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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

Herman d" Tuhac. from Eelfort.
France, where ahsintha is greatly
used, believes that a~hsinthe is . redi-
cinal drink. needed by the hu,na
race. and a drug that should no moro
be driven from American shores than
cocaine. opium or other so-called mar
cotics.
"It is 4 We'll known fact" said NJ.
de Tuha". that opium and cocaine
are drugs that arc beneficial when
properly used. of course. all we'll
thinking m"n are appreciative of the
fact that thes.. drugs may he used bv
'fiends.' and that the result Of such
use is detrimental mot only To the in
dividual. but to tlle entire human
Marie corellt ara NORWOOD: and
We are all familiar with the tale of
the Opium Eater as described hv
the immortal De Quincy.
What does this prove
Except for the fact that certain
degraded humanity cannot withstand
the power of sensation, the screeds
prove nothing.
They do not discuss the efficacy of
the drug. They do not attempt u
take up the question whether a drus
pI cpeIlN uStO, call be DeneIlCldl and
worthy not only physically, but ment-
ally.
ut is not the use of absinthe. bu,
its abuse that has caused this upris-
ing against it. 1t is not the question
Of sensation, but of sober, careful
usage with which we have to contend
"Whether it be absinthe, cocaine
opium or distillates. drink may be
taken to excess. Surely the n1anufac-
turer is not responsible for the mora,
laxity in the use of drugs. 1t is no,
his duty to investigate the sale of the
liquor. but TO supply the demand"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

refused, stating hat he preferred to
remain in politics. Since that time
Mr.. MCCALL mind has undergone a
chanec. He has not lost his desire
70 remain in politics, but. considering
ohe evolution of present American
politics, h" has decided to- change the
sphere of his influence from national
I" state politics.
"Representative Mcf'all's attitude
on reciprocity. influencing as it did
the border lire of Canada. may cut
a large fsure in his canvass. But the
people of Massachusetts as a whole
realize that he is n true statesman.
and whatever role of life he MAY es-
say he Will he an asset to the repub-
lican party"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
Curious CONVERSATIONS
(Tsken from Exchanges.)

The barometer was discovered In
1854.
ONE FritiSh publishing firm alone
issues eoo,ooo.h0o copies of periodicals.
The sand dunes of the Sahara dies.
ert move about fifty feet each ear.
S~outhernmost Ontario is becoming
more interested every year in the fruit
industry.
Ahou three thousand stray dogs
are gathered up each month by the
London police.
y crab labeled for identification and
set loose m the east coast of England
travelled ninety-eisht miles from the
place where it was orieinally caught,
of the 12.570.32S gallons OF wine
imported into Ensland in 1911. 3.167.-
lo2 gallons came from Spain and s.
i"'.4,S from Portugal, as compared
With 2.o55.SS" from France and 621.-
1873 from Germany.
Inc deficit for the state operation
~ n western railway in France for
i'l- is estimated at about SIG 500, 600,
with the prospect that for 1913 it will
DE about one millions dollars greater,
Mrs il. j. Camp, the first white
woman who ever made A permanent
missionary home in Central Arabia. is
no." engaged i'm special charitable
"".h IN Maine, Mrs Camp speaks
and reads Arabic like a native.
A tribute to American RAILWAYS is
ln"lr"rtlN paid by Major Freeman.
,fa1h' manager of the railways at Del
w, mana during the recent Dunbar,
which brought 200, n0n visitors Ia that
ancient capital. lie says that the sig
nallN successful system adopted for
ram management AT the durbar was
una on the American "A-B-C
system. as evolved by Mr.. Beamar.
superintendent of the Northern PACT
We road The smoothness with which
the railway train" was handled is
spoken of as having been one of the
inarVels Of this historic occasion.
III" total population of the world is
now "Sflmatcd at loo. ohn. 900. This
Is based on the most recen census,
when all civilized countries now take.
WIN a careful estimate of the num-
rer OF lnhah,tahts OF nncivilized lands.
! ne proportion of the SEXES is known
Tor l.o3S.ooo, 600 of these. tho ratio
felh@ 1000 males to 900 females. The
ran" varies considerably in different
places. I'm Europe there are 1000
men t" l."+a women i'm America. L.
on" men To a6t Women in Asia. 1000
men Ia 9"l women; in Austria. 1000
men to &C., women.
Fishermen of reziml,o. PORTUGAL.
nave A novel method of catching fish
10y the use OF a natural phosphorescent
SuhstAnrH. This is obtained from a
fSh known as M~alocnrephalus laevis
and is a thick NelloWish f'uid which
posses a hlueish phosphorescence in
TN" DARK. believed 10 he due IL, the
presence of q luminous mirrobe. The
flsh"rf1"n rub this substance upon a
'MN"rnlar tissue. such as a piece of
cu1tle1lsh. and this is used as bait The
ilGht appears to last for a long time.
|"f Least for several hours. and has a
brighter Glow when dipped in the sea.
J lsh arf attracted I" the bait by the
flSh, md Al" thus o4uaht.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
THE DEAD EMPEROR.

