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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

@. Has the case regarding the
validity of the Farm Loan act been
settled yet? N. L. l..
A. The farm loan board says that
the case in reference to the farm
loan act was argued before the SUI
preme court of the United States
October 1915. Nc decision has been
rendered yet, nor is II expected for
six or eight weeks.
@. hWat is lodestone? J.. f. l..
A. A lodestone is d piece of mag
netite which possesses polarity as a
magnetic needle does.
Q. Is a Jew born in England a
Jew or an Englishman? G.. b. w.
a. The question confuses race
with nationality or citizenship. A
man of Jewish race remains. a Jew
wherever he may be born; but he
owes allegiance to and may have tho
privileges of citizenship in the, coun-
try of his birth.
Q. What is the origin of the word
Sabotage" o. G..
A. Sabotage" Is a French word
meaning THE willful and underhand
destruction of machinery by work
men during labor troubles" and is
derived from the French word 'sa-
bot meaning a wooden shoe"
French workmen wore these shoes
and 1t was possible to interfere with
the work of a factory by throwing a
sabot into the machinery
Q. What is the difference be-
tween misfeasance, malfeasance and
nonfeasance? E. NJ. 3.
A. Misfeasance means misguided
practice: malfeasance, intentional
w~rongdoing in office; and nofeas-
ance, on-performance Of duty In
office.
R. 4. NJ. '' ~ ~
4. In some countries, particular
ly England, a few of these birds are
kept among a flock of geese, and the
young, called "cygnets' are killed
Favored to make them popular ia
BILE birds. but some persons consider
them a delicacy.
Q. What organization is it which
places Bibles In hotel rooms through
out the country? J.. H. l..
A. This organization which is
composed of travelling statesmen, is
known as the SONS of Gideon" and
is affiliated with the American Bible
Association.
@. Are the smokestacks on a bat
tleship upright or slanting? Fl. S. G.
A. The Navy Department says
that on all present models of battle
ships the smokestacks are placed
upright. There were some old models
on which the smokestacks were
slanting.
Q. How much money does the
federal government contribute to the
public schools? II. +.
TI,A ,. ~ -1.zXz-- -..
that in 1918 the federal government
disbursed ~$1,668.9S6 for such pur-
poses, being one-fifth of one per cent
of the expense of the public elemen-
tary and secondary schools of the
country.
Q. How is plate glass made? A.
n. A.
A. Plate glass is not blown as or
binary window glass Is, but is pour
ed out in a molten mass on a flat
table, rolled to a fairly even surface,
then ground and polished, so that
the thickness Of any one piece is
uniform.
Q. What is the young of the
deer called? I. NJ. ".
A. The young Of this species of
animal is called a fawn.
Q. Was Wheeling ever the capt.
tai of West Virginia? f. C. ID.
A. Wheeling was West Virginia's
capital from 1863 to 1870 and from
1875 to 1885.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
RIPPLlNG RHYMES
LANDLORDS
BY Walt Mason.

I am looking for a shelter for my
dachshund and my wife, and l can
ter. helter-skelter. through the
citys' noise and strife. l would rent
some humble attic two miles higher
than the street, but the landlord
~plutocratic names a price i cannot
meet. l would rem "a rusty basement
underneath a squalid flat, but the
landlord, from his easement, names
a price hat lifts my hat. Oh, the
landlord is a pelter who would scalp
me with his knife, and / wander,
seeking shelter, with my dachshund
and my wife. Up and down the
streets I trundle, with my money in
my hand, but my paltry little bundle
doesn't seem in much demand;
through the town I've roamed and
rubbered, and 1 hunt for lodgings
still, but one cannot rent a cupboard
with a fifty-dollar bill. And the land
lord. fat and greasy, pays no heed to
my despair. to my haggard cheeks
and creasey, to the snow that streaks
my hair. He has no respect for sor-
row; if 1 wish to rent a berth. 1 must
go and steal or borrow more than
his old coop is worth. When in sum-
mel heat 1 swelter, when the winter
storms are rife. / must vainly seek
for shelter, with my dachshund and
my wife; and some morning you
will find us lying in an alley dead,
with our trail of smoke behind us.
and a bitter sky o'erhead.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
VICTORY MEMORIAL
BY DIR. James 1. Vance.

On the Mall, between the Capitol
and the White House, on a site
granted by Congress, the people of
America are to erect the National
Memorial Building to commemorate
the services and sacrifices of the
americans who helped to win the
World War.
The plans for this noble building
have been selected by the National
Fine Arts Society from a large num-
Der submitted by the foremost
American architects.
The Memorial will contain n of
the largest auditoriums in the world,
having a seating capacity of 1900, be-
sides a number of smaller halls.
Every state and territory will have
its W chamber, and the leading
patriotic organizations will he pro-
vided with headquarters in the build
ing.
The building is not only to be
erected, but endowed, SO that its
adequate maintenance shall be guar
anteed for time to come. the funds
being raised by state appropriations,
subscriptions from organizations
having an honor roll, and individual
gifts.
The Victory Memorial Building
should make an irresistible appeal
to the people OF America. Surely
We cannot do too much to honor the
memory and herald the heroism of
the American soldiers in the World
War. The story of what they did is
a chapter Of undying fame, and will
enrich the annals of this nation as
long as the flag flies.
They entered the conflict at it's
supreme crisis, and they entered
with such daring. they fought with
such skill and courage. they died
with such abandon, that from the
day the Stars and Stripes appeared
among the colors of the allies, the
doom Of Teuton aggression was seal
ed.
j am not unmindful of the magni-
ficent valor the French had shown:
nor of the way, during those long.
hard years, the British bore the
brunt of battle. America has only
cheers for its brave allies. 1t is hon.
or enough that the soldiers we sent
overseas fought. so well as to prove
themselves not unworthy a place in
that glorious line.
But 1t is ours to keep alive the
story of American arms. 1t is our
high privilege to hand down to gen.
%erations that are to come the story
of the glory of the men of this gen.
Grafton who served and sacrificed,
who fought and died to keep free
dom alive in the earth.
This Is what the Victory Mem
orial on the Mall at Washington will
do. Even If we could, 1t will not let
us forget. And the sight of it will
fire the heart with the fame of true
IAmericanism.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
HOROSCOPE
Friday, November ~, 1920
Copyright, 1920, by the McClul
Newspaper Syndicate)

Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
Neptune rules strongly for good
today. according to astrology. Jupi-
ter is adverse.
1t is a rule under which selling
should be fairly lucky, but what
ever is speculative should be avoid
ed.
The signs are promising for COM
merce. which will extend rapidly,
new channels opening in the Orient.
a direction that is most propitious.
New discoveries will be made ana
profits will increase, the seers fore
tell.
While this configuration prevails
the mental vision is supposed to be
unusually clear, so that past mis-
takes as well as future plans are
keenly presented to the mind. ,
The rule of Neptune is believed to
increase psychic gifts and to impart
the power of prophecy to all who
are sensitive to occult guidance.
This should be a lucky day for
beginning journeys of pleasure or
business, unless buying is contem-
plated.
Warning is given against the
W cPpSoAoNC Wlt(fl Tia
be strong. This is a time in which
to be satisfied with routine ways of
making money.
Jupiter is in a place today that
arraigns sober practical common
sense against whatever is in the
least visionary.
1t is not a fortunate rule for legis-
lators since it is likely to bring
about clashes of opinion and heated
arguments.
Science and literature are to BEN
eft greatly in the new year, the
drama making special strides.
Spain is to be affected with poll
teal and religious disturbances. 1t
is prophesied that there will never
be another king to reign over the
people.
Drownings seem to be forecast
by. the stars. Accidents at sea are
indicated.
Persons whose birthdate it is
should keep watch on financial af-
fairs during the coming year. Spec
ulation will be disastrous.
Children born on this day are
likely to be generous and free to
excess. They should be trained to
thrift and probably will find their
best success when acting as en-
Nloyes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

The o~ld-fashioped man who used
to walk aroun dtlle world on a wager
now has q SOL who wouldn't go
W squares away from home unless
he used his machine.
The surest thing about the man
who is Slow but Sure is that he is
certain to be Slow.
About the only difference we 10
tice in the Combinations the girls
wear is that five years ago they cost
hfty-nine and nov they cost nine
fifty.
When the members of the Ameri-
can Legion vote at this election
they should not forget that a lot
OF the candidates we're the tools of
the Anti-Everything League that
protested against cigarettes being
sent to the boys in France.
n burnt child breads the fire.
But an adult will go back and get
burn again.
A young mans habits have a lot
to do with his future. If he turns
In all right, he'll turn out all right.
Many a married man who COM
plains that his wife doesn't pay any
attention to what he says, doesn't
know that he talks in his sleep.
A good looking woman can make
a mar do anything she wants him
10 do-unless she happens to be
married to him.
One great objection we have to
prohibition is that a fellow can't
go to a gathering of any kind with
out tripping over about $50 empty
pints and half pints.
When some couples get married
the Groom is so honey that he
ought to be wearing the veil instead
of the Bride.
Maybe a girl leaves her chest I'M
covered in Winter to prove that she
has a warm heart.
Even IL f1eas do have to have {
home, why don't they stick to cats
Why do they have to pick on a gooC
fellow like a dog?
! What has become of the O. f. wo,
man who used to exhibit her whit,
petticoat by forgetting to fasten he
placket in the rean?
Anyway, the man who has a hal
dozen growing boys around his HON,
nowadays hasn't any spare coin I,
invest in oilless oil wells.
The reason why a girl doesn't minC
having pimples on her face is be
cause she would just as soon b
cross-eyed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

knew how.
What a sorry mess we have made
OF It all. Perhaps We may yet re-
trive some of that which was lost.
Much depends on the kind Of advis-
.ers President-elect Harding chooses.
1t remains with the coming admin
istration whether the underlying
thought of the celebration of ARM
istice Day two years ago will be
realized.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

The Moon gets full. much to our
deep disgust.
Then gets behind the Sun and
hides away;
But we are law abiding and We
must
Stick 10 the Dipper and the Milky
WAY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Answers to Questions

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington. ID. c. h oner
applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial troubles Ii
does not sttempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and an
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. Al replies are tent direct
TO the INQUIRER.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

A colored man in Chattanooga,
Tenn, wrote this letter to a colored
man in Macon. Ga.
Dear Sam: Is you dead or is you
alive? Is you alive. send me that ten
dollars you owe me.-Gcorge."
A week later George received this
reply:
Dear George: l is dead and that
ten dollars was used to help buy my
coftin.-Sam."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
NOT WORKING BUT TIRED OUT

When one feels always tired without
working, or suffers from backache, lum-
nago, rheumatic pains sore muscles or
stif Joints II Is not always easy to locate
the source OF trouble. but very frequent
ly II can be traced to overworked. weakly
ened or diseased kidneys. Mrs. L. Glib
son, 18th q Edison ST.. LaJunta, Colo.
writes: MY kidneys were giving me a
great deal of trouble for some time. !
took Foley Kidney Pills and they helped
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Oh. Very We'll!

How arc you enjoying the trip?'
we asked the Seasick Passenger who
was leaning ever the rail of the
steamer.
oh" he replied. "ihings are CON-
ing up to my expectations
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Betcha.

Though women folks we like to
chaff,
We have respect for them by jingi
And we call her the Better Half;
Because she is the Whole Blame
Thing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Explalned

DO you know WIN dentists Off
ces are called Dental Parlors?" ask
eI the Cheerful idiot.
NO" replied the Wise Guy.
Whats the reason?"
Because they arc drawing
rooms replied the Cheerful idiot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

There was an old man in Duquesne.
Who hammered a nail in his brain,
In the mirror he eyed 1t,
Then said: II just tried it
To see IL the durn thing would
PAIN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Firms Is Firms.

Did you know that you could buy
candies at Mahr e. Pappas Confec-
tionery. Eden avenue and University,
Cincinnati?
And you can locate Adam Sharp
Shoemaker in Sweetwater, Ill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
GOsllf

Most of us don't know which way
we'n be tagged when we die. But
what we started to tell you was that
A. Firetag is an undertaken at 479
King street, Charleston, S. c.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

If you can get a Wise Man to take
five drinks of bootleg booze. he'll be
just as big a fool as the rest of us.
The men of other nations have it
on American men when it comes to
dress. But the American girl is the
smartest> dressed woman in the
world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
You Win!

Old George Keene claims that
while the League of Nations may
stop fighting in other countries it
certainly started a fight in this
country
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned child that used to have to eat
its meals standing up when 1t sassed
its parents?-Luke McLuke. It's a
parent 10Y and still has to eat
standing up when it sasses it's chill
dren.-Nashville Tennesseean.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

Mrs. Taffy Toolu Sugg. of Fayete-
vile. Tenn, has been granted a di-
vorce from w. G.. Sugg.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
The OxervVorked Reportcr.

(Osgood, Ind.
Vernon Vayhinger has moved his
law Office where it was to where he
now is.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

Convention of Germans applauded
the suggestion that the monarchy be
re established. You can get a crowd
10 applaud most anything.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

The peace conference used $4,000
francs worth Of cigars. The Indians
used to accomplish more peace with
an old pipe and a couple of tobacco
leaves.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

Who's this fellow Farley who
seems to be mixed up in SO many
strikes?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

A man feels mighty big in his W
eyes,
But there is lots of truth in this
quip:
He never overestimates his size
When he is picking out a man TO
whip.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Our Daily SneciaI
Luke NlcLMke Says

You can't Whip an Enemy by
Shooting OF Your Mouth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Nav Knows a Few Things.

WiIlie-Paw. when does a man
reach the age of discretion?
Maw-When he is about $50 years
old. my son. Z,
Paw-You shut your mouth and
get to bed, young man!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

II clothes are lower skirts aren't
clothes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

IT'S a funny thing" said Pritchard.
How a Christian namc won't
stick;
You can name the baby Richard,
But the world will call him Dick"
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
BUREAU OF SCIENCE

WASHINGTON, Nov. S-The
government has at last started in a
small way a much needed enterprise.
One bureau in the Department of
AgricuIture-the Bureau of Chemis-
try-is going to turn some of its dis
coveries to practical use by finding
out their commercial possibilities,
and giving the public the benefit OF
its research.
Of the sugar experiments laboratory,
for instance. find an improved meth
cd of making cane syrup the bureau
may not. as heretofore, announce
the big discovery to the country and
then start something else.
Instead. IL IL seems likely that the
new process could be developed prof.
itably by syrup manufacturers, and
IL there is a special need for II, chem
ical engineers of the bureau will
take up the matter. Data will be OBJ
tanned 4 show the condition of the
market, whether a higher price can
be obtained for the better product,
whether new machinery Is needed
for the new process, and the cost,
whether the project is practicable ON
a small scale. Equipped with facts,
figures, and perhaps a small working
pld1L NuCIC syrup mas Deen SuCCetS-
fully made by the government pro-
cess, the bureau is in a position to
furnish help to anyone who is inter-
ested.
The branch of the Bureau of
Chemistry is to form this liaison be-
tween science and the public Ia call
ed the office of development work.
1t was planned by DIR. Carl Alsberg,
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry,
who felt that the discoveries of his
bureau we're not often enough I'M
derstood by the people who could
have made use of them. The trouble
was that the bureau had no way of
helping people who were always
writing to 1t to know If each new
process would be a good commercial
venture and If so how to go about
starting work. To, help these bust
ness men and manufacturers. and
also private citizens who might be
interested In the use of a discovery
made by the bureau, the Office of
Development Work has been OPEN
ed.
Many of the processes worked out
by the government chemits are prac-
ticable only on a large scale, in an
deliberately equipped plant. But in
some cases the farmer or housewife
profits by the chemical experiments.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
BITS OF BY.PlAY

BY lake McLuke.
(Copyright, 1920. by The Cincinnati
Enquirer.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
Gas Out of Straw

