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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
MR.. BOWSER
QUITS SMOKING
He Shows His Great Will
power.
BY M. QUAD.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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90. 1891. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate }
Mrs. Bowser looked up from her
reading, and Mr.. Bowser, who was
perusing, was chewing gum at great
rate. His jaws worked like COW eat
Ing hay.
whats that for?" she asked, as
she caught his eye.
1--WE wanted quId of gum for the
last twenty years, and / have just
now got it,
1T looks very odd to see you chew
Ing away. What's the matter that
you are not smoking as usualY"
Mrs. Bowser, one explains the
other. have quit smoking and shall
never smoke again. I'm using this
gum because 1t takes the taste for
smoking away"
but you brought home full box
OF cigars last night. They are on the
plano, up there"
Eyes, know did, fool that was
All this time, for thirty years past. !
nave been burning up money, and
shortening my days at the same time"
II never could see that smoking
hurt you any," said Mrs. Bowser.
"No, there are lots of things that
you never could see have known 1t
all along that 1t was hurting me. but
could not summon UP will-power
enough to quit. have today sum-
moned 1t up No more smokes for me.
l have NOT smoked since noon, and ]
feel fifty per cent better. should
think you would notice change In
me-"
"How did you come to do it?' asked
Mrs. Bowser.
why, l was seated In my Office
smoking, when Doctor Guffengall came
In. He at once began on me. He is
one of the most celebrated doctors in
the state. II was he who discovered
that smoking brought on several DIFF
ferent ailments. He Is not afraid to
tell any man what he thinks, and he
told me some plain facts"
But I didn't know that you had any
ailments"
"You didn't7 Nice wife you are not
TO realize that had about twelve diff
ferent ailments. Because don't whine
and complain, and make out that I'm
great martyr you don't seem to
realize that ] may drop off at any
moment. tell you. Mrs. Bowser, l
have had a narrow escape. Doctor
Guf'engall said that II had gone one
week more nothing could have saved
me. That's why have quit smoking
and why am never going to smoke
again. will take that box Of cigars
and empty 1t in the street. l have
put the last nicotine in my system
that ever goes there"
"Well, you can save some money, IL
you quit smoking" remarked Mrs.
Bowser in careless way.
II should think could!" explained
Mr.. .Bowser as he walked about and
chewed and chewcd and chewed on
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
BEES LIKE TO RIDE in MOTOR CAR
Texas Colony Lives in the Gear Box
and Travels Over the
state.

That bees like to travel over the
country In motorcar. gathering
hoSey in different localities from day
to yiay, is indicated by the fact that
Plony OF busy insects recently took
up their home In the gear box Of a
mopr car belonging to B. NJ. Hatfield,
an oil operator who Is investigating
the petroleum possibilities of west
Texas, For the first day or two the
bees were slow In returning to their
improvised hive and few of them
may haSe been left behind when Hat
field stated out on his trips. He says,
however, that Il did not take the bees
long to learn the sound az the horn,
and whenever he toots It they come
hurrying In from the flowers and
sweet-scented desert shrubs and crawl
into the gear box. They are quiet as
long as tie car Is moving, but the
moment ! stops they hustle out and
begin gathering honey. Hatfield con-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Stories of
Great Scouts
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON
I.
t9N lV2i. western Newspaper Unson)
FORSYTH's SCOUTS, THE ORIG
ilsAL "ROUGH RIDERS"
es.erp Newspaper Onion,

