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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14

bulletin suggests that different kinds and
sizes of coal should be tried out
The best and EigheSt-priced heater i'm
properly installed may give less salts
faction than the poorest and cheapest put
in correctly says the bulletin. For this
reason, a man known to understand his
business should install the plant. In Sc
Iecting the furnace consult owners of
homes who have had experience in oper-
atiHg furnaces of different types.
Practically all heating plants have
four hampers. y draft in the door of the
ash pit is opened to admit air through
The fire. which causes II to burn RAPIDLY.
\ checll damper located in the smoke
pipe is opened to admit coal air into the
hue, thus interfering with the draft and
retarding the burning of fuel in the
heater. The damper located III the feed
door is used for the same purpose.
Through it cold air is admitted directly
over the fire, ana il opened wide. il acts
as check. When regulated properly il
admits just sufficient air to supplement
that admitted through the draft damper,
and causes more perfect combustion of
the fuel The smoke pipe damper is To-
Gated between the furnace and the check
draft and can be used to control the
draft above the fuel in windy weather
or at night.
Ashes should not be permitted to ac-
cumulate in the ash pit as this retardS
the draft and the heat causes the CRATE
bars to become warped and bent. As a
rule 1T Is not necessary to shake down the
ashes more than once or twice a day ex-
eept IN very cold weather, and shaking
should be stopped as soon as live sparks
begin to fall into the ash pit In mild
weather. coal can be saved by permitting
an accumulation of ashes in the CRATE
1t Is economy to seal the cracks about
doors and windows with weather strips.
and, where the weather is unusually cold,
storm sash is recommended. With a wind
velocity of II miles an hour a crack of
three thirty-secOndS OF an inch which is
much less than the average for doors and
windows. permits the passage of about
1 y cubic feet Of air a minute for every
linear foot. An ordinary double sash
window t36 inches wide and - inches
high would thus admit 80 cubic feet Of
air minute. In Il room 10 feet wide
by 20 feet long, having two windows of
tins kind. there would be required APP
prCXlmately so per cent more heat units
To heat 1t properly than if the entrance
OF the air was controlled and a complete
change allowed once every hour.
In addition to maintaining a proper
temperature. the moisture present in the
arr Is great factor in heating homes.
The water pan in the furnace should
always be kept filled, and other means
provided for the evaporation of water in
the living room Not only are rooms in
which the air has high percentage of
moisture more economically heated, but
hVlng conditions are more healthful.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
HARVARD UNcoyERs ETHIOPIA
Expedition Brings Back Story of Lost
Civilization Line of its Rulers Traced.

Expedition Brings Back Story of Lost
CiviIizafi1n. Line Of its Rulers Traced.
The full story of the discoveries by the
Egyptian expedition headed by Professor
George A. Reisner of Harvard was re-
Gently made known from the university
offices. These excavations now make 1T
possible to tell the history of Ethiopia,
IweH9ty-slX generations Of Ethiopian
kings have been unearthed in their tombs
and the recovery of material buried for
more than 1000 years brought to tile sur
face.
The joint expedition which has made
nossible these discoveries was in charge
of Professor ReiSner, who is back IN
Cambridge after ten years in Egypt. and
If was sponsored by Harvard University
and the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts.
The discovery of the lost civilization
of Ethiopia was made at Napata, the
ancient capital OF that country, but now
called Gebel Barkal. Napata lies III the
AngloE Egyptian Sudan, at the southern
end of DongOla province. at the foot OF
the Fourth Cataract and the royal Gene
tcries were found outside the city. one
ON tile north at the modern village of FL
kur'uw. and the other on the south at
Nurl. At the latter village. on low
knoll near the River Nile, looking out
over the sand dunes OF the desert, the
Haryard-BoSton archaeOlOglStS examined
Il -
the tombs of the 20 kings and % queens
of Ethiopia from $50 to go b. c.. most
OF whose names had been lost to human
knowledge
Excavation gradually uncovered the
burial chambers of Tirhaqua, the king OF
Ethiopia mentioned in the Book of Isaiah,
who was one of the five Ethiopian mon
archs who ruled over Egypt: and then
one by one were uncovered the tombs OF
all the other kings queens, princes anu
Iliincesses of Ethiopia for a period OF
over our centuries. an interval as long
as that between the discovery of America
by Columbus and the present day.
After the excavations at Nuri, four OF
the greatest kings of Ethiopia were still
lacking-kings who like Tirhaqua. had
ruled Egypt as well as Ethiopia. In the
third year of search these four kings
with their queens, and indeed SIX gen
erations Of their ancestors, were found
at the second royal cemetery at III
Kllr'uw, on the north If Napata. 1t was
{ discovered that the royal family Of Ethio-
pia had sprung from a tribe of lhbyan
nomads who had entered the province
| then a part Of Egypt. about 500 IS. {.
had become EgyptianiZed. revolted from
| Egypt. and finally, under Plankhy. con
! uuered the older country. From tins sun
! ,torched place five of the kings of EthIo
/ pia had ruled Egypt and 1000 miles o.
! the Nile Valley. and had sent their am
hassadors to the courts of Assyria ant
Western Asia.
4 Careful study Of the objects and in
n ycriptions found in these tombs has givel
4 the Harvard Boston archaeolOgists q ful
n chrouologicaI list of the kings of EthiO
pia during this period and a knowledge
Of the conditions and development of tn
| remarkable arts and crafts of the time
1t Is said that the material discovered a
Nuri can never be duplicated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
MORLD,s LARGEST SNAKE.
Now on Exhibition at National Zoo
logical Park

