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HADE WAY INTO SACRED CITY
Englishman Claims to" Be th Only
Living European Who Has Set
v Foot in Holy Shefshaon.
" Tbe Morocco correspondent of the
London Times claims to be "almost
with certainty" the only living Euro
pean who has hitherto visited She
shawan, the mysterious "secret" Mo
roccan inland city which Is officially
stated to be occupied by a Spanish
expeditionary force.
Ebeshawan, or more correctly Shef
shaon, he writes. Is a small town of
a few thousand inhabitants situated
In the tribeland of the Benl Zejel.
bout 40 miles to the south of Tetuan.
The Times man says he visited it In
Moorish disguise in 1SS3 and only es
caped with difficulty.
He adds that the town is small.
built along a sort of terrace on the
v high mountain side, and is renowned
, for its springs and streams. With
tbe exception of its picturesque situ
ation among mountains. Its aloofness
and its surrounding gardens, She
abawan presents no very particular
features.
Its Inhabitants are poor. Their In
dustries are the making of furniture
la painted wood brackets and tables
and the weaving of woolen stuffs
They are renowned for their mean
ness, and a native proverb states:
"If you see a Moslem merchant front
Fes weeping, it is only a Moor of She
aba wan who could have got the bet
ter of him."
PARODIES ALWAYS IN ORDER
Omar Khayyam and the Ever-Delight
ful Pepys Have by No Means Ex
hausted the List.
i - Does your memory go back to the
time when everyone was writing pnr---
odles of tire Rubnlynt of Omar Khay
' yam? When it was considered very
? literary to know all about Omar, and
, when all the writers, both would-be
- . and professional, were reducing the
. 1 hypnotic quatrains to modern terms?
- The newspapers were full of "Omars
Up-to-date," and quite a lot of them
i got Into the magazines before the craze
;, died down.
After that parodists sought other
jr Inspiration, but found no material that
. salted them quite so well, until a few
i years ago, onh of them chanced on the
; . Diary of Samuel Pepys. Whift a rich
:' vein. .The parodists went mad over
1 $ it,; and have been digging there ever
, , since. Almost anybody can fill up a
. , column with chronicles In the Pepys
style, while the clever writer, by this
means, can make himself entertaining,
r Some other original genius will soon
a k Place Mr jpy ,n, the
.sard of the copyists, for tKe popular
; V lty of the creative masters pf Utern
" -t?re Is more or less cTangefuIj de-
'PjSendenl upon time of circumstances.
while the work; of the parodist goes
, t ea forever.-Ohlo State Journal.
rBrltish Warship ialgea.
'f- The British admiralty has decided
V to provide every British warship In
future with Its own distinctive badge.
' These are being designed by MaJ.
V Charles ' Foulkes, heraldic adviser to
the admiralty, who has already In
' vented 150 badges. Considerable ln
V genulty has been exercised, as the
following examples will show: Ven
, turous, two dice; Sportive, a butting
' goat; Tactician, a chess knight; In
.' constant, a butterfly ; Sesame, a key ;
Sterling, ; Watchful, an eye; Viva
cious, head of Mr. Lloyd George ; Ter
magant, a fury; Nile, head of Nelson;
' Truculent, Britisher smashing a Hun.
' Each badge will be carved in wood
and then cast in brass, colored, and
fitted on the quarterdeck, as well as
on either bow of the boat Two plaques
are to be used, the smaller one
- - for the boats being about eight
inches square, and tbe one for tbe
quarterdeck about 18 inches square.
Each badge is designed In some way
to represent the name of the boat plc-
torlally, or when that Is impossible,
embodying some device connected
with Its history. The designs will be
used also on note paper, und probably
", on the brass muzzle-caps of guns,
: which are privately bought by officers
of battleships.
Flat Feet Treatment Successful.
