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The Press., 1919-03-20
KIDNEYS WEAKENING?
 IOOK OTTTt

Kidney troubles don't disappear of themselves. They grow slowly but steadily, undermining health with deadly certainty, until you fall vic- tim to incurable disease.
 Stop your troubles while there is time. Don't wait until little pains become big aches. Don't trifie with disease. To avoid future suffering begin treatment with GOLD MEDAL Haarlem oil Cap 0ules now. Take three or four every day until you are entirely free from pain.
 This well-known preparation has been one of the national remedies of Hol- land for centuries. In 1896 the govern ment of the Netherlands granted 8 special charter authorizing its prepara- tion and sale.
The Press., 1919-03-20
Hurry and Health.

Don't hurry. It Wears the system like worry. It is especially harmful in hot weather.
 Hurry tears out the nerves and the body tissues rapidly, puts lines in the face, interferes with digestion and oth- CT intestinal action, and in time may heart.
 Loss of both physical and mental control and a number of varieties of nervous disorders may also result from chronic 'hurrying up."
 Hurry exhausts twice the energies in given time that would be required to accomplish twice the work if under taken in leisurely manner.
The Press., 1919-03-20
Insects chum With Aviators,

According to Lieut.. Depret Bixio of the French army, who is naturalist as we'll as a flying man, many insects follow captive balloons in their ascent He has seen flies go as high as 2,97C feet, after which they die Grasshop- pers cling to the basket of the balloon until the air becomes too rarefied for them, when they let go and fall. He says the swallows have glorious time following the balloons and catching these insects.-Scientific American.
The Press., 1919-03-20

The housewife of Holland would ai- most as soon be without food ss with out her Real Dutch Drops." s she quaintly calls GOLD MEDAL Haarlem oil Capsules. They restore strength and are responsible in a great measure for the sturdy, robust health of the Hollanders.
 Do not delay. Go to your druggist and insist on his supplying you with COLD MEDAL Haarlem oil Capsules. Take them as directed, and If you are not satisfied with results your druggist will gladly refund your money. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on the box and accept no other. In sealed poxses three sizes. 0..
The Press., 1919-03-20
Cure for Tuberculosis Claimed.

An Italian physician, Prof. Domenict Lo Monaco, announces that he ha. evolved remedy for consumption The base of his discovery lies in hi. finding that sugar applied to the bron chial secretions caused the disappear ance not only of the secretions but o1 tubercle bacilli as we'll. The impor tance of this lies in that the bronchial secretion is held to be a necessary ve hicle for the existence and growth o1 consumption germs.
The Press., 1919-03-20
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. they cannot reach the diseased portion of the There is only one way to cure catarrhal deafness, and that is by constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by in- famed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infamed you have a rumbling sound or im- perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the inflammation can be reduced and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever Many cases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which is an fnhamed condition of the mucous faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir. culars free. All Druggists. 75c.
 E. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
The Press., 1919-03-20
Reported by a Vacationist.

"Josiar do you mean to say you come home without havin' that tooth out?"
 "I do. The dentist warn't there."
 "Why in the world didn't you wait for him?"
 "Gosh darn it, did for two hours. I don't mind waitin' reasonable length O time fer a man, but I don't perpose to intern for nobuddy."
The Press., 1919-03-20

