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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
fine POINT IN DRAW POKER
Would a Gentleman Take Pot on 4
Hand That Was Not
Dealt to Him.

Coats off, shirtsleeves rolled up, ana
sopping handkerchiefs bound tightly
round their brows, Bloodthirsty Bill,
Cheater Charlie, Daredevil Dick, the
dealer, and Slasher Sam sat in solemn
conclave round the table, playing furi-
Gus game of poker
Stakes and excitement ran high.
Each man seemed to hold tiptop
hand, and none would relinquish the
betting. At last time came for the
hands to be exposed.
-Four twos!' shrieked Bloodthirsty
Bill.
"Four threes!'' shouted Cheater
Charlie.
"Straight flush! J" roared Daredevil
Dick, the dealer.
Royal f1ush!" screeched Slasher
SAM
Daredevil Dick, the dealer, was stag
gered.
''Take it, Sam, If you've got the
nerve" he muttered: "but you know
it's not the hand l dealt you."-LOn-
don Tit-Bits.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
COSTS MONEY TO RUN zoo
Pets Of Londoners Are Really Expen'
sive Propositions in the Feed
ina Line.

How much does it cost now to feed
an elephant for year? Two thousand
dollars, say the officials of the London
ZOO. And giraffe costs half as much.
So that, with the increased prices OF
food, have come new problems for the
keepers of menageries. The meat foods
Include beef. horse flesh, guinea pigs.
rats cats, mice, rabbits, frogs, snakes.
fish, pigeons, ducks, sparrows, gentles.
anails, ants and cod liver oil. The ga
zelles. buffaloes and antelOpes must be
provided with rock salt. They are fed
on oats, bran, hay, green clover. to-
gether with carrots and potatoes. The
birds are the most difficult to feed sat
isfactorily. Flamingoes. for instance.
require soaked wheat, boiled shrimpS
and fish cut small. Some birds are
fed largely on bullock's liver. This is
cut into slices, boiled then put through
a mincing machine. The mince is
dried in q slow oven and preserved.
The dry mince is usually miX&l with
bran or pollard. Quantities Of insects
have to be kept in stock for the insect
eating birds. These are principally
meal worms and gentles, which is the
polite name for meat maggots. But
for some birds flies and grasshopperS
are required. The monkeys require
fruit, such as bananas and apples.
while the snakes must be fed on small
animals, such as rabbits, mice and
rats.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Worlds Races Divided.

Amphiscians are the people who in
habit the tropics, whose shadows in
one part Of the year are cast to the
north and in the other to the south, &C.
cording as the sun is north or south of
their zenith.
The antiscians are the Inhabitants
of the earth living on different sides
of the equator, whose shadows at noon
are cast in contrary directions. Those
living north Of the equator are antis-
clans to those living south of that line,
and vice versa. The shadows on one
side are cast toward the north and
upon the other toward the south.
The ascians are the people who
live in land where, at certain time
Of each year. they have no shadows
at noon. All the inhabitants Of the
torrid zone are ascians, they having a
vertical sun twice year.
The PHYSICIANS are the inhabitants
Of the polar circle, whose shadows dur
ing some portions of the summer must
in the course of the day move entirely
around and fall toward every point of
the compass.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
WHY DRUGGISTS DIE YOUNG
Customers Like This Very Particular
Lady Must Be Great Strain on
the Nerves..

The drug store was filled with wor-
ried MISREPRESENTATION faces. All
were eager for quick action and the
druggist was doing his best to meet
all the demands. A woman, the only
one without a prescription in her hand,
shifted back and forth until she got
directly in the path Of the druggist.
"Wait on me, please" she said snap.
PLY. I'm in hurry"
"What did you wish?"
"Some birdseed-canary bird. And
I want the real stuff. none of this
camouflaged birdseed-sand, cornmeal,
sawdust and lot Of other Stuff"
"But, lady, We"
"Oh, yoa can't fool me. I've been
reading up on this birdseed graft. (
read IN magazine where they were
jamming all sorts Of Junk into this
stuff we're feeding our poor little
canaries. Think of cheating a poor lit
tie canary
But, lady, you don't understand"
"Oh, yes, do understand. l want
birdseed that has glaze on 1.-THE
kind that shows it is fresh by its
bright color. l don't want this gritty
stuff. I know what I'm talking about
I've been reading up and"
How much did you want, Lady,"
"Oh, about q nickel's WORTH"
And the poor, unhappy prescription.
GERS fell in faint.-Indianapo
News
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Tomb Was Tramp's Home.

