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could they awake from their
sleep, they could recognize their
descendants ii their noses were
not stopped up. They kept to
the middle Of the road. That
man evolved from a 1cwly Pri-
mate means that the PriTnate
itself was neither an accident
nor 4 highbrow, that It was not
too far removed from the body
its ancestor brought up out Of
the mud on to the dry land.
Many families Of natures mas
terpieces have no living repre-
sentative because they over
specialized; they gave up so much
to tusk, trunk, canine, wing, leg,
stomach, size, height, length, or
armor, that they had not enough
to live on. They put all their
eggs In one basket. Earth's
crust Is full OF these fancy forms,
so specialized they could not
meet change. Man got ahead be-
cause he could grasp an idea,
could talk it over with his fellow
man and think up new ideas.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
SOUND WAVES
IN SKY

ENAR up in the air, amazing
IL things happen to sound waves.
DIR. F. l.. w. Whipple, of the
Kew Observatory, England, has
found that sometimes he could
hear a cannon so miles away
II minutes after It had been fired:
normally the sound would take
less than half this time to cover
the distance, says Popular Science
Monthly. At some nearer points
the explosions were inaudible.
Whipple suggests that sound
waves are sometimes reflected
back to earth from a warm at
mospheric layer Is miles or more
above.
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without which there is no living
animal. What else have they, In
common? "A motor mechanism to
bring the necessary elements of
life within reach Of the living
body's vitals.
The history Of our body IL
primarily that of the mechanism
for getting food, ways Of avoid
ing beaing eaten as food, and
method Of growth. In other words,
the chemical activities whereby
living beings maintain life are
fundamentally the same in all
animals, but the laboratory IN
which these activities take place
and the mechanisms for carrying
the laboratory about and for ac-
curing information as to food,
enemies, etc, vary enormously.
Even our Primate ancestor up
a tree lacked no parts to become
human; certain parts merely had
to be altered. Say two million
years. Beyond these two, other
millions passed while body and
brain bided their time; the earth
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
SPANISH TOAD
FAST EATER

OFFICIALS of the London Zoe
recently obtained the first
movies of q spanish toad swallow.
Ing his meal Of q worm. "a camera
taking 1900 pictures q second was
required! One taking 500 & second
had completely missed the eating
act, says Popular Science Monthly.
When the authorities carried or
their first film and developed it,
they found they had good pictures
of the toad, but between two of
them the worm simply disappeared
and how he went remained ~
much q mystery as ever. When
they succeeded with the faster
camera the film showed the toad,a
tongue hitting the worm much as =
batter strikes 3 ball ana whisking
it out of sight into his mouth. Ik
was all over In less than 4 sixtieth
Of second,
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plumbing, arch. calendar, spear,
flint. knife, fire? He did. But he
gets along faster with them. So
with life itself. IT got along with
out mammary glands and IN.
terna1 incubators skull and verte-
bral column, head and tail. brains.
But with brains. head. backbone.
and placenta, the procession
speeded up. life shot out a
new directions.
Progress Is often made by lying
low; let the other fellow try out
natures new-fangled notions. BY
holding out, man came on the
stage during the big scene. When
the call went forth for clever peO-
pie who could double. shifty peo-
pie who could walk back to town
ii the show blew" who could
catch and fry their own fish in
case Of need, who could dig out
swim across. climb up and jump
down. who were handy with their
hands, had good memories and
could mix, man appeared.
AL this took brains: 4 big brain,
a brain so big II had to wrinkle or
burst its case; q brain with frontal
lobes so big they dwarf the hind
brain. "A brain big In every way:
in absolute size and weight, in
proportion to spinal cord, in pro-
portion to body.
Copyright, 1928, by George A. Dorsey.)
TOMORROW--Can We Control
Our Own EvOlutiOn?- The Greeks
The Infamous JuIkes.
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The way was, / will gladly recon,
mend the Vegetable Compound to
them and ] will answer any letters
IN regard to the same. Mrs.
Bertha Meachan, 1134 n. Penn.
Ave-, Lansing, Mich.
had been sickly every since /
was fifteen years old. After TAX
ang Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound l got SO l could do all
my homework and / am In good
health. Mrs. Marie X. Williams.
Ketehikan, Alaska.
From Michigan to Alaska, from
Maine to Oregon and from Connect.
cut to California letters are con-
Einually being written by grateful
women recommending Lydia e.
PinkhanI's Vegetable Compound.
The Compound is made from
roets and herbs and has been In use
Tor ofsr nifty years.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
BY George A. Dorsey,
Phi. d., LII. D.
CHAPTER II

