Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 278, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1927 — Page 6

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No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana. .

JUDICIAL TYRANNY All that stands between the individual and tyranny is a document called the Constitution lif the United Stales. In the bill of rights is written all the liberty and freedom which the common mftn gained by centuries of bloodshed and battle, striving and sacrifice, j % heroism and hardship. Freedom of the press came to the world only a century and a half ago when the immortal Jefferson wrote It as an amendment to the original Constitution and made it the foundation stone of a free Government. It was the answer of enlightenment to enforced tyrannies. * Tyrants in every age, in every nation and in almost every State have from time to time tried to destroy the free press as a means of maintaining an uncurbed power over the destinies and lives of others. Sometimes this attack has been subtle and concealed. It has taken on the form of threats; often tyranny has masked its purpose behind some pretense of morality. It remained for Judge Clarence W. Dearth, the Mussolini of Muncie, to make the first experiment in these United States in actually suppressing a newspaper by forcibly seizing an issue from its press, herding thirty-eight newsboys into his courtroom, browbeating them into obedience to an illegal and unwarranted edict and confiscating the papers which were their property or in which they had an interest. It remained for this judge to do in Indiana what Mussolini did in Italy and what Lenine did in Russia, It remained for this judge to make the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution qf the State of Indiana a ribald jest, a mockery contemptible and meaningless. Tyranny, not justice, ruled that Muncie courtroom when these newsboys were stripped of their property and treated as criminals because they had engaged in a legal occupation which offended the man and not the judge. What right has Indiana to lay claim to being a part of this land of liberty if the Legislature adjourns and leaves upon the bench a man who has thus dared to lay violent hands upon the bill of rights? e A DEFENSE OF DEARTH From a newspaper in the home of Judge Clarence W. Dearth, of Muncie comes what may be regarded as the inspired defense of that official, or perhaps the suggested apology for his action in seizing thirty-eight newsboys, confiscating their newspapers and listing them as at least semi-crim-inals. in the past this newspaper has remained silent when the judge has been engaged in the pleasing pastime of sending editors to jail for contempt of the court over which he presides. It has on such occasions defended bis actions and his decisions so that its utterances on this occasion may. be propertly viewed, as “friendly comment.” There is no law, says this newspaper, under which a judge may seize newspapers arbitrarily and confiscate them without even the formality of a judicial hearing or the opportunity for a day in court. “He acted on the spur of the moment and without realizing the full consequences of his action,” is the generous explanation which possibly the good people of Muncie may accept. Not a Very high recommendation for judicial temperament, but perhaps the kindliest apology for the most brutal attack upon guaranteed rights that any judge in any State, including Indiana if it still be a State, has ever made. What was it that he did not realize? Did he not realize that he was tearing the Constitution of Indiana into shreds, and making it less potent and less protective than the babbling of an idiot in his padded cell? Did he not realize that he was taking property without due process of law and Implanting in the hearts of these boys such hatred for authority, such rebellion against all law that probably never again will they have respect for any court? Did he not realize that he was the first judge since the days of Charles the First and his Star Chamber to forcibly suppress without a trial, without a warrant, and without a written charge a newspaper or other publication? Or was the consequence he did not expect and could not forsee the fact that The Indianapolis Times still believes in the Constitution, still believes in freedom of the press and still has faith in Indiana and in'its courage, and that The Times would demand Impeachment of any judge who either on the spur of the moment or with calm and cool deliberation attacks this fundamental right? The Times submits that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the freedom of the press and the right of property, even of newsboys’ property, are too sacred and too precious to be left in the custodianship of any judge who loses his head and acts so hastily. And oncp again, The Times demands in the name of Indiana, and of its liberty-loving citizens that the Legislature impeach this judge and let his fate forever be a warning-tQ judges, that Indiana will tolerate no Mussolini in judicial garb. WHY HE FOUGHT No wonder Senator Arthur .Robinson fought with all the power of vituperation, of venom and distortion to prevent the United States Senate extending the life of that special committee headed by Senator James A. Reed of Missouri. Senator Robinson and his colleague, Senator Watson, are intensely interested in killing that committee. This committee was empowered to investigate fraud and corruption in last fall's primaries ajid elecriorfs, insofar as they related to United States Senators and members of Congress. It was this committee which brought to light the vast corruption in Pennsylvania, so ghastly a scandal that large numbers of Republican Senators have announced that they will not admit to the Senate thp victor in a contest of corruption. It was this committee which disclosed the huge contributions made by Samuel Insull, the utility

