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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
Lokal Squibs

Seth Dewberry our lion harted town
constubble who is also the ianniter of
the church and bids fires in the two
church stoves erly evry Sunday MORN
ing SO the church will git het up for
morning service & also rings the church
bell discovered last Sunday when he
went to reach up for the bell rope to
ring the LIST bell for church that there
wassent no bell rope therel Seth was
hld with consterrlashion and had to
cline up on the church roof with his
life in one hand and Ratchet in tother
and strike the bell with the Ratchet to
call folks to church and then set there
on the ridgepole of the church half a
hour until it was time TO ring the sec
ond bell and it was Is degrees below
zero and the wind BLOWN gale which
like to of froze poor Seth todeth
Monday Seth started out to look for
clues as to what had become of the
barnyard. It pears Sim done some
hawking with his yoke of oxes last
Satterday and needed a rope so he
helpd hisself to the bell rope When
Seth told Sim that he could send him
to states prison for 30 yrs for doink
thing like that he had poor Sim
almost scairt todeth.
Miss Milly Hoskins our well knowd
pone writer who has had numerous
PONIES printed in the Bugle and even
in the CO seat papers apeard in church
last Sabbath wearing a bright green hat
and a bril1vunt red shawl over her
shoulders which made Miss Milly the
cynoshure of all eyes speshially the
wimmen foxes who was so interested
in Milly's git up that they diddent hear
ennythink Rev. Moore said in his SER
mon and they ort TO of heerd it too
becuz the text was on the dooties OF
husbands and wifes lords catch other
Milly has what you mite call artistick
temperament and shows turrible good
taste in the brite colers she wears
LATE Whittacre has returnd to Bing-
vile after working a wk in lumber
camp about 30 miles in the woods north
of Bingyille where he says there is a
crew of so men engaged in cutting
down timber LATE says the wages was
good and so was the grub but what
he couldn't stand was sleepin in the
same room at mite with 50 men who
snored so dognashion loud they almost
raised the roof and he diddent sleep a
wink emmy mite for the hull wl he was
there and was most dead for sleep
being awake all day and all mite too
After LATE seen his friends in Bing-
willie he started home and said he was
goin to bed and calkilated to sleep mite
and day for at least a wk to ketch up
on sleep. We calkilate he is doing it
becuz this was five days ago and he
amt been saw on the SIS sinst
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17

everything about his suit and his mo-
Their cufd his eres for him. Mrs. Hill
yer was turrible put out of the smear
and stain on the tablecloth but she had
too good manners to say mulch about
it at the time altho she has told several
that she hopes to goodness the next
time she invited Missus Hinckley
(which wont be soon) she'll leave
Bud who amt quite rite in his head to
home.
Hank Dewberry has old clay pipe
which he has been smoking stiddy
now for seven yrs. He 1et'it fall onct
and broke porshion of the stem often
it but otherwise it's jest as good as
ever but turrible powerful strong. In
fack Hanks pipe is so dognashion
strong that it makes him sick evry time
he smokes it lately and also turns the
stummick of ennybuddy who is around
and smells the smoke of it. Glenn
Wheeler askd Hank why he diddent
soak the pipe in turpentine over mite
being as that would make it sweet &
mild agin so Hank thort that would
be a good thing and he done it, but
after soaking it in pan of turpentine
over mite he tride to smoke it and the
taste and oder of the turpentine mkt
with the tobacko made Hank so sick
that he had to go to bed all one day
and had no appytite for his meals
When Hank met up with Glenn he askd
him what the durnashion he meant by
telling him to put turpentine in his
pipe being as it ruind it and he couldn't
newer smoke it agin. Glen said he
know it would do that which was why
he told him to do it sinst the pipe was
a publick noosants and he tux that wav
of RUNNING it. Hank was ftin mad
but not ftin mad enuff to tackle Glen
who is twict as big and strong as
Hank is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
All Broke but One

