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The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Less Wheat for
1920
Reduction in Acreage Il
Advocated

A reduction in winter wheat acreage
from that of last year, and to pre-
war five-year average is advocated
for farmers by the United States de-
partment of agriculture in a bulletin
recently issued. 1t recommends that
an acreage of 100000 bushels win
ter wheat be seeded for the 1920 crop
and that next spring 100000 bushels
of spring wheat be seeded. Under nor
NAL conditions this would give a wheat
crop of S30,O0O,000 bushels. It would
be enough for normal consumption. and
give an exportable surplus of 200.000,-
600 bushels. A rye acreage of $780,
600 to 100000 bushels is advocated.
A crop of 75,O00000 bushels would give
100000 bushels for consumption and
25,000,000 bushels for export.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by Or. Kilmer's swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi.
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and star
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test thil
great preparation send ten cents to DR.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for 1
sample bottle. When writing be sure anC
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
W. N. u, Salt Lake City, No. 43--1s19.
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

Il isn't age, it's careless living that
buts men ''down and out" Keep your
internal organs in good condition and
you will always be physically fit.
The kidneys are the most over
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid ac-
cumulates and crystallizes look out!
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
the delicate urinary channels causing
cxcruciating pain and set up irrita-
tions which may cause premature de-
generation and often do turn into
deadly Bright's Disease.
One of the first warnings of slug
gish kidney action is pain or stiffness
in the small of the back, loss of appe-
tite, Indigestion or rheumatism.
Do not wait until the danger is upon
you. At the first indication of trouble
60 after the cause at once. Get trial
box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules, imported direct from the
laboratories in Holland. They will give
almost immediate relief. If for any
cause they should not, your money VIII
be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. None other is genuine. In
sealed boxes, three sizes. ADV.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
uncompIimentary.

At one of the famous Lambs Club
gambols, a young and aspiring actor
appeared on the program in an imita-
ton of Nat Goodwin.
Goodwin himself was present at the
performance After the gamhol was
over the young actor, much to his de-
light, succeeded in getting himself in
troduced TO Nat.
"Were you present at the preform-
ance tonight, Mr.. Goodwin" he asked.
Eyes" was the answer. Il was
there"
"And did you see my imitation Of
you, Mr.. Goodwin" continued the
young man. II
"Yes, l saw it," came the reply. =
"And," persisted the aspiring
youth, may ask you to give me your
verdict on the excellence and fidelity
of my art as disclosed in the imper-
sonation of yourself?"
WELL" said Mr.. Goodwin. zone of
us is rotten. .'-Everybody's Magazine.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
India Leads in Cattle
Production With America
Ranking Close Second

Contrary to popular opinion. the
United States is not the worlds great
est cattle country, says the New York
Tines. India has 1OOOO0OO0 more than
America, though this country is sec,
ond. and there are 90 countries tina,
have more than two million each.
In the last SO years Guernseys led by
far all other breeds in nambers of
purebred cattle imported into this
country, and of the five breeds leading
the importations four were distinctly
dairy types.
More than $3.50 Guernsey cattle
we're imported: Jerseys ranked second
in number, with Durhams, including
Shorthorns, third; Holsteins fourth,
and Ayrshires fifth. The volume Of
purebred cattle importations has been
extremely variable.
These facts are brought out in a
recent publication of the department
of agriculture, which shows the trend
of the industry in this country and ITS
relation to the world trend.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
victor's Flag Is Always .
Placed at Top OF MaSt'

Originally the practice Of holstlns hoist ~
Vt oa's 81 nnbIic buildings only part OF
ths tasT woT oT up the fagpoles was military ,r,
the the way Ever since flags were used in war 7,
one, o. hoi EIea heen the custom to have the the
It IT. nas nf the I,eI superior or conquering ma
, nag ot ohore S that of the inferior or van. van,
ton ,ahnS aSp's when an army found itselI ssI
hopeIessly beaten it n, nau,g" ,.,c+ors, ~, flag
down far enough for the e, y SiC,U came mole.
TO be placed above it on 1,s the Sf'sr 81 submis.
This was a token, not oniy y,,,a ., manner
sion, bat of respect. IN I,os ske s.gs Is were
when famous soldier ,!ta dlea ,.aso rasnect to
lowered not only to indicate tspt ptsbe'f be had
nis memory, but to show tha[ oon"ueror mT sr
Of oSt all~death, for which s flag space va
~ - at the top of the sfair'
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
RUSSIANS HIT BY FAMINES
Shortages of Food Date From 1900
100000 Persons Reduced to Star
walton in Famine of 1911.

