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V- fc«. Pmtcbojreg. K.T i HIWPEWCOWNS Reasovea Onras. CUS loasaa. **«-, stops ail pata. ensarss comfort to tbe '* (est, asakes walktur ea>y. 16c. by mail or at Dr~ - - (la*. Mtoooa CtxnUoaA waraa. fatohogna. M. T. jjrUHUDA FARM NEWS, 112 East Park A**.. Ta mpa KUu; £ months' AUbscrlptlon |Bd folder <if teautiful subtropical vlewi, 26c FRECKLESg£?^!3ig W. N. U, CHICAGO, NO. 4-1920. DUE TO DEFEAT OF RADICALS Elections Stabilize Internal Conditions, Though Fall of Franc Is 8tiir Serious Problem--8tudy Financial Policy. * Paris.--France began the new year with far greater confidence than the last. This Is In spite of formidable handicaps, soch as the balance of trade running against her at the rate of about 1,500,000,000 francs a month, about 50 per cent depreciation of the exchange value of the franc and the consequent difficulty of procuring raw materials and machines urgently needed for reconstruction. France's renewed confidence Is derived directly from the result of the recent elections. These are regarded here as having definitely stabilized Internal politics, ended all danger of revolutionary agitation for some time to come and brought about a better attitude by capital and labor toward the immense efTort before France. Money is forthcoming for Investments In anything that promises stability. While the investments in shortterm treasury bonds are continuing at the rate of nearly 2.000.000,000 francs a month, there is plenty of money for industrial and commercial enterprises and long-term loans. The 4,000,000.000 franc loap to provide immediate resources for indemnifying victims of the invasion was oversubscribed before the official opening of the subscriptions. Important banks and Industrial companies have lately Increased their capital to an aggregate of nearly 500,000,000,000 francs. Big Trade en Bourse. Transactions on the Pari* bourse; which still are confined to cash deals, have exceeded on certain days records of pre-war trading, when futures entered largely into the totals. The upward movement of all Industrials which began before the signature of the treaty at Versailles, has been unchecked by successive liquidations. This is l^garded by keen observers here as a sure sign of economic recovery. Employers say the labor situation la Improved and that the last strikes developed signs that the workers themselves were becoming weary of long continued disturbances of business. Industry and transportation. They see a tendency against frivolous strikes and an indication that only real grievances will induce the wage earners to quit work hereafter. Decentralization of capital and industry is seen in the establishing In Normandy of textile industries to replace those in the occupied territory destroyed by the war. This movement has been greatly extended by development of water power In the region of the Alps and the center and south of France. Industrial leaders say that no particular region of France hereafter will monopolize any industry, and declare that this scattering will prove beneficial and result In a more equable recovery of all parts of the country. To Transfer Industrie*. Powerful financial groups are at the bead of the movement to transfer important industries from the coal region to southwestern France, where water power soon will be available. Other groups are being formed to develop manufacturing centers near the coast so as to reduce the cost of transporting raw materials. Industrial leaders say that this activity on the part of capital, supported by the recovery of labor from what has been characterized as a wave of "laziness," gives a healthy tone to the situation. Instability of the exchange value of the franc Is 'regarded as, one of the weakest points In French conditions. It Is pointed out that France cannot pay twice over at present high prices for supplies she needs, and that Is what the present low value of the franc means. The French government is now studying a bomplete renovation of the financial policy with a view to making such provisions to meet obligations as will give greatest stability, both at home and abroad. Details of the new financial policy are as yet not disclosed, but It Is understood that it comprises a large interior loan to take up all short-term bonds and floating debt, and important Increases In all taxes to bring the revenues up to the annual budget, estimated to require 20,000,000.000 to 25,000.000.000 francs. It Is not expected that any internal financial arrangement can exert more than a moral influence on the value of the franc abroad, and this may be said to be the object of the greatest anxiety In official circles. African catfish have the power of discharging an electric shock sufficiently powerful to disable a man. York Theater Tries Concave, tDTMiv Giving Effect of Third Dimension. New York.