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moons surface. Calico became
convinced that the moon Is full OF
hollows and protuberances like the
surface or the earth.
More tomorrow
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Ar author reminds us that nobody loses anything
by being polite. But there are a lot Of people who
seem afraid TO take the riSk.-The Passing Show.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06

A new practice golf ball. which will not travel more
than thirty feet, is becoming popular. The ordinary
ball. OF course. would serve the same purpose for
some OF our friends who play-Schenectady Union
Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06

A big fish bit a man in the face the other day. J
Is reported, because he was watching It's antics VIII
bated ~hreath-Florida Times-Union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06

HARLINGEN. Nov. 6-The first
carload of vegetables to move out
Of the Valley over the Southern
Pacific Lines left Edcouch Tuesday.
The car was loaded with beets.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06

Funny banks. Trust half a million to crooked mes
senper-boy and won't take an honest mans note for
ffty.-Los Angeles Times.
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL 5. COPELAND. VA. I'D.
". y. Senator from New York

90 short a time ago NJ 1900 there was much concern "a Y wnetneF
or not the food supply OF this great country would last luminous
warnings were sent out for the conservation OF food This naruy
seems possible when you look around today &c the markets guIteo
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06

Several Roman coins were recently found on a
golf course in the Midlands. One or two golfers we
know seem determined to dig up Australian coins
The Humorist.
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Iong-ived the race the better utilization can 10 make Oh Hs naL1rl
resources. The labor power u suSn IN race H greAeeE' "OAe MN1"
more intelligent and more inventive -, .--
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06
Answers 90 Health Queries

l.. Fl. Q.-Hcw much should q
girl aged 10, U r. 4 inches tall weigh?
3-How can i gain weight?
A--She should weigh about 10
2-Eat plenty or good nourishins
food including milk. eggs. fresh
fruits and vegetables Practice deep
breathing and as = tonic take cod
liver oil.
Co MY daughter is twenty
years old ana troubled with an ex-
cessively oily complexion. What
could be- the cause7
Apply hot and cold com
presses. alternately. for ten minutes.
night and morning. Avoid fat and
fried foods.
c. $. III. Q.-Whzt Is the cause or
. grating feeling in the chest7
Alt would be- advisable TO have
N personal examination and have
your doctor determine the cause.
IL. M. r.. Il. Q.-How can 4 gain
strength without gaining weight
A.-Eat very sparingly or starchsf.
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4 can't make you a sandwich sir." said The clerk
why not?r demanded the hungry coustomer.
Because I'm not a licensed druggist he explained
sss
People have had to listen for the last five years to
folks tell about their winnings in Wall Street and
now they'll have to put in the next five listening 70
them tell about their losses.
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~ 10 our natural resources
the land. raw materials. the tor
ests and water.
Many families In America have
earnings which leave considerable
margin for other things than the
necessities OF life. This may be
spent or saved.
Although the cost or living has
risen 10 some extent I'm the past few
years, IL Is relatively stable. Rising
wages have brought with them lei
sure- This increasing leisure has n
direct bearing upon the health OF the
people Increased expenditures are
made for goods and service II tends
70 create new needs.
Considered from the health stand
point. thas increased leisure brings
with Il less fatigue and more outdoor
LIFE Sports OF all kinds are INDUCED
In and benefits are derived for mind
and body.
But there Is another side. I'm.
creasing leisure presents new prob
lens. II wrongly used 1t may make
US physically unfit.
"A wise and judicious use OF let
sure will help 10 preserve a better
mental balance as well n bodily well
being.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-06

Yale and the Rockefeller Foundation are 10 have
q 2OO-acre ape-farm in Florida where extensive
studies OF the creatures may be made. The idea Is
to determine whether Brisbaneis contention that a
gorilla could kill them both is correct.
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nRAw YoUR oWN CONCLUSIONS

