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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

@. How many years has it been
possible TO ak from New York to
San Francisco by long distance p
4. L.
A. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Telephone Company says the long
distance line between New York
n San Francisco was first opened
on January rs, 1915.
Q. What division in the United
States Army advanced the farthesl
during the var?-L. G.. b.
A.. The War Department says that
the nth Division advanced she
greatest distance against the en-
envy. This division made an ad-
vance of 71h kilometers or A miles
Q. How long are the. rails used
by Railroads.&c.. G. II. a
A. The Bureau of Railway Eco
nomics says that the standard
length of a steel rail is 33 feet.
However. there are many rails used
that vary from 80 to 60 feet in
length. Rails vary according 10
location, longer ones being used in
tunnels, shorter ones on noun
tains.
O.. Is it true that frogs and toads
have been found in freshly broken
margle or granite Pr. r.
A. Such tales are not credited by
scientists. They originate in delib-
crate misrepresentation or misap-
J prehension on the part Of ire orig.
inal observer.
q. What is the story of Barry, a
st. Bernard dog ?-N. A. p.
A. According to legend Barry was
shot by a traveller, whom he was
about to rescue, in mistake for a
wolf. His body was stuffed and Is
to be found in the Natural History
Museum at Berne, Switzerland.
@. Who was the original OF Gains
borough's Blue Boy?"-A. Dbl.
A. Jonathan Butthal, the son of
a wealthy ironmonger of London.
was the original blue Boy" In the
portrait by ,Gainsborough which
bears that name.
@. What is picric acid?AD. W.
A. Picric is the acid obtained by
the action of nitric acid or phenol
or allied compounds. 1t is bitter,
poisonous and unstable when heat
ed. 1t is used as a dye and in the
manufacture of explosives.
Q. What. vas the meaning OF
Dom" Paul?-kM. C.
A. The word Dom" as applied
to Paul Kruger. President of the
Transvaal is "a Dutch word mean
ing uncle"
Q. Why was Maiden Lane. Lon
don. so called?-C. C. H.
A. The name is said to have been
given from an image of the Virgin
which stood on this street.
Q. How is the length of a step
determined ?-M. w.
A. To ascertain the distance cov-
cred in a step or stride measure
from heel to toe or toe to toe. Or
dinarily the pace is estimated at 2.5
feet; but in measuring distances by
stepping the pace is extended to
three feet Gone yard) or to 3.3 feet
(one-fifth of a rod.O
Q. What was the original A-no.
one PIX. l..
A. The term "A-no. one origi-
mated as a symbol in the classified
ton of wooden ships by Lloyd's
Maritime Insurance Association. 1t
denoted that the hull equipment
of the ship in question were in good
condition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

man, nor is it true of any man who
merely balances his own account
during the years of his productivity.
The man who. during the years
when he is earning money, con-
sumes his earnings for himself, is
a pauper. He owes the community
for his care during the first 20
years of his Lire and he will be still
further in debt for his care in his
last years.
You have cost society up to date.
let us say, about 100000. Have
you put back into the assets of hu-
man life 500. 900 over and above
your keep? Has your constructive
labor added that amount to the
tangible assets of the human race?
If not, you certainly do not de-
serve to be buried in a metallic cof-
fin; the world ought to have at least
the fertilizing value of what will be
left after you have wasted so much
of what you really owed humanity.
The man who merely pays as he
goes may deceive himself: but he
is not really paying the expense of
his own board. He owes more
than that.
ANY man is q CRATER whose in
come is larger than his service to
the community.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

corner of every envelope placed in
the mails.
Address Clearly.
1t would also be a great boon to
the post offices of every city if peo-
pie would take the trouble to write
clearly and correctly instead of
treating envelopes as if they were
scratch pads. One letter a day for
each family of five persons is the
postal record of the United States,
and it rs estimated that one family
in every ZEN puts a badly addressed
letter in the mails every day. The
time required by experts to decipher
the nations weird penmanship nat
urally causes delay.
Now, during the Christmas season
especilly, the cooperation of the
public is requested in facilitating the
rapid handling and movement of the
postal matter. Most people have
been considerate enough to do their
Christmas shopping early this year,
thus relieving the strain on depart
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13
THE LIVER
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL

holic beverage. Even if it is good
whisky he throws a strain on the
liver. The liver does it's work and
the man either feels no effects or he
finds the need for a purge after
which he feels better. He keeps UP
this habit for years and then sud
denly he finds he has developed cir
rhosis of the liver.
Poisons against which the liver
protects us are not always poisons
when they r swallowed. The bac-
terra in the large intestines make
poisons or toxins out of certain parts
of the food substances. They are alb
sorbed into the blood streams of the
intestines, and the liver, when work.
ing properly. can convert them into
harmless chemicals.
Some organs like the lungs are IL
able to infection, but the liver is very
seldom crippled except from over
work. Bad habits, again we see, are
the forerunners Of much illness.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

ment store employees and incidental
ly on themselves, but they are not
likely to be so thoughtful of the over
worked postal clerks, who are al
ways buried in packages during the
last few days before the twenty-fifth.
In this final period, delays and losses
are bound to occur.
The Post Office Department has
taken laborious precautions o in
sure the safe handling and delivery
of the mails. IN addition to main
tanning a large staff for interpreting
the mistaken directions of the pub
lie, it has lately adopted elaborate
measures to combat theft. Among
these is the requirement that all pos
tai employees be finger-printed. 1t is
constantly establishing e regula-
lations. new systems and new rec
ords for cutting down losses of mail
from all causes. Accidents, of course,
are inevitable. Bandits are still nu-
merous. But a much higher state of
efficiency could be reached, if the
public would only do its part.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13
Learn One New Thing Every Day
BULLETINS BY THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC soCIE TY

umns, the circumference of which
was 20 feet and height so feet
giants in comparison to those on the
United States capitol in Washington.
1t stands upon a platform on the
Acropolis which measures 1000 feet
by $50 feet, and was originally en-
tered by a broad flight of steps, but
when Kaiser Wilhelm was engaged
in restoring the ruins in 1906 he put
in the place of this stately ancient
approach a narrow modern STAIR
case.
with the exception of six of the
columns, little of the temple is now
standing. Perhaps the most remark
able feature of the structure, not
withstanding its size and the beauty
of its conception. is the fact that
such enormous blocks of stone were
used in its construction Some OF
them measure so feet in length.
1.-The god, Baal, whom the Greeks
identified with their sun-god Helios
and the Romans with their Jupiter
Of Heliopolis. to whom the temple
was erected. is usually represented
as a beardless youth wearing a long
drapery of scales and carving a
whip in his right hand and thunder
bolts and ears of corn in his left.
Constantine used the temple as a
Christian church. Theodosius the
Great wrought havoc in it, using
portions for another church which
he built nearby: earthquakes have
done their deadly work to it's walls
and columns; the Arabs used it as a
fortress. when they sacked Baalbek
in 748 A. D.; Timur the Lame pill
LACED it in 400; and the Turks took
possession of it in 1917, the pashas
of Damascus tearing down the mag
nificent pillars for the iron with
which the stones were bound togeth-
err. In spite of the misery and mis-
rule which the city has experienced
since. it stands as one of the most
stately ruins of the ages"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13
Child Almost Strangled.

