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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14
Mouhon Musings
BIZ ROY X. MOULTON.

How About Heteroclitic?
Isn't It Ridiculous the way this word
Has seized upon the fancy of all the
No matter what they write about the coal
strike or a cure for govt
They're bound to bring -meticulous" In
IL possibly they can
Don't it seem a Bit absurd their joy in
finding this new word:
They're tickled as a kiddie with a
Christmas morning drum;
And when in what they've writ they We
contrived place for it,
They're as pleased as young J. Horner
was the day he found the plum!
Fuller Weeks Potts.
In some cases the hotel bandit frisks
the guest before the manager has a
chance.
To preserve the eternal fitness of
things, we believe that coal during
1920 should retail at $500 a ton.
| Perhaps the gentlemanly and obiiging
operators can arrange it.
s.Ncxt.
(From the Peoria JournaI.)
Harry Chin, of Beardstown. spent
the weekend with friends in Havana.
Missouri Notes.
(From the Sarcoxie Record.)
A California steer charged a motor
cycle, broke up the machine and
chased the rider a mile. California
steers taken on subscription at this
office.
A Pleasant Time Was Had.
(West jefferson. o., correspondence
Madison County DemocratO
Mrs. Flora Sides, of Springfield,
visited her sister, Miss Phileana
Shinn, Friday.
Our Most-Popular-Bar Contest.
I think I ought to cop first prize
with this barber o. mine. or miss it by
a close shave. His name is, indeed,
one that gives away" his profession
at once.
We call him Hank O'Hare (and
you're lucky II you get away with
that!). But he's worth what he gets
he cuts your hair. beard. and con-
versation short. BILLY SPIEGEL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14
Dinner Stories

A young farmers bride who recent
ly undertook the management of the
horticultural department of the farm
writes the agricultural editor as fol-
lows:
What can I do to make my pota-
toes grow? 1 peeled them ever 30
carefully before planting them, but
they haven't even come up yet
What did you do last night?''
''Oh. 1 read for couple of hours
81 thought you were going to the
movies"
II did go. Ninety per cent of the
feature consisted of sub-titles."
Il don't see how could possibly be
any worse than / am. sir"
Then. cheer up You've got moth
ing further to worry about"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14
GETTING BACK. TO NORMAL.

While federal officials. legislative
| bodies and fair price committees are
busytny themselves with efforts to re-
duce the cost of living and are accom-
pl:shing nothing, the cost problem is
working itself out Strikes have al
most ceased, idle men by thousands
have returned to work and immigra-
ton has been resumed A combina-
tion of these factors, equivalent to a
considerable increase in the working
forces of the country, is certain to re-
suit in increased production which in
turn will result in lower prices. These
will obviate the demand for wage in
cIeases and even tend to lower the pay
of laborers. Thus will the vicious
circle" of higher prices be reversed
and move downward instead Of up
ward
The National Bank of Commerce
monthly analyses the present situation
and presents tables showing COMPARE
sons of production in 1918 and 1919
| in crops, coal, cotton and wool. The
writer also regards the net ton miles
of freight handled by the railroads as
one of the best measures of the ply
steal volume of production and ex-
change of commodities. Taking the
figures available for the ten months
ending October 81, 1919, for Glass 1
roads under federal control, represent
ing 95 per cent of the total railroad
kmileage, and estimating the other two
months, the total freight movement
| FRY war ia ohoy1f nm On0 nm
net ton miles as compared with 436.-
614, $4,000 ton miles over the same
roads during 1918. This indicates that
the total freight movement over all
roads for 1919 will fall below that for
1918. The tables referred to also
show that 1919 falls below 1918 in the
commodities analysed.
The article concludes: 1.-The reac-
ton after the tension of war~has been
much less violent in the United States
than in any other important COM
Blatant country. After the first hest
tation. production has proceeded in
the face of great difficulties. Never
theless. after the recovery of the early
months, all that can fairly be said is
that industry has held its own. On the
other hand, consumption has proceed
ed at an extravaganza rate, despite the
! high price levels which have in part
resulted from it. Only by decreased
consumption and by increased produc-
ton can a balance be reached at rea-
sonable prices between supply and de-
mand. Thus far there has been very
little application of this principle to
individual conduct. Until such appli-
cation be made, commercial activity
viii inevitably proceed at a ratio Out
Of proportion to the physical volume
of production, and the present unsta-
bic situation will continue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

