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New Britain herald., 1926-06-09

will receive a personal reply. Un- i signed requests cannot be answered.
 All letters are standardization c. Where is the Muir Glacier?
 A. In Alaska, about 12O miles
 north by west of Sitka on Glacier Bay. The surface area is about 350 { square miles. Nine branches con- tribute to the main trunk, which 1 flows at an average rate of 7 feet
 per day. and during the month of
 August eXpels 2o0.0oo, ,000 cubic feet of ice into the bay daily. It has re- ceded 25 miles in the last century, | O. What is the deepest that a submarine has been submerged?
 A. 296 feet.
 1 .. Who was the sculptor of the bronze tigers at Nassau hall, Prince ton university?
 A. They were modelled by A. r, ! Proctor and were given 10 the col | lege by the class of 1879. Q. How old is Hoot Gibson, the movie actor, and is that his real name? Is he married? | A. His real name is Edward Gib-
 son. He is 34 years old, and is mar ried.
 c. How much land not under
 cultivation in the United States, is capable of being titled? 1 A. The following estimate has 1 been made; Humid land not requir- ing drainage mostly in pasture and forest at present, 235 million acres; subhumid land. mostly in pasture at present, 52 million acres; scmi-arid l land, mostly in pasture at present 1 116 million acres: land requiring drainage, 75 million acres; irrigablc ! land, 80 million acres: other improv- cd land mostly in pasture, 100 mil lion acres.
 Q. What is the record swim on
 Lake Erie?
 A. II is held by C. A, Walker,
 Pelee Lighthouse. He swan from Ontario 10 Lorain. Ohio, distance Of 53 Miles in 20 hours and 15 min utes August l, 1923. Q. Can you give me the address
 If the Boys Club Federation? A. S037 Grand Central Terminal Building, New York city.
 Q. Whit is the area of England and of the British Empire? Whac percentage of the population of the i British Empire lives in England?
 A. The population of England is ! 25.676,53Q: it's area is 50.S74 square miles. The population of the Brit ish Empire is 441,965 and it's area is i13,4O6,103 square miles. Thus the British Empire has about 12 times
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
KRAXN KINDERGARTEN
 (COnduCtCd by EUSty)

Tcetcher: "Wile Gertrude Jr. is taking q speshul corsc in how to tell the berds from tho flowers I wunt lit- tie Billy to use 'camphor' correck- ly" B. Loney: "Theres something all rong with my
 lungs and my hart And my gastric secretions and
 bile Or that's the impression I'm trying
 to give So they'll send mo to camphor a
 vile"
 Fannie pnl1ncly
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His diID1puf

Mrs. O'Houlihan. Policeman Clancy don't care about pretty face. but he goes woild over a dimpled kn,c."
 Mrs. McManus: "Shur, an didn't the doctor say he wuz a knee Mick"
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
Facts sandFancies
BY RORERT OJUIEN
BY ROBERT CULLEN

BY ROBERT CULLEN
 Thrift: Ralling up hay for some body else 10 scatter.
 Note to Europe: Ii is especially hard 10 balance budgets while bal anCing chips. 2 What the country needs is some way to deport the sorry ones the stork brings.
 Travel: Being whisked rapidly from one hotel 10 another exactly like it.
 The supreme example Of vanity is a parent trying year by year to make his child just what he is.
 Doubtless a country Is happest when nobody seems to give a darn about voting.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
Day for Fun sbop
Folks.

Commencement time for all of us,
 come on Folks, let's begin To cultivate that hearty laugh, that
 broad contagious grin!
 Let's call it Glad-uation Day. be
 happy through and through. Commence that good cheer stuff of
 ours and then keep at it, too!
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
IN KLASS AT KRAZY KOLLEGE
 Conducted h.. Sunny)

Teacher:
 MT. Flame, please refrain from using yJ;.r heavy ~vebrows as pen wipers and explain why you referr, ed to your friend Don Kilts as tightwad. Season your remarks with 'cinnamon.' Amos Gae flame: He yes hi: shay lather to use
 the folloWin orn. And a quarter weeks all he gives
 l'~ ee wife: He soards his burnt matches to
 make toothpicks with.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09

