VOL. L
DESCRIBES WONDERS
I OF ANCIENT PEKING
Writer Finds Glories of Old
\ Days Have Departed.
To one who had long heard through
the dim distance the engaging echoes
of Peking, a real visit to the place
was like an entrance to fairyland,
says a writer In the North China
Herald. Here was the writer actually
for the first time, within the precincts
of this great city, tUls muster creation
of Ming and Manchu.
Here was the forbidden city open
now to the uncouth foreigner. In the
outer quarters weeds grow wild, steel
rails lie flung about and heaps of
brick deface the tinted wall. Instead
of grand chamberlains moving. hy or
f.re / - , Ruddha' I ,find a knight of the
alms bowl sitting under the Bo tree
running carefully over the seams of
his jacket looking for dropped
stitches. Still this is tlie forbidden
city and can equal It?
Through the side entrance back of
the Noonday gate, over the marble
bridge I go, all alone. Only the'
shadows of the past accompany me;
airy elephants accoutred for Kang-hsi
to ride, silent banner men and lantern
bearers, shadowy chiefs and kings
from afar. The lions before the T'ai
ho Tien seemed to me to be shaking
with laughter. "It all a joke," they
said, "all n joke." Perhaps it is. Only
the echo of my footsteps sound as I
'climb the marble steps to the T'al-ho
Tien. Here the guard was asleep, his
head hanging loosely over the rear
post of his clialr. All is gone, I
thought; the glojy of the days of
TJnnglu vanished into the past and the
guard himself as good as dead. But
what magnificent hail, none the less.
The mind that conceived It; the soul
that gave It expression; the hands
that fashioned It; when shall we see
the like again?. To' think that long
grass and weeds should be allowed to
grojv In such a place. One can imag
ine the howlings at night of the ghosts
of all palace sweepers as they behold
its dishevelment.
| The museum is a delight to the eye
%nd a wonder to the Inner man. Chi;
nese through anc} through, patterned
from nowhere unless It be an odd
line caught here and there from Mon
golia, Tibet or distant India. Lovers
'of art could spend years here. I re
member one picture specially of Bud-
Jdha's heaven. Up the heights It went
with every expression of spiritual re
jflnement and color, beautiful beyond
j words. Who would not look straight
1 through for such a matchless para
dise?
j- We lunched In the stone boat by
the lake, which boat Is a fair example
of China's colossal "squeezes." Nev
ertheless In spite of It how wonderful
Is the summer place. From Its gay
top we saw all the world as queens
and emperors used to see It go by:
donkeys, .boys, camels, motorcars,
wheelbarrows, up-to-date young China
men fresh from Columbia, and ancient
priests.
It had long been a matter of inter
est to the writer to know the nature
of the pool that feeds the palace as
well as the upper and lower sea. By a
ticket at the gate and a walk through
a shady avenue* we came to Its foun
tain head. It drops neither from the
milky way nor from the star clusters
above the Kwun-lin mountains of
Tibet, but simply wells forth in un
bounded measure from the earth.
Mercury Vein in Japan
A rich vein of mercury ore, believed
to extend for more than seven miles
on the surface and to vary In width
from twoitlo six feet, has been discov
ered near the village of Klta Uonome
In the upper Goto Archipelago of
Japan, the Department of Commerce
at Washington has been Informed.
I Assays show the ore to be very rich,
containing 18 per cent of mercury, and
preliminary excavations indicate that
; the vein Increases in thickness the
.deeper It Is followed. It should make
;Japan Independent of the rest of the
j world for Its supply of mercury.—Sci
entific American. -
For Identification
I "Seen anything ofrmy wife arouod
your place?" asked Lop Lazzenberry
jof Slippery 81np, who was In the coun
ity seat on a shopping expedition,
j "D'know," replied the citizen ad
dressed. "What sorter looking lady
Is she?"
I "Well, ril p'tul—tell you: She's
got tollable long hair and right cold
Ifeet"
The Deadly Dilemma
Browne (In the middle of a tall
shooting story)— Hardly had I taken
aim at the lion on my right when I
beard a rustle In the Jungle grass, and
perceiving an enormous tiger ap
proaching on my left, I now found
myself on the horns of a dilemma."
Interested Boy—Oh, and which did
you shoot flcst, the lion, the tiger, or
the dilemma 7
apnea*** ~ ~ *
THE ALAMANCE, GLEANER.
