davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-27

, He was the only person who could
Make Matatao smile. Her brown,
wrinkled face would crinkle up every
time she saw him, and her slow black
eyes follow his figure lovingly. Once
she came upon them both, standing on
the trail high above the timber line at
sun down on Lookout rock. Dave
leaned toward the girl longingly, his
face aglow with love, his lips framing
quick. broken words of pleading, and
Matatao stood like statue watching
until she saw him take Jean in his
arms, when she slipped out of sight
back into the underground.
1t was night when Stanley came up
to the cabin. He was spent with the
long ride and out of humor. Jean
stood by the table as he entered and
the captain rose with all his old time
dignity. But Stanley was excited and
nervous.
How are you, captain, and you,
Jean? l rode down some old Indian
woman on the trail. 1t was dark ano
tho horse was stumbling. She's down
there now"
He got no further. Jean was out Of
the door and flying down the trail. She
knew every step Of the way even in
the dark. Matatao had dragged her
self out of the path into the bushes like
a wounded animal. She lay with her
face upturned to the light of the new
moon just slipping down over the
shoulder of old King Mountain. Jean
knelt by her lifting her in her strong.
VOunr arms hUt tho old Indian oouo1,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
GOLD SUPPLY AND TRADE.

Gold from the British treasury is
flowing into New York so actively.
close to $3o0,0OO.OO0 having arrived
since the beginning of May. that it is
difficult" writes Henry Clews the
New York banker in his current
weekly financial review, ito realize the
object unless it be a matter of pru-
dence to have it here as a safeguard
against the accidents of war. Or it
may be sent here for its effect upon
the domestic money situation as we'll
as upon the sterilization of the sterling
exchanges. Gold is in such active
supply that it is not needed on anv
basis of nearly normal demands. The
$SOO,OOO,O0o, represented by the pro-
ceeds of the latest British loan. have
become available and are. so far as
their buying power is concerned, the
equivalent of gold. The gold. how
ever. will unquestionably assure con-
tinuance of easy money conditions on
this side of the Atlantic-condition
that are especially necessary to British
finance at the present moment Brit
ish short term borrowing has assumed
such large proportions (there are. for
instance. no less than 900, OOO. 900 in
short term treasury bills outstanding)
that some more permanent form of
borrowing must sooner or later be en-
tered upon, such for instance as a new
long term war loan. 1t would not be
in keeping with their skillful financial
management of the war if the Eng
lish authorities were to offer such a
long term loan on London money
situation indicated by a 6 per cent
Bank of England rate. But if rates
are lowered the English treasury is al
once confronted with the fact that
American financial institutions and in
dividuals who have on deposit in Lon
| don at lucrative rates large sums will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News

From the Chicago News.
Fame usually costs more than it's
worth.
Among other literary stars we find
the asterisk.
A wise man says just enough and
then puts on the lid.
How much louder it sounds when
some one else slams the door,
Some children fear the dark as
much as some men fear the light
Sinners would have a lot more fun
if good people would leave them alone.
Other peoples Standardization
proves that there is no accounting for
tastes.
1t often happens that there is NJ
harmony in the home of a music com
poser
If woman is in a position to sup
port a husband she can afford to do
without one.
1t takes a woman to carry on a
conversation with a man in a tone that
savors of a scolding.
There may be plenty of money in
circulation, but it's sometimes difficult
to get it to circulate our way.
Probably half the pleasure a woman
gets out of life is due to her ability to
change her mind and complexion at
will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Something real in the Kansas Sep
TENDER weather line is on deck again,
and there is no variety of weather that
is finer. Some of the goosebone
weather prophets have a bunch that
there is going to be a delightful fall.
and lots of it. And before long these
weather forecasters will be finding
the signs in the condition of the bark
on trees. the antics of the squirrels,
and the texture of the fur on this or
that animal. which will indicate Just
the sort of winter that is in store
for these parts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

