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HAS TO LEARN HIS DUTIES
West African Monarch Is Not Born to
Throne, as Are His More Fortu-
nate Brothers.

If anyone wishes to see a real-fOr-
sure king In this world, which is swift
y coming 10 democracy, perhaps the
pest place to 90 Is the interior Of the
African west coast. For there, in the
| oush, dusky royalty IS seen at its
! most interesting best, writes Temple
Manning in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Each community Of huts is ruled by
a chief. This chief has powers which
| sometimes extend to life and death
without the need of a court or
! Judge. In his own little village he is
supreme. His lightest look. as we'll as
/ his least word. is law.
These chiefs, for there is one for
| every village. have a chief over them.
Ihls paramount chief Is king. He
rules not only his own village but
the villages of all the chiefs in his
particular tribe. When a paramount
chief dies, the lesser chiefs begin to
talk about electing new paramount
chief. But In west Africa 1t is one
thing to talk and another thing to act.
AT last, however, paramount chief
Is chosen. He Is sent into the bush to
prepare for his high calling. Some
times months are consumed in this
preparation. The lesser chiefs visit
the future king and instruct him in his
duties, and teach him sense" AS
the future ruler Is not yet king, his
person Is not sacred. SO, If the future
chief Is slow in learning the lesser
chiefs thrash him, just as you might
spank backward Schoolboy. It's
painful learning to be king in west
Africa.
On day appointed, the king Is
brought out of the bush and is in
troduced to his subjects. The plains
are literally black with people. Not
a sound is heard. They look upon their
king in absolute silence.
One Of the lesser chiefs, wearing
miter and waving a rod, walks up and
down before the king, blessing the
various villages In the realm. Then
the king steps forward and bows, and
the silence Is rent by wild yells Of
fealty
The remaining ceremonies are those
of dancing and Of rejoicing. The
king usually Is so tired he falls asleep
while his subjects do him honor. You
may be sure he Is glad it's all over.
For now no one may touch him under
penalty Of death and he is the favored
king Of all the land
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Not a Rival.

Among the few royal pilgrimages
recently reported from the presently
depleted royal circles Of Europe is a
visit Of the king and queen Of Den
mark to their expansive dependency
of Greenland.
Greenland Is the closest connecting
insular link between the new conti-
nent and the old, and has a definite
geographical interest for the people
of America. The king Of Denmark
also happens to be a monarch Of COM
mendably democratic qualities.
Greenland has an area of over SOO,-
600 square miles. five times that Of
California. But providence in Its wis
dom has seen fit to superimpose glaci-
ers over 100000 Of those square miles.
Therefore 1t endures none of those
menaces In respect of undesirable I'M
migration that occasionally fret the
citizens Of this and other states.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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Tho Smallest Book.

Until recently the smallest book
was supposed to be book made In
Italy, which is fourtenths Of an inch
In width. and the next smallest book.
copy Of Dante's "DIvine Comedy" Is
something less than one inch wide. II
has, however, recently come to light
that Arthur X. Clark Of Cleveland, o.,
made very small volume, which
issued in limited edition Of 81
copies The volume contains the COM
plete text Of the "Rubaiyat OF Omar
khayyam," with the introduction OF
several pages by N. II. Dole. 1t Is
printed In Japanese veIlum paper. Is
bound In full cloth. and its size Is ex-
actly three-eighths Of an inch by five
sixteenths Of an inch. In this little
book the text Of the Rubaiyat Is 80
small that 1t can only he read by the
aid OF magnifying glasS.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle,
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DuraIumjn Motor Boats.

Motor boats constructed of duralu-
min are claimed to combine extraordi-
nary lightness with great strength.
This aluminium alloy Is little heavier
than aluminium itself and third as
heavy as brass 1t resists cOrrosion and
temperature changes. The new boats
are designed especially for life boats.
Small power is required. and 4-cylin-
der. 14-horse power engine drives at
II knots, on 9 IA pounds OF gasoline
per hour, a cabin cruiser 33 feet long
and - feet beam, with a draught OF
2 1-3 feet
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Effect Of Hiqh Attitudes.

