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The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

matoes on sieve, drain thoroughly.
Spread six lettuce hearts on separate
plates to form nests. Fill holiows
with large pieces of tomato. Serve
salad dressing on each, in which tea
spoon each of chopped olives and
small red peppers have been stirred.
Stuffed Tomato Salad-Stuff six to-
mato shells with chopped celery and
nuts. which may be mixed with salad
dressing, and serve on lettuce leaves.
These you will find will help for a
noon lunch where there are at least
six persons.
In the Sickroom.
If hot water bottle il placed at
the feet of a patient with whatever
temperature desired, you will find it
very fine footrest, for it will re-
main any p ace in the bed you wish
it to and will not slip down. When
in bed sick, j patient often wishes to
hold knees up a little, but the heels
slip on the sheet and it's very tire
some. But the water bottle will never
slip, feels good on the feet and takes
the strain away
If the patients hair is combed the
following way, you will find it less
trouble and less painful for the pa
tient: Take a little strand at a time
and start from bottom of strand,
holding tightly to top of strand, SO
the comb jerks or pulls from the
hand instead of from the head.
Very often a patient wishes to lie
resting on the other. If a small pill
low or soft towel is placed between
knees it's very comfortable.
If small piece of paper is burned
in the room after bedpan is used, il
takes all odors away instantly.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
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THE BROOKS SONG

Come with me- Come with me,
Come with mc!'' sang little brook
one fine, sunny morning. Come with
me. Come with me. I'll show you
many a wonder-many a sight.''
Very we1.," answered a buttercup
petal that had hung for day right
over the bright surface of the brook
Very well, I'll comet
Take mel Take me-, said a shin
ing green leaf. I'D like to go on a
journey"
So the tiny buttercup petal and the
bright green leaf dropped into the
brook and were caught by the cur
rent and taken on a long, long jour-
ney. And all the time they travelled
the brook sang to them and ex-
planned the things they saw on the
way
At first they went on through the
meadow-that was not so wond erful.
though the buttercup petal was glad
indeed to see the flowers at the other
end of the meadow. She had shifted
their fragrance many a time before,
but never had she seen them.
Then they jumped over a handful
of rocks and raced pell-mell through
a narrow valley.
Why do you hurry SO fast2' asked
the buttercup petal breathlessly. Il
like to see what we are passing. Never
before nave L seen Sucn TOckS-let 8
stop and look at Them
.'Come with me. Come with met"
sang the brook in reply. Come with
me; do not stop for ock-gazing!
There are greater wonders than these
rocks CAREFUL Do not tarry," she
shouted, as she saw that the green leaf
was nearly caught fast in some rushes
at the side of the water. Those
rusnes reach out when 1 gos swiftly
and try to pull me back. See how
they beckon2 But we must not stay,
Come with me. Look where 1 am TAX
ing you."
The buttercup petal and the green
leaf looked but before they could
notice a thing, the brook had plunged
them into darknessEblack darkness,
Where are we?" exclaimed the
petal and the leaf. Are we lost?"
mo, indeed" laughed the brook. Il
only wanted to show you this cave
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
Household Hints
Salads.

A Different" Tomato Salad-Espe-
cially palatable at this season of the
year when appetiteS sometimes need a
| little coaxing. Cook until very soft a
can of tomatoes Cor six fresh oneS), a
sliced onion, two bay leaves, preferred
spices, a dash of cayenne and salt to
| taste. The more highly seasoned the
better. Strain this mixture and add
while hot a half box of gelatin pre-
viously dissalved in water according to
the Usual directions found on the
package. Pour into individual molds,
moistened to prevent sticking, or into
a square granite pan, cutting into
squares when cool and hard. When
ready to serve remove from the molds,
place on a lettuce leaf and top with
thick mayOnnaiSe. Place a hard-boiled
yolk on top of dressing. This quantity
will serve eight persons. Makes an
ideal Sunday salad, as it can be made
the day before.
Fruit Salad-Pulp of three bananas
mix with three oranges seeded and
peeled, two cups white craps and a
few chopped nuts. Stoned cherries
may be added. Mix with mayonnaise
and serve en- lettuce leaves. This is
a fine salad and will serve at least six
persons.
Pineapple Salad-Clean two lettuce
leaves; on these lay large pieces of
pineapple, few cherries and a sprink-
ling of English walnut meats. Pour
dressing over each and SERGE ice cold.
This will serve six nicely
Russian Salad-Empty can of to-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
Jayhawker Jots

