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been found at sea more than 1000
miles from land f1uttering on for hun
dreds of miles tirelessly but with an
air of being completely exhausted
perhaps natures supreme example OF
the ability to tap reserve power.
Specimens of the Mediterranean
flour moth which reproduces five gen
erations in one year and would over
run the Mediterranean basin in six
months but for its very active ene'
mics.
Butterflies which exterminate them
selves by vainly striving to feed on
fast.running rivers, where they drown
by millions. Racial hara-kiri.
OF course the real secret of these
perpetual bankruptcies is that James
John Joicey receives rare specimens
from accredited collectors all over the
world, and if these tend to strengthen
and round out his great collection he
accepts them and pays for them
suitably" That is, it appears he
does not haggle over questions of
price. Thus the money goes.
Then from time to time he decides
that the field work in Peru or British
Guiana is backward and he straight
way equips and sends forth an expe'
dition. His long.suffering bankers
honor drafts upon him from all over
the world
Eventually he ruins short. His
credit ceases at the bank and, alb
sorbed in the one passion, fiercely de-
termined that nothing shall interrupt
the flow of specimens into the Hill
Museum. he HES him to money lend
ers, borrows anywhere from $4,000
Q "A Il I1fe hall saf
the bank. The interest, which runs
anywhere from so to 100 per cent,
according to the evidence before Mr..
Justice Harrington. rolls up fast and
buries James John Joicey deep in
arrears!
Joicey's father was the late Major
William Joicey. one of the owners
of the great Lambton collieries in
Durham, who left to his widow an
estate of $4,000 900 when he died in
1912. Joicey himself cannot touch a
penny of the capital, which the mother
controls and which will pass to trus-
tees on her death. But Joicey can,
and does, pledge his income freely and
i'm advance This makes him shin.
ing target for money lenders, one of
whom. according to the evidence. re-
Gently loaned Joicey $l1 500 for which
he made him sign note for $4,000
payable in two months! However,
this brought the whole shaky struc.
ture to the ground. and it is doubt
full If that particular. money lender
Will recover more than few thou
sand dollars during the next five years.
No one can suggest that Joicey has
any relish for the publicity which he
has reluctantly achieved. There is. in
fact. not single hint of his curious
career in the brief. reticent biography
which he has furnished to the English
who's Who:
james John Joicey. F. Y. q. S..
f. L. s.. +. u. S., +. +. s.. r. +. II. s..
naturalist and entomoloSist. having
one of largest colectionssef Lepidop.
terra in the world at Hill Museum,
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fields to find a sheep which he knew
had strayed or had fallen into the
river.
A DOG Of strange, tumultuous jeal'
"A ousies and incomprehensible ten
derness So rough was he when herd
inr the sheen that Leon Surcrenon
was always shouting. "Caliban stop
biting that sheep OF Ill beat your
ugly brains out"'
Caliban would stop short. regard
his master with a long, disda1nfui
stare and then look back at the sheep
as il to say. "Those silly things What
difference does it make whether / bite
their heels or not'
And yet that was the dog that.
after seeing the sheep into the corral
one Winter afternoon when bllZz. i
was threatening to blow down from
the North, did not come into the house
10 dream and twitch under the Kitchen
stove, as was his custom. When dark
ness fell, Leon noticed the dogs alb
sence with unconcern and then with
growing uneasineSs. The rising Wlnd
flung itself viciously upon doors and
windows, the white snow whlrled
np against the panes with sharp
sibiiant furries. Leon went to the
door and called. The blizzard drove
his voice back in his throat; the wind
buried him against the portals and
drove an icy blast OF snow into the
hall.
Leon Surprenon was not the man to
he daunted by storm. Fe remem'
hered that after the gates we're shut
Caliban had stood steadily gazing
away toward the dim fields. where
the menacing curtain of oncoming
wind and snow was blotting out the
contours Of stream and distant forest.
So he took the lantern and fought
his way out into the terrible night
out toward the sheep corrals. and
then out toward the visible helds
beyond the stream. A mile he went
perhaps more-fghting his way
against the fury Of the storm. II
was out by the cluster of trees that
marks the east line of the ranch
that he met Caliban.
The dim light of the lantern threw
p weak golden circle against the driv
ing white mistiness OF the snow. And
;nto The nebulous ring of light came
Caliban, grim, staggering. grotesque
monster looming out of the white
darkness: his mouth strangely mis-
shapen by something he was carrying
"A lamb, newly born. -.
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A Million Lights.