A tramp who had solved the present
day problem of where to live by taking
up his abode in one Of the old Roman
tombs at Aries, on the Rhone, gave two
Dutch tourists the fright of their
lives.
They had gone out to see the remains
by moonlight, when suddenly out of a
tomb emerged human form, which
the moon caused to appear exceedingly
ghostlike. The tourists fed at top
speed for the town, declaring that they
had seen a resurrection. The "ghost"
was Intercepted by the police and
will be prosecuted for the French
equivalent Of wandering without WIS.,
ible means of subsistence-FrOm the
Continental Edition of the London
Daily Mail.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03

Industrial plants are now using the
Ambrjne treatment for burns, scalds,
and all surface wounds which proved
very successful for casualties incurred
in the world war.
The dressing is compound Of wax
and resins, and is solid when cold. It
is heated to about $50 degrees Fab
renheit and applied by means Of spe-
ial atomizer, or it can be generally
daubed on with a soft brush. A plas-
tic dressing, impervious to air, is thus
formed, which does not adhere to the
wound and which promotes the healing
process without appreciable contrac-
ton. Disagreement and scars are pre-
vented to greater extent than was
possible under the old methods.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Bold Chinese Bandits.

Bands Of kidnapers recently have
Shantung, China. Operating in groups
of from 80 to so they have carried
away and held for ransom wealthy Chi
nese for whom they have obtained as
much as $4,000 in some cases. Ten
citizens were kidnapped in October:
Promises to pay ram SONS have been ex-
acted by torture. Troops have tried
to capture the bandits, but have
failed. 1t is believed the kidnapers
came from Dalny, crossing the Gulf
of Pechili in boats in which they es-
capped with their captives.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Artificial Tree for Birds.

DR.. H. B. Warren is having a con-
crete tree built on his lawn at West
Chester, Pa, to provide homes for
birds. The tree is upon a wire frame
Is feet high. Holes of different sizes
will lure the birds to meet and rest
At the base of the tree will be large
concrete bath to provide the guests
with running water at all times. Imi-
tation limbs on the tree" will give
perching accommodations. But the
question is, will the birds be fooled
by this deliberately counterfeit tree
We have seen some most elaborate
and expensive bird houses empty year
after year.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
MARKED EPOCH IN INDUSTRY
Experience Of Years Of Warfare
Should Have Effect on Coal Min.
ing in This Country.

The inventory Of the nations re-
sources that the war made necessary
brought to light many new facts about
coal mining which will be Of lasting
value to the industry and to the pub
lie. AS long as the war lasted these
incidental lessons were lost sight Of
under the pressure Of meeting the
emergency created by the shortage Of
fuels, but with the return of peace
the experience gained during the war
is being gathered together in series
OF reports on the industry, the first
Ct which. Goal in 1917" by G. e.
Lesher. has been published by the
United States geological survey, de-
partment of the interior.
The period from 1914 through 1917
and 1918 and into 1919 may he regard
ed as distinct epoch in the coal in
dustry, Of which the year 1917 repre-
sented only one section, but section
which, If not the most remarkable for
its achievements, was at once the most
chaotic and the most momentous in the
history Of the industry.
In response to the unprecedented de-
mand the bituminous mines produced
551,790,563 tons, or nearly 10 per cent
more than the output Of the year be-
fore. The anthracite output was co.
611,S11 net tons, an increase over 1916
of 1877 per cent. The total output Of
both hard and soft coal was thus over
65O,O0O,OOO tons.
This record output was accomplish
ed by labor force of GO3. 143 men in
the bituminous and 154,174 in the an
thracite mines. In spite of the draft
the number of workers in the bitnmi-
nous industry was greater in 1917 that
in 1916.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Chinese Engineers Hate Toll.