lips oyer the fence Is blooming So bravely--it is as good as sermonl on courage. And over by the shed-but of course you can't see the shed for 4he bushes. I'll just have to tell you it's there-the lilacs are coming out. Can't you smell that exquisite deliciousnAss away over there in your trench? Surely heaven will have hedges of lilacs. And the shrubs are Out-the snOwballsl a lovely tender greenish white. Howl I wish you could see 1t, MT. Somebody. "And now, I'm going to tell you| a secret. hadn't intended to, but soMe- way feel that you are sympathetic, that you'll understand.
 'I have a soldier, lonely soldier. He must be away over in France, and 1t Is my fault he is lonely, for we quar- reled and he went away, and now I can't find out where he Is. So after all, this is his letter you are getting g. Oh, wish someone would write to him for he is lonely, know. He had mo- body but me. And, oh, if only knew, so could ask him to forgive.
 'This is all for this time, MT. Some body. If you like my letter and send me your name and address, I'll write again.
 "Faithfully yours,
 "Elizabeth Downing,
 Somerset, Mass"
 This was Philips answer:
 Dearest Little Betty.-Mr. Some body got your letter, and what do you think? It was I. You see God must have guided 1t here. So you want me to forgive you, sweetheart. Dearest, I'm not fit to kiss the hem of your. dainty little dress. I adore you and always will. But since got your let ter determined to live and go back to you. Before, resented every crack the other fellows got instead of me. There, the posts going out and must send this, but I'll write every day. Goodbye, dearest girl.
 Forever yours, Philip"
The Press., 1919-03-20
keyIess Electric | ock

An interesting device is described by Chicago electrician: "I have at tached secret lock that does not require any key to open it to the door of my room," he. says. '..The lock itself is an ordinary electric lock. but it is the way that the, con- tact is made through it in opening the door that makes my scheme diff ferent from others. A vertical wire is suspended the full length of the panel on the inside of the door. Di- rectly opposite the middle of the wire and quite close to it, small brass plate is mounted. One end of the battery.and-lock circuit is con- nected with the vertical wire, and the other end with the brass plate. Whenever desire to enter my room, I simply knock on the outside of the panel; the wire vibrates, 1t finally touches the plate, the circuit is closed, and the lock opens."
The Press., 1919-03-20
Fewer Jananese Silks.

Just as we had learned to value Jap anese silks and crepes and so on, es- pecially as substitutes in these times of shortage of so many materials, we hear that certain ships engaged in the Eastern trade, and that brought us these serviceable and charming ma terials, have been loaned to the i'm. perial government, and that has ere ated scarcity in transportation fa- cilities. So georgettes, crepe de chimes, and so on, are added to the list of growing scarcities and advancing prices. Added to this, little silk is coming from the French and Italian markets.
The Press., 1919-03-20
Piq Iron From Iron Sands.

Experiments in New Zealand have demonstrated the practicability of pro- ducing pig iron from iron sands. The development of the industry has reach ed the stage where iron is actually pro- duced at the rate of 15 tons per day. Plans are now being made for greatly enlarging the plant.
The Press., 1919-03-20

QOWn ana got SO
 weak I could hardly
 stand, and had head
 aches every day. I
 tried everything I
 could think of and was under a phy- sician's care for two years. A girl friend had used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compoundand she told me about it. From the first day I took itIbegan to feel better and now I am we'll and able to do most any k in d of work. I have been recom-
 nepdip0 fhe Com
The Press., 1919-03-20

pound ever since and give you my per Flo KELLY, 476 So. 14th St., Newark, N. J.
 The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was so successful in Miss Kelly's case was because it went to the root of her trouble, restored her to a normal healthy condition and as aresult her nervousness disappeared.
The Press., 1919-03-20
\ NERVOUS
 BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restored
 Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three wears I suffered from nervous break
The Press., 1919-03-20
THIRTY.ONE YEARS AGO.
March 22, 1888

Items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty -one years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
By JANE PHELPS

