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a Oakland Tribune, Monday, May 9, I960 15 MAILBAG BULLETINS: EVERY HOME CONTAINS A'GOLDMINE' Junior Editors Quiz on- PYRAMIDS By HAl BOYLE But I still claim they'll never take the place of the electric light Our Quotable Notables: "Liberty," said William Allen White, "is the only thing you cannot have unless ybu are willing to give it to others." People in all lands and all times complain about their taxes One of the causes of the French Revolution was the gabelle, tax requiring every man, woman and child buy seven pounds of salt a year whether they wanted it or not. is the most famous U.S. Indian prayer: "Oh Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked two weeks in his moccasins." Diet-or-Die Figures: People 20 pounds above the average weight for their age have a death rate 10 per cent above normal It rises to 75 per cent above normal if they lug around 50 pounds of fat. America's national emblem may soton face extinction. Ornithologists estimate there are only about 1,000 pairs of bald eagles left in the United States.

Do you enjoy idleness? Dr. Samuel Johnson said, "Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler." But George Bernard Shaw, fretting at an idle moment, decided that "the secret of being miserable Is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not." Weep for this man, oh housewives: Nicolas Appert, a French Inventor, collected a prize In 1810 for Inventing the first successful'lln can for preserving foods But he spent the money on further experiments and was buried Ufa pauper's grave sans glory, sans can opener. The most popular language In the worldisqft English but Mandarin Chinese Y. It Is spoken by 444 million people. How often does your child stay home from school? The average pupil is absent 8.4 days The chief cause: respiratory ailments.

Marital Secrets: On his golden wedding anniversary Henry Ford was asked his formula for a successful marriage "The same as for a successful car," he replied, "stick to one model." It was W. Somerset Maugham who observed, "People' will sometimes forgive you the good you have done them, but seldom the harm they have done you." AT NewefeaUras Things a columnist might never know if he didn't open his mail: gold in your kitchen tap water But it amounts to only about one ounce in a billion gallons. If you want to save money on getting your teeth fixed go to a small town A survey showed that he bigger the city the bigger the dental fee. I In the United States men who smoke cigars are constantly on the defensive against feminine criticisim But in Denmark women of fashion for generations Save enjoyed cigar smoking. Mark Twain often wrote two versions 'of a letter, pne, which had his honest views on a subject, he fut away in his desk.

The other, which expressed views to which no one could object, he mailed. "I have a family to support," he explained, "and I can't afford to tell the whole truth." Tibet is one of the most religious countries in the world One of every five of its men is a Buddhist priest. You can now purchase firefly tails in quantity. TELL MiE WHY: When Was The First Calendar Devised? WHY WERE THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT BUILT? The pyramids were built by order of the pharaohs JTTUi who rulec ancIent Egypt. These rulers wanted tombs in VbVlJF jyfJIiJ4rlU Which their remains would be safe forever.

This was the EXPLORE YOUR MIND 3 MINUTES A DAY purpose of the pyramids, but they did not serve this purpose. The mummies jof the rulers who were buried in them disappeared hundreds of years ago. They probably were carried away by robbers who sought the gold and SELF-PITY looked for jome to takt pity. mm FMSEC irt NATURAL TO CWPl! Larry: No. He stepped on a scale and got a weigh, ooo By JAMES KELLER Motorists who tried to defeat the machine age by dropping Our calendar has had quite a history, with many changes and It began when the Egyptians invented it more than 6,000 yeai ago.

The Riddle Box a 5c piece into an automatic 1 Why should pretty girls 25c toll hopper on thex New ThC- first calendar had 12 Ptoim jewels that were entombed with the bodies. No one knows exactly how the pyramids were built. The saddest man in any city for there was no machinery In those days. The stone Is one who practices blocks came from a quarry on the east bank of the Nile Who claims that he is "pushed River. The blocks apparently were floated across the Nile voice becomes on barges when it was at flood stage to xthe base of the a whirring sound His feelings hill on which the pyramids are located.

