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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
Jdyhdwker Jots

According to the Parsons sun the
Katy is handling from one to three
extra cars a day now on it's fast east
bound trains And what do you sup
poee they're filled with. Spinach
from Texas that's consigned to east
ern markets.
Related by A. Story. the Route 7
correspondent for the Lyons Republic
can: A Lyons lady tells the following
story on a woman not used to travel
ing on a railroad, who entered a train
near Eldorado, Ark, and when the
conductor came to her seat she said,
81 would like to got to -- City. How
much is the fare?" She was told, and
handed him the money, when the con-
ductor remarked, This is only half
enough" "Sure-but 1 amt coming
back"
Rufus Cox had a peculiar accident
with his Ford Saturday at Sublette,
reports the Santa Fe Monitor. He had
come to town and stopped on the
south side of Geo. Tyler's store. He
went in the store for minute, leaving
the engine running. The vibration of
the car caused the throttle to drop and
in some manner the car started up,
very slowly at first, but before any
one could get to it, it got up speed
of ten or fifteen miles an hour. 1t
ran west across the street and turned
south, hitting J. T .Miller's postoffice
building near the center, breaking five
or six siding boards. Inside il
knocked about all the paint off the
shelves and about scared the lives out
of the occupants. Ruff is going to
bring a chain along after this and tie
the fool thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.

From the PAllaQeIpnld fIeCOTul
Don't strike a man when he is down.
Even an idea seldom does that.
You never can tell. The lightest
literature may have the heaviest sale
The. great trouble with glittering
generalities is that they so soon tar
nish.
Every cloud has silver lining. Even
failure doesn't have to respond to an
encore.
The fact that virtue is its own re-
ward doesn't influence man to be a
good thing.
1t is sometimes difficult to distin-
guish between genius and well adver-
tised egotism.
Even the man who is his own worst
enemy may loathe the man who is his
own best friend.
A male flirt is a fellow who always
carries a few engagement rings in his
pocket for emergency
Blobbs-"I wonder where Hen
peckke is. / have been looking for
him everywhere" Slobbs-"Have you
looked under his wife's thumb"
Muggins- is a man of
mighty strong character" Buggins-
What makes you think SOP" Mug
gins-"He made a good resolution day
before yesterday and is still keeping
it,
Wigg-"Closefist is always talking
about his own charity. I'll bet he only
gives away what he can't use him
SELF Wagg-"Sure; Closefist only
has his hair cut because he doesn't
want it any longer"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

strain may be added to the roof of
such an excavation. Discussing the
real cause of the slides, Mr.. MacDon-
aid declares that in many cases the
immediate cause was the oversteepness
and height of the slopes. the blasting
and other work attributable only to
man. He adds that the geologic con-
ditions were not sufficiently considered
in the first plans for digging Culebra
Cut. AS the strength of the famous
Gatun dam has been brought into
question on a number of occasions.
Mr.. Macdonald refers to it in some
length 1T was found that the Gatun
rocks are relatively solid and compact
and suitable for foundations for
heavy structures. However, some
writer's, even recently, have affirmed
that the Gatun rocks would soften
into mud when Gatun lake filled. and
thus the locks and dam would sink
destroyed. Opinions of this sort spring
from a vivid imagination and not
from facts. If the weight of Gatun
lake is going to force water into the
Gatun formation and cause it to soften
into a semi-mud that will allow the
dam to sink, then all the islands in
Gatun lake and all the hills around
it, which are of the same formation,
should also have their bases softened
the same way, and sink into the
depths. Reports that the Gatun dam
and locks are in any danger from
sinking have not the slightest founda-
tio0 nm eeoJo1ic data"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

