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Nelson--Wayland.

Charlottesville. Va. July 25.-Mr.
and Mrs Charles l.. Wayland, OF
Crozet, this county. announce the en-
xaeement of their daughter, Ruth
Lee. to Dr. Francis Page Nelson. OF
ELK Hill," Forest Depot. Va. The
wedding will take place the latter
mart OF August.
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Berkeley. Va July 25.-William
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copal church. Portsmouth
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Roanoke. Va. July 25.-Mr and
Mrs Tazcwei Morgan announce the
marriage Of their daughter, Elizabeth
TO Samuel Elliott Bonsack. Jr., Sat
urday. July 21st Johnson city, Tenn.
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Norfolk. Va, July 25,--The mar
riage Of Mrs. Loula May Lacy. OF
Nashville. Tenn. and Assistant Sur
seon Dozier Gibbs. L. s. N. recently
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ditions. II was impossible for nr.
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mediately after the ceremony DR.. and
Mrs Gibbs left for Old Point, where
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Fredericksburg. Va. July 25.-Mr
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Mrs. r r. Highland and daughter
Miss Celesta Highland, who have beer
spending the past several weeks with
the formers parents, Professor and
Mrs. r. K Powell in FLOYD avenue
are at Virginia Beach for two weeks
before returning 10 their home in
Clarkshurg. ". Va
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Mr. and Mrs, Robert Buckner and
Miss Dorothy Buckner. of Roanoke,
Afe visiting in Richmond
Mrs. Guy Sager has returned from
= Wait with her father, II. O. Nicholas.
Of Newport News
Mrs Eliza Wheely is visiting Mrs.
r. r. Sharp IN Hampton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-28
TRAWELETTE

BY NIKSAH

&CTtuIOO.
Certaldo, little italian mountain
town near Florence, is chiefly noted
as the probable birthplace and the
| indubitable home of one Boccaccio,
an author much read by schoolboys
because standards of propriety have
changed in the last five centuries, and
also by learned s-vants. because he
was in some sort the founder of mod
ern literature. giver of ideas to
Shakespeare and the E1iZabethans,
| forerunner of the short story of to-
day, and as such responsible for the
American magazine.
Certaldo is mildly conscious of the
honor of being the home of Boccaccio,
but they are not excited about the fact
there. They have named a hill after
| him, and a street, and they show you
his house. and there is a statue sup
| posed to resemble him down by the
railroad station, but a celebrity five
centuries old is hardly good enough
to constitute the principal industry of
! a city, even a city as small as Ger
| taldo They are grateful for what
| tourist traffic Boccaccio brings in,
| but they are a farming folk, particu-
larry interested IN the raising OF
| onions.
They produce an immense hard red
| onion hereabouts, of which they are
Unfortunately proud. man who
could have transported the Certaldo
| onion crop to New York three months
| ago would have made his fortune
over night. This typical red onion
| is represented on the municapl coat
of arms. So far they have not added
| to the shield any representation of
Boccaccio, for vegetables are more
| important than literati. Below the
| onion is the town motto, which may
| be translated, 81 am both strong and
sweet" In the minds of those who
| have tasted the local crop there is
no doubt as to the correctness of the
| first half of this statement.
Certaldo is a progressive little city
| in a political way There is a radical
! group there which holds meetings
! around the base of the statue of Boo
caccio to consider the greatness and
! the power of the common people.
| There is something both ironical and
! fitting in making Boccaccio listen to
! all of this for he never wrote about
anyone but noble lords and ladies
among the roses and the nightingales
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SIDE TALK S

BY RUTH CAMERON.


