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FATHER NEEDS SOME SLEEP mF YOU are one of those individuals who would sooner go to* bed early than trot along with Friend Wife to an evening bridge party, yon might inform her that doctors notice a steady increase in the number of men who break down between 40 and 50. Breakdown comes three way6 —physically, mentally or inability to forge ahead and reap the. harvest of past effort. “Why do so many men break down prematurely,” an Irvington resident, who is only 38, asks us. Well, we’re not a physician, but we should say the answer is partly that civilization is constantly becoming more complex, with each year bringing more and more demands on the individual’s spare time. Each year it becomes more difficult for a man to earn a good living for himself and family. He goes through his work-day at high nervous tension, speeded up, giving his last ounce of strength. This is particularly true of men who work with their brains. Father goes borne at night, fagged out. What he needs, to keep him fit and help nature recuperate his exhausted cells, is complete relaxation with plenty of fresh air aud little noise. But so-called “social duties” crowd in. Aather finds he is expected to dress up and go calling on friends. Or maybe it’s to a movie. Or to a lodge. Or to a meeting of some committee on which he is serving as Fifth Assistant Deputy Peanut Inspector. And so on. Before he realizes, it’s around midnight when he yawns into bed, exhausted, with an hour or two less for sleep than he should have. A man can stand this for a while. But in a matter of years even a strong constitution begins cracking under the strain. Too many social duties. Too much gadding about. Too little leisure time devoted to relaxation and rest. The candle has been kept burning at both ends. Father weakens, falters, fags out prematurely.

THE BARLING BOMBER | t t IGH in the heavens, sailing like a huge bird, one of the most l*ll formidable and deadly devices of war passed over Indianapolis Saturday. It was the noted Barling Bomber, equipped with five powerful super-motors, triple planes and carrying capacity of hundreds of pounds for gases and explosives. Odd that it should remind Indianapolis of war, of death and of the unforetold possibilities of aerial warfare on the eve of Armistice day itself. Its flight was rapid. It soon disappeared in the skies to the Northwest, bound on a flight from Dayton, Ohio, to Chicago. Its mission was a peaceful one. And at Armistice day services in Indianapolis pulpits, at American Legion posts and in the hearts of a vast multitude echoed a silent prayer for peace. All this within twenty-four hours after the speck in the sky had passed. Yet that plane, winging its way high above a city of 350.000 inhabitants, represented the failure of the Hughes limitation or arms conference to succeed in halting the mad race for military power. That plane represents the leadership of America —not for peace in the air, although our navy and army are examples of that for peace on sea and land—but for military power of the air. A survey of the leading nations of the world on Armistice day finds the powers devoted to an intensive program for war. CHOOSING SCHOOL LOCATIONS A|N INDIANA law which provides schoolhouse sites and buildings shall not be nearer than 500 feet to a railroad is commended by Uncle Sam’s Bureau of Education in pamphlets the Government is sending to school authorities. Lives of school children are too precious to be exposed to the dangers involved in locating a schoolhouse close to a railroad. In discussing sites for schoolhouses, the bureau makes this interesting comment: “A village school district in one State has received wide publicity in some of the metropolitan daily newspapers because of an ugly row over the location of anew schoolhouse. Voters of the district decided, by a small majority, to place the new building on the old site. The worst feature of this site, the minority contends, is that it adjoins the railroad .yards. All attempts to condemn the site have failed because there is no legal way by which it may be done. “No school building should be located within close proximity to a railroad because of danger from fire, disturbing noises, and risk to the lives of the children. Occasionally, the only * plausible explanation of a fire that destroyed a schoolhouse is ‘sparks from the engine.’ The irritating squeak and scrape of a switching train not only tends to distract the attention of children from their studies, but makes it impossible for a teacher to conduct a recitation effectively. “The laws of every State should prohibit the location of schoolhouses within too close proximity to railroad tracks.” OVER-PROCLAIMED P RESIDENT COOLIDGE, “the silent,” takes nearly a col--1 umn of solid newspaper type to proclaim Thanksgiving Day. The presidential /Thanksgiving Day proclamation meets the proprieties and follows custom, but its effect is very largely confined to the fixing of a date. Something like “Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 29th; so, thank God and stuff yourselves!” would fill the demand of most people. Folks who really love God thank Him, every day. The fellow who has to be officially urged to it on at least one day of a year is pretty hopeless. Filling heaven with our gratitude on one day of the year is like filling the hungry with turkey, that same day, and letting them hunt their own food the rest of the time* Comparing our Nation’s condition to that of all others, every day should be Thanksgiving Day in America without any urging by Washington. ROLLED manganese steel has the greatest tensile strength of any metal yet developed—l4o,ooo pounds to the square inch. It would make a good safe for Indiana agricultural board records. ONE DOLLAR, invested for 100 years at 6 per cent compounded, wiil earn $338.30. And then th 6 heirs have nothing to do but spend it. .

