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A Two-Sentence Sermon
The cener&l ran,. tor the week «
„» with . .e- — •< <*"” «-■“ R ”r
Ms rub Seedlem « high » *>.»•
oft-colored grapefruit -Id « •<-« « ” ^ “
from a report on the New York r.trus fn.lt
market taken from the Hone— t »? **sc "
„ would be difficult to preach a more po«
aermon on the need for quality in grapefruit than
-s-s rss
“ There 2 ££*. quotations for poorer -ban «
erage fruit and for better ®^”^r^a<.. while
The poor fruit sold as loo as tl W pe
the good quality fruit sold for more than six tun
“Turtle part of the fruit which brought Sl« rwr
A large p» **ornhan” orchards. The
‘ r rr: rjt, * - re.
! —* srsx'Sis
, care was an expert.
^"te^Urtbey needed wster. ft fertn
I -Smss is:
cost per box double the cost per box for producing
; ?srS««a««
P°^[„*y™m.rds^«ir'prdduce the ftnest grapefruit
: ta i* 7orM-mey will produce it but at pr«ent m.ny
. nre not The orchards which are given th
I ; proper care are uniformly producing a «*«*««£
, their owners and as time goes on the r „
will increase The groves which do not receive prope
SUITES. operated at a loss snd time goes on
* the per cent of loss will Increase.
As more Valley orchards begin to bear themarket
will improve for good fruit and grow steadily worse
for noor fruit. .
* There is a powerful argument in this market quo
! tation for the production of only the best fruit.
• A _
; Protecting the Farmer
Therf are a vast number of farmers In Texas.
* There are political fanners who farm the real fann
ers According to a Washington correspondent demo
I era tic senators and representatives “see little hope
of protecting the farmer unless some of the rates on
articles he buys are lowered
In addition to this the Washington corespondent
lets it be known “every indication points to little
if any curtailing of duties
It is to laugh. Makesr of things control the re
publican administrations. They have held the high
seats in the synagogue for 50 years. They are not
going to abandon the high seats.
They are not going to surrender the seats to the
growers of things who are the voters in the great
republican states lying between the Allegheny and
the Rocky mountain ranges
I * Freedom of the Seas’
“Freedom of the seas may come next.” reads a
cablegram from Geneva. Bosh! Great Britian has
dominated the seas for four centuries. Oreat Brit
ian has the largest navy afloat. Great Britian has
the greatest fleet of merchantmen that time has
known. Great Britian carries a large proportion of
American product* to the bargain counters of the
world. Great Britian has ever refused the permit o*
the freedom of the seas.
If organised labor should win the battle in the com
ing May election for control of the house of com
mons. perhaps It would be dtferent, Organised labor
under the skies of the British Isles Insist that the
freedom of the seas should come to all peoples and
all nations.
This is dealing with futures Wait until the results
of the election are known.
Verdict of An Expert
John Hayes Hammond is one of the great engi
neers of the world. He has let it be known that it
requires five year* to develop a boy into a criminal.
His subject waa "The Under Privileged Boy.” In this
category he placed the boys who are deprived of
proper parental supervision.
This category, he said, constitutes about two
thirds of the entire boy population of this country
“and particularly those boys whose parents are aliens
*lth no conception of the political and social insti
tutions of our nation.”
If John Hayes Hammond were to take a census
lr of the Texas penitentiary perhaps he would make the
discovery that he is shooting wide of the mark
Queer Ideas
"Anti-evolution fight in house again promised,
gome Texas lawmakers who have queer ideas are at
i to the state’s business." hortles the San Antonio Ex
press These lawmakers who have ueer ideas are at
tending to the Lord’s business. They are not here
.. to attend to the state’s business. They feel that the
Lord is unable to care for his interests here below
and they ere willing to give Him all the assistance
in their power.
Th® Omc® ©v®ir
By H. L PHILLIPS
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at THE WALDORF-ASTORIA AUCTION
• Whaddam I offered for No. 238. a damask uphola
tered solid mahogany armchair? .. •
nelmen, that chair has a history ... Fifty millionaires
sat in that chair ... not all at one time, of course...
Whaddam I offered to start it? . . . Ten dollars. . ..
Ten dollars for a chair fifty millionaires sat in! . . .
I could get more than that for a chair a thousand
tramps had sat in-Eeleven dollars? . . . Thats
more like it? .
