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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
THE sNAIL's JOURNEY.

Slowly and painstakingly, quar-
f Snail worked hi himself elf towards to- f6s
garden. Such long. long journey for
such a tiny creaturei But Mr.. Snail
wished to see Mr.. Spider-the same
Mr.. Spider that Tommy Tittle-mouse
told such wonderful tales about; and
hard for little Mr.. Snail once he made
up his mind it was to be done.
OF course Tommy had been very
kind and had told the snail all that
the spider had said, but that was not
enough for Mr.. Snail He wanted to
hear with his own ears and see with
his own eyes all that Tommy had told
o..
termination, he crawled towards the
spiders hedge.
Now as you very well know, when
anyone tries hard enough and long
enough. almost anything can be done
Just so in Mr.. Snail's case.
The sun was only half way down its
journey towards the western horizon
when Mr.. Snail reached the Usage
orange hedge where Tommy Title
mouse had said that the spider lived.
But not a sign of a spider was to be
seem
Mr.. Snail thrust his dainty little
feelers with their sharp eyes and his
sensitive '-smellers" way out from his
shell; but they each one reported,
Nothing like spider to be seem" 1t
was most disappointing,
Again the snail sent out his feelers;
and again came the report, NO spider
to be SEEM and all the while the
sun crept lower in the western sky and
the snail could not help realizing that
the day would soon be Overt
Imagine then how relieved and
happy he was to notice that Tommy
himself was creeping to-
wards the hedgei Tommy Tommy
Tittle-mouset" cried the snail in a
panic of fear lest the mouse should
pass by without noticing him. Come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
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Quickly Tommy turned towards the
snail, and when he saw that Mr.. Snail
really needed hell he ran over close
and asked, Hunting Mr.. Spider? That
should not be hard task He ia right
here in the hedge" Obliging Tommy
ran over to the hedge, found the spid-
er web and was just ready to say.
Here is my friend the spideri"-but
he couldn't find the spider eitheri He
hunted up and down the web; around
the edges; and every place that a
spider might hide-but not a sign of
him could he findi I'm afraid you'll
have to wait till morning" he said re-
gretfully, for it's late now. You
sleep here by the hedge and first
thing in the morning. I'll find him for
you" And with that the snail had TO
be content-lCopyrig In
gram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

from Inc chicago News.
The man who is busy never gets
lonesome.
He's a poor physician who doesn't
treat his wife we'll
Don't expect your ship to come in
when the tide is out.
Sooner or later a crook lis apt to
find himself in straits.
A gossip is never a welcome visitor
after telling all she knows.
You can judge what a man hasn't
done by what he is going to do.
Before starting on the road to ruin
man should secure a return ticket
A girl likes to impress upon every
young man she meets that she has rich
relatives
1t is a sad state of affairs if love
grows cold before the bride gets all
the rice out of her hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Journal Entries

There is probably general agree
ment that riches have wings.
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Even the least superstitious nave
confidence in the dollar sign.
- IL
The hunters for trouble are usually
able to fill their game bags.
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Many people seem to be unable to
get into step with any procession they
Join.
- j. j
man hasn't much use for anybody
who fails to laugh at the funny"
stories he tells.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

in one year than the total estimated
wealth Of the entire nation in 1850
1t IS not at all probable that this new
increment in our wealth represents
saving. Perhaps one-Quarter or one
third-no one knows how much
does take the form OF new and i'm
proved farms. railways, factories,
houses. A great part, however, is
not new investment ct all, but mere
revaluation 1t represents n higher
price which we place upon property
which itself has not changed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
On the Spur
of the Moment
AUTUMN.
By ROY K. MOULTON.

