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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
BASEBALL
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
. American League

American League
Cleveland IL; st. Louis /.
Chicago s; Detroit /.
Washington s.; Boston 2.
Philadelphia at New York, cold.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
AMERICAN TYPEwRITERs HIT

The American typewriter has
fallen under the ban of the Prince
of Wales dictum, buy British
goods first and all the time," but
with a proviso. The condition is
that British typewwriters as good
be found. Parliament's Stations
cry Office, for instance, has prom
ised to try to make the change,
but confesses that out of $4,000
typewriters used in government
offices, only so are British and
the others American.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS

Florida Key West Harbor
Main Channel Western Tri-
angle Buoy 5. reported dragged
from its position, was replaced on
its proper position April "a, 1925.
Buoy List, 7th District, 1926,
page 81.
BY direction of the Commission
Ier of Lighthouses.
VIM. w. DEMERITT,
Superintendent of Lighthouses
Let The Artman Press print it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27

The rate of infant mortality in
Mexico City is FIVE times that of
New York, owing to the ignorance
of Mexican parents in the care Of
their children.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
DIRECTOR OF TOBACCO
COMPANY DIES TO-DAY


NEW YORK. April 27.R Robert
B. DuIa. director Of the Liggett
and Myers Tobacco Company,
died today at his Park avenue
home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
Ameriean I.eagae

Out Of 264,04I cases OF eggs
shipped from the Pacific coast
across the continent to New York
last year only 267 were damaged
In transit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
ToDAY,s GAMES

National League
Brooklyn at Boston.
New York at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at Chicago.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
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CAUSE OF COMMON COLD.

EXTREMES of climate do not cause
colds. Systems Of heating the
house are not especially responsible
for colds. Nor does it seem to make
much difference whether the sleeping
room is open air, we'll ventilated or
poorly ventilated. Such are some of
the conclusions reached by DIR. William
H. Barrow of Stanford University.
California, as a result of investigating
about 400 cases.
DR.. Barrow first mentions ques-
tionnaire sent out recently at Cornell,
which asked details on smoking, ex-
ercise. cold baths, hours of sleep, draft
over the beds, kinds of underwear
worn, kind of footwear worn in wet
weather, perspiration after exertion.
constipation. exposure to dust or gas,
mouth breathing. nose and throat op-
erations and family history as to
colds.
No one of these factors is major
cause of colds. the results of the Cor
nell QUESTIONABLE showed. If some
few goats" may be found. they must
be. apparently, nose and throat opera
tions Though ths litter may have
been the result rather than the cause
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Castor Oil Plant.

THE rapid growth of the castor oil
plant has become proverbial.
Some commentators have declared
that the plant known as Jonas gourd
was the castor oil plant. There are
vast plains in Bengal covered with
the oil-producing vegetable.
Immediately after the monsoon,
when the water has receded. the peas
ant rakes the mire and puts the oil
plant seeds in the ground. two by
two. The plants rapidly develop
their great leaves and produce their
fruit, which grows i'm groups of cap
sules. acquiring a coppery green col
or mottled with purple and rich car
mine. When the hot sun has dried
the pods they burst. The women and
children watch the pods and when
the first crack appears they are ready
to catch the precious seeds within.
When the seeds have dried few
days the natives toast them. crush
them I'm mortar. and plunge them In
boiling water. when the oil rises 10
the surface.
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Confederate Spy Was Confined in Old Capitol Prison