Early Morning Interview
Not on Daily Schedule
C. C. Hamlin of Colorado Springs,
newly named Republican national
committeeman from the Pikes Pealc
state, was a visitor In Washington
soon after this polltlaal honor ciune to
him, and was guest at luncheon at the
White House. Mr. Hamlin never leaves
Washington without a good story at
taching to his visit. This time the
story has to do with a very early ap
pointment—an 8 o'clock appointment*
to be exact. The man the new na
tional committeeman was to see ar
rived at the hotel at five minutes of
eight and called Mr. Hamlin on the
phone. The latter was just tumbling
out of bed. In live minutes, never
theless, lie was In the lobby, unshaved,
of course, and not so .tidy as usual,
but in the lobby just the same.
The two men were together for an
hour and a half, "and then, as the caller
was lenving, he said:
"Well, Clarence, what are you going
to do now?"
"Me?" said Hamlin; "why, I am go
ing back to the room and get up."—
Washington Star.
Europeans Turning From
Billiards to Golf Links
Billiards, first played so long ago
that even historians have been baffled
in their efforts to trace Its origin, la
losing popularity in Knrope, according
to various authorities, who attribute
this to the general Increase of interest
in golf.
There are no positive records Just
where and when the game of billiards
began, but some historians report that
during the rambles of Anacliarsls, the
Scythian philosopher, through. Greece
and other countries in quest of knowl
edge, he witnessed a "game analogous
to bollards," and he liked It very
much.
Cntklre More, king of Ireland In the
Second century, Is known to have left
behind him 55 billiard balls of brass,
with pools and cues of the same ma
terial. Billiards became popular In
France during the reign of Louis XIV,
whose physician recommended this
form of exercise.
TABLETS OF TRUTH
If a woman has kleptomania she
takes about everything for it.
It's surprising how easy It Is to get
something you don't want /
Trust your secret to another and It
will be returned badly soiled.
The figure sometimes has a great
deal to do with making a thing bad
form.
Good taste springs more from judg
ment than.from Intellect.
Jealousy may be born with lore,
but It does not always die with It.
Another man's horse and your own
wliip can do a great deal. y
In the husband wisdom, In the wife
gentleness. , \
He Is sufficiently learned who knows
how to do well and has power enongh
to refrain from evil.
Cursed be the man who devours
widow's houses and for a show makes
long prayers.
Wasted Words
Johnson missed his train the other
evening, so he went to have his hair
cut. When he entered the barber's he
was In a quarrelsome frame of mind.
- "Cut It without conversation," he
growled, as he took his place in the
chair. "Don't want any restorer, In
vlgorator, eradlcator, lotion, potion or
anything else. I've read all about the
Near East troubles, and
myself In boxing, racing or football.
As regards the weather —"
Here a customer nudged Johnson's
elbow.
"You'll have to write It down on hie
slate, mister," be said, "If yon want
to tell him anything. He's deaf and
dumb." —Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Fool and Hit Hair
"It doesn't take ine two minutes in
the morning to do my jjalr," said Spar
rowby. "So I should Imagine," retort
ed Keno. "Isn't there a proverb, 'A
fool and Ills hair are soon parted'?"
"Marrying isn't in my line. I dis
like the Idea of wives about,* house;
they accumulate dust."—"The Square
Egg," by H. H. Munro.
Italian invention
Italians have invented a water-cooled
engine of the rndlal type that Is OJH
erated by heavy fuel end weigh* less
than two pounds for each horsepower
developed.
Illustrated Proverb 1 *■
North—Dobbs has divorced that rich
widow he married.
West—A fool and bis money part
ed. eh? —New York Sua. s
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 29,1924
Elon College
Commencement.
Class Day Exercises—Essays and
Orations—Members of Graduating
Class.
Presentation ot Alamance Building by
W. 13. Sharpe.
Elon College, May 2 # —The out
standing feature of the Monday
session of the Elon commencement
was the alumni oration by Dr. H.
Shelton Smith, Educational Su
perintendent of the International
Council of Religious Educaatiou,
Chicago. I
Dr. Smith is a member of the
class of 'l7. His address occurred
at the night program. He is well
known at the college among the
students, having visited the col
college an l spoke hero at a re
cent session of the General Con
ventionl and his address was well
received.
Th« class day program, which
occurred,at the morning hour,
consisted of.the welcome address
by Win. T. Scott, the class his
tory by Mary Graham Lawrence,
the class poem by Sion il. Lynam,
the last will aud testament by
Alice Barrett, the class prophecy
by Mrs. C. M. Cannon, the deliv
ery of trophies by Nauuie Ald
ridgfc, and the delivery and ac
ceptance of tho mantle by G. C.
Mann and W. B. Terrell.