At high altitude the atmospheric
pressure Is much less than at sea
level. This decrease in pressure pro-
duces a lowering of the temperature
at which water boils. Since water can
be boiled at a lower temperature, an
egg can be cooked more quickly at sea
level, provided the temperature is suf-
ficiently high to cook the egg. At a
height Of 1900 feet, water cannot
be heated in open vessels above $50
degrees Fahrenheit. and this is not
hot enough to set the white Of an
egg.
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Courage.

The greater part Of the courage that
Is needed In the world is not Of q
heroic kind. Courage may be dis
played In everyday life as well as on
historic fields Of action. The common
need Is for courage to be honest, cour-
age to resist temptation, courage to
speak the truth. courage to be what
we really are. and not to pretend to
Do what we are not, courage to
i've honestly within our means and
not dishonesty upon the means OF 9TH
ers.-Cleveland Bulletin,
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zine, tLinkinE perhaps 10 SNpS'it"'s
I."food for thought" for the more mate
rial variety,
Nv chance he opened TO the adver-
t,semeuts, SO It happened that the
frst thing his eye III upon was Il
triumph Of realism In art, Il steaming,
iu,cy steak, over which Il white Jack.
ated chef was In the act of pouring
so,uahodys sauce simultaneously,
tbrourh the invisible chnks In the
connecting door stole u palate-tickling
aroma. II might have elnanated from
tbe picture Itself. John got as far rs
Jerking his still dripping ralncOat
from the hook where he had hung 1t
10 dry. The wind blew against the
window with increased violence. AS
he hesitated there came "A short. sharp
scream from the other side OF the
door, Something had gone wrong In
there that was sure!
John ran from his room and out
through the hall. With his hand on
the knob Of the girls door he called.
Anything the matter3 Can be OF
any help:"
OH" came a distressed voice. my
lovely steak! It's on t!re!
John pushed open the door and In
second took In the situation. Mary
Brown stood gazing helplessly at
miniature gas stove, whose Internal
regions Ike latent volcano, sizzled
and hissed. Black smoke poured from
an opening. Did you turn off the
yasf" John asked. and In the same
breath. "Gfve me holder and fork .
Have a platter ready"
1t was the work Of second. The
steak, after all, was only slightly
scorched on the edges, and after res
cuing il from the flames which
steamed up around 1t, John slammed
the oven door to- remarking that the
grease on the little tray under the
broiler would soon burn itself out and
that meanwhile he had better open
window to clear the room Of smoke.
The rain had ceased with an abrupt
ness commensurate with It's Intensity.
The air wns soft with the promise OF
spring. A black cloud moved a frac.
ton Of an inch and revealed silver
crescent against a background Of blue,
And Ii followed as naturally rs the
clearing after the storm that Mary
should ask John to stay and share the
steak which he had snatched from the
burning. and that she should receive
that compliment upon her culinary
skill Of which she had dreamed.
II was as inevitable as spring after
winter that John Smith should expert
ence that queer sensation Of having
known Mary always, and that In the
intoxication Of her presence and a
satisfying meal he should tell her SO.
And as old as the young crescent moon
was the thought which filled Johns
last waking moments that night.
"They say two can live as cheaply as
one"
But Mary. after the departure OF
her guest, opened the door of the little
gas oven gingerly and peered In. u
might have set the house on fire." she
reflected. but, anyway. I'm glad !
did til"
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In Different Glasses.

A visitor in an Australian home in
0ured of his hosts little son: do
you go to school now?'
Yes, sir"
and what do YOU learn-reading,
writing, sums?"
"Oh, yes. and l learn religion, too"
"Religion:"
Yes, learn the little religion which
teaches that we all come from Adam.
But my Older brother is in a higher
class; he learns the big religion, and
that teaches that we all come from
monkeys" s."-Boston Transcript
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Was There to Stay.

Marjorie played well with the little
girls In the neighborhood, but had
trouble with the boys. On many oc-
casihns the boys had to be sent home
to keep the neighborhood peace.
One day a baby brother arrived at
Marjorie's home. 1t seemed hard for
her to realize he had really come to
stay.
"And II I fight with him. daddy. we
will have to keep him right on the
place, won't we?' she said, after think
ing the situation over.
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Where Swift Met "Stella."

