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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
SOCIETY.

SOCIETY
It is impossible for a human being
to be happy alone. The throbbing
heart Graves and demands-society.
But there are worlds of associations
that keep one far from being alone.
am quite alone, in one sense, when
my library holds no other human be-
ing than myself. But scattered all
about me-on my long table, in my
book cases. on stands, and everywhere
are to be found what I glory in as
my society. My booksi Ny picturesi
am far from ever being alone, you
see.
picked up a green leather book the
other evening with the writings of
Thoreau in it. came across this love-
ly passage: THE most innocent and
encouraging society may be found in
any natural object-there can be no
very black melancholy to him who
lives in the midst of Nature and has
mis- senses STILL"
Who does not love the society of
birds and trees and field? And who
Is it that cannot get a hundred thrills
from every touch of divine coloring
which the great Creator has placed in
millions of objects for our pleasure
and delight?
You can select your own society,"
| Human beings are very critical
Sometimes they don't like the cut OF
our clothes or the shape of our faces,
Annd many times they don't like gu:
ideas at all.
But the very leaves, the kingly
rocks, the falling rain, the twinkline
stars. are not only our neighbors. but
/ of us and in us-an eternal society
bound to the heart of the Maker OF
All--Himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15
LITTLE BENAY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoaking and thinking and
was doing my arifmetick homework
and wishing 1 wasent, and 1 sed. Aw
heck, this is heck of a ixampleA l
can't do this.
Never say cant, there is no sutch
werd as cant, do you know wat the
greatest thing in the werld is? sed pop
Yes sir, mountain, / sed, and pop
sed. don't meen CRATE in the sents of
big, I mean CRATE in the sents of i'm
portant, and the greatest thing in the
werld is perseverants. Mountains are
big, yes, but perseverants can move
mountains, perseverants can do eny-
thing.
Can it make skool as good as NOV
ing pictures, pop? 1 sed. and pop sed,
1t can do enything, I told you, per-
severants won the war and with per-
severants you can do that Example
Always perseveer no matter wat your
doing or how hard 1t seems, and you
will be a CRATE man.
And he kepp on smoaking and
thinking and 1 started to feel per-
seveering, and the more perseveering
felt the more the Example came out
rong till my perseverants was all wore
out, and all of a suddin 1 got good
ideer, saying. Hay pop?.
What the news? sed pop, and sed,
Can I have a dime for the movies,
pop?
AbsiIootly no. dident I tell you you
were throo with the movies for this
week sed pop. and sed, Well aw G,
pop. cant I, pop?
What do you think no meens, yes?
sed pop, and sed. No sir, but viii
you please. pop, wont you, pop? and
pop say. Say, look heer, are you grow
ing batty2 Don't you know by this
time that always say wat meen?
Yes sir, but gosh, G, pop, can 2 I
sed.
/ Are you working for licking? sed
pop, and I sed. No sir. I'm perseveer-
ing, and pop sed, o I see, well I neg
lected to tell you that no matter how
mulch you perseveer. II somebody eits
perseveers still more. its no use. and
! in this particular case somebody elts
will perseveer still more
Meening him. WITCH he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

from Pittsburgh to Cairo. perma-
nent six-foot channel in the Upper
Mississippi from st. Louis to Mime
apolis, and a permanent six-foot chan
mel in the Missouri firm st. Louis to
Kansas City. If that program had
been carried out as planned. these
rivers would now be improved AMI
ready for navigation, but that pro-
gram has not been carried out. Con-
gress has failed to appropriate suffi-
cient funds to carry on this work eth
er economically or expeditiously. and,
as a result, much of the funds which
were appropriated have been wasted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.
THE SORT OF MAN HE WAS.

