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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
Resolutions Along Same Line.

The New Years resolutions were framed
along the same line. Nowise daunted by
the thought that it was big contract. they
went at It in due order and got It out of the
way. Ny doughty ancestor was elected
twice to the general court Of the state-oth-
erwise the iegislature-ana was familiar
with the manner Of Drafting resolutions and
quitting them on fle FOR the use OF his
He1low-c citizens It Is curious to va latter
day sinners to think how circumstantia1
were his cogitations during the ten hours
or seclusion Prom his family, and how sTs-
teFhatlc the resolutions to lead a more
sober and cody lire . for the coming year
than he had recorded during the last
tweivemonth- We may be tolerably sure
that he was honest in summing up his
transsressions against his Maker, and IN
penitenee for the sum total. We may be
sure and certain that he did not descend
20 petty particulars OF harsh words, cruel
Biights and Indifference to the finer feelings
OF his meek wife and cowed Offspring.
Such travesties OF goodness may have
had no inconsiderable part In bringing
wholesale investments in saintliness into
disrepute. However this may be, It is a
fact that New Years resolutions " are
q BywOrd and q Kissing On the mouths Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

TUESDAY
BREA KFAST
Oranges. Cereal and cream.
Bacon Boiled eggs. Baked Toast.
French Rolls. Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON.
Cold roast pig "a leftorer).
Soufne of caulAf1ower "a leftover).
Lettuce and cheese sandwiches.
Baked potatoes.
Obey kDeks and sweet cider.
DINNER
Cream OF spinach soup Ca leftover
Saint Of beers heart with whole olives
cooked in Iabout eight
Potato puff q leftover). Carrots
Plum pudding, sliced and fried "a leftover)-
Black coffee
WEDNESDAY
BREAKFAST.
Baked apples Cereal and cream
Calls brains croQuetteS
French Rolls. Toast
Coffee and tea
LUNCHEON.
Stew Of young pork tremains OF the pig) ana
carrots Ialso 8 Ieftover). Apple sauce
Stuffed sweet potatoes.
Bread pudding Tea
DINNER
Barley broth
Veal Outlets Ste~ed tomatoes Satisfy frittez8
Cabinet pudding.
Black coffee
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THURSDAY
BREAE FAST
Oranges. Cereal and cream
Bacon and eggs Waf1es and honey. Toast
Tea and coffee.
LUNCHEON
Minced veal On t0ast "a 1e1toEeT9.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

this generation. It is not q week since I
heard a man declare that they have gone
clean out OF fashion. And good riddance.
too. for individuals and the community at
Target They were always hollow sham
puritandcaI mummery!'
None said him Nayi'' I quoted Henry
Van Dyke last week as asking, % II you can
keep Christmas for day, why not for q
year7'
I offer the query inverted: i" II for the
year, why not for the day?''
This Is the common. sensible =" fresh be-
ginning" Sensible because 1t is reasonable
and altogether practicable. wish could
locate the old writer who said: " God
always grants grace for daily duties. Each
day is stick the carriage of which is never
beyond ones strength Nowhere in his
holy word Is grace guaranteed for faggots %
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Ny cook does not know how to make It"
" Mrs JOHN A.
II has always been contrary to the rules
of the Helping Hand to send recipes by
mail Were we to answer all the requests
Of this kind that are showered IN upon Us.
we should have to engage q large corps OF
secretaries and even then would have time
Tor little else. Our correspondence gath
ars volume daily and while this Is crafty
mig as showing increasing opportunities for
service IL makes 1t all the more difficult
20 obIige housewives who have mislaid
recipes, or who have never read those of
which they are IN search This may be the
recipe you want II not, 1t is good enough
70 take the place of the missing formula
FROZEN PUDDING-Heat two cupfuIs
Of milk in q double boiler Meanwhile
beat light the yoIks OF i've eggs to a smooth
cream with three cupfuls. even. OF me
white sugar. Pour the scalding milk upon
this gradually. beating all the time. Re
turn to the inner boksr and set over the
IRE. 1T Is safer to drop a bit of soda the
size OF q pea into the milk before it goes
into eggs ana sugar-l Stir. and cook 70.
Ten minutes. or until you have a nice Gus
tard. Let IT get perfectly cold and then
beat IN two cupfule OF chopped crystallized
fruits-peaches. plums. cherries. apricots,
lines, and pineapple-whatever you hap
pau to like and to have Beat IN the juice
and half the grated peel Of a lemon and a
glass OF sherry. when the pudding IS
half frozen. opening the freezer to do this.
w-A4hout taking it from the ice and salt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
Worp Alpdps Sheer Waste.

