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V Botanical Freaks Rival in Animals Po&checI*Egf Tree, Sausage Tree Among Oddities. Washington.—Add another plant to the already large collection of botani cal freaks. A Princeton professor re cently found among his experimental plants a new variety of evening prim rose. Its claim to distinction lies in the fact that its buds develop to full size but never open. Most Interesting among peculiar plants are those which bear uncanny resftmblance to something else,” says the National Geographic society. ‘‘Lady- slippers, sunflowers, and jack-ln-the- pulpits are obvious examples to most nature lovers. Dozens of other re- semhlances are not so well known ‘Centraf Africa boasts among Its many unusual sights , a sausage-tree, from whose widespreading crown hang what appear to be bologna sausages. A good accompaniment to it would be the African ‘poached:egg tree,’ so- —called becanae of Its huge white llow- ers with golden centers. Australia presents as rivals a tree whose thick- based trunk tapers upward like a soda bottle; and the blaekboy tree, which thrusts a spear-like shaft six feet above Its shaggy crown of leaves. From a distance, a group of these | toi^nt be sav.tspt on the warpath; ™— Minister Lilies. “In South Africa, lone may shrink i from what seem to be huge red spi ders lying on the ground. They turn out to be lilies. Equally sinister-look ing are that region’s bloodlilies, whose Intense red blossoms and stalks are thrust up like the beads of dangerous sntrkes. Similarly, in hot desert can yons of .the United States, wanderers have quickened their pace toward the curling smoke of a friendly camp fire only to discover it the deceptive bluish-green branches of a smokebush. In New Zealand, some of Ihe barren moflntain sides appear dotted with sheep. Closer examination proves the large rounded gray masses to be Haas- tia plants.’or ‘vegetable sheep.’ “New Zealand claims possession of many remarkable plants, such as but tercups three inches across. Large as these are, they shrink Into Insignifi cance before the rafflesia. There Is little to this East Indian parasitic plant except Its flower. But It is the largest single flower In the plant king dom. It sometimes reaches three feet In diameter and weighs as much as 15 pounds. “An equally weird plant Is tl\e welwitschia. from Africa. Aside from Its cotyledons, or seed leaves. It de velops only two leaves. But these con tinue to grow for dozens of years, stretching out on each side of the trunk like green ribbons several Inches wide and over six feet long. Tree That Catches Birds. “Those who have had experience with poison-ivy do not .need to be re minded of the venom lurking unsus pected in innocent-looking plants. From the strophanthus vine of the Tropics comes strophanthln, one of the-most powerful poisons known. Natives of West Africa use It td tip their deadly arrows. Juice from oleander shrubs is so poisonous that even eating the harmless-looking pink or white blos soms may kill a person. In the. west ern United States grow powerful herbs, locoweeds, which have a weijd effect on animals. Cattle, sheep, and horses that eat them soon lose their muscular drunkenly around and may eventually die. They lose all sense of proportion and act as Jf crazy, rearing up to jump over small sticks as If they were log barriers. “A tree which grows In Sumatra has an effect on birds equally disastrous. Not poison, but a glue-like gum cov ering Its fruits, Is the cause. When -Four Million Car* Listed in Storage Atlantic City.—Out of the 26,- 000,000 motor vehicles In the Unit ed States, between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 are In storage. But by the end of 1935 Improving condi tions will bring 1,500,000 of* them back Into service. Edward P. Chalfant, of Detroit, president of the American Trade association executives, gave that forecast He added that the end of 1935 also will see 2,500,000 new cars and trucks produced and sold, and 1,500,000 old autos junked. HERE’S AMERICAN OF THE FUTURE As Depicted by Prominent Anthropologist # a Those of ns who might be Inter ested In science’s quest to deter mine the axact nature, of the typical American ao far a» his . physical makeup Is concerned, probably will find some small comfort In the theory of Professor Albert E. | Jenks, a noted anthropologist of the^ University of Minnesota. The gist of Professor Jenks’ opinion is that whatever the number of con- small birds alight near the fruits, their flirting conceptions might exist at wings become so glued together that moment as to the physical Iden tify cannot fly and fall to the ground, tity of the American, the time is "There are many odd plants among not to ° far distant when he will those that man eats with impunity. In lave a definite and recognizable some seetiAis of Ceylon? the large | ra ^ al classification Ivory-white blossoms of the agatl tree The typical American, according to Professor Jenks, will not be a among the plant products used In mod ern Western cooking Is vanilla, de rived from an orchid. One of the strangest fruits encountered Is the so-called miraculous fruit. After eat ing one. everything, even a lemon tastes sweet. It causes this effect by Temporarily paralyzing some of- the papillae of the tongue.” Winning Fire Chief and His Trophy . V.V- •'V tall blond person, as some might have supposed. He will be only “fairly tall,” dark eyed, dark-haired and darker skinned than the pres ent average. This, he asserts, will be the ultimate outcome of the in terbreeding among the early and late arrivals on this continent. Upon the whole, If Proj^ssor JePk3* the ory Is well founded, the typical American will not be an unattrac tive person, assuming of course, that he Incorporates a portion of the better physical qualities of each of the racial strains that make him —Man's concern over the question of what he Is, as well as what he does, Is not motivated solely by con siderations of vanity. Curiosity also plays Its part. In seeking the Hel lene of the classlcis and the Roman of the Etruscan line he finds them not In the Greek and Itallpn of today. He becomes giddy, striving to fol low the ancient medley of races that swarmed and intermingled on the Spanish peninsula. In striving to trace his family lineage he Is [.dismayed by the multitude of his own ancestors, enough to populate a small eit^ within a surprisingly few generations. In any event, and whatever we of America might eventually become, there ts comfort In the thought thatj| we shall be a definite something. Since we are a nation, there Is lit tle reason why we should not also be a race; and It must be acknowl edged that there Is some excellent material here.