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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

Chinese city, with 4 relatively small
foreign population, has well. paved
streets, with street cleaning and tradac
arrangements not inferior to those Of
new York or Chicago. Its police ID
eftetent and we'll orsanisad and, un-
like Chicago and New York, &c has no
slum .4parters that are unsafe to visit
after dark.
There are now $500 miles 81 rail-.
roads n China. Twenty one thousand
ADDITIONAL miles are needed to make
sva,laDle the great resources. enormous
production and mighty man power 81
the country. For. the money IN mo
g, build these Iron roads China looL. y
America and II Is expected that th.i,
construction will raise TIE yolu,n. -
china's foreign trade from 81, oo.ood
e0O where Il stands today to *, 0oo'
100000 annually.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

Of the lower Yanstze and the delt,
plains are Thousands Of mills Of mail
canals, which take the place Of roads.
Anciently q great system Of we'll,
built highways existed In China, /
tending to the far corners Of the en-.
pire; but these have fallen into disre.
pair and. speaking in 4 general way,
the roads in that country today are 90,
wretched a to be 4 serious obstacle 70
the commercial and industrial develop.
ment Of the republic.
The automobile problem IN China Il
q question Of roads. Natives who can
afford the luxury take readily to mo
toring; but at present the sale Of cars
ID restricted mainly to thu. treaty ports
and Pektn. In the vicinity Of tie capi.
tai eighty miles Of good highways Offer
attractive invitation 70 moaprists.
Pekin. though ! thoroughly modern
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
Germs Cause
Seeming Miracle

nNE of the most curiously interest
~ ing Of microbes is the miracle
bacillus"-known to science as B. pro-
digiosus. In it's time it has been respon-
sible for q. whole lot Of excitement.
In former days it used to happen
once in a while that communion bread
developed on its surface stains of what
looked like blood. The superstitious
took it to be really blood, attributing
the phenomenon to miracle.
Today 1t is known that such stains,
which sometimes appear N eggs or in
milk. are produced By a color making
bacterium, incidentally to the process
of feeding upon the substance. They
merely indicate the presence of colonies
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
We Are 4 lways
Travelling

EVEN those Of us who stay all tb.
- year round in one place do much
long distance travel, in a climatologi-
cal sense.
In the summer time (from this stand
point) we sometimes find ourselves in
the neighborhood of the Equator. In
winter, on the other hand, we may visit
the, Arctic Circle.
Taking average temperatures, the
people of Philadelphia and New York
spend July and August in northern
Florida.
In this respect years differ, Of course.
.Philadelphians in the winter Of
1903 04 spent that season (climatolo-
gically speaking in Connecticut. Last
winter d92o-21) they were living il
North Carolina.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
Stripping spawning trout caught from stream In dip nets and taking them
to spawning booth. Trappers Lake, White River National Forest, Colorado

.a.-
holds 1000 eggs, wrapped in a piece Of
cheesecloth and packed in wet moss. On
top is a tin tray with perforated bot
tom, packed with ice or snow, the drip
from which seeps continually downward
to keep the moss moist.
The trout are planted in spring or
fall. depending on the species. Native
trout in the Rockies spawn in May and
June; rainbow trout. in October. I'm
mems interest in the work is taken by
the general public, which co-operates
heartily. 1t is being conducted on a
very important scale, and sometimes in
the Rocky Mountain region one may
see as many as thirty horses in a string
packing fish can along the trails.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
Fisheries Bureau, Stocking Brooks With Trout, Is Anglers Friend

