The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-04

TOT ways tnaI are ways OF the just.
Brokers tell Of some stock and commend
AS perfectly certain to rise:
SUCCESSES are sure to attend it
It's simply q word to the wise.
Or a Stocks nE Whose q m cSgn Ua perpe.;
I ponder each queer hieroglyphic,
I dream of most wonderful checks.
The very suggestion Of Erie
Has charm OF the weird in the sound;
NOh, where shall the margin be foundr'
The prospects are ample-nay, regal!
The profits remarkably quick,
From stock that must soar like an eagle
Chicago News.
Locusts as Food.
In the East, as elsewhere. since the
Biblical days of Johns '1ocusts and
honey" locus-s have been deemed
more or less edible. In Palestine to
this day they are considered a luxu-
ry The Jews try them in sesame
oil, sesame being the grain of which
mention is made in the story of Ali
! Bahia and the Forty Thieves a ia
vorite tale in 'tThe Arabian Nights
entertainments.
in the sun and then ground into a
sort of flour for baking, and in Cen
trail Africa certain tribes employ To-
Gusts for making thick brown soup.
huge jars, fried in grease and then
mixed with rice, forming dainty
much affected by the dusky inhabi-
tants of that dig island.
The Algerians have simpler meth
cd. Thew merely boil the locusts in
water and salt them to the taste. The
Arabians grind and bake the locusts
as cakes, roast them in butter, or
else crush them in a mixture of cam
| els cheese and dates.
-I1
famine in Southern Russia. generally
| by the poorest Of the poor, among
whom the insects are smoked like fish.
| In the preparation of locusts for food
the legs and wings are invariably de-
tached.
1t is said that, while the flavor of
| locusts is strangely disagreeable in
| the raw state, this flavor is readily
disguised, and even becomes agree
able when the insect is cooked. Some
scarcely to be distinguished from beef
| broth. and when the little insects are
fried in their own oil and slightly salt
ed they take on a pleasing nutty fla
vor.-Harper's Weekly.
| The Limit.
| There is a blacksmith who has a
/ shop downtown. who has reputation
for good work, especially in the max
| ing Of ice tongs. But he claims to be
|
| Yesterday man dropped in on
him while he was working on a pair
Of Ice hooks.
SCI see you are an expert on Ice
hooks" said the caller.
/ "Oh, yes, I make ice hooks putty
good remarked the mechanic, 'funt
also shoe your horse or do other iron
work yust as good.''
| well" said the caller, 1--WE got
a stove on which the hinges need re-
| nairinR. Can YOU fix them p
| The blacksmith drew himself up to
his full height and scornfully asked,
| 'Do you think I am dod-gasted jew
eler ?"-St. Joseph Gazette.
| Intensive Farming.
| The abandoned farms of the East
and the wasted fields of the middle
| West could all be made productive and
remunerative If the fertility of the ex-
hausted soil should be restored. The
condition Of many farms is a warming
| to the men of toda- If they would
avoid the expense of restoring soil
| from which the elements of fertility
have been drained. OF all forms of
| conservation the most important in
many respects is preserving the fertil-
| ity Of the soil. The increasing demand
for food incident to growth in popu-
| lation makes it imperative and the sue
cessful farmers of the future will be
serves.-Denver Republican.
i Making One Job of 1t.
Doctor-You have no reason to be-
/ 1ieve, madam, that your husband shot
/ himself intentionally?
i Madam-Oh, dear, no! 1t was pure
ly accidental. But is he seriously hurt ?
i Doctor-Quite seriously, but think
/ we can save him.
4 Madam-What are you going to do
now with all those horrid surgical in
i struments?
1 Doctor-we are going to probe for
the bullet.
i Madam-Yes? Well, doctor, while
enough to see if you can't find gold
collar stud I lent him last week that
he carelessly swallowed ?-Tit-Bits.
Longest Tropical Service.
J, The Eighteenth infantry, which. ar
rived this morning on the Logan from
Camp Keithly, Mindanao, is the first
regiment in the United States army To
complete third tour of duty In the
!. Philippines. The regiment came hrst
to the islands with the famous second
expedition. which sailed from Sar
Francisco June Ia, 1898, and reached
Manila bay July II, disembarking imme-
diately and going into tents at CamT
Dewey. The regiment took a very &C.
tive part with other troops in the &C.
| CuPdtiOh VI NAaAii11 Oii aug uot 10, 100
OF the officers who marched into Ma
Mia only two are now with the regf-
ment.-Manila Times.
\ Realistic Ending.
Z The melancholy days are come, the
saddest of the year,
OF wailing winds and naked woods
and meadows brown and sere.
Heaped in the hollows of the grove
II the autumn leaves lie dead:
l They rustic to the eddying gust, ant
: to the rabbits tread