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Wsalshy. but yvfthot.i
PosUey tol EnjoytLife

snow that you've got me taking"
maid a retired business man of st.
Louis. who is going to Europe, Il
might as well admit that I'm not hav-
ing as xuuch fun out of being what
you'd call comfortably dxed financial
" as looked forward TO in my hard
working days.
II suppose a good many old fellows
would admit they are In the same fix
II their pride would let them. /
worked too hard, not hard enough to
kill me or wear me out, but too hard
to form a taste for the best things that
money can buy.
1.-THE lesson my experience has
taught me is that keeping your shout
Ger to the wheel and pushing ahead.
locking neither to the right nor left,
and so forth, is not complete set OF
directions for making success In life.
1.-THE rules may get bank account
for a fellow without unusual gifts,
but they overlook too many things that
count.
Il can't get settled down to q book.
/ can't sit through play with any
deep stuff in 1t. and I've even neglect
ed to learn how to make myself agree
able In company, mixed or just men,
Yet 1 had all that stuff In me when
was a kid-used to read lot, in fact.
Take my advice, and If you ever
get the money-making bee, don't let IT
get you, for. unless you're world
beater, no matter how well you make
out, you won't be any too near the
head of the ist."-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
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Dutch Unfortunate in
Colonization Ventures

The celebration on the continent
cemmemorating the tercentenary OF
the foundation Of New York recalls the
fact that the great American city was
originally a Dutch settlement. II was
not until 1894 that it was captured by
the British, and the original name OF
New Amsterdam was changed to New
York.
Fate, indeed. has been unkind to the
Dutch as colonizers. Not only did they
lose their extensive settlements in
New York state and Pennsylvania, but
thsir colony at the Cape of Good Hope,
founded in 1851, also passed into Brit
ish hands, says London Answers.
Other instances Of lost colonies
could be given. especially If those
which changed hands during or after
the great war were included. But
how many people realize that at one
time Egypt was a French protectorate,
and that before the advent of olive
the French power in India was greater
than the British? The earliest Euro
mean settlements In India, indeed, were
Portuguese; but the Portuguese were
driven out by the Dutch. and the lat
ter--sgain unfortunately-by the Brit
4ah
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-01
Son,aIi Fond of Song

Musical instruments-even the tom
som. so dear to the heart Of most Al
aoan natiyes-are unknown to the
eomali, who. none the less. take great
pleasure in singing and dancing
Their songs are not by any means cas-
ual chants but have special signin-
canoe, and are applicable to certain
occasions. For example, there is a
"song of Thanksgiving for the finding
Of water, after long journey" and
songs for the loading and unloading
Of caravans, but most Of their music
Is Of a religious nature and there Is
a "Song Of Burial" sung when the
2o-foot mound is raised above the re-
mains of chief and fenced around
with a strong palisade Of logs placed
transyersely between stout posts. OF
ali their dances the Somali place the
war dance first.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-01
Has MANY Relatives

The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Cedric
Sheppard of Northfield, VT, is well
supplied with living great-grandfa-
Tiers and great-grandmothers and 9TH
er relatives of like class. as follows:
Four great-grandfathers, two grand
fathers, four great-great-uncles. fifteen
great-uncles, two great-grandmothers
two grandmothers, four great-great-
aunts and eleven great-aunts. All the
great-great-gran are less than
seventy years Of age and none Of the
grandparents Is more than forty-fiye.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-01
Natural Ice Beneath
Bearing Orange Tree

