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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-05
Aluminium Dollars?

There was a time when silver money
almost disappeared from circulation in
this country That was after the dis
covery OF gold I'm California. when silver
became so valuable compared to gold
that the coins were boarded or melted
down for bullion.
There is danger of the same thing oc-
curing again Representative McFad-
den suggests that If the present situa-
ton continues We may have to use pos
tage stamps for change. Silver bullion
has been selling lately as high as S137
an ounce. AT this price, it is profitable
to melt the coins for their bullion value.
Although it Is unlawful that very thing
is doubtless being done to a consider
able extent, and the silver thus OBJ
tanned Is exported or used in mechani-
cal arts.
The remedy proposed is the same
that was adopted in the former case
the reduction of the silver content in
coins to a degree that will bring the
bullion value once more safely under
the face value. The government iself,
having a surplus of silver dollars in
the treasury, has been melting up mil
lions of them, and apparently reaping
a profit by so doing. That process,
however, is limited by legal require
ments The danger comes from pri-
waite melting.
1t has been suggested that the com
plete elimination of silver currency
would do no harm If proper substitutes
were provided. This might, indeed
prove to be the best solution of the
troublesome problem of trying to main
tain two metal money system on a
one-metal basis.
Why not make gold the sole stand
ard In practice as it is in theory. and
make all other coins mere counters,
valueless in themselves as paper money
is, but acceptable as money because
they are exchangeable directly for gold?
II this were done a piece of copper
stamped "One Dollar would presum-
ably serve the purpose as well as a
piece of silver Or aluminium could be
used. having the double advantage of
looking like silver and at the same time
being far lighter and more easily han
dled.-Lansing State Journal Gnd)
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
FRENCH HELD IN PRISONS
Captive Returned From Germany
Tells Of Being In Solitary csnhne-
mont In Fert

Dillon, France.--Germany still re-
tains French prisoners Of war In close
confinement. II is claimed by Louis
Poucher, a French volunteer, who was
taken prisoner in 1918, and returned
TO his home here recently.
h declared that he, with two COM
rades, was tried before court-martial
for attempting to escape. and was SEN
fenced to ten years Imprisonment in
a fortress. He was taken 70 Danxig.
and the others We're sent to Koenigs-
berg. The French mission from Ber-
lin which visited the Danzig fortress
discovered. according to Boucher, sew
eral prisoners In solitary confinement.
and had them released. Boucher was
among them. French war office rec
ords had carried the word "disap-
peared" against his name.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
STUDENT COSTS S641 go YEAR
Tuition Expense to Princeton Univer-
sity, for Which He Pays
But STA.

Princeton, N. president John
Greer Hibben Of Princeton university
authorized the following statement:
At the request of the university au-
thorities, Treasurer Fl. g. Duffield Of
Princeton has just completed study
of the actual cost to the university Of
educating a student.
The figures show that for the years
1912 to 1917 1t cost an average OF
$64160 annually to educate an under
graduate. Toward this the student
paid an average of STA in tuition fees.
Thus, a student who attended Prince
ton received, in effect, an actual gift
from the university each year Of serv-
ices and work involving an outlay on
the part Of the university over and
above the amount the student paid
| Of $467. go.
The statement asserts no increase In
tuition fees is contemplated.
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49, s " me suolect--sn a,,.
which Doctor Icsrd ha. 0olesus
his experiments. O'efcons /
l'tmus Paper rsst
The latter practitioner h..
. OF s.s very simple method for p ,a'as y
the tissues withop+ utter ton
the body. He attaches sm a1p' y,
torceps to a fold of skin ana ana pa'a
them in place, leaving them N a s'aan
TOT five or six minutes. Al ~ pos'ta
this time the forceps are RENEE nv ead 4
IN the depressions on each sIS. nd
pleat' Of flesh made by the co, y y
instrument are seen to ooy. ssalllas
drops Of serum. The blue I,tm s.sf.l
placed In contact with this fula a'' - :
II 1t turns red there is no do,s. Jug
the patient no longer lives, for t -. ual
test is established. Sometlmss, ~ !, scd
necessary to wait as long a, !. !. : y
utes for the change from him :. !. na
TO take place, but once apn,r.,. y +. ~ =
indisputable. 1t must be rem.., y y
that this test is useless befs,s ss. = |
lapse of six hours, as aciditv A.. 9.
thoroughly establish itself in -. ~
body under this time. 's
1t Ii interesting to recall IN co,...
ton with Doctor Icard's test ths nv. y
OF the tests commonly employed u0s.'
such circumstances has long been n.
of grasping fold Of flesh WITH \
forceps and retaining it there far :.
eral moments. In the case Of /, M.
body the "pleat" gradually return, .
normal, but when life is extinct &
compression Of the flesh persists IA,
tor Icard's test (Which has ~,
adopted in the Marseilles hosplt.ls
has double value In that II IncIud.
the physical test Of the compression
the skin and the chemical test whic
establishes a state Of acidity. Tim
making assurance doubly sure an
removing from the realm Of chanc
the establishment OF death In ca,
where doubt existA
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
MAKE MAPS FROM AIR
Alrplanes to Be Used to Chart
Amazon Area.
Prenoh Experts Plan to Survey Route
Of River From Flying
Machines

