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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

dim I think 1 can have enough heat
in the old place to. make your ice
cream sell like hot cakes in Feb'rary."
did sell like hot cakes, and even after
the lemonade had been SO diluted that
it was almost innocent of any intimacy
with the citrus fruit for which 1t was
named, it sold in such abundance that
the proceeds of that table were five
times what one would have expected
from lemonade. Windows were
opened and those who came to buy
made fans of sheets of paper they
could find 1t was a sharp. cold day
for autumn and so there was no very
great irritation in the voices of COM
plant that were raised against the
excessive heat. At any rate every one
who attended the bazaar was strongly
impressed with the fact that the Til
den house was endowed with phe-
nomenal heating apparatus. and
scarcely a person in town failed to
hear something about the excessive
heat that had prevailed in the old
mansion during the two days and two
nights of the suffrage bazaar.
A few days after the bazaar Hen
riette Beauchamp announced her en-
gagement to Randolph Yardley, and
those who knew Henriette as we'll as
those who knew her only for the rep
utation she bore as an up-and-cominG
yOuHS SullTdSlSl explained the IdCI
that the engagement occurred just
when it did in this wise:
Henriette had set her cap for Ran
dolph; yes, that is just what they
/ said, and no doubt Randolph had
taken a fancy to Henriette, but Ran
dolph was not the kind of young man
who would ask a girl to merry him
! unless he had some idea of how he
was going to support her. Henriette
knew this, and, if the truth must be
told, Henriette had the making of the
better lawyer of the two. She knew
that Mr.. Tilden had put a little work
| in the young lawyers way and she
/ knew about that case against the
brewer, Hamburger. So she worked
out the whole scheme. planned the
| suffrage bazaar and everything and
got that man Sandy to make the
fire that would prove the house could
| be heated. And. of course, Iam7
{ berger's lawyer saw there WAS no use
continuing the suit, and the affair was
settled at once. No one cared, for
no one had any great love for the
brewer The result was that 1ilden
! gave young lawyer fee amount
/ ing to half the years rent that he
had recovered, and for-that mansion
the rent was enormous. More than
4 that, Tilden put all his legal work into
the hands of the young lawyer. His
future was assured and-well, after
that, how could Mr.. Yardley DO other
wise than he did ?-(Copyright 1917,
| by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
/ Cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

The Los Angeles Times has been
Issuing some advice to neighboring
newspapers. which might we'll be ia
ken to heart by people generally. It
says: 1T is your undoubted right to
believe in theosophy or orthodoxy or
spiritualisfn or Christian Science or
voodooism or in Holy Rolling as a re-
ligion; or in allopathy or homeopathy
or hydropathy or osteopathy in med
icine; or in Democracy or Progress
siveness or Vandalism in politics. But
don't be so aggressively, everlastingly
cock sure that you are altogether right
and that man who disagrees from
you is an ignorant imbecile and a. dis
solute. drunken thief Study the beau
ty of agnosticism and say occasionally
I don't know Possibly the late Mrs
Eddy's Interpretation of the teachings
of Paul may be as correct as those
OF Apostle Billy Sunday. Possibly
Buddha's doctrine of Karma may be
correct, and Calvin's cheerful faith
in everlasting damnation may be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
THE SOLDIERS
ISSUED by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.)
"