AUTUMN.
The leaves of the maple are turning;
They're putting skid chains on the car
Some furniture father is burning;
He hasn't bought hard coal thus far.
The field with ripe pumpkins is yellow;
There's a chill in the evening breeze;
The apples are blushing and mellow,
And dad has stuffed his B. V. DIS
The fall clothes for mother are coming,
And sisters suit is a peach
And brother Bits glad rags are ordered,
His top coats scream and a screech.
Poor father has dug till he's tired
His bank account is in arrears;
His old overcoat he is wearing
The one he has worn seven years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
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Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Another threatened cabinet crisis in
England, this time over the question
of CONSUMPTION, also indicates that the
affairs of nation are not managed i'll
the best possible way, ard especially
in war times, in a country where the
politicians have pretty much of a free
hand. When the final reckoning
comes, the professional politicians the
world over are going to have much for
which to answer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Maybe the success of the Allies viii
hinge on the extent to which the wom-
en- of England will get behind the men
behind the guns. Premier Asquith has
made a stirring appeal to a million of
them to assist in manning the war
munition factories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Some people seem to have the idea
that England, so far, hasn't put much
of an army in the European war
fields But it assuredly ought to be
disa bused by the recent announcement
from London that up to August p.
the British war casualties comprised
3S1,9S3 officers and men killed.
wounded or missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Possibly the refusal of John D.
Rockefeller to participate in any Of
the war loans that the European bel
ngerents are trying to negotiate in
this country is due to the well-known
predictions of this autious financial
genius to play perfectly safe with all
of his loose change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Another mystery is as to how Doc
Cook happered to overlook the rev
land with its mountains that Explorer
stefansson reports he discovered in
the Arctic regions 1t is also recalled
that not so long ago an Arctic ex-
plorer brought back word that the
new land which Mr.. Peary says he
found on his famous trip to the North
Pole does not exist. that it is a myth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

]. D. Botkin might just as we'll have
given up the fight to retain the war
denship of the states penitentiary be-
fore he began il. In the parlance of
the sporting gentry. Mr. Botkin was
up against a cold deck"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Possibly the surgical business Incl
dental to the removal of the vermi-
form appendix is falling into the de-
cline. At any rate, a Chicago doctor
advises that this curious human organ.
is responsible for corns, bunions and
chilblains and that persons afflicted
with these annoyances should have it
removed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
From Other Pens
OYSTERS R GOOD.

The nervous epicure, the timid
housewife. and the obese gourmand
are now in position to enjoy eight
months of solid contentment since
August, the last month minus the let
ter "R" has rolled by. Now that
September has arrived, King OYSTER
may be eaten safely, even with i'm
punity A plateful of blue points on
the half shell may now be consumed
without one palpitating fear lest a
murderous typhUs germ be lurking
near. Those inclined to the view
that of all of the delicacies the oys-
ter is supreme are assured that the
quality of the bivalve now arriving
in thousands, principally from the ex-
tersive beds in Chesapeake bay, are
of a quality unsurpassed in former
years, owing to the expert care now
expended in oyster culture. Baseball
and poker vie for the honor of stand
ing as our national game; but the lus-
cious, succulent oyster-scalIoped,
stewed, ION the half" etc, etc..-is
practically without a competitor for
the glory of being Americas national
dish. Oyster lovers, do you know
that you sustain an industry whose
annual revenues approximate $10,-
100000 New York Anne rican.
JAMS.
The jam industry IN England is
famous, as many Americans who eat
marmalade can testify. When some
weeks ago the chancellor of the ex-
chequer, in discussing war taxes, men
toned the levy on the jam factories
his words recalled to a few Can
adams that they had a jam industry of
considerable size in their own country
The jam industry in Canada has a
somewhat shady past When pure
food theorists began their work a few
years ago they found out things about
Cana dian jam that were by no means
to- it's credit. Masquerading as the
pulp of berries was a mixture of tur-
nip pulp and grass seeds, the latter
being used to carry out the deception.
During the war in South Africa this
toothsome delicacy was shipped from
Canada to be eaten by the soldiers
who were fighting the empires bat
ties. Now all is changed. Jones
that purport to be berry jams or fruit
jams generally are what they pre-
tend Sometimes the cheaper product
has an admiXture of apple pulp, but in
such cases the bottle is marked com
pound" and the purchaser knows that
he is not receiving the real thing.
though the product is still called by
the name of the berry which chiefly
contributes to it's substance. The par
tial substitute is entirely wholesome,
and the deception is only partial also.
When one talks about Germany's syn
thetic chemistry one needs to remem-
Der that manufa cturers of foodstuffs
have not been slow to discover substi-
tutes for natural products.-Spring-
field Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
And the theory that undesirable news

