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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-20

A London jeweler once made an Easter egg a foot high of choicest ivory. Before the contents were added, the egg was sent to Calcutta, where native carvers engraved on it series of pictures representing the various scenes of the crucifixion and resurrection. This work alone oc- cupied four months. The egg was then filled with jewelry, diamond bracelets, necklaces and so on. The present was intended for lucky Easter bride and represented an out lay of about s100,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-20

Peanuts unknown in Senegal few years ago, now form more than 50 per cent of the total exports from that part of Africa.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24

that McGuffeys job on the Maggie
was the first he had had In six months
and he treasured 1t accordingly. For
this reason he and Gibney had been
inclined to take considerable slack
from Captain Scraggs until McGuffey
discovered that, In all probability, no
engineer In the world, except him
self, would have the courage to trust
himself within range of the Maggie's
boilers, and. consequently, he had
Captain Scraggs more or less at his
mercy. Upon imparting this suspicion
to Mr. Gibney, the latter decided that
it would be cold day. indeed, when
his ticket would not constitute a club
Wherewith to make Scraggs. as Glib
ney expressed it, mind his P's and
Q's."
1t will be seen, therefore, that .nu-
tual necessity held this queerly as
sorted trio together, and, though they
quarreled furiously, nevertheless, with
the passage of time their own weak
nesses and those of the Maggie had
aroused in each for the other q curl
Gus affection. While Captain Scraggs
frequently pulled" monumental
bluff and threatened to dismiss both
Gibney and McGuffey--and. in fact,
occasionally went so far as to order
Them off his ship, on their part Glib
ney and McGuffey were wont to work
the same racket and resign. With the
subsistence of their anger and the re
turn TO reason, however, the trio had
habit of meeting accidentally in the
Bowhead saloon, where, sooner or
later. they were certain to bury their
yrudge I'm q foaming beaker Of steam
beer, and return joyfully to the Mag
gie.
or aIl 'the little ships company.
Nells Halvorsen, colloquially desig-
mated as "The Squarehead," was the
only individual who was, in truth and
in fact, his own man. Neils was
steady, industrious, faithful, capable,
and reliable; any one of a hundred
deckhand Jobs were ever open to
Neils, yet, for some reason best known
TO himself, he preferred to stick by
the Maggie. In his dull way 1t is
probable that he was fascinated by
the agile intelligence of Mr.. Gibney.
the v'triolic tongue OF Captain
Scraggi, and the elephantine wit and
grizzly bear courage of Mr.. McGuffey.
At any rate, he delighted in hearing
them snarl and wrangle.
However, to return to the Maggie
which we left entering the tule fog
Il few miles north OF Pillar point:
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
CHAPTER II.

Captain Scraggs and The Square
head partoOk first of the ham and
| eggs, coffee and bread, which the
| skipper prepared. Scraggs then pre-
pared o. similar meal for hfr. Gfbney
and McGuffey, set 1t in the oven to
keep warm, and descended to the en-
gine room to relieve McGuffey for din
ner. Neils at the same time took the
course from Mr.. Gibney and relieved
the latter at the wheel. BY this time
darkness had descended upon the
world, and the Maggie had entered
the Jog; following her custom she pro
ceeded In absolute silence, although as
a partial offset to the extreme liability
to collision with other coastwise craft
due to the non-whistling rule aboard
the Maggie, Mr.. Gibney had laid a
course half a mile inside the usual
steamer lanes, albeit due to his over
whelming desire for peace he had
neglected to inform his owner of this !;
the honest fellow proceeded upon the
hypothesis that what people do not
know Is not apt to trouble them.
Captain Scraggs read the log and
reported the mileage to Mr.. Gibney,
who figured with the stub Of pencil
on the pilot house wall wagged his
head, and appeared satisfied. Better
go ford" he ordered, IAN help The
Squarehead on the lookout. At eight
o'clock we ought to be right under the
lee o. Point San Pedro; when l whistle
we ought to catch the echo thrown
back by the cliff. Listen for it,"
Promptly at eight O'clock Mr.. Nc
Guffey was Mortified to see his steam
gauge drop half pound as the Mag
gie's siren sounded. Mr.. Gibney stuck
his ingenious head out of the pilot
house and listened, but no answering
echo reached his ears. '.Hear any
thingT" he bawled.
Heard the Maggie's siren." Captain
Scraggs retorted venomously.
Mr.. Gibney leaped out on deck, Sc
lected n small head Of cabbage from q
broken crate and hurled ii forward
Then he sprang back into the pilot
house and Strengthened the Maggie on
her course again. He leaned over the
pinnacle, with the cuff Of his watch
coat wiping away the moisture on the
glass, and studied the instrument care
fully. III don't trust the DANCED thing"
he muttered. "Guess I'll haul her off
coupler points an try the whistle
again."
He did. Still no echo. He was in
clined to believe that Captain Scraggs
had not read the taffrail log correctly,
and when at eight-thirty he tried the
whistle again he was still without re-
suits in the way of an echo from the
cliff. albeit the engine room howler
brought him several Of profuse char,
acter from the perspiring McGuffey.
"we've passed Pedro" Mr.. Glbney
decided. He ground his cud and NUT
tered ugly things to himself, for his
dead reckoning had gone astray and
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
1t is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it..
A prominent druggist says "Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, q
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
SALE"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
30 many people claim, that it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores. Advertisement
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24

