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Why Englishmen Proudly Welcome the Statue of George Washington By LORD CURZON, in Acceptance Addreafc V:^'Kr : ' Some may ask why it is that Englishmen gladly •nd proudly welcome this statue of Washington in Trafalgar square. The answer is this: Because he whs a jgreat Englishman--one of the greatest Englishmen that ever livedj because, though he- fought us and vanquished us, he was fighting ior ideals and principles which are as sacred to us as they are to the American people, and which are embedded in the very fibers of our common race. The statue is a symbol and a sign. It is a mark of the fact that the two branches of the great Englishspeaking racc ara now and henceforth indissolubly one. It is now more than a hundred years since we last fought, aAd that conflict was one of which none of us are proud and of which some of us are very much ashamed. We can never fight again. I should like to add that we can never quarrel v| again. We ought never to quarrel again. The idea is such that if any- 1| body got up on a public platform and uttered it in this country he would |)e hooted from the place. I believe and hope that the same sentiments ' I prevail in your country. But not merely can your nation and mine engage ftev?r, to fight and never to quarrel; we can do a great deal to pre- ? , i l w e i t o t h e r n a t i o n s f r o m f i g h t i n g . ' • , v ' v ; That, I submit, is the main function and dutythat lies upon us in the future. It is by the exaihple we set, by the common sacrifices that we have endured and are prepared to endure again, by the friendly counsel and co-operation of our ambassadors and statesmen, by the resolute determination of our people, by the influence of the press of both countries-- and would that greater restraint were sometimes put upon it, whether it be on one side or the other--it is by these influences that we should endeavor to see that the peace of the world is insured. It'is a great and powerful weapon that is in the hands of these two great nations, and if our use of it is inspired by the temperate judgment, the lofty nobility of •oul, and the unselfish purpose of George Washington, we ought to be able to use that weapon for the inestimable advantage of mankind. Powerful Opiate Popular With V-futo African Native*^ Annoying Feature of U. S. City Life Nuisance of Back Alley Cats By A.' L. LANCASTER, Birmingham,, England. ;r One of the annoying features of city life, as I find it here, is the • f ' perennial nuisance of back alley cats. London is the only city I know of that makes organized warfare on cats that are homeless, starving and therefore annoying. Every year 30,000 cats are caught by the London cat catchers, and these are painlessly killed, their skins being used in the mafking of muffs and gloves. In the American newspapers and periodicals I,note quite often funny .^•Btures of old gentlemen hurling shoes and other missiles at cats serenading on backyard fences. While traveling through the United States, stopping in hotels and in the homes of friends, I have lost many nights' v%l*iep by these concerts. v Some of the noises are actually unbearable, andl wonder why there is Hot a department of each city government set aside for the one purpose of gathering in the attending felines. I should think that this would be one good way of putting a certain class of men to work. They could be furnished bags and rifles with silencers to go through the byways after dark ^ sad wage warfare. *• #.' Produces Exquisite Feeling of Supreme Content and Happiness, but Leaves Vz .A: * uj.aay it .lt net only among war-wearied people in big cities that drug "taking ia prevalent. •< The natives of South Africa cultivate-- surreptitiously, because there is huge fine if the authorities find them out--a herb called dagga. Dagga in Africa is what opium is to China. It is smoked--but smoked in strange way--and the native smokes only in the very early dawn or very late at night, when he can do it secretly. He scoops a hole out of the hard ground three to four inches deep by three inches wide. A foot or so away from this he scoops another hole, and he then bores a small channel underground from one to the other. There thus a free air passage connecting the two little excavations. He places some dried dagga leaves the first hole, lights them and covers them over with moist clay. He pierces this clay with a sharpened piece of wood to allow a draught to go through. Into the other hole he inserts a small hollow