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SWEPT AWAY IN AVALANCHE
SPLENDID
DENIES FAIRIES WERE MYTHS
CLOSE TO DEATH
Trespasser on Holy Ground in
Great Danger.
British Profeeaor Introduce* Arg -
mcnti to Show That They Were
in Common With Mankind.
the New Era of the Last
Year*, Life la Really .1
Worth the While.
In an address delivered before the
anthropological section of the Brit-
, tsh association an attempt *«► wade
Adventurer Saved Only by Sheik Who
Had Taken a Fancy to the
Supposed Bedouin.
Two hundred and forty mile# from
ilwva, the place of pilgrimage of b«-
.levers In the Mohammedan faith, is
a town of nearly equal religious rever-
ence—Medina. writes Temple Man-
ning In the (ieveland Plain Dealer.
Here rests the body of Mohammed In
a marble-paved mosque, whose entire
surface is covered with costly pray-
ing rugs. It was to Medina, where it
Is death for a "Naiareenl." or Chris-
tian, to be found, that 1 foolishly tried
to make my way.
Do you ever rt<p,to tell yourself
what a good time !lii* Is to l>e alive?
For is It not a new era; has not life
to reconstruct the anatomy of fairies' become life Indeed in these last few
and to Show- that these lively, delight- 1 .vars? The generation which has
Ml and Iteautlful beings are not the 1 reached middle uge or middle age a,.J
creations of the Imagination of cen- , a "'If « «'f i,s aew worllJ-
furies of story tellers but were once |
Brave Belgians to Be Together
on Judgment Day.
Two Defenders of the Liege Porta
Await the Day When They Will
Join Their Comradei.
a real race of people. The true key
of the (den is found in the fact that
although fairy women are generally
represented as lovely, some of the
tribes of men fairies are described
as ugly, and fairy children when left
as changelings are invariably pictured
as repulsive urchlt:
lining thereby a wtTld which had
made automobiles aud airplanes and
fast printing presses and telephones
ami had In turn been made by tlie>e.
It was a mistaken boast, asserts the
Villager. Machinery creates things, 1
not life; the lew heaven and earth
which we bought in electric supply
A solemn assignation Is to tie kept
in the Fort de Louciu. at Liege, in
Belgium, writes K. J. Crulkshjink in
the London Daily Mail. The day when
it will be kept la known to no man,
but it purely w ill be.
The tale begins auiid rtie suioke and | 8lllK|e
thunders of gigantic battle. It Is the | Halfway up they came to four cab-
Tragedy in American Northweet
Graphically Described by Army
Officer Who Led Party.
An American officer tells a moving
story of sudden and swift destruction
In our Northwest, it happened on a
February day. when a wann sun and a
Chinook Wind from the Pacific were
melting the snow. AH along the trail,
as the officer and las party wound up
the mountain side, great masses of
snow seemed to overhang them, aud
more than once the officer noticed how
anxious the grizzly-haired old guide
seemed to be. Only a narrow path had
lieen cleared through the snow, and
the 20 mules followed one another in
WHERE SUN KILLS
up reuu.w>r um ,.,..s of a sallow com Mioi* wa« merely the old. dlsffulmiJ ^arly llavs of t\iv loiig terror. The | ^ l)V miner* Three brawny
nlexion and moftt deformed about the j for the moment under a clutter of . jjege fortN Iniwt sorely tried, most men Jn re<1 si,irt* stood at the door of
ion. It til Ltiti lif U I I t • to ... ^ . m ■ a* ..... L.ln,. Uinn^ttuil ... .a. —
feet and legs.
When one approaches the fairy
i|uesflo)i In this way. the professor
liolnted out, one Is forced. It strikes
l thought that I might be able to pasa hJm fo 0(,n(.|U(Jp tlml fa|ries us a real
people consisted of a short, stumpy,
swarthy rai*e. which made *ts habita-
tions underground or otherwise cun-
ningly concealed.
They were Jiunters. probably, and
fishermen; at any rate they were not
for a Mohammedan where so many
different nationalities meet in a cooi-
muU bal>et of speech. Other Euro-
peans bad been successful, and. al-
though their number can 1«* counted on
the hngers of your two hands, 1 hoped
to ad<J my name to theirs.
