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The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
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VETERAN MUST RESUME ALIAS
Peculiar Position With Which Aged
Soldier of the Civil War Finds
Himself Confronted.

An inmate of the Orange county
almshouse. at the age of n.nety-five
after having passed through some of
the fierce battles of the Civil war as
member of Uncle Sans navy, r. L.
Livingston, who has never vet drawn n
cent of pension money, expects soon to
have his name changed to "Matts
Green" the name under which he en-
listed, and receive a pension. with
back pay.
"When l enlisted l was anxious to
keep the fact secret from the mem
bers of my family, who were high
brows, and so l enlisted under the
name of Mats Green, which name !
bore throughout the war" the old vet
eran explained. 81 am now very eager
to have my name changed to the one !
bore while l was working for Uncle
Sam, and my attorney tells me have
sufficient proof of my identity to en-
able me to have the came changed and
be able to get my pension, which has
been held off all these years because
of the difference in names. I have the
affidavits of four of those who served
with me and, as far ms l know. there
is only one other living.'-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
IMPROVED
ROADS
GOOD ROAD SAVES MILLIONS
Men With Tools Enabled to Reach
Threatened Break in Levee and
Stop Rising Waters.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A federal-aid road has Just been COM
pleted in Arkansas which has already
saved millions of dollars to the COM
munity in which it is built Recently
during high water in the Mississippi
word came to Helena, Ark, that the
levee at Old Town, II miles away,
was about to break. The situation
was critical. A few hours delay and
thousands of acres of rich farming
land would be flooded, and possibly
many lives lost. Helena was the only
source of aid and many men with
tools and materiaLwere needed. Every
available motor vehicle was pressed
into service and over 600 men, prop
erly equipped for the work, were in Il
short time speeding over the new road
to save the levee. They arrived in
the nick of time and by almost super
human efforts damned back the ris-
ing waters. Residents say that had it
been necessary to make the trip over
the old road the levee could not have
been reached in time and that the
workers would have needed boats
rather than motor vehicles.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
Indian Tale of Pillar Rock.

There are Indian tales of the Pillar
rock, which is located about 1000 feet
from the Washington shore, and which
stand about 20 feet from the surface
Of the Columbia river and of the oc-
currences thereabouts, real and fanci-
full. One is that Chief Skamokawa,
his ire aroused because a Clatsop
brave made away with the chiefs
daughter, hurled the rock at the de-
parting canoe of the swain from the
tribe across the river. missing the craft
but implanting the huge pillar in mid
stream. The rock extends below the
30 foot depth, and the base, or projec-
tion, is said to have an approximate
width in excess of 80 feet.
George Vancouver. following Gray.
the discoverer of the river, spoke of
1t in 1892 as "the remarkable pillar
rock" He is said to have been told
Of the rock by Gray and entered the
river on the way down the coast.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
LOWER BIDS FOR ROAD WORK
Indications Are That Prices This Year
viii Be Materially Reduced Over
Last Season.

prepared BY the United States Department
Of Agricuture)
Early bids for the construction of
federal-aid roads indicate that prices
during the present season will be
materially lower than last season, ac-
cording to reports received by the
bureau Of public roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture
While bids have not been received OF
any large volume of work, there is.
however, enough to indicate Il lowe.
level Of prices.
Grading has been bid at 20, 23k
and 30 cents cubic yard in Missouri
Arkansas, and Minnesota, respectively
as compared with an average of 3
cents for the section in which thes,
states are located in 1921.
Prices of reinforcing steel in plac
range around 6 cents rs comnared W.T.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
"washins Ones soiIed Linen"

The phrase, washing ones soiled
linen," is popularly used to express
airing Of unpleasant private affairs
or family quarrels in public, the anal
ogy being, of course, that both are
matters for disposition in the privacy
of ones home.
The expression comes down to us
as one of the brain children of Vol
taire, the famous French satirist. The
occasion for its origin is said to have
taken place in 1740, when General
Maustein wrote to Votaire asking to
be vindicated publicly of accusations
made against him.
Voltaire happened to be occupied
in answering the appeal of Frederick
of Prussia to help him straighten out
one of his dilemmas. So he replied
+, Maustein:
"The king has sent me some of
his dirty linen to wash. l will wash
yours another time"
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
CANVAS TO PROTECT ROADS
Seven Million Square Yards Being
Distributed to Various State High
way Departments.

