O'NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN
OTHEILU "NEBRASKA
SKarks in waters along the British
Columbia coast are to be turned Into
leather, liver oil, fertilizer. Jewelry, and
finally dollars by the Consolidated
Whaling Company, The reducing plant
will be erected on the Albernl canal.
Fishing for the sharks will be carried
on after the fashion of whaling with
harpoons shot from guns. Livers of
some of the big sun sharks, which are
60 to 66 per cent oil, yield up to 20 gal
lons of the finest shark oil, which is used
for medical purpose and lubrication of
delicate mechanisms. The fins are al
most pure gelatine. Membranes and In
testines are turned Into gloves, glue and
gut, blood and flesh Into chicken food
and fertilizers. The head Is a solid mass
of cartllege glue. The most valuable
part of the fish Is the skin, which has
the toughness of vulcanized rubber. The
outer surface Is as rough as sand paper.
This Is taken off by acid treatment and
the skin tanned.
Something new In the form of aid to
Immigrants Is a booklet Just Issued by
the Canadian department of lmmlgra
tlan and colonization. It Is called "A
Manual of Citizenship" and fits In the
vest pocket. Its purpose Is to acquaint
new arrivals with salient facta concern
ing Canada and help them to appreciate
the advantages ®f becoming Canadian
citizens. “Remember," says the booklet,
“that every country has Its -own meth
ods and In Canada you may find farm
and workshop different from those to
which you aro accustomed In the old
country. Try to adapt yourself to the
change. Don't carry a revolver In Can
ada. It Is not only against the law but
unnecessary."
Canada has spent over $84,000,000 la
the establishment of returned soldiers
on the land. Under the law any ex
service man eligible from a military
standpoint, having seen service over
seas, may apply for loans up to a maxi
mum of $7,600 for the following pur
poses'.] For the purchase of land, $4,600;
for stock and equipment, $2,000; for
permanent Improvements, $1,000. If on
encumbered land, the ex-soldier Is en
titled to loans amounting to $6,000; If
on free dominion land, to loans amount
ing to $8,000. In the case of purchased
land the settler must pay 10 per cent,
of the cost price of the land as a guar
antee of good faith.
A new collection of world war statis
tics shows that there were 22,000,000
blankets provided for the United States
soldiers and 100,000,000 yards"of cloth for
overcoats and uniforms. There were
more than 800,000,000 square yards of
cottpn textiles used In this country dur
ing the war. The United States soldiers
ate more than 1,000,000 pounds of flour,
800.000. 000 pounds of beef, and 26,000,000
pounds of jam. The army possessed
46.000. 000 safety razor blades, 10,346,000
spoons, 4,000,000 pairs of rubber boots,
and 9,250,000 brushes of different kinds.
A cable to the Chicago Dally News
tells how German manufacturers out
witted some Japanese visitors who had
gone through the factory, taking photo
graphs of secret processes and of each
operation they saw. As they left the
Germans politely Invited them Into the
X-ray room, seeing to It that they
carried their cameras with them. The
current was turned on, and all the
plates were ruined.
The Berlin government Is trying to
halt a gambling fever which has been
sweeping Germany for many months
and which authorities say continues to
spread at a surprising rate despite hun
dreds of arrests, the confiscation of mil
lions of marks, sentencing of scores of
persons to jail and the imposition of
heavy fines.
The undeveloped state of America’s
chemical Irdustry, due to this country's
dependence on Germany for medicines,
la said by experts to have cost $100,000
to 150,0000 lives In the Influenza epi
demic, when the German supply of
medicines was cut off by the war. Amer
ican chemists have since evolved ars
phemanlne, a treatment for pneufnonla.
Although formerly most Immigrants
into tho United States seemed to stop
In New York city, of late years they
have been traveling Inward. The last
census showed that 85 per cent, of New
York's Increase In population was na
tive whites. From 1900 to 1910, Its In
crease was about 60 per cent. Immi
grants.
Speaking of taxes, the French people
must pay a tax on all paper used In the
transaction of business In that coun
try, 10 per cent, on railroad on berth
tickets, more than double the pre-war
postage, 10 per cent, on hotel bills, on
theater tickets, and on race track bets.
