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Paper From Leaves.

IT has been proposed to make use Of
fallen leaves to supply the lack
of raw material for the making of
paper. Some time ago a member of
the French Academy of Sciences pre-
sented before that body an account
Of the successful experiments along
this line of Nine. Karen Dramson.
1t appears that the process is very
simple. rapid and inexpensive. The
leaves are first crushed, which reduce
the blade to powder, which is care
fully separated from the ribs and
veins. 1t is the 'latter which form
the raw material for paper pulp. They
are subjected to a somewhat rapid
washing and bleaching to render the
pulp ready for use. The leaf powder
which remains is useful in two ways
It has high food value, since it
contains the digestible and nutritious
parts of the leaf after the. removal
Of the cellulose. AS food Tor cattle
it's nutritious value is almost equal
to that of hay, especially when mixed
with molasses and compressed into
cakes. The leaf powder may also
be used as combustible. For this
purpose 1t may be compressed into
>briquettes. either with or without
being previously mixed with charcoal
powder.
There has been recommended the
practice of dry distillation, by means
of which there is obtained a COM
paratively pure porous charcoal, rich
in calories (6.500-tto 7.oee-calories),
and easy to agglomerate. The process
also yielded an excellent tar, having
all the qualities OF the so-called Nor
wegian tar as well as acetone and
pyroligneoys acid. One thousand
kilograms of the leaves yielded $50
Kilograms of pure carbon (or~500 kilo-
grams of edible powder), thirty kilo-
grams Of tar, one kilogram Of pyrolig-
neous acid and 600 grams of acetone.
According to rough estimate,
France produces annually between
thirty-five ana forty million tons Of
dead leaves. / s ss
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ADVENTURING INTO THE FIELDS OF
ECONOMY AND THRIFT

noticed that he .skillfully brought
around the subject of how shabby
his golfing clothes were. l knew then
that the bug had bitten him, and
that led up to the talk about new
clubs and better golf bag. as the
old one was really too small. But
even then 1 hoped that it might just
be passing fancy on his part
d. *'* x X
nILIEEKS later the handsome new
models of the sport cars began
to be described in the papers. Then
came the automobile show, and some
friends of ours invited us to go with
them. I didn't suspect anything at
the time, because the car we used last
although I must admit 1t isn't near as
smart-looking as the one the Hib-
bards bought when they Visited the
New York automobile show.
Several times at. the show I no
ticed that Rex's eyes were unusually
bright as he looked at the new mod
els of the skies and eights, and that
he listened very attentively to the
discourses delivered on the merits Of
statesmen.
"It wasn't until a week afterward
that / found he had left his Office
one day and spent about three hours
looking over the new models. One
evening he came home, bringing me
a box of flowers, and after dinner
had me curl up in his lap. and sug-
gested that ! probably would need
new frock. a hat. some gloves and
while. of course. this expenditure was
not in the budget, he could. by doing
some extra work, make up for it.
"Oh. the guile of men! 1t is just
simply frightful the way they impose
upon us poor women. and. manlike,
after he had made this suggestion he
adroitly turned the conversation to
the subject of trading our old car and
getting one of the new, smart-look-
ing roadsters that were on exhibition
at the show.
"Of course, I argued against it,
pointing out to him that we had not
contemplated making any such ex-
penditure; that we had planned to
have a little work done here and
there on the car; trifies like having
1t repainted, the upholstery changed
and the adding OF a vase Of flowers
and a few other things like that
but as for getting a new car, why
such a thing was absolutely impos-
Sible!
OF course Rex took the position
~ that he really didn't care to have
new car so much for himself, as
the old one was really good enough
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enabled bootleggers TO buy high
priced cars.
xNA !: x
"nF course. l do not say that when
- the entire thing went flooey it was
entirely Helen's fault. but her actions
certainly were the large contributing
factors in our domestic drama. which
we have called the Busted Budget.
