The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-22
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadeiphia Public Ledgsr.)

A day or two ago we Registered cid
grin in making the confession that we
had never seen a copy of the Dayton
! News or the Marion Star, and eX-
pressed the hope that some friend
would send US copy of one or ooth-
1t was not that we had any particular
interest in either of these journals
We have put so many provincial news
papers ito bed" that the particular
| manifestation of journalism which
they express no longer intrigues US.
But we were curious as to what the
good folk of Central Ohio are taking
for it now We credit Mr.. Franklin
p Adams with supplying us with the
desired information and thank him
for it..
well" wells Mr. Adams in his WELL
known colyum in the New York Tri-
bune, "if they are taking what is ad-
vertised in Governor Cox's Dayton
News of last Wednesday. they are TAX
ing Bro-Feren, Excelento (for kiHky
hair), Arvon, Phelactine, Laxa- Pirin.
Leonards Ear Oil, Aspironal (Better
than Whisky for Colds and Fluo.
Tona-Vin, Tonsiline, Beecham's Pills,
Foley Kidney Pills. Mayr's Remedy.
VinoI. Dreco, Vola-Sol. Mi-O-Na, Sor-
Dol Quadruple, Hyromei. Chase's Blood
and Nerve Tablets, Eqkman's Alter
alive Acco, Vitamon. Var-ne-sis, Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
L L
they are taking what is advertised in
Senator Harding's Marion Star of
Tuesday, they are taking Dreco, Mayrs
Remedy, Lightning Hot Drops Hypo-
Cod, D. D. D., Bear Oil. Trusler's
Rheumatic Tablets. Haelanol. Hyomei.
Mona. Vitamon and Mentho-Sul-
phur.'
Our despair for democracy is not al
has been alleged, based upon a CAPT
tadstic mind, but upon the in
constancy of the people: The masses
I the profound consideration of their
own physical ailments, they fit from
nostrum to nostrum and from snake
remedy to snake remedy. When we
last visited central Ohio, in the late
summer of 1898, Peruna was the SOW
ereign remedy for snake bite and all
other ills to which the flesh is heir.
but particularly for snake bite. DR..
Mi1es's Nervine was enshrined in the
affections of a people. We know be-
cause we dedicated many prose epics
to its surprising qualifications as
health restorer. Paine's Celery Com
pound had a tremendous following,
and Old DR.. Williams's Pink Pills for
Pale People were the chief medical
reliance of unnumbered thousands
One found Bucklen's Arnica Salye and
Cha mberlain'S Cough Syrup in every
medicine chest. The late DR.. Mum
yon's finger was upturned in very
newspaper and in every pharmacy.
Green's August Flower and Old DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
still had adherents, altho. truth to tell.
they had reached their perihelion
some years previously. There were
dozens of others equally popular, the
names of which are missing from the
symposium submitted by Mr.. Adams.
rural regions has changed in twenty
years. Those who were snatched
from the grave have forgotten the act
of beneficence. Those who were en-
thusiastic in praise now humble a Jar
gon of strange new words and phrases.
Do you wonder that we have no faith
in the judgment of people? y
You probably are curiour as to the
nature of the slanderous and under
handed attack on Mr.. Harding, to
which the newspapers are making
what it is, but we don't dast print it.
Nor do we dast print what they are
saying about Governor Cox behind the
the talk about Grover Cleveland and
James G. Blaine was harmless gossip
by comparison.
The fact that the Rev. Thomas E.
Dixon's play. Abraham Lincoln
failed in New York and was with
drawn has no particular significance.
But the fact that the Rev. Mr.. Dixon
wrote that sort of play indicates that
he has Gained down considerably.
When last previously heard from,
the Rev. Mr.. Dixon was greatly ex-
cited. Doubtless, he has since learned
his fear that he would be dominated
by the colored race was unwarranteds
If Il is anything that won't work. a
considerable minority of earQest citi-
zens can always be found to vote for
its adoption.
We regard il as q hopeful sign that
Mr.. Stanley Coveleskie, the superhero
of the world series, is a Highlander.