Jack Dempsey. who intends to fight somebody next September seems to have unique plan 10 get back his wind. He will train in a Colorado camp 5000 feet above sea level. calculating that the rarifed air will enforce good lung power in the shortest possible time. The fight, however, will take place at or near sea level, and if it happens that the prizefghter finds the air too heavy about him at the time he might have a good excuse to spar the wind considerably more than some prizefghters are wont 10 do,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
SORE ON THE WORLD

Now that women have taken his shape and his haircut, and men his pants, is 1t any wonder that the modern boy is a difficult proposi- tion 10 handle?'
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SIICIDE AT CEMETERY

Washington, June (P) - After placing roses on the grave of his mother here yesterday, Robert Kaiser A. District of Columbia em- ploye. fired two bullets through his breast in a suicide attempt, and fell across the grave mortally wounded. Kaiser, who is married, refused to explain his act.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
So She Recovered

Dr. Pearson: Well, congratula- tions. You pulled through all right"
 Margie: "Of course. l simply HAD to pull through. Why l had absolutely NOTHING to be buried in.'
 Paul s. Powers.
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The wife of Field Mrshal I.u- dendorff, he who was on the losing side in the war, has sued for di- vorce Peace al last.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09

Ths Herald 10 on sais daily in New York at Hotaling's Nevtstand. Times gouars; schultz's Newsstauds. Entrance Grand Central. I2nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09

Mariners prepare for storms when they see cirrus clouds, which are high and whitish Such clouds, usually composed of ice crystals, are caused by low atmospheric pressure,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09

case in other cities of 100000 population-a figure that this city will pass within IS or 20 years.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
HEAR NE, HEAR 1Et

4 great fortune awaits the man Der heels.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09
THE INSURANCE SALESMAN AT
 HOME

1 Observed by Felix |. Fcist, Jr.) His Wife--I think I'll run over next door for few minutes and you can stay here and take care of the baby.
 Insurance Salesman-sorry. but I'm going out for a game Of bil- lizards.
 His Wife-NO, YOU'RE NOT! Insurance Salesman-My dear young woman, do you realize what this refusal will mean to your fu- turc? Do you know that &c the age of 40, out of 1C0 wives, so are di- vorced, r wish they were. and only three are happily married? Do you realize--
 His Wife-Harry, I---- Insurance Salesman-TomorroW- may be too late take this = step tonight and you will = never regret it l won't - take no for an answer l . want to safeguard your fu- ture are you going to let . me 20 out tonight?
 His Wife-No that is. I--- Insurance Salesman A wom- an of your standing has - the foresight to realize what = an important event in your : | life this game of billiards = i is now let let me write = you-a- policy-of divorce insurance that will protect your loved ones
 His Wife--Aren't you going to let me say WORD9 Insurance Salesman --Nowisyour opportunitytoletme play thatgameof | Ibilliardsat.he club. Don't letthis chanceslipasitmayhethelast, nowdo yousayyesormust Igointothisfroman- otherangle? Signonth hedottedline?
 His Wife-Yes, I'll sign, just to
 get rid of you! Now get out of
 here!
New Britain herald., 1926-06-09

Some children are happy and some have mothers who are afraid they'll get germs.
 It usually takes 1867 men 10 put up q steel building, if you count those who merely stand and gape.
 Perhaps David called all men liars because he saw them cat and then heard them call the orgy a Tight" breakfast.
 Beauty never seem so inadequate as when you see it making futile effort to make an edible pie crust
 It seems to work out all right. Most of those who get seats behind posts have unquarrelsome chins.
 Correct this sentence: q can be ready for the trip in an hour" said she, and I don't need any new clothes"
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Thrift; Raking up hay for some ody else 10 scatter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-07
COURTS BAT TIE
IN ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April r.
The right OF one criminal court
Judge to set aside the ruling Of
another criminal court judge hangs
in the balance in the State supreme
court.
A petition filed here by Attorney
General Carlstrom asks that the
court direct Judge Emmanuel EIIer
Of the Chicago criminal court to
expunge from his record a writ Of
habeas corpus which freed Arthur
Lorenz from prison sentence.
Lorenz was convicted Of libel
against the American Legion and
was sentenced to pay 81 and costs
and sentenced to six months In Jail.
He paid the fine and Judge Eller
decided the law said the penalty
for libel was either a fine or 4
jail, sentence, not both.
The petition declared Ear more
serious question than whether or
not man named Lorenz should
serve his time, was involved.
THE action of Judge Filler is p
downward blow struck at the sta
bility Of the judicial system" the
petition reads.
The court took the petition under
advisement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-07
F|REMEN | { A D
'SALL|ES' ND