This 10 the story of Vi. scouts, rlH
stead of just one, FOX together thcS
won undying fame In one OF tiH
llercest battles ever fought with TN
Indians on the frontier. They were
Forsyth's Scouts, the Rough Riders
Of 1861 Gen. George A. ForSyth WAS
their Sandy" Forsyth, he has
/ been called in Civil war days. e,
The scouts left Fort Walace, Kan,
IN pursuit of a band Of Dog Sol tisr
Cheyennes who had been aiding fr
western Kansas. Early one Septe>F
Der morning while they were campet
on the Arickaree river In eastern Colo
RADIO the Indians appeared and kir6
to stampede their horses. AS to
scouts prepared to mount and siv@
battle, Sharpe Grover, their guide.
touched Forsyth on the arm. "Ob.
heavens, general !" he cried, look az
the Indlansw
In the next instant the surrounding
bills and valleys were alive with saw
ages, who charged down upon the
scouts, but were driven OIL by few
v0lleys. Surrounded and hOpelessly
outnumbered, there was but one thing
for Forsyth TO do. In the center af
the stream was n little island ON which
grew few small trees. make for
the island, !" shouted FOYsyth-
IT'S our only chance"
They reached the island just in time
While Indian rlflemen along the banks
of the stream poured in II hot fire, a
picked body of 500 warriors led By
the Cheyenne chief, Roman Nose
charged down upon them. intending "
ride over F6rsyth's band in one rcys
wave Of destruction. ,.'he Indians
were beaten back they settled down {.
besiesc the scouts. il 4
Twcnty.three Of the 81 SCOUTS has
been killed or wounded whca evening
came. Forsyth was suffering frOIH
three wounds and Lieut.. Fred Beecher.
the second in command, had been
killed, as had the only surgeon IN tIe
command. All they had TO eat was
strips of meat cut from ibcir deas
horses.
For nine days, in spite Of hunger
and wounds, the little band of scouts
beat off the Cteyennes, until two az
the scouts managed TO slip throagls
The Indian lines at night and guide =
force Of cavalry TO ilieir rescue. OBsc-
Forsyth gave the unwoundc1 scouts
a chance to try to escape. leaving him
and the other wounded to their fate
but they refused. We've fought ~
setler, and well die together. if us
must" was their heroic answer.
The island was named Beechers
island, in honor OF their Lieutenant
and today a monument stands or Is
TO mark forever the place where Fds
syth's Scouts fought so bravely
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Crop Reports Indicate Difference
Few Showers Make in Human-
Ity's Scheme Of Things.
BIG PART PLAYED BY NATURE
Takes About 2,260 Tons Of Water to the
Acre to Grow a Food crop-Process
Of Evaporation Yields Chemicals
Valuable as Fertilizer.

Washington, D. C.--"Raln might be
looked upon as the oil which lubricates
the worlds economic machinery" says
bulletin issued from the Washing
ton, d. G., headquarters Of the Ma
tional Geographic society In connec-
ton with recent reports Of worldwide
drought damage to crops.
with the smallest estimated cotton
crop since 1803," continues the bulle-
tin. with spring wheat in poor con-
dition at home as well as In many Of
the other wheat countries Of the world,
with other important crops below their
average, and with drought cast as the
villain, or at least as an accomplice,
In each case, the difference that few
showers make In humanity's scheme
Of things Is strongly emphasized.
Depends on Rainfall.
while everybody realizes in a gen.
eral way that the world depends on
rainfall and fertility for food, there
are very few, perhaps, who even ap-
proximately appreciate how compara-
lively little the farmer actually does
In the great process of crop-growing.
To pillow millions Of acres furrow by
furrow, to spend millions of dollars
on fertilizers. and to reap and gather
and thresh. is no mean task. And yet
compared with the part that nature
plays In the process, mans work
seems very slight labor. For in
stance, 1t takes about 20 inches Of
rainfall to grow a food crop under our
general farming methods, which means
about 2,26O tons Of water to the acre.
That seems preposterous figure, but
the doubter can easily demonstrate
Its correctness. Suppose the Ameri-
can farmer had to haul the water his
ground must have to give him a good
crop, and that the distance and freight
rate were the same as the average
railroad haul and rate in the United
States. On that basis 1t would cost
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

