Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 327, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1927 — Page 4

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The Indianapolis Times UOS W. HOWAIib, President. .BOYD GUKLKY, Editor. WM. A. MAYBOKN. Bus Mgr. Member ot the Seripps Howard Newspaper Allianrs • • • client of the United Press and the NEA Service * * Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except.-Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 214-220 \V. Maryland ®t.. Indianapolis * • * Subscription Kates: Indianapolis—Ten Cents a Week. Elsewhere —twelve Cents a Week PHONE—MA in 3500. * >

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

Confidence in Government For years the city ot Cincinnati had a political overnment very similar to the one in this city. The political machine ruled -without question. The boss dictated, just as the boss dictates here. Asa result, the people who could not dislodge the boss did refuse to vote money for needed improvements. * The taxpayers shuddered when they thought of what would happen to their money, just as the> jhudder in this city when the administration proposes to spend a couple of millions for any project, however meritorious. Then Cincinnati adopted the city manager form of government and banished party politics from city affairs. The machine tried to capture the new government and failed. The people decided that they would own their own government instead of leasing it to a political machine. Now the people have confidence in their own government. They have confidence because under the city manager they know that they get value for the money they spend. They know that the conti acts are not let through politicians and that no unotticial dictator takes his “split” before the improvements are made. The people have confidence in their government because they know that the government is operated on a business basis and has the single purpose of getting results at the lowest cost. They have the same confidence that stockholders have iA a finely managed and efficient corporation. They know that they are paying only 'for the service they obtain and that the city government, is no longer a prize to be fought for, bargained for. schemed for. The machine tried to prevent the city manager form of government in that city just as the machine is trying to prevent Indianapolis from obtaining ; it here. The same sort of sinister interests that went to the Legislature in this city to block the people for two more years fought that change in Cincinnati. The people of this city will have a chance to vote on this change of government for this city on June 21.. * All the. spoilsmen are on the firing line to prevent this change. So far no citizen who does not hope to gain office and power has opposed. Every spoilsman, past, present or future, is fighting it. The politicians of both parties are against the change. It means that no longer will the million of Indianapolis tax money be diverted for ends. These same politicians have done all in their power to discourage, to handicap, to obstruct this new form of government for cities which lias proved Itself by experience. If you want to help Indianapolis regain some confidence n its own government, to have the same chance that Cincinnati and other cities have to grovy without tribute to the bosses and the machines, orr ganize your neighbors and see that they vote on June 21.

The Mysterious Impostors The courageous call of Attorney General Gilllom to members of the Republican party to rid itself of the influence of the “mysterious impostors’ should find a ready and wide response from the voters of that party and receive the encouragement of good citizens of all parties. The Attorney General finds wide distrust of government which he says might have been easily predicted. It is against that distrust that he raises his voice and offers as a remedy thajf the Republican party be taken over once more by Republicans. , Lest there be mistake as to whom he meant, he declared that Senator Heflin, a Democrat and KuKlux is now on his way to Indiana to ‘Revive the dying flames of the recent conflagration.” That leaves no doubt as to the identity of the “mysterious impostors.” He meant Stephenson, now in his prison cell for life, and those who worked with Stephenson and profited by, his power. The people will readily supply the identity of the other “impostors” who are charged with taking charge of the Republican party and of the men who went into power.'as a result. Os all the State officials elected in 1924, Mr. Gilliom stands alone as being free from any gratitude to or dictation from Stepliensonism. The others on that ticket who were elected openly paraded their affiliations and boasted of them. The Governor and the Secretary of State made no secret of their alliances. The two United States Senators who received apparent majorities in the last election were heirs of these same “mysterious impostors.” One of them, Senator' Robinson, was named by Governor Jackson and is a very close heir to these influences which Mr. Gilliom aptly describes as an* imposition upon the Republican party. Hu nomination was secured through trades of these same influences for support of Watson, who thus, also becomes heir to these same forces. The line of contest should be clearly drawn if (he challenge of Mr. Gilliom is accepted. It is a contest which should benefit the State at large if it succeeds in nothing more than drawing into the open the hideousness of the influences which have ruled the State and brought discredit and distrust to all officials. His address should be the signal for a "cleanup” movement within the ranks of the Republican party. It may only mean an end for Mr. Gilliom. But he at least has performed a public duty in locating the cause of trouble and the source of the misgovernment. x * What It Will Show Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League has been concentrating a drum fire of propaganda upon. Secretary .Mellon for the permanent appointment of Roy A. Haynes as prohibition commissioner, it Is charged by the Associartion Against the Prohibition Amendment. The association quotes letters allegedly written by Wheeler to State league superintendents in the last few. days telling them to have “influential business men” write and wire Mellon demanding Haynes,

