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Evening star., 1924-03-03

season after Chance got him straight
ened out and Lee is anything like
the ball player that he was in the
west the Red Sox figure that they
have put q plaster over the left side
OF the iufield, which had gaps In 1t
IN 1923 large enough to pass an ele-
rhant through.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-03-03

Is it good thing for q player to be
constantly strising to driVe long dis
tdnees! II not, sUhot are the harmful
effects of so don,9'
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
HOLD HIGH REGARD FOR Boards
Turks and Arabs Still Like Them Be.
cause the Prophet Mahomet
Wore One.

The Turks and Arabs still regard
their boards highly because the prophet
Mahomet wore one. Before combing
his beard a Turk spreads cloth to
catch any heirs that may fall. After
the hairs are collected they are ham
died carefully and used us a solemn
offering to the dead. The Moor's
strongest feeling Is expressed when he
promises by his beard" He means
that he will Keep his word. Peter the
Great of Russia dido't like boards, SO
he placed tax on them. Many of his
subjects were too poor to pay the tax
and had to shave their Boards of. But
they saved the hair and had 1t buried
with them.
At one time only kings and mobiles
were allowed to wear boards. The
common people and the servants had
to shave, to show that they were sub
feet to the king and those above them.
b, the Middle ages. when three hairs
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Synthetic Rocks =. 4
Produced in Day

n pressure of 10000 pounds to the
square inch it freezes into II cake of
Ice so thickly condensed that 1t sinks
like rock in water. Mercury, too-the
"unfreezable" mineral used in ther-
mometers-can be frozen under u pres
sure Of 10000 pounds to the square
inch.
Science has yet to learn, however, to
duplicate the wonders of nature at the
same cost before 1t can compete with
her In the commercial world Mother
earth can do her work so vastly cheap
er In that respect. For instance, IL
you were determined to have a syn
thetic tombstone, science could prob
ably make you II granite one-but it
would cost something like a billion
dollars. Fortunes spent in research
and past experiments must Of course
be figured In ''cost production" The
important fact. however, is that man
can now make granite.
OF far greater value for the present
are the laboratory's contributions to
the study of seismology. Its expert
ments have resulted in scientists be-
ing able to determine accurately the
fiexibility Of the various kinds OF
rocks and hence the speed with which
earthquake waves pass through each
kind. Thus, by timing the passage of
an earthquake wave at different sta
tions it is now possible for the experts
to say with assurance Of accuracy just
yond the reach of man in the respec-
tive areas.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
SOME KNOW DETAILS
OF CARING FOR CAR
"Do 1t Yourself" knowledge Lags
Because of Stations.

How about tracing out trouble In
the electrical circuits in your car, or
correcting the timing of the motor, or
grinding the valves? Could you do
these things if either were necessary
in an emergency?
Most garage men, and they are in
position to know, believe that you are
edge if you are one of the old-fash-
ioned few who can do any of these
things.
The long and short of it seems to
be that the substantial construction of
the car and its parts and the fire.
quency of service stations makes all
this 'do it yourself knowledge
superfluous. The up-to-date driver, in
stead of loading up his memory with
mass of Details remembers only a
few items of routine care-things that
he must do to keep the car running
sort of information that the industry
has made popular.
Hardly a day goes by in any garage
or service station without their noting
the effect of the educational work that
has been done by the accessory manu-
facturers and car builders during the
past few years. The storage battery
in particular has received an unusual
amount of attention.
There can be little doubt that the
car owner owes a good deal of his
satisfaction to the efforts of the manu-
facturer and his representatives, who
have taught him what to do to keep
each part Of his car in prime condi-
tiOn
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Earliest Date in the New World
History Is August 6,
613 B. c.

