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THE ALAMANCE GILEANER
VX)L. LII
Lonesome Job Is That
of Lighthouse Keeper
Oars Is considered to be a good sta
tion; a cone-shaped rock separated
from oar wives ashore by Just one
fcile of turbulent sea.
Every man has two homes; there
ar e excellent houses on the Island
with plenty of accommodation for
wives and families. But some years
ago the wisdom of Irish Lights de
cided that we were better apart, and
provided "shore" houses for our fam-
Hies. We go there in the relief spells,
wind and weather permitting.
It Is better so for the children, who
can go to school, and better for the
wives, who are no longer cut off from
the world.
We three lonesome men on the rock
ire thoroughly sick of the sight of
each other's faces. We have far too
much of our own company. There Is
not a surprise possible among us. For
long periods we exchange never a
word.
In every way a woman as constant
companion Is infinitely to be preferred.
At any rate I have never grown used
to my wife or tired of her In this
way; perhaps because In 15 years I
have never had a chance.
We are handy men; for our wives
we can do almost ahythlng— mend
clocks, make or mend clothes, chairs
and tables, toys and mats. Any one
of us can cook and serve up the Joint
of meat passably, after the manner of
men. The rest of ou> cooking is done 1
mainly with a can opener.
One of the reason® why this is a de
sirable station, Is because we can get
a weekly joint of meat and post, and
regular relief. At the Skeillgs, off the
coast of Kerry, rightly selectedjby the
monks of old as a safe refuge from
women, we sometimes lived Ifor weeks
and months on rabbits and sea fowl.
We had, luckily, a cocker spaniel who
would catch a rabbit on request.
By the aid of a glass we can see
plainly from this rock the front doors
of our homes across the water. The
whitewash Is rubbed off our landward
wall, and there Is a groove on the top
of It There are no dilapidations on the
seaward wall.
Only once have I known a man who
Joined the lights to get away from
women. Soon, by marriage, he. did his
best to return to one of them,—Light
Keeper, In London Mall.
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Another Expert.
Tbe little man stood in front of a
picture of still life representing fruit
ul vegetables. "Jolly well done," he
trdalmed admiringly. "I know a bit
about this kind of thing." "You are
> picture dealer?" asked one of the
bystanders. "No, a green grocer,"
wm the reply.—Pearson's Weekly,
London.
Perception.
Whatever Is noble In art and nature,
Buy not be comprehended without vl
giltnce; what part soever of It com
mends Itself at once to the sense, Is
the least and lowest. ... It Is quite
Possible to hear a thing every day, and
«ot to know It, and see a thing every
toy and not observe It. —Edward Burne
tact
Perfumed Butter
The perfumed butter used In Paris
m «de by taking parts of "fresh" or
"Malted butter and placing them on
1 teyer of some variety of flowers,
.according to the perfume desired, a
Piece of muslin being laid between the
otter and blossoms. Another layer
• flowers Is placed above the butter
then Ice la added.
Birds Devour Peats
The Department of Agriculture says
a our birds will eat the pest known
0 scientists as the Japanese beetle,
ch if 16 counte(l upon as a natural
, to lts de P r edatlons. The pur
grackle has proven to be the most
It D '? rtant bird enemy, two-thirds of
et consisting of Japanese beetles
Crocodiled Advantages
particularly those of the
~«P 'an Nile, are mighty hunters, al
1a nl they exer clse great judgment
ooslng their victims. They are
tough and tenacious of
h are 80 sha P ed and defended
m _l ® Btr ®ng skins that other anl-
Ijj th mUCi> 111 combat-
Africa a Vaat Water Power
fw th IJ lthougtl known as the "dark
*ort* contiUns nearly half of the
' 8 potential water power. Second
S orth ® 18 Asia, and then come
! Uer ' Ca ' ® outll America and
Hujj ° that order. Australia,
asri>„ .° the continents, la also last
""Sards white coal.
