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COLUMBUS NOT FIRST

If asked who first conceived the idea that the world is round, many persons would instantly give the crdeit to Columbus, as it was thru his belief in the spherical shape of the earth that he undertook the voy1 age which led to the discovery of America,
 AS a matter of fact, the true fig ure of the earth was known to as- tronomers centuries before the birth of Christ, although it appears that the spherical theory never gained wide acceptance among the ancients.
 Erathosthenes, a Greek geometer and astronomer, who flourished in the second century before Christ, is credited with being the first to dis cover the correct principles whereby the figure of the earth might be determined Although his results were inaccurate his method was the same as that followed at the present day.
 Centuries before Erathosthenes, as
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JARDlNE KNOWS FARMING

William M. Jardine, the new secre- tary of agriculture, brings to his inn portant duties exceptional ability and experience, which should make his administration of the department a means of real benefit to the farmers of the country.
 Born on an Idaho farm, he worked on ranches in that state and in Mon- tana in early life and graduated from the agricultural college of Utah, lat CT becoming teacher and investi- gator of farm troubles He has been connected with the Kansas State Ag- ricultural College since 1910 and the president of that institution since 1918.
 He was member of the commits sion appointed by President Coolidge 10 study the needs of the farmers last year and is in sympathy with the presidents views regarding need ed legislation.
 These views do not contemplate any elaborate system of supervision for the farmer, but aim to give him such advice and assistance as may be necessary to encourage the farm CT to help himself, through economi- cal methods of producing and bet ter marketing.
 It is said that strong efforts will be directed by the department to the extermination of insect pests, which have become a positive menace in many sections, also to the conserva- ton of forests and other construc- tive plans, many of which require no new legislation.
 Secretary Jardine appears to have the confidence of the farmers of the country, especially those in. the west, where he is best known. It is safe to say that he will not favor the wis. ionary and expensive schemes which have been proposed, whereby bur den would be placed on the taxpay- CTS without the realization of cores bonding benefits.
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MORE INVESTIGATIONS

An attempt is being made to work up another national scandal over the granting of special rates and privi- leges to members of Congress trav- cling on passenger vessels operated by the United Shipping Board.
 Charges are made that congress men and their families have been furnished transatlantic passage in luxurious suites at minimum fares. The matter will probably be aired at the next session of Congress.
 This means more Investigating committees with their attendant cost to the taxpayers. Regardless of the results of these pending investiga- tions, the people must pay thous- ands of dollars. And the chances are that everybody and everything connected with the affair will be neat ly whitewashed when it is all over.
 There has never been found any way to prevent public officials from taking advantage of their positions for their private benefit. Political pat ronage is distributed to pay political debts. Members of Congress sent out tons of political advertising for themselves through their franking of the Congressional Record, which car ries thousands of speeches never de livered, but inserted in the Record by courtesy. 7 Congressional investigations cost more money than the evils they are supposed to correct. The worst of it is that they do not correct the evils
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AN ALERT SHERIFF

From Steeleville, Mo-, comes the story of a public official on the job whose keen eyes and alert mind saved his fellow citizens from loss and brought gang of bandits to grief.
 When five strange men of suspic. ious appearance drove into town the sheriff. Enke, did not like their looks and suspected they were bank rob bers. He quietly passed the word to a number of business men to get their guns and secret themselves al points near the bank.
 True to his prediction the gang shortly afterward drove up, one re- mained in the car and the other men entered the bank where they forced the cashier and bookkeeper into a vault and seized the cash.
 As they emerged with their booty a score of guns and pistols moved them down, two being killed, two wounded, while the fifth escaped One citizen was wounded, but not seri ousIy
 Daylight bank robberies have be- come extremely frequent lately in many parts of the country and in most cases the bandits have secured large SllmS and made thpir oScane in high-powered automobiles.
 Only by the utmost vigilence can these gangs be broken up and Sher if Enke by his prompt and decisive action performed a distinct public service, not only to his local com munity, but to the country at large His exploits should be given the wid est publicity as an object lesson tt the criminal element
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ARE OUR TIMES BETTER?

