VOL. L
Taxicab Driver Proves
Chivalry Is Not Dead
"Don't offer me money, lady—lt'» so
long since I have been a hero," said a
taxicab driver, proving thereby that
chivalry has not died. \
The girl was dresseff. to Impress a
possible employer—that Is, in her'
.best. She had been Job-huntlnjf, and
a sodden rainstorm left her marooned
In an office building on a Fifth ave
nue corner. Taxis of all colors, all of
them comfortably filled, went skidding
past, and for half an hour the girl
watched them greedily. Finally an
empty cab came along. She dashed
for it and jumped in without a word
of warning, says the New York Sun
and Globe.
■■■) "Get up; get up, miss," said the
driver, beginning to look frightened.
"I've gotja take this cab around to the
garage."
"I can't get up," said the girl.
"You'll hafta get up," said the
driver sternly. "1 can't stay hare all
night—that cop Is telling me to move
on now." I
"Now, man to "man," said the girl,
looking at him out of black-fringed
Irish eyes, "do you want sae to
tills hat wet?"
He looked at the eyes and then at
the hat. It was a pink silk hat, and,
like the clouds. It had a sllyw lining.
"No miss, I don't," he answered.
"Tell you what I con do—l'll lake you
as far as I'm going and get you an
other cab there."
Without even .throwing the meter
he drove off and did not swerve until
they reached the taxi barn.
Quintana Roo Better
Than !t& Name Sounds
"Quintana Roo left a bad taste In the '
mouths of Mexicans la the days of Por-1
flrlo Diaz because It was principally
known as the place to which political
offenders and "bnd Indians," mainly
from Sonora, wer» sent -to do time and
die In Its Unhealthful climate. But now
comes a report tfeiilng of the vast na
tural resources of this practically un-:
known territory of 18,000 square miles,
comprising the eastern part of the pen
insula of Yucatan and extending about
800 miles north and south. Data brought
to United States Consul O. Gaylord
Marsh at Progreso by prospectors,
chicle gatherers and archeologlsts show
that Quintana Roo has several ranges
of hills .about nine lakes and several
short rivers. The western part is said
to contain wide rolling pampas, the in
terior Is rich In valuable tropical tyoods
and the coast abounds in fish. The soli
is reported good for all sorts of tropi
cal and semi-tropical vegetables and
fruits.
Of the some 9,0W) Inhabitants of the
territory, 2,500 five In Santa Cruz de
Bravo, the capital. Transportation to
the interior is lacking, but the recent
arrival pf an American caterpillar
tractor has given the mors enterprising
coast residents visions of a speedy de
velopment
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Life in a Dead Hand ,
The dead hand Is often a busy little
mitt, in these days of speedy finance.
It works a full 24 hours, in the day and
brings results. We refer to mortmain
In _a broad sense as signifying funds
functioning ''on their own," as it were,
without the disturbing influence of
human timidities and eccentricities.
As the case in point there was the
A. Barton Hepburn estate of something
over $7,000,000 which, because of tbt
Intricacies of /Its settlement, remained
for a few months in process of liquldr
tlon, •says the New Orleans Time!
Picayune. Mr. Hepburn died January
25, 1022, at which time. the property
was carefully appraised at 17,440,537
Recently an accounting of the ex
ecutors was approved by the court
showing that since the decedent's pass
ing the Increment to his estate baa
been $1,738,945.
At the present time most of the es
tate has been distributed, but there
are still possibilities of further gains
by a kind of retroactivity of the power
of money. The proverbial green bay
tree has nothing on funds that are
wisely placed, In wise control, by those
who, realizing their end Is near, wish
to make wisest provision for. their
heirs. '
French Coffee.
, French coffee is filtered or percolate*
coffee. The coffee la placed In a strain
er, strainer in coffeepot, and pot on a
range. Add''gradually boiling water
and allow It to filter. Cover between
additions of water. Turkish coffee Is
made of half pulverized coffee and
half sugar. This Is boiled together
land served without cream. Allow th«
aedlment to settle at tbe bottom of the
traps before drinking.