Connof Replace Sun
Wt WIU thriv e on artificial light, I
1 TOnnl ng la by no means
W»T*j* hle Plan for marketable
Ut| .. or vegetables, ancord
, at the Boyce
tor B* |
Tiile He Gave Himieif
Stuck to Greet* SkawmAn
Probably the greatest showman the
world has ever known was Sanger,
famous for Sanger's circus. He even
went so far as to give himself a' title,
1 and the title stuck so flrinly that
many people thought he really had
been elevated peerage I Every-
h aS " Lord " Georg «
j In his book, "Studio and Stage," Mr.
L °® e P Harker, the famous scene
' oh!' rf ellS h ° W thlS " title " Came
I about. It was the outcome of a deal
in horses with William Cody, other
wise known as Buffalo BUI. Accord
ing to Sanger, Cody thought himself
by far the more important showman.
In the course of the preliminaries-to
I the deal, Bill sent a representative to
I ~ an S er a message to the effect
that "The Honorable Wflllam P. CodyT
refused to take a penny less than so
much for the horses.
Sanger, who had the gift of giving
neat replies, and who> also was not
going to be outdone, without more
ado sent back this terse message:
1 "If you are the Hon. W. F. Cody,
then, hang it, I'm Lord George Sanger
j ~ an d I won't give a ha'penhy more
than I stipulated for the horses."
And from that day on "Lord"
George Sanger he remained.
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Elephant Uoted for
Keen Sense of Smell
What the elephant lacks in Vision
is more than compensated for by the
animal's keen sense of smell. His
trunk is probably the best smelling
apparatus in the world, and he de
pends first of all on his sense of smell.
When he Is at all suspicious he
\ moves his trunk round in every di
rection, so that the slightest' taint in
the air will reach him. In many other
ways the elephant's trunk is the most
extraordinary part of that most ex
tiaordlnary animal, the Providence '
Journal says.
It is entirely flexible at every point
and it can turn in any direction and
has tremendous strength. There is
no bone in it, but It is constructed of
interwoven muscles and sinew so
tough that you can scarcely cut it
with a knife.
From it an elephant can shoot a
stream of water that will put out a
Are, and with It he can lift a tree
trunk weighing a ton or pull a deli
cate blade of grass. He drinks with
it, feeds himself with It, smells with
It, works wity it and fights with It. i
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Relations to Nature
In general one may say that the hus
oandman's la the oldest and most uni- i
versa! profession, and that, where a j
man does not yet discover in himself I
any fitness for one work more than an- '
other, this may be preferred. But the
doctrine of the farm is merely this,
that every man ought to stand In pri
mary relations with the work of the
world; out to do it himself, and pot to
suffer the accident of his having a .
purse in his pocket, or his having been
bred to some dishonest and injurious
••raft, to sever him from those duties;
and for this reason, that labor Is God's
education; that he only is a sincere
learner, he only can become a master, i
who learns the secrets of labor, and
who by real cunning extorts from Na
'ure its scepter.—Emerson
Too Much for tho Hawk.
When a hawk swooped down on a
barnyard at Salmon Arm, B. C., where
in were a small torn cat and fox ter
rier, the cat sprang, landed on the
bird's back and brought It to earth
partly disabling it. The terrier then
took a hand in the melee and both dog
and cat went for the hawk, which put
np a good fight. When It attacked the
dog the cat "would jump on It and pull
it off. After a bit the cat seemed to
resent the dog's interference and
turned on him. While they were fight
ing it out a farmer killed the hawk
with a stick.
Old Iron Mines Closed.
The oldest iron mines in the United
States, located at Sterllnglon, N. Y.,
have been closed. They have been In
continuous operation since 1700, and
oje taken from them was used to
forge the famous chain that was
stretched across the Hudson river In
the Revolutid&ary war to prevent the
British ships from ascending tho
stream. Iron for every war to which
the United States ever fought has
come from these mines.
I Arizona ■
Authorities diffei as to the meaning
of tlie name "Arizona." Some say th»
r.amo Is derived from the Spanish
words "arida zona," or arid zone.
Others maintain that the word comes
from "arizutna," meaning "silver-bear
ing."
