• voii^Sji
HUGE INCREASE IN
TAXES SINCE 1914
United States Pays $7,716,-
000,000 Annually.
* New York.—The Immense financial
burden imposed upon the principal na
tions associated during the World
war against the central powers la
analyzed In a comparative study of
taxation In the allied countries made
by the national Industrial conference
board.
Taxation in /the United States nomi
nally has more than trebled since pre
war Jays. The total amount of local,
state and federal taxes levied in Al'e
fiscal year 1923-24 to $7,-
710,000,000, as compared with $2,19-1,-
000,000 in 1913-14. Taking Into ac
count the decrease of-jfurchasing pow
er of the dollar during the war decade,
this represents an actual Increase in
the tax burden of two and a quarter
tluies that of the last prewar year.
Per Capita Tax Doubled.
Per capita taxation more than dou
bled in both the United Stateu and
Great Britain. But # Great Brituln I
192#, six years after the signing of
the armistice, led all allied countries
both in amount of taxes levied per
head of popula(lon and in the propor
tion of total national Income diverted
Into channels of gdvernmental expendr
ltures. France, Italy, and
the United States follow in order, ac
cording to the burdensomeness which
their respective tax systems Imposed
upon their people as measured by the
relation of taxes to national Income..
British per capita taxes, amounting
to $27.11 in the fiscal' year 1913-14,
bad risen to $58.40 In 1923-24, In terms
of 1913 purchasing power; per capita
taxes In the United States, figured on
the same basis, Increased from $22.73
in 1913-14 to $45.27 in 1923-24; In
France, from $24.70 to $29.53; in Bel
glum, from $11.39 to $17.76; In Italy
the per capita tax remained the snme,
$14.28, taking Into account the lower
purchasing power of the 1924 currency.
Comparative figures for Germany are
not availably.
Increased Relative to Income.
In both the United States and Great
Britain* taxation in proportion to na-
income approximately doubled,
In Belgium more than doubled since
prewar days.
While taxation In the United States
'and Great Britain Increased In about
the same proportion, and these two
countries levy the highest per capltp
taxes among the allied nations, the
greater material wealtnVqnd produc
tivity of *he American natlorNnake Its
tax burdeh comparatively lighter than
that borne by any of the European al- '
lied countries. Net revenues in the
United States, moreover, are spent
largely for universal education, good
roads, public buildings, parks and oth
er reinvestment of the taxpayers' men
ey, the conference board analysis in
dicates, while the proceeds of taxation^
£ Europe are to a great extent ab
rbed .in paying the cost of past wars.
Boss Vetoes Pay Boost
Voted Him by Employees
Olivet, Mich.—Methods of putting
the principles of allow
ing workers to dictate the salary of
officials, handling executive business of
the company through a council of
workers and making the same rules
for workers as executives were (Hot
lines by William, P. Hapgnod, presi
dent of the Columbia Conserve com
pany of Indianapolis before the con
ference of tlie Fellowship for a Chris
tian Social Order.
Hapgood declared he allowed hIA
workers to decide what his salary
should be, had repeatedly refused in
creases of salary and had protested
that hlg salary was already too high.
At present, the speaker said, profits
are, being used to buy out the stock
holders. The goal of the workers Is
complete ownership of the basinets.
War on Suggestive Movie
Titles Bringing Results'
Hollywood, Cal.—The fight against
suggestive titles to motion pictures has
TOude definite progress during the last
nix months. Will H. Hays, director
general of the Industry, declared on
his semi-annual trip to the Hollywood
film plants. ~ t
'The press books for the coming re
leases of plctnreb contain only thret
objectionable tides," Mr. Hays stated
"The open-door poMcy of the produc
ers and distributors has met with
gratifying response oil over the coun
try In the shape of letters of sag
gestlan as to the Improvement of tnr>
tlon pictures. Further suggestion*
froqj the public are solicited."
Son to Be Proud Of
An old lady's son was working
the city. The youth, being very duti
ful, sent his mother a telegram In
forming her of his success In passing
an examination. "Good boy, my
Clarence," she told a friend; "look
how beautifully he has learned to {
typewrit* lately."
'THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
Railroad Disasters Are Be
coming Fewer
War on wreck* 1« constantly being
waged by the rallroa&a of the entire
country with the result that -railroad
itravelers are ever being, protected
with greater care against all hazards
that can be foreseen. One of the
most Important precautions takes It
to keep locomotives In perfect me-/
chanlcal condition. On large systems
where several hundred engines are In
dally service the problem of regal as
groom lag and prompt repairing wheat
need irises la a difficult one. Pot a.
complete overhaul more than 125
parts have to be stripped from the
locomotive, the average weight of each
part, being several hundred pounds.
1 liese parts In turn have to be car
ried to special maYhine shops and
forge departments to be conditioned
before being returned to the locomo
tive.
1 line was when overhead cranes
could care for this work, but In shopa
ot the present where In a single bulld-
Ina forty or more engines are being
worked on at a time, this Is no longer
possible. Electric cnjne trucks that
travel around the entire plant carry
ing anything from a driving rod to a
sand dome have been pressed Into this
service in the shops of one of the
most progressive roads In the coun
try jvlth the result that It has been
found possible greatly to accelerate
the work of dismantling and repair
ing. At present, five of these crane
trucks nrg handling practically all of
the parts of Ut*vee? :)00 and 900 loco
motives that are remiilt iyid modern
ized annually. Because of the pre
cision with which the work Is done
the locomotives, as' they leave the
shop, are ready for. the mighty task
of hnullnjr ten steel enrs,- safely and
steadily, at miles an hour.
Why Physicians Have
Toxins are the poisons of disease
and produce the symptoms common to
the disease after circulating through
the blood, explains Dr. Walter B.
James In Outlook Magazine
Antitoxin*.are aubstancea that work
against or neutralise the toxins la
any given cases, and they an produced
by the ua« of the bacteria or the tox
ins. Theae are Injected Into an ani
mal, uaually a horse. In Increasing
doses, until It becomes habituated to
diem and la no longer made Ul by
tbem. The Immunity or realatance re
side* in the blood, whleh baa now
developed n defense mecbanlam
against the poison.
The anlmal'a blood la then drawn
off In small qoaoUtlea, Altered and
purified. Thla blood la in .turn Inject
ed Into the blood of a man, where It
exerta the same protecting influence
against the particular toxin by which
It was produced as It did In the horse.
Thla la, very briefly, the nafure
and mode of operation of antitoxic
aeruma. The uae of an antitoxin In
diphtheria haa already aaved count
less UVea and haa changed the ones
dreaded and fatal dlseaae to a rather
simple complaint If diagnosed early
and treated with antitoxin.
The dlacoverlea of the Dick* and of
Dochez promlae to give the same re
lief from acturlet fever when method*,
originated only In 1924 art perfected
for thla particular dlaeaae.
Why Colltctor* Worry
Look what 1* happening to the an
tique furniture business. Here c*mes
an expert from London, say* Dry
Goods Economist, who say* there 1* no
such thing a* a Queen Anne walnut
dining table, even though jggny of
them are sold. Chippendale wash
stand* are all bunk. People didn't ua*
wash stands In the day* when Chippen
dale lived. Neither did they use side
boards.
A* for real Oothlc furniture, well,
be ha* hi* doubt*, whether there 1*
any real Oothlc furniture in this coun
try.
If this thing continue* thousands of
Americana will have to refurnlah their
homea entirely. They will have to biiy
new furniture whether they want to
er not. cannot be made tbd
laughing stock of the nation, or even
of furniture report*.
How to Make Cement
An effective cement for many sub
stance* can easily be made by soaking
one part of glue ip an equal quantity of
water. The glue la removed before It
has lost it* primitive form, and the
swollen mas* la then dissolved In on*
partr of linseed oU with the eld of heet
until a Jelly Is formed. This join*
wood tightly and 1* practically water
proof.—Popular Science Magaslne.
How to Make Fame, Oak
Tamed oak 1* wood that ha* been
dadfcpeA ky the. fujof* from Uquld
aaiiaanla. Tha aaiasenl* does not
touch the oak, but tM gas that come*
from it acta in such a manner upon
the tannic add In the wood that It I*
browned ao deeply that a sharing or
two may be takan off without tenor-'
lag the cater.
Faith in Antitoxin 9
GRAHAM, N. C
Dogs Need Frequent
Releaae From Chain
The fallowing humane appeal made
by a correspondent in the Dog World
showa pointedly how doga are the vic
tims of a cruel practice; how their
dispositions may be spoiled, and. their
Uvea rendered unnatural and un
happy :
"May t plead through your columns
for the better treatment of dogs who
are continually chained, sometimes
for weeks and months, without being
liberated from their Imprisonment?