LUDENDORFF IS SCRAPPED AS BIG ‘DUB’ Able General, but Stupid Statesman Is ‘Has Been' in German Affairs. By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor TWa ASHINGTON, Nov. 13.— I The Uy man who once overshadowed <>ven the Kaiser and came near dictating a German peace to the whole world, today has shrunk to the size of a withered pea in a large pod, a probationer out of jail in Bavaria like any dub conspirator. This man is General Von Ludendorff, one of the most rfmazing characters in all history. In a. single individual, he combines one of the ablest of generals of all time and perhaps the stupidest statesman who ever trod in shoe-leather. His downfall with the “putsch” to restore Germany to a monarchy is not only a sure sign the Germans, even in their desperation, have not lost quite all their sense, but proves a general may he a genius, but is foredoomed to failure if he is not a human being as well. Ludendorff Is Prussian Ludendorff is a Prussian of the old militarist school, born and bred with the idea the army is everything and plain citizens nothing; that an officer is a god and a common soldier just ammunition to he fired at the enemy. He was Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's chief of staff at the victory over the Russians at Tannenburg. So when Genera! Von Falkenhayne failed at Verdun in 1916 and Hindenburg took Von Falkenhayne’s place, Ludendorff became Hindenburg's first quartermaster general. At British headquarters in FVance I used to hear staff officers refer to Ludendorff as “the brains of the German army.” There were rumors, however, that the Kaiser was extremely jealous of Hindenburg's popularity among the people, and that a plot was on foot to discredit him. Englneered Russian Collapse Ludendorff engineered the collapse of Russia in 1917 and by Fehruary. 1918 he had worked out a similar destruction of Italy so only the Western front would be left facing him. And he had a plan—you know what—for that. It was perhaps In May Ludendorff reached his zenith. The great March offensive had been launched and, up to May. German casualties had amounted to not more than 500.000 —about a third of what Ludendorff himself had told the Reichstag, in February, they would be.

The Kaiser now stood in eclipse. Ludendorff's great machine was grinding. Finland. Latvia, Lithu an ia , Ukraine, Belgium, Luxembourg, Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro were already being groomed as vassal states of Germany, and Mesopotamia and Serbia were under Berlin's eye. From the Baltic to the Indian Ocean, it would be just one Great German Empire and it would be Ludendorff who would be the creator of it. He would dictate -the peace and the world would pay—including the rich America. Then Tide Turned Then the tide turned. Ludendorff had overlooked one vital thing: The human equation. Almost Gtupid outside things military, he was too thick-headed to realize that from the start of the great offensive, Austria and Hungary were cracking. Bulga ria was weakening and Turkey breaking up. Then he drove his troOps like slaves. All of x sudden, then, with the entrance of the doughboys into action, the whole beautiful bubble burst. In October, Ludendorff, in panic, resigned. His sun had set then, but he did not know it. From Bavaria he plotted for the overthrow of the German republic, thinking the handful of malcontents about him represented the whole Teutonic race clamoring for his leadership. "The tide has turned,'’ he exolaimed grandiloquently in the beer cellar the other day when Hitler and he struck. It had. but only for Ludendorff. He was arrested a few hours later Just like a.ny ordinary soap-box disturber of the public peace. Family Fun Income Tax Teesie’s eye fell on an Item in which, under ,a glaring headline tnJd of a court decision awarding damages of $20,000 to a chorus girl for a single kiss. Borrowing a pencil, she began figuring furiously. "What now?” her father remarked. When he finished the newspaper story he said, "And how much does it come to?” "Exactly $64,745,” answered Tessle. "At $20,000 a. kiss, I see.” "That isn’t what I’d make, you poor dear. What do you think I am? That’s what my income tax would be." —Judge. The Baby Named “New baby up at our house.” "Zat so? Named him yet?” "Yeh, we’re going to call him Bill. He came on the first of the month.” Too Much for Cook "Have you cracked those nuts for dessert, Sarah?” ‘‘l’ve cracked the smalj uns all right, mum, but the big uns will take stronger jaws than mine to do.”— The Sketch. Not for Father “John, you really must have the landlord come and see for himself the damage the rain did to our cell-, ing.” "I can’t without letting him see the damage the children have done to the rest of the house.” —Boston Transcript.

