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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER a - > • VOL. LI MIXTURE OF SECTS j PUZZLE IN INDIA I L X ' ' >■ Buddhist* Put Up Problem * in Government. j ! To most people It would appear,'ac cording to a Bombay' paper, very nat ural that the famous temple of Bndh para, .the most sacred spot In all the world to the Buddhist should be un der their control. , But it Is not and in recent years the Buddhist community has been car rying on an agitation which has for .Its object the persuading of the gov ernment to give them the right to man age the temple in the interests of their faith. Is there, In India, any temple which h&a associations with so many faiths as this beautiful structure In Gaya? The original building, not the present one, for this a comparatively modern period, was built over the v place made sacred by theSfreat teach er Buddha, who here received that en lightenment which was the basis of his future teaching, and today Bud dhists come from all parts of the world to pay their homage at this shrine. There Is something very impressive in the sight ef some pious Buddhist who has made a Journey of thousands of miles, along difficult .roads, -to _ fest - his eyes on this, sacred spot every inch of which has been honored by the presence of the Buddha. t .,Put*?hat is found when one.passes inside the temple of Buddhals , an image, but strange to .say, lt.£ears the "trident" mark, the emblem of Vishnu, and even more strange, .the rites are performed by a Brahmin. Could anything be more Incongruous? The pious Buddhist pilgrim places rev erently his pieces of gold leaf on. the sacred image of his Lord, must pay ln his gift to the Brahmin priest * whOLOfWiate*. - -Nor la this all, for It 1%, tMP&Ut *tUha Mahan*. or guardian MM tm* lot; HoUes", is a *J>e Pan easily » show £l4. right to the,ppst - How?- By reference to a sanad to hka by a "Christian" gov- MlWlW**fco-jny«uthese four faiths are in ,this central shrine of * fWfl It 1$ not surprising that Baddhlsta. resent the ownership being in the hands oi; others. The British ■ . /go ferment will doubtless give due con .ittffeVWtloft .tovthfr petitions>which have *>eeu,#ent (by representative Buddhist Family Hera Id. oTThfWarDebts i""Tho lgte Col. Frank EL Ray, organ iser of » the American Tobacco -com- to. laugh ..over the things Europe said and did about her war debts. > ''Europe," be once observed to a New.York correspondent "reminds me Irresistibly of- the young man at the »s*Mlde. ;*LoWng on,the sand under a para sol with a .pretty girl, this young man murmured, softly: ■" 'Gee, but I wish I had enough ( money to merry V " > i"Tbe> girl .bluahed. Then with low . pnwl llda she sall: " 'What would you do If you had?* " Travel.'" i Ships on Scrap Heap Ships come and aMps go, but on the whole we hear veryllttle about them. . Here are some remarkable figures about the world's fleet: ■ Last year there were lost through ! ne cause or another 316 merchant ships, totaling nearly two million tons, J and nearly three-quarters of them j * were steamers or motor ships. f This does not mean that there were ! more wrecks, for therfe were actually ! fewer; but the huge total of more than 1,800,000 tons of shipping was , scrapped, the biggest figure ever re- ! corded. Britain alone scrapped 260,- 000 tons. Jail Turned Into Hotel At Throckmorton, Texas, there has been so little demand for space in the Jail that the county ers have arranged to convert lfrnto a hotel. The cells have been fitted up comfortably and iron bars have (been hidden by draperies. The Into irior has been made fairly cheerful and ' (the county expects to receive consid erable revenue from the idea.—BS» change. „ French Paper in Cairo The first Egyptian woman proprie tor of a newspaper is Miss Munlra 8 a bet, a cultured Mohammedan writer on women's, children's and other social subjects, who has received from .the Egyptian government per mission to Issue 'a French language paper in Cairo. ' , 2Q*Jtme*OUP*t Mrv Mward Baynor has inserted ajJsOT ad ia all the papers In Brook haree, L L, for the return of a, pet turtle, whir 1 she claims baa bean a pet od-the family for 200 years. She thinks seme thoughtless motorist ea** Criminals *Sflip Up" in Ixutgjutble Ways Crjpilnajs, have almost Invariably a sense of bnmor that proves their hu manity. • They especially relish a laugh when It la on themselves, George B. Dougherty, writes, In the Saturday Evening Post A rope ladder thief had Successfully finished one of his difficult Jobs,. Fas tening a rope ladder to a chimney on u roof, he had to climb down to a window below, force -an entrance, climb up with Jils loot and make bis getaway. Coming out of the door he saw his own shadow la the yard and was so nervous that he flred at it, thereby bringing about his arrest A mishap of that kind will