Q-Is he a heavy drnker?
A-well. he goes to all the big college football
games.
John d. Rockefeller is buying stocks, but he was
lust a wee bit late to get any of the really high-grade
investment issues for a dime.
.
A banker says a college education sets q man BACK
three or four years. That must be why nobody Is
ever on time to keep an appointment at the Univer-
sity Club.
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M. IVY. wv. Q.-What causaw an
eruption un the akin. which forms
N group OF watery blAgtera and Is
very itchy7
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A.-The use Of N good spray In
helpful Send self-addreesed stamped
envelope for further particulars ana
repeat your question.
2-She should weigh about lis
pounds.
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A.-This may be due tC ecweEna4
For further particulars send self
addressed stamped envelope ana TO
peat your question.
CopyriFhG lB9a. Hsaspupm Bemcurw mwviuA hmc.
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L. III. Q.-HCw much should q
girl aged ~, U ~. 4 inches tall weigh?
3-How can / gain weight?
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W. ID. ". Q-what Go you advise
for nasal catarrh7
2-How much should . girl aged
20, s IT. TAN weight
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The Story the Week Has Told

census shows AZ per cent of the Russian
population to be illiterate, as against
one-quarter of l per cent for Germany,
one-seventh of l per cent for England
and 9 per cent for France. The Mos
cow district he laments, has only one
library to every five churches. And he
concludes thus: I'm the workers edu-
cational centers we find the sad phe-
nomenon that only 40 per cent of the
pupils are children of workers, while
in the higher classes the latter consti-
to the question whether or not the
children of toilers are mentally fit for
higher education"
X *k
TURKEY-Compulso teaching of
English has been instituted in all Turk
ish schools. But this, we are told, is
with the view, not to Anglicizing, but
to Americanizing, the new Turkey. SAYS
a prominent Turkish official very close
to the Ghazi himself: THE habit, i'm
bued through education of considering
everything from the standpoint Of pros
perity, the ideal Of gain, the ambition
to create-all, in short, that signifies
ricanism-constituteS the antipodes
OF what our dervishes and priests have
been teaching us for centuries, and 1t Is
toward this antipodes that we must
now swerve or die of stagnation. The
religion OF Americanism must become
our religion"
thank you for depicting us so truly.
But in one respect Turkey lags; dis
mally, hideously. Man is still the boss
in Turkey. The new Turkish tariff,
which went into effect on October
imposes practically prohibitive duties
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est order of Southern gentleman; or
perhaps it may be added without NAL
ice that he is the type that Southern
gentlemen aspire to be. He is descend
ed from a line of bishops of the Epis-
copal Church. his father having been
Bishop of Alabama. and around him
clings an atmosphere of inherited cul-
ture. You know almost instinctively that
he is lover of etchings. of flowers and
trees. and a member of the Order of
the Cincinnati
Patients who waited in his Washing
ton Office heard, when their turn came
the tinkle of bell and we're invited by
his old family servant to walk up a
short flight of stairs Always waiting
at the top. having stepped out of his
office to meet them. was a tall, gray
haired man with keen blue eyes, a cor
dial handshake and a pleasant word OF
greeting. His Office itself was not just
hygienically clean room full of gilt
tering instruments of torture where
white-clad and efficient nurses stood
around to hand him things and take
notes. It was. instead, a bright and
cheerful spot, place for encourage
ment and condolences, especially de-
signed, apparently. for the hearing of
good news. For DR.. Wilmer is as great
humanist as he is an ophthalmologist
1t is this quality. together with his I'M
affected sincerity and his appealing
combination of courage and gentleness
that has always inspired in his patients
such a sense of personal devotion.
Or, rather, these qualities have helped
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on imports of woman's finery. We ap-
plaud your aspirations, sons of Tur, but
are constrained to observe that you are
many parasSangs short of the goal of
true Americanism.
n
JAPAN.-Ki Inukai, one-time minis
ter of communications, has been chosen
head of the Seiyukai party in success
sion to Baron Tanaka, lately deceased.
He Is expected to harmonic and, so to
speak, fumigate his party, which Is rent
by quarrels and discredited by scandals,
and he Is recognized as the best man
advanced in years (74), but there are
many instances to show that Japan
csc statesmen are apt to retain mental
and physical Vigor longer than the
statesmen of other nations. At 70
they are just beginning their best work.
BRAZIL.-The Brazilian official in
stitute for commercial expansion pre-
diets population of $50 100000 for
Brazil by 1890. Considering the i'm
mense area of the country (about 81