And the theory that undesirable news
travels quickly is knocked into a
cooked nat by the announcement at
Vienna that Austria hasn't yet heard
of the action of the United States re-
ouesting the recall of DR.. Dumba nor
of the coincident request of this gen.
tleman for a leave of absence from
his ambassadorial post at Washing
fn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

And the probabilities are that this
Turkish shipping with which the Rus
sian torpedo flotilla in the Black sea
IS reported to be playing such havoc,
doesn't amount to much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
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
ganization, 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, 1915-09-20

progress. Germany having cared well
for her people for the last two gener-
atoms, is now being amply repaid for
her expenditures by service and 10y
atty in trenches and on fields of blood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Whats all that racket in your dinin'
room, Hiram?' That's my hired man
doing clog dance. We've got a couple
Q, city boarders here who's so used to
them cabarets that they can't eat unless
some sort o. show is goin' on.''-Birming
ham Age Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

American women may lose as many
as 45.o00,0OO hairpins daily, as the
statisticians insist. But the important
announcement to this end doesn't wise
any one up as to Y ,ere these pins go,
as to what becomes of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Military experts are forecasting that
there is no danger of Petrograd fall
ing before the Germans this year. But
this year has only a little over three
months in which to complete its
course
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Improving the Roads.

Improving the Roads.
When they improve the country roads,
They pillow 'em up for miles;
The middle is filled full of sod
And rocks and earth in plies.
They wait for us poor city boobs
To pack the roads down flat,
BY driving over them a lot; e..
It's tough, I'll tell you that.
Whene'er I hear the roads Improved
The word, it has sound
That's risky, and / drive my car
For sixteen miles around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

What is the air of the desert any
how" 81 suppose IL is The Cames Are
Coming. Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Kansas Comment


ALL MUST PULL TOGETHER.
No town will become a good bust
ness center so long es it's business men
rely on a few merchants to make the
effort to bring trade to town Too
often the men in a few lines of trade
are about the only ones that reach
out after custom. Other merchants
viii wait until these men induce the
people to come to town and content
themselves with trade that naturallv
drifts to their place. A public spirited
man should ask himself if he is doing
his best to attract people to come to
town to trade in helping the entire
business community, and no town is a
success unless all lines are working to
extend the trade far as possible and
trying to bring a larger territory in
the circle in which the town is the
business ceater.-Glasco Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
YOUTH DEMANDS PLAY

tractlve we cannot hope to hold the
young people. There must be amuse-
ments for them. We must stop the
continual tagging. the passage of mar
row laws, the constant fretting of the
older people who see in the pleasure
of youth eternal damnation and end
of morality. Times change, and with
them goes the narrowness of Puritan
ism. Encourage the young people in
all harmless amusements of the day.
regardless of what you did when
young or what your parents taught
you to do. This is a new generation
we are trying to keep in the small
towns, and youth demands its play
Carbonate Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Gable says titled women have DON
ned overalls to work in ammunition
factories. That ought to crowd the
plants with workmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Vas WhanO

The katydids are being heard, which
means that summer is about to close.
When did it begin?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Oh, Take En- Away.
Sport collars.
NADIA gaScar hats.
Tipperary records.
Tin HenryS.
Eggs a la Benedictine.
SEARCHED pajamaS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Some Needed Inventions.

Some Needed Inventions.
Razor that cannot be used to
sharpen lead pencils.
Nose glasses that will not fall off
into the soup.
Roast duck that will not slip off the
platter into the lap.
Garden seeds that will fulfil one
tenth of the claims of the catalogue.
Door key that will find the 'keyhole
on a dark night.
Brass collar button that will not
discolor the neck.
Time table that man with an Or
binary high school education can
figure out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Uncle Abner.