A NY stream, or lake that is constantly
- frequented by anglers is bound to
get ''fshed out after a while unless
regularly and Systematically restocked.
That is because under natural con-
ditioas only about 4 per cent Of the
eggs laid by the fishes are successfully
Matched. Man. however, can take these
eggs and so deal with them as to make
them yield Is to 80 per cent of healthy
fry"
One Of the greatest attractions of the
national forests in these days is
angling. In the Rocky Mountain region
fish trains so called, leave the cities
every Saturday afternoon with crowds
of tired business mon who obtain needed
rest BY wading in streams all Sun
day with rod and creel.
1t is trout they go after usually. and
to keep the streams and lakes well
stocked is the business of the Govern
ment Fisheries Bureau. working in CO.
operation with the fish and game COM
, missions of the States. That is to say,
these agencies collect the eggs and hatch
them. Then United States Forest Serv-
ice transports the, baby fishes and
plants them.
1t would never do to liberate the
young fry in waters such as the anglers
frequent. They would be quickly
gobbled up by the greedy adult trout.
Therefore, they are carried to the head
waters of streams and there let loose.
A trout stream, let us say, takes its
rise high up in the mountains. Near its
ource it is nc more than a tiny brook
let. Perhaps it flows through an up
land meadow, pursuing a quiet and
winding course among weeds and
MOSES. Here is an ideal place to make
a plant" The little fishes are In no
danger from enemies, and there are
plenty of bugs to provide them with
food.
Or there may be an upland lakelet
that will serve the same purpose. In
that case a small area at one edge Is
inclosed with a corral of rocks and
the fry liberated inside of it, safe from
attack by any big fishes that MAJ be
lurking about.
The brooklet may become a ! wiling
stream further down in the IN dhtains
or it may be tributary t. a big lake.
But in either case the idea in view is
/, that the young fishes shall have at
tanned lingering size before they ar
rive in waters where they must take ur
seriously the struggle for existence. As
fngerlings they are too large to be
gobbled, and sufficiently alert to take
care of themselves.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

The business of transporting and
planting the baby trout is one demand
ing much expert knowledge. They are
carried in timed iron milk cans, COM
monty on horseback. This, of course.
involves much jogging; but, far from
being injurious. the movement is highly
beneficial. inasmuch as it keeps the
water aerated.
If a can >of fry were allowed to stand
over one night 80 per cent of them
would be dead in the morning. The
cans (Which have screened tops) are
laid on their sides in a stream so that
water may freely enter. But under all
circumstances temperature shock must
be avoided, and this is accomplished by
taking dipperfuls Of cold mountain
water and pouring it gradually into the
cans.
Trout eggs newly collected BY netting
and stripping adult fishes at pawn
ing time arc forwarded to the hatcheries
in wooden compartment boxes. each
containing a series of screen bottomed
trays. Each compartment in a tray
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
Canned Danger

TN FEBRUARY of this year a woman
1 in Seattle died from eating three
small pieces of canned beans. She
knew that the beans showed signs Of
spoilage, but she tasted them," with
fatal result.
Referring to this case, the United
States Public Health Service says that
it is dangerous to eat any canned food
that shows ''the slightest unnatural
odor, unnatural color, swelling Of the
container, signs of gas or n evidence
of decomposition whatever"
Such food may contain the bacilli Of
''botulism." which engender one of the
most dangerous Of known organic
poisons.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
Prof. Bell Makes
ShndOW Audible

X CURIOUS thing about the metal
"A selenium is that its electric con-
ductivity varies with exposure to light.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell has
found that a bar of selenium, In con-
nection with the telephone. can be
made to give out an audible sound BY
exposing it to interrupted light.
When flashes Of light are directed
upon the metal bar, if frequent enough
and sufficiently regular, they will pro-
duce a musical note which can be heard
by a listener at the phone.
1t is the Interruptions, Of course,
that produce the sound, Hence, says
Prof. Bell. the listener may be said to
"hear a shadow"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

Of Z species Of bacillus that is nov
identified, ''cultures'' Of which can
easily be made.
When stains Of the kind were found
on food in former times, they were
commonly attributed to witches or I'm
other supernatural agency. The bacil-
lus in question, feeding on decomposins
material scattered ' the ground, has
been responsible for many tales OF
"bloody ~rains,'' which were regarded a.
portents Of evil happenings to come.
People in earlier days were less ad'
dicted to the habit Of bathing than -
now customary, and sometimes crimson
spots appeared on parts of their per
sons whe1e p%erspiration and dirt had
accumulated. These were very alarm
ing, being suggestive of "bloody
~swaeats," but what the sufferer really
needed was a good scrub.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
What Causes
the Fizzinq

