VOL. LI
*WORST BOY,» BUT
NOT WHOLLY BAD
Judge Astonished at Re
markable Reformation.
A police court reporter sees a great
deal of the wrong side of human na
ture. He could perhaps become a
misanthrope If once in
a while something did not happen
that shows how much good there
may be hidden even in the most
unpromising human beings. Wil
liam T. Ewens in {Thirty Years in
Bow Street" tells of a case that came
under bis own eye that taught him
not to condemn anyone as wholly bad.
"He's the worst boy in the district,"
said the Jailer, referring to a red
haired urchin in the dock. "He treats
his mother shamefully.'^
"Oh, don't say that?' pleaded £lie
mother tearfully. "He's a dear, good
boy to me, ain't you, Joe?" ~
Joe grinned. He was an accom
plished young liar, but he drew the
line at aiding and abetting his mother
when she told such a palpable un
truth as that The Jailer had not
slandered him when he described the
way In which he treated his mother.
Fortunately perhaps for her, he was
the only child she had. She lavished
all her love on him, worked day and
night in order that he might live in
idleness and contented herself with
scanty fare so that he might have
good food and plenty of it Even
in the depth of winter she wore thin
clothing in order to provide him with
good boots and a warm overcoat
Every night he went to her for pocket
money and got it. At least twice a
week she had to give him epough to
take him into the gallery of one of
the cheap theaters, and while he was
enjoying the play for sixpence or so,
with perhaps fried fish and potato to
follow, his poor old mother was prob
ably crying herself to sleep. He re
warded all her kindness with base In
gratitude, and sometimes with per
sonal Violence.
As years rolled on and the boy
grew Into a red-haired ruffian it was
useless for his mother to plead for
mercy on the ground that he was "a
dear, good boy," and he was sent to
prison on several occasions. His
mother always met him at the prison
gates, and he had what he described
as "a high old beano" with the money
she had saved during his retirement.
Then there came a sudden change—
the most remarkable change the mis
sionary then at Bow street had
ever known or heard of—the poor
old woman suddenly became blind.
The son, instead of 111-uslng her be
cause she was no longer able to min
ister to his wants, became a re
formed character. He gave up hla
evil companions and worked hard in
order that his mother might have all
that she required. On Sunday night
he astonished all who knew him by
leading the poor creature to church.
He was virtually the only nurse she
had during a painful illness, and Just
before she died In bis arms, she was
heard to say: "He's a dear, good boy
to me, is my boy. I'll pay hla fine,
air. If you'll let me."
And soon after the funeral Joe
went to one of the colonies where he
did well and reared a number of reP
haired boys who never saw the in
alile of a police court.
Dog Wat Cap Collector
It was a great mystery for a time,
the disappearance of caps belonging
to children at a Philadelphia public
achool. It threatened to be one that
only a master mind could solve.
Then one day the blacksmith across
the way came to the office of the
principal with four caps. Asked
where he got them, he aald: "Why,
ma'am, my dog brought them to me
—one at a time —this morning." And
sure enough, aa the blacksmith and
the teacher stood there talking,
along came the dog. He went Into
the cloak closet and In a Jiffy was
out again—a cap In hla mouth. They
followed him Into the blacksmith
shop, and there. In a corner bidden
by anvils, was an assorted collection
of caps.
Modern Girl'a Champion
Basil King, the Canadian novelist,
said as he boarded the Mauretmxla
for a visit to Spain:
"It is true that I am going blind,
but I see clearly that the world grows
better. Some people condemn the
i modern girl with her audacious dress,
but I see clearly that the modem
girl Is the same prudent and cleer
minded creature that her mother was.
plus greater strength and courage.
Tea, she's prudent and dean
minded. A Montreal girl in boots and
riding breeches said to me one after
noon over a cigarette and a cup of
ten: *
" 'Men are not bargain hunters—
and the girl who cheapens herself
soon finds it out.'"
Forward March
Not much use in looking ahead un
less yon go she*d.—Bostoo Transcript
THE ALAMANCE (JTLEANER.
