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Evening star., 1925-07-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

given this name because of the fact
tnat 1t has an unusually pointed tail
1t is supposed by some people that the
so-called 'stinger" is found in the
tail OF this reptile.
q. is there much Of a future in Ii.
Drary wofky-B s.
A. There has been a marked exten
sion OF library service in recent years
While the census of 1910 listed 1923
librarians-5,829 women and ,594 men
the total number in 1920 was 1927.
OF whom 1868 were women and 1.795
were men. In spite Of this increase In
the number Of librarians, ell reports
indicate that the demand for well
trained workers still exceeds the sup
ply. Graduates from library schools
are quickly placed. The shortage is
particularly noticeable in the public
libraries.
@. What is the meaning Of al
iUm ?--M. II
A. Ilium is the Greek name of the
| ancient City of Troy.
Q. When playing mah-jong should
1.-TWO players, both waiting for the
same tile to mah-jong, call for II al
the same time, which one has the
! right to the tile? The one who has
The bigger score or the one next. in
! turn?-P. J. X.
| A. In a case such as you cite the
! player next in turn has the right to
take the tile.
Q. In which hand should the fork
! be held e. T
| A. An American who is right-hand.
| ed uses the fork with his right hand
| II. however, he is left handed he finds
1t less awkward to hold it with the
left hand. Americans are conspicuous
| IN Europe because of their Observance
/ of the custom of changing a fork from
| the right hand to the left.
G Win you please tell me what
copra ISL X
A. Copra is the form in which the
product Of the cocoanut is exported
1or commercial purposes. 1t consists
| OF the dried kernel Of the cocoanut
used for cocoanut oil which il Yields
| and also for cocoanut stearin. It is
extracted by boiling and pressing.
9. Where are the largest stock
yards in the world?-L. ID. s.
! A. The Union stock wards at Chi
| cago' Ill, are the largest in the world
(The great Information plant main
! tanned by Frederic J. HdSkir, In Wash
tngtoR, d. c.. has been described as
an unofficial branch Of the GoUern-
| neHt. II carries the results of mil
| lions Of dollars Ioorth Of Federal in
1testi0qtioHs 10 the people the MON eHt
| they are ready aud 1Cithout erpense
| to either the people or the Gorern-
| nlent. Newspapers maintain this or
gdHtzdtioR and 0iUe its services free
| to their readers. only fetD of the
! questions and dHslCers are published
! The great UOlume Of Information is
sent direct 10 iHqHirers The bureaus
research is not confined to the Fed
erQl departments It's field is the
1corld and its experts can Gnstcer ann
question Of fact that goN ask. You
are entitled to the SerUice. Use it. Ad-
dress your inquiry TO Tha Star Infor-
nation Bureau, Frederic J. Yos5,fr
| director, Washington, D. c. IncIose g
| cents IN stamps for return posta0e)
Evening star., 1925-07-15
'New Vigilantes of Vest
Seek to Wi pc Out Banditry

New Vigilantes of the West" as
one newspaper calls them, have arisen
to wipe out the epidemic of robberies.
The outstanding feature of the move
ment is an offer by the Chicago and
Cook County Bankers Association of
a bounty of $4,000 for each bank rob-
Der killed. There is some difference
of opinion as to the desirability of
this method of dealing with lawless-
ness in frontier days fashion, but
many observers think it is likely to
make the robbing of banks less popu-
lar in Illinois.
While recognizing that 'it ought
not to be necessary for any private
association to establish patrols and
offer bounties for the Staying of rob-
bers." the Chicago Daily News points
TO the need of drastic measures, and
adds: NO bandit who starts out to
rob a bank is entitled to any consid-
Grafton. His life is properly forfeit.
He undertakes robbery with drawn
gun and he is ready to take the life
of any one who interferes with his
plans or imperils his safety. 1t is
much to be hoped that whenever in
future there is a bank robbery in Chi
cago the Bankers Association will be
called upon to pay a $4,000 reward for
every member of the bandit party"
There are no good bandits except
dead bandits says the Peoria Tran
script in approving the bankers
action. Nevertheless, the fact that
the Chicago bankers have placed a
bounty of S2.500 on the head of every
person attempting to rob bank or
evading arrest after having commit
ted such a robbery indicates a rotten
condition in the State of Illinois. The
Evening star., 1925-07-15

