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The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
He's Just Folks -

But Harding Is represented as hav.
ing great respect for ability: Almost
as good as greatness" the author saws,
"is a knowledge Of your own limita-
Harding knows his thor
oughly." Harding's mentality is nor
lacking, the book declares. But it is
undisciplined, especially in it's higher
range by hard effort. There is a GER.
tain softness about him mentalIy.v "It
is not an accident" the writer con-
tinues, that his favOrite companions
are the least intellectual members or
that house OF average intelligence, the
senate.
OF George Harvey, il is said that
his approval was sought on every
speech Will Hays made between 1913
and the 1920 election. Harvey also is
credited with restoring the equilibrium
at Marion, in campaign days.
In addition to Harding and Wilson.
"The Mirrors of Washington" contains
sketches of Harvey, Hughes. Colonel
House, Hoover, Lodge, Bernard M
Baruch, Elfhu Root. Senator johnson
Knox, Lansing, Boies Fenrose ana
BOrah. -,
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WASHINGTON
SIDELIGHTS
Poor Uncle Sam Has Well-Of Nephews

for 1919 was S3,724U5, the average
amount Of tax $23S.OS, and the aver
age tax rate $50 per cent.
There we're 80 returns OF net III
come of S1,OOO,OOO and over; lo9 ol
S-0OOOO TO $1.OOO,OOO; 425 OF from from
$500 600 TO S5OO,OOO; 1864 of SloO'OOV
70 S3ooOOO: 2,9S3 of 100000 to Sloo'-
OoO. 1890 of $4,000 to SlOO,OOO;
r. Az of $4,000 to S5O,OOO; 162'4oo
Of $1,000 to $4,000; 43S,S51 of S5'ooo
to $4,000; 1,1SO,4SS of $1,000 TO
$1,000: 1.560,741 Of $1,000 to @5'ooo'
and 1924S72 of $1,000 to $1,000.
Wives making separate returns 1ron1
husbands numbered 5S,534; single
men. heads of families, 362, 791; sihgIe
women, heads of families, $500; SIN
gle men, all other, 1,6O2,2"; slhsie
women, all other, 361 800.
individuals with net incomes oL
81 100000 or more mounted from %
in 1914 to 12O in 1915, and then TO ZOo
in 1916. From that year they nave
decreased annually, there having Deen
141 in 1917, 81 in 1918 and only 10
! in 1919.
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the waters edge, until at length wlsps
of it brushed gently round the bunga-
low itself. Suddenly the WINDOW ol
one of the dOwnstair rooms was hung
open, and a man with a white nag
gard face leaned out drawing great
gulps of fresh air into his lungs.
Three other men lay sprawling un-
couthly in chairs, and two dogs lay
motionless on the hearthrug.
After a moment or two the man
withdrew, only to appear again with
one of the others in his arms. Ana
then, having dropped his burden
through the window on to the lawn
outside, he repeated his performance
with the remaining two. Finally ne
pitched the two dogs after them, and
then, with his hand to his forehead
he, staggered down to the water
edge.
| "Holy smoker" he muttered to MN
self, as he plunged his head into the
cold water, talk about the morning
afterw
After a while, with the water still
dripping down his face, he returned
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"SAPPER"
Copyright by Geo. H. DOran Co.

