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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
@. How large an estate is Saga
more Hills? r.. Z. S..

@. How large an estate Is Saga
more Hills? h. T. S.
A. 1t embraces about 80 acres.
@. What can be used to make
paper stick to walls? N. E. N.
A. The walls should be scraped,
then sized with vinegar and sugar.
One pound of sugar should be used
to one gallon of vinegar. Do not use
glue nor water in the vinegar. AL
low walls to dry thoroughly before
papering.
@. Is appendicitis more prevalent
among men than women? D. T. w.
A. About so per cent of the cases
| occur in males. because of their
greater exposure to weather and in
jury, and because the female APP
pendix mas a greater arterial supply.
@. What Is the size and strength
of the largest thermos bottles made?
J. l.. H.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that metal vacuum-walled vessels of
100 liters capacity are made in Ger
many. Glass vessels of 5 liters capac-
ity have been made. The vessels are
made of sufficient strength to hold
a Il without collapsing, and to
Withstand ordinary usuage.
O.. Does n country's proximity to
the sea make it more liable to earth
quakes? o. c. w.
A. 1t has been thought by some
that the center of earthquakes and
/ volcanic disturbances is always near
the sea or other large supplies of
water and hal the disturbances are
directly caused by the filtration of
water down to igneous matter, and
the consequent generation of vast
quantities of steam, which frees it
self by explosion. Others have
sought to explain earthquakes as
part of the phenomena of a planet
cooling at the surface or to yielding
of strata so as to slip downward upon
, each other.
@. Were two rivers ever known to
flow in one channel? NJ. c. V.
A. AT Khartum, the capital of the
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. the two
Niles, the White and the Blue, meet.
The water of the one river is of a
greenish-grey color, that of the other
is clear and blue. except when in
flood, when it gains a chocolate
brown from its alluvial burden.
@. What is meant by w~assailing ?
l.. E. T..
"A. Inc term W"aSSalllnS is OF Ole
English derivation. 1t mean drink
ing to the health or success of some
one. Gradually the idea of carousine
has crept into the meaning of the
word.
@. Could you supply a formula for
tooth powder? n. b. C.
A. We suggest the following for
mula for tooth powder as prescribed
by the Public Health Service: mag
nesium peroxide, 60 parts; sodium
perborate, 80 parts; powdered cas-
tile soap and favoring. 10 parts.
@. Into how many languages has
Pi'erim's Progress been translated
S. B.
conspirators plunged their enviouS
daggers into his breast.
That was all a very long time ago
1t is not beyond the realms of pos
sibility that just such tales may bt
told of Washington and other Amer.
lean cities by some historian centur-
les hence. il the building of memoir
ials and the erection of statues con-
tinI1es at the OreSent rate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11
THEOLDTOWN
treet by Street-Know Your City
Wisteria Street

Wisteria street extends from Lewis
street to the Raritan river and is
found on the map showing the origi-
nal layout of the city. The street
has no improvements. The street is
fifty feet wide and is lined with
maple trees. No residents are found
along this thoroughfare. The street
is named after the well known wis
terra flower.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11
Bible Thought For Today

THY WILL, NOT MINE:-Teach me to do thy will for thy
art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land Of upright
9ess.-Psalm 1913 10.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

A. 1t has been translated INTO To-
languages and dialects.
@. Does a persons temperatur,
vary during the day if the person
well? p. G..
A. In the adult there is a diurna'
variation of l. to 1.5' T.. 1t is loves
in the morning and highest late il
the afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

Any reader can get The answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Direc-
tor, Washington, d. C. This offer
apples strictly to information. The
bureau will not attempt to answer
medicinal n financial troubles. II
1aeS not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research ON any subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two centsiin stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
10 the inquirer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

Being a cashier is dangerous. You
may get indicted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

Autos are the thing. Try to hang
over the gate to talk now and she
gives o the gate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

