THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
VOL. L
FAMILIAR UNES IN
EARLY SCHOOLBOOKS
Middle-Aged Find Charm in
Simple Sayings. •
! Old-time schoolbooks were likely to
be painfully solemn and didactic;
levity was abhorrent to their consci
entious compilers. But In our day
they afford amusing reading.
Lindley Murray, a grave and heavy
lii iruled Quaker, was averse not only
to laughter but to smiles; in a foot
note to the once-fdmous Lindley Mur
ray's English reader he carefully
apologized for a brief passage that
lie feared was too playfully, ex
pressed. But no one who read the
passage and the footnote could ever
discover the playfulness! Modern
readers, however, can discover a good
many passages that are the cause of
mirth, however unmlrthfully they
were intended. He -desired to be Im
pressive In his account of Niagara
falls; he gave its height and pro
nounced a eulogy upon Its grandeur;
and then he provided a complete anti
climax by adding, "It is said that the
Indians have sometimes passed down
it in tiielr canoes in safety."
Some little time ago a reminiscent
writer, In the New York World de
clared that the Webster spelling book
iind the Webster reader had/doubtless
had the longest history of iniy school
books In the United . States —once
covering at least three full genera
tions.
How familiar, after you pass the
alphabet page, these lines appear to
us: "Am I to go Int I am to go In."
"She fed the old hen." "Tfee hen was
fed by her." '"Ann can hem my cap."
"She has a new fan." "Fire will burn
wood and coal." "Coal wood will
make a fire." "Will you help me pin
my frockV "The good girl may Jump
the 1 rope." "Bakers bake bread and
cakes." "I like to play In the shady
grove." "Cider Is made of apples."
"A tiger will kill and eat a man."
"Ann can spin flax." "A shad can
swim." "Cotton velvet Is very soft
to the feel." "\Ve can burn fl*h oil In
lamps." "Never pester the little boys."
"I had some green corn In July on a
plate." s
The obviousness and simplicity of
those sayings have now a distinct
charm. But they were gauged, It
must be remetribered, for Infantile
minds not 40lTg graduated from the
cradle. Some changes In society have
taken place since they were written.
Ann cannot spin flax now, because
that crop has lost its prevalence, and
we no longer burn fish oil, but when
gag and electricity are not In hand
use oil of another sort. A shad can
St 111 swim, but he now swims with
rare aftd rarer frequency and very
noon will not swim at all unless we
stop polluting our streams and water
ways.
Headers for older children often in
cluded selections that from their ter
rifying, puzzling or too ornately
rhetorical qualities we should not
deem suitable nowadays) Children
often read these "elegant extracts"
without understanding them or even
trying to understand them. A grand
mother of today was told by her moth
er of the extreme amazement with
which long after she had . grown up
she came in Jier reading upon a pass
age with i«*h she had been familiar
since her nttle girlhood and found
that It really meant something and,
more astonishing still, that she en-
Joyed it!—Youth'a Companion.
Priceless Manuscript
The Alexandrian Codex is a Greek
manuscript of the Old and New
Testaments, written on parchment In
unlcal letters, without accents and
without spaces between the Words. Its
probable date Is about 400, the Kansas
City Star Informs us. The Old Testa
ment la in the translation of the
Septus gin t. This famous manuscript
belonged in 1008 to the Patriarch of
Alexandria. In 1621 it was taken to
.Constantinople by Cyrillus Lucaris,
the patriarch; and In 1628 was given
by Mm to Charles lof England. It
was first placed in the Royal library;
'and In 1788 was transferred to the
British museum. ' '
Clock in Sidewalk
Thousands walk over the northeast
corner of Maiden lane and Broadway
in New York and never know thaf
they are stepping on the face of a
dock. This dock, measuring about
two feat across, to covered with glass
an Inch'thick. The boor and minute
hands a repainted jet black. Because
of the' dust and dirt the clock to
scarcely, discernible during the day
light'boura, but at night It to illaml
naM-ttd to a useful teller of tlnie.
"FiruF'om the Farm
The city kid was roaming about In
the country wbaa fee came ipoa a
dosea or so empty condensed milk
cans. He yelled to hto companions:
"Hey, fen era, come here, quick I I've
feanda cow's nest!" —farm and Sire-
Absence Was Absence
to This Timekeeper
The boss on a large construction job
In western Canada was going over the
accounts on pay day with the new
timekeepe>, who had been there only
a week and was anxious to make a
good Impression. The pay checks were
regular enough except that one shotted
one hour less than the rest.