The graduating class has forty
members all of whom participated
in the exercises this morning.
Wm. T. Scott, Greensboro, is
president of the graduating class,
J. R. Barker, Burlington, vice
president, Louise Home wood, Gra
ham, secretary, and M. L. Patrick,
New Hill, treasurer.
The class prophecy, tho last
will and testament, and the de
livery of trophies were humorous
features and furnished amuse
ment for the audience and class
members. The other items of the
morning's program were of a more
serious "feature. Mr. Scott in his
welcome address made tho audi
ence feel that their presence was
appreciated, and the delivery of
the senior mantle to the juniors
brought a realization to the under
classmen of the duties and obli
gations ahead of them in their
college course.
At 5:30 p. m. the society repre
sentatives, representing the four
literary societies of the college
gave orations and essays. The
college baud furnished music for
the occasion, and also gave a con
cert on the campus at 6:30 p. in.
Suuday afternoon.
Th'* lirse speaker of the society
Representatives was S. 11. Abell,
Clio Literary Society, who used
as his subject "Pushing Back
Horizons." Following were Mary
Lee Williams, Psykaleou, "Na
ture, The Riddler;" Kate Vance
Strader, Psiphelian, "One Little-
City;" W. B/rerroll, Philologian,
"Amorica's Unfinished Task;*' R.
VV. Utb-y, Philologian, "The Duly
of Ameiican Womanhood;" Bessie
Martin, PsiphMian, "It Takes
More thau Brick to Build a Col
lege;" Rose Howell, Psykaleon,
"A Universal Language;" and VV.
C. Elder, Clio, "Social Unresjl"
The members from each society
spoke iu competition for their
society medals arid pins, the win
ners to be announced tomorrow at
the society reunions.
The members of the graduating
class who are to come up for de
grees on Tuesday morning are::
Victoi iaf Adams, Ne\j Britain,
Nannie AMridg»-, Union
Ridge, Lucy Austin, Taylorsvillo,
Jog, T. Banks, Gomez, Texas, J.
Din Barber, Elon College, J. li.
Uark«r, Buriiug'on, Alice Bar
rett, Ponce, P. R., ?.!arjorie Bur-1
ton, Brown Summit, *Mrs. C. M.
Cannon, Eton. (College, Delia Lee
Cotten, Greensboro, ifjuio llae
Gotten, Greensboro, G. C. Crulch
field, Kernernville, Freda Dim
mick, Sanford, R H.Ouna. Brown
Summit, H. C. Ilamer. Richmond,
Va., W. R. Ilardesty, Swepson
ville, Ethel 31. Ilill, Florence,>S.
C., Charlotte Louise Homewood,
Graham. Archie Hines HOOK,
Greenville, N. Y., Clark W. Hook,
Greenville, N. Y.. J. Hornaday,
Elon College, Opal Senl Howell,
Waynesville, O. C. Johnson, Dnr
ham, Mary Graham Lawrence,
Elon College, 8. M. Lynam, Apex,
G. C. Mann, Grimesland, Henry
W. May, Maryland, J. Mark Mc-
Adams, Elon College, Madge
Moflitt, Ramseur, Ora Belle Pace,
Youngsvilie, .Malcolm Lacy Pat
rick, New Ilill, P. D. Rudd, Brown
Summit, Win. F. Scott, Gi-ens
boro, Myrtle Summers, Altama
haw, Mary Hall Strvker, Berkley,
Va , Nellie Weber, Morganton, J.
C. Whitesell, Elon College, and W.
W. Woody, Siler City.
Elon College, May 27. —The
clUifax of the Elon College com
mencement season occurred this
morning when thirty-nine'acad
emic degrees, and fortv-one cer
tificates aud diplomas in the
special departments of the college,
wore conferred. At these exer
cises Dr. Walter 3. Athearn, Dean
of the Boston University School
of Religion, gave' the literary ad
dress. Dr. Athearn was intro
duced by President VV. A. Harper.
Six members of the senkmclass
spoke preceding the literary ad
dress. They gave orations and
essays, which v.ere de ivered in
competition for the Moftitt Essay
ist Medal given by Col. S., L.
Adams of South Boston, Va The
essays delivered were: Mary
Graham Lawrence, Elon College,
"Music a Special Asset;" Jennie
Gunter, Sa.iford, "North Caro
lina Indians;" Mrs. C. M. Cannon,
Elon College, "A New Star in the
East." The orations were: W.
T. Scott, Greensboro, "The Prom
inence of the Master;" S. M.