reed--this is the pipe stem--• squeezes moist clay round it, and on his knees begins his smoke. A cup of water is at his side, and after each "draw" he cleverly lets a mouthful of water in without letting any smoke escape. Then in some marvelous manner he ejects the water in long thin stream and the smoke slowfollows. Bending low over the reed and sitting back on his heels, this is repeated time and time again. His eyes stream with tears and soon get very bloodshot and swollen. He becomeb excited; he feels elated, buoyed up in some wonderful way. AH his cares and troubles are forgotten, and in their place has come an exquisite feeling of supreme content and happiness. He begins to talk, and the occupants of his kraal hear great tales, tales of daring deeds of his youth--told with much demonstration and wild enthusiasm. Tales of his early fightstales of battles and of victories--alays of victories. Tales of great horsemanship-- and wonderful journeys--of old forests and young love. But the influence of the dagga dies out. The native's eyes are screwed up small, his head aches, his limbs and face, become inert, and in a short hile he is just a huddled mass of heavy sleep. His joy in life has lasted Just about i hour, £nd in the dim dawn he awakens feeling a fearful "wreck." But he believes in "a hair of the dog that bit him," and so pntitftftr pipe before work. 1 •' Soviet Russia Yields Scarcely 20 Per i :i . Cent of Former Foodstuffs ^ . % LEO PASVOLSKY, in Weekly Review; In 1916 the grain producing territories of that portion of the former Bussian empire which is now controlled by the soviets yielded about 1,100,000,000 poods (a pood is about 36 pounds) of wheat, rye, barley and oats over and above the amounts needed for local consumption in these territories. During the crop year 1920-21 the food supply agencies of the soviet government were able to procure from these territories 9nly •boot 280,000,000 poods of grain, in many cases at the expense of the Igpounts needed for minimum local consumption. * The tax in kind established for the current crop year in the. place of file system of requisitions which existed last year calls for only 240,000,- ©00 poods, yet Lenin has already stated that there is reason to believe that -tile actual amounts gathered will be "several tens of millions of poods IBider the original figure." In other words, under the soviet regime Russia can scarcely yield , 4W per cent of the amount of foodstuffs she yielded under the imperial ? regime, for distribution to the portions of the country which dp .petjpftise ?{„ tfeeir own food supply and for exportation abroad. m Failure of "Diarmament Conference" Would Be a Catastrophe '-f X By LORD NORTHCUFFE, English Newspaper PuUblpr I 8trange Moon Rays.] Pusllex, the distinguished selenographer of the Paris observatory, some time ago reached the conclusion that the curious rays or bands extending in straight lines away from many lunar craters, such as the celebrated Tycho, are produced by the deposition of volcanic ashes carried to great distances by the winds that happened to prevail when the eruption occurred. He accounts for the relative narrowness of these bands, which are never more than thirty miles broad, although their length are sometimes many hundred miles, by supposing that only the central axis of the deposit hag remained, the less dense borders having been destroyed by the denuding forces of the air when the moon had a considerable atmosphere. Down (lie Dumb- Shaft Jfe FREDERICK HART. by McClor* Newspaper syndicate. I think gas stoves are the Fixed 8tar Is Best. Blazing comets may cause admiration or fear, but the tried mariner looks to the fixed stars when he takes his readings. Better far be the steady, reliable employee than the flitting genius who never accomplishes anything. Learn to make the most of the home environment and you will have no trouble in being recognized beyond it. It's what you put into life that brings the value" out of it Express the faith you have In yourself by intelligent Industry and you will make a place in the World that others will envy. Be a fixed star.