VOL. L
'*lntellectuals" Think
Dirt It Mark of Genius
The evolution of the 'lntellectual
genius" can best be studied nt close
range In Greenwich Village, New York
city, the congregating point for the sex
stuff writers and their friends.
In one of the cross streets off the
lower end of Washington square is a
"coffee house" equipped with low di
vans covered with pieces of ragged old
carpet, and chairs anff benches cut
down to bring their users close to the
floor. The lighting Is subdued, the air
heavy with cigarette smoke, and an
open fireplace cheats In warmth, for Its
log Is painted red, and the flame an
effect In color from a concealed- elec
tric bulb.
"They come In here, many "of them,"
remnrked the proprietor, who has kept
at close grips with his sense of humor,
"mid I have often revolted at their dirty
collars, unwashed necks, long, streaky
hair and generally untidy appearance.
But it Is not because of the scarcity of
soap or the lack of baths. To be un
clean, shiftless and conspicuous through
that pose Is as studied a part as taken
by the Broadway actor who makes up
for a character In a play.
"Johnson, Swift and others of their
period set a precedent for literary men
by arraying themselves in simple-cloth
ing which they wore out. But they kept
clean. They did not carry their con
tempt of the' mob to the extent of going
about unwashed. Down here In the
vllkige the Imitators of Mld-Ylc
torlan and earlier Intellectual giants de
cided that If they would go about In
dirty linen and clothing they might at
tract attention." —Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
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Member of Lily Family
Grows in Arizona Desert
Arizona deserts have their own
flowers. In places the supply Is abun
dant, the growth large, the flowers when
In bloom of marked beauty, the big
yucca and the sotol, both members of
lhe x lily family, showing beautiful
bloom on tall and stately stalks.
One of the Interesting desert growths
Is the water cactus, so'named because
of Its great st»lk, from five to ten feet
high and as large In circumference as
a barrel. It has a heavy pulpy cov
ering from which It Is possible to
squeeze goodly amounts of water, and
Indians and travelers are quick to turn
to the cactus when water supplies are
short —Columbus Dispatch.
Business Is Business
A recently printed story about a
stenographer who said she didn't care
to work any longer for a boss who
was so stupid as not to notice that She
was dressed for the matinee, remind
ed us of an anecdote of Henry Irving
and Jessie Millward. Miss MJtfward
appeared at rehearsal one day In a
new and dainty dress. Irving noticed
It "Very pretty frock—very pretty
Indeed," he said. "What Is It for 7"
"I'm going to Join a luncheon party
as soon as rehearsal Is over," she an
swered proudly.
"do at once, my dear; go at once,"
Was the disconcerting reply. "Don't
let the rehearsal detain you. But—
tomorrow—come In # your working
clothes tomorrow —with your mind
full of work." —Boston Transcript.
Airway 7,000 Miles Long
The Frencji air ministry has prom
ised financial support for what experts
declare will be tlieVorld's richest air
way from the point of view s>t the vol
ilme of express, mails and weight car
ried.
Promoted -by the Soclete.j Aeronau
tique du Sud-Ouest tills airway covers
(total distance of nearly 7,00® miles,
tartlng from Paris and going via Bor
deaux, Lisbon, Casablanca and Dakar
across the Atlantic to Pernambuco,
Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires in
gouth America, says the London Mall.
In the initial working of the scheme,
mails and goods iylll,be carried be
tween Dakar and Pernambuco in the
25-knot steamers of the Compagnle
Sud-Atlantlque, but designs are already
In hand for huge multiengined sea
planes which will make the ocean
crossing and enable loads to be air
borne right from Paris to Bifcnos
Aires.
