THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
VOL. L
EXILES FIND fE'ACE
IN CANADIAN CITY
Russian Autocrats Forget
Sorrows in~Their,Labors.
Employed chiefly "ns sales girls or as
common laborers, a colony In Toronto
of Russian aristocrats, exiled from
"their own country, already includes 30
or 'lO members, says the Boston Tran
script.
The 6tory of Baroness Lozlna Lo
zlnsky, daughter of Russia's last min
ister of Justice, now a sales girl In
Toronto, Is typical.
Here is another sales girl In a locnl
gift shop, Mme. Zola Stnsenkn, sKm-
der, blonde, with the carriage of the
salon, r,nd the hands and features of
an artist. Buf thosu slender hands
now handling delicate bric-a-brac have
gripped tlfe handles of a Victors ma
chine gun. Those senile eyes have
squinted the sights of a mitrailleuse.
For St'asenka is one of the
few survivors of the famous Korniioff
regiment, was decorated for bravery
on the field of bottle, and served as a
machine gunner in Baron Wrnngel's
ill-fated campaign against the Bol
v shevtk forces. She began her military
service ns a field nurse. Later she
was one of a horde of" 10,000 herded In
Constantinople barracks where typhus
took a toll of 3,000.
Another soles girl is Mme. Valentino
Gloushkova, a dark Circassian. For
two and a half years she served as a
nurse attached to the brigade to
which her husband's regiment was at
tached, seeing fighting In the
Crimea and around Odessa. When
disaster and disorganization overtook
the Hussion forces, this fine horsewom
an found her place, not in the hospital
tents, but helping with the carrying
forward of ammunition and the evac
uation of the wounded from the for
ward area.
When final desolatlorf fell she found
her way to Constantinople, where slie
Madame Stasenka the hor
rors of the typhus barracks. -Neither
have heard of their husbands, who
• were Russian officers, since the deba
cle. °
In a large- local factory Is a laborer,
who Is Baron Nlcolai Ropp, once an
officer; of the Imperial guard, and the
only Surviving member of one of the
oldest fnmilies In Russia. Watch him
at work piling wood on flat cars, and
try to Imagine him as he once was, on
exquisite,of St. Petersburg, a dhndy at
court of the last czar.
Walk Into the Royal Ontario mu
seum and watch a middle-aged man at
work dusting cases. Then try to pic
ture him in uniform lace on
the bridge of a battleship answering
the salutes of officers as they spring to
attention at his approach. An ' ad
miral of the Russian fleet, Culdeneff,
who. like Nelson, lost an eye In the
service of his country, turned museum
cleaner, his arms now a mop and a
duster.
Here is a factory where dolls are
made, kewple dolls, the beautiful blue
eyed babies of the summer spieler.
Two men bend over with brushes at a
bench industriously painting ruby lips
and rose-leaf blushes on waxen faces.
One of these men who thus turns out
prizes for the boardwalk flappers is
Capt. Paul Danchlch, formerly of thS
Russian navy; the other, Capt. Victor
Grommoflf of the guards.
Then again, in a factory which
makes washing machines, a mechanic
"works, Copt. Vladimir Markoff, holder
of the St. George's cross, t,he Russian
V. C. He is almost a cripple from
wounds, but his spirit still soars high.
Tall Woman Handicapped
It Is the tiny women who hnve In
spired aX the sweet pet names of love.
Duckle. My little cabbage. Snookle
ookuras. Honey. Dumpling. Baby.
HHdie. Dear Mttle thing.
No wornap of stock size ever In
spired anything more Important than
darling, angel, or dearest.
And there Is something about hold
ing up your cheek for a kiss which
' your tall woman, who must graciously
Incline her head to receive, never,
never realizes or relishes.
And there Is .something still more
abort being folded tenderly to a mas
... - there to rest like a
sweet tired bird, which no perfect slx
' footer can ever know.—From "Glad-
Eye' Views," by Jane Doe. %
"Dinner Pail" Cone
The noon whistle sounded and worh
on the foundation of an apartment
ceased, while the diggers sought their
lunches and prepared to eat }.t was
then that the amatwjr observer noticed
that hot only was the old dinner pall
conspicuous by Its absence, bnt that
other niceties In regard to the noon
meal have been Inaugurated.
