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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-20

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four nf worsIed." SAID. Little SUSIE 81
she placed - cents on the counter OF
tho dry goods shcp Oh the corner.
That was tic right amount 10 psy
for her purchase. but thinking She
had a right 20 do LITTLE shopping on
hcr Own account after ihe' Style OF
her mother. she remarked:
II think ] Will change my mod ana
,ake Tour skclns OF silk and only tnes
OF worsted"
Then You are one cent shy. re-
r,arcd the pleasant shopman. as he
held out his hand for another penHy.
"Oh. no." said Susie as she skipped
along With the goods. i think you are
the one who is q cent shy"
What was the price of the silk and
the wors,ed. since susic's mother mas
been charged one cent 0n the b9oksI I
Answer to Ysstsrday'E
TIE problem - sn.Ted by ,appIyfp
Euclid's I7th Problem. Let US cali r.ie
distance from the surface 10 tho root OF
the lily, y Then y squared, MUS IL
squared equals (% plus lel squared <
equals I7.0S.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-20

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-20
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
ARCTIC FARM LANDS.
Twenty-Five Years of Agricultural In
yestigation i'm Alaska.

In 1897 the present chief of the divi-
sion of insular stations. states relation
service. made a survey of Alaska Tor the
United States department of agriculture
to determine the agricultural and horu-
cultural possibilities of the territory.
An experiment station was established
shortly afterwards at Sitka. The visit
of the chief was recently repeated 10
1earn at first hand the development that
has taken place in the intervening %
wears. 1t has been fully demonstrated
that Alaskan agriculture can be self
sustaining. There are now five Alaskan
experiment stations-at Sitka. Rampant.
Kodiak Fairbanks and Matanuska-
which have introduced a number of inn
proved varieties of hardy grains. includ-
ing wheat, oats, rye, and barley, all of
which are being successfully grown on
Alaskan farms, as well as vegetables,
fruit. and ornamentals of various kinds.
These have aided settlers materially in
increasing their local food supply and in
improving their home surroundings.
Whereas only two satisfactory gar
dens were growing in southeastern
Alaska in 1897, excellent crops of rad
ishes. lettuce, onions. potatoes, peas.
beans. cabbageS. cauliflower, turnips and
other vegetables, are now growing almost
everywhere. In many places strawber-
ries, raspberries, currants and gooseber-
rieS are produced abundantly.
Small dairies have been established
near a number of Alaskan towns. At
Skagway oats and vetch were grown
this year to fill n silo for winter feed
for tho cows. Among the striking in
vestigations at TIE Sitka station are
those with strawberries and potatoes
More than 1000 hybrid strawberries
came INTO bearing in July, the result of
crosses made with native species and
some cultivated varieties. all having the
characteristic aroma and flavor of the
coast species parent The station ny
brid strawberry is being successfully
grown and producing berries of excellent
quality. Several hundred seeding po-
tatoes are being tested to determine their
value for Alaskan conditions.
In view of improving trade conditions,
the work of the Alaska stations may be
expected to aid materially in building
up the agriculture of the territory and
in supplying food to its population.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
seIling Scan Rubl,les in Janan.

1t is by the merest chance that the
path of the soap-bubble vendor is
crossed in Toxic. There may not be
more than two such vendors in the whole
|of the city, their territory is widely ex-
tended, and their little patrons are on
every street.
His stock-in-trade consists of a bat
tered tin can half full of reddish soapy
fluid a small ladle, and funnel to fill
the bottles which he carries in a bag
bottles of all sorts and sizes that had
served in many household for a great
variety of purposes. A big bundle of
bamboo reeds for blowing completes the
outfit
He was kept busy filling the bottles
and reaping a harvest of coppers, for
no small boy or girl could Withstand
the allurement of soap-bubble creation.
And, now and then, to advertise his
visit to the neighborhood more effec-
lively. he dipped a very long and thick
reed into his can, and the bubbles
swirled and whirled in rainbow focks.
Soon the bubble-makers were also
busy. aud the air was full of bubbles
blown about by the wind. now blue with
the tints of the sky, again brilliant
green against the trees, or purple, red
or orange, fading away against the gray
of the old stone balustrade and steps and
the hoary trees of the temple compound.
London Mail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04

