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BUSINESS SPECIALS.

CASH PAID IMMEDIATELY for Pawn Tickets
Diamonds. Precious Stones and Iew"lrv: strictly
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North East Cor. 42d st. Tel 5S31--Nanderbllt.
CASH FOR DIAMONDS. PEARLS. JEwELRY.
Mrs. LYNOH'S SON. 227 West 42d st.
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PERSONAL.

HEIRS WANTED.
If the family Of, the late Mrs. Margaret Meiy.n'
or Cameron who was the wife of John Cameron
some time baker in Alloa, Scotland, will At once
communicate with the subscribers they will hear
Of something to their advantage. Mrs. Cameron
was a sister Of the late James Melvin. iron.
founder and engineer, Alloa. who died on IL ~
May. 1919. The only known OF the said John
Cameron is James Melvin Cameron. who was some
time resident in New York. The subscribers VIII
be Obliged IL any can give any particulars
THOMSON x MORGAN.
Solicitors. Aoa. Scotland
TAIT.-Information wanted OF Ferdinand Adol,
phus and Augustus Henry TAFT; the latter died
in 1883; both married and had children. Address
NELSON Ii. TUNNlCLlFF, 115 Broadway, New
York.
WILL parties who witnessed accident 70 lady Oh
Lexington nv. Friday afternoon. December
ID. address &. ABBE, 306 Seymour av., Newark
n T.?
WILL ]. w. Ii. come home? Everything AL right
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LOST AND FOUND.
LIBERAL REWAT

FOUND-An AUTOMOBILE TIRE on Riversi
Drive. New Years Eve.
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Ouesfions-Answers

Q. Are all ex-service men entitled to
silver victory buttons?-B. y.
A. Silver buttons are given only 10 men
who were wounded in action. All persons
who served in the World War are entitled
to wear the bronze victory button.
Q. Where was Alexander Dumas born?
". /. NJ.
France. His father. General Alexander
Dumas was the natural son of the Marquis
de la Pailleterie, rich colonist of Santo Do
mingo, and a negress named Dumas.
Q. Was Champ Clark ever college pro
fessor?-T. E. L.
A. He was president OF Marshall college,
West Virginia, in 1884.
Q. What would be the advantage of an
international language:-J. W. #.
A. The object in promoting the inter
national language, Esperanto, is to have
one universal language that would be SO
simple and regular that any person, re.
gsrdless of nationality, might acquire 1t
of international communication, especially
for business purposes.
Q. When did the "Haymarket riot" in
Chicago occur?-S. +.
A. This riot took place on May 4. 1886,
in q square in Randolph street, Chicago,
when the police attempted to disperse an
open air meeting Of anarchists. Seven po-
licemen were killed and twenty seven
wounded by a bomb.
Q. What is green heron?--W. e. C.
A. This bird. which is sometimes called
the fly-up- the-creek, is about one and one
United States and Canada. 1t feeds mostly
on fish, frogs, and other aquatic animals.
and may be seen, particularly in the morn
ing and in the evening, standing patiently
motionless in some shallow water, waiting
till prey comes within reach.
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higher wages in order that 1t may pay
the enhanced price which its own pol
icy is putting upon the products of its
own labor. When 1t takes two men at
higher day wages and shorter work
ing hours to produce as much as one
used to do, it follows that those of US
who want to use that product must
pay twice as much for it and therefore
we can't use as much of it. Again, If
it take two men to make as many
shoes. or nails, or any other product,
as one could make by working reason
able hours and at reasonable speed,
then one of the tmen must be taken
away from the job of making some
other needed product. And so differ
ent' Industries begin to bid against one
another for the use of labor.
In conclusion the Farmer says:
THE farmers of America are the only
ones who are standing by old stand
ards of work and individual produc-
ton. The balance of American labor
must come to it. Until it does we shall
have high prices. deficient supplies
and angry discomfort. And the gov
eminent is wasting our money on side
show commissions and Investigations
because it lacks courage to tell indus
trial labor that it is loafing on the
lob"
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Dorothy Dix Talks
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Don't Be a Discourager-2


