HALSEY EN TER PR ISE , HALSEY, OREGON, JULY 26. 1928
OUR COMIC SECTION
D r. T h o m a s A rnold of Itughy w a s
e n tire ly lacking In m usical ta ste .
Speaking o f th is defect, he s a y s : "I
can no m ore rem edy It th a n I could
m ake my m ind m athem atical, o r th a n
som e m en could e n te r Into th e deep
delight w ith w hich I look a t a wood
anem one o r w ood-sorrel.”
D ean H ook used to m ain tain th a t
H a n d el's •M essiah ” hnd tu rn ed m ore
sin n e rs to righteousness thun had ail
T h e phrase, “D on't give up the
ship i” Is a ttrib u te d to Ja m e s Law
rence, A m erican naval officer, who
com m anded th e C hesapeake, a n Amer
ican ship. In th e en co u n ter w ith the
B ritish ship. Shannon. L aw rence w as
wounded e arly In th e en co u n ter In
th e leg, but re ta in e d his post on the
deck. He w as m ortally w ounded a
second tim e, and while being c arried
below, noticing th a t th e crew w as
h esitan t, cried, “ Boys, don 't su rre n
der th e vessel 1“
W ealth From W a»te
Aluminum, so popular for th e m an u
fa ctu re of p o ts and kettles, m ay be
superseded o r find a close rival In a
ew m etal colled beryllium . E x tra c te d
from ores previously dum ped aw ay as
w aste, beryllium prom ises special vnl
ue In m aking kitchen utensils, fram es
for airsh ip s a n d pistons for m otor
cars.
It Is about a th ird lighter th an alum
tnum yet m uch h a rd er, w ith four
tim es Its e la sticity . It re sists salt wn
ter, which co rro d es alum inum , and
seem s unaffected by liquids and fum es
Its light gray color ta k e s on a polish
like th at of fine steel.
Punctuation
T im e values for p u n ctu atio n a re giv
en In the m ethod of pointing know n ns
rhetorical punctuation. H ere the com
ma Is said to in d ic a te a pause long
enough to count one, a semi colon two.
a colon th ree and a period four. Since
re ad e rs would vary In rapidity of rend
ing and counting p u n ctu atio n accord
ing to g ram m atical c irc u m stan c e Is
usually followed.
House M ade Famous
Fixing the Blame
FINNEY OF THE FORCE
T h e location of th e house In which
Jefferson w rote th e D eclaratio n of In
depenee w as on the so u th side of M ar
ket stre et, P hiladelphia, betw een Sev
enth and E ig h th stre e ts. T h e house
Is no longer stan d in g , but the desk
upon which lie w rote has been p r e
served and Is th e pro p erty of the fed
eral governm ent.
Place» for Noses
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vJHAT ARE V62L
S06B1N' F t B ? .
T he grin d sto n e Is no place for a
man to keep his nose, but It is b e tte r
th ere th an in o th e r folks’ affairs.
S cien tists say th a t four h o u rs' hard
m ental work Is a s physically e x h a u s t
ing a s eight hours' m anual work.
H ere and th e re a “ h
people's le tte r colum n
the “ how lelujnhs.”
Intelligence
H ytteria Hit» Dog»
Intelligence If an Inherited chnrnc
te rlstlc which grow s y ear by year In
childhood, and is fully developed ubout
sixteen or seventeen, a fte r w hich you
may c u ltiv ate tlie m ind through otudy
and e x p e rie n c e ; but not by the m ens
ure ot a b ra in cell eon you Increase
your '‘Intelligence.” Many grow n ups,
and som e of them successful ns the
w orld count* success. If tested sclen
tlflcnlly. w onk1 tlml th at their "Intel
ligence” w as no m ore th an th a t ot
th eir schoolboy sou of tw elve.—G ia s
gow H erald
H y ste ria, o r w hat Is known as
“frig h t dise ase ” In som e so u th e rn
s ta te s of th is country, has a tta ck e d
v aluable racin g greyhounds of Eng
land. On one day fo u r w ere III at th e
B urnley trac k , and th ree a t Salford.
A ccording to MaJ. F. H opkins, official
v e te rin a ry surgeon to th e G reyhound
R acing association, th e com plaint Is
new to E ngland, am i Is believed to
have been Im ported from th e U nited
S tates.
It com es to a dog w ith o u t
w arning, mid the anim al goes off “Into
the blue.” c rie s wildly and becom es
uncontrollable.