Electricity Data.
| Every year the families In hornet
[where electricity la used spend $75,-
000,000 for electric current By Itself
Ithat looks almost as imposing as tbe
tapandituras for the famous three Cs
( i—confectionery, cigarettes and cos
metic* Yet it averages only four
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
fron'S Go to Mukden for
Pleasure, Says Traveler
We reached Mok den In the evenlag.
1 great railway station »f reinforced
lenient, with a luxurious hotel adjoin
ing If received us. The price of a
"wm was 17 yen, or $8.50. A scandal I
A man should never come to Muk
den pleasure. Furthermore, the
Japanese are past masters at robbing
European visitors with exquisite
courtesy—although they do not truly
welcome us especially in these half
Japanese territories of theirs.;
But for my seventeen yen I had live
tiny Japanese waiters and waitresses
continually and silently moving about
me like mechanical toys, and antici
j patlng with almost magic tact my
I slightest wish.
Chang Tsd Lin Chbiese ruler of
Manchuria, Is B typical vleux grogpard,
though ne Is not flfty-flve .years old.
I He wears big spectacles and does aot
I look like a typical Chinaman. In his
marshal's uniform—which he always
wears—he reminded me of General De
j Voutte,- the French commander in the
Ruhr. I complimented him upon the
' appearance of his army, which looks
like an efficient force.
I was conscious that the' marshal
was In ill humor. In fact a conspir
acy against him, headed by his own
sop, had been discovered at Mukden
that very day. Two of the conspira
tors had been shot ah hour or two
before.
China Is rushing headlong toward a
new Intervention of the powers. This
would have come before, bad it not
been for the United States, whose
friendship for China goes to fantastic
extremes. Arnaldo Clpolla in .La
Stampa (Turin).
I New Gold Strikes in
Madagascar and Alaska
- Alaska a few days ago announced a
new gold strike and hardly bad that
And been made public before similar
news came o from a far more distant
i section of the globe,-the town of Ankl
i lablla In the Antsavelo? river region of
I Madagascar. High hopes have been
aroused by the latest discovery, as an
extremely rich vein was uncovered la
that vicinity twenty-five years ago.
v Since that time extensive mining op
erations have, been carried on, princi
pally by a private company of Lyons,
. France, under concession from the gov
ernment of Madagascar. French au
thority, after Its* .experiences In the
earlier gold rnsh, does not encourage
the prospector who de
scends on a new gold field with little
else than his and .pick /and Is
apt to prove an ungovernable,.erratta
character, bnt leans rather to favoring
the chartered company. Big fortuaas
were made in earlier
gold rusher, but gradually the vela
along the Mozambique coast to the
west became vrorked out and little had
been heard of It until the word of th«
recent strike, says tbe New York
Times.
The prevalence of rich ore in Mada
gascar has madg mining one of Its
chief activities. In addition to gold
there' arf valuable 'deposits of rubles
snd beryl, and veins of mica, graphite
and uranium—the latter producing ra
dium —are to be found, together with
many other ores. Along the seaboard
pearl diving has brought in consider
able-profits.
I
Raps Auto Horn on Wagon
"It was a dastardly trick and the
man should have been arrested I" an
nounced with much heat the elderly
woman who hatea traffic to W
ter on her return from a tour through
the streets of the neighborhood, says
tbe New York Sun and Globe.
"What trick? Which man?" queried
the younger woman.
"You know how I hate to have to
cross a street and how terrified I am
of automobiles and how I'm relieved
to see a horse-drawn vehicle approach
ing, for then I know I've time to cross,"
continued the mother, breathlessly.
"Well, as I was about to croea la
front of the house I looked up and
down carefully. All I could aee waa a
slow moving, horse-drawn truck. 1
had only just started across wbsn I
was almost deafened by one of those
terrible automobile boras. I jumped
back on the siu*.—_ _Ad again looked.
There was no automobile, only the
horse-drawn truck. But the driver had
on tbe seat beside him an automobile
horn and this he bed sounded minecaa
sarlly, almost scaring me to death."
Many Telephone Wires.
