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Our Insulliana The Insull interests own and control the public service commission. They would resent any intimation that it is not one of their assets. The Insull interests, In addition to electricity and transportation, also deal in gas. The big gas distributers resent public ownership. They also resent the temerity of the local industrialists who are attempting to bring natural gas to their factories without paying tribute to the masters. That may be the reason—or was it clairvoyance?—that through the caverns of Wall street the whisper went early yesterday that the petitidh of the local factory owners for a permit would be denied without a hearing. True, the attorneys for the city, for the local petitioners and for all concerned expected a hearing. They were all surprised when the suggestion was made that the commission had no authority. But Wall street was surprised that the hearing was held at all. It did not expect one. All of which should suggest that the people of this city and this state may at some time be interested in getting rid of the iron rule of the public utility interests. The 20,000 employes of the factories represented in the petition for the use of natural gas may find their jobs just a little less secure because these greedy utilities are having their way with the state and resent any intrusion upon their plans. The owners of factories may find themlelves just a little nearer the bankruptcy jourts because they pay tribute to the greed Df the utilities, not only the gas magnates who are fighting public ownership, but the holding companies which operate as fences for the telephone and electric robberies. Rather queer- that the haunts of high finance can outguess by at least an hour what is in the minds of public officials in Indiana when the good lawyers who represent all phases of the question could not even hope to hazard a prophecy. Perhaps the answer is a Governor who is under no obligations of any sort to utility barons.

Beer and Prosperity A persuasive argument for the legalization of beer is made by August A. Busch, St. Louis brewer. He contends that the arguments used for discontinuing brewing during the war to save labor, grain, coal and other materials could now be applied with equal force in favor of its resumption. Busch uses government figures to show that brewing would yield the government $400,000,000 a year In revenue, provide a market for 80,000,000 bushels of grain, give employment to 1,250,000 persons, put 180,000 railroad cars to work in the hauiing of coal alone, and greatly stimulate other related industries. “I may be wi-ong,” he says, “but it is my belief that the huge quantity of grains formerly used in the brewing industry, thrown into the markets every year In competition with wheat, has contributed much to the farm debacle.” These, of course, are largely material arguments, based on expediency, and leave out of account the social factors so much stressed by th,e drys. But, says Busch, anybody who has read the Wickersham reports knows there is no such thing as prohibition anyway. And he might have added that a reading of that formidable document was not necessary, for even the drys will admit that it is easy iot those who want liquor to get it. Furthermore, “the restoration of the manufacture of beer undoubtedly would lessen the resistance to the enforcement of prohibition against hard liquor, and also contribute toward the lessening of crime. In other words, the beer rackets of gangsters like A1 Capone and Legs Diamond would disappear. There is undeniably a change of public sentiment In favor of the legal control of what has become a vast and well-organized lawless business. Eventually his sentiment will make itself felt in congress. The Hebert Faree Senator Felix Hebert has enacted another scene In the farce that the administration is making of the senate’s attempt to get an honest investigation of unemployment insurance. Returning from a tour of four European countries as chairman of the senate committee to probe unemployment Insurance, this private insurance gentleman from Rhode Island spent a week-end with Hoover at the Rapidan. Whereupon he gave out this illuminating interview: “I still have an open mind, and I hope to hear exhaustive testimony on this vital subject. However, I have about reached the conclusion from interviews I had abroad that any federal system of unemployment Insurance will lead to the dole.” The story of how Hebert got to be chairman of this committee is fitting background for such an interview. Senator Wagner, liberal Democrat, forced through a resolution for this investigation as part of his unemployment prevention program—despite administration opposition. Vice-President Curtis, in naming a committee of three senators, listed Wagner first, conforming to the unwritten senate rule that the author of a measure creating a committee be named chairman. Later, under White House pressure, Hebert and his fellow Republican on the committee chose Hebert as chairman. In spite of this bit of robbery, Wagner still hoped tnat a real investigation might be made. Hebert apparently has not decided whether to scrap the investigation altogether, or merely postpone hearings until September. Anyway he already has disqualified himself as an investigator by admitting bias. Hebert was opposed to unemployment insurance when he “muscled in’’ as chairman. He was opposed when he ’investigated" abroad He will be opposed when he hears “exhaustive" testimony. Why go on with this farce? In the name of economy and sincerity, why shouldn’t Hebert write his partisan report now? If Senator Wagner can get an honest Investigation from such a setup he will be a superman.