Cambridge, Mass. - The earliest
dates in New World history are Au-
gust 6, 613 b. c.. and December lo,
$50 b. c., by the present system OF
marking time, the Peabody Museum
of Harvard university announced In
making public the final solution OF
the chronology of Mayan dates.
This solution, made possible by the
studies of DR.. II. J. Shinden OF the
museum, is hailed as distinct VIC
tory for the American school OF re-
search in the records of the ancient
inhabitants of Central America, since
it follows the lines of approach laid
down by several scientists of the
United States in contradistinction 10
the basic theories of the German
French and Spanish savants.
These positive and perfectly de-
fined points in chronology probably
fell within the working years of one
of the worlds first scientists, the I'M
known mathematical and Astronomical
genius who invented the Central Amer
lean calendar and established the
Mnyan era" the museums announce
ment says.
Spaniards Destroyed Books.
Actually the numerous dates on
the monuments of the great Mayan
civilization in Yucatan and adjacent
territory are counted from beginning
day which corresponds to October a.
1878 d. c., but this beginning day was
reached by putting seven cycles OF
$4,000 days each for the past of the
world before the historical first day
of the numerical count.
This historical first day was Au-
gust 6, 613 B. G. AT this time a
numerical record of elapsed days was
begun, and in the years that followed
various astronomical events were pu,
down as they happened, procedure
which soon gave picture of time
adequate for the perfection of a cal
endarical machine.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
SOME CAUSESF FOR
STARTER TROUBLE.
In Case of Failure Battery Is
First Thing to Suspect
Test Acid Solution.
(By ERWIN GREER, President Greer
College Of Automotive Engineering.
Chicago)

(By ERWIN GREER, President Greer
College Of Automotive Engineering
Chicago.)
To every motorist sooner or later
there comes the unpleasant expert
ence of stepping on the starter button
and instead Of the merry whirr of
turning gears, being greeted by stony
silence. 1t is scarcely remarkable that
this occurs, indeed the wonder is that
the starter holds up as well as it does
under the abuse that it receives at
the hands of the average car owner.
The starter system embodes the fol-
lowing units: A storage battery, the
cables that connect the battery with
the rest of the system, switch for
bringing the starter into action and,
as general thing. the frame of the
rent to the battery after it has turned
over the engine.
Suspect Battery First.
In cases of starter failure the first
thing to suspect is the battery, which
supplies the current that operates the
tive running season the battery must
be filed to level with distilled water.
The acid solution should be tested at
these times with hydrometer, show
ing the specific gravity of the solu-
ton. If this has fallen below 1,2o0
the battery is away below charge and
must be recharged without delay. If
the battery is permitted to become dry
or to fall so low in charge that it can
not turn over the starter the cause of
the failure is at once revealed.
The next things to suspect are the
cables that connect the battery with
the starter by way of the switch.
While the trouble here is not so fire.
quent, nevertheless insulation may
wear through. setting up shorts that
drain the battery and prevent the
starter from doing its work. Occa-
sionally, also, the switch goes out of
business, but If the battery is proved
to have adequate current and the
cables are all right. examine the
switch.
Sometimes the starter motor itself
goes out of business through mechan-
ical failure or lack of fabrication.
The starting motor is generally lu-
bricated from the engine on one end
and by small oil hole in the other.
The engine fabrication is automatic,
but the oil hole requires drop of oil
every 500 miles of running.
The brushes and commutator Of the
starting motor do not need oil in fact,
If oil gets on these parts it is likely
to stop the motor from operating. In
this case the oil may be cleaned off
by holding a small piece Of fine sand
paper against the commutator while
the motor is running.
From all this the car owner will get
the obvious lesson that troubles in the
starting system are best cured by rea-
sonable care beforehand. Keep the
battery up to its work, watch the
cables for broken insulation. Give the
starting motor the drop of oil it needs,
and the starter will continue to whirr
obediently to your foot pressure while
the crank rusts in idleness under the
back seat.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
STEERING ARMS CAUSE WEAR
One Reason Is That Wheels Are Not
True, Especially When the
Car ls Turned.

front tires, due to the wheels not be-
ing true, especially when the car is
turned, is because the steering arms,
extending from knuckle to tie rod,
have been bent from hard strain ex-
erted on them by the wheels hitting
a rut, bump or flaw in the road dag
onally, or by some object striking the
arms themselves. Naturally, the
wheels will not both head in the same
direction when one or both of these
arms are sprung.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Cathedral in Cologne Draw. British Soldier.

years ago the cathedral was Infested
with mice which were responsible for
much damage to the paintings. sacer-
dotai costumes and other costly silk
ornaments. AD efforts to rid, the CO.
thedrai of the plague had proved fall
ures until some one suggested that
the presence Of mouse of gold as
permanent fixture would prove efrec.
tive In frightening the live ones away.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Getting Car Out Of Mud Hole.

be made from a plank about four feet
long, one foot wide and two inches
thick. A chain is fastened at two
corners Of plank, and when laid in
front Of the sunken wheel the chain
is passed around one of the spokes as
shown in diagram. By this means the
car will climb up onto the plank and
out of the mud hole
''This device is not bulky and should
be carried along as one of the most
useful tools"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
from the beard of monarch were
used to seal a document. 1t was sup.
posed to indicate that such document
was very mportant.-Detroit News,
Starboard.

