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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
NeWsBoYs HAVE SCOUT TROOP.

Thirty-three boys attended the first
meeting of the Newsboys' Troop Of
Scouts, composed of boys working for
the Muskegon (Mlch) Chronicle.
Scout Executive Charles d. Maddox
addressed the boys on what a Scout
Is, and What Is Expected of Him."
Every ear was strained to hear his
words Every boy was held breathlesx
as he was told what big thing II is
to be scout, the meaning of the ten
derfoot badge, and the fact that when
business men see boy wearing the
scout badge they know that that bog
will be a success. mo matter II you
are millionaire or the son of a labor
ing man, you will never be a success In
life unless you live up to the scout
law, even If you are not a scout" said
the executive.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Dethroned Rulers Seldom
Return to Former Power.

Exlled kings never return. Anyone
who takes the trouble to brush up his
history in these days will be surprised
to find the verdict Of the past. Here
is an answer no doubt to the question
often asked today as to whether the
former kaiser of Germany may return
TO his throne. Mr.. Hohenzollern Is
the fourth German emperor TO be
dethroned in several centuries past.
Like him they were rich and powerful,
but their influence ended once they
left the throne. A list Of scores of
dethroned monarchs shows that the
chances of returning to power Is about
one in hundred. Once the tinsel
which bedecks royalty has been torn
away Its power dlsappears.-Boys'
Life.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
THE BOY SCOUTS BUSY LIFE

Montclair, N. j.. scout headquarters
reports over 500 visitors for week-ends
at Its winter camp site. In view Of
the fact that this camp Is sixteen
miles from council headquarters Its
extensive use is significant.
Nearly thousand boy scouts, rep
resenting fifty troops, secured Kansas
City, Mo-, for violations of the light
aid fuel orders. Reports made by the
scouts to their scoutmasters will be
turned over to the fuel administra-
ton.
The Shenandoah (Pa.) troop of boy
scouts served as orderlles, chauffeurS
ambulance crew and as messengers at
the Influenza emergency hospital.
They prepared hotel for temporary
orphanage and performed every duty
outside of trained nursing for six
weeks, "a hours per day.
Joe Round of Scout Troop No. Of
Cadogan, Pa, according to attending
physicians, saved the life Of member
of hunting party in that neighbor-
hood by making a tourniquet from his
shoestrings when the accidental dis
charge of q shotgun amputated lie
mans arm little below the shoulder.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Naturalist Picks Beaver
From Among All Others as
Most Intelligent Animal

We read much about animal sagac-
ity ana there IL a common query !.
(which Is the most intelligent AMI
NAL" This query, writes Raymond
l.. Dltmars In Boys Life most fire.
quently relates to the results In train
Ing animals to do surprising things
or to do the "smart" things that
many captive animals do. Association
with the human and the artificial con-
dltions Of captivity bring forth many
surprising traits In animals, but such
have little to do with this story. When
the writer Is asked which he considers
the most intelligent animal he has no
hesitation In answering, although the
subject designated may cause much
surprise.
Despite the adoption of the horse
and the elephant to domestic use, the
docility and affection of the dog, the
marvellous feats accomplished by
trained sea lions and other marked
demonstrations Of intelligence among
the larger animals, the writer Is I'M
waverlng In his decision. and this
comes after years of observation ana
deduction. He picks the beaver as
the star Of animal sagacity. And the
choice comes from an order of nam.
mails not usually credited with high
degree of intelligence. This is the
order Of rodents. or gnawing animals.
1t contains an immense number Of spe-
cies. the greater number of small size
and scattered over all parts Of the
world. To this order belongs the
rats and mice, the squirrel. porcupine,
rabbit and marmots The prairie dog"
Is a member OF this order and
fair rival Of the beaver in solving
problems of Ingenious construction.
All the rodents are characteristic in
having strangely developed incisor
teeth-those Immediately at the front
Of both the upper and lower jaw.
These teeth, proportlonately larger
and longer than with other animals,
are continually growing and their
edges meet in fashion to become
much sharpened during constant use
like a double set of rapidly moving
chsels. Thus the rat gnaws holes
through wood and plaster, the squirrel
gnaws through the shells of the hard
est nuts and the porcupine--much to
the chagrin Of the camper-chisels out
n generous hole in ones camera in
solving the nature of the interior.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
SONG OF THE ROVER PATROL.

