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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
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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-
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Q Is the probating
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Q What is (the only grain' that
is used more for food than wheat
is?
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than wheat because rice is cheap
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Q Where i
plant scientist,
buried?
A In his Santa Rosa, Calif.
gardens, near the greenhouses in
which he carried on his experi
ments. Q What galaxy is nearest to
our galaxy and how old is its
light by the time it reaches us?
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constellation o f Andromeda.
Light coming from it is 700,000
years old before it reaches the
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sioncd by the organization to do
the job.
Stamp collectors desiring first
day cancellations may send their
addressed envelopes to the post
master at Chicago, 111., with
money order remittance to cover
the cost of the stamps to be af
fixed. The outside envelope to
the postmaster should be en
dorsed "First Day Covers."
Israel's newest commemorative
stamp honors the 50th anniver
sary of its Teachers' Assn. The
250 dark blue depicts a lighted
oil lamp symbolizing the teachers'
share in the spread of knowledge.
The Teachers' Assn. founded in
Zihkron Ya'akov had an active
part in establishing Hebrew as
the language of the community
in all walks of life. Thcassocia
tion has about 13,000 members.
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