Instead of sitting down In the lee of
some walk mulch sandwiches, one
of the men produced a packing cose,
spread a newspaper ovfcr It as a cloth
aqd the workers, seating themselves
around it, proceeded to eat their
lunches o$ paper plates.—New fork
Sun and Q]pbe.
Im/tumc j licit cf Air
Surrounds the Earth i
jJ!:in tlevot'j « :: -lot cf uttentkm to
tfie air t!»■>;! (iu.VH. N"i>>v that ruilVo
WMiyrts nre drlftli'.: through the nlr
for tweiit.vfour l.i.ura u day and
Afciyellans io-e circumnavigat
ing "j he gji.he In living machines, tl>e
uir liifs achieved an Importance fiever
nceorded it In the days when It'was
employed almost exclusively for
hreuthfiig purposes. Anil In view of
now fame It has achieved, It Is a
coincidence that science has dis
covered that apparently more air sur
rounds the earth than ever before was
suspected.
A short ttme ago .the Alihe Morcaux,
noted French astronomer, announced
that scientific tests scented to indicate
that the atmosphere extended ahout
5-1(1 tulles lieyund llie earth's surface.
Tills is more than live times as far ns
science previously had estimated the
ytlnosplu'l'e's height. .
The, apparent existence of this un
known atmosphere layer was deter
mined by Ingenious observations of the
aurora horenllß. Simultaneous exposure
of more than six hundred photograjton
from dlfl'crenf points and subsequent!
mathematical indicated]
that the aurora extended its electrical
manifestations f>4o miles above ,the
earth. It was assumed that thesai
phenomena could not display tliem-i
selves !n emjit.v space, and It was con-!
eluded In t'onsequence that there mustj
noine s.,rt /( atmosphere 510 mitesj
or more away.—Popular Science
Monthly. *•
Coivbird Shirks Duly
of Raising Its Young
So far ns known, cowbirds never
build nests. Tliey do not pvtn puir.
A general system of concubinage pre
vails among them. The female cowblrd
secretly deposits her eggs in the ntfsts
of other birds, generally of smaller
species such as. vireos and field spar
rows. In this respecf the cowblrd re
sembles the European cuckoo. The
young cQwiiird Is reared In .the nest of
n strnngffe bird. Just as soon ns It can
fly It leaves the nest of its nurse and
seeks the company of other cowbirds
which have cbme Into the world In
the same disgraceful manner. There
are many cases where the young cow
blrd, which Is much the Inrger bird,
crowds the >young vireos or spurrows
entirely out of the nest. The other
birds never detect the deception and
fco on feeding the young cowblrd until
n can fly. The cowblrd, which' Is
found tn the United States, Cfinada
and Mexico, te black In color with a
coffee-brown head. It Is si called be
cause it is fopd of the commuiy of
cows. Whole flocks of cowbnro may.
be. seen following the grazing cattle
about the posture.
Gates Have History
A pair of wooden guU'S which stood
In front of the palace of beauty at
the British Empire exhibition are
copies of the sacred gates of the Te
heran mosque and have a most roman
tic and tragic history. /They were
made by a poor Persian wood-carver,
who defied the decrees that they were
not to be copied. Each day he made
a pilgrimage to the mosque, commit
ted some detail to memory, and then
went home and wrought It In the
wood. But his visits caused suspi
cion to fail upon him, he was watched,
his secret discovered, and, on the com
pletion of Ids tnsk, lie was found
murdered, and his work disappeared.
Presently the gates came ifito the
hands of Persian dealers, who sold
•them aOa sacrifice rather-than keep
them, andtpt ienfeth they were recog
nized lp a small London curio shop,
and "became one of Wemhley's multi
tude of attractions. ,
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Jesutt Mother Tongue
The mother tongue of Jesus was
probably the Syrlae dialect of the Ara
maic language which was generally
spoken in Palestine, Syria and Meso 1
potamla. The people of Galilee, where
Jesus was brought up, generally spoke
the provincial language a pe
culiar accent, which distinguished them
front the people of Jerusalem and
other parts of I'alestlne (Mark 14:70
and Matthew 20:7%). There appears
to lie "no evidence that Jesus ever
spoke any- foreign tongue such as
\eek or Latin. Neither Is It likely
that He could read the Hebrew In the
original, although the Syrlae language
which He spoke contained many He
-brew words in Its vocabulary.—Path
finder Magazine.
