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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-05
HOUSES QUICKLY BUILT
Residence That Satisfies Eskimo Can
BE Put Together In Something
Like Six Hours.

1t takes about six hours to huild
rirst-class winter residence in Eskimo
land. The material, snow cut from
bank that must have been made in a
single storm, must be solid and homo
geneous, fine, yet soft enough to be
easily cut with saw or snow knife. The
blocks are three or four feet long. two
feet high and six to eight inches thick.
They are piled on one another, some
thing like in building n brick house,
save that they are placed to form
spiral. inclined inward, to form Il
d0meshaped structure When finished
the ho1se is 10 Or Il feet high and II
TO 10 feet In diameter and has the ap-
pearance of Il hemisphere Of snow set
on its fiat side. An entrance. big
enough to crawl through, is made Oh
one side and on either side of it are
cubby-hOleS for the storage Of harness,
the wall and covered with seals in
testines, sewed together. These are
translucent and admit daylight. In
lieu Of that q slab of clear fresh
water ice may be used. The house is
lined with skins to prevent the warm
air from the inside from melting the
snow roof. Between the skins and the
wall there is always n layer Of cold
air. There is also a small hole cut in
the roof for ventilation. and to pro-
vide draught for the family lamp.
On the side of the house opposite the
entrance a broad snow bench is built.
with long pole for an edge. This Is
the family bed. For mattress
thick layer of shrubs Is spread upon
it and over these many deerskins.
Clothes. when taken Off, are rolled up
and put under the skins for pillows.
One blanket OF skins serves to cover
the whole family.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-05
Finished. the Program.

The newlyweds moved in the apart.
ment next to the settled old bach.
elOr. They had a ukulele and every
night they entertained themselves and
annoyed him by playing 1T and sing.
ing very sentimental songs together.
Usually they ended with "Home Sweet
Home"
He endured 1t bravely and said
nothing until one day he heard them
having their first quarrel. That night
he supposed he would have quiet, but
quite as usual the bridegroom
thrummed on his luke" and very wild,
weird tunes he thrummed, too. Final.
~ there was q long silence and the
bachelor knew that they had ended
their concert without their usual
Home Sweet Home"
Grimly he crossed to his Victrola,
which had been silent since the ad.
vent of the newlyweds and their srl.
pcrior musical instrument. With cla.
tion he took from the rack the record
he had put there in hopes that some
day his turn would come. And cxut.
nntly the Fictrola ground out "pack
Up Your Troubles III Your Old Kit
Bag and Smile Smile, Smile"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-05
To Stick Labels on Glass.

The Druggists Circular and Chemi-
cal Gazette says that mucilage of trag-
acanth is a satisfactory agent. The
mucilage is made by pouring over the
gum enough water to little more than
cover IT, and then. as the gum swells.
adding more wafer from time to time,
in small portions until the mucIlage
Is brought to such consistency that
1t may be easily spread with brush.
II the labels are Of thick paper, per-
haps flour paste might be better. Den-
trine dissolved in cold water makes q
tenacious paste. Its odor, however. Ii
not particularly agreeable.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-05
AFTER SLEEP OF CENTURIES
Ecc'esiastie hay Be Said to Have Re-
turned to Earth for a Few
Brief Moments.

There was q little gathering in the
green graveyard Of all old priory
church. There was the rector and an
OLD antiquary in rusty black, Il few
neighboring sQuires, the county police
sergeant, the sexton and a labOrer or
two, while an ancient stone coffin. re-
Gently uncarthrd, lay on the ground.
who dO YOU suppose 1t is. profes.
sor?" inquired the rector.
The old man in black polished his
glasses and adjusted them carefully.
1T must be Thomas DeBoehm's." he
said. Thomas who was prior here in
the time Of Henry III. about 1920. But
we shall see" s''s 'r''
A hush fell on the group as the men
set to work with hammer and chisel.
"All ready" the sexton report ed
presently. They took off their hats and
the policeman removed his helmet The
ponderOuS lid was slowly pushed aside
and they We're gazing at the calm,
strong face of an eccleSiaStic in rich
silk veStments, wrapped in his 700
years sleep.
Eyes, it's Thomas" murmured the
professor, with the air of one recog-
niZing an old friend. Every like the
contemporary portrait on the vellum."
AS they continued to gaze, spell
bound, weird thing happened. The
vestmentS gradually lost their color
ing and then all that the coffin con-
tanned crumbled before their eyes to a
mere handful OF ashes.
Dust to DUST" whispered the rec
tor.
Very subdued and silent the little
company dispersed.-LOndOn Times.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-12-05
Bones for the Tubercuious.