—Manchester (N. H.) Union. v; X- *4 — Flre Chief E. E. Cureton of Owensboro, Ky., photographed with tb.e placque awarded him for winning the United States fire waste contest In fire prevention. The contest was limited to cities with population between 10,(MX) and 50,000. George Foresee Distinct American Type in Future Expert Sees Gradual Disap- 'pearauce of Blond*:; —Minneapolis.—tf gentlemen—of the future will still prefer blonds they may have a difficult time to find them In the United States. So believes Pyof. Albert E. Jenks, anthropologist of the University of Minnesota^ “Our first group of iinmigiants in cluded British, Germans, and Scandi navians—tall and blond,” says Profes sor Jenks. “Our later arrivals includ ed the short and more heavily pigment ed groups from southern Europe. These different groups have Intermarried and the result will be a typical American race—fairly tall, dark haired, dark eyed, and darker skinned than the pres ent average,” In time, doubtless, will evolve a dis tinct American type—a composite of CHIEF OF F.. i D. A. C. several principal strains. Whether the eventna 1 type, will be as Professor Jenks predicts can be answered only by time. The history of other nations processes. In the year 1776 the population of the United States was 2,5(Xt.OOO, most ly English, but \Clth a smattering of nther racial groups.—In 1930 the Pop- ulation was 122.775,046. This growth was phenomenal, almost 50-fold In less than 200 years, with the biggest gain, 47,000,000,' from 11XX). This meant Immigration from coun tries oiher than the old .contributors, and today, while the old solid, native American strains still predominate, the foreign gronps are far from being a small minority. This is shown In the complexion of the nation’s several thousand counties. Before 1870 they were almost 100 per cent homogeneous. Today they are only one-third homo geneous. The 1930 census showed the largest foreign groups in this order: German. Italian, English, Scottish, Welsh and North Irish, Polish. Canadian, Free State Irish, Swedish, Slavish, Norwe gian, Austrian, and Hungarian.. Year by year Intermarriage among groups grows, pointing toward an eventual American type. group of friends Just how their grand mothers and great-grandmothers used ] to make the family’s clothing. Mrs. Davidson carded the wool ou cards that showed the wear and tear of years of use. She displayed numer ^ ous articles she has made, including mittens, sox and wool-filled comfort- ers. SUCCESSFUL ROOKIE /iff W£ll... I JUST THOUGHT • PERHAPS I COULD HAVE THE [CAR TOMORROW,THAT'S AU WHAT DO V0U THINK I AM-A MAGICIAN?^ 4 CAN'T WORK Mlf GEORGE-THERE GOES AW0THER CUSTOMER MAO AS A WET HEN i VOUR 6A0 DISPOSITION 5 ismc us business VEAtt? WELL.F'vWrTlF HE' fTSEASVFOg fcyoURBKftlER V0UT0BE CHEERFUL.* VOU'RE NOT HAVING headaches -lELLHlMt) PUU W HIS NECK.. BEFORE yoOWRAP A MONKEy < Jean Desboi^s of France, presidenl of F. L D. A. C., the federation of Inter national war veterans, arrived In N»w York the other day and is visiting vari ous groups of American war veterans In an extended tour of the United States and Canada. Fewer Farmers Fail in .. 1934 Despite Drouth Washtnxtofr.—Although the, xlrouUL. cost farmers plenty, fewer were bank rupt In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1934, than In the corresponding peri ods of 1933 and ’34. The bureau of agricultural econom ics reported a reduction of 20 per cent in the number of farm bankrupt cies in the 1934 period. There were 4.716 bankrupt farmers last year, com pared with 5,917 In 1933, and 4,849 in 1932. Largest bankruptcy declines were noted In east north central and Pacific areaa, while twelve states, mainly In the south Atlantic division, showed IncrMses. Illinois led all states with 527 cases, i ^ . HE DDNT EXPECT ANV SVMPATHV FROM ME, GEORGE-V0U KNOW WHAT THE DOCTOR W0 SOU-VOU’RE you KNOW V0UVE GOT COf FEE-NERVES -SWfltH 10 ftOSTUM FOR 30 DAYS UKE THE DOCTOR EAiD/ Johnny Whitehead, Chicago White Sox pitcher. Is one of the most success ful of the rookies this year so far. Coming from the Dallas team of the Texas league, this Is his first major league campaign hnd he is doing won derfully well. 30 DAYS LATER JLX -rt- .w.y.s*^sv.<5 Lady Bugs Groomed for Counter Attack on Aphis Pendleton, Ore.—Several million lady bugs are being groomed here by pen growers for a counter attack on aphis, the chief Insect pest of pea planta. The aphis parasite, to a lady bug, la the same as a dish of Ice cream to a hungry schaal bey, growers declare. Oklahoman, 80 y Is Still Running Spinning‘Wheel Waynoka, Okla.—Spinning wheels have come to be regarded as lit mu seum pieces—but not so with the one owned by Mrs. Phoebe Davidson. Mrs. Davidson, now eighty, has owned a spinning wheel since child hood and has used It since her father gave It to her on her twelfth birth day, two years after the Civil war. She recently demonstrated to \ Texans Favor Farms Fort Worth, Texas.—Tarrant county experienced a back-to-the-farm move; ment daring the past four years. The farm census released here shows that on April 1, 1930, the county had 3,366 farms. Figures last January 1 listed 4,058, a gain of 692. * Calf Tops Records Gloucester, Ohio.—A Holstein cal’, born on the dairy farm of D. M. Sawyer weighed 130 pounds, topping all rec ords In the county and possibly in the state. 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