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Raggedy Ann, Rag gedy Andy, the nice fat policeman, the Wild Gazook and the Hoolygoolys lost a lot of time when the po- liceman lost his breath and tried to catch it by running around.
 So, the mean old Magician, whom our friends were trying to catch, was able to get away ahead of them.
 II am afraid we shall never catch him v Raggedy Andy said. '.When we ran back to find out what was keeping the nice fat policeman, we lost so much time, the Ma gician must be miles away"
 Raggedy Ann sat down upon a log and thought for a moment.
 Raggedy Ann could think very had even if her head was stuffed with soft white cotton So, when Raggedy Ann began trying to think, every one else remain ed very quiet so as not to disturb her. a
 Finally Raggedy Ann's shoe button eyes wiggled excitedly and she said, "YeS,
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Ny Neighbor Says:

Always apply a poultice slowly. Have it smoking hot, but before applying it cover the skin with oil, and after testing the poultice on the back of your hand put it on patient. Cover with flannel to keep the heat from escaping.
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A vaulted chambers have been dug on four different levels in the salt mines of Galicia, the galleries having q total length of 30 miles, and on the lower levels are steets and houses in which live the miners, who rarely come abovs ground.
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When making sheets, if you make a wide hem on each end they will wear longer.
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If you will boil new clothes line before putting it up, it will wear longer and will not stretch.
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When cane chairs are sagging in the seat, if you turn them up- side down, wet the seats with soap elids, soak them well and allow them to dry, the cane will stiffen
 to its normal condition.
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Oyster shells burned in kitchen ! or parlor stove will remove clink- CTS from the grate.
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Next Story: Peter Rabbit Jumps For His Life.
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Hair brushes can be washed very satisfactorily if warm water and ammonia are used. Don't put the back of the brush in water merely move the bristles up and down until they are clean. Dry lsloHly, but not in the sun, as that .1 lies the bristles yelSow. AiIver should always be washed
 lean hot water, as soap dulls
 polish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
MAKE AUTO INSURANCE INSURE

Ev7ITHIN fifteen insurance companies of the
country have lost volume of business which
they formerly enjoyed. This in employers liability pol
icies Under these factory railroad other industry
engaged hazardous workmen protected
from claims arising of personal injuries sustained by
poyes
weller of injustice resulted Families of killed Grip
pied delays collecting
and after nearly unbeaabe delays would have out good
Of the Judgment they might eventually be awarded
Ambulance chasing attorneys who specialized such practice
So the States under the leadership Of Washington New
York and Wisconsin, decided do with these abuses D
action necessary They went into workmen compensa
ton insurance themselves They took State activities
the business these private companies had been handling
tcay all States and civilized countries adopted the
practice
Times recalling history object
to those insurance companies which treating automobile
just shabby the urgent but perhaps
lucrative personal injury of fifteen twenty years
ago treated
When citizen buys automobile he ought be able
pect that long he drives in law-abng and careful
manner the will protect him against damages inflicted upon
by careless and incompetent drivers with whom the highways
abound
But he finds he is not always protected When his
smashed by of these reckless road hogs he has appeal
that road hogs insurance company for compensation Some
times he may get it.
Instead he with delay trumpedup
countercharge and counter bills In
that the only way he get the money which
the company He concludes the time expense worry
such litigation could possibly be repaid by the Judgment
would win.
If this aggravated goes on just way
end it. That for the States take the automobile in
business and motorst basis
great boiler is going in other States We haven't heard
of complaints Indiana and therefore conclude reputable
panies giving motorists square dear But there saying
that rotten apple will spoil a barrel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
TTNOM SIMS
D. = = Saws

The constitution has been placed
in vault. but It is for safe keeping
and not because It is dead.
The quickest way to reduce the
population Of any town is to let the
bootleggers sell what they please.
The army may name it's planes
after cities. This is better than the
present plan of naming them after
radio stations.
Los Angeles street car conductor
caught three men trying to rob his
company We nominate him for
President of the United States
Some people are run down by taxes
and others are run down by taxis.
well digger who was buried six
hours In Eastport, L. l., will recover,
perhaps due to his subway training.
Seattle man was arrested for rob
bing a filing station, so we would
like to hear him reading Teapot Dome
news in his cell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
Science

