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1 " " r France Hopeful for New Year Benins 1920 With Greater Confi dence Than It Did the Last. DUE TO DEFEAT OF RADICALS Elections Stabilize Internal Condi tions, Though Fall of Franc Is Still Serious Problem Study Financial Policy. Paris. France began tho now your villi fnr greater confidence tlinn hc list - Tills Is in spite of formidable mndlcaps, such oh the bnlnnce of :rnde running against her nt Ihe rate f nbont 1,500.000,000 francs n montti, ibout 50 per cent depreciation of the xchnnge vnlne of the franc and the !onseojiont dllllculty of procuring raw iintorials and machines urtji'iil ly leeded for reconstruction. Franco's renewed confidence Is do Ived directly from the result of the ecent elections. These are regarded lore as having definitely stabilized In ternal politics, ended all danger of 'evolutionary agitation for some time to come and brought about a bettor at titude by capital and labor toward the JimienHo effort before France. Money Is forthcoming for Invest ments In anything that promises stnbll ty. While thn Investments In short term treasury bonds are continuing at the rate of nearly 2,000,000,000 Vnincs i month, there Is plenty of money for nduslrlal nnd commercial enterprises mil long-term loans. The -1 ,000,000.000 'nine loan to provide Immediate '('sources for Indemnifying victims of ;he Invasion was oversubscribed before the official opening of the subscrip tions. Important banks nnd indus trial companies hnve lately Increased their capital to an aggregate of nearly 500,000.000,000 francs. Dig Trade on Bourse. Transactions on the Paris bourse, which still are confined to cash deals, havo exceeded on certain days records of pre-war trading, when futures en tered largely Into the totaJs. The up ward movement of all Industrials ivhlch began before the slgnnturo of the trealy nt Versailles, has been un checked by successive liquidations. This is regarded by keen observers here as a sure sign of economic re :overy. Employers sny the Inbor situation Is 'Improved nnd that the lust strikes de rclopcd signs that the workers them wlveB were bccomlilg weary of long 'ontlniicd disturbances of business, In dustry and transportation. They see l tendency iignlnst frivolous strikes ind nn Indication Unit only real grlcv tnecs will Induce the wage earners to lult work hereafter. Decentralization of capital and In dustry is seen in the establishing In Normandy of textile Industries to re plnco tlioso in tho occupied territory iestroyed by the war. This movement has been greatly extended by develop ment of water power in I he region of the Alps nnd the center and south of AMERICAN TROOPSHIP DEKALB ON FIRE A i I'iKinp phuioiupn in ihe I'nlleil Stni. noopslup DcKain. toruierly tho German raider Prince Hltcl Frledrlch, on the In tho Hudson river near Spuyten Duyvil. All of the members of the skeleton crew of U00 escaped uninjured. Owl, Protected by Law, Disturbs Law Chelsea, Mass. Residents In tho vicinity of Chelsea have been disturbed nights by an ac tive but eluslvo screech owl. The little marauder starts In his disturbance between 0 nufl 10 o'clock. The police have been asked to capture the bird. Dur ing the day Ihe owl lilts from one chimney to another In nil effort to escape capture. Tho police have given an alibi (hat It is against the game laws to shoot, the owl. j Foot Caught In Rail, Woman Dies. Pittsburgh. Her foot wedged tightly between the rail and a plank, at a rail road crossing, Mrs. John Forbes, sixty five, of this city, was struck and In stantly killed by a fast train. France. Industrial leaders sny that no particular region of France here after will monopolize any Industry, and declare that tills scattering will prove beneliclal and result in a more equable recovery of all parts of the country. To Transfer Industries. Powerful financial groups are at tho head of the movement to transfer Im portant Industries from the coal re gion to southwestern France, where water power soon will bo nvallable. Other groups are being formed to de velop manufacturing centers nenr the coast so as to reduce the cost of transporting raw materials. Indus trial 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," gfves a healthy tone to the situa tion. 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, nnd that Is what the present low value of the franc means. The French government Is now studying a complete renovation of the financial policy with a view lo making such provlslonn to meet obli gations as will give greatest stability, both at home and abroad. Details of the new llnanclal policy are as yet not disclosed, hut It is understood that it comprises a large Interior loan to take up all short-term bonds and flouting Meet Ethyl and Methyl Alcohol Two Most Prominent and Inter esting Members of the Family. MANY OFFSPRINGS ARE KNOWN Difference Between Grain and Wood Alcohol Clearly Described Fatal ities Due to Amateur Attempts to Make Grain Alcohol. Chicago. Wldle 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 medici nal purposes." and methylated spirit, or Industrial alcohol, which Is popular ly called "wood alcohol," nnd which does contain an amount of that fluid. Klhyl or ordinary alcohol Is formed by the spirituous or alcoholic fermen tation of saccharine Juices. The fer mentation must be completed before It Is distilled. It Is made from grain, either corn, wheat, or bnrley. This Is Has Ludendorff s War Car Chicago Man Now Has Machine in Daily Use. Limousine Was Seized for General While Owner Was Touring Germany. Chicago. 