275,000 square miles, as against about
5000 900 for continental United States
exclusive of Alaskan, its stupendous and
so far mostly untapped wealth in nat
ural resource and the consequent eco
nomic possibilities, agricultural and in
dustrial, the estimate does not seem
exaggerative.
Between 1900 and 1920 the population
of Brazil increased by more than 20
per cent. 1t is estimated on reliable
data that the 1880 census will show a
population of about 42,000,000 making
Brazil tenth in population among the
countries of the world. The present
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to inspire the feeling. for he has pro-
fessional assets far more tangible. A
glance at Who's Who reveals that he
has stuffed and trained at many of the
leading hospitals of this country and
Europe. that numerous honorary de-
greeS have been conferred upon him,
and that he has been given the French
decoration Of Commander of the Legion
OF Honor and the American Distin-
guished Service Medal.
Early in the war he was called to
France to see what could be done about
saving the lives Of aviators. At that
time the British had discovered that "a
per cent of all deaths in the aviation
service were due to the human equation
and only 6 per cent due to defects In
the machines. Aviators were subject to
conditions new to medical science. High
attitudes. 1t seemed. had the effect of
slowing down the faculties of a large
percentage of men. Certain airmen
could operate planes we'll enough up to
certain levels: after that they became
physically inefficient, though they were
not conscious of their inefficiency.
Pilots making patrols at great alti-
tudes day after day became stale" lost
their ability to coordinate hand ana
eye, and were either brought down by
the enemy or had to be retired because
of physical disability. The Air Medical
Service, under DIR. Winners direction,
was able to so remedy these conditions
by the proper ordering Of the daily life
OF the aviators, that disability was re-
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British Commonwealth of Nations
agreed on is to be category by category
~
THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.-On
October the British government issued
to the governments of the United
States, France, Italy and Japan, invita-
tions to participate in a flve-power con-
ference ito deal with the question of
naval disarmament" to open in London
In the third week of the coming Janu-
airy. The dominion governments of the
British Commonwealth of Nations are
also being asked to send representatives
I quote the following from the note to
our Government:
THE conversations between the
British and American governments) have
been one of the results of the treaty
for the remuneration of war, signed at
Paris in 1923, which brought about a
realignment of our national attitude on
the subject of security in consequence
of the provision that war should not be
used as an instrument of national
policy in the relations of nations, one
to another. Therefore the peace pact
has been regarded as the starting point
of agreement.
at has been agreed to adopt the
principle of parity in each of the sew
SIdl CdUcSOEleS, anu bIldb SUCH parity
shall be reached by December 81, 1886.
Consultation between his majestyS
government in the United Kingdom and
his majesty's governments in the do
minions has taken place, and 1t is con-
templated that the program of parity on
the British side should be related to
naval forces of the parts of the en-
pire.
1T is hoped that text can be elabo-
rated Thy the flve-power conference)
which will facilitate the task of the
League of Nations preparatory COM
mission and of. the subsequent general
disarmament conference"
It is contemplated that every type
and class of warcraft shall come under
discussion.
NOTES.-The Marking government
declares that the military revolt headed
by Gen. Chang Fa-Kwei has been COM
pletely suppressed.
According to several reports Habibul-
lah, who early this year usurped the
crown of Afghanistan, has been ousted
from Kabul. his capital, by forces COM
manded by Nadir Khan, friend of the
old regime. These reports, however,
much require confirmation.
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Marquis Finds Ger m
In Butterfly Hunt

Marquis Yosh!chika Tokugawa, mem
Der of one OF the most distinguished
families in Japan, scholar and sports
man, has just re ,urned from a trip
to Java, Borneo and the South Sea
Islands. He went primarily for pleas
ure, but on the side endeavored to add
somewhat to his collection of butterflies
and plants of various species.
He also spent some time hunting
for new varieties of germs which are
not found in Japan While not very
successful in this regard. he declared
that he found one bacteria which is
unknown in that country. He has re-
ceived permission from the imperial
household department to present this
to the Emperor, who is an active stu
dent of biology.
Marquis Tokugawa and his maies-
ty are expected to spend an interesting
morning soon, In company with ex-
perts of the Emperor's laboratory
watching the antics Of the newly i'm
ported germ.
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No Profit ON the Corn
By BRUCE BARTON

