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, 1921-09-15
THE WICKED ExPATRIATEs.

at is sad to learn mourns the New York Times.
"that n departing Mediterranean steamer carries sew
eral passengers who are going to live in Central Eu-
rope for a year by order of their physicians, who
stated that it was essential for their health to have
at least two pints of good beer daily Prague, the
capital of Csechoslovakia, seemed to be the favorite
destination, as the Pilsner there Is described as good
and cheap To Baden-Baden and other German
health resorts. where the beer is excellent and board
ing and rooms are cheap, many Americans are flock
ing. What do Mr.. Volstead and the other 'Pures'
among prohibition statesmen think of this base at
tempt to evade our laws, this deliberate escape from
ordered American virtue into European sin?
cit is an insult to be borne that unworthy Amer
leans, unable to fout the regime Of dryness at home,
should go abroad and there publicly advertise their
shameful thirst and revel in the Continental means
Of shaking it. There should be an embargo on the ex-
~portation of vets. No American should be allowed to
leave these shores unless he promises to practice total
abstinence in the foreign capitals of iniquity. No re-
turning American should he suffered to land without
a signed affidavit that in his absence he hasn't touched
a drop of that which p%rofteth not. These guzzling
Americans in foreign parts deceive the people Of the
countries where they exhibit themselves, give them an
erroneous idea of the United States. American ref
ugees for runs ke-ho discreditable must the
mere thought of such scamps be to every virtuous
American mindp'
, 1921-09-15

WIKI the rcRorl Is inc cuEEG3llOn OF n
new site for mex years camp as q
means OF providing an uncxpiored
deld for Casper scouts and effectine
economy In transportation costs, one
OF tho main items OF expense.
One hundred and six enrolled scouts
took advantage of the outing at Camp
Piper. located on land provided by b.
B. Brooks southeast OK Casper. and
the average cost OF commissary sup
plies was cut from Sf1.f per scout
last year to 1871 this year. Announce
ment IL made that there il much
room for Improvement by a more
careful selection OF cook and helpers
and by having sufficient adult super
vision In the camp to assign one off,
ciai TO supervise the moss
Transportation costs this yca- to.
tailed s31s,46 a reduction Of s102.02
under last year. The securing OF a
camp site where the use of n team
would not be necessary would reduce
this much more. It is pointed out.
Among other expenses h list shows
s1es.ss for employees. ss34.To for com.
| missary supplies and sso5.ss for per
manent equipment, the total expendi-
lures amounting to s2,45s.sS. Receipts
OF the camp were in the form OF dues
COiftCtlon OL WHICH nus not ottu Coni
pleted- A charge of IS for a ch OF
the one-week periods was made.
Scout Executive Black In his report
recommended appreciation OF service
rendered by the Rev. Philip X. Ed
wards. Harry Astin. Il. C. Calhoun,
B. b. Brooks. Charles B. Stafford
United Spanish War Veterans. DR.. j
f. o'Donnen, A. X. Bot. Deputy Scout
| Commissioner Goodrich, scoutmaster
Graham and Wilson, and those VIII,
furnished cars and trucks for trans
| portation. Congratulations OF the
| executive committee In connection
with the winning of the honor nag sci
by troop No. ? was recommended.
DIVIDENDS PAID
IN SCOUT ACTIVITY.
Tho benefits OF the camp and its
marked success are SGT forth in a vol
| luminous section of the report rocit
ing in detail the activities of the
scouts. Ies~ es~ -
Following the worldwide motto OF
boy scouts. learn to do by doing .
the report states. books were dis
carded for practice, lectures gave piace
to demonstrations, and study was sup
plapted by the actual doing of the
scout task. Scouts made their own
beds and took care OF. their W equip
ment. They pitched their own tents
and took them down again. They
witnessed a model rolling OF n blanket
roll and rolled their own. They learn
ed about their mistakes In camp cook
cry in the taste OF their o and REM
edied them at h next meal. They
, 1921-09-15
cANApA,s GENERAL ELECTION.

