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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

put in when boiled in this way.
Spinach is particularly valuable for
women all run down. 1t is rich in
iron To eat the vegetable once or
twice a day means taking iron in a
natural way instead of in the form of
a drug.
Strawberry Fluff-One box straw
berries, two egg whites, one and one
quarter cups sugar, few grains salt,
three tablespoons cornStarch. Hull
berries, crush and combine with one
cup of sugar; let stand at least an
hour Then strain off one and one
half cupfuls of juice and bring to boil
ing point. Meantime, mix together the
cornstarch, sugar and salt, add little
of the hot juice. combine the two mix
lures and let boil till a thick paste is
formed. 1t should cook at least fifteen
| minutes. Bat egg whites and flour in
cornstarch mixture, beating constant
ly. Turn into a mold wet with cold
water and let stiffen. Serve with the
crushed fruit at the base.
Orange Granite-To the juice and
pulp of six oranges Gree from all skin
and membrane) add the juice of one
lemon, one cup sugar and a pint of
water. Freeze as sherbet and serve
after or with the meat course.
Sponge Cake Lemon Pie-One cup
sugar, one tablespoon flour; stir to-
gether; juice and grated rind of one
lemon, yolks of two eggs, one cup
milk. Stir the whites (beaten stiff in
lightly. Place in an uncooked crust
and bake slowly three-fourths hour
The upper half will be like sponge
cake, the remainder like lemon pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
A Pleasant Time Was Had.

The following report of a society
event is given by the White Pigeon
News:
1t developed before the close of the
evening that coincidentally it was also
the birthday anniversary of Mr.. Lam
bert, whereupon the male portion of
the company undertook to put the
host under the bed. They had forgot
ten, however, to take into account the
fact that Mr. Lambert has for several
years been a successful instructor in
the use of the three Rs and the
wielder of the hazel. AS a result the
young man did not go under the bed.
but, to the contrary, when the skirmish
had ended and the smoke of battle
cleared away, it was found he had
come off none the worse of wear,
while some of the others complained
of bruises galore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
Do They Exist :?

Do They Exist?
Enormous salaries
NoiSeleSS autos.
Bashful actors.
Lodge goats.
Reticent women.
Retiring politicians.
Bank rolls.
Square bridge gems.
Trust fishermen.
DirtleSs railroads.
Economical furnaces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

Edith-'Are you going to prosecute
Jack Dare for stealing kiss?" Betty
No. the property has been return
Ied."-Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
Some Railroad.

a travelling man the other day told
what he alleged to be his experience
on a small railroad. He said he had
made" the towns on the road many
times. and the usual snail-like pace of
the train was on this trip exceeded for
slowneSS. In a seat near the COM
mercial traveller was an old lady, who
was evidently a stranger to the road
and was on the train when Friend
Travelingman got on. She was nerv-
Gus and fidgety, and every time the
conductor or brakeman passed her
seat she would ask, "Ain't we ever go
ing to get to F." Finally the con-
ductor said in an injured tone, please
have a little patience, madam. Why,
I have been on this line over two
years, and Before he could fin
sh what he was about to say the
impatient lady passenger exclaimed:
Have you! Good landi What sta
ton did you get on at?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

ing-you know that YOURSELF She
imagined all sorts of dangers and fan.
cied she heard all kinds of sounds.
though really there wasn't a sight or
sound to startle her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30

"A man dat honestly loves peace"
said Uncle Eben, 'is liable to git
mighty irritated and hostile when he
finds his peacefulness constantly in
terfered with '-Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho State Journal is member OF the
A Associated Press and receives the full DAY
telegram renort of that great news or
gaTlzati IN for the exclusive afternoon
publfca tion in Topeka.
Ti,~ news is received in The State Jour
nal building o-er wires for This sole pur-
pose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

training course that is probably de-
scribed here now for the first time.
The students" are first given thor
ough tests for hearing, sight and mental
activity. These tests are similar to those
used by the railroads. Each morning
q system of the most extraordinary
calisthenics is practised. One of the
most curious things is the side twist of
the head, which is practised so long that
the graduate can place his or her chin
against the point of the right shoulder
and remain in that position for long
while. This enables the spy to stand
with the ear against a wall or a door
and listen for hours without getting a
stiff neck and fatigue. To stand mo-
tionless for hours, to walk over a creak-
ing floor without making noise, to
walk on creaking stairs noiselessly and
to insert keys, to unlock doors in silence
are some of the stunts practised. The
most treacherous stairways are nego-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

