1HE GLEANER l! GRAHAM. N. 0., DEC. 10, 1931.1 < uusaaaessseauaeases????? ? ! Eavesdropping on. | the Other Man I ! *" ? 1 I : ' 1 j [ Br ALLEN JOHN ADAMS ) \ ?WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHi RODGER MANNING walked stealth ily around to the back door, and aneaked in quietly?as It he were a burglar, Instead ot the owner. Open ing the back door aottly, be peered about and crept down the ball to the llrlng room. His return from town was two hours earlier than he had planned. Ha felt thrilled as he thought of the surprise It would glre his bride ef'a week. He grasped the handle ot the living- ? room door and started to turn it slow ly, but a strange voice from within the room stopped him. The words that he bad heard seemed impossible; be doubted his own bearing. But there la was again?that low masculine voice that radiated such assurance; now It was saying suggestively, "I knew you'd come back to me. Ton couldn't love anyone else that way, as Ion ? as we were together." And then silence . . , damnable silence I It was unbelievable I Ruth! Of all the women In the world?untrue to him. Only this morning, she had clung to him tenderly, and she whispered that she had never loved anyone else. But there was the Irrefutable evi dence again coming to his ears?that low vibrant voice that sounded just as the perfect lover's should 1 Now, It was becoming more dramatic . . . and at times ... a trifle muffled ?as If they had their faces close to gether. He could think only of the lovely face that he had thought be longed to him. It was more than he could stand. He felt very sick Inside, as If be want* ed to fall to the floor, and never rlsb again. He was aroused by the sound of that same Insinuating voice again thrusting Itself Into his suffering mind, ?train as he might, he could not bear ' Us wife's voice. The torturing thought, ' that she sddom spoke above a whisper when be held her In his arms, seared his feverish brain. She must be In this other man's arms now. whisper ing endearing phrases to this new-old ' lover as she had to him. He felt dased and helpless. Who was so all-powerful as to come In and take his wife away from him? His Wood seemed to ge cold at the thought ef the thing. It was maddening! Then, he heard the man's voice; It was soft, persuasive; It seemed like a very Intimate whisper, bat he caaght, "and well run away together, dear tonight !" Rodger Uannlng suddenly saw red; and the blood that had seemed chilled In his veins began to feel as If It wgie est Are. He reeled awsy from the door, staggering with a blind rage that knew no bounds. The long Restrained temper had bnrst It's leash, nnd his mind was filled with fiendish thoughts of revenge . . . action 1 . . . anything to destroy this soul-torturing vision! ' He went Into their bedroom and opaMd the right-hand top drawer of ? the dresser. Tea ... It was still - there, all right He picked up the cold and dark-looking automatic, that Bow seemed like inch l etrtnge device ' to. sued out men's live*?end even women'i t Tornlni It over ltt hit hand!, he (tared at this black metal thine that could deal death so quickly. He was la tha stopllled dare of a parson whose mad rage has reached temporary Insanity. Seeing lils reflec tion In the mirror In front of him startled him. He saw a man with di lated eyes and slightly open month, .Who looked very pale and ghastly?a Jtraage man, who held a weapon of Baath In hla hand, and prepared hlm pelf for murder. ' He thought slowly . . . murder , . , death?meant separation from the eoly thing In this world he loved; he didn't want to live without her? hsfd kill himself, too. But "the man-r the other man; as he thought of thd ' ssm who bad wrecked his dream of happiness, bis lew tightened fiercely; aad the llpe thst had been open, eet In a hard Una of determination. Ha would carry his plan through to It's hitter mid. After tha iheta . . . people wontd ansae la . . . and they wonld And three bod lee?ell dead; and the gnn that had spoken revengeful justice and death, wonld etitl be tightly gripped by hla hand. / ? Ha examined the automatic riff slow ? ly, aad carefully?like a man/Who had eternity. Tea ... ItJfu fully leaded, ud In perfect BHer; ae ha ?avad tha aafaty^etch ud took a Br aaar grip. They say that Tvery man kffla the