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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

N HUME DIRE W.
We lamp in the public prints that
y Denver man has invented an auto
mobile 20 run on water power. We've
been running on water for the past
-four years.
Syndicate writer says big airships
In the future will only come down
from high attitudes about once
near. To have the barnacies re-
nnoved?
A STRONG GUY
The halfway Christian" said
Rev. Ambrose NJ. Bailey. Sunday.
s~carries God In one hand and the
world In the other"
whats become of the small boy
who used 10 get licked for running
of to the old swimmin' hoie7
There's q place across the bay
where the tides deposit all the
eontrxband booze that II dumped
mpR rumrunnipg sioops. and u
A Is appropriately named Dead
Mans Point"
POME BY a LADY
'HeIio.~ auotNa voies. this is me on
I'm the .1ss .,rs . e., n.hu&n. comb;
|For an old fashioned egg. believe me IT'S
true.
This halrpin's enough in tho home"
|
n A woman doesn't necessarily have
No be In an auto TO knock a man
fdown.
Mans speech restored by Uip In
Nan airplane. An airplanc Is no place
|for a lady.--The Argus.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19
SPIDER and HORNET
FIGHT DEADLY DUEL

A battle to the death between
a hornet and n great red spider
WAS witnessed Sunday by MIR.
and Mrs. Howard Ewing, 2fo7
4Ist ave. N.
The battle lasted IS minutes and
is described by Mrs. Ewing, as fol
lows:
SPIDER ATTEMPTS TO
SEVER HORNETS HEAD
1--WE didn't see which made the
attack. We heard a loud buzzine
In our pantry and hurried In TO see
what was going on. The spider had
seized the hornet by the proboscis
ana was having all the best OF II,
irving. II seemed. TO sever the
hornets head.
-The battle field was the screen
oyer our pantry window. Up and
down the screen they Travelled. the
hornet trying vainly TO bring his
stlnger into play, the spider hanging
on and biting the hornet savageiy'
"The hornets endeavors to push
the spider off with his feet were
futile and served only TO make the
going worse for the hornet. for every
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19
JOSH WISE SAYS
Some live an learn. others live
an yeArn-

ii And now they're going TO recall
sovernor Hart Gosh. why didnt
LATEST THING IN SUICIDES
~Hearing a shot a few minutes
ater. his wife ran out and found
Thomas dead He had tied a string
from his neck to his foot to pun the
hisxcr. the Pee-Eye.
A0ditor c. w. Ciausen says that
1yory world war veteran will receive
biz bonus by the middle OF Septem-
1es. Unfortunately. he doesn't spec
~ what year
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

LISTEN, FOLKS, WE WANT YOUR AUTOS FOR SHUT-INS
needs 1 et 30 Sta md DR. FRANKIE director Of h
Anpn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

I time he'd shove against the spider.
the SPIDERS grip would tighten. The
hornets head was pulled almost off.
| II seemed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

Grectingx. folks! So far as We
can make out. summer prices
are falling about the same way
- the mercury in the thurnom-
eter.
A London scientist announces that
he has proven a ray from the human
eye can produce motion. IL certainly
can. old top. il she has the right
kind Of an eye.
a girl who made a parachute jump
u more than $4,000 feet says she
win never do II again. Sounds kinda
tmiliar--"Not another drop"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19
OPEN LETTER

Dear Chief Seattle. Kindly sec
to II that all persons likely TO
- interviewed by reporters on
Saturday afternoons are absent
from the city. and oblige
HOME BREW.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19


Marriage was instituted to give
nan Z home. said Rev. Honor l.
Wilhelm. Of the Ballard Presbyterian
hurch. Sunday. We thought II was
: give = woman q home
Susan Jane
Gives me a pain,
She always says
what, YOU aga1nr
News that Booze Ship Dsfics y.
Men, penetratcs our horn-rimmed
facies. Some ship! Observation
D. s. men overseas convinccs US
t they can storm a quart as well
storm . fort and that means
Sething. II you ask Fritz
MODERN DEFINITION
hip OF tho desert: Bootleggcr's
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19
HORNET DEALS DEATH
BLOW, THEN FALLS DEAD

