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full daughter who was almost wor-
shipped by the people of her tribe.
She was gentle and good, as she was
beautiful, and was beloved by every
one. Her name was Toccoa, meaning.
beautiful"
South of this tribe there lived
strong, young, brave and handsome
Indian, who was the chief of small
tribe. This young chief fell in love
with Toccoa, and they meant to mar
ry. The father of Toccoa, was an
enemy to the young chief, so he did
not wish her to marry the chief. Toe
Goa was determined, and to keep her
safe! her father shut her up in wig
wan. and kept her there, with In
dians to guard her.
One dark night she slipped out of
the wigwam and met her lover near
some large falls. Next morning when
her people found out that she had
escaped, they went to find her, going
10 the falls. When she saw her peo-
pie coming, she jumped from the
rocks where she was sitting, and leap
ed over the falls. Her fathers rage
was great, and he killed the young
chief. Then he went to see if his
daughter had escaped death. They
found her crushed and dead at the
foot of the falls
The Indians of her tribe named
;he falls "Toccoa," after the beauti-
ul and brave girl. These rails are
in the northern part of Georgia and
still retain the name Of 'Toccoa."
rhe falls are one-hundred and eigh-
ty-fve feet high, and are in q beau
tiful place. Near these falls is q town
lso named "Toecoa."
LUCILLE LoDEN.
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limited STATES TRADE
RIGHTS MAY SUFFER
DISASTROUS BLOW
If President Follows Direction W
Congress As Embodied in Section
"a of New Merchant Marine
Act

Washington, Aug. 31.-The UNI
ted States may find itself without
trade righs in other countries If Sec
ton "a of the new merchant marine
act is carried out, Secretary Payne
of the Interior Department, warned
in a recent letter to the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States a
copv of which became available here
today.
"And, of course, it may follow,
the letter added, "that the business
of the country will find itself very
greatly embarrassed
81 wonder" Mr.. Payne wrote, If
the Chamber of Commerce OF the
United States, or any of its COM
mittees, has given consideration to
Section "a of the merchant marine
bill and the consequences to the
commerce of the Unied States
which would result if the President
follows the direction of the Con-
gress with respect to the abrogatlon
of treaties with the United States
which restrict the right of the Uni
States to impose discriminating GUS
toms duties on imports or dis
criminatory tonnage dues on for
eign vessels of the United States
entering the United States?
"The substance is: .
"The President is hereby author
lied and directed, within ninety
days after this act, becomes law,
to give notice to he several govern
ments, respectively, parties to
which treaties are conventions, that
SO many thereof as imposed any
such restrictions on the United
States will terminate on the expira-
ton of such periods as may be re-
quired for the giving of such notice
by the provisions of such treaties or
COZ ventions."
"This part of tine bill has not been
much discussed. The treaty, as you
know, is a contract between nations
The treaties here affected are the
commercial treaties, on which the
nations of the world depend. Mani
festly we cannot terminate these
treaties without the consent of the
country affected. Since they are re-
ciprocal all that we have right to
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do is to terminate the treaties &C.
cording to their terms.
"Some treaties may be terminated
on a fixed notice. Others are to run
a definite number of years and may
then be terminated on a fixed no.
tice. The countries will scarcely
consent to modify the treaties CIV
i ing US a right to discriminate
against their commerce and at the
same time permit US to enjoy the
rights which the treaties secure to
us. A formal notice will probably
result in the entire abrogation OF
the treaty.
Passing for the moment any
question of international good faith
we may confront the practical diff
Guilty that we have no right to trade
with other countries, since oul
rights in this behalf rest on the
reaties affected, and, of course, ii
NAV follow that the business of the
country will find itself very greatly
embarrassed.
"While l am not charged with this
matter, it seems to me it was some
thing that you should be glad to
have called to your attention"
The ninety-day period provided
for in Section "a expires Friday
Government officials have not thus
far given any intimation as to
what steps were contemplated to-
ward carrying out Section "a.
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converted 4 per cent bonds is now
being lost by the bond-holders. The
higher rate of interest will be paid,
however, to all owners of 4 per
cent Liberty Bonds in this district,
the Treasury Department has an
nounced, who get the securities to
the Federal Reserve Bank Of Rich
mond for conversion into 4 1-2 per
cent bonds.
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AN INDIAN LEGEND.