Varioas Uses Found
for Wood of Cypress
In 'some southern cities heavy cy
press planks are used for street curb
ing. Agricultural implement and ma-
chlnery manufacturers make seed
boxes of It, wagon makers employ It
for beds, and carriage builders work It
into panels for fine bodies. Automobile
makers put It to similar use. Its
slight tendency to warp has caused its
employment by builders of incubators.
Car shops use it for freight-car siding,
piano manufacturers make shipping
boxes of It, anQ It Li a material both
for coffins and the boxes In which
coffins are shipped.
Skiffs, steamers, and yachts are oc
casionally- finished In cypress, and
many builders of gasoline launches
are said to be using cypress exclu
sively for hull planking. It also
makes handsome church pews and
benches. Telephone boxes and switch
boards of cypress are coming Into use,
and speels for some purposes are
turned from the wood.' Apiarists em
ploy it for beehives; fishermen for
seine floats; furniture makers for
stools, tables, and curtain poles; mold
ers and machinists use it for patterns;
merchants for boxes.
Church and Business
Make for Longevity
Statistics which have reached the
Labor department have Indicated that
French clergymen and business men
live longer than men in other profes
sions, their average being 65 years
f)r clergymen and 04 for men in busi
ness. Next come the farmers, with
an average of 81 years of life, while
soldiers, lawyers and workers, though
living under entirely different condi
tions, average 57 years. School teach
ers and physicians show the lowest
average, 52 years. This Is explained
by the fact that educators, from the
university professor down to the coun
try schoolmaster, are underpaid. The
report'does not seem flattering to the
government. It says: "Officials are
as underpaid as the professors, but
while the latter have to famish stren
uous mental effort, which should be
supplemented by better food and less
material worry, the former lead a
sedentary, carefree existence and ma
terial worries do not shorten their
Uvea."
Worth-While Furniture
Gradual buying of worth-while fur
niture la se much mere sensible than
hasty selection of a panorama of pieces
that do nothing more than relieve a
home of utter barrenness. Apparently
It never occurs to some people to buy
part of a handsome anlte when they
can't afford the suite complete. They
crowd a room with tawdry matching
pieces, Ignoring the future of their
home entirely, when they might hap
pily combine a lovely new dresser with
the simplest bed, until their matching
pieces can be bought. Mabftgany and
walnut finish go well together, walnut
and certain finishes of oak combine
agreeably, but mahogany and oak will
not make frienda.—Family Herald.
Evidence at Hand
An American tourist in Italy was
somewhat embarraased by learning of
the custom in vogue in the Italian post
office, where It se«ms, one cannot ob
tain possession of a registered letter
unless some post office employee
knows yon. The tourist came out of
the post office In despair, aa she knew
no one in the town. Suddenly a man
lounging outside came up to her and
asked If she wanted "« witness to iden
tify heir," and aald that his charge
would be trivial. He took her back to
the post office, swore that he had
known her since tfhildhood, likewise
her parents and grandparents, and she
got her letter.
I Lovf?» Fundamental*
' To embrace the whole creation with
love sounds beautiful, but we must be
gin with the Individual, with the near
est And he who cannot lore that
deeply. Intensely, entirely, how should
b« be able to love that which la re
mote and which throws bat feeble rays
upon him from a foreign star? How
ahould ho be able to love with any
feeling which dsesrras the name of
loveT The greatest cosmopolites are
generally the neediest beggars, and
they who embrace the entire universe
with love, for the most put, lore noth
ing but their narrow set£.—Herder.
Queen Woe Thn/ty
ImNBB. the tragic queen. wife of
Edward n, was apparently a thrifty
queen, for in the records at the Brit*
ish museum may It* found her holiest
book, in which she recorded among
other things that she had paid 20
shUUagy to a poor man whose house
had been taned down and other
items, sach as'paying for the binding
of a black carpet and the lining for
her chariot Most homely of all
charges is the one showing a sum paid
oat for repair to the hath. She was
extravagant in some isspucts and quite
generous to the peer sad aalsHaasta
, GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925
Ancient Castle Now ,
Used as an Office
There Is a castle twenty odd miles
down the river from London which
houses a complete office staff In much
the same manner as might a block of
chambers In the city of London or
elsewhere. It was tullt In the Seven
teenth century, and la of Norman de
sign.
