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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-09
st. Johns Church.

Bohemian Settlement.
High Mass on End Sunday of each
month at 1000.
High Mass on 4th Sunday of each
month at 500 o'clock.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-09
For Sale Miscellaneous

FOR SALE-Remington typewriter No
10 like new. Best offer takes it.
3O8 Belvedere Ave-, Charlevoix. 36x
ALLADIN LAMPS AND FIXTURES
can be obtained at w. r. Painters.
Leave orders. Beats electric lights.
Burns oil. Mantle lamp. 36tf.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Exhibits at Farm
Products Show

Harrisburg, Pa.-More than 5000
competitive exhibits of corn, apples,
wood, small grains, eggs, vegetables,
potatoes, mily, butter and cheese Will
90 to make the Fifth Annual State
Farm Products Show, which opens in
Harrisburg next Tuesday, the greatest
agricultural display ever seen in Penn
sylvania.
Carloads of exhibits, representing the
choisest products grown on the farms
of this State, are already in the cold
storage houses in this city awaiting
the opening of the show, while the
great educational exhibit of livestock,
which will be one of the big features
will arrive later in the week.
Plans for the show and the attend
ant educational meetings are practi-
cally completed and arrangements
have ben made by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture to care for
at least 10000 visitors from rural Sec
lions, while the show is on next week.
In addition to the great exhibition
of farm products, there will be l5o
different exhibits of farm implements
and machinery, showing the latest in
ventions for the facilitating of work
on the farm.
Two great meetings of the farmers
! and visitors at the show will be among
the features. The first, on Tuesday
evening will be addressed by Cover
nor William C. Sproul, DR.. Thomas E.
Finegan, State Superintendent OF PUP
lie instruction and Secretary of Agrl-
culture Fred Rasmussen.
The meeting on Wednesday evening
which will be presided over by Presl-
dent Alba B. Johnson of the state
Chamber of Commerce, will be ad-
dressed by Hon. Leon M. Estaorook'
chief of the bureau of Crop Estimates
of the Pennsylvania Department OF
Agriculture, and Hon. Asbury F. Lever
member of the Federal Farm Loan
Board and former congressman, known
throughout the United States on ac-
count of his authorship of the Lever
Food Control Act.
Thirteen agricultural organizations
of Pennsylvania will hold their an
nual business and educational meet
ings in connection with the show.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
AyiatorS Free From
the Fire Danger

A fireproof preparation to be used
like paint has been invented by
Parker R Bradley, of Nutley. N. j.
which will be especially a boon TO
aviators and airplane builders. One
of the greatest dangers of airfight is
that of fire. Flames from the exhaust
or heat from the engine parts may
easily cause a fire during the flight
and the predicament of the aviator
can be readily appreciated. Expert
ments recently conducted in an avn
alton field on Long Island bare out
the claims of the inventor to a great
degree. An airplane sprinkled with
gasoline was set on fire. but sustained
but little damage. A suit of clothes
designed for the aviator's use was
similarly treated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Wireless System
as Part of a Tele-
phone Service

A wireless system has been in regu-
lar operation for several months as
part of the telephone service from the
main shore of Catalina Island, which
is twenty-seven miles off the Southern
Pacific shore. This service is so con-
nected with the company's system
that any subscriber can use it after
placing call with the long distance
operator just as he. would for any
other connection beyond city limits.
When connections" are established
the voice is heard as clearly as over
the ordinary wire service. At first
the radio communication was carried
on by the usual signal wave method,
which could be picked up and under
stood at any radio receiving station.
1t therefore became popular diver
sion, particularly among amateurs, to
listen in" on the commercial mes
sages between Los Angeles and Ava.
lon. This was deemed drawback to
the service and means were devised
whereby the communication is now
carried over a double wave which can
be read only on special receiving ap.
paratus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
An UnanSWerable
Argument