The tobacco tax Is the most profitable
for the government. It brings an annual
revenue to the government of 812,000,000
francs.
The Ontario government has com
menced a campaign In Great Britain to
pluco 5,000 British farmers on 6,000 On
tario farms.
A brilliant social season Is expected of
the White House this winter, beginning
with the cabinet dinner, December 15.
The New Year reception will be revived.
The yield of wheat In France, Includ
ing Alsace-Lorraine, Is estimated at
113,603 thousand centals of 100 pounds,
as compared with 142,159 thousands In
1920.
Over 1,000,000 sick, crippled, aged,
blind, insane, orpnaned and otherwise
unfortunate or defective persons are
ordinarily found in some 10,000 Institu
tions In the United States.
China Is the only country which pro
duces tea oil In large quantities. The
oil has a variety of uses. It Is used In
the preparation of tobacco, It is a kind
of fuel, and It Is made Into hair oil.
An advertisement In the Kansas City
Star says: ‘'Eighteen-year-old will
marry any man who will pay J5.000 for
education, univorsity or travel; will
study to be his business assistant if de
sired."
Agriculturists have just discovered
that the hop apis produces 13 genera
tions a year, the average . number of
young produced by each female being
100, the greatest enemy of which are
birds.
The rise of rye into unprecedented
popularity Is the great surprise of the
year In western Canadian agriculture.
Last year the surprise was the sudden
fashion of raising sunflowers.
Chicago police records show a falling
off In murders during the past year,
and also In the number of arrests for
drunkenness.
Mary Plckford Fairbanks, after her
first half day of Paris shopping, has
pronounced the Paris modes "too wide."
ltary didn't buy a thing.
The social democratic (majority so
cialist) party In Germany now claims a
total membership of 1,221,000, an In
crease of 40.361. over last year.
Despite the fact that 4,000,000 Indus
trial workers are repC_lid Idle, no one
will yet buy the cheaper cute of meat,
•ays the meat packet* Institute.
The former empeGO* William la still
conferring, from hlfi retreat at Doom,
the order of the HotMe of Hohenxollern
suai of till adherents In Germany.
Bit DMMCE SUIT'
SETTLEMENT IDE
Nonpartisan League Organizer
Accepts Small Amount in
Action for $250,000
Against Nebraskans.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 26 (Special).—
for $600 In cash. B. A. Felver has
released from liability In his $250,000
damage suit the 11 Merrick county
men whom he charged with responsi
bility for his 111 treatment at the
hands of a crowd of men who were
opposed to his continuing his activ
ities as a nonpartisan league organ
izer some years ago. Felver has dis
missed as to these men, some of whom
were actual participants In the as
sault of which he complained. Of the
remainder of the defendants, three
are well known. These are G. W.
Wattles, Omaha street car magnate
and banker; O. G. Smith, of Kearney,
head of the national farm congress,
and Horace M. Davis, publicity agent
for public utilities, all of whom are
charged with creating mob mind con
ditions.
WHAT IT COSTS TO
SEND CHILD TO SCHOOL
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 26 (Special).—
According to statistics prepared by
State Superintendent Matzen, it now
costs $105.34 a year to educate public
school children In Nebraska, as com
pared with $34.84 nine years ago. The
number enrolled has increased from
381,104 to 400,331. The principal in
crease in cost comes from teachers'
wages. Nine years ago the average
monthly salary of a teacher was
$67.97. Today the average Is $180.38
for men and $113.15 for women, and
they work nine months. There are
now 1,205 men and 12,063 women en
gaged in teaching in the state’s pub
lic schools.
ESCAPED CONVICTS
RETURNED TO PRISON
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 25 (Special).—
Burl Baker and Earl Henry, trusties
who escaped from the Nebraska state
penitentiary Friday night, were cap
tured while asleep In a corn field on
a farm near Princeton, about 20 miles
south of here, early Saturday after
noon. They were Immediately taken
back to the prison.
