VOL. L Blackbirds Eat Tvout; Cows Are Fad cut Figh Those who study Nature find that &ge-!ong traits aad habits are being in some eases modified and in others entirely changed. The writer knows of a case where a bird had Its habits changed by al tered conditions. A trout fishery was established on an estate in Scotland. During certain seasons a large number of the fry or young trout are crowded together in shallow ponds, as their inclination is kepp together Just where the water t enters. One day a blackbird, drinking at one of these ponds, got 'hold of a young trout, probably accidentally, but found It was excellent feeding. A blackbird does not by lihbit getXlts food from the water, but this particu lar one, having tapped a new source of food supply, returned to It again and again. The following season this bird had by some means been able to impart its newly found knowledge to all the other blackbirds on the estate,. and instead of one bird stealing the young fish, nil the birds got Into the way of doing so! The owner hail either to shj>ot the blackbirds or give up try ing to rent trout. > That ap entire change of food is not detrimental may he proved by the itnet that many of the, cows kept in Norway are fed on fish, yet who will say that a cow's teeth were made for dealing with a diet of this sort? — Philadelphia Inquirer. • Ghost Gives Shampoo to Women Customer a The curious story of a ghost that occupied itself In • shampooing cus tomers in a Kensington hairdresser's shop is told by Mary L. Lewes In "The Queer Side of Things," recently puh-_ lished here, says a London -rorrespond ent of the New Tork 5 ' World. A Woman who entered the shop in a busy hour was told she must wait until an assistant was free, the story goes. • Very soon a tall girl with red hair and a velvet bow on her head came to the customer and set to work to shampoo her. The business over and the lady ready to put on her hat • again, she turned around to ask the assistant for her bill, but to her sur prise the girl had gone. Just then another attendant cam? to and said: "Now, madam, I am ready." "But I have just been shampooed," answered the customer, as indeed her - hair showed, without doubt, that it had Just been expertly washed. Whereupon the assistant had to give in, and at last, being pressed for ex- Jlanation, owned that the same thing ad happened to other customers. » There was no ordinary explanation, beyond the fact that a girl with red hair who used unjil lately to be em ployed there had committed suicide, and that it was possibly her uneasy spirit that still returned to the scene of her former occupation. Hit Stroke of Luck One of the best legal anecdotes on record Is told by Sir Ernest Wild, K. C. action was being heard In a cer f of Justice, and counsel, hav \ lng opened the case, called the plain / tiff, whereupon a member of the Jury ro6e, left- the Jury box, and made his Way to the witness box. Asked what he was doing, he stated that he was the plaintiff. "Then what are you do lng on the jury?" said the Judge. "I was summoned to sit on the jury," sal.d the man, producing the summons. "But surely," said the Judge, "you know that yon cannot help to try your own case?" "Well," said the baffled one ruefully, "I did think It was a bit of luck." Turn of the Tide OB entering his club one evening a young Washlngtonlan wm accdsted by a friend, who exclaimed: "Why, Dick, you are positively beaming I What's rip?" "I am In the greatest luck Imagin able, 1 ' responded Dick. "You tee, I have been attentive to a pretty Chevy Chase girl for more than a'year. Dur- Ifcg all of that time she would never at. " ' -she loved me; she would only' say that she respected me. But now, old chap, congratulate me, for last night she confessed that she re spected me no longer—that she loved me!"— Kansas City Star. Lacky Brides Three hundred years ago the owner of a castle in Norfolk, England, left £I,OOO, the Interest of which was to be divided between the eldest and the youngest, the tallest and the shortest of the brides who were married dur ing the to the castle. This original custom Is still contin ■K ued. After each wedding In the vil lage the bride t» measured by the clergyman, and at the end of the year . the result la made known and the "record" brides receive the flfta. THE ALAMANCE GLEANER rw to Have Seap^ Owl. Flymg m Flock It IJJ comwpn that tawny, barn, and Ipog-eafed owia hose In creased coniJ4ayably in numbers In East i.othian In- recent years. and there is ho dotibt that they are today far more numerous than most people