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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-02-08
Remarks at the Service in Memory of
Mrs. Obermayer, Dorset, January
20, 1917.
published by request)

published by request)
Two heavenly spirits stood on the
crest of the mountains as the sun was
just beginning to light up the valley
that lay at their feet to the eastward.
Little by little its strong features
came forth into clearness-the gray
woods mutely waiting for the touch of
spring, the long struggling fences, the
scattered farm houses, the old mill,
and the hamlet itselfsabove which rose
the beautiful tower of white church.
Here and there on the sides of the
mountains deep shadows fingered, and
over all the valley in its mid winter
wilderness there brooded a great sill
ence.
And one Of the spirits said to the
other: This is one of the Fathers
worlds, though to us it is so small and
dim and 60 far away from the great
glories that we have left.
There are human beings down there
in the valley, and some Of them think
of our Lord reverently and lovingly,
and some try to Tighten the heavy
burdens Of their fellows along the
way.
Then the second spirit, as though it
had seen less of human worlds with
their lights and shades, spoke TO its
companion:
l. it true here that the children Of
our Father have unequal burdens, and
that those who have the very heaviest
loads Of pain have also, sometimes,
most Of the Fathers spirit?
And the wiser one replied: The bur
dens that spirits bear are never equal,
and the spirits are never equal. Each
soul is itself, and has its own peculiar
cup. The Father would be all in all to
every soul, small or great, clothed
with JOY or with anguish; yet he is
not, and he cannot be. For we, yea
even these lesser human spirits, may
shut him out, and mar his plan. He
has his differing way with every single |
soul. but all his ways lead on to one
good end.
Doubtless in this valley, at our feet,
if we knew Of every soul, we should
find, as elsewhere, that purest streams
of healing virtue often flow from hid
den and obscure springs; and that our
God. who gladly uses a strong man in
a high place to do his work, uses also,
with equal gladness, the weak and I'M
known spirit who waits his cali, man
or woman, and bestows on 1t at last
the same Astounding honor.
Oh that these men and women Of the
valley, yea all in this distant
world, could see, as We spirits see. that
he place Of soiourn is naught, the
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-02-08
AN APPRECIATION

"What is the secret Of your life -
asked Mrs. Browning of Charles
kinsley: tell me that may make
mine beautiful too"
He replied, II had friend"
Our own Emerson said most truly:
"lf you would have friend, be one. ="
Last week Emma Brown 0bermaier
slipped out Of the life Of Manchester
and Dorset, and to many life seems
a little more lonely and Heaven bi,
closer at hand. Through all the years
Of Mrs. 0bcrmaier's life she never
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-02-08

iBekc8 friends, for to those admitted
- the closer circle Of intimate friend
( Strip she waa indeed friend of the
higbta sortb
I Nsih 10 large capacity for love and
tenderness she had equal capacity for
/ suffering and had drunk deeply Of its
irup, yet never became bitter Any
trial difficult 20 bear she accepted as
coming through the Hand OF her
Father and received II with flial de-
yotion. For Mrs 0bermaier was an
intensely religious woman and re
ligion TO her meant faith translated
into life To one who had the priyil-
eye Of hearing her pray the source Of
her ,rcngth was evident, for she talk
"a as she walked, with God To her
III was the most intimate Friend.
One day when life pressed upon her
most heavily she remarked. Il should
Ike to 30 very soon il He wants me
but am willing to stay She hoped
she might not live to be a burden TO
her friends and that her illness might
be short Her prayer was answered
Before her health failed she was
active and helpful and most efficient
in the work of the Church, the Chris
tian Endeavor Society, and in social
gatherings. Her winsomeness drew
the young people to her and they were
always welcome in her home. She
always had a ready and sympathetic
ear for those an trouble and her help
full words and bright sunny smile will
be a precious memory.
Any short sketch must be made
quate, but her friends feel it is due
her memory that the strong, fine
points of her character be recorded.
Loving, devoted, faithful, and UNI
selfish; sunny and kindly; deeply re-
ligious and living her faith; she has
gone to her reward "She hath done
what she could"
Emma Brown was the daughter of
James II. Brown and Katherine
Scdgewick Smith Brown Of Albany, N F..
", and was born Nov. "a, 1857. She
was for many years member Of the
9TH Avenue Presbyterian Church of
Troy, and was actively connected with /
it until she removed to Dorset 20
years ago. She was married in Troy
in 1873 to John Lewis Obermaier, also
of Troy.
On Wednesday previous to her death
Mrs Obermaier suffered an apoplectic
stroke, which left her unconscious and
very badly paralyzed. She did not re-
gain consciousness and passed away
nearly as hours later.
After an impressive service conduct
ed by DR.. George Gilbert Of Dorset in
the old home Church, she was taken to
Troy. The old friends Of youth still
loyal gave testimony to her worth by
their presence at the little service con-
Quoted by her former pastor, DR.. Hall,
and she was laid beside her mother in
Albany Rural Cemetery.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-02-08

