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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE.

Yestidday I nocked out one frunt
tooth trying to jump the fire plug
without touching it with my hands.
being loose tooth anyway on account
of me going 10 have another one in
the same place. and I started to go
home with a empty space in my
mouth insted of a tooth. thing, g, wen
ma sees this she'll think had a fearse
axident, 1 better brake it to hei, easy.
Witch 1 did. standing in the hall out
side of mas room and saying, Hello,
ma, are you in there?
Yes, are you out there? sed ma.
Part of me is. sed.
Wat, wat on erth do you meen? sed
ma.
Now don't start to get worried ma,
it amt hardly enything, watts a broken
arm? sed.
Benny, sed ma loud as enything
And she jumped up. and ran out and
saw me standing there with both my
arms looking like they awt to look
saying, You wicked boy, what do you
meen by frightening your mother like
that, watts the matter with your arm I
Nuthing ma, I'm breaking it easy, Il
amt my arm, its my leg, its slitely Out
of place, 1 sed.
Wat leg wieh leg. my goodness
sed ma.
No it amt, ma. no it amt 1 quick
sed, I'm breaking it easy, its ony from
tooth out, look, ma.
And 1 opened my mouth SO sh,
could see the hole and She gave me {
lfearse kracks On the side eff the face
saying, You krazy thing. Ill brak,
sumthing elts for you, that's wat Ill do
And she started to look as If she wa.
going to give me more kracks, and
quick ran UP stairs insted of waiting
to find out.
Proving you mite as well leeve PEG
| pie find out things for theirselfs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR a. GUEST.
BAD CHILDREN


Sometimes they're bad as they can be,
An seem to want to worry me
They'll keep on dom things I've said
That if they'll do they'll go to bed;
They'll race around the room an shout
An throw their various toys about
An irritate me, till 1 vow
I'll start good eld-fashioned row
An take 'em both across my knee
An spank 'em good an properly.
Much as love 'em, 1 don't claim
That they are perfect It's a shame
The way they carry on when they
Get started in reckless way.
They'll Dester me sometimes until
Ny nervous system gets a chill,
An when l storm about the place.
They'll stand an laugh right to my face.
Sometimes l think nobody had
Children that ever were so bad.
But just about the time that 1
Have almost let my temper fly,
Somehow there always comes to me
little boy who used to be-
A rascal with grilning facce
Who set 4 fast and furious pace,
As bad boy, when he was bad,
As any parent ever had.
An / don't have a word to say,
Coz time was l was verse than they.
Copyright, 1920, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

The New Brunswick Lumbermen's
association in accounting for the high
cost OF lumber gives among other rea-
sons the following figures: in 1918,
stumage was $3.50 and mileage IS;
today We pay ss.5O stunpage. IS mile
age and ss.2O per mile for fire pro-
lection; also we have workmen's COM
pensation of logging. river driving,
rafting, milling and loading, with a
separate rate on each. and this still
further adds to the cost; in addition.
we have the heavy business Dominion
war tax. In 1913 mems wages were
$2s to $50 per month; in 1919 they
were $40 to SIS per month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
THE COFFEE HABIT.

When the reformers have succeed
ed in abolishing the use of tobacco
in every form, they may be expected to
turn their attention to coffee. The use
of coffee is declared to be deleterious
to health by many medical authorities
and it generally is denied to children.
Besides the coffee habit is an expen-
sive one. Coffee apparently is open,
therefore, to many of the objections
made against tobacco.
The people of the United States are
paying over a million dollars a day for
their coffee The import valuation of
the coffee entering the United States
in the fiscal year which ends with
next month will be over $500, 900, 600,
says a statement by the National City
bank of New York. And when we
consider that this import valuation is
the price of the article in the country
from which imported. it is quite evil
dent that the added cost of freight,
roasting and distribution to the con-
sumner will bring the total much above
$685., 100000, mailing the average for
the year more than million dollars
day against about one-third that sum
two years ago.
This enormous increase in the sums
which the people of the United States
are paying for coffee in 1920, as COM
pared with 1918, says the banks state
ment, results in part from an increase
in quantity and in part to an increase
in price. The quantity imported in the
month will approximate 100000 900
pounds against 1852. 100000 two years
ago, while the average import price in
1920 was 22.7 cents per pound against
an average of 9h cents per pound in
the fiscal year 1918. these figures be-
ing the average wholesale price in the
country of production.
While the average import price of
coffee brought into the United States
in the fiscal year 1920 is double that
during the war period and higher than
in any year in the history of the inn
port trade, the quantity imported has
also gone on increasing. The total
coffee imports in the year ending with
next month will approximate 1900,
high record of 1922, 100000 pounds in
1917. when the average import price
was less than half that of 1920.
Whether this increased consumption
of coffee, irrespective of price, is or
is not related to prohibition, it is at
least a fact that in both quantity i'm
ported and price per pound the first
prohibition year breaks the record"
The quantity imported in the current
year, the first year of prohibition, has
increased AZ per cent over the same
months of last year, despite the fact
that the average import price is so
per cent higher than last year. The
expectation expressed by the tea grow
ers of the world that prohibition
would increase the quantity of tea con-
sumed has not been realized, for the
quantity of tea imported in this first
year of prohibition har decreased 20
per cent.
That this large increase in the
quantity of coffee imported-at the
highest price per pound ever recorded
was for the consumption of our own
people is evidenced, says the banks
statement, by the fact that we have
re-experted this year only per cent
of the coffee brought in as against 5
per cent re-exported last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
INFORMATION FOR ALL READERS OF
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
: Moulton Musings
Wait Till the Bathing Season, Parsoi
By ROY X. MoULroN.