Amir Haines one of Our most re-
speckted citizens started to Hen Wea-
thersbys store tother day with six doz
eggs in basket which his wife had
been saving from the hens for quite
spell back Amir had a list of gro
ceries which he was to take out in
trade for the egs and the balants in
cash which he fggerd would be tidv
sum being as Hen is now paving 40
cts per doz for strickIy fresh ees.
Well. after Amir had got into the
store with his egs and still helt them
in his right hand Gideon Small who
had jest fild his pipe and diddent have
no match to lite it with stepd up to
Amir and askd him if he happend to
have a match with HIM
Amir said he thort he had so he felt
in his left vest pocket for a match but
there wassent none there and Amri
said there must be match in his rite
hand vest pocket but instid of shiftin
the eggs in the basket from his rite
to his left hand Amir like blamed
fool let go of the basket so he could
use his rite hand to feel into his rite
vest pocket afore he thort what he was
a doing and the basket with the six
doz eggs in fell to the floor with a
crash breaking every gorramlned egg
III the basket exsept one!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
"WIMMEN SUFFERGISTS"

Tother afternoon Missus Cy
Hoskins happend to make a fash
ionable call on our wife at the time
when we happend to be laid up at
home with a turrible bad cold in
Our head & chest from which we
sutterd to stitch a extent that we
had to call in the Professional SER
vices of Doc Livermore our hu-
ming speshialist & horse veterinary
and we wish to state emfatikally
that a person has to be purity des-
pert when he calls Doc in on the
case.
Doc give us some medisin in
llkw1d form which was so ornery
tastin that if we was a dockter we
wouldn't give it to a dog even if the
dog was dyin and we knowd it
would save the dogs life! Doc
also give us some pills about as
big as marbles which we persoom
was horse pills to give. to sick
horses for colick. Betwixt the
turrible awful tastin medisin and
the pills we fgger that we got set
back several days and therefore
wont be out and around until wk
latern we would of if we haddent
let Doc dockter us.
Be that as it may Missus Hos
kins askt us as we set there proud
up in a chair coffin our fool head
often our shoulders almost and
when we wassent sneezin we was
coffin - Missus Hosllins askt lis
why we diddent never write a ed
dytoriul in the Bugle on "Wim-
mems Suffrage and the right for
woman to vote jest like a man
at eleckshions ct cetery.
Missus Hoskins is very mulch in
faver of winners suffrage. Two
yrs ago she tride to git up a VIM
mems suffrage lig in Bingville and
went around amungst the wirnmen
foxes of this town endeavoring to
incite them to voting, but her eff
iorts fell flat. 1t pears that the
winmen of Bingville had enuff to
Go to look after their housework
and children without monkeyirg
with winners suffrage.
We are allus ready and willing
to oblige emmy person when we kin
specially lady and it gives us
great pleasure to dash off as
follers a eddytoriul on ''Winrnen's
Suffrage as Missus Hoskins has
rekwested us to do:
AS edditor & prop of the Bugle
we are aginst it and we don't keer
who knows it. Them BRIEFLY is
our views in a nutshell.
The Bugle don't think that a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
Country Correspon-
dence
LANDS END

This is the coolest winter we have
had in these parts for menny yrs and
as a result most of the men folks is
wearing about three shirts on theirselfs
and 2 prs of pants to keep from freez-
in todeth
Peter Arson is suffering from a
bealing in his ear. Pete says he
wouldn't wish snake to have Dealing
in its ear as 'nutch as he hates snaix.
This is the LIST time we ever knowd
that a snake had emmy ear.
Zachary Peabody while out cutting
lumber III the woods last wk had a
limb of a tree to shift around his
coonskin cap so that one ear lug that
coverd one ear was down over his
forehead and tother acrost the back
of his neck, but Jack was so bizzy
and absorbed with his work that he
diddent reulise it until both ears was
froze it being about IS degrees below
zero at the time. We persoom lack
his ears in the fuchure.
Ananias Hooker went out to his barn
to give his ram sheep some hay which
SAID ram ne keeps III enclosure IN
the barn all by hisself and whilst Ana
Mas was arranging the hay the ram
backd of and struck Ananias stitch a
powerful blow with its head and horns
in the small of the back that IT pitchd
him headfirst into the hay in the man
ger and wedged him there so that he
like to OF snotherd todetl1 before he
could exterkate hisseTf When the ram
backd off for another ram at Ananias
he tux his chances and run excaping
and shutting the door before the ram
hit him agin. Ananias says he calki-
lates he will transform that ram into
mutton soon.
Mrs. Luke Sampson has purchased a
new sowing masheen and is now max
ing all her own clothes and also clothes
for some OF her nabers who amt got
no masheen. Mrs. Luke says that a
sowing masheen is a wonderful inven-
silion. We persoom she is rite about
this, OCKASHIONALr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17