"Look here," snld the boss sus
piciously. "I thought everybody put
in full time last week."
"All except Abe Martin, the night
watchman," the timekeeper answered.
"He was off duty one hour Wednesday
night."
"Man alive!" exclaimed the aston
ished boss. "That was the night Abe
discovered the burglar setting Are to
the commissary building after he had
robbed the storekeeper's till. Why,
didn't you hear about It? Everybody
is calling Abe a hero, and," he whis
pered confidentially, "the railroad com
pany Is talking about rewarding him
handsomely for what he did. If he
hadn't captured the fellow, thousands
of dollars' worth of supplies would
have gone up In smoke."
"Yes, 1 know," agreed the timekeep
er. "I estimated tjie loss and figured
that It would have run Into as much
as this Job Is worth."
"And Abe chased the fellow up Into
the hills," the boss continued. "The
fellow was desperate and took two or
three shots at Abe. They struggled
desperately before' Abe Anally over
powered him and forced him back to
camp. It was an hour before he got
him back, too."
"Sure," responded the timekeeper
triumphantly. "I docked him for the
he was gone."—Youth's Com
panion.
Cheetah Described as
Matter piece of Nattne
We call the cheetah thp hunting lfeop
ard, but leopard he certainly Is not.
The leopard is heavier, more truly cat
like. The cheetah is lighter in th»
body and mounted on abnormally long
legs. The cheetah Is a catlike grey
hound. No other animal so oddly 'com
bines suggestions of such totally un
related groups as the cats and dogs.
With a body about four and one-half
feet In length and a tall half as long,
the cheetah stands about thirty Inches
high at the shoulder and with his long
jferearms and hocks reaching almost
down to the foot he Is built exactly as
man has tried to build the greyhound
during hundreds of years.
Bo far as we know no records exist
to tell the speed of this wonderful
beast, but hunters agree that for a
short distance the cheetah Is beyond
comparison the fleetest creature that
treads the earth. It Is a masterpiece
of nature. To the lion, the tiger and
the leopard It is what the airplane is
to the ocean liner, the swift destroyer
to the battleship.—London My Maga
zine.
Odd "Restitution"
There Is on record one Edward
Hunt, 'who played a rather dirty trick
on his only son. It seems that the old
gentleman had one time wronged an
other man—had bearen him out of a
large sum of money and otherwise
worsted him. The fellwfa had died, but
Hunt's conscience still troubled him.
When It enme to dying he decided he
would make some kljyl of restitution,
so he ordained that his twenty-one
year-old son, In order to fall heir to
his fortune, must hunt out and marry
the daughter of the other man—that
is, If the daughter existed, and If not
a daughter, then a nie&
The young man did as he was bid
den in his father's will and found the
daughter, but- she was flfty-flve years
old. He was a good sport, however,
and, with the woman willing, carried
oat his father's wishes.
\ —
Old-Time Oratory
When In the house of commons
Sheridan made his famous speech on
the spoliation of the Begums of Oude,
he was offered, within 24 hours, £I,OOO
for the copyright. Burke's subsequent
plea for the Impeachment of Warren
Hastings had even more dramatic ef
fect. as we may read In the pages
of Mucaul'ay. "Handkerchiefs were
pulled out.' smelling bottles were hand
ed round, hysterical sobs arid screams
were heard, and Mrs. Sheridan was
carried out In a fit."
That was In 1788. Orators and tjwlr
art —and some other things—have
changed since then. —New York Her
ald-Tribune.
Made Provision for Pets
A kind old English lady was so much
attached to three goldfish that she left
£7O (S3T>O) for their feed and rare.
When they died the jnterest from the
money was to be used to keep the
grass green and smooth above their
graves and decorated with fitting flow
ers. Another woman provided sT>o«> a
year for the care of her parrot. The
keeper .was to bring the bird every two
y«#rs to a certain lawyer that identifi
cation might he made of the bird as
the orltflrr.! one.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, L 824 ,
Riehet Have Wings
I can remember when I was mora
enriched by a few cheap rays of light
falling on the pond-slde than by this
broad sunny day. Riches have wings,
indeed. The weight of present woe
will express the sweetness of past ex
perience. When sorrow comes, how
easy it is to remember pleasure!
