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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

while for large returns. it has great
inducements
Questions on the above or any sub
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

Bondholder will no longer be a term
Of reproach as it once was. There
will be few American citizens who will
not be bondholders before the close of
the war. Coupon clipping will no
longer be confined to the wealthy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

burn the old four-poster to save coal,
etc. and so on. Whew, Now who
said the war wasn't enough to turn
your hair gray?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

wind that blows? The truth Of this
Scripture should constrain US to be
eager to make our life count for help
fulness in every possible direction, but
always for the sake of Jesus Christ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

There are few things that will give
the ordinary man so great a realiza-
ton OF his Importance in the world as
will the ownership of a liberty loan
bond
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

The Italian campaign probably has
ended, for this year. Fighting at an
elevation OF from 5000 to 10000 feet
in the winter is hardly to be thought
M =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26
ON SPUR RE Fl MOMENT
BY ROY K. MoULTON

In days OF old,
When nights were cold
And autumn frosts held sway,
Those ancient coves
Built fires in stoves
No landlord said them nay,
Heat guaranteed
In time of need,
That was the custom then.
The old-time chumps
Burned slabs and stumps,
b Them was the days, by hen. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26
More Light. Please.

The boys of the Rainbow Division
may be sailing away to France at
any moment, anC as they are already
chattering with cold in the wilds of
Mineola, L. l., one breads to think of
their taking that cold, shivery ocean
voyage without being equipped with
the warmest, thickest, wooliest
sweaters that our American women
the knitting brigade, and don't stop
for a minute until the last one of
these boys is supplied.-N. Y. Sun.
Can it be possible the government
is not furnishing warm clothing for
the soldiers?
Has the government overlooked
overcoats and warm underwear?
Are we having a repetition of VAL
ley Forge so early in the game?
If our boys are going to France
Nclad only in knit sweaters and wrist
lets we may as well know the naked
truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-26

No Christian service can be slight,
for it is all 'for Christ" The least
and lowliest of. our deeds are exalted
by this great truth, that they may be
done in the name of the Lord Jesus.
No post of service is too obscure for
the exercise of the privilege of minis
tering to Jesus.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16

Turkey has it's mosques: Russia has it's Cos
sacks Germany has its U-boats, and Mexico mas
it's f1eas: but the United States has the queeresI
farms in the world.
At Pasadena CAL, Edwin Cawston operates
what is perhaps the largest ostrich farm IN the
world OF course it isn't everyone who would
care TO keen ostriches. But Mr.. Cawston doesn't
mind it bit for he controls great part OF Tue
ostrich-plume supply of the world. Ii you nave
ever purchased ostrich plume or the M. slaue
YOU may have faint inkling as to now mucn
money can be made from an ostrich farm, II you
know how. Once Pennsylvanians got the 1eVer
and started an ostrich farm up near SunDury' Dut
the moor unoffending birds refused to become ac-
cimated: said they were not snOwbirds or some
thing to that effect. Be that it may, CaWSton )
ostrich farm remains today the greatest in the
world
At Victoria in Mexico, there is parrot ranch.
And some distance beyond Los Angeles, Cal.'
there is an immense pigeon farm There one VIII
find nearly $4,000 pigeons. And almost everybody
knows that there is money in pigeons; 1ndeed,
where is the schoolboy who hasn't kept a few at
one time or another? Also, in Colorado there is
a bear farm And somewhere up in Canada is
man who is making money by rearing WolVes'
the skins bring handsome prices
At Hot Springs, Ark, III. J. Campbell mas an
alligator farm, which is but another OF the Amer
lean oueerest farms in the world. But down IN
Florida where the alligator grows the farmers
used to shoot the whole blooming family. 1t IS
said that between 1890 and 1900 more than 3OOO'-
600 saurians were killed. OF course, perhaps
there was ample reason for this wholesale butch-
ery The alligators seemed to take great dellght
in denleting the farmers herds of cattle. Even
tho docile COW was not immune. Naturally, max
ing away with the alligators in wholesale lots
caused shortage in alligator skin, and the leath-
or manufacturers felt the pinch. Alligator FARMS
were the result
And Mr. Campbell goes Dame Nature one pet
ter-he matches em out in incubators. After
thew get beyond the stage where they look IKE
,yoollv worms with iron-clad backs, the aIlgators
arc allowed to shoot the chutes, play tag ana
otherwise make the most of life. But eventually
ovon+uaIlv-the sword of not Damocles but Camp
hou falls Later the pride of the family receives
as a graduation gift lovely alhgatorskln grip
or suitcase and he and the baggage-snashers' all
,nmndful of the shattered romance and the pitt
FIJI tragedy back of the advent of the grip or
ei+case treat it shamefully That's life for you.
IN Texas the farmer is breeding buffaloes ana
CROSSING them with cattle. In Oregon they are
raising Chinese pheasants, but the story OF how
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
BILIOUS, HEADACHX,
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath--always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead Of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes COM
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
tho constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
SOME STRANGE FARMS
pon surety Have Unusual Means States