W. E. CROW SUCCEEDS
KNOX IN THE SENATE
William E. Crow, of Unlontown,
Pa., who has been appointed by Gov
ernor Sproul as United States senator
from Pennsylvania to All the tin
expired term of the late Senator
Knox, ending March, 1923. Senator
Crow is a lawyer, 51 years old, and
has been a member of the Pennsyl
vania senate since 1907.
RAILROAD GUARANTY IS
ATTACKED BY BENTON
Washington, Oct. 24.—The long
smouldering movement In conress for
the repeal of the railroads’ 6 per cent,
guaranty provision of the transporta
tion act and also of the Adamson
law, appeared In the open before the
Senate Interstate commerce commit
tee today when representatives of
state railway commissioners and ag
ricultural organizations appeared to
urge such changes.
John E. Benton, solicitor of the na
tional association of railway utilities
commissioners, urged enactment of
the Capper bill to restore the origin
al Jurisdiction of state railway com
missions over intrastate rates and to
repeal the 6 per cent, guaranty of the
carriers. Centralization of rate pow
ers in the Interstate Commerce com
mission. was deplored by Mr. Benton,
who charged the railroads with use
of "propaganda to destry the state
commission’s authority.”
DAWSON, Y. T. — Navigation on
the Yukon river Is closed for the
winter and the first mall stage, drawn
by four horses, left here Sunday for
White Horse. The sages form the
only link between Dawson and the
coast during the long northern
winter. The last boats to ply up the
Yukon, small launches, had to fight
their way through the slush ice.
SEIZE MUCH BOOZE.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 24.—Twelve
barrels of whisky, 2,000 gallons of
wine, and more than 500 bottles of
champagne, gin, and other liquors,
were seized by federal prohibition
agents Sunday night at a farm house
known as "John’s Place,” three miles
from Cheviot, Ohio. Seven men were
arrested on charges of having violat
ed the national prohibition act. Sev
eral revolvers and other weapons and
a quantity of ammunition also were
seized, the prohibition agents said.
BOARD REFUSES TO
COMMUTE SENTENCE
Grand Island Man Must Serve
Term for Murder of 13
/; Year-Old Girl.
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Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 22 (Special) —
The state board of pardons today re
fused to commute the life sentence
of John G. Hamblin, of Grand Island,
who shot Rachael Engle, 13, about
13 years ago.
CHILDREN ESCAPE WHEN
SCHOOL CATCHES FIRE
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 22 (Special).—
Two hundred children marched out
of the Sacred Heart grade school In
perfect fire drill order Thursday, when
the roof of the building caught fire.
The damage was slight.
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ETTER CHOSEN HEAD
OF NEBRA8KA I. O. 0. F.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 22.—L. F. Etter,
of South Omaha, was elected grand
master of the Nebraska I. O. O. F.
at the business session of the annual
convention here. I. P. Gage, of Fre
mont, was re-elected grand secretary;
F. B. Bryan, of Omaha, was re
elected grand treasurer, and Charles
Naylor, of Chadron, past grand mas
ter, was elected delegate to the sov
ereign grand lodge for two year3.
Former Principal at Harvard,
Wiho Shot “Other Man” In
Triangle, Gets His
Liberty.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21 (Special).—
Herbert C. Harris, former principal
of Harvard schools, who took a shot
or two at Russell Akers, favored over
himself In the eyes of a feminine
member of the teaching staff, has
been paroled. He was sent up for
from one to 20 years for schooting
with Intent to kill Harris says he
did not mean to hit Akers, but to
scare him. The man had a good
record before and' during his Impris
onment.
William A. Fouse, negro, who killed
a soldier named Bowles In a drunken
fight in the redllght district of Omaha
13 years ago, was given a commuta
tion of sentence that gained his re
lease Friday. Fouse was once sen
tenced to death and later had the
sentence commuted to life Imprison
men. The evidence was held to
justify not much more than man
slaughter.
Sylvester Higbee, defeated in his
contest with Thomas Czarnick for the
hand of the widow whose farm he
had operated In Platte county, killed
his rival. That was eight years ago.
He drew a commutation that will
gain him liberty within a year. Hig
bee has but one leg, and this fact
weighed more heavily with the board
than with the widow.