Willi the help of au European I
dyed my skin, donned Arab costume,
and spent many long days In practic-
ing Mohammedan customs so 1 might
pass as one of the elect. \\ hen my
teacher pronounced me perfect in all
my lessons I joined a caravan and
net out with (too pilgrims to cross the
desert.
Encamped near the village of Gubl-
lua, close by u slave caravan, whose
hopeless merchandise we could hear
wailing in the night, the picketed
camels and glowing campflres of our
company, a Bedouin sheik, who had
taken a liking to ine. was sitting t«-
iiiije my fire. gulte suddenly he
fllani'ed" up and spoke rapidly to his
men. who left us alone, and then he
turned to me. Without warning lie
toosed a small tobacco pouch toward
ine and mlled: "Catch it!"
anyone do that to you. if you
new furniture. It takes new life to fa|,hf„| 0f defenses, are being smashed 0ne of the cabins talking as the party
make a new world. Who today can an() by monstrous guns. 1 Salutes were exchanged,
be deaf and blind to the evidences Jn ,mr1|c„|arj the Fort de Loncin , hut tflp party had no occasion
that life is once again at the spring.' |,0|,|s out an incredibly long time. It; tQ halt.
Movements are afo«it stirring literally lsJ ^ovted j,, flame and rent by ex-1 They llHll K,llie about three hundred
plosions. Stonework is splintered like, ^ Ht)(j about to make a turn
glass and heavy iron twisted like pa-1 ^ tj)e truii, when the leader halted to
lier. Small hope here for poor flesh-: |lK)j. •]-),« guide was ahead—the
und-blood humanity. The big liiaga ; B(,,ot„|. The line of mules was
/.Ine blow s up. There is the horror strung out for a quarter of a mile, and
f a dazzling rush of flame, of 11 (J|| f)Mlt alming (beiu were five puckers,
. half of earth's population to new of
flees and to vast new dreams. Con-
trast the uge of machinery with (lie
age of women and say which Involves
■ deeper-reaching changes in civiliza-
tion! Hut the lige Of physics beside
nsneniieii, ai mij 1"" >"w , , . „,,ri,i - - , , . , . 1
tillers of the ground or eaters of an uge In which tlie half of the w< thunder and quaking like the end of. a„ balfbreeda.
bread. Most likely they had some of
the domestic animals and lived main-
ly on milk and the produce of the
chase, together vv It Ik what they got by
stealing.
Thev seem to have practiced tlie art
of spinning, although they do not ap-
jiear to have thought much of cloth- j trade
ing. They apiiear to have had a lan-
guage of their own, which would Im-
ply n time when they knew no other,
and explain why when they came to
that Is Asia is rubbing its eyes and
getting to Its feet, and say which is
going to make deelier impress on the
spirits and ways of thought of man-
kind! For that matter, think of the
world in which there was an America
busy with problems of liquor and
of trusts and tuxes, and then
think of) a world In which there is
an America, immense, untried, stand-
ing on tiptoe before a world adven-
ture: Whichever way you look you
The officer heard no signal of dan
ger, no cry of alarm. With the swift-
ness of thought the snow, 500 feet up
the mountain, began to move. The
width of the avalanche was about half
mile, and it moved very rapidly.
Heat in Tropical Desert Fatal to
European.
i«*u 1 i« ji « «" 'v • •
town to do their marketing they laid ; must «*k yourself. What will v m* ou
of it? And who ran east the hero-
scope? Who can, indeed, and is not
this of Itself a happy omen? Is it
fives and dealt only In i uot good to be done with an age In
which men were sure of everything.
down the exact money without utter-
ing n syllable to anybody by way of
bargaining for their purchases. They
counted by
the simplest of numbers.
They were inordinately fond of
music and dancing. They bad a mar-
velously quick sense of hearing and
were consummate thieves; but their
thievery was not systematically re-
Trust Idea la Very Old.
•Trusts," like many other tilings
supposed to be entirely modern, are
by no means new features of life.
They are, ft)deed, at least as ancient
as the pyramids.
are a man you wlli bring your legs 1 wn|wj " B„ t|lv!r visits were held to
together. If you are sitting down, so ^ring luck and prosperity. More
you can catch the missile In your lap. 1
Now, it must be remembered that,
after the fashion of a Be^euln. 1 wore
a long, flowing robe. To all pubises
It was a dress, aud women and
Bedouins make their laps, not by
bringing their legs together, but by
spreading them out. As I have said.