The blocks must hurt, his morale low His con- have been dragged up sloping platforms by slaves-versation filled with woe No Greek historian, Herodotus, says 100,000 men one except himself can cure worked for 20 years to build the Great Pyramid. Built Self-pity, but one can insure about 2,900 B.C., it covers IS acres, is 431 feet high, and By shaking off his sad depression contains an estimated 2,300,000 stone blocks. Each block mpnths of 30 days each, with set a good example? fiy? extra days at the end of Why should fish be bet thear ter educated than men? England Thruway found out to their grief that their evasion was a costly one. Each of the 34 toll dodgers first jjie Babylonians baa year Adam.s of 12 months, first a month of dVw 3 days, then a month of 29 PC DO YOUR Answers And letting Faith find its ex- is about 40 cubic feet and weighs 2V4 tons. was fined $50 apiece.

Together they paid $1650 for a paltry 20c saving each time they succeeded in shortchanging the toll collector. One driver began his deceptive practices one morning when he happened to throw a IEFLECT YOUR CHARACTER? pression In use' of God's renewing power A brighter view and happier hour. JUUEN HYER 9A3 ou per asnwag siooqos iCaq; asrrcoag 'mottoj oj jds Sifoq asneoaa I THE PUZZLE BOX A certain clock strikes the rows only. How maay times 0 0 FOR YOU TO DO: If you have some old blocks around your house, see if you can build a small pyramid, leaving passageways in the base. 1 o'- Connie Sue Geesaman of Pennville, wins $10 for this question.

Mall your question on a postcard to Junior P. O. Box 836, Oakland 4, Calif. By DRS. SYLVANUS and EVELYN DUVALL 1 True, say students of mil- dicates a need to "take it out" itary psychology.

In the mili- on others. The girj who reads tary a man must do as he is nothing but trashy love sto- HOUSEHOLD HINTS nickel into the 25c hopper, which caused the light to turn green before he could toss in two dimes. Some people gain satisfaction by using their wits to elude their share of costs or responsibilities. But it is usually shallow and shortlived. told, and yet he is held re- ries is living on an emotion- jny American hostesses sponsible.

This tends to create ally immature level. The per- are not observing the rules of amm in hin, a basic attitude re- TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY sentment. In addition, if he hMv wPn.rm,nrfi and no 2 9 la- 3 I 4JJ days, ana s. on. This gave them only 354 days in a year, so, they added an extra month every now and then.

Tho ancient Hebrews did the same. The calendar we use today was introduced at Rome by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. In the year 10 A.D., Emperor Augustus enforced this calendar throughout the Roman Empire. But changes were still made in each month, and hetcis a brief history of each mdnth. January was originally the 11th month and had 29 days.

Caesar made it the first month and gave it 31. originally had 29 days with' 30 in leap years. Augustus took one day from it and added it to August. March was the first month all over the ancient world because it came at the time of the spring "equinox. It takes its name from the god Mars.

It always had 31 days. April had 29 days when it "was on Even if no one else is aware comes from a free society, his growing than the single-track Hep that sanrpri Tt k-ppnc thp MONDAY, MAY 9, 1960 our little deceptions, the usuai liberties are seriously reader. The newspaper reader cup from jiggimg and makes Pamela Hill, 3 years, voice of conscience sees to it restricte(L xhis strain is Ukely is-more in touch with current tea-drinking comfortable! sallie Lou Stallard 5 years that, we never corrmletelv fool v. a Pvpnts than trip reader of oauiv iaiu oiauuu, yeais. Toni Mayerle, 10 years.

1 Clark Hess, 11 years. Susan Wong, 11 years. Alice Cunningham; 12 years. Eva Marie Mendoza, 12 years. Danny Trojan, 12 years.

Yvonne Ribeira, 13 years 10 De gniF American Dean De Labo. 9 vears. ourselves does it strike in a day? See tomorrow's paper for the answer. than it i5 for Russians who "UR iajcuv. ruiu au wo fiavu have had to do as thev were goes.