THE SORT OF MAN HE WAS.
This is the sort of a man was he:
True when it hurt him lot to be;
Tight in corner an KNOWN a lie
Would have helped him out, but he
wouldn't buy
His freedom there in so cheap way
He told the truth tho he had to pay.
Honest, Not in the easy sense,
When he needn't worry about expense
Wen all play square when it doesn't count
And the sum at stakes not a large amount
Bnt he was square when the times were
bad.
An keepin' his word took all he had.
Honor is something we all profess,
But most of US cheat-some more, some
An the real test isn't what we do
When there isn't pinch In either shoe,
It's whether we're true to our best or not
When the right things certain to hurt a
lot.
That is the sort OF a man was he.
Straight when 1t hurt him lot to be;
Times when lie would have paid him well,
No matter the cost, this truth he'd tell:
An he'd rather go down to a drab defeat
Than to save himself if he had to cheat.
Copyright, 1920, by Edgar A. Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

O. What parts of soldiers uniform are
men prohibited from wearing after leaving
the army I'D. Il. G. -, :. A.,
termfning what should be considered as
tinctive parts of the Army uniform, Is that
the following sTsicfss, and ap standard
samples or sufficiently close to appear the
same when worn, are taboo, after the lhree
w non,hS With The red chevron: Uniform but
tons. cap ornaments, collar insignia Qetters
IT. 81 and insignia ef the arm OF seiV lSss!.
insignia Of rank and grade, white ana olive
drab caps, hat cords. overcoats, service
coats Officers white coats, army nurses
nurses caps. The war department does not
object to the wearing Of the army oyerc0at
if it has been dyed different color from
| evident that it is no longer an army gar
ment. This also applies to other distinctive
parts of the uniform.
established ?-H. G. Il.
A. Haiti was the first negro republic
having mad republican government since
Q: How many people visit Yellowstone
park is kept. In 1920 the total was 1911.
This was more than twice the number that
visited the park in the year before we wen, went
! than by train, there being 4e,421 motorists
making this tour durRg the current year
q. Who was knowA as Snow Baby ,
A. This name was given Marie calm .hi-
/ to- daughter of Robert Il. Peary, the lam
Gus Arctic explorer, because of the fact
that she was born in Greenland. which
! is the farthest north any white child has
O. What is meant by telautomatics p
II. L.
A. BY this term is meant the control at
a distance of torpedoes, boats. etc, par
ticularly by means of radiotelegraphic i'm
pulses
| O. What committees OF the house of rep
iresentatives ere called the big fourth II.
A. The committees on ways and means,
! appropriations. judiciary. and foreign af-
fairs, are referred to as the big -Four"
tAny reader can get the answer TO any
! question by writing The Topeka State
Journal information bureau, Frederic J.
uaskin, Director, Washington, d.. c. This
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All replies are sent direct to the INQUIRER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

Frequently suggestions appear in
the newspapers to the effect that the
farmers. disguised and disheartened
by the fall in prices for their products,
by the continued high cost of labor
and high retail prices for the things
they have to buy, are likely to cut
down their crop areas and their PEI
sonal efforts next season and that, as
"a retributive result. the country will
face another food shortage. The
farmers will do nothing of the sort.
They are good business men and, like
other good business men, they will set
about producing crops at lower cost.
In every business always there is a
chance for new economies. Farming
is no exception. Americans face con-
ditions as they come to them, with
such courage and resource as is given.
No one quits trying to earn a living
because he IS oppressed by conditions
and is more or less indignant thereat
That is not the American business
characteristic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15
THE SILVER LINING.