and also quotes Wheeler's own story of the way he saved Haynes four times from demotion when ttie latter headed the prohibition organization liefc.re. “We do not feel that, these revelations make Wheeler out to he any worse than any’other lobbyist who has a powerful organization behind him.’ “The flood of letters” methods is used by any one of that sort who wants something from Congress or the Administration aficl hopes to scare the latter into getting it. But wo do feel that the outcome of the campaign for Haynes will show whether Mellon and President Coolidge really want to enforce prohibition or want to satisfy the Anti-Suloon League and tho supposed political power of the latter. Be Thankful, It’s Not You It's sack and'sand against a surging sea. And above the roar of waters comes wail of the roustabout’s song: “Oh, when I die just heave away, good Lord.” Black men singing, white men swearing, the South along a thousand miles battles a river that has spread as never before. Who could really know the Mississippi in flood and not in all his heart be moved to help? The calamity of half a continent is this mountain of water that rolls out of the north, miles wide and roof top high, laughing at man made obstructions. Year by jtear it has grown worse due perhaps to better control along the proper reaches. Efficient protection above meaqs, according to one theory, angrier waters below. Stronger after each flood have the levees been built from Memphis to New Orleans, but never quite strong enough. Time at every chance has shown man behind the tide. Always, as now, the fate of smiling leagues of land has hinged in the end on prayer and what a pitifully few black heroes could do with song and sack sand. Imagine yourself, when you'open your check book to give, imagine yourself down there. Imagine a river that shadows the tops of trees, that surges above its own high levees and strains the last thin topping of sacks. Imagine the water trickling, trickling through until the levee seems little more than a soggy mass of mud, an elevated morass that may vanish and you with it, before your ink is dry. Imagine a river so swollen and high that even the lipple of boats must stop. Imagine a menace Jiat ends not with an hour nor day but mounts week after week, until the last sack is filled with sane 1 and the last Negro's song is stilled and the strongest ca£'n forgets to swear. • And imagine, as a final evil, men so depraved by fear that they creep up and down the land with explosives, ready to flood their fellow and save themselves. , Crevasse! Crevasse! Crevasse! Blessed is l he whoT. never hear that cry Twice blessed iJ he who gives o pale it terror.

Why We Should Lean Away Back In Mexico There is no denying Mexico today faces a grave situation. Almost daily, according to newspaper accounts, disturbances seem to grow in number and increase in gravity. The latest outbreak is by far the most atrocious and though the outside world .is still in doubt as to just what actually happened after the Guadalajara-Mexico City train was wrecked, enough is known to show there was a massacre. A hundred men, women and children, helpless, and, in many instances Injured, were either burned to death or were shot as they crawled from the flaming wreck. Officials in Mexico City charge that Catholic priests led the rebel band that attacked the train and set Are to it after annihilating the guard of fifteen soldiers. Archbishop Leopuldo Ituiz, in Mexico, and the most Reverend Pietro Fumasoni Biondi, Apostolic de'egate to the United States, both categorically deny the charge. “I am certain,” said Archbishop Biondi, “that Mexican hierarchy had nothing to do either directly or indirectly with this outrageous attack. My first request to the American public in this matter is that judgment be suspended until definite and reliable details are available.” , This is a perfectly fair request, and one which every fair-minded American will have granted even before it was made. Meantime it must be perfectly obvious to all that Mexico’s path of progress is beset by terrific obstacles as various dissatisfied factions arm themselves and take to the field, some apparently, aiming to bring about American intervention, others hoping to drum up a following formidable enough to overthrow President Calles. President Calles therefore, will have his hands full to hold on until next summer, when his successor is to be chosen at the polls. Will he make it? A great deal depends on Washington, whose attitude hag already dealt a servo blow to Calles’ chances. Recently the anti-smuggling treaty with Mexico was* abrogated, making it vastly easier for rebel or bandit gangs to arm themselves from our side of the border. And. the indications are they are not overlooking any bets. If, as many fear, the United States shpuld lift the embargo on arms, Mexico would at once lapse l ack into the same state of bloody anarchy, where it drifted for so many years, with such scenes as that recorded above an every day occurrence. Su, it pi ogress as we have observed under President Madero, Obyegon and Calles would come to a standstill. Mexico wfculd be set back twenty years at least, as this and that faction butchered each other in a grewsome elimination contest for the upper hand. A co-ed is a girl who uses her arts on bachelors. . r Often the easiest weeds to destroy are a widow’s. • -v ' A New Jersey wt ; buried the wrong man as her husband. Man? .en’t even been able to bury the right one yet.