TEIE race to be human began
with the first living being.
That being was possible be-
cause the earth brought from the
sun some very. remarkable
elements and because the sun
continued to shine. Under its
beneficial rays certain elements
became so Automatically con.
stituted that they began to per-
form like an organic individual.
1t could do what matter had not
done before. behave like a living
being. 1t grew; but its size was
limited by its nature, as is that
OF q raindrop or drop Of oil or
d piece OF jelly. 1t split up. Ii
developed new ways Of growth,
and evolved sex.
Various theories have been pro-
posed as to how all this came
about: even propaganda for tax
ing the future of the race in our
own hands. Meanwhile, do not
forget that the egg with which
we begin life has been living
since life began: that egg has
had a long history and has
learned much about life. Other
wise we could not learn to behave
like human beings in so short a
time.
Our most human parts brain,
skull, teeth. voice organs. upright
gait, and fingers-are not new,
they are not unique they are not
ours exclusively; for life itself
they are not even essential. Some
human beings never use their
brains, their skull is merely a
frame for features, they lose all
their teeth, and their fingers are
all thumbs. No, our most hu-
manoid parts win not give us
much clue to the nature OF the
ceaselesslv changing creature that
became at last human.
A man, monkey, oppossum,
lizard, frog, shark, flea. fishworm,
oyster, and malaria germ have one
thing in common; they must eat
and breathe, or die. Every animal
must have lungs and stomach, or
the equivalent. Call it viscera.
Viscera are vitals. the something
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
By Hannah Wing

Any garment will retain it's
"A freshness much longer If it is
protected from dust and strong
light by q cover bag.
Any material which Is dustproof
and will stand laundering without
becoming sleazy, may be used for
making. cover bags. Sateen, cam
brio, cretonne or silkalene are
satisfactory materials for this
purpose. Lighter weight materials
such as null or lawn may be
used, but because of their soft
ness they do not furnish as good
protection against dust.
The bag may be sewed up at the
sides and an envelope opening left
at the bottom so that the Rag may
be slipped, over the garment. A
bound button hole at the top OF
the bag is. made just large enough
for the hood on the hanger to be
slipped through. IT the button
hole is larger than necessary 1t
will allow dust to sift through on
the garment. The envelope-like
flap is folded over and may be
tied with tapes TO the body Of the
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
He old
Story

The girl whose menstrual periods
ever cause a broken date, simply
hasn't heard about MidoI. Men,
situation is natural. But the pain
is not!
MidoI will end menstrual pains
in flee to seVem minutes.
This merciful discovery of the
specialists is not a narcotic. 1t
does nothing to hinder or hasten
the process Of menstruation. But
it does end the painful part; if
you anticipate your time the ex-
pected pain will not appear at all.
Tiny tablets, in convenient little
aluminium case, fifty cents at any
drugstore. 1t is FOLLY to suffer.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
COOLEST SPOT
AIS BELOW

ryEIE coolest spot on earth II =.
4 new laboratory In Berlin. to
study strange changes that take
place IN substances exposed to
temperatures as low as 425 de-
grees below within about
points Of absolute zerol This -
done by liquefying nelium gae
under high pressure, then allow
ing ii to expand, explains Popular
Science Monthly.
At such temperature some
metals, such as silver and copper
for example, klose their resistance
to electricity. becoming super.con-
ductors. a thread Of frozen rner-
curry. 1t Is said, can carry enough
electricity for several hundred
lanes.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
WHY BOYS EAT
SO MUCH