Race track swindler caught at At
lantic City. No cause for such
drastic action is given.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

lAiCu W SIop "ollo SCIACo Oclllli5
in New York. Betting was six to
one they couldn't.
Look at this! Stranger Lewis to
wed Russian princess. And our
guess is she will be boss.
Race track swindler caught at At
lantic City. No cause for such
drastic action is given.
Lots of sport news today. Cowboy
shot a New York barber. Hope 1t
is the barber we know there.
A Colgate football player who
weighs 298 pounds is the cats whis-
kers and mules partner.
Three wrecked fishermen used
shirts for signals. Not always best
to keep your shirt on.
Forest fires threatened Pasadena,
Calf. Why will these hunters blaze
their trails?
More sport news. Seattle man
poked his wife in the eye. Judge got
her as an eye witness.
It's a proud little football player
who gets himself hurt just enough
to wear crutches.
As far as we know an Evansville
(Ind.) hen catches rats. Maybe cats
there lay eggs.
Ghost near Atlanta, Ga, was a
horse. 1t was a nightmare. That's
q horse on them
They think Caruso's successor has
been found. We don't.
Before long farmers won't know
If it is a cloud or only an airship
going to st. Louis.
Largest pumpkin reported weighs
218 pounds. Would make enough
pies to keep 9123 awake at night.
Hill wants Congress to test home.
brew. Will they sample it? Arc
bedbugs vegetarians?
Pile drivers work under water
near Newburg. lad. Bet fish think
they are some tadpoles.
Berkeley (Calif.) professor say:
old age sets in at "a. What's hi:
age? We would say "a.
Disconsolate Reno (Nev.) MAJ
can't kill himself. He might try
laughing at fat ONE
Denver scientist reports strange
pink spiders. We say bad liquor will
get you, it will.
Marriage rate is declining. A not
so-young single lady tells us it ism
her fault.
Autos are the thing. Try to hans
over the gate to talk now and sh,
gives you the gate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

Lots of sport news today. Cowboy
shot a New York barber. Hope 1t
is the barber we know there.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

A Colgate football player who
weighs 298 pounds is the cats whis-
kers and mules partner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-11

In the last days OF the Roman en-
pire, when the glory OF Rome was
gone, an Italian found n statue bur-
led in his back yard. A part of the
statue extended across on his neigh
boris property. There was a dispute
about the ownership and a lawsuit
resulted. The judge ruled that the
statue should be broken in two at
the point where the lot line crossed
it and one part should be given to
the occupant of one bit of land and
the other TO the neighbor. The Pope.
hearing of the case, interviewed and
saved the work of art. 1t was the
statue of Great Pompey believed to
he the one at the base of which
Julius Caesar was standing when
Brutus, Cssca, Casslus and the other
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
LEGISLATIVE.
...LETTTER...
Observation-Disclosures
BY r. w. HITCHCOCK,
Representive, Goth District.

st. Paul, Jan. 19-With all COM
mittees organized and busy at the
business Of sitting good bills from
bad bills the legislative hopper of
1923 began it's third week by grind
proposed laws while others by the
score choked the hopper's mouth.
Some members draw their own
bills but the attorney generals of
fee gets most of the work. The
regular force of assistant attorneys
general have to do the work and
they are very good humored and
prompt and efficient on the lob but
we often wonder if they are not
happier, like the rest of the state.
when the legislature has adjourned
In days of old when beer was
holder up-country visitors to st.
Paul were often introduced to the
bar of the st. Paul Hotel as the
place where laws were really made.
The actual place of making, how
ever, is not so much on the floor of
the house and senate as in the "a
committees of the house and the
80 committees of the senate. The
senate and house may be in ses-
sion less than an hour a day but
the committees sit without ceasing.
The difficulty is to find time enough
for them. With IA committees.
several of which have 81 members
each, all of the more important
ones having membership Of 20 or
more, there are not hours enough |
in the working day. Several i'm,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19

