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The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Not Always warned By Instinct

Many persons are under the impress
sion that the instinct of animals
warns them against eating or drinking
anything injurious. This may be the
case with wild beasts, but it certainly
is not true with domestic animals. A
chicken will drink paint and cows
have been known to poison themselves
by draughts from pool in which high
ly poisonous nitrate of soda had been
stepped Give a canary hempseed In
quantities and it will very soon kill
itself.
On the other hand. there are poisons
quickly fatal to man which have com
paratively little effect upon lower
form of animal liff,
Dogs and horses can take ten times
as much morphine in comparison to
their body weight as man can. The
dove or pigeon can take 500 times as
much, while the frog is unhurt by a
dose 1000 times greater, weight for
weight, than would ldn US.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
MUSIC IN COST OF LIVING
Flats In New York City Begin
to Take Alarm.

Opening windows on the first warm
days Of the year bring a warning that
this viii probably be the most musical
season New York has ever seen, says
the Evening Star of that city. The
apartment-house court has always
been cosmopolitan in its musical tastes
and prone to prodigality in its volume
of more or less musical sounds in
summer, and this time 1t appears that
not only are all the young men home
from the army but that the high cost
of everything has also made the apart
ments more densely inhabited and
more continuously SO than ever before.
The magnets are lacking that once
drew folk away from home in the eve
ming. Beer is negligible as a corner
attraction. The movies are more ex-
pensive and more tiresome. Soda
bears a war tax paid by the dispenser
and also charged to the consumer.
Home has become rather forced
haven for all and music is being over
worked in an attempt to relieve its
tedium
This season we have with US, appar-
emily, not only the phonograph and
the player piano-those resources of
the musical and unmusieal alike-but
there is also an apparent return of the
child who practices on the piano.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
SAvAGEs WORE BODY ARMoR
Gilbert islanders Used That Form of
Protection, but It Was Limited
to Leaders.

Only one tribe in the South Pacific
islands ever rose to the height of in
venting armor to be used in their war
fare. But even this tribe, the Gilbert
islanders, turned out only few suits,
owing to the work entailed in the
manufacture. Francis Dickie says, in
the Scientific American, that the suits
were limited in number, and that
every village was the proud possessor
of one. At the outbreak of a conflict
between villages, not all the inhabi-
tants went to war, but the most
doughty warrior was dressed in the
village armor and sent against the
champion of the rival place.
The brown-colored fabric covering
the body and legs, which formed the
Gilberts' armor, was made out of coir
string taken from the husk of the
coconut, so closely woven as to make
a protection stronger than board. and
having greater lightness to RECOMMEND
it. A further breastplate, invulnerable
to any native weapon, was made from
the dried skin Of the stingaree, or ray
fish, which dried as hard as metal.
In the last few years peace has set
tied over the Gilherts and the armor
has ceased tc be manufactured. The
few suits in existence have all been
seized by collectors of rare articles.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Cyclones Awful Destruction.

The tropical cyclone is a real cy-
clone. That is, 1t is the same sort of
thing as the ordinary cycIonic air
movements which bring most of our
storms here in the eastern United
States; but in the tropics these move
ments are smaller in circumference,
incomparably greater in strength,
and fortunately much less frequent in
occurrence. Often in a given region
like the West Indies there will be such
a storm only once in two or three
years. The weather bureau viii usual
ly note the storm after it has started
and will send warning to ships in it's
path by wireless. The ships usually
make port. Those overtaken by the
storm are almost invariably destroyed.
The islands that are struck by it suf-
fer most. Ships in the harbors are
thrown up on the beach. houses are
blown down and banana and coconut
groves that have taken years to grow
are destroyed in a moment.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Flying Casualties.

Revised figures from the war depart
ment show that there were but 5S3,cas-
ualties among american aviators in
Europe during the war. OF this mum
ber 491 were among aviators with the
A. E. F. and the remainder among avi-
ators on duty with the British. French
and Italian armies. The casualties are
classified as follows: Killed in combat
POS; prisoners, 145; wounded in action
152; killed in action; 41 missing In
action, %; injured in action. 25; In
termed, 8.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
VOLCANOES AWAKE TO LIFE
Mount Katnrai, in Alaska. Especially,
Shows Signs of Preparation for
+ Destructive outburst

