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Prejudice and Slander In the closing days of the campaign, prejudice and slander are the two methods being used in a desperate effort to re-elect Senator James E. Watson and to place in the state capitol a Governor who will listen to the voice of the plunderbund. The state chairman selected by Senator Watson to command his party in Indiana takes responsibility for the monstrous attempt to turn every pulpit into a soap box and every prayer meeting into a mob. His letter to the clergymen of the state was based upon a lie. It declared that the forces of the church were needed to prevent a return of the saloon, to be used of course in behalf of the whole Republican ticket. It even asked that the clergymen set aside a day of prayer to entice divinity itself into the support of this lie. The truth, of course, is that no political party and no candidate upholds the saloon and that candidates and platforms of all parties are definitely pledged against such a solution for the problem of ridding the country of the racketeer and the speakeasy. That attempt to definitely put the churches into partisan politics is a trick that the present rulers of the party learned from D. C. Stephenson and have not yet forgotten. It worked once. They are stupid enough to believe it can work now. The other state-wide activity is the publication of slanders against Paul McNutt, the Democratic candidate for Governor. The paid advertisements attempt to paint him as a grafter, a foe of labor, the lowest type of citizen. The whispered slanders are of such character that only the poison squad dares to utter them. Both the paid advertisements and the whispered slanders are vicious and untrue. Paul McNutt has been honored by the service men of this country with their highest office. For years he has been the dean of the law school at the state university. Had there been any truth in any one of the charges, most of which emanate from the hirelings of the power companies of the state, he would have been exposed and driven from the state university long ago. The crime of Paul McNutt is that he challenges the rule of the powers which have thrived under Jackson and Leslie. His crime is that he has promised to clean house, especially in the public service commission. His crime is that these agents of special privilege believe that he can not be bought when in office nor influenced by the agents of these concerns which prey upon the public. The answer of every decent citizen to these infamous methods should be a vote for Frederick Van Nuys and Paul McNutt.

Mutable Mabel What can we do to please Mabel Walker Willebrandt? Like some others of her sex—- “ Uncertain, coy,*and hard to please’’—she has us guessing. When she was a stern assistant attorney-general In charge of liquor enforcement, the country went to jail for her. When she turned bacchante as counsel for the California grapemen, the country winked one governmental eye to allow hr clients to make and vend their wares-of 20 per cent alcoholic content. It even loaned her vintners some $20,000,000 of federal farm board funds. Finally, when they—and others—demanded legalized light wines the country agreed, and both parties declared the dry law a failure. .Still she complains. In San Diego the other day she confessed herself “disappointed" in her party and in her friend, Mr. Hoover, for having advocated revision. “In spite of the seeming unpopularity of the statement,” she announced, “it is my view that the eighteenth amendment can be enforced, should be, and ultimately will be, obeyed.” It's too bad, but it looks like Mabel will have to stay disappointed this time. - ' "" Another Hoover Hoax If the Republicans are defeated next Tuesday, there will be no brains left to run the country, according to the Hoover hoax. Answers to this one are easy. For mediocrity the Democrats could not well compete with the Hoover cabinet; of the lot, Doak and perhaps others are even below average and of the two moderately competent men. Sitmson and Mitchell, the latter is a former Democrat. If the Democrats are such governmental weaklings, how does it happen that Hoover picked a Democrat, Pomerene. to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, vVich the President says saved the nation. Why has Hoover—with a small army of regular Republican diplomats abroad, including the oncegreat Andrew Mellon—chosen a Democrat, Norman Davis, as special envoy to conduct our government's most difficult and important negotiations in Europe? If Hoover were not so hysterical in the face of probable defeat, perhaps he could recall that his own departed popularity and efficiency were earned while he was a Democrat, serving under a Democratic President. If he were not now blinded by the fear with which he is trying to poison other minds, perhaps he might remember that certain Democratic leaders who served brilliantly with him under Wilson still are a part of the Democratic party. And if he thinks that they may have lost some of their intellectual power, he might read the campaign speeches delivered Tuesday night by former Secretary of War Baker and former Secretary of Treasury Glass. When the President warn* the voters against alleged Democratic destruction of the American system and raids on the treasury, if elected, is he by any