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Wheeler Hay Transformed Half the Cellars in the United States.

By M. E. Tracy Wayne B. Wheeler says that no anti-prohibitionist need apply for the presidency; that the Nation is dry in spirit if not in practice, and that the* politicians might just as well admit it. He says that the Democrats should proceed to forget such men as Smith, Ritchie and Reed, while the Republicans should lay such men as Nicholas Murray Butler on the handiest shelf. Prophet a Boss?* It is hard to say whether Wheeler speaks as prophet or boss. He certainly has soma license to speak in the latter role. Ho has proved his ability to lead millions of Americans around by tho nose. Wluttever prohibition may have done to glorify his genius, the rapid and continuous increase of home brew permits no one to forget it. Wheeler has transformed half the cellars in the United States. He has convinced multitudes that it is all right to vote one way and drink another. He has shown the greatest republic, of all times how to hit a high plane of morality by ballot without anything by way of appetite. He Has Jhe Votes But, making every allowance for all that, Wayne B. Wheeler probably carries more votes in his vest pocket than any living American. Politicians rffay disagree with his views, but they will think twice before disregarding his organization. This was brought out very clearly at the JetTerson dinner last Saturday night, where more than one speaker for Democratic harmony let it be understood that prohibition was not such a whale of an issue after all. River Issue If other issues are too hot for the Democrats, why don't they take up the Mississippi? The Mississippi has cretainly furnished something worth talking about. Here is a situation that appeals to ail people and that calls for a remedy on which all people can unite. * Here is a great misfortune caused by no mystery, and here are the brains and the resources to provide against its recurrence. Here is an opportunity for a great constructive program of relief and development. If the Democrats want a live issue, let them turn to the greatest river system in the world and to the modern engineer.

Another Ray John L. Baird, inventor of television, has stumbled on another great secret. While transmitting the p.cture of a boy smoking a cigqret, he found that the smoke of the cigaret did not register. He naturally concluded that he was dealing with a ray which could penetrate smoke and began a thorough investigation of the subject* The ray has been isolated and developed. Y Mr. Baird says that It not only penetrated smoke, but fog and perhaps the darkness of night. It requires no great imagination to understand the effect of such a discovery. Not only would ships be made safer on the sea, but the art of naval warfare would be ohanged. The same ray that pierces the smoke of a cigaret can pierce the smoke screen of a battle fleet. Feat of Feet The continuous procession of inventions and discoveries which we behold makes us feel that this is a superior age. We get to thinking that there was never an age like it. We not only pity the past, but those people who have not enjoyed our advantages and opportunities. Then something happens to prove that we have not excelled them, something like the feat of Jose Forres, who broke the world’s record for a fifty-one-mile run at Kansas City last Saturday by more than one hour. 0 Generation of Training Back in the days when Mexico was Mexico and no European had placed his loot on her soil, Montezuma used to have fresh fish on his table every day. These fish were brought from the coast to the capital by swift runners, the distance of 200 miles being covered in about twenty-four hours. It took generations to develop such speed and endurance and they have survived all the changes in life and habits since fall. Run; Be Healthy Running no longer is a necessity of travel, but it is a necessity.of health. No matter how fast we rhay be able to go by machine, we cannot afford to abandon our legs. Civilization permit's us to forget very little and remain strong or wise. Civilization is not built by substituting, as some people think, but by adding. We imagine that automobiles are all important, but it would be a calamity if horses were to disappear. So. too. many people would find themselves in the dark now and then if someone did not make candles. Generally speaking, there is no. such thing as a lost art, and where you find there is, you will find people going backward. It is not only necessary for us to keep on learning, but to keep in mind all that has .been learned. Who were the* “missi” and the missi dominici?” Mlssi were officials sent out by the kings for- special purposes. "Missi dominici” were the special representatives of Charles the Great.