have any Idea. Motoring recently after the fall of darkness Along a byroad between Mac merry and Pencaltland, writes H. M. R. in the Edinburgh Scotsman, I drew the attention of my passenger to an owl flying overhead, and at the same time 1 slackened speed so that we might obtain a better view of the bird. We then noticed a second owl, and almost Immediately a third and a fourth, flying over the fleld on our right; Indeed,* it seemed that there was a whole flock of them, as we counted as many as six clearly visible against the sky nt the saiqe time. At first I thought that they must be pee wits, which often besport themselves thus after darkness, but as the birds crossed the rays of the head lamps there was no doubting that they were owls—tawny or barn, I ihjnk the lat ter. Certainly they were not loay-i eared owls. Long-eared owls are, to some extent,- gregarious and sociable by disposition —that Is, a number of them may fore- 1 gather Irrespective of food or matins, attractions.. Such are purely social, and In the case of the lung eared owl they may occur at n fty sea son, day or night; but I have never heard of a purely social gathering of brown or barn owjs. I Both Birds and Animqls Subject to Epidemics Dr. Herbert Fox, pathologist of thp Philadelphia zoo and head of per laboratory at the university, has written a book on the diseases of wild -animals and birds. For the last eight een years Dr. Fox has been studying the tenants of the zoological garden —the only place in the world wher» such exhaustive work has been done. Pulling a tiger's tooth or treating a humming bird for tuberculosis la all the to this man of science, observes "Girard" In the Philadelphia Inquirer. Dr. Fox has laid bare many star tling results. Among others he foqpd that tuberculosis was the foe which swiftly depopulated monkey cages. Epidemics afflict birds as tfeoy do men. The Inference la drawn tbftt ex tinct races of anlmala and birds were wiped oat f>y disease. A practical result of Dr. Fox's search is that monkeys and other ani mals and birds may now live for a far longer time In captivity than formerly. And his experiments on the epidetn lcs among bird* may give the opal clew for the startling wd andtfafr fUk nihllatlon of our wild plgeoaa. Cleanly Wild Animals With etery wild creature clennllnaes Is esaentikl. Even the despised rat spends a large proportion of Us tUa# in cleaning Itself. All threats, from the lordly Hon downward, are moft particular abodti washing and comb ing their fur. The rough tongue acta as a kind of aponge, an* you will no tice how a cat licks.her pews god uses them to clean such parts of her body as are beyond the reach of her topgue. As a substitute for the powder so popular with feminine humanity, birds find dust invaluable. Tha domestic fowl loves nothing betterthan a duat bath. Partridges, sparrows and la£s roll and flutter In tpp dust until their feathers are full of It. lalaa Bird Havens Around the coast of Britain there are several Islands chiefly populated by marine birds. The Faroes have been the winter resort of the eider duck for generations and probably for many centuries. The Skerries off the Anglesey coast are the sanctuary of the arctic teen and the beautiful ro seate tern. . Holyhead Island is visited occasion ally by the whopper swan, the some what rare tufted duck and the red breasted merganser, says the Detroit News. Puffin Island, at the entrance to the Mens! strait. Is named after the birds that Inhabit It Odd Playing Cords A pack of Hindustani cards In the possession of the Boyal Asiatic society of England Is supposed to be one thou sand years old. It consists of eight suits of various colors. The kings are mounted on elepbanta; the rtxlers, or those second In rank, are upon horses, tiger* and bulls, fyme of the cards have such curious marks as a pine apple In a shsllow cup and an object similar to a parasol without a handle, but with two broken ribs sticking through the top. Evelyn—Why worry? We can live on 'love, dear. Vaughn—You may love me but the landlord aad grocer don't. Exceptions GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 19.1924 DistijM Wisdom Agfd Irish proverb* prowjrJJS of a action are the * a|eratti>iu of Its peo ple, and the tru6 wit' of the race la oftaptljtyes In proportion to the truth an# beauty of Ita proverbs," aaya Seumaa MacManus, who points out, according to the Montreal Herald, that the sayings of the Irish are singularly rich in poetry, philosophy, satire and wisdom. "The silent mouth la melodious," Is an Irish proverb of poetic