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Show THE PAYSOX CHRONICLE, PAYPQX. UTAH Women COMIC SECTION OUR said VOIMUVX Events in the Lives of Little Men D sag 095 uOB dOHD CniOQOlBDQQ) qflXMP OCHD QOCDWTitEIKflWIDO cOip Qdc GRSJMi oOhhshD MAXft BT THE MAKERS OF IVORY SOAP mi. u. Its easy on hands, its easy on clothes, its fine for dishes! Does more work because it makes 50 more suds richer, quicker, longer lasting suds. Never balls up; rinses clean, softens water. Procter & Gamble . a DStf ids fat. or?. 1 rgmnrtffi tniL49TnTin GZZI? tote li home. Sometimes the money It seems the Innocent are also a conservative out- Is never moved, and there Is a recremaining at the ON ISLAND OF YAP fit and they still stick to the old ord of one coinmore than a century. Stone age standards. One coin sent same place for Most of the Yap money is In the Is about 2X) years old, Is 26 IncheB Coins That Are Somewhat In diameter and weighs 120 pounds. form of disks of quarried limeIt Is reported this coin has the value stones. Some resemble millstones Hard to Steal. of In shape, and they weigh anything of an canoe, an acre of land, or about 10,000 co- up to five tons. There Is no mint Yap, you may remember, Is a tiny, conuts. It Is said, for Instance, that on the Island. All the money comes almost microscopic island that Is when a Yaplunder transaction In- In the rough from the Felew ispart of the Caroline group, lying be- volves too great a sum to be moved lands, nnd the Yaplanders then tween Guam and the Philippines. conveniently the new owner simply shape It up and give It a value. Dis An insignificant spot of land as far chisels his mark on his money and covering limestone on Yap would be as size goes, It caused quite a poth- leaves It In his neighbor's yard un- Just like discovering gold RnywJwre er after the allies took It from Ger- til he can round up enough help to else. I.altlmore Evening Snn. many after the war. It Is valuable as a cable station and as a relayTestimonies from all parts of the ing point for radio, and a great world prove the beneficial results unmany fists were shaken over it obtained from the use of til its status finally was settled. This was done In 1022 by a treaty signed by the United States and Japan, recognizing the Japanese mandate over the Island, but securPimples, rashes, eczema and ail forma of itching, burning akin trouble arc ing to the United States certain quickly healed by regular use of cable rights. tlntlrura Soap and about much was hoard Nothing Ointment. latYap again until about five years Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and 50c. Proprietors: er, when the Immigration bureau & Chemical Corp lotter Druq announced that the Inhabitants of Malden, Mas. the Island were snubbing ns. At the Try Cutlcnrm Shaving Cream. time when Immigrants from everywhere on the globe were trying to crash our gates, the haughty Joined with the snooty folk of Muscat, Nauru, Ruanda and French Togoland and would have none of ns. Have you anything around the house you would like to The Yaplanders are now back In the news again under somewhat pictrade or sell? Try a classified ad. The cost is only a turesque circumstances. The Chase few cents and there are probably a lot of folks looking National bank, of New York, mainthe office one main of Its in tains for just whatever it is you no longer have use for. largest collections of moneys of the world. The Yaplanders CLASSIFED ADS GET RESULTS and their coins werent represented, and so to overcome this defect the islanders got together and shipped the bank a few coins three speciBetween Two Evila Help! mens of their money, which Is called How do I open this tin? Why do you continue to go with "fol." "You will find the Instructions The money arrived a day or so Jack? Hes a bad egg. madam." Pearson's Weekly, Im afraid to drop him." ago practically In the form of bowl STONE AGE MONEY ders. Yap-lande- 18-fo- one-quart- Cuiicura Preparations FINNEY f OF THE FORCE w Ol OFFteeX, 1VEI?E SCREAMS CDMlWGr M(?S FBOM MAY8E SNOOPS.. SOMEBOPVS MURDEPiMG HER SY!!! S' THOUGHT WAS VeZ YE7. DON'T A(?6 TEfWiBLE More Truth Than Poetry (FUFF PUFF) BIKJ V Yap-lande- MURDHEREDl CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING I T Do vou Think' my voice WILL the ' CONVENTION LISTEN! PA fill HALL? DAaaA FILL IT ? WHY, MRS SHOO P, iT Would hot only IT WOULD EMPTY 7 it t fill it ! Above the Atmoiphere The stratosphere is the upper portion of the atmosphere above 11 kilometers, more or less, depending on latitude, season and weather, in which temperature changes but little with altitude and clouds of water never form, and In which there Is practically no convection or distribution of the atmospheric equilibrium causing winds. It is often called the isothermal region ; that is, region of equal Water Hard to Compress SHTHERHEADS Hes Convinced Water Is very slightly compressible. Its compressibility is from 0.000040 to 0.000051 for one atmosphere, decreasing with Increase of temperature. For each foot of pressure distilled water will be diminished In volume 0.0000d5 to 0.0000013. Water Is so Incompressible that even at a depth of a mile a cubic font of water will weigh only about half a pound more than at the surface. Variation in Hearing Range of hearlDg decreases with age, and many old people fall to hear notes which, to the middle aged, are