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Waslwr^iH'oyv Battle Over Radio in News Service WASHINGTON. ? The battle cut control of radio in 'he dlssem nation of no? s all o^ier tl o world is scheduled to bo fought out In the International radio conference. which the President 1 hs? planned to call late this fall, ac cording to it d vices received in ottWial guar tors. The cor.rtfoversv , of which limits. If any. should! ho placed over the radio not. to preserve the functions of news papers anil; news agencies. has devel oped with t!'o progress of radio, In i sotno Quarters it being alleged that radio was encroaching in a field prop erly belonging to t he news organiza tions of various kinds, and various remedies haive been proposed. some of [ which have been fought and others of ; which are favored. In the last year representatives of -o nati< nal news agencies, including all the principal Kuropean countries, and many of the largest of such agencies iu operation. met in Berne. Switzerland; where the subject was considered in detail, and it was de elded to press for notion at the com ing International communications con ference along ccrtaln linos which they decided noiiM effectively protect what ^hey Regarded hs their proper sphere. Some of these measures are: Limiting the receiving range of all private stations. . reunifies. Including payment o dam ag*v*. confiscation of apparatus. ?n?l forfeiture of license for violating the secrecy of radio messages Fixing a word rate for press broad i-asts. irresptvtlve of the numher of addresses included In the collective list, e\en those which are artificial or "blind." K eduction of present tele graphic press rales would also he pro posed to the conference. The American ivnfortMit'o plan hinges on the disposal In Kurope of the preliminary conference, which was scheduled for .May, but has been postponed for the time, and no definite date set. The American conference cannot, under the existing arrange ment. he called until this preliminary gathering has concluded Its work. / For Efficiency and Thrift in Capital Reorganizations and merger of the offices of superintendent of the State, War and Navy buildings and superintendent of public buildings and grounds ? the new office to he known as the com mission of public buildings and parks of the national capital? has become effective, according to announcement of Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrlll, di rector. This consolidation, ?vhleh Is the entering wedge for merging other government bureaus doing substantial ly the same work, Is In line with Pres ident Coolidge's efforts to bring about federal economy by putting various branches of the government on an effi cient business basis. Great economies In the operation and maintenance of public buildings and public parks in the capital, and In connection with the construction of memorials, such as the Arlington Memorial bridge, the Ericsson and Titanic memorials, will result from the consolidation, it Is predicted, and credit for bringing about the merger of the various bureaus of the commis sion is given to the President by those In close touch with the situation. The consolidation was recommended by the President and was approved b> the Joint committee of congress on reorganization in the government de partments. Lieutenant Colonel .Sherrill Is to be director 01 the new office, in which have been established the following divisions: Administrative, buildings maintenance, construction and design, horticultural, park maintenance, pro tection. Hock Creek park, transporta tion and supply urn. White House maintenance and welfare. The numerous commissions which heretofore were charged with various projects In the capital, and of which Colonel Sherrill was executive officer, will have their work assigned under the proper division designated to han- i dip It economically. Details for th-> transfer of em- , ployees from the various commissions and offices to the new divisions. ] which Is a matter of paper work, will be made as soon as practicable. The office, when newly established, will be another Independent estab- j lishment of the government, whereas j heretofore, its various duties, those charged, directly to Colonel Sherrill were under authority of various com missions appointed from time to time by