THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
VOL. L
Lay Poison for
Borers in Fall
Most Serious Pest of
and Must Be Combated
to Get Good Fruit.
(Prepared by the Unltp«l States Department
of Agriculture.>
Throughout much of the pyueh-grow
ing district east of the Rocky moun
tains from Canada to Florida, otrhard
ists are troubled with the damaging
work of the peach borer, the most im
portant and serious pests of these
trees and one that must be combated
relentlessly if the peach Is to be
grown. Its Injuries each year, includ
ing the cost of control measures,
amount'probably to not less than SO,-
000,000, says the United /States De
partment of Agriculture.
This j>e«t has been known for more
than 150 years, is a native American
Insect, and has demanded the atten
tion of horticultural men continuous
ly. llany methods have been tried
for its eradication and control, but
not until 1015, when the bureau of
entomology began experiments in the
use of various toxic gasses as a pos
sible means of control, was any very
practical method found.
Use Paradichlorobenzinc. »
In these experiments it was found
that the chemical parudichlorobetizine,
for which the abbreviated name, "para
dichlor" Is suggested when referred
to as an insecticide, could be used
successfully in control of- the Insect.
This chemical is a white crystalline
substance having an etherlike odor
which, while harmless to persons and
domestic animals under ordinary con
ditions, Is poisonous t« insects.
Application of this chemical to
peach trees for the control of the peach
borer should be made In the fall after
most of the moths have finished their
egg-laying activities, to avoid late in
festation of the trees. The method
consists simply of applying the chem
ical to the soil around the base of the
tree in a circular band an Inch or two
wide, care being taken that the Inner
part of the band Is about two inches
from the tree trunk. As soon as the
cbeijlcal has been applied, cover it
carefully with several shovelfuls of
dirt, making a cone-shaped mound
around the tree trunk by packing the
earth with the back of the shovel.
Remove Dirt Mounds.
Under average fall "wenther condi
tions most of the chemical tinder the
soil covering will have evaporated in
four to six weeks, killing from 90 to
100 per cent of the borers. It Is a
good practice to remove the mounds
of dirt some five or six weeks after
application of the chemical.
The "puradichlor," In the experience
of the bureau of entomology, can be
used without danger V>f injury on trees
four years of age and over —the dose
on four and five-year frees being three
fourths of an ounce pt;r tree, ou trees
six years of age and older one ounce
per tree, or, if the trees are unusual
ly large one and one-quarter ounces
mitf be used.
Make Stack Silage When
No Silo Is Available
Andrew Boss, vice director of the
Minnesota experiment station, says
tjiat" farmers without silos can pre
serve green and Immature corn by the
stuck method of making silage.
C. L. McNelly, a Minnesota- county
agent, has iffade stack silage for four
seasons on -his farm at Mcintosh,
Minn, and recommends it in prefer
ence to bundle fodder corn. lie makes
the stack about 20 feet In diameter
nnd 20 feet high, keeping the center
lower than the outside until the top Is
reached when It should be filled full.
The bundles must be distributed even
ly over the surface with the butts
laid to the outside.
During the winter the top of the
stack is kept covered with a foot or
two of wild hay which can be thrown
backus the silage Is taken off. In
ojxfer to prevent extreme freezing this
covering should be replaced after the
day's feed has been thrown down.
Corn preserved in this way will rot
In for übout eight Inches on the out
side of the stack, but as the butts of
the stalks only are affected the loss Is
not serious. According to Messrs.
Boss and McNelly the silage cures
somewhat differently from the com
mon com silage In that It seems to
develop less acid. There Is a sweet
molasses odor and flavor which make
it palatable for all kinds of live stock.
Dress Turkeys for Market
Farmers near the city markets, and
particularly those la the middle Atlan
tic and New England states, often
.dress the turkeys and either sell them
direct to the consumer or to city deal
ers. In some sections shortly before
Thanksgiving there Is held what Is
known as turkey day. On the day be
fore this event every turfcey grower In
the ndghborhood kills and dresses his
turkeys and the following morning
brings them Into town.