--A concave motion picture screen that may revolutionise the movies was tried out at a local theater today. It is said to give an effect of a third dimension--an appearance of thickness or depth--that relieves the eye strain. A group of scientists witnessed the experiment. Dr. Louis Pech, bead of the faculty of medicine at the University of Montpelier, France, the Inventor, supervised the exhibition. Dr. Pech ascribes the relief from eye strain to his belief that the eye functions formally wh£n it sees things of three dimensions, even If the appearance of the third dimension ia an illusion. MURDERS BARED IN - H.EA TO DOCTOR A . > >: Le(t«r" Trnds^MarnmS* Cincinnati, O.--A letter written by Lucille Shepherd, thirteen years of age, of Osborne, asking Chief of Police Copelan to Institute a search for her mother, Mrs. Rose Shepherd, led detectives to find Mrs. Shepherd here the other day. The child wrote "they needed mamma to take care of her and her little brothers." The officer* were in Mrs. Shepherd's apartment when a man, who said he was George Murphy, entered. He was crumpling a letter in his hands. The detectives say the letter was from the husband of the woman In which he pleaded with her to return to him and her children. In police court the cases of Mrs. Shepherd and the man were continued. 3lrl Te'ephones Physician "Ever^ •< body Sick" and Triple 7 too Is Revealed. ? ^ Passaic. N. J.--"Is this Dr. Carlislet Well, please come to oar bouse quick; everybody is sick." . ThU telephone messnge -from Misa Strong, 14, disclosed the murder of her mother and elder sister and the suicide of her father. Mason R. Strong, architect , and structural engineer, with offices In Wall street. New York City, had almost successfully annihilated his family on Tuesday night with an ax. But it was not until Mina, herself wounded on the head, gained strength enough to notify the family physician that the tragedy was revealed. Mr. Strong killed his wife as she slept in bed. He then crushed the skull of bis daughter, Elizabeth, 16, killing her Instantly. His son, Nathaniel, 12,. is dying in St. Mary's hospital with a fracture of the skull. Only Mlna and -• • ^ ^ : -k' u WRIGLEY'S ... _ ];/•• / . V:* £v&Viv r *' "K&" The largest electric sign la tbe world advertises Meet Ethyl and Two Most Prominent and Interesting Members of tye Family. MANY OFFSPRINGS ARE KNOWN Difference Between Grain Mid Wood Alcohol Clearly Described--Fatalities Due to Amateur Attempta to Make Grain Alcohol. Chicago.--While there are seventeen or more alcoholic products known in chemistry, there are two of general commercial use in the country--ethyl alcohol, or ordinary alcohol, the kind we used to be able to buy "for medicinal purposes," and methylated spirit, or Industrial alcohol, which Is popularly called "wood alcohol," and which does contain an amount of that fluid. Ethyl or ordinary alcohol Is formed by the spirituous or alcoholic fermentation of saccharine Juices. The fermentation must be completed before it is distilled. It is made from grain, either corn, wheat, or barley. This is also known as grain alcohol. The formula is C? H, OH. Methylated spirit, or Industrial alcohol, Is made of ninety parts of ordinary alcohol and ten parts of wood alcohol--methyl alcohol. Source of Wood Alcohol. Wood alcohol Is obtained by the dry oistlllatlon of wood. The comtnon method of obtaining this Is to tnke cord wood which has been seasoned for about two years--beech, maple, and birch are best--place It in Iron or steel retorts over a slow fire. The Intensity of the fire is gradually increased as the distillation progresses, until at the end of from twelve to eighteen hours nothing remains In the retort but charcoal. The distillate Is passed through a condenser, and the liquid that gathered Is allowed to set In tanks until the greater part of the tarry matter In It has subsided. The lighter part is then drawn off and saturated with slaked lime to fix the acetic acid. It Is then distilled a second time and the distillate sent to the refineries as wood alcohol. Sawdust or any woody liber or cellulose can be used 16 place of cordwood. Wood alcohol, either In Its puVe form or as an Ingredient of Industrial alcohol, Is a poison, and has a selective action upon the optic nerve. In which It often Induces a condition of permanent atrophy which results In total blindness. For some purposes "completely denatured alcohol" Is made by adding to Industrial alcohol a little benzine or pyridine to spoil the taste and render it offensive. Denatured alcohol may be made more cheaply than ordinary alcohol by using cheaper materials, such as any starchy vegetable substance, or a waste byproduct, as the poorest grade of molasses oi the waste ol a canning factory. "It is probable that a good deal of the wood alcohol that Is being dlstrllv uted as a beverage Is the result of the attempts of amateurs to make ordinary alcohol. In their Ignorance they use vegetable substances such as potato peelings, and, by using too lutens* a Gre and making the distillation without having first allowed fermentation to take place, produce methyl or wood alcohol Instead," said J. H. VMbaua, a chemist. TMs sum It Men olfbtty to abort 800*000 people Iron ail over tbe worlftk Seated Titfbt on Times Square. New York City: it is 2S0 feet Ions, 70 feet hidi. Made UP of 17,286 electric lamps. Tbe fountains play, the trade mark changes, readins alternately WRIGLEV'S SPEARMINT. OOUBLEMINt and JUICY FRUIT, and tbt Spearmen "do a turn,* Churcyhard as Playground. London.