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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
TRAWELE TIE
By NIKSAH
Putting Poor Lo in N

Putting Poor LO in u Show Case
There are still, as we all know quite
a lot of Indians left in America, but
many tribes are extinct. and many
others have imbibed enough civiIiza-
ton to charge them completely. The
Indian as he was before he met the
white man is practically thing of the
past, and this fact Is signified by the
completion in New York of a splendid
museum building to house his re-
mains.
Museum of the American Indian,
Heye Foundation, is the full name of
this institution. which is just moving
way and 155th street. The Heye foun-
years and has had a number of eth
biologists and archaeologists in the
field. Its method has been to obtain
collection first, and then erect Il
building. The exhibit which it is now
placing in its new home is probably
the greatest collection of relics of .he
American Indian.
Not only North American, but Cen
trail and South America and the West
Indies are included in the studies con-
Quoted under the Heye Foundation
One of its field men, Mr.. de BODY,
has just returned from the Virgin Is
lands and Santo Domingo with a vast
amount of new material beaning upon
the primitive inhabitants of that re-
gion.
1t is believed that this ,isw museum
will attract an unusual amount of at
tention, for the Indians are an I'M
failing source of interest t. Americans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
THE NEW LIBERTY LOAN.

There appears to be in Washington
indecision regarding the proper terms
on which to float the new liberty loan.
The question has arisen whether it is
better to issue low rate non-taxable
higher rate of interest and subject to
the income tax.
Tax exemption for the new loan
would necessarily entail the CONVEX
sion to a higher rate of interest of the
entire outstanding liberty loan. No
body imagines that the next loan can
be raised at a three and one-half per
cent rate. We shall have to come to
four per cent, at lowest. The three
and one-half per cent rate, low as it
was for the small investor, was a
tempting bait to the men of great
wealth whose incomes from ordinary
Investments were threatened with Sc
rious reduction by the income sur
taxes. A four per cent tax-exempt
bond would offer them increased in
ducement to throw upon the market
their holdings of railway and indus
trial bonds and invest the proceeds
in government bonds. 1t would thus
help to derange the market for tax
| able securities.
If on the other hand the new loan
| bear a relatively high rate of interest,
but is made subject to taxation, it will
be sought chiefly by the small invest
ors, those who would not come within
the income tax law. Some part of
the outstanding liberty loan will be
converted, but the process cannot go
far before the market demand for tax
exempt securities will force it to a
premium which will check further
conversion. Nor will there be any
marked disposition on the part of the
very rich to exchange their holdings
of ordinary securities for taxable gov
| eminent bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
DINNER STORIES

A certain blacksmith, says Pear
sons Weekly, altho an expert at his
trade, was quite ignorant of surgical
methods. When he sprained his wrist
one afternoon he hurried to a DOCTORS
office. 4-lr u.
The doctor examined the wrist and
then took a small bottle from a SHELF
but found it empty.
James," said he, turning to an as
sistant, "go upstairs and bring me
down a couple of those phia1s."
What's that?" exclaimed the pa
tent, suddenly showing signs of emo
ton. .
II merely asked my assistant to
bring me down a couple Of phials from
upstairs answered the doctor.
"Files." cried the blacksmith. No
you don't! If that hand has got to
come use an ak or a saw"
A would-be fashionable lady called
at a neighbours at what she thought
would be supper time.
Come in" said the neighbor, we
are having tableaux."
I'm so glad" said the visitor. i
thought / smelt 'em, and l like EN-
better than anything for supper"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
rFrom the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Some men live to a great age with
out living a great deal.
An old cat hasn't a great deal of
luck initiating a kitten
1t is easier to be carefree when
someone else is paying the bill.
There is no closed season for those
who insist on hunting for trouble.
There are times when it seems the
riot Sact should be read more fire.
quently.
There are those who regard the
pawpaw as a fruit, while others deem
it an aff1iction.
Abe Adkins says he is so unlucky
that the only pocketbook he ever
found was empty.
One trouble with lot of people is
that they expect patent medicine to
take the place of exercise.
An Atchison woman may be de-
scribed as one who always wants to
know the narrowing details.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who referred to a new
moustache as a third eyebrow?
Company doesn't want to be treated
like one of the family; company ex-
poets something more than that
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dustries is accepted as matter of
course. Little objection to price fix
ing is heard. except on the part of
those whose profits are in danger of
being reduced. Wall street appears
to be the only locality in which mark
ed disturbance has resulted from the
governments movements in the d.
rection of Socialism. Indications are
that the people will hardly be able to
recognize their country when the war
shall have reached an end. A revolu-
ton is in progress. which while it is
more peaceful than that of Russia, is
in many ways as important.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

