The Office Dog.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1212, 17 December 1919, Page 2

The Office Dog.

(From the Ladies' Home Journal). ""The Average Life of a President of the United States is seventy years. Spreading Butter with the Thumb was the method used when butter was originally introduced. A Japanese Bride's Wedding Veil is put. away and reserved till she. passes away, when it is used as her shroud. Wheat is Found 11,000 Feet Above sea level in the Andes—the lustiest elevation at which wheal is supposed to grow. There's Really Nothing New! Artificial arms and legs were in use. in Egypt as early as 700 years before Christ! Stockholm is Built on Islands, and the name means "an island in a sound." For several months in the year it is closed by ice. Here's A Real Woman's One : There is no cold cream that will keep away wrinkles so successfully as the milk of human kindness. There is a Bark less Dog, the Alaskan dog. It enly ye-lps and howls, and it docs that good and plenty whenever a hell rings or a whistle blows. Isn't St True, though, that it lakes us just about ten discover the same faults in others that We can't discover in ourselves in a lifetime'.' "You Claim There are Microbes In kisses?" she asked the young doctor. "Their are." he said. "What disease do they bring'.'" she asked. "Palpitation of.the heart," Very few noses are' perfectly straight on the lace': the majority turn east, due to tiie use of the handkerchief with the right hand. So the noses of leftbanded persons turn markedly west. There Is One Telephone hi United States for every nine persons, or every two families-, anil -the- number of calls made during a single year is estimated at more, than 200 for every man. woman anil child in the country.

A Man, Speaking at a Lawyers' Club Dinner, arose and said: "I have heard so many delightful speeches here this evi'iiHiH thai J came near fancying myself in heavyiv—but for the presence of so many lawyers.*'

"Excuse Me," she said, us .she walked into the country editor's office. "But you editors ore supposed to Know everything. Can you tell me how to treat siek bees?". "Yos,"' said the answer.

"Willi respect." A Bank Managed. exclusively by Indians for ludians is fin- American Cominerrial Hank of Wapalo, Washington.J I, oblainuct a charter in 1.018, and is the only bank in Lljc I'nilci.l Slates owned and operated l.iy Indians. Taking Salt From Ocean Water is now an accomplished file I in. Norway, where two sal!, factories are being npeiuiled by means of electricity. Each factory has a capacity of 50,00.0 tons of pure sail, a year. A Plant You Can't Kill is the Japanese "Leaf of Life." You'ean even cut* a leaf in half and il will thrive without light, or moisture. A leaf pressed between the covers of a book lias been known to throw out roots and grow. A Mllttary-Salute is Forbidden only at. one lime to a British "Tummy," even should the Commander-in-Chief.of all L 11• - Brilisli Armies pass by. This is when a "Tummy" is on guard at any of the King's residences, lie can then only salute the King himself. He Was a Bit Absent-minded, was this young professor, immersed in his technical.'studies; and so. when his bride said lo liiui, '"Dearest, do. you . know .you haven't kissed me for' over three we.'Us," be looked blankly at her ami asked: "Then, my dear, whom HAVE I keen kissing?" The Man Who Has a Real Grudge against, the League of Nations has been found. His- objection is musical. He says for years he has been singing, "My cViunlry. 'lis of Thee"; now he has In learn to sing, "Our countries,

Caged Chaffinches are celebrated for their eagerness to compete with one

another in singing. They deliver Ilia songs alternately until one- is exhausted and unable to take up its turn. So excited do the birds become that it occasionally happens that one of the potitors drops dead. "«■ Giving a Man a Lemonade Bath wthi adopted by the Secret Service deparW incnls in Europe during the war. Th* suspect was searched, and then, if ha was still suspected he would bo giveu a lemonade bath to bring, to light any secret skin writing. The writing would often be applied to the skin,of messengers by invisible ink, which could not be detected until the acid of the lemon would bring out the writing.