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O. What is the smallest wire known?
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wire one-hundredth of ar inch in diameter
with silver, drawing the two metals out to-
gether fine as possible and then dis
acid, a platinum wire three one-hundred-
thousandths Of an inch in diameter has
been secured-so fine that one mile of it
would weigh only one twenty fifth of a
o. What is the difference between drill
A In Inachince shop parfance, drilling
is ma~sMs a round hole thru metal or the
like with rotating pointed tool that forces
its way thru by pressure and rotation,
while boring is en1a rging a hole that al
ready exists Cuttin a circular hole In
carpenters. is boring. but similar opera
ton in metal is drilling.
Q. What is a dutch conceH7 N. W
A. A dutch concert is a social entertain
ment in which every man sings bis own
is singing his. in which each person
present sings in turn one verse Of any
song be pleases. some we'll known chorus
being used as burden after each verse.
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Dorothy Dix TcRs
Husband or Children.
BX DOROTHT DIE
Worlds Htxhesa Paid Woman WrttaR.

There are plenty of families In
which, after the first baby arrives, the
man of the house henceforth merely
exists as a purveyor to the children.
Up to the minute of the birth of lit
tie Johnnie or little Sallie her hus-
band had been the center OF the world
to the wife. She was miserable and
forlorn if he went out of an evening.
1t was the height of bliss for her to
trot around with him to places of
amusement. She dolled herself up for
him and spent hours beautifying her.
self that she might look well in his
eyes. She hung in rapture on his con-
versation. She considered his pleas
ure, and the whole house was run to
minister to his comfort.
But the advent of the baby changed
all that. Husband was dethroned
teeth, and none was left in his house
hold so poor as to do him reverence.
Wife no longer dressed herself up in
her pretty clothes. because baby
mussed up her chiffon and tore at her
laces. Wife refused to go out of an
evening with him, because baby might
cry while she was gone. Wife no
longer pretended to be interested in
his conversation, because she was lis
tening with one ear cooked. towards
the nursery, and, to tell the truth,
wife herself wasn't very thrilling COM
pany because all that she could hand
out was a line OF SIer1l1zed converse
ton made up of pap bottles and ex-
tracts from baby books.
And husbands comfort and conven-
fence was not even considered because
wife took it for granted that he'd per-
fectly adore moving out of a sunny
room SO baby might have 1t for
nursery, and giving up his chiffonier
for baby clothes, and walking on tip
toe. and speaking in a whisper for
fear of waking baby. and spending his
evenings alone reading the Newspaper
while mama sung lullabies to baby.
This is no exaggerated picture of the
effect that a baby has on many
woman We all know plenty of house
holds in which the entire establish
mentF is run for the sole behoof of
the children. There is no decent
furniture in them because the chill
dren'S freedom to make trains of the
chairs, and spill molasses on the rugs
must not be fabridged. There is MOTH
ing fit to eat on the table because
the food must be kept down to the
boiled spinach and bread pudding
status suitable to the infantile stom-
ach- There is no conversation because
everybody has to listen to what the
children say.
And the husband is nothing on earth
but the children's father to his wife
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DER She fastened It to the door -
the elevator She was running =
whats that for?" asked Bob.
amused There was still crowd at
the window. and Grace was busy SELL
ing tickets. The girl who was to re-
lieve her had arrived
1T means said the elevator opera
tor, that you and Gay are gong 10
have ten INMATES of privacy that isn't
a boarding place. and maybe you can
fix up a date with her to take her out
and tell her all about it again. No
one will know the difference-but me
and / know 1t is hard to talk while
a string of movie fans is waiting to
Bob laughed aloud. He looked at
the sign on the lift door Then Grace
emerged from the little rear door OF
the ticket booth.
Grace looked from the girl to- Bob
and back again. What's. up?" she
asked, feeling the nearness of some
thing important
We've have decided that tho an
elevator isn't q very sentim entail place
lit is very quiet when it bears this
sign" She pointed to the card.
Come in for just a moment. Gay"
said Bob. -
Grace bIushed as she had not
In you co." urged the girl. And
you, too" she said, pushing Bob gen
tly on the back
She closed the door OF the attractive
little elevator and left the two alone.
When they emerged, Grace came
up 70 her, her eyes bright. with a re-
newed outlook on life. Bob wants
you and me to have dinner with him.
We've might have q lot to tell YOU
"Well-ny internal economy IS not
temporarily out of order so Ill GO"
said the girl, removing the sign from
the door and turning the elevator
over to the relief worker.