by the last legislature but it fin
ishes it's work this week with only
$500 expended. The interim COM
mttee ON taxation, which has held
fewer meetings, has probably made
an even better record.
An Example to Go By.
The record of these two interim
committees as to expenses Is
model for the legislature to pattern
after. The situation of the state,
so far as its basic industry, farm
ing, is concerned is such that the
Legislature of 1928, like that of
1921, must count every penny.
Taxes, particularly taxes upon farm
property, have increased almost to
the point of confiscation. The bur-
den in prosperous time would be a
heavy on to bear; in times like
these it is an almost impossible load.
The increase in the cost of educa-
ton in Minnesota in the past two
decades strikingly illustrates the
'predicament in which the Mime
sofa taxpayer finds himself today.
In 1900 the total cost for public
schools in Minnesota was about S.
100000. In 1872 it was more than
$5O,000,0O0--a terrifying ten fold
increase. The cost of schooling
our children in Minnesota has al
most doubled since 1919. Money
spent for roadbuilding has also
enormously increased and all other
expenses of government are very
much larger. To the farmer, un-
able to market his crops at a pro-
fit, this is condition that threat
ems his very existence. Face to
face with such facts as these what
can the legislature do but pare and
prune at every point. It's poor
season for swine barns, fads in
education, tx story office buildings
or any other new undertaking.
Cooperation as Usual.
The first meeting of the St.
Louis county delegation consisting
of Senators Adams, Ribenack, Nor
in, Bessette and Boylan and Repre-
sentatives Cullum, Peterson, Lock
hart, Bernard, Barnes, Murphy
Thomas, Hoffman and Hitchcock
together with Rep. Fowler of Two
Harbors was held Tuesday evening
Senator Bessette was named as
chairman of the delegation and Rep
Lockhart as clerk. There was q
general discussion of bills and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19

aviation bill, the Duluth agricul-
tural school bill and the Duluth
park bill were endorsed unanimous
ly. Proposals for the repeal Of the
per capita law and for fixing by
statute of fair salary for the
county superintendent of schools
did not awaken any wild enthusi-
asm in the breasts of the Duluth
members. A second county fair
at Proctor to compete with the
county fair at Hibbing, however,
some of them thought would be
just about right. Cooperation strict
ly as usual seemed to be the idea
everything for Duluth and nothing
for the ranges. If the gladshand,
get-together good-fellowship idea
with which Duluth so often protests
It's friendship for the ranges in
Duluth were a little more in evil
dence in st. Paul it might be bet
ter all around.
He Knows Us.
Gunner Bjornsen, formerly a
member Of the legislature, devoted
| last week two wide columns of his
Minnesota Mascot to an apprecia-
ton of the legislature. He wishes
us luck like this: "Poor Mr.. Leg
islator! We do not blame you. We
know what you are up against
We have been. there! With the
galleries above you, the press table
in front of you and your constitu-
| ency behind you, your lucid inter
walls are more frequent than might
be expected-- having
seen you, we yet know you-you
are like all the legislatures that
have gone before you. So we rest
in peace and slunber in security
we know you will not set the world
on fire."
Yet the Legislature of 1923 like
all that have gone before it, was
not without Prophet to rise on
the opening day and to declare that
.'this will be the most important
legislative session in the history
of Minnesota" So it is-to US,
and we would like to make it that
to you. &
Anyhow in the classic phrase of
Speaker Nolan, There are three
good things about a legislature
| it meets only once in two years,
| it is limited by law to 90 days and
| it there is an extra session the
members don't get paid anything"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
NOONANISMS.
By w. T. Noonan in the Baudettt
Region.

Many Baudetters are still autoing
in spite of the fact that it isn't
compulsory.
Skirts will drag on the floor next
year, according to a fashion note.
That's too sweeping reform.
All the marks are not in Ger
many. Ferinstance the lads who
paid SIS quart to celebrate Christ
mas.
An expedition is starting out to
discover mora of the Sahara Desert,
but the ''wets" think too much of
it has been discovered already.
Doesn't it make your heart bleed
to read that Rudolph Valentino, the
movie star, must abide by his con-
tract and work for a measly $3.50
a week?
st. Paul is working twenty-five
hours out. of every twenty-four to
have Henry Ford establish branch
in that city. 1t would be rafting
good industry.
An eastern woman who shot three
times at her husband and missed
was freed by jury "They decid-
ed to give her another chance"
adds an exchange.
"Ole," said the preacher, "do you
take Hilda Sorgerson for your law
full welded wife, for better or for
worse?" "Oh, WE'LL" replied Ole
gloomily, "Aye 'spose Aye get a
little of each. "-Reformatory Pillar
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
esser of Iwo Evils

