VOL. L
CODE OF MEN IN GOLD FIELDS
No Miner Was Permitted to Hold Mors
Land Than He Could
Work.
The mining code devised by the men
first In the Western gold fields —
whether by unwritten agreement be
tween partners or less formal conclu
sions of a miners' convention—was
most "democratic," says the Detroit
News. The universally recognized prin
ciple allowed every man the usufruct
of as much land as he could work to
ad/antage, and the dimensions of a
clufan varied from 10 to 100 feet square,
according to the quality of the "dirt,"
the difficulty of wording and the num
ber of,miners in the field. The discov
erer of the bar was, however, entitled
to fltst choice to double the usual por
tion.
A mail's title held only so long aif
he worked the claim. A certain amount
of earth must be taken out each week,
and an absence of five consecutive
days might entail forfeiture. The
claim. If proved valuable, was staked
out and a notice of ownership posted.
But a tool left on the spot was suffi
cient evidence of occupation. Original
ly no man might hold one
claim, but purchase made possible the
ownership of considerable tracts.
OLD LIBRARY IN NEWRORT
Redwood Institution, That Was
Founded In 1747, One of the
First In America.
One hundred and twenty-seven
years ago, the Pilgrims landed on the
"stern and rockbound coast" of New'
England and Redwood library was
Incorporated. The Idea of this li
brary had its Inception In the Philo
sophical society, organized In 1730, of
which Bishop Berkeley was the lead
er.' A similar society of Phlladel
phians, known as the American Philo
sophical society, wast according to
Benjamin \ Franklin, Its founder, the
mother to all North American sub
scription libraries, says the Detroit
News. The I*hilbsophlcal society at
Newport developed Into a library
through the generosity of Abraham
Redwood, who placed at the disposal
o t the society £9OO for the purchase
of standard books in London.
At the time the Redwood library
was organized there were only two
similar institutions in America, the
Library company of Philadelphia, al
ready referred to, and the Loganlan
library in the same city. Part of the
present building, completed In 1750,
was the second library built in the
country, -and Is at the present time
the oldest library building In use in
the United States. It was designed
by Peter Harrison, the first profes
sional architect In America.
Village Bmlthy In Africa.
Working In Iron Is an art practiced
In Angola, or Portuguese West Africa,
from time Immemorial. The rude bel
- lows consist of terra-catta chambers.
covered loosely with goatskin, with
long upright stick# attached to the
middle of the skin for handles, says
the Detroit News. Connection with the
charcoal fire Is made through a sepa
rate terra-cotta pipe and a considera
ble blast is produced by a rapid move
ment of the goatskin covers up and
down. Sometimes even ore Is melted
In tills way. _ -
The natives have a few rough tools
and use the rocks for anvils, but man
age to turn out -very good work In
knives, bush hooks, hoes, tomahawks,
i?tc., nnd metal to repair their flintlock
guns.
Fast Work.
"I love you," said he.
"Bosh. You never saw me before
this dance." said she.
"After the dance IS over will you
give me a kiss?"
"I don't mind that."
"Marry me, girlie."
"Look here," said the «lfl, now
thoroughly aroused, "you're a fast
worker. But If I'm gonna marry you
wall have to be properly Introduced."
Oh, He Made Good. *
Willls-rHow la the efficiency ex
pert coming on at your office?
Glllls —Fine. He waa such a suc
cess for the boss that we employeetf
hired him for a week.
"Did be make good?"
"Did he? He showed ns Is new way
to beat (he time clock, taught ns a
lot of brand new excuses for being
late and how to book the boas' cigars
without being caught"
Hi* Handicap .
