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The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-16
What is chalke

Chalk is a soft, white. earthly rock.
almost pure carbonate of lime. but
mixed sometimes with various mineral
impurities. II is made up OF the bro
ken skeletons Of molluscs, sea-ulies,
sea-urchins and the like, but especi-
ally Of the shells Of some Of the sim
rlest OF living creatures. belonging to
the group Of the one-celled animals or
Protozoa, and included in the class
Foraminifera- Chalk is. therefore, an
organic rock; but it differs from coal
in being made Of compounds Of lime,
not of carbon. and in being derived
from the remains Of marine animals,
rot plants
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tion of fact or information BY writing
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marriage advice cannot be given. I'm
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does rot require it. 1t will assure
prompter replies If readers will cOntlne
questions to a single subject, writing
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rious subjects are desired. EDITOR.
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officers may not draw retirement
pay when they are drawing salaries
from -srivate connections involving
business relations with Government
departments.
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What are the three groups OF
mankind?

What are the three groups of
mankind?
Ethnologists, more for convenience
than from conviction, are accustomed
to recognize three primary groups of
human races-the black, the yellow
and the white Each group has nu-
merous subdivisions or races, each
race may have its sub-race. each sub
race its breeds. each breed its stock.
What is the quickest and best
way to wash windows?
Use a piece of chamois skin about
fifteen or eighteen inches square. Use
warm water. wiring out theschsmois
lightly. and wash over the window.
7-Ha-l wiring the chamois out Of water
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No Escape

By BERroN BRALEY
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is xcn balmy, shall guard TO calm
running brain,
WhepI I'm orkin 10
That hescapabe refrain
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mighty
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o the
Day
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much you would work 10000 years salary
$1,000 year
has been floating that Doheny the Mexican Pete
oil magnae contempates buying the Equitable His
deny the
The denial should have effect the stock market Thou
sands of small stock gamblers gube enough that
purchase by DOheny would that he had discovered oil
der the Equitable and about the building
start drilling.
At that it would be logical the average tip" The
safest way flip
The Indianapolis times., 1923-01-16
What are Tribolites?

Tribolites We're a small crustacean,
occurring in the Cambrian period
many millions of years ago. and now
extinct. They are the earliest recog-
nized animal forms in the earth's
history.
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Is Bebe Daniels married?
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'OR sale The Equitable Building in New
II York City, worlds largest (not tallest)
I office building If you want to buy it. the
Is nrl.z mill doll To nnrr,
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HOW AUTO 1.-TWO pickedteams, of eight each
WINDS ARE see which assemble Dodge the
BLOWING faster. The winner puts the carmotOr, top
and altogether in less than fifteen min
don't find that kind of speed any country
America, In contests.
More important trade is Fords decision build
100000 plant in St. Paul. employ $4,000 It will
freight bring his product closer to he big sales field of the
northwest
This straw showing the the wind blows In the next
years you'll many other industries 1t will be
compulsory readustmen the growing problem transportation
APRIL DEFORE the war, when the German mark
FOOL - worth about "a cents the Hamburg
MARKS I J American and North German Lloyd
ship lines sold $325O0OO0 worth of mark
bonds These bonds redemption paid
off April l.
Alas they paid off according shrunken value of the
mark will back about $4,000 for their investment
$2 100000 American promoters will wag their heads
admringy Luckily, of these bonds held in Europe
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15
AS THE EDITOR SEES IT
5ll,II,IIlI,luiIJ,,IlIIInlilIuIInulIIIIII

There are times however, when matrimony begins with a maiden ef- fort.
 Its cinch that married women believe in charity beginning at home They begin by giving themselves away.
 If you haven't telephone in your home. get one It's a great convenience to your ncighbors.
 There iS one consolation in fellow heinz his worst enemy The others are not so bad
 \ man is not necessarily T fool be cause he iS lazy. Sometimes he is mere 1 ly both
 You can always find sure thing on which to bet. If it isn't sure for you if is for the other fellow,
 Honesty is the best policy. but policy l doesn't always win. Q
 Some people never forget an act of kindness because they never reeog- nize one when they see it. -0-
 The fellow who attempts to sidestep an emergency generally steps squarely into the middle of it. -O-
 The little things of life should never he overlooked They are the ones that grow into big ones.
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EVERY LITTLE HELPS

Good Roads k a subject in which all are interested from the dWeller Of the large city to the most isolated resi- dent of our farming communities. But good roads are not made by talking. It requires work, more work, and still more of it.
 The advent of the automobile has made it necessary for state authorl- ties to take up the matter of road construction and maintenance.
 Local authorities have their duties and responsibilities furthering the good work. But responsibility does not end there-certainly possibility does not Our town streets and country roads would be in far better condition
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15

