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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-06

been stated at anywhere from
twenty-five to f0rtyIOne days by
the different medical experts.
Cox got out his book by Witthaus,
recognized medical writer, which
he has used on different witnesses.
He handed it to the witness.
"Win you just read from page 745.
what Witthaus says" The witness
took the book and read
The usual duration of bichloride
Of mercury poison cases is from five
to twelve days"
There now. Do you agree with
tha.?" asked Cox triumphantly.
No, l don't agree with that"
said the young physician. 81 agree
with my own opinion. There are
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-06
"How many Of your ten cases that
you treated got well?"
1.-TWO"
Produces Tablets

Produces Tablets
Cox produced the States bottle OF
white bichloride of mercury tablets.
Estate what these are?"
The witness took the bottle. looked
it over, poured out some Of the tab
let and said:
Unfortunately, never have seen
these tablets before"
well, the label says they are BIZ
chloride Of mercury, doesn't it?"
Yes
I'm technical sense, is there
real antidote for this poison?'
No AntidOte
There Is no real antidote for BIZ
chloride of mercury"
But they have come to call GER
tain remedial agents antidotes?"
TITS according to what you con-
slider an antidote."
Read this Doctor" said Cox,
pointing at the label.
The doctor read it-silently.
"Out loud" instructed Cox.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Honor to Those Who
GrouD Old Gracefully

Everywhere about us are to be OBJ
served young and middle-aged men and
women who painfully exhibit the i'm
minence Of age and its infrmlties
They present sorry spectacles. They
excite our wonder, but they inspire no
emotion of sympathy within us. They
have bowed to the indictment Of age
without presenting any defense. They
become old in fact while yet the years
of age are far from them. They have
not the will to live life as it should De
lived. They have permitted the spirit
Of youth to atrophy within them.
How altogether inspiring and en-
cOuraging is it to consider those who
have learned ''how to grow old grace
fully" how to keep in touch with the
tides Of life. functioning constructively,
winning from existence the priceless
boon of contentment by an answering
devotion to rational living, that living
which Is based upon rational and con
structive work
Pity the wretched old young men
they are the pathetic flOtsam of this
rushing age.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
"Busted' Toe Got No
Sympathy From Uncle

Uncle Eph Jackson, an old-time col
ored field hand, was hoeing cotton one
hot day. He was harefOoted. as he
wanted to save his one pair of shoes
for Sunday. While he was hOeing ne
noticed a mole sticking its head out Of
the dirt. AS moIes had been making
themselves a nuisance he gave this
fellow a hard rap with his hoe.
At that instant Uncle Eph jumped
and howled with pain-for it was his
own big toe that he had whacked, In
stead of Il mole. The toe bled cOnsid-
erably and Eph knew it would be sore
for some time to come. But he was a
sensible old fellow and he always put
the blame where it belongs. He fire.
quently carried on long conversations
with himself and so. addressing his
wounded toe, he called out: You
needn't think you is gwine cit no sim
pafy fun me; it's youah own fault an
you knows it."-Pathfinder Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
All Parties to Suit
Played BIuhing Game

Tom McNeal knew deaf man who
had an account against another deaf
man and brought suit before a justice
of the peace who was deaf When the
J. 7. called on the plaintiff to state
his case the plaintiff guessed what the
j. r. was saying from the movement
Of his lips. This defendant" said the
plaintiff. owes me 81 for groceries
and refuses to pay me" The ]. p,
seeing the plaintiffs mouth had quit
working, turned to the defendant, ask
ing what he had to say. Not hearing
what either had said but guessing il
was up to him to say something, he
stated his side Of the case. your
honor, it wasn't my dog. If a dog bit
this man I'm sorry, but he ought to get
after the owner of the dog, not me-
The J. r. hadn't heard what either
man said. but as both had quit talking
felt 1t was his duty to render judg-
ment. After bordering few minutes
and apparently weighing the evidence,
he said, "Well there's a good deal to
be said on both sides Of this case, but,
Cunning to the defendant), she is your
mother and you will have to support
her."-Capper's Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Ruined BY Malaria