II Carranza is wise and gives his
encouragement and such aid as he
can to the activities of the United
States in the pursuit of the Villa ban
dts, the military job before the coun-
try will not be a large one and ought
to be handled nicely by the forces of
the regular army. But if Carranza is
so foolish as to consider the American
campaign against Villa as an invasion
of Mexico by the United States and
should be met by all Mexicans as such,
then the task that the United State
has undertaken will be of considerable
proportions and one that will call for
a large body of volunteers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

from the CnlcASO tNeWS.1
IF" and but are among the little
things that count.
Talk is so cheap that many a man
has to take it back.
Only a true Christian can pray for
rain if his roof leaks
Trouble makers are as plentiful as
peacemakers are scarce.
There's nothing like an obstacle for
getting in mans way.
II takes some men a lifetime to dis
cover how unimportant they are
1t is as hard to be patient with some
men as it is to borrow money from
them.
When a woman trusts her husband
implicitly the honeymoon is still
young.
Pessimists are the best thing there
is for sitting around and Matching out
misery.
Giving a hungry man advice is
about as satisfactory as feeding ice
cream to a wax doll.
When a man makes a fool of him
self over woman it's a sign that it
didn't require much of an effort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

Some of the men who have the price
are beginning to compete with the
ladies fair who have been monopoliz-
ing that sector of the limelight which
emphasizes the display of bathing
costumes. One of them at Palm
Peach, Judge Peter Barlow, but 9TH
ierwise unidentified in the news dis
patches, is now dividing the honors of
the beach with the women by appear
ing in a gorgeously blue bathing suit
and brown tinted golf stockings.
Bully for you, Pete!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

would make it bitter). Sweeten well.
boil until it is syrup, then strain and
bottle and you have an excellent cough
syrup which is pleasant to take. Take
one or two tablespoonfuls several
times day. Do not make in large
quantities, for it will sour. This will
make one quart.
Things Worth Knowing.
To Improve Narrow Skirt-Rip
open the pleat down the front and
insert a gore (cut from front gore of
new pattern.) The extra fullness
can be pushed to the back of belt. By
putting collar and cuffs of the new
material on the waist, you will have
good. serviceable dress.
Egg shells burned in the oven and
placed on pantry shelves will keep
To keep buckwheat cakes from get
ting sour, use only buckwheat flour
and do not use sugar. Using all buck
wheat flour will keep them, and make
fine, light cakes.
Take paper flour sack. cut the bot
tom out and down the seam; roll pie
dough on it, and you will not use a
board again.
Paraffin rubbed over heels, soles
and toes of cotton or silk stockings
when new imparts a strength to the
threads that doubles the wearing
qualities of the stockings.
In cleaning the baby's nose, a good
way to do is to wrap a small piece of
dry medicated cotton on hairpin or
toothpick. 1t being soft, cannot hurt
baby.
Flaxy Pie Crust.
To one and one-half cups flour,
amount for crust for one pie, add one
tablespoon sifted corn meal. Your
will be amazingly flaky and
light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

them alive But thar bringing must
be constant, must be regular. Ono
hundred and twenty-five thousand
tons of foodstuffs must reach Rotter-
dam each month, and from. Rotterdam
be- conveyed by canal boats, railway
wagons, and carts to ell the thou
sands of communes of Belgium and
North France. Today more than one
million Belgians are on tine soup and
ad-lines-two hundred thousand in
Brussels alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

! American methods must be more
mysterious than ever to the Mexicans.
Seven of the Villista bandits, who
participated in the Columbus raid and
were captured by Uncle Sans troop
,ers. have been placed in Jail under for
NAL charges of murder and on which
they will be given trials. Americans
or even Mexicans in a like situation
in Mexico probably wouldn't even be
given the formality of court martial.
They would have been stood up
against a wall and shot down like dogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
Household Hints

Always Have Handy Bottle Ammonia,
All housekeepers should keep a
bottle of liquid ammonia. A few drops
of ammonia in water will take off
grease from dishes, pans, ETC., and
does not injure the hands. A spoon
full in a quart of warm water for
cleaning paint makes the paint look
that needs cleaning.
Spots on towels and hosiery will
disappear with little trouble if a little
ammonia is put into enough water to
soak the articles and they are left in
1T an hour or two before washing. If
a cupful is put into the water in which
the clothes are soaked the night be-
fore washing the ease with which the
articles can be washed and their
whiteness and clearness when dried
will be gratifying.
A few drops of ammonia in a little
water will brighten colors in a carpet
when wiped over with a dampened
cloth or sponge.
For cleaning hair brushes put a
tablespoonful into the water, having
down until clean, then dry with the
bristles down. They will be like new
ones.
Simple Home Remedies. .
Cough Syrup - Take ten cents
worth of horseradish root; slice, cover
well with water and boil until all the
strength is out of the roots. Strain
and add to the juice three lemons
sliced and peeled (be careful not to
get any seeds in syrup, for one seeG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
Journal Entries

