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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Science

The strongest muscles in the body
which are they? The jaw muscles.
The bite of the jaw is stronger than
the clasp of the hand. the pressure Of
one hand against the other or the grip
of the knees.
Experiments show that it requires
a force of so to so for broiled ham
and 20 to 80 for the toughest beef
The average human jaw possesses
a biting strength of III pounds. Many
persons can bite as much as 900
pounds. This is more than the great
est weight which the average man can
lift from the floor with one hand,
using all his arm, back and leg mus.
cles in the attempt. Experiment
shows that the strength of the bite
depends not so much upon the mus
cular power as upon the condition Of
the. teeth The dean of Northwest
ern Univer sity Dental School warns
against soft food. and says the teeth
will not be hurt by bones or stones in
the food. as. they resist stronger pres
sure than metals, which seem to man
much harder than his teeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
THE FORD MYTH

EV7HATS Quite bit, if the happens to be
Henry Ford. No matter how much testimony before
the Senate Agricultural regarding other and better
bids Muscle Shoals than Henry Ford matter how much
they Ford the public his
offer clearly brought that FOrd in
life be but few years most
hundredyear lease he asks Muscle Shoals with
privilege releasing certain members of the committee let
all these things slide and the other and to
again proclaim Henry he Henry Ford and say
ook did for Detroit and the automobile industry
If only facts and figures which needed for
vncng every interested the Muscle Shoals matter would
be comparatively easy But dsodgng conviction which has
grpped man imagination a harder proposition.
Certain the South have much faith
In Henry Ford as a child in the Easter rabbit.
That they either this faith convinced that
their constituents it. election impending,
amounts to the thing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
TONGUE TBS

Herbert Hoover, Secretary Of Com
MERGE: "a fisherman is by nature
possessed Of faith. hope and even Of
optimism, or he would not fish"
Ruth Scott. vice president senior
class, Kalamazoo college: ITS COM
mon and cheap to have your hair
bobbed. Girls with the awful shingled
hair look frightful."
Clifford II. Farr, professor Of bot
any. Iowa university: THE only
sense that plants are known to lack
is hearing
Judge Howard Weist, Michigan Su-
preme Court: Lawyers should not
miss a chance to spread ahe gospel
Of good government
Thomas Riley Marshall, ex-vice
president: THE Indignation of the
American people bears resemblance
to a bottle of soda water uncorked,
it fizzes for a l.ttle while and then
subsidies"
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Tom Sims Says:

The difference between gloves and
bathing trunks is it takes two gloves
to make a pair.
The light brigade charged like
thunder, and so do the gasoline men.
The difference between many a
mans last year salt and this year
suit is merely a matter of time.
Now that spring is here we are all
seeing better days.
While speaking your mind, it is
always best to mind your speaking.
Thirty years ago women never
thought of doing the things they do
today. which may be why they didn't
do them.
Many a man gets mad because he
has to answer the phone few times,
and cusses out central who has to
answer the phone all day.
Statistics show poison booze will
kill about 1900 people this year and
it is up to you If you are among
them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
SCIENTISTS
SEE GLOR Y
OF UNIVERSE
He Is Compared to PSaImiSt
Who Saw Wonders of
Nature.
BY DAVID DIETZ


(rl HE views OF modern science
| help Us to appreciate the true
- glory OF the universe.
They help us to see it's marvellous
compleXity and how that complexity
is founded on still more marvellous
simplicity. For certain fundamentals
seem TO underlie all the phenomena
Of the universe.
Elections so small thai thirty tril-
lion of them in a row would make
line one inch long appear to be the
foundation OF all matter.
These in turn form atoms in a Won
derful complex structure, the atoms
then forming into molecules.
And out of these molecules the
whole universe is formed. They form
not only the substances around us.
but our whole earth, the sun and
the distant stars and nebulae.
Just as the molecules are so small
that they defy the imagination. we
find the stars and the nebulae and
the distances between them so great
as to defy the imagination likewise.
Has Great Diameter
Betelgeuse has a diameter of 215,-
100000 miles. Antares has a diam
eter of 10000 600 miles.
The great nebula in Orion has a
diameter Of about 200 900 600 GOO 900
miles.
Yet that great nebula is composed
in the last analysis Of electrons
which take 10000 600 600 600 to make
an inch.
Moreover, it is the activity of the
electrons in those far.away stars and
nebulae which enable us to know OF
their existence
Light, as we saw. is result Of the
action Of the eiectrons which form
the atoms.
That is just as true OF the atoms
Of a star, trillions OF miles away, as
it is OF the electric light in your read
ing lamp.
The law governing the electrons
are the same in both.
Today, the physicist performing ex-
periments In the laboratory hits upon
results which enable the astronomer
to understand better the stars.
Work Together
The astronomer in turn. studying
the stars. learns facts which enable
the physicist to solve mysteries which
have been battling him in his labora-
tory.
Sir Norman Lockyear identified
gas in the sun which was then I'M
known on earth and named it helium.
He did this by studying the light from
the sun with the spectroscope. Years
later, helium was discovered here on
earth and is now used instead of
hydrogen for filing dirigible bal
looms.
At the beginning of this study we
told how in days of old the ancient
psalmist stood out under the starry
heavens and wondered at the glories
of the universe.
Today our wonder is increased a
thousandfold
We can best close this study by
repeating the words of the psalmist:
1.-THE Heavens declare the glory of
God and the armament showeth His
handiworl."
Copyright. 1924. by David Dietz)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
QUICK FOR
BASICLA w
REFERENDUM
Writer Opposes Proposal That
All Legislatures Ratify
Amendments.
Bv HERBERT CLICK