he was worried. The fog, If anything,
was thicker than ever.
Time passed. Suddenly Mr.. Gibney
thrilled electrically to shrill zip from
Captain Scraggs.
whats thatT Mr.. Gibney bawled.
II dunno. Sounds like the surf
Glib"
Amt you been on this run long
enough to know that the surf don't
sound like nothin' else In life but
breakers?" Gibney retOrted wrathfully.
81 amt certain, Glib"
Instantly Gibney signaled McGuffey
for half speed ahead.
Breakers on the starboard bow,
yelled Captain Scraggs.
Port bow" The Squarehead cor.
rected him.
"Oh, my great patience" Mr.. Glib
ney grOaned. They're on both bows
an we're headed straight for the
beach. Here's where we all go to the
devil together" and he yanked wildly
at the signal wire that led to the
engine room, with the intention Of
giving McGuffey four bells-the signal
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24

aboard the Maggie for full speed
astern. At the second jerk the wire
broke. but not until two bells had
sounded in the engine room-the signal
for full speed ahead. The efficient
McGuffey promptly kicked her wide
open, and the Fates decreed that,
having done so, Mr.. McGuffey should
forthwith climb the ladder and thrust
his head out on deck for breath Of
fresh air. Instantly chorus OF
shrieks up on the fO'castle head at
tracted his attention to such a degree
that he failed to hear the engine room
bowler as Mr.. Gibney blew frantically
into IL.
Presently, out Of the hubbub for
ward, Mr.. McGuffey heard Captain
Scraggs wall frantically: stop her
For the love Of heaven, stop herw In
stantly the engineer dropped back into
the engine room and set the Maggie
full speed astern then he grasped the
bowler and held It to his ear.
"Stor her" he heard Gibney shrek.
why in bazes don't you stop her?"
"Shes set astern, Glib. She'll ease
up In a minute"
"You know it, Gibney answered
significantly.
The Maggie climbed lazily TO the
crest Of a long oily roller. slid reck-
lessly down the other side, and took
the following sea over her taffrail.
She still had some head on, but very
little-not quite sufficient to give her
decent steerage way. as MIR. Gibney
discovered when. having at length com.
municated his desires TO McGuffey,
he spun the wheel frantically In be.
lated effort to swing the Maggie's dirty
nose out to sea.
Nothing doin'," he snarled. "She'll
have to come to a complete stop before
she begins to walk backward and get
steerage way on again. She'll bump
as sure as death an taxes"
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24

session at public auction conducted
by the United States marshal, follow
ing her capture as she sneaked into
San Francisco bay one dark night
with a load Of Cinnamon and opium
from Ensenada. She had cost him
fifteen hundred hard-earned dollars.
Scraggs-Phineas p. Scraggs, to
employ his full name-was precisely
the kind Of man one might expect to
own and operate the Maggie. Rat
faced, snaggle-toothed and furtive,
with low cunning that sometimes
passed for great intelligence, Scraggs'
character is best described in home
ly American word. He was "ornery."
A native Of San Francisco, he had
grown up around the docks and had
developed from messboy on a river
steamer to master Of bay and river
steamboats,. although II is not Of rec
ord - ever commanded such q
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
"She'll bump as sure as
death an taxes"
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
"spendthrift wills" Common.