The other day a man stated In a
police court that his dog had not been
off the chain for twelve months; from
Its puppyhood, It had been fastened
up without an hour of liberty.
"As a lover of dogs I hold that ev
ery dog Is entitled to regular exercise,
and that It Is unjustifiable cruelty to
Imprison a dog for life. Such treat
ment makea a dog hopeless and mis
erable ; he becomes dejected and oft
en savage, and his health suffers se
riously.
"A young dog can be trained to be
a guard without chaining, and the best
watchdogs are those which are not
chained. Chains are a heritage of by
gone days and should be abolished."
The best way to keep a dog that
needs restraint la to put him In a yard
with a high fence. If this is not prac
ticable, fasten a wire across any yard;
on this put an Iron ring which, when
attached by a cord to the dog's collar,
will allow him to rwn backward and
forward the full length of the wire.
The yard should have shade as well
as sunshine, to protect the dog from
too great heat of the sun.
Make your dog your companion and
friend. Treat him kindly and he wilt
respond.
It Is cruel to tie a dog under a wag
on or allow him to follow an automo
bile or bicycle. Let him ride with you.
How Colors Are Formed
The different colors are caused by
the differences In the length of light
[waves. We see the longer waves as
'red; those a little shorter as orange,
| etc. The shortest light waves visible'
appear t» oar eye as violet A red ob
'ject Is one which absorbs all the light
,waves except the red ones; they are
i reflected back to our eye and produce
|the color called red. An orange-col
ored object Is one which absorbs all
ithe ljght waves except the orange ones,
and ao on. White consists of light
wavea of all lengths—of all the wave
lengths mixed together. A white ob
ject Is one which reflects all the light
waves. —Pathfinder Magazine.
! How "Bat" Got in Brickbat
The word "bat" used to mean a
piece, lamp, mass or wad. It Is still
so used in ceramics, the art of pot
tery; for Instance, a liat of clay. A
brickbat la a fragment of a brlclc, espe
cially a fragment having one whole
end. The term Is probably most often
used In speaking of pieces of brick
when used as missiles to show appre
ciation of a public speaker.—Ex
change.
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| How to Climb Stair*
! Much 'energy Is wasted in climbing
stairs. If you bend froip the waist,
thus cramping your chest so yoo can
not breathe* freely or If you pat the
entire strain on the back, as most peo
ple do, yoa are wasting energy. The
right wfty to go upstairs is to stand
perfectly erect, throwing out the chest.
i)o not hold on to the banisters. Lift
the feet Instead of dragging them and
bend the knees—ln fact, let the knee*
ido all the work.
How Steel» Tempered
Chopping a colS crowbar Into
chunks with an ax and whittling a
steel rod Into shavings with a pocket
knife are made almple performances
through a process of steel tempering
that Is credited to two Investigator*
In the state of Washington. In fact, a
steel ax and pocket knives tltat have
been tempered by the procesa are al
leged to have actually been made to
perform these seemingly impossible
feats.
The process consists In the use of
certain chemicals In water or oil in
the tempering vessel. It la declared
that any kind of tool—from a blunt
hammer head to a keen-edged razor—
can be tempered to a perfection never
before attained.
How "Rook" Started
The game of chess originated In the
far Bast, and the piece that we now
see shaped Ilk* a castle, waa in Per
sian, the "rukh," or soldier.
In India, where a form of chess was
much played, the "rukh" or soldier,
was represented aa fighting from a sort
of howdah carried on the back of pn
elephant. This elephant piece is still
to be fout>d In some elaborately carved
■eta of efeeasmea of antique manufac
ture.