--Grit The world is sick and needs time to recover -from the tremendous •hock jt has received. What are known as social questions are also pressing upon us; for while the economic and industrial position is not normal, inillions of men and women, who during the war attained a higher stand* K tu*d of life, are anxious not to be thrust back into prewar conditions. • There is at the same time a reaction- from the high idealism that ' Animated the allies and their associates during the war. People are feel- ~ ' iHing a little disheartened; they are wondering whether human affairs will T ^%*ver be settled by anything except force, whether good will, reason and •f ycommon sense will ever regulate the intercourse of nations. I cannot conceive of any greatetr disaster than the failnre of the looming disarmament conference to achieve the ends for which it will meet. It is essential that all should help make it a success. We can all v help. We can help by promoting good will, by not saying unkind things about other nations, by disarming our minds before we reduce our fleets. JP*ilure of the conference would be a catastrophe. Where the "Little Women" Played. What American girl or woman has not laughed or wept with the Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy of Louisa Alcott's delightful story? In the home of the authoress at Concord, Mass., the attic in particular recalls the jolly good time's of the "Little Women." Aa we mount the stairs, we can hear in imagination the sound of laughter as the four girls discussed plans or plays, for this was their favorite gathering place, and It recalls many a delightful Incident in their lives. Ruined by the Movies. .f Bis pockets were empty, but it was evident he had seen better days. "Yes," he was saying to a sympathizer, "I was once the cynosure of all eyes; I was the tattooed man in a circus." And how did you lose your Job?** he was asked. "Public's gone crasy over moving pictures," he mournfully replied, "and mine won't budge." ®, i»n, "Oh, meanest things!" Tears stood in pretty Mary Davis* eyes. She had had little enough trouble in her life in the Belladonna apartments, but the gas stove seemed always to be a thing endowed with a malignant,devilish spirit that defied her, try as she would to regulate it And now, when she had such a nice supper ready to prepare, the thing wouldn't work. It either refused to light at all or exploded with a vicious bang that frightened Mary nearly to death. She stamped her toot "I hope you blow up and--and smash yourself to pieces!" she cried, addressing the inanimate cause of her troubles. She knew that it was co good appealing to the janitor--that worthy lurked low In a den where only the boldest tenant dared tread, and Mary had no desire to meet him in argument She wiped her eyes. "If I only knew something about stoves," she wailed aloud. "But I don't, and I can't cook any supper, and --and " She sank on the bed and gave herself to tears, A knock on hei4 dbor startled her. She sprang to her feet, hastily dabbed at her eyes, and opened the door: In the hall stood a young man, diffident, yet smiling. 'I believe you have something wrong with your gas -stove," he began. "Oh, I have--indeed I have! Ar© you a " She paused, not sure of the name for men who repaired gas stoves. The young man took her up. Tm not--that is to say, I'm not a regular gas-stove expert," he said. "But I've lived in apartments long enough to know ^something about their little habits and tricks. And I thought I might fix yours." He had entered as he spoke, and Mary looked at him for the first time In clear light. He was handsome, she decided at once, and he had nice eyes and an engaging smile. And surely he had come as opportunely as an angel from heaven! "There it is," she said, pointing out the horrid object "I can't do anything with It" The young man approached the stove without a tremor, as one who has no fear. He twiddled its valves, with contemptuous familiarity, trying to light it once or twice. Then he reached into his pocket extracted a pair of pliers and loosened a joint or two, poking Into pipes with a matchstick. At last he straightened himself. "I think ItH work all right now," he said. "Let me try it Have, you a match?" He turned the valve, struck the match she had given him and applied the fire to the burner. A little "pop I" sounded, and the clear blue flame of a perfectly functioning gas range rewarded him. Mary gave a little cry of Joy. "Oh, you are clever!" she cried. "It's all right now, 'isn't it?" How can I ever thank you?" A chilling thought entered her mind. "Do I--how much is it--does it cost?" The young man straightened his back, cramped from stooping. "Well, there's no charge. But if you have a bit of salt to spare you might let me borrow a pinch," he replied. "I haven't a scrap of salt In my place." 