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UNUSUAL PEOPLE ! Oodles of Noodles It/ NEA Service -±7] LLWOOD CITY, Pa., Nov. 13. |-< —Out of eight bags of homeJ M made noodles has arisen an extensive business of which Mrs. C. H, Smith is head. . The business is ' the production of Mrs. Smith’s own throughout the vkj ' ' Three years ngo V she had only the idea. Her husband, now manager of-the plant, helped her start. Her fl rst sale in a grocery started a regular run for more of her noodles until busiMKS. SMITH ness h uises in Beaver Valley and New Castle, near here, and the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh sought her product. The business got beyond her control in a few months. She has extra help now, her husband is in charge, and she’s busy traveling about the country talking to woman s clubs and other gatherings. (SoM SIMS | -!- -!- Says IERHAPS they could arrange for European countries to hate one another only three days a week.

Allies have Germany’s goat and are takiing it to the glue factory. They are urging this country to admit more foreigners. We will admit we have more than enough. Our government is trying to live within its income. Wish it would try living without ours. Proposed law would keep children under 18 from working, which is one way of getting them to work. We predict the coldest, winter on record. We always predffct this because it always Is true. New Jersey, a race horse man claims a ghost chased him. Probably the ghost of a chance. News from London. Shoes are ruining women's feet_ We made a mistake. This isn't, news. Washington has started out. to run down the grafters. Here’s where a lot of shoes get worn out. Found a man with two wives in one house In Chicago. Wonder how he got a place to hang his clothes? In Los Angeles, a plumber collected a bill nine years old, proving hev don’t, forget everything. Maybe Henry Ford wants to take ver our government because it is sing so much money. Living to a ripe old age would be mieh easier to do if it was a little less expensive. While statistics show the average woman eats less than the average man, figures show it also. American women use 10.000 tons of talcum powder every year, but It’s the gun powder that worries men. Very few of the autos left at home on a pleasant. Sunday afternoon are able to run at all. Presidential candidates don’t hurl their hats into the ring. They ease them in gently. Many a man marries a woman simply because he admires her good Judgment in marrying him.

Indiana Sunshine Now comes the time of year for the open Are on the hearth. But that new suit of woolen underwear that starts to perform about the time a person is settled comfortably before the fire's cheerful blaze goes far toward taking the Joy out of life. The Kraut Makers' Union of Tipton recently dosed a succesful season. Names of members of the organization are not divulged, but Jiggs is said to be an honorary member. There are two Bibles In the world that don’t agree. Amos Bible has been granted a divorce from his wife, Anna Bible, in the Tipton County Circuit Court. A sycamore tree in the White River lowlands near Worthington, Greene County, won the prize offered by the American Genetic Association for thq largest flecidous tree in the United States It stands 130 set high and is forty-six feet in circumference at the base. It is estimated to be 500 years old. Harley Rambo of Jonearille lost thirteen of his prize-winning flock of Buff Orpington hens. He notified the sheriff. An Investigation followed The fowls had become tired of their home and taken up their residence in the Jonesboro cemetery, where they were found roosting on the tombstones. As to Certificates “I have a doctor’s certificate that I cannot sing tonight,” said the prima donna. “What?” roared the manager; “I’ll give you a certificate that you never could sing.”—Detroit Free Press.

