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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

hunt up her address in the city when
l go home and send it to her By the
way, Mrs. Elder, I've had some i'm
portant mail today. 1 must go home
for while at least. Can 1 have din
ner early so 1 can make the after
noon traln?''
Yes, indeed, Judge Stratton; any
thing you say goes. but were sorry to
lose you.
The city was hot. dusty and noisy.
unbearable after the cool, fragrant
quiet of the country. The judge did
not go home. He left his bags at a
hotel and took taxi for Howard ave-
nue., the address on Miss Porter's
card. But the house was deserted.
Then he called up the editor of a
society paper and found that the Por-
tiers had gone to Pinehaven in the
mountains. That's were Willis is.
thought the Judge Must be some
place"
So he took the first train to Pine
haven and arrived at the hotel at 9.
| BY 10 he was shaved, bathed and
dressed for the dance downstairs.
| Willis found him at once. You old
dog! Got tired of sitting in a lonely
old boat all day, didn't you. 1 told
Molly I'd get you yet. This is a cork
ing place. Wait till you see the golf
| course-and the girls!"
I The judge stood it as long as he
could, then he hunted up the girl
| When he saw her his heart gave 4
great jump and he cursed himself for
! a tardy fool. Perhaps he was too late.
| Those eyes! And that hairi
There was a moon, so they cut the
| dance and went out. The mountains
| with the sharp outline of the pines
| against the sky were wonderful.
| ut doesn't. seem as if / had been
/ fishing on a lonely river two hundred
miles away from here at noon today"
How interesting! Did you catch
anything"
Eyes. this!" He gave her the purse
still damp and flabby.
why it's mine. l dropped it out
of a boat over month ago. There
i really isn't much of value in it. Only
"a" she stopped suddenly
"Only "a he suggested.N
Nothing"
Yes there is. My picture is in II,
i and you said you dreamed about me.
| That's why I'm here. I've been dream
ing of you, too. Do-do you still
dreamer is there someone else,
lnow?"
4 She shook her head slowly NO.
no one else,' she answered family.
And after they had fixed it all up.
regardless of the gaze of the moon.
the judge remarked u e n V.
wouldn't it have been horrible if l
hadn't landed that purse! And dear
est, will you wait here Just a minute
I'll be right back. I've an apology
to make to Willis. "-(Copyright, 1917.
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
\
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02
DINNER STORIES

Two fair munition workers were
discussing their personal affairs, says
London Tit Bits
Got a chap yet, Liz" inquired
one.
Yes; and he's a regular toff. He's
manager at -
You don't say sol Why, they tell
me he's real refined"
Rather. Why, he took me to
restaurant last week, and when we
had coffee he poured it into saucer
to COOL but he didn't blow it, like
common people would-he famed it
with his hat,''
An Irishman out of work applied to
the boss of a repair shop in Detroit.
When the Celt had stated his qualifi-
cations for job" the superinten-
dent began quizzing him a bit. Start
ing quite at random, he asked:
do you know anything about car
pentry?'
Sure
DO you know how to make We
netian blind?"
Sure, I'd poke me finger in his
eye."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02
WHATCHA IA COLUMN
GARLIC.
By "GM."

friend of ours named Schultz
asks US what We think of garlic.
Truth is, Harry. We don't think of
garlic if we can help it.
Onions are bad enough, heaven
knows. And garlic is demoralized
onion.
Garlic originated with the pirates
who sailed the Spanish Main.
Knives. daggers. blunderbusses.
garlic and other deadly weapons
were common to them.
Garlic in the rough looks like
a tulip bulb and smells like an
Italian picnic. 1t is strung up in
punches in front of grocery stores.
People who eat it ought to be. too.
A little garlic goes a long way.
Especially in a crowded street car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

nomical buyinGsand consumption. for
which her grandmother would have
had no possible use. To manage the
expenditures of even the poorest
homes requires practical experience in
money matters.
One of the greatest responsibilities
of the housekeeper today is how to
spend the husbands salary or wages
efficiently and economically. The
preparation for and experience in
wage-earning give girls a most eff
fective training in the right use of
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

| wish | had a little sense of fun-
The gift to see the comic things about,
To say the happy thing. the witty pun,
To cause the litter and the mirthful
shout.
wish l had little more ambish.
l wish that | was not SO dull and dense
I wish-Who but a fool would wish and
wish?
/ wish l had a little sense.
Ideal Sunday School for Small Boys
Plenty of lesson leaves for those
who wish to allay the tedium by hurl-
ing moist paper wads at the superin-
tendent.
Boys wishing to stay for church
may bring their bean-shooters and d.
rect them on the choir.
The boy that is able to remember
any of the catechism will be given a
prize and he can have his choice be-
tween a nice hymn book and squirt
gun.
Health Hint.
Walking on an empty
Stomach and alone,
That is good-but always
Walk upon your own
Happy Thought.
Keep up on your toes and you won't
run down at your heels.
I've never trapped vicious bear,
l never hope to trap one,
But / can tell you anyhow,
I'd rather trap than slap one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

