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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27
Sextant fo- AOiators

A report from Portugal says that SCI
entists in that country have invented
sextant which enables an air pilot
to find his way through the air by as
tronomical observations alone. The
ordinary sextant used by navfgatOrs Is
I'm instrument for measuring angular
distances; for instance, latitude at sea
can be determined with 1t by taking
the suns altitude at noon. The new
sextant. according to the inventors.
will make 1t possible for an aviator
to disregard the earth entirely. II
such sextant has been invented,
there is little doubt that methods Of
aerial navigation will be materially al
tered.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27
Relics Of Pri,,,iti;pe Tribe

Scientists Of Keio university are re-
ported to have made important discoy-
cries in shell mound which they ex-
cavated recently in the forest of K0-
yasu. near YOkOhOma.
Human bones, earthenware. flint ar
rowheads and ear decorations made of
shells lead anthropologists to believe
they have found evidence Of print
tive tribe which inhabited the land of
the mikado thousands of years ago.
Further excavations in the district are
being planned.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27
Elderly Tripping

Theodore Dresser. the novelist, was
talking at q Greenwich village tea
about veteran critic who had desert
ed his wife and abandoned good job
for 81 country girl of seventeen or
eighteen summers.
"Our poor friends fate" said Mr.
Dresser, shaking his head and smiling
whimsically--"our poor friends sad
fate shows us that you can watch your
step for 80 years and then trip over
a dimple. "-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele.
graph.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27
Maple Flooring

Maple flooring is so close grained
that it is hot advisable to attempt to
stain it; but Its natural color when
waxed or vanished is beautiful and
cheerful rich golden hue. There
are possibly many home builders who
have seen maple used In the home
only in the kitchen, where 1t Is fire.
Quently scrubbed and becomes almost
white.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27
Don't Get Up Nights

John Lumplxins, Dayton, Ohio, says:
"Come to z Carrie St, and I will show
you Is pieces Of gravel that passed
after taking Initiated Buchu (Keller
Formula). Had to get up Is times at
night for two years. Alright Now"
Lithiated Buchu cleanses the bladder
like Epson Salts do the. bowels,
thereby relieving irritation, driving,
out foreign matter and neutralizing
excessive acids. These are the causes
of unnatural action of the bladder at
night. Lithicated Buchu (Keller For
mula) is not a cheap medicine. The
tablets cost cents each. Sold at
leading drug stores or Keller Labora-
tory, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Locally
at w. H. Clarke & Co.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27
Long Horseback Ride

A former English schOolmaster is
making the long trip by horseback
from Buenos Aires to New York In
order to demonstrate the endurance
and hardihood of the Argentine tyne Of
horse. T. A. Tschiffely left BuenOs
Aires April p and four months later
had reached Bolivia. Writing to
friends, he said the animals were in
better condition than at leavi,e. Buenos
AfrnS
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-02-27

The original manuscript of Benja-
min Tranklin's autobiography IL
owned by Henry Huntington Of Los
Angeles and New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
SCIENCE, ROMANCE, RELIGION
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Scientists are, after ALL our true romanticists
They may work with germs or chemical phias. solve
intricate geometrical problems search the mysteri-
GUS secrets of the stars sit entranced over the mira
cles of electricity, air current or plant Ife but
whatever task they do there is in it all the wonder
and strangeness that goes into the widest romance
that brain can conceive.
Many people hold that such men are agnostics or
infdels and that they less influential because
their faith is sometimes not that of tho orthodox
Reason, however, should refute this theory. The
man who spends his life watching the stars who
travels with the solar system, who lives intimately
with the moon and the milky way, cannot but have
something bigger and more reverental in his heart
than we common mortals feel. How could a person
who gazed nightly into the immensely of the heavens
or tramped through swamp aud morass to become ac
quained with plant and animal life who learned the
instincts Of birds and beasts and insects or who ex
erted himself to overcome dsease-how could such r.
man be without the very best of religion?
1t may not be the religion which we hold dear
but is this proof that there may not be something
finer to uphold them than most of us gain from our
thin faith?
The study Of life, from the smallest atom to the
greatest sun, is study of God His miracles and
to the scientist must be given the credit for having
brought the divine to earth than any other
man.
The existence of such men, while their work may
bring them few joys which cherish, is yet filled
with satisfactions and emoluments which the ordi
nary person never comprehends.
The knowledge of some great discovery. the Sc
cret of some hidden truth the thrill of DESTROYING
some inntesimal disease GERM these things are the
finest rewards that life offers to men
1t is only the shortsighted who declare that
knowledge leads away from God
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
SMOG AND
CLOUDS

