Uw j. —— ■ Strength ,. " —
Like the ancient klug who said that
he had no garrison stronger than the
affection of his people, we In our va¬
rious positions in life are no stronger
than the loyalty of those who »te as¬
sociated with us. If the wen win*
work for you do not really like you.
your.organization is weak, no matter
how well It seems to function for o
time, tf you do not have loyalty, you
do not deserve loyalty, You luck
something which attracts it and you
cannot expect it.
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Again, Ben ~" Mv
Come
It was old Ben Franklin who argu
ing the policy of letting others talk as
“the wit of conversation,” said, “He
who goes out of your company pleased
with tils own facetiousness and Inge
nulty w«r the sooner come Into It
again.” And that’s one point on which
we never agree with Franklin. When
anyone monopolizes conversation we
don’t want him to couie back into our
company again,
How to Fool the Rett
An -Ingenious way of catching rats
is told in the People’s Home Jour¬
nal. In setting the rut trap this arti¬
cle advises the covering of It with
tissue paper. Bats are too Intelligent
to walk Into n-ri open trap. However,
they are curious to know what is un
der the paper, and will soon find out.
Floating Shop
Along the west coast of Scotland
many of the small islands have no
shops, but are kept provided by a
floating shop—a seagoing barge,
whoso master Is the shopkeeper and
sells everyth!] g from pencils to potted
meats*, often taking eggs or lobsters
in barter.
Westward, Hoi
After attempting to sit In a genuine
colonial chqlr or to sleep in a genu
ine colonial lied with any degree of
comfort, one Is better able to under
stand why the American pioneers were
always so willing to leave home and
push Into the wilderness.
, Pouonou* Snake*
There are. about 592 species of poi
sontms snakes known throughout the
world, but 288 of them belong to a
group of snakes known ns the Opis
thoglyphn, which are only mildly poi¬
sonous, few of them being deadly to
man.
Education
“The purpose of education is not fo
ustall knowledge, but to create atti- 1
udes,. Its primary object should not
ie to obtain a fat pay envelope, but
o open the mind to the composite wis
lorn and culture of the world.”—Dean
Too Far Behind
One day Jessie’s mother was tolling
of some incident which had occurred
some time In the past and asked her
small daughter whether- she remem¬
bered It. Jessie replied: “No, behliffi.” I don’t
remember that; It fcs too far
Worth While
Humidors hove done so ranch for
general appearances. They have near¬
ly eliminated the man who felt that
he must thrust his cigar Into kls
month almost entirely and pull it out
again before he lit It
Still Gue**ing
Geologists do not agree as fo the
nner constitution of the earth, but
me view is that the inner core is
netal, surrounded by a coating of
ocks some fifty miles deep.
Sound* Reasonable
If anythlug is worth rending at all,
It is worth reading unexpurgnted, but
often enough, an unaxpurgated writer
only makes you ns fatigued ns an un
expurguted gossip monger.
Advance Information
Executive—“Smith, you know I’m
rather forgetful?” Clerk—“Yes, sir.”
Executive—“Then remind me to give
you notice at the end of the month.”
—Passing Show.
One Conaoiation
First Horse—“It’s tough having
these motor cars taking our places.”
Second'Horse—"Well, It gives the men
something else to swear at besides
TO,”
Agreed at La*t
Wife—“M is strange that men al¬
ways Want sons. My father was al¬
ways sorry that I was not a boy.”
Ifusbaud—“So am I.”—Kikeriki, Vien¬
na.
Why Gear* Cla*h
As things are now organized, motor
cars are as much an element of a
woman's life as gas stoves.—Woman’s
Home Companion.
Advice to the Clergy
The old-fnsltloned sermon is about
ns popular ns the old-fashioned high
wheeled’- bicycle — Woman's Home
Companion.
Ye(, Six Excuse#
That couple, married by six differ¬
ent religious rites, will have more
than the usual number of excuses to
fight
Hair on Man'* Head
The hair on a man’s head, If left
uncut rarely grows more than 12
inches, -’according to one expert.
They’re Morally Wrong
Somebody declares that most diets
are wrong. We agree that they’re
.wrong In principle.