Copyright. 1922, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
fifteen years old. I have many invi-
tations to have dates in the evenings.
Ny parents say. that if I go out every
evening my nerves will be on q strain
and / will be tired They say q girl of
my age needs rest. The boys who ask
me soon lose interest in me because
can't accept their invitations. and
they go out with other girls.
Do you think my parents. are right?
WAITING.
Your parents are decidedly right.
A girl of fifteen needs her sleep and
should not run around evenings with
boys, ~
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell
me If you think there is any harm in
dancing If not carried TO extreme?
Ny sister and dance, but people
make harm of it. BETTY.
In the old days If you had asked me
such a question would have an
swered that in my opinion dancing
was wholesome recreation. But now
that jazz is with us, there Is so much
that is vulgar and indecent on the
dance floor that cannot give my
hearty approval to all dancing.
If you dance decently and do not
attend dances unescorted at night, and
IL you are old enough to go with
young men, there is no, harm in what
you are doing. 1t is a terrible thing,
however, to be the object of gossip
Hold your, reputation in high esteem
and guard It, because ONCE It is lost
you will. suffer bitterly.
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q John T. Adams. chairman of the
Republican national committee, says
fhe pledge of his party on the tariff
Question must be fulfilled. Then the
Eordney- McCumber bill should be
dropped, for the pledge given at Chi
eago in 1920 was not to make a tar
iffi The tariff plank OF the platform
reads: The uncertain and unsettled
condition of international balances,
the abnormal economic and trade sit
h@tion of the world, and the impossi
bility of forecasting accurately even
the near future, preclude the formu-
lation of a definite program to meet
conditions a year hence. But the Re-
publican party reaffirms its belief in
the protective principle of the tariff
as soon as conditions shall make it
necessary for the preservation of the
home market for American labor, ag-
rieulture and industry" Who will
contend that the conditions then ex-
isting have greatly changed7
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LITTLE BENNY'S-NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

we was eating brekfist this morning
and the letter carrier rang the bell
with 2 letters for pop and one for ma,
pop jest sticking his in his pockit,
without opening them, proving they
was bills, and ma opening hers ana
saying, Well izzent that splendid, con-
graduate me, Willyum, I'm an Exalted
Pinnacle of the Dawters OF Cleopat-
terra.
The dooce, thawt you were a Royal
Perple, pop sed. 81
am, I meen was a. Royal PerpIe,
but an Exalted Pinnacle is mulch high
er than a Royal Perple, cant you tell
that mulch by the name? ma sed.
Perhaps you can, well its nice to
have one distinguished member in the
haff to do, has she eny dooties to
speek of or is she jest an EXALTED Pin
nacle? pop sed.
Certeny she has dooties, that's TX
ackly wat she does have, ma sed. If I
could tell you some of the Exalted
Pinnacles dooties you would be SER
priced, she sed, and pop sed, don't
doubt II, wen was the election held
don't know Exactly wen it was, they
jest sent me this letter to notify me
I've bin nominated, ma sed.
Nominated, zee gods, don't you know
being nominated is a long long way
from being elected2 pop sed.
Do you meen to say I'm not axuilly
Ixalted Pinnacle? well then wy does it
say in the letter, we take crate pleZ-
zure in notifying you of your nomina-
ton. wy should they take great plez-
zure If there's nuthing to take CRATE
plezzure about? ma sed. I think its
very misleading of them to tawk about
taking CRATE plezzure before I'm even
elected, she sed.
And she finished eating her egg as
if she dident care weather she injoyed
it or not, and pop finished eating his
shaking his he'd and saying, zee gods.
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The French budget for 1929 pro-
vides for expenditures of 2s,1SO,0OO.-
900 francs and receipts of only 49,
2S5. 600. 900 francs. The difference is
70 be made up, as usual. from loans.
Both the army and navy provisions
show an increase over the budget for
the current year. The total war ap-
Preparations for the next fiscal year
are estimated at 5.144. OOO.0 900 francs.
Meanwhile interest and principal pay
ments on the French debt to the
United States remain unpaid. These
facts are the strongest possible argu-
ment against a remission of foreign
debts Spending money in war prepa-
rations should be discouraged as far
as may be.
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST, %
LITTLE FELLOW.

LITTLE FELLOW.
Just little felloy, mischievous Of eye
Doesn't know and doesn't care that shoes
are bard TO buy; -
Laughing, ronping. all the time, needless
Taneyine that he can get. all, he. wants
from me.
