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your throat; how confidently you ex-
pect a taxi driver to land you safely
at your destination; how confidently
you depend upon a motorman to keep
out of collision, and upon locomotive
engineer to watch his throttle; how
confidently you accept a druggists
prescription without a thought that it
may be wrong; how confidently you
turn on the gas and expect it to flow,
turn en- the electricity and know 1t
will burn; how confidently you go to
the bank for your money; how conf
IDENTIFY you ride in man-governed ele-
vators to dizzy heights in man-made
buildings; how confidently you drop a
letter in the post box, ETC., etc, etc. :?
In nearly every step Of days routine
you are unconsciously stalking your
chances on confidence in the other fell
low. Indeed, confidence is ltfe-and
certainly confidence is tie hope of life
hereafter. You haven't lost confidence
even when you think you have. 1t is
with YOU always So give it md re-
cciv il, and leave off your foolish idea
that it is gone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-19

monkey on the premises that did not
really envy him-not a monkey that
did not wish to be like him. Outside
the cage were a lot of two-legged
grumblers resembling 4nonkeys-but
why worry about their unintelligible
mutterings, especially since they were
safely shut off from the. cabbage
leaves by good substantial barsi
Perhaps this little story of brute
force and brazen selfishness will re-
mind you of some Human being who
makes an occasional bad showing.
Don't be too hard in your judgments.
however. Be patient. You must not
blame men if they show monkey char
acteristics once in awhile. You know
what that famous figh-brow Darwin
and his successors have taught us
that men and monkeys descended from
the same ancestor, namely certain
brand of ape. The work of trans
forming us from apes began four or
five million years ago. but would not
go so far as to say that the job has
been entirely finished. Lots of time
will be required. 1t takes more than
a jiffy to get off ones all tours. This
word human you know, is a COM
paratively recent degree that has been
conferred upon u.s.
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WE'RE NOT so BAD.

In the October American Magazine,
Sid says: when 1 was about ten
years old I went to an animal show
where there were fifteen or twenty
monkeys, mostly small, in one cage
But among them there was one very
large monkey. four or five times as
big as any of the others. I don't know
who invited him, or how he came to
be there, but he made his presence
felt, we shall see. When feeding
time came, the keeper appeared with
a large bundle of cabbage leaves which
he threw into the cage, a few at a
time. 1 then saw the advantage of
being large monkey in a cage filled
with small monkeys. for as fast the
keeper threw the leaves into the cage
the big monkey grabbed them and held
onto them. When some of the little
monkeys criticized him, he merely
showed his teeth and went on with
his work. After he had acquired all
the leaves that had been thrown into
the cage he gathered the whole sup
ply together into pile and sat on top
of the pile. Then he ate all that he
wanted-and perhaps mere than he
wanted. He did not eat all the leaves
that had been passed into the cage
because his stomach would not hold
so many. but he did his best. After h.
had swallowed all that he could, he
lost interest, yawned and walked away
Then the little monkeys scaEpered te
the remaining pile of leaves ard got
what was left-but not without bick.
erings and inequalities among them.
selves
! Attic the big monkey made himsel
unpopular, both inside and outside tn,
cage, he was not sensitive about it
Indeed, why should he be? Inside tn,
cage. where he understood the Ian
guage. size and strength were the onl,
| things worth having. There wasn't ;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-19
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.J

IFrom the Atchison Globe.J
lie about your enemy kicks back
with both barrels.
There never was an extravagant
woman who believed she was.
Another fault with the self-made
man is that he usually admits it,
You are an entertaining talker if
you don't talk longer than two min
utes.
What has become of the old-fash-
his collar?
Some women are always looking
for remnants, and are never pleased
with them.
Every mans desire to be known as
a prominent citizen is quite a help to
the book agents.
When a statesman breaks down
from overWork, it is usually near the
close of a political campaign.
If you have something to say worth
saying, bush league grammar won't
prove so much of a handicap.
Don't expect too much attention.
Nature is beautiful. but is compelled
to listen to locusts and owls at night.
The average woman is quite sure
that at least once during her lifetime
she will find a man under her bed
1t is the alarm clock and not the
beauties of the sunrise which gets
most people up early in the morning.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News. I