Finally the hornet raced into n
corner, backed into It. cramped his
slender body and bent double. This
brought his stingcr around and he
darted 1t into the spiders body. The
spider relaxed and dropped onto the
sill. dead.
THE hornet raced after his
enemy. satisfied himself that the
spider was dead, rushed to another
corner OF the screen and tried TO
adjust his head back into place with
his two front legs. Suddenly. he.
too. fell onto the sill. dead. beside
the body OF the epider.
THE battle. or the part We saw
OF II. lasted Is minutes"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19
A GRAVE ISSUE

hless six years back taxes
pald. J. 81 Peterson KitRp
)nty treasurer. declares he WIN
oclose on the Poulsbo city
1metery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

Tell your swcltering friends In
the East that Seattle's highest
temperature yesterday was 73.
Lowest was So. At noon today
Il was 5S
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

Tonight and Wednesday
fair; icarmer Wednesday;
moderate icesteriy ioinds
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-19

The battle lasted Is minutes and
ls described by Mrs. Ewing, as foi'
IoUa.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
MENTAL

'Failure of the disarmament conference"
Lord Northcliffe told the Canadians at VAN
couver. would be a catastrophe. The bad old
days of competitive ornaments would come
again. and with them the old rancors and the
old fears of war.
II cannot conceive of any greater disaster
than the failure of that conference to achieve
the ends for which it will meet. 1t is essential
that all should help to make 1t a success. We
can all help"
And how? The answer, perhaps, is not quite
what might be expected from so practical, hard
headed a man of affairs as Northcliffe. Here
is what he says to his ellow-Britishers
I'VE can help by promoting good will, by not
saying unkind things about other nations, by
disarming our minds before we reduce our
~ieets.'
And isn't it the simple truth? There's
nothing either good or i'll, but thinking makes
It so,' said Shakespeare, the Observation-Disclosures.
Wars start in peoples minds. They come
because people think war, and fear war, and
expect war, and take wrong, material measures
to prevent it instead of going straight to the
fundamental sources and stopping it in their
own hearts.
Wars between nations, like quarrels between
individuals. come about not primarily from
economic causes, as glib experts would have
the world believe, but from moral causes
because people, in the mass or singly, are ugly
and unfair to each other, instead of being
decent, courteous and generous.
There is nothing at all new in the idea.
'tPeace on earth, good will to men" has always
bekn represented as the ideal of Christian
civilization. What men have usually overlooked
10 that no peace is possible, among nations any
more than among individuals, except through
good will.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10

The figures given by Secretary Mellon for
July are surely calculated to disillusion any
taxpayer who hoped for material decrease of
federal expenses this fiscal year. He reports
that ordinary expenditures amounted to $311.-
600, 900, as against 1907, 900, 900 for the CORE.
spending month of last year, and that the cur
~aS.sr rrr.cft was '$113, 900, 1000 as against &c.
NJ efei, for July. 1920.
AZ Is obvious, as Mr.. Mellon remarks, that "if
expenditures are to continue at anything like
these rates. the estimates for the year will be
greatly exceeded"
There is only one way, as he points out, to
avoid such a calamity, and thereby avoid the
necessity Of raising by taxation even more than
the big sum that now confronts congress. That
is for congress to cut down it's appropriations
Executive departments can save a good deal by
careful economy, but for their tens OF millions
congress can save hundreds IL it chooses.
The secretary pertinently mentions. in this
connection, the three biggest Items entering
into the July outlay. OF the $322, 900, 900 ex-
pended, $50, 900, 900 was for the War Depart
\ment, $56, 600, 900 for the navy and $1,000 900
for the shipping board.
Nearly one-half of the whole July expense
for military and shipping purposes! There is
the place for economy. With restriction OF
ornaments. many millions can be Topped of
these monthly payments on army and navy
account. AS for the shipping expense, that car
be abolished altogether. The government
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
DIsFTGURING THE STATION.