thought as I watched him. And in
stead of playing with my food as I
usually did when he was angry with
me, I compelled myself to eat a very
il Leola didn't care, her appetite
would not fail. Then mine shouldn't
either.
Everett talked with Mrs. Gray a
few minutes before he left. He asked
about both James and Thomas. and
remarked that he would call at the
hospital before he went to the Of
flee.
He is kind to everyone but me-
1 said TO myself, as l hung around
the hall hoping he would kiss me be-
for he left. When I thought of kind
associated from generosity or my bod
lily comforts. Kindness had come to
mean kisses and being told that l
was loved. In the short time I had
been married 1 had learned that one
easily becomes accustomed TO lux
uries. but never to neglect or fault
finding.
I soothed Mrs Barr by saying I
had a headache, that all the excite
ment of my accident and the bur-
apologzed very nicely, and had she
not added:
you are so young it would fright
en- you. of course" 1 would have liked
| it much better, and accepted her apol-
| ogy in a different spirit.
Hetty came in from an errand about
noon. She brought an early edition
| of the evening paper. in which was an
account of the robbery and in which I
was called THE beautiful young bride
! of Everett Graham, the popular club
| man"
If they had left the young" off I
would have been delighted. But no
matter where 1 went, or what was said
| about me, that odious youth of mine
| had to be emphasized. 1t seemed to
| me never would grow old, and that
| to be-well, like Irma Barton, would
! be the last cry in contentment
Had I knwn with what envy she
and all Everett's set looked upon me
| just because of my youth. wonder
| if it would have made me any hap
pier?
Tomorrow-Hyacint please San
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Seven years
Altho he and 1 were in our early
teens we thought we were in love.
After the two weeks we spent to-
gether he went to his home and l
went to mine. We have corresponded
ever since.
Last winter he wpote that he wanted
to spend his vacation with me this
year at some summer resort. We have
the place all picked out. I expected
my mother to chaperon US, but now
she says she doesn't want to.
Would 1t be all right for me to go
alone since I know 1 will do the right
thing? have a young married friend
who would like to go. but she cannot
afford it, Do you think it would be
all right for my boy friend and me to
take her along and pay her expenses
between US? 1 think she would go II
she thought she could help me by do
ing so. She is five years older than
am. MABEL. .
You should not go to the summer
resort without a chaperon- People
are so eager to talk that they will
find something to say even if a girl
knows that she is doing the right
thing. Convention says that a chap
eron is necessary under circumstances
like yours. and convention should be
respected in this instance.
1t would be all right for the two
of you to pay the expenses of your
married friend and ask her to &C
along as your chaperon,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

O. Is there tewn in the United States
with an exclusively coloreda population =
A. The Bureau of Census says that all
of the inhabitants of Taft. Muskogee coun-
ty, Oklahoma, are blacks or muiattoes ex-
cept one, who Is an Indian IND The popula-
O. Has the governments physical valua-
ton of railroads been Finished f. X.
this job since 1914. 1t is now estimated
that the work will be completed by the end
of 1920.
@. Was the influenza, which ragged last
year. a new disease 90. +.
A The first recorded epidemic of In
fluenza, in what is now the United States.
times since, notably in 1890. The public
health service has just issued publication
on the bdhs m h 5nf
secured by sending a two-cent stamp for
return postage to the Washington Informa-
ton Bureau of this paper
o. Are enlisted men, honorably dis
charged for the purpose of re-enlisting.
entitled to the 500 federal bonus? -H. K.
A. The war depa rtment says that under
a new ruling. men who were honorably
discharged for this purpose are entitled
TO the 500 federal bonus, and travel allow o
who were completely discharged from the
military service.
Q. Who is the eldest daughter Of Presi-
dent Wilson, and also the youngest
A. The president has three daughters
VINO are As IOiioWs. MISS haISaIet " II
son, eldest: Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo /:
and Mrs. Frances Sayre, youngest.
Q. Which states were still wet when
war time prohibition went into effect July
A. They were: California. Connecticut.
Delaware Illinois. Kentucky, Louisiana.
Maryland Massachusetts,. Minnesota. Mis-
souri,, New Jersey. New York, Pennsyl-
vania. Rhode Island, Vermont and Wis
consin.
q. what is meant by "red tape"?-
fact that tape dyed crimson is commonly
and largely used in public and private
business in tying up papers. hence 1t has
come to refer to excessive formality and
routine in business transactions.
O. Is 1t customary 10 wear mourning
for two year old baby FL. r.
A. 1t is not customary TO wear heavy
mourning for young baby or TO wear It
very long. You might wear black and
white with propriety.
@. What proportion of Americans are
Christians &C. G.
in the United States al the time of the
last census was A.. 044374. OF course this
number does not inclu6e all believers In
the Christian faith In the United States.
tAny reader can get the answer to any
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director. Washington, D. G. This
offer applies strictly TO Information. The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal. medi-
cal and financial matters. 1t does not
attempt to settle domestic troubles. nor
subject. Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose two-eent stamp for return postage
AL replies are sent direct to the inquirer)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17

