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The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
When Scientists Fall Out

When scientists fall ont honest nature Gets her
due.
Man has been mcddng with natur" for a long
time anu has been getting bit the worst Of it, It
seems
Pseudo scientists, it also appears have been pass
ing half truths on TO anxious humans VIII" dom
know the difference and who have accepted hlindly
Thus have been built up many scientific myths
declares John Langdon Davies, the brilliant Brit
ishcr. who sounds, the call war his book, ''Thc
New Age Of FAITH
Among the first major casualties are the JukeSe'
and the Edwardscs, those famed biological spcci-
mems on whom preachers of the alIimportance of
hcredity have long rested their
Others to be shot at sunrise include Lothrop
Stoddard. with his theories Of NOrdlc supremacy .
Albert Edward Wiggam, who urges scientific selec
ton of parents for breeding super race, and Mali
Grant exponent of similar views.
Davies after exploding the "Nordic myth rises
to ask jus. what type of human they would manu-
iaCturc. What type is to get the preference ana
what sound basis this preference be estab-
lished? If left to the selcctonists, he points out
many the world greatest would have to he ruled
out There the cpileptc Dostoicvsky and Ma
pocon: the sckly Keats and Poe and Stevenson
and Steven Crane and Darwin and Newton and
Spencer Would Jack Dempsey and a couple OF
movie beauties be preferable, he inquiries.
His banner is raised in behalf of environment and
democratic beliefs. The democratic theory has 4
chance to save itself, but the slate must be wiped
clean of bunk and fair chance given.
1t is environment that stands in the way of full
human expression, he asserts. The problem does
not rest with the individual creature but with prop
control of the world into which the creature is
born. The struggle be to give Il certain
amount of freedom of opportunity; enlargement,
OF cultural sphere; breaking down of handcaps
The accidents of geography, poverty and circum
stances all powerful, he argues. Had Mr.. Wig
gam been adopted by an African chief at the age OF
two he would not have known how to write, tn.
author protests.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
Willing TO Pay For Good Roads
lNalley City Times RerordD

According to figures given from the State High
way department, it is going to take in the neigh
horhood OF three million dollars to put over the
road program in North Dakota for the year 1926.
Part of this will he paid by he National Govern
ment, however. few years ago the spending OF
such sum would have caused almost 4 panic in
the ranks Of the taxpayers, but today is different.
Most every farmer in the country now operates a
motor car. both for farm trucking ana for market
ing and pleasure purposes. In all the years tha,
he has had to plow through mud with wagon or
buggy to get to his trading point he has accepted
the conditions with stoical air, but now that he
can get to town with auto in Cne-fourth OF the
time and make four times The distance in the same
day, he is looking at the matter OF good roads in
different light He is not grumbling if he get
good roads to travel over and is willing to pay
the roads if they are built efficiently and economic
ally Many farmers Of course cannot be good
roads at the present time, but they get onto
good roads in short distances and get to the main
towns these days. The time is coming when all
main section roads are going to be either paved
or sravcled and all farmers will be able to com"
to town, rain or shine. 1t will take many years to
accomplish this, but are getting many miles Of
good gravcled roads year by year. 1t is going to
take millions and millions of dollars to reach this
stage OF good roads for all, but it is coming and
II IS going 10 De tne greatest boon to all The
cost will be great, but this cost will be passed
from one generation to another, so why should we
worry? 1t is worth much more to us and to you to
be able to travel in comfort without having to got
hau.ed out of mudhole where you pay some tow
car or farmer to get yourself back
TO town than you pay in taxes for one year
for road purposes. Cheer up-if you do not pay
ior good roads somebody will along and ge;
your money for something else-they will get it
so why worry about taxes for good roads?
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
"LOcal Immunity"

Local immunity, new principle discovered by
Russian scientist working at the Pasteur Institute
in Paris, may revolutionze many of the methods
used by physicians in fighting germ diseases.
DR.. A. Besrcdka is the Russians name. His dis
c"Very is that many germs attack specific parts Of
the body and deadly only when introduced into
that part Of the body
lie took anthrax germs and infected guinea pigs
with them. The placing OF the least fluid contain
ing these germs in minute scratch on the guinea
pigs skin brought death. However, when doses
much greater than those believed necessary to cause
death were injected into the guinea pigs lungs or
ether organs, they had effect at all.
l'T. Bcsredka believes that his experiments show
that in many diseases it is only a cretan part of
the body which is attacked. He believes therefore
that the disease must be fought by the introduction
Of an anti ti-toxn serum at this particular point
Hence, the name Of local immunity" for his the cory
lie claims, for example, that it is a mistake t.,
administer typhoid antitoxn by injection in the
arm. Typhoid being disease of the intestinal tract
should be fought by injection of anti toxin at this
point, he claims.
Further experiments being planned at tho
Paseur Institute to test the validity of this theory
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
LETTER Iron LESLIE PRES.
COTT TO THE LITTLE MAR
QtlSE. care THE SECRET
DR.tWER-CO\TIN

