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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
SPEAKING OF RELATIVES.

Washington
Americans
Washington
by many
officers the American but who had
picture
of general order to Continental troops calling
Evidently
enlisted the using
family general order taken proof
Recently
Washngtons whisky The great grand
nephew himself
the Confederate He says
that he can remember bak in grandhers
Virginia. the cellars at
Mount did
SOUTH and the wine and bit of conbread
that had for dinner"
living certainly Washington drank
gentleman cards
why try place Washington? He
capitalist He ypied the true Virginia gentleman
Be said however that this living rea
George Washington never cursed in the pres
ence of time, undoubtedly and
he had temper-the Washington temper"
For vficaton the
his his grand
father, with whom he lived in Virginia ~ ~
not lived the life of his day. The
George Washington for his aims and
ideals for the things fulfilled But
soldier has been doubted
by any did do certain things which
fighting still wihal "a of his time true
gentleman which makes him perhaps
This vle nation need not be
ashamed of the acts
live after him.
might
uterd there?
The fate of therew
his
wouldst know his
there alone?
Co. read in archives,
prayer of Washington"
busry, when General
washington upon Almighty for guidance
prayer outstanding all world The famous
Rev Isaac Potts
saw Washington deliver the immortal
prayer barefooted hungrPot
strong of voice.
rear the Nearing he Washngtons
in nearby, General Washing
ton weather
told that the Quaker being him
preacher he withdrew,
observed permitted greatest them all
may have whisky church
with Quaker Potts
gray garb, homely of peelng potatoes
the Lord will listen to- is
presenmen that under such
and that God in
His providence has So"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Merely Lost 1t

Harry Leslie, Lafayette, Speaker
of the House of Representatives,
and recognized as good recoun-
ter of stories and after-dinner
speaker, told this one on a recent
visit to Indianapolis:
MY wife and 1 have just re-
sumed diplomatic relations. Re-
Gently 1 was showing her through
the Union Building at Purdue Uni
Versity and we came across a statue
of a draped but headless woman.
Where is her head? my wife
asked.
"'Oh, she's woman and has
lost it, I replied unthinkingly"
indianapolis News.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
You Don't Have To Believe This

You Don't Have To Believe This
A minister in a certain town in
Alabama took permanent leave of
his congregation in the following
manner:
Brothers and sisters, I come to
say good-by. I don't think God
loves this church because none of
you ever die. 1 don't think you
loye each other, because T. never
marry any of you. I dont think
you love me, because you have not
paid my salary. Your donations
are moldy fruit and wormy apples
and by their fruits ye shall know
them
Brethren, am going away to g
better place. I have been called
to be chaplain of penitentiary
Where 1 go ye cannot come, but
I go to prepare a place for you,
and may the Lord have mercy on
your souls. by."-Failure
Magazine.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
ThnnIks For Compliment

Says a writer "If you do the best
you can every day the average man
can't keep in sight of you.'-Boston
Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16

HOW WOulu you lCSA, "SN0N
young Sapleigh, "if you were to
receive me for Christmas gift?'
Well" answered the fair girl,
"it certainly would shatter my faith
in Santa Claus. Boston Transcript.
Too AcidulOus
Gordon Selfridge, who owns Lon
don's largest department store,
said at tea in New York:
Department stores are long suf-
fering Their trained work people
will submit to almost anything. The
other day, though, the worm turned.
'It. was in New York a Fifth
avenue store An old gentleman was
giving an underwear salesman bally-
hoo. The salesman submitted humbly
to being called bonehead, a moron
and 1 don't know what else besides,
but when the storm was over he
turned to the old gentleman's wife
and said in a bland, polite way:
"'What do you feed him on
lemon drops 2 Exchange.
Hunger Strike
Said the complaining boarder:
WY ietHNietNy AiCoH WCiAAeeAs
She asked me early today. DO you
know how many eggs you've eaten
this morning.? 1 replied that I had
no occasion to count them. Well
she said, that last one was the
third
"And it made me feel so mad
that got up from the table and
went to the office without my
breakfast" st."-Exchange
Lost Jokes
What we found while cleaning
our desk:
If three Jews happened to tell
the truth, would the Fourth July?
The Modern flapper doesn't wear
enough clothes to support a moth.
What has become of the o. +.
boy who said to another boy, you
are ten times more than you can
! call me?"
Poverty makes some dogs gentle,
and some dogs vicious.
The man who is fair minded does
not devote much time to Dragging
about how fair minded he is.
| An Atchison Irishman gets his
funny stories from a Jew.
| Don't be eternally belittling hu-
man nature. But watch it,
! The arrival of our new son has
been beneficial to this extent: 1t
has caused us to be more inter
ested in and considerate toward
other peoples children-that's the
psychology effect.
An Atchison man never smokes
during the month previous to Christi
mas--he doesn't like the cigars his
| wife gives him for Christmas.
After all, wouldn't Christmas be
J dull and somber if only useful gifts
/ were bestowed?
In a general way, efficiency is
all right
But hell is a place marked by
efficiency.
The furnaces of hell never go out
and always seem to be in first class
| order.-Atchison Globe.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE
BY JAMES
STILL A MYSTERY