Next to the proletariat of India and
China, the Russian peasant feels the
pinch of poverty and hunger more
keenly and more frequently than any
other, says the National Geographic
Society. One of the earliest Russian
famines on record was that of 1900,
with death toll of 100000 peasants.
Cats, dogs and rats were eaten, and
even the strong overcame the weak.
Human flesh was sold in the markets.
Three Russian famines of recent
date We're among the most severe in
history-in 1891, 1906 and 1911. Dur
ing the ten years following the first
of these, the government allotted
nearly S125,000,000 for relief, but the
sums were not always judiciously ex-
pended. In 1906 the government gave
40 pounds of -four month to all per-
sons under eighteen years old and over
fifty-nine. Those between these ages
received no allowance, and the older
and younger shared their pittance
with the others.
The famine of 1911 extended over
one-third the area of Europe and af-
fected 30,000,000 persons, while g.
100000 We're reduced to starvation.
Weeds, the bark of trees and bitter
bread made of aeorns, constituted
the chief diet.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Ne,. nle4~saQ
CURFEW

Solemnly, mournfully.
Dealing its dole,
The Curfew Bell
Is beginning to toll.
Cover the embers.
And put out the light;
Toll comes with the morning.
And rest with the night.
Dark grow the windows,
And quenched is the fire;
Sound fades into silence
All footsteps retire.
No voice in the chambers.
No sound in the halli
Sleep and oblivion
Reign over all!
The book is completed,
And closed, like the day;
And the hand that has written It
Lays it away.
Dim grow its fancies;
Forgotten they lie;
Like coal in the ashes,
They darken and die.
Song sinks into silence,
The story is told;
The windows are darkened,
The hearthstone is cold.
Darker and darker
The black shadows fall:
Sleep and oblivion
Reign over ALL
-Longfellow.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Cream Of pea Soup.

Put through a colander a pint of
cooked green peas, add quart OF
milk, bay leaf, and teaspoonful of
onion juice. Melt two tablespoonfuls
of butter, add two tablespoonfuls of
flour and when well cooked add to the
first mixture Remove the bay leaf,
season and serve.
Any vegetables from carrots to tur-
nips may be served in a cream soup.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24

Vegetable Compound cured me SO did
III need the operation, and am telling
III III NV friends about it"-Mrs. A. w.
BNzER, Black River Falls, Wis.
II is lust such experiences as that OF
Mrs Binzer that has made this famous
root and herb remedy o household word
from ocean to ocean. ANY woman who
suffers from Inflammation, liberation,
displacements, backache, nervousness,
;rregularities or "the blues" should
not rest until she has given it trial,
and for special advice write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Cream Of tomato soup.

Many housewives put up tomatoes
especially for soup, straining them to
remove the seeds. In a saucepan rneit
three tablespoonfuls of butter, add
three and one-half tablespoonfuls of
-four, stir and blend, then add two cup
fuls of strained tomatoes, fourth Of
a teaspoonful of soda, teaspoonful of
salt, one teaspoonful of chopped onion.
Cook five minutes and then add one
and one-half cupfuls of hot milk.
Serve hot with toasted bread.
Whipped cream adds greatly to the
soup, using a spoonful on top of each
cupful as served.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Potato Scum.