All the while he kept thinking,
what very wonderful person / am
and how fortunate it is that I am Hv-
ing to do marvellous things in the
world"
So busy was he thinking that he
hadn't done much at the pearl ma k
ing business, when there was a jolt
and a crash,
That common everyday oyster was
caught in dredge, dragged up out
of the sea, carried in a train, taken
to store and sold to a woman who
wanted to make soup.
Actually,
Just as he was dropped into the
saucepan he tried to say. please. but
you see, 1 m wonderful pearl maker
and =" but nobody heard and-welI
that's ali-tCopyright-CIa In
gram Judson.) fs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02
Hearing and Serving

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young r..
Peoples Societies-Christian En-
deavor etc.--for March 4: "Sery-
ce."-James 1927.
There is one thing 1 fear
Not death. nor sharp disease.
Nor loss of friends / hold most dear,
Nor pain, nor want-not these.
But the life of which men say:
The world has given him bread;
And what gives he to the world as pay
For the crust on which he fed?''
l would pour out strength, and then
When l have no strength to give,
! No use, no share in the lives of men
Who toll, and fight, and live
Then let the end come fast.
Whatever my past success;
That | may not cumber the ground at last
Anna Louise Strong.
Given a master motive, a man SIM
ply must serve. He cannot help him
self. any more than the spring can
help flowing or the light keep from
shining. = The ideal Christian cannot
keep from doing the Lords work. He
may know nothing about modern
methods, but the love for the Master
will naturally overflow from his life
in ministry. He will help people be-
cause it is his new nature so to do.
Get busy and DO it now are the
two popular notices that we see in
shops and offices. There is one that
precedes. 1t is Get right" Proper
relationship with the springs of serv-
ice should precede forms of service
And the conviction seems to be grow
ing among men of our time that the
real need of Christianity is not mor=
work or more money, but moro of the
sense of utter dependence upon God
aTfaT-
with Him. Sometimes the most prac-
teal service is to go apart awhile
and listen.
The colloquiaI name of Christian
/ Endeayor is THE Endeavor Society
{. This organization has accepted prac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

teal doing. And in this school or
real service multitudes of young
people have learned the mind of the
Master.
Be We doors of the word. and not
hearer only deluding your own selves.
word anu not a doer, he is like unto
"a man beholding his natural face in
a mirror; for he beholdeth himself,
and goeth away, and straightway for
getteth what manner of man he was.
james 1:22-24.
Anybody who is signing for an OPP
portunity for service in these days is
let it be said gently as possible-sim-
ply Ounce. 1t is not opportunities
he needs, but eyes The occasions for
being helpful, in the name of Jesus,
are at evrybody's door, and they
range all the way from caring for a
tired neighbours baby to writing an
epic poem. This is the day of oppor-
tunity for even the least of US to do
large services. The difficulty is that
some of US are boarding our pennies,
or talents, until they shall become a
big bank account instead of putting
them into immediate circulation. If
the breath that is wasted in signing
cares were spent in propelling little
sail boats, there would be an immense
! cargo of service carried to the needy
worlds martS.
! All service ranks the same with God;
| There is no last nor first-Robert Brown
ing.
Help tighten the load,
Humanity stumbeS ahead its road
Urged on DER the deserts, beset by the
goad,
| Men bend under burdens of hunger and
care,
And women must suffer and toll and
despair;
Yed, even the children, astray in the strife.
Are bowed by the weight till they weary
of life.
Hank! unto each soul that is hero, not
| slave,
1 How clear sounds the call to arise and be
| brave,
Help tighten the load,
| Help tighten the load,
| With all of the strength that the heart
can command,
With all of the power of brain and OF
hand
With wills set to sacrifice, struggle and
| dare
With love that seeks ever each burden to
share.
With unflagging endeavor that stops not
to ask
The length of the journey, the cost of
| the task,
Come, sons of the kingdom, Come, children
| of Cod
And along the dark path by the world S
anguish trod
| Help tighten the load!
Priscilla Leonard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

If there were an international lun-
acy commission, it doubtless would
take cognizance of the case of the
Kaiser. Nothing could be more indica-
tive of insanity than his proposal to
unite Mexico and Japan in a war
against the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Apple Cake.

