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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

have seemed fantastic, says the Anna
list, yet in August that figure was
substantially exceeded. 1t is hard to
adjust statistical perception to 50
rapid an expansion in the volumes
everyday business is placing before
US. 1t was relatively recently that
our aggregate foreign trade reached
81, 600, 100000. but it is within the
range of probability that our foreign
trade this year will amount to twice
that sum. A good way to realize how
extraordinary a thing has happened
in our foreign trade is to attempt to
picture an increase in that trade to
SIS, OO0, 100000 by 1920. That would
be to double our trade in four years.
That is what we actually have done
1t took from 1899 to 1912 to go from
two billions to four, a period of thir-
teen years; it has taken but four years
to go from four billions TO a probable
eight billions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05
rasp. ST was afraid it might be

rasp. 81 was afraid it might be
Greton."
Why afraid?" she queried.
That young puppy His wrath
a salary. and he's so Internally proud
of his old pauper family
Beth laughed sharply. ANY puppy
worth while has pedigree, Mr.. Ben
son. Wouldn't you be proud If you
had?"
He glared at her for a moment, and
then strobe furiously down the path.
and soon the launch was shooting
through the water again.
Beth turned to find Ned back of her
Il listened he said. Thank you for
coming to my defense so splendidly."
"Oh, did you hear? Now you must
know how l appreciate your defense
of me the day I came here and 1
hadn't even attempted to thank you
for it."
so you know about that! I'm
very sure Benson didn't tell you. You
rather finished him in that converse
ton five minutes ago"
Il intended to. He needed it.
You're right. But. tell me, was
that the truth-about Cinderella hav-
ing found her fairy prince before com
ing here?"
"Yes-it is true" very softly.
He paused. And she has given her
heart to him ~
Absolutely.
"He-hes in luck."was the unsteady
response He's in luck! How much
1 never knew till this minute" He
moved to the edge of the arbor bal
cony, where his hands gripped the rail
so tightly that the knuckles showed
white beneath the tense skin.
Beth came slowly toward him.
Ned" she whispered, laying her hand
on his.
Instantly his arms were around her.
his lips taking their toll from her
own. ITS your own fault" he gasped
Il can't help it. 1 love you, even If
you do belong to him." Then, grimly,
still holding her close. wonder how
he'd like to find you in my arms?"
"Oh, Ned was the tremulous reply,
he doesn't seem to mind 1t at all.
"Beth--do you mean-you said
Il said l met him before / came
here. and I did. / met you whole
year before that''-(Copyright 1916,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05
SIDE TALK S
1t Is Not To Laugh.
By RUFH CAMERON.


A sense of humor is a trait of which
any one who possesses it is justly
proud and for which he should also
be duly grateful.
1.-THE faculty for being diverted
where less fortunate people are an
moved" says Stevenson, lis rare
birthright and worth many a mess of
pottage.'
But there are times when even this
blessed faculty is out of place.
There is a time to laugh and a time
to be disguised and it is a big mistake
to confuse the two.
The American habit of being
amused by corruption in politics and
laughing at the roguery of the clever
politician who gets away with things
is an example of such confusion.
IF you think it is funny to be i'm
posed upon" Agnes Repplier quotes
an Englishwoman as saying, You
will never lack for something to
laugh at
thought of that the other day
when 1 heard a discussion of the way
women abuse certain privileges
granted by department stores. One
shop which had previously been very
much stricter in the past year. The
reason is that its indulgence has
been shamefully imposed upon.
For instance, one woman ordered
several fine rugs out for inspection
and returned them three days later
without buying any. In the mean
time she had a weekend party
Another had SIS luncheon cloth
sent to her home. She returned it
the next day, saying that it was too
small. 1t was stained with cham
payne.
Again, a woman had French
model gown sent out on account
keeping it three days. A week or two
after she appeared in a gown which
she had had her dressmaker copy
from that model She had actually
! had her cut out a pattern from the
gown TO be sure to get it just right
For the most part, the women who
| told of these things laughed at them
To my mind it was not a time to
| laugh but a time to be indignant.
To be sure, it was the shop and
not the customers who were being
| imposed upon, but when a store has
| to make up a loss of that sort il
must make up the deficit in higher
prices
| Besides, such practices are dishon-
orable and should be frowned on
rather than laughed at--(Copyright
by George Matthew Adamsl
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GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Globe.l

