VOL. LI
CONDOR MIGHTIEST
OF CARRION BIRDS
Haa Gourmandizing Power
That It Remarkable.
This greatest of unclean birds, the
condor, has been singularly unfortu
nate in the hands of the curious and
scientific. More than fifty years have
elapsed since the fljst specimen
reached Europe; yet today the exag
gerated stories of its size and strength
are repeated in many of our textbooks,
and the very latest ornithological work
leaves us in doubt as to its relation
to the other vultures. No one credits
the assertion of the old geographer,
Marco Polo, that the condor can lift
an elephant from the ground
enough to kill it by the fall, nor the
story of the traveler, so late as l&iO,
who declared that a condor of mod
erate size, just killed, was lying before
him, a single quill feather of which
was 20 good inches long, says a writer
in the Wide World Magazine. Yet the
statement continues to be published
that the ordinary expanse of a full
grown specimen is from twelve to
twenty feet, whereas it is very doubt
ful if it ever exceeds or even equals
twelve feet. A full-grown male from
the most celebrated locality on the
Andes, now in Vassar college, has a
stretch of nine feet. Humboldt never
found one to measure over nine feet;
and the largest specimen seen by Dar
win was eight and a half feet from
tip to tip. An old male in the zoo- j
logical gardens of London measures
eleven feet. Von Tschudi says he
found one with a spread of fourteen j
feet two inches, but he invalidates 1
his testimony by the subsequent state
ment that the full-grown condor meas
ures from twelve to thirteen feet.
The ordinary habitat of the royal
condor Is between the altitudes of 10,-
000 and 16)000 feet. The largest seem
to make their home around the vol
cano of Cayambl, which stands exact'
ly on the equator. In the rainy sea
son they frequently descend to the
coast, where they may be seen roost
ing in trees. On the mountains they
very rarely perch (for which their
feet are poorly fitted), but stand on
rocks. They are most commonly seen
around -vertical cliffs, where their
nests are, and where cattle are most
likely to fall. Great numbers frequent
Antlsana, where there is a great cat
tle estate. Flocks are never seen ex
cept around a large carcass. It is
often seen singly soaring at a great
height in vast circles. Its flight is
alow and majestic. Its head is always
in motion as if in search of food be
low. Its mouth is kept open and its
tail spread. To rise from the ground
it must needs run for lime distance; '
then it flaps its wings three or four
times and ascends at a low angle till
It reaches a considerable elevation,
when it seems to make a few leisure
ly strokes, as if to ease its wings,
after which it literally sails upon the
air. . |
In walking the wings trail along the
ground and the head takes a crouA
ing position. It has a very awkward,
almost painful, gait. From its inabil
ity to rise without running a narrow
pen is sufllcient to imprison It. Though
a carrion bird, It breathes the purest
itir, spending most of its time soaring
three inlles above the sea. Humboldt
saw one flying over Chimborazo. We
have seen them sailing at least a thou
sand feet above the crater of l'lchin
cha.
Its gourmandizing pwwer has hardly
been overstated. We have known a
single condor, not of the largest size,
to make away in one week with a
calf, a sheep and a dog. It prefers
carrion, .but will sometimes attack live
sheep, deer, dogs, etc. The tyes and
tongues are the favorite parts, and
first devoured; next, the intestines. j
We never heurd of one authenticat
ed case of its carrying off children,
nor of its attacking adults, except in
defense of its eggs. Von Tschudi says
it cufinot carry when flying a weight
over ten pounds. In captivity it will
eat any tiling, except pork and cooked
meat. When full fed it is exceedingly
stupid and can be caught by the hand;
but at other times it is a match for
the stoutest man. It pusses the great
tyt part of the day sleeping, more
often searching for prey In morning
and evening than at noon—very likely
because objects are more distinctly
seen. It is seldom shot (though it. is
not invulnerable, as once thought), bnt
la generally trapped or lassoed.