The New Brunswick Home News is terribly
worried because a lunch wagon has been erected
on the triangle at the railroad station in that
city. 1t calls the lunch wagon unsightly, and
claims it is a disgrace to the city. The Home
News promises to continue the fight until the
lunch wagon is removed.
We wish our contemporary success. 1t is a
pity that railroad officials and city officials do
not have more regard for the fitness of things
and the beauty of surroundings than to permit
such o~utrages. The railroad station, which is
the main approach to any city for a great many
people, is one of the things that should be attrac-
tive and set amid attractive surroundings.
Perth Amboy has suffered from the same
planning about. Not many months ago an
unsightly lunch wagon was erected on railroad
property on the approach to the station. A
protest was made, but it being realized that
nothing could bring any additional disgrace on
such a station as this city has, the building
being no better than the lunch wagon, interest
in the lunch wagon itself soon died out.
Perth Amboy looks forward to a grand union
station with approaches from New Brunswick
avenue and from Washington street in the not
distant future. Then the city will have some
thing worth taking pride in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
PRAISE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Praise recently bestowed upon the Perth
Amboy police department is well merited.
Prompt action and efficient work is beginning
to count. Confidence is being restored. and the
public feel that they have an organization that
can be depended upon.
Chief Tonnesen in his uniform adds dignity
and respect to the high office which he holds.
lie has made good in every particular and a
new spirit seems to prevail in the entire depart
ment. From all outward appearances, at least,
there is the greatest harmony among the men
and all are working in an effort to give the
citizens the best possible service.
The traffic officers present a natty and bust
ness-like appearance in their new khaki uni
forms. Incidentally, It will be hard to find a
city anywhere where traffic is more carefully
regulated. The number of important streets
covered as a fixed post by an officer is un-
usual for a city of this size. 1t speaks well for
Perth Amboy and shows an up-to-dateness that
is in thorough keeping with the progressiveness
OF the place.
1t is so easy, however, for favoritism and
pull" to creep in that Chief Tonnesen will
have to be constantly on his guard to uphold
the excellent reputation he is establishing. The
chief has the citizenship of the city back of
him at the present time. AS long as the de-
partment maintains its present high standards
the people will give the chief their support.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
RIPPLING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
WHY


Men send their autos roaring
along the midnight street, disturb
ing people snoring, destroying
slLmbers sweet; with outouts madly
coughing and pistons whanging loud
we hear them in the offing, the fool
ish, fathead crowd. There is no
sense, beshrew it, in raoketing along;
1 wonder why they do It, when they
must know it's wrong. Speed
flends, in all the papers, read tales
Of death and wrecks; because of
speed 1end capers, men carry
broken necks; and to the boneyard,
daily, dead men in hearses go, be-
cause the speed fiends gayly refuse
to travel slow. Cops u them down
and pinch them, the while some
victim groans, and Justice, which
should cinch them, just fines them
seven bones. Such l~eniency's a
blunder-they pay without a tear,
then scorch again like thunder, and
kill an au%ctioneer. Ills wicked to
pursue it, this vicious course and
vain; I wonder why they do it
why not be safe and sane? L drive
my fiery auto, a thing of brutal pow
er, by fen and weir and grotto, at
fifteen miles an hour. And though
for years I've driven my bus along
the pave. I've sen no guy unshriven
to fill an early grave. I've caused
TO lore confusion with fender or
with hood-but, haply in conclu-
sion, I'd better knock on wood.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
MUMMIES
BY DIR. w. e. BARTON

1t belongs to the first set of teeth,
is of very great Importance to the
future well being of a child and
ought to have very good attention.
The book 1 have just been read
ing seems to show in a very sensible
way that neglect of teeth has its
important relation to many serious
| diseases of heart and blood vessels
and kidneys and even of the brain.
1t costs so little to learn the truth
about these matters, and costs SO
very much to be ignorant about it,
l cannot help thinking hat the av-
erage nan and woman is culpably
ignorant in matters relating to the
teeth.
About the time our teeth are gone,
we begin to learn how we might
have saved them: and that is true Of
other matters beside teeth.
1t costs no more to learn when
the knowledge is of value. 1t is lit
tie comfort to find out what might
have been. 1t is better to learn when
the knowledge will do good.
It will do no good to instruct the
mummies, but there are some living
people who are not too dead to
learn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10

