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t sxx Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. 1955 fl 'AU.AU.tUTI I DON'T SAY THE N WMT A MINUTE UM8ERLEG UGLY WORDV I'M ',' I SHAKINI6 DOWN SMALL BUS- THINKING ABOUT I NESSMEN IS ONE THINS 7 AN ACCIPENTy 5 . Z??5 suppose anb-l untrained guy happened S&;ttK to be fooling vi'th. a , " t tnd. happened to touch the wire marked HIGH VOLTAG!-.UKe this' AND THE SET HAPPENED T I 10 BE PLUGGED IN.- J1 I f" --1 H ATHQUgHTrwASMgS.MfWg 1 P S NORMAN-BUT IWCTLL JUST HE OCNT EVEN SPEAK TO WE. JENNY SANOERS.WArrRESSiT'S 1 my own hus8anDmand he . All iikeadream-anghtmare J Later j(oonit look now, jenny, ) hj'w7ut you just oroppeda I ' JfEAPOr, ANO 6UESS WHAT;j Y THAT'S NOT ALL I X We -d ! J Hi. IS THAT SO!" Twins Pester Mom With Questions I vbu are baelc V- "v? I again. Our feed I I hadn't p"1" Itnust be )od. I noticed. pL - I recommend T I'll take tuo. fl ( Thari okay. Free parting " . our I And I have a V. with Walletbutaers. Walletbuitjai. little convertible , , s j I TELL YOU 30E IB C?iY ? V mi f I'M AH ADVERTISING EXPERT HE'S . TRUE! HIS OLD MAN "7 A RICH , I LOST TEN MILLION- HH MmtBWlSHOT HIMegLF-LEFTV-j'j - eXCEPT HIS BRAINS ANO INSIDES-BEBMS TO ME HE'S DONE OX-HUNDRED MILLION SO FAR' eAHfLUCKlTj POJffiLUCKlJ By EUGENE BURNS . "Say, Ranger, if you think you get a lot of questions fired at you, you ought to have a set of twin boys growing up," writes Mrs. R. E. G., via the Boston Globe. "Here's a 'ten-minute sample: 'Mommy, how tall can a man grow?' and then his twin pops up with, 'How short can a man stay?' 'Before I can think of an evasive answer, the first pcomes in with: 'About how skin ny can a man get?' but by that time I am trying to outguess the other twin's question: 'How fat?' Then they want to know how far he can jump, how high? When I insisted that they put on galoshes before 'your feet turn stone-cold,' one twin wanted to know 'When you say 'stone-cold,' just how cold does that mean?' while his teammate fired back without batting an eye, 'Mommy, what's the hottest?' Look, Ranger, can't you give me ammunition to keep them quiet for only five min utes?" and she signs the letter, Naturally yours. . ." . Whewww! Let me come up for air on this one. To begin with, the best I can find on a man's height is this: from an article by James Adams m True: Geoffrey Hudson, an Englishman, who lived from 1619 to 1682, was probably the small est adult who ever existed. At 30, he measured slightly less than 18 inches. In contrast, Patrick Cotter, an Irishman, who lived more than a century ago, stood 8 feet 4 inches in his socks no elevator shoes as have some of today's modern giants, although his shoes measured 18 inches long! For human weight, perhaps the spindleshank of all times was Hopkin Hopkins, a" Welsh lad, who lived to be 17. He tipped the scale at 17 pounds at 14 and then fell off to 12 pounds from that time on until his death three years later. Hopkin Hopkins' opposite, .a North Carolinian of the 1700's, is said to have weighed more than 1,000 pounds. His name is now lost but there are records to substantiate his size. He stood 7 feet 8 inches and was very likely the heaviest human who ever lived. About that 'stone-cold' busi ness. According to what doctors tell me, 88 degrees is about as cold as your body can get all over without becoming stone cold dead. But anyone would be taking a fearful risk to get even within 2 degrees -of this, though a few have survived. On the ohher hand, most doc tors agree that the hottest you can get and still keep kicking is 110 degrees, but this temper ature could last only for a mo ment otherwise you'd be done for. (Of course, the human can live in temperatures exceeding this, in fact, quite close to boiling for a short time). But In most cases, 107 degrees, Fahrenheit, body temperature is enough to cook practically anyone's goose, Although you may think you have the jumpingest children alive, the world's record broad jump is 26 feet and 84 inches, made by Jesse Owens of the U.S., May, 19J5. There are several ani mals that can jump farther. These include the horse at 27 feet, the elk at 28, the cougar at 38, the impala at 40, and the white-tailed deer also at 40 feet The wild animals, of course, were not specially trained. As for height, Les Steers of the U.S. jumped 6 feet 11 inches in Los Angeles, June, 1941. Quite a number of animals can out- jump him. In fact, the jack rab bit has cleared 7 feet; the mule deer, 8, along with the lion, lynx and leopard; the horse has clear ed 8 "feet 6 inches; the Ameri can elk, 9 feet; but the all-time