The brighter side of the situation
resulting from downward trend of
prices is presented in a bulletin issued
by the Chase National bank as fol-
lows:
The decline in prices and the pros
pective decline in wages mean a great
decline in costs. Those industries
whose selling prices are fixed. conse-
quently, find their position very great
ly improved by a period of falling
prices. Notable among these are the
railroads, other public utilities, and
gold mines, all of which will find their
margins of profit greatly increased and
their credit correspondingly improved.
Not a few public. utilities will be saved
from bankruptcy by the decline in
of the receiver will be released from
receivership.
Pressure will also be removed by
the decline in prices from that large
body of people with fixed incomes.
widows and orphans and other benefit
ciaries of trust funds, bondholders in
general, university professors and
others, who have suffered most as
prices have risen.
An immense volume of deferred
construction. housing. railroad build
| ing, vitality needed Improvements in
public utilities and the like, is waiting
to start up when the tension in the
capital market is relaxed and when
costs Of construction reach reasonable
levels. The improved credit condition
of the railroads and public utilities
makes this all the more important.
| For perhaps the first time in our his
tory our railroads will be in good
credit at a time when prices are at
/ bottom.
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lish telephone communication With
the editor of the column. Then ne
bethouzht him to run the paragraph
on his own responsibility and turned
to the standing galley on which 1t nap-
itaally stood. But a new galley boy,
unaccustomed to the routine OF tne
composing room, had been on the Joo
and had cast the proud Jape into the
melting pot None of the linotypers
could reproduce it. and after nissine
two mails. the foreman finally Went
to press without it.
On July there was an outburst On
of indtgnation from the readers OF the
paper. They had looked for the para
graph and had failed to find IT.
good many discontinued their subscrip-
lions. Hundreds of others were never
entirely placated-
Mr.. Harding's recent admission that
he is lust a plain, ordinary fellow Is
natural enough. 1t is considered eN-
ceIlent form for one who has mao re-
sponsibilities placed on his snouloe1s
personally to deprecate his apihty 70
master them
But neither Mr.. Harding nor any
other distinguished citizen wants any
| body else to say he is just plain'
/ ordinary fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

The terms of settlement OF the re-
cent strike of British coal miners in
viso that they should produce more
coal They have done it. The weekly
output has exceeded 5000, 600 tons for
the first time in two years, according
10 returns received by the foreign in
formation service Of the Bankers
Trust company. of New York. Pro-
duction in the week of November 20,
was 5.211,0OO tons. There had been
no previous weekly output reaching
5000, 900 tons since October, 1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

in consideration OF the existing
high cost of railroad transportation.
It may be expected that there will be
renewed agitation for extension OF the
use of our waterways for the trans
mission of freight. A study of the
river legislation in congress discloses
the fact that more than ten years ago
congress adopted a program for the
construction OF permanent navigable
channels in the Mississippi. the Mis-
souri, and the Ohio rivers. It was
planned to construct a permanent
nine-foot channel in the Mississippi
from the Gulf to st. Louis. a perma-
nent nine-foot channel in the Ohio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

Secretary Houston, in his annual re-
port took the view that rigid econ
omy is necessary and that only by the
use of such economy win it be posi-
BILE to bring about a reform of taxa
ton. It may be noted that economy,
like lower prices. always is for the
other party. While Secretary Hous-
toms party has been in power, ap-
parently there has been no thought of
economy. The cry of economy is
raised only when the Republicans are
about to come into control
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

King Constantine. who recently won
election to the throne of Greece at the
close of a front porch campaign, is
reported to be planning to resign the
office in favor of his son. The report
probably emanates from British and
French Sources. France and England
have exerted every effort to prevent
the return of the Greek monarch and
probably are hunting a place to alight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

one thing which seems reasonably
certain in connection with the matter
of government finance is that if con-
gress do not wipe out the excess prof
its tax. the tax will disappear of itself
In other words, there soon will be no
excess profits to tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

to say to Wilton: Take me back-I
must straighten things with Anna
She will understand when 1 tell her
about Mary-but until. am free"
you were free before we came
here" Wilton interrupted. running on
into a sketchy explanation. Marin
listened intently-then gave a joyous
shout and set off running. Wilton
had no need to ask why. He knew
the goal-Mary Provost, the good an
gel.
(Copyright, 1919, BY the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

Senator Mccormick expresses the
opinion that the League of Nations is
in danger of talking itself TO death
Already it has been talked to death in
the United States. If Hiram johnson
had been in Geneva. probably the
league would not have survived so
long as it has.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

1t is reported that the shipping
board wilHask congress for s15O,oOo,-
900 for the fiscal year 1921. This
gives pertinence to the inquiry being
carried out by a congressional COM
mittee to ascertain what the board
did with the money it has had in the
mast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

Reducing time as a means of re-
ducins output seems to be a failure.
An eastern collar factory cut the week
to four days but there was no diminu-
ton of product,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-15

What is generally regarded as the
most drastic price decline in the
country's history is being accom-
plished without an industrial or
financial collapse. This fact is due
almost wholly to the federal reserve
banking system. 1t enabled US to
finance the war and now at is tiding
us over the reconstruction period in
safety.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
Every Druggist in U. S. In,
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait at Count
erIf Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm UP.

