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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-03
VIRGINIA NEWS
PARAGRAPHED

Richmond-State game and fish
officials will urge the general as
sembly at its approaching session to
pass stringent laws prohibiting the
pollution Of the streams of Virginia.
A recent incident has given impetus
to the movement. According to
reports received here more than 5000
pounds of fish were taken from the
Clinch river at st. Paul, Va, one af-
ternoon last week. Scenes rival!ng
the salmon rush of Alaska or the
Cape Cod canning season were enact
ed in the little Wise county town fol-
lowing the escape of more than car
load Of acid into the river from the
government by products plant located
above Carbo on Dumps creek
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-03
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
(From on, Special Correspondento

Isaac Gregg.
Washington, Jan. 3.-Under the :s Sc, :
niority rule the chalrmaasnip oP Gi tine tine
Senate will fall upon the shoulders
If Porter j. McCumber, OF North
Dakota through the death of Senator
Poles Penrose, of Pennsylvania, IN
that capacity, Senator McCumber
viii have charge of all tariff and tax
legislation in the Senate, including
the pending Fordney Tariff Bill. 1t
will viii be the first time in many years
That committee has been headed by a
man representing strictly the Md
die West, agricultural constituency.
Senator McCumber has been asso,,
ciated with the so-called agricultural
bloc" which has sought to aid he
farmers by special legislation. But 81 !,
he has prided himself on his party
regularity. Republican leaders today
expressed no apprehension over his
leadership of the Finance Committee
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-03

Richmond-A. G.. Lucas, State
mine Inspector. who has just made a
visit to West Virginia coal fields,
predicts that, with the reduction of
freight rates expected shortly after
the first of the year. there will be a
reduction in the price of coal. At
present. he said, only about % per
cent of the miners are working in
the West Virginia field, Mr.. Lucas
lives in Richmond
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-03
ESTABLISHED i7ss

Oldest Daily Newspaper In the
United States and Best Advertis-
ing Medium in Northern Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-03

Pctersburg-Thcre are between
eight hundred thousand and one mil
lion pounds of peanuts stored in the
various warehouses in Petersburg ac-
cordng to a statement made by a
prominent local capitalist. The pea
nuts arc worth two to four and a half
cents pound.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-03

Members of the Iitncy
Drivers Union declare that at least
"A fourth Of the busscs now operating
here will he forced out Of business by
the ordinance passed Tuesday by the
council which compels them to give
bond in the sum of $4,000 against
possible injury to passengers. There
are now about 40 jitncys here and
at least 40 will suspend operation, if
is believed. when the law becomes
effective on January |.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
GHOSTS THAT REALLY LIVE
In the Modern World Some Of Them
Actually Make Their Living.
Though Unknown.

There are ghosts I'm the material as
well as In the spirit world. In fact
some people earn their living by act
ing as ghosts" Some GHOSTS" often
become prominent In their profession"
despite the fact that their work is
little known.
Busy painters sometimes hand their
canvasses over to lesser known artists
to touch up or finish off. The
strugger is glad Of the work, the
artist is able to do more and the re-
suit seems to please the public.
Minor authors often practice the
same thing. A man may be writing
a book on the history Of MexicO-let
us say. He needs certain inforlna-
ton which he knows can be obtained
from reference books. Gathering that
information does not require the
brains of genius, his secretary can
do that quite well, while he works up
the local color" from the bare facts
obtained 1t is an open secret that
many writer's work I'm this way and
that ghosts are often employed to
write up" books of "reminiscences of
celebrities. Sometimes, the work these
authors" behind the scenes do is i'm
portant. They revise novels, draw
lends" together, work up "climaxes'
and give dramatic effect to "sltua-
ons."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Valuable Cow.

