Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 9, 1922, Page 4

disrwich Bulleti and Qoufiet 126 YEARS OLD Printad every day in the year emept Sunday. Subscription price 12c & Week; 50 3 month; $.00 » year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwied, Cosn, »e vecond-class matter Teleghone Caile. Bulietin Business Office, 480. Balletia Editorial Rooms 85-1. Bulletin Job Reem, 33-3. Willimantle Offiee, 81 Church St Telephowe o8 Norwich, Thursday. Feb. 5, 1928, bes hereln are also reserved. CHCOLAHON WEEK ENDING FEB. 4th, 1922 HALTING NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, Action that was expeoted is - that which has been taken by President Harding halting the work underway on und men of the made e wa hips that are to be scrapped the terms of the conferénce agres- and in stopping the carrying out arrangements which have btén to increase the fortifications and armament at Guam and the Philippines. Since it became evident that an agree- would be reached regarding the naval holiday and the fortifica- Pacific work that has been country: on warshins end } reparation plai has been slowed do There has besn anticipat- *d the outcome of the conferencs &nd wher was apparent that money n ay by continuance been practically at t has made no dif- has continued but be halted. Instead of ¢ for construction scrap heap the be 8o used can be put the dismantling of ves- the material available for uses other than war purposes. And yet the completion of the work of the conference does not mean that the treaties which have been negotiated are ve. It remains for the necessary om on of the senate. re before the sen- intentians, favor- no one can tell, but the height of folly it of the naval holi- the construction the buflding of bigger fic islands and the car- ngements to increase 1 add new means of de- am while the matter & be- senate, Where | » activity making th to continue nat easels he Pa is believed that thers will of antivities that n the time betwean tha o constructive work and the defiite termination of it will de- pend a large degres upon the upper house of crngress CHECKING RUBBISH SCATTERERS. Many there ara who have been sore- fy distressed over the manner In which parke roadsides and otherwise attrae- e places have been made eyesores reless discarding of lunch bags, banana skins, pieces food, orange peel, bottles or in ral rubbleh which should have r been carriedavay placed in place or recep- who were re- their attention the part they teracting the work of Hetl doubt but would have quickly esgness and haa- clean up the de! but it 1 ated instances even when the bad of those who have gone befors boxes e or suitabl though s visible, that those who are hav- nz such conditlons constantly brought to attention feel that some eorrective ac- tlon needs to be taken. That at least ssems to be the motive that is back of the biil which hae been presented in the Massachusetts legisia- assage of a law pro- ng of the roadsides of : ays with lunch boxes, smpty hottles and waste paper by tour- Ing parties and providing for a fine of 0 thoss who are convicted of such an offense ire seeking the It will ba remarkad that there ought to be no need of any such law, and ev- sy on 1 agree, but those who travel roads not only see the results of such practices as the law is aimed to pr but they are repeatedly forced the casting aside of just such In the spirit of “Oh, we t want it any more; throw it out In Tt f= not a habit alone of who travel state highways for it has long been follow- s a practice that *4 by travelers on tralns and electrie cars and by those who go out/into the park for a little picnie. And when con- ue to grow manifestly qnite natural that some de- termined effort should be made to oor- rect a growing and disgraceful practice. GUARDING STEAMSHIIP LINES, impressive jnstance of the res- of the importance of preven- srnished by the sending of a 1 of the coast guard service to pa- the steamship lanes on the northern route between this country and Europe tor purpose of warning the vessels egainst the presence of icebergs. There are seasons of the year when fcebergs are more numerous than in others. Thers are years when they eause much more trouble for shipping but it has ooms to be recognized that there is an advantage in sending out one or more vesssls to look for them rather than in walting until some ship crashes into such a mountaln of lee and goss to the bottom or is badly damaged. Now that it is possible to communicate with Bearly all transatlantic vesssls by wire- less it is easy to put any that may be In proximity to a fleld of loe in touch with the location of such menaces to navi- gation with the result that they can mulckly change their course So as to id all danger. Sending ont vessels to hunt foebergs was not resorted to until after the loss af the Titanic ten yemrs sgo-this spring, worse it i One when the vessel with so many lives was lost by being ripped open by an iceberg in the fog. Such warning as was given that time was not enough to escagh th big and dangerous berg. It clearly Te- vealed a situation calling for the par trol that has been &ubsequently maine