Whenever a Teller goes wrong there
are always a few folks in the neigh
borhood who had always been expect
in it, but the same is not true when
he makes good.
If men had tails like their ances-
tors, the monkeys, they would hang
onto street car straps and read the
newspapers at the same time.
Irving Green bought ten acres of
Florida land without seeing it Re-
Gently he went to that state and asked
to be shown the property. The land
agent told him there were but two
obstacles in the way. One was that
he hadn't a pair of rubber boots, and
the other was that he could not bor-
row a boat. The purchase proved to
be part of a cypress swamp, covered
with two feet of water.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15

ton Of feeds to be used depends some
what upon the feeds available md their
cost in any particular locality. The
best results in developing young,
growing horses will come, however,
only from those combinations which
are rich in mineral matter and pro-
tein.
Linseed meal, while not absolutely
necessary when, bran and alfalfa hay
are used, gives the coat a glossy ap-
pearance, indicating thrift and good
condition, and also seems to stimulate
and assist digestion and assimilation.
Horses will relish a little prairie hay.
straw, or corn fodder when fed large
amounts of alfalfa hay.
During the summer the cheapest,
and probably the best, ration for the
growing horse is pasture grass OF
some kind. If the pasture is good, lit
tie, II any, grain will be necessary for
average growth. II, however, the
or il the colts do not continue to grow
and remains thrifty and in good con-
dition, it will be necessary to feed
some grain, especially to the sucklings
and the yearlings. II the maximum Of
growth and development is desired, 1t
will be necessary to feed some grain
with any kind of pasture. The grain
portions of the rations suggested are
well suited to this. purpose. Horses
should have access to salt at all times.
Another important matter in devel-
oping growing animals is the water
supply. Often q water shortage for a
few days, or even weeks, does not
cause much nee or alarm. or a
plentiful supply Of stagnant or even
filthy water is deemed sufficient, but
either condition is a serious detriment
to the growth and thrift Of the young
animal. It is just Is important, par
ticularly in summer, that growing AMI
mails have q plentiful supply Of clean.
pure water as it is that they be well
fed.
Aside from feeding. probably the
most important consideration In de-
veloping growing horses is the care
of the feet. Many Of the poor feet
seen In horses are the result OF neg
AOSS IA SA0 AOC& WILLIE tA0S0 AOx6O0
were young. The toes should not be
allowed to grow abnormally long and
i'll shaped, as serious trouble may re-
suit from cracking or breaking of the
hoof. Neither should the heels be al
lowed to become high, narrow, or
rolled. II these i'll shapes are not COR
rected. the feet, and to some extent
the legs, respond to these influences.
and the horse natures with poorly
shaped feet and often poorly set legs.
Beware of thrush and kindred trou-
bles. II the stables are kept clean
trouble from this source. Careful at
tention to these details win help
greatly In developing big. well shaped.
strong, healthy feet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15
Held
in Trust
By
GEORGE ELMER Cobb
Uopyrsht lsak 81 ". q. chapmanLj


1m16ne CITY nao
so1l.D1ns0n Win its Drlent nents and
s0wne lAscnations oniy 70 cas- nun
wAon mn iittlo stofe OF money
49, soue. ne va 700 PROUD 70 iet
fui1 1IIou01 O4ck IN the little 10
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S.n'u @iaSelcAlas' No nau Do-
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enus nun ouS lIo4a ~
n.en. aoou Oeeaa.
ply" re enoces. Just on = 9.iee
: "ne0 Pa.ou aAey neau 2
o.ou-.oppeo ASH DIn, Wearled ana
0eou ne nau seleecneu oue "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15

Tocc0P0lA IS FIRE SWEPT
Pentotoc County Tossn euffsr Lees
- $4,000 From Flames-orsaln
ef the Firs u Thought 30
% lneendlary.

