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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
On the Spur
of the Moment
By ROY K. MOJLTON.

Well. What May We Eat.
The CLAIMS we eat in chowder,
Make the angels chant the louder.
Eating hucklebery pie
Is pleasanter way to die.
When you eat banana fritters,
Every undertaken filters.
Now, for breakfast, prunes are dandy,
IL stomach pump is handy.
Eat plate of fine pigs knuckles
And the headstone cutter chuckles,
"h1Ie the grave digger makes a note
Eat that lovely red bologna,
ana youlI wear good kimona,
AS your relatives start scrapping bout
Eating juicy sliced pineapple
Makes the sexton dust the chapel.
And fried liver's nice, but, mind you,
Friends will soon ride slow behind you.
Historic Assurances.
TIL give this back to you on pay
day.
We will give 500 to any one who
can prove that a thorough trial of
our remedy has brought no relief.
Yes, ma'am, if it doesn't fit we'll
exchange it.
No, won't whisper it to soul
Now, don't sit up for me, dear.
I'm detained at the office. I'll be
home by 10, sure.
(By the weather mani: Tomorrow,
skies to be fair; soft, warm zephyrs to
blow.
You children behave when the min
lister calls and tomorrow mother dear
will bake you all some cookies.
Hist! My darling. someone ap-
proaches! Flee and save YOURSELF!
Tomorrow night, at midnight, I'll meet
you at the old red mill.
Yes, sir you won't regret buying this
81 watch 1t will run a year without
need of having it repaired.
Shortest Short Stories.
Chapter I'LL.
Chapter II-Pill.
Chapter III-Bill.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Chapter Beau.
Chapter II-Dough.
Chapter III-Show
GAINESVILLE (Ohio) Signal.
Chapter I'D. Us.
Chapter I'm. DIS.
Chapter lid. DIS.
Boston Advertiser.
Chapter Hired
Chapter II-Tired
Chapter III-Fired.
An Ad.
person who hit my
COW on the state highway with
their auto about seven miles out from
Vicksburg to write me, as the COW is
r. F. D. No. 2, Bovina, Miss.-Vicks-
burg Herald.
More Watchful Waiting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

And the helpful hen has ceased to
be such for the time being from the
egg-consumers standpoint, at least.
Even here in Kansas the price of fresh
eggs has begun to approach the 40
cents-a-dozen mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

Kansas lost out in getting a place on
the map of the jefferson Highway that
is being projected from New Orleans
to Winnipeg. But maybe Kansas
didn't lose so much, after all. This
highway is merely in its paper stage
and the chances are it won't emerge
from this condition for a long time to
come if it ever does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

Neither do the Russians appear to
be anywhere near licked if the reports
from Petrograd to the effect that they
have captured $4,000 prisoners and
1s9 guns during the past month are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

Justice Hughes, of the United States
supreme court, seems determined not
to have the next Republican presiden-
tial nomination forced on him. He
has taken steps to stop the circulation
of petitions in Nebraska to place his
name on the primary ballot there as
one of the Republican presidential
candidates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

Present indications are that the
rival armies iva the western arena of
the war have settled down for a win
ter season that will be about as peace
full as were their activities during the
bulk of the GUNNER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

For an eight-year-old, the state of
Oklahoma is a particularly husky in
FAINT, and gives every indication of
waxing even more vigorous in her
wears to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

Evidently the Entente Allies must
need the support of Greece pretty bad
ly if they are considering the advisa-
bility of going so far as to attempt to
depose King Constantine to obtain it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

first frost. But / am too wise fo,
such foolishness. Look, let me show
you the fine winter house / have
found
The toad hoped close so he could
see ana sure enough--right there by
the cricket was a long. narro1v ho1S
In the mortar of the chimney. "Seei''
said the cricket, when the cold davs
come l can crawl right through INV
more onto the hearth, where a warm
nre burns all the day. No freezing
warm when I want to sleep, and the
hole lets me into the house when 7
want to sit by the fire.
Mr.. Garden Toad nodded his head
tnougnIuliy and said to himself.
That cricket is the s1narteet of al
the garden folkH-(Copyright clara
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated press and receives the tuIl Gay
Telegraph report of that great news or
ranization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Is received in The state jour
nal building over wires FOR this soie pui
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18

No return engagement is more ac-
ceptabIe, and especially to the old
folk" than that played by warm or
warmer weather in the late fall or
winter time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
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zasss@AHA @clanhsraaIudsen, - " ~
THE CRICKETs HIDING PLACE.

Mr.. Cricket chuckIed. ut comes
because I have more sense than they
havei If I stayed out in the grass. /,
too, would be frozen to death at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-18
We're Waiting to KNOW.