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chance thinking of the Democratic dean, Senator Tom Walsh, who uncovered the crooks of the Harding administration while Herbert Hoover, as a member of Harding’s cabinet, remained silent? Is he thinking of Senators Costigan and Hull, who remained true to the ideal of a scientific tariff which he betrayed? Is he thinking of Senator Wagner, whose unemployment relief plan was buried at the White House? Or when he warns the country that the Republican progressives supporting Roosevelt are wreckers of government, does he actually believe that his Grundy and Vare allies are worthy of the public respect given Norris and La Follette. We hold no brief for the Democratic party. It has its shysters, its demagogs, its reactionaries, like any other party. But most of the Democratic leaders surrounding Roosevelt are so much bigger than Hoover’s old guard that the President should blush when he compares them, A Breach of Faith Newspaper readers and radio listeners may be a bit puzzled by the exchange and unpleasantries Tuesday night between Senator Carter Glass and Secretary of Treasury Mills concerning the manner in which Mills had obtained an advance copy of Glass’ speech. This is to explain. It is the common custom of public officials and other public speakers, from Presidents on down, to supply newspapers with advance copies of important speeches. This is to enable .the newspapers to set the type and otherwise handle the news of the speech as effectively as possible. In accepting such advance copies, the newspapers pledge themselves not to reveal the contents until the time specified by the speaker. This means that the newspaper neither will publish the speech before the agreed time or allow any one outside the office, to see it. It is a rare event when a newspaper breaks faith in this matter. Secretary Mills, of course, is completely familiar .with this practice. He is accustomed to supplying newspapers with advance copies of his own speeches and with official treasury reports. He has been protected throughout his public life by this newspaper code. He should be one of the last of public men to take advantage of a breach in that code. But he did just that. It made Carter Glass rather angry. And, likewise, it disgusted every honorable newspaper man. The Income Tax Quite as important as the election of any candidate is the passage of the amendment to the Constitution to permit the levy of an income tax. While some lawyers assert the amendment is not necessary, it is best to safeguard against any technical objection which a supreme court, listening to the howl of thq big tax dodgers, may find to such a law when It is passed at the next session. Q The income tax is necessary, unless all real estate is to be confiscated. The farmer needs it. So does the small home owner. It is probable that the time will soon come when it will be the only way that taxes can be raised. It is, of course, the fairest way to distribute the cost of government. One other amendment is suggested. This would authorize legal authorities to fix some standards for the practice of law. The present Constitution provides that no citizen of good moral character shall be barred from acting as a lawyer. A vote on this amendment is not important. The supreme court, by its own edict, has nullified the Constitution. That court has already written the rules under which lawyers may be given credentials. To pass the amendment will only legalize what 1 as already been done by the supreme court when it gave the people a demonstration of how that court can encroach upon the other branches of government and the Constitution itself when it so desires. But the income tax is important. It may help to save the farms for the farmer and the homes of workers. It will open the door to a really equitable tax system. The scientific discovery that England slowly is sinking into the sea naturally prompts a little suggestion about those war debts. Weekly pay checks used to be squandered in the saloons in the “gold old days,” says a speaker. Well, we still have the saloons. “Steel Dividend Taken to Show Clearing Skies,” says a headline. It's about time thosff financial weather men picked a winner.

Just Every Day Sense By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

TRUE stories of Indians seldom have been written, because they were told from the white man’s point of view. But John Joseph Mathers, himself a member of the tribe, has created an accurate, faithful and necessarily poignant saga of the Osages. The book, “Wah-kon-tah,” is a distinct contribution to Americana. That it has special merit is proved by the fact that it is the November choice of the Book of the Month Club. It is fitting that it should have been published by the University of Oklahoma Press. If it gives to men and women everywhere a better understanding of the Indian character, it will be more than a book. It will be a^message. I To those who have spent their lives among them —and I count myself in this fortunate clan—the misconception about Indians is one of the most colossal of white man's ignorances. Perhaps Mr. Mathews’ tale will dispel some of that. For it is not fiction. Its every incideut is true. Notes bequeathed him by the most famous of Osage agents. Major Laban Miles, uncle of President Hoover, form the basis for this simple yet sweeping comprehensive tale. tt M * ALL the nuances of the prairie, as the Indian sees it, are here; all the changing moods of forest and stream, and all the Red Man’s reverence for nature and the verities of life. Nor has it been written in any spirit of vengeful bitterness. As there was no rancor in the heart of Major Miles toward his countrymen who were less idealistic than himself, so there is none in this book, which, by reason of its lack of emotion, its plain recital of cold facts, damns the avarice and destructiveness of our race more than a thousand impassioned diatribes could do. Since our idea of helping others usually takes the form of appropriating their lands, changing their customs and religion, and shaping their lives to our plan, we have succeeded in “civilizing” the Indian. And we thereby have destroyed something noble in America. For, splendid as he was, he travels the road to oblivion. His kind is disappearing fast from the earth, and his virtues are dying with him. Read this book and see whether you think we have preserved for the ages that which is good, or whether we have killed a spiritual attribute which we never again can create.