in along the coast and gives Revillagig-
edo Island gentle. harmless climate.
Please note following. wrote the
historian, with vicious dab at his ink
well and soft, inaudible damning of
the persons who harbor an unbridled,
romantic conception of Alaska:
Il. There isn't gold miner in the
post.
-. The thermometer has never
dropped lower than five below.
- The deepest snow in recent years
was three inches.
Il Some winters pass with practi-
cally no snow.
-. Overeoats are often a nuisance in
January and February.
IS Raincoats and umbrellas are com
monty worn.
-. No one has ever worn furs OF
snowShoes to post meeting.
IS Gold fishing is the principal in
dustry.
%. No one reads by the northern
lights or the midnight sun"
The fact that the people ride in au-
tomobiles and play baseball there is evi
IDENTITY hard to understand in the states
Judging from the number of curious in
puiries which come in the mails. ketch-
ikaners throw open their vests and smile
when they read of the heavy snowfalls
and traffic tie-ups in New York and
RoSton
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
SKULL AS A BIOGRAPHIES.
Anthr0pologist's Deductions from Study
of Sir Thomas Brownies

The London correspondent of the
Journal of tie American Medical associ-
alton writes concerning the deductions
Sir Arthur Keith, the British anthro-
pologist. has made from careful exam
nation Of the skull of Sir Thomas
Browne, physician, theologian and mys-
tic.
The latter was born in London in
1865. says the writer. For several
generations his mothers people lived in
Aiddlesex and Sussex. His father came
from Cheshire. where his ancestors had
held land for four generations at least,
and from what we know of the popula-
ton Of that part of England, may well
have been of the pre-Saxon or Welsh
stock.
"Sir Arthur Keith thinks that he de-
rived his chief bodily characteristics
from his fathers side His COM
plexion was dark. his hair dark
brown. These features are more COM
mon in Wales than in any other part of
great Britain. His head was dolichOce-
phalic measuring 1876 by 146 nm.
(cranial index 74.5). \ greater portion
of the length of the head lay behind the
auditory meatus than in front of them ;
whereas, in most persons today, it lies
i'm front.
His growing brain must have ex-
banded backward much more than is
common. As a result. the roof of his
skull is low pitched, its highest point
rising only 113 nm. above the auditory
meatus The forehead. therefore, was
receding. \ head of low pitch is com
mon in Britain. particularly among the
natives of the western countries. His
lace was rather wide in proportion to its
length. His nose was narrow and long,
is width in the skull being only % nm.
and its length % nm. His lower jaw
showed medium chin development; the
distance between the angles was above
the average-99 nm.
This type of face, and particularly
the long. narrow nose, is commonest
,m9ng the natives of western Britain,
and again indicates a pre-SaxOn lineage
for the wise and mystic theological ply
stefan of Norwich. 4 point which Keith
'Ioes not refer to is how frequently a
non-SaxOn strain can be traced in. great
English writer's. \ cast taken from the
skull is of great interest. 1t shows
hat the temporal lObes are particularly
we'll developed This is in keeping with
Brownies pre-eminent command of words
and aptitude for languages, as well as
lis fondness for music.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
NEW AUTO TESTING APPARATUS
Gives Complete Road Performance Data
Photographs Gas Consumption.