~ OCCASIONALLY omebody
visits my place in the
country who entirely
~ n1isunderstands its pur-
pose.
X y y X
That's a beautiful lake." he
says. "Nou should stock it with
fish, and make money"
To which | answer that don't
want to make money.
He is sure he has not heard
me correctly, and so he con-
tinues.
"Some Of your land is pretty
we'll run down, but il you would
put on plenty Of fertilizer for a
couple of years it would produce
valuable crops"
81 don't want to produce
crops" say q little louder.
He looks shocked, but tries
again.
why don't you buy some Of
this woodland and raise foxes?"
At this am tempted to set
our dog on him. Our doa is
symbolic Of the place. He is
good for nothing. He barks at
friendly visitors, and once he
slept soundly while the house
was robbed.
\ X X \
Instead of committing any
such inhospitality, however, I
try patiently to explain that this
(CopyriI
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country place was not bought
for profit, is not conducted for
profit, cannot possibly show a
profit, and, IL it could, would not
be so dear to my heart. II 10 a
beautiful, inefficient and waste
fui oasis in a rushing, efficient
world.
Money is grand possession,
an essential measuring stick.
But there are some people who
seem to think that there 10 no
other measuring stick, that
nothing is justified unless it 10
producing income, or increasing
in value.
Such folks should consider the
lilies of the field, which sew not
neither do they spin; yet by
simply being their beautiful
selves Justify their existence.
They should learn wisdom of
Henry Ward Reecher, who once
bought two little PIGS for two
No'iaISS IGu AnCTn tWciNe uOIlarB
worth Of corn, and sold them for
ten dollars.
Thus made eight dollars"
he exclaimed triumphantiy, ION
the pigs" And added, ~ never
expected to make any profit on
the corn"
\ \ \ \
New York 10 my pigs. make
my profit there. But never
expected to make any profit on
my home, my children, or my
place in the country. And I
never shall.
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Ford's Irish Factory
Cuts Labor Tangle

With the Cork Unsatisfactory in full
swing unemployment has been appre-
ciably lessened in the southern city.
-Four thousand men are now employed
in the manufacture of tractors, and an
extension of the buildings Is contem-
plated.
Tractors go from Cork to all parts CT
Europe and even Africa, and the latest
lot was sent to Barcelona, Trieste e.sA
Alexandria.
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Canadian Population
Close to 10000, 900

Canada's total population on June /,
1929, according to an estimate by the
bureau of statistics, was e,796,s00. This
is an increase of $4,000 over the esti-
mate on June /, 1928. Since the last
oficial decennial census Canada's pop
ulation has increased over 1000 900.
The next census will be taken in 1891.
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BY MARY DAY VIM.

THURSDAY and Wednesday of this
week will see. in Baltimore, an
event whose contemplation
L should brighten the sky for the
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Continued on Fourth Page
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CThe following is brief summary of
the most important news of the world
for the seven days ended October 12.)
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CcopyriEht. 1927
The Washington times., 1929-06-28
He Never Had a ToOthache
By Herbert Kaufman