' For That Tired Feeling ^ ^
Backaches and footaches and head¬
aches are responsible for most of the
wrinkles and worry squints and tired
listless faces among women. Back¬
aches gi\e that hard edge to the voice
and make women feel forty-five when
they are barely thirty. Many of the
tired aches could be avoided if wom¬
en would take a little less care of
fheir houses and a little better care
of themselves.-— Farm and Fireside.
Mint Go on Record
By the copyright act of 1842, a copy
of “every volume, pamphlet, sheet of
letterpress, sheet of music, map, chart,
or plan separately published” In the
United Kingdom must be deposited
with the British museum and, if de¬
mand is made, copies must also be
presented to the Bodleian library and
the llbarjes of Cambridge, Edinburgh
Dublin,
Loafer* Are an Expen»e
The world has a right to object to
idle, shiftless people. Soon sucti peo¬
ple will be on the county, or in jail,
charged with crime, to be supported
or hanged by money collected in the
form of burdensome taxes. If the
shiftless and idle can be saved early
in their careers, it means a saving
in public expenses.—EJ. H- Howe’s
Monthly.
From BiH to Act
Before a “bill” becomes an “act” in
Great Britain, it mast be “read” three
times in the house of common* and
then sent to the house of lords for
approval. When through both houses
the bill is taken tc the throne for the
royal assent; this attained, It Is no
longer a “bill,” but an “act of parlia¬
ment.”
Almanac*
Remarkable manuscript almanacs,
dating from 1202, are preserved in the
British museum and also in the li¬
braries of Oxford and Cambridge. The
first printed almanac known appeared
between the years 1400 and 1401 and
“The Kalendar of Shepardes,” which
appeared about 1497, was the earliest
one printed In English.
Think Before You Eat
Science has discovered that tiie gas¬
tric juices are influenced by the men¬
tal condition of the Individual, that
food wetted with tears Is like poison
to the body, that the quality of food
Is not half so Important as the men¬
tal condition of the eater.—American
Magazine.
Pets in the House
Pets about the house help to keep
the ehildren as well ns ourselves hap¬
py. Nevertheless, animals may get
sick and may transmit certain dis¬
eases to humans. If you are In doubt
as to on animal’s health, consult a
veterinarian.
Faith
Faith In your own power and con¬
fidence in your own ability are essen¬
tial to this thing we call success. But
keep an ear close to the door of
knowledge, and don’t forget that no
man graduates from the school of ex¬
periences.
Static and the Weather
Atmospheric static, so annoying to
radio fans, may be the means of saving
lives at sea, Navy department olfleials
believe. Static has characteristic
sounds storms that and have be been used identified^jvlth to foretell
can
storms.
Banana and WUdom W
“Fruit of the’Wise,” Linnaeus called
the bananas, says Nature Magazine,
because tradition has it that when
Alexander the Great crossed Into In¬
dia he found the pundits discoursing
under the shade of Us giant foliage.
Why They Quit
Such n thing can be Imagined as
the burden of living up to the un¬
sought confidence people repose In
you. At times one doesn't want to
be leaned on. This Is why over¬
worked people resign.
Many Miracle*
The world Is so full of miracles and
ail life Is so essentially mysterious
that we should be slow to assert that
wild creatures have no consciousness
of God.—The American Magazine.
Science Triumphant
In these days, anybody who scoffs
at the putterlngs of the research work
er thereby proclaims his own blind
Ignorance. — Woman’s Home Com¬
panion.
Passport Annoyances
Few things that governments do '
are as silly and generally annoying
as the handling of passports.—Wom¬
an's Home Companion.
And Few Do
Preaching may be defined as an at- !
tempt to speak the truth consecutively
for SO minutes. Few can do it.—John j
Andrew Holmes.
The Expert
“What Is the best definition of an
expert?” asks T. R. (Littlehampton).
One who knows more and more about
less and less.
About Ourselves
Life is worth living only if we make
it so, each man with the Ufe that Is
given him.
And Rheumatism
Wisdom comes with age, they say—
but, also, too often, so does baldness 1
THE CLEVELAND CO URIER, C L EV ELAND, GEORGIA. 7
There will probably always he jokes
about hash, it is such an easy topic
for a lazy and unoriginal jokesmitb
to rehash.