Mrs. G. Grab. BIG Washington
ave., New Orleans, La, writes: my
child had a cough so bad she would
almost strangle coughing. Foley's
Honey and Tar relieved her cough,
and l recommend it to any mother"
Foley's Honey and Tar gets right at
the seal of trouble. clears nose and
throat of mucus, heals raw and in
famed surfaces. loosens tightness Of
the chest ana checks Group, whoop-
ing cough. bronchial and "hu"
coughs.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13
Questions Answers

Any rsDder can get the answer 10
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin- Director.
Washington. ID. C This onsr APP
plies strictly to Information The
bureau cannon give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give fulI name and address and n
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the Inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Charity may cover a multitude OF
sins-but 1t covers more backs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Wonder If the Bolsheviks will
make a lot of good revolutions for
New Year?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

If Christmas does bring peace in
Ireland Lloyd George will claim he
is Santa Claus.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

The Louisiana couple married a
1000 feet in an airplane came t.
earth quicker than most couples.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Every third farm has an auto,
Other two-thirds must raise corn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Babe Ruth needs a big salary be.
cause of the high price of fines.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Professor Roubaud figures a fly
has 1855, $50, SSe.755.1O0 descend
ants in five months. Suppose she
cackled every time she laid an egg?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Cheer up! Only 500 more years
until 2222.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13
Relieves Headache

A little Musterole, rubbed on fore
head and temples, will usually drive
away headache. A clean, white ONT
ment, made with oil of mustard,
Musterole is a natural remedy with
none of the evil after-effects so often
caused by, internal medicine"
Get Musterole at your drug store.
IS a65c, jars q tubes; hospital size, So.
BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Money talks in all languages. Italy
calls it a lire; so do we!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

A dentist may tell you to take care
of your teeth and hope you don't.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Under the proper trariff we can SIT
on the oas and Watch the rest of
the world come buy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

They call them quack doctors be-
cause they are all bill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

One more trial and Fatty Arbuckle
will be Skinny Arbuckle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Good times or bad times. there's
one old thing we always hang on to
and that's street car straps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Way of the t~respasser is posted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-13

Two can give cheaper than one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
OF
CROPS Is URGED BY
PROMINENT FARMER

When it takes 400 acres of as
good land as can be found In Carter
county To produce one bale OF cotton
think it time that the owner Of
that land should begin TO think Of
some other crop remarked Jim Car.
lo,l of Brock who was in the city
today
Mr. Carroll says that he raised a
tremendous corn crop. but that cot.
ton on his farm was rank failure
owing 10 the ravages Of the boil
weevil. The Carroll farm Is situated
near Brock in one Of the most fertile
sections OF the country and usually
produces big cotton crop every
year, this year, however. Mr.. Carroll,
like all others in that locality, did
not produce enough to pay for gath
ering and the chances are that the
acreage will be materially reduced
next season.
Mr.. Carroll operates a gin at Brock
and sinned less than 80 bales this
season,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
NEW ORLEANS AND
GREAT NORTHERN
EFFECTS WAGE CUT

WASHINGTON, Nov 9-Rates Of
pay for virtually all CLASSES of railroad
employees on the New orleans and
Great Northern railroad company We're
cut today in q decision by the Unit
ed States railroad labor board 10
scale existing March lSt 1920. Tho
decision said the road was not a
party to the case involving the recent
wage decrease Of July /. The wae
cut announced today going farther
than the one ordered last JGly, would
take away the increase granted rail
road employees I'm May 1920.
\. O. Wharton and W. L. Ne
Menimen. labor members OF TIE board.
diSsented from the majority opinion.
Wharton pointed out several specific
instances where ehe declared eXper-
fenced worllmen had their wages re-
duced below those in other classes
OF less experience.
Train and engine service employees
were returned without qualification
to the rates of ray in effcc; March
/. 1920, but rates FOR shop crafts
and round house laborers were speci.
fled by the board class by class and
station agents We're similarly rated.
The New orleans and Great North
ern railroad is Snort line in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. the main line
running between Jackson and New
Orleans, with total mileage OF ~
miles
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09