Long, long ago, in the northern
part Of Georgia, there lived . tribe
Of Indians, the Cherokees, and the
the Chief Of this tribe had beauti-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-09
Dorothy Dir Talks
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer,
Friend Father.

Friend Father.
Mr.. Man. how we'll acquainted are
you with your daughter?
Have you ever had real converse
ton with her in your life?
I don't mean the times when you
have ldone the stern father act and
forbidden her to do something she
wanted to do, or scolded her for some
thing she did do.
Neither do I mean the time when
she has sat on the arm. of your chair.
and kissed the bald spot on the top of
your head, and wheedled you out of a
CRATER and thought she was the
sweetest thing III the world. and gave
her twice as much as she asked for.
You have thought of her as a baby
as toy, as something to be@worked
for, and kept safe. and soft. and
guarded and protected
But did you ever think of your little
daughter as a real human being, with
thoughts and ideas of her own, and
plans and ambitions, and desires and
hopes, and as facing problems and
dangers and temptations even as you
and 1?
And did you ever try to meet her on
that plane. not of father and daughter,
but just of two friends who could sit
down together and talk things over
freely with one another?
III warrant you never did, and that
OF all the strange women in the world
the strangest to you is your own little
daughter.
You are not half so well acquainted
with her you are with your stenog-
rapher, or the girls in your office. or
store. You have a very good idea of
what they think and of what they
are likely to do under any given set
of circumstances. but you haven't the
remotest idea of what your own Ma
bel thinks or would do.
Believe me, in not knowing your
own daughter, you are missing one of
the greatest treats that life has TO Of
fer you. You may think Mabel rather
silly because she is always giggling, or
else glum and silent, with nothing to
say, in your presence. That is be-
cause she is embarrassed and i'll at
ease when she is in company of man
who is such a stranger to her as her
own father is. If you will chum with
her little. you will find out that that
pretty little fluffy head of here is as
well furnished inside as il is outside,
and that she's got all sorts of interest
ing ideas.
And you'll be enchanted, and enter
tanned at her new point of view, and
exhilarated by her high spirits, and
you will find out that taking your own
daughter out to dinner is a thousand
times more fun than any old rounder
gets out of feeding the chickens.
So much for what you will get out
of getting acquainted with your own
daughter AS for her part don't you
think you owe it to her?
Copyright. 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE.

wawked home from skool with
Loretter Mincer. being the pritty new
gerl. today. and she sed, Do you like
Mary Watkins, Benny?
o. all rite. not so mulch, I sed. and
she sed. Who do you think is the pref
test, her or me?
o don't know, you're both about
the same, l CESS, 1 sed. and Loretter
Mincer sed, Don't tawk krazy, how can
we both be the same wen we don't look
enything alike?
Well, a GRAFT don't look enything
like a elefunt. does it, but that don't
say it amt as pritty, does it? 1 sed.
Loretter Mincer sed. How dare you
compare me with a GRAFT l think
you're PERFECTLY awful. 1 know. you
think Mary Watkins is the prittiest,
I know.
I do<not. I think you are, I sed
And l went home and put on my
skates, and who was out on hers but
Mary watkins, saying. Hello Benny,
1 saw you wawking home from skool
with Loretter Mincer, wasent you?
and sed, Yes. and she sed. She's
pritty, izzent she, Benny?
o. kind Of. she amt as pritty as you,
1 sed. Jest saying it to make it even.
and Mary Watkins sed. Benny. you
serteny can flatter. And after sup
pir took a dime out of my bank and
and have a soda, Mary Watkins or
Loretter Mincer. and I went out still
wondering, and jest as l was going to
tern erround the corner I met Maud
Jonson, saying, You better not go eny
further, Benny, you're going to catch
It. and I sed. wy. and she sed. Mary
Watkins and Loretter Mincer are up
there calling each other story tellers.
Mary says you told her she was pref
tier than Loretter and Loretter says
you told her she was prettier than
Mary and they're both waiting for you
to make you prove it.
They're krazy, I sed. Thinking,
Gosh. heck. And l sed, Hay. Maud,
do you wunt to come GROUND to Fen
ners and have a soda?
All rite. sure, sed Maud Jonson.
Her not being enyware neer as pritty
as either of them. and we went err
round and had chocklit and she had
strawberry.
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Household Hints
For the school Lunch Box,