Para, Brazil.-Airplanes may be EN-
ployed to map the valley Of the great
Amazon river. IL the French are sue
cessful in their effort to use aircraft
for surveying the routes OF the rivers
of French Guiana, II is understood
the Brazilian government will apply
the same method to the survey OF the
Amazon and its affiuents.
A French company is said to have
been formed In Cayenne, with hangers
on the Maroni river. and French avia-
tors with dying experience gained In
themar are heIng emnlnxed to RIM .., the ..
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70 nyuro-alrplanes SAID 10 nave Geen
furnished by the government.

furnished by the government.
In addition to making maps. the ma
chimes will be employed for carrying
valuable freight, mails and passengers.
There are immense rivers in French
Guiana. which, because of the presence
Of many rapids, are now only nayi-
gable In canoes, which take weeks to
transport freight over distances which
the hydro airplanes can cover in as
many hours, with always large
stretches of smooth water offering a
suitable surface for landing and take
offs"
The freight charges are said to he
high and the traffic is expected to con-
sist mainly of gold, balato and essence
of rosewood. which are the principal
exports Of the colony. The passenger
business is not expected TO be heavy.
These hydro airplanes will also be
used for prospecting the forests for
balato trees. which grow in groups.
so that the foliage can, 1t is said. be
readily distinguished by avators flying
low over the tons OF the forest trees.
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.or IuLur~ u-rman presidents, some
thing on the line of the White House
in Washington or the Elysee in Par
is, but necessarily less pretentious.
The pan-German papers are opposing
the idea and one of them remarks sar-
castically that the plan does not en-
tirely at In with Erzberger's talk about
''uttermost economy"
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
PAPERS
TO TEST DEATH
French Scientist Discovers Meth
cd to Prove Il Life 10
Extinct.
Test 10 Physieo- Chemical and Has to
Do With Aikalinity Of the Body In
Lifs-Litn,us Paper Applied to
Serum Taken From Body.