baron, to the senatorial candidacy of a member of the Illinois public service commission. That scandal so shocked the Nation that enough Republican Senators protested and prevented this protege of Insull from entering the Senate. That committee came to Indiana, but It did not finish its work. If it were continued it might return, and if it came it might possibly be as successful here as it was in other States, and discover what forces afid influences gave to the Indiana Senators their smalf margins of votes. That might be embarrassing to Senator Robinson, and more embarrassing to Watson, who are trying hard to’ forget the details of their campaign. Robinson ihay bo excused for deliberately misrepresenting the entrance of the Reed committee into Indiana. He said that Reed came to defeat the Republican candidates. Robinson knows that Reed came only when Clyde Walb, chairman of the Republican party, openly charged that international bankers had money in every precinct to defeat the Republican party and that when Reed left, Wally was thoroughly disredited and proved as a most arrogant fakir. No wonder Robinson would go to any length to keep Reed out of Indiana. There are still many skeletons in the closet, and Reed has considerable Bkill in rattling their corrupt bones.

THE CASE AGAINST COOPER Congressman La Guardia, in his effort to obtain the impeachment of Federal Judge Frank Cooper, is meeting many difficulties. The House Judiciary Committee seems inclined to obstruct. It is recalled that this same committee followed a similar course when. Congressman Oscar Keller of Minnesota attempted. the impeachment of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. The committee on that occasion indicated a desire to embarrass Keller rather than Daugherty. Daugherty came off with a clean bill of health, so far as the committee was concerned, and Keller was held up to more or les3 scorn. Daugherty later retired from public office in disgrace. Oscar Keller,' who retires from Congress March 4, was the object of a special tribute yesterday at one of the largest meetings ever held by the House district committee, members and citizens of Washington gathering to testify to his splendid service in Congress. • Meanwhile La Guardia is pressing his case against Judge Cooper, despite the obstructions. He has put R. Q. Merrick, prohibition administrator for New York, in 1925, on the stand to tell the story of how he and Judge Cooper “framed’’ certain bootleggers. "I suggested (to Judge Cooper) we go a step farther and sell liquor to wholesalers, getting them that way for conspiracy,” said Merrick. Judge Cooper approved this plan, Merrick testified. So the money was obtained from Washington to buy liquor in Canada and sell it to bootleggers in New York State. These bootleggers were then brought before Judge Cooper for trial. Unless Administrator Merrick’s testimony is disproved, it is hard for a layman to see what more grounds for Judge Cooper’s impeachment are needed. WAS HE FOOLED ? Died rich, was the note left by a desert prospector as he left this earth, his arms clasped about a huge boulder of Fool’s Gold, which he in his last delirium had mistaken for real gold. Some call it a tragedy of the desert and may pity the man who died happy in clinging to an illusion. Others, perhaps, wiser, will envy him. To him the genuineness of the gold meant nothing, for he was going to a land where gold has no value and he was taking none of it with him. He died as rich as a Rockefeller and as poor as a pauper. If you pity him at all, pity him because he so centered his thoughts on gold that even in death his last thought was in riches of the material sort. He had just as much in the huge mas3 of mica as he would have had in all the gold of the centuries. He could take nothing with him and after the breath had left his body .he could buy nothing with all the wealth in the world. What fooled him was not the thought that he was rich, but that riches mean anything, especially to a dying man. He was fooled not by the illusion of the mica, jut by the falseness of his values. The pressure of a friendly hand at passing means more than- the touch of gold. “Died rich.” What an epitaph. THE SENATE ROLL OF* HONOR A majority of the United States Senate has declared its conviction that the Boulder Dam bill must pass. • It has declared its conviction that the Boulderi Dam bill is so urgent, so vital a measure that it deserves to be passed ahead of other legislation now periding. It has shown the strength of its conviction by cleaving to it through a painful, tedious, two-day session of the Senate. This statesmanlike and courageous stand of Senators who are fighting by the side of Senator Hiram Johnson deserves the praise arid gratitude of all the people of this nation. As the fight grows more desperate—and it will the statesmanship and courage of those who continue to stand by will be even more praiseworthy, Boulder Dam bill, upon which depends the safety, the very lives of 60,000 people living in Imperial Valley still faces a determined filibuster that is attempting’ quite openly, to prevent a vote on the bill because a vote means that the bill will pass. The all night session Tuesday and all day Wednesday and Thursday, with a group of liberals, reguJar Republicans and Democrats voting ’ together through roll call after roll call, for Boulder Dam demonstrated that the filibuster v ean be broken. Nothing so important as this is before Congress. It is important to the whole country, not Imperial Valley alone, desperate though its need may be. The attention of the country’is focused on the steadfast men who have fought for this measure. The country ■wants them to keep on fighting. It is a proud roll call to print. George Washington never told a lie, but then he never had a radio.