A great many wives take credit to
themselves for being brakes upon their
husbands enuthsiasms, and say that
they are always holding John or Henry
back from going into some new thing.
Little do they know how often they
ACHIEVEMENTS. and cut themselves out
of the fortune and the fame they
might have had.
ct used to tell my wife all of my
plans and talk over things with her
until I found out that she wet
blanketed every scheme 1 presented to
her." said q successful man. Now
never tell her anything about what
I'm going to do until after the thing
is accomplished, because l haven't got
the time, or strength, to fight her
objections Nor can I afford to have
ability to put the thing thru, blighted.
Without that I cannot succeed. ! need
somebody to tell me that I can do it,
not somebody to croak failure in my
ears, and my wife is the greatest little
discourager that ever came down the
pike"
How often the genius of children
is nipped in the bud by their parents
throwing a wet blanket over all their
aspirations we never can know, but
there are millions and millions of men
and women who might have achieved
something worth while if their faith
ers and mothers had not killed their
faith in themselves in their early
youth.
There are many parents who think
that it makes for Righteousness to
make a child humble and self distrust-
full. Therefore they are eternally
calling Bobby's and Sally's attention to
their faults, and disparaging their
virtues and making email of every
thing that they do.
Johnny says he wants to be law
yer when he grows up and Johnny's
ambition becomes the chief family jest.
They call him Judge" they ridicule
the idea of a poor boy with no money.
or influence, or any particular ad-
vantages of education ever becoming
anything but day laborer. They
laugh at his attempts at oratory and
his use of big words, and his fondness
for study. and at last Johnny is wet
blankefed out of his ambition and does
become the day laborer that his family
forced him into becoming Yet many
a man with a family to boost UP his
courage and hold up his hands has
risen from humber beginnings than
Johnny's to a seat in the supreme
court.
Bad as it is to discourage a grown
person. it is an unforgivabl. crime to
discourage a child, for you know not
what a future you may be blighting,
what success you may be shattering.
Never kill the hope and enthusi-
asm in a child's soul. You may be
like Nance Oldfield who. when she
had disillusioned the young boy who
forgive me. have put ost the light
on an altar"
Copyright. 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Inc.l
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men staggered, weak from the quick
climb, burdened as he was with the
rug. There was no one in sight, but
a scream from the kitchen lured him
in that direction. He burst thru the
doorway to be greeted by forrifying
sight.
Araxia was running about the
kitchen her hands wildly and ineffec-
tually beating at her burning clothes.
The floor also was blazing near the
gas stove. and it flashed into Armen's
mind that the girls dress must have
become ignited while she was trying
to extinguish the other flame. pop
per containing unpopped corn showed
what she had been doing.
When Doctor Azaad returned from
his quest for help. bringing. several
startled persons, including Mr.. and
Mrs. Altoonjian. he found Araxia ly-
ing on a davenport, sopbing hysteri-
cally, her arms about the neck of
Armen Doomborijian, rug merchant.
With one hand Armen patted her
head, trying to soothe her. while the
other held an object at which, he now
and then cast a rueful glance out of
the corners of his eyes.
The object in question had once
been a Kermansha rug valued at $500,
but now it would not bring twenty
five, it was SO badly charred and
burned.
Copyright, 1920 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndieate)
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MORE JOBS: LESS WORK.

