VOL L
UiGE INCREASE
r IN CANAL TOLLS
Panama Traffic Shows Gain
* of 82.65 Per Cent.
Commercial traffic through the Pan
ama canal in 1923 showed an increase
over 1922 of 68.07 per cent in the num
ber of transits, 90.38 per cent in net
tonnage, Panama canal measurement,
and 82.06 per cent in tolls collected.
Vessels of United States registry ex
ceeded those of all other nationalities
combined, with vessels of British, Nor
wegian, Japanese, German, and Dutch
registry in the order named. Vessels of
taese six nationalities made up more
tlian 90\ per cent of the total canal
traffic.
The tonnage and number of ships In
the different nationalities were: Brit
ish, 5,456,881 tons In 1,148 ships; Chile,
227,847 tons In 66 ships; Colombia,
10,973 tons in 36 ships; Danish, 241,-
728 tons in 66 ships; Holland, 595,060
tons in 117 ships; Ecuador, 36 tons in
one ship; Flnlund, 4,798 tons in three
ships; France, 327,703 tons In 124
ships; Germany, 608,703 tons In 124
ships; Greece, 16,188 tons In four
ships; Italy, 152,083 tons In 39 ships;
Japan, 753,440 tons in 158 ships;
Yugoslavia, 15,400 tons In four ships;
Mexico, 192 tons in one ship; Norway,
652,175 tons in 160 ships; Panama, 40,-
854 tons In 29 ships; Peru, 202,803 tons
In 75 ships; Spain, 118,454 tpns In 34
ships; Sweden, 141,726 tons In 34 ships
end'the United States, 15,270,218 tons
In 2,868 ships.
Heavy Intercostal Trade.
A comparison of traffic statistics for
the second half of 1923 with those qjt
the same period of ttje year before in
dicates a healthy growth o7*id* United
States lntercoa'stal trade and* of the
trade of South America with both the
United States and Europe. Exports
from Europe to the west coast of
North America have increased, but
cargo movements over this route In
the opposite direction have fallen off,
due mainly to light grain shipments
in the autumn of 1923. Exports from
the United States to the Far East and
to Australasia have increased, while
imports have declined. There is the
same situation In the cafe of the traf
fic between Europe and Australasia.
As indicating at what'rate and in
what direction traffic through the
canal Is developing, the Canal Record
points out that the cargo In transit
from Atlantic to Pacific from July to
December, 1928, totaled £,980,290 tons,
against 3.193.880 tons from July to De
cember, 1922. The Increase is equiva
lent to 28 per cent. The cargo from
Pacific to Atlantic In the same periods
was 9,585,443 tons and 4,729,188 tons,
or an increase of 102 per cent. If Cal
ifornia crude oil is deducted from the
last totals, then the 1923 cargo ton
nage from Pacific to Atlantic figures
out at 4,616,289 tons, and the 1922 ton
nage at tons, and the Increase
amounts to 8 per cent
"The grand totals," says the Record,
"prove that trade thrbugh the canal
Is growing at a fairly rapid rate, and
there is no reason to believe that this
growth will be retarded during the
coming year. On Nov. 1, 1923, a cir
cular .letter was addressed to all the
principal steamship companies using
the canal, requesting them to furnish
a rough estimate of the tonnage they
would dispatch via Panama in 1924.
The replies were generally optimistic.
While none of the lines anticipated
any sensational Increase of business,
riearly all replied that they expected
to find employment for the same ton
nage as In 1023, or possibly a little
more.
Oil Trade Transient.
"The only direction in which a
sharp decline is likely lain the Cali
fornia bll trade Oil Shlp&ents are
still holding up welL They totaled
804347 tons In December, as compared
with the September peak of 909,870
tons, but this business Is still regard
ed as transient
The most Important recent devel
opment in tbe intercoastal trade has
been the announcement of the Amer
ican-Hawaiian line that Its services
would be curtailed by the withdrawal
of six steamers. The statement issued
by the company late in December,
reads:
"The outlook for 1024 in coast-to
coast trade is not bright We feel
that tbe time has come t? concen
trate our fleet and organisation on the
best possible service to the shippers
and consignees from fewer ports of
call. We have accordingly revised
our schedules, to five weekly, sailing
between Philadelphia, Boston and New
York and our Pacific Coast ports of
call both wastbotand and eastbound.
will be served with a reg
ular **ll every three weeks eastbound.