THE Field Museum exhibits group of European ancestors
far removed for David Starr Jordan's dsnt
ficaton-and that's distance.
One regrets that his genealogical abors scarcely reach b.
yond charlemagne from whom he assures Calvin Coolidge
Iis zgzag descendant
DR. Jordan also bears proud dngs to D. Rockefeller
that he shares the blood of French kings with George Wash
ington Aaron Burr and the various Winston Churchls
Taft Secretary Wilbur, andof COURSE. r Morgan -
chips off the old block.
Persons who go in for things advised to
their copy Of Your Family Tree which obgngy joins
the veins Of Alfred the Great William the Conqueror and
Robert Bruce to practically every" AngloAmerican.
And all these years enormously conferrng the
timel
has been Bowdlerized Of owdowns that might have made
the earlier chronicles perpetual best sellers.
Men were men in those days gentle reader And more
so in the days.
chicagos reconstructed troglodye anhropometricaly
true to remains found in Alpine caverns tell how radically
the human chassis has been redegned by mutation and
vronmen until Natures present experiments begin to de-
part from the basic lines of such primitive models
Our carburation is mmeasurably better Evolution has
equipped with mental sparkplugs totally lacking in these
supergrand-folk
But we've lost most of their climbing capacity and fail
stand up under any considerable loads.
Easier living and devitang comforts fast degeneratng
machine that could fetch and carry incredible burdens
suffer indefinite prvation and slay carnvoa with eobbe
stones
The toes then as capable as the fingers are already use
less atrophied members.
prognathous jaw developed by tough and firous
foods whose impact stimulated necessary circulation to
produce perfect and enduring teeth shrinking 50 rapidly
that is now seldom provided for their form
tion.
The threatened with fragile retreatng chin IN
which weak, overlapping molars crowd through under
nourished gums
Five million children condemned to orthodental bands,
signify the general substitution of pancakes hot biscuits
hashe and muhy vegetables for rough breadsus and
newy meats that compel vigorous and protracted maacn
and alone keep the blood stream the job Of furnishing bone
and tooth substance.
Uncle Gro Magnon didn't know the why of anything, but
at least he knew how to avoid gold filings indigestion and
the ricketts,
Dr. Jordan had only probed far enough back might
have learned lot about the Adamsons of vastly
than the devious and doubtful wendngs Of certain royal
strains.
"
The Washington times., 1929-06-28
RAMSAY MACDONALD. GREAT BRITAINS LABOR AND
4.J, .sl SOCIALISTIC PRIME MEMBER
row those words Labor and socialism" would sound
the ears Of American high financed
A Really Fine Man.

row those words labor and socialism" would sound in
! the ears Of American high finance!
How this country would trsmbe shver and take to the
saIl woods there the FAINTEST POSSIBILITY
ot sociasc labor being put at the head Of Gov
srnmentf
The thing recently done again III Great Britain and
the British Empire does not worry.
Above the that labor produced and that the British
made Prime Minister.
This is the to whom the British King and Emperor Of
India handed the seals Of office making him, Ramsay Mac
Donald Labor and Socialist the most powerful individual
IN all the British Empire ten thousands times powerful
the King himself
10 the COmmons The business Of the King to act in
cordance with Ramsay MacDonalds decisiQNs
Macdonald has fine face that Of who worked hard
in his youth as q laborer, EDUCATING HIMSELF WHILE
he WORKED.
He be honored to be feared by wealth
poverty.
Fortunate the nation that like Great Britain, trust
control Of government to born in palace to born
in the humble cottage Of simple workman and be Of
coed services from both
The Washington times., 1929-06-28
LISTEN WORLD!
The DriUen-Outs
By Elsie Robinson

about the people of Nothern Eu-
rope. We were speaking of their
amazing record of achievement in
the face of adversely.
They're called the Nordics." he
said. but they should be called
the Driven Outs. They were liter.
ally driven out from one place
after another-hated and harried.
other races settled down In warm
climates and waxed plump and
prosperous, but the northern
blondes were continually on the
move, in constant conflict with
men and beasts, hunger and cold.
They had all the bad breaks. And
much of it was seemingly their
own fault. There was a restless
ness in them--they were always
picking fights-they were always
starting on reckless, dangerous
adventures. You wouldn't proph.
esy much of a future for a people
like that. Yet look at the results
The comfortable people grew lazy
and soft-lost their grip. But the
harried Driven Outs surged ahead
to the leadership of the world"
True, isn't 1t! oQ We seen II
working out yourself, in scores OF
lives.
Success and safety are fine
things to talk about, but they're
mighty dangerous in the long run.
Once let an individual or a nation
settle down and begin to accumu-
late bank rolls and double chins
and the ends near.
LIFE DOESN'T PROSPER UN-
LESS 1T KEEPS ON THE HOP.
Perhaps my friend has chosen
the better part, after all. in pre-
ferring to be a Driven Out.