In recent sermon New Jersey pastor made a statement that sounds quite familiar, as follows:
 There is lawlessness everywhere. Children no longer obey their par ents. It is evident that the end of the age is at hand''
 Then the pastor told his congrega- tion that the words were not origin al with him, not even an utterance of the present day They were translated from an inscription on a brick found in the ruins of ancient Assyria, dating centuries before the time of the patriarch Abraham.
 Records which have been preserv- ed during all periods of recorded his tory give evidence of similar condi- tions existing in the world. Some times an improvement is noted; again lawlessness and violence become a lot more prevalent than ever.
 While present day conditions are bad enough, it seems that on the whole they are better than in the past. There is more thought given to the relief of suffering, to the bet terment of industrial conditions, to mutual helpfulness and like matters of benefit to humanity than in for mer times.
 Although the world war has appar. ently given civilization a severe set. back in some respects, we must re. member that war has marked the history of every generation of man kind. The same is true of lawless. ness, oppression and every other man. Hesitation of immortality.
 These will always exist in greater or less degree, so long as good and evil struggle for mastery in the heart and mind of man."
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closed it's doors to avoid being thrown

closed it's doors to avoid being thrown into bankruptcy.
 In this statement the merchant set forth the principal reasons for the stores failure to maintain the pres tige and prosperity it had enjoyed in times past He said:
 Perhaps the greatest contribution to our failure, is the fact that four years ago our firm, because we thot the rate was too high, discontinued all advertising in the NewsGazette. We tried other forms of advertising to supplant the News-Gazette, but found none that was effective. Our business continued on the downhill grade. Seemingly our friends had forgotten about us. The fault was ours.'
 In every city and town there are stores which have from time to time made the serious mistake to which Mr. Murdock confesses in such a manly fashion.
 People look to their newspaper for their store news No amount of handbills, circulars, sign-boards or other devices can take the place of the newspaper that gose in the home and is read by every member of the family.
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 tronomers regarded the earth as a sphere, but generally considered it as the center of the univeres. It is said that Pythagoras born in 582 B. C., was the first to declare that the earth revolved around the sun, but he only taught this secretly to few chosen disciples.
 Many persons today do not be- lieve, or pretend not to believe, that the world is round. Among these may be mentioned Overseer Voliva and hiss community at Zion, H., al- though Rev. Voliva is a college grad uate, uses all modern scientific ap- pliances and is an ardent radio fan.
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MERCHANT coNFEssEs

An unusual statement was recent 1y published in the News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill.,, signed by E. L. Mur- dock, head of a former leading lad ies' ready-to-wear store, which had
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Monograph records now in the British museum preserve the voices of Queen Victoria, Gladstone, Tenny- son, Florence Nightingale and other notables of the past.
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Early man preserved fish by freez- ing, drying, salting and smoking, be- fore he learned to carve hieroglyph- ics on the rocks.
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Poorly nourished trees at the Uni versity of California, are being fed by hypodermic injections.
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Another cable between England and America will be laid at a cost of five million dollars.
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Japan will shortly establish it's first air mail and passenger service be- tween Osaka and other cities.
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More than 85 per cent of the popu- lation of Egypt are tillers of the soil.
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Chinese living in northern Aus tralia relish a dish of octopus and herbs.
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Newspapers of France are prohib- ited from publishing news of divorc- es.
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Gateway want-ads bring results.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Hard to Cope With
Fire Beyond Reach

