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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
Binding the Idols.

While repairing temple the Chinese
cover up the eyes Of the idols. in order
that the deities may not be offenoeu
at the sight Of the disorder
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
Same Old Way.

Manufacturers Wife-Dinah, II
you cast your ballot the way l de-
sire, perhaps your wages will be
raised.-Life.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
WHAT WE REALLY NEED

Each Of US IN our small organism
possesses a germ, or whatever you
ike to call it, which. properly devel-
oped. should eventually lead u. to
the realization Of all our ambitions.
All tina, IS wanted are energy and
concentration.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
Cheer Up.

II sometimes wonder II life Is worth
living" unused the pessimist
1T is. replied the optimist. 1T is
worth living much better than most Of
us live it +" Lippinc0tts
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
GOOD ACTIONS.

When we have praciced good
actions awhile they become easy.
When they are easy we take pleas
ure in then. When they please u.
we do them frequently. and then by
frequency Of act they grow into a
habit.-Tillotson.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
Metallic.

Metallic.
HE has a heart Of gold, a grip
Of iron and will of steel"
"Humph! He must be a man Of
mettle. london Telegraph.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

Young Doctors Wife-Oh, Jack, just
fancy-there's a patient in the sitting
room.
"All right, dear; won't be a mo-
ment. Just run and lock him in."-
Life.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
Before the Bar.

The terms admitted to the bar" and
before the bar" are of English origin.
The "bar" in question is the barrier or
railing which separates the judge and
the other officers of the court from the
rest of the courtroom. In earlier days
the parties to suit presented them
selves before the bar, accompanied by
their counsel. A lawyer, after keeping
the required number Of terms at the
inns of court and passing a satisfac-
tory examination. was then entitled to
appear before the bar on behalf Of
client, or, in other words. he was lad
mitted to the bar" The English
word barrister suggests the technical
meaning of this word.
Farm Hands In Germany.
Germany has more than $4,000, 900
people living in area less than that Of
Texas and only five times as great as
that Of Ohio, but nevertheless labor is
SO scarce in harvest time in many
parts Of the German empire that about
10000 farm hands. as the American
phrase is, go into Germany from Rus
STA and Austria Hungary every year
to help gather the crops.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
Making Sure Of

After all. there Is nothing In this
world but character. Bishop Fowler.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

One way to improve your memory
ts to do something you would like to
forget.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

Money talks, but 1t is never such a
chatterbox as the people who talk
about 1t.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

The man who calls himself a fool
expects us to disagree with him.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

When the wolf is at the door we
can at any rate dispense with a
watchdog.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04
BY THE PHILOSOPHER

If you want man to respect your
Judgment, agree with him.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

Tell girl she is the apple OF your
eye and she will probably have her
eye peeled for you.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-12-04

It's pretty tough to serve goats
meat and call 1t lamb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

Devote more time to what Is, than to
what isn't.
Do foreigners talk fast. or does It just
seem that way?
He's a narrow minded man who won't
read both sides.
About the time a man thinks he can
fight he gets whipped.
1t doesn't improve an s.elocution3st q
great deal to call her q Reader. *
The hardest job ID to- con54ncAFA boy
how hard 1t Is to break a ahaA habit *,
A man sometimes aSks the benefit OF
the doubt when there is no doubt.
Besides the sinp spoilers. there are
those who want their grammar that way.
We always suspect that the defender Of
the Ben Davis apple has them for sale.
Mixing the metaphor to make point.
the sensitive soul finds SO many shoes
that fit.
Possibly some men start an argument
because it is the only way they can at
tract attention.
After careful Investigation, 1t has been
decided that the sinap spelling originated
with the sign painters.
Those who dance those new dances are
apt to have to pay whole orchestra, al
well as the W. X fiddler.
Sometimes q man establishes his repu-
tation as q Good Fellow without letting his
family hear anything about 1t. :
When 81 man is anxious to 70 back to
the farm. II indicates he wasn't theirs
very long on his first engagement.
There were famous people before the
ChautauQua circuit was created; but fame
didn't pay as well in those dark days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12

