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TOWN KILLS ADAGES

political campaign secretly prior Ia
election. II Ind been "whIspcrch." they
said. TINT the men intended to let the
incunbents hold over without bother
Of n new ticket.
The women did not like the admins
trntion. They bottled and went Ia the
polls md marked In the names Of their
candidates. The men were concerned
with national and state politics only.
The men did not bother nbout the city
election. Result:
Mrs. Mary Burt. mayor. nntIye Ore.
g0ninn. grndunte Of PncInc college.
class Of 1873. who has lived here ~
years (Itep.).
CONFERENCE.-The. Jennie n. Inss.
well. wife Of the retiring mayor and
prominent clubwoinan; Mrs.. Bcrnicc
Wilson, pioneer school teacher. and
wife Of postmaster: Mrs. Neftie Han.
nan. wife Of retired capitalist.
The women have no definite plans
for promoting tho welfare 0f the town.
Mayor. elect Burt said.
we intend TO study conditions" she
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ossth Valley Temperature.

California. the air temperature. AZ ~
corded by n tested maximum Their.
mometer expOsed In . standard instru.
ment shelter, rose 70 100 degrees Of
higher on n days during June. and
On every day during July. 1870. says
Q bulletin Of the American Meteoro-
logical society. The extreme maxi.
mum was i36 degrees, recorded on the
last day Of July. On July 10. 1918.
~ tsmpsSaturo there reached 134 d.
efses Fahrsnhslt. the highest oficially
reeoe6sd air Temperature In the
Vogsd.
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OR CURSE?
Both Designations Have Been
Bestowed on Sleep.
truth 10 That the heurs Of slumbse
Can d Made 9ubssrvlsnk t.
the Firm Will.

Sleep. at the right dine, 10 one Of
mans foremost friends and benefac-
tors; at the wrong time 1t 10 curse.
TOR 1t comes ~ the paralyzing Incubus
upon his hand and his MUD when he
should be broad awake and at his work,
declares . writer In the Philadelphia
Ledger.
1t IL q solemn thing to think about,
that II we average eight hours Of every
twenty-four In slumber we are In the
Land Of Nod for a third Of our whole
term on earth. At this rate the man
who lives to the age Of 90 has spent
twenty years in bed.
It has made some active spirits irats
against nature and the established
order that they should have to spend
70 much time unconscious and unpro-
ductive: the idleness has irked them;
and burning the candle At both ends
In their defiance Of physiological laws
they have generally paid for It. The
rule u that We rest not that we may
form habits Of sloth and self-indul.
gence, but that We may ind recreation
and recuperation for the day that fol-
lows night-the day that tests our met
ls, and urges to endeavor. Sleep 70
supposed to send % back into the tray
clear eyed. serene. corroborated. II
climb when I lie down." said that
poet Of the mystics, Henry Vaughan,
and By It he meant that bis Unite
mortality had risen star BY star till II
laid hold upon Infinity. The apparent
humility was an aspiration. He stoed
at heavens gate not BY the pride OF
life, not BY self.assertion. not BY b.
ing egocentric. but In the morti6catioa
e vanity and with all "chastening
and subduing Of the soul"
Marx Twain and Robert Louis stsv.
eosoo were two Of no small number ee
writer's who wrote In bed because Ct
tie comfortable relaxation and The
seclusion. The wits Of neither were
be0umbed, and you could not call
either Of these prolific and successful
authors lazy. But Il does not fellow
that their mimic In respect to q rscum.
bsnt posture for authorship will sue.
eesd In copying their happy graceo n
tie way Of literary style.
The strong man seeks q woekroen,
net q resting place. he stays ct WORK
t1ll his work 10 done. He trains hin
eslf-with N Ddison-not to vt hin
seif sleep TIL b. has tracked the ny
Asa hs 70 hunting to it, lair. Men
who have followed an engtnsssius
career a6eld-men who have fought q
war-men who have sailed q ship
through q storm-msn Of action In all
times and places-can III they why
tell M how they have made siesp Sub.
sefvie0t to their own Iron Wills. They
have done their duty and let the
respite wait till the task was ended
and the wage was earned.
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Boy Gave wer,d Lamp Chimney.