Some years ago the last remaining
farmer in prosperous New York sub
urb bequeathed to his son his only
property, 10 acres Of land, ram
shackle barn and one cow. The young
recipient had no money to develop the
land, and was at a loss to know what
to do with his COW, whose habits he
did not understand. He finally de-
cided to keep her as remembrance
of his father, and she grazed away
contentedly.
Ten years later there came an OPP
portunity to dispose of the land at
$1,000 lot, or $4,000 for the whole.
Based on this valuation, the taxes
during The ten years would have
amounted to something like $4,000,
whereas, because of the COW, the
property had been given a farm clas-
sification, and had been taxed during
the period only S1,GO0.-Wall Street
Journal
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
INDIANS WELCOME AT MIAMI
Weii-known Florida Resort by
Their Gaudy Costumes.

Visitors to Miami are always In
terested in the Seminole Indians,
whether seen In their camps in the
Everglades padding down the Miami
river or the canals In their quaint ca
noes, or mingling with the crowds
upon the streets in their character
istic and picturesque dress, made OF
gaudy colored horizontal stripes OF
cloth.
During the summer the Indians go
far out into the Everglades, but In
winter months they come nearer the
city, and a camp Of them is usually
situated on the Miami river just out
side the city limits. Here In a trop-
ical jungle, on the banks Of the river.
they erect their huts with matched
roofs and sides, arranged In a circle
with the communal campfire in the
center. The number In this camp
varies from 30 to so. They go back
and forth into the glades to their
truck farms for provisions and for fish
and game.
The Seminoles are peaceful
tribe, and cause no trouble.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

man race will dwell IN the abundance
and joy of the legendary age Of
gold
So much for peace. Now consider
the prophecy of General Debeney, OF
the French army:
"Colorless, odorless gases will be
discovered that can be condensed into
infinitely small compass and solidihed
into tablets and pills. Already we
know something of what the effect
of these things will be. Scatter the
contents of few small boxes on the
ground and a dense smoky mist will
arise, a deadly fog fatal to everything
living within its area. Broad belts OF
territory may be poisoned for weeks
at time by few drops of gases
poured out here and there few drops
at time. Against the attacks of air
ships barrages of gases which will
bring instant death to the pilot will
be launched. The air will be filled
with ambushes and snares. On land
air-tight gas tanks will be used in front
of the infantry detecting hidden gases
and deluaing the ground with an an
tagonistic liquid"
Organic chemical factories, dye
plants and others, are truly arsenals
in disguise. The will Of man can ST.
lently convert these peaceful factories,
where research is constantly going on,
into gigantic bulwarks of national de-
tense because of the deadly instru-
ments of war they are able to produce.
Imer ican Business New York;
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
WHERE FOX SHOWS CUNNING
Rsynard Always Refuses to Run
: Faster Than the Dog VIII Drive
Him, for a Purpose.

An Englishman who had once seen
an American fox running before a
hound wrote that the American fox Is
much slower than Its English cousin.
As matter Of fact, the Englishman's
assertion, which by the way appeared
In an encyclopaedia, Is really trib-
ute to the superior cunning Of the
American fox. Reynard, says MIR.
Charles d. Stewart In the Atlantic
Monthly, could have run a good deal
faster had he thought 1t wise to do 1t.
A fox surprised by hound In
small patch Of wood will run across
the open at astonishing speed. Then
he not only will slow up but may even
nit down on some convenient elevation
and look back. He keeps his wits
about him; he wants to see what Is
going on. When the hound has struck
his stride the fox will soon gauge 1t
and lead him a chase. Anyone who
sees the chase and knows that the
hound Is slow becomes an admirer Of
the witty Reynard and will be likely
to say that the fox Is running slowly
Just to tease the dog Indeed, many
entertaining writer's have said so; but
q veteran hunter would not so inter-
pref the action of the fox. He we'll
knows that when fox gets half a
mile or SO ahead Of him and skulks
along at set distance out of sight,
It IL not doing It to tease him. The
fox is not so human as that. The plain
fact is that the fox will not retreat
before a dog any faster than the dog
drives him. That is because 1t Is
naturally cunning.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