My child, if your aim is to rise to
renown,
And to rank with the rich and
the great,
You must live out your youth in
small, obscure town
And labor both early and late
Be sure that you never get help
from your dad,
Even though he is rolling in pelf-
Remember that money is useless,
my lad
Unless you have earned it yourself.
It may be unpleasant to water the
When the barn is half covered with
snow,
And the ice in the buckets is hard
as a rock
And the mercury thirty below,
But caring for cattle is good for
the health
And you always will find, further
more,
That in it's pursuit will pile up the
wealth
Which will keep the old wolf from
the door.
Though sometimes man may rise
in the land
Whose parents had plenty of cash,
And never in childhood has turned
his soft hand
To the mixing of meals of bran
mash.
And who,\ in the course of an active
career
Great fortune has managed to
gain
The reason the fellow succeeded, we
fear,
Is something we cannot explain.
Moreover some children who start
their lives poor,
And have never known luxury's
lap,
And who dwelt in their youth in a
town too obscure
That it cannot be found on the
Have always found money exceed
ingly short,
And have never owned houses or
And though I am one of this un-
lucky sort,
The reason L can't understand
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
If

If press agents told the truth
three-quarters of the country in
come tax would come from Holly
wood.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
PZucbed From the Plains
would DisiIlusionize Her

"How would you feel asked
young sapleigh, 'if you were to
receive me for a Christmas gift?"
Well answered the fair girl,
"it certainly would shatter my faith
in Santa Claus. Boston Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16

Quite The Fashion
Hand bags are unusually preva-
lent in New York this year. NAlso
sand bags.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Unbreakable

One holiday that is always strict
ly kept in America is the servnat
girls day out.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Albinos are found among almost
every species of bird and animal.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Hen highness the Begun of
Bhopal. only woman ruler in India,
has abdicated her throne in favor
of her SON
Evening star., 1926-06-18
SPELLING BEE WON
BY KENTUCKY GIRL
Pauline Bell Gives State Sec
0nd Title in Nation
Wide Contest.

Acclaimed the national spelling
champion, Pauline Bell. I3Nearold
Kentucky schoolgirl. brought the title
to her home State for the second
year IN succession by defeating a
field of - girls and hoys from all
parts Of the United States IN 4 spir
tied contest At the National Museum
audit Orium last night. Miss Fell won
the coveted purse of one hundred $40
gold pieces and two gold medals from
the COURIER journal of Louisville
ny, and the Charlotte Observer. in
the spelling bee sponsored by repre
sentative newspapers of 2a cities
by spelling "cerise" correctly. after
the runner-up. Betty Robinson. II
wears old, and the Youngest child
competing. had failed.
Five girls and one boy. who trailed
the fair sex to gain the last Of the six
cash awards, survived the ordeal in
the following order First. Pauline
Pell. Rock Creek, Ky. Courier-Journal.
Louisville entry. 81 600 and two gold
medals: second. Betty Robinson South
Bend, Ind. News.Times, $500; third,
Dorol by Casey, st. Louis, Times, $500;
fourth, Mary Flood. Selbyville, Del.
Every Evening, Wilmington, $50;
fifth. Harriet Blumberg, Raritan, \. J
Home News. New Brunswick. 500,
and sixth, Thomas CheeWidden Rerea
Ohio. the Press, Cleveland $50.
Announcer Gets Laugh.
The only colnred child in he spell.
ing bee Sarah I.oiiise Van Allen 81
West RoyIst0n. Mass, sponsored by
the Telegram Gazette OF Worcester.
drew The applause OF the audience by
o,tlasting All hut the prize winners
after she had spelled 'psychological"
correctly. but Went down on "rsihie"
al her r,Irn on the next round. CON
siderable mrth was provided by Sam
uel NJ. North. one Of the announcers.
when he gave fhe word "spirtual' To
one Of the contestants as he took a
glass OF water. and also when he an
nounced the word nuisance" 10 "A
Evening star., 1926-06-18
PRINCE TO SEE SIGHTS
OF HISTORIC SALEM
Visitors Guests Now Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. J. Coolidge at
Prides Crossing.
Bv the Associated rress.