Young Willie's mother wished him
to be preacher and, as is sometimes
the habit of good women, kept telling
him so. But Willie had other lean
ings and never hesitated to say so.
One Sunday afternoon, however. after
an unusually long morning service, he
announced, 81 b'lieve, after all, I'll be
preacher" His delighted mother
embraced him and then asked. What
made you change your mind so sud-
denly?" ooh" he replied, I've de
cided I'd rather stand in the pulpit
and do the shoutin than sit In the
congregation an listen"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
Animal. unf. for Human Food.

Pythagoras taught the doctrine Of
the transmigration Of the soul, but that
II never entered into those animals
which It was lawful to eat. Hence
those animals into which the human
soul entered were unclsan or unfit for
human food. This notion existed long
before the time OF Pythagoras, who
learned IL Ia Egypt. In the Old Tesla
ment. those animals which both chew
the cud and part the hoof were clean,
and might be eaten. Birds Of prey
were accounted unclean. Fish with
fms and scales were accounted fit food
for man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
A Human Compass.

Lord Edward Gleichen-I do not
know whether it has any bearing on
the subject; perhaps it may be en-
tirely unscientific. But l might men,
ton that | know lady who has rath-
err peculiar property, that when she
finds herself in dark room she can
always find her true north and south
by lying on the ground and shifting
herself round This might conceivably
have some bearing as to due north
and south force.-GeOgraphical Jour
nal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
Sincerity,

Suppose that the yacht should look
at the man-Of-war, as she moved down
the bay with all her canvas set, and
say, show can / get such sails upon
me as that great and noble ship has
upon herr Every man would say, "a
yacht must sail like yacht, sloop
Ike q sioop, schooner like a schoon-
er. brig like brig, and ship like
q ship. Each vessel must make the
voyage with Its own hull and sails,
and not copy those Of any other."-
Henry Ward Reecher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19

Wisconsin, which is regarded as
a model by the radicals, raised So
211,700 by bond issues in 1922.
They were county bonds, interest
and principal to be met by the gen
eral taxpayers, not state highway
department bonds, which merely
anticipate the collection of motor
vehicle taxes, as proposed in Min
neSOta.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-01-19
GOOD ROADS CUT TAXES.

Supporting the state highway
nro0ram. The st. Paul Dispatch In
q recent editorial on the proposed
bond issues said in part:
"No one has proposed any IN
creases in property taxes for such
nurposes. On the contrary, county
and local road taxes were reduced
81 .2sS. 900 in 1922, compared with
1921. as the direct result OF the
state highway department taking
over construction and maintenance
of 1000 miles of trunk highway,
for which local authorities former
ly were responsible. Direct county,
township and village taxes TO:
roads will be further reduced, II
the highway departments program
of bond issues and expansion OF
its activities is permitted. the
principal and interest of the bond
issues will be met solely from veh-
icle license receipts and federal aid,
but the highway department has re-
commended no increase in the he
ense rates. The only discussion on
the subject has been with reference
to whether rates should be made
more equitable between one class
of vehicles and another.
"Some counties have been so
strongly in favor of good roads that
they have continued their former
levies for that work, in spite of
being relieved of some expenses by
the state, and have devoted the pro-
ceeds to local roads that were not
improved. Freeborn county is an
instance, maintaining its $4,000
levy, which might have been low
cred, if it had been so disposed.
1.-THE state of Minnesota cannot
afford to reject the $10,000,000
bond issue for road development,
for every dollar used in that way
will be worth two dollars. With
our 10000 lakes and summer. re-
sorts we have 10000 more reasons
than many other states to encour-
age tourist travel Yet those other
states have assumed debts of many
millions for highway improvement,
1t would be suicidal to permit other
states, with fewer natural advan-
tages, to get ahead of US, as they
threaten to do by issuing road
hnndo fall0yS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
AUGUST 10 IS
DAY OF MOURNING

