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The New York herald., 1921-11-20
More Than l,5OO, 900
Felines Exist in City,
Though S. P. C. A.
Kills 100000 Strays
Ye arly - Canaries
Exceed Dogs as Pets

lows: Queens, As; Brooklyn 23; Richmond
10; Bronx, g. The total for the city is S5.
The egg laying section of the immunity
is f1ourishing. Even in Manhattan there are
high 1871 chickens. These "ackle IN
the Inwood district around stables or in
some particularly ample back yard. In the
other boroughs the chickens are legion. In
the outlying districts of Richmond and
Queens the Health Department as NJ.
bothered with permits, so that any estimate
of the number of chickens must be approx
innate conservative estimate sets the
chicken population at 200, 900. Poultry dea
ers behold nothing but progress in this field.
Despite the vigilance of the Healt,. author
tiles it appears that the number OF pigeons
increases yearly. There exists no way of
taking an official count of the pigeons in the
city but pigeon fanciers unite in declaring
that the number of pigeons in ibis citF
to-day is greater than a year ago: a year
ago the number greater than it was
five years ago.
One fancier estimates $4,000 to $4,000
pig IS in the city. Some of the pigeons
are Used to be sold for food, and many
succulent squad served in hotel dining rooms
was originally a strutter on Nav York
street. 1t is interesting that there are AT
abundance of wild pigeons in the city. Thay
can be seen in the vicinity of their ness
atop the different churches and under the
caves of public buildings. There are prob
ably thousands of these wild pigeons about
the city.
If pigeon has an enemy it is the cat
Mr. Horton of the S. p. C. A. estimates that
there are 1900 900 cats in Greater New York
BY the end of this year, Mr., Horton asserts
the society will have put to death no less
than 100000 stray cats. Cats thrive in the
tenement districts. Every congeste1 quarter
of the city is overrun by battered, wild eyed
Toms and Tabbes. These wild ones are the
cats who chant on backyard fences
In addition to these tramp cats there are
hundreds of thousands that dwell in homes
and, though they may indulge in an occa-
sional escapade, know a good thing when
they have it and return to these homes
Lesser in number are what may be called
the bushy tail cats, the Angoras and Per
slams Mr. Horton confded that many pus-
sizes that are the boast of the housekeeping
men are really nothing more than fox tail
coon cats that run wild in Maine There the
dealers purchase them at so cents a cat, but
when they arrive in the big city they of
sudden take the name Angoras and
price-a minimum of s20-worthy Of their
name.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
To Make Country French
NAV Take Some Year.

This is why there is plenty of complaint
in Frances new provinces, but no evidence
of real disaffection," said the Mayor of one
of the smaller industrial communes tribu-
tary to Strasbourg I'VE know that what is
occurring now is exactly what occurred in
1871. 1t took fifteen or twenty years to
turn this country around and make it Ger
man in all but it's patriotism. 1t may take
just as long to turn it back again. We
have simply got to be patient. We do not
want to change back, but we hope France
will not crow too much, because living here
next to the Germans we of Alsace want the
Germans to like us instead of hating us, as
undoubtedly they do to-day"
The French, to give them credit, are NOV
ing slowly. Were they not, the situation
would be much worse. That is why the
country is still under half of the old Ger
man laws. The German business law, for
example, is very modern product beside
which the French is antiquated. Realizing
the effect that sudden change would have,
the French administration has decided to
continue the company law for the next five
years, hoping that in the meantime French
laws will be changed.
system has replaced the more modern Ger
man system making it impossible for the
business man to get the banks to open
credits and finance his operations on two
named paper, as under the American sys-
tenn. Now he must engage private French
bankers and pay high commissions for the
money he needs This going back to the
cid French laws governing business, but
little changed since 1870, is a strain on his
patriotism as well as on his pocketbook.
I'VE are not Germans and we are not
French" said a member of the Mulhouse
Chamber of Commerce. I'VE are Alsatians
and we want to be under the French flag.
But we also want autonomy that will per-
nit us to keep many of the things we
learned from the Germans. Either we
should keep these German laws or France
should remodel hers. This is what we are
demanding of the French administration
and are hoping that the French Parliament
will accord us satisfaction
Undoubtedly fitting this French suit on
to the people of Alsace-Lorraine is one OF
the most difficult problems the French ma
ton ever had. The Germans did 1t ruth
lessly; the French are doing it more
gently. Having always worn German
clothes the present generation will prob
ably always complain that the French
clothes do not fit
1t is upon the younger element that the
situation depends. Upon 1t the new
clothes may fit gracefully IL the French
plan works out The municipal theatres
where French has taken the place OF
German are to-day practically empty for
the simple reason that the people cannot
understand the plays. But the night
schools are full of young men and women
learning French.
Strasbourg University has now an enrol
ment as large as under the Germans, de-
spite the fact that not a German professor
remains. In this lies the hope that the
problem may some day be solved.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Production in Metal Industry
Now 80 Per Cent. of 70