America 1 a Growth
The total area of the 13 original
■fates which formed the nucleus of
our great nation was 892,136 square
miles. The territory under the flag
of the United States is now four tlmos -
that area. •
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1926
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Halted Gang to Save
Heroic Mother Bird
One day during the -;World war I
was taking a battery ofcjrtlllery along
a grassy road, a writer in London
Tit-Bits relates. horses were trot
ting, and behind(Sim the guns rum
bled and swayed «Mr suts anA stones.
Suddenly then atuteared Het fifty
yards In front of the leadi££ itorses
a dozen fluffy brown' partridge
"cheepers," tiny Mites no bigger than
sparrows, rirnntng hither and thither
in the wildest panic before tfae ap
proaching danger. Wfck thejn was the
mother bird. She cJ&xyM them off
into tlie grass on either side" of the
road, and then, when the *t«t one
had made its escape, turned t\nd wifli
open beak and Vtajp* faced
the battery, daring to cOine on.
Had the battery not been halted
the bird would have given her life
in an endeavor to ensure the safety
of her chicks. As It was, she
achieved her object by a display of
real heroism In the face of hopeless
odds.
TUis is a typical example of the
way nature makes heroines of animal
mothers, no matter how tiiold they
may be when they have no family
to care for. In defeuce of their help
less young, nature's heroines will
I face any creature that threatens their
safety.
Species Unchanged for
Eight niliion Years
The longest pedigree in the world
so far as science can discover be
longs to the "sphenedon," which can
boast an ancestry of eight mllliaß
years duration. Tue sphenedon. Is
found on a tiny Island off the emst
of New Zealand. There is nothing
quite like it anywhere elr,«. Tlw
sphenedon is a rei fe and ia u mi*
ture of crocodile, snake, trrrfle, and
lizard. As a matter of fs»l, it is
probably the ancestor of all ttoese
creatures, but in the process of evolu
tion through countless ages, the
"children" have altuied und split up
into a hundred and one different'
"families." The sphenedon, however,
has gone on its way anchanged and
is exactly as It was eight million years
ago. This pherlstorlc creature shows
greatest similarity to the lizard. It
has four short legs and a long tail.
Its face is rather like that of a fish
and there Is a hard ridge on the top
of Its head and down its back. The
dinosaur and other prehistoric anhnals
are of quite recent date compared
with the sphenedon. It Is generally
supposed that the dinosaur disap
peared off the earth a mere three mil
lion years ago I
Influenza Ancient Enemy
Inituenza has bee known almost as
long as man has been known. The
word Itself is derived from the ancient
astrologers, who believed It to be
caused by ths "influence'' of the stars.
The disease has been unmistakably
traced bdek to 1580. It was then prev
alent In eastern Germany and was
known, curiously enough, as sleeping
sickness. It appeared again In the
Eighteenth century, when epidemics of
It were frequent and prolonged In
most European countries. Among the
famous people of long ago who suf
fered from It were Sir Isaac Newton,
Goethe and Schiller. The great phi
losopher, Kant, was attacked by It,
and he believed It was caused by
noxious insects brought to western
ICurope as a result of trade with
Russia.
Rome to Hc [ s Subway ,
The roy»; commi .-doner in chart;*
of the city adminiM ration in Rome
has approved In principle plans sub
mitted by an Italian-French group
which is seeking a subway concession.
The proposals submitted cover the
construction of tw underground lirv-i
which will connect districts betwei-.i
which i!ie tr: is specially heav *
the routes having been chosen en-i
tirely with a vie.' to affording re
lief where it is i .osf needed regardless
of the h ;vy expense that this will
entail. The narrow streets and con
gested tra.'ac in Ilnme make the con
struction of a subway especially d -s r
tble, as the trans; irt.itlon problem
will continue to be me more dltlicult
is the population increases.
Coach Properly Isifincd
Now that the cone- has become >
large factor In motor'lorn, the rsest!' *
Is raised as to wnat Is meant ; y the
term. The Society of Automotive En
gineers defined it:
"An Inclosed sing|e-eompar?m"nf
nody. similar In general appearance
;o the 'iQylrin. with two dose-coupled
cross spats for four priss ngprs. There
is a Iriggage com part..: eh t or. space for
a trunk at the b.ick of the body. To> re
Is no glass In the rear quarters. The
conventional type nas two doors only,
the forward seats being divided and
(he right-hand seat tipping forward
to give access to the rear cross seat.