Little Joseph had recently taken up
the study of physiology, which he
found so interesting that he was eager
to apply it's teachings at home. Par.
ticularly as regarded the daily food
Joseph was inclined to condemn or ap-
prove uncompromisingly from his ply
Biological standrd. One evening his
aunt was serving some fresh apple
cider, when Joseph's uncle jollingly
said "How about this cider being good
for us Joseph" The boy, looking
very serious, replied, II don't think it
is very good for us, Uncle William,
for our Physiology says cider contains
ten per cent alcoholic "Is that so?"
said Uncle William. well, how can
you explain the case of your neighbor,
Mr.. Jowles, who raised a great many
apples, made cider by the barrel, and
all his life drank quantities of it, and
yet lived to be ninety-four years old?"
Little Joseph felt his pet study was
being severely assailed, and 1t was
necessary for him to defend it with
a clinching argument, so, with CULVER
ing lips, he stammered, well, I'LL
bet he wasn't very healthy when he
died."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Coal From Dry
Leaves and Fruit

After an exhaustive study of a large
number of coal sans, James Lomax,
an English mineralogist, says he has
come to the conclusion that almost
all had their origin in a vegetable mat
ter grown and deposited on the spot
where it now rested, the coal sub
stance being formed chiefly by the
droppings Of leaves, twigs, bark and
fruits, in the shape of seeds and fruc-
tiforous cones mainly fro mlarge trees.
There had also been, especially in the
lower parts of coal beds. the remains
of plants much smaller in size and
lower in the scale of organization,
various kinds of mosslike plants, all
of which combined to form humus
in which the plants much more highly
organized could exist and develop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Posiu Gas for Robbers

The use of poison gas as means
of protecting against robbers has been
developed by French inventor. 1t
is used in gum which somewhat re-
sembles an automatic PISTOL, contains
liquid poisonous gas which, If it
strikes the bandit, puts him to sleep
at once. Again, if it strikes the ban
dit in the eyes it blinds him for seve-
raj days.
The handle of the gun contains the
liquid poison which is compressed
with the aid of bicycle pump at the
lower end of the handle. All one has
to do is to point the gun at the target
at distance of not more than 10 feet,
and press the trigger, which releases
a thin stread which is accurate at that
range. The liquid emitting poisonous
gases, disarms the bandit for a time
while he can be secured and yet it
is said to have no i'll effects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11

(|lsllll ely followed Owing,
however, to the extreme cold weather
last March, this schedule could not be
followed. One disk strained and broke
when nearly ready to be taken from
the oven.
Equipment hitherto used was then
scrapped and an electric furnace was
specially designed to meet the needs
of the problems by experts of an cleo
trio company. This device is provided
with an automatic appliance which
will hold the temperature to a frac-
ton of degree while the glass is be-
ing treated to remove strain. The
temperature can be dropped few de-
grees week.
With the aid of the furnace now in
process of construction it is believed
that the last difficulty in the way of
the American manufacture of the larg-
est disks will be overcome. Orders
have already been accepted for the
production of several large guaranteed
disks, including one pair of the 49,
inch size for refracting telescopes, and
a 36-inch disk for rejecting telescope.
The company will continue the devel-
opment, so that eventually the largest
and finest disks in the world will be
American-made
with such progress" says a bulle-
tin of the American Chemical Society,
chemists feel that American manufac-
turers of disks for astronomical tele-
scopes, no matter how large, have
proved themsels capable of supplying
American needs, and that the indus
try is, therefore, entitled to the pro-
lection afforded by bill in Congress,
whose aim is the establishment and
maintenance of the manufacture of
laboratory glassware, chemical porce-
lains, optical glass and scientific and
surgical instruments. This bill passed
the house of Representatives by de-
cisive vote 1t has received favorable
attention from the Senate Finance
Committee and will come before the
Senate at the end of the present sea-
SON."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Liquid Oxygen In
stead of Dynamite


