North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. LIT SUCCESS NOT HE HAD Seemingly Possible to fay Too Much for It. There once was a man who pegged along In an ordinary way, earning his bread and placidly enjoying his ob scurity. He ate, worked and slept. That was the whole of his life, and so he might have continued to live If he had not read a gfc-getter article In one of the go-getter magazines. Having read the article, he was filled with a great ambition to become a success and enjoy all the wonderful things that are reserved for success ful men. Success, of course, meant getting money; and money he got. The meth od of getting It was not unusual or spectacular; he simply made a better mousetrap. When he had a million dollars In the bank and a mousetrap factory with seven acres of floor space, he leaned back in his swivel chair and said to Ills soul: "We are there. Now we shall begin to enjoy all those peculiar advantages that kind fortune bestows upon those who arrive." That ends that part of the story. He really and truly was a success, ac cording to all orthodox standards. The remainder of the story has to do with the peculiar advantages he enjoyed. He received 86,742 begging letters. He was Invited to head 631 sub scription lists to raise funds for as many peculiar purposes. His clipping bureau sent him an ag gregate of nine columns a day; In seven-tenths of the cllppliigs his name was spelled wrong. Congress appointed a committee to investigate him. He got an average of 32 Invitations eacli week to quit his affairs and make talks to Klwanls and Rotary clubs. lie helped a woman to her feet on a slippery walk and was sued by her husband, who demanded $50,000 for alienation of the woman's affections. Federal agents filled with a zeal to "get" him for, tax dodging prowled about his office. When he got off a train, dead tired and Irritable, 40 reporters wished to know what he thought of their town and he set his teeth hard and lied like a gentleman. And at last, In desperation, he checked out his million and dumped It In the bay, burned his factory and got a Job using a pick and shovel. — Baltimore Sun. Carrying it Too Fat Judge Xenophon Hicks of Knox vllle said In criticism of a foolish antl vlce crusade: "These people carry the thing too far. They remind me o/ a contractor who was hired to build for a medical college a storage room where the ca davers, or corpses for dissection, could be kept. "Well, when the dean of the college went to Inspect the contractor's work he gave a start of surprise and said: '"How is this, man? You've built two rooms for our cadavers. I only ordered one.' " 'I know you only ordered one, but I built two, of course, said the con tractor stiffly. "Decency, doctor, de cency. The sexes must be kept apart.'" Woman's Important Position Dame Adelaide Anderson, who Is accompanying Lord Wllllngdon and Prof. W. E. Soothlll to China as a member of the commission which Is to determine how the remaining Boxer indemnity payments due Great Britain are to be expended In China for the betterment of education, Is an Aus tralian, but was educated In England and has had a long and varied career as an educator and sociologist. So he was graduated from Glrton college, Cambridge, and for many years was connected with the home office as principal woman Inspector of factories. She has held many offices which had to do with the study of child la- , bor. Professor Soothlll Is professor of Chinese at Oxford and was for many years a missionary In China. Little Money; Much Worh Trouble is beginning to develop among Shanghai's humblest class of workers—the lowly ricksha coolies. Always living on the slender edge of starvation they see Increased hard ships in the schedule for hire rates, which are to be raised to 85 cents, Mexican, a day—an increase of 5 cents over the present rate. Although •eemlngly small this additional B cents oomg big to the coolies. But It means that the coolie mnst get another fare each day and run at least another alf mile to make up for the pay In- Coolies rent their vehicles by he day and work day and night In he native city ricksha owners are Reported to have raised their sched ules io ®fld cents. Forward March Not much use In looking ahead un less you go ahead.