A y expert states that q single one
of the monster electric signs
that illuminate Broadway, New York.
with the brightness of day would suf'
flee to light all the houses in a town
of 10000 population. That sign pro-
duces larger rental than all the
stores in the building above which
it towers so feet into the night. IL
cost $50. 900 just to build it; it con.
tains two miles of electric wiring
and it's message is written in 5000
10-watt tungsten lamps.
From the theater streets below
more persons can see that sign i'm "A
hours than live in the cities of Wash
ington and Portland, Greg. combined.
1t is one of Broadway's % so-called
''spectaculars," which. if put together,
would make nearly two acres of daz-
zling brilliance.
These tremendous flashing lights
show Broadway with the greatest con-
centration of artificial light to he
found anywhere on the earth's sur
face. They represent a $4,000, 900 in
dustry.
In all Manhattan there are nearly
1900 electric signs, of which 5000
are to be seen along Broadway from
it's lower end at the Battery to 135th
street. About 1000 of these are on
restaurants and 500 on theaters.
There are more than a million lights
in the signs on Broadway alone.
One might think that such a tre-
mendous spectacle of light would ap-
pear as haphazard tumble, but
such is not the case. Each sign stands
out from its neighbors in contrasting
colors, as well as in shape and mo-
tion. For Broadway has been scieu-
tificaliy charted. The famous kaisi-
doscope is the creation of highly paid
engineers and artists. Some of them
are constantly strolling the streets at
night to study its possibilities. One
firm holds many unused leases on
every available building where a sign
might conflict with one of the exist
ing signs. 1t costs nearly as much TO
keep black holes in the sky as to fill
other spots with light A. much as
$4,000 is paid for single roof on
which the erection of sign is never
contemplated.
The expense OF the big signs is So
great that enormous pains are taken
in designing them. Before actual cor
struction begins small working
model OF the sign. accurate in every
detail. is built of metal. Then a mo
tton picture is made of the model
while 1t operates.
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which Joicey. at the age of sc. has
squandered half a dozen fortunes are
these:
The largest butterflies in the world.
great gorgeous creatures from South
America measuring more than inches
across the outspread wings.
The smallest, measuring less than
an eighth of an inch across.
A rare.and exquisite specimen from
the German Kamerun valued at $500.
A beautiful butterfly from Mauritius,
now extinct. ..
An English butterfly extinct since
1S45.
Several specimens Of the rare Cam.
berwell Beauty"
A dasfing female of the Endromidae
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The Soul of Caliban
The Story of Ugly Dog and How 1t Became Beautiful

