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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH Size of a Billion The Oxford dictionary says Highway Bridge Over Hudson River The first highway bridge built across the Hudson river south of Albany, N. Y., was the Bear Mountain bridge. Work on it and its scenic approach highway commenced in April, 1923. The bridge was opened in November, 1924. Its length is 2,257 feet. The centred span is 1,632 feet. The cables are eighteen inches in diameter. Each contains over 3,500 miles of wire, farther than from New York to San Francisco. The bridge contains tons of steel. that the billion was purposely formed in the Sixteenth centufy to denote the second power of a million, in France, the name not being adopted in London until the end of the Seventeenth century. Subsequently, French arithmeticians altered the application of the word billion," figures being divided in numeration into groups of threes instead of sixes. As a result the French billion and trillion (which we use) denote not the second and third powers of a million, but a thousand millions and a thousand thousand millions. England retained the original and etymological use. 12,-5- 52 Old Colors on Display The oldest flag in Indiana is on display in the State Library building in Indianapolis and is the one presented by General Anthony Wayne to Indian chiefs at the historic treaty of Greenville, in 1795. This treaty gave the United States title to land along the Ohio river and gave security to the settlers of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois for fifteen years. Porpoise Follows Ships The porpoises favorite trick is to accompany a ship for miles, leaping about in the water just in front of the vessels prow. Incidentally, this is the distinguishing habit of the porpoise. Why the fish does it is not known, but its probably just for practice. For the porpoises worst enemy is the fish it resembles the shark. And the porpoise relies on its water stunts to escape. Foreign Bodies Get Into Heart variety of foreign bodies have been discovered in the hearts of A living persons, among them being pins, needles, toothpicks, fish bones and bullets. After the war, observes a writer in Colliers Weekly, one English physician reported eight cases in which d bullets were found free in the left ventricle. fibrin-covere- Get Geographical Names Kitchen Range, Philadelphia, Gentleman, Chicago and Athens are used as first names for children in Children Yugoslavian Macedonia. there are often named after places their fathers have visited. Fathers, it also seems, like to bestow the names of modem inventions on their offspring and are fond, too, of such titles as minister, king and gentleman as names for their sons. Smoky Mountains Trees More than 150 different kinds of native deciduous trees and 170 species of shrubs and vines have been found in the Great Smoky mountains. This area has been undisturbed for centuries and only in re- Scent of St. Bernard Dogs If the atmosphere is calm, St. Bernard dogs from the hospice in Switzerland scent a traveler in distress at a distance of 600 to 900 feet. If the wind is blowing toward him cent centuries have scientists penehe gets the scent at a distance of trated some of its more remote several miles. parts. Whip-Poor-W- About ill Long-Wind- ed inches long,' the is spotted and streaked with black and buff. His tail is rounded; bill tiny; mouth unusually large. He has been heard repeating his night song more than 1,000 times without pause. 9 whip-poor-w- whip-poor-w- ill ill Carious Pewter Lamp One of the most curious of the patented pewter lamps was the Adams fountain lamp." The patent was issued June 30, 1857, to Henry W. Adams, of New York City. The lamp was designed for the burning of whale oil. Correct Title of Britains King The correct title of the king of Great Britain is George VI, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. I I All Wanted Kings Palms The desire of every man to be a king is typified in Rio de Janeiro by the citys great number of royal palms. Dom Joao, king at the beginning of the Nineteenth century, had planted the first seed of the royal palm himself and ruled that the tree was to be exclusively his. Being a Good Citizen Jud Tunkins says a good citizen has to be a good sport when he trusts a great statesman, the same as when he puts his faith in a race horse. The race horse is doing his best and hollerin at him from the grandstand isnt going to make any difference. door wide. there in jamas. VANISHING LADY By THAYER WALDO WNU SLIPPED the porter a I and told Service five-sp- ot him: Here; now keep it quiet. Understand?" He beamed all