Lynam. Apex, "Changing the
Biells;" and J. Dan Barber, Elon
College, "Brother and thb Bale
Face." ■ \
liibles were presented to each
of the seniors us u graduation gift
from their Aluia Mater.
/'ln the afternoon toe Alamance
Building was formally presented
to the College, W. E. Sharpe of
Burlington the speech of
presentation, and Dr. G. L Moflitt,
former presidtyit of the college
and a member of the board of
truestees, received it on behalf of
the board of trustees, expressing
sincere thanks to the people of
Alamance county for having given
as a donation to the college this
$100,000.00 administration build
iny-
The nixht session of the com
mencement was given over to the
musical I nature, tbe Choral So
ciety celebration under the aus
pices of :he Music Department of
the college. Professor Walter
Greenwood, head of the voice de
partment, was the conductor for
this occasion. Fifty-four persons
participated in the program, which
proved to be a great success.
(Next week will be published
concluding of commencement ex
ercises.—Editor.)
CATARRH
Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly In
fluenced by Constitutional conditions.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con
sist* of an Ointment whieh Rives Quick
Relief by local application, and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucoua Bur
faces and assists In ridding your Bystsm
of Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Tears.
7. J. Cheney * Co.. Toledo, O.
A tenant farmer of Union oouuty
atth6ag*of fifty years bought
his own farm last year payingtl
-100 for it. The first thing ho did
was to find the connty agent and
cet his help and advice in terrac
ingand planning hit* work Com -
fy Agent T, J. \V. Broom wi-nt out
and spoilt two clays wiih him.
Before the agent left, thfe farmer
pointed to a t*-rrHeed field and
sai(l,"Bome day, if yon live, and
I do, I am going to show you one
hundred bushels of corn per acre
irrou iiiK on that land." Such was
his conliilence in the liflp of his
agent.
Why Mr. N. Windsor (R. I.) Put Up
with Rata for Ywa -
"Year* ago I fot some rat pobon. which nearly
killed our fine watch dog. We pat up with rata
until a friend told me about Rat-Snap. It •ordy
klli» rat*, though house pet* won't touch 1L" Rata
dry up and leave no smell. PricoklSc.6Sc.CtlS.
Said sad suaraittcd by
ORAXAX DRUG COMPANY
R. A. Wilder, a farmer of Wake
county, haa foond hi* recleaning
a valuable investment.
Sinew hn bought it «arly in the
sprinir he linn not only rechwned
hin own cotton Ke*»d bnt also
several thoiis«ud bushels for his
iH-itriibors. Some men brought
their «««d tvrelv* miles to have
them cleaned. It h*ereen4u*i in
better stand* of cotton i*» that
vicinity, reports County Agent J.
C. Anderson.
9 g.;, ' H
JHKS&
"The Chinese Mark Twain"
Dr. Ng Poon Chew
In His Lecture i
"China and the Future Peace of the Pacific/'
SECOND NIGHT
-AT
CHAUTAUQUA
GRAHAM, JUNE 10th
BILL BOOSTER SAYS
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HE't GOT UKftOf »AOMO4 > OOT,
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Haart aw a Pump
"Half a ton of blood flows through
your heart overy hour," say* Doctor
Henderson, lecturing at Harvard Med
ical school.
This Is a tfrrlflc amount of work for
a delicate pump. It la obvious that
life can be prolonged and health Im
proved by getting plenty of sleep and
lying down for 20 minutes or so in
mid-day and early evening." When
ctnndlag, onr hearts pump blood the
full height of the body. When reclin
ing, strain Is taken off the pump, blood
flows like water through horizontal
plltes.—New Orleans States.
Th+y*y Thing
The man entered the store and
looked around with a rather puzzled
manner.
"Ja there something yon wlahr* a
clerk naked.
"Well—er—yea," the man replied. "I
am—that la, I would like to get a
book suitable for a man—er —about to
get married."
"Yea. air," the clerk answered.
"Here, Mr. Boford, show this gentle
man some of oar large-size pocket
booka I"
Mean Thing
Madge—Jack haa Jnst Inherited a
million from hi* uncle. And to think
that only six months ago I refused
him.
Mnrlel—Jack Is certainty a bear far
luck.—San Francisco Chronicle.
Many Hoge Killed
A total of 4S,fIO(M)O# hogs were
»lnlightered In the United States dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80.
ThU breaks all former record* by
more than 4J000,000L
A Give-Away
"Have a cigar on me," Cunningham
remarked, holding out a cigar.
"Don't core If I do," Burrls accept
ed. "What's the occasion; are you
running for office?'
"No, not that," Cunningham denied.