Telephone wires in use In the United
States, If placed end to end, would ha
sufficient to run sixty-two double wire
circuit* from tbe earth to tbe moon.
Meet Always.
In tbe world of commerce, a blazing
■tar ef success seem} to suddenly ap
pear, but generally tbe star's Intimate
friends knew ha waa going te blase.
Reduce Baby Death Rate.
Springfield and Campbell townships
ef Green county, Missouri, red seed
their baby death rate 42 per cent
within the short space of four years.
GRAHAM, N. C M THURSDAY. MAAOB 6, WM
The Hunter's Moon.
"Banter's Moan" waa the same
given to the lunatioa immediately fol
lowing the harvest moon. Owing te
the small angle that Is made by this
moon's orbit with the herison. It rises,
like the harvest moon, et the same
hour for several days. It 4s.s» called,
however, not because it enables the
hunhsr to pursue his gaasa atnlgfct
as la generally sappossd^bat. baraass.
the crops haviag been harvested la
September, there Is nothing te Inter
fere with the sportsman's pleasure.
, Irritating Qaaee Pipvont Caldsi
Scientists have eoaoe upon thefac*
that men add wemsn who-werfc SUM
toirlee where there are-Irritating--genss
rarely.lf ever suffer fremeolda. 'This
la due to the gasss acttag.aaaa Ir
rltant keeping the membrane inside
the nasal passages moist.no. that, the
germs do not lodge. For this reason
elderly people once used snuff, , it la
said.
Ths Old Bavanrvah.
The £avaanah was the first steamer
to cross the Atlantic. On May *4,
1819. she left Savannah far Liverpool,
which port was reached In 27 dajs;Bo
hours of which time she waa operated
by steam power. The vessel waa first
constructed as a sailing packet bnt
an auxiliary engine and boiler with
paddle-wheels were fitted before aba
waa placed In service.
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Language ef Plalda.
in Scotland plaids are worn for par
posse of Identification, signifying also
the wearer's occupation, revealing
whether he or she is engaged *at • the
time in business, war or pleasure.
Some of the "plaids" now being warn
here make a real Scotchman mender
if his boyhood study- ef clan laslgals
wasn't wasted.
Elemental Splrita.
Elemental spirits were beings who,
according *to popular belief in the
Middle ages, presided' over the four
elements, living In and ruling them.
The elemental spirits of -fire wee*
called salamanders, these -of water,
undines; those of air,sylphs,inAthoos
of earth, gnomes. .
The Letter -Wes -Matted. ' " '
Mists king, ajSra - has for. a malUbex.
a New York man laid his letter en top
and pulled the i handle. Four eQglae
companies, two fire trucks, a water
tower, two battalion chiefs aad a
deputy chief arrived In great excite
ment A fireman mailed the latter in
•a nearby mail box.
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: What'a In Aurora Boreal la.
The aurora bovealis consists of
catbodlc rays, which are composed of
electric particles emitted by the mt*
at a speed ef mdarthouaaad*mlleea
second and ae sssall that- oevorol asll
liens placed
caver an-Inch.
ls4ferFr«lL.
An .average, of 19 tons oMce la-ac
quired for .the refrigeration ef a ear
load of fruit la transit between south
ern California aad'the Atlrfhtic ace
board. »*
Three .ABOUT s|s Clnlss.
Three clocks kept ln.-s. erypt 4a.ths
Parts observatory, where the tsmpsis
tare practically aever .varies, ,-ars .ac
curate to three ten-thousandths sC«a
second a day.
D|« Up Foodie.
The CWnsee."asiae," the-fcOMMMS
year-old fossilised remains ef prehis
toric animals-for na* ae* medicine* sup
ply Chinese drag stores with "dsagcals
teeth" end "dragon's bones."
Waablngten, Stayed .et i H sms.
Washington was aever outsldothe
con fin ca ef this country, except when
he accompanied to the West Ihdiea his
half-brother, Lawrence, from whose,
later, he Inherited Mt Vernon.
9fW6fvA6P Dl#tf' IflUflt.
