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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
New Vegetable Ivory

A recent number of the French bull
letin of the colonial Office gives a de-
scription of new form of vegetable
ivory, which can be used in European
industry in place of the coroso. This
new substance is produced by the kerr
mel of an edible fruit growing upon a
palm of the upper Senegal-Niger ter
ritory, the Borassus ethiapicum. The
kernel is seven or eight centimeters
long and five centimeters broad, thus
permitting the cutting of balls or
plates of considerable size to be used
In marquetry, or the making Of domi-
noes, piano keys, buttons, etc. The kerr
mel becomes extremely hard when
thoroughly dried. AS proof Of this it
Is stated that it is at the present mo-
ment being used as building stones fof
making of the houses of native chiefs,
while. it is expected that the future
cathedral at Dakar will have tinted
pillars constructed of these same kerr
nels.-Scientific American Monthly.
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tions committee of the Delaware demo-
cratic state convention to present any
wet or dry resolutions to the delegates,
and the prompt adoption of resolu-
ton recommending that state autono-
my be preserved, disappearing "the
apparent ease with which the constitu-
ton of the United States is amended"
and favoring the referendum to the
citizens of the state and nation of any
amendment to the fundamental laws.
It is difficult to find the dry spot in
this resolution. Nor is logic apparent
in the implied charge that the present
method of amending the constitution
is an easy one. Electing congress
which will pass a proposed amend
mont, then electing thirty-six state
legislatures which will ratify it, is not,
as the drys know, an easy task. And
the vets will learn the same lesson, if
they follow the only legitimate course
by which they can undo the prohibi-
ton amendment. To accomplish that
they must first elect a congress re-
sponsive to their will, then thirty-six
legislatures favorable to repeal. The
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
DRAWS MUSIC FROM A SAW
New Yorker Gets Startling and Pleas
ing Effects by Using the Tool
as Violin.

The conventional saw has recently
appeared in a new role-namely, as
musical instrument. Indeed, one of
the leading novelties of current New
York musical revue is the musical car
penter who uses his saw as violin.
After protracted experimentation
and untiring practice, Sam Moore Of
New York city has succeeded in get
ting very agreeable music from ordin-
airy carpenters saw, according to the
Scientific American. He holds the saw
handle between his legs, holds the tip
Of the saw in one hand and works the
usual violin bow with the other. The
vibrating steel blade emits soft, ap-
pealing notes, the pitch Of which is
varied by changing the curvature Nof
the blade.
All sorts of queer effects can be
obtained by the adept manipulation
of the blade; in fact, the music de-
rived by this means can hardly be de-
scribed. If anything, it resembles the
human voice; then again it has the
queer wall Of the Hawaiian Ukulele.
All ir all, the effect is startling and
pleasing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03

steadily if he found one. Has the
genus persisted off the face of the.
earth?
unhappily, no. He is working-now
and then. He does odd jobs, and at
journeyman rates. And he picks up
SO much change in few hours that
one with his mastery of economic
problems can live on it for several
days.
Workmen are scarce. Anybody can
get tryout, and before the loafcr has.
proved he's loafer he has accumulat
ed about as much as he intended.
But he will return. When jobs are
just little scarcer the steady man will
have the call, the bum will find it
harder to pick up his specialty-spo-
radio work with no questions asked as
to ability. And the minute there is
as much work in looking for work as
there is in panhandling he'll panhanr
die once more, confident some one who
has read that there is unemployment
in some line will give him the benefit
when he pleads for the dime 'efor
poor man out Of job"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
serbians Adopt EhoIish Words.

From an Oxonian in Belgrade, writ
ing to the London Spectator, we hear
Of the excursions Of English words into
Serbia. Some Of them are slightly
Serbified, but easily recognized. For
example, "aeroplan," budget" ''klub,"
uniting" shtraik," "drednot." Trans
port" has made its way uHamended
Submarine" has come in from the
French in the form of "sumaren.''
Tanks are "tankovi." No interpreta-
ton is necessary Of the Serbian form
Of a world word, ''fordovi." "What
region on the earth is not full of your
labor" These are war words, but
"djentlemanski" entered Belgrade be-
fore the war. So, as communications
between peoples increase, alien words
Of many languages in many languages
are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. York Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
DOGS ASSIST LONDON POLICE.
Well-Trained Animals Have Been
Found Of Great Help in Appre-
i,ension .of Criminals.