The federal bureau OF labor Stats
tics has received and tabulated reports
: concerning the volume of employment
. in February. 1920 from representative
establishments in thirteen manufac-
turing industries. Comparing the fig
ures OF February. 1920. with those of
Identical establishments for February.
I 1919, it appears that in eleven indus
tries there was an increase in the
number OF persons employed, while
in two there was a decrease. The
largest increase, 124.9 per cent. is
shown in wooden, while cotton finish
ing and mems ready-made clothing
show percentage increases of 52.3 and
5o.2, respectively. Decreases of 15.9
per cent in car building and repairing,
and Of per cent in cigar manufactur-
ing are shown.
Twelve Of the thirteen industries
show an increase in the total amount
of the pay roll for February, 1920,
as compared with February. 1919, and
one shows a decrease. The most i'm
portant percentage increases-252.4
and 137.9-appear in wooden and
mems ready-made clothing. The next
largest increases are $50 per cent in
cotton finishing. $50 per cent in silk
and 65.s per cent lin cotton manufac-
turing. A decrease of 1873 per cent is
shown in car-building and repairing.
II is pointed out by the Orange Judd
Farmer in its current issue that the
increased employment OF men and ma
chinery, under existing conditions. will
not afford relief to those burdened by
the high cost of living. altho volume
Of production may be increased. 1t
holds that increased production by the
individual is the only remedy for the
situation. The Farmer says:
Where We increase production by
using more men and more invested
capital, we soon reach a state OF over
production. because as cost per unit
mounts higher the ability of the rest
of US to use the article decreases be-
cause of the increasing price. But
when we increase the total supply by
increasing the output of the individual
we constantly get a wider and wider
market for the goods because they are
cheaper and we can all use more of
them.
Industrial labor is being educated
into the idea of producing less and less
per individual and then demanding
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is poorest need apply. Wages at the dis
erection of the Master. Apply Right Where
You Are"
Some Sunday School teachers, with
this Lesson before them, will be able
to fire the hearts Of youth with ambi
ton to become as Peter and John, all
forsaking, naught-fearing. wholly-de-
voted disciples of the worlds only
Saviour. Their ambition will not be to
win a place in history, or to achieve
great service or power. or to secure
holiness for themselves character be-
ing always a by-producD, but only to
prove loyal to Jesus Christ. Whose
enters heartily into the service of the
Master is delivered from self-con-
seriousness and from sentimentality and
from fear and from vain glory. and
becomes. like two apostles of old. fit
for the hours greatest need. Christ
and His task transform His workers,
as well as their world The life-werk
worth while is simple obedience to
Him: it may mean fame or it may
mean obscurity; that matters nothing;
obedience is what counts.
When enough present-day Peters
and Johns get busy at their task, our
sorely- distraught world will be led into
ways of real peace and true brother
hood, because led into allegiance to
Him whose other name is Life.
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LITTLE BEENY'S NOTE, BOOK
By LEE PAPE.

I axidentIy broak pops hair brush
yestidday vile 1 was hammering male
with 1t, and 1 was wondering how to
brake the news without too mulch of
shock to him, and 1 thawt, G. I
know, Ill tell his fortune by reeding
his hand the way fortune tellers do,
And 1 went in the setting room vile
popp was reeding the paper before
suppir, saying, Hello pop.
Hello. sed pop keeping on reeding
and I sed.. Are you bizzy, pop?
A man is. never bizzier than wen
he's reeding the paper, sed pop.
And he kepp on reeding it. and
pritty soon I sed. Do you Rnnt me to
reed your fortune out of your hand,
pop?
sed pop: Meening he dident, and 1
sed, 1t will only take a mint. pop, 1
bet can tell you sumthing you dident
know before.
o, witch hand do you wunt? sed
pop, and 1 sed, Eny hand. And pop
held one out and kepp on reeding
the paper with the other one, and I
started to reed his fortune frum the
inside of his hand, saying, You will
live to be a old man with wife wiskers
and lots OF money.
Thanks for the money part, and
stop tickling my hand, sed pop, and
L sed, Yes sir, you will meet meny
strange people and have funny ad-
ventures on the way.
I hope Ill be able to see the humor
of them, and stop tickling, confound
it, sed pop, and I sed, And now Ill
reed your past, a site axsident has
happened that you don't know eny-
thing about yet but you will in a
minnit.
The doose, I will. sed pop, and I
sed, Yes sor, sumthing is broak in
2 uneven peeces, but its nuthing
mulch, it's ony your hair brush. it
happende axsidently vile a small male
was being hammered with it.
Blast it to smithereens that's the
ony satisfacktry hair brush I've had
for yeers, confound it, cant I keep
envthing in this house? Who was
hammering with it? sed pop, and I
sed, Me. and pop sed, Then Ill tell
your fortune without even looking at
your hand, You're going to get s
wallops with a slipper and you're going
to bed rite after suppir.
Being true.
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The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned 4 Modem sto.y Of Home and Business
By JANE PHELPS
BIZ JANE PHELPS