Mankind, after passing through the
stone age, the bronze age and the
VARYING phases of civilization now
faces the dawn Of new era. Thomas
Edison, in a recent interview, declared
that we have entered into the Age OF
Chemistry and the remarkable achieve
ments of laboratory workers serve to
substantiate this statement.
1t Is difficult to prophesy how great
will be the contribution of chemists
to our present civilization, but so
much has been accomplished and so
great is the expectancy that it is evil
dent why thoughtful men are insist
ing that the public should be awak-
ened to a full knowledge of the signih-
canoe of the science Of its national life.
The synthetic chemist has been able
to produce practically all necessary
war materials and thousands OF arti-
Giles invaluable in peace times, mostly
from coal tar, but it has only touched
the fringe Of its ultimate development.
Synthetic foods and substances so
deadly as to make war impossible may
be expected from the researchers.
Edwin E. Slosson, in his splendid
book, Creative Chemistry" quotes
one Of the greatest French chemists,
Berthelot, as follows:
THE problem of food is a chemical
problem The day will come when
each person will carry for his nour-
ishment his little nitrogenous, his pat
of fatty butter, his package of starch
or sugar, his vial OF aromatic spices,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

Isolation, allows no branch to be seen.
Summit behind summit rise Its pyra-
midal ranges. or down to the very
grass sweep the circlets of its boughs;
so that there Is nothing but green
cone and green carpet. Nor is 1t only
softer, but In one sense more cheerful
than other foliage; for it casts only
pyramidal shadow. Lowland forest
arches overhead, and cheques the
ground with darkness; but the pine,
growing in scattered groups, leaves
the glades between emerald bright.
Modern Painters" John Ruskin.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

Department OF Agriculture says:
"Probably no bird displays greater &C.
centrIcity in the selection OF nest
ing place than the house wren A
hollow branch or knothole in post
or stump are his more prosaic choices,
When more esthetically inclined he
affects old boots and hats hung up to
scare robbins from the cherries. or
takes an old copper pot or tomato
can living on the roof Of back shed;
or If the gardner hangs mis- coat on
the fence when warm weather begins,
and forgets it for few days, he may
find when he returns that an enter
prising wren has precmpted one of his
pockets and has his domestic affairs
under full Roadway.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
New I arlff Plan Would
Help Our Debtors To Pay
Government Expert Shows How
American Valuation Would Re.
move Unfair Customs Discrimin.
alton.

Under the American valuation
L plan, as proposed in the Ford
ney Tariff bill, an equalizing
effect upon the commerce of the
United States with all nations with
which we trade would be one of the
first and most desirable results, &C
cording to William Burgess, member
of the United States Tariff Com
mission.
A similar article sold in Japan at
so cents, in Germany at 90 cents, in
England for 81, under the present
foreign valuation plan means, at a
tariff rate of so per cent, that Japan
would have to pay rs cents in duty,
Germany 80 cents and England so
cents. Under the proposed American
valuation, Mr.. Burgess points out
that the importation of this article
would cause each of the exporting
countries to pay exactly the same
amount of duty, regardless of cost
of production.
Thus, he shows, the present dis
elimination In favor of low-cost
countries would be removed. This
also would result in helping our
debtor nations to pay their-debts to
us. Our debtor nations are Great
Britain, France and Italy.
"How are we going to help these
nations to pay their debts by charg-
ing them a greater amount of duty
than we charge Germany and Japan"
Mr.. Burgess asks.
Certain large importing houses and
dealers making greater profits on inn
ported merchandise than they think
they can make on domestic goods.
are the real opponents of the Ameri-
can valuation plan, the tariff expert
declares.
He answers the argument that
American manufacturers gould raise
their prices SO as to compel importers
to pay a higher amount of duty by
citing the following example:
Assuming foreign article to be
worth 20 cents and the American
article is selling at 81, it would re-
quire 3096 of the American selling
price to equalize the difference be-
tween the foreign and domestic val
ucs. Now, if the American manu-
facturer raises his price to SIPS,
800 duty on this value would be
37H cents, the foreign value remain
ing at 70 cents, the landed cost would
be 20 cents plus 37H cents, which
gives the foreign article the advan-
iage of 1871 cents in this market.
The American valuation plan places
an automatic check on American
manufacturers doing this very thing,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
To Give Timber "a Shot,"