The present wave Of crime has given
an impetus in Great Britain to the
training of dogs for police purposes.
Police dogs were used to assist in
bringing the breaker of laws to Justice
before the word police was ever known.
In older days bloodhounds were used
on the borders of Scotla1sin certain
districts infested by murderers and
robbers, and tax was, laid on the in
habitants for maintaining them; also
there was a law in Scotland that who
ever denied entrance to one of these
dogs should be treated as an accessory
to the crime.
The training of these dogs calls for
large amount Of patience, intelligence
and resource, far removed from the old
idea of dog breaking, which was usual
~ to beat the animal mercilessly into
the observance of few set rules.
1t is STEP by step in his daily lessons
that dog gradually becomes track
er of criminals by their scent, pursues
escaping prisoners, discovers missing
people, or finds suspected ones in con-
cealment.
He learns fearlessly to seize and pull
down any aggressor, whether his mas
ter or himself be attacked, and to do it
with the least possible damage, ceas-
ing at once when the enemy gives in.
The popular conception of the police
dog is avid, savage brute, which prob
ably accounts for the antipathy to his
use displayed in some quarters, and it
is we'll that the public should realize
that the properly trained dog is at all
times perfectly under control.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
RETAIN OLD RELIGIOUS RITE.
Quapaw Indians Stick. to Form OF Wor-
ship Of Which Feast Forms an
Important Part.

In the vicinity Of Devils Hollow,
several miles east of Quapaw, Okla,
there is wigwam-shaped church
building located miles from any white
mans habitation, and a long distance
from the nearest Indian dOmicile,
where the Quapaw full-bloOded Indians
congregate regularly to worship the
Great Spirit in silence. They sit about
tiny fire that has been built on a
stone base in the middle of The dirt
floor, from Saturday night at shutdown
till Sunday noon, fasting and praying,
but never speaking word.
A feature of their church meetings
is the feast that follows the fast and
religious rites. The meal is served
in little mess house nearby, and
when the services are over the squaws,
who have slipped out few hours be-
fore the time to close, are ready with
the dinner and all sit down to partake
of the food that is always part of the
program.
The church was built many years
ago, so that the residents might have
place to worship, custom still kept
up, regardless Of the fact that there is
no preacher, no choir, nothing to call
them but the religious spirit of the In
dian. Chief Quapaw owns nearly LOCO
acres of land in this region, but when
he was offered $4,000 for few acres
of it that lay in the city Of Quapaw,
which was named after him, he re-
fused because, he said, he knew the
white man would try to get the money,
but could not get the land away from
him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
Penn and Land Buvino.

The story that William Penn bought
from the Delaware Indians as much
land as dozen bulls hides would
cover and then cut them into narrow
strips to cunningly enable him to trick
the Indians by encircling vast stretch
of territory is not true This is very
old story. 1t was told in remote times
of Dido of Carthage. The legend is
that Dido built that city after buying
as much land as bullock's hide would
cover. She cut the hide into strips,
getting large bit of real estate in
the transaction. The story reappears
in the case Of the Dutchman in Irv
ing's "Knickerbocker," who bought as
much land from the Indians as Ten
breek's trousers would cover. But
Tenbreek had on pairs Of trousers
enough to cover the island of Manhat-
tan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03

vets will not find that at all en- easy
job. What the Delaware democrats
favor as substitute method, a ma
tional referendum, would seem to be a
far easier method. The inference, in
all such arguments, that the people
who elected the dry congress and the
ratifying legislatures did not know
what they were doing, is further evil
dence of that lack of logic distinctive
pf political expediency.- Christian Sci
ence Monitor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03


:i1vWU1u was being unloaueu ana the
pony was enjoying the warmth of a
somewhat unusual loin-cloth flung over
his back. It consisted of a handsome
edging Of fur attached to musquash
coat, which was seen to belong to a
woman who was shifting the wood.
who was coatless while she worked.
So the little rough pony was sharing
what was known year ago as emu
milton oyeral1s these hand
some fur coats were the sign and
signature of the girl munition work.
ers, whose sudden enormously in
creased incomes enabled them to real
lie the ambitions of their life-a fur
coat as good as you please. And very
handsome they were, and very well
they became the owners-and very
contented the pony looked.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
When He Died, He Died All Over

''Doggone!" said Jesse Eschbach,
chief examiner for the state board of
accounts, as he read one Of the letters
in his mail. "Here is one"
The letter told Of man who's had
paid his dog tax to the township as
SCISSOR and the ungrateful cur had gone
and died. The dog died before the as
SCISSOR had turned in his books to the
county assessor and the inquirer
wished to know whether there was any
way to get back the dog tax.
1.-THE cruel law" Mr.. Eschbach will
reply, Estates that taxes are paid on.
property owned March l." - :-s'...
'That'll raise a howl!' he added
yerbally.-hdianapolis News. ~, .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
He Will Return.

