to kindling wood. Suppose christen It and make the chhneey blase? There's as better way to keep «p your collage athletic exercises. It beats an apple a day tor downright geed health and spirits. 8e roU up your sleeves and get busy."—Attatoto Constitution. Variant's Memory Prodigious One ef the sources of the late Bane TtviaaTa eloquence was his profound knowledge ef French literature.- Be knew by heart thousands of verses and ceuld recite entire acta of the tragedies without an error, ■e demonstrated this at the time et his baccalaureate, when he agree . ably surprised tha examiner by his darate analysis 0f "The CtL" ■*3 an yon recite a few vases of ttr flhe examiner naked. "Certainly," said ytvtant and jrnd 1 asclted the whole at the first act be 1 tore he waa halted. On another ecca ' tfon he recited the whole -of "Horatiua" ' and "Phedre" firom beginning to end. NO. 46 - M outer of the Roil* Onee Net Smpty TUU • la the Itjn b«fon printing, the sld • records ware si ways written la a Mtm j which made thw literally a r«ll, a|» 1 the Dwrtwa laigaartiat OhM] ot porch meat waa ased ul the Mtfj om waa nsaud ta lis bottom edga aad tka proctss revested until a deeaaaaft might cenaint ef a hundred or Mf akeeta, or AIM, aa thsy were tka* csiled. aU sewed togathar la OM ton* strip. A piece of wood waa thsa taafr ened to eltbar end la tka misnsr ed a modern nap and the strip roiled eg from the kottom lata a gnat roD er bundle. The reader began at the toft slowly unrolling one end aa oaa roQai up the other end on iwtttr stick. From this form rolls came ta staat fOr manuscripts, partfcalarly official maanscrlpta or caart records. The keeper or master of tka rsOa waa thsa the high officer who kept the itxmM at the English courts af Jaattea Tte» day the prcstdsot ef tha i hsawry * vision of tha high esart of Jastlca la England, ranking next ta tha M chief Justice of Itoglsnd, la called tha master of tha rolls. Originally tha ■aster of the rails had the custody of tha rae ordst bat la the euaias af dam tM> Fantastic TiiUs Given to Camrt Faooritem tory «tw are asm appanafly fttniasi They era. or want haweaaa. nal IWlae three tmrmrttm dating tha last c«la|. AM, a asgra. de ■oTW lauuiht ta tha toat flka Iwsag them were tha iksae ■» af the frtretlty of tka Aftteaa Aar test two betas irtghseHy ta the role eg a reports*: -dheaMto tha Ma ta Fat SaM ea Mt >■» dash tar the pole. Be waa cheery sad fan of vim as ever. Tha paMter ed his book. Tha Heart d tha M uretW—a copy of which he astti me—sereml npahm and Mtß officials sset kkm I teak kha «a mm my home, and then has Igag Or wnuhieu ny rhhaeilf. got iffS cried. "Death lay ahead aad ted ha kiad. aa 1 kad ta idaa" Damdmg tm mdmw It la tha bettor af the Fwsapeaaa a less yea sre a pad dance r yew «■ never go to hsnreat According ta Oak creed, naj ant pasatnc ta tha "Oad BeyeadT to obliged ta croee a bridge gaarrtod Id paaaca spaa htm aad draw htm dad to the lower ngisas, It hoaaiaa. tha seat to sMa ta dance across the IriiM the mdan will be so engresasd hi sMlh| Ito duty aad. before they kar*e tins h Me paradise t ashw i elrny *asffi bU accented. Oaa day. atftsr iliii i a children's sarrica. ha ana waited span hy a ed *afr 1 ant* "Oar children.- they ceaaptaMd, -Inform as that yea toM than they aheald always be a» ta mtoehtot- Tha paaalad dartt. sera ad kartag aad nothing of the eert. asked tha par eats to watt while ha emaalted Mi astaa Then It do. eloped that what ha had really said was that they shoald always ha "iiillhklli" t ———————— M.dWgtw'a Dutmetmm In the case of kOchlgaa the peo ple adopted a state masiHaUtm sad elected a complete set of state ad -1 (trials. and later that e«J*HhUea waa accepted by cmgraas without rendi tion. the original delegate was ssatsd la congress without ri Matdaa aai the original state officials eon tinned to SSTTS without re-election after tla formal admlsslon.nf the state hy «m --grass oa January 28. 18ST. Pram No ' v ember 1, 1838, to the date of admin* i si on Michigan was de fhcto a stata although not technically a state la ■ tha Union.