the ostrich was first introduced to America Is one
that must be told.
In 1882 an unknown soldier of fortune filed the
hold of steamer bound for New York with more
than 100 ostriches. Now, these gigantic birds
weigh as much as 200 and 300 pounds. even more.
They are accustomed to sunlight the open range
and above all, fresh air. But here they We're,
packed in badly ventilated pens in the smelly hold
of tramp steamer. The pitching and tossing of
the steamer also was responsible for the death
of many of the birds. At any rate. but mere
handful of the original shipment arrived in New
York Later they shipped to San Francisco,
and still later to Anaheim in Lower California.
Terrapin farming is of the newer indus
tries. Down on the Isle of Hope, Georgia, is one
of the greatest of all terrapin farms. And the
United States bureau of fisheries has been study
ing the diamOnd-back terrapin for the last eight
years down at Beaufort, N. G. There terrapin
have been in the pounds for more than six years,
and the young have long ago reached the age
where they can take of themselves
William Hagan has immense fur plant down
along the shores of the Delaware-he raises musk
rats, and makes money at it. During the season OF
1914-15 Mr. Hagan realized more than $1,000 clear
profit on his immense farm, which extends over
an acre of 614 acres. But muskrat farming is a
very strenuous business. In the first place, the
farmer must wait until fall before the real farm
ing" takes place. 1t is then that the skins are at
their best The animals are caught-the greater
part of them-by- means of stake traps; that is,
traps attached to stakes. The stakes also serve
as a guide. Then, too the trappers take with
them needle-pointed rapier, used to spear any
stray rat which may attempt to feet at the first
warning of danger to him or his. And those hip
booted trappers can spear rat with all the deft-
ness of a William Tell shooting an apple.
If you have never seen muskrat farm, drop
down to Mr.. Hagans place-youI be surprised to
see how an underwater" farm is managed, and
10 holt 4hpro nv
muskrats in the world. Some days he averages
more than l5O and he has come very near to the
200 mark Yes, there's lots of money in muskrat
farming; but unless you've got the constitution of
an Alpine chasseur don't attempt it.
Joseph Matlack of Moorestown, n j., owns
what is perhaps the largest guineapig farm in the
world. This much is uncontradctable He raises
more of them than any grower in America, and
makes money where others fail Now that's some
thing to be proud of. Any man can be farmer
Int TO be a successful farmer-well, that's some
thing different. OF course there are other guinea
Mig farms which enrich their owners-lots and lots
of them But in the guinea-pig world Mr.. Mat
lack is king.-Philadephia North American.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
CARVINGS ON WHALES TEETH
Mementoes of Days When Industry Of
Catching Monsters of the Sea
Was in Its Glory

In the museum of the Dartmouth
Historical society at New Bedford
there is q collection of ivory carvings
made mostly from whale teeth on board
the old whaling ships on long voyages.
Capt. George l.. Rowland, who served
10 years in the old whale ship Canton
told recently of pulling teeth at sea.
First" he said, 1.-THE jawbone was
cut from the whale and lifted on deck
by tackle. 1t was then dashed firmly
to a ringbolt in the deck. The gum
was cut from the teeth on both sides
of the jaw with whale spade.
"a seaman then took a crOwbar and
drove it in hard under the first tooth
at the end of the, jaw. A line was
strapped around the first two or three
teeth thus loosened AMI three men then
hauled on the other end of the. tackle,
loosening the whole row.
1.-THE big worries were then cleaned
and usually distributed among the men
who wanted to make carvings. In
fully developed whale there are As
teeth, varying in size from 3 to z
inches.''
Many ormantal things were made by
the Whalemen from these teeth, but
the majority of the carvings in the col
lection are very fancy pie cutters.
These were brought home to New Bed
ford housewives to use for trimming
pie crust.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
Honest Man.

Annis Burke of the Claypool hotel
believes that Diogenes did not need a
lantern to find the proverbial honest
man. Burke discovered that individ-
ual when he received letter from a
man in Louisville, who, several days
before, had been a guest at the Clay
pool.
In his letter the man explained that
when he left the hotel he had procured
what he thought was pair Of his over
shoes from his checkroom. He did not
notice that they were not his until he
got to Louisville. He then discovered.
be said, that the shoes he had obtained
were not his, but were a brand-new
pair, and worth at least so cents more
than his had been.
The guest said that he desired to dc
the square thing with the man who
had taken his OvershOes, and offered tG
send the shoes back on receipt of the
necessary postage. Burke said he
supposed the other man had never no.
ticed the mistake.-Indianapo News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
FARM LOAN ACT.
v. Its Effect on Farm Tenantry.