The bum is gone. No longer do
tramps call at the back door for a
handout, nor unshaven specimens
hold up the pedestrian with a whin-
ing plea for dime. Railroad detec-
tives hardly find man riding blind
baggage. All have melted away, as
surely as the SHOWS of yesteryear.
Why and whittier!
Prosperity. It's too easy to pick up
a job. That's what anyone will tell
you. But your true bum wasn't a
man who wanted job or would work
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
Getting Ready for channe, Tunnel.

Getting Ready for Channel Tunnel.
The gigantic task of moving back
the railway station platforms through
out the Great Northern system to al
low the passage of continental trains
when the channel tunnel is opened has
been begun, the Daily Mail is in
formed.
'"The work Of making the stations
to fit the trains will take several
years." said an official. 1T means that
every platform in both freight and
passenger stations will have to be al
tered"
The distance the platforms are be-
ing set back is two inches. This will
allow a good clearance for the con-
tinental sleeping cars, and also the
large freight cars.
The gauge" (the distance between
the rails) of the continental trains is
roughly half an inch wider than the
British standard, but the shaping of
the tread of the wheels makes it pos
sible for trains Of both British and
continental system to run on the same
track without risk Of accident.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
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Desert Land and Desert Sea.

! A portion Of the Journey between
Sydney, the New South Wales capital,
and Broken Hill, the mining heart Of
Australia, lies over water1ess. not
country. Lieut.. Sydney Pickles, who
has shown the feasibility of an air
service between the two cities, saw no
landmark as he crossed the barren
stretch and so had to use his compass.
Describing the pioneer fight, he. COM
pared the interminable. rolling land be-
fore him to the gray lonely wastes Of
the North sea which he had patroled
in his seaplane.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
Got Rid Of Pestiferous Fly.

Health authorities at Saranac Lake,
N. T., declare that this probably is the
first "fyless town" in the world. De-
spite the unusually hot weather Of
last June and July, there were scarcely
any more flies in the town than most
places have in January. It cost about
$1,000 to eradicate the fly nuisance.
which was accomplished by requiring
that manure be screened and frequent,
~ removed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
ONE THING THEY 0vERL 00KED
British Military Authorities Forgot the
Humble Printer in Desire to Pre-
serve War Secrets.

The marquis of Harrington tells an
episode from the war days when the
spy scare was at it's height, according
to writer in the Halifax Chronicle.
Certain confidential information that
the military authorities wanted to keep
absolutely secret was sent round by
trusted couriers in locked dispatch
boxes, with elaborate precautions of
signing and countersigning and check
ing every stage. No one below the
rank of major general was entrusted
with the knowledge, and even these
were bound by tremendous oaths of
secrecy.
After time it was found that these
weighty documents, which were circu-
lated in printed form, were being set
up by ordinary printers, who were un-
der no obligation to preserve secrecy,
and, lin fact, took no. precautions what
ever against leakage. However, moth
ing did leak out, but the military man
darins it is said, shuddered when they
realized the risks that had been run.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
Seen in PjccadiIIv.

A rough little pony in coster's cart
stood near a mansion in Piccadilly
on a chilly morning. A pile Of logs for
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS /

The quotations hereunder are those
prevailing on Thursday morning at the
time Of going to press:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-06-03
Lack Of Logic,

Lack Of Logic.
Logic is not always evident in the
actions Of political conventions. An
example is the refusal Of the resolu-
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(Per 100 lbs.)

(These prices are subject to change
at any time.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
MEMPHIS COTTON.

