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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
He Was Ragged and Dirty and Old.


land. 1 soon forgot what a mother
and home were like. Nothing but
work, work. work.
ri came to California in 1856. For
a time | worked on Ross ranch at
San Jose. Most of my life here has
been spent about San Jose and the bay
cities.
II was not afraid of any tOmor-
row that might come. 1 felt I had
my two strong hands and could work
But the years went on, and at last l
found that the world had little use
FOR It's old helpless men. I began to
be afraid.
zone morning / awoke In a cheap
lodging house in San Francisco. My
left arm was paralyzed. do not
know why 1t should have come upon
me so.
"Well, that was the end tramped
about, grinding scissors. 1t was all
could do. 1t is all I can ever do.
81 was old and homeless and lonely
There was little wanted, vet
could not get even those few things
The homes l tramped by, the people
turned me from their doors.
zone day I raised 81 bill to $40.
when l was caught l had to serve
year at Mcneil island. Then I was
turned out on the world again. What
can an old man do? l struggled for
a time, then l raised more bills. Even
there are nights IN winter when I
have to sleep out of doors in my rag
ged blanket.
"If they send me to jail I will die.
l am near my Maker, very near
was treated better in Jail than ever
before in all my hard life. But oh,
! don't want to go back into the
jail"
The sad old mouth quivered and
the pale blue eyes sickened with fear.
81 want to be free" he whispered,
choking. ''Oh God, every one wants
to be free. I don't want to die-in
here"
Smith was asked If he would like to
be sent to a home, or charitable in
sfitution. This seemed to terrify
him as much as the mention of jail
had done.
81 am afraid of those places" he
said. "Ive neurd stories that brighten
me- just want to be free. I'm too
old for anything else"
=
session SGT, the result of much pains
taking work on the part of his one
hand.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

Compound and found it a wonderful
remedy / commenced to pick up at
once and my suffering was relieved.
have told others about your medicine
and know of some who have taken it.
I am glad to help others all cam
Mrs. r. e. DEMING, 437 w. Lafayette
Ave, Syracuse. N. Y,
While Change of Life is most crit
ical period of q woman's existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Moreover this reliable remedy con-
tains no narcotics or harmful drugs and
owes its efficiency to the medicinal ex-
tractives of the native roots and herbs
which it contains.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
BRUSH UP ANCIENT HISTORY
Possibly You May Not Have Heard
of This Goddess and Her Tenn
pie at "Emphasis."

There is employed in a Richmond
household an old darby who prides
himself on his learning. On one Oc-
casion, when he was engaged in clean
ing up the library of his employer, he
had with him his son, aged nine.
Now, this youngster became much
interested in certain engravings hung
on the wall. Stopphng before one of
them he asked his daddy:
"What picture is that?'
"You don't know what that's pic
ture Off" demanded the parent. you
ought to read your ancient history
more. That is the temple Of Dinah at
Emphasis"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
Jailed for kissing.

Madrid-A severe reprimand and q
warning not to let the misdemeanoi
occur again has just been admins
tered to a visitor to Madrid, who,
when he assisted his wife into a cab
at the door of his hotel on the Puerta
del Sol. kissed her good-by. A po-
liceman led him Off to face his cap.
tain. who informed the offender ig.
norance of the law was no excuse, but
that he had violated a law of Madrid
which forbids man to kiss any wom-
an while in the streets of the city
with or without her consent.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
What She Hunted

do you ever go hunting!" asked
friend.
mo, but my wife does" was the
reply.
"Your wife?"
eyes,
'What for?"
"Oh, for burglars. or fire, or pare
goric, or trouble, or my salary: it's al
ways hard to tell in advance.
ton Post.
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sayaues Poor Physically.

The natives of the African jungle,
instead III being the lusty savages of
Imagination, are for the most part
physically below par. The majority of
them are malnourished and diseased
and marked physical defects are COM
mon.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
Stiffness DISCOURAGED.

There's one thing l like about the
idea of women i'm politics." remarked
Farmer COrntOSSel
what is that?"
"'rhey are not likely to encourage
any of these fool election bets about
peoples not shaving until one candi-
date or another is elected"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
japanese Industry.