"Spendtbrift wills" in which the
heir is placed virtually at the mercy
of the executor. who must watch his
conduct closely to determine whether
the money properly can be turned over
to him. are common. Monthly pay,
ments to heirs are often specified and
provisions made for burials and the
erecting Of monuments. Conditions
may be attached that proposed
church building to which the testator
desires to leave the money must be
built within certain time or the
bequest Is forfeited, Money Is placed
In trust for sending children to college
or for other purposes, and the trust
company must see to II that It Is
used for the purposes specified and
for no others.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
SLOW
DEATH

Aches, pains, nervousness, diff
Guilty in urinating, often mean
serious disorders. The worlds
standard remedy for kidney, liver,
bladder and uric acid troubles
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
Screen Pea Pirates" is a combination of and land
narrative told in the nmable style which has given the
Peter B. Kyne stories such strong pull with the reading
public is jolly, rollicking and has thrill
and punch

livered, nevertheless, impersOnally. He
behind him and started for the galley.
"Some bright day I'm goin' to git
tired o. hearin' you cuss my proxy"
Mr.. Gibney bawled after him, IAN
when that fatal time arrives I'll scat
ter can o. Kill-Flea over you an the
shippin' world'll know you no more"
"Oh, go tO-glory, you pig-iron pol
isher," Captain Scraggs tossed back
at him over his shOulder-and honor
was satisfied. In the lee Of the pilot
house Captain Scraggs paused, set his
Infamous old brown derby hat on the
deck and leaped furiously upon it
with both feet. Six times he did this
then with blow of his fist he
knocked the ruin back into SEM
blance of its original shape and i'm
mediately felt better.
IF l was you, skipper, I'd hold my
temper until got to port; then I'd
git jingled an forgit my troubles in
expensively," somebody advised him.
Scraggs turned. In a little square
hatch the head and shoulders of Mr..
Bartholomew McGuffey, chief en-
gineer; first, second and third as
sistant engineer. Oiler, wiper, water
tender, and cOal-passer Of the Maggie,
appeared. He was standing on the
steel ladder that led up from his
stuffy engine room and had evidently
Co. 90
fresh air. '"The way you ruin them
bOnnets O yOurn sure Is a scandal"
Mr.. McGuffey concluded. IF I had a
temper as nasty as yourn I'd take
soothin' sirup or somethin' for it."
narrative, due respect for the readers
curiosity directs that we diverge for
period sufficient to present a brief
history Of the steamer Maggie and her
peculiar crew. We will begin with the
Maggie.
She had been built on Puget sound
back In the eighties, and was one hun
dred and six feet over all, twenty-six
feet beam and seven feet draft.
Driven by little steeple compound
engine, in the pride Of her youth she
could make ten knots. However, what
with old age and boiler scale, the best
she could do now was six, and had
Mr.. McGuffey paid the slightest heed
to the limitations imposed upon his
steam gauge by the supervising in
SnectOr of boilers at San Eropcisco
she would have been limited to five.
Each annual inspection threatened to
be her last. and Captain Scraggs, her
sole owner, lived in perpetual fear
that eventually the day must arrive
when, to save the lives of himself and
his crew, he would be forced to ship
new boiler and renew the rotten
timbers around her deadwood. She
had come into Captain Scraggs' pos
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
NO Chance Tor a Change.

"Are you still Mrs. Ashby?" he asked
when they met, after lapse of cou-
pie Of years.
"Oh, yes" she replied "My hus
bands too busy to stray from the
straight and narrow, and I don't care
to because it's so common"
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
Lack of Confidence.

