NEWS FLASHES Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told i LONGER LASTING LEATHERS— of individuals by the Thieves broke into the cellar of the Windsor hotel at Philadelphia stole $15,000 worth of whisky. and A forty thousand dollar fire de- stroyed a portion of the Rainey-Wood Coke Company, at making ‘thirty-five and scores of chickens were burned to death in a fire destroyed the stable of Jacob Swedevilie Pa. workers homeless. Five horses which Kienel at Philadelphia. Mrs. Anna Conway, 60 vears old proprietriess of a grocery store at Philadelphia, had 61-year-old John Gaff- ney, a contemporary hauled before the Magistrate on a charge of flirting with her. grocer, The outflow of foreign capitals exceeds one million dollars a day, according to a report issued by the treasury department. American gold to Italians who returned to their mo- ther country on account of the high cost of living and prohibition in Amer- ica, are returning. They say that the cost of living in Italy is so much high- er as to be unbearable, According to a recent experiment, the weight of the earth is something like 6,000,000,000,000,000.( 100,000 tons (six billion-million-million tons). The rear wall of a three story house on North Bodine street, Phila- delphia, collapsed last week, throw- third floor to the ground. A new steamship service from Phila- delphia to San may be es- tabished soon. Francisco Ministers at Crisfield, ing for the deliverance from increased Md., are pray- of their people taxes on the crab and oyster business. At Allentown, Pa., cold in a raid, finger of a bandits, tcok a ring off the baby. bar silver received recently by Approximately 0,000 various country has been banking institutions in this from London. Thieves broke dow of the plate glass win- the optical store of Fred G. 1425 Chestnut Philadel- vhia, with a brick, but were frightened Sutor, street, away before obtaining valuables. Nelson Hale, six years old, of 308 North 32nd street, Philadelphia, died from the effects of poison pills which Lie found in an ash barrel. Kauffman, of Lancaster, Pa., match in the search for a zus leak and the resulting explosion blew out the walls of his home, totally wrecking it. John lighted a L. M. Whiteman, a farmtr ferd, Pa., shot and killed Gust in a shotgun and pistol duel of Brad- Kipgen Kipgen firebug and is said to the family of was an alleged have threatened white- ing two men from their beds on the | man. BROWN TAILED MOTH ( thing except shoe blacking and tooth- FOUND IN TREE SHIPMENTS | picks,” is that they are harmless. But TO THIS COUNTRY | they are involved in stock jobbing te erie | propositions which without question Rigid Inspection of All Imported Fruit Trees Ordered Following the discovery of larvae of the brown toiled moth in this country from France of tree stock, a rigid inspection has been ordered on all imported trees. The larvae were discovered in a consignment of 5,000 voung French apple trees, all of which were destroyed. The brown tailed moth is a very 1le- structive pest which for been found in New England and Can- ada, and sometimes in States adjoining Pennsylvania, shipmnts to years has OPERATING TABLE FOR HOGS INVENTED BY KANSAS MAN The chief difficulty encountered in administering anti-cholera hogs—that is holding the animal wile serum to the fluid is injected—has been over- come, it is asserted, by an operating table recently invented by a Kansas veterinary surgeon and described with iliustration in the October Popular Mechanics Magazine. Besides holding a porker in the proper position for in- oculation, the the contrivance weighs the hog. It consists of a Y-shaped trough, held in an inclined position by a collapsible steel frame: weig forty pounds, and can be folded and carried on the runningboard of an au- tomobile, WORTH KNOWING The first labor law passed by the New York State Legislature provides for the creation of a bureau of women in industry in the State Department of Labor. The Parliament of South Africa has passed by a majority of two votes a motion in favor of woman suffrage. such an effort had failed on four pre- vious occasions. Often the paint grows shabby while the house still looks in fairly good dition. This is due in part to the fre- quent brushing and cleaning piazza woodwork must have. The appear- ance of the whole house will be greatly improved many times if the piazza and window ledge outside are all given a freshening coat of paint. The task is not a long one for either a profes- sional painter or an amateur. the piazza