Bones as a diet for human beings
may sound rather strange, but In cases
of tuberculosis Doctor Berthier OF
Paris has found them highly beneficial.
1t is the spongy or cancellous parts OF
veal bones that he uses. These are
about One-half ossein, which is laden
with phosphates and cnrbonates OF
lime, these salts being much needed
by tubcrculous persons, who always
suffer from drcalciticatiOn.
Doctor Berthier describes In bull
lctin of the Academic de Medicine
how he prepares the bones. He Sc
lects the short. SpOngy bones, splits
them, boils them with vegetables salt
and piece of meat for almost six
hours and then let's his patients pick
out with their forks as much OF the
soft bony matter as they can.
Another benefit derived from the
bones Is THAT they help TO prevent de-
cay OF the teeth.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03

returns.
1t is estimated that an additional
half billion dollars in taxes will be
collected in 1920 through the work of
the audit force. AT least $500, 900
OF this is expected before the end of
the fiscal year next June.
An item receiving the particular at
tention CT revenue agents and from
which large amounts of additional
taxes are being secured daily is the in
yentory accounted for at the close
Of the taxable year Commissioners
Roper pointed cut that money tied up
in goods on hand at the close of the
taxable year must be accounted for
just the same as cash in bank. He
said that Notwithstanding specific
provisions OF the law and regulations
which prescribed the manner in which
inventories shall be taken and the
values determined, taxpayers have per
sisted in eliminating large parts of
the true value of their inventories be.
fore returning them for tax purposes.
Corporations and individuals who
have filed income and excess profits
tax returns during the last two years
in which the provisions of the laws
and Treasury Department regulations
have been disregarded may be expect.
ed, it was stated by Mr. Roper, to be
called on any day for an accounting.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03
SIX DAY BICYCLE RACE
Fifteen Teams in Contest at Madison
Square Garden


New York, Nov. 80 The annual
six.day bicycle race, which began tc-
night at the Madison Square Garden,
is being contested over a track which
measures nine laps to the mile For
the last % years this event which
marks the opening of the winter in
door sports season has been decided
on l0-lap track. This year however,
the management decided to enlarge
the wooden bowl so that the riders
might have an opportunity of obtain
ing greater speed II was also planned
to avoid spills on the turns by making
The back and homestretches longer.
The point system for spirits which
proved so exciting during the last
three CT four races will govern the
contest again this year These sprints
will take place at regularly appoint
I'd time during the early morning.
afternoon and night racing each day
The hours set for sprinting sessions
are 2:30 a. m, $3.50 p. m, and $3.50 p.
m Five sprints will be decided each
morning and afternoon and twice that
number at night. Under the point
system the leading team in each
sprint viii be credited 9Th six
points, the second with five and on
down 10 sixth Place for which one
point will be scored.
Twelve points instead OF six will be
tailed by the winners of each sprint
next Saturday afternoon and this
tally will be increased to 70 points
for the winners OF each of the sprints
during the closing hours of the race
On Saturday night, but there will be
no change in the points for the other
five places at any time during the
week.
In addition to the cash prizes for
the winning and placed teams at the
finish of the event, $500 will be
awarded each day TO the sprint win.
rs Fifteen teams picked from the
best riders in the world, 10 of whom
are champions in their respective
classes, make UP the thoroughly in-
ternational field of starters as follows.
American-Goullet and Madden,
French-Swss Deputy and Egg.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Mcnamara
New York-Eaton and Kaiser
Belgian-Buyss and Spiessens.
Italian Brocco and Verri
French-Belgian- Chardon and III
'berghein.
Bostcn-Hill and Drobach.
California Hanley and Lawrence.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
Chapman.
Long Island--Carman and Lang.
ltalian-American Bello and Thomas
Newark Weber and Keller
French-Arets and Beyl
New Jersey-Coburn and Bopsky.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03
MILLIONS IN BACK -....-
TAXES UNSOLICITED
Special Auditors Find 100000, 900
Duc-Frauds in inventories
Unearfhed