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Tracy Ft. Worth Is Texas City Where Past and Future Interest

By M. E. Tracy t’T. WORTH, Texas, Feb. 25. This to\yn stands for both the Texas you have read about, and the Texas that is yet' to be. It tingles with a romance of an old efa and the promise of anew one. The rough riding cowboy of forty years ago retires to take the presidency of a bank, or build a skyscraper. The graduate of an eastern or northern technical school comes out to put on khaki and hunt for oil. You can see anything in the crowded hotel lobbies from a red sweater to the most expensive dahee frock and hear anything from the rattle of spurs to the latest golf Story. Bright prospects breed good, nature and traditions of the range preserve a sense of honor. BY. Worth has less stolen autos than any other large western city. Oil Boom If anything, there' is more oil excitement here than in Oklahoma City. , Men talk of fields until, the novice is bewildered. Discoveries are being made every day. Proven territory has , been extended until it seems that* all of west Texas were good gambling ground. Great oil companies are rfcoving their headquarters to Ft. Worth and boosters tell you that it is about to become the center of mid-continent operations. Whether this happpens or not, Ft. Worth is becoming a grain center, while it has been the greatest cattle center of the Southwest for many years.

The Passing Range The range is passing and the ranches are being cut up, but where there was lean longhorn twenty-five years ago there are now two dairy cows and four fat steers. Where the old cow puncher with 200 sections of land .was against raising anything but his ante in a poker game, the farmer with 200 acres goes in for grain and garden truck. ’ * Industrial Cenier Ft. Worth new leads all Texas cities in the volume of manufacturing. It has flour mills, cotton and hosiery mills. . packing houses, foundries and railroad shops. It also has the biggest Sunday school class in Texas, thanks to J. Frank Norris. Also noon day luncheon clubs, a well financed Chamber of Commerce and a sky line. Next week the fat stock show will open, which is the biggest exhibition of its kind in the country. Build for Future Neither is the story one of boom and Babbitt, back of all the advertising and whoop-whoopla there is something fine. -'lt requires little imagination to sense the strength of what is being done, but one needs to get below the surface to recognize the spirit of it. Ft. Worth and other towns like it are building with an eye to the future. They want not only to be big, but they want to be better. They are interested in morals as well as money and in the cultural side of life as well as business. City Manager Ft. Worth has adopted the city manager form of government.* Its council consists, of nine members, who serve for nominal pay. The manager gets a salary of $15,000 a year. There Is also a city planning commission which has gone far enough to lay the foundation for a civic center and complete most of the preliminary work incident to its task. Looking Ahead Whlh you get right down to brass tacks, it is not the present that counts, but what is ahead. Completed works are apt to grow stale. If men and communities can't see something bigger for tomorrow than today, life palls on them. That is 'what gives the West its pull. Eyes on Tomorrow Ft. Worth lives with the thought of tomorrow. She faces northwest toward the rolling plains, the caprock and the vast level reaches beyond—and undeveloped region of unknown resources. She stands as an outpost of science and organized industry which is about to enter new fields. She takes her oil, her natural gas, her irrigation projects, as raw assets which remain to be expressed in more human terms. She counts the stories of her buildings, the dollars in her vaults, just aa other cities do, and boasts of what her population will be in 1950. There are flappers on her streets, and "jelly beans.’’ There are bums basking in the sun, while they lean against' lamp posts, or stand around the public buildings and there la work for the Salvation Army, the social service and the charity hospital. But in Ft Worth you see a light in young folks’ eyes and an ur.dimmed interest in older ones’ that is too often lacking where life has settled in a rut. They are looking’ahead and they see something in the future or think they do that gives life a zest. What is the Jewish population of the United States and of New York City? It is estimated that there are 3,600,350 Jews in the United States and about 1,643,000 in New York City. What is the highest rank of noncommissioned officers in the United States army? aij***r sergeant.

