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GREWSOME EXHIBIT
 SHAKES MRS. HALL
Fl ENRY STEVENS DEFINITELY PLACED AT SCENE OF MURDER
 BY DEFECTIVE STORY

NEW YORK, Nov. 13. (P)-Henry Stevens of the wealthy Stevens-Hall Carpenter clan, charged with the mur- der of Rev. pr. Hall and his choir singer sweetheart, Mrs. Mills, near New Brunswick, N. J., four years ago, was definitely placed at the scene of the murder with gun in his hand by a detective testifying at the Somerset trial
 William GarVin, sleuth, who work on the alleged corrupted investiga- tion of the crime four years ago, said Ralph Gorsline, vestryman, told him he say Henry Stevens at the scene of the murder after hearing shots and heard woman scream Gorsline then was told to get out, and shots were fired at him by Henry to scare him
 
 at lodge meeting, the detective said Gorsline told him.
 Gorsline, married churchman, ad- mitted on the stand this week he had been near the murder scene in a parked car with girl, but denied seeing Henry, his brother Willie and their sister, Mrs. Hall, widow of the slain rector. All are being tried for the murders, while their cousin, Hen ry Carpenter, New York stock ex- change member, will be tried separ- .ately for the same crime.
 Mrs. Hall Loses composure
 Mrs. Hall lost her composure for the first time in the history of the case. The stone-faced widow of the slain rector wilted and averted her face as State Medical Schultze con- fronted the court with an exact repli- ca of the bust of the slain Mrs. Mills. Experts slowly marked with red cray on the spots where bullets entered ,the singer, and when asked by Prose
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ing to come down to the White House and pick out something else.
 Raising the tariff in the afternoon and the ante at night" was one of Uncle Joe's" pet remarks when ask ed how he killed time
 During the world war reporter made "Uncle Joe" to say in print that "army officers in Washington wore spurs to keep their feet from slipping off the desks" While it was fiction he never denied it, but seemed to relish it, Being always good copy for the reporters he numbered them all among his friends.
 As chairman of the appropriations committee back in the days when there was no billion dollar budgets, Cannon fought eternal1y to hold down 
 When Professor Langley appeared before the appropriations committee
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FORMER YUKON MACNATE
 HURT BY EXPLODING GUN

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 13. (P)-Hen. ry F. Berry, capitalist, of San Fran cisco, former owner of the Pacific Coast league baseball team of that city was seriously injured as the re- suit of the explosion of a shotgun in his hands at Live Oak park Sunday.
 Berry made his fortune in Dawson during the bonanza days, and will be by many oldtimers.
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SANTA MONICA, Nov. 13. (P)-Leaping from a speeding arpane at altitude of 800 feet Miss Bobby Chase, woman parachute jumper became suspended be- meath the plane when of the ropes of her parachute caught the planes undergear. She rescued by cond pane after she danged in the air for two minutes An occupant of the second plane the cord which held Miss Chase the parachute then opened and she landed safely two miles away. Hundreds of spectators were thrilled at the feat which occurred in connection with the exhibition of the Byrd polar plane.
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ARMY RADIO STATIONS
 SAVE LARGE AMOUNTS

WASHINGTON, D. o., Nov. 12. (P) The War department recently an- nounced that no less than $74,313.74 had been saved to the federal trea- sury by the use of army radio stations instead of the commercial agencies in the sending of messages by 31 oth- CT department of the governments of the government in addition to the Army.
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AIDES ID QUEEN MARIE
 IN FIGHT ABOARD TRAIN

ABOARD QUEEN MARES sPE- CIAL TRAIN, Nov. 12. (P-Chaos reigns aboard this royal special limit ed passenger train. Lowe Fuller, a friend of the queens, is still under the care of a physician as the result of battle among the aides of the royal visitors.
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ALAMEDA HAS LIGHT LIST