Washington, Nov. 2S.--Millions of
dollars in delinquent income and ex-
cess prof taxes are being recovered
by the Government as result Of a
systematic audit of the tag returns
filed with the Treasury.
A special audit force organized last
January has uncovered S200,0000 900 in
taxes due on individual and corpor-
alton returns that were not reported.
Inventories returned have been found
Il fruitful field of either deliberate or
unintentional fraud upon the Govern
ment.
1t was stated officially today that
tanned this result from merely
scratching the surface of the huge
accumulation of tax returns"
Since the revenue bureau made pub
lie its findings in the Crucible Steel
company case many taxpayers have
hurried in with amended returns that
call for higher tax payments than
those made. In every case where the
returns have been given in
& cd faith they have been accepted.
Officials announced today q determi-
nation 10 impose he full penalty OF the
law on every case where intent to de-
fraud is disclosed by search The pen
atty for filing false or fraudulent re-
turn with intent to evade payment of
tax is a fine of not more than $4,000
or one year in Jail or both, and an
additional assessment of 100 per cent
CT the amount of the deficiency in
1917 returns and so per cent on 1918
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calotnel. No
gripping results from these pleasant
little tablets. They cause the liver
and bowels to act normally. They
never force them 70 unnatural action.
Dt. Edwards Olive Tablets are
soothing, healing, vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil.
If you have bad taste, bad breath,
feel dull, tired. are constipated or
bilious, you'll find quick and sure re-
suits. from DR.. Edwards little Olive
Tablets at bedtime. 10c and 25c box.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03

all.
The company which is TO finance
the proposition is the one which own
ed the Kittery and sold ii a year ago.
They at that time operated between
Gordon's Landir =~jand Plattsburg
AID it is understood that viii be the
route next summer. for it is intended
TO have the boat complete by that
time
The steamer will bear the lettering
Roosevelt Grand Isle Ferry High
way on its sides The boat is to be
propelled by oil burning engines The
beam Will be % feet and her capacity
90 automcb iles. Her depth will be
seven feet, three inches. The gross
tonnage will be 1883 and the net
tonnage $50. The cost win be nearly
S25, 600
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03
intelligence.

Sense never fails to give them that
have it words enough to make them
understood. William Penn.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03
cHAMpLAlNs BIGGEST BOAT
viii Run Next Summer and Trans
port Automobiles

Lake Champaign is to, be traversed
by another boat which is TO form an
important part oil the Roosevelt high
way Plans have been approved by the
Burlington board of United States
steamship inspectors for the construc.
tion of a ferry boat which will be the
largest plying tho lake. The length is
given as liz feet and five inches over
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-03

To stop falling hair at once and rid
the scalp OF every particle of dandruff.
get small bottle of 'Danderine" at
any drug or toilet counter for few
cents, pour little in your hand and
rub it into the scalp. After several
applications the hair usually stops
coming out and you can't find any
dandruff Soon every hair on your
scalp shows new life, vigor, bright
ness, thickness and more color
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-22
U. S. WILL NOT BOYCOTT
GERMANS, BRITISH SAY

LONDON The United States will
refuse further to Cooperate IN any
economic boycott Of Germany. no
matter what the allies may do, &c.
cording TO Major A, NJ Bcrtle, in
British White paper, reporting ON his
visits TO Berlin, East and West Prus-
sla and Courland. Major Bertle said
,ha, in April American firms already
were buslly engaged IN scheme ior
capturing the German trade for them
selves as soon aN the blockade is
raised
Thus a Danfig shipowuer iu-
formed me tha, an American COM
mission which recently visited Ham
burg made a poin, Of ascertainlng the
names Of firms on the British black
list with view OF establishing an
American trade monopoly with these
firms" Major Rcr,ie reported An
official Of the Inland Water Trans.
port informs me that an American
| chamber OF commerce has been
! founded in Berlin to revive trade be.
tween Germany and the United
| States"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-22
AAJOR FAHNESTOCK
RICHEST AMERICAN
TO DIE IN SERVICE

