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Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1914-06-18
The Philadelphia (Pa.) Public Led

The Philadelphia lPa) Public Led ger says:
 Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson recently delivered an address at a Presbyterian church in Germantown in which he stated that, counting all who have been killed or wounded n battle in all the wars from the Mace donian Wars, 900 years B. G., down to the present time, he estimated that about 2,300, ,0O0 Americans were killed by alcohol in one year, or more than the soldiers, sailors and others of all nations sacrificed by war in 300 years and he said that more than 2O0O American citizens are slain each day by alcohol" Captain Hobson also stated that it was shown that only the total abstainer lived beyond the age of 65; that the average age of the moderate drinker is 51, while the very heavy thinker lives only to the age of 36.
 The Public Ledger believes the cause of true temperance is damaged, not advanced, by such gross eXagger- ation and misrepresentation. The most effective temperance propaganda is the method employed by business, com mercial and industrial houses, which require absolute sobriety among their employees, holding that the sober man is the better man in all the practica! affairs of life. This inflexible rule is doing more to advance the cause Ot temperance than can ever be done by such superheated utterances as were made by Captain Hobson.
 A study of the census mortality statistics for 1912 shows the assertions of Captain Hobson to be ridiculous. In the registered area from which health statistics are received, represent ing two thirds of the entire population there were S33,21 deaths in 1912, about one third as many as Captain Hobson attributes to alcohol. Of this total 204,639 were children under , years of age; 216,1S4 were persons who had passed the age of 65; 2S,000 died between the ages of and II Deducting this from the total leaves 390,O00 deaths between the ages of II and 65. AS 142,OOO died between the ages of 50 ond 65, this would leave a total of 24S,0OO deaths of people who would come within the danger line of alcohol, from moderate drinking. This applies to twothirds of the popu- iation. Applied to the whole country it would show that the total deaths be- tween the ages of 14 and 50 would be 372,000 or little over 1000 every day from all causes, instead of 2000 every day from alcohol The Census Bureau however, shows the following causes of death:
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-31
have crossed the bridge since then.

Before leaving Boston want to give
voice to my displeasure of the Touraine
hotel. the crack hostelry Of the city. The
opinion; its prices are too high. its att
taches too aristocratic, 1t has no cigar
counter. in the lobby and they sell snuff
there for Piper Hefdsick.
We bade the "doc" q fond adieu in Bos-
ton and set sail for the west. left the
train at Albany and Mitchell proceeded
onwards to Toronto. 1 missed Mitchell a
heap. The Lord never made a better
travelling companion when you except his
inordinate fondness for lobster I lost
twenty-one hours actual count ON the
voyage waiting for his Holsters to cook.
A Town Of Memories.
Went over to Troy to visit rev hours
with my mothers people. Just q few left
from the big Vermont family Of thirty
years ago. And I was sad and weary
when left that town Of memories and
collar factories.
A man on the New York Central train
tried to borrow twenty dollars from me.
Offering his face and his voice as securi-
ties. He had spent the holidays ON the
island of Jamaica with his friends the
Vandefbilts, he said, and was now on his
way to visit relatives In Hyde Park, Chi
cago. I talked to that man like Athos did
to Mazafin: tried to get him to como to
il thinking it over.
Met Mitchell In Chicago and was sure
glad to see him. He was loaded to the
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Down to
Brass Taclxs

Retail merchants, in the
course of a season, are called
upon by many hundreds Of
statesmen.
These statesmen represent
all sorts and conditions of pro-
ducts = covering the whole
field of human necessaries.
Large and small manufacture
ers and producers send forth
the statesmen to place their
goods on the shelves of up
and-doing retailers.
In many cases the manufac-
turer wishes to help his GUS
toners, the retailers, to create
a demand in the particular
community served by them.
Many forms of help, more
or less good in their time, are
now going rapidly into the dis
card. And in their place news
paper help is both offered by
the manufacturer and re-
quested by the dealer.
The direct, sure, and econo-
mical way to.inform the pub
lie is through the columns Of
such dependable newspapers
as The State Journal.
When the salesman tells the
retailer he wants to help, the
retailer should ''get right
down to brass tacks" and
demand whatever help he is
entitled to in good newspaper
advertising.
The Bureau of Advertising.
American Newspaper Publish
ers Association, World Build
ing, New York, will be glad to
answer any questions about
cooperative work with deal
ers in newspaper advertising
campaigns.
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f, tarrail on facts about that Canada book