big metal industry, the second largest in
the new territory. Unable to compete with
German COSTS the mills bought by French
capitalists are partly shut down to-day or
working on stock At least 30 per cent. OF
the maximum production of this new re-
gion must find market outside of France
and yet in the foreign field is unable to
compete with German costs. BY contrast,
in the economic area of Germany, to which
Alsace and Lorraine formerly belonged,
excluding the Sarre, production in this
Industry is now estimated at over 80 per
cent. of 1913
One reason for this is that Lorraine now
has to pay rs francs for Ruhr coke and the
German mills only 30 Also the Germans
will only supply one-sixth of the Lorraine
demand The former owners of these prop
e;ties like SHINES and Thyssen are thus
getting back at their new French owners,
from which it is not strange some of the
French want the Ruhr
The German workman gets the equiva-
lent of francs a day and there is no un-
employment The worker in Alsace and
Lorraine gets on an average % francs
day, which makes it impossible for his en-
ployer to compete in his old market, even
if his goods can cross the Rhine without
duty.
Here is another example. The produc-
tion of the potash mines has been forced
up by the sequestrator from 100000 tons to
| 900, 900 tons a year. But this potash can
not be sold even at what il costs to pro-
duce. The German syndicate to whom
these mines once belonged is actually send
ing trainloads of potash from the German
fields across Strasbourg bridge to French
farmers because German production cost
is so per cent. of the Asatian mines and
their price to the farmers 80 per cent below
the French price.
The largest industry is the textile en-
ploying 10000 people. Not long ago 1t was
running at about 40 per cent. production.
Now this has improved largely, because the
German mills are actually sending some OF
their untitled orders to the Alsatian mills
to be shipped abroad via Antwerp. because
the Germans do not want to lose their for
eign customers and are willing to take a
loss on these goods.
These are few Of the high points in an
industrial and economic situation. arising
not alone from the general world depres.
SION. but from the fact that this region has
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Many Old Favorites Are Gone,
Notably Monkeys and Parrakeets
TEW YORK'S meowing, barking and
tweeting population is on the in
crease That section of the com

Not only has time thinned the ranks of
the horses of the city but it has taken
many a familiar animal from the streets.
The Italian organ grinders monkey has vir-
tually disappeared. Only after midnight or
on Sunday afternoons do the hanson cabs
with their rusty cabbies now appear Never
are they seen to-day as of old lettering about
the railroad depots. Horse cars have gone,
never to return. Even the Speedway has
been opened to the automobile. Once it was
the haunt of the trotters and PAGERS.
The little parrakeets trained to pluck your
fortune from a tray at the behest of an
organ grinder sit idly in cages now. Mighty
few of them are on the job. The trained bear
does not lumber through the suburbs, and
goats can no longer be seen munchng on
rocky Harlem lot.
The face of the animal community of New
York changed radically during the war, but
it is now back to normal. During the tense
days of the fighting every resource became
OF moment and animals, particularly useful
animals, assumed value they had never
possessed hitherto. The horse did yeoman
service during the war. Trench warfare
had eliminated the dashing cavalry mount
In this war for the first time the draft
horse came into his own. Still he did not
get all the credit due him. Cinderella of the
Service" one writer has called him-or her
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
city and illustrates graph


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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12