Engineers of the bureau of standards
have lately designed an apparatus which
accurately measures and records the per-
Torrance Of motor car in road tests,
and the first of these appliances to be
built has just recently undergone trials
with pronounced success.
II consists of a fiow-meter camera,
which makes Il Photographic record or
the gas consumption, and a multiple re-
corder which keeps tab on rs distinct
and separate operations of various ma
chinery parts of the automobile.
The multiple recorder. which is Sc
cureIy fastened to the frame of the ton
neau. keeps track of the car speed over
the road the relative air speed; the ac-
celeration and decelerdtion; power out
put; rCllip" resistance; manifold depres-
sion. and the changes in the tempera-
ture of the fuel. lubricants. inlet and out
! let water. and other features associated
with engine operation. After an official
| try out of a motor car, the federal engl-
neers wilP know more about the automO-
bile than its makers as regards its
ability to handle gas and oil economic
ally and operate efficiently.
One of the test appliances is dou-
ble-tubed Ventura meter which is used
to record the speed of the car through
the air. This curious device looks some
thing like Il weather vane. 1t is made
of metal, bolted to the running board,
and extends to height of four feet
above the top of the car.
The test car of the bureau of stand
ards was driven over 600 miles of good,
bad. Indifferent and. in some stretches,
almost impossible roads. thus subject
| ing the engine to every possible kind OF
Il performance and efficiency tests The
| testing appliances recorded accurately
/ under all circumstances.
Ag1fg
| the country have examined the new APP
paratus and pronounced it satisfactory.
| They predict Improvement in Automobile
/ engine construction as a result of the
| mvention-Popular Mechanics Maga'
| zine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
LEATHER LASTED 1000 YEARS.
Hides Tanned With Oil. Alum and Bark
First Tannery i'm America in 1880.

Originally skins We're cured by simply
cleaning and drying Then it was found
the texture of the leather was improved
by the use of smoke. sour milk, various
oils and the brains of animals them
selves. Later it was discovered that
certain astringent barks and vegetables
effected permanent changes in the tex
ture Of skins and stopped decay.
The ancient Egyptians possessed this
knowledge. for engravings on their
tombs depict the process of tanning.
In China specimens of leather have
been discovered in company with other
relics that prove them to be more than
30G0 years Old The Romans used
leather which they tanned with oil, alum
and bark
No Improvement in the general meth
DDS of preparing leather took place from
the most primitive times until about
1890, when the use of lime to loosen the
hair was introduced.
BY 1925 English tanners were att
tempting to introduce new methods by
which the tanning process could be
shortened. One of the pioneers in these
experiments was John Burridge, the in
ventor of the barometer. an instrument
for determining the strength of tanning
liquors.
In 1880 the first tannery in America
was built in Virginia. \ second one was
established few years later at Lynn,
Mass. Detroit News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
MACHINERY AND ART.
How the Modern Factory Supplements
Hand Work

Those who maintain that machine pro-
duetion is inimical to true art in tex
tiles. pottery. metal work, or whatever
other field it may be utilized in, have not
got the right idea. They have lost sight
of the fact that it is not the machine that
destroys design, and to blame it on the
machine is to confess inability to prop
erly use the machine. according to
Richard f. Bach, writing in a recent
number of Arts and Decoration.
Compare, he says, the potter's wheel
that produced Greek vases of 800 +. c..
with the ''jigger" or ''pull-down' in the
modern factory turning out table china.
Compare the primitive apparatus for
weaving with a modern Jacquard loom.
Compare the old-time chisel and mallet
with the rapid-fire molding machine. And
consider other developments such as the
metal-spinning machine, stamping ma
chimes. even the wicker loom for weav-
ing baby carriages. And. finally, consider
the printing press. While each develop
ment reduces the time of labor needed
but has no effect on the quality of
either material or execution. And each
brings the resultant product within reach
OF a larger number of consumers. Thus,
says the writer. Eve approximate the
fundamental requirement. of democracy"
1T is not the machine that destroys
design" he says. Ito blame it on the
machine is TO confess inability properly
10 use the udculne- y mechanism can
not be reasoned with; it must be con-
tro1led ruthlessly: a mercerized cotton
warp and wood pulp filling will not
produce in the journey through the loom
pure silk fabric A mediocre concep-
ton on paper combined with poor equip
ment inadequately understood will not
produce masterpiece in metal or in
millinery"
Mr. Bach cites the lace-making ma
chine as an example. There are lace ma
chimes. making curtain-net in complex
designs, which weave n length of sixty
yards of lace of a total width of nearly
10 feet. They are harnessed up with 5000
different threads. The yarn used in one
threading, if run in a single length.
would amount to something more than
5000 miles 1t takes two skilled opera
tives, working steadily for two weeks, TO
only thread this machine.
Depending on the design in work. as
many as 800 widths of edging or inser-
ton can be woven. or a total of 5000
yards from one threading. This is a rep
resentative modern complicated tool.
As to whether ii is worth while or not.
the writer asks how many people can
afford handmade lace curtains. And. as
to whether the product is artistic or not,
it is solely question of design, he says.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
The Busy Summer Cottage