beauty. "Our eyea should be blind in the abode of another," and 'Mf the best man's thoughts were written on his forehead, he would wear his hat down over hi* eyes," Inculcate charity In Judgi&g others. "Goa never shuts one door but He opens two/ 1 and "Hope >s the physi cian of every misery," express the op timism of the race. "Fierceness la often hidden under beauty." "There la often anger in a laugh," and "A good dress Qften hides a deceiver," ate other ways of ex pressing the Idea that appearances are sometimes deceiving. "A man with one eye Is a king among blind men." "Without treas ure, without and "A heavy pupe makes a light heart,'" show the advantagsa c possession. "Look before you leap," nad "Don't take the thatch off your own house to buy slates for another man's," are good advice to the Improvident. "Enough 1s as good as a feast," preaches a sermon on contentment. Many Countries Supply England With Orange§ We seldom stop to think in England what a wonderful and delicious fruit (ha orange is. Its "fauiliy tree" In cludes the lemon, the citrus, and the lime, Mid the first oranges seem to have come from India. They came to this cold country by way of soutj) Italy, Spain and Portu gal, and until recent tt|iM>s, when mil lions of boxes reach us from Cali fornia and Queensland, our main sup ply came from the south of Europe. The sight of a Queensland or Cali fornia orange ranch Is one to remem ber, for the orange tree bears blossom and fruit simultaneously. In Europe, whqre orange growing Is an ancient lndqftcy, trees are to be seen whose age la reckoned by centuries. The colonial orange grower clear? bis old trees out as scon as they begta to fall and puts young trees In their pluce. Many thousands of boxes of oranges arrive w the London (locks, not only from tire countries already mentioned, but from the Azores, the West Indies, Tangier, Malta, Bnsll and many other trophy 1 aad subtropical lands, saya London Tit-Bits. There are nearly a hundred different varieties of orange, of which, the navel orange la the pick. It is one of the triumphs of orange growers that they have C.oived p fruit which la seedless. Lucky A dqntlst was called r>n in a hurry by Jenkinson, who was suffering vi olently from toothache. The dentist examined the tooth, saw Jt was badly gone, and said it must come out. So he gave a tremendous yank with his big silver forceps, and the extraction seemed successful; but on .closer In spection it was found that a small piece of tooth remained In the swol len and aensltlve gum. The dentist went jabbing about for this piece a good while. However, he hadn't much luck. "Hang It all," he said Anally, as he jabbed at the gum in a lather impa tient, cross way—"hang it fdl, I don't *eem to feel it." "Nor' said poor Jenkinson, all white and trembling. "You're la luck."* "Poor Man V Gout Chronic goqt Is a lingering malady characterised by deposits of urate of sodium on the Joint cartilages at the ends of the bones, especially In the (Infers, and often In the ears. It is also marked by an excess of oxalic add salts Jn the blood. There Is severe pain in one or mrfre of the Joints at the time the deposits are forming, and the pain may recur from time to time In die same or in other Jul at*. Frequently the eyes suffer and In some oases the attacks the Internal organs. Chronic (out Is some times called "poor man's" gout. Its treiatmant, which is usually dietetic, should be begun as soon as the trou ble Jp discovered- What u u? ■ imiliVoMf jr 1 onecdauap of tfie past and present. "One night at s dinner.* he records In his "Gafyull ties of an Octogenarian Editor," "we heard WUUam Dean Howell* declare to Bt Oaudsns that there Is no such thing aa genius; whereupon Bt. Oau dena asked, "What do you call It whs* ase Itr BILL BOOSTER SAYS c _ 5 ________ /?y« gouh, -mwits wo \yp lace UKtwoME.Bor AFELLER MAS ID SPEMO FS*l Ottl&'tM A«M3t,©\«TM MO\SM CATM -0 APPRECIATE \t \ tUvS OXH STUFF NVAY BE OX. TOR MiCUOMAIRES. BUT GAVE ME A PEACEFUL FRMEWOW XOWJM UKE "TM\5, Story Tangle Has to Be Knotted in Hurry If It had not been for the short ■tory and Its parallels in the other arts, tli§£& could be no question about the merits of this sort of orderly ar rangement of facts* says Archibald MacLels in the North Amerlcun Re view. But the short story made pop ular an entirely different model of display. The art of the short-story writer consisted In laying out thing called the plot, which was a sort of intricate human tangle, and then magically unpulllng the knot just be fore it choked the persons of the tale. The trick