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Too Much—Too Little There are two good reasons why the federal farm board should sell surplus wheat to the Chinese government on easy terms, as requested by the Chinese famine relief, U. S. A. More than 10,000,000 Chinese drought sufferers in the Yangtse valley will starve unless they get this wheat. And tens of thousands of American farmers will be driven nearer bankruptcy unless the federal farm board gets rid of its white elephant surplus which is seriously depressing the wheat market. Here, then, is a lucky combination of circumstances which permits the United States to help a foreign people and at the same time help ourselves. Certainly there can be no return of full American prosperity as long as grain prices below the cost of production pauperize the farmer and thus tangle the purchasing power of a large part of the consuming population. There is considerable mystery in Washington as ta why the administration has withheld support from this Chinese plan, which has been suggested so often during the last year. Many explanations have been given, none of which is convincing. First it w-as said that China did not need and could not use wheat. The testimony of the Chinese Famine Relief, U. S. A., a highly responsible and respected agency, refutes that argument. The Chinese need is terribly real and urgent. A second objection was that the Chinese civil war and lack of transport facilities would prevent distribution to the stricken areas, even if American wheat were landed in Chinese ports gratis. This argument now has been disproved by John Earl Baker, adviser to the Chinese ministry of railways, whose demand for such grain prompted Wednesday’s appeal of the Chinese Famine Relief, U. S. A., to the farm board. The farm board has objected in the past that it has no authority to give away its grain; that only congress has such power. This begs the question. For the proposal is not to give the grain outright, but to sell it at a low price and on long easy terms. Farm board terms apparently have been too stiff. Even if It were a case of making a gift, the Hoover administration could use the same effective methods of advance canvass and pledge of congressional action which overcame similar technical obstacles to thp Hoover moratorium on war debts and reparations. Or it could call a special session of congress, for which there are so many other issues needing quick action. Is it possible that one reason the administration has been so cold to this plan is that it fears any generosity to Chinese hunger victims might reemphasize by contrast its refusal to grant federal relief to American unemployment victims? Whatever the true explanation, the administration perhaps can afford to be hard boiled toward the Chinese. But it can not afford to prolong the American depression by keeping its huge wheat surplus, resulting from Its stupid gambling in the Chicago grain pit.

A New Red Committee There is sound common sense in Professor John Dewey’s idea of a committee to study methods of ending conditions which create reds. Dewey says: “The recent organization by Matthew Woll of a committee of one hundred to combat the reds in the United States may deflect attention from the underlying fact that radicalism and overt acts almost always are caused by economic or other injustice. To permit the organization of this committee to go unchallenged would seem to give sanction to the illogical assumption that dealing with results will cure or remove causes.” There are many flaws in our economic and judicial system which makes bitter and discontented people look with longing on the prospect of anew political system, but they can be corrected. Meanwhile, one immediate danger, which never fails to cause radicalism, threatens and must be dealt with at once. That is hunger. We have come through a winter of hunger; nothing but the season makes the summer less dreadful; and we are approaching a winter in which every one concedes want and privation will exceed anything we have known before. The President’s emergency committee reports that private charity can not carry the whole burden of relief this winter. It calls on city and state governments for aid. But these already are reaching a point where their financial condition is serious. Taxes are not being paid. A third of the real estate in one eastern city already has come into the possession of the government for delinquent taxes. No agency but the federal government can prevent widespread hunger, perhaps widespread riots, in the United States this winter. Would it be right to refer to the king of Denmark, who is peeved because of alleged Norwegian aggressions, as the melancholy Dane?