Natural Ice beneath a bearing!
orange tree Is the remarkable sight
which, during cool spell, attracted
Pomona, Cal.
Through wonderful coincidence oil
two very unusual events. a few perl
sons were privileged to witness the:
spectacle. An orange rancher inl
cranking an old model two-cycIe earl
was unaware that his engine had back
fred, causing the motor to turn Just,
opposite to the customary direction
Speeding up the motor and throwing
In the gears, he had backed through
a wire fence, rose bush and fig
tree before rupturing the water hy-i
drant and being brought to stop by
the sturdy orange tree behind it.
All that night the injured faucet
continued to send up a finely atom;
lied spray of water. Coincident with
this there occurred second wonder
in the orange belt--frost visited the
region of seml-tropic climate that
night When the sun rose out Of the
arid .esert to the east the next morn
Ing he showed veritable miracle, for
In his absence the minute particles
of water had one by one concealed
on the rank underground and low
lying pepper-tree boughs until they
were formed into cold blush monu-
ments of solid ice. Such a spectacle
of vegetable ice beneath tropical veg
citation probably has never before
occurred in California and could not
have occurred elsewhere. Then the
perfervid tropic sun beheld the sight
and the thing was no more.
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Buffalo Meat ON Sale

Despite many assertions to the con-
trary, the American bison Is far from
becoming extinct. The Philip herd
near Fort Pierre, s. D.. has been rapid
ly increasing, so that recently 10 head
were slaughtered and sent to St. Paul
and Minneapolis to be placed in cold
storage. There any one who has a
taste for buffalo steak may buy It for
himself. The owners of the herd have
made several attempts to dispose of It
as a whole. but have not been success
full. Now, however they are building
up a fair business In supplying the
market with this new delicacy. In
addition, an annual buffalo hunt may
be instituted.
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Schools In Early Days

The frst schools were started In the
early history of mankind Schools
were first held out Of doors and the
teaching was conducted orally. similar
TO the Hindu Brahman schools. Among
the Hebrews the laws were expounded
by oral teaching from the porches OF
the temples. The amount OF instruc-
tion greatly Increased from the mere
oral teaching Of the law until 1t In
yolved letters and arithmetic Among
the Spartans the education was almost
entirely along new lines. Elementary
schools became common after the
Christian era and in "a A. d. they
were made obligatory. In Athens
nearly all Of the schools were private,
teaching music and literature, read.
,ng. writing, arithmetic, geography and
drawing. In early Rome the schools
taught reading and writing and some
times arithmetic.
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Old Cornish Tongue
Soon to Be Memory

"Ne5buz Gerriau Dro Tho Car
noack" was the title OF an address de-
livered to the members Of the London
Cornish association by Trelawney
Roberts, one Of the fe.w men still able
to speak the old tongue of Cornwall.
Translated these mysterious syllables
emerge as "a Few Words About Corn
ish."
Cornish, Mr. Roberts pointed out, Is
not quite SO dead as Is usually be-
lieved, and he produced as evidence q
postcard written by little girl OF
eleven, who had learned the language
from her father, says the Living Age.
Prince Lucian Bonaparte is responsible
for the legend that Dorothy Pentreath,
who died In 1887, was the last person
who spoke Cornish, a legend that is
perpetuated ON her tombstone.
The old lady used to swear at tour
lists In Cornish, usually ending with
the words-in discreet Cornish-"Ugly
black toad |" in exchange for the cop
pers lavished upon her by the visitors.
John Davey of Zeenor, who did not die
until 1901, could speak 1t fiuently.
Ninety per cent of the place names
In modern Cornwall show traces Of the
old language In spite Of the profane
achievements of Mistress Pentreath,
Cornish boasts few oaths. Gods
curse in the kitchen" is regarded as an
alarming expletiye.
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Proud Man Alone Knows
Not Value of Fasting