Pilot (preparing for sky-writing)—
Don't strap the helmet too tightly un
der the rhin- I can't write unless I
can put my tonga* oat I—Passing
Show (London). -
England's Oldest Toll Gat«
England's oldest remaining toll gate
Is claimed to be on the road between
Witney and Oxford; by the gate
stands a notice board, dating from the
fbm of Charles IL
THE '. ALAMANCE GLEANER
Ancient Book* Show
' Surgery an Old Art
The practice of surgery goes back
u fat as the time - when man first
began to hurt himself or to be hurt by
others. . Medicine and surgery were
flourishing in the
centuries B. 01 Accounts in ancient
books tell of more than a hundred
Instruments of steel, 14 varieties of
bandages, splints mate of bamboo, the
sewing of cuts on the bead and
face; and there was even an operation
for remaking the noee-byuslng, a piece
of skin of the cheek for that 'purpose.
So it would seem that the Hindu bad
a more' thorough acquaintance with
the science than one looking back over
the faraway centuries would at first
suspect.
The figures of patients undergoing
operations are carved on Egyptian
L monuments and among the antlqultyes
"of that people are such instruments
as lancets, probes, knives and forceps.
In passing It may be remarked that
the latest centuries taeed not take
credit to themselve# for the invention
of artificial teeth, for that triumph
of the dentists' art has been found In
mummies.
The surgical skill of the Orient
seems to have been bottled up for a :
time, or, at least it was in no hurry!
to cross over to Europe, where for a
long period the barber was the
|Surgeon. The lives of two of Eng
land's greatest kings might have been
[saved for longer usefulness had a little
[wisdom been shown in tbelr treatment
(Henry V died of a malady which could
/have been cured by the knife; Blch
|ard the Lion Hearted m}t his death
from a wound In the shoulder caused
by an arrow which an Ignorant sur
geon aggravated by twisting about in
his efforts to remove, thus Inducing
.blood poison.
Make Today Count am No
• Previous One Ever Did
| Make this -resolution every morn
ing: I will play the life game today
as I have never played It before. I
will play It with more energy,' more
determination. I will play It with
firmer decision, with better Judgment.
But while I will try not to make> so
many mistakes, 1 will not be so cau
tious as not to act at all, for I know
that he who hesitates In Irresolution
or wavers b| lost lam going to make
myself felt today as never before. I
am going to fling my life Into my work
with all the energy 1 can master. I
ani resolved not to grapa- alone In a
picayune way any more. I am going
to put some more dare-.lnfco-my -efforts.
' I am going to take more chanoM be
cause I know that people with vig
orous Initiative can afford to make,
more mistakes than the healtatora,Jh«
waverers, the balancers. I am going
to make this day count as no previous
day of my life has count ed.—lnstalla
tion. '
Sunrise in the Tropicm
No one who. has ever seen a tropical
sunrise will forget It; from darkness
the world bursts into light The son
on the Amazon usually rises without
clouds and floods everything -with ra
diance; the sunsets are sometimes
beautiful, but there an seldom clouds,
and the color effects are not as fine
as-In northern climes.
The banks of the riVer are full of
interest to the canoe voyager, who has
every opportunity for observation, ss
one always paddles close to the shore.
Draperies of flowing vinos sweep the
cance; at times in some ilttla bay,
where the current has no influence,
great masses of water plants are In
full bloom, bright tlllandsi&s perch in
the branches above his head, and or
chids look out from the branches, or
many times swing in midair. Large
patches of "anlhgs," which looks like
a tall-stemmed, giant calla Illy, full of
the great white flowers, make beauti
ful pictures snd over all Is a bright
blue sky with the cool breese, which
from nine till four always draws up
the river.
Her First Taxi Ride."
It was the' dear old lady's first ride
In a taxi, and she watched With grow
ing alarm the driver continually put
ting bis hand outside the car as a
signal to the traffic following. • At
la*;* "Young man,"
you look after the driving
and watch where yon are going. 11l
tell you when It starts raining."
Not When Hs Wanted It
An aged colored man, clad in two
or three suits of old clothes aad aa
overcoat of ancient lineage, was
feebly breasting hl£ way against the
winter's chilling blasts.
."Wind," be was heard to apostro
phize after a particularly ferocious
guA, "wind, whar wus yo' las' An
gus'?"
A Public Barometer.