The death Of the emperor Of Japan
has directed attention to the tranG"
MIXTURE of medieval and modern no
tions which still prevail among III"
Yankees of the east. While his
highly assimilatiNe people We're ap-
propriating and improving upon all
the ingenious ideas which western
civilization could suggest. and since
1870 have been workins under a par
l~ianlentar% form nf the
have chung TO tha immemnrial tr4di-
ton that the emperor was descended
in direct line from the goddess Of thu
sun. and hence that his person was
half divine.
This attitude greatly hamperad the
physicians, who Wer" not allowed 10
handle HIM or U.s. instruments, while
trained nurses We're excluded because
they did not possess court rank.
Through the influence IF the empress
these embarrassing restrictions We're
finally waived. From the naturs. of
the n~nlperor'S Illness il is probable
thar the physicians At hest could only
have ~rrolonsed his life q short
length of time, but The incident
throws a new light upon the mental
atfitiae of the japanese.
II is one of life's little ironias that
his death should haNa come in the
midst of 8 deliberate effort 10 create
a new religion which has as It's CEN
tai point the divinity of the en-
n"ror. The religion of a people is
almost invariably a plant of slow and
Spontaneous growth. and the work M
japanese statesmen in studiedly set
ting about the formulation of a ma
tional worship is perhaps unprece-
dentad. We are told that these elders
of the empire had observed a general
weakening of The moral fiher because
OF the decay of the old religions.
While Buddhism was largely prac.
ticed among the lover classes and the
Older generation, the young men Of
the upper classes had absorbed Tvs,
enough of occidental civilization ~
become decadent.
In rhe curse Of their deliberations
some of he elder statesmen seriously
considered the adoption Of Christian
ity. II was definitely proposed by the
shrewd Ito. It was finally decided,
NV w ''hN wv y IN JlL ENItlillt
nature cult from the archives. graft
upon it some of the teachings Of
Christianity ana of Confucian ism.
connect 1t more strongly than aver
with the claim that the emperor was
descended from the sun goddess. and
establish it as the national religion.
This explains the fact that during the
very time when the japanese were
astonishing the world by their vic
tories over Russia. in which they
availed themselves Of every improve
ment in the modern art Of war, they
We're sending messengers to the
temple of the sun goddess with votive
offerings and proclaiming tina sue
cess was due to her and to the in
effable virtues Of the emperor.
In spite of this incongruity, the en-
peror c~ooperated cordially with his
advisers in encouraging a broader
education and in making the parlia-
mentary form Of government work
able. and his subjects have reason to
mourn him as a man il not as a demi-
god.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
Mccall for the Senate.