spy use. Spies, because of the nature of
their work and their personal peculiari-
ties, are never trusted beyond their daily
task.
For instance, one morning the sleuth
is to meet colleague at a certain bank
for the purpose of observing the doings
of two foreigners that are suspected of
being ammunition agents.
He meets his partner and they wait
patiently for the arrival of the two sob
jects." They usually arrive under the
shadow of another sleuth who perhaps
has been working all night. The men
are pointed out by nod or gesture and
the actual work begins. One man goes
into the bank with the strangers and
watches their every move; he makes
notes of the names or location of the
clerks or officials with whom they con-
verse, and other details. When they
leave the bank, and if the two objects
separate, he takes the trail of one and
his partner the other. 1t is here where
the confetti does its valuable work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
AN INITIATION THAT SPIES DO
NOT ALWAYS DIE A NAT
URAL DEATH.

Almost without exception the first
three groups comprise persons who
have evolved into the secret service.
It is very seldom that an adult person
steps from any open" occupation into
the work. An endless chain is con-
SANITY being forged. When spies die,
and they often do in other ways than
The natv~' there are always assistants
that a., .cady to step into their boots.
These recruits are graduates" and
hare gone through the preliminary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

tiated by walking close to the walls, and
the noisy floor plank is mastered by
gradual and firm pressing motion. The
crossbeams of floor are easily located
by the experienced, and are usually
stable and silent.
It is wonderful what the noises in a
wall in even the most silent house will
reveal. The spy is taught to eliminate
the obvious sounds. He presses the ear
fiat against the wall; plaster is better
than wall paper, but solid wood is good,
and a thin door panel is still better, pro-
vided the door fits snugly and has good
support.
First he hears the noise of his own
heart beat, then the rumblings of other
internal organs. He soon becomes OBJ
livious to these sounds and gets the
rhythmic sound of the water system Of
the house. Then there are intermittent
sounds of drilling plaster, the sounds
Carried incredible distances) of street
cars, railway trains, automobiles and
passing pedestrians. These soon be-
come regular and familiar sounds to the
listener. The clatter of horses hoofs
is the most annoying, as it is the most
penetrating and comes and goes grad
ually. Any one can observe all of these
sounds in any city house, but the task
of the spy is to overcome them and to
distinguish conversation in the next
room or even the room beyond, below
or above. American Office buildings are
hopeless for the listener, as the eleva-
tors not only rumble but vibrate the
listening surfaces noticeably. The tick
ings of clocks, snorers and humming
gas jets, pounding radiator, the gnaw-
ing of rats and even prowling cats often
make the work hard.
Graduates that understand various
languages are much in demand, and yet
each country prefers native born.
The members of the secret service are
seldom armed, but when weapons are
required they prefer the ammonia pis-
tol, as it is silent, does not kill, but disa-
bles the victim by binding him for a
short period, and it can be used at any
distance up to sixty feet. A bulb cor
tanning solution of ammonia in the
handle of the pistol contains enough for
a dozen shots. The Weitzel type of am
monia pistol has an enormous leverage
and is only made for the use of the
secret service.
A full-hedged spy also carries the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
An Excellent Method of
4Haying Suspicion, 1t
Is but One of the Many
and Handy Accom-
bHshments of Those
Who Comprise the Km-
ser'S Secret Service
4 Preliminary Course
That Pays Particular
attention TO the Ear.
rMMMMNMMM