Should Buy Some
"Yes, -poor little Tommy seems very
qnrer." remarked .Mrs. Jones to her
visitor. "I really don't know what to
do for the best."
"By Jove!" drawled her self-impor
tant nelghlwr.
"I've got some medicine for litm, but
it doesn't seem to be helping much."
•'By. Jove!" drawtal the visitor
again.
"Mttmmle," broke In little Dolly,
"why not take the gentleman's advice
and buy' some Jpvo?" —Detroit Free
Press.
GRAHAM, N.
Some Mm floppy Oqly
Whpn Fittditfg fault
Then, ace people who Lav* th* queer
taste to ."eajoy belpg Qb" 'Aqa there
are pthers who pt Into vary nasty
taste still more quapr, says London
4pgwera.
They setye on an annoyance with the
same avidity and relish as a dog grubs
a bone. Olve them an annoyance,
something with which to find fault,
and they are happy I
They come down to breakfast,
hoping that the meal may be a few
minutes late, so that they can And
fault" If the dally paper has not been
delivered, or If the eggs are under
boiled, Instead of being hard boiled,
they are satisfied. There's something
with ..which to find fault, and that -la
all they want. It is a tonic, and they
are happily launched for the day.
Outwardly, they- may seem to be In
a state of greet annoyance, but, In
wardly, they are aelf-satlsfled and
happy. Really they are In a similar
category fb drug-takers. Deprive the
latter of what they want, and they are
touchy and unapproachable. Give them
what they want, and they are happy.
Those who suffer from "ahnoyitls"
are the same. Deprive them of annoy
ances, remove all opportunity of fault
finding, and they are like bears with
sore heads. Give them plenty of
chances of fault-finding, and they nre
happy. Why?
Well, It Is because they have two
vices. They are tyrannical and selfish.
Fnult-flndlng enables them to exercise
their tyranny and to obtain enjoyment
by making others miserable.
An Illustration of thla Is afforded by
one employer who went to his office
half an hour earlier than usual, his
heart full of anticipatory joy at the
prospect of finding the "staff late. But
they were there, and at work, and he
was so annoyed at being deprived of
an opportunity to find fault that he
gave them a terrible time for the rest
of the day.
Despicable? Yes I But that employer
has a crowd for company, and perhaps
among those who read this there may
b|e some whose consciences tell them
they are in the crowd.
If so, they should get out of Itl
Each of us makes a different contri
bution to life; but the greatest contri
bution of all Is, within our sphere snd
opportunities, to render the lives of
others as happy as possible. Those
who suffer from "annoyltls" don't do
this I #
In the long run, too, they moke their
own Uvea miserable. For the man who
snarls Is usually allowed to do it alona
Name Worried Curate
I was named Ethelhert, but I was
not christened in this country, and
from year to year that formal cere
mony was postponed until I had
Reached the ripened age of twelva I
suppose that my father was -waiting
for the time whetl my godfather, Maj.
William Appleton, should come to Eng
land; but the time arrived when at
Saint at Westminster, I
was christened. The curate who took
me through my course was very much
worried over my name, Ethelbert. I
suppose he had some Idea that In
heaven I might be mistaken for a boy.
He asked me very graciously If I would
not take the Christian name of Mary,
so there would not be any mistake on
that score I I was confirmed by Bishop
Ingraham at Saint raui;s, a most beau
tiful service which I shall never for
get.—From BllUe Burke's "Remi
niscences," In the Delineator.
Stream Has u "Kick"
Each year millions of dollars' worth
of salmon and trput are to be aaved
In the state of Washington by the In
stallation In tbe Irrigation ditches of
simple electric stopa
The fruitful Yakima valley and
other Irrigated sections of Wssblng
ton that get tbelr life-saving waters
from tributaries of the mighty Colum
bia, o* -dtfiectly from that great river,
have heretofore ralaed products of the
soil with an accompanying sacrifice of
at least $2,000,000 worth of food-ftsh
annuAlly. This has been s tremendous
sum to set against the value of the
harvests of the fields, but while this
wholesale destruction of salmon and
trout feemed nothing abort of criminal
waste, there appeepd no practlcabls
way of stopping It.—St. Nicholas
Magazine.