Sift together two cups of flour.
half teaspoonful of salt and four
level teaspoons of baking powder.
Work in one-quarter of a cup of but
ter with the finger tips and add grad
ually one well-beaten egg that has
been mixed with one cup of milk.
Turn the cake when mixed into
buttered pan. Pare, core and quar-
ter three apples; cut the prepared
apples into quarters and press them.
core side downward, into the dough
Sprinkle with three tablespoons of
currants and two tablespoons of sugar
and let bake about eighteen minutes.
or until nearly dole. Have in readi-
ness a mixture composed of three
tablespoons of butter creamed with
three tablespoons of sugar and to
which one well-beaten egg and half
a cup. of milk have been added. Pour
this carefully over the cake and con-
tinue baking until cooked. This is an
old German recipe and is well worthy
of a trial.
Oatmeal Scenes.
To one cup of well-cooked oatmeal
add one cup of milk and stir until
thoroly mixed. Then add a saltspoon
of salt, two teaspoons of sugar, one
tablespoon of melted butter and one
cup of flour sifted with two teaspoons
of baking powder Beat the batter
hard; add additional flour to make a
soft dough and roll out one inch thick.
Cut(in rounds or squares and bake on
a well-greased griddle. Serve with
butter and orange marmalade.
The Table.
Date Pudding-To one small cup
sugar add yolks of two eggs and mix
with a fork; add one cup dates cut
in small pieces. one cup chopped nuts,
two tablespoons flour. one half tea
spoon baking powder and last the stiff
whites of the eggs. Put in ramilxins
and bake in pan of water in moderate
oven half hour. Serve with whip
ped cream. This will serve eight per-
sons; a delicious and pretty dessert
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

ton at the rate of $50, $40 and $50 a
month according to grade is allowed.
All GRADES receive longevity pay, that
is. 10 per cent in addition to the reg
uIar salary for every five years until
the maximum of 40 per cent is
reached
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

There has been good deal of pneu-
monia this winter and spring
says the Los Angeles Times.
This acknowledgment affords a
sad commentary on the boosted
climate of southern Califor-
mia. where there is declared to be
Sunshine and sea bathing all the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Captain Kidd appears to have been
reincarnated in the person of the
kaiser. Piracy of the oIden days was
mere child's play compared to what
the world is witnessing today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Miss Dorothy Ficken, designer of
the Sunny Jim ad, so often seen a
few years ago, is about to be married
May we hope to hear something of
Sonny Jim in due course of time?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Potato bread is recommended as
palatable and healthy. Which re-
minds one of Marie Antoinette's sug-
gestion that the people who could not
get bread, eat cake.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

ogden, Utah, is preparing to cele-
brate in 1919 the 5Oth anniversary of
the completion of the Union Pacific
railroad, with an exposition. The
state legislature has appropriated
100000 for the purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Won Hindenburs looking over the
Verdun battlefield probably sighed at
the thought that he could not be
everywhere at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

IF congress adopt the Reed amend
ment what the governor of South
Carolina said to the governor of North
Carolina" will cease to be a joke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Circuses are planning to use motor
trucks instead of horses in the parades.
Is this, too, due to the war?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

In these times of high prices there
is just one thing that has not adj
vanced in cost. That is a ride in the
street cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

The price of "poY''' has advanced
five cents the case; So near the open
ing of the baseball season, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

signs of displacing the ukalele in pop
ularity among the musically inclined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

. If congress return for an extra ses
sion, it looks now as tho it would en-
counter a drouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Our proposed armed neutrality
appears to be especially pleasing to
the enemies of Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Developments in the world war are
enabling Uncle Sam to find out who
his friends are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02
BED Time TALES
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON
AN AMBITIOUS OYSTER

hustled around Gas much as shut
up, tight oyster can bustle) and began
his pearl making.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

teal doing. And in this school of
real service multitudeS of young
people have learned the mind of the
Master
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples SocietieS-Christian En-
deavor, etc.--for March 4: "Serv-
ice."-James 1:19-27
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

The colloquiaI name of Christian
Endeavor is The Endeavor Society"
This organization has accepted prac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-02

James Whiteomb Riley entertained sew
eraI hundred people at the opera house
last night. He was introduced by Dr.
McCabe who presented him in his usual
felicitous style. The Rotations were in
terspersed by selections by Horacek' s
either orchestra
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-18
Information for Farmers and Orchardists
SALT PICkLED BE.ETS.
I'm Brine.l

