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Birds That Dive.

Aquatic birds that are ordinarily
able to float high on the water can
also sink at will by expelling the air
that Is inclosed within the film Of
feathers surrounding their bodies, thus
making them heavier than water.
This mechanical trick on the part
Of diving birds Is probably familiar
to all who have watched the king
fisher at close quarters and have noted
the sudden contraction In the birds
apparent size as 1t takes the plunge.
This is much more easily observed in
the case Of the starting. which some
times initiates the kingfsher by plung.
Ing into the water. The shrinkage Of
the bird is very apparent when, after
lowering above the surface, 1t turns
downward to dive.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
CONSIDER THE
FOREST FIRE
BY ]. A. Cope, Assistant State
Forester.

The Red Plague which every
year takes such an appalling toll of
our homes, storehouses and fac
tories, is indeed, a curse that must
be combatted at every turn. Always
it is lowering in the background
ready to take instant advantage OF
human weakness to wreck pleas
ant habitation or thriving factory.
The loss in the genrality of these
cases is individual. The owner,
even when protected by insurance,
sustains a real loss, and perhaps
profits by the lesson, while the rest
of us continue on in Our careless
way.
There is, however, another class
of havoc wrought by this demon
FIRE in which the loss is general
as we'll as individual. l refer to
the Forest Fire.
Timber is the great raw product
of the forest, and each year we
consume in these United States,
fifty-one billion board feet. There
is no line of human activity in
which this great raw product does
not come into use, so that its need
less destruction by fire becomes a
national calamity. In addition to
this financial loss, are the game
less area, the shrunken stream
beds, the desolate sun scorched
stretches once the delight of hunt
ers. fishermen and autoists. Literal
ly and actually:
Everybody Loses When Timber
Burns"
And just as truly as the fires in
the man-made towns result over
half the time from carelessness
and neglect, so the fire in the God
made country are attributable to
the same cause. First, it is a
hunter that leaves his camp fire
unextinguished, then it is an au-
toist who hicks the butt of his
tailor-made cigarette into the dry
leaves along the roadside, or per-
haps a farmer chooses a windy
day to burn over his new ground.
or again a saw-mill engine is run
without a spark arrester. Bit by
bit the items add up till we get
the amazing total of 10000 acres
burned over each year by forest
fires in Maryland alone, causing a
direct financial loss to the prop
erty owners of the State OF
$85 600.
Two thousand years ago the
great apostle wrote Behold what
a great matter a little fire kind
seth" Today, it gets the same
little start and works the same
big havoc. Have you any little
fires on your conscience?
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
Human Natures Daily Needs.

| am indebted to the Guardian for
this story, which comes via the Morn
ing Post: "A certain bishop" says
our contemporary, awhose diocese
need not be named, was lately pre-
sented with a magnificent cope, the
result of much labor and money Of
admiring friends. His lordship natu-
rally expressed his great delight and
appreciation of the gift. He is re-
ported, however, to have remarked to
a friend (needless to say, not one of
those who were responsible for the
gift-and very much sub rosa): Il
should ever so much rather have had
a dozen new shirts scottish Chron-
icle.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY FEW
Migrants in East End OF London uss
{ an Ancient Celtic Tongue Among
: Themselves.

Shelta' Thar Is q language used Sc
cretly among people Of the tinker class
and principally to be met with In Scot
land and Ireland, Its use was first dis
covered and made known In 1875 by
Charles X. Leland, an American anti
Quarian, and Prof. John Sampson OF
Liverpool. One day, while walking
by the seashore at Aberystwyth, they
encountered a tramp who addressed
them in an unknown tongue. Both
were versed In the Romany or gypsy
language and were much surprised to
meet one who spoke tongue.of which
they knew not word.
They collected q number Of phrases
from this man and found on inquiry
that he had acquired this strange
speech from his wife, who was
tinker. The tinkers, he said, kept
their knowledge Of the language Sc
eret. speaking 1t only among them
selves. Later Leland encountered
many other persons who spoke Shelta.
He found that In many Of the drinking
places in the East end Of London,
where vagrants often congregate. the
language was freely employed, but
that when an outsider made his ap-
pearance, 1t ceased at once to be spok-
en-. Scientific methods applied to the
study of Shelta proved that 1t is no
mere system Of back slang or cant, but
an ancient Celtic speech.
Eomany, the language Of the Eng
lis& gypsies, is still spoken by large
nurhber of persons. Among the ma
jor3ty of them 1t has become corrupt,
buk the older gypsy folk still speak
wiAt is known as "deep" Romapy,
that is, the gypsy language In its pure
state.
The dialect OF Shetland, although
Its grammar is Lowland Scotch, is
very largely Morse and as spoken by
the Shetlanders among themselves Is
scarcely understandable by the aver
age Scotsman. On the Isle OF Man, q
Celtic tongue different from Gaelic or
Welch is still used by a number OF the
Inhabitants. ----...-.--- -------
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Arabic Lltsratuns Recovering.

