Hard to Get Exact
Size of Hailstones
The maximum possible size of a
single hailstone cannot be stated pos
itively for the simple reason that
there is not always a trained observ
er on hand to measure every large
hailstone which falls. Hailstone?
larger than a person’s fist and weigh
ing more than a pound have several
times been reported on good author
ity, according to the United States
weather bureau. During a storm in
Natal in 1874 hailstones fell which
weighed a pound and a halt They
passed through a corrugated iron root
as if it had been made of paper. Hail
stone? 14 inches in circumference fell
in New South Wales In February,
1847. At Cazoria, Spain, on June 15,
1829, houses were crushed under
blocks of ice, some of which are said
to have weighed four and a half
pounds. In October, 1844, a hail
storm at Cette, France, wrecked
houses and sank vessel?. But these,
like all reports dating back many
years, must be taken with a grain of
salt The untrained observer often
unconsciously exaggerates. Then, too,
some of these report? may refer to
cases where masses of ice resulted
from the coalescence, after falling, of
a number of smaller hailstones lying
closely packed together on the ground.
—Pathfinder Magazine.
Girl’s Father Settled
H. C. L. Complication
A congressman investigating the
high cost of living said to a Washing
ton correspondent:
"The h. c. 1. is responsible for many
vagaries and queer complications.
“A young chap who had got en
gaged to a girl was talking over the
future with her.
“ ‘With prices what they are,’ said
the girl, ‘we must be content, George
dear, with a small fiat and one or, at
the most, two servants.’
“George coughed.
“ ‘It’s my idea,' he said, ‘to live with
your old man the first couple of
years.’
“ ‘But, George—’
“ ‘That’s my idea,’ he interrupted.
'Think of the money we can save. No
rent, no light, no grub bills, no coal.’
“ ‘But—’
“ ‘I insist on this thing,’ George in
terrupted again. ‘I tell you, I—’
“Then the door opened softly and
the girl’s father entered the room.
“ ‘Children,’ he said, tenderly, ‘1
have decided that when you get mar
ried I’ll come and live with you for
the rest of my life.”’—Washington
Star.
Blue Laws Banned Pies
“The pumpkin, or pompion," we
read in Peters’ “General History of
Connecticut,” published in 1781, “is
one of the greatest blessings, and held
sacred in New England. Of its meat
are made beer, bread, custards, sauce,
molasses, vinegar and, on thanksgiv
ing days, pies, as a substitute for
what tiie blue laws brand as anti
Christian minced pies.”
The same author explains why New
Englanders were called pumpkin
heads. As every male was required
to hove his hair cut round by a cup,
“when cups were not to be had, they
substituted the hard shell of a pump
kin, which, being put on the head
every Saturday, the hair is cut by the
shell all around the head.”—Gas
Logie.
Appearance of Tornado
The chief visible feature of a tor
nado is a long, whirling cloud, extend
ing to or toward the earth As the
storm travels along, at about the
speed of an express train in the aver
age case, and in a direction that in
most cases is approximately from
southwest to northeast, the zone ol
destruction Is little if any wider than
the track swept by this cloud. The
width of the zone may be only a few
rods and is seldom as great as half
a mile. Its length average? something
like 25 miles, but is not always con
tinuous, as these storms have a way
of jumping over places along their
paths and leaving them unharmed.
Keep Departments Efficient
There is in the government a bu
reau of efficiency, the duty of which,
among others, is to investigate the
needs of the several executive depart
ments and independent establishments
with respect to personnel and to in
vestigate duplications of statistical
and other work and methods of busi
ness in the various branches of the
government service. There is also a
bureau of co-ordination, which investi
gates cases in which it is possible to
avoid the overlapping of departments.
Busy Man at Home
Mrs. Fletcher—Did you have a hard
day at the office, dear?
Fletcher—In re your question as to
my day at the office, will say that
business matters were pressing and
that I am very tired.
Mrs. Fletcher—Well, dear, dinner Is
ready.
Fletcher—Your statement in re din
ner duly noted, and your suggestion
will be acted upon as soon as possible.
—Vancouver Province.
A Typical Woman
“Boy, tell me the truth I” thundered
King Arthur of Round Table fame.
“Who or what made all these nicks in
my broadsword?"
“Sire,” replied the tremulous page,
*T should not squeal on a woman, but
the queen’s^ been sharpening pencils."
Australia Has Sea Serpent
The most extraordinary testimony
of tlte existence today of the sea ser
pent eotn-s from Australia.
Farmers living amid the swamps
have been perplexed at the frequent
disappearance of tlieir cattle. They
thought thieves took the animals and
Imre fhein away by boat, hm there
were no tracks of men or horses—only
a cut-ions wide furrow leading to tlte
beach.
* hie night a Imy was awakened liy
the tiogs. and. calling some farmhands
rushed out with his gun. Me was
amazed to see "a great dark object re
s* milling a huge snake, traveling
across fences and paddocks at a ter
rific rate. Its heat! was held high in
the air. and in its mouth was a strug
giing calf.’
The wide trail was followed to the
beach, and the monster was seen to
plunge into the sea.