ing to leave town, as he could not live there any longer. At once the whittlers began to argue with him about the promise and beauties of the town. They almost overwhelmed him and made him feel like a traitor. But he remained adamant. “ ‘Yes,’ he said, dfawling'iy, ‘the town is all right; but |t’s the blamedest hardest place in the world for a woman to get work in.’ ” i

SUPPORTERS OF M’ADOO ONLY PRAY Campaign Managers Antagonize Convention Support for Their Candidate, By JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent rrrn ASHINGTON, Nov. 13. —In the 1920 Democratic convention in I- San Francisco, the prayer of the most “skilled and sincere McAdoo lieutenant was, "Lord preserve us from our friends.” Before the pre-convention fight of 1924 is ended, the prediction here Is again the cry from McAdoo’s supporters will be to “preserve him from his friends.” The McAdoo campaign for the Democratic nomination is developing most serious aspects so far as McAdoo is concerned. Mistakes of the 1920 situation are being repeated and this time they count seriously because McAdoo wants the nomination, whereas in 1920 he did not want It. The most serious aspect is that the McA doo boosters are, consciously or unconsciously. committing one not after another to antagonize the convention support he will need. Here is McAdoo’s situation: There will be 1,094 delegates in the Democratic convention. McAdoo or any other candidate will need 729 1-3 votes or 730 votes to be nominated. New York has 90 votes; Connecticut. 14; Delaware. 6; Illinois. 58; Indiana, 30; Maryland, 16; Massachusetts, 36; Rhode Island, 10; New Hampshire, 8; Ohio, 48, and Pennsylvania 76. The total of these States is 392 or more than enough to beat McAdoo or any other candidate. Add to these the votes of Alabama. 24: Kentucky, 26; Louisiana. 20; Utah, 8, and the District of Columbia, 6. and there are 84 additional votes to cause trouble. States Under Control These are the States that will be under pretty good control. New York will go to A1 Smith. Connecticut to Homer S. Cummings. Indiana to Ralston. Illinois to either Ralston or -Smith. Maryland to Ritchie, Now Jersey to Smith. Rhode Island to Smith as will New Hampshire. Alabama is bound up for Underwood. Kentucky will go to Cox. Louisiana probably will go to Underwood, as will Utah ar.d the District of Columbia. That leaves Ohio and Pennsylvania. McAdoo may get some support In Ohio, but between Cox and Pomerene he will not get much. Tn Pennsylvania It is remembered MoAdoo's friends in 1929 did about everything possible to affront the men who were then supporting A Mitchell Palmer. Pennsylvania's favorite son Chances Normally Slim Normally, MoAdoo's chances In these States are very slim Tn most of them there Is a very emphatic dislike for him It’s a dislike developed because of either the opposition of McAdoo or his friends to the party leaders. Ordinarily then, good politics would seem to dictate an effort to patlsfy this opposition But MoAdoo's boosters are adding one irritation after another. For example, one of the McAdoo boosters has had only one thing to declare aloud —that under no circumstances will a McAdoo delegate he found supporting A1 Smith. That gives McAdoo about as much chance in New York as a flivver has In contest with a Rolls Rnyce.