The infantry is the backbone of the
army. TT is the infantry soldier who
must bear the greatest stress of bat
tie. and war is more dependent for
success upon his individual action
than upon any other factor" By far
the largest number of men in the Ma
tional army will go into the infantry
branch of the service. In the present
war the Importance of infantry is even
greater than in previous vars.
There are two other fighting arms
of the service, the cavalry and the
artillery. These three branches of the
army are sometimes called the line
"a term which comes down to us
from the day when soldiers in battle
were always drawn UP in line.
The cavalry is armed with saber
and pistol. as well as rifle. Since the
early months of the present war there
has been little opportunity to use cav
airy on the western front. For the
most part the cavalry forces of Euro
pean armies have been fighting in the
trenches as infantry. Under these
conditions it has been determined to
reorganize several of the cavalry reg
iments of our regular army as field
artillery.
The coast artillery. which handles
the big caliber guns guarding our
chief harbors against naval attacks, is
lery, which handles the smaller guns
drawn by horses or motors and moved
about with the rest of the army. The
present field guns range in size from
3-inch ca1iber to At inches. The field
artillery also handles howitzers which
throw heavy shells high into the air
so that they will fall upon the target
at a very steep angle.
The chief kinds of artillery am
munition are shrapnel ana high ex-
plosives. The shrapnel is intended to
burst in the face of the enemy and
scatter a large number of bullets. The
high explosives are used chiefly to
blow up enemy trenches
Similar to the artillery In many re-
spects are the machine gun troops.
Machine guns shoot out steady
stream of bullets and have great value
against an attack from the front. They
may also be readily carried forward
by attacking troops and used with
great effect against the defenders of
a position
A skirmish line can not advance
by walking or running when hostile
machine guns have the correct range
and are ready to fire. Machine gun
fire is not especially effective against
| troops lying on the ground or crawl
ing.
TTSomorrow's article on the staff corps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

ETY. is indigenous. Altho it feeds
chiefly on insects. the mole does
great damage by undermining the
crops with its tunnels.
The biological survey has discov-
cred fact which promises the speedy
reduction of the number of moles,
however. Moleskin has always been
imported into this country from Eu-
rope, the fur of the native moles be-
ing considered worthless. But the
government naturalists find that the
fur of this largest western mole is of
excellent quality and now a large
number of western farmers expect to
get even with the mole for the dam
age he has done by literally taking
it out of his hide"
Questions on the above or any sub
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c., with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
UNCLE SANS CARE OF HIS BOYS

The government has made prepa-
rations for taking better care of the
men in khaki than many of them get
at home.
The war and navy departments
have established paternal supervision
over men in the service in order to
safeguard both their physical and
moral welfare. No other army is as
well fed or has its health as well con-
served in the selection of food as ours.
Wholesome recreation and educa-
tional facilities are provided. Enlist
ed men are encouraged to prepare and
apply for advancement to non-com-
missioned and commissioned grades.
The physical training of our soldiers
by most approved methods, the ap-
probation developed in them of the
Importance of proper personal hy-
giene, the out-of-door life, the regular
habits under military discipline, the
recent progress in medical and bac-
THEOLOGICAL research, in camp SANTA
ton and in surgery, have reduced by
fifty per cent the sickness casualties
that formerly occurred in training
camps. These factors also establish
resistent and recuperative ability that
will materially increase the percent
age of American soldiers returning
safely from the European battle fields.
The war registration showed that
there are in round numbers IL, OOO, 900
men between the ages of 21 and 81 in
the Unied States, and the average
death rate among these in time of
peace is s per 1000. 1t sounds
like a calamity to say that among the
young men of America between 81 and
81, 10000 will die in a year. 1t is a
terrible thing, but it is the condition
that prevails in time of peace when
the young men are engaged in their
usual vocations.
The figures show that they die at
the rate of 6,666 per month, or over
22O day. If the entire 100000 900
who are registered went to the war.
the list of deaths during the first
year would be sickening when deco
rated with headlines in the newspa-
pers- The actuaries' table shows that
$4,000 of them would drop out one
by one II they remained at home.
M. Andre Tardieu. French high
commissioner to the United States.
recently showed that the armies of
today are suffering smaller losses in
proportion to their size, than the
armies of the other wars. and among
the armies of the allies the losses are
steadily decreasing.
American soldiers go to the battle
front under the most advantageous
circumstances. They are being taught
all that the allies have learned in
their years of war and they are
equipped with the latest weapons and
devices for offensive and defensive
fighting. If preparation counts cas-
ualties will fall even lower than the
figures for the French army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Homemade Fireless Cooker.