—Boston Transcript \ THE ALAMANCE I GLEANER *««•* Becomes m Vin, Plants do not need the ultraviolet rays of the sun, as do nniipflio Nor | mal plants were grown where the rays were completely shut out. feat wheft glass excluded the sun's blue rays as well, then the plants became spindling, and when the green rays also were cut out the plants became still taller and thinner, with cupped leaves, tfhe bushy soy bean became a twining vine as a result of losing the violet, blue and green rays of the sun. Wor Id's Wettest Spot The weatber bureau says that, so far as known at the present time, the heaviest precipitation occurs on the southern slopes of the Himalaya moun tains In northern India. Here during the monsoon period, usually from May to September, Inclusive, the heaviest rainfall has been recorded. At Cher rapunjl In this region, tfie average an nual precipitation is about 40 feet, or slightly less than 600 inches. Freak Name for Children Perennial youth was wished upon their daughter In a somewhat unat tractive form by the unwise American parents of poor little Notsovery Olde. Other American oddities of personal nomenclature, collected from newspa per notices during the last five or six years, include, for girls, the names of Wisteria Vine, Gay Bird, Lucky Starr and Frisk le Foote. Female Spiders Rule The spiders have long had "woman's rights." The females run things and do all the work. The males don't amount to anything, and, being smaller than the females and not so strong, they have to look sharp not to be eaten up, for the mother spider likes nothing better than a Juicy male spider for dinner. Beaver Meat Palatable The body meat of the beaver has rattier a gamy flavor, but If properly cared for and cooked is excellent, and was generally preferred by trappers to any other game, even in the early days when buffalo, elk and deer were abundant. The tall is fatty tissue, very rich and palatable, and considered a great delicacy. Bird Widows Don't Mourn In bird world, widowhood does not for long interfere, with the rearing of a family. William Lyon, president of the Inland Blrd-Bandlng association, saw the mate of a wren killed. Twen ty minutes after Its death, lirs. Wren returned to her nest with a new mate. Weekly. ( 5 . Evil of Prejudice It Is no exaggeration to say that the greatest obstacle to human prog ress along every line Is to be found In human prejudices. It Is our prejudices that blind us to the truth, and it Is truth alone that can ever make men free. —John Herman Randall. Survives 2,000 Years After 2,000 years, the cement lining of the Pont du Gard— an aqueduct built in southern France by the an cient Romans—ls harder than when built, and form marks on concrete foundations in the forum at Rome are ■till as distinct as ever. Artificial Silk Popular The output of artificial silk In 1025 was about 185,000,000 pounds. The product has become very popular and Is putting up strong competition with real silk. It was invented by Count de Chardonnet in 1889. Origin of Linoleum Idea The idea of using linseed oil In mak ing flooring Is said to have come to the Inventor of linoleum by observing that the thin film which forms on the top of paint Is very tough and elastic. Sound Advice "Senator, what la your advice to a young man starting In public life?" "Don't have too many whereases be fore you get to the therefore."— Louisville Courier-Journal. Fearsome African Curse Priestesses who are credited with the power of destroying enemies by cursing at them are regarded with great awe by one of the natlTe tribes In central Africa. Surely a Lifetime Pet It Is said that the whale lives to be about 400 years old. People who dis like the Idea of parting with a pet should procure a young whale. Uncle Eben "Religion," said Uncle Eben, "Is a great comfort, until yon begins to ar gue about it wif de neighbors."— Washington Star. America Uses Much Timber North America, with one-twelfth of the world's people. usesLaboot one-half of an the timber consumed In the world. GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. ' APRIL 15, 1926. Graceful Garment Is Latin-American Ruana The ruana Is the Colombian equlva- I lent of the poncho, so widely used ■ elsewhere in Latin America. It is somewhat less ample than the latter, I measuring usually four to five feet In diameter; it Is square and made of two strips of native woolen cloth sewed together, leaving a silt in the center through which the hend of the wearer can be thrust. -\ My description may not give the Impression of an elaborate, nor yet an elegant, garment; but I have never seen anything more expressive of un affected grace than the manner in which a country gentleman of the i Colombian Andes dons his ruana when mounting for his morning ride about the hacienda. With one hand he gathers up the folds and opens the slit in the center; then with a ma jestic toss he throws it over his head, allowing folds to fall upon his back and shoulders. If the weather is fair, lie turns up the two corners In front and drops them over each shoulder. FOr the cold winds and drizzling rains of the high Andes, there is no better garment than the ruana, un less It be the woolen poncho of 'Ecuador, thicker and larger, to meet the more rigorous climate to which Its wearer is exposed. It is warm, it keeps out the rain, and at night It serves as a grateful addition to the slender allotment of blankets sup plied by most Andean inns.