Maybe some of those sweet girl
graduates will tell in their essays how
to stop that measly fight over in
Europe.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

disposing of the excess of air brought in through the furnace is problem.
 In this plan the stairway door may be left open, which will lead the air to the upper rooms An open window upstairs will complete the yentilating system from the cold air box that SUD- plies the furnace through the. differ ent warm air pipes and registers, so the air will be kept in constant motion.
 This is one of the valuable features of warm-air furnace and one that Is seldom mentioned, In fact. some warm-air furnaces are set in such way as to take the air from the front hall or some other room in the house. so as to use the same air over and over again. If house owners under. stood the advantage of taking fresh air from outdoors they would refuse to deal with furnace man who advo- cated the self-contained inside circu. lation of foul air Misguided furnace men get the idea that a house may be with smallersized furnace. by cheating the inmates of the oxygen that their lungs require.
 Another feature about taking air from the inside of house is the dry ness of the air that has been passed several times through the furnace. Be sides the extra load of carbonic acid gas which it contains 1t is robbed of the moisture that helps to make out. door air so enjoyable.
 There is a great difference in the water that a warm-air furnace will evaporate, according to the different ways of setting the furnace. Air taken from outdoors contains considerable moisture, so that with proper ventila- tion it goes through the house with. out loading up with much moisture from the evaporating pan. All fur. naces are provided with receptacles for the evaporating of water into the air that passes through the furnace. The comfort of a house depends very much on the amount of moisture con- tatned In the house air
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
RIGHT FEED FOR BROOD SOW
consin Station With Corn, Mid dlinss and Alfalfa

On farms where many kinds of grain are grown. there should be little or no difficulty in providing a suitable ration.
 For several years mature brood sows in the Wisconsin experiment sta ton herd have been fed rations com posed of one-third corn, one.third wheat bran or alfalfa. Such feeds are satisfying and bulky. ana at the same time sufficiently nutritious to cause the sows to gain from 50 to 75 pounds in live weight during preg- nancy.
 A mixture of equal parts. by weight, of the feeds mentioned, fed in the form of thick slop. is always very satis- factory. This insures an equal propor- tion and distribution of the various feeds and is relished by the animals. The corn may be fed on the ear and the alfalfa need not be cut. and the rest of the ration should be given as a thick slop.
 Brood sows. weighing from 300 to $50 pounds, usually can be kept on one or the above rationS Tor about $1.50 month.
 If you live in section where these can be grown, sugar beets or giant half sugar mangels may be used to form the bulky portion of the ration and to replace the bran.
 The sugar beets or mangels can be cut up and fed raw or may be cooked and with middlings and other meal made into thick slop
 Soy beans kept on the vine make excellent winter feed for swine. They can be stacked in or near the hog lot in the fall and fed out as needed. The hogs will get abundant exercise work ing over the pile of vines in search of the beans.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

work into the different partitions without making trouble anywhere.
 Thu plan of building eight rooms into a louse as small as this is a notable economy. The two upper rooms extra. as the space is taken entirely from the roof. This arrange. ment gives four bedrooms, besides the len, which may be used for sleeping purposes if necessary.
 The regular living rooms, parlor, dining room and kitchen, are laid out in the most approved order. The kitchen is built in such way as to save steps in the everyday work of preparing meals. There is a great deal in designing kitchen, pantry, cellar stair and back porch in such q way as to condense the business of
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

about three feet above the top of the wall which makes the cellar about seven and one-half feet from the eel lar floor to the joists overhead
 It is usually good plan to heat a house of this kind with a warm-air furnace It is the most economical and satisfactory way of heating a small, compact house. The furnace pipes may be carried to the two up- per rooms with very little expense, so that every room in the house may be warmed by registers, either in the
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

housework into small quarters. Also, the arrangement of the sink and kitchen cabinet helps very much in saving labor
 There is more work and expense in the dining room in this house than in any other room. It is finished with built-in cabinet work from the hard. the ceiling. The extension window is carefully well built by boxing it in with sheathing boards and covering the sheathing with building paper, so as to cover all the cracks and joints. The same style of finish is carried through the parlor and den.
 The particular pattern is usually se- lected by the owner of the building. Fashion dictates that inside woodwork shall be plain, no beading whatever, and very few curves. Many expensive rooms are finished with plain, straight bands of wood instead of holdings. The baseboard, window and door cas- ings and the crown molding at the ceiling may be light or heavy, but in either case they are all plain. usually with square corners.
 There Is a double sliding door be- tween the dining room and parlor, which may be opened as occasion re- quires to make the two rooms into one. A great deal of the time this door will be left open, which is a benefit in the circulation of air for ventilation. Houses of this type are so closely built that some means of
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