CONTINUED From Page u
dead have lain in solemn state. Sol
diers and sailors. arms grounded, heads
bowed, will stand on guard around the
casket. After the funeral services,
the people will be admitted to pay
their last respects to the dead Presi-
dent and to lay wreaths beside him.
Then at p. m. the body will be re-
moved TO the funeral train and started
FOR Marion, Ohio, for interment.
Immediately upon his arrival In
Washington last night the new Presi-
dent received Secretary Hughes. Post
master General New and other officials
and approved the funeral plans which
had been made.
Coolidge Arrival Solemn
Mr.. Coolidge's arrival in the Capt.
toll was solemn. Grave faces greeted
him. An automobile stood at the
Union Station and In 1t he was
whisked to the New Willard Hotel,
escorted by some of the same secret
service men who watched over Presi-
dents Wilson and Harding.
k>GVerdI
returned to Washington after acting
as advance guard" for Mr.. Harding
or his last trip, and they Immediately
took up their new duties.
Mr.. Coolidge began his first day as
President in Washington with vim
He arranged a newspaper conference,
his first to the reporters at the Capitol,
for IL a. M He will go to the office
he occupied as Vice President in the
Senate office building and there look
over the mail" which has accumulated
in his absence.
With record breaking speed on spe-
cial trains, Mr.. Coolidge and his wife,
the new first lady of the land, came
down from their little New England
country home in the isolated Green
Mountains to Washington yesterday.
They arrived at 915 p. M, and were
greeted at the station by Hughes,
New. Acting Secretary of Labor e. j.
Henning and other officials. Hughes
and New accompanied the President
to his temporary White House.
Temporary White House
This temporary White House is a
four-room suite on the third floor.
Its big rooms look out over F st. In
the center of the downtown business
district of Washington. There Is moth
ing ostentatious or lavish about the
place-just plain old-fashioned furni-
ture to suit the tastes Of the New
England farmer boy grown to the
highest Office in the land.
Part of the thirA floor is used by
ordinary guests. as usual, but at the
end of the long central hallway-with
it's row of numbered doors on either
side-the secret servicemen stand on
guard before the entrance to the presi-
Dental suite.
Ths rooms on both sides of the long
corridor. nearest the suite. have been
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-08-04
AGITATION STARTS
OVER THE GRAFT
OF CAPITOL GUIDES
Sjghtseers Pay Average
Holder of Soft Job as High
as $25 a Day,
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-"Get your
quarters ready, LADIES' and gints, and
step right this way"
It's the ballyho of the lands biggest
sideshow you hear. the ballyho of the
official guides" who ply their highly
lucrative graft at the u. S. Capitol.
1t costs you % cents to join one OF
the parties Of sightseers constantly
being shown through the great
building.
There are thirteen Of these official
guides" appointed through poliucA.
pull and accountable 10 nobody but
themselves. Nobody knows how muo n
they make because there is no way
to find out. but the average per guide
has been estimated as high as SIS
a day.
A rising wave OF indignation that
has brought about new condemnation
of the system here promises to put an
end to II when Congress meets again.
Here's where a notorious crimi-
nal was executed" says one of the
guides as he pilots his flock 70 the
door Of abe Supreme Court chamber
and grins as he waits for the look OF
surprise and wonder TO cross their
face. Yes" he grins again, his
rame was John Barleycorn; guess you
have heard tell of him"
The glowing descriptions Of the
great historical paintings hanging in
the rotunda and Of the classic deco
rs tons of the Presidents room all
sound pretty well; but there Is some
thing about them that makes you
think of a singsong schoolboy repeat
Ing a lesson from memory. Dates,
names and facts pertaining to some
Of the greatest events in the nations
history are droned out like the
speaker was in hurry to get through
land grab another party OF sight
seers at rs cents a head.
The new agitation against the time
honored graft started the other day
when little schoolgirl from Kansas
didn't have the necessary quarter TO
be shown through her nations capitol.
She went away crying.