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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22

game of auction, Katharine wandered
toward the music room, alone. Her
thoughts were still busy with her dis
covery. Why did Jim Sinclair stay in
the vicinity? was he SO thoroughly
disguised that no one would know
him?
She heard no football on the thick
oriental rug in the corridor, and she
step to hers, close beside her.
go right on, please he said even
~, land try not to look surprised.
People must think you know me. Go
some place where we can talk alone"
Katharine OWNED instantly who
the newcomer was without looking up.
WIFI the music room do %
"Excellently!"
And not until they were seated quite
Sinclair, what do you want ?"
His astonishment.A was apparent.
Perplexity, then amusement, showed
in his eyes. Jim Sinclair! How do
you get that?"
From the book you dropped on the
beach today"
THAT wasn't my book. But, never
mind, I'll explain. Miss Kendall, your
Spanish friend is James Sinclair. alias
a hundred things. 1 am Dick Blais-
dell. of the secret service. My un-
pleasant duty here is to arrest your
friend. 1 want yVu to tell your par
ents for we are taking your Spanish
nobleman away tonight. And L am
going to ask if, after this duty is per
formed, I may return and be present
ed to you properly"
katherine was radiant. 81 always
hated that old fellow and Pm so glad
it-wasn't you. I really didn't want to
believe it, Mr.. Blaisdell. and" she
dropped her eyes. Il would be most
happy to be introduced convention
ally Copyright, 1915, by Mcclure
Newspa per Syndicates.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
THE NEW APPORTIONMENT,

The new appoftionment plan, pro-
posed by resolution of the Republican
national committee adopted in Decem-
Der, 1913, since approved by the Re
publican organization of twenty-tw two
states and now made final by action
of the committee at its recent meeting,
provides in effect for two delegates
for each senator and one for each rep
resentative in congress, and in addi-
ton thereto, for one delegate for each
congressional district which cast not
less than $500 Republican votes either
in the 1908 or 1914 election. In eff
feet, this will reduce the delegates in
the next national convention from
1,O7S to 9S5. The changes in detail
are as follows; Alabama loses s dele
gates, Arkansas 3, Florida 4, Georgia
IL, Louisiana s, Mississippi s, New
Mexico 2, New York 3, North Carolina.
3, South Carolina 7, Tennessee 8, Tex
as IA, Virginia 8, Hawaii 6, Philip
pines and Porto Rico 2, making to-
tai reduction of 90. With a conven-
ton consisting of 9S5 delegates, 494
votes will, of course, be necessary to
nominate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
RAW PORK DANGEROUS.

There is always the possibility that
illness may follow the eating of pork
that is raw or not thoroughly cooked,
according to a bulletin issued by the
federal department of agriculture. The
danger As greatest at this season of
the year when many people prepare
for home consumption various food
products that are customarily eaten
without cooking. More of these home
made products are prepared at hog
killing time on the farm than at anv
other time.
American people as a rule prefer
cooked pork, but there are many who,
perhaps unknowfrgly consume pork in
an uncooked condition, either in the
form Of raw ham or uncooked sau-
sages. In many localities consider
able amounts of these products are
made up and consumed at home, or
distributed throughout the neighbor-
hood. Large quantities of pork pro-
ducts intended to be eaten raw are
also prepared commercially. The dis
case known as trichinosis, which may
result from eating raw pork, is caused
by certain roundworms. called trfchi-
nae. These are microscopic in size
and infest the flesh of hogs The
prevalence of trichfnae in hogs is in
Dictated by the fact that during nine
years. 1S9S-1906, when the carcasses
of hogs were inspected microscopic
ally by federal inspectors, of 100000
carcasses SO inspected, Ia per cent
contained living trichinae and lie per
cent contained trichina-like bodies or
dfsintegrating trfchinae- In other
words and in round numbers, trich-
mae were present in one out of II
hogs, and if the presence of dead
trichinae and trichina-like bodies is
included, in one out of every 80 hogs
Unlike many other infectious diseases
the severity of an attack of trichinosis
depends upon the number of parasites
swallowed. Large quantities of slight
ly infested pork must be eaten in or
der to produce appreciable effects If
severe illness follows the eating of
small amount of the meat, the pork
must have been heavily infested. To
avoid trichinosis, no form of pork in
tho raw state, including dried or
smoked sausages and hams, should be
eaten. All pork used as food should
be cooked thoroughly If this is done
the value or wholesomeness of the
meat for GOOD purposes is not i'm
paired by the fact that the parasites
were present in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22