Sometimes it's possible to borrow
money even from close friend.
= =
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who played a Jew's-harp?
: = j.
Any woman can easily solve the
hired girl problem by doing her own
work.
= J. +
Some people seem to think that
snubbing others is a mark of their So
cial supremacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

Apparently, the sun does not read
the beauty advertisements in the
newspapers, else it would have kept
its face free from the spots or blotches
that the astronomers are finding on it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

There must be a screw loose some
where in the local gas supply. The re-
cent decline of the pressure can not
be explained adequately either on the
score of the weather or on the pre-
sumption that gas is being generally
used in furnaces and heating stoves.
-It-is impossible to use gas for heating
purposes when there is practically no
gas to use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
ICaasa lnSramJudsca

brothers and sisters. I'll have him
freeze you all into ice and pile you high
along the shore! Then you will be lust
IKE nils, only you will be made of ice
instead of earth-that difference will
not prevent you from seeing all that
you please of the nearby shore,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

Stories to the effect that Kaiser
Wilhelm has designs on creating a
vast empire in central Europe to be
under the domination of Germany
sound reasonable enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

Spring may be here, as the weather
bureau declares, but the wise ones will
keep their winter flannels on a little
longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
On the Spur
of the Moment
z ROY K. MOULTON.

Written by Victim.
Ripperty Rip-I've got the grippe.
/ know I'm sinking fast
My poor bones ache, as tho they'd break
Wonder how long it'll last.
Bobbity Bob-my pulses throb
A million times a minute;
My neck is sprained, my eyes are strained,
l don't believe I'm in it.
Coughity Cough-my head is off
And pains shoot through my breast;
/ SILVER and shake; l sQuirm and quake.
Oh, when do 1 get a rest?
1 grunt and groan, writhe and moan,
And then l gasp and sigh;
strange and choke, my back is broke;
Great Scott! 1t seems I'll die.
cannot talk, nor crawl nor walk;
1 know I'm getting worse;
cannot eat, I've shaky feet;
Next thing they'll hire a hearse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

Inlxlings.
Watering places were popular re-
sorts for females in Biblical times.
Rebekah got her husband at one.
When a mans hair begins to turn
gray he is said to have reached the
age of discretion. but after it begins
to turn dark again, it's a sign he has
passed it.
Some music is given out by the
choir, but the drummer dispenses it
by the pound.
The woman who neglects her hus-
bands shirt front is scarcely the wife
of his bosom.
Knocking Your Town.
It's simple to sing the pessimists song;
It's easy to find fault all day long;
1t doesn't take brains fer to do that stunt ;
It's simple to knock and to crouch and
And say that everything's going to pot,
And crGbbin,' a town, fur as | kin see,
Don't never bring no prosperity.
If you find that you've got to growl about
And hide your disseminated face,
And let the folks stay who enjoy the
Just wrap your buds in a nice round pack.
And beat it down to the railroad track.
When the train pulls out you kin shake
And go your way; you will never be
missed;
rooSt
For the Teller who doesn't know how to
boost.
There are lots of men who can't earn their
salt,
Cause they spend all their time a-finding
fault.
The boosters the boy who knows his cue,
And he sticks right to it through and
through
It's dollars in his jeans and he knows it
we'll.
And the Teller who finds fault day and
night.
viii never find town that Will suit him
quite.
We Nominate for the MoIIycoddle Club
William Jennie Bryan.
Congressman Claude Kitchin.
Nine. SchWimmer.
Rev. Chas. F. Aked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

"lIIu as HIAkIhg sOfle Plan
"Oh, will you really ?" exclaimed the
delighted waterdrop, and while Mr..
North Wind went to hunt for Jack
Frost. he called his brother and sister
waterdrops and had them all ready for
the new game.
or course Jack Frost liked to pIav
he always does! And how quickly he
froze them tight and threw them into
rough little hills along the shore line,
you never could guess
And If you ever, when walking alonr
a river or lake, see rough piles of ice
along the edge. you may be sure that
those Ice piles are made of waterdroun
who have played that very same game
with Jack -(Copyright-Sf-s1a,r-ee
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-13

OF what are the New York million
aires who have bomb-proofed their
office buildings afraid? Zeppelin
rafdsp
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
DESTROY U. S. RELIEF SHIPS
Swedish Steamer Fridland and Brit
ish Steamer Sunk-Four Other
Vessels Lost.