—v'ilson Popeno in the National Geographic Magazine. Dan Beard Organized American Boy Scouts The experiences of Lieut. Gen. Sir Robert S. S. Baden Powell of the British army with boys as messengers during the Boer war in South Africa so impressed him that lie came later to devote almost his entire time to work with boys. He organized tho boy scouts in England, aud from there the niovement spread to most other countries, and the membership has • grown until It now includes millions of boys. "The boys' general,'* however, free ly acknowledged his debt to move ments of a similar character In the United States. And so, although the Boy Sconts of America were not in corporated until 1910, which was some little time after the British organiza tion had been forniod, the scouts in this country really date to a boys' organization founded by Daniel Carter Beard—Dan Beu-d—about 1905. This body became, with another founded by Ernest Thompson Seton, the foun dation of the American scouts. Learning "I guess I'm the butt of a family Joke that will go down to future gen erations under the title, "The Fable of the Unwashed Dishes and Lemon Bath Soap," a rueful young husband related. "It came about because of my wife, who had been hoping for months that she would come back some afternoon and flnd the luncheon dishes washed. So the other day I decided to surprise her, and started out to wash 'em. I had the water all heated and the dishes In the pan be fore I thought of soap, and then I went Into the bathroom and picked up a cake of bath soap. It was good soap: it made the dishes shine like china; but before I finished, my wife came home, and I found I was using her own particular and expensive batli soap. Apparently she was more sur- j prised than pleased, so I've decided to follow the moral of the tale In the future —'Be careful how you please your wife.'"—Detroit News. Colonies Classified In 1690 the American colonies were divided under the following classlfica- \ tlons: Royal, proprietary and repub- , lican. The classification Is based upon j the three different methods by which their governors obtained office. At this date the following colonies were J royal: New Hampshire, Massachu- ; setts, New York, Virginia and Maryland ! (temporarily). The proprietary colo- j nles were-Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and the-Carollnas. Of the lat ter group only the first two remained proprietary. The rest became royal, while Maryland was restored to the Baltimore family. Rhode Island and Connecticut alone retained their elec tive governors and so may be classed as republican. Hot Bowlders Make Bath The Currier Indians along the Thompson river, in British Columbia, have a crude Turkish bath. They roll big bowlders Into a blazing bonfire until they are very hot, and then they roll them back Into tbelr homes, shut the doors and after divesting them selves of clothes, lie on a cot n*nr the large bested atones. The effect Is that of a Turkish bath. To top off the bath the "bathers" take a quick and brief plunge into the river for what corresponds to the cold shower of civilization. Ancient Methods of Heating and Lighting The time when man's curiosity and courage first enabled him to investi gate the phenomena of lire was cer tainly not less than 35,000 years ago. It probably happened In Europe during . the Glacial age. One of the earliest methods was by twirling a pointed stick In a hole. In dry wood, leading to the hearth flita.-} This was followed by the shell lamp— , 8* shell filled with animal fats or fish oil, with grass or moss as the wick. j The oldest bronze lamp known was found in Cyprus, and is probably 4,000 years old. In Homer's Odyssey the use of three braziers In the palace to give light Is mentioned—a method made possible by the fact that roofs wero commonly open in those days. j Coming to more recent times, the cresset, a species of cage filled with old rope smeared with pitch, was in use. Candles were first Introduced by the ; Phoenicians about 1000 years B. C., after which they became the regular indoor illuminant. About 400 B. C. candles In all the chief countries of Europe were displaced by oil lamps ' of clay and bronze and did not return to common use for a thousand years. The first friction match (the luclfer) was not invented until 1827, and a box of fifty cost half a crown (00 cents). The Introduction of the Swedish safety match dates to about fifty years ago.