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What We Have Needed Since 1929, and What We Still Need, Js Leadership That Can Get Action. New YORK, Nov. 3.—1 do not like the spirit of prophecy which has taken possession of Republican spellbinders. It strikes me that the people of this country have suffered enough, without any trumped-up glooming. They are more than satisfied with the dark side of their situation. Their desire is 'for leaders, not soothsayers—leaders who can rekindle hope, irfspire courage and get action. Experting with regard to ailments has about run'its course. Most of us are well aware of what is the matter, though we may not know why. Also, we realize that is too grave for wasting time* on speculative inquiries, much less blue predictions, Speaking of "sound American traditions,” why not fall back on that one which teaches that “where there’s a will there’s a way?” We certainly can not hope to beat depression with self-pity. Lack of confidence is, and has been, at the bottom of our inability to make greater headway. Fear of possible losses has done more to restrict credit and retard business than anything else. Whatever else may be said of them, Governor Roosevelt and the Democratic party are not afraid. They have not used this campaign to spread the gospel of alarm. They have not even tried to hedge by telling what awful problems they will be called upon to solve if placed in power. That, at least, is in their favor. m an We Need Leadership AS Governor Roosevelt has said, the all-important question Is not how we got into this mess, but how to get out of it. I make bold to add that while the task includes planning, it is vastly more dependent on leadership. A poor plan well carried out is much better than a good one bungled. What we have needed since 1929, and what we still need, is leadership that can get action. •President Hoover is a great planner. Few' men in this country, or any other, have given birth to so many schemes. He has loaded us down with blue prints and specifications for most every kind of project. But somehow they don’t seem to get anywhere. Nearly ten years ago he helped formulate a report on ways and means not only to meet such a depression a$ we are now in, but to prevent it. When the depression came, however, nothing had been done. Maybe, some clerk had laid that report in the wrong pigeonhole. ' * u n Hoover Unable to Lead PRESIDENT HOOVER’S outstanding weakness is his inability to get action, to fire people with zeal, to develop an enthusiastic following. His complaints against copgress amount to nothing less than admission of his own incapacity to lead. That is really the great difference between him and Governor Roosevelt. The latter can inspire confidence and obtain co-operation, even among his political opponents. Governor Roosevelt has been obliged to work with a legislature controlled by Republicans during the last four years, but that did not prevent him from giving the state of New York a good administration. He has demonstrated a fine capacity for leadership under circumstances which often were discouraging. He has displayed a willingness to go through with the job at hand in true American style, and because of that, he seldom has failed to get the necessary co-operation.

m TODAY OQ t WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY.

AMERICANS ADVANCE Nov. 3. ON Nov. 3, 1918, the American army continued its advance north of Verdun, capturing several towns. Franco-Belgian troops came within five miles of Ghent. The Austrian army was in collapse as the Italians took Trent and Trieste. Italian cavalry entered Udine as an armistice wate declared. The Serbian army 6ccupied Belgrade. In an effort to raise the morale of his people, Kaiser Wilhelm announced his support of governmental reforms by which the reichstag was given greater authority. What is the address of the National Cash Register Company? Daytoh, O. Give the total casualties of Australia and Canada in the World war. Australia, 314,078, and Canada, 213,268.