A tempting midday lunch means so
much to the little folks. How proud
ly they open their baskets before their
school companions and how fine they
feel with these delicious sandwiches.
Cocoanut SandwicheS-Butter thin
slices of bread, sprinkle generously
with shredded cocoanut and sprinkle
sugar over the cocoanut Cut sand
witches crosswise, it Is easier to han
die.
Apple Sandwiches-Thin slices of
raw apple between the buttered bread.
Mayonnaise can be used in addition TO
the butter or in place Of the butter.
Nut meats. raisins (seeded of course).
pitted dates, bananas (sliced thin and
well covered as with apples to keep
edges from turning dark. can be used.
To wrap Them-Twenty-five crepe
paper napkins can be purchased at
the ten cent store for five cents and
are lovely to wrap the sandwiches in:
used to clean the hands and mouth
afterwards.
A half pint milk bottle with a wide
mouth talso a supply of the paste
board caps). steriiized each day can
be filled from the family supply of
milk. and looks SO cute and tempting
in the lunch basket.
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THE pICNIC's AFTERMATH.
Chapter so.

Chapter 90.
Robert slept heavily until 10 o'clock.
When L called him lazy bones" and
laughed at him for sleeping SO late,
he said:
II guess if you had played games
like I did yesterday you would be
tired too. | was stiff from not using
my muscles. / feel sore, as il 1 had
been pounded. But we had a wonder
full time! You missed it not going"
Yes, I guess I did"
Robert looked surprised. but said
nothing. After I had made him cup
of coffee, and given him some crackers
to stay his appetite until the Sunday
dinner should be served. l said:
Now tell me all about it, what YOU
did and everything"
"Oh, we went out into the country,
automobiles, played games until din
ner: had dinner, more games, back in
autos. That's about all. guess He
yawned and stretched his arms above
his head.
why, that isn't telling me anything
at all. What did you have for din
ner: How many were there of you ::
What time did you get in town.
We had soup, cold meats of all
kinds, bread and butter. coffee and
cakes. A good feed. and plenty of it.
There were about fifty of US in all.
anu VITAL llIIle Qiu you get Ddck
About six
About ski" I repeated. why,
where did you go 1t was after mid
night when you came in
ut was time to eat again. and I
thought it only decent to take Marion
to dinner, since she had been good
enough to go with me-"
Where did you go "
ITO Halley's."
[ knew 1t was an expensive restau-
rant, and probably showed my aston
ishment, for Robert added:
4 wanted to hear some music, and
see some life. That, is wanted
Marion to. She has been cut very
little since her father died"
But she was at the picnic. I should
think that might have sufficed for one
day."
For heavens sake, Gerry, stop
quizzing me and finding fault. If you
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The Woman Who Loved-and
Earned a Modern sto.y 81 Home and Business
Blu JANE PHELPS