O. Would 1t be possible for milk to
be carried across the continent by air
plane without souring GA. M. p.
A. Such an experiment was made
during a recent national certified milk
scoring contest held in Atlantic City,
n. j. During this contest milk was
received in Atlantic City by air mail
from a certified dairy located near San
Francisco, Calf. The milk was drawn
from a cow in California on Friday
evening and received in Atlantic City
on the following Sunday morning
The container was well insulated, ana
no material change in temperature OF
quality was noted.
O. Would wearing a wrist watch
while typewriting cause II to lose or
gain time?-L. p.
A. Many jewellers claim that the
typewriter Injuries the works OF a
wrist watch. In some watches the
constant movement tends to make
them gain. while in others it causes
them TO lose.
Q. What is the origin of the super
stition that breaking a mirror is bad
luck?-N. d.
A. Among the ancients mirrors were
regarded as divine instruments and
used as objects of divination; hence
the breaking Of a mirror was believed
to bring misfortune upon the indi-
vidual.
O. What are the five largest fra
ternal orders in the United States?-
NJ n. w.
A The five largest fraternal organi-
cations are as follows: Masons, 2,592,-
977 members; Odd Fellows, 2.496 ,496
North American continentD; Modern
Woodmen Of America, 1.056 600;
knights of Pythias, 9Os.454; Ell5s. be
tween 500 900 and 1000, and knights
Of Columbus, 100000.
@. Do any animals or birds live to
be 100?-H. d.
A The elephant lives to be $50 or
200 years old; crocodile, 100 and tor
toise, over hundred. The eagle,
crow, raven and swan are birds which
sometimes live to be a hundred or
more.
Q. When did evening schools have
their origin in America?-W. y.
A. 1t is impossible to say exactly.
In contract made with the school
master of Flatbush, y. Y. In 1852, the
evening school is mentioned, but il is
probable that allusion is made to the
afternoon session of the school which
DSSdl dI PM. IL Is CeTIdl1, now
ever. that in 1873 evening schools
were conducted as private ventures in
Salem, Mass, especially for instruc.
tion in the mariners art. although
some poor boys We're taught to
'cypher and to write"
What is the botanical name of the
shrub known in New Orleans as the
cry-baby plant or Christ tear?-J. A
A. The botanical name of the shrub
known as cry-baby plant or Christ
tear is Erythrina cristagalli. Another
common name for it is coraI-tree.
@. Is there such a thing as a sting.
ing snake?-W. J. w.
A. The Biological Survey saws that
there is no such snake as the sting.
ing snake. The rainbow species, which
is often referred to as the singing
snake, is perfectly harmless, but is
Evening star., 1925-07-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Intuitive Self-Defense.
Oh, when I was little boy,
I rarely loved my teacher!
Twas wicked of me to annoy
so kind and wise a creature.
From Darwin I would run away.
I took a firm position
'Gainst books the jury says today
Might lead me to perdition.
Evening star., 1925-07-15
0verta xatiOn.

ottIId dAdtIOh.
The old thermom keeps rising
In July.
Discomforts are surprising;
Yet we try
To discuss the fourth dimension
And to give correct attention
To some marvellous invention
That will fly.
We must study evolution
And we sigh
AS the pages of locution
Meet the eye
While all wearily. we're wishin
For a different condition.
Cause folks ought to go a-flshin'
In July
Evening star., 1925-07-15

Prehistoric bones have been dis
covered in Mexico. They are Of the
highest Importance, in the opinion of
archeologists, who apparently are au-
daciously determined to go ahead with
their own scientific deductions with
out waiting for Col. Bryan's o. X.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

