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Newark post., 1920-11-10
OId-FashiOned Folks

Nevertheless they are the peo-
pie novelists seek to describe as
the typical Americans, prosperous
in small way, intelligent and
fairly we'll educated, though not
so we'll read perhaps, knowing a
little about many commonplace
matters, extremely hospitable and
generous, severely conventional,
regular attendants at church and
lodge meetings, fond of fried
chicken and of sitting in rocking
chairs on the front porch after
ward.
There you have the Hardings.
They haven't changed much
with the good fortune that has re-
Gently come to them. 1t is true
that Mrs. Harding used to work in
her own kitchen and that now
they have cook, but her husband
still has his clothes darned to
make them wear longer, he shaves
himself with an old-fashioned
razor, his shirt cuffs are turned
when they get frayed on one side,
and Mrs. Harding herself wears Il
hat clear through the season and
sometimes longer for she was
wearing her last summer straw
hat in October this year.
The Hardings live in big
green house with large white
front porch on Mount Vernon
Avenue, a quiet, shady street. II
is a good street but not in the
most exclusive section of Marion
if a town of thirty thousant
could have an exclusive section.
There is nothing fancy abou
the Harding home, inside or out
1t is far less pretentious thal
those of most Marion merchant
or citizens of similar standing
The Hardings do not "dress TO
dinner" nor have tea in the after
noon. Harding likes waff1es TO
breakfast and a well-done bee:
steak for dinner. There is retin'
ment at their table, but ne
"style" and no stranger woul
ever be embarrassed by a col
fusing array of forks and spoon
They live just like other Amer
cans of moderate means. Mr.
Harding looks after her potte
plants and the Senator makes fr
ouent rounds of inspection afte
breakfast or lunch to see thu
there are no loose boards on tn
back yard walk or to examine tn
screen door hinges that have bee
squeaking for several days.
One thing every visitor
Marion discovers the first thing
the Hardings are just what the
are, as Mrs. Harding puts it.
Harding's closest friends hay
often expressed regret that tf
campaign photographs of the ca
didate showed rather ster
visage. They probably portra
quite faithfully the features
Harding as he appears in tf
midst of an earnest speech. Bl
there is another Harding whic
shows far more warmth sittln
around the dinner table whl
political troubles are left outsic
for the moment. Then the genia
easy going, good humored Har
;nu holds SWaV
Newark post., 1920-11-10
rs Years of Square Dealing and Cheerful Service
rs Years a Public Institution; Not Mere Store
Our Regular Prices
Mems and YOun&
Mems Clothing

Are Famous as The-Lowes in Town for Comparably
Fine Qualities.
Our Anniversary Prices Are Cut Down to Meet Re-
construction Conditions. So Don't Hesitate in Taking Ad-
vantage of These Marvellous Vaues-Dont Miss the Cloth
ing Opportunity of The Year!
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UNIQUE FEATURE OF WEDDING
JaVanese Couple, at End of Ceremony,
Kiss the Feet OF All Their ReIa-
tiVes,