Il just want to tell YOU what that
woman did. About the time when the
nation was working Itself up TO
fevered pitch. celebrating the ami
versary of the birth of George Wash
ington and the kids were being
handed that bunk about George, the
cherry tree and his hatchet. cunningly
worded advertisements appeared in
all the papers, telling what the new
styles were going to be for spring.
] noticed for several nights that
there was feverish 'gleam IN
Helen's eyes as. she read these ads,
and two or three times 1 caught her
scanning the items on our carefully
prepared-list of expenditures for the
year. Trusting male that 1 am. 1
attributed this mainly to desire on
her part to see if the expenditures
could be kept down. Oh, trusting
man; OH benighted idiot! With all
your wisdom and knowledge galore.
you understand not whit OF the
workings of woman's mind.
The, breaking of levee on the
banks Of the Mississippi is very much
like the downfall OF budget. There
comes an unusual, unforeseen pres
sure at some unlooked-for point-a
tiny leak appears, and this in turn
gains in size until shortly afterward.
the banks break. So it was with the
Hight Of my life.
Some fool fashion writer from
Paris had sent over to this country
description of a dress, gown or
frock. or whatever you call them, and
with Satanlike insidiousness had so
Uorded the article that the desctiD-
Evening star., 1922-04-30
BY v. VI. HUDSON.

"IRED with the ambition TO emu
l. late Gen. Dawes. who prepared
for the United States govern
Il ment a most successful budget
system, a young Washington couple,
during the last week of December,
1921. spent several hours each even
ing in preparing a family budget
that was to take care OF all their
expenses during the present twelve
month period.
The result, on paper. included every
probable expenditure. even down TO
the number of ice cream cones ana
milk shakes to be consumed during
the summer months, as well as the
trips on the merry -go-round at the
nearby summer resorts Painstak-
ingly they pored over proposed ex-
penditures and separated the amounts
month by month.
They figured and refgured until
there did not appear to be the slight
est chance for a mistake. They
cudgeled their brains as to this or
that item, and on the first day OF
January they showed neatly type
written copies of their budget to ad-
miring friends. They were the en-
Wed of all new1yweds. Fellow males
congratulated the husband. while the
upon her magnificent grasp of business
details.
They were pointed out as being a
strictly practical couple, and great
things were prophesied as to their
personal and financial future! but
alas and alack. these paragons of
frugality and business ability had
reckoned not with that old-time
stumbling block-the desire to have
things that make for comfort, but are
not absolutely necessary.
lust how the downfall of this care
! fully worked out system came
about can best be told by taking the
statements. first of friend husband
and then of his loving mate. Said
Rex:
TT might be all right for the Presi,
dent. Gen. Dawes and Congress tC
work out a budget system that will
take care of every possible expendi-
rure during the year. but when II
comes to handling a budget that is
bounded and circumscribed by linn
tied salary, that is entirely differ
ent proposition, and when you add to
that the desire of a beautiful young
wife to doll herself up in fine raj
ment. to say nothing of her buying q
lot of gewgaws for the house, it is
entirely a different matter.
Helen and 1 used to read all the
bank advertisements about thrift un.
iii we felt we were qualified to be
controller OF the currency. We
have read more books issued by so.
called financial experts than gener.
ally falls to the lot of the secretary
of the American Bankers Associa-
ton. We have talked with the presi
dents of three or four banks and lis
tened to their words of advice. Some
of our friends who are stockholder:
told US everything there was to know
about matters Of financial nature.
I'VE were getting along finely ant
our budget was hitting on all 81,
cylinders and never skipping a sparl
until the springtime came. Then the
blooming thing Just simply blew w
and busted. Why, never saw money
go so fast in my life! The six months
allowance that we had planned tt
carry us up to July I seemed Il
shrivel up just as New Year reso.
lutions did before Mr.. Volstead ant
his fellow conspirators passed a law
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the numerous literary works Of DR.. ]. w.
Rogers 1t bears no date. On the title
page is ''Parthenon, by J. W. Rogers.
