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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS

IRIS-June Caprice in 1.-The Mis-
chief Maker" Holmes travelogue-
ORPHEUM-'The Honorable Algy"
and Keystone comedy.
NOVELTY - Vaudeville and Pathe
News.
MAJESTIC-'1n Old Kentucky"
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM -
Boys and Girls Glee clubs and
orchestra.
(For prices and particulars, see adj
vertisements elsewhere in this pa
PERI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

Many suggestions for changing our
system of electing a president are
coming from New York. None of
them intimates it. says the Louisville
Courier Journal. but the only change
that would satisfy New York would be
one by which she could feel sure that
when she went to bed on election night
after having elected a president she
could wake up next morning and find
him still elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

But in spite of her third of a century,
Celia demonstrates that she has a
charm all her own, and her eventual
capture of the heart, hand, stick pin,
watch. chain and finger ring of the
valiant Col. Smith not to mention his
heart, provides one of the best comedy
roles in recent stage history.
Equally comic is Miss Violet Crum-
bine in the scene where for medicinal
purposes purely, she has inbibed large
ly but not too wisely.
Martin Potter has a complete re-
versal of his role as cheer leader dur
ing the late lamened Washburn foot
ball season, and appears as Admiral
Grice, "a testy old sea dog" His
characterization is one of the mirthful
ones of the play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08
JUST FOR A INV RIDE?
Someone Stole I'll. c. Hills Automobile
Then Abandoned 1t.

The Buick Six belonging to H c.
Hill was stolen about 8 O'Clock Thurs
day night from the front of the Audi
forum. The theft was reported to the
police department and Earl Porter and
Bert Miller, motorcycle policemen,
started out upon a search for it.
At IL o'clock they found the car de-
serted at the -cornor of Eighth and
Madison streets The gasoline tank
was empty. Officers believed someone
picked it up for a joy ride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08
NO "BABY DOLL" STUFF
Heroine of "Green Stockings Can't
Rely Upon Youth for Charm.

The welcome feature of Green
success to be produced by the Wash
burn Dramatic club saturday matt
nee and night, lies in the fact that
the heroine is not of the baby doll''
variety. Celia Faraday, played by
Mary Weightman, has reached thirty
years, and cannot assume the "baby
doll' actions of the average heroine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

At last civilization tan fairly be
said to have reached the South Sea is
landers. A brewery is being erected
1t the capital of Tahiti. 1t took the
seed sown by Captain Cook a long
time to sprout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

The government is planning TO
nrobe the high cost of living. Why
not start an investigation designed TO
ascertain why wages are not advanced
to a point which will enable the work
ingmen to pay the increased price of
food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

Congressman d. r. Anthony has
been conducting a referendum on the
subject of compulsory military train
ing. He sent out 5000 letters, ad-
dressed to persons thruout the state of
Kansas. representing all walks of life.
and received $500 replies. IS per cent
of which were approvals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

Not satisfied with electing a woman
to congress, Montana, thru jury
made I'D of citizens OF that state, has
done another unusual thing. 1t has
convicted a woman on a charge of
ror1rdpr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

The entente allies already have be-
gun to parcel out the spoils of war.
Coistantinople has been awarded to
Russia. The next matter to be con-
sidered is the delivery of the goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

If the congress now in session pro-
duce the usual amount of pork" the
food situation should be modified to
some extent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

The beet sugar Industry which the
people were told would be ruined by
the Underwood tariff law has taken a
new. lease on life. Great activity in
the business in this country is fore
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

Haven't you sometimes feared that the
country is going to the dogs?" Il don't
are so much if it does" replied Senator
Sorghum. IF it is turned over to thor
oughbred watchdogs. '-Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

1t may be that the president kept
US out of war. but it is certain that
his party is getting US into debt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08
EVANGELIST HERE

Evangelist Berry is leading the First
Baptist church in a series of special
meetings. Bible readings are given
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

r.. s.a.e Jonrnal is a member. Of the
Assnc,ated Press and receives the fun cay
felegranh renort Of that great news OF
cs1fzafion for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka. =. 1orrrot
The paws is received in The ste Jourmai
building over wires for this soie pui POse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

& Pocket Knives for Christmas at
Forbes's.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

Boys Skates and sleds at Forbes's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

Scissors and Shears at Forbes's-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-12-08

For December 10 is Faithful Unto
Death. Revelation: Chapters 2
and 8
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
The First Bomb.