not unnaturally. withdraw these funds
in the event of rates at home proving
equally as attractive. Such a with
drawal of funds could hardly fail to
influence unfavorably the sterling ex-
change and create an undesirable sit
uation. Hence if rates in London are
to be lowered the present difference
that exists between London and New
York rates must in some measure be
maintained. In these circumstances
the phenomenal importation of gold
that is taking place would not be as
difficult to understand, especially
when it is recalled that under the new
federal reserve banking law banks are
II per cent against deposits, as against
25 per cent under the former ma
tional banking law, thus making the
loaning ability of the banks upon gold
as reserve virtually skiold against
fourfold as formerly was the case.
Trade and industrial condi-
lions continue active. Leading steel
authorities have been quoted in news
paper interviews as declaring the sit
uation unprecedentedly live and as
expecting a full continuance of cur
rent conditions for at least many
months to come. Bank exchanges
bear out these optimistic statements.
For the month of August in nearly ali
American centers high record totals
have been established, the total for
the entire country, comparing with a
year ago, showing an increase of 3S
per cent, while for the eight months
of the calendar year 1916, a gain of
Al per cent over 1915 is shown and
441k per cent over 1914. The same
general trend of testimony is contain
ed in the latest reports of railroad
earnings. AS compared with the first
six months of 1915 gross earnings of
American roads for the first half of
1916 increased no less than $32S,012,-
600, equivalent to % per cent, Will,
the net earnings increased $166,151,-
600, or AZ per cent. Our country UNI
questionably is passing thru a period
of initiation that seems destined to
increase substantially before the final
check comes. The foreign liquidation
seems to have been responsible for
some measure of the failure of Sc
curities to join fully in this admitted
initiation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
JAYMAWKER JOTS

E. ]. Kelsey, a successful farmer,
is the Marion Reviews authority for
the statement that the price of hogs is
higher now than it has been since the
Civil war.
This is the season of the year, points
out Mrs. Homer Hoch in the Marion
Record. when the new school teacher
is being sized up. And also let us not
forget to say, when the parents are
being sized up; Johnnie's manners,
cleanliness and dumbness being the
ready mediums for such sizing.
Wednesday evening was good
night for bats, was the Introductory
sentence to a news note in a recent
issue of the Lindsborg News, which
told of something that busted at the
electric light plant and which threw
the city in darkness for several hours.
1t is pretty safe to assume, suggests
the Coldwater Talisman, that you are
talking too much if you repeat more
than one-half you hear
Some of the Kansas Zephyrs that
were recently started on their way by
Fred Cook in his jamestown Optimist
Most of the political lies you hear are
untrue. The fall hats, like living
expenses, are to be higher. Very
few families can afford more than one
genius. Force won't compel sin
cere respect any more than riches will
buy it. E. The smaller and more in
significant the man is, the larger is
the cigar he smokes. =. A woman
hair is her crowning glory. except
when you find it in the butter. .
When a man hasn't a very good repu-
tation he always seems to enjoy prov
ing it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
BASS FISHING AND WORK

If bass fishing We're in the category
Of day labor. the bass should worry,
writes Zim in Cartoons Magazine.
Heartaches. boneaches. sunburn, and
mosquito bites fall to the lot of the
bass fisher. Three days in advance of
the date set for your martyrdom you
begin to arrange for it. You first Sc
cure your bait. Five miles from home
there is a creek where minnows and
tdnies are to be found. You must have
ctabs and dobson, cric,Scts and grass
hpppers. for when bass are dieting
they are particular about their bill of
fare. Boats may be had for fifty
cents. They are not. of course. such
bpats as one would find at the Thou
sand Islands or at Central Park. New
York. They are just boats. having
two sides and a bottom. and thus man
aging to float. A tomato can is one
OF the chief requisites in bass fishing
Il is necessary for bailing. oars are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.l


