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"This strike is settled, but 1 think

"This strike is settled, but 1 think
coal will become more and moro
costly. Substitute fuel VIII have to
be found
During the strike in the anthra-
cite regions many timely devices
We're tried. For one, porous brick
saturated with petroleum Sas sue
cessfully used in many ovesS-a new
fuel which promised to find Fssrma-
nent friends in many households. An
other unique substitute for coal is
proposed by German chemist and
can be tried by any housewife. 1t il
really nothing else than soap. Take
petroleum refuse, waste lard and fat,
mix it with 10 per cent. of soda I've
and steam it gently, adding some
water. Incipient saponifcation takes
place. Add saw dust, coal dust and
resin, as much as you have on
hand, and when a pasty mass has
formed you have fuel-the worlds
cheapest fuel, the chemist says.
Air is also described as substi-
tute for fuel. In reality air or the
oxygen in the air is the element that
combines with the fuel to make fire,
and various devices are now being
tried to mix air with petroleum
vapors, and with oil so as to extract
the greatest possible amount of heat
from every unit of fuel. The well
known Bunsen burner and the Wells
bach light are illustrations of this
principle, which will probably be APP
piled on a much larger scale in fur.
naces as well as kitchen stoves.
There are two other familiar sub.
stitutes for coal, which will be util-
lied extensively before many years.
Both of these are earth-the so-called
oily shale and the peat. The latter is
really nothing but half-formed coal.
Many hundreds of centuries ago, the
decaying vegetable growth just like
peat boys were pressed down by enor-
nous layers of earth forming above
them and turned into coal. Now the
formation of new layers of earth has
ceased and the peat has remained, peat.
In Germany there are many facto-
ries in which the water is pressed out
by heat, the remainder is condensed,
heated and pressed until now the prod
uct is greatly like anthracite and is
said to be better than any wood for
fuel. The amount of unused despised
peat left to moulder is prodigious. All
the way from the Atlantic ocean to the
Missouri river and as far south as
North Carolina are peat boys hundreds
of feet thick. Holland, parts of Ger
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-28
known to science, and which has

hnown to science, and which has
proved to be of incalculable value to
cheese manufacturers. This is a fight
er, killing harmful bacteria while RI
pening butter, cheese and cream. 1t
is the famous bacterium ''B Al" of
which pure cultures arr now constant
ly being made and used all over the
country. 1t is hard to imagine the adj
vantage this discovery has proved to
the cheese manufacturers. All sorts of
experiments had been made to get rid
of dangerous germs. Heating the
milk was found unsatisfactory, as it
was hard to raise the temperature of
a large thankful evenly. Prof. Conn
demonstrated that one cubic inch of
milk may contain 5OO,o00,o00 bacteria.
They are in the milk when it comes
from the COW, they come from the at
mosphere, the hands and clothing of
the milkmen, the hay, the pans and
buckets, everywhere. They multiply
with great rapidity in the warm milk.
Various species may change the milk
to a variety of different colors; some
render it bitter, some strong. They
sometimes cause cheese to swell,
and when cut it is seen to be full of
bubbles. Sometimes red or blue mold
is found in great patches, rendering it
unfit for food, occasioning a dead loss.
If salicylic acid be added to kill these
small enemies, the germs that are nee
essary to proper chaese making are
destroyed also. Hence the value of
the discovery of "B. Al"
Wisconsin supplies nearly all our
southern trade because, being fine in
texture, its cheese stands the heat bet
ter than that made in New York,
which supplies the export trade. Al
few years ago there was large bust
ness done in ''filled cheese" which is
an adulteration, harmless and profit
able had it not been represented as
the genuine article, causing the gov
eminent to legislate against it. The
process of its manufacture consisted
in using "skim milk" cheese asa base
and injecting into it with steam jet
some fat to take the place of butter.
Oleomargarine was first used, then
lard was found satisfactory.
The village of Cheddar, Somerset
shire, England, gives it's name to a
cheese that has been noted for over 500
years. This is initiated all over the
world, very fine quality being made
in Wisconsin. The English cheese of
highest price and most initiated is the
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when they gradually form themselves
into compact mass, which is now cut
up into pieces several inches square.
When these become tibrous and oily,
they are placed in a mill and ground,
then into cylinders lined with cheese
cloth and pressed for about 20 hours
until solid. The cheeses are then
placed in curing-house where they
remain for several months, or until
they acquire the desired ripeness and
flavor. This process as described may
seem very simple, but the dairymen
do not find it so, for they have con-
stantly to guard against hostile bac-
terra which may assail the material
from ,he time it is poured into the
vat as milk until it is a matured cheese.
While trying to cope with these, he
must exercise great care in order that
friendly germs (without whose serv-
ices he could have no good cheese) may
remain uninjured.
In 1898, Prof. H. w. Conn secured a
can of milk from Uruguay which con-
tanned bacterium previously un-
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of the house before opening the door.
Each terrapin sticks his head out of
the straw to see what the noise is
about. They have very acute hear
ing and manifest great curiosity
whenever any unusual noises are
heard. Down south they are lured
to destruction by this trait. A fish
erman rowing over the mud banks
raps on the side of his boat. Water
carries the sound, and the terrapin
comes to the surface to see what
made that noise, and the fisherman
very promptly satisfies the curiosity
of the inquirer.
The officials of the fish commits
sion do not believe that the terrapin
will become extinct so long as
systematic farming is carried on,
but they believe that this industry
should be increased very largely.
Washington and Lafayette, Corn
wallis and Tarleton knew the quality
of tcrrapin stew, but they ate it
sometimes for want of something
better, and not as a luxury. Ter
AoPiii S'S" was ono " IIio HuIuSHlpS
of. their military environments oc-
casionally. There was at one time
a law in Maryland providing that a
man should feed only so much ter
rapin to his slaves, for even the
slaves rebelled against such diet.
And, for that matter, no civilized
white man really likes terrapin when
he first eats it, but acquires the
taste because it is fashionable and
expensive, and because everybody
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CHEESE rs HEALTHY.
Contains Double the Nutriment Of
the Choicest Beef.
United States the Greatest Cheese
Making Country in the World
New York and Wisconsin
at the Head.
Especial Milwaukee (wis.) letter.