For some reason which has not
been officially explained, the bone
dry lobby at the national capital,
says the Los Angeles Times, aban
doned the fight for national prohibit
ton as soon as the Sheppard amend
ment was thru the senate. Possibly
the weltering Washington summer
climate may have been in part to
blame; no other reasonable exp1ana-
ton has been vouchsafed why the
fight for the Sheppard amendment
should have been called off after the
''drys'' won what seemed an easy vic
tory in the senate. 1t has been an
nounced that the resolution will not
be discussed in the lower house until
the regular congressional session
which convenes in December.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

&C.. rnor Capper, having failed to
f1x the price of gas so that it would
stay fixed has called upon Mr.. Gar
field, fuel dictator, to try his hand at
it. The governor apparently takes no
account of the certainty that If the
price of gas be lowered to a basis
which will invite it's use for heating
purposes there will be insufficient sup
ply for either heating or cooking.
The fuel dictator probably will be
content to take the word of the fed
eral judge who has had all the facts
of the gas situation laid before him.
This move on the part of the gov
ernor and the appeal to the United
States supreme court by the public
utilities commission indicate that the
gas question still is considered a val
liable political asset. Its CONT ued
agitation may serve to cause the pub
lie to forget the increase in the state
tax rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
REPLY TO THE POPE.

President Wilson's reply to the
peace note of Pope Benedict is what
everybody expected it would be. flat
rejection. His reasons for refusing to
treat with Germany on the basis pro-
posed are so plain that there is no
room for misunderstanding. The
presidents answer is not couched in
diplomatic terms, but in plain Ameri-
can language.
Reduced to it's lowest terms, the
position of the United States is shown
to be that we can not and will not
treat with the Hohenzollerns. This
governments attitude is backed up by
reasons which cannot be assailed.
I'VE cannot take the word of>tlle
present rulers of Germany as a guar
antee of anything that is to endure -
says the president, unless explicitly
supported by such conclusive evidence
of the will and purpose of the Ger
man people themselves as the other
peoples of the world would be justi-
fled in accepting. Without such guar
antees. treaties of settlement agree
ments for disarmament, covenants to
set up arbitration in the place of
force, territorial adjustments, recon-
situations of small nations, if made
with the German government, no man,
no nation could now depend on
AS further justification of refusal
to treat with the German rulers, Mr..
Wilson says: 1.-The object of this war
is to deliver the free peoples of the
world from the menace and the actual
power of vast military establishment
controlled by an irresponsible govern
ment, which, having secretly planned
to dominate the world, proceeded to
carry out the plan without regard either
to the sacred obligations of treaty or
the long established practices and long
cherished principles of international
action and honor; which chose its own
time for the war; delivered it's blow
fiercely and suddenly; stopped at no
barrier, either of law or of mercy;
swept a whole continent within the
tide of blood-not the blood of sol
diers only, but the blood of innocent
women and children, also, and of the
helpless poor; and now stands baked
but not defeated, the enemJ of four
fifths of the world. The power is not
the German people. 1t is the ruthless
master of the German people,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
THE SEARCMLlGMT
Latest News from the Fields OF
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INvENTIOS
Nickel.