The appeal OF the Salvation Army
for 100000 today passed the $4,000
mark, contributions being led by
the District Fire Department, mem
bers of which turned over $273.55.
The drive will continue until
April 20.
Results of the mail appeal are
expected to be known in several
days and probably will add $4,000
to the fund.
Brigadier William H. Barrett,
divisional commander of the army.
announced that SO of Washington
leading business firms had agreed
to take up collections among en-
ployes.
The need of the 100000 has been
brought forcefully to the arny's
attention in the past week. six
families. threatened with eviction.
appealing for funds with which to
pay rent.
''Only several days ago." said
Brigadier Barrett, "a carpenter out
of a Job came to us. He was penni-
less, with wife and nine chill
dren to care for His landlord
Threatened eviction. fortunately, we
learned of the case in time, paid
Sthe rent and found the man a
steady job.
'This case is typical. Hardly q
week passes that we are not called
upon to pay the rent for some
poor family about to be put out
on the street"
Contributions to the fund should
be sent to Thomas p. Hickman
treasurer, care Salvation Army
headquarters, GOT e st. N. w.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Brsvities of Worlds News Sent By
Cable and Wireless.
HAGEN DRAFTS
FARM AID BILL
Appropriation viii Be Available
for Marketing AgriCul-
tural Products.

Washington-An appropriation OF
$3.50, 100000 would be available under
the farm relief bill being drafted by
Chairman Haugen of the house agri-
cultural committee. Included in the
appropriation would be a fund or
$100, O00,000 for the marketing of cot
ton, to be administered separately. The
remaining s150,000,000 would be used
for federal aid in marketing other
basic commodities-corn, wheat, cat
tie, and swine, and possibly WOOL
beans and some other products.
Senator Capper, Republican of Kan
sas, introduced in the senate the
Tincher measure which would provide
by appropriation a revolving fund OF
81, 000, 100000 for loans to farm or
CARNATIONS, with additional credit IA
cilities available. Representative Fort,
Republican of New Jersey, also intro
duced bill he previously had outlined
to the house agriculture committee, OF
which he is a member. The plan
would establish a federal farm board
to provide for the creation of agricul-
tural corporations to handle each COM
modify.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Condensed Resume Of the Important
Events In the Nation and State.
MELLON BACKS
ANDREWS STAND
Generals Testimony Held Honest
and His Duty Performed
by Secretary

Washington-Genera Lincoln c. An
drews, who was made prohibition en-
forcement chief on the record that he
made as head of the an. PSI in the A.
E. F., will remain as head of the gov
ernment's dry forces-all attacks, cri-
ticisms and demands by professional
dry organizations notwithstanding.
This positive announcement came from
the treasury in reply to the criticism
that has been hurled at General An
drews by the Anti-Saloon league and
other reform organizations since he
frankly told senate committee he
thought that the sale of beer probably
would help the enforcement situation.
General Andrews is neither liar nor
a hypecrite, and he will be supported,
said an official spokesman for the
treasury. Demand that Andrews be
ousted from office was met at the
treasury by the statement that the
confidence of Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon in the dry chiefs ability
has not been shaken. The uproar
which followed Andrews beer state
ment was not taken seriously by Sec
rotary Mellon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Blizzard Grips Vast Area in
Middle West-East is Hit