"You have no hesitancy in refusing
men who propose to YOU"
"None, whatever" said Miss Cay
enne. "They invariably show nerv-
BUSINESS that indicates very slight con-
fidence in their own suggestions"
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
GOLD MEDAL.
ahkRlEM .lEl!lEE! ON
w sEy1duI3I "
Ea:yIdIIEl|

bring quick relief and often ward off
deadly diseases. Known as the national
remedy of Holland for more than 200
years. All druggists, in three sizes.
Look for the name Gold Medal on every bog
and accept no imitation
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24
important to Mothers

To live to ripe old age, one has to
devote a good deal Of time to 1t.
The Owosso times., 1922-02-24

II you are wise today you can risk
being otherwise tomorrow.
Evening star., 1922-03-06
FILM EXCHANGES
FACE WARRANTS
Four Sworn Out by Fire Chief
Watson Charge ReguIa-
ton Violation.

Four warrants against local Aim
exchanges charged with failure to
comply with the District fire regula-
tions in regard to the handling OF
films were issued this afternoon by
Assistant Corporation Counsel Madi-
gan in the Police Court.
The warrants were issued against
the Goldwyn Distributing Corpora
tion, TIA 11th street, William A. Bush.
n Manager; the Graphascope Service
Company, 1904 street. Charles H.
Hillegrist. manager; the Universal
Film Corporation. 3G7 9Th street.
Manning J. Click. manager. and the
Fox Film Corporation. sos 9Th street.
Joseph F. Hebrew. manager.
In the cases of Click and Hebrew,
five counts are made out against
them. First. failure to provide said
vault with separate vent to outer air;
second. vent outlet too near fire es-
cape: third, failure to supply vault
with proper vertical vent flue; fourth.
failure to provide permanent guard In
vault to prevent films being forced
against vent opening, and fifth, fall
ure to install sprinkler system.
Hillegrist is charged with the fifth
count alone, and Bush with the fourth
and fifth counts. Warrants were
sworn out by Fire Chief Watson. II
was stated that the issuing of other
warrants against several other COM
panies is contemplated.
Evening star., 1922-03-06
FEAR FOUND PHYSICAL,
NOT MENTAL, BY DOCTOR
Cowardice and Fright Believed
Caused by Suspension of Sc
cretion by Glands.

EVANSTON, ILL.,. March 6.-Coward-
ice is a matter of physiology and not
of mentality and character, according
to a theory advanced by DR.. Charles
Louis Mix. professor Of clinical medi-
cine. Northwestern University.
Fear, Is caused by the suspension
OF secretion by the adrenal glands,
which are Just above but not con-
nected with the kidneys. 1t is this
stopping of the secretions at the
moment Of freight that causes the
dilated pupil of the eye, the dry
mouth, shaking knees and soaring
heart that are the symptoms OF fear"
says Dr. Mix.
After the first moment Of alarm,
the glands renew their secretions
with more than normal activity. thus
restoring the balance Of courage and
enabling the animals under observa-
tion to cope vigorously with the situa- =
tions confronting them"
The new discovery opens the possi-
bility of making all men highly
courageous. eliminating congenital
cowardice and establishing absolute
tests Of the capacity Of individuals
for perilous ventures where the in
dividual's safety depends upon quick,
cool headed action. the doctor asserts.
The scientists who are following the
investigation expect to evolve some
means, medical or surgical. that will
increase the flow of deficient adrenal
glands and speed up the reactions II
the glands are tardy in their recovery
from the fright inhibition, he adds.
Evening star., 1922-03-06
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
| INTRODUCED TODAY
Chairman Fordney Announc-
es 1t Will Be Formally
Reported Tomorrow.