111. (ion. Ludoiulorft's gen eral headquarters motor car, with tho sumo black body and sloping duck nose, that carried tho military head of the Gorman armies over llelglan and French roads while Its occupant was seeking to annihilate the allies, can be seen almost any day on Chicago's st reels and boulevards. nullet-scarred and battered after traveling moro than G0.1KK) miles ns the equipage jf the German commander, tho limousine has returned to peaceful pursuits and civilian service. In the summer of 1014 C. L. Wllley, Germany Accused of Taking 26,000 Dogs Paris. The French ministry of agriculture has lodged with the commission of war damages a claim for ItO.OOO dogs alleged lo have been stolen by the Oer mnns during the war. The min istry specifies some of the thefts, naming specially six val uable setters taken by the Ocr man crown prince nnd a prize pointer , taken by General Von Kluck. :'f debt, nnd Important Increases in nil taxes to bring the revenues up to tho it it ii 1 1 it t budget, estimated to require J0.000.000.000 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 he said to he the object of the greatest anxiety In ofllclnl circles. GERMANS CROWD TO COLLEGE Universities' Enrollment This Year la 41,000 Greater Than In 1914. flerinan newspapers say 41,000 more students enrolled In tho universities of Germany than In 1014. In the yeni of the beginning of the wnr there were 50.000 students enrolled, while in 1019 there are approximately 01,000. This represents an Increase of nearly 2,000 each for each of the 2.'l national uni versities. In 11 technical schools more than 10,500 have enrolled as compared to 10.000 In 1014. nlso known ns grain alcohol. The formula Is C, II, Oil. Methylated spirit, or Industrial nlco- hoi, Is made of ninety parts of ordi nary alcohol and ten parts of wood alcohol methyl alcohol. Source of Wood Alcohol. Wood alcohol Is obtained by the dry distillation of wood. The common method of obtaining this is to take cord wood which has been seasoned for nbout two years beech, maple, and birch are best place It In Iron or steel retorts over a slow lire. The Intensity of tho fire Is gradually Increased as tho distillation progresses, until at the end of from twelve to eighteen hours noth ing remains In the retort but charcoal. Tho distillate Is passed through n condenser, and the liquid thus gath ered Is allowed to set in tanks until the greater part of the tarry matter Ir It lias subsided. The lighter part Is then drawn off nnd saturated with slaked llmo to fix the ucetlc acid. It Is then distilled n second time nnd the dlstlllnte seal to the refineries ns wood alcohol. Sawdust or any woody fiber or cellulose can be used In place of cordwood. Wood alcohol, cither In Its pure form or as an Ingredient of Industrial alco hol, Is a poison, nnd has n selective action upon tho optic nerve, In which It often Induces a condition of perma nent atrophy which results In total blindness. Denatured Alcohol. For some purposes "completely de natured alcohol" Is made by adding to Industrial alcohol a little benzine or pyridine to spoil the taste and render It offensive. Denntured alcohol nitty be made more cheaply than ordinary alcohol by using cheaper materials, such as any starchy vegetable sub stance, or a waste byproduct, as tho poorest grade of molasses oi the wasto o. a canning factory. "It Is probable that a good denl of the wood alcohol that Is being distrib uted as a beverage Is the result of tho attempts of amateurs to make ordinary alcohol. In their Ignorance they use vegetable substances such as potato peelings, and, by using too Intense a lire and making the distillation with out having Hist allowed fermentation to take place, produce methyl or wood alcohol Instend," said J. II. Nusbnum, a chemist. a Chicago lumber merchant, with his wife, was touring Germany In the, mo tor car. The war llamed up and' tho automobile win seized by German of. flelnls. despite Its owner's protests, be coming the olllelal property of Gen. Ludentlorff. .Somewhere In its war activity the limousine was (he target of well-alined iniichlne-gun tire from the allied air men and Its roof was perforated in many placos. Through an American consul Wllley brought about the return of the auto mobile. C. I.. Wllley died in 11)1(1 mid the car Is now used dally by his son O. R. Wllley. Fall Into Hydrangea Bush Fatal. New York. Phoenix Miller, eleven years old, fell Into n hydrangen hush. A broken stein of the plant went through n nostril and penetrated tho hntln, killing the boy Instantly. si Ova CAPITAL g Make Your Entry Now for the "Who's Who in Trees" WASHINGTON. A "hall of fame for trees" has been Inaugurated by the American Forestry association for the recognition of famous trees nnd the location of the lnrgest shade tree In the United States. Charles Luthrop Pack, president of the association, .... r Ak. which was the first log house In which Oberlln college was founded. We want a complete list." An elm nt Huntington, Ind., long has been regarded as the largest shade tree In the country. Now conies Duniont Kennedy of Crawfordsvllle, Ind., A'lth a picture of a tree on his property and the suggestion