Golden Age, July 13, 1927

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A VISIT TO BERN

SATAN’S METHODS

ANGLOJSRAELITES

AND THEIR IDEAS

INTERROGATING

AN EX-MINISTER

OUR UNCONSCIOUS THIRD OF LIFE

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Contents of the Golden Age

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Social and Edvcattonal

'Teachers of I.w Vhged Sacco-Vanzetti Rf.view ....... 646

Here and There Adopt the Wohid

America's College Population

Denmark's School Period ..,...>■•■••••- 648

Is Russia Five Times as Intelligent?

Deplorable Conditions in Washington .......... 648

ITow .Dickson Gained this Victory ............

Finance—Commerce—Transportation

Oil Burners Not Wholly Satisfactory

Steamers "Without Smoke Stacks ............ 649

All Aboard for Hudson Bay

The Cost of lee Storms ............... 651

Political—Domestic and Foreign

Items on Mexico .................. 617

Those Troops in Nicaragua .............. 647

Effectiveness ot T.iquor Patrol ............. 651

Home and Health

The Vnconscious Timm oi Luk ............. 043

Strange Disease in Spartanburg ............. 648

A New Theory of Life ................ 650

Travel and Miscellany

Captain Thomson's Groat Fish

Planetariums Becoming Popular ............

A Visit to Bf.rx ................... 655

Religion and Philosophy

So Called Scientists Make Vs Tired

What the ANfii.o-IsntnurES Believe ............

Brothers Pack, Robie and Thornton (Obituary) ...... 657

The Enemy’s Methods ................ 658

iNTERBOGATIBfi AN Ex-JIlMSTU ..............

A Good Boy Who Loved the Lord \ni> Was Hated by His Bboihebs 669

Objects of Adoration ................. 670

Little Studies for Little People ............

"When Little Folks Return Thanks (Poem) ........ 671

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Volume VIII Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, July 13, 1927 Number 204

The Unconscious Third of Life

MOST persons sixty years of age have spent twenty years of that time in unconsciousness, and it seems proper to give a little attention to what engages so much of our living moments. For most men in middle life eight hours of sleep is a custom if not a necessity. Women require a little more.

A child four years of ago requires twelve hours of sleep per day; an eight-year-old child requires eleven hours; an eleven-year-old child requires ten hours; nervous adults require nine hours, and they should see that they get it. Sleep is nature’s method of recharging the worn-out battery, More sleep is necessary in winter than in summer, because there are greater drains upon the vitality.

If possible, every bedroom should be so situated that it gets at least two hours of sunlight daily. That will kill tuberculosis and other germs. In winter the lower sash of the window farthest avay from the bed should be opened about nine inches, in all weathers. In summer the upper sash should be lowered a foot and the lower sash raised a foot.

To sleep m a bedroom vhich is dirty, or which has dirty bedding, is to speed up the undertaker. Cleanliness is more important there than anywhere else. Actual tests have demonstrated that a person can get as much rest in six hours on a really comfortable bed as in eight hours in one vhich is dish-shaped or for other reasons uncomfortable.

Deprivation of sleep is a cruelty. The Chinese emperors of a century ago, when they wished to be especially cruel to a condemned man, killed him by keeping him awake until he died of fatigue. Sleep is the world’s greatest beautifier. It has the rouges, creams and varnishes beat a thousand miles. If you wish to keep looking beautiful make sure that you get plenty of sleep. Nothing else will make your eyes sparkle as will sleep; nothing else will make your smile so beautiful.

Some foolish women have the idea that loss of sleep will make them thin, but the fact is that plenty of sleep is the best preserver and restorer of the youthful form. Many women, and men too, have become prematurely old because they did not get enough sleep.

The No-Sleep Advocates

OBSERVING that every moment is so crowded nowadays, many persons are experimenting to see with how little sleep they can get along. Mr. Edison takes a short nap in the middle of the day, another late in the afternoon, another in the evening, and retires for the night about midnight. A five-minute nap immediately after the noon meal is exceedingly beneficial to the writer. Some people seem not to be benefited by short naps.

Occasionally there is a person who professes to have no desire for sleep. In 1923 a man died in New York City who claimed that he had not slept for forty-four years. He died at the age of eighty-two, and was blind at the time of his death. A man in Buffalo, and a rancher near Seattle, each claims to be able to get along without sleep. But our Lord Jesus slept, and slept soundly, in the midst of a great storm on the water, when all on board were in terror.

Almost any person can require of himself a reduced amount of sleep, but it is calculated that it requires fifteen days for the average human body to recover fully from the loss of two consecutive nights of slumber. It is believed that the clouding of the minds of Sir Walter Scott and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the last years of’ their lives was due to their persistent loss of sleep. In numerous instances too much loss of sleep has resulted in imbecility or lunacy.

The night life of the large cities is a species of insanity. The idea that it is more amusing or more romantic to do late at night what could just as well be done at an earlier hour is absurd. There ax« people who have to work at night, but there would be fewer of them if more people would go to bed at a decent hour. They would not need so much service.

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The only representative of intelligent life which does not sleep is said to be the ant. It works at top speed for twelve hours, then takes a brief rest, without sleep, and is ready for another twelve hours. There is a great deal of information hack of the proverb addressed to sluggards, “Go to the ant, thou sluggard: consider her ways and be wise.” ’

Studying the Sleep Question

HE professors are studying everything nowadays, and are making extensive experiments with young men to see wdiat changes take place in their systems when they are deprived of sleep for an undue length of time. They have learned that after a time the blood of the student shows changes that correspond to those in a drunken man. The red corpuscles decrease in number, while the white corpuscles become more numerous.

Hearty eaters require more sleep than light eaters, because the hearty ones use up so much more vitality in the digestion of their food. It is found that blood pressure decreases with lack of sleep, but it is also true that blood pressure decreases with lessened food. Most people eat too much.

An ingenious physician has invented a sleep recorder. A person asleep produces certain vibrations of the bed, but they are rhythmical and can be identified as such; if awake, these vibrations are different and more pronounced—• this is the basic principle of the invention. It is so arranged thai the awakening of a patient may automatically call a nurse.

