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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
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Cupid can see a silver lining of a
dark cloud.
A hot temper warps mans better
Judgment
He who starts out to meet trouble
has a short journey.
But it is more blessed to receive
than to be given away.
To realize the hardness of this
world step on banana skin.
When a woman's age begins to tell
on her she just can't it shut up
When an intelligent crook makes a
mistake he fixes things SO that an
other gets the blame.
The chap who always tells the truth
is apt to tell nine unpleasant ones out
of a possible ten
Were some people to talk of only
what they really know they would
have no need of language.
1t isn't necessary for a woman to
be an artist to draw mems attention.
= perky feather will answer =
A pessimist says that the surest way
10 avoid trouble, escape hardships and
dodge calamities is to die young
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

While a woman can subsist on re-
freshments,, man demands grub.
1t is hard for bald head to fol-
low college sport after Thanksgiving.
If you feel a pain in your body that
is a token that you have paid the
price.
Chores on the farm have done a
great deal to promote the growth of
urban population.
The general rule, although there
may be exceptions, is that the Sc1s-
sors need sharpening,
Next to a drug clerk, the man who
is handy around the mouse" prop
ably gets-the least rest
waste in the home where boy is
making his headquarters.
If you applaud every speech that is
an indication that you are weak
minded and believe everything you
hear.
Modern dancing is not done ac-
cording to Marquis of Queensberry
rules, but the strangle hold should be
barred.
A man who strikes a woman is de-
tested by all good citizens, but If he
just makes her toe the mark, that IS
a different matter.
when is an affinity not an af-
rinity?" Don't give this up until you
have investigated the domesticity OF
the affinities who have married.
There is a resemblance between
driving a team of mules and running
a newspaper. Some say one must
swear to make mules act properly.
On the other hand, perhaps people
should look on funeral in this way:
A funeral only means that the misery
OF another person has come to an end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOJLTON.

Do You Remember Thems
I've eaten round for many years and got
But I don't banker for no huttel or swell
cafe
OF course their cookin' is all right for
these here city folk
That never had no better, but to me it is
joke.
The fine French names they fasten on the
grub don't cut no ice; --...-
And then again it's really not a matter
of price.
know of something that beats all their
fancy pies and cakes:
mother used to make
OF course that's what they all say and
But it brings back some memories you
couldn't buy for gold.
You fellers all remember 'em. Your mother
1t was a simple little trick these high
toned chefs can't do.
I've searched the county over, but I've
searched it all in vain;
1t somehow seems to strike me I'll ne'er
taste their like again.
The cookin' schools amt graduatin' pupils
who can bake
Them bakin powder biscuits like my
mother used to make.
Uncle Abner.
There is no use trying to argue
with any Teller who is strong-minded
enough to wear a derby.
The only way to eat some brands
of breakfast food is with a nose-bag.
The fellers with the funniest shaped
heads are generally the most prom
inent ones at the conventions and
banQuets.
L never see a Teller with long flow
ing whiskers who wasn't rather con-
sentative about everything else.
Some Firm Name This.
Floyd NJ. Cook, the jeweler was
suddenly called to his former home
at Maple Rapids last week He at
once responded and found that his
good wife had presented him with the
best pair of twin boys in the land.
Congratulations are in order, and Mr.
Crook is certainly receiving his share
The firm name will soon read, 1.-The
Three Crooks. Howard City Record
What's the Difference?
A Pennsylvania has been arrested
Ill times While other men have spent
their time waiting in barber shops, he has
been i'll Jail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
THE LAST ROBIN.

