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Show i ME PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON. UTAH Scenes and Persons in the Current News BRISBANE THIS WEEK Balm for Bankers heat Burning Up We Drink More 'S liisky Six Billions for Weapons . The new stock exchange law may bring business and balm to worried bankers that now look upon their pitialias ful, huge piles of "liquidity, ready mono, unable to lend It, because they are afraid of everything that cnlls itself security." That Is as bad as baIng a cow and being afraid to milk her lest she kick. The definition of a banker as one who "lends you an umbrella when the sun Is shining and takes It hack when It rains" is not Just. The sound banker Is one who does not lose his I rk's money. How can he lend It v ! "n he 1ms not the faintest idea w hat ninthing or an body is worth and does r it een know what a dollar is worth? A law compelling stoek speculators to margin their gambling by 40 or bank i. ore per cent may stimulate loans. The banker may say to the speculator and broker, I'll add 20 per cent cash to that margin, or even I love you both, jier cent, because only I must have a first lien on the c. tire business. Wliat could the do n tuous, reforming about that? 40 brain-truster- v 1J1H-- L 1 : the monument to William .leanings Bry.ni m Washington wliuh was erected by congress. 2 Air IhM nur between the Island and Rattery park which may be of the late !.ij. Con. Hugh I, Scott, famous Indian fighter and gree Arlington National cemetery. m or Co.ernor's island showing the part of the ,,e Funeral cortege led in to toi m an airport site. 3 In former tin f of staff, as It neared the Japans New Houses of Parliament in Tokyo s reRad new s from gions, Intense heat burning up crops. It Nebraska, hot winds added to Injury done by the sun's heat, sweeping wheat-growin- g away moisture. The experiment of planting only Just ns much wheat as Is needed may prove disastrous If rain Is too long delayed. You cannot regulate crop production as you can that of automobiles, or shoes. In this year of our Lord, Americans are drinking more whisky than they did lefore prohibition, and paying taxes on It. Three hundred millions of gallons of bootleg liquor is not Included lo the statistics. Reer drinking has fallen off 50 per cent, according to reports from Washington. Prohibition restored whisky as the national drink. Thomas Jefferson, who thought beer would provide an antidote to drunkenness, which was widespread lti his day, would be disturbed by the beer news. Rut he was old fashioned. e building in Tokyo, the new houses of p.u liaeient, is nearing completion. construction throughout, the only foreign articles being a mull chute and a thermostat. I his and li.md-om- BLOSSOM les It Is of Japanese design President Gets First Buddy Poppy QUEEN i.e Card of Muskegon, for a week over the festival in Renton Harbor and Germany, owing private debts to Americans, English and French plans to pay the English and French, and let the Americans wait, In accordance with a European Cus- tom. President Roosevelt Is said to have Informed Germany that he does not favor this discrimination. He might stop the German nonsense by Informing Mr. nitler's government that until he treats his American creditors exactly as any others the ports of the United States will be closed to German froducts and, if necessary, to German ships also. This country doesn't need Europe, and Europe does need this country. who ruled Kit., ossom Joseph. ARAB RULER FIGHTS Figures supplied by the league of Nations show that European countries have spent about $0,000,000,000 since the last war on killing machinery for another war, while carefully refraining from paying the $10,000,000,000 that they owe us. It Is announced from Paris that, for the fourth time, France will default on the war debt to the United States. And It Is probable that England will default again, as she did last time. Last time she handed Uncle Sam a token, saying: "Please Rccept that, and dont call It a default. It Is doubtful that this country would aecept a token this time. England probably either faces a substantial payment or official default. Steel" Is looking up, the output be- lng at a higher level now than any time since June, 1930. l.ittle Miss Muriel Morgan ot Raton, Mich., presenting to President RooseIncidentally, in Geneva, where world velt the first buddy poppy of 1034, while James E. Van Zandt, commander in news and war news centers, It is chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, looks on. Muriel, who is three yeari learned that the nations are strength- old made the trip from the organizations national home for widows and enlng every military branch of their men to start the poppy campaign. governments." orphans of If all this getting ready should end as it usually does In Europe you would see United States steel production go up fast. Many million tons of iron would be needed for killing. It Is to be hoped that this time our government will not send ten thousand million dollars to enable Europe to pay for her killing machinery, as was done last time. Sucker in Animal Life, Too Of all male animals, only two inspecies of birds and one kind of sect present gifts to the female durThe Adelle penguin ing courtship. prebrings stones, the bower-birsents flowers and berries, and the Ernpls fly calls with food Inclosed in a glistening bubble secreted by himself. Colliers Weekly. Venus and the Earth The planet Venus Is almost the same size as the earth, and Is about 07,000,000 miles from the sun, which s of Is a little more than the distance from the sun to the earth. The enrth is 93,000,000 miles At their nearest, from the sun. Venus and the earth are about miles apart. two-third- Hand-Me-Dow- n Is used "second- The term "hand England as meaning hand clothing, clothing that, for instance, passed from an older child to a younger child." In the United States, in addition to that meaning, means ready-mad- e hand from as distinguished clothing tailor made clothing. Literary Digest. s in Snakes Live on Egg The bole diet of a species of South African snake is eggs. It can tell without breaking an egg whether