— London Tlt-Blts. Winter Rains Stored for Time of Drought In southern California, where land without water is worth little, various means have to be adopted to conserve the winter rainfall for the dry sum mer months. From May till October landowners depend on the underground water supply. a A recent development has been the construction of a vast natural "sponge" destined to hold the flood waters from the great canyons in the district The water from the melting snow or rains is distributed over nearly 800 acres of rock and sandy land, covered from end to end with sage bushes. This area has been Intersected by specially con structed ditches, with concrete distrib uting gates, by means of which the water is kept circulating, Instead of pouring away to waste. At the height of the season this "won derful "sponge" soaks up not less than 100,000 Inches of rain, all of which can be pumped to the surface when re quired. Official Sauerkraut A definition and standard for sauer kraut has been adopted by the secre tary of agriculture as a guide for the officials of the department In the en forcement of the federal food and drugs act, upon the recommendation of the Joint committee on definitions and standards, as follows: "Sauer kraut Is the clean, sound product, of characteristic acid flavor, obtained by the full fermentation, chiefly lactic, of properly prepared and shredded cabbage' In the presence of not less than 2 per cent nor more than 3 per cent of salt. It contains upon com pletion of the fermentation, not less than 1% per cent of acid, expressed as lactic acid- Sauerkraut which has been rebrlned In the process of can ning or repacking contains not less than 1 per cent of acid expressed as lactic add." "Laborer" Was Right Getting one's name on the voting list in an outlying town in Massachusetts for the first time is a serious ceremony, yet with touches of humor. For In stance, one lady was asked what her occupation was and she replied "Housewife." Whereupon the regis trar volunteered this one: "I asked this question of one woman and she re plied, 'Laborer.' " The registrar, some what puzzled, again queried, "What kind of labor?" The woman replied, "Well, I'm home all day."—Christian Science Monitor. ' Another Diplomat Five-year-old William, the son of religious parents, has been taught that Sunday Is not a day for piny. One Sunday his mother was sur prised and horrified to find him sail ing his toy boat In the bathtub. "William I" she exclaimed. "Don't you know it's wicked to sail boats on Sunday?" "Now don't get excited, mother," was the culm reply. "This Isn't any pleasure excursion. This Is a mission ary boat going to darkest Africa."— The Open Road. Probable Reason "Weill well! -Look st that fWTow running and turning his bead flrftt one way, then the other, as he flees!" exclaimed a guest. "What do you suppose he is doing that for?" -Not knowing the gent can't say for certain," replied the landlord of the tavern at Peeweecuddybump, •'but prob'iy it is b'cuz he ain't abto to tnrn It both ways at once."—Kansas CUy Times. HOME, DAD AND THE BOY • By FRANK H. CHELEY Blcan Boy's best interests ought to i wo Id there be if every Dad was s Of Dads there are fifty-seven va- Of course, if there were no Dads, ail, "a father is an admirable per sine of energy which ahould be ex ploded worth-while job, pop of tbelr own accord, but most of them will need to be drawn out The real Dad gets bold of his * - - boy by as many handles is pos sible, and begins the long job of "l NEVER. WAS A BOY BUT training him to get along without him. (® V. H. Chelejr, Denver, Colo.) PIGEON HERO OF GREAT WAR DEAD A hero of the late war, cited in an order of the army and decorated for exceptional bravery at Verdun, died recently of old age. He was ten years old, says Our Dumb Animals. "His name was Carrier Pigeon No. 19314 A. F. and attached to one of his legs he proudly wore a ring, equiva lent to the medalile milltalre, awarded to him In June, 1916, with the follow ing citation: "On three different occasions, dur ing the battle of Verdun, under heavy fire. Insured the rapid transport of very Important messages. In particu lar carried to headquarters the com munications of Major Raynal, defend er of Fort Vaux, on June 3, 1916, at a time when the major's troops, com pletely surrounded, were deprived of any other means of communication. The flights were done under most