thing ha lovea. . . ? Ag ha tsrnad tha knob of tha Uvlag paam doer, ha heard a alight sound tnm wtthla, hat get a weed. TtMgr slaat ha la aach attars ansa now? flahaaa Out Ha pat tha gu la his seat pocket? srtth Ma flagtr ft tha trlggar?aad pslatad It forward. la a memant . . dra weald cam* from that "dkdsHr, ha apaaad Aha door, aad Bash two atapa Bur ward. Alia I dream, ha heard Ms wtfi Sayiag: "Oh, Rodger, dear, you've . paa#ac over the aaw radio that.tt Bloom of Rico ftwst Varies is Localities Temperature plays an Important part In the flowering of thb rice plant. Rice flowers are relatively Inconspicu ous, bat an official of the United Mates Department of Agriculture, who works on tl>e Improvement of the rice crop, has studied the blooming habits of tha plant In connection with the cross-breeding of varieties. The rice plant blooms suddenly and for only a short time. One observer noted a complete opening of the flower in thirty seconds. The blooming con tinued for only about two hours Rice flowers are rarely open before the sun has warmed tha earth and air, and they close before the sun Is far dowja. In the United States and In Japan the rice blooms later than in warmer areas, such as Java, India and the Philippine Islands. In India, observ ers say, rice will not bloom until the temperature has reached 77 degrees Fahrenheit But there the tempera- , tare runs high as a rule and rice blooms most freely In the early morn ing hours soon after the dew evapo rates, and the flowers close before the heat of noon. In California the max imum period of bloom Is the two hours after noon. Rice has a complete flower, and usu ally fertilizes Itself. It "breeds true," and there Is Uttle cross-fertilization. The pollen from the stamens fertilizes the stigma In the same plant, usually before or at the time the flower opens. Euy Way of Inducing Bom to Chango Abode Bee* often take op their abode where they are not wanted, a* In a cavity In a wall. A good way to get them out la to put a bee "escape" over the entrance to the cavity, ao the bee* can get out but not In. A cone of wire doth aboot 8 lnchee high with a hole at the apex Just large enough for one bee to pas* through will serve aa an eacape. A regular hive abonld be placed bealde the entrance for the re" turn of the escaped bees. The queen yemalna In the old cavity and goes on laying eggs, but a* the colony la quick ly reduced In alz* the quantity of the brood decreases. The younger beea leave the cavity and join the bees In the hive. A new queen should be giv en to the bee* In the hive as soon aa possible. After about four weeks, remove the be* escape and make aa large a hole as posalble at the entrance of the cav ity. The bee* will go In for the honey and carry It to the hive. For this method to work successfully It Is nec essary that the bees have only one exit from the cavity.?United States Department of Agriculture. First American Flag A standard with 13 alternate blue and silver stripes carried by the Phil adelphia Troop of Light Hon* In 1775, Is the first known attempt to provide a national flag. At Cambridge, Mass., on January 2, 1778, General Washing ton, acting on his own Initiative, raised a flag consisting of 18 alternate white and red stripe* with tb* crosses of SL George and 8L Andrew in a blue field - In the upper left-hand corner. Under various designations, this was em ployed until displaced by the Stars and Stripes, adopted by the Continen tal congress, June 14, 1777, His Way 'Don't yon sometimes gst lost In the woods when you go out possum hunt ing and get separated from your brothersr asked a motorist In the Rumpus Ridge region. "Nop* I" replied young Banty, son of Gap Johnson. "When I don't know whur I'm at and there hain't nobody around to ask I just pick out the way I know leads toward home and turn rlfht around and go the other way; that always fotches me home by th* shortest trail."