Frederick Souvage, who 10. credited
with the laveatlecr ef the - screw ,psp»
poller, wsa insprlaoned aad dledhaafc
rupt and Insane.
DI ok one ef a Situation.
At a lecture. If one Is atruggU*r*o
euppreea a cough, he mioses aease ef
the lecture and If he decent straggly
somebody else mlsess It ~
Rata In Ulna ill— •' f!
Rodents comprise -«aev« rthpn one
third ef all llvtag ppeeteeogfasasMeatt
and -exceed any other
der in the. number -efiiadHMnaia.
"An argum«2r t a2fuacle Bbea. «1s
■oaf generally made up of two arasor
man tryin' to %ptaln* snmpln* day
don't none ef 'em fully aaderstaßf."
N#i UNliml
Me one la nsSteas In the wessdisehs
lightens the burdens of It CefiASPSM
else.—Charlaa Dickens.
nboat what thay are
going to da; pessimists about What
ethers-are net geinr to. ■
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iOyi **owe !f
Wrt'etMHOMßl't r f
KCtP UP APPEUtAMeBS' **6 -j.
VA-O OtOeS AKOUUO J
ORKStO UKfi A SCARECROW
VJ& MMfft. ABUMVN LQOtcmGk
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Mountain Has 2QJOOO Deer
Despite the Isolated and lnnccesslbls
character of Kalbab plateau of north
ern Arizona, It la one of the most beau
; tlful In the United States, sad It la In
fhet a moon tain with deer.
Nowhere alee In the Ualtod Stntet
caa the same: nam bar of dec* be found
in ian eqhal area,, aays stha Detroit
Mows. *
The game, preserve is thhrty-flvei to
forty-five miles In extent, aad the deer
f are free to roam throughout this Im
mense territpry. Its Isolstlon has
. helped tbe government to keep the
> hunters away. When the preserve was
aatabllshsd In 1900 It was estlmsted
that the area contained about 8,000
i deer. An estimate made by represen
tatives of the UnMod Statee biological
sarvey and forest service In 1928, af-
I tar .a-4> extensive ssrvey af the area,
places the present number at 99,000.
This high, flat-topped mountain,
calted Buckskin, monatala,
but* better, kaown aa Ealbab monatalp,
Saaks the Grand canyon am the north.
Egyptian Flag Changed \
.The familiar red aad white colore of
the EfyfUan flag have diaappearad.
By adld of the king the »ymbol|cwhtve
crescent and three stars ramalp, but
grace has been substituted for the rod
background. Green Is ths color en
titled to be worn-by those who hUve
tcrempHsbed ths pllgrtsssgs to Mecsa.
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Human Deeoy for Wolf
The. Basslaa haatarfs method of.ktlk
lag wolvealalateresliag. A.great'hofty
, ; peasant, With yellow hair, snub aaeatf
, * rod face aad sblnlag bine eyes, bsoqght
i/aa Immense wolfs akin te mo oace aad
111 asked him'bow* be obtained It aays
liFraacesen M. Wilson'ln the Maacbcs
i ter Ouandlan. Ho was standlag at the
. window, .of en* late aftsrnssn,
.. he said,.wbsn he walkiag
i through ths village street. He ssteod
j-his gaa, called a frieadoaad tbsy-wsal
la,pursuit The wolf stopped oaths
t top  of-a hill oatside the village aad
. iooked at them. To preveat It Stmm
• i sunning-.nwsy ths second- man went
. down on all tears aad movsd toward
i aba wolf. Be looked, In his bonvy
I sheepskin shuba, for all the world* Rks
{.aa-aalmal -nnd tbe wolf ran back taint*
1 tuek him. Wbon.it bad come to a eon
i .vaaieat distance tbe banter ahot It
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London's Mechanics
The I.ondon Blue Book contnlai
seme curious Information. London
has s-solitary flsberwomsa, slso sas
. warnsn Mscksrolth, one woman bftsfe
kyerrsnd two women who earn Bsh
[ (iVOUbood ss gssfltters.
Daylight and Dsrtcneee.