cause great mirth in criminal circles. A pickpocket worked all summer without an accident. Every week he sent a good proportion of his money home to his sister and mother. Com ing home himself, after warm greet ings, he wanted to know what had been done with the money. "Why, Jim, ril tell you," said the sister, a little hesitating. "You're id such a dangerous business that we oft en feel-worried about you, so we gave the money to buy a stained-glass win- I dow In the church." After his arrest, a skillful counter feiter told me how his undoing came .about. He had been a sign painter and was decidedly artistic and skillful. Coming to New York he tosk a down town office, painted "Real Estate" on the .door, and used It as a workshop k for painting imitation bank notes. He said that though it took no more time or work to imitate a SIOO bill than a twenty, he had to make five twenties to get change for SIOO be cause the 20-dellar bills were more easily passed. It was a SIOO counterfeit that led to nis downfall. Finishing it late one afternoon, he started for home, but stopped in a saloon to'buy a drink and a bottle of whisky. Lay ing his SIOO imitation .bank note on the bar, it came in contact with a little spilled whisky and the colors ran, leading to his arrest \ i • A Bad Prcn Edward W. Browning, the million aire realtor, was held op the ether day by. a Ne* York reporter, who wanted to question him about a . new phase In his ill-omened adoption of Mary Spas. ► But Mr. Browning shook the re porter off dexterously. "Young man, m tell yon a story," he said. "A realtor was lunching one day when another realtor slapped him on the back and said: " 'Hello, old fellow I How are yea feeling?" " 'Rotten,' said the first realtor, 'All run down.' "'Ah, working too hard, ehr " 'No. Papers been talking too much about me.'" And Mr. Browning nodded sig nificantly and stepped into his li mousine. Wasting Time Little Billy Kent, four-year-old actor, was sent to kindergarten. For a few* days things went along all right but.one morning he came home so early that ,hls mother knew school could not possibly be out t "Why, Billy," she demanded, .{"how Is It that you've come so .early —are you HIT" "No, I has quitted," said the little fellow. "You've quit!" exclaimed his as tonished mother. "You go right back this minute." "What's the use of going back?" sobbed Billy. "They bad a fire drill an' I don't wanta be a fireman—l'm a screen /tar '—Los Angeles Times. Taxing Bachelors The tax on bachelors recently im posed by the Irish Free State, recalls the fact v that William 111, to raise money for the war with France, Im posed a tax, which remained operative In this country from 1005 till 1708, making every unmarried m«« pay for his freedom In accordance with his social statna The Impost graded down from £l2 lis, per «nnmn In the case of dukes and archbishops to 6a for gentlemen, esquires; and doctors, and Is. for "other persona" ■Bona* in Human Hand I There are no more bones In a child's i hand than that of an adult In the young, however, the ends of the bones have not been firmly attached to the shaft which In an X-ray picture would ] give the effect of more bones than real- ( ly exist Bonse originate and, develop , from several centers known as centers of ossification. No Power of Expansion There Is no power of expansion la men. Our friends early appear to as ' as representatives of certain Ideas which they -never peas or exceed. They. stand on the brink of the ocean at thought and power, but never take the single step that would bring than 1 GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3,1925 Causes of Fire Loss Eivlded into two classes, the chief I causes of fire are: Strictly preventable , —Defective chimneys and flues, flre , works, etc., gas, hot ashes, coals in , open fires, matches, smoking, open , light petroleum and Its products, rub bish and Utter, sparks on roofs, steam and hot-water pipes, stoves, furnaces, boilers and their pipes. Partly pre ventable —» Electricity, explosions, sparks from machinery, incendiarism, lightning. Grew some Relic The finger of Galileo is shown un der a glass case In the Florence mu seum. It stands, a mysterious-looking bit of parchment Pointing towards heaven. The hand to which it be longed Is supposed to have been put to the torture by the Inquisition for ascribing ipotlon to the earth, and .the finger is now almost worshiped for having proved the motion.' Early Weather Prophet The Shepherd of Banbury was the pseudonym taken by John G'laridge in publishing, in 1744, his noted collec tion of rules for predicting weather changes. The book achieved Imme diate popularity and had many edi tions. Queer Customs The Zlpas, chiefs of the Chlbcha In dians, Colombia, were governed by singular rules. Each Zlpa was the son of his predecessor's sister, was reared under special guardianship