'Of course I'll let you have the salt," she said, hurrying to open a paper bag. "But I wish you'd let me give you something for your trouble." "It wasn't any trouble--it was a pleasure," replied the young man, and bowed. And then he kept on bowing farther and farther, till he tumbled to the floor and lay still. Mary kept her head; got water and dabbed it on his forehead and laid him in an easier position. And then she saw what she had not noticed before-- that his face was pinched and white and his cheeks were hollow. At last he opened his eyes. "I'm--I'm dreadfully sorry!" he stammered. "I don't know what was the matter with me--I just sort ot fainted, 1 guess--I'll go now "You'll do nothing of the sort Tell me, bow long is It since you've eaten?" "Two days," confessed the young man. "I have a job that will pay me well, but I don't go to work till tomorrow, and I've been living all this week on a leaf of bread. That's what I wanted the salt for--it makes you thirsty and then you drink a lot of water, and then you don't feel so empty." Mary's hands were flying among the packages. "You're going to stay and have supper with me," she said calmly. "If it hadn't been for you I wouldn't have been able to cook anything. Now you ing." He obeyed, and as she prepared the meal he told her his story--how he had tried to draw and had stragjflod on, his money getting lower and Mwer, till at last he had landed the splendid position that had come almost too late --how pride had prevented his asking for an advance, and he had set himself to sticking it out till he should be paid. "You're an awful idiot" observed Mary. "But you can fix gas stoves And tell me " she remembered at last his opportune appearance. "My door on the dumbwaiter sha'ft was open and I heard you," he confessed. "I thought you wouldn't mind if I helped you." "I should say I didn't mind!" said Mary. "And I'm glad for your sake that you came up. Yen might have starved to death!" "I won't starve now," remarked the young man as he attacked the food. "And I--I want to see you again-- when I have my job and can pay yoa back." Mary blushed. "Yon can see me again if you want to," she said. "But don't starve yourself for an excuse. You won't need to, you see." "I see!" cried the young man Joyously. And he evidently did; for it was not many months till he had asked Mary a certain question which bad a great deal to do with eating--at the same table; and the answer seemed to be such as to remove fear of starvation --either of the body or of t)p heart--- entirely from him. PURITAN HUSBAND MALldNED Tfepee |s Strong Proof That He, Not Lacking in. Sentlmentality. Did those Puritan husbands lack charm or devotion to their women? I find that theory had to reconcile with the fact that so many of them| had three wives, writes Stuart P.'; Sherman in the Atlantic. Most of us modern men feel that we have charm enough if we can obtain and retain one, now that , higher education of women has made them so exacting in their standards and so expensive to maintain. ' Now Cotton Mather had three wives. an<} when he was forty or so, In the short interim between No. 2' and No. 3, he received a proposal of mar* riage from a girl of twenty, who was, he thought, the wittiest and prettiest girl in the colony., I concluded inevitably that there was something very attractive in Cotton Mather. Call it charm; call it what you will; he possessed that which the Ladies' Home Journal would describe as "What women desire In men." As a further illustration of the "sullen gloom of their domestic habits," take the case of John Winthrop, the pious Puritan governor of Massachusetts. After a truly religious courtship, he married his wife, about 1618, against the wishes of her friends. We have some letters of the early years of their life together In which he addresses her as "My dear wife," "My sweet wife," and "My dear wife, my chief Joy of this world." Well, that is nothing; at first, we all do that But ten years later Winthrop prepared to visit New England, without his family, to found a colony. While waiting for his ship to sail, he writes still to his wife, by every possible messenger, merely to tell her that she is his chief joy In all the wo?ld; and before he leaves England he arranges with her that, as long as he is away, every week on Tuesday and Friday at five o'clock he and she will think of each other wherever they are, and commune in spirit. When she has been married ten or twelve years, that is more extraordinary. It shows, I think, romantic feeling equal to that in "Miss Lulu Bett" or "Poor White" or "Moon Galf." Jean Baptists Tells the World Why the Population of Quebec 8eems }" immobiiv. VM ell habitant of Qnebee, Who will be depressingly amazed to discover that the census man gives that province a bare , 2,345,678 of a population, will trot out his decennial Explanation in extenuation: 'Sacre nom de blen," Jean Baptists Will spluttdr, "de censos man he ceme to me on de farm and he say: "Jean Baptiste, how many ill' boy and 111' girl you got dis tam by you?