1st Part" This is the preface: This
poem, in four parts, describes Parthenon
and the surrounding manors-her own
external beauty and inner life-giving
at the same time a sketch Of the four
seasons. one in each part. Whether
poetry, or not, many of the verses incul-
cate morality and may rise above the
ordinary sensational sermon. ! leave 1t
in the groves Of Parthenon. where many
unseen flower offers incense to the
skies! At any rate. being finished at
midnight on Christmas eve, it will last
as long as the Christmas tree. to cheer
the home it describes; exalting the
Blessed Virgin, while it honors the
Catholic Church and defends Christian
ity."
VoC remember IN the story last
Sunday the Rambler took from APP
pleton's Encyclopedia of Biography
uSSSl A sketch Of J. w. Rogers, in
| ministry. he took orders in the Protest
ant Episcopal Church. and was active.
prominent and distinguished in that
church for many years. He became
convert to the Roman Catholic Church.
| and in his biography 1t was said. but
he could not be admitted to the priest
hood because he was married" The
Rambler infers that Mr.. Rogers. in TAX
ing leave of the church he had served
faithfully and well as a rector in the
south. would have become a Catholic
priest If it had been in his power. The
little book is dedicated to the Jesuits,
and the Rambler will quote to you two
paragraphs of this dedication. which
covers four pages:
without their knowledge. consent
or approval, take the liberty tbut
with reverence and affection) of dedi-
eating these verses to the Society of
Jesus What exclaims poor Inger-
soil. dedicate your poem, seemingly
American. to a foreign society. and
to Americas worst enemy? Not to
a foreign society," but to the daring
heroes who once owned. by right of
discovery. the greater part of the
United States and Canada; who threw
open their hospitable doors to your
fathers and prohibited persecution.
gave peaceful homes to the prosecuted
Quaker and all the waters of the
Chesapeake to the most enthusiastic
Baptist. Yes, the Jesuits. Their
bleeding steps may still be traced
from Chesapeake bay to the Rocky
mountains and from the Lake of the
Woods to the Gulf of Mexico. Not
Americas worst enemy but her best
friend. 1 behold them flying from
nation to nation. like Joseph. Jesus
and Mary in their fight to Egypt.
They represent the Holy Family and
should be borne on your shoulders to
make the picture complete. The roar
of the kingly lion has never deferred
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madness of Europe in the sixteenth
century, trod the burning sands of
Africa and penetrated the wilds Of
America"
* X y r
DISHOP WILLIAM PINKNEY lived
half mile up the road from DR..
Rogers The bishop. as the Rambler
has told in previous "rambles," be-
gan life in the Episcopal Church. be-
came a Methodist in young manhood
and then became a deacon and priest
in the Episcopal Church, and a widely
loved minister and bishop. Dr. Rog-
ers served long in the priesthood of
the Episcopal Church and then shift
ed to the Catholic Church. They
Bladensburg. DIR. Rogers would walk
over to Blenheim and DIR. Pinkney
would walk over to Parthenon. 1t
might have been interesting to lis
ten to the discussions of these men.
Each believed the other wrong in the
most essential thing in life. but the
discussions probably were carried on
with skill. wisdom and good temper.
In the beginning of the book Par
thenon' are four verses under the
caption ''Epitome of Parthenon," and
hand them to you:
SPRING
Sweet Spring sat listening TO her feathered
While sazed uron her face the violet blue
The redbird irembled with voluptuous song
To the young 6owers-for he had learned
And taught me, Leila how to sing TO you.
SUMMER
Then came bright summer-we were one:
The stock dove cooed from many stately
Each flower stood listening in the monday sun.
rnvisited by hummiug bird or bee
Chained by the loving songs i sang to thee.
AUTUMN.
Then came brown autumn; and her faded
leaves
Were qnivering in the blast. or haply strewn
On melancholy graves. Her rustiing sheaves,
And chirping insects-mournful cen at
Gave to my harp its melancholy tune.
WINTER.
'Tis now dread winter. clad in shroud Of
you knee,ins snowbird asks q paltry meal,
In isolated chirpings. sad and low.