A MANS JOB.
It's n mans job TO be cheerful
In the face of grief and care:
Any weaking eau be fearful
Aud n victim of despair
But IL takes a man to swallow
All the bitter in the cup. Z.
And to live for what may follow.
Without ever giving up.
It's mans job TO be kindly,
OTIS a mans job ts be true:
None can shut his eyes and blindiv
Try to journey this life thru
And to see the wrongs about him
Or the hazards in his way:
There are tifnes when fate will fIort hin
And his feet will go astray.
Not In fools and craven Creatures
Are the worthy virtues foHnd
Not On blank and Efciess features
DO the cheerful smiles abound:
He who to hia best IL living
And for truth and honor stands.
And is cheerful in his giving.
Has mans Job on his hands
To be kind and thoughtful ever.
To he strong in times Of need
To put NIL yonr best eudearor
In an effort TO succeed
Anf to fail and keep on trying.
and not lose your cheafui waxs
Is job. there's no DENYING
FOR real man, nowadays
Copyright 1919 By Edgar A. t,ue~e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14
LIVING In THE LIGHT.

I confess a kind of child terror al
great storms-tho I love themi But
would never choose to live in a coun-
try where storms never came.
None of the great forces of nature
is more uplifting than that of the sun.
He is a pretty poor sport who would
not face his days courageously after
having been touched by a billion sun
rays on awakening In the morning.
And yet it is only on the bright days
that great shadows are possible.
It's that way with the NEST helpful
characters-those who have become
greatest Their paths have been
strewn with shadows Because, you
see. it is the shadows which force out
background of tests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

ready to pour out rain. IN other local
tiles they say that the moon is hold
ing the rain, and drought should
be expected The futility of either
Interpretation is apparent from the
fact that the moon appears practically
the same all over the country, and
it is sure to rain in some places and
be dry in others during the succeed
ing days.
Scientists explode the moon theories
by saying conclusively that the moon
moves In regular cycles and has no
effect on the weather IF the moon
was responsible for the weather, fore
casting would be a picnic" said one
weather expert when questioned as 70
the moons influence on, weather and
crops. '"As the moon follows the same
course year after year. we would have
the same weather in cycles without
variation, If 1t controlled atmospheric
conditions"
The moon controls tides, of course"
said the same expert, but if it has any
influence whatever on the weather. it
is SO slight that it is swallowed up by
the other influences"
Superstition pursues the farmer from
the moonlit cornfield to the barnyard.
Here the effects are often tragic. So
called cures for diseases of stock and
poultry are often such as a Shakes
pearian witch might prescribe. and the
result Is torture 10 the animals ana a
weakened grade of stock.
If COW is sick, and stops chewing
its cud, for instance, some farmers
still follow the old. custom of putting
| a mackerel down its throat, tail first,
to pull up the cud. The department
of agriculture says that many a COW
has been strangled to death by a dish
cloth being put down its throat for the
same purpose.
An equally sensible procedure is to
burn a live chicken IL there is disease
| IN the poultry flock. This ceremony is
supposed to improve the health of the
flock. tho how making one chicken
suffer can help the rest it is hard to
understand.
The bureau of animal industry of
the department of agriculture grows
indignant over these and similar
cruelties. There is an abundance of
! literature on animal diseases which
can be had from the department for
the asking" said an official of the
bureau. Such medic al methods,
when they do not kill the victim, can
only result in slower growth and
| stunting."
The hold that old customs have on
the people of a community is due to
the fact that they are old and in
! grained. Some of the superstitious
practices in regard to care of cattle
can be traced back to ancient times.
| You may remember the Bible story,
over five thousand years old, of Laban
and Jacob and their flock. The two
/ patriarchs agreed to divide their flock
| of sheep. Jacob was to have the
variegated offspring, and Laban those
of solid color. In order to increase
| his share, Jacob took poplar wands
and partly peeled them and placed
| them in the pastures. The idea was
that the sight of the spotted sticks
would influence the ewes, and their
| lambs would be variegated.
4 This idea has long been pro-
nounced unsound by scientists, yet it
| is not uncommon to find a modern
! farmer who paints the fence of his
barnyard enclosure black. to. keep up
! the black strain in his cattle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