Our neighbor Canada is in the throes of a general
election, the first since 1911, on purely domestic is
sues, when the Liberal government under the leader
ship of Sir Wilfrid Laurier was wrecked on the rock
of reciprocity. The 1917 election was devoted ex-
clusiveiy to war issues which at the time dominated
all social and political relations
1t is the avowed purpose of Premier Meighen, as in
Dictated by his keynote speech Of the campaign, to at
tempt to retain power on the issues Of reciprocity and
lower tariff, thus reversing the position of the parties
in the campaign of 1911, and placing himself in ia
vor Of the identical policies which he opposed in that
memorable campaign.
The Liberal party is led by the rising young states
man King upon whose shoulders the mantle of Laurier
has fallen. A third party, the Farmers, has in the
last few years risen and secured. many seats in the
Dominion parliament. 1t is led by Crerar. its candi-
date for premier. The three cornered fight is any
body's until the ballots are cast and counted.
There never was an election in Canada with more
interesting possibilities. There are no party machine
organizations in the old sense. They were smashed
beyond repair during the war and when Union gov
eminent was organized. The new structures must be
built from the ground up.
Crerar it is expected will bring a solid west, King
a solid Quebec to Ottawa. Ontario viii be therefort
the great battle-ground. It's present representative.
are almost exclusively Meighen supporters. But sine,
1917 it has in provincial affairs gone over to the farm
ers- The latter boast that in this home of protection
they will carry half the seats.
, 1921-09-15
1T DEPENDS ON YOURSELF.

As long as you stand around expecting the govern
ment to lead you back to normally you are not going
to get anywhere. The only thing you can reasonably
expect the United States government to do in the mat
ter is to make it possible and point the way. This it
has done beginning last March d. 1t has set the ex-
ample in industry, frugality, business morality and all
other essentials that lead directly to the conditions
for which you have prayed and hoped 1t can no more
bring you personal prosperity and happiness by act
of congress than it can legislate brains into the back
of your head. Unless you join your government and
go along it'll it, performing your part under its lead
ership, showing your faith by your daily works, one
of two things will happen to you. You will be left
standing in your tracks crying in vain for the help
you must render yourself, or you will be run over by
the others who are willing to join the march onward
to better things.
1t is altogether a state of mind into which you have
drifted. by reason of the calm after war excitement
L. is not cured by drifting further, it is cured only by
resuming the oars, facing the boat about and apply
ing muscle against the current in the upstream jour
ney.
, 1921-09-15
BUSINESS

The creation of a federal board on purchasing and
liquidation by Director Dawes for cooperation in
sales and purchases by the executive departments is
applying business principles and sense to a situation
in government that has run at loose ends since the
government came into existence. standardization and
determination will now succeed old methods that have
been accommodating abuses for many years. If it were
possible for the government to get its business at
fairs upon some such basis of management as prac-
ticed by the large corporations of the country mil
lions of waste could be saved and the war debt would
be rapidly diminished.
, 1921-09-15
we LEAD IN RECOVERY,

Arthur Reynolds, well known throughout the west
and middle west who rose from a small town banker
in Iowa to the presidency of the great Continental and
Commercial National bank OF Chicago, has returned
from a three months visit in Europe. He gives a
rather gloomy view Of European conditions but Of
America he says:
"The United States has gone further than any other
nation in liquidation because we have compelled it all
along the line, with the merchant, the farmer, and
with labor. We are making great progress, but we
still have a long way to go, and the near future will
show poor business. We will work out our problems
, 1921-09-15

more quickly than Europe because our people are de-
termined to work them out, but we are not going TO
clear UP everything in the next few months.
"We will foster our foreign trade, but it must be on
a safe basis We must buy foreign goods IL we are to
sell cur products to other nations. and collect the
great SUNS they already owe u.s. By what magic can
we expect to have large foreign commerce If our COM
me-ce raises an insurmountabie tariff wall against for
eign goods, and how can we expect payment II we
could drain the rest of the world Of gold we would
simply force other nations to a paper currency basis,
and what good would such n hoard of gold do US in
that event."
, 1921-09-15

ificial respiration by getting on top
OF a supposed Victim and going
through the practical purpose OF re-
viving him. -
They learned h lesson OF commu-
nifty service by being assigned by ros.
tor to kitchen and fatigue details. and
the idea was impressed upon them that
each to do his share OF the common
duty was ashonor and hot a punish
ment. They learned the great lesson
OF give-and-take by being handed over
a large part OF the responsibility of
maintaining discipline in camp. The
scout leaders present in camp consti-
tuted the examining board - give
tests to scouts for advance ment- Prac.
, 1921-09-15
THE LONELY p