Many sleep postures are recommended. Our own recipe is to lie first on the left side until that is fairly well rested, then lie fiat on the back with amis and legs stisight down, and not touching each other, until the back is rested, and then turn on the right side, away from the heart, and go to sleep.

A good sleep posture is to rest the body on the right side of the chest and abdomen. The right arm is straight down, either behind the body, or in a diagonal position in front. The head and neck are supported by the right cheek on a small pillow. The right leg is straight down. The left arm and left leg are so bent as to constitute braces for the body.

After the body is turned into this final position for the night the breathing should be adjusted to that of the condition of sleep, and all thought except that of the deep breathing should be excluded from the mind. After a time, if sleep fails to come, the left side and back can be rested again as before.

The rest which comes from lying on the back with both arms and both legs straight down, and not touching each other, is so complete that one may lie all night in that position without losing consciousness and yet be fit as a fiddle the next day.

Some people find it exceedingly restful to sleep on the stomach, with arms extended, but that position interferes with the circulation and is said to be a cause of heart trouble.

How to Induce Sleep

TF ONE is troubled with insomnia, nothing is -®- so beneficial as a good treatment by a first-class osteopath. A good substitute is to have a good wife beat a tattoo up and down on each side of your backbone with the soft side of her little fists. It will give her a chance to square some of her accounts with you, and do you good besides. If-. u feel more heroic you can lie down on the floor on a pillow and let her walk up and down on your back, on her bare heels. Try this and you will see that it is not a joke but a good common sense remedy for insomnia.

Another good remedy is to mildly massage the intestines, beginning at the lower right side of the body, where the small intestine empties into the larger, and then with both hands follow its course up to the ribs, across to the left side and down. Good results are bound to follow.

Other things that take the blood away from, the head are helpful. Some are benefited by soaking the feet in hot water, or by taking hot baths just long enough to get the blood to the surface of the body; others by dashing cold water on the feet and jumping into bed without-drying them. This is all right for the robust

Mechanical means for inducing sleep, such as fanning, counting sheep, rocking, listening to some monotonous noise, etc., might be of benefit to some peoplq, but to others such things are maddening and exasperating and are sleep destroyers rather than sleep bringers.

If one is chilly and unable to sleep on that account it is a good idea to hop out of bed, strip, go through some vigorous physical exercises while the window remains open, then put another cover on the bed, hop hack in and in a few minutes you will be wandering in the land, of Nod. A whole-hearted consecration to the will of God is of priceless benefit in this matter of getting enough sleep. It does away with worry.

Concerning the postures of animals in sleep a writer says:

Every kind of animal, includirg man, seems to have adopted a particular po-ture in vhich to sleep. The ordinary man sleeps on either his right or his left side, with his knees drawn up. When, howexer, ho has endured extreme fatigue or prolonged pain a man may sleep in all sorts of positions. Men have been observed to sleep when standing or walking, vhen swimming the Channel, driving a hon-e, or even when bound to the stake. Some animals, too, are able to sleep while standing. A dog, especially when old, may do m occasionally; a horse often does, while an elephant never lies down to sleep. Long-legged birds, such as storks and gulls, have been observed to sleep balanced on one leg. Most birds, however, sleep with their heath turned round over their backs. Often their beaks are hidden among the feathem between the wing and the body.

But there are some curious exceptions to this rule. The owl sleeps while sitting on a branch; while some Indian parrots and bats sleep only when suspended from a tree. A duck is the most unconventional of all. This bird sleeps on the open water, and during its slumber paddles itself with one foot in circles to avoid drifting to the shore. E\eu such a bulky animal as the sloth sleeps upside down, hanging by its four feet and with its head tucked between the forelegs. The posture adopted by the domestic cat is typical of main other animals. Foxes and wolves sleep curled up, with their noses and the soles of their feet all close together and often covered by their tails. Some animals sleep with their eves open, others with them clo.-ed. Nearly all fish belong to the former class, as do also hares and snakes. Salomon and goldfish are said never to sleep at all.

African Sleeping Sickness

DER this head may be included the Rhode-sienese and South American forms of

sleeping sickness. These diseases are known to be caused by certain germs. Though called sleeping sickness the patient does not sleep, but is too weak to take an interest in what goes on. about him. '

The heart of 'Africa is being eaten out by sleeping sickness. The disease prevails over an area of one million square miles. Two hundred thousand died of this disease along the Upper Nile in one year, and ninety thousand persons in one year in the vicinity of Victoria Nyanza.

The whites were responsible for spreading this disease. As they opened up one territory after another they employed porters, slightly a ffected with the disease, xvho carried the germs all over the country. The disease affects cattle, horses and dogs; but pigs are immune.

The disease is of slow development. The tsetse fly itself, which causes the disease, lives a year and may infect many persons. The first symptom of the disease, a severe headache, occurs a month after infection. This headache recurs at intervals for as much as six or seven years, sometimes, before the parasite reaches the membrane surrounding the spinal column, when the real sickness begins.

At first the sleep is a light one, in which a man may walk around, but it finally progresses to a stage where he lies helpless all day. The German chemists have found a cure for this form of sleeping sickness. It is called Bayer 205. because 205 transformations of the original substance, atoxyl, were made by the chemists before they achieved success. The French also claim to have discovered a cure for the African form of sleeping sickness.

Encephalitis Lethargica

THERE are various kinds of sleeping sickness other than those mentioned. There is a mental paralysis which has accompanied infantile and other forms of paralysis, another form that has accompanied the influenza, and another form that has attacked wounded soldiers awaiting operations. Tn the latter case, caused by intense nervous fatigue, operations have been performed without the soldiers’ awakening until, long afterwards.

In 1712 there was an epidemic of sleeping sickness in Germany. In 1890 there was- an outbreak of it on the borderland between Italy and Austria, where it raged for two years. In 1916 there xvas another outbreak near Vienna, which has not yet quieted down, but on the contrary has spread to an alarming degree over the western -world. It has been supposedly traced to cold sores in men, and to throat and tonsil affections by those who get fees for removing tonsils, but its origin is still unknown.

In 1919 a soldier, a young man of twenty-six, crawled under a bungalow to take a nap. When he went to sleep he weighed 186 pounds. At the end of fifty-one days he awoke and found that in his sleep he had lost 101 pounds. No one knew’ where he was and in the meantime he had been listed as a deserter.