Man knows that wild creatures Of
the forest and plain at times 80
through 4s empty hours without max
ing kill. He knows. also, that GER
tain peoples fast at times as re-
ligious duty, and this without in any
way impairing their health. Finally,
he knows that individuals have done
without food in any form for weeks
and have gained rather than lost by
the experience, says the Baltimore
Sun.
His love for food is so deeply I'm
grained, however. that when his mule,
COW and dog refuse to eat, his wits
at once cease to function. He reasons
in this way: "When these creatures
were well they ate heartily. Now that
they refuse to eat, they must be Ill. II
1 am to make them well again, ! must
by some means force them to eat"
So 1t is when man himself Is indis-
posed by reason Of some indiscretion.
He does not wish to eat. The very
thought of food is an abomination. But
his wife, whose love Ia greater than
her reason, says to him: Honey, you
simply must eat In order to keep up
your strength, and have prepared a
number Of dishes you like in order to
tempt your appetite"
The uttle will that remains to him
after one glance at the table urges
him to fee, but his greedy palate pre-
walls and he eats heartily. The result
Is that his overwhelmed system, striv-
ing with all Its cunning to get him
back to normal, must quit Its task for
a while and take care Of the new
cargo he has shoyeled aboard. Nature
knows its business, but is badly handi-
capped when those 1t desires to save
persist In their madness.
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Are of Alligatoys

The Department Of Agriculture says
that the age Of an alligator can only
be determined by one who has had ex-
perisnce with these reptiles. Aliiga-
tors grow very slowly and 1t lie esti-
mated that at fifteen years OF age
they are only two feet long; therefore,
12-footsr may reasonably be pre-
sumed to be seventy-five years Of age.
The rate of growth varies with anil
mails In their wild state and those kept
In captivity, and 1t Is also governed
by the amount as well as the type OF
food given.
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Ben II IN n < ycs'
G sg I'll ING !; OF Life

Ben1ntnn irankin was one of those
rare men who liveu SO happily and so
abundantiy that The reader of his life
finds himself wishing he might have
been a contemporary
He was regarded as one Of the wis
est members of the First congress, yet
he seldom spoke and he spent great
part of his time fast asleep In his
chair.
He drank too much, he ate TOO
much; instead of exercising, he
played chess. He suffered the piercing
pains of govt. He confessed all his
faults with delightful humor and
frankness.
At sixteen he wrote an article for
his brothers newspaper, describing
the night life of Boston, and at seventy
he was still indulging in pleasant ro-
mances with young and beautiful
French women. He missed nothing.
AS he added years to his age and
dollars to his income, he violated many
of Poor Richards precepts.
His common sense led him to take
hot baths twice week, when the gen
eral custom was to battle not 0ftenei
than two or three times year. He be
lieved in fresh air, and even night air
while the doctors were still using
leeches as a cure-all.
He enjoyed life to the utmost. Hs
was the master of his circumstances
from the age of sixteen, when he rar
away from home, to the ripe age OF
eighty-four, when he passed on, with
all his affairs in order. He left an es
tate of quarter million dollars fo'
his heirs.-William Feather Magazine
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Cinchona Cultivation

The cultivation of cinchona, the tree
whose bark Is the substance from
which Quinine is derived, has been In
PRODUCED into Burma. A plantation of
25O acres was started two years ago
and the trees are said to be thriving
vigorously. The plant is native to the
western slopes of the Andes In tropical
South America and its products were
first known as Peruvian bark, or
Jesuits' bark, from the fact that knowl-
edge Of its medicinal properties was
first disseminated throughout Europe
by returned Jesuit missionaries. The
cultivation of cinchona has now spread
to many parts of the tropics.
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In Glass BY Thsnsslvss

A dear child, but overwhelmingly po-
lite as the result Of her upbringing by
two maiden aunts. came to London to
stay for the first time with her uncle,
q well-to-do doctor.
On the last night Of her visit, as she
was going to bed, she astonished his
wife to whom she was saying her
prayers.
''Oh, Lord comfort the SICK" she
said then paused, and added. with a
proper appreciation OF the little cour-
tesies of life. except those whose In
firmities keep my dear Uncle George
In a state Of wealth"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-01
viards Haze Many Names