The monkey might have a little
more respect in current popular opin-
ion if there were the slightest possi-
bility of any member OF his immedi-
ate family qualifying as a prize winner
in a beauty contest.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

If the present tendencies Of political
notoriety are permitted to go un-
checked the two great parties of the
future will be the Fundamentalists
and the Modernists.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

Statesmen who retire to private life
carry with them a prestige which re-
news their prominence. Dayton, Tenn,
has demonstrated that there is no
telling where a former Secretary of
State may turn up next.
Evening star., 1925-07-15
Kate by Mail-Payable in Advance,
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
70 the Use for republication of all news dis
patches credited TO IL or not otherwise cred
tied IN this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication
OF special DISPATCHES herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

China has had many revolutions.
and may regard the solicitude of the
outside world as interference with
national custom.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

In tho Dayton, Tenn, proceedings
as legally formulated, Prot. Scopes, at
first the center of interest. begins to
look like Exhibit A."
Evening star., 1925-07-15
BreYity in Madness.

From the Baltimore Sun
There never will be revolution in
America. The people can't stay mad
long enough about any one thing.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

Discovery OF a prehistoric skull ex-
cites the scientists, although the mod
eru bonehead presents the real prob
lem.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

No man is content with his lot in
life. G. Bernard Shaw insists on talk
ing international politics and Mus
solini writes a play.
Evening star., 1925-07-15
Quicker Action.

Are there any moonshiners iii this
vicinity?"
No" answered Uncle Bill Bottletop.
''The Ticker producers don't stop to
put up a still any more. They make
the stuff in their automobiles
Evening star., 1925-07-15
Golfing Ally for Parking.

From the shoe and Leather Reporter.
Ittis getting so tnat there is more
parking space In the office than in the
street. -.-----------A-~A-4. nnHs
Evening star., 1925-07-15

Literary fashions change. Scientific
works now become best sellers, which
may be beneficial to the human mind.
Evening star., 1925-07-15
EOcaIiZatiOn,

An orator. should have a voice
Melodious and ringing:
Some might have made better choice
If they had studied singing.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

the Democratic side of the chamber,
will have no opposition for the NOM
ination it is predicted by politicians
from his State. Senator George is
well liked in Georgia, and, while it
has been rumored that the governor,
Clifford Walker, might like to take
a shot at the senatorship, it is very
doubtful that he will oppose Senator
George. Former Senator Hoke Smith
has renounced political aspirations,
and former Senator Hardwick has
been showed under so completely in
his last two campaigns that he is not
likely to stage a comeback politically
for a number Of years.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn
lnE edition, Is delivered by carriers within
the city at 90 cents per month: eaily only,
40 cents per month. sunday only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier az the end of each month.
Evening star., 1925-07-15

X "
Senator Ellison D. Smith of South
Carolina apparently has his nomina-
ton pretty well sewed up. Incidentally
he holds the unusual distinction of
having been chairman of an important
committee, during Republican control
of the Senate. He was elected when
the Republican insurgents, led by the
late Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
refused to support Senator Cummins
of Iowa, the ranking Republican, be.
cause of the Esch-Cummins trans.
portation act, passed at the time the
railroads were turned back by the
Government to their private owners
after the war. Mr.. Smith is well liked
in the State and in the Senate, and
ipso facto, will be reelected.
There has been no serious hint yet
of opposition to Senator Overman in
North Carolina, and his reelection is
haven't a Chinaman's chance to win
any of these Democratic seats.
Representative William Oldfield
chairman of the Democratic congress
sional campaign committee and an
indefatigable worker in the cause OF
Democracy, has recently returned from
the Middle West, where he attended a
number of Democratic meetings, in
cluding those in st. Louis and In.
dianapolis. He expresses his con
fidence that the Democrats are reviv.
ing from the defeat inflicted upon
them in 1924, and viii be ready to
meet the issues in 1926. Later in the
Summer he plans to go to the Far
West, where the Democratic party
went decidedly on the rocks in the
last campaign. and seek to bring the
party together again. Among the
probable candidates for the Democratic
nomination for the seat Of the late
Senator Spencer of Missouri are
Harry Halves and Representative
Thomas l.. Rubey. In Indiana, former
Representative Lincoln Dixon, who
had charge of the Democratic head
quarters in Chicago during the last
campaign, is being mentioned as a
candidate for the seat of Senator
Watson. Republican, --.------
Evening star., 1925-07-15