--"I draw the line at cricket and football In the churchyard," the Rev. J. M. C. Crum, rector of Farnham, Surrey,; told a meeting of parishioners, "but I don't stop them Skipping on the flat grave-stones. If I had a grave there, I would just as soon have little children over it as geraniums." AMERICAN TROOPSHIP DEKALB ON FIRE v * - Germany Accused of Taking 26,000 Dogs Paris.--The French ministry of agriculture has lodged with the commission of war damages a claim for 26.000 dogs alleged to have been stolen by the Germans during the war. The ministry specifies some of the thefts, naming specially sii valuable setters taken by the German crown prince and a prise pointer taken by General Von Kluck. A striking photograph of the United Suite* troopship DeKalb. formerly the German raider Prince Eitel Friedrich, on fire In the Hudson river near Spuyten DuyvlL All of the members of the skeleton crew of 800 escaped uninjured. Germans Crowd to Collegs. Germwy newspapers say 41.0UU more students enrolled In the universities of Germany than in 1014. In the year of the beginning of the war there were 60,000 students enrolled, while In 1919 there are approximately 91,000. This represents an Increase of nearly 2,000 each for eachkof the 23 national universities. In 11 technical schools more than 16,500 have enrolled M "Please, Come to Our House Qulekl* Susanne, 8, escaped with Injuries from which they are expected to recover. Friends of Mr. Strong attributed the tragedy to chronic 111 health and financial losses. There was strong evidence that the entire family had been drugged In some manner before the erased father used the ax. On the night of the tragedy Mr. Strong apparently did not retire with his wife. A deeply religious man, he remained up for a while reading from a book, "What Would Jesus Do?" It was found open on the dresser, beside crackers he had been munching. The police Infer that when his loved ones dropped off to sleep the architect went to the cellar, where he obtained an ax of the type firemen use. Mr. Strong afterward went to tl\e bathroom. He stood the ax in a cols ner and cut his throat with a rasor. Husband Fails to Kiss Bride, She Kills Self Council Bluffs, Ia._-- Mrs. Charles Allen, sixteen, a bride of two months, committed suicide at the Grey restaurant at Corning, Ia., by drinking almost half a pint of strychnine Before swallowing the poison she said her husband hadn't kissed her when he left for work in the morning. MARRIAGE IS NOT A JOKE OwV protected by ' Law, Disturbs Law Chelsea, Mass.--Residents In the vicinity of Chelsea have been disturbed nights by an active but elusive screech owL The little marauder starts in his disturbance between 9 and 10 o'clock. The police have been asked to capture the bird. During the day the owl flits from one chimney to another in an effort to escape capture. The police have given an alibi that It is against the game laws to shoot the owL 1'»' Foot Caught In Rail, Woman Dies. Pittsburgh.--Her foot wedged tightly between the rail and a plank, at a railroad crossing, Mrs. John Forbes, sixtyfive, of this city, was struck; and lp: stantly kflled hy a fast traln^} Has Ludendorffs War Car Chicago Man Now Has Inline in Daily Use. Limousine Was Seized »for General While Owner Waa Touring Germany. Chicago, 111.--Gen. LudendorfTs general headquarters motor car, with the same black body and sloping duck nose, that carried the military head ot the German armies over Belgian and French roads while Its occupant was seeking to annihilate the allies, can be seen almost aDy day on Chicago's streets and boulevards. Bullet-scarred and I»attered after traveling more than 60,000 miles as the equipage jf tbe German commander, the limousine has returned to peaceful Pursuits and civilian service. •/ In the summer of 1914 CL L. Willfcy, a Chicago lumber merchant, with his wife, was touring Germany in the motor car. The war flamed up and the automobile was seized by German officials, despite Its owner's protests, becoming the official property of Gen. Ludendorff. Somewhere In Its war activity the limousine was tbe target of well-tUmed machine-gun fire from the allied airmen and its roof waa perforated In many places. Through an American consul Willey brought about the return of the automobile. C. L. Wille.v died in 1910 and the car is now used dally by his son. a a Willey. Wedding Ceremony, 8taged as Lark, Ties MHuaband" and "Wife" fer - Life, Rules Court. Trenton, N. J.