When, In winter, the bees cannot
make new honey, they consume the
old.—Thoreau.
Richest in Animal Life
Back from the Xazaruml river.
South America, a party of explorers
led by Dr. William Beebe reports that
in a single quarter of a M|u«Mrv*iUr
of tropical Jungle—believed to be the
richest In animal life In the world —
it discovered 777 different sorts of ver
tebrutes. Of these, 450 species were
birds—a greater variety than occurs
in the whole continent of North Aiuer.
lea.—Collier's .Magazine.
Mirthle*» Laughter
All hyenas do not laugh, and I hose
that do—the spotted hyenas—sire not
inspired by merriment. Their "laugh
ter"—lt Is a horrid sound-generally
indicates annoyanee, In fuet, .so-called
laughter In the animal kingdom Is the
reverse of happy, for the Jackal gives
a weird laugh when it is being pur
sued by Its enemies.
Food Propertiea
Mothers of growing children In pre
paring their foods should consider well
properties foods contain. \ Lime for
boncinaklng Is obtained from milk and
carrots. Iron for blood from spinach,
egg yolk and liver and lean meat, cab
bage, rulslns and tomatoes; the phos
phorus from fish, beans, peas and
whole grains.
Seemed Fitted to Survive
Some of the edentates of former
times were creatures of immense slje,
such as the extinct glyptodon, whose
great convex shell was remarkable
for Its strength. Why such a form c.a
the glyptodon failed to
keep his ground, says one authority.
Is "a great mystery.—Brooklyn Kagle.
" Wfiale't i Small Thtoat
The blue whale sometimes reachm
a length of 80 or 85 feet, says NattrtW'
Magazine. The opened month of »ne
of these monsters Is so large that 10
or 12 men can starfd upright In Its
depths, yet the throat measures only
about eight inches In diameter.
World's Continents
Geographers usually recognize Are
continents: North America, South
America. Eurasia, Including Europe
and Asia, Africa and Australia. A
sixth continent Is sometimes repre*
sented by the land area about the
Antarctic region.
North American Species ■
Researches of the last HQ- years or
so have confirmed the opinion that
the animals called edentate* which
Include sloths, anteaters, armadillos,
etc., originated In North" America and
afterward migrated to other parts of
the world.
In Rebellious Moments
We have our rebellious momenta
under all this weight of regulation,
whim we feel like running this slogan
up to the masthead: We will neither
eat nor do anything that Is represent
ed as being good for us.—Ohio State
Journal.
Famous Trotting HOT**
Goldsmith Maid, the famous hay
trotting mare, held the one mile trot
ting record from 1871 to 1874, taking If
from Dexter In "2:17 and losing, It to
Itarus in She lowered the
record to 2:14 before losing It
Infant Prodigy
Alexis Claude Clalraut,- the eel*"
brated French mathematician, at tht
age of six years understood Infinites
imals. and at twelve read before the
learned Academy jof Science of Pari*
an original paper'on curves.
Early Mystery Story
% "The Castle of Otranto," a novel by
Horace Walpole, later fourth earl of
Oxford, was the forerunner of the
modern mystery s'ory, and Its publi
cation in 1764 started a vogue of such
stories 1(1 England.
Prayer of Br'er WUliama
Lord, us de right road, an* ef |
we don't travel It, please tell Satan to '
lay low an' not hit ua too hard till he
gits us fer good an' all! Atlanta Con
stitution.
A Child*a Description
A child'* description of her drat '
concert: There was a lady acreaming
and a waiter played on the piano all
the time.—Edinburgh Scotsman. j
Not So Serious for Him I
Mun may be inferior, but be doeaa't
waste nervous energy worrying for
fear he will freckle —Dtrtnth Herald.
t T Btdldmcr
Paint Adds to Beauty •
and Value of 'Building
No nmn or woman with any a*U*
respect would weur the same anil' or
coat year after year, frayad at the
bottoms, buttons missing, or otherwise
In a dilapidated condition.
How about the home with Its ugly
discolored patches, roof with shingles
missing and doors und windows show
ing the effects of the elements? aaks a
writer In the Indianapolis Btar.
Nine Is just about as foolish as th«
other and both are a soureeof needles*
expense.
tins it ever occurred to you that It
la lens costly to keep the home painted
up aplck and spun thnn to let It wear
a discouraged, dilapidated' look?