Some model* haVe two df.ors on the
side, there being two fixed
cross seats."—Exchange.
Collect Tree Seed
Ranchers and mountain farmers In
parts of New Mexico have found aa
interesting and/profitable side line In
the gathering of evergreen tree seeds. 1
Plnp, spruce and fir seedlings are
much In demand the world over for
ornamental windbreak and commercial
purposes, and since It Is obvious that
nurserymen ennnot wait 50 years or so
for seed trees to begin bearing, the
seeds "'must come out of the native j
woods. —American Forests and Forest
Life.
Why Rooster Didn't Come
Martin Simonds of Rodman, N. Y„ 1
went to his henhouse to feed his poul
try one day during the winter.* His
flock responded to his call, except his
favorite roester. In the afternoon
S.\monds had occasion to.go to the rear j
of the house and there, perched upon (
the rim of the rain barrel, was his;
lost rooster. His tall feathers were
frozen Into the water. Stmonds had to
chop away five Inches of the Ice before
he could liberate tb« rooster.
Will Please Children
Children's rooms offer an excellent
field for stencils, especially in the j
home without a nursary. Frolicking
children, anlmn?3, whuhnOls and
clowns, flowers nd domestic fowls
tire designs in keeping with the world
of play. Background colors for such
rooms MhonJd be light and cheerful.
Applied decorations usually loot best
if done In primary or strong contrast
ing colors.
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Trade Winds' Effects
The trade winds do more than carry
tho west-bound mariner on his way,
says Nature Magazine. They have
been called "the ixilse of the atmos- ,
pheric circulation," because their fluc
tuations are related to the weather ,
events of distant regions, and their j
parching breatt) is raspcnsible for most
of the world's, hig dvsefttt.
His Curiosity Satisfied
The curiosity trt a motorist on a
country road waa aronnoi by the let- i
tering, too small to read. n» the ipare !
tire of a car alittd. AnxiotM to know 1
what it said, he imt hta fofit on fhe ac
celerator and read: "If you can see
this you are too darned close for com
fort."
Roman Mortar Supreme
The Romans were unsurpassed as
builders, and It Is said that their mor
tar is almost imperishable. Still as
good as It was when placed between
the stone 2,000 years ago, Roman mor
tar resists the ravages of time and •
climate in the most remarkable man
ner-
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Egypt's Leather
Egypt has in recent years estab
lished quite a flourishing leather man
ufacturing Industry, due chiefly to the
teaching-of children in.leather-work
ing in trade schools scattered through
out the-more populous parts of the
Nile country.
Copper Long Mined
Native copper was known and mined
in the Lake Superior region by a prim
itive people hundreds of years ago. It
Is first mentioned in a book by Le
gardes published In 1836. Its commer
cial development was begun ln|iß42.
Had Literal Meaning
The phrase "save your bacon" arose
at the time of the civil wars In Eng
land, when housewives In the country
had to take extraordinary precautions
to savp their principal provision—ba-
con—from soldiers on the march.
Huahands, Please Note
At Lambton, one night, the first
Lord Durham, feeling that he had been
rude to hia wife, summoned every
servant into the dlnln? room, and be
fore them all apologized to her.—From
"My Story" by Arthur Lambton.
Checka V ' in Business
More than nin - r>»nths o{ the busi
ness of the U'dted Stales is done with
checks- and drafts. This Is even a
greater proportion than in England,
where the banking and clearing house
system id older than America's.
Famous French Prison
La Conclergerle, the old prison la !
the Palais de Ju* ice In Paris, was tho
scene of much bloodsb"'! in the reign
of terror of the French revolution. In
one week 828 prisoners were killed
there.