congress. Middy's Hazing Makes Pension Needed IN J UK IKS Inflicted by hazers while he was a midshipman at the United States Js'aval academy at Annapolis, have brought a life pen sion for William II. McGregor of Johnstown. Pa. On an appeal from a ruling of the pension bureau, Secre tary of the Interior Work decided that the injuries were received in the line of duty and, therefore, entitled the victim to federal pension. McGregor was appointed to Annap olis on June 15, 1922, and shortly aft erward, while on duty, was hazed. He was taken to sick -quarters and was susbsequentiy transferred to the naval hospital on a stretcher, where he re mained In bed for almost five months as a result of Injuries to his left hip and a stomach affection. The victim did not know of the seri ous extent of his Injuries at the time and refused to disclose the identities of his assailants or to reveal the man ner in which he was Injured. Ills silence. his pension application said, was due to a custom that exists at the naval academy of not tolerating "squealers" and "yellow streaks," toward whom the classmates assume a repel I ant attitude of aloofness. The severity of his Injuries, how ever, forced an Investigation and an exposure of the hazing. Smarting un der the lash of his classmates and be lieving his career In the navy had been destroyed, McGregor resigned, and his resignation was accepted. The Navy department held he was entitled to a pension, but the pension bureau took the view his Injuries were not received In line of duty but were due to "conditions to which he volun tarily submitted." In reversing this decision, the sec retary of the interior states : "Hazing Is in violation of the rules of the academy and the laws of tht United States, and the claimant was entitled to such protection as would prevent the act, which was not afford ed him. To hold that the victim was out of line of duty when the fact Is that it was the hazers who were not in line of duty is a paradox. "The department, therefore, con cludes. In harmony with the holding of the Navy department, that the claimant's injuries as a result of haz ing, were incurred in line of duty." Capital Monument in Memory of "T. R.' THE Roosevelt Memorial associa tion of the District of Colum bia, whose purpose Is to per petuate the memory of Theo dore Roosevelt by the erection of a suitable memorial in the city of Wash ington, has Issued a pamphlet setting forth the personnel of the association and Its preliminary plans. There are four honorary presidents, including Elihu Root and Leonard Wood. The acting president Is James R. Garfield ; there Is a board of trustees with 72 members, and from these officers and trustees ah executive committee and a committee on a monumental me morial have been selected. A site has been chosen which Is In such a place that, together with the structure to he placed on it, will be In tuirmonj with the park commis sioners' plan for Washington's devel opment?a plan ip whose making President Roosevelt had a part. Con gress will be asked to set the ground aside for the purpose, and the execu tive committee recommends to the trustees that they set aside $1,000, 000 of the fund Id their possession for the erection of the monument. The land asked for lies between the Washington monument and the Po- ; tomac river, and Is bounded by Fif teenth and Seventeenth streets, pro- 1 Jected southward, Including Twining lake. The executive committee has arranged for a competitive design. The memorial association was or- j ganlzed soon after Mr. Roosevelt's I death and the contributions to It have evidently been liberal. The plans In- j elude, In addition to the structure at Washington, the acquisition and main tenance of a public park In memory of Roosevelt In the town of Oyster Bay, N. Y., and the establishment of an endowment fund "to promote the development and application of the policies and Ideals of Theodore Roose velt for the benefit of the American people." In addition to these memori als Is the reconstruction by an organ ization of women of Roosevelt's boy hood home in New York and the pres ervation therein of relics and souve nirs associated with his memory. Congress Is Ninety Per Cent Religious MORE than DO per cent of the members of the Incoming congress . are udherents of some religious denomination, according to