•Next we have No. 424, a velour upholstered coucn
of the Empire style .. . Look at it ... -Bet-a-Millicm
Gates threw himself on that very couch, if I am not
mistaken, after a very famous dinner . . . Oates was
no man to throw himself on inferior furniture . . •
When he threw himself on a couch it had to be good
. . . How much to start these beautiful *ndlrons on
which Mr. Gates threw—beg pardon—this beautiful,
Empire couch on which Mr. Oates threw himself? ...
Seven dollars? ... Ma'am, you couldn't a touch a sofa
Gates had never seen for that money. tTT_
“This is No. 547. an Oriental rug 20 by 28 . . . The
feet of industrial czars, noted rulers of the earth,
reigning beauties of three continents have touched
that rug. folks ... It is the rug Chester X. Beezle
monck. noted society man of his day. slept under after
the famous Bradley-Martin dinner. ^
"Now we have something real interesting . . . No. j
266 a Chippendale mahogany drop-lid desk of ex
quisite carving with a history . . . Examine it cloaely
and you will observe three cigarette stains ... The two
end stains were made by the Prince of Wales—imagine
that, folks, by the Prince of Wales!... The one in the
mdidle was made by Li Hung Chang ... How much to
start it? . . . Ten dollars? . . . Why. the stains alone
are worth twenty.
“And now we come to a real treasure. No. 6789. a
four-poster inlaid mahogany bed with box springs and
mattress . . . Lillian Russell slept in that bed ... So
did Admiral Dewey. Lloyd George, King Albert of
Belgium. Mabel Gilman. Oeneral Pershing, the late
Harry Lehr and Prince Henry of Prussia ... at va
rious times, of course.
“Draw up closer and see No. 8785. the big surprise
of the auction . .. a plain oak table from a room
never occupied by anybody of prominence and having
positively no sentimental associations . . . Will any
body start it for a thousand dollars? It should be
worth that as a novelty In a sale like this!”
• • • *
NOTABLES OF THE TABLOID PRESS
A headline writer very rare
Is Chester Otis Tate;
He calls a husband “husband”
And never calls him “mate."
An odd old bird
Is Georgte Porgie:
He never calls
Three drinks^an “orgy ."
And give a hand
To Fenton Wing:
“Bootleg King.’’
• • • •
F. D. Swindell is an attorney in Wilson. N. C.
• * • 9
Ben Schwartzberg suggests that the unprecedented
rain this spring was all publicity for the picture.
“Noah's Ark.”
• a • •
Mr. John Philip Sousa, who was Just making a hit
as a popular bandmaster when your Grandma Hos
kins was a girl, has just closed a contract to give nine
radio concert* for $50,000. This just goes to show
what a big year it is going to be for the bras* industry.
• * • •
“If they put across the thirteen-month year.” says
Senator Dumm, “all I hope is that they don't put in
two Aprils.” __
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IWaakmgftoia
By HERBERT C. PLUMMER
WASHINGTON, May 7.—The bronze statue on the
dome of the national eapitol generally is recognized
as a work of art, but no one seems absolutely cerlfcin
just what it represents.
There are some who contend that it is the goddess
of liberty. There are others who think it either is an
Indian chief or an Indian squaw. And there are
those who frankly admit that they don’t know what
it stands for.
Investigation along this line the other day led us
back through the pages of the Congressional Record
to a senate session on February 9, 1898. Here was
recorded a highly amusing story concerning the statue.
• • • •
GILDING THE ROSE
There was up for consideration in the senate a
Joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $5,000
to have the statue properly gilded. Senator Morrill of
Vermont had declared that In its present condition the
statue was no better than a lump of coal. The only
possible remedy was to have It gilded.
The idea struck Senator Stewart of Nevada as quite
appropriate.
Under ordinary conditions, he said. It would be
quite fitting to gild the goddess of liberty with gold,
but under present conditions It is peculiarly appro
priate.
•'The American people have become fetish worship
pers of gold. Inasmuch as we have no other god now
but gold, let it be blazoned on the dome of the capi
tol, where all can see whom we worship. Let every
one understand that we worship nothing else.’’
8enator Chandler of New Hampshire objected. He
declared that the decoration should be gold striped
with silver, about half and half.
Another senator was on his feet with the sugges
tion that he thought the only sensible thing to do
was to tear down the goddess and replace it with the
statue of the elder Rothschild.
But Stewart said he was opposed to any such move.
“If any change is to be made" he said. "I would
put the calf there to represent the original arrange
ment.”
• • • •
80AP TESTIMONIAL DUE
By this time the senate was getting worked up.