If japanese mills had been able to
obtain deliveries of all machinery or
dered from English and United States
builders since 1914, their equipment
would now aggregate about 100000
spindles. The actual number, how
ever, is not more than 3250,000.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
A Lady OF Distinction

Is recognized by the delicate fascinat-
ing influence of the perfume she uses.
A bath With Cuticura Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores,
followed by busting with Cuticura
Talcum powder usually means a clear.
sweet, healthy skin.-Adv.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

DIsIocated Jaw While Chewing Gum
Elyria, O.-John Carpenter, chewing
gum, felt his jaws click, but thought
little of it. Later he attempted to eat
and was unable to move his jaws. XIX.
animation showed dislocation.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

mao no appetite and
had fainting spells.
l suffered for two
or three years be-
fore l began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham 8
We ge table Com
pound and the Liver
Pills which l saw adj
vertise ed in the
papers and in your
little books. / took
about twelve bottles
of your Vegetable
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

pistol protrudes from under his frock
coat as he hurries from his duties in
the city to the adjacent village Of
Darien, where he makes his home.
Moreover, since Selectman John III.
Selleck has refused to permit him to
carry revolver, he has injected all
of his feet : inches into political
battle in his efforts to defeat him at
next weeks election.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
A Human Bouquet.

Rocky Mountain Telegram. - Miss
Thomas was a lovely picture in rose
pink organdy with hat to match. She
carried an armful of pink gladiators.-
Boston Transcript.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
Locating the Heart.

Home is where the heart u.s." re-
marked the man of sentiments. yes"
commented Mr.. BiIdOo: ''but l wish
my landlord wouldn't keep my heart
in my mouth"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
Her Best Since Sixteen.

Tactless Lady Friend Ito hostess)-
BY the way, what birthday is this we
are celebrating?
Hostess-My thirty-fifth.
Lady Friend-Eut have we not cele
brated that befOre2
Hostess-Oh. yes, it is one of my
favorite birthdays.-Ed Edinburgh Scots
man.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
TWICE ECCED,
He TOTES GUN
Connecticut Parson Declares
He's "Not Afraid of God
or Man."
BOMBARDED IN HOME
Arouses the Village Against Him by
His War on Lotteries and Public
GambIing-Gun Loaded With
Ammonia.

Stamford, Conn.-They threw fresh
eggs at him and tomatoes that were
Overripe and it made the minister sore
he has been paying 81 dozen for
eggs-so he has declared war on SIAM
ford and on Darien, Conn, too. And
his chief weapon right now is a SQUIRT
er-gun filed with ammonia-the Sc
to carry real one.
The Rev. G. e. Richter, the minister
In question, has open enemies in the
volunteer fire department, the Knights
of Columbus. the Eagles and the Red
men of these two communities. These
organizations have been having carni-
walls with lotteries, which the minister
charged was open gambling.
Bombarded In His Home
His ire aroused. he made his feel
enemies. being a bit piqued-as they
had lost much money because of the
minister's condemnatiOn-gave him a
vegetable bombardment during two
nights And early one morning they
serenaded him, but it was not the kind
of serenade one expects to hear-also
it was unprintable. Moreover, the
remarks that greeted Rev. Mr.. Richter
while on his way from his home to
Stamford cannot be repeated.
81 am not afraid of God, or man. or
the devil. Or" Doctor Richter
paused during recent address, his
voice choking-''Or the baptism of eggs
that has greeted my efforts to purge
these communities of low gambling
and drinking. And I shall carry a
gum no matter what the officials OF
Darien say.
~ Shall Carry Cum"
II will not kill anybody. merely
want to defend myself against the
rowdies of Darien-the low gambling
element that jeered me and threw eggs
at me and plastered my roof and my
windows with tomatoes. i shall carry
gum"
But the gaunt, gray-haired crusader
failed to tell his audience that his gun
was water. pistol, charged with am
monia. Furthermore; at nights his
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
The Cry of the Season.

81 want to open an account"
"All right, sir, but won't you first
shut the door,"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
unWanted.