--A court here has refused to annul tbe marriage of Pearsy Glrvan and Georgiana Griffin, alias Georgiana Williams, which Girvan sought to have set aside on the ground that it was contracted as a joke; that he and the girl had not lived together after the ceremony; that he had contributed nothing to her support, and that she had asked for nothing. The marriage was performed August 16, 1917, by Rev. Walter Earle Laddon, a Methodist minister, ai Belmar, where the couple met. Girvan, In his petition, alleged that the ceremony was simply a vacation frolic, that he did not feel bound by it and he thought the girl also regarded lt*as a joke. • i-- GAVE GUARDSMAN $16%000 Wealthy Woman Remembered In Her Will the Man Who Saved c Her Life Columbiana, O.--Elmer Flicklnger Is $169,000 richer because he saved the life of a woman In Montgomery, Ala., two years ago. • Fllckinger, while a private in the Thirty-seventh division. National Guard, in training at Camp Sheridan, rescued the woman in a runaway accident. He thought no more of the matter until recently he was notified that the grateful woman jad remembered him }n her will. Helping Out a Busy Man. Missionary--Aren't you glad to see me? 4 Cannibal--Sure; it will aave going out for breakfast. Important to Mother* fihramine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for Infants and children, and see that It Bears the Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria True--Too. The other Sunday, first-class and second-class rank honors were bestowed on a number of boy scouts at the Temple Israel at Terre Haute. A little candidate sat during the ceremony, his Interest so Intense that every one near him was interested. When the meeting was over the turned to the man next him. "I wish every man had to make all those promises before he could vote," he said earnestly. "We'd have a better country If they did--wouldn't we?" The man agreed with him, too.--Indianapolis News. Couldnt Hum It. While singing on the stage one night to a packed house, among the audience there being a number of my acquaintances, I forgot the last half of the second verse of the song and had to leave the stage with a nod to the orchestra that I had finished. Need I say there has never been a more embarrassing jnoment In my life?--Chicago Tribune. Even If a woman doesn't get thai right kind of husband she thinks Its la better than being left. RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIft. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay a small box of Barbo Compound, and ^ es. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a< week until it become* the desired Any druggist can put this up or yon mix it at home at very little co«t. It gradually darken streaked, faded gray kail^ and will make harsh hair soft and _gkw^«».v It will not co'or the scalp, is not atieky and does not rub off--Adv. Silenced Paaaengera. MjP^low speaking and patient AraW was driving ulong in a country of daa* gerous curves. His sister and brother-: In-law were In the back seat. "A cart is back of you; blow your horn for thisi curve;" "Drive more carefully here,, then pick up for the grade ahead." came continually from the passengers^- Finally my friend stopped In front of a village hardware store. "What oa-, earth are you stopping here for?"-- "To get a horn and steering wheel .for the back seat," he slowly drawled.--* Exchange. f--4l i Made to Measure. Mrs. Newrich--Don't you think, William, now that we are getting into society, that we should have a coat of arms? 5 Newrich--Certainly, ray dear. HI see my tailor about ft tomorrow.--Boston Transcript "Home is what you make it.**' It can be a real home or merely a house. The Young Purist. So I says to him, "Kid, the language you use gives me a pain! How1 do you get that way? If I ever hear1 you throwing that line of talk agaia I'll up-end you and comb the seat off your britches with the soff side of a board! Get me? I'm off of it! Cat; It outr And he comes right back at me and says: "Father, your choice of expi cesloa| shocks me. We are instructed at school' to use at all times only the purest English, and fear of corporal punishmeat will not deter me!"--Detroit News. Think three times before you speak; and then give the other fellow a chance to make a fool of himself. Don't think that because a man Is willing to lend you a helping hand ha will stand for a touch. Fall Into Hydrangea Buah FataL New York.--Phoenix Miller, eleven years old, fell into a hydrangea bush. A broken stem *f tbe plant went through a nostril And penetratfd^i brain, killing the boy instantly ; Baby Played With Purse; $100 Lost Hymera, Iffdf-- Edward Runyan gave bis purse, containing $100 in bill^ to. hi; two-year-old baby to play with. A short time later the purse and money,, burned to a crisp, were discovered In tbe Uitchen stove. Court Paroled Girl Thief to Wed. New York.--Mary Margolis, a prettj 16-year-old girl, pleaded guilty to petty larceny. Tlie court released her sr that she could be married Sunday, Monday she iuqtt-xetwpi ao4 *|fff J* sentence. er r. b«- j matter how loi^ you Have been a coffee arink- ®T.youwiUfindii;easyto a change to INSTANT POSTUM The flavor is similar. The only difference is the certainty that no harmful after effects can possibly follow; ss '?§ Made by Cereal Cc* Battle Creek. MkhlgaL "m i's '•* •£