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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

. After many years as happy bachelor he
found himself at last hooked and booked
for matrimony. Early on his wedding day a
friend met him carrying a wreath tied up
with mourning ribbons.
Good heavens, man." said the friend, II
thought this was your wedding day"
$50 it is" was the glum reply.
"Then what on earth are you doing with
that2"
ooh, it's all right" explained the BRIDE
groom elect. I'm just going to lay it on the
statue of liberty"
He was a sufferer from bad business condi-
tions. He was saying that if the price OF
shoes came down still further he really must
get new pair. "Otherwise," he added, "these
will be falling Off"
SIS it as bad as that?" inquired SYM
pathetic friend.
"WelI," he answered glu1nly, "the soles
are so thin that when I step on penny
can tell whether it's head or tails"
So you're engaged to Miss Oldcash, Percy?"
said Algernon, extending his hand.
"Yes,'' said Percy, gloomily.
"H'm! Well, old man." continued Alger-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

non, II scarcely know whether to congrat-
ulate you or not. I know she's very ex-
acting old dame, although she's got plenty
of coin. You'll have to give up theaters, you
know, and also smo ng and Thinking, if you
marry her."
"That's all very WE'LL said Percy, bitter
ly, 'but the point i, this-if I don't marry
her, I shall have to give up eating"
The vicar was anxious to introduce some
new hymn books into the church and ar
ranged with his clerk that the latter should
give out a notice regarding them after the
sermon. The clerk, however, had an impor-
tant MOTIF of his -wn with reference to the
baptism of infants.
Accordingly at tire close of the sermon
he rose and announced: Gall those with
children whom they wish to have baptized
should send in their names at once"
The vicar, who was deaf, assumed that
the clerk was giving out the hymn book %
tice. So he arose and said: "And I should
like to-add, for the benefit of those who
haven't any, that t.. may be tanned any
day at 4 o'clock-the ordinary little, ones
at shilling each and the special ones at
one, an sixpence EACH"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
Hamstr;ng;ng PROSPERITY

IF it were not for tariffs and strikes and
all-round human cantankerousness, what
happy land ours would be! Nature
has showered a royal largess in the year now
ripening to autumn-three billion bushels of
corn, upwards of ninety-three million tons OF
hay, the goodliest yield of sweet potatoes, and
Of Irish potatoes next to the best, on record;
wheat harvests of a liberal average, small
grains and fruits in generous measure, boun-
ties far above our deserving. "At August
prices" says one authority, seventeen farm
crops indicate a value of more than seven bill
lion one hundred million dollars" which is
not far short of one-third of our total nation
al debt. Corn alone promises upwards OF
billion nine hundred million dollars, and lays
firm the foundation for live stock industries;
wheat. promises approximately seven hun
dred and eighty million dollars; potatoes,
more than five hundred million; while the ag-
gregate of the seventeen crops considered ex-
ceeds that of 1921 by one billion two hun
dred million dollars. If this does not spell
prosperity, then there is no such word IN our
lexicon.
But hard upon these good Ntidings comes
news of Congress whose majority are polltl-
cal descendants Of that acknowledgement
wight who slew the goose that laid the gold
foreign markets for the surplus OF our over
flowing harvests, the Senate passes tariff
bill even worse than that which came from the
House, bill that ignores the plainest, the
most important economic conditions OF the
time and moves to strangle that reciprocity
which is the life-breath of international
trade. (This is almost as bad as the Geor-
gia Legislatures killing a bill which would
have saveu the State millions of acres OF IN
valuable forests from destruction by fire and
inefficiency.)
Further, just when transportation should
be at it's best to move these abundant crops
and to serve the needs of expanding industry,
the wheels are threa .ened to be locked AMI
the channels of commerce left to stagnat1on.
Surely, this disaster, with it's grievous con-
sequences to all concerned, especially to the
public and to the producing rank and file,
will be averted! Congress, it is now predict
ed, will defer the tariff bill at least until
after the November elections, and perhaps
will greatly modify the measures dangerous
provisions. Is there not also enough of prac-
tical wisdom and of regard for the general
veal to prevent calamitous tie-up of the
country's transportation?
May .h3 Providence that has blest us with
wondrous harvests, endow us with common
sense.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
MY FAVORITE STORES
BY IRWIN s. COBB