Making to heaven his last appeal;
So chirps my harp; and SO TO heaven l
kneel!
y 4
IN the seventy-four pages OF this
poem the Rambler has found many
references which throw light on his
toric subjects connected with Bladens-
burg. He means to present a few
of these next Sunday, and he thinks
that then he will bring his Bladens-
burg series to a close. Many other
old places in Maryland and Virginia
have been calling him, and the
Rambler means to answer as many
of these calls as he can
Dr. Rogers wrote sketch of
Bladensburg which has not been
published and out of the old manu-
script the Rambler takes the follow
ing:
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'"To this place We must look for the
first telegraphic message sent by
Prof Morse fifty years ago. 1t was
here that Cornell laid the foundation
of his fortune by inventing 'unsightly
poles to support the telegraph line
and avoid earth currents which had
troubled Morse between Bladensburg
and Washington. Old citizens have
not forgotten the first electric car
riage ever made in America nor that
they gazed upon it in Bladensburg in
1851. There was also its inventor.
Prof. Page. and at a later day. ten
years ago. such men as Gen. Joseph
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them, and they will not now regard
his skin, even when it seems to bray.
He may browse unrestrained on the
greenest grass, but the stars shine
on above him forever. Venerable
fathers, what mighty dynasties have
fallen, what crowns and scepters have
mingled with the dust, since your
glorious founder. st. Ignatius Loyola,
led the forlorn hope Of Christianity.
learning and civilization! His apos-
ties gave to the oriental world-to
China India. japan. Tibet and Burma
Ia ewel more precious than all
their kohinoors. They checked the
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Gently and with cunning reason
ing, she pointed out how we. could.
by economizing here and there. save
at least three hundred and fifty dol
lars. 1t was marvellous logic. 1t was
far better financial reasoning than
was ever made public by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury.
while outwardly I was as cool as
cucumber. yet inside was as
trembly as boy is who goes to
dance in his first long trousers.
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feared the worst, when, bang! the
explosion came. She spoke of how
Mable. her chum. was going to have
a beautiful new frock for Easter, and
she was just sure that I didn't want
my wife to go to church on Easter
morn in the dress she had been wear
ing for the past year. Yield? OF
course I yielded. What man wouldn't?
Didn't we give them the vote?
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that took the JOY out of banquets and
enabled bootleggers TO buy high
priced cars.
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c Commissioners Book of
1857 Gives Details Of
r urve Land
Grant Led to Creation
of Beall s Meadows.
Later Associated With
Name of Calvert.

::: T: &: !: +: : &: :::: 6:
the village of BladenS-
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-IRED with the ambition to emu
l. late Cen Dawes. who prepared
for the United states govern
Il ment a most successful budget
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ineton, sold Bealls Meadows to John
Gerard. Charles Calvert. by mar
riage with a daughter of John Ger
rard, became possessed of part of
the Bealls Meadows tract. and resur-
veyed the portion which came to him
from his wife. He called the new
tract "Charles and Rebecca." TIE in
ference from this is that his wife's
name was Rebecca Gerard. The date
of record of the survey of the tract
Charles and Rebecca was January
%, 1723. 81.
TT was on this tract that Bfadens-
burg was mapped out In 1742.
whether Garrisons Landing was in
existence at the time Charles and Re-
becca was. surveyed is question,
but the Ramblen thinks it was. Ninian
Bear was a shrewd and calculating
Scot. He saw that the upland country
of Prince. Georges county east and
west of the upper part of the East,
ern branch, and which is sometimes
called Indian creek, was being taken
IN by settlers and he would not be
likely TO overlook shipping point
at the head Of a navigable stream.
The plat of the resurvey Of Rladens-
bure recorded in May, 1887, shows the
site of a public landing and shows West
Market and East Market streets, Spring
street. South street, North street, Bla-
den street, Ross street, Fish street and
water street The spot marked Pub
lie landing which was no doubt Gar
risons Landing. seems to be a few rods
west, or upstream. from the present
concrete bridge on the Washington Bal
timors boulevard.
