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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01
FACES
FINANCIAL PANIC
Loan in U. S. and Export OF
American Coal Start
Depression.
BY HAL O'FLAHERTY.

BY Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1920.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October l.
AS a result of the new Norwe-
gian loan in the United States and
heavy exports of American coal to
Sweden it is believed that another
depression in Scandinavian finances is
appearing similar to the slump last
fall when both Swedish and Norwe-
gian money dropped to a point where
business was seriously affected.
Although Norway is doing every
thing possible to bolster up her
finances by floating a $4,000 900 loan
in America and placing restrictions
upon credits for foreign made goods,
it will, it is claimed, avail little in
compensation for the unfavorable
trade balance in the United States.
Swedish Coal Imports Increase.
Swedish coal imports in the first
nine months of this year were far
greater than last year. Then 100000
tons were imported from America
while this year more than 100000
tons have been imported. All the rail-
accumulated supplies equaling those
they had in pre-war days and have
enough to last them for a year in
case importation is stopped.
Special attention is directed to the
effects upon Sweden's trade balance
in America as Swedish merchants
have paid 100, 600, 900 kroner (normal-
ly about $50, 100000 for the coat re-
ceived up to date. So long as Eng
lands prices for export coal remain
twice those for home consumption
American exporters have the advan-
tage. They are also benefiting large
ly by the low freight rates from
American ports.
See U. S. Gaining Trade.
Should the British mine workers
enter upon a prolonged strike this
winter it is quite possible that the
Americans will capture the entire
Scandinavian coal market. Consider
able uneasiness, is displayed through
out Scandinavian banking circles over
the prospects for the next two months.
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By those who stop to count the cost.
Buster Bear.
Farmer Browns boy whistled merrily
felt that he had done good mornings
work. He had located the three swarms
of Bees, who had left his hives early
in the summer to make homes in hollow
trees in the Green Forest He had put
his mark on each tree so that should
any other boy or man find one of them
he would not try to get the honey
Later in the fall, when the weather be-
came cooler and the Bees were less
active. he would get the honey. There
was no hurry about it. 1t would be
there whenever hc-got ready to get it.
All this Farmer Browns boy thought
as he tramped across the Green Mead
owS toward home. Halfway across the
Green Meadows he put his hand in his
pocket in which he usually carried his
jack-knife. His merry whistle ended
right then and there The knife wasn't
in that pocket! Hastily Farmer Browns
boy searched through every pocket. No
knife was to be found.
Now that particular knife was one
of the most treasured possessions of
Farmer Browns boy. Ever since it was
given him at Christmas he had taken
the greatest care of it. 1t had four
DlaueS ana ne fldQ kept each DkduS dS
sharp as a razor. He had never al
lowed the tiniest speck of rust on any
of them. So now he turned to look back
at the Green Forest and his forehead
was puckered in frown. Farmer
Browns boy was trying to remember
when he had last used that knife. He
had used it to make his mark on each
of the three Bee-trees, and he had used
it to cut several sticks
In a moment or two his face cleared.
II remember" said he right out aloud.
IT laid it on stump near that last
Bee-tree. l got SO interested studying
out the best way of getting the honey
from that tree that I walked off and
forgot that knife. There is nothing for
me to do but go back for it right now.
Some one might happen along that way
and find it, and I wouldn't lose it for
the world 1 guess it will make me late
for dinner. but I can't help it. Serves
me right for being SO careless"
So Farmer Browns boy turned back
toward the Green Forest and began to
run. Being a real boy he didn't want
to miss his dinner and he knew that he
would miss it if he was very late. So
he ran, taking the shortest way to the
place where he had left the knife.
Now the shortest way led him quite
near the first Bee-tree he had found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01

did these articles belong to your
roomer?" asked the detective of the
landfady. "A button, cents and a
receipted bill"
"a, receipted bill. eh?" she replied.
"Then it amt m."-Michigan Gar
goyle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01

Il don't complain about high prices
any more"
why not?"
i've just got tired of hearing the
perfectly good EXCUSE any tradesman
can offer for soaking the life out OF
me."-Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01

Wilma. in Russia, is probably the
only place in the world where geese
are shod. The geese are made to
walk first through tar-and afterward
through sand. Each goose is thus
provided with durable pair of boots,
and is enabled to make the long jour
ney to the goose fair at Warsaw
without getting sore feet or requiring
the services of a chiropodist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01