Paroles were granted to Harry
Hoffman, Dixon county, sent up No
vember 19, 1929, for one to 10 years,
for burglary and grand larceny;
Ernest Greene, Pierce, sentenced No
vember 19. 1920, one to five years,
hog stealing; Wesley Saulsbury,
Tierce, sentenced November 19, 1920,
one to five years, hog stealing; Loren
Helkes, Dixon, one to seven years,
burglary and larceny, sentenced No
vember 19, 1920; O. N. Eicher, Wayne,
sentenced May 3, 1919, assault with
Intent to injure, one to five yenrs.
A parole was denied Louis Bender
son, Dixon county, sentenced No
vember 18, 1920, for from one to seven
years for burglary and larceny.
NEBRASKANS WILL BE
RETURNED FOR TRIAL
Omaha, Neb., Oet. 21.—Jacob Masse
and Charles Wohlberg will be re
turned to Nebraska from Los Angeles
on a charge of using the mails to de
fraud in connection with the William
Berg company, a potash concern, says
a special dispatch from Los Angeles,
where their application for a habeas
corpus writ was denied.
MRS. COY IS PRESIDENT
OF REBEKAH ASSEMBLY
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—Mrs. Alice
Coy, of Scotia, was elected president
of the Rebekah assembly, Mrs. Emma
L. Talbot, of Omaha, was re-elected
secretary, and Mrs. Musser, of Rush
ville, warden. Mrs. Lucy Barger, of
Hebron, was elected delegate to the
national assembly in Detroit next
year,
HAS SMOKED FOR
NEARLY 100 YEARS
Palisade, Nob., Oct. 21.—Dr. P. H.
Bostock, 109 years old, is still writing
prescriptions for old patients, al
though he has been trying for 10
years to get out of active work. He
believed that when a man had reached
100 he ought to retire, but his folks
would not let him. He has a son and
daughter, each past 90. He says he
is going to the Kansas-Nebraska
football game In Lincoln. Dr. Bostock
has smoked ever since he was 10, and
he never considered it an offense to
take a "wee nip.”
“BUFFALO BILL” CODY’S
WIDOW DIED LAST NIGHT
Cody, IVyo, Oct. 21.—“Buffalo
Bill's” widow is dead. Mrs. William
P. Cody, wife of the famous western
Pioneer and Indian fighter, died at her
home near here last night after a long
illness. She was about 78 years old.
"Buffalo Bill” died several years
ago and his body was buried on th®
top of I.ookout mountain near Denver
at his request. It is probably that his
widow's body may be buried beside
that of her husband.
HELD FOR USING '
I
Proprietors of Omaha Com
pany Face Serious Charges
Filed by Representative
of United States.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 81.—Complaint
charging use of the malls in a scheme
to defraud was filed by Assistant
United States Attorney Keyser to
day against Wilbur Cramer and Fred
W. Swain, proprietors of an Omaha
radio company. They are alleged to
have advertised in a magazine pub
lished in Hartford. Conn., offering to
sell an amplifying receiver to amateur
radio operators.
According to Mr. Keyser, the com
plaint against them in general is
that they did not have sufficient stock
to operate a mail order business. Spe
cifically, they are charged with fail
ure to deliver equipment on an order
from Dave Abbowieh, of Greenville,
Texas.
The men were to be given a hear
ing today.
NEARLY ALL AT OMAHA
FAVOR PACKING STRIKE
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 21.—Dighty-five
per cent, of the packing plant em
ployes of Omaha, who voted In the
recent strike referendum, favored au
thorizing the executive boa-d of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North America
to call a strike in the packing indus
try if such action is deemed neces
sary to protect interests of the em
playes, according to J. W. Burns,
secretary of the union’s district coun
cil No. 5. Mr. Bu. ns declined to make
public figures, however, reiterating
previous statements that such infor
mation would have to be given at the
union’s national headquarters in Chi
cago.
CLOSED DOOR SESSION
IS HELD IN LINCOLN
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—Nearly 800
members of the railroad unions of
Lincoln met at the labor temple here
yesterday afternoon with local rep
resentatives of the union to consider
the strike scheduled to begin October
80. Officers of the “Big Four” broth
erhoods of Lincoln were present.