The lost cities of CeylOn, the ruins
Of which are one of the wonders Of the
world, are believed to have been aban-
dOned on account Of malaria
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Hardest KnOwn Wood

Lignum-vitae, the vital wood. or
wood OF life, which is found in the
West Indies and some other parts OF
the tropical Americas, is id to be the
hardest wood nature prOLdces. The
reason why this wood is so tough IS In
the arrangement Of its fibers- Instead
Of being straight, they weave back and
forth, crossing and recrossing. Ike the
weave of an automobile ire. Another
peculiar feature in this wood Is that
when the tree is cut, the sap cells nj
up with a very heavy rOsin, when
causes It to weigh about eighty pounds
to the cubic foot. Ii is One-third heav-
Ter than water, and so, 'e excellent
for many uses, 1t would not make
good raft. 1t is used for carpenters
mallets, as it is so tough that it will
not split from hard usage, and Il Is
also employed for tool handles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Antarctic Land Part
of Americas Domain

The United States has an Antarctic
domain as great as the holdings in the
Arctic region of Alaska. Indeed, II
we were to deem it advisable, we could
register a sound title to a vast area
near the South pole discovered by
Commander Charles Wilkes, of the
United States navy, in 1910. This re-
gion, known as Wilkes Land, has an
area equal to almost half that Of con-
tinental United States.
The national congress was so i'm
pressed and elated by reason Of this
discovery that it authorized the publi-
cation, in % volumes, OF the expedi-
TONS complete report, with all charts
and surveys. But although so many
years have interviewed since Wilkes
discovered the territory which now
bears his name on all the standard
charts, no effort has been made firmly
to nail down the heritage. So far as
we have been able TO learn, no Amer
lean flag has ever been hoisted there.
Certainly we know that no colony ever
has been established in that dreary do
main, nor has any hardy exploring
party followed in Wilkes footsteps TO
make q detailed examination Of this
snowy region and its possible oppOr-
tunities.-FOrt Wayne News-Sentinel.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
HOuO Willy CGmerGnaGn
Got Screen Pictures

In darkest Africa, in a village called
.Kimbabeal, cameraman found tribe
of savages who had never before seen
but one white man. He had been a
French officer, as they reminiscently
remarked through an interpreter,
However. the cameraman who found
this tribe received permission from the
chief to film his people Naturally he
didn't care to cross the cannibals. Yet
neither did he wish to spoil the
chances of having his pictures reach
the screen.
THE tribe wore the proverbial smile
all right, but the sash in every in
stance had been left at home. There
seemed TO be no chance in the world
of getting over his idea Of mOdesty on
the American plan.
while he was trying to figure out
the solution he spied a pile of ostrich
feathers gayly cOlOred with native dye.
He selected a sturdy young buck as his
model The cannibals crowded about
him and in no time at all he had
steady stream of animated feather
busters issuing from his swiftly NOV
ing hands The pictures which he
brought back with him were eminently
respectable ''-Pell Mitchell in Every
body's Magazine
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Arizona Grand Canyon

But it is no mere cleft or chasm or
simple gorge or canyon-it contains
unnumbered hundreds Of these maZes.
1t is terrific trough, 5000 to 1000
feet deep, at some places nearly fifteen
miles wide, more than 300 miles long,
peopled with hundreds of peaks taller
than any mountain east Of the Rockies
yet not one Of them with its head SO
high as your foot upon the rim-and
all ablaze with such color as no East
ern or European landscape ever knew,
even in its alpenglow. 1t is a con
densed river system, with this ire
mendOus mountain system counter
sunk and imprisoned in its deep-Cut
channels. If you take a big palmate
leaf. and look at its REGULATIONS, TAX
ing the midrib for the main channel Of
of the river, you will have a plan re-
sembling it.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Famed in Legend

Merlin was a famous British prophet
and enchanter supposed to have flour
ished during the time Of King Arthur
about $50 A. D. He was said to have
been the son of Welsh princess and
a demon, and early displayed the gifts
OF prophecy and divination- He Is said
10 have made King Arthur's round
table with seats for $50 knights. and
to have brought from Ireland the
stones found at Stonehenge. Spenser
refers 70 him in the "Faerie Queene, 7
and Tennyson relates some Of his ad-
ventures in the 'Id.Gls of the King.
The manner of his death is variously
given, and his grave j. IL IN at Drum
melzier on the Tweed--Kansas City
Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
GaUe Name to Fabric