thnt It Is lnrger than the tree nt Huntington. This tree has a spread of 09 feet, while the Huntington elm has a spread of only lit feet. The list of entries Is growing rapidly. The "Wye Mills Oak." near Ens Ion, Ind.. covers n third of nn acre of ground and has a spread of 140 feet. The circumference 1 foot from the ground Is Gls feet. From Lisbon, comes the nomination of the tree under which the In dians and white settlers came to an ugrccment regarding Iron ore to he used In making kettles. Ralph G. Smith of CIrclevllle, enters the Logan elm In that city. C. C. Itoyce nominates the Sir Joseph Hooker oak nt Chlco, Cal.; General Sherman estimates that 7,000 men could stand in the shade of this tree. A. D. Dart nominates the "largest live oak" in the South, nt Rrunswick, Ga., known to be a veteran In 17K5. It hns a circumference of 20 feet. Army Is to Play Polo, the Next Thing to Real War IT APPEARS that the army Is going In for polo. Polo is quite a gnme; It is about the nearest thing to wnr obtainable In times of peace. The war de partment authorizes publication of an nnnouncement by the office of the chief of stnff, which says among other things: It Is the desire of the war depart ment thnt polo should be one of the games to bo encournged and devel oped throughout the army. To accom plish the aims for which this game is fostered In the service, namely, the Jevclopmont of horsemnnshlp. skill and daring on the part of officers and enlisted men, commanding officers will utilize all means nt their commnnd to further thw Interests of this sport. It Is especially desired that teams be developed and maintained at the sev eral division camps nnd at training centers and regimental posts. A centrnl polo committee has been established in the wnr department. This committee will co-ordinate all matters pertaining to polo activities throughout the army. It will secure every assistance possible for the further ance of the game, and will co-ordlnato relations between polo In the service uiid the American Polo association. Organizations desiring to take up polo are empowered to use regulation mounts of their authorized quota for this purpose. Regulation mounts of the necessary speed and hnrdlness will be furnished such organization as part of their quota on requisition made to appropriate remount officer. To units developing teams will be Issued on requisition the necessary polo equipment, including saddles, sticks, balls, etc. Instructions governing participation In match and tournnment play, tho training and use of horses and the requisition and care of equipment will issue from the war department. "Wired Wireless"-and Everybody Talking at Once PEKFECTION of a method of "wired wireless," by means of which at fewest ten and possibly CO conversations may be carried on simultaneously by means of a single wire by persons thousnnds of miles apart, will soon be an "Wired wireless" is a system a wire. The currents travel through them to their destination. It was fault of the ordinary radio which sends the messages broadcast in all direc tions. Under the Squler method the wave currents stay close to the wire, thus Insuring rellabllty and secrecy. The high frequency current travels along the wire, but not in it. passing through the ether as do radio waves, with the difference that Instead of be ing diffused It travels in a path of which the wire serves as core. Cold-Storage Junk Vs. OCCASIONALLY some carping critic ventures the opinion that a good deal of "bunk" Is perpetrated on the floors of congress. Maybe these critics do not know the difference between "bunk" and oratory for home consumption. For Instance, Representative Thomas of Kentucky In speaking of a pro posed adjournment of congress, Is quoted by the Congressional Record, 1 ii part as follows: Mr. Thomas. And that would bring a change of living conditions from cold-storage Junk and indifferent cooking to the fresh, pure food nnd good cooking of the countryside. Con gress could there mingle with the thrifty sons and fair daughters of the soil and breathe the Inspiration of nobler thoughts and loftier ideals. Tho frost is now on the pumpkin, tho ripened corn Is In the crib, the golden wheat Is in the bin, the yellow yams are mellowing nnd sweetening In the cellnr, the succulent persimmon and the toothsome "possum" are now ripened under the cool tempernture of frosty, freezing moonlit nights, and all nature Is redolent with the perrume of dying llowers and aglow with ihe varicolored beauty of autumnul forests and the glory and splendor of autumnul sunsets. And then to contemplate the epicurean richness of a country dinner consisting of country-cured ham ; and hog and lye hominy, mnde only as they 1 know how lo make It In Kentucky ; accompanied by light, hot biscuits and country-made blackberry Jam and other like delicacies; and to crown all. as n final course, u big, Juicy, "possum." Such a dinner is a real and glorious feast, fit not only for a congressman but for the gods; nnd after It Is over, how pleasant to go to the old log stable and crawl up into tho loft as In by-gone days and be a boy again, and repose on the ncw-iuown hay as of yore, and be lulled Into peaceful sleep by tho putter of the rain on the old bowrd roof, and drift away into dreamland unmindful of ambition and the pomp and circumstance and vainglory of the ord. says: "There are many lamous