HOme- Md0c F1EtlCSS OOh
Material: Large. closely fitted COW
cred box or pail.
Cranite iron cooking kettles with
straight sides and closely fitted COW
ers. .,,,,,
cotton cloth or galvanized iron fit
place hinges on cover of box and
see that box or pail to be used as
cooker is large enough to hold one
two or three closely covered granlte
kettles or pals, allowing at least two
inches all around and at top and bot
tom of kettles; if your kettles are not
of the same height, place enough
packing (not necessarily mineral
WOOL underneath the shorter ones so
as to bring tops of kettles on top
Cut a framework of wire netting Tor
each kettle, fit 1t loosely around sides
that it may be lifted out easily. Sew
down the sides with Irvine:
Fold over one inch or wire All
around top to make a smooth finish
At the bottom of the wire, two inches
apart, make two-inch cuts. upward,
all around the bottom. Bend the
pieces thus formed outward. as a
foundation on which the framework
stands.
Place this wire framework in the
cooker box on layer of mineral wool
two or three inches deep. allowing
two-inch space between kettles and
side of pail or box. Slip kettles in
the wire frames and pack mineral
wool solidly in all empty spaces until
tops of kettles are reached.
Lift out kettles. Make bags of
canton flannel to fit loosely over each
cooking kettle Take piece of goods
size of box or pail. cut out spaces
where kettles belong and sew in the
fitted bags. Slip this covering over
the mineral wool and tack it neatly
to the sides of the box or pail
Cover the three-inch deep cushions
that fit over tops of kettles with the
flannel
A galvanized iron lining made by
a tinsmith would be easier kept clean
than the homemade cloth affair.
Mineral wool can be bought at any
hardware store. It retains heat a long
time. Sawdust, scraps of newspapers,
hay or baled shavings may be used in
place of the mineral wool
This is an inexpensive fireiess cook
er and very simple to make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
SIDE TALK S
Why Not Use Common Sense?
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Why Not Use Common Sense?
There ara some subjects ON which
many people simply will not use their
customary common sense.
One is love; another is money, es-
pecially in relation to it's investment.
Many people who are intelligent
enough to make money and self con-
trolled enough to save it, are neither
intelligent or self controlled in what
they expect that money to do.
They don't seem to have an idea of
using two-and-two-make -four-and
cant-possibly-m ake-five brand Of
common sense on this SUBJECT
l suppose they hope so hard that
hope completely dominates reason.
. For instance, we were speaking of
someone who is paying for his house
by paying twenty-five dollars to the
cooperative bank monthly. In ten
years he will own his house.
There" said the Authorman's
done that with the little house we
bought We get thirty dollars rent
and we could turn twenty-five right
in. Why, just think. we pa a hun
dred and twenty-five dollars a year
on our mortgage and that doesn't re-
duce it one bit l always. felt there
was some better way but you would
go to that bank"
The Authorman started to speak,
then gave her a look in which incred-
ulity, anger and enforced tolerance
were blended, shrugged his shoulders
and said nothing.
1t was the Cynic who came to his
rescue and explained tina: the man
who was paying for his house was
paying tax rates, water rates and re-
pairs, besides the cooperative pay
ment; that to do ne was doing she
would have to turn over most of the
rent TO the cooperative, and on top
of that pay other expenses instead of
getting some income as she now was.
That. you say. was a woman.
Very well, know an insurance
agent who had a beautiful argument
which proved that it costs so much
more to own a house that by renting
you save enough for large insurance
policy.
He convinced a great many men
with that glittering argument, despite
the two glazing fallacies that he pic
tured you as owning a / cuse much
more costly than the rented one, and
that his figures for depreciation and
repairs were outrageous.
There are certain axioms of invest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

pose of the I. w. w. menace. His
methods may be slower than those
adopted by the citizens of Arizona and
Montana but probably 1t will be fully
as effective. In the roundup Robert
M. La Toilette should not be overlook
ed. He has shown himself to be a
ringleader in every effort to hamper
the government and interfere with the
prosecution of the war. The only ap-
parent reason for his course is that
the people declined to nominate him
for president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe. ]
Most mail is disa