cowpeas, the Bureau of Plant Indus
try advises that poor or unproduc-
| tive soils be fortified with about 900
| pounds of acid phosphate and SO
pounds Of potash to the acre.
@. How much larger is Australia
than the island which is second in
size? N. G. M.
A. Australia, containing 2,946,651
square miles, is about three and a
half times as large as Greenland,
the island which is second in size.
@. How can f~orgeries of pictures
be detected? N. A. M.
A. Photography reveals many diff
ferences of brushwork and medium
between old and modern paintings.
Photography has also been used
with success.
@. What is the largest sawmill in
the world and what is it's daily out
put? F. T. o.
A. The mill Of the Great Southern
Lumber Company at Bogalusa,
Louisiana, is probably the largest
sawmill under one roof in the world.
Its capacity is rated at 100000 feet
per day.
@. Please explain the difference in
almonds? H. N. A.
A. Almonds are, Of two kinds
bitter and sweet. The bitter almond
is cultivated to a limited extent in
Mediterranean countries, and the
nuts are used In the manufacture of
~fiavoring extracts and of pruSsic
acid. The sweet, or edible, almond
is grown on a commercial scale in
the south of Europe, in California,
and in some other countries of SIM
liar climate. The nuts contain a
large quantity of a bland, fixed oil,
they have an agreeable flavor, and
are used for desserts. in confection-
cry, and incidentally in an emulsion
which forms a pleasant, cooling, di-
luent drink. There are three classes
of sweet almonds-the hard Shell,
soft shell, and the paper shell al
mond. The latter two only are i'm
portant Commercially.
@. Is Buddhism older than Chris
tianity? H. F.
A. There are SO many points of
resemblance between Buddhism and
Christianity that many have believed
that Buddhism was an attempt to
copy that religion. Most Oriental
scholars agree. however, that it
arose in the north of Hindustan be-
tween 500 and 600 years before
Christ.
Q. At what temperature does
yeast work best? ]. S. B.
A. Yeast is made up of tiny plants
which grow and multiply in bread
dough and form a gas which causes
the dough to become light. 1t grows
best in a temperature of about 81
degrees F.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
LOBBYING AGAINST TAX BILL.
By Frederic j. Haskin.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The members of
the Ways and Means ommitte of the House,
struggling with the formation of a new tax
bill, are being subjected to pressure from almost
every industry in the country, designed to in
nuence the committee to reduce or eliminate
taxes which would bear upon this or that bust
ness. The most pitiful pleas are poured into
the ears of the committeeman and propaganda
work is at the high water mark.
When the committee finishes its work and the
bill is before the House for amendment and
final approval, the scope of this artificial pres
sure will be increased to take in the whole
House membership. Veterans in Congress fore
saw all of this. and YEARLY resigned themselves
to it. They know quite accurately just how
much OF the apparent sentiment against impos-
ing this or that tax is manufactured, and dis
count it accordingly. Those not members of
the Ways and Means Committee, are content
to let that body work out the details of the
bill, and cast their votes along party lines for
or against the measure, without delving too
deeply into the intricacies of its many pro-
visions.
But in the present House of Representatives
there are about a hundred and twenty-five new
members, and many more than that whose
service does not extend back to the formation
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10

They may have died of %appendi-
citis but if so, the embalmers re-
moved the symptoms of 1t.
Most of the post-mortem evil
dence of the cause Of death among
ancient people has persisted long
ago. But one disease we know the
mummies had. and that ~ispyorrhea.
That disease Of the gums is said
to be possessed now by nine out Of
ten human beings. and to be pres
ent even among savages. So, at
least, I read in an interesting book
called Teeth and HEALTH" by
Thomas j. Ryan and Edwin F. Bow
ers, who seem to know much about
the subject of teeth.
They tell us that a great deal of
discomfort. and some danger to
health and possibly life, may be
averted if people know how to take
care of their teeth.
The mummies did not know any
better, but it would seem that by
this time we ought to know, what I
did not know until within a few
years, that the sixth-year molar,
which Is commonly sacrificed in
childhood under the impression that
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10

Q. How a I be sure jelly is done
without using a Thermometer? A.
M. S.
A. Dip a spoon in the boiling
juice, raise it above the liquid and
let the contents run off the side of
the spoon. When jelly is done the
last portions will leave the spoon in
a sheet, instead of in drops. When
this stage is reached, remove the
jelly from the fire at once.
O.. Has the penalty in golf for
moving a ball from an ~unplayable
lie been changed? r. e. q.
A. The rules for golf formerly
provided that a ball could be moved
from az unplayable lie and teed up
at a penalty of the loss of two
strokes. Under the present rules,
the penalty is a loss of one stroke
and distance, the same as the pen
atty for a ball out of bounds or a
lost ball.
@. What fertilizer should be used
in getting ground ready for cow
peas? s. w.
A, To obtain the best results wit
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director,
Washington. d. c. This offer APP
plies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus.
tive research on any subject. Write
your Question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and EN-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sont direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10

should be getting out of the shipping business.
Money should not be still going out for ships,
but coming in, from the sale of the ships.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-10

Any professional gunman who spent as big
a percentage of his income for weapons and
ammunition as governments do would be con-
sidered crazy.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
IN PROCESSION
WITH BELLS ON!
Aprons!