Cook three potatoes until soft. Scald
a pint of milk with two slices Of onion
in double boiler. Beat the potatoes
with wire masher, add the hot milk.
Cook together one tablespoonful of
-four, teaspoonful of salt, few
dashes of white pepper, celery, salt and
tablespoonful of butter: add TO the
milk and potatoes and garnish with
two teaspoonfuls of chopped parsley
iust before serving.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
United States Total War
Casualties Reach 322,l82

The cost of the war to the United
States in man power is now estimated
oficialIy as 11G,492 dead and 2O5'69o
wounded. total of 322, ,l82. These
ecrres include losses to army and ma
rira rnits on all fronts to September
' EilIed in action totaled 35,5S5, or
- nor cent of the entire list; died OF
I,,onnds - md 14742; died of disease, 5S,-
o79 died of accidents ard other caus, 5,
u.' . zoo 1 Under the head of missing
81, tso announcement records zero with
tho notation call corrected"
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
OF GENERAL INTEREST

Attachments have been pat
ented that permit the use of anti
skid chains on automobiles u.s.
ing disk wheels.
Most of the women in japan
smoke, the girls beginning the
practice when they are about ten
years of age.
France is making extensive use
of portable power plants up to
90 horsepower that use crude
oil for fuel.
A tray which can be clamped
to the bottom of a sirup jar to
catch its dripping is a household
novelty.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
ASPIRIN FOR HEADACHE

Insist on "Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin"
In "Bayer package" containing prop
er directions for Headache, Colds,
Pain, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheu-
matism. Name "Bayer" means genuine
Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
nineteen years. Handy tin toxes of IL
tablets cost few cents. Aspirin is trade
mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mono
aceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-Adv.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
BREAKS YOUR COLD IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
APape's Cold Compound" instantly re
sieses stuffiness and
distress
II Over 30 Years,

Don't stay stuffed-upi Quit blowing
and snuf1ingl A dose of EPape's Colo
compound" taken every two hours 'ln-
III three doses are taken usually breaks
up a severe cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages of the head; stops nose running
relieves the headache, dullness. fever
lshness, sneezing. soreness and stiffness
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only few cents at drug stores. II
acts without assistance, tastes nice
contains no quinine-Insist upon
Pape'sl-Adv.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24

0@NN NCA kAAO AAOiIA Oil
operation, ] cannot
say enough in praise
of it. Isuffered from
organic troubles and
my side hurt me SO
/ could hardly be up
from my bed, and /
was unable to do my
housework. / had
the best doctors in
Eau Claire and they
wanted me to have
an operation, but
lydia r. pinkhan'a
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Homes for COnfederates'

u,,,o,o are Confederate so'giers Gor
homes at Atlanta GaiGn5bIa, Ca; A%s'ln; 5. o.i
BeauTGlr' IIl,,tage Tenn; Higginsville' Mo, 10
JacEsoTC Js,,Htain Greek, Ala; New p,'aSyille oae
Moanie Pewee valley, KY; ,,,nnS plnssyia., Va,
and M washington, d, q.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Rice Soup.

Cook a slice of onion in cupful of
hot milk add one and one-half cup
fuls of rice water saved from cook
ing rice, thicken with tablespoonful
of butter and flour cooked together;
season with salt and pepper; add the
milk and rice water and serve gar
nished with chopped parsley.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Mothers Cook Book

It is not what man gets but what a
man is that he should think of. He should
hrst think of his character and then of
his condition. He that has character need
have no fear of his condition. Character
will draw condition after it.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
The 1919 Potato Crop.

Commercial potato crop this year,
as estimated by the government re-
port, is 12S,51S cars of 700 bushels
each that are expected to be shipped
from leading producing sections. Last
wear there were 146,04S cars. Crop
in large eastern states is nearly equal
to last year.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
MIX souo.

A soup that is very satisfactory, and
one which may be prepared in a few
minutes is canned pea soup mixed
with can of condensed milk. The
combination seems especially pleasing.
The frugal housewife keeps a goodly
supply of all kinds of canned soup,
which may be put up at home OF
bought at the grocery.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Use skins and Seeds.

italian Gamers are now utilizing tne
itliian nd seeds of tomatoes, the for
Skill skllis 60, ~" stock food and the latter for
Inei n - ~ its crude form, for soap ana
on, H. and when refined for table
use.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Does the Next Best Thing.

"What do you do when you want to
pull your husbands hair? He is as
bald as an egg
He hasn't shed either of his ears
yet, has he?'
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Distinction.