Say, second thought strikes me.
bought this box of cigars at the drug
store. Why won't they take them
back at discount, and why not bring
you back the money lie pays me?"
"That would be n good plan," an.
swered Mrs. Bowser but without any
enthusiasm.
Mr.. Bowser departed with the box
under his arm. He did not so to the
drug store. He simply walked about,
and he thought how nice II would be
to smoke as he walked. He met two
or three other men smoking and the
smell Of their smoke was good.
He would empty the cigars on the
ground and destroy them.
No, he'd be darned IL he would !!
He would 90 right to the drug store
| and make sale.
He went up to the drug store and
passed it, and, as he passed, he Rugged
the box tighter than ever.
Then he went into grocery and
bought box of matches and carefully
put them away In his pocket. Then
he took walk around the block, and
in time arrived In front of his house.
Mrs. Bowser had gone upstairs, as
the light showed. Mr.. Bowser was
glad Of it. He tip-toed into the yard
and took seat on the steps. How
nice It would be to sit there and smoke
his cigar and count the stars at the
same time. II wouldn't do any hurt
Just to look at the cigars. 1t wouldn't
do any hurt to bite the end off.
II wouldn't do any hurt to strike
match. Samuel J. Bowser had great
will-power, but the cigars had a
greater.
Mrs. Bowsers window was up and
she smelled the smoke and looked out.
There sat Mr.. Bowser enjoying him
self TO the uttermost. He smoked two
cigars while she watched him. and as
she then went to bed perhaps his great
will.power made him smoke third
one.
She was still awake when he came
in, and he brought an odor with him
like club smoking-room, but she
didn't say anything. She only smiled
to herself.
Next morning the box of cigars was
on the plano again. Mr.. Bowser, on
departing to go to the Office, took and
lighted n smoker and nothing was
said about 1t. Doctor Guffengall would
have been Mortified, but Mrs, Bowser
didn't even hold up her hands. For
80 long years she had seen Mr.. Bowser
smoke. For at least five times a year
he had resolved to quit, and it had
always resulted In this way. Why
get up family row over such sim
pie thing as Mr.. Bowser's Gibraltar
will-p0wer? Mrs. Bowser Is very
sensible woman.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
crease according TO any constant rali

crease according 10 any constant ratio
or power of the speed.
Although heavy inspiring weight
may give higher impact than lighter
inspiring weight, it cannot be said
that This is the major controlling
factor.
The relative destructive effect pro.
duced by lightweight. hgh-speed
trucks and heavy, .slow-moring trucks
has not been determined by these tests.
They do. however. indicate that equal
impact may be obtained under some
conditions.
Impact may he rs high as seven
times the static load on one rear wheel
when solid-tre truck strikes a |.
inch obstruction at l6 miles per hour,
an average value being about four
times For pneumatic tires the maxi.
mum impact value is probably not
more than one and three-fourths times
the load at one rear wheel, and an
average value is not more than one
and one-fourth times the load.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
HOW JACK STILLWELL
WHIPPED A RATTLESNAKE

Gen. SANDY" Forsyth's band a.
scouts had been surrounded by Csl.r
Roman Noses Cbeyennes and In tlss
sandy bed of the Arickaree river i-
eastern Colorado they were fighting
for their lives one September day in
1868, They had no food; their doc
Tor had been killed, and relief Hltsss.
come soon If they were to be save2-
Forsyth called for volunteers to go ssr
Fort Wallace, Kan, 100 miles away,
for aid.
Every unWounded man ut once ~.
fcred himsclf for the perilous journey
but the general selected Pete Trutleae.
an old hunter, and Jack Stilweli, :.
boy of nineteen. When night caus-
the two scouts started. Taking OF
their boots, they walked backwards
down the dry river bed in their stock
Ing feet to deceive any Indians VIII.
might come upon their trail.
When morning came they hid in q
dry ravinc within sight and sound az
an Indian camp. They had nothing g.
eat or drink, and the sun beat upon
them fiercely all day long. On the morn
ing of the fourth day they found them
selves on the open plain with no cover
in sight
Suddenly they came upon the skeie
ton OF buffalo surrounded by a raRk
growth of green grass. Into this.
scanty refuge Trudeau anu StillweR
hastily crept. They we're not a mhr-
ute too soon. A large party OF In.
dams appeared and halted within
hundred yards Of their hiding place
The scouts were hugging the grouns
when Trudeau heard hiss In tha
grass in front Of him, and second
later big rattlesnake crawled slug.
gishly out and coiled within fGa&
of the scouts head.
Stilwell was chewing tobacco.
and just before the snake soundcN
his deadly rattle, the young Scout
leaned forward and shot the spray
Of tobacco juice squarply into shs
open jaws and eyes Of the reptile
The RATHER could not stand such s.
dose. lie crawled hastily away. TIE
Indians soon passed on without dis
covering the scouts. Stillwell's lucky
shot had saved their lives.
Forty-eight hours later the two nle,
reached Fort Wallace. Trudeau was
completely broken by his terrible ex-
perience and he died d few days later.
but when the relief expedition iefs
Fort Wallace the ,mdaunted Stilimea
rode at its head. lie lived TO become
judge in Texas and leading figure
In that state until his death. few
years ago.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
What Raindrops
Mean to Farmer