womman has emmy bizness in poll
ticks. AS fur as intelligents is
concernd shes got enuff of it in
order to vote with good Judgment.
In fackt most of the wimmen we
have met in our life have had a
good cal more intelligents than the
men we have met and that's Jest
the reason that we perpose to do
all we can to keep EN- outen poll
ticks.
If the wirnnen of this country
was allowed to vote wot would be-
come of politicks we ask? Anser
-politcks would go to the DEM
nis1lien bow-wows, that's where
they would go! If wimmen could
vote politicks would be run clean
and open and above board. There
wouldn't be emmy crooks in poll
ticks becuz the LIST thing the VIM
men voters would do would be to
kick EN- outen politicks and when
that happend how, we ask, pray,
would as poor crooked politickal
CRATER make a honest living? Why
he wouldn't have emmy show tall.
Not only that but the saloon
would haft to go and lot of other
evils which are in this country but
which pays to the guvvernent a
doggawned good revenue which
the guvverment needs in its biz
ness.
BRIEFLY these is Our views on the
winners suffrage questshion.
We have give several good reasons
we think why wimmen orient to be
allowed to vote and if we could
think tip emmy more reasons at this
time when our head is SO bunged
I'D with this cold that it feels as if
all our brains was turned to punk
or custard puddin, we would do
50 with great cheer.
EDDITOR BUGLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
Personal Breefs

We wish to state that the person who
entered our offs thru the unlocked
door on Tuesday of last wk and Dor
rowed our offs shears when we was
down to Snake Bend tryin to colleck
a few do1lers on subscripshion (& did
dent git a blamed cent y is suspeckted
and unless these shears is returned
prompt or their equivalent (they cost
us so cts new five yrs ago but they've
Deen sfarped up several times and are
worth twict as mulch now the law
must take its course.
Dave White our poplar undertaken
who in addishion to his undertaking
accomplishments is also regarded as one
of the best checker players in Bingyllle
licked Eph Higgins our accommodate
ing P. NJ. in a checker game down to
Hen Weathersbys store tother evg.
When the game was about half over
Eph had the best of it and had begin
to crow a good cal over Dave. but
when Epll got up from the board to
buy a seegar and his back was turned
Dave was saw by several to fix the
checkers in stitch way that it wassent
five rninnits after Eph set down tagin
until Dave licked him which was a
turrible surprise & Disappointment to
Eph.
Bud IIinckley who amt quite rite in
his head and Buds mother was both
invited out tother evg to etc supper
with their nabers Mr.. and Mrs Anne
Hillyer who is our 1oryer g. legal lite.
Before they had ben set down to the
table FIVE minnits Bud had to go &
spill whole big bowl full of stewd
cranberries consisting of neerly hat a
gal of same not only all over Missus
Hillyer's Mise clean tablecloth but also
in his lap which ruind the Mise new
suit Bud had on which his mother
purchased for him at the co seat only
few muntls ago. Bud cride like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-17
how are you fixd
for a sled ride
HEY?

