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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
The Paradise Of Umbrellas.

Surakarta is the paradise of UNI
brellas. They are carried proudly
over the head of every official and
every nobleman, but invariably are
shut at the approach of a person of
higher rank, and inside the kraton no
umbrella may be carried open, except
that Of the emperor himself. The
umbrella is the crown, the wand of
Office. the outward sign of rank and
distinction. There are umbrellas OF
gold inside and out Cor the emperor,
of gold outside only Tor the empress;
with a stripe of yellow satin for the
emperor's brothers; with a wider
stripe of the same material for his IL
legitimate brothers; of white silk with
q narrow gold stripe for the Height
mate sons OF the illegitimate broth
ers. and 80 on ad infnitum.
Every official, every military officer,
exhibits his rank in his umbrella,
which is invariably held from behind
by an attendant whenever he leaves
his house. in sunshine or in cloudy
weather. There Is an official guide
book to the umbrella labyrinth of SUI
rakarta, which contains not less than
three hundred various designs, In all
imaginable colors and ornamentation.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Bull Fighting In Spain.

Spain Is still a great country for
bull fights. The season starts on the
first Sunday after Lent and continues
with a short interruption at the
height Of summer-ti1l the month Of
October. Seville and Madrid are the
great centers of tauromachia.
In Spain no bull leaves the ring
alive; neither do any of the horses.
The expense Of supplying even the
poor hacks which are chosen is enor-
nous, and in some poverty stricken
townships horses are omitted from
the performance when the corrida
becomes deal more paiatable to the
stranger, though less so to the ma
tive. OtShea. states that ,2,400 bulls
are skilisdi annually and 800 horsess
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

The bridal wreath is usually form
ed of myrtle branches in Germany; 1t
Is made of orange blossoms in France
and in England; in Italy and the
French Cantons of Switzerland 1t Is
of white roses; In Spain the flowers
of which it is composed are red roses
and pinks; in the islands of Greece
vine leaves serve the purpose, and in
Bohemia rosemary is employed; IN
German Switzerland crown of ar
tifical flowers take the place of the
wreath.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Curing FncinI Defects.

Professor Lassar, q famous BerS
lin skin specialist, has found means
to restore red noses to their normal
color and uses. An instrument,
shaped like large tooth brush, with
forty platinum wires instead of bris-
ties is used, and this is connected
with an electrical machine. The
treatment consists of hammering
the lurid nose till 1t bleeds, when
the treatment Is stopped for day.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Automobile and RuffaIn.

An enthusiastic motor cyclist in In-
dia, to escape the heat of Bombay,
rode his machine up to Khandalla. 1t
is a seVenty-odd mile run and the
road, until the foot of the CHATS is
reached, Is perfectly fiat. Upon the
stiffest gradient he overlook herd of
water buffalo. Hardly had he gone
yard in front of the animals when one
of them took offense at the smell of
the gasoline, or regarded the labored
"tuff-tuff" of the engine as challenge
to mortal combat. 1t gave a grunt,
lowered its head and charged heavily
upon the intruder. The road was
more than steep. It was dangerous.
On the right hand lowered a cliff, on
the left there was drop of nearly
1000 feet on to the tops of the trees
in the valley below. The numbering
beast gained rapidly Luckily, the
rider carried a revolver. He drew it
and fired back over his shoulder. The
first shot missed, the second passed
along the animals side. With a roar
of pain the huge beast started aside,
slipped on the edge Of the "khud" and
the next minute crashed down on the
tree tops below.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Post Cards in Battle.

Before going into action each Ja-
panese soldier fastens to his coat a
special post card provided by the
government announcing the fact OF
his death and addressed to the per-
son he desires notified.
After battle these post cards are
gathered from the bodies of the
slain and are taken to regimental
headquarters, where they are stamp
ed with the seal of the regiment.
which officially certif1es to the fact of
death.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
a story Of Raphael, the Artist.