A cheerful hypocrite may be wrong
morally, says the South Kansas Trib-
une, but he H. likely to be pleasant
companion.
A man never realizes how much
sense one girl has who jilts him. In
sists the Downs Times. until another
gets busy and marrtes him.
Something new in the beatitude line
from the Olathe Register: Blessed is
within the first half hour Of cranking.
Hum Dinger Of the Newton Kansan-
Republican says: sLAzue1o. In it, rec
lationship to real work. takes some
mighty queer turns. and 10 known by
a great many names and excuses.
According to the Wichita Eagle. the
city government there Ii becoming
interested in the question whether the
natural gas company has q right to
come right into a mans home and
whistle for its money at the gas jet.
Not having much, If any corn to
husk, a good many of the Kansas
farmers, according to the reports in
the weekly newspapers. are taking
advantage of this rather wonderful
weather to do their spring blowing.
When a man playfully points a gun
at you, knock him down, advises the
Downs News. Don't stop to inquire
whether it is loaded. knock him down.
Do not be particular what you knock
him down with, only see that he Is
thoroughly down. If coroner's in
quest must be held, let It be held on
the fool with the gun. That sort Of a
man Will never be missed.
Whenever anything il said about
the duplication of work at the state
schools in Kansas, somebody springs
the engineering department at the
Agricultural college and tho univer-
sity, notes the Newton Kansan-Repub-
lican, and it adds: It L. indeed time
that some board get busy and put out
Of the way the jealousy or whatever
It is that keeps up !, the, everlasting
friction between thA schools of the
state.
An interesting dissertation on tango
dancing. by the =Leavenworth Post:
Tango enthusiasts are beginning to
believe that the tango is just q myth
ical conglomeration OF crazy dancing
steps and that no two teachers have
the same ideas. A new step IL
invented every fifteen minutes. II
was intended for the vaudeville
stage but never for the stage where
the fats and leans have to mingle. II
any Of the fats think they look real
graceful doing the hammerlock, they
should have some one take moving
picture of them doing it. SO that they
may ''see themselves 49, others sex
/ them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
FROM OTHER PENS
nonr.1wrsr WoRK1No WoMEN.

NORTHWEST WORKING wO1EN.
It Il interesting to note the parallels as
well n the differences prevasent IN ing S
iacent states Of the Pacific sNorthwest.
IN washington ~ In Oregon there has
been . strong current Of pupnc opsn ION
conditions under which women are EN-
ployed In the industries, and that state
IL likely either to adopt the recommenda-
A. they stand, or with minor changes
a zee Souy 1e refsr1sd to has reported with
its indorsemsnt mmsmom VIZ .or ~
z minimum wage for inexperienced wo-
mee, workers Of = . week: z mAx1mum
epprenticsship. for bscinners De.or rsa 5p.n
maximum Of hours to Coz cSnsnt1ss :. :
working week for women: $50 p. n. 70
be the limit to which women may ,sDoE
dies. It appears that an invesugation
carriod on in Tacoma, Wash, when the
Yninifnurn wage bill was before the iegls-
latsre Of that state not iGns , mn to "a
shout q week in the department stores
ana that 81 . week 10 about the averaee
for those who have served an eppr vsrace
ship r 1Sr on 9o tns raeoms Tribune. il not
much less than that fixed by the Oregon
commission. The cne-yeer apprsn rcSs nf.
! In Tacoma, night work. except ON 9.tur-
days. u not demanded Of women VORTEX.
e { rule. although the winter non E.o,
- ciosinx hour II p. m: In both states
there seams to be genera! ssI ears 10,
r 1870 to main proportions. 2 sentimsnt
Of . friendly nature permeaune =. ~ sne
nromiss On reasonable terms where this
viii lead to speedier adjustment of 0t0ers
sncas. Il 10 the exceptional eaeeA OF
conr~s. nat must b guarded against By
poeit1vs lsgislation. and the majority o.
emnloyerD are - anxious - the majority
~ Workers tor clear and 0ednits rules
governing the situation; Thee + -
isture. In the meantime, the spirit OF
the desired reforms - mot waiting sato-
| Sefher upon the letter, for In some IN
sssr~e. ernnloyern are 9fant1ne voluntar1-
" what the new snactmcnts vii u eu
nrohabilitY require. II all would ocme
H.S,,,,6 - fl,ia fne Of conduct IeG1sla110n
VouId not BE- necessary. Law. are M
tended to bring not the 2u.t put tns oa.
| I'm. under Observation-Disclosures ecdenee
| Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
QUAKER 11EDIrAT1oNs.