The lamp chimney Of today vas Civ.
en- to the world through the misbe.
havior Of q small boy. The first lamp
having an air chamber was invented
BY . Swiss, Jules Argand. A wick was
introduced Into q hollow tube and the
tube inset into the lamp. A. this al.
lowed oxygen to enter the base q
much brighter flame was given than
By any lamp then In use. Jules had q
small brother and a. small boys Of
that day were very like the small boys
Of today. Jules was instructed 10
watch him. and especially to look out
for fire and little fingers.
Jules remembered his instructions
but few minutes and then became
20 busy that his little brother quite
passed from his mind. He was bend.
ing over q bench. strnining his eyes to
zee some minor defects In his work.
when suddenly the room became much,
brighter. Jules turned and discovered
the boy with q bottomless oil flask
which he had lowered over the wick
Of the lamp. The flame had ieaped
up the long circular neck Of the flask
with greatly increased brillIancy. Ar
gand Instantly saw the possibilities Ike.
fore him and the modern lamp chin.
ney was born.
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Movement on Foot to Substitute
Meso-Thorium in Making
Luminous Materials.
MEDICAL DEMAND IS GREAT
phyelelans and Chemists FEEL That
evesythlnS Possible Should d
0sNs - Conserve Radium for
Therapeutic Purposes.

Schenectady. N. Y.-So great 10 the
demand for radium In the treatment
Of cancer and various malignant dis.
sases. that movement 10 now on foot
for Withdrawing II a. much a. possi-
bic from the manufacture Of luminous
dials and other industrial purposes,
% that It may he employed entirely
for he treatment Of human ills.
How this is being effected was told
By Dr.. Harlan 8. Miner. Philadsl.
phia chemist, who addressed the east.
ern section Of the American Chemical
society at Union college 10 this city.
The substance advocated % Q sub
atitute 10 meso-thorium. . by-product
obtained In the manufacture Of thOri.
uni. mineral which 10 extensively EN-.
ployed in the manufacture Of gas man.
ties.
Comes From 0raxil and india.
The ores from which thorium IL
made are imported largely from Bra.
iii and India, although there Is q
limited supply available in the United
Suites. MesO.thorium can be seen at
night and therefore Ii an ingredient Of
the paint which Is used In the mark
ing of clock faces. watch dials and
range finders which can he read In
the dark. The demand for such ap-
planes In the trenches during the
European war greatly stimulated their
manufacture both here and abroad.
and although they are no longer mill.
tary necessities they have an extcn.
sive vogue In these days Of peace.
Th0rium Ia itself radioactive, hut
IA chiefly valuable because when mixed
with one or two per cent Of cerium
oxide and heated II gives out a power.
full radiance. It's use In increasing he.
cause municipalities are accepting a
heat unit vnther than q cnndlep0wer
standard for Illuminating gas. and
the demand for nantes In likely to
extend. Consequently the facilities
for making the by.prOiuct meso- th0ri.
nm. which would not he commercially
practical Of itself. are being augment.
81.
Companies which are now manu-.
fncturing thorium." said DR.. Miner.
"hnve ever since 1914 been develop
Ing their outputs Of meso- thorium. md
there Inns been special activity along
those lines In the last few months.
The demand for iridium In the trcct.
mcnt Of cancer and for other medicmi
purposes Il now M great TINT both
physicians md chemists feel TINT every.
thing possible should bc done to con.
serve II exclusively for therapeutic
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Grand Statue at Washington 10
Nearly Finished.
second Largest Equestrian Statue In
the World Has Been Eighteen
Ysars In the Making.

w..,,,v,., E,yh,eer ve,rs In the
uot,nm - m.mor,o, IN Gen II. a.
Co.. :. r..r,ny com,,.,,on here ana
,.nh.h,v vii, n. unveiled hcforc the
a,,., -, ,ha war t. !. In Tho form NJ
,,..,,,a,.n, .,w..,r,.n .,.tue ~
s..."" 49,. ....nS =, ,v.u, n, ms kind
-. ., 49,, ..,1.,,,..1 =, Granite
w. c.',."., a.. 10, hy
I".sa W." "s" ,",., .a, ~,
q. e"s's y. s.""v '" ".,,,,.r" n n.,"
""e ''s". W " s'""p W
S'n"P' ."''e =" "'',,"'' A.. ...
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ceWsidsrabiy Mixed.

We bought him for Is from . little
negro hoy. thinking he was q full.
blooded Boston bull pup. Like many
bargains. he hasn't turned out 70 well.
but he possesses all the "cuddly" quail
tiles and clever puppy ways that would
endear him to little Elizabeth. and she
II very fond Of him.
One day she was telling an aunt
some Of the cute things that the 1T
tie dog had done. Auntie wasn't dip.
losnatic: she touched on sender
spot.
"Whnt kind Of n dog IL he. Eliza.
bethr she asked.
"Weli. auntie-l think he's pnrtiy
bull dOE-and-weil-and the rest
puppy" was the little champions ~
ply.-Chicaeo Tribune.
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COST DEPENDS ON THE oAY
Weddings on Monday In Holland
Bring 20 csnts-8aturdsy
Bargain Day.