rest of the con- about NO DRINK LIKE WATER A plentiful supply of clean, fresh will dividuals result in loss of money to in- who succumb to these get- rich-quick schemes. The United States Department of Agriculture has a high regard for Alfalfa as a for but the department specialists brands and fakes the medicines and human which are supposed to be made from them. as fads so-called food articles EARTHEN JARS, EGG BANKS Resurrect tlie cellar. the old earthen jar from Filled with waterglass it possesses magic akin to Aladdin's wonderful lamp. Eggs put in now can be taken out next fall and winter when high prices return, and it is not unlikely they will double in price in that time. Farmers and poultrymen, especially city dwellers who being keep poultry are urged by poultry specialists of the United States De- of A eggs in waterglass solution this spring and early when they are reia- cheap, for use during the fall are scarce and partment riculture to preserve summer tively and winter high in with ready has when price. This plan is meeting and widespread response, shown by they been demands for in- formation as to how and by gists to preserve eggs, from drug- marked in- received noted a sales of reports who have crease in their waterglass Poultry specialists say that there wili be a great in the number of com- increase eggs preserved this season as pared to former years. This is of benefit to the producer and to the con- sumer It benefits the producer it stimulates the consumption of eggs which usually falls off during alike because the period of highest price, and it benefits the consumer by making it possible for him to have good, whole- some eggs for liberal use during the season of high prices. One effective means employed by the poultry specialists to encourage the preserving has been to demonstrate the the specialists and home demonstrations in homes and depart- ment stores in many States. of eggs process, WHY WE HAVE FIVE FINGERS All animals, it seems, from a study of nature, were started with ten fin- and ten toes, the fingers origi rally having been the toes of the fore- In a good many the en- vironment in which aniamls have lived has caused a change in the fol: ation of the ends of the limbs as well ‘as in the limbg The horse, gers legs. cases hemselyes. water must always be available to the bens. The fowls drink freely, espe cially when laying heavily, and sho not be stinted to such a necessary ¢ cheap material as water. The wa pan or dish should be kept clean it is not washed out frequently a gre slime will gather on its inner surfa This should not be allowed to happ It is well to keep the water pan out- side the house and in the shade in the summer, but in the winter, when the water may freeze, it is best that. the pan be left in the house, and it should Le raised about a foot above the floor so that the hens won't kick it full of litter when scratching for their feed. FAKE AND FAD ALFALFA PRODUCTS Alfalfa has been advertised so ex- tensively that-“make-money-easy” con- cerns are trying to capitalize on this crop by selling fake and fad products as well as worthless stock in compan- ies reported to produce them. As a rule, the best which can be said about many of these alfalfa products such as alfalfa flour, alfalfa syrup, alfalfa candy, alfalfa breakfast food, ‘and, as one circular states it “every- the rule of five and five toes on the end of each limb been universal. If you ex amine a chicken in a shell just before to come out, you can dis- tinctly count five toes on each foot and at the ends of the wings you will see five little points, which under other conditions would develop into fingers, perhaps. Some of these toes of the rew-born chicken do not develop... It can be acepted as a rule that creatures are intended in the original plan io Lkave five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot, making our count of tens, which is the world’s basis for counting, and has always been. cause theychange, for fingers has it is ready The hen-pecked husband has more than a peck of trouble. simple measures for prolonging the Bureau of S. Department of Agriculture, and harness properly treated will last ists of Shoes twice as long neglected. applied to leather be- should be whenever the hard or dry. The thoroughly and ali remains washed off warm the being taken off with a dry cloth On dre polished castor oil lightly at the Grease or oil the shoes Zins to get shoes should be brushed dirt and mud that water, water with eXCess shoes shoes or apply night to the