Health Hint
"Take care of your teeth," ssys aa
advertisement. We have nothing but
scorn tor the careless person who
leaves them smiling Inanely In tho
bathroom. —The Humorist (London)
Old Astronomical Map
The oldest map of the heavens is In
the National library *: Pa ris. It was
made by the CH'.etf' about 600 B. C.,
and denotes the positions of 1,400
I mtmrm _ I
Kipling's Verse Made
Substitute for Bible
The American army of occupation
in the Philippines used to have a
song—forbidden by Washington—ln
which one of the noisiest lines waa
"Civilize them with the Krag," says
London Answers. All that Is oow
ancient history, and the civilization of
tlie Moros has long been aided by the
Ilible and thl graphophope.. It will
soon be the Blblp and radio.
One of the famous exponents of the
Krag form of civilization, Colonel Clo
tuan, died recently and has left behind
a book of memoirs published under
the title of "Myself and a Few Moros."
It is a "he man's book."
Among other things It tells of the
colonel's visit to the sultana of Sulu
In the absence'of her lord the sultan.
The colonel had to present his govern
ment's compliments', and a grapho
phone that not merely played records,
but made them. He was accompanied
by the high priest of Sulu, who acted
as chaperon. The graphophone made
a great sensation, which culminated
when the priest recited into it the
first chapter of the Koran, and the
witch Instrument repeated tone for
tone what the old man had said.
Not to be,outdone In courtesy, the
sultana thereupon lr.slsted that the
colonel should recite Into the Instru
ment the first chapter of his Koran,
the Bible, so that she might play It
over for the consolation of future
guests from the land beyond the
waters.
The j colonel was stumped for a mo
ment. He revered his Bible at a dis
tance. Yet he dared not hesitate. Tno
only thing he could recall was one of
Kipling's ballads, and this he Intoned
with all solemnity, rolling out th#
lines: "I've taken my fun whore I've
found It; I've rogued an' I've ranged
In my time."
The colonel said the sultana was
Impressed, but fie wondered ever since
what the first missionary who came
along snld when the sultana let loose
the graphophone to show how famil
iar she was with the religion of the
Americans.
Concerning the Bible
Most persons think that the Bible
was first written exactly as It appears
today. But such Is not the case. It
was originally one continuous piece of
text, with no divisions of any kind —
no sections, no chapters, no verses,
no divisions of words even, or punctu
ation. Its division Into lines m suit
the sense was done by Euthalius of
Alexandria In the last half of the Fifth I
'century. Its division into chapters Is j
ascribed to two archbishops, Lanfranc, i
In the Eleventh century, and Langten,
In the Thirteenth century, and a cardl-1
nal, Hugo de Sancto Caro, about 1250.
Rabbi Nathan began the division of
the Bible Into sections aWut 1445, and
another Hebrew, Athras, completed j
the work in IGGI. An English printer, \
Robert Stephens, Introduced the pres
eut division Info r«r* pi | | n 1551,
Prudes of the Past
Anthor Frank Harris, the guest of
honor at a literary banquet in Not?
York, said In his speech of acknowl
edgment :
"American literature used to bo
very prudish. We've changed all
that, thank goodness. But our prud
lshness In the past was so extreme
that It reminds me of the girls' boarA
lng school.
"The principal of a girls' boarding
school was taking her charges through
a picture gallery.
When half way through she halted
and said:
"'Attention, young ladles 1 The
next apartment Is devoted to the nuda
In passing the door you will all pleaso
lower your eyes, avert yonr beads,
quicken your pace and blush."«-D»
trolt Free Press.
Back to Normalcy
Ole Svenson, after having lived by
Himself and prepared his own meals
for years, had taken a wife. Mr». Sven
son proceeded to live with her husband
for the better part of two months, after
which she ran away to the city. "Well,
Ole," said a friend some time after the
lady's departure, "are you sorry she
went?"
"No," replied Ole. "No? Why not?"
"Well," was the reply, "she waa always
getting in the way when I was cook
ln«-" J
Great Sleeper
Mrs. Jones —John, I wish you'd
preach "early to bed and early to rlsef
to Clarence.
Mr. Jones—Why?
Mrs. Jones —He's worn out thro* |
Valrs of psjama* in a month.
Real Finality v
Sir Oliver Lodge says that man I*
not the last word In creation. The
daughters of Eve know it already^—
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Machine Teaches Swimming
With hands and feet of the pupil
strapped to s machine that guides the
movements of the limbs, swimming It
being taught Indoor* _ ...