taffrail on facts about that Canada book
plant.
To Make . Long Story Short.
Well, to make long story short. we
took the Santa Fe for Topeka: When the
car window and saw the Kaw river. 1t
looked better than the Hudson, or the
Susquehanna or the Ohio rivers. sepa-
rately or all rolled In one. Then the sun
came out and lighted up the Kaw valley
like lamp. First time / had seen the
sun since I left home.
RetroSpectiOn.
1t was a good trip and we picked UP q
truck load Of information about printing
offices and the manufacture of school
books in carload lots. We set the printing
office facts down in a little book lest we
forget them. But we will always remem-
ber how hard we worked in Chicago. How
fine the Kentucky hills looked from the
Ohio blufs. How hard 1t rained in WASH
ington, and how sad those old ladies' in
the government printing office looked out
on the world OF sighs from their daily
work. How gloomy and gay New York
looked from our hotel window. How many
piers there are in the wooden bridge In
Boston where LOngfellow's heart was
touched by the sorrow Of others.' How
old and solemn and strong New England
looked under its blanket Of snow. How
good the Kaw valley looked under the
bright smile Of the Kansas sunshine ASK
Mitchell. He's q philosopher as well al
q traveller. He knows. c. A. c.
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CONSTIPATED, BILIOUS, HEADACHY?
CASCARETS TONIGHT! DIME A BOX

. No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or, bowels; how much your head aches.
how miserable and uncomfortable you
are from constipation, Indigestion, bill
fousness and sluggish intestines-you
always get the desired results with
Cascarets.
They end the headache, biliousness,
dizziness, nervousness. sick, sour. gassy
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stomach. They cleanse your Liver and
Bowels Of all the sour bile. foul gases
and constipated matter which is pro-
ducing the misery. A Cascaret tonight
will straighten you out by morning
a 10-cent box keeps your head clear.
stomach sweet, liver and bowels regu-
lar. and you feel cheerful and bully for
months.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-31

plant. 1 let him babble on for quite
a ways and then 1 told him: This is
c.. not Mitchell. shave Mitchell
mornings and press his clothes at
night and carry his luggage to the
depot.
Mitchell was in the room and heard
the conversation. 1 fled his wrath by
way of the fire escape.
price of his greatness and had to go
early next morning to Jersey City
while I slept the untroubled sleep of
the obscure man.
My One New York Bet.
Then the phone rang again and my
turn came. A little man with a large
amount of insistence in his veins made
me hurry through breakfast to go with
him to see the Butterick-E -EverybOdy's s
magazine publishing house. This lit
tie man did me great honor. He is
head of a big machinery house and he
told me he spent his summers in Lon
don and his winters on the Mediter-
ranean sea. He spent an hour waiting
for an obscure Kansas newspaper
man to dress and eat breakfast But
1 went with him. He was my one New
York bet.
1t is a wonder. They turn out 140
tons of printed paper from this shop
every working day in the year. The
Topeka publisher with Is publications
turns out five tons, doesn't he? Or
six?
Went up in the Woolworth building
after dinner. Didn't want to. Thought
it wouldn't be worth while. Mistake
of mine. Great thing for man from
the fields OF growing corn to see. UP
So stories in a regular elevator and
then twenty more in little worm
elevator. Looked out over New City
and part of the ocean and all OF three
rivers and most of New York state
People on pavement below looked like
fl on plate.
My Elevator Mileage.
Estimated my elevator mileage for
1900 miles. TOO much? Not so.
Figure 1t out. Went up in 126 build
ines and they average thirty stories
high. Up and down again.
Went out to see the city in car in
the afternoon. First hour of daylight
off duty on the trip. No. 1 won't try
to tell about the sights of that town
II won't perpetrate any guide book.
Chautauqua platform performances in
print at this time and at this place.
From the Hotel Window.
looked out Of the window of my
room across the city at midnight !
looked at the myriad lights that tried
stars of heaven in their number
height and power. I saw the blacker
shadows cast by the spires against the
shadows Of the night. AS far as
could see there was no rim to those
endless lights and shadows that
marked the outlines of the hives OF
men. 1 heard the clangor of the
street that is never silent. I tried tC
imagine all the extremes OF greed and
giving, of woe and pleasure. OF trans
eression and tribulation that were go.
ing on that night in the walls OF
! stone that I could see in this giants
panorama that stretched before me II
the darkness. And l was homesick
, I knew 1 would rather live in Kansas
than that city. Vanity. all is vanity
!. saith the scriptures, solemnly, will
understanding and in full truth
From the graft Of the waiter at thu
hotel to the jam of the subway. t.
/! the low estate OF the cabarets to thu
elevator charges in the Woolwortl
| building it is all paint and fringe ant
/ speed and the sordid cackle of thos'
J who laugh in their sleeve at night ant
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An Ideal woman's Laxative.