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

It frequently has been remarked that women outlive men. Only the other day a friend called our attention to the fact that we have eight widows on our block. Learned folk discuss this subject very sagaciously and scientists can offer us excellent reasons for it. But general observation will give us a better answer. Men die too soon because they do not take care of themselves. The average man, especially if he has been reared on the old-fashioned theory that big strong he-men should be stoical and endure pain without murmuring, thinks he knows more than a doctor. Also, he has a dim and half subconscious feeling that illness in a male is a sign of weakness. Therefore, reaching the age when every adult should visit the specialists, he thinks he is being both noble and brave to stick things out and make no complaints. He is a great powerful man, and great powerful men, according to his idea, scorn sickness and defy disaster. So. nine times out of ten, he will die from a simple disease or physical flaw which could have been easily mastered if it had been taken in time. • #OO THE truth is that men are ashamed to be ill. Women, on the contrary, have been trained to enjoy all sorts of ailments. It's very feminine and even ladylike in our code to be under the doctor’s care. Indeed, half the physicians would have to close their offices if we developed the same silly complex that men possess. For we literally damp upon the doctor’s doorstep. We are always detecting interesting new in ourselves and as a consequence, we live a good dedl longer than our men. Investigation will prove that the confirmed invalid always outlives everybody in the family. There’s a reason for this. A number of old-fashioned masculine theories are foolish. But this one of ignoring the doctor, is the most ridiculous and dangerous of them all.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

You Hear People Say War Might Bea Good Thing. If Psychology Means What We Think It Does, That Is a Dangerous Attitude. NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Jack (Legs) Diamond gets the limit —four years in prison and SII,OOO, in fines. You don’t hear any weeping, but New York editors headline it as Tuesday’s big event. If the exceptional is news, that tells the whole story. The law has been after Diamond fifteen years. It has tackled him twenty-four times. Outside of a minor victory almost at the start, this is the only time It has downed him. More significant than all that, hundreds, if not thousands of racketeers, who are his superiors in every respect, go their merry, offensive way, just as though nothing had happened. Diamond’s conviction is a sign of what could, and should be accomplished; nothing more. a a 8 Davis to- ‘Joiners’ SENATOR DAVIS of Pennsylvania may be right in declaring that “you have to join something to get anywhere in this country,” though a good deal depends on where you want to get and what you want to do when you get there. Joining something offers a convenient outlet for the strut spirit and herd instinct. Also, it possesses advantages in a political sense. As a vehicle of self-expression, however, not so hot. When Senator Davis says that “you can’t express yourself by yourself,” he not only defies the dictionary, but confuses habit with facts. Look at Edison, Einstein and Lindbergh.

Individualism THE thought that individualism has become obsolete is absurd. A Ford organization may appear to stand for mass thinking, but how about Ford. What would Russia be without a Stalin, and would it be at all without a Marx, or a Lenin? No matter how big the ship, it needs a captain, and before him, an architect. Nothing did so much to make Lindbergh a hero as the fact that he flew alone. ana ‘We’ Are Three LINDBERGH not only flew alone, but, now that he, is married, takes his wife along. That appeals to people throughout the civilized world. They see it not only as an ideal, but as a possibility, wholesome and constructive, which each and every one of them can hope to attain in principle. They regard it as a good example for their children. It challenges their respect, as well as their admiration. 8 8 8 THE Lindberghs, after flying across Canada and Alaska, predict great things for aviation in the north. The region is In peculiar need of such service as flying can render, they say, and presents far less difficulties than they had supposed. The thought is intriguing. What we have always regarded as a cold, worthless waste, may turn out to be one of the world’s’ greatest highways. Human experience is filled with just such paradoxes. 8 8 8 World Paradox MEANWHILE, we face anothei kind of paradox—the paradox of a world in distress when it should be happy and contented! What has happened to cause all the woe and bewilderment? We have been given forty reasons, if not more, but few of them sound convincing. Mathematically, you can prove that there are just as many mouths to be fed as there were three years ago, just as many bodies to be clothed, just as many appetites to be satisfied, and so on. But there is not nearly as much work and, consequently, not nearly as much happiness. 8 8 8 Dangerous Thinking THIS curious and alarming situation has reached a point where revolution threatens many lands and where rumors of war ars becoming common. Whence come these rumors of war? Are they the by-product of shrewd observation, or misguided desire? They certainly appear to multiply as the depression continues, which implies an ugly thought. Is is possible that some people regard war as the best means by which to recuperate their fortunes? One hates to believe it, yet the atmosphere is such as to make that conclusion plausible, if not inescapable. War has come to play a strangely conspicuous part in run-of-the-mill conversation. You hear people say not only that it is likely to occur, but that it might be a good thing. If psychology means what we think it does, that is a dangerous attitude.