T h e oldest city II the world still
In e xistence Is D am ascus. It Is prob-
able th a t th e re a re ru in s of o ther
c ities a n te d a tin g D am ascus. E x ca v a
tio n s In C e n tra l Am ericn Indicate th a t
som e o f th e oldest c ities In the w orld
may originally have stood In th ese
countries.
T h is has
not yet been
S h a k e s p e a re ’s “ B o rro w in g ”
T h e fam ous biographies by P lu tarch
(40-120 A. D.) w ere of undoubted
service to S h ak esp eare In w riting his
to rical plays, “Ju liu s C aesar.” “ An
thony and C leo p atra,” “ C oriolanus
and others. P lu tarc h 8|>ent m ost of
his life w riting his “ L ives" of Greek
and Rom an celebrities.
gle. In a full house or dw elling in
quietness, we have our dully round
of w ork, o u r d u tie s of affection, obe
dience, love, m ercy. Industry, and th e
lik e ; a n d th a t w hich m akes one m an
differ from a n o th e r Is not so m uch
w hat th in g s he does, a s Ids m anner of
doing them .—C a rd in a l M anning.
Recovering
"O h I'm coining along, th an k ye."
cheerily (dped old man T o tte rly , who
w as III. “ I'm gettin g w elter all the
time. I can q u a rre l w ith m.v son In
law a little , and hope to hold him
level a f te r a while. Yes. s lre e l I’ll
he stro n g enough to piny checkers by
and b y ."—P hiladelphia Record.
A erial Tea» for London
Hold» It» A ge W ell
A leading London aviation service
hns Just s ta rte d th e Idea of a erial
tea p a rtie s, and will hold th e e v en ts
every F rid a y aftern o o n th roughout
th e sum m er. In u 21-senter plan e tlie
p a ssen g ers will be able to view the
city w hile sipping th e ir oolong.
rainbow som etim es may be seen
lay long In a cloudless sky in
rla. It Is said to be due Io reflec
of th e sun on fine p a rtic le s ot
r In the air.
r u tls ts at th e U niversity
irnla. a fte r geologic survey
ado, U tah a n d Arlxotiu. cl
o rlil Is 7fi,UUU.UU0 y e ars old.
OuAs and In»
T h e re 's th is difference: An outlaw
fran k ly robs you of money ; an In-mw
prom ises to pay II back.— S unta Bar-
bora Dally News.
In fighting Insom nia, delib
stay nw ake all of one night,
m akes Insom nia slik .
A xiom atic
look nt w hat Is given,
th e giver.—Seneca.
is a heavy arm or, and
n w eight Im pedes m ora
i.—Byron.
T h e m argin of sa fety grow s less
ns tlie m argin of profil proves m ore.—
Buffalo News.
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Ju lia had been Invited to nccens-
pany h e r g ra n d p a re n ts to th e too. \\ hen
p re p arin g fo r th e trip Ju n io r, J u lia *
younger b ro th er, asked w here his siste r
w as going. I lls m o th er told him th a t
J u lia 's g ra n d m o th e r and g ra n d fa th e r
w ere going to ta k e h e r to th e too.
Ju n io r asked bis m o th e r w h eth er th a t
w a s not th e p lace w here they k e p t
anim als. B eing a ssu re d th a t it w as,
he s a id : “W hy a re th ey tak in g h e r
th e re ? Is she going to tu r n Into an
an im al o r w h at?”
A ll-D ay Rainbow
Tw o Sorts of W ork
f I MUH-MUA
MI&UTÄ KNOUED
A nim at or W h a t?
Men and Mutie
True A m erican Spirit
m thz masdvit
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wifli qualilVsbeauty and style dominating
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In d efin ite d ollar-for-d ollar value there are n o ,4 -d
e n c lo s e d e a r s o n th e m a r k e t c o m p a r a b le to tl
W hippet Four anil W hippet Six Sedans.
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featu res as fu ll iorce-feed lu b rication , sile n t tin y
in s ch a in , extra leg room and | »°w crf.il 4-whc« I
brakes. T he new W hippet Six, in a d d itio n to
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S u ch n otab le values as th ese Sedans are
possible onlv liecau se o f th e skill an d ex-
perience gained in th e p roduction o f
m ore th a n 2,(HK».<MIO m otor ears.
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and specifications subject to change without notice.
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