The Hague cost Of getting
married IN The Hague all depends On
the day Of the week.
For some rensOn TINT Inns nevsr
been explained Mondny In society dny
ind mnrrIngcs on thnt day nj the city
hall, where every couple must n for
tho officInl ceremony, cost 90 guiIders
(noninaliy equivalent 10 10 cents
cnch). ON Saturday the charge liz =
gii;dcrs. or nothing at all. depending
upon whether the couple wish srpM-
rate ceremony NIL for themselves or IN
mnrrle'i IN groups Of twenty couples
at 4 time.
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Municipal Offices Now In the
Hands Of Women.
ovFraoIsts Of voneaIis, o,s.. Prov
That They Can Keep Q cseest
and "Pisy PoiitIes."

Yoncnlin. OBJECTIONABLE Ii now
strictly a wOman's town.
In spirit md In fact women nre the
towns leaders since the recent cleo.
ton when they elected woman mayor
and = woman To every other place In
the city government unbeknown to the
men Of this little town.
The women ray the election has pcr.
nansntiy disposed Of two old adagss,
TO the effect that women can not
keep = secret and that they can not
successfully ''pIay politics."
Over tsacups. at social eathsrings,
after prayer meetings and from houss
b house the womso carried o. thalp
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LATE MARKET REPORTS
Wsstsr, Newspaper Union News Services,
DENVER LIVE STOCK.

Weetsfn Newspaper Union NeWs oaevtoa.
DENVER LIVE STOCK.
lair supplies Of stock have been re-
Ssived on all divisions Of the Denver
Trading on the cattle and sheep mar
kets has been somewhat draggy. but .
Detter tone has been noticed on both
reported. but prices on this class Of
stock are lower.
Cattle receipts have been fair. The
1sir. while ) SINAI Il sprinkiins Of schoics
was inclined to be draggy. sales were
made at steady prices, but common
lower.
o!otations ON good steers ranged up
to to-, g. with indications that choice
dSm to S9 sood s stoek : up q. $40 ,s
with common cattle bringing 81 and
down. Cows were in fair demand. but
movement has been slow.
GOOD cows were quoted up to $3.50.
while fair cows sold at IS to 1915.
Prices on the Denver hog. market
eastern markets.
sps svs ss
found clearance at $40.
ported and . light offering OF this
sheep.
Large supplies of stock have been
received on the Denver market. Sales
were on q steady basis. Feeding lambs
sold at $3.50, freight paid. with choice
feeders quoted up to $40, while some
thing extra choice in this line would
bring $l0.25. or possibly more.
Fat stock was scarce. Fat lambs
averaging seventy-six pounds sold at
$3.50 flat. with fairly fat ewes bringing
cents flat. Choice fat lambs were
quoted up to $0.76 and SO.
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Vegetables.
oovEnxaENr MARKET REPORTS.

w..eIsssSS. .y Is .1s.a 20 down. :se
light dsm.nd IN prinsie., eis.IiSu. ing
markets. principally because Of very
shs e.: :nS to Gc .ap Oct
i!onH ~; TImSoshy: Chicago: $40:
kians.p Ssy c'Ss,nni'' si.ii:
Slsy. No. Fess1is. Gsie.s. :G sss:
Sians.poiis. ,sS. se.d.% %ss- Ielse tss
prices and money stringency.
,::7s during Of Il. D, "s:. Es .sa4y
fan, yet heavy selling Of Chicago De
Hes,ion. cs "' surther f@' S1ssk CON IN
priecs. Good demand for cash grains
At strong prsmiums, over Decembcr
over Chicago December. No. /: hard
wlnter SIC premium over December.
NJ. 2 white. &C: K.n... CITY report:
on wheat with contract that wheat 10
10 be delivered vt once. but farmers
m.y % a. h my c .me S snd refstys Ssi
her corn down &c. vt CSC. Minneapolis
December wheat lost 22c. at e1.l7h.
aye. at Si.ss Chicago March wheat
closed at s1.Sth, and May corn Mt
INC. MINNEAPOLIS Nnrch wheat,
9i.6oH: Kansas CITY, i+sn: Winnipeg.
tive sas~k SD Nesss.--Cattic at
Chicnro recovered from the Depressed
conditions two weeks hHo. and net ad.
vsnc.r az 2bc on feeding steers to Sl.2s
m choice ycnr1ings were recorded for
BE 10 .si.i5. Veal calves lost si.es.
Hog prices continued 70 drop. the rx.
treme top showing n decline OF - per
100 pounds. and the average decline
S:.7s. Fat lambs broke 7sc: feeding
lambs. sl..S. Sheep were MISC sharply
lower. Tor Chicago prices: Hogs.
80: yonrLnn steers. SIS: good beef
steers. sIS.s0MiS.,.; hcifrrs. lt2.60:
cows sid.S0. feeder steer. i10.iS:
wcstern. f12.25i verl calves, fi3.fh: fat
lambs. Sii.?5: feeding limbs. size:
owes. $3.50. Al, fresh meat prices de-
riineh during tho week. Fresh pork
showed IN" greatest loss. Joins dcc,in.
ing s3TG per 100 pounds. Dcef broke
$50: venl. n13. with som" me-.
dunn grades moro. Lamb and mutton
iost ei03. Trade uniformly lower.
Prices on good srad" meats; Ucef. 1t7
h?1: veal. e22H 20; lamb. 12t 70: NUT.
ton. ei321e: iiahf pork Joins. s:S63t:
heavy Joins. SsSo33.
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euszard stops Power.