hideOus with your vocal efforts. Stray
passers-by will think that you are all
tight. Then will come the dramatic
moment when, with a heavy crash,
Won ram the gate. HOrrified at this
wanton damage to property, you will
leave the car and proceed i'll mass
formation up the drive"
"Sun giving tOngue?" queried Oar
rell.
"Still giving tongue. Either Ted
or Jerry or both of 'em will approach
the house and inform the owner In
heartbroken accents that they have
damaged his gate post. You three VIII
remain in the garden-you might be
recognized. Then it will be up 10
YOU. You'll have several men all
round you. Keep 'em occupied-some-
how They won't hurt you; they'll
only be concerned with seeing that
Won don't go where you're not wanted.
! The last thing they want to do is to
draw any suspicion on themselves
| and. on the face of it, you are merely
five conviviaI wanderers who have
looked on the wine when it was red
7 think" he added thoughtfully, "that
ten minutes will be enough for me-
What will you be dOing? said
Toby.
81 shall be looking for Potts. Don't
worry about me. I'll look after my
| self. Now, is that clearT
Perfectly" said Darrell, after
short silence. "But l don't know tina
I like ii, Hugh. 1t seems to me, ole
son, that you're running an unneces
sary lot of risk"
"Got any alternativeT" demanded
Drummond.
IF we're all going down." said Oar
rell, "why not stick together and rus
the house in a gangY
mo 20, old bean," said Hugh, de
cisively. TOO many of 'em to hop
to pull it off. No, low cunning is tn
only thing that's got an earthly o
succeeding" With q grin he rose, an
then strolled toward the door. NOV
go and rope in Ted and Jerry, an
for the love of Heaven don't ram tn
wrong gate"
"What are you going to do your
self?" demanded Peter suspiciously.
I'm going to look at her from clos
to. Go away, all of you, and don
listen outside the telephone box"
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mite, tackled Johnson football FASH
ion. Two more of his colleagues, Rep
resentatives Flood of Virginia and
Luhring of Indiana, rushed to his as
sistance.
Meanwhile Sergeant-at-Arms Joe
Rogers started to lead Braun out Of
the room. Johnson cursed with the
vehemence of a pirate.
The committee and Mrs. Johnson
and the marine captain held him tight.
As he left the hearing room, Johnson
said: 81 would have killed him IN an.
other second If l had not been held
back"
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
CHAPTER V-centlnued.

"Such is your rule. And think
you have failed, haven't you, you ur-
pleasant specimen Of humanity How
will they kill you, / wonderT
II was at that moment that the man
made his mistake. He looked away;
only for a moment-but he looked
away. Just as a cats nerves give
after a while and 1t looks round for
an avenue of escape, so did the crouch
ing man take his eyes from Hugh.
And quick as any dog, Hugh sprang.
With his left hand he seized the
mans right wrist, with his right he
seized his throat. Then he forced
him upright against the door and held
him there. Even when inch by inch
he shifted his grip on the mans knife
hand he never took his eyes from his
opponents face; even when with a
Sudden gasp of agony the man
dropped his knife from fingers which,
of a sudden, had become numb, the
steady, merciIess glare still bored
into his brain.
"You're not very clever at it, are
your" said Hugh softly. "Tt would
be so easy to kin you now, and except
for the inconvenience / should un
6oubtedly suffer, it mightn't be bac
idea. But they know me downstairs
and 1t would make 1t SO awkward
when / wanted to dine here again
SO. taking everything int,
account, / think"
There was a sudden lightning move
ment, a heave and a quick jerk. Th'
lmpersonator Of Potts was dimly con
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81 love youO Phyllis.
(To BE CONTINUED)
REMAINED KING OF HEAVEN
Amusing Hindu Fable Concerning tne
Gambler Who Succeeded In
OutWitting Fate.