THAT is a spy? Although it is
w we'll known that the spy sys-
w TENS of the warning nations
are very potential and of the most far
reaching nature, very few persons out
side of the secret or so-called SPY
service know anything about the actua
work of the secret organizations. In
Germany and in Japan the secret SER
vice work has reached the highest state
Of perfection.
How q person becomes a spy and how
he or she afterward carries out the
work depend upon the group of secret
workers that the novice is introduced to
or thrown in contact with through cir
cumstances.
The volunteer or self-appointed spy
is not to be considered in the following
account, but merely the professionals or
accredited Investigators.
Germany has four classes of "spio-
nen," as they are called in the vernacu-
lar. but never officially. The system
comprises % the emperor's private
staff, about sixty men and nine women;
(2) the War Office staff, which now
numbers 5000; (3) the government
secret service, about five hundred Off
Gals and eight thousand men and one
hundred and eighty women, and finally
the "a "geheimnitz polizei' or secret
police. who are similarly situated as the
American police detectives, but far more
efficient, and their number is legion.
Then there is a small contingent at
tached to embassies and legations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

Signal" the open sesame of everything
German. The signal has perhaps never
been seen by an outsider. 1t is the most
powerful credential or token, and yet
the most clandestine on earth. The
wives and closest friends of the sleuths
do not even get glimpse of it. 1t is a
silver framed shield about as large as
the palm of the hand, with black velvet
ground on which is embossed in silver
the great Prussian eagle on one side and
the "W. H." on the other, for "Wilhelm
H." 1t also has small number, accord
ing to the poSsessor. This Signal is
shown only in the most extreme cases,
and will carry the bearer past any SEN
tinel or bodyguard even up to the En-
perors personal aids and himself, if
necessary.
The shadowing spy also carries a
piece of flexible celluloid or an ordinary
Photographic film which makes an ideal
telephone muller, speaking trumpet or
listening cone when rolled up. Also, the
confetti "patronen" or cartridges that
prove so essential in trailing are fire.
uuently used. These small cartridges
filled with white. pink or pale blue con-
fetti or small pieces of paper and
small piece of looking glass form i'm
portant paraphernalia to the spy that
has to keep closely to his quarry for
miles after miles of crowded streets or
from trolley cars TO- trains and even
through the mazes of busy office build
ings, as the following will show.
To the outsider these tricks of the
profession may seem childish and ex-
IRENE. Yet the Wilhelmstrasse brains
of the great imperial secret service pre-
fer those methods and they prove the
most efficient after all.
After making sure that he carries his
regular equipment the spy goes to his
office or rendezvous for his daily assign
ment, unless he has an unfinished task
that requires no further instructions.
Cafes or cigar stores are the best places.
From a waiter or attendant or some
lounging customer he receives verbal
orders or information that reveals his
days task Names when written are
often spelled out correctly, but telephone
numbers or street numbers are either
doubled or halved in all notebooks or
memoranda. Each man has an indi-
vidual code, but there is no national code
for the ge ieral work and the military
codes are too fuctuating for police or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
in Neav York Is
but the Aftermath of a
Mardi GraS, but Con-
fethmMe Streets ofBer-
lin Is Something Else
Agam-AS for Chalk
Marks, What Looks To
BE the Artistry of a
StroHng Boy Very
Frequently Is Not.
EESs,',...,.,.,. ,''.,,'

Sleuth A follows one man. At the
next street corner the man turns and
his trailer also turns, and in so doing
streaks the wall of the building with a
peculiar purple chalk, of color not
used generally. He keeps on following
his man and at every corner he marks
The building so deity and so inconspicu-
ously that bystander does not notice it.
AS long as the object keeps walking
straight ahead the trailer only marks
one side of the corner, but if the object
turns he marks both sides of the corner,
showing that he has turned to the right
or left. If then the object should board
a car the sleuth will crush one of the
white confetti cartridges with his fin
gers and the persistent little pieces of
paper fall to the street and stick in the
crevices between the cobble stones or
the paving blocks, or even cling tena-
ciously to the asphalt, defying both
sweepers and brooms for hours. If the
object changes cars the trailer will drop
pink cluster of confetti and the chalk
marks will tell the story as they alight.
CHIEF AMONG THE STAGE PROP
ERTIES OF SLEUTHING ARE
CHALK AND CONFETTI.
When the sleuth is relieved that even
ing he does not have to leave his object
out of his sight. The sleuth that relieves
him will merely take up the thread from
the bank and will, as rule, in incredi-
bly, short time locate his man in any
part of the city. This is much more
easily done in European cities, as the
streetcar systems are not so intricate
and the streets are usually paved with
cobble stones or bricks. The telephone
is not so readily available abroad. In
Berlin, for instance, there are the most
pretentiouS homes and thousands of
shops and stores without telephones.
SO, even though the traitor could leave
his object for a moment to telephone
headquarters, it would be almost impos-
sible to find an available telephone sta
ton or even an instrument in private
house.
The trailer when observing that the
object enters house or shop will at
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
A CUT WORK HINT.