NJ. j. McMeekin. superintendent Of
a prominent shoe manufacturing
company in Massachusetts, said:
THE general impression seems to
be that Samuel NJ. Mccall, repub]i-
A congressman from Massachusetts,
and a member of the ways and means
committee. has thrown his hat into
the ring with the idea Of recovering
.therefrom a senatorial toga.
People who have been in conf
Dental relations with Mr.. Mccall are
aware of the fact that the goal of his
ambition is the g~overnorship of the
old Bay state, despite the fact that he
has declared he is not a candidate.
About three ears g the repre-
sentative was offered the position Of
president Of Dartmouth college. He
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
THE HAY CROP IN
THE NORTHWEST
(By Prof. Thos. Shawl

IBy Ffo1. ThOs. ShaW.J
In much of the Dakotas and in
nearly all Montana the crop of native
hay is unusually bountiful the present
season. The unbroken lands are COW
cred with vegetation such as is seldom
seen in the areas named. Old timers
say that the native grass crop this
year has not been exceeded during the
past twenty years. In some favored
locations as the river bottoms. the
blue Joint hay will run more than a
ton to h acre and ever on the bench
lands much Of the entire area will
we'll repay cutting. " where the
growth may be tor light for profitable
: cutting. the pasture furnished is go.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

The way the Minneapolis Journals
report of that Fargo convention is be-
ing jumped on as untruthful leads us
TO remark that the only way to get
reliable political news is to read the
Times.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

It's a matter of congratulation that
all the young me with high water
trousers and m~ulticolored hat bands
arc not as foolish as they appear.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

If the MoNicans were good marks
men Taft might he persuaded to de-
clare war and give Roosevelt a gem
erals commission.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

You can't always judge a mans
popularity by the length Of his fu-
neral procession. Curiosity plays its
part.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

Our conception of a peace
would he inviting Root to preside
owe the third party convention.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

ped in at great expense for the car
riage of the same and the supply is
away below the demand.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

Evidently, If moro women would
fliri with their hushand; the divorce
courts would have loss tn do.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

The Georgia man who has devel-
oped a seedless Watermelon has taken
n of the pleasures from life.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

If you are a really clever guesser.
you should make more out Of it than
the average weather prophet
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

If You eonfine your lying to exag-
gerating the size of fish and hail
stones, you are honest enough for
this world.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
MClIfI0N GARDNER

New York. Aug. 2.-The suicide
theory has been advanced to account
for the disappearance of DIR. Clifton
Gardner Of the Postgraduate hos
pital. who has not been seen in ten
days. DR.. Gardner was respondent
at times and suffered from heart
weakness, for which he took a stinnu-
liant. He is said to have once re-
marked that he was tired of life.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

Congress- View of the number Of
hatt!eShipS 10 be hlllt seems to he lin
ing M with Roosevelt.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

When it came tn hunting the bull
moose Judge Dillon evidently got the
buck ague.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

upon the Waters-they rerurn many
days hence.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03
the FIRST Oh .YMP0C GAMES

r'fEY GREW OUT OF THE RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL DEVOTED TO
THE GOD ZEUS.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

y good teN' for the political
preachers would he ,he latter clause
Of Judges Nv. is.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

Evidently. If more Wonoen woult
fliri with their husbands the divorce
courts would have loss tn do.
Congress- View of the number oi
hattleships 10 be built seems to he lin
ing ur with Roosevelt.
When il came IN hunting the bull
moose Judge Dillon evidently got the
buck ague.
Love, letters are like bread cast
the Waters-they return many
days hence.
\ good tex, for the political
preachers would he the latter clause
Of Judges Nv. is.
According 10 the fashion plates a
clothes look better when
there's = rl"=o by
A pes>imis, is r tnrpaien bowler
who fears rhjnes Alii not turn GU, as
had as i2o je-I,
W. ulw.,. believed Taft would be
persuaded 10 Roo''s speech to accept
n~nlninitien.
A md her opinion ara soon
parted.
Lis,~aing takes forti,ude: talking
only breath.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