record goeso the little African klipspringer. This little fellow is credited with a high jump in excess of 20 feet. Copyright, 1954, by Eugene Burns This Dummy's Not So Dumb! By ELDON ROARK Of The NBA MEMPHIS (NEA) If it weren't for the fact they look so much alike, you'd never take Zeland Love to be Leland Love's brother, . to say nothing of his twin. Leland is a printer who also farms and invents for . himself. He is friendly and talkative. But 'Zeland has never worked a day in his life. He comes out only after dark and is the strong silent type. Just puffs on his pipe and listens but says nothing. - A close observer might think Zeland was a dummy. And that's exactly what he is. ' But Zeland is no joke. He is the latest addition to Leland's auto accessory inventions, the result of lonely night driving between his farm and his home. ' Every time he had to stop at a traffic light or a stop sign at some dark, deserted spot, he thought how easy it would be for a thug to step out of the shadows, point a gun at him, rob him, and take his car. And then he'd seen women driving around by them selves at night, and think how risky it was. , ' The more he thought about it, the more he became convinced that everybody should have a companion on night auto trips out of traffic and away from bright lights. So he made himself a twin brother old wooden-and-lin-headed Zeland to serve as an after-dark guardian. Zeland sits on the front seat, puffing away on a pipe that's kept going by machinery in his in nards, and they get along just fine. , Once when Leland stopped at a filling station, the attendant didn't notice the fellow on the front scat beside the driver was a dummy. He got quite a shock when Leland introduced him. Leland also has invented a com pact folding cot and a camp stove. He says he can drive up to a after TWINS' Leland (right), and Zeland, a guardian dark. camp site, park, have his fire going and coffee boiling in five minutes. And his bed all made up, too. You can't find pipe-puffing Ze land or the other gadgets in auto stores, though. Leland just makes working models of his inventions, gets patents on some, and puts them away. "When I retire, maybe I'll try to do something with them," he says. "Too busy with my job and my farm right now. Qs and As Satisfies Without Filling Healthful Refreshing Q What is the origin of thej wora snenii : A In old England, each shire, or 'county, had a headman known as a reeve. The title "shire reeve" gradually came to be run together in the single word sher iff. Q Where is the longest rail way tunnel in the world? A The Simplon, under the Simplon Pass through the Swiss Alps near the frontier of Italy. It has a length of 12'4 miles. Q Into how many sections does the proposed new World : Calendar divide the year? i A Four quarters, each of : three months, including 91 days, ' and each containing the same number of Sundays and week days. Q What substance is said to have given man his first knowl edge of electricity. A Amber. The Greeks gave it the name elcktron, since they 'found that amber, when rubbed 1 briskly, could pick up straws and small bits of paper. Q What is the term applied to the disposition of light and shade in a painting. A Chiaroscuro. Q Did any of the South Ameri can nations enter World War I? A Brazil, only one to declare war against Germany. Q Which state boasts the first hydroelectric plant? A Wisconsin. A plant was built on the rapids of the Fox River, in Appleton, in 1882. Communists Now Claim First Stamp By SYD KRONISH (Of The Associated Press) It was bound to come sooner or later. So it should be no shock to phi latelists that the Communist world makes its claim to have in vented the first postage stamp. This time it is Yugoslavia which claims the first stamp. They say the adhesive was con ceived early in the 19th century by Lovrenc Kosir, born in Slovenia. The 8-cent U. S. enmmpmnrn. live for the 50th anniversary of notary international will be placed on sale at Chicago on Feb. 23, 1955. The central subiect is a plnh symbolizing the world-wide scope of Rotary International. To the left of the globe is a flaming torch held aloft by a hand and arm. This symbolizes the carry ing of enlightenment to all parts of the world. In the lower right corner is the emblem of Rotary international. Across the bottom is the wording "1905 Service Above Self 1955." The basic design was executed by W. W. Wind who was commis- fZ, J GOT A BUM Hl.MOOSEf I TberMAYee V J X COULDHKU "inrvrTi-iA vw . RJU POMT pe- J have: a !p WE? JUST HAPPEN! Tb TH4.Nk-S.CKrS. 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