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! Quiet Nights in Paris
' Outside of certain strips and centers
Where arteries of travel cross, Paris
has no night life, says Scrlbner*s. In a
good 2,500 of her 2,722 streets one gets
the Impression thai everybody has
gone to bed, and, at 10, that all the in
habitants have either moved tt the
country or died. In the little cafes
and restaurants of my quarter, as It
draws toward 10 the waiters begin to
regard you with an evil eye, and at 10
they pile up the chalrson the empty
tables attd begin to sweep the floor.
Bven in the larger ones which keep
open an hour or two longer you ex
perience, at 11 o'clock, the very dis
agreeable sensation of the man In the
old song who felt "like one who treads
Almm f**" banquet hall deserted."
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
left Davis' Tribute
to President Grant
From the new ten-volume edition of
the letters and papers of Jefferson
Davis, lately issued by the Mississippi
department of ' archives and history,
the Review of Reviews reprints the
Following letter written in 1885:
"Dear Sir : Your Request A behalf
of a Boston journalist for me to pre
pare a criticism of General Grant's
military career cannot be compiled
with for the following reasons:
"1. Geiieral Grant Is dying, -v
"2. Though he Invaded our country
ruthlessly, It was with open hand, and,
as far as I know, he abetted neither
arson nor pillage, and has, since the
war I believe, shown no malignity to
Confederates, either of the military or
civil service.
"Therefore, Instead of seeking to dl»
turb the quiet of his dosing hours, I
would. If it were in my power, con
tribute to the peace of his mind and
the comfort of his body. ~
"JEFFERSON DAVIS."
We do not know the identity of the
"Boston journalist," Boston
Herald. The request for the criticism
represented no doubt the enterprise of
an Ingenious and enterprising news
paper publisher. But of the quality of
this letter, written by the tormer pres
ident ot the Confederacy four years be
fore his deaths there can be no doubt.
Reading it today stirs agreeable emo
tions.
First U. S. Currency
Easily Counterfeited
So easily counterfeited were the first
lots of paper money Issued by the
United States government in the sixties
thai spurious bills flooded the country,
and countless astute business men
were victimized. Finally, to balk the
criminals, a book called "Heath's In
fallible Government Counterfeit De
tector at Sight" was published in 1870.
In those Old days money was printed
on ordinary paper, which counterfeit
ers could easily obtain or Imitate and,
consequently, such a book as 'death's,
Detector," which concentrated on the
designs on the bills, was needed. Now,
however, a special brand of paper with
special water marks, whorls and em
bedded tiny silk threads, is This
paper cannot be imitated Vfj the coun
terfeiter and such a book as the "Detec
tor" Is not now needed.
The book, published by Laban Heath
& Co. of Bpeton and Washington,
claimed to be "the only Infallible
method" of detecting counterfeit notes
and bonds with "genuine designs
(which were from original
government plates by authority from
the United States Treasury department
and the American. National and Conti
nental Bank Note companies, New
York and Boston." —Detroit Newa,
One Kind Act
Little Willie Was so depressed ons
night at bed-time that his father
asked him what the trouble was. Wil
lie answered sadly that he had failed
to perform a single kind action tb«t
day, thus going counter to the boy
scout ritual.
"Well, cheer up," said his father.
•"You can perform two kind actions
But Wiyie doubted if he could make
up for his fault in that way, and be
turned in very low-spirited Indeed. In
the morning, however, he was himself
again. V
' "Got over your troubles, eh 7" mnM
his father. 1
"Yes, sfr," said little Willie. 1
lay tossing aad worrying till 2 o'clock,
and then i couldn't stand It no longer,
so I sneaked downstairs and gave the
canary to the cat"
A Vivacious Engine
An. engineer was giving evidence la
a case In which a farmer was suing a
railway company for damages result-,
ing t from the death of a cow which
bad run Into by a train.
The farmer's lawyer was heckling
the engineer, and kept reverting to bis
pet question, which vyas:
"Now, tell me, was the cow on the
track?"