The mortality from this dread disease, Encephalitis Lethargies, is high, running to 48% of the cases. Recoveries come unexpectedly. Lovers of violin music have been awakened by the tones of the instrument they love. Mothers have been awakened by the calls of their children.

England is much alarmed over the steady spread of this terrible disease. The eases in that country now run into the hundreds. The after effects in those who recover are horrible. Some lose their speech, some their sight, and sonic their morals. Old habits, hobbies, customs, desires and ambitions are so completely changed that the person awakening seems i »t the same peison.

What Causes Dreams?

MIND that dreams is like a factory that keeps on running after the orders are filled, the lights are out and the boss has gone home. The output of the factory is very irregular.

A doctor, experimenting with one of his female patients, gave her some kind of dope which caused her to dream of traveling extensively. Wherever she went the ears and stations were all clean and freshly painted, and the trainmen were always in new uniforms, trimmed with gold braid. The doctor changed the dope and the woman’s dreams became horrible, filled with violent quarrels. The regular dope addicts take their opium, hashish, alcohol or cocaine because of the color rvhich it gives to their dreams.

Physical discomforts are the cause of some dreams. If the covers slip off one may dream of wandering about unclothed. If the nose becomes stopped one may imagine himself running after a car until he is out of breath. If hungry one may dream of food, etc. Indigestion may cause other dreams.

The healthiest people do not dream at ail. Irritations of eye, ear, heart, lungs, >t<>niach, kidneys, intc stiues or other organs are liable to manifest themselves in dreams. Nervous people are more susceptible than the moie stobd. Doctors claim that many people die of l‘i ight caused by evil dreams.

A Bristol mechanic dreamed that it was raining shot and thus discovered the soem-t of ;uL ing bullets by pouring molten lead from a height. A Mr. S. II. Crockett once received paynunt for a story cvritten and mailed in his sleep. A farmer in South Dakota, dreaming that he u as enjoying a SAvim in a nearby bathing pool, dived out of his bed and was badly bruised.

In Bible times the Lord made use of dreams to convey His purposes to some, hut those times have passed. No one should pay any attention to dreams or visions now. They are certainly not to be considered as from the Lord. Qw’te often, when not traceable to natural causes, they may he, and no doubt are, caused by the demons’ toying with our thinking faculties while we a>e resting. At any rate, they should be completely ignored.

Teachers of Law Urged Sacco-Vaoaetti Review

HEADED by fifteen of the Columbia University Law School faculty, members of the lav’ faculties of twelve leading American universities petitioned Governor Fuller of Massachusetts to appoint a commission of inquiry into the Sacco-Vanzetti case to determine whether the judicial institutions had done justice in this case. The Governor did not act upon the suggestion but announced that he would review the case himself. It is admitted that none of the stolen payroll money was ever traced to these -jtwo Italian radicals. Jt is admitted that their identifications as the criminals were imperfect, that their alibis were unshattered and convincing, that Federal agents acknowledged that they were trying to get rid of them, and that another man duly confessed that he committed the crime for which these two men were sentenced to be electrocuted in the week of July tenth. Twenty-one members of the British House of Parliament have requested that these men be released, but it is probable, as this issue goes to press, that these men must die.

Here and There Abont the World.

[Radiocast from Station WBBR ou a wave length of 416.4 meters by the Editor.]

Is the United States so Unpopular?

IS THE United States so unpopular that it is afraid to submit to arbitration the dispute of its oil magnates with the Government of Mexico over the meaning of the one word “retroactive"? That, in effect, is the query of the National Woman’s Trade Union League. It is urging, too, that the United States shall not lift the embargo on arms and thus encourage the revolutionary outbreaks which once made Mexico an inferno, and for which the United States was largely to blame. The Boman Catholic Church wants the United States and Mexico to go to war. So do the oil men. Let us hope that this combination of the unholy trinity, big church, big business and big politicians, does not succeed in forcing war with a weaker neighbor that is trying to use its spare funds in educating its people to be better citizens. If there is to be a war with Mexico then for once let all the unholy trinity, every last man of them, be put into the front line trenches. In this way they might learn something.

No Enthusiasm for an Oil War

HpIIE Boston Hei aid puts a lot of common sense into a few words when it says: “There is little or no enthusiasm in this country for a break with Mexico. Oil is not a very popular rallying cry. We want our just interests protected, and we also want to keep the peace.” If the oil men are really determined to have war they must expect to put up a good many millions of dollars, and it might 'be cheaper for them to try obeying the Mexican laws.

If War Comes with Mexico

WHAT would happen in the United Slates if the plotters now scheming for war with Mexico should succeed in their plans is thus set forth by the Milwaukee Leadei;

The hunah mob vould go ciazj. as uuial. The big press would stn up the mob against anybody who kept his head and vbo vould tell the truth about it. U. S. marshals and setiet us wee men vould hunt all objectors to war or eonsciiption. Judges and juries vould try to send the sane people to the penitentiary, to keep them locked up until. the powers ghe the signal that “'now it can be told”. And most sane people would be lucky if they ewaped with their liv es from the crazy mobs that the war patriots stir up.

Doctor Goddard’s Opinion of Calles

Dr. O. E. Goddard, Mission Secretary of the

Methodist Episcopal Church South, has just returned to his headquarters at Nashville, Tenn., from Mexico. He states that President Calles has i-ecently established nine agricultural colleges, where he is trying to teach the small farmers to conduct their own farms and become economically independent; has established many common schools; and in general is developing an economic and educational program fo* the benefit of the common people. Doctor Goddard adds: “If the kind of administration President Calles is trying to enforce could last for fifteen years we would have a new Mexico.” In the face of testimony of this kind, how silly appear all the accusations that Mexico has gone Bolshevik; and how inexcusable seems the effort to force a war for any reli gio -political or oleaginous combination seeking to unhorse such a man.

Mexico’s Religious War is a Joke

fTUTE attempt to start a religious war in Mex-ieo turned out to be a farce. A few expriests and a few misguided and ambitious soldiers started out to fight the Mexican Government under the banner, “Vive Christ the King.” They burned two bridges, but that was as far as they got. The Mexican Government put down the insurrection without difficulty. Fine chance now for another big martyr story.