We will not longer call at Savannah or
Baltimore. Our regular express serv
ice from Boston and New York west
bound will 'be unimpaired by these
sbsngm sffljlM
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
a weekly service In both directions u
against the present two-weekly sailings.
A regularity In schedules and dependa
bility of service will be maintained aa
In the past Steamers not euential to
the service will be laid up, but they
will be available to augment the fre
quency of the service if and when car
go offerings warrant'"
" "It is reported that the United
American lines have also reduced the
frequency of their Intercoastal serv
ice, and the Garland line recently with
drew altogether from the intercoastal
trade. In Its Issue for January 5, the
San Francisco Shipping Register, com
ments editorially on these withdraw
als and continues: "We would be sur
prised if one or two of the smaller
lines would be forced to terminate
their services in entirety. If not th«
only possible solution seems to be vol
untary, and, if possible, proportionate
reduction In the tonnage of the bigger
companies."
" 'While the intercostal situation la
undoubtedly serious as viewed by in
dividual steamship companies, the-rev
enue of the Panama canal from this
trade Is assured as long as the cargo
moving In both directions continues to
Increase. The statistics prove that it
has increased materially during the
past year, quite apart from the oil
trade.
" 'The Intercoastal movement of lum
ber shows only a slight falling off.
The tonnage of lumber from the west
coast of the United States (mostly In
tercoastal, but Including some foreign
shipments) totaled 105,284 tons in De
cember, as compared with a monthly
average of 111,477 for the period from
July to December. The total for this
six-months' period In 1928 was 668,-
883 tons, as against 630,648 tons'dur
ing the corresponding period In 1922.
Canadian Intercoastal Trade.
" The, commercial Interests of Brit
ish Columbia have been successful In
their efforts to secure the appointment
of a Canadian customs officer at New
York for the Inspection of Canadian
products routed via that port for ship
ment through the Panama canal to
Vancouver, and reports Indicate that
several new lines are to be estab
lished In the spring for service be
tween Montreal, Halifax and Canadian
west coast ports. "
"'Grain shipments from the Pacific
northwest to Europe are still far be
low the figures for the previous sea
son. Wheat cargoes from July to
December, 1928. totaled 868,700 tons
as compared with 484,467 tons In ,1922..
The loss has been In shipments fr,om
United States ports. Shipments from
Canada Increased from 110,070 tons to
162,255 tons., It Is reported that there
was very heavy chartering for the
loading of wheat at Vancouver for
Europe in January, February and
'March, and the totals fo? the grain
year therefore equal or exceed the fig
ures for 1922-28.
" The inauguration of ..th* Dollar
line around-the-world freight and pas
senger service should help stimu
late American exports to the' Far
East It may also*, have some
on the lntercotstal situation.
"'Nitrate shipments from Chile to
taled 272,714 toni in December. This
Is the heaviest nitrate tonnage for any
months since January* 1021, when •de
tailed commodity statistics were start
ed, although It may have been ex
ceeded during the war.' The unusual
ly heavy December tonnage tprobably
represents delayed shipments which
were held up by a stevedores' strike In'
the loading ports from September to
November. The outlook for nitrate,
copper and South American products
In appears bright*"
Statue of Pioneer of
We»t to Be Erected
Ezra Meeker, pioneer of the Oregoq
whose travels In the East with
an ox team, especially flown Michigan
avenue, in a parade, commemorated
the exodus of Americans to the Ore
gon territory, la to have a statue.
The statue of Mr. Meeker in bronse
is to be placed in Pioneer park at
Puyallup, Wash. The park includes
ai homestead that he settled when he
came to the \*ountry from lowa with
his bride about the middle of tbe last
century. Alonwr Victor Lewis, a
Seattle sculptor, is making the monu
ment *
Mr. Meeker hi* ninety
third birthday December 80 last
Year* Don't Stop. HOT
Mr*. Mary French Bheldon, writer,
explorer, globetrotter, artist, big gam
banter, linguist and physician. Is still
active on the lecture platform at th«
age of serenty-elgjit Mrs. Sheldon
has the distinction of being the flrst
woman ever made a fellow of th«
Royal Geographic*! society.
No From Admissions
New Domestic from Ireland (pre
senting a visiting card to her mi»
tress) —Therms-two ef 'An—one In th«
drawing room and one waiting at tlx
door, mom.