Jud Tunkins says the world is sure
ly growing intellectual when a scien-
tif1c argument can cause more excite
ment in a small town than a circus.
Evening star., 1925-07-15
Conservative Statesmanship.

why are you not taking hand in
this evolution trial?''
II have been fairly successful an
swered Senator Sorghum. "in holding
discussing the principles of taxation
and government. Why should I intro
duce new and even more abstruse
issues?"
Evening star., 1925-07-15

''You can't believe all you hear
said Uncle Bben, and some o whut
you kin believe you finds later ON you
has to change yoh mind ahoutf
Evening star., 1925-07-15
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Evening star., 1925-07-15

Like Mr.. Micawber, Mr.. Bryan has
been something of an opportunist-in
politics - waiting for something to
turn up, and if it did not, he has lent
a helping hand to turn it UP. The
evolution question in Tennessee has
given him an opportunity to appear
as the great defender of the Bible.
Religious questions have entered DO
litical controversies in the past, and
Mr.. Bryan may bring fundamental
ism" into the race next year.
There are seven Democratic SEN
ators who must stand for reelection
next year-a small number compared
to the 25 Republicans who have to
fight for their seats. Besides Senator
Fletcher, the Democrats who are to
go before the electorate are Senators
BrousSard of Louisiana, Caraway of
Arkansas, George of Georgia, Over
man of North Carolina and Smith of
South Carolina Senator Underwood
of Alabama has announced he will
not be candidate to succeed himself
Already four or five candidates for
Mr.. Underwood's seat have appeared
in the field and the prospects for a
brisk contest are bright So far as
the other Democratic incumbents. are
concerned, there seems little prospect
of serious opposition to their renom-
ination.
Senator Broussard apparently has
a strong hold on his people, as did
his brother, the late Senator Brous-
sard, before him. The best adyices
from Louisiana are that he will be
renominated. Senator Caraway, who
during the last Congress blossomed
out as one of the keenest, most sar<
castle and hardyhitting dehaters on
Evening star., 1925-07-15

Q. What is the meaning Of I'll
"?--M. II.
A. Ilium is the Greek name Of the
ancient City of Troy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-10
What My Neighbor Says
Is of Interest to Sank Centre Folks

When one has had the misfortune
to suffer from backache, headaches,
dizziness, urinary disorders and other
kidney ills-and has found relief
from all this sickness and suffering,
that persons advice is of untold value
to friends and neighbors. The fol-
lowing case is only one of many
thousands, but it is that of Sank
Centre resident. Who could ask for
a better example?
Mrs. E. Millet, says: ga dull ache
settled on my kidneys and it was real
misery to be on my feet any length
of time. Lifting was quite impossi-
BILE. I felt languid mornings and my
limbs were numb and ached. I tried
from the least exertion and it was a
long time before I regained my
strength. I used Doan's Kidney Pills
from Hanson & Emerson's Drug
Store and was much pleased by the
quick relief they brought me-"
Four years later, Mrs. Millet said:
"Doan's cured me of an attack Of
kidney complaint"
Soc, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-10

St. PauI-Minnesota motor vehicle
licenses travelled by airplane today
for the first time in the history Of the
state. c. F. Whitney, Derry, N. H.
was sent the licenses via air mail by
Mike Holm, secretary Of state. Mr..
Whitney gave his Minnesota address
at the Y NJ C. A. building, Minneapo
lis, and asked that the plates be sent
him by air route.
Windom-A plan is under way to
get all Cottonwood county men who
are interested in dairy improvements
to attend the Northwest Dairy expo,
sition of the state fair as an organized
body.
WaIker-M. S. Morical, deputy sher.
if, died at the age of 70. He was one
of the early residents of this section
of the state and held office as justice
of peace for 30 years in Todd and
Cass counties. For 25 years he was
one of the leading guides on Leech
lake until his retirement two years
ago to take up work in the sheriff's
office.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-10
Community