IF your son puts away q bigger
meal than YOU yourself can
eat, don't be surprised advises
the Bureau of Home Economics
cf the United States Department
OF Agriculture. He IS merely be-
having like any normal. active
boy of nine 20 eighteen. At GER
tain ages boys and girls may
need one to one and y half times
as much protein and mineral mat
ter as adults, according to q new
dietary scale worked out by the
bureau that gives the needs of
each member Of the family
Popular Science Monthly.
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piece for the bottom. An opening
for the hook of the hanger is cut
in the top piece. The ovals are
covered with the bag material and
the bag Is seWed around them,
curtain fashion. It can be tied
down the front with tapes, or snap
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

bag or may be fastened with but
tons and loops.
In another style bag the open.
ing is made down the center front.
An oval piece of heavy cardboard,
lightweight board or shingley is
used for the top and a similar
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

pound, which she
said helped her
so much. So }
bought a few bot
ties and tried 1t
o u t. 1t sure
helped me won
derfully. l felt
much better.
Ny " ork IL
no Ion ger &
dread to me. II J
hear Of any one
who 10 fpouhInd
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

who promises her the How she
hangs every word he when he tells her that be knows
this and that star
All Of which nothing ali with his ability to put
her into pictures.
It not often true that these fellows know Of the stars
if associated the
companies that does that they place girl with
Ii il wise for girl girls all
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
Here And There

italian troops operating in a
cleanup of disaffected regions in
the Italian colony of Cyrenica,
in North Africa, have captured
about $50 prisoners, cannon, Is
machine guns and large guam.
titles Of rifles. eanels and sheep.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
Congressional Club
Cook Book
by Mrs. Al. j.. SABBATH. wife Of
Rep. SABBATH HIl.l

Rep. SdDatA ILL
LAMB a LA SABBATH
Medium leg Of lamb
Q medium carrots
2 medium onions
III tablespoons whole alIgpice
2 tablespoons salt
/ pint sour cream
Y cup flour
Dice onions and carrots, salt
lamb, place in roaster, add 20
this / glass OF cold water and al
spice. Allow 20 minutes to q
pound. When roasted cream with
sour cream. run mixture through
coIander, slice lamb ana add 70
gravy. Serve with baking pow
der dumplings.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

the pull the world getting chance Even
picture players whose past performances should be help to them
are given the runaround by studio directors
directors
and not got in pictures
don't believe these who promise such LOT o. nep
to get tests.
Don't quick home and those who love best
disappointment strangers who too
busy troubles to sympathize with
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
ADVERTISEMENT
SICK WOMAN
SOON RECEIVERS


A neighbor advised me to try
lydia IL. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

concrete road Colorado ore IRONS
the dump of local gold mine used 1t was the most
suitable although contained about dollar and half worth Oh
gold per ton.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24
This Day IN Our History

IN FEBRUARY 81 1868 bin mpeach President Johnson
VI introduced in Congress BY Thaddeus stevens President John
son was acquitted firm believer il the equality
Of mani before his Creator
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

Gifts received by the Pope last
Christmas from monasteries and
converts of the whole world fill
il large rooms of the Vatican.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

TOMORROW-Can We Control
Our Own EvOlutiOn?- The Greeks
The Infamous JuIkes.
The Washington times., 1928-02-24

vE1E race to be human began
with the first living being.
That being was possible be-
, 1928-09-10

tensity passed over the Yucatan. South
ern part of peninsula had some damage,
but no lives lost.
Paris Sacbs Guiey famous French,
actor, has asked the French Embassy to
try to obtain the services Of Charles l.
Lindbprg h at the opening of the new
play Charles Iindbergh' which will
open 10 Paris t0e production is a specta-
Gle rather than a play show the life Of
LindberAh.
Tapsjez River, South America Chree
ships, the advance guard Of the Henry
Ford rubber project, arrived yesterday
bringing supplies and equipment to begin
operations on ForC's latest project.
San Juan Weather Bureau reports Wen
Their normal for this district.
, 1928-09-10
Publication.

THE Annual General repairs of the
4 Public roads begin ON the LIST
October, and shall be completed by
the Dist January 1929. h%oadholders
are requested to carry out tn, re-
pairs in manner prescribed IN Or
dinance.
All bitches and culverts must be
cleaned, holes in road filled, walls
and bridges repaired, frees trim
med which Overhang the road, and
the roadway gravelled. All dead
trees must be cut down, and all de-
bris removed off road. No large
stones must be permitted to remain
where ~gravelling has been done.
H. B. NELTHROPP,
Chairman Road Commission
, 1928-09-10
US NAVAL hADlU STA IION.
SEPTEMBER z, 1928.
(CO1urtgsy OF t1c ASS0cldted PTeSS.)