Flstbush—He Is a high espeaedt of
that old adage, "One good torn de
serves another."
Yonkers —And Is he hi bufaess?
Flatbush—Yes, awas a COB pie of
mernr-fMnaada.
GBA3AM, N. C:, THXJBSDAY.-Wl,
Annuities Wore Issued in '
, Early Babylonian Time*
Historically annuities antedate life
Insurance by til. It Is thought that
the great development of baaklar fa*
duties In Assyria and Babylonia moat'
hare provided annuities. The first
definite mention of them, however,
was 40 B. C la Borne, and is of stXh
• character as to jWtHy-a belief that
they had been long la use..
In the Middle ages, klngatoias. ma
nlclpalltles and hankers obtained
money by-seUlag annuities tor
terms of years. It. la said that .Bat
land's Rational existence dnrlag, the
wars ofSvilllam of Orange was large
ly maintained through the money ob
tained by selling annuities. At first*
the values of sack contracts were da-
termined without scientific calcuia-
tlon; after a while the Northampton
mortality table was compiled and used
us a basis, and later the Carlisle
table, but both these bases were far
too favorable to the annuities.
Several British companies took ad*
vantage of the very low price at which
their government granted annuities
and purchased many os the live* of
sturdy farmers, but payable to their
corporate selves, and thus made large
profits. In 1818 an Kngilah actuary
warned the government that itwss
losing £B,OOO a month, but ihe -was a«t
heeded until 1827, when another, afl»
tuary announced that the government
was losing £4,000 a week, and then
the sale of annui(iea was stopped af
ter an estimated total loss of £25,000r
OOOi—World's Work.
Why Blinks Had to Reach
Home on Schedule Time
Promptly as the office clock struck
five Blinks with unusual rapidity • pre
pared to start for home.
Aa he hustled Into his overcoat 'and
made for the door his desk mate
raised a surprised head. "What 1" be
said, "la a harry again tonight? It's
six nights now you've rushed borne
like tills and haven't watted for a soda
at the old stand. I'm beginning to
think, fve offended you, or something
like that"
"No," Blinks laaghed. Ton haven't
hurt my aeasltlve soul, but the fact ls
this, we've- got a cook'Up at the house
now, and while the missus-didn't mind
my rolling-In lata the.c«ok.woa't atay
unlsaa I arrive every.-evening on time.''
* t
The-Old Almanac
Advertisement was not always the
chief function of almanacs, They
wore first of all, calendar* of the-days
and months, the changes of the moon,
and of ether astronomical'happenings.
They supplied a widespread demand'
for weather lore. Its troth or untruth
being of minor consideration. To that
werja added literary and Informative
features. "Poor ; Richard" , enjoyed
wide popularity and was famous by
reason of Ms homely - wisdom. List,
but not least. It held high place as the
family Joke, book, the excellence of Its
witticisms being often proved by their
longevity. In many a backwoods pi
oneer home the annual almanac was
the sola* literary refuge, taking tha
place all •sthsr i books, and tamer,
perhaps, was any other beek.or peri
odical so read, rairead».aaddH>stod.
Have to Let Hithself In
Bridget and Michael had been
rted barely three months, and already
Michael bad on two occasions arrived
home in the early hoars of>the mi
lng. This did not salt Bridget, as ea
each occasion she had to coma down
to admit him. (
Michael was looking: toward to
spending the evening of this particular
day In having a "few sociable oaes
with the boys," and this Bridget knew.
"Now, look hesa." she said to her
husband at the breakfast table. "It
was two o'clock the following morning
when ya came home the other night
a bit since. It was two o'clock the
following morning whu ye came heme
last night But I warn to be telling
ya that If If s two o'clock id tha-morn
lng when ye coma horn* tonight—or
any other night in the morning ywt l
hare to get up and let yourself lnf
A Self-MedicatOr
Francis Bacon, the philcaoper, was
another eelf-medleator. Whea'it-rained
he would ride out in an oven coach
with bared bead to raceNo thfr bms
fit of Irrigation, as be pat It
To Prevent-Accident*
Most accidents are not-necessary. It
lent lack which prevents them, tart
ju#t being earafuL Keep your mind
on the Job and don't let it wander off
on what you did yesterday *r what
you are going to do tomorrow.