Everybody is ready to advocate town improvement and it is a good thing to ito, too. But why not ad- vocatc country improvement. also? The farmer is the backbone of every community Without him there would he no cities or towns, nothing to eat OF wear, nothing 10 do but do nothing The farmer needs better roads. He needs better school facilities for his children He needs more social and reereational diversions for his family and his employees. He needs to be more in contact with that large volume of life which he alone can sustain. Boosting our town is commendable, hui let's boost the farmer, too. and make our act doubly commendahle.
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20. And yet say unto you, That even solomon in all his glory was not arfayed like one of these.
 go. Wherefore. if God so clothe the grasS of the field, which to day is, ana to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much nor" clOthe you, O ye or little faith?
 3l Therefore jake no thought, say ing. What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
 3}2. ( For after all these things do the t@htiles seek: for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need or all these things
 333. But seek ye first the kingdom of God. and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
 34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself Suffi- cent unto the day is the evil thereof.
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Section 1i.-NIatthew 6:2l3i CARE ASSt RED AND PROVIDENCE EXPLAINED

24 No man can serve two masters :. fer either he will hate the one. and love the other or else he will hold to one, and deSpise the other. Ne cannot serve God and mammon
 25, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life. what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink: not yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life moro than meat. and the body than raimcnt:
 2G. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not neither do they reap. nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
 2. Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
 2S. And why take ye thought for raiment2 Consider the lilies of the field. how they grow; they toll not. neither do they spin:
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that there are hundreds of thousands not as good in proportion to popula tion and natural advantages
 When you hear person kicking his home town, ask him q few pertinent questions.
 Ask him why it is not to his liking Ask him what he has done to correct the defects of which he complains. Ask him if he has ever done anything 10 make Prescott better town. Ask him why he continues to live and earn his money here. Ask him to think it over and see if he is not mistaken in his judgment.
 You may convert a pesSimst into an 0ptimist.
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ONE MINUTE \ DAY

one minute q day isn't much time for you to spare from yonr daily oe'n- pations or your personal pleasures.
 But one minutca day. properly ap piled. will work wonders for Prescott if each citizen will become T party to the working
 One minute k i'll of the time re quired to study up some improvement We need If each citizen deyotes that one minute each day 10 this study. il will be but short time before Our de fleets are so well known To uS we will be insistently demanding their cor rection.
 When that is done we have started something And people never get any where without first making start.
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if each citizen would do just a little of his own volition. That soft spot in the road along Mir. Farmers land could he much improved by the dump ing of few loads of gravel where it k most needed. The hauling of a few loads of gravel would neither make nor break Mr Farmer.
 of course. his neighbors would get the benefit of il, hut so would he. It should also he remembered that a spot or two in the road adjoining his neigh bors' property might also require at tention by them. Then he would get the benefit of their work.
 Mr Townsman may have a hole in the street in front if his home. A few minutes time on his part would suffice to fill mp the hole and tamp it down The fact that the whole town and people from the countryside would benefit from his work should only serve to make him prouder of his act.
 If we wait for the state or local authorities to do everything there are many things that will not bc done They are guided hy the amount of funds at their command. and beyond that point they can not legally %.
 Try it, and make il pleasure in
 n
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The columns of The picayune are open to any citizen who has a plan or suggestion 10 offer for the good of Prescott and Nevada County. Many people have splendid ideas in their heads. hut are timid about letting them out They should not be backward in this respect. The people need these ideas for development for it is an established fact that development sel- dom results from idle and indifferent street talk or home dreams. The peo- pie will listen if you will make a noise
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15

The man who tell, his wife every thing is a diplomat provided he tells before somebody else does
 Why make an enemy when if k easier to make friend:
 The wise man meets #an emergency head-on. and butts little harder than it does
 Some people are only impressed when they are suppressed
 Ton have no right to criticize the sermon unless you coughcd up when the collection plate was passed
 Some people attract attention by the noise they make. and others hy the Use to which they put it
 Never tell q lie unless you are will ing 10 tell q bigger one To cover il up.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15
MARC IS

FEAR DESTRONED:-F thou not. for I am with thee: he not dis mayed, for am thy God will strengthen thee; yea. l will help thee, yea l will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteouSness- Isaiah Al :l0.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15

The fellow who can't talk English hpS no trouble#if making himself un- dcrstood when he talks dollars and cents
 Some men rc. n the top by hard work. and othef, hv imagination
 only those who enter upon careers of life with q will and determination will rise to the more important spheres of usefulness in the business and pro feS>iunal world
 Now that prosperity is ahead of us again lets use little sense and for gel to get ahead of it. as we did when money came easy and went easier than il came
 From q purely economic standpoint, il k cheaper ly far 10 take measures to prevent q war than it is to fight ouo after it comes
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15
MARCH 21

GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM :: -Whosoeyer therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew IS:
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15
MARCH 20