DR. Herman G. Morgan, city
health officer. says that prolonged
cloudy weather and our we'll
known smog have tended to in
crease ricketts, among Indianapo-
lis children during this past win
ter. They have obstructed the
passage OF the ultraviolet rays
of the sun so essential to health.
And a Cleveland doctor told the
National Academy OF Sciences the
other day that smog hastens teeth
decay. Children's teeth in cities
with an aggressive soft-coal smoke
nuisance are not as good as their
country cousins.
Apparently there is more TO our
smoke nuisance than a streak OF
CRIME behind the ears. soiled linen
and frayed tempers. It's a detri-
ment TO health, the medical sharps
hold. And the smoke ordinance
has a more important function
than simply to afford the smoke
inspector scope for his epistolary
skill.
II the city is so thickly blanket
ed with smoke and clouds that
the sun is continually blotted out.
the city population will eventually
consist only of SCOT particles and
a Jelly-fish type Of humans with
out bones or teeth. A horrid pres
pect.
OF course, a city ordinance is
not binding on Providence. SO
nothing can be done to control the
clouds made in Heaven.
But we can control the clouds
rolling from industrial smoke
stacks and private chimneys. 1t
will never be done by polite cor
respondence with ordinance viola
tors.
The smoke inspector will have
to put teeth In the smoke ebatt
ment campaign or the dentists will
put teeth in the people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
R RlSRE IN INDIANA %R '1f50nS

beer racket. only find dead beer
runners?
And how does It come that
gangsters are able to buy machine
guns with no question asked?
In Indiana a dealer can't sell
a discontinued wife a lady-like
pistol, scarcely powerful enough
to puncture a recalcitrant hus-
band. until the purchaser has OBJ
tanned license to carry a weapon
and complied with the provisions
Of the State law to regulate traffic
in firearms.
in Illinois gun-toting Is like
wise discouraged by law. OF course
our local bandits have no trouble
getting weapons. But even they
don't find It easy to equip them
selves with machine guns.
A machine gun is not an
ubiquitous kitchen utensil. pro-
durable at every hardware or
sporting goods store. Yet appar-
emily Chicago gangsters have no
more difficulty in purchasing ma
chine guns for business use than
In buying candy for the baby.
only a few days ago Mayor
Dever rushed to Washington to
defend the fair name Of Chicago
before Senate committee. He
pictured It as a sweet, law-abiding
community. Every day he Is
having a harder time to prove It
a nice quiet town.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
A TWO-MINUTE
PAUSE

Police Chief johnson proposes
a two-minute halt in all city ac-
tivities at noon tomorrow-in the
midst OF the general observance of
May day as Child Health day-in
memory OF thirteen Indianapolis
boys and girls, who died In traffic
accidents last year.
It is hoped that every citizen
will employ the two-minutes' in
the days activities in bordering
upon the terrible toll Of children in
traffic accidents.
II they do so, the Observance
will promote street safety. At any
rate the idea should stop some Of
our reckless drivers for two
minutes at least, which will con-
tribute that much to the cause Of
protecting the lives Of children.
And such impressive public OBJ
servance may cause some careless
drivers to think, with consequent
Improvement in traffic casualty
statistics.
Thirteen boys and girls crushed
to death under the wheels OF
vehicular traffic is blot on our
alleged civilization. An unneces-
sary sacrifice to recklessness.
But don't think because you
pause for two minutes tomorrow
you have done your fun duty in
20 ZOE
eco minutes in a year. Think of
the children the other 525,95S
minutes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
Billy Purl and Company Top Big Show
at the Palace Today and Saturday