linked With Klan With or without reasons, McAdoo's candlaoy Is linked up with the KuKlux Klan. MoAdoo is said by hts friends to be opposed to that policy and McAdoo’s record here has been one that would indicate opposition. But McAdoo’s position is serious on this, far more serious than many realize. for two reasons! 1. It is assured now from Massachusetts will come a plank for the Democratic party definitely opposing the Klan and what the Klan represents. The plan to put this plank into the party platform is so carefully made that the party can not Ignore it or can not straddle on it with safety. The assumption here is that before the fight is ended, the party will go on record as being anti Klan, regardless of what individuals in the party may believe. Must. Renounce Boosters 2. McAdoo’s difficulty Is. some of the boosters who have attached themselves to him have been linked up so closely with the Klan movement. To gather any anti Klan strength It will becom eneoeesary for McAdoo to renounce the support of these men or call on them to denounce the Klan. He has to go a bit beyond a formal declaration against, the Klan. Bummed up. there are enough votes In the North to beat McAdoo In a convention. Give him practically all the West and South and he can not win. Normally, these votes are against MoAdoo or they have been. Now they are being antagonized by McAdoo's friends. \ That’s why the prayer is uttered to “preserve him from his friends.” Science The densest and fastest double-star known has Just been discovered by F. O. Jordan, famous American astronomer. The new star is composed two stars. In rotating the light . from one Is stopped by the other every six hours; that Is, in six hours the stars of this doublet revolve around each other so as to eclipse. This pair of stars, or this star composed of a pair, is three times denser than our sun and each is about the same size as the sun. The double star Is so far distant from the earth that It takes Its light, traveling at the rate of 186,000 miles per second, several years to reach the earth. In fact, if it died or disintegrated, it would be years before we knew it. For all we know' W'e may not be looking at this star itself, but at its image of years ago. When we look at the stars we do not see them as they are today, but as they wore when the light left them perhaps hundreds of years ago.

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QUESTIONS Ask —The Times ANSWERS You can jrel an answe- to any question oi fact or information by writirir to the Indianapolis Times' Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C„ enclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital adrioe cannot he given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a per sonal reply. Unsigned request* cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—Edi tor. What was result of IndianaPurdue football game in 1922? Tie game, 7 to 7. Where was Lew Wallace, author of “Ben-Hur," born? Brookvlllo, lnd. What is a good varnish for the back of silvered mirrors? Dammar gum, 20 parts; asphalt, 3 parts; gutta-percha, 6 parta; benzol, 76 parts; mix and dissolve. To use this varnish, pour it over the silvered surface, and move the plate back and forth until It is distributed ervenly over the surface. What is the description of a moose? It is a huge, ungainly animal, immensely strong, blackish-brown In color, with pale legs and belly, and a neck so short that it can graze only by kneeling. How many men were rejected under the selective draft because of venereal diseases? About 8,000. Which is the most profitable for planting, pine or hardwoods? According to science service, as a rule, pines promise earlier and larger financial returns than hardwoods. They grow in close stands at a relatively rapid rate to timber size, and some of them produce turpentine of commercial quality. With the exception of cottonwood, black locust, and perhaps a few others, the hardwoods require a longer period to produce merchantable timber. What will make silk stockings last longer? Rinse them immediately after they are taken off at. night, as nothing rots silk like perspiration. Put a tablespoonful of vinegar in the water in which they are washed. What is the full quotation, "A little learning Is a dangerous thing?” and who wrote it? This is from Pope’s “Essay on Criticism.” The verse reads; “A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.” What is a good way to remove grease from fi carpet with a vacuum cleaner? * Rub talcum powder into the spot. The powder wiU absorb the grease or oil. Then run the electric vacuum cleaner over the powder and the spot should disappear. If the grease has become hard, run a hot electric iron over the spot after the powder has been applied. The iron will soften the grease and the vacuum cleaner will do the rest. On what day of the week did March 18, 1844, come? Monday. How are buttons made from waste horn? The waste Is pulverized by cylindrical graters, and the powder brought Into cylindrical molds, and subjected to high pressure, the temperature being increased at the same time. The cylinders of horn thus obtained, as soon as they come from the molds, and while still hot, are cut Into disks of the desired thickness. Why is “enclose” preferred to “inclose?” There is no reason for this; it is just one of those fashions in words which sometimes happen. It is better form at present to use “enclose.” Does the word “whereabouts” take a singular or a plural verb? “Whereabouts" is plural in form, but singular in meaning, and always takes a verb in the singular, for example, “The whereabouts of the two boys is unknown,"

