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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

hoe gone this morning. Have you
missed any of your tools?'
Why, no. But let me see? Yes,
the ak and the long-handled shovel
are gone. There surely must have
been thief around here last night.
Il not only heard him, but l saw
MIN, said Hezeikak in very solemn
tones. From the back door 1 saw
him jump the garden fence, but |
didn't yell at him for fear of arousinss
you"
My stars! How dare a thief come
around here
Widow. there are more thieves
around Berea than any other town in
the state-and far worse than thieves"
What do you mean" she gasped.
L mean robbers-burglars 1
might as wellte you the honest truth
1t is dangerous for a widow to live
alone in this town 1 should have told
you so the day we first met, but you
/ had bought the place and it was no
use to say anything TO skeer you. And
side L figured that I could take care
of US both l have been doing that
right along. but last night they got
the better of me-
Mr. Williams" said the widow in
anxious tones, do you mean to tell
me that 1 am in danger of robbers
and burglars"
Not with me around" he replied
unless l sleep sounder than you do
l shall be up and down a dozen times
that appears will find me and my
gun handy. If you have reason to
believe that some unhung villain is
proving around don't take the
chances of going to a door or a win
dow. You can be sure that Hezeikak
Williams is on deck looking out for
the unprotected"
The widow Blackwell bought fifty
chickens and half OF them were stolen
within a month. She bought a pig
and but for its own sharp SquealS it
would have been lifted from the pen
and carried off. On several nights
after midnight her cow was MIXED
dry by the marauder Someone stole
| her washtub and boiler and even car
ried off the family mop from the
woodshed.
There was a secret which the widow
had not conf;ded to Hezeikak and that
was that she also was the owner of a
shotgun left her by her late lamented.
When the the is continued and Hez-
elkak failed to bring down any game,
she loaded that gun with fine bird shot
and for three nights running she sat
by her bedroom window with the
deadly weapon across her knees. On
the third night she saw man moving
about her grounds. and without giving
AMY warning she aimed in his direction
and pulled the trigger.
The report of the gun was quelled
by yells, which she recognized as the
| private property of Hezeikak Will
liams. Two minutes later she was
kneeling beside him. lie was rot dead
| but his plot was. He had conspired
with himself to make her believe that
a husband was badly needed around
! her house for her protection. He own
/ ed up to it like a man. and after TAX
| ing the matter under consideration for
/ a few months or until the last of the
birdshot hi worked its way out of his
anatomy, she said to him one evening:
/ We'll Hezeikak. I was not plot
| ting to get a husband. but I am not
| that mean to fill man with birdshot
/ and then refuse to marry him. =
| Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
| Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
DINNER STORIES

A fond mother was holding forth
to an interesting group at a recent
baby show on the manifold virtues
of her little girl, and laid special stress
on the child's ready obedience. In
ton. She dislikcd most cordially a
certain proprietary medicine, and
there We're terrible scenes, holding of
nose, hands and so forth, before she
could be made to swallow il.
Eventually her mother hit uporf,the
eXpedient of inducing her to take it
by paying. her a penny for each dose
she swallowed.
The little one fell in with the Nides
readily enough, the penDies were duly
deposited in her money box one by
one, and there was no more trouble
or fuss.
Rather an expensive way of get
ting over the difficulty. tho, isn't it?''
put in one of the group of listening
mothers.
oh, no. not at all! You see. as
soon as there are enough pennies in
the box l take em out and buy her
another bottle of medicine!"
There was about her a poise that
comes only from litigation. She was
not born yesterday. obviously.
George she faltered, and her
rich, mellow voice awakened are-
sponslve thrill in the heart which was
pumping blood into the arm about her
waist I'm afraid - marry you"
14o was only human. and he was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

An official news item recently is
sued by the government states that
out of Approximately 100000 volun-
.teers for the army and navy since war
was declared, but 44S.S59 were found
physically qualified-the rejection
rate being Sc per cent. In the prelim-
mary medical examination of the con-
scripts of the first draft former physi-
cal requirements have evidently been
relaxed. But if after the try-out at
the training camps. the total reflections
do not go above SO per cent we will
be fortunate. This would indicate
that we have about 100000 men
between age 21 and 81 who are ply
sically unfit for military service. The
question as to what is to be done to
repair and rebuild this vast accumu-
lation of damaged human machinery
has recently been brought to the at
tention of the country and of congress.
But the still more vital question is,
sWhat are we going to do about 20
IF it be worth while to take collective
military action to preserve this ma
.tion. it would seem to be worth while
10 take collective action of some sort
to conserve the vitality of the people
who compose it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