Inconsistent
Why do they call It a rtlpmiut whea
It goes ln a ear, hat a cargawben it
goes In s ship?— New JTark
Post
/s i ih* n ■■ ■
Hatred Is like « gua with-the ead««
the barrel plugged a*. Its raetft is
More harmful thaa its shot.
BILL, BOOSTER: am
Q ajAc*m««> vetr *
opftMnaattf MOFMUAtctto
BxPtcr tv*lQOM» ;
AMD Ntf MAUW VABf&HAMfII
etPEcr tvuot *>££***> i
; TtHBA, WHEWTUefOa
womtua to Krwcf
Thm Largmtt Waterfall
Kaleteur (oils towers 741 fact from
brisk to kettle; and U taller , {than
Niagara fails and the Waahlngton
monument together. It la the largeat
waterfall itf'the world aad la hidden
away tn a Jangle in the heart of Brlt
lah Oulana. The Potario river, which
tumblee over thl« drop, la £6B feet wide
and dopes off 81- - feet more Mow
Kaleteur. Few white-men hare seen
this "Sight for the Gods.?—flcMbce
Too Ambitious
The colonel* waa delivering an ad
dress to Junior officers op for asam
lnntlon. lie dwelt with anuoh empha
sis on the fact that each oftloer ahould
devote the >tnt«ev«ilng ttine to prepare
titt the final examination. "The ex
amination papeas*re now 4n the haada
of theprlnter. • there any que**
flona to.be aakadf" 81lence prevaile*-
Suddenly, a *olea from the Maa quiet*
inquired: "Wba'a the priotatv aM"
"Thm Qammn City
Cincinnati, which believes that It la
one of the moat beautiful cltiee la the
westsra world, calls itaelf "Tha 4)a*n
City" and "The Paris of America."
while to others It l> known'as "Pork
opolls." Chicago, among other -nnmes,
haa"The Windy City" and "The-Stock
Yarda City." Wiahlngton la "The Ted
eral City" aad' TheCity.ofMngnl
floent nistsnose "
Ah—nt Mimdmd Pmoplm
Speaking of • abaeal minded ■ people,
we unearth* the faet that Adam. Smith,
the political economist. waa alao ab
sent-minded.' One Sunday morning he.
walked 12 mtlka along the klng'a high
way and preeented himself in a crowd*'
ed churcb clothed solely In hla nlghtr
shirt—Alice Mason Johnson, in Bkoetf
lya Eagle.
"Thm PoMmry City*
American citlenin great another-get
their nldkaamea fitom their principal
latest MM. Trenton Is -in# Pottery
City*; Troyy "The Collar City"; IW
River, "The Cotton CUjr"; Aksoa. "The
Tire JUy"; Hollywood -The M*vls
City"; Peterson, "The 311k City"; Wa
terbury, "The Brass City," and Du
bury, "The Bat City."
Honeaty
As soon as man's eyee era opened
to the fact that honeaty In thinking
and acting pay* the highest rewards
to hagitand soul qnd body, that baa
eaty Is 'ttoa tap-root of oil etlideoey,
and'that no eflldency Is posstbls. wWh
out a feartsss desire for an heasst
measure of values- In all 'things; we
eriiall start on.a nsw wn-H-Sf laK.
Wlss Judge.
"1 bear you were Judge at a«baby
show." eaorted Hoffy*s frleud Cutb
hart
"I was," admitted Hoffy.
"If 1 hare beard yon eay once, I
I bav* baaed yon aay fifty Haw that
all babies look alike to ydh* eald
Cnthbert
"They do."
"Then bow could you tall wblcß
was the prettiest babyr
Hoffy railed a cigarette with see
hand, sad-the* answered;
"1 iutfcsed by tba mothers."