Leaving today! Leaving today!
Leaving today" sang robin out in
the backyard garden. I'm leaving to-
day for the SOUTH
'Humphi 1 should think you Lad
betterI' croaked the garden toad in
the doorway of his winter home.
Mighty foolish business to stay this
long. This long-longH
Il know it," replied the robin, who
happened to light on the ground close
by the toad, and who was making a
last effort to peck something out Of
the half-frozen soil Il know I'm
foolish to stay so late, but I do hate
to leave this neighborhoodi 1 sup
pose Billy has gomez"
Dear me, yes" replied the toad,
"he left some time ago, Aren't you
afraid of the cold winds? Why 90
you tarry?'
Because 1 like to be the last 20
leave" said the robin. and with a
flirt of his tail he gave. up the vain
search for a. worm, and perched on
the apple tree overhead
Wei, I guess you are" laughed
finding any other robins!"
the robin; the wind is blowing just
right today. Is there anything 7 can
tell Billy If 1 see him %
only to come back early" said
the toad.
He will know that replied the
last robin, and with a whirr Of his
wings he mounted high into the air,
and was soon out of sight.
Now all the birds but the sparrow
are gone" sighed the toad, and he
started to hop back into his hole. but
a sound caught his attention.
''Who-o-o, who-o-o, WHO'D % is
here ?" asked the owl from the lark
ness of the pine tree trunk.
I'm here" replied the toad prompt
ly and Chirpy Sparrow would be
here if he wasn't over in the mex.
yard hunting food 1 hope You are
not going south with the rest of the
BIRDS
The owl snorted with amusement
you know am not-no sucn foolish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

was cooked in, and q little chopped
parsley, salt and pepper.
Cream Kale--Cut kale in small
square pieces, let stand IL cold water,
then put in saucepan, poor boiling
water over it, cook ten to fifteen min
utes, then drain, run cold water over
it-just enough to reach top of kaIe.
Add salt and pepper. Leave on stove
thirty minutes. For gravy, take a
little butter in a cup, ada about a
To Boil Kale-Wash well and let
stand IN cold sailed water for time.
Have ready saucepan of boiling
water, put good half teaspoonful Of
baking soda in the water, give it an
other wash in cold water, then put
in the boiling water and boil fast
without the lid for about one-half
hour, or until tender. To be eaten
with any kind of meat and gravy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
Journal Entries

Neither are so very many people
anything like what they seem to be.
j. + j.
Nor does the wise man hold his
Judgment to be good enough to bet on.
4. j. j.
Nothing is sufficiently swift to beat
money when it comes to making
getaway
Many brave individuals are that way
because their courage has never been
tested.
If everybody said what he or she
thought there'd be much more ex-
element and trouble in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

the longing to give, the desire to be
the cause of another's happiness. To
wish to help others is the oldest pas
sion in the world-even a little older
than the impulse to overcome others.
And it is thu deathless passion as we'll.
1t needs no Christmas day to keep it
alight, but as long as Christmas con-
tinues to provide fuel to make the
flame of g od-fellowsnip burn brighter
that day will continue to be the rich
est 5enty-fouT hours in all the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

THE same say L, say ], J." an
swered the toad; "and anyway I am
SO fat i won't need much food-and
that's q good thing. good thing
thing"
mo fatter than 1 am" no,,rned
the owl. Il thought / was sorry to he
SO fat, but I guess now I am oIadI
L won't have to worry about eatinS
so much"
Just then an extra strong north
wind .aced through the garden and
sent Old Man Owl and dignified Mr.
Garden Toad both a-scurryine for
shelter--(Copyrig Ingram
JudsoD-l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

Uncle Sans second note to Austria
relative to the murder of the passen-
gers aboard the Ancona is character
lied as an ultimatUm. But if Aus
tria is so disposed she will have little
trouble in finding some ioophole
through which 20 continue the con-
troversy. The European war has
brought about the passing of the day
when an ultimatum meant the last
word in diplomatic exchanges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

1t now develops, or so a report from
Rome goes, that the italian military
campaign of many months has only
been of preliminary nature, and that
Italy has gathered an army of two
million men for n final and success
full drive against the Austrians in the
near future. But it is also possible, of
course, that this drive won't turn out
any better than several others that the
Allies have attempted OF promised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
Thincs Worth Knowing.