the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Kpiscopal church. Metho dists lend lh both the 'house and the senate, sayq the statement, with Pres byterians ahd Episcopalians following closely. After them In order come Baptists, Congregatlonallsts, and Ro man Catholics. There are no Hebrews In the senate, and eight In the house. Here Is the summary of congress aflill atlon in house and senate: MethodlstL i)0 and 27 ; Presbyterian, 03 and 11; Kpiscopal, 57 and 22; Bap tist, 48 and 5 ; Congregational, 32 and 6; Roman Catholic, 32 and 4; Chris tloh Dlsclplje, 21 and 1 ; Lutheran, 17 and 2; Hebrew, 8; Unitarian, 4 and 2 ; Quaker, 3 and 1 ; Reformed, 3 ; United Brethren, 2; Mormon, 1 and 2; Unlverealist, 2 ; Mennonite, 1 ; Chris tian Scientist, 1; Protestant (undesig nated), 7; none, 35 and 10; vacancies, I ; unknown. 7 and 3. Totals, 435 and 90. Southern members are mostly Epis copalian, Methodist, Baptist and Pres byterian. From the East come Epis copalians, Congregatlonallsts, Cath olics und Jews. The Middle West is well represented in almost all denom inations. If members of fraternities which re quire belief in God lire taken into con sideration, the number of lawmakers who have professed religious convic tion will be found still greater. There are 304 Masons in the house and 05 in the senate. Ninety-eight represen tatives are Knights of l'ythlas, and there are 13 Knights in the upper house. Odd Fellows have 74 representa tives and 7 senators. Of the 35 men in the house of representatives with no religious affiliation. 23 are Masons and 2 are Pythlans, while of the 7 whose religious affiliations are unstat ed, 4 are Masons. The 10 senators with no religious affiliations include 0 Masons, and all 3 of those whose religious affiliations are unstated are Masons. ?? THE ;&| * UTTLE f TIN BOX By JAMES F. DWYER ((?) by Short Story Pub. Co.) MOKGAN, foreman of the Hud sen-Gerurd Construction com pany, swinging on a narrow plank four hundred feet shove the sidewalk, whlatied a tune as ho glanced around at the unclothed rib* of the Riant skyscraper he was throwing heavenwards. Far below hu man tints looked up through the clear h Ir at the gaunt skeleton, their white, upturned faces, round and featureless, reminding the foreman of full-blown flowers on bulky stalks. The watchers attracted Morgan. Sit ting down on the plank, with legs dangling In space, he stared Into the stone-walled canyon up and down which the human current flowed un ceasingly. The peculiar weird expect ancy which seemed to chain the little groups watching the aerial workers Interested him. lie had never looked at the crowds before, but some absurd analytical kink bad Just manifested Itself In his mind, and he gratified it He tried to understand the fascination which held men motionless hour after hour till their uchlng necks rebelled at the torture. Unconsciously, a hate of the crowd welled up within the fore man. He felt that they were waiting for something to happen. The motion less groups were uncanny. The foreman started to reason quiet ly to himself. "There's no fascination In seeing men work," he murmured, "so It's the fascination of seeing men In danger. Increase the danger, and you Increase the spine tickles that keep those loafers peeping upwards. Where does It end? I honestly believe that a percentage of those dough faced galoots stand for hours on the chance of seeing one of us do a to boggan slide through the ether. That's all they're waiting for, d ? n 'em." In some peculiar manner the ex pressed conclusion pulled Into his con scious mind the Image of Johnson, who was known on the Job as "Gerard's Pet" Morgan sat wondering a mo ment, then laughed queerly. From the pocket of hla Jacket he took a small tin box about two Inches square, and sniffed at Its contents. "If Johnson has been chewing this stuff long I guess he'll give those sun gapers a sensation one of these days," he muttered. "Old 'Gerard's Pet,' %h? Nerves on the blink I Carries his little box of nerve dope round with him I The foxy Johnson 1 What the h ? 