This ence fortified stronghold lies
off the London road which runs lito
Gravesend, the castle overlooking the
Thames is almost In direct line with
Tilbury Docks on the opposite side.
The approach to the castle Is by a
slope cut out of th'e chalk cliffs ofT the
main highway. Northfieet tdtwn lies*
several hundred yards distant 3nce
the ornamental gateway at the foot
of the slope Is reached, the Twentieth
century Is left behind.
Nearby Is an ancient dockyard. This
fell Into disuse many generations
back; but not long ago a plant for the
manufacture of paper wus installed
on the site. Thus arose the problem
of accommodating the clerical and
other staffs employed In the business
during the ordinary working hours.
The demand for castles by the
moneyed classes being somewhat
limited, the stronghold at Northfieet
was taken oyer and Its Interior con
verted Into up-to-date offices. Yet
modern as Is the interior aspect, the
view from within across the river Is
still by means of cross-bow windows
and stone mulllons.
Humble Clam Uses
Tools to Build Home
The use of tools by so lowly a crea
ture as a clam Is described by Dr. D.
T. Marshall In Long Island Life.
There Is a species of clam called a
piddock, which bores boles In hard
clay and soft rock and spends Its life
In the cavity so made. The piddock
burrows Its home In the rock by con
stantly turning Its rasplike shell In the
cavity. This explanation Is all very
well after the hole la started, but how
about the beginning of the hole before
the piddock could get In to turn round?
The piddock begins the hole by rub
bing the surface with Its foot, or, as
one may 'as accurately describe It,
with its hand, in which It holds a
handful of sand gralna. Is not tills
just as much making use of a tool as
the action of the housewife who uses
a handful of sand to scour a pot?
Two I magma in Metal
I saw once lying side by side In a
great workshop fwo heads made of
metal. The one was perfect; all the
features of a noble, manly face came
out clear and distinct In their lines
of strength and beauty; In the other
scarcely a single feature could be rec
ognized; It was all marred and spoiled.
"The metal had been let grow a little
too cool, air," said the man who was
showing It to me. I could not help
thinking how true that was of many
a form more precious than metal.
Many a young aoul that might b«
stamped with the Image and super
scription of the King while it is warm
with the love and glow of early youth
Is allowed to'grow too cold, and the
writing is blurred and lhe Image Is
marred. —Canon Telgmuouth Shore.
Silver Conductore
Many questions are constantly being
received which refer to the desir
ability of using silver as a conductor
In radio recelvera. The answer is that
silver Is the best conductor of elec
tricity known and has several advan
tages over any other conductor. Most
aaetals, such as copper, brass, etc., are
sutject to corrosion. This corrosion,
which forms on the surface of the
metal, greatly increases the resist
ance of the conductor to radio-fre
quency currents, which travel on the
surface. This Is not true iq. the case
of silver. Sliver oslde, which la the
corrosion which forms on silver, Is an
excellent conductor of electricity. Be
cause of this fact silver Is an Ideal
metal for switch contacts, tube sock
ets, etc.
If You Want Solitude
Anyone searching for solitude should
go to Trlstsn da Cunba. a very lovely
Island which la a six-day trip by steam
er from Cape Town, South Africa.
That statement should be modified to
say a six-day trip when steamers run.
but It la often many montha before a
ship calls at this little south Atlantic
Island. The inhabitants, few in num
ber, would starve were It not for occa
sional supplies, which are brought
ashore with great difficulty, owing to
die surf.
Quail Can't Dispel Scent
Quail do not have the power to
withhold their scent, as is believed by
a number of gunners. They msy be
se frightened st the approach of
dogs that the scent temporarily leaves
them, bnt the act Is unintentional.