tained this government rendering tha service In which other nations share, the expense. Possibly it is. hardly justifiatle to claim that just because the patrol has. been maintained there has been no repe- tition of the Titanic tragedy, = because there have been a number of instances Where Vessels have crashed into lce- bergs, but it is clear that the warning given to liners as to the location of big ice so0 places them on their guard that there ought to be ho excuse for gettingi Into such a predicament and thase which are obliged to traverse the designated region of the ocean in order to get to certaln points do so with added cautlon and a knowledge of what they are lla- ble to meet. — THE AUTOMOBILE SWINDLE, Revelations which come from the me- tropolis to the effget that automobile owners have been engaged in a huge swindle of insurance companies by hir- Ing chauffeurs or otheérs to drive their machines away, hide them until the in- surance could be collsoted and then sell them after taking them to other states Creates no surprise. Perhaps the great- est surprise in connection with it is that the scheme has been brought to light in view of the fact that certain of the New York police seem to be involved to a certain degree in fhe extensive swindle. Some months ago When automobiles were disappearing right and left, and when It was disclosed where they were being run into the river to get them out of sight there was reason for believing that those who were anxious to get rich quick, to share in the same picking that those who were Actually stealing ma- chines were doing, were Involved in a gi- gantic plan to defraud. It has taken somé little time to get at the bottom of it but if what is claimed in the report from New York {g true there is greater reason than ever for surrounding the sale of used cars with more stringent regulations. It is not to be inferred that all who deal in or have used cars to dispose of are involved in any way in crooked bus- iness. Far from it, but in view of the wholesale manner In which cars are be- ing stolen and turned into the second hand trade, whether the owners are In- volved in the plan or not, it bacomes evi- dent that the nublic and those engaged in legitimate business are entitled to greatér protection and that can in- sured both by the exercise of greater vigilance in checking the thefts an@ pun- Ishing those guilty and by bettering the regulations concerning the sale of used oars. ;4 For all those who have had a know- ing part in this conspiracy to defraud there should be no lenfency, but in the interest of putting a step to the practice an example should be made of those who have been the gulding spirits. Let there be a stop put to it rather than just a temporary checking of the activity. be AGAINST FEDERATION. With all preparations made for put- ing it into operation. the date set and the necessary details completed, the new : | Central American federation seems to have been left waiting at the chureh. Certain opposition Wwas manifested to the union of-the several reépublics but it was believed that there was so mueh sentiment its favor that there wonld be no difficulty in getting the several eountries united, but from the informa- tlon which comes from the American minister at Honduras all hopes have ed into a cocked hat and the| p of the several republics re- mains as it has. On several other occasions efforts have | been made to bring about a union of the | several The latest undertaking | was not atternted without full recogni-| tion of previous failures but it was he. lleved that sentiment had been bhrought to the point it was appreciated that It was to tha mmtual advantage of the Central American ecountries that they should unite hands under a gov- ernment in addition to the respective state governments. The opposition shown by Costa Rica and Nicaragua had its bad effect upon the others and with the susmension of actlvities and the call- g off of the preliminary steps whole effort appears to be abandoned. From all indications the effort was to | secure a benefit which It was Impossible for the people to appreciate—something that, went over their heads—and it wil remain to be seen how long it will be he. fore they eventually come to the adon- tion of the plan tWhich has been do dis- couragingly turned down. states. where EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner say: big surprise now should show up. : The real would be if spring Having already saved more thaf $100,000,000 for the ecountry, the budget system is doing just what was expected. Los Angeles needs to have a care lest it get a kind of advertising regarding its affalrs for which no community clamors, With 96,000 dozen eggs here from China and twice as many coming, one little excuse for the drop in the egg mér- ket may be seen, If all that is claimed for it is trme it would seem that Germany had enongh troubls on its hands without the addition of a railroad strike. It will have to be admitted that there wasn't much attention being pald to the Muscle Shoals profect until Henry Ford began to show an interest In it. That Indiana judge who made & hun- ger striker eat by