IFfom the Philadelphia Record.1
Every actors favorite role-the pay roll.
All work and no play makes Jack dun
dramatist.
The coal man rejoices that things arc
just coming his weigh
A woman with q history is sometimes
merely q female book agent.
A woman can wear almost anything IL It
comes to a pinch, especially q tight shoe.
Some people are almost a. misplAced
In life a. q train announcer with aden0ids.
It may mot be altogother superstition
that prompts man to refuse loan ON
Friday.
An honest confession IL good tor the
soul, but the shoemaker requires more
than that.
Some men never have time to spend
money because they are kept too busy
making 1t.
The minstrel man may think he's =
regular devil. but he isn't really ~ black
az he IL painted
The value OF experience as an investment
depends upon whether It pays dividends OF
levieo assessments.
some authors work best on an empty
sfomaeh but dish OF oatmeal would
probably help cereal story.
First Actor-"Ranter says he was greet
ed by Z storm Of applause" Second Actor
"a storm like thunderf
Blobbe-s0RIlicus M terribly worried
aboat hfnn.oIf = 06bbo-~ThAt fellow
alwayp Wab 1z5onned e worry ovor roth
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12

4ioed n unurnaa comrno&son -
groups Of mon and vomen tallrine to
eethsr - =
.sFIaa Anything hannaneA % Dick
asked Of 3 boy Who - awifflv.
Eye lave Nnvton'a shot
Nary realed. throvinr out her
handa for mnrnr4
ssNot Davei" she cr,ed.
Dick caught her - she fan. ana
when she opened her eyes to con-
sciousness she was in the living room
at home, with Aunt Heppie bendfne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12

b The craze for little thsaters II spread
fng rapidly throughout this country. They
Boston. and Philadelphia, and another viii
coon be opened with . producing stock
company in Los Angeles. In many cases
tho hobbies Of wealthy amateurs. but
there Il no reason why some OF them
should not succeed in the hands Of expe-
rienced managers, especially II they are
not too small to hoId an audienca that
win pay expenses-
New forlE's most famous theaters have
been large ones. ~ q rule. Booth'g thea
ter, Wallack's. Days, the Union Square
and the Grand Opera house an had 2
great seating capacity. Hafx1gAn ana
Hart became famous In q small house Tar
down In Broadway, and dissolved partner
ship In . larger one farther up town. The
San Francisco Minstrels were prosperous
for many years in . small hill UP one
flight OF stairs In Broadway. The 4a0-
SON Square theater and the Fourth Ave
nue. Lyceum were both popular In thear
day.
was as small a. the little theaters tnAt
have lately come into fashion. TheDe are
Admirably adapted to the so-cAlled init
mate'' DIANA. and not every one Of our
playwr1ghts has learned the art 81 W.T.
Ing plays Of that class. That II why they
arc 60 often given over % the woeko OK
forefgne9z.-NeW York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
ny THE WY

II 4 u Stef fhat the American
public Was gum-gamed for ~ millions
during the past year. and there = taik
Of Doing something About It. Bur 20
Do anything About it would be uncon-
stitudQnaL The public = guaranteed
the suckers - Included with the rest
OF the. popii1Ation- s.
And spesklng o. gum-sames. the
polio6s hav6z8u1 Ahe lid on q show In
New York. with this FREQ advertising
OF the fact that 1t IL . red light
show. It can 90 ON the road ana clean
up from Hschinsadk Ia Tacoma
Some para9rafers arc peeved by
porch clim1er1 who pinch their pet
paragrafs 4hG give no credit therefor.
but this department IL seldom trou-
bled that way. When contemporary
prints one Of our pips. he nearly al
W3ys adds the proper credtt--placinS
the blame where It belongs and clear
ing his own skirts.
Cadillac Ii the home Of automcbiles
and other inventions. and the place
where a man died from the effort OF
lacing his wife.s shoes. With that
hunch, some Cadillac inventor should
invent an automatic shoe LAGER.
There are various ways Of getting
rid OF an undesirable acquaintance,
but none SO elective as accepting his
cordial invitation to point ont hia
faults.
whiskers saturated in soft boiled
eggs are scarce now. Any ono who
can afford. eggs can afford q shave.
They all get it sooner or later: A
Minnepaul youth met W. G. Ferns In
New Orleans, and took him apart to
see what made the Wild Cat Wild. 2
The lola "eugenic'' couple have
reaped two columns. up to date. That
will be about all for them. until they
| get 20 lines with the first baby.
| The row at K. U. is over NEXT
years football. In other things, Law
renee usually manages to be behind
the times. IS
| From perusing some Of the ''reduc.
err ads. we gather that Q fashionably
! dressed lady is handicapped in cross'
ling muddy street by the fear thai
she may lift her skirt high enough t.
show her corset.
W. p. waggener says b. p. Wag
gener will not run for U. 8. senator
If the Waggener family IL anything
like the average family, that settles II
The average father compromises b,
doing az the children think he shoult
dot '~~A ~~--'
If you have lost anything. better
frisk the Kansas City Jail. In LOOKING
it over the other day. they found I
man who had been lost 70 days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
EVENING CHIT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.