occupant of the room beneath them
might receive and return letters"
The lady names among her fellow
prisoners Maj. Fitzhugh Of Stuart's 8
staff. Maj. Morse of Ewell's and John
Stephenson. a young officer under
Mosby. Among the prison officials. in
addition to Supt. Billy Wood, she
names Lieut.. Holmes and Capt. Hig-
gins.
The Rambler. is thinking that per-
haps Lieut.. Holmes was Detective
George Holmes, whom some of us
knew when he. George McElfresh,
Charlie FLINDERS and Jim MCDevitt
were the busy detectives of Washing
ton. That was a good while before we
knew the detectives Ned Horne.
Henry Lacey. Dick Weldon, Bob
Boardman. George Boyd, Joe Carter.
Ben Rhodes. John Gallaher. Holm
berger, Proctor and Quinlan. Even
some Of those names carry the mind
back n long time.
Well. Belle Boyd stayed in Old Capt.
tol Prison until. as you see by the mill
tary order at the beginning of this
story. she was released in August.
1862. ito be sent over the lines by the
first f1ag of truce"
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Ferry Il believe) and then by train
to Washington.
She says there was crowd at the
station, as the news of her arrest
had preceded her. She was given in
the charge of a detective. who took
her in carriage to the old Capitol.
though the young Federal officer who
had escorted her on the train wanted
to beat up the sleuth for his rudeness
and insisted on going to the old Capt
tol, too. Whenever Belle was put in
charge of young Yankee officer he
seems to HSve insisted on getting her
telephone number and giving her the
key to the city. and Belle always
seems to have got out of him every
thing he Knew or thought his army
was going to do.
1--WE soon came within sight of my
future home-a vast brick building,
like all prisons, somber. chilling and
repulsive." she says. Its dull. damp
walls looked upon the street: it's mar
row windows were further darkened
by heavy iron stanchions through
which the miserable inmates may
soothe their captivity by gazing upon
those who were still free, but whose
freedom. hung but by a slender
thread"
Belle then gives pages TO the ter
rors of the Bastille. arrests by lettre
de cachet. the crueltieS of Russia and
crimes done in the Tower of London
Upon my arrival at the prison,
she continues, II was ushered into a
small office. A clerk who was writ
ing at desk looked up for mo-
ment and informed me that the SUI
perintendent would attend to my
business Immediately. The words
were hardly uttered when Mr.. WOOD
(William p. Wood entered the room
and l was aware of the presence OF
a man of middle height. powerfully
built, with brown hair, fair complex
ion and keen. bluish-gray eyes. Mr.
Wood prides himself. | believe. upon
his plebeian extraction. but l can
safely aver that beneath his rough
exterior there beats a warm and gen
brated rebel spy he said. 4 am very
glad to see you and will endeavor tC
make you as comfortable as possible.
so whatever You wish for. ask for il
and you shall have it. l am very
glad to have so distinguished a per
sonage for my guest. Come, let me
show you to your room.'
HNE traversed the hall. ascended 3
flight of stairs and found our
selves in a short, narrow passage, ur
and down which a sentry paced an6
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than you had estimated to finish the
deal at all. and will only do so after
much worry and work.
From the 18th to the goth of this
month, Mercury. the planet governing
all activities concerned with printing,
publishing, written or oral communi-
cations. and thus the guiding star of
the telegraph. telephone and radio sys-
TENS as we'll as of newspapers. maya
zines and correspondence, will he par
ticularly powerful in the lives Of those
born around December to Of any
year.
The last week of this month is less
active than the first three. tending
strongly to social and artistic achieve.
ments or interests.
While temper and temperament
may be noticeable in those members of
your family or circle of friends born
in the last week of April try to take
little notice of this and wait for the
planetary influence which Is the cause
Of it to roll by as it will do early in
December.
Otherwise. enjoy the very strong as
poets of these last days for pleasure
and gayety. Don't get into the habit
of thinking that the stars show moth
ing but bad luck.
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What November Brings
Continued from First Page)