BY the Associated Fress.
rRIDES CROSSING. Mass. June
lS.--Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus
and Princess Louise of Sweden We're
the guests today Of MIR. and Mrs. Har
old Jefferson Coolidge at their estate
here. and not far distant from the
estate where the Prince Of Wales was
feted on the occas sion Of his American
tour.
The program planned for today in
cluded q visit TO historic Salem and
the House OF the Seven Gables. made
famous by Hawthorne; the Peabody
and Essex Institutes. where repose
many interesting relics OF Salem S
past: a drive to Portsmouth. y. H.,
for luncheon with Mrs. Barrett Wen
dell. and tea at the Gov. Wentworth
House.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

competitor after an outsider In the
audience had interrupted the proceed
inRs.
Pauline Bell. the winner. VINO
spelled every word without heSNancy
and with evident assurance, was CHAP
eroned by her sister Temple, who con-
ducts the little country school IN
Grayson County. ky. The schooimls-
,ress said that Pauline was an ardent
farmerette and studied he, spe'ler
whenever she was not washing the
dishes cr tending the chickens. Paul
inc said she would ieVoie her $l.O0o
windfail TO learning to he teacher
herself some day.
Betty Robinson seemed TO think her
father should invest her winnings In
bond. a very sound idea Tor the
Youngest competitor She hasnt t
made any definite plans for the future.
because she saws she feels TOO excited
over her good fortune.
$500 for Savings Bank.
prize Of gold to the savings bank. She
has just been graduated from the
eighth grade and will enter high
school in st. Louis next Fall.
Frank Neuhauser. now only II
wears old. Of Louisville. KY. who last
year won fhe first na tional spelling
bee. was an interested guest al the
Auditorium and rooted for rhe bows.
The contest was fraught with excite
ment for several children were called
back on the platform after the judges
had consulted the huge dictionary for
permissible speIlings. The parents. IN
their efforts to further the chances
OF their own candidates, made fire.
Guent protests or pleas in their ankle
tY and engaged in occasional Tits with
each other over the contest rules.
The words which stumped the final
lists in the order in which they drop
ped were "cowI," "extol." beagle" :"
"coolie" and 'cerise," an array which
many Of the elders gasped at them
selves. The 25 youthful photographers
! were greeted by President Coolidge
this noon and Miss Bell went to call
on Representative Ben Johnson OF
kentucky at the Ca pitol earlier in the
morning. This afternoon the young
visitors are being taken on a trip TO
Mount Vernon by Russell Briney Of
and tonight they are 10 be the honor
guests of that newspa per al the Ham
ilton Hotel, where they all are stay
ing during their visit TO Washington.
Tomorrow the children will visit The
National Cathedral and the Fra ancis-
can Mona sterv before they take trains
back 10 their homes.
Hen hishness the Begun cf
Evening star., 1926-06-18
DRIFT TO CITIES.

NEW YORK. June 1S lF).-"Plaus.
ible attempts TO prove that farmers
are not at so great a. disadvantage as
they think they are look very weak in
the face OF a steady drift Of population
from the land to the towns and
cities,' says the National Bank Of
Commerce IN New York, reviewing
current market conditions. This sit
uation is the result of disparity which
has long prevailed between prices Of
farm products and Of manufactured
goods
Evening star., 1926-06-18
Veal Outlets Broiled.

Trim and wipe six loin outlets, sea
son with pepper, salt snc one table
spoonful OF salad oil. turning several
times. BrOil over q slow fire for fve
minutes on each side. Serve in q
hot dish with msitre d'hOteJ butter.
Veal outlets may also be broiIed and
served with highly seasoned sa,rce
and carnished with stuffed peppers.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
GEORGIA WHEAT GOOD.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
ATLANTA June lS.-The small
grain crop of Georgia is the best in
history. Spring oats yielded 2o.4
bushels per acre and the wheat crop
estimate has been raised To l.254 600
bushels. The peach crop il improved
over 1925 and normal apple crop
Is forecast. The pecan yield is 81 per
cent of normal and tobacco is making
satisfactory progress.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
String Beans.

Prepare the beans a. usual for
cooking and boil until tender. Drain
Off all the water. return 10 the sauce
pan in which they were cooked and
shake o nd toss them over the fire un-
til the beans are quite dry. For Zach
quart OF beans. mea sured before cook
ing add TO the saucepan siN table.
spoonfuIs Of butter. the juice of half
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Leonard Cfeanable, one
piece porcelain lined: S0-lb.
capacity ........... $500
7S-lb. Leonard CleAnabls,
equipped to take slsctric lee
making machine. $69.76
Apartment sixs Leonard
Top-icer. 7o-lb. ice
capacity .......... $3.50
Three door Front-icer
I.eoBard, white enamel
lined ............ >. $o3.25
4S-lh. Capacity Jeonard.
White mel Lined RefriE-
orator ...-...~.. $2b.75
Evening star., 1926-06-18
New Franco-Czech Pact.