They say good things sometimes
come late, in this instance, meaning
the Palace show for today and to-
morrow. the old saying is true. The
bill for today and tomorrow is ire
proachable as far as entertainment
value goes.
Billy Purl and company have a
miniature musical comedy sketch in
which the action is all laid in that
remote region Of hades. We hope
that this is our only glimpse Of this
certainly has a nice place to live
in in this act. There are Ave girls
who hare been well chosen for the
dancing and color effects and a very
able comedian In the person of Billy
Purl.
The two Rozellas are a man and
woman who contribute much to the
fun In the way OF odd musical In
struments. The woman plays In a
fine way the piano and the man
brings out melody from about all
the properties in the act. A melody
that has long been forgotten by
most people creeps into this act. Do
you remember the tune the little
German bands used TO play, ZACH
Der Leiber Augustine?"
Kafka, Stanley and Mae is an
aerial act that is quite a bit more
imposing than the usual type. The
features are the hanging by the
heels Of tks woman and one OF the
men and a twisting feat by one Of
the men on a rope in which he
throws his body up around the rope
for fifty times, hanging only by one
hand. The act probably is the best
OF its kind that we have seen dur
ing the past winter and spring.
Shapiro and O'Malley are two
men whose efforts are some
humorous slapstick comedy and
several songs by one OF them. The
comedy member Of the team is good
in making falls.
Carmen and Ross, two women.
have several songs. mostly comedy,
about getting married, and provide
some more laughs for the bill.
Blll 1nCluueS pnOlopldy' AHo
Wheel" with Harrison Ford and a
news Reel.
At the Palace today and tomorrow.
By the Observer.)
r +
other theaters today offer.
silence" at English's; Margaret
Young at Keiths; Antzi at the
Lyric; Lets Get Married" at the
Ohio; Sandy at the Colonial;
Beverly OF Graustark" at the
Apollo: THE Great Sensation" at
the Isis; Francis Renault and
Mike" at the Circle and burlesque
at the Broadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

said to him: ''It Is impossible to
look upon such wonders as the fer
tli2ation Of orchards without seeing
that they are the effect and express
sion Of mind" Mr.. Darwin looked
at the duke for a moment in silence
and then said: well, that some
times comes over me, but them"
and he vaguely shook his head, 1T
seems to go away" What was the
trouble? For many years Mr.. Oar
win had given every moment Of
his time and every particle Of his
strength to the study of roots and
seeds and flowers, OF eggs and birds
and beasts, to the neglect Of his spir-
ltual nature, and at last in his lat
ter years he found that his spiritual
faculties had decayed.
This experience has been repeated
In the lives OF many Of the worlds
scientists. Neglecting the spiritual,
and devoting themselves wholly to
research in the realm Of the ma.
terial, the inner light OF the spirit
failed, leaving them in spiritual
darkness.
Copyright. 1926, by John r. Gunn)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
A NICE
QUIET TOWN

Three men standing together in
'front.' OF a saloon. A curtained
automobile drives up and stops.
A machine gun is pushed through
a flap in the curtain and bullets
spray. Dead: one assistant States
attorney and two gangsters. The
curtained automobile speeds away.
Thus eye-witnesses describe the
latest outbreak Of Chicago's gang
warfare, Beer runners war" ex-
plain police authorities.
Even Herrin must take of its
hat to Chicago. Herrin killings
are old-fashioned, small-town stuff.
There rival feudists casually meet
and shoot 1t out face to face with
pistols. In Chicago they NOW
each other down with machine
guns.
Perhaps Chicago police are do
ing all in their power to put down
lawlessness and the murder orgy
in the city. But how does It come
that rival gangs of beer runners"
easily find each other and kill each
other, while the police, though
they seem to know all about beer
running and who's who in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
A Sermon for Today
BY Rev. John r. Gum.