11 does he want up In the clouds?" Again he stared down Into the tre mendous abyss as If he expected an answer to his question to drift up with the faint, ghostly sounds of the heavy traffic, lie noticed that the little groups were Increasing, and he looked for a reason. There was nothing un usual happening, but the mesh of Iron and steel seemed to attract pedestri ans. Presently Morgan laughed uneasily. "D? n 'em," he cried, "I believe they're watching me. They are, sure. I'm In It I 'Gerard's Pet' watching me on top and the crowd watching me be low I" lie shook his flat at the spectators, stood up on the plank and climbed cautiously along it. "Watching me," he muttered, "the d ? n buzzards I They're hungry for a tragedy. If they watch Johnson Johnson mlnua hla little tin box? they might get a run. At any rate I'm go ing to watch him now. He muat have loat that at lunch time, and If he'a been chewing It regular I guess the loss of It will begin to upaet hla grit before the day is out" Crawling carefully along the narrvw bridge, he climbed Into the cobweb of steel beams and looked back at the crowd from a position of comparative safety. "The dough-faced loafera," he mur mured. "It's funny I never thought till today what kept 'em watching and watch fng." Wondering how he had overlooked this powerful incentive to the morbid minded, he stepped cautloualy along the brink of the ahadowy abyss that lay between the tremendous glrdera, and as he walked he muttered con tinually: "'Gerard's Pet' eh? Put to watch me, and has to cnew a morsel of opium to keep his nerve up. Guess he's craving a pick-me-up now." At the southern end of the gigantic frame, which towered, black and ugly over the surrounding buildings, he stopped and peered around. Johnson was standing upon a great triangle of steel, directing half a dozen men who were climbing along the iron threads where the wind, after lulling them with occasional moments of calm, at tacked them with fierce, strong gusts In their moments of unpreparedness: Morgan stepped out on the triangle and stood near 'The Pet," but John- j "Ton gave n? ludlcatloD *.^^ aware of his presence. .Tbe other unlmus was iri-concealed and was a hyper-sensitive perao hammers clanged ceaselessly a skeleton thrilled under the Away out on the bay the rob goddess were embroidered w as the sun sauk lower. T he P steamers appeared to be sailing dlately beneath, and Morgan 8 1 passed over Johnson and stud e scene. The foreman was In a tative mood, and It was mainly De cause these moods were incre lately that "The Pet" had been pu the Job. Johnson was a slight, nervous m with shifty eyes. Morgan's contemp tuous silence irritated him. Stanu ng with his back turned, he felt the gaae of the foreman playing over blm a searchlight. He felt It on his head, on the back of his neck, even on hi a hands. Suddenly he turned quick y to find Morgan looking over toward* Europe. Johnson moistened his lips and stam mered violently as he moved the men along. "The Pet's" left hand strayed upwards, but when It had reached his pocket It was suddenJy Jerked back to his side. Three times the hand tried to forage In the pocket, and three times it was Jerked away. Johnsons mind was certain that the tin box wa* lost, but Johnson's nerves, tautened by the presence of the silent foreman, urged the twitching fingers to continue the search. Presently Morgan laughed and Johnson looked at him Inquiringly. "I was Just thinking of those infer nal watchers down there on the side walk," explained the foreman. "I nev er knew till today what keeps 'em there." "And what does keep them there?" asked Johnson. "Why, they're waiting to see one of us flop," replied the discoverer, "Juat hanging 'round thinking one of us will lose his nerve and take a header." Johnson wrinkled hli face into ft sickly smile and again moistened his dry Hps. Morgan had timed his visit well. "I don't think that is the reason," he stammered, "they're interested In the work." The foreman laughed contemptuous ly. "I know 'em," he cried, "I've been studying them today." Again the foraging hand crept up ward, and again it was Jerked swiftly back. Its owner made an attempt to change the subject "Farley sent down a note about that Iron," he spluttered, "he wants you " "Look." interrupted Morgan, "Just look how they're lining up down there. What for, I would like to know? There's nothing particular doing." Johnson stared out across the bay. "Not there," snapped the foreman. "Right beneath you, man. Down un der your feet. They're cursed ghouls." "The Pet" moved back a few Inches from the extreme apex