was to get the knot tied before any one saw how easily lt| could be undone. And that required, a great many rapid and a considerable amount of distracting noise in the first few sentences. So you had stories beginning with the echftes of a scream which had Just been stifled to the left of the first paragraph. - "My God!" gasped preti ty little Nausicaa Nevers of Pride's Crossing, sitting up quite straight In her little bed. Plump—you're In It. What on earth made pretty little Nnu slcaa NTevers curse? And before you' find out, or before you discover that you never will fl-ad out, the seeming tangle has been neatly caught and your fingers are working anxiously at the threads. Or you -have stories which begin with a deliberate and brutal assault upon your intelligence. You 'read that "Ijesbla was born upofli a midnight bench In Madison square at the age of three-and-twenty." Well —really—you protest. then you are In over your head: Doga in Warfare Egyptian paintings of 3,000 yeare ago depict the greyhound as not dl»- slmllur to the hound of later yearn. The moaalcs and sculptures of the Greeks 'and Romans show the dogs of antiquity to have been noble-looldnfc animals. That they were also fierce would appear probable from a mosaic unearthed In ancient Pompeii, which shoyvs a snarling watch dog in spiked collar, fastened with 'a chain. On the block of pavement appeared the famil iar words "Cave canem." The Gauls made use. of trained dogs In war. So did the Spaniards, In their early en counters with the Indians of the Americas. Jtist Give It Time A woman of artistic pretensions In vited an expert to view an eecritolre which she had picked up at rather • high figure. "Mi antique." she explained. 110 responded politely to the call and went through alt the motion* of muting st scientific examination, view ing the Inlay, the varnish and the al leged wormholes through a magnify ing ilana. Then lie shook hla head and told her ha feared ahe had be«h misled, that It was a fine bit of fur niture, hut not an antique. " The collector took It calmly enough. "No mutter,"' sha said cheerfully, "It will be before I finish the payments on It."—Collier's. Wanted to Get Even A southern corre>i>ondeJt writes of the pious iietltlon of an old colored preacher In' a Georgia settlement: ."Lawd," he pruyed, "we wants a bless- In' for fter/> one "«pt one. en dat la de jailer hound, Haiu Johnson, what boarded de ruilroad train en runned off wld de whole collection what wu* took up ter pay our salary wliL Lawd, please make de train jump de track —don't hurt de yuther patmengers, but take one leg off fum dat wicked nig ger."—Boston Transcript May Be Hard Task to Teach Parrot to Talk Parrots can be more obstinate than mules, but if you are a determined In structor and not easily discouraged excellent results will follow. Itemeinbor that the best talker Is not the one with the gayest plumage but the gray parrot found principally on the west coast of Africa. If the parrot la to become a talker he will, In the first three or four daya, i»egln to maVe confused and Indistinct efforts to cofly your remark. When ever he does this reward him with a taste of his favorite delicacy, as this will Induce further efforts. In a few weeks the purrot should be tble to exclaim "good day" or repeat any remark you have taught him whenever he sees any one enter or fenve, >« * Other appropriate phruses can be taught In the same manner, such us the useful remark, "Time to be going," by uttering the phrase as you look at your wutch. it Is always wise to teach each sentence separately, never" starting a new one until the previous one has been mastered. In three or four months your par rot should be a speaker of some pre tensions, If, however, at the end of this time he has shown no sign of profiting by your lessons be assured he never will. The most to expect is that lie may one day make a good whistler. English Designs on Playing Card Facet While we are Indebted to the Trench for the modern suits and col ors of our playing cards, the designs of the face cards are English. I The French changed the portraits In their decks from time to time to honor tlrst one, then another royal family, and always printed tl4> name of the hon ored one Inside his portrait. The Eng lish also made changes, bat eventual ly settled on King Henry VIII, and Elisabeth of York, his mother and the wife of Henry VII, iays the De troit) News. It In Interesting to note that the queen, whose marriage terminated the War of-the Roses, still holds the rose of York In her hand. The knave, or