Alone on the sageorush stretches
Where roamed the bison herds,
And ruled a race of warriors
Free as the fight of birds
This ghost of old-time greatness
In twilight of the past,
The remnant of a shadow
Now dim and fading fast.
In homage bend the grasses
AT a gentle winds decree,
Ger the valley cries the curlew,
Like the mourning Of Nahpee,
The red sun, sinking westward,
Seems fondly to invoke
A message to the war-like
From its silent, curling smoke.
Frank B. Linderm
, 1921-09-15

AFTER dinner IN Argentina many
hcusekespers serve. Instead Of coffee.
a basin OF soap. which strangers a
some difficulty In swallowing.
, 1921-09-15
SUCCESS SCORED IN SCOUT
CAMP VENTURE, REPORT REVEALS;
AVERAGE EXPENDITURE REDUCED
Cost for Each Scout Cut So for Camp Maintained in
August on Smith Greek; Vacation Held Rich
Experience for Casper Boys

Marked Improvement in results secured, and room for fur
Their Improvement in the routine conduct of the annual Boy
Scout summer camp are shown in a detailed report on this
phase of scout activities for 1921 submitted to the executive
council at its last meeting by Harry L. Black, scout executive.
One of the most important recommendations in connection
, 1921-09-15

Arkansas appealed to H. Ford to exercise his railroad
wizardry in their behalf he was positively not inter
ested. Henry knows lssen to quit railroading.
, 1921-09-15

If Germany decides to expel the princes, dukes and
other near royalty where does she hope to ship them?
The ranks of the unemployed are calling for no re-
cruits.
, 1921-09-15

What do you mean roll tops? Furniture or
hosiery?
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24

American p a n
where almost un-
limited numbers oil
p oducts are OBJ
tanned from the dis
~tillation or partial
c o M Il S t oil
coal.
S certainly
was one of the pio-
neers. but it ap-
pears that the Chi
nese used coke as
an article of com
merce more thar
1000 years ago.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
UA<ING

DIR. ARTHUR J. cRAMP, American Medical Association, Chicago.
EOSSIBLY in Utopia the aIng always go 10 their medical advisers, II o
4 natter how trivial the ailment; but We are Dot living in Utopia. Yet
all sefdoctorng is risky and carries with it the possibility of injury, In
spite of this we persist in "doctoring' ourselves. Few persons suffering from
a passing attack of constipation q to their physician fol q prescriptions; they
70 to the drug stre for IL ctharie Yet the abuse of catharics is one of
the most pelniciousy widespread evils of se1fdrugging. This is because the
ill effects ar Bot Immediately shown and are 10 definitely taceabe 10 the
catlmtic habit The rational treatment of most eases of constipation may
we are better informed
The danger Of elftreatnent of amy diseased condition lies nt only
in the lack of knowledge regarding the action Of the drugs taken, but i'll the
probability of al error of diagnosis What may be selfdhgnosed ~ IL simple
sore throat may in reality be the onset of a malignant case of diphtherha.
What may be thought to be a simple cold may actually be the first symptoms
of measles or smallpox.
Blu. assuming that, under present economic conditions, a certain amount
drugstore in the country has m its shelves preparations that are moderate
in price, non-secre in character, am nt advertised SO as to cause the pur-
chaser to magnify trivial ailments and dose himself unnecessarily. These
preparations are som of the simple official products from the U S. Pharna-
copda or the National FormuE1y whose standards of strength and purity
are constant and enforced by law. In using such nonsecet preparations,
should the Settreated aiment not respond, the doctor will be better able to
tell whether the symptoms he finds are due to the disease o. to the drugs
that ave ben taken.
Yet all sehdoctorng carries with 1t a certain degree of danger. The
to get well. In the vastm majority of instances of mere passing indispositons
the taking of drugs binders rather than helps the return to normal. In
nine cases ut of ten We should recover from our minor ailments more quickly
if, instead of taking drugs, w e would slightly modify u dieteic and HYGIENE
habits.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
1Ear& IN 87M
|NonpERnn De- N EG 3 5
Goethe, the Great German Poet, Visits Saarbrucken
Forest ard Discovers the
Philosopher of Coal
No. III
(Told in Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND
THE PHILOSOPHER OF COAL