The word starboard is probably de-
rived from steer board, and became
identified with the side of the ship to
the right of a person at the steer
board and facing the bow. The word
iarboard was used to designate the
side to the left. This term has been
superseded by the word port, in or
der to avoid the confusion caused by
the similarity of names.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

CoIogne.-British officers and SOL
d.eys of the forces occupying this city
never tire Of visiting its majestic
cathedral.
A life size mouse of solid gold under
nh inverted crystal bowl set upon u
marble table, in one Of the chapels
invariably causes much curiosity and
inouiries as To the cause Of the little
polSeu rodents presence nre frequent.
II Is told that some hundreds Of
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Civil War Vet Has II
Creat-Crandchildren

Syracuse.-Perry Soles Cobb. of Ly
sander, Onondaga county, celebrated
his ninety-sxth birthday at his home
at Adams recently, at party given
by his daughter to his ISL descendants.
MIR. Cobb, the oldest Civil war veteran
living in Jefferson county, boasts Of
II children, 63 grandchildren, II great
grandchildren and six great-great-
grandchildren.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
College Boat Raeea

The first college boat races held
were between boats owned by Yale
students In Boston harbor In 1874. the
contestants being an eight-oared sie
and dugout cants. The first inter
collegiate race was rowed by Yale and
Harvard crews In eight-oared barges
over a two-mile course on Lake win.
nipesaukee In 1859.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
TROUBLE LAMP OF ODD TYPE
So Constructed That It Can Be Made
to Adhere to Any Iron Part Of
Automobile.

No automobilist likes to be without
a trouble lamp, and often when he has
one he finds lit difficult to place 1t
where it will afford illumination at the
seat Of the trouble while his hands are
occupied with tools. The newest type
Of trouble lamp has an electro-magnet
in the base, which is energized when
the lamp is lighted, making 1t possible
to stick it to any of the iron parts Of
the car.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

The legend says that the remedy was
successful.
do you really believe such was the
case?" ranking British officer asked
Of the old sexton the other day.
With a sad smile the latter replied I;
Hardly; otherwise. am certain we
should have enough Of the precious
metal In Germany to set up gold
statue Of British soldier somewhere
In Cologne"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
GETTING AUTO OUT OF MUD
Device Made of Plank Four Feet
Long and One Foot Wide Is
Useful in Emergency.

The Farm Journal in illustrating
and describing a device to get car
out Of mud hole, the invention of
Robert H. Neill Of Ohio. says:
"a device for getting the car out
of the mud under its own power can
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Starting Made Easier.

Throw out the clutch when starting.
Motor has to turn over the clutch and
countershaft gears, besides the engine
itself. 1t is heavy strain on the
battery.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Got EN- Trained.

Mrs. A.-"And you have had the
same girl for two years?" Mrs. B.
"Yes; she says she doesn't believe in
changing after she has gone to the
trouble of teaching family her
ways."-Boston Transcript.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

Don't allow your car to be washed
by inexperienced or INSCRIPTIONS
washers. who use coal oil, gasoline or
I've soaps in the operation.
In order to reduce the wear on the
coil vibrator points with battery ig-
milton, reverse the direction Of flow
Of current occasionaiIy.
Don't adjust the carburetor until
the engine has warmed upu that
time you will be near a n yd1r shop
where the work can be done Dr0perly.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

Self-adjusting electrodes are a tea
ture Of new electric furnace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09

for their opening spring sale. The
horses, however. made pretty
thorough clearance, but sold in many
cases at sacrifice prices. At the auc-
tions about the best prices received
on a matched pair of 340O lbs was
$500. At retail there was a better
trading, with good values reported.
The best demand just at present is
on the heavier horses.
Good quality heavy green drafters,
100 to 1900 lbs sold at an average
of 500 a $3.50, with drafters, 1000 to
100 lbs at $225 a $275; wagon
horses, and farm chunks. 800 to
400 lbs at $150@ $225: good class
acclimated horses. 1900 to 1900 lbs
at S125 n 5000: blemished seconds. at
SO a $40. J. G. Keith sold at his
Brighton stables 312 horses. Of which
40 were seasoned horses and IS
head of ordinary seconds. The rest
were western horses of good class.
The retail trade held prices firm. but
at the auctions prices were badly
broken. and the horses barely sold
at prices to cover cost.
William KurwtZ Sons Company
sold at their West Canton street
stables l car of fresh Ohio and In
diana horses and 10 acclimated. The
larger part of the horses were sold
at retail, at fair values with good
seasonable demand. The auction
movement was slow, and poor prices
, ruled
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Chicago Produce Market