Swing your pack, swing your pack, Rover
Patrol
Far down the mystery. somewhere's .
goal
Far down the Turing road into the haze,
Into the blue of the long Far-Aways.
Rover scout. boy scout, quest in your
soul,
Shoulder your pack for the unknown goal.
Eightfall and solitude, Rover Patrol;
Cookflre and campfire and brown blanke.
roll;
Blanket and starlight and wind in the
tree
Night wind and stars are no freer than
We;
Crackle e,d nrelight and red-glowing
coal;
Trails into Sunderland, Turing the soul
Hint Of lig.t, fade Of night, Rover Patrol.
River mist rising and filling the bowl.
Swing of pacA. homeward track,
Every week out and back:
Gipsying, hiking. Just going's our goal,
of to the PARKWAY, Rover Patrol.
by CLARK Ebert SCHURMAN.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
MOTHERS VIEW OF SCOUTING

Here is what the mother OF Chi
cago scout told his scoutmaster over
the telephone one day:
"Mr. Scoutmaster am very much
disappointed in the scout organization.
thought my boy would be changed
completely after he joined the scouts
] thought he would attend to his
chores cheerfully and be more thought
ful Of his mother"
The scoutmaster at the next troop
meeting gave talk to his boys con-
corning home duties, and noticed that
the boy in question did not seem TO
pay much attention to him. If ne heard
what was said.
81 heard you all right" said the
scout. "But If ! should help at home
the other fellows will find 1t out and
call me slssie."
"Will the other fellows stand by you
when you need friend? Is It not
your mother that you go to for a lit
tie change for the movies, and when
you want favor granted? Why not
return some of these by helping her
whenever you can? II you cannot
stand a little chaff from the boys you
are not brave scout. ere your
The lad went away, and not long
thereafter the mother again tele-
phoned the scoutmaster and mid:
81 do not know what you said or
how you accomplished 1t, but my boy
Is completely changed since spoke to
you last. have never had to talk to
him second time about his work and
he is most courteous and thoughtful
of me-"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
AMERICANS
CREED
School Children Are Being
Urged to Memorize 1t

School children In many cities and
towns throughout the country are be-
Ing urged to memorlze "The Ameri-
cans Creed" which Is as follows:
~ believe In the United States Of
America as a government Of the peo-
pie, by the people. for the people;
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed a democ-
racy in republic; sovereign nation
Of many sovereign states; perfect
union, one and inseparable; estab-
ilshed upon those principles of free
dom. equality, justice, and humanity
for which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes.
~ therefore believe 1t is my duty
to my country to love 1t; to support
Its Constitution; to obey its laws; to
respect Its flag and to defend 1t
against all enemies"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Many Places Are Named for
0rnithoIogist and Artist

John james Audubon, famed orni-
biologist and artist, will not be forgot
ten so long as New York lives. In the
upper section of the city there is n
fine street named after him; there Is
Audubon park, Audubon theater, a
hundred or so Audubon restaurants;
a telephone exchange is Audubon and
the old Audubon mansion at One Hun
dred and Fifty-fifth streets and River
side drive still stands. In this an
cient dwelling remains the artists
studio and the laundry in which was
installed by his friend Morse the
Geographic instrument by which was
transmitted the first long-distance
message to Philadelphia
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20