London, May S.-Two vessels under
charter by the American commission
for the relief of Belgium, the Swed-
ish steamship Fridland and the Brit
ish steamer Hendonhall, have been
sunk within two days.
The British steamer City of Roches-
ter and the Brazilian steamship Rio
Branco also have ben sunk. One
fireman ON the City of Rochester was
lost.
Sir Thomas Upton received a mes
sage from the captain of the Aegusa,
formerly the Erin, saying that sew
eral members of the crew were still
missing. The yacht was sunk yester-
day in the Mediterranean.
Athens, via Paris, May 3.--lt is as
sumed in shipping circles here that
the Greek steamship Georgios has
been lost at sea- The vessel and car
go were estimated to be worth $780,
900. A British submarine sank the
Turkish troop ship Chirketi-Hairie in
the Sea of Marmora, according to dis
patches received here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
REPLY is COMPLETED
kAISER's ANSWER TO BE DELIV.
Erred THURSDAY.
May Make counter-ProposaIs Regard
ing Establishment of New Rules
Covering Submarine Warfare.

London, May "a dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Amsterdam says:
Diplomatic circles in touch with
Germany believe that the reply to
the American note will be delivered
on Thursday, bat that in all probable
ity it will not be in the nature of
final reply. They expect Germany
will make contemporaries regarding
the establishment Of new rules for
submarine warfare.
1t is suggested in political circles
that the king of Spain will be asked
to arbitrate between the two countries
on the question of submarine war
fare WIZ
Berlin, May 3.-Germany's reply to
the American note demanding a
change in submarine warfare under
threat of a diplomatic break, has been
completed.
Some few alterations may be made
in its text, These, however, will not
alter the character of the note, which
WI decided upon several days ago.
Nothing definite can be learned rs to
when it will be dispatched.
Officials prefer that correspondents
cable nothing indicative of the char
acter of Germanys reply until the
communication is received in Wash
ington. 1t was stated, however, that
nothing has occurred to change the
situation materially since last Wednes,
day, when the statement was made
on excellent authority that the crisis
virtually had passed and there would
be no break between Germany and
tbs United States on developments up
to that time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
GERMANS TO SHOW LOYALTY
Plan a Great Demonstration at Sleeps.
head Bay in June-To Have
Many Floats.

New York, May ga demonstration
of loyalty to America is one of the
purposes of a great meeting to be held
under the auspices of the United Ger
man-American societies and the Aus
tro-Hungarian societies at Sheepshead
bay speedway. June 4. The day will
he designated as American Liberty
day" To remind the people that
many Germans have proved their 10y
atty to this country a series of floats
representing many famous Americans
of German parentage, such as Molly
Pitcher, Won Steuben, De Kalb, Pasto-
RUS, Muehlenberg. Carl Schurz and
Franz Sigel, will be shown.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
SOUTH TRAINING CAMP oPEH
Citizen Soldiers Begin Their Train.
ing on The Historic Battlefield Of
Chickamauga.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 3.-Citizen
soldiers went in training at the South
an military camp at Fort Oglethorpe
this morning. Everything has been
prepared for the coming of the citizen
recruits and when business men and
young men, some of them just out OF
college, others from behind soda foun-
tains, a few from the factories and
mills, offices, and farms, arrive, they
found tents pitched and officers wait
ing to welcome them and teach them
the rudiments of a soldiers life.
The first period opens today and
will continue until June 3. Then will
follow another period, when r-w
delegation of patriotic citizens will APP
pear at the camp. The attendance for
the first period is estimated at between
1000 and 1900.
The camp is located ON the historic
battlefield of Chickamauga. 1t is
equipped with water, electric lights
and telephones. The tent city is d.
vided into units-ciyilians regular cav
airy, field artillery, signal corps, and
coast guard. There are also the Y. M.
C. A. and hospital tents The camp is
only half mile from the terminal of
the electric line and the citizen sol
diers can reach the city in 80 min
utes.
Details of regular soldiers had pre-
pared the camp for the coming of the
green recruits. These consist of Troop
A, Second cavalry, Fort Meyer, Va, UNI
der Captain Purington, and a battal-
ion of coast artillery dismounted, I'M
led Lieut.. Col. d. w. Ketcham, Colonel
Wetcher is in command of the camp.
Capt. Herman j. Koehler, master of
the sword" West Point academy, is in
charge of the physical instruction de-
partment. Captain Purington is in
charge of the cavalry training, assist
ed by full complement of officers.
Among the citizen soldiers are many
from Alabama, Georgia, North and
South Carolina. Tennessee, Arkansas,
and Mississippi.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
LARGE DRAINAGE
CONTRAC! IS LEI
TWENTY-FIVE MILE DITCH IN
PALo ALTO COUNTY.
BIG BIRD HOUSE is GIVEN PARK
Preparations Being Made at DaVen-
port for the Seventy-SeVenth An
nuai Conference of the Congre-
eationaIists of Iowa.