Those Troops in Nicaragua

THE German correspondent of The New York J- Times states that the role of the United States Government in the Presidential controversy in Nicaragua has caused more discussion in Europe than any action taken by the United States since the rejection of the Treaty of Versailles. He sees Europe’s Prime Ministers chuckling because this act of the United States puts this government on record in such a fashion as to compel her silence when European powers do the same thing wherever they see fit to do so.

It’s So Easy to Get Rich

TWO blacksmiths of South Aniboy, N. J. are reported to have bought an old safe for $2.

They opened it and found themselves the possessors of about $75,000 worth of jewels, stocks, bonds and money. The safe had been kicking around in the cellar of an old farmhouse for nobody knows how long. The fanner cleaned ' his cellar and made $2 by getting rid of the old safe, but he had to take it to town to get his $2. Nobody claims the contents, so the blacksmiths are in luck, but it looks as if they ought to give the farmer another 50c.

America’s College Population

THE American college population is set at 750,000, which is one out of every eight, young people ip, the country between the ages of 18 and 21. It is believed that this percentage will be increased until one out of five will be college students. In the British Isles and in France only about one young person out of thirty-five can afford to attend college.

Denmark’s School Period

THE average school period in the United States is 168 days, but in Denmark it is 246 days, so the United States Bureau of Education tells ns. From the standpoint of true patriotism the exploitation of child labor and the neglect of child education are the worst of social crimes.

/s Russia Five Times as Intelligent?

WHY is it that in Russia nearly five times as many books are sold each year as in the United States? These are the figures given in the AVvr Republic. One reason is that America smokos too much: it has 500,060 tobacco dealers and only 2,500 book stores. Another reason is that it is thinking too much of its stomach and not enough of its head. The average American spends $18J 5 annually for candy, ice cream and soda, and only $ld0 for books.

Why Soviet Rule is Dreaded

ONE reason why Soviet rule is so dreaded by Teapot Dome statesmen is because of the uncanny way the Soviets have of condemning to dt ath those who engage in bribery at the expense of public interests. Three prominent men have just been sentenced to death for bribery by a Moscow judge. By all means let us keep, this judge from our shores.

Schools for Crime and Vice

John S. Kennedy, President of the New York State Commission of Prisons, in his annual report for 1926 says in part:

The penal institutions of New York City, with the exception of those at New Hampton and Greycourt, are a disgrace to the fair name of this city. Men and boys, first offenders and recidivists, mentally normal and feeble-minded, sane and insane, deserters inebriates, pilferers, thieves, bandits, yeggmen, drug habitues, thugs, moral degenerates, sex perverts and a host of others, native and foreign born, are all dumped together into insanitary cells and dormitories, doubled up in, cells, the bad v ith the hopeful, two-thirds without any employment, no educational facilities—simply time servers until they go out, many norse than when they came in. If there arc any places in New York that can merit the designation of school for crime and vice it is the penitentiary and allied institutions on the island. From 1,000 to 5,000 men and boys are in these w retched places the year around.

Strange Disease in Spartanburg

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, a city where no religious books may be sold without the consent of the local clergy, is suffering from a peculiar form of denionism. Children stricken with the disease are subjected to sudden experiences called “running fits”. They jump madly to their feet and run wildly until they fall exhausted. They are unable to see where they are going. Medical treatment produces no results, and could produce no results if this is the work of demons, as we believe to lr* the case.

Why Engineers Break Down

THE theory has been advanced dial ti d reason why so many locomotive engineers break down at an early age is H-muse, while they were working as firemen, the. (tiired the habit of eating tremendous meals, and after being promoted to the easier job continued the same habit of eating. This may well be true. Most people dig their graves with their teeth, and seem to enjoy the process.

Deplorable Conditions in Washington

Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts has called attention to the fact that London, with a population of 8,000,000, had 28 murders in 1922, -while in the same year Washington, with one-sixteenth of London’s population, had 38 murders. So much for London. In Paris, with a population of 3,000,000, there were 16,000 arrests for drunkenness in 1923, 'while in prohibition Washington, with one-sixth of Paris’ population, the arrests were 8,000. Mr. Tinkham charges these conditions in America to the interference of churches in polities.

One Reason for Chicago

THERE are multitudes of reasons for Chicago, but one of them is that it is one of the cheapest places to make brick. Chicago clays can be fired in 19 hours; in Cleveland it takes 48 hours. Chicago clays are so easily worked that a brick machine will produce 300,000 per day, while the same machine using Cleveland clay ivill produce but 70,000 per day. Chicago is the largest brick-producing center in the world, pays the highest wage scale and has the lowest price on brick. The Chicago delivered price is $12 per thousand.

Oil Burners Not Wholly Satisfactory

TAISGUSTED because of the frequent inter--*-7 ruptions in their sources of supply many users of anthracite have in late years turned to oil burners, and now some of them wish they had not done so. Power burners are alternately noisy and silent; gravity burners are heavy oil eaters; back drafts often cause oily soot to float out of the chimney and down on the windows; frequently the interior of the house has the smell and feel of oil all the way from cellar to garret. In some instances purchasers of oil-burning equipment have taken it out and replaced it with anthracite, bituminous or coke burners. In some instances they have not had to take it out, for it has exploded and blown itself to pieces.

Steamers Without Smoke Stacks

PROM the time they first appeared on the seas the funnels of steamships have been their distinguishing feature, but it seems now that they are liable to disappear altogether. The fumes from Diesel engines can just as well be ejected from the stern of the vessel. In the largest motor ship, the “Asturias”, there are two funnels, but only one of them is used for gas fumes. The other is rigged up for looks, and houses electrical apparatus.

Promenades on Terraced Buildings rpETE terraced building is quite a new thing* but it was forced upon builders, because the tall modern buildings were converting the streets into canyons and almost shutting out the light of day. Now they are putting promenades or sidewalks around the terraces, which make a fine place for employes to walk during lunch hour and get a little sunlight and air without incurring the risk of being run over by a truck. And the air is better, too.

Toothpicks by the Billion

SIX large factories in the United States are engaged in the manufacture of toothpicks.

They are made of white birch; the logs being shaved into ribbons as wide as a toothpick is long, and afterwards chopped the required width, then tumbled to make them smooth. After being thoroughly dried in an oven they are straightened out by shaking, and packed for shipment.