On the stage of music hall in the east
end of London a memory wizard with pro-
nounced Cockney accent was offering an ex-
hibition of his skill. In response to questions
from the audience he gave, offhand, ana
promptly, the dates Of historic events, the
distance from the earth to the moon, and
other facts and figures without limit.
It was quite evident from the language o.
some IF his statements that the pertormer
was a most patriotic Briton Invariably:
when mentioning a great Englishman or y
Great English achievement, ais voice rofs
exultantly.
Sitting we'll down in front were two Amer
teams. They figured that the wizard muss
have accomplices in the house to ask htns
questions prepared beforehand. To find ous
whether or not the performer did bave tSe
powers Of memory he boasted and WITH
view also to arousing his patriotic ferVor 10
a still higher pitch if possible one OF toe
Yankees called out:
professor, please tell me what memorable
event occurred on July the Fourth, 1776?
"a h'infernal h'outrage, sir!" he shouted.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
4 Philosophical Agitator
.HE British Empire will do well

|" HE British Empire will do well te
look closely after this Mahatma
Gandhi, who has been' and prob
ably still is, advising the non-co-operation
plan in India as a means to political indie
pendence.
Gandhi now is in Jail, serving sentence.
But he is not engaging in any hunger strike.
He is studying the art of spinning and has
become an expert, reports say. Very likely
he is spinning other threads than silk and
linen at the same time.
While keeping his mind healthily busy,
Gandhi is not neglecting his physical well
fare. His diet is scientifically ordered to
include oranges, goats milk, raisins and
toast; menu pretty nearly ideal for the
sedentary life of a man in prison.
That is the kind of agitator worth watch
ing He evidently has ideas and keen eye
on a definite objective.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
PRESS TALK IN GEORGIA
By Jack L. Patterson
A True Fish Story

The Millen News publishes the following
fish story of interest to anglers throughout
the state. "Ben Salter put out some set
hooks in Buckhead creek Saturday after
noon. Sunday morning his 17-yaar-old son
visited the hooks and found 71-pound rock
hanging to one of the lines. The hook used
was a small No. 1, which was baited with a
little perch. A two-pound rock fish had
swallowed the perch and in struggling to eX-
tricate himself had attracted larger fish,
which in turn attempted to swallow the
smaller, with the result that the big fellow
was choked to death. This was one of the
largest fish ever caught at Buckhead. The
rock fish is one of the finest fish that swims
the waters Of any river or creek"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

The name New England" was given to
the land that Captain John Smith explored
from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia in 1914. This
followed the unsuccessful attempt of the
Plymouth company to make permanent
settlement in 1907 at the mouth of the Ken
nebec River in Maine.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29
A MARRIED WOMAN'S
MUSINGS
BY HELEN ROWLAND

When woman tells man that ne Is per
fectly wonderful" there is seldom dissenting
voice in the audience.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

No matter how spiritual mans nature, you
can't interest him in the probable future OF his
soul. when he can smell the aroma of good
steak broiling in the kitchen, or see pretty
woman trying to flirt with him across the roonn'
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

Before marriage, mans idea of companion
ship" is to sit glued to girls side-and say
nothing; after marriage, to sit glued 10 ms
chair, his newspaper and his cigar-and say
nothing.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

A bachelors affections are like the assets n
stock company; they don't belong to- any
body in particular, but to a lot of people, 40
general.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

The man who stoops to marry for money ale
ways gets a moral headache when he discovers
that he is expected to 60 on STOPPING for the
rest of his life.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