IFrom the Chicago News.
Never lend yourself to the borrow
ing of trouble.
A man without a wife is a balloon
without an anchor.
Our idea of a plucky man is one
who refuses to be plucked.
You'll never find much cause for
gratitude unless you make some.
1t goes without saying that the less
said about some things the better.
Few men are able to keep within
hailing distance of their good inten-
lions.
But it sometimes happens that the
light of truth casts the shadow of
suspicion.
Our idea of a modest man is one
who can keep his opinion of himself
to himself.
Many woman trusts her husband
because she doesn't know as much as
she might.
There's at least one redeeming fea-
ture about air castles; we don't have
to pay taxes on them.
Many a man is in the bachelor class
today because the girl in the case had
been taught to say No"
The easiest task a business man is
ever called upon to perform is to in
duce an employe to accept an increase
in salary
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the walking stick of a passerby and
broke it in three pieces for splints;
she blushing1y took off her underskirt
for bandages and she was enthusi-
asticaIly cheered by the crowd. When
all was completed she summoned a
cab and took her patient to the hos
pital
''Who bandaged this limb so credit
ably?" inquired the surgeon.
Il did, she blushingly replied.
well, it is most beautifully DONE
said the surgeon. but you have, l see,
made one little mistake
She felt terribly self Unconscious.
You have bandaged the wrong
leg" he said quietly.
The professor was delivering the
last lecture of the term. He told the
students with much emphasis that he
expected them to devote all their time
to preparing for the final examination
1.-THE examination papers are now in
the hands of the printer he con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-19
zIE8IBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
american Newspaper Publishers
Association.

News from Pittsburg is to the effect
that only thirty-fiv. men have enlisted
and been accepted at the recruiting
stations of the Pennsylvania National
Guard which opened in that city two
months ago. And this is not very en-
cbura ging or hopeful of bringing the
National Guards of the several state )
up , lie quota r-ovided for in the
new federal army law. This law co1-
templates an increase in the National
Guardsmen to a basis of at least 500
for each congressional district. How
ever the National Guard recruiting
now going on in Pennsylvania and
Elsewhere in the country is for imme-
date service with the National Guard
contingents that are now a part and
parcel of the regular army, and this
fact may make difference, as there
seems to be a pretty general feeling
that regular army service now be-
ing demanded of the National Guards
men is of a useless variety.
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SIDE TALKS
Price Tags,
by RUTH CAMERON.

