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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
LAST DESPOT.

Amir Amanuliah Khan is the last surviving
oriental despot. No other monarch has such
absolute authority. His whim is law in
Afshanstan where he rules population OF
more than 100000.
There is no written law. and court. The
power of life and death is in the hands of the
Amir.
Because he fears foreign influence would
weaken his authority he admits few foreigners
and permits neither telegraph lines nor rail-
roads.
But he keeps informed of the outside world,
and imports typewriters, sewing machines,
fountain pens pianos and other goods from
America. His automobiles number hfty-eight.
To safeguard his authority he delegates
power only to relatives and close friends. Some
times he presents them with extra wives. But
this is more a practical joke than reward.
His officials have found that poygamy is more
expensive than diverting. The presentation of
extra wives seldom makes them grateful.
The Amir himself is not troubled by lack of
money. He might have many wives as he
wishes. He has only So, modern ideas as
well modern inventions penetrate the most
isolated countries of the world. His predeces-
sor, Amir Habinullah Khan, a.sassinated in
1912 had harem of 100.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
FOR ECONOMY AT WASHINGTON.

Senator Borah is to be commended for the
determined stand he is making for economy IN
connection with the inaugural ceremonies OF
President-elect Harding. To deliberately blow
In" 100000 or even $4,000 of the peoples
money at time when the people are being
taxed to the limit to meet government expenses.
and when there is a general depression through
out the land, not to mention the millions OF
children starving in Europe. is such fragrant
defiance OF public welfare that it cannot help
but be resented by the country at large.
The whole world is passing through a critical
period OF reconstruction; there is imitation of
finances; business is struggling to get on its
feet; the people are wondering where they are
going to get the money to pay their taxes this
year; the federal government Is demanding
something like four billions of dollars for cur
rent expenses, yet in spite OF all this there are
those who would throw economy and thrift to
the winds and deliberately turn over the gov
eminent treasury to a lot of spend-thrift while
they revel in gay festivities at the public's ex-
pense.
II Senator Borah had his way. he says. the
appropriation for the Inauguration would not
exceed $40. a sum sunicient to pay the Presi-
dent-eiects automobile hire from the White
House to the capitol and back again.
II private individuals wanted to spend a hun
dred thousand or even a million dollars in cele-
brating the occasion, there can be no objection
except that It would be little short of crime
20 thus waste money when there is so much
need for 1t in relieving the suffering in differ
ent parts of the world. But to deliberately take
the peoples money when there is such a cry al
ready against extravagances at Washington.
ought not to be tolerated. II Senator Harding
Is wise he will insist that the use of public
funds in such manner be denied.
The great need in all government affairs to-
day is economy. II is not making a very good
start in that direction to blow in" fifty or one
hundred thousand dollars In celebrating the in
auguration of President at the present time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
BETTER THAN CAlOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are a Harmless Substitute

DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub
stitute for calomel-are a mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous These little olive
colored tablets are tn result of DR..
Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
The pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomel does, but have no
bad after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel.
They take hold of the trouble and
quickly correct it. Why cure the liver
at the expense of the teeth? CalomeI
sometimes plays havoc with tho gums
So do strong liquids. 1t is best not to
take calomei. Let DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets take its place.
Headaches, "dullness" and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel "logy" and
heavy" They clear" clouded brain
and 'perk up" the spirits. l5c and 30cs
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ments in order that this situation might be
cleaned UP. The senate refused.