Wait Till the Bathing Season, Parson.
Splendid audiences have thus far
greeted the new pastor, who hopes to
see more and more of the members
West Virginian (Fairmount, w Va }
The man who has just been returned
to the world after ten years in a mad
house probably feels perfectly at
home.
Some claim that drug store beauty
Is not worn by the saint,
But ! don't care for Maggie
Without the old war paint.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
Jade.

Jade occupies much the same high
position in China as a precious stone
that the diamond does in Europe and
America. according o DR.. G. F. Kunz.
the we'll known authority on gems.
Not only is it a stone of rare beauty,
but in addition to that it is regarded
by the Orientals with superstitious
awe. They believe that luck goes with
those who wear jade, and that pow
dered jade taken internally is a spe-
cific for many ills, while a man who
had eaten much jade is even said not
to have decayed after death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

Gonzales has quit the race for the
presidency of Mexico in favor of Obre-
gon in order to eliminate the dangers
Of political rivalry. Besides it seems
to be much easier to attain that Of
flee thru other means than submit
ting the matter to the voters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

A silk manufacturer in Paterson. N.
J., has gone into the hands of a re-
ceiver. probably as the result of tight
ening of credit and falling prices. It
may be that those who have been
buying silk apparel will be the next
to feel the effect of the financial re-
adiustment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

1t is reported that the allies hest
tate to make suggestions to America
Regarding peace settlements because
they feel themselves in a very deli
cate situation by reason of the politi-
cal campaign in America" There
should be no hesitancy on that ac-
count. Everybody over here speaks
his mind freely on the subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

The bull that broke into a grand
stand in Spain and killed two persons
Is entitled to the sympathy of the pub
lie and probably can successfully
maintain a plea Of self defense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

Civilians in the employ of the gov
eminent draw more than a billion dol
lars annually in salary. In spite of the
fact that the war was ended eighteen
months ago the total of those salaries,
It is estimated. will be $4,000, 600
more this year than last.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

The good old law of supply and de-
mand is supposed to regulate prices,
but what we want, says the Los An
geles Times, is stabilizer to regulate
the law of supply and demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

Testimony given before the senate
committee investigating campaign ex-
penses must make it apparent that the
Mexican way of selecting a president
is much cheaper than ours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

Talk about tempering the wind to
the shorn lamb: had you noticed that
the frost killed the fruit this year
when there is no sugar available for
canning and preserving?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
International
SundaySchoolLesson
BY WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.
a Hero Tale of Old.

For May 80 is Jonathan and His
Armor- Bearer."-1 Samuel 14:1-13
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

We are ready to concede we are GO
ing to lose that bet. It is a year and,
a half since the armistice was signef
and this country hasn't really started
plying Germany yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

The one made by AL Jennings. For
one who had never been anywhere,
Mr.. Jennings clothed his hypothetical
journey in a considerable degree of
1ra pdeur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

Senator Hiram Johnson. As to his
opinions on most subjects we are in
curious. But since he is q candidate
for presidert-or thinks he is a can
didate for presidentEwe'd like to
know whether he still believes in the
recall of judicial decisions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

And that brings US to a discussion
of the Republican platform. We sug-
gest that planks advocating the initi-
alive and referendum, the recall, the
recall of judicial decisions, q fare of
the free coinage Of silver at the ratio
of 16 to i be Incorporated in It.
II they were good things then they
ought to be good things now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28