of the triangle. He turned his face to Morgan and the gray eyes of the student of crowds noted his livid cheeks. "Move along," muttered Johnaon, "I'm going In." Morgan didn't move. "Crowd un nerve you?" he sneered. "No," snapped "The Pet" "What's up, then?" "Nothing." "I thought your nerves were going back on you," grinned the foreman. Johnson's left hand was foraging blindly In his Jacket pocket "You think too much," he stam mered. "Move a little." "Just oblige me by going 'round tha other way," murmured Morgan. Tve got my eye on a batch of hungry bas tards down there and I don't want to lose sight of them." Johnson turned towards the apex and moved a few paces cautiously. "I knew a man," remarked the fore man, critically eyeing the other, "whose nerve went on the blink ftt this game. He took to drugs." "Yes," muttered Johnson, half turn ing to look at the speaker. "Yes," repeated Morgan, "he took to opium, or some stuff like It ?nd the crowd got a sensation one day. He forgot hi ? box or lost It or some thing?" "The Pet" wheeled swiftly. "Yon hound," he snarled. "You? you took it" The foreman grinned. "Don't upset yourself," he murmured, "your nerves are rocky sure." "Give It up," shrieked Johnson. "Give It up I" Morgan took the little tin box from his pocket and tossed It towards the other. They were but a few feet apart, but at that moment a sudden gust of wind whirled up from the bay and the box was swept to the left of the narrow bridge. Johnson tried to keep his arm at his side, but the ef fort was beyond him. It leaped out after the bit of tin, which flashed in the sunlight, and losing his balance, he spruwled forward along the girder. Morgan tried to backstep quickly, but Johnson's right arm swung like a band of Iron uround his ankles; and, locked together, they followed the little tin box. Agreeable Person Has Advantage Over Churl Ln these days of keen competition, the agreeable man gets along better because L ; competition Is much light er than those others who eeem to take exception to everything under the sun Just on general principles. It Isn't al ways easy to be agreeable, tactful, courteous and diplomatic, but It Is the fellow who makes the grade that winds up on the top rung of the lad der of success; anyone can be a churl, at least, so says the Mutual End Points. The agreeable chap brings light and Finnish Literature To demonstrate that Finland has a large native literature, a fair of the printing trades was recently held at Helslngfors. The Finns boast of be ing the most literate nation ln the world. They point with pride to the fact that their little country has 75 book shops In the cities, 219 In the country, 400 book stall agents and ftuine 820 news atanda. warmth to the dismal room. His handclasp means real friendship, Ills counsel Is good, because he sees men and affairs In their true light. Deter mine to make folks like you ? not with buncombe, flattery nor false friend ship, but with true agreeablllty. Life Is difficult to understand, and smooth friendship may cover otherwise rough spots In the path. The world is the friend of the agreeable man. Ophelia Had Reason After the amateur theatrical, the leading man was receiving congratu lations from a friend. "How did you enjoy the show?" he asked. "It was simply great," was the en thusiastic reply. "Why, the way you acted Hamlet, anybody could see why Ophelia went crazy and drowned her self." Iowa has the lowest illiteracy In the nation, with a percentage of l.L STATUES OF LAVA ON EASTER ISLAND Modern Scientists at Loss to Account for Cult. Easter island, In the Sou,th Pacific, which recently was reported to have vanished In a submarine convulsion, still waves Its fronded palins In air. ('apt. Alfred Klin*;, sends to IUus trlerte Zeltung, Berlin, an uccount of some of Its peculiarities. "In former times," the captain writes, "the tribes und clans on the Island lived In constant warfare with each other. The captives were eaten. Many human bones still He about In the caves of the Island. The original Kanakas had a very queer cult, for which they built gigantic statues of lava. The biggest of these statues Is that of the thunder god. ' It Is twenty one meters long and seven meters wide and weighs twenty tons. Whether these stone monuments were Idols or the statues of famous Island personali ties