SEATTLE, Nov. 13. P)-The s. S. Alameda sailed at nine o'clock this morning carrying 7S passengers. Pas sengers for the Westward: Mrs. J. A. Marsh, G. D. Metcalf, N. F. Monjo, Miss c. Gentry, Mrs. Frank Lavalla, Cliff Rusher and wife, H. Burge, J. R. Lowden, R. ". J. Reed and two steerage.
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BE PROSECUTED TWICE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (P-The Supreme court ruled that person who violated dry law may be prosecuted for the same offense in State and. Federal courts without doing violence to the constitutional rule against double jeo- pardy.
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LIFE OF UNCLE JOE

Uncle Joe" came to the end of his career as the eldest statesman of the nation; the man of longest service in the Congress-; the object of honors among his colleagues that took no thought of party or political differ ences.
 In the musty files of the Congress sional Record there stands written a moving tale of this mans great ser vice It begins back in 1873 when he first came out of Illinois to take his seat in the house, even then a pie turesque, fire-eating political gladia- tor to whom the uproar of debate and the tense moments in committee were the breath of life.
 Month by month he climbed toward leadership, growing more knowing as each session brought it's new conflicts, hardning with time into the forceful, relentless champion of his party until the day when the gavel was placed in his hands and he mounted the speakers rostrum as master of the House to rule alone for four years as few men before him had ruled that body.
 Yet great was his fall when the House in 1910 revolted against his czar-like rule and stripped him of his power through a combination of in- surgents in his own party with the Democratic minority. Even then, however, when the battle in the House swept all other happenings in America into the background, the rebels of the House were content to strip his pows of power but to retain him as speaker.
 In the political deluge that fell up on his party two years later "Uncle Joe" failed of reelection for the se- cond time in his national career
 
 Born in a little Quaker settlement near Guilford, N. C., May z, 1856, MT. Cannon often remarked that he seem ed to have drifted away from the faith and habits of the pious people of his birthplace.
 sUncle Joe" smoked necessarily, a cigar tilted sharply upward toward ais hat brim. On his S5th birthday, 3 box of cigars and letter telling him that if they were not to his lik-
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EIGHTEEN DEATHS OCCUR
 IN TIDAL WAVE IN ITALY

BARI, Italy, Nov. 12. P)-Eigh- teen deaths have been reported as a result of tidal wave which swept this city causing heavy property damage and driving hundreds from their homes.
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SENATOR LAFoLLETTE ILL

ROCHESTER, Nov. 13. (P)-Sena- tor Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin is under the care of physicians at Mayo clinic. He arrived yesterday for treat ment.
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Woman Parachute Jumper Is Rescued High in Air
 When Lines Are Fouled

THRILLER GETS THRILL NOT ON PROGRAM AS HELD DANGLING TO UNDERGEAR OF PLANE EIGHT HUNDRED FEET ABOVE EARTH WHERE ROPE CAUGHT WHEN SHE JUMPED AT SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA
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JUNGLE JOE' CANNON ObEYS LAST CALL GRADUALLY YIELDING ID ElICROACHMENT
 IF TIMES RAVAGES AT RIPE AGE IF 9O

ANNOUNCE NO DISEASE WAS EVI- DENT BUT THAT PATRIARCH OF AMERICAN STATESMEN GRADUALLY YIELDED AS GREAT HUMAN MACHINE WORE OUT-CAREER SYN- ONYMOUS WITH THAT OF MANY OF GREAT MEN OF AMERICAN HISTORY-ROSE FROM RANKS
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SECOND PLANE COMES ID RESCUE |MPER|LED JUMPER

Maneuvering Plane Rescuers Succeed in Cutting Rope Allowing Parachute to Soar to Earth Two Miles From Scene of Adventure-Lands Without Injury-Specta- tors Get Double Thrill
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LAST HOURS IF AGED STATESMAN SPENT IN MEDITATION

Orphaned in Youth Batted Way to Front by Sheer Force of Character-Oldest Continuous Service of Any Man Identified with National Politics-Loved by Partisans and Opponents Alike-Father of American Aviation
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DANVILLE, Nov. 13. (49-After his physicians had announced that the patient sinking and would not likely be about on Monday, former Representative Joe Cannon died at 6:2O.
 The last hours of the aged statesman were spent in retrospect and he announced recently that he could pass in peace conscious of the honors nation had bestowed unOn him.
Evening star., 1926-03-26
DOGS. PETS. ETC.