and was forbidden to see the sun jr eat salt , • First Newspaper Hie first newspaper was the Ga zetta of Venice issued in I&C3 during the war with the Turks. It received its name from the femall coin, called gazetta, the price charged for the privilege of reading it Foolish King William IV, who was king os. Eng land from 1880 to 1837, was known as "Silly Billy" on account of bis eccen tric ways. He had to resign the office of lord high admiral because of hie arbitrary conduct Survey of Niagara Falls The first thorough survey of the great Niagara falls waa made In 1764 by Capt John Montressor of the Royal Engineers. The second was made 78 years later, by James Hall, for New York state. Famous Soldier Jose Dolores Estrada, a Nlcaraguan general, was appointed In 1868, at the age of eighty-two, commander In chief against the revolutionists, whom he de tested in several encounters. He died before the campaign ended. Second Huguenot? Colony Laudonnlere, who was sent *by Co ll gny, In 1584, with aid for the Hugue not colony founded by Blbault, at Port Royal, S. a, finding the settle ment abandoned, built Fort Carolina on the St John's river In Florida. Great Lombard Architect Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, a native of Pavla, la considered the most re markable of tbe Lombard architects. He waa appointed chief architect of the famous Certosa of Pavla, in 1490. Slightly Defective Memory "He's good at recalling names and faces," remarked the man on the car, "but his memory deserts him when It comes to small sums of money he bor rowed of his friends." Not Many Sea Burials There have been few burial® at sea for a great many years, as all large ships are equipped with ap paratus for embalming the bodies of those who die on shipboard. i , Cleaning Leather To clean leather seats of chairs, try worm mlllt. Ap"ly It with a soft rag and then polish with another soft cloth. Do not rub hard. Earliest Boxing Glove The cestus was a boxing glove bouncl to the wrist and forearm by loaded thongs. It waa worn by Greek and Roman cestaurli. or boxers. j Count the "R's" ! From a story:, ""I guess I don't need anybody pat at my disposal,' be observed, tbe r's rolling from bis tongue with a hearty burr." Slow Work Such gseat care la necessary In print ing banknotes that 30 days are i* quired to complete the process, wheth er the bill b« $1 or sio. Cs»e Name to Fabric Damascus was famous in tbe Middle ages for Its aOk and linen fabrics; hence the nans "damask.™ _ I WHY College It Making New In telligence Test A new kind at examination, a test Of social lnteOlfsnca, la being tackled by twelve hundred students entering George Washington umverstty. When the results are In, the* professors will have evidence as to which students are "good mixers," which are quick to size up situations apd people, and which are likely to „ along in positions where they must direct other people. "It Is a well-known fact that many students who rate high In general In telligence tests do not make good In said Dr. Fred A. Moss, as sociate professor of psychology, at the university, and author of the soclul In telligence test. "Some of these make flne school records, but they lack what Is popularly called the ability to 'get along In the world.' Since universities are trying to brinj; jut the possibili ties in their students where they are likely to have success, we believe that a measure of each new student's social | sense will provide valuable data." Thajiew type of test deals with practical conditions. Doctor Moss points out. The ability of the students to remember names and faces was first tested. Then their success at sizing op a series of social situations was measured. —Science Service. i • Why Hammerhead Shark Cannot Live Captive Fishes that swim in the ocean never Bet accustomed to walls. Especially is this so of the hammerhead shark. It is one of those -creatures of the briny deep that refuses to live in cap tivity. A New York aquarlst has tried all methods to keep them In tanks for exhibition, but one day is the longest period he has succeeded In keeping one alive. He Is still trying to discov er how to stop a hammerhead from hammering Its head. As one writer has put It, the ham merhead Is a flathead and a block head, but not a bonehead. The pro tuberances from each side of Its head which gives it its name, are like the peens of a machinist's hammer. These protuberances are nervated and carry sensory apparatus. For this reason the least bit of . hammering ruins him as a marine Seem ingly this shark just can't get used to the walls of captivity. Being used to the roominess of the ocean, he bun gles around till he knocks himself out and there Is a carenss to Temove from the tank. —Pathfinder Magazlners Why Colored Barber Polo In former times when the barber united with his art that of surgery, or at least of blood letting, the barber pole had a real significance. The gilt ball at the top represented the brass basin used for lathering the custom ers; the pole represented the staff held by persons during the venesec tion ; while tbe two spiral ribbons painted on the pole represented the one, the bandage twisted round the arm previous to blood-letting, and the other the bandage used for binding up the arm afterward. Now thafr the barber's art has fallen from its once high estate, the barber pole has only a historic significance.