Seven million square yards of canvas
duck received by the bureau of public
roads, United States Department OF
Agriculture, as surplus war material.
is now being distributed to state high.
way departments for use in road con-
struction. great quantity Of the
material will be used to protect CON
crete roads from the sun while they
are being cured and to protect from
rain cement piled ready for use on
the roads. 1t will also be used us
tents for road construction gangs, roofs
for temporary storage houses and
garages, and to cover road machinery.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
MASTER AND MAN
LAWYERS INGENIOUS Plea, Won.

The court was badly fooled recently
in Berlin. A hotel proprietress was
about to be convicted for permitting
her premises to be freQuented by bad
characters. The defense called a
handsome young woman, who an
swered several questions. Then cOun-
sci asked for the acquittal of his ell
ent, because the witness was man,
not woman. ''If an all-wise court"
he said, "cannot tell the difference be-
tween man and woman, how can
it expect my client to tell good charac-
ters from bad, on sight?" He won his
case
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
NO LONGER IMPORT SULPHUR
Entire Supply Needed by the United
States 10 Obtained Within Our
Own Borders.

Deep under marsh land and quick
sands, in which 1t is impossible to sink
shafts, there have been for ages de-
posits of almost pure sulphur In
Louisiana and Texas. For many
years these deposits defied efforts to
obtain them.
All the sulphur used in this coun-
try formerly came from Sicily, where
the sulphur mines on the slopes OF
Mt. Etna had been worked for more
than 1000 years. 1t is only since
1896 that sulphur has been obtained
in any appreciable quantities from our
own sources of supply in Louisiana
and today, thanks to chemical in
genuity and acumen, all the sulphur
used in this country is of native
origin.
BY far the greatest part of the
sulphur produced in the world is used
In the manufacture of sulphuric acid
Sulphur is constituent of black
powder, which Is used largely in min
ing soft coal. 1t finds employment
In the rubber industry as vulcanizing
agent. 1t is used in the bleaching of
silk and wool.
The straw for use in straw hats
is bleached with sulphur dioxide
fumes, made by burning sulphur
Large quantities are used in the form
of solutions and powders to combat
Injurious growths on grapevines. Its
use as medicine in the form of
ointments is well known.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
Detecting Remade MIX.

Because of the increased use of re-
made mill, manufactured from pow
dered or condensed milk and sweet
cream butter. 1t has become necessary
for chemists to devise some test that
will indicate it's presence in milk prod.
ucts. II the curd from remade milk
is dissolved in sodium hydroxide, II
shows IL characteristic yellow color,
after standing, while natural products,
or products containing only small
percentage of remade milk. do not
show this color. As little as 10 per
cent Of remade milk can be detected
BY this test when carefully made
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21

A StreSL .u NeuN -utslU~, tua., l5fore
and After Being Improved.
the 1921 price of s or cents and
bridge steel ut Az cents against to
cents.
A few bids, for the best grade of
concrete, of about SIT cubic yard
have been received in sections where
the 1921 price was about $25.
Prices bid for the construction of
concrete roads per square yard are as
follows: Ohio S1.52. Colorado $2.27,
and Georgia S1.3S, as compared with
an average for the whole country dur
ing the period 1916-1920 of $2.57 a
square yard.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
Ring 1wies Oddly Recovered.

Having his ring twice swallowed by
fish and recovering 1t each time was
the experience of n Nova Scotia fisher
man. The first time he lost the ring
when fishing for cod, and found it
when cleaning one of the catch. A
few days later he lost the same ring
when herring fishing, and his wife
found it In one of the herrings
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
Road Building Workers.

Persons engaged in road building
work In the United States number
114,325. There are $4,000 federal,
state, town and county highway off,
cials, 1000 road contractors, 1000
bridge contractors, 1900 civil and
highway engineers; 10000 automotive
and chemical engineers, and 325 geol-
oRists.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
Stranded by "sauawker..