The argument as to what Is inside
the earth now seems to he nearly set
tied. Believers in the old theory that
the earth is a molten mass, with a
cool, thin crust, have lost.
The findings in this case have been
presented to the Washington Academy
of Sciences by scientists OF the Car.
negie Institution. According to their
investigations and consequent deduc.
tions, the center of the earth is plati-
mum or gold or iron. The rest of the
earth is in three layers-f1rst iron and
rock. then rock, then the surface
crust.
For many years the molten mass"
idea was accepted by scientists. 1t
was evolved from the theory called
the nebular hypothesis. Recently a
few scientists advanced the planetes-
NAL theory. which spread rapidly in
scientific circles. This contrad4cted
the former and assumed that the in
terror of the earth was heavy and
solid Experiments in weighing the
earth and verifying what is known as
the "Cavendish test" also bore out the
theory that there was something very
heavy inside of the earth.
These new findings by the Carnegie
Institution scientists support the
planetesmal theory and override the
nebular hypothesis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
HUSH SAID THE NAVY

morning last September the country shocked with
VI the that naval destroyers had crashed
rocks off Santa Barbara with loss of twenty-five lives
The catastrophe while the destroyer
ing trial spin from San Francisco San Diego.
Citizens asked Why those ships racing bindly
scose o the rocks n a dense fog7'
The Navy camped the husher the affair Officials knew
little nothing Reporters barred temporarily
Diego Navy yard where the rescued sailors
Movie companies asked to play down pictures of
crash
naval court of inquiry recommended courtmartial pro
ceedngs determine responsibility for the foohardy
ing The feet commander, having assumed blame voluntarily
reduced the bottom became the goat The
courtmartal acquitted the other officers This
that going Edwin DENLY then Naval Secretary
s agreed with it.
From the Nays point of the affair probably fully
hushed up.
But from the pubc point of this wholly unnecessary
catastrophe is not explained The Navy is not cleared
The public is asking why the Navy develop
who sail ships and fewer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
MONDAY
Unselhsh Prayer

Read Mt. 5:3S-4s. Text: 5:4445.
But I say unto you. Love your enc
mics and pray for them that perse-
cute you that We may be sons Of
your Father who is in Heaven.
IF there is to be a getting from
God in response to an asking. the
asking must be for something to be
used in a friendly way, for something
that can be directly or indirectly
shared with another"
MEDIATION: An prayer that is
vital must come from a mind which
is striving to ps Ike Gods mind. We
think OF God not az existing for Him
self but for His children and It is as
children of our Father God that we
approach Him This we cannot do
until we seek to have an attitude
like Gods toward His other children.
PERSONAL QUESTION: Is there
any one for whom 1 do not want to
pray7
PRAYER: Most gracious Father,
who hast made of one blood all ma
tions Of men, may we never harden
our hearts against any but grant us
a universal charity toward all men.
My gne mind which was in Jesus
Christ be In each one that we may
have true affectiono for all Thy chill
dren. Amen.
Copyright, 1924-F. L. Fagleyj
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
NO. 25
Third
Degree
Yourself!
Absurdity