Continued from First PageD
weather conditions throughout the
first two weeks of November should
affect nearly every one more or less
definitely.
The second week of the present
month is a time when daily reports
of business disturbances and illness or
countrywide difficulties will come to
the ears of every one. The 18th and
18th of the month are days which
will bring many upset plans, necessi-
ties for sudden readjustments to un-
welcome conditions, unexpected travel
or other changes. Bear In mind that
these will be general aspects and will
not necessarily be important or mo-
mentous upheavals. These sudden
changes may be anything from
broken dinner engagement to some
accident in the course of a we'll plan
ned trip, or they may affect the mind
primarily and make you feel disturbed
and displea sed with conditions about
YOU even when conditions are appar-
emily smooth.
In making a prediction which must
be as general as this in order to cover
even briefly an entire month, 1t is not
always possible to distinguish between
the purely outside condition or event
and the inner or mental attitude
which can be as potent to us as some
big occurrence. Consider therefore.
that every planetary aspect works on
both the active or physical life and
also upon the inner or mental and
spiritual life. and when day is given
as strongly exciting or the reverse the
entire force may he expended upon
either Of these two departments OF
the human individual or life.
Returning to the daily aspects. No
vember and 81 seem to be good days
upon which to begin new plans, un-
dertake new business activities, or to
apply your efforts to whatever your
particular task in life may be. Be
tween these two dates there are very
few times when new undertakings
should be attempted.
If you are planning to begin build
ing a house, bridge, theater or what
not. or to float a bond issue or to go
to work for the first time, try to get
started upon the 9th or the 21st.
otherwise you will have to watch
your work being delayed by all kinds
OF unexpected hindrances, will need
, extra labor and much more money
Evening star., 1926-11-07

The patent act was changed in 1898
to permit any one to obtain patent,
whether or not he was the original
inventor and irrespective OF whether
his contribution was useful or novel.
Following this. in 1896, an act was
passed that instituted the so-called
American method OF granting patents
only after thorough examination into
the utility. operativeness and novelty
OF the inventions. and which provided
the machinery and procedure for car
|rying out the purpose OF the act. Prac-
tically every country In the world has
adopted this system.
= +
THE Patent Office In 1911 occupied
a building in Washington on 2
street between Seventh and Eighth
northwest. formerly known as Blodg-
ett's Hotel These quarters were de-
stroyed by fire in 1885, and Congress
authorized the erection OF the present
building at Ninth and F streets. The
original. or F street. wing was nm
ished In 1S40. the east wing In 1So2,
the west wing in 1855 and the north
wing in 1867. The building cost
around $500 900 In 1877 a disas-
q and Ninth street wings destroyed
many records and models. -
The orga nization, which began with
a commissioner, one examiner. clerk
and two craftsmen, now mas Iorce
that includes a commissioner, dS-
sistant commissioners. 5 law examin-
ers, a board of appeals Of members
4S examiners known as princlpaf >
about $50 assistant examiners and /
1lf n al
The Women's Bureau has reached
three principal conclusions as result
of it's study Of Patent ONCE records.
They are:
|. In view Of the handicaps under
which woman inventors have always
Iabored. the rate Of increase IN the
number of inventions patented ny
women and the range and quality OF
| their inventive achievements furnlsn
an argument for expanding women >
opportunities for research and expert
ment and securing to women easier
| access to facilities essential in patent
procedure.
.. Woman inventors. even more
than man, are in need of facilities for
marketing or promoting their patent
| ed creations. because women are gem
erally more restricted in funds and
| less informed concerning the methods
of profitable patent disposal.
3. The Patent Office records. on the
whole, furnish reasonable guaranty
| that with reduction in the excessive
couragements due to frequent fall
ures to realize money quickly on pat
ents. with an expansion of opportu-
mites for research and with easier ac-
cess to the facilities essential to pat
ent procedure. the Nation will be re-
warded by the increased measure OF
| inventive service from women of Gre
ative abilities. and capable women will
| find constantly enlarging opportu-
mites in this branch of the field OF
! creative labor.
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! into which several doors opened. One
| of these doors was No. s and was
| thrown open, and behold, my prison
cell! There was nothing remark
able in the shape or size of my apart
ment. except that two very large win
| dows took up nearly the whole side of
| the wall. Upon taking an inventory
| of my effects l found them to be as
| follows: A washing stand, looking
glass, an iron bedstead. a table and
some chairs. From the window | had
a view of part of Pennsylvania ave
! nue.. and far away in the country the
| residence of Gen. Floyd. ex-Secretary
OF War. where had formerly passed
many happy hours.
AT S O'Clock Mr.. Wood came to my
| room, accompanied by the chief of de-
tectives. who desired an interview with
me on the part of the Secretary of
| War"
Belle Boyd tells OF the Angrammati-
cal and slangy detectives effort to
have her tell all she knew and to take
| the oath of allegiance. Belle was hard
| hearted to the detective and waved the
| Stars and Bars with every breath.
THE room which was appropriated
| to me had formerly been the commit
| tee room of the old Hall Of Congress.
and had been repeatedly tenanted by
Clay. Webster. Calhoun and other
statesmen Of their age and mark. A
| thousand strange fancies filled my
brain and nearly drove me mad. About
IL o'clock ] sat down and opened my
| Bible. but / had not read more than
| two or three verses when my atten
! ton was distracte by knock against
| the wall. / listened with attention
/ and presently felt sure that the sound
which reached my ears was made by
a knife scraping out the plaster of the
wall. Within a few minutes the point
Of a long case knife was visible.
was not slow to cooperate with those
pioneers of free communication
inmates of the next room. l made use
of the knife that remained on my sup
per tray and before long the two
knives had conjOintly made an aper
ture large enough to admit the trans
mission of notes rolled tight and of the
circumference of mans forehnger
The clandestine correspondence thai
was carried on was, on either side o
the wall. source of much plea sure
and served to beguile many a tediou.
| hour.
'In the room Immediately above
mine, and in which Mrs. GreenhOv
had beef incarcerated and suffered
| much for five long and weary months
| were confined some gentlemen from
Fredericksburg. They had contrivet
to loosen a plank in the floor and tC
make an aperture through which the
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Valuable Recipes.
THE housewife who has a valuat