Raphael the great Italian painter.
whose celebrated Biblical pictures are
worth fabulous sums OF money, was
mot rich man when young, and en-
euunt6red Some Of the vicissitudes Of
life like many another genius.
Once when travelling he put up at
IN inn, and remained there, unable to
get away through lack OF funds TO
settle shis bilL. The landlord grew
eusgseSUus that such was the case, and
hzS requests for q settlement grew
mnsa& and more pressing. Finally,
8cmng Eaphaeas IN desperation. resort
I'd TO- sha biiowang device;
: ne caxa&ulsy paiated upon a table
Cop in IFS room o number Of gold
COINS, and. placing the table In GER
easu nghs that gave startling effect,
he pauReds his few belongings and
Summoned. hts host.
: zhe@f' he exclaimed, with lord
NSwaxR ofshis shand toward the table,
ls-fs egUughsto settle my bill and more.
@sows kindly show the way to the
Ncogss
Tbs fnnheeper, with many smiles
and bows. ushered his guest out and
then hasAsnad back to gather up his
Rpn. Els rage and CONSERVATION
when. he discovered the fraud knew no
bounds. 'antiI wealthy English tray
BaeA recognizing the value of the art
passsn the work. gladly paid him $50
scr the table.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
RARE COINS AL coRNEREp.
Old Pieces held Tightly by Sons
. Though Worthless.

A tnouSU WOrbmeSHs
The passion for making collections
Of articles Of various kinds, and par
ticularly stamps and coins, is like
hope It springs eternal In the human
breast
you would be surprised" said a
professional collector of coins and
stamps, ito know how many utterly
worthless specimens are brought to
me by persons who have perhaps
treasured them for long and then
needing money, have come to me. ex
pecting to be handsomely paid for an
article that really has no commercial
value whatever.
Sometimes, indeed, have paid
good prices for worthless articles OF
no use to me at all, to save their own
ers from the disappointment which l
could plainly see refusal would
cause them.
''Why, ] handle on the average pref
~ nearly 800 specimens day, both
stamps and coins. brought in here by
people who expect them to be literal
~ worth their weight In gold. Yet. In
spite OF the great number Of speci.
mans coming into my hands in this
way every year, 1t Is only about once
IN three years that find anything Of
seal vaiue.
You see, it's this way. Hardly
any good rare coins or stamps are cir.
cnla4ang at large. Almost everything
has been picked up by collectors: and
* you follow up any rare issue, you
can place almost every one-either
ind me owner or account for the Is
kue.
And you VIII be surprised, per
Aaps, when tell you that we are In
aehted 10 burglars for most of what
ne Do find. One Of the lght-fngered
genkzy Lifts some rare old coins; he
has no sentimental fondness for them
based on age and possibly associa.
tions. and he is unable to make any
nse OF them.
$50 he rids himself Of the worth
less and possibly dangerous or in
eliminating articles: and in that way
shey drift into our hands"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Largest Map in the World.

The largest map in the world IS
the ordnance survey map of Eng
land containing 100000 streets. and
costing s1,000,O00 a year for TWEEN
ty years. The scale varies from ten
feet to one-eighth of an inch to the
mile. The details are so minute that
maps having a scale of twenty-five
inches show every hedge, fence, wall.
building and even every isolated tree
in the country.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
PUBLIC SALE OF LANDS BY
ADMINISTRATOR.

BY virtue of an order of the Orphans,
Court of the County of Monmouth
made on the Fifth day of June -1o24.
the subscriber, administrator of Marg aret
Logan, deceased, will OH the Sixteenth day of
August, 1924, at two O'Clock in the afternoon
ldayigh saving timel sell at publice vendue
upon the premises all that certain house and lot
tract or parcel of land and premises hereinafter
particularly described, situate in the Borough
OF Freeholdin the County of Monmouth and
state OF New Jersey; on the main Street leading
IRON freehold to Mount Holly.
beginning on the northery line of said road
ana at the southwest corner of Lot No II on a
map OF lots of William D. Davis made by John
W. Dawson, Surveyor, dated August, 1886 and
recorded in the Clerks office of Monmouth
County III Book S of deeds folios $40 &c as
by reference there o will appear which said lot
NO. II has been conveyed by said William D.
Davis to Carrot d. Robinson, and running thence
~ along the westerly line of said lot No II
north thirty -four degrees forty-hve minutes
west three hundred feet, thence [2 south
fifty five degrees fifteen minutes west thir,y
seven and half feet. thence 81 south thirty-
four degrees and forty-fve minutes east and
parallel to the first three hundred feet to
the ortherly line of said road thence along the
northeriy line of said road north fly FIVE
degrees and fifteen minutes east thirty-seyen
and half feet to the beginning The same being
the easterly half of lot No IL on said Davis man
Dated Freehold, N. T.
July rs, 1924.
FREEHOLD TRUST COMPANY
Administrator of estate of
Margaret Logan, deceased.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

