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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
The subconscIous Mind.

The subconsclous mind Is at work
day and night on Jobs you never sus-
pect If, for instance. you have been
trying to remember how certain
tune goes, and given II up in despair,
It is the subconscious mind that takes
up the task. and works on II for days
or weeks till suddenly you find your
self humming or whistling the correct
air. 1t is the heart-clock (the pulse
merely registers the heart-beats) that
enables people to wake up in the
morning at a time they have decided
on the night before. A little prac-
tice viii make this heart-clock fair
~ useful alarm. That part Of your
brain that is called the subcOnscious
mind, watches this clock all night and
wakens the working part of your mind
at the time required.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
HOW SHIPS GET LATE MAIL
Drop Bags While the Vessel Is
Travelling.

Experiments have proved It entirely
practicable to deliver belated transat-
lantic mail steamers at sea by air
planes.
The ship may have taken its depar-
ture several hours previously, yet the
flying machine, with a speed of 100
miles. or more an hour. can easily catch
up with it and put the mail aboard
A plane of the flying boat" type is
used for this purpose, and the water
proof mail bag is held in a chute on
the side of the huh. The aviator flies
over the ship and the rigging en-
tangles long line dropped from the
plane that has grapple tails on its end
This line is attached to the mail bag
which, when the grapple tails catch,
Is jerked out of its chute. falling into
the sea.
1t is then an easy matter 70 haul
the mail bag aboard, while the steamer
continues its uninterrupted voyage.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Remarkable Transformation.

John had been with his father on
the occasion of his maiden effort with
car. Waiting for friends, In anoth-
or car, before starting on pleasure
trip. an inadvertent turn too far To
the side of the road had resulted ia
being nicely caught in about foot Of
fine sticky mud. The friends arriv-
ing had made merry over the task OF
pushing out the car. John, later In
the day excitedly describing the az
fair, had this, among other things, to
say: And then they turned all the
ladies' into men. and they all helped
20, just push the car right out Of the
sticky mud"
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
TELLS HORRORS
TURK MASSACRE
THE WOMAN DOCTOR WHO HAD
CHARGE OF HOSPITAL SAYS
SCENES INDISPENSABLE.
KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN
American College and Hospital Fired
Upon BY Nationalist Forces-Peo-
pie Without Food Suffer in
Terrible Blizzard.

New york.-The Turkish nationalist
forces in beseiging Marash, Syria, last
January, deliberately and continuously
fired on the American college and
Near East Relief hospital and orphan
age there, according to DR.. Mabel FL
hot, of Benton Harbor, Mich, who was
in charge OF the hospital during the
three weeks attack.
DR.. Elliott, who has now returned
to this country, with Mrs. Mabel Pow.
er, of North Hero, VT; Miss Helen
Shutz, of Reading, Pa, and Miss Min
ME Dougherty, of Holyoke, Mass, told
an eyewitness story Of the attack, d.
rected against the Armenian popula.
ton.
The slaughter of men, women and
children was horrible, she said, and
the pillage Of houses barbaric. In one
Armenian church $500 persons were
killed-only % surviving the attack
on it--she said.
OF fleeing column of 5000 Armen-
ians, mostly women and childreR driv-
en- from the besieged city, DR.. Elliott
said only 1900 reached their objective,
Islahie, but rs miles away.
THE whole three weeks of the
seige the firing from housetops and
windows never ceased" she said. "The
Turks fired many buildings all over
the town, and from our windows we
could see columns of smoke rising
from one part of the city and then
another, every hour of the day and
night.
THE largest Armenian church at
first sheltered some $500 Armenians
of the better class, shopkeepers, bust
ness men and merchants and their
families. They had arms, and they
put up a good fight, but the Turks
finally fired the church and forced
them out Only % of them escaped
with their lives.
"A communication trench was dug
from French headquarters to the hos
pital by which the French wounded
were brought into us. They were all
Senegalese and Moroccans. The Sene-
galese blacks suffered frightfully from
the cold. We had 900 cases of wound
ed and frozen feet-mostly frozen
feet.
There were about 5000 Armenians
who joined the column and tried to
make the march over the mountains to
Islahie. rs miles from Marash, when
the French troops evacuated the city.
There was no food for any one,
and only a few carts. Practically ev-
erybody had to walk the whole way.
1T was a CHASTITY, incredible night
mare. The worst blizzard that Marash
had ever known caught us.
Most Of the fugitives were women
and children. The men stayed be-
hind TO fight and cover our retreat.
They died ike flies. Every fifty
yards or so someone would drop in
the snow. There was no use trying to
do anything. 1t was all anybody could
do to keep going.
"Out of the 5000 who started only
1900 ever got there"
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Rush.Plth Lens Cleaner.