dried shoes, rubbing oil into the leather well, especiall along where the Polish the 0 and use sewed meoern- slight- the welt or sole is to the upper, ing. Tan shoes are, of course, ly darkened by and even by Do not apply any oil or grease heels or composition soles, next grease polish. on rubber since such application is unnecessary and injurious. Work polished may be foot oil, fish oil and or grease should be as the hand can comfortable bear, and should be rubbed well into the leather along the welt. secure the a heavy which are not to be greased with tallow. about as shoes neat’s- The oil warm especially MH it is water resistance desired to greater than and greases will insure, ing or greasing with either of the fol- lowing mixtures been found ex- cellent for this purpose: above oils dress- has One-half pound of neutral wool grease (get from drug store.) One quarter pound of (heavy) dark petrolatum (get from drug store). One quarter pound of (light) vellow parafin wax; or 9-10 of a pound of petrolatum, 1-10 of a pound of bees- wax. Very good water resistance ean be secured by adding beef tallow to any one of the oils or greases mentioned above for greasing work shoes. In all cases each mixture should be melt- and ed together by warming carefully stirring thoroughly. Jetter penetra- tion is secured if the grease is applied warm, but it should never be hotter than the hand can bear. The greased should be left warm place, and the welt tnoroughly, as over night edge of the greased to dry The should be shoes in a sole too much gre be applied to Any mixtures should be not these parts. one of the above applied warm to the sole of the shoe, increasing its il- ity, and water resistance. Harness leather should be thus durability, plia washed and oiled frequently. Tepid water, reutral soap, and a sponge or stiff brush should be used, After rinsin in clean tepid water the harness is hung up to drain a little while before oiling. best there may be castor oil is but some tallow mixed with either of these Neat’s-foot oil or for driving harness, oils—a mixture of tallow and fish oils about equal parts of each—for heavy harness. The application should be light for driving harness. The « is rubbed thorough- lv into the leather while it is still wet from the washing. A clean, dry remove leather is unable to kept soft and while and made very much more attractive in appear- ance by application of oil warm to the hand, cloth should be used to the up. Harness excess oil which take can be flexible for a long the proper WHERE WOOD IS MONEY Who ever heard of wooden money? The only known currency of this kind 1s issued by the Hudson Bay Company. and circulates all over the vast tervi- tory controlled by that powerful trad- ing concern, It is a coinage consisting of pieces of wood known as whicn are stamped with a die. Tese are accepted everywhere in that territory as cash, and are exchangeable for all “castors,” sorts of supplies and commodities at the widely scattered stations of corporation. The area governed by the company is vast. In one straight line it ex- tends as far as from London to Mecea: fiom King Posts to the Pelly Banks is further than from Paris to Sarmac- and. Over all of this region the cor- poration exercises a complete domin ion, employing the native. Indians, chiefly Ojibways and Creels, to col- lect the furs which furnished its reve- nue, Hudson Bay is about two-thirds the the Gulf of Mexico. It is an almost landlocked sea, with of coast line. More the size of 3000 miles than 300 years ago Hendrick Hudson, trying to find the northwest passage, wintered there. His crew mutined and set him afloat ‘n an open boat with his son and seven others. He and his companions were never seen again. The unit of value in that part of the world is the beaver skin. Two martens are equal to one beaver, and twenty muskrats are equivalent to the marten. The trapping is done in win- ter, and in spring the Indians bring the pelts to the stations, receiving in payment for them wooden money. With the latter they buy what sup- plies they need a tthe store main- tained by the company at the stations. Arbitration is the method employed to convince both the contending par- ties that they are in the wrong. Every time a man calls hig wife an angel she thinks he is hatciling some A woman is really in a hurry if she says good-by that way. scheme to avoid buying ther a new PROPER CARE EXTENDS LIFE adoption of the life of leather, say the leather special- Chemistry, 1. as when reasonable pre- 1 : People love