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Most mail is disappointing.
What did you ever do for your flag
except wave it?
Banking hours aren't so short as
they look from the outside.
A lot of patriotism going around is
love of being in the limelight-
AS a rule a man knows he is slip
ping long before he admits it.
Some men are just able to buy an
automobile to keep them poor.
Some men don't do much except sit
around garages and get dirty.
About all some men do when they
attend a meeting is to delay adjourn
ment-
When you are young you always
expect more to happen than does hap
pen.
When a man says he was too busy
to shave today he really means he was
too lazy.
A mistake is often an indication that
you are at least trying to do some
thing.
Every time you roast a friend you
place a scar on your character that is
there to stay
When a town is sick and something
must be done, everybody wants to let
George do it.
After telling YOU ne doesn't want 10
take your time the average agent
proceeds to take it
Talking behind ones back still re-
mains the commonest variety Of in
door and outdoor sport
A lot of Atchison women who are
knitting socks for the soldiers never
knitted any for their husbands.
There is a good deal of secret re-
joicing nearly every time a draft ex-
emptton claim is turned down by the
appeal board
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
THE NEXT WAR.

If ever there shall be another great
war it probably will be fought in or
over China. England, probably, will
be in a position to prevent it or pre-
cipitate it.
Japan sees in China her greatest
field for trade and material advan-
tage. She is going to develop that
trade to her own advantage We want
to do the same. AS it is, we have
advocated the "open door" in China
in order to benefit our own trade.
England is looking out for herself
China has an area fifty times that
of Japan, a population eight times
greater, a wealth of natural resources
several hundredfold as large, and a
people with all the potential capacity
of their island neighbors.
Its foreign trade in the past thirty
years has advanced from eighty to
four hundred millions of dollars gold.
1t should be many times greater.
Though it is the largest cotton yarn
market in the world, China has only
one million modern spindles. against
two and a half times that number for
japan, llllILy-lWO LILIES that number
for the United States and fifty for
England.
1t has thirty to forty modern mills
flour, oil. rice, cotton-match fac
| tories, arsenals, shipbuiIding works,
blast furnaces. electric lighting plants
1t should have hundreds.
With a wealth of coal deposits as
great as those of the United States
China is today still importing coal
from Japan.
With an area, including Mongolia
Thibet and Chinese Turkestan, one
third greater than that of the United
States, it has six thousand miles ,of
railways to handle her transporta-
ton needs and to connect her with
world markets, against 25O,0OO in the
United States.
She has cities of more than one
hundred thousand population each
where the Standard Oil company
kerosene lamps are the greatest lux
ury in lighting facilities, where there
exist no running water supply, nc
sewer system, no wheeled vehicles
no telephones, and even no movies.
She has no water generated power
plants. although the country abounds
In waterways
The business possibilities of China
may be regarded as worth fighting for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
THE SEARCELIGHT
Latest News from the Fields of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTIONS
New Trench Weapon.

The latest trench weapon is based
on the principle that the rifle in
trench warfare is little more than a
handle for a bayonet. For rifle-fire
at any considerable range, the ma
chine gun has largely supplanted
the standard rifle. For the hand
to-hand fighting that goes on when
a trench is assaulted, the automatic
pistol and the bayonet are the most
effective weapons. So this latest in
vention combines the two, in the shape
of a tool which carries a bayonet on
one end and an automatic pistol on
the other. The handle of the in
strument carries five extra clips of
pistol cartridges. Thirty-six high
power pistol bullets can be discharged
in half as many seconds, and the SOL
der can then use the bayonet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10
ON SPUR 4 FL MOMENT
Curse the Rich.
BY MORRIS MILLER