From the Atchison Globe
Remember the time when you had
beefsteak for dinner?
Remember that your explanation
never sounds as lucid to anyone else
1t is always something of a mystery
to boy that SO few people starve to
death.
What has become of the old fash
toned man who wore red flannel un-
derwear2
1t makes some persons mad to see
someone else being sensible and eco
nomical
country. a politicians children aren't
apt to inherit much.
The trouble is that the man who
says charity begins at home seldom
practices charity anywhere.
Some of the bum guesses are offered
to "a credulous populace disguised as
reliable information.
Il have nothing to say said an
indignant woman today, and then she
talked her head off. These women.
The man who is afraid he is going
to do too much is In slight danger of
being promoted to greater RESPONSE
bilities.
Occasionally a ball team or a race
horse comes from behind and wins.
but it isn't a good starting point for
everyday use.
The mother of a boy has fertile
to thinking of the misfortunes which
may befall her son.
Nearly every town numbers among
| it's inhabitants some ornery charac-
| ter of whom it is said flat he wa
| educated for the ministry.
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JAYMAWME JOTS

A bachelor never figures on marry
ing a widow, declares the Pittsburg
Headlight, but when a widow figures
on marrying a bachelor the wedding
bells do ring.
It's the opinion of the Lawrence
Journal-World that the average wom-
an is quite sure that at least once dur
ing her lifetime she will find man
under her bed.
The Hutchinson News tells of a man
living near CORTLAND who has vast
gobs of real money. And the reason?
He recently sold 1880 bushels of corn
at 80 cents a hushel
Observations by Editor Young. in
his Oakley Graphic: If you permitted
a woman to do it, when she planted
garden it would all be spinach. =.
When man has tried all other RENE
dies for publicity and failed he starts
to walk across the continent 1t
is about time for three-fourths of the
candidates now running for office to
pick out location of good, tan, uncut
timber. 1t always seems strange
to u.s. but we never knew of an organ
izatiou of Willing Workers that ever
did anything.
The average man of forty or fifty
would not have much fun if he could
be turned into a kid again and sent to
school, declares the Emporia Gazette,
anu II NOAlAhucS lie IlBuTeS OF the
Emporia schools show few Iickings
during the past year. Forty years ago
the teacher who did not maui all
hands every day thought he was neg
lecting his duty. The average man of
forty or fifty would have a sad time
in the school of today. He could not
spit on his slate, because the states
have been ruled out as germ carriers.
He could not get a drink because he
would not know that he was expected
| to have an individual drinking cup.
Also he would be lost when time for
the drawing lesson or the manual
training class came. The average man
| of forty or fifty probably would start
a rough house, just for old times sake
and he would find that he was frown-
ed down by the students government
club, many of whose members he
would suspect of loving their teacher.
But the average mans greatest disap-
pointment would come when he was
denied the licking which he craved as
a dandy part of school life he knows.
1t is just as we'll for the average man
| of forty or fifty that Father Time new
er learned to turn back handsprings.
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where are the products OF the pit
tance-paid labor of Germany going to
find the easiest outlet?
And where will England sell her
products. If not in our close to free
trade market?
/ If this country is to survive indus
trially after the war it would appear
to need a much better protective
tariff law than the Democratic states
men are apparently disposed to give
It, and notwithstanding their sudden
adherence TO tariff commission
plan. which theoretically and basicly
contemplates a system of tariff pro-
lection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

No milk for the babies on New
York's East Side now, is the way the
headlines are reading. And it is on
the East Side of New York City where
the poorer of the little innocents of
the great town live This is surely
getting to be a great country. over
which appears to be server regularly
only to the relatively few. Even
when the high prices may not be alb
solutely prohibitive, a strike or some
thing else comes along TIC toss a
monkey into the machinery of
the poorer folks lives.
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SPANS Big Palace.