The crowd is usually more interest
ing than what it comes to see.
Many of the old-fashioned remedies
didn't do anything but taste bad
The safety first policy is quite an
aid to conscience as well as to the
railroads.
Some men have so much system
about their work that they don't get
much done.
A historian is apt to be patriotic,
and not give his own country the
worst of it.
Congratulations are sometimes ex-
tended when condolences would be
more in order.
A mob has to do its work hurriedIy
or it is likely to develop cold feet and
change its mind.
There are so many ways of wasting
money it is wonder SO many manage
to save something.
A Greek letter fraternity may add to
the joy of college life, but it doesn't
cut a great deal of ice out in the cold
world.
The average adventure is something
he can't enjoy it until after it is over.
Sometimes an amateur show is bet
ter than you expected. but it can be
that without breaking into the pro-
fessional class.
A mean man refuses to consider the
women vote as part of the silent vote
about which so much is said during
| campaign times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Villas ghost or the fear of this chief
of the Mexican bandits is stalking
along the Mexican border again. In
other words, the Mexican situation, or
the one in northern Mexico, is about
normal again, and apparently not i'm
proved in the slightest degree. Along
come reports. too, that the friends of
Felix Diaz have-an army of $4,000
men at their command, and with
which they propose to contest the
authority of Carranza in and about
the City of Mexico. Evidently, the
Mexican muddle is one of those long
roads without a turn. But one will be
reached some day. That is inevitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

a secondary consideration. Anything
with a flat face Ca fence board pre-
ferred) will answer the purpose, be-
cause when fishing for bass one sits
and waits or smokes and swears. If
man were obliged to occupy a church
pew without a back to rest his spine
against, what a howl of protest he
would make! Yet he will sit in a
leaky boat seven days a week and
never grumble, and in spite of every
thing will sleep every night like a
trooper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
MAY, in Cleveland Leader

can nutme eats, one cup cooked chicken,
SIX scraped apples, three sliced ba-
nanas. mayonnaise dressing and whip
ped cream. Put chicken through meat
chopper. add nuts. apples and ba-
nanas. Mix with mayonnaise dressing
and cover with whipped cream.
Pope Repieni-Take six green pep
pers. cut stems and remove seeds. Put
in cold water until following filling is
ready. Filling: One-half pound ham,
burger, half loaf bread crumbs, -four
ounces cheese (grated). Italian pre-
ferred: one sprig parsley minced, hal
onion thinly sliced. one teaspoon salt
small pinch pepper. Mix well, ther
fry until partially cooked; add on.
cup tomato sauce and fry unit
well done. Fill peppers and fry il
deep fat until a deep golden color.
sandwiches.
Rhnbarb Relish (for cold meat o.
sandwich filling)-Two quarts rhu-
barb. two quarts sugar: when sugar il
dissolved. boil ten minutes, add one
half pound raisins, one-half pOuno
English walnuts; boil ten minutes
more
Apple or Onion Filling for Sand
wiches-Peel and grind fine two tar
apples. mix with two cups fresh cot
tage cheese. four tablespoons thick
cream. Season with salt and pepper.
Use brown bread. Onion may be SUBJ
stituted for the apple. Spread on let
tuce leaf between thin slices of white
bread
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

cover of AIS Well That Ends Well
And think of all the time we've vast
ed, dear. 1t makes me wild to think
of it with this paper under our very
noses.
Listen, Denny dear. Don't you re-
alize that you have learned a lot this
year-that now you can go into the
very business in which your grand
father made his fcrtune-that you
know books?"
You're right, / do. Ard granddad
is so happy he insists on our getting
married right away."-( Copyright,
1916. by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nor is it unusual for a poor man to
be rich in good deeds.
X X
A bore is always the fellow who
annoys you. OF course, you are never
one.
* x *
No one fully appreciates the value
of good health until he has lost it.
X X X
And the man who earnestly tries to
do his duty generally succeeds in do
ing it.
X * X
Any number of the people who ac-
tually deserve their shaIe of the praise
going the rounds are strangers to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