Would | do the banal tn .ug and
| write and demonstrate with Melville
Sartoris. or would | keep s.iIl and
read the letters that come 70 ne from
time TO time jus. "a an doing now ?
| do not know which | would do.
iou see, Little MarquiSc. Melville
Sartoris, in the cleverest posS Die
way. has fixed the whole thing so
that | can save my conscience easily.
can say 10 myself, That man does
not know whether | receive THESE
letters or not. He just sends them
out as a kind of outlet to :, heart
surcharged with loneliness and Il
Temperament. which = romance per-
sonified."
Hes never before had a chance 20
dramatic himself in this way and
he is rcveling in i. | would not
, dare to show Jack the letters that
have received from Melville Sart oris.
They would make my husband per
fectly furious.
He did not like thc man any too
well when he met him and now he
would probably be thinking things
abou. sgd that are not so. For,
whatever may be Sydney Carton :
feelings toward me-and up TO date |
have no reason for thinking the" are
anything more than the polite amen
ties a man would have for the wife
Of his fr;end--I am sure that sgd l.
, the most devoted and loyal friend 70
Jack.
| wonder if i. ever came u real
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
Red Oranges Foot Slips
(Thc Milwaukee, Wis, Journ;

With the opening of the football tourney, witt,
frost on the pumpkin and cider in the cellar, Red
Grange went down to defeat. Thousands had turned
to touchdowns. But in the Nebraska line was an
other gentleman, known in his home town as Ed
Weir, and in those parts considered something of
star himself. And though it might be lese ma
lesty to say that Mr.. Grange had met his match
it can be said safely that when Mr.. Grange had gone
five yards he had made his run
Excuses, or course, being made for Red
Granses failure to reel off 80 ya-d 'spurts 1t was
MS OH day, the field soggy, and 80 on We re-
call that excuses also were plentiful when Mime
sofa stopped the mighty Grange last year. Re
only good sportsman and a dandy football player
out a very decent chap to boot. He simply has not
been treated fairly by the newspapers They have
dlhgdonged Grange Grange, Grange, until one
would come to the conclusion that the other 10 men
on oranges team were simply out on the grdiron
because the rules call for II men.
1t was one of the famous "rour Horsemen" of
the Notre Dame team of last year who protested
against this thing Of singing individuals and
building up myths about their prowess He made
some tart remarks in behalf of the o.her men down
IN the line who stood the brunt OF the attack ana
who must first open hole for the man with the
baH TO go through-as was demonstrated so con-
vincingly in the OF Mr.. Grange Saturday We
expect to see Red Grange in spectacular play
ing this fa He would be addition to any man $
squad. But 1t Is worth while to be reminded that
FOOTBALL, unlike billiards, is not one man game.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
tN0rfOlk Daily News

There has long been current in the Canadian
Northwest a tradition 0f a tropical valley in North
clh hrtiSh tolUmbIa Now, it is reported, tWt
avlatDrS have penetrated the Wilderness prOSDeCt
ing for gold, and have actually come upon such a
valley. Giant ferns bush grass, blooming flowers
ana a patch of potatoes and oniOIs, planted year
ago by another proapcctor, greeted their sight.
There isn't anything mysterious about this valley
1t isn't leftover from ancient days when the Fa!
North is said to have had tropical climate Til.
valley is warmed from below. not from above II
Is full Of hot springs which send clouds Of steam,
up into the air. warming the who'e sheltered region
and supplying it with abundant moisture for vegc
tation
Now 1t is up to someone TO discover self refri;
Grating valley down in the torrid zone.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
Tonight's Radio