According TO the fashion plates a
mans clothes look better when
there's = woman tln-o by
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

Iinto the arena through an under
ground passage in the raised side Of
the stadium, and the name and coun-
try of each proclaimed in order by a
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

A peSSimls' is u jnlpaien bowler
who fears Things Hii not turn out as
bad as NJ jrH,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

The civil service might properly he
calla'' tho cold storas" for old maids.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-03

W. alw,, believed Taft would be
Persuaded 10 Ronf'S speech to accept
that r~NlnInj'ion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-25
IDVER TESING TALKS
BIZ WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

Geo. b. Atlee & Co, Philadelphia bank
ers, have been doing some very straight
forward, sane, educational newspaper adj
vertising. They do not use big space. but
there is meat in what they say IN the
space-peopIe believe ii.
An advertisement of theirs which came
to my hands recently gave an illustration
how a purchaser could buy reliable in
vestments and obtain monthly income.
1t specified the investments that the firm
recommended gave the total cost at pres
ent market prices, told what IL yielded
in the way of dividends and then stated
just exactly what income would accrue
yearly therefrom-
1t is this sort OF financial advertising
that will pay in the columns Of reliable
newspapers.
Financial houses generally have con-
fined their advertising announcements 10
a brief statement of the investments they
have to offer, followed by their name and
address, but they have not gone into any
details.
This is a mistake, for people nowadays
want to know all details without the
necessity of calling writing, and
advertisement to be effective must give
all information at the command of the
advertiser.
am told that the advertising of the
Atlee company is meeting with splendid
response-that the firm Is building up a
fine clientele among a class of people
whose savings have not been heretofore
invested in the manner they suggest
The average person knows very little
about securities and investments, and the
financial house that will come out with
an educational advertising camp1ign in
the neWspa pers-that Will explain in sim
pie terms the securities it carries and ex-
plain why they a good inveStm ent-
will be amazed at the response they viii
get.
Talk to the people in advertisements as
you would talk to your own friends, and
they will give you their confidence and
(To be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom tile chicago News,l

IFrOm the chicago NeWS-I
A sinecure is a cure for many ills.
Widows oft rush in where young girls
fear-to tread.
1t takes man OF originality to pose as
a successful liar.
The man who argues with his wife is
one kind of'an idiot.
The more a trust magnate wants the
less the other fellow gets.
The most visionary thing about the
average man is his estimate of himself.
Outwardly most people are cheerful
givers. but how about the feeling inside?
Nothing disappoints some women more
than to find that a scandal isn't after all.
An old bachelor says the one nice thing
about getting married is that one doesn't
have to-
The only way a man can convince his
wife that her opinion is wrong is to agree
with her.
A woman never thinks her husband so
unreasonable as when he expects her to
be reasonable
It makes a girl awfully ashamed to let
a man kiss her without first putting up
some sort of a bluff.
It might be we'll for wives to remember
that if a man doesn't find any sympathy
at home there are other places
A woman always wants to dictate the
way her husband shall part his hair, even
when he has to do it with a towel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-25
FROM OTHER PENS
STRIKES ARE NECEssARIEs.

! STRIKES ARE NECESSARIES.
The English strike has already con-
vulsed the coal trade of the world
1t has advanced prices for steaming
coal in this country along the North
Atlantic Coast, particularly at Newport
| News. It has endangered the coal sup
| ply of the English Navy. 1t has
swept away the current profits of Eng
lish ocean lines. 1t has stopped entire
industries in England itself. 1t has
brought great suffering among the
wage-earning class in the United King
dom by advancing the retail price of
fuel
The anthracite strike here in 1902
did almost as much and before it was
over had brought on a coal famine
and may do so again. Even before
any actual scarcity comes advances are
made by retailers in some cities, as
has already come in Philadelphia fol-
lowing advances in New York.
England has drifted into its coal
strike with no common standard, no
general principles existing and no
common practice. In the anthracite
region, the Anthracite Strike Commits
sion of 1923 established broad prin-
year contract, provided a sliding scale
and furnished coal boards OF concilia-
ton which have worked excellently
and brought an industrial peace in the
anthracite region never known be-
fore. The public has a right to ex-
pect that both sides in the conflict now
entering on its first stages will con-
slider past experience and make the
conclusions reached nine years ago
after exhaustive inquiry the basis OF
greements.-Philadelp Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-25
SAYS UNCLE CIV