Affording an awe compelling specta-
Gle Of nature in a sullen mood and
awakening memories of the ghastly
details Of the eruption of eight years
ago, Mount Katmai, most powerful and
restless Of North American volcanoes,
is again in violent activity, according
10 Capt. Charles A Glasscock and
Purser Gary Bach of the steamer Ad-
Eiral Watson, which reached port re-
Gently from southwestern Alaska, says
the Seattle Post-Intelligeneer.
A sable pail of smoke from the fun
Rel of the beleh1ng crater bfoods over
the.Rorthern sky for a radius Of 40
or so miles by day. while fretful
tongues Of flame can be seen by YES
sells a score of miles at sea at night
according to the Seattle mariners,
knights peak, q neighbor1ng vol
cano. has also been stirred to spectac-
ular efforts by the outburst Of its more
deadly companion, and .wreaths Of
smoke hang over numerous peaks Of
the rugged Alaska peninsula.
A slight earthquake Ehock was ey-
perieneed at sKodiak island the night
of April 8. a day before the arrival of
the Admiral Watson. Two days later
those on the Admiral Watson had a
rare view of the volcano.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

Among the natural guardians of the
trees are the woodpeckers, which
gather their food as they creep round
the trunks and branches. AS the food
of the woodpecker is nearly as abund-
ant in winter as in summer they are
seldom migratory. They never forage
in fiocks, like some of the granivorous
birds whose food is more plentiful,
but. scatter out over wide areas and
thus better their fare. They bear the
same relation to- other birds that take
their food from trees as snipes and
woodcocks bear to thrushes and
quails-that is, they bore into the
wood as the snipe bores into the
earth, while thrushes and quails seek
their sustenance on the surface of
the ground.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
"Devil's parnina Needle"

The darning needle, or devils darn
ing needle, is one of the names given
to the dragon fly, which belongs to the
order Odonats. Other popular names
for this insect are snake feeders, y
snake doctors" "horse stingers," "iy-
ing adders,' etc, though dragon flies
are harmless. as well as useful in kill
ing mosquitoes and little flies. Young
dragon flies and the young of other
insects. such as many flies, while in
the intermediate stage between the
eggs and the mature insect, live In wa
ter and are called "nymphs." Many
Of them live for a year in this stage
In ponds before transforming into
adult dragon flies.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
JUST WHAT WORRIED MOTHER
Her Thoughts on Matter Were Gen.
tered on the Partner of Her
Joys and Sorrows.

The wouId-be stern father assumed
his most forbidding air as his young
son somewhat guiltily entered the
study.
Charles he said, with finger up
raised in admonition, ST am horrified
to hear that you were seen at Ro-
mano's the night before last, acting
as host to party of chorus girls. Can
this be trueT
"oh, yes, papa" admitted the
young man, with the merest apology
for a blush.
MY boy. what-what do you sup
pose your poor mother would think
would say-should this come to her
ears?"
"Oh. that's all right, pater." blurted
out young hopeful Don't you worry
about the mater. AS matter of fact,
she knows and she asked me TO be
sure not to let you get TO know who
they were. Triad (Sydney).
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Portable Town Given France.

Many an American tourist Will be
surprised this summer to find, just out
side the. War-torn city of Lens, France,
viii learn that the village Is a gift
from the people of Holland to the re-
turning citizens of Lens. The housr
all of wood and of an ingenious, knock
down construction, are now awaiting
shipment from the Netherlands, where
the parts were sawed and fitted. As
senabled, they viii shelter in comfort
500 refugees. When all the dwellings
are occupied, the Dutch government
will send landscape gardeners to lay
out flower beds and shrubbery in har-
mony with the buildings.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
PUNISHED FOR KINDLY DEED
English Magistrates Seem to Have
Dealt HarshIy With Man Who
"Broke" the Sabbath.

John Bull is an English publication.
The letter we are reproducing from its
columns was written to the magis-
trates of the English town of Reading.
One wonders if they ever heard of the
distinction between the letter and the
spirit of the law. remarks Our Dumb
Animals.
'sYour worships; I gather you don't
go to church on Sundays as a regular
thing. Let me tell you why gather.
On a Sunday during the strike n po-
liceman dug up the Sunday observ-
ance act In order to convict poor
devil of a drover-Charles Palmer 10
wit.of driving cattle through the
streets. The man had fetched tbe
beasts from the railway station.
where they had arrived from pa5ilH.
They were then in a bad state. If
they had not been removed TO be fed
and watered they would have been the
victims of callo0s cruelty; aud though
on this particular Sunday that which
is written, Which of you shall have
an ass or an OK fall into pit and will
not straightway pull him out On the
Sabbath day was part Of the gospel,
you made the drover pay the costs of
his prosecution. To all intent and
purpose, therefore. gentlemen, yea
might as well have convicted and fined
him. What a pity it is that the act
of 1877 doesn't prohibit Reading mag
istrates from walking or driving
through the streets on Sunday in or
der to catch their dinRer"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Wealth is Not Always Happiness.

