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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

as full consideration TO the woodlot
as it deserves is that they have not
had complete enough knowledge of
the market possibilities of various
woodlot products and of the rate of
growth and possible yields per acre of
properly cared for stands of different
species and ages. or that they have
considered only the present need and
have not looked ahead.
The farmer too often considers only
the local and immediate uses of a
woodlot, overemphasizing them and
disreGarding other functions that
portant. For example, where agricul-
ture is entering heavily wooded re-
gions. timber is likely to be considered
only an incumbrance. In long settled
farming regions, where most of the
timber has been cut and only few
trees are left, the farmer may prefer
to save the remnant for the shade it
gives to stock or buildings or because
it improves the appearance of the
farm. In prairie country. protection
to grain crops, orchards. stock or
OuuuluSS, tOSeIn0T with service as a.
convenient supply of wood for farm
consumption, may cause owners to
place high value on their woodlots.
In mountainous regions near thickly
populated manufacturing centers the
woodlot may be valued for it's wood
producing capacity alone. The temp
tation is to forget or underestimate
those functions which are not obvious
ly and Immediately beneficial. AS a
matter of fact, the less obvious func-
tions are often the very one~ which
are likely to prove of the greatest
value in the long run. For example,
many of the Minnesota farmers who
totally cleared their lands would be
glad to have their woodlots back again
for protective and other purposes; and
farmers in the central states already
regret the abuse which has robbed
their woodlots of the capacity to yield
a wood crop of increasing value on
the poorer soils of the Farm. 1t is.
therefore. greatly to the interest of
all farmers to consider not only the
present but the possible future useful
ness of farm woodlot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

[From the Philadelphia Record
Tact is merely knowing enough not
to know too much.
When money talks it must talk in
silvery tones, since silence Is golden.
You can always make a hit with a
girl by telling her how you miss her.
One-half the world is up and doing,
the other half is down and being done,
Some people will waste an hour
figuring on how to save few minutes.
If extremes meet why do so many
people find it difficult to make both
ends do the same trick?
You can't accomplish anything
without effort Even a new broom
won't sweep clean unless you use it.
Lots of us are congenial, not be-
cause we like the same things, but
because we hate the same people.
Nell-"She doesn't seem to mind the
pinch of poverty" Belle-"Oh, no.
You see. she has worn tight shoes all
her life"
Blobbs-"Mrs. Dashaway used to be
a brunette, and now she is a blonde"
Slobbs-"Yes. time has touched her
lightly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
SIDE TALK S
BY RUTH CAMERON.
A Crackerjack Salesman

A CrackerJack SaleSmanI
There was a man in store I was
in today" said the Authorman, who
thought he was a crackerjack sales
man."
And was he?" I asked.
Not on your tintype," said the Au-
thorman; at least not for me-"
I supplied the desired monosyllabIe
and he went on.
"Tll tell you why. I wear a forty
coat, and he didn't have one, SO first
he put on a thirty-eigh and told me
it looked all right. That kind of d
coat ought to fit snug he said.
Il didn't quite like myself in it,
so he said there might be a forty
in the stockroom and sent up to see.
There wasn't, and what did he do next
but haul out forty-two and put it on
me and tell me that looked all right.
That settled him for me. 1 might
have gone back to the thirty-eight
on his say-so, but not after that. He
showed himself up too plainly. Oh,
yes, he was smooth as butter and per
severing and polite, and L know he
thinks he's a crackerjack salesman,
but not for me. I'll look out that I
don't get him the next time 1 go
there"
I don't suppose there is anyone who
hasn't met the clerk who thinks be :
sale by hook OF crook that he is a
crackerjack salesman or woman.
The girl who urges thirty-four
upon us with the assurance that they
make US take a thirty-eight because
they run small, Madame" belongs to
this class.
| The clerk who forces a sale of
something you don't really want by
trying to make you feel uncomfort-
4 hi A,Ir
member.
The clerk who so ungraciously
accepts a legitimate return (you no
tice I say "iegitimate") that she makes
you feel like a criminal, is another.
I know woman who never enters
certain department of her favorite
shop because a clerk in that depart
ment once made 1t SO unpleasant for
her when she wouldn't buy every time
she was shown goods. That woman's
trade is now worth considerable
money and she would like to trade In
that department, but she cannot bear
! to, Just because of a clerk who doubt
| less thinks herself crackerjack sales
woman.
OF course one can understand the
| feelings of the clerk who pushes q
sale too hard. He or she is forever
forced on by the economic urge. The
temptation to distort the truth and to
use unfair methods must be great. To
remember that 1t isn't good business
| should be the safest antidote.
"Ill look out that don't get him
the next time I go there said the
Authorman.
Is it good business to create such a
| feeling?
Which is the really crackerjack
salesman, the clerk who wins a sale
and loses a customer, or the clerk
who loses sale and wins a customer
The go-back clerk is the clerk who
can always come back.-(Copyrfght BIZ
George Matthew Adams.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
BED TIME TALES

BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON

The neighbor who owned that
strawberry patch didn't think much
of Billy Robinas liking for berries. you
may be sure of that He lat on his
back doorstep and watched the dozens
of blackbirds and robins that had in
vited themselves to his garden and
watched them eat his berries. Do
you wonder he was cross?
81 wouldn't watch them" said his
wife, as she came to the back door,
'1'd shoe them away"
Haven't II" exclaimed the man
Grossly. I've shoo-ed and shoo-ed till
I'm tiredi The minute 1 start for the
house, back they all come. I'm going
to stop trying to have strawberries in
town-the birds like them too weIli"
why don't you Flake" and his
wife stepped UP to the step on which
he was sitting and whispered some
thing in his ear.
The very things" exclaimed the
man. why didn't 1 think of that
before?" And he jumped up quickly
and ran to his barn
His wife disappeared toward the at
tic, from which she soon returned
carrying an arr1ful of clothes to the
barn And all the while the straw
berry feast went on
Just as Billy flew off home to get
Mrs. Billy to come and eat some ber-
rics with him. the man came out of
the Darn, ana WIat 40 you suppose ne
mad in his arms? A man. Yes. you
would hardly believe it. but the birds
saw it as plain as day! He was carry
ing a great. big man! And he went
straight 20 the strawberry patch.
Never mind" said Billy Robin to
his mate, they won't stay long. I've
watched before, and they never do.
Pretty soon they both will go away
and then wen have our dessert"
But they didn't
The neighbor man went into the
house, GA, yes. very soon. But that
other man stayed right by the gar
den fence where he had first stood He
stayed and stayed and stayed and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
TIE COST OF PREPAREDNESS

The senate army bill calls for the
enormous appropriation of $3so, $685.
600 for the support of the enlarged
army, writes Thomas F. Logan in Les
lies. 1t is the biggest military sup
ply bill ever reported to congress, the
senate committee having added $14s,-
295 to the house bill. The senate also
has passed the naval bill calling for
1915, 700, 900 for naval preparedness
That makes a total of 1854, 5sS, 900
for national defense. More than half
a billionl 1t sounds like a staggering
sum. Yet Great Britain alone has had
to spend nearly $4,000, 900. 900 dol
lars for two years of war. Germany
has spent nearly $4,000, 900, 600.
Weakness has never prevented war.
out strength sometimes has. The
ss45, SOS. 900 for national defense may
prove to be national insurance against
a possible war that would cost ten
or twenty times as much. And If war
should come il will mean the saving of
thousands upon thousands of HUMAN
lives. Preparedness saves lives. once a
war is under way. An army without
adequate artillery would be moved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
Impetuosity is also some kin to
carelessness.
There is such a thing as being so
frank that people will hate you.
A janitor who is afraid of a spittoon
is not a success in his profession
You can't prove how well you live
at home by finding fault with the
hotel service.
A man is always flattered a little
when an agent appeals to his good
business sense.
Reversing the old rule, it is some
times what people don't know that
hurts them most
Most regions are hospitable to the
extent of allowing the tourist to pay
for what he wants.
Don't let your faith in humanity
cause you to take too much for grant
ed in a horse trade
An optimistic is one who can see
that the rain which spoils his picnic
Is going to help the corn.
The attendance at a political meet
ing always depends a good deal on
which side is telling about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Bank Commissioner Benson does
well to warn the oil development COM
panies now doing business in Kansas,
and many of which are of the mush-
room variety, that their charters are
likely to be revoked in case they are
not more judicious in their advertis-
ing. And this warning of the bank
commissioner to the oil companies is
also an indirect one to the people OF
the state who have funds to invest in
enterprises of one sort and another.
Evidently many Kansans and others
from elsewhere, professional oil men
from other parts. are going to make
big wads of money out of the oil that
has finally been located in several sec
lions of Kansas, but many more will
probably lose their savings and all
they have, if they do not use reason
able care and judgment in the filters"
they take in oil. This is IN no sense
of the word a reflection on the oil
companies, the new ones that have
begun to do business in Kansas. The
great bulk of them have been hon
estly conceived, no doubt, and have
attractive prospects. But it stands to
reason, and is the experience of all
oil boom fields and prospects in other
states, that all oil companies that get
into the game, no matter how squarely
and intenigently they may be con-
Quoted, cannot make big killings"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
JAYMAwKER JOTS