The meeting was held behind closed
cty>ors. Heading of the strike orders
received at local union headquarters
was the first order of business, mem
bers declared prior to the meeting.
CAPTAIN ACQUITTED.
Capt. Albert B. Randall, of New
York, commander of the United States
liner Hudson, who was vindicated by
the United States board of steamboat
inspectors of the charge of having
wilfully passed by a disabled motor
boat containing three fishermen re
quiring assistance. Captain Randall
had been suspended pending the
board’s decision. It was testified that
the radio messages sent out by the
Hudson were not sent out with the
knowledge or consent of Captain Ran
dall. The fishermen were rescued by
another steamer seven hours after the
Hudson had passed them by.
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♦ “CAN YOU BEAT IT?” . .♦
♦ - ♦
•f Des Moines, la., Oct. 20.— ♦
-f Bert Herschman, 38, took his -f
♦ marriage vows in earnest. To- ♦
♦ day he’s beginning to serve the ♦
♦ sentences of both his wife and +
♦ himself in the city jail here. ♦
♦ Herschman and his wife were -f
♦ arrested for drunkenness last T
♦ night. The judge gave them ♦
♦ each five days. Hubby asked ♦
♦ that he be allowed to serve ♦
♦ both sentences. So wifey's ♦
♦ waiting. ♦
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SUFFICIENT GROUNDS!
New York, Oct. 20.—Mrs. Hanna
Swart, seeking divorce, claims her
husband walked past her house every
Sunday afternoon with an alleged co
respondent, rolling a baby carriage.
BROKE UP THE DANCE.
Denver, Oct. 20.—A dance in Moose
hall here was abruptly terminated
when all the male partners rushed to
the windows as police raided a room
ing house next door. A nude young
woman or. the roof of the house
caused the commotion.
| The Business Outlook. j
Bulletin Mechanics and Metals
Usually Interesting at this time, be
cause of its bearing on the whole eco
nomic welfare of the country, is the
situation in the money market. The
autumn as a rule Is a period of ad
vancing discount rates; demands for
crop moving and for business expan
sion ordinarily combine at this season
to make Inroads on the reserves of
the country's financial institutions. It
is the fact that the money market
this year is not following precedent
that adds so greatly to its interest.
The past fortnight has brought the
fourth reduction of the year In the fed
eral reserve’s discount rate; that
stands now at the lowest level since
January, 1920, hence it may fairly be
said that the organized restrictions
which played so important a part in
the deflation of the past 20 months
have now practically disappeared.
Quite naturally, the Inference drawn
from this in various parts of the coun
try is that a period of low money
rates is before us, and that business
and finance will now feel the stimula
tion that comes when it takes advan
tage of easy credit conditions. Per
haps the Inference is correct; defla
tion has carried the country a long
distance in the matter of liquidation,
and any justifiable forward movement
at this time would be greatly helped
by a banking position which extended
help Instead of hindrance to its prog
ress. At the same time it does not
necessarily follow that the banka of
the country, because the rediscount
rate of the federal reserve system Is
down, will now act as a unit ,in re
leasing credit in the Interest of a gen
eral and wide expansion, for the rea
son that a great many banks are still
borrowing in order to assist their
patrons.
No observation of the Influences
dominating the money market can be
complete which fails to consider the
immense flow of foreign gold that has
increased the supply of the metal in
the vaults of the federal reserve
banks to $2,700,000,000. It is not alone
deflation of bank loans that has served
to ease credit in the United States;
Important as this has been, It Is
matched in its importance by the un
paralleled inflation of our gold supply.
Taking the figures of the federal re
serve system alone, we find that re
discounts have fallen $1,300,000,000 In
volume in the course of the past 12
months, while gold reserves have risen
$750,000,000. The consequence is that
cash balances of the system are now
greater than any other banking sys
tem of the world has ever boasted,
and twice as large as is actually re
quired by law.