War experiences hove c-lmnged our
views about flat feet, it was at one
time assumed that individuals so af
flicted were destined to Ifiid sedentary
lives, and that they were disqualified
from partaking in vocations requiring
the constant use of the feet, such as
military service. This erroneous Idea
Is still universal in Europe and to a
large extent in America. It is In
weak feet that the bones of the arch
' drop to the ground, the muscles and
ligaments being so weak and flabby
that they cannot hold up the arch
. bones. After a series of treatments
In the most chronic cases, tbe pro
lapsed bones will gradually rise until
they reach their normal height.
"Flivver" Airplanes.
Prom time to time a photograph ap-
- pears, depicting a new airplane of com
pact dimensions and equipped with a
low-power engine. Such airplanes are
generally balled as "everybody's" air
plane and the coming "flivvers" of the
air. , Yet an examination of these ma
chines soon discloses the fact that
they are of little practical value. Tbey
arc too small to be steady In flight',
too low-powered to fly under moder
ately adverse conditions, too flimsy to
.last long and, taking it all in all, ab
solutely worthless for serious work of
any .LS. - They should renerally 4
treated as novelties, except in rare
Instances. Scientific w American.
LNABLE TO EXPLAIN GENIUS
Scientists of All Ages Have Admitted
the Impossibility of Determining .
Whence It Comes.
Science Itself admits that it cannot
explain genius, for genius simply la
without explanation. , ,
Handel was only seven when he in
sisted on following his father to the
court of Saxe-Weisenfels, whose
prince, hearing him play on the or
gan In church after the service was
over, persuaded his father to give the
boy a chance. By the time he was
nine he began to compose church serv
ices for voices and Instruments and
did so every week for three years.
But Handel was a tremendous gor
mandizer. He ordered dinner for three
at a hotel, and when asked If be would
wait for the others, replied: "I am
the others, serve the dinner," and he
ate all of it ,
A story Is told of Handel that while
seated at dinner with some other mu
sicians be exclaimed, "Oh, I have de
taught I" Those about him begged
that he go Into another room and
write down "de taught." lest they lose
some wonderful composition. Handel
did this several times, when one of
the friends looked through the keyhole
and saw him pouring down some Bur
gundy which an admirer had sent him
and he did not wish to share with the
others.
When a singer complained to Handel
that the style of his accompaniments
distracted the attention of the hear
ers from tbe singer to the muslcltta
and that if he did not accompany blm
better he would Jump up on the harp
sichord (the piano of that time) and
smash it Handel replied: "Fine I
Tell me when you are going to do
that and 1 shall advertise It. for more
people will come to see you Jump
than to hear you sing."
MAN'S FIRST DWELLING PLACE
Scientists Claim That the Desert of
Gobi Must for Natural Reasons
.Be the Spot
The desert of Gobi, which Is the
summit of the central steppe In Asia,
Is the most elevated region on the
globe, and it is here, scientists claim,
man first lived, arguing that this point
of earth must have been the first to
emerge from the universal sea. and
that as the subsiding waters gradually
gave up lower regions of earth to
man be was able to descend and
spread himself progressively over new
acquisitions.
It Is from this region that the great
rivers of Asia also take their rise
and flow toward the four cardinal
points. On the declivities of these
highlands are the plains of Tibet,
lower than the frozen regions of Gobi.
Berg are found not only the vj,ne, the
olive, rice, the legumlha. and other
plants on which man has depended
for sustenance, but also those animals
which he has lamed and led with him
over the earth, as the ox, the horse,
the ass, the sheep, the goat the camel,
the bog, the dog, and even the rein
deer, run wild upon these mountains.
On the mountains of Cashmlre, in
Tibet, and in the north of China, grain
has been found to be growing wild for
years without ever being sown or
tilled, and here also Wild animals that
have lived there while man has tamed
others of the same species, are numer
ous. Exchange.
Nature's Unchanging Way.
Outstanding ability is the reward
of using tbe power one has. The
best athlete in the world will lose
power by hanging around. Resist
ance is the response of nature to test
ings. Difficulties are never made easy
by giving up. Nature demands that
men gain strength by using strength.