What They Mean
DID you DREAM OF MURDER2

TT is curious fact that while the
in dreams commit the most criminal
actions the sleep of real criminals is
generally peaceful and their dreams,
II they have any. are Of the most in
0ccuOus character: Santa de Saints,
the Italian Investigator, has made a
wide study of the sleep and dreams
of criminals and as a result states 1t
as q rule that the sleep even of MUIR
derers Is dreamless or haunted by in
nocent visions. Thus the condemned
criminal in his cell may be dreaming
of green fields and village bells while
the upright judge who condemned him
Is committing manslaughter In dream
land.
These facts are dead against the
conceptions Of the poets and novelists
and conform rather to w. S. Gilbert's
statement regarding the capacity for
innocent enjoyment" of the felon
"when not engaged In his employ
ment" rather than with Hoods poem,
1.-THE Dream of Eugene Aram." So
you are not necessarily crimlnally In
clined because you dream Of killing
some one.
The mystics regard dream Of MUIR
der rather unfavorably. IF you see
others committing murder 1t Is sign
that you will shortly be called upon to
answer for the misdeeds Of others say
some, while others declare that 1t only
means that many hard struggles are
before you and 1t is a warning to
watch your STEP" IF you dream that
you are committing murder yourself
look out for your reputation and con-
slider well the work you are now en-
gagged In. If you dream that some
body is numbering you suspect secret
enemies and unforeseen dangers. In
short, 1t is a sort Of warning dream
to be on your guard.
Freud has devoted much attention
to this dream and regards II as de-
sire left over from our infancy, a
stored-away and forgotten relic Of the
baby mind before we had learned that
1t was wrong to murder people. Ellis
says: eff normal people dream Of
crime 1t Is because they are more SEN
sitive and imaginative and the sleep
Ing consciousness is strained to the
utmost to invent a phantasmal tragedy
adequate to account for the waves Of
emotion which beset It," An interest
ing thing about murder dream is
that, as q rule, we experience no re-
morse for our crime but much anxiety
to escape its penalty. William Dean
Howells has remarked: "In my
dreams am always less sorry for my
misdeeds than for their possible dis
covery." (Copyright)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Fraternity the Great Need.

1t was Victor Hugo who conceived
this thought: THE true resistance of
man against catastrophes is an aug
mentatiOn of humanity. Love one an
other, aid one another. Solidarity af
men is the retort to completely of mys-
ferrous facts. 1t is thus that is estab-
lished on earth the third term of the
grand human formula, fraternity. Gov
ernments put obstacles in the way Of
liberty and equality, they will come in
their time, in spite of the monarchy;
equality in spite of the aristocracy.
But fraternity is the opening door, the
emptying purse, the helping hand"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Honest Toll
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

JESUS was Carpenter. Cromwell
a was q Farmer. Washington was a
Surveyor. Franklin was a Printer.
Lincoln was q BackwOodsman. To
get at great Character and mighty
Achievement, you are invariably led
to the source of 1t all-Honest Toll.
We are all Toilers. And there is just
as much dignity and honor back OF
the sweat Of the man who digs with
his shovel or Yields with q hammer as
there is behind the brain of the man
whose thoughts, trained and organ
lied, direct the energies Of countless
workers.
The Glory and Reward of Toll lie
ir the Working Spirit that prompts
the smallest effort of q Man.
This earth does not belong to the
people who inhabit II, but to those
who, In Honest Toll, magnify its Bene-
fits. You owe more to every man than
any man owes to you. We are all
Debtors-from the humblest to the
greatest. Nor is any one Of us entire
ly Independent. In Honest Toll, how
ever, every man earns and pays for
his Heritage.
The most Pitiful man on Earth Is
the one with nothing to do. Wher96s,
the Happiest man on Earth is the one
with the most to do.
SO long as you have within you,
sound and intact, the scores of marvel
Gus instruments for Labor and Serv-
ice In your Hands, Feet, Eyes, Ears,
Mouth-each overlooked by a Master
CreatIon-Your Brain-Complain not
that there is nothing for You In Hon.
est Toll. There is everything In 1t.
There Is nothing for you outside of II,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
ALL TIRED OUT
Hundreds More In East Jordan In the
Same Plight.