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Giar,c, Grown
Cm Coast, in Demand
Among ibe profitable crops grown
by CalUyi ;:lu:is in the region of San
Francisco is a giant Mediterranean
species of thistle. Soil and eUmate
there seem to be exactly suited to its
needs, says the Pathfinder Magazine.
Attempts to glow it elsewhero have
Invariably resulted in failure. Like
the thistles which all are fa
miliar, it has formidable spines, only
they are longer and more cruel than
the average. It has a large purple
flower, so sweet scented that bees find
It irresistible. Rarely, however, are
the buds allowed to develop Into flow
ers, for the buds are esteemed as u
table delicacy, being harvested and
sold as "artichokes."
A quarter apiece for the buds Is
not ail unusual price in Kan Francisco
und at that they take precedence over
the finest oranges, raisins, apricots,
etc., for tlie growers craftily time their
.development so that they may be mar
keted just at the psychological mo
ment, so to speak—tlia» is, In midwin
ter," when there is little else of the
same nature to compete with them.
This is done t»y_ cutting back the
plants in June, pruning them down to
the ground. Within a short time new
vsboois appear. Then if plant food
anl water are supplied In sufficient
abundance the long sunshiny days
bring about Ideal development.
The bud harvest Jiegins in October
and reaches its peak about the first
of April.
Hard-Working Burglar
Forced to Draw Line
Bert met his old friend Bill the Bur
glar and the two got chatting about
things in general.
"I hear you've left your wife," re
marked Bert presently. "Why did you
do that?"
"Because she was always wantin'
me to do somethln'," snarled the bur
glar moodil^.
''What do you asked his
friend.
"No matter how busy or tired I was,
she was ulwuys naggin' me to do some
thin' for lier. At last, one night, it
was too much."
"How was that?" said the other, In
terested.
"Well, 1 oume in übovU three o'clock
in the morning," explained Bill, "all
worn out from doing too much work.
I had opened two strong boxes and
linislied up by forcing a couple of
safes, to say nothing of a vault I
cracked earlier fn the evening. An'
tfien, when I got in, what (lo you sup
pose that woman wanted me to do?"
"What?"
"As 1 stand here, it's true!" growled
Bill the Burglar. "She wanted me to
open a box of sardines for her." —ix>n-
don Answers.
Earthworms Valuable
Earthworms play a very Important
part in the formation of soil. Indeed
Charles Darwin demonstrated that
they are of incalculable value to ag
riculture. Angleworms feed on vege
table matter exclusively and in bur
rowing they take more or less earth
into the alimentary canal where it
is raised with the vegetable food of
the worm. Nearly all of this passes
out with the castings which are al
ways voided on the surface. Thus the
worms, are continually engaged In
spreading a "natural compost" over
the land. The process is called the
' formation of vegetable mold which is
fertile both because of Its compo
sition and because the worms keep
it stirred up and well aerated. Of
course many other creatures are ben
eficial In the formation of soil, but the
earthworms are the most important.—
Pathfinder Magazine.
Polo Has Long History
There Js no game today, with a
longer history nnd one so consistently
romantic as that of polo. Over 100
jears ago polo was first observed In
Persia by early European travelers,
like Sir Will lain >Ousoley and Sir An
thony Shirley. The Jutter quoted his
forerunner, the Italian I'letro della
Vullc who* in IGIB. had found polo
under the patronuge of Shah Abbas,
aftd remarked that "It was a favorite
recreation of kings and chiefs, nnd
originally. I believe, considered as al
most peculiar to Illustrious person
ages." The French traveler Chardln
says the Persians played with 80 or
44J on a side, though the Persian min
iatures remind us that even then three
or four-sided teams were common. An
other traveler calls U "the game of
Canei"
New View Point
John Dos Passo*, the youthful novel
ist. saifjat a Greenwich Village dance:
("The old were to bl*me for the war,
'and they are to Mtrme for all our post
war moss.
"Respect for old age Is silly utiles*
It is the old nge fcf a good ami wise
person.' Old uge In itself Is not a
thing to be respected. Why. Is there
a man or womun alive so fooliiii as
to respect old age la an egg?"—Ei
i
GKAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1924
Cause of Writer's Cramp
Writer'* crump has been defined us
un occupational neurosis to which
tnosa who do too much writing, espe
cially with th«. hauil ton tightly cou
tracted, are liable. A person with the
trouble has no contrcl over the
muscles of the thumb nnti middle and
fore tinners, although oilier manual
operations are performed without diffi
culty. The affection seldom manifests
Itself till toward middle age.
