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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
Canadian Fox Industry.

Much money is involved in the Co
madam fox industry. Since the open
ing of this season 219 live foxes of va
rious hues including silver gray, va%
ued at $4,000, have been shipped
from Edmonton to points In eastern
Canada and the United States for
breeding purposes. Included in this
lot were ten young black foxes which
were sold to New York firm for $780,
600. Many young foxes die soon after
capture. Several black pups have died
after being sold for 81 800 to $4,000. A
western raw fur company which has
been supplying the eastern markets
with young live foxes announces that
1t will discontinue the eastern ship
ments, having decided to establish a
farm In western Alberta, where 40
foxes are already domiciled. A de-
crease of rs to so per cent. has taken
place In the prices paid for these anil
mails, which Is attributed to the large
number which have been supplied
from the northern country of Alaska,
Yukon territory, and the northwest
territories. The supply has been plen-
tiful because the young foxes we're
dug out of their holes before they were
able to escape. In a short time the
young foxes will leave their dams and
It will then be impossible to catch
them otherwise than singly in traps,
and the prices will probably rise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
Rain MAKING FALLACIES.
Natures Process on Scale Too Gigan-
tic to Be Initiated by Man.

Warm air is like a sponge. 1t will
suck up a lot of moisture and carry it
without splitting any But if warm air
Wen loaded with moisture, is suddenly
cooled, the sponge is squeezed and tha
moisture falls out as rain
Twenty years ago some hopef,,l
gentlemen went to the arid regions of
Texas and exploded a lot of dynamite
on the theory that the conclusion would
mix the strata of warm air near the
earth with the cooler strata above.
and so cause the necessary precipita-
ton of moisture. There happened TO
be light showers about the time of the
experiments, which encouraged the
experimenters, but didn't convince
anybody else.
The fact is, that natures rain mali
ing machine is too gigantic to be af
fected by any methods so far dis
covered.
Nature pumps the moisture laden
air up into the cold regions of the nm
per atmosphere with a wheel a thou
sand miles in diameter. When this
tremendous wheel of air is reyolvinp
normally it hoists millions of tons ~
water vapor to an elevation where N
can no longer be carried in solution
and SO falls in rain
When the wheel is off adiustnoan+
1t is as futile to lombard the sly with
dynamite as it would be to fire nov
gun corks at the side of the latest
aonought.-Kansas City Star,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11

Of carrying On business, actual losses.
depreciation allovanceB, and tax ex-
empt or tax paid money. Living ex-
penses cannot be deducted, nor can
money spent for permanent improve
ments to property.
Forms to Be Ready Soon
THE form that IN to be filled out
by the taxpayer viii be drawn mp
soon by the commissioner of internal
revenue. The taxpayer will have to
give his gross revenue and then speci-
fly and claim the deductions 70 which
he feels entitled.
Unless q mans income Tux IL paid
at the source he must hunt up q tax
blank, fill it out, and see that 1t finds
its way to the proper federal Official
in his district before March !. 1914.
Trims, corporations, and the like
having the handling of interest, rents,
salaries, or other portions of the in
come of any citizen are compelled TO
deduct the tax for the individual and
pay 1t to the government The 'ndi-
vidual then will receive q receipt
showing he has paid his tax"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
new TARlFFLAW
WILL MAKE MANY
TEREDUCTIONS
Synopsis of Measure just
Passed by Congress.
Have Been Working on the Bill
for Months.
MARKED CHANGES IN DUTIES
Democrats Confident Business
Will Remain Unaffected
And the Country Greatly Bene-
fitted by the Alterations.
Have Been Working on the Bill
for Months.
MARKED CHANGES IN DUTIES
Democrats Confident Business
Will Remain Unaffected
And the Country Greatly Bene-
fitted by the Alterations.