The soldiers bonus bill will he In
troduced in the House late today and
formally reported tomorrow. Chairman
executive session of the majority mem-
bers of the ways and means committee.
second session win he held later in
tie day for final completion Of details
Of the measure.
Chairman Fordney said that at that
time the majority would pass on the
suggested provision for adjusted
service pay to the immediate rela-
tives of men who have died since dis
charge from the service or might die
before the legislation came i::to force.
Democrats on the ways and means
committee will be called In tomor-
row morning to vote on the bill be-
fore Mr.. Fordney presents the COM
| mIttee report to the House. Mean
time the chairman probably will dis
cuss the new bonus plan with Presi-
dens Harding. He said he had an en-
Eag"ment with the Pre- sident for late
today to take up another matter and
/ that he might present to the eXecu-
Give the details of the bonus bill.
Little Opposition Heard.
Representative Fordney said the
committee had no reason to believe
that President Harding was not op-
posed to the certificate loan provision
written into the bill, and under which
national and state banks and. trust
companies, organized under state
laws. would be authorized to loan
holders of such certificates an amount
equal to SO per cent of the adjusted
service pay. Other members of the
committee said little or no protest
against this plan had come to them
from bankers and others.
1t was estimated that the total
amount of money that the banks
would be asked to advance probably
would not exceed $500. 100000. Rep
resentative Mott, a banker of Oswego,
N. Y, said he did not anticipate any
material imitation of credit and con-
sequent increase in the cost OF liv-
ing resulting from the passage of a
bill carrying bank loan provision.
Total Estimated.
Granting that all the service men
elected the certificate option. it was
of the certificates would be only
81 $50. 100000, or the maximum of the
previous estimate for the cash bonus.
If all the men borrowed from the
banks, it was said. the total advance
would not exceed $3.50, 100000.
The certificates, committeeman said,
would not be rediscountable by fed
eral reserve banks. but could be dis
counted by banks entitled to make
loans on them, so that the smaller
banks could obtain funds from Target
banks.
Mr.. Mott said he did not think serv-
ice men would have any difficulty in
obtaining loans on the certificates.
asserting that the now estimated
maximum of 100000 easily could
be advanced by the 10000 banks over
the country at which the certificates
would be negotiable.
Evening star., 1922-03-06
R0BBER PLEADS GUILTY.

Walter Branham. twensy-eight
years old. formerly employed by the
Piggy Wtggly stores. pleaded guilty
Saturday. when arraigned before Chief
Justice Mccoy in Criminal Division
/ to answer an indictment for rob-
berry. The case was referred to the
probation officer for investigation and
report.
Brankam held up John I. Starnes.
manager Of the Arcade branch of the
Piggy Wiggly stores. at 7th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, Saturday
night two weeks ago. when starnes was
on his way with the days receipts to
the Office Of the company Placing a
pistol against the breast Of the man
ed the envelope containing $1,061, and
wheE he received the money ran away.
Mr.. Starnes attracted the attention
Of the crossing policeman and with
other citizens gave chase. Branham
eyaded his pursHers. but was later ar.
rested at a hotel. where it was said
he was counting the money
Maj. Gordon put the case before the
grand jury Tuesday and Branham
was indicted Wednesday.
Evening star., 1922-03-06
CAR TOKENS SOLD
3 FOR 70 CENTS
GoIdenberg Department Store
Puts New Plan in
Operation.

The campaign of the Federation OF
Citizens Associations to have the car
companies sell tokens at three for
20 cents as we'll as six for 40 cents
took an unexpected turn today when
Goldenberg's department store placed
the little metal discs on sale at that
rate.
An official Of the store stated this
afternoon that between 1000 and 100
tokens were sold at three for 20
cents up to noon.
Appealed to CommissiOners.
Commissioner Rudolph received an
appeal in this mornings mail for an
order directing the companies to sell
the tokens in lots of three, and stated
| the request would be laid before his
colleagues at tho next meeting OF the
Utilities Commission.
Officials of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company were asked to-
day il they had considered making
any protest against the sale OF to-
! than is prescribed by the Utilities
Commission. They said they had no
intention OF making such portest.
Doubt Az to Hearing.
The question arose at the District
Building today of whether the COM
| mission would have to hold another
| public hearing before it could order
the companies to sell three tokens for
20 cents.
Walter c. Allen. secretary TO the
| commission, said he did not know
whether another hearing would have
! to be held or not
| Members of the Utilities Commissio on
have stated individually that they
would not oppose the selling Of three
tokens for 20 cents. if the companies
desire to adopt such a procedure, but
no formal action has been taken au-
| thorizing the roads to do so.
Evening star., 1922-03-06
CAPT, GATES DETACHED.

Capt. Manley F. Gates. Naval Medi-
cal Corps, has been detached from
command of the Naval Hospital. Key
West. Fa., and placed on weiting or
derS.