Cutting weeds is not exactly making
hay, points out the Ottawa Herald,
but it is swatting hay fever.
1t occurs to the Winfield Free Press
that the fellow who is satisfied to wait
for something to turn up seldom gets
to be head waiter.
In case of war, observes the Win
field Courier, many peoples idea of
patriotism would be to use their in
fluence to encourage some one else
to enlist.
Inasmuch as this is Leap Year and
dark porches are helpful in the prem
ises. the Concordia Blade has begun
a campaign for DINNERS on motor car
headlights.
Musings of the Village Deacon. in
the Osborne County Farmer: At some
Tune in life every man has bought a
gold brick. -. This underwear thew
advertise as ''coor'-thats just an
other fib. Old Man Blowloud
made home run thirty-five years
ago and he is still talking about it.
There are million ways 20 keep
cool at nights-these nights-bu. none
of them work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

please II don't think you can do
ANYTHING with it" "Oh, yes, can. I'll
have 1t set to music and make a pop
ular song of it,
A gang of Italian laborers were
working in q section of Boston where
the mud was exceedingly deep Sud-
denly one of the gang cried out:
Help. Help"
What's the matter out there %
came a voice from the construction
shanty.
"Oueek, Bringa da SHOW, Bringa
da peek. Antonio's stuck in da mud"
How far in ?"
up to hees knees"
"Oh, let him walk out"
mol No, He canno no walk. He
wronsa end upt"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

down like wheat in a Kansas field.
Anticipated battleships would be
swept from the sea like paper tar
gets The question that confronts con-
gress is to find sufficient revenue A
protective tariff. while affording safe
ty to industry and wages, likewise
produced sufficient revenue. Lower
ing the tariff on sugar lost millions
to the treasury, without reducing the
price of sugar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

One of the goosebone weather
prophets, of whose friendship the
State Journal is proud. reported this
morning that he came across two
toads taking a bath last night in the
middle sof a road and in dust that
was a full four inches deep. This he
interprets as indicating that some rain
will fall shortly in THIS vicinity But
how about the insistence of the wise
acres that all signs fail in dry
weather., t.----e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Another of the impossible jobs is
fooling a widow.
X * *
Another poor financier is the fell
low who spends money before he
gets it.
X \ x
Too many folk size up others ac-
cording to their own undesirable
make-upS.
X X X
Trousseaux for modern brides
should also include a going home-to-
mother gown.
X X X
Much poetry may be poor but It
would have to go some to be worse
than the average prose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

REPRESENTATION is always expensive
and not only in the time it wastes.
A few years ago Uncle Sam could
have purchased the Danish West In
dies for $5.00O.o00.
The price that is now asked is $685.
100000.
These three islands are of immense
strategic military value to the United
States, more so now than ever before,
as they may be said to control the
Atlantic approach to the Panama
canal.
And we might have TO assert the
rights we demand for ourselves and
others under the Monroe doctrine
with more than words to prevent
them from falling into the lands of
some other European power, either
by purchase, trade or seizure.
All of this would seem to indicate
that the United States may possibly
save itself considerable future trouble.
II it rectifies its mistake in these
premises of years ago and purchases
these islands now, even If the blunder
represents loss of twenty millions in
dollars and cents.
Should it ever be necessary for the
United States to attempt to prevent
by force the occupation of these is
lands by some other European power,
the cost in money, let alone in the
sacrifice of lives, would be countless
times that figure.
Too bad, isn't it. that the politi-
clans who guide the destinies of these
United States, haven't as much fore
sight as they have hindsight Even
half as much would help n whole lot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
A HUsHrNG SONG.

A HUSHING SONG.
Be still, be still, soul,
As the peaks from pole to pole
All shores are silent as the moon tonight;
AL birds are resting from their ocean
flight.
Be still, beloved friend;
Let all sad memories end.
The old wild days of sorrow are no more,
And love with beautiful joy Is at the door.
Your soul is still, so still,
All hushed In the Holy Will.
Rest, rest, o friend, for all is well with
thee,
Folded and Graded in the mother sea.
Edwin Markham, in July Nautilus.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
DINNER STORIES

Il am sorry to tell you," said the
editor, that we can not use your
poem" Indeed % ITO be candid
with you, it is clumsy in sentiment
and faulty in construction The
rhymes are all wrong, and, altogether,
it is not even decent doggerel.' Here
the editor paused for breath, and the
poet said meekly: Give it back to me.
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covery.