Often happiness is forced upon us
as through Ill fortune. Many man
of wealth finds life dull and insipid In
the midst of luxury and crowds 9th
ers have really begun to live with the
loss Of their wealth. History is not
without examples of men and women
who have renounced their wealth to
find joys in doing things as men. The
story is told of woman who had all
the money she could use and still was
not really happy. III fortune reduced
her wealth and she was compelled to
work for the support of her children.
Her friends thought work degrading
to her. but she declared that she has
never enjoyed life so much as since
the loss of her money. She is putting
herself into the money she earns.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Diamond Thieves Easily Detected.

Diamond stealing in the South At
frican mines is becoming precarious
business. The blacks still swallow
them or hide them in self-inficted
wounds, but these methods no longer
suffice Coolidge X-ray tubes are so
mounted In a frame as to illuminate
the whole body of the stripped native
standing before them. The entire body
Of the hundreds of miners can thus be
brought into view in the microscope In
a few seconds. and any diamond pres
ent, even If behind thick bones, is
quickly detected. The glow of the dia-
mond under the X-rays, as well as its
dense opaqueness, aids in detection,
it is said.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
WELL ON ROAD TO WEALTH
Farmer Undoubtedly Has Great
Scheme Unless Some Indignant
Motorlst Should Catch On"

Straight ahead lay long. straight
stretch of road. and the man at the
wheel of the car settled down in his
seat 1t was evident he was prepar-
ing for a sprint.
But before he was well under way
an honest-eyed old farmer stepped
from the roadside toward him and
held out a OBTAINING hand.
"Thowt mebber We would be a-goin'
to 20 full steam ahead he remarked
casually when the car slid to stand
still.
The motorist Nodded in reply.
"Wen, just take look through
these at that tree over the bend" went
on the farmer, producing an elderly
pair OF field glasses, land happen yen
change your mind"
"Great Scottr' exclaimed the motor
hit when the glasses disclosed blue
kousered figure perched on a branch
10 the tree. 81 say, thanks most
awfullyl"
There was the sound Of coin elink-
ing on coin and then the motor went
sedately down the road at about six
miles an hour. And at the beginning
of the clear stretch of roadway the
honest-eyed farmer was counting his
cash.
1.-The idea o. carting the old scare
crow from the orchard and perching it
in that ere tree works out pretty
well Z" he chuckled as he heard an
other car approaching.-London Tit
Bits
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Plane Lands on streef.

Thousands of spectators lined the
curbs of business thoroughfare in
Oakland, Cal, some weeks ago as a
result of the announcement that an
airplane was to land and take off from
the street On schedule time the
plane appeared overhead, glided down
between the walls Of the man-made
canyon and touched the pavement.
Skidding here on the slippery asphalt,
tho plane grazed a iamp-post. swerved
to the curb and damaged it's tail skid.
The accis ent was trivial, but served
as a warning to the authorities. who
promptly forbade the take-off. f.-Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
~ CHANCERY oF NEW JERSEY

n TO Nafy ARnes EIahaT.
By virtue OF order of the Court of Chan
Gerry OF New jersey, made on the day of the
date hereof, IN cause wherein Jefferson Sc
hgman is complainant, and you are defendant,
you are required TO appear and answer the bill
OF said complainant, on or before the 10Th day
of July, next, of the said bill will be taken as
confessed against you
said bill is fled to foreclose mortgage Civ
by The New Jersey Construction and Invest
ment Company, corporation, lands in the
Borough OF Deal, in the County of Monmouth
and State of New Jersey; and you Mary Agnes
Mahar, are made defendant because you are
The owner of said lands.
Dated May 18th, 1920.
FRANCIS LAFFERTY,
Solicitor of complainant,
763 Broad ST.,
5000 Newark. N. I.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
The WAY It Works Out.