1t takes all kinds of people to make
world, they say, but it takes more
kinds of experiences to make a-.nan.
BY living in the light, We learn TO
go thru the darkness.
The sun I like to think of as God S
Misunderstanding health and newness
into the world. 1t is scientific fact
that the rays of the sun are able
to kill the most virulent germ-some-
how nothing Of evil lasts long under
its purifying power.
On the other hand, there is no other
power SO great in creative force as the
SUM- It makes all nature glow-radi-
ant! And we are all happiest on the
sunny days.
Let US live in the light. And strive
to bring others into 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

A fair deal for labor and business.
law and order, it is said. are to be the
chief planks in the Republican plat
form. Here we have the issue. COM
ments the Sioux City Journal, if the
Democratic party will declare for an
unfair deal to labor and business and
1awlessness and disorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

The warlike spirit of the United
States senate. which prevents it from
making peace with Germany, shows
no tendency toward extending itself to
Mexico. altho the people of that cOun-
try are killing our citizens almost
daily. But it took us a long time to
get into the war that is already in ex-
fstence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

A labor union IN Chicago is reported
to have refused to fraternize with a
member of the American Legion. If a
labor union has only its lawful pur-
pose of obtaining wood pay. improv-
ing the standard of labor and advanc-
ing working conditions it should have
no objection whatever TO its members
also belonging to the American Lee
gion. the National Guard or other
patriotic organizations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

AT the end of fourteen months from
the signing of the armistice. every i'm
portant nation in the world, except the
United States, finds itself at peace
with Germany. Our voice still is for
war But it may be that the senate
feels that we should make up for the
time that we stayed out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

The senate majority is not justified
in slamming the whole country by re-
fusing to ratify the peace treaty, in
order to revenge itself upon the pres
ident for the blunders he has made.
woodrow Wilson and the United
States are not identical, however he
may feel about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Susan B. Anthony. 1t was Miss An
two of her co-workers. the federal suf-
frage amendment, which after forty
years agitation, finally passed in 1913.
comforting ''Votes for Women" A
double celebration will be in order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Victor Berger might try it again.
There is an old saying that the third
time is a charm" He may in time at
least attain the distinction of being
elected to congress oftener than Uncle
Ioe Cannon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Hoover is being mentioned as the
Democrat candidate for the presi-
dency. He would find feeding Europe
a small matter compared with that
OF providing for all the hungry Demo-
Gratis that would surge around the
publfc crib.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Indications now point to the rati-
fication of the national suffrage
amendment by a sufficient number of
states TO enable the women of the en-
tire country to vote for president next
autumn. Coincident with the event
comes the centenary of the birth OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

If Senator Falls committee desires
first hand information regarding af-
fairs in Mexico it has gone to the right
place to get it. 1t is now in session at
san Antonio. Texas. The neighbors
usually know what is going on next
door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

An astronomer is reported to be
searching for a planet believed to be
fifty-five times farther from the earth
than the sun is. Is he looking for a
place to which I'VE may send our Gold
mans and Berkmans?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Another incident of the inefficiency
of thespostoffice department is noted
from Washington. They say Mr.. Sec
rotary Lansing hasn't heard from the
president of the United States for
more than three months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Austria" says an editorial coadju
tor, lis down and out" That, how
ever. is not the point. as we see IL.
The point is that nobody gives q
whoop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

st. Paul, MinB.-Old Man H. c. l.. has
walioped everybody in this generation aud
threatens the futurc-now he's after the
pnst-history- The state historical library
Is Threatened with Lack -fundifIe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