She 1t was who laughed with me over the
exclamation of a companion-cited last
month-"All that good worry wastedl'
She had been possessed by fearful look
ing forward to which the actual event gave
the lie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06


A hoDe for me and hope no< yon
- the keynote for our New Years day
talk She Is essentially the poet Of
- what Carlyle calls :. the present and
the actual In every day speech she
dignihes the commonplace and giorifez
the common ways in which each OF US must
walk, whether he viii or no.
Our sentimental foremothers and their
ersed-isttc spouses felt it to be religious
duty to make good resolutions on the first
day OF the year. It Is related Of a certain
ancestor Of mine thai he spent the day in
his locked chamber In rasting and prayer.
may mention, parentheticaI1y. that ! }
n@ver showed the children (of whom there
were eight to speak ne table. He was q
farmer who owned broad. fertile acres out
lying the homestead. and gave personal at
t@ntion 10 the laborers who titled them II
waD his custom on returning home for the
~ O'Clock dinner to cough loudly when he
turned the corner OF the house. All In
doors heard the warning note, and not
chick or child peeped from the dust Of
silence until the sound OF his heavy feet
died away on the hillside back OF the home
an ne went back to his work
They did most things by wholesale in that
Gay. IRON laying In household stores to
doEng up their religion on Sunday for the
week Benjamin Franklin as a boy put
into words the principle he had learned
from his fathers precept and example
when he proposed saying grace over the
whole barrel to escape the trf-daily bless
ing asked before meat and the I" thanks re-
turned after the pork and cabbage were
eaten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

Worry is never good and It is always
sheer waste. let the cause be what 1t may.
Set about breaking yourself of the trick.
the habit, the SIN by shutting down the
bars between you and tomorrow worries.
The result will remind you Of Mr. Venus
ret6rt Upon the saucy boy, in 81 Our Mutual
Friend =: " You've ne idea how small
you'd come out If had the articulating Of
your
''Articulate . your worries and note the
result.
Your cook has been Inclined to sulkiness
for a day or two. She is a good girl Gas
girls go) and It would be no end OF q
nuisance were she to leave. You recall
gloomily how often you have heard OF
maids who had been. like Whitconnb Riley 9
small boy before Christmas, " as good as
she could be - until she was In possession
OF her Christmas presents. then gave warn
Ing and departed without the shadow OF
provocatien. Should Ellen leave at the
end of the month-just week off-and you
expecting your stylish cousin from Boston
to make you visit Your skin Fuckers
into goosefesh ana there are queer shivers
up and down the spine.
Why 60 into particulars? We have all
been there Take yourself In hand.
This day is fresh beginning to which
the question of Ellen's departure does not
belong. She is here and here she will
stay all of this day. Something will turn
up tomorrow It always does.
Or, the Christmas expenses have made
terrible inroads upon the fund set aside
for that purpose, and the New Years bills
are sure to be frightful. You quake to
think of John 8 grave looks when he learns
the several amounts. You wish. from the
depths of your nauseated SOUL that you
had resisted this and that temptation to
buy gifts for those and the other friends.
It is a dreary reaction that succeeds the
holiday revels. You are brave Christian
if you can turn the key upon misgivingB
that have naught to DO with this especial
FIRST Monday OF 1912. and get all the com
fort out of the bird in the hand that religion
and philosophy can extract.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
LMPORT ANT NOTICE

DECA USE Of fae enormous
- EzaEaber Of letters sent to the
department 7 must ask con-
fgTbufors to limit their communion
sfszs TO 100 %ords, except IN cases of
formulas or recipes sShich require
greater space. Z uussf all my cor
rssPondsssts TO hare a showing ia the
Corner and II nay request IN this
respect Il complied with It svfU be
P0ssfbLs TO print many more letters.
Attention Is called to the fact that
@L@fon HUEand cannot receive money
for patterns, as she has no connection
With any department that sells them.
Anrion HuEand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

Stir in quickly and from the bottom to
mix the ingredients thoroughly and pre-
vent the fruit from sinking to the bottom
Of the freezer. 1t Is this second beating
which makes the pudding smooth.
You may substitute raisins and currants
tor the mixed crystallized fruits if you wish
TO have a veritable plum pudding. And
citron. Ii you choose to make it yet more
like the real thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