The bomb came into being during the
troublous times in France toward the
close Of the eighteenth century. Its
inventor was a French fanatic named
Chevalier, who had conceived such an
intense hatred Of Napoleon that he de
termined to kill him.
Being employed at a government
small arms factory, he had gained some
knowledge of explosives, and with this
knowledge he managed to construct a
bomb out OF a barrel, which he filled
with mixture Of powder, bullets. bro
ken glass and white arsenic.
Chevalier's idea was for the bomb
to explode under Napoleon's carriage as
IL passed through the streets of Paris
A miscalculation, however, caused it to
go off few seconds too soon.
Had Chevalier succeeded in his OBJ
ject the whole history of Europe would
of course have been changed.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
cettino Into : scrape.

Many years ago the. wild deer that
roamed through the forests Of England
used to dig holes in the earth with
their forefeet. They paved it out
sometimes to the depth of several
inches, sometimes a foot or more;
These holes were called ''scrapes." and
travellers at dusk or night or those who
were careless about their footing often
tumbled into them. They were laugh
ed at for their heedlessness when they
came home covered with mud, and as
this frequently occurred after they had
been imbibing bit they were said to
have "got into scrape." Some Cam
bridge students took up this expires
sion, and thus it came to be applied to
people who had got into difficulties of
various sorts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
PROTECT YOUR CHICKS AGAINST
VERMlN.
ROY H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Do you know how many head of live
stock you have in your chicken house?
If you haven't recently looked at the
bottom OF the roosts or in the cracks
around the nests, it is about a two to
one shot that you don't Mites breed
very rapidly during the warm weather
and always get the start of the neglect
full poultry raiser. Mites are worse
than lice and anyone knows that they
are bad enough. Lice do their damage
mainly by annoying the fowls running
about on their bodies. Mites not only
do this, but they get their nourishment
by biting hole in the chickens skin
and sucking the blood. Lice live main
ly by eating parts of the feathers and
scales from the skin. Mites do not
stay on the birds body during the day,
but stay in little clumps under the
roosts and in the cracks about the
house At night they are rested up
and pour over the hens body,
sometimes in large enough numbers to
kill, the hens outright They injure
the hens by disturbing their rest and
taking nourishment from their bodies.
It is much easier to keep mites out of
a house than it is to get rid of them
after they get in. A painting of the
roosts with kerosene oil once q month
will keep them down. 1t is a much
more difficult matter to get rid Of
them once they get start.
The kerosene treatment will have
to be applied at least once a week for
a time in order to subdue them. Some
recommend the use of coal tar or gas
tar for destroying mites. One applica-
tion is said to be sufficient for period
of six months. If thorough job is
made Of putting It on. The coal tar
should be thinned with kerosene.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
SUBMARINE GIL LINES.
How the Wells Of Vera Cruz Are Tap
ped For Tank Steamers.

