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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14
SUNDAY NIGHTS METEOR

:, One Of the most brillian: meteors
ever seen in Alexandria shot across
the heavens early Sunday night. It's
course was from southwest TO north
:, east. and for few seconds the sky
was illumined. 1t was supposed to
have STRUCK somewhere in the District
5f Columbia, and diligent search has
since been made to locate the spot
where the celestial visitor may have
Hurled itself in the earth.
The meteor was seen, however, IN
places far away from Alexandria,
where it attracted as much attention
as it did in this vicinity, especially
IN Baltimore and other places in
Maryland
The vivid light was seen to great
advantage in the northeastern sky
about half way between the moon
and the earth, and it created conster-
nat:cn among the residents Of many
arts of Maryland. The passage of
The meteor was followed by a l'unlb-
ling noise. The entire sky was Il.
Illuminated for moment, the object
was seen to burst and throw rag
l.ents from it. and, following the
acknowledgements, a heavy fog settled
tnat bore the odor OF sulphur.
Some persons said there We're three
distinct flashes in rapid succession
ana many heard the report which
followed.
The greatest Of all meteroic showers
occurred early one morning in No
vrn,ber in the early thirties. Meteors
we're not generally understood III
those days, and they were termed fai-
ing stars. On this occasion the heav-
II e;& were llumned fer some time as
I the earth PASSED through 4 meteroic
z.ne, as is often the case in the
months Of August and November.
Many PEOPLE with feeble conceptions
cf 4 natural event well understood
b. those of, today, supposed they
were witnessing falling stars, and
.l.at the Day of Judgment had come
al last. Some AleXandrianS declined
10 make preparations for breakfast,
surprising they had lived to see TIE
ana Of time; Several residents Of
lower Fairfax ccunty had beer gath
eycG during the night in the old toll
house at the northern approach TO
Hunting Creek fridge playing cards
and indulging in stimulants and when
the display Was at its height they
started to crosS the bridge. They.
100. supposed the great Day OF As
sizes had come. and made hungling
attempts to pray while some es
sayed to sing HYMNS. The scene
was suggestive OF the three ship
wrecked sailors drifting on raft
on the Atlantic. Ii was suggested
trait the trio hold religious
service. One of the three said he
could not sing, another said he could
not pray, and the third suggested that
they could take up i collection. The
day finally began to dawn when the
6;>play ceased.
The AlilleriteS, body of Adventists,
we're in evidence at the time, and
they believed the phenomenon was in
t;icative of the sudden approach Of the
Last Day. Some religious enthusiasts.
descendants Of the Mllerites. are liv-
ing today: and they still believe the
meteoric shower of the thirties was
sent by heaven to warn jewellers on
he earth of the approaching end of
time.
PRESERVING LETTERS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14
BANQUET Coffee Now 50 Cents Pound

kedfeId might leave the Commerce
Department soon.
Gregory's successor is not know9E
Assistant Attorney-Genera Graham
is mentioned Sc, too, is Senator James
Hamilton Lewis, VINO will soon be a
lame duck. Another suggestion IS
Counsellor Polk, of the State Depart
ment.
The old story that Secretary OF
War Baker would be shifted to the
attorney eneralship was revived,
but those closest to the war chief said
that if lie changed at al i wouIa be
20 private life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14
PRESERVING LETTERS

The scheme of Lewis H. Machen, Of
Alexandria, now director of the legis-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14
ADMLNISTR.ATRIX NOTICE

Having qualified as administrators
Of the estate Of Charles Nandley
Bru:n. all persons indebted to the cs-
tate viii make prompt payment and
those 10 whom the estate is indebted
will present claims properly authenti-
Gated fer payment.
Mary Ellen Bruin,
Administrators, ". y. a. of tils IS
tate Of Charles Mandley Bruin.
1921 Duke street, Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14

for sale-Wood for sale, 81 a cord.
Inquire Raymond Comrete Pile
Company Torpedo Plant, foot Of
Cameron street. 29G-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14
APARTMENT FOR RENT

5 rooms and bath in4nife III Roser-
feds Dry Goods Store, SIS King st.
II-2t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-01-14