Can you recognize an absurd state
ment and tell why it is foohsh7
You should be able TO. See IL you
can tell why the following statements
are nonsense.
First read the first tentence and
then take fifteen seconds or less to
tell yourself why it is funny or fool
lsh. If you succeed, mark that
sentence with plus sign and tackle
.he next. II you can not tell why
within fifteen seconds. mark 1t with a
minus sign and try the next.
You should get most of them right.
Ready? Col
Ia The poor sick man lay fiat on
his back, entirely speechless. and all
his cry was. Water! Waterr'
Cb) y man said. II know a road
from my house to the city which is
down hill all the way to the city and
down hill all the way back home"
(c) The fireman hurried to the burn
ing house. got his fire hose ready. and
after smoking a mild cigar put out the
fire.
Cd The commissioners have decided
to build a new jail out of the ma,
lerials Of the old jail, but they are go
ing to keep the prisoners in the old
jail until the new one is finished
(e) saw a nicely dressed gentleman
on the street. He had his hands in
his pockets and was swinging a cane
~ In an old graveyard In Virginia
they have discovered a small skull
which is believed to have been that of
George Washington when he was
about 10 year, old.
(g) A tramp found $40. He went to
store and bought a hat for SO and
an overcoat for 81.
(h) John was saddling his horse one
day and thoughtlessly put the saddle
on backward. When told of his mis-.
take, he said, How do you known
which direction I am going to rider"
O A mistake is much worse than a
lie, for ali people make mistakes and
only liars tell lies.
ID The wind blew strong from the
west and carried the smoke over the
roof Of the house straight toward, the
setting sun.
Copyright, by Science Service)
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Purpose
"a RERTON RRALEY

BY BERTON BRALEY
Be sure of what you want to do
Then go ahead and do it,
Hop to 1t!
Be sure of what you want to win
Then go ahead and win it.
Begin 1t,
This minute!
Be sure of what you want to get,
Then, with all energy, beset 1t,
Go get it!
Be sure of where you want to go.
And why it is you want to blew
there,
Then go there!
Be sure of what you want to write
And just the way you would indite 1t,
Then write 1t!
This optimistic preachy stuff
Gets lots of poets lots of credit
You said it,
But my whole purpose is achieved
You've read it,
And that is why, however much
You kid it,
/ did 1t.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Incl
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Tongue Tips

Louis A. Coolidge, Massachusetts,:
I'VE are turning over all the power of
our citizenship to a constantly concen-
trAted power at Washington. We are
losing our character as States and as
individual citizens. We are submit
ting to Government by groups and
blocs. We are treading a perilous
path"
Miss Heloise z. Hersey, Bible lee
turer: Every book in the Bible was
composed by a Jew except those of
Luke. the Gospel and the Acts Luke
was Greek and wrote as a Gentle.
meaning us. Luke is simpler than St.
Paul, but we cannot enough admire his
Gospel. He wrote the most beautiful
book in the world"
Rev. f. p Daniels, bingham, Mass.
THE complaisant, patient Christian
tondones and explains too easily. He
provides too comfortable a place for
those who. for personal gain. Will sell
anything from their honor to the Ma
TONS fair name"
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More Questions

More questions
To the Editor OF The Times
While It is somewhat discoucerting
to realize that some one else has dis
covered just how little we really know,
yet we are only too glad to have the
error OF our way pointed out and the
facts established. and since one Fran.
els Brown has so cheerfully volun.
teered to put us on the right track,
we desire to publicly acknowledge our
appreciation.
However we feel our critic should
be more specific and point out clearly
just where we either misquoted or
misapplied the Scriptures in the ar.
ticle complained Of.
We feel also that these novel.
strange and indisputable facts will
stand further elucidation and veri-
fication. For instance we must still
confess that the spiritual nature" of
David is beyond us. The Bible, so far
as we are able to find. makes no ref
erence to his ever having attained the
spirit nature, and we have CROPPED
blindly along. supposing he was hui
man.
Also we would like to be more def.
nitely informed as to how David, as
King of Israel represented the Mosaic
law. while Saul. his immediate pred
ecessor, funcuoned under an in
ferior law"
Just when and where did Saul
stumble onto this mysterious code
and what became of 1t when David
assembled to the throne?
Also when and where did Israel. rs
nation,> ever have any law given
them other than given by Moses?
Now. if our friend Brown viii set
us right on oil these matters and pre-
sent some logical, Scr1ptural evidence
to support his contentious. we win ar
ray ourselves in sackcloth and ashes
and forever hold our peace.
JOE SAUNDERS,
1922 n. Alabama st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
Animal Facts