"What is written on the forehead
must come to pass" :" this is one OF the
major articles in the Hindus' pessimis-
tic credo. Yet even India has Its un-
orthodox-PhiIistines who deny the
power of fate. They offer, in scat
tered stories and proverbs, convincing
evidence of their incredulity. 1aDie
tells how two fishes named Fore
thought and Readywit escaped the
fishermen, but Fatalist was caught ana
perished miserably. A rather unusual
story tells how a tricky gambler out
witted fate. After death he went TO
the other world. There Yama, the
Judge of the dead, said to him. Cam
bier, on account of your crimes you
will have to live a world-cycle In he'll;
but once on a time you gave a coin 10
a knower of the Supreme Soul; there
fore you are to be Indra, the king or
heaven, for a single day. So say
whether you will take out first your
period in hell or your period as lndra.
''T will take out first my period as In
dra," answered the gambler. Iheh
Yama sent him to heaven, and the
gods, having deposed Indra, made the
gambler sovereign in his place EN-
ploying his new power the ephemeral
Indra Immediately called to heaven all
his gambling friends and female COM
panions; then he commanded the
gods: Garry us all in moment TO all
the bathing places, both in heaven ana
on earth, and in the seven continents
and enter this very day into all the
kings on earth, and bestow, withou'
ceasing, great gifts so that we may
receive merit accruing from this gen
erosity." Thus the gods did ana DI
means of these holy observances th'
gamblers sins were washed away ant
he obtained the rank of Indra perma
nently. When Yama was Informed o
the matter the next day he exclaimed
in astonishment, Dear me! I'M
gambler has cheated us l"-Asia.
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
Despot.

Our word, despot, is from the Greek
word, expressed in our alphabet, and is
written despotes, meaning master: The
meaning of despot is one who rules
without constitutional check or re-
straint; an autocrat; hence an abso-
lutte ruler who abuses his power; a
tyrant; hard master. Such unlimit-
ed authority is said to be despotism.
An absolute ruler, who used his pow
er well and ruled with justice and
mercy, always seeking the welfare of
his people, could not be called a des-
pot, although he was an autocrat. a
ope-man ruler. Some of the small
states in southeastern Asia have absO
lutte rulers, and several are despots.
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20

THE destruction by army air bomb
l. ers of the German dreadnaught
Oestfriesland has convinced leading
military and naval strategists that
control of the air is now the most
urgent need of our national defense,
The best of these experts, even those
most enthusiastic and forward looking
in their claims for aircraft, do not
concede that the battleship, as the
fighting bulldog of the sea, has been
made obsolete, but they do insist Wig
Orously that battleships, as the strong
right arm Of national defense, are go
ing to be worse than handicapped un-
less they can be accompanied to sea
with sufficient aircraft to drive off en-
emy bombing planes.
"Get airplane carriers and get them
quickly" exclaimed one prominent
naval officer who witnessed the sink
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20

pletely extempOrized or materially re-
organized upon the occurrence OF an
emergency, the new law provides that
they shall be allocated by territory
that their officers and men shall be
assigned to local uAits, and that as
funds become available provision shalt
be made for the training Of these Ot1-
GERS and men.
"As the law provides for a military
expansion by reinforcement OF the
regular army from the organized citi-
zen forces. the President directs that
these forces shall be developed to the
fullest extent and that the maximum
practicable number of carefully select
ed officers of the regular army be en-
plOyed for that purpose"
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20

WASHINGTON - The government
" obtained 81 100000 in rev.
enue from personal income taxes in
l9l9-an increase of $14l,9OO,OO0 COM
pared with 191S-accOrding to a pre-
liminary report by Internal Revenue
Commissioner Clair.
The commissioner report showed
there were 5,33S, ,76O personal returns
filed in the calendar year 1919, repre-
senting a growth of 9O7,646 from 1913,
while the total amount of net income
reported for 1919 was $1S,S59, 100000
an increase Of $3,934 100000 over the
previous year.
The average net income per return
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THREE.