Paris.-The fear of being buried
alive is perhaps an elemental fear
one of the horrors that have haunted
mankind through the ages. Not only
the simple and ignorant have suffered
, because OF 1t but wise men as well.
and some Of our most gifted writer's
have employed the theme of suspended
ANNA ton for the basis Of weird and
| terrible tales and Of poems Of DAN
tesque horror.
There has been some speculation
among medical men during the war
just over as to the possibility OF 4
considerable number Of ante mortem
burials Of soldiers who received their
last attentions in villages where the
facilities for caring for desperately
wounded men were Of the most primi-
tive kind
Preesdsnts at Hand.
Occasionally q newspaper carries q
story Of victim of catalepsy or hys-
terra undergoing 4 narrow escape from
premature burial. and recently an
English daily told Of nurse who was
found In a forest between Berlin and
Potsdam, apparently dead from m
overdose Of veronal. and who was
placed In a CONN ready for burial.
Just before closing the coffin the un-
dertaker discovered to his hon Tor that
her heart WAS beating and removed
her at once to a hospital, where she
was given electrical treatment, ander
which she finally opened her eyes and
uttered a few incohersnt words. 'Such
authenticated incidents cause the
reader to ask IL there 10 not some In
faliible test Of death known to thu
medical profession.
In the Review Of Comparative
Pathology" DR.. SEVERN Icard of Mar
settles gives the results Of his invssti-
cations In progress during long
period into this subject. His test Ii
physice-c chemical and has to do with
the alkalinity Of the body in life. In
other words, as long as life Is present
in the human organism the fluids with
the exception of the urine, the gastric
juices and the sweat are alkaline. On
the other hand, the tissues after death
are acid.
For a short period after death the
tissues are both alkaline and acid. and
the litmus paper test shows both blue
and red But seven or eight hours af-
ter death is supposed TO have taken
place the test is positive; If life is ex-
tinct the acid test is unmistakable and
the blue paper becomes deep wine
red.
This passage from alkalinity TO acid
Ity is found In all the animal series,
and as far back as 1870 it was urged
as test for death by French physi-
clan. Doctor Delagree, who proposed
In cases where death was doubtful to
introduce litmus paper into small In
cisions in the muscular mass. But this
method is likely to be repugnant tn ths
hno hn thyv es.~.avys ar t:s1 i-c..y--
men had terrible time parting rnem
again. FOrty-two Chinese faced the
oh arUa nf
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
Numbers for Fono Sings.

San Francisco, Cal.-So many Fong
Sings appeared to charges of violation
of the federal narcotic laws that Fed
eral Judge william Van Fleet of the
federal court here was forced to place
them In numbered chairs, such az
"Fong Sing No. 1, Fong Sing No. e."
etc., down the line. Each was tread
ipx en- the Others tn0s. IN IN sa~-h
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
E. J. Beazley Company
IN the past the securing OF fresh

In the past rne securing or fresh
sources Of balato has been work OF
much danger and difficulty. Specially
trained balato workers, well armed.
travelling in bands Of Is or 20, have
been employed to explore the forests,
and they had to carry with them sup
plies to cover many months.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

Hit by Train, Carried to Safety on Pilst
Tuscaloosa, la.-Hit by q fast pat
senger train, carried eight miles O
the pilot unconscious, and then falling
IN by side OF the track, was the a.
perience of Louis Hammett. who live
10 tell the tale. although he Is 10 1
hospital, where he Ii likely to rsmaIa
Tor several weeks.
The courier-index., 1920-01-09
GERMANS WANT WHITE HOUSE
Propose to Spend $4,000, 900 Marks for
an OFFICIAL Residence for Presi-
dent.

Berlin. Germany.-Plans are under
way to spend 22.0O0O0o marks for the
purchase and equipment of residence
The courier-index., 1920-01-09

anu an tru essO.avJe ana ar tss1 k-;s.z--
men had a terrible time partlng rnem
again. Forty-two Chinese faced the
charge of selling narcotics without
license
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-25

AlGGEN
Copyright 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dicate, lncD
Chief among the Irish names beloved
of poets and writer's is Aileen. 1t
means light" and back in the earliest
stages of its existence, was associated
with the lovely Helen of whom Aeschy-
lus said
Wherefore else this fatal name,
That Helen and destruction are the
same"
The insular Celts adopted 'the name
as Ian. II had great vogue in that
form and Ellin was a common name in
Wales, Scotland accepted it as Ellen
and Ireland promptly changed its spell
ing to the delightful and typical Aiteen,
sometimes called Eileen.
The ballads which Irish talent has
devoted TO various ralr Aileens with
whom "maVouTneen' is SO euphoniously
coupled. would fill volumes. Aileen be-
tainly a symbol Of national beauty. The
number of fair Irish maids who bore
the title of Aleen is legion.
II is fitting that the pearl, the fair
est of gems, should be assigned to ALL
cen 1t win prove a talisman against
to exercise It's power to bestow youth,
beauty and charm. Monday is her
lucky day and her lucky number.
Note to readers: Is there a fact con-
corning your name In which you are
Interested? Do you know its history;
It's reanInp; its derIvatIVe and sienIft-
cancer Do you know your lucky day
and your lucky jewell II not Mildred
Marshall will tell you.
Send self addressed and stamped en-.
VeDope with your queries, to Mildred
Marshall, The News Scimltar.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-25
Palmer Way.