When beans are scorched take them
off the fire and set pan in cold water
for ten minutes. 1t will take away
the scorched taste and will loosen the
the bottom.
Drain Pipes-A tablespoon of COM
mon soda and cup of strong vinegar
put in the sink will clean out clogged
pipes.
Easy Way of Washing Woodwork
Take pail of water, one-half pint vine
gar and a soft rag; woodwork will look
like new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

What have the hysterical folk along
our seaboards to say to this? The war
department reports to congress that
the nations coast defenses are the
most formidable in the world, their
only deficiency being lack of suffi-
cient numeb of officers and men to
man them property
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

A new German offensive of consid-
cradle proportions in the Ypres re-
gion is Immediately accepted in Lon
don as the beginning of a German at
tempt to invade England. But it
isn't at all likely that the Germans
will reach London IN time to do any
OF their Christmas shopping there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

Evidently the farmers of the United
States have figured out an early end
ing of the European war and a con-
sequent falling off in the demand for
American wheat for export. The acre
age planted to winter wheat this fall
lisa full five million acres below what
It was last year II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

There must be a considerable sup
ply of natural gas available, else Ar
kansas City probably wouldn't be vot-
ing 100000 to go into the municipal
natural gas business under a plan
where gas will be furnished to ordi-
mary consumers at 20 cents a thou
sand feet and to manufacturing
plants for much less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

Are you forgetting the Red Cross
Christmas Seals. Every one you buy
is a nail in the coffin that is being
prepared for the burial of mans dread
foe tuberculosis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
Handy Tool.

File the hook off a common button
hook with a ring top and sharpen to
a good point.
This makes a good opener for milk
bottles and if hung above the sink IL
will always be handy when the bottles
are washed before opening.
This tool was made by a child of
nine after watching mother making
several unsuccessful attempts at open
ing bottles with a fork.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

travelling for me. L prefer to take my
chances for food right here in this
garden. No doubt 1 will he hungry
manly times when the snow covers
the ground and the little birds and
mice keep tight in their nests. But 1
would rather stay here where I feel
at home than to travel way off to q
far country!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

According to the statisticians of the
federal department of agriculture the
aggregate value OF the Kansas crops
for this year is not as large as it was
in 1914. But it will do very nicely,
thank you, as the automobile agents
can testify
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
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Association.

St PauFs police department pre-
sents the unusual spectacle of actually
having had a couple of armed detec-
tfves on hand to give battle to gang
of ,hold-up men when they attempted
TO stage one of their familiar stunts.
Some time, perhaps. n policeman will
actually catch a burglar in the act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
Household Hints
Things Worth Knowing.

Skirts of serge, panama, etc, be-
come slick and Shiny-looking before
they are nearly worn out. Place skirt
on a board and rub shiny places with
a match and will burn long just
enough to rough up the nap.
To start a fire quickly, don't use
coal oil Mix ten cents worth of
crude oil with sawdust. A half cup
of this mixture will ignite easily with
a match and will burn long enough to
get the wood or coal ablaze.
Now that crocheting is such a fad
when working wear a black apron or
spread black. cloth over the lap,
relieves the tension brought to, bear
upon the eyes.
When putting paraffin on jelly be
sure to have the jelly cold; pour the
paraffin on thick, up to top of glass,
and jelly will not work out the top.
Kale Recipe.
Stuffed Kale-Take a loose head of
kale, cut bottom end off, loosen leaves
put in cold water. Now prepare a
stuffing of pint of bread crumbs or
soaked bread, put in frying pan and
put in oven little to dry out. Md
an egg if soaked bread is used, a little
onion if liked, salt, pepper. celery or
celery salt, two or three gratings of
nutmeg, one half pound sausage meat
(cold veal or lamb or any meat you
have on hand will do, but not ham)-
Then take heart of kale and the leaves
next to it. Put a little of the stuffing
on heart-not too much--then press
against the heart, and so on until fin
iShed. Then tie up with strips of
cheesecloth and drop into a pot that
the ka1e will fit in, with some soup
stock (salted). Boil slowly one and
one-half to two hours. When done
melt some butter in a saucepan, out
some flour in it (about one able
spoonfuD, add some of the stock kale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