LIFE.
The grieving and the hurt OF life
Are often hard to bear,
And every hour OF bitter strife
Is tinetured with despair
There's much of pain and much of yoe
For every man to meet,
Life burdens weary u.s. bur Oh
Its happy days are sweet
Sometimes the dismal DAYS seom Ion~
sometimes our hearts are sad.
We wonder as We hear their song
What makes the robins glad.
But when our skies grow blue once mora
And We have dried our tears.
when JOY is dancing round tho door
How bright the sun appearsi
w hen enemies our path beset
And We must bear their hIovvs.
men nate and. envy make us fret
me world seems filled with foes.
Aheh we would shun the haunts of men
, Aan go where striving ends.
buL HE IL all worth while again
When We are with our friends.
LIes burdens oft are hard to bear
bnt all its Joys are sweet
Along the dreary lanes Of care
Men walk with tagging feet.
l1ey Vince beneath the hurt and r,t~
men tate to all must give
Bug wien the laughter rings n0,f,
HOW good 1T seems to Ifyef
Copyright f9i9.by Edgar A Gueet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17

The federal trade commission again
calls attention to the activities of the
big packers in extending their opera
lions into the field regarded by the
Wholesale grocers as sacred to them
selves. There appears to be nothing
in the law preventing the packers
from entering the grocery business If
they desire to do so, and it has not
been made apparent that their action
is a menace to the public welfare.
Whenever it shall be in eontravention
of the peoples interests. the situation
will be taken care of. When a de-
partment store adds another line of
goods to its stock no criticism is made
by federal commission or by the
exclusive dealers in that line of goods,
who appear to find little difficulty in
competing for a share of the trade.
Why should the wholesale grocers in
woke the aid of the government in pro-
tecting them against any inroads
which the packers may make on their
business?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17
THE PAPERS CARRY THE BUR-
GLARY STORY.
CHAPTER LxXI.


In spite of all that had happened.
and the trouble Everett had said I
had caused, he was more thoughtful
of me than he had been for some
time. I thought then, and now 1
know, that it was because of the
chance there had been the burglar
might have shot me as well as James
was rather frightened, rs usual,
that 1 had dared to speak as I had
done to Everett. But 1 had also made
up my mind that 1 would not be
treated as a child or refused the con-
sideration due me as a wife. Then,
too, had decided to say what 1
thought as we'll as to act as I wished.
Leola did Why shouldn't L?
at don't care if did ask him how
he'd like to be Number Two" I ex-
ploded when I had closed my door.
I'm just glad I had spunk enough
to do it. 1 wish I had told him all
his marrying me simply because 1 was
like Number One. and that because
was SO young perhaps he wouldn't get
chance to have number three!"
I still felt insulted because of his
effort to have me taught the things
in which I was deficient. Had I been
older. 1 might have appreciated his
desire to improve me. and been glad
of the opportunity. But l only looked
at it from one ANGLE was being
treated like a school girl instead of a
wife. When I compard Everett's &C
lions with my fathers. I never made
allowance for the difference in age
between myself and my mother. Fa-
Their consulted her; he didn't boss her.
The next morning Mrs. Barr came
and I was SO inattentive. partly be-
cause I had not slept. that she threat
ened to tell my husband that she
would not come to me airy more.
Everett had not even come in to say
goodnight to me. He had come up
soon after I did. but had at once closed
his dressing room door. so shutting me
out At breakfast he had said a cold
good morning" then given his entire
attention to his paper, not looking up
when 1 spoke to him or deigning to
reply.
tLeola wouldn't have cared"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17