81 have q green iron bed which is some
what marred. should like to enamel it
white. WHAT kind of enamel should /
use7 A READER
Rub the marred paint smooth with fine
sandpaper. Do this gently. not to roughen
what paint remains upon the iron. II you
could get 1t all or, it would be better, for
then you would have a uniform surface
This done. go all over the bedstead with
the white enamel paint sold at paint shops,
end by some druggists. Use a broad brush
and sweep it smoothly and evenly over
The iron until all is covered. Let the first
coat get perfectly dry before applying the
second. Three may be necessary to make
the whole of the dark iron white. The
advantage of the white enamel over and
above the pleasing effect is that it may
be renewed when 1t becomes defaced and
that it will be the fairer for each renewal
Please tell me how TO take a grease
spot out Of a green leather bag. ri And
how may a set Of beaver furs be bright
ened and the fur made smoother
Rub the spot with French chalk. Leave
It on all night and brush it on. If it does
not quite extract the grease. make paste
Of the chalk and few drops OF ammonia
just enough to make II stick and cover
the grease with it. Leave it alone for two
days Should a whitish spot remain
aAteF me grease - SAtEaCASos oAp the up
Of the finger in meats foot oil and touch
the biur. You cannot put too little Of the
grease on the finger
III Don't try to dress your furs You
may brush them smooth, but you cannot
q" brighten them The process Is q secret
known to the profession Send them to a
furrier.
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Care OF Winter Plants.
From a correspondent IN the far south
west we have kindly hints to amateur
florists:
HOW TO CARE FOR WINTER
PLANTS-Ferns should be kept quite wet
and their growth win be unusually rapid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
MARION HARLAND'S HELPING HAND

the pan and set over boiling water, COW
cred closely to keep warm. while you make
the gravy.
Turn this from the dripping pan into
saucepan. add a little hot water. thicken
with Drowned -four. boil sharply and strain
through the colander. Return 10 the IRE.
add the juice OF a lemon. a teazpoonful OF
kitchen bouquet, and a Tablespoonful OF
csrrant jelly-nnally. a small glass OF
sherry.
In serving him let him kneeI IN a bed OF
parsley. varied by clusters OF pale green
celery. Put a wreath OF the same about
his neck and stick a tuft OF white caul-
flower in his mouth IN a setting OF parsley
I assume that John. having been 10 the
Knickerbocker manor born. knows how
to carve the dower2" In case he has
forgotten. let me advise that be cut on
the head FIRST. then split down the back.
remove hams and shoulders, and separate
the RIBS Serve the stuning with each por-
ton
Obey l1oeks are doughtnuts compounded
after a fashion varied according TO the
housewives fancy Here Is a recipe given
to me forty years ago by a full-blooded
Knickerbocker-a Van of noble lin
cage a gentlewoman and a capital house
keeper. as were most women OF that nk:
- II
Olep Koeks.
VAN ANTWERP OBEY KOEKS-Cream
pound OF butter with one Of sugar, whip
ping It light. Stir into # a quart OF milk
and a cupful Of yeast with quart OF -four.
Let IT rise all night In the morning add
four eggs, well beaten. with two teaspooH.
fuls of cinnamon and the same Of mace
or nutmeg. Add, last, two cupfuls OF flour.
or enough to make the mixture as stin as
soft bread dough Set 20 rise again. II
should be light IA three hourH Then roll
into a sheet inch thick and cut into
shapes with TN cutters Fly In deep fat
AZ fast as they are done and OF a rich
golden brown. take up with a skinner and
lay to drain IN a colander. slit powderea
sugar over them while they are h,k
These recipes so to you with best wishes
for the health and happiness OF yourself
and your family during the year now al
most upon US
A QUICK CARAMEL PUDDING (sub.
mitted By Mrs. l. II AI-)-1Geit a cup OF
sugar in a saucepan OF frying pan Have
ready mixed q pint Of rich milk one egg.
and a tablespoonful Of -four. blending these
ingredients well Turn the mixture into
the sugar and stir until thick and smooth
Serve with cream
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for transgressions of which we stood con-
victed by her and by conscience. and our
prayer to be allowed " to rub out and begin
again
This is the boon granted in bounteous
measure by the fresh beg1nn ng. Past
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

EVERY aay "a q fresh beg1nrfng,
Every morn Is the world made new
Xou VINO are weary Of sorrow and SHINING.
Here Is q Beautiful hope for you
A hoDs for me- and 8 hope oor you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06

NUOEED please md 3 stamped
and self-addrsssed envelope IN
which please send me the recipe
for frozen plum pudding lately
published IN the Helping Hand.
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Our correspondent is kind in directing
our attention to the matter.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
OIL DEVELOPMENT WORK.