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What is the automobile record for climbing Pike’s Peak? Sixteen minutes 47.6 seconds, made by Glen Schultz in a Stutz special Sept. 5, 1932, What is the address of Roland Hayes? Brookline, Mass. Has Babe Ruth ever played on either the Philadelphia National or American League teams? No. Were any dimes minted by the United States in 1922? No. How much does a carat weigh? The carat is a unit of weight for precious stones, standardized by the United States government at exactly 20t milligrams. How long was Charles Evans Hughes Governor of New York? From January, 1907, to Oct. 6, 1910.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Indians Do Not Use ‘lndian Walk’

BY DR, MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine. THERE is a rather common belief among people that Indians and savages generally walk with the feet straight, in contrast to the outward toeing commonly observed among civilized white men. Dr. Dudley J. Morton points out that it was the opinion of military authorities and dancing masters for many years that the sght position for the feet when standing in miltary position was with the heels together and the toes separated to an angle of 90 degrees. Later, some authorities in diseases of the bones and joints argued that such a position for' the feet is artificialOn the other hand, there also is evidence that the parallel position of the feet is not a good one and that it can not be taken as any special evidence of foot strength. An expedition was sent to Africa sssin 1929, under the auspices of Co-

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PERHAPS I speak only for myself, but I will be glad when the election is over. The campaign has not contributed much to human dignity or wisdom. Not until the various orators have gone home to rest their larynxes will there be much opportunity for the serious study and possible solution of pressing political and economic problems. My chief, but by no means exclusive, complaint is against Herbert Hoover. I do not think he can be elected, but if he wins it hardly can be a victory in which he can take much pride. Under the stress of adversity President Hoover and his associates have done .things of a sort which make men toss about in bed of nights in later years, things which they will not want to remember. Since his stand on prohibition is so vague, it hardly would be fair to say that Herbert Clark Hoover has been crying into his beer. That would be bad enough, but the plain fact is that he has been weeping into the water pitcher, which I think is a little worse. U U Weeping,. Not Fighting IN headlines I read that the President, at this point or that, made “a fighting” speech. But the text of his remarks seldom makes 'good his label. His pleas have been far more abject. The gist of the Republican arguments, as I understand it, is that Abraham Lincoln was attacked severely by critics while in office. Herbert Hoover has been roundly scored by current commentators. And, therefore, so the plea goes, Herbert Hoover must be a second Lincoln. In 1928 Herbert Clark Hoover made but few speeches and adopted the lofty attitude of ignoring the name and even the existence of the rival candidate. In fact, he almost ignored the voters. The whole mood was that of the great white father from the manor

How many bank failures were there in the United States in 1930 and 1931 and what was the amount of their deposits? There were 1,345 failures in 1930, with deposits amounting to $864,715.000. In 1931 there were 2,298 failures, with deposits amounting to $1,691,510,000. i * What is nationality and meaning of the name Horst? The name, common in Great Britain and Germany, is derived from the Teutons and means “thick wood.” The British name frequently is spelled Hurst. How many saloons, breweries, and distilleries were there in the United States before prohibition? Saloons, 177,790; breweries, 1,090, and distilleries, 236. What kind of a name in Namaqua? * t An American Indian name meaning place of sturgeons, H tmuaib

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lumbia university and the American Museum of Natural History. Among the other studies made by this expedition were examinations of the feet and of the gait of Central African savages. The term, “angle of gait,” is applied to the habitual position or angle assumed by each foot to the line of motion as a person walks. Because of the common belief that the Indian walks with feet straight, that is called “the Indian walk.” Nevertheless, examination of the feet and of the gait of the savages indicated that they vary in the angle of gait and that very few indeed walk with the feet straight. Investigations of college students by several authorities show that few. if any, tend to walk with the feet absolutely straight. People toe in or toe out, the vast majority of them adopting the latter form. Out of 147 savages examined, only ten toed in. Some people toe out more with one foot than with the other.

house going down into the plantations to give the tenantry a few statistical crumbs from the table of a great engineer. The suggestion was that we were a pretty lucky lot to have a man so gloriously equipped who was willing to take the job of chief executive. There was no talk then of hair shirts or lqng vigils through the night. It was condescending, but not ignominious. And so I am a little shocked to see this same man sidling over to citizens and saying, “Brother, can you spare a vote?” We are asked to weep for and with Mr. Hoover. We are to forget the cold and hungry men standing in bleak and bitter weather seeking a crust or a passing shelter. We are to remember only that Mr. Hoover worked very hard. And the plain answer to that ought to be, “Why not?" I do not think that the simple necessity of a situation should turn any leader into the green pasture of the sainted and sanctified. * a It Could Be Less Jovial BUT I like Franklin D. Roosevelt's chortling almost as little as I like the whimpering of the Republican nominee. Some day I hope to see a picture of our Governor in which he is not showing all his teeth. It can’t be as funny or as gay as all that. Nor do I approve of the Democrats’ half jocose acceptance of the claim of victory in forty-eight states. It is not impossible that we are about to witness a landslide, but that is merely a phenomenon and not an issue. If it were my privilege to sit as editor on any part of the Roosevelt campaign saga, urge him to make at least one speech without any literary allusions. The Book of Revelation contains some magnificent, though vague, poetic prose, but I am sick to death of it being used as a campaign textbook. People who fought with a fifth cousin at Armageddon are likely to be a little bored at the offer to identify the four horsemen of Republican policy. Nor am I much delighted when an attempt is made to solve our present and torturing problems by some apt quotation from “Alice in Wonderland.” Indeed, I believe that

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Among factors which influence the extent to which the feet toe out are, stoutness, exhaustion, uneven surfaces, changes in structure of feet, and various diseases. There is, of course, such a thing as right-leggedness and left-legged-ness, exactly as there is righthandedness and left-handedness. It was found that a greater pro r portion of savages showed a straight or in-toeing position than is usually seen among American college students, but the vast majority of savages tends to hold the feet in the toe-out position. This apparently is the ideal position for walking. An angle of 15 degrees, as formed by the two feet, seems to be the ideal angle for ordinary active walking. Rapid movements tend to lessen the width of the angle, and slower movements to widen it. Therefore, when standing the natural position would seem to be an angle of about 45 degrees.

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people who dwell in major parties shouldn’t throw looking glasses. n n n Among the Little Folk AND there are those among the minor and the non-candidate groups who do not precisely contribute to a complete iinmunity from mal de mer. There is, for instance, the biennial briskness of Ruth Baker Pratt. The attempt to solve unemployment with tea parties and sugar and lemon at the great house. The Junior League gone slumming. Which reminds that the Republican party does not hesitate to play both sides of the street, since Mrs. Pratt is a member of that well-knit proletarian group of stalwarts which is trying to sell us the great engineer all over again under anew label. He has now become, for the purposes of vote getting, Bert the blacksmith's son. Then there is the strange aberration of Mr. Secretary Mills, who goes about the country under the apparent impression that he is running for something. Nor should we forget v Charlie Curtis, once accurately described by Mr. Mencken as “half Indian and half windmill.” Most of these people who now strut through the headlines are not of a political caliber to be worth more than half a minute's attention from any busy and intelligent American. They are not even worth five minutes of my own time. I will be glad when the election is over. (CoDvrieht. 1932. by The Timesl

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Editor Times—Just what is all this wild talk about Herbert Hoover having ‘‘protected” something or somebody? Just how much of this tommyrot was the radio audience supposed to swallow Friday night, provided they were not particularly prejudiced. I say “radio audience” because, of course, it is obvious that Hoover's crowd of Republican office seekers, party hang-ers-on and parasites would have cheered at anything. When Herbert Hoover gets up and starts talking away about how much worse things could be, he strikes a blow at the average intelligence. , With an average of thirty failing! banks a day, wheat at rock-bottom prices, ex-soldiers without homes, striking miners mobbed with guns, one-third of the entire state of Missouri taken away, factory wages slashed to unknown levels—haven’t we then reached the breaking point? Bhouldn't a President admit that tiuch sufferings exist? Instead, more talk about having “protected.” Well, it’s only too plain right now who he has helped. The big bankers, railroad officials, steel magnates. Aren’t they the first ones he rushes to with each new allotment of money from congress? Confronted with a national crisis, he gives a few concerns the money that should go to the rescue of every one. The home loan bank is his latest “comic gesture” of loaning money to banks instead of directly to the people.

NOV. 3, 1932

SCIENCE —BY DAVID DIETZ

Pavlov, the Russian, Is a Master of Physiology and Also of Psychology. r T'HE fifteenth international con- * gress of physiology will be held in Russia in 1935, under presidency of Professor Ivan Petrovich Pavlov —the gres; Pavlov, who laid the foundation for much modern physiology and psychologj*. Three years ago, when both the international congress of physioloby and the international congress of psychology met in the United States, Pavlov’s presence in this country was one of the important features of the meetings. This year the physiologists met at Rome and the psychologists in Copenhagen. but Pavlov, despite the fact that he was approaching his eighty-third birthday anniversary, delivered addresses at both conventions. Pavlov, with his bushy white beard and his quick energetic manner, is the center of interest wherever he is. For not only is Pavlov the greatest living physiologist, but he is one of the great pioneers of modem psychology. He made his greatest contribution to knowledge w’hen he welded the two sciences together. a a a Conditioned Reflexes PAVLOV is best known in the world of science for his work on “conditioned reflexes.” He began these experiments more than twenty-five years ago. But at that time he already was a world-famous scientist, having received the Nobel prize in 1904 for his researches on the salivary glands. He also had conducted many experiments to study secretions of the stomach, liver, pancreas, and other organs of the body. By extremely delicate operations, performed with all the care that a surgical operation would be performed upon a human being, Pavlov succeeded in making arrangements whereby the secretions from these organs in animals could be collected outside the body. The success of these experiments depended upon the fact that the animal felt no pain and underwent no suffering. For if the animal felt pain, its functioning would become abnormal and the very purpose of the experiment would be defeated. Pavlov is famous for his ability to perform a delicate operation without spilling a single drop of blood. Nothing infuriates him so much as when an assistant hands him a knife or scalpel that is not as sharp as he thinks it should be. Under such circumstances, he has been known to stalk out of the laboratory in a rage. Pavlov’s experiments on conditioned reflexes are psychological history. First he showed that a dog’s mouth watered when the dog saw food. Later, he rang a bell each time the dog was shown the food. Finally he found that merely ringing the bell was enough to make the dog’s mouth water. a a a Brain Studies SUCH an action pattern in which one stimulus is substituted for another to call out a definite physiological action—in this case the secretion of the salivary glands—is known as a conditioned reflex. It now is realized that mugfy of animal behavior and human behavior is to be explained by it. Professor John B. Watson, who founded the behavioristic school of psychology, insists that all human behavior is nothing more or less than a great mass of such conditioned reflexes, built up one after another, from the moment of birth. Most psychologists, however, do not take so extreme a view. Pavlov’s most recent work has been upon the physiology of the j brain. The work represents an extension of his researches upon conditioned reflexesHe is seeking to determine the changes which take place in the brain when conditioned rqflexes are formed. Pavlov was the eldest of eleven children. His father was a priest in the Russian Orthodox church. lie was inclined toward a scientific career by a book on physiology, which he read at the age of 16. He is a severe critic of the Soviet regime in Russian today because he 1 feels that its reign has interfered with the activities of intellectual workers. He was stirred particularly by the poverty and lack of opportunity which confronted college professors and research workers as a result of the revolution. But, in spite of his outspoken stand on the subject of the Soviets, the Russian government has done everything possible to further his work, even equipping anew laboratory for him at a cost of about $50,000.

No wonder all the bankers, steel magnates and department store owners run arouhd like chickens with their heads off, trying to threaten employes to vote for Hoover. At least, if they haven’t made any profits lately, the still are holding on to the things they formerly owned. Which is more than can be said for the rest of us, who have shifted farther and farther down the ladder. And now it must be more clear just who Hoover.has protected. “WEIGHER OF FACTS.” Daily Thought We have dealth very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandest thy servant Moses.—Nehemiah 1:7. If thou wouldst be justified, acknowledge thy justice; he that confesses his sin begins his journev toward salvation; he that is sorry for it mends his pace; he that forsakes it is at his journey’s Quarles. What is the best way to bend wood without breaking it? Steam the wood and while it is pliable it can be bent in the desired ohaps and nailed into position. ’ When dry it will keep Its shape.