Arabic literature. writes a eOrre-
spondent to the London MoEping Post.
is recovering from a period Of deprea-
sion induced by the war. OF the books
published during the last month or so
one Of the most interesting is "Nawa-
dir al-HaFh," containing rare aud In
tsresting comments on the WARFARE
In the sense that every fact Is narrated
from the standpoint OF the Oriental
philosopher. The little volume closes
with appropriate comments ON the pow
ers and their postwar conditions
culled from the works Of the classical
Arabic poets. Perhaps the most anus
ing passage is that which is selected
for Montenegro: II have sold my
house and ny donkey; have. there
fers. pothiAs above o. AaRsstA ms."
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Red Cross Gives
$4,000 to Aid
'Clean-Up' Drive

An appropriation Of $4,000 for
Red Cross work in connection with the
cleanup" campaign instituted by the
Government to bring the claims Of all
disabled service men who are entitled
to Federal aid before the proper gov
ernment bureau for action, has been
made by the American Red Cross.
The Executive Committee of the
American Red Cross in making the
appropriation authorized the appropri-
alton OF $35,000 of this sum to the
American Legion to defray the ex-
pense of the Legion representatives
assigned to the various districts Of
the Veterans Bureau.
The remainder of the appropriation
was authorized for apportiOnment
among the several Divisions of the
Red Cross for carrying on that part
of the "cleanup' work that falls d.
rectly upon the Red Cross organization.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
OZONE AND THE SAND MAN
The Two Are Quite Closely Related,
Though Probably Few People
Could Tell How.

People who spend their vacations At
the seaShore at this time of the year
usually find that their nights are
dreamless and restful.
They say that the sea air makes
them sleepy. Wheeled along In a
beach chair, one is likely to feel drowsy
or even go to sleep.
1t is the ozone In the air that does
it. The air at the seashore Is full of
ozone, which might be called con-
centrated oxygen. Ozone Is a power
full and healthful stimulant.
Whence, by the way. comes the
nursery idea of the Sand Man, herald
of sleep?
The answer is that the approach OF
sleep checks the flow froM the ear
ducts which keeps the eyes moist
There results dryness and slight
uncomfortableness Of the lids, causing
one to rub the eyes. The Sand Man
has come, and 1t is time to 60 to bed.
Philadelphia Record,
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Man Who Ruilds Own Fortune.

1t is certain that the first Wander
bllt, the old commodore. who began as
q skipper between New York and
Staten island putting dollar upon dol
lar and thought upon thought, plan
upon plan, became financial king ac-
cording to conditions in his time. He
built railroads, developed industrieS
lived fuller, happier life, with more
variety and enjoyment In 1t than the.
third Vanderbilt. He was not born inr-
to wealth, but acquired its to him,
wealth and millions were new things.
1t Is certain that man who, starts:
from the bottom, without the aid Of
any one except hts owR hands ana,
brains, and acquires we'll being and.
health and happiness by self-denial for
himself and for a wife and children.
will enjoy much more pleasure and
variety in life than man born TO-.
riches. who was not inspired by any.
particular ambition.--Amerikai NaRN
yer NepskaXa.. Hungarian lailxa
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Young America
Sends Vast Relief
To Needy Abroad