In love-affair the first question man asks
himself is, "When shall 1 dare to kiss her! -
the last, "When shall dare to STOP kissing
herr"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-29

girl will carry love-letter next to her
heart for week, lay it away among her treas.
ures and take it out ia the end of year ana
weep over it. A man will carry girls letter
in his pocket for a week, then put it in his
desk, and wonder when he comes across it at
the end of the year who on earth signed Defssn
"Sweetie"
After a few years the average wife looms up
before her husband like one big eternal
DON'T" sign
downright, 1927
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27

Surgeons agree that in cases OF
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds
the first treatment is most important.
when an efficient antiseptic is APP
pied promptly. there is no danger of
infection and the wound begins to
heal at once. For use on man or
sbeast. Borozone is the ideal antisep-
tic and healing agent. Buy 1t now
and be ready for an emergency. Price
3oc, coo and s1.2o. Sold by the
sohio County Drug Co. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
MEXICAN ARMY COMES
OUT OF RAGGED STAGE

Mexico City, Oct. Eleven critics
of President Obregon admit today
that he has accomplished al results
in the matter of army reconstruction,
and that a parade of Federal soldiers
now is no longer a comic opera dis
play. but showing of genuine
fighting men, at least in appearance.
The soldiers OF the 0bregon re-
gime are well equipped and there is
discipline in the marching ranks
things that have not been observed
in Mexican soldiery for many years.
On a recent national holiday the war
department held some public maneu-
vers for its troops. and several news
papers commented editorially on the
fact that Eat last Mexico has an ar
my"
II is the ambition of Secretary of
War Serrano to reduce the Federal
fighting forces to $4,000 men. and
in recent statements he has said that
his goal is almost reached.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
THE TRIBE OF LIT
TIE WHITE-FOOT
(The Wild Deer-mice)

(The Wild Deer-mice)
I became acquainted with the
white-footed deer-mouse when was
on large wooded island in Lake
Minnetonka. l tapped a dead tree
into which a woodpecker or nuthatch,
a timid wee animal peeped out of
the open door.
That dead tree crumbled into
mould years ago, but l can still see
the wlstful black eyes; the delicate
ears, large for a mouse; and the fine
ly chiseled head
Whether the mouse had a nestful
OF young in the tree, or whether 1t
was just her sleeping place during
the day, do not know. The hole
was some ten feet up and could not
investigate its interior without de-
stroying the little forest home; and
being only too well aware that the
voolfolk from log-cock and raccoon
to wren and deer-mouse and wild
bees live under the handicap of a Sc
rious housing problem, left a ques-
ton of mere science undecided; for
hollow trees are becoming more
scarce every year through the clear
ing of wild land and the senseless
setting of fires.
My next meeting with the deer
mice was in the northern pine woods.
After long, hard tramp. had pitch
ed my camp, and in search of dry
fire wood. drove my AK into a dead |
pine stump. No sooner had / split |
off big slab than drove of scared |
mice fairly swarmed out of large |
nest of dry grass. counted nine
or ten of them before l replaced the
slab as well as | could, for there was
plenty of dry wood around my camp
and | did not need to break up any
Wild creatures home for my person
al comfort.
Some years later. however. had
IN experience with the deer-mice
which was not limited to a passing
glance; nor was the number of the
title people limited. On the contra
y, II made me think that the story
bout Bishop Hanno and the mouse
over at Bingen and the still better
,nown story of the Pied Piper of {
Iamelin might be literally true. If q
had not previously taken a kind OF I
house census, should not have be-
Ieyed that so many wild mice could I
ind food and shelter in the woods. S
saw none in the daytime, t,it after q
usk had settled among the pines, v
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
Children Cry
FOR FlETCHeR'S
Q q 8 . RI q
CHOCOLATE VAMPS
ON AFRICAN SHORE

Accra, South Africa, Oct. 21.-
The merciless vampire has made her
debut along the Gold Coast.
Wine. women and song are menac-
ing evils on the Gold Coast.
Native city men have been maxi
ing considerable money in the last
few years and they have taken to
champagne. gaudy socks and week
ends spent in company with attrac-
tive, II not demure, ladies of color
Some of the natives are worrying
about the threatened moral decline
and recent issue of the Voice of
the People takes the native men to
task for the shocking custom of
spending week-ends at some out-sta-
ton, with a merciless vampire who
can smile like an angel, while neg
Letting their lawful spouses. whether
married by European or native rites
The journal goes further and warns
the native girls against men fer
whom the color of their socks is
more important than your purity"
Civilization seems to be making
Roadway in Africa, with the cham
payne appetite growing and choco-
late-colored flappers in the vampire
business.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
You Can Get Back
Your Grip On
Health.