Some gunners have a habit of wait
ing a few minutes before following a
scattered covey to cover, thus giving
the birds a chance to thr«w off soma
MOW
DIAMOND DEALERS GUARD
THEIR PRECIOUS GEMS.-J-
In the wholesale Jewelry district
of New York, where millions of
dollars' worth of diamonds and
precious stones are daily han
dledl extraordinary precautions
are taken against possible liold
ups. It is of course a simple
matter to provide burglar-proof
vaults. In buying and selling
precious stones it is necessary,
however, to remove the gems
from tlie sufes to display and
examine them. The offices
where fortunes In gems are
handled are Ingeniously safe
guarded. The system employed
Is evidently efficient, since a
holdup In dluinond dealers' of
fices Is unheard of.
The casuul visitor to these
offices will scarcely notice the
precautions tuken to guard
against attack. The offices us
ually contain an outer room'en
closed by high partitions. The
only employee In evidence Is
seated behind a small wliußfw.
When the visitor satisfies the
Observer at the window, and not
before, a door is opened in the
partition, and on his entering Is
quickly closed. The office is
divided Into a series of rooms
or cubicles, each enclosed with
high partitions. 1% enter nay
one of these the door Is opened
by the observer behind the win
dow In the outer office. Listen
carefully and you will hear the
click of the catch as It is con
trolled, opened ond closed from
the outer office.
It Is impossible to gnln en
trance to one of these Inner
rooms without the help of a
man in the outer ofllce. Once
inside, the door Is fustened, and
it can only be opened from the
desk outside. Should a holdup
be attempted In the outer office
the thief would find himself con
fronted by n formidable bnrrier
or series of barriers. Should
the man in ttie office be over
come the doers to the. Inner
rooms would still remain locked.
Let the tlilef attempt to hold up
any one after gaining admission
to the offices qpd he would be
locked in without the asslstnnce
of the man in the outer office.
The machinery work# so
smoothly, that the casual visitor
Is unaware of the precautions
that surround him.
How Mas»achu»etts Town
Copet With Tuberculosis
With meney given by a life In
surance company the National Tu
berculosis association has staged
in South Framlnghum, Mass., a seven
year demonstration that tuberculosis
may be swiftly lessened In any town.
In enlightened areas the disease Is on
Its way out, anyhow} towns about
South Pramlngham show a seven-year
reduction In tl\p death rate of 32 per
cent. But in South Framlngham the
reduction was per cent, says the
New York World.
Fighting tuberculosis pays in bard
cash. It pays an Insurance company
and its policy holders to have risks
live longer. It pays a town to have
fewer workers on the sick list. The
South Framlngham campaign cost
$2.40 per capita, and the town was
spending |2 per capita for health work
before It began.
There was no magic and little medi
cine in the demonstration. It was
the duty of the doctors to cetch the
disease before it got too long a start
in sny case. Then Its transmission to
others could be prevented, anil the pa
tients often cured by "extensive pas
teurization of milk and pe'rsonal hy
giene, with attention to exercise, rest,
recreation and moderation in all
things."
How Mystery Was Soloed
One of the most S|>e:tacular forms
of lightning (If It ran be so called),
occurs In the Andes, and haa occasion
ally been reported from other moun
tainous regions. At times the moun
tains seem to set ss gigantic light
ning rods. giving rise to more or less
continuous diffused discharges be
tween themselves snd the clouds, says
Nature Magazine. A few years ago
American meteorologists thought they
had found an example of this striking
phtnomenon In North Carolina, but the
once mysterious "Brown mountain
lights" have been proved to be mere
ly the beams of distant locomotive
and automobile lieudllghts or due to
other human agencies.
Means Majority Rule
"Preferential voting" Is s system ot
voting whU-h ullows each voter the
right to expreoa not merely his first
choice, but his second snd third choices
among the candidates. The object of
preferential voiing is to secure the
election of persons desired by a ma
jority snd not merely s plurality of the
voters. s JSUMM
Pr&achenf*Sons High
in World of Finance
From time Immemorial the sons of
preachers have enjoyed a bad reputa
tion, go that men have thought of
them as men of old thought of
Nazareth—that no good could
out of them.
