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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

The policy of mo annexation" de-
ciared by now Russia appears to have
had string attached to it. 1t is ex-
planned that this does not apply to AL
SAGE and Lorraine. Taking the restor-
alton of Frances lost provinces as a
precedent it would not be difficult to
find justification for Encouragement
of Il large portion of the map of Eu-
rope. Italy also can set up a claim
for lost territory. In fact most of the
present German empire has been
stolen bodily or piecemeal from other
nations. The Russians have now
taken a position which is likely to
make them vastly more popular with
their allies. 1t is not enough that the
central powers shall be whipped.
They must be made to compensate,
as far as may be, those nations which
they have forced into an unnecessary
and expensive war. When settlement
day arrives. even indemnities may
find a place in the discussion of peace
terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
GLOBE SIGHTS
1From the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Being sleepy looms as the largest
luxury to the insomnia sufferer.
Economy is a much longer hill than
it appears from the bottom.
Aside from the bottled brand, a
fisherman seldom runs out of bait
One trouble in marrying for money
is the uncertainty about collecting it.
A small town is one where a cane
should not be carried unless the car
rier is lame.
To be perfectly fair everybody
should admit being wrong at least
twice a week.
Being a good loser is all right, if
you don't insist on giving a contln-
uous performance in that line
1t is hard to understand how Caesar
managed to be ambitious in spring
time.
The man who has studied physics
can't explain one thing: Why does
cold cash burn some pockets?
No man who begins to wobble on
the fourth beer should consider him
self as the villages real sport
Youth complains because there is
no place to go, and Age rejoices when
there is no place to go evenings.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who kept himself poor
maintaining a race horse just fast
enough to lose money on it:
A good many people are the same
kind of heroes as the fellow who saw
ed a girl from drowning by standing
on the bank and calling for help
A supreme effort is being made to
stop Sunday fishing because Jude
johnson has been invited to teach a
Sunday school class.
We sincerely hope that the fisher
men of Bible times were not so shift
less as some modern springtime fish
ermen we know real we'll.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who thought a young man
| just naturally had to be tough for
eight or ten years before settling
| down?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
THE SEARCMLIGMT
Latest News from the Fields Of
EDUCATION, INVENTION
Silent Alarm Clock.

The alarm clock as a social prob
lem" might be the thesis of the in
ventor who has devised a new form
CT this indispensable but unpopular
instrument. Realizing that the pro-
longed peal of lusty bell at 5 a. m.
may cause considerable inconvenience
to neXt-door neighbors in apartment
houses and dormitories, he has de-
vised a silent alarm which awakens the
sleeper by a strong light instead of a
loud noise. When the clock reaches
the moment set on the dial, instead of
releasing the spring of a bell, it throws
in the switch of an electric bulPs-eye
lantern, so directed that 1t floods the
pillow with its glare. 1t is claimed
that this method is as effective the
bell in awakening the sleeper in ques-
ton and less effective in awakening
neighborS and room mates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
TRAVELETTE
Prince Rupert.
BY NIX sab

Six hur bred miles north OF the
boundary of the state of Washington,
on Kaien Island, at the mouth of the
Skeena river lies Prince Rupert,
town that sprang up at the bidding OF
railroad company. Prince Rupert
is the western terminal of he Canad-
ian Grand Trunk Pacific. and after the
war you may be able to buy tickets in
London for Yokohama, via quebec
and Prince Rupert.
The little city is hardly nine years
old When the word went out that
the terminal site had been elected,
land spectators flocked from. every
hand and pitched their tents OH
Kaien Island to get in ON the ground
floor wher it came to buying town
lots Property values went soaring.
bu- delays developed, end some of
these early and enlerprlsing investors
went away with less money than they
brought. 1t was not until 1914 that
the railroad was completed from Win
nipeg to the Pacific, and since then
the war has retarded development
The brief history of Prince Ruper,
has presented some unusual and in
terestinS features. Rarely has it been
given to the observer to see so clearly
the process of a city III the making.
For LONG time the streets We're laid
out in nhethodical squares like ..
chcckerbo& rd, sometimes even marked
by sidewalks, with only a house here
and there at long intervals, like q.
checker-piece forgotten on the beard
! In some very hilly sections it hes been
necessary tC cut the streets thru rock.
or to fill them in and raise them many
| feet. A law which provided tina: all
houses should be built at permanent
street level produced some startling
effects.
| Where future street was to he
| twenty feet higher than the surround
| ing flat, LCuse builders had to perch
| their buildings on stills twenty feet
| high. One of the early offices was
pe-ched up in this fashion and con-
nected by a bridge with the street or
the opposite hill. In other places.
! houses built before the stree level
was decided on were left high and
dry thirty feet above the final level OF
the roadway.
But Prince Rupert developed very
rapidly cfter the completion of the
| railroad. In the central district
asphalt has been laid, hills cut down.
| cutters cha nneled in the solid rock,
and numerous automo bi.es scuttel'
| about. Their owners never have to go
far to test the hill-climbing powers
| of their respective machines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
ARE THE CLASSICS TO GO?