cannot be ascertained. "Some of the monuments carry a mysterious hieroglyphic script. There are about 555 of these giants, the tokens of former civilization. In 1863 the Island was discovered by Peru slave dealers, who caught the majority of the Kanakas and took them by force to the Peruanlc guano islands, where they died of epidemics. "The island people own wild chick ens and pigs. The chickens fly like pheasants and stay at night In the trees. The owners Identify their chick ens by cuts on the toes. Wildcats are the only game on Easter island. Day time Is determined by the position of the sun. Tobacco plants grow on the Island. The natives use banana leaves as cigarette paper; they always carry a provision of banana leaves at their belt. "I could never quite find out how marital conditions were on the Island. It seemed to me that marriage among members of the same household was prohibited. A violation of this law was punished by putting both offend ers to death. Otherwise there was complete prenuptlal freedom. Cau tious fathers shut their daughters up." Have to Practice Shooting The reason Argentines rank among the best shots In the world, as shown In various International rifle contests In past years, is that marksmanship Is obligatory upon every male citizen of Argentina between the ages of eight een and forty-flve. This is a part of the Argentine system of compulsory military Instruction. Not all citizens have to serve In the army, Its ranks being recruited by lot, but those cho sen may reduce their one-year term of service by three-fourths If they take the marksmanship course. Those not chosen are obliged to take the course anyway. Statistics recently Issued by the ministry of war show that during last year 44.000 citizens took lessons at the 130 rifle ranges In the country, and shot 1,500,000 cartridges. Task for Pianist Cortot, the celebrated pianist, la fond of a good Joke on himself. Cy rano, the Paris periodical, reports this: Dining with friends one night, he was persuaded at the end of the meal to play a rhapsody, which he did with good grace and brilliance. Pale with emotion, a young woman who had beer, fluttering for a time c i her chair suddenly stood up and said: "How divinely you play, maitre, but may I ask you a question?" "Ask It, I beg you." "Is a quaver played quickly?" "Good heavens, I should say It U." "Andlb semlquavei T' "Much more so."* "Oh, maltre," said the lady beseech ingly, "do play one fcr rqe.'' Dugouts for Dwellings In Katwyk, a small fishing village on the shore of the North sea, the housing shortage Is so Intense that many Inhabitants are obliged to live In trenches constructed during the World war to defend the Dutch coast against surprise attack. The attention of walkers on the dunes Is aroused by chimneys sticking out of the trench tops. In dark, narrowed dugouts large families are sometimes quartered. Small tables on which the machine guns were placed In wartime, chairs and field beds are the only furniture. The loopholes have been transformed Into windows. Water and light are lacking. Lodgers profit by the curi osity of passers-by by exhibiting their "dens" for a small fee. His Education Lacking Three-year old Herbert was taken to his grandfather's for a visit. It was his first visit to the farm and he was much Interested in what he saw. He watched eagerly as Hannah dressed ?be turkey for dinner, and no ticed that each handful of feathers was placed carefully In a box. Finally his curiosity pot the better of him and he asked: "Why do you have to save the feathers. Hannah? for seed?" At milling time he was surprised on seeing for the first time where the pillk came from, and as the man fin ished milking one eow the youngster exclaimed : "Now are you going to turn this one's faucets on?"