MT. William A Radford will answer puestions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper On account of his wide experience as Editor Author and Manufacturer, he Is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects Address all inquiries to William A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago. H., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
 An eight-room cottage house 27 feet 6 inches by 40 feet in size, exclusive of the front porch. is shown in this perspective and floor plan.
 The heavy front porch gives this cottage house a rather massive ap- pearance as you see it from the street. The porch is by "A feet and is GOV cred by gable end roof with consid- erable projection of cave, that pro- tects the porch in all kinds of weather.
 The plan of building two solid piers about six feet up from the ground with short wooden pillars to support a heavy arch that reaches from one pier to the other across the front entrance helps to establish a solid design that looks much more ex- pensive than it really is.
 The porch foundations are entirely separate from the cellar wall. The pier foundations reach below frost. but the work above ground is made of wood covered with metal lath and plastered with stucco. The work Is solid and strong, but is much cheaper than concrete or stone.
 The same character of finish is used on all outside parts of the front porch as we'll as the side walls and dining window extension.
 When a good quality of metal lath is used and the first coat of stucco contains plenty of hair this kind of finish may be permanent and satis- factory.
 The main part of the house is plain, square in build and covered with a gabled roof The manner of building is to construct stone wall up above grade line. The framework is plank frame construction above the wall To get the necessary headroom in the basement the floor joists are started
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

his He studied the pile angles He hand Then sighed equally "AhH al nader dan disand fed free"
  toned him
 You seem interested in work" they said
 Not getting myself condition this job'
  problem  in Washington.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13


  of greatly frightened. longer   but greatly relieved when the them   which willing a consideration. 
  coward of which the former considered the greater ofense.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
(By MICHAEL K. BOYER.)

Of late dry feeding is becoming quite popular, although 1t is not a new idea in the poultry ranks. Fully 25 years ago the matter was agitated and adopted by some poultrymen. but as a general thing 1t was not favor ably received.
 The argument used today in favor of dry mash and whole grain diets are: First, after fowls become used to 1t, they will prefer the ground grain dry to that which is either cooked or steamed; second, it Is a labor-saving method; third, it keeps fowls in a more healthy condition: and fourth, better fertility to the eggs.
 At first the fowls will not take very is mixeA with 1t, they will pick out all such, then probably the corn meal. or some may prefer the bran, but all of it is seldom consumed until the fowls become accustomed to it.
 Gradually they will eat more and more of 1t, finally cleaning up the trough.
 Another benefit is that after eating few mouthfuls they will repair to the drinking vessel and secure sev- eral swallows of water, then back again to the trough and so on during the entire meal.
 It is claimed that more water is consumed by dry-fed fowls. and as water enters largely into the compo- sition of eggs, increased egg-produc- tion should be the result.
 The method is great labor saver. It is possible to both feed and water the stock in the same time it takes to prepare the wet mash and feed it.
 The writer prefers feeding the dry mash in troughs instead of hoppers. unless hopper is used that will be proof against rats and mice. Such a hopper must be made of galvanized iron, and should be made to close at night and be opened in the morning.
 If large enough to hold sufficient material for several days feeding, still more labor can be saved.
 There is also a decided advantage in the system from a health stand point. There Is not so much danger of overfat hens, and consequently there will be fewer soft-shelled and de- formed or illshaped eggs
 There. will be fewer cases of bowel troubles and less trouble with indi- gestion. Wet mash allowed to re main in troughs any length of time during the hot weather will sour. which is the cause of many cases of sickness.
 For growing chicks 1t is recommend ed. They eat few mouthfuls and then take a swallow of water and scamper off for a run. In a few mo- ments they return and repeat the dose
 They never gorge themselves, and when they feel little hungry a little food helps them out.
 At night an extra allowance of food Is placed in small boxes in their houses. SO that the youngsters can help themselves at break of day. Nothing gives chick a worse set back than pining for food.
 But we like only the mash to be fed fowls in that way. The whole grain should be strewn along some light litter. like leaves or cut straw.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

floor or baseboards. There is less ob- jection to floor registers than former ly. when the floors were covered with carpets. Still it is sometimes difficult to select a place for a floor register which won't interfere with some arti. cle of furniture. Usually wall regis ters are placed near a door, because 1t is necessary to keep the furniture away from the doors, anyhow.
 In this plan the furnace pipea would
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

so that the birds must scratch for all they get.
 This exercise is needed.
 The grain should be given at least an hour before the time for them to go to roost, so that ample time Is given them to hunt. If thus fed in a scratching shed. the fowls will con- tinue their search the next morning at break of day. and the attendant will find them hard at work when he comes around to give them their breakfast.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13


