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THE AURORA OBSERVER, AURORA, OREGON WHEN IT SURVIVES The Mind 0 j > l It Meter ® henderson OUR COMIC SECTION © Bell Syndicate.— WNU Service. When conscience takes a vacation, comes bark doubly • strengthened. Dr. Pierce’s Jhvorite Prescription mikes weak womenCstrong. No alcohol. Sold ,by druggists jh tablets or liquid.—Adv. - . Also Building A scholar 'is as much a self-made In each problem of the following man as one [who builds a fortune. test there are three words. The firsf two words bear a certain relation ship to one another. Write in a fourth word which bears the same relationship to the third word that the second does to the first. 1. Flame, gas; bulb, ----- . 2. Gasoline, automobile; horse,------. 3. Frank Frisch, baseball; Harold McSpaden, — -. - 4. Thin, thick; slim, ----- . 5. Homer, poetry; Demosthenes, The Similarities Test By Osborne TH E FEATH ERH EAD S A t Birth ) Western Newspaper Union Don’t Guess But 6. Albany, New York; Con cord, n — . 7. Soldier, army; sailor, ——. 8. RooseVelt, Garner; Hoover,— —. 9. America’s Cup, yachting ¡Wight- man Cup, ----- "10. Stateroom, ocean liner; cell, Use only the following/ w M S navy,fX ’ui tis, prisa», "cîtetri city, fat, New Hampshire, oratory, wagon, tennis,-golf. Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5; Electricity. Wagon. Golf. Fat. Oratory. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. New Hamp- shire. Navy, Curtis. Tennis. Prison. Minute Change Is Made in Our Inch; Now 25.4 Mm. I’ m J __ FINNEY OF TH E FORCE ’ N apper Nabbed OOPS/ s m where ^ h ave o i s e e n V e r face b efo r e z IS MOWI— IF VoU'VE SEEN IT before — E ü in y t * me —» vih V p i p V etl PRAW BACK WHIN V b Z SAW m The American inch unit of meas usements has lost twp-millionths of its former length in order that pre cise measuring in the United States and England fnay be done on the same basis. The new definition of the inch is now 25.4 millimeters—a difference of about one-eight inch In a mile as compared with the for mer American standard. 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What can we do for you?” “ How many points do you get for a little slam?"—Kansas City Star. Just Like Good Ones Mother-^'Nbw, do you know where bad little girls go to?” Molly—“Oh, yes—they-go almost everywhere.” “I Some Arithmetic have cast these figures eight PROFIT AND LOSS times, sir.” “ Very good and thorough.” “ Here are. the eight results.”—II Travasco, Rome. Superseded “ Do you think eloquence is as much In request as it used to be?” “ No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “Nowadays prizes are given for avi ation and not for flights of oratory,” “ I simply can’t shake Bill.” “ Why don’t you go out the evenings he is to call?” \ “I’ve tried that, and he stays the whole evening admiring my photo." Tall Stories Boaster—Yes, when I was in Africa a lion ran across my path. I had no gun in my hand so I took a pail of wa ter and poured it over his head and he ran away. 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Philadelphia, Pa.; Los Angeles, Calif. <6315W) Time for Everything Suitor—I . wish to marry „your daughter, sir. Dad—Do you drink, young man? Suitor—Thanks a lot, but let’s set tle this other thing first.—Philadel phia Inquirer. She—I don’t speak to strangers. He—Well, ail. I want is to get ac quainted. Then' we won’t be stran gers. GET AN ERASER OH, ER, W H AT? Like a Champion! The champion athlete, in bed with a cold, was told he had a temperature. “ How high is it, doctor?” he wanted to know. “A hundred and one.” “ What’s the world’s record?" He Learned “ Is that your college diploma you have framed, there?” “Everyone is commenting on my “ Well, it’s a sort of diploma. It’s She—My father is very good at read youthful appearance.” a worthless stock certificate showing* ing faces. “ Yes, I’ve heard a lot of them say that I’ve been through the school of He—In that case I suppose I’d bet you were remarkably well preserved.” experience.”—Wall Street Journal ter not print any kisses there. Easy to Please “ Did I leave an umbrella here yes terday?” “ What kind of- an umbrella?” “ Oh, any kind.. I’m not fussy.”