Doan's Regulets are recommended
by many who say they operate easily,
without gripping and without bad after
effects. 25e at all drug stores. adv.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-02-08
Signed
w. r. WILLETT,
Manager

Manager.
Mr.. Dunton has been IL years in the
automobile industry and is now hav-
ing his ability recognized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

the volume of buying will tend to
stagnation in business. Nothing could
be worse for the country at this time
when taxes are about to be increased
for carrying on the war. The situa-
ton as it stands tends to create a feel
ing of uneasiness in the mind of the
timid business man. All that would
be needed to throw him into panic
would be to see his sales falling off
owing to the economy campaign.
Small failures soon would be followed
by large ones and finally a stagnation
in business of every kind not connect
ed with supplying the needs of the
government. Let the people buy; their
doing SO will be the salvation of the
country. The machinery is working
all right; don't jim it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

years. There is every reason to be-
lieve that Bookkeeping is at the begin
ming of a great boom.
The chief use of honey as a food is
for a spread on bread, and it has gen.
orally been considered a luxury. With
butter going steadily higher, however,
it has a new value as substitute OF
course it sdoes not supply the same
food materials as butter, but 1t makes
bread palatable, is nourishing and very
digestible.
Honey is practically a predigested
cane sugar. When cane sugar is taken
into the stomach, the process of di-
gestion breaks 1t up into two sugars,
levullose and dextrose, which are
then absorbed. In honey, this break
partly. by the flower and partly by the
bee. Honey also contains a little wa
ter. and some of it contains a few per
cent of undigested cane sugar. Its fla
vor is due to the presence of minute
quantities of certain volatile oils.
Honey is also of great value to COM
mercial bakers who use many carloads
of it every year. Commercial cookies
baked with honey will remain moist
for a long time while those made with
sugar will quickly dry out and be-
come hard.
The marketing of honey is also be-
ing studied by Mr.. Phillips. For
many years, 80 per cent of the honey
produced in this country has gone to
local markets. That is, the man who
has a few colonies of bees sells his
honey to a local grocer, and little of
it gets fifty miles from the line
where it was made. The 10 per cent
not thus consumed has never before
been large enough in amount to start
considerable shipping or wholesale
business in honey. Now, however,
this surplus is growing, with the re-
suit that some large producers have
not known how to market their hon
ey. altho there was plenty of demand
for it, The Bureau of Entomology
proposes to furnish the bee-keepers
with accurate information of market
conditions. There is every reason to
believe that a large export trade can
be built up. Russian government rep
resentatives recently tried to buy three
thousand barrels of honey in New
York, but none was to be had In
fact, nearly all of last years produc-
ton of honey has already been con-
sumed.
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you left here?" asked Mrs. Rogers.
"Oh, no. I came back on an err
rand. Mr.. Graves, your bank at Ches-
ter was robbed a few weeks ago?"
YES he almost groaned.
"And the robbers have not been
caught nor the money recovered ?"
NO"
Gould you identify the money!"
Yes, if the packages had not been
broken. There were four of them, of
$4,000 each"
81 think this belongs to you!" she
quietly said as she handed over the
satchel.
Upon my SOUL" he gasped as he
saw the money. But how-when-
where-did you find it?''
Mr.. Graves, you and I had a dis
pute in New York some time ago
about quails and chipmunks. I want
you to call at the Larches and let me
prove to you that quails fly low and
straight ahead, and that chipmunks
prefer hollow logs to standing trees"
And when she had practically DEM
onstrated her assertions he began call
ing every few days to beg her pardon,
and it looks as if she would have to
wed him before he can feel that he has
been forgiven. Copyright, 1917, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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We believe the country should con-
finue to live as it has in the past, with
the people buying what they want,
says the Buffalo News. whether they
be necessities of life or luxuries. No
country with frugality that precluded
the purchase of anything other than
necessities ever grew rich or prosper
GUS in the other senses. Nor will ours.
Keep the home fires burning. Spend
your money as you have in the past.
Keep it in circulation. 1t helps you
today and another tomorrow and
eventually helps us all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

That feature of the new revenue
hill which proposes an increase in let
fer hostage and in the newspaper pos
tai rates marks a new departure In the
policy of the government. 1t is the
first time that it ever has been sug-
eested that the postal service be made
a. revenue producer. In the past the
most that has been expected from 1t
was that it would pay it's way. This 1t
has rarely done. Whenever 1t has
shown a tendency to break even. there
always has been reduction in rates
or the suggestion of one. Probably no
feature of the new measure will prove
TO be more unpopular than this. Both
the newspapers and the general public
are willing to pay their share of the
war tax but they will object to having
it levied on the means of disseminat-
ing information. These proposed in
creases in the postal rates will place
a burden on the smaller newspapers
and the poorer people out of proper
ton to their ability to pay. Congress
probably will find a better and more
equitable way of raising a sum equal
to what would be derived from an ad-
vance in the postal rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12
THE MAN ON THE JOB.