Almost any ordinary medium that
can be used Is likely to smear and
even scratch lens in the cleaning. A
very perfect lens cleaner can be made
by using the medula or pith Of such
plants as sunfiower, rush or elder, says
the Scientific American. Strips of the
dry pith are cut and these are fast
ened with an adhesive to piece of
cork. The pith may be arranged In
rows with small spaces in between.
The lens is rubbed gently with the
novel cleaner and all marks disappear.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
One Friend Less.

One of my most embarrassing mo-
ments came soon after I was married.
when ] met an old acquaintance and
begged to know why she had never
yet been to call upon me. Rather cold
ly she replied II did not know that
you wished me to, as received no an
nouncement of your marriage" Rather
Mortified and embarrassed to think she
had been forgotten when the lists
were made up, lost my head and
blurted out: ooh. but you know we
only sent those to our friends" Nat
urally after that had one friend less.
Chicago Tribune
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24

Claims YANKEE" Is Chinese.

"Yankee" is Chinese word, acs
cording to Teh VI Hsieh (whose last
name means THANK Your. q Celestial
who is visiting this country. He ex-
plains that the word probably came
from English or Dutch sailors who
had touched ports in the Orient. In
East India they may have been greet
ed with the words yang gee" which
mean "You are a young foreigner"
These East Indian words came from
the Chinese words Yang jung" Teh
II Hsieh says, and this explains why
yankee" is Chinese word.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
JUST ACTING LIKE A MAN
Simple Explanation Of Wife's Action
When She Suspected Burglar
Was Downstairs.

After starting for his work the
other morning Taylor happened to
think of something he had forgotten
and returned to The house to get 1t.
While walking about the kitchen he
heard a great racket upstairs. Consid-
erably alarmed he called:
"What in the world is the matter,
Mary? Has anything happened?
There was moments silence, then
ais wife replied:
"Oh, is that your"
Yes, who did you think 1t. wasp
II heard some one walking about
down there and l thought 1t was a
burglar"
But the noise"
II was making lot of noise So that
he would think there was man in
the house"
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Optimism.

Old Lutte Lathers is great fellow
to look on the bright side of things,
said a gaunt Missourian. whom the
Forecast notes. He was riding to
town on load of hay the other day
when the roads were so muddy that
one wheel dropped into chuck hole,
the hay slued, and Lutte rolled of and
landed on his head in deep puddle.
swell, sir" said he, when they had
dragged him out, 'these ere mud
roads don't bruise you up like a rock
road does. II that had been hard
surfaced road, 1t would have plumb
broke my neck. youths Companion.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Mexico,s Fashlonable Drive.

The parade ground of Mexico City
Is the Avienda de San Francisco. This
short street extends from the Mexican
White House to the Alameda and is
only about "a feet from curb TO curb.
Here, at the approach of twilight, every
smart equlpage in the capital comes.
Down the one side of the street and up
the other side moves a procession at
4 slow walk, while everybody looks at
everybody else.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
M'AD0O is OUT OF THE RACE

New York.-Wm. G. McAdoo, who
has been considered by party leaders
as one of the principal candidates for
the Democratic presidential nomina.
ton, announced that he could not per
NIT his name to go before the San
Francisco convention. This deci
sion he said, in reply to tele-
graphic inquiry, is irrevocable, as
the path of duty seems to me clear
and unmistakable
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Cannot Employ Assistants.