Protests were heard that the subject should not be
made a matter of Jest.
Some one arose with the question as to whether
there was anyone who really knew what the statue
was supposed to represent.
There were several who thought they knew, but
were not certain.
One senator then suggested that since it was a
bronze statue why not rebronze it? Wasn't that the
simplest way out?
Thirty voted yes. Twenty-two voted no. And 37
were in such a puzzled state of mind that they re
fused to vote.
The resolution was passed and the $5,000 made
available.
But the money never was used. Instead, a negro
was given a bucket of water and some soap and told
to go aloft and give the goddess a bath.
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UNDERGROUND MYSTERY STORY
By J.Jefferson Farjeon c^n^t.i**..^c**#*?*—a*u**.w«.
CHAPTER XXXV
During the supremely uncomfor
table moment that followed. Mr.
Bones had one consolation, if one
only. The old man who abruptly
confronted him at the foot of the
stairs seemed hardly less astonished
at the meeting than himself.
But the old man was the first to
recover his composure. He recovered
it rapidly, as though composure
were a necessity that should never
be relinquished for more than a sec
ond. while the new caretaker was
still gaping at him.
“Pardon me. sir. but where did
you spring from?"demanded Brill.
The question came crisply and
sharply, and the crispness and the
sharpness, although they alarmed
Mr. Bones, helped to bring him
around.
"Come to that—where did you
spring from?” he mumbled in re
ply.
"Where did I spring from?” snap
ped the old man. 'I'm not con
vinced yet that where I came from
is any concern of yours! You will
allow, at any rate, that I asked the
question first—and I am still wait
ing to hear the answer.”
Mr. Bones thought. He decided
to be discreetly Informative.
"I came from upstairs.” he said.
"Upstairs, eh?”
"Yes.”
, "And what were you doing up
stars?”
Mr. Bones thought again. This
old man had no right to cross-ex
amine him. Sometimes, however. It
is difficult to enforce the law of
rights. Still Mr. Bones put up a
bit of a fight.
"I don see what that’s to do with
you.” he remarked.
’’Well, perhaps I do!”
"Yes. str. You seem to. But,
come to that, what is it to do with
you? Is this your house?”
Mr. Bones was becoming bold. The
old man frowned heavily at him.
"No. it is not my house—in the
sense you imply,” he retorted. "But
is it yours?”
“No. sir. Just the same. I've a
right to be here.”
* What’s your right ?”
"Im the new caretaker.”
This information momentarily sil
enced Mr. Simon Brill. He took a
step forward, and peered more close
ly Into the other's face. The heavi
ness of the frown increased.
"New caretaker?” he muttered, at
last. I didn’t know there were go
ing to be any more caretakers."
"If the house isn't yours, sir,” Mr.
Bones pointed out. battling bravely
on. “how would you know?”
"Does It strike you that you are
being confoundedly impertinent?”
"No sir. What strikes me is this.
It strikes me that, as I'm the care
taker. I’ve a right to ask you to an
swer my question, if you please. If
I’m the caretaker, I s’pose it’s my
duty to take care of the house.”
"If you're the careaker!”
"Well, come to that. I can show
you that I am," retorted Mr. Bones,
and suddenly produced his letter
from Messrs. Spriggs and Spriggs. "I
was engaged this morning, and I’ve
Just come from Newcastle. That’s
right. You’ll read it all there.”
Brill took the letter and read It,
then handed it back.
"Of course, sir. if you’ve come to
look over the house?” suggested Mr.
Bones, after a pause.
"Well, that Is an idea, isn’t it?"
answered Brill, sarcastically.
"Yes, sir. Cant I see your ‘Order
to View ?”
It seemed for a moment as though
Simon Brill were going to lose his
temper, but again his philosophy of
composure came to his aid. and in
stead of flying into a rage he flew
abruptly to the other extreme, and
smiled almost sympathetically.
"I have no order to view. Mr.—?”
"Bones.” Interposed the new care
taker. rather quickly. "Ernest
Bones.”
"Thank you, Mr. Bones,” replied
Brill. "No I have no order to view.
But I am here in the Interests of
psychic research, and as I propose
conducting some rather exhaustive
experiments here tonight—expert
ments which may actually raise the
dead in this very room—I advise
you, speaking as one human being
to another, Mr. Bones—to return to
Newcastle and give up the job.”
“I couldnt do that," replied Mr.
Bones. "Why, then there’d be no
careaker here at all.”
"H’m—the house has got along
very nicely without one for a week."