.Ry Frank r. Wilson, federal loan bu
reau, Washington, D. CD
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
zzZ1T7QD 0ENLLZ1G $40

in the roof of the barn and blown to the winds.
One man in Oklahomas Panhandle last year,
after he had built dug pit silO at total cost
of So proved that Russian thistles can be con-
verified into fair stock feed. This man was Albert
Stone who lives near Guymon. When his Is by
IL si1o was finished, with a So shed over it, he
found he was short of feed, and filled it with
thistes broomcorn, kafr and milo The thistes
were cut too late to make good feed, but in the
fermenting process the thorns were softened and
the cattle ate them readily. There was not
enough from his 80 to fill the small silo but
Mr.. Stone found that the results were sufficient
to repay him. All winter he fed mich COWS,
II horses calves, and several hogs, feeding them
nothing but the silage. 1t lasted for three months.
AS dry feed it would have been gone in three
weeks. That pit silo was the only source OF reVe-
nue. on the farm for the year. and the milk kept
the family in groceries and other necessities
Experiments covering period of three years,
made at the Kansas Agricultural college, have
proved that sage from corn, from kafir and from
sorghum have equal feeding value, ton for ton, for
both beef cattle and dairy cows, when each va
rety is placed in the silo at the proper time rms
proper time for corn is when the kernels are be-
ginning to dent, for kafr and sorghum when the
seeds have grown so hard they cannot be crushed
between thumb and forefnger and while the
stalks and leaves are still green These tests
have proved that the practice in the past has
been to cut kafir and sorghum too green to get
the full feed value in the silage.
These tests will have very important bearing
upon farming in the semiard districts. The best
sage crop will be where the rainfall is
ample, kafir where the rainfall is moderate, ana
sorghum where it is light. Sorghum is practically
a cure crop, where it is well cultivated, in the
driest years in western Kansas and Oklahoma, the
Panhandle of Texas and in eastern New Mexico
and in Colorado.
Every farmer in the Southwest it is said needs
a silo as badly he needs anything; it is further
said that not two men in ten are able to build an
above-ground silo because Of the expense the
pit silo, costing only one-tenth as much and
canable of being built by the farmer himself, is
expected to solve this problem until farmers are
able to purchase the more expensive and better
above-ground silos Of woods tile. concrete or
metal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
6v Robert a. Noulton

Farmers in serni-arid
regions Of west and
Southwest make mex
pensive silos by digging
pits and lining them
with cement :: Method
may be Used profitably
in any part of country
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16

dreds Of them have been
constructed by the farm
ers of western Kansas,
Oklahoma, eastern Colo
RADIO, northern Texas,
and New Mexico. In one
Colorado county alone
lei PaSo-the existence
of a few pit silos last
fall saved $4,000 worth
of live stock which would
have persisted in the
severe winter following
the dry summer. There
were more than 200 pit
silos in this county the
past summer.
The silO is getting to
be an old story on the
prosperous farms of the
middle West. The value
of the great tank to pre-
serve the feed values of
forage crops and utilize
them through the winter
and spring when the DaS-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16

dirt into the receiver In sandy loose SUI 1io ICY
have sunk 2O-foot hole in eight hours' q .".A
which would require two laDorefs' "os
tho usual 1vav from two to three days to accom-
plisb. The Harners dug one pit 80 feet deep ana
IL feet across in IS hours. the dirt being earned
y feet above the ground through an opening niaue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
Sure Thing.

Jones-Loan you ten dollars? Why.
I hardly know you!
Acquaintance-Buth how can you ex-
pect to without loaning me ten dol
lars?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16

Before you call on your best girl al
ways send flowers to her to tell her
the things you are too stupid to say.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
Could Tell Him That.

Client-"How much will your opin-
lon be worth in this case?" Lawyer
II am too modest to say. But / can
tell you what I'm going to- charge you"
Boston Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
Both.