Hope for the millions of unfor-
senate men and women who are vic
tins OF stomach trouble is sounded
by Mrs. Madge Carter, highly re-
spected resident of Ira. Ohio. Mrs.
Carter was a victim of stomach trou-
bic in its worst form but was com
plet,ly restored to health by taking
Tanlac. She says:
For years | suffered terribly
from indigestion and nervousness,
and was in such miserable health
that ! never expected to be well
again. Tanlac has completely over
come these ailments. and now I'm in
splendid health. and am several
pounds heavier in weight"
Undigested food ferments in the
stomach and soon the entire system
is filled with poisons. Tanlac was
designed TO restore the stomach to a
healthy condition and build up the
whole body. Millions everywhere
have acclaimed its wonderful power.
Get bottle today.
Tanlac is sold by all good drug
gists.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
" lllalallaaHIaaHIas eHiaaIaaIaaaiHIIIIII Z
Il ~ BIBLE THOUGHTS
II ~ For This Week 80
Bible Thoughts ncnorized, will prove a
III priceless heritage in after years.
SSHiHsEsllaiiIaHA iHiiIHIs 9lzjHHiEilEHHE

THE LORD SHALL BE MY GOD:
If God will be with me, and will
keep ms in this way that | go; and
will give me bread to eat, and raj
ment to put on, so that come again
to my fathers house in peace; then
shall the Lord be my God.-Gen.s sis
2S:2O, 81.
GODS GENTLENESS:- God is
my strength and power; and he maxi
eth my way perfect. Thou hast also
given me the shield of thy salvation;
and thy gentleness hath made me
great Samuel 22:33:26.
ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED
How excellent is thy loving kindness.
o Godl therefore the children of men
put their trust under the shadow OF
thy wings. They shall be abundant
ly satisfied with the fairness OF thy
house; and thou shalt make them
drink of the river of ny pleasures
Psalm 36:7-S.
SHALL BE MY PEOPLE:-They
shall be my people, and / will be
their God; and | will give them one
heart, and one way, that may fear
me forever, for the good of them, and
of their childHn after them
jeremiah 32:2S,S9.
THANKS AND PRAISED give
thanks unto the Lord for he is god:
for his mercy endureth for ever. oh
that men would praise the Lord for
his goodness, and for his wondi rful
works to the children of men,
Psalm HOTELS.
TRANSPOSITION OF RICHES:-
For We know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ. that, though he was
rich, yet for your sakes he became
poor, that We thru his poverty might
be rich.-2 Corinthians $40.
A PRICELESS HERITAGE
From a child thou hast known the
holy Scriptures, which are able to
make thee wise unto salvation thru
faith which is in Christ Jesus.-2
S:15.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27

had not vigorously protested by
means of little switch kept handy
as for crowd of naughty children.
And after supper, till midnight and
later. what fun and play! Races along
the old rough logs! Climbing matches
up the walls! And on the roof out
side they held eaves-to-gable hurdle
races and three-yard dashes,
knew the runners were only lit
tie white-footed animals but the ST.
lent summer night magnified the
sound of their feet as if they came
from wildcats and other nocturnal
beasts. OF vocal sounds there were
almost none. Only a fine squeak
now and then. when the contestants
and players, as suppose, tweaked
one another's tail in game of tag;
a game. II seems. played by all small
wild creatures that are intelligent
enough to play.
| fell asleep before the meet was
finished, but during the week
learned that every white-foot meet
lasts from dusk until dawn. and that
the track managers staged seven
meets a week, if nights were warm
and fair. One night when there
was heavy storm, with rain and
the meet was called off.
1t was impossible for me to treat
the crowd of contestants, for I had
to bring all my provisions distance
Of five miles so | kept everything
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27