To a great extent, the with their folded edges toward Jay Todesco, 9 years, fold 'to civUiaS HfeS wen booklet, "How to Read Faster the plate. Ruth-Hersh, 10 Let love of doing good, in God's sight, rather than fear of being caught by men domi- Wln th Brltannlca Werld Atlaa nate all yOUT thoughts, WOrdS aTwiffi and deeds and you will enjoy Siy. winntr 4- the peace of heart, mind and Henry Holif refe, 10. Glen Allen, V. goul towards Which all men Griping is one form of adjust- ana Jer wucnes on uu, ment question.

To get your, copy, 2-Yes, in general they do. 20 cenf The man who reads nothing tura JP? hut. "who dnr. its" and Wpct. Your Mind," P.

O. Box 836, '1 By A. LEOKUr aspire. ems not onlv has suDerficial Oakland 4, Calif. Ttiairlhatcd i i CoBVrlrht.

196. Released by the Georre Matthew Adama Service McVantht Syndicate, toe. reaOUlg UliereSIS, UUt SiSO Ul- National Newipaper Syndicate ay "i iff iiiiii TRANSPORTATION FREIGHT WAREHOUSE! HB AMFV HlfSlAf Furniture' Appliances and 5000 items slightly damaged In UiiHIvU' IMEi Vv shipment to be sold as they arrive in our warehouse the lunar calendar. Caejar increased it to 30 days. May originally had 31 days and kept them in Caesar's calendar.

jyne had 29 days as a lunar month, but Caesar gave it 30. July used to be called Quin-tifis, or the fifth month, counting March as the first. was changed to July to honor Julius Caesar, who gave iti .31 days. Caesar gave August (originally called sixth month) 30 days. Augustus named it after himself nd gave it another day.

Caesar gave September (meaning the seventh month) 31 days, but Augustus reduced it to 30. October was increased from 30 to 31 days by Augustus. November was reduced from 31 days to 30 by Augustus. December originally had 29 days, Caesar gave it' 30, and Augustus added another day to it, giving it 31. the BriUnnica Junior 15-toI-rae encyclopedia for tehooi nd home.

Send your questions, name, addri to "Tell Me Wot." P.O. Here is a list of a few things you will find 50 ttyln of badroem tart 40 ityln of dining room leh 107 different kind of chain en S00 ruaind relit of carpets 150 stylet of lamps 12 different brands of refrig 350 mattresses in sizes twin, full, king, queen erators and washers 35 kinds of custom-made sofas many kinds of beds 45 filing cabinets and desks 25 kinds of dinette sets 5000 different kinds of items for tho heme too numerous to mention all brand new, expertly repaired. Complete home furn ishings. FRIGIDAIRE DELUXE Latest model Frost Free HUGE DISCOUNTS: HUGE DISCOUNTS: $260 REFRIGERATOR SAVE MAM-BED SOFAS Ref. $289.00 New $149 ADMIRAL COMFtETE Units, Til- $149.50 MAPLE CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS, Rlf, JUL Stt tf 4 MANY BRANDS WASHERS and DRYERS ZENITH UPRIGHT COMPUTE $395 FREEZER, Rlf.

SM.IS New SAVE per set DINING ROOM, I c. let, I Chain. lie, Buffet nt Ckiia. flQQ Ret Hew 133 J200 DELUXE Famous Brands ELECTRIC RANGE FR1GIA1RE WASHER 3-Rinf Agio. 1 $299.95.

SAVE up NORGE Combs $23083 WASHER hit. Bo 838, Oakland 4," Calif. Tedajr'i $40 SEVERAL MAKES G-E, Hotpoint, Friojdairo WALL' OVENS UlllkJl Coins, wmner ii: Margaret Ftvarnlk, 11. Ban Joie, SODA POP-ALL FLAVORS CARLOAD IMPORTED BAMBOO DRAPERY FUN TIME The Chuckle Bex 2 OFF Split Wood Slats jLarry: I saw a cop chase a Sul Zirs Vi V4 REFRIS. MQQ QO FREEZER.

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NO MONEY DOWN 36 MONTHS TO PAY looks like a plant marker yAtm Inserted In tcill. Chanoe 3-4-5 Rooms ia Either Modem, Chinos, or Traditional 50 roups to choose from. lYEfYTHINO. YOU HEIDf. j.

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