Bat in Europe there aeemed no par
ticular reason for retaining the ele
phant, ao the castle-shaped thing upon
It* beck was alone retained, but the
old Persian name era* not dropped, it
merely obtaining the easier proound*-
tteo et -rook." . «
.. THURSDAY. OC
I HOW |
SETTLEMENT HAS WIPED
OUT THE "OPEN RANGE."— 3
J. D. Suggs died at Chick ash a, g
Okia., recently, and his death €
at the age of seventy-four a
marked the passing of one of 2
the last ol' the plain? "cattle (j
kings." Suggs went to Texas as g
a boy aome sixty-two years e
ago; walked all the way from S
Missouri, and reached .the Lone £
Star state without funds, and A
jg willing to work at any job. He j5
» died a multimillionaire, but he 3
llved»to see the passlnsg of con- $
© dltlons that made his wealth; jj
« at least a vast change in the jl
•) methods by which he shaped (•
5 his fortune.
j| His life story is a tale of the 4
6 great ranches and vast open %
g range. There are big ranches S
$ still In Texas, and a few in S
5 Oklahoma, but settlement en- W
© croaches, the open range is 8
gone and the tendency Is to j§
•> divide the vast holdings, as «
$ agriculture Intrudes more and «
© more on the grazing area. Now ,S
» there are fences where once £
@ was all unhsoken prairie. Farms ®
0 are found where cattle once 8
w roved a wilderness. Towns, $
© cities, law and modern transpor- ©
g tatlon metlfods all have worked $
® to change the Southwest that
§ was wheii the dynasty of the *
© cattle kings was established.
§ A greater cjittle country may $
G> follow in the land their herds- @
S) men rode, for the demand for /jj
W beef grows, and better breeds Q
© have followed where the long- a
horns strayed in other days. 8
® But the cowboys did men's g
S work, in a wjld country, and S
© have their place with all the ®
» pioneers who helped to spread 8
® America across a continent— ®
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch. JX
How Barrie's Character
"Wendy" Came by Name
The Edinburgh Scotsman, In an obit
uary article on Mrs. W. E. Henley, the
poet's widow, reveals for the ttrat time
the origin of a famous character of
Sir James Barrie's.
| "Mrs. Henley claimed that her
daughter Margaret was the original of
"Wendy.* Barrle, who was a regular
visitor to their house, was very friend
ly with the little girl, who called him
'Uncle James Matthew.' One day Bar
rle aald to her, 'Uncle James Matthew
la s long name for me. Try to gR
something shorter.' • After pondering s
;little the child said, ''l'll call you
friend, or friendy-wendy,' and tbe
name was afterward shortened Into
•Wendy,' and transferred to the child."
How High Is a Fog?
| The fogs which at thla time of the
year are apt to afflict I-ondon and oth
er great cities are in their essentials
merely cumulus clouds resting upon
the ground, or near It. says Answers.
I It Is soot and other Impurities they
hold In solution that cause them to be
so unpleasant A sea fog to the same
thing, minus the impurities. Being
composed of particles of watery vapor,
It Is clean, and though dangerous to
shipping, it 1% not particularly so to
breathe.
Low-lying city fogs are usually shal
low, though some have been found by
aeronauts to extend upward to a height
of 2.500 feet.
|
• Breed Dairy Cows for
Late Fall Freshening
' Dairymen who can euccesefully prac
tice a system whereby their cows will
freshen during the early winter months
almoet Invariably make a greater net
return and And that th 6 cow's pro
duction holds up longer, as when
spring grass comes the milk flow Is
stimulated after three or four month*
of winter production.
In addition the price dt butterfat is
Increased during these months, which |
Is an added inducemAit for early win
ter freshening.
The fact that most farmers hcVa
more time at their disposal during the
winter than during the growing sea
son constitutes the third important
reason for having the cows freshen
du ftpg the lste fall and eerly winter
months. H. R. Lascelles, Colorado
State Dairy Commissioner.
Calf Needs Colostrupa
All calvee should have an opportu
nity to suck their dams at least two
or three times because, as dairymen
well know, the first milk, or colostrum.
Is necessary for the new-born calf In
order to clean out Its bowels. This
milk seems to be laxative; nature has
made It so for A specific purpose and
that Is why a calf should suck Its dam
• for at lesst s day or two. After that
iSt Is best to resort to band fsnihng
jAs a general rule, start fry feeding the
calf / one pound of milk for each MB
11 pounds of its weight
OBER 15,1925
Why the Diesel Engine
May Supersede Steam
The Diesel engine, which pmnalaea
to supersede steam machloevy for the
propulsion of ships. Is not a recent
Invention. It was produced by Doe
tor Diesel, a German. Is MOT, and
since then It has undergoes vast bn
provementa
The essential difference between a
Diesel motor and the petrol engine of
a motor-car rests In the manner In
which combustion la effected. In the
letter, combined air and petrol vapor
are compressed moderately and then
Ignited by an electric spark. With
the Diesel motor, pnre air undergoes
a high pressure (about 500 pounds per
square inch), Thla Increaaes the
temperature of the air to such an ex
tent that when a fine oil spray la pro
jected Into It, combustion Is instan
taneous.