TWenty-seven miles from Madrid,
on a bleak height surrounded by a
sterile and gloomy wilderness, stands
the EscoriaI, one of the most remark
able buildings in Europe 1t is 1855
feet long and 623 feet wide. with tall
towers at the angles. 1t comprises at
once a convent, a church, palace
and a mauSoleum.
On August 10, 1857, the Spaniards
gained a great victory over the French
at St. Quentin, and the Spanish king,
Philip II, had the building erected in
commemoration of the event As the
battle occurred on St. Laurence's day,
he had the building designed to re-
sen1bIe the famous gridiron on which
St. Laurence suffered martyrdom by
being roasted to death.
The work was begun in 1863, and
continued for more than twenty years
The building contains a vast number
of treasures-paintings sculptures,
manuscripts, etc. Among them is a
life-size figure of Christ on the cross.
done in ivory by Benvenuto Celiini.
As it stands today, the EscoriaI and
it's contents represent an outlay of
more than s10,000.00O. Here lie the
bodies of all the Spanish kings since
the Emperor Charles V. except Philip
" and Ferdinand VI.-St- Paul Pho
neer Press
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER:

why should Japan go to all the
trouble and expense of sending an
army to Pekin? why doesn't she
make known her demands on the
Chinese government through the
medium of diplomatic note? Almost
anybody, or any nation, can obtain
just about whatever may be desired
of China by merely asking it, provided
the politeness in which the requests
are couched be suffi i 'ntly forceful
or threatening. China, you know. is
the worlds greatest example of the
peace-at-any- price artists. and simply
because she is practically unprepared
in any way to protect and defend
either her territorial integrity or her
national honor. And there are actually
a few mollycoddles in these United
States who would be content to see
their country in the same sort of a
boat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05
DINNER STORIES

When a certain cclored man an
nounced his engagement to his lady
friend the congratulations that were
showered upon him included note of
wonder.
Joe" said one boon companion, Il
shore is surprised, We all never
thought you'd speak up. It's going on
two years since you begun to call on
Miss Violet.H
Oats true" said Joe, but de fact
is | didn't lose my job till last night
On the test paper in answer to the
question. What do we mean by the
plural of a word?" Lucy had written:
by the plural of word we mean the
same thing only more of it."
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
Love that seldom grows old is the
love of money.
Never argue with a wasp: it is sure
to carry its point
He who borrows money of a rela-
tive never hears the last of it.
The fool with money to burn may
drive an ash cart in after years.
The war of the union began short
ly after the marriage ceremony ended.
It's easier to approach luxuries than
it is to back away from them again.
Men are like wagons-they rattle
most when there is nothing in them.
A postage stamp is on the tip of
many a mans tongue who never talks
about it.
A man who boasts he never did a
foolish act in his life doesn't know
what truth is.
Clothes do not make the man, but
the better they are the more attention
he is apt to receive.
When a young man gets sore be-
cause another fellow makes goo-goo
eyes at his best girl-that is love.
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II V. Carranza wants war with the
United states. as Brigadier General
Bell, L. S. A, seems to think, it must
mean that the First Chief CT Mexico
realizes that he is at the end of his
rope and that a war between his forces
and those of the United States would
be the easiest way for him TO get out
of the Mexican muddle and save his
face with his friends below the Rio
Grande, provided he has any friends
down there Possibly such a war
would give him an excellent oppor-
tunity to hike to safer fields, and with
the Mexican valuables of one sort OF
another that he has been able to ac-
cumulate. These cannot b- many.
tho, as Huerta cleaned up the Next
can cupboard in rather thoro
fashion.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Gingersna ps-Two cups New Or
leans molasses. two cups brown sugar
two eggs, one teaspoon soda, one tea
spoon ginger, one tablespoon vinegar.
Stir all together. then add enough
flour to make dough stiff enough to
handle. Bake in a quick oven.
Cheese Balls-Mold cream cheese
in balls, holding all of the nut meats
possible.
five eggs, one cup sugar, one-half
box sparkling gelatin. two-thirds
cup cold water on gelatin (pleced in
pan of hot water), let cool. Beat eggs
very stiff. Put in gelatin slowly,
beating constantly. Dissolve color
ing and put in one-half of mixture
Rinse pan with cold water. pour in
layer about, colored and white.
sprinkling ground nuts between lay
ers. Cut in slices and serve with
whipped cream.
Peach Frosting--Whites of two
eggs, one cup sugar, one cup peaches.
Beat whites of eggs with sugar and
of the consistency OF whipped cream.
Put between layers and on top of
cake. Any cake recipe
Escalloped Tomatoes - Drain the
liquid from a can of tomatoes and
put aside for soup or gravy. Chop
the solid part of tomatoes fine; sea-
son with salt and pepper to taste,
half teaspoon of orion juice. scant ia
blespoon of melted butter and same
quantity of sugar. Cover bottom OF
buttered pudding Gish with layer of
crumbs and dot with bits of butter.
Bake fifteen minutes or Until not
thru and lightly Drowned on top.
Strawberry Cake-One cup sugar,
scant one-half cup shortening. yolks
two eggs one cup canned strawber-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