On the Great Barrier Reef" that
runs for hundreds of miles parallel
with the east coast of Australia are
CLAIMS two to three feet across, lying
with shells open. Many a bather' s
arm or leg has been caught in the
vise-hke grip of these shells and held
there till he drowned.
Skeleton of an enormous buffalo
with horns II feet inches from top
to tip, has been dug out of the welt
Of Orange Free State, South Africa.
When you come across a one armed
or one-legged man on the island Of
Martinique, home OF the deadly
volcano Pelee, it's a cinch that he has
encountered the terrible fsrdelance,
snake whose venom putrifies living
tissue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
Heard in the Smoking Room

BIG, bull-necied fellow was
TAI on trial for assault" said the
IL lawyer. as he spat in the
cuspidor accurately, He told his story
straight enough on direct examination,
but he didn't seem to understand the
queries on REORGANIZATION. OF
course, the prosecutor was trying to
make the fellow admit he was the
aggressor. but he assumed not to know
the meaning of the word. IF I met
you on the street and struck you In
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By YEA Service
IAN FRANCISCO, March 10
- He may be slow, but the com
IL mon turtle packs a century's
wallcp around with him which man
can convert for his own rejuvena-
ton.
So says DR.. Hugh K McClelland.
medical authority here. He is -
years old, but ne married on the
comeback powers of the lowlv tor
toise.
Probably this could be best OBJ
tanned by sitting astride turtle.
But OF course a difficulty VIII be ex-
perienced at that point. since
humanity reacts against anything
Undignife1."
DR.. McClelland has prepared a
paper on the subject for review by
the American Medical Association
and gives credit for his theory to
Sarah. mentioned in the Bible as
having had a son at 107.
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the face. said the lawyer, L would be
the aggressor.'
You'd be a bloomin' idjut, replied
the bulI-neck.
No. no; you don't understand,
said the lawyer, quickly Suppose l
struck you without provocation. I
would be committing an act Of aggres-
sion, wouldn't II?
Excuse me, guv..' said bull-neck,
hitting suicide -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
CRY
NO EXCUSE
FOR CRIME
People VIII Not BE Deceived
Over HypocriticaI Plea,
1t Didn't Pay
By HERBERT QUICK

E~1 HE big question:" says Mr.
Doheny, lis, Are these oil
0 leases good for the Govern
ment or bad for the Government "
It sounds plausibie-at first read
ing; but it will not deceive people long.
or many people.
A burglar blows safe, and finds
the cash has been removed. Can he
be heard to say the big question is
whether or not he got any money?
No. he was a burglar and he expected
to get the money.
An assassin runs a sword through
the heart of a fellow man. When on
trial for murder. can he demand ac-
quittal If he can show his victim was
at deaths door with disease and could
not have lived through the night? No,
he is a murderer and took away all
the life the man had.
A swindler by bribery and false pre-
lenses steals the farm OF fellow citi-
zen. Gan he be heard to say the farm
was not as good as he thought it was,
and therefore the big question is not
whether he cheated the man or not,
but whether the farmer is not better
off without the farm? No. Such a
claim Is not only dishonest but silly
If the oil leases were made by
overriding the law, in illegal secrecy.
through bribery or what amounts to
bribery, the big question is the names
Of the guilty men and their punish
ment.
Crime Is Same
They expected to make millions and
millions. Probably all this talk about
the failure of the oil fields TO meas
ure up to the expectations is false.
But If there were not 8sdrop OF oil
Ii the ground. the crime was the same.
The safe was blown and the burglary
committed. What matter even IL 1t
was empty?
The hypocritical plea that 1t didn't
pay the burglar or the swordsman lie
made apparently because they have
no better plea. But It does not ex-
cuse the crime If there was one.
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How Sisters Y. NJ. Won

mo, Mr.. Smith," she said, gently
but firmly. II can never be your wife. :"
Then he struggled to his feet and said
in broken tones: Are all hopes to be
thus dashed to pleces2 Am I never to
be known as the husband of the
beautiful Mrs Smith," This was too
much for the girl and she succumbed.
-Pearson's Weekly.
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BY DAVID DIETZ,
Science Editor of The Times
Copyright by David ietz)

ri HE lung fish which learned to
| gulp air was the ancestor of
- the first amphiDian.
The amphibians survive today.
Frogs. nevis. saIamanders and the
Ike are amphibians.
The amphibian lays it's eggs in the
water. The young are Matched in the
water and live there for part Of their
lives. Then they emerge upon land
and spread the rest Of their lives there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
TOILETTE
NOT OUT AS
CANDIDATE
Refuses to Make Contest, but
Name Stays on North
Dakota Ballot.
BY HARRY B. HUNT
NFA Service Writer