TT is an interesting experiment in
l chemistry.
Two small paper packets-one blue,
the other white. The blue one is fatter.
Together they compose what one calls
n Seidlitz powder.
Dissolved separately and poured to-
gether, they make a big fuss. One
drinks the stuff hastily, while the fzz
lasts.
To, drink first one and then the other
would surely create a most horrible dis
turbance in ones inside. Best not to
try it.
But why should the pouring of the
two innocent looking fluids produce
such a relatively tremendous eferves.
cence? 1t is easily explained.
The powder in the blue packet is 25
per cent common baking soda and IS
per cent potassium and sodium tar
trate. The powder in the white packet
is tartaric acid.
What we call baking soda is sodium
b~icarbonate. The tartaric acid, brought
intimately into contact with it in the
solution, causes it to give up in a great
hurry the carbonic acid it contains, the
latter appearing in the form Of gas.
Hence the cfervescence.
Any acid, coming into contact with
any carbonate will cause a similar re.
lease of this gas. If sulphuric acid be
allowed to drip drop by drop upon
marble dust (which is carbonate Of
lime) the latter will give off carbonic
acid gas; and, if water be charged with
this gas, it becomes what we call soda
water. 1t gets the name soda water
from the fact that in former days the
a that makes it fizz was derived from
carbonate Of soda.
1t is the same kind of fzz for both
soda water and the Seidlitz powder.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

by fire are to be quickly lowered to
safety. For pulling stumps the der
rick arm is shortened and the truck
engine hooked to the uprooting device.
and virtually the same procedure is
followed in converting the mechanism
into a power shovel.
a smaller type of the same truck and
derrick may be used, the inventor says,
for work at docks, wharves and store
houses.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
Novel Life-SaUinq Device

"A DEVICE which it's inventor,
a Samuel lied, of Philadelphia, says
may be used in fighting fires in high
buildings, saving life, ~upsooting trees
and as a power shovel has been pat
ented.
At fires the long arm of the derrick
will carry six lines of hose, making an
effective water tower for fighting flames
several stories from the ground. By
means of a tackle block persons trapped
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07
For the Outdoor Enthusiast

A sheet of canvas tightly stretched
in a frame on legs serves in lieu Of d
mattress. A pent-roof frame of steel
rods is supported by this bed frame
and over the pent-roof may be readily
adjusted a canvas covering.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

OUTDOORS has never been so popu-
~ lar as nowadays, and for that rea-
son interest attaches to a combination
of cot bed and tent which is the novel
idea of Isaac S. Purcell, of Oak Lane,
Ill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-07

The canvas covering falls to the
ground at the ends and sides Of the
outdoor bed, and, being provided with
screened windows at head and foot, IL
affords ventilation with privacy for the
occupant.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
HIS WAGES ONE CENT A YEAR
Early Carrier of Mails Certainly Not
in the Business for Purpose of
Making Money.

Maurice Proctor, q man OF wealth,
was so anxious for his coach TO bear
the distinguishing IL. s. Mail'' sign
of the postal service that he made abb
solutely certain. when a service line
was established between Mineral Point
(where he Iived) and Dodgeville. Ia.
he would be the lucky one allotted the
honor.
There were 20 competitors and each
turned sick with disgust when they
heard of the bid of the Weather nian.
says an early volume Of the Strand
Magazine. II was the custom then 10
ask prospective employees 10 bid for
the job, as contractors bid now. Proc
tor bid cent. Which is 10 say. he vol
un.eered 10 do the job for a reIEunera-
ton OF j cent year in wages.
Every day, rain or shine, lie twice
carried the mail between the two cities.
proud OF the ~. $. Mail" on the side
of his coach. At the end OF the year
his enthusiasm had not worn or, so he
renewed his contract, agreeing TO do
the work at the same rate for four
more years-in all. for 4 cents. The
government considered him financially
responsible for this amount, and gave
him the job. The 4 cents were paid 10
him in four annual installments.
His pay for the first year came In
the form of postal warrant signed
by the secretary of tie treasury ana
made out to the order of the carrier,
Maurice Proctor. 1t was III payment
for his services, and the amount was
l cent. Needless TO say, it was con-
sidered as a great curiosity. SO the
carrier sold ii at once for $50.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
QUIT TELLING FUNNY STORIES
Why Congressman Kelly Sacrificed
Humor on the Altar of Serious
Craftsmanship. Pr.