THE most serious practical evil to
result from the elimination of the
classics will fall upon the English
language itself" said Edward P.
Mitchell of the New York Sun, in his
talk before the classical conference
that met at Princeton, n. J., last week
There is no Iivelier perception than
in the newspaper offices of the disin-
tegration produced by the absurd cir
cumstance that only so many milli-
meters of big type can be madeSso so
into so many millimeters width of
column.
In its worst aspects headline Eng
lish is the yellow peril of the lam
guage If unchecked. the havoc of
anarchy is irreparable that it can
wreak upon that marvellous composite,
that adequate instrument of any sort
of thought, that heritage from two
hundred generations of our thinking
ancestors. that palimpsest not only Of
Latin and Greek culture, but also Of
the earlier cultures handed down to
US thru the Greco-Roman medium
from away back as far as Nippur.
Were 1 the emergency autocrat of
this language. l should proclaim in
drastic regulations and enforce by Sc
we're penalties the American duty of
adherence to the old habits of speech,
the old scrupulous respect for the fir
err shades of meaning, the old rigid
observance of the morality of word
relations. and this L believe. can be
done only by maintaining the classical
culture at high potency"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

for the village. my good man.
Tin years, sor-"
''Ah. how many loads do you take
in a day."
From tin to fifteen. sor.''
"Ah, yes, Now l have a problem
for you. How much water at this
rate have you hauled in all?"
The driver of the watering cart
jerked his thumb backward toward
the river and replied:
All the water yez don't see there
now, sor.'
The back yard of a house in a
Massachusetts town is overlooked by
the windows of an orphan asylum
In this back yard stood a barrel of
apples which were disappearing at
a rapid rate.
The woman of the house, a widow
and a knowing mother, summoned
her s-year-old son to make inquiry
touching the curious disappearance of
the fruit.
Yes. mother. I've eaten the ap-
pies" he confessed, but l really had
to do it"
Had to do ;t?''
Yes, mother; the orphans wanted
so many cores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Moving picture producers and the
show houses are making hay while the
sun shines. They are flooding tho
country with films ostensibIy designed
TO arouse patriotism, but they charge
an extra price for admission. In
some cases patriotism comes high, but
we must have 1t. We can no longer
shut our eyes to the fact that a pos
sibly small but nevertheless virulent
number Of people are Selling this time
of stress and tribulation to exploit pa
triotic fervor for their own profit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
To Preserve Strawberries.

Specialists in commercial handling
and preserving of fruits in the bureau
of chemistry, United States depart
ment of agriculture. have worked out
the following accurate directions
(Which may be applied also to house
hold conditions) for preserving straw
berries so that just enough syrup OF
the proper consistency can be made
in advance. With this amount of
syrup the berries can be packed at
tractively without floating and no
syrup will be left over. which in many
cases means an important saving in
sugar.
Sterilfze Jars-while the berries and
syrup are cooking, place the empty
clean jars and caps in tepid water and
bring to a boil. and allow to boil for
at least fifteen minutes. Remove the
jars from the water only as they are
to be filled, and the caps only when
they are to be placed on the jars. S.i,l-
pIy drain jars and caps; do not wipe
them. One of the inexpensive jar liz
'ers will be convenient in handing IL
hot Jars.
Sterilizing Rubber Rings-Do not
boil rubber rings any length OF IinS.
last before placing them on the Jars
dap the rings for a moment into
,uiort of boiling water into which one
t+sspc CnfuI of bicarbonate of soda has
been added
s
those who are going to put UP any
quantity of preserves to purchase q
chemical thermometer, which gives
readings by degrees Fahrenheit for
each degree from 212 up. Equipped
with such a thermometer. the pre-
server can be certain of uniform re-
suits. The syrup will not reach 222
degrees F. until it is cooked enough
and is of the best preserving consist
ency The reason for his is that the
syrup will not reach this temperature
until the proper amount of water has
been driven off by boiling. Such a
thermometer is also very useful in all
forms of preserving. in candy making,
and in other cooking operations where
results depend upon exact heating.
A shabby and faded tan leather
bag may be easily made to look as
new by washing it all over with warm
soapy water and a soft brush. Then
wash again with clear water. and
while it is still wet sponge it over
with a solution of oxalic acid, rubbing,
well until all the stains are out. Final
". polish with beeswax and turpen-
tine. or a good tan shoe cream.
black bag may be freshened uD Nv
washing and then sponging with black
dyes. and, when dry, rubbing over
with an oily rag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
War Debts.