Turn what you have to account and
nature will add to your store with In
terest. The more you love the larger
capacity you have to love. The more
you think the keener your thinking
ability becomes. The harder and
more sanely you work the more you
are able to. There's no secret
about It It's Just nature's way of
saying "to blm that hath shall be
given." And more than that If you
want anything from nature you must
bestir yourself and get 'it. Nature Is
not a grudging giver, but she makes
men earn all dhey get
Only -Load Up" Right
Tbe tasks you add to your already
full program must be related to your
life work. The magnet won't hold
soap, and froth and wood. Its affinity
Is with tilings of steel. So your efforts
must be related to your talents and
experience If they are to be a help
In your growth. One added task above
your specialty would be enough to
swamp a man who doesn't know your
line. To you It's just another added
opportunity. To be sure It will re
quire some effort but nothing in com
parison to what It would require in
others. Too take the load on uncon
sciously. It's merely another turn or
two of the kind you do right along.
But Is time those few extra dally
turns make yon a tower of strength.
There is no limit to your development
when you load up right Grit
Too Tame for Him.
"Gabson likes to hear the sound of
his own voice."
"That explains his penchant for
monologues. But if he loves the sound
of his own voice so reach why doesn't
be talk into a phonograph and have
his remarks 'canned for future use?"
' "He wouldn't have tbe satisfaction
of seeing the phonograph writhe and
fldget."
STILL LIVELY.
"Just think;' mused the merry old
gentleman, as he watched a crowd of
college boys. "Forty years ago X waa
like that
"WelL you haven't changed : much,
Sam," replied his friend. ' "It's true
you don't wear loud hat bands and
socks and burst forth In a college yell
at every opportunity, but you own the
flashiest automobile In town, and I
don't know of anybody who honks his
horn without any particular reason
more often than you do." Birming
ham Age-Herald.
Self-Evident Truth.
"The fortune teller told me I hay
a generous nature," said young Mrs.
Torklns.
"Of course," replied her husband.
"You've got to open your pocketbook
and prove your generosity before you
can get a fortune teller to notice you."
The Modern Figure.
"Do you think this country s polit
ical affairs will ever bring forward
the traditional man on horseback?"
"No," answered Mr. Chuggins. "The
horse Is out-of-date. What you want
to look out for is the man In the au
tomobile. "
TOO MODEL,
"I think you have a model apart
ment" "Yes, my husband says it'a a
model of the real thing."
Ill-Wishing.
O Father Time. I hate to see
Tour scythe put on parade.
And when you take a hack at me,
I hope you nick your bladel
Credulities.
"Has your wife a trustful, confM
ing mature?"
"Sometimes she has and sometimes
she hasn't She won't believe any
thing I tell her, but ehe will place Im
plicit confidence In a oulja board's
most casual remark."
Intrinsic Values.
"I understand Casslus Chex has an
nounced his Intention of turning his
eyes from earth hereafter, to fix his
gaze on higher things."
"Somebody must have told him
very cloud has a sliver lining."
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Good Reason. 1
Miss Gulash Why did you learO
your last boarding place?
Jim Skipper Persistent inquisitive
ness of the boarding lady. She contin
ually kept askln me, "When are yon
gonna pay your board?"
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Lucky Is Right
Charity Visitor Patrick, I under
stand that you are the seventh son In
the family; have yon any luck?
Patrick Oh, yes, m'um; I gets all
me brothers' clothes, so I'm pretty
warm on cold days.
Discouragement
"I told my boss I could not live on
my present salary."
"What did he say?"
"That If I couldn't It wouldn't be
such a world disaster."
Has Some Wealth, Anyway.
"Smith Is very proud of his looks,
isn't he?" said Brown.
"Yes," agreed Jones, "he has more
gold in his teeth than he has in the
bank."
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
"Oh, Mrs. Rashly, I'm so glad to
you. I hear you have been away
TUltlng friends."
"No. Just relatives."
Non-Production.
A thinker now and then we And
Who leaves approval Incomplete,
He haa ao much upon hia mind
He doea not use .his banda and feet,
A Gentle Hint
"Sir, I came to ask for your daugh
ter's hand."
