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frbm her pocket and threw it upon
the ground AT once it became the
magic crapet, and unrolied itself far
enough for all the cavaleade to Walk
upon. The chariot now advanced, and
the green carpet unrolled before IL,
crossing the gulf on a level with its;
banks, so that all passed over in safety.
That's easy enough" said the
Scarecrow. II wonder what will hap-
pen next?
He was not long in making the dis
covery for the sides of the mountain
came closer together until finally there
was but a narrow path between them,
along which Ozma and her party were
forced to pass in single file.
They now heard a low and deep
"thump, = thump.-thump,' which
echoed thruout the valley and seemed
to grow louder as they advanced.
saw before them a huge form, which
lowered above the path for more than
a hundred feet. The form was that of
a gigantic man built out of plates of
cast iron, and it stood with one foot
on either side of the narrow road and
swung over its right shoulder an inn
mense iron mallet with which it con-
stantly pounded the earth. These re-
sounding blows explained the thump-
| ing sounds that they had heard, for the
mallet was much bigger than a barrel.
| and where 1t struck the path between
the rocky sides of the mountain it
filled all the space thru which our
travellers would be obliged to pass.
| OF course they at once halted. a
safe distance away from the terrible
iron mallet The magic carpet would
do them no good in this case. for it
was only meant to protect them from
any dangers upon the ground beneath
their feet. and not from dangers that
appeared in the air above them.
Wow" said the Cowardly Lion.
with a shudder. "It makes me dread
fully nervous to see that big hammer
! pounding so near my head. One blow
wauld crush me into a door-nfat."
The iron giant is fine fellow"
said Tiktok. "and works as STEADILY
as a clock. He was made for the
Nome King by Smith & Thinker. who
made me. and his du-ty is to keep
folks from finding the underground
palace. Is he not a great work of
art?"
Can he think, and speak. as you
do?" asked Ozma, regarding the giant
| with wondering eyes.
| NO replied the machine; "he is
only made to pound the road, and
has no thinking or speaking attach
ment. But he pounds very well, l
think
TOO well" observed the Scarecrew.
He is keeping us from going farther.
Is there no way to stop his machin-
ery?"
key, can do that" answered Tiktok.
Then" said Dorothy, anxiously.
what shall we do?,'
| Excuse me for few minutes" said
the Scarecrow. land 1 will think II
over
He retired, then. to a position in the
rear. where he turned his painted face
to the roc4s and began to think.
| Copyrighted by l.. Frank Baum for the
George Matthew Adams service.)
1 Naxf xxaaI. shall haar of tho pIoo fha
Scarecrow evolved for getting by the Giant
with the Hammer, of the splendid way In
| which the Cowardly Lion oyercame his
fear, and of the accident which befelI the
Wooden Sawhorse.
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THE JOURNEY TO THE NOME
KINGS DOMAIN.

Having heard the story of Ozma of
OF from her old friends, the Scare
crow and the Tin woodman, Dorothy
related to them her own adventures,
and then went outwith her friends to
find the Sawhorse, which Ozma had
caused to be shod with plates of gold,
SO that its, legs would not wear out
They came upon the Sawhorse
standing motionless beside the gar
den gate, but when Dorothy was in
troduced to him he bowed politely and
blinked his eyes, which were knots of
wood, and wagged his tail. which was
only the branch of tree.
What a remarkable thing, to be
alive"' exclaimed Dorothy.
Il quite agree with you,'' replied
the Sawhorse, in a rough but not un-
pleasant voice. "A creature like me
has no business to live, as we all
know. But it was the magic powder
that did it, so L cannot justly be
blamed"
"Of course not" said Dorothy. And
you seem to be of some use, cause l
noticed the Scarecrow riding upon
your back
"Oh, yes; Pm of use," returned the
Sawhorse; land L never tire, never
nave " NC leu VI CdIGu lOT III any
way
Are you inteTgent?" asked the girl.
Not very" said the creature. 1T
would be foolish to waste Intelligence
on common Sawhorse, when SO many
professors need it. But know enough
to obey my masters, and to giddup, or
whoa, when I'm told to. So I'm pret-
ty well satisfied
That night Dorothy slept in pleas
ant little bedchamber next to that oc-
cupied by Ozma of OF, and Billina
perched upon the foot Of the bed and
tucked her head under ner wing and
slept as soundly in that position as
did Dorothy upon her soft cushions.