fT1 HE plea of Senator Wadsworth
of New York that no amend
- ment to the Constitution of the
United States be adopted until there
has been a referendum Of the vote of
every legislature to the people of the
State is not democratic. It Is a
scheme for beating all future amend
ments by making it almost impossible
to amend.
In this reactionary cry. Governor
Richie of Maryland, who has his
lightningrod up, has Joined znwa
speech in New York.
Every man interested in Democratic
Government can see in this new
scheme for petr1fying the Con
situation, the latest reactionary device
for enslaving the people to that old
document.
I am for ratification of amendments
by referendum to the people. l was
for it before Governor Richie Nor
Senator Wadsworth ever gave us their
opinions upon it. But I am not in
favor of using the referendum to
hamstring efforts to amend a
document under which every hoary
wrong hides and behind which every
vested piracy seeks to entrench itself
Yet, that is what they propose.
They seek to make this Constitution
Of the United States unamendable
And most movements for real democ-
racy are killed by running against
something in the Constitution, which
for more than a century has been
made the charter of privilege by our
Federal courts whenever it was not so
originally.
Under the plan proposed by these
reactionaries no amendment could be
ratified until it had run the gauntlet
of every State Legislature, as now.
And as is not the case now, it would
then be held up by a referendum in
every State.
No! Let the amendments go for
ratification direct to the people in a
general referendum. Let us move to-
ward democracy in our national Gov
eminent. Let the mandate 20 from
the national Government direct to the
people to vote on ratification. Let
the people amend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Relief
BY HAL COCHRAN

T~1 HERE'S many a Teller who goes
to the cellar and eyes it with
- pleasure there days. He knows,
in a minute, that certain things in it
are only there now in a haze.
A nail on the wall holds a shovel
and all that this shovel's expected to
do is hang in its place until once more
the trace of winter approaches anew.
This shovel has worked and it never
has shirked as it gently scooped coal
off the floor. It's black in the face.
but it hangs in it's place cause the
coal isn't scooped any more.
And near where some trash is a bin
that held ashes is empty, and looks
spick and span There's barely a
trace of what 1lled up the space that's
been cleaned through the efforts of
man.
The old furnace door does not creak
any more and the heating pipes use
lessly yaWn. And thus winter grief
turns to wondrous relief when you
know that the coal days are gone.
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service, Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
MnSiCLand

Egypt is given tho credit for the
organ. 1t is said that there existed
in Egypt 300 years before Christ, an
instrument whose construction was
very similar to the modern organ.
There are accounts showing the
extensive use of what was called the
water organ in the time of Nero. The
early organs were portative and mu-
sicians would carry their instruments
about with them. Organs of the fiji
teenth century were equipped with
two octaves. all the keys of which
were lettered. For these as many
as seventy men were employed to
pump the bellows. What a contrast,
when five centuries later one man
is sufficient to play the most difficult
pieces with the aid of the little wiz
ard, electricity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Test Yourself

Knowing how TO add is one requisite
for success in this test. The method
of solving the squares OF figures is
similar to that used in the ordinary
crossword puzzle.
Directions: Write numbers in the
empty spaces so that the sums will
be the same whether added up and
down the columns or -acress the rows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
around TOzC1r