There is little TO make muururr~ ~
the news that AttOrneN-Gcncral Palmer
Will have 10 discontinue some ~ the
activities Of his department because the
appropriations are not suffcien, 10 Keep
IN the retinue he has been feeding at
the public expense.
Mr. Palmer has been efficient as a
persecutor Of Socialists, communists,
reds aud radicals whose opinions hay"
been different from hts own and his
administration In that capacity he
has shantcd the reputation Of America
as the land OF the tree and the home
~ the brave about as effectively A.
any man within the record
Against the prontcers Mr. Palmer 5
conduct OF office has given employ
nent to lot Of subordinatos without
giving any special pain 20 the parties
aimed at The Lever act looked pfetN
good on paper, and In hts own pre-.
limiuary remarks Mr Palmer seemei
ia consider it's provisions ample Tor the
purpose, But he could not work 81
Mr. Palnrcr's efforts 10 lower the
high cost Of living have been confined
to standing on the steps Of the capi'n
and calling uuon It 10 come down Moth
ing happened Tho sttorRey-general },
nv pA,y Crockett al working that trick
Ot Davy it Is related that when No
pointed his gun toward tho bear M ~
tho tree, the latter called out, 'ioi,
ON. uavv. TN come down That va,
because tee bear hnew Davy coulc
.l.st
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-25

Now there be five different varieties
Of the masculine bore, each more deadly
and TO be avoided than the other.
The first among these social calami-
ties is the man who talks about him
self
He IL the puffy gentleman, always
among those present, who has "A 6O-inCh
chest expansion and a 5la hathand.
And he is the happiest. Cheeriest thing
on earth. for he Is always lost in JOY
GUS contemplation OF that marvel Of
perfcction-himself And he is bathed
in a glow of self righteousness, for he
feels that he is doing a noble and al
trustc thing in telling you how great
and wonderful he Is and permitting you
TO admire him.
The man who talks about himself has
only one topie--himselt But that is in
eKhaustible, He never weartes IN tell
ing you OF the most insignificant tales
Of his life. Re will spend hours dis
Coursing TO you just why he eats oAt-
meal for breakfast and takes his steak
medium done and when he begins on
the thrilling serial Of what he said to
the boss and what the boss said to him,
II is continuous performance winch
nothing save some untoward accident
can stop
The man who talks about himself sees
all life in terms Of his own ego. Iho
most important thing that happened in
the great war was his buying OF LIN
urty bond. Talk about the masterpieces
Of literature, and he hauls out OF MS
pocketbook and reads 10 you letter
signed by Vox Populi that he wrote to
some newspaper. Speak Of great artists
and he tells you that he painted the
house white with green trimmings. Re-
fer 10 some fTightful catastrophe that
has wrecked cities and slain thousands,
and he breaks in with an account OF the
time he spTained his big toe,
Prudent people Nee at his approach
and he attributes IL to envy and Jealousy
of him, and that no man murders him
is the signal triumph Of civilization
over our natural impulses, for any jury
would aeuuit the slayer on the ground
Of justifiable homicide, committed IN
self defense.
Close akin to the man who talks about
himself is the man who rides his hobby
Sometimes he is a stamp collector,
Sometimes he Is an amateur photgTa-
pher. Sometimes he Is 4 student OF the
ancient Aztec ruins, Sometimes ne Is
prohibitionist, or ritualist or spirit
ualist. Sometimes he plays golf. Some
he is "A motorist -
II doesn't make any difference, The
minute you get in his society he mounts
his hobby and drags you up beside him,
and YOU are off through the desert
wastes of talk that make you pray FOR
speedy death to come and mercifully end
your sufferings.
Who can not recall desolate evenings
spent in looking over collections mat
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-25
=? The Question Box j?

