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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There il only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
70 be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores IN bottles of two sizes. medi-
UNI and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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Their Choice

The children were going to have a
stepfather. Mother had just made the
announcement and was waiting to
hear their opinions of her choice
Nine-year-old Ruth's came first. "But,
mother, he hasn't any hair" she pro
tested.
Mother smiled. She had been afraid
they might offer worse ones than this.
But your own daddy didn't have
much" she smiled.
For a minute Ruth was silenced,
but she was thinking. 81 know. moth
err" she admitted. hut you we're
Young when you chose him. Now you
know more and 1t does seem like you
ought to be better chooser."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Rush to Silver
Mines ON Again

deal of metal is boarded from gen.
Grafton TO generation, through which
it is passed down much in the same
form as the families of other nations
pass down their real estate. Widows
in India, for instance, have no dover
rights, but they are permitted to keep
their ornaments. which naturally
causes the native women to demand
as many silver necklaces as possible
All of the Indian supply of silver
coinage is provided by the British
government, which therefore has al
ways been interested in keeping the
price of silver down For when the
price of silver rises above the value
of the Indian roupee, which is "a
cents, everybody Immediately melts
his supply of roupees and sells them
for bullion. There is one group of
four brokers in LONDON which has
been setting the price of silver for
the rest of the world for a long period
of years. One firm is I'm its sixth
generation. They meet at IL o'clock
every morning. and exchange orders.
Some have buying orders and some
selling orders, and ON the basis of
these orders they fix the price of sill
yer for the day
War Prices of Silver.
The custom suffered a severe check
with the war Then The British gov
eminent and the other allied govern
ments were in need of unusually large
quantities of the metal with which TO
pay China and India for war supplies.
Most of this silver they had TO buy
from the United States. There was
not nearly sufficient metal on hand
in this country to supply the demand,
and the price started rising AS an
ally In the war, the United States
government was compelled TO inter-
fere and set an export price on sill
yer at $1.01 is an ounce, which was
higher than Great Britain had ever
permitted 1t TO go, but not as high
as American mine owners liked.
Then, as the demand for the metal
became acute. and it was also needed
to meet our own adverse trade bal
ance with India, congress passed what
is known as the Pittman act, author
izing the secretary of the treasury TO
melt down 35O,OO0.OOO silver dollars
held in the vaults of the treasury and
TO sell the bullion. The silver certifi-
Gates outstanding against these dol
lars were TO be previously retired
and their place in the circulation TO
be taken by notes issued by the fed
eral reserve banks. secured by spe-
cial deposits Of United States treas
ury certificates.
This kept the price of silver steady |
for the period of the war, but upon |
the signing of the armistice the ex-
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his wife and baby lived on board the
train. On several occasions when the
Budenny special was located by the
Americans they knew pretty well that
the cavalry commander was at his
travelling home for q visit with his
wife and youngster. but they always
let pass the chance to do him or his
train damage.
Gen. Budenny is q Kuban Cossack
and was sergeanf-major in the old
imperial Russian army. He has been
seen many times from the air by
Americans and Il described as 4
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Reason for Gratitude

Little Edna was visiting the museum
with her aunt In the Egyptian room
the child saw the desiccated remains
of an ancient queen and asked what
1t was.
"That is someone's mummy. dear"
replied auntie.
Goodness :" said Edna I'm glad
my mummy doesn't look like that
Boston Transcript
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"1ey, Waiter" Gets ! JUDGE.

Hamilton, O.-Because he and other
Democratic members lost election bets
Judge Clarence Murphy acted as q
waiter at dinner to Republicans Sat
urday night. Whenever any of the
lucky winners wanted anything they'd
say Hey. waifer." and draw a Judge
or some other prominent citizen. Ju
cidentalIy the Republicans demanded .
lot of service.
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doctored and took every medicine
that was recommended to me, but
it was not until | took DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription that located
the right medicine, and it very
promptly relieved every symptom
of feminine trouble, and eventu-
ally restored me to perfect health"
Mrs. DRUZY MERRIWETHER, No.
668 Wilkerson Street.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17

health for two
years that | could
not get around
to do my own
house work, most
of the time / had
to keep to my
bed. My back
ached and my
nerves We're in a
terrible state r.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
GROWING Our Own Fruit.

The imports of fruit into the coun-
try have shown a steady decrease in
the last few years. and it is said to
be due to the fact that our orchard
products are increasing in quantity
and variety.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Unproftabie.