Nickel
A scientist of the bureau of mines
has just issued a report on nickel, in
which he points to the great POSSIBLE
tiles of this metal as a material for
kitchen utensils and cooking pots. Be
sides the standard iron pots, copper
and aluminium pots have found favor
in the kitchen. Great care is -neces-
sary in the use of copper. and alum-
mum to be satisfactory must be so
heavy that the price is high. Nickel
of either of the other metals: it is
reasonably cheap, takes a beautiful
finish, can easily be electroplated, and
does not corrode. An increasing use
of nickel in the Kitchen is looked for.
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dred feet, and let it go at hat, with
out making any written record OF
transaction. Several cases have been
found in which Doe bougn; a life in
of Roes heirs appeared z claim 1t
when Doe died. so Does heirs are now
in possession, and would like to bor-
row some money from Uncle Sam.
But they can't because they have no
valid title to the farm.
Naturally all of this fuss about
titles has caused the brow of the
farmer to take on new wrinkles of per-
piexity and care. But he usually per-
ceives that clear title is a necessity
in any case, and goes ahead to get it
if possible.
The Loans Widely Scattered.
Every state in the Union has gotten
a share of the farm loan money, and
there is much evidence against the
contention that it would chiefly bene-
fit the farmers of the south and west,
where interest rates are high The
Springfield, Mass, district. which is
the center of the low interest belt, has
taken five millions. The rich farm
lands of Iowa. because of their high
value, have always been the favorite
field for insurance loans. Altho not
much money has been loaned in Iowa
as yet, number of associations have
been formed; and more significant,
the prevailing rate of interest on other
loans has been hammered down to the
government 5 per cent.
The west is naturally leading be-
cause interest rates are high in that
section and titles are clear. Texas
has received more farm loan money
than any other state, largely. of course,
because of it's size. California, Kansas,
| Indiana, Nebraska, Montana, Okla
homa, Washington, Colorado, Illinois
and South Carolina are other states
| that lead in numbers of associations
| and applications for loans. The thou
sand associations average about eigh-
| teen farmers each, and the average
size of loans is $4,000.
The bonds by means of which the
government raises the money to loan
the farmers are selling on their mer-
its as fast as they come out. They
| bear four and a half per cent interest
and are free from taxation. Their
safety is pretty well guaranteed by the
| facts that they are approved invest
| ments for government funds, are Sc
| cured by farm land appraised at twice
| the value of the money loaned on
| them, and are endorsed by all twelve
| of the government land banks.
| The farm loan board is asking con-
| gresS for two improvements in the law
under which it operates. One of these
| will enable farmers on reclamation
projects. who are paying the govern
7 ment for their land on the installment
plan, to borrow money on the pro-
| portion of their lands that they have
| paid for. The other is an extension OF
| the maximum amount which a far
mer may borrow from ten thousand
| to twenty thousand dollars. This lat
ter measure will make government
| farm loans more attractive to the
owners of valuable lands in the middle
west.
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 J. Haskin. Director
| Washington, D. C., with 2-cent STAMP
| enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

fear. she commanded him to be quiet
and turned to the officer
There must be sc me mistake"
she said vehemently. There must
be. He's gentleman. l know that.
He must" She gritte, her teeth
determinedly. Go ahead Take po-
session. But I'm sure he'll turn up
today-some time.f
But nom came and wen. and there
was no tidings of Brent. All thru the
tedious afternoon she KEEP her vigil
at the front door. but no sign of Brent
appeared to soothe her feverish eyes.
At o'clock she was alarmed again
when another officer entered the
lunchroom and went up t. Giles and
spoke to him in low voice. then both
started to leave.
They've called me off, Miss Lucy"
what's happened"
Her brother was in the kitchen. and
she was adjusting the fire under the
big coffee steamer back of the long
counter when the door opened and
Brent rushed in.
Guess you think I'm worse than
drunk" he gasped. breathlessly.
Don't you, Miss Marston? / came
back to thank you. 1t may have
looked bad for me to leave as l did.
but ! had to leave for New York TO
put thru a big deal there this MORN
Ing. bul nuTTlcu DdCks squared
things up at the station house and
came right here. / thank you-so
much"
Don't" came Lucy's whispered an
swer as she dropped her eyes. Pm
the one to thank you. IL guess I'm
silly, but l knew you'd come back"
Miss Marston-Lucy," he said,
reaching across the counter and TAX
/ ing her hands in his. Il thank you for
that. But don't thank me. I couldn't
let the beast kiss you-and l couldn't
let him ruin your place So 1 dragged
him out first. then beat him. But
Il can't blame him much for want
ing to kiss you. I'd like to make a
life job OF that myself. How about
one now-for colIateral?"
Well" she whispered, you're diff
ferent. wouldn't mind kiss
but he stifed her sentence with hi.
-(Copyright, 1917, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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After anothkr month of adiustme5


After another month of adjustment
to new war conditions. statistics of
failures still emphasize the strong
position of business, commercial in
sclvencies in July, as reported to r.
G. Dun & Co.. numbering 1,1S7 and
supplying s17.240.424 of defauIted in
debtedness. These figures compare
with 1856 reverses in June for SIS
055.153. and with 1907 in July, 1915,
when the liabilities were s11,647.4 99.
Excepting April. the present returns
make the best numerical exhibit of
the year. Not in any July back to
1911 have there been so few embar-
easements. while the amount. aside
from that of last year. is the smallest
for the period since 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Menu Hint
BREAKFAST
Corn Flakes Sliced Bananas
and Cream
Nut Bread Coffee
LUNCH
Crab Meat Sandwiches
Sponge Cake Sliced Peaches
Ripe Olives lced Tea
DINNER
Cantaloupe Rice CAKES
Creamed Peas Buttered String Beans
Entire Wheat Bread Apple Sauce
The Table.
Salt Pork Pie-Fill a dish part full
with potatoes cut in two; one-half
pound salt pork mixed with potatoes.
one good-sized onion cut up. salt and
pepper to taste. two cups water; bis
cult crust to cover. Make mole in CEN
ter for steam to escape. Eaten hot or
cold, makes a fine dish. Bake one
hour in slow oven.
Banana Salad+Cut bananas In half
inch slices, pour over then French
dressing. chill in ice box and serve
ice cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