MISUNDERSTANDING the factthat
NhN cheese is much more nutritious
~ than meat, and less expensive,
much less of it, per capita, is used
in this country than in England, where
the latter is not SO plentiful. Ameri-
ca is the greatest cheese-making coun-
try in the world, yet the average con-
sumption for each person is three
pounds, while in England it is IS
pounds. Our great cheese-manufactur-
ing centers are in Wisconsin and New
York, each of which has about 1000
dairies. There are about 1000 others
generally distributed over the coun-
try. Wisconsin only manufactures
about one-half as much cheese as New
York. The production increased from
1OO,OO0,oOO pounds Gall made by farm
ers) in 1850 to 1902, 500, 143 in 1890, 81
per cent. of which came from diaries.
Of this latter, 100000 pounds was
sent to Great Britain.
From one gallon of milk a. pound of
cheese may be made, containing as
much fat as three pounds of beef and
as much protein as two pounds. The
casein and butter fat contained in this
food. are very nutritious. 1t not only
furnishes needed fat for the system
but also produces heat and energy.
Casein is valuable protein composed
of hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon and sui
phur. If sugar and bread be eaten
with cheese, the combination furnishes
a most valuable meal, but the food
will be found hard to digest unless
one exercises vigorously. 1t is by
some considered advisable to mix a
very small quantity of bicarbonate
of potash with cheese when it is eaten,
as an alkali assists in rendering casein
soluble.
In manufacturing cheese, fresh milk
is first poured into vat and left I'M
til the cream rises to the top. If
"skim milk cheese is to be made,
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SAM WARDS RECIPE.
It Made Terrapin Stew Famous the
World Over.
Epicurey Pronounce 1t the Greatest
of Culinary Triumphs Taste
for the Amphibian nm Ac-
CURED One.
Especial Washington letter.