who has not experienced or visualized
She daily scene of the crowded waiting
rooms of city physicians is unaware
of side of life which must be under
stood by all who would know this
world in reality. Healthy youth
scarcely comprehends the significance
of the large part that healing played
! in the earthly ministry of our Lord.
Our own times. too, are sick. In
spirit and in body they are sore and
distressed. Every sensitive soul is
perplexed and wondering about it all.
What may we say to this suffering
era of ours? Surely the answer is
and 1 who write abhor cant and
stereotyped phraseology = that the
world, with all its present pain and
fever, should be brought to the pres
ence of Jesus, that he may heal it.
The touch of Christ is the supreme
need of our time.
The Two-Sided Healer
Symmetry is strength. Most of us
are lop-sided. We have developed
one phase of our nature at the expense
of others. We are alive to business
and pleasure, but dead to idealism and
aestheticism. Or We have cultivated
force and forgotten tenderness. We
may be righteous but we are not mer-
ciful. Or We are dreamers, but not
doors. Character four-square is not
common. In the present lesson we
have two characteristics of our Lord
he was mystic, and yet he was also
an adventurer.
After the nerve-sapping Sabbath In
Peters home. when he had spent him.
self so lavishly for all corners, the
Healer might reasonably be expected
to sleep late the next morning. On
the contrary. rising up a great while
before day. he went out. and departed
into a solitary place, and there
prayed" There We have the mystical
side of Jesus. He deemed communion
with God more vital than rest or work
the harder he toiled, the more he
prayed. So his spirit fled from the
multitude into the desert place, prob
ably east of the lake; and there. to
the howls of the late-prowling jackals
and the first chirp of the awaking
Father for strength.
This trysting place with God was
known to the disciples. indicating that
retreat for prayer. was habitual with
the Master: and they. over-impressed
with the popularity that had come to
Jesus, found him and cried jubilantly,
"All men are seeking thee" To them
it was an exciting fact that their
leader had made HIT in Caper-
aaum.
Lo, the news affected him not at
all as they expected: for his pioneer
spirit was not content to settle down
and sip the sweets of success. So
he met their clamors for a return to
Capernaum by the announcement that
he was going to tour Galilee! He was
the (adventurer the man of outrea CHI
and activity. The regions beyond ever
beckoned him; the "other sheep" who
needed shepherding were ever before
his vision. What an Unsuitable soul
was the Saviouri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-17

Me and Pubs Simkins was wawking
along jest wawking along, and who
did we see setting on sumbodys frunt
steps but Sid Hunts quiet little cuzzin
Joe, me saying, G, look at Joe, won
der wat he's doing setting there?
He wouldent be setting there for
nuthing. lets set down alongside of
him, sed Pubs.
WITCH we did, me saying. Hello. Joe.
watts you setting heer for? and Pubs
jest saying, Hello, Joe.
Wat are you doing to do. are
you going to set heer jest because I
am? sed Joe.
wy, do you own the steps? I sed
sourcastic, and Pubs sed. Watts the
matter, you don't own the steps, do
you?
No, ony sumtimes wen I set down
some place L awffen set there for 8
or four hours without getting up
SO / thawt I better warn you in case
you mite not feel like setting that
long, sed Joe.
o, that's all rite, I sed, and Pubs
sed, Don't mention it, And we kepp
on setting there a while, and all of
sudden Joe got up and started to
wawk away. saying, That's all the
longer I wunt to set there, you can
keep on setting there il you wunt
Wich we dident, jumping up and
starting to wawk with him, me say
ing, Ware you going now, Joe? and
Pubs saying. Are you going to set
some place elts, Joe?
I don't know yet sed Joe. And wen
we got up to the corner he sed o G,
L forgot sumthing. And he quick
termed GROUND and ran back agen
like lightning, and jest wen he got to
the house some lady opened the frunt
door and handed him 2 apples. and
he took them and kepp on running
me saying to Pubs. Gosh, that's wat
he was setting there for, he must of
ran a errand for her. and Pubs saying
to me, He must of.
Wicil he must Of
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