Owing largely to favorable conditions
both Ior seeding and growth, wheat to-
day eased down in price. The market
closed unsettled at to sc net decline,
May 1.U2t to 1.02aWa and july 1.U5s
to l.03s. Corn finished sQ3 to &C or
with oats shown to &c loss and pro-
visions varying from five cents setback
to like advance.
1t was generally recognized by
wheat traders that with continued aus
picious weather a larger crop than last
Withstandipg that the 1924 acreage is
smaller. besides, there was no evil
dence of any export demand of conse-
quence. Selling. however. lacked vol
ume except from the northwest, where
seeding appeared to be making pro-
gress at a number Of places. On the
other hand, dearth of buying kept the
market devoid of important rallies, pri-
mary election activities doing a good
deal to curtail business. The best up
turn came at the last and resulted al
on the part of small previous sellers.
Predictions of larger receipts of corn
after sowing of oats is complete led
to persistent scattered selling of corn.
Moreover. eastern demand for corn was
again slow. ard reports were current
that gluten and other manufactured
feeds were being heavily substituted
for corn.
oats were depressed by advices that
seeding was likely to be finished at
some illinois points within a few days.
Receipts OF corn here meanwhile show
ed a decided falling off in quantity.
Provisions averaged a. little lower.
rejecting weakness of hog values and
of grain.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
New York Produce Market
New York. April s.

New York, April ..
wHEAT-Spot easy; No. l DARK
northern spring i track New York
domestic IA; No ct. hard an ~, Winter and 10
LIZ: No. I MANITOBA de' i@ anu
coRSspss easy: Syo;m Ms; y .l Sy rail
asa. No white o. s9i and No. 2 mixed
ao ofTTS-spot easy: No, white IS:
TARn-Barely steady; middle west
11.So@11.4o: ,.a
RfTTTER-Cnsettled receipts di.et9
creamery higher than extras 20. 4S cream.
creamery extras. 81 score. "a asa ssS:
state dairy finest ssa. ..n,. us4s:
EGGs-Irregular;r ref sr.ts regular
packed DO :tors .ssss s.sssSsSS a Z;
d az s, sns spod n.sksa, ae :;
xss: a ass Sy.s ssssst ss.ss1n
W. ~ whites firsts to aveIas srtra {
?nssG e nearby hennery browns sA-'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
MONMOUTH

SOUTH-The Helping Hand circle
met with Mrs. w. 3. Wooduan
Thursday, April 3, for an al day
meeting. There were seven members
present and several aprons were
made for the sale to be held home
time in the future. The next meet
ing will be with Mrs. Corrie Dixon
in two weeks.
Mrs. p. z. Frost of Auburn was in
town Thursday to attend the meet
ing of the Helping Hand
Mrs. Frank Maxwell of Wales f.
staying at the home OF WendaIl
. Tinkham for a while.
Mrs. Linwood Bubier was a Sun
day visitor at the home Of her ia
ther. Jesse Austin, in Wales.
p. f. Frost and daughter. Miss AL
ma Frost, were visitors Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Mace
Miss Nellie Chick of Auburn passed
the week end at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f.. c. Chick.
Miss Madeline Peterson rturned "a
her school duties In Auburn this
week.
Miss Ellen Frost has been passing
few days in Auburn, visiting, al
the home Of Miss Alma Frost.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Perkins are
receiveirg congratulations upon the
birth of daughter. Sunday, April 6
Miss Theresa White has returned
to open the school again, after en-
joying weeks vacation at her home
in Belgrade. =.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
BENTON

Frank Dixon of Portland was
week end guest of Guy Kennedy
Regular meeting of Benton Grange
will be held Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Hugh Johnson was recent
business caller in Waterville.
Mrs. Guy Dow and daughter, Mar
garet. were weekend guests of Mrs.
Dow's mother, Mrs. Albert Plummer.
Miss Doris Cooley of Corinna has
returned home after passing the
week end at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Coker. Mr.. and
Mrs. Penney and daughter, also
Howard Flood, Calvin Horn and s.
A. Plummer of Fairfield were Sun
day callers of Everett Hunter, who
has recently returned from Elm City
hospital.
Mrs. A. D. Mckinney was q re-
cent guest Of Mrs. John Fass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09
Boston Live Stock Market