Hundreds More In East Jordan In the
Same Plight.
Tired all the time;
Weary and worn out night and
day;
Back aches; head aches,
Your kidneys are probably weak
ened.
You should help them at their
work.
Let one who knows tell you how.
Mrs. Henry Ribble, Bridge St.,
East Jordan, says: Two years ago
I was absolutely tired out. l wasn't
in condition to do anything ON ac-
count Of a weak, lame, sore back.
Many a morning felt so miserable
with lameness in my back that l
dreaded to get up. When I straight
ened out from a STOPPING position
terrible knffe-like pains were sure
to catch me In my back. For a time
didn't rest at all and / was tired
out and worried considerably. / be-
came nervous and depressed and was
often irritable. Black specks often
appeared before my eyes and I suf-
fered from headaches. certainly
was in a nervous condition. I saw
in the paper how weyy Doan's Kidney
Pills were liked so l purchased a
few boxes at Gidley & Macs Drug
Store and they cured me-"
Coo, at all dealers. Foster-MiIburl
Co., Mfrs. Buffalo. N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Pigeons Used AS Drug Carriers.

New York.-Carrier pigeons are the
latest aids pressed into service by
New York drug vendors to supply i'm
prisoned customers. Detective Quig
ley, who last week arrested Anthony
Adamo, an alleged drug vendor, and
confiscated $4,000 worth of drugs and
a pigeon. said there were at least two
cases on record in which pigeons had
taken drugs to addicts held at Black
wells island. Adamo refused to ad
NIT that his pigeon was drug car
rier.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Everyday Luncheons.

With the convenient, canned, ready
to-serve soups one may have variety
Of soups or sauces prepared in short
time. The cans Of chopped vegetables
which include celery, turnip, carrot
and parsley, If added to pint or more
Of broth, provide tasty vegeta-
BILE soup. Just the preparation Of that
number of vegetables is worth the
price of can to a very busy house
wife, and one always lacks some vege-
table flavor, even with good supply
on hand. Onions and potatoes are
so commonly In use that they are not
included. One can holds enough vege-
tables for two good meals for q small
family. Soups are In order the year
round and a variety is always en-
joyed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Just Folks
By EDGAR A. GUEST
THE COOKIE-IADY.

She is gentle, kind and fair,
And there's silver in her hair,
She has known the touch of sorrow,
But the smile Of her is sweet;
And sometimes 1t seems to- me
That her mission is to be
The gracious cookie-lady
To the youngsters of the street.
All the children in the block
Daily stand beside the crock
Where she keeps the sugar cookies
That the little folks enjoy,
And no morning passes Ger
That tapping at her door
Doesn't warn her of the visit
OF a certain little boy.
She has made him feel that he
Has a natural right to be
In her kitchen when she's baking
Pies and cakes and ginger bread,
And each night to me he brings
All the pretty, tender things
About little by-gone children
That the cookie-lady said.
oh, dear, cookie-lady sweet
May you beautify our street
With your kind and gentle presence
Many more glad years, / pray;
May the skies be bright above you,
AS you've taught our babes to love
you
You will scar their hearts with sor-
row
If you ever go away.
Life is strange, and when I scan II,
believe God tries to plan 1t,
So that where he sends his babies,
In that neighborhood to dwell
One Of rare and gracious beauty
Shall abide, whose sweetest duty
Is to be the cookie-lady
That the children love so well.
Copyright by Edgar A. Guest)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Ranll-dol,, Reels
By HOWARD L RANN
SEASICKNESS

O EASICKNESS is disagreeable
- malady which is caused by the
stomach losing its equilibrium and so
forth. People do not always miss the
equilibrium at first, but this Is not
true of the SO forth.
Seasickness almost always results
from coming In contact with water
which refuses to lie fiat. There Is
nothing more terrifying than a large
body of water which stands first on
one leg and then on the other and
causes the apprehensive tourist TO
wish that he had been carried off by
the humps In early youth. 1t would
seem that science could discover some
method of preventing the ocean from
rising up and driving inoffensive pas
sengers away from a table d'hote din
ner which was paid for before leaving
the dock, but 1t has not been able to
do so. This teaches us that science
is Of about as much use to the aver
age citizen as the interstate commerce
commission.
Seasickness usually sets In as soon
as the three-mile limit is passed, and
dies a lingering death on reaching
the Irish channel. There are several
successful, cures for this ailment,
however, and after a man has tried
them all he will be In sight of land
and will feel considerably improved.
Many a person has started on an
ocean voyage relying upon some cure
for seasickness recommended by
friend who never got out of the corn
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
The Air We Breathe.