How to Make This One Of the Prsttisst
Embroideries.
When doing cut work. If the design
is very elaborate and there are great
many bars, baste on the back Of the
linen piece Of plain, heavy net; cluny
is the best to use. Embroider the de-
sign through both materials, but omit
all the bars. When the work is COM
plete cut out on the right side along
the purled edge. This will leave a net
background, where bars are usually
worked. The net holds the design to-
gether and is splendid as well as
unique substitute for the little bars.
The net should be very carefully
basted to the linen or 1t will bulge in
places after the material is cut away.
If you transfer your designs the safest
method is to first launder both the lin
en- and net before sewing them togeth-
er. Then there will be little danger in
the future of one material shrinking
more than another. If a good quality
of net is used it will be found more
lasting than the bars. The latter have
q tendency to break when laundered
unless they are carefully worked with
very strong thread.
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
Interior Of pen in laying house
used at the government poultry
farm, Beltsville, Md. Illustration
shows roosts. dropping board and
nests.

till their feathers begin to fall pretty
freely. then to feed them all the nour-
fishing feed they will eat till they are
full feathered again. One poultryman
of long experience gives this method
Of controlling the moltfng OF hens:
As soon as the hens are through lay
ing turn them on alfalfa and feed
them dry bran in addition. Under
this treatment they get thin. Then
feed them a mixed ration of grains
and meat, giving light feed In the
morning and all they will eat at noon
and night. Under this treatment they
will finish molting quickly, get new
feathers and begin laying In Septem-
Der. BY October they are in full
laying condition and make a. profit
through the fall and winter. OF course
every one has not an alfalfa field
whereon to turn his chickens, but the
idea Is to give them laxative food
to induce them to start to molt. Any
kind Of green feed would help to do
this. A little linseed meal in the bran
mash would help toward the same re-
suit.
Fowls on full feed are not so apt to
shed their feathers so freely as those
that are underfed. We do not believe
in starving them, but to give them
light diet instead Of the usual grain
ration. Then, after they have shed
their feathers, you can feed them all
they will eat of the best food you can
supply them.
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
Citation Hearing Petition for AZ
pointment Of AdmInlstrator

Citation Hearing Petition for Ap-
pointment Of Administrator
State Of North Dakota, County Of
Mclean.
In County Court. Before Hon. Geo.
P. Gibson, Judge.
In the matter Of the Estate Of
Isabel Fredrickson (someimes known
as Belle Fredricluson), deceased.
Lars Laurence. Petitioner, .9 =,
Frank L. Fredrickson,
Respondents.
The State of North Dakota To The
Above Named Respondent and All
Persons Interested In The Estate Of
Isabel Fredrickspn (sometimes'
known as Belle Fredrickson), De-
cea:ed:
You, aud each Of you, are hereby
notified that Lars Laurence, the
petitioner herein, he's dled in this
Court his petition praying that Let
ters of Administrator of the es
tate OF Isabel FredrickBon (some-
times known as Belle Fredrickson),
late of the County of. Freeborn and
State of Minnesota, deceased, be
granted to him, the said Lars Laur-
ence, and that the said petition will
be heard and duly considered by
this Court on Monday, the 27th day
of November. 1916, at the hour of
ten o 'clook, A. M, of that day, at
the court rooms of this court, in
the County Court House, in the City
of Washburn, County of Mclean
and State of Month Dakota, and
you, and each of you, are hereby
cited to be and appear before this
Court at said time and place, and
answer said petition, and show
cause, if any there be, why the pray
er of said petition should not be
granted.
Dated at Washburn, N. D., this
18th day Of October, 1916.
Geo. P. Gibson,
Judge Of the County Court.
(SEAL.)
Let the service of the above Cita-
ton be made by publication in the
Washburn Leader at Washburn, ND.
once week for three successive
weeks.
Geo. P. Gibson,
Judge Of the County Court. :
CSeaD
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
Much cheaper ToothIess,