Our friends have automobiles now.
The summer cottage where we
went
To rest beside the waters blue in peace
and indolent content.
Is but an hours swift ride away. so
bright and early Sunday morn
Before the breakfast eggs are cooked
we hear the honking Of the horn.
We must have bathing suits for ten
although our family numbers
Beds must be made for all who come.
though father sleeps upon the
floor:
Dishes and knives and forks and spoons
are gathered in one huge display
For we must be prepared to feed the
visitors who come our way.
From Friday noon till Monday morn
full many a weary trip take,
Rowing the women and. their babes up
on the bosom of the lake;
And bv that law which rules a most
I'm at the mercy of the crew.
7 must. until they say goodbye. do
everything they wish to do.
The chef in yonder large hotel is not
a buster man than L.
The fish for fifteen hungry mouths 1t
is nv duty now to fry.
And thus my glad vacation time from
dawn to dusk Is filled with chores,
For friends have made our resting, spot
the busiest place in all outdoors,
EDGAR A. GUEST.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04

at their disposal that they could wish
for, that the inflow of news halts, say,
Tor instance, two hours before press time
and thus gives the office force two hours
to correct the Typographical errors, that
there IS, relatively, as much lelsurely
procedure about putting newspaper
together as there is in fashioning the
carved en0ravings above such an insti-
tuition as a public library. Only such a
false conception of the inner workings
of newspaper office would lead one to
come to such conclusions as the critic
OF the esteemed Transcript makes
against the best edited afternoon news
paper IN the eastern part OF the coun-
try
As a matter of fact. there is no extra
minute IN the average afternoon news
paper Office to permit ofrevislng and then
revising again in order to place the per-
feet article before the public. The news
keeps on breaking right up to the min
ute of making up the last forms for the
press; and it is tho duty OF the news
paper to present that news or else con-
fess itself n failure as a, newspaper.
Early matter submitted TO the office
generally gets the best revision and will
be found TO be most accurate as to tyop-
graphical presentation: later matter
necessarily has to be handled in a very
hurried manner and sometimes cannot
be revised at all before 1t appears in
the first editions. No newspaper is en-
tirelv free from imperfections of this
sort and probably none would be wholly
nerfnct. tvprograohicallv. if the trainers
Of it had. week to do their work in
stead of eight hours There is vast
difference between maxine newspape~
and in building a public library. and II
Is verv querulous criticism which de-
clares that a newspaper OUGHT to be as
letter rerfect as the carved inscription
on q library Barre Times
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
WHITNEY CRoAk WEDDING.
Graduate of Memorial Hospital Married
in LongmeadOw. Mass.

Miss Alice ~. Cronk a graduate of
the Memorial Hospital Training School
of Brattleboro, and Richard c. Whitney,
son of Mrs. Orange Whitney of Winchen-
don. Mass. were married Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock in the home of the
brides brother, Mr. and Mrs q. Herbert
Cronk, So Lincoln road. LOngmeadow.
Mass. Rev Harrison l.. Packard, pastor
Of Congregational church of Ninchen-
don. performed the ceremony.
Sherwood w Cronk. the small nephew
of the bride. played the bridal chorus
from Lohengrin. The brides sister. Miss
Essie NJ Cronk was bridesmaid and
Marcus NJ Whitney. brother of the
bridegroom was best man.
The bride wore a gown of white crepe
satin and tulle veil. fastened with q
wreath of orange blossoms. She carried
a shower bouquet of bride roses and ill
ies-of-the-yalley. Her attendant wore
pale green crepe de chine and carried
yellow roses.
The home was attractively decorated
with gIadioli against a background OF
autumn leaves. Mr.. and Mrs. W mtney
left for d short wedding trip, the BRIDE
travelling costume being Il suit OF malay
marleen trimmed with fox fur ana a
velvet hat in harmony. They VIII be AT
home at - High street, Nlnchendoh'
n ftpY Nov ,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
WHALE HUNTING.
Hardy Eskimos Brave Dangers of Are
tic Ocean i'm Search of These Mammals