| of the place and shivered when the
wolves howled. far back on the dis
tant slopes. But she loved Leon
Surprenon, and in time became rec.
onciled to the loneliness of the
ranch--still more reconciled when a
SON was born to her and was strong
and healthy and beautiful.
Caliban had accepted the girl
Amele stoically. without apparent re.
sentiment. 1t was as if he knew. that
sooner or later his master would
bring home Il woman to share the
lonely ranchhouse. But the baby
that was u different thing. He had
not bargained on the small intruder
who became at once the lord and
tyrant Of the household. When
Leon took up the baby in his arms
Caliban growled, and his eyes became
a baleful red.
When Leon put the baby in its
crib and spoke to it foolishly. fondly
as all fathers do, Caliban came and
stood beside him, looking down at the
redfaced, crinkly-eyed baby. and again
the dog growled deep in his throat.
One da-- When Leon caressed the
child Caliban spranS, trying to tear
the infant out of his arms. Leon
knocked the dog furiouslv aside and
"Caliban. you fiend." he painted be-
tween blows, ''if YOU ever touch that
baby I'll kill you."
And as il the dog understood he
hunched himself and shut his eyes.
licking his lips as the heavy lash fell
again and again. Then he shook him.
self, stared at his master with somber.
unwavering eyes, and went out of the
house without once looking back.
For a whole week he did not return.
One of the men reported that he had
seen Caliban, in the forest: that the
dog had mated with a female wolf
Leon Surprenon said that it was
not true. and that Caliban would come
back. But Amelie cried out:
NO, no. That dog, he is mon.
my baby was safe"
You misiudge him" Leon said
soothingly. ''He is little jealous Of
the baby, it is true, but he will over
come that in time. An ugly-looking
dog, | grant you, but he is very gentle
nevertheless"
"Gentle-that beast" The girl shut
her eyes and shuddered.
CALIBAN did come back, He ap'
peared at the door one day when
Leon was out looking after the sheep
-sulIen, defiant, his glittering, close
set eyes seeming to question whether
or not he would be welcomed. The
perpetual snarl on his lifted lip and
the ugliness of his powerful body
made him even more repellent to
Amelic. who snatched up her badly
from where he was playing on the
floor, ran with him to the bedroom,
and closed and bolted the door.
But a royal welcome Caliban re.
ceived from the little gray cat. She
dragged herself toward him with pur-
ring sounds of joy. She mewed de.
lightedIy. rubbed against his legs. and
tried TO lick his face. And Caliban,
for the first and last time, bent his
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Leon Surprenon came out and found
the little cat. lie took her up very
gently, and she tried to purr, as he
stroked her quivering, hurt body,
"Caliban," said Leon sternly, that
was not a sportsmanlike thing to do.
I am ashamed of you"
And, to his great surprise. Caliban,
the insolent, the ever-snarling, put
his tail between his legs and skunk
down the steps. He, too. was ashamed.
But Caliban, that ugly. misshapen
dog with the perpetual snarl on his
lifted lip, could make amends. And
10 the best Of his ability he did it.
The gentle little cat did not die, but
never did she fully recover the use OF
her limbs. She had slow. halting
way of walking. and running was an
impossibility. She would have been
an easy prey for the joyous, roistering
dogs that chased cats, not from
enmity, but because 1t was the proper
thing to do.
But Caliban stood between her and
eager, shifting dogs, like n savage,
sinister warrior Too we'll did the
other ranch dogs know the menace Of
, those close-set eyes, the ugly. under,
shot jaw, and the snarl that showed
the glitter of deadly, clamping teeth.
They learned, through experience,
that the little gray cat was not to be
molested.
Not only did Caliban become the
little gray cats protector; he became
| her friend. She would sit on the
J fence and watch for the sheep dogs
! to come up to the house, after the
| DAYS work was done. When the
! other dogs filed past her she paid nc
! attention, realizing perfectly that they
! dared not harm her. But when Call
| ban came, close at the heels OF Leon
Surprenon, she would yawn and
stretch, purr loudly and drop squarely
and lightly ON the big dogs back. He
would carry her gravely into the
| kitchen, lie down while she got
slowly off his back and would lie
under the stove, with the little cat
! purring and rubbing about his face
1t was not In him to show affection
But he permitted her carefully tt
| wash his face and ears, tug at bur:
that matted his heavy coat and tt
sleep between his forefeet.
* X *
NOV it was at this time that Leor
- Surprenon married Amelie NORM
from Dubiqui, and brought her t
the ranch that was bounded by darl
forests and deep. turbulent rivers
She chafed little under the isolation
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Whitley, Surrey; Member of Council of
chronological Society, l920-1923.
=" Travelled Europe. India.
China, Burma. Japan and America.
Recreations: study of entomology.
shooting, fishing and deep-sea fishing.
travelling and gardening. Address.
The Hill, Whitley. Surrey"
Surely a prosy and placid record of
what must be a peculiarly emotional
life
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dere he look out, and say: Why.
Caliban, ees dat you? Come in, mon
brave. did not know you. How
beautiful you have grown"
tCopyrighi. l9"7.I
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know dis; when he died dat day, and
hees spirit went out of hees big. ogly
body and rose up to the. skies, the
good Saint who guards the gates UP
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AMEIIE LAY PAINTING IN THE OPEN
DOORWAY OF THE BEDROOM. AN EMPTY
CRADLE, AN OPEN WINDOW WITH MUD.
DY TRACKS ON THE SILL. TOLD A DREAD
FUL STORY. But THE THING THAT MADE
HIM CRY OUT. SAVACEIf. HOARSELY,
WAS THE DOC-CALIBAN. THE SNARLING
MISSHAPEN BEAST STOOD IN THE DOOR
WAY. STARING AT HIM WITH RED MALEV.
OLENT EYES-AND THERE WAS BLOOD
ON THE HEAVY JOwLS AND THE THICK
MATTED HAIR OF THE CHEST. LEON
SCREAMED LIKE A MADMAN--AND FIRED.
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Reckless Scientist Spends Fortune
On Butterflies; Bankrupt Three Times
BY CARL HUNkINS.