What is said to be the world Is largest
captive snake is now at the National
Geological Park in Washington. 1t is a
large regal or Teticulated python that
once slithered through the Malay for
eSts. From tip TO tip it Is about % feet
long While specimen that measured
a little less than 80 feet long was once
Killed, it is believed the snake now in
Washington is the largest on exhibition.
4 special cage of extra thick glass
was built to house the new python, which
came from New York In a heavy
wooden box perforated with small holes
to allow circulation of air. The python
did not eat on its journey; it only takes
food once in three or four weeks. But
thesesinfrequent meals usually consist of
a large pig or even small deer or antelope.
which is crushed to death in the coils of
the snake and then swallowed whole and
dieested while the snake passes the time
iyin~ partly submerged in cool water TN
til its neat meaI-time arrives.
If this great regal python were star
attraction in a circus 1T would probably
be- ballvhooed as 8. boa constructor
\. Hollister, Superintendent of the
National Geological Park, who was
chairman of the new python's reception
committee. most of the snakes that are
shown in the greatest shows on earth
and advertised as boa constructors are
pythons. The circus variety of python
j. usually of the rock or black species
which grows y or Is feet lone and is
found in South America These do not
compare i'm size with the larger REGAL spe-
oies that are found in the Malay regions,
PARTS of Asia and the Philippines. The
Washington Zoo has three specimens of
the smaller 2ythons.
The new snake has been obtained as
part payment for baby hipDopotamus
that the National Geological Park raised
last year. Most Of the additions to the
roo are obtained hw exchange in this way.
Tie new python arrived in New York
from the Orient THROUGH the regular com
mcTcial chanrels Of cared animal trad
ing The snake east - per pound. It's
exchange value was $500. and ii Is esti-
mated to weigh close to go pounds
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
TELL HOW TO RUN FURNACE.
Engineers Say Much Coal
Is Now Wasted.

The average house owner burns too
.anuch coal. principally because he does
not know how to regulate his heater. say
engineers Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture in bulletin on
Operating Home Heating Plant Many
rural homes are now provided with FUR
naces. and tine publication was prepared
as q guide to their efficient operation.
particularly in getting the most heat out
of the fuel used and in making the home
as healthfuI as possible.
The satisfactory and efficient heating
of homes, according to the bulletin. re
quires: That the chimney fue be OF
proper size and in the proper place: that
! the proper heating equipment be installed
! correctly: that the plant be understood
I thoroughly and operated so that it gives
the most heat from the fuel consumed
that the house be constructed 50 that the
heat is held in; that the air be kept moist
and that enough fresh air be admitted
either continuously or from time to time
to avoid the discomfort or unhealthfu
conditions due to accumulation Of car
{ .bonic acid gas. In selecting fuel. the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14

