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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-12-28

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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1916-12-28

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
THE WORLD OF TRADE.

Wall Street has shaken off its pessi-
mistic humor and in it's place taken on a
fit of optimism, accompanied by a
general increase of activity" writes
Henry Clews, the New York banker,
in his weekly financial review. This
was due mainly to developments in
our foreign relations which, as usual
seem to control financial operations.
The situation in Mexico at the moment
is less serious than at one time feared,
and served to divert attention from
our German negotiations which had
been decidedly upon the public nerve
Foreign trade continues active.
January exports touched S331,0O0, 900
or $62, 100000 beyond the same month
last year. Imports for January reached
$1S4, 100000. an increase of $62,OOO,-
900. Exports of manufactures more
than doubled and included huge
amounts of war materials. Munition
shipments have been going forward
very freely from New York upon old
contracts, and this movement even if
it has reached its zenith has by no
means approached the end Immense
quantities of war material will con-
tinue going abroad probably for
months to come; one big contract for
over $90,O00.00O of food products be-
ing announced this week. Com
modify prices continue soaring up
wards. Bradstreet's index number on
March 1, stood at 1880, a rise of IS
per cent within year. and 81 per
cent since the war began. London's
index figures indicate a rise of about
2s per cent within the year. The
greatest advances in the United States
were in metals, drugs, chemicals, tex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
En- ening Chat
What For?

IF 1 buy that house." said the man
who was house hunting. I'll take
half the piazza off,
What for?" demanded his COM
panion.
1T takes too much light away from
the dining-room."
But, man alive, you'd spoil the
looks of the house"
I'm not so sure of that; but sup
pose l did, am 1 going to live on the
outside of the house or the inside?''
DO you want a lopsided looking
house?"
mot especially, but 1 want a dark
dining-room still less. Why, it takes
the heart right out of me to come
down in the morning and eat break
fast in a cherries dining-room. And
if 1 buy this house, 1 buy it to live
in in the most comfortable and pleas
ant fashion 1 know, not to look at
The other man looked unconvinced
of the wisdom of such a step, and
well he might be, for that isn't in line
with his philosophy of life at all.
His philosophy is that possessions
are to keep nice and look at, not to
use.
Two months ago he bought an auto
mobile. The man who lives next door
to him told me that he Otis owner)
hadn't been out in it half a dozen
times. HE goes out in the garage and
polishes this and fuses with that"
he said, land sits in it and looks it
over and takes all his visitors out to
see it and listen to stories of its per-
fections, but as for riding in it-why,
you would scarcely think he knew that
was what 1t was for"
We've all seen people like that
Last summer 1 lived near a river upon
which several beautiful boats were
anchored. One 1 especially admired.
How the owner must enjoy that" 1
said one day to a river habitue.
Enjoy iti'' he snorted. We'll, if
you call coming down and polishing
specks off the brass and sitting on the
deck for an hour and perhaps even
trying out the engines, enjoying it, he
does. But if you mean taking it out,
he hasn't done that this summer
OF course people like this must get
pleasure out of looking at and work
ing over their possessions instead of
using them. or else they wouldn't do
it that way.
1 must say that to me this gloating
over possessions seems an inferior less
civilized and intelligent way of enjoy
ing them, but perhaps I'm prejudiced.
One thing I'm sure of-that it's woe
to the person of one tempera ment
who gets himself or herself linked IN
with a person of the other. One of
them is sure to be dissatisfied and
unhappy, perhaps both.-(Protected
by The Adams Newspaper Service.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
Jdyhawker Jots