THE housewife who has a valuable
recipe or one that has been ex:
clusively lin the family" for a few
hundred years should think twice
before sending it to her favorite jour
nal and maybe not getting a. years
subscription after all An English firm
of bacon -curers paid no less than
$50. 900 for the Bra andenburg method
of curing hams. and a special chutney,
or the directions for mixing 1t, ortgi-
nallv bought from a Hindu for few
rupees. brought s37 900 when offered
where it was most wanted. A table
sauce is made according to recipe
hundreds OF years old. The butler OF
an old English family was glad to get
few shillings for this recipe, but
today the faded scrap of paper on
which the butler laboriously traced his
secret Is so highly valued that no
offer has ever been made for it. though
it would doubtless find ready purchas.
ers IL offered at hundred thousand
dollars. r
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add that Nine. Hardinge (Belle Boyd
has prepared for publication nara
| tive of her adventures, imprisonment
and sufferings. for which there is no
lack of publishers ready to advance
q handsome sum. but she has re-
Gently received threatening intima-
tions that her husbands life depends
The father of Belle Boyd. most re-
spectacle Virginia gentleman. has
lately died from a disease induced
by his daughters sufferings. These
are the simple facts of the case and
/ commend them to the kind consid-
Grafton of Confederate sympathizers
in England"
I will quote passages from Belle
Boyd's book which serve my end in
telling the Old Capitol Prison story,
and I will quote a few extracts to
revive your memory of Belle Boyd and
her time.
After a few f1ourishes. in which
| inexperienced writer's delight, she
says: There is perhaps no tract of
country in the world more lovely than
the Valley of the Shenandoah. There
is. or rather l would say there was.
no prettier or more peaceful village
than Martinsburg, where I was born
| in 1914. According to the
custom Of my country. / was sent at
IL years of age to Mount Washing
( ton College, of which Mr.. Staley. OF
whom 1 cherish most grateful recol'
lection. was the principal. AT 16
my education was supposed to he
completed and I made my entree into
the world in Washington City with
all the high hopes and thoughtless JOY
natural to my time of life. Washing
ton is so we'll known to English peo-
pie that I will not pause to describe
| its gayeties and pleasures. In the
| Winter of 1S60-61, when / made my
! first acquaintance with it, the season
was pre.eminently brilliant. The Con
| gress halls were nightly dignified by
| the presence Of our ablest orators and
statesmen. The salons of the wealthy
and the talented were filled to over
| flowing, the theaters were crowded
| to excess. and for the last time for
| many years to come the daughters
/ Of the North and the South com
mingled in sisterly love and friend
| Ship"
THE lady tells of Virginia's answer
to Lincon's call for $4,000 volun
teers by calling for volunteers for Nir
ginia. Her father enlisted In the Cd
| Virginia Regiment. 1T was armed
and equipped with a subscription
| raised by myself and other ladies OF
| the valley. The corps was command
! ed by Col. Nadenbush and belonged
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The Doll Industry.