The death by strangulation Of a
four-year-old girl in Rochester, N. Y,
was caused by the swallowing Of a
rubber toy known as a "squawker."
The mother purchased the toy ut IL
store and the child inhaled 1t In at.
tempting to initiate 1t. The squawker
lodged In her thront.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
HELPS TO SUSTAIN PRICES
One Of the Big Factors Is censtsvs
tlon Of Good Roads Planned for
the Coming Year.

One of the factors that will help t.
SUSTAIN farm prices is the largs
amount Of road building planned fos
this year. The government will spen9
a larger sum for this purpose thar
ever before, and states and counted
will cooperate to the extent Of thelf
financial abilities
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21

Dye Cats to Match Furniture.
The latest craze among society
women In Europe Is to dye their cats
to match their costume or furniture.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21

Seven Evidently His Luck Number.
The governor o: Pennsyly anin has
five m0tOrcars. Of which the license
numbers arc Z. n. III. 7777. 77777.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
His Wife, Opinion.

The man who ought 10 listen and
earn usually does most Of fl' talking.
Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21
p.tro,led by Police.

More than 5000 miles >of highways
in Connecticut are to be regularly
patrolled by the state police.
The Glenwood post., 1922-12-21

Old papers for sale at this office.
, 1922-01-25
We offer a hearty Soyez Je B5envenW to
the Commander, his officers and crew.
The E~mancip0tor, Jam. 21St.

The Chamber of Commerce is now the
topic for popular discussion, judging
from last nights meeting in the Grand
Hotel, when Mr.. Geo. Levi acted as the
Chair man, and Mr.. Adolph Sixto as Sec
rotary. We are pleased to say that
judging from the audience there was
manifested a popular interest in the
meeting, and this became more so when
the secretary was given the word l.. He
kept his audience spell-bound as he ex-
planned the importance Of a Chamber
of Commerce and the ACCESSIBILITY of
its establishment. Mr.. Gereau offer
ed a very healthy suggestion which
was unanimously applauded ard adopt
ed, and Mr.. Luther Stakemann in a
few choice and convincing words en-
dorsed the establishment of this neces-
sary institution. Judge Nc Cant Stew
art also spoke appreciative of the idea,
giving beautiful illustrations of its import
ance through his wide experience. To
this Mr.. Sixto replied, thanking the hon
durable gentleman in the name of this
island. We are pleased to say that we
are happy that the Chamber of Com
merce will be established and promise to
give our unalloyed support to this insti-
tuition through the columns of this paper.
st. Thomas Bulletin, Jan. 18th.
, 1922-01-25
St. Thomas News
FRENCH CRUISER IN PORT.

The French cruiser Jeanne dare"
arrived shortly before nire O'Clock this
morning. She fired a salute upon COM
ing into port which "a returned by the
Vixen.
The Jeanne dare is a typical French
warship, having three tunnels forward
and three aft. This gives her the APP
p%earance. when seen at a distance, of
two Warships instead of one. She was
built before the war and has a tonnage
OF l1,27O tons. Her commanders name
is Spotz.
1t is a rather long time since we have
had the pleasure of welcoming to our
port a unit Of the French navy and we
hope the officers and men will enjoy
themselves we'll during their two days
stay.
, 1922-01-25
rELEGR1 MS.
ST. CROIX STATION.

Ottawa, Jan. 19th.-The Most Rev.
Charles Hugh Cauthier, d. D, Archbish-
op of the Metropolitan province of Otta-
wa, this morning succunbed after a
lengthy illness. The cause of death was
stated to be intestinal Grippe. His Grace
was 78 years Of age.
London, Jan. 20sh. The Rt Rev. Ed
ward HutSon, D D. Bishop 5of Antigua.
since 1911 has been elected Archbishop
of the West Indies.
Toronto Ont, Jan. 19th.-A mail and
Empire cable from London says At the
wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount
LasceIles next month the announcement
will be made of the engagement of the
Duke of York to Lady Mary Ashley,
daughter of Lady Shaftesbury who is
Lady-in-waiting to the Queen, persons in
high standing at the court say.
LONDON, Jan. 10Th. "A Central news
despatch from Rome says that according
to the Tribune" the Pope's tempera
ture was higher tonight than during the
day and that symptoms of Pneumonia
had developed.
Washington, Jan. 18th Mr.. Hoover
declared today the stage appears to be
set for a general strike in the Bitumin-
Gus coal industry at the end of March,
when existing wage contracts expire.
Glasgow, Jan. 18th. = Mr.. Austen
Chamberlain today dispelle any idea of
an early general election by telling a
, 1922-01-25
NEWS NOTES.