Reputation
It would be well if character and
reputation were used distinctively. In
trfcth. character is what a person is;
reputation is what be is supposed to
• be. Character la in bimsef, reputation
la la the minds of others. Character
la injured by temptations, and by
wrong-doing; reputation, by slanders
and libels. Character endures through
out defamation in every form, bnt per
ishes when there ia a voluntary Iran*
greaaion; reputation may last through
. numerous transgressions, but be rie
atroyed by a single, and an un
founded, accusation or aapergioaL—Ab
bott. |
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THE ALAMANCE (TLEANER
Seed* and Tuna Fish
Have Hiding Place•
There Is a mystery surrounding the
fur seal which has never been solved.
No one has ever been able to discover
where they go in winter. No one haa
yet been able to make a record of
their hiding place.
All that is known, says the Minne
apolis Tribune, is that on the islands
of St. Paul and St. George, in Alaska,
the seals begin to appear about the
end of April or the first of May and
toward the latter part of August or in
the first weeks of September they dis
appear as strangely and mysteriously
us they came. In this respect they
are not less puzzling to scientists than
the huge schools of tuna fish which
appear and disappear from the waters
of southern California regularly each
year.
Tuna fish have been caught, marked
and turned loose, with the hope that
some of them might be caught in oth
er waters during the winter months,
but so far none of them has been cap
tured. A similar method of marking
seals would do no good, for they are
never seen during the winter months.
Years«ago the seals numbered 5,000,-
000 or more, where today they may be
counted only up to four or five hun
dred thousand. Yet even in the da: - s
when they were most numerous, their
habit of disappearing suddenly with
out leaving a trace of their where
abouts and as suddenly reappearing
after nn absence of several months
was just as mysterious as it is today.
Paris Bank Messenger
Needs No Armed Guard
The Paris bank messenger wears a
eoeked hat with "an air of dignity. His
coat is liberal in cut and you can see
the big brass buttons on it glittering
in the sunshine quite a long way ofT.
A brass plate over his heart bears a
number and under his arin he carries
a leather satchel attached to a big
chain secured about his waist.
There is an air of prosperity about
him. He is of liberal proportions and
plants his feet firmly. He Inspires con
fidence and we might trust our for
tune to his keeping and still sleep
peacefully at; night.
We meet him often In the busy
morning near the opera pursuing his
steadfast way along the crowded pave
ment. He, least of anyone, is in a
hurry. He is picturesque, slow and
sure. And that we feel we may con
fide our treasure to him is due not to
the chain of shining steel with which
he grapples it, nor his glittering but
tons, nor the brazen number on his
breast, but he is secure, inviolate be
cause he is fantastic, and treasure
walks the streets unguarded save by
tlie fantasy of a glorious cocked hat. —
From the Continental Edition of the
London Mail.
When Poachers Flourished
As a profession, poaching has fallen
off greatly in Great Britain. A hun
dred years ago the nights between the
harvest and hunters' full moons were
the nights of the poachers' delight, and
there would be "a steady flofc- of game,
killed by shot, to the cellars of
dealers in country towns, to the coun
try inns, and to the boxes of such
coachmen and guards and country car
riers as were willing to do a little
business in handling game. A hundred
year-old record shows that no fewer
thnn four-and-fifty poachers were shel
tered in Lewes jail at one time. There
were poachers in every town and vil
lage, hence the threatening notices,
"Beware of Mantraps," still often to
be seen in British woodlands.
Fires in Forests
It is not practicable to equip forests
with lightning rods. No remedy is now
in fight for disastrous forest fires due
to lightning, such as have occurred on
a vast scale in the westesc states dur
ing the last season, says Nature Mag
azine of Washington. When lightning
strikes n tree the ordinary result is to
splinter the wood or strip off bark
through the sudden generation of
steam. In the great majority of cases
the tree is- not sot on fire. Neverthe
less the aggregate number of forest
fires started by lightning Is, In many
parts of the country, greater than the
r ':mber due to all other causes com
bined.