All that day those tired beavers
slept And no wonder, 1 guess any
one would sleep il he had Travelled
miles and miles and miles in search
of home and then had such a party
as the Wiggleisl<skens gave, at the
end of the journey.
Not until about an hour before twi-
light did Father Beaver open his eyes
At first he hardly knew where ne
was You know how it feels to wake
up in a strange place-you look
around and nothing seems natural and
YOU think you must be In dream
even tho you know you are not. Wen,
that's just how Father Beaver felt.
Then he opened his eyes a little
more, stretched himself and looked
around And the minute he spied
Crooked Creek he remembered where
he was and all about everything.
WELL" said he briskly, its time l
went to work."
Just at that minute Mother Beaver
opened her eyes. too. What in the
WORLD she began as she looked
around in a dazed fashion. And then
she too, remembered and sat up
ready to talk to Father Beaver about
what they had better do first.
Il must gay ! like this location on
Crooked Creek" said Father Beaver.
looking around carefully. but we
must find the best place to put our
home. The water is too low here. Sup
pose we explore further up the
stream
That suits me- said Mother Beav-
err but what about leaving the chill
dren 80
That matter was easily settled, tho,
because Bushy and Little Brother
Beaver walked up just then and an
nounced that if there was any explor-
ing to be done they meant to go along
Very WE'LL" laughed Father Beaver
good-uaturedly. come along and
we'll find something to eat as we go"
Up the stream they started. nib
bling at green leaves and bits of ten
der bark as they went.
They had not gone two hundred
yards before Father Beaver. who was
walking in front, of course, spied--.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Things worth knowing.

Removing Mildew From White
Goods and observation-disclosures heap
ing tablespoon chloride of lime in pail
of water. Dip in the goods and spread
out to dry in hot sun, without wiring
ing. When dry, repeat process. This
and many other stains. The lime
must be we'll dissolved. Cloth may
also be bleached beautifully by hang
ing on a line when the sun shines and
snow is on the ground, as snow
bleaches more rapidly than grass.
Cleaning White Fur-Take piece of
flannel and, with some heated bran,
rub the fur well: it will be quite re-
newed The bran should be heated in
a moderate oven. Oatmeal with no
husks is preferable to bran. Dried
flour will also answer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20


If sane citizen would walk down
the avenue in his B. V. DIS what
would the police do to him? We
lower the curtain leaving the audi
ence in suspenders.
Yet, almost any fair evening now
one may observe a lot of Mr. Sep
TENDER Morns painting up and down
the main streets clad in something
less than B. " DIS. They are exer-
cising They are running to keen
themselves in fine physical condition.
1t is a fine exhibition of the human
form divine and nobody blames them
for wanting TO run around in their
gym suits IN hot weather
But why draw the line?
We can't even sit on our 'front.'
lawn attired in our B. V. DIS and
enjoy the breeze. 1t looks like rank
discrimination
Next Thursday evening at o'clock
we are going 10 run downtown and
back in a suit of B. V. DIS and if we
are not arrested before we get to the
lumber yard we will be much sur
prsed
It's all wrong, Alb. it's all wrong.
The Old Straw Hats.
We have already mentioned the fact
that the discarded straw hats can be
fed to the cows. If you don't keep
"a COW, as every thrifty citizen should,
unless he lives in flat, place the old
straw HAT carefully IN the SdTDdS0
can.
We have already mentioned the fact
that an inverted straw hat trimmed
with baby ribbon makes an excellent
hanging basket for flowers and would
be an ornament to any parlor.
An old straw hat run through the
meat grinder makes an excellent
breakfast food. There is enough in
one hat for family of seven. With
a little cream and sugar added it
will taste just as good as Try-a- Bita,
Eat-a-Ckunka or Tan Bark Flake.
Columbus.
Columbus thought the world was
round,
He had good cause, we'll swear;
You see. he'd Travelled some and knew
1t wasn't on the square.
Piano a Lady Can Drive.
A recent want ad:
WANTED-To trade 900-fb. horse for
a piano for a lady to drive. Call
three houses east
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Only ten points in the percentage
column separate the two leading teams
in the American league and only thir-
teen points are between the first and
second teams in the National league
and the third team in the latter is
only two points further down the
ladder. Some pennant races in the big
leagues this year. Ell?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Look at that he cried excitedly.
and Policeman Billy said no beavers
lived here and we could build any
place we wished.'
Maybe they don't live here" suc-
gested Mother Beaver when she, too,
spied the dam: maybe they did live
here and have left the dam"
Maybe SO. maybe So said Father
Beaver, TT go and see" He swan
out to the dam and nosed his way all
over 1t. You're right" he called
back. that's just what It u.s. It's de-
serted; and sadly in need of repair.
But we can fix it much easier than we
can build a new one. Wen make our
home near here"
Bushy and Little Brother squeaIed
with delight and followed Mother
Beaver out to help explore the dam
tcopyrisht-cIara Ingram Judson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
DINNER STORIES