1 brought my legs sharply together
I did not know what u mistake 1 had
uiade until later.
The sheik never said a word to me
then He row from my lire aua passed
out into the ulght. Early the next
morning, before dawn had broken, the
sheik and two men came quietly to
my little camp. His two men woke
me from sound sleep and told me that
1 was to go back the way 1 had come
with them. In other words. I was not
to be permitted to go to Medina. I
protested, and my captors threatened
me; then the sheik came and s|*>ke
to me.
He told me. more In laughter than
anger, that he had found me out,
and be told me how he had made the
discovery. If he had permitted me to
go further, my life would probably
have l.een forfeited by my ignorance.
As it was. I went back along the desert.
having failed because I did not know-
how to play "catch" with a dress m
the world. Two hundred soldiers lie;
burled forever, deep beneath a moun-
tain of concrete, which has been
hurled savagely into the solid eurth
by the force of the explosion.
At last the fort is surrounded and
overrun. The valiant Colonel Naes- ^ There were thousands of tons of snow,
seme, who has led the forlorn hope. j,un(i|.eds of trees, hundreds of great
is taken prisoner, and with him such j boulders.
few of his men as remain alive. Among j ju a jevv mouients it was all over,
them is an excellent X. C. O., Gabriel UQ(] H ()f what seemed smoke
by name. l>eath Is threatened—In- 1 jlU])g ,|lt. spot. It drove off down
deed, seems close at hand? "I will ^ |UoUUtaln after two or three mln-
die with my soldiers." cries the leader! H(| t)|e looked for his pack
with the gesture of the Latin tempera- Irain
ment. But they spare him. u man nor a mule had escaped.
Here is the second chapter of the! He |00|tt.€| f„r the cabins and they, too,
story. Deep amid the wreckage of the |iaJ dlM,ip4.are,I. Indeed, the very
in which the future was made as den j j.ort Loncin there has been built j lrai| |1H(j bw>n ^weptdoWn into the vai-
nlte s the past, in which events went ^ a crypt. It is cold aud as dark at noon j ley a ulile below, and almost across it.
by calculations, statistics, charts. , as a( n)ght ]n wooden coffins, on ! j,."r a gl)act! u( |,alf a mile wide there
was neither tree nor shrub—not a
yard of earth. The avalanche had
ground its way down to the rocks. •
New York Herald.
diagrams, curves? \\ hat can you pre- w|,newashed shelves, repose the
diet now by the charts and curves? Iuail)s forty-seven soldiers who died
Where are now your prophets which | )n t)|e jpfj.nse 0f i.-ort de Loncin in
prophesied? No broker knows any ' those lerrlble days of *14. They sleep
powerful races generally feared them | longer bow to "read the ta e;" no (W[) an(] qu|ett with those other 200
a« formidable magicians, who knew bunker can tell you just what turn wh<| arp burled beneath the concrete,
the future and could cause or cure finance Is going to lake[ no Professor | T|ie (.rvpt ls winding and devious, on
disease as they pleased,
can demonstrate how the close knit- | (||e ,Ilode| „t ttie ancient catacombs,
ting together of the natious must jt is a serene afternoon In the year
make war certainly impossible; no j peace colonel Naesseuce is
preacher Is saying what religion Is courteously conducting us over tlie
going to dominate the world in tlie , for( where tle made so stout a stand,
next 500 years; no politician is prom- , Hg )g gray.halred, gravely-spoken, log-
ising what form of government will | j)a( He tells tue history of the de-
|,e in the ascendant when he is a j feQg¥ verv modesty. It Is quite by-
It appears that the earliest form of little while gone. Where cocksureness lu.(,1(Jent t|iat 0ne catches the ends of
trust was the cornering of fiKKlstufTs ends faith begins. Yes. It is a good 1 ^ story. It is from Gabriel that It
— *- 1 time to (be alive! | romes. He stands there blinking In
the sunlight, the typical old sergeant-
bv monarch* and their agents. As-
syrian records 7,000 or 8,000 years old
give accounts of these monopolistic
transactions.