The Paris Matin, one of the most re-
liable French newspapers, is authority
for saying that General Petain is to
be the military director of all the al
lied forces. That is, he will direct
when and where the French, British.
Belgian and Italian armies shall strike
or remain on the defensive. He will
also supervise the maintenance of con-
nections between the rear and front
of the French armies; in other words,
he will make sure that men and sup
plies will move forward smoothly as
they are needed. Nivelle, Haig and
the Russian and italian commanders
will remain the executive heads of
their respective armies.
The object of centralizing authority
in Petain is to obtain utility of action
among the allies armies. The various
armies working together as one will
constitute a vast military power.
Petain will apparently have more
power than Won Hindenburg. He will
have more men under his command,
and will, it is claimed, have supreme
authority, while Won Hindenburg may
be overruled by the kaiser. Centrali-
zation of authority over all the armies
was Petain's own conception, and he
would accept nothing less when Of
fered the post of French commander
in-chief. That the war councils of
France, England. Italy and Russia
have come around to Petafn's way of
thinking is proof of the French gen.
erals wisdom and foresight.
Petain is the man for his Job be-
cause he has a comprehending, focus
ing eye. He can see the exact military
situation on three separate fronts, and
manipulate four vast armies. He will
be able to introduce Nivelle's brilliant
ly successful tactics on every theater
Of war. He will carry out his idea
even in the minor fighting arenas, as
in the French and British colonies. He
will one day direct the expeditionary
forces of the United States A tremen-
dous responsibility rests on Petain, and
our European allies are confident that
he will bear it with credit and success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12
RUSSIA AND THE WAR.

The political situation in Russia has
become matter of serious concern to
the Allies.
There is one fact about which it is
possible to be sure in the Russian sit
uation today, and that is that there is
no one outside of Russia who has the
smallest inkling as to what the present
crisis will mean in the future course
of the war. We have no information
in this country on which it is either
safe or wise to erect any structure of
expectation. Much of benefit to the
Allies may come out of Russia, but it
is at least equally possible that Russia
will either remain quiescent or make a
separate peace.
More than four months ago those
who knew most about Russia IN
France and in England frankly con-
| coded that Russia had disappeared as
a factor in the war. The French state
ment was very simple. There is no
more Russia" was the military deci-
sion in France. In England, where
the knowledge of the Russian situation
I was less accurate, there was some
hope, but clear recognition that it was
mere hope.
| 1t may be that the national forces
in Russia will succeed in triumphing
over socialism and anarchy allied to
German elements and fostered and
subsidized by German agents, but this
has not happened yet, despite all kinds
of announcements and reports.
If the German intrigue with the So
cialistic and anarchistic parties should
succeed, says the New York Tribune,
Russia will make a separate peace and
food supplies will be. after a certain
amount of delay, available for the
Germans. Large numbers of German
troops will be released either for in
dustry or for service on the western
front, while the Austrians will be able
to renew their attack of last year upon
the Italians and, with German assist
ance, probably to expel SarraiPs army
from Salonica. Any such event as
this may easily lead to a considerable
prolongation of the war and to a new
set of circumstances which may lead
to a separate peace between Italy and
the Central Powers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

Business is going strong in the east,
the west. the north. the south. The
country is prosperous. = Last months
increase in business was very large.
Banks may wait in their operations
until the government bonds are assim-
Hated People may pause temporarily
IN their Quitting to arrange to meet
the new conditions. But the unloos-
ing of billions of dollare will unloose
a flow of prosperity absolutely neces-
sary to sustain the worlds burden.
Governments set the pace in their ex-
penditures. Individuals must not lag
behind. Seven billions of dollars to
pay is only $40 per capita in the
United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12
THE kAIsER.s DELIRIUM.