Country Sausage, ID. .......... 40
CampbeIl's or Ritter's Beans, can Is
Old Virginia BuckWheat, ID. 60. 9
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24

fur coats, fur trimmed coats, neck
pieces, muffs and fur lined leather or
cloth coats. Hundreds Of women who
never before felt they could afford
good furs are buying now.
MY personal opinion is that this
demand won't last more than another
fur season.
"The demand will likely be great
next fall but the next year it will
drop off," he said. This desire for
furs will be largely satiated by the
end of next year" he added, explain
ing that it was merely guess and
that no one can tell what the Ameri-
can woman will do.
Natural muskrat, seal dyed musk
rat and racoon furs are the most pop
ular
Because of the huge demand for
muskrat furs, prices for raw skins
have jumped from as low as cents
each to more than So each in fifteen
years. Last year prime northern
muskrat skins sold for $17O. AL
ready some fur dealers are telling
trappers they will pay from $2.10 to
$3.50 for raw skins this year
AS a result of high prices for raw
skins, every farmer boy, every set
tier, and every hunter in the north
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24

demand for high-priced furs. Match
ing is the hardest thing fur manufac-
turers have to battle with. Garment
makers must match rat skins and
coon skins in order to sell coat
Women won't stand for blotched gar
ments. To match skins takes experts
time and searching. There has been
fad of "mOttled" rat skin coats, one
light and one dark placed alternately.
These are mostly southern rat skins
mixed with northern rat skins-re-
sorted to by manufacturers to re-
duce cOSts-since southern skins are
lighter and not nearly as good as
northern rat skins. All the best rat
skins come from the northern reaches
of Minnesota, Montana, North Da-
kota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Most
of the coon skins come from the
southern states.
Foreign furs are popular among
the very rich. Russian sable coats
for instance sell for as high as $780,
600. Each skin-the size of mans
two hands lengthwise-co from
$500 to $500, and sometimes it takes
500 to 1000 skins to make one coat.
Ermine and chinchilla are more
popular now for trimming among the
rich. Nutria, a South American rat.
is also high priced fur Otter and
mink are being used on slightly cheap
er coats for trimming and for small
pieces.
Lamb lined leather and cloth coats
are also popular.
The old pony coat bearskin coat
and wilf-skin coat and muffs are all
out of date Few manufacturers
have a demand for them any more.
They are bending every effort to meet
the ''high-falutin" taste of the mod
ern American woman and you'll have
to ask the women" to find out if they
are succeeding, say dealers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24


AS a result there are more trap
pers going into the woo0s this win
ter than ever in history. Dealers are
uncertain what result this will bring
but they are offering better prices
IN advance than they ever did before.
Th1s looks like higher prices for next
year, they admit.
There are more animals this win
ter than in many years, according to
trappers' reports and they'll be need
ed to meet the demand, say dealers.
In this section approximately so
per cent of this years furs have al
ready passed over the retail counters.
In the east, according to reports. so
TO 80 per cent of the trade has already
bought and the remainder of the sales
Will be Christmas trade, it is believed.
The unusual run on furs is due to
general prosperity throughout the
country dealers declared, and partic-
ularly due to the prosperity of the
feminine pOcketbook.
During the war and since, said
the leading fur garment producer of
the country, women have earned
more money than ever before In
comparison with men the wages of
women have been all out of normal
proportion. They want good clothes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24

woods is getting ready to jump into
the trapping game this month with
vim. One dealer pointed out all the
things back-woods boy could buy
if he trapped only SO or 100 musk
rat this fall and sold them at prices
offered
But every boy can't trap wild ami
mails and get away with it, evper-
fenced trappers pointed out 1t takes
someone who knows the game to get
good skins, take care of them, keep
them intact and sell them right.
There's been a lot of talk about
fox farming, rabbit farming, musk
rat farming, mink and otter farming
and all other kinds of farming. City
folks who don't know the great out
of-doors would naturally think the
choicest flrs would be those bred
and raised in captivity" said buy
er. They figure the animals Sc
lected, segregated, fed and cared for
should produce better fur. That may
be true in domestic stock, but exact
ly the opposite is true when it comes
to fur animals. Naturally wild ami
mails are bound to deteriorate in cap
tivity They are not in their natur-
al state. But the most important
difference is the temperament of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24