'T'm glad you two fellows came
down." said Hugh thoughtfully, as he
entered the sitting-room of his bunga-
low at Goring. Dinner was over, and
stretched in three chairs were Peter
Darrell, Algy LengwOrth, and Toby
Sinclair. "Did you know that man
came here this afternoon, Peter?"
81 did not. Who was itf"
"Mrs. Denny has just told me-" Hugh
reached out a hand for his pipe, and
proceeded to stuff 1t with tobacco.
"He came about the water. And he
told her that had told him to come.
Unfortunately, I'd done nothing Of the
sort"
"What do you mean, HughT" asked
Toby Sinclair.
'Tt's pretty obvious. old boy" said
Hugh grimly. 81 should say that
about five hours ago Peterson found
out that our one and only Hiram c.
Potts was upstairs"
Good Lord 7" spluttered Darrell
by now very wide awake, what dC
we do, sergeant-majorT
ave take it in turns-two at
time-to, sit up with Potts" Hugl
glanced at the other three. "D-n
You blighters-wake upF
81 don't know what it is" Darrell
said, rubbing his eyes. II feel most in
fernally sleepy"
"WelI, listen to me-confound yo'
Tobyr"
"Sorry, old man." With a start Sin
| clair sat up In his chair and blinke
at Hugh.
"They're almost certain to try an
| get him tonight" went on Hugl
"Having given the show away B
leaving a clue on the wretched secr'
tary. they must get the real man 9
soon as possible. It's far too dangel
ous to leave the-leave the III
head dropped forward on his chest
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
CHAPTER vi.
In Which a Very Old Game Takes
Place on the Hogs Bqsk
ONE.

A thick grey mist lay over the
Thames. 1t covered the water and the
low fields to the west like thick
white carpet; it drifted sluggishly
under the old bridge which spans the
river between Goring and Streatley.
II was the hour before dawn, and
sleepy passengers, rubbing the win
dows of their carriages as the Ply
mouth boat express rushed on toward
London, shivered and drew their rugs
closer around them. 1t looked cold
cold and dead.
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the
vapor rose, and spread outwards up
the wooded hills by Basildon. y
drifted through the shrubs and rose
bushes Of a little garden, which
stretched from q bungalow down tC
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
Cloth Upholstery.

Cloth upholstery may be best
cleaned by beating curtains and backs
lightly with a stick or carpet beater,
after which the accumulated dust Is
whisked off with a brush. Grease or
oil may be removed by an applica-
ton Of Iukewarm water and mild
soap, applied with a woolen CLOTH
There are a number of woolen clean
ers which will work very well on cloth
upholstery, but gasoline and benzine
have a tendency to spread instead Of
to remove dirt. -
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with HE Left Hand He Seized the
Mans Right Wrist, With His Right
He seized His Throat
scious Of flying through the air, and
of hitting the floor some yards from
che door. He made frantic etort
"a risea 6ut the pain was too great,
and he rolled over cursing, while the
soldier. his hand on the door-knob,
laughed gently.
sTn keep the toothpick, ne re-
marked. "as mementor
The next moment he was striding
along the corridor toward the eie-
vator. AS a fight 1t had been poor
one but his brain was busy with the
information ne had heard. True. II
had been scrappy in the extreme, ano'
IN mart. had only confirmed what ne
had suspected all along. The wretcnec
Granger had been foully done to DEATH
Cor No other reason than that he was
che millionaire's secretary. Hugns
law tightened: II revolted his sense OF
sport. Ii wasn't as If the poor Diignl'
er had done anything; merely because
he existed and might ask inconvenienl
questions he had been removed. Ano
i. fhe elevator shot downwards, ano
re remembrance Of The grim struggle
- had had IN the darkness Of The
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
'"Warren GanaEel

VHyARREN Gamaliel he's Just
w folks" He is 'the best fellow
in the world to play poker with all
Saturday night" This is one form OF
characterization applied to the Presi-
DENT in a new book. Mirrors of Wash
ington." written anonymously and pub
Iished by G. P. Putnam Sons, New
York There are intimate sketches
of IA personalities taken from the
van OF American public life.
The anonl mCus author also de-
cribes Harding as 1.-The best of the
second sater, man who shows a
,,redilectfpp it companions who give
him conlS tnrntal relaxation.
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
GASSED!