AIRPLANES TO HAVE
WONDERFUL SPEED
Scientists Promise Great
Things for the Future.
Our new air age promises to be a
high-flying age. The 100 miles an hour
of present type airplanes will, It Is
considered, bo exceeded greatly by
adapting machines so that they dan
take full advantage of the lessened
resistance of the air at high altitudes.
Before long we may look back on
flying machines of today,' driving a
laborious way through retarding lower
air, with that same pity with which
a traveler In the blue and gold Riviera
express would let,his thoughts wan
der back to the times when, sitting
In open trucks, the first railway trav
elers jolted along with cinders from
the engine blowing into their faces.
Wonderful results are rewarding an
eight-years' research In sending air
planes up to high altitudes and there
i making them fly miles an hour faster
than would be possible In dense air
near the world's surface, writes Har
ry Harper in the London Contempo
-1 rary Review.
> What science is profiting by now
are experiments, prosecuted assiduous
ly, in perfecting a "turbo-compressor,"
• or light, small, high-speed turbine, the
' function of which Is to "supercharge"
' j the engine of a high-flying plane.
What latest triumphs imply Is a vlr
' tual abandonment of flying near he
• earth's surface, and an elevation of
» regular aerial movement miles above
■ our heads. Hitherto planes flying at
' j great heights have failed to profit ia
! speed from the lessened air resistance
• of high altitudes because their motow
I; haye fallen away In pow •. But the
[ "turbo-compressor" snpp! s tho en
' gine with nigh altitude a'.r at such
' pressure that the thinness of this air,
'■ as compared with low altitude air, is
! compensated for, and the engine pre
' serves Its power even at great heights.
! In recent experiments remarkable
results 1 tve been achieved, not only
with wvurcharged engines, but also
with propellers having variable angle
, blades to function efficiently
i at immi-nse altitudes. Sending up
planes till they have been miles high,
> experts have been able lately to in
.: crease their normal speed by more
than thirty miles an hour.
!! Scientifically, the quest now pro
ceeds along the following lines: Ex
> pertinents aife to,.be made In Increas
ing still farther the height of "super
; charged" flying, while another research
> will be to design and perfect saloons
in which passengers, can be carried
through the air at enormous heights
and speeds. Such saloons will be sup
plied automatically, under pressure,
1 with air rendered Just as breathable
as that at low altitudes.
Scientists, enthusiastic as to the pos
sibilities of Immensely rapid flying
; through thin air at vast heights, now
predict that researches culminate
*>ln tlie Institution of regular ''super
express" airways, miles high, along
which globe-glrdllng craft wit) hurtla
at 250 and 800 miles an b—g.
"Fiahing" Made Easy
An ideal stream for the lazy or Im
patient fisherman, who craves nourish
ment rather than the thrill of the
catch, has been discovered by Interior
department engineers In the Inacces
sible, turbid Kan Juan river, one of
the main tributaries of the Colorado In
' Utah., The swiftly flowing San Juan,
called Pawhuska (mad water) by the
i Navajo Indians who live nearby, never
gets clear and sometimes It carries
thw times as much silt as water. At
tlmts the river runs with a smooth,
oily movement like that of molten
metal, so red and viscous Is It with
silt. At such times the fish become ex
hausted and flounder on the surface,
! their dorsal flns projecting Into the air.
Then the fisherman needs only to arm
himself with a club and'wade cautious
ly into the mud to catch a fish with
bare bands aftor he has stunned U
with a blow.
v Our Country
We Inhabit a country which has been
signalized In the great history of free
dom. We live under fonns of govern
ment more favorable to Its diffusion
than any other tho world has known.
A succession of incidents of rare curi
osity and almost mysterious connec
; tlon has marked out America as a
great theater of political reform. Many
circumstances stand recorded In our
; annals connected with the assertion
of human rights which, «ere we not
i familiar with them, woulu .ill even our
| minds with amazement. —Edward Er
j orett. "
Dangerous Suggestion.