. The long Bow
"Some of 'the ridlculons und trans
parent inventions circulated by publlo
lty agents about Stysir celebrated ot
would-be celebrated employers," said
Mayor Kendriek of Philadelphia,
"overshoot the msrk. Like the two
Texana who*were bragging ahout theit
broth era.'
•"My brother.' said the first Texan,
'ohce went to a bliuard saloon, picked
up a bsll In bis right hand and another
In his left, and the result wss pow
der.'
"'Well, tlist's nothing' said the sec
ond Texan. 'My brother once went ta
a bull fight, and he look a hull In tbe
left hand and another In the right; hs
squeezed them; result—bottle of meal
extract"* «
0.. THURSDAY. JULY 3. im
BILL BOOSTER SAYS
V\ CAMT oar HOW
A tAERCMAUf VJHOORt
paivmuG oowe our op
TOWU.AVIO NEVER AOVSft-
TISES, CAM Expect TD *****
THE GOOO iua AWO *twe
SUPPORT OP THE LOCAL.
NBJJ9PAPER.I*
Who Was It?
A Detrolter driving through north
ern New York state at night, not long
ago, was stopped by a sheriff In a
small town and asked If he had seen
anyone walking along the road, or If
he hod been asked for a "lift" Re
plying In the negative,* he was told
that a convict had escaped from the
penitentiary In Auburn. He* again
started out Into the almost Impene
trable darkness qnd had progressed a
couple of miles when suddenly from
the side of the* rond darted an un
shaven, roughly man, waving
hla arms frantically and shouting at
the Detrolter. The motorist did what
almost anyone else would have done.
He "stepped on It" and shot by the
stranger. "And I've been wondering
ever since who he was and what he
wanted," he concluded. In telling the
story. "1 almost wish I had taken a
chance and stqjgped."—Detroit .News.,
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Scientific Photos
From a seat suspended B0 feet
above the ground, an osteologist of the
American Museum of Nstural History
recently took photographs of a trot
ting horse speeding below, in thla
way he obtained accurate records of
the motion of the spine and muscles In
action These records nre being used
In mounting the 1 bones of Lee Axwor
thy, the champion trotting stallion of
the world, so as to show him In tha
gait with which ho made his record
of Trotting wss bred In the
bones of Lee Axworthy down on a
Kentucky stock farm, and now hla
bones will add to his fame by complet
ing the moet 'scientific exhibit ef
horses' bones ever mounted.
"Bombs?' From Trees
Coulter's pine, one of the largeat
trees that grows In California, emu
lates the military airplane la ita
method of distributing seed. This
giant fir produces enormous conea, In
which are attached the seeds. Tha
seeds are held securely as long aa the
fru't Is n6t checked In Its flight
through the sir. Should the fruit, aa
very often happens, be blown against
an obstacle, such- as a tree-branch, the
device which hold* the seed unclasps,
and Its burden falls to the esrth. The
whole Idea closely resembles one of
the worst features 'of aerial war, al
though instead of a devastating bomb,
the flying fruit drops a need that may
grow up Into n useful tree.*
Ocean Temperature
The siirfa'-e water of the oeeaa
varies In temperature with the lati
tude. The hottest water, about 90
degrees. Is tit the equator, and tbe cold
est at the poles. At a depth of TOO
feet, however, the ocean, even In the
tropics, is extremely cold.- Tills Icy
water has drifted down from the poles,
spreading Its chilling effect over tbe
entire sea. In the lowest deptha tbe
tempemtjire Is very close to the freez
ing point. There Is no danger that
the ocean will ever freeze, liecauaa tha
water Is In iieriH-tuiil motion through
waves, tides and currents, snd also ba
esuse the wnrm water st the equstor
keep* the genersl temperature from
dropping ton low.
Golden Ideas
I believe happiness comes ont of do
ing things for other people. If all
rich people knew the pleasure of giv
ing or helping others they would do
so. It Is .the beat medicine I bsve
ever taken. When I dle I *Bl lecaP
only a little for my cbtHassi J have
never figured up what -I liata pw
away in the last thirty year* I cap
not say hpw much 1 have left to glua
awny. I know It is too much for me
to keep snd most of It will go.—Xa
thaa Straus.