Though a Diesel Installation costs
mora than steam engines and boilers,
Its fuel bill Is' less. This amy ac
count for the fact that, la the past
year, motor shipbuilding hss Increased
47 per cent while steamer construc
tion has declined by 24H per cent
The tonnage of Diesel-engtned ships
now la service la over two million
groaa, while that of motor vesaela
In course of construction is over a
million tons.
Why She "Dolled Up"
During an employees' meeting In one
of our exchangee, the matter of trans
mitting pictures over the telephone
came up for discussion. The methods
used In thla phase of the telephone
business were described. During the
discussion one of the fills remained
perfectly quiet and tha leader noticed
& puzzled expression ipn her face.
When asked what the trouble was,
she replied: "Is that really the way
they send picture! over tha circultr
On being assured that it was, aa
expression of great relief came over
her face. Tve been dolling up and
wearing my best clothes ever since
that thing was Invented," she said,
"thinking that some one might be at
the other end of the cfcfblt with s
camera and could take my picture
any time I plugged in on that lias sad
opened ray key.;— Nee****" Be®.
Why F&p
Unusually lsft* aIN. to-SWIM*
California this eprtag MS only dam
aged fruit and graSS-to scan* extent
rotartet^A^ cropf. Movie
of April flfan pn>ducar* expecting dear
da ye, prepassd foe eetsMs. sasnse.
The late rains UMf # eaUmlatloaa.
forced Important *ti(ksa" to be; flip
pictures which coul4
economically secured out of tal*
-Whr Don't
"Thee# people who have tfef^Vfcy
don't you's' are enough to UN *
man cntfy when they start il yqo on
a hot sumfpK'a day," remarked Pftpr
3. DrrteltM, deputy county dark. "I
rode home with one the other night
After he bad asked me why I didnt
buy a car, why I dldnt buy a house,
and why I didn't pert my hair In the
middle, I felt like asking Mm why
didn't shut up."—Detroit News,
Why Prog S*ffe H»4
A frog Is not as green M h» Uxfra.
Seldom do theee amphibians Jump Into
deep water when they are disturbed.
Instinct telle then tfcU so9« lurking
hasN or pike le likely 10 them, so
their first thought Is protection, which
N generally found In the soft mad at
(he bottom of aha I low water or Ml
■bore.
Had Origin in Quoits
Tins game of hwwhnss is based en
quoits, which is a pastime ressmhllng
the sndent discus-throwing of Oreeoa
Few traces of a fame resembling
quoits can he found on the continent
of Europe and its origin may be sought
for on the bordeHantff oC Scotland and
England. There are rofsrsnces to It
In the midlands, dating from tho ho
ginning of the fifteenth century. As
chara. In his Toxophilns" (IMS), re
fers to the gam* as betag chiefly by
the working classes, who often used
horseshoes for want of quoits, a cus
tom still p revelling in country dis
tricts.
Dettgnmd for CmnomnUnem
The position of (he hand* at a deck
la ons which has bMO mImHI far the
reason that It fvnlahaa the freateet
facility to meet the Rqalment far
painting the longer nam* above the
handa and the aborter word below.
The minote hand baa t*eo varied la
position from 17 to 25 mlaotee after
8. Sometimes the loader name re
quire* to be written la a semi-circle
above the handa. Than have beaa
■tolies connected with the death ti
Lincoln, that the position of the hands
la eommaißorattve of the hear at Ik*
death hot this to net traa.
Creatures That Take
the Palm for Ugliness
A writer describes the two earth
piga, or sard varks, at tha zoological
gardens, London, as nightmares, eaya
Chriatopher Bark la the Family Her
ald, and certainly, for sheer hldeoua
neaa they can give points and a beat
ing to almost any other four-legged
animal. Their nearest rival is prob
ably the wart hog, with Its fantaatle
tuaka and huge wen or wait under
neath each eye. Another
which la ao utterly ugly tii«t it
one feel uncomfortable to look at it
la thA so-called naked bat (chlromelee
torquatus). The body Is stark naked,
with a hideously greased blade akin.
Head and face are also naked except
for a few scanty clusters of stiff hairs
which grow out of wart-llne ex
crescences. Around the neck la a col
lar of dingy brown hair resembling s
mangy fur tippet.