of banking reform. Both political
parties promised it, but when bank
ing bill was offered in a Republican
congress, it was strangled by the other
side, and when a Democratic bill was
offered. Republicans opposed it The
Wilson banking bill was modelled in
part after the Aldrich bill which Dem
ocratic congressman had killed. Bank
ers in both political parties urged that
the Wilson bill was unavoidable and
should be perfected. 1t was. and then
it received support from both parties
President Wilson signed it and it is a
law. Why could not this great re-
form have been taken out of the realm
of partisanship? Now it is proposed
to make the shipping bill a partisan
question Why not consult the ship
pers and business men and let experts
assist in perfecting the measure? Why
should we not have a non-partisan
tariff framed on the recommendations
of cham bers of commerce and repre-
sentatives of the industrial interests
embracing both employers and en-
ployees? The success of the new fed
eral reserve board is largely due to
the determination of its members to
act without partisan considerations.
Can we not have tariff. also, that
will be based on patriotism and not
on partisanship? Why forever cruelty
prosperity on the cross of politics and
subordinate the public welfare to the
demands of job hunters?
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Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Politeness. like charity, should be-
gin at home.
Much of the work for the Cause is
done on a commission basis.
The ablest optimist has to four
mean.
AS a man grows older. he is in
clined to take less part in the ap-
plause.
A veil serves it's useful purposes,
but part of the costume should be
made of sterner stuff
If bomb-throwing were a less peril
Gus pastime, there would be more &C
tive anarchists, no doubt.
Safety first shouldn't be limited to
the railroad business, although it is
hardly hoped to extend it to warfare.
To a married man about the only
advantage in a leap year is the fact
that he gets days house rent for
nothing.
One reason some husbands do not
quarrel more with their wives is be-
cause they put in most of their time
at the office.
Sometimes a man resorts to a few
foreign words or phrases on the
theory that they make him sound
wiser than he is.
We are also proud of American
statesmen for the fact that they do not
appear in public decorated like the
foreign variety and Christmas trees
fertile Imagination is what en-
ableS a man to believe he has syInp-
toms of fifty-seven diseases when he
reads the patent medicine ads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
ALARUM.


Out of the East the trumpet comes
And the roll of drums-the dreadful
drums;
Cries of glory and heroes crowns;
Choking smoke of the tortured towns;
Walls of women, and children's screams !;
Tales OF terror unknown to dreams;
The halitus of the corpse-clad waste:
A death-dish cooked to the devils taste.
Above the havoc of matter and mind,
As the fathers curse and the mothers
weep,
The souls of the dead-men charge the
wind,
Whisper: I'VE see. but We are blind;
We are awake, and still ye sleepi''
The eagle mimics a dream drunk dove.
And coos of love-illusive love:
Ink-thumbed soldiers and paper guns
Barnyard battles and cea seless suns;
Naughty navies to rule-the ink
yet the coast lines will never shrink
Saucy armies to welcome war
(Stin we wonder what strength is for)
Purse proud power to play Mars's tricks
(Was there ever Seventy skip
Mark the meaning of Europe's fall:
Asia still has a truth to tell.
Cease for moment the caterwaul.
Cain still grins in the core of
hell
Heed for a moment the futures call
John B. Kennedy, in New York Times.
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QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record
Many a man rides a hobby, only
eventually to be bucked off.
The widow is entitled to her third.
but she must get rid of her second
first.
You never can tell. Many a man is
a dead one long before the day of the
funeral.
Charity begins at home, which
makes it easy for a man to practice
on himself.
Even the undertaken may regret
that budding genius isn't always
planted.
1t sometimes happens that the un-
der-dog gets more sympathy than is
good for him
A bad penny always turns up, but
you never know whether it is going
to turn heads or tails.
Tommy-'FPop, why is money called
dust?" Tommy's Pop-.'Probably be-
cause so many people are blinded by
it, my SON.
Muggins-t'Wigwag boasts that he
has the best wife in the world" Bug
gins-"And how does Mrs Wigwag
feel about it?" Muggins- she
quite agrees with him."
Cynicus-'.I have been engaged to
at least a dozen girls" Sillicus-"Al
ways been unlucky at love, Ell? Cyni-
cus-~Oh, I don't know. I've never
married any of them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
Household Hints
Cranberry Dishes