Experiments Shorn Houf
Octopui Secures Prey
Experiments have been made lb a
specially devised tank, la order fe teat
the truth of many stories told ef
octopl attucklng human beluga aad
dragging them to the see bottom. la
the tank with the octopus experi
mented with there was placed a "dum
my" of the same specific gravity as a
man, and thla waa baited with a crab.
Attracted by thla 'tempting morsel,
the octopua made .for the flgsra.
seised It In Its powerful tepfadea,
and tried to drag It under water, but
without success. It thea went to one
side of the tank sad. holding- onto
the edge of the glaas with some ef
Its arms, it dragged ita pray beneath
the surface aad crushed the crab
shell with Its powerful Jaw*
it {a believed that tbeae experi
ments afTord proof that the ectopqa
can drag Its victims far below the
surface of Hie water only near recks
to which It can attach Ita "sucker*"
There la one spot la the Bay ef Naples
where these creaturee attain a large
size, and now aad then a flahenaaa
Is reported missing. It Is thought that
auch disappearances are -due to the
unfortunate man's being caught by the
leg by. a concealed octopua aad
dragged under water. In the CMS ef
such ~s repulsive and powerful crea
ture as the octopus. It Is difficult to
separate fact from action.
.
Victory Achieved in
Keeping Soul Young
Byron reminds us thst "time writes
jio Wrinkles on the szure brow of tha
ocean," but can we eay that there Is
any other brow/anywhere upon .which
he does not place his teil*taln marks}
We look Into ths glaas with s doss,
scrutiny some dsy and the faoe that
greets us there shows
signs of his passing.
• And yet we wonder if It Is .quits
right to blame all that 'we aee In the
glass on Time, wheff we thlfik»of the
needless worry and fret with which
we crowd our lives. But tide brow of
a man's soul— ls Msiot possible to keep
It free from the furrows and aeara and
wrinkles that ore left eisswheiul
; Even If we have ta allow Afclt fiha
weight of tWyearsond tha. f4N§'
thing of Its elastH^^nil
hops that tha seal would- be Mete
keep young and fresh sad buoyant
through all the yearsf
• If wa could manage ta keep tha eout
young, why need wa care what alfia
may happeuf If we could leura tha
secret of hap* that could be dope,
would It not be one sf tha finest Is*
Ams wa bad Isarnsd, all qpr Ufa
through T—Exchanga
Co* "Peeping To*?
I Something exceedingly antteaf aafi
rare In tha legal Una waa
Kocbdale, England, wlien a young ffOB.
was arraipted In tha magistrate**
court on tha charge of "unlawfully lis
tening by night tinder walla, wlbdawa
and aavea of BedUlalal'
hearken after tbe discourse, aad Here
from to frame slanders and mls4hl«v
oua tales." Ha restated capture then
caught up a spout tanking through .tha
nurses' sitting-room window aad was
struck on the Head with ahapw by
anjnfirmnry official, says tha
aati Enquirer. .The charge was pre
ferred under an old common law »e
--spectlag "night walkers ahd eavesdrop-
P srs." .
"Curfew" in America
There are no atatee la tbe Union
where the curfew aa ft was known-In
the early days Is enforced. Formetly,
the curfew was sounded an n signal
fur nil Area and lights to be put eat
This Waa baawm hgat pas obtained
from open fireplaces, and the measure
waa regarded as pe'eeaapry for the
aafety of tbe community In ordee te
prevent Urea Accordlag to Boulter's
dictionary, aome states hive enacted
legislation in regsrd to the curfew, bat
It la used generally as a convenient
method ef letting the Inhabltanta fcaaw
what time of night It JSL
Valmo ef F meets
The Depnrtment of Agdeuttui*
says that removal of forests deetreys
the groupd corn of leaf-mold, which
once sbsojrt>ed rain gad snow waldra.
holding and diitiibutiog thpn ,fla the
soil. Clsared of foreet aad ita bpoagy
ground cover, the bared aad abeorbe
comparatively little watar, moat of
which runs off rapidly,
streams and- flooding and eroding tha
lower ground.