George S. Rice, chief mining engi-
neer of the Bureau of Mines, is max
ing series of addresses through the
mining districts of the country calling
attention to the advantages of liquid
oxygen as a substitute for dynamite
in certain types of blasting operations.
At the request of the Bureaus of Mines
DR.. C L. Parsons, the secretary of the
American Chemical Society, looked
into the use being made of liquid oxy-
gen explosives in Germany. Dr. Par
sons recently returned from Europe
and in his report he expresses the
opinion that liquid oxygen can be
used to great advantage in this coun-
try. He bases this opinion on the
successful way in which that explosive
is being used in Germany. Its use is
by no means confined to mines, he
tates, but extends to all types of work
where blasting is required. The Ger
mans have developed machies, he
SAYS. for the making of liquid oxygen
which can be placed on motor trucks
and operated by the trucks engine
Machines of this character are mad
as small as seven liters an hour ca
pacity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Paradise FISH
China is a Rain
bow of COlorS

A little Chinese fish, known as the
paradise fish, is remarkable for it's
brilliant colorings of crimson and blue.
In the sunlight it shines in rainbow
glow of color. The dorsal fin extends
from near the back of the head to the
tail. The paradise fish was first
brought to France" from China by M.
Simon in 1869, having been found in a
brook near Canton. The most inter-
estig thing about this little fish is the
nest made by the male for the recep-
ton of the eggs, 1t makes little
floating nest of glutinous bubbles be-
low the surface of the water, and
measuring up to six inches across.
Here it places the eggs, some 200 in
number, and mounts guard over them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11

They weht to war with each other,
and the small tribe was nearly exter-
minated. Then its chiefs sued for
peace, and council was called to de-
eide upon the terms. The chiefs and
old men Of the two tribes met in pine
forest one day at noon, an agreement
was reached and the pipe Of peace
was filled.
While it was being passed around
a signal was given, the chiefs of the
strong tribe sprang up, and with their
tomahawks, killed the chiefs of the
smaller tribe. A few Moons after this
a fire broke out in the forest at the
spot where the council had been held.
1t burned constantly for eight moons
and then the ground sunk out of sight.
the.fire disappeared, and in its stead
was the lake. The Indians gave the
lake name, which means Lake OF
Death"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Large Optical Lenses
Now Made in This
Country

The perfection of the American
process of making optical glass is the
result of tests under the auspices of
the Geophysical Laboratory of the Car
negie institute. Formerly we depend
ed on Germany for this material, but
since being thrown upon our own re-
sources the industry has been devel-
oped until at the present time when
all the desired qualities are to be
found in the American product. The
climax of the achievement of indus
trial chemistry has been reached by
American makers in the manufacture
of lenses for telescopes. At first disks
which strengthened our view were
made three or four inches in diameter.
Later a special four and three-quarter
inch lens was ground for Lowell OBJ
servatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.
The first Observation-Disclosures disk
was turned out last December. Six
others have since been made and de-
livered. AS their diameters increase
disks are made with greater difficulty.
Finally, on February is, 1920, the first
perfect twelve-inch disk was furnished
and a large optical company now lists
this size for short-time delivery.
The next size attempted was 20
inch disk, the manufacture of which
the problem was still more complex
Several fiawless ones were produced,
but they cracked in the annealing pro-
cess. American ingenuity was brought
into play to devise means of slowly
cooling these immense plates of glass
so that they might be free from that
strain so likely to destroy them. Elk
periments by, scientists of the Geo
physical Laboratory showed exactly
how slowly their temperatures must
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
The Lake OF Death

There is a lake in Calhoun County,
Alabama, which is remarkable natu'
raj curiosity. 1t is oval in shape, and
covers four acres Of ground.
No Vegetation grows on its banks,
nothing lives in it's waters, and even
snakes and terrapin shun it. The
water has peculiar taste, and neither
horses nor cows will drink it, no mat
ter how thirsty they may be.
Deep down can be seen what look
to be the charred trunks of large
trees, without root or branch. They
stand upringh in the water, and never
rise to the surface or sink to the bot
tom.
The lake has no apparent outlet
but the water always remains at the
same level Soundings to the depth
of seven hundred feet have beer
taken without bottom being found, and
people in the neighborhood say that
the lake is battomless.
At one time boys used to gather al
the lake on Sundays and swim In it
but they never go near it now. Fiji
teen boys have been drowned in II
and although some of the bodies were
recovered, those who were drowned
any distance from the banks sank tt
the bottom and were never seen again
Here is the Indian legend of the
origin of the lake. Many moons be
fore the white man came to this coun
try, two tribes Of indians, one large
and powerful. the other small and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11