Captain Thomson's Great Fish

HTIhomson’s great fish, captured off Miami several years ago, is still being exhibited in various parts of the country. Last winter it was at Knoxville. Tenn. The fish, which is forty-five feet long and twenty-four feet in circumference, is the largest ever seen. It could easily swallow a man and still have plenty of room to spare. Caught sixty miles off shore, it was harpooned five times, shot 151 times, and was killed only after a desperate battle which lasted thirty-nine hours and during which time Captain Thomson’s boat was pulled hundreds of miles. The weight of the fish was 30,000 pounds; and in order to euro or preserve it, all the formaldehyde obtainable in the State of Florida wTas put into requisition. Since this fish was discovered those scientists who habitually make so many sarcastic references to our Lord’s account of Jonah and the great fish have not had so much to say about no fish being able to sAvallow a man. • It is high time that they kept still about the one Book they knovT nothing whatever about.

So-Called Scientists Making us Tired

THE New York Evening Journal tells ua that scientists have pointed out that it is impossible, according to the Bible itself, for Adam and Eve to have become the ancestors of all other Human beings, because Adam and Eve had only two sons and no daughters. The Journal stands by the Bible, and calls attention to the fact that God could have created other Eves as He did the first one. Good for the ‘Jo?/? nal, so far. But it should have gone farther and pointed to the fifth chapter of Genesis, verses 3,4, where it mentions a third son of ‘Adam by name, and states additionally that he had other "sons and daughters’’. The Bible does not say how many sons and how many daughters there were, but as Adam lived nine hundred and thirty years the chances are that there were a good many. All of Adam’s sons who married took as their life partners Adam’s daughters. There was no other w’ay, and at that time humanity’s blood stream was sufficiently pure so that it could safely be done. It is about time that the make-believe scientists who have read every other book but the Bible should give humanity a rest. They are making many people exceedingly tired.

Twelve Expeditions Digging Palestine

TWELVE archaeological expeditions are now vigorously engaged in digging over the soil of Palestine, searching for relics which throve light upon the history of man. Hardly a month goes by that does not reveal something which confirms the simple truths set down in the Bible. Not a thing has ever been found to discredit the Bible. The work of these leal scientists fills us with admiration. They are worthy of all honor.

Planetariums Becoming Popular

ACTUALLY a planetarium is a dome of fine wire meshing into which concrete is thinly blown and allowed to set. On the interior there is nothing to remove the optical illusion that one is looking at the actual sky. The lantern of the planetarium is a very complicated thing, with over 100 projection lenses having star maps behind them. The lenses are mounted on a ball, and as the ball revolves the Mars in the heavens apparently go through all their movements and at any pace desired. It is said that with a planetarium one can leain more about the stars in a few minutes than he could get from books in hours. Seven German cities now have planetariums, Copenhagen has ordered one, and New York has one in process of construction. Soon they will be everywhere, and will accomplish great good in causing humanity to think about the Creator who has made all these wonderful things for man’s everlasting enjoyment, entertainment and profit.

A New Theory of Life

fTTHE Bible tells us simply that life is the gift J- of God, and we accept the statement as absolutely correct. Scientists have generally contented themselves with the remark that life is inexplicable: but a new theory has just been advanced that the so-called Millikan or cosmic rays, which are of unidentified origin but are believed to come from the sun and other stars, furnish the energy of the living cells. It may be that this is correct and that the Millikan rays are emanations of divine power, the “sweet influences of the Pleiades’’ of which God spoke to the Prophet Job. But in any event life necessarily traces back to the original and only LifeGiver, Almighty God.

Growing Figs in Texas

A CLIPPING from a Palestine, Texas, paper tells us that the first fig orchard in Brazoria county, Texas, was planted in March, 1924. In 1925 those orchards produced an average of $80 net income per acre, and in that year a preserving plant shipped seven carloads of figs. Last year the net income per acre was $100 and twenty carloads of the preserved fruit were shipped.

Armies of Mice in California

REPORTS from central California indicate the presence there of armies of mice numbering millions vhich have overrun considerable portions of the country, destroying nearly everything in their path. Poisoned grain and a fortunate return of colder weather last May have materially mitigated the nuisance.

All Aboard for Hudson Bay

NJENT summer anybody who lias a few dol-J lars to spare can vii-if. Hudson Bay without any trouble. He will go to Winnipeg and thence via the Canadian National Railway. The route from Winnipeg is around the west and north sides of Lake Winnipeg. It is 800 miles from Winnipeg to Hudson Bay, and when winter set in more than 700 miles of the track had been laid. By this route the Canadians will save over 1,000 miles in hauling their grain to England.

TRe Cost of Ice Storms

ONE of the costliest entertainments in the

United States is the iee storm, by reason of which a single telephone or telegraph wire may become as much as three inches in diameter. A single storm has caused an outlay of as much as $7,500,000 for repairs. Tn an iee storm in November, 1921, the city of Worcester, Mass., lost eight thousand shade trees, while in an ice storm in Michigan in February, 1922, hundreds of thousands of fruit trees were destroyed.

Effectiveness of Liquor Patrol

THAT the liquor patrol off the coast of the

United States is really effective is confirmed by complaints of Scotch distillers that the consumption of Scotch whiskey, both at home and abroad, is half what it was in 1913, and that the exports to "unspecified countries”, by which is meant the bootleg trade with the United States, has dropped sixty-live percent in two years.

No Bobbed Heads at Court

rPHE rules of the British court foibid the presentation at court of any woman who has had her hair bobbed, unless she wears a switch or is otherwise clever enough to cover up the fact that her curls are missing. There are no exceptions to this rule, oven though there are two queens in Europe, those of Belgium and Roumania, who have bobbed heads.

British Radio Monopoly

THE British Broadcasting Company, which was created for the purpose of passing out of existence, has now given its last gasp; and all broadcasting in the British Isles will henceforth be done by the British Government A particular object in view in this connection is admitted to be to prevent the broadcasting of controversial religious and political subjects. In other words, the British Government intends to continue to do all the thinking for the British people.

Ottawa Talks with London

DAY by day the wonders of radio increase.