1t due to the presence Of phosphureted
hydrogen gas, others to the combustion
of methane. 1t is seon most frequently
in Northern Germany, in the swamps
and moOfland districts OF Northwest
ern England, and in the lowlands OF
Scotland.
Q.-What is the meaning of the old
saying, Beware of the Greeks when
they offer you giftsg'-c. /, s..
bearing gifts" appears in Virgils
Aeneid The reference Is to the siege
of Troy. The Greeks beseged the city
of Troy without success. Finally they
resorted to strategy, offering a huge
wooden horse to the Trojans as a gift.
The horse was taken into the city and
while the Trojans slept, the warriors,
with which the horse was filled, came
forth and opened the gates for their
Greek comrades. The conclusion is
that one should fear an enemy when he
seems friendly.
Q.-On a deed of land where the not
airy public signs his name and under II
writes Commission expires Dec. 81.
1872 does the owner Of the deed have
to renew it at that date, and what is
the reason for this date?-H. A. s.
A.-The owner does not have to have
the deed renewed on this account. The
date is added to the name of the notary
public because he Is commissioned to
act as notary only to the expiration
Of his license, and it is necessary To
state that any paper was witnessed
with all requirements OF the law full
filled
Off st. Patrick converted Ireland,
who converted England, since the an
cient Britons were pagans?-H. u. w.
A.-St. Augustine Of Rome, under
the direction OF Pope Gregory l. car
ried the gospel to England,
Q.--What is a sundog?-D. P.
"A sundog is specific name Civ
en- to a form of halo, and Is an optical
phenomenon produceu wuen tne ngnI
of the sun shines through a delicate
cloud or layer of fog or mist
Q.--How many automobiles are stolen
in the United States each year?-R. l..
A.-Figures compiled by the National
Automobile Dealers association cover
ing 10 index cities show that there were
81. $40 automobiles stolen in 1919, COM
pared to 25,613 for the same cities in
1918.
(Any reader can get the answer to
any yquestion by writing The News
SClmitar Information Bureau, Frederic
J, HaskinI Director. Washington. d. G.
This offer applies strictly 10 informa-
ton, The bureau can not give advice
on legal, medical and financial matters
troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-25

meant absolutely nothing TO his young
life, and OF turning over millions of
stamps, or photographs, every one Of
which he could have believed with his
tears Of boredom? Who has escaped
the religious or philanthropic fanatic
who fixed him with a Rlitterlng eye
and maundered on for hours about his
iaYorite theme2 Not one. for the hob
by bore, like the poor, Is always with
us, and unlike the poor we can not
give him dime and buy freedom and
surcease from his tongue
Third among masculine bores IL the
man who believes himself a humorst.
The most obnoxious form OF him is
found ln what Is known as the village
cutup He Is the youth who thinks IL
Is funny 10 play practical jokes, and
who drops ice cream down young men
collars and turns mice loose In a ball
room, and who achieves his greatest
triumphs at weddings when he pins
signs reading We are bridal couple,
be good TO u.s. on the bags Of couple
Just starting out on their honeymoon.
Anything that makes another look
ridiculous. or that enbarrass es another,
Is the village cutup's idea OF joke.
and ii Is to escape this pest of pro
vincial communities that many people
move to large cities. They fall from
the frying pan into the fire, however,
for the urban variation of this type of
bore is the perpetual story teller, whose
jokes all have whiskers on them, and
who tells you, as humorous adventure
that has happened to himself, the funny
story you read in the morning paper,
The fourth among boFes IL the man
who thinks he IL. a fascinator.
He is generally a sap-headed youth,
or a doddering grandpa that no woman
would look at except as meal ticket,
or a puryeyor of theater seats. Prob
ably dozens of women have snubbed him
and insulted him, but nothing has
shaken his faith in his charms, or his
belief that he has only to throw the
handkerchief and the entire female sex
will scramble for 1t. He makes love to
every woman he meets, and asks her
is she isn't afraid to trust herself with
him, and she Yawns behind her ian
and thinks that the only danger she Is
in is that OF being bored to death.
The fifth among bores, and perhaps
the hardest of all to endure, is the
failure who knows 1t all.
He has never succeeded himself but
he is headiner in handing out advice
to others. He has never been able to |
make a living, but he can tell the sec
rotary OF the treasury how to run the |
financing of the United States, He |
hasn't got judgment enough to make |
corner grocery a success, but he knows
exactly what should be done about the
league of nations, and he spends his life
making people tired telling them all |
about everything |
Do you qualify n any. of these five
classes Of bores2 Think 1t over