administering a repri- mand ought to be allowed to try his powers on the impending coal strike. It, s something almost unheard of to think of remodeling a postoffice when & new one is being urged, but that seems to ba the sensible-thing that is being ad- vocated In Boston, While good showing has been made and economy practiced, Treasurer Mel- lon plainly points out that the time has not been reached when retrenchment can be thrown overboard. It 18,000,000 represemts the decrease in population in Russia since the war opened Dprobably Lenine will charge it to the czar regardiess of the reign of bolshevism and starvation. Thoss Who put their faith in bootleg- gors should be prepared for a quick and final leave taking. People shudder at the lethal chamber but struggle to get 4. loak.and . drink-of -the.etuff thet kills. by the cobler weather encountered - at|ijttle blond. DISGUISE “I met Peter Willlams today, said thejthen again, it was a bit of a drain on “He loked kind of glum and ®| down 1 the mouth. Usually he's smiling I wonder what ean be the matter. Seen Bdith lately?” The girl With the glasses ticked out a particularly fat ehocolate from the bov on her lap. “I saw Edith last nieht, and, strange to gay, she looked pretty scber, too.". ~ “Probably théy have had a misunder- standing,” sald the llttle blond. ‘“They were altogethér too loving. I bellave in holding an admirer off a bit.” “Is that the way you treat John?" ask- ed the girl with the glasses. “Certainly," 6@ the biond. “Here comes Edith now,” said the girl with the glasses. “Helio, dear,” ani she madé room for her on the couch. “Have a chocolate?’ “Edith shodk her éad and sighed. The blond and the girl with the ghsses ex- changed glances. ey “What's the trouble, dear?’ cooéd the blond. “Bverything,” replied Bdith. “I just feel lkeo lying down and giving up the ghost. What's the use of dverything, 1 sa. I'm through with lite—come onm, oblivion.” “Gracious!” said the gil with the wlasses, “Where in the ‘world did you hear that? Really it can’t be so bad! Ceme, we'll help you from our large stoft of experfence. Blondy is en- gaged and I hopé to be if the (person only picks vp courage to say the word. He's pesky slow.” “Be thankful he is” ST wish Peter had been.” “All right, saf the Blond ; “go on dear.” She leadned forward, her fade fult of in- terest. “You talk like a couple of experts,” sald Edith. “Wel, listen, the two of you, and 1 dare you to.tall me the way out of this mess. Peter's rich uncle is in town. He's absolutely hecessaty to Peter's fu- ture; He has loads of money and Peter has always been ‘@ favorite. TueSday he arrived in town unexpectedly and was naturally anious to ses Peter, as well as the girl whom Peter had Ipicked out to marry, meaning e, “Now, to g0 back a bit. Mother hought a set of books from an agént a faw months ago paving for them once a month on the installnfent ban. The agent was an eider- Iy man, very persistent and taltky. He ir- ritated mother. In the first place, she de- cided #he did not want thé Dooks, . and said Edith. hér spare cash, every month, sure as fate, with no letun in sight. And any- way, she never had the time to read the books. So she told the agent, and he was very sorry, but she had signed a contract which was true. Mother always thought he was such a hice old gentleman until then. ““The whole tragedy hinges on that mis- erable agent,” contfued #dith. “‘Mother caught a glimpse of an old gentleman coming up the path. Of course it must be that awful collector. 8o, no being equa! to facing him herself, she sent me to the door. T an afraid I gave him a piece of my mind, bécaus¢ e had been bothering ‘mother so. He imed to get in a word, but I wouldn't let him. Finally he got very red in the fape, bowed amd went away. 7 “The next day Peter called me up. His voice shook and he was dreadfully ket But when I learned that the old gentle- man whom I had positively excorciated the night before was Peter’s rich uncle, girls. 1 nearly fainted. Peter said he iffed to explain, but it had only made mat- ters worse, for judging from the tongue- lashing I had given him Peters’ uncie thinks I am what he calls a shrew, and he says if Peter marries me it will ruin his life and furthermore he'l owt him oft.” “How exclting,” sald the girl with the glasses. “It seems,” continued Baith, “that Pet- ar's uncle had an unfortunate matrimontal experience in his youth. The wife had & tongue. 1 guess the recoflection is not pleasant.” “Tt looks pretty bad,” said the little blond ; “old men are so obstinate, cspe- cialy when they are rich.” “Why, here comes Péter now ! said the girl with the glasses. “And he’s smiling, too.” “It's all right, Edith,” said Peter, ig- noring the other girls in his excitement. “Uncle wants to apologize to you. That agent sold him a set of books today, and now undle dces not know why he hought it. The agent simiply hypnotized him. He says that nobody but you can find the right words to fit the rascal. Wa are to take lunch with unele, so hurry ! “She's & lucky girl after all” the blond. collector. “Let's hoce she will be,” satd the girl with the glasses. “Hege's the last choco- late, too. Suppose we divide t.