KITTENS-Persian blue finest pedigree. 3
weeks old house broken. Phone Col. 1881
by Count Dee-Cee H. beautifully marked
dark seal brindle. Dee-Cee Kennels. 1907
Georgia ave. Adams 41T1
ENGLISH BULL PUPS, pedisreed. = mouths
nld: male and female. 7; Z; RENMAN.
Riveria1e. Md. Telephone Hyattsville 81.
oSs
PERSIAN KITTENS. white males and fe-
males pedigreed. housebroken: lovely Eas-
ter gift Lincoln 1877.
LI.EWELLYN SETTER. female. - months
old: broke G53 f. at Sc 2Ss
WILL PAY ..5c each for 4 hslfgrOwp cats.
92a 9TH st. NV,
PERSIAN KITTEN snow white male: fine
net: So. Columbia 1405-J. 1876 Emerson
st. NV.
COLLIE PUPS, pediSreed. = mouths old.
Bethesda 32-J. 2Se
COL. 574. NOTICE. COL. 3107.
NEW MODERN BOG AND CAT HOSPITAL.
Moved to 1922 Irving St. NV.
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ONCE UPON A TIME
THE STORY
UP TO NOW

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GOOD KING WHO WisNG0
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AN oLo eoAcGREee roLo
HIM OF A LAND CALLED
UNoooMIANo. WHERE
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Apple YRgg AND
FOUNTAIN 1AAv
REsToREo YOUTH. BUT
the WAY rHERRro WAS
ONE OF MAkV PGRtlA.
THE kINo's TWO oloER
SONS eTARTEo OUT 70
FIND THE COUNTRY. ouY
BOTH eToPpgo ON TNG
WAY. FINALLY the
voUNeEsT SON aTARTG0
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HA6IG TO RIDE.
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
OFFICE FURNITuRE

FROM q. 3. GOVT
Complete line Of desks. file cabinets. locB.
ers. office chairs and tables: tremendous sav.
tngs. Everything you need for your ONCE.
WASHI NGTON SALVAGE CO.
Furniture Dent 3I0 9Th st. NV.
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Others $1,000 Up.
HAWKINS NASH MOTOR
COMPANY. Inc.
lS33-1.33 l4th St. NV.
Main $3.50.
Conveniently Located.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Cars in Splendid Condition.

Marmon 1926 demonstra-
tor. nearly new ....... $500
Marmon four-pass. tour. 875
Wills-St Claire sedan. -. 900
Marmon 1924 seven-pass.
sedan. 100
Cadillac victoria coupe -. l.2OO
Marmon 1923 seven-pass.
touring. ......... 900
HES. two-pass. roadster. 800
Marmon seven-pass. tour. 700
Vclie 1924 hve-pass. sedan. go
Marmon seven-pass.
limousine. $50
Packard twelve-cyl.
seven-pass. limousine. 400
Studebakcr seven-pass.
touring. ............. 500
Buick 1924 two-pass.
roadster. $50
Peerless sedan. 1924. re-
Du,it. l.lu
HOUGH MOTOR CO..
1923 Conn. Ave. Main 7767.
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[ARMON WASHINGTON
CO.,
1886 Conn. Ave. NV.
HUDSON-ESSEX
USED-CAR FACTS

Our prices are generally rec
ognized as the most reasonable
in Washington. To convince
yourself of this fact please COM
pare prices.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures.
(Nnuffunad

IVORY for sale: rare collection walrNs tusks
and teeth from northeast Siberia: also six
brown reindeer fawnskins Address Box
414-A. Star office. oSs
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CARPENTFR-s kinds Job work. porchee
rlassed. roof repairs. naint,ng. etc. For esti-
mate phone w. F.. Weaver. FIR. 1898. any
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CARPENTER - General house repairing.
rorches gla>sed for right prices. Call l.,
! n.t RI
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B CICk
Used Car Dept.
LARGE.
SMALL.
OPEN.
CLOSED.