Washtngton-TheD Democratic tariff
revision bill, first on the program of
reforms mapped out when President
Wilson came into office, advanced to
It's last congressional stage when it
was brought back to the house from
Ghs joint conference committee with
The unanimous Enforcement OF the
Democratic conferees.
The measure, of course has both its
friends and enemies. According to
the administration. It carries out
eour of the party promises. Tariff re-
form, reduction in the high cost of
living, campaign against the trusts, in
khat duties have been taken off of
many trust made article, and the in
come tax.
The measure, consequently, has a
larger importance than that of a mere
tariff reform bill, and Its effect must
be widespread, both on business and
industry, and also in connection with
politics. Democratic leaders are con-
Gdent that business will suffer no un-
toward effect: that consumers will be
benefited
Changes In the Rates.
Talorem rate of from II to 20 per
cent. The average for the present
AIdrich law is 40.12 per cent The
average for the Wilson German act
was 39.45 per cent,
Duties generally have been reduced
on all of the articles that enter into
the necessaries of life. including the
products OF the farm as we'll as manu-
featured products.
Trust made products in many cases
have been transferred to the free list
or the duties at present imposed have
been substantially reduced.
The income tax feature of the bill is
expected to net some $s3.0o0,O00. It
will call for tax on net incomes of
unmarried persons of $1,000 and up
wards and on net incomes of married
persons living together, where the
wife or husband is dependent. of s4,-
900 and upwards.
Experts estimates indicate a sur
PLUS of $4,000, 900 over all expend-
ttures at the end of the present fiscal
year
a rate OF 40 per cent is imposed
On stockings and half hose valued at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
Tho Winner.

Senator Key Pittman was talking IN
Tonopah about two lobbyists who had
Quarreled.
But there's no fear" he said, "of
their manning or nutilating one anoth-
er, They are like Bluff and STUFF.
WHO came out ahead, a man ask
ed. in that street row between Bluff
and Stuff
he had half g streets start"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
WEALTH IN MIDDLE WEST
Investigations by Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue Reveal Large
Fortunes There.

The commissioner Of internal rove
nue. made public the estimates on In
comes for the middle west
These estimates show that far more
wealth Is distributed in Illinois out
side Of Chicago than in the city. The
commissioner of internal revenue is
inclined to believe the reports are 30
far from correct that he will not use
them to any extent in his plans for the
collection of the income tax.
According to his statement. $4,000
citizens of Chicago have incomes
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 per
year, while 1880 citizens Of the
Eighth district, which has it's head
quarters in Springfield, have incomes
within this scope Only 5000 individ-
uals in tho Fifth district, with head
quarters at Peoria, are listed.
Likewise in Indiana there is a great
variance in districts. The collector
for the Sixth district reported over
10000 taxable incomes, and the col
lector for the Seventh district reported
only 5000.
Large Fortunes In Iowa.
Iowas incomes will be largely taxed,
the collector for that state reporting
nearly 1900 taxable fortunes. Wis
consin has a few over 10000, Michigan
close to 10000. and Minnesota about
1000.
A feature about the Minnesota in
come estimate is that the collector de-
clares there are $50 Len in the state
with incomes upwards of 100000 an
nually, while in Chicago the collector
reported only IS persons with incomes
above the 100000 mark
Large fortunes seem to predominant
in Minnesota, for there are 1000 men
rated with incomes between SIC, 1000
and $4,000, as against 500 In Chicago
and 1000 in the whole state of ILL.,
nois; 500 with incomes between $780,
600 and 100000, as against ITS in
Chicago and ITS in Illinois, and $50
over 100000, as against so in ILL.,
nois.
Indiana and Michigan are also re-
ported as having large income bear
ing fortunes over the $4,000 mark.
Figures for the Middle West.
The following table shows the va
rious taxable incomes in six middle
west states:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
WORK DONE IN CONFERENCE
Alterations That Were Made From the
Original Underwood Sill Passed
by House.