The exports of oil from Mexico in
the first six months of the calendar
year 1920 amounted to nearly 60,000.-
900 barrels, representing an increase
of ~ per cent over the exports in
1919.
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AT WHAT HE SAW.
Suddenly he stopped running and stood
perfectly still with his mouth wide open
in establishment and such funny ex-
preston on his face From the direc-
ton of that Bee tree were coming the
strangest noises he ever heard-growls
grunts, snaris, whnes and whimpers all
mixed together. Farmer Browns boy
was in doubt whether to run away or
keep on Those noises were rather
dreadful.
But there is lot of sense in Farmer
Browns boy "Pshaw! There is moth
ing to be afraid Of" he muttered So.
though his heart was beating rather
fast with excitement and uncertainty, he
started on toward the place from
which those strange noises were COM
ing and he took the greatest care to
make no noise himself.
Presently he reaehed place where
he could see that Bee-tree. Those
strange noises were coming from a
point a little more than half way up
that tree. Farmer Browns boys eyes
almost popped out of his head at what
he saw-Buster Bear trying to tear
open that tree, and every other second
Shaping viciously at a cloud of angry
Bees about his head, and all the time
growing, granting. snarling. whining
and whimpering.
Copyright. 1920. by r. W. Burgess.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01
lTIILES10R!Es
6rBEDTInE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Farmer Browns Boy Goes
Back.

The sweetest things in life are lost,
By those who stop to count the cost.
Buster Bear.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

ID ECAUSE the drama Of history.
- like tl.at of the theater, must
have Its heroes and villains, James
Buchanan has been painted all black
in the opening scene of the Civil war,
loaded down with all the weaknesses
and sins of his generation and BAN
ished forever into the wilderness. Any
one can see now, with the aid of hind
sight, what Buchanan should have
done, but not what he could have done.
The North itself, in the bewildering
winter Of 1S6O-61 was far from
agreed that secession could or should
be stopped by force. LET the Union
slide," the abolitionists said. LET the
erring brethren 60" said Horace Gree
ley. "Nayward sisters, depart In
peace" General Scott would have said
to the seeding ste,es.
In common with the politicians OF
his fast vanishing time Buchanan
clung to the idea that freedom rather
than slavery was to blame for all the
trouble. He had not gone with Doug
las and the northern wing of the d.
vided Democrats in the campaign of
1860, but had sided with the southern
ers and voted for Breckinridge.
When the first state seeded he was
already within ten weeks of the end
of his term with hostile congress In
front of him and behind him a country
as irresolute as himself. AS he saw
the Union falling to pieces he hoped
on that it could be patched together
again by another old-fashioned COM
promise. All the while there were
southern members of his cabinet who
were staying in Washington only to
ship federal war supplies south and
to aid in the preparations for Destroy
ing the government.
Edwin NJ. Stanton of Ohio, although
himself a Breckinridge Democrat,
bluntly warned Buchanan: "You are
sleeping on q volcano. The ground Is
mined all around and under you and
ready to explode, and without prompt
and energetic action you will be the
last president of the United States
"Mr. Stanton" pleaded the feeble
old man, "for Gods sake come in and
help me-"
The first day that Stanton took his
seat at Buchanan's cabinet table he
told the secretary of war, Floyd of
Virginia, that he fought to be hanged
on a gallows higher than Haman's" for
having ordered Major Anderson, with
out the knowledge of the president,
to stay in defenseless old fort at
Charleston harbor instead Of trans
ferring himself to Fort Sumter, as the
major had done IN defiance of orders.
Before the middle of January the
cabinet was reorganiZed and Buchanan
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

TAMES BUCHANAN was the last
y president to wrap his neck i'll a
stock, as Monroe was the last to wear
knee-breeches-and he was the last
Of an era. An age passed away as
he passed out of the White House.
After Buchanan's birth at a Penn
sylvania log cabin, his father, VINO
was an Irish immigrant, prospered as
a country storekeeper and was abbe
to send his son to college. But the
college sent him back as wild spirit
that 1t could not tame. The pastor
of the scandalized family begged and
obtained a chance for the wayvard
youth, who improved it so well that
he graduated first in his class. Never
theless, the still unforgiving faculty
denied him the hOnorS of his rank.
This would be but a dull story of
law and politics were it not for a
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