when there Is nothing better than Dr.
Kings New Life Pills for all bowel trou-
bles. They act gently and naturally on
ulate your bowels and tone up the entire
system. Price. 25c. At all Druggists
H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia OF st.
Louis.-Adv.
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Money to Loan

rIIE SHAWNEE BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
offers an easy way to buy a piece
OF property or build a hons.
and pay for 1t monthly, Just ike
paying rent. When YOU are
down town call at lis West
Sixth Street and ask them to
explain their plan. 1t is simpie
As one-word primer.
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A thrifty habit Is as easy
to acquire as a spsssdthritt
one. Most people don't Be-
lieve 1t. Only those soho find
It out succeed.
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GAVGtk ed: no knife or plaster
used. DIR. McIauEhlin. -
= nth D.. Suite sol, Kansas City. No.
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HORSE SH0EINc

Wm o Yes Shosins a Feilowi.e Prices
Numpef OF Snoes ; 4
Priee Peg Horse Sl.oo CLIO q. 10 q - n m
,,s.ss ,i1.so .a.,o Old sso., ~.
me e eth o. DAVE wIscoMB Phone on W
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The resources Of the Building
and Loan Associations in Kan
sas are $15,000,00O and In the
United States $1.137.6OO,648.00.
an increase in the United States
for one year OF $106.913,617.00.
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The Recent Report

of F. d. Coburr. Secretary State
Board Of Agriculture. shows
that the value Of Farm Prod
ucts in Kansas In 1894 was
$192.O94.650 and In 1913 was
$507,136.554, a steady increase
that has been directly reflected
in the growth of Topeka and
the success Of the Association,
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HOW TWO T0PEkANS
REPRESENTED KANSAS
IN THE FAR EAST

CONTINUED from Preceding Page.
to me like he might have been LaHire.
La1ire was the D'Artagnan OF his
time-brave. witty. loyal. philosophi-
cal, irresistible.
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State Of Kansas. Shawnee County, S.
I, Bennett r. Wheeler, President and
Charles S. Elliott Secretary. Of the within
named Association, do sOlemnly swear that
the foregoing Is true and complete state
ment of the condition OF said Association.
BENNETT r. WHEELER. President.
CHARLES S. ELLIOTT. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me- this
18th day of January. 1914.
]. C. STEWART, Notary Public.
My Commission expires Jan. 28, 1917.
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AUDITORS CERTIFICATE
We the undersigned, Auditors for the Di-
rectors of this Association, have checked the
cash pass books notes. mortgages, abstracts
and individual accounts and compared same
with the above statement and the books of
the Association. and hereby certify that the
same Is correct.
c. q. BLAKELY,
E. c. ARNOLD
E. J. SHAKESHAFT,
p. II. FORBES.
Auditors.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-19