The best method Of applying pre-
servatives to timber Is by the pressure
process which is used by practically
all large commercial companies, says
the American Forestry Magazine Of
Washington. BY this means the oil
or mineral salt is forced deeply into
the tissues of the wood, thus giving
thoroughness and permanence not
otherwise attainable. There are va
rious processes, but all use large and
expensive apparatus by which vacuums
and heavy pressure may be applied in
large treating cylinders, which are
usually six feet or more in diameter
and a hundred feet or more in length.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Saved by Mankind.

The gingko tree, which is native
of China, long ago ceased to exist as
a wild" tree. But ii has been cul-
tivated I'm many countries, and is
hardy and persistent wherever it is
planted In the temperate zone. The
gingko is one Of the few species that
have been saved from extinction by
man as an offset to the many species.
vegetable and animal, that have been
exterminated by him. The gingko
flourishes In the northern part Of the
United States, and is favored for park
planting. Because of its unique two
lobed leaves 1t Is sometimes called the
"maidenhair tree"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

Mr.. Burgess disputes estimates of
increased selling prices of commodi-
ties which the Women's Consumers
Committee recently declared would
result from application of the pro-
visions of the Fordney tariff bill.
The increases were estimated at
from 500 for wooden dress goods to
1900 for women's cotton gloves. He
says: Taking their own figures as
a basis and applying the rates of the
Fordney bill, we find that the only
additional cost to the retailer would
be the additional amount of duty re-
quired under the Fordney bill, be-
cause all other costs and overhead
charges remain the same"
The question, Mr.. Burgess con-
cludes, is simply whether customs
duties shall continue to be assessed
upon the foreign market value of
goods or upon the value in the
United States, and asks whether it
Is easier to obtain information upon
their value from over ITO different
foreign countries of expectation,
with no legal power to secure such
values, than it is to get this informa-
ton in America with the full power
of the Government to compel such
information.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Crackers Of Various Kinds.

There are various curiosities in the
way Of foreign crackers, or biscuit,
as they are sometimes called. 1t may
be remarked, by way OF preface, that
biscuit Is French for "twice cooked"
and is etvmolOgically the same as the
German zwieback. The Italians make
all their crackers IN this way, the va
rieties familiar to us not being in com.
mon use with them. Italian bakers
save all their old bread and convert it
into biscuit" of this kind. For this
reason the bread largely used in Ital-
Ian and Sicilian restaurants is ST. made
that pieces may be broken from the
loaf without making jagged end
New York Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Embarrassing, Very!

Our neighbour Was Il queer old
bachelor. and. not having seen him out
In his yard, | decided to investigate,
writes correspondent. Not finding
him In the house, | wen: out to the
barn, and there in the shadows l saw
a body hanging from The rnfters!
was SO excited ran for help. In five
minutes the whole-town Ind gathered
there. led the way INFO the barn and
found II to he my neighbours scare
crow, stored for the winter. And to
make matters worse, the old gentle
man drove up just then and wondered
at all the company. l had to explain
and the laugh was on me.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
For ljvino Game.

Hunting and it's attendant outdoor
life appeals to all sportsmen and is
the motive for n great use Of the forest
lands for that type Of recreation. But
there is another feature perhaps little
thought Of. but none the less present
and important In the simple presence
Of living game in the landscape, and
there is little question hut that the
value of a live animal viewed by
forest visitors several times during
its life, has a greater aggregate worth
in the recreation scheme than the same
animal dead. - American Forestry
MagaZine
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
HOW RUSKIN PAINTED PINE
English Writer Quick to Perceive the
Rugged Beauty Of the Northern
Forest Monarch.