In no branch Of modern progress
has China advanced during the last
twenty years more than in engineer
ing, If we except. perhaps, medicine.
The Chinese engineer has come to
stay. He is a much-criticized person,
and the principal objection the up-to-
date modern engineer offers against
him is that he refuses to undergo the
long and tedious period Of training
necessary in any branch of engineer
ing today: if he can become an engin-
eer without soiling his hands or taking
of his coat, he is quite willing to pose
as having mastered engineering; but
he objects to the toll and the dirty
work.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Island Of Crete "Upendinq."

In the course of discussion on the
subject Of Crete at the Royal Geo
graphical society, Prot. L. J. Myres de-
scribed two remarkable changes Of
ground level that have occurred there
since classical times, says the Scientific
American.
The whole island has swung upon an
axis, the eastern half sinking and the
western rising, so that whereas at
Hierapetras and Spinalonga the an
cient quays and harbor works are now
under water, the little Greek harbor OF
Phalasarna, at the west end of the is
land, is now totally upheaved, so that
one can walk about on the floor Of the
ancient harbor, appraised and dry. !
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Machinery in Japan.

Japan's rapid Industrial progress
during the past five years is nowhere
more conspicuous than in the develop
ment of the machinery trade. Japan
Imported in 1914 machinery to value
of somewhat more than $4,000, 600; in
1918 more than $29,OOO,0OO. In 1914
the United States furnished 20 per
cent of the total imports of machin'
cry in 1918 80 per cent. Japan's ex'
ports of machinery, chiefly to far
eastern countries, have increased from
$634,OOO in 1914 to approximately
S7,89O,OOO in 1918. Exports include
electrical machinery, spinning and
weaving machinery, lathes and print
ing machinery.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
MOTOR BOAT REAL CHURCH
Gospel Ship on Puget Sound Of Great
Comfort to People in Re-
mote Regions.

OF the 10 counties Of western Wash
fngton Is are accessible to seagoing
vessels. according to Agnes Lockhart
Hughes, in Everybody's. Hence the
Robert G. Seymour, a floating church,
operated on Puget sound by Rev. Will
bert r. Howell and his wife.
During the four years that the Rob-
ert G. Seymour has been in operation
1t has travelled on an average Of 5000
miles a year. carrying religion to Is
land county and up Hood canal. 1t
regularly visits II ports and as many
logging comps, bringing religion to
those who cannot seek it. The boat
is gone often for a month at time,
and often has weathered some of the
toughest gales ever experienced on
the sound. Not infrequently, after a
sermon delivered aboard the gospel
ship, or on shore, some woman will
come forward with a question on her
lips regarding what lies near her
heart relative to the latest style in
dresses or hats, and always an an
swer is forthcoming-fo the good pilot
never omits to include fashion books
among his hymnals.
One woman acknowledged that a SER
mon preached recently by the captain
of the Gospel boat was the first she
had heard in dozen years. She was
the mother of nine children and had
had no opportunity previously Of hear
ing church service.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Lenqtheninq Life Of Silk Stocking.

mo economies are SMALL" says a
French proverb, and the professional
stocking members job is evidence Of
thrift as understood by the Parisienne
Here" said one Of the craft, "are 80
pairs Of silk stockings which have
been through my hands more times
than I can count, and look at them"
They were patched and darned till
there was little Of the original left.
but as Elise remarked, with boots
they still make an effect" Before the
war madame paid three half-pence per
pair to her member and provided the
thread; now she gives fourpence or
fivepence and expects miracles of en-
durance from the fragile web. Where
the member formerly spent ten min
utes she now must devote an hour to
some Of these stockings, and it is diff
ficult to see how she gets living.
But madame's motto is, "Throw moth
ing away" and she lives up to it.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
FIRST USED IN CIVIL WAR
Idea Of Divisional Insignia Is Credited
to General Joseph Hooker-Were
Worn as Cap Ornaments.