ring all the time. Bake in two Srus'S-
This will make two pies.
Lemon Pie zone Crust)-One rem
on (iuice and rind), one cup sugar,
two eggs, one cup milk. two teaspoons
flour, one teaspoon butter Cream out-
ter and sugar. add flour mix yoin3
with butter and sugar, add grated
rind CT lemon, then juice, then mink;
Last stir in well beaten whites OF
eggs. Bake in one crust. tBaKe crust
with pie.) ,e
Gatsup-Easy to make: one nan !,
bushel tomatoes; wash. cut ana poll
thoroughly about one hour COOL press
thru wire sieve till nothing remains
but skins; use hands If necessary Put
in a cloth bag one-fourth pound whoie
pepper, one-fourth pound whole all
spice, an ounce whole cloves. lie
bag and put into tomato pulp. Add
three large onions whole (take out
when done), two pounds brown sugar
one quart vinegar. one-hah cup salt.
one teaspoon cayenne pepper Boii
till thick. Bottle cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
Side TALK S
The PRICE of QuarrcIs.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

"Oh. Henry and 1 can't afford to
quarrel now" said Recently Wed
Lady. when 1 marvelled at the even
tempered way in which she smoothed
over a situation that had approached
the difficult
HAS the price of quarrels gone up
on account of the War;" inquired the
Cynic. Have they got a corner on
all the quarreling over there
silly said the Recently Wed
Lady, Il think War jokes are in
wretched taste. You see, it's this
way turning to che rest of us. we
haven't quarreled for four months"
She paused to turn toward the man
tel and give three mystic raps. And
we are crazy to make a record of at
least six months. So we are being so
careful not to lset ourselves quar-
rel'
careful not to let ourselves quar-
reI?" asked the Cynic. II thought it
was in the nature of quarrels that
they just happened"
''well. they do happen" said the
Recently Wed Lady, but so does
humping your elbow, or tipping
things over, and if you are extra
careful you can minimize accidents
like that, can't your"
: You mean you haven't had sim
gle tiff for four months?" asked
oh, no, we are not as namby
pamby as all that. ! mean a real
quarrel, the kind when you say
dreadful things, and almost hate
each other, and think things are
never coming straight again.
do you mind telling me how you
go about it to be careful?" ques-
toned the Cynic.
"Oh, / don't know exactly" said
the Lady. Il guess we try not to
misunderstood each other, and when
one of US gets a little bit out of tenn
per, the other tries to keep, in. And
if we do have some little misunder-
standing, we are both ready to come
half way. especially if the other
makes any kind of advances. l think
one way MISUNDERSTANDING get eX-
aggerated into quarrels is, that when
one side makes an advance, the other
thinks that is the time to stand on
its dignity, and then when the other
gets ready to make peace overtures
the first one retallates, and then
there's a big gulf. and there doesn't
seem to be any way to get across ="
You seem to have thought the
thing out pretty thoroly.'' said the
Cynic.
Il have" said the most Recently
Wed Lady, emphatically. rs there
anything better worth studying over
than things like that?"
And we admitted there wasn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

deeply stirfed.
Why, my darling?" he demanded,
in agonized tones
She shaded her magnificent eyes
with her curved Iashes as she had
been taught to do years ~-vsously at
a boarding school
Because. George" she murrnured
you are my thirteenth-and 1 am so
superstitious,"
One of the released Sim Feinern
tells the following story. While he
was in prison his wife wrote and said
that she was in great tr uble over the
difficulty she experienced in getting
her land dug up The prisoner al
once saw his opportunity Of getting
his own back at the expense of the
Saxon, and replied, telling her to asIx
certain neighbors to give her a heIping
hand. but to be careful not to die Too
deep, as arms and ammunition were
buried in his land. AS he we'll kneyv
the letter would be read by the autborI
tiles. who at ce ordered his land 81
be dug up by the police. They dng
and dug. but fosAhd no arms. ana ae
last gave up their job in despair TIE
next letter he received from his 1vsfe
informed him that the police had hsar
there and dug p his farm ..iIlieant !"
ana, what was more to the point fhev
never asked f. one penny for their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
TRAVELETTE
Up the Thames.
BY NIKSAH