North Hampton, Mass: John Cool
idge, denied that ne was engaged to.
Florence IurubulI, daughter Of Governor
TurnbuII OF Connecticut. He JaCes he is
looking foroa position 70 make his own
way in the world and although he has
had several offers he mas not decided
which one TO accept as yet.
Philadelphia Edward b, Goldberg,
PhliadrIphIa merchant IS saia to have sup
piled the gau2sters OF gangIand with
machine guns aud bullets for them, bullet
proof vests, suJl guns with ~SIienCerS for
them and other needed articles by that
prote ssI0n Al present he is resting 10
the county jail awalung d hearing by
the grand Jury. alter the present dive
against gauglaud aud their frieHds.
london Inc Prince If Wales and 0is
younger brother the duke OF ,tJucesteT
are sailing for MarsheIjs tonight 20 h1nt
big game 10 Africa and spread good VIII
among the natIVe5.
Albany, n Y: Governor Smith wi
carry his presidential campaign TO The
west IL Inc week . ginning > .DtpmbeE
sixteen, IntO the states Ot Oklahoma Ne
braska and Colorado Ch- route has already
been prepared by his manager and cities
ana dates that ne viii speak VIII soon be
announced.
Washington: T The rlghJ OF the Gov
eminent 70 sleZe foreign Vessels outside
OF the three miles llmtJ when they are
bound IN Tor a port 10 the United STATES
and have aboard a cargo OF uQu0r Whlcn
thev are selling outside the three miles
limit was questioned 10 The Supreme
Court today during the trial Of Ene liquor
eases IN Nav YORK OF tn French scnoon
er MIsuG{ue and the British schooner
Rosy. Ihe schooner were sliced and tow
ed into New York n8rO0r and ar held a
waiting the supreme Courts decision.
Washington: A hurricane OF slight in
, 1928-09-10

Entered as second class m0tter May
Goth 1917 at the Pcst Office christian
sted, st. Cr0lI, V. /. of the y. S. A. en-
der the Act Of March, 8, 1879.
, 1928-09-10

TRESPASSING ON Estate Rich
l mond is forbidden and will be
dealt with according to law.
Hogs and Goats found roaming
about on said estate will be shot.
w. SODERBERG.
Est. Richmond, 18th August 1928.
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Contributed Enough

y
Contributed Enough
A certain literary celebrity
went to the United States on a
lecturing tour. Unfortunately he
was no sailor, apd during the
voyage suffered acutely from sea
sickness.
On arrival at New York he was
met BY member of the staff Of
the Atlantic Monthly, who asked
him to contribute to that dis
tinguished journal during his stay
In America.
''No, thank you. replied the
other. gravely. i have already
contributed to the Atlantic daily.
Is That All?
when you burn your hands
what do YOU say2h
Dickens. Hewitt. Burns"
Mixed
Two brothers were being enter
tanned by rich friend. As III
luck would have II. the talk drlfted
away from ordinary topics.
do you like Omar khayyaIn?''
thoughtlessly asked the host. try
ing to make conversation The
elder brother plunged 1eroicalls
into the breach.
Pretty weA,v he said. but
prefer 'Chianti. =
Nothing more was said on this
subject until the brothers were on
their way home.
"Bill." said the younger brother
breaking a painful silence, why
can't YOU leave things that vow
don't understand to me Omar
Khayyam ain't wine, you
chump. it's a cheese. "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-12
DOWN
A Business Head

''It was q terrible accident,
said the Scotchman. describing
the overturning of motor coach
during an outing. but none of
us was even hurt, and i shouldn't
have got a farthing's worth of
damages IL / hadn't had the
presence of mind to kick my wife
in the head. She didn't mind.
She's q business woman.
Puzzled
Grocer like young Smith,
you know, but / can't quite I'M
derstand him. The other day
/ asked him to write me a motto
for my shop. What do you think
he wrote?"
F'riend-.'I don't know. what?"
Grocer" Honest tea is the
best policy "
No Option
Jock was engaged to a girl who
became SO fat that he wanted to
break off the engagement. But
as the girl couldn't get the
ring off, he had to marry her.
The Difference
IT keep on reading about CAPT
tai and labor. but I can never
understand what 1t means"
Its very simple. You lend
me ten bucks: that's the capital"
And the labor?"
That's what you have trying
to get it back from me-"
Quite Fair
A Scotchman who owned a gem
eral store thought of an adver-
Using idea. He placed a notice
in his window which read: Goat
hangers and cigar lighters given
free"
The next day the shop was
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rpp,r ,lAs ii ~ sEE HEX -AsyYEN AeeuT sslrl6th<
kJr7 A<AsISr 1Hr AArI Ms soltD HEX TftE knTEHtAl.
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Wise Cracks

crowded, and each person got y
small package containing q nail
and a match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-12