Now that the United States is float
ing its first war bond issue of $1,000
100000, the war loans of the Euro
pean belligerents to date become of
particular interest 1t is estimated
that the total amount borrowed by
all the nations in the present war is
over SIS, 900. 900, 900. This includes
short-term notes, bond issues, bonds
sold. abroad. loans from the various
national banks, and foreign securities
borrowed from their holders , serve
as security for loans in the country OF
their origin. The German finance
minister recently estimated the total
war expenditure of all the beiligerents
at 100000, COOS day, but this is gen.
orally considered an over-estimate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Indian for the last few years are
strikingly significant of his future.
The competent Indian will henceforth
be freed from the restrictions of
guardianship and have all of the priv
ileges of an American citizen, while
the incompetent, those who need the
protection of the government, and
they are still the large majority, will
have it in full measure.
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Bu-
reau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
e; closed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
BY ROY 4. MOULT0N.

AnOLIlST
There are lots of famous people it were
very nice to be,
There are heroes made immortal through
their deeds of sword and pen,
And at times one feels a yearning just
to be high as he
Who is mentioned in the Lives OF Fam
Gus Men;
OF the people l would pattern there ap-
pears to be host.
There are many that L envy for their
character and feats,
But the man l mostly envy and I'd rather
be the most
Is the Man who Cheers the People that
1 have seen him on the avenue, along
the busy way
l have seen him always welcomed where
soever he may so
have seen that he is seldom very bois-
ferrous or gay
He is quiet land the best Of men are
sol;
He is not the hearty mixer" he Is nos
the sort that buys
Yet it's every one he's meeting that he
treats
For there's friendship in his smiling and
there's kindness i'll his eyes
And he always cheers the people that
he meets
And when next 1 ever meet him l shall
make him tell me how
1 shall question him and quizz him till
/ know he has my drift
Than a medal on my bosom or laurel
my brow
would rather have your pretty little
Tell me, tell mer' I'll implore him,
what it is you say or do
And well print it in the paper and
they'll sell EN- on the street.
And when everybody reads 1t maybe
therell be more of you,
You who always cheer the people that
you meet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Those who love to raise flowers
but are prevented from so doing by
the depredations of their own or
neighbours chickens will, perhaps,
like to follow this plan:
Prepare the beds, sow the seeds or
set the plants as the case may be, then
lay a piece of chickenwire the same
size as the bed over fiat. The plants
grow thru the holes and soon cover
the wire. Chickens will not trouble
as they cannot scratch the netting.
y vegetable garden might be protected
in the same way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

= Wheat is the chief thing the Amer
ican allies in Europe want. But they
want corn also. and they want meat.
And they aren't as particular about
variety as they used to be. One effect
of this war, says Farm and Fireside. is
likely to be to open up a much greater
market for American corn. The Itai-
5ians are beginning to use a great deal
of corn meal. in tire form of mush and
bread. already. Other nations have
held aloof from corn, but they are be-
ing converted TO it. This recalls that
when the American Red Cross work
ers in Poland a year or so ago wanted
10 help the starving Poles they
brought in .arge supplies of corr, from
. Rumania. The Poles had heard that
some dread disease lurked in corn.
and wouldn't use it. But things are
Changing. An expert of the British
commission informed the writer that
largely increasing demand for corn
and its products might be expected
from the United Kingdom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Let all remember that if we do not
lend the government money with
which to carry on the war it will be
compelled to take it from us in the
form of taxes. The expenses of
maintaining the democracy of the
world must be met. We are in the
war and must stay in until autocracy
is crushed. The least service one can
perform is to buy a liberty bond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

up in a place that begins with H and
ends with L"
A school teacher who was passing.
on hearing the remark, scolded the
boy severely for what he had said.
We'll" replied the boy, after a
pause, I'm sure 1 don't know what
you're talking about. I am talking
about a hospital
One day, as Pat halted at the top
of the river bank, a man famous for
his irquisitive mind stopped and
asked:
ow long have you hauled water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

A remarkable international ex-
change is in progress along the Mexi-
can border. Slackers by hundreds are
reported to be moving across the line
into Mexico to escape the draft, while
Mexicans in large numbers are enter
ing this country to work on the farms
Uncle Sam gets the better of that bar
gain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

The Mexicans do not sink our ships.
they merely rob them. Mexico APP
pears TO be under the impression that
she can do anything to this country
and get by with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
DINNER STORIES

Two small boys were having a
somewhat rough struggle, and when
one received an Unexpectedly hard
blow he exclaimed:
IF you don't look out you'll end
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Reports from Russia indicate that
the Slavs are so busy fighting booze
that they have no time or inclination
TO fight the Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