Here is a story in which dog, an
eagle and several alligators played
their parts. The dog was near the
bank of the st. Johns river, prowling
around, when the eagle spied him.
Swiftly swooping down, he sliced the
astonished canine in his talons, and
was away up in the air before the poor
dog could even bark
The owner of he dog, who was in
the house, heard the bowling in the
air, seized a gun, and, running out,
fired at the eagle. 1t was a chance
shot, but the ball broke one of the
eagles wings, and, with a baffled
scream. the big bird began falling.
His uninjured wing beat the air furi-
ously, but it was of no use, and in a
few moments he fell into the. water
about one hundred yards from shore.
AS he fell he release his clutch on
the dog, which promptly struck out
for the shore. The eagle struggled
teriffically on the water, striving to
fly again, and, as he did SO, dozen
black noses announced that the ALI
gators were approaching.
The man rushed down to the beach,
calling to his dog to swim faster.
Conscious of his danger, the dog
SWAN with frantic haste, but it was of
no use.
There was sharp yelp, and the
luckless dog sank under the waves.
The other alligators had approached
the eagle by this time, and in a second
he, too, was down under the water
despite his struggles. The man mean
while was doing his best to take a
hand with his gun, but could get no
chance.
But the next day, with loaded bait,
he exploded a charge Of gunpowder
in one of the largest saurians and
blew him to fragments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
The Largest
University

The largest university in the world
is at Cairo, Egyptva country which is
not mentioned at all in the statistics
They come from every part Of the
Mohammedan world, and they study
Mussuman law, history, theology and
other branches needed to confirm them
in the faith of Mohammed.
They sit on the floor of an enormous
court and study aloud. and the West
ern visitor who calls on them during
study hours thinks that he has struck
the original site of the Tower of Babel,
and that the confused of tongue have
NOT stopped talking yet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
This Plug Fits
Any Socket

Unfortunately, electric wall sockets
are not uniform, some of them are
slotted to receive parallel blades; 9TH
ers call for perpendicular blades;
few are made for T-shaped blades;
and some call for blades in line with
each other.
But now there is a new plug the
blades of which can be turned to Mt
any of these sockets. These blades
are SO adjusted that they can be
turned by hand and the contact be
made from either side OF them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Pitied by a Lion

In one of the mountain districts of
India where a British regiment was
stationed one of the native rajahs had,
as is not unusual, large lion among
his possessions, and the officers easily
persuaded him to test it's prowess in a
peculiar combat.
At a given day the lion was brought
into an inclosure and four large Eng
fish bulldogs were turned loose upon
him. Bulldogs are noted for their
fearlessness, but upon this occasion
they belied their-reputation Three of
them, after making two or three feints
ingloriously turned tail, and the fourth
alone had courage to attack the lion.
The king of beasts, without rising
from the ground, with a single stroke
of his paw stretched the dog motion
less; he then drew the PROSTATE ami
NAL toward him, and laid his forepaws
on the body so that only small por-
ton could be seen.
Presently the dog began to move
and struggled to get loose, which the
lion permitted him to do. But when
the dog attempted to run away, the
lion leaped from the ground and in a
single bound reached. the fugitive,
which had just gained the paling.
For an instant he held the animal
with his great paw. and then, as if
plying it's defenseless condition, step
ped back a few PAGES and looked
quietly on, while a small door was
opened to let the dog out of the in
closure.
The spectators shouted with ap-
plause and the lion roared in response.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
New Storage Battery
Made Up OF Briquet-
ted Plates

A new type of storage battery is
described in a recent issue of Science
Abstracts. This new battery, which is
of Swedish origin, appears to be
modification of the nickel-iron alkaline
cell as made by Jungner, the CHIEF
characteristic being the method OF
making up the plates from briquettes
of active material, which are auto
matically fed in between two perfor-
ated nickel-steel strips. These strips
inclosing the active material are
manufactured in lengths folded to-
gether and fitted into a steel frame.
The complete electrode is then put
through rolling process to insure
perfect contact between the active ma
terial nd the strips. Only brief in
dication is given of the methods fol-
lowed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-02-11
Gill DWellerS