Of course this charge has never
been able to stand up statis
tics, but what care men toe statistics
when they see a living example of
the truth #
Nothing proves more clearly the vi
tality of error than the fact that
though the contrary about preachers'
sons has been proved repeatedly, you
can never mention the downfall of a
preacher's son without hearing some
one say, "Well, j&u can expect noth
ing else from them, for preachers'
sons are generally bad."
We have long since of
ever overtaking this error with respect
to their morals, but we wonld like
to call attention to their achievements
as moneymakers.
Mr. Babson, than wbom' there Is no
higher authority where statistics are
involved, - has been looking Into the
records of preachers' sons, and fie has
found that whether* the preacher him
self Is a. moneymaker or not his sons,
at least, have a fine record In that
line. He sa/s that 40 per cent of the
millionaires of this country and Can
ada are sons of preachers. Our popu
lation of 112,000,000; and there are
200 millionaires.
It follows then thst It takes 0,000
preachers to produce' one per cent of
the millionaires, while It takes 1\8G3,-
833 of the general imputation to pro
duce one per cent of • the millionaires.
A little figuring will show that as
wealth-producers preachers' sons pro
duce 376 times as much as all at the
other professions combined.
T)n one side we place the sons of
the manse whose reputation Is not
above par, and on the other side we
gather all the financiers, doctors,
lawyers, professional men, with their
big f*es, and the great army or labor
ing men
The sons of the manse are able to
accumulate as much as this great
mass of men.
As a certain cereal beverage has it,
"There Is a reason."—Presbyterian
Standard.
Varnith Pr—rv— Bona
The warnlqg "handle with care"
may no longer be so necessary In mu
seums and laboratories where vain
able bones . of dinosaurs, mastodons
and men'e departed ancestors are pre
served and studied, according to Prof.
E. a Case of the University of Mich
igan, who has found that by use of
a varnish made from bak elite fragile
material may be preserved In a prac
tically Indestructible medium. The
usual means of making * such speci
mens somewhat more durable has been
to treat them with .shellac. As an
Illustration of the success of the new
method. Doctor Case says: "A human
skull was selected that the writer
could have crushed In his hands. Aft
er treatment Is was dropped upon a
table top, at*first, and final
ly from a height of 18 Inches upon Its
vertex wltbeat Injury." »
Local Color
An Armenian pageanf was being
given. Several Bible scenes wen en
acted. One of them represented the
nativity, with the scene, of coarse,
laid in a manger.
Just sa th&enrtain was being drawn,
a rather distant automobile born oat
on the street wss blown. An Imagina-
woman with a party of friends
heard this and a pleased smile Il
luminated ber face. "Now, Isn't that
clever of these pageant people I" sbe
exclaimed. In a vtflce beard several
feet sway, "Having a cow moo off
stage, In order to get the proper at
mosphere of the manger T
Piano* Fight Pmat*
Forest caterpillars which are thfeat
eoing German forests are being at
tacked by low-flying airplanes that
spray thousands of pounds of srse
nated potash on tree tops, resulting
in the destruction of hundreds of thou
sands ef the destructive worms. The
Germsn department of agriculture is
continuing the battle with augmented
armaments. Sprays and gases are to
be uaed from the ground while the
airplanes attack from above. Similar
antlcaterplllar campaign* are planned
throughout the country.—Family Her
ald. I
Wolves Com* Back
Wolves hav« been increasing for
several yean, especially to the north
ern state*. Whan the price of wolf
skins ran as high as SSO a* animals
were hunted with enthusiasm, while
today, with the value of skins leas than
half what It was, the wolves often
allowed to Increase. The danger from
wolves Is especially great In Canada,
and these "cross the border into the
United States In large numbers, prey
ing upon the cattle and sheep and do
ing great damage. The gray , timber
wolf Is the commonest species.
Boy Had Good Idea
of Penalty of Lying
"Yon know, where people go who toll
lies?" said a court official at Newcas
tle, England, to a small girl In the wit
ness box recently. "Yes, but I dont
believe R," was the reply.