Damascus was famous In the Middle
ages for its silk and linen fabrics;
hence the name "damaSk
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Many-Sided Mule

Those who are supporters Of the mule
say. in comparison with the horse, he
lives longer, endures more work and
hardship, requires less attention and
feed. and is less liable TO digestive dis
orders, Iameness and disease. The diff
fculty is to know how to handle the
mule because of the fact Of a combine
ton of stubbOrnness and willingness.
temper and sulIenness, slyness and do
cility. faithfulness and waywardness.
The mule must be understood, and
gently but firmly persuaded to do
things out of the ordinary.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26

IT Is well to understand that thrift
means much more than the mere saw
ing of money, says Thrift Magazine. 1t
IL unfortunate that 50 much Of our cur
rent thrift educational effort Is direct
ed solely along lines Of money saving
Many people. through great patience
and self-denial, are able to lay by u
comfortable sum, only to lose 1t IN the
end through ill-advised investment.
Thrift education should be conduct
ed along broad lines. How to spend
and invest is as important as how to
save.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Best Floor Bleach

Oxalic acid is recommended for
bleaching an oak floor, using the acid
at the rate Of one pound to the gall
Ion Of water, and adding to the solu-
ton little spirits of inter. Apply
the acid hot. When the bleached pOr-
tions are dry they must be well
washed to remove the acid from the
wood. Oxalic acid is a poison and
should not be applied with a rag
held in the fingers, but should be
brushed on.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
On StYIe

Mere attention TO words is not
enough; for real style Is not a matter
Of shOwiness. Solicitude over verbal
niceties quehches the ardOur of imag
nation. But no appropriate word will
be lost, if one by prolonged AMI
judicious reading acquires a plentiful
stock of words and applies thereto
skill in arrangement, and, further,
strengthens the whole by abundant
practice, 50 that all Is constantly at
hand and before ones eyes When
our words are sound Latin, significant,
elegant, and fttingly arranged. why
should we labor for anything more?-
Quintilian.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Needed Help

A young woman Of Brookline and
her little daughter sat in an elevated
train. Opposite them was man who
was fond of children and he looked
across at the little one and winked.
She smiled back and tried TO initiate
him, but only succeeded in squirting
with both eyes Evidently thinking
tha nice stranger deserved better rec
IGNITION. the child turned to her moth
er and said in q loud whisper, Moth
Or nIease wink at that man, | can't"
Boston Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Designating Red Indian

The word Amerind is composed Of
the first syllables of American In
dian" suggested in 1899 BY an Ameri-
can photographer as a substitute for
the inappropriate terms used TO desig-
nate the race of man inhabiting the
New world before its occupancy by
Europeans. The use Of the word
Amerind OccasiOned a discussion in
which it was supported by some and
attacked by others. The name, never
thPless, has found its way into both
scientific and popular literature.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1925-12-26
Testing Gold

The ordinary and simplest method
OF testing gold consists in touching the
metal with a glass stopper wetted with
nitric acid This will leave gold I'M
touched, while base alloys will take a
blue color from the formation of nj
trate of copper It's a better idea,
though, to take the piece to a jeweler
and have him tell you whether it is
pure.
The Washington times., 1925-05-19
The Community Grieves the
Loss of a Valuable Citizen
By BILL PRICE.