- Hot tea* .ago s soman called oa a
wbo Is noted both for bis
aActancy sad his bfaattaas. This wom
an*s baby was Indisposed snd this doc
tor ordered castor oC.
"Bat, doctor," protested the woman,
rcaator oil Is soch ss old fsstMwd
riamly r
"Babies also a*a«ald-fiH»sidi
dam." snorted the doctor,
IWDtAN VALUED THE BUFFALO]
rYfcat Animal Supplied the Rod M V n
With Almost Everything That
Ha HlMli
Gen. Rtehard Irving Dodge, United
game of America, says: "It la almost
Impossible for a civilised being ta
realise the value to the plains ladlan
of the buffalo. It furnished him with
.equipment—almost everything," re
ports the Detroit News.
.. "lhrery plains Indian firmly be
lieved-that the buffalo were produced
in cotintless nam bare In a country un
der ground; that every . spring the
surplus swarmed, like be*s from a
hive, oat of the Immense cavellko t
opening la-the region of the great
Llano Estacado, or Btaked Plain of
Texas.
"In 1879 Btone Chief, a celebrated
chief, assured me that he knew ex
actly where the caves were, though
he had never seen them; that the
'Good God' had provided .this means
for the constant supply of food for
the Indian; however recklessly the
white man might slaughter, they
could never exterminate them. When
I lost saw him old man was be
ginning to waver In thia -belief, and
feared thfct the 'Bad God' had shut
the. entrances aad 'that his tribe must
starve."
HIS TESTIMONIAL TO HOTEL
August Holiday Seeker Wrltee In Quest
Book How His Stay Irn
preeeed Hint
In previous years Smith had alwoya
taken his holidays In May, but this year
be decided to make a change and go
away in August. As you can guess,
even If you are not a habitual August
holiday maker, .the -charges at the hotel
were very high In comparison with
what he was in the habit of paying In
May, aad-the* bill gave him rather a
abode.
"I hope you have enjoyed your holi
day hero, air," aald the landlord on the
day on which, be waa doe to return
home. 1 hope yon will write some
thing in our visitors' book."
"What aball I " writer Inquired
Smith, rather at a loea.
"Oh, anything," aald the landlord.
. Tear lmpreaaion of your short atay
i hare. frtr Instance."
After a. Mw- mlnatda* thought Smith
i took .up the pen and-write:
"I came- bare for change and reet."
The waiter-took the-change and the
- landlord got the reef—Chicago News.
, King of - Rome.
Tha| title king of Rome was be
stowed at the tiaat.af Ida birth upon
: Napoleon Francois Charlee Joeepb,
son of Napoleon I aad Marie Louise.
After tha fall of Napoleon In -1814.
the king of Borne waa take* in charge
by his grandfather, tha emperor of
, Austria. and carefully educated aa an
Aaetrlan prtnoe. Hla title waa
changed -to that oftbe duke of Reich
. atadt In 1810. Be dlad at Schoeo
hrnnn. naa»,yisapa. Jaly 3% 1883, in
t hla twenyaecond year. .It la thought
that thla title waa give* in Imitation
•of Charlemagne. If ao, It waa a
blunder; Charlemagne waa never
"king of Home," bat he waa "patri
elan ot'Wtmmf la -the Garaun em
pire the hair apparent waa "king of
the Raasaas," not "king of Home."
Thla, Utttae title woa axpraaaty eon
fesaed -on > .the Oeruaaa kings, aad
sometimes on their helix by n cars—
ation at Milan. The Oermaa title
equivalent _to "dauphin," or "prince
of Walea," was king of the Romans."
—Header's Handbook (Brewer).
Laughter Benefits Children.
. Laughter Is beneflcisl snd Ameri
caa children are batter at It than
English youngsters. Dr. O. W. Kim
mlns, Gilchrist lecturer st the Uni
versity of -London, said at- a luncheon
la New fork. Doctor Kim mlns re
marksd that children la this country
hsvs ths sdrantags of tba Mark
Twain and Bret Harts traditions snd
are mors faithful readers of Dickens
thss English children. Ha said that
bis studies OT London cMldren show
that tboy begin to laugh at the aga
of sevsn, when they begin to sense
superiority ovsr some of their com
psalsas, aad let prove until eleven,
but that from eleren to thirteen
there da so development of tba ssoss
edbainr.