This Incident jigs suggested to an
English commentator an Instance
where, the converse of the Newcastle
episode occurred In the court of Judge
Maule a few years ago: A small boy
was placed In the witness box and was
asked the same question, "Do you
know where people go who tell lies?"
on which Maule commented: "If he
knows that, it's a good deal more than
I do." However, the byr did know, for
he was taken through s catalogue of
offenses from telling lies to steallhg
apples, and replied "Hell-flre" to all,of
them. Counsel suggested that he was
not competent. 'The Judge demurred.
"He thinks that for every willful fault
he will go'te hell-fire; and he 1s very
likely, while he believes doctrine,
to be most strict in'his observance of
the truth.* If you and I belleveh that
such would be the penalty for every
offense we "committed, we should be
better men than we are. Swear him."
—San Francisco Argonaut.
Traditions Tell of
Many Sunken Cities
Traditions of sunken cities are al
ways Interesting. »Iloth Klllarney and
Lough Xeagh are reputed to. have
once been the sites of famous Irish
cities, drowned as a punishment for
the wickedness of' their Inhabitants.
Holland bousts of several ruined towps
sunk at the bottom 'of the Znyder zee,
while off the cost 'of Holsteln lies bur
led the "legendary , city. of Vlneta,
whence (so fishermen say) the tolling
of the bells in the'church splrescomes
up faintly through the waters on quiet
days. of all Is Ts, said
to have stood where.now Is the Bay
of* Douarnency, a little west of Qnlm
per, la Hrjjtnny. Ts was a magnifi
cent city, built below the level of tha
serf, and It owed'Ha destruction to a
certain wicked princess named Dahut,
who, to gratify an Idle whim, opened
the sluice-gates and herself perlnhed
In the ru4n which upon
the city. * •
Bear it Photographer!
A student of forestry was camping
with- two frienda In the wildest part of
Allegheny park. Taking his camera,
he rambled oft alone to look for pic*
taresque subjects.
He had placed his camera on a
fallen tree, and had gone some little
distance to get a viewpoint, when be
•aw a black bear browsing amongst
some berry* bushes. He was scared,
and. forgetting his camera, sped back
to his camp and companions. With
them Ije returned to the spot, bat, In
the meantime, the bear. had disap
peared.
The camera was still on the log, but
a plate had been exposed. When It
was developed It Showed the frightened
young man ID rapid flight down the
tralL The' bear, Investigating the
camera, had touched the trigger .with
Its nose.
SadlrfM W*ll
j ▲ question as to the Identity of a
I person named Sadler has been sug
! gested by a recent appeal, sponsored
I by leading men, for the restoration tp
I the nation of the historic theater
• known as Sadler's Well. Sadler lived
In the time of the Stuarts, and was a
! road surveyor and a property owner.
! One day some workmen, while digging
; for gravel on a piece of land belong
ing to him In Clerkenwell, came on an
ancient well—one of the medicinal
springs to which pilgrimages were for-
made. T«he site at onfe became
, a popular resort. Sadler built round
! It a pleasure house, set In pretty
gardens and groves of trees. He pro
vided music and other entertainments,
and In a short time the existence of
the waters was aWuoet totally forgot
ten. —Family Herald.
Easily Explained
Bluebell* 1* a lovely girl. reople
like ber. She bu.i way with her, a
way that Invite* confidence#. Bat'
sometime* one of ber co&fidlng friends
baa to take ber to taak mildly.
"Bluebelle." aaid one of these, "1
don't gave that secret away.
When I told it to you the other eve
ning I made It between you, me and
the gate post." *'
"Well, you remember it was a strange
gate post," responded Bluebelle gravely.
Billets Dot ur
There la a peculiar und subtle and
quite Indefinable pleasure that comes
to a man when the woman he loves
first writes to'him. Soever curt, so
ever banal the letter, there Is no mat
ter. It Is something from her to him;
something altogether private and se
cret ; something she has set down for
him to read; something not to be
■bared with a sordid world.—Prom
Tb# Rasp," by Phillips Macdouald.
NO. 27
Great Artist Reached
Helping Hand to Manf,
When a man become* so
that he Is In a class quite by hhuidßi
legend springs up all around Win and
everything that he says Is quoted tad
handed about, Edwin EL masliMj
writes In the North American Review.