In score of different places In
these islands underground fires are
smOldering. Some have been alight for
many years and are fair limitations Of
volcanoes on small scale. The fuel
il most cases Is coal.
A pit between Ayr and Girvan
caught fire in 1S47 and was still burn
ing at the beginning Of the present
century. "The Steaming Bug" the
country folk call it.
LandOre, an important junction sta
tiOn near Swansea, was for some time
rendered useless by an underground
fire said to be burning in old chemical
and metal refuse. The platforms were
hot and the whole place was poisoned
by fumes. The town Of Dudley has
suffered severely from a slow burning
going on deep beneath it's foundations
which at one time threw out fumes of
deadly gas, half-pOisoning many peo-
pie.
1t Is easy to understand coal catch
ing fire, but more difficult to compre-
bend land blazing up. Yet this phe-
nomenon happens quite frequently.
Some years ago there was remark
able outbreak at Halsall Moss, near
Birkdale. A potato farmer piled un.-
slaked lime on one Of his fields and
set fire to the peaty soil that had been
rendered bOne-dry by q month Of sun
shine. A wind got up and soon three
obi h.
into the ground.
Two years ago there was a similar
outbreak near Shrewsbury. The burn.
ing Of pile Of brushwood started It.
The fire caught into the roots of a
great tree and five weeks later the tree
crashed down. Then the whole earth
was found to be aflre, and the fire
spread until winter rains put 1t out
London Tit-Bits.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Wasted

Rev. Lawrence Redfern Of Liverpool,
who Is at present In this country, told
his friends the other day that his col
league, Rev. John c. Ballantyne, was
unable to come over on account of
illness. While he was kept indoors,
his friends sent him many tokens of
their affection. Flowers came In great
profusiOn, so that one day the living
room was virtually filed with them.
The English maid, passing through.
stopped and, with qulrk of her thumb
upward, said, "Thlnk Of it, and i'm
alvin yet."-Christian Register.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Let Chin Foliage Go
Rather Than Worry

The old man had always worn
whiskers. He had q curious friend
who one day got courage enough to
ask one question that long had puz-
Zled him.
Say, john" he said, when night
comes, do you sleep with your whis-
kers under the covers or on top Of the
covers?"
"Well," replied the whiskered man.
I've never really noticed" So the
whiskered man began puzzling in his
own mind whether the whlskers were
under the covers or on top. That
night he placed the whiskers beneath
the covers, and that didn't seem right.
He put the whlskers on top Of the
covers, and that didn't seem right.
So he got out of bed, shaved them
off and has been without whiskers
since.-Indianapolis News.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Had Overlooked Something

Mrs. Newlywed was good cook and
housekeeper and very proud of her
home. One day her husband went
hunting and brought home wild duck
She determined to excel all previous
cooking and consulted cookbook She
read: Cook duck 20 minutes" So
she prepared 1t and baked it in the
oven for 20 minutes, placed 1t on the
table with the rest of her dinner and
called hubby to the feast. The bird
was raw. She looked again in the
book and read: Cook duck 20 min
utes for each pound.".
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Degeneration

"The American people used to read
Thoreau and Emerson. Today their
idea Of intellectual enjoyment Is to
gloat over films Of pretty girls in
bathtubs."
The Boston critic, Everett p.
Wheeler, was addressing a women's
union. He, went on:
"A sightseeing motor bus was Gid.
ing through Boston's historic streets.
The man with the megaphone was
raising the instrument to his lips for
another spiel when pretty girl gave
his coat tail yank and said impa.
tiently: ...
Jaw, say, cut out that heavy stun
You've told us enough about the
splendid Oliver Wendell Holmes OF
Boston. Now can't you show us In
side q few Of them for q change"
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Absolutely Perfect Ruler

c. G. Peters of the bureau of stand
ards, Washington, has completed a new
ruler, which he thinks will be absolute
ly free from mathematical error and
therefore the most accurate in the
world. 1t has a scale with rulings only
five one hundred thousandths Of an
inch wide and spaced with an accuracy
of at least two millionths Of an inch.
Completion of the ruler upsets the old
saying that nothing made by man can
be perfect as scientists declare the
scale Is free from error. The new
scale will be used in the celebration
Of mlcrometer microscopes.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
The Original and Relate Remedy
for catarrh
Sold Everywhere
Tablets or Liquid
On estarrh 60 the