But before daybreak every one was
awake and stirring, and soon the ad-
Venturers were eating hasty break
fast in the great dining-room of the
palace. Ozma sat at the head of a
long table, on a raised platform, with
Dorothy on her right hand and the
Scarecrow on her left. The Scare
crow did not eat, of course; but Ozma
placed him near her so that she might
ask his advice about the journey while
she ate.
Lower down the table were the
twenty-seven warriors of OF, and at
the end of the room the Lion and the
Tiger were eating out of a kettle that
had been placed upon the floor, while
Billina fluttered around to pick up
any scraps that might be scattered
It did not take long to finish the
meal, and then the Lion and the Tiger
were harnessed to the cnariot and the
party was ready to start for the Nome
Kings Palace.
First rode Ozma. with Dorothy be
side her in the golden chariot and
holding Billina fast in her arms. Then
came the Scarecrow on the Sawhorse,
with the TIN Woodman and Tfk-tok
marching side by side just behind hffn.
After these tramped the Army look
ing brave and handsome in their
splendid uniforms. The generals COM
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SEEKING A SQUARE DEAL.

An organization of traffic associa-
tions and chambers of commerce has
been formed in the western and south
elimination in freight rates. AS an
example of conditions of which they
complain they cite that:
The people of Jackson, Tenn, eat
potatoes. They buy great many po-
tatoes from Chicago.
They pay a freight rate of 40 cents
a hundred to get q car of potatoes
hauled from Chicago, Il distance of
Ar miles.
But the railroads will haul that car
of potatoes right thru Jackson and on
miles. for a freight rate of only as
cents a hundred from Chicago less
| rate for twice the distance.
That makes the cost of living higher
in Jackson. even tho it is nearer the
| source of supply. The railroads arbi-
trarily levy a tax on every meal eaten
at Jackson, Tenn.
They set forth further that:
"A tax on tea started the Revolu-
| toes than drink tea. Yet potatoes is
only an example. The railroads have
been for years levying the same kind
of tax against the intermediate south
and the interior west on everything
the west and south have bought from
the north and east"
The west and the south. they de-
clare. have organized to fight this tax
to finish and urge that either this
tax on the south and west must be re-
moved. or else the same tax must be
levied on the interior east. The pro-
test closes as follows:
If the present rule is good, we in
Sist that it operate both ways.
We insist that Pittsburgh. Cincinnati
| Indianapolis and Columbus pay a
| higher freight rate on western wool
and canned salmon than New York
does
We insist that Philadelphia, Trenton
and Hartford pay a higher rate on
southern cotton than Boston does.
We insist that Omaha and Kansas
City pay a higher rate on southern
cane sugar than Chicago does.
We demand that the interstate COM
merce commission make the violation
/ of the long and short haul principle
! universal and apply with equal force
against the. east and the north.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-08
SANDRA THE JEALOUS
BY JANE PHELPS

reminder that roses were her favorite
flower.
Finally I put back the till. and
! locked the trunk. AS 1 rose from my
knees before the trunk, my filmy neg
! ligee was swept against the flame OF
the candle by the draught. and in a
moment l felt the hot flame against
my skin. l screamed wildly, and ran
down the stairs-rather>Ct tumbled
down, as I have no recollection of
touching the steps
Fortunately, Mrs. Gray had heard
my first scream and had run into the
hall. She grabbed a rug from the
floor and wrapped me in it,, making
me roll over and over until the flames
were smothered, and at the same time
calling loudly to arouse James and
Thomas.
Get a doctor, quick," she told
James. while Thomas sped up the mar
row stairs with fire extinguisher we
always kept in, the hall. Fortunately
he was able to put out the fire with
little trouble. The charred piles of let
, ters had been so tightly bound togeth-
er they did not burn readily; and as
good luck would have it. there was
nothing else infIammable near the
trunk.
All this | knew afterward. Before
the doctor came / had tainted.