un favorable atmospheric conditions." Since the armistice the pigeon had been kept as an honored hero In the army dovecotes. ASSORTED Genius recognises nothing bat genius. Forethought is easy; it Is the after thought that scratches. Any man who waits for something to show up has a lifetime Job. If you draw a pistol at a raffle then Is no harm done. All things come with the waiter who serves an order of hash. To please some men just tell them that they look like actors. A girl Is never in love if she knows why. The man after a woman's heart may not want it Husband and wife never argue with each other—they simply dispute. Economy consists in knowing how to get others to supply your wants. Many a man's tongue shakes out his master's undoing.—Shakespeare. There Is no killing suspicion that deceit has once begotten.—George Eliot. Keep thy heart with ail diligence, for out of It are the issues of life.— Bible. Rich men without wisdom and learn ing are called sheep with golden fleeces.—Solon. The wise man doesn't wait fee for tune to knock at his door; he coos out to meet it. An egotist Is a man who thinks that the world thinks as much of him as be does himself. Foiling Mailbox Thief .. A favorite trick of tho letter-boi thief Is to flsh through the slot with a piece of string, on the end of which Is a weight smeared with ad heelvo thai sticks to the letters, saya Popular Science Monthly. To foil bis efforts there recently has been devised n screen of steel prongs screwed lnslije the box just above the slot The prongs make It practically Impossible to pull a letter through the slot, although It is easy enoofn fee tho postman to Insert the letter. Remedy for Scaly Leg Scaly leg Js a common summer d!» ease among poultry- It Is caused by s small paraalte that borrows Into the scales of the bird's leg, causing them to protrude. One good way to cure It Is to fill an empty fruit can with cost oil and keep the legs of the bird Immersed in this for a few min utes. If this Is done twice a week for a month it will nsnally kill the para sites, but It is well.to supplement this treatment by using lard as an ment for the legs. Would Divorce Politics From City Government One feature of the recent meeting in Boston of the National Municipal league was the recognition of the need In American cities of more businesslike forms of government A fsct that has been receiving much emphasis lately was given particular attention s it was that the task of running a city Is pri marily a business and not a political undertaking. There was reference to the enormous expenditures that are be ing made by practically all the leading centers of the country and to the waste and inefficiency that political control ' of city affairs has entailed. Many of the speakers at the league sessions believed a remedy for this sit uation bad been found in the manager plun of municipal government. Tbey ■ saw in that plan, as It has been adopt ed In Cleveland, one of the largest of American cities, a release from the traditional and unsatisfactory ward system, from the antiquated two-h»use council and from undue partisanship In the selection of council members There was a feeling of confidence that this plan, which permitted appointment by the people's representatives of an * able executive head fo»tbe city, wonld ' prove as effective In a large center as ; It bad proved In hundreds of smaller j cities of the Cnlted States.— Kansas City Star. Radio Plumber There was something wrong with the radio, snd Tomklna bad called in a friend, an amateur wireless export j to advise him. It did not take tho latter long to discover the seat of tha trouble. "It's qulto an ordinary fault," he Informed Tomklna "Your aerial Is leaking." "Leaking," repeated Mrs. Tomklna. ' who was taking an Intelligent Inter est In the proceedings, "What a pity 1 we didn't know yesterday, when tha ' plumber was here I"—Tlt-Blts. An Illustrator The late Guernsey Moore, tho art-, Ist disliked illustrations that did not , accurately follow the tot they were ' supposed to Uluatrate. "I was talking to a famous lllus trator the other day," Mr. Moore said , In Oormantown. "and I asked him this 1 question: "Penn, what is the most interesting . story you ever Illustrated?" "'Dunno,' said Penn. 