Dignities in Store
The dignities that confront the eider
brother are usually appalling to ths
small sister, and there is a little girl
in Baltimore who has been giving to
the subject much careful attention.
She electrified the family at breakfast
on one occasion by announcing:
"Next year Samuel will be a lawn
mower. I wonder why they call him
that." 4
"A lawn mower?" echoed the aston
ished mother. "What do yon mean?"
"That is what you told me," replied
the little maid, gravely. "This year he
was a freshman. Next year hell be a
lawn mower, and then a janitor and
then a senior. And then bell grsd
■ate."
GRAHAM. N. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 9, 1925
Inventor Had Taken
No Chance of Losing
Surely, the Scotch are the most tol
erant people in the world, as they bear
the brunt of most of Its so-called
humor. But there is considerable hnsls
for the well-circulated theory that the
Scot is canny. Here Is an authentic
yarn, vouched for by Harry Furniss In
his "Some Victorian Men'' that Il
lustrates the point.
When Bessemer, the gave
to steel his name, came t» make his
discovery public, he put a ifimp of the
famous steel in his pocket- and made
his way to Naamyth, of steel-hammer
fame.
Placing the metal- on, Nasmyth's
desk, lie told him that he had made an
extraordinary discovery which would
revolutionize the whole metal' world.
Then came a little incident which
shows what wonderful heads these
Scotch financiers possess. What do you
think NaSmyth said to this excited In
ventor? ■
"Eli, mon, it's vary risky to show
your wonderful Invention. The world
is very dishonest."
To which the inspiring inventor re
plied :
"liight, Mr. Nasmyth, I just calcu
lated whom 1 was coming to see, so
with my last half-crown I registered
the invention on m.v way."
Lenny Really Didtf't
Know Weight of Hoi
If old Lenny Foskett was anything
more than deliberate, he was exasper
ating. He moved, spoke and lived at
his own ;.\veet wiii>, and no one had
ever been known to bu;ige him. He
came into the village store one morn
ing, threw himself down on the bench
in front of the counter and announced
that he had just killed his prize hog.
"Guess how much he weighed,
boys," lie drawled.
"Two hundred and seventy-five,"
ventured one of the loungers.
Lenny shook his head.
Others offered suggestions; the
guesses grew so brisk that it begin
to sound like an auction. All sorts of
weights were given, but to all of them
Lenny merely shook his head. The*
others began to lose patience. From
mere curiosity they began to long pas
sionately to learn the weight of the
hog and pass on to another subject.
"Well, for heaven's sake', how mueir
did your old hog weigh?" somebody
demanded. "We've guessed every fig
ure possible! How much did lie
weigh V"
Lenny yawned. "Hi—ham. I dun
no," he drawled. "I ain't weighed
him yet."—Youth's Companion.
How Paper Is Markzd
The watermark in paper is uccouip
ll*hed by means of pres.- are; whether
paper is made by hand or by .machin
ery, the principle remains roughly the
same "as was employed centuries ago.
That Is. the rag, wood, or other mate
rial is pulped with water, and tiier.
spread on a frame through which the
water drains, leaving the pulp In a
very iMo skin to'dry out Into the rudi
ments of paper. In the hand-made
process, the frames through which tin
puip drains are mr.rked by un out
ntnhdlAg wire device ar.d as the water
runs off, the paper film is left slirhtly
thinner where this device lias been
standing. In m&chine-jtiade paper,
where the essence of the process Is
the carriage uf the pulp on a never-
Sfop belt, the rv.arU is impressed by a
kind of skeleton roll' r past which the
pulp is lead. In either ?ase, the same
result Is attained, tin? pulp being liift
thinner where the murk has pressed.
This Is the system that gives us our
"watermark," and it Bets its name
from being applied as the water Is
draining off the pulp.
Beggars' Tride Union
In China ofie of the irrnst formidable
trade union* Is that of the begzars.