as possible, and packer, roller, and
harrow used to- make it solid again.
Before seeding the surface OF the
field should be provided with perfect
drainage by the use OF leveler, grader
and plow bitches may be made broad
with sloping banks SO as not 10 in
torfere with seeding or moving, alfalfa
will not grow whore water stands
and freeze over ir winter or gets
stagnant in summer.
"lf, good surface drainage is pro.
vidcd so that the crowns Of the
plants have plenty of air ana the
soil is sweet, there need be very
little concern MS TO how deep it is
to the water table.
In regions of plentiful rainfall IT
is advisable to plant alfalfa on land
having gtod natural drainage
'1rhe land seeded to alfalfa will
not need To be prepared again for
six to ten years, hence three or four
times as much work can well be put
on it in preparation for alfalfa.
/ Amount and Methods m Seeding.
"There are more alfalfa seeds in
one pound than there are plants on
the average acre that is three years
old, this indicates that it is not q
question of pounds of seed but OF
securing good seed and providing con
ditions that will make the seed grow
to strong vigorous plants.
"In the dryer secti Us on properly
prepared seed bed, five ponnds o
seed per acre sown with Prain drill
has given an ample stand. Eigh
TO l2 pounds is usually recommended
for average conditions if the seed i
drilled in. if sown broadcast. ont
half more seed should be sown.
alfalfa seed should not be planted
very deep. the depth depending some
what on the soil, if the seed bed i
in proper condition, sufficiently soli
and moist, one half to one inch shoul
be deep enough, the bed should b
so solid that the drill wheels do no
sink in more than an iurh whicl
will admit of regulating the depth o
the disks accurately.
"The seed should not he sown nm
= less the moisture in the soil
within one inch Of the surface, 1t is
waste of work and seed TO plant o
dry soil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09

Kanred is wheat which is re-
sistant u prevalent forms Of leaf and
stem rust, is less liable to winter kill
Ing than the Turkey or Kharl-f and
natures from one TO -four days soon
er than tn 81 varieties. which some
times means escape from bad weather
conditions. 1t outyicds the varieties
named in the principal hard winter
wheat section by from three to five
bushels AN acre. The variety was de-
veloped from Il single grain of cri'
mean wheat. selected at che Kansas
agricultural experiment station ten
wears ago. from which source 1t is
estimated that 20OO000 acres were
harvested in 1927. "Kanred Wheat is
the title of circular 30. 1874. just is
sued by the Cnite,. states department
Of agriculture.
Kanred is hard red winter wheat
very similar to Turkey. 1t is beardtd
ana has hairless white chaff. The su'
perior yields Of the Kanrcd variety
in northern ana northwestern Kansas
eastern Colorado southwestern wy
oming and in Nebraska ana South Da
kota appear to have been due largely
t. its resistance TO rust and 10 winter
killing.
Kanrcd wheat may be grown Will
success wherever other hard winte'
special advantage in the northern
replace the Turkey and kharkof Va
rieies now widely grown. 1t shows M
syecnl advantage In the northern
great plains and the Pacific northwest
It cannot compete with the soft win
ter wheat varieties grown on the low
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
PICTURES OF RULERS
SELL AT LOWEST BID

GENEVA. Nov. 9.-Paintngs Of the
Hohenzoherns and the Hapsburgs
have slumped in the market until
what are considered hy dealers good
portraits Il the former German En-
peror and the late Emperor Francis
Joseph OF Austria brought only bids
of loO francs each at a recent ar
sale in Zurich.
Portraits of the former German
Crown Prince, Frederick william.
in his Deaths Head uniform brought
offers OF only 40 francs.
Tho dealers Offering these md othe"
similar pictures guaranteed them a.
coming from the various royal palaces.
The pictures are to. De taken to the
United states and to England. where
the dealers hope the markets viii b"
better
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
Audience at Baptist
Church Pledge Support
of Law Enforcement


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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
"SOtE MiSW' iS LATEST
BAIT FOR FOX HUNTER