Making the Most Of Things.
Have you heard Of the American So
ciety for Thrift? It 10 the latest thing
In national Improvement societies, and
Its aim. says Banker 8. w. Straus,
one of its founders, "is to promote ma
ttonality. the Individual thrift which il
the basis Of good citizenship and COM
munity property
There certainly cannot be any Ques-
ton but that the American people need
to cultivate the habit OF thrift.
And by thrift. mind you, mean
thrift. not parsimony, not mere saving,
mot the kind OF economy which consists
simply of doing without.
One reason why the American people
OF them know what thrift IL.
Il don't see but what we shall have
to eat less" a neighbor Of mine said
the other day. She was appalled, by
the size Of her bills and that was che
only way to cut down she could think
Otto do without She didn't seem to
realize that she might learn to buy to
greater advantage. select more wisely.
and utilize moro thoroughly. No, her
only solution was to do without Now
that's not thrift, but it's as near as
most Of ue> Americans ever come to un-
Outstanding it.
Listen to what Noah Webster says
about economy. Economy avoids all
waste ana extravaganza and applies
money TO the best advantage Economy
IL q virtue; parsimony is q vice. And
Mr.. Straus' definition Of thrift goes
even further. Thrift" he says, means
more than saving; it means earning,
working, planning, Increasing as well
as conserving" That il. thrift in ita
highest and broadest sense means iudi-
vfdHal efficiency both in production and
Iexpenditure. 1t means getting the Zig
| gest possible financial value out Of your
abilities and then getting the highest
possible comfort and happiness value
out OF that financial value.
| In short. thrift 10 the art Of making
the most Of things.
| Are you thrifty in that seneo1
| Are you making the most Of your op.
portunities and abilities?
| And are you making the most out Of
whatever financial return these abili.
ties bring your
| They say that q French family coult
live on what an American family
wastes ana that Chinese family coul(
live on what q French family wastes
And yet the French family Il cannot
vouch for the Chinese) seem to ret jus
as much comfort and happiness out Of
life az we Americans.
That means We spend more none.
than they for the same value: and W
do it not only In the management o.
our households but In many other d
rectiona
think the American people have al
WayD SHE'D away from the idea Of thrift
because they connected II with pArsi
mony and thought 1t unworthy Of them
But surely making the most Of thing
u no unworthy ideal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
JOURNAL Ew7REy

Too much OF the Christmas giving y
based on the prospects Of recefving.
.
At = csrtain age every g1rk thinka
she viii look well in a low-necked dress
=
What has become Of the old-fashion-
ed person who, ct every social gather
Ing. was 1.-THE life of the party?
. Incidentally. this is the season OF the
year when the coy old maids are ex-
ceediugly partial to mistletoe.
The man who IL well-pleased with
his shrewdness sooner or later meets
up with those who are considerably
shrewder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12
ANIMALS HAVE BEST OF TT.