Various relief projects Of the Junior
American Red Cross In European
countries resulted in helping 237 600
destitute children during the last fis-
cal year, according to the annual re-
port OF the American Red Cross for
that period The growth of the activi-
ties of the Juniors abroad Is mani
tested by comparison which shows
this figure Is 100000 larger than that
Of the previous fiscal year.
The National Children's Fund raised
by school children, members Of the.
Junior. American Red Cross, Was
drawn upon for $42O, ,557 for these prof.
ects. Receipts for the National Chill
dren's Fund during the last fiscal year
totalled $155,317.
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YOU Ike: .XstoSlzhinS how It WIN

y9l Ike. Xst0nlshing how It WIN
cleanse .your lungsl Astonishing how
good 1t will make you feel!
,'Air ID a great stimulapt, and some
Of these lung :bathers .oyerstinulate
theWselyes. 80 that they Get nervous,
cant sleep at night and 10 on. They
do this by such tricks as breathing
the pure air in through one nostril
only. taking too many lung baths and
that sort Of thing. Such Over-indul-
gence Is perhaps pardonable II you
have a piece of hard mental work to
do. but If 1t Is made habit of, 1t will
break down the health like over-in-
dulgence In cocaine Or hoOtch or any
other stimulant." Free Press.
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Some One EIse's or Some Ones Else

Some One Else's or Some Ones Else.
The expressions some one else. any
one else, everyone else, somebody else,
ETC., are used correctly as substantive
phrases (that is, used as noun,
serving as subject or object, whether
a single word. phrase or clause) and
have the possessive infection upon the
else, as some one else's house. Some
hold these phrases as elllptical ex-
pressions Expressions having part
omitted), as, the house is some ones
else (that is, other than the person
previously mentioned). Therefore.
either some one ese's or some ones
else Is correct. However, some one
else's Ia the expression In general use
at the present time.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
Ancient Dye Too Costly.

Tyrian purple, the most famous dye
Of antiquity. was So expensive that In
the reign of Diocletian one pound Of
purple wool cost $24O. which would
make the dye itself worth about 5000
pound. In 1909 Professor Friedlan-
der gathered 12.OW Of the sea snals
from which this ancient dye Wns made.
and prepared little Of the coloring
matter. His Investigations showed II
TO be Identical with dye known to
synthetic chemists. but not used ON
account of its inferIorlty to other
synthetic dyes which are both cheap
and common at the present day.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
LUNG BATH SOMETHING new
Physician Recommends II as Highly
ExhiIarating, Though Admitting
IL Can Be Overdons.

. 1--WE are all taking sea baths now"
said doctor. Lots Of people take
mud baths, too. Stomach baths are
prescribed frequently for dyspeptics.
But few of us take lung baths as we
should
"You can swab out your lungs as
one swabs out q room, Pure air does
1t. You so out where the air is pure.
throw your head well back; iphale
through your nostrils as much OF this
pure air as your lungs will hold, and
then expel 1t swiftly and fOrcibly. Do
this d or 20 times-even oftenes Il
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Lima to be Remembe red.

~ can forgive, but l cannot forget"
is only another way Of saying, II will
not forgive" A forgiveness ought to
be like Cancelled note, torn tn two
and burned up, so that 1t never can
be shown against the debtor.--Henry
Ward Reecher.
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An unluckY Citizen.

"He's so unlucky," said the Billville
citizen, that eff his house wuz ter
ketch fire, he'd lose his life tryin' to
save last years almanac !"-Atlanta
Constitution.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
ONE DOLLAR
ANNUAL DUES IN THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS
MAKES YOU A
PARTICIPANT IN
RELIEF WORK FOR
THE HELPLESS THAT
GIRDLES THE GLOBE.
ANSWER
THE ANNUAL
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
NOVEMBER 11-24, 1921.
Tracing History Of Cabbage.

The Romans are credited with In
Producing cabbage into England, and
the soldiers of Cromwell carried 1t to
Scotland and made it popular there,
as they did also in Ireland, according
to tradition.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
America suecors Russians

Food, clothing and medical relief
costing s7O0,00O has been provided by
the American Red Cross for the thou
sands OF Russian refugees stranded
last year In C6nstantinople and vi
cinity.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-10-06
A Compromise.

"How did Bob Hunter come out of
his dilemma in regard to those two
girls?"
. "He decided to love the poor one
and marry the rich one" .
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DoTnq Boston.