We were talking of old schoolmates
the other day and someone mentioned
Gertrude B.
Gertrude" said one of the group
vaguely, who was she? Oh, yes, 1
remember now. The girl who always
wore SO much cheap jewelry-"
Funny" said someone else, "how
you remember those things. Now
can never think of Beatrice S. without
seeing those dirty finger nails of hers.
And yet there were lots of nice things
about her."
Surely" said the first speaker,
land about Gertrude. too. Why
little things?"
Because we're horrid, I guess" said
the lady who had remembered the
finger nails, contritely.
rs it horried of people not to be
able to see the sun with penny held
close to their eyes?" said someone
else. Those are little things but they
shut out the sun. Is 1t our FAULT"
Its our fault if we hold the penny
close up to our eyes. And rather hor-
I'VE don't hold it up" defended the
simile maker. Memory does"
Cant we control our memories? 2"
mot entirely said the simile
maker.
1--WE could have controlled the hab-
things in the first persisted the
other.
About that time I came away so ]
didn't hear the argument ended.
But 1 carried it on in my mind and
came to these two conclusions.
You can't help noticing these big
little things.
You can try to help placing SO much
emphasis on them.
Whether they should be or not, un-
pleasant little personal habits are
spots on the sun of ones reputation
One should look well to minimizing
them.
w. L. George in one of his books
quotes a woman as saying:
81 really was very much in love
with him, and only just at the end OF
the engagement did 1 notice how hard
| he blew his nose. After we were mar
ried L thought, oh, don't be silly and
| notice such little things, he's such q
| splendid fellow A little later. oh
| do wish he wouldn't blow his nose
| like that, it drives me mad Now
| find myself listening and telling my
self with an awful feeling of doom
Now he's going to blow his nose.'"
He gives this as an example of some
] of the awful little thi- gs'' in mar
ried life.
It's a good phrase, isn't it?
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IT'S THE BEST THING YoU CAN DO

IT'S THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO.
If your life is flecked with sorrows
And your heart is racked by pain,
If the gloom is thick around you
ana there seems no joy to gain,
II the world to you looks dreary-
Then, brace up and join the army!
lis the best thing you can do.
And they bring you naught but loss.
II the golden bonds of friendShip
Have too often proved but dross,
II the maid who said she'd wed you
To her promise was untrue
Then, brace up" and join the army!
It's the thing for you to do.
If your days are full of sunshine
And your heart is light and gay,
II your joy, is bubbling over
With the pleasures of the day.
Don't forget; your country calls you
70 70 ens,. eSlors n prove fS you're true
lis the thing for you to do.
If the soldier-draft should catch you
And you're called to go abroad,
Where, like those who went before you,
You'll be feted and hurrahed.
If you use your Mauser deity
When you reach the lines in France,
You can help to swell the music
That will make the ''Bosches" dance.
Now,-while doing this. remember
That the Teuton. too. can shoot,
And he'll get" the Pershing Sammies,
If he can. the sly galoot.
But with Sammy in the trenches
Fritz will soon begin to note
That the thing our boys are after
Is the Hohenzollern goat.
Then. "brace up. you gallant youngster,
Listen to the bugle's notes.
They are calling you to duty
Where "Old Glory" proundly floats.
You must help to free the world
From the curse of kingly sin,
And We'll give you praise and honor
When the Kaiser is 'ALL IN
j. F. Sullivan. Emporia. Kan.
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The recent changes in the worlds
demand for silver and consequent ad-
to the United States, which is now the
worlds largest producer of silver.
Prior to 1914 our neighbor. Mexico,
produced more silver than did the
United States, but at present our pro-
duction of the white metal is double
that of Mexico, and much greater than
that of any other country. A compila-
ton by the National City bank Of New
York shows that the silver production
of the United States is now louble
that of Mexico and three times that
Of Canada, which holds third rank
among the silver producing countries
OF the world.
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have to work, and that the home cir
Gle is broken up. The result in every
European country has been marked
increase in Juvenile delinquency. The
school is the chief agency for looking
after the child under such circum-
stances. 1t has to enlarge its field,
to exercise a wider supervision. More
adequate facilities for Fairgrounds
and lunchrooms are called for, so that
the children may be kept under the
teachers eye. The same problem
goes all the way down the line to the
kindergarten and the day nursery.
Wherever the home is disorganized
by war the school in some form is
called upon to take it's place.
These demands on the general
schools mean a direct and specific de-
mand on the normal schools. AS the
task of the teacher becomes greater
and more important, the demand for
more teachers and better trained
teachers increases correspondence. 1t
is the part of the normal schools to
supply this demand. The task in war
time is primarily a task for women.
The field is one where women have
long proved themselves equal if not
superior to men, and while they are
daily conquering new ones, it is to be
nope that they will not .-eglect the
fields already theirs.
Questions on the abovs 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
e. closed for reply.
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COLLEGES FOR NEGROES.