The creature is not only repulsive
to sight, bat also to the sense of ameiL
It Is a sort of winged ska ok, the odor
of which Is literally sickenlnp.
Among reptiles therafam a number
ao fantastically hideous that no mere
description can do justice to their
looks, or lack of them.
' The palm In this respect belongs Jto
the horrid moloch of Australia, aßbt
monly known aa tha "Thorny Devtt. s
This Is a stumpy llsard about eight
Inches long, of a dirty yellow color,
with muddy brown patches. Fran the
UP of Its nose to the end of Its tall It
la covered with spines which are of aU
shapes and slxea. The largest grow
upon Its head and show up like two
carved horns. Its feet are armed with
strong, aharp claws.
The trilled llsard, another A astral lan
reptile, lives on Its looks. If alarmed.
It gets upon its hind legs and in
stantly spreads an anocmoas raff. It
lashes Its anake-Uke tall and opens a
mouth fall of needle-Uke teeth.
The octopus. Incarnation of bono*
Is as dangerous aa It looks. The sting
ray, a hideous creature, has a power
ful tall armed with a sharp spina
which exudes poison like a snake's
fang. Tropic aeaa are foil of fish of
fantaatle shapes armed with terrible
spines and long threatening teeth. Not
all these are bad as they look, yet .as
s general rale an agly fish Is slso a
dangerous ooa
SMbtf CkUdr* M n Pvn
Legalised child rianrj atlli «W|
In Peru -yw In lima. the modern
capital city. Indian peooa frequently
aell their children to well-to-do fam-
Ulee for anna equivalent to abont K2&.
The aalee are made oaoally when the
children are ahoot debt years old, and
the purchasers have exclnatve sae and
control of the children van) they are
Mzteen jeara old Is the eaae of a girl,
or eighteen yean If a boy. A| long u
the owner feeda and clothee the child
no on* can take It away, there have
been recorded eaaee In which, when
one woman eoocht to boy a child from
another by offertaf the tether of the
child more money, the court* upheld
the richta of the lint mistreat. Olrls
are sold more often than are boy* In
asmuch aa the Indiana regard dd
children aa liabilities.
Air 'planm Still Novelty
1 tried recently la a Cleveland W
tat to bay an airplane postage atamp
tot a letter to Baa Pranclacor wrttea
fVad KeHy In the Natlan'i TTmttlf
"The •tamp eetler had none tad Mid
It waa'tha first tlm« 1M had had aoch
a reqneet Oat of carloelty I then
went to another leading hotel and
trlod to boy atampe for airplane mall.
Thejr not only didn't have aoch ctampa,
hat evidently had never heard of them.
I aazt trlod the experiment of aaklsi
boalneaa men tor Information about
the coat of aeodlng a letter by airplane
from Cleveland to New York. Of a
ecore I aaked not one knew! The fact
la that the airplane mall not
withstanding the marvel at Ife la atlll
too new to bo popular. It taken a loot
time for a novelty to elnk Into the pob-
Uc mind."
Hoto Athens Cot Emblom
How the olive tm cam* to be tbe
emblem of Athena to told by Greek
mythdlogy. Two deltlee—Minerva anA
Neptune—wished to found a dty on
the same spot, and. referring the mat
ter to Jore, the king of goda and men |
decreed that the privilege ahoold be
granted to whicherer wonli beatow
the moat uaafal gift on the future in
habitants. Neptune atruck the earth
with hla trident, and forth cam a
warhorae. Minerva produced an olive*
true, emblem of peace.
Jove'a verdict waa to favor of Ml- 1
nerva. who thus became the patron
goddaaa of Athena.
Like* Chain Gang
Knoxvllle, Two. —After vorloua acta
of petty mutlnjr and afforta to escape
from the county workhouae. one of the
coavlcts, a burly Canadian, baa be
come enamored with the place and
refuse* to leave, even though his sen
tence haa expMd-
The prtooßor now eeema to actually
eujajr tl* bard maaaal wort.
NO. 37
FLAPPERS ARE OLD
AS RACE'S HISJOKti
Have Been Common in £Q»
try Race and Clan.
