The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-21

And wishes that the money
And troubles he might share
He little knows the pleasures
(TO him they are too near)
Throughout the livelong year.
Nashville American.
Yeast Is a Plant.
Yeast is q small plant which can be
| seen only with the aid Of the micro
| scope. There are two varieties, wild
and cultivated, for these tiny plants
| can be improved through cultivation
| as larger plants can be.
Firms which make yeast for the
market must grow these plants quite
| as carefully as the florist grows his
| flowers. Care must be taken that they
do not become mixed with other va
| rieties. therefore destroying the cult
ure.
In some laboratories where yeast is
grown two separate buildings are kept
| for this purpose. These are both
carefully disinfected, and If it is found
| in one building the culture is started
| anew, and the other building pre-
viously disinfected before moving into
1t.
| The purest culture of yeast is prob
ably obtained in the compressed yeast
l
very short time. and then In a cool
place, which renders it inconvenient
for the warmer parts of the country.
In this case. of course, the dry yeast
| cakes must be used, which, when
| fresh, are perhaps, quite as good as
| the compressed. except that they re-
Qufre a longer time, and should be
started in the sponge instead Of the
stiff dough.
| This plant, like bacteria, requires
warmth, moisture and food. The ma
terials out Of which the bread is made
should always be warmed, and the
dough should always be kept in a
warm place. The temperature most
favorable is about that of the body. a
little less than 100 degrees.
| There is always considerable mois-
ture in bread and plenty OF food for
is sugar. This it obtains from the
heat, there being some sugar in the
flour, and more sugar Is also formed
from the starch.
AS the yeast plants feed upon sugar
they break 1t down into two SUBJ
| stances-alcohol and a gas known as
carbon dioxide. or carbonic acid gas.
AS the gas is formed it Is held by the
gluten, which is very elastic sub
stance. When the bread is put into
the oven the heat expands the tiny
bubbles of gas. causing the bread to
rise, or to become much lighter. The
alcohol formed, being volatile pro-
duct, passes off in the baking.-Good
| Health.
The Dog as Food.
| Some polar explorers say they have no
objection to eating dog meat II they can
| get enough of 1t. STILL they seem to
keep their dogs as last food resource.
l The fact is, however, that dogs are eaten
| to some extent by civilized folk of the
Occident: and Germany. at least, collects
statistics of the home consumption OF
Among the curiosities In the statistical
| volume of the German empire, issued
quarterly by the imperial statistical Of
| flee at Berlin, may always be found the
| figures of the slaughter of dogs for food.
| In the first numbers for 1908, for example,
we learn that in the last quarter Of 1907
| the recorded number of dogs killed and
| sold for food in Germany was 1888. About
| 5000 dogs a year meet the German de-
| mand.
| This is a very small number compared
with the 4,S45, $40 hogs that were slaugh-
| tered in three months, but the point is
that dogs are recognized in Germany as
occupy column II in the official tables OF
animals killed for food Prussia in the
| last quarter consumed only sos dogs, not
one Of which is credited to Berlin, though
| the Frankfort district had a market for
eighty-one, Liegnitz for ninety-eight. and
| The kingdom of saxony seems to be
| cultivating the habit. for 1,496 dogs were
consumed in that little country, the
| Chemnitz district taking 66s. Dresden, 314.
and Leipsic, 152. Comparative statistics
| for the past three years show little varf-
| alton In the consumption, and the demand
| seems to be steady though small. The
horse does not appear in these tables.
| though as food he occupies rather more
| important place in France than the dog
| does in Germany.
| AS a popular article of diet the dog is
| confined to some Oriental and aboriginal
bills of fare. and the gastronomic appre-
much farther.-New York Sun
| Chickens Got Drunk on Cherries.
George Hensen. of Urbana, owns flock
| of chickens that go off on spree and get
SO drunk that they have to 5r be carried a,,1 Cd
become fermented The chickens fell in
the the entire entire lot ' Of forty showed marked
signs of intoxication. All were lying
about the yard. with the occasional ex-
ing up against box or fence.
Mr.. Hensen picked up one e,oo or two two 81
and found tnay had every nock sign 81
try to crow. but it sounded very much
like a cross. between hiccough and 2
morning. The next day the chickens APP
peared to be all right, although one would
try to rub It's Sad nead agahs'
When the chickens were turned loose In
the yard they all lined up at the back
door waiting for another feed of fer
mented Observation-Disclosures dispatch to
the Chicago News.
China's Cruel Execution.
standing in the tub is terrible form
of punishment practiced in China This
consists of a huge vatlize tub, with q
hole in the lid. through which the cul.
prit's head protrudes. At the bottom OF
and seven bricks piled upon each other
AS the mans hands are tied behind his
back he can do absolutely nothing tc
ease himself In any way. He stands in
agony in this position all the day. He
continues 1t through the lonely night
The second day one of the bricks is re-