HARRISBURG, Pa.-Maior Cir
nee FahneSock, whose family resid-
Id in ,hi, city for many wears, was
he richest American to lose his HE
h the service during the war with
Germany.
This TACT was revealed BY the tax
AppYAiser. of Putnam county, n. "
kiter the appraisal of the FahneNoek \
k,ta,e. which is assessed at S,SC,wo
Aker all deductions are made, the
it,,e of New York will receive an IN
heritance tax OF 2I2,S7S.
Major Fahnes,ock contracted pncu'
nonia while serving at the front III
France. which resulted in his death.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-22

The new way 10 remove superfuous
hair. roots and all-the phelactlnc way
IA rapidly superseding the old fash
)oned depilatory methods. as well as
elsetricity. raror and tweesers Ana va
Lsmiess a child could safely eat 1t
- non Irritating and odorless It In
AltoVether pleasant TO use--an the
process Ia 30 quick acting that It &C
luRliy removes the hairs entire, In
Xeiuding the roots, In just few see
u3nds!
IN You will surely have the surprise ol
Siour life n you will obtain stick OF
(helsctins from your druggist and FOL
~ the simple instructions which &C,
Zkmpapy H. tAdv.) }
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-22
SOLDIER FINDS
FAMILY after 3
| YEARS. SEARCH
usSian Returns From War
to Town Burned by Reds,

OMSK, Siberia - (Ry maiD To
md the needle IN the hly,tack AMI
,r that needle to be your own wife
nd family--lost in the great wilder
|ew called Siberia But here is tho
|ory:
A Russian soldier, Nikolai Ivanoii.
no had been in a German prison
hmp for three years, was recently
pleased and, with hundreds OF Others
hipped 20 Omsk, the seat OF the All.
|iberian government. lie arrived in
msk-raggcd. tired, hungry home
S. While he had been A prlSoner
be bolshevik uprising had occurred.
lis native village had been rayed by
be red guard Three years before he
bd left his brave young wife and
no babies in that village. Were
hey dead. or were they refugees flee
kg before the horrors of the bol>hc-
kil At either thought his heat
knk, To be a refugee homeless N
he bitter cold oi Siberia hungry III .
Ind where even the rich could not
~ food lie pictured the bare toes
| the little Ivan and NO small boots
he had in Siberia for the children.
| nd then he could not let himself
bink Of it any longer but started IN
hunt for the three who belonged TO
m.
II is something Of a lob--ScarchinV
liberia for a family Hundreds OF
lousands of refugees, scurrying IN
rror before the Germans and boil
,cviks alike, scattering like chatt
ave either died or been completely
st sigh, Of Whole families have
ZEN wiped out, leaving never trace
pr memory 10 show that such souls
I'D been. Those that survived wee
brinklcd over thousand, at square
Niles. from Uia 10 Nlliiyoyo.l
Nikolai began hi, search 100 Om,k
ore than a hundred thousand rril
res live in OmSk N,Enlai 'r'cd all
Ne official channel, OF the Russia
pvernmcn, bu, there was 10 record
his wife and babes. They told hin
} 90 to the American Red Cross.
In the city OF Om'k the Amcrlcar
ed Cross handled over 25mO reiu
res. Some live in hu,' ard houses
pine in yyemlyankas or dsgout'
traped on, from under tle snow
(hers live in boX.carS and Scycra
housandS in BARRACKS. TIE Re.
|ro. holds complete records OF 'Aen
Nholai plodded hopcle ,'y over th'
row TO the barracks and inquired o
he byergcnci (reiuRee0 for his fam
" No one knew Marie lvano'
nd little Ivan and Olga. They wer'
ot there. He was about 10 tuti
vsy when he saw a Red Cross work
He asked her about his wile-hl
oung wife and two babies. Did 81
now where they were The Re
fress woman looked in the Red Cro'
ecords--and there they were write
own, Marie. Ivan and Olga Ie'
li wers living--no, not in the bar
heks, bu, in the rvam'yanka. Ih
kalchik Ivan wasSsiok. but the Amer
AN nurse came to see him ever
ay. They had all received elo,hc
rom the Red Cross distribu,io
hons. The wife did sewing for ,her
nd earned sixty rubles week--nc
,uch. but enough to keep the lit,'
somachs full.
The Red Cross woman told him ho'
find the ryemlyanka, pre'endln
b, TO see the tears that ulckled iror
il brave Russian eyes and droppe
oto hi, shabby uniform.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-22