The death of Commissioner JAMES F. OYSTER removes
from the civil and official life of Washington ruggedly
honest honorable citizen fearlesy tenacious OF the right
his public private relations and unswerved by threats
political influences in the discharge of his duties
His loss will be deeply greved by the entire community
which had and faith in his motives and realized that his
life had well spent in the service of Washington his
beloved home and city
Achieving time ambition to become one OF the directing
heads of this city, Mr. Oyster entered his duties some
years with such frvor and devotion that h unquestion
ably shortened his years. but the fine record he made will live
behind and become part Of municipal history.
There nothing wishy washy about this who had
become successful in business life Though firm Of character
he kindly hearted and helpful In his official duties he
unyeling when felt he in the right It made lit
tie difference to him who wanted thing done how high
the influence importunng He seadfast in what he be-
eved be the right thing for the city and people of Wash
ington.
More of this type in public life would remove the
suspicious and dissatisfaction of citizens. Here in the District
of Columbia where deprived of right choose by
ballot local rulers the appointment of like Com
missioner Oyster goes far toward softenng the sting of su
fage deprivation For the good of Washington hope
that all future appointments of Commissioners will be
pleasing to the public that of this of high ideals
who has departed from midst.
The Washington times., 1925-05-19
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON THE
THREAT OF AN ICE AGE
Eccentricity of Earth's Orbit Which Repeats Every
100000 Years. May Shift Zones

eccentricity of the orbit with
northern winter at aphelion, oc-
Cured some 100000 years ago,
and the last glacial age may have
been it's consequence. But there
will not be a similar coincidence
for hundreds of thousands Of years
to come, although about 10000
years from now when the north
ern winter again occurs at aphe-
lion our winters may be percepti-
bly, cooler. At present northern
winter occurs with the earth
nearly at perihelion.
The geological theory of the
glacial ages ascribes them to al
ternate elevations and depres-
sions Of the continents, arising
from disturbances of the equili-
brium of the CRUST due in part,
if not mainly, to transference OF
weight, such as the denudatiOn
of the land and the filling up of
seas. When a continent rises, it's
temperature falls, and vice versa.
The solar theory assumes that,
the sun, being a variable star, it's
alterations of radiant power
may possibly have produced the
past. The atmospheric theory is
based on the supposition that the
constitution of the air may have
been quite different in former
times, especially with regard to
the proportion Of heat-screening
vapors, or Of dust, contained
in it.
But, while much is to be said
for all of these theories, no seri-
Gus scientific support, 1 believe,
has been offered to the apparent
ly popular notion that the glacial
ages and other great alterations
Of climate whose records are to
be found in the earths crust
were caused by extreme move
ments of the earth's axis, even
amounting in some cases to
sufficient change to cause the
temperate or tropical zones to
cross the polar circles.
Poles Remain Same.
On the contrary, there is reason
TO believe that the poles of -0ta.
ton have bean located practically
at the same points ever since the
earth was consolidated. 1t is true
that a slight variation of the
direction of the axis inside the
earth now exists, rut this is only
such as might be expected from
the elasticity If the earth, com
bined with the transferences of
surface weight due to seasonal
changes. No serious increase of
this "wobbling' is looked for, and
1t can have 10 effect upon local
temperatures. rs it is easy to see
when you consider that the radius
OF gyratlon of the role amounts 10
only about thirty feet on the aver
age, for an axis whose radius is
d 900 miles. If a twenty-four-inch
school globe had a correspond
amount of woDble, the change of
direction of its axis from the mean
would not amour: to one fifty
thousandth of an inch! Compare
that with The breadt OF the
climatic zones as represented on
the same globe.
The Washington times., 1925-05-19
. PROTEST ON
LIGHTS

Editor Washington Times:
cannot help from expressing
few words of approval of your
opposition to the way the head
light law is working. l have
been driving automobiles of my
own for a period of seventeen
years and the worst bugaboo to
me and to many of my friends
who are careful drivers are the
headlights being on in force. 1t
is very difficult to drive a car
at night on any of the roads sur
rounding Washington due to the
glare Of the lights and it is a
fact that most States. as we'll as
this city, have had laws making
it unlawful to drive with bright
lights when another car is ap-
preaching. Now Mr.. Eldridge
passes a law requiring headlights
on all streets not we'll lighted
and PERMITTING" DINNERS
on other streets. The way this
will naturally work out is that
the great majority will run with
headlights on all the time. OF
course, I am aware Of this fact
that they are to be adjusted, but
no light can shine 200 feet and
not be glaring to both pedestrian
and automobilist and this new
rule already Is forcing many
careful drivers not to go out
at night and will, in my opinion,
cause more accidents than any
rule ever before made in this
1ERRERU "A. SIMON.
The Washington times., 1925-05-19
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
The Greek and the Gothic
Bv DOCTOR FRANK CRANE