Fords. all kinds. 500 up
Chevrolets. all kinds. :. .$lOO up
Dodge Touring. . $500
Maxwell Coupe. .S42s
Ford Tudor Sedan. .S375
Buick Touring. Master E. $500
Winton Touring .S4OO
Sayers Six Touring. $500
Buick Sedan. 6-cyl. $500
Hupmobile Sedan. $500
Buick Touring Sedan. $3.50
Rickenbacker Touring. $3.50
Fiint Touring. g.......... $500
Buick Brougham. .S1,5OO
Euick 7-pass. Touring. $3.50
Buick Touring. Master E. $1,000
Buick 5-pass. Touring. $3.50
Dodge "A" Sedan. $3.50
Willys-knight Sedan. ;. $3.50
Cleveland Sedan. $3.50
Hudson Coach. $500
Maxwell Roadster. $3.50
Willys-knight Club Sedan. $500
Dodge "B" Coupe. =. 500
Willys-knight Touring. $3.50
Ford Coupe. 1875
Liberal Terms.
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CARBON BURNING. soc PER CYLINDER
Owner TO remove plugs and wires. NJ. NJ
COLEMAN "01 18th st NV NJ 45as
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MARY ELOCS VALUES
In Used Cars, Every One
Protected by Our Pledge
to the Public.
PRlC rs ARE FAR BELOW
THEIR REAI. VALUE.
ONE. SCI. FOR YOURSELF.

\ car for every purse. Buv
them on your own terms. ANY
car may be exchanged within 5
days and the amount paid down
applied on any other new or used
car YOU may want.
y SNAIL DEPOSIT Is ALL
lOU NEED.
JOSEPH McREYNOLDS.
Studebaker Bldg.
l4th st. at K.
,Second Floor
White Front Lot.
l706 14th st. NV.
Phone Potomac 1851.
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CARPENTER-All kinds job and repair
work. porches built and glassed in: prices
reasonable. Frank. 5000. 9S'
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auto refe"tors replated. silver plating. re.
pairing: promrt service. NJ. 96a7. Acme Plat
inc Co 1oo1 y st NV After g. Line 2a4S.
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to he disposed Of Rod
gin & Farr Co.. Suite Az Evans Bldg 1920
New York ave. Main 54s9. formerly with
Shaw Rrowu Co
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ELECTRICAL WIRING-will give, you 20
months to pay. For every electrical require
ment call on US. Estimates cheerfully sub
mtted. Penn. Electric Co. oil eth ST. NV
Don forget our new address. Call Main
5Io or Nam 1850
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KITCHEN CABINET tSellers make). in good
condition; S30. 1850 Oates st. ne. 36'
LAUNCH. engine and clutch cheap. 4O5
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The following business concerns
guarantee satisfaction to Star
readers, Any complaint found nee
essary to be made to The Star
will receive prompt attention. For
admission to Recommended Serv-
ice Column call Main 5000. Branch
liz
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