1 ERRAPIN time has come again.
This delicacy of the rich and
@ epicurean is becoming we'll
nigh extinct. Systematic cultivation
alone has prevented the entire disap
pearance of the once numerous am
phibians.
Terrapin farming-that is, the
known in oyster terminology-is not
by any means new. About twenty
five years ago a man of the name of
Dorlin established terrapin pound
just below Mobile where he kept
young terrapin for growth, and
where he claimed to be also raising
terrapin from the egg. The report
of the fish commission, however,
denies that he did any breeding. The
Dorlin terrapin farm was destroyed
by one of the terrific Gulf storms,
and was never reestablished.
Every year there is scare
throughout the eastern country, par
ticularly in New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington, over the
likelihood of the disappearance of ter
rapin. Last year the report was
spread at the beginning of the fall
and winter season, and the wealthy
were obliged to pay enormous prices.
They were the more anxious to have
terrapin at any price, because deal
ers said that another winter might
come and no terrapin would be served.
The report again went all over
this section late the past summer
when the farmers and fishermen of
Maryland and Virginia were impound-
ing terrapin for the coming winter
trade. All along the shores of Ches
apeake bay supplies of terrapin are
being collected for the market of the
immediate future. There are laws
against impounding terrapin, but
they are ignored.
Although there is no sale for ter
rapin until snow flies, which is about
Christmas time, the farmers of the
states contiguous to the bay are con-
stantly on the lookout for stray ter
rapin, which they pick up ard take
home, where they hold them for the
season. They do not fatten them.
On the contrary they seldom feed
them. Terrapin hibernate. When
he has had his spring or summer
feed he can be put in pen or barn
and left for two or three months.
He will not die. A Baltimore dealer
nailed one in box and left him
there for three months, at the end of
which time he claimed that the cap
tive weighed one ounce more than
I he did when he was imprisoned. This
story is one which is we'll verified,
and there are other tales of terrapin
longevity, which are regarded by
some as of less credulity. Scientists
all admit, however, that the terrapin
is alternating amphibian.
In the neighborhood of Chinco-
teaque island, near the eastern shore
of Maryland, in Chesapeake bay,
there are several houses where from
200 to 1000 terrapin are stored in
straw in good seasons. They are
very curious looking fellows of all
sizes and are sight to behold.
Whenever the owner wants to dis
play them he raps hard on the side
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larger to-morrow-and so on day in
and day out in ever increasing guam
titles.
This raises the old scare-"How
long can it last? When will the coal
less age be upon u.s."
Back in the COS the wise men of
Great Britain preached the question.
Parliament appointed a special com
mission which reported that at the
then existing rate of increase in coal
consumption the worlds stock of
black diamond would be exhausted
in 212 years.
Scientists set about scheming sub
stitutes for fuel. Many of our read
ers will remember the various ma
chimes for storing the rays of the sun;
the windmill devices for saving heat.
Then came the discovery of enor-
nous coal fields in the United States
Siberia and China. Besides cleo
tricity for motor power was develop
ed and largely allayed the fears of
an early coal famine.
In the last few months the great
coal strikes in the United States and
France, backed up by similar
troubles in England, Belgium, and
Germany, have again brought for
ward the seriousness of the coal
problem. People began to realize
what it would mean to live, or try
to live, without coal.
The worst scared people of the
east are the English. Great Britain,
until very recently, was the worlds
coal producing country. This esti-
mate is put upon the coal in the diff
ferent European countries:
Tons.
United Kingdom .............. .19S, COO, OG0, 900
Germany .........................ll 2,COCIu.lt0
| Austrla-Hungary ................ 1900 Go
| To this Asiatic Russia adds a
wealth of 800 billion tons of coal.
The Spanish-American war first
called attention to the United States.
Coaling stations and coal supplies
were more important to the victors,
it is said, even than their better ships.
Estimates show that the United
States at present has between 1000
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-28
THE FUEL PROBLEM,
Science Will Have to Solve It Be.
fore Very Long.
Worlds Coal Supply Nearing Exhaus-
tion-What Has Been Done To-
ward Discovering ETec-
tive Substitutes.
Especial Chicago letter.

=IVE hundred thousand tons of
ri coal per day-that is the esti-
lA mated output of the United
States since the settlement of the
coal strike. A chunk of the black
treasure as large as the Masonic
Temple and the Chicago Auditorium
combined dug out of the bowels of
the earth to-day with only big hole
left-and another chunk as large or
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Prnyei nm Alihi.

rs this the cracked wheat, Jane?"
Il dun know, mum. l amt looked
at 1T or teched it; an if it's cracked
it wuz cracked afore l come here."---
n. Y. Observer.
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Japanese Etiquette.