—Bx- change. mused “She should be grateful to that INCOME TAX FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW Special Exemptions Certain items of income are specifically Pt from taxation under the re:enue act of 1921, Among them are the follow- ing: Proceeds of life insurance policies pa upon the death of the insured. Return of premiums on life insurance. endowment and anmuity contracts. Amounts received throngh accident or health insurance .,or under workmen's compeneation acts, plus the amoumt of any damages récelved, either by suft or agréement. Interest on securities issued under the provisiors of the federal farm loan act of July 7, 1818, 1 m the obligation of a state or or any city, town., count , and the District of Cohimbi terest on obligations of the United Staas (Liberty bonds, ate.) and honds issued by the war finance corporation is exemnt from taxation except that interest on such ob ligations issued after Sepember 1, 1917 (oher than jostal savings certifica‘es of f deposfis) is exempr only to the extefit provided in the respective acts auhoriziny he issuance hereof, All interest naid on accrued on meoney borrowed within the taxable to purchase or carry securities or obiigations, the income of which is subjected to tax prcbar deduction. Interest paid or accrued vAthin the year on money borrow- ed to purchase or carry wholly tax-free obligations of the Unfted States (except those orizinally subscribed for) such as % 3-4 Victory notes, certificates of in elbtedness, etc., issued after September 24, 1917, is no longer an allowable de- duction, In arriving at net income, tha foliow items must not be deducted from gr neome: Personal famtly or Aving expenses, such as cost of maintaining a home, semvanis’ s a wages, family life insurance premiums, gifts to dependents, cost and upke automobile ed for pleasure or conven- raflroad commutation milar items. Amounts paid far new buildings, or for permanent improvements or betterments made to increase the value of any proper- ty or estatse. Amounts expended in re- storing property or in malking good the exhaustion thereof which a deduction -is made for “wear-and tear,” or deprccia- tion. Premiums pald on any Hfe insurance policies occlvering the life of an officer or employee, or any berson financally in- terested in trade or business carried on by the tapaver when the tapaver is di- rectly or indirectly a beneficiary such polic. Premiums pafd on Insuramce under the war risk insuranee act. Salarfes ipaid officers and employees of a state or “pofitical subdivisions thereof,” such as ofty, town, county, or hamlat, are exerrpt from taxation. Thiz exemption does not extend to salaries paid federal officers or employes “including_the president the United States, the judges of the preme and inferfor courts, and all other officers and employeeas, whether elected or artbointed of the Unfted States. Alask: Hawali or any political dubdivision there- of, or the District of Columbia.” fare, and FAMOUS TRIALS GREAT LIFE INSURANCE CASE One of the most remarkable life in- surance trials in this country was that which developed through the deception and murder of W. 8. Goss, in 1872. On the evening of Feb. 2, of that year, Mr. Goss was experimenting in a house a short distance from Baltimore in an effort to produce an article to sup- ply the place of India rubber. As he never worked at night he had no light- ing focllities in his shop, and request- ed his friend Udderzook to g0 to a house near by and secure an oil lamp. | He did so, and upon his return he| found the house consumed, and, as he claimed, Goss' body with it. Goss worked secretly and with acids and the general opinion was that it was an accident; and the coroner's Jury returned such a verdict. Goss ‘was heavily insured and demand was made upon the companies shortly af- ter his death by Mrs. Goss to col- lect payment. This was refused on ac- count of discrepancies in the policies as to oocupation and age. The wife thereupon brought sult in Baltimore on August 10, 1872, but the litigation | The reason under | was transferred to the Circuit Court of the United States. This decision on the part of the in- ISO' SAFE AND SANE for Thiy o Quick veltet . dif No opiates. surance companies led to an investi- gation as to whether Goss had really been burned to death, as the hody sup- posed to be his was so completely con- sumer as to be unrecognizabie. The in- surance companies insisted that the body be exhumed but without any spe- cial results, The 27th 6f May was the day fixed for the trial against the New York Mutual Life, which was made the test case. The best legai talent of Balti- more was secured for both sides. This trial consumed un'y June 8, 1873, when the jury brough in verdict in favor of Mrs. Goss for $ 98, that being the full amount of the policy with in- terest. This closed the first act in the tragedy. The second part of the tragedy was eéven more rentarkable. Goss had hot been consumed in the Baltimore bufld- ing, but instead, as it afterward ap- peared, he was a party to the scheme of William E. Udderzook. his brother- in-law, as the chief eriminal. Goss