UIIIIIl -Tul OF JUUl
Jimmy-Yes. The boss said he EFEl8
losin' money on the things was max
ing.
Tommy-Wasn't there anything else
you could do around the placer
JIMMY think not Anyhow be
said, didn't seem to be able tO do
ANYTHING else
Tommy-And what was you mak,a'P
Jimmy-NIistakes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Under Fire.

'Svhat sort of speaker is begT
Il don't know. He seems 10 be- aTa
right for plain talking, but Z don-E
know how he'd be if they Started aD
heckle him."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Marriage Was a Custom
When He Needed Money

New York Marriage was a
custom with Harry Schuster, he
told police when arrested on
charges of bigamy They're
all nice girls" he said of his
three wives. 81 like them all
and / think they like me. l
never had a fight, but whenever
1 got broke had to marry some
one else with some money"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Where 1t Happened.

WneTe It Tdppeneu.
HE loved her, but never made II
known, and remained a bachelor be
cause she was very rich and he was
POOR
Where did that happen2 In this
town."
''Eo; In book"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Drawing the Lire.

Dancing" remarked Mr. Lightfoot
sis the poetry of notion"
Possibly" answered Miss Cayenne =:
but it is not the kind of poetry that
can properly be associated with
HYMNS"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
rs Mature

"One industry in Australia is rails
ing kangaroos."
81 should think that would keep
those engaged i'm it on the jump
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17

A torpid liver prevents proper food as
Eimilatfon. Tone up your liver with Wright'a
Indian Vegetable Pills. They act gently
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-12-17
Practice and Theory.

TIaNAItlS dFIu HGOFJ.
"Jubbs was :; crank about the sim
pie life Naturally; he is now In
a home for the feeble-minded.'
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short. stocky man with quite an intel
ligent countenance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06

several months, however, an increasing
number of ships have been put on the
long routes between South America and
Europe and the foreign market for
American meat has suffered in conse-
Quence. "Is.
Voices Appeal of CattIemen.
The appeal of-the stock raisers and
western bankers for the loan Of gov
eminent funds, which was voiced by
Senator Capper. followed a series Of
conferences with the officers Of the
federal reserve bank in Kansas City,
where 1t was decided that zone more
appeal" should be made. The amount
there suggested as sufficient to handle
the situation was $1.000.0O0 per week
until 100000 or $10.00O,000 had been
deposited in the federal reserve bank
that bank to discount loans to mem
Der banks. IT. was further suggested
that the loans be made at fiat rate
of per cent. and that the relief afr
forded should be recognized as only
a temporary measure.
THE producer. though he is only
asking for his usual line from his
banks. finds that when he now makes
application for loans, other interests
not so vital to the welfare of the
nation have borrowed from the mem
Der banks, who have almost exhausted
the entire loaning power of the federal
reserve system" wrote Mr.. Houx. He
Is not able, because Of these expended
credits already given, to borrow to
carry on his business, and what loans
he is able to obtain are at q greatly
increased rate. National and state
banks. both following the lead of the
governmental controlled federal re-
serve bank, have mostly advanced
rates beyond the profitable stage for
the producer to pay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
THIRD OF GRAZING LAND IDLE
BECAUSE OF CATTLE SCARCITY
Pastures Empty as Bankers Seek Funds to
Replace Treasury's Aid During
Crop-Moving Periods.

One-third of the available grazing
land in middle western and south
western states is lying idle because
there are no cattle being pastured on
it, according to prominent stockmen
and members in Congress from the
cattle-growing states. and having
failed to obtain the aid of the United
States Treasury to correct this con-
dition by encouraging loans on live
stock, they are apprehensive OF its
effect on the meat supply in the i'm
mediate future.
The situation has been described by
r. w. Houx, president of the Kansas
city Live Stock Exchange, as critical
a letter which he recently wrote to
Secretary Houston OF the treasury
Department stating e. IN PAL Rart ought to
he stocked to produce beef; calves
and abe cattle are ordered shipped
to market, reducing breeding herds;
farm land is uncultivated. and a
great shortage of production in this
dist riot ia threatened If relief is not
had soon"
Capper Urges Action.
It was to correct this condition that
Senator Capper of Kansas, shortly
before Congress adjourned, introduced
a resolution directing the Secretary
Of the Treasury to place at the dis
nosal of federal reserve banks the
sum of $4O000,O00 to be loaned to
stockmen to enable them to finance
herds of grazing cattle until they
were ready for market
Senator George P. Mclean, chair
man of the Senate banking and cur
rency committee. to which the resolu-
ton was referred. asked the opinion
Of Secretary Houston. and 1t was the
opposition of the Secretary, and that
Of Gov. Harding of the Federal Re
serve Board, that finally induced Sem
ator Capper not to press the matter:
In his reply Secretary Houston did
not touch on the matter from the
standpoint of the need of wider cattle
feeding, but said the request was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
SPEECHES. NEED ANTIDOTES