didn't want to do anything yourself,
don't act the dog in the Manager If
some one else does. I asked you first.
You threw me down, and
Where did you go after dinner ?"
interrupted colby.
ITO a movie. 1 thought We might
as well finish out the day." He
yawned again.
1 asked no more questions. I was
not so much hurt over what Robert
had done. as the careless manner in
which he had left me alone all eve
ming. and his tone in telling me n. 1t
was as tho he hadn't once thought. of
me.
I recalled what Mary Ryan had said
about spending a long blissful day
together" and while / knew she had
borrowed the expression from some
day Robert had spent with Marion
Hovey.
IT wished all day I had gone with
you" | finally remarked.
Marion would have missed a
treat"
Perhaps you had better time
with her than if I had gone
1t was a childish remark, unworthy
of woman who had refused to accept
her husbands invitation, and so al
most forced him to take someone else.
Perhaps! Marion is a good little
pal one SO interested III everyone,
how they get on. and all that. Then
she's jolly. and talks of interesting
things. And"--
which / do not" could not help
the remark. neither could hide the
bitterness I felt. But IL Robert
noticed he paid no attention. He ans
wered:
You are too apt to talk shop.
Gerry. I guess all women who are in
business, or are business women are
apt to. They don't seem TO be able TO
forget ii. When a mans tired or
discoura ged, he isn't in a mood to
hear about Mrs. Smith buying a hat,
or Mrs. Jones returning one because 1t
wasn't becoming. Don't think l am
finding fault guess you can't help
it, you business women"
PITY you married business
woman. IL you liked the other kind SO
much better!" I retored, but IL Rob-
ert heard he made no reply,-just
read his paper until dinner time.
Tomorrow A vacation alone.)
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Dinner Stories

John, I need a new dress. All 1
have are out of style"
"Everything's frightfully high, my
dear. Better go in for literature for
a while and pretend to be superior to
the fashions.
Where are you going to live when
you are married, Liiy?" a lady said
to her servant, who had just shyly
given a weeks notice.
In California, ma'am," said Lily
I'm California. Isn't that rather
risky? They have SO many earth
quakes and violent disturbances there,
YOU know
THE more the merrIer, ma'am,"
was the cheerful answer.
Lilly, you surprise me. What
shocking sentiment"
1T amt sentiment. ma'am, but
hard fact My young mans the vii
lage reporter and he says that de-
scribin' parish meetings and such like
musty things gives him the misersbles
So he's going to place where there's
more chance of an eruption or a big
explos on TO give him a rise in the
world
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
TAKE 4 CHANCE

Very few things in this world are g.
sured in advance.
And while life is very far removed
from being a gamble, yet it has about
it every fascination of the greatest OF
adventures. Every day, almost every
hour. chances-some small, some
great-must be taken.
And the good sport abides by the
result.
The main thing in Importance is
first to think things out. Then take the
'chance-come what may. To such
performer, ultimate failure is impos-
sible.
Two things clothe success = conf
dence in your own ability, and conf
dence in people.
And il these things are we'll ground
ed. taking great chances, even, is part
assurance that the thing aimed at will
be attained. At least that is what one
gets from the study of those who have
played the game and left their record.
The child learns to walk by falling
down more times than it stands UP.
And SO it is with men and women
of vision. They take the chance
the one that the cautious would avoid;
but, as reward. they always get III
satisfa ction what the timid get in fear
and regret.
There is but one way to whet quick
decision-which is one of the most
valuable assets that anyone can have
and that is by being ready to take
a chance.
You may get blamed. You are liable
to chalk up a lot OF mistakes. You
will be called impulsive- But what
man of action ever got anything else
for appla use on his way toward ideals
If you are sure of the honesty of
thb thing-take a chance!
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JUST FOLKS
rHE MAX AM ms NEIGHBoR.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


THE MAN AND his NEIGHBoR.
He had gold in his pocket and blue skies
A wife who was true and his children to
love him.
No mortgage to fret him. no burden or
Or hint of disaster TO darken tomorrow:
And so he>set forth with smile OF delight.
And vowed to himself that his world was
all right:
There was reason. of course, for his sweet
satisfaction
He thought there was nothing to call him
to action,
He's a right to be merry and dance il he
And let them find fault with his conduct
who dared to;
He had fought for his fortune, and earned
He was free from the world and its burdens
OF woe.
But one there was called to MIN out Of the
distance:
Stranger. come quickly and give me as
sistancei
The foes of injustice and malice assan me.
am battered and bruised and shall die if
And tho he was care-free and blue was bis
sky,
He knew in his heart he'd no right to 60
by.
Day after day and thru every tomorrow.
He worked to find neighbors IN trouble
and soIrow.
Found cares he must shoulder and wrongs
to be rlghted;
And learned that in honor not one could
be sighted;
And this was the lesson he soon came 10
No true man can rest while anothcr's IN
woe.
Copyright 1870 by Edgar A. Guest
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Ouestions-Answers