CHANGING SOCIAL HABITS

In comparing the habits and manners Of the present day with those OF the
past u seems 10 ne that tho most striking thing is the grea change that has
taken place n our economic and financial conditions The poor OF today are
a different ne from the poor Of so r even 80 years aeo They earn great
dmi mor money and. though they get less for Il In solid comfort and well
being they spend Il In a much greater variety OF ways Neither re the rich
81 today the same as the rich OF so years 20 Large numbers Of the latter
b. landed gentry.f for nstance-have taken a back seat II they have not a &C.
tuEy disappeared The ne~ rich who have pushed them out are Introducing
Ideas habits and manners OF their I'm Consequently the luxury Of today has
little IN common With the luxury ofI 80 years ago. II spends It's money in more
,edsh M ostantntous Ways
Instead Of the manor house with Its crowd OF hereditary retainers, " e
avs The fashionable hoel. with Is ARM OF Inverted walters and chauf
seurs. W X Lawson writes N the London Morning Post In L Of these esuo
ushmeuts there IA spent last year E2sS2O00-neaiy two and three quarter
mafLonn sterling Thhs Ia the essence OF present day luxury. and those who
.o,stder IL extrasaeant nay console themselves with the thought that foreign
- ntrfbu much more to Il than British born prodigals Our American
stsnos boast very truly that We have them TO thank for these sybarte
~.-nrar They called fr them and lave all along been their chief sup
rortere uaysng without question most xtayagant charges
h, ofher ~ ~ Americans have been the pioneers OF modern luxury. An
,neulry which . o going on 10 the United States A. TO the annual expendh
go al American tourists IA Europe indicates that Il Is little. II any, short Of
600 900 coo Dr. ef00ooOO0 Our Canadian. Australian. French. German and
49, foreign ssItorsa are also free speuders. % much SO that minlstehng 10
49,, ,.rrnrus tanesh has become m OF the nos profitable Of Londons indus
go. on the other hand the corresponding class f our people are prob
-t~ arr cas- rather han more n themselves than they used to do. They
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are being taught thrift in a hard school-that the chancellor Of the er
chequer. II we deduct from their apparently large incomes the number Of
prior claims Of them that have o be met before the free margin is reached.
IL will be found in many cases that comparatively little remains either for
rotous living or vulgar show. Besides, II must be remembered that the
modern Croesus is otter a business IA who al reinvest his annual profits
o much better advantage than in 20guinea banquets at the Hotel Cecil
The champion spendhrts OF today are not the owners Of motor cars and
motor yachts; they are the railway and the shipping companies A single
train de luxe. with its rev OF chefs. BARRIERS and ladies' maids. wastes more
money n the course o a year than the most extravagant millionaire. There
half dozen palaces In the country.
From a careful comparison of the proportions Of available income spent
o superhunies the workngman will sometimes % ut higher than many
dukes His glass OF beer. his tobacco. his little bets.h his evening paper, his
picture shows, his football matches. his seaside trips and his other extras eat
up a large percentage Of the weekly wage. even of a welLtodo artisan. No
one grudges him either his comforts or his recreations. but at the same time
IL cannot be ignored that they form a large item in the u total Of our
national outlay on superhuhies
Another significant feature of modern luxury is to be found in the fact
that the leading miionaires OF the day are the reverse OF extravagant
Neither have they made their millions by pandeing to the luxurious tastes Of
the rich. Nearly an OF them cater specially for the working and the middle
classes. They are purveyors {" beer. cocoa. SOAP patent medicines and very
light literature TO the multitude. II ours be al extavagant age. its exuav
agance has at least the redeemtng quality OF being democratic. Free living
vas never more widespread than it is today. From cabinet ministers TO
socialist lecturers there are all degrees and shades of It,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-19
Beauty and Temper.

A propos of his policy of silence,
Mayor Mitchell of New York said at a
dinner:
In silence there is safety. They
who want opinions often get opinions
they don't want. Take the young
planters case.
"A young Mississippi planter had
a servant, Uncle JEFF, who had cared
for him as a child and who was very
devoted to him. The young mar be-
came engaged to a neighboring beau
ty. Noticing that Uncle jeff never
mentioned his approaching marriage,
the young planter said n day;
"'Jeff, you know I'm going to marry
Miss LAMAR
eyes was the reply. I knows it.
"T haven't heard you say anything
about it, persisted the planter.
"'No' Jeff acknowledged. 'Taint
for me to say muffin about it. I isn't
got muffin to say
"'But, what's your opinion about
it.?
"'Well, massa,' said Jeff with some
hesitation, you know one thing-the
most p%isenest snakes has got the
most prettiest SKINS"
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spite the large amount OF feed that has been fur.
nianed them by the state OF Wyoming. each winter
mas seen an enormous death loss OF this fast-disap-
penrfng game animal.
driven TO desperation from hunger. the elk
would break down the strongest barbed wire
fence surrounding a h~aystack. and during a por.
zion OF the winter the settlers were forced to
8aard their hay night and day. The elk have been
kno~n 20 mount upon the fallen bodies OF their
companions, and thus climb TO the top OF n
fhatchcd roof shed. whore they would voraciously
defour the rotten hay or straw used "a a roof COW
cnxg
The scenes In the elk region OF Wyoming during
the last two years are described as heartrending.
The starving elk. driven to the lowlands by tho
tigh SHOWS In the mountains. found most OF the
range fenced In by ranchers. In many cases they
broke down fences and demolished the hay.
stacks OF the ranchcrs. They ate the willows
along the streams. and gradually grew weaker and
weaker. and hnaily sunk down to die In the snow.
Immediately they were bounced upon by magpies
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-19