If England did not have such a hot
Irish stew on its hands. Britannia
would have little easier sailing these
days, troublesome and momentous
though the waters of the European
war be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

why don't that man go about his
business?" asked Bluey Blackbird
from his perch in the elm across the
alley.
Don't he see that the trees are full
of birds waiting to eat Strawberries ?"
asked Bluey's cousin.
But still the man stayed.
Cant he see that I want you to
taste those good berries ?" asked BilH
Robin in puzzled voice
And still that obstinate man
stayed
And those birds. knowing nothing
at all about scarecrows. had to go off
to bed without any more berries.
Think of that Copyright-C1ara
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

An Alibi.
It's mighty nice to play with wealth
And travel In pursuit of health,
But when the autos blow sky-high,
And railroad trains are wrecked, by gee,
And steamboats, sink far out at sea,
Without a chance of rescue nigh,
And other things go to the bad
I'm always pretty gol durn glad
That l can prove an alibi.
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stayed. And the warm noontime
changed to afternoon; and the after
noon melted into evening and still he
stayed. The birds had never seen
anything like It before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
By ROY x. MoULToN.

It's One Drawback.
They say that Esperanto fs
A language that's beyond compare;
But one thing has been overlooked
Ia Esperanto one cant swear
There does not seem the slightest doubt
This language new will fail right there.
VIII Esperanto ever do
For him who gets mp In the night
To marathon with squalling kid
Who kicks and squirms with all its
might?
When he treads firmly on tack
His English VIII come back, all right.
How will the chauffeur get along
When with a final wheeze and grunt
His car gives out nine miles from home,
Which Is not unheard-of stunt7
VIII Esperanto be his choice
OF languages? Indeed, 1t won't.
The ultimate consumer, too.
Is one whom we must not forget.
When he finds that his coal Is gone
And higher prices must be met,
Can Esperanto e'er suffice
To voice is burning thoughts!
Not vet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-27

Sliced Olive Oil Pickles - Slice
twenty medium sized cucumbers and
eight small onions and stir into them
one small cupful of salt. Let stand
over night, drain and wash. Into
one quart of vinegar put two table,
spoonfuls Of olive oil, one-half cup
each of white and black mustard
seed. Pour mixture over pickles and
let stand twelve hours. stirring fire.
quently. Seal cold in quart jars.
Canning and Preserving.
To can vegetables, such as green
beans. lima beans. also corn, prepare
beans as for cooking, place in jars and
fill jars with cold water. To each
5arzadd one teaspoon esaits Place on
lids (but not Tight. then place small
boards tsuch as berry crate lids) in
bottom of wash boiler. SO as to keep
jar off the bottom of boiler. Fill
boiler with cold water, leaving about
two inches of the can above the water,
and boil STEADY for four hours; then
remove from boiler, put on new rub
bers and screw lids on tight. AS the
water evaporates in boiling, add only
boiling water. Be sure to keep plenty
of water in boiler.
Ways of Serving Canned Tomato Soup
MIX one-half teaspoon baking
soda to contents of can, bring to
boiling point, add equal quantity of
hot milk
2-Toast or fry cubes of bread and
serve few in each plate of soup.
3@Prepare same as No. J, but
serve in cups topped with tablespoon
of stiffly whipped cream when serv-
ing.
4-As a cocktail, dilute with equal
quantity of water, add horseradish
and a little paprika.
with cheese, same as No. 1, but
serve small quantity of American
cheese grated over surface of each
plateful.
! with the addition of noodles,
parsley or celery is enjoyable. and
last as a sauce for pork or veal chops,
made by adding one-half pint water.
two tablespoons flour, one OF butter.
boil two minutes.
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AS BUSINESS FIGHTS ALCOHOL

AS BUS1N ESS FIOAIS ALCOHOA.
Let us imagine Benjamin Franklin,
who in his day wrote of the liquor
problem, after lapse of nearly two
centuries. visiting the plant of the IL
linois Steel company, at Joliet, Ill.
writes Burton J. Hendrick in Har-
find that in this, as in so many other
reforms, he had merely been ahead of
his time Posted all over the estab-
lishment this sign would delight his
soul:
Notice.
To the employees of the Joliet
Works. Illinois Steel company.
For the promotion of safety and
welfare, it is hoped that all en-
ployes will avoid the use of intoxi-
eating liquors.
Under the rules of the Joliet
Works any employe who uses in
'toxicating liquor while on duty will
be discharged
In making promotions in any de-
partment of the plant, superintend-
ents of departments and foremen
Will SeleCI TOT prOmOtlOn only those
who do not use intoxicating liquors.
If Franklin should stroll into Gary
at night, he would find electric signs
over the entrance gate to the Illinois
Steel plant. asking him these pointed
questions:
Did booze ever do you any good?
Did booze ever get you a better
job? +-..
Did booze ever contribute any
thing to the happiness of your fam
lily?
These flaming signs indicate an en-
tirely new aspect of the prohibition
crusade, as Mr.. Hendrick points out.
The anti-alcohol movement in the
United States has had three distinct
phases. First, the church declared
war against the saloon. Then science
and medicine began to demonstrate its
evils. Now American industry, in its
search for mental and physical eff
cheney, has decided to abolish alcohol
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