Clarksdale.-A- H. Cage. cashier Of
tho Planters Bank Of this city. was
shot and killed by q burglar In his
homo in this city. when he rose in
the early morning hours to investigate
q noise he heard In the bedroom.
Mrs. Cage was first aroused by the
man and called to Mr.. Cage. Mr.. Cage
arose, and, unarmed, confronted the
robber. who warned him to keep his
distance, and fired when he refused to
do so. The shot which caused Mr..
Cages death was fired at close range,
as his body was powder burned, the
bullet entering his right breast entire
" penetrating his body. Death was In
Simultaneous.
Ed Moy. Chinaman, and Yancey
Dean. negro, were accused OF compile
ity In the murder and placed under ar
rest Later they were taken from the
Jail by a mob and severely whipped.
So Tar the police have been unable to
arrest tie known murderer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15

Ry DIR. C. w. M'CAMPBELL, Assis.
tant Professor of Animal Husbandry.
Kansas Agricultural College.)
In feeding and caring for the grow
ing horse, the aim and purpose should
be to secure the greatest possible
physical development at the least pos
,sible cost. Often the colt is fed too
isparingly. with the hope that the
growth which 1t does not make as a
colt will be made at some later time.
1. This is q mistaken idea for the
stunted colt will never. fully recover.
In developing and feeding young, grow
ing horses one should remember that
the feed and care they receive during
the first year or year and a half of
their lives determine largely what
they will be at maturity.
The young, growing horse must be
Ted the proper kinds of feed and must
be fed literally. The mineral content
of the ration, as well as the protein,
the carbohydrates, and the fat, must
be carefully considered. The bony
framework demands a considerable
amount of calcium and phosphorus.
Yhe v tissues demand phos-
phorus. The blood demands sodium,
potassium, and iron. These, together
with sulphur and magnesia, are the
most important forms of inorganic
matter needed. !,
Experience has shown that colts
make a better growth on a ration Of
corn and alfalfa hay than on corn and
timothy or prairie hay. This differ
ence is due as much to the difference
In mineral content of the two rations
as 1t is to the difference in the diges-
ttible nutrients.
It SO happens that most Of the feeds
that contain large amounts Of mineral
matter-alfalfa hay. bran. and linseed
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15
SHEEP RAISING IS
UNDERGOING CHANGE
Western States Expected to Turn
Out More Fat Animals for
the Eastern Markets.

The American Stockman says that
western range states will turn out
fewer feeding sheep and lambs and
mor fat ones for the eastern market.
This Is equivalent to saying that the
days OF free range. sheep raising are
about over, and that sheep win soon
be raised under farm conditions In the
far West.
It also means the squalixing Of op-
portunities for the eastern sheep
keeper.
The cheap hill pasture lands Of the
East afford excellent advantages fos
the raising Of sheep.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15
600 Farmers Hear Experts.

600 Farmers Hear Experts.
Laurel.-Several hundred farmers.
e~presenting. six counties. met here on
Oct. 8 and listened to addresses by
prominent farm expert speakers rep
.resenting the state and federal govern
ments. The institute continued
through Oct. 8. The speakers includ-
ed r. H. Pate Of the Mississippi A. &
NJ College, E. b. Ferris of the Mcneil
Experiment Station and r. S. Wilson.
state field agent for the United States
department Of agriculture. DR.. G.. e.
Nesom, formerly director-general OF
United States Live Stock Sanitary
Board. delivered an illustrated lecture
at the courthouse in the evening which
largely attended. It is believed
that the institute will give greatly
added interest and impetus to intensi.
fled and diversified farming in this
section Of the state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-15

meal-also contain large amounts of
digestible protein. the muscle-forming
element, SO that it is evident that
these feeds should enter largely into
a ration to be fed the young, growing
horse during that part of the year
when grass Is not. available. With
bran, linseed meal, and alfalfa hay.
there must be combined oats, corn,
barley, kafir, milo, OF emmer. Cow
pea hay or clover hay may be substi-
tuted for alfalfa hay. The combine