cleaned up. The senate refused.
1t became known at the session yesterday
that as soon as the legislature convenes
next week Senator Mackay will introduce bill
creating a new Public Utility Commission OF
three members to be appointed by the chief
Justice of the supreme court and the chancellor.
This would be about vicious piece Of legis-
lation as could be enacted. The appointment Of
such public bodies as a utility commission is not
the function of the court. 1t is duty that de-
wolves upon the executive branch of the gov
ernment. The mere fact that the courts are
already over-crowded with work Of their own
is reason enough in itself for not loading any
more work upon them, but to drag the courts
into such controversies as are bound TO arise
over the appointment Of various boards and
commissions throughout the state would be to
lower the dignity Of the courts: the affront that
such legislation would be to the governor Of
the state would be an insult to the people who
elected him.
The fundamental principal upon which this
government is based is that there shall be three
branches, the executive. legislative and judici-
airy. The fact that decisions of the Public Utility
Commission may be carried to the courts for
against the court having anything to do with
the appointment OF the commission whose acts
they might be called upon to review.
The executive is responsible for the carrying
out Of the laws passed by the legislative branch
and therefore upon the executive falls the duty
of appointing those who are to function in such
work. The courts decide as to the legality of
the acts.
To take the appointment Of the Public Utility
Commission out of the hands of the governor
at this time and under existing circumstances
would be about petty piece Of politics as
could be imagined. 1t would be getting down
about as low a great political party can get.
The Republicans may be flushed with their
sweeping victory of last fall and think they can
get away with anything. But there is always
a day OF reckoning. If they do not look out
the Republicans are likely to bring that day up
on themselves sooner than expected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

United States senator. was in a
debtors prison in Philadelphia
from February 16. 1913. until Au-
gust 26. 1901, following disastrous
business speculations.
Q. When was kerosene first used
in lamps?-R. o. J.
A. About the middle of the 18th
century, kerosene was used in
lamps instead of whale oil, lard,
olive oil or some other such oil.
This change was the result of tho
development of the oil wells in the
United States.
@. Would a notch cut in a tree
four feet from the ground. be
higher up in later years as the tree
grows?-G. w. G..
A. The Forest Service says that
a tree grows in diameter. but the
growth upward is from the highest
point of the tree. Therefore. the
notch cut in the tree will remain
the same distance from the ground.
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no doll at all during the Puritan
regime. while it ftourished in. every
conceivable elaboration during the
Italian Renaissance; in India it Is
the victim of a morbid custom. and
in japan it is token of rank.
To-day, the most popular doll in
the European world, despite the
war. is the German image, with its
fiawless countenance and blue eyes
and fiaxen hair-an object of great
mechanical perfection without
touch of art. Is 1t not" he added
gloomily. indicative of our age?
But as we looked at the phcto-
graphs of the German doll and the
supposed Greek doll which the dell
man showed us. we could not agres
that one was any worse than the
other. What we did feel was a great
disappointment in man. For IN the
thousands of years that the race has
been rolling over the globe, it seems
to have acquired so little polish. The
doll that we esteem so .highly today
is virtually the same doll they es-
teemed in the days when the pyra-
mids were new.
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Luke McLuke SAYS


Ihe o. I. man who was praised for being Fru-
gal now has a-son who has the same traits as
his father but who is despised for being a
Tightwad.
A man will cuss himself and call himself a
Ding g-Batted Blthering idiot. But he'd get aw-
him.
Tell a faded-looking woman that she looks as
young as ever and she'll be so pleased that she'll
actually look 10 years younger.
The mother of four small boys gets so she
can't cut pie any way except In four equal
quarters. "
War, correspondents and married men get so
used TO censorship that they do not mind 1t.
When we hear man denouncing the Nor
mons we have an idea that II he had enough
money and wasn't afraid OF the police, he'd
nave five or six wives of his own.
Men are great buffers. Most of the signers
OF the Declaration of Independence were Mar
ried Men.
There would not be many divorces IL men
were as anxious TO please their own wives as
they are TO please other women
Don't knock the borrower. What would the
lender do with all his money IL 1t wasn't for the
borrower?
The average married man thinks he has a
good memory. But we'll bet him that he can't
remember what he said as his part of the mar
riage ceremony
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
RIPPLING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
POOR OLD NOAH.