Plenty of good paint, frequently ap
plied. Is one of the best Investments
any home owner ever made.
One of the first requisites In making
the home beautiful Is to dress'lt up In
beautiful colors; outside as well as In
-Blde. This applies alike to "the little
cottage, the modern bungalow and the
stately mansion.
Take the most unattractive house
you can find, atudy Its architectural
lines, use care In the selection of the
colors and the transformation will be
so great that you would scarcely recog
nize It as being the same house.
Campaign to Clean Up
Approach** to C\
The brokers' division of the Nation
al Association of Ileal Estate Boards
has Instituted a nation*! campaign to
clean up the approaches to our rifle*
according to a circular recently Issued
by this croup. Ileal estate v bofcrds
throughout the country are requested
to appoint committees to work >My co
operation with other organisations in
cleaning up and properly maintaining
attractive approaches, both by way of
railroads and automobile roads.
The circular paints out that railroad
sites and Indoatrial locations «aa fee
made very attractive by developing
lawns and nil rubbery instead of per
mitting the city's back yard to become
a dumping ground for the clty'r'refqse.
Industrial buildings located along'the
railroad trackage ran be beautllad
with comparatively little expenae,and
It Is the purpose of this realtor move
ment to encourage this Improvement.
Horn* Ground* \lmportant'
All city Improvement work should
begin at home.- The Urar •eseeatlala
are neatness and cleanlineae of the
Krounds. .Keep-all" irrelevant tlitnga
away and out of aighfc A front yard
la no place for unuoed-tools,-bnrimK*
down equipment," or castaway house
hold goods. The lawn must be good
nnd, which Is Imperative, must be
made und continually Improved. A
good lawn can seldom be found; It
must be established. A good lawn la
the' foundation of every succeaafnl
garden. It must be made In a rich
soil, with a thick, even stand of laws
grass and a Urm, even surface. It Ur
well If the land alopea gently >aw*p
from the house.
»
, Mako Repairs Now
If repairs to the house er lawn re
modeling are necessary It la well te
get it over with and get the Ibw»
straightened Dp afterward. There--la
always plenty of necessary work eft
the flower beds and the lawn In thd.
spring without postponing that which
could have been dona In the fall or
winter montha. Then, too, a foresight*
ed man asserts, workmen are leas
on repairs at that time, so that It 14
easier to get work done well.
~ Raising Homo Quality
"Those who Insist on goodv honaat
standards In the houses they build or
buy not only benefit their famlliea
and themselves but perform a blunder
service," saya dohn M. Orlea,- ehief-a#
the division of building and ■ boas>
Ing, Department of Commerce. Ttwy
help raise the quality of homes la
the United States and provide a sound
basis for wider home ownership.*''
Driveway
In building a macadam ditrewayt
tbat Is, a dr+reway of crushed- atom.
It will be found tarjr effecUv* la keep
ing the small- particles from being
scattered around the lawn If « coo
crete carbine ts built «• Ifcth sides
of the driveway. This not>«*r pf
tects the lsw», but 1s Terr siMMli
sad- preveats "the drivewsy - trim
spreading. *
Give Thought tm Cmlhtr
The cellar 1s as Important -** -ttie
rest of the boose. Coal bins aeaa the
furnace, ventilation, cold stoiag*
drainage, lighting and other points
cannot be tao carefully thought oat te
insure comfort.
DRUDGERY
t| || + a. Wu, A
Tt» »«ur taak* thd-traMr task* the
> 'Mil «( arary day,
T»a taaka wKttoutVrllat'at *aM ta
(iMMrum tbsir amm
Dlahpan andflatiren, talk. aad broom,
till dark* Ml tallica* nd than
Dawa.i u tk*«rttry,'«Mtr«Ma M
laadaa taaka again.
Tha common taaka, the almplr taaka
>I • my handa have laajr&ad by heart.
T*« taalqa whafrala my. baay brain aa
lonsar baar* a -pint;
Dtaary Indaad. If Ml* brala mult lay
on, loa(ar>arla«,
Tergotten wlnn a-drasslns. and aahaa
In Ita ayaaf
But happy taaka tha dally taaka ray
haada can do for iaa,
M I ■«**th«m reins at my work and tot
ray aoal ay free.