Montreal suburb, and that Mrs Buzz
zell having doubts as TO his sanity,
has appealed to the Canadian author
tiles to bar his return home.
Despite his fondness for what might
be termed "hard stuff" Buzzell is
well preserved and of personality
that inspires confidence. He was con.
vcted in the Central municipal court
last May and was committed to Pierce
farm for observation as to his sanity.
He was released as "cured" In July
and turned over TO the officials Of the
House of Correction.
Hankers for "Hard Stuff"
Seemingly he was model prisoner.
He was familiar with horses and Yves
put to work In the stable and II was
while working there that the strange
hankering after hardware would over
whelm him.
The prisoner complained about a
week ago to some of his prison fellows
Of severe stomach aches. But he kept
his secret up to the last few hours,
when he broke down and told the at
tendants that Some nuts and bolts are
bOtherlng me-" The next day he was
subjected to an X.ray and the plate
showed an astounding collection Of
material weighing heavily on the pit
of his stomach.
The patient rallied with exceptional
speed after the operation and talked
freely, II not altogether coherently,
about his career. He said he had
eaten the dog chain in Newark. N. j.,
but had no information about the dog.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Arabian Inventor Said to
Have Been First to Devise
Airplane and Make Flight

Abbas Ben Farnas, an Arabian in
ventor, 1t is said. was the first human
being TO invent and fly an airplane. He
died as a result of his first flight in the
year 1888 A. D., during the reign of the
Caliph Haroun al Raschid, history
records.
Abbas Is supposed to have con-
celved the idea of effecting mechan-
ical flight as means of approaching
the heavens and aiding astronomical
observations, from historical d0cu-
ments still In existence in Bagdad.
With the consent and assistance of the
Caliph he set to work to construct a
machine In the likeness of bird, with
a ciockwork motor to actuate the
wings.
In the presence Of great multitude
Abbas actually effected flight which
lasted several seconds, but In landing
his machine was wrecked, and the In
ventor was hurled headlong against a
tree and killed instantly. The secret
Of the construction Of the first airplane
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
TOOK HARDWARE
FROM STOMACH
Prisoner Ate Junk and Doctors
Removed It When He
Complained.
TAKEN AS DESSERT
For Months Man Had Steady Diet Of
Hardware With Occasional Pieces
Of Glass for variety-Was
Model Prisoner.