''Did you go up Mount Washington? 2"
"Oh, yes; we stayed overnight at
the summit"
II suppose you lived high"
"Yes. we had a tip-top supper
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24

Some people make speciality of be-
iieving the impossible.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
this WOMAN
SAVED FROM
An OPERATION
~ taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
of thousands of Such Cases.

Rlack River Falls, Wis. -"As Lydia
r Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24

some of the mountains on the moon
sre estimated TO be 10000 feet high,
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24
Plenty Of That.
so
Writes

''Is Helen's husband rich?'
I'm matrimonial experience; she's
his third wife,"
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24

Many woman smiles inwardly
while crying outwardly.
The Meridian times., 1919-10-24

Denials make little faults great.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
Imitation is the sincerest flattery-Colton.
STORED FOODS.

Reports on stored foods just made public Ivy
the department of agriculture contain some
startling figures that go far to show where re-
sponsibiity for the high cost of living lies. Al
though the war is over and more than half OF
our army has returned to the United States, the
quantities of food in storage are shown to be de-
cidedly larger than they on July first, 1918.
On the first of July of this year the increase IN
meat supply varied from five per cent IN the
case of dry salt pork to one hundred and ninety
nine per cent. in the case of frozen lamb and
mutton. In some classes Of poultry the increase
in stock over year ago amounted to four null
dred and sixty -seven per cent Frozen beef nn
hand this year amounted to more than 1852, 1885,
900 pounds; cured beef, 29,217,o0 pounds; frcz-
en- pork 1873, 1000; frozen lamb and mutton,
7,273,OOO; and dry salt and picked pork, SOL
$4,000 pounds.
Of course certain amounts of meats have to
be in storage as surplus stocks from which to
sell to the consumers but the fact that the re-
serve now held is so greatly in excess of the
quantities on hand year ago, proves that sew
eral times the amount necessary IN the regular
course of trade is prevented from reaching the
market. Some way should be found for put
ting these food supplies within reach of the
people, and the legislator who can devise a
workable plan, and has the courage to put it
through, will be hailed public benefactor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
THE LEAGUES IMMORAL BASIS

strong against the helpless constitutes
the reason assigned for the necessity
Of the covenant. Starting out to abol
ish wrong in international dealings
the league raises itself to the neces
sary moral rlane by an act of wrong
doing as indefensible as any of its ad-
vocates have condemned in others.
We know that an immoral consid-
Grafton invalidates a contract. The
league drags chain that fatally binds
it to an iniquity it cannot escape. II
has destroyed any moral force II
might have had. More than that 1t
has advertised an openness to COM
promise that will be accepted as an
invitation to trade by any nation that
thinks it has a club. IL Japan could
get price for coming in 1t can get
another by threatening to go out. Any
nation strong enough to make good a
bluff can hold up the league for any.
thing 1t wants.
If this is the way this new moral
force is to operate In the world the
United States can very well afford to
stick to its own notions of justice and
fair dealing 1t has got along fairly
we'll with them so far, and they are
we'll enough known in the world 80
that we never have had to stand on
the neck of helpless people like the
Chinese in order to proclaim them to
all the earth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29

Kansas City Star: Controversy over
responsibility for the Shantung set
Element may add to the general con-
fusion, but does not obscure the main
fact that Japan received this territory
OF neighbor as price for her ad-
hesion to the league of nations.
The argument at Paris was that IL
Japan stayed out she would be dan
ger to the league and might go else
where for her price.
Here we have an interesting light
on the great moral considerations that
have been the principal arguments
advanced in favor of the league cove
nant. If the league begins business
on the foundation of this settlement 1t
starts on a capital Illegally and i'm.
morally acquired, and invites and
would deserve the fate of any enter
prise so financed We were told the
league was to substitute the rule of
right for might, that it was to protect
the weak against the strong and be the
impartial and justice serving arbiter
before which no oppressor or despoiler
would dare to maintain questionable
cause.
But what do these pretentions
amount to now? The league itself is
to be established by the very methods
lit denounces in individual nations and
the employment of which by the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
MAKE PARTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