Wen change our boarding place If
You like" I now said 'ialtho 1 know
we can't find a smart place to live for
the same money. And 1 really do not
think we should pay more-now."
My hesitation arrested his attention.
No wonder you say MOVE! Don't
I know L couldn't pay even this If
you didn't whack up with me. Please
don't talk about my wanting anything
smarter. 1 should think you would
tho--a smarter husband"
My husband satisfies me. Please
try not to hate life quite SO consistent
ly, Robert. There is a silver lining,
you know
IF there is I can't find it," he
grumbled as he kissed me. Forgive
me for a crouch, Gerry. I guess the
worlds all right. But am all wrong.
I'll not be home until late tonight so
don't wait dinner"
Not until he had gone did I recall
what had overheard him say to Mar
ion Hovey at the party, that he would
see her Monday night
I had not time to speculate, no time
to indulge my jealous feelings and
emotions. So hurried to the shop.
and worked hard all day with a little
gnawing hurt because I was to be left
alone, while Robert spent his time
with Marion.
AS 1 have said, I had not time nor
the intention of playing the role of
! neglected wife. So at noontime 1 said
to Mary Ryan:
Robert won't be home this eve
ming, suppose We so somewhere TO
dinner. and then take in a motion pic
ture show"
I'm sorry. Gerry, but I have an
engagement
rs it allowable to ask with whom %
Certainly, it's no secret she
b1ushed charmingly, however. "Mr.
Kenyon asked me to dine with, him.
and go to the theater."
You'll have a delicious dinner. and
good time" returned. HE knows
how to order a dinner. and he also
knows how to give you a good time.
What will you wear?"
II shall have to go in my shop
dress. I have nothing else. Then, too.
he is going to stop here for me at
closing time"
I hurried out a few moments before
! the rest. 1 had a feeling 1 didn't try
to analyze. but l didn't want to be
there when Gardner came. So I went
home and spent the evening alone in
my room-crying.
Tomorrow-Mary pleads .again.)
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LEFT ALONE.
CHAPTER 65.


1t, was 2 o'clock when the party
broke up. We all voted it an i'm
mense success, and she was satisfied If
it had cheered Robert up. and we all
had a good time.
Wasn't it lovely in Betty to make
you the guest. of honor" l said to
Robert after we reached home
Il didn't deserve the honor. Ken
yon should have had it. He was the
stranger, and he's a successful man
besides"
made no reply. had hoped that
for one evening Robert would forget
his troubles and enjoy himself. But it
seemed he could not help thinking of
them, comparing himself to others.
did you notice how keen he seemed
about Nary" he asked after a little.
He couldn't keep his eyes off her.
He told me her jingles showed real
talent. 1t would be fine IL they would
take a shine to each other. Mary
wouldn't have to work, and could in
dulge her home-making tastes to the
full"
II didn't notice." I replied. Surely
it made no difference to me whom
Gardner married-if he married at all.
Yet 1 realized that it made me feel
just a trifle neglected that he should
so quickly devote himself to another.
L had looked upon him as my especial
friend, more so since he had been
taking me out during Roberts con-
.valescence than before.
In the morning Robert again re-
cure to the subject.
What a joy it would be to Mary
if she married man like Kenyon. a
man with an assured income and a
good business. She wants us to come
over SOON She got me into corner
and told me she had been buying lot
of things for her kitchen, and wanted
us to see them. She's a born house
wife,
There was a queer note in his voice
that made me look at him, but 1 saw
nothing that looked like envy in his
face. At times 1 thought he would
rather live as simply as Mary did, that
he would prefer that to the boarding
house. I never thought it was the
fact that Mary cared for her foolish
housekeeping that interested him. I
laid it all to his. distaste of Mrs
Lanes.
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Wholesale grocers complain that
Attorney General Palmer's deal with
the meat packers. by the terms of
which the big five" gave up the gro
Gerry business. has not been productive
Of the expected results. At least the
grocers are no worse off than the pub
lie. The latter cannotNpoint to any
benefit derived from the new arrange
nnent. The grocers probably will ask
the attorney general, the courts. con-
gress or somebody to give another
turn to the screw
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JUST FOLKS
THE GOLFERS WISH.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