Water tight kegs or crooks may
be used to hold picked beets.
Wash thoroughly and steam the
kegs or crooks.
Do not use yellow or pitch-pine
containers.
Remove the tops and scrub the
beets thoroughly.
Pack the whole beets into the re-
ceptacle until il is full.
Pour over enough weak brine TO
cover the beetS.
Cover with a cheesecloth and a
clean board cover.
Place upon the board cover a
clean stone weight sufficiently heavy
to hold the beets beneath the sur
face of the brine.
Leave in a warm room until fer
mentation is completed and no
bubbles rise 10 the surface when the
receptacle is tapped gently.
Skim off any scum formed during
fermentation.
Store receptacle in a cool place.
Cover the top OF the brine with
hot paraffin TO form an alright
surface.
If the paraffin becomes broken.
remove, remelt, and replace.
To make weak brine: One-half
pint vinegar. "a cup salt. one gal
lon water. Stir until salt is entirely
dissolved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-18

filled with crushed oyster shells. Feed
the hens all empty egg shells also.
Fifteen To- Thirty Hens Are Kept.
By making inquiries in town you
can learn where the Is to so hens
you require can be bought. These
should be of large size and prefer
ably one year old, although if some
do not give any indications of laying
in three weeks they can be killed ana
replaced with others. Do not keep u
rooster with the hens. 1t is useless to
pay for his food unless YOU intend 10
hatch the eggs, as the hens lay
equally we'll without a male.
In war times we must feed the
hens every scrap left from the table.
Every morsel will be greedily de-
voured. Take the table scraps, potato
peelings, and any waste from the
vegetables you are using and let
them simmer on a pot at the back OF
the stove. Then mix the cooked
vegetables into a crumbly mash with
half the bulk Of wheat shorts. You
can substitute ground oats for the
shorts. or cOrnmeal and cottonseed
meal (using One-third of prime feed
ing cottonseed meal and two-thirds
cornmeaD. or any other ground feed
YOU can procure Feed this mash in
trough every morning or evening.
Give the hens what they Will clean
up in 20 minutes Too much is bad.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-18
SALT-PICKLED CORN.
Tin BFine.)

Water-tight kegs or crooks may
be used 10 hold picked corn.
Wash thoroughly and steam the
kegs or crooks.
Husk, clean the silk from and
wash the corn.
Place the ears on end in the re-
ceptacle. packing same nearly full.
Pour over the corn enough weak
brine TO cover the ears.
Cover with a cheesecloth and a
clean board cover.
Place upon the board cover a
clean stone weight. sufficiently heavy
to hold the corn below the surface
of the brine.
Leave in a warm room until fer
mentation is completed, and no
bubbles rise 10 the surface when the
receptacle is tapped gently.
Skim off any scum found during
fermentation.
Store receptacle in a cool place.
Cover the top of the brine with
hot parafrin to form an air-tight
surface. II the paraffin becomes
broken, remove. remelt, and replace.
To make weak brine: One-half
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-18
BIC DEMAND FOR
BREEDING SHEEP

The demand for breeding ewes
has exhausted the local supply in
many sections. the United States de-
partment OF agriculture finds. West
ern range ewes are being used to
start farm flOcks in the corn belt
and in the east. In the corn belt
these ewes have already proved their
ability 10 produce market-topping
lambs when mated TO good rams OF
button breeds and when we'll cared
for during the winter and after
lam bling. They may be expected 10
do well on the farms east of the
corn belt and on the billy pastures
Of the Appalachian mountain sec
ton.
In purchasing these ewes care
should be taken TO obtain those with
sound teeth, udders that are soft and
pliable and teats that are sound and
have no hard cores. Ewes from one
10 three years OF age are TO be pre-
ferred. These ewes may be in thin
condition but should suffer no dis
elimination on this account alone
If thin they cost less per head than
if fat, and the flesh needed TO put
them i'm good condition can be put
on 10y the purchaser more cheaply
than 10 can be bought in the open
market
These ewes are usually free from
stomach worms. and thanks to the
regulations governing the interstate
shipment of sheep. are free from
sheep scab or other communicable
diseases. They can ordinarily be
purchased through commission men
on such central markets as Chicago,
Omaha. Kansas City, East st. Louis,
st. Paul, ST. Joseph, etc, or direct
from the range breeders. Organiza-
tons interested in effecting an in
crease in farm fiOcks have arranged
10 sell western ewes TO eastern
farmers at cost.
Regardless Of how they are pur-
chased, the buyer should insist that
the stock be healthy, sound of teeth,
and have good udders and teats.
Farmers bulletin No SIC. entitled
Breeds of Sheep for the Farm, will
assist the owner Of grade ewes in
the selection OF pure-bred ram to
head the flock. This bulletin dis
cusses the different breeds, their
characteristics and adaptabilities. Adj
vice on the different kinds of equip
ment TO be used on the sheep farm
can be obtained from farmers bull
letin No. $40, dealing with Equip
ment for Farm Sheep Raising.
These bulletins can be procured free
by writing 10 the L. s department Of
agriculture. Washington, d. Q.