Pegging In that country I* a recognized
profession, and there is a properly or
ganized guild of b ZAura in most dis
tricts.
Each guild has i s own president
ard officers, ari l lb.- r. ember* pay an
annual subscription equaling üboat
f 2.00 in our money. The officials tit
the guilds wl»ld su'-h power that they
enjoy the protection of the magistracy.
So far theie has ! een no strike on
the part of the raemVrs of this union,
which is undoubted y the quaintest or
ganization of its kind In the world.
She Pitied the Lion
Uncle had Just returned home from
an expedition Into Africa «2fer big
game, says the Tatkr; he was delight
ing ail the family uith stirring tales
of adventure In the jangle.
"One of my beaters was so savagely
bitten by a lion once." he announced,
"that he bad to have bis ami ampu
tated."
Tliere was a short silence while the
Information sank in. and then the
small daughter of the house said in a
sympathetic voice:
"What a pity, uncle; the poor lion
might Just aa well have had it."
1 ■ I
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S Pot >K LIGHTING SCHEMES g
n WASTE LIVES AND MOKES.— »
$ CareiesKnvss is coiin . America's 0
industrial wortd )nUm.iK»u,UOO an- §
nunity, accord.ii,: to injures pre- S
S pared by iiie i.;. *> Conservation i
o Council of Ajst>'rii*ii; lack of S
precaution is ■•atieu a desiruc-
O tlve force "niose .powerful than o
° the world's alitii.-:: " "
g The ravages of • urelessness' O
§ t:p«n ttvsf t;e::'ib of the workers X
j* is, even -ifHuv *r rrible "fhan the 2
$ Unan.-'.ii! ci; i of "taking a rj
5 "ecimce." ac« •.r«:i;ijj to Iluj coun- }
eil. Til. 1 il|\ e.-l ;„M(io:i Into In- rt
lufirial ■!: ::'s lias shown *
iJ the chief foes of t lit* work- 5
'f. ere' iV" ::i;iriveis. tilts 2
P of steel, eiwerjr dust and chew- 5
£ I
fi IV j r.diiic s-.uirce of waste, uc- fi
u mnl'Mg i-o rfie couueii, U 1 in- 2
proju r r.lUi!i:'.:.ition. At Itftist la
o i vr cent of all industrial accl- $
-dint* In this count;'? can be at- g
-6 tribute.l to i j lighting, the »ur a
V? vey 1:. Ucat
6 "Investig:,;: >'!s how," says a g
£ re;iC.ri of the council, "that pro- 6
a diu'tion increase* when improve- j?
uierds are njude in the lighting. S
S A rnt miary of n'ne such invest!- §
u gut ions showed au average pro- O
ductiun iucn use of 15.5 per ceut %
« whi u the !!l(,tiiin::tirm was raised J
% from an average Intensity 24 .p
c- foot-candles to un averngj of j*
Q 11.2 foot-cnudles. The addi- g
> tlhnsil tig ting cost averaged 1.0 2
-i" cent of the pay roll. :>
"The.'e test-; were made at g
■?> different times by five dlltereni p
public Utility companies iu wide- 2
> ly diversified types of Industry. £
£ one of the tests was niade,by R
• the United States public health P
Q service in the United States Post S
> Oflice department. The average 9
2 tn»/nsUy in a letter separating a
department was iucreased froru 9
b .'I.G foot-candles to 8 foot-candles 6
Jj The increase of production with 5j
p the new intensity was 4.4 per u
cvnt at au Additional lighting §
U com of only ..six-tenths per cent 3
2 of the pay roll."
o The state of Wisconsin lufs 5
found. It was said, that the S
£> services of 108,000 men for one S
5 year are lost annually because o
v the illumination provided Is not 2
5 adequate for the safety of the n
S workmen. 2
SiKHXUJO SKJ-OCKKH3K»-CH>O3
How New Device Sends
Out Distress Signals
A device which sends out distress
fi'gnnls from ships automatically has
been invented by M. I'asaquin, a young
engineer in France. The Instrument
consists of wheels with projections
around the edges carreaponiling to the
signal SOS, certain numbers of which
will give the latitnde and lonzltud •
of the vessel, and the radio call of the
ship. An ordinary electric motor oper
ates the machine, which is mounted
on n table. Each wheel Is set at the
proper angle and tile motor started.