And It Costs Little More Than a First Class Funeral

It’s a Merry Old War That Old Bill Has to Fight in ‘The Better ’Ole’ Movie ■ 1 I — By Walter D. Hickman

A merry old war is the sort of thing that has the services of Syd Chaplin as Old Bill in “The Better 'Ole." When Bruce Bairnsfather was laying off between battles (and he didn't

miss any battles to which he had an invitation during the last war) he began drawing cartoons of the war actually as he saw it from the front line trenches. That is the way his character of thirty y':ars service in tie King's army by the name of Oil Bill was created. For his first' accepted cartoon of Old Bill, Bairn sfather re-

Syd Chaplin

ceived ?15 from aft English paper. Since then, this artist-soldier has become famous through Old Bill as Well as wealthy. Syd Chaplin with the aid of makeup looks very' much like Old Bill as drawn on paper* by Bairnsfather. Chaplin was the logical choice tp create Old Bill for the movie screen. Syd jumps right up to the big league comedian class by his work in “The Better ’Ole.” Old Bill and his companion, Alf, was always getting into a peck of trouble. There are many knockout comedy scenes in this* movie, but three of them may be listed as follows—when Old Bill knocks an enemy guard in the head, chucks him in a barrel with his feet out and then gives one the impression that the enemy feet are his; when Old BUI and Alf makeup as a comedy horse, and, when Old Bill at the very beginning of the movie tells Alf to try and find a better ’ole if he can. You may never have acccused Syd Chaplin of being a great comedian, but wait until you see him in “The Better ’Ole.” He certainly blossoms out as one of the best in the business. Chaplin knows how to develop a comedy situation and keep in character all of the time. Here is war from a comedy standpoint. Here is real fun. Vitaphone furnishes the musical synchronization for the entire picture. Splendidly done. The short Vitaphone subjects this week include Reinald Werreurath, baritone! Elsie Janis doing her war time bit, and Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of “Old Bill,” who tells you how (bid Bill was born. Real fun, splendidly done, awaits you at the Circle all week. PUT “MR. WU” ON YOUR MOVIE CALLING LIST

You may hear this week that “Mr. Wu," a drama of Chinesee compensation, is too artistic and too morbid for most people. If you hear that rumor, just elect yourself as a jury of one and find out for yourself. . There may be a reason for the rumor. It is true that “Mr. Wu” is one of the most artistic

dramas given the screen. It is a real the director was wise to give a beau tiful background to this dark and grim story of a high Chinese nobleman of the old days who killed his daughter when she very unwisely and too well loved a white chap and who then planned some fine punishment for the white lad. To my way of thinking, the story is not too morbid,

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Lon Chaney

as placed on the screen, to be interesting theater. When you recall that Lon Chaney is the Chinese father and torture maker, you will be satisfied with my satement when I say that Chaney is maintaining his high standard of manufacturing dramatic thrills. He really plays two roles, but it is his second char-

acterization which enables him to become the dramatic power that lie is on the screen. I like certain morbid theater, especially when it is artistically done. There is enough beauty and as pretty a love story as you would want in ‘“Mr. Wu” to give it some romantic sunshine mixed up with the tragedy. “Mr. AVu,” as acted by Lon Chaney, is powerful dramatic theater. He has the services of Renee Adoree and Ralph Forbes, who have both a jolly and a sad time in their love /affait*. Then there is Louise Dresser, n%t so much to do hut how she does the little she has to do. Charlie Davis and his gang offer themselves this week in “April Foolies.” Davis has'selected his numbers this week with so much success that all of them are leal hits. He has the services of a man singer who stops the show. Two girls, sisters. sing and dance with that charm which seems to come only from the musical comedy stage. Another success for Davis. Bill includes a .movie comedy, “Smith's New Home.” At the Ohio all week. YES, INDEED LITTLE JACKIE IS GROWING I F Jackie Coogan is approaching the 1 long pants days of his movie career. He is no longer the baby star, and his parents, as well as those others who are interested in his financial worth at

the box office have something to worry about. Jackie in short pants ■will be different, I take it, from the Jackie that we are going to have in long pants. We know the fate of Wesley Barry when he left the “kid': age and started to grow up. It seems to me that Jackie is having some wise direction just now.