becn compelled 80 leave and take
shelter .u tie barn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-08-22

When the rauchman and girl rid
ing the horse passed the barn where
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

| wunted a nickel to go to the MOVIES,
and / looked for pop and he was taking
a nap on the setting room sofer, me think
ing, q, if | wake him up jest TO ask
him that, he proberly wouldn't do 1t eny-
how because l voak him up.
Wich he proberly wouldn't of, and |
stood there vile thinking he mite wake
up by himself, witch he proberly would
if Id of stood there long enuff, ony then
it would of bin too late, and | thawt,
maybe if he weak up by axsident 1t
would be allsrite.
And l started TO try to think of a
good axsident, and all | could think of
was leeving sumthing fall down stairs to
make a noise, thinking, A chair would be
a good thing, ony its too delicate. So
took the shoe blackening box out of the
bathroom and umpdumped all the things
out of il and carried it up to the top OF
the 3rd story stairs and pushed it down.
banging agenst the bannisters and max
ing sutch a fearse noise wen 1t landed
YOU wouldent of thawt Jest one blacken
ing box could OF did it, the lid coming
off the hinges and hitting the bathroom
door another fearse crack and pop com
ing running out of the setting room al
| awake as enything, saying, Wat the doose
who the devil, Benny, are you bert?
No sir, sed up at the top OF the steps
| Wich jest then pop saw the blaekenini
box in ? peeees and the big mark on tn
bathroom door, and l quick sed, l wa
| up heer balancing it on the edge, pop
and it went down by axsident. Not tell
ing him about me pushing it to make tn
axsident, and pop sed, Come down heer
need You to take an important par
in another axsident, and you're not goini
to be the innocent bystander, either.
| Yes sir, l sed And went down slow
this being good place TO stop.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-13
The Church Sociable.
(Rutland Herald.)

The setting in of real winter and the
end of the war is looked to for re-
vival of that fine old New England
function-the church sociable.
Regarded as money proposition, the
old fashioned church sociable was a
joke; considered as a neighborhood
festivity and getting together, was a
huge and specialized success.
To begin with, consider the constitu-
tons of people who could work all day
under conditions that try mems souls
and ruin women s tempers, chores and
milking to be done before hitehing up
for the evenings ride, a light supper
of fried pork, hot bread and pie eaten
| then the doings,
| Baked beans, pickles, nine kinds OF
cake, cheese, doughnuts, pies galore
and eoffeel Imagine an ordinary NOR
tai devouring anything like that, ther
going home and sleeping like a tired
child until three or four or five a. m.
| And the entertainment-if there wa:
one. Melodramas have taken the plae'
of the dialogues. The movies have de
ltroyed the taste for charades. Schools
of expression have ruined the speaking
pieces and the photograph has abol
ished singing schools and most sing
ling.
We still have the inspired parson o
superintendent who desires to make |
few remarks, but the chances are tina
the pristine charm and flavor of tn
lchurch sociable have departed forever.
| Nevertheless, the fiivver habit pre-
walls until deep snow time, and the gre
garious instinct still moves the hear
of man. We have our church societies
our lodges and our oranges. Festivit.
and good fellowship survive the old
time sociables. They are just as SO
ciable, perhaps, though perhaps not $
churchly and modern stomachs hay
clearly grown unable to sustain sue
shocks as the old-fashioned church SUI
Iper provided.
Truly we are fallen on degenerat
times and the pie belt is shot full 0
holes. May we never become so moo
ernized that we cannot enjoy the neigh
borhood and community gathering
even though the oldtime features ar
lgrown stale, Improbable and neglected