At Tampa the prewar 5-cent loaf
of bread has reappeared. Now if
Tampa will only give us a prewar 5
cent cigar!
According to official reports, gunmen
are killing one another so rapidly that
it may not be necessary for the police
to Interfere.
A grandson of one of the early set¬
tlers who chopped up 15 to 20 cords of
wood In a winter has just purchased
a patent exerciser.
The reason that great men are
sometimes lonely Is that they sac¬
rificed too many friends in climbing
the ladder of success.
The talkies have orto advantage.
The audience applauds the good spots
and the burn parts click right along
and are drowned out.
The French get un added twist in
the cross-word puzzle by numbering
only the vertical and horizontal rows
and not the single spaces.
As against this age of skepticism
and doubters, there yvas the old-timer
of years ago who accepted everything
he read in the new almanac.
Americanism; Rea! estate opera¬
tors controlling the drama on Broad¬
way ! Earnest young playwrights put¬
ting their shows on in barns.
The Information editor spent a rest¬
less morning recently as a consequence
of a query from a small boy, viz.,
“Iiow do you saw off a shotgun?"
It is hoped that young Londoner
who thought lie had a way to over¬
come gravity didn’t draw his con¬
clusion from a bull stock market.
gome day a pampered convict may
complain to tho sob sisterhood that
his celt Is too small to permit him
and Ids friends to play handball In It.
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Be your own judge of this clean, dependable
gasoline. Alt of PAN-AM’s resources are pledged
to its reliability,
PAN-AM gasoline in your tank speaks for itself.
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Up Again*t It
Judge—Why did you knock down
the semaphore?
Green Motorist—Well, your honor, I
didn’t know whether to run to the
right of it or to the left of it, so to
play safe I ran over It
An Obliging Son
Father—Well, when I was young I
never had marbles. Didn’t even know
the game.
Son—Give me some money, father,
and since you are llviDg with me I'll
teach you the game.
Could Say That Much
Hub—This article says that wom¬
en’s feet are growing bigger. Do you
nelleve It?
Wife—Well, at any rate, women are
proving more and more their ability
to fill men'3 shoes.
From Mi**ouri
Enthusiastic Inventor (to capitalist)
—This, sir, ts an epoch-making ma¬
chine.
Calm Capitalist—is It? All right!
Let’s see it make an epoch.
HIS AERIAL
She—Why does Mr. Gossippe al
ways have his nose In the air?
He—That’s his aerial for receiv ing
news ;
^
True to Form
"J cannot sing th* old tonga,"
As pensively 1 stood
And breathed a sigh, some passerby
Exclaimed, "You never could."
Adaptable Asparagus
HEN you 'buy canned aspar¬
.
agus do you always buy the
most economical type for your
purpose? Or did you know that
asparagus is packed in cooking? different
styles tor different ways of
In the first place, die pale green
stalks may be packed either as tips
or as stalks (or long spears). Both
the tips and the stalks are further
graded according Giant, to their thickness
and range from the largest,
down through Colossal, Mammoth,
Large. Medium and Small. Usually
asparagus is packed in a square tin,
but t!ie lips may ai.o he purchased
in small, round picnic tins.
The One Best Way
In opening a can of asparagus the.
can-op,-ner, if it is the old-fashioned
kind, should be run around the side
of the ran at the bottom to prevent
jagged edges from marring the
beauty of the vegetable. The pref¬
erable method is to use the new type :
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j j of can-opener which has a cutting
wheel and is designed to cut the
j entire top off smoothly.
j ing Some interesting methods of cook
| asparagus are:
Asparagus Polonaise : Heat canned
; asparagus in its own liquid in a
saucepan. While heating, make a
sauce by melting two tablespoons
butter and adding one-half cup soft
bread crumbs SautA to a golden
brown, then add one-fourth teaspoon
salt. Remove from the fire, add a
chopped hard-boiled egg. Arrange
the asparagus on a platter, and pour
the sauce aver it.
For a novel luncheon dish, cut
circles of bread two inches thick,
and cut out the inside, making a
ring. Brush over with melted but¬
ter and toast in the oven. Heat
asparagus stalks in their own liquid
and then place the stalks in the toast;
rings. Pour white sauce over <Ul4
sprinkle with paprika,*