'"The divisional insignia, which was
hailed as something Of novelty when
it was introduced in the A. e. F., did
not stand for an entirely new idea in
uniform decorations for an American
army" says the Home Sector. the ex-
soldiers weekly.
Gen. Joseph Hooker-'Fighting
Joe'-whose record in another Amer
lean war fought sixty years ago has
not been entirely submerged in the
vast history that grew out of that
war, had conceived the same insig-
MIA idea, and the men of the regi-
ments fighting under him In the
Civil war put on distinctive en-
blem and thereby established fash
ion that was adopted by all the
Union forces The idea did not die
with the Civil war, for in the Span
ish-American war also American SOL
diers wore distinctive emblems to
show what organization they belonged
to.
'"The divisional insignia as worn by
the A. E. F. was new, however, in the
details Of it's wearing, for the soldiers
of the Civil war and of the Spanish
American war did not wear cloth
patches on the left shoulder. The
fighting men Of the Civil war wore
their emblems-lnade of metal, with
cloth centers-as cap ornaments. Inc
soldiers of the Spanish American war
displayed their own organization
marks-of enameled metal with
clasp backing-pinned to their left
breast just above the pocket flap"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Captain Couldn't Answer,

Master Charles Wymond Potter ac-
companied his grandfather, Capt,
Charles A. Wymond, to the river at
Evansville the other day to see that
the elevator, boats, barges and coal
were all right.
"Grandfather," remarked Charles,
"why do they call dirt mud when it's
wet. and dust when it is dry?"
No reply from grandfather. who is
still thinking about the answer-In-
dianapolis News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
The Lucky Cuss.

"Unfortunate mani" we said, as we
stood by the bedside and drew our
head still farther down in the collar of
our overcoat, after the manner Of a tur.
tie retrogressing in his shell. "You have
our profoundest sympathy in your af-
Fiction, and"
"Sympathy-the dickens" chortled
the invalid. "Why, dodgast it, when
everybody else is shuddering and shak-
ing with the cold have a raging fever
and am as warm and comfortable as
If it were the good old summer time.
Hi-lo! hi-lee "-Kansas City Star.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
French Coal .Minino.

French coal miners, replying to the
suggestion that they work more than
eight hours day declare that the only
remedy is the, improvement of mining
machinery on American lines. They
state that an American miner by using
mechanical devices can dig out thirty
tons of coal a week, while the French
miner can get out but q tenth Of this
anopnt.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Indian Women Progressing.

Oklahoma Indian girls are as much
interested in the canning campaign as
their paleface sisters. In Backham
county, Okla, they attend all the
meetings held by the home demon
stration agent, ard this year made an
excellent booth exhibit OF the fruit
and vegetables they had canned and
dried. One Indian woman also exhi.
bited 100 chickens of her own raising.
Exchange.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Pricklv Pear Proving Pest.

Australia is suffering from prickly
pear pest, which takes advantage OF
the rivers as a means of spreading
Shoots break off from the parent
plant growing along a stream and the
part is carried downstream to found
a new colony, Thousands Of acres
are being ruined yearly owing to the
ravages Of this plant, and no means
have been discovered Of stopping its
march. Rolling, spraying and poisons
have proved Intellectual, and it Is
hoped that some scientist may find
some commercial use for the plant.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
Spanish LIcorice Industry.

The manufacture of licorice extract
and paste is an important Spanish in
dustry. This Is q comparatively new
industry, as formerly the root was
exported manufactured. Over g.
100000 pounds Of the root were ex-
ported In 1918 and more than 100000
pounds of extract and paste.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
WarTorn VILLAGES Arisino.

Villages in the vicinity of St. Quen-
tin, France, are literally rising
phoenixlike from their own ashes.
Confronted by lack of stone and
building materials, the artisans have
established a big grinding machine in
which the debris of the shell-shat-
tered houses is 1emade into mortar.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
ThorouuhIy Selfish.

do you know what I'd like?" said
the first road hog.
mo, what would you like?' said the
second pOrcine person.
I'D like to have mOtorcar so big
there wouldn't be room gu the broad
est boulevard for anything to pass me
hurt a breeze. "-Birmingham Age. Her
aid.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-03
London's Housing Problem.