A festival procession through the
village, headed by two monstrous fig
ures with arms and legs agitated by
men hiding inside, forms part Of the
marriage ceremony in the Island Of
Java. The music in the procession is
supplied by the gamelon, the national
orchestra, consisting of drums, bells
and other noisy instruments, while
an additional noise is made by a group
OF men on horseback striking with all
their might in the native "angkoeng,"
which is something like a tambourine,
made of bamboo.
The women, their hands filled with
paper birds, flowers and feather fans
made of peacock pIumes, follow on
foot. and are in turn followed by the
priests, sOlemnly singing their
prayers. The bride s carried by
four men as she sits on a wooden
platform surrounded by a few girl
friends. After the procession goes
around the village twice, it finally
stops before the house of the groom,
and the bride is carried into the house
in the arms Of her father-in-law.
The whole family then assemblies
In a circle and the young couple, bend
ing on their knees, kiss the feet of all
the relatives. The kissing of the feet
| marks the end of the ceremony. The
feast lasts late INTO the night but
women and men celebrate separate
~. only the young couple being al
lowed TO eat tOgether.-Detroit News.
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Appomattox" they rallied against the
"Half Breeds" who followed "the
PIumed Knight" James G. Blaine OF
Maine.
The rival champions in that remark
able tournament at Chicago were Ros-
soc Conkling. chieftain Of the "Stal-
warts" and James A Garfield Of Ohio,
the spokesman Of the Half Breeds, +"
although he was restrained from di-
rectly supporting Blaine by the instruc-
tons of his state in favor Of the nomi-
nation of John Sherman. Conkling. a
handsome fOp, carefully studied the
right moment to make his theatrical
entry upon the stage the first day,
drawing the applause as he advanced
down the aisle with his 'grandiloquent
swell, his majestic supereminent, over
towering. turkey gobbIer strut" which
Blaine had held up to the laughter OF
congress years before In a never-tO-be-
forgiven speech. The next day Gar
field took his revenge by entering while
Conkling was speaking, and the well
coming cheers droYned the voice of
the indignant speaker. On the third
day the two came to grips in a de-
bate and the Ohioan scored on the New
Yorker
While the gallery still was cheer
ing the victor in that round, Conkling
wrote on the margin Of a newspaper
and sent to Garfield a mocking sugges-
ton that he was playing to the gal
lery in his own interest: 'fI congrat-
ulate you on being a dark horse!"
In truth Garfield could not rise In
the convention without helping him
self more than he helped Sherman,
who never had a chance to win. AS
ballot after ballot was taken, 1t be-
came plain that neither the Immortal
300" who followed Grnnt nor the deaf.
ening cheers which his name evoked
could overcome the prejudice against
a third term in the White House, and Il
was made equally plain that this "Old
Guard" never would surrender to
Blaine.
a new candidate was necessary II
the convention was not to fall to
pieces in factions. One solitary vote
for Garfield on most of the ballots had
continued to point the finger of des-
tiny at him. Wisconsin pointed all hes
0nSeFS III HIS uiiSS-OH when Hef Qeie
CATION broke to him on the thirty.
fourth ballot
Garfield rose with paIlid face and
dry lips to a point OF order. But Sen.
ator Hoar Of Massachusetts, who was
in the chair, raped him down. In tive
more ballots he was nominated by 8
combination of the Blaine and Sher
man men.
In the midst Of the uproar the nonni.
nee sat limp and perspiring in his seat
sect me out Of here" he family whis
pered to his seatmate. Ex-Governor
Foster of Ohio.
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this merely q wonder-toy, part of the
American tradition that had been
brought to her, three costly trunkfuls,
across two continents and the largest
ocean, over deserts and mountains,
deep into the wilderness of Sha Mo.
She thanked Lexington for his cour-
tesy, and her small hands came to life
again as she talked to "Sir Father
Sunshine flickered through the leaves
of the white oaks at the window,
trees that had been transplanted at
heaven-knew-whau inhuman cost eight
cen years before, when she was q babe
at Eithna's breast. The oaks had been
imported also to sustain North Ameri-
can tradition. Chez Ming, as vizir to
the monarch, was a man of perfection
in details.
In at the window bounded a tiny fig
ure, the pale-faced monkey. Helen
made soft noises with her lips, and
leaned forward. Each of the three
persons in the room received the mon
keys quick consideration. Then he
dropped down to the rug, crossed
soberly to Lexington. and glanced up
at him for permission, which was
given. He leapt, and Con held him on
his shoulder. This seemed TO give a
new pleasure To tho princess.
'Besur has made friend" said she.
'eHe has otherwise nothing but enc
mies-and myself"
''Does he keep YOU from being lone
ly?'' asked Lexington.
''Not at all times. But that is not
his fault"
Besur glanced at her and started to
say something, but forgot, and turned
instead TO comb Cons hair with his
small nails.
''You have done we'll to grow up in
such excellent health" said Andrew
March.
ST could not have avoided it." Heller
| replied. Besides, the sick are put tt
death. They cucumber the state"
mo doubt" unused her father.
"Have you no doctors?" asked Con
ooh, yes! Chez Ming" Besur hiC
an acorn under Levington's collar
'9This is far better than pretending Il
speak English with Chez Ming" con
tinued the princess. 'sHe is full O
hesitation and rules. I do not like t.
be corrected when he is wrong.
have tried to speak English witt
Besur. Then there are no corrections
have tried it also with Prince Yeku
, tot, but he viii never master it. H
prefers to practice with his arrows
He is pure Mongol."
: Con remembered that this was he
first social moment in white company
: Her father endeavored again to chang
the subject.
'sDoes Chez Ming make many jour
} neys to the United -StatesT
She shook her head. "He has gon
: but three times within my memory
i Also he has gone to Egypt and Rom
/. two times. and one time to Paris.
have the map"
Helen arose and passed to the booE
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II AmES A. GARFIELD fell a Sacrf-
= fee to the spirit of faction and OF
the spoils system. Although this gen.
tie, kindly man was not of the heroic
stun that martyrs are made of, his
blood became the seed of better things
In our politics.
Rarely II ever has a president taken
up the burden Of the Office with a larg-
er measure Of good will from the peO-
pie, regardless Of party and Of fac
ton, than flowed out to Garfield as he
stood on the steps Of the capitol In
the sunshine Of his inaugural day. the
picture of robust American manhood
In its prime. His first kiss, after kiss
ing the Bible in the presence Of a
multitude Of witnesses, was for the
aged mother, who, in q forest hut, had
started him on his way to the White
House and who held a place OF honor
beside the schoolmate sweetheart who
had been his faithful companion all
along the road.
lone thing though lackest yet and
that is a slight ossihcation Of the
heart" John Hay had written to the
president-elect. This lack was fatal
Had his heart been harder, Garfield
would have made his administration
wholly his own. lifting 1t above fac
lions, and he might have lived through
a prosperous term. Instead, he re-
NAMED his few months in the White
House what he had been In congress,
a lieutenant of Blaine, whom he ap-
pointed to the secretaryship Of state
with the love Of comradeship Of
eighteen years"-and who became at
once the power behind the throne
The only president to step directly
from the capitol to the White House.
he was without executive experience or
to debate and compromise, not to act
Or decide on his sole responsibility
Garfield himself was rather indiffeF-
ent to factions, liking to get along with
all men. He appreciated COnkling's
reluctant but timely support in the
campaign and invited him out to Men
tor in the winter to talk over the New
York patronage. He thought OF invit-
ing him into the cabinet itself, until
Blaine whispered no.
Less than three weeks after he took
his scat, Garfield told the senator that
he was not yet ready to consider the
question of filling the New York Of
fees. Only 4S hours afterward, he FILL
ed them, nominating for the highest Of
those offices Blaine's best friend and
Conkling's worst enemy in New York.
With Garfield's hand, Blaine had
thrown down the gauntlet to the
naughty chieftain OF the "Stalwart"
clan and a duel OF factions was on in
blind fury. The administration sue,
ceeded in beating COnkling in the SEN
ate. where he opposed the confirma-
ton OF the offensive nominee. But the
senator and his colleague. Thomas C.
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Con began to realize afresh how diff
ferent her training had been, to speak
calmly Of these matters. In America,
the subject OF breeding is with pro-
priety discussed beforehand only In
regard to cattle and pups. but con-
corning human beings never until aft
erward, when too late. Lexington
said driIy:
"You have no difficulty with the
English speech
Helen's intuitions were bridging the
gaps OF lonely years in her life. She
was catching up with the world Of her
fathers, and this was a GREATNESS
business before strangers. She was
meeting the unknown in Lexington.
The quality of him, the way he talked
and moved, were matters new and
stimulating. She openly studied his
face, and beneath her calm OF the
Orient was a warm confusion. Ac-
cording to her studies. they had no
princes In America.
Trusting to alter the direction of
their conversation. the father OBJ
served: "All these things seem to
have come from the United States"
Eyes, Sir Father, the music machine
only a week since. 1 cannot compre-
bend it; 1t may be a devil, but what
of that? Chez Ming learned in San
Francisco to produce sweet singing
from it."
Con rose to meet this occasion, ap-
preached the music machine" and
chose a record. He glanced back at
the princess. who was awaiting with
pure interest the result OF his activity.
She had quite naturally crossed her
ankles as white woman should, but
her eyebrows had q deceptive upward
slant-the MOngoI mark that chilled
Con unreasonably. Her hands became
idle. He set the record going, and
into his own emotions came the hot
house sentiments of the big American
tenor. who sang StrenuOusly. Con was
glad for this further touch Of home,
and Helen was pleased; yet neither
was moved by the singing. They
were pitched more intensely than the
music. And for the girl, there was a
yellow web of tradition between the
Western song and herself. She found
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JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD was the
= latest and. it is fairly safe to say.
the last of the presidents born and
bred in log cabins. notwithstanding
that humble state. he was one Of the
half-dOzen scholarly men who have sat
In the presidential chair.
Garfield IS the only president who
was present at his own nomination.
The presidential lightning struck him
as he sat In his seat in that most ex-
traOrdinary and exciting national con-
vention which met at Chicago in 1880.
All the "Stalwart" clans, believing with
a st. Louis editor that there was lone
more president in the bloody shirt, "
seized upon the great name Of Grant.
and under the banner of the Hero of
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Lies Failures.