Curious Alloys
In these days chemistry is enabling
man to make over some of the most
useful metals very much at ills will
and greatly to his profit. In England
interesting reports have been made on
the properties of alloys of copper,
aluminum and manganese, which
slmw remarkable peculiarities. An
aUny of .8.8 per r< nt copper, 9.90 per
cent aluminum and 2.01 per cent man
ganese showed enormous tensile
strength, a cold-drawn bar having a
yield point of 40.88 tons per square
inch and an ultimate stress of 52.08
tons per square inch. Another alloy
is so hard that it can take a cutting
edge sharp enough to sharpen a lead
pencil. Tim P.rlrish admiralty has
heen experimenting with these alloys
n order to determine their resistance
to corrosion in sen water
Leaders Too Strenuous
A popular musical composer recent
ly incurred popular censure in Madrid
for heating time with his hands alone
instead of using a baton, when con
ducting a revue of hie own compos!
tion at the Esclava theater.
This incident recalls to the Epoea
de Madrid the tragic fate of Culli, a
celebrated composer. Ii is related
that while conducting a Te Deurn in
the chapel at Versailles as a thanks
giving for file recover.) of Louis XIV
lie struck himself a blow with hi*
baton, as a result of which gangrem
ct in. causing his death.
SOUTH SIDE SOCIAL
SETTLEMENT ISSUES
ITS ANNUAL REPORT
Reveals Large Program of Varied
Activities in Character Building
Agencies Carried On Among
Many Groups
(Continued from Page One)
working out of a harmonious pro
gram.
The woodwork classes, meeting five
evenings a week, are now under Mr.
Walter Sparling, the only white work
er connected with the Center, and
brother of Mrs. Murdock, who di
rects the woodwork at the Settle
ment. Whenever an equally compe
tent colored instructor is available he
will be engaged in Mr. Sparling’s
place. Meanwhile, most excellent re
sults are being secured to the credit
of both Mr. Sparling and the boys.
“From one Boy Scout troop, with
Dr. Morris’ help and interest steadilj
behind it, five Scouts went to Camp
Gifford last summer, all five making
good records and one making an ex
ceptional record in merits and hon
ors.
“An outstanding feature of the
girls’ work is the cooking, taught this
year by highly expert paid teachers.
One of these. Miss Michell, was a vol
unteer all last year, and carried with
Mrs. Busch the full responsibility for
the work last winter, during the gap
between Miss Patrick’s going and
Mrs. Rhone’s coming.
“A night school for adults was an
other feature which began last year
under volunteer teachers and ended
under paid teachers. This school was
first started for a particular group,
recently from the south, who could
not be persuaded to attend the gen
eral night school of the neighborhood.
The group eventually scattered, oth
er more advanced pupils have been
encouraged to attend the general
school, and the Center’s school has
I been discontinued.
“Parties of all kinds, special pro
grams, special meetings, baseball
games, etc., make up more of the
story of both houses. In the Center,
the baseball teams (both the boys’
and the girls’ teams) made a notably
fine record.
“Each house had its clean-up pa
rade in the spring and its vacation
school over a four-week period in the
summer; also its demonstrations of
class work in some of the down town
windows during the Community
Chest campaign this fall. Each house
likewise had delegates at the Nation
al Conference of Social Workers in
Des Moines and at the Nebraska
State Conference in Beatrice.
“Through all the long story of
both houses, as of ail similar houses,
runs the desire of those back of them
to promote fuller opportunity and a
wider reach for the teeming life
about them. Self expression, group
expression, the one follows the other.
“One of our neighbors at a meet
ing of the Settlement Improvement
Club lately said, ‘What would we do
without the Settlement here? It’s
like the spoon in the cake batter. You
can have everything good in the bowl,
all ready for a cake, but without the
spoon to stir it up, you’ll get no
cake.’
“What better appreciation could
be asked?
“May our Settlement continue to
be just such a spoon, as long as our
neighborhood needs it!”
N. W. WARE, Attorney
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
Thomas Phillips, Deceased.
All persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said Court al
leging that said deceased died leav
ing no last will and praying for ad
ministration upon his estate, and that
a hearing will be had on said petition
before said court on the 27th day of
January, 1928, and that if they fail
to appear at said Court on the said
27th day of January, 1928, at 9
o’clock A. M. to contest said petition,
the Court may grant the same and
grant administration of said estate to
John Albert Williams or some other
suitable person and proceed to a set
tlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3t-l-6-28 County Judge.
ED. F. MOREARTY, Attorney
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
Peter John Christensen, also known
| as Peter John Christenson, Deceased.
All persons interested in said estate
are hereby notified that a petition
has been filed in said Court alleging
that said deceased died leaving no
last will and praying for administra
tion upon his estate, and that a hear
ing will be had on said petition be
fore said court on the 28th day of
January, 1928, and that if they fail
to appear at said Court on the said
28th day of January, 1928, at 9
o’clock A. M. to contest said peti
tion, the Court may grant the same
and grant administration of said es
tate to Etta Christensen or some
other suitable person and proceed to
a settlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
3t-l-6-28 County Judge.
H. J. PINKETT, Attorney
Notice By Publication on Petition for
Settlement of Final Adminis
tration Account
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska,
In the matter of the estate of Wal
ter Bell, Deceased.
All persons interested in said mat
ter are hereby notified that on the.
21st day of December, 1927, Addie
Bell Moore filed a petition in said
County Court, praying that her final
administration account filed herein
be settled and allowed, and that she
be discharged from her trust as ad
ministratrix and that a hearing will
be had on said petition before said
Court on the 21st day of January,
1928, and that if you fail to appear
before said Court on the said 21st
day of January, 1928, at 9 o’clock
A. M., and contest said petition, the
Court may grant the prayer of said
petition, enter a decree of heirship,
and make such other and further or
ders, allowances and decrees, as to
this Court may seem proper, to the
end that all matters pertaining to
said estate may be finally settled and
determined.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
2t-l-6-28 County Judge.
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DRUG STORES
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