'Never read any of 'em.'" Will Vaccinate Plants Experiments to make trees and. plants Immune from dlsesse by vac- j dnatlon and so reduce the cost of. food production are to be tried soon , under the direction of Pro! Robert A. Harper of Columbia university, j says Popular Science Monthly. A plant clinic will be established for the ex perimental control of dlseaaes by se rums and vaccines. Such Is Fatet When the Titanic went down In 1912, Oscar Palmquist of New York saved himself by swimming sbout for hours In Icy waters until picked np by a rescue ship. Recently Palmquist fell Inte Ave feet ot water In Beardsley park at Bridge port Conn., and was drowned. Hew T aileries Name Tha famous French royal palace, the Twileries, In Paris, took Its name from tile yards, tuilerles, near or on the site of which It wan built These tile yams dated from abont the Thir teenth century. NO. id iM \«J flllUuS BUREAU OF HEALTH ®DUCATB S. C. STATE BOARD OF TYPHOID FEVER [WgHE apecifle organism call ■ HI typhoid fever must enterH ■ flj system through the mofl BJH There la no other known I whereby this disss— ■« contracted. One* entering the qa these germs choose the lyntflfl glands, especially (he small lym]fl tic glands of the Intestines eafl Payer's glands or Peysr*s pabfl (These glands take this name ■ cause they were first described! Johann Conrad Payer, a Swim saH mist about the year 1700). these Intestinal lyiqphatle gttfl and the bone marrow, gall-bladdfl and perhaps, also the spleen, tfl act as reservoirs for the growing fl multiplying of typhoid germ*, s Prom these reservoirs these baeiH are Uken np into the blood stnfl even before the symptoms of the I ease are manifest. They do not d tipiy in the blood stream bet jfl there, rapidly destroyed. It is pfl ably this destruction which tons IsiH in the system the toxins which j|H rise to the fever and other syapfifl of the disease. An »«■ of I blood will disclose these gerase vl early in the disease. As the srifl prepares the antitoxin f thl germs they disappear frost the bkfl as the disease progresses^ The germs are discharged from fl body in the stools and the afl Those from the gall-bladder and tymfl glands into the intestine and let fl and those from the blood the lfl neys and urine. They are usaaßy ifl found in either of these sources ufl after the first week of the symptoms. Although nature has prepared In tfl system of the convalescent nfldfl aatttOTin to counteract the ioii9 and prevent the ninltiplicati«» of tfl germs, it very often happens that! person may carry in the system ffl months and evea years live pgl which, whea transferred to aMftl person who doea not have mnnity. will pev and —"rfr adfl cause the disease. Thoae yenaafl called carriers and these are the sal who arc the greatest danger to aocta^l Vaccination will raasc »«*»»• 1 prepare in the system aa aatitoxfl which will prevent typhoid fmr# 1 Hygienic measures and vacdmlM •111 eradicate typhoid fever. WotWm Wettast Spot Found in Assam HiOfl Wa often complain about ralifl weather, but really we do not kasfl what rain means' One has to go tH the Khasi hills, in Assam, to sse nil st its heaviest, for there It cosaej down in Niagaras. This spot, for ifl Is not of large extent, rejoices tfl the name of Cberripnngi, and It A serves all the other had asm— can give It. Its annual rainfall aval ages 458 inches, or Just eighteen time ■ the rainfall of London. In 1861 Cherrlpongi nearly JosMafl its average, for In that year 906 IncheH fell, of which 386 were recorded bl the month of July! On the 14th da:l of that month 40 Inches of rats fell In twenty-four hours, and In the fi*l days, June 12 to 16, the total reaehsfl upwards of 114 inches, or more thai I four times the average annual mtwfSlß of London. The heaviest recorded rainfall U I Great Britain occurred at Breton, ill Somerset, on June 29, 1017, what Sljl Inches fell. —Tit-Bits. English Commonwealth The name "Commonwealth of Baal land" Is given In history to the Interim regnum between the desth of Charles 11 ou January 90. 1648, and the restore-1 tkn of Charles 11, May 8, 1660. Dupl leg this period of 11 years, the gov I ernmcnt of England was nominally SI republic, although In reality s mill- H tsty despotism, ruled by Oliver Crom-1 well, assisted by s counciL Oa Dei H cember 16, 1633, Cromwell was made I lord protector, and held this office foi H about five years, until his death. Set- ■ tember 3, 1658, when be was succeeded I by his son, Richard Cromwell, whs I proved to bs a weak and inefficient! ruler, and soon retired into private I life Monarchy was restored in Engh I land May 8, 1660, and Chartes II re' I turned to London May 28 of the mad I year.—Kansas City Star. "Pyrrhic Victory Tills phrase Istused to denote S; vlfrj I lory won at tremendous coat and rev ■ fers to the battle of AsculStu. In which ■ Pynhus, king of Epires. fl over the Itomans while aiiatiifrjH|||l such heavy losses that ho is B*id tSfc I have exclaimed, "Another such victual I and Pyrvhaa la destroyed,"