Very little cutlery is heard against
the socialistic tendencies which have
been exhibited by the government
since our entry into the war. If So
cialism prevent the robbery of the
public. then that public seems ready
to welcome more of it. The question
frequently heard is. why was it not
done before? The suggestion of gov
eminent control or even ownership of
railroads appears to have lost all it's
,errors Possible control of other in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29
ON SPUR f qh MOMENT
BY MORRIS MILLER.

We Meant Well.
When frettings and flurries and mean little
worries 49,
Are nabbing your nan, as it were.
When many things all you and troubles
assail you
Aud other such bothers occur,
When grumpy and scrappy anc really I'M
happy
You try to be gay. do you not:
Tho worried and weary you try to be
And bear with your miserable lot?
Who's caught in the clutches of Trouble
The one who should grin and be gay,
No thanks to the creature who's happy of
When everything's coming his way;
The stupidest mortal can smoker and
When happily breeding along.
But think of the party who's cheerful and
Tho everything's hitting him wrong,
(The reader, we're fearing, is pausing and
what pifffe. what twaddIer' cries he
There's something the matter with one
who writes patter
So foolish as that, goodness me!
Nobody feels cocky when travel is rocky,
Nobody feels happy and bright
And if he should say that, well add, II we
We really believe he is rightD
Notions.
The married life of stubborn people
is often a case of neither giving in till
both give out
The thicker the reason the thinner
the excuse.
The key to success isn't a night
latch key.
The only impression some people
are able to make is that they try to
make an impression.
The man who never disagrees often
has a reputation for good judgment.
Mary.
Mary had a little bond.
She bought it for dollar;
And when she clips the coupons off
1t makes the kaiser holler
Chicago Tribune.
Mary bought another bond,
And as she keeps on clipping
The Germans and the Austrians
Can feel themselves a-slipping
Houston Post
Mary bought a little bond,
The patriotic fairy,
It'll make the kaiser wiser
| Said the very merry Mary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

oh, we'll, what's the use? After
the wise men of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington and the
newspapers thruout the country had
urged the people to eat whole wheat
flour as a measure of economy, now
comes Herbert Hoover, food dictator,
with a declaration that whole wheat
flour is disastrous to the health of the
userS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

Crockerland, which Peary thought
he had discovered, turns out to have
been a mirage. Might not his discov-
cry of the north pole be explained in
the same way? Doctor Cook seems
not to have thought of this possibility.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

The selective draft has developed
as many diseases as did the prohibi-
tory law in Kansas when it permitted
the purchase of beer and whisky for
medicinal purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

reported to have adopted as their war
song: Hail, Hail the Gangs All
Here" while the Tommies still stick
to "Tipperary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

1t is reported that a way has been
found to muffIe the bray of the mule.
The inventor should now turn his at
tention to the pacifists and the motor
cycles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

The German rush for Petrograd
appears to have halted. A winter in
Russia has few attractions for an in
vading army. Napoleon's experience
will not soon be forgotten by military
leaders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

Human action often is difficult to
understand. Houston, Texas. having
rid herself of the negro soldiers. now
is irving to get some of them back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

It has been said many times that
the American people do not take the
war seriously. This certainly does not
apply to the slackers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

Uncle Sans war expenses at $1,000
coo an hour. That is spending money
faster than even John d. Rockefeller
can make it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

why should-the German leaders
continue to discuss peace terms? Ger
many will have very little to say when
Settlement day comes.
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The price of hogs goes far toward
proving that the pen IS mightier than
the sword.
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not let parents ponder well the fact
that all education is not to be derived
from books. About the b=st brand of
it comes put up in the packages of
daily experience and children can get
that just as well at home as elsewhere.
It's nice if they can send Maude and
John off to school withou. sacrificing
the balance of the family. So is II
nice to keep an automobile But it's
frill and not a necessity, and boys
or girls real happiness and success
do not depend upon it.
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Questions on the above or any SUBJ
ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c.. with 2-cent stamp
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-29

We Meant Well.
tings and flurries and mean little