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The Washington times., 1922-08-24
WAYSIDE WISDOM
OH, VERY WELL.
Copyright. ls22.)
BY S. E. Kiser

I'VE often thought my luck was bad,
And yet, it might be worse, a lot;
I have no cause for feeling sad
When Wall Street prices have been
"shot;"
My earnest efforts often fail,
My income never has been great
-But-
I've never spent a night In Jail.
Nor lost leg by tempting Fate.
I'VE often wished that could rise
Above the place I occupy;
I'm not among the rich or wise,
My rating never has been high;
I've always worked, and probably
Shall work on till my dying day
-But-
Reporters never follow me,
Nor care what may do or say.
I'VE often wished I might be cheered
And strut with medals on my chest;
So far ] never have appeared
A. Mr.. Harding's White House guest;
I pass unnotlced bv the crowd.
I am unenvied and unknown
I've not been measured for a shroud.
And can think-when I'm alone.
MEN with no better gifts than mine
Vl Enjoy the pleasures riches bring;
There's value In the checks they sign:
NV check would be a worthless thing,
NV dearest hopes have gone astray.
-But-
I still enjoy three meals day,
And here and there start a smile.
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Hotel on q Gold Mine

sluioo-boxes and made . tidy
sum of money. II happened
that the oid.time placer miners
didn't work the ground thor.
eughly.
There are large areas Of 30.
called placer ground In various
parts of western Montana which
contain gold and which accord.
ing to report might be profitnt
BILE II dredged on a larger scale.'
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MIGHT years ago a new no, 1

EIGHT years ago a new he''
II tel was constructed In
Helena, Montana, on Main
Street which occupies the site
of Last Chance Guich, where
the placer miners worked in
the sixties and extracted some
thing like $40, ,oo0,oeO
The contractor who excavated
for the foundation hauled the
ground away, washed It in
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A SHIP, nearing this port In
"A feggy weather, when sstre,
aomicai observations are impes,
sibis and shore lights are
obseured, desires to know it's
ieeatieR,
II wireieses to the New York
compass stations. They focus
their radio eompasses upon the
vessel sHd telegraph results to
the radis csRtroi operator In the
New York effice. This operator
charts the compass findings re.
Rerted by the shore statlsRs
The intersection Of these lines is
the ships location. and he so
radios to her. All done in three
minutes.
without ears we hear, with
out eyes we see, past all limita.
tions of distance and obscurity.
The Washington times., 1922-08-24

The earliest use Of candy was
to disguise the unpleasant taste
Of medicine and It was made
chiefly by physicians and apothe.
carries. The great development
OF the use Of candy dates from
the beginning of the nineteenth
century in England.
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Stars and Stripes

A Tennessee couple who once shot at
each other are now happily married.
Another one Of those duai alliances.
Detroit woman pawned her hus.
bands pants to get her hair bobbed. He
should sue her for non.support.
The Washington times., 1922-08-24

The clothes Of the Soviet delegates at
Genoa cost 150.000,000 rubles, which is
the highest price yet paid for Russian
dressing.
A Western Judge ruled that o wife is
worth $4,000. Dead or alive?
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Something to Think About
BY FabiO Dean
THE GIRLS, BLESS 'EM.

value. The brief touching Of
his lips upon her cheek-even
IL she slapped his face for it
ought to be worth anywhere
from rs cents to $1,000, depend
ing upon how pretty she was
and how badly he wanted to
kiss her. A light pecking Of
her lips-even IL she hit him
with a rolling.pin the next
moment--would naturally run
up into higher figures. Any
where from 500 to $4,000, let
US say-to be on the safe side.
But one Of those long. linger.
ing. sheik of -the-desert kisses
oh Rockefeller. where is thy
bank account? &
THEN you probably read the
- story about the girl who
loved a man after he gave her
a two-carat diamond ring. but
whose love grew cold when he
took the ring from her and sub
stituted a piece Of glass for the
stone. And there is always the
story of the girl who brings a
breach of promise suit and
publishes his letters, and the girl
who marries a man because she
thinks he is a nobleman and
leaves him when she finds he is
a boilermaker, and, of course,
the girl who ma sies one man
and is caught kissing another.
These stories Of feminine
vagaries form the spice Of the
daily news.
A H, well, what difference does
"A it make? She is still upon
her pedestal, the object Of mans
alteration. the center Of his in
terest, the incentive of his
greatest .efforts-in fact, the
handspring Of his existence.
What IL she does step down
for a moments breathing spell?
Have your little laugh and
then-help her up again.
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We TOWNE GOSSIP
- Copyright 1922. BY Star Company.
By X. G. B.
" Star Company.

AND ALL the time.
TEARS eLIs1ENeo.
IN HER anxious eyes,
AND IF it hadn't
been.
SHE WAS very brave
SHE WOULD have
cried.
FOR TIE little girl
knew.
THAT in her home.
JUST A block away.
A occfoa waited.
AND Her mother
waited.
FOR NEITHER of
them.
DARED VENTURE
aways
FROM THE bigger
sister.
WHO WAS near to
death.
AND ! don't know.
IF THIS tale l tell.
IS raUr or not.
BUT ! made 1t up.
As ;usr this
morning.
Iwirc4eo a
druggist.
MAKE a little girl
wait.
FAR 'pisff her turn.
As she stood there.
AND 4iL6 in her
hand,
A pssscarprlon
blank.
q
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A national dispenser OF pork and beans says
that they were first served by an Eng ishman,
Daniel Day Good. who, on the first Friday of
every July, invited his friends to picnic of
pork and beans,
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IT WAS in . drug
store.
AND THERE was a
customer.
WAITING FOR
something.
AND RieaT beside
him.
WAS A little girl.
WHO SEEMED too
small.
TO HAVE come out
shopping.
ALL By herself.
AND IN her hand.
WAS a slip of paper.
A passcalp1loN
slip.
AND she held it
tight.
AND HER little hand
shook.
AND she was excited.
AND WHEN the
druggist.
HANDED THE man.
wHs1evsR IT was.
HE HAD come for.
SHE HELD her
prescription.
UP 70 the druggist.
AND JUST at that
moment.
CAME ANOTHER
adult.
THIS TIME a woman.
AND TIE little girl.
WAS BRUSHED
aside.
AND HAD to wait.
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COME of the old may find a
- moments comfort in six
verses which we quote here
from a poem written by 8. Z.
punharn. entitled THE Great
White Way"
1t is the white way that leads
from this life OF darkness and
trouble to the life-whatever II
may bs-thnt awaits US on
the far side of q funeral serv.
Zoe.
Mr.. Dunham allows us to re.
print the following verses Of
his copyrighted poem. Death
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lust what 1t Is that Death
u shows to the old man, and to
the child dead in the cradle or
dead before its birth, no man
KNOWS.
Faith tells different stories to
the faithful. and they are happy
in believing what they are told.
This much Is certain: Divine
power, wherever we see It, rules
with JUSTICE. It is the fault Of
us human beings that We are
unhappy, selfish. the few with
too much and the many with too
little.
We grow in strength bodily for
the first forty years Of our life.
We grow in strength. patience
and intelligence mentally for the
last thirty, forty or fifty years.
We see the human race Inn
proving, this earth OF ours itself
improving. Each year Is a better
year.
We see nothing but improve.
ment, and we are Justified In
believing that Death shows the
old man that which is bettq'
than anything seen before.
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THE LOCATION OF LOVE,

hearts the cannibas of the South Seas really
love their fellowmen."
"Maybe also down in their stomachs."
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Blond Bee
YeLLOUHOrnet
THE narrator Of this incident
was moving by hand a field

hCoC WV llioCSto oSSAhSo w
typify the white and the yellow
races, as they worked side by side,
the blond bumblebee was the white
man and the striped yellow hornet
was the man of Asia.
They worked at the same bios
som, their heads close together, dig
ging deep into the flower, for the
food that they found there. And
as they worked for themselves,
they worked, without knowing it,
for old Mother Nature. For with
their long working machinery they
were fertilizing the blossoms as
they went along, carrying and
leaving pollen.
Side by side sometimes, and head
against head at other times, they
worked nervously, energetically,
with the fierce, dreadful power Of
the insect world, inconceivable to
us. And THEY LET EACH
OTHER ALONE. They did not
push each other, or sting each other,
or try to knock each other from
the blossom.
Wise insects, they knew that
there were millions Of blossoms in
the big field. They knew that there
was plenty for both of them. BY
accident they had landed on the
same blossom. Each took what he
wanted, and presently, when the
blow of the scythe cut the flower
from under them, they buzzcG off
plenty to be found elsewhere.
If white men and yellow men,
brown men and black men could
act on this fruitful, fragrant bios
som our earth AS INTELLI-
GENTLY AS THOSE INSECTS
OF DIFFERENT TRIBES WORK
ON THEIR GOLDENROD, THIS
WOULD BE A HAPPIER EARTH.
Bumblebee and hornet are
farther apart in method, in emo
tions, in intelligence and in every
thing else than the white man and
the yellow man.
Bumblebee and hornet have moth
ing to do with each other. They
never intermarry, they never enter
each others houses, but THEY
KNOW ENOUGH TO LET EACH
OTHER ALONE, realizing that
there is plenty for BOTH
White men and yellow men will
have dreadful fight one of these
days unless they learn wisdom by
studying the useless fights of the
past.
White men and black men dislike
each other because Of the pride
and arrogance of the white men.
If they could learn to love and
sympathize with each other there
would be plenty for all white.
brown, black and yellow on our
earth blossom, just as there was
plenty and more than plenty for
the bumblebec and the hornet in
that wide field Of yellow golden
rod.
Some day, perhaps, we shall
know as much as bumblebees and
hornets. They have lived, strue.
gled and passed through stages Of
evolution here for thousands Of CEN
turies before man came into ex.
istence.
They have become specialized in
their line-they know what to do
and what not to do,
And they know, among other
things, that 1t is stupidity foolish
to use their poisonous stings against
each other In quarreling over any
particular flower, when the earth
Is covered with flowers,
When will men know as much
Some day, undoubtedly bat not for
many a year, not perhaps fer many
century,
Like the bumbiebee and the
hornet, men GO after yellow bios
SONS, which they call "geid." And
On that hunt fer the yellow gold
fghtings and hatfeds are based, al
though there Is, and always will be,
enough for all.
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dreary thing a news \

WHAT a dreary thing news
F" paper would be without
its chronicles of women's doings!
And how lucky 1t is that they
are always doing something!
Here's an eighteen.year-old
girl who, In order to help her
family, declares that she is
willing to sell herself in mar
riage for 81, 1000, provided the
purchaser is young and nice and
has a good character. Isn't this
a wonderful sacrifice?
How many men are there in
the world who, for 81 900, would
accept a fine limousine auto
mobile or the Woolworth build.
ing?
THEN there's the case Of
- pretty Anna Czubakowski,
OF Milwaukee, who bought goods
on the installment plan under
an assumed name and refused to
make more than one payment.
Her reason for giving a wrong
name was that her true name Of
Czubakowski was too difficult to
remember. And the reason she
made only one payment, she de-
clares, is that when she went
to the store to make her second
payment the salesman kissed
her.
A pretty point Of law is in.
volved in this second reason.
How much is a kiss worth? 1
do not know the value of the
goods she bought or how much
she still owed, but. at any rate,
the salesman ought to have al
lowed something for the kiss.
The judge evidently thought so,
too, because when Anna was
brought before him he dismissed
the case.
THERE are so many kinds of
- kisses that a girl can give
or a man can steal that 1t must
be exceedingly difficult to a
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lust at present what old age
- views, unless II happens to be
rich old age, 10 not very cheerful.
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THERE are so many kinds Of
= kisses that a girl can give
or a man can steal that 1t must
be exceedingly difficult to
judge or a jury to fix a fair
The Washington times., 1922-08-24

MEANTIME. his radio tele'
M graph has been picking UP
further information as to the
enemy. and this information Is
supplemented by messages sent
from our great land stations at
Panama, on the Pacific coast. in
Honolulu. Guam. Samoa and Ma
Mia: all OF them have been scour.
ina the ocean. 30 our comman'
der has all possible aid in his at.
tempt TO strike the hostile forces
at their weakest spot. tho object
of naval strategy.
Defense OF our shores II assist.
ed by forty-five radio compass
stations, most Of them located In
groups near the chief American
ports. For example. there are
four such stations near New
York barber. Their main pur,
pose is 10 detect the approach of
hostile warships. In peace time
they serve commerce,
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TRAY hairs were once hon.
" ored, as meaning wisdom.