Q. Did any member of the present
United States senate serve in the Coufed-
crate army f--B. NJ. q.
A. Senator Bankhcad. of Alabama, who
died recently, was the one remaining man
in the senate who served In the CoHfed-
crate army. He Vas captain ana was
wounded three times.
q. Who taught Lincoln how TO read
and write M. Il.
A. His mother. Nancy Hanks, could read
and write. a thing not common at that time
among the poor people of Kentucky. She
taught Lincoln his letters, but she died
when he was eight years old. Lincoln
traversed the country for twenty miles In
every direction until he finally found an
itinerant preacher and induced him to come
to his mothers grave to preach funeral
sermon.
o. who was the greatest linguist the
world ever produced?-E. L. L.,
A. Cardinal Giuseppe Gaspar Mezzofanti.
who was born at Bologna. Italy, In ITO
and died at Rome in 1910. He could speak
one hundred and fourteen languages and
dialects. Among the most famous lingulsts
of ancient times we're Mithridates. King
of Pontns, who is said to have been thoro-
ly conversant with the languages OF the
TWENTY-FIVE nations over which he ruled.
and Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt OF whom
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The United States senate. in its
course regarding the peace treaty, is
giving an excellent imitation OF the
Roman emperor who played the fid-
die while the capital city burned. Her
bert Hoover says: I'VE shalt not have
real peace so long as we hang the
treaty in the air. for we are a part of
it. I'm the meantime the world is held
in suspense. Infinite misery goes on
accommodating. Forces are set in mo-
tion that may yield new conflicts. AL
ready the distrust and undermining of
confidence and credit in the world
have crippled our export market. But
ratification must come some day and
with ii there will come the blessed re-
ductiot of world ornaments; the de-
velopment of engines of cancellation
and arbitration and the establishment
of codes and courts of international
justice"
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feet long, and not much good at that
Most of it is occupied by small
Cuban club. The visitor who is able
to present q letter of introduction may
get admission to this. Otherwise a
primitive little shack is his only dress
ing room. Practically no women and
only a few men brave the inconven-
fence of this place, which is quite
widely advertised in Habana, as one
American remarked. ''as tho it were
something"
Thus the beach life, which is such
an important part of that of other
winter resorts, is totally lacking in
Cuba. There are only few places to
dance, which is another point against
the place in the feminine eye Public
concerts are held but once a week,
whereas every American resort fur
nishes good music daily.
As for the expense of living in Ha-
bana, it is whatever you choose to
make it. In the best hotels, rooms
are from five dollars day for a
small one without bath up to ten or
twelve dollars. Cheaper rooms which
are clean and habitable may be found
whole cheaper than in American re-
sorts, especially if you eat the native
dishes. The cafes are crowded only
for a short time in the evening. Cen
orally service is prompt, the scale OF
tipping somewhat lower than in the
states, and the hat and coat pirate is
not SO much in evidence.
It should be said that Habana has
many projects for, and is making some
actual progress toward, giving her
American visitors what they want. 1t
is said that a great resort hotel is to
be built at Marianao, and the beach.
which was ruined by a storm, is to be
repaired. This project has been in
existence a long time, however, and
so far not a stick has gone up.
There can be no doubt that Ha-
bana is a wonderful field for hotel en-
terprise. A great tourist hotel, like
those of Florida, built on a beach, with
it's own tennis courts and golf links.
and with the tremendous advantages
of being able to serve drinks. would
tend to make Cuba what she aspires
to be-the American Riviera.