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They have placed him in an adult race comedy, "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut,” instead of surrounding him only with juveniles in youthful situations. Jackie does get a real haircut before this movie is over. That is, his baby bobbed hair is wrecked in a barber's chair. And when they dress him up as a jockey and put him on the back of a real live racing horse I got the impression that Jackie had left his childhood days far behind him. Whether or not Jackie actually did the rough riding in the race track scenes doesn’t matter, because the director has cleverly left that up to your imagination, The fact remains, anyway, that Jackie actually gets on a horse. How long he stays on is another matter. “Johnny Get Your Hair Cut” is centered entirely upon the race track. Jackie learns that a crooked trainer of a crack racing stable is going to throw a race. Your interest then centers upon how Jackie prevents the scheme from being carried out successfully. Coogan’s managers know that Jackie is growing up, and they wisely are trying to see to it that Jackie will be accepted both by his youthful audience as well as the adult public. Passie Fiume this week is demon-

Movie Verdict CIRCLE —Syd Chaplin earns the right to be considered one of the leading comedians along character fines on the screen today by his work as Old Bill in “The Better ’Ole.” OHIO—“Mr. Wu” is artistic dramatic movie theater. Powerfully acted by Lon Chaney. COLONIAL—“Beau Geste" is one of the ten best pictures of the year. APOLLO —Jackie Coogan is growing up. He is a jockey In "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut.”

strating just how many pounds of the “blues” can be easied out of a harmonica by expert handling. This man is improving wonderfully both in technique as well as stage business. He is playing a wicked and clever harmonica this week at the Apollo. Bill includes Emil Seidel and his orchestra, a Newlyweds comedy and a news reel. , At the Apollo all week. FINAL WEEK FOR "BEAL GESTE” HERE “Beau Geste” is now in its second and final week at the Colonial. Last week in tills department I told you that “Beau Geste” was one of the ten best pictures of the year and the best of the movie melodramas. I urge you to see it. Remember that this is the final week for “Btau Geste” at the Colonial. Other theaters today offer: “The Little Spitfire” at English’s, Roy Cummings and Dave Apollon at Keith’s Staqord Louise Company at the Lyric, “Wigginsville” at the Palace, “The Last Trail" at the Isis, “Young April” at the Uptown and burlesque at the Mutual.

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of fact or' information by writing to Tho Indianapolis Times Washington Hureau 1323 New York Ave, Washington. I). C , inclosing 3 , cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal rrplv. Unsigned request* cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. —Editor. Wliat was the Battle of Blenheim? Blenheim is a vilkige in Bavaria, twenty-three miles north-northwest of Ausbulg. A great victory, won by Marlborough and Prince Eugene over the French and Bavarians under Tallard, Marsin and the Elector of on Aug. 13, 1704, took its name from that village, although the battle did not actually occur there, but at a neighboring village called Hochstadt, about a mile north of the Danube. The Germans call it the Battle of Hochstadt. The French had massed their forces on their right and left wings, thinking the center sufficiently protected ljy a narrow stream in front. Marlborough perceived the weak point in their line, and ordering an assault on the enemy’s wings to hide his real purpose, he forded the stream with his main army and broke the French center, taking them in the flank and utterly destroying the enemy. Os 56,000 French and Bavarians 14,000 were taken prisoners ani 25,000 were killed or drowned in the Danube. The loss to the victors amounted to about 5,000 killed and 8,000 wounded. Near Blenheim the French defeated the Austrians, June 19, 1800. I bought some land on the installment plan, built a two-room house, garage and henhouse. The house is no| finished, hut I have been living in it. The garage and henhouse are built on heavy timbers laitl on tlie ground, not on any foundation. I have been ordered to vacate premises. tan I move any of these buildings? I bought the lumber myself and paid for it myself. If you can move these buildings without damage to the property, you may be able to do so without objection from the owner. Ordinarily, all improvements on property belong to the person holding title to the land. We would have to know the details, that is, why you are asked to vavate, in order to give you an accurate answer. You had better consult an attorney. “ What is a “paper blockade?” Blockade of a country by sea in time of war which are declared but nto enforced therefore, exist only on paper. Napoleon declared a blockade against the whole of the British Isles, but was unable to send any French warships to sea to enforce it.