left Paltimore the night of the fire and under an assumed name, located at West Chester, Pa. Here he was infre- quent consultation with Udderzook. One day Goss and Udderzook went for a drive in a team hired at Parkers- burg. In the evening the latter re- turned the team and immediat the neighborhood. Goss—who was not then known to the people of the vicin- ity, was never again seen alive. Sev- eral days afterward a large number of buzzards were seen hovering around a wood near Newport, ahd upon invegti- gation the body of a man was found fearfully mutilated. The murdered man. was recognized as the stranger who had re come to the neighbor- hood. Udderzook could not be found. for the crime was that Goss had carried with him to West Chester a e amount of money. Ud- derzook was later arrested in Balti- and brought to Chester unty, where he was lodged in jail. Goss was evidently no acces- sory to the crime against the life in- surance compandes, and when she at her husband had not been 1 the house near Baltimore instead had been murdered in Pennsylvania, she directed her attor- neys to relinquish proceedings in all the cases against the companies. The trial of Udderzook for the mur- der of Goss was begun’in West Chester on Oct. 29, 1873. The first day was consumed in the impaneling of the jury and the hearing of witnesses as to the finding of the body in the woods. In spite of every ffort made by the eminent counsel who defended the murde which included Hon. Wh MacVeagh, the ase from the first seemed hopeless for the prisoner. The prosecution closed its case on Nov. 5 and the defense immediately opened The trial was continued until No 9, when the jury brough in a verdict of guilty of murder of the first degree The jury remaind out 45 hours before a verdict could be rendered. The first lot stood 6 to 5 in favor of cen- viction and it required 12 ballots be- fore all the jurors were of on opinion. Udderzook was later executed. From the fire episode near Baltimore the efforts of Mrs. Goss to collect the large insurance on her husband's life, down to his murder by his brother in law and the latter's conviction, this is one of the most unusual crimes in the history of the United States Criminal Court. §t. Louls Makes New Claim. St. Louis is now one of the great in- surance centers, not only of the west, but of the country.—St. Louis Globe-Démo- crat, Beauty would be more than skin deep if the average female complexion could be figured in the deal. STOMACH UPSET? Get at the Real Cause —Take Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets That’s what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to patch up-a poor digestion, they are attacking the Teal cause of the ailment—clogged liver and disordered bowels. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are per- forming their matural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach troubles. Have you a bad taste, coated tongue, poor appetite, a lazy, don’t-care feeling, no ambition or energy, trouble wit undi foods? Take Olive Tablets the substitute Itzr (c)allome_} i Dr. Edwards’ Olive Table! a purely table compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain.. 4 Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief. Eat what you like. 15¢ and 30c, left | yne | NURWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY _CuPD IN READ YOUR CHARACTER By Digby Phillips, Copyrighted 1021 | | | | Denaturizing Anger Whether it would have proved greater boon to mankind than he has conferred, is a matter of opinion, but there is'no doubt that it would have been a_boon if Mr. Volsteag had de- natured anger, E Always remembering the fact that & person incapable of feeling angef ‘would be considerable of a molluse, there is no denying the fact that on the whole we can all profit more by ‘a::-&mng our anger than by stimulat- There are two things to do with an- ger when you feél it sutrging within Yyou. Any characterologist will tell you that there is an intimate connection between physical attitude and bearing and the state of the mind, and that the influences of this connection work both ways. Ordinarily the physical at- titude. We all know that the angry man clenches his fists and becomes tense through his whole physical be- ing. What many of us fail to realize is that we can actually cultivate a feel- Ing of anger by deliberatély tensing ourselves this way, and, what 1s more important. neutralize anger to a large extent by physical relaxation. Try it some times wheén you are an- y. IU'S an interesting experiment. ith a sudden snap of your will just let all your muscies and feelings re- lax. The result will seem miraculous to you, if you accomplish it. Once you get those muscles and feelings relax- ed and limp you simply can’t be an- gry until you tense them again. But If you haven't tha§ much will power, if you're willing to admit to yourself such a weakness of character. then there's another method, but one far less perfect. Just “blow off steam’ Talk your head off about your griev- ance and before long you'll find your irritation has evaporated. There are occasions_even when this is the bet- ter, but it certainly does