In the days of the Romans monopoly
was a recognized institution. Ihe Ko-
man government farmed out taxes;
the tax farmer pla«-ed embargoes on
the food supplies of the provinces to
make up arrears in taxes.
Grafting Tails on -Goldfish.
it seems that when goldfish are very,
very young their flesh is entirely trans-
l arent, so that no Roentgen ray is
necessary In order to every bone
of tlie spinal column—that is to say. if
one has a pair of good magnifying
glasses. It is during the time that
in "civvies."
None Died of Laughter.
"Strange, when you come to think
of it," savs Max Beerbohm in "And
Even Now," "that of all the countless
folk who have lived before our time
on this planet, not one is known In
history or in legend as having died
■jt laughter. Stiange, too, that not to
<ine of all the characters in romance
has such an end beeu allotted.
••Has It ever struck you what
liance Shakespeare missed when be
was finishing the second part of "King
Henry the Fourth?' Kalstaff was not
the man to stand cowed and bowed
In the Middle Ages tlie trade guilds the flesh is thus transparent that Un-
controlled the output of .-ertaln arts grafting must be done. Tlie o|*-ratiou
and industries, and also the means of
major retired and
"There are forty-seven coffins in the | ^i|e (he JOung king lectured him and
crypt down there." j ,.agt |||m ,,(f l.ittle by little, as Hal
"That is so." j ^ro^ded in that portentous allocu-
"But there are forty-nine places, so ^ ^ humor of the situation would
you say. How is that?" , ||av^, llia^tered old Sir John. His face,
"There are two who have not yet j l|lank wlth surprjse at first, would
been carried there." , pre„e[)t|y have glowed and widened
and his whole bulk begun to quiver.
Lest he should miss one word, he
•Where are they?"
"M. le Colonel is the
me.
distribution. This form of monopoly,
like the famous league of the Hanse
free towns, was for protection against
competition from towns not in the
league
Flying Gas Cloud.
A cloud of glowing gas has been
diwwered flying through spa.* at j (^pnir . 0f a
spee.i of 1.125 miles per second. | VMlic<1 wanted.
Headers may 1* relieved to know
that it is traveling away from us,
but even if it were coming our way
there would I# nothing to fear as
many thousands, perhaps millions, of
yetrs must elapse firore it could reach
is cut off, and two, three, or four more
are grafted on in its place. Many die
iluring the operation, but a sufficient
riie most complete monopoly In the proportion live to make the business
Middle Ages was the Venetian con- a paying one. A fish with foul or
trol of shipping in the Adriatic, which five tails is worth a good deal of
was powerful enough to turn an en- money, as there are likely to be man.v
tlre crusade from its purpose to the rare specimens among
I am the
is a most delicate one. and must, of j otlier lt is t,is purpose to be with his , ^ ^ have |i|a_t(,rwl hiniself. But the
course, be done under water, and with j M,ldiers Ueatli. And I too. ! hnal Wljrjg would have lieen the sig-
mil for the release of all the roars
pent up in him; the welkin would have
runt * 'he roars, belike, would have
fort will meet#forever in the cooi. iua,|v subsided In dreadful
dark crypt. It will be the last roll j * ,„
call in the Fort de Ixnicin.
nicely adjusted instruments. The tail fjgbt and forty-nine will be In their
places. The crypt will be complete."
The valorous defenders of this Liege
in the cooi.
offspring.
Christian town which Generations of this k'ind of culture in which governments are resorting
It was the price tlie
crusaders had to pay for ships to
transport them to Palestine.
How It manages to remain intact
While traveling at such a dlxzy speed
is a mystery. Equally mysterious is
the manner in which it was able to get
up such a speed.
The most probable explanations are
that it has been shot from some
gigantic sun belonging to a universe
of stars far beyond those we can see.
or that it is a gradual accmulation of
Pumps Soft or Hard Water.
In domestic water supply systems It
has l een necessary to. have tw-o
pumps, one for the bard-water well
and the other for the soft-water cis-
tern. Now this service can lie sure
piled automatically with one pump
fitted with a patented double-acting
valTe. say® a writer in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. This valve is
cylindrical In form and has «<:x open-
ings. two to the inlet and outlet open-
ings of the pump; two to the hard and
soft-water discharges, and the two
gas or gasses which ultimately will jor the suction pipes to the hard and
be formed into stars
eround us at night.
such
Sports in Argentina.