"Rigolctto," grand opera. and sew
eral theater programs are featured to-
night as among the best broadcast Of
ferings.
Eastern Time
WWJ (352.O S-Orchestral pro-
gram.
KDKA 5000 9-Musical program.
WEAF (492) lO-Grand opera, rig
olctto." Rebroadcast by WEE1 (47G).
WAR (3O59), WOO (5O8.2), WCAP
(469', WTAG (26s), WCAE (46l.3).
WCAE (46l.3) ll-Theater pro-
gram.
Central Time
WGN G37O.2) 6:3C-Dinncr con-
cert.
WLW 422.3) S-Symphony orchcs-
ira.
WOS (44O.9) 8-Old- fashioned song
and musical concert. ...
KSD (545D o-Musical program.
KTHS (374.8) 10-Dance tunes.
WHO (526) 1l-Midnight dance
WDAF (aG5.6) Observation-Disclosures
Frolic.
Mountain Time
KOA (3224) s-Studio program.
Pacific Time
KPO (428.3) S-Vda Waldrop organ
recital.
KGO (36l.2) s-Educational pro-
gram.
KFI lG7) 0-Musical program.
kNX (33O 1l-Orchestral selcc-
tionS.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
DISEASE is OLD, THOUGH
TREATMENT is NEW

abdomen. Sometimes it is shorter
than three inches, and specimens
have been found that were between
six and II inches in length.
About 1886, the year in which the
appendix was first recognized as the
seat Of various diseases of the abdO-
men, the great French bacteriologist,
Louis Pastcur, was conducting his
studies Of the causes of the disease.
He found that living germs were
responsible re for manv infections Of
the human body and proved that
germs were the agents winch caused
disease.
The discoveries Of Pasteur were
taken advantage Of by Lister. the
father of modern surgery, who APP
piled his principles Of cleanliness
and strict ascptics to all operations,
and rcvolutionized surgery.
Previous to this time surgical ope-
rations we're attended with great
risks because of the infection which
set in after the operation. Now.
however, these infections have ceased
to appear and surgery has been
brought to stage that is compara-
lively safe.
The germs which cause appen~
dicitis may enter the appendix
through the blood or through the in
testncs, with which the appendix is
connected. Apparently these germs
may originate in distant parts of the
body, in the tonsils, in bad teeth,
or in the stomach.
The structure of the appendix is
such that it favors infection. There
is great deal Of tissue which may
easily become swollen, thus shutting
off the canal and allowing the ma
terial retained to decompose and
produce inflammation.
1t may be said in general that any
condition which tends to interfere
with the drainage Of the appendix
into the large intestine is of impor-
tance in causing appendicitis. Free
drainage Of the appendix is essential
to the healthy condition Of the indi-
vidual and the retention Of any ma
tcrial in the organ may produce in
flammation.
The treatment of an attack Of APP
pendicitis is surgical.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09

President Coolidge appeals to re-
ligion as the final sanction for obc-
diencc to law. That will help, for
those who acknowledge religion.
The country would be better off if
there were more who did so.
But there is no religion in tho
bootlegging trade, and little enough
among the bootleggers' customers.
For the bootleggers. the only remedy
is fear Of the penalties of the law.
For their customers, the appeal
must be to religion, for those that
have it. and to loyalty to their coun-
try and it's institutions, for those
whose dcvotions are confined to the
mundane sphere. Then there will be
a remnant to whom the only appeal
is that provided for the bootleggcrs
If the "respectablc' law violators
will once make lawbreaking disrepu-
table. the police can cope with the
disrcputaolc ones.
Charges are made and denied that
the negro crew of the burned steam
err Comanche were drunk and in
competent. Let us he generous and
accept the denials rather than the
rHargcs. The situation, even then
illustrates condition on the sea
which landsmen should appreciate.
These negroes were not hired be-
cause they were particularly good
sailors. or because the owners of the
Comanchc loved the negro race.
They were hired because they were
cheap, and for no other reason.
Ships on other oceans hire Chinese,
Lascars, or Gurkas. for the same
reason. The urge is to seek ever
downward, for whomevcr is cheap
est. 90,
The much -deridcd La Toilette law
is tn only protection against tn con-
sequences Of this situation, and it
is an inadequate one. And yet, at
any moment, the safety of thousands
of valuable lives may depend on the
intelligence, courage, skill and char.
acter of crews selected for none OF
these qualities.
The cost of labor is the smallest
element in the operation of a ship
but it is the one which arouses the
most excitement. If the price of
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
BY DIR. HUGH S. CUMMING
Surgeon General, United States
puhliC Health Service