Tourist From Chicago TO Wife as
They Stand In Front Of Public Library
You look at the outside. Helen, and
I'll just glance at the inside and Wen
be through In a jiffy.-Boston TEap-
e@rint.
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Humor In Humidity:

The easier 1t gets to stick to the
office chair literally, the harder 1t is to
stick to it hgurativeIy. Boston Tran
script,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24

eral different colors with brass eyeiets
for fastening up In conspicuous places.
and may be obtained from the Sunday
School Association. A large number of
supcrintendents have already availed
themselves Of the opportunity to get
these banners, and they have been
out the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24
LARGE MARINE RE-ENLISTS
3s5.Pound PhlIadeIphan Was Noted
for Feats Of Strenath

The United States took on a naval
handicap today when James d. Tur-
reziani, gunnery sergeant, Of this city,
the largest marine, re-cnlisted. Turre-
ziani. rated as the strongest man in the
marine corps, weighs 335 pounds and
stands six feet, one inch, in his No. u
shoes.
Among the feats for which Turreziani
is noted in the corps is n hike of forty
miles of Haitian roads just before his
return TO the United States in which
the marine finished carrying two rifles,
three packs and one tired marine under
his arms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24
FOR BETTER.clTlzENS' DAY
Promise Of Big Attendance at Sun
day Schools on Sunday

Sunday schools Of every denomination
have entered into the Better Citizens
Day" which will be observed next Sun
day. with moro enthusiasm than they
have taken up any other special day In
recent years. Hundreds of supcrin
tendcnts have sent word into head.
quarters. 1911 Arch street, to the
effect that their workers are meeting
with wonderful success in obtaining sig.
natures Of citizens to pledge cards and
promising to attend Sunday school next
Sunday.
Several hundred oilclOth banners have
been prepared for distribution through =
cut the city. They ar" printed in sew
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24
Accidental Shot erazes Man

A revolver shot, accidentally fired,
grazed the shoulder Of Charles Miller,
COS East Indiana avenue, at 1 o'clock
this morning in the Penn Baking Com
pany's plant at Kensngton avenue and
Somerset street. Police say the re-
volver was held by William Goodman,
2S13 B street. also an employe Of the
bakery. He was examining the weapon
when it was discharged. Miller was
treated at the Episcopal Hospital.
Goodman was arrested and held for a
further hearing, December 2.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24
Freed In Shooting Of Detective

George Gardner, of 6s4 North Thir-
teenth street, arrested last night by
police of the Second and Christian
streets station in connection with the
recent shooting Of Detective Louis
Kaplan. was discharged this morning
for lack of evidence. Kuplsn was shot
while taking part in a raid against a
hand Of bootlcggcrs at Sixteenth and
Cambridge streets. The shot was fired
at random from the autotruck in which
the boOtlcggcrs made their escape.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-24
WAR MOTHERS AT FUNERAL
Attend Services for Mrs. Anna
Mckee Today

Of the National Association of War
Mothers attended the funeral today
Of Mrs. Anna Mckee. 1914 Christian
street. the second member of the or
ganization to die. The first was Mrs.
Thomas Hall. 1913 Nenango street.
The war mothers visited disabled
service men in the naval hospital at
Grays Ferry later and took baskets
Of Iuxuries for the sick. They also are
preparing to aid disabled soldiers
throughout the city at Christmas and
during the winter.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-19
Stage Door Lizard Dearth
Depresses Chorus Ponies
Financiers' Divorce Suits Involving Beauties
Move Girls to Lamentations.

Before 1 came from London" Claire
Hooper Of THE Midnight Rounders, -
said, Il heard a lot about broker friends
and stage exit lizards, but since l ar
rived in New York six months ago l
haven't seen one. Not one! Maybe
chorus girls Of past years enjoyed these
luXuries, but where are they now? The
chorus girl of today has to work very
hard for a living"
Many girls expressed similar opinions.
There was only one exception. Per
haps Elaine Courtney, a front liner" in
the Winter Garden show, was more lucky.
You'd be surprised, she declared "if
mentioned the names of some of the
big stock brokers and we'll known Wall
street men, men before the public eyes,
who have been doing the inviting this
year. They send their wives and daugh-
ters to Palm Beach for the winter to get
them out Of the way Then they give
wild dances in their apartments on the
drive.
Their game is old. Invariably they
tell you that you are the most beautiful
girl they have ever met and then they
promise TO pay your way through either
dancing or a voice training school
They often promise to make a star out
of you through their pull If we girls
listened to their promises They don't
give anything for nothing. especially mill
lionaires."
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-19

