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BRISBANE THIS WEEK Paroles and Ransom Vincent Aetor's Hotel Mubaolini Is So Blunt < The Brain Bath Waley, the Weyerhaeuser kidnaper, caught after he sent his wife, like a true gangster cow ard, to change ran som bills for him. has this record : He had been ar rested six times, be ginning at eighteen and sentenced to terms In prison that vf o u 1 d have kept him In prison for 70 years If pa role boards had al lowed it. He was repeated ly released until at ? Inst, thoroughly Arthur Brl.bnne ,n crlme find convinced, probably, as he might well be, that American Justice Is a mere Joke, he went to TaComa and planned there the "snatch," as criinl nnls call It, of the Weyerhaeuser child. Highway patrolmen In the western states did- admirable work co-operat ing with the "G-men." The western highway patrolmen are real policemen Mr. Vincent Astor of New York has bought In and will operate the St. Regis hotel on Fifth avenue, built orig lnally with Astofr money, now repur chased for $5,000, (XX). An Astor running a hotel Is nothing new. You need not be very, very old to remember the gray granite "Astor House," a block long, opposite the City Ilnll on lower Broadway, where they had roast beef such as you find nowhere now. Before prosperous Americans learned to be really "aristocratic" with yachts, race horses and divorces, they thought owning a hotel and putting your name on It was almost aristocratic. The Astor House and the Brevoort House In New York, the Palmer House in Chicago, the Coates House in Kansas City, a thousand others prove It. Mussolini annoys England; he talks bo plainly ? no diplomatic beating about the bush. Bluntly he says to old Bri tannia: "When you were building up your empire, killing off the Boers to grab South Africa, taking India from the pot-bellied rajahs, gathering In ev erything that was not tied down, yon did not care tuppence what the world thought about you. Now It Is my turn to gather' In territory,' maybe Ethiopia, and I care less' than half of tuppence what you think about it. So mind your own business, please." Important to the human race Is news of the "brain bath," which, according to physicians gathered at a convention of the American and Canadian medi cal associations, literally "washes the brain," freelnir It from the poison of diseases such as Infantile paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sleeping sickness and some kinds of spinal meningitis. A solution of salt and wnter is In jected Into the vein at the ankle. Aft er It hns gone through the circulation and washed out the brain, It is with drawn with Its collected poisons through a needle inserted In the lower end of the spine. NewBdom, written for newspaper men, says It has questioned all editors and publishers that amount to any thing, and finds them "overwhelmingly certain that radical movements are of no serious trend." The discovery will comfort many, but It Ir well to be cautious. There is always a possibility of underesti mating what looks like "radicalism of no Importance." China, because she cannot do other wise, yields in full to Japan's demands. That Is the news from Tientsin, and 't happens because the 400.000,000 Chinese are not prepared for war, whereas the 00,000,000 Japanese are prepared. "Yielding" probably will not savo China from another heavy loss of ter ritory. It is predicted that the young Chinese emperor, Japan's figurehead In Manchnkuo, will he moved over and back to the old Imperial pnlace, there to sit again as the Japanese Imperial dummy. All this It not our business, for It is happening in Asia. We have plenty to do hero. "What's in n name?" Some young Republicans wnnt the old Itepuhllcan party to change ltn name from "Re publican party" to "Constitutional party." Long ago, when the New York Herald, since dead, reduced its price, the late Joseph Pulitzer wrote 1n a short editorial: "The trouble Is not with your price, it Is with your news paper. Change that." The trouble with tho Republican party la not with its nnme. A dangerous strike Is called off In Toledo, workmen wisely deciding to deliberate before going ahead with a Strike that might ' ave thrown tens of thousands out of work. The steel Industry, also setting s good example, decided to continue the NRA wage scale, not reducing pay or Increasing hours. The Supreme court's Constitution decision hfli done no harm there. #. Kln> P>*turra Syndic*!*, ino. WNti Sorvlo*. Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1 ? Aerial .Tlew of port of the grounds of the California Pacific International exposition at San Diego, now open. 2 ? Clara Mohler, thirteen, of Akron, Ohio, who won the national spelling bee In Washington, receiving two plaques and $500. 