Colt has another virtue—a virtue
unsurpassed by any other game
That is its social side, says the Lon
don Graphic. It is essentially a so
cial game. There is a story told of
two Scotchmen in the wildest part of
Canada. Both were farmers and had
long disputed concerning a strip of
land which divided their farms. They
were at enmity for ten years, till one
day one saw' the other swinging a
stick in a familiar manner. He went
over to his enemy and found he had
been a golfer in days gone by. They
laid out together a nine-hole course
on that disputed strip, and, having
procured some clubs, these two time
worn veterans proceeded forth to do
battle, the land to be the prize.
The match was halved—the land di
vided, and lifelong friendship was es
tablished.
A Vale professor advises us all to
eat horse for economy and safety. A
Georgia judge has been eating crow
because he bet against Hoke Smith.
Dried meat 30 years old is being eaten
in Dakota as proof of what the local
air can do in buffalo-beef curing.
There Is no lack of texts on the diet
as it could be. should be, or is not.
European writers bewail the pass
ing of picturesque national costumes.
The Kaffirs and the Igorrotes are
about the only well-known people who
are true to their simple ancestral tra
ditions.
The Germans want a shirt that Is a
shirt. The shirt which opens all the
day down the front like a waistcoat
finds no favor In Germany, says a
writer In Chemnitz.
Hardin, 111., has a cistern that has
raised from the ground, presumably
by an accumulation ‘ of natural gas.