A young woman IMMERSED in the
mysteries of baseball was recently
presented to a famous player.
ct love the game" she confided to
him. II love especially to watch the
man at the bat. It is so cute too, the
way he keeps hitting the ground
gently with the end of the bat. Why
does he do that?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
THE SOLDIER IN THE SKY.

While blaring bugles sound the charge
And bees of battle sing,
And guns a deadly anthem roar,
And Death is on the wing,
And siege and sortie leave the brave
In crimson heaps to die,
Look up, armies, and behold
The soldier IN the sky.
A speck against the distant blue.
dot against the sun,
He rides above the rolling clouds
Defying sword and gun.
He drops a bomb and speeds away
: Through spaces vast and high.
Our fondest hopes are fixed upon
The soldier in the sky.
Though angry batteries below
May spout a shower of lead,
Its hard to hit a moving mark
That hurtleS overhead.
A brother to the birds he scars
Where eagles fear to fly,
The war-lorG of the overwolld
The soldier of the sky!.
-Minna Irving in Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Probably the National Guardsmen
along the border are just as well
pleased that they are playing war
rather than chasing Villas or other
bandit bands across the sandy wastes
of northern Mexico. However, the
soldier on duty much prefers to be do
ing the real work of soldier. rather
than playing at it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

the player. the worms have an an
noying habit of coming UP to see
who's batting, and that naturally
puts the batter out a bit; SO he just
taps them on the head lightly and
down they go again
The judges 5-year-old son. John,
had been naughty when his parents
were having company and had been
reproved. That night when his moth
er went up to hear John say his pray
ers she suggested that he ask God to
teach his parents how to bring him
ups properly.
John was quite penitent and pray
ed humbly: please, God, teach moth
er how to make me good boy" He
paused for a moment. then added
thoughtfully. And father. too, if You
can do anything with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

1t is pretty difficult to teach an old
dog new tricks, or to break up the
habit of a lifetime, and especially
with a mandate o. law or ordinance.
And this may explain why so many of
the jaywalkers in Topeka continue to
cut the corners. or cross them diagon-
allv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

According to Mr.. McAdoa secretary
have nothing to fear at the close of
the European war. But this being the
case, what was the necessity for the
''anti-dumping" legislation. recently
enacted by congress?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Also the Serbs take their places
among the "come-backers'' in the
great European war. They are finally
back on part of their own soil again.
and fighting more vigorously and sue
cessfully than ever before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
The Table.

Snow Pyramids-Beat to stiff
foam the whites of six eggs. add
small tea cup of currant jelly and
whip all together again. Fill as many
saucers as YOU have guests half full
of cream. dropping in the center of
each saucer a tablespoonful of the
beaten eggs and jelly in shape of
pyramid.
Luncheon Salad (to take place of
meat dish Three cups chopped pc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
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
ganfzatiOn for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Journal
building over wires for this sole purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20

Those good old days are putting in
an appearance again to the extent, at
least, that the Paisley shawl that the
grandmothers used to wear is in
fashion again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-20
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
THE OYSTER.

THE OYSTER.
The oyster is jolly rake
And he is wont to roam
About the country far and wide
And he calls no place home.
The oyster is a slippery cuss.
Although his manners bland
It's hard to hold him on his job,
So he is often canned.
Inc oysters habits are not good,
AS habits good are viewed;
IT'S often that he's In the soup
And is most always ''stewed.''