BLIEFIELD. W. Va, NOy. O.
John Arms. wcl-known hunter, has
sprung "a big new idea on fox hunt
ers of this section 1t is to scatter
mash from moonshne whiskey about.
thereby making the capture Of the
game easy.
While hunting on the East River
Mountain, AIMS came upon three large
gray foxes that, as he put it, were
as drunk as boiled owls They paid
no attention to Arms, he said but IN
stead staggered about and fell over
one another. Arms supposed the an
mals had been poisoned, but upon IN
yestigation discovered a pile Of mash
nearby. II was evident the animals
had been eating the mash and got
"stewed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09

TIME or SHOWS
Sunday s:is
Week Days sAs and
= o'clock y. m.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09

NIGHTS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
ITS ON THE GROWING OF ALFALFA
GIVEN OUT BY PROGRESSIVE FARMERS

ne prominent Carter county farm
who has had considerable exper-
re with alfalfa recently set forth
method of preparing the seed bed
the way in which he Htilizes that
produce this most valuable crop.
ter county is especially adapted in
st sections to the cultivation of
,lfa and more and more of it is
.hg grown every year. This man
ties that a good alfalfa field is
of the greatest assets farmer
have and sets forth his method
producing alfalfa in the following
ms.
Alfalfa when well established is
of the most vigorous and per-
cnt of agricultural plants, it will
lure weeds. dry weather, and other
favorable conditions to a remark
r. degree.
1t will also crowd into the edges
allSali spots farther than most
or plants, it however responds
Idly to the favors of soil and
nate. and because of its great
ue as a crop it should be given
orable conditions to start in.
A deep. firm, fertile well drained
list soil rich in lime, reasonably
e from weeds, and innoculated
generally insure success.
Alfalfa roots very deep and fol-
lt reason it is advisable to have
,soil into which the roots may pen
late and which also contains mois
e, it will produce as much on
n dry soil, as any other crop
h when there is a chance for it t.
Atch permanent moisture through
to thirty feet Of good soil, !
II, once established, go on producing
bps every thirty TO forty days dur
Il; the growing season with yer.
le regard to climatic conditions.
1.-THE roots of alfalfa penetate dr.,
lis or dry gravel beds very slowly
ld often the poorer portions Of
Id will be found to be underlai
Nh such material.
'On such soil thin seeding wi
ncceed much better than thick, b'
tuse the roots of a few plants wi
i'd moisture to penetrate deepe
III go through the dry strata Will
kbny plants in a thick seeding wi
/ be able to do so.
The Seed Bed
"The preparation Of a seed bed
Isential mainly as n means of STORM
fpisture. when the rainfall is undo
l inches the land should be plowt
ID inches deep and summer falloN
J or. if the soil would drift frol
ich treatment, "A thin planting
Nm may he grown on The land
1event drifting.
I"If it is not necessary to consid
bring moisture it is preferable
1eceed the alfalfa by cultivate
Hop. such as corn, potatoes, or bean
N possible the land should be ma
{ed.
k"Alfalfa requires a firm seed he
HI this reason it is not advisab
II plow the land Immediately befo
Ioding as IT is almost impossih
get the soil sufficiently firm agai
western Kansas herds are round
|nd driven over the fields Ia pa'
after plowing.
~ in order to get the land level
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
Gruc,Oinc Arch

At recent marriage the bridegroom.
n medical student in Bristol University,
England, passed with his bride under
an archWay Of human bones held 10y
~ of his fellow stoudcnts. dressed in
white operating room coats.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
THE FIRM or WEBB BROTHERS.
PHOTOGRAPHERS, liERETOfORE
EXISTING IN THIS CITY, HAS
BEEN DISSOLVED BN MUTUAL
CONSENT.
RAN WEBB WILL RETAIN y
CHARGE or THh, BUSINESS. COL.
LECT ALL BILLS AND PAY ALL
INDEBTEDNESS AGAINST SAID
FIRM
Ady.S-9 RAN WEBB.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-09

Goldfish have been known 10 live
FOR sixty years.