Rushv Beaver was so surprised
and puzzled he could hardly oeneVe
his own ears. Surely he must De
dreaming, He pinched himself on ms
Left front big toe and he turned
around three times; no, he WASH {
dreaming. Mother Beaver was right
over there helping Father Beaver
gnaw down a tree; Little Brother
Beaver was nibbling at some roofs anu
everything was just as natural as could
he Rushv lust about made up his
mind that he had been dreaming when
he thought Mother Beaver said she
was going to have dishes for her par
ty but that he was waked up now
when he heard Mother Beaver speak;
.'There, Father Beaver she said
cheerfulIy. lone more round and your
tree will fall. So If you will excuse
me. I'll go over and talk to Bushy
minute" And without waiting for an
answer, she slipped over to wnere
Bushy stood. 'Of course you're want
ing to hear about everything. Bushy,
she whispered kindly, "but I don't
want Father Beaver TO hear-l want
to surprise him. Come with me over
by the log yonder and I'll tell you all
about it."
Bushy was only TOO glad to go any
where with her, 50 it didn't take them
long to slip into the shadow of the
big, old log. Now then" whispered
Rushy, begin"
while you and Little Brother and
Father Beaver were talking to Mickey
Musk-rat." began Mother Beaver. "a
sudden idea popped into my head. 1
thought I'd slip away and find some
thing good for you all to eat. Maybe
I srnelled berries and that gave me
the idea. Anyway. / slipped away.
And / hadn't gone hundred feet back
into the woods before a great. big
voice said, Who goes there?' OF
course / was frightened. but only for
a minute. Then / saw that it was Po-
liceman Billy. I said to him, Nice
evening" Very says he, how do you
do2' Pm hunting something to eat
1 want to surprise my family said /.
Oh says Policeman Billy, having a
"Of course 1 didn't know what a
party ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

Speaking of happy families. now
that Colonel Roosevelt and ex-Presi-
dent Taft have shaken hands again
and thereby buried their little Ratchet
the one in the Republican household
assuredly has all the symptoms of
being of the most felicitous variety.
And after all. it is only the really big
people, the large-calibered men who
can have their quarrels. and bitter
ones. too. and then compose their diff
ferences with a handclasp. 1t is only
the pewees who fight and then crouch
along at each other for the remainder
of their days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Competency is always worth the
money it costs,
X X X
Probably the love at first sight is
the blindest kind
X X X
good hard kick is often most salu-
tary medicine for its victim.
\ X X
The man who is content with his
portion in life, seldom has one of very
great proportions.
x * X
It's a poor rule that doesn't work
both ways, and so, in all likelihood, to
the impure all things are impure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

Now when the time of fruit and grain is
come,
When apples hang above the orchard wall,
And from a tangle by the roadside stream
A scent of wild grapes fills the racy arr
Comes Autumn with her sun burnt caravan,
Like long gypsy train with trappings gay
And tattered colors of the Orient.
Moving slow-footed thru the creamy hills.
The woods of Wilton. at her coming, wear
Tints of Bokhara and of Samarcand'
The naples glow with their Pompeian red,
The hickories with burnt Etruscan gold
And while the erickets fife along her
march.
Behind her banners burns the crimson sun.
Bliss Carman, in the October Atlantic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