Do not exhaust yourself and use
up all your nervous energy over pet
ty care. Remember every time you
lose control of your nerves that you
take fresh step down the path that
leads to premature old age.
Do not potter, but -ork when you
work, and rest when you rest. Put
work away and play when you play.
Do not fret, do not worry, and do
not nurse trouble. This is such a
pernicious habit, end one that works
much evil to US and ours in this
should be-happy world.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

The Chinese purchase wives by
the foot. but the smaller the meas
urement the greater the cost. When
Chinaman of the Weather class
desires to marry he sends around for
samples, and finally selects a foot
that suits him and is within the
reach Of his purse. A difference of
an inch or SO in the length may
make difference Of several thou
sand dollars.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
An Old Landmark.

A billposter removed what remained
of lot of small advertising bills en-
a block of stone away down on the
Bowery near Rivington street. New
York. When he had cleared its sur
face pretty well he, STOPPING over,
was surprised to read. 'One mile to
city hall" The old stone is the first
mile stone placed many years ago
along the post road between New
York and Boston.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Arbors on shipboard.

The new Hamburg steamers that
are being built for the South Ameri-
can service will have some novel fea-
lures, including q playroom for chill
dren, and on deck arbors like those
used in German gardens, which, it is
expected, will be particularly appre-
ciated by the passengers in tropical
regions.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
earbers Use compressed Air.

Compressed air is beginning to be
introduced in the best of the barber
shops eerywhere. The air does al
most everything from the services of
a brush after haircut down to blow
ing the excessive powder off a custom
er's cheeks. The tubes connected
with the main source of supply hang
by each chair.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Fish Killed ex sewerane.

The other day, just as the tide in
the Thames was turning from ebb to
flow and the fish were coming up the
river again, very heavy rain, follow
ing several days drought suddenly
flushed the sewers of London, and the
rush of foul water killed the fishes by
the million. so that the dead bodies
covered the banks for miles.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
DEoADENCE OF CHEWING.
Dealer Attributes the Falling Os to
War on Spitters.

THE crusade against expectorat-
ing in public places has cut into the
tobacco business" said dealer to a
customer. Some years ago I kept
a tobacco cutter on my counter and
a boy was so engaged in cutting
plugs for the customers that he had
little time for anything else.
Now we cut up a few plugs in
the regulation size and put them in
canister. Twenty-Five cuts will
last several days where we used to
sell that many in half day How
ever, what we have lost in that way
is more than Offset by sales of cigars
and cigarettes and smoking to-
baceo.
1.-THE war on spitters has stopped
all that"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
HaIcyon Days.

Halcyon days was a name given by
the ancients to the seven days that
precede and follow the winter solstice,
from the circumstance of the halcyon
or alcedo bird selecting that period
for Matching her eggs. While this pro.
cess was going on, the weather was
generally remarkable for its calmness,
and hence the expression has passed
into a proverb, signifying days of
peace and tranquility.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Tibetan,s Revenne.

Some years ago at DaEiling, on the
border of India, Tibetan was duck
ed in fountain for insolence to an
Englishwoman. He was afterward
prime minister of Tibet and did much
to shape the Tibetan policy of exclu-
sion for all white foreigners.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

All idiots or cretins in the Alps
are to be treated at government ex-
pense, with tablets of extracts of the
thyroid Of sheep and other domestic
animals. says the British Medical
Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
midas Foreign Trade.