Rainfall In Amsriea.
A vivid picture of the amount of
rata that falls upon the United States
is gives by a Washington scientist.
It Is SQOtvalgßt, be states, to ten Mis
sissippi {fvwrs flowing constantly.
Othimlsr ussarsj. It eqaals thirty
Inches of water for the entire srea,
making ,a total-vaßnae of 152.000,000-
OOOUOOO iWMc feet Bat tbla Is only
batt tba anwuat that would be neces
sary to maintain tba full productivity
of the aoll of the whole country. Ono>
third of this amount runs down to ,
these* snd Irtvers. The problem for
imili i to as>v» Is ths atttlxatloo
to tbO'BtaHwt of the BOppty that *a-
U. S. Department Urge*
More House* for Birds
Birds may be gathered about us In
all seasons of the year with ease and
certainty, according to a bulletin from
the Department of Agriculture, merely
by offering what they desire. In win
ter they are often pushed for food,
and if we supply this need they will
report daHy at the lunch counter aad
help to relieve the tedium of our in
door life.
In summer they care ten for food
provided by their human friends, and
other means must be sought to attract
them about the home. They appre
ciate fresh water for bathing and
drlnkihg. A shallow pool of varying
depth, if only a foot across, becomes
on hot days a center of attraction for
alt the birds in the vicinity, and It may
be made with little effort and material;
only a small quantity of cement Is re
quired, or If that he lacking, a pan
with stones In It set In the ground will
be equally serviceable.
Birds are desirable about the prem
ises not only on account of their
beauty and song, bnt because of their
economic worth, says the bulfetln.
They are especially useful during the
breeding period as Insect destroyers,
when they Ijave to work early and late
to obtain sufficient food for their
nestlings, and their movements at thla
time are more interesting than during
My other season. If safe retreats are
furnished In which birds can rear their
young -comfortable, most of them
will be occupied. If feathers, blta
of wool or twine are put out, a dozen
birds will make use of them.
The practice of erecting bird houses
In this country, while now nation
wide, Is not so common and uniformly
distributed as it should be, and more
extended provisions of this nature can
not fall to result In a largely increased
number of house birds, saya the de
partment.
An Honest Opinion
A business man, on retiring, wrote
a book which he sent to a publisher.
The latter promptly returned It.
Considerably Incensed, the author
sent his work tq a friend In a news
paper office, writing on a top corner
of the manuacript: "What do you
think I ought to get for thla?"
The friend returned the manuscript
with the laconic reply written la the
cppoelte corner t "Five rears r
Edocotion i Inealuable
Laws for the liberal education of
youth are so extremely wise and use
ful that, to a humane and generous
mind, no expense for this purpose
would be thought extravagant
Portrait Hidden in Ring
Rare Indeed were the rings worn
by Btuart partisans In England after
the execution of King Charles L Un
der a large diamond, in a hidden cap
sule, was concealed a miniature por
trait of the king.
The ShiHleut Bote
Nothing la more discouraging to •
good man than a boss who Is not on
the Job, and who does not know
whether things are going well or
badly.
Sidney Herschel Small
He west to Ban Francisco with his
I parents about twenty-five yean ago.
| The family business being connected
with the Orient, during the last ten
years iwsC _ attempted considerably
between California and Asia.