fool, now called the Jack, was the cgurt Jester, whose chief duty It was' to amuse the king. He atlll wean the Jester's costume, though the modern custom of cutting the bodies of court figures In half has eliminated the most distinguishing characteristics of his dress. The word "nee" probably In Latin, meaning origin, eourse. beginning, first. Deuce and trey are doubtless derived from the Spanish don an 4 tree, meaning second and third. • ________ Re{igiou» Art Genu While It la not literally true that, all of the greatest paintings are of religious subjects, since there are many famous paintings that are not religious, of the following list of ao-called twelvd great eat paintings, ten are of subjects con nected with religion: "Jlie Last Sup per," Leonardo da Vlncl; "The Last Judgment," Michelangelo; "Descent from the Crow," Daniels da Volterra; "Slstlne Madonna," Raphael; "As sumption of the Blessed Virgin," Titian; "Holy Night," Corregglo; "Communion of St. Jerome," Domen chino; "Aurora Preceding Chariot of the Sun," Ouldo Itenl; "Immaculate Conception," Murlllo; "Descent from the Croat," Rubens; "The Transfigur ation," Raphael; "Sortie of the Civic Guard." Dodging the Question. "Exactly how old are you any way?" a friend once a»ked Lillian Russell. "I have a friend," replied the act reus with apparent Irrelevance, "who was born In mldocean on a steamer. After she and her mother had landed, the steamer, on Its return trip blew up. So practically she has no birth place." Then, after a pause: "My age U Ilk* iiiat." Charge. Tht chairman of the gas company WMI making a popular address. "Tlilr.k of the good the gas com p*ny ha» done," he cried. "If I were Permitted a pun I should Kay In the w>rdc of the Immortal poet, 'Honor the Tight brigade.'" At this point a consumer jumped up with a shout: "Oh, what a charge they made."—Collegian Reporter. • ■ Hand iha king Old Idea Kven Homer, Aristophanes and Vir gil mentioned the social custom of shaking hands. English-speaking races took It up vigorously apparently us none are more adept in that custom than British and Americans. Many oth ers, like the French and Itultans, have variations In their form of greeting which the Engllxh-speaktog countries do lot. At the confirmation of u bar gain-It appears In II Kings 10:19. It Is nevertheless practically relegated to the Anglo Saior„.aces today. How to Bud a Fruit Tree Raleigh, N. C. June 17.—"1f you want new fruit trees of H de ferable variety, these may be se cured by taking buds from a tree of the variety wauted and insert ing them on seed ling stocks or on new wood' of old trees. June is the mouth that this is generally done because the Imrk slips easily, ' tr StOue fruits such as peaches, cherries, mil plums are always budded. Other fruits as apples, quince, and po.trs may bo grafted but are usually budded because it is a cheaper, quicker, easier,' and a simpler process, explain horticultural workergof the State College ayd Department of Agri culture. . Shield budding is the type most used. The bud is placed on a stock about the size of a lead pen cil. This usually means one year old wood with the peaeh and two year wood with the apple. A cut is made on the stock about 3 8 inch Mrouud the tree and another one aboil® 1{ inches RJiig above, vertical to and divid ing this horizontal cut HO it will look like an inverted T. The buds to be used are taken from present season's griwth where the leaves have been re moved but part of the stem left to be used as a handle. Make a cut about J inch above the bud so that it wdl be about half way through the stick when it reaches the Jpwer end of tne bud; there the bark should be cut square across. Then taking hold by he stem remove the bud trom the stick and insert on the tree to be budded, under the flaps until the lower end comes in contact with the lower part of the inverted T. Press down the edges and bind ifrith raffia or any other good siring. v After the union is made this string should be cut to prevent binding. The top may be cut oil (next spring after the bml starts. V\ ' Have you prepared for the boll weevH? If not write for a copy of Exten&iou Folder 14 that tell* how to fight the insect. A card to your Extension Division, Stat'i College of Agriculture, will briug it free of charge. This is it good time to select the best small grain for seed this fall. Dr. R. Y. Winters, plant breeder for the State College says that the State never ioes produce enough small grain seed to supply its own needs. The hog,sliow at the State Fair to be held ou Oct. 13 to l'J this