?Kansas City 8tar. ________ Canadian Tlakr It la estimated by tha Dominion for Mt aerrtce that the only economic on for three-elghtha of tha land area of Canada Ilea In tha growing of traea. Thle rait area of territory, while In capable of raccomful agricultural pro duction, la. If permanently dedicated, protected and managed, raited to the production of a timber crop which would guarantee for all time the rap ply of raw material for Oanada'i wood ualng lnduatries.?'Natural Raeourcea Bulletin. Laadan'e PaB Mall The arerage American and Cana dian tourlat may hare difficulty In rec ognWng Pall UaB, U the "Pell Mell," to which the Ifcadon poUeeman direct! him, when he aaki for the fhinooa street. It waa named after the French game PalUe-eull, which wae drat played here In the daye of Cfeaitee t On thla a treet were the homee of De foe of BoMnaon Cruaoe fame, Swift of Ounirer'a Trarela, Stone of the "Sntlmental Journey," had Gibbon, the hiateriea. . ^ Balling Water Water boUe at 213 degroea F. At 118 degrees a peraondada water almoot too hot to hold hla hand In it Fabrtca that will hot he injured by water can bei trued of Bring clothea moth cage and.lnrrae by belag dipped far 10 eec onda ln wittar heated to M0 degreea F. .fladn hewurer, mead he aamilaid to hare aad heap,the water at. thla or A greater temperature, tarrae aad egga in dipped fur JO keeondn h^iri^heatedMly to 133 dejNeeF. Acquaintance en Train Wife's Former Husband In a smoking compartment of the Twilight Limited, bound from Chicago to Detroit tbe other day, a Chlcagoaa and a Detrolter met and speedily be came acquainted gs people will on tralus. Qouser Massey, who la au thority for the story and vouches for Us froth, said the two men soon reached the point where they wgra trading their opinions on life and liv ing. The Oblcagoan was cynical about women, and said so. "Xou can't trust ?em," he declared. "I was married once and my wife left me for another guy, a fellow I never saw. An expe rience like that la enough to teach you not to trust women again." "Well, I don't feel that, way," said tbe Detrolter. "I'm married, have been married for several years, and my wife gnd I get along very well. Of course, she's an exceptional woman. She'll be at the station wheq we get to Detroit, and 1 want you to meet her. You'll see your Ideas about wom en are wrong." Arriving here, the two acquaintances walked up to the waiting room togeth er. The Detrolter's wife rushed up to greet him, stopped suddenly. Her face paled. As she stopped, the Chlcagoan flushed, muttered something about see ing a friend across the way, grabbed his bag from the red cap and was off. The Detrolter didn't know that his acquaintance of the train was his wife's former husband.?Detroit Free Press. Death Adder Fourth In List of Deadly Snakes The Australian death adder la said to have long borne an undeservedly bad name. People aald the death ad der was the most virulently poisonous of Australian snakes. Now Ur. le Souef, director ot the Sydney zoo, states that It Is not nearly so (ear some as has been Imagined, the av erage farmer will say emphatically that the death adder Is one of the most dangerous reptiles In the bush. At the week-end a man was bitten by one, The fact that the bite had little ill effect on him prompted inquirers to seek Mr. le Souefs opinion. Mr. le Souef declared that he would have been surprised If the man had died, as he would rank the death adder as only fourth among Australia's poisonous snakes. The most deadly Is the tiger snake, capable of killing a healthy man In 70 minutes. Next comes the brown snake, a potential klllqr in two hours. Then, says Mr. le 8ouef, the black snake, which can make man des perately sick for 12 to 24 hours, but gives him a chance of life. Then the death adder and other varieties. Sports Improve Poster* While corrective exercises are Im portant for Improving poor posture, sports have been found even more helpful In the case of students at Harvard, It was found that of the freshmen who were obliged to take corrective exercises for poor posture those who took part In organized athletic sports during the subsequent three years showed much greater Im provement In posture than those who did not go In for sports, the latter showing Uttl* if any Improvement, ac cording to the Boston Herald. Traveling Claraas Traveling moving picture shows are the latest clnqmatlc development In Soviet Russia. At present there are more than 1,200 such unit* traveling from one village to another. The pop ularity of the exhibitions may be Judged by their rapid growth In num ber during the past two years. At the end ot 1S2S there were less than 400 traveling movies. This figure rose In 