over and backed away bowing. Ah sho do. Yassuh, yassuh Thank you, suh. When I looked out the window again we were just pulling into the station at San Berdoo. There were a couple of dozen people standing around on th? platform, all men. Two of them came toward the train together. The taller one wore a gray flannel suit and no hat. His hair was black. The second had on buff trousers, brown coat, and a floppy-brimme- Panama. d The conductor was standing by the steps of the car I was on. The two men came up and spoke to him. He nodded, jerked a thumb toward his car, and led them aboard. I lit a mentholated cigarette, then strolled up to the- - front vestibule. San Berdoo was a stop, but 1 had no desire to get off. The big thermometer by the depot door stood at 102. I heard someone coming behind me and looked around. It was the conductor; his face screwed up with worry. He scrambled down the steps, took a sort of aimless look around; and mounted them again. 1 asked: v Something wrong, Doc? Yeah plenty. He wiped his neck with a blue bandanna, then glanced at me sharply. Say, havent I seen you talking to her? That lady in drawing room B Miss Buelah Hogarth. "Bogart, I corrected him; what about her? 'Disappeared. Rooms empty and I cant find her nowhere on board. Those men who just got on are from some movie studio where shes going. Supposed to meet her here and take her off the train at Pasadena. Sure funny whats become of her. I thought it over for a second and told him: Yeah. Lets go talk to them." The door with the gilt B on it stood half open. Inside, the two men were asking the porter questions. His eyes showed a lot of white and his head kept shaking sideways. We went in and the conductor said: Heres a 'gent who knows' her. man faced me, The black-haire-d asking: Friend of hers? No, I answered; we just met h; i? you MB mS use this Dounaon huts m 0 B. They looked 3 cheers for th e pretty hot and bothered. The tall one began shooting questions at me. When did you see Miss Bogart last? I had lunch with her at twelve-thirt- double-ric- h y. Kentucky straight Bourbon. Over 100 million bottles sold! PINT No. SI QUART No. HALF PINT No. 62 60 Did she mention anything about getting ofE? No. She said the heat tired her and she wanted to lie down. And you havent seen her since then? The porter went by outside with a cup of water. He was walking fast and spilling some of it. He didnt look in. Suddenly the man in the Panama jumped up, snapping: That nigger acts darned queer Whats the matter with him? He stepped toward the aisle. I tried to block him, but he pushed past. The next instant he was running up the car, shouting: g black Hey, you crook leave that open! I ran out in time to see him knock the porter away from the drawing room at the far end and fling its double-crossin- STMteur COURCOTJ "msKtr 90 PROOF u COPYRIGHT 1911, SC HENLEY PRODUCTS CO, INC, N. Y. 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Try it Get liquid Phillips Milk of Magnesia for home use and a box of Phillips Milk of Magnesia Tablets to carry with you. it does when a dog walks through the room are questions science has finally answered. Measuring a flea's jump is not so silly as it sounds, says Dr. George A. Skinner. It really has become PHILLIPS UILK OF MAGKESiA an important point in the handling IN LIQUID OR TABLET FORM disof bubonic plague, a ease appearing in the United States. All sorts of statements have been Dark Ignorance made as to the distance a flea can is the night of the Ignorance jump. Dr. Skinner wrote in Hygeia, mind, but a night without moon or the American Medical association Confucius. star. . publication. They varied so markedan to ly that investigator decided find out for himsfelf. By measuring the jpmps of many fleas under all sorts of conditions No matter how many medicines he found that the average fleas canyou have tried for your common not leap straight up much over five cough, chest cold, or bronchial Irriinches and only occasionally can tation, you may get relief now with Creomulsion. Serious trouble may one clear eight inches. be brewing and you cannot afford The broad jump is somewhat longto take a chance with any remedy er, but here it was only the grand less potent than Creomulsion, which that could reach 13 goes right to the seat of the trouble champion and aids nature to soothe and heal inches. Most of them fell considerthe Inflamed mucous membranes of that distance. ably short and to loosen and expel germ-lad- en phlegm. Having determined about the Even if other remedies have failed, jump, the investigators turned their dont be discouraged, try Creomulattention to the sort of host" a flea sion. Your druggist