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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly infu-
enced by constitutional conditions. HALL s
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
IL In taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
ID Composed of some of the best tonics
know combined with some OF the best
~ :. purifiers. The perfect combina tion
~ TIA. Ingredients in HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE Is what produces such won
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
II. ]. Cheney & Co.. Props, Toledo, O.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
An Easy Promise.

John" said the wife, tenderly.
promise me that If should be taken
away you will never marry Nancy
TarbOx."
Certainly. Maria" replied the huS-
hand reaSSuringly. II can promise you
that. She refused me three times
when was much handsomer man
thar am now"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
Just Beuinnino.

Mrs. Finebred-"Is yours an old
family, Mr.. Newpop?" Mr.. NewpOp-
"Mercy, mol We've been married only
year."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

"Love Is not love which alteration
finds" The Interchangeable Is Love.
and Love Is the Interchangeable, fc'
God is Love
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
quite Unlike.

THAT fellow Beaten is n sponge"
Don't libel useful article. You
couldn't get anything back from Beat
EN- by squeezing him."-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

town man complains of rain, a
farmer ~ dry weather.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
WOMAN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Winona, MINI. -" suffered for more
than year from nervousness. and was
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
What is Castoria

The 6eginn NC of Economy.
HuSband-We'll have to economlzo
dear.
Wife-WCll. let's smoke less.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

In the solitude Of country life arc
rhe solid things Of life.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

Few persons care for the truth at
the expense of being annoyed by II.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
Vain kscapo

IL am not rich enough 10 give yuu
Il large contribution to this cause"
"That is poor eXoGse."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

The greatest business in the wnrlC
is 10 help the world TO do better.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
PaIpabiy False.

Paw, here's a new puzzle heered
in town." stated COonrod. eldest son OF
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "A
farmer said he had thirty dogs and
killed 'em all in five days. killinS an
odd number each llay. What's the an
swer?"
1.-THE farmer lied; that's ALL re
turned his sire.
"Ah. how do you know? Somebody
must have told you"
~ don't need TO be told. No farmer
that ever l knowed, If he had any
sense, would kill any dogs a-tall, any
time. "-Kansas City Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

The woman who fails to say "be
cause" has some other excuse.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

Platonic love is sort of prologue
10 the real thing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

Study adorns all stations.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22
ftlI LUtED yhls Clara sn.--..-I4VaAL
SUNDAYSC[IOOL
LESSON

By REV. p. B. FlTzwATER. ID. D.,
Teacher Of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago.D
Copyright. 1919 by Western Newspaper t'n'on.l
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

The deadly parallel is too much for
the average love letter.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

No man would listen To you talk If
he didn't know 1t was his turn next.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

Slender Returns.
"Did you raise anything ON your
promise 10 pay?"
ooh. yes; ! raised smile"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08