How the Wells Of Vera Cruz Are Tap.
ped For Tank Steamers.
Many Of the most productive OIL wells
In the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, are
situated near the port of Tuxpam. For
some distance from the shore there the
water is so shallow that few of the
large oil steamers can get into port
The oil companies, hit upon the idea of
laying submarine pipe lines to points
where the largest oil tankers can be
conveniently moored for loading In
any state of the tide and weather.
There are now five of these great iron
pipes in duplicate. They are from six
to eight inches in diameter, and four
of them are nearly mile long. They
terminate in forty-three feet Of water,
where it is so deep that the waves
have no effect on them. When they
were laid divers fastened to the end Of
each 12O feet of flexible hose. When
not in use the free end of the hose is
closed and allowed to lie on the bottom
Of the sea, where its position is marked
by a small buoy attached to the hose
by stout chain.
When the tank steamers arrive they
moor themselves to the permanent
buoys near by, lift the marked buoy
with derrick, raise the flexible hose
to the deck of the ship and attach it to
the tank openings. BY means of sig
nal code the captains of the ships notify
the pumping station on shore, in which
are the valves that control the flow of
oil through the pipe line. Generally
speaking, it takes about twenty-four
hours to load one of the large $4,000
ton tankers. which means that the
pipes deliver 4.375 barrels Of oil an
hour.-Youth's Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
WHERE MEN WEAR COMBS.
In ceyIon They Mark the Native
Males Social STANDING.

Males social oeanuln9.
Ceylon is perhaps the only country in
the world where men wear combs. 1t
Is the delight Of the native males Of the
low country to wear their hair twisted
into a roll at the back of the head,
with horseshoe shaped tortoise shell
comb at the top. The women, curiously
enough, do not affect this ornament.
1t appears that one of the great am
billions of the Cingalese man of humble
position IS to possess and wear huge
comb of the finest luster and most per-
feet manufacture, and many indicate
their higher social status by means of
an additional comb rising to a consider
able height above their glossy coil.
The artist in tortoise shell who makes
these combs obtains his raw materials
from the hawk bill turtle. The turtle
is killed and its carcass Immediately
immersed in boiling water. The plates
when separated from the bony part of
the animal are very irregular in form
Being brittle, they require careful ma
nipulation. especially as a high tenn
perature, which Would soften them,
tends to darllen and cloud the shell.
They are therefore treated at as low a
heat as is possible for the work.
Thickness is obtained by softening
several plates and then applying pres
sure, when a union of the surfaces
takes place. Under heat the shell also
is nodded into various artificial forms.
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
FLORAL ARISToCRATS.
Orchids Are Not Parasites, and Il is
Difficult to Raise Them.

GtuHCutS 10 ndtS0 uU9EIhs
Aristocrats Of the flower kingdom
ana probably the least understood.
You hear them called parasites, which
is only one of the common mistakes
made about the orchid. You see a
hundred different shapes and a dozen
different colors grouped together, each
shape perhaps distinct family and
each with q separate name.
In the first place, orchids are not
parasites. A parasitical plant is one
which gets nourishment from another
plant. Certain orchids live on trees,
but they get their food and drink from
the air by means of aerial roots. We
call them epiphytes. Other orchids
get their nourisl1ment directly from
the ground. They're called terrestrial
orchids.
People don't understand, either,
why orchids cost so much. They fail
to see why tiny plant is sold for,
say, $1,000. If they realized that rare
orchids may have cost a long trip
into a tropical jungle to obtain and
that it takes from eight to ten years
to raise plant from the seed, with
patient care and treatment, they could
see why these flowers remain in the
aristocratic class.
Only the orchid grower can under
stand all the details of his art. but the
flower lover can easily learn to dis
ti2guish the various types. -Philadel-
phia North American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Recognizing Book Lovers.

You may recognize the book lover as
soon as you glance at his shelves,
though they may be few Some peo-
pie, especially servants. if allowed to
interfere. marshal books according to
colors. as they would like TO buy them
by the yard. Not SO the book lover q
mean the man who loves books for
their contentsl He is kind to his
books and. knowing they have souls,
wishes them to live happily together.
he would not. to take an extreme
case. sandwich "Bradsha W" between
"Stones of Venice" ekd Modern Paint
ers." London Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
The Sun In Winter.