"I have a new baby at my house."
"You don't say I Congratulations!"
Bwrls exclaimed. Then, he paused ts
light Mf cigar. After a few puffs, ha
observed. "About the fourth cbl'.d, 1
should say!" •
Kept Them Awake
"Ain't got no Shakespenrean actors
now like what we hod In the old days,"
declared Ilnnk Hnyfoot, a prominent
member of the grocery lyceum.
"This Is the repressed school," re
torted til# city fellow who hnppened to
be present. "You're thinking about
the old-style robust school. All those
fellows could do was to rant around
and bellow."
"Well, they kept us awake, any
h«w."
Yet, by All Meant
The Chap—You're getting prettier
every day, Miss Daisy.
The Damsel —Now, Mr. Nottingham,
you're really putting It on a little too
thick.
The Chap—Weil, let's say every 'oth
er day then.
Empty
"Mamma, I've got a stomach
ache," said six-year-old Nellie.
"That's because your stomach's
empty. You'd feel better If you had
something In it. You have been with
out your lunch."
That afternoon the pastor called,
and In conversation complained of a
severe headache.
"That's because It's empty," salil
Nellie. "You'd feel better if you had
something in It."
A Good Sign
"Cowl day, Mrs. Brown. How If
your b'jHhnnd this morning?" asked
one countrywoman of another whose
husband was 111.
"Well. I think he's a bit better,'
was the reply. "He sat up for an
hour yesterdtry, nnd had a little up
petite. He ate a couple of chops, a
veal and 'am pie, two helpings of ap
ple pudding and n snnck o' cheese. I
think by tomorrow he'll-be ablo -to
swallow something substantial."
how It Started
"At any rate, Mrs. Murphy, no one
can say I'm two-faced."
"Faith, no, Mrs. Jones. Sure, an" If
yer were, you'd leave that "on at
'croc," —Melbourne Punch.
Cleanly Spoken
The boy was home at taut He had
tried hit luck out West in the millet*
tor five years, with little success. And
BOW he was broke.
"John," cried his old moFfier, seiz
ing both his hands In greeting, "you
have hardly changed at all."
"I know, mother," he answered, In
tremulous tones, "hut there nln't no
laundries out there."—Swump Angel.
NO. IT
Land of Giants and Pygmies.
Ruanda, in Africa, Is the land of the
Warobuttl pygmies and the Watussl
giants, the latter the moat aristocratic
of all negro tribes, and one of the last
to retain a sultan, who holdß absolute
sway over the lives, property and lands
of his subjects.
A medlnm-sized Watussl man stands
5 feet 11 inches in bis stocklngless
feet, says the Detroit New* Seven
feet is not an extreme height These
forest giants arq well proportioned and
athletic. Another explorer reports a
Jump measured of eight feet five
inches.
Though he had no accurate timing
devices the same observer expresses
the opinion that the Watussl men can
overtake trained athletes of the West
ern world in both sprint and distance
runs.
The Eaay- -Chinese Language.
Chinese in its spoken form la a
simpler language than even English.
There are none of the terrors of con
jugation, declension or the Inflections
that mark European languages. West
ern children born In China with equal
opportunities of hearing Chinese and
English spoken Jn the home learn
Chinese iirst because It Is easier. In
a year of earnost study a good foun
dation can be laid. Knowledge of
the new Chinese alphabet enables the
beginner to use the characters with
out the aid of oral Instruction. It
is thus possible for the student to
carry on his own study after a start
has been made with an instructor.
—Columbia Alumni News.
Language p ravM Age of Indians.
It Is said that In North and Sooth
America no less than 120 or 130 ab
solutely distinct languages exist. As
the growtli of language Is very slow,
It Is thought that the fact of the
existence of so great n variety of
speech on the 4-estern continents
proves that the native red men turvo
Inhibited them for nmny thousands of
years. Another proof of the antiquity
of the American Indians, according to
some authorities, I? the fact that they
represent u distinct human type, and
the formation of such a type requires
thousands of years.'
Had a Right to Kick.
A tailor took his wife to the thea
ter and before the curtain rose pro
ceeded to glance acpund tli® audi
torium.
"Well," asked his wife, "how manjr
people do yon sue whom you knowf*
Whereupon he took n more delib
erate census nnd reported: "I count
fourteen nulla I am owed few and six
overcoats. All of them hare better
wots Hum we have."
Eytglantcs in China
Natives of China r.re beginning to
understand the value of eyeglasses,
the optical goods sold in Hongkong
last year having a value of SIOO,OOO
and the greater part of these were Im
ported from America.
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