single tragic episode which cast a
shadow over the whole after life of
our bachelor president, the only presi-
dent to die a bachelor. young wom-
an, to whom Buchanan was engaged
In early manhood, daughter of the
wealthiest family in the county. wrote
him q letter of dismissal under the
spell of a jealousy which had been
aroused by gossips. Pride on both
sides kept the two apart until their
separation was made irrevocable by
her sudden death-probably by sui
eide. In grief and horror, the young
lover wrote to the father of the dead
girl, begging the privilege Of looking
upon her remains and of following
them to the grave. But the letter was
returned to him unopened.
Four and forty years passed, and
Buchanan went to his grave without
ever having taken any other woman
to his heart. When his executors
opened the papers, which the aged
ex-president had left in bank vault,
they found among them a little pack
ct of treasured love letters from his
sweetheart of long ago. But in ac-
cOrdance with the request written on
the outside, those faded mementoes
of his only love were burned without
breaking the seal on them.
= Buchanan was by no means crab
bed old bachelor. He remained al
ways most courteously attentive to
women, though with perfect impair
tiality. Nor did he keep bachelors
hall. At Wheatland. his country place
near Lancaster, Pa, he brought up.
from early childhood. the orphaned
son Of one Of his sisters and the
orphaned daughter Of another, who
became, as Miss Harriet Lane, one
Of the most admired mistresses of the
White House.
After Buchanan had risen to top
rank at the Pennsylvania bar, with q
practice that brought him as much
as $4,000 In a year, he entered poll
ties. Starting as Federalist. he be-
came Democrat only at the death
of the party Of his first choice. He
was elected to the legislature and to
congress; was thrice elected to the
senate; served as minister to Russia
and Great Britain and was secretary
of state in Polk's cabinet.
For 20 years an unsuccessful can
didate for the presidential nomina-
ton, the veteran politician had all
but given up hope when at last 1t
came to him unsought in 1856 on his
return from q long absence as Ameri-
can minister in London. AS he ac-
cepttd 1t, he sighed that the honor had
been denied him until he was too old
TO enjoy 1t, when all the friends 1
loved and wanted to reward are dead
and all the enemies l hated and had
marked for punishment are turned my
friends"
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

was surrounded by stanch Union men,
who swept him along at pace which
sometimes left him breathless. The
new secretary of the treasury, John A..
Dix, quietly reported one day that he
had sent to New Orleans his now
famous message: III any man at
tempts to haul down the American
flag shoot him on the spot"
did you write such letter as
that?" Buchanan exclaimed
NO" Dix replied, II telegraphed It."
Had Buchanan been q man of iron
instead Of putty, probably he could
have done no good in that chaotic
interregnum between the election and
Inauguration of his successor. If he
had taken any step which should have
hastened Virginia and Maryland into
revolt there would have been no ma
t!onal capital on March 4, 1861. The
retiring president would only have
made heavier, perhaps impossible, the
task which he wearily laid upon
stouter soul when he transferred the
presidency to lincoln and sadly tot
/ sred into the shadows.
copyright. 1890 by James MoivsAl
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
12IIa9
Candid Criticism.

The family had just lost their little
dog. 1t had been run over by a motor
car. and the remains were awaiting
state burial in the garden. The two
younger brothers were discussing the
tragedy.
"Do you think" inquired the elder,
"that God would perform miracle
on Toby and bring him back to life it
we asked him"
"Oh. no." wisely replied the young
er. "You see, God wanted little dog
In heaven, and as Toby was the incest
dog he knew. he took him." A pause
then ne added under his breath: But
II was a very mean thing to dol"
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
A Mild Hint.

Il kinder tired Of having that there
Sphinx feiler coming TO see my girl.
Zanzaiine," admitted Gap Johnson Of
Rumpus Ridge. "and sorter gave
him a hint TO stay away"
What did you tell himT inquired
q neighbor.
"Nuthu' In pertickler. just says t:
Iooky yur. you Internal. lop-eared,
headed shysterl II ever ketch
you hanging around my place ag'in
III shoot you SO full of holes that youi
siad-bsastad hide won't hold anything
Amer than corn shucksr That's all."-
New York Evening Post.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
Ugly, Unsightly Pimples
Are Signals of Bad Blood

This remedy is the greatest vegetable
blood purifier known, and contains no
minerals or chemicals to injure tina
most delicate skin. s. S. S. is an exc
cellent system-cleanser; 1t is not solo
or recommended for Yenereal Diseaseas
Get a bottle Of S. s. S. today. and
get rid of those unsighty and dis
figuring pimples, and other skin irrita-
tions. If you wish special medical ad-
vice, you can obtain 1t without charge
by writing to Medical Director. 10o
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
Allies.

Allies.
"Some of the boarders sat up talkin'
till way after midnight"
Il heard en- answered Farmer
Corntossel. Mostly politics, wasn't
it,"
"Yes, but other things was men
toned. Several said that il the
mosquitoes KEEP this bad they were
goin to leave"
"Well, mebbe mosquitoes is some
good after ALL"
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
In a Quandary.