There Is nothing sew Oder IkC
moon. The flapper of today la end
wtth Tyre and Nineveh. Away hi tbg
Incredible years what tha fint
foundation slab at the WB
laid, the Egyptian flapper «»M»
ferine with the 9*x*m of iMM
hy furtlre glances cast aa tM||
able members X «WiQ
of the pharaoh*
Cleopatra was a flappse. 4*lM|
speare talks of her "hopptaf 40 pM«
down the public street" No one hot
a flapper could have adopted such a
method of progression. Her freak of
putting a valuable pearl In add "was
•beer flapperlshneaa.
Helen of Troy was a girl of Many
destructive Impulses. She would Mfas
run at any coat Hence the »»fta
horse and the fall of Troy.
At a little later period the iUCftsb
Venus was in the same caprtitoM taiii
when she prevailed upon the "Plooa
Aeneas" to break hla journey wtth kat
Horace In his songs Invoke* the
name of Lalage and other rnslflana
It Is safe to aaaome that l»»
of them were little canaries wfee carty
responded to the lyrical advaaoae «(
the Latin nightingale.
In the heroic days the Q redan Mtcp
peh) took much more exerdaa tbo
their Roman sisters. Tbey wen the
forerunners of the modern sports gUL
Here It may be well to indicate that,
flappers are not confined to any sua
class of communities, ancient or mad-'
era. They are Just as frequent ÜBOM
the pleba as among the patricians.
There Is not the faintest doubt that
111-fated Marie Antoinette, to bar
early years at the FYencb court ««V
an enchanting flapper.
Another most unhappy waan%
Mary Queen of Scots, waa so fnlf'd|
espleglerlc and fascination that Jeftg
Knox, In Puritan Scotland, fooad lnf
an easy victim to stern-browed Pfisr
cation.
flapper none the leea. She was gang
a little bird who attracted the )adg
devotion of a fastidious ktng In a Mr
flights. Her friend, JfUe. da T lid
Charente, afterwards Una. da Maa|>
spon, was a bird of hrlgblii aetbed%
but both were 0f the order aaddMii
that captures kings and cferfcl
More hoydealah. and tha*
either Of them was the gallant sftitar
of Charles H, later Decbsaa dt>f
leans. Charles' sister was as W M
larky aa the moat up-to-date
York fun seeker. She loved to dMjl
In the apparel of men, aa glrla of w
day adore appearing In mocfc-iuaeria
line garb at fancy dreaa dances.
Nell Owyn waa the vary ptak at
flappers. Her amllas wafa as r aeiera
tire aa her orangea; and bar kdsoae
would have bucked up a regtsseat
Nell remained a flapper until the sad.
MM never loat the arts of bar grin
ning. Impudent girlhood Cbartas
waa a mighty good Judge of the Mr
aez; and It la algnlflcant thai he
gave bis best devotioo t* the qaaaa
aad pride 0f flappers.— Book We tea.
Early Protaatanh
The name "Huguenots" wag gtvea
to French followers of Prot
estant leader ef the B^fteiaatlaa.
Tbey Buffered massacre si tsaay hy
the party of Oolae in IMZ. ffcis act
led to the civil wars, which con tinned
until the Edict of Nantee In lfiMt When
civil and religious liberty wag con
firmed to them. The nis lasers a t St
Bartholomew occurred tngan H
1672, daring a trace is the wars,
power the Huguenots gained M 1 po
litics! party following the edict waa of
short duration, being destroyed in a
few years by Loula XIII and hla min
ister, Richelieu. Loula XIV, fia 1885,
revoked the Edict of Nan tea, add aa g
result half a million Hugueaets Aad
to England, Oermany, the Netberfaada,
Swltserlaad and America.—Kaaeas
City Star.
Fattening Cull Hens b
Good Improvement Pfnt
Many a load of cull hens coald ha
Improved by a short fattening paclod
before they are taken to inaifc—u aays
L E. Card of the University at BBnate.
Though gains to be msde are eaaaMer»
ably less thsn Is possible wftfc lsaO>
era, the Improvement Is still adMat
to more than pay for its coat A
simple mixture of two-thirds 1111 niasal
and one-third wheat middlings in)ssl
with enough skim milk or bnttMMllk
to form a thick batter will gl*e good
results. This should be fed to tbS
hens twice dally giving only what tbey
will clean up in 20 or 90 mlnutaa. Mi.
water should be given except as ft
forma a part of the milk used fg
ing the aoft feed.
This makes it highly important that
the birds be kept in a placs'l^^H