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Follow the Gypsy Patter»n
Whnt Is <i pillfmm? It is usually
composed <q lwo simill sticks, seldom
longer limn six Inches apiece, and
(iliteeil crosswise one on top of the |
oilier. The open triangles which
these sticks form tell t lie tale which
the trips, wants to leave behind. No
earnviin will leave camp or pass
crossioads without leaving n pnt
tertin hehird. This secret language ol
the road developed during thousands
of years. No white man was ever
able to read It.—American Magazine.
Firct Uie of Coal
The value of coal does not seem to
have been known to the ancients, nor
Is It known at what time It began to
be used for fuel. Some say that It
was used by the ancient Britons; at
all events, It, was an article of house¬
hold consumption, to some extent,
during Ihe Anglo-Saxon period as
early as A. D. 852.
Indiana' Laat Stand
In 1005 the Indians made their Iasi
stand at Tidewater, now Fort Wash¬
ington. In that year Col. John Wash¬
ington, with n force of 1,500 Maryland
anil Virginia militia, met and defeated
a horde of about 2.500 Indians. The
defeat was so decisive that the Iri
dians left this section of the country.
Marvel* of Atom*
A hundred million atoms, placed end
to end In a straight line, measure only
an. inch. Yet, at a scientific convert
lion photographs and moving pictures
of Individual atoms are shown, eollid
Jug as they rush about at a speed of
20,01 X) miles an hour. This demon
strafes amazing skill by scientists.
The Laurel
By the ancient Greeks Ihe laurel
was called “daphne" and was sacred
to Apollo. Berry-hearing twigs of It
were wound around the foreheads of
victorious heroes and poets; and in
later times the degree of doctor was
conferred with this ceremony, whence
the term “laureatlon.”
What Do They Eat?
Because Itusslan hens are allowed
to run wild foraging for themselves
their* eggs can be preserved for 12
months, while those of the carefully
tended biddies of western Europe
spoil much quicker, declares an egg
specialist.
Character
Character Is what you build Into
your life by Industry, sobriety, thrift,
and trustworthiness. It Is worth
more to you than a bank account. You
can always turn character Into cash,
but sever cash Into character.
*ft»e Elateyjarbok
collection t*f Sagas, called
Fluteyjnrbok, Is In the Royal IIbran
nt Copenhagen. It Is the work of two
Icelandic priests (1380-05) and Is onr
of the chief sources for the Norse dis
covery of America.
Riding the Market
The difference between a hitch¬
hiker nml an amateur stock-market
player Is that the latter will always
find It easier to lie taken for a ride.—
American Magazine.
An Irritated Note
If your nose has become Irritated
from your eye glasses, rub the sore
portion with a little dry alum three
or four times a day and the trouble
will soon vanish.
Law Enforcement
If you are a law officer, you have
got to go on with fho work that was
launched on a wave of popular in¬
dignation after (lie Indignation has
subsided.
Hard to Win
You can’t get acquainted with
some people, because they fear they’ll
bore you. That's the kind you have
to organize a regular campaign to
win. •
All Bunk
No doubt there are lingo lexico¬
graphers who know the exact shades
of difference between hooey, hokum,
blah, baloney, applesauce and banana
oil.
Freedom
Freedom 1s a matter of economics;
there is little use in claiming to be
free if one is economically dependent.
—The American Magazine.
Judicial Error
Judge—“Bailiff, tell that man he
must remove his lint in court." Bailiff
—“But, sir, that man is a woman.”—
F’st, Constantinople.
Primitive Farming
Korean farmers depend on the ox
or cow for plowing and hauling be¬
cause native horses are too small for
farm labor.
Still He Fool* Some People
"Do long-talkin’ man,’’ said Uncle'
Eben, “is mighty liable to be relyin' I
more on cough drops dan on Ideas." !
Stock Market Suggeition
The only tips that are dependable'
are found on asparagus.—American
Magazine.
Gyp*y Philotophy
There is no more dangerous sick¬
ness than sadness.—American Maga¬
zine.
’"‘ THE CLEVELANB COURIER, CLEVELAND. GEORGIA. ‘
Twins Are Plentiful
Medical literature records some re¬
markable cases of multiple birth, and
makes twins seem commonplace.
There Is one instance of seven living
children horn together of which only
one did not survive. Five cases are
known of six children horn at once'.
The average of twin births to sin¬
gle nr£s is about 1 In 100; triplets
about 1 in 6,000; and 5 births at a
time about 1 in 10 , 000 , 000 . it is rare
for all four of quadruplets to survive.
Senate Page*
The page hoys in the senate are
paid $3.30 per day while the senate is
In session. Their hours are concur¬
rent with those of the seuate, but it is
necessary for them to report some¬
what earlier than the hour at which
the senate convenes. Their duties are
those of messengers, generally. Under
the laws of the District of Columbia
they are required to attend school for
15 hours each week. Some attend
night school and other attend classes
conducted by an instructor at the Cap¬
itol In the mornings.