You'll be properly buried when you
die, if you have the price, advises the
Lansing News; there are 400 under
takers in Kansas.
When a town man thinks of living
on a farm, says the Holton Signal, he
thinks of a. comfortable house with
furnace heat and electric lights and
cement walks to the barn and chicken
house.
The East Peck correspondent of the
Belle Plaine News writes: Monday
was blue wash day and the town was
overrun with agents of different kinds,
and piano tuners.
Another job for the pastor, prob
ably. An NJ E. church note in the
Lost Springs News reads: A new lawn
church lawn and it was voted to keep
the lawn cut regularly.
Yes, salvation is free, exclaims the
Erie Record. At K C. the other even
| ing when some one out in the audience
yelled, Lets pass the plates again, -
Billy Sunday Joined in the chorus,
Yes, let's pass them again.
Whenever a man gets the idea into
his cocoanut that the world is against
him, he is either d rogue or a fool,
sagely remarks the Beanville CORE
spondent of the Troy Chief The
world is paying mighty little attention
to your affairs. It is up to you to win
or lose.
There are different kinds of affec-
tlons, writes the Lafontaine CORE
spondent for the Wilson County Citi-
are Sweeter than others. Strange to
relate, the poorer the quality of af-
fections, the higher the price for get
ting them alienated.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[t'rom the Chicago News ]

From the Chicago News.
The average lodge joke is pretty
punk.
Some chesty men are narrow
minded.
Often the woman in the case is a
case in herself,
Life isn't always a joke for the chap
who lives by his wits.
Two lovers can make a street car
full Of people awfully seasick.
It's a good thing to avoid people
who consider you a good thing.
A woman can keep a secret if no.
body cares whether she does or not.
A woman will believe anything a
man tells her if he puts it in letter.
And many a man has managed to
get out of a bad scrape by letting his
whiskers grow.
People naturally assume that a
handsome woman marries a homely
man because he has a lot of money.
A girls ideal young man is a novel
hero who probably couldn't earn
enough in real life to feed canary
bird.
Every time anything disagreeable
happens to the average married man
his wife gets busy and reminds him
that she warned him in advance.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.
[From the Philadelphia Recor,

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.
In spite of the way it is spelled,
you can't always catch an eel with
ease.
A sharp tongue will give utterance
to blunt speech, well as tc pointed
remarks.
It's all right to rise in the world, but
it's quite another matter to be laid
on the shelf.
You never can tell. A girl may wear
fast colors without being that kind of
girl.
When a fellow is getting fat, it is
small consolation to know that he is
making the most of himself
When a young man entrusts his
heart to girls keeping. would you
say his affection was Miss placed?
The fellow who is irnbued with the
idea that the world owes him living
sometimes gets it. in the penitentiary
She-"Men are much more forget
full than women" He-"Naturally
Men don't hear so much gossip as wo-
men"
Tommy--Pop, what do we mean
by a woman of uncertain age?"
Tommy's Pop-'.A woman of uncer-
tain age, my son, is one who doesn't
like it if we don't remember her
birthday. and doesn't like it if we do"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
A PLEA For PREPaREDNEss