Mississippi which had become badly in
debt and greatly discouraged by unsuc-
cessful attempts to grow cotton after the
arrival Of the devastating boil weevil is
told by dairy specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
For many years the section mentioned
had continued to grow cotton. The boil
weevil reached the district in 1908 and be-
gan to show its effects the following year.
The year in which the wcevil appeared.
the community produced 81 .ST2 bales of
| cotton, but the next year receipts fell to
/ ISIS bales. In 1910 the crop was 5, &S2,
and in 1911 only 3.I6S. The farmers con
! tinued to grow cotton in hopes that the
weevil would leave their section. but their
| efforts gave less and less promise. They
could no longer borrow money on the
! prospective cotton crop and were forced
to mortgage their farms TO the limit
Finally the decline in the rural districts
was reflected in the nearby city. y cot
ton and wooden mill gave up operations.
| Everywhere business Swas affected. and
the whole region faced Financial ruin.
: The business men becam" thoroughly
: aroused to the situation and began adyO-
eating the production of other crouS in
place Of cotton Through their efforts
the farmers attempted TO grow peanuts.
cane. melons. sweet potatoes and other
crops. but because the soil had become
depicted in fertility and on account of
lack of experience in producing and mar
keting the new crops. these attempts
proved to be 4 failure. There were few
j raserback hogs in the country. but little
corn on which to fatten them There
were also a few scrub COWS which led
some eaterpriSing citizens to believe that
the dairy industry could be developed. and
as a result a local creamery was built at
cost of $500. Tt faidcl. however
within a year and although second
effort was made to start it the result was
the Sime.
At this juncture the United States de-
partment of agriculture and the state
agriculture college became interested in
sent to the community. After making
thorough study Of local problems. he in
toreSted many Of the farmers in the
growing Of such crops as would furnish
feed for dairy COWS. LegumeS and corn
We're the crops best adapted to support the
dairy COW as well as to build up the
soil and keep it clean of weeds. He sue
ceeded.- after some opposition. in getting
10 siioS built before the end of the first
summer. He arranged meetings and cam
paiSHS on dairy subjects. He encouraged
farmers to. weigh and test the milk from
each COW once a month, and in this way
they were enabled to weed out the mn
profitable animals The creamery was
reopened. and by proper management and
an increased supply of milk from the
community. the attempt proved to be
very successful Many former cotton
growers became full-hedged Clairvmpn and
are now making a greater profit than they
ever had made. The business men in tbe
ItoWn are becoming enthusiastic and local
bankers though skeptical at first. are now
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
Did job Well.
Rutland News. J

/. q. H. Barrow. Bethel r. +. d. car
rier, who was attacked by a bandit and
had fight for his life-while his horse
in the meantime was running away - did
not need any marine to guard his mail
Though threatened By a younger man
with a gun. himself unarmed. Barrows
succeeded i'm throwing the hold-up man
from the sleigh and eventually caused his
arrest. The mail mans route in winter,
particularly that of the II. f. ID. carrier.
is q hard one and has to be made in
spite of storm or cold. Barrows did his
| Job well.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14

supporting the movement and are pr9gid-
ing funds for the purchase Of better dairy
cattle.
The work of improvement in the com
munity has spread to nearby sections Of
the state. Other creameries have been
established. and from this beginning, the
publication says, the dairy COW has grad
uaIly won her way to prominence in the
section where king Cotton had fhled
for years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
BIRTHS.

In West Dover. Dec. IL. daughter TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Olson.
In Brattleboro. Dec. l.. a daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Choate. and
granddaughter to Mr.. and Mrs. James
f. WyckOff of Chesterfield. n II.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
DEATITS

In Brattleboro. Dec. Is. Mrs. Celissa
tHubbard) Stoddard. 81. widow of Ash
bel StOddard of Chesterfield
In Townshend. Dec. II. Miss Catherine
Addie Chase %
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
MARRIAGES.