year will bo of more educational value than in the past. The judge will use a blauk by VV. W. Shay, swine extension specialist, to show the reasons for placing the animals. The spring emergence of boll weevils may be light but that doesn't mean the weevils will not develop suflicienlly last and nuuio erous not to harm the cotton season, counsels Franklin SherA man, Chief of the Division of Entomology lor the State College and Department. If you can't get ice this sum mer, build a honie-madt? iceless refrigerator. They are cheap serviceable and will keep food cool during the hottest weather. Write Mrs. Jane »S. McKitumou, tate llonie Demonstration Agent, at Raleigh, for details. Feeding the pigs liberally this summer will make them I«SH Cost ly this fall aud. it might cause them to be in condition to sell ou the high market in September, suggests W. W. Shay, swine ex tension specialist for the State Gal lege. Many other counties now waul to begin the cooperative earlot shipment of poultry. The sucess attending the eflVrts of County Agent Johu V. Arteudale in Macon county is attracting atten tion in the ' other mountain counties. Business men of Rruiville county have pledged SS(X) in cash to be used as prizes to stimulate more interest in the Live At-ll«me program of the Agricultural Kx tension Division, reports county agent.l. 11. Hlackwtdl. NO. 20 Don't Pull Fodder, Plant Hay Crops Now. "Many sermons, articles, letters and other speeches both written and spoken have been directed at ! the pract ices Ibf palling fodder * I and cutting corn tops ; but, it is useless to preach on this subject !MI the late summer or fall," says !£. C. Illair, extension agronomist lor the Statu College of Agricul- I lure. "It's too late then. At | that time the farmer generally has his last chance to provide ; sufficient feed for the coming winter and rather than do with out, lie saves it from his corn crop. For that year, therefore, he is compelled to take the tops j.uid fodder or else hire a shred ding outfit and in lnpst cases tins |i* out of the question. This, ; thou, is why provision for hay and I roughage shoubl ho made at this season of the year." Air. lilair states that by Angusb or September it is easy 'o reali.-.e ' the advantage of a mowing ma chine pver the hare hands as a gatherer of roughage. The prop er titno to give the matter con sideration is while there is yet time to plant hay crops. If enough hay is grown for the live stock, then the fodder and tops will not be needed. Soybeans and cowpeas may bo planted now and wilt make from one to two tons of nutritious hay per acre. Sudan grass, .«orghum and the millets heavily on good laud. Some farmers may find it convenient to plaut*a hay crop after wheat, or rye and still others may replace part of the corn crop with a planting for hay. At other times of the year red clover, alsike clover, Japan clo ver, sweet clover, alfalfa, -vetch, oats, rye, barley, wheat, grasses and iy*iny other crops might be used for hay. Plant two acres of laud to oate* followed by soybeans to produce the. hay or roughage needed to carry one mule one year, say live stock workers for the [State Col lego of Agriculture. Frank Bennett of Alison county is selling over S2(J(JO worth of hogs from his farm each year largely because he grazes them on a le gume pasture, reports county agent J. W. Cameron. Mrs. Cranda)l(lowi) Tells How She Stopped Chicken Losses "Lastspring. ratikilMalt our baby chicks Wub I'd known about Kat-Snaf before. With just one tarue package we killed swarms of rats. They won't »et thia year'a balchas. 11l bet." Rat-Soap ia guat autccd and sells lor 35c, 65c. 11.25. Sold and luaxaateeii' by GRAHAM DRUG COMPANY, PROFESSIONAL CARDS J. 11. BALL, D. C. C ill KOI* U ACTOR and Chronic Diseases, lOllirfL: our Mlae Alice Koivlaiitl'a Store. T(if itliuiie.! oilrt, IHl'j. Itjpnleuce. Hi. PYoviok h. kernodle, V. Alloruey-at-Law. (iKAHAM, N. C. S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. D. (iraham, N. C. •' itfico over Ferrell Drug Co. Il uis: 2 to 11 amL-T to \> p. in , and by appointment. i'houe Ml' GRAHAM HARDEN, M. V. Burlington, N. C. Oilicc iiiiurs: v to tin. w. anil tiy appointim-iil Office Over Acme Druj; Co. THc|»li»iir»: oilier I Mi— liesidence JOHN J. HENDERSON AI lorney - at-Law GRAHAM. N. C. ■ (Mllcc aver Nalloaal Baikal Alaaaae :r, 3. cook^ Attorney-ist-U«* MUHAM, .... N. O Patterson Building i«uotid floor. . . >K. WILL S. IMG. JR. : DENTIST : ? E %«••»■>»». .... Nerth Carellna IN PARIS BUILDING

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