PLEA FOR PREPAREDNESS.
Throughout this great republic now
Let every patriot rise,
And rally to the starry flag
That proudly DER us flies
Let every voice from coast to coast
With one accord demand
Security for hearth and home,
And this, our native land.
Our cities with their palaces
Their factories and stores,
Their treasure-vaults and avenues
Where endless traffic roars-
Our fields and farms that stretch away
To sunsets golden glow,
Our schools and churches are alike
Defenseless to the foe.
Oh. give us ships for sea and air.
And forts that We may feel
Both life and liberty are safe
Behind a wall of steel
And give to every man who loves
His country and the Lord,
The drill with gun and bayenet
And cartridge-belt and sword
The soul of Paul Revere today
Goes riding forth again,
And loudly knocks at every door
From Oregon to Maine.
The call that woke the minute-men
Is ringing on the air,
And echoing from State to State:
Americans, prepare
-Minna Irving in Leslie's
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

Most of the talk about the possi-
biiity of establishing peace in Europe
in the near future is being indulged
in in this country. 1t is question If
peace in Europe is desirable until the
war has been fought out to some sort
of conclusion. And perhaps IL
might be just as well if we of the
United states attended little more
strictly to our own business. Good
ness knows. there is plenty of it
awaiting attention.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

Att the beginning of the Euro
pean war, prophecies were freely
made on all sides that it would of
necessity be a short war because of
the financial considerations involved.
But England that has already expend-
ed ten billion dollars on the struggle
is appropriating another billion and
a half without SO much as batting
an eye, or giving any indications that
she is even so much as approaching
the end of her resources.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LElL
MEMBER ;
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

A British submarine that sank a
German merchantship in the Baltic
was able to turn the trick in an eff
cfent manner and permit the vessels
crew to make a safe getaway. This
would seem to be pretty conclusive
evidence that it is possible to conduct
submarine warfare according to the
dictates of international law and the
demands of humanity.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
Journal Entries

Brain fag is also an exceedingly
handy excuse for variety of things.
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Most folk waste a lot of valuable
time waiting for their luck to change.
= + =
Every man is willing. at one or more
times in his life to give up a valuable
ring for a lock of hair.
= + =
Time may be money. But if most
folk had as much of the latter as of
the former to spare, they'd be better
satisfied.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

Uncle Sam is already making plans
to recruit the horses that his new and
larger army will need. And the prob
abilities are that he will have a much
easier time in this endeavor than he
will in recruiting the number of men
that the new army roster calls for;
that is unless the government offers
further inducements to men to enter
the army service
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

This would appear to be contribu-
tory evidence to the insistence of the
shoemakers that leather is more valu-
able than it has ever been. Nine men
held up a freight train near Chicago
recently for the purpose of frisking it
of 1000 sides of sole leather, and they
got away with it, too.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

baby, of nursery fittings and furnish
ings, and, last but not least, of articles
intended to lessen mothers cares and
difficulties during the baby's months
of helplessness, have efficiently con-
tributed. The country is broad awake
ON this vital subject of healthy babies.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

China may need Colonel Roosevelt,
as one of the patriots of the Celestial
republic suggests. but China doesn't
need the colonel any more than does
his own country. at this, a most cru
cial period in its history.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

- No doubt about Topekans knowing
a good thing when they see it. or
about them having the necessary
wherewithal to annex it. The requests
filed with Finance Commissioner
Wasson for the baby bonds he is
about to issue have already reached a
total in excess of $15O,O0O.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

The past few weeks also must have
been most discouraging to the poets
who are never so pleased with them
selves. asbwhen they are tuning their
Tyres and singing and signing about
''Gent1e Spring"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

Probably the eruption that Mount
Etna is staging these days is a con-
Vblsion of nature that is meager when
compared with the volcanic efforts
of the artillery that has been engaged
in the battle of Verdun.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
On the Spur
of the Moment
Undesirable Citizens.
BY ROY k. MOULTON.