Text: Became vain in their i'm
aginat1ons and their foolish heart
was darkened. ...,.... and even as
they did not like to retain God IN
their knowledge, God gave them over
to reprObate mind. Rom. /. 21-28.
Paul is here speaking of the IN
believing, pagan world. Because
they did not like to retain God in
their knowledge. but preferred their
own vain Imagination. their foolish
heart was darkened. and God gave
them over to a reprobate mind.
The "reprobate mind" referred to
here is not necessarily q morally
depraved mind It may be, and
often is, such. But one may be NOR
ally clean. and yet pursue a course
Of materialistlc thinking until his
sense Of spiritual understanding be-
comes so vitiated that he cannot
perceive spiritual knowledge. This
deterioration Of the spiritual facul-
ties Of the mind sometimes reaches
the point where a man reprobates,
disowns, abandons. rejects the light
Of all spiritual truth and knowledge
Of God.
This evidently has happened to
Luther Burbank, who for so many
years has devoted himself TO scien.
tic research in the horticultural
realm and now announces to the
world that God and immortality
mean nothing to him. The same
thing happened to Charles Darwin.
the great English scientist and
father OF the modern theory Of evo-
luton. 1t was Darwin's original
plan TO be a clergyman. He tells us
that once while standing amidst the
grandeur OF the Brazilian forest he
wrote in his journal these words:
1t Is impossible to describe ade-
quately the higher feelings Of Won
der, admiration and devotion that
fill and elevate the mind" But
later in his life the grandest scene
would not give rise to such feel
ings. One day the Duke OF Argyle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
A HARBINGER
OF SPRING

Indiana filing stations boosted
the price of gasoline l cent a gal
lon yesterday. Standard Oil OF
Indiana announced the hike and
the other distributors. as usual,
fell in line, without a struggle.
The advance is a sure harbinger
OF spring. Spring wouldn't be
spring If gasoline prices failed to
go up.
OF course, the OIL men say the
advance IS due to memorable eco
nomic conditions, increasing de-
mand. lower output of crude oil,
higher prices paid for crude, and
dwindling supply in storage. Just
the necessary price adjustment die
tated by the law of supply and
demand.
AL of which sounds reasonable.
But the same day gas prices we're
liked. the weekly summary Is
sued by the American Petroleum
Institute showed an average daily
increase OF Is. $50 barrels in crude
oil production for the week In
the United States. To the plain
motorist, who consumes gas, the
advance in price seems to be
mostly because the oil companies
can get it.
The 1-cent boost viii cost Hoo
sier motorists in the aggregate of
approximately S250.000 a month.
Years ago the wicked oil trust
was dismembered by the Su-
preme Court. But apparently the
fragments Of the octopus and its
competitors don't know the crea-
ture IS dead. Its soul goes march
ing on. setting prices and pick
ing up a fat additional profit as
easily as If the original trust was
intact.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
Circus Facts

The Sells F1oto Circus and
Buffalo Bill Wild West arrived
this morning. The show
grounds are at w. Eighteenth
st. and the Belt Railroad,
reached by the Riverside street
car line.
The usual afternoon and eve
ming performances will be given
at 200 and 500 p. m. but the
doors open an hour before each
performance to allow ample
time to view the menagerie.
At one o'clock in the after
noon there will be an animal
lecture for children In the cdr
Gus zoo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
THE
VERY IDEA!
by Hal Cochran
Old STUFF

Vacation time is DRAWN nigh
the time, OF course, when you and l
are plannin' on a rest. We pick the
weeks that At our plan and then a
flock OF pamphlets scan to md the
place that's best.
We press our outing clothes and
such and pack trunk with much
too much. And then we're set Ia go.
A belt line trains the one we take
to chug up to some far off lake,
where summer breezes blow.
Right on the bank. a cottage At.
IS Just the place to loaf bit What
more could one desire2 OF course,
OF home there's not a trace. Just
dampness ell around the place We
have to build a fire.
The running water" doesn't run.
The oil stoves anything but fun.
The mattresses 'er hard. The front
door has a busted lock. The lights
go out at 10 o'clock. All boist'ro
ness is barred.
Vacation comes but once a year
an every time the spell is here we
meet the game oil fate. With every
trace of comfort shy. it always
makes me wonder why. we call va
cation great"
The hurdy-gurdy mans Job Is
daily grind, in which one good turn
deserves another.
sss
Mother told sonny not to go UP In
the attic to play-but he did And
that's why she called him down.
80
A married man may lean Demo
cratic or Republican. but the party
10 really belongs TO is his wife.
sss
How do you know the earth is
rOund?"
Said teacher; "teH me that"
But Johnny wouldn't argue, so
He said, "All right--it's fat"
The only objection father has to
house cleaning is beating the rugs,
washing the windows, tidying up the
cellar and burning the rubbish.
The great army OF flower lovers
will soon be plucldng blossoms hap
hazard from hill and valley. And
that's what makes the wild flowers
wild.
Usually when nail is crooked It
was driven to 1t by a woman.
She was a sweet little dumb bride
who wanted her hubby to bring her
another mouse trap. because the
one he brought her a couple OF
night ago had a mouse in 1t.
Old Man Opportunity IS the only
one who has a right to be a knocker.
There are two classes of terrible
memories. with women. One doesn't
remember anything-and the other
remembers everything.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