A summary Of the agreements in
formally announced from day to day
during the conference work shows In
comprehensive manner the following
important alterations OF the original
Underwood bill:
The tax rate on incomes Of more
than $4,000 was increased by a grad
uated scale from three per cent. to
seven per cent, and the exemption re-
duced from $4,000 to $4,000 for single
persons. The new provision allowing
a 81 900 exemption for married per-
son provides that only one deduction
of $4,000 shall be made from tho ag-
gregate income of both husband and
wife when living together"
Articles added to the free list in
clude pig iron, ferro manganese ore
cheap grades Of iron; cattle and other
food animals; wheat, flour, fax. hemp,
books, sand blast machinery, indigo
dyes, moving picture films, cement
and asphalt
Some Increases Made.
Increases from the house bill in
clude:
Angora wool and articles made
from it.
Silk ribbons and narrow fabrics
from 40 to As per cent
Athographio views of American
scenes.
Surface coated paper suitable for
covering boxes, from 35 to 40 per
cent.
Many kinds Of acids.
Some kinds Of paintA
A new classification for wooden
stockings, gloves and mittens makes
a reduction from the house rate on
those valued at less than $3.50 dozen
and an increase on those above.
Reductions from the house rates In
cludes:
Common paper boxboards.
Papers used for Photographic prints
Wearing apparel made Of cattle or
goat skins.
Fur hats
Rough forms of dog and goat skins
cotton oil mills.
Cotton stockings and half hose
Perfumed and medicated soapA
Crude chicle.
Linseed Oil.
Chlorats Of potash
High-power lenses, surveying instru-
ments, telescopes and the like.
Oats.
Butter
Beets and other vegetables.
Extracts OF meat
Currants.
Chocolate.
House Rates Changed.
Through a reclassifcation rates WILL
be slightly reduced from those fixed
by the house on fancy grades of cot
ton cloth.
The tariff on automobiles, fixed by
the house at 45 per cent. and radical
ly cut by the senate, was compro-
missed by making a new classification
of automobiles valued at less than
$4,000, for which a rate of 80 per cent
was fixed.
The per cent rebate In tariff
made by the hous> bill on goods
brought in American ships was re-
tanned with the added provision that
1t should not be SO construed as to
abrogate or in any manner impair or
Affect the provisions Of any treaty"
the United States has.
That portion Of the house bill re-
Quiring foreign manufacturers or ex-
porters TO submit their books to Amer
loan custom agents was amended SO
that II the exporter refused to allow
such examination an additional duty
of 10 per cent ad valorem can be i'm
posed on his exports.
Section Of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, which provides that Cuba
shor1ld have nrePerenffa1 rata Of 40
per cent. on sugar and that the gem
eral tariff OF the United States should
not be reduced below the figures Of
the Dinsley tariff law of 1897, In re-
pealed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
TARIFF CHANGES OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

MISUNDERSTANDING by the
bill the charged
sent law. Nevis law.
Sugar
1914
Coffee
Salt pound
Bread 25 per cent 25
MIX Gallon 2 cents Free
Cream
Eggs ................. Dozen,
Oatmeal ..............Pound cent 10 cent
Flour
Cheese
Meat 10 Free
Wool yarns 7s7o per cent 1890
Wool blankets ..-.....72eo
Wool underwear $500
Wool clothing -7s per cent 80
Wool
md cent
Cotton clothing ....5 SO so
damask per per
Cotton collars
cuffs 81 cent
Cotton stockings ...-75
Cotton
Trimmed hats cent
srooms 40 cent is
OIL cloths "A cent 20
Wheat Ruy IS
Potatoes
Cabbage 2 cents apiece
Beans and Isntis Blu, IS
Reets IS
Nearly
tables, per
Vegetables
otherwise Prepared4 40
Pickles 40 psre
Vinegar gallon ....--7a
Apples peaches, quIn
piums,
ripe Is
Edible berries, quart cent.
Lemons lines,
s':""' : :s:s I,
1878
Sheep each ..-.7 rs cents to ST. Free
Barley, busheI 80
Maearon, lb11z cents
Poultry, III
Raw 1880 Free
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
AN OLD NURSE
Persuaded Doctor to Drink Postum.

An odd faithful nurse aad an exper-
fenced doctor, are pretty strong COM
rsnation in favor Of Postum. instead
Of tea and coffee.
The doctor said:
4 Logan TO drink Postum five years
ago on the advice Of an old nurse.
During an unusually busy winter,
between coffee. tea and overwork. |
became a victim OF insomnia In a
month after beginning Postum. in
place Of tea and coffee. could eat
anything and sleep as soundly as a
baby
In three months had gained TWEEN
y pounds in weight I now use Pos
tum altogether instead OF tea and cot
fee: even AZ bedtime with a soda
cracker or some other tasty biscuit.
Having a little tendency TO Diabe-
ties. used a small quantity OF saechar-
Inc instead OF sugar. to sweeten with
may add that today tea or coffee are
never present il cur house and very
many patients. on my advice, have
adopted Postum as their regular bev-
erage.
In conclusion can assure anyone
that. as a refreshing. nourishing and
nerve Strengthening beverage, there is
nothing equal TO Postum
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek Mich Write for booklet. The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular (must be boiledl.
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but Is prepared instantly by stir
ring q level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water. which makes il right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in a
heaping spoonful and temper ii with a
large supply Of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have ii served that way In the future
There's Reason for Postum.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
CRUST COVERED BOYS HEAD