not tend to raise people’s opinions of you, and when practiced in the presence of oth- ers who are as emotional as yourself, it is likely to intensify the quarrel and so defeat the end. The one thing that must not be done with anger is-to let it become ingrow- ing. Anger is explosive. To pen it up is to make it corrosive, and it will do more harm to you to “nurse a grouch’ than anything else. If there's no other way of getting it out of your system hunt up the cat and kick it. Your sub- sequent feeling of shame will do you more good thaw nursifig a grouch, Tomorrow—Sparkling By IN THE DAY’S NEWS DID AFRICA PEOPLE PREHISTORIC EUROPE The recent discovery in a cave in Northern Rhodesia of a human skuil apparently many thousands of years old seems to put Africa on the map for the first time as the probable field of development for men who playved an important part in tne life of pre- historic Europe, Where the most im- portant old human skulls have been discovered heretofore and what their locations seem to indicate is told in the following bulletin from the Wash- ington, D. €., headquarters of the Na- tiona] Geographic Bociety. “Europe has long been recognized as merely the stage on which late acts of the great drarna of the development of man and his civilization have been played,” says the bulletin. one of the races that has lived Burope in during the long period of man's life on the earth is believed to have originat- ed there. Hitherto all evidence pointed to Asia as the source of the succeed- ing waves of human immigrants as it was the source, at least proximately, of the thousands of horses, deer and cattle that swarmed into the country during interglacial periods. “Races had come across the land bridges from Africa, but for the most part they had merely used northern Africa as a path, coming from Arabia or farther Asia. The one exception known known was the strange appear= ance along the southern fringe of Bu- rope at one time of a race akin to the negro pygmies of persent-day cen- tral Africa. But these small negroids were an unimportant factor and soon vanished. “So far as Europe is concerned, the Heidelberg men were the known inhabitants. A single jaw-bone discovered in Germany represents the data from which conclusions have been drawn in regard to this race which is supposed to have lived some 200,000 years ago. They are classed as the first wholly human bheing of whom fos: have been discovered, and are suppos ed to have been later by probably a quarter of a million years than the ape- man whose skull was discovered in Ja- va. “The Heidelberg men were apparent- 1y succeeded about 75.000 years ago by a long persisting type of whom many fossilg hava been found—the Neanderthal man. Skulls and bones of this widely diffused people have been found in France, Germany, Belgium, | Croatia, on the Channel Isles. on the rck of Gbraltar, and in Maita. They were cave-dwelling hunters and for more than 50000 years lived off the herds of horses, deer, and cattle that abounded in Burope during that pe- riod. “These Neanderthal men were much more advanced than the men of Hei- delberg, but still they were lower in the scale than any savage of the pre- sent day. Thy were squat, burly, big- headed and thick- skulled. Their brows projected marked over caverous eves, they were almost chinless, and their knees were permanently bent, The first than 60 vears ago w _widely di- skull of these people discovered more vergent irows e.ara.: skulls that one scientist insisted that it was a mal- Mo AAPLY B gt purniae ilons of paraffin. BlacK-Mixed-Green-Sealed Packet Only. but thers are other ways to pleam the child if these are out of the gues- tion. One mother put a bowl of gold fish on a low magazine stand. and let her little boy feed them each day. He and his mother ~oftén talked ‘was interested in watching their habits about the tiny, beautiful fishes. An- other boy was given a géranfum at a ¢hurch concert and cared for it al winter. He was very proud when it blossomed before his brother's did, ané watered it carefully every morning. A small bed of pansies was giver to a little girl one spring day, and she was told it was her Mower bed to care for. Her mother suggested that she supply the table with pansies, plek- ing a few at a time for a low dish then showed the child how to combine formation. It was only after the dis- covery of other fossils that the former existance of this race was generally accepted. “Through Neanderthal remiains have been discovered at the very edge of northern Africa, notably in Gibraltar and Malta, there has besn no general tendency to look upon Africa as.the mource of that people. The skulls and bones recently discovered in northern Rhodesia, however, are believed to be of the general Neanderthal type and their discovery opens up the possibility that it was from Africa that Europe's Neanderthal horde came. The ‘Broken Hill Bkull' as the African fossil is called, is in some ways more primitive than the European Neanderthal skulls though it is believed to be more re- oo —da 0 S, B0 R cent. These facts give added weight|colors to make lovely effects, The to the belief that the skull