At last the engineer became angry,
and answered the question:
"Well, If you want me_to tell the
real truth, the cow was bathing In the
stream the other side of the track. But
the engine saw her, leaped off the
rails, dashed over the bank and, land
ing right on top of the cow, strangled
ber to tieath without a yord." —Mil-
waukee Journal.
Both Guessing
A well-known artist whose picture of
a group of angels, bad created a sensa
tion came across a pavement artist
"I am So-and-so," lie said. "I painted
the picture of the angels of # which
everyone la talking. Your work shows
promise; but what Is that fish you are
drawing?" ' ' •
"A sturgeon, sir," replied the man.
"But have you ever seen a stur
geon?"
"Bare yon ever seen an angel, sir?"
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28.1924
Steel Building* Are
r Electrostatic Shield'r
New York skyscrapers are the saf
est places In all the world during thun
derstorm*, says a man who knows a
good deal about lightning. Tall build
ings are electrostatic shields, he ex
plains, because the steel used In their
construction absorbs the electricity.
Comforting word that to city dwellers,
but, even so, a problem of transporta
tion must be solved. When the thun
der lets go Its opening salvo, and the
lightning begins to rip, how should
the storm-ridden reach the refuge of •
big building with the promise of safe
ty In Its steel bones?
What a racing and chasing there
, would be to towering temples of busi
ness should the good man's pronounce
ment have wide acceptance. Folks
afoot might lose ground la the middle
distances, but on form they should
hold the advantage at the finish, as the
I off-chance of finding a place to park
raises the odds against the motorists.
It's all well enough to point out, safe
' ty In skyscrapers, t»ut the attainment
of that security seems rather difficult
and doubtful. Whatever became of
that fellow Ajax? He Is reported to
have had a speaking acquaintance
with lightning. True, he was rather
reckless wlfti his talk, and probably
a bad risk, but he did have faith In
his Immunity to shock. An arresting
figure, Ajax-—perhaps the very first
of the lrreconcllablee.to stand .up for
splendid Insulation.—The Nation's
Business. -
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Slight Jar Will Ruin
Your Aneroid Barometer
That seemingly Irresistible longing
to tfcp the barometer Is responsible-tor
ruining of something like ninety
five out of every one hundred of the
Instruments. Many people give their
barometer a friendly tap to send It on
a bit In the direction of "Fair"—every
time they glance at It. This tapping
leads to the instrument losing much
of its sensitiveness and a great Heal
of its accuracy.
The aneroid barometer, which Is the
type most generally in use, Is, by Its
construction, a delicate Instrument In
essence It consists of a cylindrical
metal box, from which all air has been
extracted, fitted with a thin lid Jf COP-'
rugated metal. It is the pressure on
this lid, giving it a certain degree of
concavity, which Is reflected, by a deli
cate, system of levers, by the pointer
on the dial read by the observer.
A barometer of the aneroid type
tells the troth, by Its reflection of
changes In the air pressure, to the
best of Its ability.—London MalL
Hut of Beer Bottles
Far out on the Mojave desert, be
tween Searchlight and Silver City, Cal.,
Is a house that revives memories of
days gone by. It is constructed to a
great extent of beer bottles, the Los
Angeles Times relates.
' Light ones and dark ones, many of
them bearing labels of former welt
known brewers, are pressed into th»
walls of the adobe structure. Twenty
layeqi of bottles line each wall, mak
ing a total of some three hundred dozen
bottles that attest the mlg&ty thirst of
the unknown "desert rat" who con
structed the unique habitation.
His Question
"Well, suzzl" remarked Mrs. Join
son, in the midst of hlr reading. "1
never knowed that before I"
"Never knowed what?" asked Qpp
Johnson, of Ilumpus Ridge,
v "Why, it says here In the paper:
'Beans and other small objects can be
removed from a child's nose by rub
bing red pepper on his upper tip."*
"Hain't he got to poke some,beans
up his nose first T"
Passing the Buck
The new cook gave some pork cbopa
to a relative who colled whlle tbe lad)
of tbf house wis out paying a few
calls.