A golfing bug lay dying his streng 9Th
was failing fast,
The putt he'd sunk the day before was
doomed to be his last;
His eyes were turning CLASSY, beyond the
The soul which feared no bunker deep
would soon go drifting out,
Then to the friends about him he turned
and whispered low;
81 hope I'll find a Piuehurst in the land
to which 1 go.
at hope there'II be Pinehurst in the realm
beyond the stars.
Where all the golfers gather to brag about
I hope in some fair city where departed
spirits dwell
And It may be up in heaven or it may be
down in hell
That I'll find one haunt devoted to the
glorious golfing kin
Where 1 can SIT and tell them OF the shots
I've made to win.
II want to sit among them, all those gabby
golfing chaps
And talk to them or hazards, bitches, choco-
late mounds and traps:
Ill play earth's courses over with those
golfers gone before
If they oRly. have a Pinehurst on that far
off golden shore:
Oh, I'll live my golf life over, in the rough
and thru the fair.
And I'll be a happy angel, if they have a
Pinehurst there.
1T is true that I've been nutty, It is true
I've gone astray,
Aud / know that death can never wash nv
golfing sins away:
But then men I've met at Pinehurst have all
E fkes golfers Ire sa ri Be- happy in that land
beyond the sky;
As a gabhy golf nut angel I can face
If they only have a Pinehurst and hotel
room there for me-"
Copyright 1890 by Edgar A. Guest
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
QUIET THoUGHTFULNEss.

I have recently had the opportunity
of studying one of the finest of arts,
as splendidIy exemplified by a friend
of mine-the fine art of quiet
thoughtfulness.
This friend is very quiet in the ways
he uses to make others happy. But
he is ever planning something new,
or in some way or other seeking to
give pleasure and comfort to some
one else.
The power to feel with others, and
with others to give-here is a task
worth emulating morning, noon and
night!
Little quiet surprises slipped into
other peoples day, when they least ex-
out ION purpose''-something to add
brightness and gladness, where but
dizziness hid-what else amounts to
quite so much, or pays larger returns
in personal satisfaction?
OF course there is none of the spec
tacular in quiet thoughtfulness. But
neither is there to real power or pro-
longed usefulness.
All permanent things move quietly
and with little or no furry.
I am of the opinion that this would
be rather discouraging sort of world
without its well scattered folks who
seek to make quiet thoughtfulness a
genuine part of the task of living.
Never" said one of the camping
companions of this friend of mine,
was any work too hard or any priva-
ton SO great. but he tried to make it
easier for some other member of the
party-thinking of himself the least
at all times
Quiet thoughtfulness means sc
much more to me. And this is the
reason why I am telling you how it
has come about.
Example is very great-but emula-
ton is greater. Wont you try? All
right! And here are two lines from
Matthew Arnold to help you:
Calm, calm me more! Nor let me die
Before l have begun to live