We couldn't get along with
out them. If you are out of
them, Mrs. Alverson Dunn and
her capable committee will be
glad to fill the aching void. She
wishes it known that she will
have every kind of apron
known to human ingenuity.
Bungalow aprons, honest to
goodness old reliable gingham
apron; frivolous fudge aprons
say, girls. have you seen
these lovely creamy aprons
with peaches growing on the
pockets? Wake up, look all
dressed up! Coquettish aprons.
camouhage aprons, nurses ap-
rons. maids aprons-well. you
just don't want to overlook this
table. Maybe you will be able
to squeeze through the crowd
around it.
Mrs. Alverson Dunn. chair
man, assisted by Mesdames
Gentry. I. s. Todd. Enright,
Webber Hamilton, Jake Shear
er, Dan Harber. Joe Head. Sell
by Wiggins, Charles Keith.
p. A. c. Bazaar, Saturday.
March 20, Masonic Temple.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
LOCAL MEN IN Big
SUIT AT LANCASTER
Purchase of Tobacco IN Garrard
Last Season by w. P. Kin
caid Basis of Action

Messrs. Will Luxon, Irvine
Hume and G.. B. Turley went to
Lancaster Monday morning, ac-
coppanied by Attorney A. X.
Burnam, to appear lin circuit
court where suit has been filed
against them by warehouse at
Lancaster. The suit is for some
$1,000 or $4,000. 1t grew out of
purchases of tobacco made on the
Lancaster warehouse floors last
season by w. p. kincaid, former
ly a prominent tobacco buyer. Mr..
Hincaid brought the tobacco here,
and gave checks for it, 1t is un-
derstood that he claims to have
been authorized by Messrs. Lux
on Hume and Turley to buy the
tobacco for them. They, however,
refused to honor his checks for it
Some of the tobacco was then
sold to the warehouses account
here and the rest sold to the &C
count Of the Lancaster ware
house there. The suit is for the
difference III price that the weed
was bought and sold at. 1t is
that Messrs. Luxon,
Hume and Turley claimed they
Mr.. kincaid to buy
but ont crop, and did not author
ize him to buy the large amount
Of weed that he did.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
Seed potatoes have always been
heaper at Richmond Welch Co.
WHEELER WANTS DRY
MAN APPOINTED
CBy Associated Pressl

Washington, March 21-Wayne
B. Wheeler, general counsel of
the Anti Saloon League, called on
President Harding today and
urged that the appointment of an
Internal Revenue Commissioner
who will stand for honest en-
forcement OF the prohibition law.
81 am sure the President realizes
the Importance of the situation,
Wheeler said. Wheeler also in
dicated the League would endea-
vor to obtain fuller information
about those who seem promln-
emily under consideration.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
JURY SAYS NOT
GUILTY At MATTEWAN
uEy Associated Pressl

Williamson. w. Va. March 21
The 10 defendants tried in con-
nection with the death of Albert
Felts, killed during the, Matewan
fight last May, today were found
guilty by a jury i'll circuit court
The defendants were formally
discharged. but rcmanded to jail
pending bond on indictments
charging completely in the killing
of six other private detectives
working with Felts. The trial
had consumed 40 days. A large
group OF miners outside the court
the court room, received the YER
dict wit h cheers.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-21
new ATTACK ON
DRY AMENDMENT
(By Associated Press)

Washington, March Fl - An
entirely new attack on the valid
ity of the prohibition amendment,
based upon the requirement that
it be ratified within seven years.
was made today i'll the supreme
court. The attack was made in a
brief filed for J. ]. Dillon. of San
Francisco, charged with violation
of the prohibition enforcement
act. Dillon seeks writ of habeas
corpus. The provision attacked
was offered first by Senator War
rem O.. Harding. now president,
when the amendment was being
prepared in the senate.