The Agent-Haye you seen the new
ordinance passed by the city councii7
It forbids rent profiteering under PEN
atty of a hundred-dollar fine.
The Owner-Yep, l saw 1t. Raise
the rent a hundred dollars on each
apartment, to pay the fines.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

1--WE simply must have house with
a backyard"
"For the children to play inr
mo. We have no children, but we've
simply got to have place to throw
empty cans"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Knows All the News.

Those people never read a news
paper from one years end to the
other"
''That doesn't matter; they've en-
gagged a maid who's lived in about
every other family on the block"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
improving His Method.

Atlas was watching the proceedings
Of the profteers.
these modern fellows" he unused,
"know a lot more about holding up
the earth than was dreamed of in my
young DAYS"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
Notice OF Condemnation

Under and by virtue of the power given
the State Roads Commission 10 award
damages and assess benefits. by the Acts
of 1910 Chapter Jgi. the State Roads Com
mission hereby gives notice that Rights OF
WAYS are abont TO be acquired on the
Owensyille- Shadyside Road. in Anne Arun-
del county on the following property;
Johns Brothers property. owned ny
Washington Stewart Johns and Cornelius
lee Gryce. and other possible unknown
heirs. If any. Amount Of damages awarded
10000.
Mrs. Il. T. Keechs property, owned by
Mrs. r. Parkin keech and Georgianna
Gale. aud other possible unknown heirs, II
any Amount of damages awarded $1,000.
Dr. H. NJ Todds property, owned by
Dr Martillus l.. Todd and Mary H. Todd.
his wife. Amount of damages awarded
$4,000.
The State Roads Commission further
gives notice that the preliminary report is
now open at their offices in Baltimore,
Maryland for inspection. and they are
willing and ready 20 hear such objections,
and make such corrections as may be
proper. All objections must be filed or
made on or before May 10. 1920.
FRANK III. ZOUCK.
Attest: Chairman.
Secretary. milo
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01

nomic waste and force prices down to
a noticeable extent.
High prices are largely a matter
OF supply and demand said Professor
Kern. AS a general rule, when arti-
cles are scarce the price rises. The
war has delayed production because OF
the scarcity of labor. If people gener-
ally will stop buying new clothes, pro-
duction soon will more than catch up
and prices consequently will drop.
The wearing of old clothes will
tend to minimize economic waste.
Most people do not get tenth of the
maximum amount Of wear out of their
clothes. When they are weary of the
style the article is discarded. Shiny
elbows snags and small holes cause
them 10 throw clothes away. What
would you think of a housewife who
threw away nine-tenths of the food
because her taste changed, or nine
tenths of the furniture because the
style switched?
The movement is bound TO curb
profiteers. Dealers in clothes are max
ing enormous profits. and as soon as
they realize that the people will MOI
pay high prices they will begin to
lower their margin of profit.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01
THE TABLES ARE TURNED

While the Democrats were in
power. Republicans dinned the
Country's ears with criticism and
denunciation. Every act and
every omission was wrong.
Nothing was right The war was
muddled peace was DELAYED; re-
construction was impossible. The
cure was a Republican Congress.
with brilliant statesmen and
economists like Senators Lodge
and PcnroSc and Representatives
Gillett and Mondell as its lead
erS.
Three months of Republican
responsibility and control has not
convinced the people that the
change was for the better. In
deed, there is not a problem
which has not become more
acute: not a popular demand that
has not remained unfulhlled in
this fourth of a year OF Republi-
can accountability for legislation.
At the worst. the Democratic
Congress preceding the one now
in session was charged with do
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01
SATURDAY. MAY /, 1920.
THE CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES

ON Monday next the Demo
cratic voters in the Fifth Con
gressional District OF Maryland
will choose their party's standard
bearer to make the fight against
the Republican nominee, Sydney
Z. Mudd, who will be named by
his party without opposition.
On the ballot for the Demo
cratic nomination will appear the
names OF four candidates: Wal
ter B. Dorsey, of Anne Arundel
county; John W. Klemm, OF
Prince Georges county; Thomas
s. Klingcr, also OF Prince
Georges. and Frank O. Smith, OF
Calvert county.
The policy of the Evening
Capital is, and always has been,
for an open, fair and untrammel-
ed primary, and for adherence to
the spirit OF the primary election
law as we'll as TO the letter.
1t stands for party loyalty, but
holds no brief for any particular
faction within the party. As be-
tween Democrats, the choice is
largely a matter of personalities
and one good Democrat ought to
have as fair a chance as another
in an open field and stand or fall
on his own campaign.
However, when the primary
election is over and the stand
ard bearers OF the parties have
been chosen, the Evening Capt.
tai" in line with its avowed adj
vocacy of the Democratic party.
pledges its earnest support to
that party's choice.
National issues are more
sharply defined this year than
usual between the two leatling
parties. and believing that the
Democratic party more truly rep
resentS the highest ideals OF
Americanism. we arc for its can
didates and will urge their cleo
ton, particularly its nominee for
Congress from the Fifth District
Of Maryland.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01