The Caldwell News wonders what
effect it would have on our morals
if goSsips would say something good
about the other fellow-and keep it
going for year.
Ernest r. Trimmer of the Cove
County Republican-Gazette says that
when a man admits that he feels as
young as he ever did, that's pretty
sure sign he is getting old.
The auto may be defined. accord
ing to the Norton Champion, as an
instrument of torture invented in the
twentieth century to annihilate dis
lance, time and lives. In other words,
a machine to break records, men and
bones.
According TO the Marysville Advo-
cate-Democrat, a Marysville man sent
n dollar to an easterner to learn what
to give his dog to keep him from an
noying the neighborhood by barkins
at night. The answer came back;
Give him away"
It can happen outside the short
stories or novels, discloses the Sa-
betha Herald. A young man in our
neighborhood after recovering from
the measles will marry his nurse.
Editor Kelley of the Toronto Re
publican sends out a tracer for the
old fashioned boy who grew long
other fellow in a fight.
AS divers things occur to the Marys-
vile Advocate-Democrat: Easy mon
ey is always hard to keep. .
The night-key is not usually the key
to success. Harping on your
troubles isn't pleasant music to others.
To make America last it should
be with US all, America first" .
Time heals all wounds, but the trou-
Bile is our time on earth is so limited.
No one ever heard a pretty girl
say anything about her beauty being
only skin deep.
Observations by Click Fockele in the
LIE Roy Reporter: Sometimes one ex-
periences the greatest relief by forget
ting politeneSs. The average wo-
man doesn't object much to her hus-
bands gambling as long as he wins.
A leap year girl has this advan-
tage When she threatens to kiss a
man he doesn't raise a boiler.
You may know it all but you will find
it rather difficult to make everyone
else think SOL. The girl who mar
ries a man to reform him is likely to
be kept pretty busy during the re-
mainder of her life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago Newsl
The road to success is shy of rapid
transit facilities.
People who always say what they
think have but few friends.
The people who never make mis-
takes all reside in the cemetery.
The fool never stops to count the
c st until the bill collector calls.
A mule has one admirable trail; he
refuses to stand for flattery.
A woman doesn't realize her
strength until she discovers a mans
weakness.
Anyway, one-half the world knows
that the other half is looking for the
best of it.
To a man who is down to his last
penny a silver dollar looks like a
wheel of fortune.
This world wouldn't move so fast if
it depended on some people we know
to push it along.
The man who is always telling what
lot of good he would do if he had
the money never has any.
The average man is willing to get
his hands on tainted money for the
purpose of removing the faint.
A frenzied financier is one who pro-
vides for his family at the expense of
those who are not cognizant of his
game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE,

Villains in real life do comparative
ly little kissing.
Some of the White Slaves are sup
porting a wife and a large family.
Your prejudices probably represent
safer bet than your superstitions.
In a bawling-out it is the bawIer out
that gets the worst of it.
No man ever received so large
salary that he wouldn't kick on a cut
No one can act quite so virtuous as
the man who hasn't been found out.
Men might do more of the talking
if they could get the women to listen
to them.
After he quits writing love letters,
letter writing becomes a painful duty
to a man.
Honest advertising pays. but you
can't advertise your honesty without
arousing suspicion.
There is apt to be something the
matter with the woman who gets di-
Vorced so often it becomes a habit.
A man should come from farther
south than Coffeyville before he be-
gins behaving like a southern colonel
sub.
If a woman looks good in a low
neck gown, she is apt to find another
plausible excuse for wearing that sort
of raiment.
When a young man finally realizes
that one need be neither a tough nor
a mollyccddle to be a real man he has
become real man.
Judge johnson once had a govern
ment job, but lost it because he spent
sixty minutes commencing the gov
eminent when he should have been
working for the government
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21

tiles and oils, while singularly enough
the rise in food products has been
slight and in some instances prices are
actually lower than a year ago. The
war is, of course, the prime factor in
rising prices; exhausted supplies,
high freights, traffic congestion, scar
city of labor, redundant money, ex-
pansion of credit, trade revival and
other factors having all contributed
to the present phenomenal advances.
F.. Growing optimism pervades home
business circles. Trade is active in
nearly all lines, and values are upon
an ascending scale. Bank clearings
at all the leading states of the United
States continue to run about so per
cent ahead of last year. activity being
much greater in the eastern and mid
die states than in the west. Railroad
traffic is still very heavy. With the
approach of spring greater activity in
this direction is to be anticipated. Rail-
roads are operating under more favor
able conditions and net results are de-
cidedly better than a year ago. Many
industrials are also doing very large
business, particularly those engaged
in the manipulation of raw materials;
and large profits and increasing divi-
dends appear to be the order of the
day. The leadership of the steel in
dustry is unquestioned for reasons
generally understood. Orders running
into 1917 are being placed at top
prices, and the industry is facing both
a shortage of materials and scarcity
of labor, making it impossible to give
reliable forecasts. The textile trade is
also very active, and a hopeful feeling
prevails in all departments, regardless
of war conditions"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
pIrNCTIrRE THE TIN CAN.

Who would have thought that the
tin can is a menace to the public
health? The expert malaria investi-
gators of the United States public
health service have found. however,
that discarded tin cans containing rain
water are breeding places for the mos
quito which is the sole agent in
spreading malaria A hole in the bot
tom of the empty can might have re-
suited in the saving of a human life.
Certainly it would have assisted IN
preventing facilitating illness
Empty tin cans have no business
about the premises anyway, but if we
must so decorate our back yards, let's
see to it that the can has hole in the
bottom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21

is my store, Miss Lady-From-t the
Country Who Nee s-All- Her-Name."
My name is Clara Jane Amherst.
1 suppose you are Mr.. Terry if you
own the store"
you don't seem much impressed"
I'm not. 1 hate the old place
Anyway, I'd rather work with the
flowers
Wont anything else do?"
We'll, l can't starve, so 1 can't
leave. If you order me to the cellar
to. shovel coal I'll have to 60"
Worse than that. I'm going to or
der you out of the store and into my
house, if you'll go. I never wanted
a wife until yesterday and she intro
duced herself by throwing things at
me. That's the spirit 1 like. Suits my
Irish blood. What do you say, ma
vourneen-Will you Gomez"
We'll. you are direct. II don't
That's no way to begin. Try it
again"
''Well-maybe T.
That's better. Go on"
Perhaps 1 will"
Fine. When do you want to be
fired ?"-(Copyright, 1916, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21