without dreaming
of the = immense
value OF the waste
~product, coal tar.
In the Middle Ages
it w a S inanufac-
tured for use in the
arts and for domes-
tic purposes, The
earliest record of
coking coal in a
regular oven was in
1920, when a patent
W a granted in
England to Sir Viii
liam 81 Iohn for
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
"VAMPS" WHO
MADE HISTORY
% by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
FROM TAVERN MAID TO EMPRESS
BY JAMES c. YOUNG

nICrURE to yourself a tenth CEN
L fury wineshop in Oonstantinople,
then called Byzantium. Imagine that
the door is flung open and a party of
gay blades enter. They are led by
Romanus, son of the emperor. They
drink, and Romanus admires the tav-
ern keepers daughter.
In $50 this same girl, TheophanO,
was married to Romanus, his imperial
father being an indulgent man who APP
parently cared little whom his son wed.
But the mother and five sisters of
Romanus scorned the tavern maid. In
$50 the emperor died, supposedly of
poison administered through the agency
of his son and TheophanO. now become
greedy Of honors.
Romanus was a p%rofiigate and Theo-
piano evidently suspected that she
might be put aside. So she cast her
eyes upon Neighbours Phocas the
greatest soldier of his time and a
power In the state.
The two conspired together. Ro-
hidlluS dlCd III OOD. q l. liC age VI IWCH-
ty-four, and the historians hint that
his wife poisoned him. Then she had
Phocas proclaimed emperor, and a sec
ond time became empress of Byzan-
tium. This brought on a contest with
the church, which refused to sanction
the marriage. But the vampire was
a woman of wit as well as seduction,
and she helped her new imperial hus-
band to maintain himself. Phocas won
notable victories against the Saracens
and greatly extended the power of By
zantium. Theophano tired of him and
looked about for new c%onquests. She
cast her favor upon Finishes, nephew
of the emperor, and a gafIant young
soldier. Once more her conspiracy
took shape, and Phocas vas assas-
sinated. Then the church demanded
that Finishes drive TheOphano forth
from the palace before his self-pro-
claimed accession to the purple would
be recognized. To the CONSERVATION
of Theophano, he promptly agreed and
she was bundled OF to a prison. Blu
the willy vampire who had risen from
the tavern to a throne still preserved
her cunning, and it was not long until
Finishes also passed away, a poison
victim.
~Theophano's two sons by her first
husband divided the empire and she re-
turned to the palace. History falls to
record further activities IN her part.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
Quickly Conquers
Stubborn Colds
Do You Want to Get Rid of Your
Then Read This.

Are you one of those who are will
ing to try anything once?
If you are, then here's the PROPOSE.
ton in a nutshell:
First take a laxative. Your bowels
must be made to function properly.
Get a small jar of WINTERGROLE-
costs but 25 cents-rub some of this
ointment over the forehead and bridge
of the nose. Snuff a little up the nos
trils and apply literally on throat and
on the chest, il the cold has settled
there. WINTERGROLE works in
stantly. Your cold will disappear in
short order. Get a jar today from
your druggist.-Ad.
For sale by H. J. Dennis & Co., IL
S. Main street, Pleasantville. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
NOTICE.

Pursuant to Section SOP of Chapter 236
of the Laws of 1918, approved March 4,
1918, notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned, Tax Assessor of Galloway
Township, will sit at his home on Man
helm Ave, Galloway Township, on Satur-
day, December "a, 1921. between the
hours of eight o'clock a. m. and one o.
clock p. M, when the assessment list for
the year 1922 may be inspected by any
taxpayer for the purpose of enabling such
taxpayer to ascertain what assessments
have been made against him or his prop
erty and to confer informally with the
assessor as to the correctness of the as
sessments, to the end that any errors
may be corrected before the filing of the
assessment list and duplicate with the
Atlantic County Board of Taxation.
CHARLES f. STUCKEL,
Assessor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
How to Be Healthy
~MMzw The Crusade of the Double Barred Cross
Practical Talks on Disease Prevention
Prepared by the
NEW JERSEY TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE

uPract cary everya adult person is infected wthtubecMosls. This infection need not be
a source of danger. T o keep thel atentinfecton from Incoming disease, bodily resist
ance nus b. kp at its best This series o. articles show gu howt to keep healthy
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
Nasty!