Community"
In the afternoon a conference will
be held between the executive board
of the state farm bureau and the Min
nesota delegation in Congress; to dis.
cuss national agricultural legislation
This should prove to be an important
meeting. .
The Minnesota Farm Bureau will
maintain a booth in the Agriculture.
building throughout the fair week, ir
conjunction with several of the CO
operative marketing associations, anc
every farmer attending the fair is in
vited to visit Farm Bureau headquart
ers whether a member of the bureau
or not.
The fair is a great educational in
stitution from am agricultural stand
point and every person in the state
who possibly can do so, should attend
and study the great collection of ex
hibits shown.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-10
SIMPLE MIXTURE MAKES
STOMACH FEEL FINE

Simple buck horn bark, magnesium
sulph, C. p. glycerine, ETC., as mix
ed in Adlerika, helps stomach trou-
BILE in TEN minutes by removing
GAS. Brings out surprising
amount of old waste matter you new
err thought was in your system.
Stops that full, bloated feeling and
makes yeu happy and cheerful. Elk
cellent for chronic constipation: Ad-
lerika works QUICK and delightful
ly easy. Sold by O. w. Dowswell,
Druggist.-Adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-10

Out in Nevada they seem to like the
name Anne Martin. There's the mill
tant suffragist who ran for the United
States senate three years ago. And
there's another with even the same
middle initial, H., only, being some
what the political Anne Martins
senior, this other one prefers to be
called Annie. With the name the like
ness ends. Anne Martin revels in poll
tics. Annie Martin does not like poll
tics and refuses to take an active part
in it.
She knows what she's talking about,
too, in the realm of practical politics.
She once went into newspaper work.
The Carson News gave her job for
four years. The job included being
editor, proprietor, society and city
editor, proofreader, compositor (of
hand-set type), ad writer, bill collector,
bookkeeper, general manager and dra-
matte critic" Then "the Silver party
came into power, and all revenue from
politics would be awarded to the op-
position paper" so the editor-owner-
bookkeeper-reporter of the Carson
News sold out.
Previously Annie Martin, who still
lives in the house into which her fam
lily moved in 1865, had gone through
the public schools of Carson City once
and then started over again as teacher
in the first kindergarten. 1t was Ii
years later, after experimenting with
various grades and deciding that she
preferred to teach third-graders, that
Miss Martin made her newspaper ven
ture.
Next she tried dry goods store,
but ''fnicky women who spend three
hours selecting the right shade of a
spool of thread" seemed too much Of
an irritation to be bothered with. So
she tried stationery store, went back
into the reporting game, and substi-
tuted as teacher at the State Orphans
home during the illness of the princi-
pal teacher. She tried teaching music
but did not enjoy 1t. Meanwhile she
has played the organ in the Presby-
terrain church for 40 years and had
given much time to entertaining the in
mates of the state prison.
Along in 1908 Miss Martin decided
to take the civil service examination
for clerk of the United States mint in
her home city. From that has come
the work she likes best. She Is now
assaYer In charge and the only wom-
an, probably, insuch work in the world.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-10
Declares Man of Future
Will Not Have to Shave

London.-Prof A. NJ. Low, famous
scientist, asserts that in all probability
the man Of the future will not have
to shave and will most likely be bald.
But that is not all. Among Professor
Lows genial forecasts are the fol-
lowing:
Women Will wear trousers. Incuba-
tors on the hire system will solve the
difficulty Of rearing children. Pretti-
ness in women will be a drug on the
market and rational birth control will
free women for education. Foods will
come from commercial kitchens in
tubes. Complete triumph of radio
communication in every department Of
life.
Professor Low is very sure of it all.
And he does not think it is so very
funny, either.