In Putney. Dee. 10. by Rev Walter II
Curtis of Westminster West Clyde Ross
and Miss Charlotte Gee. both of Putney
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-14
cows BRING UCeEss.
Prosperity Follows Closely in the Wake
Of the Boil Weevil

The story Of how the dairy COW came
to the rescue OF section Of southern
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23
RENTS HIGHEST
 EVER IN CAPITAL

Washington, Sept, 23.-Here in the shadow of the Capitol where Con- from the price of a cake of soap to what a physician shall prescribe for his patient, rents are higher than any where else in the country, according to complaints frequently voiced by those whose vocation compels them to live in Washington.
 The high rents in Washington date from the hectic SSys or the war, when there were dumped into the capital thousands of war woEEers of all class eS and descriptions. Ehe capital was not prepared ito house them. houses and apartments were at premium, and rents scared accordingly. They have not come down. To all outward appearances the landlords of the capi- tal are unaware that the war ended actually on November II. 1918, and officially July 2. 1921, when Presi- dent Harding signed the Congression- | al resolution at Raritan, N- J. The "dollar-a-year men, who Hooked to the capital in large num- bers during the war share with greedy | Washington landlords the responsi- bility for the excessive rentals now l being exacted.
 | The dollar-a-year men were largely men of independent means, to whom a few dollars more or Jess were Of small moment. They had to live in Washington, they wanted to live as well as possible, and there was little grumbling when the rents began to
 soar and soar and then soar again.
 They could afford to pay high rents.
 Rent Commission Formed
 As for the war workers of small | means, who had to-1ive on their sala-
 ries, a benevolent government erected
 built along dormitory lines, in which
 they could live with some degree of l comfort. Thus the criticism of high
 rents was shut off from that quarter, nd fhxa d0I1ar-a-vPar fno | busy and too well fixed financially to more than mildly protest
 The exodus of war workers from Washington has been slow. And in order to continue their wartime profits the landlords of the capital raised rents still higher. Matters reached such a stage a year ago that members of Congress began to speak their minds on the floors of the Senate and House.
 Senator Ball, of Delaware, finally what is known as the Ball Rent Law" which established, iA the Dis trict of Columbia, a Rent Commission 1 to which appeals could be taken | against extordonate charging. It was the first attempt to regulate the price l which building owner could exact l from a tenant, and it's constitu- tionality was upheld by a to 4 de | cision by the United States Supreme Court.
 Its primary aim was to restrict
 gouging. It allowed a. tenant whose
 rent had been raised to appeal to the
 commission against the raise, and power was conferred upon the com
 mission to determine the business of the raise
 Opinions vary in Washington as to
 the actual benefits of the act It was passed as an emergency measure, with
 a life of one year. It expires in Octo-
 Der, 1921, and bill extending it seven months has now passed the Senate. | It still has to face the House, and the
 real estate interests, who have fought
 it bitterly since it's passage, are plan ming a renewed assault on it there.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23
hBUTCKER" HAS FINALLY
 CONFESSED

Berlin, Sept. 23.-"How should know how many times I beat her. Why don't you count the wounds they'll showi"
 body cf his latest victim before him on slab, '"Butcher'' Karl Gross Mann. confessed slayer of 20 girls whose corpses he dissected for veal steak and ''sausages." which he sold to the poor in Darkest Berlin. thus SEceringly responded to queries from detectives and psyche patio experts surrounding him.
 the fiend feels not the slightest bangs of renorse. nor does he fear convic- ton and punishment at the trial | which is drawing near.
 They made him demonstrate upon the bruised aand battered body of Frieda Schubert how he tied her hand and foot to the bed posts. He did it calmly, painstakingly, with ap- deed, it was his vanity as an expert a | t'super-fend'' that made him finally confess after weeks of su11en silence The. police would piece together he did it." He would suddenly inter rupt them. and almost indignantly tell them that he was not .that kind of an amateur.' Thus. bit by bit from him.
 | Frieda Schubert, his latest victim, was just slated for the slaughter bench in his dingy room on the
 nurth hoor of a. tenement house police caught Grossmann in the act He had bound. gagged and cIubbed
 her to death.
 Grossmann Is an emaciated little
 man of over so. In weird contrast
 with his fragile stature are his huge unwieldy hands with which he con
 .stantlE Easticnlatas wildly Mhan- h.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23

was in it-until by some ruse they escaped the final act.
 Professor Strauch, noted scientist who has made a thorough micro scopic examination of practically eN- cry atom of filth and refuse in the slaughter room, has found among the mixture of ashes and rags and food. debris piled in one corner the charred remains of at least two human hands | that belonged to two different won1- en-
 He also ms found several pieces of burned ribs Stays that were parts of different corsets and other frag- ments of woncn's wear,l also were discovered in the ghastly pile
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23