Much Cheaper Toothlsss.
With view to advertising his busi-
ness dentist in an English town an
nounced that he would supply artificial
teeth to the first twelve aged ladies in
poor circumstances who applied for
them. 8
The earliest application on the ap-
pointed day was an elderly woman in
shabby but respectable clothes.
Scarcely was she seated when red
faced old man came to the place and
announced that he had come 'about
them teeth"
"You are making a mistake" the
dentist replied. II only made my offer
to ladies. In fact. there's one lady
waiting now"
"An' it's about 'er I've come," re-
torted the old man gruffly. "Tell 'er
'er 'usband's waitih' for 'er and If she
don't 'op out quick there'll be trouble
She's got happetite like an 'oss al.
ready. and II you set 'er up wi a
strong lot o. teeth she'll eat both me
an 'er into the work'us In week.
Send 'er out at once!"
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
HOW
To Keep Esss Fresh For
q Long Period

TATHY not save 10 cents on the
L vM dozen Of eggs? II eggs are
" 20 to 25 cents a dozen then
,us by the time carrier, postage
and, preservation are paid when one
lives in the city to 10 cents dozen
must be added to the cost Of dozen
eggs, making them 30 to IS cents a
dozen as compared to 40 to Is cents
during the winter months.
There is a place not 80 very far from
one city in the first parcel post zone
where fresh eggs were sold for 18
cents dozen recently. Why were they
so cheap when we were paying from %
to "a cents in the city? This particular
small farm is of from the main road,
and the hucksters that gather the eggs
do not go there, and the country store
is long distance from the farm, but
the farmer could send his eggs In the
small four dozen carrier with the rural
parcels delivery at IL cents for the car
rier of four dozen eggs. Two quarts of
silicate Of soda, liquid glass. will do up
thirty dozen eggs.
Be sure that the eggs are not cracked
and pick the dark shell eggs for pre-
serving. The white shell eggs can be
used ut once in the home.
Put the eggs in earthenware crooks,
wooden lard or butter tubs. cover and
set in cool place.
Following is the way to prepare the
silicate of soda:
One quart Of silicate Of soda (water
glass;, ten quarts Of water. Boil and
cool the water, add silicate of soda, put
in earthenware crock or crooks or
wooden tub. Examine the eggs, being
sure there are none cracked. Eggs can
be added; It is not necessary to fill the
crock at once. When there are as
many as one wants to do up paste or
tie piece of muslin over the top and
wet with the solution before putting in
cool place. A ,,,.
Now. this would not pay if the
housekeeper had to buy stone crock,
but most housekeepers have stone
crock, and some have large glass Jars:
others have wooden pals which can be
used for this purpose.
A managing housekeeper who has
very large household recently stated
she did up thirty dozen eggs last year
which she bought from her butter and
egg man and that every one was good.
She says that she is going to do up
ninety dozen this year, as she uses
twelve to fifteen dozen week.
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
CONSUMPTION DULLs YOUR
BRAIN

That dull listless, oppressed feel
ing is due to impurities in your sys>
TEN, sluggish liver, -clogged intes
tines. DIR Kings New Life Pills
give prompt relief. A mild, easy
non-gripping bowel movement will
tone up your system and help to
clear your muddy, pimply complex
ion. Get a bottle of Dr., Kings New
Life Pills today at your Druggist, 25c
A dose tonight will make you cheer
full at breakfast
The Washburn leader., 1916-11-10
That Indefinite Article.

bUo0UtuS0 NCSuCt0s
The rule dealing with the indefinite
article preceding words commencing
with III" (when pronounced "yu') does
not appear to be an adamantine one.
Like Macaulay, with his fondness for
ian" university, many Of our best
writer's and speakers prefer to ignore
the rule and back their fancy in this
little question Of euphony. As for the
man in the street, the matter has long
ago been settled in favor of "a" in all
cases where the initial ''u" has the
'.yu' sound, partly no doubt because
such phrases as ian united people" do
not come trippingly off the tongue and
have an old fashioned, pedantic flavor.
And there are sensitive ears that will
prefer "a unique" to the more studied
ian unique. London Chronicle.