The car was already well filled
when a very stout but affable gentle
mar pushed in and sat down, part of
his ample proportions falling on a
very thin and rather sour-looking gen
tleman on his right.
The latter glared at him and
growled. "They ought to charge by
weight in these cars"
'In which case" was the genial re-
Spouse, ut wouldn't be worth while
stopping to pick you up"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
Saarbrucken

making coke Ill a bee hive type OF
oven. Later patents were granted i'll
England, Scotland and Germany, and
finally in 1917, we find Isaac Meason
making coke in the ground" in Fay
cite County, Pennsylvania.
That was the crude beginning Of one
OF Americas key industries, for from
these bee hive ovens, wasteful as they
were, grew the great modern plants
that as.onished the world Curing the
war by their production OF poison
gases, high explosives, fertilizers and
other vital necessities. In times OF
peace these plants produce dyes and
great quantities of intermediates for
the manufacture of other commodities.
In times of war they are easily con
verted into strongholds OF defense.
You will remember that it was an
English boy who discovered the posi-.
bility of manufacturing dyes from coal
tar but England let the great chance
slip through her fingers and as a result
she found herself in a bad way when
war broke out in 1914. 1t was humili-
ating for the United States to be
caught mapping and to be compelled to
beg Germany to sell us dyes to color
our stamps ana currency Dut England
found herself in a far more serious
situation. She had no dyes for her
uniforms or flags, and no drugs Tor
her wounded. She could not sell to
the former German markets because
she could not color her textiles. She
could not send sufficient high explo-
sives or gases to the front because
she lacked the essential coal tar crude.
But England will not be caught
asleep again. She has placed an en-
barge on foreign dyes and is working
with all her strength to develop her
own chemical industry.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
PUBLIC NOTICE,

Public notice is hereby given tina it is
the intention of Common Council of the
City of Pleasantville to introduce an
Ordinance for the numbering of build
ings situate upon the streets, avenues,
highways and alleys of the City of Pleas
%antville, and consider the same at its
meeting to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 81,
1921, at S O'Clock Z. NJ.
Dated Dec. IL, 1921.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS,
Citv C1arlx
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24
Taking a Liberty.

Little Ethel, who was shopping with
her aunt, listened while the gruff but
intelligent clerk demonstrated:
Madam, | am sure you will not
need so much material. You will find
five yards quite ample"
AS soon as they had left the shop
Ethel exclaimed Indignantly:
"Auntie, l didn't like that man, not
one bit! Why, he talked to you just
as if he was your husband!"-Ex
ohapUn
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24

(Released by The Institute of American Business. New York;
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24

In III, there lived i'll the forest near
Saarbrucken, in Germany, a chemist
named Stauf. He was an eccentric old
man who had an idea, far ahead OF h:
times, hat many things beside coke
could be obtained in the combustion of
bituminous coal.
Stanf had constructed a number OF
ovens over a burning mine and treated
coal so that he obtained oil, pitch, coke
and SCOT. That was quite a forward
step and although he lived in the
depths of a forest the great minds OF
Europe heard of his work. In fact,
Goethe, himself made a pilgrimage to
the ovens of the far-seeing chemist
and in his autobiography wrote a strik-
ing comment on his visit to the Saar-
brucken forest:
"Ready and glad to pour his COM
plants into a human ear, the lean
decrepit, little man, with a shoe on
one foot and a slipper on the other,
and with stockings hanging down and
repeatedly pulled up in vain, dragged
himself up the mountain to where
the pitch house stood which he had
built himself and saw with grief now
falling into ruins. Here was found a
connected row of ovens in which coal
was to be freed from sulphur and
made fit for use in the iron works;
but at the same time they wished also
to recover the oil and pitch, and in
deed, did not want tt lose the lamp
black, so that all failed together on
account of the many ends in view"
Goethe, who dubbed the chemist OF
Saarbrucken "Kohenphilosoph" or the
Philosopher of Coal, wrote his com
mentary less than a century and a half
ago. What would be his comment to-
day could he enter one of the great
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-12-24

Where can you get so much value for
your money as in a years subscription
to The Pleasantville Press?
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-27

There are reports in the sugar trade
of new corporation to be formed which
in size will exceed the American Sugar
Refining Company. 1t is understood sew
eral. Of the large Independent owners OF
producing properties in Cuba have held
conferences looking TO this end. although
It probably win be several months before
thu details have been completed.