. HOUGH the annals of science
are thronged with tales of
fanatic zeal and the passion
l. ate pursuit of knowledge. 1t is
doubtful IL they record any.
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NOW it was at this time that Leon
Surprenon married Amelie NORM,
from Dubiqui, and brought her to
the ranch that was bounded by dark
forests and deep. turbulent rivers.
She chafed a little under the isolation
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TT was Amelie who dismounted first,
when at the end Of that wild ride.
| her horse came to a stop, painting and
trembling. She dashed the unlocked
| door wide open, and, an instant later.
| a wild scream sent the blood ebbing
! from Icons face and made his hands
| numb clods Of flesh as they fumbled
| for the gun in his belt.
The scene he saw, as he stumbled
through the hallway, turned him sick
with a deadly nausea OF horror and
despair.
! Amelia lay fainting in the open
doorway of the bedroom. An empty
cradle, an open window, with muddy
tracks on the sill. told dreadful story,
! But the thing that made him cry out,
| savagely, hoarsely, was the dog-Caii'
ban. The snariing, misshapen beast
stood in the doorway. staring at him
with red malevolent eyes--and there
was blood on the heavy jowls and the
thick matted hair of the chest. Leon
screamed like a madman-and fired.
| The dog still stood there. just an
| instant. The small. close-set eyes
blinked slightly, the ugly head jerked
| hack once--and he fell in a silent.
| twitching heap.
| Leon vas sobb;ng. hardly knowing
what he said and did. And then
he heard baby crying.
Stunned, incredulous. almost be-
lieving himself in tortured dream
the man went slowly forward. The
baby lay behind the door. lay there
where it had been dragged to safety.
1t was crying with fright and hunger
beating the air vaguely with its pink
little hands. And over by the dresser
in pool OF blood-lay dead wolf
There is grave on the ranch OF
Leon Surprenon, said French Louie
solemaly. in the language OF his peo
pie. where the dog, Caliban, lies
buried And above it is tombstone
of marble--yes, the whitest OF marble
with this inscription:
"Here lies Caliban, a. dog. He died
as he lived misjudged, naligned. yet
unafraid. In life he never failed In
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It's Action From Beginning
to End Held Depressant,
Not StimuIant.

Are physicians justified in pre-
scribing medicinal alcohol for their
patients?
This is the third of series of ar
ticIes giving the opinions of the
worlds leading medical authorities
on this much discussed question,
given increased interest by Indi-
ana's controversy.
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygia, the Health
Magazine.
The British Psychologist, Ernest
II. Startling, in a thorough consider
alton of the effects of alcohol on
the human body made in 1923, sum-
married. all evidence thus far avail
able as to what occurs when this
substance is taken into the system.
4 He agrees with most other in
vestigators that alcohol is without
a doubt a food especially valuable
in cases when ordinary foods can
not be taken.
On the other hand, he says that
the concentration of alcohol in the
blood and tissues can be controlled
only by regulation of the amount
which is drunk,
If this is not exercised. any bene-
fetal effect of alcohol as food is
more than compensated for by its
deleterious effects as drug.
Has Depressing Effect
"The idea that a plentiful use of
alcoholic drinks is beneficial for
heavy workers" said Professor Star
ling, "is misleading and mis-
chievous.
He considers its chief value as a
food in certain cases of diabetes.
Starting considered it also as food
in the weakness of old age, but said
that for the normal individual the
food value of alcohol is not of i'm
portance.
Dr. Starting says that the action
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STRIFE BRE VS.
IS STATE G. 4. R.
CROUPS GATHER
Sons Of Union Veterans
Face Fight in Effort to
Become Heirs

WD Emitted Press
GARY, Ind, June 14.-FirSt
Stumbling of controversy which
may develop into a spirited fight
among auxiliaries of the Indiana G..
A. r. were heard here today, as
the boys in blue" and members Of
auxiliary organizations gathered for
the forty-eight annual. encamp-
Snent, which will be opened formally
this afternoon with Flag day
exercises in Lake Front Park.
Arrival here yesterday of DR.. E.
W. Homan of Lynn, Mass, national
president of the Sons of Union
Veterans, and his announcement
that he would attempt to have his
organization declared the heir of
the Grand Army in perpetuating
the observance of Memorial day is
Expected to rouse spirited OPP
position.
DR.. .Homan announced he in
tended to carry the fight into the
National Grand Army encampments
throughout the country, in ar effort
to lineup sufficient delegates to in
sure passage Of his measure.
More than 500 Civil War veterans
land close to 1000 members of auxi-
Hilary organizations had registered
Aearly today. Trains from all Sec
tions of Indiana were bringing other
|*hundreds into the city every hour.
The veterans will be honored
&guests tonight at the annual recep-
&tion, with Governor Ed Jackson
the receiving line. Jack
son will remain in Gary for the
annual parade Wednesday after
noon and the campfire Wednesday
night.
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Alcohol Sho7em to Haze
Certain Value as Food