Adequate college and university ed
ucation for negroes is urged by DR..
Thomas Jesse Jones of the United
States bureau of education, depart
ment of the interior, in the rep srt on
negro education just issued by the
department If college education is
of value to any group, surely It is to
those who are to be the leaders of the
negroes.
Doctor Jones points out that despite
high ideals and notable enthusiasm on
the part of the race and its benefac-
tors, most of The negro institutions
calling themselves colleges are poorly
equipped and ineffectively organized
and administered. Only few insti-
buttons at present have the student
body, equipment and teaching force
of a genuine college, but a number
of institutions do some work If col
lege grade.
Any plan for further development
of college and university education
for negroes should, according 20 Doc
tor Jones, take into consideration in
come, plant, teaching force, and pres
SHl loCdtiOH Ol SCnOClS Offering more
or less college work. The bureaus
report suggests that all agencies in
terested in negro education cooperate
in the development of a few :nstitu-
tons of university and college grade.
There seems to be general agreement
that Howard university at Washing
| ton, and Fisk university at Nashville
Tenn, are the most promising insti-
buttons for development as UNIVERSE
ties. Still another group of !nstitu-
tions should be developed into Junior
colleges or institutions doing two years
of college work. A number of insti-
tutions are already offering courses
of this grade but they are all in need
of more equipment and larger income
These institutions, Doctor Jones
POINTS out, should make generous pro
vision for teacher-training courses
both in their secondary and college
classes.
THE education of negroes in Amer
lea undoubtedly requires institutions
that are genuinely of college grade,
says DIR. Jones. THE first step in the
realization of this need is the agree
ment that all shall combine in an eff
fort to develop few well-selected in
situations. The second requirement il
the determination on the part of tn,
institutions that every college activit,
shall be adapted to the demands o
modern society"
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NEvADA,s CRooKED RIVER.

South Americas River of Doubt"
las a rival in the Humboldt river in
Nevada which comes forward with an
entirely new claim to distinction. The
humboldt river flows southwcsterly
thru the central portion of Neveda
r.ear the line of the Southern Pacific
railroad. This river is declared to be,
in point of size and length. the crook
edest river in the world. 1t is so
crooked that sportsmen bring stra nge
-aIes of fish and game that become
confused in trying to follow the rivers
course and act as though intoxicated.
At one place adjacent to the rail-
road, between two points two and a
half miles apart, the rivers length is
eight miles and by actual count its
course is alternately north twenty-five
Tunes, east eighteen times, south thir-
ty times and west forty-one times also
it may be stated that at thirtythree
different points it is within one hum
dred and fifty feet or less, ofitself. the
current flowing in opposite directions
by these points.
The runaway river" crosses the
Southern Pacific tracks % times ne
,essitating as many bridges costing in
all $65400O
By way of showing how completely
'1ocoed" it is. the Humboldt ends its
course by running into the middie of
the desert and corkscrewing ITS way
out of sight in a huge sink.
On account of its devious way this
stream is said to be a sportsman's
paradise. Ducks and geese after fol-
lowing its treacherous course 4 short
distance. become deluded and forget
their direction, returning five ard six
times to the point at which they were
disturbed. Fish experience the same
difficulty and become so perpIexed
that they refuse to swim. The In
dams have discovered this and simply
net the fish while they are dazed.
Fred A. Riecker, valuation engineer
of the Southern Pacific, and not Baron
Munchausen is responsible for this ac-
count of the peculiarities of Neyada's
crooked river.
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Daily 1t becomes more evident that
he United States will have ample
lime in which to prepare for putting
her whole force and resources into
he winning of the war. The dead
'oclS existing on the various fighting
Fronts shows no signs of breaking
] { any point, unless it be on the east
|rn, and the result of the Russian
|ituation is likely to have little effect
bn the outcome. The farther the
Germans penetrate Russian territory
he more men they will need 20 hold
|heir gains. 1t is inconceivable that
Russia will make a separate PEACE
|ince there cannot be said to he any
liable government in that country
With which to carry on negotiations.
Winter soon will set in when 4mpor-
|ant military activities probab,H will
bease for some months. The return
BIZ spring should see much -ccom-
blished in the way of preparedness in
america. The movement of troops
Ind supplies to Europe can continue
|,ninterruptedly in the meantime The
Ind of the war appears to be no
fearer than it did three years ago.
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DINNER STORIES