The sensation ~ the year ~ ;he drug
trade is Aspironal the twO-minute cod
and cough rci"N"r. Auth"r!tatlNely
Guaranteed by the laboratories. tested.
annrovcd and Iuust enthusiastically on
dorscd by the highest authorities. aIH'
proclaimed by tho common people as
ten time. as quick and effective as
xhiskey, tpCk and rye. az any other
cold aud cough remedy they have tried
All drug stores are now supplied with
,rs wonderful new elixir. 80 AL you
have to do to got rid Of that cold ~ 10
sen INTO the nearest drug store. hand
tbe clerk half a dollar for bottle OF
Asnironal. and tell HIM 10 serve you
TWO teaspoonfuls with four tcaS""nfuls
or water in glass. With your watch
IN YOUR hand. take the drink nj one
swallow and call for your money bacE
An two minutes If YOU cannot feel your
cold fading away like dream within
the time limit. Don't be bashful. for
all druggists invite you and expect you
10 try II. Everybody's doing it.
When your cold or cough is relieved
take the remainder of the bottle homo
10 your wife and babies, for Aspironal
Is hv far the safest and most effective
the easiest - take and the mos; agree
able cold and cough remedy for infants
and childrer-Adv.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
i, BENWO0D
WARD MEETINGS
"HERE SATURDAY
C1t1ssns VIII Meet Saturday Evening
20 Name Their Candidates for
City Offices
Present Administration XAS Been very
Inieient ana NAs rhs Eadorss-
mAAS OF All

Citizens OF this city win hold meet
ings In their particular ward Saturday
evening 20 name their choice for coun-
eli and ward committeeman. Tho nneet-
lag will he called at $50 o'clock ana =
lively session At all meeting places IL
The meetings will be held at tho fol-
Frs, wstd-Flrst Ward school build
Second ward-City building.
Third Berwood Enterprise Of
rces.
Fourth ward-Sharp's store
Fifth ward--HCSe house.
The biggest question among the olt-
liens Of the city ~ who Will ne e.e"tsu {:
Will the present administration remain
IN. Office" Just who will he elected Is
not known and whether the present adj
minis trattou remains IN once IS also
unknown. but whath"r present onIciG,s
remain in Office or not they have the
S SfG6S!ss endorsement Of at. ".""'o"
has hardly changed during the past tSI, SIX *
chief OF police when Herman Specht
teffdc-ed hts resignation.
Many important improvements nave
hcsn made throughout the city. ana
'0ost towns in the state OF her poput2-
ton. Among tn" improvements mad'
we're: Installation of modern street
amps: suitable drinking fountains
street paving and many Other tmp-oVe-
!nents The present administration mas
served tn. citizens OF BenwoOd With
hut one idea-nadA % give them an er-
Fcienr and honest administration. In
this they have succeeded. Benwood Is
uoS a blk industrial center and II pres,
enr plans ar" carried out this city wiz
a so b. y beautiful and clean city.
lust what IN" fate OF ;he present adj
,ninistration will be - as yet unHno ~n.
but this will be decided when ING c!l-
rens march 10 .he polls on April 6th a.
tho general election.
The p.esrn, administration now con-
s ats Of:
Nayor-Ciark Sprouts.
chief Of Pol.Ce-Nl LaDderS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
BAnwood Briefs