Bolton. Ga---My little boys head
was covered with n hard thick crust
which cracked with the least pressure
causing a discharge of bloody corrup-
ton which was so offensive that =
could hardly hold him He was very
cross. Some called II milk crust,
another running letter and another co
xema
After trying several patent medf
cines l decided to Try Cuticura Soap
and Ointment After using the sample
purchased some Cuticura Soap and Q
box OF cuticura Ointment After US
ing cuticura Soap and Ointment three
days I was able to remove all the
crust and in one week he was entirely
cured Cuticura Soap and Ointment
also cured my baby OF an ulcer1fed
sore behind her ear and now we think
We cannot keep house without them"
lSigned) Mrs. Charles Poss. Nov. s.
1919.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample OF each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card -Cuticura. Dept L. Boston ADV
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21

II K were not 50. I would have told
you said Jesus He starts With that
Instructive. intEitive confidence in TN
mortality which ~singsth low IN every
heart and assures Is Il u were false
ne would have told IS Jesus bids Us
trust our deepest fe~linxs- He tells Us
that we RAY depend upon the 4firTla-
ton that the soul makes in It's best
moment II Il true II u had not
been 30 he would have told Us Then
Jesus goes on to confirm the insfinc-
tive hope. BY all that he did and sy
all that he vas and "A. he set the full
feal Of confirmation upon the deathlcss
hopes by which ne Live Jesus brings
Us something more than a negative
confidence He adds the positive wiz
ness OF his own experience to what our
hearts tell Us We must be true.-ZIou's
Herald
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
WHAT One SrarrnM Did

What is perhaps the most remark
able aecidelz that ever occurred was
reported last month from Germany.
according 10 Leslie's Magazine. A
large touring car was travelling at fair
speed along a boulevard lined with
trees Large nockz OF sparrows were
In The trees. and several boys we're
taking chances OF being arrested by
the police by shooting al the birds
With sling shots One pebble particu.
larry well aimed struck a sparrow on
the upper wing and sent him gliding
through the air directly toward the
driver Of the car. The bird struck him
fun IN the face, and in the next In
slant things began TO happen. Tn.
driver elutehed at his eyes, the ca
lurched into the ditch. knocked dow
telegraph pole. vaulted to a pIowe'
Held on the other side OF the ditto
and went full force into a huge ha,
stack Despite this wild swerve n
one was even scratched except II
driver. whose eyesight was damage
by the claws Of the sparrow tt
whole incident had taken far less tin
than needed To relate IL
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
THINKS IMMIGRATION is IN AIR
Writer'S Explanation Of Vital Differ.
enee Between the lordoner
ard the New Yorker.

The difference between New
York and London a man once said
TO me. is this. In New York. II you
have a new idea. you can get II car
RED out at once: In London. II you
have a new idea. you are up against
brick wall
believe this to be true. writes
Maurice Barring in the Metropolitan.
People In New York. and In America
In general. are not afraid OF new
Ideas. nor. indeed. OF anything new.
They are not afraid OF the future. In
England. II a man finds. for instance.
that his profession Is uncongenial to
him. however certain he may be OF
the impcssibllity Of his making a sue
cess OF II. he will none the less very
rarely give It up. and try his hand
at something else. The future alarms
him In America a man will think
nothing OF throwing up his profession
twenty times running. until he finds
something which does suit him
| think the cause OF this particular
difference lies in the climate Of Amer
lea. and especially lies in the climate
OF New York. Just as the climate OF
some places fills the whole system
with an invincible desire to do moth
Ing. with an insuperagle languor and
sloth. in the same way the climate
OF New York fills the body and mind
with the desire to be up and about.
II is the nimble air which produces
the nimble wits; the stimulating at
mosphere which creates. In the deni-
zen Of New York. the love OF hustle.
hurry competition and work. | am
not saying this is either a good thing
or a bad thing-I am merely noting
and recording what struck me as be-
ing the main differences between New
York and London
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
Fruit Jelly.

Cover the contents Of one boz OF
gelatin with one pint OF water. and
after standing half an hour add one
half pint OF sugar and one quart of
boiling water. the grated rind of one
lemon and the juice also. Pare april
cots. or peaches. or pears. and the
softest ones use for the Jelly. resery-
ing the firmest for garnishing the
dish Press the softest fruit through
a sieve and sprinkle with . little
lemon Juice to prevent it's becoming
discolored; then. zzter preparing the
gelatin and setting the dish In . pan
Of crushed Ice. slowly sStr until II
begins to thieken: nov fold In the
fruit pulp and turn into a dish. either
plain or fancy. Set on Ice until fru.
Dip the dish q moment In hot water;
invert onto a cold dish and garnish
with the fruit and whipped cream. or
pass q dish Of plain cream when serv-
/ ing
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
GOOD DESSERT FOR SUMMER
Pies That Make a Fitting Ending 20
the Dinner Served During the
Hot Days.