Coming from a race in which the
art instinct predominated, it wai
natural that he should have it in some
form. In his case it was the writing
form. He is mslcing a name for him
self with Oriental tales^—tales in
which Japanese are frequently bat
not always "tricky," Chinese not al
ways "wily" and East Indians not al
ways "trusty," nor "inscrutable"; but
this does not prevent him from in
vesting ♦is subjects with their nat
ural poetry, romance and charm. In his
latest novel, "The Lord of Thunder
Gate," an American man and woman
are deeply involved in a Japanese in
trigue. Bead it serially in this ptftOh
TH£ ALAMANCE GLEANER
Beginning :n btic of Msy.Mlk
\ . ,f: i ' A •
NO. 13
Imitations of Nature
Man's Inventions an frequently
only Imitations, more or less clumsy,
of nature's own device*. It - UrspM M
appear, for Instance, that even ln
ftects have sounding board, although
they may be supposed to know noth
ing of the law* of acoustics. Ento
mologists hove found on the under
side of the for swings of two Jip*-
nese insects, of the families - clcatM, '
a curious pit or hollow, closely too- '
nected with an organ believed to be
need by the Insect for producing stt> ■
dent sounds. The pit would nldxl
ly serve to concentrate the sound of
the shell-shaped orchestra stands and
reflect the melody of tfe* Instruments
to the ears of the auditors.
In the.Kbarl hills of India another
specie of the same Insect ha* been
found which possesses a similar set of
organs. The shrill, creaktng sound*
that Insects produce seldom fall pleas
antly upon our ears, but, they must
produce a different effect on the In
sect world, else nature would hardly
iiave provided these IK tie musician*
with sounding boards.
Three-Wheeled Automobile
' The th?ee-wbeeled automobile I*
growing in popularity In Europe,
There ore today In Europe seven man
ufacturers of the three-wheeler. This
machine Is not to -be mistaken for the
side car, from which it differs in hav
ing "a roomy body like an ordinary
automobile, the difference being that
one wheel at the rear supplies the
tractive power. The tbfee-wheeler, in
competition with the fflotorcycle com
bination and four-wheelers, has won
23 gold medals, and IB silver medal*
In meets. It holds an economy record
of 67.1 miles per gallon, also a speed
record of SZ2 miles an hour.—Scien
tific American.
Why He Laughed / 3
"Is there anything the matter with
that piece of breadr asked Mrs.
Flapjack, as her new boarder exam
ined the bread very carefully.
"I don't see any butter on : It"
• Mrs. Flapjack placed n piece of
cheese on the bread, whereupon th*
new boarder began to laugh.
"Why do you taughT" bo was asked.
"Because now that I look at It
through my eyeglass, I can *eo th*
butter through the cheese."
Activity Increased
"A medical expert say* moat 'men
today arc more netlve than their an
cestors."
"Yes, in dodging the autotijgtytp*-
tnodern man's activity baa been xrtaK
ly tear eased."
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PROFESSIONAL OAKDB
Dr. C. W. McPfaerson
Dr. A. J. Ellington
Practice Limited to Diseases of the
EYE, EAR,;KOOE ud THROAT and
REFRACTION
Offico Over City Drng Store
BURLINGTON, N. 0.
HOCBS: 9 TO 5
J. B. BALL, D. C*
cnmoPßAcron
Nervotw and Chronic Disona**,
BURLINGTON, N. 0.
Office: Over Miss AUee RowUN'i HUre.
Telephone.: office. 962. Keildeoce, low
. i
LOVICK H. KERNOOLE,
Attorney-nt-Lnw,
GRAHAM, ft. C.
Associated with Job* l. Henderson.
Office over National Bank •! Alamance
S. C. SPOON, M. D.
Grnhnm, N. C.
:.t(Tice over Ferrell Drug l!o.
11. tint: 2 to 3 and 7 to 'J p. m , awl
by appoiu' meat.
Phone #7*
GRAHAM HARDEN, Ii D.
Burlington. N. C.
Office Hours: 0 to 11 iC m.
awl by appointment
Office Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephones: (lilts
- zrr"ERSON
Attorn«y-nt-Lnw
GRAHAM. N. C.
Mils* ewer l»stt—mssksl*!—
. —— 11 T;.
J*. S. O 0.0 3E,
Attorney «t-Cn«* '1
'.RAHAM, - - *• °
IHTwlu ww JR. ;
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OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDHW-