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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1935.

B; Up erwge • Sci»t»c« Sarvtee.—WNU S*rvl« Princeton Group Discovers Ancient Cat-Like Skull Wyoming Strike Believed 90 Million Years Old PRINCETON. N. J.—Discovery of the complete skull of a primitive carnivore, a flesh-eating mammal about the size of a cat. which lived in the lower paleocene epoch about ninety million years ago, has been announced by Dr. Glenn I* Jeps<»n. of the Princeton university department of geology. The skull was found by the 1984 Scott Fund expedition, of which Doctor Jepsen was .the field director, in the Big Horn basin of Wyoming about 25 miles northeast of Cody. With the exception of specimens uncovered by the 1935 expedition, which have not as yet been studied, it Is believed that this is the only complete skull of this type which has ever been found. Find Primate Skulk Among the finds of this summer's expedition, which are to be studied thia winter. Is part of a skull of the earliest known primate, the order to which monkeys, apes, and man belong. Jaws of this species had been found by previous Scott Fund expeditions, and It was tentatively given the name Plesloleetee problematicus. but it is probable that It will be reclassified in view of the more complete Information made available this year. A total of about 200 specimens, mostly Jaws and skulls from the early part of the age of mammals, were secured by this year's expedition, whose members included. In addition to Dr. Jepsen. Burchard M. Hazen of East Orange. N. J.. Penn H. llolsappie of Scarsdale. N- Y-. and Norman Donald of Dongan Hills. Staten Island, members of the senior class at Princeton, Thomas Gallatin of Bighorn, Wyo.. a member of the junior class, William Twee<lle of Bear Greek. Mont., and Edward Hogan of Sioux Falla, S- D. New Specimens Included. Included among the specimens obtained were several new species of Archaic mammals. Including the early primates, rodents, and srtlvtiactyls, the latter being ancestors of the modern cattle, buffaloes, antelopes, and other even-toed mammals. The undergraduate members of the expedition will use the material as a basis for their senior theses. z The Scott Fund expeditions, which have been sent out each year since 1927 to study vertebrate paleontology, are made possible by a fund established In honor of William Berryman Scott, professor emeritus of geology. who taught at Princeton from 1883 until 193a Forgetting as Essential as Remembering in Modern Education LANGHORNE. PA.-The ability to forget things is just as important as the ability to remember, Dr. Ira S. Wile of Mount Sinai hospital. New York dty. told the institute on the Exceptional Child, meeting here. Modern education will be aided by realisation of this fact Forgetting Is more than just falling to ramember, he said. The forgettery is a real force just as Is the negative element In an electric current. It to tied up with the emotional life of the child, and serves ss an important selfprotective mechanism. The notoe of a bursting shell can make a soldier forget bls whole past life. So too. the child frightened by the sharp rap of a ruler or by a teacher shouting sarcastic remarks may find It impossible to remember anything or to learn new facta Negative directions hinder learning. Doctor Wile also pointed out. When you tell a child. “Don’t do It that way." you ask him to remember the very thing he Is not to do. He tries to remember what It Is he to supposed to forget. Then be cannot forget it In other words, “trying to forget" defeats itself, because the effort merely serves to keep the taboo matter in mind. But when you unconsciously “shut your mind to a subject" your forgettery to at work. Doctor Wile Indicated. The forgettery makes you put out of mind thing* associated with painful emotions. It also make* you discard matter* that have no meaning or usefulness to you. In this way It la a real aid to education. But unfortunately the young child may not see meaning in those things that are valuable for him to learn. He may have no Interest at all In 7 time* 8, or the square root of 144. These things are hard to remember. Things tied up with his own Interests ar* easy to remember. Wing-Bone of Flying Reptile Found in Texas WASHINGTON.-Far south of any previously known occurrence, -the broken wing-bone of an ancient flying reptile Jias been found in Texas. It was neat to the United State* national museum here by Tom IL Walls, of Austin, and Identified a* probably belonging to the genus Pteranodeo. by Dt. <X W. Gilmore, museum paleontologist. Pteranodon e****, have not previously bees- reported .peoth of w ex.n Kansas. The discovery and ideatifleetioa of? thia hundred s Ilion-yrer-old fragmentary fossil to reported la the current tomMSf Science ,

Growing Pains in Mountains Cause Helena Quakes Shock Recorders Placed in Federal Building WASHINGTON. — Growing pains of the comparatively young mountains around Helena, Mont., are responsible for the scores of earthquakes that have shaken and damaged the region in central Montana where the Missouri river begins to gather water. Earthquakes are the price paid by the crust of the earth for Its evolution and progress. And In that sense the Rocky mountain region and the Pacific coast, because they are younger geologically, are more progressive and likely to give man and his buildings jolt* from time to time. Scientists have put their scientific finger upon the spot where the major shock occurred. It is TO mile* north of Helena in the Little Belt mountains. the range northeast of that city. Not particularly unusual are the scores of minor shocks that are reminding inhabitants unpleasantly of the big shake. More unusual was the foreshock, the physical premonition of the major tremor to come, for earthquakes do not always call their shot* in this way. Scientists on Scene. Scientific shock troop* were on the scene of the disaster and took up a position in the basement of Helena's federal building. Rushing from California by fast motor truck. Franklin P. Ulrich. United States coast and geodetic survey seismologist, brought two Instruments and set them up to catch the dying tremor* of the quake. An accelerograph and a vibration meter began writing their wavy record* In order that the scientists may learn more about how the tremors occur. Passing through a snowstorm In the dash to Helena from the coast. Ulrich’s truck had a minor skidding accident and United States forest service officials gave aid in getting the seismological Instrument* to Helena. Many permanent seismographs mile* away from Montana wrote with tbelF pen and photographic fingers the story of the quake as telegraphed by vibrations of the earth Itself. At Pas- ■ adena. St. Louis. Washington. Chicago. Tucson. Ukiah and elsewhere, as well as at Bozeman. Mont, closest seismograph to the quake, scientists read the records, turned them Into code 1 and then telegraphed them to Science I Service, where the Information was re- ■ layed to the United States coast and geodetic survey. Uncle Sam's agency 1 for watching and reporting earthquake*. In this way the exact location of the center of th* quake was ; more accurately determined in Wash- j Ington than it could be in Montana. The fault or rock cleavage in the ■ mountains that slipped and thus set - up the vibration may not be found. ; The actual slippage of the rocks probably occurred deep in the earth, and in this quake probably did nquseme to the surface of the ground an It sometime* does. Montana’s Earlier Quakes. Montana's other Important quake of recent year* occurred tn 1925 and was centered tn the region of Lombard, south of Helena and more near the head of the same valley. At that time geological investigations caused the issuance in government reports of warnings that other fracture* in th* mountain* were probably carrying unrelieved strains that would probably cause future earthquakes. Earliest record of an earthquake In the regtan was bronght back by the famous l-vvxls and Clark expedition, on* of the white man's first penetra- : tloa* into Montana. One day in 1803 an earthquake was felt and sounds like distant artillery fire or thunder were heard. In 1883 the Gallatin valley | region had strong shock*, but no dam- I age was don* because there were few ; inhabitants. United States coast and geodetic survey seismologists sent 300 quee- | tlonnalres to postmasters and leading I citlxens in a wide are* around Helena, I asking them to give the government I the benefit of their earthquake expertences. This to expected to supplement I the record of Instruments. The gov- • eminent seismologists guess that the I major sh»H-k was not really as strong . a* the 1923 Montana quake, but that; It was more localized. They rate It eight or nine on the earthquake in- 1 tensity scale with ten a really bad quake. Builder* ana architect* of the region should take a lesson from the earthquake, seismologist* warn. Build-1 Ings for a very few dollars extrs construction co;d can be made to withstand severe earthquake*. The difficulty has been in the past that few took earthquake risks seriously until the earth began to shake. . Termite Invasion Scare Is Declared Imaginary CHICAGO.—Danger of invasion of the northern United States by hordes of devouring teftnites from the tropics was declared wholly imaginary by Prof. Alfred E. Emerson. University of Chicago sookiglst who has Just returned from a half-year of research In the Panama Canal sone. Prof. Emerson hold* "certain Interested chemical companies" responsible tor the scare. Termite* do exist In this country, even In some of the northern citire. he stated; but these insects are at home In the temperate sone, and fossil records tn Colorado show the presence of closely allied specie* 30.000,000 year* ago. Professor Emerson “debunked'’ exaggerated Idea* of tropical heat and jungle dangers.. The highest temperature experienced was 8» degrees Fahrenheit. and as for dangers: "It can be •uowd luluulciiij loai iw Buuest w th* tropic* nr* far safer than driving a car in the dty of Chicago."

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PROTECTING THE HUMAN « EAR

By JOHN LARONER F YOU read the newspapers you may have followed the campaign of Dr. H. Fulkin Snev against

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i functional cauliflower ear. also ' known in medical circles as listeners ! disease or paralysis of the protest gland or just plain silent suffering. I Doctor Snev has'done great work . in this field. He was the first to dis s cover that the germ of the disease Is carried about and inflicted on innocent victims by certain well defined carrier J types—fight managers, barbers, evan • gellsts. traveling salesmen. Authors, acI tors, congressmen, etiquette experts, etc. Once he managed to isolate the J germ, but when he got it isolated he had to keep it around the house, where it talked all his family into a state i of coma and refused to eat anything I but grade A milk and Imported caviar. So Doctor Snev gave up the Isolation idea and began to take down case his- | tories of the various victims. The following history is typical of one phase i of the disease (inability to hang up ; the telephone receiver): “Patient complained of splitting ' pains in the occipital region, trembling 1 of the hands, nervousness at the sound of bells. Slight fever, normal pulse, j blue eyes, blond hair. 32 waist (clinical note—quite a dish), s Patient reported telephone conversation with aggressive carrier type (welfare worker) as follows: Patient: Hello? Carrier: Is that you, Mrs. Z? This Is Mrs. van Gans-Otway speaking, bow are you. dear, I want to ask a I favor of you. which 1 know you cant refuse, because you've done so much ■ already, so very much, I cant tell you how grateful we were for your little donation to the Fund for Homeless Stoats. I wish you could see the work we*ve done with that fund you'd be ao proud of having helped, why one . little fellow, a ferret, be was. really, but he comes under the jurisdiction of our work with stoats, we found him the loveliest home with Mr. Squameyer, you know they're so happy to have him they say that he's bitten off the | heads of fifteen rats already and the toe of one of the little Squameyers. ! yea. so cute, and vre wondered If you— P: I'm afraid — C: 1 know you'll love to do this, i you have so much talent, it's for the pageant; you know the pageant we're , running for the relief of Persecuted j Opossums we have a part in mind for I you. a lovely part with a costume, well j just something you could make yourself. you know, but you'd loch so lovely in anything. It's a historical pageant, you know the history of the village, we want you to be the spirit, yes the spirit of the Other Side of the Railroad Tracks. You see the idea, it's j jUSt— P: Really. Mrs. van Ans-Gotwary 1 mean Mrs. Otway van Gotway. could ■ we talk about it some other time? I'm • expecting— C: A sort of cheesecloth gown might be best, you know something * In a plain color just hanging simply ' you understand and it's for the relief J of the Opossums, you wouldn't believe | dear, the way they're persecuted, thisI Is a secret but one of them was kicked I In the .teeth before my very eyes just I yesterday or Tuesday—l think Tueei day. by that man. you know, who ■ works in Minesling's shoe shop and l he whimpered so with pain, the opoe- | sum. 1 mean. yes. It was a drop kick, not just a punt—eo brutal—really—. P: If-we could talk later. I’m expecting a very important call from my husband just now. I’m sorry—i C: We have a part for Mr. Z. too J I know he won't refuse, it's an Indian f yea for the battle, the Indians are all killed by the ancestors of Mr Sc hl ess abd Mr, Fulton. I really don't believe Mr. Schless's people were in '■ this country at the time but we must make the best of it although Mr. Ful ton says he won't consider It if Mr. Schlees—“At this point.** according to Doctor Snev. “patient reported severe trembling fit and suspension of consciousness. Revived five or six minutes later to find receiver still In hand and opponents talking strongly. Apologised tor remissness and listened tour minutes more. Symptoms—bruises and contusions about ear. paralysis of will. In a case like this Doctor Snev recommends that the patient say. three times, at intervals of fifteen seconds: “1 am now going to bang up the re culver." if the third warning is disre

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n- ' ' garded. the patient should proceed to make good bls boast as advertised. Extreme cases require extreme remedies. That’s what Doctor Snev says, and no one has a better right to talk than this gifted scientist and. horse pLiyer. Many people regard face-to-face conversations as harder to Interrupt than phone conversations. It’s painful to insult anyone to his face. But Doctor Snev laughs and calls this a weakness. He has listed half a dozen so called “gambits’* for cutting the enthusiastic word-slinger dead in his tracks. One of these is the “impartial gambit." which should be thrown Into the conversation every half minute to confuse the speaker, it goes like this: Speaker: So Edith was on horseback that morning, you know she can ride anything on four iegk and she was riding past the reservoir, the south end, when we met her. Well, you know how it is. When you haven't seen a girl for-— Victim: Some say one, some say the other. Speaker: 1 beg pardon? Victim: Some say one, some say the other. Speaker: Well. Edith was on backvictim: Some say one, some say the other. You will find thht this device breaks up the monologue tn a nice way and leaves no feeling in the speaker's mind except a suspicion that you would be better off tn a sanitarium, which to probably correct Another, ruder method of breaking the speaker’s grip on your ear is the pedagogical method. As follows: Speaker: There’s only one safe trap for a muskrat. You take two or three planks, an old doorknob, and • length of wire, which you bend like you would a pretzel— Victim: As. Speaker: What did you say I Victim: “As" you would • pretzel. Not “like” you would * pretzeL Speaker: Oh. 1 guess you're right. Well, when the trap is made you have to study the muskrat's psycholog.. You know certain things about the peerage muskrat. If It’s raining, he don’t care where he puts his foot— Victim: “Doesn’t." You should say he “doesn’t" care where he puts his foot. Not “don’t." Speaker: Oh. According to Doctor Snev, this system always leaves hard feelings, which may be all -for the best Then there is the case of a tot of my acquaintance, who has perfected the water works system of Interrupting conversation. When his elder* and betters begin to weary him with their talk be bursts Into tears. Other methods'include yawning eight times to the minute, studying your watch, and emptying a bottle of scotch or rye on the floor between yon and the speaker. This totter device to bound to fascinate him and check his flow of thought through sheer horror. The President of th* United States, of course, has a very easy time with talker*. Etiquette require* everyone to shut op and go away when the President rtaes to his feet. This sounds perfect, bnt It happened tn the esse of I‘reeidcßt Harding that the gag missed fire. The President didn’t know about it He remained seated for hour* at a stretch while two earnest parties bit a hole in his ear and poured woVds into IL The late ike Hoover finally tipped him off about hl* privilege, after which Mr. Harding was In a vertical position practically all the time. But these little anecdotes, though they brighten up the atory. have nothing to do with the average man. The , average man must fight his own battie against listeners* disease and canll- ' flower ear. In this battle he has no greater friend than Dr. IL Fulkin Snev. •Though I say so myself," be told your conwjH»ml»nt the other day, “1 have done more to break off monologue* than any man living. It* a gift a natural talent Let me teli you bow it happened As a child 1 'was highly sensitive to sound. 1 was a beautiful child, they say, with large blue eye*, blond curia, and a wan*, trusting expression that must have been irresistible. People used to stop me on the street just to pat my bead. I won ata contests for beauty and charm, and 1 can show you the trophies.. 1—" “Where were you on the night of February 7. IBtsr I asked suddenly, realising the horror of my predicament But the doctor’s tip did no good. He la still talking to me a* a* I write thia. • John Lardner.—WNU Servian.

L IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY! chool Lesson By any. p. a fitzwatkr. d. d. Member of Faced ty. Moody Bibl* _ Inetitnte ot Chicago. • Wenter* Newspaoer UnloA. Lesson for December 1 EZRA’S MISSION TO JERUSALEM LESSON TEXT—Exra •I. 38. GOLDEN TEXT—Th* hand of our God is upon all th*m for good that seek him. Bara S:BS. PRIMARY TOPlC—Bringing Gifts for God’s Hous*. JUNIOR TOPlC—Ezra’s Long Journey. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—How God Helps. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Purposeful Prayer and Courageous Action. L Who Ezra Was (7:1-10). L A priest (vt. 1-5). He was from the line which was to stand between God and the people. The leader of the first company was Zerubbabel, a sort of military governor. Th* great need now was for a religious leader, for the people had gone far from God, as we see from the noble reformation which Ezra effected. 2. A ready scribe (▼. 6). He was a teacher of the law of God. 8. His high ambition (vr. 7-10). «. He set his heart to seek the law of the Lord (r. 10). He set out definitely with the purpose to know God’s Word. No one who purposes tn his heart to seek the law of the Lord can fall. b. He set his heart to obey the Lord (v. 10). He was not only concerned with knowing God’s Word but obeying it God’s Word cannot be known In Its fullness by the Intellect; it must he experienced. An essential qualification for a teacher of the Bible, a preacher, or Sunday school worker, is obedience to God’s Word. e. He set his heart » teach in Israel God's statutes and judgments (v. 10). He not only had a love for God’s Word but a desire to implant it la the hearts of others, 11. Ezra’s Commission (7:11-26). Ezra went forth backed by the decree from King Artaxerxes. The king = gave him a copy of the decree which authorized him to lead a company back to Jerusalem. This decree empowered him to L Collect funds (vv. 15, 16); 2. Levy tribute (vr. 21. 22); 3. Appoint magistrates and jbdges (v. 23); 4, Execute penalties (v. 26). So great was the king’s confidence to Ezra that he delegated all these powers to him. For this great favor Ezra lifted his heart to God to thanksgiving (ve. 27. 28). He was mainly concerned with the fact that he was to beautify the Lord’s house and acknowledged that God had put his purpose into the king's heart. 111. Th* Company Which Returned With Ezra (Ezra 8:1-20). This company was comparatively small, only 1.754 males, but including the women, children and servants there were perhaps 6,000 or 7,000 people. Before proceeding on the journey sc Ezrs was careful to And out as to whether any of the Levites, the ministers of God. were with them (v. 15).’ He knew thst the success of their enterprise depended upon the spiritual condition of the people. Temporal blessings and prosperity of the individual and the nation depend upon th* people’s attitude towaid God. IV. Ezra’s Prayer and Fasting (8:21-23). The first thing that he did was to seek God’s guidance. The reason Ezra sought the Lord's help was that a* far as possible he deelred his mission to be free from human dependence. He did not minimize th* dangers attend Ing his Journey, but since be bad assured the king that th* hand of th* Lord would be upon all for good who sought him, h* was ashamed to ask the king for a military escort to protect them from the marauding Arabs. His desire was to prove to the king the reality of God’s help, as God's honor among th* heathen was at stake. V. Th* Succ*«sful Journey (8:24-32). God beard their prayer. Th* treasure entrusted to them was great i’erhap* th* entire value of money and sacred utensils was nearly flv* million dollar*. For a small caravan to go through a country infested by thee* robber bands carrying such an amount of money was most perilous, but Ezra knew that God was abl* and would protect them. Observe L Th* care and honesty (vv. 24-30). The money was weighed unto them st th* start and was to be weighed when turned over to the authorities at Jeru salem. The Incentive to honest and strict accounting of th* trust was that they were holy men and were entrusted with that which belonged to God. 2. Their safe arrival (vv. 31. 32). Some four and one-half months were required to make the journey. God brought them safely to their destina tlon. thus proving that h* 1s faithful to those who put their trust in him. Things W* Cannot Explain Augustine said once: "If you do not ask me what is time. I know, if you ask me, I do not know." There are many things which w* are not able to ipui into a concise definition. What'ls I t God? What Is spirit? What to personality What is lov* and what Is hate? W* know an these things, and yet w* cannot wen define them. W* attempt ft at times and usually grow somewhat muddled and discouraged when w* discover that the reality which we know eludes us when we try to put it into words; yet the reality is none the less because we cannot describe just what it is. Even In what we call science this is seen. Thj thing wo call matter would seem at first sight to be most easily defined and yet, as we proceed. It elude* us so remarkably that we are compelled at last to admit that ere simply cannot tell just what It la. the only thing which seems to be clear I* that I. is probably some kind of force. We most be content to know many things which we are not able to explain. And this applies to the wisest men who ever lived, or who ever will live.

!■■■ ADVENTURERS’ fO CLUB jw wFwwF Battle* By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. TT’S the same old story, boys and girls. Adventure never shows up -E when you look for it—always pops up when you least expect it. Take the case of Edgar Columbia. 0 He chased adventure from Canada to Mexico and back again, but the scare of his life came to him when he went into a lunch room one night to get a cup of coffee. That cup of coffee cost Ed five cents, and came doggone near to costing him his life. It was in the early part of January, 1923. and Ed was in Portland, Maine. Up there he was a member in good standing of the International Longshoremen’s union. Local 861, and engaged in th* work of loading and unloading the boats that came in and out of Portland harbor* It was a he-man’s job, and Ed says he met up with some pretty hard-boiled character* along the Portland "The men who frequent• the dock districts In all seaports,’’ Ed says, are apt to be a pretty tough lot And Portland was no exception to the rule. Human flotsam passed through there from the seven seas and the five continents. There were toughs—crooks—yes, and murderers—all of them flocklug to the shabby waterfront Rialto as beetles flock to a bright light \ Nice People, These Waterfront Folks. “In Portland these characters could be found on? Commercial street. Fore street and the lower part of India street They hung out in dives, clip-joints, cheap beaneries and in the back rooms of blind pigs." That was th* sort of locality Ed Columbia worked In, and hl* work was aa hard as th* neighborhood was rough. When a boat was scheduled to leave in the morning, the longshoremen worked all night to get It loaded. In the winter those nights often ran a temperature of 15 or 20 degrees below zero, and at such times the men took turns going out for a cup of coffee to keep them warm. It was on one of these nights, about 2:30 a. m., that Ed started out for a cup of hot Java. He went Into one of those all-night lunch rooms of India Street and sat down at the long, wooden lunch counter on one of those round Then—Socko—Ed Let Go a Haymaker, spinning stools. There were 15 or 20 tough-looking eggs sitting around at nearby tables, drinking and playing cards, but they didn’t worry Ed any. because Ed was just as tough-looking as they were and weighed 187 pounds to the bargain. Ed ordered hl* coffee and an egg sandwich. While he was eating hl* sandwich and sipping hi* coffee, a tough-lookihg gent cam* walking Into th* lunch room and, with * string of curees, flopped himself down on th* stool beside Ed. The tough guy bad * pretty good cargo of liquor aboard. He was, as a matter of fact, at that stage of drunkenness where he,was getting meaner and uglier by the minute. But—well—that was none of Ed's business. He went right on eating and drinking his coffee as if nothing bad ever happened. Ed Takes Abuse as Long as He Can. Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, the drunk turned on Ed and began calling him every name he could think of. It seems that some tnau bad stolen his girl from him. and Ed looked like that man. For a while Ed paid no attention to him. “He was furious," say* Ed, “and my Indifference didn’t help any. Finally, I told him to pipe ciown and go to h L Then he went completely nuts.” The drunk began yelling at the top of bls voice, threatening to kill Ed. Then he jumped to bls feet and made a grab with both bands for the etool he had been sitting on. Those stools were just round seats set in iron pipes. On the bottom of each seat was a sort of stem that fit loosely into the pipe—a metal spike protruding about three-quarters of an inch—that the drunk picked up. Holding the seat with both hands, he raised it high about his head and tried to drive the spike Into Ed’s skull. Ed Jumped—and none too soon, either. Th* edge of th* seat grazed hl* head, and a* th* drunk raised it for another blow, Ed started backing away toward the corner of the room. A* he backed away th* drunk followed, raving mad and still yelling bloody murder. "At every lunge." Ed says, “I backed away, until 1 was caught In the corner. 1 was afraid to make a grab for that spiked seat, because if I missed it. it meant a broken arm or wrist. I didn't know what to do, and in that corner, with no means of escape, the situation was getting pretty desperate. It Took a Cool Mind and a Sure Eye. “Finally. I had to do something. And what did 1 do? Well, remember how he was bolding that stool seat with both hands? Every time he lifted it. he would leave his face and jaw showing between his upraised arms. That was my cue." And Ed sure took that cue. He drew back hi* right fist and waited for those arm* to go up again. Then—socko—Ed let go a haymaker for that unprotected jaw. The baymaker landed and the bird dropped. He was lying on the floor, colder than an Eskimo's nose, while Ed slipped out of the door and went strolling back to the docks. "And in spite of tbe cold,” Ed says, “I was perspiring plenty. 1 wonder if it could have been tbe eoffee?" 1 - .. . That’s the way adventures run up along the waterfront in Portland. ®-WKU Servic* ’

Clever Opossum Prefer* to Live in Z Warm Clime* The expression, “playing *pi>ssum." originally came from a peculiar habit of the opossum himself. He, you see, is a master of the game of pretending, note* a writer in the Boston Herald. Normally, he seeks escape from enemies by running to the woods and climbing a tree. If be- Is .absolutely unable to get away, though, he will feign death and keep up the deception under the most trying circumstances Kicking or beating him doesn't do the slightest bit of good, for through it all he persists in pretending to be dead. , However, if one is really interested In ’ knowing the true state of affairs, he may be thrown into tbe water. There, the apparently dead opossum will come to his senses more quickly than one can blink bls startled eyes. No creature is more American than tbe opossum, for he does not exist outside of America. Although he pre-

Tang Oil Brought in Junk* Tuns nil for paint, that is exported from Chin*, must be brought down the Yangtze river tn junks. These native boats must come through rocky gorges and shoot rapid after rapid. It is estimated that one out of every ten boats Is lost on the trip to the mouth of the rive*. Consequently, when a junk makes a successful journey, the crew celebrates with fireworks as a tribute to the Images of river gods which are carved on the stones on the banks of the Yangtze.

fers southern and tropical elimes. he has been known to wander as far north as New England. The oiwssum Is a rather queer looking little animal about the size of a cat. He has 50 teeth, a bristly tongue and a long scaly tali. His fur Is long, fine and wooly and is Interspersed with longer.coarse white hairs, except on the head and some of the under parts where the hair is short and close. The tall Is not quite as long as the body. He lives wild tn the woods and retires to the branch of a tree to devour his food. While doing so. he twines his tail around the branch securing himself to the tree, much in the way *a ship secures Itself to the pier. Gentle Frederick the Great -Berliners like to point out that, contrary to other equestrian statues, the statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden shows no spurs. The emperqp did not use them because he loved horses. v

Father of Cathedral Music Thomas Tallis, born before 1515 was called the father of English’ cathedral music. He Is kntwn to have become organist at Waltham Abbey, where, on the dissolution of the monastery In 1540, he received tn compensation for the loss of his preferment 20 shillings for wages and 20 shillings for reward. In the library of the British museum is preserved a volume of treatises on marie, on the last page of whleb'-ap-pears his autograph—the only specimen known.

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