London's Housing Problem.
The London housing board has In.
spected 1900 houses that may be con.
verified into flats. OF these 1000 have
been approved and work is to be COM
menced Immediately. Work has also
been begun on 5000 houses.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-28
GadTon SLOGAN CONTEST s5Ff"n1
Rules Of
heContest

In the numbered spaces this page viii be found the Advertising
Slogans used By 81 leading business houses Of E PasO. The
First Prize Of S. in this Slogan Contest will be awarded to the
person submitting IN the numerical order indicated this
the most nearly list Of the Names addresses and telephone
numbers Of the firms using these slogans The second prize Of s.
viii be awarded for the nearest correct list zna the third prize
Of 81 for the next correct list In Of be N the
matter Of the prizes viii be awarded the order Of
their NEATNESS-i prize for the neatet second pze for the
next neatest and third prize for the next nsatest
Answers this contest must be The Herald office BY
Wednesday March Announcement Of the winners viii be made
N The Herald Of Saturday, March s.
Employees Of The Herald and members Of their families
barred from this contest
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-25
NEW HAVEN TO
 HAVE NEW BALL
 PARK THIS YEAR

New Haven, March ss-The an nouncement made yesterday after noon of the formation of the New Haven Baseball Exhibition Co, was hailed with delight by the sporting element of this city,
 Incorporated for S1S0, coo by Geo. M, Weiss, E. S. Bronson, paggett Lee and Attorney Frank Kenna, the New Haven Baseball Exhibition company will control the local Eastern league franchise and the new park, affairs being in the hands of George M. Weiss who will be advised by a board of directors of the stocl1hold- CTS.
 The new ball park, or the stadium, as it will be known, located east of p5xwell avenue, between Wooding and Helen streets, will cover six acres of territory, with stands having a ca pacity of almost 5000. This will be the most modern constructed baseball plant in the minor leagues There will be a row of boxes along the front of the grand stand, reserved easy chairs, grand stand benches bleachers and special arran gements for the parking of automobiles. The 1 players dug-out will connect witt the dress1Dg-rooms. The press boz
 will be in front of the stand, directly l back of the home plate Autos vii ! park in center field territory. There ! will be a separate street for the autc l travel to and from the park.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-25
PLAYED WITHOUT
 CONTRACT SAYS
 OUTLAW MAGEE

>~ Cincinnati, Ohio, Mch. 25-Lee Ma gee, who was cast adrift by the Chi cago Cubs when they refused him 1920 contract, yesterday declared that if given a public hearing by the Ma uonal League officials he will prove that he played with the Chicago team last year without having signed a contract, which is in violation of the constitution of the League, which, he says, provides that a player must sign 8 contract after being with the club ten days to make him eligible to com pete in the League race. This, Magee says he did not do, although he played with the Cubs just the same.
 Magee was transferred from Gin cinnati to Brooklyn and later to Chi cago. He says his hitting was more than 15 games for the Cubs, and that if these are thrown out the entire standing of the League for the 1S1s season would be altered.
 There is no other case of a similar kind on record, so far as could be learned. Friends of Magee who are hearing started the story of Magee having played with the Cubs without 1 having signed a contract. When Ma gee was asked about it he sadd: ffTha' is hitting the nadl on the head ex act1y. It is one of the things that WI propose to prove if I ann granted hearing''
 Magee and his attorney, Robert A l Alcorn, declared that they have no heard from President Heydler excep through an Associated Press dispatch
 They declared that unless Heydle
 grants them hearing by saturda!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-25
HOOTERS HOME RUN HELPS SOX
 DEFEAT GIANTS

Austin, Texas, March ss-The Giants lost to the Red Sox yesterday by to 3, the game being called while the Red Sox were at bat in the ninth inning. This was partly be- cause there were no more new balls available and partly to allow the clubs to catch train for San An- tonic.
 Tim Hendrix had made a home run in the ninth, but the game re verted to even innings, Home runs, incidentally played a prominent part in the conflict, Harry Hooper and George Kelly each inserting timely four~base slam.
 Arthur Nehfe hurled for the Giants at the start of the game, giving way to Wilbur Hubben in the sixth inn ing, Cuddy Murphy and FTaherty, two recruit pitchers worked for the Sox.
 The Giants were the first to score tallyizg a run in the second inning with one out Kelly beat out a hit down the third base line and Smith rapped the ball to the fence in Jeff field for three bases, scoring Kelly. Hooper, with a bit of assistance
 put the Sox in front in the third Devine led off with a single, but was 1 forced at second by Murphy. Hooper 1 then hit the ball out of the lot IT the fifth, Hooper punched a single to right and moved along to second l on a passed ball McNaIly tapped
 one down the third base line ant beat it out and when Nehf, who field ed the ball, threw wildly past frs
 base, Hooper raced home