Synopsis.-In December, 1918. four
fnen gathered in a hotel In Berne
and heard one of the quartet, Carl
Peterson, outline a plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time
seize world power. The other three,
Hooking, American, and Steineman
and Won Gratz, Germans, all mil
nonaires, agree to the scheme, pro-
viding another man, Hiram Potts.
an American, is taken in. Capt.
Hugh Bull-Dog) Drummond, a re-
tired officer, advertises for work
that will give him excitement, sign
ing 'X10." AS a result he meets
Phyllis Benton. a young woman
who answered his ad. She tells
him OF strange murders and rob
berries by a band headed by Carl
Peterson and Henry Lakington.
She fears her father is involved.
Drummond goes to The Larches,
Miss Benton's home, next door TO
The Elms, Peterson's place. During
the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Elms.
He discovers Lakington and Peter
son using a thumbscrew on Potts,
who signs a paper. Drummond
rescues Potts and takes him to his
own home. He also gets half or
the paper torn in the fight. Peter
son visits Drummond. departing
with threat to return and recover
Potts and the torn paper. Hugh
substitutes Mullings for Potts. The
band carry off Mullings and Hugh
to The Elms. When Peterson dis
| covers the hoax Drummond Is
made to stay all night Irma. Pc
II terson's handsome daughter. warns
i Hugh he will be killed. He goes
exploring during the night, runs
into a cobra, escapes mysterious
death and refrains from breaking
Peterson's neck. Drummond enlists
the aid of Algy Longworth, Toby
Sinclair. Ted birmingham and Jerry
Seymour. the latter an aviator.
Drummond discovers q man imper-
aonating PottA
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to the bungalow and found the other
three in various stages of partial in
sensibility.
"Wake up, my heroes" he remarked,
"and go and put your great fat heads
in the river. We were all of us
drugged or doped somehow. And
now" he added bitterly, we've all
got heads, and we have not got Potts"
"I don't remember anything" said
Toby Sinclair, except falling asleep.
Have they taken him?"
"Of course they have" said Hugh.
"Just before / went off I saw 'em
all in the garden, and that swine
Lakington was with them. However,
while you go and put your nuts in the
river, I'll go up and make certain.
With a grim smile he watched the
three men lurch down to the water
then he turned and went upstairs tC
the room which had been occupied
by the American millionaire. 1t was
empty, as he had known it would De
and with a smothered curse he made
his way downstairs again.
The Concordia sentinel., 1921-08-20
TWO.

HAS it struck you fellows" re-
marked Hugh, at the conclusion OF
lunch, "that seated around this table
are four officers who fought with some
distinction and much discomfort In
the recent historic struggle?"
"How beautifully you put it, old
fiick!" said Darrell.
"Has it further struck you fellows
continued Hugh, that last night we
were done down, trampled on, had
for mugs by a crowd of dirty Dlack-
guards composed largely of the dregs
of the universe?"
"a veritable Solomon" said Algy,
gazing at him admiringly through his
eyeglass. 81 told you this morning l
detested your friends"
HAS it still further struck you"
went on Hugh, a trifle grimly, that
we aren't standing for it? l propose
that we should tackle the blighters
tonight"
Tonight ~ echoed Darrell. "Where|
"At The Elms, of course. That's
| Wnere Jne WreCcHeu IOlIS 10 AA -
certainty"
"And how do you propose that we
should set about it?' demanded Sin
clair.
Drummond drained his port and
grinned gently.
"By stealth, dear old beans by
stealth. You and. thought we
might rake in Ted birmingham, and
perhaps Jerry Seymour, to join the
happy throng-will make demonstra'
tion in force, with the idea Of draw
ing OF the enemy, thereby leaving the
coast clear for me to explore the
house for the unfortunate Potts. Al
accident. A car.
What is the connecting-link.
Why, drink. Write it down, Algy, o.
we might forget. Now, can you bea
: thatT
1--WE might have some chance" sail
! Darrell kindly, ''if we had the slight
5 est idea what you were talking about.
! PAY attention, all of you," sal
Hugh. Tonight some time about tel
e of the clock, Algy's motor will Pre-
D ceed along the Godalming-G -Guildfor
I road. 1t will contain you three-als
; Ted. and Jerry Seymour, If we ca
h get 'em. On approaching the gate {
o The EIms. you win render the nigf
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earl necklace and the
are at present
chess Of Lamp