In winter we are 100000 miles near
er the sun than in summer Some
may think that if this statement is
true we ought TO have warmer wealth
er in winter than In summer. but it
must be remembered that the heat we
receive from the sun depends very
much upon the direction of its rays
In summer the suns rays are more
vertical than In winter: heuce the days
are warmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

MeteorS Ina an unusual influence on
the Greeks and Romans. who in way
worshire;' tha. falling bodies of lumi-
Mostly. Ii is declared that the Palla-
dunn of 'iirui and the image of Diana
at Ephesui were crccted to meteors.
At times tho fill Of these mysterious
strangers has been accompanied by dis
astrous results. for it is on record in
China that ten persons have been
struck and killed by them. The Smith
sonian Institution has among its me-
teoric cole tons one which weighs in
the neighborhood of 500 pounds. whose
composition is nearly pure nickel.
There have been discovered by chem
ical analysis twenty-nine elements in
meteors. all of which are found on and
in the earth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
A Hacking Cough Weakens The
system.
SYsteIm

Don't suffer with a hacking cough
that has weakened your system-get
a bottle of DIR. Kings New Dis
covery, in use over 40 years, and
benefiting all who use it, the sooth-
ing pine balsam with tar heal the
irritated air soothes the
raw spots, loosens the mucous and
prevents rackiRg the body with
coughing. DIR. Kings New Dis
covery induces natural sleep and
aids nature to cure You. 3
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
why Endare summer ooIdsg

1t isn't necessary to have q stuffed
head, running nose. To cough your
head off as it were, All you need
do is to use DIR. Bells Pine Tar
Honey. The soothing and healing
balsams open the clogged air pas
sages and in a short time you get re-
lief and start on the road to re-
covery. Your nose stops running,
you cough less and you know you
are getting better. Get bottle. use
as directed. Keep what is left as
cough and cold insurance. 2
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
TunneIa.

A New York newspaper remarks thai
ferries come and ferries 90. bridges
rise and bridges fall. but tunnels las!
forever" There Is a scientific truth in
the observation. OF all works of MAI
earthworks, plain earth mounds sod
ded over. are about the most enduring
A properly constructed tunnel Is essen
TALLY work in earth and Sc almost a.
permanent as the great glohe itself,
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Cats and Needles.

Cats seem to have habit of swal-
lowing needles. When cat is brought
to veterinary hospital suffering with
a cough the Soctor always looks for a
needle. In one instance DR.. Childs of
New York operated on a cat to remove
what he thought was an ordinary
needle. He found hatpin nine inches
long. But the cats life was saved
Popular Science Monthly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
SEEING Around corners.

There are many insects which have
q very much larger field of vision than
we have. This is due TO the greater
cOncavity of their eyes. enabling them
to see around the corner, so to speak
behind and at the sides This deyel
opment in man would have its objec
tionable points, but also its good ones
not the least Of which might be the
detection Of plckpOckets.--
InnrDai
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

The general court of Massachusetts
Bay Colony, following the example of
the English parliament, in 1859 enact
ed law that anybody who is found
observing by abstinence from labor.
feasting or any other way any such
day as Christmas day shall pay for
every such offense shinings." This
law was repealed in 1851.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Advica.

Married Man Not married YET? Old
Chum-No. I'm not. Married Nan
Now. see here. old hoy, times arr
changing mighty fast Yuu take my
advice and marr-i befure women get
any more emanciI% ed Than they are
already.-New York Weekly
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
To the Public.

81 have been using Chamberlain
Tablets for indigestion for the past
six months, and it affords me plea
sure to say have never used a
remedy that did me so much good.
Mrs. C. E. Riley, Illion. N. Y.
Chamberlain's Tablets are obtain
able everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
GETTING Into Society

Guess III have to rig up a middle
name" declared Flubdub. 81 never
really had one, but gotta have one
now"
'Why SOP
my wife insists upon one to print on
her visiting cards. louisville Cour-
teri
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
. NAV II Lns,s

sis their married lite. t:appy!
"N0thing else. She thinks lle is the
wisest person ON earth and he thinks
she is the most beautiful. Perfect.
eh?"-LouisviIle Courier Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Nature.