and other birds. and their eyes were picked out,
Ia many cases before the elk were dead.
The conditions which led up to the governments
RECEIPT action have existed for more than ten
years. but the state OF Wyoming seemed unable.
single handed, to cope with the situation. The
tenderhearted ranchmen OF the Jackson Hole
country have helped to the full extent of their
ability, feeding to the starving elk as much as
they could spare from their private stores OF hay
and fodder without putting their own stock on ex-
tremely short allowance. But with ali this. Il is
estimated that fully 5000 elk died OF starvation
each year.
According TO Mr.. s. N. Leck. a prominent
ranchman OF the jackson Hole district and for.
mer state senator, who has made n special study
OF the conditions surrounding the elk in that part
OF the country, since 1903 about 70 per cent. OF the
adult elk have persisted OF starvation each winter.
lie states that no has counted as many as 1000
dead elk within a radius OF half a mile. and that
on several occasions when driving through the
country he has been forced TO turn out OF his way
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-19
a SENSIBLE YOUNG WOMAN.
Girls Might Take a Tip From He'
Level Headed Action.

He was taking her home from the
.seatre. The car was crowded, but
they had obtained a seat together, n
they were in each others exclusive
company for forty-1ve minutes.
"Are you thinking of going away
this SUMMER" said he, trying to con
ceal a yawn.
Il guess So" she answered, max
ing a lady-like motion with her
Il went away last summer ne
continued, several blocks later. Did
your"
q think we did" she said. Say,
may I ask you s~omething?'
Anything"
oNow. listen, I'm having just as
hard a time to stay awake as you are.
II you'll just shut up until we a get
to my street, | can have a nice little
nap. So can you. And you'll like me
a lot better than # we'd try to con-
verse, and I'd fairly love you. And
maybe I'd invite you out to call. Is
1t a 60"
"Angell 1t u.s." 1t was with dif-
hculty that he kept from embracing
her. Girls like that are so rare. Later
they lived happily ever after.-Cleve-
land P~laindealer.
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She saw him fold a piece of paper
and put it in the farther corner of
the drawer in the library table. If he
had carelessly thrown it in, she would
have thought nothing of it.
whats that?' she asked.
"Oh, nothing" he replied.
She wondered what it was, and as
he had said 1t was of no Importance
he had no n to blame but himself
if she looked at it, which she did, al
the first opportunity. This is what
she read:
"Tll bet you a new hat you
curiosity will not permit you to leave
this alone"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-19

About What They're Like.

Il fancy last night finished my rep
utation," said young Herold as his
friend looked him up the night after
the ball.
Finished you?" asked the friend
Eyes, my drunken condition at the
ball"
why, not at all, a Haven't you
seen this mornings paper? You're
the social hero; everybody thinks you
have invented a new dance."-Ladies
Home Journal.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-19
MKWA Rzacz1N0J MW ManBv WAEzD

because Of the bodies of dead elk
obstructing the roads.
The elk would first eat the range
clear Of all food, then turn to the
coarse sticks and barks, and In
many places they would actually
gnaw the bark from the fence rails.
When all these sources of food-if
such it may be called-were ex-
hausted, they would gradually be-
gin to lose their vitality, spirit and
endurance. Then, reduced by hun
ger until too weak to follow the
herd, they would drop down by
some rock or brush, to either be-
come a prey to c%arnivorous ami
mails or die a miserable death by
starvation.
II "a estimated that the value OF
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Riqht for Once.

They had been having a little tiff.
"Oh, of course" said he wrathful-
E, Il am always in the wrong"
Not always" said she calmly.
Last week you admitted that you
were in the wrong"
well what's that got to do with
it?" he demanded.
Nothing, except that you were
perfectly right when you admitted
it," she replied.