BY the time this feat had been ac-
complished it began to grow dark, ana
Tip remembered he must milk the cow
and feed the pigs. So he picked up
his wooden man and carried 1t back TO
the house with him.
During the evening, by the light OF
the fire in the kitchen, Tip carefully
rounded all the edges of the joints
and ssmoothed the rough places in a
neat and workmanIike manner. Then
he stood the figure up against the
wall and admired it. 1t seemed re-
markablyt tall, even for a full-grown
man. but that was a good point in
small boys eyes. and Tip did not OBJ
ject at all to the size of his creation.
Next morning, when he looked at
his work again, Tip saw he had for
gotten to rive the dummy a neck. by
| which he might fasten the pumpkin
head to the body. So he went again
| to the forest, which was not far away,
and chopped from a tree several pieces
! of wood with which to complete his
work. When he returned he fastened
a cross-piece to the upper fend of the
| body. making a hole thru the center
| to hold upright the neck. The bit of
wood which formed this neck was also
sharpened at the upper end. and when
all was ready Tip put on the pumpkin
! head, pressing it well down onto the
neck, and found that it fitted very
we'll The head could be turned to
| one size OF the OlHeT, as ne pleaSeu,
and the hinges of the arms and legs
allowed him to place the dummy in
any position he desired.
| Now. that" declared Tip, proudly,
| lis really very fine man, and it
| ought TO frighten several screeches out
| of Old Mombi, But it would he much
more lifelike if it were properly
| dressed"
To find clothing seemed no easy
task; but Tip boldly ransacked the
great chest in which Mombi kept all
her keepsakes and treasures. and at
the very bottom he discovered some
purple trousers, a red shirt and pink
vest which was dotted with white
spots. These he carried away to his
man and succeeded, altho the garments
did not fit very well. in dressing the
creature in a jaunty fashion. Some
knit stockings belonging to Mombi and
| a much worn pair of his own shoes
l completed the mans apparel. and Tip
was so delighted that he danced up
and down and laughed aloud in boy
ish ecstacy.
.I must give him a namei" he cried.
$50 good a man as this must surely
have a name. I believe" he added.
after a moments thought. 81 will
name the fellow Jack Pumpkin
| headn"
Next Story: Mombi. who has just
secured from a wizard a magic pow
der which brings to life anything it
touches, tests this powder on the
pumpkin-headed man which Tip has
put in. the road to scare her. Jack
Pumpkinhead comes to life. but
Mombi cannot forgive Tip, SO brews
some magic connection which will
fturn him into a statue when he drinks
it But Tip is smart boy. and you
will see whether or not he ever takes
this potion
copyrighted by L. Frank Baum for the
George Matthew Adams Servicel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
TIP MANUFACTURES A PUMPKIN
| - HEAD.


e. HEAD.
In the country of the Gillikirs,
which is at the north of the Land of
OF, lived a youth called Tip. There
| was more to his name than that. for
| old Mombi often declared that his
whole name was Tippetarius, but no
one was expected say such a long
word when Tip" would do just as
/ well.
\ This boy remembered nothing of his
! parents, for he hal been brought
| when quite young to be reared by the
old woman known as Mombi, whose
reputation, I am sorry to say, was
none of the best. For the Gfllikin
people had reason to suspect her of
INDUCING in magical arts, and there
fore hesitated to associate with her.
Mombi was not exactly a witch,
because the good witch who ruled
| that part of the Land of Or had for
hidden any other witch to exist in her
| doninions. So Tips guardian, how
| ever much she might aspire 10 work
ing magic, realized 1t was unlawful
to be more than a sorceress, or at
most wizardess.
Tip was made to carry wood from
| the forest, that the old woman might
| boil her pot. He also worked in the
corn fields. hoeing and husking, and
| he fed the pigs and MIXED the four
horned cow that was Mombi's espe-
cial pride
But you must not suppose he
| worked all the time, for he felt that
would be bad for him. When sent to
the forest Tip often climbed trees for
birds eggs or amused himself chasing
the fleet white rabbits or fishing in
the brooks with bent pins. Then he
| would hastily gather his armful of
/ wood and carry it home. And when
! he was supposed. to be working in
the corn-fields, ana the tall stalks hid
him from Mombis view, Tip would
often dig in the gopher holes. or-if
the mood seized him-lie upon his
back between the rows of corn and
| take a nap. So, by taking care not to
exhaust his strength, he grew as
strong and rugged as a boy may be.
Mombi's curious magic often
| frightened her neighbors, and they
treated her shyly, yet respectfully
because of her weird powers But
Tip frankly hated her, and took no
pains to hide his feelings. Indeed, he
sometimes showed less respect for the
old woman than he should have done
considering she was his guardian.
There were pumpkins in Mombi's
corn-fields, lying golden red among
the rows or green stalks; and these
had been planted and carefully tended
that the four-horned COW might eat
of them in the winter time. But one
day. after the com had all been cut
and stacked, and Tip was carrying the
pumpkins to the stable. he took a
notion to make a Jack Lantern and
try to give the old woman a fright
with it.
So he selected fine, big pumpkin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
Assistant eff"
BY GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