Argentina is becoming one of the
sporting countries of the world, says
the New York Evening l'ost. Soe<-er
football is a fuvorite there, us ;,re
tennis, field hockey, boxing and fenc-
ing The fashionable rowing center
cilied Tigre. about twenty miles from
Buenos Aires, resembles New London
or Hpnley. First class cricket is
play eil, and golf is improving. Near-
ly all the great estancias have their
polo teams and many thrilling meeti
are held. The Argentine polo team,
"Wild Horse ltauch," followers of the
soft-water supplies. In the barrel of
tlie cylinder are three pistons made
to move one way or the other, accord-
ing to the direction of the greater
pressure, and to close automatically
the ports so that when water ls
drawn from a soft-water faucet the
bard-water ports are closed, and vice
versa.
Donetz Basin Coal Fields.
The Donetz basin, in southern Rus-
sia. is the most Important of the coal
fields of that country, according to the
commerce reports of the Vnited States
Department of Commerce During
the month of March. 1921. It furiosl.ed
.VKI.490 long tons. Tlie output of the
game will remember, created a iensa- region was about 6" per cent of the
Japan have made its goldfish superior
to those of any other country The
climate also favors their growth, as
abundant air and sunshine are of the
utmost Importance to their health and
coloring.
Origin of "Adam's Apple."
Where the Book of Genesis mere-
ly relates the episode of Eve and the
apple in the briefest and most concise
language, legends go much farther—
lonnecting various kinds f :.uimals
, and birds with the Kali of Man, and
introducing s< res of trimmings which
do not appear in the original version.
One of these legends is responsible
for the name "Adam's apple as ap-
| plied to the thyroid cartilage of the
i larynx, a j ri jectlon which --ualiy is
I ilui h more apparent in men than in
women.
This legend states that Adamv when
he attempted to sv. alh w his l ite 0!
tie apple from the Tree of Life,
choked, and the fruit stuck :n bis
I throat. All males since Adam have
had this proturberunce as s.lent evi-
dent* of the in<Hs< retioo of their an-
cestor.
The Parliament Clocks.
Among the various expedients to
In I
these days to raise money, no one 1
seems to have suggested the taxation j
of clocks. The idea of such a tax is
strange today, yet no less a financier :
than the young Pitt adopted it in 1T97 ■
as part of the means to. pay for the !
Napoleonic wars. It was not long in
force. It failed to get much revenue. ;
and by reducing the number of clocks
bought it threw many skilled workers
out of employment. Indirectly, how- '
ever, it enriched collectors In later
generations with an Interesting article
of furniture. Abandonment of private
clocks led enterprising tradesmen—
chiefly victuallers—to provide clocks
for their customers. From their origin
in the Finance act of the day the
quasi-public clocks were called parlia-
ment clocks, and they seem to have
been turned out chiefly by one firm. At
any rate there is one standard pat-
tern—an upr ght case of "grandfather
style, always with black face and
white hands and figures. Those which
have survived the intervening century
atid a quarter are now much sought
after.
rumblings of more than utterable or
conquerable mirth. Thus and thus
only might his life have been rounded
off with dramatic fitness."
Snowplow Pushed by Tractor.
A tractor-propelled snowplow has
been developed in northern Michigan
for use on snow-swept northern roads,
*ii\ s an illustrated article In Popular
Mechanics Magazine, lt Is operated
by two men controlling the Individual
units of plow and endless-tread trac-
tor. It is a huge affair, with a "wing"
spread of 12 foot. throwing the snow-
six feet to either side. On each side
of the forerunner sled is a large plow-
share which turns the snow. Set at
any desired angle are outboards which
carry the snow to the sides of the road.
The plow unit is adjustable for height
by means of screws turned by liand-
w'heels. It makes a road suitable for
motor traffic, or for sleighs of any
width.
Garments Lined With Red Material
Must Be Used by Traveler in the
African Bush.
in the tropical bush desert the sua
can kill you in a matter of minutes—
fatally Impairing your nerve system
and vour mind.