—r««—. 4 Clty Star. , "IV His Hobby A liking for names beginning with the "L" was further illustrated by C. L. Ilappe of Camden, W. Va, wlten he named his newly arrived daughter Lenora. She Is the twelfth child. The others nre named Lydla, Lula, Laura, Lee, I-einuel, Lillian, Lu ther, Louis, Lucille, Lester and Law rence. Giraffes Are Delicate Giraffes nre the most difficult ani mals to maintain In captivity. At present there nre only five of the ani mals In this country and only three that have been born lu captivity have been reared. * Legumes Cause Bloat Some of the legumes are more apt to cause bloat than others Alfalfa seems to be the worst offender of all the legumes. In some years white clover causes a good deal of trouble. Common rod and jnninmoth clovers, when tbe growth Js very rapid In early spring, and especially If consumed In large quantities while wet, also produce bloat. Sweet clover seldom causes bloat nnl tor years was considered harmless In that respect. Feed for Each Fowl It is Impossible to state the exact amount of feed which Is to be given to each fowl eacb day as the appetites of the different fowls vary under dif ferent conditions. When the hens are out on free range In the summer they will pick up green stuff and this will not need to be furnished. The hens will also get some bugs which may allow a slight reduction In the amount of animal food vblcb ia furnished in the mash. Why Nature Res Made Difference in Anklet Wljy la an elephant's ankle so «»«i* and a mouse's so slender? The an swer la bound op with the —m+ facta that would make it Impossible tm r a human giant «0 feat Ml to take twe steps without breaking both hie legs. Explanations of eome of the rlddloe of and proportion In «»iiMfc were Bet forth by Dr. J. R 8. Hat dane, one of the moat ffcmoas of Bag- Uah scientists, and author of the wfll known book of sdsntlfie prophecy, "Daedalus." addressing the British As sociation ior the Advancement of Sci ence. The 00-foot giant imagined by Doc for Aldane weald weigh a boat a thousand time* aa orach aa an ordi nary man—say, ten the space on his thigh bone where muaclee conld be attached woold be increased only a hundred times. The poor ogre would thus be vastly too heary for his legs, and wonld Infallibly collapse from sheer overweight So that when we have a really heavy animal, like aa elephant or a rhinoceros, he moat have hla bones and Joints greatly thick ened and strengthened te support hla weight—Science Service. Tennis In Balkans With the object of fcocoarsglng tae nia In Bulgaria an American diplomat has the landlble Idea of pma»nfing a challenge cap for competition between members of the varloqa tanala claba throughout the country. The compe tition will be conducted on llnea sim ilar to those on which the Davis enp is run. Tennis, aa a pastime, haa net yet come Into lta own in the Balkans, but every year the number of dub* In creases. The sporting nasodatloas are encouraging yoong boys aad girls to take op the game. The Initiative of the American diplomat la expected to go a long way toward popularising the game. Complexities William Lyon Phelps, the asriaMt critic, was discussing the new IVsnch school of writers. "Marcel Proust," he said, -)a pass ably the leader of this ■sheet Mia work la complex beyoad belief. The complexities of Henry Jaaasf latsr manner are as simple aa A B O be side Proust \ "If Marcel Proust were wrttlag aa ordinary love acene ha wonld mak« the girl talk like this: "•Bill, darling, aa X the first girl who ever ahked yen tf ahe was the first girl who ever asked yea If ahe waa the first girl yon ever kiassdf" His Vivid Memory A local member of a secret fra ternity sought to visit a strange ledge and fonnd that he conld not pass the examination at the door and knew ae one qualified to vouch tor hint As he was turning away, a maa from eat ta the state recognised him aad ipealled having been at hla Initiation' a desen years ago. "Ton were la the class with Mr. go-and-so, weren't your* he Inquired. Tea," replied the applicant a little flattered; "how did yea hap pen to remember me se lohgr "By the 'cowlick* on the bade of year head," waa the reply.