The Impressions on most peoples
minds must have been received more
from pictures than reality, so far as
I can judge; so ragged they think the
pine: whereas its chief character Is
green and full roundness. 1t stands
compact, like one Of Its own cones,
slightly curved on Its sides, finished
and quaint as carved tree in some
Elizabethan garden; and instead of
being wild In expression. forms the
softest Of all forest scenery; for 9TH
err trees show their trunks and twist
Ing boughs; but the pine. growing ei-
.ther tn luxuriant mass or 10 happy
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
The Cure.

A very little girl sat on the plush
couch in the hotel lobby violently
swinging her feet. Back and forth
they swung with vigor. A nice-faced
lady sat down next to the child and
watched Ter for a moment. Then she
asked very gently why the little girl
didn't put her feet on the floor.
With painslaking care and patience
the little girl explained by gestures
that If she held her feet on the floor
she couldn't sit on the couch, and If
she sat back comfortably her feet
didn't reach the floor.
"Dear me-" said the lady, very
kindly, "what are you going to do?"
Grow" answered the child non
chalantly, and continued swinging her
feet.-ChicaSo Journal.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

that have frequently been cast up
upon sea beaches. According to DR..
James Richie Of the Royal Scottish
museum. the largest of these on rec
ord had tentacIes with a span close
to 20 feet. It was nine feet nine
inches long from the tip of Its tall to
to tip of It's short arms, but its tenta-
cular arms were each IA feet long
New York Evening Post.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Damon Man Cuttlefish.

For many centuries Norway has had
It's legends telling frightful deeds OF
,he kraken, a great and mysterious
marine creature that was danger
to sailors on the high seas. Now
scientists have found that the locali-
ties In which these folk-tales flourish
are the habitat Of giant squ!ds or "cut-
fetish" of the genus Architeuthus,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09

suited to his per
sonal I "a ste; all
manufa ctured eco
omically and in I'M
limited quantities;
lindcpen dent of ir-
regular seasons and
all free from patho-
genie microbes, the
origin OF epidemics
and the enemies of
human life. On that
day chemistry will
have accomplished
world revolu-
ton that cannot be
/. r
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Selects Strange Homo.

No bird selects stranger places for a
home than the house wren, the highty,
fidgety, fussy little midget of bird
that carols all day and would fght a
turkey buzzard or any other thing that
dies. The biological survey Of the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
Slam, Ranu!

He (walking by graveyard-
Wouldn't it be terrible If all the dead
should come to life againf
She (yawning)-Ho, hum. l certain
ly wish one Of them would.-American
legion Weekly
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-02-09
>[EA - -SW
WoRREERRn De- DE-, N 4 lER2Aee1; 5 },
Famous Scientists Declare that Tremendous Advance
ments of the Future Will Come From
the Chemical Laboratory
No. VIII
(Toid In Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND
LOOKING FORWARD

estimated. There
will no longer be
hills covered with
vineyards and fields
with cattle. Man
will gain in gentle
ness and morality
because he will
cease to live by
carnage an d de-
struction of living
CT c a lures. The
earth will be COW
cred with grass,
flowers and woods
and in it the hui
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-09-28
Notes From Cleveland

A pretty wedding took place on
Tuesday, when Miss Meta Bergner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Bergner, became the bride of George
Smmit of Manitowoc. The ceremony
was performed at Manitowoc. Miss
Ellen Bergner and Anton Simmit were
the attending couple. A reception was
given in the evening at WINNERS
hall, to large number of relatives and
friends. The newly married couple will
make their home at Manitowoc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Sixel are the
proud parents of a baby girl, born last
week Tuesday.
DR.. I. +. SchIlte and Math. Wagner
were at Milwaukee over Saturday and
Sunday.
A baby boy arrived at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs Peter Scheidt on Satur-
day.
Edward Wagner, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John Wagner, left last week for Mon
treal, Canada, to attend theological
seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Hartman and
baby girl visited at New Holstein Sun
day.