 would him. he would matter what the
 Eaboratng his in his home, the secretary said
 When follow the odear of love cannot life distinct married the 0 be sead
 have public think believe should obey dictates Of love by red regulations
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

problem and rock pile located at South Capitol and M streets
 In an effort to solve the question of unemployment the commissioners decided to allow 30 men-husky men. armed with their own hammers-to break up the rock pile. It was possl- ble, said the commissioners. for for ward-looking, earnest man to earn about a dollar a day
 Among the first to arrive was a large colored man, whose unalterable determination to become a nueilist at
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
Dark Barns a Menace.

We'll lighted horse or dairy stalls are even more imperative during the since the absence of light lowers the temperature. Then. leading the ami mals forth into the glare of day after their long confinement in the gloomy stalls Is liable to bring on defective eyesight. while the poorly lighted stalls also contribute to the advance ment of almost every known ailment of live stock.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

service because he married the girl of his choice while his ship was in Hon. olulu harbor several years ago. At that time the naval regulations for bade the marriage of junior officers because it was felt their salary was not enough for two to live on.
 Mrs Austin, resenting the sug- gestion that she was handicap to bar husband, interested Secretary Daniels, and he persuaded congress to pass q law reinstating Austin.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
Many JobIess View Rock Pile, but Few Tackle It

VERY often philanthropy carefully
  Such occasion thisnvolving District
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
Stanchlon for confinina Calves.

should to milk handling with anchons conhnng while eating feeding will the subject feeding be obtained writing daydvio animal industry of agriculture Washington. D. c.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

Sheep as Weed Destroyers. Sheep will eat more than a hun. dred kinds of weeds that are mpal. atable to cattle.
The Spectator., 1915-04-13

Cne IegISIdtOrS. UT course, PreSIueHC Wilson has not said that he lis glad to get congress off his hands," but some folks suspect-some folks sus pect. So official Washington has been as reconciled to the departure of congress as "big business that bug aboo of imaginative minds, popularly is supposed to be-
 First and foremost, the various executive departments do not live in constant dread of legislation that may turn them topsy-turvy. Criticism
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
Secretary Daniels Acts as First Aid to Cupid

 through Joseph a
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
National Capital Quite Happy Without Congress


  diplomatic without
The Spectator., 1915-04-13
COTTAGE HOUSE
 0F EIGHT ROOMS
Architectural Skill Employed to Give Structure More Solid
 Appearance.
WARM-AIR FURNACE BEST

Always the Most Economical and Sat isfactory Way of Heating Such Structure as This-kitchen
 Designed to Save All
 Unnecessary Steps.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-09
G. E. Societies To
Hold Joint Social

.NI. #nL#HEH I'D sHsM.
The Christian Endeavor Union, of
Fairmont, including societies in five
churches, will hold a joint social this
evening, in the Central Christian
church, Second and Walnut streets.
The social Is an important event In
the Christian Endeavor week program.
H. c. Pitzer is chairman of the COM
mittee In charge OF the social. The
other members of the committee and
the churches they represent are as
follows: Lutheran, Miss Bessie Dyer;
Christian, Robert Furman; Temple
Methodist Protestant, Miss Nellie Pat
terson; First Methodist Protestant,
Miss Madge Helmick; Presbyterian,
James Wamsley.
Members of the societies will de.
vote Thursday and Friday to solicit
ing subscriptions to a fund for the
use Of the United Societies for erect.
ing a national headquarters building
in Washington, DC. Miss Nell Lay.
man will be In charge Of q social Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
Methodist Protestant Temple for the
three Junior societies.
IA mock trial, .The Indictment Of
a Christian American for Criminal
Neglect" scheduled to be played by
the Christian Endeavors Thursday
evening. has been postponed until
February Is. +
Each society held q business meet
Ing In It's own church last night and
this evening IN each church the 30
ciety will have charge of the regular
Wednesday night prayer meeting or
have q prominent part on the pro.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-09
Watch My Cat On Page 10
TODAY ANNALS

Today In Pugilistic Annals-sports
1900-Dick Burge knocked out Jack
Scales In LIST round at Lambert, Eng.
This was the last ring battle of
Burge, the famous English light
weight, remembered by American
fans for his great fight In London
with Kid Lavigne. Burge was in his
,35th year when he retired from the
game, but he has since been promi-
nent as a patchmaker and promoter.
Burge, who Is now nearing fifty,
started fighting in 1888. He became
lightweight champion of England in
1891 by whipping Jem Carney, the
hero Of the great 74.round bout with