DIET By BERTON BRALEY The Fat Lady said, “Well, of course, you may scoff. I DO look overfed But I can’t take it off. I eat like a fay. Yet I’m gaining, it seems.” (And she nibbled away At some chocolate creams.) “For breakfast I munch Naught but toast that is dry; Only salad for lunch And no pastry or pie. Yet. I still put on weight.— It is Fate, so I Judge.’’ (And she airily ate Seven pieces of fudge.) “Well, It only proves that Though you scarce eat a crumb If you’re meant to he fat It is fat you’ll become.” (Then she sugared her tea, While bewailing her beam, And ate two plates or three Os delicious ice cream.) (Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.) ! What Editors Are Saying Coffeepots (Lebanon Reporter) A Brown County woman is getting a good deal of publicity because of a coffeepot she owns which is said to have been used by Martha Washington. But that Is nothing, almost any restaurant you go Into in Indianapolis has a coffeepot that gives aromatic evidence of haring been brought over in the Mayflower. Careful (Dally Clintonian.) Clinton people, whose homes and Interests are here, ought to be more careful now than ever before about buying all possible at home. Every dollar spent here helps boost local business and without local business the bottom would fall out of the towm double quick. Waste (Lafayette Journal and Courier) Alba Allen, Carroll County farmer, announced that he would give away his apple crop rather than see the. apples go to waste. There Is no lack of demand for fruit, but high prices to the consumer in cities keep down consumption, while low prices offered by city middlemen to the producer discourage delivery. Asa result we see immense quantities of good fruit fed to hogs or left on the ground to rot, while the consuming public does without the very things it most craves and most needs. Saloon , In a Boston saloon, the Wine and Strong Water resort owned by Richard Fairbanks, the first postoffice in our country was established 284 years ago this month. Dick’s letter exchange was a free service, his compensation coming from the tl irst of his patrons. Later camo postmen, delivering mail at the rate of six cents a mile for each letter. Wise Ben Franklin in 1775 negotiated the transfer of the postofftce from private to Government ownership. If malls still were handled by private corporations, any one suggesting that a letter should be carried across the continent for two cents would be an “agitator.”

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To the Editor of The Times Last week, on the editorial page, under the title, “Animal Facts,” you stated “the Hessian Fly pest came to this side in straw bedding of the Hessian soldiers who fought us In the Revolutionary War.” This statement is erroneous, for, as stated in Webster’s dictionary, the Hessian fly was “so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought to America by the Hessian troops during the Revolution.” A 'committee, called the Entomological Commission, appointed by the Forty-seventh Congress, 18S2-ISB3, to make a report upon the Hessian fly, reported back to Congress, as follows: “From all the information we have before us, and in the light of Wagner’s Investigations, we are strongly disposed to believe: 1. That the Hessian fly had appeared In the eastern United States before the Revolutionary War, and it could not have been introduced by the Hessians. 2. That the Hessian fly has never been known to inhabit England or northern Europe. 3. That It was not known In Germany before 1857. 4. That It has, from time immemorial, been an Inhabitant of wheat fields on the shores of the Mediterranian, in Spain, at Toulon. France, at Naples, in Minorca and Asia Minor. 5. That it probably originated in this region or farther east, the probable original habitat of the wheat and other cereals. 6. That it was introduced from southern Europe, either southern France, or other Mediterranean regions, perhaps Asia Minor, before the Revolutionary War.” I give you this data in the inter est of truth, for the assertion your paper made is so seldom denied the tnith should be presented. 8. MAHLON UNGER A Thought Above all things put on charity, which Is the bond of perfectness.— Col. 3:14. • * * E who believes In goodness has the essence of all faith. He is a man “of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows.”—J. F. Clarke. Animal Facts Gloria Maris, or “Glory of the Sea,” Is the shell of a mollusk and only fourteen specimens are known in all the world, although collectors have been searching the oceans for them for centuries. Shell is cone-like and about five inches long. Ground color is pale ivory, which Is overlaid with thousands of triangular figures and bands in yellow, dark orange and chestnut brown—all with a porcelain lustre. Animal that, lnhabltted this house had a bundle of sixty sharp barbed teeth that could snap off your finger at a bite. Near Split Rock, Wyo„ nine wolves were recently killed that had destroyed live stock valued at over $15,000.