* An' w'en I say, takken' ma tam', go's not forget: "Dere's Jeanne--Marie--Rosins-- Angelique -- Sophie -- Josette -- dat's de 111' girl- "And dere's Polemique--Telesphore --Hlppolyte -- Belzemire -- Horgemidas-- Alphonse--dat's de 111' boy. "Dat maudlt censos man, he write down lak' great beeg fool: "Jean Baptiste: One girl: Jeanne Marie Roslne Angelique Sophie Josette. One bby: Polemique, Telesphore Hlppolyte Belzemire Horsemldas Alphonse. "So dere you see how it come Canada*? got so few population! Me wit' ! six 111' boy 'and six 111' girl--and he put down only one of each kin'. Sacre nom de bleu if dar is not a danne eensult for a brave habitant Why, de fu'st tam' Victorine--dat's me femme--is tell me go queek for de docteur, we'en I come ba'k from fetch heem, she got two leetle boy and one leetle girl for Jean Baptiste. And after dat we nevaire get less 'an tweens at de one tam'. And de censos man he write down: One boy, one girl I" --Vancouver World. COhlt&sl ff GRAHAM MINER GOOD SNAKC& INDIANS IN THE WORLD WAR T#n Thousand Fullblooded Redskins Lie-With American Dead In France. How many people in this cpuntry were aware before they read a recent cable from London that 10,000 fullblooded Indians lie with the American dead In France? Honor of a conspicuous sort has been done to almost every class and group and race that contributed in any way to the allied victory before the world wag reminded of the singular part played in the war by those Americans wh<> may properly be called 100 per cent. The United States and all its people owe a debt to Dr. Joseph K. Dixon, of this city, and to the founder of the Wanamaker historical expeditions for the part they played in bringing recognition formally to the American Indian. Haig, Foch and Pershing found these tribesmen deserving of a .place with the noblest soldiers of all tlige. They were cool, dispassionate fighters, Invariably brave 'and marvelous as marksmen. Most of them were volunteers. The Indian In France .may yet live in a great American epic. He never knew complete freedom, yet he went out to fight for it until he died.--Philadelphia Evening Ledger. "The only snakes in this country," said the little Milk Snake, "which are dangerous ones are the Cotton- ' Mouthed Water Moccasin Snake fam- V'> ily, the Coral Snake and Harlequin <• Snake families which are like the ; , Cobra Snakes of India and the Rattlesnake family. Hi "The Cotton-Mouthed Water Mocca- f ; sin Snake family wear white around their mouths and that is the reason - ' they have such a family name. JffiK" "There are other Water Moccasin , *•*- snakes which aren't dangerous, though many snakes are called Water Mocca- : sin snakes which don't really belong ' to'that family.,,. . » ' "Often one can tell a dangeroes , * snake by seeing that the head is j., larger in size thajp the body. A good '"s**; many dangerous snakes, such as the a' Rattlesnake, have a head of greater \ Sk.:" v width than the body. *<«**•-i "But sometimes a quite harmless Snake will puff out his face with anger. "It doesn't mean that that snake is dangerous, though ; not at all. >'vH "It means that the snake Is siinpiy ^ ^ angry and has puffed with anger. "There aren't many dangerous snakes a b o u t i n v t h i s c o u n t r y , s o n o ^ . one should be afraid of., snakes. ti; ~ i "These snakes which are danger- .•>' •jus are off pretty much by themselves and not where people are.* "So I don't think people should be so hard on snakes as they are. Yes, vMr.mr/ Removing Mildew. Chloride of lime, used intelligently, will remove mildew. Do not use too much. A teaspoonful to a small tub or pail full of water is plenty. Be sure lime is thoroughly dissolved, or better still, tie it up in a; stout piece of cloth and run water onto it, pressing the cloth with a stick; then allow It to float in tub. Immerse article to be cleansed and allow to stand several hours. Remove and rinse thoroughly In several waters. Repeat if necessary, but do not increase quantity, of lime, as it will eat terial. /• Recovering Art Treasures. Osecho-Slovakia is the latest of the States to begin the recovery