him more than $4,000 an acre to wa,
ter his place. al y
but not only would his water bill
be nearly half million dollars on q
lOO-acre farm, but his fertilizer bill,
also, would amount to neat little
sum. 1t is estimated that In the proc.
ess Of normal evaporation, soil wa.
ter presents the rootlets Of its neigh.
borhood with about fourteen pounds
Of ammonia year to the acre. Al
so, 1t gives them some 81 pounds Of
potash. With sulphate of ammonia
costing only 2 cents pound (it cost
on during the war; and hundred
pounds of the sulphate required to
contribute II pounds of ammonia, 1t
will be seen that the process of evap-
oration gives the rootlets $1.65 worth
Of ammonia to the acre.
Automatic Fertilization.
"When the World war cut or Ger
man supplies Of potash and 1t scared
to $500 ton, biologists secured the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

his cud of gum. THE doctor and j
went over the case. For thirty years
have been paying fifteen cents for a
cigar, and smoking three per day.
That's forty-fve cents a day, and you
can figure how much it must have
come to in thirty years. Why, Mrs.
Bowser, it would buy a house. and
lot 1t would have dressed you three
times over! 1t would have paid my
income tax and all other taxes. Now,
that / look back at 1t, l have been
positively criminal !"
"But you have had enjoyment, Mr..
Bowser."
"Yes, enjoyment Of taking poison
into my system. Well, no more goes
there. ! have learned my lesson and
I stop right here! This gum, for two
or three days, will take the place of
a smoke"
'But you will have to exert strong
will-power for some time"
1T will be exerted, and don't you
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
six Generations In One Family.

The Pas, Man.-SIx generations Of
one family are holding a reunion at
Nelson House. They belong to the
Creek tribe Of Indians.
Sarah Donkey, aged one hundred
and twelve, Is the common ancestor
of the other five. They are: Caroline
Spence, ninety, daughter; John Don
key, seventy, grandson; Ina Spence,
forty-four, great-granddaughter; Sarah
Donkey, twenty-five, great great grand
daughter; JENNA Donkey, two, great
great great-granddaughter. Sarah
Donkey the first retains possession Of
all her faculties except her sight.
which Is failing. r6 & "
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
GOOD
ROADS
PNEUMATIC TIRES ARE BEST
Offer Greatest Influence in Reducing
Impact Force on Surface Of
Various Roads, ...

prepared by the United States Department
. Of Agriculture.)
Impact-the force resulting when a
truck wheel strikes the surface of q
road-depends largely upon the kind
and condition Of the tire used on the
wheel, the bureau Of public roads of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture reports after b series of extern
siye Investigations on the subject.
When roads were built to carry the
traffic of a few years ago the actual
weight or speed Of the load was only
generally considered. Much attention
was paid to the question Of whether
the traffic was equipped with steel or
rubber tires, but definite analysis Of
the surface and supporting conditions
Of the road and determination of
destructive forces were not deemed
necessary. The transition from horse
drawn 10 automobile and truck traffic
has changed the surface and strength
requirements Of the road Of to-day.
When the realization came that this
heavy and severe traffic was here to
stay and that roads would have to be
built according 10 very careful and
thorough design in order TO carry this
traffic II was found necessary TO study
very definitely all the forces TO which
road is subjected. For two years
the bureau Of public roads has been
working on the problem Of obtaining
the value of the impact forces on
roads
Some high points III their report re-
comfy made are: ...s. g
Thin or worn solid rubber tires, even
though they be very wide, produce very
high impact forces. N.
Pneumatic tires offer the greatest
influence IN reducing impact forces,
and with their use the impact increases
only very slightly with the speed of
the truck,
Cushion tires. that is. tires having
degree Of sOfiness and DETECTION be-
tween solids and pncumatics. offer cor
responding advantages In reducing i'm.
pacr. ,r'
Impact increases with the speed of
lhn truck. hut 1T mnnot lo suidto in.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

United States for the priceless fertil-
izer with little success. Yet the proc
ess Of evaporation generously hands
out more than half hundredweight
to the acre, in war and peace. This
automatic fertilization is worth an
additional $3.50 an acre to the farmer
at present prices, and would have cost
him $40 an acre at war prices.
From this 1t will be seen that the
$12 to $25 an acre that 1t costs the
average farmer to grow wheat is a
small figure indeed, compared to what
he saves by having nature as his wa
ter wagon and fertilizer source"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Doos Rout Tobacco Pests

Marietta, Pa.--Martin S. Stoll a
tobacco grower, who resides on farm
several miles east of this place, has
two dogs, one a spaniel and the other
O fox terrier, which he has trained to
hunt worms from his tobacco. From
the time they enter the patch until
they leave they are busy with their
noses, shifting and smelling tobacco
bugs from the leaves. They take the
worms from the leaves without dam.
aging the plants, and as result the
tobacco on the Stoll farm Is among the
finest In the country, being almost free
from worm holes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
templates fixing up several hives In
the back part of the car for the accom-.
odatlon of other colonies. Brooklyn
Eagle.
Diamonds viii Remain Dear.