Memphis cotton closed steady at de-
cline of 100 points. Middling, 42c. Sales.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, May 17.--Spot cotton in
fair demand. prices firm. Good middling
29.l0d; fully middling, 27s5d. middling,
26.60d; low middling, 23.30d; good or
binary, 20,10d ordinary. 1s.10d. Sales
5000 bales, including 400 American.
Receipts 5000 bales, no American. Flu
lures colsed steady.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
FROM WALL STREET

NEW YORK May 17.--Prices showed
little change at the quiet opening OF
today's stock market Developments
over the weekend and the probability
Of several important decisions by the
united states supreme court in the
course OF the day promoted further
caution in trading circles. The usual
leaders moved within a narrow area.
petroleum and food shares being the
only issues to vary more than frac-
tlonally, Mexican oils We're firm on
latest news from that country, but an
active selling movement ensued within
the first half hour, cancelling all gains.
Recoveries of one to two points &C.
CURED during the midsession, the
weakest Issues OF the morning being
the, first to rally. The market became
nstless on the moderate rebound, how
ever, the short interest showing a gen
eral disposition to hold off pending
news from Washington. q
Moderate buying of low priced rails
relieved the dullness OF the final hour
shorts covered on call moneys de-
cline to per cent The closing was
steady,
Range Of prices on the New York
stock exchange, with previous closing
bids, furnished by Shepard & Gluck,
Falls building
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DAILY INTERIOR,
CONSOLIDATED PORT.

1920 1919 1918.
Refs 3 days 1924 3O.595 Is 96s
Tx, CT. Brit 23,471 ....... ...,.,.
En-. France e. ,...... 1000 .,.
liX. continent $50 A 29,i6s
Total stocks. .1,1O1 ,5O7 1,279O55 ,305, OS7
Total rCts. .6,S40.0S4 5,284 006 5, 789, S52
Foreign eXpt..5 SOC, 500 4,21S,S48 8, 606l757
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NEW YORK. COTTON.

NEW YORK, May 17.-There was
heavy general buying and a sharp ad-
vance in prices at the opening OF the
cotton market today. Reports OF un-
favorable weather in the belt over Sun
day and prospects for continued show
lcrs with low temperatures during the
early part of this week, were the chief
features on the advance, while buying
was also stimulated by the advance in
Liverpool The market opened firm at
ban advance OF 20 to ITO points, gem
seraly 81 to 81 points net higher on the
iactive months, with July selling up to
3S SOC, and October to SO. SIC during the
Icarly trading, or "a to 70 points above
Saturdays colsing. There was Wall
street, Liverpool and commission house
lbuying, while there was also a moder-
|ate demand from foreign and domestic
trade interests. Private cables from
Liverpool reported a complete settle
lment Of the Lancashire wage disputes
If anything the official weather map
Twas a little less unfavorable than ex-
peNted and realizing became more ac-
Fivc during the middle of the morning
There were reactions Of several points
In consequence with July selling off
from assoc to 3S.5jc, or about %
points from the best. Brokers with
large sellers on the early advance, and
he official forecast was for clear and
warmer weather in the West. was a ia
lvOrable feature, The outlook was for
further showers east of the river, how
lever, and nervousness over the crop
outlook gave the market a generally
STEADY undertone
Futures closed steady at advance Of
80 to "a points,
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ietll ~. Oh 40. Oh
Yellow tinged $50 to $50 points low
err: blue stained 500 to LOCO points low
.er; yellow stained, 700 to $50 points
lower.
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COTTON REGION SUMMARY

Unseasonably cool weather continued
during the last two days in interior
sections with lowest temperatures "A 10
60 degrees in the northern portion OF
the belt.
Heavy rains were reported Sunday
over much Of the western half of the
belt and in Mississippi valley states
Monday.
Heavy rains Sunday-Arkansas
Batesville 1.0S, Brinkley 2.10, Malvern
$50; Louisiana: Mostly 100 to $50
inches northern and western portions;
Oklahoma Durant 1.60, McAlester SO,
Muskogee 25S, Ada and Pauls Valley
Ia, Holdenville $50, Okema ia
Heavy rains Monday-Mississipp
Hazelhurst 1.64, Brookhaven 1872; Ar
kansas: Osceola 100, Batesviile 2.26,
Brinkley 2.52; Louisiana: Mostly one to
two inches eastern and southern por-
tons.
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CHICAGO, May 17.--Corn, no. 2
mixed, S2.OS; No, yellow, $2.l0a2.12
Oats-No, white, $114ka116Ia: No.
Rye--No. 9. 81 l9lsG2.2o.
Barley-$1. 60d1S6.
Timothy Seed--$10, O0m1I.50
Clover S25O0d35. 90.
Pork-Nomnal
Lard-$20,l2.
Ribs-Sl75O@1S.5O.
ST: LOUIS, May l7-Corn, May.
$2.021a; July $1.799s.
Oats-May, I.l4; July, 96c.
KANSAS CITY, May 17.-Cash wheat
unchanged; No / hard, $3.0493.10; No,
hard, $3.00@S.0S; No. hard, $2.9Sm
S;O5; No. l red, $3.O4G3.O5; No. 2 red
- Corn. unchanged to 1c higher early.
No. white, $500: No. 2 mixed, St.97:
NO. yellow, $2.01G202.
oats, nominally unchanged; No. 2
white, $l,22: No. 2 mixed, $i.126ll. 20:
No, 2 read, $l20d122.
Rye, $3.50.
KANSAS CITY, May 17.-Close:
Corn, May, $L72%; July. $l61; Sept,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
TOMORROW S ESTIMATED.