Just little fellow, somewhat fond Of dirt,
Seems We cannot teach him to, be careful
Of his shirt; p,
Clothes are made to play In. and when he
wears them out W fl5 @ 20 . &c -'-
He wonders when we gfumble what ths
fuss 10 all about III r1rf y
Just little fellow: All be. knows il having
fun,
Care and strife ana trial haven't come to
cloud the sun; I -
His legs are never weary, and the times he
hears US sigh s
And he sees that we are troubled, IL Is
plain he wonders why, III
Just little fellow with his harurn- scsrum
ways,
and roguish and his eyes with
mirth ablaze, s r.. -..--
But what are shoes and stockings and the
things / must provide
It's worth IT all to have him romping daily
at my side.
Copyright, 1922. by Edgar A. Gaest.)
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stores are not dependent on imported
merchandise for their livelihood The
Importance OF imported merchandise
to the retailer and to the consumer.
the association points out. lies in the
competition which it gives to domestic
manufacturers to hold down prices.
Having this in mind it seems against
the public interest to write the tariff
duties so high as to eliminate foreign
Competition and so high as to raise
prices to the consumer.
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fThe high tariff advocates continue
TO charge to the influence of the i'm
porters the widespread opposition to
the Fordney bill that has arisen.
That the importance of imported
merchandise to retail stores lies In
quite another direction than profits
vas shown in the brief which the Ma
tfonal Retail Dry Goods association
submitted to the senate finance COM
mittee after the committee had de-
MED a hearing on the tariff bill. In
that brief 1t was stated "of the entire
membership of the association q very
small proportion only do any direct
importing and the totaI amount OF
Imported commodities, whether d.
rzctly imported or otherwise, sold in
the stores which support the organi-
ration has been estimated as probably
less than per cent of the entire vol
tnae- of goods handled by such stores -
thua @proving that the department.
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The future OF the American mer-
chant marine now appears to rest on
whether it shall be subsidized. alco-
holized or both. There are those who
maintain that it cannot do business
Without government aid. There are
others who maintain that bar on
board is necessary to its continuance
in business. The majority of the peo-
pie perhaps are opposed to both plans
for putting profits into the hands of
the ship owners. These gentlemen
are unlikely to obtain the liquor priv
ilnge or the subsidy.
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theme of many a painting. poem and
play. 1t appeals to the Imagination.
At the very apex of prodigal and royal
revelry, the symbol of the excuses
permitted to kings and courts, there
appeared on the wall hand tracing
cryptic letters in an unknown tongue
Drunken leers quickly changed to
looks of frozen terror. King and
courtiers were sobered by awe and
fright. A mysterious Something be-
yond their knowledge or power had
entered the throne room. Evidently
Belshazzar was not as supreme as he
had thought. Maudiin movies and
plays and stories are written on the
and nobody beyond the law of tho
Most High God.
/. into the midst of the interrupted
and fear-smitten royal feast, Daniel,
the Hebrew ascetic, was called, the
embodiment of perfect contrast. Bel
shazzar and his court represented UNI
bridIed appetite and desire: Daniel
stood for the rule of spirit over body.
The banquet room was type OF car
nalfty; the prophet synibolized spir-
ituality. And. as always, it was the
spiritual that at the end was called
upon to Judge the fleshly.
> Thrilling in their. courage and in
their prophet-sense, the words of the
truth, regardless of the royal pres
ence. After recounting the experience
Of NebIneha drexzar in learning that
THE most high God ruled in the king
dom of man." Daniel hurled this stag
gering judgment:
"And thou his son. o Belshaz-
Ear, hast not humbled thy heart
though thou knewest all this, but
hast lifted up thyself against the
Lord of heaven; and they have
brought the vessels of his house
before thee. and thou and thy lords,
thy wives and thy concubines, have
drunk wine from them; and thou
hast praised the gods OF silver and
gold, of brass, iron, wood and stone,
which see not, nor hear, nor knew;
and the God in whose hand thy
breath is, and whose are all thy
ways, hast thou not glorified; then
was the part of the hand sent from
before him and this writing was in
scribed.
And this is the writing that
was inscribed: Meme. meme, tekel,
upharsin.' This is the interpreta-
ton of the thing: 'Mene;' God hath
numbered thy kingdom. and
brought it to an end. -'Tekel;' thou
are weighed in the balances. and
art found wanting. 'Peres;' thy
kingdom is divided and given to
the Modes and Persians."
That night ended Belshazzar's
pride and dehauchery and life. Too
late he learned that nobody may safe
ly fool with the forces of righteous
ness and of God.