In the middle of that same Saturday
night, the night after Mary Jane 50
generously fed the baby CHICKS, Mrs.
Tommy decided to go and see II the
chicks were all right.
"Of course they are sound asleep,
she assured Tommy. But they are
such dear little things that l think
TIL feel better if l see with my own
eyes that they are safe. Something
tells me that they might need ms"
Tommy thought she was very fool
ish to leave the hole they were eat
bin, but he remembered that she was
always such a kind, good mother to
her own babies and said nothing.
Mrs Tommy slipped softly over to
the nest and peered up at the chicks.
rs that you?" asked Mrs. Hen in
worried voice.
ITO be sure it is, replied Mrs.
Tommy hastily. But l did not mean
to disturb you. I merely wanted to
see if those nice babies were sleeping
we'll I'm sorry 1 wakened you"
You didn't waken me-" said Mrs.
Hen, who could hardly keep from
smiling at the idea of quiet Mrs.
Tommy Weakening anybody. I've been
awake all night, and my babies are
not sleeping well either"
Now i.n't that too bad" ex-
claimed Mrs. Tommy. Anybody
sick?"
Not vet" answered Mrs. Hen.
But 1 will be if 1 keep on eatingi"
IF you keep on eating," cried Mrs.
Tommy. Surely you are not eating
at this time of night"
Yes, 1 am, said Mrs. Hen. Listen
and I'll tell you all about it," She
was so glad to have some one to tell
her troubles to that she could hardly
wait to begin. You remember that
little girl who lives in the house right
across the alley?"
.'Of course l do" said Mrs. Tommy.
But she wouldn't hurt anyone"
well, I suppose she wouldn't
mean to-" replied Mrs. Hen sadly.
But she surely has made trouble for
me- She came out here this after
noon and admired my babies and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
Household Hints


A good way to utilize plain green
filling and lining paper formerly used
for outlining room size rugs is by
making a hall runner.
Cut filling the desired length and
fold lengthwise. Cut paper the length
of filling when doubled and place be-
tween Basic together firmly ami
stitch on sewing machine all the way
around through both filling and paper
about one-half inch from outer edge,
using a long loose stitch. The result
will be a serviceable and good looking
hall runner which will not curl up
and can be used on either side.
Simple Home Remedies.
A pan of raw onions paced in a
room where there is dlphtheria will
help to prevent the disease from
spreading. The onions should be
buried every morning and fresh ones
cut up.
Harmless Laxatives-Grind together
one pound dates (seeded), one pound
raisins (seeded), one pound figs, one
pound prunes, five cents worth
SIENNA leaves Mix well, knead into
ball, wrap in waXed paper. Each time
a laxative is needed take piece about
as large as a hickorynut. This will
keep a long while, and is much less
expensive (also harmless) than the
drugs for such p poses.
For Tickling Cough-Saturate cloth
with turpentine, place near nose.
For Chapped Hands-A small piece
of home rendered lard rubbed well
into the hands; wash in warm water,
rinse in cold, dry well. Two or three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record
He SCOTS at war correspondents
who has never felt a censor's blue
pencil.
Any man has a right to think he is
in it when he picks up the city direc-
tory.
The office that seeks the man is
never so insistent as a creditor on the
same mission.
The Bible tells US to turn our swords
into plow-shares. Most of us prefer
Steel shares.
Many a fellow feels that he would
like to marry if he could only find
woman who doesn't know her own
mind.
The difference between impuIsive-
vatism seldom has a headache next
morning
THE man who has only been mar
ried once" says the Cynical Bachelor,
sis apt to believe there is luck in odd
numbers"
You never can tell. The man who
bets on sure thing may have to bor-
row breakfast money from the fellow
who took a chance.
Nell-'I always feel sorry for girl
with a twin brother" Belle-"Why
Nell-"Oh. everybody knows just how
old she is
think" Cynicus-"You might take a
few lessons from the fellow who al
ways thinks what he says
My son. admonished the fond
mother, "a young man should learn
to say no. 81 guess that's right" re-
piled the careful youth. This is
Leap Year. too"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
TEACHERS, COTTAGES.