One might know that that person
who earns a living by teaching par
rots to talk is a woman.
One sure way to cause a Pennsyl-
vania or Brightwood street car to
show up on the run is TO light up a
good. two,for- a-quarter cigar.
Who can remember when the vii.
lage drunkard sleeping in the ditch
was pointed out to the children as
an object lesson on the way to Sun.
day school?
When District Attorney Elliott had
to stop to hunt through the files for
an exhibit in the McCray trial he so
remarked to Judge Anderson, who at
first misunderstood him because of
a shower drumming on the roof of
the Federal building.
oh" said the judge. There's no
use complaining about that noise.
can't stop the rain"
do you know where I can swap
two heifers and three good coon dogs
for $3.50, DOOR" a spectator asked an
other after hearing evidence at the
McCray trial in Federal building Fri
day evening.
II don't know, you might try some
of these Indiana bankers" was the
reply.
The woman in New York, who, to
earn her living teaches parrots to talk
is combining business with pleasure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
COMMON PEOPLE CLEVER

FUNNY thing happens in Brooklyn, n Y During Traffic
teup coored overhears the conversation of two
men standing the sidewalk. He speaks up:
''Pahdon me- subj ahnt you-al the gentleman, Mr.. Vice
President o. Lawyers Mortgage Company
what broadcasts through WEAF ev'ry Monday evening""
Mr.. Hamilton says, Eyes l am. -
"WeI subj the eamster declares All jst want to All
enjoyed yoh financial talks nah crystal set"
Recently overheard the conversation of group of
ehnists during their lunch hour Between mouhfus of
they discussing national politics with
sanity instructive comprehension that little short of
amazing.
The veered to sciene tool maker gave brief and
intelligent explanation of the Ensten theory They dred
into astronomy and of them quered their rather
founding knowledge of the subject explained their hobby
machnss evidently read scientific journals and books
during spare time
often may mediocre reading headache sufphiosophy
mysticism biology technical Sciences theories of business
tice.
Average intelligence is advancing swiftly.
This been revealed by the tremendous public interest
history made interesting by H. G. Wells and Van Loon and
the popularizaon of science by Thompson and others
yet generation a collection of compared
with the growing of scientists nd
eating future by amazing technical understanding of radio
Such calores 'electrons and bacteria have
understood by the rank and file
editor politician who underestimate average ntell
gence riding fall Schools newspapers and libraries
getting work And best of ALL the public beginning
to develop sixth that recognizes bunk sight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Papa's Choice

What kind of a show did papa take
you to see while you were in the
city?'
1T was a dandy show, mama, with
ladies dressed in stockings clear up
to their necEs widow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Willie Iuhebits

Strange how Willie dislikes to have
me brush his hair"
ITS inherited l guess. When l
was a boy I hated both sides of the
hair brush. Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Son Gifted

II don't know what I'll ever make
of that shiftless son of NINE
isn't he gifted in any way?"
Gifted? Well. should say he is.
He amt got a darned thing that
wasn't given to him. Detroit News.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
4 Thought

Whosoever committeth sin trans
gresseth also the law; for sin is the
transgression of the law John 3:4
Sin is a state of mind, not an out
ward act.-Sewell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Saws Pa to Ma

Don't sit there staring at me. Why
don't you say something's"
Sorry, DEAR I didn't know it was
my tur nyet. Yale Record.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Sister No Also Ran

Don't you think that college boy
is a bit fast for your
Yes, mother. but think I can get
him. Punch Bowl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26
Family Fun
Responsible Person

81 warned you boys and now I'm
going to switch you for making such
a racket
We'll, switch Freddie. We're play
ing train and he's the locomotive."-
Boston Transcript.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

Myrtle Cain, Farmer Labor
member of the Minnesota House of
Representatives. believes she is the
only bob-haired legislator in the
country. She may be the youngest.
too She recently went to Wash
ington with a mandate for the pro
gressives of the Minnesota delega-
ton TO support the equal rights
amendment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

Have some one else add up the
rows and columns after you have
supplied the missing numbers. This
will check your solution.
(AH rights reserved by Science Service, Ills
Conn. Ave. n. W, Washington D. CO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