trees For example, there Is Liberty tree on the campus of St. John's college nt Annnpolls under which u treaty with the Indians was signed In 1052. The experts tell us this tree is close to S00 years old. We all know of the Wil liam Penn Treaty tree, beneath which Washington took command of the con tinental army. At Oberlln Is the elm on tho corner of the campus under 0At'C nounced by MaJ. Gen. George O. Squler, chief slgnnl olllcer of the army. The method, It was said, makes long-distance telephone communication virtually limitless. Conversations from Argentina to Alaska will be a matter of course, provided single wires nre strung between the points mentioned. The new method will save telephone and telegraph companies large sums of money, as by Its use one wire will do the work now done by ten or more. of guiding radio currents by means of the air alongside the wire, which guides explained. The method eliminates one Cooking of the Countryside ii V B ULLY ! If Bilious, Constipated or Headachy, take "Cascarets" Feel grand! Clean up Inside 1 Your system Is filled with liver and bowel poison which keeps your skin sallow, your stoniich upset, your head foggy nnd aching. Your meals nre turning Into poison and you can not fed right Don't stny bilious or constipated. Feel splendidly always by tnklng Cascnrets occasionally. They act without grip ing or Inconvenience. , They never sick en you like Calomel, Snlts, Oil or aasty, harsh Pills. They cost no little too Cascarets work while you sleep. Adv. How'd He Know7 I was buying u pair of shoes one day, and while waiting on mo the cleric wnnted to know if I would like to try the left shoe on. I told him It was not necessary, whereupon he exclntmed,. "O. you have a hole In your stocking; is that it?" All the eyes of the cus tomers were set upon me. Exchange. A Feeling of Security You naturally feel secure when yoti know that the medicine you are about to take is absolutely pure and contains no harmful or habit producing drugs. Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy- Tho same standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintained in every bottle of Swamp-Root. It is scientifically compounded from, vegetable herbs. It is not a stimulant and is taken in teaspoonful doses. It is not recommended for everything. It is nature's great helper in relieving. and overcoming kidney, liver and blad der troubles. A sworn statement of purity is with every bottle of Dr. Kilmer Swamp Root. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. On sale at all drug store in bottles of two sizes, medium and Urge- However, if vou wish first to try this- great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., RmRhamton, W. x tor n sample bottle. When writing be stire sad mention this paper. Adv. A Hard Alternative. "Rings Is In something of a predica ment." "What Is that?" "He must either swallow his wrath. or eat his words." YOUR COLD IS EASED AFTER THE FIRST DOSE "Papc's Cold Compound" then break up a cold in a few hours Relief comes instantly. A dose taken: every two hours until three doses are tnken usually breaks up a severe cold nnd ends nil the grippe misery. The very first dose opens your clogged-up nostrils and the air pass ages In the head, stops nose running,, relieves the headache, dullness, fever Ishness, sneezing, soreness nnd stiff ness. Don't stay stuffed-up I Quit blowing: nnd snuffling! Clear your congested hend I Nothing else In the world gives such prompt relief ns "Pope's Cold Compound," which costs only n few cents nt any drug store. It acts with out assistance, tnstes nice, contains no quinine Insist upon Pope's I Adv. The Difference. "The bliss of life comes with Ihe- rnpture of the honeymoon." "Rut the real thing cornea with the alimony of the hnrvest iiionn." SEE SHABBY, FADED GARMENTS TURN NEW 'Diamond Dyes" Make Old Apparel Fresh and Stylish. Don't worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to give n new, rich, fadeless color to any fabric, whether it be wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods, dresses, blouses, stockings, skirts, children's conts, feathers, druperles, coverings everything I The Direction Book with each pnek ngo tells how to diamond dye over any color. To match any material, have denier show you "Diamond Dye" Color Cnrd. Adv. i Three Comrades. Sentry Halt! Who goes there? Weary A'olce One friend and two mules. Loudon Answers. Catarrh Cannot Be Cared by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of tho Ulsdnce. Catarrh Is a local disease greatly Influ enced by constitutional conditions. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catanh. It Is taken Internally nnd acts through the Blood on thn Mucous Surfaces of the Bystcin. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINB la composed of some of the host tonics known, combined with some of the beat blood purlners. The perfect combination of tho Ingredients In HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is what produces such won derful results In catarrhal conditions. DruBjtlsts 73c Testimonial free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, Ohio. If we always prepare ourselves for Ihe worst that inaj happen, wo will never be disappointed. It Is better to give a Christians box than to receive one from a pugilist. When lovers form a combination an engagement ring Is the result. I I