Moor Park, the Surrey seat famous
for it's associations with Sir william
Temple and Dean Swift, is to be Of
fered by auction this autumn. with
264 acres 1t Is on the outskirts Of
Farnham and nine miles from Guild
ford Swift met stella at Moor
Park and wrote some of his beSt-knOwn
books there, among them The Battle
Of the Books" and The Tale Of q
Tub. b."-London Times.
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DO y0u discriminate at the dining
table-or are you houghtless?

In thousands of homes,
a line" is drawn at the
breakfast table. Tea or
coffee is served for
"grown-ups" and Postum
for children. But some
parents do not discrimin-
ate. Caffeine and tannin,
the injurious contents Of
coffee and tea, seriously
retard the development Of
the delicate nerve tissues
In children.
Consequently, instead
ofrich, satisfying Postum,
children are over stlnu-
lated by the drugs in tea
and coffee; and SO may
grow up irritable and
nervous. Any doctor can
tell you that this is a
great evil and should be
corrected.
Although some par
ents feel a certain justifi-
cation for the personal
indulgence in coffee, yet
the harm to them may
be equally serious. 1t
may take a little while
longer for the drugs in
coffee and tea to affect
The St. Mary banner., 1921-09-24

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
clude Cuticura Talcum Advertisement.
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an older person, but In
many cases the nervous
system and allied bodily
functions will become
weakened. The surest
way to avoid such pos
sibilities is to quit coffee
entirely and drink Postum
instead. The change per-
mits you to get sound,
restful sleep.
Postum is the well.
known, meal-tirne bever-
age. Like thousands Of
others you will like it be-
cause, in flavor, it is
much like q high-grads
coffee.
Do away with the dis
tinction at the table.
Serve delicious Postum,
piping hot, to all the fam
lily. One weeks trial and
it is likelythat you'll never
return to tea and coffee.
Postum comes in two
forms: Instant Postum tin tins)
made instantly in the cup by
the addition of boiling water.
Postum Cereal Tin packages Of
larger bulk, for those who pre-
fer to make the drink while the
meal Is being prspared) made
BY boiling for 20 minutes.
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FOR SUMMER COLDS

Use Vacher-Balm; 1t relieves at
once. If we have no agent where you
live, write to E. w. Vacher, Inc, New
Orleans. La.-AdvertiSemen
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When a man knows but one thing he
feels capable of giving advice on all
subjects.
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No Ornament.

"W0n't the new Stenographer work.
NO" well, fire her She isn't that
pretty
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| It is better to have done ones best
and lost than to have done ones
worst and won.
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Teach economy. That is one of the
first and highest virtues.-Abraham
Lincoln.
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lie to a lad
and a lass'
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Cuticura for Pimpiy Faces.

A word to the otherwise is wasted.
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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13
10 FLOOD VICTIMS.

Up to Monday night with the re.
coyery of two more bodies the vic
tins Of San Antonios food are now
placed at 40.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13

~ ai3,cI. n viii fnrfn tLn aIrnv H.,
The n39.a1vars Tho officers and men
saTryiro nm COMMITMENT will march
an faof to the haftIcgronnds in
Snotsy,Iv,nia tho 1ofter nart If Son
p 't% ,', 1;,,s. +I'a,,l,, ~ I5,odarioI,
80 ~, I lar+o . '''' '''7'
- - IL ~ f5ot,.a. - ~ unl,
20 a 1 1'1, ,.a - - ~
- "lh u CoiiiD"' '>ei Oi'e9 -
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13
Al TIE ATOLLQ.

w many men knew just WAY
4ey love their wives?
Reginald Carter dn't, With
him it was a case Of love at first
5 ght a quick marriage, a case Of
measles. and then diyorce--all be
cause little WHEY had bodied her
hair.
These are among the interesting
and very cleyerly worked out sit
nations in Wedding Bells" Con
stance Talmadges latest release
through Associated First National
Pictures. Inc, which opens al the
Apollo Theatre Wednesday,
AS Resale WAYNE Miss Tai
Madge does some Of the finest act
ing in her career. Her part affords
her excellent opportunities to reg.
dster almost the entire gamut of
human emotions, and especially
those which can in any way be
evoked in the name Of comedy.
There are many additional laughs
20 join those which We're in the orig
| inal stage play, and a number Of in
cidents are worked out to the point
OF absolute cmoedy perfection. Tie
story for the most part centres
about the squabble of a couple mar.
/ fied but two days. which leads to a
4 years separation, divorce. adli-
tional fances, and finally a pair of
pending marriages which both only
managed to eyade by desperate eli
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13
COPINNE GRIFFITH
WHAT'S YOUR
REPUTATION
WORTH?
Also
THE SIMPLE LIFE'o
A Larry Semon Comedy.