Is authorized to likes best. They found that while refund your money If you are not fleas will wander from animal thoroughly satisfied with the benefits obtained. Creomulsion is one to man and back again, they really word, ask for it plainly, see that the to to stick warm something prefer name on the bottle is Creomulsion, and such as a. cat or and youll get the genuine product and the relief you want. (AdvJ dog. The poor flea is handicapped by which Dr. SkinRebellious Future ner says probably accounts for his The future is always a rebel helter-skeltjumps toward any against the past. moving body. The side of a fleas life of concern to scientists is the comparatively recent discovery that certain species carry bubonic plague from host to host. Plague is ordinarily a disease of rodents. Fleas feed on rats, jump to cats, dogs or man, and transmit the germ. -- flea-bor- ne Still Coughing? long-haire- d, short-sightedne- er room If you are this type-gi- ve pa-- 1 Scientiats Learn Champ Flea Can Jump 13 Inches How far a flea can jump and what Terminal Markets Terminal markets are located in cities which are well served with rail or water transportation to when I got on at Tucson. which farmers and country eleWell, were from Zenith studios," vators ship their grain for sale, and the short one said; she's under conInvented Fiacre, Carriage where exchanges are located for there and we The carriage called a fiacre was facilitating sales and deliveries in tract in with: broke I invented by a Frenchman named connection with crop movements. the conductor told me 174ft Sail''"' about it. Turning to him, I addListen you go through the ed: TBPS YOUlL train again while I hop out and have a look through the station. She mightve gotten off for something. The porter suddenly quavered: Oh, lawsy, boss! Ahs I grabbed his arm and pulled him Never mind, outside, saying: George; you just come help me. When we got up front I punched him in the ribs and ordered: Now shut your trap and stay away from there. Then I jumped off and ran into t the depot. The Western Union desk :i1 was on my right. By the time Id finished my message and tossed the Wide open Eyes girl a bill, the train was moving that signal Loyalty again. I sprinted out and just Admiration the club cars front stairs. caught Generous Mouth The conductor was coming from the that bespeaks Enobservation porch. When I only thusiasm for merit shrugged, gloom settled deeper on his face. We returned to the other car without speaking. The two men were still in drawing-Uh-hu- lounging The conductor whirled on me, crying: Why, thats your rooml Whats this mean, mister? Just then the trains brakes slammed on. ' I lost balance and sprawled into a seat. The man with black hair fell on top of me. . When I rose his face was tense and white. Whatre we stopping here for? he yelled, reaching toward his hip. I hit him below the eye with my fist and he slid to the floor. Then I heard the other one screaming and cursing up front. I spun around and saw two big men in felt sombreros grappling him. When they got the handcuffs on, I called: Down here for number two, boys. While one of them bent over the fellow Id hit, the other askfed me: You send that wire? I nodded. He stuck out a huge hand, grin- ning. Nice work, buddy. We phoned Pasadena and they nabbed the rest of em waiting in a car there. They all belong to the Toomey mob biggest snatch gang in the country. They planned to hold her for fifty grand ransom. Over his shoulder I saw Beulah. She was looking at me with the kind of smile that women save for heroes. I tried nonchalance and rubbed the raw knuckles of my right hand. But, say, the man in the ten-- 1 gallon hat was demanding, how come you spotted the critters so quick? That was right smart. Just gave us time to flag the train. I would have given plenty for a pat answer. There being none, I told the truth. Well, chief, it was really a guess. You see, I happen to be the guy Zenith sent to meet Miss Bogart, down in Arizona. So when these lads claimed the same job, I thought something must be a little phony. The cot ductor came elbowing into the group. He looked very stern. That part may be all right, he but it dont explain announced; why the lady was in your room. On this train you cant A sharp smack sounded as Beu--1 lahs palm struck his cheek. You, she stated, have a most disgusting mind! Now run along and mind your own business.' 88 9 Associated Newspapers. Beulah Bogart stood cherry-colore- d lion Women in Their 40s Can Attract Lien Parts of Panama Impenetrable Most of the mountains of Pan- ama are covered by impenetrable jungles. 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