I tat 4ham coin* at thalr work, and
float in aklaa of llama,
And eail- on ahlniar eilvar ta ahorae -
without a nam a. A
I climb my childhood's (airy hllto aad
pluok tha laurel flowara;
t weave a wab ef purpla thoashta
acroia thduaty honra;
I play wKh «I4bn *oldan wordk that
men have mad a befora,
Aad hang tham for a llshted lamp
a bow «*> 'fckefaen door.
Ah. happy taaka, aad blaaaad tadka.
and taaka that eetme free."
Whan my haad*m-e da cha aodpauda
and my sanl la an tha #aal
—Floranoa Oannell Mans, la OTIC
Lie Above Ground in
NewoOtlmeuu Cemetery
, As New Orleans on' land
which is below the level of the' Ml*'
alsslppl there Is dUßcnlty in barylng
the dead In ordinary grave* owing to
the wstrtr seepage-* fltf thr plah bar
been adopted of plating the bodies la
I , * jw'
rd * A UuMMd
Like ■ Ottf ~
maaoary molt* built la* r»o%aad e*e
above another, as ehoam la 4b«> pic
ture. The Idea was borrowit tr*m
Europe. where it has long bete In use.
The most ecteaalv# 'ainTtamWaa tto#
terjr of tbia'sdrfln tn
Genoa, Tttfy.where the vaaitef'Mcft
me with a body la It, and
itreteb lnalatoat endtsaa >—Otilia
r«ttitadwilag*ilai *
ft-
Surveying tho SMI I
Plana wipW oartay
ef the on— fur attempted Hwlp
Inaugurate* by a conference rspiQail
log sctentlft; braocbaa of the Catted
States government and allied UuOta
tloßk.
One or mere ablpa, says Leadta Tft-
Bits, will be fitted out wit* a* MO*
pldte* laboratory and equipped with the
latest scientific upparatoi fer the first
erulae. The serMMawiil toft'only
w mappeo, nut tire composition »r wie
water, ita denaMyi teasperaturo 'nnd
currents, which affect the distribution
ef marine ptant and animal Ufa, wIM
be stndled at all depths.
Five sevenths of the surface Vf the
earth Is covered by watar. Thtk water
area can preducu moiW food tlHta'all
the land can ever be toadd e yMd,
and PM ef the purpoeee ef the expedi
tion WW be'to fake an Inventory ef
such fWt t»saibllttfeaE
,>. i , .
TWify Tama Sola
I A lady A Hew Zealand ban n family
ef 20 eels.
la the flrat place aba beguiled a veer
sliy eel 1 by feeding*lt dally with boiled
Hew or rOoked airtftj. UntlMrweuld
eat from bar hand.
Thecal aeeaa to have quickly spread
the UMra of tt**good fortune, «ad
others fWlowed ITs' exateple, ee that
now 70 e*le »li||l» *st of the water
every day tataakcb bfteofrand allow
the wenaa fa tedato Uaa.
L —~ ■*
Snmho InmHod Auto -*
A' dl L J-l —*- —»■ -«-
ionr-rooi 9uniiiKe ■nort**iiTtiii#®
the battery la Ibe afttapohlle caf O. W.
Barnes of Orioewaldillwn, aafl earned
ooaalderable trouble bdfore being din
ed mad. WMn the ear Wmjid not atart
Balbaa MauM 1 If on the battertek but
whea tMa'«rev«d a mlltike be fined
the li>d>a lad»eti'tba Wag, A# be
'did so tbd- !■—i# ll^pWfrlbdßrttfc
tfle.
Th*\Voy of am Eaglm
An eagta manaariag eight feet fn»t»
wlng-tlp «a wt—'tip da reported from
Chatham, Oalaria 'doi havw-awooped
dooaupon a grtf cnwoe, dutch** a
bey' nf fourteen* andf lifted him
feet- tnto the nl» The clothing
gave way and • he dropped fb tha
around. I
Odd "JumpUW'CM*** •
in Vanout Comntrie*
"Jumping" cWm M'tt b« fraud
la numerous 'oMntriit umr tbt-ra'
perstltlous
Midsummer "eve* young men and
maidens csrrjlng ■ itnv figure dt a
mythical hero, Jump over a bonfire Iff
couple*. This act 1* supposed to help
the crops. In B*ganda, South AMm;
when the henna are ripe, a w*aaan MM
Won her eldest ton to est wme of
them which ah* Ma cooked. If aha
neglect a to do tliU itl* b*U*vedth*t
aha will fall 111. Afterthe meal her
huahand rauat Jump over her, Follow
ing thla the beana may bo eaten with
Impunity by the family. Three people
alao treat Ashing
flrat catch of tike season ta devoted'to
tbe god Mtisusa. The seeond eatcfr la
taken home and, • after the irt»*tiive
bean cooked and eaten, tHO'insa of the
family jump* over hi* wife mad- all la
watt, otherwise, dldrear amy enana.