Mr.. K. M. Collins of Woodhaven,
N. Y, says, "Instead of plodding
through my work YEARLY on account
of sick headaches and sour stomach,
now enjoy good health and ambition,
can do more and better work and life
is worth living. have never before
given my name to advertise a medicine,
but you cannot imagine how different
feel since l discovered Carriers Little
Liver Pills."
Carriers Little Liver Pills tonic tho
whole system through the liver and
bowels. They act as a mild and efec-
tive laxative, in a gentle manner with
out any bad after effects.
Recommended and for sale by all
drug stores.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

comrade, and, convinced that this was
no false alarm, rushed into the engine
house. A moment later the street be-
low resounded with the rumble Of
trucks, the whang Of gongs, and the
rush Of the surging crowd. In this
focal point Of cosmopolitan New York,
where quarter Of a million people
are located within q stones throw Of
u common center, the elements of a
stirring scene are always at hand. At
the sound Of the alarm, Cinnamon
crept from their basement hunks In
Mott street-reeking with opium and
dazed by the noise; long-halred He
brews tumbled into the alley from
their sweat shops; swarthy Italians
came pell-mell from their novels; and
the Arab lost his fez, which, In the
surging crowd, was trampled under
foot. BY the time that the engines
and hook-and-ladder company reached
the alley they found 1t damned with a
mass Of excited humanity, whose eyes
were focused upon tiny white bundle
that swayed in mid-air, 70 feet above
the pavement. At once the firemen
realized that they had been duped;
but the necessity for effort did not
escape them. Up shot the great lad
ders, one above another, and then an
agile rescuer began the swift ascent.
The crowd cheered in babel of
tongues; but as the climber reached
the last few rounds, and began creep.
ing out over the slender threads
toward the precious prize. hush feli
upon the multitude. Now he was al.
most there-nOw he stood directly
under the dangling mite-now he put
forth his hand with EXTREMIST caution.
The crowd stood on tiptOe. Not soul
breathed. Then, just as the strong
hand touched the hem Of the little
frock, the child began struggling once
more, this time so violently that, In
the very moment Of apparent safety
1t slipped from the moose and fell.
In that moment even the hardened
faces Of the multitude below, accus.
toned to sights Of all degrees of dan.
ger and wickedness, blanched with ter.
ror; eyes bleared by drink or opium
were shudderingly averted from the
awful scene that seemed Inevitable.
Meantime the tiny bundle Of humanity,
In its wild plunge downward, struck q
rope stretched across the alley hang
ing full Of wet clothes. The strand
broke with the strain, and the child
was lost in the flying mass of
white. few stray rags futtered
down-but the baby 1t had disap-
peared like a wrath. Strong arms out
stretched to make desperate effort
to catch the flying waif fell helpless
at many a side. The vast crowd stood
speechless, dumfounded.
An instant later deaf old Irish |
woman In the second-story tenement |
looked up from her work and gave
shrill cry Of surprise as she saw crawl |
ing through the window that led from !
the fire-escape where she had just laid |
her feather-bed to air, an almost naked |
child with scarlet bars around its
little body. "By all the saints to-
gether" she cried, dropping on her |
knees, IF thot kid didn't rain down !,
from heaven OIL niver say another
pather nOster as long as llve!"
And 1t took the combined el0quence |
Of Shingles and his distracted mother
to convince the old lady of the child's
earthly origin.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
A Vanishing Art

With the death of Horatio Amos,
one of the last survivors of the old
Pequot Indians at Mashpee, the art of
making the Cape Cod type of aborig-
inal back basket from white oak
splints is another step nearer vanish
Ing.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
SOME MIDDLE:AGED women
ARE A|L|NG ALL THE Time
Mrs. Alderman and Mrs. Mayer Tell Women How
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
Helped Them at This Trying Period