When a woman becomes socially
prominent or marries well the people
say, Il knew her when she bathed in
a washtub set in the middle of the
kitchen floor"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14

Not that we wish to convey the i'm
preston that we are a hard-drinkinS
gent. Far from it. Our habits are so
temperate as to approach abstinence.
We stayed off the water wagon be-
cause we couldn't stand the people
who made up the great majority OF
its passengers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-14
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY Z. HOUSE,
(From Philadelphia Public Ledger,

Circumstance has deprived US OF our
favorite New Years resolution For
many years past we have resolved, on
each succeeding January 1, TO stay OIL
the water wagon for another year. II
was our best loved deprivation and We
kept and cherished it. 1t is no longer
possible to make and keep this dis
tinctive vow, and we regret 1t.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03
Norman Xmas

The names of the early dukes Of
Normandy, as well as their family
history, are known but very dimly E;
and it may be as well hat it should
be so, for their descent does not seem
to have been as orthodox as it might.
Be that as it may, the dukes appear,
In such reliable annals of their times
as we possess, under their Christian
names only.
Thus, William I of England (Wil-
liam II of Normandy was the illegiti-
mate son of his predecessor, Robert
the Devil, and Of a young woman of
Falaise, a tanners daughter named
Arletta, or Gas some say Herleva.
The birth records of Roberts prede-
cessors, Richard the Good, Richard
the Fearless and William Long-Sword,
were equally smirched; and of the
parentage Of Raoul or Rolla Christ
ened "Robert"), the first duke of Nor
mandy of whom we have any histor-
zeal knowledge. we have no data what
ever.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03
AID SOCIETY TUESDAY,.

The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church will meet on Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. C. E. Saunders corner Fulton
an washington, instead of Monday
afternoon as was first announced,
This is a most important final meet
ing and all members are urged to be
present.
* x * X * 4
Miss Frances Turner, who has been
the guest O fMrs. Dave Nichols, has
returned to Nazareth, KY, where she
is attending school.
* i x j + y
Lieut.. K T. Leonard was a visitor
in Greenwood yesterday. Lieutenant
Leonard will be here Sunday and will
make public flights in his aeroplane
The landing is located on the Lorraine
Craig plantation on the Rising Sur
road.
Mesdames A. Kantor, ]. Kantol
and F. Goodman have issued invita-.
lions to a reception to be given next
Wednesday afternoon in honor OF
their house guests, Mesdames Leitnel
and Baer, of Pine Bluff, Ark.
i * x = * x
Mr.. r. G.. Booth, of Vicksburg, a
popular travelling salesman, was in
city a few days this week.
X = = \ 4 X
Mrs. H. D. Walker and Miss Mary
Blanche Ellington left yesterday fol
Memphis to hear Sousa's Band.
y i j X = i
Mrs. Sid Coleman and little son
Sid, Jr., left yesterday for Clarksdal'
for a few days visit with friends.
y x X X X *
Mrs. George Taylor is spending
few days in Grenada, being called
there by the illness of her father.
s i i y i X
Mr.. A. A. Harrell recently accept
ed a position with the Gulf Refining
Co. in this city.
x = X = x x
Mr.. John Ashcraft visited Memphi
a few days this week.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03
Neat Picture m

II O do your own picture framing,
first of all be sure hat the glass is
Immediately clean next to the pic
ture. Then next to the picture lay a
piece Of paper, then a layer of card
board, and weight 1t while you drive
In the tiny nails to the sides of the
frame. The frame should be laid on
something soft while this is being
done, and against something hard
while the nails are driven in. When
the picture is placed, paste a piece of
heavy paper over the back of the en-
tire frame, and insert screw-eyes to
hold the picture wire or cord. Pic
lures are always hung, now, fat on
the wall.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03
BEYOND PUnY Man
Before Volcanic Eruptions He
Is Helpless.
Fact Made Manifest by tho lndiifer-
ence Which He Goes About HIS
Business After the Disasters
Have Passed.