The duchess Of Lampshire's pearls
were wOrld-famous; the marquis of
Laidley was apparently enjoying his
tea. And between the two there
seemed to be a connection rather too
obvious to be missed.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
ZIHLMAN FIXES
TIME LIMIT ON
MERGING LINES

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE.
trio Company would increase the
price of electricity to make up the
railway deficit.
Woods Fnvors Triple Plan.
The inclusion of the Potomac
Electric Company in merger was
defended by Representative Woods.
of Virginia. author of the bill, who
contended that being able to share
in the profits of the electric COM
.pany was the only induCement that
would influence the Capital Trac-
ton Company to become party to
a merger OF the street car compa-
nies. We ought to put the saddle
on the horse that is able to bear II,
and in justice should bear-it, reliev-
ing the weaker and less profitable
concern" Woods declared.
Representative Blanton was op-
posed to Offering subsidies to the
street car companies to merge. He
claimed that as the crossing police
were instrumental in the reduction
of the number of accidents ror
which the traction companies would
be held responsible and compelled
to pay damages, this expense
should rightfully be borne by the
street car companies.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Lieut.. Thomas A. Henry
Dies in PhiLadeIphia

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 22.-Licut
Thomas A. Henry. 81 years old, Sup
ply Corps. L. S. ", died in the Naval
Hospital at Philadelphia late We'd
nesday night, according to word re-
ceived here.
He was a native of Sherbrooke
Canada. lie entered the United
States navy when a young man and
had seen over thirty years of serv-
ice. Promoted from the ranks. he
rose to the grade Of passed assistant
paymasted. He was first assigned
to duty at the Naval Academy in
1912 and since that time he and Mrs
Henry made their home there. Mrs
Henry has left Annapolis for Phila-
delphia and will accompany the body
to Sherbrooke. Canada, where inter
ment will be made.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
Board Names New
Superintendent of
County's Schools

UPPER MARLBORO. Md. July %.
Nicholas Orem, formerly super
intendent OF schools in Talbot Coun-
ty. will become superintendent Of
schools for Prince Georges County
August l, succeeding Eugene $.
Burroughs. Prof. Orem will be for
nally inducted into Office at a meet
ing Of the county board of educa-
tion August .. Prof. Orem will make
his home in Hyattsville.
The county board at its July
meeting made the following ap-
pointments: Miss Maude Gibbs, su-
pervisor; Miss Blanche OgIe, at
tendance officer. and J. r. Henault,
clerk to the board. Upon recommen-
dation of the board the county COM
missioners have agreed to buy prop
crty in Cottage City for the con-
struction of a four-room school
Sites have also been bought and
plans approved by the county board
for three-room schools at Ard
more. FOTrestyille and Berwyn. Al
though plans for these buildings
have yet to be approved by the
State board. minor changes have
been requested by citizens None Of
these buildings will be ready for the
fall term An addition to the Seat
Pleasant school has just been
started. New Colored schools arc
planned for Ducketsville, Bowie dis
trict. and other places. The board
has decided to install sewerage
and sanitary connections in the
schools at Bladensburg, Riverdale
ard College Park.
Dates for the opening of the
county schools will be fixed on
August .. The name of the Mitchell
Vile school has been changed to
Mullikin school.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-23
HyattsUiLIe Has
NeIr CLedn-Up Plan

HYATTSvILLE, Nd, July "a
What is expected to be a permanent
weekly cleanup day will be started
here today. The town truck will
visit homes in the First ward and
collect trash which must be placed
in ready receptacles. week from
tomorrow the truck will visit homes
in the Second ward and on the two
succeeding Saturdays the Third ward.
Mayor J. Frank Rushe says the
plan is only tentative. being designed
to ascertain the best method TO pro-
ceed. The women's Club has been
urging this action.