NV p ASHINCTON, March H.
lIWI Senator La Follete's refusal to
III permit his name to be entered
in the Republican presidential pri-
maries in North Dakota does not
mean that he eliminates himself as
presidential candidate.
The Supreme Court has upheld a
mandate and his name stays on the
ballot
Rather, it means that he declines
to be eliminated by any decision that
may be reached at the Cleveland con-
vention. reserving full freedom to
fight tie candidate chosen on that
occasion.
La Toilette is under no illusions as
to the organization control in the
G. @. P. The oil scandal may have
discredited that control, but it has
not weakened the organizations grip
on the throttle.
The conservative, odd guard"
group may run the steam roller to
destruction, but 1t is they who will
run it.
And even the doughtiest crusader
finds fighting difficult, after he has
been steanl-rollered.
Declines Contest
SO La Toilette stands aside. He de-
clines to contest for the Republican
nomination, For what?
For the very good reason that his
position as a possible Independent
candidate is thereby protected.
Did he allow himself to be entered
in the Republican race, he realizes
ne could make only a gesture of pro.
test before he was licked.
And as a defeated aspirant for the
Republican nomination, he would go
into an independent campaign handi,
capped. He would he the disgruntled
politician. the sore head. fighting
back out Of sheer spleen.
Having declined to enter a game
in which lie proclaimed the cards
were stacked. he is in. position. If he
chooses. to make his play as an indie
pendent with a much surer hand.
Outlook Increasing
The outlook incidentally. for active
Independent" organization following
| the Republican and Democratic con,
ventions is increasing rather than de-
creasing.
Both old parties have suffered in
the pubuc's confidence in the recent
I disclosures
Dissatisfaction and unrest are still
acHte In many sections. particularly
the agricultural states OF the West
and Northwest
The sentiment for n change" is
! reflected. even here in Washington,
! perhaps even more strongly than in
/ 1920 Yet II Is a sentiment that would
not be satisfied by a change to Demo
cratic control any more than IT was
satisfied by a change to Republican
/ control
The demand is for something diff.
ferent
Situation In His Favor
Champions Of La Toilette say the
situation has developed rapidly in his
favo; in the last two months. Two
factors have contributed largely to
/ this
l. Henry Ford's definite indorse.
ment Of Coolidge for reelection re-
moved him as a figure likely to run
away with any third-party organiza.
ton that might be attempted.
2. The setback to the McAdoo can
didacy, which, in all probability will
keep him of the Democratic ticket.
will. in that event throw to La Fol
! lette. as an Independent, a large rail
| road labor vote that otherwise would
have gone to McAdoo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
A Thought

He that walketh with wise men
shall be wise: but a companion of
fools shall be destroyed.-Prov. 1920
o man can he provident Of his
I'M time who is not prudent in the
IL choice of his company.-Jere-
my Taylor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-10
WHITTIER AWAY, YE MILLIONS?

1ALFORNIA is threatened with surplus of about $14
y 100000 for 1925 and the folks talking beat the band
You the issue whether the millions shall be
the refund to the taxed railroads
and other corporations
Neat ISSUE isn't t Well give award of $000O01 for the
best who get the surplus Pshaw Maybe you
the California Legislature and have already guessed it.
TELL 1T ALL Senators Smoot and Lenroot they adj
vsed Fall in the secret confab with him. Whereupon Aka AL
spun all the best yarns he could think up.
FUNNY jsn IT it, how Daugherty happened to think of all
those grae and booders that had be just
the President wanted his resignation
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Editors Mail

The editor 10 willing to print views
OF Times readers on interesting sub
tecfs. Make your comment brief
Sign your name as an evidence Of
good faith. 1t will not be printed
IL you object.