what do you think is the matter
WITH"
well" said Mike. 'I don't know
really"
Now gentlemen Of the convention I
| guess ] don't half to tell you that the
country is on the verge of what IL is
on the verge Of Old Glory and the
Stars and Stripes is facing the greatest
crisis Of my career, Our f Temas. the
will be sorry IL the next 4 yrs. don't
see a business man, at the head OF this
govt. I don't know what else to saE
in regards to.
That reminds me of little story
that maybe you have all heard it but
I think it bears repeating it. 1t seems
they was Lithuanian pearl snatchers
name Pat and Mike. One wk. they
come over from the other side and
At the end of the first wk. Mike went
down to the desk one day and they
was a bill in his mail box. The bill
was for $3.50 for one wk. Well Mike
took the bill upstairs and showed Il
to Pat and Pat said, We'll. what of
it,"
That is why. gentlemen of the con-
vention, / am here today to place be-
fore the convention the name of man
who we all know and can't help from
respecting him in spite Of party anil
atoms or etc. I forget the name Just
now but have got it wrote on my
cuff and will spring 1t at the proper
time. This man, gentlemen. never
gets sick and il nominated and elect
ed to this high Office OF the president
chair he is a man on whom we can
call. You can examine into this mans
record and find nothing. That is the
kind of man. gentlemen. who this
country demands at this crisis in Old
Glory and the Stars and Strips.
Our friends the democrats or repuh-
licans would differ with me here
Qaughter).
That reminds me of little anti
dote that was told around Washington
Just before we come here for this con-
ventf0n. 1t seems like they was Pc
ruvian bicycle receivers name Gus and
Cracky. They come up here from So.
America one Sunday and got in a
brawl with a couple of Welsh prairie
VOLTS name Pat and Mike. Neither one
of them win.
Now gentlemen OF the convention
I am not a speech maker fcrys Of yes
cuff and am sorry it has got kind OF
smeared over. but it looks like the
the name Of my candidate was (insert
my name).
That is the speech / have got wrote
up for who ever pick out to nomi- !!
nate me. gents, and as 1 say 4 have
heard them all and vile you may not
think it is the iota Of speechs. why
still and all Il will gamble that IL :
evens UP with the majority. and IL 1t
don't put me over for a landslide in
Chicago, why. it can't miss in San
Francisco. RING W. LARDNER.
Longs Island. June 4.
Copyright 1890. BY the Bell Syndicate. llet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
BY RING w. LARDNER.