. The part of the earth's surfsee fbsss
, which the sua Is entirely InvbSbie,'at
■ .aay time comprises A 227 of the total
area. la ebtalalag tble result It Is |
' aasumed that tbe sun's semi diameter I
lis IS minutes and the horizontal so-
I fradlon 84 mlautea. So dsyllght eov
, en tbe greater portion of the enrth'S
y surface.
I IBrtrpbsir~ of Alexandria . aasd
> pnadustlon.| soma
i Theve.wss.no.systosn-of pnartastisri,
however,'uasn about SB6Q,iA.(l>. Al
, dans Msaatias «a Issmsd tVaasMae
printer,-nsiad *fsr the -heastr of hls
j style, sasdogsd it.et thU Uass.
#»sioililiiSy^asifl>fD.
[ '"B^!*taora^»ri' , n«f
■ ,WlyJMhsjidlosf»i IKim _
•Mohnfif Appleeeed."
"Johnny Appleeeed" was a quest
b shneaeter.who lived about lsso, or per
llhape several -psnra earlier. Be was
la wandering hermit who traveled
L through the Middle West with a bag of
|i appte aoede whlcb he planted In many
it planes. Bin seal> name is eald to have
Ibeen John Chapman, but be got the
; name "Appleseed" from his occupa-
I tlea.
Perfamea.
A' Parisian doctor declares that cec-
I tain perfumes affected by his various
iPattsota- In time rprodaee en effect
: upon thoee using them. Violets tn
\ culcate a predisposition te sympathy
tend devotion, geranium makea one
i andsdees nnd bold, mint generates
• craft and business capabilities, while
I Tsrvala develops a liking for the fine
»arta.
FereeU ef Maine.
The .primeval forests of white plnst
i whlcb gsvs Mslne the asms of Pine
Tree State, have aeariy all dlssp
*peared, hut theaecopd growth Is being
- used to a large extent Bpruce forests
era ths most extensive. Hemlock,
iMreh, bslsam, fir, oak. maple, cedar,
yellow pine, beech, basswood, elm,
> ssh, aad others also are found In
I Maine. *
Tricking Mature.
(fever-can any advantage be takep
ief nature-by«a- trick. The spirit of the
. world, .Jhe graat calm presence of the
tCrestor, comes not forth to the sor
rceriee of. opium or of wine. The sub
• Uma vision comes to the pure end sim
ple soul ln a cleen aad -chaate body,—,
! Emerson.
JehnOalvln.
John- Calvin was a Frenchman, one
»ef the. moot eminent reformers of the
{Sixteenth century, very prominent la
the work of the reformation. The
■views of Calvin .are suppassd to he
embodied in the-doctrlnea.af the Pros
tVyterlan church.
Has Idas ef It
Explaining heredity to his typls
companion, Bobby said: "It menus
(that'lf yoar. grandfather dies wtthent
isny,ohMdren, your.father wont have
laay ead you want-.have>aay." BoStefi
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Keep Xeur .Enthuslsssn.
, Lot. as beware of
istasmp. Let us ever,.glory
;thing end strive to retain oar sdmira
•tlon tor-all that would ennoble, aad
•oar' Interest*ln all Ant weald 'Sartefc
tahd: beautify oar tlfe.
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Leg!slattCßcto preveat the, rapid cab-,
ttatg ef chestnut forests.lniFrance.ls
being, argod to restrain floods,, prsveut
washouts, .had protect the electric
power of the rivers.
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4 'OM* Scotch Osth.
: The aid -oath of tha'Scotch -grand
jeryNmsn was. shell present ao
perasa for . haired, malice or ttl-wHI;
nor leave .aaything nnpreeented for
fear, favor cr affectioa."
Seme of 1m Pretty Lew.
Maa. we are.reliably Informed. Is
only n little lower than tbe aqgols and
prs have -oar memento of depreesloa
when we woader bow lew the angels
are, enywgy—Ohio. State JearaaL
.Land of Hot Sprlags.
.The hlgheet .menutaln .peak la Mow
geelsad, a land- ef hot springs aad
glaciers, does not attald more than
12JS0 feet Mountain climbers marvel
, St the scenery, which Is ansxceHed.