Under no circumstances does man
show to less advantage than when
9 volcano sends forth its torrents. As
q figure of speech, man may consider
himself to be a puny creature, but his
working opinion of himself is by no
means so small. In Java the earth
groaned, and $4,000 people were wiped
out of existence like SO many ants.
Perhaps only 10000 were killed per-
haps it was 10000. No one will ever
know; no one will yer be concerned
In the matter beyond the desire to ar
rive at a reasonable guess as to the
loss of life. It will always be a vague
question, to be discussed in round
numbers. The Javanese who persisted
indeed puny creatures, whose
memory will be nothing more thai a
mathematical approximation.
As far back as man has q history
there are details of volcanic eruption
to testify to the haphazard, unwork-
manlike fashion in which this world
of ours was made. POmpeii and Her.
culaneum are household words to peO-
pie who do not know where Vesuvius
stands, but Stabiae, which was in
quilted with them, seems to have eS-
capped literary notice. Between We
suvius and Pelee there are few who
have any knowledge of the volcanic
catastrophes that have suddenly e
whelmed thousands of human beings.
Messina still fingers vague in the pub
lie mind, and Pelee, by reason of it's
comparatively close proximity, can be
recalled, although one must ordinarily
consult books of reference to deter;
mine whether the loss of life "a 3d.
600 or 100000. The Krakatoa erup-
ton, which took place in 1888 on the
Sunda sea not far from the Kalut ex-
plosion, has been studied for years by
scientists, but the fact that 10000 per-
sons were killed is an incOnseQuential
detail. The Krakatoa explosion is not
remembered because 1T caused 10000
deaths, but because it o~ccasioned some
puzzling atmospheric phenomena. Sou
friere, a neighbor of Mount Pelee, has
a long record Of disaster, in which
the mortality figures are usually over
looked. The fact that the explosion
was heard in South America, while it
was not heard at distances of 20 miles,
is considered of much more impor-
lance. Soufriere, it may be recalled,
was in eruption at the same time as
Mount Pelee, but on this occasion it
killed less than 1900 persons. Per
haps for this reason it is never men
toned.
Before the volcano man stands help
Iess,sand he recognizes this fact by his
Indifference. He buries his dead and
goes about his business. AS in the
case of the Messina disaster, he only
waits for the ground to cool, when he
goes to work imperturbably raising his
crops on the dangerous m~ountainside.
In the meantime he tries to crafty his
taste for information by studying vol
canoes, but without any hope of being
able to protect himself.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03
Pine stumps Worth Millions.

Norway pine stumps obstructing ag-
ricultural development in northern
Minnesota potentially are worth about
$500. 600, according to the state
auditor.
"Distillation of pine stumps is a
problem of recent development" he
said. ut is done to secure various in
gradients of great commercial value.
Experiments ave proven pine stumps
on cut-over northern Minnesota lands
are exceptionally rich in resins and
adapted to the manufacture of turpen-
tine, pine tar, pine creosote, pine oil
and similar products. A company is
being formed to establish a plant In
the northern part Of the state"
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03

Everyone seems to know James
Duncan, the wholesale grocer and the
person who does not, Iwant you to;
he's worth knowing personally, and
he's always Ged in trying to
please the xkocsESuW While talking to
him at his plAceI tt a mar who
was very strong rais3t a barrel of
flour with ease, and placed it on his
delivery truck. We called Mr.. Dun
cans attention to it. He replied.
That's no great feat; that's self
rising buckwheat flour"
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-03
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

We will make 10 more City deliver
les after Dec. 31st. We wish to thank
all who have seen fit to give us part
of their business and to assure them
it has been appreciated. Our reason
for going out of the retail business, is
that we find it conflicts with the
wholesale and that our wholesale bus
mess has grown until we can not af-
ford to neglect it.
Again thanking onr many custom
ers for the business they gave US, we
are very truly,
DUNN COMMISSION co.