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C V T> ; tn/cMMon K J Every Bridge Player Should Know When to Double,

The pointer for today is: every player should KNOW WHEN TO DOUBLES INF O R M-A TORI ALLY AND WHEN NOT TO DO SO. This week I shall submit a series of twenty cases in which the question is, %vhat declaration should be made by West; South having been the Dealer, score love-all. In some of these cases South will have passed, in others bid No Trump, and in others hid a suit; and trying to determine how tho variations in South’s declaration should affect West’s action should be especially interesting because there will be a number of situations in which tho question will be whether or not to double informatorily, and nothing in the game of Bridge is more in> portant. During the week, five hands will be given with four different problems for each hand, which makes up tho total of twenty. Each day an answer slip will follow the question; so yon can pencil in your answers immedi* ately, think them over, alter them If jou choose, and finally comparo them with mine, which will appety? on the following day. Again I urgnj .vou to induce your Bridge-playing friends and club mates to* contest with you in this, and thus make & week’s game out of it. It also is a great chance for a family contest, you can demonstrate your superie ority over friend wife or husband. The test will be to see who, during the week, can name tho most an* swers that will agree with mine. Today’s hand, held by West, fofc lows: j 4 A.M-t V A-J.7 V o a.k-s-4 At The score is love-all, and, the qflep. tions are what West should declare after the declarations of South, As stated in the answer slip that lows: Bridge Answer Slip of April 25th No. 1. South pass; West should No. 3 South one No Trump; West should No. 3. South one Spade; West should **** No. 4. South one Heart; West should (Copyright, John F. Dill Cos.)

3Bdt Restaurant Is Ordered to Clean Up Garbage, t

Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board secretary, who several days ago received the complaint of a Cable St. resident through Mr. Eixit that a restaurant in the neighborhood needed to be cleaned up, today .reported on the inspection, i Inspector J. 13. McGinnis visited the restaurant and ordered the proprietor to obtain a metal contains? for garage and to dispose of the basket now in use. McGinnis also reported that a resident across the street from the restaurant had cleaned up. Assistant City Enginncer Arthuu Haufler said he is aware of the slipping condition of the pavement on Rd. 67 at S. Belmont Ave,, West Raymond St., and Kentucky Ave., and has ordered repairs. Tha paving is gradually sliding into gravel pits. Haufller will see to -it that the gravel firms are forced to fill in and uit digging so close to the road. ' The complaint of W. G. K. thafl Emerson Ave. under the Pan-II and la tracks is in bad condition, also waa referred to Haufler. He said the street will be repaired as soon ai the concrete gang is in that sectiflfc of the city. , llow should sandwiches lie eaten, broken in two or cut willi a knife? Small, rather dainty sandwiches are eaten with the fingers, hut the larger sandwiches and those which .contain moist filling should be eatery with a fork. After washing a sheepskin coat how should it he dried in order to keep soft and pliable? Wring out the coat, shake it and hang it to dry witn the skin side toward the sun, but not when the heat is scorching or the skin, will become hard and brittle. While dd|f* ing, it should be shaken frequently and hung first by one end and by tne other. .un* What were the English test jjytK? Numerous acts of the English Par* laiment imposing religious tests on persons in public office. The most famous are the corporation IF* of 1661 and the test act of 1673. - . 4* How did the “Big Four” Railroad get Its name? Because it connects the larg cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Cl* cago and St, Louis. ♦ i How long do wild elephants live!? Some are 150 years old. * 1 ■ t At what age did Fanny Crosby, the hymn writer, lose her eyesigdflh Six weeks. , •

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