home on the Tippecanoe River, at the
rear Of the home Of Fred Decker. yirgils
elder brother, about 10 o'clock Saturday
morning. After sleeping a while, he
awakened to find Leroy sdll asleep He
said he picked up a piece Of iron and
struck the youth across the head with
it and went out of the cabin. Then he
did some chores at the home of Fred
Decker, with whom he stayed, and re-
turned TO the cottage III the dusk.
Leroy was still alive, but in delirium.
Virgil took off Leroy's outer garments
and donned them himself, clothing Leroy
in those he had taken off He led Lovett
to horse and buggy which he had taken
from his brothers barn.
WATCHED THREE OR
FOUR TRAINS PASS.
Driving TO the railroad crossing, vir.
gil said, he watched three or four trains
pass and finally, when another was still
some distance away, stopped the buggy
on the tracks, unhitched the horse and
left Leroy in the buggy, hoping that in
view Of their striking likeness and the
fact that Lovett wore his clothes, the
dead boy would be Identified as Virgil
Decker and no search would be Instituted
for the slayer.
Young Decker was arrested Sunday
night-at the home of an uncle in Marion.
1t was thought at the time he had slain
LOvett, but that he was aided by seme
one who wished to help Virgil collect
$4,000 life insurance he carried after
the dead youth had been identified as
Decker.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-19

NEW YORK, March ia great change
has come over the American chorus girls
life.
An absence of stage-door "Johnnies," a
dearth of wealthy broker friends and
a scarcity of so-called wild parties" are
noticeable this year, according to girls in
New York's musical shows" They hotly
resent implied aspersons cast on mem
hers of their profession by recent divorce
suits involving inanciers. in which ''la
dies of the ensemble" acted as the hypOth
enuse of the eternal triangle.
q don't know what's happened this
year" said little Peggy" Steiner of The
Passing Show" One hardly ever sees a
Johnny now at the stage door. This
last year the girls have received an ex-
ceptionally small number of cards from
admirers in the audience, and as for
miIlionaires, why. they've all gone and
deserted the chorus girls this year
haven't gone out with a millionaire since
New Years. The only type We see these
days at the rear entrance is the young
clerk or salesman who has saved up for
years to buy his first machine AMI who
wants to show it off.
Maybe its prohibition that did it.
Anyway. chorus girls don't miss the mil
lionaires, because most of them have
their own sweethearts or husbands and
most Of them are real good girls"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-19
LETTER is SAID
TO HAVE SWAYED
ACCUSED YOUTH
Written by NGppGRee Woman
to Virgil Decker in
WarSQU Jail.

WARSAW, Ind, March ia letter is
credited with having brought about the
confession of Virgil Decker after he had
been griTled for more than two days by
Sheriff Moon and as able detectives as
could be found without success. This
purported letter, containing a plea in
Christ's name from a Christian woman
and mother is said TO have been re-
ceived by Decker at o'clock Friday
evening and was from Mrs. George E.
Walker Of Nappanee, who did not know
Decker personally.
Decker, it is said. is well informed
in the scriptures, and after reading Mrs
Walkers letter, called Mrs. Charles
Moon, the sherif's wife, and confessed
his crime to her.
The letter is as follows.
Virgil Decker
Dear Dear Boy-How my heart goes
out to you. l have just breathed prayer
to the God of heaven and earth, who has
all power, in your behalf and quick as a
fash, the thought came back to me-
DO your duty God is on the giving
hand and is very anxious to help all who
are in trouble, no matter what kind of
trouble it is. The Bible says that where
sin abounds His grace doth much more
abound.
MY dear boy, be assured you have a
friend in Jesus, even if the whole world
is against you. He is looking at you this
very moment with sympathy and long
ing to help you. But the only way is tie
right way, no matter what follows. You
must pray to God in Jesus name, for
God gave us His son to redeem us from
our sins. Jesus died on the cross that
we night be set free with all our sins
loaded upon him. This is why you
must pray in the name of Jesus. He
will hear you.
"God knows how shrewd the devil is
and that men in their strength are not
able to resist the temptation he puts
before them, IL they do aot have Jesus
in their hearts to fight the devil away.
THE way to get right is to confess
your sins to Jesus first and ask Him to
forgive you and take you in His care.
Then confess everything to the men whom
you have harmed. Get everything out of
the way by confessing. so that every
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