The Carbon County news., 1930-09-25

the use of monkey glands, extends
the lives of old men, says: .All
Americans are dead at fifty" He
does not mean that they actually
die, but that they are worn out at
fifty, and might as well be dead.
There is no doubt that men in
America wear out early. Their
eyes grow dim, hair white. step
Slow and knees stiff, too early.
But they get things done, which
is more important than remaining
young.
In the Argentine, few killed, many
wounded and new fighting threat
tened. Airplanes guard important
points, and Irigoyen, late President,
is locked up. inaccessible. The
cable is censored, lack of employ
ment puts many in the streets that
would otherwise be at work. A
serious situation may develop.
Irigoyen, who used to denounce
the Monroe Doctrine, may be
changing his mind.
If there were no Monroe Doc.
trine this would be an excellent
time for some European or Asiatic
power to arrive, saying: with
your kind permission, we shall take
charge"
That won't be done with Uncle
Sans Monroe warning posted up.
Doctor Heyl deep and genuine
scientist of The bureau Of stand
ards, is constructing device to
make the fourth dimension visible
to the eye of the average man, lie
will not succeed, because he him
self cannot imagine the fourth di,
mension except us mathematical
theory. His c0ntrivance thus far
looks like ball of popcorn"
The fourth, fifth. sixth and other
dimensions that are suggested seem
to the ordinary man more like Il
ball of 'poppy-cock.' =
Doctor Heyle has done something
more interesting than making men
try to imagine what they cannot
imagine. He has actually weighed
the earth on which we stand.
If you want to know how heavy
it is, write down the figures 65oc9
followed by eighteen zeros.
The earth is about as heavy as
though made of solid steel, and it
is interesting to reflect that that
appalling weight, on which we live
floats always in time around the
sun, through the ether, If the ether
really exists, which is an unsettled
question.
Peggy Duncan, a powerful nine
teen-year-old girl from South Afri-
ca, has conquered the English CHAIR
mel, making the swim in sixteen
hours fifteen minutes, but failing to
beat Gertrude Ederle's record.
Miss Ederle can tell the young
girl from South Africa that swim
ming the channel does not pay. You
lose your hearing in the cold wa
ter, and the world soon loses its
recollection of you.
Richard Whitney, president of
the New York Stock exchange,
says the country is getting back on
firm business basis, and that the
stock exchange was in no way re-
sponsible for the slump, unemploy-
ment, etc.
The latter statement is sound.
The stock exchange and the ticker
reflect, but do not create, condi-
tiOns. The wave of stock gam
bling, wasting the time of able
men and scattering the money of
fools, caused trouble, but that is
not the fault Of the exchange.
Frank Herman, in New York, has
distributed 1,500 little buttons, car
rying in white letters: Business
is good"
Mr.. Herman, an advertising man,
believes that if you say thing
often enough people will believe it.
They will, if it is true.
Marconi believes that radio
waves will travel off millions of
miles through space.
If the sun can send rays of light
through 93,O0O,00O miles of space,
there is no reason why radio
waves shouldn't go as far in the
other direction.
This ought to mean that we shall
talk to the other planets soon, if
they have any inhabitants able to
talk.
In welcoming the French flyers
enthusiastically President Hoover
mentioned Byrd, Rickenbacker
and the rest"
1t is refreshing to hear Ricken-
hacker mentioned, proving that
men who flew in the war are not
entirely forgotten.
Their flying was unlike modern
peace flying, as different as the
performance of a hawk from that
of carrier pigeon.
When Rickenbacker went up, his
plane or another had to crash.
Time after time he went up, and
time after time he brought down
the other planes. This he did more
often than any other American flyer.
He has remained in the back
ground amid all the praise of peace
flying. The public should not let