ed in the acquittal of nearly a score
of codefendants and consumed sew
eral weeks.
Under the orders of Major Tom
Davis, commanding Mingo county
under the martial law proclamation
Of Governor Morgan, no one. apart
from the defendants, witnesses,
regularly constituted authorities
and newspaper men. was permitted
to enter the courthouse.
A venire of Pocahontas county
residents was called following a law
passed by the last legislature,
which prescribed that in special
cases residents of enc county could
be impaneled for jury duty in an
other in criminal eases.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13
WILDERNESS BATTLE
WILL. Be REF0UGHT
BY u. S, MARINES
Most Elaborate PeaCetima
ManeuVar Attempted.

Fredericksburg. Va, Sept. IL
The battle OF the Wilderness
bloodiest conflict Of the Civil War
is 10 be fought again. But this
time there will be no fratricidal
strife between the American war
riors who will contend for supre-
macy. and. barring accidents, the
dead will rise in body as soon as
each military maneuyer is conplet-
! ed.
The new battle Of the wilder.
ness will be fought by 1000 ma
rines, many of them veterans Of
Chateau Thierry and the Marine. and
with the most modern appliances Of
war, on September IS, 20, 80 and Oc-
tOber l.
Elaborate Plans.
1t VIII be the most elaborate
peace-time military maneuver ever
staged by the United States Marine
corps. Marines stationed at Guam.
tico will re-enaet the scenes of the
Civil War battle on the historical
field in view of Secretary of the
Navy DENLY. Naj-Gen. John A. Lee
jeuue. and other officials Of the army
and navy During their stay on the
old battlefield the officials win live
near the headquarters occupied by
General Grant
The marines Will leave QUauuco
Seu'ember 26 aUd arrive at Sp0tsyl,
wanna county. a few miles from
1 Fredorickaaurg two days later. On
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13

other employe opened the gate and
moved the elevator to the third floor.
Mr.. Mcbride returned to the second
door gate and evidently stepped out
and fell below, a distance OF %
feet. His dead body was found
half hour later.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-13
VAN KILLED
nv ELEVATOR

Thomas Mcbride. 81, native OF
Keyser, was instantly killed Monday
in an elevator shaft in the plant Of
the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company,
Cumberland He was employed as
elevator dispatcher and had gone to
the second floor. 1t is thought an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12
Clynn and Koenig Go
To Talk With Harding

George A. Glynn, chairman of the
Republican State Committee, and Sam
uel S. Koenig, chairman of the New
York County Republican Committee,
went to Washington yesterday to con-
fer with President Harding and Attor-
ney General Daugherty and others
about Federal appointments in the
state and city. The Republican leaders
desire a new internal revenue district
in New York City. They have agreed
to recommend the appointment of
Charles W. Anderson, the colored Re
publican leader, for the collectorship
as soon as the district is formed
Another matter which will come up
for discussion will be the promotion Of
Judge Julius NJ Mayer of the United
States District Court, to the Circuit
Court of Appeals, to fiji prospective
vacancy on the Appeals bench. If Judge
Mayer is promoted it will cause a va
cancy which Mr.. Koenig and his asso-
ciates in the Republican County Com
mittee hope to fill.
Still another matter is the pending
appointment of William Hecht as
United States Marshal for the New
York City district as the successor Of
Marshal Thomas D. Mccarthy
Frank M. Bowers, the new Internal
Revenue Collector for the Manhattan
district, will assume Office next Monday.
There are lao exempt places in his
Office, and it is expected that he will
choose one deputy from each of the
twenty three Assembly districts of New
York County,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12
Anti-Bcer Bill Halted:
May Go Over Recess