Noah Webster has been barred from the
famous Hall of Fame; he's too dead to take
II hard, yet II seems beasty shame: for
the book that Noah penned. though in places
hard TO read. Is our everlasting friend. and
the sort of friend we need. Noah's picture
must not hang in the Hall so bright and fair
though twould honor all the gang OF punk
poets entered there: Noah wrote no cheap
romance. and he played no rhymeter's game,
so he never had chance in the well known
Hall of Fame. Noah took the toughest
words that the country could invent, or
could borrow from the Kurds, and he show
ed just what they meant; not word could
get away, when this man its trail:
he would chase it day by day till he grabbed
1t by the tail. Twas tiresome, musty task,
but old Noah held it down. while his neigh
bors used to bask idly in the idle town.
Sages, poets. all such birds. went to Noah's
noble tome. for the meaning of the words
that they used In speech or pome. Now the
sages and the bards fill that Hall of high
renown. while the surly outside guards turn
the gifted Noah down. Shade of Noah.
never mind. You're winner just the same,
though the judges. deaf and blind, shoe you
from the Hall of Fame.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

@. Does Warren G. Harding have
the right to be a senator and an
elected President. at the same time?
A. 1t would not be possible for
a man, to be a senator and a Presi-
dent Of the United States at the
same time. At this time Mr.. Hard
ing is only President the Of
flee of President being held by
President Wilson. whose term of
Office will not expire until March
4th, 1921. By that time Mr.. Hard
irg's term as senator will also have
expired.
Q. saw in a guidebook to Nj
agara Falls the statement that in
the 184S, the Falls ran dry. Please
inform me the reason of thds-W.
T.
A. The winter of 1S47-1S4S was
exceedingly severe in this country.
Heavy ice formed in Lake Erie
When it was broken up during the
latter part of March, the winds
swept the ice into the entrance of
the Niagara river at Buffalo, where
it jammed in a solid mass complete
ly choking the outlet of Lake Erie,
with the result that on March 20.
1S4S, the Falls of Niagara were
practically dry
Q. Who suggested the observation
of Arbor Day. and how generally is
it celebrated ?-H. ]. p.
A. B. G. Northrop, while secre-
tary of the Connecticut Board of
Education, in 1855, suggested an
annual planting of trees under state
direction. ]. Sterling Morton was
probably the first. however, to pro-
ha GGffinu nf narf a n
day annually for the purpose, and
in 1872. largely through his efforts.
the custom was instituted in Ne
braska. At present Arbor Day is
| observed in nearly every state in
the United States. in some states
as a legal holiday, in others as a
school holiday. The exact date is
not uniform throughout the coun-
| try.
@. How many Roman Catholics
are there in France? When were
church and state first separated P
| l.. S.
A. Although there has been no
| religious census of France since
| 1872. it is estimated that about
| three-fourths of the people today
are at least nominally Roman Cath
olics. No religion is now recog-
nized by the state Under the law
promulgated on December 9, 1905,
the. church was separated from the
state, and the adherents of all
creeds were authorized to form as
sociations for public worship.
q. Can sausage be made from
mutton ?-F. +. f.
A. The Department. of Agricul-
ture says that sausage may be made
from mutton mixed with pork In
much the same way as beef is used.
A general formula is: Mutton.
parts; lean, fresh pork, part: fat
pork. 1 part: salt and seasoning to
taste. 1t car be made into cakes
\ and cooked>at once. or packed in
skins. Home made sausage is usu-
ally kept frozen.
| Q. Was Robert Morris. who aided
so greatly in financing the Revolu-
ton, ever in prison for debt?-I.
| NJ.
A.Robert Morris. a signer of the
Declaration OF Independence. Su-
lperintendent Of Finance and later
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MoNKEYING WITH THE BUZZ SAW.

Governor Edwards has again been deliberate
iy turned down by the senate In the matter of
appointing Public Utility Commission His
statement explaining why he again called the
senate together to consider his appointments
was very clear and took a common sense view
Of the situation. The public welfare is at stake:
the governor showed willingness to meet
ths senate half way In the matter Of appoint
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

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any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Direc-
tor. Washington. D. c. This offer
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troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
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Give full name and address and en-
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postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
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1t Listens Good!

In the case of Bounds VS.. Bounds, in the
Maryland Court of Appeals. the other day Judge
Burke handed down this decision:
1T is the law of religion and the law of the
country that the husband is intrusted with au-
thority over his wife: he is to practice tender
ness and affection, and obedience Is her duty
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
MORE MUTTON AND LAMB.