Failed to Touch a Few Bases, Didn’t You, Son?

Day and Aileen Dance Their Way Into Popular Favor on the New Bill at Palace

Although they were delayed a short while in reaching our town, Day and Aileen, at the Palace'the last half, show plenty of reasons why they were worth waiting for. Aileen and Day are a dancing team that have about all that is needed* to recommend them in their line of artistry', for they are artists. The woman is small and graceful and in the hands of her partner teems to move through their dances with no effort whatever. Day in i contrast to his partner is a strong, well built man and when the two of them are together in a dance everything moves as it should. Only with a contrasting pair like this can the ease with which they dance be duplicated. In their act is also present a young woman Who does well by several song numbers. A trio of women's voices is alsg featured in this offering. Our impressions of the best parts of this act, which is part of a unit show playing the Palace, were the Spanish-vnnmber in which the worni an soloist sang the melody while a chorus of girls danced and which : ended with a dance offering by Day and Aileen and the final cjfince number with Day and Aileen In an interpretive dance before a large Buddha. A quartet of pianos “America’s Premier Pianp Ensemble,” is another feature offering of this bill. We do think, however, that this part of the show could stand more piano music and less of the other things. The four women are fine in the numbers they offer. One of tnfse women 1 possesses a pleasing voice for the ballad type of song. In Gibson and Price the man had a hard time getting started as his ' was the act to open the show, but ! after a lot of • work his juggling tricks and comedy mannerisms got over and produced some good fun. Elkins, Fay and Elkins are three men who are all right when singing harmony, but who are a little lame in their comedy. Liked their song numbers. Professor Thursby offers a comedy act which we did not think so very funny. “Obey the Law” is the photoplay attraction the last half, with Bert #Lytell in a gentleman crook role. Included is a news reel and comic strip. At the Palace today and -tomorrow. (By the Observer.) Other theaters today offer: “Rose Marie," at English's; Frank Fay, at Keith’s; Watson sisters, at the Lyric; Tom Brown, at the Circle; “New York,” at the Apollo; “Taxi-Taxi,” at the Colonial; “The Taxi Dancer,” at the Ohio; "Spangles,” at the Uptown; “Homestruck,” at the Isis and burlesque at the Mutual. Countee ' Cullen, poet; William Rice and the Blackbirds in concert at Caleb Mills Hall tonight.

Sings Tonight

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-—Photo by M^orefield. W. Thurston Spangler Among the artists who will be heard tonight on the Times program over WFBM from the studio at the Severin will be W. Thuraton Spangler, tenor.