"All right young man. Whenever
yon want It you will find it in my
pocket"
8eems So.
"If there were a nary aviation
scandal "
Year
"It ought to be easy enough to find
the man higher up."
Psychological Moment
"The soprano says she can't sing
on account of ulcerated leeth."
That Is the very time to make her
Botes soar."
A Hot One.
He Thi woman I marry must know
at lent as much as I do.
She -Yon are certainly very modest
la your requirements.
McGAlf NON CASE
' ! V PRESENTED TO JURY
CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 28. The
case of William 'H. McGanaon, ehief
justice of the municipal court, en trial
charged with the second degree murder
of Harold C. Kagy, on the night of May
7, was expected to be in the hands of
the jury late today. ' ' :
- The defense rested its case with the
( own behalf yesterday, but County Pros
ecutor Boland K'ifckiu announced that he
testimony of Judge McGannon in his
expected, to call one more witness in re
buttal bief ore arguments.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists'" refund money if PAZC
OINTMENT fails .to cure Itching
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and yot
can get restful sleep after first applica
tion. 60c.
- Designed by a New Jersey man a cen
trifugal pump can be driven by an elec
tric motor mounted on one side of its
base or a gasoline engine on the other.
You Guard Against Burglars, But What
About Sati?
Bats steal millions of dollars worth of
(rain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy
property and are a menace to health,
if you are troubled with rats, try KAT
SNAP. It will surely kill them pro
rent odors. Cats or dogs won't touch
it. Comes in cakes.
Three sizes, 35c, 60c, 11.25. Bold
uid guaranteed by Standard Hardware
Co., J. H. Kennedy & Co., Gastonia;
J. B. Lewis Co., Dallas; Mt. Holly
Hdw. Co., Mt. Holly; W. H. & D. P.
Stowe, Belmont, N. C.
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Home Pleasures
The popcorn popper is just another one of the innumerable
LITTLE THINGS to be found at our store that add so much to the
comfort, convenience and pleasure of the home.
Why not make a list right now of the many little hardware com
forts and necessities that would add to the pleasure of your home?
And then tie a string around your finger and start for our store.
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Y ' Our friend QuHlen sayti 1 "Savings" Bank Insurance is the Best'Ia-;
surance in the World, as No Man's Job, is Fire-Proof' He's right. :
No Automobile haa been made yet that is Fire-Proof, Theft-proof or ;
Damage-proof Until that kind of a" car is made, your best protection is v;
Automobile Insurance. i
Bates are low,,. .Let a talk it over. Your business needed and appro- "
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R. V. WILLIAMS,
"THE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE MAN"
Room 9 Orer 3rd Natl. Bank -
Fones 824 and 410 ' I Gastonia, N. C
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Bounds like a price which was asked for farm land some years ago yet,i
we can sell you today 40 acres of good farm land, lying between Gastonia
and Dallas at this price. This farm has a house and barn on it the fortyy
acres will be sold for Four Thousand' Dollars. A little cash, ihe balance .
on terms. Would you like to see itt Call on us or phone us. "
, CORNWELL REAL. ESTATE &
18 INSURANCE CO.
Rooms 7, 8 and 9 Over 3rd Nat. Bank.
Phone 824.'- ,- ;
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ANNOUNCEMENT
We want all the former patrons and all
prospective future patrons to know that the
Sanitary Beauty Parlor Rooms 2 and 3 Tor
rence building has changed hands an,d is un
der new management - and the very best
methods will be employed in treating scalps
and skin diseass. Unless otherwise request-,
ed we use only Marinello products which is
used and recommended by more' than thirty-five
thousand beauty parlors.
Expert operatives in attendance. We cut
children's hair, do Marcel waving, manicure
ladies and gentlemen, and carry a full line
of Marinello Cream Lotions, Powders and
Rouge.
We thank you, one and all, for your pa
tronage. Wish you a happy New Year.
'Phone 434 for appointments.
MRS. J. A. PERKINS,
Expert Cosmetician.
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