*1 he signal flashes three times and
theti stops. After a short pause the
sigial Is f'.ashed again and again un
til the motor ia forced to stop run
nicg. Shl|»s or lifeboats equipped
with this new invention do not hare
to have radio ojieratore In order to
send out messages of distress. A spe
cial dial on the transmitter may be
act every day with the exact location
of the alilp, and tbe uiotor may be
turned yn to operate the set whenever
an emergency arises.
Cross-Words
Hera la the story of a man, a girl,
and a cross-word puzzle.
They sat opposite and alone in tbe.
train. Hla brows were deep-knit In
thought.
"Blank, blank, P, blank, blank,
blank, blanks!" ne said.
"Surely you're not" swearingf she
asked. "No," he replied. "I want to
marry.'"
why not 'espouse'?" site
cried.
"Splendid!" be sbooted. "Tbe *ery
thing!"
In the breacb-of-promise action
wblch followed tbe Judge awarded her
a farthing damages, merely remarking t
"What la a cross-word puzzle?"
First Wireless Messages
A record has been discovered of al
leged wireless telegraphy as long ago I
as IOCS. In that year a book by P. de
I'Ancre waa published. In wblch tbe
author reported that a man had dem
onstrated to King Henry of Germany a
means of communicating with absent
persons. The Inventor rubbed two
needles against a magnet, and at
tached them to different clocks. As'
nn operator turned the needle on one
dock dial tbe needle on the other
made the same movement, regardless
of the distances which separated tbe,
clocks. King Henry, it Is stated, for-'
bade Use publication of the inveutlaal
Poet Made Thorough
Job of Forgiveness
The poet Browning, Prof. William
Lyon Phelps tells us In Scrlbner'a
Magazine, was as impulsive as Roose
velt. He could never speak of his wife
with calmness. To Illustrate his feel
ing about her, says Professor Phelps,
Lady Ritchie, the daughter of Thuck
erny, told me this story.
There was a rumor that Browning
was going to marry again, and In his
absence she mentioned it. The next
day Browning heard of It In a way
that made him suppose she had origi
nated the fable That night they met
at a large dinner, and lie was assigned
to take her out to the dining-room.
She greeted him In their customary
friendly munner, took his arm and
tlie.i to her amazement f£>und that he
would not speak to her, but almost
spiked her,, with his elbow every time
si": turned toward him.
At dinner lie devoted himself ex
clusively to the lady on his left, and if
Anne Tiiuckeruy spoke to him he made
no reply. When tbe ladles withdrew
she nsked one of thein whether Robert
Browning had gone mad.
"Why, don't you know?" was the re
ply. "Hb. heard tliat you started a
Ktory of a second marriage, and he
will never forgive you."
That slute of affairs continued for
mouths. They constantly met at din
ner parties, but he ignored her. In
the following summer she. Browning
and his most intimate friend, the
frenchman Mltoand, were staying in
the some town In Normandy. One day
Mils?intl turned on Browning and told
bhn that he was behaving outrageous
ly, that Anne Thackeray had never
meant uny harm, had merely repeated
what she had heard and was now
heartbroken. Browning was smitten i
with contrition; he immediately start- :
ed running at full s;>eed to the op
posite end of the town where Miss
TJiickeray lodged. He must have been j
a curious spectacle, for he was short ,
►in J heavy and not used to running.
"I was sitting in the window of the
second story In a despondent mood"
Ltdy Itltchle told me, "when 1 saw
Browning running violently toward my
lodging. I rushed and
lc.i|>ed into his arms; we both cried to
g««thcr and had a lovely time."