Earliest Anesthetic
Ether was the earliest-known anes
thetic. It was discovered probably
as fur back as the Thirteenth century.
For a long time It was supposed to
contain sulphur, und hence the name
"sulphuric ether" was "applied to It.
Its true composition was established
by Saussure (1807) and by (.iay-Lfts
sac (1815). Later Williamson ex
plained its formation and chemical
constitution.
Cets Revenge
Madame Allied Abdullah thought all
the women in Constantinople were in
love with her son. So she consulted
a fortune teller, who gav* her a con
coction of garlic, water? mail anil
boiled shoes to throw upon all the
beautiful women in the city. Madame
Abdullah was arrested after bailing
the magic mixture at one attractive
woman near her son's home.
Lead Roofs Need Attention
The leaden roofs of some *f Eng
land's old churches, n heritage from
medieval times, occasionally have to
be melted down, rolled over nVd then
replaced. The lead Itself Is Indestruc
tible, but It has been found that nt the
end pf every 200 years the metal
should be recast to give the best re
mit# us a roofing material.
Graft Vegetables
Experiments in the grafting of
vegetables and flowers by French bot
anists have resulted in the creation
of new species, have prolonged the
lives of many plants, and have inten
sified the perfume of liiuny flowers.
I'otatoes that grow on branches above
the ground are among the results of
the experiments.
Humanitys Debt to America
In 1830, according to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, three hours of
human labor_were required to produce
a bushel of wheat, and now it takes
ten minutes. Farm Invention, largely
American, is one of the greatest con
tributions to human ease and Well-be
ing In the last century.
Disputed H nor
Some authorities give credit to the
U. S. S. Vlncejines, a sailing frigate,
as the first circumnavigating the globe,
making the trip in 1820-1830. Other
authorities credit the United States
frigate Potomac, which made a con
tinuous cruise around the world from
1831-183-1. " .
Sunday Thought
Pleasure that comes unlooked-for Is
thrice welcome;' and, if It-, stir the
heart, if augnt be tin-re, that may
hereafter In a thoughtful hour wake
but a sigh, 'tis treasured >ip among
the things most precious, and the day
It came is noted as a white day in our
lives, —Rogers.
Saving Electric Fixtures
If your electric fixture* art* spotted
and discolored, a coat of fiat black
paint will make them look like the
latest thing in wrought Iron, says Pop
ular Science Monthly. Shades then
can be constructed easily from sheet
iron and parchment.
Spoken Word Best
Those who speak in public are bet
fey heard Wneii tfisy discourse by a
lively genius and ready memory than
when they read irfl tti•>- would com
municate to their bearer*.- -Exchange.
Many Sought Crcivaome Post
I)n the last occasion that a va
cancy occurred in the |s>«;tlon of pub
lic executioner In England the home
secretary received no fewer than T.HfS
applications for the posit.
Te+nperance Exemplified
It Is as much a'part of true tem
perance to be pleased with the little
that we know and the lltrle that we
can do with the little. th;.t we have. —
Ituskin.
Like Unto Like
The amount of Intellect necessary
to plense us In a most afr-iiriite Aiens
nre of the amount of Intellect hare,
ountelves. —Helvetian. .
Really Capable Mind
The TRULY ntron'2 KHUIUI wind 1*
the mind thnt cijrt • embrace eyinllj
great filings and small- thing*.
Scem§ Like Cocci Idea
( TMfc lx*st wny to get even with a
nuin Is to pay him what you owe him.
—Exchange.
i HOW f
I FACTORIES MAKE PAPER "
i STRAWS BY TlliO MILLION S
a —ln the manufacture of what J
J are now popularly called "paper •
t straws" there are somu Interest- J
J ing features. The paper of J
i which they are made Is cut Into g
J strips at the factory, about l!,0oo 1
i sheets being cut at a time, each •
} descent of the knife making thut J
• many strips. The paper Is rolled i
i by a long steel spindle operated J
J by machinery. In less time than i
i is reqlttred to tell it, the strip [
| of paper is rolled Into a tube i
• ntid held In -that shape by a bit J
J of.paste, which was applied to •
i the free end before the winding \
J began.