Many think that fortune and luck
give ali the plums to the favorites.
So they make no effort TO get ahead.
Their philosophy gives them no vision
and life holds out to them no prom
Uses. It's no wonder they just peter
along complaining as they go. They
pour their woes into every idle ear that
has nothing to do but listen. Sometimes
they even rant at length against the
very agencies that make possible their
poor existence. They may be true IN
ascribing their existence to luck and
their continuance of life to fortune,
but as to getting along among others
that's neither luck nor fortune. To
move up demands pluck and energy.
EXCHANGE.
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Platt, resigned. their seats and appeal
ed to the New York legislature to re-
elect them as a vindication OF their
course.
When the conflict was bitterest and
when the ''Stalwarts" were losing at
Albany, a disappointed place hunter at
Washington, Charles ]. Guiteau. con-
ceived the mad idea of saving the sit
uation with pistol shot. and he posted
himself at the railway station where
his victim was to take a train for Mas
sachusetts. The president was going
back to williams college. the goal OF
his struggling youth. and was smiling
like a boy of for vacation as he
entered the waiting room at the rail-
way station with Blaine at his side
In two flashes of a revolver he fell
Copyright. 1870 by James Morganl
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Freed From
ofture
aG0EsFc GEeaFed HE
Upset SfOnsacH