? Ex change. < Does Work of Ten An unusually compact mechanical cabinetmaker, which requires only a jne-horse power motor, can do the vork of ten men. The machine is declared almost as versatile as larger machines designed for similar pur poses. The rip page Is used rlpht and left, and also as a guard over the Circular saw. The saw table will tilt to an angle of 45 degrees. A hand wheel adjusts the projection of the Saw above the t-able. Pressure rollers hold work firmly on the tuble when nlaning Is being done. Telephone Facilities There are now about 10,000 tele phone companies operating In the United States. Of these companies over 91 per cent are interconnected e|o that a subscribe* may talk to prac tically any other telephone subscriber locuted anywhere else In the United States. ' < Phrases That Can Be Construed as Comic Have you ever noticed how difficult It Is to find expressions to emphasize the meaning of what we wish to con vey? There certainly must be u pan city, or shortage of words In our lan guulge, because we have a knack of saying, often with the most mourn ful faces, very comic things. How fond we are of ill-treating our eyes; In fact, these valuable organs are about the worst treated a person has. We often rivet them ou some striking object, a toad, or the horns of a bull. Sometimes they are fixed on n picture or the landscape. At times they are dropped, and very often kept on the ground. Again, thoy are rolled in surprise, and sweeping a room with them is quite a common practice. We fasten them, too. on the fire, and tnere are occasions when they swim in tears. A man's countenance will fall, or his Jaw drop. When something very ex traordinary takes place we hu"e been known to wring our hands and throw up our arms. There are people re markably skilled In knitting their brows. Itude girls toss their heads, while you, perhaps, keep a dog which has a nasty habit of pricking Its ears. There was the gallant Horatlus of the good old days who asked his coun trymen to stand on either hand and keep the bridge with him. It Is bad enough, we think, to have one's toes trodden on. Have you heard of the piercing cry which rent the air? Have you seen a woman rooted to the spot? Have you seen any one throw up his head? Charles Dickens had a keen ear for the ridiculous things people say some times. In the Pickwick Papers, when Mr. John Smauker requests Mr. Wel ler to take his arm, Sam replies? "Thankee, sir. You're wery good, but T won't deprive you of it." Mark Antony was occasionally 'strung up" for a word. He passion ately beseeches his countrymen, during an appeal over Caesar's corpse, to lend him their ears. Have you ever heard of lame Ideas? Or perhaps you have heard of them striking? One often hears of people with their minds unhinged. We havo heard of a boy who asked his teacher to excuse the noisiness of the class because his teeth would chatter. ? Montreal Family Herald. Ant 9 Invade England A Dew and most undesirable visitor has arrived at Eastbourne, a popular seaside report on the south coast of England. This visitor Is the Argen tinian ant. Its appetite Is voracious and undiscriminating. It will ea* young plants, young birds, and hn.i been known to attack babies In the cradle. There is nothing safe from Its onslaughts, and It can live anywhere between the tropics and the poles. In Madeira it has almost exterminated the birds and ruined the coffee plants. These ants seem to be free from any known parasite to prey upon them, the cold of a refrigerator has no perma nent effect upon them, and during a flood they mass themselves into a ball and float. Statesmen Not Dressy The statement that Premier Baldwin Is dressing more carefully than he did durii* his previous term as premier of the imperial parliament has brought forth a statement that none of Brit ain's premiers have been particularly fussy with regard to attire. Mr. Lloyd George wore well-cut clothes in his pre miership, but never gave the idea that he worried about them ; the same Is true of Mr. AsquiUi. Lord Balfour was never dressy. Granville used to tell how he met Gladstone in Regent I street wearing his topper back to front. Lord Salisbury was clothed rather than dressed, and "Dizzy" had ceased to affect the dandy before he became premier. Engineers Use Airplanes The airplane has displaced the canoe as first assistant to engineers. No longer is the slower means of travel used to any extent to survey untrav- j eled country. Instead, the engineer hops Into a plaoe and is carried over i the trackless highlands, covering a route in a few hours that formerly ' took many days by canoe and on foot. Such is the romance of engineering an recently enjoyed by H. K. Wicksteed In locating a railroad across western Quebec, remarks the Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger. Growth Through Expression You grow only through