" ored, as meaning wisdom.
Nobody need envy the man
with gray hair today-unless
he was fortunate, wise or self
ish enough to store up money
when his hair was still black,
brown or yellow.
The world does not want The
old man. Railroads or other en-
ployers do not want him.
Nearly all the very ancient
peoples used to put the old out
of their misery to get rid OF
them. Some savage tribes. UP
in the Arctic regions, for in
stance, still do it.
That is brutal, but kinder
than the method of our "civili-
zation," which allows the old to
die slowly. feeling that they are
not wanted. reading the adver-
tisements for young, energetic
men," realizing that neither
Government power nor private
intelligence makes any effort to
use the old and pay them fairly.
THE greatest waste IN the
Il world is the deliberate
loss Of power, experience. con-
scientiousness and moral char
acter possessed by the old far
more than by the young.
When you deal with a gray
haired man you know that you
are dealing with something
permanent.
What he can do TODAY he
can and will do tomorrow.
You may trust an old man
or woman, when you cannot as
we'll trust one younger.
Work Of all kinds might be so
arranged that the older human
beings would do It together,
not on the present arrangement
in which the young. working at
high speed. force the old to des-
perate, destructive effort.
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Radio and
Its Conquest
Copyright is2a. BY Star Company.
BY Edwin J. Clapp-

WE live in a world so rapidly
w changing that its cumula-
tive wonders threaten to make
old fogies Of all but the most alert
of us.
A few nights ago Commander
David C. Patterson. Of the Navy's
Communication Service at New
York, talking through the
air at Newark. broadcasted over
the Eastern States the story OF
another radio marvel. the radio
compass. 1t was developed by
our navy, and already exerts a
profound influence over the con-
ditions Of naval warfare and COM
mercial navigation.
Our fleet commander operating
in the Pacific swings his radio
compass until It points the loca'
ton of the enemy's forces. Sue
cessive observations teach him
the direction and speed at which
they are moving.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
HYDROPLANf FELL
 TO HORRIBLE FATE
(By the Associated Press)

Miami, Fla, March 25.-That a broken propeller forced the flying boat, Miss Miami, into the sea where it was kept a1oat AS hours before Robert Moore, the lone survivor, was picked up by the steamship William Greene, was the statement made by Moore to his rescuers before becom- ing delirious.
 According to Moore's disconnect- ed story, two of the women passeng- CTS died in his arms from exhaustion. Two other passengers leaped over. board to their death and the fifth pas senger, man, completely exhausted by Friday morning, slipped into the sea and was drowned. The flying boat had been helpless at sea since Wednesday morning.
 Discovery of Moore by the steam CT halted preparations for the great est search in the air, on land and or the sea ever attempted on the At lantic seaboard. Squadrons of ail craft were to search from above while speed boats, steamers and other craft were to ply the surface of the seaa.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
NEAR TWO-TH|RDS
 TAXES UNC0LLFCTFD

Taxpayers of Faulkner county are moving with customary slowness this year, and the grand rush before the final day has hardly set in yet, Sheriff w. M. Brady said today. With only about two weeks remaining until April 10, the final day for payment without penalty, only 2,375 receipts has been issued today, being only a little more than one-third of the total of about 1000 to be mada out.
 Some of the taxpayers, the sheriff thinks, are hanging back on account of recently published rumor that Governor McRae might again extend the time of paying taxes without pen- atty Jas was done last year. No such order, however, has been issued by the governor and the latest reports from his office are to the effect that no proclamation of the kind will be is- sued this year.
 In view of the fact that nearly two- thirds of the receipts are to be made out in the few remaining days, Sheriff Brady urges all taxpayers to bring their land numbers with them when they come to the courthouse, as much time is lost when the lands have to be looked up without a propoer des- cription.
 Regarding the road taxes in the three highway districts, Mir. Brady said today that taxes, both road and general property, are being paid if anything little better in these dis tricts than in portions of the county not in road district. No attempt is being made by anyone to pay prop erty taxes without also paying the road taxes, he said.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
ANOTHER SMALL
 DROP IN COTTON

The cotton markets after an ap- parently listless day underwent an- other small decline today. May New York contracts closed points net lower at 17.67'cents and July 6 points down at 17.15 cents. New Orleans May and July each lost 7 points, closing at 16.45 and 16.33 cents, re- spectively. Spots in both markets were unchanged, at 17.85 cents in New York and 1850 cents in New Orleans.
 For the week ending today spots and near months registered noticeable declines. New York May lost 31 and July P points during the week. New Orleans May shows a net decline of 33 points and July points for the week. Spots in New York are 60 points and in New Orleans 25 points lower than on last Saturday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
HOPPER TO SEND
 AMENDMENT OUT