Undesirable Citizens.
A blooming jay
Is Charley Hewitt;
Just hear him say,
Il see you do it."
-Pittsburg Post
Provoking guy
Is Howard Brame;
Just hear him say,
The train has came"
Butler Citizen.
We hate the gink,
Till hate is spent,
Who mourns, Where
Has Maggie went ?"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

have built up those shining columns
Have not been busy?
nor rs that all l have done. While
L am making the columns, 1 am also
gathering up minerals=mineraIs that
can give back to the flowers in the
meadows that l will pass after leay-
ing here Oh, L am busy, very busy
busy all the hvelong dayi''
ana peIore the buttercup petal and
the leaf could get their breath snS
answer back, that busy little brook
dashed out into the sunshine again
Out into the sunshine, over rocks anI
pebbles and into another meado~
ana there the petal and the leaf got
tt tsugne on tne mossy bank, and there
they left the brook. But. as Ionr q.
they lived, they could hear the brool
sInglng-sineing on its way to tbs
great river and to the sea.-fC.onv-
right-Clara Ingram Judson.l
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20

Look, When you are used to the
darkness you can see beautiful col
umns. 1 made those. Drop by drop
left some of my lime here and in
the years 1 have been working.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
Concerning Opportunity.

Opportunity knocks at your door
not only once, but many times; but
Won needn't think that Opportunity is
going to be locksmith, buy skeleton
key, unlock your door, come upstairs
and pull you out of bed, dress you.
wash your face, carry you down stairs
and put in 60 horsepower automo-
bile Just in order to start you on your
way
The Topeka state journal., 1916-05-20
Front. Gentleman Going Down.

0OAllACUtdIt DOWH.
The Pewamo News says: Having
your office upstairs may be incon-
venient at times, but it has it's ad-
vantages in times of peace as we'll
as war. The first thing we done
when we moved in our new home
over the baker was to go into execu-
tive session with the village carpen-
ter and commission him to rebuild
the stairway on the plan of the old
fashioned window shutter, which
could be controlled with a lever just
inside the sanctum door. Now when
we see a bill collector approaching
from afar we don't stand in fear and
trembling like we used to. No,
stree! With all due solemnity for
the occasion we assume our position
and just as he approacheth nigh unto
the top, over goes the lever, the
stairs present a perfect plane and
down goes the collector. Being a
collector, the first thing he does is to
collect his scattered personality
Then he gazes around, sees the steps
in position, concludes he must have
stepped on a banana peel and up he
goes again. We have had some or
the more persistent ones try it as
high as four and five times before
the great light dawned and they con-
cluded to wander forth far into the
reaches of the distance, where stairs
are stable and the hard hearted
printer sojourneth not.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-20
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(copyright. 1s1s. by WI. g. Chapman.l
By GEORGE MUNsoN

Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.)
The boy looked at the beautiful
woman upon the sofa before him,
seated respondent in her evening
gown, and his heart swelled with Ella
ton. 1t was the great moment in q
boys life; Charles Ames had won the
love of Della Gray.
And that he was twenty-four and
she thirty did not move him from his
resolution to hold to her promised
word and never let her go.
The pursuit had been a long one.
At first she had laughed at him, she
had striven hard in the net, but at
twenty-four one has the resolute ardor
of youth; and at last she knew that
there was no way of escape for her.
She loved as she had never loved in
all her eheckered life before.
She promised to be his wife, and
knew at the same time that the
dream was impossible. What would
Hardwick Ames say when he learned
that his missions were to become the
property of an adventures?
It'll DEATH" said the boy as he
kissed her at parting, in the way boys
speak
Della Gray was not surprised to
receive a visit from the millionaire
the following afternoon. It was only
half mile from his mansion across
the park to her fiat, though whole
world separated them.
Della was pleasantly surprised at
the appearance Of her visitor. She
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-20
STATE WILD GAME PRESERVE
Massachusetts Ought to Take Over
the October Mountain, Says the
Boston Transcript.

