Continent

In Rome, Professor Ugo Mondello Italian geologist, predicted: "We can expect another continent to rise up out of the earth in the South Atlantic Ocean as ; sequel to the recent volcanic disturbance in South America."

Fables

Cartoonist Robert L. Ripley's nationa "Believe It or Not" contest was won by Brooklyn's Clinton W. Blume with a proved story of losing an initialed scrubbing brush in 1918 near the coast of France, finding it a year later in the surf at Manhattan Beach where he was a life guard.

Second place went to E. L. Blystone of Ardara, Pa. who had written 2,871 letters on a grain of rice, a record.

Other provers of the fabulous: Rev Mark L. Voyles of Little Rock, Ark. who can give the chapter and verse number of any scriptural quotation read to him and recite the preceding and succeeding verses; W. W. Pitman of Wharton, Tex. who disarmed a man by shooting a bullet into one of the chambers of his gun; Edward W. Pulick of College Point, N. Y. who was struck by lightning, left uninjured save for singed hair, a burnt straw hat; Robert F. Lancaster of South Whitley, Ind. whose family of 58 has not had a death in 83 years.

Names

In Jersey City Dr. George F. Pilz was given permission by a judge to insert a "t" in his name. In Manhattan, the telephone company refused to give practical jokers the number of Herman Nertz.

Biter

In Antioch, 111., convicted by a jury of having bitten the town marshal, Biter John Brogan dived into the jury box, rapidly bit eight jurors.

Janitor

In Thurman, Iowa, David D. Rhode, janitor of the school, eloped with Helen Gardner, the principal. Janitor Rhode's wife succeeded to his job. Helen Gardner died of a fall downstairs in Scotts Bluff, Neb. Last week David Rhode returned to his wife and five children.

Toe

In Agency, Mo. Jim Gidden, 88, pained by the second toe on his right foot, put his foot on a board, drove nails between the toes to hold them apart, poised a putty knife in the first joint of the pained toe, hit the knife with a hammer. After treatment by a doctor, Jim Gidden put the right second toe in a jar of salt water.

Stick

In Chicago, settling a dispute whether a man could outswim a dog fetching a thrown stick, John Gilligan and Jack Gallagher drowned. The dog swam back with the stick.

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