tic Ocean i'm Search of These Mammals.
On the shore of the Arctic ocean at the
extreme northern point of Alaska lives n
tribe of Eskimos who are declared to be
the greatest whale hunters in the world.
These hardy natives brave the dangers of
Arctic seas in open boats, skirting treach-
erous ice foes, facing deadly billiards.
in search of game, which they often pur-
sue scores of miles from land.
Whales are hunted in the Arctic in
May and June when the ice fields have
broken up and swept southwark into
Boring sea. and again in September,
before winter seals the ocean with Its
impenetrable cap of ice. The manuals
enter the extreme northern waters
when the ice goes out in the spring, and
stay until the ice returns. But the
Eskimo pursues the whale when it APP
pears early in the season. then turns
his attention to seal and duck hunting.
returning TO the hunt for the manuals in
the fall to fill his larder for the long
winter.
The Eskimos of the Arctic have strange
customs. 1t has proved difficult to con
vert them to the ways of the white man.
Of the practical arts of the latter, the
natives have adopted whaleboats and
firearms. The methods of hunting are
their own.
With sails hoisted to the wind, the
beats to the number of 10 or l., each
carrying three or four hunters armed
with rifles, depart out upon the Arctic
ocean. They spread out over a vast area
fully 30 miles square. Each boat carries
flag and when a whale is struck, the
signal is hoisted. whereupon all the other
boats hasten to the assistance of the for
tunate hunters. Usually the whale has
been killed by the time the other boats
come up.
\ few of the Eskimo hunters have
whaling guns, which shoot an explosive
harpoon that instantly kills. Others
have only their rifles or spears, with mar
kers and bmoys consisting of seal skins
inflated with air.
When whale is captured the boats
of the hunters assemble at the scene as
quickly as they can. The boats are
lined out, with sails up, each towing
the other, the dead whale bringing up the
rear. and the slow voyage homeward is
begun. When shore is reached, the
whale must be cut up in the water,
since there are not enough men to drag
the great carcass up on shore.
When the whaling season is over
each successful hunter gives a na-lu-ka-
tax tcelebration), with the rest of the viii
layers as his guests There is feasting,
blanket tossing. and dance at the end
of the program, which often lasts for
days. All the old men and women. and
the sick Eskimo are the guests of the
prince of the whale hunt. Those not
able to walk are carried by the men or
hauled on sleds to that part of the village
selected for the feast.-POpular Mechan-
les
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
LIFE NOT so FROZEN.
Deepest Snow i'm Ketchikan in Three
Years Not More Than Three Inches.

Gus sympathy which comes from ex-sol-
diers in sunny Florida and the ice-bound
coasts of New England for their poor
comrades in Ketchikan. has fallen to the
historian of the Ketehikan. Alaska post
of the American Legion. a letter which
he has sent out explains that the
''rigors'' of life in Ketchikan are myth
cal. and that service men here are able
TO do an honest days work without
donning Snowshoes.
Tell US about riding to work behind
husky dogs. tell US about the igloos and
the gold-diggers and the sourdoughs."
cry the frantic buddies in letters from
states. And all the time the Ketchikan
boys sit in their shirtsleeves, famed by
the warm japanese current that swings
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-04
TO FXHUME HALLS BODY.
Autopsy to BE Performed-Troopers
Search for Knife and Pistol

NEW BRUNSWICK, \. J., Oct. Il
County Prosecutor Stricken was IN
formed late yesterday that an order dl-
recting trustees of Greenwood cemetery
Kings county. New York. to allow eX,,
humation of the body of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall. who with his choir leader;
Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills, was murdered
Sept. 16. had been signed by Supreme
Court Justice O'AIalley. in Manhattan,
The order. it was said. directed that
the bodv he removed to the Kings county
hospital morgue, where an autopsy was
to be performed by surgeons OF Middle
sex and Somerset counties, New jersey
and DR. Otto Schultze. chief medica! eX-
aminer for the district attorneys office in
New York The body of the slain
preacher probably viii be exhumed to-
day.
Meanwhile state troopers, working in
dependently of the MiddleseX and Somer-
set county Investigators. are searching
the Phillips farm. where the bodies We're We're
found. for the pistol and knife used by
the SLAYER.