Washington.--Bec Because of the failure
Of congress to provide the necessary
funds. the department of justice will
not be able to employ special attor-
neys to handle the prosecutions OF
cases growing out of violations of the
prohibition enforcement law after
June 80.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Victim Of RubonIc Plaauea

Galveston.-The death of 17-year-
old youth here aftef brief illness
probably was due to bubonie plague,
according to diagnosis made public
by DR. NJ. f. Boyd.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Detroit Gains Rapidly.

Washington.-De with a nu-
merical increase and rate of growth
larger than Chicagos and second
only to New York during the last
10 years. is now fourth largest city
OF the country.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Lines to Be Remembered.

No man ever stated his griefs as
lightly as he might. For 1t is only
the finite that has wrought and suf-
fered; the infinite lies stretched In
smiling repose.-Emerson.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Kindly Advice

Fido had gone under the bed and
refused to come out. His mistress
came In and sternly babe him come
forth. Little Grace leaned down and
said, 'Fido, if you know mamma,
youIl come quick -
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Biz phone Profits.

Washington-Ope income of
the larger telephone companies in
February was S7.0S7,67s, an increase
of $2,021,914 over that in the CORES
ponding month the year before.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
ouickenina.
Mlnino GLOSSARY.

A mining glossary Just issued by the
bureau of mines contains 10000 terms
and 10000 definitions, covering both
technical and local usages in various
branches of the mining and mineral
industry.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24

"a married woman should see that
she has all kitchen requisites as she
starts housekeeping" "Yes, even to
a husband who washes the dishes for
her."-Judge.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Charity.

How many things might be tolerated
I'm peace and left TO conscience, had
we but charity, and were 1t not the
chief stronghold of our hypocrisy to
be ever judging one another.--John
Milton. -
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Dancers in ouinine.

Many cases Of malaria are really
quinine poisoning. The amount of
quinine administered is often large
and the smaller doses are continued
for too long.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Powerful Pile FULLER.

Featured by a cylinder containing
piston with lifting force of eight
tons, hydraulic apparatus. has been
invented for pulling up plllng even
from deep water.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
liIa seventy.seventh Bear.

Ginitzen, merchant of kiachta has
the reputation of being the greatest
bear hunter in Siberia. He is eighty
five years old and has just killed his
seventy-seventh bear.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
whu rhex Never Arrive.

Lots and lots Of people spend more
time wishing they had the other fell
lows luck than getting out to work
for IT,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
siiuht Earthuuake.

Los Angeles. buildings
we're shaken by slight earthquake.
70 damage was reported.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24
Here's Something Worth knowing.

Listen to this, fishermen. There's
a man residing in New York state who
has discovered a reliable way to learn
when the. fish are biting, without GO
ing to a stream and trying his luck
Here is the formula: Catch and keep
alive a catfish. When you wish to go
fishing, dig some worms and throw
them to the catfish. If he eats them
the fish will bite; but if he don't, you
might as well stay at home.-Ex-
change.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24

Some musicians who play by ear
ought to consult an aurist.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-24

Too many people spend their time
in trying TO be miserable.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE.


There are many women who are just now look
ing for place where they can render an adequate
service to the state. They want to do something
to Justify their rights citizens. .
No more helpful task could be undertaken by
some of them than to become students Of Grim
inoogy and the management of our penal nsti-
tutions. -e-.f -r
The people of the state have neglected any ade-
uuate study of penitentary. Immense sums OF
money for a poor state. annually expended in
maintaining this institution. 1t is burden to the
state and yet some hundreds of men, who would
be much better off with their minds and hands
employed, are allowed to continue as a burden and
expense when they might easily be self-sustainng
and even aiding in the support Of their dependents
or laying up nest egg against the day OF their
release when they must start life anew.
couple of years ago the prison board inVes-
tigated the question of building stockade upon
school lands underaid with coal and having the
prisoners mine the coal used in our various state
institutions Mr.. Warren Graham, of Albuquerque
est In the matter but it was blocked from some
source.
There may be reasons why such a plan is not
feasible although we fail to see why.
All the clothes worn in our penal and charitable
institutions could we'll be made in a great tailor
shop at the penitentiary Other profitable employ
ments could be devised with a little planning
Here is a place where some highly profitable
work can be done for the state
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
SEEING AND DOING.