A palatial touring car had attractea
the attention of visitor 70 boston
and he asked his friend; 49,.
large carr" 49, at
The Rostonian glanced in the al"
rection indicated and replieo:
THAT is the poet laureate OF q WEN
known biscuit factory
The landlady hustled up to her new
lodger as he came down to oreahAass
the first morning.
Good morning, SIR" she wheezed.
Good morning" said the logger.
II hope you've had a good nights
rest" said the landlady- ,...,.
NO" said the mildmanned nttie
man. Your cat kept me awake.
"Oh," said the landiady, TOSSING
her head, IT suppose you're going 70
.N-no. not exactly" said the gentle
ledger. But would you very mucn
mind having 1t tuned?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS


Sausage and Kraut (serves five to
six people)-A pound of sausage and
a can of kraut. one pint water, small
piece of butter or fryings; cook till
kraut is tender.
Veal SaIad-Boil a piece of veal
(the hook is good and much cheaper.)
Pick meat from the bones and chop
fine. Rub yolks of four hard-boiled
eggs into smooth paste. Add one
half teacup melted butter (some pre-
fer olive OLD, one-half teacup vine
gar, two tablespoons dry mustard, one
tablespoon sugar, one teaspoon each
of pepper and salt. Stir with the
meat Mince one-third as much eel
cry and white lettuce as meat; mix
and add just before serving. Use
whites of the eggs cut in rings and
parsley for garnishing. You can
make excellent sandwiches from the
above.
Mayonnaise Dressing-Two table,
spoons sugar, butter size of egg, scant
teaspoon mustard, one cup vinegar,
one egg, one tablespoon flour Put
butter in last; mix all the rest of in
gradients together. adding vinegar
gradually. Boil until a custard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-28

Efforts to increase production now.
ia every line, must be made upon a
level of costs that is temporary and
abnormal. 1t is possible largely TO
Increase the winter wheat acreage this
fall, bu, the farmer must make an
outlay for seed. labor and machinery
possibly 100 per cent above normal
POSTS, and take the chance of prices
b year from now. He must -isk his
Investment, perhaps go in debt to do
pt. but We want it done. Any attempt
10 regulate wheat prices which deters
producers from enlarging the area in
cultivation will defeat the very pur-
h ose in view.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-28

Reports from Mexico indicate that
the country is slowly but surely get
finances have been placed on specie
basis. the minis have turned out s3.-
600, 900 in gold coin this year and the
customs receipts at Vera Cruz and
Tampico, paid in coin, amount to as
much more in a single month. War
practically has ended in the republic
and the president and the peopt are
taking advantage of the situation
growing out of the world war. to set
.Eeir country on its feet