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Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23

0O1OAAC3~tl0e no O4O s00VOS AAA000SUO ~
bring about before. The liquid Ii the
tube had passed from gold 70 brown.
and from, brown to = streahy, iaky
mass OF creamy. jelly-like huid. It
was almost artificial rubber.
He was upon the track at last. His
composition, in cooling. had coagulat-
ed as rubber coagulates. This was
not rubber, but It was net Far from
it. It was q compound which con.
tanned all the elements Of rubber.
But somewhere, in the building Of it,
two or three molecules had gone
astray, or fastened themselves to the
wrong elements, just rs one may put
a picture puzzle together and not
quite at the pattern. He was very
close now: he must try the next form
ula, and the next, and the next; it
might be only q matter Of q few days
before success crowned his efforts.
He sought feverishly for the paper
with the microscopic handwriting, the
result Of years Of research work and
endless experimentation. It was not
in its accustomed place, and he began
turning his notes over, hunting for 1t.
It must be on the other table. them
yes, there lay q folded sheet under the
blotting sheet. He reached for 1t and
picked up-his daughters letter.
Mayo stared at it without under.
standing. How had this paper, which
he had torn up and thrown into the
furnace, come back to him? At last
the staggering truth burst in upon
him. He had destroyed the formula
in place of the letter, and all the work
Of years had gone for nothing. He
could never begin all over again.
Even If he had the enterprise, there
was no time, for others were hard
upon the scent.
He sank back into his chair. All
his life was ruined now and the last
illusion had come topping down. He
sprang to his feet ana rushed into his
bedroom. From its case he extracted
his razor. He would end everything
with one swift. merciful sweep.
As he stood before the mirror with
the open razor in his hand he heard
a soft tapping at his door. He
frowned impatiently. Why could not
the fools leave him at this juncture?
He stode across the room and turned
the key. Outside there was whim,
perina- "a child's whimpering. Impa-
tiently he turned the key again.
opened the door, and found himself
looking down at little child, Of four
or five years. with faxen curls, and
the lock- of Ida upon his face.
The child screwed its grimy lists
into its eyes and the tears flowed
freely.
''Who are you?" demanded Herr
Mayo with sudden tenderness.
Use julius" sobbed the child. ~
want my grandpa"
who is your grandpa?" asked the
old man. STOPPING and raising the boy
in his arms.
my grandpa lives here an you're
my grandpa. Mamma saw you in
church an IL followed you, but you
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23
He Took the House

He Took the House.
Mr.. FlatbushI was looking at a
house on Pleasant avenue today.
Mrs. Flatbush- Good! And can you
get It.
"Why, yes; I took it."
splendid, Henry! Does it look bet
ter than our present habitationr'
'Tm afraid 1t won't to you, dear.
l took it with my camera"
Qranulased Nyslids. stiss, InAamsd Ryee
relieved Overnight by Roman NE Ba1nom
One trial proves it, mer1t.-Adv. 1g-9 4 i
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23

Dr. Peery's Dead Shot, is not q 'lox-
enge' or ''sirup." but a real old fashioned
dose Of medicine which cleans out Worms
or Tapeworm with . single dose.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23
R6;SSlSIIzi3} R6SSlitizGE}
GILBERT BROS. : CO.. Baltimore. Md.
Another Alexander.
IF (3s

Another Alexander.
Jack says / am all the world to
him."
My dear, he's said that to every
girl he's been engaged t0-then he's
looked around for new worlds to con-
Quer."-Boston Transcript.
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23
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Else but q thss
the Kidneys de ealthy eonr-
Is b1some diseasd.
You nav suffer pa, Ghs bsck, k4odp

rbar heal1k mi you ne1vo14 nrita-
bls and man g deapondent: Il malss an1.
But hundreds Of woman claim that Dr..
Kiimers Swamp Root, By Hestmme:
health 10 the EdneyA proved 10 bs j1gt
the remedy needed to overcome gneh.
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle % -.
what Swamp Root, the great kdney.i
liver and bladder medicine win 10 1sR
them. By enclosing ten cents 70 Df.
Kimer q Co., Binghamton. N. Z, yee
may receive sample sise bottle by Raroo1
Post. You can purchase medium and
large sise bottles at all drug storea.-AdS.-
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23
important to Mothers

0mpoStant to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
OASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Signature Of ZzzzeZaf'
In Use for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23

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~ ef1lsr q u 2 e1lp. 1l6
III - ~ etaee settlAo
ets CITY varI1ens anS
ealiy - II northern \
ha North Fork placer camp
Doenr d AI4pes n the early
ptral Clty and LeadvflI4
f16o 6f wasted camps III M6nta61
s0uthefn ldaho, Al Bri&ish C61l
Oregon ana Neyada. to ~ moaning
The Wild days of the ID n sCallfslnil
Middletown transcript., 1920-12-23
NO I JURISDICTION IN HIDES
Pops's Witty Reply q pAloial Who.
Complained o. Being ssrtsayod .
! sss.a..ssl Z Lost Soul.