Policeman Billy is wonderful Great
ure, Bushyi
Bushy squirmed. MY, but 7 wfsb
Ia been alongi" he seid
Never mind, you shall go with me
now" added Mother Beaver Police
man Billy told me that whenever
wanted anything, | should ask him
and want dishes for my party. Corn.
on, Bushy IL you want to. LET'S find
him AND without another word.
they slipped away into the woods
And as they went, Yushv gIsnca<,
over his shoulder and saw Father
Beaver working away just as tho he
wasn't in the wonderful WigeleiSl-~
sken country: II expect he likes to
work, thought Bushy, but | like a a.
ventures and maybe I'm goipe r. ta.,.
one nowi"-tCopyright In
gram Judson) All
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

This is the last of the two good
roads days in Missouri for this year,
and while every road Improvement
effort is commendable. the likelihood
is that the good roads which are built
in day and for the most part by
amateurs at the road making art. are
likely to wash out and away during
the first night that there IS a heavy
rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

SHOW me the way TO get home,
pal" or some song to that effect ought
to knock down the fortune that an
FL Paso dispatch declares is waiting
the person who can write or suggest a
song that will catch the transient
fancy of the American troops along
the Mexican border
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

How Kansas-like is the brand of
July weather that has been prevailing
during the first few days of October.
No doubt about the unexpecteds al
ways happening in Kansas weather
arena
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EIGHT BILLIONS OF TRADE.

Even after the present extraordin-
airy movement in our foreign trade
had been under way for some time.
prediction that our sales of goods
abroad in a single month woul"
Seanh half a billion dollars would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-05

There amt nothing in this world
that sounds as cheap as a lot of talk.
The trouble with the life insurance
agent is that they always pounce
upon a Teller when he has got forty
other things to do.
We can't see what keeps the chaw-
ing tobacker factories going No
body will own up that he uses the
stuff except ball players and tele-
graph operators.
as foolish about the styles as the
women, and they are the men.
Wilson'S Mexican policy seems to
please everybody excepting the Mex
leans. Well by ginger. you can't
please a Mexican, nohow. They amt
got no sense of humor.
Miss Amy Stubs new hair covers
her ears so that she can't hear moth
ing. Elmer Sphinx proposed to her
three times last week.
A Jitney Tangie.
A Main street sign says: photo
graphs for a jitney EACH but we
suppose old Rody McPhee will insist
that a jitney is a bus.-Houston Post.
We certainly shall, Judd, while
Colonel Bailey. in the column right
next to yours, backs us up with such
statements as, 1T seems to use that
in Houston we are approaching the
point when there will be a jit to
every passenger. You have our per-
mission to fight it out with the col
onel.-Rody McPhee in Springfield
Union.
Was it Charley Leedy who said:
THE jitneys are giving clothes pins
for transfers. because they are good
on every line?" But that's got moth
ing to do with it, A nickel is a jitney
and nickel bus is a jitney bus.
Well leave it to Boston.-Judd Nor
timer Lewis in Houston Post.
A Young Man With Sense.
Lizzie, will you be mine?''
Not on your life"
Don't you love me?
mo, 1 don't, and never did"
Then you will never marry me ?''
Not while I have get my right
mind"
Are you sure?"
Absolutely sure. l would rather
be shot than marry you"
Thank you for them kind words,
Lizzie. 1 had to ask somebody to
marry me in order to do my duty, but
now that l have been refused 1 will
my conscience will allow me to be a
| bachelor and save money for my old
age"
An Impressionist.
If 1 were an artist, 1 would paint her
! race,
| Just as I saw it last night;
Its perfect contour 1 would trace
With its delicate pink and white.
But, oh,-What artist could paint her
face
AS she painted it last night?
| What? No Clothes for Soldiers?
| Headline in our own well-known
paper:
BARE GARRISON PLAN FOR
| ARMY.
For Arts Sake.
| Let us save Vienna:
She may have had her faults.
But she gave the world the sausage
| And the pretty dreamy waltz.
! Oh. Those Large Camp Girls.
| WEATHER PUTS DAMPER ON
| HUGE CAMP GIRLS AT DEWEY
-Dowagiac Daily News.