However, touching the insure OIL
the God-given emotions at another
angle We frankly admit the probabl,
loss of one small wager and comics.
our inability at times to forecast tn,
actions of the people. Shortly after
the armistice was signed we made Z
bet with ourself that within ten year,
the kaiser would be elected governor
of some western state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-28
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY e. HOUSE.
fFrom Phsiadeiphia Public Ledgsr)

faded out of the picture as the steel
strike began to waver and break, pre-
diets another and a general strike. It
is a pleasure to be able to state that il
such strike is called, Mr.. Fosters job
will not be placed in jeopardy. He.
at least. will not be called upon to
sacrifice the peace and comfort of his
family upon the altar of his daring.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
PLAN TO INCREASE LIVESTOCK.

Representatives Of the Chicago pack.
ers have sent letters to stock raisers,
railroad officials and banks Of the mid.
die west and far west i, asking them to
attend a conference at Chicago to dis
lcuss plans for financing increased pro
ductiOT OF livcsto ok.
Y The letter urged bankers. packers,
livestock producers, railway represent.
ntives and others interested to meet
with representatives of the federal re.
servo banks .sto End out whether there
is not "a better plan by which the live
tstock industry can be protected and
financed to the end that confidence and
normal food prodnctio be restored and
abnormal shipments Of young and breed
ing livestock: be stopped"
The letter was signed by j. Ogden
Armour, Thomas b. Wilson and l.. F..
Swift Of the packers; Hale Holden,
president OF the g. B. 8 @. railroad: NJ.
A. Traylor, president OF the First Trust
& Savings bank, Chicago; j. S. Howard,
president of the American Farm Ru-
reau federation. and O. G. Smith. pres
ident of the National Farm congress,
kearney. Neb. I'll. sss
"The summer OF 1920 has produced
ono OF the greatest crops of hay. corn.
pasture and other feeds known in the
history OF the country" the letter says.
However. the farmers and feeders find
1t very difficdlt to secure funds with
which to purchase livestock for their
usual operations. = II I,
n III .
CHOLERA MENACE TO FI.OCKS
Fowl cholera, a highly infec tiOus and
rapidly fatal disease, is a menace to
Iowa fiocks against which every pos.
sible precaution should be taken, ac-
|cording to poultry experts at Iowa State
college. The fact that frequently the
birds show no external symptoms of the
disease makes it especially difficult to
locate and suppress.
In some cases birds drop dead with
out any previous sign of weakness.
Others walk slowly about, often crouch
ing with ruffled feathers. Their drop
pings are usually yellow or bright
green.
Examination Of the dead bird shows
"a congestion of blood vessels in the liv-
er, Kidneys, mesenterics and intestines
and other unmistakable symptoms of
the disease.
1t is impracticab1e to treat sick birds.
All sick birds should be killed by dislo
eating their necks. Burn with oil and
bury at least three feet deep all dead
bodies and all yellow and green excreta
that can be gathered Place one 7.3
grain mercury bichloride tablet in n
gallon of drinking water in q none
metal container or use one 30 gallon
sodium sulphocarbolate tablet per gal
Ion Of water.
3 u ID u ~ . = d
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
WEATHER MAKES SEED CORN
SELECTION IMPORTANT, s.

1.-The weather conditions through
out Iowa for the past week or two make
it very important that every corn grow
be active in the matter of selecting
his seed corn carefully and putting 1t
away, say the corn experts at Iowa
State college. They point out that the
cool weather. coupled with rains or
showers, has kept corn from maturing
and that in some sections the crop has
lost ten days or more. That means
that the crop is that much more In dam
ger OF injury by frost.
The governor of Iowa has set aside
the weeks Of September Goth to October
I'd as "Seed Corn Weeks and it is
urged by the corn men that every grow
er 60 into his fields at that time to Sc
.lect his seed and then put it away care
fully where it will dry out promptly.
They urge, also, that a surplus lot OF
seed be selected-enOugh for next year
and the year after. Experience in Iowa
has again and again proved the value
of a surplus amount of seed.
It'll
James Rohret, living near Guthrie
Center, threshed eleven acres of oats,
which yielded $50 bushels, or an aver
age of S4h bushels to the acre, machine
measure, or nearly 100 by weight.
. . / rrHN
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
OBEDIENCE TO NATURAL LAW
Fear Implanted in Mankind for the
Purpose Of Promoting Caution
s Differs In the Sexes.