The nomad of the desert goes about
without heyd cover; when he does wear
lt lt ls orilv for ornament or. to keep
him a bit cooler. His light turban,
worn by you, would lead to the most
serious Illness or death.
The European protects himself
against the sun In the desert as care-
fully as the Invalid in our latitude
wraps himself against chill on a seveie
winter day; with the same care,
though In different fashion.
The feet, legs and lower body. In
boots, leggings and light short trous-
ers. look after themselves; it Is the
parts where the sun can do vital dam-
age that need watching. The back \n
protected by u wide, thick splnepad-
llned In strong red—the color that
counteracts the deadly "violet" rays
The efficient helmet has a large rijd-
llned flap covering the back of the
neck—another vulnerable spot—and
the helmet Itself, thickly made, and
domed high to leave space between the
Interior and the top of the head. 1*
also heavily lined with red. Some,
cheap gear often, are lined with fancy-
green and other colors. Ked is the-
onl.v color-security against even head-
he In the hotter hours of the shade-
less bush of the equator.
There Is one time, however, during
which man. of whatever race or how-
soever clothed, must in the real bush
desert give way before the almighty
power of the sun—the three mid-day
hours.
Inside the double-roofed canvas tent
set up an hour ago the white official,
his midday meal of beef and tinned
vegetables just finished, wipes his
brow and, removing boots and leg-
gings, stretches out on the cainp bed
close by.
Weariness ls coming over him after
the long five hours- march from sun-
rise. He pulls his helmet over his eyes
and drowsily looks down beyond bis
nose through the open flat of the tent.
A strange air of quiet has come over
the midday camp. Up till half an hour
ago all was the usual tumult and noise
that is part of bis life twice a day
when camp is "made* -camels snarl-
ing and bubbling as they knelt to be
off-loaded—syces chanting monotonous-
ly while at work on the baggage-
pickets being posted—servants shout-
ing and whistling.
Now all is changed. The profound
quiet, intensifying each moment, is not
merely due to things having settled
down.
Outside there the squat bush shad-
ows have shrunk to their shortest; the
sunlight, yellow all morning, has
| turned a ghastly white. The camp
j square is deserted; those bushes, each
I w ith a brown cauiel-mat slung over it.
J shows where the restless figures have
j retreated a while.
The camels themselves have ceased
to stray about; in the thin checkered
shade of that grazing thorn over yon-
der they are standing still save for the
flicking of a tail as they languidly
chew the cud. Even the hornbill bird,
melancholy songster of the wilds, lias
ceased its mournful chant. The last
breath of the morning wind has faint-
ed away; not a twig moves; not an
Insect's murmuring note Is beard
around tbe shadowless scrub trembling
In the haze.
It Is as though ti* world about were
suddenly hypnotized. It is. In that
pyramid of blinding rays at this belly
of the world all nature ls struck in a
swoon—the earth, man, beast nnd
every living thing thereon—in the
blinding storm of heat and the white
horror of the midday sun.
In Other Words.
much less is $200
than
lion in England some time ago.
No Longer Loved Them.
"Have you any new attachments for
pbonog raphe?"
"Heavens, no! We've been clerking
in here so long and trying out record*
for people who didn't want to buy.
Unit there isn't one of us here who
feel* tl>e slightest attachment for a
phouogrup/. any more,"—Farm Life.
production of all soviet Russia and
at,out 75 per cent of the production
of soviet Russia in Europe In July.
1921. production had dropped to 161.-
S20 tons.
Cut to Suit.
"What's the r; me of your new
dance, professor?"
"The kangaroo hop."
"It ought to prove |«>pular among
discriminating dancers, but a kanga-
roo covers a considerable distance in
one hop."
"We ve scaled down tlie bop so it
will be suitable for small dancing par-
ties It wouldn't do for a couple to
tfie entire length of the ball-
leap
How
$21iO.UO?
How much less is "three-and-a-quar-
ter' spoken carelessly, than three hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars?
How far up is "$1 and up" and in-
cidentally bow far down Is "II.
down?"
What is the practical difference be-
: tween $5 and $4.99?
What Is a "tremendous sacrifice?"
In other words, what ls a bargain?
• — Exchange.
Latest Thing—A Sneezing Closet.