"Is that a pedigreed dog?"
81 thought he was, but I'm begin
ming to doubt it. Nobody has tried to
steal him as yet
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

of being the author of tombstone in
scription.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

One dose of DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" sx-
pels Worms or Tapeworm. Its action upon
the Stomach and Bowels is beneficial. No sec
ond dose after purgattve necessary---Adv
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
PAINTING and
DIZZY SPELLS
The Cause of such Symptoms
and Remedy Told in This
Letter.

Syracuse, N. y" When I COM
menced the Change of Life was poorly,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

Borrowing may be a disease, but
lending is insanity.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06

Good looks in woman do not
depend upon age, but upon health.
You never see good-looking
woman who is weak, rundown.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton is the best women's tonic
there is. 1t is so years old, and
its age testifies to its goodness.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
important to Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1920-11-06
When Rundown

Auburn, N. YAH of DR..
Pierce's medicines that I have
taken have proved very salts
factory. / took 'Favorite Pre-
scription' when I was rundown
and in very nervous condition
and found it excellent as builder
and especially good in relieving
me of all nervousness. DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is an
excellent tonic and blood medicine
as well. have taken both of the
above mentioned remedies of DR..
Pierce's and have found them
good. ,"
MRS. C. H. MINOR,
16 Cornell St.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
The Spendthrift City
Conhastcd With Happy Days on the
Thrifty Farm
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: According to accounts published
in The Tribune last week infer
that many people in the great city of
New York are suffering from cold and
hunger owing to weather conditions.
Now if these people, knowing that
winter is usually cold and stormy and
roads become more or less impossible
make no provision in advance and pre-
fer to live where they can get bic
wages, 60 to the opera, theater or
movies every night after working their
six or eight hours day, why
should they complain when they get
pinched?
AS one Of the Oldest inhabitants !
want to tell you how tho farmers in
this vicinity get along through tho
cold days and long, snowy weather of
winter (snowing again this a. my.
Where we have been used to buying
more or less coal, we are now cutting
wood and piling it up for next sum-
mer's use as we'll as keeping the house
warm this winter. Then as to food,
many of us raise our own grain
wheat, rye, buckwheat and corn-and
have it ground at our local mill. Early
in the cold weather we kill our hogs,
salt down pork, cut out the hams.
shoulders and bacon and smoke them
after proper curing, make up sausage
and headcheese and pack to keep fresh
all winter. Some kill beeves and di-
vide with neighbors, pack it in snow
and keep fresh so long as frozen.
Then we provide apples and pota-
toes by the barrel as we'll as turnips.
cabbage, beets, carrots, ETC., usually
packed in earth in the cellar. We have
our dried fruits, beans, ETC.. as we'll al
all the air-tight cans we can afford to
fill (when We have the sugar.. Our cat
tie are provided with hay and grain.
Poultry are handy for eggs and food.
We make our own butter and have all
the milk and cream we need.
Some of our roads haven't at this
date been passable for the last ten days,
and our daily papers are from one to
two days past date when received (I
live on state road). But we neither
freeze nor starve and In summer We
ready to work ten or twelve hours
and don't strike either.
H. A. CORNELL,
A Connecticut Farmer.
Brookfield, Conn, Feb. 13, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
The Senate's Roll Call

The vote in the Senate on Monday
night by which the original Lodge
reservation with respect to with
drawal from. the league was re-
adopted gives some ground for hope
for ratification but no assurance.
The division Of As to 20 showed
more than the necessary two-thirds
Of members present needed for rati-
fication. But with fuller attendance
the two-thirds may not be held. Of
the Democratic Senator'S ten voted
for the Lodge reservation. But ten
Democrats are not enough to insure
ratification. The number must be
nearer twenty-five.
Senator Lodge and his associates
are not able to induce the Republi-
can "irreconcilables" to vote for
ratification. The group is irrespon-
sive to the influence Of the Senate
leader. Moreover, were he to yield
more as to Article x he probably
would face an additional Republican
detection. 1t follows that at least
twenty-five Democratic Senators
must vote with the Lodge Republi-
cans if there is to be ratification.
Will they do it, or will most of the
Democrats, as practically all of
them did in November, vote with
those who would beat the treaty
altogether? Where resides response
bility seems no longer matter of
doubt. Senators who vote with
Senators Borah and johnson to beat
the treaty will be as much treaty
killers as Messrs. Borah and John
son. How Senators talk is not of
consequence. 1t is votes the treaty
must have. and any Senator who
votes against the only practicable
ratification may not honestly say he
is for the treaty.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23