Boston, Mass.-Indigestio Is liable
to hit any one Mt one time or another,
but possibly the toughest case on rec.
ord was disclosed In this city when
facts were Cleaned relative to an OPP
Grafton recently performed at Long
Island hospital upon Charles w. Buzz
zell. an ex-minlster and social worker
now serving a years sentence for
forgery at the House of Correction at
Deer island. Numerous articles Of
hardware, measuring quart in all.
were taken from Buzzell's stomach In
the operation and he still lives.
Hardware has been steady diet
with Buzzell for some months past
and he was not averse to sidedish
of broken glass. While he has been
consuming these articles he has taken
some foods necessary for sustenance
as well. The hardware menu which
he may have taken as dessert, Is de-
scribed by Or. l.. c. Rockwell, the
SuiSNoil, vi
179 frngmentary pieces of glass,
suspender buckle and twelve small
nails and staples.
More Comfortable.
Now that Buzzell has been relieved
of this amount Of hard substance he
is reported as "resting more comfort
ably" and it is very easy for even
layman to see why he should.
1t Is intended that Buzzel shall
not have free rein to his abnormal ap-
petite after he RECEIVERS from his pres
ent debauch.
Buzzell Is about thirty-eight years
old and on his own word has been
minister in the Presbyterian, Congre-
gational and Methodist churches of
Canada. whence he halls. 1t has
been definitely ascertained that he has
a wife and two children in Hochelager,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
Clover seed is high priced and
scarce, and good samples will com
nand prices that many farmers will
be loath to pay. The United States
department of agriculture, however
urges the seeding Of as large an acre
age as possible. The best information
)btainable shows that the foreign mar
ket is quite as bare of clover seed as
Is our own. The French and Italian
supplies are sold out and there APP
pears to be no surplus In Germany or
in Russia. This means that clover seed
will he high for M least two years to
come If not more, and those farmers
who seeded last spring or who seed
In 1920 will have chance to sell their
clover seed crop at n good figure. This
Is time to look ahead, and for Ameri-
ran farmers to get the benefit Of the
high prices, before Europe has been
able 10 get back to normal production
and the prices fall.
Watch Quality Of Seed.
In view Of the high price of clover
seed. It Is especially important that
farmers pay careful attention to the
quality of seed they buy The relation
between the purity and termination
of n sample Of clover seed and its val.
lie to the farmer has been so fire..
quently discussed that II Is not neces-
sary to enter into details. A farmer,
paying low price for a poor lot of
seed, may really be paying more for
the good seed that will grow than he
would have In n sample of higher
price. The only way to decide this is
to secure samples and quotations from
reliable firms, and have the seed an
alyzed by the state seed laboratory or
by the seed laboratory of the United
States department of agriculture.
The attention Of farmers Is also call
ed very especially to the fact that
French and Italian seed has been and
Is being imported into this country and
that the experiments so far conducted
by the department Of agriculture In
dicate that this seed will produce n
plant more subject to disease and less
hardy under American conditions than
plontc from nnr nNun caaI
In sections where there is no disease
and If the winter Is moderate sue
cessful stand of clover may be secured
with imported seed, but the chances
against success are always greater
than when using American seed FarR
ers are urged, therefore, to insist upon
a statement showing where the seed
offered them was harvested.
1t Is also a time to consider with
more than usual care the means neces-
sary for getting the most out of the
seed sown. 1t will not pay to throw
expensive seed in poorly prepared
ground as was so often done when
clover was cheap. The seed bed should
be well prepared. The best way is not
to SOW the seed in early spring on the
wheat, but to harrow 1t in on the
wheat or to seed with spring grain
in well prepared seed bed. Seeding
alone without companion or nurse
grain crop will often be better, but
not always. If seeding must be done on
rather worn soil, II is better to seed
alone especially If the field is not very
weedy. If special seed bed is pre-
pared it should be well compacted. A
freshly plowed and narrowed field is
too open for the best results. The soil
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED
Improved Methods and More Efficient
Facilities Are Needed for Han.
ding Products.

Production during the last decade
has Increased greatly, and ms nat
ural consequence improved methods
and facilities for handling the increase
have become necessary, says the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
Keeping pace with increased produc-
ton has come the demand of consum-
ers for more elaborate and efficient
service
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
First Indian Sign Made by
Man Named Chichester

A man named Chichester was first
to introduce wooden figures as tobac-
conlsts' signs In America. This was
in the middle of the nineteenth cen.
fury. Most of these Indian figures
were carved out of white pine, from
paper patterns. The instruments
ranged from the AK to the chisel and
finer wood carving tools. Regular
artists had their little shops where
these figures were made and old fig
ures repaired and reprinted.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20

Soak over night one pint Of small
beans; the next morning drain, cover
the beans with boiling water, cook
slowly until the skins crack. Drain,
put them into bean pot, sprinkle the
top with two tablespoonful of chopped
onion, pour over pint of strained
tomatoes and sprinkle with one tea
spoonful of salt. cover the pan and
bake slowly four hours adding more
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
DEFINITE PLANS FOR GARDEN
Farmer Should Know Just wher. ~.
Is Going to Plant Each Crop
and Order Of PLANTING.

Definite plans should be made 70,
the garden, Every gardener should
know just where he is going to plant
each crop, what the order or planting
will be, and what methods of cultur.
will be adopted. The details Of On,
ture cannot be worked out too closely
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
100000 Loot Recovered.

Berkeley, Cal.-Securities and other
loot valued at more than 100000.
taken from mail car Of Southern
Pacific mail and express train by a
lone bandit near Siege, were recovered
by railroad detectives one and one
half mile east of Siege In Berkeley
hills.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
To Remove VarniSh Stain.