1920 Last Wk. 1919
y. Orleans .l,500@2500 2,672 9,742
..3,j00q40O0 1875 1906
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
GRAIN MARKETS

CHICAGO. May l7-Declines in the
price Of corn took place today largely
AS result OF predictions that the in
terstate commerce commission wouid
soon use emergency measures to move
grain more rapidly. Opening prices
which varied from unchanged figures
to &c advance, with July N.7sL to
Sl.Is and September. Sl.65 to SI651a.
were followed by decided setback ali
around ~
oats paralleled the action of corn.
AFTER opening unchanged to iaMM
higher including July at 93Ac to s3Iac
the market underwent a material sag.
hogs. S"'' "''"
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For "a hours ending Sunday morning
at Z o'clock, average rainfall in the
Memphis district was .32 inch. For
the same period rainfall at Texas sta
tiOns was as follows:
Alice, "a; Austin, 2.6S; Ballnger, so:
Beeville. $50; Brennan. is; Brown
wood, 40. Columbus, .70 Eastland,
2.36; Encinal. 80; Greenville. I44:
Haskell, .3S; Henrietta "A; Hondo,
i6 Houston, 2.34: Huntsville, Ia
2.92; Long Lake, .SO Longview, 200:
Luing. 3.64; Mexia, .92; Nacoedoches
1,64; Paris, .1.46; Pierce, 322; Quanah'
LIP, Riverside, 1872; Sherman, $50:
SNYDER. go; Spur. .02; Temple, 1.SO;
) SSHGaloe; ~; waco, 3;42; Waxahachie,
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Memphis District.
Memphis, Tenn. Nav II. 10
SHORT TERM NOTES.

Following are quotations for Nav II
on stort- term notes as furnished bv
the National City company Bank Of
Commerce building.
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heavy rains for that state Saturday and
Saturday night again steadied the mar.
ket, and late in the session the active
months were at net advances OF % to 81
points
: Spots closed steady and unchanged;
ordinary, 23c; good ordinary Csc; low
middlng, 2l,25c. middling 40. 25c; good
middling, 4425e. Sales on the spot. L.
Sl7 bales; to arrive. 800. Delivered on
contract 500
Futures closed steady at advance Of
Is to 3s points.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS, May 17.-Reports Of
I eayy rains in the belt over the week
l'nd caused an excited and advancing
market on the opening today and dur
were raised Il to rs points July going
o 1850 and October to 36.S6c. Mes
Eages from the western half Of the belt
tated that many streams were out Of
heir banks and that much replanting
bf cotton would have to be done.
The weather map reflected less rain
IPN the belt than expected, and this
'hecked the buying. Following the fore
last Of fair weather for the entire
western half OF the cotton country Of
'orings increased and the market re-
acted, Late in the morning July was
trading at 3s.31c, and October at
be 35c, and the gains were pared down
% 10 10 "a points.
The receipt OF official returns from
Texas showing general and extremely
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
MONEY.

NEW YORK, May i7-Mercantile pa
per Z per cent. Exchange steady
Sterling 6o.day bills, as, commercial
Sal day bills on banks. , IS, commercial
6O-day bills 37Tlg. demand. 3S2l4; ca
hles. 3.S3, francs, demand, lt41, ca
bles. II IS. Bchan francs, demand, 1874,
cables. 1875; lire. demand. 20.S2; ca
hles. 20.3O, marks. demand, zoo. cables,
2O7
Government bonds weak, railroad
bonds easy Time loans strong; 50 days,
go DAYS and six months, So per cent
call money strong Ruling rate. per
cent Bank acCcptanCes, 4.