PARIS. June Is HD.--rhe foreign
ministry announced today that France
and Czechoslovakia have initiated a
new commercial agreement. supple
mentine existing agreements. TO i'm
prove their commercial relations.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

lemon. and salt and pepper to taste.
Keep moving the saucepan until the
butter is melted. but do not stir or
the beans may get broken. Lastly
add Tablespoonful Of good meat
gravy and serve Al once.
The Hima Ia van cedar. or de"dar.
thriVes well IN California. and is
ia Nnriie Christ ma g Tree here.
, 1926-01-05
ORIGIN OF JAPANESE RACE.

DR., Ryuzo Tori, one of the foremost
}nthropologists in Japan, does not agree
It'll those scientists who believe that the
apanese race originated on the islands
f the South Seas. The larger part of
.the stock from which the race developed
migrated from Korea, Siberia and Man
churia, according to DR.. Tori. There
were different tribes living on this island
between the prehistoric and protohistor.c
ages who used bronze Instruments. The
designs on copper drums which have
been unearthed in various PARTS of Japan
are similar to those which have been
found in Yunnai, Indo China and Siam.
There is a great deal of evidence point
ing to Malay origin: but the o%verwhelm-
ing proportion of evidence points to KO-
Gea. Manchuria and Siberia. Ibid.
, 1926-01-05
PRACTICAL GASOLINE SUBSTI-
TUTE.

The chief chemist of the bureau of
mines, DIR. A. E. Fieldner, thinks
Americans should now be working on
a substitute for gasoline. The logical
ounce for such a substitute is coal. 10
an address before the American Chemi-
cal Society DR.. FieIdner SAID:
The gradual failure of the yearly out
put of petroleum gasoline to meet the
increasing needs of the automotive in
dustries. with the consequent rise in
prices of motor fuel, should stimulate
the carbonization Of coal by both high
and low temperature processes. The
automobile may yet help to bring about
10 no small degree, that desired mile
mum when the atmosphere of Pitts
hurgh will be as free from smoke as when
George Washington first beheld the
beautiful valley of the M~onongahela
liver. This ultimate aim can be ac-
complished by processing all coal. ex.
cept perhaps inferior grades. by car
bonization methods, yielding gases,
solids and smokeless fuels. Ibid.
, 1926-01-05
PROPOSALS TO LEASE POST
OFFICE QUARTERS WANTED.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Office of Inspector
San Juan. P. r. December 10

4AASS :
San Juan. P. r. December 10, 1926.
The undersigned will receive sealed
proposals up to and including February
Is. 1926, for furnish G suitable quar-
ters for post Office purposes at Christian
sted. Virgin Islands, at a stated price
per annum. including light, water, toilet
ia %3ilities, safe or vault, and all necessa-
ry furniture and equipment. under a
lease for five or ten years from Novem-
Der l, 1926.
Floor space of about 1900 or more
square feet is desired
Good daylight and a reasonably central
location are important considerations.
Specifications and blank proposals may
be obtained from the postmaster, and a
sample form of lease may be examined
in his Office.
Diagrams Of the rooms offered should
be submitted, on paper of this size
(8x104) showing inside dimensions, off
sets, doors, windows, etc.
The tost Office Department reserves
the right to reject any or all proposals.
G. d. LOWE
Post Office Inspector
SIN Juan, Porto Rico.
, 1926-01-05
PREDICTING WEATHER BY WELLS.

Ranchers living in the desert regions
of central Oregon claim that they can
predict the weather by observing the
action of artesian wells which abound
in that section. The wells. say the
ranchers. serve as barometers by blow
ing off" when a storm is approaching.
Engineers believe that there may be
some truth in the notion of the ranch
ers, The phenomenon is probably due
to atmospheric pressure. When the at
mospheric pressure decreases in the
, 1926-01-05
The Most Practical
CAR