•lanPt ItcFaetT'
; ITheisaaa whe taforma yon, that Ufa
isnt worth llviag ls the flrst to tele
pboae for *a doctor If . a adder bites
him.
Sedate Three Cheers.
Conferring a degree on some dis
tinguished person Is ths sedate way
thst college prefeeoors give three
sheera .
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Cinplliintr
Pass t a compllmeat as often as It la
dssirved: like bread apen .the wa
ters. Raol retura and .aot aiarayg
after many days.
i v
, Took Own Medicine.
A Lea Angeles physician took some
of bis own medicine. The verdict of
the coronet's vsrdlet-was "death due to
unprofaMSonal nndict "
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Haa Same Moaning.
Once, a huge solitaire dlamsad rlag
was dlaplayad as the guaranty that
oae eras a "settees." Now, a motor
car la prefer red. Instead.
EtaoMe.
Mr. Rnyar—"This la ths Emit Ifs
: tough to pay SO cents a pound for n
«broiling steak." Mr. Batcb—"Yep. but
life tougher wbca you pay thirty."
I 5 ——————
I, Reaearch by adsntiats la medlcfae
•sSS stegery Ja Oermaay ls reported
•ta'ha practically ngt a .itaadstSl'.ba-
Learned Astronomy by
_ Making Own Telescope•
How a groi-p of mechanics, living
la Springfield, Vt„ learned the science
os aatronomy by making their owa
telescopes at home. Is related In Popu
lar /QLstronomy by Russell W. Porter.
Several of these machinlets had their
ovrm small workshops, located usually
la/the cellars of tbelr homes.
"Interest did not stop with tbe com
pletion of tbe teleocopes," says Mr.
Porter. "The telescope makers found
an old ststlon on Hswks mountain,
just outside of the township, occupied
yeers ago In the government Criangu
latlon of New England. They camped
-on tbe mountain, built n substantial
tower end signal over the station. ,
"On another occasion they spent the
night on tbe summit of Monnt
Epbralm, the highest point in ths
township. This gathering, I believe,
Is unique m the annals of astronomy.
"Throughout that night from the
appearance of the first, star until
dawn, there men were exploring the
heavens. It proved to be good see
ing notwithstanding a stiff wind. The
light from a roaring campflre re
vealed a circle of animated facee
listening Intently to some celestial fact
juat brought out at the eye-piece at
one of the instruments."
How Natives of Papua
Prepare Heads of Foes
In' s recent Issue of. Man, Mr. B.
B. Riley gives* an account of the
method of preparing the of ene
mies practiced at the village of Dorrp,
lb Papua! After the flesh and brains |
are. removed a piece of rattan cane Is
fixed to the bottom of tbe muc&mlfled
skull to take the place of the lower
jaw and to act as a support for the
packing of the neck. It was difficult
to ascertain why the lower Jaw Is not
rsplsced .The explanation seems to
be thst theyt prefer to hang this up
in the bouse, and keep It as a mark or
token of the owner's prowess In war,
nftsr the mummified head has de
cayed; but tbe lower jaw Is some
times replaced, being tied to tbe sygo
mas, as with the rattan cane. Final
ly, tbe head Is dried, being fixed on
njwqden framework over s fire light
ed for that purpose, and the hair is
pulled out as decomposition of the
akin advances. *
Red: Light Traps 'lnsects
A means for combsting the winged
Insect pests of tropical regions has
been, evolved, by means of which the
flying bugs sre lured into a deadly
bath of add and either drowned or
by. the fumes.
It was found tbst.rod light served
as aa-almost, irresistible lsrc'fort tbe
algbt-flysrs.
A rsd electric bulb, or a lantern
with a red globe. Is placed near.the
vessel containing the acid
As the pests fly to tbe Ught tub fumes
destroy them even though they may
not actually tali Into the bath.