1 "The missus will miss them," warned
the parlor maid.
"Oh, I'll blame that on the eat"
"We have no c^t"
."Then be a good girl" urged tlx
new cook earnestly, "and let the canar)
Of It* cage."
Real inducement
Widows find It very bard to remarry
nowadays. German widows find It es
pecially hard. la a German newspa
per last summer there was %n adver
tisement that read like this:
" "Matrimonial—A war widow, Berlin
bom, under thirty-five, blond, heathy,
attractive, who possesses the entire
wardrobe of her late hosbaUd (height
five feet eight Inches,' weight lat
pounds) consisting of three good busi
ness suits, two overcoats and five com
plete uniforms which would dye well,
together with hats, ahoA, linens, etc
to correspond, desires to meet ,gentle
' man qader sixty with view to matri
mony. Address Love and Faith."—Los
A teles Times.
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1 World'» Garbanzo Center
The state of Sonora Is the world'*
; largest producer of "garbanzos," or
chick-peas, according to P. L. Bell's
I "Handbook of the Mexican West
I Coast and Southern California," just
j Issued by the Department of Com
merce. The bulk of the garbanzos are
exported to Spain or to the West In
dian Islands. Oarbanzos pre grown
something like rice, In fields, with
.raised borders, which are flooded with
water, In August and September, when
the rains are heavy, but plowing Is not
done In the water, as with rice; the
plowman waits until the water has
soaked Into the ground, then he plows,
| and the seedsman plants the garbanzo.
! Llttle 'lrrlgatlon Is done during the
growing season, the moisture retained
by the soil being as 1 rule sufficient to
mature the plant In May the plants
are pulled up by hand and laid out
on the fields to dry, after which they
are carried to a threshing floor, where
the pealike contents of the pods are
knocked oat on the ground, and after
ward packed lnjg 220-pound sacks.
.All From a Tooth.
If you ever go to the Metropolitan
museum, la New York yoo will see
some specimens of "prehistoric men,"
men who have lived before we had any
history. The question Is, bow do we
know they existed? Nobody has even
seen a living man like the one* they
have modeled there.
Some of these strange specimens are
built up and written about when aU
we actually have seen or found out
about them Is one tootb. Imagine
building a man. and telling his life
story from a tootb I
rrom the tooth, scientists tell what
be ate and the size of his Jaw and
what sort of a head he must have
had, and then go on and gnes4 all
sorts of Interesting things about him
until they have built up enough infor
mation to model a man who will fit the
•Ingle tooth they have found.
The Faith of Woman
Sca'ttergood McL. Harris, the eml
sent Pittsburgh divorce lawyer, was
praising the faith and trust of woman.
"A young woman," he said, "said to
Be the other day with a laugh:
" 'lsn't It simply incredible hour
careless the post-oflice people are?
r " 'Careless7" said L 'How so 7"
" 'Why,' she said, 'take, for
the case of I'ete.' Pete was ber rich
and profligate young husband. 'Here's
Pete,' she went on, 'being kept in that
nasty, dirty city of Altoono, bard at
'work In tbe ( rolling mills for the,past
month, and 'every blessed letter I get
from him Is postmarked Palm Beach."'
While the Band Played On
Mr. Blink —That was a howlln'
time the baby bad last night
Doctor Soother—Tes, but did the
baby get a rest after I
sent that sleeping powner u>«i?
Mr. Blink —We don't know, lly wife
and ( took the powder between us SBd
we went straight off to sleep.
Willing to Be Tempted
Little -Alec's parents are confident
he Is going to grow up to be a great
statesman. They are proudly telling
of a little scene one of tbem overheard
the other day.
Alec and his little sister were play
ing. ThPlr mother hid giten them
apples. Alec had eaten hla; little
Cynthia was saving hers for a while
"Let's play Adam and Eve," Alec
suggested to her.