In a Quandary.
"rm in a tough position" declared
the Judge who had resigned to re-
sumo the practice of law. Been en-
ployed to try to get a new trial for
man I sent to jail"
"Wen?'
"Shall l decline the case or shall
l make myself out a mutt convict
ing this ?"-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
Priceless Money

An American soldier on duty with
one of the allied missions recently
walked into bank in Vienna, laid
down $40 in gold and asked the
cashier how many Austrian kroner he
could get in exchange. The cashier
looked at the $40 and said: "Just as
many as you want
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
Comfortable, Anyway.

what do you think of the situo-
tion In the near East?" asked the man
swho likes to give the impression he's
widely read.
/ II didn't know there was one" said
Lemuel Lowlife. Anyway, I've got q
good iOb."-BuffalO Commercial.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

PA, what Ia n dlrigiblef"
'Now, Willie, haven't told you not
20 irriente your poor pa with your
questions and prosecute him with your
imposItions just like he was a CYCLIC
rama Of Inflammation
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

Accept california" Syrup Of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle
You must say "California. ADV.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
Give Heed to the Warning.

Give Heed to the Warning.
Pimples on the face and other parts
of the body are warnings from Nature
that your blood is sluggish and impov-
erished. Sometimes they foretell &C.
xema, boils, blisters, scaly eruptions
and other skin disorders that burn
like flames Of fire.
They mean that your blood needs
s. s. S. to cleanse 1t Of these accumu-
lations that cause unlimited trouble,
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

Roman Eye BaI.am has gained tho public 8
confidence during 75 years. Manufactured q
only by Wright's Indian Vegetable PHI Co.,
372 Pearl ST.. New York City.-AdV
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW
Problem Put UP to Private Kelly Was
Something Over Which He Had
Been Pondering.

Kelly had drawn summary for be-
ing absent from post while on guard
duty.
"Where were you?" demanded the
Judge advocate, "when the sergeant of
the guard passed just in front of your
post?"
"At the rear"
"Where We're you when the corporal
passed just behind it?"
"At the front"
"And now," triumphantly, "where
were you when the sergeant and the
,rlnSAAral walked around your post
fr5fn opposite directions without see
ing you?"
Judge" said Kelly hopefully,
that's been worrying me. Where was
I?"-The American Legion Weekly.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
Reverse Order.

What part OF the going away In
summer time do you enjoy the mostr
'The coming back"
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03
SO OUT OF 100
Need Vacher-BaIm at Times

Nothing better for summer colds
hurts or itching. Keep 1t handy.
Agents wanted where we have mona
r. w. Vacher, Inc, New Orleans
,La.-Adv.
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

Pretty Nearly the Right Idea.
1t was Annals first visit to the big
city, and when she saw all the In
Vulnerable electric lights in the eve
ming she asked her aunty: us they
tryin' to make the day longerT
The north Mississippi herald., 1920-09-03

important to Mothero
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-09-03
BILL HARRIS WESTERN
PICTURE "SAND!" HAS

Quality Of Heart Interest is Prominent
in Big Screen Story Of the West
The quality of human interest. the
thing which reaches into the inner.
most depths of the spectators soul
and grips the heart strings, is prom.
went in Sand" a new Paramount
Aircraft picture produced by and star
ring William S. Hart, which is being
presented at the Casino theatre to.
morrow.
Sand has double meaning. The
story is laid in the land where the
lesert sands come up to meet the sea !;
it is the story, moreover. of mans
grit.
Lambert Hillyer wrote the scenario
and also directed The original story
was by Russell A. Boggs and was
called Dan Kurrie's Inning" but Mr.
Hillyer and Mr.. Hart, with the fine
cast, have given it life, vitalizcd il.
made it a thing to remember AID t.
enjoy.
How Dan Kurrie, misunderstands
almost loses the girl he loves and
aose loss he SEEKS to assuage in his
love for his Pinto Pony: how he out,
wits a villain saves treasurer train
and does numberless feats of daring
IN achieving the ends of Justice and
retrieving his own happinss. make an
enthralling drama that is typjcally
Hartesque.
Mary Thurman is the leading WON,
an, and her beauty and acting arc
alike revelation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-09-03
\ M u S E M E N T S
WANT TO KNOW WHEN HE
LOVES YOU? THE LOVE
EXPERT, PUTS YOU WISE

IelDful hints to girls or boys anx-
Gus to ascertain whether one certain
member of the opposite sex is respon-
sive to their respective emotions are
.,i9aI in "'rhe Love Expert starring
Constance Talmadge and which will
- shown at the Auditorium theater
today
This production is the workman
ship of John Emerson and Anita Loos
whose former stories and adaptations
for Constance Talmadge since her af-
Citation with First National Exhibi-
tors Circuit have been greeted by the
heater going public at large as clas-
. aems of comedy production.
Canning the Square Root
As Babs, a romantic boarding
school girl, Connie is probably in her
most delightful characterization Es-
chewing the cut -and-dried education
al subjects, she devotes herself to self
instruction in the science of Practical
Love-Making, with the result that the
Board of Regents stimulates another
sale for the railroad companies thus
giving Babs a chance to try out her
many formulas The management
maintains nothing like it has even
teen shown or written before The
picture Is from an original scenario
by Emerson and Loos.