JAPANESE MISSION ARRIVES Aug. 13

ON Aug. 13, 1917, a Japanese commission, headed by Viscount K. Ishii, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, arrived in the United States on a mission of good will. At a dinner given to the mission the following day, Viscount Ishii said: * “We are here to say that in this tremendous struggle for those rights and liberties America and Japan are bound together; that when the victory of the allied forces is secure. America and Japan should so live that your sons and our sons will have a certainty of good neighborhood. “In the dawning of this new day of stress and strain let us forget the little molehills that have been exaggerated into mountains to bar our good relations ... let us together fix our eyes' upon the star of principle, which shall lead us together most surely to a participation in the triumph of the right, to a certain victory in the greatest, and, let us hope, the last great war in human history.”

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Iron Necessary to Good Health

This is the fourteenth of a series of twenty-six timely articles by Dr. Morris Fishbein on “Food Truths and Follies,’’ dealing with such much discussed but little known subjects as calories, vitamins, minerals, digestion and balanced diet. BY DR. M'ORRIS FISHBEIN Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. Tt 4TINERAL salts in vegetables are ■*•*■*■ frequently lost to the human being by the cooking of vegetables in water which is then thrown away, carrying the vegetable salts with it. The safe course is to cook the vegetables in steam cookers which retain the juices and thereby the mineral salts. The chief value of iron in the body is as an essential part of the hemoglobin or red coloring matter of the blood. This substance is primarily responsible for carrying the oxygen in the blood to the cells of the body which require it for health. The body of an infant at birth contains about three times as much iron as that of a grown person. The child at birth is ready to begin growing at an exceedingly rapid rate. If It continued all its life at the rate at which it grows the first

IT SEEMS TO ME BY H BROUN°

THE report of the Wickersham commission on the deportation system represents the most useful work which that body has accomplished. The statements offered are specific and detailed, and a plausible remedy is suggested. Nine members signed the report, and two refused, on the ground that it was oversevere. It must be remembered that, while Mr. Hoover covered various regions and shades of political opinion in making his appointments to the commission, there is not a single member who could by any stretch of the imagination be called a radical. Indeed, not more than one

Questions and Answers

Has the former King Alfonso of Spain any brothers? He was a posthumous child and the only son of the late King Alfonso XII of Spain by his second marriage. He had no children by his first marriage. There were three children by his second marriage, Maria de las Mercedes, who died Oct. 17, 1904; Maria Therese, who died Sept. 23, 1912, and the deposed King Alfonso XIII. What is rennet? The dried stomach of certain hoofed animals, especially the mucous membranes lining the fourth stomach of a ruminant, as a calf or sheep, which, owing to the ferment it, contains, is capable of fermenting milk. How many Jews are there in the world? According to David Trietsch, a German-Jewish statistician, there are 18,080,000 Jews in the world. What is the origin of the old proverb “Borrowing |rom Peter to pay Paul?” It is derived from the old saying “to rob Peter and pay Paul,” which is said to have originated in the time of King Edward VI of England, when the lands of St. Peter’s at Westminster were appropriated to raise money for the repair of St. Paul’s in London. What are the three economic ages of the earth? Stone age, which includes the eolithic, paleolithic and neolithic ages; the bronze age, and the iron age. Out of what material were the ships used by Columbus constructed? Wood. What are the diameters of the earth and Mars and Jupiter? i Earth 7,918 miles; Mars, 4,230 miles, and Jupiter, 86300 miles. Is Battling Nelson, the former lightweight boxing champion, living? Yes.

The Grapes of Wrath!

•DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

six months, it would be gigantic by the age of 10. For instance, it doubles its weight during the first six months. If it continued doubling its weight every six months, it would be 2,000 pounds at 4 years of age, which is quite a baby. Since infants, during the first six months of life, live largely on milk, and since this is particularly rich in iron, the infant is supplied with a store of iron or iron reserve until it gets older and begins to get iron in its food. Nature is wonderful. As an example of the extra iron that may be required by the body, a prospective mother or one nursing an infant must increase her iron intake by 20 per cent over that of the ordinary adult. The girl who approaches the period of maturity begins to lose blood and thereby requires more iron to keep her from developing secondary anemia. At this age she should take foods rich in iron, such as green vegetables and egg yolk as well as liver and kidneys. Just as calcium and phosphorus seem to go together in the body, so also does copper travel with iron. Investigators in the University of Wisconsin found that the kind of