Being as | have a great biz
road sled with bubble runners
onto it and deep wagon bed or
same full of clean straw that viii
hold at leest 25 yung peepul or al
most as menny old ones, also two
big strong bosses that is standin
IN the stable eatin their fool head>
often their shoulders and not git
tin emmy exercise a tall, I thort il
would be a good idee for me to
advertise that ! will take out
sled ride parties emmy mite in
the wik exsept Sunday at the
rate of so mulch per head
Here is a chanst to git a sled
ride cheep for them as amt got no
horses or sled. Here is also a
clanst for the yung men of Bing-
vile to take their best gal out
on a sled ride and thus endeer
her to their hearts as | mite say.
Wllot / ask is niser than to go
out in sled with a lot of yung
foxes on cool crisp mite when the
moon and stars is sllinin and the
sleddin is good and the snow
crunches under the horses heels
and the bells is jinglin whilst you
set there in the straw snug up to
the gal you luv with your arm
around her to keep your hands
warm? Is there ennythink nisern
that | ask you. No there amt.
Why don't some of YOU yung fell
lers of Bingville who has sweet
hearts on your hands have enuff
sprawl to git up a sled ride party
and let me take hull passel
of you out some mite soon.
For further particklers and
prices see me.
Birgville. SILhS SKILLINGS.
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Amir was Madden a wet hen ana
told Gideon he would haft to pay for
them eggs but Gid said it wassent his
falt that the eggs broke being as emmy
fool ort to know enuff to know that
if you let go all hollis on basket OF
eggs they'll fall and if they fall that
they'll break.
Amri and Gid had purity hot words
about the matter and shuk their lists
under each others noses and almost
come to blows. We ca1kilate they
would of come to blows becuz Gid in
vited Anlri TO step out into the road
and he would take great pleasure i'll
givin him a good lictin and Amir said
he would except the invitasllion with
great pleasure if it wassc1t for the
fackt that he had roomytiz in his left
shoulder so blamed bad.
Then Hen Wcathersby prop of the
general store stepd up to Amir and
told him he'd thank him to clean up
the mess OF them broke eggs which
had leekd outen the basket and onto
the store floor
him that he'd die and rot afore he'd
lose the value of all them six doz eggs
and then degrade hisself by gittin down
on the floor and scrubbin EN- up into
the bargin which would be adding in
suit to injury.
Then Hen got riled and told Amrl
judgin by the odor of the eggs some
of EN- wassent strickly fresh and had
either been KEEP too long in a warm
place or else set under a hen a yr
ago this spring
Then Amri got maddern ever and
went out the door which he slamd
behint him and went home in deep dis
gust with his drippin basket on his arm
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
GRAY HAIR BECOMES
DARK AND BEAUTIFUL
Try Grandmothsr's Old Favorits
Recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and
lus,re to the hair when faded streakcd
or gray Years ago the only way TO
get this mixture was TO make il al
home, which is musSy and trouble
some.
Nowadays we simply ask at any drug
store for "Wye,h's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" You will get a large bot.
tie of this old time recipe improved
by the addition of other ingredients Tor
about 50 cents. Everybody uses this
preparation now, because no one can
possibly tell that you darkened your
hair, as II does II so naturally and
evenly, You dampen a sponge or soft
brush with 1t apd draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand At
q timei by morning the gray hair dis.
appears, and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark, thick and glossy and YOU look
years younger. Wye,h's Sage and Sui.
phur Compound is delightful toilet
requisite II is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention OF dis.
eaSe.--Adv.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Hints For
YOUR HoME

LUTEN BREAD especially good
for diabctesI Two cups gluten
flour. three cups lukewarm water,
one-hali cake compressed yeast, four
more cups gluten flour, two teaspoons
salt. one tablespoon lard tmeltedD
In the evening dissolve the yeast III
the milk, add the two cups flour, beat
it to a smooth batter, Set this sponge
in a warm place over night, The next
morning add balance OF ingredients, us
ing smooth and elastic. Set III warm
place until light then shape into two
large loaves. Let rise until light and
bake abou, fifty minutes in moderate
oven
Raisin Loaf - Mix one cup yellow
corn meal, one cup wheat flour and one
cup small raisins. Add two teaspoons
baking powder, half teaspoon salt, one
cup sweet milk
Mix all these ingredients together
thoroughly, beat in an egg and a table
spoon of melted butter, bake in no,
oven. Ten minutes after placing bread
in the oven dust the top with powdered
sugar and cinnamon.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19

Miss Harriet and Miss CadiJah Col
cord. All West Thirteenth street, who
were" attending fery Hall, Lake
Forest, Ill, this winter arrived Satur-
day from Kansas City where they have
been the guests OF their brother Mr..
Ray Colcord and Mrs. ColCord for a
month, since the close OF the first
school term. and will be at home for
the remainder OF the winter Mr
Charles i. Coloord, who accompanied
them from Kansas City, left last night
for New York city Mrs. Colcord will
return Wednesday from Mineral Wells,
Texas, where Miss Marguerite and
Miss Caroline Colcord will remain
some time longer
Miss Lillian Iidnam, lI@6 West
Thlrty.iourth street returned this
morning from a short visit in Tulsa.
4 Y =
Mr.. Walter ID. Caldwell, 6l0 West
Seventeenth street, returned Saturday
from two weeks trip to Chicago.
" y n
Mrs. Charles >. Downing OF Kansas
City arrived yesterday to be the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Jason {. Clark, 2l5
West Twelfth street, for several weeks.
y
Mrs r II. McVay, l6ll North West
ern avenue, Mrs. A. T, Boys, 1909 Col
lege avenue and Mrs. Carl GlitSch.
ll04 East Seventh street, will go TO
Anadarko tomorrow to be members OF
a house party given this week by Mos.
Bert ). Dixon.
Mr.. and Mrs Roy Bennett OF Hobart
will arrive tomorrow afternoon TO he
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Tall
man of the Martinique for their dance
at the Lee lluckins hotel in the eve
ming
Y Y y
DR. and Mrs. Antonio n. Young.
lllo North Shartcl avenue. entertained
the Saturday Evening club last week,
Mrs. Wells Miller, who PLAYED the sub
sti,ute hand. made the high score Tor
the ladies and Mr.. Frank Harrah that
OF the gentlemen. The host and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
GERMANS OBJECT
TO SERVICE Law
War Bureau, However Points
to Many Applications,