EN months ago united effort begun to the existence Of
oil and territory the Port Of PaScagoua Iw wells
drilled Lame five miles east Of this city and the third now
Pollock property the beach, The first well at
developed into good gasse having estimated capacity OF
10000 cubic The well also spoued hot salt water
During the flow Of and hot salt water has been pac
cay off indicating that the well is has caved in The first
the presence Of natural and traces OF oil
brought up WELL during the week. showed
twenty Of oil bearing sands sands that tend to indicate an
oil well going be brought in at that spot The well at the beach,
auhorae reported has already made three showgs OIL the
being found "a feet As feet and again about 40 feet All
development work has the expenditure thousands OF
dollars Marry additional thousands will have to be spent in the field
before brought into its fullest development and ngttu position
confidently sincerely believed that the development work SO tar
done proves Enthusiastically both oil and the
vicinity and extended development will be necessary to ruler
appreciation the outside public Of the actual existence OF
field worth intensified prospecting The coming few weeks are
fugh material importance the Of the wells at Lame and
and sincerely hoped that whatever decision
NAV be reached +rAr tbs ueopi7t "o
throughout the various pits OF the territory.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
A MANS A MAN FOR A. THAT.

OMEWERE in the minds of those of who have quite for
gotten in the for the almighty dollar there
of the line of famous poet who suggested that mans
man for that" modern world which changed
things failed change the tuthuness that
No may sink in the various pathways of life,
there righteousness itself and he
that Too that earthly
and preeen temps beay the higher imposed upon
within Them only pity the that humanity should
within its heart these unounates. Men
themselves TO become so not
breathe an inhalation Gods fresh air without the the Shy
locks who virtually Spasmodc efforts of
struggle the of merce clutches result only the
stronger enmeshment have placed
mercy the of the heaess constituencies impede
the ennobng attributes But when
men, weak mpotent and men acknowledged and
brought this ndputabe fact false rises
spends itself in fuess efforts to break the
calling Of serdom sedom this county of alleged
untammeied freedom of this stripe be real
is harder still to be forced to realize that these men
Of their H still pretend to and attempt TO take their places
of real when they their souls
tered by another, although that other may the
Fausts tabled demon.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
Confirmed Testimony
The Kind Pascagoula Readers
Cannot Doubt.

Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test.
The test OF time-the hardest test
OF all.
Thousands gratefully testify.
To quick relief-to thorough, last
ing cures.
Pascagoula readers can no longer
doubt the evidence.
It's convincing misunderstanding
and well confirmed
Pascagoula readers should profit by
these experiences.
B. Fl. Pickett. Jackson Ave, Pas
cago1la. Miss, says: II have not had
need OF Doan's Kidney Pills since !
first took them in 1905 when having
kidney trouble. | gladly verify my
former endorsement NJ this prepara-
tion.h Statement given May 5, 1917
When Mr.. Pickett .as Interviewed
on May 81 1905, he said. For long
time ! Knew that my kidneys were
disordered, nut as they Bothered me
very little az first, ! did nothing for
the trouble As the result, | became
worse, and finally I procured supply
OF D0an's kidney Pills This remedy
completely drove away my trouble in
a short time, restoring me to the best
OF health"
For sale by all deaths Price 80 cts.
Foster Milburn 60. Buffalo, New
York, sole agents foT United states.
Remember the I'd me -Doan's-and
take no other. 70
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
FEWER NEWSPAPERS BEING PUBLISHED.

EREQUENTLY Uncle Sam issues bulletin containing highly inter
esing important Statistics and recently published deals
with the precarious profession publishing The South
whole shows general newspapers being
printed but all the other parts Of the country especially New England
York Middle West During past year
thirteen daily papers, forty weees and dozen semi
eees allowed die This list Of papers that used be and
truly appalling and would be really interesting
important and understand the their
passing The population the nation continues materially increase
percentage eraes steadily smaller yet the number of
newspapers The newspapers today better than those of
years ago. and modern methods have generally
recognized profession
frequently entered in the hap-azard that formerly
Improvements have tended lessen the aduos work pub
extension Of mail facilities has increased the field of each
publication with all of these, fatalities
paper decided increase Other suspensions
existing newspapers candy predicted tangible
reason been advanced to show why newspapers die.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
PORT OF PAsCAGoULA.
OFFICE DEMoCRAT-STAR,
Pascagoula, Miss. Feb. %. 1912. =