In the interest of greater food pro-
ductiOn Baltimore has imposed a tax
of 81 per capita on it's cats. Fewer
cats, more birds; more birds. fewer
bugs and worms; fewer bugs and
worms. more garden. Get it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

1t may turn out that Hindenburg
himself is as much of a myth as is
the famous line which bears mis- name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

The new German offensive on the
western front probably is designed to
divert attention from what is going
on along the shores of the Adriatic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Bristow waited until the press CEN
sorship clause of the espionage bill
had been killed before making his at
tack on the government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

We should have a forecast from the
weather bureau on when the war will
end. Everybody else has had his
guess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Mrs willis-"So your daughter is home
from Domestic Science school. / suppose
she has learned several new ways of wash
ing the dishes Mrs. Gillis-"No; she
seems to have learned several hew ways
OF getting out Of washing them."-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

Address the Topeka State Journal infor-
mntion Bureau. Washington. ID. C, for free
Information about
"batever You Want TO Know"
. Write your request plainly and inclose a
z cent stamp for return postage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06

The slow progress which war bills
make in congress is pretty sure
sign that there is no pork in them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
The Gnat.

The little gnat is small and spry,
A distant cousin of the fly.
He loves from place to place to speed
And will rot sit at home and read.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-06
Your Girls Folks.

Sometimes when your girls folks
sit around later than they should EoL
wish you could think of some way to
get them out of the room Many
young man makes the mistake of be-
ing too polite to the old folks They
get the idea that he is interested in
their anecdotes and childhood mem
cries. The best plan is to pay as
little attention to them as possible
AS a rule the old gentleman is the
hardest enc to squeich. When every
thing else fails and as a last resort
you might simply say to him, N
nice way, wouldn't it be about time
to tend to the cat?" When he has
left the reom hang a Positively No
Admittance" sign on the outside of the
door and back the piano against IT..
Seems ike when Bum luck is
down on you she never lets up on you
How to Get Into Trouble.
Forget the number of your sleeper
berth.
Toss IN egg into an electric fan.
Tell your wife everything.
Listen to an auto salesman.
Endow your worldly GOODS.
Wall of the Nifty Dressers.
oh Summer, come and bring thy heat, we
Bring blazing beams to beat upon our
Bestir old Sol and bid him shake a reg
And be burning as tie 'aw allows.
Yea, though We swelter and We swear and
SwOOIi.
Come bring the Orb of Day his bjstering
rays,
For we are fain to feel summers noon
As highly heated as in other days.
A summers noon, when all along the way
The many yearn for shade and cooling
drinks.
, And to each other turn ut times say,
Thou findst it hot enough for thou,
methipks?'
oh, Summer come and bring tn worst
you've got
OF il Vol won't then tell us so because
We'd like t. know if YOU intend not
To let us ever wear our nice new
Straws.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-01
CENTURY GIVES
LARGELY To BOND
IND RED CROSS

Century. Fla, June 3O.-Centurv
reports 103 citizens, together with
employees of the Alger-Sullivan Lum-
Der Company at Century, Foshee,
Nous and Camps, as having subscrib-
ed for $25 $4,000 of the United States
government liberty loan bonds.
The Century organization Of the
American Red Cross reports 742 sub
scriptions to the American Red Cross,
amounting to $2,758.20, the greater
part of which has been paid in cash;
these subscriptions were freely made
by citizens of Pine Barren, Molino,
McDavid and Century, Florida, to-
gether with employees of the Algcr-
Sullivan Lumber Company located at
Century, Foshee, Nous and Camps;
particular mention being made Of
quite a few of these employees who
subscribed one days wages in each
month for four months, as their do
nation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-01
THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 1917
R. R. ASKED To
CUT GRAVEL RATE
TO HELP COUNTY

In accordance with the request of
Division Superintendent f. o. Salt
marsh, of the L. & n, the committee
of citizens yesterday filed a written
request that reduced rates be allowed
the county to haul gravel from the
pits at Century, to repair the bay
shore road, between the Little and Big
BayOus.
The letter stresses the importance
of the reservations, the fort and the
aeronautic station to Pensacola and
the county in general, and the neces-
sity of affording easy communication
with good roads to the stations. 1t
states that the present poor condition
of the road is subject of criticism
from officers of the navy, and unless
some remedy is given might result in
actual hostility to Pensacola as a
site for the station.
Continuing, the letter states, that
the situation must be met at once, as
the road is in urgent need of repairs
The county owns the gravel and can
furnish the labor, but the money re
CURED to move 175 to $50 carloads Of
gravel required, makes the expendi-
ture prohibitive.
Being without authority to borrow
money or bond itself, the county must
rely on the cooperation of the trans
portation companies to haul the ma
terial within easy access of the road.
If this is done, the letter states, i'm
mediate work will be startak to make
the road permanent one With gravel
surface.