heart Il Captain Miller. His name
bslongs with that a Major Mitchell
who did not have Tho fortune "a
roach the slxies Of France before the
9Ates called. Mitchell Field. on Long
Island, aud Miller Field, on Staten
island, should BE-. shrines Of honor
for coming generations o1 New
Workers. Their names typify all
that was noblest in tho spirit with
which Americans, the young and the
older alike, tossed aside everything,
fortune, friends, career, life itself,
when their country called.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
Miller Field

The best memorials Of a war are
those which grow naturally out Of it
which seize the spirit Of those who
have died and perpetuate it, alive
and speaking, for future generations
to learn by and honor.
Of such is the new Miller Field, at
New Dorp, Staten Island. It is to
be an extensive and important ad-
dition to the aerial coast defense sta
tions Of the army air service. 1t will
be base for land and seaplane pa
troll aircraft, and is planned as a
permanent unit in the aerial defense
of our Atlantic coast.
Our military authorities showed
an admirable sense Of tho fitness of
things in naming it as they have.
Deserved honor is paid to the men,
ory Of Captain James E. Miller. Of
New York, who was killed in action
near Corbeny. France, March 8,
1918. Captain Miller was a volun-
teer, like most Of our American air
men, who left his business post at
the call Of his country. He had
begun to qualify as q flyer soon
a1ter the outbreak Of the war, hav-
Ing realized the need Of American
preparedness. particularly in the air.
he helped to organize an aviation
section in the New York National
Guard, and BY the time the United
States declared war had become an
expert pilot. He was our first
army aviation officer killed in action.
He died fighting in the sky. as every
airman hopes to die when his time
is come.
Not only his friends win rsrasn.
Der the rare spirit and eouraeeoua
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
By
Heypood Broun

detail, and without any maulinr of the
facts whatsoever, upon the simple
ground that he was Presbyterian"
But as a matter of fact that Is just
what Mr.. Keynes has done upon the
basis of his preliminary hypothesis
that the President was like a noncon-
formist minister.
"He had no plan," writes Mr.. Keynes,
mo scheme, no constructive ideas what
ever for clothing with the flesh of life
the commandments which he had thun-
dered from the White House. He
could have preached a sermon on any
of them or have addressed a stately
prayer to the Almighty for their full
tillment; but he could not frame their
concrete application to the actual state
Of Europe"
Mary Austin's "Outland" (Boni-Live-
right) is the best romantic novel we
have read in a long time. 1t is a fantas-
tic tale Of man and q woman from a
civilized community<who wander into the
woods and fine there two strange primi-
tive peoples whose existence they had
never suspected. Aside from the stir
ring romantic narrative the book is in
teresting as study of peoples in which
custom has rot yet solicited into i'm
pregnable fact. When the Outlanders
find that any tribal custom does not
work we'll they promptly change it
without more ado. The book is beauti-
fully written. 1t has an engaging at
mosphere of the woods about it, though
we must admit that this seems at times
little forced. However, the story is
always interesting and always illu-
mined by vivid pictorial quality. We
do not think that the hero of any ro-
mantle tale should be named "Her-
man." but aside from this defect we
wish to recommend the book heartily
to all readers. Moreover, if there is
any moving picture impresario with
in the sound of our voice we recon-
mend the book to him, also.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
The Railroad Vote