From London all roads lead to OK
ford, but only one retains the lure of
that sweet city of dreaming spires.
and that is the waterway of the
Thames. With the heat and dust of
summer. not to mention possible Yep
pelin raids, comes the thought of the
open country, and the tired Londoner
packs his bag and departs for the ma
tion's piayground-the valley of the
Thames.
At Kingston. a short distance from
London, the river begins it's ninety
miles of meandering, revealing at ev-
cry turn the scenery that the British
landscape painter has SO. faithfully
reproduced 1t flows thru the heart
of rural England, thru a landscape
that for sheer loneliness. for peaceful
ness, and the beauty and charm of
open country almost unequaled
The banks are dotted with rare old
villages the church tower peeping
over the treetops and the matched
and ivied cottages half buried in flow
ers.
Here and there stand ancient stone
mansions, the stately homes of
England" gray with age, their we'll
kept lawns stretching down to the
waters edge and surrounded by wide
breaches of Towering meadow. Some
times the banks are clothed with dark
forests, with every now and then a
glimpse of blue hills in the distance.
In its trip up the river, the steam r
passes thru thirty-one locks, repre-
senting a total drop of 210 feet. These
locks are maintained by the govern
ment, which charges a small toll.
Generally the lock-ke eper's cottage
stands on a little island at one side
of the lock, and always the cottage is
clothed in a greenery of vines. These
lock-keepers really constitute a life
saving corps. for on hslf-holidays the
Thames is literally dotted with pleas
ure craft of all descriptions, and life
preservers are stationed at regular in
tervals to rescue anyone that rocks
the boat.
Apart from its scenery, the Thames
is well worth a visit on account of
its numerous literary and historical
associations. The Roman Iegions
tramped ~its banks, the conquering
Saxons came and went and its waters
have been stained by the blood of
kings. To the north it flows past
Oxford, to the south it's waters eddy
beneath the bridges of the greatest
city in the world. There are many
rivers in the world bigger and era nd
er. but the Thames is liquid history -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
THE SOLDIERS
ISSUED by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.
XXX.

XXX.
The Americans of that day on their
part did not hesitate to take up arms
for their rights, even tho they came
into conflict with the seasoned troops
of a great power-even tho they had
to meet invasion and partial conquest
of their own country Nor did they
long hesitate to break completely
away from the motherland which
many of them still loved.
In 1898 we found ourselves in a
state of war with the French govern
ment This is not usually thought of
as an American war, since there was
no fighting except for a few encoun-
tiers on the high seas. There was no
declaration of war and it was all set
tied within a few months. Yet the
fact is that a state of war actually ex-
listed. Here again we had no quarrel
with the French people, whom we ad-
msred and loved for the help they had
given US during the Revolution We
were really at war with a little group
seized the government of France and
misrepresented its people.
In the War of 1912 with Great Brit
ain, the principal question at issue
concerned the freedom of American
ships and the rights of American sail
ors on the high seas. For the most
part the American army was poorly
trained and equipped and had little
success. 1t redeemed itself, however,
at the Battle of New Orleans, where
Andrew Jackson led the western mill
tia to a well earned victory. The Brit
fsh governments tacitly recognized the
soundness of the principle for which
the Americans fought.
Tomorrow: The Mexican. Civil
and Spanish wars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

The owner of a liberty loan bond
holds written tangible evidence of
being a preferred stockholder in the
United States, the greatest, the most
glorious. the most honorable, and the
most successful corporation in the
world. He holds the certificate of
being a citizen willing to support his
government and to lend money to his
country when it needs and calls for it.
a liberty loan bond may be likened to
a share of preferred stock in this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.I

[From the Atchison Globe.1
So many men carry their burden
of responsibility unwrapped
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned boy who owned a spotted pony ?
A number of events characterized
as romantic should be called a rougher
name
WheA. a man talks about personal
liberty. he is knocking prohibition or
the white slave law.
There is such thing as expecting
the best of it simply because you are
accustomed to the best of it.
Even if man doesn't catch a fish
he likes to imagine the outing did
his health world of good.
Alb. Adkins says his brother-in-law
is the sort of man who would be con-
verted by a boy evangelist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
ON SPUR f III MOMENT
BY ROY K. MoULToN

Some people are trying to hken
Nick Romanoff's trip to Siberia 60
Napoleon's trip to St. Helena. Both
had to leave home, and there the like
ness ends. Napoleon was lion. Nick
was never. better than a poodle. -.i7
A prominent British officer
Recently here with the British mission
Admits in an interview,
That the tank idea
Originated in America
Having lived in the bourbon belt
For many years,
We believe he 10 more than half right.
The tank" not only originated but
Reached his highest development here.
s. Long, Nick.
oh, the winter nights are long,
In Siberia.
And the northern blasts are strong
In Siberia.
Toe dancers they are few,
There's no night-carousing crew,
And there's no excitement new
In Siberia.
They will love you. yes, indeed,
In Siberia.
You have made them starve and bleed
In Siberia.
But you'll miss your charmers fair.
For the courtezans are rare
And you'll start no new affair
In Siberia
Asked an expert how to pronounce
"camouflage," and he said: Pro
nounce it as you would pronounce
garage =" Inasmuch as there are
only nine ways that people pronounce
garage" we may consider the matter
definitely settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

The new war revenue bill adds one
more to the burdens of the already
overloaded railroads. They are made
tax collectors for Uncle Sam. While
the shippers and the purchasers of
passenger tickets must pay the tax
the accounting falls on employees OF
the roads, making necessary a large
addition to the number of clerks in
the service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