Probably a good many Massachu-
sets people read the other day a short
newspaper dispatch to the effect that
an American elk had been shot in New
Jersey without realizing that the feat
could be duplicated in this state, pro-
vided one wished to violate the game
laws. Two of these magnificent ami
mails, both bulls, are still roaming the
old Whitney reservation, on October
mountain, remnants of larger herd
which formerly fourished there, and 1t
is interesting to note also that the buff
falo on the Wichita national forest re-
serve, in Oklahoma, are not wild bison
of the Western plains, but animals
reared on the October mountain pre-
serve, or their descendants. 1t has
been demonstrated that the wapiti does
well In Massachusetts,, and many more
of these animals should be removed
to the October mountain reservation
which consists of about $4,000 acres
of land splendidly adapted to the
propagation of wild life. A project
to have the state take over this prop
erty for state game preserve has
somehow languished of late, but there
are so many things to recommend such
action that it is to be hoped that
the legislature will at least consider
it seriously. Many of the Eastern
states are interesting themselves along
these lines. The elk shot in New
Jersey had undoubtedly wandered
there from western Pennsylvania,
where band of elk from the Jackson
Hole country of Wyoming was estab-
lished few years ago, and other ami
mails have been liberated in the noun
tains Of West Virginia, where no
doubt, they are doing well.-Boston
Transcript.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-20
BRIEF FOR Usage ORANGE
Many Uses That Are Made of a Conn
mon and DeservedIy Popular
American Plant.

A Missouri correspondent of the
Youths Companion comes loyalty to
the defense of the Usage orange,
which we permitted ourselves to
speak of as wood that has no par
ticular value beyond its use as a dye-
stuff.
The Usage orange, he says. is a
favorite hedge plant in the middle
West, because it grows very quickly,
endures close trimming, and forms a
tough, efficient barrier, when used for
fencing In ZontLoRA tho ground
1t is remarkably durable, and Usage
fence posts sell at high prices. Earth
er south than Missouri It grows tall
enough to be used for telegraph and
telephone poles.
In the extreme south where in the
vernacular it is known as 'bow dock"
apparently contraction of bois
d'arc) it is much used in the manufac-
ture of cart and wagon wheels. The
wood is tough and hard, and it con-
tracts and expands very little when
exposed to the extremes of food or
drought
AS fuel Usage wood has few
equals, and live stock often eat its
fruit, the hedge orange or hedge
apple.
Planted in groves, the tree grows
rapidly and appears to be absolutely
free from disease The heart wood.
a brilliant yellow color, is beautiful
both in color and grain; used for in
terror finish, it will take high polish.
The characteristics that make it's
enemies abuse the Usage are the very
qualities that recommend it to it's
friends. The seasoned wood is so
hard that you can hardly drive a nail
or fence staple into it. The dense
mass of tough branches and needle
pointed thorns make a fine fence. but
they irritate the men who must attack
a neglected, overgrown hedge. The
very sturdiness and hardness that
enable the Usage orange hedge to en-
dure rough treatment and to hold it's
own against the assaults of live stock
are likely to annoy the man who
wishes to change his fence lines and
must subdue string Of hedge to do
SO.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-20
Praise French writer,a WORK.

Rene Benjamin, hailed as the new
French Kipling, was born In Paris 80
years ago. He has worked for the
newspapers and contributed to the
magazines and reviews. The book
which has given him such high place
in literature is "Gaspard," a novel,
which is spoken Of by the French as
the one literary masterpiece of the
war. The author comes from an in
teresting family, being the grandson
OF the engraver, Ernest Hue, who died
recently; the son of Ernest BENJAMIN,
a novelist cut off before his prime.
who was a member Of the executive
committee OF the Societe des Gems de
Lettres, and the nephew of the emf
nent veterinarian, Henri Benjamin,
who is one Of the hundred members
of the Academic de Medicine. Here
tofore none of his writings attracted
any large share of attention.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-20
When the RnhIna Ara BUSY

The little tree sparrow, who stays
around in winter, gets very stout in
the cold weather, with a layer of fat
from an eighth to a quarter of an inch
thick between his skin and his or
binary flesh. The gull, which seems
so harmless in the harbor, will take
CLAIMS and drop them from on high
onto the hardest rock OF closest packed
sand he can find to break their shells.
Twenty times is none too many to try
before he gives up entirely If it cannot
be done before. Everyone knows
about robins, of course, but it is still
fascinating to watch them making
nests. And they are doing it now,
early in the morning, when the twigs
and grass are damp and pllable from
the night dew.-Exchange