When 1 came to l was in my own
bed, the doctor and Everett bending
over me. AS 1 turned my head l saw
the wilted roses on the floor where l
had dropped them when I went to the
attic.
(To be continued.)
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am young
man and 1 am in love with two girls.
One is a pearl of a girl, kind and
sweet all the time. while the other gets
angry easily and is very tempera-
mental. The first one is slim. while
the other one is inclined to be fat.
I have got to decide between the
two, because they are both jealous
of each other. l am not sure of the
love of the first one, but the second
one has told me many times that she
likes me-,
Should 1 continue to go with both
of them2 SkINNEf.
If a young man wants his love af-
fairs to run smoothly, he should be
careful TO have the objects of his af-
fection geographically separated. /
should think you could continue to
go with both of the girls r. you are
tactful and refrain from talking of
one while in the presence of the other
If you decide to make a choice. I
cannot advise you. You alone can tell
which one means more to you.
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to write. anyway; he said the officer
had probably asked the same thing of
a dozen girls"
T And Dolly is?" Constance was sur
prised at the calmness of the mans
tone.
MY sister. Ralph is her husband" !"
Constance's gaze stin rested on the
stone arch. She hadn't met the eyes
of the man since she started her re-
cital. why couldn't fate have willed
it that 1 should have given him the
ring?" she. was thinking rebelliously,
when the man broke the silence with
a laugh.
so the ministering angel was a
married womani But it wasn't a mar
ried woman who occupied my thoughts
during the dreary, anxious hours Over
There 1t was the Girl 1 thought her
to be-the owner of this ring. You
see, your sister was neither. Fate
ba1led things up, somehow" The man
made an Intellectual tug at his little
finger Anyhow" he said, II can't
return the ring to you now. 1t was
much too tight when 1 put it on, and
have known for some time that it
would have to be filed off. If you'll
tell me where 1 can find you"
You'll find me where most men
find the thing they are hunting are;
in the last place you'd ever think of
looking" interrupted Constance with a
smile of amusement-"right under
your nose; in your own office, Mr..
Darrow!'
Talk about luck!" exclaimed
Stephen Darrow.
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
peper. Syndicate.)
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hundred millions. One of the great
things that you notice in buying in
that great concern, is the uniform
courtesy and nestness and general in
telligence of the clerks. Marshall
Field believed that it never paid to dis
pute the claim OF a customer.
/ watched a man as he stepped up
to buy an article in a store the other
day. THE clerk was snappy and inde-
pendent and took the attitude that the
prospective buyer had no right to ask
questions about the thing desired.
The gentleman did not buy-but
walked away without saying a word
No concern. or helper in concern,
ever gets so great or important that
courtesy will not pay them.
t If you run a storg in which you have
clerks, you cannot be too particular
about who you employ. And if you
are a clerk, you cannot be too ef-
ficient. The better you are. the less
time you have to serve as a clerki
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In Colorado, says the Denver Times,
there is an overwhelming sentiment
against the coal strike. Industrial
harmony has prevailed in the coal
fields and the employees acknowledge
no grievance, fancied or real. They
are protesting bitterly against the
strike. with actual suffering. over fic-
titious complaints and false issues. It
is a fact hardly debatable. it declares,
that were it not for fear of union dis
cipline or personal injury and the
dread of the word ''scab." a majoritq
of the men would repudiate their
leaders.
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"BETTER NOT TRY"
Too many people give voice to this cry:
You'd better not try, you'd better not
try"
Whatever lit is that youth ventures to do
They frighten him off with their old
bugaboo:
There are dangers ahead; you may fall
down and die
The thing is too risky. You'd better not
tryi'
These people comprise a most curious clan.
They're forever foreboding great evil to
man.
Let some one propose an adventure that's
new.
Or change in the method, or big thing
to, do.
They'll hold up their hands and then say
with a sigh,
" 'Twould be fine II It worked, but you'd
better not Try"
They're the gloom OF the neigbborhood,
city state,
They're frightened by failure and fearful
of fate,
They Kill an ambition, like water on fire,
They quench the red blaze of an eager
As they shake their wise heads and they
doubtfully cry:
Perhaps you would win, but you'd better
not try"
What fearful existence 1t really must
be-
Nothing but failure and danger to seel
Never to venture except where it's sure.