Patrick Kelly, a representative in
congress from Michigan, says that he
used TO tell many stories in going
about in his political campaigns. The
audiences always liked them and went
away pleased. Telling them looked
like good politics.
Years later Kelly would meet a
man and he would say:
81 have met you before. 1 remem-
Der very well certain story yeu
Nold."
Then he would repeat the anecdote.
Kelly would ask him WHAT else he re-
membered that had been said, and he
would be unable to remember a thing.
The congressman began TO wonder If the
telling of stories prevented more seri-
Gus matters from finding Judgement
in the hearers mind.
He became fearful. He was not
sure, but he decided TO lay off the
funny story. So was the possibility
Of a multitude of good laughs sacri-
feed at the altar Of serious states
manship.-New York Sun.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
SEARCH FOR MUSICAL Thief
Peculiar and Clever croek Is just
Now Engaging the Attention os
London Police.

Detectives are searching for an ac-
coinplished thief who plays the piano
and sings for his victim before going
away with the yaluables.
Although known 10 the police. he has
been Cooperating" in ST. Johns Wood.
London. FOR more than a month and
his two latest coups have been car
ried out within few minutes walk
of each otller.y
lie returned a fortnight ago 70 a
house in ST. Georges terrace, Prim.
rose Fill, where he had taken apart
ments. while the other boarders were
at dinner. Inquiries resulted in the
discovery that the ledger had gone
with jewelry including four gold rings
set with diamonds. worth $1,000.
woman in King Henry's road, Lon
don. is the latest victim. On Monday
the man rang up and in a short time
arrived in a taxicab. He stated that
he would fetch his luggage later.
Insisting in paying in advance he
made out check for a weeks board
and made himself agreeable by his
musical accomplishments. but pro-
l0nged absence in the bathroom excited
suspicion, and il was found that a
trunk had been forced and $1,000 worth
of jewelry stolen. A finely-cased gold
watch, valued al $500, was among the
articles stolen. and the check was dis
honored.-From the Continental Edi-
ton of the London Mail.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
WHY SO WEAK?
Kidney Troubles, May. BE Sapping
Your Lille Away. Annapolis Peo-
pie Have Learned This Fact.

When a healthy man or woman be-
gins to run down without apparent
cause, becomes weak, languid. de-
pressed, suffers backache, headache
dizzy spells and urinary disorders.
weak kidneys may be the cause The
slightest symptom of kidney trouble
is too serious to neglect. Doan's
Kidney Pills have earned their fame
by their effectiveness in strengthen
ing the kidneys and keeping them
we'll Here is Annapolis testimony to
prove their worth.
MTsl C. B. Gray, 121 Conduit St,
says: sDoan's Kidney Pills have
done a great deal of good and I am
glad to recommend them Ny kid
neys were weak and I had trouble
with backaches and felt dull and
languid. Headaches were frequent
and l was often dizzy. The action OF
my kidneys were very irregular.
used Doan's Kidney Pills as directed
and they just suited my trouble In
short time / was feeling like a differ
ent person. The backaches left and
my kidneys were regulated
Price Coo. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Gray had -Milburn Co.
Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y.-(Adv)
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
UNITED STATES NOW LEADER
Europe, Exhausted by War, Must
Yield First Place in Medical and
Surgical Supremacy.

World leadership in medicine and
surgery no longer is in Europe. but
has been transferred 10 the United
States, as one of the results of war,
so DIR. George w. Grille OF Cleveland
stated In his address 10 the American
College of Surgeons in convention at
St. Louis recently, says the Ohio State
Journal. This country made enor-
nous contributions in all branches Of
medicine and surgery during the war;
he pointed out. being particularly well
equipped to render that important
service because Of the research and
development work that have been so
conspicuous in the field of scientific
medicine here during the last quarter
of q century.
With the end of the war European
nations are exhausted and have lin
tied resources and little OF spirit 10
go ahead with that important work,
while this country has resources with
out limit and spirit equal to the OPP
portunity. Europe is all topsy turyy,
its famous old medical schools are
shaken, its great hospitals are ex-
hausted, its professional life shocked
and wearied Doctor Grille states the
situation with marked distinctness
when he says: THE torch, all but
gone out, has been handed US because
we alone are left the means 10 light
the way" 1t was his thought that the
medical schools and research institu-
lions of the land be supplied with
every resource. their work broadened
and requirements raised, that the
World war opportunity may be devel-
oped and the problems of the future
met successfully.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
BUNGALOWS BUILT BY BIRDS
Are Not Used as Nests, but Seemingly
Only Constructed as a Matter
of Decoration.