Some people work splendidly thru
the aid of observation-disclosures do moth
ing at all, because they choose the
wrong assistants.
The most useless assistant on earth
is Mr.. Assistant IF! This is the way
Mr.. IF works:
1 know of a salesman who went out
to sell. He took along with him his
asssta nt-IF. And just about the
minute he seemed ready to close a
sale, his prospective buyer brought up
not knowing how to meet them--re-
piled: IF If. If"
In other words, this salesman turned
to his assistant. Mr.. IF, and Mr.. IF
was there in all his glory-and his
glory lost the sale
earth. To the uneducated man he
says. IF you had had better advan-
tages, you would have been a big
success"
: To the man with ideas. but lacking
push and character, he says: IF you
only had the money. you would be
able to put the thing thru And to
the man with money, but without the
brains or initiative. he says: You
would be a world builder. if"
Many a man owes his success to the
fact that he was literally "kicked OUT
into cold cruel, world, with nobody
to encourage him and to spur him on
but his SOMEBODY inside his heart
and soul.
The only worthwhile assistants are
those of Faith. Courage. Indomitable
VIII. Actuated Vision. If you get this
little Mr.. IF working. within you. 1t
always means trouble.
So that the only safe and sane pro-
cedure< Is to choose those assistants
whose thoughts and hearts beat ac-
curatelys with yours. If Mr.. IF wants
to work for you, tell him that you
don't need him-and that even If you
thought you might need him. you
would not have him. anyway!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
The Park Ave. News.

The Park Ave. News.
Weather and Joak. Cool in spots.
Then why not put more clothes on
those spots?
Big Skandil in Skool. Sam Cross
had to stay hours after skool and
eileen off all the blackbords last
Thersday because he told Miss Kitty
he was late on account of his mother
being sick in bed with 2 doctors, and a
little later who walked in to see Miss
Kitty but Mrs. Cross, looking helthy
as enything. Sam Cross saying as a
Excuse that it wasent a lie because he
dident Expect Miss Kitty would bleeve
it.
Spoarts Leroy Shooster bet Benny
Potts sents last Satidday that there
wont ever be another war. proberly
not thinking that 1t would take SO long
for him to win that even IL he does
he will be too ded to get eny injoy-
ment out of the sents.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Artie Alexander has jest bin
presented with a red bath robe with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
IMPORTATION FOR ALL READERS OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL.

Each reader Of The state Journal Is Of
fered the infinite gUae OF the largest In
formation bureau in the world.
This Service Bureau IL located in The ma
touch with all the great resources of the
United States government.
1t can answer practically any question
you want to ask, butt cannot give adj
vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war forced so many changes IN
the daily life Of the American people that
the services of this Information bureaE will
be Invaluable to ali who use it.
Keep in touch with your government
at all times 1t can help you in thou
sand ways il your wants are only made
known.
The State journal pays for this splendid
service IN order that every one OF its read
ers may take free advantage OF 1t. You are
weirome 10 use 1t is often as you like.
Write your reques: briefly: sign your
name and address plainly. enclose n scent
stamp for return postage and address the
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL INFORMA-
TlON BUREAU.
ton, u. T..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08

than the brown pig does when 1 pull
her tail, and SILVER with fright worse
than / did last year when 1 had the
ague!"
He had plenty of time to accomplish
this task, for Mombi had gone to a
village-to buy groceries, she said
and it was a journey of at least two
days.
So he took his axe to the forest, and
selected some stout, straight saplings,
which he cut down and trimmed of all
their twigs and leaves. From these he
would make the arms. and legs, and
feet of his man. For the body he
stripped a sheet of thick bark from
! around a big tree, and with much Ia
Dor fashioned it into a cylinder of
about the right size. pinning the edges
together with wooden pegs. Then.
wh;stling happily as he worked. he
carefully jointed the limbs and fasten-
ed them to the body with pegs whitfield
into shape with his knife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
MY HUSBAND AND |
soon. 1. shall be looking for a letter
every day now until 1 receive it.
Very sincerely"
BY JANE PHELPS