"Henry Clay was gr-rate man,
Cassidy"
'sHe war thot, Mulligan."
$50 CRATE thot he had cigar named
after him, Cassidy"
can a poipe, too, Mulligan. BIOS
ton Evening Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16
HsZXr RZ41zZR EL14
Z11ZzZUG SITS QEaSlZO

for about $50, and their
m e t h o d s practical
throughout we s t ern
Kansas and eastern
Colorado, since there is
very little rock above a
depth of 40 to 30 feet.
The Harner brothers
use the blower of a
threshing machine with
which to remove the
dirt from the pit, blow
ing it through the air
and so scattering 1t
about that there is no
unsightly pile of earth
left. A five-horse-power
engine furnishes the
motive power. The
blower and funnel are
lowered into the hole,
and the men throw the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-03-16

'-7 N THE pit silo the farmers of the semi
= ! !: ]: :
Ew arid regions of the Southwest have
~ found valuable aid in their efforts to
EE l wrest a living from the soil. In the
IA winter of 1913-14, following the I'M
A.A precedented drought of 1913, it proved
it's value to such an extent that hum
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14
"ASHES OF HOPE"
\ MINING CAMP DRAMA.

Ever since The Spoilers The
Flame Of the Yukon" and other
Alaska pictures OF romance and fist
fights. directors have been striving
10 follow the example set by these
successes. In Ashes of Hope"
seen at the LaSalle today, there IS
good picture Of this sort Dance
hall scenes abound, gun play is fire.
quent, the love making is Of the
careless sort, and the heroine is the
underworld type. There is a new
angle 10 the story, inasmuch as it
does not have a happy ending and
woman enlist the sympathies for
the sacrifices she makes for the
man she loves. The atmosphere OF
the mining camp is we'll sustained,
and Belle Bennett IS attractive in
the leading role.
Thursdays picture, "A Game Of
Wits" features Gail Kane.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14

themselves while state OF war con-
tinUeS
The trading with the enemy act
authorizes in certain cases q license
20 permit enemv-owned business TO
no carried on. Where such license is
not applied for or is not granted The
alien property custodian is directed
70 exercise IN regard 70 the enemy
owned property the well defined au-
thority Of a common law trustee
Thus the probable waste and loss Of
a great deal Of valuable property
and property rights which could
not. while the war continues. be
conserved BY the enemy owner. e
avoided, and q trustee appointed and
paid by the United States Is charg-
Cd with the duty Of protecting and
caring Tor such property until the
end OF the war. This IS his function.
There - Of course. no thought OF
the conHscation or dissipation Of the
property rhus held in trust
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14

Wooden MufflerS
Wool Gloves
Regulation NecktieS
Writing Outfits
O. ID. Wool Sweaters
Money Belts
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14
ENEMY PROPERTY
AND MONEY SAFE
Palmer Announces u. S. Will
Not Modest Holdings of Law
Abiding Citizens.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.-Heavy
Withdrawals of bank and postal
savings deposits by aliens in some
localities caused A. Mitchell Pal
mer. alien property custodian, 10
issue a formal statement Tuesday
reiterating assertions that the gov
eminent has no intention of inter-
fering with the money or property
Of Germans or citizens Of countries
allied with Germany living and do
ing lawful business in this country
Mr.. Palmer said many published
statements regarding this matter
had been so misleading as TO give
rise 10 fear that they may have
originated in a deliberate wish 10
disturb and injure American bust
ness interests.
Reports have appeared IN the
press" said the statement with re-
gard 10 the plans and purposes OF
the alien property custodian with
respect TO the property OF aliens
residing in the United States Whlch
have caused unnecessary and III
founded alarm. This alarm has led
in some localities 10 heavy with
drawaIs of postal savings and bank
deposits
The statement most calculated
10 mislead and cause uneasiness IS
10 the effect that the fact as 10
whether any one is an enemy or the
ally Of an enemy under the terms
of the trading with the enemy act
recently passed by congress Is de-
termined by nationality or citizen
ship. This is not the fact. The prin-
cipal test of enemy character un-
der the act of congress is ones resi-
dence. or place OF business. or busi-
ness connections rather than nation
atty or citizenship.
To Protect Aliens.
a subject Of Germany or any OF
! c;ermany's allies residing in this
/ country. even though he has made
no declaration OF his intention TO
/ become a citizen is permitted 20 con-
tinue i'm trade and commerce and M
/ the possession and control o. MS
/ property while ne remains tn the
/ United States and obeys its laws, and
ne is not 10 be regarded as an
/ enemy nor il he placed in that cate
CORY by the trading with the enemy
act.
The broad purpose Of congress as
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-14
At THE AUDITORIUM.

At the auditorium today Dustin
Farnum r appearing in a five act
drama entitled The Scarlet PIN
perneI." Scenically, il is perhaps
one of the best shown here in some
time and through il runs a thrill
ing romance and some mystery The
story has TO do with the reign Of
terror that swept France at the end
Of the 18th century. The fifth of
the Rex Beach travelogues featur-
ing Mr.. Beach and showing the bird
rookeries off the coast OF Honduras.
and the Pathe News of late events,
are also on tOdays bill. TomorroV