amman.
Surprised? Yes, guess most
folks are surprised that the temper
OF an animal las gely decides the quail
ity of its fur.
You've seen a dog or cat bristle
up its back when it gets mad? Well
all wild animals die fighting. Their
guard fur is set. That's the most i'm
portant thing | know of in getting
good fur. Their back fur is bristled
up and it stays that way.
Take a tame animal. After long
captivity and peaceful life it loses
that guard and as a result the pelt
is second or third grade, or no grade
at all. When it is chloroformed, shot
or otherwise killed there is no fight
in it-no struggle-no guard fur
tensed to make the pelt perfect.
The pelts of wild animals are al
ways preferable. And they are hard
er to get, and naturally higher priced.
But the average woman wants the
best fur obtainable is she can posi-
bly, afford it."
Getting back to woman's fancy
tastes they're running riot say the
dealers.
In the east particularly, there is a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
LOOK OUT FOR FARM MORTGAGES
BY John NJ. Oskison.


Within three years there will APP
pear a flood of new farm mortgages
on the investment market, and lot
of money will be lost by those who
buy them.
And here is the reason I make the
| prophecy:
| Since the extraordinary rise in the
prices of farm products. due to the
war and consequent world shortage
! in all food stuffs. farm values have
| been marked up from so to 100 per
| cent There has developed a very ac-
| tive speculation in farms. People are
buying them, holding them for rise,
and then selling them. Most of those
/ who carry on such speculations are
/ not farmers and have no interest in
the farms as areas of productive land.
! A statement from Washington the
other day said that in the corn belt
in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, for ex-
ample-good farms have been marked
up within the year as much as SIS to
/ $125 an acre.
These new prices represent what
is fair under present conditions. That
! is, good farmer can pay these big
prices and make a fair return on his
/ investment as long as wheat soils
for 1925 bushel and everything else
in proportion.
| But consider the case when wheat
is again selling under dollar bush
ell Eyes I heard you when you said
that time would never come again,
but just let us assume 1t for the time
being-it will come, in fact soon
/ enough). On that sad dav not even
H. III 20 10
| S ner cent on the capital he invested.
On that sad day the average farm
err who has borrowed money with
which to buy land or stock or ma
chinery will find himself unable to
repay the loan. His farm will be TAX
en- and sold to satisfy the mortgage.
And. to the horror of the lender,
! who thought that he could safely lend
| 500 an acre on Bill Jones bottom So
that same bottom 80 will be knocked
down at SIS an acre.
Money loaned now. on farms must
be very carefully placed. AS a mat
ter of fact. not much money is being
borrowed by farmers Just now. But
the borrowing will commence when
the prices of corn and wheat and hogs
begin to drop Then the farm mort
ital to carry investments in $250-an-
acre farms and in 20-cent hogs for
fattening.
The job of the appraiser of farm
values is. going to be thorny one
during the coming period of readjust-
ment The conservative among them
are going to say that the Blank Mort
! gage Investment Co. can only afford
to lend $50 an acre on Bill Jones'
bottom SO!
AS the ultimate purchaser of farm
mortgages you and | are going to be
asked to take the word of the apprais-
ers as to the market value of many
farms which are now absurdly over
valued Under the circumstances the
one thing to keep in mind is the rep
utation of our mortgage merchant for
conservatism.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
WOMEN MAD OVER
FURS, DEALERS SAY
BUT EXPERTS SAY POPULARITY
WILL WANE AFTER ANOTHER
THRAPPING SEASON.

st. Paul, Dec. 11.-American wo-
men have gone mad over furs.
This was the unanimous expression
OF fur dealers in this big fur center
today.
Dealers have been hard pressed to
meet the demand for furs this season
and the next season promises ever
greater demand. Prices are higher.
they say, but that makes no difference
10 the women-they want the best
they can get and they've the money
TO pay for them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
SATISFYING RELIEF
FROM LUMBACO
Sloan's Liniment has the
punch that relieves
rheumatic twinges

This thanksgiving, congestion
scattering Notwithstanding REM
edy penetydteS 1Oithont rubbing right to
the aching spot and brings quick re-
lief, surely, clearly. A wonderful help
for external pains, sprains, strains, stiff
ness, headaches, lumbago, bruises.
Get your bottle today-costs little,
means much. Ask your druggist for
it by name. Keep it handy for the
whole family. The big bottle is econ
omy. Csc. Zoe, 81 40.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24

Daniel Johnson, 20. Fond du Lac,
killed himself in a hotel telephone
booth after receiving word from his
sweetheart, Miss Vivian MacWilliams
of Menominee, that she would not
speed their marriage from next June
to Christmas.
Evening journal., 1919-10-07
THE TEST
tFrom the New York Tribune.)