Price Tags.
While 1 waited for my change in "a
shop the other day 1 heard this inter
esting little colloquy going on behind
me-
Customer: How. much is this
waist?"
Saleswoman: 'sren dollars, mad
anne"
Customer: Yes, that's very good
style, but :t's little mere than 1
want to pay. 1 only wanted it to go
with a trotter suit Haven't you any
thing less eXpensive?"
Saleswoman: This is an awfully
clever little blouse for four dollars"
Customer (after training her lorgn-
cite upon the article in question: ::
Yes, but that silk looks terribly
sleazy. OF course it couldn't be good
for that money. And it's an awfully
common style, too
sured that there is nothing between
the two.
Saleswoman. to another sales
woman: Goodness, what do you
suppose? [ got these two waists
Mixed
Such is the influence of a price tag
on our judgment of values.
1 was reminded at once of what a
very frank little person once said to
me about her shopping difficulties:
! Il do hate to shop. You see, I'm
not very good Judge of values, and
when thing is expensive 1 can't af-
| ford it, and when it's cheap l don't
respect it, and there am between two
| fires
To judge things on their merits and
not by their cost-surely that is task
for all a man or woman has of clear
| Sightedness.
The power of expensiveness to Gre
| ate respect is so great as to be anus
| ing when one can sufficiently detach
/ ones self to see things in their true
proportion.
Once upon a time We had a pear
orchard in our garden, and pears were
| commonplace. We gave some avay
! to our neighbors, sent some to reIa-
/ tiVes. preserved some, allowed some
, to rot (alas!), and ate a few The
first pears of the season, to be sure
we were quite enthusiastic over. but
after the first day or two we hardly
touched them. and when we did like
as not, nibbled few bites and threw
the rest away
The pear orchard is a thing of the
past When we want pears now. we
buy them. Last summer after mos
thoroly dlSposing of a pear q re.
minded myself of the little boy who
said. There amt going to be No
core"), a pear. by the way. which
had cost me three cents, 1 thought OF
the good old times and sighed How
l should appreciate that orchard if
had it now" 1 thought But
shouldn't. We never do appreciat,
the things that don't have price tags
That is. not until after we have ceased
to possess them.
Sunsets, fresh air. draughts of colo
clear water, free access to books, sun
shine, common roadside flowers
just because there are no price tag,
on beautiful things like these, we rat,
. them cheaply. To quote (I'Il wage,
you aren't sure whom-I had to looI
it up), What fools these mortals be,
Question-Will you please repea
the poem you used in a recent issue
about not worrying?
Observation-Disclosures to oblige.
. think you mean
20. heart of mine. We shouldn't worry so
What we've missed of calm we couldn-
have. you know,
What we've met of stormy pain
And of sorrows driving rain,
We better meet again.
If 1t blow =,
James Whitcomb Riley
i-tProtected by The Adams Newspape
Service.)
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the damp pages of a paper just off the
press with one hand and holding
remnant of cracker and piece OF
cheese in the other when the office
door opened and a tall, broad-shoul-
dered man entered the room. 1t had
evidently been more than a few years
since that had had been merely a
promising boy, yet Jean rightly guess
ed that he was Mr.. Edwards nephew
MIR. Bert Edwards?'' she asked. and
there was a slight twinkle in the mans
gray eyes as he inclined his head af-
firmatively.
Il am Miss CRANKY, special writer
on the Argus, but today I've been edi-
tor and foreman as we'll I'm gong
to ask you to take hold of the fore
mans work at once so as to get the
home edition out promptly. When
that is done we can work together on
tomorrow's editorial page. I've got to
give the next two hours to some spe-
! cial interview stuff
| Thus coolly did Jean assume the
generalship, and the tall man accepted
| the assignment without letting her see
his amused smile as he turned away.
/ For the next two days, he did cheer
fully and went about what should be
done. When things got to running
smoothly and jeans mind was freed
| from its anxiety, she began to take
more notice of this singularly silent
| but competent young man. but on the
morning of the third day Mr.. Edwards
returned to the office.
Bert. my boy, it was like you to
! help me out in a pinch" he said in
| greeting his. nephew. land Miss Gran
by, it was like you to know what to do
! in an emergency. I'm glad you sent
for Bert. But how did your chief hap
pen to let you off. Bert?''
I'm pretty much my chief. Uncle
| George, and I had two capable young
| fellows to leave at my desk"
| "At your desk? Why, what's your
position now?' asked his uncle.
'City editor" said Bert quietly, with
a fleeing glance at Jean, who vanish
ed bluishingly into the next room.
Half an hour later, when Mr.. Ed
wards was deep in his accumulation
! of mail, Bert encountered Jean among
some old newspaper files. She came
to him at once with her hand extended
in apology, and her shy confusion
helped to make her unusually attrac-
| tive looking
81 hope 1 haven't seemed unpardon-
ably priggish," she said, giving as
signments to a superior was so con-
cerned about getting out the paper
that 1 lost all sense of everything else
for a time" Bert held her hand and
looked straight into her eyes.
They were agreea Bile assign
ments that l wish they might continue
indefinitely" he said.-(Copyright,
1916, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Stuffed Tomatoes a La Duxelli-
Chop fine two onions, fry in butter,
add can of mushrooms drained and
chopped, cup of boiled potatoes chop
ped, a little minced parsley, cup bread
crumbs, well-beaten egg; moisten with
milk. Stuff six eight tomatoes with
this mixture and bake fifteen minutes.
This, with a cup of cocoa and a plate
of bread~and butter, makes a complete
luncheon.
Bread Croquettes With Peaches
Two cups stale bread crumbs, one
half cup blanched and chopped al
monds, one teaspoon grated lemon
rind, one tablespoon lemon juice, one
tablespoon melted butter. one cup
milk, two eggs, one-fourth teaspoon
salt. canned or stewed peaches Put
bread crumbs into basin, add chop
ped almonds. butter, salt, lemon rind
and juice and milk. Heat this mixture.
let boil for a minute. then remove
from fire. Add yolks of eggs When
mixture is cool, form into six ero-
queries. Brush these over withbeaten
egg whites, roll in fine bread crumbs
and fry in smoking hot fat. Serve with
peaches.
Snow Whipped Cream-To the
whites of three eggs beaten to froth
add a pint of cream and four table
spoons fruit juice, with three table
spoons fine white sugar and teaspoon
of extract of lemon or vanilla Whip
to froth and serve in a glass dish
Put lady fingers or sliced sponge cake
in a glass dish. put a spoonful of jelly
or jam over and heap the snow upon
il
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JAYMAW JOTS