quite distinct Three Individuals, none of them at all deaf, may listen to the same note; the first will merely call it rather high," the second will complain of Its painful shrillness, aDd the third will hear nothing! Tobacco Condemned Burton, of the Anatomy of Melancholy, believed In tobacco as a medicine, but denounced smoking for pleasMost men take It as tinkure thus: ers do ale. Also A plague of mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health hellish, devilish and d d tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." Apes Not Monkeys The terms "ape" and monkey" In Inpopular language are more or less speaking, Correctly terchangeable. however, ape refers to any of the large anthropoid primates which are entirely tailless, and monkey to any of the smaller members of this order with either short or long tails. Motion Picture Endings peoples prefer hapGerpy endings to motion pictures; mans like unhappy endings; while Latins want logical endings, however rnpleasant they may he. Iilms are cf'en changed for export trade with these facts in mind. English-speakin- g Early Microscope The oldest recorded microscope In existence Is a plano-convelens of quartz found In the ruins of Nineveh, now In the British museum. The simple lenses came into greater use during the Middle ages. A spectacles maker of Middelburg, Holland, named Zacharlas Janssen, was the first to build a compound microscope, In 1590, and presented It to Charles Albert, archduke of Austria. x Chinese Americans Until the treaty of 1882, prohibiting naturalization of Chinese, Immigrants from China, on becoming naturalized, were permitted nil the privileges of other citizens, and at the present time Chinese born In the United States have the right of citizens. The treaty of 1SS2 was not retroactive and Chinese having ttie privilege of voting at that time continued to do so. Liquors Effects Doctor Johnson had said to me yesterday that Adam Smith was a most disagreeable fellow after he had drunk some wine which he said bubbled In his mouth. He made a most excellent remark. "Drinking," said he, "does It alters not improve conversation. the mind so that you are pleased with From James Bosany conversation. wells Journal Picturesque Adventurer Casanova was a Venetian adventurer who lived from 1725 to 1798, who was remnrkable for his wit, accomplishments and intrigues. He traveled extensively In Europe, frequenting aristocratic circles and leading a rakish life. His "Memoires" fill 12 volumes and are vastly entertaining as a picture of the corrupt manners of his time. City Lighting Opposed was Although gas illumination known many years before the first 6treet Illumination, the Improvement was opposed on the ground that such a practice wonld be blasphemous, God having divinely divided light and darkness, and also that people would be induced to stay out at night and catch cold and fail prey to robbers. Acanthus in Art The acanthus plant hu3 been most ns"d through the ages In decorative and sculptured art It appears in ancient Corinthian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine. Renaissance, IuIb XIV, XV and XVI decoration. The period can often he told by the particular way In which the acanthus Is used. Ashes of Seaweed Kelp Is a word used to mean the ashes of seaweed, formerly much used In the manufacture of glass and soap and now coming Into prominence comThe mercially as a aource of word also refers to any of the various large brown seaweeds, especially to those common to the Pacific coast of the Americas. The giant kelp of the Pacific coast of the United Statea Is known to reach the length ef 79 feet, thus exceeding all other plants. Worlds Scenic Gera Martinique Is a strange conglomeration of Jungle, mountains aad doep valleys. This French colony Is one of the richest scenic gems of the archipelago. The lofty peaks and rugged promontories of SL Lucia, where brawny negro women may be seen s, doing the work of stevedores, and whose people call their Island "Little England," have their Individual and unique Interests for the crulsa visitor. Bar-hadoe- Presents Thrown Awtj tribe of Indians on the Alaskan coast have an odd way of paying compliments. When a distinguished visitor appears he Is Invited to a feast, after which the tribal chief goes to the edge of the cliff and solemnly casta Into the sea as many of his possessions as he thinks he can afford. This Is held to be the highest form of compliment, and much superior ta merely giving presents to the guest A Famous Old Vessel According to Joshua Humphreys statement In regard to the Constitution, the frame of the vessel was made from live oak and red cedar; the keel of white oak; the decks of Carolina pitch pine. This wood was procured from Savannah, Ga.t and Charleston, S. C. Joshua Humphreys was the designer of this Bhlp. What Money Wont Buy once offered a prize for the best definition of the word money. The winning definition read : Money Is an article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a universal provider of everything except happiness." Kansas City Star. An English Journal Feathered Robbers robbers are the sheath-bills- , pirate birds found in the cold Antarctic regions. Traveling In twos they visit the nests of the penguins and while one engages the attention of a nesting bird the other enjoys a meal of penguin eggs. Bold |