II just adore nature. Don't your"
eyes: in moderation, but one can't
help feeling that nature was intended
for the lower classes. "-Browning's
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

Here's to the women of our com
munity, than whom there are none
sweeter or more lovely, in this wide,
wide world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

The man with money never lacks
for friends. But then some Of them
have more love for the money than
for the man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
stomach Troubles and Constipation

IT will cheerfully say that Cham
berlain's Tablets are the most salts
factory remedy for stomach troubles
and constipation that I have sold in
thirty-four years drug store SER
vice." writes S. H. Murphy, druggist,
Wellsburg, N. Y. 0btainable every
where.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

It is useless to build a sanitary, fly
proof building unless it is kept In good
1shape and a place provided for the
disposal of the excreta. 1t may be
buried. put in a compost heap. if
thought safe. etc.. but it must be pro-
tected from flies until the germs of
typhoid fever, dysentary, ETC., are
destroyed by bacteria.
ANY information desired regarding
the construction, ETC., Of a fiy-proof
earth closet may be obtained from the
Engineering Division Of the Maryland
Agricultural College, College Park. I'D.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-06
Death of Herman Smith.

Herman Smith, So, died at $3.50
o clock Wednesday morning at his
home corner Stewart and Watson
streets. While he had been in poor
health for months, the result of gen.
eral breaking down, an attack Of heart
failure was the direct cause of death.
The funeral will be held Saturday
after noon at 2 o'clock at the home,
Rev. b. G.. Mattsen officiating. Burial
will be made at Oak Hill cemetery,
beside the grave of his son, Benjamin
Smith, who was buried only two weeks
ago.
Mr.. Smith was born in Steinbeck,
Germany, October 8, 184S, and
came to America when IL years old.
He came directly to this city, settling
in West Owosso, and had lived here
since. He had been employed as a ear
repairer at the Ann Arbor shops for
Is years.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Hickey Smith, one son, Charles, of this
city, and two daughters, Mrs. I'll. j.
Payne, of st. Louis, Mo-, and Mrs. A.
l.. Burr, of Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-06
"A Mad, Mad World, My Masters.

The following extracts from the
New York World, the leading Demo-
cratic paper of the country, can be
read with considerable satisfaction by
Republicans:
cit is conceded by both sides that
the temper of the Maine electors to-
ward the Democratic administration
will be determined by the result of
the senatorial contest between Hale
and johnson. johnson, charged with
the fullest sympathy with President
Wilson's policies, is much more popu-
lar than Hale and his election would
be interpreted as a note Of confidence
in the President. From the New
York World, Sept. 9.
AS far as the result on Monday is
concerned, about the only thing that
the rival party managers agree on is
that it will be close and that there
will not be difference of more than
5000 or 1900 votes between them.
Both sides realize the moral effect on
the country of a victory in the first
State to hold an election in a Presi-
Dental year. The result is supposed to
indicate the trend of the voting mind
throughout the country. From the
New York World, Sept. 10.
"The reelection of United States
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-10-06

Bring your horses to Surterby g feed
barn Oct. 10 If You want to sell them
for good price.
From ten to thirteen cars of clay are
being shipped daily from Kerby to the
cement plant at Fenton. This with
the shipment of many carloads of brick
from the Wolverine Brick Co.'S plant
makes big freight business for the
Grand Trunk at Corunna.
AT the First Baptist church Sunday
evening Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Waite
were presented with a beautiful as
paragus fern in honor of their first
anniversary in Owosso. The Phila-
thea class were the donors of the gift.
Rev. Waite spoke pleasantly of their
life during this past year in this city,
recounted briefly the splendid progress
of this church body and spoke of the
coming year with great optimism.