The next operation Is to coat ■
5 the straws with paraffin, which Is J
"• accomplished In a tank half full i
i of i ielted parallin. Through this
1 tani passes a vertical shaft ami i
t it is furnished with platforms J
J In which wire baskets are placed, i
J Hundreds of the paper tubes are }
i piled Into the baskets, which are ■
J dropped Into tin- hot parallin for |
• a moment and then hoisted Into •
/J the upper part of the tank. Ry ■
i Ibis time the outsldes of the J
J tubes are coated and the Insldes ■
i tilled with 'lie parallin.
, Then, to remove the paraffin ■
• contained In the tubes, the has- I
i kets are whirled around In the |
• upper tank until the unnecessary i
■ paraffin Is thrown off and the J
• coating dried, Before this coat- I
I Ing the straws are easily crushed, J
J but when they have been dipped «
i Into the paraflln and turned out J
J upon the table, where they are •
I cooled and dried, they become ■
J tough and are easily handled, j
• The next step In the process ■
I Is to cut the newly manufactured J
» paper straws Into proper lengtfis ■
I so that they may be packed for !
' shipping. Six rubber bands are ■
i placed around a bunch of tlie J
' long straws at such places that I
i when the bundle Is sawed Into J
• three sections, each short bun- •
■ die will show n band at each end. (
J The saw used for the cutting Is 1
I thin and Its teeth are quite thin. *'
J About COO,OOO straws a day are J
i turned out l.y the factory, but i
, In the busy season this number J
' Is sometimes increased to 1,000,- i
! 000.
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Hunter Tells How Lion
Brings Down Buffalo
Denis D. I.yell In his "Memories of
an African Hunter," gives nij Inter
esting account of how a lion seized his
prey. If his quarry Is a herd of buf
faloes, "lie squats and waits behind
a bush or in the grass. When an ani
mal gets rear enough he makes a sud
den rush, which may start off his vic
tim. Owing to his great muscular de
velopment, the lion accelerates quick
ly and Is soon up to the buffalo, when
he i ears upon his hind legs and Seizes
his prey by the nape of the neck, fair
ly far back, using (If on the left side)
his left paw to dra& the buffalo's fare
toward him.
"If the buffalo Is still moving the
lion sllll keeps his hind paws on tie
ground, advancing with the buffalo by
hops, so to speak. The weight of the
lion and the tearing of tlie fare back
ward-makes the buffalo stumble, with
the result that he often, ulthough not
always breaks his neck. If not, the
Hon, having him down, breaks It with
his teeth." —Detroit News.
How to Be Book Collector
The book Collector must. In the llrM
place, cultivate lils literary taste, says
Arthur Muchen. lie must altogether
s'uit Ills ears to the bubblers and their
talk.
He must keep his eyes upon the book
lists of publishers, marking down the
author.. who appeal to hint, looking-al
ways for (hat glow of beauty which
enchanted Bossettl as he stood outside
the jihop In Castle street. Then he
must become a devout student of the
second-hand catalogues.
Me has his list of the men whom he
Is following. He notes when a book
published at $1.75 a year ago Is priced
at S2JSO. In another year's "time that
title will have risen to $5, and so on.
The collect or who buys on these prin
ciples will never And that his fairy
gold has tunted to dead leaves. He
has mastered the true craft of the col-
Monthly.
Indian Superstition
Thg- Indiana believe that a llah
hutii4 In the corn hill give* a better
yield of corn.
, Christmas Treet Cultivated
i In MaMMa-luiMcUa Christina* treet
nri'* Irtdng raiw 1 ua u regular market
crop.
Key V/ist Zees Many Ships
M«>re than 54*0 aiiiiw a year pa**
lluin Klgllt of Key West. Kla.
COLLECTED WISDOM
Ang?r Is practhul awkwardnes«—
Cojtor..
Carpet Is sold by the yard and worn
by the foot.
There's always hope for a man un
til he loses his self-respect
If a woman loves a nflhj she never
holds him up to ridicule.