3 ? Nornmndle, new French liner, which broke transatlantic records on her maiden voyage to New York. MAGICIAN AND BRIDE Howard Thurston, slxty-slx-year-old magician, and his bride, as they sailed on their honeymoon from New York. Mrs. Thurston, twenty-seven years old, was Mrs. Pauline Mark and had been acting as the magician's Btage as sistant. Duck Lays Black Eggs Hornell, N. Y. ? A duck owned by C. N. Stutton of Big Creek baa laid six blnclc-colored eggs. Giant Liner Establishes New Records Normandie Given Gala Welcome New transatlantic records were es tablished as the Normandie, plant French liner, shown above, swept Into the New York harbor. The world's largest ship completed the crossing In four days, three hours and Ave minutes. Mariners paped at her high arched, sleekly curved prow and were awed by her size as she rode, flaps aflutter into the upper New York bay, while all shippinp and hundreds of thousands of landlubbers afloat and pshore noisily proclaimed her. Airplanes roared overhead, dipplnp In salute, ag the Normandie replied with deep throated blasts of her whistle. The plant vessel can transport 2,170 passenpers without crowding nnd Is staffed by a crew of 1,320 men and women. I Memorial for Boulder Dam's Dead Wiley Rabun putting the finishing touches to the bronzo plaquo which has been Bet In the Nevn'la canyon wn 11 nenr Houhler (1am as a memorial for the men who have lost their lives In the construction of that great project. TEST OF NEW BALL Alex Etlnle, pro at Shelter Rook Country club, Long Islnnd, recently drove a spun latex ball through n phone book almost an Inch and con taining more than 500 pages. Stand ing the book on end without support 4 feet In front of the tee, Ednie sent the ball through with such force that It carried and rolled 100 yards beyond. Traveling at the rate of approximate ly 114 miles nn hour, the ball was averaging 107 feet a second when It hit the book. The drive, declared !m- j possible by golfer and nongolfer alike, j was mnde to test the new spun latex golf bnll, a United States rubber prod- i uct. Made of materials never before used In golf bnll construction, the new ball Is notable for Its power and dls- | tance. These qualities are acquired primarily from a high-power winding of thread spun direct from liquid ! latex, the natural milk of the rubber tree. Steam Shovel Unearths Den of 700 Rattlesnakes Medicine Park, Okln. ? Workmen on a highway project in the Wichita mountains here killed more than 700 rattlesnakes in one day. The snakes ranged in size from five Inchos to several feet In length and were discovered when n huge power shovel scooppd into their den. Many other rattlesnakes have been killed by the workmen, hut never so I many on a single day. Workmen be lieved the blasting of the highway up the side of Mount Scott, In the Wichita national forest and game preserve, , drove the snakes to the surface. Congressmen Were Onee Sehoolmates Threo clnBBmrttofl of the University' of Alobnmn, who nro now In con KroRR, tnlk ovor the K??d tlmoR they had when college men. Loft to right nro: Senator Hnnkhond of Alnhnmn, OonRroRHmnn O. II. Cross of Texns nn<] Senator Kenneth MeKeller of TenneRsce. No other Institution In the country can claim the honor of having had nR many In congress from the nnine elaRR. "Corkscrew" Airplane Built in South Dakota " A " ? ) " 'Vv J 2 " \ This rork*crew-nhnped airplane-Zeppelin, called the Aero7,ep, In scheduled to make It* twit flight* this mimtnor nt Rapid City and It* Inventors, Rev. O. II. l/>oko nnd I/orrln Ilanrten, expec It to show n upeed of WX) miles an honr. An all-motnl dirigible, with vanoa running aronnd It, tho contrlvanco revolves In a steol frame 1,000 times s mlnnto. It has wlnga like sn alrplnne and s targe rudder. Uncommon Sense Bli Joku ?*. ?. Dell Syndicate. ? WNO 8ervlc?. This la for city people, people who think the country Is a series of hay llelds. and that Its The Big inhabitants are a Show bunch of "hicks." It will do you town folks a bit of good to get out Into the country about this time of year and take a look at it. You will discover that your bread does not get Its start at the baker's . or even at some (lour mill in Minne | sota, but 'In the ground, the red or I black ground that you have looked at j while passing in a train and thought i was Just so much mud. Go see the farms and get acquainted i with the farmers. Find out something of their prob I lems. | You may think that they are yokels I ? until you talk to them, then you will discover that they read the newspapers and the m??ia2tit$5^ and probably are better read and better informed than you are. I While you are out there in the coun i try, hop ovw a fence and lie down In the sun, If the grass Is dry enough. Find one of those singing littl<v hrooks that are bubbling everywhere at this time of year. (let an earful of their mtisie. Let it lull you to sleep, if you have ti^ie, and the contact witji the soil will iV>t hurt you. Kind out what a silo is f >r, and why ! oue kind of a cow is better t<> have around than another kind of a cow. I Find out why certain ?rni? Is plant I ed In a certain kind of a Held, and how j when the ground gets tired of every thing going out and nothing coining in and refuses to produce it helps the i soil go hack to work If another kind of 1 crop is