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of lact or information b.v writing to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. I>. C.. inclosing 2 cent* in stamps ,‘or reply. Medical, ic-a! and marital advico cannot be riven nor can extended research be undertaken. AH other Questions will receive a personal reply t’naimed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. If a veteran fails to pay off a loan on the adjusted service certificate does the government pay the bank from which the loan was secured the fall amount of the certificate or just the amount which was borrowed on it? I If the loan is not paid off by the veteran at maturity, the bank presents the veteran’s note, secured by the Adjusted Service Certificate (o* policy), to the government, which pays the bank the amount of the loan and accumulated interest, allows the veteran to redeem the certificate, or if he does not redeem deducts the amount paid the bank and interest, and pays thy remainder to the veteran or his heirs exactly as if the policy had never had a loan upon It. Where does the following quotation appear and what is the reet of the verse: “Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever?” From Cannon Charles Kingsley’s “Farewell.” The verse reads: “Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever: Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long And so make life, and death, and ‘ that forever One grand sweet song " Why le the noun “wisdom" personified as a woman? It is due to the Greek translation of the Bible showing the Influence of mythology in which wisdom is personified by the goddess Minerva. How did the ancient Jewish nation get its name “Israel?” That was the name given to Jacob in connection with a prominent episode in his life (Genesis 32:24-30), and it became the collective name of the nation which we are told sprang from his twelve sons. After the revolution under Rehoboam it was adopted as the distinctive designation of the northern kingdom, in contrast to the southern kingdom of Judea, but subsequent to the Babylonian exile it regained its national significance. Wliat university has the largest enrollment of students? Judging from the total number of resident students, Columbia University, New York, with 29,701, had the largest enrollment of any university in the United States in 1925-26. The University of California, at Berkeley, was second with 24,628. If only full time resident students are considered, California leads with 16.294 and Columbia is second with 11,727. Who played the part of Sergeant Quirt in the film version of “What Price Glory,” and can you describe ! hint? Edmund Lowe. He wqs born in San Jose. Cal., March 3, 1895. He. is married to Lilyan Tashman, movie actress. He is 6 feet tall, weighs 170 pounds, has light brown hair and blue eyes. He played prominent roles in “East Lynne” and “The Fool.” What was the name of the goveming body of France during the time of the French revolution? In order of their creation they | were as follows: The national or constituent assembly (June 17, 1789SCpt. 30, 1791); the legislative assembly'(Oct. 1. 1791-Sept. 19, 1792); the national convention (Sept. '2O, 1792Oct. 26, 1795); the directory (Oct. 27, 1795-Nov. 9. 1799). What is the origin of the term j “seventh heaven?” Jewish mystics adopted the notion of seven heavens rising one above another like the stages of a building; the first, the space between the .clouds and the earth; the second, the region of the clouds; the third, fourth

and fifth and sixth the home of the various orders or grades of angels or angelic beings; the seventh, the home of God and the Seraphim. "Seventh heaven," therefore, stands for supreme bliss. How ean a country gain possession of the Schneider seaplane trophy? One country must win it three years in succession. No country has done so this far. France has won once; England twice; Italy five times times and America twice. Whicli railroads in the United States have the greatest mileage? Moody's latest analysis of railroads gives the total operated mileage of the New York Central as 27,985.53 miles; of the Pennsylvania as 27.805.70 and of the Canadian National as 29,732.11 miles.

Times Readers Voice Views

Editor of The Times: Thanks for request for a personal 1 opinion on the pending measure before our General Assembly providing for a Luxury Tax on Cigarettes afid Tobacco. We already have such a tax by the Federal Government and in the recent Government report it is stated that $28,000,000 more collected last year on cigarettes alone than in any previous year. This was attributed to smoking by women and girls who are rapidly learning to use the "fag.” Wo realize that State budgets must be met by taxation. And clso if we think at all we know that tangible property is already taxed to the point of confiscation and the proposition for a State tax on incomes was defeated at last general election. Now, shall we continue to tax necessities or let needless luxuries bear their share of the burden? The Farm Bureau has studied this question thoroughly and they know that the corn and beef farmer bears more than his share of the' burden, while the Burley tobacco planter has grown rich. We certainly object J to that part of the pending bill which j proposes to use the taxes derived from tobacco for the school fund, j We want the bill amended to "Use j the fund for the upkeep and support pf the delinquents who are wards of The State” for Just as increase the tobacco habit we multiply the number of delinquents to be supported by the State. Make the tax heavy enough to take care of part of the damage done by this most deadly narcotic. The fires of unknown origin are largely cigarette fires; insurance has become so high that few farmers can afford protection. Amend this bill so as to prohibit smoking in all places where food is kept or served, and let us stop poisoning food served to the public. Nicotine is the best germacide known to science. You can kill a parasite with nicotine which can not be killed with arsenic. Then let us boost the legitimate use of tobacco and strengthen the law forbidding its sale to children. Respectfully, ELIZABETH T- STANLEY. PLAN BEAUTIFICATION Irvington Organization Begins Series of Meetings. A \ilan for the beautifications of ‘ Irvington by enlisting the, cooperation of school children and women’s, organizations will be outlined in a series of night meetings which was launched Thursday at a meeting of the Irvington Commercial and Welfare Association. Experts landscape architects will consult with citizens and supervise work on lawns and gardens and give lectures. The plan will include the cleaning up of alleys and streets. Prizes will be given to 'children who are responsible for the most effeotive improvement.