—Detrett Kgwa Insulin Aids Growth According ta the result ef observa tions made by Boston sfsclsltsfi. chil dren suffering from diabetes gala In weight, if they are treated with In sulin, la the same manner as do normal children, says the Journal of the American Medical association. The Increase In height of the diabetic child treated with insulin, thoagh oc casionally normal. Is usually below that of the normal child. Super-Broadcaster A new 100-kilowatt station Is nader construction at Hereogstand, Bsrvarla, which will enable crystal set owners to hear the programs throughout nil Germany, says the Sdsntlflc Amer ican. This will be the naoet poweiful broadcaster In the wesfd. Vm #sssad largest German hisadestsr will be Koenlgswwtsrhaas—.aadsd .at to kfle watts. i ■ Fisherman's Odd Bait "While fishing off lira Island with a party of men, wosasa aad children," says John J. Haltoran ef Flashing, L 1.. "I ran oat of bait I borrowed a gumdrop from a child tst belt. A few minutes later I palled Ima Ilreanejad finka." Too Much to Expect * He that would please all aad him self, undertakes what ha csnaet to- Dutch Prorerb. Void of Sanskino There Is no record that any oae ever aaw the son ahlno on Agattn Is land In ths western Aleatlsns, Wonder! What did the weather do to aet her self talked aboutT—lahjfotto I#ra> i«r - - —.— l *—J _ u —m* Famuas Cheese Long Made at Roquefort Roquefort cheese comes from the town of Roquefort perched high on a mean tain in the department of Avey w®. French historians tell us that as tss back as "Bible times" cheese waa tarried from Roquefort to the Medi terranean sea. The peasapt people ased to carry cheese to the top of tbe mountain and hide it In caves, which were found to be especially fitted by nature for the storing of cheese. The cool temperature of the caves made them excellent storehouses. This cheese t 8 made of sheep's milk. Every morning the milk Is skimmed, strained and warmed almost to the boiling point Then It la put into pans and stirred with willow wythes. A little rennet Is used to curdle the milk. After the curds are formed they are nixed with a specially prepared bar ley bread, which starts the green mold always to be seen In Roquefort cheese and helps to give It its distinctive flavor. The cheese Is allowed to re main In the press several days and Is then taken to the caves and sold. There It Is cured with salt Tbe out side of tbe cheese la rubbed with salt anffl the pores are filled. The cheeses cured in tbe caves about four j months, when they are shipped to Marly all/parts of the world. Fahrenheit Made First Thermometer of Value The first mercurial thermometer waa the invention of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit who died September 16, 1786, about ten years after he bad made his name immortal by perfect ing a device for registering heat Be fore his day crude thermometere had been Invented by Galileo, Drebbel, Paoll, Sarpi and Sanetorio, but it was left to the bankrupt merchant of Dant alg to produce a really dependable de vice. Fahrenheit's first thermometer waa made with spirits of wine, but he soon found this unsatisfactory and adopted mercury, the medium that Is used to this day. His instruments speedily spread throughout the world, and, although Che centigrade ther awmeter afforda a mora rational meth od at gradation, the papular mind la Bttland and A*e*rlca clings to the Vaiseahett east*. Reaumur* and Celsius thermom eters, now termed centigrade, are In general us* In the continent of Europe. —Chicago Journal. Watch Your Chinaware There la a real danger in serving food In cracked china dlshea. "China war*,'' says a writer in the Washing ten Post, "can only be sanitary through thy correct processes em ployed during the baking and glazing. If this is not done properly and the glaze contracts more than tbe body ef the dish, the surface will then break Into tiny cracks going In all di rections. Fruit Juices or any colored liquid placed In such a dish is bound to seep into these cracks, also grease and dishwater—one can readily see tbe unsanitary results.". The Imper fections In the china form a resting place for bacteria and dirt For this reasea, plain white dishes are more satisfactory than those of fancy colors and shapes. Banker in Embryo ■A veteran white wing took bis boy to the president of a large bank and ■eld: "I wont you to start my boy in the banking business, first aa an office boy, next as messenger and on up the ladder as bookkeeper, teller, cashier, aad so on, op to president." The executive, not very much im pressed with the lad, answered:' "That's a good Idea, but why not start him in your own line, first as a sweep er, then driver, foreman, superintend ent and on to street commissioner?" "Well," replied the old man, "I'd thought of that but you see, tbe boy's ■at right bright" • Chemical A/Unity This Is the attraction between dif ferent chemical elements which causes (ham, when brought together under proper conditions, to unite and form eompoanda. For Instance, if oxygen aad hydrogen are brought