Comptroller of the Currency Williams has
been busy for many days denying that he dis
eliminated against certain banks because of
prejudice against their officials. Whether he
Disseminated or not, the testimony shows the
need of law that will deprive him any other
officer Of the treasury department of the power
to discriminate. Whether the administration
be in the control of democrats Of republicans
the policy of permitting public funds to be
handled in such way as to make favoritism
possible, is vicious. 1t should be comparatively
easy to draft a law that would provide uni
form rule for distribution Of deposits among
national banks. The bank that gets deposits
should be under obligations to the government
alone, and not to any individual who happens
temporarily to be exercising governing power.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
Coal Shortage ResponsjbiI;.v

F. j. w. Ford, Acting Mayor :,
Boston: If the coal men had az h.. y.
always been the custom. radr no.
prices this summer, even to siisb.
degree, they would probably hers
been much more successful in indua
ing the public to buy.
Apparently they did not want >,
make any such inducement Az ~
suit of the open winter last Won,
many persons had supplies of coal ON
hand this spring and naturally litt,s
stimulus to buying might have been
helpful.
Instead, coal prices were kent nj,
all the spring and summer. ana ,rs
now being advanced With the us,,l
summer price cut, the dealers would
/ think. have had little difficu,ty M
disposing OF their product.
When the demand for coal fell Of,
they should have stimulated demand
by reducing the price. Instead. anil
parently, they tried to surmount NM
law OF supply and demand. If a COAL
shortage comes this winter, 1t is. he
lieve, the fault Of the dealers, and
they ought not to try to shoulder thu
blame upon the public.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE OLD MELODEON.

There, like some ancient visitant ALL
OF bygone days it stands; ,9;itEisi
Its yellow keys a welcoming ~
Extending to the hands.
No fingers wander DER the keys,
No feet its pedals press
'Reft of the soul of music there
1t waits some hands caress.
1t leans against the chamber wall
Like some old broken form,
Too weak to stand alone without
Assistance in the storm.
It's bellows gaping wide Is hung
With cobwebs to the floor;
The dust upon its yellow keys
Is strewing thickly Der.
All in the stiffness of the night
The ancient thing it grieves,
And plants in echo to the soft,
Low whispers of the leaves.
Then from the lonely chamber floats
Sweet tones of Beulah Land;
spirit song from spirit throat
Chorused by spirit band.
But when the light of morning falls
In glory everywhere,
The dust upon the yellow keys
Is strewn thickly there.
From Beulah Land the player came
To spell away the gloom;
And passing left behind the same
Sweet lavender perfume.
Horace Seymour Keller, in New York Sun
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

II
Davenport Times: A new hazard
has been produced by the navigation
of the air-not alone the danger to
the persons who 60 up in airships,
but the danger to persons and prop.
erty resulting from the transporta-
ton of highly infiammable materials
which may fall and cause heavy loss.
Iowa City Citizen. It is easy to
lima CINE what may happen in future
to drop Are and infiammables on
cities and towns. The fact that such
things can be done by accident shows
the possibility of doing them by in.
tent. The timid may well shudder
and the courageous feel concerned at
the future developments Of air war.
fare.
Charles City Press: Upon the
question of public improvements
there Is sometimes an opportunity
for difference Of opinion, but this
should not take the shape Of q
crouch or a perpetual resentment.
Webster City Freeman-J Journal:
There appears TO De no demand out
side the white house that President
Wilson become a candidate for a
third term. However, the president
may be unable to resist the white
house influence.
Cedar Falls Record: The problem
Of raising children is just as big now
as 1t ever was, greater In fact, but
parents are doing more counseling
and less beating" 1t has become
customary to deal with boys more on
the basis Of mutual comradeship and
understanding and the new method
is proving success.
Knoxville Express: What shall 1t
profit Story county to be the home
of the state agricultural college and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29
Bible and "Plain English"

st. Paul Pioneer Press: 1t is re-
vealed at the Ford-Tribune trial that
one Of Mr.. Ford's uncompleted pro
jects was to have the bible rewritten
into plain, modern English" by his
advertising manager. A fair Ques.
ton is this: Would Mr.. Ford, whose
acquaintance with literature seems
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-29

History al Dunk"
Minneapolis Journal: Henry Ford
Is inclined to regard history RS
bunk" Well. there was some his
tory made at Bunker Hill.