by KING W.
" o the editor: A great many ad-
mfrers has wrote in lately
asking who was going to
a make my nominating speech
at the approaching conventions ano
what was they going to say Well
gents. I haven't yet hired the men
who will do the talking but ! nave
wrote the speech according to the
formula witch memorized at the dill
ferent conventions to witch l haye at
tended at and am setting the speech
down here in the case that l can't get
nobody to make it, In the lst. pldce
1t wants to be understood tnal .hsy
ing nomfnateing speech and here Is
a Few of the rules that has got 10 De
followed or other wise the speech
won't get acrost as regular speech.
/. Every other few sentences mas
got to wind up with proposition or
a adverb. -.
.. when the speaker sees the dit
ferent delegates yawning and nashing
their teeth he has got to throw In a
amuseine antidote that Will wake
them up and make them laugh
3. Every 3 or paragraphs the
sneaker is suppose to mention Old
Glory and the Stars and stripes ana
make a scantling remark about the
opposing party.
4 1t is a good idear for the speaker
to have his candidates name wrote on
his cuff in the case he can't remember
who he is suppose to be. nominateing
when 1T comes time. For inst. think
IL was in 1916 that Sen. Harding or
somebody from Ohio got up to nomi,
nate somebody from the same. and
talked 40 long that ne forgot whom
II was that he was up there in behalf
Of him. and most of the boys In the
hall went to sleep and us kids in the
nress box was thinking about sending
nm a note. with the name OF the can
Sidate wrote on 1t so as he would get
throueh with his speech. but all OF
sudden he remembered 1t himself and
come to the terminus OF his speech.
Elapsed time hrs and the candidate
got about $50 votes.
We'll friends, here Is the speech l
have wrote for who ever 1T is l hire
to place my name before the different
conventions and 1t may not sound like
it was a new speech. but when l am
around at different places / generally
always listen pretty close and this is
The Find of a speech the other boys
will make in behalf of my rivals, and
YOU can't even begin to get nominated
without it, SO why try and get ava!
from the regular formula.
Mr., Chairman and Mrs. Charwoman
and gents of the convention: That
reminds me of the story about the
two weasel tenders in Peoria, Pat and
Mike. They had just came over from
the "ould sod and was not yet use to
the way Americans do things in. So
one night Pat says to Mike, Nose
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based on IAN utter interpretation of
the nature of the federal reserve
system and it's relation to the Treas
ury.'
No Funds to Lend.
1.-The Treasury has no funds to lend
the agricultural interests of the coun-
try" he wrote Senator Mclean. cor to
any one else. 1t is borrowing money
to meet it's own necessities at high
with a floating debt amounting to be-
tween $4,000, 100000 and $4,000. 000, 000 -
The Secretary added that the former
practice of depositing Treasury funds
in the banks of the country for crop
moving or other special purposes be-
was rigid system of banking and
currency. Concluding, he wrote:
THE Treasury has within. the last
month received several applications
from banks in various parts of the
country for deposits of government
growing out of various local condi-
tons. I have uniformly declined to
make such deposits for. the reasons
that have outlined above. I feel quite
introduced by Senator Capper should
not be adopted"
Falling Market Factor.
1HousH HoI tdhiHS ISSUE Win the Sec
rotary upon the question Of the proper
functions of the Treasury. Senator Cap
per, at the time of the adjournment, ex-
pressed grave doubts as to the meat
supply of the nation.
He said that in the face Of a falling
market cattlemen were disinclined to in
vest in cattle to pasture, and that if this
tendency continued it would result in a
rebound of prices. the drop in which has
just begun to reach the retail markets.
Several reasons. have been advanced
for the steady decline in livestock
prices, the principal one being the COM
petition of South American beef with
American meats in the European mar
kets. During the war and the period
Immediately following shipping was so
scarce that Europe's meat was bougnt
from the nearest market. even though
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
Restoration of Baggage.

He8tOf0tlOn OF bABBaBcs
Through it's lost baggage depart
rAent," located at Hoboken, N. j.. and
Governors Island, N. Y. the War De-
partment has effected the return to
the owners Of about 10000 articles.
ranging from trunks, bedding rolls,
clothing rolls to small packages. Many
OF these articles had been unclaimed
In this country and large number
came from overseas where they had
been in storage while the persons for
whom intended were at the front
There are about 132, 900 unclaimed ar
ticles still on hand. and efforts are be-
ing made to locate their owners. Those
who have lost baggage in the Army
should communicate with the lost bag
gage department at either New York
harbor or at Hoboken. N. j. Due to
the conditions under which property
Of France" says a War Department
bulletin, "a large number Of articles
were lost by owners, and efforts made
by War Department officials to locate
them have been fruitless. In these
cases the owners, of course, are very
critical on account of the loss Of their
effects. A great many people appre-
ciate. however, the large amount Of
work that has been done in the return
Of their property, and, in order that
the public may not think that no prop
numerous letters of commentator
have been received from the recipients
of property in which praise was ex-
pressed In no mild terms Of the pro-
cedure and action of the department
in returning articles of value, which,
in a great many cases, had long since
been given up as lost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
AID WAR ON PLAGUE.
Red Cross Forwards Serum t,
Vera Cruz. r.

In an endeavor to aid the Mexican
republic in stamping out the bubonic
plague. the American Red Cross has
forwarded curative anti-plague serum
to the Mexican Red Cross at Vera
Cruz, 1t is announced.
First indication of the plague was
noted last week, when eight cases.
with four fatal results. were reported
in Vera Cruz. President Rafael Rey-
gadas of the Mexican Red Cross ap-
pealed for aid to the United States.
Rat determination and ratproofng are
the effective means of prevention, 1t
was stated, but the serum will slow
up progress of the disease. >
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
RAIL TIE-UP DECLINES,
Report Shows Progress in Reliev-
ing Congestion.

Progress in relieving the nation
wide freight congestion was shown
in the report last night of the car
service commission for the week end
ed May %. which gave total of
159.209 cars which could not be han
died, compared with 10000 for the
previous weeks.
Though the decline was not as
marked as between the two previous
weeks. when the difference was 1900
cars, it was explained that the roads
had been handica ped by the inability
of the shippers to unload consign-
ment at various ports because of the
longshoremen's strike. Marked i'm
provement was shown, however, in
comparison with the peak congestion
week of April "a, when $500 cars
were tied up.