At any rate, the members of the
Ford peace party are intensely human
in their .nclinations to blame all their
troubles on the reporters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
~ OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganfzation. for the exclusive afternoon
Publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-21

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested
Ill times. While other men have spent
their time waiting in barber shops, he has
been in Jail.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18

aggregate length of the development
tunnels is 3151 feet In one of these
tunnelssa flow of 5000. 600 gallons of
water has been developed. with pros
pect of a considerable increase. J..
65,0O0,o00 Gallons Day.
THE main tunnel at the north side
discharges a flow of 80, 000, 900 gallons
per "a hours The total minimum flow
of water through the Waiahole tunnel,
when the whole line has been COM
pleted, and the, streams from Waika-
ne, Waianu, Owau and Kahana have
been taken in, should as shown by re-
cent measurements not be less than
65, 100000 gallons per "a hours, and in
times of freshets fully twice this
amount a ..~- IT,. -:
Should no unforeseen difficulties
arise. in the boring of the remaining
portion of the main. tunnel. the con.
tractor expects to finish the same be-
fore the month of August next. and
there is every indication that the
whole aqueduct will be completed in
the early part of next year, which
will be before the time specified in
his contract. <.-.....:s-. .&.- ~
with the addition of the new water
supply, and with an increased area
of several thousand acres of the best
virgin cane land brought under, cult
Walton, we may in a few years look
forward to annual crops of at least
IS, 1000 tons sugar, and a considerably
reduced cost of production.
Profit Balance $3.50, 31s. !.
The financial report of the company
shows dividends of $4,000. IL per
cent on capital stock, and a profit bal
ance for the year Of $5S9, 319. -
Officers were reelected as follows:
]. F. Hackfeld, president; NJ. P. Rob-
inson, first vice-president; F. j. Low
rey, second vice-president; Georg Ro-
dick. treasurer; J. F. C.. Hagens, sec
rotary; A. Haneberg auditor H..
E Board Of Directors. A. McCand-
less,sW F. Dillingham; P. Muhlendorf,
H Focke - e.
! Ex-Officio-J. F. Hackfeld, F. ]. Low.
'rey, NJ. P. Robinson, Georg Rodiek, J..
F. C. Hagens. n 4
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
FEBRUARY Is, 1915.
A BRoAD-M1NDED VIEW.

More than half of the last Review of Reviews
is taken up by writer's describing the Pana-
ma-Pacifc Exposition. The most interesting
article is by President Benjamin lde Wheeler
of the University of California on the mean
ing of the exposition. 1t is at once the most
searching and, as it were, authoritative state
ment of the meaning of the whole exposition.
After discussing the various aspects Of the
finishing of the gigantic work, the Panama
Canal, he sums up his study in four chief
points. The fourth point deals with the Pacific
and the peoples who are made our next door
neighbors by the completion of this work. He
says in his fourth point:
Japan and our Pacific Coast are drawn
more closely together into common area OF
trade and intercourse. Each will have to know
what is going on with the other. Japan's great
circle route to Panama on her shortest way
into the Atlantic passes the Golden Gate only
a hundred miles out. Japan is no longer an
occasional neighbor. We must make up our
minds to settle down and live in the same
world, even if not in the same country, with the
Japanese. Our misunderstanding must be
frankly met and boldly and fully stated
CLOSED over with formal smiles. We and our
sons and our son S sons will have to know
them and deal with them. We must get their
point of view and understand their case. 1t
is the only way. We cannot ignore them; they
are in our world, and very much in it. We
have no hope in violence Wars settle nothing
mot even who is strongest =
If all men in America and all in Japan were
to take this broad-minded, moral, and states
manlike view of bubbles about friction be
tween Japan and the United States misunder-
standings would at once cease.
contributed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
EDITOR.
sTANDARDIzING PROPERTY VALUES
FOR LOCAL TAXATION.