expression. Expression is action, thinking, talk ing or doing. Every time you think, every time you talk, every time you do something with your hands, If you do j it well. If you do it as well as you know how, you grow a little bit. Near ly all your business life is spent In 1 meeting people, finding out what they want and getting it to them. Now if you do this thing as well as you know how each time, you are going to grow | bigger and better and more valuable j just as sure as you live. ? Graphica. Limited Knowledge "Bill, you can't read, can you?" j asked a navy man of his mate. "Nope. I just kind of glance at the j paper like. I never had no real school- j ing. 1 did learn the letter O, but It was a poor selection." "Why so, Bill?" "It's no guide at all," explained j Bill. "I'd better have learned an other letter. With this here O you can't tell whether you got the paper j upside down or not." ? London An swers. Odd Form of Evidence The Imprint of a perfect cupld's j bow left on paper by the rouged lips of pretty Bertha Riley, eighteen of Log Angeles, was the evidence that caused the conviction of a enatch thief. The prisoner was charged with taking Miss Riley's purse. The purse was not unlike thousands of others when held up to the view of the court. The prosecutor opened It and produced the imprint of the young lady's llpa. Another imprint then taken showed limliarity, strengthening the evidence. Th D !e SH By M >n<j R <sj"l. I.-!;. s 0('i j>, Htjij > , his <? .? . lii.* . ??.Mi ; Shi;;> "'A !. ? K u v. ff onrt- . ? of an ?? , ? "sit ?: , " " Si ?v. ; don ? ? en 1, "I ? ? .Mr s "W'l!.- . v. ti.VUt ' "A i r ? So!!i?- 1 1 ? - ; Mi-- , k' OU.s i"tl pair , Ht tli. . "Si. re. "Km ? "we're ? 'j I Listen ? have like fr. ? \v?: ! lolly. "S? the y'lind : coul In I "Mr .<? eral ve.i-N ^ tills I " 1'u*, Katie of olii'w ir._- ? a-'i V Stuck ::i it, w, v sleeve ti. : ? v * ' ' ?< , " -J in corner Katie s; she itiiii'ij w ]'f, i tried to K'-t .r. ,t . have t fie J ? Uf wound up 1 y : - ? the shop So! lie had !.. ' : ..f low Kati., -I n ?)> (?, come back ; ,:f. , Sollie sud'3- r, v . >v found a pair . : g t. Sol He went ' v. - ; ; ( , it and lost hi:: ^lf I:. mystery of th" : . - . fortuitous moment for 'in of one "1 . ;<L.-r" guest of the sv.tf-. Mi out of the good for tl.ree j. Just as this r philosophy I:..;. lessly took in > ,r > store and, ?r i v prietor uas ; : ?>. - lost Id thoUi.:.t t. - Whereupon s > upon the l.e;,n : i later, had several ?Qhe Jeweler, ?!. ? was quick '.y !????;!. dl shoved into the rw*s$ : safe. Katie O'L'iy . a few minutes i.r.er. > i she caught Kubia wat^h repair ::.an. o! quickly shoved Us back. "Savp your tricks, M Katie crle'l out. i'a ? now. Put those 6leew and that wad of c.V^iai It's your stinginess tia away to me. Yuu k: Jt mond when you ???'. T&' one, Rubin I I'*e i <>es in the park and thir.k Suy, why didn't you spflf and buy your ? un pirn? "Gwan ! You're oraiy." "Like a flock of foxes, tifht-wad, you Stole pi vanity b<>i. Vou ^ and painted it nnd it in the folds f: : ^ didn't you? You '!:nr - Rubin's face was ? "And then, when J ? ? - (fame was out, you dirty work on me : u : ? ? can of a man, you ^s* Gunsburgpr ran true ^ "D? n Sol I" he starvation wages' Katie, her suspicions rushed to the safe "So you t'" k '???' ( she gasped. "\ourc? ing to he Sin;' Sing It was her'* that gauged behind th*;a,'fJ3 attract attcnt:<n. ;*? out and set '-ini ^ burger was safe when his by the arm; ^ ( "You t?!T -V"U1, ^ "I heard every starvation y ? s " \ inj?! ^ "U ??' ? ,t store or I'lT ' p,-;i spring! Anl, ain't hot* Jtf!? ?' ? those chewiv.; per cent I : ' * t ! ... -t stole each ?,:i" ^ for the p" : month, y And K ' ' ! ? ? : - ? "Don't cry ' "I ain't l"M rapped iih* '"'r . .. self to ph"''> '\;r don't go. Kaf>' " ' ^ speak I fish, , g?> bet I can I t ? f r '' i ' don't care u 1 ' ? ?> I don't : r" t . ?/% , | r.\ so ' marry me ? ? And Ka!; Country God D?ath v fillf-v !s : V Z-'J rarfes gn-miy jr. hrei J Peaces less r ' . ; - 1') some places h:i\.r.g "totle the v '* ~jk ?unimit of r/ ,. hPrtirM^i to 30 nilh-s Figure Thii^M Sympathei!, fln*er? 1 *?*? Porting on.? s 'ir.^er ?n edge til ,.v.*o A
Polk County News and The Tryon Bee (Tryon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 30, 1925, edition 1
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