Never to know what your strength can
endure;
To long for thrill as the days travel by
Yet always to feel that you'd better not try.
Copyright 1913 by Edgar A. Guest)
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@Aw. cut it out YIN tired OF hear-
ing about the kaiser"
whats the idea of sitting in the
barn here all by yourself?"
Well answered Farmer Corn
tossel. IF the summer boarders aren't
playin' jazz on the phonogra ph they're
quarrefin over the league of nations.
so I'm linGerin' out here with the cat
tie and restin' my mind"
Cant you assume a little more
pleasing expression of countenance? %
asked the photogra pher
Yves. sir hesitatingly answered
the sitter. Wait a minute and I'll
take off these new shoes" y
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How can the coal miners expect to
command public support and insist
upon the right of collective bargain
ms" when they Cishonestly refuse to
stand by bargain? How can there
be collective bargaining without col
lective responsibility? How can la
Dor leaders expect TO have ~t''c mass
of public opinion behind them in de-
manding arbitration. when there are
examples all around of Iaborers refus-
ing to accept the awards of arbitra-
ton? Governor Harding of Iowa is
reported as saying in an interview at
Pittsburg Il the coal operators
should have been held equally re-
sponsible with the miners for the ex-
listing situation by the government
But nobody is charging the operators
with violation of their contract.
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kut ka-daw-kutt! Kut, kut, kut-ka-
daw-kut."
\"What is she doing-singing her
laS?" asked the Scarecrow.
"For-wardA-march shouted the
Tin Woodnan, waving his axe, and
the procession started just as Dorothy
had once more grabbed Billina in her
arms.
Isn't anyone going to get my egg ?''
cried the hen, in great excitement.
I'll get it." said the Scarecrow;
and at his command the Sawhorse
pranced into the bushes. The straw
man soon found the egg, which he
placed in his jacket pocket. The cav
alcade, having moved rapidly on, was
even then far in advance; but it did
not take the Sawhorse long to catch
up with it, and presently the Scare
! crow was riding in his accustomed
place behind Ozma's chariot.
What shall 1 do with the egg2' he
asked Dorothy.
! "I do not know the girl answered.
Perhaps the Hungry Tiger would
like it,
ut would not be enough to fill one
of my back teeth,' remarked the
Tiger. "a bushel of them, hard
! boiled. might take a little of the edge
off my appetite; but one egg isn't good
| for anything at all, that know Of"
mo; it wouldn't even make a>sponge
| cake" \Said the ScarecrOw, Thought
fully The Tin Woodman might car
| ry it with his axe ar1 hatch it; but
after all 1 may as we'll keep it myself
as souvenir So he left it in his
pocket.
They had now reached that part oi
the valley that lay between the two
high mountains which Dorothy had
seen from her tower window. At
far end was the third great mountain
which blocked the valley and was the
northern edge of the Land of Ev. II
was underneath this mountain that
the Nome Kings palace was said to
be: but 1T would be some time before
they reached that place.
The path was becoming rocky and
difficult for the wheels of the chariot
to pass over. and presently a deer
gulf appeared at their feet which was
! too wide for them to leap. So Ozma
! took a small square of green cloth
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Ctru-ad Dr,,ncS

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes
Rolled Oats Top MIX
Toast or Mullins
Cocoa
LUNCHEON.
= Pearl Barley Soup with Cabbage
Toast Strips
Date and Apple Salad
Chocolate Bread Pudding Tea
DINNER.
Goldfish and Potato Omelet
Boiled Turnips Lettuce Salad
Nut Bread and Butter
Apple, Trifle
Sweets.
I White Cookies-Two eggs, one and
one-half cups sugar, ~one-half cup
shortening, one-half cup sour milk
or butternilk, one teaspoon soda, one
teaspoon baking powder. little salt.
Thicker with flour. Roll out as soft
as you can handle.
Date Pudding-One cup beef suet.
chopped fine, one cup sour milk. one
cup brown sugar, one egg, well beaten.
Mix all together, into this fold zone
cup white flour and one cup graham
fiour which have been sifted with
one and ope-haIf teaspoons soda. Into
this stir one and one-haif cups dates
cut in small pieces. Add also one cup
chopped walnut meats and little salt
Steam three hours.