Mistress—Why didn't yon lnrlt*
them lnt >
"Sure, mom, an* yon didn't want tw«
to come In wl' one ticket.did yoar
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 3.1924
Franc* Should Restore
Her Mulberry Treat
Some yean before the war, if you
wandered through the vineyards and
fields of Indian corn In the lower
Bhone valley, yon could see that, be
tween the vines and between the corn
there were mulberry trees. These
trees were never allowed to bear fruit
and they were grown exclusively for
their young leaves, which served to
nourish millions of silkworms for the
looms of Lyons.
Today almost all these mulberry
trees have disappeared. They had be
gun to go before 1914, for it was found
that cocoons could be Imported cheap
er from abroad than the worm could
make them lh France, and the trade
gradually disappeared. The cost of
transport and \tiie fall 'of the (franc
have now combined to make It a very
profitable business to breed silkworms
once more, bu/ the mulberry trees
have been cut flown and it will be a
year or two before t£ey will bear
enough leaves to enable the country
to reduce Its importations' of silk.
cetfalnly added a charming
note or green to tbe rather arid pro
vencal landscape, and on esthetic
grounds the decision of the govern
ment to encourage their replanting by
a subsidy would be welcomed. Mis
tral, It will be remembered, has some
charming pages In "Mlrelle" where he
described the silkworm culture.—
London Observer.
Tests Show How Much
Good Horses Can Pall
That a horse ma# develop as much
as 21-horse power in an emergency
has been demonstrated In a series of
experiments conducted by the Horse
Association of America. The object
was to find out Just how much a horse
or mule could puty
The tests showed that a team of good
horses can exert a tractive pull of
2,000 pounds, or enough to lift a ton
vertically. Such pulls as these are
not needed on ordinary roads. It was
shown that on a concrete road sur
face the amount of pull required to
start a farm wagon; weighing with
its load more than 7,700 pounds, was
only 128 pounds, says London Tit-Bits.
Tbe Influence of the road surface
was demonstrated by sddltlonal exper
iments, which showed that to start
the same load on a good brick road
required a pull of 200 pounds, while
300 pounds were required on an asphalt
surface and 020 pounds on a good dirt
and cinder surface. In other words,
the same team can pull four times
as much on a concrete road as it can
on the best-surfaced dirt road.
Tbe new tests emphasised the value
of breeding and of training in horses.
While the value of weight In draft an
lmala was demonstrated, a result of
tbe tests was that gameness counted
almost aa much.
In Wrong Both Times
Before the dinner began a young
man with an eyeglass and a drawl
said to somebody standing near him:
"Beastly nuisance, isn't ltf. Spoke to
that fellow oner there—took him for
a gentleman, and found ha had a rib
bon on his coat The confounded
head waiter, I suppose V
"Oh, no," replied the other, "that
'ls the guest of the even Inf."
"Hang It Ml, Is Itr said the ether.
"Look here, old chap, would yon mind
stttlnfe next to me at dinner and telling
me who's who 7"
; "Sorry I can't, sir," was the reply.
Too sea» rm the confounded head
waiter."'
Light Brood
"Qobd morning!" said an old lady,
.entering a baker's shop. "Permit me
to, compliment 70a on the lightness
of your bread 1"
The baker nibbed his hands and
smiled benignly. I
"Thank you, ftiadam f he said. *lt
Is my aim to bake the lightest bread.
In this town."
"And yon do It," said the old lady.
If It gets much lighter It will take
two of your pound loaves to weigh
sixteen ouncesl"
American artists are Incensed at
"what appears to be discrimination on
the net of **" wch who have wale
gated to a iu.au Parts museum Whls
tier's', famous painting, "Arrangsisftt '
In Oray and Black," a portrait of his i
mother. According to-eetabllahed eee
torn, a decade after the death of the
artist bis beat paintings are removed
to the Looms. Whistler 4MS 'KEEN
dead two decadea.
/ Kitten No Longer
"What became of that little kltt— 1
yon badT" asked a visitor ot a email .
boy.
"Why, haven't you beardr
"No.v Was it drowned T*
-No."
•Lostr
"ito."
"Poisoned 1"
"He." '
Than what did Linen I# Ml mM
the visitor
"It growed up tote a cat*
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PMt, poles *nd tie* eat from blight
ed chestnut tree* are Just as servlc
able aa those cat from healthy tree*,
according to the United State* forest
service. Thla to looked upon aa an
Important announcement because It
will aid In the conservation of timber
and many experiment* and test* have
been made to prore the assertion.