GASOLINE STATION. supply store. rotis-
payable 81 900 cash. balance 500 per
month. Located Washington Baltimore boule.
ward 4 miles from city. Owner leaving city.
Write. owner will call. Address Box 247-A.
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i",A SIki HGS matt nllio"s. down COM
forte. feather matt. renovated and recovered
Ideal Bedding Co. 1894 7th. North 1919
ROX SPRINGS MATTRESSES and pillows
Get ready for Spring. Let us renovate yours.
EAGLE BEDDING co. 1923 9TH 81. NV.
Phone VI 1qq"
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rakes refined. So and Sd per wheel labor
barge, Ford painted. $3.50 and up: AIS
lltN Shnn 142 L. 81 n NJ 0Qe
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Liberal Terms.
Open Evenings and SUNDAYS.
STANLEY H. HORNER, INC,
lois l4th St. Main $500.
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tARPENTtR-Joh WORK of all kinds; Corch
building classing and screening. Call K. G.
Nov Mlen Adam. a. 4lon 1fh At. u ".
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LAUNCH. 3o-ft. glass -inclosed CABIN: 8-cyl,
Cont. motor. IN good running order: full
equipment; bargain at $3.50. Address
Box ella Star office oSs
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RESTAURANT AND LUNCH. old estab-
lished in northeast Bait good trade. doing
good weekly business. up-to date features:
good reason for selling: wonderful oppOrtu-
nifty for the right party. Address Box 326
A. Star office. oSs
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BEDBTGS. ROACHES and other pests extPr-
minated. guaranteed AMER DISINFEC-
TANT CO. Clio Dist. Natl Bk Bldg. Main
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BEDDING. MATTRESSES. hox springs and
pillows reno: hest prices and prompt del
Wash Mattress Co fiI1 T at. NV. M. 661Q
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ready for shpmt Sirup So gal: soft sugar.
5-lb. pals. So so; small cakes. 65c III. Laura
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EXPERT FLOOR FINISHING house paint.
ing. skilled mechanics: reduced prices. Paul
Serene. 81 T St NV. Tel. Pot. 25l. 800
tLOORS-We have a special inducement to
those who want new floors those who
want thelr old floors made like new. Col.
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A VISIT TO OUR
USED CAR DEPT.
WILL BE A PROFIT
TO YOU.

1924 Ford Fordor Sedan.
Fully equipped. including bumpers front
and rear: mirror motometer. etc. Mschan-
lcally perfect. and the price will sell il
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FORD-Late model roadster excellent condl-
ton: terms. 1885 st. ne.
FORD o4 COUPE-sIi5 down and balance
E-Z. This car has brand new balloon tires.
runs perfectly and looks fine. 1t is equipped
with great many extras. A real bargain
Tor the lucky buyer Adams Motor Co..
Evening star., 1926-03-26

SALE-Lunchroom on Pa. avenue opposite
Government dent: doing splendid business:
owner must SELL rooms attached. Ad.
dress Box 356-A. Star office. 2as
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09

Stories Of observation-disclosures were
being related in the smoking room Of
a transatlantic liner.
II am very absent-minded myself, /"
said a hitherto silent man. II often
find names and telephone numbers
written in my notebook, but can't re-
member what persons they represent.
Lately I had general checking up.
The name and address Of one man
bafIied me, so wrote to him asking If
he had ever heard of me and if was
supposed to do something for him. He
wrote back cordial, almost an af-
fectionate letter, saying / had already
done it. He was my wife's first hus-
band"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09
putch AppLe cake.

To one cup of scalded milk add one
third cup of butter, one third cup q
sugar and half teaspoonful Of salt.
When luke warm add flour to make
soft dough, two unbeaten eggs and
yeast cake dissolved in little cold
water. Beat thoroughly. cover and
let rise until it has doubled in size.
Beat well and let rise again. Spread
as thinly as possible in well butter
ed dripping pan, brush over the melt
ed butter, then press sliced apples in
to the dough. Sprinkle with sugar
and cinnamon. Cover and let rise
once more, then bake. Cut in squares
and serve with cream or pudding
sauce.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09
THE HOME MARKET FOR PORK

Quite number of farmers are max
ing god wages in the winter dressing
their own fat hogs, making sausage
and curing bacon and hams and sell
ing to the home trade. 1t is good bus.
mess so long as fair profits do not
lead to its expansion to the point
where profits decrease and finally
disappear. If a select trade can be
built up that will consume what fat
hogs the farm produces for the win
ter trade, a couple of dozen or so
that trade had better be nursed along
and no effort made at expansion.
When the fresh and cured meats are
advertised and sold to everybody who
can be induced to buy it approaches
the commercial packing house bust.
ness eventually the cured meats
must be prepared faster and cheap.
er, with consequent poorer quality.
with finally a loss of trade and mon
ey because the branded stuff avail
able in the home markets is bettex
and cheaper. Making a superior pro.
GuCl, uSd1luS Will d rev ulScTluAHdC-
ing customers to whom price is not
of first import but quality is, and
keeping the business on compare
lively small scale, the home-killer can
hold his trade and have a nice little
profit making side line. On large
scale very few farmers can make ev-
en- decent wages killing hogs and sell
ing the dressed meat and pork pro-
ducts. Reports from those who are
making a success of a retail trade in
dressed pork, showing profits over
selling on foot. would be of great In
terest and value If you have an i'm
proved way of disposing of your fat
hogs let us know all about it.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09
Facts and Figures