soon. 1. shall be looking for a letter
every day now until receive it.
Very sincerely" =
NEIL FORBES"
My first man letter. Yet no one
could call 1t a love letter, 1 thought
as pressed it TO my lips after reading
it. How could he make fun about my
getting married? That hurt Just as
IL 1 would think of marrying one of
the village boys, now-after meeting
him.
l was delighted that he proposed
sending me books he was reading 1t
would seem like being together to talk
of them in our letters. But what de-
lighted me most was that l was to
have his picture. l had tried to get
up my courage to ask for it before he
left, but couldn't. Now I was glad I
had not, it was so nice to have him
offer it of himself.
OF course would go and sit with
his aunt. / had done so frequently
since he left and we had spent the
entire time talking of him. Mrs. Car.
ter had told me a.. she knew of his
boyhoOd, of his people. 1t wasn't
much. as they had lived so far apart.
and her brothers wife and she had
not been very congenial. But it was
all wonderfully interesting to me.
/ said to myself that / would wait
just as long as Neil had before 1 an
swered his letter. Two whole weeks
But ! couldn't! I figured that the
longer 1 waited to reply to his letter.
the longer it would be before received
another. So at the end of a week I
sent my answer.
L spent many hours. and destroyed
several sheets of paper before I was
satisfied with what ] had written.
Even then realized it was very in
adequate as far as either expressing
my feelings, or in interest. But it was
the best 1 could do.
1 had told him how I missed him,
but tried not to let him see too plainly
how much. / had thanked him in adj
vance for the picture and the books.
1t was a very ordinary letter from one
friend to another. / wanted awfully
to sign it with love" but restrained
the impulse and simply said: your
friend, Bah"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08

Still another wonder in the story of
American progress is the rapid growth
in the expectation of manufactures of
artificial silk. which grew from less
than n half million dollars in 1916 to
over 100000 in 1918. and included
in the year just ended more than
100000 pairs of stockings made
from artificial silk produced from
wood pulp and turned into artificial
silk fiber in factories in Pennsylvania
and Virginia. Artificial silk is manu-
featured from cellulose produced from
wood pulp thru the action of certain
chemicals by which the wood pulp is
turned into a substitute almost exact
ly identical with that carried in the
body of the silk worm from which he
spins his cocoon which man transforms
into silk threads. This artificial cell
1ulose, is turned into silk threads by
being pressed thru minute openings in
metal plates, falling into a liquid
which solidifies the thread. While
the textiles thus made from the arti-
ficial fiber are not yet fully equal to
those produced from the natural silk,
the growing use OF the artificial prod
uet is illustrated by the fact that our
imports of artificial silk, chiefly in the
form of yarns or threads, have
amounted to S3O,OOO,OOO in the last
decade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
NOT ALL IN VICTORY.

Better never the wreath of fame
And never touch of glory,
And never prize, that hint of shame
Should blemisii the victors story.
For the purple robes that brute has won
Don't cover the stains beneath them.
And the sinful things mems swords have
done
Remain when their masters sheath them.
The lie that is spoken for qlory's sake
1s the lie that taunts and stings you,
And many night your heart shall ache,
Tho fortune and fame IL brings you.
And he that conquers alone by might
May come to the masters Jewel
But never again shall his soul be white
For his deeds have stamped him cruel
Oh, the goal and the fame and the golden
prize
Must honor the man who gains them.
But over and over the shame shall rise
IL ever a blemish stains them.
And he that has stepped from the path OF
Played false for his proud successes-
Heinafns unworthy and base. despite
The medals that he possesses.
Better never the wreath of fame
And never a touch of glory
And never the goal. than q hint of shame
:. should blemish the yietor's story
For a liars Hars whatever he gains:
And lie that for fame has cheated
To the end of his life n cheat remafns
Tho high on throne he's seated
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08