Arbor-like bungalows are built by
Australian bower birds. These bunga-
lows are decorated by the birds with
flowers and other bright objects.
Sometimes one bird will move a
flower placed in position by fellow.
The result is free fight, for none Of
the birds will tolerate interference or
criticism.
There are several different kinds Of
bungalows, and each is built by a va
riety OF the bower bird. These struc-
lures have nothing whatever TO DO
with the birds nests. There is a gar
den in front of the bungalow, and
great attention is paid to keeping this
fresh. Some Of the birds prefer
shells as garden decoration: others
use gaily-colored beetles and other in
sects, while one bird lays out a lawn
of moss, which it decorates with all
kinds of odds and ends. AS soon as
any part of the garden becomes faded,
the moss, leaves, or flowers are car
ried TO a rubbish heap behind the bun
galow.
Dancing displays are given or the
lawns, especially at counting time.
when the males adopt all kinds of
queer attitudes and sing songs TO at
tract the attention of the opposite
SEX
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
YEARS TOLD THEIR OWN TALE
In Her PIenitude of Power Proud
Beauty Felt the Saddening
Approach of Old Age.

Mercedes took a perfumed bath,
steamed her face, dashed cold water
on IL, then massaged it; then she lay
down and relaxed for an hour.
After that she manicured her nails,
rubbed cold cream into her face, added
powder and rouge, then a little more
powder. arranged her permanently
waved hair and donned her silken gar
ments.
She looked at herself long and
earnestly, turning slowly around be-
fore the long pier glass. She was
well satisfied with herself. She was
a trifle larger, rather mature, but not
old looking, not in the least.
She crossed the ballroom floor, look
ing proud and regal. The mothers
sighed in envy, the young society buds
trembled in alright, and the women
of her own age felt very old and
faded. TIE men one by one gathered
around her.
One of the youngest set came up,
and she thought him callow and
crude; ladies' man of her fathers
age drew near and she thought him
silly AID childish; n man just old
enough for her, rich, talented and sue
cessful. showed his admiration of her.
but size thought him concelted and
tiresQn'e.
She stood before the pier glass
again. She looked young and she was
beautiful-but all men bored her.
She knew she was old.-Katherine
Negley, i'm Judge.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-16
AN ORDINANCE

Section /. BE il established ami o--
daiued by the Mayor Counselor ana AT
dermen Of the city Of Annapolis that ID
new section be added to Article - Of tar
City Code. 10 follow Immediately after
Section % Of said article: to be known as
Section pa. and TO read as follows
Section ga. All garages or buildings
uScd FOR the storage Of hay, grain or other
inflammable material shall be solely ,..r-
Structed Of metal. tile. cement or brick.
or other non OinbuStible material AMI uo
permit shall be granted for the erect jon
Of any such garage or building 10 be- used
for the purposes set out in this section
except upon the condition that no other
material than that named herein shall be-
Sod Ia its construction. No buildiug bow
constructed. or which shall hereafter be
constructed, which does not comply with
the provisions If this section shall be used
az any time as garage or for the storage
OF nay, grain or other iia,nUdblr mas
terlHl. and any person 80 using any such
building shall be subjpf, upon conviction
by any Justice Of the Peace Of the city ~
Annapolis, 10 fine Of five dollars and
cost 10 be recovered as other fires and
costs are recovered. and upon conviction
OF second ofense against the provisions
OF this ordnance shall he hn-I ten dollars
ana costs for each such OTense, the saue
10 be recovered as other fines and costs
are now recovered. Provided. that this
ordinance shall not appIy to any buildia2s
now used as a garage or for the storage
of inhammable material ~ set out herein.
Section >. And be it established ana or
dained that this ordinance shall take If
feet from the date Of its passage
Approved October %. 1921.
S. JONES.
Attest: Mayor.
EMMA ABBOTT GAGE.
Clerk