Ways and means having been found
in Governments House, as we'll as the
court room in Frederiksted. with suitable
, 1922-01-25

mittee were elected: Chairman, Mr..
Robert l. Merwin; Vice-Chairman, Mr..
Robert Skeoch; Secretary, Mrs. R. E.
Higgins; Treasurer, Mr.. Frank Coulter,
Jr.; Executive Committee, DR.. D. C.
G4anegata; Mr.. Frank Coulter Sr., Mrs.
J. o.. Dubois, Mrs. Chr. Espersen, Mrs.
K. d. Hagemann, Mr.. D. Hamilton
Jackson and Mr.. Robert Skeoch.
, 1922-01-25
RED CROSS NOTES

At a recent meeting of the Santa Cruz
Red Cross Chapter, cid in Frederiksted,
he following officers and executive COM
, 1922-01-25

We have been asked to mention hat
the Native Brass Band will give a con-
cert on the Wharf this evening, weather
permitting.
Last nights show of the Romance of
Tarzan was we'll patro0ized and was
we'll worth seeing. We can safely re-
commend it to the public and encourage
all who did not avail themselves of the
presentation to be sure and attend Fri
day night when it will be repeated.
The Creole is not yet here TO-DAY.
, 1922-01-25

The Creole is not yet here TO-DAY.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12

fatfed lamb-in fact the good, old, grum
py Major almost doubts this is the daugh
ter Of his dead artist son. But the litils
one wins the heart Of the old man.
The rest Of the story is Of the life Of the
little girl from New York in this coun,
Try. Her vocabulary. her seriousness, her
odd way and expression and her entire
loveliness is very nicely put through the
mouths Of several negro characters: Aunt
New Testament or 'Testy" for short and
Aunt Pearly Gates
Our little heroine is no Pollyanna but
she surely is the cause of happiness all
around more by her cleverness than by
her TOO much sunshine"
We have a story Of lost records here
to make up the background for the shorn
lambs happy work. Our little heroine is
called the shorn lamb because she has
jei-black hair cropped close, when she
comes to Virginia.
A fine story for children.
REILLY and Lee, Chicago; cloth, 33l
pasesD
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
AT THE CHURCHES
Union Service at Methodist Church

Union Service at Methodist Church.
The union evening service Of the var.
ious churches of the city will be held
in the Broadway Methodist Church
South. Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. A
special program Of music has been pre-.
pared for this service, which will begin
at 1:40 p m, twenty minutes before the
regular services, and which will con
tInue as part of the usual
exercises. A number Of organ compost.
tions will be played by the orsanist, Hen.
ry H. Loudenback. and a choir Of seven.
teen voices will sing two special mum.
bers- Mr.. Richard Silberstein, bass, will
sing solo, and Misses Flossie Belle
Mcdonnell and Virginia Cole will sing
duet. A quartet consisting of Miss
Mildred Havighurst, soprano. Mrs. H. H.
Loudenback, contralto. Mr.. Everett Wood
worth, tenor, and Mr.. Richard Silber-
stein, bass, will also sing a special
number.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
THE NEW BOOKS
"The Shorn Lamb"