WASHINGTON. Aug. f1.-Back in
the home Of its friends, the anti-beer
bill ran into unexpected trouble in the
House to-day, with little prospect now
Of its final enactment prior to the pro-
posed recess Of Congress-
But tonight there was said TO be
scant hope for the thirsty that the
bureau of Internal Revenue, cutting
through the legislative tangle, would
issue regulations, long ago prepared,
for the sale of beer to the sick I'M
mcdiately after their failure to get the
bill to conference prohibition leaders
declared they had been assured that
the regulations would be held up, in
view of the attitude of both the Senate
and House.
Officials at the Treasury, however,
refused to discuss this question, be-
yond saying that it was possible the
regulations might be issued if final
action on the measure was deferred by
Congress until after the recess.
Because of the rush of other legis-
latlon in the short time remaining be-
fore the proposed recess, Mr. Volstead
Indicated that the antibeer bill proba-
bly, would go over until fall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12
ST., 8334 Found ON " oman
Arrested as q Beggar
Daughter Is Amazed W h c n
Money, Hidden in Mothers
Clothes. Is Discovered

Mrs. Maria Elopoulou, sixty-four
years Old who was arrested as a beg
gar last night in the Thirty-fourth
Street station of the h. X. 7. Broad
way subway, was found to have a bag
of stout black cloth tied at her waist
beneath long black cloak she wore.
The bag was full of money. 1t took
Lieutenant. Collins an hour and fifty
minutes to count it. At the 1l0th min
ute he announced the total as 81 ,834.54
There was $1,T98 in bills ranging from
81 to $50 in denomination, $22 so in
silver, $3.50 in gold and 1874 in pen
MES
Katherine Elopoulou, the old woman S
daughter, with whom she lives at 203
East Fifty-ninth Street, was notified
and came to the police station with a
cousin, Nicholas Leoses. They were
amazed at sight of the money heaped
upon Lieutenant Collins's desk and at
the inform alton that Mrs. Elopoulou
rad been begging. The young woman
81 id that she had job which support
cd them and turned her earnings over
to her mother every week, irstructng
ler to bank what she did not use.
The joint persuasion OF her relatives
and Lieutenant Collins prevailed rpon
the old woman at last to leave $500 of
her wealth as security for her appear
ance in jefferson Market polce court
this morning, after which she went
':ome with her daughter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12
Deaf Mute Runs Amuck
In Park, Striking Women

A powerfully built man about thirty
years old, who is deaf mute, struck
several women in Union Square yester-
day morning, and after being finally
overpowcred by four patrolmen was
moved to Bellevue.
Before his actions attracted the at
tention Of Patrolmcn Beehan, of the
EaFx Twenty second Street station, he
had dashed from one side Of Union
Square Park to the other, striking at
various pedestrians and vigorously
punching all women he encountered
The cHazed man was beating himself
in the face with his fists when Patrol
man Beehan approached him. and he
offered Beehan and the three other pa
trolmen strenuous resistance
An hour before the arrest of the deaf
mute at Union Square, Miss Florence
Eckert, of ia Bradhurst Avenue. was
Knocked down in Battery Park, either
by the same man or by another who
closely rescmbled him. The Battery
Park assailant escaped after an exci..-
ing chase
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-12

TOLEDO, Aug. 11-Dr. George T.
Harding of Marion, Ohio, just before
he boarded a Hooking Valley train at
Walbridge at $50 o'clock tonight,
CURLY denied reports from Monroe,
Mich, that he had been married there
this afternoon to Miss Alice Scverens
nurse in his Office at Marion.
When Dr.. Harding was approached
by newspaper men he would neither ad.
nit nor deny that he was the father Of
President Harding can effort is be-
ing made to make Joke of the entire
affair | was not married this after
noon,' was all that DR.. Harding would
say.
DR.. Harding, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Louis v Sanborn, of Detroit.
and a middle aged woman, supposed to
be his wife, but VINO refused to disclose
her name, arrived in Toledo late this
afternoon, and after a brief rest and
dinner at the Hotel Secor left in an
automobile for Walbridge, ten miles
south of Toledo, wnere DR.. Harding
boarded a train for Marion. The re-
mainder of the party returned toward
Toledo by autom obile, after announc-
ing they would depart Immediately for
Detroit.