Many people consider appendicitis
as comparatively new disease, IN
! ailment that up to a generation ago
was not heard Of. Appendicitis !,
as old as the human race. /; was
| simply known by another name. or
rather by a variety Of other names
before it was discovered that the lit
tie organ called the appendix was
causing all the trouble.
The first accurate and definite
description of this disease was given
by DR.. Reginald Fitz of Boston in
1886. Previous to that time the
| medical profession did not regard
the appendix as the seat Of any dan
gcrous disease
1t is perfectly true that before
1886 assesses, due to disease of the
appendix, had been opened and drain
cd, but the appendix had not been
removed and the operation did not
involve any extensive opening of the
body cavity. In 1885. however. an
operation for appendicitis was per-
formed, an appendix removed and
the patient lived until 1919, in nc
way affected by the removal Of that
organ.
In order that you may understand
something of the nature of appen-
dicitis, it is first necessary that you
know something about the appendix.
You should know that man is one of
the few animals having vermiform
appendix.
We do not know that it has any
useful function. 1t has been called
a rudmentary organ. Some people
believe it is simply an organ that has
deteriorated from lack of use, until
it is now but a vestige Of once ac-
tive and important part Of the body.
The vermiform appendix is fin
gerlike appendage about three inches
in length and a quarter of an inch in
diameter, having canal running
throughout its entire length. 1t is
situated "a: the end Of the cecum. or
large intestine. just below the point
where the small intestine opens
into the large intestine. 1t is
found in the lower right side of the
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
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showdown, if Sydney Carton would
take my side or Johns.
You know would not have dared
to put that question to anyone but
you, Little Marquisc, but as Melville
Sartor!S said, "thc fact that you and
| will never come face-to-face in this
life. makes it easy for me to become
really confidential to you, even more
than am with Yourself"
| know that sounds paradoXical
but I'm afraid, Little Marquise, that
sometimes / am not always quite
honest with myself. | try to make
myself think that | do not know that
because of me, Sydney Carton has
eyes for no other woman on this
earth That he has never told this
10 ne by word or look or action
make no difference. am just as
sure Of it, Little Marquise. as YOU
were sure in those far-off days that
you were believed by the king, and
one else on earth you were the one
others.
Dear Little Marquise. l Will prob.
ably not write you again until
come Ddck from mum =. IN tue
meantime, do not censurc me for the
disclosure | have made to you this
morning. Every man or woman on
earth must have someone or some
thing for a confidant. | have chosen
you for mine.
LESLIE.
CCopyright. 1925, NEA Service, Inc
TOMORROW--Ictte from Pris'
ella Bradford to Mrs. Mary Alden
Prescott.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
Editorial Comment
The 100000 Bible

Seattle Post ntclligcnccr)
London cOnnoisseur has paid $O0.OOO for Il
copy OF the Gutenberg edition Of the Bible. This
edition. published in 1853. is extremely rare. 1t is
one Of the very few existing specimens OF the first
volume ever printc from movable type 1t recently
came to light in the Mclk monastery in Austri !,
where it had repOscd for more than three cen
turcs.
OF course, the purchaser will not read this Bible.
lie will lock at it for while, then lock up in 4
glass case Some years hence when hn is dead.
tle auctoncerS will have another chance and may
reap the comm isSon Il larger sum than
100000
II Is not an excessive price. Any copy of the
Bible is worth 100000 to man tnat reads it, and
no copy is worth anything at all to a that does
not
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09

New York, Nov. g.--What does a
subway money changer think about?
He sits in little booth down under
the ground and from his place be-
hind the wicket passes out nickels
for the turnstile slots. Usually he
is in dark shadow while those who
stop before the booth are in a light
that falls full into their faces. There
is nothing personal in the transac-
tion of passing out five nickels for
one quarter. 1t can be done without
a word being spoken. The man be-
hind the wicket is a shut-in, though
thousands pass foot away every
day. He is as secluded as a monk.
And so ] asked one of the fellows
the other day what he did to occupy
his mind.
"Well, I'll tell you. buddy, don't
do nothing but study human nature"
he answered. "For instance, 7 sus-
pect you're a newspaper man. DO
you know why ! think that? You
always got three or four newspapers
under your arm. When you pass
this booth you're always pecking in
to see what you can see. Every
time you look up at the clock to see
what time it is. All newspapermcn
are rubbernecky like that.
"Say, could tell you more good
stories than you'd ever print" he
continued without stopping to ask
whether he was right about his
guess. "There's swell lady who
stops to talk to me every time she
passes through here. She's pretty
! forward in what she says. too, but
| don't think she sees anything par
ticular in me. She's just curious,
that's all. because she can only see
a dim face in the shadow.
Sunny experiences? Lots Of EN-.
For more than year man passed
through here and he never once
stopped for change. He always had
/ his nickel ready. Then one morning
he gave me a new twcnty-dollar bill
to change. He did that for five
straight mornings and got sus-
! picious. / had one of the bills cx-
amined and it was okcy. Later l
found out he was cashier of a bank.
Sometimes think I'll write about
some Of the things / see, but get
kick out of it. even without writ
! ing"
What has happened to the derby
nat, the ola iron Kelly! 1t has be-
come so rare on Broadway that a
man wearing one becomes mark of
attention. Not one man in thou
sand here wears a derby.
| Karl Kitchen is rather anxious
to know why ladies of the chorus
wear pink tights. And Robert Gel
lert tells him that it is for the same
reason firemen wear red suspenders.
The hallmark of success in New
York, it seems to me, is to live in a
roof bungalow. OF course. nobody
can afford to pay the rent on an
ordinary bungalow in Manhattan
One Of the latest roof bungalowists
is Patterson McNutt, quondam news
paper reporter and now a playwright.
| JAMES w. DEAN.
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
Concerning Indians