In Uganda, when a warrior retnm* ta
hi# home after a campaign, ty* flrat act
la to Jump over hla wife. Before * tart
lag out on a warlike expedition each
genera) muat Jump ever hla wtteC &
dlaaater will befall.
Remembered by Hie Owrfi
The little Jlahlng town of Linli
month on the nortbenatern coast of
Scotland haa tor Ita patron saint, tt
Oerardlne. Thla little known aalat,
noeardlng to legendary hlatory, la aakl
to hare aojeumed on that conat In
Ilia home Waa a cave, and It 'waa
hla custom to perlmbnlate the sand*
on atormy nlghta holding up a 1 intern
to warn m*rln*r* away from the Sker
rle*. aeraldlus's effigy, with the In
dgnla ef the legeod, la engraved'e*
te burgh eeat, tofbther - with a ahlp
and the legend. "Per Mectem L 4*,"
"Light try Night.
————————
Cwtikii fftg
Thla expraaaMl hnff It* oflgln la the
tale of 'Oerdlna, a Phrygian p*n*ant
•waar ofa yak* of wxan, wh# bochm*
-king. He dedlcatsd Ms car and oxen
4o Zona, and the knot of the yoke waa
Had so aklUfdly that an oracle de
clared that- whomaoever ahonld un
leoae it would be ruler of Asia. Whfe
Alexander the Great came to lOordlnnf'
be cut the knot to* lWwH»l»ta awerd
~Md applied tbe fertfeMfcrtb htmSdf?*
SmelbTeem Men Sdteeed- -
▲t the prealdenf-day hmchean of an
Eastern Rotary dab recently, the pf*-
gram wag given over to atorlea of
Mcce*« after forty. There wet* 120
men who teat Ml ed that it forty they '
were failure*, whereat it the time of
ftie luncheon they were considered
increases, the aggregate somber of
thdr employee* bdhg -90,000. Their
formula*' !; dloat«d^wtdMy and-' among
them -were: "Csnatant Ihdnatryv"
'sever wot* MeHHui* -and "don't d*
anything be'put off." %
Gd* Reedy tee Visiter* ■
In the olden daya a town wan
Judged by the view' from the railroad
train. Today the approach to the dty
on the hlgbwaya give* the first and
uaoaily u lusting impression to the
tourist. Special attention ahould be
glean the approaches to the city on
ell mslu highway* with prospects of
thou ran da of tourist* visiting north
ern Minnesota. Nor Is It too late, to
get stalled on thia work. In which the
entire community will benefit.—lie told
ll Pioneer.
Date* Frem Fegen Times
Halloween 1a a relic of pagan times. |
In England the Inflnence ef Drntdieal
ceremonies la evidenced In the ancient
Halloween Area. Certain of the cus
toms which used to prevail In England
were aurvivaia ef Pomona, the goddam
of fruit. Halloween la called by thla
peme because the festival falls on t|io
evening of October SI, wMeb Is the
ore or vfgll of 'All Hsllewe. the f*e
tlval of Ail Salnta, which fall* an !•*•
vsmber 1.
Tempered Criticimn
He waa only twelve; hut be e*ap
tHved to throw the apple ef discord
Into the boerdUg-fcooee to Which he
had been eeat far coavdaacence after
Influenxa.
It came abort In ream they all reed i
the poet card he had left en tbe hall
tablt
He had wdttaa: "Thee* are three
extraordinary eld geeears atopplag
here, bet one ef them la rather a d*>
cert eld geeeer as giiwf* go."
Even Cider WSU Turn
, Leo* Hall of Sontti \\*h*dotk-dad
lajnred a tkw daya ago yben. ae-he
wan Oiaahf » dd» Itarret the -to*
tern e» nnd*trn«h Mfa ha- thbm»»*t
_ m
Odd* end Ends
[ Umg. Short and* Bra*d were the
starts* of. three UtigUdT la a -M»
York conn.