"Perhaps It has. sir. but it’s not
my business to—”
“And the last caretaker, as maybe
you know, did not finish his engage
ment. He—disappeared!”
Mr. Bones made no comment, but
the eyes of both men rested for an
instant on the cupboard door.
"Suppose you disappear, too. Mr.
Bones?” suggested Simon Brill,
watching him with a cynical smile
"Well, I'm not disappearing yet,"
retorted the new caretaker, none too
happily.
"That is fairly obvious." agreed
Brill. “I can’t help wondering what
happened to the last caretaker,
though—and whether history will
repeat itself. After I have gone, and
when you are alone here.”
Brill’s tone was not pleasant. Mr.
Bones received a strong impression
that the old man was deliberately
trying to frighten him away. And
suddenly Brill laughed, and held up
his hand.
"Listen!” he said.
Mr. Bones was listening. The
ground whispered beneath him. Or
was it. after all. his imagination?
Floors couldn't whisper, really. It
was just the old man’s tone, and
the old man’s eyes—unpleasant,
piercing eyes, that bored right
through into your heart—tha were
playing on his nerves, causing him
to think things. Though, of course,
Mr. Bones was well aware that . . .
Boom!
Now the ground shook. Then si
lence.
"Not very pleasant?” observed Si
mon Brill, after a pause. “And if
it's unpleasant now—how much less
less pleasant when you are alone—
without even an irritating old gen
tleman like me to talk to? The
shadows will grow longer, the sun
will sink, darkness will fall... There
listen again."
“Ah, but that was thunder, that
time,” exclaimed Mr. Bones.
Simon Brill glanced towards the
window, through which could be
seen a great, dark cloud with
sprayed, finger-like edges. He nod
ded.
"Yes. it was thunder.” he agreed.
“And more thunder will follow, I
should say. So a storm will be add
ed to the pleasures of your visit, Mr.
Bones. Thunder above, and thun
der below—”
"Look here!” cried Mr. Bones,
abruptly, "what’s all this about? If
you think you’re going to frighten
me off, you’re mistaken, so there!"
Brill looked at the excited little
man coolly.
“Unless you maintain control of
your nerves. Mr. Bones, you will
frighten yourself away,’ he said.
“Why should I want to frighten you
away?”
“Yes, that’s what I want to know!”
"But you don’t know. And nor do
I. I am merely trying to save you
from a very unpleasant experience—
a very unpleasant experience. Mr.
Bones. The storm about you won't
harm you. though It wont add to
your comfort. But the—the storm
underground—’’
He shrugged his shoulders and.
turning, walked slowly to the win
dow. Was he going? Mr. Bones
hoped so. It must be getting on
for three! And. at three . . .
But Brill paused at the window,
and turned back to the new care
taker again.
“What do you think that boom
ing sound is?” he asked, suddenly
“Waves,” retorted Mr. Bones, dog
gedly. “That’s all.”
“You feel quite sure of that?"
"Yes. Dead miners, Indeed! Who
ever heard of such a thing?"
"You seem to have, my friend.”
murmured Simon Brill, suddenly
leaving the window and drawing
closer. “So the booming has noth
ing to do with dead miners, eh?”
He drew closer still. He was looking
at Mr. Boi^es very hard now. “Noth
ing to do with the miners who were
drowned, eh?"
“Drowned?” repeated Mr. Bones,
stupidly. The old man’s eyes were
boring into his heart again, and he
hardly knew what he was saying.
“I thought—”
“What?”
“Wasn't it an explosion?'”
“Ah, yes. so it was. Afi explosion.
You are exceedingly well Informed.
Mr. Bones. You already know as
much about Coomber house as I do.
myself!” He smiled. “Well. well. I
must leave you. And. when I am
gone, you can try and work out
whether the booming sounds you
hear are this, that or the other.
Waves—or the echoes of an old mine
explosion, or—”
“Or what?” demanded Mr. Bones,
suddenly.
Brill paused.
“Perhaps that’s a bold question,"
he suggested, slowly.
"P’r’aps it is.” retorted Mr. Bones
"But I’ve asked it! Or—what?”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
SOVIET MAKES AUTOS
MOSCOW.—The government will
build an automobile factory capable
of turning out 100.000 machines a
year.
Health'and Right Living <
BY ROYAL 8. COPELAND, R D.