Cranberry Pudding-Two and one
half cups sweetened and stewed cram
berries one-third cup butter, two
thirds cup milk, two cups flour, pinch
of salt, one cup sugar, one egg, two
teaspoons baking powder Make a
cake batter to cover 'cranberries,
which should fill only one-third Of
cake pan. Bake forty minutes and
serve with cranberry pudding sauce.
Cranberry pudding sauce: One-half
cup cranberries, one tablespoon but
ter, about Il cups powdered sugar
Cook cranberries in a little water
and press through a sieve. Cream
butter and add alternately the cram
berry pulp and the sugaE, of which
there should be enough to stiffen the
sauce. Beat thoroughly and chill
Candied Cranberries - One. quart
cranberries, 1 Il cups sugar. Pick out
from quart of cranberries only the
largest, hardest berries; wash and
place them in a large fiat dish. Put
sugar in a saucepan containing "
cups water. Boil five minutes, pour
it over cranberries, and let them stand
over night. In the morning place ber-
ries and syrup on stove and let them
cook very gently until clear-about
one-half hour-breaking them as lit
tie as possible. Drain and remove
them to a large platter thickly sprin-
killed. with graduated sugar. Sprinkle
more sugar over them and dry IN a
warming oven. These are similar to
candied cherries and make a most at
tractive garnish for ices or deserts.
Makes Sewing Easy.
To run a sewing machine easily and
with the least resultant fatigue, place
the right foot high up on the treadle
and use merely the toe of the left foot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
Jdyh awker Jots

According to the Coldwater Tails
man, the man who can't understand
why boys leave the farm never lived
on one.
Mrs Homer Hoch of the Marion
Record points out: Give and We shall
receive, seems to be the Christmas
gospel of some people.
Take the average young lady for
instance, says the Erie Record If
she could get an auto, a diamond or
two, victrola- and six or eight dresses
for Christmas gifts, she might be sat
isfied.
Comes now the season, says the
Wamego Times, when the head of the
household has to choose between a
new piano scarf and a dining room
rug for his annual gift from his
spouse.
Gasaway, the Gas Gulch correspon-
dent of the Wilson County Citizen, has
the right idea We won't fight the
taxes for good roads, he writes, but
we insist on brains having the job of
building them
This is singular. The Girls Edi-
ton of The Kansas State Collegian,
one of the student publications at
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege is devoted almost exclusively to
news about the girls. There is
scarcely anything in it about the boys.
Observations by the HarveyvilIe
Monitor: The egotist is always the
other fellow Some family trees
bear various kinds of nuts IT'S
sad but true, that the man who agrees
with you may be wrong. "A girl
must be mighty pleasing when she
even marries to please her family.
....If you can't be thankful for
what you have, read the war news and
be thankful for where you are. $500.
Never twit your wife because of her
foolish ideas. Except for one of
them she would never have married
YOU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22

Now that the newspaper men with
the Ford peace argosy have estab-
lished connections with the European
ends of cables running to this country,
it is evident that a censor is quite as
essential for a peace party as he is for
awarring power And the one on the
Oscar II delivered the goods in fine
shape during the fourteen days jour
neSy to Norway. 1t will be recalled
that the wireless dispatches telling
what was happening during the trip
were few and far between
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22
SAFETY FIRST FOR CHILDREN.