it, and before she had taken ono
bottle she said to me, You won't
have to pay for it! It is helping me
wonderfully! And she took three
bottles of it. You can use my testi-
monial if you wish. - Mrs. ELSIE
ACKERMAN, Convoy, Ohio.
Mrs. Mayors Experience
Litchfeld, CONN., have given
your medicine fair trial u am on
my fifth bottle) and can truthfully
say that 1t has helped me. I am at
the Change of Life and was not able
to sleep nights, had Indigestion, pal
pitation Of the heart, pains in my
right and left sides (more so if I hur-
ried), had a rapid beating in my left
ear and dreaded to see night come.
! felt smothered if lay on my left
side, I had gas dreadfully, at times
felt as if some one had me by the
throat, had hot waves through me
and sometimes / would shake in spells
of nervousness. I am taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and I cannot praise it enough. I can
say it does all it claims to do and
can recommend it to my friends. I
can sleep much better, the pains in
my sides are gone, i am not so ner-
vous, my digestion is much better,
and ! very seldom have the hot waves.
I must say that the Vegetable Com
pound is the best medicine for wo-
mems ills and I will answer letters
from women asking about it. -
Mrs. JOSEPH MAYER, SR., Box SO,
Litchfield, Connecticut.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Reckless Motorists

Practically every day last year a
Long Island railroad crossing gate
was broken by motorlst. who crashed
through after the gates had been low
cred, according to the statistics Of the
railroad company. The same average
Of one broken gate day is continuing
this year.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Fortune in Inuenfion

John A. Spencer of Cambridge,
Mass, invented thermometer device
which he sold for $1,OOO,OOO. He con-
ceived the device when he was only
fifteen years old. 1t will be used to
control automatically currents in cleo.
trical apparatus of various kinds.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Convoy, Ohio.-''During the Change
of Life was weak and rundown and
could hardly do my work. By reading
your advertisements I found out about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and it has Strengthened me
right out and made me feel like new
woman. By the time I had taken
eight bottles was we'll and could do
my homework on the farm without
trouble. ! recommended it to my
daughter-in-law after her second baby
was born and it did her a wonderful
lot of good. 81 told her to try it and
If it didn't help her I would pay for
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Candy Slab Tombstone

M. Francisco was born In Italy and
came to this country in 1860. He was
candy-maker and made his home in
Danville, Va. He died there recently.
In his will he stipulated that the three
marble slabs on which he cooled his
products be used for his tombstone
SO now the candy slabs contain his
epitaph instead of his taffy.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Freshen a Heavy Skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented, economical face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes superfuous.
One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap,
Ointment, Talcum). Advertisement.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Women Letter-Corriers

Women as letter-carriers in Great
Britain have proved success, accord
Ing to Sir William Mitchell-Thomson
postmaster general, who said recently
that 1920 women were in the employ
Of the department in that capacity.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Plan Airplane Survey

Plans are being made for the air
plane mapping Of portions Of south
eastern Alaska as a cooperative en-
terprise between the United States
navy and the United States geological
survey.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Every mother of little tots should
keep an antiseptic within easy reach
when children come in with bruised or
cut fingers. Cleaning the wound i'm
mediately will often prevent infection.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Many a man puts up bluff with
out paying enough attention to the
foundation thereof.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

About the rarest thing in the world
is small boy who looks happy when
he Is dressed up.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

1t Is impious in a good man to be
ad-Shakespeare.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

If you would be happy, let the other
fellow do the worrying.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

One hates to be jealous, but, like
worry, 1t Is one Of those things you
can't help.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
Interesting Facts

Some mouths seem to be framed to
do nothing but give orders.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

1t Is pretty hard to tighten monot-
ony with philosophy.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

honesty Is the best policy had evident
ly tried them all.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

No one should blame Neptune for q
second hipwreck.-Preault.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Was this a happier world when $6t
q month made both ends meet?
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

The people who don't know right
from wrong are generally in the
wrong.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Stir up a mans sentiment II you
wish to convince him, not his sense OF
logic.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Do not hurry; do not furry; moth
ing good Is got by worry.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

A woman never tires Of shopping a.
long as E,r hair stays in curl.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Some men sow sefshness and real
success.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Virtue Is it's own reward. 1t seldom
gets an encore.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10

Marriage soon cures a man of tn,
fattery habit.
The Tomahawk., 1925-09-10
ABOUT
MlGGLES'
ALLEY
By HERMAN BRoWNsoN
90 by Short Story Pub. Coz

60 by Short Story Pub. Col
T us real name was Tim O'Hagan,
- but in Miggles' alley he was
II Familiarity known as Shingles.
This maS hacansa whila O.