I The classical example Of 4 painteE
spite, or artistic punishment. II that
Of Michaelangelo In hi4 famous hes-
co Of. the Last Judgment on the wall
OF the Sistine chapel. When enc oe'
the papal chamberlains reported TO-
the pope, Paul III, that the painter
was exceeding proper bound sjl his,
Use Of the nude. the artist. IN diSgugeI'
took occasion to Ammortalixe his ck1f5
ic by giving his features to dn6
the figures in the infernal resiq
which there is q glimpse ~
tom OF the great frescO.
grieved official complained
III and begged him to- order ~
er to remove the portrait
'sWhere did you say be-
you?r inquired the pontl
not care to, interfere
most artist of his az
HE has put me
the indignant chg
sAhp' said Il
jurisdiction th
ion.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
SECRETARY OF FINE ARTS /.
TO BE PART OF CABINET
IF CONGRESS MOVE WINS
Establishment by Government of New
Department Proposed.

Arts and letters in New York City
next Wednesday.
The Arts Club intends 10 start
action Immediately upon the OPEN
ing Of Congress-. Members Of Con-
gress will be invited TO dinner at
the club and the project win be pre-
sented squareIy to the solons, se-
cording 70 the annouhcement Of
George julien zOlnay. noted sculptor
and president Of the Arts Club Of
Washington.
such a school under the seeis
Of the national government would
improve art education all over the
country" zolnay said recently ''as
every art and music school would
have 20 raise its standard Of In
struction in order to be eligible 20
become an authorized branch OF this
great national school. which would
at once do away with most Of the
near-art schools and fake con-
servatories OF music which now In
fest the country"
Opponents OF the project pronounce
that the hne arts could be included
lin department Of public works.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
PLAN NERECTION
OF'NEW HALL
Georgetown College Au.
thorities Find Accommo-
dations Inadequate.

Plans for the erection Of an addi-
tional dorrltory building on the
Hilltop" to accommodate next years
Freshman class are being considered
by the authorities of Georgetown
College, II was announced yesterday
by President John B. Creeden. s. J.
Confronted with congested condi-
tions caused by a record-breaking
enrolment, the college authorities
have found great difficulty this year
IN finding suitable accommodations
.or all the students at the college.
Definite action will be taken on
the question of a new dormitory for
the college at the next meeting OF
the regents which probably will be
held in connection with the golden
jubilee of the School of Law, begin
ming December 4.
President Creeden points out that
more than 400 students are enrolled
at the college this year. Indications
that next years Freshman class,
which always Is the largest. will ex-
ceed 200 students has caused con-
siderable anxiety to the college offi-
.ials who ind 1t necessary to make
immediate arrangements for more
adequate accommodations
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
CLERKS URGING
JOBSHUFFLE
Federal Employees Union
Demand Action on Re
classification.

with practically all of the minor
problems which confronted the Ma
tionaI Association Of Federal En-
ployes disposed Of. the executive
council. at their second session last
night. tackled the paramount issue
the reclassification OF Federal en-
ployes.
Presided over by Luther c. Stew
ard. the eleven members Of the
council discussed plans for the
contamination of the classification
of every governmental attache
throughout the national system.
I'VE must educate the people to
expect the classihcation-and de-
mand it." President Steward said.
-our idea Is to make into perfect
running machine what Is now a
poor and inefficient organization.
the Federal system. and we have no
opposition"
Regarding the past status of the
Federal employees system, Steward
said. THE people have never under
stood the system and do not know
that there has never been a clas-
sification. There will be. in the real
sense of the word, no reclassifica-
tion, but the original classification
W. will remedy the past lack OF
understanding by putting over an
effective Legislative campaign"
Last nights session, as Wednes-
days, was behind closed doors
Two more meetings will conclude
the work. with Saturdays the final
one. Several of the council will at
tend a meeting of the Baltimore
local organization tonight.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
SON DIDN'T PLOT
THINKS FATHER:
Wealthy Farmer Refuses tc
Believe Lad Sought
Murder Of Five.