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3 Baking chamber
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14. Accomplish.
lis. no surfeit.
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20. "A color.
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IS. Feminine name.
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rs Bounce obliQuely.
so. Placed.
rs. Pin.
az. Sacred image.
So Energy (slangl
40. Shade OF brown
Al Beers.
As. One who poses.
45 Acts Of selling
as. Parasitic insects.
as. Metal.
so. Feminine name.
81. Bind.
52. Like
81. Either
SIS. Pig pen.
81. Thus.
IS. You and I.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-05-03

From whatever point of view you
choose to regard it, friendship is the
indispensable treasure of life. Con-
slider it, if you please, even from the
most selfish, the most sordid, stand
point-one real friend is worth more
than million dollars.
l know a man who doesn't believe
this. His only friends are green
backs and yellow-backs. Though he
is wealthy, he will not give a single
penny to charitable cause. HIN!
I'm not to blame for the orphans in
Armeni; ask the Turks to take care
of them" With some such reply he
answers every appeal for help.
That man has gained financial sue
cess; and he has lost every friend he
ever had. He doesn't realize that,
even on a dollars and cents basis, he
is making a most terrible mistake.
The sun will not always continue t.
shine for him; fortune will not always
continue to smile. Some day sickness,
trouble, sorrow will darken his thresh-
old; some night the angel of death
will knock at his door. And in his SUI
preme hour of need his filthy gold will
only mock his heartache. His own
children, carefully trained by him in
the spirit of selfishness, will laugh at
him.
The shrewdest merchant knows that
real success can be built only upon
the foundation of good will; but this
man has built his house upon the i'll
will of his community and the wrath
of his God.
Even from the most selfish of mo-
tives it would surely be more profita-
BILE to practice the fine art of Chris
tian neighborliness; to walk the high
way of life, not with the priest and the
Levite, but with the Good Samaritan;
to follow the teachings of the Mas
ter
eff any man will take away thy
coat, let him have thy cloak also. And
whatsoever shall compel thee to go a
mile, go with him twain. Give to him
that asketh thee, and from him that
would borrow of thee, turn not away"
Matt. $40.
But remember this: that though it
is possible, theoretically, to consider
friendship as a strictly business prop
osition, it is not possible in actual
practice to do so. A selfish friendship
is, of course, a contradiction in terms;
for the law of friendship is love. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-05-03
ROAD PETITION.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN That
thirty days from and after the first
publication of this notice, application
will be made by petition to the County
Commissioners of Garrett County,
Md, for the appointment of eXamin-
ers to view and locate an additional
roadway along and adjacent to that
portion of the public road in Elec-
ton District No. 9 of Garrett County,
Md, and commonly known as the
Blocher road, and beginning for the
same at and along the West side of
said public road known as the Blocher
Road at it's intersection with the Ma
tional Pike or State Highway at the
top of Long Stretch" at the farm of
the late James Carey and running
thence along and adjacent to said
Blocher Road through the lands Of
Ada Carey, Florence Murphy, Bruce
Blocher and William Wampler to the
intersection of the Bruce Blocher lane,
a distance of one mile. Said additional
roadway to be 20 feet in width along
and adjacent to said road on the West
margin thereof, and the same having
become and is subject to annual OBJ
SIIuCIloH 1IoHl SHoW ullIIo WHICH pre-
vent the free passage and travel Of
the public, and the said additional
roadway is desirable and practicable
to permit the free passage and travel
of the public, and the same to be OPP
ened under the provisions of Chapter
319 of the Acts of Maryland of 1918.
BRADFORD BLOCKER,
WILLIAM WAMPLER,
THOS. j. JOHNSON,
and others, Petitioners.
Published first time April 5, 1928.