Methutelah of Fore»t
The General Sherman Idg tree Is the
Sequoia National forest, California, es¬
timated to be nt least 4,(XX) years
old, Is still producing an annual crop
of cones from which fall millions of
fertile seeds. There are nurseries In
the park that contain many young
trees, the progeny of this oldest and
largest living tiling. The Methuselah
of the forest perpetuates Its kind to¬
day ns It did when Cheops built the
Great Pyramid In Egypt,
Workman’* Lucky Hunch
A workman’s hunch probably averted
a tragedy at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A
house that had been built about 0<>
years ago was being wrecked. The
workman found a pint bottle between
the walls and was in (he act of hurl¬
ing it. among tiie rest of the debris
when lie had ids hunch to examine the
bottle. It was marked “nitroglycerin.”
The bottle was dumped into a river.
The Age of Retirement
Exert your talents and distinguish
yourself, and don’t think of retiring
from tiie world until the world will
lie sorry that you retire. 1 hate a
fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or
laziness drives Into n corner, and who
does nothing wlifn lie is there but sit
and growl. Let him come out as 1
do, and bark.—Doctor Johnson.
Watch Your Feet
Asked whether people abuse their
stomachs or (heir feet the most, Dr.
William S. Sadler of tiie American
Magazine replies unhesitatingly, “Their
feet." He explains that people have
had a little sense knocked into their
heads about overeating and wrong
eating, but precious lltiie regarding
thalr feet and their care.
Lead* in Rice
Louisiana ranks first among the
states for rice production. This crop
covers an acreage of 456,959. All the
prairie district lias been transformed
into one great rice field; some is also
grown on the lowlands of the Missis¬
sippi valley. Oilier states producing
rice are Texas, Arkansas and Cali¬
fornia.
Action* Not Word*
“A slender acquaintance with tiie
world,” said George Washington,
"must convince every man (hat his
actions, unt words, are the true
criterion of tiie attachment of friend¬
ship; and that the most liberal pro¬
fessions of good-will are far from be¬
ing Hie surest marks of it.”
Congressional “Whip”
Tim term “whip” applied to certain
members of parliamentary bodies Is
derived from tbe “whippers-ln" of a
hunt—men whose Job it is to whip up
lagging hounds and so to keep the
pack together nml obedient to orders.
—Gas Logie.
Standard Rail
The standard rail is S3 feet long.
The number of crossties per mile dif¬
fers will) the various railroads and
with conditions. Tiie average num¬
ber is 3,168.
Second Thought*
“Is there a good reply to the mas¬
culine argument that man was made
first and woman after?” asks a read¬
er. Yes—that second thoughts are
best.
The Unkindly Arctic
Tiie Arctic is dangerous because it
is a new country with strange condi
tions that temperate zone and tropic
people fear.—American Magazine.
Very, Very Punny
Now that it has been suggested that
heredity influences the color of halt
bald-headed men can blame it on tlieii
lack of heredity.
Father'* Day
It is always father’s car when It j
needs a new tire or a tank of gas. At
other times the whole family owns II
One Benefit of the Home
Home may lose popularity, but there
never will be a substitute as a satis
factory place to eat corn on the cob.
Great-Hearted
It adds nothing to ni.v satisfaction
to know that another man lias been
disappointed.—Abraham Lincoln.
‘-’Oir.o plays arc so long that auditors
lake luncheon to the then ter. Folding
beds tatty next lie introduced.
J::-1 rc -I a long exposition on how
to save coal. As it wasn't written by
a janitor it is of little moment.
We imagine that some day a mod¬
ernist, perhaps, will compose a sym¬
phony with the coughing right in it.
“A man in Washington, Pa., com¬
plained to authorities that gasoline is
draining into his cellar.”—Er—com¬
plained ?
A well-known popular composer is
to lie married the last of next month,
and is said to lie at work on the theme
song.
Chicago cops are eating garlic to
keep influenza away. This is a tip
they must have had from the Chicago
gunmen.
Among other tilings the airplane
has brought us tiie past twenty-five
years is the application of Uie word
“minedness."
The man who wanted little here be¬
low Is now satisfied, of course, with
t*he Christmas neckties Santa Clans
brought him.
Tiie Stone age toys found in Swe¬
den may come In handy. There is
srl/l a Stone age child in every
neighborhood.
Before talking pictures, people used
to wonder what Uie actors in tiie film
dramas were saying, and in certain
cases still do.
Although it sometimes looks ns If
she had fried to do so, Dame Fashion
bus not yet put tiie dressmakers whol¬
ly out of business.
When you see smoke rolling out the
windows of a modern home these days
it might lie a female bridge party in¬
stead of tlie bouse on fire.