A cubic foot of air weighs about
one and three-tenths ounces. Thus it
is reckOned that single human indi-
vidllal breathes in II months six and
One-fifth tons of air. To keep him
alive for threescore and ten years
will require 430 tons of air. The
population of the United States
breathes annually 65S,0O0,00O tons OF
air. The requirement for the entire
population of the world is in the
neighborhood of 105O0,000 tons.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
FAMINE STALKS IN RED RUSSIA
Feared That Millions viii Starve
Unless Relief Is Sent.

London.-Unless the whole world
comes to Russia's aid the great ma
ton in eastern Europe will be a
charnel house of death for another II
months, according to gloomy predic
tions made by Russians here.
Already the worst famine in the
history of the country confronts Rus
STA. 1t is feared that from 1000, OOC
to 100000 people will die this year
from famine and cold, not counting
the terrific toll from cholera and other
diseases.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
"Miss Nancy"

This term is generally supposed to
Anna Oldfield, an actress of the
Eighteenth century. Her vanity was
so colossal that on her deathbed she
requested that her remains be laid in
state dressed in very fine Brussels
lace headdress, Holland skirt, with
tucker and double ruffies, new kid
gloves, ETC."
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
"Pandects."

"Pandects" is derived from the
Greek and means "all-cOntalning The
Pandects of Justinian is collection
of Roman civil law, made by the En-
containing legal decisions of judg
ments, to which the emperor gave the
force and authority of the law. This
compilation of 80 books is the most
important of the body of the Roman
civil law.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
French Milk Soup.

This Is a soup especially recommend
ed for nourishment. Take four cup
fuls of scalded milk, add teaspoon
full Of salt. Thicker with the we'll
beaten yolks of four eggs, season to
taste and serve at once. Do not boil
or the eggs will curdle and spoil the
appearance Of the soup.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12

belt, only to be bitterly disappointed
In Its workings and have to be propped
up with matted milk.
There are several forms Of seasick-
ness which can be contracted without
getting off Of dry land. Some men
can hardly sit down In a low-hung
hammock and swing to and fro with a
loving wife without thinking Of the
days when they were free and IN
tanned and becoming violently seasick.
Another popular form Of this malady
is caused by attempting to drink a
company of wide-moVthed companions
to complete standstill.
Seaslckness has its drawbacks, and
there are times when it doesn't seem
to have anything else.
(Copyright)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
PRESERVING Mine Timbers.

A coating of magnesia cement ON
che timbers of mines is stated to be
an economical and efficient assurance
against fire, especially i'm the arid re-
giOns where the timber becomes high
ly infammable and is difficult to re-
place.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Spinach Soup.

Rub one cupful of cold cooked spin
ach through sieve, put into sauce
pan with one tablespoonful of flour
and butter; add half teaspoonful of
sugar and pepper and salt to taste.
When thoroughly hot add four cupfuls
Of stock. Serve with croutons.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Prehistoric Almanac.

In the British museum there is to
be seen an almanac which is 100
years older than the Christian era
it dates back to the reign of the
Egyptian king, Rameses the Great.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Corn In Tomato Cups.

Prepare six medium-sized tomatoes,
rub the inside of the cases-after re-
moving the pulp-with salt, pepper
and little creamed butter. Fill with
stewed corn mixed with q tablespoon
full Of cheese. Cover lightly with but
tered crumbs and bake until tender,
but not broken.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
MtheryG6ae

Our field is the world, and our work is
before us,
To each is appointed a message to
bear;
At home or abroad. in cottage or palace,
Wherever directed, orr mission is there.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Literally.

"He acted In such way as actually
to drive his wife from home"
"You don't say soi'
"Yes, in a limousine he gave her
for q birthday present"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-08-12
Come on along!
Fill up your makin's
papers with P. A.

Prince Albert 10
sold In toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and half pound tin
humidors and in the
pound crystal glass
\ q m 4 dor rrith
sponge moistsnsy
top.