Coal Ho* Bright Flume
Oannel coal burna with a bright,
candle-Ilk* flame, and It la probable
that the name la a coemption ef
candle-coal. Thla coal la- found In
Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, pad
aome believe that it IS a prodaet 4
an accumulation of anlmnl aa wall aa
plant remain* The aame kind of coal
la found la Scotland, where U la
cglled parrot coal.
Mercury Forced From
Ore by Distilletion
Probably the largest expseed d»
posit ef elaabar, or quicksilver, ore,
la that forming the mountain from
which the town at Black Butte, Ore.,
derives lu name. There a rein 400
feet wide has been opened for more
than a mile along the mountain at a
depth ef VQOO feet below the crest,
la Europe the chief mines are at
Almaden, la Bpaln, and at Itrls, a
town 28 miles from Trieste.
, The proceaa of obtaining the mer
cury ta called dlstlUattya. After be
ing crushed the ore Is subjected to
Intense heat, 14(00 degrees Fahren
heit When the ere ha* attained the
temperature of 080 degrees, the mer
cury ' la driven off In the form of
vapor. Thta vapor la paaaed Into
large wooden "or brick chambers call
ed "condensers" which are surround
ed by water Jacket* and other devices
declined to reduce the temperature.
In these chambers the vapor la con
densed, the quicksilver resuming a
metallic form and being depoalted In
fine globules on the walla and floors.
These globules, as they Increase In
jlaa. merge snd run out In troughs
ready to be marketed. Tha product
la ahlpped In wrought-lron flasks
weighing fourteen pounds each and
holding seventy-six snd one-half
'pounds of ths metal, for which the
dealer contracts at the market price.
Aneient Authors Hod
Vorioty oi Interest*
Te prolong the life ef msn for thou
sands of years to melt precious
etonea snd pearls and give them de
aired ahape, alas and color, to enable
a maa to fast fir six months pr more
without loelag his health and life; ta
cause new teeth to grew In the place
of fallen teeth—such sre some of the
benefits to mankind aimed at as ro-
Vested by'an andapt library belong
ing te Doctor Syed, M. D., Kasslm,
Jahagirdar, head Vf the Pasteur hall,
Pathargatti, Hyderabad, says the Sci
entific American.
•' This library contains rare and valu
able atcient boolpi and manuscripts on
palmyra leaves, frritten la almost all
tfct lucttuai of lodlt. Sami of
them eeem to be tha works of the
wireless telsgrsphy In «**» two stone
''Pin I aay wins renassHsn, It Is
Ml 4 thmi commv&Jaatton* cto b# ctf
tied thoussads of mfW by means of
these.
I
Famous London Well
. Aftsg beiag bidden aa# almost for
gotten for hundreds of yesfa, the old
well from Wjhlch 'Clerkenwell takes Its
same seems to hsv* been rediscovered
ahd laid has*. London statss.
! "It was called "ClertV weir becsuse
"ths psrisb clerk of London in remote
, agee snnuaHy performed sscred plsys
In front sf W
What Is bet lev sd ,to the "Clerks'
well" wss discovered recently under n
shop floor In Fa'rrifigdea road. It waa
while workmen were pulling down tha
bqlldlng tbst their spades revealed ths
well.
In the well sre the remelns of n
,leedsa suction pump, by which the wa-
S, it la aeid. used .ta be conveyed to
i street outside for the use of priors,
nans, clerks snd ordinary folk. „
Cloee to the well s fins piece of Bo
man wall has been unearthed. 8o sab
itpntlsl Is It tbst It Is to be used as
part of ths fotmdstlous of a new build
ing to M etected en the spot
The Grout Mogsd -
Tits British territory (Indin) la di
vided Into six large provinces—Ben
gal, Bombay, Madraa, tbe NorAweet
Provinces aad Oudh, the Punjab, and
Barmab—and eight amalier onea, ad
ministered by governors, lieutenant
goveiueeu, chief eoutmlealoaera aad
ageata to tha governor general, tha
whole Baden the viceroy, who repre
aeata the klag-omperor, and baa been
described aa "His Majesty's .Greatest
Subject." Theae provinces Include
what ware enee the high und pulseant
kingdoms ef tbe aubahdar of Bengal,
the nawab of the Carnatlc, the peehwa
of tbe Mahrf Oaa, the emperor of Delhi
(more commonly known nu the Grw.