together I under the right conditions they will unite In tbe proportion of two stoma of hydrogen to one of oxygen, which terms wster. Tbe attraction known as "chemical affinity" is supposed to be electrical. —Pathfinder Magazine. Not Working Under Cover Grandma found little Alice, aged three, amusing herself one Sunday afternoon by Ironing her doll's clothes With her toy Iron and board. "Oh, Alic*t" die exclaimed, "don't yen know It Is wrong to Iron on the Sabbath?" w«U*"g bar bright eyes to her grand mother's face, she answered with aur ggfa* t* her vote*, "Why, grandma, supy* Dod knows this llttl* NO. ACTORS HAVE MANY AND ODD BELIEFS I Stage Superstition* a Matter 1 for Wonder. A ————— An amusing difference of opinion on stage superstition between M. Ntklta i Balieff of "The Chauve-Sonris," who thinks that Friday is his "lucky* day, and Mr. Arthur Bourchier, who ap parently holds other views about the j| "luck" of Friday, was reported re centiy. I am afraid I belong to the younger generation that frankly has not much patience with old stage superstition*, 'i Not that there was not a lot of sound sense In some of them. For ex ample. it was considered unlucky to whistle In a dressing room. Well, the I explanation of that' particular iboo , seems simple. Stage people are necaa- , j sariiy "nervy" and temperamental, • and if anyone could be so unfeeling and iighthearted as to whistle It did ' not say much for the offender's in terest in his work, and consequently for the play's chance. To hum the "Dead March" In ' precincts of the theater was also strictly forbidden, very likely for 1 much the same reason. The luck or ill luck attaching to certain colors probably had, if the truth were known, an equally pr tie origin. Green was considered un:. j. Probably some very bad play In which green was much used died a speedy and perfectly natural death. Green room gossips, who are always with decided that it was the Innocent color that killed it The same explanation. I think, can - be given for the run of ill lock *hi--h. from time to time, seems to attach to various London theaters. Their UI luck consisted in having bad plays; '• when a good play was put on the | "luck"* changed. Then there la the good lock which *j la supposed to follow after a black ' cat has crossed one's path upon toe stage. But this superstition is age old, and is not confined to the tbeaterl It goes back to the time of ancient Egypt. I believe, when the 'cat waa worshiped. In America, curiously. K Is a white eat which brings good tack f ' on the stage. Mo actor of the old school would dream of speaking the "tag"—the last few words of a play—during m . hear sal*. What the origin of thto superstition Is I cannot conceive. Bat I do know that when we were hearsing "Our Betters" we spoke the "tag" on every occasion. And 't>ur Bet ters" ran for 548 performances*—^ s r : Margaret Bannerman in % the contl- • nental edition of the London Mail. " Why She Hit Him "I had an appointment with tor medium, or fortune teller, at turn o'clock," said the woman Just up from the South. "When I waa ushered Into his presence, he did not look up fbr a minute or two. When he glanced to ward me, he arose and started at ma with arms outstretched saying: *T an so happy to aee you, so happy to sea you." I stepped back to the door, but he continued to follow me with the words, 'so happy, so happy." To save myself, I slapped his face. He stopped' and asked: "Why did you do that?" I said, my father always told me that when I could not agree with another person to strike a happy medium. If possible. "Oh!" he replied."—lndian apolis News. Why We Say "Canard" The story of a remarkable hoax or extravagant tale was of French origin j and was to the effect that a k of ducks practiced cannibalism, ring one of their number each day, until they were reduced to a single sur vivor, who. It contended, had en ten all his companions. The story became ■ common In Paris until when any mar velous tale was told the listener would shrug his shoulders «and exclaim, rest un canard J" (Thafs a duck.) Why Inaeparable ' Mabel —You and Harold seem insep arable. • Gertrude—We are together a gT at deal; you see, Mabel, I take a i> a liar interest in him. j Mabel —Oh, you dot ' Gertrude —Yea. I was engaged to ihlm at one time, and In love wlth-hlm at another. Why She Foresees Change ''l A Portland (Maine) woman saya | that she has been trying for nearly ., t twenty years to teach her husband to hang up his hat, but she thinks the new puppy the family has recently ac quired will do It in the space of a very few weeks. Why Rubber Deteriorates i The prindpal factors causing de- >■ terloratlon of rubber are light, heat and ottygen. Rubber should b» stored jln the dark in a cool place. The ab sence of oxygen or air would p?obab|y be xa advantage.
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