Sneezing is a warning of a cold. At
WeJleslev college, says the Popular
Science Monthly, there is a little w hite,
zinc-lined room that Is guaranteed to
make one sneezoless aud suuftless,
provided one seeks it in time.
When the twitching nose is first felt
a trip to the "coryza closet" is made.
Hen* the fntues of formaldehyde and
eucalyptus oil are inhaled. Tlie tight-
fitting door prevents the escape of the
fumes and if the patient remains In
the place a few seconds, there need lie
no fear of the cold getting beyond the
first stages.
Cured.
"I don't hear Brown complaining
about his wife as he used to."
"No; you s'-v he visited his old
home to'vn last s uie, and saw tUe |1« Indeed,
girl In '. •*' dr imiiir nbout ami
talking '"boin 1 s. past tw nty
ywr*."—■' Transcript.
Gifted Discoverer.
Bebher—Columbus was a prophet.
(Yane—No. my son. Columbus was
• discoverer He discovered America
"Yes. but when he first saw !t
dldu't he shout. 'I see dry land
Answers.
ui."-—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Not Efficient.
Fenton—"outlt i>ccomplisl.es very lit-
Hllton—Yes; at Rweet fifteen a girl
Is always too busy giggling to have
time to do anything else —Answers.
Why He Lingered.
"Mr. Orabcolh can't see you now."
"I'll wait," sutd the caller
"He may be ei gaged for an hoir
or tw*
"I'll wult "
"Anil even then 1 '-an t prom.se that
he will see you."
Novertl ele.ss. young man. I'll wait"
"'Patience on a monum.-nt.' eh?"
"No, inipecunlosity waiting for a
loan."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
that
Con-
Reynard's Motive.
Speaking of those squirrels
stored up gulf balls, down in
ne'-tlcut not long ago a golf player
saw a fox emerge from a wood, pick
ui his ball and scamper away Into the
brush. A fellow player remarked that
probubly the fox thought the golf hall
, was an "gg.
"No." replied the loser; "my opinion
I ls he thought U was a moth ball and
he ls tuilng It to his winter quarters
to preserve his fur."—Boston Tran-
script.
Visit to Grave Cures.
Persons who suffered from nervous
disorders due to loss of their rela-
tives during the war are said to have
been cured by a visit to the graves
of their lost ones In France. Rev. A.
H. Lloyd of London. England, who
conducts parties to graves of war
dead, says he has seen many such
cures take place.
Glorious Dream.
Sam—Mah boss run down fo* chick
ens ylsterday.
Pete—Lavvdy ! Say, ef ah owned
an ottermoMle, ah'd had a 'tachment
dat would pick do chickens up en nn-
nuder In de rear dat would cook in
right on de road. Den, mun, dat wotOd
be motor!n\— Boston Transcript.
Tide Uncovers Old Spanish Bell.
An old bronze bell, bearing a Span-
ish inscription San A , partly
blurred out, was found Imbedded In
the beach at Copalis, Wash., during an
extremely low tide. It is believed to
be a part of the cargo on eu explor-
ers' ship wrecked on the Pacific coast
over 200 years uge while trying to
make a Mexican or South American
colony.
The old bell was intended for a
mission, as similar ones are intact in
Mexico today, lt weighs fully CiOO
pounds, is of good bronze aud the lu-
Bcription was Inlaid with pure gold,
some bits of which romaln.
said
Alarming Symptoms.
"I'm worried about my boy,"
Mr. Cobles.
"What's the trouble?"
"He's dropping Into poetry."
"Oh, well, maybe he'll outgrow It."
"I'm afraid not. If he were in love
or sick an' off his feed I could un
derstand why he might write th' kind
of stuff 1 hear him readin' to mother
an' th' kitchen girl, but so far as I
know he's gone into that sort of thing
without any Justification whatever."—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Cobbler Usee Jail.
A cobbler of Jefferson, Mass.. ha*
Just rented the town Jail fi r his shoe
shop. He lias fitttvJ up tlie Office for
1,1s shop in d IIvine room and has con-
verted «ne of the cells into a bedroom
and 'lie other Into a kitchenette and
dtn'ng room. The town authorities
ton 1 I'.ev had no use for the Jnll and
Oet get some revenue from the
tralkllng. -Louisville Courier-Journal.
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