The only provision Is that the pieces
muat be cat from trees within reason
able time after the blight has started.
Important Lightahip
The most Important lightship In the
world to the Nantucket lightship. A
sew vessel hss Just replaced the old
ship. This one has a radio fog signal,
and two other fog signals, a powerful
steam whittle, a submarine bell and
full radio equipment The light will
have 8,000 candlepower. Water tanks
and fuel oil tanks are large enough to
supply the vessel for a year.
Fbtaood in France
Over In Prance they save every lit
tle chip and twig for firewood. Tim
ber la scarce In Franca. Here ear
chlpe and twigs are usually left on the
ground to. rot Timber is plentiful
with us, though not so much as It
used to be. Some day It will be acarca
in this country 'and our deaceudanta
will be glad to aave chips and twigs.
Romanian Bride Cries
The Rumanian peasant bride moat
always cry daring the marriage pro
ceedings; ft. would be regarded aa
particularly unlucky If ahe did not do
so, particularly as she la having her
headdress prepared for the "corona
tion," which is so Important a part
of the ceremony.
Hie Compliment
At a dlnAer party held In a Mil
adorned with many paintings a apaak
er, wishing to pay a compliment to tha
ladlea praaaat. pointed to die palnt-
Inga an the wall and aald: "What
need la than for all these painted
beautlea when we have so many of
them at the table?"
Albino* Arc Delicate
Aiblnoa, whether In the human ar
animal world, are delicate aad often
defective. Pure white doga are fre
quently atone deaf. White cats, white
poultry and white rats and mica are
vary* subject to disesse.
Quite an Order
Customer —'1 went one of your
mousetraps, pnd hurry up, please. I
want to catch • train." Salesman—
"l'm sorry, madam, but onr mouse
traps won't catch anything that big."
—Ornln Growers' Oulde.
Brm'mr Williams
"Born* folks ran ttr meet TrMblt
tialfwsy, but what Trouble can't on
derstand Is why day howls tak a bar
rlcane when day gets what day want
itfter." |
Lot Angclef Battering Ram
A torpedo-shaped piece of caat steel,
' weighing ISO pounds with two handlea
welded to Its sides, to need by the Los
Angeles police department -to break
Into lottery dens and gambling clubs,
rear men swing the henry metal bar
against the door and whether weed or
metal It eoon fires way.
Lucky Samoan Native*
The possession of American Samoa
la guaranteed to the natives forever
by ' the government of the United
•tatea. Opium, aicctool, patent medl
ctnee and commercialized drugs are
prohibited and medical aervlce Is sup
pUM free.
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Astronomer of Vermont
Has Telescope in Cave
Going underground to look at the
heavens may seem like a strange anom
aly; yet that la the method used by
James Hartness, former governor of
Vermont noted Inventor and manufac
turer and amateur astronomer.
On his hillside estate at Springfield,
Vt, Mr. Hartneaa has constructed the
strangest astronomical observatory in
the world—« subterranean cave of
concrete, containing rooms fitted up
as a laboratory, office, study and re*
tiring arid storage rooms, Bays the Kan
aas City Times. Connecting with his
home by a 200-foot tonnel, the cave
ends with the observation chamber, a
concrete structure from which Juts a
cast-Iron revolving turret that holds
the telescope.
This observatory, says Popular Sci
ence Monthly, Is little short of revolu
tionary from the standpoint of the or
thodox astronomer. Ip fact, astrono
mers and makers of astronomical In
struments, when they saw Mr. Hart
ness' plans, aaaured him that his ob
servatory would be a failure, that air
currents rising from his heated tur
ret would obscure the skies from the
eye of the telescope. But Mr. Hart
ness, father of more than one hun
dred Important Inventions, buOt the
observatory as he planned and It has
proved successful.
"When I first took up astronomy,''
says Mr. Hartnesa, "I found there
were certain Inconveniences connected
with looking through the telescope I
had mounted on my lawn. In the
warm weather there were mosquitoes.
In the fall and winter the cold winds
chilled me to the bones. So I built
my underground laboratory for self
protection, and I found I was helped
rather than hampered by my lack of
technical knowledge of approved meth
ods."
Mah Jong Dermatitis
f» the Newest Diteaae
Mah Jong dermatitis to the latest
thing In diseases. Devotees of the ori
ental game are given some fact* con
cerning the disease —an irritation of
ths akin, according, to Hygela.