The constitutional amendment which has
been introduced in the California senate, pro
vldng for the appointment of tax commits
sion by the governor to establish uniform sys-
TENS of assessment throughout California is
almost identical with the recommendation re-
Gently made by the joint committee of the
Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu and the AID
Club on territorial and municipal accounting.
With the view to securing greater stability in
our local taxation conditions, the joint com
mittee reported, in part, as follows:
"The value placed on property may be the
honest and conscientious opinion of the asses
sor, yet it is open to criticism by every other
citizen, each of whom has the same right in
his opinion as the assessor. Without definite
working standard of property values, there can
be no uniformity between the valuations of any
assessor.
1.-THE present full cash value basis of as
sessing property in the Territory has no definite
expression. Market price cannot be consid-
cred a factor in determining the full cash value
of land, as the prices for sales of realty are in
all cases merely compromise between the in
dividual opinions of the purchaser and seller
If every lot in the city of Honolulu were sold
each year, there is no doubt that from these
sales some averages could be deduced that
would fairly represent community opinion
of value, but the fact is that only small pro-
portion of the city land changes hands during
a year, and it is very common to find lots and
tracts of land that have not been sold for two
or three generations.
1T is frequently stated that rules cannot be
formulated that will take into consideration
all the conditions that affect the value of city
lots. While it may be admitted that this is
true, it must be acknowledged that in so far
as similar conditions exist their treatment by
the use of rules will tend to simplify the work
of the assessor, result in greater uniformity,
and greatly facilitate the work of comparison|
or review. ~% ~@- -: "-.>
The use of improved methods of asses !lent
Of local taxation is imperative. Accurate, scien-
tifc methods are possible, and should be in
troduced in the territory, to aid the assessor
and protect the taxpAer. at,
(. We should strongly recommend, therefore,
HE appointment by the governor of board of
assessors consisting, say, of five members, the
personnel of which to be practical businessmen,
the tax assessor, to re-value the real
in the City of Honolulu along pro-
gressive lines. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18

Laws of 1907, the same being an Act
to amend section 2291 of the Revised
Laws Of Hawaii. prohibiting children
in public streets after certain hours
of the evening Is a dead letter for the
reason that It has not been enforced
since its enactment; and i
Whereas, it is very urgent that
something should be done for the pro-
lection of the children, especially in
the city Of Honolulu; -... = h.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the House of Representatives of the
Territory Of Hawaii, session of 1915,
that special committee of FIVE mem
bers be appointed to investigate the
reason why this law has not been en-
forced by the local police and to re.
port their findings thereon"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-18
BOOZE IN POLITICS.

The case Of Illinois at present aptly Illus
trates the influence of the saloon interests on
the political life of the nation. In that state
the legislature has been BADLY dead and
its legitimate business brazenly held up by the
liquor interests, which have prevented the cleo
ton of a speaker house.
For nearly two months the members of the
Illinois house have been balloting futilely over
q speaker Nearly go ballots have been taken
without result, no candidate being able to OBJ
tain majority vote. The Republican party
has clear majority, but party lines have been
cut by the liquor interests and bipartisan
alliance formed with the outspoken intention
Of forcing the election of their man as speaker
md thus blocking the anti-saloon legislation
certain to be pressed, since women now vote
IN Illinois, Nor has this been done under cover
on cloak of respectability. A wellorganized
lobby, headed by Anto j. Cermak, head of the
United Societies, the Chicago liquor organiza
ton, has been working openly among. the leg
islators since the session opened.
But the lobby is short just enough votes to
override the members Of both parties who re-
fuse to take liquors dictation and the dead
lock continues unbroken. In the meantime the
work of passing the laws for which the state
has been waiting two years is neglected and
much of it will be left undone when the session
comes to a close 1t is another of the ugly by
products Of tire brewery.
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Legislative procedure often goes from bou-
Duets to brickbats.