Miss Mary Noyt is confined 20 her
lone or South Marshall stree; with
SICKNESS.
Miss Mary Rlake. who underwent an
operation recently at tho North Wheel
ing hospital. is expected 10 return home
today.
Mrs Patrick RrannNr OF South Mar
shall streat Is confined TO her homo
critically III
Mrs Mary Franco OF Boggs Run. II
seriously III a. h"r home with pneu-
monia.
Miss Ethel Monroe will leave this
afternoon for Fairmout. where she Will
spend thu weekend with relatives
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
1rar+ba wasbington por+,

Next Monday evening a MARTHA
Renwood NJ. T.. church by tho LADIES'
Industrial circle. \ silver oil rrIng Will
be taken at the door and Ice cream.
cake. sandwiches and candy VII hc or
sale. The proceeds will be donated TO
the church In addition 70 the many
good things 70 be served an excellent
program viii be rendered.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
Sore Throat
Coughs, Colds, Group, Cattarrh
Relieved in Two Minutes

IL your throat sore?
Breathe HyomOt.
Have you CatSrrh'
Breathe HyomeI.
Have you a cough;
Breathe 'HyCmeL
Have you cold"
Breathe HyOmc:.
Hyome "a the treatment 'or nose.
throar and lung trouble. II does no;
contain cocaine. morphine or other dang
erous drug and does away with stomach
dosing Just breathe II through tho
little back pocks: inhaler that comes
with each outht.
A complete outfit costs but little at
c. II. Grisst & Co. or any reliable dcuk-
Kist and Hyomei Is guaranteed TO ban
ish catarrh. Group coughs. colds. sors
throat and bronchitis or mopay back. \
Hyomei inhaler lasts a lifetime and eN-
ira bottles OF Hyomei can he obtained
from druggists for q few cents.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
UNCONSCIOUS TRUTH.

certain cl-rs EmRn. inclined 10 ror-
pul~n"N. officiating as chairman n, =
sOrial gathering that had met t. celc-
brute HE building Of new schuulr""rn.
addressed the Audience in the following
manner
''frend>. liz SAID, AT the close nf
this m.ttlus ih-r" Will lie collection
l. VII not H. i,r In. poor and. ur""u-
>'i"u~i, p'; ug 1T, thumbs mt" h!"
''CI>-:. Iuck,,- ud tupptuk Nitu las
fingers h.- WaII Ind. cont uu"d "nu'
Ter @h- G"N" lrpiG~n' and "ulHrEiug %
THIS d-inr. m"ul. - Galveston News.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20
Briefs and Per1onAa.

TT. Pleasant Hill Ladies' Aid Society
will meet at the parsonage next We'd
aesday
Mrs. A. NJ. snedcker. OF Nj olIret.
IS III.
A patriotic entertainment Will be
given n the school auditorium this af-
'eruoon by the members OF J. 7. Baird
Post q. \. x. and the school children.
Mrs. Frank Merin2r - slightly i'm
proved after being seriously Ill.
The Allen Grove Sewing Circle was
entertained at tho home or Mrs. o. n
Talbert. Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. W. F. Watson has returned To
the home OF her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. McCombs. after undergoing treat
mont in the Ohio Valley General hospi-
Mrs. Louis Ffshet OF Mozart. Is quite
III.
Tn" meeting OF the Mt. oltvet Ladies'
Aid Society which was 10 have been
held In tho hall on Wednesday, was
postponed on account OF sickness In the
community.
c. L. Freeland is moving from tho w.
r Allen farm TO Beech Bottom.
Mrs. 2. J. Fuss. OF Mt. Oliret, has
about recovered from ar illness.
TIL. greater the necessity for saving
tho create your opportunity 70 use
The Intslligencer Want Ads.
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THAN
WH|SKEY FOR
COLDS AND FLU

New Elixir, Called Aspiron.
al, Medicated With --latest
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold and Prevent Compli-
cations.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-20

Thu members OF the Irwin Literary
society az. fhe Inlcu High school ar"
busy maNiuE arrangements fpr 4 party
To be given IN the near future III |
date has not as VET been decided upOll
hut the members are looH;uS forward
- \ Sut,,.-S.ul affair