Some Famous Tunnels
The following Information about
u'nnels Is from a paper by Lester 8.
Grant, dean of the Colorado School 'of
Mines, read before the Teknlk club
of Denver; "In 1530 Agrlcola, a Ger
man mineralogist, recorded that the
Cold and silver mines of Schemnitz.
Hungary, had then been worked for
800 years; the lead mines of Ooslar,
Germany, for 600 years, and the sli
ver mines of Freiberg, Saxony, for
400 years.. Subsequent working of
these mines necessitated the driving
of drainage tunnels of lengths as yet
unrqualed In the history of mining.
The Tlefe Georg tunnel. In Saxony,
driven between 1777 and 17Sf9, Is 34,-
"«J9 feet long, with branches amount
ing to 25.319 feet more. This was
dliven entirely by hand to obtain a
drainage depth of only 400 feet. The
Joseph li. tunnel at Scheronitz was
rtarted in 1782 but not completed un
til 1878. It Is ten and
long. The Rothschonberger tunnel at
Freiberg, driven between 1844 and
1877, totals over 95,140 feet, the main
tunnel being 42.0G2 feet. These tun
nels were all driven by hand, using
iilack powder."
Mr. Pester Observes
"Many a num." began old Festus
Pester, •'has gained a reputation for
vurt sagacity simply by keeping his
ir.cuth rrhut and putting on the pom
posity of a white olepharif.wben, if wa
»nly knew It, there Is nothing of any
particular consequence underneath his
to poking exterior. A
invat pusillanimous-looking fowl|srhen
del rived of his feathers, and many a
mm who looks like a crown prince
would appear even more paltry that,
a stripped peacock If his dignity was
p -eled off from him. An owl looks
Hfce the concentration and quintessence
»f sageneaa, hut tbet Is sll there Is to
Urn—he Just looks It. And many a
I'isn's promposity caused bim to
lit -suspected of being somebody in par- ,
•t'cular, when in reality he is «mly a
amnxe congressman."—Kansas City
.a-ar.
Tree-Climbing Fish
In India there is a fish known aa the
iree-cllijiMng fxftcU. Technically the
scientists call it "anabns testudinen*'
scr-ndens." By means of Its fins and
gills this fish can travel overland from
ore l>ody of water to another. Its
I r3»tl.'og apparatus Is adapted for life !
cut of the water. Stories about this
fish's ability to climb trees should he
taken with liberal portions of salt. The
United States bureau of fisheries in
ftirmn us thet these tales of Its tre*-
cIlmWnT propensity "are heritages
from early travelers and are largely.
m.rthlcsL" However, tbe climbing
perch has been known to woilc Its way
upon stone* and inclined tree trunks.
This Is as close as It ever comes to
ellmblrr treea.—ftc-hange.
Man-Made Earthquake
It Is believed that the numerooa
small earthquakes recently reported
from the Midlands of England are due
1 to the handiwork of man. In excavat
ing for coal and Iron the miner cuts
away millions of tons of rock and coal
and piles It on the surface, thus set
ting up all sorts of stresses. In July,
j 1913, dwellers near the coast of Car
, narvonshire were startled out of their
sleep by loud subterranean rnmbllngs,
while the earth quivered over an area
of many squure miles. It was found
that a considerable area of land lying
between the Rivals granite quurrles
and the shore had started to slide sea
ward. The fact was that the waste of
the quarries which for years has been
dumped on this lower ground, had
proved too much fof It, and had set
the whole ledge sliding, producing a
very good Imitation of a real earth
quake.
Paper in Farming
A SO per cent increase in the plneap- ,
pie crops of the Hawaiian islands haa
been accomplished by use of broad
strips of brown paper that completely
cover the soli around the planta. The
paper smothers tbe weeds, thereby
leaving an 'the nourishment for the
plants, \thlch force their way up
through tbe covering. Alsd, the paper
protector conserves the moisture in
the soil. The waste fibers of sugar
cane, once considered valueless, are
ased for making the paper. Seventy
five thousand rolls of It at a cost of
9200,000 are used yearly to cover the
8,000 acres of pineapple plantations In
the Islands.