or two could b 6 justly identified under the liberal label. These, then, are gentlemen with a conservative trend of mind. And a vote of 9 to 2 seems to me to constitute a very sweeping condemnation of our entire attitude toward the immigrant. I do not believe that the remedy which is suggested will cure the evils complained of. The commission would set up a separate quasijudicial board of alien appeals. It might, of course, be effective in certain flagrant cases. One, for instance, which is cited in the Wickersham report is preposterous to the point of fantasy— A Mexican, legally admitted to this country in 1923, married an American girl in Texas and had eight children. One day he went fishing and inadvertently crossed the border while waiting near the half mark in the Rio Grande river. Upon his return he was apprehended and deported. And, despite the need of his wife and children for him, he forever was barred from this country. Not even the President of the United States has the power to correct this manifest absurdity. V tt tt Less Than Hospitable BUT the crux of the trouble is deeper than the matter of administrative detail. While various officials in the department of labor have been callous and stupid, they probably represent with a fair degree of accuracy the present temper of the American public toward the stranger within our gates. This suspicion and ill-will may have had its inception during the war. We went to great trouble at that time to stir up an active hatred against the Germans. It is true that by now the anti-German feeling has subsided. But we did learn under instruction the habit of mass hatred. We merely have switched our objectives. The klan did a great deal to give a narrow provincialism certain set channels in which it could flow. And the memory lingers on, even though the klan has dwindled. It is interesting to note that one of the favorite arguments used in fomenting suspicion of the alien rests on no substantial evidence whatsoever. Nine out of ten men in the street will insist that the crime wave is carried on almost entirely by non-Americans. But a careful examination of the statistics shows that there is no truth in this assertion. a a The Political Boomerang IT is my feeling that certain chickens are now coming home to roost around the eaves of the White House itself. Naturally, it would be unfair to charge President Hoover with the genesis of our present national sins against the spirit of hospitality. No one man could create this if he would. Nevertheless, a grave charge does lie at the. President’s door. In the national campaign of 1928

anemia that develops by wrong diet is not cured nearly so rapidly by the use of iron alone as by the use of iron accompanied by copper. Thus various types of iron are not as effective as others. Iron can be given in the inorganic form in pills and not be as effective as when it is given in food substances which also contain some copper. Such substances include cabbage, lettuce and liver. The average American diet contains from 14 to 20 milligrams of iron a day. The human body needs 15 milligrams. A slight excess of iron in the diet is therefore not likely to be harmful and will make certain of a safe amount. Another element which seems ta be associated with the assimilation of iron is manganese. The red coloring matter of the blood is maintained by the assistance of iron, copper and manganese. This was found by testing the ability of animals to regenerate hemoglobin that had been destroyed when fed various quantities of these salts. Fortunately nature takes care of this human need by combining these substances in foods. If one eats a diet in which the vegetables have been properly selected, these needs usually are provided /for.

Ideals and opinions expressed In this column are those of one of America’s most Interesting writers and are presented without retard to their atreement or disaereemen* with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

Republican political managers found that they had much to gain by capitalizing the ill-will of the middle west and the south against New York City. Beyond the borders of the metropolis there are many who delight in saying that New York is not American at all, but a foreign settlement. And since A1 Smith was the product of our sidewalks, it became easy to involve him as the representative of an alien principality. While it is true that Herbert Clark Hoover did not use this sort of ammunition in his own speeches, he hardly can be ignorant of the extent to which it was employed by his lieutenants of political strategy, a a a The Old Stale Slogan THE south was riddled* with evils of this sort. And up and down the land there stamped Republican spellbinders calling upon voters to honor native stock and preserve the Puritan tradition against Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. There was little sincerity in the minds of most of the speakers. They merely said and did that for which they were hired. But the seed was sown. Here and there it landed in fertile soil. We have come to be a nation divided against itself. Even the naturalized citizen lives in terror and in fear. And as the Wickersham report truthfully says, ’This situation prolongs and deepens the immigrant’s insecurity and delays his mental and moral stabilization in the country which he is seking to adopt," We need a rebirth in trust and confidence and fellowship. fCoDvrieht, 1931. by The Times)