To the unthinking gold is wealth;
to them, therefore, the accumulation
of nearly two-fifths of the world’s
monetary stock of gold within the
borders of the United States Is sim
ply a manifestation of the tremendous
economic power which has come to
the country. That this metal can
properly serve as a basis for credit
expansion is the belief that is held,
no doubt, in every section of the
country: even ordinarily careful
thinkers are today expressing their
National Bank, New York.
satisfaction in the control which this
country has achieved over the world's —
record reserves. Time and circuin-^- W
stances will show how far there is a
fallacy in this. Every country of con- |
tinental Europe is so lacking in gold j
that currency there continues debased I
and irredeemable, thus imposing a'
condition which stands squarely in the
way of restoring international credit
and reopening the channels of trade.
This country, on the other hand,
possesses such an abnormal supply of __
gold that there looms the real danger * •
that it will unduly cheapen money
rates and open the doors to a fresh
era of inflation.
It would seem that a reasonable
remedy for all this should suggest
Itself. Yet it is a startling mark of
the degree in which the world’s eco
nomic forces are out of joint when,
we have to admit ourselves power
less, at the moment, to transfer any
substantial part of our surplus gold
to where it would do the most good.
As the world’s great creditor coun
try and the great source of raw ma
terials, any gold we might lend to
other countries would in all proba
bility immediately find its way back,
to satisfy maturing obligations or to
negotiate fresh purchases.
After a season of deflation, doubt
and cross currents, the economic
soundness of the country is asserting
itself in a way that is sufficiently
notable to command the attention and
envy of the entire world. But trade
as a rule improves in the fall of the
year; October and November are
months when men naturally take
hold of things with vigor and seek to
overcome the summer slack. The sea
sonal autumn expansion that always
bears a favorable contrast to summer
dullness should not, therefore, be mis
taken this year for the beginning of
a pronounced and substantial busi
ness revival.
Improvement is under way, but a.
broad, general sweep forward is not
immediately to be expected, for while
domestic influences seem to be con
tributing to a betterment in business,
there are other than domestic influ
ences that supply a governing element
In our affairs, and it is these that
must be adjusted favorably before the
full tide of business health can make
itself felt.
So many of these difficulties are of
an economic nature that it may be of
interest to set down the headings of
the chief of them. They are;
The buying power of millions of
people, especially in Russia, Ger
many, and Austria, is severely cur
tailed, or has broken down a’together.
Credit relations are disorganized,
and there is no machinery set up for
speedy reorganization.
Currencies are debased and in some
countries almost worthless, and prog- .
ress toward restoring the gold stan
dard or establishing any other stan
dard, is slow.
Lack of credit and stability of ex
changes have paralyzed the whole
scheme of international commerce.
Debts and taxes are heavy and the
burden is telling on the people.
Says Life Exists on Moon.
From the New York Times.
Prof. William Henry Pickering, one of
tlva world’s leading astronomers and an
authority on lunar and Martian phe
nomena, has just completed a series of
telescopic observations at the Harvard
station at Mandeville, Jamaica, which,
he asserts, prove beyond a doubt that
life exists on the surface of the moon.
Professor Pickering makes no refer
ence to a possibility that men and wom
en or intelligent beings dwell on the
mountain sides, in the valleys, or within
the hidden lunar caves and fastnesses.
He bases his assertions as to moon
life on a series of telescopic photographs
of a crater on the moon’s surface, known
as Eratosthenes II, with a circumference
of 37 miles. The photographs cover a
period from August, 1920, to February,
1921, and discloso more detail, Professor
Pickering asserts, than would be shown
tn the entire surface of the planet Mars.
Hundreds of reproductions were made
of different sections of this great moon
crater. Scientific examination of the
photographic plates proves with irre
futable certainty. Professor Pickering
asserts, that vast fields of foliage spiing
up with almost unbelievable rapidity
when day begins to dawn on the lunar
plar.et. that these wide sweeps of flora
come to full blossom and then as rapidly
wane and disappear, vanishing com
pletely in a maximum period of 11 ana
in some places a less number of days.