Japan is being urged to get into
the war in an active way. Her reply
is that mobilization is impossible at
this time. One might think that a
nation which has been in the war,
nominally, for three years, would have
her army modified by this time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

The states interference in the coal
business seems likely to result as did
its interference in the gas business.
1t gives promise of a dearth of coal as
well as OF gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

Mr.. Hoover suggests that restau-
rants charge more for white bread
than for other kinds. Aren't they
charging enough already? Why not
urge them to charge less for the other
kinds as a means of saving the
wheat. It would be just as effective
and would not be so hard on the con-
sumer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

one of Germanys objects in start
ing the war was to acquire territory
for the use Of her surplus population.
When the war is over she will have no
surplus population.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

David Lloyd George has announced
one of England's war aims in no I'M
certain language. 1t is the restoration
OF Alsace-Lorraine to France. Now
the kaiser knows one of the things he
must do if he wants peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

Russia is sending a large number
Of her soldiers to their homes. Per-
haps she is planning to replace them
with fighting men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

The war must be won in the west,
says writer in Leslie's. Field Mar
shall HaiE appears to be in full ac-
cord with this view.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

+ Field Marshal Haig is operating
Of steam roller himself
The days are full of WOE for the luck
less Germans who get in front of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

Catherine had requested as a spe-
ciaI birthday treat, that she be al
lowed to have coffee for breakfast
Her mother. not all pleased with the
idea, was diluting IL generously.
Catherine peered over into the cup
and then exclaimed in great disap-
pointment:
Goodness! Don't I get any of the
brown"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15
BUSINESS OF LIVING
BIZ 1ns. Eva LEcNARI

Jack Reads of at Least One Good
American Patriot Who Was Born
in Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

When asked what the new taxi
dermy did when it wanted eyes for
animals, he went to a chest of draw
ers in one corner of the studio and
pulled out several small drawers
They were full of little compartments
containing glass eyes. Occasionally, a
manufactured eye would not do and
ii was necessary to paint an eye and
then cover it with glass, he said. Then
he held up a box of black-headed pins
of the type popular with ladies who
search for notion-counter bargains
For rats and mice he said. In one
of the compartments were a few glass
eyes with long narrow pupils These
were eyes for deer.
The foliage, shrubbery and soil that
make the background of so many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-15

Questions on the above or any sub
iect upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director.
D. c.. with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for ~aplv.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15
THOMAS CUMMINGS q
STRUCK BY ENGINE.

s3&Tom Cummings, one Of the en-
ployees in the bridge and building
department or the Northwestern rail-
way was seriously injured in the
yards at Adams, says the Adams Ad
'Xertiser. He was going to his work,
land was walking past locomotive
standing near the coal chute, and as
there appeared to be no one on the
he stepped onto the track
ahead Of it, where walking was bet
rter. At the same time the dispatch
~er, who had the engine in charge,
did not see Mr.. Cummings pass, and
owing to cloud Of steam could not
see directly ahead of the engine, The
locomotive started slowly and Mr..
Cummings, having his cap. pulled
down over his ears and not expecting
the engine to. start, did not hear it,
coming The engine knocked him
down and pushed him along on the
ice between the rails, which. fortu-
nately was SO thick that. his body.
could not roll under the pilot, but.
dragged him along on the ice and
caught his foot in such manner, as
to tear considerable flesh from the
bottom of the foot. and inficting bad
bruises. Mr.. Cummings shouted
loudly, and the driver of the engine
stopped at once, but not. until the
injured man had teen dragged about.
forty feet. A special train Of an en-
CINE and way car was hurriedly. or
.dered and Mr.. Cummings was rushed
ito the Milwaukee hospital.
1t is thought his foot will be saved.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15

the Bray bill to amend the primary
law by legalizing political conven-
tions for the purpose of adopting par
tyzcandidates for party nominations.
you are attempting to do by stealth
what you dared not attempt openly"
said the lieutenant governor. "This
proposal to restore the political con-
vention, even with limited functions,
is depriying the people of part of
the power they voted unto themselves
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-02-15

The witnesses were William I'LL
rich, Rudolph Finger, Joseph Frank,
Fred Moseman. and Louis Barto. The
cases were prosecuted by District
Attorney James H. Hill. Sheriff
We1k served the papers. 4...<~@E~e
According to- the evidence no deer
was killed. The story runs that Ed.
Zimmerman came from Rome to
Sank county and the three went on
a deer hunt on CasseH Prairie. One
of the three started the deer. and
the other two shot at the animal but
missed. The excitement created SO
much commotion in the neighbor-
hood that it reached the game war
den's Office in Madison, and two *ex-
perts were placed on the trail of the
alleged offenders. The total cost of
the sport was $174.2O. The law reads
that 1T is unlawful to take, kill or
pursue a deer. ~ea.~ ~>*.se4 -
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