AT Japanese banquet it is con-
sldered a compliment to exchange
cups with friend.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the factthat
NkN cheese is much more nutritious
lEAll than meat and less aynenSiva
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-22

house. cellar, city and cistern water,
good barn. near the governors mansion.
paved street. sewer connection, etc 2.000
room house on Buchanan. east front.
near 5th St, all modern conveniences ex-
cept heat, $500 cash; balance time-a snap,
g. 100.
9 room house fronting on state house
square. all modern conveniences-a bar
gain. 81. 500
room cottage on Madison St. all new
ly painted inside and out. good cellar and
barn, city water in sink in kitchen, sewer
connection, barn; if sold soon $3.50.
We are agents for lots in Orchard and
Douthitt Place additions, for sale ON easy
terms, from s1O0 to 1925 each. See us for
particulars.
PERTY.
gain. Price $3.50; 81. 900 cash: balance time
at per cent.
21a acres on Seward ave-. 1 mile east of
Santa F'e shops. room cottage, bath, well
water, cellar, good barn, fine grape vine
yard etc Price 81, 500
so acres miles northwest Topeka, fine
room house, hard oil finish. cellar wind
mill and tank, we'll and cistern, water in
Kitchen good barn, chicken house. farm
all fenced and cross fenced hog tight. q
acres of bearing orchard, all varieties of
fruit.
Money to loan on real estate security.
Fire and tornado insurance written at
lowest rates.
For further particulars call on
w. C. STEPHENSON & CO..
cover RigbyS-) Gus Kansas Ave
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.
LOTS! LOTS!! LOTS II!

Have you seen those lots in Douthitt
and Orchard places, where so many
houses are to go up this spring? Every
one has heard of them and their cheap
ness They can not fail to prove a fine
investment. whether improved or not. 1t
is only blocks from the transfer station
to the center of this new tract. very heart
Choice locations are going every day ON
the streets in the tract-Kansas ave-, Van
Buren,. Harrison, Topeka ave-. Tyler.
Polk and Western ave. The lots range in
price from 800 to $325, and can be pur-
chased on easy terms. Come in and see the
plat.
lots Shawnee ave, near Willow, east
front, fine location. SIPS each.
lots buchanan St, near 18th, $500
18th, bargains at 81, 200.
112 lots Buchanan, near 18th, $3.50.
112 lots, east front, Lane st., near 18th,
SPECIAL: 2 lots Fillmore ST.. between
Sth and 9th, at great bargain. For few
days we can get them for You cheaper
than anything in the neighborhood. See
at once.
3 lots Clay near 10th, 1925 each.
or lots Fillmore, near 18th, $3.50 each.
Some very cheap lots in Potwtn-
lots College ave-, near 18th, fine shade,
$3.50 each
lots West St. near nth. SIS each.
3 lots on Morris ave, east front, near
18th. 1918 for all.
8 lots near 18th and Buchanan. can be
sold in pairs for $225 each.
Speculative want an offer on Pot
win lot 12212 by 205 feet. on line, Elm
wood ave. Must be sold at once.
THE STRAUSS AGENCY.
Central National Bank Bldg.
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THE STRAUSS AGENCY,
TEL S24. Central National Bank Building.
FOR SALE
w. G.. STEPHENSON & CO.,
500 Kansas Avenue Over Rigby's.
Tel. 624.
CITY PROPERTY.

S room cottage on Chestnut St. between
18th and Sth. 10 TT. ceiling. nicely papered;
2 good porches, well and cistern, coal
5 room house on east side. well water,
coal shed and outbuildfngs, $500: $50 cash
down; balance in monthly payments.
2 story, 6 rooms, Monroe ST., between
Sd and 4th. front hall and stairs, gas and
gas fixtures, hard and soft water in por-
celain sink connected with sewer cellar
under all house, nice porches; $500 cash:
balance in monthly payments. 5000.
room cottage Chandler St. near Sd, east
front. coal shed. outbuildings. $500. on easy
terms.
lots on Buchanan st. and room
FARM PR,
5 acres river bottom land mile east of
Santa Fe shops. on Seward ave. story z
room house. well water. windmill. tank
excellent. hot house. fine grape vineyard.
all kinds of shade and shrubbery in yard,
good barn, sheds, etc, price s.. 500; VIII
take nice cottage as part.
5 acres river bottom land, 2 story 6 room
house, good barn, wagon shed. 30 bearing
cherry trees, miles east of Santa Fe
shops. on Seward ave-; price $,S50; Il cash,
balance per cent
40 acre fruit farm, PA miles north of To-
peka, good z room house, front hall and
stairs, house nicely papered, good cellar,
well and cistern, 10 acres of bearing orch
ard large grape. vineyards, s. acre wal
nut grove; balance in cultivauon-a bar
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w. NJ. FORBES.
REAL ESTATE.