The NEW FORDS have come up to
every expectation. and their riding quail
ity is what will surprise you.
NOW IS THE TINE to purchase as
we are willing to sell at a minimum pro.
fit to boost the NEW MODEL, for it is
only reasonable to expect a slight in
crease in the near future.
We have SPARE PARTS before new
cars arrive.
Gain by the experience of others and
sell your big cars, the NEW FORDS will
do all you need at a cheaper cost, and
with the satisfaction of quick repairs.
No cabling and waiting for spares,
genuine Ford parts are in stock in Fred
eriksted and CHI lstiGnsted.
We have never had a disappointed
Ford owner.
JOIN THE BIG CROWD.
For particulars apply to:
ROBERT ARMSTRONG
The Ford Agency, ChristidnSted.
, 1926-01-05

dictates that the occupants were per.
ona of high ranA The skulls of two of
.aen were covered with copper helmets.
ne grave also contained a large number
OF ornaments made of tortoise shell. pit
terry. beads, copper and silver. The
Pathfinder.
, 1926-01-05

bers of the Anti Saloon League are car
ried out.
H. T. Laughbaum, head of the Okla
homa branch Of the league, and Major
Herbert H.. White, divisional prohibition
director; have announced a close alliance
by which members of the league would
become informers on violators of the dry
laws Ibid.
, 1926-01-05
THO Thugs Nabbed ~ Gun
point.
Barricade Selves in Room After Hold
up But Are Captured.

Following a chase along Chelsea street,
Vincerzo SicarO and Antonio Romeo,
said to be two New York thugs, were
arrested at guh point by four police
men Of the Bast Boston division after
they had held up and robbed Max Cohen
81 year-old hat dealer, in his store at
No. PA Chelsea street. East Boston.
The arrests were made in a room on
the third floor of the building at No. 276
Chelsea street after police broke down
a door in order to gaia entrance, Sicaro
was under the bed.
Romeo affriPbted and with his hands
extended high above bis head, pleaded
with the officers not to shoot.
Only a few minutes earlier the two
men walked into Max Ccben's hat store
and Romeo iabbed a revolver in Co
hens abdomen and told him to keep still.
At the same time Sicaro turned a gun
on Anthony Tripoli, 40, of No. Fl Cove
street, East Boston, d customer and told
him, also, to keep still.
Searching the pockets of Cohen and
not neglecting the cash drawer, the
thugs were preparing to search Iripoli.
At the same moment Mayer Belt.
81. of No. 204 Bennington street. came
to the store to make a purchase. Belt
saw the gunmen at work, and turned
round and ran up the street crying
thief, theft
Officers Frank Holein, James Brown,
John Eldridge and James Petzold. all
in uniform and on duty in the district,
hearing. Belts cries. answered.
Just before the officers reached the
hat store the two thugs left and started
down the street. Then the chase be-
gan. Pedestrians jumped to left and
right as the gunner raced down the
street, with the police in hot pursuit and
ordering them to stop.
= The two men darted into No. 276
Chelsea street. scampered upstairs to
the third floor and locked themselves in.
The hallway and room were dark when
the officers reached the landing, but they
lost no time in smashing down the door.
Boston Evening American, Dec. 23rd.
, 1926-01-05
OKLAHOMA PLANS VAST SPY
RING TO CHECK RUM.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 23.-Okla-
bona bootleggers will have a vastly in
creased army of dry agents to dodge if
prohibition enforcement officers and mem
, 1926-01-05

region around the wells the higher pres
sure atmosphere within is discharged
until it is equal to hat above the
ground. Ibid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-14
MRS. MORGAN
GETS 9 MONTHS
JAIL SENTENCE
Term Will BE Suspended,
However, and Mother and
Baby Will Go West

Mrs. Bertha Morgan was given q
straight jail sentence Of nine months
by District Judge Fred Jansonius yes
tcrday when she pleaded guilty to IA
child abandonment charge. The court
was Informed, however, that sister
Of the girl living i'm Denver, Colo.
had agreed to pay the girls transpor-
tation to the western city and TO take
care of both her and the baby, il she
is permitted to come there. 1t was
intimatcd by the court that as soon
as the transportation is received, the
girls sentence will be suspended pro-
vldlng she goes to her sisters home,
taking her baby with her.
Mrs. Morgan abandoned her two
months-Old baby in the rear seat Of
an automobile parked on Bismarck
business street on the night Of Aug
ust =. The owner Of the car, Joe
Wictz Of Mandan, found the infant
there later and took it to local hos
pital where it was cared for. Just as
arrangements were being made to
send the child to children's home
at Fargo. local authorities received
information which led to the arrest
Of Mrs. Morgan, who was employed
in the city.
Stoutly denying the charge when
first taken into custody, Mrs. Morgan
later broke down when confronted
with almost irrefutablc evidence and
confessed that she had placed the
baby In the automobile. Through the
efforts Of Miss Mary Cashel, Red
Cross worker, Mrs. MorHan's sister
in Colorado was induced to take care
OF the mother and baby.