How many ships and men are in'
the American Asiatic fleet and is
their position with the fleet perma-
nent?
The Asiatic fleet is composed of
fifty-six vessels, including subma-
rines. airplane carriers, etc, In ad.
dition there are four or FIVE dis
trict craft at the naval 1tatlon at
Cavite, p. I. The number of en-
listed men with the Asiatic fleet was
about 1916 on Feb. 2S, 1923. This
is exclusive Of 1902 Marines. The
feet can be withdrawn at any time
or a vessel can be ordered to leave
the fleet and report to other points
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
NUMBER THIRTEEN

Officially the name of Senator James E. Watson
is listed on the primary ballot as No 49,
That is appropriate. The number is in disre-
pute and to many is prophetic of disaster
1t requires no such chance red light to warn
the voters of the Republican party Of what Is quite
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

Who won the American national
open golf championship in 1925?
William MacFarlane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

Is clay used in the manufacture or
sugar.
Not any more "a the process is
now considered Anticipated. 1t is
still employed in making sorghum
molasses in some country DISTRICTS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

How can grease stains be removed
from brick?
First, apply benzol to the greasy
portion Of the brick with a rag or
piece Of waste until it has pene.
trated to some extent Keep It moist
ened for several minutes and then
apply a poultice made as follows
Dissolve about ounces Of soap pow
der in one gallon Of hot water and
stir in a mixture of parts hydrated
lime and one part plaster Of paris
until 1t is the consistency Of NOR
tar. Plaster this over the stain to
depth Of one-half inch and leave
it on for two or three days or un-
til thoroughly dry. If the stain Is
deep this operation may have to be
repeated in order to remove it on.
tirely.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
FABLES IN FACT

ONCE THERE WAS A TRAMP
WHO WAS VERY HUNGRY DASH
DASH so HUNGRY COMMA IN
FACT COMMA THAT HE HAD
BEEN EATING GRASS PERIOD
FINALLY HE WENT UP TO THE
DOOR OF A NICE LOOKING
HOME AND TOLD THE LADY OF
THE HOUSE OF HIS PREDICA-
MENT PERIOD QUOTATION
MARK so YOU'VE BEEN EATING
GRASS COMMA QUOTATION
MARK SAID SHE PERIOD QUO
TATION MARK WELL THAT GER
TAINLY IS TOO BAD COMMA
AND I'M GLAD TO HELP YOU
OUT PERIOD QUOTATION MARK
so SHE SUGGESTED THAT HE
GO ROUND TO THE BACK YARD
DASH DASH DASH WHERE THE
GRASS WAS LONGER PERIOD
Copyright. 1876. NEA Service
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

When were Indian-head one-cent
pieces first coined?
In 1893
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

What are the dimensions Of French
Lick Springs Hotel and the West
Baden Hotel, respectively? Give
number of rooms in each?
French Lick Springs Hotel has
length Of 900 feet from end to end
ana contains $50 rooms. The West
Baden Hotel atrium is 200 feet in
diameter and contains 708 rooms.
Who were the English Lake
Poets"
Wordsworth, Southey and Cole
ridge, who lived about the lakes Of
Cumberland. There was much sim.
ilarity in their style and they We're
founders of a school of literature
Lamb, Lloyd and Wilson belonged
to the same school.
Who said Give me liberty or give
me dtathP
Patrick Henry.
Can a commissioned officer In the
organized reserves also enlist in n
local National Guard?
Yes. If, however, he accepts a
commission IN the National Guard ii
must be in the same branch Of the
service and Of the same grade as
his commission In the organized re
serves, otherwise. he must have his
commission in the organized re,
serves changed to correspond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30

Is brass a pure metal or is II an
alloy?
1t Is an alloy OF other metals
usually copper and zinc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-04-30
Questions
and
Answers

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