The major portion of the present re-
tail price of diamond consists Of
government taxes, Frank B. Wade
writes in Leslie's. Many years ago
South African statesmen decreed that
any diamond mines which should be
discovered thereafter should pay to
the government 60 per cent of their
net profits in each year. The great
Cullinon diamond of over 5000 carats,
which was presented to the British
crown by the Transvaal government
after the Boer war, In recognition Of
the speedy granting Of a constitution
to the conquered state. and which was
valued at $1,0O0000, cost the South
African state much under that amour.
In actual cash, for several hundred
thousand dollars was due the state
rs tax under the above act.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

ring. so there is no expense for q
central. II is possible with system
like this to connect various parts of
the farm or distant barns with the
house, or the tenant house with the
farm home, at very low cost. While
such system leaves much to be de.
sired in the way of service, 1t meets
an emergency and can be made to
answer, pending the coming of times
when conditions will warrant a more
expensive and more satisfactory sys.
tenn.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Farmers in South Dakota Use the
"Barbed-Wire System"
County Agricultural Agent Assists
Farmers to Install System at
Cost Of Less Than
$40 Each.

prepared by the United States Department
of AgrIculturel

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
Observation-Disclosures are still many
rural homes that do not have telephones
and, as at present economy in oil lines
is imperative, interest Is reviving In the
"barbed-wire SYSTEM" which was more
or less common In parts of the West
20 years ago.
In Carson county, South Dakota, the
county agricultural agent has assisted
farmers to install such a system at an
average cost Of material per farmer
OF less than 500 Carson County is
81 miles long and very sparsely settled.
although the agricultural lands are
fenced. Standard telephone lines ap-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

The Rublccn is the ancient name ce
stream flowing into the Adrlatie.
which formed the boundary between
Cisalpine Ganl and Italy proper. Tie
phrase ito cross the Rubicon" has
come TO mean to take an lrreyocabra
step, from the familiar story OF tn
passage by Caesar, who, BY crossing
1t in 40 B. G., virtually DECLARED war
against the republic. 1she moderp
Luso, called by the peasants on ifs
banks II Rubicone. has claims 70 be-
ing the ancient Rubicon. hut srrw.
ments favor the Fiumiclno.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Refugee Noblemen in Turkey Are
Perfectly Willing to Marry
for Money.
HOPE TO GET BACK ESTATES
Many Refugee Russian Women Have
Married Turks In Order to Get
Temporary Homes--stilf Retain
Their Politeness and Courtesy.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES arranging Of
marriages between Russian princes
and well.to-do American women is the
latest scheme advanced here by an
ingenious Russian 20 get Livelihood
for voorhees,, penniless refugees living
on American and other charity.
It is argued that the American wom-
an would, In addition TO the title, make
good business bargain, since the
exiled Russian nOblemen all have
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
And Age Has Its Weddings.

Youth has. its tollics, age its stupid.
ities,' said Russian general, no long.
er young, when inviting Il friend to his
wedding. r .
The difficulty Of locating these
American wives across the seas is not
one TO stump the imaginative Russian
mind. which readily adapts itself to
the lighter branches of commerce, and
has succeeded here with cafes, beauty
parlors, manicure and tea shops. con
cert halls and public grounds.
The first and only bathing pavilion
near here has been established at
Florla beach. on the Marmora sea. by
4 group Of Georgian prlncesses,
through the loan Of American Red
Cross tents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Russ Princes
Ask i. S. Brides

large estates which they hope to re-
cover when private property Is re-
stored and Bolshevlk Russia Is no
more.
Many Russians have open minds on
the marriage question. Many Of the
refugee Russian women have married
Turks since their arrival here, in or
der TO get temporary homes. The
Russian men have followed suit. Many
of the older ones have married Greek
women.