"How do you play ltr asked Cyn
thia.
"Ton tempt me to eat your apple,
and I give way," be explained^-Den
ver Times.
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Fragrant Musk Plant
[• Is Losing Its Scent
k'Why has the fragrant uiusk lost Its
scent? This Is the question which
English florists and gardeners
tiave been asking und wondering for
90 years. Formerly this little flower
was among the most frtfgrant in the
botanical records." It was originally
found by David Douglas in 1828 grow
ing on the margins of the Columbia
river, and was exported to various
parts of the world from these. When
discovered It was sweetly scented. In
1877 the musk was hybridised In Eng
land, and although much larger flow
ers were produced by this artificial
method of culture, the flower was often
devoid of fragrance. One theory is
that the loas of scent dates from this
time.
Only In one Instance has an odor
been recently ascribed to the Eng
lish musk, and that was in 1917, when
the earl of Waldegrave sent a few rare
specimens to the Royal Horticultural
society In London. Although only
seven years have elapsed since the
earl made his report, the same plants,
unmolested and untransplanted, have
already lost their scent.
In addition to the hybridization
theory of the loss of the musk's fra
grance other ideas have been advanced
to account for the discrepancy. One
Is that the human sense of smell Is
no longer so scute ap formerly and
cannot register the flower's odor. An
other theory is that the leavea.of the
musk 80 years ago were very hairy,
but. after transplantation In alien
countries the hairs were lost and with
them the scent.'
The Idea most endorsed by the Eng
lish botanists, however, is that es
sential oils, conducing to the flower's
fragrance, lost In the proc
ess of acclimatization.
Old French "bedding
CUB torn /« Revived
' An odd old custom was revived last'
October In the Flemish village of
Comlnea, tucked rfwsy in the north of
France.
About 1454 the Seigneur Jean 'de*
Co mines, having been imprisoned after
the good old custom by a neighboring
prince, managed to reveal -his where
abouts by throwing the wooden uten
sils given him for table use out of the
dungeon where he was confined.
When his faithful subjects cam* tp
rescue him, he Atabllabed a fair at
which the ceremonial of throwing these
"louche*" —as the country people still
ctrtl them—among the crowd waa al
ways carried out.
But after a few hundred yeqra of
throwing touches the people of Com
lnea got tired of It, and the custom was
abandoned. This year, however, some
enterprising member of the Comlnea
Rotary club thdught It high time to
disinter the old tradition, and the white
bearded father of the munlclpallte sol
emnly mounted a platform guarded by
two huge and zrffElp* wooden dolls,
and hurled the' wooden louche* Into the
assembled throng.
Not everyone in th* crowd escaped
Injury, but, according to a French ac
count, "You could see people boasting
of the fact that they carried on their
heads the maifca of the tyowa received
in thla rough distribution."—Living
Age
Employment Aide Ignored
Juvenile unemployment center*, es
tablished in England by the co-opera
tion of the mlnlsteries of education and
labor to aasist and protect school bojrs
and girls between the ages of fourteen
and eighteen, seeking work,/have not
been entirely successful In
England. The object wpr to enable
the youths to better themselves while
accepting the "dole" com
pelled to attend classes. Tbe^^doJ* 4 "
is• the government unefaploymonfsti
pend, but many of the younger gener
ation, especially the girls, surrendered
the "dote" rather than attend classes.
Hie Letton Went Wrong «
The teacher was trying to Impress
on the children bow Important had
been the discovery of the law of grav
itation.
"Sir Isaac Newton was sitting on
the ground looking at the tree. An
apple fell on his bead, and frdm that
he discovered gravitation. Just think,
children," she added, "isn't that won
derful?"
The Inevitable (tnalj boy replied:
"Yes, miss, an' If be had been sit tin'
In achool looMn* at tils booka he
wouldn't never ban discovered notta
fat."