It Is noteworthy Indeed that among
all the stories not one has'ever bees
to John Singer Sargenfs disadvan
tage. Modest ha waa and generous to
his fellows, delicately considerate and
magnanimous.
When Carroll Beekwlth, one of tin
most Intimate friends of his youth,
died, his widow told' me that John, as
she always called' retouched
for her many of Carroll's studies to
put them In more finished and sale
able condition,, and when Abbey**
hand Was arrested In the midst of his
decorative work for the Pennsylvania
capltol it Harrisfcurg* Sargent hurri
edly made a long journey to superin
tend the completion of some of the
panels, superintending, nota ben*
with a careful avoidance of person-.
aHy touching a brush "to the canvan
Wise he was, too, as to theory, and
valiant as to principle; In the days oC
reactionaries he was a progress!**
and irten the race for notoriety at
any price began he was a conserva
tive. In one of his letters to me ha
declares that, himself, as ha
grows . old he Is "becoming rathe*
proud of being _ called pompier."
Must Risk Life to
*
Look From Mountain
Do you know that the weather la
manufactured on a huge'rock on Look*
out mountain, Chattanooga, Teim.,
not at Medicine Hat or, Washington-aa
we have always supposed? The weath
er rock is a' giant slab of peculiar
shape projecting from the mountain
top far over the green valley 2£06
feet below. It Is necessary to crawl
out on hands and knees to look over
the edge, but the view Is well worth
the peril. Faftns, villages, white high-
ways, wooded hills and winding riven
are so farJ>elow the adventurous spec
tator that the country looks like a flat
map done in emerald and Silver, much
as it does from an airplane. It take*
Iron nerves and a clear and stead*
brain to peer over the dizzy verge, even
lying flat on one's stomach—a simple
slip means'certain'death, ,as there ts
not so as a blade of grass to
hold on by, only the smooth gray rodt
and loose pebbles, which roll «at a
touch and give one the sickening sen
sation of sliding toward the edge.
Stranger Guested Well
A captious traveler In northern Ar
kansas stopped by a fence to criddNl
a near cornfield, which met his dlssp'
provaL "Mighty small corn yon hava
there I" he shouted to the man who,
was«"superln tending the growth" from
a shady corner>9
"Tea," said the Arkaaaan. "Planted
the small kind." ,4
"Looks mighty yellow to me for this
time of year."
"Yes. Planted the yellow kind."
"Well," said the traveler, seierety,
"I can't understand yoJr method of
farming. Ton won't get over halt a,
crop there." *
"No," said the Arkansan, cheerfufly.
Ton are shore a good gueseer, stran
ger. Half a crop that's mlna
I .planted this on sharea."—lTan—g
City' Star.
On Their Behalf
The minister in a little church that
used natural'gaa for illumination an
nounced his text la solemn tones —
"Tea, the light of shall ba
put outl" . .
Immediately the church was- plunged
In total darkneaa, due to n failure la
the supply.
"Brethren," said the minister, with
scarcely a moment's pause, "In view!
of U>e sadden and startling fulfillment
of this prophecy, we will spend a few
minutes In silent prayer lor the gas
company.*
Plain Geld Ring
The wedding ring of plain goM,
which Is a survival of Saxon time*
has outlived several' attempts at
change of fashion.
For Instance, at the marriage St
Queen Mary of England to Philip of
Spain the English statesmen debated
the question of the ring' and wished
to have it Jeweled, but Mary herself
Intervened by declaring that she weald
not have It set with gems, for iha
, chose to be wedded with a plain hoop
, of gold like other maldena. —DetMt
| Free I'ress.
Historic m Rock
Scylla Is a famous rock In the Strait
ef Messina, off.the coast of Italy, and
opposite to a whirlpool called Cfcaiyb
dls on the Sicilian coast Prom tha
supposed difficulty of navigating thin
1 narrow strait In ancient times, with
out falling a victim to one or other ef
1 these terrors, arose the Latin sayings
i "He falls Into Scylla that wiahes ta
1 avoid Chsrybdis." —Kansas City