I'm normal, well-balancetl persons
there Is a certain relation between the
element Of fear and the element Of
, courage. Fear is an emotion existing
for the purpose Of promoting caution,
and in primitive days and in animals
tends to self preservation. Anger, GU
ri0sity and courage are factors which
oppose fear and flight. When knowl-
edge, experience, repetition, finally
limit or delfmit the action Of these two
posing Instincts and emotions, con-
scious action is carried out with under
standing according to the inherent re-
actions.
*W0man was made with the element
Of fear and caution more pronounced
than Ia man, because woman, the
mother, wass5not supposed to be the
fighter. Man, primitive man, the fight
er. was more endowed with courage"
These quotations from a report by
DR.. Samuel Wyllis Bandler Of New
York to the Journal OF the American
Medical association preface a discus
sion Of the differences in the dnctless.
or endocrine, glands in man and wonl-
an. In normal persons these balance
each other, but the,balance is different
In the two sexes and, according to Doc
tor Bandler, 1t is this difference In
balance that causes the differences in
the instincts and emotions.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
Made THOROUGH job Of II,

The domestic happiness Of an inn:
keeper in n village IN the Jura has
been shattered by the action OF jeal.
GUS wife. Ten years ago the innkeep-
er, who is French, brought home from
America a buxom woman Of Austrian
birth named Sophie. Sophie is now
fat and forty, and the affections Of
her husband have decreased. Sophie
resolved to revenge herself, and, when
her husband was absent. she smashed
all the furniture and then turned on
all the taps of the wine barrels. FL
naliy she soaked the wreckage with pc
troleum and set it alight. When the
husband appeared his wife threw ON
the fire number of bank notes which
represented their savings. While the
neighbors We're busy trying to extin.
guish the flames Sophie hanged her.
self from the branch Of tree. From
the Continental Edition of the New
York Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
Rsal ga serpente.

The Indian ocean and the waters
Of the tropical Pacific are inhabited
by a great number of wholly aquatic,
veritable sea serpents that possess
deadly fangs. and sometimes swim in
schools Of countless thousands. These
snakes have paddle-like tail to as
sist them in swimming. An qffshoot
Of this species is the sub-family con-
tanning the formidable cobras and their
allies, according5to Raymond Ditmars,
curator Of reptiles at the New York
zoo. who are treacherously deceptive
In appearance. All Of the very large
serpents are members of single fam
ily-the Boldea. None is poisonous,
and the members of this family kill
their prey by CONSTRUCTION.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
Extreme Economy.

A neighbor had some dental work
done. When the filling was COM
pleted the tooth felt too long, causing
him nervousness and annoyance. l
asked him whyiihea didn't have the
dentist grind It off a little and
ae said seriously: swell. l hnte to
think Of all that gold dust going to
waste after I've paid for Tx
s:hange. 4,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
Deed Advice.

Decd Advice.
It is not enough fol. a man to know
! good thing when he sees II Hs
must also seize It. 4.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
Ants Guard Trees.

The Cecropias are remarkable trees,
very widely distributed throughout the
tropics. Their slender trunks are
crowned with four leaves at the ends
OF the branches. A few active ants
run continually along the branches
and leaves, but II the tree is shaken
slightly an army OF ants rush out by
small apertures, ready for a savage as
sault on the intruder. This is the
most terrible guardian that the tree
has retained to protect 1t from its
most formidable enemy the .'leaf
cutter" ant. The defenders rarely
leave their retreat, where they live on
small whitish gg-shaped bodies about
one.twelfth Of an inch long, known as
Mueller's corpnscles.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-09-08
CAN KILL CORN ROOT WORM
. From: a good many different places

FROM 4 good many OllleFeIlt pitceS III
Iowa have come complaints of crop in
jury by corn root worms. They are re-
sponsible very often for the failure OF
the corn plant to- grow vigorously and
for the tendency Of corn plants to blow
down in even moderate winds.
In the rotation Of crops is found the
most effective remedy for the roqt
worm. The beetles of the worms usual.
ly deposit their eggs in the old infest.
ed fields. If the corn is changed from
such field to another which was not
in corn the preceding year. these eggs
are left behind and the new crop of
worms that comes in the spring is out
of luck for something to feed upon
The root worm most likely to be
found In Iowa comes from eggs laid by
a plain, grass green BEETLE about one.
fifth Of an inch long. If these beetles
are found in large numbers feeding on
the silks of the corn in the fall. it is an
indication that corn field on the same
field next year will be infested with
root worms.
It is positively. announced that there
will be a sharp drop in prices on Sep
tamhar 3tst IS 3 s5t 3Fls5l