Former CoamMoaer of HooMR
„ _-__ __ . 1 T •
It has been said that we are “fear
fully and wonderfully made.** It
la indeed true; If we were to study
the brain and nervous system alone,
we would find more remarkable
things than the radio and all other
amazing inventions and discoveries
of modem times.
Between the brain and the spinal
cord la a portion of the nervous sys
tem known as the "medulla oblon
gata," or brain-tem. Without dis
cussing other functions, one thing
this region does Is to regulate the
nerves controlling the muscular
coats of the blood vessels.
Let me see if I can make clear to
you how important the function
really is. You need not be a scien
tist to know that If It Is to do its
work, the stomach must have more
flood when it is full of food than
It requires when empty. How is it
to get that blood.
The nerve center in the medulla
sends a message to the muauclar
coats of the blood vessels in the
stomach lining. This message is an
order is it to get that blood?
It Is'Important to govern our liv
ing in such a way as to have the
nervous system well nourished and
normal in function. Then every or
gan Of the body will be supplied
with exactly the qualities of blood
needed for its immediate purposes.
But this system of regulating the
blood supply may be put out of or
der by abuse Por instance, the
stomach may become congested and
even seriously inflamed by reason of
bad eating habits. When the blood
vessels are habitually enlarged the
normal regulation fails.
It Is rather pleasing, I think, to
met a young woman who his a
ready blush. We are so well con
trolled these days that a face is
rarely mantled with the flush of
self-consciousness. But is is a fact
that many a face is constantly con
gested. too, many times from the
abuse of the digestive organs.
Chronic drinkers or alcoholics are
likely to give evidence of their bad
habits by having their noses painted
bright red by nature.
You must not think, however, that
a congested nose is sure evidence of
alcoholic Indulgence. As a matter
of fact, many a pious man with
none of the weaknesses commonlv
frowned upon may be thus afflicted.
But the trouble is that there are
many persons who abuse their stom
achs by eating too much, or eating
too much of the wrong things. Tills
practice may discolor the face Just
ts alcohol does.
When the blood vessels of the
middle zone of the face are con
stantly filled, you can see that the
regulation which should be under
the control of the medulla is en
Jones Is Placed In
Position As Head of
State Game Wardens
•
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(Special to The Herald*
MISSION. May 7—Charles G.
Jones, game warden for this district
with headquarters here, has been
placed in charge of the enforcement
department of the game, fish and
oyster commission of Texas.
Mr. Jones has been active in
game conservation for some time,
having served in the Valley for two
years in the capacity of district
game warden. During ihe time he
has served he has gained the con
fidence of the sportsmen of the sec
tion through his uniformly fair deal-,
ings. During the past three months
he was active in the organization
in practically every Valley town of
a chapter of the Izaak Walton
league.
Supervision over all the game
wardens of the state with headquar
ters at Austin will be the duty of
Mr. Jones when he takes up his
new position.
tlrrly lost. This Is soother example
of wbst our mistakes do to wfu
the normal functions of the narrow
system.
Of course. It mokes little differ
ence whether you can totuah or not,
but If the loos of this power is dw to
abuse of the direction, it is a real
pity. We should lead such uvea
that the deltctaely refill*ted nar
vous system may be permitted i
function normally. If it doss,
an evidence of perfect health
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Who am I? Where it my home?
What title did the Brttian govern
ment bestow upon me in recogni
tion of my war work?
Who was Yahwe?
What did Joan of Arc believe was
her mission?
“Wisdom is before him that hath
understanding, but the eyes of a
fool are the ends of the earth.1’
Whre is this passage found in tha *
Bible?
Today'! Horoscope
Persons bom on this day are per
sistent and stubborn. They are
j sometimes hard to please.
Star Lore
THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
By Arthur DeV. Carpenter
The Nebular Hypothesis ~ idof
held to account for the evolving |f *
the solar system, but has been dt
carded, was as follows: A vast i|ta
gregation of rotating rarefied ma»
tre began condensing upon ttartt
With the advancement of coode
sat ion the entire mass increased b
momentum of rotation In tune tl
centrifugal force from the tncrear
ing momentum, became as grsa
as the gravity, when icmceotrt
rings of nebulous matter wart
thrown off consecutively. The to
ner rings rotated more rapidly
than the outer ones. Each ring
ultimately gathered itself up Into
one mass and became a planet; the
central mass continued to shrink
and became the sun
(More Tomorrow* *
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Mme. Nellie Melba; Australia;
Dame.
2. National deity of Israel
3. To lead the Dauphin to Rhein*
to be anointed
4. Proverbs xvti. 34___
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