YTyERE are two outstanding styles of architecture the
Greek and the Gothic
- In common terms may say that the dreeK con-
ssts IT. plan lines and simplicity and drecnes wne tne
Gothic is pointed and ornate
Corresponding styles of architecture there are
two kinds of minds.
There is the Gothic type which functions IN mystery
noerv darkness and hints to ornateness and adorn
ment. J. rr.,,. w.
Such minds those of Shakespeare and Oh Imam !ea
On the contrary there is the Greek mlnd Wnlcn IS the
mind of a lawyer a scientist . -.
It moves in straight lines It's beauty lies in its simplicity
There are some people who rdcue those VINO study ART
They say that adventitlous advantage ana 1nat
ALI beauty and adornment of life is entirely unnecessary
These are the Greek minds that ridicule the Gothic
On the other hand there Gothic minds that dcue
the Greek They artists who decam against the Ds
ness man, the lawyer the doctor and the scientist Iney
call these men odders rouner and other opprobrous
epithets.
Thre is conflict between the Fundamentahst ana
the Moderns One seeks adornment seeks mystery ana
darkness and the other all for simplicity and logic
There is no necessity for conflict between the two types
of mind. We need them both
Perhaps the best of is that can appreciate
the simplicity of Greek and also the charm and mystery
of the Gothic style.
The Washington times., 1925-05-19
ONCE-OVERS

Do you go the plan that little errors do not amount
to much? ...,
because mistakes you have made 1hey were just
little Slips you knew beter-you argue.
It's because he things nearly pertect as is
humanity possible and that just the why he Is your
boss. 80,
It is easy for you to laugh and pass off any mistake which
called to YOUR attention it small matter your Lte
But would you better off if you had more serious
conception of life?
The matter of going forward depends much the
of going and your self discipline
Are you high spirited? Perhaps let your hgh
spirits blind you your mistakes and fralltes.
After all things either right or they are wrong.
The Washington times., 1925-05-19

derer at all but only suffering
from some fancy new kind OF In
sanity. AS il any simp didn't
know that YOU'RE NOT IN
SANE UNLESS you ACT
GOOFY."
There. in the crude but force
ful words of Mr.. Rosenstein you
get the Public's opinion OF the
change which is coming in the
Scientific attitude toward the
criminal. And until the Public
learns enough about the work
jnpa of the human mind to realize
that insanity is NOT necessarily
characterized by gootlness tne
Mr.. Rosensteins and Mr.. BurKes
will continue to make sucn sC4en-
tific efforts ridiculous.
You can't, however, blame Mr'
Rosenstein greatly for his attl-
tude. The human race has oeen
organized into tribes for untoLo
thousands of years, and these
tribes have had doctors ana
nriests who studied criminals ano
courts wherein those criminals
could be tried. Yet only within
the last twenty years has there
hoon definite move to STUDY
+he MIND OF THE CRIMINAL
before Furnishing him for his
o,.;y1oe In that splendid book,
1INSANITY AND THE CR1M1-
Nal" by John c. Goodwin, we
learn that until the middle OF the
E,iohteenth century criminal
conld not plead insanity as his
Sofance .unless he was TOTAL
" denrived of his understand
ing and memory and dld not
know what he was DONG any
more than an infant brute or
a wild beast.
During the Middle Ages every
ono Including an indiot, was held
rasnonsible for his or her acts.
I'm the Middle Ages everybody
was regarded as responslole'
Then inanimate objects, corpses
and animals we're recognized as
IRRESPONSIBLE. though up to the
end of the Sixteenth century
cornses and animals were tried
and sentenced in courts OF law
In 1854 the Bishop of Lausanne
instituted proceedings against the
Ieeches which infested the ponds
of Berne. The case was tried be-
fore a bench OF judges at berne'
the Bishop being represented oy
counsel, and a leech was solemn
ly arraigned, found guilty OF
trespass, and. with the other
leeches, ordered to quit the ponds
within three days! The order
of the court having been dis