We have had a good week in real estate
and expect a continuance next week: Come
in early and see some of our bargains.
Taylor, near 18th. r. cot., barn. $l,100-
Clay. near 18th, rooms, 2 lots. N,25o.
Polk. near 10th, rooms % IT.. S1.150.
Woodward, T., 11a l., cellar. barn, 81 100
T; cot 18th and Van Buren,, mod, $1,700
Auburndale, T.. 2 lots. $3.50.
Near Fill. and 18th, new 8 r; mod, s, 500
Holman, r. cellar. we'll barn; 500;
Lawrence. near 9Th, 3 T. cot. 115 l.. $685.
Harrison St. Sc. $50 home for $3.50.
Seabrook, l acre. r. cot, fruit, $3.50.
Polk and Hun. 9 r., l.. shade. barn. 81. 500
e. Sth. r.. cellar, well, barn, $500
II acres, large brick house, two miles
northwest Topeka; price $4,000 Also for
rent.
Lane and Hun, r.. 11S l.. barn, 81 $50.
For Rent: A large list of houses
Come and see some of our snaps i'll
lots.
We have them in all directions.
Farm bargains in Wilson, Elk. Butler
and Cowley counties. well as farms in
Shawnee and adjoining counties and west
ern Kansas.
Also see us for loans and insurance.
107 West Eth St. Telephone 1872.
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THE STRAUSS AGENCY.

Here IS one o he finest OF
blocks outu will for Price or one We
o. a
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snnanb o
roomco lots gound in Quno
o
room house Mad n godl z
bath well sten good and fruit
Do vol a
blocks Kansas
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dine n e0s ICES 61nes limited a barn. house finished in hard
barn PsR nm sa %
room ca
large half shed in hardw Price
in for Terms
eS55;$ baian 49, $40 ~
E
Houses andlo s.
THE STRAUSS AGENCY,
Tel. S24 Central National Bank Building.
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BUSINESS CHANCE.

SMALL investment made through us
viii pay YOU a cash weekly income
greater every week than whole years
interest on the same amount in bank.
Will commence to earn this at once and
continue to do so until you withdraw your
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FOR SALE
Near CLAW and Second streets lots 8
room house, new furnace, gas. city water.
well. sewer, a large barn Absent owner
offers great bargain. - E
Good location, west, near car line, 2
lots. room house, city and cistern water
in kitchen, sewer connection, barn, fine
trees, 81 $50.
Vicinity of Washburn college, lots, I
room house. cellar, cistern. well, barn,
chicken house, fruit, all good repair. Nice
place cheap
Harrison St. near state house, 3 lots,
81. 100, or IL lots s., 100.
And many other properties.
]. K. TORRINGTON,
100 West Sixth st.
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FOR SALE BY ROUDEBUSH.

Modern house on Taylor st.
Modern home on Tyler st.
room house, barn, North Monroe, 81
200
room house Clay St, barn, 81. 100.
rooms, barn, Jefferson St, $1,000.
l acre 10th St. room house. 81, 200.
room house Monroe ST, near 18th. 81, 500.
6 rooms Quincy St. near 4th, $500.
4 rooms Euclid ave. and Lane ST., 81, 600.
rooms. lots, Kansas ave-. $500.
Modern room house Lincoln, $500.
Fine modern house Van Buren,, $500.
Several small tracts.
North Topeka properties.
Property monthly payments
EMMETT E. ROUDEBUSH,
Phone 267. lis West Sixth Ave.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WE ARE closing out some new goods
They must be seen to be appreciated.
$500 new swell front oak sideboard at
$2S.O co.
$500 new swell front oak sideboard at
$40. 90.
Two $500 swell front oak sideboards at
$500
One $500 oak buffet, new, beauty, at
$21.O0
One S26. 90 oak combination bookcase at
s2l. 90.
One $1,000 oak combination bookcase at
sl2.e0.
One $14.00 oak combina ton book case, at
$500.
One $25 90 oak swell front chiffonier at
$1,000
One $3.50 oak chiffonier at s11.50
One $500 oak ladies dresser, SIS. so.
Carpets, mattings. coucheS. stoves, ta-
bleS-in fact everything kept in the house.
j. w. JONES & SON.
800 Kansas Ave.
NETTOYAGE A SEC-French dry clean
ing of fancy garments. Al. Hirbour, lis
w. 7th ST. Both phones 1872.