How much did Canada pay out
as bonuses to her soldiers in the
World War and how were they
distributed?
The total was $40, 600, 900 Bonus
payments were made on the follow
ing basis: Overseas service-more
than one and Jess than two years.
$3.50 to single men, s400 to married
men. More than two years and less
than three years, 1850 to single and
$500 to married men. Three years
and over. S420 to single men and $500
to married men. Home service: For
less than one year. no bonus to men
who did not leave Canada. More than
one and less than two years. $40 to
single men and 800 to married men.
Two years and less than three years.
$40 to single men and 5000 to mar
RED men Three years and over 500
TO single men and $500 to married
men.
What is the best way 10 sea
son hickory wood2
Put 1t into a kiln in which the hui
mildly may be regulated. Start with
a high humidity and gradually de-
crease #. IF no kiln is available,
store the hickory in the attic or some
place away from the sun but where
the air can circulate around it. In
two or three years It will be dry
When it is dry linseed oil put on it
will keep the water out.
What were the first steps in
organizing the United States
Navy?
On Oct. 10. 1875. Congress passed
an act establishing a marine commit
tee consisting of John Adams. John
Langdon and Silas Deane. At the
same time the building and equip
ment OF two small armed vessels was
authorized On Nov. 10, 1875. an act
was passed authorizing the enlistment
OF marine" officers and men. but as
they were required to be good sailors
IL is evident that officers and sea
men for naval force were desired. On
Dec. %, Congress passed another act
a number OF naval Off
GERS, including Ezekiel Hopkins as
cOmmander-1n-cniek-
What kind of grass makes the
best lawns?
Kentucky bluegrass Is generally
recommended.
What Will discourage the
growth Of weeds on a lawn?
Fertilize the lawn with ammonium
sulphate three pounds to 1000 square
feet twice a year, spring and fall.
How is chocolate syrup used in
chocolate milk drinks made?
Four squares unsweetened choco-
late, x teaspoon salt, Il cups sugar,
IL cups boiling water Melt the
chocolate in a saucepan placed in a
larger saucepan Of boiling water, add
sugar and salt and stir until well
mixed: then pour gradually, while
stirring, boiling water. Stir until
smooth. bring to the boiling point and
LET boil five minutes. Cool, turn into
a Jar, and keep in ice box or cold
place
What Is the difference between
coal oil and kerosene?
Coal oil Is petroleum while kerosene
is a distillate of crude petroleum.
When and by whom was the
first induction coil made?
BY Charles Page Of Washington,
d. c.. in 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

YES WOMEN HAVE changed Nowadays the ardent
Iy they the straighter they shoot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

WHAT IF 1T SHOULD be discovered that Senator Wheeler
has an oil painting his and oil his back porch
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

ONE OF THESE inane stacans has discovered that col
ge professors live longer than backsmh he overoos the
kick the latter get out of their stay here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

EVEN IF THEY do conduct the presidential campaign by
radio it will claryth atmosphere, may hope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

One might know that that person
who earns a living by teaching par
rots to talk is woman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

WHATEVER MAY become of the Dawes reparatons report
will have to be admitted that his has diction that
perhaps, his tongue doesn t know i
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

What Will discourage the
growth of weeds on a lawn?
Fertilize the lawn with ammonium
sulphate three pounds to 900 square
feet twice a year, spring and fall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

What kind of grass makes the
best lawns2
Kentucky bluegrass is generally
recommended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-04-26

What Is the difference between
coal oil and kerosene?
Coal oil Is petroleum while Kerosene
is a distillate of crude petroleum.
When and by whom was the
first induction coil made?
BY Charles Page Of Washington,
d. c.. in 1888.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-29

elephants that had been killed were
carried into Naivasha by the native
porters: but, as the loads were very
bulky and heavy, the progress Of the
safarl was necessarily slow, not
reaching camp until late in the af-
/ ternoon.
The huge skulls of the elephants
were slung on poles, and each was
carried by eight portcrs. Each load
mad relief party of eight porters
IN attendance upon it, otherwise
they would not have been able to
carry the heavy loads over the high
hills of the Aberdare Range.
On reaching Naivasha, the loads
were Immediately spread out in the
camp and sorted. Then Heller took
charge and supervised the loading
OF them into two freight vans, which
were to be attached to Colonel
Roosevelt's special train early next
morning for transfer to Nairobi
After dinner Roosevelt talked
more of his recent trip. He seemed
particularly proud of his exper-
fences when hunting along with
only his native followers in the
GuaSo Nyero country.
He had used donkeys to carry his
supplies and baggage on this trip,
also some Kikuyu natives. Here he
had killed a magnificent specimen
OF an Gland bull, after long and
difficult stalk. Later he had killed
an aryx. and marabout stork on
the wing with his rifle. His sue
cess continued, and daily he had
added to his trophies. He said that
this little personally conducted hunt
was delightful, and he had become
really attached to his native en-
ployeS
That night Roosevelt and Heller
slept at the hotel, while Cunning