Safety First Cor Children is the
title of a little book just issued by the
Safety First Federation of America
1t is a neat little thing in itself but
has behind it q. most ambitious pur-
pose, the conservation of human life
Very large effort has been expended
in its preparation and it seems des-
tined to have widespread influence
throughout tho United States There
is an interesting bit of history con-
nected with its authorship The Safety
First Movement is familiar thing. 1t
began several years ago and spread
like wildfire throughout the country
1t had its origin in enlightened sell
fishness, which is the very essence
of humanita rianism. The great traf-
fic and industrial corporations were
striving to minimize the number of
violent accidents and eliminate the
destruction of property due TO the
carelessness OF their own employees
and the public in general This idea
was enlarged upon by interested
workers and it developed into gem
eral movement for the public welfare
Safety First societies were established
in the important cities of the United
States. The work of these societies
was subsequently co-ordinated
through the formation of a Safety
First Federation. 1t is the purpose
of the Federation to have the book in
troduced generally into the public
schools of the United States, but until
this is accomplished, a wide distribu-
ton will be secured through direct
sales to- the public. Safety First for
Children has been named the best
Gift book of the season. for the -rea-
son that in itself it is an attractive
and interesting story book for chill
dren, and further because it teaches a
vital lesson in the conservation of hu-
man life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22

With all the joy of a human eX-
plorer, Tommy set himself to work to
make paths and highways under the
snow. Never in his small life had he
had quite so much fun He found
that he could make pathways through
which he, all unseen above the snow
could run with perfect safety. And
under the snow he found many a
choice tit-bit of food that might have
escaped his eye in the days of sum-
mer plenty.
This winter weather is not so bad
as L feared he said to Mrs Tommy
when he came back home; exploring
is easy and pleasant and fattening-
I like it,"
And Mrs. Tommy, nibbling AT a bif
OF root Tommy had brought her.
nodded approvingly. - Copyright -
Clara Ingram Judsonl
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On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOULTON.

Retaliation.
:, A singer who recently, passed an even
ing at the house of a lady stayed late. As
Pray, don't go yet. Mr.. Basso. 1 want
you to sing something for me"
oh, you must excuse me tonight. II
is very late, and 1 should disturb the
Never mind the neighbours" answered
the lady, quickly; they poisoned our dog
Those Eternal Magazine .'Jims"
She wrote story of pelf and glory,
and of course her hero was a him
but of all names in creation or a
hyphenated nation, did she have to
Jim, Jim, Jim, dear old honest Jim,
you will find him by the dozen in
the magazines; if it isn't Jim, it's
Jimmie, for doubtless hitched to
Dearie-the latter is more fetching in
the lovey-dovey scenes!
He wrote story; it wasn't CORY;
just a tale of loving hearts and twi-
lights dim; but what a name do you
suppose he hitched up with dainty
Rose? Why, nothing else but dear
old useful JIM
Jim, Jim, Jim, necessary Jim, the
hero of one-half the tales you read /;
if you pick up any story you will
find him in his glory-till you rise in
wrath and write this sort of screed.
Personal.
J. W. H: You tell us that you
want to get into vaudeville and want
to know what you ought to do. What
you ought to do is to get first-clas IS
act-one that will make great hit
and then act it. That's what they all
ought to do.
Mother: You say that Maggie bites
her finger nails just terribly and that
you don't know how to cure her.
That's easy Tie her arms around
telephone pole
Geraldine: Shame on you, Geral-
dine. We haven't the slightest in
formation regarding the rather risque
question you ask us. P. S-We are
sending personal reply by mail con-
tanning all you want to know.
What Do You Think?
When a duffer borrows a five-spot
from you and promises to return it
tomorrow, and tomorrow never comes,
what do you think?
When a man looks you in the eye
and tells you a deliberate lie, and
you know that he is lying and that
he knows that you know it, what do
you think?
When man owes you a dollar and
crosses the street to avoid meeting
you, what do you think?
When a girl leads a man on to de-
claring himself and then deliberately
losses him over without compunction,
what do you think?
When a man trifles with the affec-i
lions of a good woman and then is
not honorable enough to live up to
his word, what do you think?
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From Other Pens
TRIUMPHANT FASHIONS.