l. Attention is called by the Marion
Record to the fact that Rat & Ben is
the name of a firm in Erie.
A Hint to Political Bosses, from the
Madison News: Induce the milliner
In your town to have her fall opening
before November 18th.
Educational note, in the Erie Rec
ord: These are busy days at all the
colleges picking out football material.
The studies will come later It's foot
ball first, always.
Saw one of the new model Fords
Saturday, tells Editor Kelley in his
Madison News, and he adds: 1t at
tracted as much attention among the
men as new baby does among the
women.
Ruth Alexander People advises in
the Erie Record that when a forty
year old widow lady is seen plucking
the petals from "a sunflower, it's a
pretty good sign that there's a screw
loose somewhere.
Some of the ideas. suggestions and
comment that Click Fockele passes
out in the current issue of the LIE Roy
Reporter: If you want to retain your
friends, don't keep giving them ad
Y.ce. Hand-painted compilations
would be more popular with the men
II they were in fast colors. To hear
some fellows talk you would think
that their private cemetery would
take up a whole section. OPP
portunity makes it a practice to knock
on the door of the worker rather
| than that of the shirker. . 1t is
noticeable that nearly every man who
affects a spiritual expression is
mighty fond of pork and beans. -. i.
An optimist is a man who thinks the
fire in a failing business concern is
caused by spontaneous combustion.
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Good Hot Weather Readine.

The gorilla and the chimpanzee.
which belong to the higher order of
apes, have many points of resem-
blance to the man; but there is one
thing they cannot do-that is, twid-
die their thumbs. In the gorilla the
thumb Is short and does not reach
much beyond the bottom of the first
joint of the forefiEger. 1t is very
much restricted in its movements,
and the animal can neither twiddle
his thumbs nor turn them around so
that the tips describe a circle. There
are the same number of bones in the
hands of a gorilla as in the hand of q
man, but the thumbs of the monkey
have no separate flicker or bending
muscle. This is why monkey al
ways keeps the thumbs on the same
side as the fingers and never bends
it around any object that may be
grasped. Mind you, never forget
this.
Oh, Barber. Spare Those Whiskers.
(Senator ]. Hamilton Lewis says he
may shave off his whiskers and give
them to President Wilson,
Italian sunsets haven't got
A thing on you, oh, Ham,
In your pale pyrotechnic fringe
You have a beard what am.
| Old Nature was in cheerful mood
An0 maze your WnlSKerS PINK,
| So that you wouldn't look just like
The ordinary gink.
| The brightest thing in Washington,
| Your windshield's a delight
| 1t lights up darksome avenues
When you HE forth at night.
You've made US laugh for many years
With your bright alfalfa crop.
To lose that beard would cause us
tears,
Our 10Y in you would stop,
Oh, barber, spare Jim Hams gay
! beard;
| Were he of that bereft,
| There wouldn't be so very much
OF poor old Jim Ham left.
| Man wants but little here below, we
| read in ancient song;
But his meagre use of water shows
| he wants that little strong.
The Arkansan's Prayer.
God give us sunshine
| And plenty of rain;
Big stacks of hay
And bins of grain,
And homeless heads
| To make the law.
o stay Thy wrath
'Gainst Arkansaw.
Salem (Ark.) Sun.
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MOTHER-LOYE.