Mogul), tbe king of Oudh, the mab
arajah of the Puojfib, tbe klag of Bur
mah, and the ameers of Bind.—From
"tadtaa Ufa la Towa aad Oooatry."
Tyan'tftff trimrttf
A distinguished satronotner tells of
u visit pnld by several young women
to his obaervntory.
1 had dona my boat" ho said, "to
snswer with csodlt tha running fire of
questions which my fair cullers pro
pounded. P think I had named even
the /aaMtaat eoaatalUtloaP for them,
sag waa congratulating myself upon
tbe outcome, when ooe of the younger
members of the party Interjected:
" 'But. aa It baa never, boea-pcoved
that planets are Inhabited, how .do
tbe "astronomers find out , their
nameaf "
NO. 22
When Truth Harte
OM of the annual crop of oar own*
« that disdains to drive tha same
modal ear tot two seasons, advertised
hla auto for sale in an ontatate paper.
Soon after the advertisement appeared,
hla pbone was kept busy with such
queries as "Do yon think your c?r
hold out as far aa Chicago?"
"What do you think of lta cb mcee of
getting aa far M Cohunbuar' etc. In
bewilderment, he looked up the adver
tisement and discovered that his own
eulogy of the bargain had been faith
fully copied, including the statement:
This one won't last long."—lndian apo
Ha Newa. ; v
Settled by Mutineers
Pltcalrn Island, In the South faclfl* '
ocean, has an area of only about fwa
square miles and a population of
about 100 souls. It was settled in 1700
by mutineers from the Britisl sMp
Bounty. -
■ That's More Important
Jud Tunklns says a good politician
will always extend sympathy, but
what he expects from you la practical
assistance.—Washington Star.
High Abov Sea Level
Measurements made of the heights .1
of clouds at Melbourne show the high- *|9
eat circus clouds to be from 20,000 to
42,000" feet abov* aea level.
\
, Wasteful
"Some men talk ao continuous,** j
aald Uncle Eben, "dat dey don't glv«
delraelfa time -to And out anything
wuth tellln'.** —Washington Star.
Golden Hoar Comet
The rose-tin ted hoar invariably
comet sooner'air later to the man of
patience and persistent action.—WQ
11s George Emerson.
Cmtnlp tor the Wildes*
Catnip oil Is ofteiy used In trapping
bobcats lad mountain Hons because
those aalmala relish the little green
ihrtb,
1 i '4 I' I J
Something to Remember
Too have a right to 790" opinion—
but your OBflsa Is not necessarily
rtgbt —Boston (Transcript.
Set Houses Low
Many bouses are spoiled by the de
aths for terraces. Most houses look
when set low.
Yet Many Don't
He must be a thorough fool who
can learn nothing from his folly
Mrs. Crandall (Iowa) Tells How Sha
Stopped Chicken Losass '
**Lut tpriaf. rat* kflMiQ our btfercMcki. Whb
I'd kuwo about R*t-Sn»t before. Wlthjatcae
lsmP«d>n«— rftmti. Tknrwaet •;
(tt tU* {riu'i batdics. TO brt." H«l-Sa»p b gut.
satMd aad s* for asc. SSc. US.
Sold aad fsanatwd by 1
GRAHAM DRCJQ COMPANY,
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
J. B. BALL, D. r.
CHIROPB ACTOR
Nervoua and Chronic Di. ua .•*«*»,
• BURLINGTON, K. C.
Office: Over Miss Alice Rowland** Mtorr*
Telephone*: Office. U«2. Uesldeuce. IO»
LOVICK H. KERNODLL, j *
Attorney-nt-Law,
GRAHAM. N. C.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M. ».
Graham. N. C.
Office over Ferrell Drup, ( 0.
Hi lira: £to 3 aud 7 ton p. in , a i
by nppoiul meat.
Phone 97"
GRAHAM HARDEN, ML P.
Burlington, N. C.
Office Ilours: *9 to 11a. m.
anil "by appointment
Ottlco, Over Acme Drug Co.
Telephone*: Office llO—KesJdcnre -201
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
Sittoe ever *•-** » -—pus
X. S. C OOIC,
Attaraayat'Laar*
GRAHAM, .... N, G -
Ofico Patterson Building
BaconS Floor. . .
m. wh,l.s. w JR.
°** T " rr : 11
m*>mm .... North Carolina
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