It Is fresh or stale, and will turn away from a stale one. Its bead Is only the size of the tip of a mans finger, yet In a miraculous manner ltswal lows an egg whole. Monkeys Habitat Most of the monkeys of the Americas are native to the regions in and near the tropics and avoid the higher altitudes, although there are a few native to Central America. There Is no native species to be found north of the Rio Grande. Famous Remark Garfield James A. Garfield used the expression God reigns and the government at Washington still lives," in addressing a crowd from the balcony of the New York customshouse following the death of Abraham Lincoln. Table Made of Elephant Ear An African explorer has a table made from the ear of an elephant The ear measures more than six feet In length and the elephant tusks form the legs ol the table. Capital of Finland Helsinki Is the Finnish and hence the official name of the cap- ltal city of Finland, formerly known, by Its Swedish name of Helsingfors. The city Is located Ip the extreme south of Finland on the Gulf of Finland, Immediately opposite Tallinn, the capital city of tonla. Animals That Chew Cud Animals that chew the cud are called ruminants, and the division of the animal world to which they belong is called the Rumlnantla. Among the ruminants ure the oxen, sheep, goats, antelopes, giraffes, deer, chevrotnlns, camels and their close relatives. Windows in Capitol Building 14,518 square feet of windows and 550 679 skylights, doorways In the Capitol at Washington. The dome receives light There are through 108 windows and from the architects office to the are 365 steps. there dome No Weddings in Churches Up to the time of the reformation, Christian churches throughout Europe were considered too sacred for weddings, and these ceremonies had to be performed Just outside the front door. When tha Lungs Freeze Old sourdoughs of Alaska and other parts of the Northwest say that overexcrtlon Is liable to cause the lungs to freeze If the temperature Is colder than 40 degrees below zero. , Sign of Progress of the signs of progress Water Buffalo Abandoned Oriental water buffalo Imported to Hawaii more than twenty years ago for use as farm animals, and then abandoned, have reverted to wild ways on Molokai island. Hi Hos View of Success Success," said III Ho, the sage of Chinatown, Is often an appearance which depends In large measure on the ability to conceal disappointment. Actors Die of Heart Failure acOne hundred and thirty-fou- r tors out of a possible 500 die of old age. Heart failure Is the cause of death In the majority of cases. One the social element Is becoming more and more dominant In all departments, In religion, In ethics, In art, and In language. Smoke Meant Death no smoking" sign once The meant a lot In the countries of the In Dageston Caucasus mountains. the act was punishable by death. Man and His Environment Man Is to some extent developed by bis environment, over which society can, and In part does, exert control. Tree Frogs Change Color The tree frog has the power of changing color to resemble more closely the surface upon which It desires to be Inconspicuous. Oldest College for Women The Wesleyan Female college, Macon, Ga founded In 1836, claims to be the world's oldest woman college. Ban the Grouch Jud Tunkiris says a grouch Luminous Beauty Patches Bits of fungus which are luminous at night are used as beauty patches by native women of Samoa. Is all wrong. One loss of temper Is excusable, but It shouldnt last a lifetime. Diphtheria Dlptherla attacks 10 per cent of the children born each year before Sharks Among Oldest Fishes among the oldest fishes In earth history, having a record some 350 million years long. they reach the age of fifteen. Gales Back in the Age What are these red chips and lumps scattercdarnonRcoarse, white sand in Glacier National park? Those chips were partly hardened mud, torn up and dropped again by waves; hut the red lumps seem to have been rolled over and over like snowballs, says Nature Magazine. When storms reach sandy coasts today, they bring up hit 11s of mud like these and drop them on sandy fiats near shore. These early "storm rollers are records of gales that swept the Proterozoic sea. Sharks are Salt Lake City Directory CR1SMON & NICHOLS ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS Ami Laboratory 229-23- 1 Vet S. 'iMnplrt ht., Salt Iake City, Utah. P. o. Hox 17BS Mailing and price furnMicd on request.envelopes Salt Lake Citys 'Newest Hotel Your local dealer carries Ferrys Pure Bred Vegetable Feeds. Now only 5 cents a package. Adv. Universal Price Vigilance Is the price of liberty and of keeping out of wars. Cavalcade and Gamer Win the Derby A Texas candidate declares his con gresslonal candidacy anonymously, refuses to give his name, but issues a photograph of himself as a boy six years old, with "button shoes and a suit forty years old," saying, "Judge me by this. That picture Is apt to deceive the public. At the age of six almost any human being looks Intelligent, honest, pleasing. Rut forty ears of time, politics and scheming often change that ,'l'n Sau,l. fanatical ruler of S; fi"htins t0 aua,nt kingdom of Yet hne PmemP"erfUl army with Di0( 9osrtL Be Wh ll!'S bn of Egypt of l:R,pt are aw pri?pp5,1S Judged even by standards. Arehit rentfr"W' Mitfld t hat a solid s rT'Mca '' t!ie Creat M in Pyramid, If e: Nuv ivstoo!ir, UrK w",l(i cst a nm "ild take 2,25 isit),; ' ll",r- A ro'xtern si I re of th V.1 si'p nrd shape in t 8M Coil vv rp, '. rcquirp f t mild cot;t $i5(0(X nian-das- . L Railroads, battling to recapture traffon trains, pretty, sweet hostesses" in club ears, saying, Can I do anything for you? Such things will help little. Quick cheap transportation Is what people want. The elevated railway In Now York never made money until It changed from 10 to 5 cents. Then It made a great deal until the subway came. ic, have orchestras Here is Cavalcade, winner of the sixtieth Kentucky derby, with Jockey colt Mack Garner up, photographed immediately after the race. The browu ovvfied by Mrs. L D. Sloan. stables Brookmeade the was entered by King FfatnrM 8n5lcat, Jnc. 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