Harrisburg. PA. 80 Electric power
scr'lcc was interrupted here when ~
turkey bnxznrd became cntnngicd In
thu high tension wires four miles
north Of York. with In brond wing
span the bird formed n connection h..
tween Nv" wires nnd N short circuit
resulted
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Erect Memorial to
General u. S. Grant

bccn finished. however. and WAS
shipped here In sections by m0tOrtruck
from New York city.
The memorial TO the famous genera
and eighteenth President Of the United
States will hear no inscription. nc-
rordlng To the members II the fnc arts
commission. who recently approved
the statue IN its completed form. A
member ri the Grant memorial com
mission Ind composed lengthy In
scription. hut after careful cOnsidern-
tion officials of the commission and IT
the Office of public buildings md
grounds deemed M inscription un-
necessary.
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'n'". ANA do nIl In our power 10 piys
me r'fy Of fopcnlln good. efficient
government
~ inc worst "" rnn not do much
wnrs" thnh III" men have done"
Mayor Jesse Is. Lnsswcli, who hrs
'os' ms JOB. snId his cohorts were
mkcn "r their giinrd." hut b.. b.s
promised tho women his helm.
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Puts $3.50 In Basket Of
Apples and Then Sells Il

Elklinri. lnd.-Iloward Cong.
don hid 500 In n bnxkci Of nh.
pies when he drove 10 town. J,c
sold TINT bnsk"t md u scOr.
more md then thought CT hi.
money. Although h. bnrk.
trnckcd md looked nj n lot nf
the baskets he WINS not mbIs "a
md on" containing the money.
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The longest tunnel In the world.
fifteen miles In length. In planned ny
q Russian railroad TO aavs On IH6
mile hetOur.
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Need Radium in
Fight on Cancer

purposes. II radium 10 kept In the
large hospitals and sanitarIa for the
relief Of malignant diseases, II natur-
ally will be held intact. The losses
from Its carnations ARE no slight that
II can be used for centuries without
any appreciable dlminutiou In its
properties. A. everything 10 being
done by the medical profession to con.
centrate the supply In this way. the
consensus 10 that II should be held
where It will do the most service to
humanity.
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causss sssavy Less.

IF various forms Of radlum are EN-.
pIOyed In the manufacture Of luminous
paint and for other mechanical pur-
pOaes, there will naturally he a heavy
lOss Of the element. Watches. clocks
or penknives on which radium 10
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Dressed ro0ltsy.
EGgs.

Eggs. strictly fresh. case
Lo.s OF. Der ao....:. $50 /
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LESSON FOR DECEMBER S
THE GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM

Lesson TExT-Matt. l3:24-ss.
GOLDEN TEXT-Eret not thyoolf b.
cause of evil-doers.-Ps. N:1.
ADDITIONAL MATERlAL-0aL e:s-lo.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus' Story About
Good Seed and Bad Seed.
JUNIOR TOPlc-The Story Of the Wheat
and the Tares.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Wheat and Tares.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How the Kingdom Of Heaven 0rowa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-11
DEARTH Of MONEY
STACKS BUILDING
OPERATIONS HERE