''The people who have seen me suf-
fer tortures from neuralgia brought on
by an upset stomach now see me per
fectly sound and weIl-absolutely due
to EatOnic," writes r. Long.
Profit by Mr.. Longs experience. keep
your stomach In healthy condition,
fresh and cool, and avoid the ailments
that come from an acid condition.
Eatonie brings relief by taking up and
carrying out the excess acidlty and
gases-does II quickly. Take an Eatonic
after eating and see how wonderfully
1t helps you. Big box costs only q
trife with your druggists guarantee.
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JAMES A. GARFIELD


1s31-Nov. IS, James Abram
Garfield, born at Orange,
Ohio.
fs5s-s1-President Of Hiram
College.
1eSS-Married LueFetia Rudolph.
fe6o-Member Of Ohio Senate.
1s61-coIoneI In Ohio VoIun-
1s62-srigadier General.
1s63-MaIor General.
1s63-So-In Congress.
1se0-Eleeted to the United
States Senate.
1sSo-June z, nominated for
President by Republican
Convention at Chicago.
November, elected Presi-
dent.
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Those weII-intentiOned- leagues and
clubs which are always talking about
the unity Of the EngiiSh-speaking
races. the bond Of a common language
and the rest are aS deIusIOH and q
snare. There Is no common language
between the peOpless it Is the very
specious resemblance which makes the
gap. Kipling well described the Amer
lean in London who heard men talk
ing a tongue specifically like his own.
which on inquiry turned out 10 De
something quite different An Amer
lean says: I've got you. meaning
81 understand" The Englishman
thinks he-has been discovered in some
heinous Deception The language re-
sembIance is in fact a bar. rather than
a bo1d.-London Express.
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NEAR" CHICKEN.

Many bon vivant who finds pouIet
en- casserole or some other manifesto
ZION of chicken on the table d'hOte
rnenu of an expensive but accom-
nIished LITTLE restaurant has wondered
how t.can be done at the price, says a
correspondent. The explanation in
so-.e cases Is the existence Of that
useful little animal, the guinea pig. Be
vond the unnatural history detail that
IF Won pull their tails their eyes drop
ont. which one learns In youth. and
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an impression that they are useful to
vivisectionists, few people know much
shout guinea pigs. But they are even
more prolific than rabbits and their
flesh is quite paiatabIe. Compared
with fowls, they are remarkably cheap
Cunningly cooked and served, they
make an excellent substitute for the
bird
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Catauh Can Be Cmed

Catzrrh Is q local disease greatly inf9u.
enced by constitutional Conditions II
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
- taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of
the System. HALLS AT A r =
MEDICINE destroys the foundation Of
the disease, gives the patient strength y
improving the general health and assists
nature IN doing its work
All DruSgists- Circulars free.
T. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.
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a wnrd for the Docs

Jud Tunkins says the affection OF q
dog for a man is beautiful and it's g
shame the way many person fools
the dog.
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STAMMERING
Pitfalls of Slang.

stuIter1nE cured your own ooEne- oy orig
fnaI n r II System Natures way ADD
Morrison r AcKelvey. COulteTville. iiitnofs
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Old SORES, PILES
And ECZEMA VANISH
Good, Old, Reliable Peterson's
Ointment a FaVorite Remedy.