NORTON, aKns.. Nov. 11.-Joseph
Heiserman, wealthy farmer of AL
nena, Norton County, Kansas, does
sot believe that his son. Elmer. 18,
plotted to have a hired assassin kill
hi mand four other members Of the
aeiserman family so that the boy
night inherit the Heiserman estate.
II don't believe my boy ever
planned such a terrible crime" the
elder Heiserman said
Carl Johnson, II, a chum of young
Heiserman, officials say, confessed
Elmer offered him 5000 IL he would
kill his father. mother. sister, brother
md grandmother. Johnson went to
The Heiserman home and fired five
shots through a window as the Hell
yerman family was seated around
he supper table. The Heiserman
girl and grandmother were slightly
wounded Both boys were arrested.
Elmer Heiserman was released on
81 900 bond, signed by his father.
The other youth, unable to obtain
bail, is in Jail.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Minister Fined
S. for Threat
And Harsh Words

GRAFTON. W. Va. Nov. 1.-THE
Rev. E. NJ. Rhoades. pastor of the
First Baptist Church. Grafton. W.
Va, paid a fine of IS and costs to
Mayor Thomas Gathers, following
Ills plea of not guilty to threatening
to do Howard X. Holt, editor of the
Grafton Daily Sentinel. bodily harm.
would proceed to -fiatten" him on
the pavement. The difficulty, IL is
stated, arose over Hollis criticism
of the Grafton Ministerial Associa-
ton for a statement made regarding
alleged misconduct of George NJ.
Ford, Republican candidate for
State superintendent of schools. on
a visit to Grafton.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
LOST HOLIDAY
ROUSESCADETS
III Feeling Rife at Annapolis
Over Thanksgiving Day
Restrictions.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Nov. 11.-Dis-
content Is widespread among mid
shipmen of the three upper classes
at the Naval Academy because Of
the provisions of the Thanksgiving
holiday order which has just been
promulgated before the regiment.
Not only win they be deprived Of
leave to visit friends in the city on
the actual day of holiday. but they
will have only about half as much
liberty as the members Of the
'.plebe" or lower class.
The order appears to have been
framed in line with the drastic ac-
tion taken by Rear Admiral A. II.
Scales following the recent outbreak
of hazing. Stringent measures have
been taken to keep the upper class
men segregated from the 'plebes" In
every particular. Here are the pro-
visions Of the order that has brought
about the feeling.
Leave to visit Annapolis and on
GERS quarters in the Academy
grounds will be granted as follows:
First, to all midshipmen Of the first,
second and third classes not under
restriction on Wednesday. November
"a, from $40 p. m. to $3.50 p. m.
Second. to all midshipmen Of the
fourth class, not under restriction,
from Immediately after breakfast
on Thursday, November Is, until
evening roll call.
Third, leave to visit officers quar-
ters in the Academy grounds to all
midshipmen of the first. second and
third classes, not under restriction.
on Thursday, November Is, from i'm
mediately after breakfast until even
ing roll call"
In previous years he middies have
been extended leave for the whole of
Thanksgiving Day and eve. Those
under restriction have been granted
certain liberties about the grounds
on the holiday.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Unemployment Serious
Problem in France

PARIS, Nov. IL. Despite the
statements of French industrial
magnates that the slump in pro-
duction was caused by lack of Ia
Dor, recent figures reveal that un-
employment is becoming a serious
problem. More than l25.0oo work
ers are out of work as a result. 1t
Is alleged, of factories closing down
rather than consent to a reduction
in their prices.
The industries concerned are
chiefly leather. skins and clothing.
Immense stocks of these goods are
being withheld from the market.
it is charged, in order not to lower
the prices.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Soviet General
Thanks Enemies
For Siezed Tanks

BERLIN. Nov. 11.-Gen. Budjenny
now credited by the oficial or
gan OF the Soviets. at Moscow. with
being the victorious general in
charge of the Red troops who are
defeating Gen. Wrangel.
Giving details, the paper tells Of
he capture of the American Mis-
ZION f% Fighting Bandits" near
Nova Alexeiewkan together with its
eading general, Morel. Gen. Kute-
loff. one of the generals with wran-
gel, is reported captured with his en-
ire staff. Continuing, the paper
Iays:
1--WE express our thanks to the
French, British and American i'm
oerialists for the beautiful tanks.
rhe enemy is saving us much un-
necessary work in our munitions
making"
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12

A Secretary Of the Fine Arts Is
the very latest possibility for the
Harding Cabinet according to an
announcement that the Arts Club
of Washington is inaugurating
a movement to induce Congress TO
create a department Of the fne arts.
The creation OF such a department.
would involve the establishment by
the government Of a great national
school OF music. drama, painting.
sculpture. architecture and their al
lied branches. The logical location
would be Washington. according to
friends of the project.
Precedent for such an once is fur
.nished by the French cabinet. where
the minister OF education Is also
minister of ine arts.
Among well known American
artists who favor the project is
Joseph Pennell. IL was learned yes
terday. Walter Damrosch. cele-
brated conductor. is also intensely
interested in the creation Of a de-
rpartment which would include a
national conservatory OF music.
The matter will be taken up by
Pennell. Damrosch and others at a
meeting Of the National Institute Of
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Seek Negro Murderer
Who Fired at Officer

GAINESVILLE, Nd. Nov. IL
search is being made for Miles Nc
zee. aged 40. a colored miner, who
killed Fred oliver, also colored. at
.asselmen Tuesday. The men had
Deen friends until about a month
Igo. oliver. who had been drink
ng, is said to have pursued MCGEE
20 his home and to have advanced
IN him with a chair after he had
Deen ordered to leave. MCGEE then
Ihot him. MCGEE came from Roam
pke, Va. He has a wife and two
children. Later ]. ]. Snyder, a Bal
imore and Ohio patrolman, had a
gun battle with a colored man sup
,osed to have been MCGEE in the
Baltimore and Ohio yards at Con-
iellsville- The men emptied their
.evolvers. 1t is thought the negro,
Who escaped, was wounded.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Pershing Reviews Parade
Of Veterans at Camp Dix

DIX, N. J., Nov. 11.-GeR. John ].
Pershing today reviewed a two-mile
parade of the first division and 9TH
er veterans of the world war observ-
ing Armistice Day here. The parade
passed under twelve arches. eleven
bearing the names of battles. the
other being erected to the dead.
A salute for the dead was fired by
six members of Battery c. Sixth
Field Artillery. credited with. firing
the A. E. F.'s first shot in the war.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Forecast Of Flying weather.
Local Temperature.

Highest, 46; lowest, z.
Relative 1umidity-s 4. m, Is; 2 p. m.
100; p. m, o..
Rainfall Is p. m to p. M, .07.
Hours Of sunshine, o.
Per cent Of possible sunshine, o.
Departures from Normal
Accumulated deficiency of temperature
since January 1. 1920. IS.
Excess Of temperature since November /,
1920, A.
Accumulated deficiency Of precipitation
since January 1, 1920, 4.32.
Deficiency Of precipitation since November
1, 1920. so.
Temperature same date last year-High-
est, IS; lowest, 40.
Qthar Tamnara turas
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


tist Ministers Alliance of America,
Of both of which organizations he is
president.
The tedium of convalescence at
Walter Reed Hospital, where many
wounded have been fighting their
way to recovery since before the
by issuance of hundreds of tickets
to the American Legion celebration
at the ball park.
Pupils of the Force School
marked the day with a tree plant
ing in honor of Quentin Roosevelt,
the only pupil of the school to lose
his life in the world war.
The American Forestry Assocfa-
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Ohio Fever Epidemic Spreads.

SALEM. Ohio, Nov. 1I.-In spite
of the efforts of more than 200 train
ed nurses and twoscore physicians
the typhoid fever epidemic here Is
gaining at the rate of forty positive
cases daily. health officials said to-
day. One more death occurred lat,
yesterday. bringing the total fatal
ties up to nine.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Stream Stocked With $4,000 Fish.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Nov. 1.-THE
Bureau of Fisheries placed seventy
ians of miscellaneous fish in Ca
apon Creek, a tributary of the Po-
omac east Of here. The stream
vas stocked at twelve different
Ilaces between Ziler's Spring and
Charles Aliens.
This was the largest consignment
very received in that section, about
1900 fingerlings.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Home Rule Up in Commons.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE house of
commons today agreed to the third
reading OF the new Irish home rule
bill recently proposed by Premier
Lloyd George
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12

DR.. Alexis arrel, famous New
York surgeon, has part of the heart
of an embryo chicken, which Is still
alive and growing.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
Victory Spirit Pervades Veterans
Who Celebrate Armistice Day;
Colorful Pageant at Ball Park

tion reported thousands of memo
rial tree paintings Throughout the
country.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12

Cinderella's slipper was of fur. not
tlass, according to a recent inves-
igation of the legends origin.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-12
The Weather

Forecast for Today and Tsmorrew.
For the District Of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia: Fair and much colder today;
tomorrow fair and continued cold; strong
northwest winds.
forecast Of Flying Weather.
Zone No. I North Atlantic States)-Bad
flying weather today; clouds, rain or snow
In early morning; strong shifting winds be-
coming west and northwest surface and aloft
Zone No. Middle Atlantic statesl-Bad
flying weather today; partly cloudy sky;
strong west and northwest winds near the
surface. and west to northwest gales aloft.
The courier-index., 1920-04-02
USEFUL PHRASES IN
 SPEAKIND AND WRITING
(By Grenville Kleiser.l

|
 Read the following list; it will
 do you good. Ruskin earnestly counseled us to form the habit of
 looking intensely at words. We should scrutinize them closely and endeavor to grasp their innermost meaning. There is an indefinable satisfaction in knowing how to choose and use words with accuracy and precision:
 Bestial ferocity, bewildering maze, bewitching air, beyond per adventure, bibulous diversions, big oted contempt, binding obligation, bitter recrimination, bizarre appar- parel, blackening west blameless in- dolence, blanched desolation, bland confidence, blank misgivings, blasph- meous hypocrisy, blatant discourse, blazing audacity, blazoned shield, bleak loneliness, blessed condolence, blighted happiness, blind partisan, tire, blithe disregard, bloated equiva- lent, bloodless creature, bloodthirsty malice, blundering discourtesy, blunt rusticity, blurred vision, bust ering assertion, boastful positive ness, bodily activity, boisterous edi- fication, bold generalization, bom- bastic prating, bookish precision, book companion, boorish abuse, bor- ed demeanor, borrowed grace, bot tomless abyss, boundless admiration. bountiful supply, boyish apprecia- tion, braggart pretense, bravely van quished, praying trumpet, brazen importantly, breathless eagerness, brief tenure, briefless barrister, bright interlude, brilliant embodi- ment, brisk energy, bristling temp CT, brittle sarcasm, broadening fame, broken murmurs, breeding peace, brutal composure, bubbling frivoli- ties, bucolic cudgeling, budding joy, bulky figure, bouyant pluck, bur densome business, burly strength.
The courier-index., 1920-04-02

same day, and is the second best record now on the books.
 The game was played without a moments delay, and not base on balls. stolen base or sacrifice hit was registered, Nashville winning by 6 to 8.
 Up to the time the Atlanta Shreveport record of A minutes was made, in 1904, the record was held by the Dayton and lronton teams. which played game in AZ minutes at Dayton, Ohio, on Sep tember 19, 1884.
 A contest between Oakland and San Francisco at San Francisco, No vember 9, 1893, was played in the same length of time.
 During the 1910 season in one day. the record for speed in playing a regular nine inning game was broken. This notable achievement went to the credit of the Southern League, which already held the speed record of A minutes, made by the Atlanta and Shreveport teams at Atlanta on September "A, 1904.
 To Atlanta again went the honor of new speed record as the latest record performance took place in Atlanta, Ga., on September 19, 1910, on the last day of the Southern League championship season, when the Atlanta and Mobile teams play ed a full game in the wonderful time of 32 minutes.
 This amazing record was made possible by the two teams going on the field and coming to bat on the run. Invariably the first ball de- livered to each batter was struck at and usually hit, without an eff fort to place it." Thirty-five as-
The courier-index., 1920-04-02
Longest BaH Ganle 26 Innings; Shortest
 Went g Minutes

'What was the longest baseball game ever played?'
 "What was the shortest baseball game ever played.
 These are two questions often ask ed the sporting editor.
 The longest game of baseball ever ulaved by amateurs of which there is any record was played at Cleve- land on July 4, 1907.
 The competitors on that occasion were the Brooklyn Athletic Clubs team and the East End All stars !,
 The game went thirty innlngs' ana the Brooklyns won to l.
 In the number of innings played no professional game ever com pared with that.
 The longest professional baseoail game ever played was one of twen- ty-six innings between the Bloom inpton and Decatur teams, both of the ana-Illinois-Iowa League, at Bloomington, May 21, 1900.
 This unique contest was pitchers hattie the entire twenty-six innings. In the final inning Fisher of Deca- tur was hit by pitched ball, and Purtell scored him with three bagger.
 On the same day-namely, Sep fember 19. l91O-at Nashville, Ten nessee, the Nashville and New Or aeans teams rushed through the game in AZ minutes, which would have been a worlds record but for the Atlanta-Mobile performance the
The courier-index., 1920-04-02
AERIAL GAME LAWS

Modern inventions beget new manners and new laws to govern the changed customs. The man who nets fish wholesale seems to be out classed by the airplane operator who gathers in wild birds by means of net. So, apparently, think the sportsmen in one locality nj Canada. As a consequence, an association