FEB. 25, 1927

Work Differences Between Leading Contract Counts,

(In response to numerou* requests, Work is writing on Contract today ard tomorrow. Hl daily Auction Bridge Pointers will be resumed on Monday.) jJfe; ' 'MU By Milton C. Work "W* There are two principal American codes for Contract Auction Bridge, one of which doubtless will ultimate* ly become the standard: at this writ* ing no one can tell which one It will be. These are the codes of the Rac* quet Club and the Knickerbocker Whist Club (New York) which have been given In these articles during the past two days. A comparison of the two follows; The Racquet Club counts 50 for Minor tricks (Diamonds and Clubs). 30 for Major tricks (Spades and Hearts), and 35 for No Trump: 100 points being the game. The Knickerbocker Whist Club uses the present Bridge values of 6. 7,8, 9, 10 for the various suits and retains the Bridge 30 for the game. There is no difference between the two counts as to the number of tricks required to make game in any suit, but the Racquet Club count runs to higher figures. There is no difference between tl£ two codes In the honor values, tIW allowance lor winning games and rubbers, the allowance for slams bid and made, the bonuses allowed for making contract when doubled, or for making extra trick3, doubled or undoubled. There is a slight difference in the penalty for a defeated contract when doubled. The Racquet Club count allows when invulnerable, 100 per trick for the first four tricks, 200 for the fifth trick, and 400 for cadi subsequent trick; if vulnerable these penalties are doubled. The Knickerbocker count allows when invulnerable. 100 per trick for the first three tricks, 200 for the fourth and 400 for each subsequent trick; if vulnerable these penalties are doubled. The difference is that the Knickerbocker reaches its severe penalty ono trick sooner. For Revoke Penalties, both counts allow two tricks for the first revoke and 100 points in the honor column for each subsequent revoke in the same suit; but tlio Racquet Club count provides that if a subsequent revoke be another suit, it shall count two tricks, while for any revoke after the first, the- Knickerbocker count allows 100 points. The Racquet Club makes the vulnerable feature obligatory, the Knickerbocker makes Its use optional. Tomorrow a final article upon Contract which will be devoted to Contract bidding. (Copyright John F. Dille Cos.)

'NOON moos * PROGRAMS ENDED 9 -L . Nearly 5,000 Attend Meets Throughout City. Nearly 5,000 persons have at- | tended various programs this week ! in observance of Religious Emphasis week, as sponsored by the Indianan ’ I lis Church Federation, Dr. Ernest N, Evans, executive secretary. ,in‘ nounced today. The noon programs end today. Noon speakers today are; Tlioiii<js D. McGee, at Butler University chapel; William Fortune, before the Exchange Club; the Rev. C. H Llninger, at the Hoosier Veneer Company; W. H. Roberts, at the W H. Insley Manufacturing Compani and Lester C. Nagley at J. D. Adams and Company. Night meetings will continue at the City Wheeler Rescue Mission, Dr. Evans announced, and service will be held Sunday at the eounly Jail., Dr; Fred E. Taylor, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will extend the movement to March 1, when he will address the Knights qf Columbus at (he Splnk-Arms. lie will also speak to students at the John Herron Art Institute at a date to be announced later. Some Questions on Natural History Today's intelligence test is dc signed to find out how much you know about natural history. You'll find the answers on page 28: 1. What is the name applied to mammals that carry their young in pouches? fe. "What is the largest present-day mammal? 3. Among deer, what is "velvet?” 4. Whctf small animal, in India, la famous for killing the deadly cobra? 5. What sheep-like animal in the Andes was used as a beaat of burden by the natives? 6. What name is applied to snakes that kill their prey by crushing It In their folds? 7. To what large, camivovroua animal is the raccoon related? 8. What bird has an unenviable reputation, because it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and lets them rear the offspring? 9. What antarctic bird haa lost the use of its wings for flight, and is confined to swimming and walking? 10. What large, poisonous lizard inhabits the Southwestern part of the United States? What Is the nearest star to the earth? Alpha Centaur!, the distance being 4.3 light years. A light year is the distance light travels in a year at the rate of 186,324 miles per second. How much is a ten cent paper issue of 1876 worth? Paper money, ten cent denomination, Issue of 1876 with bust of Modedith, and with green treasury seal, is valued at 15 cents; same tasjie, bust of Meredith, red treasury 12 cents.