Chicago-A blizzard swept over vast
regions of the middle west. 1t was
real winter weather. Tourists return
ing from Calofirnia and Florida, where
they had spent the last six months to
escape the rigors of the lorthern eli
mate, realized they had come home too
soon. Snow fell over Iowa, southern
Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois and Wis
consin. In some parts of those states
five inches of wet snow lay on grass
that had just started to turn green un-
der the rays of the April sun. The
whole northern part of the United
States east of the Rocky mountain was
having winter weather or something
that closely approached it. In the
New England states record snowfalls
were reported, with drifts from three
to five feet high in Vermont and Maine.
Two or three inches of snow covered
the Adirondacks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
DUST IN THE LUNGS
6k&ttxk1S1S1d xtxtsft<S<kzt
ia 1926 Westarn Nawsnanar IInionl

GO MUCH has been written about
- tuberculosis that any one who,
following severe cold or influenza
Infection. develops persistent cough,
a shortness of breath or difficulty in
breathing is suspected by his family
and friends and often by the patient
himself of being victim of this dread
disease. Yet there are several other
lung conditions which may very easily
be mistaken for consumption and In
which an early recognition of the ex,
act condition is of the utmost I'M
portance.
The New York state department
OF labor has just issued special
pamphlet on one of those conditions,
not caused by the tubercle bacillus,
although it may be combined with 1t,
but due entirely to the kind of work
engaged in, or what the labor de-
partment calls an "occupational
hazard"
This condition is silicosis, a dis
ease of the lungs found among men
whose work is the quarrying or dress
ing of stone, granite quartz, grit stone
or among gold, tin or lead miners,
makers of millstones or grindstones,
sand blasting or those working In
factories or. workshops where finely
ground stone is used.
Silica is the finely ground dust made
by pulveriZing or grinding any of the
common forms of stone. The air in
the quarries or workshops In which
these stones are cut or ground Is al
| ways full Of this fine dust Unless
| special methods are used to keep down
this dust or to remove 1t by sue
| ton apparatus or unless the workers
wear masks, the dust is constantly
| drawn into the lungs just as the coal
miners breathe In coal dust. Some of
| the dust is breathed out again but
| much of 1t remains In the air cells
Of the lungs where it gradually ac-
cumulates and causes irritation. This
| irritation causes scar tissue In the
lung, SO that part of the lung becomes
dense and solid
Generally this disease develops
slowly, several years being necessary
to produce much apparent effect. The
| patient has a cough which does not
clear up. Then he finds it hard to
breathe. Workers say they cant get
to the bottom of their breath" Then
the patient has attacks of pleurisy,
with pain in the chest or the side.
| Then is the time the patient begins
to fear he is developing consumption.
But he has no night sweats, fever or
| loss of weight or appetite as the early
consumptive has. He looks well, eats
well and feels well, except when he
tries to draw long breath.
| OF course, with his lungs In this
condition, If he gets tubercular in
lection, he generally develops con-
sumption on top of the silicosis.
| Naturally. there is no treatment for
| this condition. The only thing for
the patient to do Is to get out of his
dust laden job and work in some
| other line.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Conviction of Williams Indicated

Marine Base, San Diego, Calf
Colonel Alexander S. Williams drank
the dregs of the cocktail he offered
to Brigadier General Smedley Butler
last month when the military court
trying him on a charge of intoxica-
ton preferred by the general adj
journed under circumstances leaving
no doubt as to his conviction. While
the court made no comment or an
nouncement other than that it had adj
journed, the circumstances were a
taeit admission that it believed the
colonel guilty of appearing drunk in
the public rooms of the Hotel Del
Coronado the night he gave dinner
party in honor of General Butler.
Findings and recommendations of the
court will be sent direct to the judge
advocate general of the navy at Wash
ington and communicated by him, to-
gether with his recommendation for
sentence to the secretary of the navy.
The verdict is expected to be official
ly announced in the national capital
within a week or two.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
RAT-BITE FEVER