To remove varnish stains on cloth,
first wet the spots with alcohol two
or three times, then rub with n clean
cloth. If the color is injured. sponge
afterward with chloroform to restore
it, unless the color is blue. In which
case vinegar should be used instead.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
CULTURE OF FRUITS FAVORED
Supply Of Valuable Food Furnished
at Relatively Small cost-Best
for Health,

A more general culture for fruits In
gardens and home orchards would con.
tribute substantially to he health and
pleasure of the average family besides
furnishing supply of valuable food
products at relatively small outlay
of money, says the United States de-
partment Of agriculture.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Lens Industry Revived.

A revival of the lens industry is
anticipated in Sheffield, England, and
the exhibits in this line range from
the smallest telescope to lena with
9 diameter Of nine inches.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20

died with the inventor. The Caliph al
Raschid offered huge inducements to
other eminent scientists to pursue the
study of aviation, but none was found
with sufficient genius to repeat the pio-
neer flyers exploit.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Rarbsd.wlrs Cut Coasters rhro..

Calico Ridge. W. va.--Lloyd Billiter
met death near his home when a sled.
occupied by himself and an older
brother, crashed into barbed-wire
fence and the strands caught him
across the throat. tearing 1t open,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Veil, Fired by Candle, Burned Bride

Council Bluffs. Ia.-Mrs. Harold
Spicknald was burned when her wed.
ding veil caught fire from candles on
the wedding cake she was cutting at
the dinner which followed her mar
rlage. She will recover.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
@H MOTHERS D
& COOK BOOK ~
- by W.: M1.t~s4Q 80

To work, to help and to be helped, to
learn sympathy through suffering, to
learn faith by perplexlty, to reach truth
though wonder; behold this Is what 1t is
to prosper; this is what It Is TO live
Phillips Brooks.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Pulled Bread.

Take loaf of freshly baked bread
within an hour after 1t is baked. Tear
off the crust, pull the bread into strips,
using two forks. Put into buttered
baking dish and bake a golden brown
In quick oven.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Irish Stew.

Cut three pounds of mutton into inch
cubes, season with salt and pepper,
dredge with -four and fry In fat until
well Drowned. Cover with boiling
water and simmer until the meat is
tender. One-half hour before serving
add one cupful each of potatoes, car.
rots, turnips, cut in dice, one-half cup
full OF onion. Cook until the vege-
tables are tender, adding boiling water
II necessary. Serve with dumplings.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20

tomatoes as those are absorbed by
the beans. Fifteen minutes before
serving add tablespoonful of sweet
chicken fat or beef fat, remove the
lid and brown.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Husband Never Took Bath.

Columbus, lnd--A divorce was
granted Mrs. Elmaza Hartzel from
Henry Hartzel His wife declared he
never took bath during the five
months he lived with her.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
EARNING Without Stock.

Every farmer knows that when gen.
erai farming is practiced without live
stock the men and teams are idle
many days during the year.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Food for the Family.

To give the children variety the fol-
lowing will be found wholesome, with
milk, for the supper dish:
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Don't Worry About Prices.

Don't worry about next springs
wool prices, but be careful feeding
and management grow just as even,
clean and heavy fleece as possible.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

) A cool mouth and warm feet
live long.-George Herbert.
; From hearing comes wisdom,
from speaking, repentance.
The modern child has as little ,
belief In the fairy tales his
mother tells him as she herself
, has in the ones his father tells
her.
Wise or unwise, who doubts
for moment that contentment I
Is the cause of happiness?
The Frenchman sings well :
when his throat is moistened.- ,
Portuguese Proverb.
a a A n a a a a q
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-02-20
Salmon With Rice.

Line buttered mold with cold
cooked rice, FIJI the center with
creamed salmon, cover with more rice
put the cover on the mold and steam
half an hour or more. Serve with
cream seasoned with lemon juice or
curry or minced parsley.