The Hartje amendment to the state constitution, providing for the taxa tion of personal property as we'll as real estate by improvement districts, will be mailed out to newspapers in each county today for official publica- tion, Secretary of State Ira Hopper informed Attorneys George F. Hartje and R. w. Robins of this city in Lit tie Rock yesterday afternoon.
 Secretary Hopper said he had still not been served with a summons in the injunction suit brought by Little Rock attorneys to prevent him from certifying the amendment, and on the advice of Attorney General J. S. Ut- ley he said he would send out the amendments for publication today. The constitution requires that pro- posed amendments be published for six months preceding the election in some newspaper in each county.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
 KILLS NEGRO BOY

Ollie Price, 15-year-old negro boy, son of Lewis Price, living six miles southeast of Conway, died at o'clock yesterday afternoon as a result of
 being accidentally shot about four hours before. The boy, it is stated, was in skiff on Adams lake with some other negroes. They had a loaded shotgun in the boat and in dragging it out the gun was discharg- ed, the entire charge entering the Price boys leg just below the thigh. By the time medical aid was secured the boy was so weakened from the loss of blood that it was decided not to attempt to amputate the leg, and he failed to respond to stimulants ad- ministered.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
KHAN TAKES SLAP
 AT HIS ACCUSERS
tBy the Associated Press,

Lake Charles, La., March 25.-LAh Charles Klan No. 2 of the Ku KluE klan has written letter to judicial and peace officers in which it eu- pressed resentment against the aneg- ed false statements recently madsL implying that the Ke Klux stand fsz lawlessness. 4
 Further, the Lake Charles klan uf. fers reward of $250 for the afrese of any group defying the laws q Louisiana and presuming to do so m the name of Klan No. 2.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
(By the Associated PressJ

Indianapolis, Ind, March 25.-Sus- pension of work in the coal industry throughout the unionized fields of the country will directly affect more than half million workers in the coal fields of twenty states. Twenty thou sand Canadian miners also belonging to the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, Nova Scotia forming one union district and the western provinces forming another district.
 The great numerical strength of the United Mine Workers of America is in the soft coal industry, the central competitive field, comprising western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Hi nols having combined membership of approximately 215,000. The an thracite industry, centered in three fields, in Pennsylvania, employs 155,- 900 men, of whom approximately one half are in the union. In past strikes however, the union has practically succeeded in bringing complete walkout in the anthracite fields.
 The approximate distribution o+ union miners by states, obtained iron union sources here, is as follows Pennsylvania, 154,825; Illinois, 9S, 900; Ohio, 49,00O; West Virginia, 4S, 400; Indiana, 31,OOO; Kentucky, IA, 900; Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas 14,SOO; Iowa, 13,OOo; Alabama, 12, 200; Tennessee, 11,500; Kansas, 9,7OO Missouri, S,350; Wyoming, 7,650 Maryland, 5,25O; Colorado, 4,675 Montana, 4,625; Washington, 4,62O Michigan, 2,125; Canada, 20,60O.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
RABBI WISE COINS
 NEW NAME FOR JAZZ
lRu the Associated Pressl

New York, March 25-Rabbi Steph- en s. Wise, speaking today before the League for Political Education, char acterized jass dancing as "species of sex gymnastics"
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
CALLS ALL WORKERS
 JOIN STRIKE
(By the Associated Press)

Cleveland, March 5.-Leaders in the nation wide strike of union min CTS, set for April l, turned attention today toward the winning of 100000 non-union miners in order to have them walk out when the union men quit.
 Support of the non-union men seems assured, it was said by officials of the United Mine Workers. Formal call to non-unionists to join the strike will be issued by the union early next week, probably on Monday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
NOT EVEN DONKFYS SPARED AT BELFAST
(By the Associated Pressl

Belfast, March 25.AGunmen were busy again today. .
 Three men were ambushed. John Beresford, a newspaper man and a Protestant, was twice wounded when attacked from abush. The house of Cole Hawkins was fired and pony and donkey in the stable killed.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
LEAGUE MAY RULE
 THE DARDANFLLFS
(By the Associated Press)

Paris, March 25.-The league of nations likely will be asked to take control of the Dardanelles, it became known today despite the secrecy with which the allied foreign ministers have yelled their deliberations.
The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-25
DETROIT 10 HELP
 JObLESS TO JOBS
(By the Associated Press)

Detroit, March 25.-Material inn provement in the employment situa- tion here is generally expected as a result of the action of big industrial concernt in the last few days looking to betterment of conditions. One for ward step by employers was the action of the Ford Motor Company, which announced that hereafter all en- ployes would be placed in the straight five-day class.