to cautions for preserving the leather are | | ~—0—0-—0—0~0—0=0—0=0—0—0— THE AEROKOLUM The rapidly increasing cost of shoes, | | * harness, and other articles made of | By Reno leather may be checked and consider-: 5-20 able savings effected in the expenses | 0mm Qe Ome 0 =e 0 ee O ee O meee Ome Ome Qe Om Editor of “Aerokolum” You don’t know me, I'm the guy but Meet on the street On a lainy day. I always carry an Umbrella And, As I'm always in a Hurry I can’t bother to Raise it To allow others to pass, They have to Dodge it or get Poked In the eye or have their Hat knocked off It’s not my fault. They can keep out of My way or take the Consequences And it’s not for Me to worry about. I just thought I'd write and let You know just how I feel about it, DOGS AS BEASTS OF BURDEN By Edwin Tarrisse In the United States many hundreds of thousands of dogs are maintained from birth to old without rendering any material equivalent for their maintenance. raratively age ever Outside of a coin- small number of sheep and cattle dogs, and the somewhat larger number of watch frighten away dogs who actually American said to “pay for their except in sentimental ways. This is not the case in all countries In Be 1m ,in the North of France, in Austria and Sa certain other places, dc They wagons, thieves, no dogs can be keep,” parts of xony, and in are used as heasts of burden. vegetable conveyvances draw milk carts, and other the their part to- belonging to poor, and cheerfully contribute ward the welfare and Luman beings. Serious study in certain quarters of late years has been directed to the question whether the services of dogs could not be made of greater econo- mic value to human beings than is now the case. The objection is that “dogs were not made to draw loads,” Prof. Heim, of Zurich, has answered that no animal was made for man but for itself, and that man has sim- ply adapted some animals to his own uses, them in of breeding transforming the selection in the draught Why asked, adapt the tc the purposes of draught? many cases by Process and shape purposes. best suited for not, it is dog On many accounts the dog is better suited to the purpose than any other animan. He may be fed on what is left from his master’s table, his ordinary food being the same as that of a human being, whereas a special bill of fare is required for the horse and the ox. Moreover, his and intelii lodge him majority of those of the rich, with the draught wanted in the nearness gence in the dc gs, make it possible to house. The vast even sleep in And not hardiness rakes a rude kennel or shed suitable for his lodging. In recessities of a the house their masters. even if dog were hous his either case the stable is obviated. If one dog is not as strong as a horse, a team of two or three can be employed; and breeds of dogs can no Goubt be developed from the mastiff or the St. Bernard which almost as strong as horses. The Eskimos have shown the world might be how to use dogs suc cessfully in teams; and there is no reason to suppose they might not be driven as well in wagons as in However, if should be used for draught purposes, it would probably be for what might be called light “teaming,” or freight- ing rather than for traveling long dis- tances, But teams sledges. dogs is not the which dogs might pe put. only use to They were formerly much used in England for turning spits; and though spits ave Lo longer used in roasting meats there are various machines on farms and in connection with small manu- facturing establishments, the motive power of which might be supplied ftom a dog tread mill. The housewife’s sewing machine might go by being dog power instead of propelled by her own foot: and So might the farmer's grindstone, hay- cutter, root-cutter and fanning mill. It certainly should not be a hard matter to adapt dogs to draught pur- peses and, for that matter, other pur- poses equally as valuable to their owner. A sturdy pair of dogs will pull nearly as much of a load as an ordinary horse. Consider the fisher- man, for instance, who makes his liv ing with a dog team, ordinary dogs at that. In many cases the animals used for they are this work are mongrels, but trained in the requirements of their masters and make very ac- ceptable helpers. These dogs will pull their owners and a heavy sleigh cver miles and miles of ice without tiring perceptibly. Of course it is a hard matter to adapt these dog teams to the streets of the city. The freedom with which housedogs are allowed to roam makes this rather an impossi- bility. Two