eatable in tin cans or in box sus-
pended by wire from the rafters.
l never set trap for them. II they
attempted to stage race in my
bunk. l drew the mosquito screen
around it, which was enough to keep
them out, j,
l believe with Professor L. II. Bal
ley that the wild mice are the most
interesting Of all wild creatures
What part these myriads of little
creatures play In the big household
of nature is not so easily answered.
Our Dumb Animals. =
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
he Forrest WAS alive within Them.

the forest was alive with them.
My first camp was in a tent with
dry grass for bedding, and all night
the mice rustled about in the hay.
They scrambled noisily through my
tin pals, they nibbled my provisions,
they played hide and seek in my
| suit case, which l had left open to
save them the trouble of cutting
holes into II.
The next evening I placed all my
provisions in the canoe moored in
the lake.
In cabin close by. forest rang
er had been camping for nearly two
months. He had three mouse-traps
and he had caught three mice every
night. Not until the end of the
third month, when he caught only
one, did the little white-footed stock
begin to run low. Up to this time
he had by actual count caught about
$50 white-footed mice.
do not think they came to the
cabin from more than a five-acre
space, which would mean ct least
thirty mice to the acre, or 1920
to each square mile of forest
These census figures appeared to
me grossly padded until moved In
to lone forester's cabin on the edge
of a large beaver meadow. This
cabin seemed to possess some secret |
charm for attracting all kinds of
voolfolk. Never did find a place |
where deer and beaver, rabbits and |
porcupines, chipmunks, owls and |
hawks seemed so fairly gathered |
around me as my next door neigh
bOrs. But most amazing in number /
were the smallest of the wildfolk, the |
deer-mice. with their
soft coats as brown as those of the
deer. and their feet and undersides
pure white. A short walk brought
me to populous beaver lodge; an
antlered buck snorted his challenge
at me as | sauntered along the trail
at night; and the porcupine clacked
his teeth in protest at my disturbing
him, while he made his dessert off
my discarded cracker-box.
For the tawny little white-feet I
lid not have to seek. They came to
ne. In fact, while | was cooking my
upper / began to feel that | was an
II seemed as if big in
loor meet had been scheduled at the
hitherto vacant cabin for the very
vening on which l had moved in
rom everywhere came the members
4 the timid tribe; thru the clinks
etween the rough logs, thru the
pen door, thru holes under the roof
nd thru tunnels under the founda-
ion logs.
To my supper of bread and bacon
hey came as self-invited guests,
,urrying off with crumbs and rinds
nd bits OF crust They would have
hisked my bacon off my plate. If
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
lady WAS IN A BAD FIX
FROM NERVOUS INDIGESTION

Biloxi, Miss had, for a year or
more, nervous Indigestion. or some form
Of stomach trouble" says Mrs. Alonzo
Ford. iii Clay Street. this city. 1.-THE
water ] drank at that time seemed to
constipate me. | would suffer until GOT
so nervous I wanted to get down on the
floor and roll. | felt like could tear
my clothes.
Every night. and night after night, I
had to take something for laxative, and
ithad to be kept up nightly. My side
would pain. looked awful. My skin
was sallow and seemed spotted. would
!eok at my hands and arms. and the flesh
looked liieless.
Happened to geta Birthday Almanac,
SO told my husband would try the
Black-Draughi. which did. took a |
few big doses. felt much better. My
liver acted well. Imade a good, warm
lesand drank itthat way. Soon found
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-10-27
HIGH COAL NINE WAGE
ATTRACTING TEACHERS

Charleston. w. Va, Oct 21-High
wages paid in the coal mines are
drawing men away from the teach
ing profession turnout the state and
the surplus of teachers existing ear
ly this year has been converted into
a shortage, according TO the state
department of education.