The United States Department of Agriculture
urges a more liberal use of lamb and mutton on
American dinner tables The nation now eats
twelve times as much beef and veal as it eats of
lamb and mutton. The use OF pork Is still
larger in proportion. During the past five years
less than per cent. of the meat consumed in
the United States was mutton and lamb.
One would think that mutton and lamb
would be more generously consumed in the
sheep-producing part of the country. This ism t
fact. In the east one pound of mutton and
lamb is used for every five pounds of beef, in
the south the ratio is one to ten, in the west it
is one to twelve, and in the central states it is
one to twenty.
The department believes larger use Of NUT
ton and lamb will encourage sheep growing.
and thus increase the nations wool supply. Also
It will reduce the demand for beef and pork
BY the same token it reduces the acres now
given over to the pasturing Of cattle and the
fattening of hogs, and which may be devoted TO
the growing of wheat. or fruit. Sheep thrive
well upon pasturage that would starve cattle. If
these acres not used in growing sheep they
will forever lie idle.
Fat more mutton, increase the wool supply
Eat more mutton, decrease beef consumption.
which is another way of saying. pasture more
sheep, fewer cattle.
Chinese women who show their ankles are
being arrested; probably execution is the fate
of those who show their Chi-knees
What has become OF the old-fashioned re-
porter who said scene beggared description
and then went ahead and described it?
An open winter gives the ice man an idea
without looking through his book Of reasons for
boosting prices.
The Pilgrims blamed their epidemics on too
much water drinking. Is history on the back
track?
stecher has neuritis rather fancy name for
wrestler's charley horse.
Government officials can't dabbe in coal
without getting their hands dirty.
Forty-eight to be added to congress
They'll pack that old hall yet-Filorbuster.
man stole two comforts from the Comfort
hotel in Chicago and he was arrested on blan-
ket charge.
You should see December Bonus fade when
January Bill gets in the ring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Alta BOWL

A big fellow entered the Marine Recruitn
Station In San Francisco, Cal, and said TN
an Angel from Paradise and want to join III
Marines He was found to be A. Angel, O
Paradise. Cal, and he was accepted
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

The Turk rents a store and he makes display.
And he gets eighteen prices for goods every day;
His weaves from the Orient no dame can pass.
For he sells Turkish rugs made in Fall River,
Mass
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Aw. GwaDi

A humdrum cuss is Oswald News,
No more ambition than a mole:
And, though he's wearing squeaky shoes,
He has no music in his sole.
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1here Ain,t Mo More AIcolidaxs. dacl.,

1t doesn't hurt to tell the truth once in a
while. So here goes: Men talk just as much
as women and sometimes say less.-Luke Nc
Luke.
Luke hasn't qVtgrown the ameliorating in
duence of Christmas.-Toiedo Blade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Advice.

Here is some good advice. my brothers.
And 1t is not for men alone;
You should forget the faults of others,
And see IL you can't mend your own.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Wu6!

my. but that is an ultra decollete gown Miss
Shapey is wearing, isn't it?" said Miss Old
girl
YES" replied Mr.. Oldbatch. "She reminds
me of the turkey dinner got in a restaurant
Christmas Day-too much white meat and not
enough dressing"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
HO. Hum!

"Dosyou know that all affected by
colors?" remarked the Student.
II certainly do replied the Rounder. The
more red liquor you drink, the buer you are
gonna feel the next day"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Tunf

We all should try to cheer up, they say,
And trouble we should not borrow;
But. If you amt got a drop today,
What tina HEX will you do tomorrow?
&C. C. L.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

Willie-Pa, what II meant by putting on dog !
Paw-Sometimes II means wearing a cat-skin
collar on your overcoat my son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
NOticei

Lucy Whips, of Louisville. KY, has been
appointed School Teacher in the Names Ii
Names Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

.smith is awfully dumb. isn't he?" remarked
Brown.
He sure is" agreed Jones. "Why, he i'm
AGNES that the Single Tax movement is a move
ment to put tax on bachelors"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

Modern Nursery Rhymes.
Clap hands, clap hands.
Till Papa comes home;
For Papa has booze.
And the neighbors have none.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

Our Daily Special.
People Who Live In Glass Houses Should
Keep Out OF Politics.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Firms Is Firms

Eggenspiller & Hammock operate the Louis
vile Millinery Company at Louisville, Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
Mercy!