MOTHER-LOVE.
o far fair country, where my dearest
dwell,
I beg you send some little message
down .
A SMILE whispered word, ray, to tell
Where shines the spiendor of sanity
crown.
All, but ask what mortal may not crave
And yet my heart implores some tender
sign,
Dear Lord. assured of this, 1 will be
brave
The mother-1ove 1 long for still is mine.
Hush. even as plead. my soul is caught
Into a larger presence. By no word
OF mortal speech. nor token. am l taught
And yet 1 know my longing prayer is
heard.
Around me folds a. love so great and
dear.
Its comfort soothes me, like sweet
careSs-
The mother love that saves me from my
fear,
Grading my soul in arms of tenderness
Fannie E. Ostrander, in Springfield Re-
publicau.
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CONFIDENCE.

Do you sometimes feel that you are
losing confidence in your fellowmen,
that you can trust none but yourself?
asks the Grand Rapids Herald, and it
adds: This is favorite and univer-
sal delusion. But, let's see. Do you
realize how completely your life is
builded on confidence, no matter how
much you think you withdraw your
faith from others? Did you ever stop
to think how confidently you allow a
strange barber to WELD a razor around
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INDIA ALSO TO THE RESCUE.

According to the London Chamber
of Commerce Journal, the possibilities
of utilizing the kaing grass of Burma
for paper making have for some years
been investigated by persons interest
ed, in consultation with paper manu-
facturers in England, and it is now
announced that the conversion of this
grass into pulp and subsequently into
paper can be accomplished in a sim
pie and economical manner.
1t is expected that arrangements will
soon be completed for the collection
of this grass, its conversion into pulp,
and its shipment in this form to paper
makers in the United Kingdom.
And this should be cheering news
for the paper users in this country. if
not for the paper makers here, altho
some of the latter are likely to show
signs of Thanksgiving, and especially
since this new source of a paper sup
ply is to come from some other pulp
besides wood pulp. Any considerable
| increase in the worlds paper supply
will be sure to be of some advantage
to the users of paper the world over;
certainly attract the attention of the
paper makers no matter where their
mills may be.
The yield of unbleached pulp from
this kaing grass is SO per cent, calcu-
lated on the air-dry grass. And this
does not compare badly with esparto
grass, from which about 43 per cent
of unbleached pulp is obtained.
Kaing grass grows in great profu-
sion in all parts of Burma, frequently
reaching a height of ten feet AS a
paper-making material it may be
classed with esparto grass, and is
much cheaper, tho the quality of the
pulp is not quite so good as that OBJ
tanned with esparto.
Esparto grass is to a large extent
cultivated. whereas kaing grass grows
wild and is sometimes rank and coarse.
By systematic cutting, however, over
properly preserved areas, finer grass
of uniform quality can be obtained in
a very short time.
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In view of the fact that the Rus
sian and Rumanian forces which are
operating together have been pushed
back for fifty miles by the combined
forces of Bulgaria and Germany, and
that the latter are cutting their way
into the very heart of Rumania, it
is possible that Germany will make
good her boast or promise, that was
given when Rumania entered the war,
namely, to reduce Rumania to the
same state of desolation and devas-
tation that were accorded to Belgium
and Servia. In the meantime, tho,
Rumania, with other of her military
contingents, appears to be going about
as far as she likes in Hungary, and
the reconstructed army of Serbia is
smashing the Bulgarians on another
front with considerable success. So If
would seem impossible for any one to
form a conclusion as to just what is
going to happen in the Rumanian
arena of the war.
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1,sither has the European war ap-
parently cut down on the supply of
titled gentlemen who are willing to
exchange their names for good Ameri .
can gold. At any rate. a California
heiress has just married one of them,
and an earl of the British realm at
that. This is probably good news also
for the British government as it will
on be able to levy its income tax
on goodly share of the young lady's
fortune. Ard the British income tax
during war times is some income tax,
too. and especially on incomes OF
fancy figures.