In your version of the story the
other fellow makes n poor showing.
Financial embarrassment embar
rasses some people very little
The coat may proclaim a man's In
debtedness to his tailor.
The poker-playlng physician Is al
ways sure of an occasional call.
It's hard to convince some people
that honesty Is the best politics.
A man wants to do what he wants
to do, more than he wants money.
Virtue Is unexciting, but noliody
throws you out when your last nickel
Is-spent.
If you can't go to Europe to study
Ihe grand manner, you can observe
floorwalkers.
An Ideal mother Is one who knows
which one to spar.lc when all apiiear
'equally guilty. — f- —
We may regard criticism from some
sources as Impudence, still It hurts.
fine of the popular games ought to
be to see how far n dollar can be made
to gOj
Older people are conservative be
cause they, have seen so many prom
ised Improvements fall.
Much of the knowledge Is acquired
by doing things one doesn't know how
to do.
A day Spent in stupefnetion Is pos
sibly better than a day spent in worry.
National Parks Under
Federal Jurisdiction
The United States maintains ex
clnslve Jurisdiction over the Sequoia,
General Grant nnil Yosemlte National
parks, California; Crater Lake, Ore
gon; Mount Rainier, Washington ; fla
clcr, Montana, anil Yellowstone, Wyo
ming, the latter being governed solely
by the United States. I* nil the parks
Where exclusive jurisdiction Is main
tained United State* commissioners
nrtf appointed for the parks hy the De
partment of Justice, and them* com
missioners hear all cases brought be
fore them and assess fines where con
victions are obtained, except In cases
where the offense Is of stieh a senilis
nature, when the defendant Is bound
over to the federal courts for trial. in
the oUier parks persons arrested for
violations of the park regulations or
the federal statute* arts taken befora
the nearest United States commission
er and, If the case warrants, are
bound over for trial by the federal
courts.
Expect to Harnett Tide•
The-force of the ebb and flow of
th- Atlantic's tide mijy soon be har
nessed to produce electricity, Dexter
P. Coojier, brother of Hugh L. Cooper,
the hydraulic engineer who deslgnrtl
the hydroelectric plants at Muscle
Shoals, Keokuk, and Niagara Kbits,
Canada, is at present making prelim
inary surveys along 'be Maine sea
roast with a view to finding general*
Ing station sHes near Kastport. The
average difference between high and
low tide at Kastport Is IS feet 2
Incites.
How to Make l/Jarble
A proceaa for making Imitation* of
statuary murhle, onyx and other multl
ciilored atone*, Im* been detiaed til
France. About l.frti part* of alum,
from 10 to 100 purl* of heavy spar
(linrliini sulphate) anil 100 part's of
water are mixed With the ri"|tilalto
pigment*. and the liquid BMMa I* hoi led
dowA and «u>t In n mold. The nnimitif
of heavy spar used' varies with-the
decree of tranalnrenre desired. After
being molded and deled, the ai'lfli-lal
atone thua produced ran he polished
and flnlalied aa desired.
How to Make Hole in Glass
U la unld that a hole iuay be made
ID thin gla*» '»>• pressing upon the
KIUSN a diak of wet cluy. Make a
hole through thla clay the size of the
hole d««»lred in the gin**. being aare
that the gla*s la clean and bare. Nbw
IM>ur molten lead Into tlx' hole and tlie
lead and gla*n will drop through at
once. The quick beating of the glaa*
nt one point csiuscs u circular crack
to foria, the outline of which cor
respond* to the hole made In th« da*
HAWAIIAN FA?A!A IS
FOOD AND MEDICINE
A native Hawaiian fruit offered to
visitors there Is the papula, a sort of
substitute for the' American canta
loupe. It has tfie consistency of cer
tain varieties of cantaloupe when the
latter Is In the ripening stage and has
yeltow meat. The fruit grows on
trees somewhat ufter the manner of
cocoiyita, with sometimes a dozen, (ft
them, bell shaped, growing clpsely to
gether.
Illnvallnns accord the papala nn Im
portant place fn their domestic dietary
because of the beneficial qualities of
the Juice, from which is obtained
papain, an Intermediary between pep
sin and
tion It resembles the gastric and.pan
creatic secretions of the human or
ganism. The white powder made from
the Juice Is used In the treatment of
diphtheria and n cases of gastric dis
orders.