1t is hoped hat this may be true
in the case of the straw gas expert
ments now being conducted at the
government experimental farm at
Arlington, Virginia. Gas was several
years ago obtained from straw. Dur
ing the a England eked out her
gasoline supply by attaching bags
containing the straw gas to the top
of automobile buses. The difficulty
with straw gas "a be seen right
there. 1t has W been satisfactorily
reduced to a compressed liquid.
When that is achieved, and the quail
tiles of gas obtained from different
kinds of straw have been studied and
compared, the Bureau of Chemistry
hopes to be able to show the farmer
how to make his W gas for light,
heat and power for stationary en-
gines and tractors. The government
chemical engineers could not, OF
course, so to every farm and give
actual assistance in establishing a
gas production plant, but 1t could
furnish all necessary information re-
garding costs, equipment and the
product.
The office that is to furnish this
service is SO new that it has scarce
ly mapped out Its campaign. 1t can
not work out the development of all
of its discoveries nor ven of all that
look promising as commercial prop.
ositions.
1t has a limited staff. and works
under the special appropriations that
are made from time to time by con-
gress for experiments with syrups,
dyes, or d~ehydration. Thus, if the
bureau decided to develop its exper.
iments on the uses of corncobs, the
funds for development must come
from the appropriation under which
the corncob experiments were made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

Prince Paul had better make sure
that the scepter is not septic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
"And though Henry you may name

him."
Clipped in wise old Mr.. Blank,
Even though success shall claim
him.
All the world will call him Hank"
Detroit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11
The Valuable Corncob

Corncobs, which are now usually
burned up. furnish a good example
of wasted material. Government re-
search has shown that a number of
products a be made from corn
cobs. among them adhesive for fibe;
board sizing, paper. and a high
grade brown dye which sells for
$50 a pound and can be made from
cobs for about Is cents. Some day
the farmer may be able to sell his
corncobs for a very good price, but 1t
is not likely that he would ever be
able to extract dye or glue from them
himself, because that is a PROPOSE
ton which demands development on
"a fairly large scale to return suffi-
cient profits. 1t would be obviously
ridiculous for a farmer to collect a
few baskets OF cobs into a corner Of
the barn and try to produce corncob
dye to compete with the product of
a big, efficiently-run dye factory.
The Bureau of Chemistry is at
present working on a number of ex.
periments which, IL later developed
by its engineers, would be of great
service to the country. For example,
there are the tanning experiments.
Farm hides generally sell for con-
siderably less than those put out by
big tanneries, because a lot is either
not SO w~ell-skinned and preserved,
or else there are apt to be some care
lessly tanned hides, possibly with
cuts In them. in an otherwise good
assortment. Improper tanning part
ly explains why some shoes wear out
so quickly. The Bureau of Chemistry
is making a study of improved meth
DDS of tanning and as a result of it's
work has got out a bulletin telling
how to tan hides. Formerly this was
as far as the bureau could &c. But
now, If the office OF development
work should turn its attention to the
bureaus leather work, there would
be a far better chance for the gov
ernment's findings to be OF practical
use to the tanners and to the public.
Another line of chemical research
which has already shown its results
is the utilization of inferior grades
of citrous fruits. California ships
East only the best oranges and lem
ons, because prices for Gull fruit do
not warrant shipping it any distance.
How to conserve the great uuanti-
ties of slightly imperfect or small
fruit has always been a problem.
2ut now. the California laboratory
of the Bureau of Chemistry has
shown that by using the peel for
marmalade and oil, and the lemons
for citric acid. and establishing the
business on a large scale. the Gull
fruit can be utilized. Largely as a
result of increased interest in con-
servation of these imperfect fruits
the price of Gull oranges and lem
ons has gone up from five dollars to
thirty dollars a ton, and four CON
Germs have started to manufacture
by-products of citrous fruit.
These are two of the many exper-
iments which the bureau is making
and the Office of Development could
promote with profit to the country.
The main difficulty, so often asso.
ciated with new government pro-
Jects. is to get congress to provide
enough money for the work to be
really of benefit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-11

Henrietta Rhatt lives in Charles
ton, s. c.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-02-11
UNITED ATTACK ON H. C. |.
Labor Leaders, Farmers and House,
wives viii Outline Plans at
Meeting in Chicago.

Washington, Fen. 11.-Labor lead
ers, farmers and housewives will be-
gin united attack against the high
cost of living Thursday in Chicago,
when the All.American Farmer-Labor
Cooperative congress will open with
program outlining plans for the
greatest drive against profiteers in
the history of the country. The plans
for the conference call for the estab-
lishment Of cooperative projects own
ed end operated by the workers and
farmers from newspapers to banks.