You aren't much of a man these
days unless you're a self-starter. That's
one Iesgson we can learn with
profit from the makers of automobiles.
The automobile was never really al
automobile until that little self-start-
ing arrangement was perfected and put
into use. There are q good many two
legged machines who are still 1911
models. From the beginning of time
the secret of getting away from the
most of us are still hanging around the
somebody to come along and put
little elbow ginger into the juice.
1t isn't that we haven't gas enough
to go on. There's nothing the matter
with the chassis either. We can de-
velop the speed if we're handled right.
The trouble is that nobody wants to
handle us. We've got to have the
self-starter somewhere in our internal
mechanism in order to be attractive to
those who really need us.
The man with the price has no use
for the 1911 model. If you don't go
in to be rebuilt and get out of that
class you'll stand around a long time
waiting for somebody to come along,
turn on the juice and crank you up.
It's the 1912, self-starting, up-and-go-
style of man who is in
demand. If you haven't the initia-
tive. you're just about so much lone
some junk-(Copyrigh 1912, by w. E.
Wi1liamS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-25
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE

Notice how you and the train are sell
dom late at the same time.
Liquidation doesn't always run just be-
cause the name sounds like it ought to-
So many people seeks the kind of ex-
perience that doesn't teach anything.
When man complains of being unap-
preciated, it's a cinch he isn't by himself.
Our notion of an easy job is to have
nothing to do but solve the servant prot
lem.
You are so smart; possibly you can fig
ure out that the wasp serves useful
purpose
Everyone knows people who tend to con-
vince him the asylums are not large
enough
If you have plenty of sympathy. might
send some to the suffragette's children.
During a campaign. politician tries to
get acquainted with every one but his
family.
Late Dolittle has an able-bodied voice.
and uses it as though he thought every
one was nearly deaf
Sometimes a wife assumes credit for
making her husband when she Shouldn' I
be particularly proud Of the job.
Some of the new-fangled dances that
have broken into society should go back
where they came from, If you can guess
where that is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-25
KANSAS cOMAENT
WHOSE MONEY IS THIS?


There is a little roll of four thousand
dollars in the hands of the Officers OF a
Los Angeles court which no one. in par
t1cular, is claiming It was found on the
person of a detective arrested there.
months ago who had just started to hand
The court kept the money and has il on
hand to be used in the trial of an attOr-
ney, charged with having used the de-
tective, and the money, in an effort TO
win his case by the bribery OF jurors
Whose money is this? Where did this
roll of coin originate? Who dug IL up,
in the first place? Who is responsible?
If these questions are answered correct
ly. in the coming trial of the attorney
and of some others mixed up in the dyna-
hitting affairs. it is possible that the
court officers win then have run to earth
the men responsible for the deaths in the
Times disaster in Los Angeles, nearly a
year and half ago.
For the time being, this roll OF bills
this sum of four thousand dollars. Is be-
ing held for evidence in the cases now
pending The detective, on whose person
1t was found, has been fined four thou
sand dollars and this money may finally
go to pay his fine. But II is not sus-
pected that he really furnished the
one higher up supplied the cash by
which the attempted bribery OF. jurors
was made possible. Is the money the
property of the attorney? II IL Is WHY
doesn't he say so? Is it the property OF
some other person not yet located. who
is charged with the crime OF instigating
hundreds of explosions whereby life and
The money came from somewhere. But
where?
Who has the nerve to claim it7-Hutch-
inson News.