Emmetsburg, May 3.--At a meet
ing OF the board of supervisors, a res
olution of necessity was adopted for
the construction OF a twenty-five mile
drainage ditch to carry the overflow
of water of the Res Moires river
Through the greater part Of Palo Al
to county during wet seasons.
The ditch will be forty feet wide
at the bottom and will follow the
general course OF the river, crossing
it at various places and shortening
it's channel at some points.
The total estimate of the cost is
1885, coo. The assessment per acre
will average $3.50, At least $4,000
acres of river land will be benefited
by the Improvement.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
MOTION HITS AT BIRRELL
Asking Secretary's Resignation
Consideration Prevented.

London, May S.-A motion demand
ing the resignation of Augustine Biz
rell, secretary for Ireland was intro
duced in parliament, but immediate
consideration of the measure was pre-
vented by other business before the
house Of commons. Premier Asquith
said he hoped to give an early oppor.
tunity for debate ON the motion,
which arose from charges that Birrell
had not taken proper precautions to
prevent the Dublin revolt, though
fully forewarned.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
REMAIN
FOR SIXTY DAYS
AGREEMENT SAID TO HAVE BEEN
REACHED AT CONFERENCE.
USE oE RAILROAD is PERMITTED
Meeting Between Chief of staff Scott
and General Oregon Represent
ing carranza Lasted From
Noon Till Midnight.

Ell Paso, May 3.-The American ex-
petition will remain in Mexico with
out interference from Carranza troops
according to an agreement reached
early today by chief OF staff Scott and
Caranza's war minister Obregon az
ter conference lasting nearly 10
hours.
Oregon has granted permission to
the expedition of full use of the Mexi-
can Northwestern railroad in trans
porting troops and has promised to
cooperate as fully as possible with
General Pershing's troops, it was learn
ed on reliable authority.
In return Scott, it was unofficially
reported, stated 60 day limit on the
presence OF American troops in Chi
hauhau. Scott's concessions are not
definitely known, but 1t thought the
war department will give out the pro-
gram agreed upon in a short time.
An agreement was reached shortly
before midnight. After the conference,
beginning at noon yesterday in the
hotel De Norte, Obregon and Scott
merged smiling but refused to indi-
cate the outcome of the session
In statement earlier in the night
they both joined in saying, "Negotia-
lions now in progress will probably
result to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned"
General Funston was eliminated
from the meeting. This was obvious
be cause there was official informa-
ton of his presence given out. Funs-
ton is reported to have clashed with
Obregon during the first conference
held in Juarez,
Forward Their Messages.
Ell Paso, May 3Scott and 0bre-
gon were up early today to forward
messages as the result of their con-
ference. SCOTS dispatch will ampli-
fly the information contained in the
first report of the agreement.
Mexican officers are glad Of the
ilessening of the tentative situation
and are willing to cooperate with the
American troops.