A few weeks ago regular telephone service was opened between New York and London. All you need are $75 and a friend in London who is willing to listen to you for three minutes, and you can have a conversation yourself. The latest is conversation between Ottawa and Lon-, don, and Detroit and Paris. The results were perfectly satisfactory. Part of the circuit is over long distance telephone.

Some of the Conversations with England

AS EVERYBODY can listen in, there is no secrecy connected with telephone conversations between America and England. One New York man talked to his lady friend in London; and he must think considerable of her; for the talk cost him $750 for a thirty-minute chat. Another New York man addressed two hundred of his salesmen, gathered in London for the purpose. Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse have each used the service successfully. Most of the talks are for business reasons and several important deals have been closed. One listener in northern Ireland claims that he hears all conversations on a radio set that cost him. $2. He uses a kite, with 2.500 feet of steel piano wire attached, as an aerial.

Two Billion People Talking

THE radio experts tell us that if all the people in the world shouted into a common mouthpiece their combined shout would be about equal in volume to the amplified radio wave that carries the human voice across the Atlantic in the regular telephone service maintained between New York and London. It is stated that less than one quadrillionth of the original energy flashed across the ocean is finally picked, np on the other side.

Traffic Tie-Up in London

ONE day in December a traffic tie-up in the heart of London, stretching from Piccadilly Circus to Oxford Circus, held the main business thoroughfare of the city securely locked for seventeen minutes. Imagine what would happen if a great fire should break out in a city thus traffic-bound. Something of the kind actually did happen in Salt Lake City, where fire apparatus was hindered fifteen minutes by the string of motor vehicles in the way.

Fascism Takes Over the Schools

FASCISM has formally taken over the schools and colleges of Italy. Nothing may b® taught in any of these institutions which shows

'disrespect for the Fascist state. Another decree empowers the government to dismiss any administrative magistrate whose official or personal activities or opinions are out of line with Fascist doctrines and practices.

Torture Still Practised in Persia

"RJ’OHAMMEDANS in Persia still practise XVI. torture of Christians, according to evidence presented in a deportation ease in New York recently. An Armenian was brought into court, exhibiting burns about the legs inflicted with hot iron rods, the object being to prevent him from kneeling in prayer. The magistrate under the law had no recourse except to order the man deported, because he had come in across the border without papers; but the court publicly appealed to the Secretary of Labor to overrule the court’s decision and let him stay here anyway, rather than fall into the clutches of the demons in human form who are still living back in the days of the Inquisition.

How Jackson Gained the Victory By 0. L. Pwsenkrans, Jr.

POSSIBLY some may be mildly amused by the following excerpt from a pamphlet entitled, “The Messenger of Our Lady of Sox*-rows,” Vol. XIV, No. 2, page 71, bearing date of July, 1925, and purporting to instruct us in the underlying reason for Andrew Jackson’s memorable victory at New Orleans, a victory heretofore erroneously accredited, as it would seem from this, to the straight shooting of backwoodsmen with their Deckard rifles.

Alas, what monstrous ingratitude we benighted heretics have manifested, albeit innocently, toward the unseen Lady who so benig-nantly safeguarded our national liberties on that occasion! Quite unaware were these recipients of her favor, the profane borderers, that it was “Our Lady of Infinite Compassion” who steered each swiftly-speeding pellet of lead into the lungs or gizzard of a red-coated invader, like Athena in the Iliad, turning the enemies’ projectiles aside, to spend themselves harmlessly in the levees! But we will quote the article verbatim :

After a time war came to contribute its quota of anxieties. There was a January night in 1815 that found the nuns praying before the Blessed Sacrament; while not far away, at Chalmette, the Americans, under the redoubtable Andrew Jackson, and the British, under the equally redoubtable Pakenham, faced one another in battle. The Ursulines’ prayer was heard and what seemed impossible came io pass. [Italics ours.] The Americans won the day, and Pakenham was carried ofi to die. The victory was ascribed by the religious to Our Lady of Prompt Succor [Kindly do not mistake that word.]-—but that is a story by itself. After the High Mass of Thanksgiving at the cathedral, the hero of Chalmette called at. the convent to thank its Inmates for their prayers; and when in later years ho came back to New Orleans, he did not forget to visit them.

And lie bestowed substantial tokens of his appreciation, we presume, on Our Lady’s shrine. The victory was ascribed by the irreligious, we infer, to other causes, since the story of Our Lady’s prompt succor has been hitherto withheld from the general public. Probably the British attributed their defeat to the poor generalship of their leader. The patriotic American view, in the light of these revelations, appears to have been unwarranted vanity.

Maybe future historians will make due amends for past neglect, by including in the text grateful acknowledgement of our national indebtedness to Our Lady’s succor. Maybe military aeronauts in our next, great war will address fervent prayers to her when they release the gas bombs, just as mediaeval archers shouted, “Saint George for Merrie England,” while they loosed their arrows.

I fear yourselves may have sometimes been guilty of inexactness in referring to the church of Rome as a “papa system”, overlooking the equally conspicuous “mamma” feature. In evidence thereof I quote from another Catholic publication, “Tabernacle and Purgatory,” Vol. 21, No. 3, July, ’25, page 80. Discussing St. Gabriel’s promotion of foreign missions, it says, “One of his confreres asked him one day if he would not like to go to the heathen missions. Gabriel answered: ‘With joy, if it is the will of God? Then he added with a sigh: ‘Oh, that I could show these poor creatures my Heavenly Mamma!’ “ [Italics ours.] Perhaps the trinity is conceived as consisting of Papa, Mamma and Bad Boy.

T7Iiat the Anglo-Israelites Believe

WE HAVE just glanced over sonic of the recent literature of the Anglo-Israelites, and list some of the items that some of them believe. All of these things look like nonsense, sacrilege or blasphemy to us, hut they see.ni reasonable enough to those who are thoroughly inoculated with idolatry of the British Empire. We present the matter merely as news, and. as showing what some people can believe about the most, rapacious, most diabolical, most hypocritical, diplomatic government now left standing on the earth. -

Among the believers of this theory Meir or are Queen Victoria ; Fdwnrd VII; Admiral Lord Beresford; Admiral Lord Fisher; Field-Marshal Earl Roberts; Rt. lion. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister of New’ Zealand; Henry Ford, and thousands of other notables.