put on it. Also, while you are there, look | around at the hints. Most of them have songs to sing; ! all of them are decorative. They are much more fun to watch j than a canary In a cage, or even an | ungainly ostrich at the zoo. When country people come to th<? city, they enjoy themselves. They see nil the sights they cnn af ford, and go hack home tilled with won der and admiration. They do not think there Is anything wrong with you Just because you live In the city. It might he better for them if they were not so trustful. If you uill only act on this suggestion of mine you uill learn a grail ileal about the people upon whom you absolutely depend for ynur daily bread, and have a good time into the bargain. Moreover, if you can. spend n couple of weeks In the country. Most minds 1 1 U t* to play hookey. Keeping them on the Job is hard work. But if you expect to Make Your get any real pert'orm Mind Behave ?nce out of them. yon have to make them toe the mark. You hear a great ileal about great dreamers. but the place to dream 1b in bed. (Jive your mind a chance and It will dream and dream about this and that. Meanwhile you won't be netting any where. The hardest thing to do in (ids world Is to concentrate. Once learn to put that mind of yours on some problem and keep it there, and it will produce results. But let it wander all over the lot, touching lit. evry Interesting place along the way, and you might as well not have a brain, a.s far its getting any where Is concerned. Must people have t M?? experience, when rending, of following with the eye every line of type, turning every page, ami all the while thinking about something that has nothing whatever ] to do with what tliey are reading. If the thing that you are reading had any value. If is lost. The eyes I have done their Job. hut the wits have been wool gathering. Teach that mind to work, and to work hard. Make it stick to the subject, and stow away the information you hoped to get when you started reading. If you Hnd that it hnsn't been func tioning, go back to the beginning and force It to attend to Its lob I mn t < > I ( 1 I hut rapid renders remem ! Iter morn of what tlmy mad than slow j ones. That Ik probably bemuse limy work so rapidly and k<H?nly tlmt their nilndn , don't havn a chance to go off thn Job. Anyway, if you can't control that ' mind, keep It receptive and Intnrested, yon are not Kointr to K''t very far with any study and you will never attain that "broad and useful education" you hoped to havn some day. When you begin to mad, say to your inlnd: "Attention, please. " Then read a few pages and stop. If you can't ro.memher what yon hav* jmt rend, no hack over it- twice or thro # time* if need he. By and by you will net the habit. What you garner from the pages will l?e remnmbnred. Thereafter you will bn astonished at the progresH you have made, and how much morn you have learned in one short evening of concentration than you once learned In a week of mer? page turning. Housewife's Idea Box To Keep Honey Honey Is easier to use and seems to have much more taste when it Is in fluid form and not granulated. Therefore, it is best to keep it in a dark place, as it will keep fluid longer. It it does granulate, place the Jar In a pan of hot water. It will gradually melt ngaln. THK HOFSKWIFE. Copyright bv I'ubllc Lt<iKor, Inc. WNU So i v It' i'. High Value of Water i That Contains Silver It Ins boon found that minute j traces of silver In water exert germ icidal properties. The uses of this j property are described by l>r. C. H. | r.randes, of New Vork. In a paper published by tin4 American Chemical society. The water supplied to the swim* I tiling pool in the Congressional I Country club, Washington, is puri ! tied by silver dissolved from long j tubes through which it parses on i the way to the pool. The water not [ alone purities itself, but has a ster ilizing effect on whatever it comes i in contact with. Fish are being ; shipped in ice made from water | treated with silver. The water Is ' being used In F.urope to wash bnt j tor and give it better keeping qual 1 Ities. Alcohol solutions when so treated with silver present less clouding, due to suspended precipitates. When i used in perfumes, the perfumes are j not only kept clearer, hut ilu* odor , of tlie alcohol is reduced, giving 1 greater opportunity for the floral ! scents to manifest themselves. j Keep a Good Laxative always in your home | Among the necessities of home is a good, reliable laxative. Don't he j without one! Do your best to pre vent constipation. Don't neglect it when you feci any of its disagreeable symptoms coming on. . . "We have used Thedford'* Mack-Draught for 21 years and have found it a very useful medicine that every family ought to have in their home," writes Mrs. l'erry liicks, of lJelton, Texas. "I take Hlack Draught for biliousness, constipation and j other ills where a Rood laxative or purgative | is needed. I have always found lilack l Draught gives good results." 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