Teachers cottages. erected by the
community in or near the school
house, and used not only as the teach
er's residence but also as the COM
munity center, are advocated in bull
letin prepared by r. S. Kellogg and
distributed by the department of the
interior through its bureau of educa-
ton to county superintendent and
other officers in charge Of rural
schools. The bulletin describes the
movement for teachers residences in
rural districts and gives plans for cot
tages of various sizes and types Lack
of suitable boarding accommodations
is one of the most serious difficulties
in the way of securing suitable teach
ers for country schools, the bulletin
declares. There are more than 20O,-
900 rural school districts in the United
States and over 100000 children of
school age who live in the country or
in towns of less than $500 population,
yet it is impossible because of the liv-
ing conditions to get teachers of the
highest type to remain in the coun-
try. Mr.. Kellogg says: MANY farm
houses have no accomm odations what
ever for a teacher, and often kitchen,
living room, and dining room are COM
bined in one, with no heat in any
other room in the house. The farmer
and his family have to spend most of
their time working indoors or out, eat
ing and sleeping. Their occupations
and hours of labor in no way CORE
spond to those of the teacher, which
increases the difficulty of fitting the
teachers necessary habits to those of
the farmer with any satisfaction to
either. A good teacher must spend
considerable amount of time almost
every evening upon school work, for
which a quiet comfortable room is es-
sential. Is she insists upon such d
room when she goes to board in the
country she is likely to be considered
stuck up and exclusive. If she gets
room by herself it is often unheated
and too uncomfortable for study in
cold weather. On the other hand, if
the teacher is forced to spend her en-
tire time in the living room with the
rest of the family, she has no oppor-
tunity to prepare properly for her
school duties, and is also very likely
to be drawn unavoidably into neigh
borhood gossip and fractional disputes
to the, detrlment or her teaching in
fluence. Many of the better situated
families in the country districts who
have the facilities, do not care to take
steady boarder, so that if a teacher
gets a place to board at all she may
be forced to go to farm houses where
only the barest accommodations can
be secured 1t is because of these
conditions that the teachers cottage
movement has developed rapidly in
the past few years. until, according to
an investigation by J. c. Muerman of
the bureau of education, recorded in
the bulletin, there are now one or
more teachers cottages in every state,
and in the state of Washington, where
the movement has been fostered by
Mrs. Josephine Preston, state superin-
tendent of public instruction, there
are now 10S of these cottages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE.

FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE.
With kindest thoughts of friendship true,
l send these simple lines to you,
For / must have your trust and hope,
To help me with this world to cope.
I thought 1 was deserted quite
Until / woke the other night,
And through my window shone star
That spoke to me of friends afar.
Their thoughts were kind of me and mine,
And so l send them on to thine,
Since in this world we all take part,
And feel for each in others heart.
A circle thus indeed we form,
Aud must be true in shine or storm;
A link indeed we each one are,
This message, too, came from my star
ORA FLEMING MOWER
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
COMMUNITY BUILDERS.

You cannot boost a community If
you have not good roads, says The
lSan sas Industrialist. You may talk
An you want to about the opportuni-
ties and the advantages of your COM
l3unity. but when your roads are bad
they naturally contradict what you
Say Good roads are a sign of pros
perity. Not only do they speak of ma
tdrial advantages. but they show pro-
eressiveness. They emphasize the
Pact that the people who have made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21

If congress adjourns by early July,
as the administration officials are
predicting, it will probably take it's
place among the sessions of the do
nothing" variety But that's the kind
of a congress that generally does
business on the eve of a presidential
election. Almost every act of con-
gress rubs somebody's fur the wrong
way, and the major politicians of the
land are careful not to do much of
that sort of thing when they are in
the field for votes to continue them
in office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21
Journal Entries

AS a rule, dear friends are among
the expensive luxuries.
Among the more effective men in
every community are those who
make the most noise.
+ + Il
Knowing how and where to find
out things is just as serviceable as
having them in mind.
= i
Making up ones mind to do any
thing is usually the most difficult part
of the task.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21

If the operation of Topekas water
and light plants can be combined at
cost of $4,000 that will result in a
saving of more than $4,000 a year, as
is declared by the city officials who
should be competent to speak in the
premises, the proposal to do so is one
Chat has much merit and which should
appeal strongly to Topekans. It's
business, spelled in capital letters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-21

: Hard luck for Major General Leon
ard Wood. of such well-known pre-
affections for a place of prominence in
the limelight One of the misfortunes
of war finds him in command of the
Department of the East, which is
about as far removed as possible
from the region where Uncle Sans
soldiers have a little important bust
ness to attend to.