Had 81 ulcers on my legs. Doctors
wanted to cut on leg Peterson's ONT
ment cured me-"-Wm- J Nichos 20 VII
Ger Street. Rochester N Y.
Get 3 large box for 50 cents at any
druggist, says Peterson, Of Buffalo. N Y,
and money back II IL isn't the best you
ever used Always keep Peterson's ONT
ment IN the house Fine for burns, scalds
bruises, gunbuTn. and the surest remedy
for itching eczema and piles the world
has ever known.
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Mrs. Knagg-Bov can / keep my
husband at home nights7
Mrs. Bagg-Haye you tried going
out YOURSELF
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The Last Word.

The Last Word
ssThe last word is the most dan
gerous Of internal machines
Douglas JerOld.
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ASSASSINATION OF cARFIELp

1ss1-Mareh :, James a. Gar
field, inausurated 10Th
president, aged fifty.
Mar. ., sent to senate
the nomination Of federal
officers in New York City.
May Is, the senate con-
firTned the nominations.
May ~, Senators conIC-
ling and Plat resigned.
July 2, Garfield shot by
Charles }. Guiteau at
Washington.
Sept g. Removed 60
Elberon NJ J., Sept. 19,
died, aged fifty.
Resume so, Guiteau hanged.
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The business Of dog dealer Is apt
70 be q bowling success
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
BOLSHEV|K| REPORT
GAINS over POLES
Capture OF Four Villages and
Panicky Retreat Set Forth
In Moscow Wireless.

LONDON. May 20.-A steady ad-
hance bv the Bolsheviki on the north
ern end of the Russo-Polish battle
. front and the capture OF four vii
lagos, was claimed in a wireless dis
match received from Moscow today.
J'he dispatch revealed that Kieft. cap
i,aI of Ukrainia, is still held by the
| Poles and Ukrainians. The RADIO
gram says:
"Tbe line on May IS had reached
and included the following villages:
Disna, Plissa. Glubokeo, and Lepel.
our energetic advance continues.
Much booty was captured. We have
forced the Beresina river across a
sector OF twenty miles. We are now
enlarging our gains in tho direction
of Boisoff. There is no change in the
situation in the kicn zone.
ave broke the Polish front over a
width of nifty miles in the vicinity
of the Polotsk -Molodetchno railway
and north Of Lepcl. Tho Poles have
been thrown into a panicky retreat"
Gen. Frederick Maurice, director OF
military operations at the war ofrice
during the world war, foresees pro-
tracted hostilities between the Poles
and Russians during tho summer. un-
less the League OF Nations intcrvenes,
Despite rumors to the contrary, II
ts believed that Lenine still remains
vrusiloff IL supreme In the field Ap-
parently Brusilof has been given
absolute military power by the Soviet
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
WOMEN WARNED OF TRAP
TO KEEP PRICES HIGH
Ohio Feminists Issue Appeal TO
Their Sex to Wear Last
Seasons Clothes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 20.-Fash.
IONS decree that women's skirts and
coats must be LONGER, as adopted by
the National Cloak. Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers Association In Cleve-
land last week, Is looked upon as a
means to keep up the price OF wom-
ems clothing by tho department OF
women's activities OF the Department
OF Justice, and the call has been sent
out for women 10 fght the proposed
change by wearing their old clothes.
In n telegram TO Mrs. w. T. Sharp,
OF Columbus. state chairman OF wom-
ems activities OF the Department OF
Justice. Faith c. Strauss, OF the Wash.
ington office, urges women to lay
aside their spring and winter clothing
with a determination to wear them
next fall and winter unless there Is a
radical drop in the cost Of womens
garments"
these two statements are Intended
to nullify tho efforts OF YOU and the
women OF your state TO bring down
the cost OF women's garments. This
is an apparent effort TO bring about
an increased price by radical chang
ing OF the present styles" the te'e'
gram states.