The House vote on the railroad
bill ought to open the eyes of the
labor union leaders who think that
they can successfully hold a stop
watch on Congress. Many things
have happened since 1916, when the
brotherhoods dragooned Congress
into passing the so-called eight-hour
law. The railroad unions felt then
that they had the public by the
throat. Congress yielded to their
demands rather than risk a general
tte-up Of transportation. But this
time union labor threats to defeat
any Congressman voting for the rail
road bill failed to work. The major
ity in the House for the passage Of
the bill was 100. The common sense
OF the situation prevailed over or
eanized class interest and pressure.
The attitude of the unions was
captious and arbitrary. Their lead
ers had fought the bill originally on
the ground that its strike provisions
i1iter9ered with the free practice Of
collective bargaining. When the
anti-strike provisions Of the Cum.
minis draft were abandoned this ar
gument fell to the ground. Arbi-
tration under the new measure is not
compulsory. The boards which ara
to hear wage disputes have no power
to enforce their decisions.
So the unions had to shift the bur-
den OF their complaint. It was
charged by them that the bill singled
out the railroads for special treat
ment." So it did. But the prin-
ciple Of Especial treatment" for the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
chiefs would Be rsspon1ibls e. ths
hetman. much % barpns wsrs to
medieval kin9s.
The Great Pity

The Villogsr thus speaks about the
sad consequences Of President VIII.
sons ineptitude:
"The great national progress d
America during The last century has
been toward life with the rsst Of The
world. But Mr.. Wilson has not been
able 70 bide the long. sure process,
Of growth. and in forcing the plan,
he cuts It back to the root. Mr.
Wilson swings the pendulum to one
extreme. declaring overnight that
every interest In Europe Is suddenly
become our interest, down to the
most remote; and, Of course, the pen
dulum has to 60 back; Senators who
in 1915 saw our right responsibility
in Europe With clear enough eyes
now are counseling Withdrawing tho
peace treaty and washing our hands
Of Europe"
The verdicts Of history are not to
be anticipated, but signs multiply
that President Wilson will be re-
membered not as one who strength
ened but as one who weakened the
consciousness Of human solidarity.
Events called him to the perform
ance of task to which he was un-
equal. We are bound to believe that
he wanted to intensity that allegi-
ance to right as right whose estab-
lishment is the basis Of hope for
future peace, but he did not know
how. A dictatorial temperament
prevented him seeing the unwisdom
Of trying to hammer through his
exact way. He found himself in the
melancholy position Of the twelfth
juror who finds the other eleven
utterly unreasonable.
A great opportunity offered when
the armistice was signed. It was
missed. Instead Of seeing that har-
mony had the first claim the Presi-
dent began to irritate all with whom
he came in contact. Never was
there such thorny negotiator. His
scratching, Of course, provoked
counter scratching. Many years
must elapse to develop as wholesome
an international situation as existed
in November, 1918. Jealousies and
antagonisms have been unnecessarily
aroused which it may take a genera
tion to soften.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-23
The Coming 7otoe<
I PITY THEM cH1LDRENl

When the teacher asked hard question
Sally piper would spit out the answer
With an uppish toss Of her red head,
An saucy switch Of her skirts
Which said plain % words she thought
She was better n the rest OF us.
She went OF to Boston to school
Thinkin' Sycamore Corners want good
enough for her
An stayed away twenty years tsachin'
art.
She earned good money, her folks said,
But spent It all on clothes.
Once she como home to visit
An walked into tho Campbellite church
like some queen,
With her auburn hair wav1n' round q
new hat,
An Easter dress the color O. tho new
leaves
That must a cost q sight,
An q bunch Of violets big a. = pint
bowl
Tucked in her girdle; an big eyes
That looked fur of an hardly noticed
Us that she felt above.
But she got her come-uppance, did
Sally.
Tho doctors called 1t q nervous break
down, but others
Said she'd been in love on the sly for
years
With Frederick Pinkham Ellingham,
Ph.D.,
The president Of the college where she
taught,
A married man, with four children.
Anyway, she had to como back
To US she hated; to the old farmhouse
Her father willed her.
Her brother an his wife was livin'
there,
But after she came she got so hys-
terical,
So 'threatenin' an out Of her mind
That they packed up one night without
sayin' nothin'
An left her all alone
In tho big house. They knew she'd
mako out somehow
An tho neighbors wouldn't SEQ her
starve.
She got her come-uppance, Sally did,
For feelin' smarter than the rest Of US
An better than her folks.
Now she is boardin' children from the
State Home.
God! How pity them children!
ALICE MARY K1MBALL.