Speaking of foreign influence, here is something quite different and for the moment wholly new, Egyptian this time and true to type in color and line, as well as pattern. Not only is it a new in fluence, but here we have the very Smartest and newest of fab rics, with the idea straight from Paris It is a gi1et, a bag and a sports hat to match, made entire ly of the softeSt and finest suede
 Dover gray and suede for a foundation, pinked at the edges of the brim of the hat and the hem of the gilet- On it very flat ly appllqued. are great splashes of Egyptian ornaments, scarab on the bag a scarab and lotus flowers and buds on the vest and a single lotus on the hat An are executed in the soa dull <colors we associate with Egyptian, art. soft gray green, misty lavender and pastel blue. The stitching and em- hroidery are of the blue and law ender, while the lotus flowers have touches of green.
 It is not only very lovely to look upon, but emineHtly practt- cal as well. With it one makes over ones open frouted and bit passe spring suit into an ultra snnart costume for fall, and the little suede gilet will prove the warmest of friends :-nd most loyal of protectors against the first searching keenneSS C. Novem- ber's winds
 GiIets seem much in favor at present, anyway. probably the combined outcome of revival of interest in neckwear and the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23

haIf-starved denizens of the under world who saw in this queer old man den, whence few; ever reappeared alive.
 Butcher" Grossmann'S stock in trade with women was that he need ed a housekeeper. Some of them worked for him in that capacity fo, months before he put them to death, though his stories show he put them through a course of tortures from the moment he had closed the door of | his den. Girls and women have come forward, in response to police appeals | and told of living such a life of agony l-for the money that they thought
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23

Upon the wooden "operating''
 bench. the professors microscopic revealed besides iauumerable human
 bloodstains Or various ages. sou.e ey- idently dating back many years, strands of womens hair and bits of
 human flesh. With ali his degener-
 ate brutality the fiend. according to
 the investigators. displayed skill su his dissections that bordered on sci entific craftsmanship. This was also proved by the numberless portions of corpses found in the angels ba.sin'' and the canal in the quarter which GrosSman terrorized-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23

gets excited. He is literally in rags. Several naked toes protrude from torn, crimson stained shoes. His ap-
 pearauce strikes one as groteSQue
 when one recalls the testimony of how witne sses that he had the repu
 tation of "sport"-especially of among the woman of the street, from
 whose ranks he recruited most of his
 victims. That fame he derived
 from the fact that he always carried
 respectable bundle of bills They were indescribably dirty. and usually he keDt them wrapped in a dirty piece of newspaper, but they were items" and Juveniles" and even tiff tieS- and they looked good to the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-23
The WeU Dressed Woman
By AGNES AYRESs Star in Paramount Pictures.

hardsiIips of an open fronted jacket on a cold day. Certainly it
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-02-15
LET GEORGE DO 1T"
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine in a few moment.
Your cold in head or catarrh will be
gone. Your clogged nostrils will
open. The air passages of your head
will clear and you can breathe free
ly. No moredullness, headache; no
hawking. snuffing, mucous dicharge
or dryness; no struggling for heath
at night.
night.
Tell your druggist you want a
small bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm.
Apply a little OF this fragrant. anti
septic cream in your nostrils, let 1t
penetrate through every air passage
Of the head; sootte and heal the
swollen. inflamed mucous membrane,
and relief comes instantly.
II is Just what every cold aud
catarrh sufferer needs. Don't stay
stuffed-up and miserable.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-02-15
WANTED

wANTED-Young lady as cashier
and clerk in telephone office.
Must be proficient in stenography.
Apply to manager. 12-15s