There is a new golden
ANTI-KNOCK gasoline at
PAN-AM stations. It gives
you the motor perform¬
ance you have been hoping
PAN-AM
ANTI-KNOCK
GASOLINE
Thoroughbred ANTI-KNOCK
gasoline . . . nothing is added,
nothing could be added to give
you better motor performance
.
All over the south thousands
have waited for this better gasoline.
But PAN-AM wouldn’t do it, until
they could do it right.
Drive up to the PAN-AM pump
with the golden gasoline, a new
motoring experience awaits you. fi % ,
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The Problem
We have been trying to acquire a
liberal ednci ‘ion by reading 15 min¬
ifies a day, as our great inspirational
writers assure us is easily possible,
but unfortunately we appear to be the ■
kind of man that devotes tbe enlire i
15 minutes, if not 16 or 17, to won¬
dering which book he can read to the
best advantage in the limited time at
bis disposal.
Il's odd: Jn the old nursery tingle
It was a cow that jumped over the
moon, not a bull market.
NO TIME
"You've lost your gold watch? Tukt
a minute to tell me about it.”
"Can’t now—haven’t any time,"
The Cooling Reply
Actor (triumphantly to manager)
—They have done me the honor of
naming a cigar after me.
Manager—That's not saying much
for tiie cigar, if it doesn’t draw better
Ilian your name does.
Obligation Admitted
“Are you willing to admit that yon -
are dependent on your wife In your j
public career?”
“Perfectly willing,” answered Sena- ;
tor Sorghum. “I have no ear for music j
and I am compelled to depend on !
Marlah to nudge that I will he 1
me so
among the first to stand up when the
band plays ‘The Slur Spangled Ban
Her.’ "—Washington Star.
Well Deserved Fate
“1 don’t wi :!i Jim Judd, tlie town
calamity liowli r. no hard luck,” says
old Man A!linn, “lull I wisli tie’ll climb
one of ibe moitniains lie makes onta
mole-hills and fall off.”—Farm
Fireside.
The Cherokee*
Tiie Cherokees were the largest nnc
most important Indian tribe original
ly east of the Alleghenies, perhaps
the highest in culture and Intellectual
receptivity north of Mexico.
Bragging
"When you stahts braggin’,” saic
Uncle Eben, “you ain’t liable to git
much fur tlier dun to excite a little
curiosity concernin' what you’s tulkin
'
’bout."
Problem
There was a chefs’ congress in
Paris recently. A housewife wants
to know if they found why milk boils
over immediately the telephone bell
rings.
Ta*te in Book*
People’s taste In books is often de¬
pendent on tiie opportunity they have
for coming into contact with good
ones.— Woman’s Home Companion.
Breaking Miser’* Greed
Even tbe miser’s greed will break
down and ids soul find freedom if we
can get him and keep him In a garden.
—Woman’s Home Companion.
A Mother’* Problem
How to reduce tiie labor without
subtracting from the infant’s comfort
is a problem most mothers face.—
Farm and Fireside.
You Can Get Stuck, Though
Tiie difference hetween ticker tape
adhesive tape Is that the latter
no quotations on if.—American
Auction
Tiie first auction sale on record took
place in England and was held by
Eliiiu Yale, ihe founder of Yule uni
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Evil Passing for Good 1
Evil is easy, and its forms are in
infinite; good is almost unique. But
a certain kind of evil is as difficult
to find as what is called good; and
often on tin's account this particular
kind of evil gets passed off as good.
There is needed an extraordinary
greatness of soul to attain to it as
well us to good.—Pascal.
Whole*aIe Wedding
A town councillor in Brittany saw
his three sons and two daughters mar¬
ried on the same day. Tiie brides of
two of tiie sons were sisters, and r tie
bridegroom of one of the daughters
was the brother of these two brides.
Tbits five children of one family and
three of another were ail married at
once.
Quick, Doc, the Derrick
When tiie circus veterinarian was
called recently to see Myrtle, tiie big
elephant, lie diagnosed her ailment as
toothache and said the offending
molar must come out. A steam derrick
was secured, ropes and pulleys adjust¬
ed. tiie power applied, aud out it came.
—Farm and Fireside.
Picric Acid
Picric acid Is poisonous when used
in large doses, and the dry crystals
when handled sometimes cause inflam¬
mation of tbe skin, ft was formerly
used very largely as a yellow dye for
silk, but it Is now employed chiefly In
file manufacture of explosives.
Ambition* Fade
The bright ambitions of youth are
modified somewhat by the inexorable
flight of time, and the man who start¬
ed out some thirty years ago to con¬
quer tiie world is now fairly web
satisfied if fie can keep from spilling
the beans.
Not Altogether a Joke
Everyone must Imve noticed how
generally “jokes” refer to women im¬
posing on husbands. . . . This is
criticism of women disguised as hu¬
mor; “jokes” always represent cur¬
rent public opinion.—E. W. Howes
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