ing its work poorly. But it act
ed. The present Republican Con-
gress has done next to nothing
and done it very badly. If the
Democrats made mistakes it was
because they made efforts
Against the Republicans is fairly
chargeable the greatest and cost
lest of all mistakes - failure to
try.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01
WEAR OLD CLOTHES"
TO MINIMIZE WASTE

Prediction that If people follow the
lead of George Washington University
students and faculty members in wear
Ing their present clothes until they
drop on prices inevitably will fall
within a month or two, was made re-
Gently by Prof. Robert Russ Kern,
head of the economic department of
the university.
Professor Kern claims that the old
eIo;he movement will minimize eco
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01
PROPOSAL

April 2l 1920
Bids will he received by lAe y.
Commissioner until j. O'Clock a''-
Saturday Hay sfh, to DO the 1910.
ing work: Repair and rcsari'cs T.
following streets, Market '- ~.
wright. Union. Conduit, 1Aa'''
Franklin, Murray avenue SCUM.
avenue. fancy avenue, FasaiAs =.
Northwest. Clay, CornhiIl Fleet. ~
roll Alley. Madison, Hi, Compton,,
and Claude. Curb and gl'.e' ,...
Southgate avenue. Sewer Cd D.. '..
George street Sewer on Ora's m
Repairing vitriGcd brick streets
right is reserved TO reject any sa-
bids or any parts bids. I'I ~ ..r
Information and specifications -''
TO
W. II. yANsANT
M CIV comniss.on''
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-01
IN MEMORIAM

DAY-In sad. but loving remembrance Of
our dear mother. who departcd this life
one year ago, May 1st 1919.
You are resting in peace. dear mother,
one sad year has passed away,
You are gone, but not forgotten.
As think of you each day.
The flowers we place upon your grave
May wtber and decay;
But the love for Won, dear mother
win never fade away.
By her oldest daughter.
ANNIE DAY.
Fear Mother. as you stood on the camp
ground and told me that YOU would not
me alive again. ii WAS God speaking
through you and ] viii never forget the
words you said To me as | departed from
you. not knowing that 1t would be the
last time.
Time cannot heal the wounded heart,
Nor fiji the vacant chair:
/ miss my mother all The time.
miss her everywhere.
BY her oldest son
WILLIE DAY.
IN the graveyard softly sleeping.
Where the flowers gently wave;
Lies the one we love SO dearly
In her lone and silent grave.
We will meet again.
BY her SON
JAMES DAY.
We have only. your memory. dear mother,
To remember our whole life.
And that Is one never will forget
For we always think of You.
SOLOMON DAY.
Once our home was bright and happy,
oh how sad and dreary today:
For our dear mother has forever passed
away.
MILTON DAT.
Dear mother when the roses bloom
And the trees in beauty wave,
] will gather mp large bunch
And take them 10 your grave.
by her daughter,
MARY DAY.
Day by day we saw her fade
And slowly pine way.
And in our hearts we often prayed
That she might longer stay.
BY her daughter.
MINTIE.
There is no mother to talk to us any more.
Put we can talk to her cold grave
And look down on ii and say,
God has stolen my mother away.
By her Youngest daughters.
JESSIE AND DOROTHY.
Dear wife you are gone. but not forgotten;
/ often think of YOU and wish that you
would longer stay,
But God knew best and He took YOU away:
Tut as long as ! live | viii always think
of you
And pray that God make take care of you.
by her husband.
ALBERT DAY.
PAINTER-In sad aud loving remem-
brance of our dear daughter. RUTH NJ
FAINTER. who departed this life Nov
clnDer End. 1919.
Peaceful be thy rest. dear daughter,
Ills sweet to breathe thy name;
In life ! loved YOU dearly
In death do the same
Sleep. gently Sleep dear daughter.
Though You left us here to mourn;
We are praying to meet YOU dear
daughter.
Above In our Heavenly home
BY HER FATHER AND MOTHER.