THURINGIA. and especially the
4 town of Sonneberg. may be said
to be the real birthplace OF the doll.
Most Of the poorer families in and
about Sonneoerg are engaged i'll the
manufacture or dolls, and from this
industry Is derived the chief revenue
Of the population. The work demands
q great deal OF Skill and practice.
The inhabitants begin early in
youth TO learn the art OF making dolls.
BY constant practice they eventually
become able to work with amazing
speed and accuracy. In the doll IN
dustry only scme special part of the
doll ie made b. each person. Some
make the bodies. Others the heads, and
still others the arm; or hands.
The heads are first nodded. and
when sufficiently dry the eyes are
cut out by skilled worker with a
very thin sharp knife. This is eX'
tremely delicate work. since all the
sockets must be Of uniform size or the
ayes do not At. The heads are paint
ed. waxed or glazed depending on the
material from which the heads are
made.
The arms. legs and hands are pro-
duced In a similar. but simpler, man
ner. as the painting consists only IN
giving the necessary flesh color. While
the heads must have rosy cheeks, red
ltps and dark or light eyebrows. de-
pending upon the color of the eyes.
The setting of the eyes and the MAX
ing and attaching of the wigs involve
a number of other processes.
The doll industry is now putting
out character dolls" in restricted
Numbers. The model is made by an
artist and the molds are then copied
from this model. The painting OF
these dolls is done with special care.
consequently. their price is considera-
bly higher than that Of the commoner
type of doll.
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has had a large share of atten-
ton from woman inventors. The in
yent.ons ra rige from road bed and
rails through rolling stock equipment
to traffic signals and block systems.
Inventions concerned with motor traf-
flee reflect clearly the increasing share
taken By women in the operation of
automobiles. One woman who invent
ed c.eaning device and Windshield
wiper declared:
While driving my automobile the
rain came down in sheets. which
caused ne to drive up to the curb and
walt for the rain 10 subside.
THE thought car1e to me that some
thing could be devised TO clean the
windshield and prevent the driving
in of wind and snow. Then while rid
ing on trolley, behind a glass cover
ed with sleet, / saw the same thing
would apply, and so l worked out my
device to avoid this danger"
Another woman invented a combined
license plate holder and danger signal
because she was impressed with the
fact, that must be obvious to any one,
that at present it is practically impos-
sible to read the rear number or
moving automobile at night. 1t is. of
course. Of the highest importance that
1t should be made possible for police
officers and for citizenS~tn he able to
make out tire rear number of an auto
mobile that is speeding away at
night" she said.
Many Of the inventions, OF course,
deal with the business Of housekeep-
ing. Thus. one woman wrote that she
invented a pie-pan cover because OF
"overflowing of juicy ries, the best of
the pie being wasted. leaving the poor
est part of the pie in the crust.
Another fellow sufferer from the exi-
gencies of domestic mishaps was the
woman who wrote that the circum-
stance which led to her invention of
a reinforced wooden bowl was "a
6-inch split in the top Of my bowl as
[ was working butter. 1t came in two.
spilling the water and my bowl on the
floer."
Household inventions include alarms
for cooking utensils, juice extractors,
kettle protectors, sieve-cleaning de-
vices, waffle irons, ash cans, laundry
equipment, broom racks, stovepipe
cleaners, napkin holders. bed-airing
devices, high chairs. bathroom fix
lures, an automatic rocking chair fan.
awnings. clothes containers, ant traps
and scores of other aids in house
keeping.
A woman who invented telephone
muff1er declared that while stopping