'To protect'human beings from pos
sible accidental contact with tbe add
bath, tbe liquid Is placed la a wide
' mouthed bottle, to which la attached
-r a funnel \ with n very broad flaring
cone. The light la suspended directly
aver this funnel, and the insects,
•tunefled hy the add fumes, fall Intl
It and so into the sdd bath.—New
York World.
For Squeaks
1 woSld I were a bird I" walled tk«
fair girl at tbe plnno. ' - i
"I would you were a box of axle
grease," hlsseg tbe dark man uad«
the palm.
1 wonder what he means by that?*
' asked the lemon-haired maiden.
"He means that axle grease stop*
screeching," whispered the man la th
black suspenders.
The Best in the World
Maud—What excuse lisve you tot
doing such an unmaldenly thing as pro
posing to Jsck? Leap year, 1 suppose
Ethel —Not at all —the golden rule
—Boston Transcript
flood-Luck Charm
"Does a rabbit's foot really bda|
pood luck r
"I should say ao. My wife felt cat
In my pocket once and thought It was
I a mouse."
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Against the Rules
{ Stone Age Poet (angrily)—Thei
i why don't you return my manuscript?
* Ditto Editor (coldly)— You Inclose*
aa ox-team. —Cornell Widow.
Heat of the Sun
Ths beat of tbe sun la about 4&00
Mines ss intense aa the beat of tM
earth. „ *
Helping Him Along
"Lsdy, could yer gimme s quarter ta
get where me family Is?"
"Certainly, my poor man; bere'a a
.quarter. Where ta your family r*
"AT the movies."
"NO. 6
Blast Wa*. SiUsrt Qmm
The street was crowded il lHi Kaffir.
tli* sidewalks filled with chUdr*n.vW . j
turning from school; and a MMnettef
company was hn*y digging ?nuat|tlona
for a new apartment boose, says the
New York Son and Glob®. SaddaMf ''
the drills ceased their aoisr waUcft* 4
borers, and diggers disperaoiLatiawl—A- |
ed command. Six with flggishTTinl
sway pedestrians, stopped Impatient
traflie with high pitched '*eesaaMffif '•
and than task np posts at umatlng. >A
blast was about ta be -net. off.
Silence settled over the plaqa and In
terest and excitement nut hitfj.' It was
ihf» whose duty ls**as to firnlheeknws
—approached the detonator and-waited
the signal of the foreman. It came
a sharp command-In Stnllan. -/Bheopa
rator depressed the. detonator. '.Jtoapv
one waited, some with fingers to thair
ears. But nothing happened. Again he
tried. Them was-Bo esptattoa. ~ ▲•tit
ter among thauevprinnf wntshera*ens
followed by ahonts of laughter as-n*-
aminatlon of the wires leading from
the detonator to th* charge ef dyna
mite showed they had a«C hasn :*!•
taehad .
Franklin's Chtir Trnmi It ,
Benjomln Franklin's llbraey rliih
possibly the one In which he. sat sal
pondered before be conducted .his fa
mous kite and key experiment by whMfe
he demonstrated that*UoMalat**ai+« 
manifestation of electricity mafa Hi
first Journey In years recently. It was
loaded Into an electric truck and was
brought down from the library baildlag
jof Columbia university, Mew York city, .
to the Hotel Astor. Here, It,was used
' by the toaatmastar at th* annual din
ner of the InteraatUaal lliajamtu
Franklin society, end after tha dinner,
while N«w York was beginning to con
alder going to bed, the asms electric
track carried the chair aafeiy back -la
Columbia, where a waiting >maUhWHi
, returned the chair to Ua>aKMtMMd
place—the meeting room of the board
of trust see. ,
Wholetalm Dmg'GmMtm
Although there are 48,908 retail AQf
stores in the United Slates. WestedAs
18,648 communities, the whol«*alMS
supplying these stores are concentrated .
In 801c1Um, according to the aiaihei
ing division of the T ~* »'—''"ngll
sine company.
The fact has been established by
the marketing division to show mana-
I .tacturers the economic >sdnaltge mi
getting nation-wide dlatrQmtleiawWM^
i the wholesaler and I to eUqptest* •
large amount of • the dlfaul >s than*
taller sellinc ftnaiae,
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