India has three and one-third
times as much foreign trade as Ja-
pan; three times as much as China,
easily beating Italy and Austria, also
Belgium, and surprising the Rus
sian empire by rs per cent.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

The Thibetan houses are from two
TO three stories in height. In winter
the Thibetan lives below alongside OF
the animals and fodder, and In sum-
mer he sleeps in loosely-built booths
of poplar branches on the roof.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Football to Catch Criminals.

The Australian detectives find foot
ball useful. Criminals will hide six
days In the week, but they have to
come out ON Saturday to see the foot
ball game. and the police are on hand.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Quick Multiplication.

A salmon has been known to pro-
duce 10,o0O,6oo eggs In one season;
some female spiders produce 1000
eggs. A queen bee has produced 1907
600 eggs In a season. One pair Of rab-
bits can become multiplied in four
years into 1856, 0oe.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

Hardly any girl puts up a resistance
that causes man to miss her mouth
and land kiss on the back of her
neck.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

The one man who doubts that there
is plenty Of room at the top is the
steeplejack.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17

Smoking a pipe is a great comfort
to an old man, no doubt, but how it
makes him smell.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
FIrat Newnpaper IL AmerIcs.

~ FtFat newspaper W NmSFtSAs
Mrs. Ciute Of the Pettaping house.
Essex, Conn, has . cory Of the first
newspaper printed In America. dated
ak Boston. April "a, a704.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
Weiel,s q a Whalc.

a Greenland whale weighs as
much as eighty-eight elephants or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-13

calf market Receipts were heaNS
and The y. T.. u. NJ. l." v. company
made a drastic cut of La lc pouiu
nn lots q, mixed calves. Best lotS
cold Mt 10mllc with averaged mlNeu
,ots NJ 7m9 1-oc. The hog market
,y,s steady. sellers paying last week
n,iros readily for yard offering Whlcn
900 ,ipbt Western receipts were
tcoxv Few sheep and lambs were
in tho market and the popular price
n,id for y. T.. sheep was u6c anu
lambs an average Of 1lMl &c.
Tho milch cow trade showed an
,,,nroycnont. as receipts were ho'i-
ceablv decreased. with a total OF only
80 cows. This helped in the dispo-
ea1 and sales were made more reaui-
II, nj shade higher prices. inc
,.a,re was from $40 for hlemlshed
cows I'M to sl75 paid for few heao
If cxtra choice heavy mixers. me
hu,,, of the cows offered SOLD at you
S,los-Otis IT. Forbush sold COW
NJ ( 1-2c, cow at lac COW d,
lac. and 81, ow at sc ana 81, .
COW nj Sc. COWS at &c. ana co"
M I s-4c: bulls at 1-4c' l can q,
70 and | calf at Il. o. l.. Love-,
.nlJ 10 oWS aN h3u lbs az i''"N
calves av ia lbs at l0c. 60 drlnke.
calves av. $50 lbs at &c: 80 hogs , av'
fS5 lbs at 10 1-ec; 10 lambs an BIS 50 lbs es
at zoe. and 80 sheep av 80 77 lss , ns I at
T W. Brooks sold . oxen ga" ,os ~ q.
g 8 ~, w" and pasture sheep 1920 lbs
NJ 1-sc: and "A mixers at sooa
ITO. T. p; Keenan, 81 sold GoG go .t fa ss"@
Inb, Euller & Son sold Is cows
at ' .5oaIIis. p. Simon sold 3 cows
500 lbs at lie. cows; o 400 20 lbs sss at
Sc: 10 hogs. Zoo lbs at loc; 10, ~ h ,13o
5000 lbs at Sac. ant. l. calves, iI'o
i ms n sc \. d. Kilby sold so calves
at att &C.: and - calves at $500 100. a. a.
4, Bags sold Il COWS at 3 , i d ,s cV
NV" ,,;iters nj s40GlI5 Robert Con-
VOWS no sol, sold so ows at s5o915S. F.. y;
CUMMINGS sold SO calves We n at &c; sold -
COWS at S5oa 100. +: NJ. Dana sou
~ cows at 1.6saSc: As calves at &C.
&c. : mixers at s5o@65 and l stock
bull at $40.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-13
PROPOSE PLAYERS
SOLD FOR BIG SUMS
GET ten PERCENT