We do not attempt an orderly presentation, because to ns an orderly presentation of a dis-, orderly and absuid theory is a waste of time. We state, as nearly as we can understand them, some of the hundreds of claims put forth by adherents of this theory:

1. The Anglo-Saxon peoples are, in a large measure, the direct descendants of the apostate ten tribes of Israel. So much the worse for them in some respects!

2. There was a tribe of Dan, therefore we can trace the wanderings of that tribe in the following names: Don, Daimbo, Denmark, Damme Alps. London, .Dardanelles and Scandinavia. True, the other nine tribes may not he thus ‘‘identified-’, hut— what's the difference? Perhaps they didn’t do so much wmdering.

3. The name Saxon with an "1’' in fr< nt of it becomes Isaacson. (This proves a lot if you want Io make somebody think you are related in some way to Abraham!)

4. The Britidi nation somehow was established at the date of the Exodus and will last for ever.

5. Joseph! The tribe of Joseph became the Getae, the Goths, the Normans, and finally became ruler over the Angles, or Anglo-Saxons.

fi. Ephraim! Ephwami was to he a nation and a company of nations; so. of <x w so, that means Groat Britain and her self governing colonies.

7. Manasseh! Manasseh was to he a great people, a second fiddle to Ephraim, so to speak; so, of course, that means the United States, which, for the purposes of this theory, is still a sort of colony of Great Britain.

8. The House of David was impelled to 11 <?_ land by Jeremiah in the person of Tamar Tephi, the daughter of Zedekiah. While there Tamar married a king of Ireland named Eochiad Here-mon, and thence they have a complete list of the line of kings of Tieland, leading through to the Scottish kings, thence to the English kings when James VI of Scotland became James I of England, and of course from thence to the present day; and. now’ there is only one true Israel, and that is Great Britain and Ireland. (God help the real Jews!)

9. The present Prince of Wales is just exactly Hie 1.00th prince in direct succession from King David, and his name happens to be David, too. (’mild anything be more convincing?

10. There is nothing in the word Gog that sounds very much like Russia, hut still it must be Russia because in connection with Gog there is mention made of -

11. Roseh! That is Russia. Sounds like it, especially if wu can imagine the Russian partly tanked up with vodka.

12. Meshech! Well, that is Moscow’. There are an M and an S and a C in each word, and that, proves it! -

13 Tubal! That is Tobolsk. There happens to be a little town far up in Siberia by that name and, except for the whiskers on the back end of iho word, they are about the same; so that proves fliof.

14. GomeiJ There are a G, an M. an E and an R in Gower, and there are a G, and E, an R and an M in Germain ; and so, of course, Gomer imam (h-nnany.

13. Tin re are the four attributes of God, justice, pew i, wisdom and love. These are rep-re^ented fiv the bon, ox, eagle and man. The lam is the reil'di lion, shown in one way or another ten turn - <m thn British coat of aims.

lf>. The ox! Now. don t laugh. That is John Did?. Ibto!

17. The oatth ! Modesty almost lorbids our montioiiinu’ in !>u< that is the credo shown on all \moricari coin;-.

18. The man! th! We ferel like Lindbergh W’hen they pinned the cross of the .Legion of Honor on his chest and kissed him on both cheeks. The man ! That’s us. That s I ncle Sam. And our kiss? What about that? Oh,, we got that Judas kiss in the spring of 1917. It wmS Britain that got us into the World War.

19. The unicorn of Ephraim? That is the identical unicorn shown on the British seal.

20. Young lions are mentioned hi-Bible prophecy. Well, those are the United States and Scandinavia. We don’t know why it is so; but it is so, anyway.

21. The original symbol of the Christian Church (of the House of Dagon) was a fish. That is why the fish is shown on the Union Jack. Poor fish!

22. The British flag is the banner of the King of kings. See the cross on it. (What a blasphemy!)

23. David's throne is the English throne. (Another horrible blasphemy.)

24. Christ vill literally* reign over the eaith seated, in a body of flesh, on the British throne. (Can you beat it?)

23. The Coronation Stone upon which every British King is crowned is the same identical one on which King David sat when he was crowned. There couldn’t he any mistake about this.

26. “The strong man armed who keepeth his house” is the great war power, Great Britain.

27. “The Isles shall wait for his law.” What isles? British Isles, of course.

28. “Declare it in the Isles afar off.” What isles? Ditto.

29. The missing “H” in shibboleth is the reason why the Cockneys drop their H’s. Honest! Don’t smile! See the Bible, Judges 12:6, and be convinced.

30. Why were there thirteen tribes of Israel ? The answer is that there were thirteen colonies in the original United States.

31. But wait; here’s another thirteen. President Wilson v as reelected in 1916 by the thirteen votes of California. Almost forgot that was in the Bible.

32. It was on Good Friday that President Wilson declared war on Germany. That proves that God loves the ton lost tribes’ And yet, Germany, or part of it, was one of those tribes. But, oh well—

33. The Great Pyramid shows the precise day that Britain entered the World War!

34. ‘The hour, the day, the month and the year.’ That is 11 A. M. on the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918, when Britain got out of her tightest corner and the Armistice was declared. Of course the day is missing in the Sinaitic text and the year is missing in the explanation, but what are a few broken cogs between true Britishers I

35. The British Government is ‘the stone cut out of the mountain without hands’which breaks in pieces her enemies, Russia, Germany, China, Persia, and the whole Mohammedan world in Asia and Africa.

36. The “stone” kingdom smote the military image in 1914-1918. (And there has been no evidence of militarism on earth since!)

37. General Allenby took Jerusalem on Christmas Day. Another proof that God loves the greatest disturber of the world’s peace ever on earth.

38. The drying’ up of the Euphrates means the drying up of the Turkish Empire by Britain.

39. The Court of St. James is the Court of St. Jacob, if you tianslate it into Hebrew, hicli shows again that somehow or other the 11 itish Government is related to Abraham.

40. When Jacob crossed his haud“ in blcv.-ing Ephraim and Manasseh that proves tluw both Ephraim (Britain) and Manasseh (United States) are true (,’liristiam—if it does. Does it? Who says it does ? It proves somethin(j, anyw ay.