Boy—Father, do you know that
•very w nter an animal puts on a now
for coatt
Father—Hash I Not so loud I Tout
Blether's la tho am room I
* Ono of tho Requisites.
Polities Insists on the square deal
aatongtbe lea dent They must und—
NO. 1
BUREAU "I- - HEALTH EDUCATION.
N. C. STATE BOARD OP HEALTH
STRONG HEARTS
There are many things that do dam*
age to this wonderful little engine
which pumps five quarts of blood every
minute (and sometimes as much a*
twenty quarts per minute). Much of
this damage may be avoided If we
only know how to give our hearts a
fair and square deal. As a matter of
tact, all heart trouble could be avoid
ed if It were possible to avoid all of
the things which cause It.
After any of the contagious dis
ease a of childhood, the heart nhrniij
be very carefully watched by the. phy
sician until the system hasfcgotten rid
of all the irritating poisons (toxins)
which these diseases turn loose in the
blood. Until this time every precau
tion should be taken to avoid any un
due exertion on the heart. The i-MM
should resume its usual activities
very carefully, slowly and guardedly.
Gradually increasing exercise is need
ed but never to the extent of feeling
fatigue.
When the child has "growing pains"
or a "touch of rheumatism" it is quit*
certain that somewhere in the body
i there is an infection which is eiiminat
! ing a poison (a toxin) which is irritat
ing the delicate membranes which i*~»
the joints and the muscle sheaths.
This point of infection may "be a bad
tooth, bad tonsils. Infected tr'nnsss
or any one of the many thhip which
are usually thought of as being of
little importance. If "growing pains"
or "rheumatism" was all it would not
be so serious, bat at the same
these toxins Irritate the joints, -i-T-r'trs
and nerves, they an also likewise ir
ritating the lining of the heart
the valves of the heart.
The heart has no feeling.—that is.
it has no sensory nerves any man
than the finger-qails or tho hair,
hence we do not suffer pais from
irritation of the heart like we do whs*
the joints and muscles are irritated.
But the damage there is even worse.
The values get out of shape and draws
with N the scars and the heart cant
do its usual work. When 'fck hap
pens It is then £OO late to correct tt
for the heart is permanently
There are now about two
people in the United States with ■*«--
aged hearts, and in North
fifty-five thousand, all because of not
taking proper care after some con
tagious disease, or because of some
neglected focus of infection or In a
few causes Improper habits of living.
.The average for each person dying
of heart disease is seventeen years at
partial or complete invalidism preced
ing death. While heart disease k
most commonly noted in middle Ufa.
the cause was back in or
early adult life. Death from heart
disease in middle life can be prsvent
ed by correcting infections in
hood.
Japanese "Hello" Girla
Telephone operators in Japan are
called "rnoshi moshl" girls, the term
being the Japanese equivalent for
hello. These operators are required to
wear a uniform costume consisting of
a sort of skirt called a "hakama."
which Is worn ov£r a working kimono
of coarse white cloth. The sleemp of
the kimono are not as full as thdSe of
an ordinary kimono and are tied with
a cord Just below the elbow to pre
vent them from interfering with the
movemAfts of the operator's hands.
The hakama has a sash tied in front.
Tills attire is completed by a pair of
white cloth foot covers,and straw san
dals. They wear no stockings, which
is a custom peculiar to all Japanese
women, except those who adopt for
eign styles.
"i
Thought Giant Eel Serpent
Some of the crew of a Scottish
Ashing boat thought they had caught
a sea serpent when they hauled
aboard an eel which weighed 88
pounds and measured 7 feet in length
and 20 Inches In girth. It was caught
In the North sea about twenty miles
Itom land.
Juvenile Woes
A little Chicago girl was In sore
distress, according to The News of that
;tty. "Why, Edna, dear, what are yoa
crying about?" inquired her mother.
"C-cause," sobbed the little one
-*I-I started to m-make my dolly a
b-bonnet and It c-corned out b-bioom
er*"—Boston Transcript
Fickle Literature
"To what department of literature
"does the check book belong!"
"Your grandfather's is history,\youf
father's buyography and your fiance's
Action."—Boston Transcript.