}Wing, perhaps, to the multiplicity
Eal objects of interest Ameri-
yangely Indifferent to the
.4uities with which this country
hounds. The sentinel of reverence
or that which is old had but slender
hold on our people.
From the Alleghenies west to the
4 Rockies and from the Gulf far into
'British America, the remains of anci-
|Ient Notifications, sepulchres and affairs
)are found in numbers. Beneath these
{1ave been discovered human seletons,
|pipes, pottery, and various imple-
ments Of war and industry. All these
are relics of race long extinct before
the first white man set foot on the
|, shores of the New World.
This is proved in several ways. The
Indians have no tradition about the
mound-builders, as we now call them,
for want of better name. It is also
certain that the Indians who were
found here by the early explorer. knew
nothing Of the arts of the lost race.
It is believed that they were peace
full people, but were comeplled to build
Notifications as defense against a
less civilized but more war-like race,
which probably occupied the noun
tains. and lived hunting and preda-
tory life.
This is especially noticeable in New
Mexico and Arizona, where the term
cliff-dwellers has been applied to the
extinct race. Enough has been writ
ten about these curious dwellings,
perched high in the air, to make them
familiar to the general reader, but
they are practically unexplored.
The Governor Of Arizona suggests
that an investigation among the cliff
hand cave jewellers of that Territory
would establish their connection with
4 Asiatic races.
Americans are naturally iconoclasts,
and would think nothing of leveling
every mound in the country to make
way for a railroad or canal, so that
concerted action is only possible
through governmental aid and direc.
ton.
It would do no harm and might do
good to discover the origin as well as
habits Of the race which seems to
have had no affinity with the Indians
or the European white races which
have supplemented the red men. The
early Spaniards might have gathered
valuable data from the native tribes;
but they came as conquerors, not as
investigators. Now, although late in
the day, we should pursue the sub
ject and endeavor to solve one of the
most perplexing mysteries connected
with the human race.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-13
HUGE |CEBERGS
ENCOUNTERED BY
COAST CUTTERS
United States Is Policing
Ocean Steamship Lines to
Guard Against Accidents
to Vessels.

Boston, Mass, July 12.-Icebergs
of unusual size and number, one
of them estimated to contain
enough ice to supply the homes OF
a large part of the country for the
rest of the summer, have been en-
countered by the United States
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca and
Yamacraw, which are policing the
ocean steamship lanes.
Since early February the United
States government, acting under an
international agreement and at in
ternational expense, has main
tanned the annual iceberg patrol.
The coast guardsmen have helped
many vessels to steer q safe course
through the danger zone. Some
have been extricated from serious
positions, others have been warned
when they were headed for the ice.
The open winter caused large
number Of bergs to break away
early and drift south. They have
become an abnormally serious
menace to navigation, according to
naval officers. Many are of huge
dimensions.
Giant of All Icebergs.
The giant Of all the icebergs Is
described by Lieutenant Comman-
der e. II. Smith, navigator of the
Seneca, as approximately one-third
Of mile long and towering rs
feet above the water. This has re-
manned in sight for nearly month
during which time it travelled 300
miles. The vagaries of the ice
movements are shown by the fact
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-13
TAKES PLACE OF HORSE
IN WAGON SHAFTS WHEN
ANIMAL FALLS DEAD

Livingston, Mont, July IA
Compelled to take the place OF his
horse in the wagon shafts, when
the animal fell dead on the road
near Missoula, a man and his wife,
three children and their few pos
sessions, arrived within few miles
of Livingston in a pitiable condi-
ton. Misfortunes had beset them
from the beginning. Repeated
crop failures had driven them from
the western part of the state and
their destination was North Da-
kota, where they hoped to receive
aid.
The man had dragged the light
wagon for miles and when he gave
up exhausted, his wife took his
place until a passing motorist saw
their plight and summoned help.
The Red Cross here provided food
and clothing and will devise some
way to send the family on.