THIS ONE THING l DO;-For get ting those things which are behind. and reaching forth unto those things which are before. l press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.-Philippians 2:t3. II.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15

PROCLAMATION OF PEACE Glory be to God in the highest. and on earth peace. good will toward men, Luke . IL
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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

Sometimes we hear some thought less person make diSgraeing remark about Prcscott-and il hurts
 This may not be the best town in fhe United States but it k q certainty
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MARCH 19

MERCY ASSIRED:-H He thaf but whose confesseth and forsaketh them shall have merey-Proyerhs 2S .t3
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MARCH Is

A SUN# AND SHIELD Tine Lord God is sun and shield the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.- Psalm S4:l1
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15
MARCH F

INENPRESSlBI.E PEACE: The standing. shall keep your hearts and minds through Jesus ChrtSt. Phil. Al
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-15
HAMB0NE'S MEDlTATIONS

MISS LUCY WAkTER kNOW
 WHUT MAKE DE OLE
 OMAN TAOw DAT FLAT ION AT ME DIS MAWNIN BUT SHE AIN THow IT AT ME - SHE NEAH BOUT THoWED tT THU ME "
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s E
 I BIBLE THOUGHT
 ! R -FOR TODAY 5l Bible Thoughts memorized, will prove n | 3l priceless heritage in after years.
MARCH 15

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Entered at the Post Office at Prescott, Arkansas, as second-class mail matter.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
'andoras Box Of Adventures Is Opened the Yellow &c
Foster Vagabond in

, ITO Battambang-to the beginning
of that dotted line: You've got your
ticket; you can go to Singapore, get
your own baggage and mine, and
meet me in Siam-meet me in Bang
kok. I'm going to walk"
| l raced for the hotel, found the
clerk, frettted while he wasted the
precious moments in figuring my ac-
count, wasted a few more precious
\ oments myself in trying to prove to
him that he was a swindler and a
thief, and raced back to the steamer.
1t was still there-a slender little
craft with a tiny cabin perched away
up forward in the bow and several
tiny staterooms perched away back
aft in the stern, so that it's general
| form suggested the discarded rind OF
melon, an illusion made realistic by
the stale odor from two hundred
Asiatic steerage passengers of every
size, sort, sect, sex and species who
huddled in mass Of humanity upon
/ the deck.
/ THE poet thrust a ticket into my
hand and rushed on board with
me to bid me farewell. I divided the
remaining cash equally between us,
and he embraced me in true italian
! ia shion
kiss me upon the cheek. Fostair"
he cried. You are nice fellow, but
you will meet one tiger or. one rhin-
oceros and good-by! Kiss me upon
the cheek"
ho 20 {o
at the delay.
"Sacre bleu! Visitors ashore! Cast
off,
kiss me, Fostair, Kiss me upon
the cheek. You will meet tiger, land
what will you do?"
! I'll choke him with my hands. And
I'll choke you in a minute I don
kiss men"
seized his hand and shook 1t.
"Good-by, Fostair"'
"Good-by, old man. Good luck.
Meet me in Bangkok,
! He turned to dash down the gang
way. Then he paused. The gangway
had been withdrawn. We were al
ready clear of the dock and surginG
through the murky water of the trop-
ical river. We shouted to the cap
tain to put back.
"Sacre bleu. do not put back for
steerage passengers"'
! Wherefore, still comrades, we
crawled into the center of that odor-
Gus horde of Asiatic bedfellows.
found a small. unoccupied portion of
hard deck between a couple of pa
jana a-clad Annamite ladies. and ade-
quately chaperoned by the rest of the
steerage passengers, who crowded
about to discuss our advent in all the
gutteral languages of the far east
we proceeded somehow to fall asleep
The Fool Killers work was Begin
ming to bear fruit.
| Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-07-15