strange dogs meeting on a public thoroughfare invariably spelis fight and if one is harnessed and con- sequently helpless, it would mean dis- gown. { happiness of WILL RECEIVE AN A URED WAR Pennsylvania lost the second largest number of men in battle and her per- centage of also was exceeded by only one other state. New York State's loss was 6,621, with Pennsylvania second with a loss of 5,517. The percentage of from this State was 17. with a percentage of 17.02 losses deaths in troops Montana, was the only other state with as high a per centage of loss. Pennsylvania gave 324,299 men and New York 400,475. New York's death percentage was 16.5. Distribution of captured war mater- 1al is about to be made under direction of the House Military Affairs Com- mittee. They will be awarded to States in proportion to the number of men given to the army. Pennsylvani will receive 113 big guns, including 31 of the famous 75's; three 88-millimeter guns; thirty-five 105’s; eleven 210s; 57 trench mortars; one 4.2 field rifle. URGES KISSING FOR HUSBANDS Minister Recommends They Re-Learn Art Atfer Marriage—He Classifies Men Boston—Husbans, the “stubborn donkey” and “snapping cur speci- niens,” were violently denounced by the Rev. Cortland Myers in his Tre- mont Temple sermon here. Contin ing his “In the Matrimonial Wreckage 3ap- and series of sermons the Nabal cf Boston” t;st clergyman Abigain.” He pleaded with the men to learn and to practice their spoke on the art of kissing art atfer marriage. “You married wife before her until it vou are married. easier for kissed you her, her sick. Do it after your kissed made Iemember a black eve 1s most women and will heal much quicker than a bruised heart.” “A good man cannot be a bad hus- band,” declared Dr. Myers, “and a possibly be a bad different good woman cannot There is an code of virtue in the outside. A man among his wife. entirely home than on the and may be honest respected business associ- ates yet be as mean as the devil as soon as he crossed the threshold of his home.” the trembling wife vho approaches her husband the first month with itemized accounts He spoke of of every of the money she had spent during the inonth. “Why,” he shouted, wives never have a cent of their until spend their husband's insurance, vet the wife earned it husband.” “som own they life has ‘ust as much as the Some men are “paralyzed morally think to the preacher, yet they they are athletes,” ac- cording while others «re three-cornered, yet thi they are round.” Another . classification brought certain husbands in the class where they can “stand in front of a mis all day without seeing any- thing.” Nabal was characterized as a bad and he got while “miser disposition, was with a drunk, as being a sweet, 3 his wife deseribed royal, queenly speci- men,” whom the preacher likened to canary locked in He advised young girls to * a cage. ‘set traps’ for the men they are betrothed to and “if he fails, and shows a mean dis- position, throw him over.”. Bad dis- positions he classed as “home wreck- the found= ”» ers, dynamite under tions of a happy home. A man and wife can never be same after they have quarreled and fought, was another opinion of Dr. Myers. “You quarrels are always tak- ing place,” he said, “yes, and all hel! has rejoiced at them. Then the young very the say ” couples kiss and make up and say everything will be just the same as before. Poor fools.” OPTIMISTIC AS TO FINANCIAL OUTLOOK Winslow Taylor & Company, 130 South 15th street, Philadelphia, a well-known Stock Brokerage house, in a recent interview with the editor of a more or prominent financiai publication, expressed themselves as being extremely optimistic as to the industrial and financial outlook for our country. They especially refer in their dis- cussion to the unprecedented demand for Crude Oil and its by-products. They were quoted as saying that the scarcity of gasoline alone was so pro- nounced that it would not surprise them to see additional legislation framed by the Federal Government to encourage a greater production of Crude Oil. The leasing Bill, which was recently put through, has some advantages and would no doubt, they thought, prove a great boon to certain sections of this country. However, the cost of developing oil properties is very high, and while the lucky seeker 1s well rewarded there should be some niethod devised whereby there would be a minimum amount of risk for the funds involved. Messrs. Winslow Taylor & Company, in the early part of 1918, were among the first