THAT rats are destructive and dam.
gerous pests Is generally recog-
nized. That rats, carrying feas In
fected with the germs of bubonic
plague, are the principal factors in
spreading this disease is also now gen.
orally understood. But that the rat
itself, by its own bite, may be the
cause of another and entirely distinct
disease is not generally known.
Rat-bite fever has long been known
in Japan under the name of soduku. 1t
has also been recognized In this coun-
try.
The disease Is peculiar one and
has generally the following history !:
The patient, frequently child, is bit
ten by a rat, the wound healing In
three or four days apparently without
any trouble. In from five days to
fourteen days, the wound, apparently
well, becomes swollen, painful and
bluish-red, the glands near the wound
swell and become tender. There is no
abscess and no matter forms in the
wound or in the glands. At the end
of two weeks after the bite, the pa
tent has chill, followed by fever,
with prostration, pain In the back
and a sensation of weakness in the
legs. About twenty-four hours after
the chill, bluish-red eruption APP
pears on the body, which gradually
fades as the fever goes down in the
next four or five days.
These symptoms then entirely dis
appear and for four or five days there
is no trouble, except that the patient
feels exhausted. This free period, how
ever, is followed by another chill, then
fever and eruption. These varying
periods of chills and eruption with
periods of no symptoms may go on
for short or long time, one case being
reported where, at fourteen-day in
tervals, the attacks continued for over
eight years.
The cause has been proved to be e
peculiar germ found in the rat. These
germs are more frequently found In
wild rats than in the ordinary domesti-
Gated rats.
AS the germ is very much the same
In appearance as that of syphilis, it
naturally occurred to students of the
disease to use '606" or arsphenamine.
In a case recently reported by Doctor
Ward of Asheville. N. c., four-year-
old boy bitten in the wrist was appar-
emily cured by two injections
Meanwhile, keep the rats away from
children.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
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~ ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Newspaper Union.)
Mary Read, the Woman Pirate

THE history of piracy lists at least
three women's names among the
prominent brethren of the coast
Mary Read, Anne Bonny, the wife of
Calico Jack Rackham, and Maria Cob
ham, the wife of Captain Gotham
but of the three, Mary Read is per
haps the most interesting character.
She was born in London of obscure
parentage, although It is said that
her mother was young and airy
widow" She was brought up as boy
and at the age of thirteen became
footboy for a French lady. But life
In this household was too quiet for
Mary so she ran away to sea and en-
listed on a man-of-war. Next she Is
listed as a deserter and soon after
wards we find her enlisted In regi-
ment Of infantry to fight In Flanders.
Desiring change, she left the foot
soldiers and enlisted in regiment of
cavalry where she fell In love with
one of her fellow troopers, Fleming,
to whom she disclosed the secret Of
her sex. They were married and after
obtaining discharge opened an Inn,
the Three Horsehoes, near the castle
Of Breda. Then Mary's husband died
and she once more put on mans
attire and enlisted In regiment In
Holland. Again she deserted and
shipped on vessel for the West Indies.
When this ship was captured by
Calico Jack Rackham, the pirate,
Mary decided that a bit of pirating
would be welcome variation of her
checkered career, so she willingly en-
rolled in his company of cutthroats,
Soon afterwards Captain Rackham
sailed to the Bahamas and took -ad-
vantage of the royal pardon offered
all pirates who would give themselves
up. Then Mary enlisted on privateer
sent out by Gov. Woodes Rogers to
prey upon the Spanish shipping and
she had a prominent part In the
mutiny which resulted in her becom-
ing pirate again.
Again she sailed under the leader.
ship of Calico Jack, who by this time
had with him that other celebrated
woman pirate, Anne Bonny. Among
one of the prisoners taken near
Jamaica was a "young fellow Of en-
gaging behavior" and Mary's heart
succumbed to his charms This man
became engaged in quarrel with
one of the pirates and, according to
pirate law, they prepared to go ashore
and fight 1t out. But Mary, to save
her lover, picked a quarrel with the
pirate, then and there forced a fight
upon him and dispatched him with
sword and pistol. Having proved her
devotion in this Amazon fashion. she
married the young fellow, but not
long after the whole pirate crew were
taken prisoners. Mary was tried with
the rest, convicted and sentenced to
death but died of the fever in prison
before the gallows could claim her.