Chicago Nov. 1o-l,al players
who are soll tor fabulous sums will
receive part OF the purchase price.
If a suggestion as TO n change i'll IN
rules is adopted at the annual Joint
meeting OF the major league in New
York next month. The proposal was
submitted to Commissioner lands
by the Philadelphia Amcrio ans. and
asked that when a player is sold for
$4,000 or more, The player shall re-
CeiNe 10 p>r cent OF the money in
NoNcd.
This proposal among others was
sent tonight TO all major league club
owners for their consideration prioi
to the wiutcr Eatre ring.
Players ut present are p.id such
amounts as the interested club de-
ci6es upon at the time Of transfer.
The New York Yankees have sub
niittod a proposal which would re
strict major league clubs to nifty
players, exclusively OF ineligible or
voluntary retired PLAYERS prior to
June II, but provides that the num-
Ter must he reduced between that
date and August II to - aCtINN
nlarCrS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-13
Poor Southern Whites In Hard
Straits

Inc life of the Southern negro ha.
not been the only reflection of the
grim poverty of Southern industrial
society. The poor whites, because or
their. inability to compete success
fully with Weather land owners in
securing good lands. have receded TO
the poorer hill districts and the ex-
hausted plains. Whereas the negro
tenants occupy the fertile Yazoo-
mississippi delta region under tho
suzerainty of white planters. tn.
poor whites are found in the rela-
lively sterile hills" Evidence Of
this recession of poor whites to the
Mills because of decades of uneoual
competition between upper class and
lower class Southern whites is to he
found in the colonies of native white
stock-as primitive as the early
Irontlersmen--pocketed between the
slopes or the Southern AppaIachian.
-Abram l.. Harris, Jr., in Curren,
History Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-13
Injury Jinx in
Chase Maine Bears

Orono. Nov. 1.-The injury JinX
has again struck the weakened
Maine team for the second time this
season. capt. George Gruhn. is in the
hospital with leg injuries. lie was
hurt early in the New Hampshire
game and an \-ray discovered a
badly split cartilage in his right lCG.
Gruhn has played his last game OF
football for Name and has probably
hung up the moleskins for alt time.
During his four years IN collese
Gruhn has been the mainstay in the
ralc blues blckfield and has thrilled
many an audience that Journeyed up
to Alumni Field.
Rcpscha. star fullhaCk is the sec
ond victim to come out of the New
Hampshire game on the injured lis.
In the last weeks game at Durha II.
Barrows was shifted to right half
in Grunn's former position and Eos
tor took RapsCha's place at full
back while !Niswcll called the sig
nails for the tisrt team.
BriCc would make no statement in
regards TO The coming Tufts game
but believes that the Jombos will
realize that they played football,
when the Maine champs roll out OF
IcGford
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-13
Harvard Prepares
For Game with
Brown on SATURDAY.

Cambridge. Mass. Nov. 12-Con-
tinued intensive activity today mark
cd the practice of the Harvard squad
working preparation for the game
with Brown next Ssturday-a contest
INTO which Harvard has been aCcus-
toned in wears past to play a team
of substitutes.
with the shift yesterday of Capt.
Ereenoush from tackle to center. q
hole at tackle was created when
Nash. shifted to that berth. injured
his ankle in scrimmage. He report
ca on crutchcs today and John Il.
fordHce was moved up from the sec
ond squad To fill the breach. Another
shift involved the transfer of Bavard
kliCour from the line to the back
feld. kilEour, who tips the scales at
100 pounds. though only a Sophomore
mas already played every position on
Inc Harvard team except quarter
back Dean repla Chase at left
end in today's practice.