Today at Washington there will be-
gin a national industrial conference
Labor, capital, the proletariat, the intel
lectuals. the government-all these will
be ably represented. The difficulty is
10 get the common public represented.
Formerly II was the governments S
business TO represent the great major
ity; but times and customs have greatly
changed. For example, 10 Is announced
that the Department Of Labor has
named Bert M. Jewell 10 represent the
public. The peace conference might as
well name Lenine 10 plead the cause Of
the Russian bOurgeoisie.
Mr. Jewell runs the railroad employees
department Of the American Federation
Of Labor From that position he as
sisted to launch The Plumb plan. which
gives to labor the privilege and profit
Of running the railroads and reserves
to the government the responsibility
and expense Of owning them. He de-
rives his notoriety from the prediction
that unless all basic industries arc
speedily soclalized, according 10 the
same simple soviet principle. labor will
see that the country is damned,
He is TO represent the public.
The conference will open without a
program. It shall be free and self
determining. II is In itself a manifes-
tation Of American impulse TO get to-
gsther and talk a thing out.
In all such efforts the first condition
OF success Is a common language-not
a language Of the tongue itself, but Of
the mind and heart. Ono may talk revo-
luton and another may talk American
ism. both in the same tongue, but they
will not be speaking the same language.
Neither will understand the other.
We take 10 that the fundamental con-
Germ OF this conference is America. TO
bring beneficial results 10 pass, there
fore. IL must first establish in an un-
ambiguous manner the traditional and
enduring language OF the American
people. II u will do this the country
will be thrilled in all its parts.
Let some one who is there to repre-
sent the public challenge all partici-
pants TO a confession Of political faith
and propose that such as cannot stand
this test withdraw.
10 they believe in our form OF repre-
sentative government?
DO they believe in the right Of Con-
gress TO enact laws?
Evening journal., 1919-10-07
THE JEWISH FEsrvAL or succorm

= OR eight days beginning tomorrow evening one Of
the most distinctive of Jewish festivals viii be cee-
brated u is Succoth, which, translated literally,
Feast OF Tabenacles or Booths II follows close upon
the New Year and the Day OF Atonement but presents
striking contrast the deep soemny Of these holy days
for II is primarily time Of Joy.
succoth refers to the wilderness soiourn Of the
Isaetes after the departure from Egypt when they
permanent dwellings but lived in booths Historically
however. Succoth has its chief significance feast OF
thanksgiving for the completion of the harvest. In
Paestinan times It customary for people from all
parts OF the country to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem
every recurring Succoth and amid much rejoicing
offer, in the Temple, sacrifices to God who vouchsaed
abundant crops.
The early manner OF observing Succoh illustrates the
democratic tendency Of the Jewish religion Every family
rich and poor alike required to erect and occupy
for the period Of the festival a booth constructed out
OF the boughs OF trees and covered with newyharyesed
fruit These booths reminded the people OF the past when
there no inequalities among Israel; when all wero
simply redeemed slaves. enjoying their new-goten
freedom with childish glee; when. in place Of
pretentous buildings, there were only rude hus,
aordng adequate protection from the rgors OF weather
but to the sunlight and refreshing breezes so sug
sestive Of human liberty In the pgrimages, too the
democratic appeal is quite pronounced for again men OF
all stations In life nocked to the Temple Of Jerusalem
tacitly recognizing that whatever their economic con-
dons. they stood the plane children Of the
One God for whose athery help in promoting the growth
Of crops they had come to render thanks.
At the present day. booth, after the old pattern is
usually erected the premises or the temple or synagog
Many pious families st put up such structures In the
yards OF their homes, and eat meals therein some tenn
Piles hold chdren' harvest festivals the children bring
Ing offerings or fruits graln vegetables and flowers 10
the temple. to be distributed among tho needy and the
sick.
Evening journal., 1919-10-07
DON'T BURN YOU. OWN HOUSE.