Watted Effort
Baby was going on at a great rate
aad the father of (Jbe family finally de
manded to know what the youngster
was crying about.
"He wants own way," responded
the child's mother. %
"Ehr
"And be can't have it"
"Yes, be might aa well .get that Idea
out of bis bead at tbe start," said the
man. grlml/.
Mystery in Letter "O"
- Found in Windsor Castle
High up on the wall, near the Nor
man gate, nUWindsor castle, is n stone
upon wlilciAb engraved the letter "O."
The letter is about flvtf Inches In
diameter, and deeply cut In the hard
stone. How did it come there and for
what does it stand? '
Tradition says that it records the
height of Oliver Cromwell's giant por
ter, who was stationed at the gate
house to keep away Intruders. Seeing
that the letter is eleven feet from the
ground, this was a "tall" statement and
even when it Is explained that the road
way has been lowered, It leaves one
with the Impression that this "Round
head" must have been a giant, indeed.
The probable explanation is that this
huge-fellow, having ilttle else to do
but parade up and down, passed his
spare time in carving the initial letter
of his master's name.
This gigantic porter was a great
character, rind frequently preached In
the parish church of Windsor, much to
the annoyance of the Incumbent, who,
in those days, had to keep a still
tongue in his head. The strange thing
fc thht this servant of Cromwell kept
his position at the Restoration and,
curiously enough fon a man of his fe
liglouß scruples, treated as one of his
most treasured possessions n large Bi
ble given to him by "Sweet Nell of Old
Drury."—London Tit-Bits.
Export Figures Show
Origin of Shipments
To serve -shippers In the interior,
particularly ( ln the Middle Western
states, the Department of Commerce Is
compiling statistics of exports by states
of original shipments. The depart
ment's statistical reports have pre
viously shown "only the exterior ports
from which expert freight cleared for
foreign countries.
Under the new arrangement, all
goods shipped on through bills of lad
ing, for which the declarations are pre
pared by the shipper In the Interior,
will be credited to the interior state of
shipment. Goods consigned frbm In
terior places to seaboard ports, to be
there consolidated or reconslgned for
export, will also be credited to the
•tate of original shipment If an e±-
pott declaration prepared by the In
terior shipper, showing the place of
original shipment, Is filed at the cus
tom hoase.
Merchandise forwarded from the In
terior to the seaboard for by
commlaslon merchants, forwarding, or
other export agent*, and the export
declaration prepared by them will In
moft cases be shown as exported from
the. port of final shipment, and will ao
appear in the statistical reports.
Not Old Age, Surely
A minister a parishioner and
asked him the Usual question: „
"Weel, John, how are yon today?"
"Gey weel, sir; gey weel," replied
John, cautiously, "if It waana for the
rheumatism in my right leg."
"Ah, weel, John, be thankful; for
there Is no mistake yon at« getting
old like the rest of us, and old age
come alone."
"Auld age, sir," said John. "I won
der to hear ye. Auld age has naeth-
Ing to do with It Here's my Ither leg
just as auld and it'a quite sound and
sople yef c
Everything Provided
An old Highland clergyman was lec
turing a group of his people In the vil
lage hall, and again and again repeated
the words: "There will be weeping,
walling, and gnashing of teeth."
A would-be {wit at the back of the
hall- called oui: "What about those
that have naewbth?"
The down over his
glasses and sain with great solemnity
1 and complete conviction: "Teeth will
j be provided."
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The Diva
The poster advertised the world's
greatest diva and depicted a very cor
pulent lady. Members of a crowd as
sembled were discussing it.
"Queer spelling," ventured one.
"Don't they mean diver?"
"I don't think so," declared another.
"It Is evidently a foreign word for
lomethlng or other. She's too fat for
» diver."—Louiaville Courler-JounpL
Mongola Were Suspicious
It took some persuasion to convince
tlie Mongolian government that the
purposes of the Andrews third Asiatic
expeditlon / were purely scientific. An
elaborate expedition of 26 men, 75
camels and motor cars waa not be
lieved to be looking for old bones. A
quest for gold and oil waa thought
more likely.