of alcohol from beginning to end
is essentially depreSent. It's chief
effect is to dull the perception of
unpleasant feelings, of surroundings,
to diminish self-criticism and the
fear of undertaking any action
which may excite remarks or be re-
garded by other people as not ap-
propriate to the situation.
Emotions Easily Aroused
Thus, under lie influence OF
alcohol, an individual becomes more
communicative, losing his suspicion;
and his emotions are more easily
aroused.
Under the influence of alcohol the
shy and diffident person becomes
less fearful of revealing what is
pressing on his mind.
1t is not surprising therefore that
alcohol should commonly be regard
ed as a stimulant. However, the
same action continued further af-
fects the next lower levels of the
nervous system, causing interior
ence with coordination and de-
teriorates intelligence unsuitable to
mental work.
Alcohol is therefore unsuitable for
the highest mental efforts or dur
ing the performance of prolonged
muscular featS.
In some people the control of the
body by the highest nerve centers
is developed to an excessive degree,
so that their constitution may actu-
ally interfere with the carrying out
of complicated acts acquired by
constant practice.
To such individuals alcohol acts
as relaxation, Diminishing the
nerve tension. A man of this type
who plays golf sometimes improves
his technic by a small dose of
alcohol. +
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RAIL WAR IN OFFING
Delaware & Hudson, B. & 0.
Both After Line.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 14.-The
Interstate Commerce Commission, it
appears, virtually must take sides in
the struggle of two great railroad
groups to consolidate Eastern and
mid Western railroads when it rules
on the Delaware & Hudson's ap-
plication to lease the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad.
The B. & o. railroad, opposing, the
lease strenuously, has served notice
in briefs filed with the commission
that it adheres to its plans for a
new short line from Chicago. to New
York, and should the pending pc
tition be turned down it at once
would start negotiations for lease
of the Buffalo, Rochester g. Pitts
burgh.
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young men and women Of De Paw
University at the eighty-eighth an
nual commencement exercises Mon
day.
Commencement address was given
by Simeon L. Fess, senator from
Ohio; invocation by the Rev.
Franklin Fillmore Lewis, head of
the st. Louis Methodist conference;
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A south side social organization,
the "2-Ys" Club, has engaged the
Riverside skating rink for a party
Wednesday night, a number of
special features have been planned,
says Earl Ross, president.
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NUGGETS IN CHICKENS
Home Dressing Profitable for Mon
tana Housewife.

BN JnlTcd TTCSS
HAMILTON, Mont, June IA
while dressing two chickens for
Sunday dinner, Mrs. j. G.. Liebel
found several gold nuggets in their
craws. A search failed to reveal
any more nuggets in the chicken
run, but the Liebels are considering
entering the poultry business on a
large scale.
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DOG TAKES BOYS PANTS
Romps OFF With Trousers While
Owner Is Swimming.

By United Press
EVANSTON, Ill, June J4.--Nor-
man Meirners does not consider his
trousers beautiful. but now that
they're gone he wishes he had them
back. A playful dog ronpei off
with the pants while Norman was
ex1ri m MING
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and the jealousy that, acid-ike, ate into
the happiness Of his second wife :. around
these strange elements Miss Watkins has writ
ten most gripping and unusual story which
she calls Ahmozy . :. in July Cosmopolitan.
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Bolheo tribesmen still consider
human heads necessary Tor their
religious ceremonies, but the prac-
tice of head-hunting has become so
firmly restricted that they now must
borrow their heads from their
neighhOrS.
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$50 MILES WITH TRAP
Bald Eagles Flight Ends in Death
by Shooting

BIZ United Press
KILLDEER, N. D.. June 14.-Sey-
eral weeks ago two hunters noticed
large American bald eagle acting
queerly and killed the bird. They
found that one of its legs was held
by a coyote trap, to which another
trap was fastened by a piece of wire.
Publication of the incident brought
word that the traps had been set
$50 miles distant.