r| HE latest figures made public showed that the
nre loss for men, and children in France
per year 40 cents England 33 cents In Italy 25
cents; in Switzerland 10 cents and in Holland only fl
cents.
In the United States the direct loss for the period
was $40 for each indvidual-and the Indirect loss
far higher
One Of the principal for this discrepancy lies
the almost universal American vice OF carelessness.
year FIRE destroyed than sSOOOOoOOO OF prop
ery and 70 per cent Of the loss caused by careless
necc.
Thousands OF lives lost families left home
less little children burned for llft-and
proper and reasonable safeguards were not
taken.
are asked observe Thursday OF this week as Fire
Prevention Day.
AS a community should consider IT our duty to
do So
II lived on desert island. he might have some
warrant for dsregardns proper precautionary
to fires, but In city where each householder is
less dependent for his security on his neighbors
habits in this regard It is little short OF criminal neg
gence to be careless
One Of the most important questions being driven
home to every nation in the world result the great
is that Of conserving to the utmost It's man-power
and resources.
The world needs more production.
There is a scarcity Of many Of the elemental necessities
me time has come to stop waste In every part Of our
community lHe
There is feature OF national existence in which
the utter useessness Of waste clearly shown than
in the annual destruction OF life property by pre-
yentable fires
So great has been this waste for many years past and
50 great is now that and mayors throughout
the country calling their fellow citizens TO Join
hands in cooperative TO stamp out this evil
onr neighboring States joining in the movement
and citizens everywhere combining to do what Is in
their power to that the scourge fire. where can
be prevented, does not visit their localities
loss Of than million dollars each year is
caused by the careless OF matches alone
Defective chmneys and nues cost the people Of the
United states than twelve million dollars year
Careless smokers in1icon us in nre losses is si6
minute. or si65OOO week
Forest fires caused by csrelessness annually cost the
people OF this country millions Of dollars Of loss the de-
sruction Of vast timber and the waste OF
valuable lives.
Is It not time that the common sense Of the people Of
the United States should up to the frlghful loss
that habits Of csrelessness are costing them?
Fire Prevention Day should be made an annual insti-
tuition here
Wilmington must not fall behind other communities in
taking the fight for this most sane and wholesome
work Of conserving life and property.
Evening journal., 1919-10-07
WHY is IT?


is not desire TO deny 10 the State Highway Com
mission and the Levy Courts OF three counties one
shred OF credit for the work they doing in the matter
OF improving the public roads
think It exceedingly strange however that II takes
so much longer to road work under public contract
than it does under private contract and that too, under
private work contracts which much difcut OF
accomplishment than the public work contracts.
For instance, Pierre S dupont is improving the old
Kennett Turnpike with twentyfour foot road OF the
finest quality Four miles Of that road has been built
within three months the work continues to
At high speed.
Tho rapid progress made the Kennett Turnpike has
caused many persons to why equal speed cannot
be made other projects under public contrac-such
projects for instance the Delaware section Of the
LnooS Highway, and the New Castle Csuseway in which
the concrete is not wide II Is the Kennett turn
pike.
It 10 this Is matter for the State Highway
Commission and the Levy Courts to take up with
tractors to the end that the travelling public may suffer
minimum OF inconvenience from road improvement
work.
Evening journal., 1919-10-07
sUNNYBRooK COTTAGE AND ITS MISSION.

n Friday afternoon from to O'Clock, the Whining
" ton public. both men and women invited to the
opening OF sunnybrook Cottage Marshaton on the
Kenneth Square trolley Tea will be served 10 all comers
ana It is hoped that large number Will take the oppor
tunity TO see this unique institution
sunnybrook Cottage is picturesque name and It be-
longs 70 an interesting novelty in Wilmington welfare
work
Wilmington has long needed what s called in other
cities "preyentorium'- is place where under
nourished hafslck children made strong and well
where children can come from hospital wards and
spend their pre-tubercular children
not yet consumptye but the way 10 be so can have
the Great White Plague ayerted by special nursing and
feeding. To cover these problems the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society has arranged several acres o
ground with substantial house upon IT, which was until
lately chicken farm. committee OF some thirty
women headed by Mrs. Caleb Layton Jr has ntted p
and furnished this house. and already dozen kddes are
ready for its opening this week
Out IN the sunshine by the brook that runs through