Mah Jong cases are varnished free
ly with Japanese lacquer, says ths
health Journal, and In some Instances
ths lacquer to soft and sticky. It ha*
been scientifically proved that this im
properly dried lacquer causes the skin
disease which baa been afflicting some
of the players of the game.
Hundreds ef thousands of mah Jong
sets are now In use In the United
Btates, and only a few cases of ths
disease have been repojMtt, bat now
that phyalcians are on'the lookout for
the disease others will probably be
brought to light.
To prevent any possibility of the
disease it will be nsrssaary to sea
that the laeqaer baa been well ap
plied and thoroughly dried before the
boxea are shipped.
Not all, «f course, are sensitive to
the dlseaaa In an nual degree. . Treat
ment for It la net difficult.
Thoee who are specially sensitive to
the lacquer will have to be content
with domlnoee, thum or auction bridge,
aaye tha article.
Making Largest Carillon
What will be the world's largest
carillon Is being made In England for
Mew York, where It will be Installed
la the tower of Park Avenue'church
by John D, Rockefeller, Jr„ In mem
ory of his matbar. It la a tribute to
British Skill and workmanship that,
In spite of keen international compe
tition, tha contract for this carillon
waa aecured by a well-known firm of
Croydon bellmakers. The carillon will
number flfty-three bella whose total
weight, without the framework, will
be over fifty tons. Tbejthrast carillon
up to now haa been that at Malines. In
Belgium.
Scarcely Flattering
They bed ju at renewed their ac
quaintance after he had been abroad
for some years.'
"Upon my word. Was Hawkins," he
said, "I should hardly have known
you, yoa hare altered so much."
Tor better or worser* she asked
"Ah, my dear girl," he gal
lantly, "you could only change for the
better." '?L: -;•> -
N* Picnic far Her
A woman with Are children entered
a ear. She busied herself seating
them. A benevolent old gentleman
rose and gave her bla seat -
"Are thoee all your children,
madam?" he asked, "or is It a picnic?"
"They're all mine," snapped the
woman, "and tTa ae picnic."
That Ended It
V*e women were quarreling about
ages. At last, as It to end the dis
pute, one of then turned away and
said la | very conciliatory tone:
"V*t us net q Barrel any more. L
at leaat, have not the heart to do It
I never knew who my mother waal
She deserted am when I waa a baby,
aad who known bat that youmay have
bean that heartless parent?"
Tagged Wild Goose It
, Occasion far Revived
Jack Slluer, of Klngsvllle, Ont, who
has become- noted for hia ability to
tame wild geese, made the experiment
of fastening metal tags to a large num
ber of them before turning them loose
to resume their migrations. Thereby
hangs an amusing tale.
▲ gray goose bearing one of bis
tags had been shot by some negroes
In Mississippi. The negro who ac- ,
quired this particular bird. It appears,
was an Illiterate preacher, possessed
of great powers of speech. He Insist
ed that the message came from heav
en and made its receipt the occasion
for a revival declaring to his credu
lous flock: "This am the message
of the Lord, and now am the Judg
ment coming." Some of the Indian
hunters who have shot the tagged
geese In the Far North have had a
strange superstition about them, in
sisting that they belonged to the evil
one, who luid murked them as his own.
The result of Miner's experiments
and observations may be summarized
thus: He has definitely proved that
birds do return to the same haunt year
after year; that kindness will over
come fear even In the wariest of
feathered folk; that geese travel over
the same route In migration at a speed
of about sixty miles an hour. —Albert
P. Gllmore in the Christian Science
Monitor.
Tibet Women Rule and
Have Severed Husband»
"In some, of the principalities in
eastern Tlbpt," said Dr. William Mont
gomery McGoovern, the latest aud best
authority* upon the only real hermit
kingdom remaining on the fnce of the
earth, "the, rulers are women, and
polyandry, which Is practiced through
out the country, reaches Its greatest
heights, for some of them have their
harems, as it were, but with a reverse
English, because the inmates are men,
who are never permitted to leave the
place." -
The doctor visited Detr6it recent
ly to lecture on his experiences in
reaching the forbidden city of Lbassa,
the capital of Tibet, the forbidden
country.
"Polyandry la the practice, and
wives have as many husbands as they
apparently want The country, curi
ously, Is run by theee married wom
en, and the unmarried monks, for most
of the worth while men Join the re
ligious order. The dominance of wom
en has apparently pot caused any
perceptible lowering of the moral or
social standards, but naturally there
la little, If any, of the home life spirit
found In occidental countriea."—Jack
son D. Haag In the Detroit News.