N0.44
CWi'mw Belief» Hold
1 by T\rwMmd HtMom |
'"Port of Spain Iff the prindpel dty
M the lalaad of Trinidad In the West
Indies and la the most colorful and
cosmopolitan dtp ta the world." aay*
M American cltlxen, who has returned
to his native land for a visit after an
twe year*, according to the
Detroit News. "Tbe atreeta of Port of
he "present the appaan
sttce of s strange pageantry, so varied
afc th* people. strangest of all are
tns native black people. Here you wIU
see hoae rings and all sorts of weird
style* In halrdresatng. They sr* ao
fobd of bracdetsthat thdr forearms,
fnom wrtat -to elbow, ar* completely
covered witk all-sorts of metal dr
clets. Nor la It to see thdr
lower limb* adorned In the same
"All our servant* er* these blaek
Pfople. They are excellent servants,
but thdr many tabios and superatl
tloa* are very urtess yeu have
a good eens* of humor. They go by
Ws . mean and atars In everything:
They refuse any- sort of an undertak
ing unless the aspect of the mesa la
propitious They alao bar* apodal
taboos pertaining to things hot sad
cold. None ef them will, under any
circumstances, put thdr hand* -Int*
both hot aad cold water on the same
day; They believe that If they do this
they will die In three dsys. By the
moea-therrecl*oa time sad fdreraat
tbe future. •• By the moon they hold
their pagan idimaiaili» Jtil —adsht
aay that by, the noon they live aad
by fhe'4ota they die.-
North Pole Receive*
Full Share of Heal
The Kerth .pole, 'tt ia said, receives
more hekt 'Odili-tM- eonrtarr- Of
course, each kfil if
more bent to the e«rtN. M
hour* ef each day increase *
m nuiseer tne fartnsr-Ml^nes^Mrtl
the arctic reoetvs*am*% hears eC ssm
light a day than does the aad
altogether It gets aasts Wfch ' •
Detroit News.
As oas goes noeth th* la—th ef
r in i ummrti** ignnh* pip >
SHHSSSaS-
bshmm tm&
, day U received ftdfr'tthltof
•qasre mile In the fcrctJe than at the
M«a tor. However, the wlntara St tW
North pole Wodfc bditar hdt"kff naf'i
the aummer mm.
A wadaaiandg allati -,
by,* large gtodc which was believed
mm blown -from Holland by
atenna It ll ft somewhat strange tact
that statu have refused to breed la
ths British Ides except In Kew gar
dens. There a pair started hooaakeep
tag in the year of King Edward's
eoraaatlsa. aad deaity copied the de
al g* for their grotesque nest between
ths two dm,tress from a Coronation
bonfire.' They met with a multitude
of misfortunes. One year s storklet
fell frem the neat and broke its neck;
in nnother-yesr a veering was slain
by a baraede goosk' A culminating
I disaster war th* drownlag of an ea-
I tire family by a thunderstorm. When
I the "storks' nsHmd" becomes n coa
gestsd district, auperfleons storklets
are exported to pcpnldt* other dl»-
tricts.
Oyeteto Seld en Boagke
The traveler In the West Indies hss
the opportunity of viewing the novel
sight of gathddng eyatfers from trees.
Arevad tbo'haitto* and lagoons ths
mangroeh' tress gret* down to the wa
ter's bran the* droop until
* part ls Submerged. Oysters
win ding to any surface in the water
Is which they can.faaton themadves,
and as there are few ahdves qt atones
along the shores the bivalves attach
themadves to the branched When
ths nattvas- go Oyster gathering tbep'
lean ever the side of the host And n ,
branch to which valors are dinging,
aad cut It oft, nnd the bivalves -ere
"said on th* tree.*
Boy Kmem Hie Bmtt.i»i
Mr. Peter* brought a {dew of doth
home to have a suit audfcr The fam-
Xaw I idtaiaiftt the--goods aprtdd out
on the tables rooarkod upo*>4Mi fine
quality aad psttern. Even Ittfis-Bao-
I jsld wss callednpsa ta glvs his *»*•
!
the wrostf fttdei jievrstapM tmr+mr
"Why iett»p*r ffimaddammf»be».
"Ttar bst-lt come to m» matti
• IMa A«myd ,|ka «Vifel ' !