The world has two types of pepoRe those who
do things themselves and those who spend their
time seeing other people do things and talking
about the achievements of other people, .,
In these times of abundant entertainment many
people can talk only about what they have seen.
Many people who look down at popular diver
sions and who claim for themselves a cultured
literary taste fall into substantially the same error
They sound very learned they sweepingly COM
mend this book and condemn that one, and people
who don't read feel themselves out-cassed But it
does not take much mental ability to soak up liter
AZURE like n passive sponge, without making any
effort to achieve literary ability Of their own
In the institutions of learning the same tendency
prevails The great majority of students are sat
isfed to sit bleachers and watch the varsity
team play or spend hours in their hang-outs dis
cussing the merits of teams and players. COM
paratiyely small number have the energy and per-
sistence to get out themselves and try to win eX-
cellence in some college activity.
Modern life is full of fascinating diversions that
take up the attention and disspate the resolve for
achievement The proportion of the people who
accomplish something original decreases as the
years go on The pioneer in new country has the
maximum of achievement and the minimum of ad-
vantages. The fortunate people who live in
finished country have the maXimtm of advantages
and the minimum of achievement,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
JUST FOLKS
Copyright, 1920. by Edgar A. Guest.

WORRY
There are various kinds of worry and l know
that sages say
We should break the worrying habit and put all
our fears away
IT'S fool who worries vainly over things he
cannot mend
Or spoils the joy of pleasure by the dread that
it will end,
But there comes to every fellow on this planet
called the earth
Times he really ought to worry if he wants to
prove his worth. ..
/ never see youngster romping on the streets
in play
But I wonder if his father ever worries through
the day.
Does he worry for his safety, does he worry for
his care?
Does he worry for his future and the burdens he
must bear?
Does the big fear ever strike him, as he kisses
him at night,
That in some way, his parent he may not
be doing right?
Man cannot escape from worry cannot smile at
self disgrace,
He cannot sit down contented, Sinking tasks he
ought to face;
BY his moral obligations TO be just and clean
and true,
He is bound at times to worry over what is
fair to do, -.,
And there's none SO rich in wisdom but must
sometimes sit at night
And worry lest his judgment shall not lead him
to the right.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
.AppoRTIoNING THE SCHOOL FUND.

The inequiy of the present state system of
dividing the proceeds for the support of the com
mon schools was clearly shown by the letter OF Mr
Clinton P Anderson, published in the Journal Sat
urday morning. gt..
Some counties give detailed attention to getting
a complete school There is even room Tor
a suspicion of padding the census roll in one or
two instances. In one 57.54 per cent OF the
population of the county appear to be OF school
age In another it is less than 20 per cent 1t is
strain upon the creduity of the reader to believe
that both accurate.
Under our system, as in vogue, the first of
these counties would get three dollars for each
person in the county to dollar for each person
in the county in the latter case.
School population makes bad basis for division
for another reason The cost per child for oper-
atng schools is much less where the population is
sufficiently dense to give each teacher proper
sized schoolv-let us say forty pupils. 1t costs a
sparsely settled district almost as much to run a
school of ten persons.
The suggestion of the Special Revenue Com
mission that in apportioning the fund.- consdera-
ton be given the number of teachers in the coun-
ty and the average attendance per room, appears
to us to be sound.
Legislators from counties which suffer the great
est handicap under the present system may find a
profitable task here.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-Wheat prices
advanced today. influenced more or
less by action Of the United States
senate looking to relief of farmers.
The market closed unsettled, q c
to "a c net higher. with December
$1.70 and March $1.64% to S1.65.
Corn gained Bc to l a and oats
sc to &c. In provisions the out
come varied from zoe decline to
10c advance.
Bulls in the wheat market re-
ceived encouragement not only
from steps taken to facilitate gov
eminent aid to agricultural inter-
est but also from fresh signs that
the period of liquidation in grain
was at an end. Meanwhile export
ers and millers were said to be ac-
tive bidders and Poland was cred
tied with taking 100000 bushels Of
wheat and 100000 bushels of rye
at the seaboard. Evening up of
trades so as to be prepared for any
surprise in the government crop
report due after the close was a
further bullish factor. Besides,
country offerings were not large,
and were readily absorbed. An
eastern house sold heavily in the
last half hour but resistance proved
stubborn and the market was rally
ing at the finish.
Corn and oats displayed some in
dependent strength. Provisions
averaged lower with hogs.
Closing prices:
Wheat-Dec, $1.7OB; March,
$1.64A.
Corn-May, 72&c; July, 73&c.
Oats-May, 80 sc July. 499sc.
Pork-Jan., $22.30.
Lard-Jan., 1885; May, $3.50.
Ribs-Jan., $11.55; May, $12.02.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
STATE COTTON CROP
DOUBLES IN A YEAR;
TOTAL $4,000 BALES