1096 to 000, and for the present year It Is planned to produce 2,000 pro jectors.?Washington Star. V. ' What Da Yon GiveT A New York vocational guidance ex pert adtlaea people who are not happ) In ttMtr Job* to (are their money until they can make a change. She might my, too, that tf people are not taklnj happlnem out of their Jobs they would do well to eee that they are puttlni Into thoee Jobs everything they hart to give. What you set out of your Jot In the way of contentment depend! upon what you are willing to put lntc It In a day to day effort.?Grove Pat tenon, la the Mobile Register. c? Lake's Depth Varies The depth of Lake Tlticaca, tlx largest lake la South America, la sou* places reaches 100 feet, but large por Hons of It are shallow, and tho shores especially la the south, are lined wltl marShy tracts covered with roods. Tlx lake receives a number of stream from the surrounding mountains an discharges through the Desaguaden Into laku Aallagas, whose water finally evaporate la the great an marshes In th? southern port of th ClOlM bMlIti Meat's Feed Cieium,ll.s A houtthy man, with a normal sg petite, who ruachea sevaaty has est* MS (teas his own weight, aeeeedlai to the calculation oC^eoperts of th faculty of Farm They have figure that la his spaa af ssvsaty years th averaga man of 10 psaads would hav es tea U teas of brand, IS teas of vsg stablen. T tern of meat or IS whek sows; T ten* of Mt, LdOO pounds e esndy.anl amr, drunk 1&000 guars ImnwiiM Brass Brain Figure* "Out tka Tide* In a room of the United State* Oonat and Geodetic Surrey building at Waah incton la a great machine which an ew er* to the name "Great Braaa Brain." It* function la to predict tide* with the utmost exactness at ? any place In the worlfl, or to tan the atate of the tides at any moment In the past I This robot la a marvel of wheals and pulleys. Tides rise and fall with mathematical exactness, but there are I a large number of forces acting upon them, such a* the mood, the motion of the earth, and many other things. I The machine, take* into account 87 of these factors in Its mechanical cal culations. I . Its chief purpose Is to hel? In .set ting time schedules for ship move ments, but It Is also useful to the historian. For Instance, the delay of the Brit ish expedltldvhrhlch landed at Charles town lp 1775, Which gave Paul Severe the chance to save the countryside, has been ascribed to their waiting for low tide. Brass Brain, however, showed that the tide was low when the British landed, so that they must have been" Whiting for something else, probably provision*. 1 ? I Va?t Water Resources in Black Hills Region One of the most productive water I bearing formations of the northern In terior of the United States is what Is , known as Jpm Dakota stsndstone, which crops oat eboat the Hanks of the Black hills in southwestern South Dakota. The formation extends east ward and northeastward to the bor? ders of Iowa end Minnesota. As the sandstone slopes away from the Black 1011ft the-water percolates northeastward and eastward through the porous" 'rock and underneath a dense covering of thick clay shale. Beneath the James river valley It Is under considerable pressure, and where the surface altitude Is not too great, strong' artesian flows have been obtained. In fact, the artesian wells are among the greatest natural re sources of that area. However, so' many wells have been driven, the supply shows signs of hav ing been taxed about to the limit, and the force of many-of the wells has fallen considerably below the original pressure. . ? Monarch Before His Birth Sapor, king of Persia, probably holds the record for the earliest age at which a king has been crowned. He was crowned about two modths be fore he was 1 born. His father, the reigning king, died at that time, and an uncle, finding the throne vacant, organised is usurpation. The queen, anxious for the succession of ber son, proclaimed a coronation ceremony and had her unborn child crowned la her own person. Such was the veneration of the people for the dynasty that the ceremony was effective In fore stalling the. uncle's usurpation. The child proved" to be a boy and ruled as King Sapor. ' Birthplace of Telephone Among the many things for which Boston is fftnous Is that It was the birthplace of the telephone