recently |little girl learned many things about found was nearer than the Buropean]flowers that summer and tended her fossils to the original point of dis- semination of the Neanderthal men. “The Neanderthal: ‘men represent about the last know types of human with skulls development lower than that of present-day savages. Wehn they disappeared 25,000 or 30,000 years ago they were succeeded by the Cro- Magnon men. hunters and also artists who have left remarkable drawings of animals on the walls of certain caves in France. They were a tall, finely built intelligent race, the first known men generally rated as belonging td the same species as our own Homo sa- piens.” GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES A new ray which, it is claimed, will penatrate the thickest fog, is to be test- ed at the London docks. Tre apparatus consists of a cylinder of oxygen and a small brass generator filled with a cer- tain mixture. Attached to the genera~ tor is a length of rubber tubing, connects ing up with an ordinary concave-convex mirror reflector head-lamp. The ray is one of reflection, not of projeotion. * At the burner point, through the spy-hole in the lamp, the new ray is seen as a red- dish-blue incandescent one and a half- inch flame, in shape and thickness like tke sharpened end of a pencil. The se- cret is, of course, the nature of this ray. arm Wages.—An agreememt on farm wages has been concluded in Northamp- tonshire. Wages are to be for a week of 48 hours from January 18 until March 3, and 31s, for a week of 50 hours from March 4 until October 6. A some- what similar agreement has been reach- ed in Pembrokeshire covering the period up to October 4 at a rata of 34s per Week for 50 hours. Somerset conciliation com- mittee yesterday came to an agreement on farm wages for the ensuing three months, namely, 33s. weekiy for Feb- ruary, and 32s. for March and April, 50 hours a week to be worked. Slump for Babies—last rate was the lowest on re land and Wales, with the exception the war period. There was also a new low record in the death rate, and that of infant mortality was below tife rate of any previous year, except 1920, accord- ing fo the registrar-general's provision- al figures. Lighthouses Round the Coast.—New lamps are being fitted to certain of the lighthouses round the coast. Meanwhile the engineers and experts attached to Trinity House are evolving a mew for- mula-for estimating the candlepower of the lights, which involves a revision of the ‘strength Of the béam thrown. There are only three. the lights of which are produced by electricity—St. Catherine’s. the Lizard and South Foreland. The re- mainder, over 60, are worked by ofl, and every year they consume 145,000 gal- g A strong light of & 000 candle-power alone absorhs nearly 4,000 gallons of oil.—London Chronicle, garden faithfully, wifh love in every touch she gave the pansies. The boys have their gamos, the girls have dolls, but these do not satisfy the ed for something alive, some- thin, at grows, and shows the re- sults of care and attentien. A kitten, a puppy, somerabbits, a few white mice, whichever suits the needs of the family best can be easily supplied, it the mother thinks it over. Of ceurse it will be a little more care for a mother in one way for she must see to it that the child does not shirk the responsibility after the novelty wears off, but with gentle firmness tje child's own “growing thing” may become the means of helping towards an under- standing an@ realization that all help- less things need constant, steady love and care from the stronger ones of the world. teries That Recall Others ‘. Instracting Polly. Little Thomas went to visit his sunt, a dignified and severe woman who own- ed 2 parrot. One morning, coming un- expectedly upon Thomas and the bird she was horribly shocked to hear the little boy using some profane words. “Why, ‘Thomas,” ericd the aunt, "1 do believé you’ trying fo teach my parrot to swear. “Oh, no, 1 ain't, auntie,” the boy re- plied, “I'm just telling it what it mustn't say.” Never Agnim. Martha, aged four, was sick and had baen forced to submit to parental au- thority in the matter of a dose of castor ofl. However, the little stomach repu- diated the offending medicine. After the wave of violenl sickness receded, Martha looked up at her father and re- marked: > “Phere’'s not going to be any mere taking of castor oil in this house.” s ‘Wrong Again. “Do ‘you know what day this is, John dear?” she asked sweetly at the break- fast table. Unpleasant recollections of previou: memory lapses flashed through John' mind. He would not be caught this time. “Why, of course, my love! How could I possibly forget that this is our wed- ding anniversary?’ he sald with gentle reproof. “No, it isn’t. That is three months she responded coldly. This iz the day on which you promised to take the afternoon off from the office and beat the rugs’ —_— THE HORRORS OF “INDIGESTION Relieved By “Fruit-a-fives” The Famous Fruit Medicine Indigestion, Weak Digestien or partial digestion of food, is one of the most serious of present-day ecomplaints. 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