41. “The drunkards of Ephraim.” (Isaiah 28: 1) That refers to those who are over fond of British beer and Scotch and Irish whiskey. Why not ?

42. Israel was to be superabundantly blessed with gold, silver, oil, etc. That is why the groat financiers of “Ephraim" awl “Manasseh” are grabbing everything in sialit in every corner of the earth.

43. “Thy seed sliall possess the gate of his enemies.” That explains why Britain has Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, Singapore and a hundicd other gates controlling the world’s commerce; and why Uncle Sam has Panama, Hawaii, etc,

44. Israel must not take usury from brethren. That is why Uncle Sam should let Britain have money at a low rate.

45. Israel was to lend and not borrow. That is why Britain and the United States base the whole world by the throat, as money lenders.

46. Israel was to "push the people together to the ends of the earth". That is why Britain and the United States are cruel and imperialistic. (Not sc bad. If all the arguments weiv as good as this one we would he stumped. But then, if Britain is Christ’s kingdom—oh well, we give it up.)

47. Israel was to spread to the North (Canada), and to the South (Australia and South Africa), to the East (India) and to the West (the United States). That’s that.

48. After a little bit there will be another ' World War, in which Europe in general will line up under a supreme ruler, the Antichrist; and then the two pious and godly nations will unite and clean them all off the map.

49. When the final scrimmage comes on between Britain and Russia, God will destroy the Russians with hailstones, fire and brimstone (if the Britishers themselves don’t do it with poison gas. microbes and bombs).

50. The Great Pyramid shoAvs that the great and final battle of Armageddon will start on May 29-30th, 1928. (And it may, at that: but who knows?)

51. The Pyramid Inch is the British Inch. Of coarse the British inch is a little off; but why vorry about the thousandth part of an inch vhen you are trying to prove something that is impossible to piovel

52. The coffer in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid is four times greater than the British wheat quarter. That proves that Great

Britain, her stock exchange and all, is of God. 53. Any criticism of Britain is Bolshevism.

54. The British Empire is eight times that of the Persian Empire under Darius; seven times that of the Roman Empire under Augustus; three times that of China; twice that of Russia and three and one-half times that of all Europe.

55. Free Masonry is all in line with all of this.

56. The British flag flies from three-fourths of all the vessels in the world, and three-fourths of all the mail is addressed in English. Does not that prove something? We don’t know what it proves, but it proves it anyway.

57. Finally, English-speaking missionaries are ninety percent of the total, and English-speaking peoples supply ninety-five percent of the missionary funds to teach the natives of subjugated races that their ancestors have gone to hell, there to roast for ever and ever.

These are some of the principal reasons assigned to prove that the British people are the true Israel of God. If these arguments do not prove it nothing will.

AND NOTHING WILL!

A Visit to Bem By E. Louise Hawilton

BERN, the capital of the Swiss Confederacy, is a beautiful city at the noi’tliern entrance to the Alps. The city is built on a peninsula of sandstone rock, occupying an S-shaped loop in the River Aar, which is crossed by three principal bridges. The streets are wide; the buildings are usually of stone or cement, and are seldom over five stories in height.

Bern takes its name from its heraldic emblem, the bear; and the city coat of arms, the bear, is everywhere in evidence. On the public fountains, the statues, the public buildings, are bears carved in stone or cast in iron. At the eastern extremity of the Nydeckbrucke (bridge) is a large bearpit with three courts and a bear-house or den. Here a score or so of captive brown bears of all ages and sizes tumble about, walk erect, and climb for the edification of the public, especially the children. The bearpit is a favorite resort for old and young; and on any fine afternoon crowds of people stand at the railing surrounding the pit, and watch the antics of the bear* in the pit below.

Numerous gates and sections of the old Avail of the original city still remain. One gate in the very heart of the city has on one side the Zeitglocken, a famous medieval clock with little carved figures which perform whenever the clock strikes. As the time for striking the hour approaches, a wooden cock flaps its wings and crows, and wooden bears march gracefully around the seated figure of a bearded old man. This old man turns an hour glass in his hand, and counts off the hours by raising his scepter and opening his mouth. The leader of the bears counts off the hour by nodding his head, while a stone figure in the tower above strikes a bell with a hammer. Then the performance is concluded by the crowing of the wooden cock.

Reminders of the Middle Ages

T INTERVALS in the middle of the city are public fountains. One of these has the figure of a JeAvish ogre eating little children. He holds one child in his right hand, while others are under his arm and in his pockets. Th©

statue is a pitiful remindel of the intolerance and ignorance of the priestridden middle ages, when apparently everyone was taught to fear ‘and to hate those not of his own race and religion. Other fountains have statues of knights, soldiers, etc.

The Cathedral of Bern is said to be the most beautiful Gothic structure in Switzerland. It is five hundred years old, and built upon a massive stone rampart looking like part of a fortress. All the medieval churches leave the impression that they were originally meant to be fortresses; for they are made with thick stone walls and are heavily buttressed. By actual measurement some of the walls are as thick as one’s arm is long. On one side of the Bern Cathedral is a park, covering what was once a cemetery. In front of the church is a paved court containing the statue of a knight guarded by four huge iron bears; and a fountain nearby furnishes a convenient place for the women of the neighborhood to do the family washing.

The tympanum over the main entrance to the cathedral contains a sculpture depicting the Last Judgment. To one side and higher than the other figures is the Judge, a cross old man with whiskers. In front of the Judge are the people; the good in long robes are going to his right, while the wicked, by far the more numerous, are going to his left. Devils with pitchforks, and all other paraphernalia with which the medieval ecclesiastical mind endeavored to frighten the common people into obedience, are driving the wicked multitude into the flames of hell. Apparently those to the left of the Judge received for more attention from the sculptor than the good did.

There are several fine museums in Bern, well worthy of a visit. The Historical Museum, at the farther end of the Kirchenfelbrucke, is one of these. The building seems to be part of a medieval castle. In the basement are rooms furnished in ancient Swiss style, dummies dressed in the national costumes of the various cantons, etc. The museum contains large collections of armor, spears, and other weapons, with the field altar taken by the Swiss from Charles the Bold of Burgundy at the battle of Granson. There is also a large collection of curios from 'Japan, the Eastern Archipelago, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands.

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