For many years persons who felt
that secrecy and misrepresentation
were the important factors In develop.
ing and maintaining the sale and use.
Of patent medicines.s have been
agitating for publicity in connection
with the active ingredients of widely
advertised nostrums Despite the
strenuous opposition on the part Of
manufacturers of nostrums, some de-
gree OF publicity has been forced on
them through the federal and state
food and drug laws which require that
the presence of a limited few active or
narcotic drugs be announced on the
labels Of all preparations designed for
use a. medicine. 'either for man or
other animals." A very decided adj
vance on this rather limited number
Of drugs 10 evidenced. says the Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa-
ton. by a law. mentioned in Public
Health Reports for Oct. 10. 1919. This
law (Kansas Laws, 1913. Chapter 1870
requires that before any manufactur-
er, jobber or other person shall sell
Tor distribute in the state Of Kansas
any live stock remedy he shall file
for registration with the director OF
the agricultural experiment station q
certificate stating ''the Engiish name
Of each ingredient used In the manu-
factuxe OF remedy reeistered;" and II
il further provided that when any OF
| the substances, ''to-wit: mineral acids;
| the following elements or their salts
copper, mercury. arsenic, antimony
and phosphorus: the following sub
stances or any OF their derivatives OF
preparations. opium. belladonna. nus
vomica, pilocArpus. santonin. arecs
nut, wormwood. digitAlis. strophan-
thus. calabar bean. aconite. veratrum
croton oil, ergot. cottou-root bari
ana cantharides are includes In ths
Iingredients Of Hive stock remedy
i the percentage Of: such Ingredient Oh
ingredients must be Stated on the Ger
ttihcate. - Evsry package o.
live stock remedy sold or distributed
in the state Of Kansas Il also re
4 quired to have tag or label an1xet
Thereto bearing q legible and plainl,
tprinted statement In the English Ian
Iguage. clearly and truly certifying thu
English name az eacA ingredient Gun
tAinsd thsrsin aeooeding 70 the man
j vnsr required Il ths csFtancats -
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scribed above. This II bat another NJ.
lustration that. In this country at
least. the health and welfare Of the
domestic animal y considered OF
greater importance than the health
OF the head OF the households hie
wife or his children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-12

THE SAME oID Story.

THE 8A1k& OLD STORY.
A. was to Be expected the great
LaEollette seaman's servitnda bill. IN
their effort to defeat the hill they do
not hesitate to read into the bill pro-
visions it does not contain Does anH-
ed to asneltorate the conditions Of go
men Or guard the safety OF pasoen-
ges0 tha$ 4i6 not meet the oppositi0n
OF the ahipplng trust Il the bill en-
sure just a7fer the titanic dissef1f
shipping firms OF their own volition
1naugurated some reforms because
that catastrophe was 20 stupendous
in their character that public opinion
compelled action without waiting for
the finding OF the court Of inquiry. But
even then. the Companies fought
against some Of the most thorough
improvements suggested. In every
case where reforms by legislation have
been invoked the shipping companies
have tried TO defeat the measures In
troduced in congress or In the British
parliament. When in that parlia-
Act. designed to prevent ships from
putting to oea In an unsafe condition,
was enacted in 1876, great hue and
cry was mado that its paasasa would
passed ana never has British shipping
been more prosperous than since the
| Dill became law. So It will be with
American lAke and ocean chipping Il
the LaFollette bill becomes law. ~
most likely it will. To be sure the
companies win have to incur consid-
cradle expense to meet it's require
ments, but it all will be In the inter-
est OF safety and humanity. II the
companies fear it will ruin them, let
them cut down the palm gardens and
q lot OF other unnecessary luxuries on
board ship over which in their Wild
competition they have gone craxy In
| recent years. Human life and welfare
OF superf1uous luxuries installed to
please the wealthy patrons.-Norton
County News.
POLITICAL HGNDsHAxrNo
without Wholesale handsnsEinE7 Mr..
ao1 this f Ssa1 at & the he s.
toris New Years reception. where the
lple. But Warrington has grave doubts.
The meanest ward politician knows the
Of the b The s
accepted in lieu of STRAIGHTFORWARD de-
votion to their interests. Public council
wSo ret By OF on
ability to throw the ferver Of personal
nsG sy s,n ss%fR.d Al
, fully the technique OF the thing. have
learned to grasp the hand Of the public
ing shaken. ~ thereby tho strain on the
} arm and muscles and nerve Ii reduced.
, They gracefully. push the public along. 10
been worse than going out, In the back
, yard and saving up cord of wood. but
, this impregnable political fact. When
washington was q provincial village. the
New Years reception brought together
promoted friendly relations. Now IT. II
merely one Of the show sights. II the
, the president would be out ON the plaza
| daily, while the megaphone people display
, him in the act Of shaking hends with
nresidenfiai handmade lies in the impres.
; sion It gives that the president u one 81 o.
, humblest citizen. Actually Of course the
thing = sham and frost.-Winf'eio
: tCouF1er.