At Last
How often the wild rose "has moved
Its first flame along the skirts of horn
beam hedge or beech thicket, or the
honeysuckle begun to unwlntf her pale
horns of Ivory and moongold, and yet
across the furthest elm-tops to tha
south Hie magic gammons of the
cuckoo has been still unheard In the
windless amber dawn, or when, as In
the poet's tsle, the myriad little hands
of twilight pull the shadows out of the
leaves and weave the evening dark.
But when tbe cry of the plover la
abroad we know that oar welcome
apring Is come at last—Fiona Macleed,
in "Where tbe Forest Murmurs."
Do Not Force Plants
If a plant has been growing thriftily
for aome time and then begins to go
back it probably needs a rest, and no
amount of forcing will do any perma
nent good. During .the resting period
a plant is better if left entirely alone
In a dry. cool cellar. It will of Its own
accord c.nd without aa.v attention of
any kind begin to put out new green
shoots. When these new shoots show
themselves tbe plant should lie given a
thorough watering, a repotting If nec
essnry, and brought up Into* its place
in the sun. After It is growing well It
may be gWen fertilizer.
"The Mills of the Code* '
This Is an aid Greek aphorism tak
en from the "Oracula Slbylllna." Tha
original, literally translated, reads se
follows: "The mills of the gods grind
slowly, but they grind small." Long- 1
fellow. In translating It. Inserted the'
word "exceeding" and mad" It read:'
"The mills of the gods grind slowly,
but they grind exceeding small." The
some tho'-gbt is found In Plutaiih and
other rticietit writer*.—Exchange.
Vast Electrical Industry
To few men as It has been .to Edi
tion. who celebrated his seventy-eighth
birthday recently, has It been granted
*o see the Industry in which they be
gan as pioneers, df-st'op Into one of
the greate*t of all times. Today the
investment In electric public utilities
alone is second onJy to that of the
steam railroads .5? the country. Eves
a Dai'e would find It difficult to pic
ture tbe Infernal cost that would en
sue were all the electric light and
power companies, electric rallwaya
and the, telephone and telegraph com
panies suddenly to be withdrawn
from tHelr places In /the economic
structure of tbe nation.
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Yellow Enrages Generals
Exasperated at the frequent appear- 1
an'** of lem>n-colored collars, large
"floppy" caps and canary-yellow strap
pings on riding breeches, generals of
tb>> "old school" at Aldersbot, Eng
land, recently compiled a set of rules
tor dress, even Including tbe color
of the tie.
Stating It Plainly
"Listen," remarked Old Man Way
back, speaking of bis rich unrle, whom
he dislikes. "I'll never get anything
from him; all the bread that bird ever
cast tipon the waters wouldn't make a
luncheon wafer for a goldfish." x
Effective Duster
You cah make a duster that tk In
valuable for line furniture by saturat
ing a piece of cheesecloth in kerosene
dti and hanging it out in the sunlight
to dry.
NO. 10
Farm Products
Grown at Loay
Too Many People on Faratn
Causes Excess and
Living Standard.
(Frapmd k1 th. UaltMl atataa SwUMM
mt Asricaltmr*.) '
Too many people on farma iilM
in an hmm of farm products Mid ufl
unrem unera tl ve prices, which la tmvl
baa a tendency to hold down tbe slsadj
ard of living in the country tad Wl|lfl
the lives of the growing boys and
on the farms, declares Dr. H. 01 lfcy4i|
lor, chief of the bureau of agrlcattscaEfl
economics. United States Depart—
of Agriculture.
"When the movement from
to city goes on at a sufficiently mIW
rate there will not b« a surplus ae-vS
farmers and, one year with SMiifhSfjM
farm prices will be adequate to ante-
tain the desired standard of living eal|C
farms in rural roniinunlUss
Adequate Prioea.