The wiseacre says that the express
sion welsh rabbit" Ia perversion or
Welsh rarebit, but this is a mistake.
The man who first made this sugges-
ton had no sense Of humor-
AS a matter of fact, the table FUR
nishes many examples Of names OF
yiands which have an alias OF the
same humorous description as Welsh
rabbit. Sailors, for instance, call
shark steak "Folkestone beef, and
fisher folk commonly call smoked her
ring "Digby chicken"
A similar instance to Welsh rabbit
is provided by poached egg on toast
being known as Scotch woodcock,"
and an Australian leg Of mutton as
Colonial goose."-London Times.
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Meaning Of "Dickens''

.Dickens" is an interJectional ex-
preston signifying establishment. I'M
patience and irritation. 1t Is usually
used with words of interrogation such
as what. where. how and why. The
name has nothing to do with Charles
Dickens. 1t was used by Shakespeare
over two centuries before Dickens was
born. In Merry Wives Of Windsor
Mrs. Page says: II cannot tell what
the dickens his name is my husband
had him Of" Dickens" is believed to
be q euphemism for deuce or aessi,
which have the same initial letter.
Pathfinder Magazine.
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Do Away With Mosquito
and Malaria Vanishes

1t is estimated that the deaths annu-
ally from malaria number some two
millions, and this figure may probably
De multiplied by two or three hundred
If we would arrive at the total num-
Der of people in the world affected by
the complaint.
Malaria is mainly disease Of the
tropics, and is caused by minute
parasite in the blood The parasites
In one malaria patient may number
anything from one hundred to thou
sand millions. In many cases there
are more parasites than there are peo-
pie on the earth, and for ages it was
believed that marshes and malaria
were In some way connected
Sir Ronald Ross discovered that 1t
was not the marsh, but the mosquito
which bred in the marsh which was
the originator of the disease, and he
declares that the parasite of malaria
Is, to the mosquito which carries 1t,
as dime would be to hippopota-
musI
When a disease-carrying mosquito
bites, 1t injects saliva In which are
the malaria parasites. These are car
ried into the human circulatory sys-
tenn and so throughout the body.
The cure for malaria is quinine. but
the prevention of malaria is the de-
struction of the mosquito In which 1t
breeds
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Myrrh is substance which exudes
from the bark of a gum resin tree
known as the myrrh tree. which grows
in Arabia and eastern Africa. Its
smell Is balsamic. Its taste aromatic
and bitter. Myrrh was commonly
used by the ancients for fumigation
Myrrh Is used In medicine as a tonic
and stimulant, in disorders Of the d.
gestive organs, excessive secretions
from the mucous membrane, etc, also
to cleanse foul ulcers and promote
their healing, and as a mouth and
throat gargle.
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Assyrian Horticulture

Many common plants and flowers
are referred to in the ancient cunei-
form tablets dug up in the ruins of
Babylon and other Assyrlan cities.
Fifty more, many Of them drug plants,
have been identified quite recently
through a study of the relative fire.
ouency in which the names occur,
their therapeutic use, and the COMPARE
son of the word with the name Of the
flower or plant in other Semitic Ian
guages. Among the new plants be-
lieyed to have been identified are the
rose. the daisy, mustard, asafoetida.
sumach, hemp, chamomile. apricot.
cherry and mulberry.
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No Secrets in His Life

A man who had amassed q fortune
by his own efforts liked to annoy his
wife by telling credulous acquaint-
ances about fictitious early hardships.
Placed next to dowager at dinner, he
was sure to tell the following story:
II never learned to read or write
until was twenty-one. Ny principal
garment up to the age Of twelve was
coffee bag. Down in the mountains
where was raised brand popular In
those days was triple X, and you can
see a triple x across my shoulders to
this day"
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Cape the Come At0ay

Among the side shows there was a
collection Of 'freaks"-armiess Won
ders, living skeletons, fat women and
40 forth, according to story told by
CHARLES B. Cochran. About the best
draw Of the lot was the bearded iaoy,
One day the regular attendant VINO
collected the admission money was
temporarily absent. his place oeins
taken by a little girl. A gentleman
who had been deeply Interested IN TINS
particular freak OF nature remarked
casually to the child as be was passing
out II suppose, my dear. that the lady
inside is your motherT
"Oh. no. STRIP the little girl replied
momentarily taken OF her guard Dy
the unexpected query. "She's my dad J"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-01