Flour nuts and dates with a little
of the measured flour before stirring
them into the pudding.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-08
The Park Ave. News.

Weather. Proberly.
Bizniss Notes. Sid Hunt went in
the manufa ctaring bizniss last week,
starting to make dog kennels out of
soap boxes down in his celler, having g
one almost made now, but saying he
amt going to finish it till he gets a
order for it.
Sissiety. Miss Mary Watkins was
taking her horseback riding lessin on
a pony last Wensday wen all of a sud
den the pony stood still and wouldent
go either direction, and after setting
there IN vane for about 20 minnits
Miss Watkins calmly got off in a dig
nified manner and went home.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
o see the bewtifilI cullers
In the rainbow in the sky.
But would you wunt~ to be cullered
like that?
OF corse not. Neither would I.
Intristing Facts About Intristing
People. Lew Davis says a fair tx
change is no robbery and he would
give a stummick axe for a hunk of
mints pie eny day.
Musical Notes. Puds Simkins drop
ped a screw driver in the piano ap-
parintIy by axsident, and now he cant
practice eny more till the man comes
to get it out agen.
Lost and Found.-Found. part
of a packidge of unused sticking plas-
ter half pink and half black. Owner
can have it by paying reward to Sam
Cross.
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writ,
Men and Women and Love-1.

1 have received a letter from a
woman who frankly admits that she
possesses a model husband, according
to all the rules and specifications laid
down for judging these rare animals.
She says thai he is moral. and sober,
and industrious and kind. a good pro-
wider; sweet tempered and amiable,
and easy to get along with.
Nevertheless the lady finds matri-
mony dust and ashes in her teeth, and
has decided that she is mismafed be-
cause her married life has no thrills
in it. Her complaint against her hus-
band is that he takes their mutual
love and happiness for granted. He
does his part of the work of making
a happy home, and he expects her to
do her share, and he thinks, in his
artless, masculine way, that that Is all
there is to it, and that his wife should
be contented and satisfied as he is.
OF course from any logical stand
point the man is right, and any woman
who has good kind husband, and a
good comfortable home deserves to be
shaken until her teeth rattle for not
appreciating her blessings. but, alas,
women and logic have seldom even a
bowling acquaintance. and because a
woman has no right to be miserable
0OSSA ROOp AACA IL OAAA OGAh6 81 0liC
is q poor creature, and without enter
prise, who cannot go out any fine day
and borrow enough trouble to keep
her tear ducts going when she hasn t
any legitimate grief of her own.
Now the sorrow that leads all other
sorrows in the feminine procession of
woes is the fear of losing a husbands S
love. or the obsession that it has al
ready been lost, or the belief of a
woman that she has missed her soul
mate. To hear the means that women
emit on this subject you would think
that every man was a faithless rover,
and every woman was nursing a
broken heart, and hiding a secret sor-
row.
All of which is rank nonsense. The
average stout, bald-headed, middle
aged man is every whit as faithful to
his Maria as she is to him, and is just
as little inclined to roam away from
his hearthstone. When he sits up of
an evening with a far away expression
in his eyes. he is not thinking of the
lure of Vamps. but OF how he can
make a turn in stocks so as to get
Mother the car she has set her heart
on. or raise the money for the boys
college expenses. More than that, he
still thinks his Maria the paragon of
her sex. and brags to his friends of her
cooking, and her thrift. and the swath
she cuts in society and the women's
clubs.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-08
A TALK TO CLERK S.

A clerk in an office or store is really
something more than mere clerk
he or she is a medium thru which
the ideals of the concern flow.
Thousands of dollars have been lost
in an instant by the smallest dis
courtesy on the part of a clerk! And
just many thousands have been
made in that time by attention, pleas
antneSs and tact.
Here are a few things that make
people glad when they come to buy
Courtesy stands first. Then cheerful
ness. Then tact and general intelli-
gence. OF course! one takes for
granted that a clerk has mastered the
necessary knowledge that is required
in the position.
Marshall Field who founded and
built the greatest retail store in the
world, was once a clerk! When he
died, he left a fortune OF over two