We hate TO keep anyone out of the Club. But
what's gonna happen if we premt o. DAM Of
Dover, Tenn, to enter our refined portals?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

We Accept the Amendment.
Money makes the Auto Go-Luke McLuke.
And vice versa.
Nashville Tennesseean
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
No InEal

Said old man Jake,
To old man Jedded:
These blue laws make
A man red-headed!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

Chinese women who show their ankles are
being arrested; probably execution is the fate
of those who show their Chi-knees
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

Forty-eight are to be added to congres
They'll pack that old hall yet-Filorbuster.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

hotel in Chicago and he was arrested on blal
ket charge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06
BITS OF BYPLAY
By Luke McLnke.
Copyright. 1920. by The Cincinnati Enquirer
parnum Had the Riebt Idea

Il
The Turk rents a store and he makes display.
I, And he gets eighteen prices for goods every day:
His weaves from the Orient no dame &c, can pass pass
Mass.
Paw Knows Everything
:. Paw--sometimes IL means wearing a cat-skin
collar on your overcoat my son.
Modern Nursery Rhymes.
Clap hands, clap hands,
Till Papa comes home;
For Papa has booze.
And the neishbors have none.
i .Smith is awfully dumb. isn't e?" remarked
y Brown.
| AGNES that the Single Tax movement is a move
ment to put a tax on bachelors"
/ Aw, Gwan!
| humdrum Is Oswald News,
No more ambition than a mole;
| And, though he's wearing squeaky shoes,
He has no music in his sole.
| Ho, Hum!
"Dosyou know that all affected by
colors?' remarked the Student.
Il certainly do" replied the Rounder. The
4
gonna feel the next day."
| Here is some good advice, my brothers,
And 1t is not for men alone;
You should forget the faults of Others
And see IL you can't mend your own.
MY but that is an ultra-decollete gown Miss
1 M en- Cafd 4
girl.
YES" replied Mr.. oldbatch. "she reminds
enough dressing"
We Accept the Amendment.
Money makes the Auto Go-Luke McLuke.
Nashville Tennesseean.
Lucy Whips, of Louisville. KY, has been
appointed School Teacher in the Names is
Names Club.
1t Listens Good!
In the of Bounds vs. Bounds, in the
Maryland Court of Appeals the other day Judge
Burke handed down this decision:
1T is the law of religion and the law of the
country that the husband is intrusted with au-
thority over his wife: he is to practice tender
ness and affection, and obedience Is her duty"
Alta Boy.
A big fellow entered the Marine Recruiting
Station In San Francisco, Cal. and said: I'm
an Angel from Paradise, and want to join the
marines" He was found to be A. Angel, of
Paradise. Cal and he was accepted
There Amt No More AIcolidays, Jack!
1t doesn't hurt to tell the truth once in a
while, on So here hers goes ;, Men talk just as much
Luke.
Luke hasn't aptgrown the amelioratins in
duence of Christmas-Toledo Blade.
Firms Is Firms.
.Eggenspiler & Hammock operate the LOUIS
Vile Millinery Company. at Louisville. Ky.
We all should try to cheer up. they say,
And trouble we should not borrow;
But; il you amt got drop today.
What tina hex will you do tomorrow?
we nate TO keep anyone out of the Club. But
Dover, Tenn, to enter our refined portals?
No Joke,
said old man Jake,
To old man Jedded:
These blue laws make
man red-headed!"
Our Daily Special
>, People Who Live In Glass Houses Should
Keep Out OF Politics
Luke McLuke Says
The o. I. man who was praised for being Fru-
gal now has a-son who has the same traits as
ms father, but who is despised for being a
Tightwad
A man will cuss himself and call himself a
Ding -Batted, Blithering idiot But he'd get aw-
him.
Tell faded-looking woman that she looks as
young as ever and she'll be so pleased that she'll
actually look 10 years younger.
The mother of four small boys gets so she
cant cut pie any way except In four equal
quarters.
War correspondents and married men get so
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

What has become of the old-fashioned re
porter who said scene beggared description
and then went ahead and described it?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

You should see December Bonus fade wher
January Bill gets in the ring
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-06

Government officials can't dabble in Goa
without getting their hands dirty