The Harvard astronomer’s moon
plates disclose not only the presence or
vegetation on the moon, but reveal other
phenomena. Studies of the photographs
disclose that great blizzards and snow
storms sweep across portions of the
moon, t? it volcanic eruptions are fre
quent tl ?re. that fields of moisture, of
mist and fog appear and disappear and
that clouds abound. _
••We find there a living world, 1> mg
at our very doors, where life in some
respects resembles that on Mars, but it
is entirely unlike anything on our plan
et." says Professjr Pickering, "a world
which the astronomical profession in
general, for the past 50 years, has ut
terly and systematically neglected and
ignored." _
Why Worry7
From Chicago Herald-Examiner.
The story comes from Russia or a
restaurant proprietor buying a set of
antique furniture for 4.000.000 rubles,
which today amounts to less than $100.
The present condition of foreign ex
change makes one dizzy. The figures
give a fair indication of the topsy-turvy
state of the world’s business affairs.
Francs, marks, lire, crowns, drachmas,
l .‘setas, guilders, flnmarks as well as
tables have nil gone crazy.
Russia is said to be preparing to issue
million-ruble notes. They will come in
handy for tips and car fare. School
children of the future will have to learn
the multiplication table up to trillions
and quadrillions.
The traveler of the future, after a re
past of veal chops and a seidel of beer
In a German restaurant, may get from
the waiter a hill for 1.000.000,000.000.000 -
000 marks, which will equal 60 cents in
American money.
We are worrying about the high CO. t
of living. Tet when we break a $1.U0J
hill to buy a pair of shoe laces or a lip
twlck we still have a little change left.
None Too Small.
Small service La true service while It
lasts.
Of humblest tiend, bright creature,
scorn not u^e;
The daisy, by the shadow that it casta,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from
the sun.
—Wordsworth. (To a child, written in
her album.)
Progress Toward Brotherhood.
From the Congregationalism
Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent
is exceedingly aggressive in extending
its circulation throughout the middle?
west and it is keeping up its violent
attacks upon the Jews. So far as ap
pears it is having no effect at all upon
the attitude of our Protestant churches
toward the Hebrew race. The action of
our Winnetka, 111., church Is quite char
acteristic of all our churches. Rev. J. A.
Richards, the pastor suggested to a,
prominent Jew of Winnetka that it
seemed a pity that the Jewish teoplo
should hold their most sacred annual
services in the school house when the
Congregational church might be at
their disposal. As a rosul the matter
was brought to the attention of the
church which passed the following
resolution.
“Whereas, it has come to our know
ledge that the Jewish congregation of
Winnetka desires to observe solemn re
ligious festivals on the evenings of Oc
tober 2 and 11 and on the afternoon
of October 12 of this year, and that
they lack a suitable place for these ob
servances: and
“Whereas, we desire in all things to
express the hospitable spirit of our
faith:
“Be Is resolved, that we, the council
of the Winnetka Congregational church
cordially invite the Jewish congregation
of Winnetka to use our church at. the
times needed.”
Dr. Richards calls attention to the
fact that the church took this action
in loyalty to its faith and offered not
a building but a church to the Jewish
brethren. Such action as this registers
our progress toward brotherhood.
A Mother.
Long years ago God gave to me my
baby boy,
With laughing face and dimpled hards
and sturdy limbs.
And as he grew no mother’s heart e’er
loved as mine.
We roamed the hills and picked the
dew-besprlnkled flowers:
I lived for him alone and happy twain
were we.
For we were comrades true, my boy
and I.
My little boy Is now a man grown
large and tall.
And large the place he holds in life’s
great busy world.
I love this stalwart man, and every
day rejoice
To know how bravely he fulfills his
task; and yet—
O loving Christ that knows a lonely
mother’s heart,
O give me back my little boy again.
-S. H.
New figures show that the world’s
annual consumption of gold, beside what
is used for money, is valued at $100,000,
000. In the United States three-fourths
of the gold used for commercial pur
poses is used for jewelry. Dentists use
about $4,000,000 worth a year, and the
manufacturers of gold leaf about $1,000,
000 The melting up of old and unused
jewelry during th* war added more than
$100,000,000 of gold to the world's avail
able stock.
Car owners disposed to feed their
accustomed meidncholia may poader
this: Thirty thousand and forty-six
automobiles were stolen in 28 Ameri
can cities, including New York and
Chicago, in 1920. Wa~ yours over
looked7