It was on the afternoon of June t, 1876, that Prof. Alexander Graham Bell and his associate, Thomas A, Watson, Were j working In tw<^ garret rooms over the electrical shop of Charles Williams at 100 Court street Boston, and there discovered the principle of the tele phone. llofe than nine months later Professor BeU received from the Unit ed States on March T, 1878, a patent No. 174486, and thus established the existence of the Bell telephone. This has often been called the most valu able patent to mankind ever issued. Vmdor the Stoma 'Patting through a Tillage In waat tro India," write* a lady mlationary. "followed by a friendly crowd, w* 1 stopped at a cmar wayaldo altar, tho ; cod belnc represented by four flat [ atone* decorated with red palat ' We said, "There la no god here. Three t are only atones.' ?Oh,' aald a man, 1 'the god 1* underneath.' We prompt ' ly lifted one of the atones to dlacorar 1 beneath It three large, hibernating ' frogs, whereupon a great langh went ep from the crowd. In which we all Joined." 1 Knew the Candy Man 1 A Baltimore policeman picked ap a 1 small girl crying lastny for "mamma," Other than that her name was HarW ' he eonld learn nothing aboat her. She 1 wa* taken to police headquarters. * rtaally eome one thought to aek her [ where ah* bought bar candy when at 1 home. She gave the nam* of a candy ' etore owner wlOiont hesitation. the | rest wa* easy. Her name was Maria ' Blear, aged fqor. She had atxayed 1 from her mother la a downtown atom ? ?Oapper'TWeaUy. . CieialaHen for Fat Feb Many people tn middle age tad be yond are the worn and aaeat aarlaee offenders In the fad of rediad^. Ka tar* Intentionally, with moat folks, adds weight wtk yearn nitlaywed fat that become* moat noticeable over tlonal warmth and protect! en to vital organs, and to compensate tot the fact that with age the body genaratae laae warn^ nt ?y, l^n* tan nngriiriT ISN'T IT JOf I Wait la ft hard word to the kug*,^ Money talks, hot It doesnt say wmdk' J Two thioco that eorer a mnltttedo j rf Mot are charity and ginger alt. - - Ago ia one firs oitlpgnlaher thot , lerer (alls to pet oat ganging youth. j True charity does not wait for gratt- ' lode. | j If s a brave woman who can high-hat tor milliner. | Some torn the tables and soma fast own the tablecloth. | Want of principle ia the principal want of many people. ? * t Goesa work with a good many poo pie seems to Wan they goesa they won't When a woman begins to Shop around for hats her "trying" days have arrived. Tew business practices are un ethical except to those whoee pockets are picked. -? The principle the professional re former seems to work on 1> that If If a fan it's sinful. ~* Tho diffsrenes between n danker and n diver Is that tho former only I gets his fingers wet?Exchange. i k ~~ INFORMATION Wig* were commonly worn In Egypt wme 8,000 years ago, A bee produces about (even UmOa Its own weight la honey during It* lifetime. The common sjftder carries on his feet a comb, which helps In the wear ing of his web. Falconry, the art of hunting with trained birds, was known In China about 2000 B. C. The robin la the most common bird In the United States; while the yar row comes second. r? lee two Inches thick will hold a man on foot, four inches a man on horseback, and from six to eight Inches a team of horses with loads The pituitary gland, a little organ no larger than a pea located Just below the skull, controls growth. If It Is overactive, giants are produced; If not active enough, growth is stunted. UNUSUAL INFORMATION A Californlan has Invented a com pressed air machine to mix plaster and ' apply It to walls Waterfalls higher than those at Ni agara have been discovered by explor ers In South Africa. Should the chain of a new door lock be cut by intruders it would release a gas to overcome them. An International competition' for a plan for the central part of Stockholm has been arranged by that city. Research workers at Princeton ani I varsity have decided that turtlea and frogs are deaf to humaa speech. Seventy per cent of the carbon Made produced in the United States la con sumed by the automobile Industry. THEWORLD OVER n?N an 1b thwUnlted State* about .106 nan to erary 100 woman. Among natroaa than an 100 female* to ? The distance of a thnnderatorm may ha determined by