The possibility that the American Indian is the
descendant of tribes that originally roamed the
plains OF China is brought forward by research
WORK done by DR.. Edward Sapir, Canadian an
thropologist and language expert
Dr. Sapir says that he finds marked similarity
between the original primitive Chinese dialects and
the dialects of the American Indians
This would lead him to believe he saws that tn,
indians were descended from tribes which made
their way from China across Siberia and into Amer
lea ty way of Alaska in the days when a land bridge
connected the two continents
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09
ADVENTURES NJ! gE] E
QMe TWINS
bY OLIVE POBERTs IARTOE

Lets ask rddIes,' said Nancy.
They're more fun than Il boH Of
Monkeys
'Do YOU know any," asked Mister
Corn Dodger in surprise.
Lots" said Nancy. THAT is, |
know one. No-I know two."
"Wcll, that's Il beginning anyway
said Mister Dodger. I'VE arc now
going to have some riddles. VIII
everybody, please, be seated again"
For. after Humpty Dumpty's story,
all the High Jinks' people had stood
right up. so he couldn't tell another
As the Scare Crow whispered to the
Sweep, it was the worst he'd ever
heard.
"All ready" said Mister Dodgcr
a buttin'?"
"A buttonhole,' cried all the High
Jinks people together. "That's easy"
"Oh, is it?' said Nancy. "Wcll
you're wrong. 1t isn't buttonho!e.
It's goat
"Well. ! declared" said the Scare
Crow. That's right. They do. pvc
seen them myself. But Oh say!
know something else that goes round
a buttin', too, so do!'
whats that-a shoe
asked Mister Corn Dodgcr quickly.
mo, sir, | don't know what that
is,' said the Scare Grow. ITS a
cross old daddy sheep. He can butt
like everything"
Some people like to talk lot"
said Mister Corn Dodger severely
THAT may be true, but the right
answer to the riddle is goat. GOAT!
Goat"
81 know another one like it, said
Nancy.
Instantly you gould have heard a
pin drop. For nobody wanted to miss
a word when there was a riddle 60
ing on"
"What is buttrc IS? ?" asked Nan
Nobody knew that, Of course. I
shouldn't know myself if | hadn't
looked it up in the dictionary.
But mind you, the Wise Man-Of-
Our-Town \knew. "A buttress," said
he, "is sort of tower that sticks out
on fort or castle. 1t helps you to
see in any direction"
That's right" said Nancy with a
merry nod, which made the flaps on
her starched white cap go flipplty
flop like wings. "But there is an
other kind of buttress. Can you
guess that?"
''Give up" said one High Jinks
person after another. "What other
kind Of buttress is there?"
"A Nanny-goat," said Nancy.
81 could (just laugh myself to
DEATH" said the Wise Man, which
meant that he couldn't do any such
thing. He was completely disgusted
to think that he couldn't guess an
easy riddle like that.
But all the others did laugh heart
lily. THAT was a fine riddle" said
The Bismarck tribune., 1925-11-09

Almost anything can happen some
times. In Mexico, man was shot
by accident.
We had just about forgotten Ar
misticc Day until we saw man wear
ing wrist watch.
1t is estimated cigarets have burn
cd too many holes in shirts.
Missing California messenger with
$4,000 was caught in Georgia. That
was carrying things too far.
About the worst streak of luck to-
day is a Chicago man whose rich
wife is asking for divorce.
Mohammedans believe there are
ten animals in heaven and some peO-
pie will think all ten are hound dogs.
In New York the other day, they
imported some imported cheese in
stead of making it in the United
States.
: If jazz music isn't dying it ought
to hush.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc)
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