"Unless farmers Insist upon a Batfs»9
factory standard of living and wMt|fl
draw from agriculture when they aitl
not able to maintain ti»i« living standi II
ard, prices for term products adequate %
to provide such a standard of 11 vine 31
cannot be hoped for.
"In 1820 approximately 87 per cent 31
of those engaged in gainful nrrnpa jfl
tlons in the United SUtes ware in ag* 1
rlculture. The percentage no gated ha*S
agriculture In 1920 was 28. Thia awr** 1 11
ment of country to city went on graft- ||i
ually throughout 100 years, bat ha*'|S
tweea 1910 aad 1830 the moraaMattJi
was more rapid than In «my period' ■ %
since 1870.
"The proportion of those phifciiy
occupied who are engaged fat agilcnl' m
ture will doubtless be further redoee#J|
In the United Spates, but even whaa -sa|
final perfection haa been reached la "m
the form of labor-saving machlNCf,!!
there will continue to be a movaMHi
of population from country to city air fl
long as the birth rate in the country Hi
higher thte In the cities.
Desirable Movement.
"This movement, within proper iha-i
Its, should be looked upon as desMMiu"%
Without the movement from country] J
to city we would have entirely tea' |
many people engaged In agricaltera 1
and farm prices would be avsa later i
than they are. Cities would be laefe- 3
lng labor and the disparity betwaafe "|
the purchasing power ef farm pvA-JK
nets would be evea worse thaa It has ll
been In recent yeara.
"The danger in the movemeat Is that
the process will be selective; tehtap
the best stock from the rural cemaMa-jl|
ity and leavtag the wesksr eisaMattf*'
of the population on the terns ta tfea| 11
detriment not only of agriculture, bat.
of the nation as a whole. Tbe meva' *'j
ment should operate la such a way > J
to leave In the country those elsaiMfei 1
of our rural population best suited tp |
an efficient type of farming, a hlghae . ;
standard of living on the farm aid IK. '
the rural community, aad a standard! rt
of rural citizenship commensurate with? f
the needs of our democracy."
She Wanted a Change
Betty had only lately been
In the matter of evening prayers, aad I
her performance was exemplary aatOl 1
the occasion when she startlad hsr I
mother with tbe petition: "Blew Thy I
little pig tonight."
She wss reminded tfcst tbe l uliast |
word was "lamb," but refused to i«-l
turn to orthodoxy.
At last, when pressed for tbe cease j j
of this stubborn nnuirhtiaeaa, she is-j
plied that she was tired of belag a]
lamb. "Every night," she protested.!*]
"It has been Ismb, lamb, lamb! So to-*'
nlgbt rm going to be a pig aad to-C" f
morrow night I am going to be an ale-
phant.V
Gelatin as Food
The potestlal energy of tfintf la J§
calculated to be even more than that '
of some fats and albuminate; yet 1
in the body it Is very Inferior la the J
production of energy. It cannot, >
therefore, take tbe plsce of protetea
for growth and repair and must h* fj
regarded solely as nn albumin sparer.
Neither can It replace albumin, 'J
loss of which still goes on to sniaa'jj
extent even when gelatin Is eaten ta j
large quantities. It is used in tbe body M
very much like the carbohydrates aad ,'J
f'lts. I. e.\ not as a tissue builder, bat 9
sa a fuel food
Time at the Pole*
The Naval observatory says the
phrase "local mean time" has no mean- 9
lng at the poles; but the common prac
tlce all over the earth Is not to hasp 3$
local mean time, bat that of some j J
meridian passing near the place. la fe|
tbe United States the time is that rfj
tbe seventy-flftb, ninetieth, one ba»>fl
dred and twentieth meridian. At thagj
poles, as elsewhere, some mertdl*ajjj
would have to-be agreed upon.
a purely theoretical standpoint, «mB
meridian waald be aa good 2# an- -
other