Curse the Rich.
They enter the rush and the scramble,
They barter, they game and they gamble
For power and station and wealth.
They jeer at the home that's a howell
And poverty's pinch they disdain,
While low before Riches they grovel
And kneel at the altar of Gain.
Is here any thought of the needy:
Is here any pity or love?
Nay. these are but throngs of the greedy
Whose only reply is a shove
o ye in whom avarice RACES,
o We, of the desolate pride,
Take heed of the word of the sages
And cast all thy riches asidel
Be brave, We may yet know the blessing,
Have heart and relinQuish today
The pomp and the pride you're possessing
And throw all thy riches away
Be rid of the gauds so unseemly
(And when you have flung them afar,
I'm sure l will thank you extremely
To show me about where they are).
Male shopping.
Usually the reason why = a man
marches out of a haberdasher's shop
loaded down with shirts and collars
and neckties is because he went in
just to buy pair of socks.
Many homes are made unhappy by
men who do not take their wages
straight nome on saturdays Dut go
into haberdashers' stores to buy a col
lar button. After he gets on the car
with his bundles a man will begin to
worry about baby's shoes and the gas
bill.
No haberdasher's clerk will ever
gain success and distinction unless he
,can persuade himself that you are a
June bride. He must sell you a COM
plete trousseau. If he loves his work
he will simply carry you away with his
enthusiasm.
The chances are he will take quite
a fancy to you and show you how to
be neater about your person. He will
tell you in a nice way that you should
take more pains with your personal
confidence and tell you, good natured-
around looking pretty dowdy.
After he has made you feel that
you are quite a skate, any way you
look at it, you will come back at him
if you have any spirit He would
certainly have a laugh on you if you
merely bought a pair of socks and
walked out. Order him to show you
some ties. Buy a two-dollar tie and
some silk shirts. And look at his
cuff links and stick pins. 1t is well
to- know that very neat ten-cent store
cuff links may be had in most shirt
shops at two or three dollars the pair
A man with a little pride will not
let any haberdaSher's clerk make a
fool of him. But if you had walked
out with only collar or pair OF
socks he would certainly have given
you the laugh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

Despite the safety first campaign
which has been carried on all over
the country, the interstate commerce.
commission reports the loss of 10000
lives thru railroad accidents last year.
This is 1871 in excess of the figure
for 1915. 1t is heavy toll in human
life and demands renewed efforts
along the line of prevention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

A Wisconsin man, before his death,
prepared the funeral sermon which he
wished to be pronounced over his re-
mains. The plan is not without its
advantages. The deceased has the
last word and is not compelled to lis
ten to a reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

Germany continues to issue paper
money in enormous volume. Mexican
money will look pretty good beside
that of the kaiser If the war last
much longer. The old-time green
hacker would be in his element in
Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

1t is reported that the packers have
combined to solve the meat problem.
1t seems to have been solved years
ago as far as 1t concerns the packers.
If they will curtail their profits and
reduce their price they will solve it
for the consumer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

He nosed around it and over it,
but it didn't seem good to eat SO he
decided to was a stone and went to
sleep.
Soon some men and boys hunting
for the ball poked around with their
clubs and walked him up.
This is getting pretty crowded
here" he exclaimed as a club swung
past his hole. I'll get OUT
So he jumped right thru the crowd
of men and boys and landed safe in
the creek
IF that is golf,'' he unused as he
swan down stream, its too siren
uous for mel guess I'll move"
And he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

ment which will help keep anyone
out of trouble.
The first is this: You car get GER
tain interest for your money together
with reasonable guarantees of safety.
If you want more than that you must
make up your mind TO take some risk.
The second is as old as it is new,
You can't get something for moth
ing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

wrong. Possibly people who claim to
have been cured of disease by some
other pathy than your pathy are
neither lunaties nor liars"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

Since the policy of commanders of
the allied armies appears to be that
fighting shall be carried on only on
one front at a time. it seems proper to
suggest that somebody spell" General
Cadorna.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-10

Dispatches from Berlin indicate that
the Germans have decided to remain
at Riga for the winter. It is a wise
conclusion. They will have a much
less distance to travel when they start
for home.