In THE Shorn Lamb" Emma Speed
Sampson has written new children
story. There is no tendency in this book
to speak down to the young person who
is TO read the book. 1t takes for granted
| the reader's intellect is mature enough to
understand grown persons and their reac-
tions as well as young folks. Of course
there is the tendency to make child the
center figure still but then that is really
! the feature which distinguishes this story
from noyel-almost.
This story is Of a little girl who. has
had several mothers and one Papa" one
Daddy" and one Father" She has
lived most Of her little life in the Bohe-
mian section in New York City and has
acquired at least a solemn and exten-
sive vocabulary from her artistic environ
ment.
We meet her on train going down to
Virginia in search Of her grandfather.
Here she makes the acquaintance Of Boil
ing who finds he is bound for the same
place and also recognizes the girls grand
father as Major Tayler, a rich man.
On her becoming acquainted with the
name Of her travelling companion. our
little heroine, whose name is Rebecca,
tells her story of her hapless fathers and
mothers who were all tbut the last
-Mama') buried by Mrs. O'Shea"; she
reveals her destination and plans. Boiling
becomes a great friend to the little girl.
On reaching her destination the little
lady finds tha, she is not returning for the
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
An Exhibit of Disgrace.
! fhe Sf. Louis G[obe-Democrat.

From the ST. Louis Cfobe-Democraf.
Human nature at its best and at IFS
worst is seen in some Of the develop.
menis resulting from the railroad trag.
edy at Sulphur Springs. The human
nature seen at It's best is lay human
nature and that seen at its worse a pro-
fessional human nature. Some Of those,
whose injuries were only painful, not
serious refused any compensation from
the railroad company despite the hor-
rible experience they underwent which
might have justified in their minds a
substantial claim. The sinister sug-
gestion that an appearance Of serious
ness be given 10 minor injuries by the
attendance Of physician to supplement
first aid or by hospital treatment has in
number of instances met with an in
dignant rejection. The refusals to CAPT.
tslize the peril from which passengers
had been rescued accidentally were
enough to be reassuring.
On the other hand the exhibition the
ambulance-chasing lawyers have made Of
themselves will not soon be forgotten in
St. Louis. They have swarmed around
the morgue. obtruded their unwelcome
presence at homes plunged in mourning,
added TO the pangs of the suffering by
their impudent invasions. placed hos
pitals in a state of siege. How collec-
tive activities Of disillusionment we're
stimulated by the commercial possibili-
ties Of a disaster in which 81 were
killed and more than 100 injured may
be Judged from the fact that one home
was visited by no less than Is ambu-
Iance-chasing lawyers. or the agents of
such lawyers in one day, the calls begin
ming at 6 a. m.
Divers victims have already signed,
contracts TO turn over TO
these lawyers from one-third TO one-half
Of what they may obtain from the COM
pany. This means that that amount will |
be subtracted from the sums to which |
sufferers and bereayed are yalidly en-
it is a gift to professional
llertness and unscrupulousness. The
statement of the company that it is pre-
pared to make just and reasonable
settlement for all valid claims is to be
accepted in its entirety. That is the pol
cy of all inieIligcntly conducted utilities
oday.
How about the committee which late
v undertook to enforce bar standards
{ ethics against these professional
brethren who fatten on the distress Of
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
Soviet Wants Trade Bank.

From the NafiOn's Business.
The London Telegraph has it that the
Soviet authorities have in contemplation
the establishment of Foreign Trade
Bank, to be closely associated with the
Reichsibank and capitalized at 25,0OO,.
600 gold rubles. The United States
commercial attache in Berlin has report.
ed credit Of lO0,00O,OOO marks extend.
ed by a group of German manufacturers
10 the Russian government TO cover pur-
chases to be made by the latter in Ger
many This credit, which may possibly
be increased by an additional 100000
600. is TO be financed through the Ger
man East-European Industrial Bank.
and the proceeds must be employed
solely in the purchase Of goods from
concerns entering into the consortium.
Such responsible continental dailies
as La Journee Industrielle, rEcho de
Paris, lie Soir and Die Frankfurier
Zeitung have also mentioned the grant,
ing Of 5OO,OOO.0O0 mark credit to the
Central Union Of Russian Co-operatives
by a German combine known as the Gen.
eral Trading Company Of Crefeld, for
the purpose of providing the Russian
peasant with German agricultural ma
chinery in return for flax, grain and
other native products.