Edward Hale. car dealer Of New
Glasgow. N. s.. while driving new
closed car to prospective customer,
ran In front Of a fast train at West
Vile station and was carried 20 feet
on the bumper of the locomotive and
his car smashed to pieces, but he cd
capped with only few bruises.
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Make for Happiness

ALI real and wholesome enjoyments
possible to man have been just as pos
sibie to him since first he was made
Of the earth, as they are now; and
they are possible to him chiefly In
neace. To watch the corn grow. and
the blossoms set to draw hard breath
euer p,owshare or spade; TO read, to
thiak. to love, TO hope. to these
are the things that make men happy.
John Ruskin.
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The Strong Man

An extraordinary trial of strength
has been performed at Deeping st.
Nicholas, South Lincolnshire, Eng
land. TO settle wager horseman
named Warboys carried 262-pound
sack of wheat for one mile down a
main road without stopping. He car
ried the sack across his neck and
shoulders, and did the journey In Is
minutes.
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Wonderful Georgel

They were on their honeymoon and
she regarded him as the most wonder
full being In the whole world.
They strolled along the seashore.
Suddenly he stopped and In fine
poetic frenzy detained Roll on thou
mighty ocean, roll =
"Oh. look. GeorgeI" she cried In
ecstasy tits doing IT,"
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Recently a Sunday service at Liam
dan cathedral, Cardiff, was broadcast
Listeners we're, of course, unable to
contribute to the offertory, but one
signing himself "Grateful" sent his
Offering through the Cardiff broadcast
ing station.
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The Good Old DAYS?

A tablet on the South bridge. which
crosses the River Prone at Wareham,
England. states: ANY person wilfully
injuring any part of this county bridge
will be guilty of felony and upon con-
viction liable to be transported for
life.'' I
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Sardinia has plague OF grasshop-
pers. The choppers are said to COW.
er the entire country to such an ex-
tent that all outdoor work Is impos-
sible. At one place the insects filled
a railroad cut and stopped train.
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Unfortunate Twin

One of twins, who was born before
midnight on March 81, 1910. became
entitled to leave school at Yelling
borough, England, on April 1, the end
of the last term. But his brother. born
two hours later, cannot leave school
until the end of next term, two months
hence, according to the board OF edu-
cation regulations.
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Spare Leg for a Priest

AT church lecture In Boston re-
Gently a collection was taken In aid
Of fund to provide spare artificial
leg for a priest who Was about to pro-
coed to Singapore
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The smallest baby ever born is O
twin girl now lighting for life at Fort
Worth, Tex. She weighed three-quar-
tiers Of pound at birth. The other
child, boy. weighed a pound and q
half, and died.
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ssBoss, I don't know where my next
meal is coming from"
II don't either. Ny wife never
sticks long 10 one dealer. r." Louisville
Courier Journal.
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First of ALL" said President Gar
Geld when boy, 81 must make myself
a man; If do not succeed In that
can succeed in nothing"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-08-01

The difficult part of good temper
consists In accommodation to tho III
humor Of others.
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Duty Omitted

Every duty omitted obscufes some
truth that we should know.--Ruskin.
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New Boarder-When left my last
boarding house, the landlady wept.
Landlady-Weil WON'T always
collect In advance.
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Lesson for August 3
THE FIRST DISCIPLES OF JESUS

LESSON TExT-John 1885,.
GOLDEN TExT-"Jesus saith unto
him, Follow me."--John l:43.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Jesus Calls Four
Helpers.
JUNIOR ToPIc--Jesus' First Fol-
lowers.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-What It Means to Follow Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Winning Others to Christ.