one with a lustrous, orange-red color
and began carving it. With the
point of his knife he made two round
eyes, a three-cornered nose and
mouth shaped like a new moon. The
face, when completed. could not have
been considered strictly beautiful; but
il wore smile so big and broad, and
was so jolly in expression, that even
Tip laughed as he looked admiringly
at his work.
The child had no playmates. so he
did not know that boys often dig out
the inside of a "pumpkinjack." and
in the space thus made put lighted
candle to render the face more start
lirg; but he conceived an idea of his
own that promised to be quite as ef-
fective. He decided to manufa cture
the form of a man, who would wear
this pumpkin head, and to stand it
in a place where old Mombi would
meet it face to face.
And then" said Tip to himself,
with a laugh, She'll sQueal louder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08

Do you think it would stop the hotel
at Topeka?
Suppose somebody some day should
bring a suit against the State Journal
or ask for a receiver for it? Do you
think it would stop the State Journal
prevent the issuance of a single num-
Der, or in any way impair its credit
among the people who knew the State
Journal was in good standing, finan-
cial and otherwise? Anybody might
ask for a receiver. If any one got a
North American hotel he would have
to put up million dollar bond, or
Whereabouts. Would Trap or Robert
Stone do it?
Suits are being brought against the
proprietor of this paper, every once
in while or oftener. One suit has
been brought by the Crawford Grand
Opera house for, 5000, which is set
for trial next Monday. Another suit
| has been brought against the State
Journal for $4,000, fostered by the
official organ of the Trade Unions of
Topeka. This case is set for Tuesday
of next week, and the labor unions of
| the city have been asked to make a
holiday of that day and to subscribe,
every member of every labor union
in the city was asked by their official
paper to put up to a fund to help
a lawyer named Arlington prosecute
the case.
This suit was brought on account
! of a 20O-word article, printed on the
| inside of the paper. and referred to a
barber who was charged by the lib
! erty loan workers to be "a Stacker.
, This barber was unknown to us but
he was represented as a Stacker by
workers in the fourth liberty loan
drive, of which J. r. Burrow was
chairman This barber wants $4,000
for that 200 word article which did
! not name him and which Mr.. Mac
Lehman did know referred to him.
That's a pretty high price for an ar
ticle.
Colonel Roosevelt, they say, used to
get $1.00 a word for some of his writ
ings William Allen White used to get
| 10 cents a word. Now he gets more.
The State Journal here prints an ar
ticle' which this skilled, high priced
barber says is worth, to him, 500 a
word. Behold the expense of trying
to conduct a good newspaper in good
town. and at the same time to help
liberty loan drives and ard in getting a
| hotel here,
F. P NJ.
/ P. S.
The other day a subpoena was is.
sued to Mr.. MacLennan to bring the
files into court of this paper for 1916
1917 and 1e1s-a dray load. =
This afternoon at o'clock comes
another subpoena in the Crawford
Grand Opera house case saying:
Frank p. MacLennan, bring with yol
into court the Noon. Home and POSTSCRIPT
editions of the Topeka State Journal fo
April II, 1916; also Home editions of sait
paper for April u and II. 1916. and TO
| May 81. 1916: also the Home edition o
said paper for February s. Is and "a
1919: also Home edition for March ; ant
3. 1919; also bring the books kept by tn
Topeka State Journal showing the circula
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-08
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K MoULroN

A New York man was arrested for
assault and was charged with break
ing a chair over his wife's head. ut
was an accident" he said. What :?
Didn't you intend to hit herr" asked
the Judge yes" replied the prisoner.
II intended to hit her. but 1 didn't in
tend to break the chair"
An excited person who wants to
manufacture homemade intoxicants
writes in to ask US the quickest way
to make cider hard. The quickest
way we know of is to set it out on
the window sill and let it freeze.