Seeds Imported to Ilawnll from Cen
tral America have recently grown to
be papains as large as watermelons,
although the trees bearing them are
smaller than the native variety, the
topmost branches being within the
reach of u person of average height.
NUGGETS OF TRUTH
Railroad cars with concrete floors
are now being made in Germany.
I wasted time, and now doth time
waste me.—Shakespeare.
Thftse who resent criticism are drlv
with the brakes set. ~ ,
If you can't speak the truth keep a
stiff upi»er Jaw.
If a man is wise, on® angry word
does not lead to another.
srlpples have running expenses the
same as other people.
A word to the wise Is often sufficient
to' get a fool Into trouble.
If there Is tiny pig In a man's nature
It Is sure to crop out when he travels.
The gain which Is made at the ex
pense of reputation should rather be
set down as a loss.
Purity In persons and in morals is
true godliness.—Hosen Rallou.
llnppiness Is like your shadow; yon
can't get any nearer to It by chasing
it.
A man npver knows what he can do
until he tries, then he Is often sorry he
tried.
The mnn who cnn meet himself face
to face must lie a pretty decent sort of
fellow.
As a rule the man who la unable to
trust himself displays pretty Hound
Judgment.
New Worda
According to compilers of a stslbd
nnl dictionary, the general usage of
the radio since its invention lius udded
5,000 new words and terms to the Eng
lish Janguage. Flapperdom has added
several hundred more, irnd the poor
compilers uerv Just getting over tlie
shock of having to define 7,000 words
and terms which our participation In
the unpleasantness In the late world
rnlxup brought to the average vocab
ulary. Now what to do? We have
been Informed previously that wom
en talk too much anyway—tlmt "words
Is what they ain't (Jot nothln" cist
but" —in the language of a popular
writer of fyegro tales; yet It Is proved
by this company that less than '£> per
cent of the IH-W words discussed have
been Invented or coined by women
folk, men having done the dastardly
deed I—Kansas1 —Kansas City Times.
Dalai Lama Llghtt Up
Lhasa, "Sacred and Forbidden" sea f
of the Dalai Lama, 12,000 feet up In
the ftlr maid the bleak crags of the j
Himalayas, Is to have a modern hydro-1
electric plant. Already a specially de-'
ghpKyl turbine and g. n Tutor and other
rice«wsa?y equipment are traveling to
wanl tiiasa along, perilous mountain
frails on |>aek mules and scon the age
-blackeiH • temple walls and prayer
•wheels Mill glow with a new light from
the w ;t; m world." Th ' Installation
will be made entirely by Thibetan#,
since white men may n* enter the
city.
Broadcast Beetle's Song
Tin; broadcasting of ti beetle'* lore- ;
song tn liU mute was the feature ol
a recent radio program n«nt «»ut from
tin- .London station, of tlie Rritlsb
Jiroadc'ifHtlnu coiuitnny. The occasion
Mr a* it uaturul history lecture. In which
the life cycle and habits of the beetle,
ypre (lUciunwl, At tho appropriate
moment the beetle, which had n spe
cial microphone to himself, was per
mitted to (jive his cntl, , Many radio
fans complimented the beetle on Jill
performance.
Special Sets
Not no very long ajcn an admifgi
sent Baby I'eggy, tl»e diminutive flln:
•tnr, a hen. .It was old and «ednte abt
was promptly given n netting of
and went into contented retirement. t
A few days !»K>r the iulnii"Y
and not seeing the hen. asked wbal
toad become ot It.
"Oh, slw's ull right," NjKJke up Uabj
pejajj, "HIIO'S nn lot ;."Jon."
NO. 37
DECLARED MOSQUITO
THEIR WORST ENEMY
Report of Lewis and Clark
Astonished President.
t. ■ 11 -••$$!
President Jefferson was astonished
at tlie report made to him by Cap
tains Lewis and Clark.