Earl Had Great Idea When the Earl of Sandwich thought up the bright idea of putting a slice of meat between two slices of bread to make the first “sandwich’’ he started something! From this simple beginning, the kind and varieties of sandwiches that clever hostesses and smart chefs have invented for tickling the palate has run into the scores and scores. Our Washington Bureau has ready for you anew bulletin on Sandwiches that contains suggestions for sandwiches that perhaps you never heerd of. And every one of them is tasty, some are unique, and all are appetizing and attractive. For that afternoon bridge in the hot weather, for that small tea you are giving, for that picnic party you are planning, for the snack to be eaten on that auto trip, for that Sunday evening supper—for every occasion these sandwich suggestions will come in handy. Fill out the coupon below and send for this bulletin: CLIP. COUPON HERE Dept. 140, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue; Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin Sandwiches, and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin, or loose, uncancelled United States postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs. Name. Street and No City State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code. No.)

.AUG. 13, 1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

A Medal Awaits You If You Findl a Stew Comet. One Visible to Naked Eye Is Due, Astronomers Believe. A STRONOMERS are on the lookout these days for a comet of magnificent proportions. They are rather of the opinion, on the basis of the law of averages, that it won’t be so long now before a so-called “naked-eye comet” hoves into view, that is, a comet which is easily visible to the unaided eye, and which proves a spectacular sight in the night sky. In fact, on the basis of the law of averages, such a comet should have come into view within the last few years. Among those who thought we probably would get it was Profesosr Henry Norris Russell, dean of American astronomers. The last one was Brook’s comet, visible in 1911. The early part of the present century was rich in spectacular comets, as such things go. for it had three of them, Halley’s, in 1910, and Moorehouse’s comet in 1908, as wel as Brook’s in 1911. These comets were magnificent sights and attracted world-wide attention from as well as astronomers. 8 8 8 Nagata’s Comet WHILE naked-eye comets are rare, small comets and distant ones which do not approach closely enough to the earth to become visible to the unaided eye, are fairly common. Astronomers, with their telescopes, discover about five comets a year. Comets are named after their discoverers. Many amateur astronomers spend much time hunting for comets because of the acclaim which accompanies such a discovery. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific awards a medal to each finder of a new comet. The latest comet is Nagata’s comet. named for Masani Nagata, a Japanese amateur astronomer in Brawley, Cal. Nagata is the foreman on a melon ranch in the Imperial vallley. By day he directs the activities of twenty field workers. By night he studies the heavens through a portable three-inch telescope. Nagata’s comet, it was hoped at first, would come within range of the unaided eye. Astronomers are now of the opinion that it will not do so. Seen through a small teelscope, the comet exhibits a tail about eight times as long as the diameter of the full moon. Owners of telescopes may look for It near the bright star Regulus.

Lost; Rediscovered COMETS last held the public attention in 1927 when the PonsWinnecke comet came into view. This comet has a hyphenated name because it was lost once and then rediscovered. As the Pons-Winnecke comet approached the earth, astronomers hoped it would prove a spectacular sight. However, it did not. For about a week it was visible to the unaided eye as a faint patch of light about the diameter of the full moon. It was so faint, however, that most people, not knowing exactly where to look for it, were unable to see it. • The Pons-Winnecke comet first was discovered in 1819 by Louis Pons, a French astronomer. Pons was a most persistent comet-hunt-er, finding no less than thirty-seven during his lifetime. Johann Encke, famous German astronomer, calculated the orbit of the Pons comet and found it was one of the Jupiter comets.. These are comets whose orbits were changed by the gravitational pull which they received when they passed near the planet Jupiter. Asa result, they now revolve in orbits, one end of which passes around the sun while the other end extends only a little beyond the orbit of Jupiter, Encke calculated quite correctly that the comet discovered by Pons would go around its orbit in five and a half years. At the end of that time, however, astronomers failed to sight it. On March 8, 1858, the German observer, Winnecke, found a comet. .Subsequent study showed that he had relocated the Pons comet and it has since called the PonsWinnecke comet.

Daily Thought

And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself.—Kings 2:. The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced in His will in all things.— Richard Cecil.