The steamship agent confirmed the
report.
He would honor the poets stub of a
ticket; he was very sorry that he
could not give me free passage until
he communicated with higher author
ity at Singapore or Hongkong; he
was very sorry. extremely sorry. but
he was sure everything would be all
right; 1t was merely matter of send
ing the cable and awaiting the answer.
II 4 X
IHTE settled down at a sidewalk cafe
w to wait, trying for the sake of
economy to make one bottle of beer
last all the afternoon, and to give Car
pentier. the head waiter. the impression
that we did so not for economy but
because Of our natural habits of alb
stinence.
Day after day passed. and we still
sat there.
The poets dark eyes, surrounded by
premature wrinkles like those of the
fellow in the advertisement who is
pounding away his life at every step
because he doesn't wear rubber heels.
would stare away into space, filled
with q dreamy expression. Presently
he would recover long enough to pour
the dregs Of our beer into my glass
with the exclamation of Take" or to
reach for another of my cigarettes
with an exclamation of Give"
Then Carpenter would come and
stare at US in an accusing manner, as
though to inquire whether we intend
ed to monopolize the table ali day for
sixty centimes, and we would rise with
dignity, feeling somewhat as Charley
Chaplin looks when he walks deliber-
ately away from suspicious policeman.
Only once did the poet rouse him.
self from his ennui. to grow enthus-
iastic about anything. That was when
he first discovered that an Egyptian
princess. touring the world. happened
to be stopping at Saigon's principal
hotel. She was rather stout, and Of
middle age, but she seemed to- be
vastly wealthy. for she was accom-
panied by a retinue of servants anc
wore much jewelry.
And what you think, my friends!
She no Is marry! She no has the hus-
ban! Perhaps. we can make the
marry with her and"
"WE?" .
"Perhaps. Can the royal princess
not have so many husban' like she
want? She have plenty money. and
we shall travel like the prince"
"Weli. / have no objection to- your
marrying her."
But he shook his head. 1t seemed
too. great. a task for a one-hundred
pound poet who couldn't write poetry.
NO" he decided. II think l like
bettair the girl in Shanghai. I send
her one cable, think. tell her, Come
to Singapore, all is forgive"
And he lapsed again into silence.
Days passed. i hit upon an idea.
Since we had no reason to go to S!nga-
pore, why not write to the steamship
company to forward our baggage,
while we hiked overland through the
jungle to meet 1T In. Siam? The poet
was not enthused.
mo is railroad" he said.
But we'n walk"
"No is road to walk,
I dragged him around to the Amerl-
can consulate. Tho counsul, a pleasant
and obliging young man. not much
older than ourselves, had q map, the
best map published, but there was only
| a vague. dotted line to indicate trail
He was, however. enthusiastic about
our project.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

! shack half hidden among the profuse
vines, where they indicated by ges-
ture that we were to dismount.
X ~ \
"RIEN" said the poet. tribe
doubtfully. I'VE see what is
this place.
From the shack came the sound
of 'music-the faint tinkle of some
weird stringed instrument. Entering
through a dark hallway, we found
+! ourselves in a bare room with q
small platform in one corner. upon
| which several natives were seated
| cross-legged before all sorts of odd
musical contrivances. There was "a
+! species of banjo with an extremely
| long neck. with three, bulky pegs to
hold the cords, and with a sounding
| board as big around as the head of
keg. There were three or four
squeaky Chinese flddles, several
gongs and tomtoms. sort of either
built like a barrel chopped length
wise, and a crude, homemade xylo-
| phone.
| A woman advanced to welcome us.
She was old, withered and wrinkled,
with the features Of Chinese, but
| with the darker complexion that pro-
claimed her an. Annamite: her skin
was tightly stretched across skull
| like cheekbones; her lips were stain
ed red from the juice of the betel-
| nut. which she chewed; she wore
black pajamas.
| She led us into a second room-a
chamber elaborately hung with
6ro II, I'd loo
with lettered designs of gold. Along
| the wall were large divans with
| sllken cushions. Over the entire place
there was peculiar aroma, some
| what like that of joss in a Chinese
| temple, yet .different-an aroma that
! was. sweet, almost nauseating, yet
! subtly. pleasing. And the woman
stood before us, smiling and bowling.
| rubbing her aged hands together in
an oriental obeisance.
What youSlike?" she inquired in
| pigeon French Smoker"
'Bien" decided the poet. I'VE see
| what is this opium
She brought us two bloated-Iook-
ing pipes, extracted a gooey sub
stance from tube of tinfoil and
smeared it with stick upon the
bowls. She brought funny little
| lamp and showed us how to heat the
| substance and draw it's fumes into
our lungs with slow. deep puffs.
1 felt like a regular devil as seat
ed myself upon the divan. The poet,
| too. was affecting nonchalance.
Mon dieu!" he exclaimed. "All we
lack is a chorus"
AS though she understood, the
| woman clapped her hands.
The silken draperies parted and
| into the room came a troupe of Anna
mite girls, tiny little creatures,
scarcely sixteen or seventeen. Each
perfect little figure was clad in silken
pajamas. They cfrcled about US with
mincing yet graceful step. But their
teeth, like those of the old woman.
were black. and their lips discolored
/ with betel juice.
Even the poet shuddered.
Mon dieu! What an ugliness."
Come on" l exclaimed Lets
get out of here" .
WE dropped our pipes and strode
W out into the dark hallway. But
as we stepped from the light. some
thing happened. The roof seemed to
fall upon my head. but it may have
been that oriental banjo. AS a musi-
cal instrument. 1 could not indorse
1t favorably; as a weapon, I shall
always respect and remember it, For
the world faded out from before my
eyes and darkness reigned-darknes
punctuated, SO 1t seemed, by visions