Copyright. 1922. by the Ellis
Service)
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1t is one OF the most unfortunate
dslusions of US worthy poor. writes
I'd Howe, that the well-to-do can be
forced to pay most of the taxes, since
long experience, unvarying and re-
lsntiess, shows that all taxes are
finally reflected in the selling price of
everything we buy The total taxes
paid by the Union Pacific system ten
years ago amounted to $4s1So.09s.
while the taxes paid for 1921 were
12,556,O73. Why can anyone be so
dnll. he asks. as to fail TO appreciate
that this enormous increase is re-
ffected back in higher railroad rates.
which mean higher costs of living.
and must be paid by everyone?
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It is charged that the Democrats,
while asserting that they had no de-
sire to delay consideration of the
tariff bill, took up four hours of time
talking about Mexico in the first day
of the tariff debate. But that is Of
little consequence as time devoted to
either tonic is wasted
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Dinner Stories

The head of one of the large Ameri-
can railroad companies was making
inquiries with regard to acquiring a
sma.Hbranch line which belonged to
one old man.
"Now, as to the state of your road"
he asked, lis it well and safely laid 90
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She regards. him as a slave who is
privileged to spend his life in hard
toll to provide them with everything
from ruffled baby caps when they are
babies to automobiles and trips to Eu-
husband has to work himself to death
to satisfy the Unsuitable greed Of her
young, she is sorry, but she urges him
on to do it.
$40 eE 49,
copyright. 1929. by the wheeler Syn
dictate Inc.)
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sit is reported that another govern
mAnt has been added to the half dozen
or SO already existing in Ireland. The
Mexicans would be in their element IN
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SundaySchoolLesson
RY WILLIAM Il. ELLIS.
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For July 1s is "The Handwriting on
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Harrison Sell used to say, IF q
man knows a thing. he can tell it.
Harrison was a rough and untutored
yokel to whom his native soil c!uns
sedulously, but he was always neal
the bottom of the we'll of truth. -
, 1922-12-05

attendance of members. Mr.. Clyres
associated the l atour Party With the final
stages O! this le qisIaticn, which, he laid,
offered England an olrcrtrnity ct
atonement to Ireland. ard like nsry
ether me mbers, he erpealed to tie
leaders of 10th TIE North ard South
to bury the Ratchet erd week for
unity. TIE only Government sTCkesnfn
vas Mr.. Hogs, the Attorney Genelal,
W no expressed ctrfde1 &c that the Free
State Government would legally carlY
out the treaty, which would expunge the
memories of the past on both slices. lie
did not wish to discuss unity in Ireland,
merely saving, that if rnity was desired
by both parties. IT Wtu,o cone mucn Get.
lev without either being preached at
from this country, OF any pressure being
exerted. The British Cover ment lCtk-
Cd To the future with great hopes.
Paris. Nov. 19th.-plafce n ust Rave
etrono amy. we'll org&nized and better
eoujpped, | lieut.. Colonel Fairy, one Of
the leaders on military questions, told
the Deputies during the opening discus
sion TODAY of the army budget for 1922.
sThe G~e1mars'', he said, must loose
forever the habit of crossing the Rhlne"
london, Nov. G9th.-1ke Luke Of De-
vonshire announced today that the Sow
eminent will introduce a bill tor the hit
mo of the Canadian cattle embargo at
This session of the House of Commons
and will do it's utmost to pass 1t.
Washington, Nov. 29th.-The Admins
tration Bill to extend Government aid to
limited States Shipping was passed today
nv the House. The vote in the final pas
saoe was 2O8 to 1874. with two voting
Constantinople, Nov.t29th.- The Off
cial Anatolian Agency asserts that a con-
sniracv has been discovered among
4rmenians in Italy to foment an uprising
~ C~onstantinople with the purpose of
nroyoking foreign int %rvention. 1t is
alleced by the Agency that the Amerlc
cans have planned the assassination OF
hgh Kemalist officials.
London, Nov. 29th.- The Evening
Standard says it understands Mr.. Wick
ham has definitely arranged to retire
from the Editorship Of the Times, being
succeeded by Mr.. Godfrey Dawson, who
viii return Immediately to the post he
formerly occupied. 1t will be recalled
that he was not conducting the Editorial
noIicv of the. Times in accordance with
Lord Northcliffe's political programme.
Melbourne, Nov. 10Th, The Govern
mant LIQUOR Licensing Bill, which has
been introduced in the Legislative AS
sembIy. provides for a seventy years
trnce. after. which local option VIII De