1t was reported the other day that a
gathering of women IN Berlin display
ed small enthusiasm for a suggestion
that they give up Paris fashions when,
after the war, they became available
and not inimical to a national patriot
ism We suspect that the fashions
will not submit to such precise delimi-
tation. If the best models be thought
in Germany to come from Paris, Paris
will not be the capital of France but
the capital of dressmaking. A lasting
prejudice against beauty and art can
not easily be maintained. If the
French make the most attractive
gowns the women of the world will
wear them when they can get them,
and whether the French destroy the
cathedral at Cologne or the Germans
the cathedral at Reims will not change
this fact The world makes a pretense
of only one element of brotherhood,
and that is in taste. When American
designers convince the nations that
they can excel the gown making of
Paris all the hostilities in world viii
not keep the women of the world from
American fashions.-Chicago Tribune
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Journal Entries

All men may be born equal, but
they don't continue that way long.
j. j
It's easier for a man to fool him.
self than it is to fool others.
+ + =
Self-Iove is the most abundant va
riety and also the most lasting kind.
j. +
The mistakes that happen in the
best of regulated families are seldom
very serious.
- 5 !.
There is praise for the man who
takes chances and wins but only CEN
sure, for the one who takes chances
and loses.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago NewsJ
Love and coins may be tested by the
ring.
The man who praises the baby wins
the mothers smile.
Some women are afraid in the dark
and others are afraid of light.
A black eye indicates a revengeful
nature-the other fellows.
The man who snores in a sleeping
car is likely to wake up famous
The chronic kicker is disliked, but
he gets more attention than a meek
chap.
The henpecked husband develops
into a free-thinker when his wife
goes away. on visit.
Probably nothing bores a man more
than to have another man begin an
explanation of something that he him
self was just going to explain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-22

For many day after the first
snowfall, Tommy and his mate were
content to stay in the big, warm barn.
The food was plenty and good, and
the chickens were enough company to
keep one, from feeling forlorn or lone
some Likely, Mrs. Tommy would
have been happy to stay right there all
the winter long.
But Tommy was not Through the
long summer days he had learned
much about the fun of exploring, and
he was not inclined to give up the
sport for the whole winter. You are
so safe and comfortable here he said
to Mrs Tommy one bright, cold morn
ing, that 1 think l will run away for
few hours and see if can find
something new to eat.
Better not, Tommy" advised Mrs
Tommy cautiously; you know there
may be greater danger outside DO
stay in here where you know you are
safe. And anyway, Mrs. Hen hes
just now told me that the ground is
all covered with white snow. So you
can't go anywhere today" She -four
ished her tail and settled down COM
fortably in her corner as though that
settled the question.
Covered with snow is it2" replied
Tommy cheerfully. Then that makes
exploring safe and easy. III start at
once
safe and easy?" exclaimed Mrs
Tommy in surprise. How so?"
"Of course 1 have never tried it,
said Tommy by way of explaining,
but something tells me that can
travel under the snow. If can,
then there Will be no danger from
the hawk or the owl I mean TO try
it at once
IF you are sure il is safe" said
Mrs. Tommy doubtfuliy, but Tommy
was already on his way,
Out from behind the piled up
boards he scampered, across the
barn floor to a corner where he had
carefully made himself a hole in the
wall Into this hole he stuck his in
quiring nose. Yes, Mrs. Hen was
ground outside was COW
cred with snow, soft, white, fluffy
snow that was both warm and cold.
More warm than cold, Tommy de-
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WORST THING FOR COOP ROADS

Perhaps the worst thing which
could happen to the cause of good
roads," says Farm and FIreside,
would be the building of all those
now needed, with no provision for
keeping them up after their compile
ton. No permanent road is perma-
nent in The sense of not needing re-
pairs and upkeep- We have shown in
these columns that a concrete road
way sixteen feet wide can be kept in
condition for twenty years or more
bv the expenditure of from $25 to $35
pcr mile a year There is probably
no road. permanent or temporary,
which can be kept in really good con-
dftion for less. Some charge for main
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POITrICS AND PROsPERITY

This is a good time for the country
to take up such as questions as pre-
paredness from the non-partisan
standpoint as President Wilson rec
ommends, writes John a Sleicher, in
Leslie's. Partisanship has cursed the
country long enough. 1t should not
be permitted to NEEDLE with the set
Element of economical questions af-
fecting national prosperity. For years
the business of the country was in need
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tenance there surely will be on every
permanent read. When issues of
bonds for better roads are voted on,
this matter of maintenance should be
provided for. In many cases the per
manent road will be far easier to
maintain by the ordinary tax levy than
were the old unimproved' highways
In such cases the new road, instead
of adding to the local burden, will
tighten 81"