Report for week ending Feb. %, 1872.
ENTERED.
Feb. l5-Br. sch. Lillian Bleauvelt, 1876
tons, FL. lie Blanc master, from Sam,
Croix, B. w. l., to l.. n. DantZler
Lumber Co.
Feb. l6-Br. sch. Hornet, 81 tons, G. NJ
Miller master, from Havana, Cuba, to
L. n. Dantzler Lum Der Co. Grounded
on Horn island spit.
Feb 20--Br. sch. j. l.. Nelson, 2f9 tons,
C. II. Publicover master, from Georges
town, B; g., to L n, Dantzler L5r. CO;
Feb 2l-Br. sch. Wilma Gertrude, 27l
tons, W. II. Smith master, from Ma
coris, Santo Domingo, to l.. N. DantZ-
Ter Lumber Co.
Feb. 2l--Br. sch. Charlevoix, 427 tons,
w w. Summerville master, from
Kingston, Jamaica, to l.. n. Dantzler
Lumber Co.
CLEARED.
Feb. Jam. sch. liza belle
B. Wiley, Gil tons, Harvey Hudson
master, for San Juan, P. R. with 627,-
900 #. lumb val. $4,000, by l.. N.
Dantzler Lumber Co.
Feb. 16-Br. sch. W. Fl Baxter. 33l tons,
Chas. Mcbride master, for Paramari-
bo, ID. G., with $4,000 II. lum Der, val,
$500, by l.. N Dantzler Lun Der Co.
Feb. 16-tCoastw eb-Am. SAB. SariH,-
field field. 58s J taRa p. K, WITH vita 4s5, 900 f.
ium Der, val. 1862, by L. n. Dantzler
Lumber Co.
Feb. 2l-Br. sch. Kenneth &, 475 tons, A.
c. Conrad master, for Bridgelown,
Bar BADGES, with $4,000 IT, lum Der, val.
$40, los, by Hunter, Benu & Co.
VESSELS IN PORT.
Br. sch. Lillian Bleauvelt, 1875, II. lie
Blanc.
Br sch. J. L. Nelson, 249 tons, G. Ii.
Publicover.
Br. sch. wilma Gertrude, I'll, w. a.
Smith.
Br. sch. Charlevoix, 427, w. w. Sum
merville.
Am. sch. Elizabeth Dantzler, 36l, W.
b. Alberts.
Br. sch. Evelyn, 287, e. G. Berry.
Am. sch. Thomas s. Dennison, l,329,
G. F. Brown.
Dan. bkt. Saga, 257, C. Olsen.
Am. sch. Francis M, l,096, p. A. Ha-
gan.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
FIELD OF NATIONAL POLITICS.

TIME DEMOCRATSTAR grated many Of the most
prominent in the state well throughout the South are
espousng Oscar Underwood for the presidency Whether
he given the nomination Baltimore not his maseu hand
ling the democratic party where other failed has made him the
biggest greatest and strongest in that party today and ne W
commanding therein for No matter who
may standard bearer for the party and will be the work
being Underwood and the results that work. that w
bring victory the democrats when the national appeal made to the
people polls November He perseny nssteny and
detemnedy writing history and writing big for his country TOR MS
party for himself all he has remained the mod
est approachable and thoroughly democratic Underwood
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the county Jail aud find the premises
neat and orderly kept, but that the
Jail building is very much in need OF
repairs.
In conclusion, we desire to thank
your honor for the uniform courtesy
and consideration shown US: the dis
trict attorney and county attorney FOR
their assistance TO Us 10 our labors;
and to the faithful bailitf and other
officers Of the court, our thanks are
here and now expressed.
And now, having completed our
labors and reported, we beg your
honor to discharge US from further
duty.
Respectfully submitted this, the
18th day OF February, 1912.
(Signed) S. G. BROOM,
Foreman.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
THE LENTEN SEASON.

FOLLOWING the mad merry w Of ardi the enten season
usered this week. and for forty days less will be thought Of
the pleasures and happiness earth and given to higher
thoughts and deeds The lenten is during which all men
inventory themselves they themselves know
themselves Pleasures appeal less strongly to the inclination and sack
cloth and ashes quite closely approached During this season man.
kind should thoroughly and gdy inspect himself his past actions his
present hopes and intentions Each Of
recall deed word thought that would now prefer
been that wish that thought or deed
and all Of the better because OF IT,
Nature advantage thoroughly cleanse the
face of the the coming Of the beautiful
flowers spring. that which should do during the
enten season. and his mind and reiuye
mated individual, spiritually and physically.