of art and historical objects awarded under the treaty of St. Germain and now in the palaces and museums of Vienna. A commission has just been appointed for that purpose. These comprise, among other things, the almost priceless documents, historical memoirs, maps and other material which Thaulaw von Rosenthal removed from Prague by order of the Empress Maria Theresa. Then there are the valuable documents originally contained In the Royal Aullc chancellory of Bohemia and the Aullc Chamber of Accounts of Bohemia, as well as the works of art formerly in the royal chateau of Prague and other castles of the Hapsburgg located in what is now Czecho-Slovakia and which were removed to Vienna during the reigns of Emperors Mathias, Ferdinand II, Charles VI (about 17884£a;> and Francis Joseph I. -' Iter. Edward P. Tivnari, President Fordham ITnhrerwty^--Tf teactifag along the lines of radicalism continues in ova educational institutions, the result can be only disaster. ^ - Charles iU., ^asaxnore. Domests Relations i^ouH lnyistigator, Si. lonis--t tiunk men pay tees Attention to woman's dress than they «ter did. . "- Iw Lady limerick, British Social Leader--Until girls an brought up to ^noW something about deaoing hooas aad working and saving marriage is a luxury. Need for Hurry; The two great chess players had sat facing each other for a long, long time. Neither had spoken or shown any Inclination to move. At last one raised his head and half-opened his dreamy eyes. "Whst time is itr he asked. The other's hand went to his pocket He withdrew his cigarette "Thursday," he answered. - 4\: ' His opponent yawned. i 1 "I hope we shall be able to finish this game," he drawled, "but we shall have to hurry up. I've promised to go away next Tuesday week." "8t. Napoleon." Saint Napoleon sounds somewhat strange to ears of English-speaking persons, but it Is nevertheless a fact At the heyday of his fame, Bonaparte discovered that it would be well for him, and the Napoleonic dynasty which he hoped to ft>und, that a namepatron should find prominence in French history. With obliging zeal his ecclesiastical aupporters managed to trace an obscure faithful one Neopolas, who had been martyred in Alexandria. Upon his memory the aureole was placed; the French bishops received a pastoral letter from their cardinal chief; and Plus VII called St. Napoleon into being. His day was the emperor's birthday, August 15, a|id , the dual event was celebrated. "A Harmless Little Snake.* so many people hate snakes and they should kill all snakes. { "Many, many snakes do a great deal"/ •>. of good. They destroy creatures who: hurt the farmers' crops and vege- „ /' tables. That Is a good work for them to d« and they should be thanked for i t 1 ' • f*' fL ' r "Tve heard that • good many.f.% people have found oht, at last, that^^)^- we don't steal milk from the farmers^-.,. ^ and I'm so glad that the old story is^,-^ now known to be untrue. How thatf^C^L story ever got about I don't know. "But I've told the names of the dangerous snakes so no one need worry^^l white they see any of my family abouf.' I'm a harmless little snake, as harm- ^ \ less a little snake as ever was. ^ "I can't help it if I crawl and dfwft look so pretty. I can't help that all. It was the way I was made, rm^f ¥ sure I'm not to be blamed because I" crawl. >j$|i "And yet some, people do not like me because I crawl. They think it la; ugly to crawl! ' f "They turn up their noses and say? "•Ugh! Look at that horrid crawling snake!' "Now, that hurts mjr feelings. And , a snakd has feelings. Of course has. • "I wish people would think of the " . good that snakea do and not of the , harm. ~ "It is a wonder we do not do more harm than we do when one thinks of?; the way snakes have alwaya been dto*.^'*. liked. "But we aren't going to do wrong , . v Just because we aren't appreciated, - That would show we didn't have any ; character. And we don't want to Bhof* 4r that, because we do have character. "We have the character to do on?; ; work even If we are grumbled about > •. ,* and disliked.^ Doesn't that show char* J acter? I think it does! /V^T "Of course you may say that I am not one whose opinion on snakes, should be taken because I am a snake myself and naturally think kindly of snakes. J "But, stiU, I think my opinion shoulcf ? be taken, for surely I know some^|-* thing of the ways of snakes. Surely - I de. "Ye% I am thankful to say thafer very few people now believe that olir * \ Tied Up. Brown and Jones, at the club, were lamenting the absence of their mutual friend Robinson, who had got married. "We don't see much of Robinson now," said Brown. "I fancy his movements are not so free as they used to be." "That's tr^e," replied Jones, dryly. Since he tied the knot he's not had ao much rope!" il: Careful Shopper. The Wife--"Tm becoming a regular business woman, my dear. I bought forty pa Irs of silk stockings reduced from 40 to 30 francs and with the 400 francs 1 saved I got myself that duck little hat I envied so much."