The list Of building permits issued
this week is comparatively small and
for projects involving expenditures Of
less than $4,000. The dearth Of
money for construction purposes is
clearly reflected in the building in
spectors report.
The most important operation, from
the viewpoint Of money invested, will
be undertaken by L. M Thayer He
received permission to erect print
ing establishment at 909 18th street
northwest at a cost Of $500.
Lewis E. Godfrey will build a home
at 3104 oath street northeast at a cost
Of $1,000. Other permits were for
garages and similar unimportant
projects.
The list Of permits follows:
w. B. Watzell. to repair 900 18th
street northwest; cost, $500.
l. E. Walker, to erect garage at
rear of 12 goth street: cost. $3.50.
St Augustine's Church, to make re-
pairs; cost. 800.
John B. Harry. to erect garage rear
of River road and Chesapeake street:
cost, $500.
Lewis E. Godfrey, to build at s1o4
gath street northeast; cost, $1,000.
Daniel Freeman, to repair 1888 14th
street; cost. 5000.
Carrie Watkins, to repair 1114 New
Hampshire avenue; cost. 5000.
William A. Kriemelmeyer, to build
garage rear Of 767 Hobart place; cost,
$500.
Robert H. woodland. to repair 433
10th street northeast: cost. $3.50.
w. J. Leishear. to erect garage at
rear Of 1855 Park road; cost. $526.
Sarah -. Bloom, to repair 913-15
26th street; cost, $500.
Mack dawes, to repair $50 North
Capitol street; cost. $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-11
Mrs F. P. Thompson, to erect gar
age rear Of 4505 Conduit road: cost,

Mrs. F. p Thompson, to erect gar
age rear Of 4505 Conduit road: cost,
$3.50.
John r. Skinner. to repair 1908
Fessenden street; cost, $500.
N. Mezzanotte. to erect garage at
rear of 100 Massachusetts, avenue;
cost, $500.
1902 Adams street; cost, $50.
Clarence Petit, to build gas station
on NJ street northeast. near North
Capitol street; cost, $500.
Reta Childress. to repair 1900 Bel
mont street; cost, $500.
L. NJ. Thayer. to build printing Office
at 900 18th street northwest; cost.
$500.
Fidelity Storage Company. to repair
1920 U street northwest; cost, $4,000.
John H. Clipper, to erect garage
rear of 1914 Lamont street; cost, $500.
Mrs. r. Bowling. to erect garage at
rear of 5016 Jewett street northwest;
cost. $3.50.
Miss E. M. Patton, to repair 3o4s
Newark street; cost. 5000.
L. A. Goodman. to erect garage at
$500.
P. C. Wercks. to erect garage at
rear of 2436 Goth street; cost, $500.
w. j. and G. P. Leishear, to erect
garage at rear of 213 18th street;
cost. $4,000.
H. E. Yarnell, to erect garage at
1908 Q street northwest: cost, $3.50.
Boss & Phelps, to erect garage rear
of 3415-17 and 10 Porter street; cost,
|s2.100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-11

dictions that September would bring
a general expiration of leases and a
large humber of vacant houses and
apartments. A number of agents are
receiving reservations for new apart
ments under way, generally at prices
far beyond the reach of the man In
ordinary circumstances. too much for
the pocketbook of the average family
household. Numbers of apartments
that in former years would have been
sold on the cooperative plan as soon
as they are vacated by tenants, 1t
is pointed out
The dificulty of obtaining capital
with which to start building projects
is another subject bound to receive
attention. Means for obviating TINS
hindrance to the progress of the in
dustry will be discussed 1t Is
pointed out by real estate men. that
the agitation over rent-fixing laws.
with the consequent estrangement OF
tenant and landlord, has had much to
do with the reluctance of capitalists
to invest their earnings in apartment
operations and the like. 1t is said
that financial interests know Of too
many avenues Of profitable invest
ment to risk their money in a project
having an uncertain return, due to
disputes between the owner and the
tenant. AS it is. realtors explain.
apartment projects netted their own
ers last year only about per cent on
their investment, according to figures
prepared by the United States Hous-
ing Corporation.
Committee IL Likely.
It is probable that the association
will appoint a committee to confer
with Senator Callers reconstruction
committee regarding transportation
difficulties. The Senate body has been
endeavoring to have the Interstate
Commerce Commission lift the en-
barge on certain necessary building
commodities, with some degree of
success. it is said. The Senate COM
mittee has announced that. upon re-
quest, it will appoint a group of rail-
road and construction interests to
look after specific problems In the
various communities. The local asso-
citation. no doubt, will take advantage
Of this offer.
The labor problem at present is not
being agitated to any extent, although
there are said to be number of
questions which need looking into.
The question of adopting stand
ard form of contract for sales and