BERNE. Feb. l9.-All indications are
that Germany eventually will adjust
herself TO the conditions brought about
by the civil service law passed last
fall The German war bureau, which
is putting into effect the provisions OF
the law. reports that it has had I'M
expected success and points TO the
huge number Of applications for en-
ployment received from all classes.
Boys Seek to Avoid School.
The plan. however, constitutes a
problem not 10 be ignored in the future
On the basis OF returns, the number
e youths who have applied for work
ci any kind has been so large that the
authorities have not been able TO avoid
the fact that school boys are attempt
iag 10 cvade their studies by offer
lhg their services TO the government.
Many men who have applied for en-
ployment 1t is believed. had done so in
TIE hope that they may evadc military
duty.
These generally are men who have
been found unfit for service at the
front. but hope TO avoid assignment
to uncongeuial tasks in garrison work
Older Men Object.
Opposition to the civil service plan
has developed from men who arc more
than military age and who. for wears
have been comfortably settled in their
own homes and active at their particu-
lar trades, and who oppose 10 the ut
most any proposition to diSlodge them
and TO transport them TO districts
where they would be more unfavorably
located than at home
Though the government, has taken
pains to care for such cases BY sep
aratc pay for families in the event OF
separation. the under current Of oppo-
si,ion has increased rather than de.
creased
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
GERMANY PLANS
new WAR TAXES
Deficit of. S312,5 100000 TO Be
Provided For,

AMSTERDAM. Feb ia note cx-
planning the German budget Of 1917 is
sued today says:
The necessary means for carrying
on the war will be raised when re-
quired by means OF special war cred
it, The ordinary expenses in connec-
ton with the state debt require at
present 1901 10000 iH order to effect
balance.
In the ordinary budget the revenue
from hitherto existing war taxes is
not sufficient and the deficit OF 1912,
SOWO will be covered by new war
tax, 1t IS intended TO impose an ad
valorcm tax on coal on the output At
the collercS and as an extraordinary
war tax to impose Surtax on pas
senger traffic on railways and internal
shipping
I'm the extraordinary budget the
amount OF so 2S00O0 will be voted for
the redemption of the debt by pur-
chase. With regard to the redemption
o: the war loans this will he decided
after peace has been concluded.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
Economical Use Of Lamb.

On Saturday purchase a fore quarter
quarter OF lamb or mutton from seven
TO ten pounds |, should be divided as
follows Shoulder, neck, breast, French
chops, bones aud trimmings
The shoulder is boncd, pockct-cut for
filling, stuffed and roasted Tor Sun
day dinner and cut cold for Monday
luncheon or supper,
Boil the neck with the shoulder bone
and trimmings, making two quarts OF
lamb broth to be used for soup for
Mondays dinner,
The meat is trimmed from the neck
bones for lamb croquettes meat salad
or loaf
The breast is s,ewed or curried with
rice
The choicest part is left, that is, one
dozen Frenched lamb chops.
You must tell your butcher Just how
YOU want il Gu, and trimmed. The
chops are Frcnched, chine removed
bu, the chops are not cut apart That
is left for the housekeeper to cut Just
as needed
Wrap chops in waScd paper with an
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-19
pythians TO Celebrate

CHlCkASHA. Okla. Feb. l9-(Spe-
oialD-A program and oyster Supper
served by the Pythlan sisters will mark
the Observance BY the local Pyhlan
lodge Of the iiity-third anniversary of
the founding OF that order this evening
Oysters will be served to all Knights OF
PythiaS, their iamilics. visitors and
friends The following program is
planned Master VI ceremonies. J. s
Garner; opening address. !. d. Car
michael; address by grand chief of the
Pythian sisters; piano selection. Mrs T..