Fruit Pie-Mix half q Tablespoonful
OF arrowroot with a little cold water
till smooth and put It In a lined sauce
pan with any sort OF fruit juice pre-
ferred-,he Juice from canned fruit
or from that freshly stewed. Sweeten
TO taste with powdered sugar and stir
over the fire till boiling and thickened
Put about two breakfast cupfuls Of the
fruit. with its Juice. into q pie dish
and pour the thickened Juice over 1t.
Put a cupful OF well washed rice into
a saucepan with a pint and . half Of
milk and boil TIL reduced to q pulp.
Beat two eggs with three tablespoon
fuls OF graduated sugar and stir them
In with the rice when that IL cooked
Spread the rice out on a dish and
leave II until cool: then work II up
with a little four. mold II into q fat
cake that will Just AZ into the pie
dish and lay In on top Of the fruit.
Brush II over with 4 paste brush dip
ped In beaten egr and bake In the
oven till Drowned This may Be
served hot. but is generally preferred
cold.
Raspberry Pie-Plaee the picked
over raspberries-or use canned rasp-
berries-in layers in . tart dish.
sprinkling sugar between layers. rails
ing the fruit to a 1oint level with the
top OF the dish. Place q strip OF
pufed paste AROUND the edge OF the
dish. cover the whole with q round OF
the paste. ornament IL. sprinkle II over
with sugar. place in . moderate oven.
and bake for about three-quarters OF
an hour. To be served either hot or
cold
banana Cream Pie-Put q lump Of
butter in basin and warm Il together
with a little crushed loaf sugar. the
yolks OF two or three eggs. q little
milk. and sherry or angelica. and
pulp of bananas mashed thoroughly.
Pour the mixture in a deep dish. stir
ring in the well-whipped whites OF
two eggs. place the dish in a moder-
ate oven. and bake. not too quickly
TIL done Serve hot or cold
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
NEARLY HAD THE LEPaecHA0N
Elusive Fairy Played Mean Trick on
Peasant Who Had Fairly Msds
Him His Prisoner.

The story OF the boy who vas En-
hibited throughout Scotland as . gen
uine Irish leprechaun leads one to ask
what exactly a leprechaun Ia. for. Of
course. each variety Of fairy has its
special characteristics The lepre-
chaun Ii peculiar to Ireland. and Il
In the form Of q little old man. BY
profession q maker of brogues- He
10 only discovered by the sound OF
the hammering OF his brogues. and
any one capturing him can induce
him BY threats to reveal where his
wealth IL hidden But no one Jet has
laid hands on that wealth, for II you
take your eye OF Of the Ieprechaun for
as much as a second he has the power
OF vanishing. however tight you may
hold him And bis ingenuity In max
ing you glance away IL always sue
cessful
Only once did that ingenuity fall.
ard even then the treasure escaped
unpillased. A careful peasant. proof
against all temptations. kept his eye
on the little brogue maker until the
money was revealed In . field OF rag.
wort But he had no bag. So he tied
his garter round the particular plant
under which the money vas hid. and
went to fetch one. only TO nnd on his
return that every raswort in the field
was adorned With . red garter.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21

Well. after long looking for one,
found an opening yesterday
You did."
Yes; fell into q street trench--
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1913-08-21
She Was Founded.

,violet Jennie was a little girl who
originated in a founding asylum
A visitor who had a habit Of visit.
ing TOOK a great fancy TO v J. This
visitor had a girl Of her own whose
name was Frances. and permission
was asked for Y. J. to take tea with
Frances.
Frances was having a birthday
that day. SO Violet tfor shortl want
ed to be very nice. but she felt that
she had an advantage over Frances,
since not every girl can be an inmate
OF a founding hospital Violet Jen-
ME tried not to patronize Frances.
but she could hardly help t.
This is your birthday. isn't it,
she said sweetly. SO you were
born?"
Yes. Of course. Everybody Is
born"
In your set. l suppose. That's what
makes it so common 10 be born
wasn't you know was foundedi--
Cleveland Plain Dealer