--Paris he Rlre. ALMOST EQUAL TO SEQUOIAS Dragon Tree of the Canary lalande la 8ald to Live to a Most Re* markable- Age. dragon tree of the Canary islands, which at first glance resembles huge piece of coral, is remarkable not only for its shape but also for Its extreme age. Indeed, in that respect it Is a fitting rival to the sequoias, or famous California redwoods. According to a , correspondent of Country Life, the most celebrated dragon tree was at Orotava in Tenerlfe; but unfortunately a great gale destroyed it several years ago. In 1799 Humboldt found the tree to be 45 feet In circumference and believed then that It had not Increased In size Blnce 1402, when Jean de Bethencourt conqueror of the Canaries, described the tree as large and hollow. Although Humboldt estimated the age at six thousand years, Kerner in his natural history of plants saya he should not like to guarantee that the tree ia quite ao old. The dragon tree is. really an arborescent lily somewhat like a palm In growth, but branching when old. Once very plentiful in the Canariea. the trees have been much reduced In numbers, and of those that still remain the one at Laguna, Is the finest. Still far from its prime, it Is estimated to be more than threes thousand years old. From the bark of those trees exudes a biood-red resinous gOiu that becomes hard, and that formerly was collected and exported In large quantities. It was considered as of great medicinal value and was known commercially as "dragon's blood." But when the trees became scarce the trade ceased so far as the Canary is lands are concerned; the present "dra gon's blood" of commerce Is obtained from trees of allied species is India and Africa.--Youth's Companion. : ^ : Wearing Out Cluba, / He had taken op golf, and after playing a week he went to buy some new cluba. "Did you break the ones I sold you about a week ago?" asked the dub dealer. "No, I didn't break any of 'em, was the reply, "but I took so many shots with 'em ^that they're worn o u t ! " -- Y o n k e r s S t a t e s m a n ^ ' ^ s • One Chance In a Thousand; A cinch, Robert Is to bet that the powder you see on a girl's face ta not flour that she got there in a ~ Transcript C'.'- A Lowdown Trlelfc ' " Mrs. Lamb--I see you're not speaking to Mrs. Fox. Mrs. Wolf--I should say not! She told me her cook was a treasure and I found the cook dirty, lazy, incompetent and dishonest after I'd doubled her wages to get her away from Mrs. Fox. c important Point Old Qotrox--So you wish to many my daughter? Young Callow--Yes, sir. Old Gotrox--Ufa! Do #0*> Intend to live with your parent! or' here? --Boston Transcript story about us taking milk from th«^ farmers. I am glad that they do no§/; believe that "And I'm hoping that in time the* . «*M1 see that lots of snakea do a grea^' . deal of good and all they need do Hj| 4" to remember the snakes which arr &^j»i bad snakes snd whlA I've told aboutV .. ^ "That Is all they need remember. -, , f "And so I have told of the danger* ous snakes andl hope, because I havfv told of them, people will not deatrs#- 4 j, ftice, well-meaning snakea. "J' r-v' - "For. snakes can be well-meaning 7 'f" and they can do good deeds too. Vo conrse they can! Snakes try to !m» 7 prove their hours with good deeds ^ too!" • • v-- Taken Before You Get It. ^ What Is taken from you befoee jro#!^ St K? Your picture. ' i f . ' lim -1.. tj-L. •' ii. ^ Protecting English Sparrows. The number of swallows that have migrated during the summer months to England hag decreased during the past four years, and because of the economic value of the bird atepa an being takes to protect it aad its - One Thing «f Importanoa. Miss Wilklns, the primary tenAeffc"*- was Instructing her small charges. S "Name one thftig of Importance tha^ .,r^' did not exist a hundred years ago said the teacher. •_ v / \ Ralph Franklin, aft only child, wl»J|; <vas seated In the front row, aroee and answered: "Me." Something Would Be Wrong. -<f; Teacher--If you had $150 and thre#^ eleven-twelfth* of it away, wb# •vould you have? Pupil--rd have a^ head