financial houses to forecast the great boom in oil stocks, which started that year. They have now cet their eyes toward the Motor industry and have recently called the attention of their customers and the public at large to the great possibilities in whai is now the greatest capitalized indus- less aster in his case. try on the western hemisphere, and PENNSYLVANIA'S LOSS IN BATTLE WAS 17 PERCENT LLOTMENT OF CAPT-| MATERIALS they are unreservedly in favor of in- vestors making judicious commitments in the Motor shares. A SAMPLE OF FRANKLIN'S SHREWDNESS Early in his career Franklin ran for the office of clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly. There was danger in his being defeated, because of the indiffer- | ence of one man. Here is Franklin’s wn account of how he overcame this man’s indifference to him: Having heard that he had in his li- brary a certain very scarce and curi- ous book, I note to him ex- pressing my of perusing that book, favor of | | | wrote a desire and requesting he would do the lending it to me for a few TAFFETA TRICOTINE We Sell Direct to Consumer All Goods Let Us Show You How to Save 20 to At the Present High Cost of Material Her Money Will Purchase the 3306 South 23d St., days. He sent it fnmediatein, and 1 | returned it in about a week with an- expressing strongly my sense of the favor. When he next met me in the House, he me {which he had never done before), and with great civility; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on ali occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old axiom I had learned, which says, “He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whoin vcu yourself have obliged.””—American Magazine, | other note, spoke to It is easier to get well on in years than it is to get well off in cash. Common sense is more or less un- common. The closer a man is the harder it is to touch him. born just the other unfortunates. Poets are same as SATIN ORGANDIE VOILE Why Pay Middlemans Profit? ruaranteed as Represented or Money Refunded 25 Percent on Each Purchase Every Woman Should Buy Where Best to be Had at a Great Saving. For Samples and Full Information Address, Dept. “A” ADELPHIA MANUFACTURING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY Rea asm ny 20 A CAR SEE APTOS A egaiaton Outlook for it a commercial 0} Review. industries: General Hughes N the general rehabilit: portation facilities,the motor industry has befor pportunity that is the subject of] a leading aeticle | In a current number In this connection there is specific reference to conditions surrounding Willys-Overland Bethlehem Motors A copy containing this article will be sent to one interested on request for X-502. the Motors | tion of nation-wide trans- el of our Mar ket three important motor! Motors & Dier | | any- | | | | { MEMBER Philadelphia Stock Exchange I nn irg Stock Excl e | Chicago Board of Trade i 1435 Walnut Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. J. 50 Broad Street New York | ais cn | | ODD LOTS The Jo you who live in towns and are We do a It will be worth your w Locust 5182-3-4-5-6. Investment or Speculative Securities we are prepared to offer the advantages of a that wili meet; your requirements and conditions, general commission business in both listed and unlisted stocks and bonds. Write to our department “A.” A postal card is sufficient. WINSLOW TAYLOR & (0. Main Office 130 SOUTH 15TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Stock Market the small cities and interested service C hile. Dept. “A” PA. Race 5196-7-8. cent in dividends, We offer you what we firm iy stock at $10 per share of the Manufacturers of a high quality parilla and other soft drinks. 55 Broadway, New York ity to participate in the initial offering of Millions Made in Soft Drinks $100 invested in Chero-Cola a few years ago paid 3000 per sold as high as $1000 a share. $100 invested in Coca-Cola paid dividends of $4200 in 1914. Stock valued at $25,000 per share. $100 invested in Red Rock Ginger Ale, stock reputed worth $2500 per share. believe to be a like opportun- a limited amount of REX SEAL'PRODUCTS COMPANY Singer ale, root beer, sars: Market for products reads assured. Modern plant located at Brown’ Ss Mills-in-the-Pine 8S. N. J. Prospectus and further information on request. Kets Co. Members Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York 728 WIDENER BUILD ING, PHILADELPHIA, PA TELEPHONES—Walnut 47634-5 Race 3381.2 Direct Private Wires Connecting Offices
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