Specially Reported for the kennebec
Stock Yards, April 8.
This week: Cattle 1911, sheep ana
lambs 4745, calves 5606, hogs ll,93o.
Last week: Cattle 2406, sheep and
lambs $3.50, calves 6432. hogs $3.50.
one year ago: Cattle 1881. sheep and
lambs 66SO, calves 4746. hogs 22,%3o.
TOTAL MAINE SHIPMENT
Cattle 10. calves 132.
TONE OF THE MARKET
There was a heavier run of livestock
at the Brighton yards owing to the
closing of the yards at Natertown. Inc
beef cattle market was active with the
better grades in quick demand. 1hefe
were no fancy steers and oxen on the
market. but some ordinary to far
steers and oxen sold at &c, with
coarse or thin oxen at 81 @53c. Good
beef cows and heifers were taken
| promptly at 6G1c plus 81, and medium
TO good cows at 5@6c, poor to ordl-
nary COWS at 81 a &c. Gamer cows
bolocnas and slippery cows sold at
2@3Jc. Bull beef was in excellent de-
msnd at 310Tc, the latter price pelng
paid for an extras bull of 14Io.
There was a strong tone to the verl
calf market. Fancy lots of choice VeaIs
sold at 1116121c, with extras up TO
&c. Average mixed lots at 9aulozc.
Drinkers and grasSers at 5@ &c. Small
| calves of 20 to 90 lbs at 81 4ic
The hog market was unchanged
prices holding at last weeks average
Few came to the yards, and western
sbinn,ents were moderate. Fancy lots
sold at SASS C. rough to fair So ISc,
hoars 305c. dressed hogs at 91@1
There are not enough New England
sheen and lambs on the market to make
a ouotable market. But the slaughter
ers quote a higher market responsive
to conditions in the west. Sheep quote
at 5 a 10c, and lambs 100 15c.
The mich COW market continues very
unsatisfactory to shippers to this mar
ket in this line of stock and receipts
are not heavy. Fancy cows sold at 500
ms135. good to choice $60G 500, poor
to ordinary SIS to $50.
The live poultry market was steady
with fowl quoting at % q &c and roost-
ers s q 20c.
There were held and fed at the Brieh-
ton Yards IS cars of Canadian export
cattle.
SALES AT THE YARD
Reef Cattle-A Young sold ] bull,
100 lbs at lie; / cow, 1888. at
: 1-2c., and l COW at &c. Howard
Gorges sold > bulls av 100 lbs at
4 1-3c; / COW, 1900 lbs at &c; l. good
cows and 4 1-2c. and bologna at
1-2c. Otis II. F'orbush sold l COW
at 3 3-4c: / COW at ) he. and =
extra fancy cows at &c, with 81 on
each.
Veal Calves-Otis H. Forbush sold
| calf at &c. and > calves at loc.,
and calves at Il 1-3c. Howard
Gorges 40 calves at > lei l--c.
Hogs-Otis II. Forbush sold l hog
at lie.
HORSE MARKET
Boston. April S.-The horse mar
ket was badly broken up as the sew
ere storm came on the regular day
for the auction sales at all the sale
stables This was unfortunate. as
many OF the dealers had specially
large amount of horses to offer.
which had been widely advertised
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-09

30@32; Pacific coast whites extras $40
Sc; do. 1rsts to extras tirstS 29 G33.
POTATOES-Stea Long Island
bulk per $50 pounds $50 q 500: Maine
$500 400; New York 800 q 3.65; Flor
ida 1900.
CABBAGES-steady southern per
hamper 1,75m2.25; Long Island per
barrel 1.6002.a5.
A break of &c per pouid occurred in
the raw sugar market today due to in
creased offerings from Cuba, following
continued heavy receipts. Spot prices
are now quoted at 6.5S duty paid. Sales
included $1,000 bags of Cuban at $50
and 10000 at SIS. all for April ship
ment.
The decline in spot and the depart
ment of commerce estimate placing the
worlds sugar production this year at
21,600.000 short tons, new high rec
ord, caused active general selling of
raw sugar futures. Houses with Cuban
connections were the principal sellers.
Closing prices showed ) to 25 point S
net loss. May 40, July ass, Septem-
Der 4.S0. December 4.31.
Demand for refined sugar was check
ed by the slump in raws although no
changes were reported in quotations,
which ranged from $50 to $40 for fine
granulated.
Refined futures were nominal.