! There is before the Rambler one 81
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-18
In the Usage

The Flesher Petroleum company
II starting IA well In tho northeast
OF the southeast OF S-2l-i9. and Is
down TO 700 feet.
The same company In the south
east of the southeast of 25-22-l0
IL drilling at 1000 feet. II eN-
poets to encounter the sand at about
1850 feet.
The same company will deepen 10
the Wilcox sand an old well In the
southeast OF 1879, which has been
producing from the Rartlesvills sand
for several years.
Mum brothers test In the south
cast OF the northwest OF 6-22-9 Is
flowing 100 barrels az four feet I'm
the Wilcox sand. The pay sand in
this district is about 80 feet thick.
The we'll viii not be deepened nt
this time.
The Amerada -Riveriand we'll I'm
the southwest OF the northwest OF
6-s2-g is down TO 2.SSb feet, and
have a fishing Job. The casing coi-
lapsed, and there are three joints OF
pipe In tho hole. They are expect
ing a good we'll In the next week.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-18

Consumption Increasing
RupidB

with tho building OF concrete
roads. the consumption ~ gasoline
is increasing By leaps and bounds.
Each milo OF completed hlrd-Hur-
faced road ADDS to the cuuuup-
tion . and tho Food-ronds movement
s. rampant an over the United states.
Tho fact that there is 100000
barrels OF crude ull being produced
in tho United states daily should
alarm no one as there is bound to
be: who has the oil?"
daily consumption I'm tho United
states alone, of at least 100000
barrels. and tho question then Will
be. "whO has the oll2"
10 would look. therefore. ns
though the oll producers are cnti-
tied Co rise in price, while tho pro-
duclnE this OH that d. going into
storage. aud doubtless, the time iH
coming aud coming soon. when the
producers will realize that 10 is up To-
them 10 rcll tho independent re-
flnors ~ the same price they arc
selling the pipelines, 40 that fret.
tho rcfiners. who arc the backbone
of the industry. can survive, and see
ond: 10 bring the price up to whore
Il should he. There could not be n
more short sighted plan OF doing
buslnoss than 20 withhold crude oil
from tho reflncr.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-18
Tulsa Lobby Has Military
Appearance

The Tulsa Hotel lobby was WE'LL
filled with soldiers I'm uniform yes
terday. and inasmuch as these homo
regiments (National Guardsmen)
are about all that we will have TO
depend on In an emergency, since
they are reducing the strength OF
the regular army 10 a minimum, 1t
is certainly fine to see the cooper
ntion between the avlators and other
branches of the service. and the
local guardsmen units.
There are four units already or
ganized IN Tulsa, namely, the ar
tillery infantry, service company,
and the medical detachment. And
now they are forming machine
gun battalion. Colonel Rooney, we'll
knowni In oil circles. is the command
ing officer here.
Among the avlators who were
here for the masquerade ball given
By the l6Sth regiment, field artlll-
cry, was Mai. Thomas George Pam
phier, OF Post Field, Fort Sill, who
Is president OF the military investl-
eating board OF the Day Beck case: :
has the very interesting report
which N has made to his old home
paper. the Omaha World Herald.
THE Military Investigating Board
In the case OF the death OF Lieut..
Col. Paul Ward Beck, has not fin
ished It's work, as yet, and therefore
/ can make no official statement In
regard 10 Its findings or future ac-
tion. However, 1 can make the fol-
lowing personal statement:
Colonel Beck was n gentleman
who would take advantage OF no
woman. He was left alone with
Mrs. Day. his hostess, knowing that
her husband would return in at
least five minutes.
HE was sober at tho time. Mr..
Day returned and entered the house
in such way as to approach the
Colonel close enough to put the pis-
tol to the back of his head and
shoot him as he sat In the diyan
with Mrs. Day.
These, in my opinion are the
facts OF the case as brought out by
the investigation that have made"