"How much do you weigh now7"
asked the beauty expert, on whom she
had called.
''One hundred and seventy pounds, >
answered the client.
when you are ready to tell me
your real weight" she said, II will be
ready to talk business"
The customer blushed and told the
truth. Then she asked how the beauty
expert knew she was heavier than the
weight she first gave.
Madam answered the woman,
"sureIy you know that figures never
lie"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09
Storehouses Of Gold

Gold Is either found In veins or in
a placer or gravel deposit Placers
are the result Of shattered and eroded
veins in the mountains. Streams car
ried the bowlders cobbles and fine
gravel. with the released gold, down
to the valleys. where it settled and
partly soiidifed. Some of the gravel
and gold was deposited along and in
the beds of streams. This is either
hydraulicked or dredged Gold In
veins may be found In almost any
rock, such as slate, schist, diorite or
greensboro, granite and quartzite.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-09
DAMAGE eY WHITE ANTS.
oak Parquet Flooring Honeycombed
by the Insects--How Attacks
May BE Prevented.
Nay Be Prevented.

May BE prevented
Numerous cases of damage done by
white ants to valuable floors and
woodwork are each year brought 70
the attention of the entomologists of
the department of agriculture. The
practically uniform temperature pre-
vailing in interiors throughout the
year enables these white ants" or
termites, to lay eggs as well as deyel-
op in infested buildings during every
month of the year. so that the in
crease of a colony is correspondingly
rapid, which accounts for the great
numbers of the insects found and the
rapidly of their progress through the
woodwork
A typical case of the serious dam
age worked by termites was recently
reported in a tailoring establishment
in Washington, D. c. A parquet floor
ing was found each year to be hon
eycombed to such an extent as to ne
cessitate the repair of the damaged
sections, at considerable expense. Elk
animation by specialist showed that
about one-half of the flooring was in
vaded This was taken UP and it was
found that the oak parQuet floor had
been laid over a yellow-pine subfoor
separated by building paper), the lat
ter directly on yellow-pine String
ers" set on concrete laid on the ground
and the spaces between the stringers
filled with concrete, leaving no air
space between ground and flooring.
Although the space between the floor
ing was thus completely filled up, tho
termites managed to penetrate It,
probably through cracks in the con-
crete near the pine stringers, which
were found damp and cecayed The
pine and oak flooring as well as the
baseboards were found honeycombed.
A large colony, consisting of approx.
mately 10000 members, was located In
the flooring and the earth beneath It,
:. As the infested floor was taken up,
the insects exposed were killed by
drenching with kerosene OIL The CON.
crete had to be dug out, the decayed
stringers removed, and the earth soak
ed with kerosene in order to reach
the colony and insure its extirpation.
The infested wood was removed 10
be burned, because previous expert
ence has shown that drenching infest-
ed wood with kerosene does not XIII
all the termites in it.
With a view to preventing reinfes-
tation, yellowpine stringers impreg-
mated with coal-tar creosote. demon
strated to be the most effective and
lasting preventive against terr,ite at
tack, were obtained Cat cost of about
500, including the freight to replace
those removed. Concrete was laid,
these treated strisigers placed. and an
air space two feet high was left be-
tween ground floor and flooring. Fin.
ally, the underside of the flooring re-
ceived a brush treatment with coal
tar creosote.
The total damage in this case, en-.
tirely due to the work of the termites,
amounts to approximately $1,000. This
is but one of many similar cases in
Washington, to say nothing of numer.
Gus cases from other parts of the
country, many of them due to to the
laying of untreated stringers directly
on the ground or in moist concrete.