Be had sent them 120 years ago
to.lead an atcplorlng party up the ills-,
sourl river and across the Rocky
mountains to the Pacific. „ ,
What amazed the President, was the
tiling which they reported as the most)
formidable foe met In that thrilling,
survey,-says Glrard In the PhUadel*
i plila Inquirer.
Lewis and Clark with their wild
west hunters and guides traversed a
thousand miles where no whites bad
((one before. They met hostile Sioux,
swarms of deadly rattlesnakes
were the first white men to meet
grizzly bears, which tie Indiana
feared very much. *1
The explorers also faced hunger,
steep and high mountains, treacherous;
| river rapids, extreme cold —qnd Stef
. onson says Montana is colder than the
I North pole.
But almost the smallest thing these
adventurous men encountered was the
worst —the mosquito. This tiniest foe
was hardest to combat and gave
j trouble more dreaded than Indialut
lattlers nnd grizzlies.
Our city sportsmen invade the Cana
dian north woods every summer.
; Wolves live there, but nobody fears
' them. But no fisherman returns with
out a tale of hardship impoMd by
j myriads of little flies.
Home from bis long wandering
through Africa, Colonel Roosevelt, »
David Livingstone and Henry M.
Stanley had found out before, said the
deadliest enemy of man was not the
lion, not the fierce rhino, not the wild
' elephant, not the gorilla, but the'
j tsetse Ay. » '
Rarely have lions in Africa made a
! village move. An army of ants win
| often do it. We are reminded of these,
great dangers In small packages wben
we read Doctor Krusen's vacatfca
warnings.
What does he designate as the dead
liest thing you will meet? Not a loco
motive, although grade crossings are
bad enough. Not autos, because they,
a#e thicker in town than In the
country.
Not rattlesnakes, even if our Penn
sylvania mountains secrete thousands
of them, ifpon what. then, does Doe
tor Krusen hoist the red signal?
A bite so small that 3,000 of them
could nestle on the head of a pin. The
unseen and unseeable typhoid "bug,"
which thrives even In apparently the
clearest waters, Is the enemy yea
must avoid on a vacation.
Every autumn sees a mild Increase
In typhoid cases In big cities, filtered
water has practically banished the Hs-.
ease from Philadelphia.
But "vacation typhoid** has become
a definite a miction. It comes from
two causes: Drinking nnflltered and
Impn-znated prater, and as often from
swimming In creeks and rivers. I
Yes. the "old swimming hole" has
become responsible every summer for
hundreds of cases of typhoid. The lad
who Joyfully plunges In doesn't dream
he faces more danger than If he had
actually Invaded a camp of Indians de
picted In his favorite thriller.
Natural Pipe Line
While s>.me workmen In Bath,
Jluin\ were quarrying stone they un
covered at a depth of about twenty
feet a water conduit about three feet
wide nn ! two f.-et high. The cordult
w«s In a solid ledge and It Is of uni
form diameter Its full length, 200 feet.
■ The f'Mir sides are deeply corrugated,
•bouiriT that at some time water ran
through It at great pressure. It 1*
one of the few of nature's pipe lines
that have been exjwsed.— Scientific
American.
j' Poetical Burmese Belief
This 1m a l-elli'f of people of Burma*
Dorothy plx says that the Burmese
believe tlmt the soul, in tlte form of
a butterfly, leaver the body while we
sleep- They will never waken ft sleep*
er for fear his butterfly may not be
able to get back quickly enough to Its
habitation, the soul having uone waa
j derm,- during the person's sleep.
. —; "ji
Significance in Perfume
After the banishment of Napoleon
to Ktba. and while the Hocapartlstß
were plotting for his return, they used'
to till their boxes with snuff scented
wltti violets. ' his favorite flower.
When (lesifeus tjf learning which side
an individual* favored they would
J offer .a' : 'plntft and ask significantly,
"I>o you llkfiSjfols perfume?"
Be jhjfi to Yourself -
It-Is ffllcHU'JU* Uj ulwajcs-true to
. rtUr a'lvesi. to ?*, ulwjyß what we wis#
He be,, f bal,ips we ought to be.
As long a* % ft-el 4hat, sw long as we
1 do the ideal of our life,
all-is right,. TH;r aspirations represent.
f the true aitftire of our soul much more
] tbtin ltfe.—Meller^-