allowing tra aac onda between the flash and the thun der for each mile'* 'distance. She hottest star* ahtne with an In tense white light, the leas hot one* with a yellowish light, while the cool est stan hare a reddish glow. The Are Nobel prises, swaging about MO.OOO each annually, are awarded from a fund baquanthad by Nobel, a Swedish Inventor, to the par eons who hare made the greeteet con tributions to medicine, physics, chem istry, Hteratun and peace. SOME STATISTICS Dry America's "soft" drink MU for 1080 amounted te $2348,000,00a Nonchalant Americans smokad 1Mr 879,197,000 cigarettes In i860. The New York Time* reports that Manhattan!tea Import aad oat 1030ft feats a year. lha United States has OB per cant ad the world's radio aria (aad abort ? par cent of Its stagM programs). ^Jwdeal airplane* carried MBJM 10 yean^agK** *** An ihartftM* eampaay claims that the arerag* child easts 80400 to talrt Historic English MID *YM?U to F?th*r Tim*' Sto rolwitlw toad of ttma, aided I la# abetted by tto heavy gunflre at. ?odors war, and strengthened by ? little tool paok from the wind, boo brqngbt ImttasUun upon one aero landmark oonnoetod with th* oariy bio lory of tto United State*. IteoMolUit Bllloricay In Basel. England, froa Mar which th* Pilgrim* at o*n for tto now land, ha* eollapaed. Ita boy* beams of solid oak, which ?toed the strain and stream of time and work from the days of Pilgrims down to the outbreak of th* World war, hay* at last found their harden too heavy, and, as the foundations weakened, gave way daring a storm. The old mill was clooed daring the war, as th* location waa considered, too dangerous for the grinding Of the grain of the nearby countryside. La ter it fell nnder suspicion as a rendez vous of German spies and was boarded up. Heavy gunfire was frequent in this section, and the vibrations grad ually weakened the old structure. At a house, dose by th* mill, was the scene of the meeting of the Pilgrim band just.before it set sail for Amer ica. Close by, ..also, another pilgrim, but one bent upon destruction, came to the end of Its journey, for one of tb* large German Zeppelins tell in a field adjacent to the mill. _ . - The construction of the mill was al most entirely of oak, and tho huge shaft for the wheel was a tremendous oak trunk. Ho nails or spikes of any kind were used in th* construction. Shakespear e's-? est in Lif* Shown in Writings Shakespeare's enormous sest in life makes his tifUer comedies a paradise of delight, writes Prof. Walter Balelgh, In Hy Magazine, Th* love of pleasure. If It be gen erous and sensitive and qnick'to catch reflections, is hardly distinguishable from wisdom and tact It has so re T7^W= ?pact for the iw Ultartat .aefMMss E52?SEffiBr acters -of deprivation la a passion aa common aa mod. DeJSHVaWST swsetly taken, with no thiyytt^tfuUM by lnvoktnc a wltfoOpsfles, lov*tSt doe* not altWdtMMlWMIteratlon but strengthens itsatf to make amende for tbe defeclb'Onaiua'inmMtiartho materials of*qw?pjrihac>sohweeoul'?? raises bis hlghifcl a ifabpW rpftinman goodness. Hktuasanaiaia'aangbfbay pines* as a; pkut4dMb> to'tight wl air; he paysAttlittsitt stwdnunatton to all who aehttawlepfla*BBsb*dtrlya however atrattpBod lo swat srfi moil Hlita si v?? 4 * hi* .iisft Two came up. J ' ^* r '|l. in such may^tft?^biiw'thftf^t?4iw not hi reaUtgW^bjfW'K '? } anj toads slttlnf on tbent^T-Kftpaas City Times. ' 'to 1 , '? in i i?lini;oq WT ' Eye for VsTni. A collector of styinaaeiH|ftfb hlWTflrst edhlnns of early Amertehhtk VbiMJ' a sermon In pamphlet forth ? ltf:it ksftriid hand book shop. It whtf^ttls 'ohly known copy of the old - hiribbh blclept tbe one whtsh 'the1 cOlMcfbfitrtNtdy possessed. He 'prfd *59H fOf the aec ond copy, tbeb 'tobk- *'? home hrlth him and threw IF llnle th* "flneplace. The destnWHbW ?f>?fir' Scmi-Monthly jU c! ^aou^ *"* Richmond, Vfrg&^i The Oldest Agricultural Journal# .jsti Vjiiili-Mit *i 50 CENTS FOR ONE YEAR ?> ???** $1.00 FOR THREE YEArC;^*?^/'^ < $1.50 FOR FIVE YEARS 1 WICE-A-nONTH 200.000 TWtt-A.MOHTH ^ - . a - ? i ' . C.". . jfifcyft.\ * */-}:+?r: L: . ?:6M T" * * - {i -1 ?' '.? *t S3,1m :ii '. ixsi A fuli year's Su bscription W; r; credited for every biisliel V ^ ;H:i?W J'.'t "rtA ofwheat delivered.? ; ? T.rtA oi Ola'// . 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