Horamthomt Sold for Gaming
Hardware dealers throughout the
country are finding a ready sale for
new horseshoes owing to the revival
of the good old game of. pitching
horseshoes. - Since the automobile
came Into such popular use fewer old
horseshoes were available for this
popular psstlme, and the result haa
been that the demand for shoes caused
hardware and sporting goods dealers
to stock new ones. A new magazine,
the Horseshoes World, has nothing
whatever to do with shoeing horses,
and la devoted exclusively to the
game.
Floor of Pacific Still Roche
Disturbances at the bottom of the
northern end of the Pacific ocean
hart not com* to an end, according to
Captain John Newtjuid, master of the
»tearner Latouche. These agitations
have been evidenced in the pest by
the appearance and disappearance of
Islands. At a point 26 miles south
east of Cape St Ellas, where the
chart said there should fce a depth of
1,100 fathoms. Captain Newland re
cently found only 19 fathoms. Cape
St. Ellas Is the southern end of Kayak
Island, ISO tftUes east of Seward.
Birthmarks YMd Radium
Birthmarks, even the dark-red
"strawberry" blotches which disfigure
so many countenances, may be eradi
cated by radium, according to Dr. Law
rence H. Taussig of the University of
California, The eradication requires
and If not painful, Deo
Wr Taussig asserts.—Popular Sdencs
Monthly. ,
Biggeat Electric Light Bulb
The largest electric light bnlb in
the world was recently exhibited in
East Orange, N. J., at the plant of thf
General Electric company. It la 23
Inches high with a diameter of 10
Inches st the top. Thirty thousand
watts were required to heat It
Might Go Eithmr Way
Anxious Old Lady (on river steam
er)—l say, my good man. Is this boat
going np or down?
Surly Deckhand—Well, she's a leaky
old tub. ma'am, so I shouldn't wonder
If she was going down. Then, again,
her b'llers ain't none too good, ao ah«
might go Up.
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NO. 9 I
Prmtty Face on Monty
In the reorganization ottMbe'm
finances the Hungarians have a*d*edj
upon some new banknotes. Usually O
In such cases a call la sent out
artists and engravers to present da> p;-
signs and the forthcoming designs an
architectural and symbolic*!. We
bar*, usually, variations of tHe so* m
set motif or sowers and respera or a .
man with a plow or a fat
veils wearing a phryglan cap.
Not so the Hungarians. They are
more elegant This vary young repub*
11c has decided to reproduce upon its
paper money the portrait of lira Baton- j
ess Ssegedy, who la the moat beautl
ful woman in Hungary.
And why not? Why shouldn't we do
the same thing? We "have no lack of
pretty women.— Le p£m Parisian.
J
Shakespeare f '
Four portraits of Shakespeare are
sufficiently diverse to add piquancy to
the question, "What did Shakespeare
really look like?" The painting called
the Felton portrait, first discovered la
a broker's abop In the Mlnories la'
1788, by "a gentleman of faahlon,"
shows him beardleea except for a alight
tuft of hair under the lower lip and
a small fair mustache. The Lumley
portrait, which waa originally In poa
aesalon of Lord Lumley, a contempo
rary of the poet, Is more In keeping
with the generally accepted fancy at
Shakeapeare'a appearance. Ha !■' ,
shown with a florid complexion, a'
close-cropped beard aad email brown '
mustache.
Darby and Joan
Darby and Joan were an okMaeh- j.
loned, conservative married couple, fa-'
mous for their long life and domestic
felicity. They are said to have lived,
more than a century ago, In Heat
naugh, a village In the West Biding at "
Yorkshire. Darby and Joan are the
hero and heroine of a ballad called
"The Happy Old Couple," of uncertain
authorship, although sometimes aa» j
crlbed to Prior. According to Timber- (
ley, however, the author waa Hanry
Woodfall, and the originals, John
Darby (printer of BartholomewOoeat
who died In 1730) and his wife, Joan
Woodfall was an apprentice Jb Hm *
service of Darby.
Literary Conflagration i
Two tourists, on paaaing a farm, I
•aw a hay shed on lire, aad the first
man said, "John, of what three writers
does that remind yen?"
"I don't know."
"Dickens, Howttt, Burns." I
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