Based on the acreage harvested
and the yield per acre, the bureau
of crop estimates of the United
States department of agriculture
estimated on December / that the
cotton crop for the Uaited States
would be 12,9S7,000 bales. This
exceeds last years production by
1,657,245 bales, and the five-year
average G914-191S) by $4,000
bales. The figures are furnished
by r. f. Hare, statistician at the
field office at Las Cruces.
New Mexico has produced 5000
bales, which more than doubles
any previous production of this
state.
Texas has produced nearly one
third of the nations crop.
The estimated production by
states is as follows: Virginia, 49,
600: North Carolina, $4,000; South
Carolina, 100000; Georgia, / 400
COO; Florida, $4,000; Alabama,
100000; Mississippi, SS5, 900; Lou
isiana, $4,000; Texas, 4,200,000;
Arkansas, 1,160,000 Tennessee.
10000; Missouri, $4,000; Okla
homa,. 1900. 900; California, 1907
600; Arizona, 10000, and New
Mexico, 5000.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
SOVIET SPIES.


Recent revelations indicate that the soviet gov
eminent of Russia has force of at least $4,000
spies and revolutionary agiators. and that most of
them will seek entrance, into the United States.
Their mission is to work for the overturn of the
government, and incidently create industrial dis
turbance.
The vast and elaborate system of espionage
built up in the United States by the Germans, who
sought TO control the government, to tie up indus
tries by strikes to destroy food, and on, stirred
the indignation of America 20 boiling point The
United States might never have gone into the war
but for the anger thus provoked. 1t a boom
erang weapon that recoiled on its authors.
II the soviet crowd want to STIR up the most
intense luminosity in this country, the best they
can do it is to agitate by these insidious methods
The boshevist government, by loDting the treas
ury of the cars government, secured enormous
quantity of gold, which it is scattering in spend
thrift manner in the endeavor to bring down other
governments in ruin like its own. But even when
that money is gone, it continue its methods of
agitation. Its spies pose as ordinary work
ers and get jobs as a blind, while pursuing their
underground work But nothing is accomplished by
these treacherous methods. which merely intensity
antagonism.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
A BUILDING PROGRAM.

The housing problem in Albuquerque is becom-
ing menace to her growth and prosperity, The
disproportion existing between supply and demand
has become great that rents are abnormalV
high This is always harmful to a community
Some landlords shameless in the advantage
they are taking of the present situation
The wholesale lumber market has receded about
80 Ia per cent The retail price in Albuquerque
remains practically stationary. The chamber OF
Commerce should find out why. Something is
wrong. Do, our retailers have an understanding in
restraint of market recessions? 4-lsA. $50. +,
Something must be done at once II we are to
avoid serious harm TO the progress of Albuauerque
Other cities are organizing building corporations as
a means Of relief. They find them both profitable
to the investor and stimulant to the community.
The energy necessary to attack these problems
i the price of progress and prosperity.