Embarrassing Prize
Curate—We are getting up a raffle/
Lady Mary,' for _a poor old fisherman.
Would you like a ticket?
Lady Mary—Kallier! But do tell
me. what does one do witb him U one
wis* lilni?
NO. 4 j
May eft Calendar Dai**
Back to Aagi 6, 613 B. C.
The earliest dates In New World hla
tory are August 6, 613 B. C., and De
cember 10, 580 B. C., by the iiri tmjf
system of marking time, the Pea body
museum of Harvard University as
nounces in making public the final sqs
lutlon of the chronology of May aft
dates.
The formal New Tsar had original
ly stood at the winter solstlc* Inst 14
days after the recorded date. Decent
ber 10, 580 B. C., when the calenSa|r
was Inaugurated.' Other dates strotos
ly emphasized In Mayan records ara
March 21 and September 23, the' point#
of the equinoxes, and December 2l
and Jnne 23, the {Mints of Ota sot
stlces, says the Detroit News.
famous tablets at Papenque carry the
calculation backward from Beptamb«£
28, 480 A. D„ the d£j of the autumns)
equinox, to 8878 B. C. In an effort**
reconstruct the conditions of tha nat
ural year at the epoch of the Mayan
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Fortune in Graveyard 1
Ivory Is one of the most valnabty
products of animal life, used for lnr,
numerable necessary articles by both
civilized and uncivilised peoples, b'uC
only s small part of It Is ever turnas
to use. Few of the elephants thaf
have the best Ivory tusks are aver
killed or taken. Ahd there age laws'
now that prohibit the slaying of these
beasts merely for their ivory. Bat
where do all the dead elephants go)
Very few are, found who died a nat
ural death, and the reason for this is
that whenever an elephant feela old
age and death coming upon him ha
starts on a trip to the "burying
ground" of his species. Ha usually
leaves In plenty of time to live until
he arrives there. And there, surround;
e4 by the countlear skeletons of
phants before him, he lies down die.
It is asserted by scientists and hunt
ers that the man ,wlio cornea across
this cemetery of elephants will find
much wealth In the tusks that 11a
with the bones of r.ges of elephants. |
Green Stuff 1
"Ara the hens laying any bettar to*
day?" queried Mr. Subbubs upon re
turning from a hard day at tha offlca,
"Not a bit," answered Ills wife.
"I consulted a poultry specialist this
f.fternoon."
"What did be aay to doT*
"Feed 'em green stuff."
"What klndr
"He didn't specify," . j
"Well, let's feed 'em egg-plant." t ,
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Dr. ,C. W. McPherSbn
Dr. A. J. Ellington
Practice LI mi ted'to Diseases of the
EYE. EAR, NOSE Mid THROAT and
REFRACTION '*i
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BURLINGTON, N. C.
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J. B. BALL, D. C.
CHiaoPBACTOB
iServoiitt mid Chronic Diseases,
BUIIU NOTON, N. C.
Office: Over Miss Alice Hewland's Store.
Telephone*: office. 064. Keildence, lu
LOVICK H* KERNODLE,
Attorney-at-Law.
GRAHAM. N. C.
Associated with Jotiu J. Uendersea.
Office over National Bank of AlaoMuce
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. J
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Bnrllnoton, N. C.
Ottice Hours: V to 11 a. m.
and by uppointuiuui
Office Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephones: Office 440—Residence 204
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attoraey-at-Law i
GRAHAM. N. C.
Since ever Natloul Baakef Alsaaae •
3T. S. COOE,
Attorney-at- La«v*
;raham, .... N. o
Office Patterson BalMlag
Beooad Fleor. . . - . fjjjiflH
m. WILL LOSS, JR.
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