Der Kaiser am 1 und Got is mine Friendt:
We chummed for a while, then in business
For years we prepared for fight init der
Who call themselves Rulers und Princes
They'er Amatnres, P1ebeans, und Trades
men und French,
They make me insulted, mine fist 1 shust
clench.
Mine self und mine Friendt we are part
Der Allies, we make them bad-sick of this
Mine navy. will dive und mine Army will
TIL at the black heart of shon Bull ar
rive:s
starr him und shtab him, der mon
1 make him bow down jes, und bray before
me.
The land of der English to Hollweg give.
Then far from mine Friendt und mine self
I think it be best for mine throne und mine
To place that old rascal at once on a shelf !;
1 don't fear him. but still, do think for
1t is well in the Archives old Bethmann to
file.
Mine Fritz will be Kaiser of Paris und
France:
kno S.nt to mine musick he always viii
Herr Poincaire. 1 conquer, und make him
behave
Like George, who's mine cousin, und Me
is mine slave;
Young Albert und Victor will get a big
share
OF punishment, meted, mine Friendt
knows I'm fair.
To Hindenburg, Wilson's domain l give,
For that is der nearest by me he may live
He was a good man, for he won this big
war,
So now let him go, he's mine Nightmare
no moret
The Yankees, they fear him, und homage
will bring
When / will command them his praises to
sing.
Mine Friendt, deport him, nit others he
flirts,
The prestige of me und mine Army he
hurts:
Siberia, it looks like a desert to me,
Und there he will safe und not dangerous
be.
We had SO much shoy, jes, we did, me und
Got!
So attention once more, L am King OF del
Lot.
DANIEL A. MULLER.
(Copyright applied fOr)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

Germany, which supplied much of
the beet sugar consumed thruout the
world before the war, is likely to find
herself superseded in the field when
peace returns. The growth OF the beet
sugar industry in the United States has
been extremely rapid. The capital of
the beet sugar factories is shown by
census reports at $20,142,0O0 in 1899,
and S142, 900 in 1914, and seems
likely to reach the 100000 900 line
in 1917, since the number of factories
operated in 1916 was rs per cent
greater than in 1914, and this larger
total is again to be increased by fifteen
new factories now under construction.
The total value of the beet sugar out
put which was, according to the CEN
sus, $7.324,00O in 1899, and s62, 6O5.-
900 in 1914, seems from the best avail
able statistics to have approximated
100000 in 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
LFrom the Atchison Globe.1

LFrom the Atchison Globe.
1t is possible to wear out a friend
ship by using it too much.
If you want to keep secret, don't
call in any outside assistance.
p If you must buy your bouquets you
might as well continue at work.
One can always tell a dope fiend
or snipe shooter by looking at him.
1t sometimes happens that a lead
ing gossip is a leading church mem
Der.
prevent a boy from having numerous
adventures.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who carried a pencil over
his ear?
AS a rule. when you ask man to
be reasonable, that means you want
him to agree with you.
A house cat is so delightful a COM
panion, because it is always so handy
to stumble over.
Link Preston: mo sucker ever got
anything out of me by Shaping my
back and calling me brother"
No man should stay away from
home so much that his children will
begin to regard him as a stranger.
When all other plans fail some
women get their pictures into the pa
pers by draping themselves in a flag.
You may not appreciate good health
while you have it, but you'll arrive
at the appreciatfve age in time, so
don't let that Derturb you greatly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12
DINNER STORIES

"John," whispered the wife, there
must be a burglar downstairs. He has
just knocked against the piano and hit
several keys
I'll go down." said John promptly.
ooh, John" she begged, don't do
anything RASH
Rash? ?" said John in surprise. Pm
going to help him. He can't get that
piano out of the house Alone
A certain lady brought her child to
a clergyman to get it christened, and
during the ceremony he remarked:
This child may be destined for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

One thing that tends to make good
fighter of the British soldier is pride
in the military unit to which he be-
longs. There are regiments at the
front that fought at Waterloo. Every
member of one of these historic Or
CARNATIONS feels that it has a repu-
tation that must be sustained. What
young Kansan would not like to be
known in this war as a member of
the Fighting Twentieth. the regiment
commanded by Funston?
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He was going to propose. but before
doing so he wished to make sure she
was a competent girl. So he asked
her:
Can you wash dishes
Yes she said sweetly. "Can you
wipe them ?"
He didn't propose.
A girl from the west of Ireland went
to London TO engage in domestic serv-
ice. She was cordially received and
thus she wrote home:
Its a strange place I'm coming to.
surely; cabs widout horses and the
wild her feet and talkin' to herself per-
petual down candlestick in the hail.
In the bureau of the census at
Washington acts against the law are
recorded under a few general heads,
such as murder, burglary, etc.
An officer of the bureau tells of a
woman clerk who was puzzled by an
entry she encountered in one of her
Running a blind tiger After due
reflection the woman placed it under
the head Cruelty to Animals
= Harry Singer, manager of a Chicago
theater, tells about an usher in a
movie theater of the flicker class
The usher wanted a raise in salary and
he preached the subject to his boss in
humble terms.
why. you are getting SIS a week
already" said the boss. What are
you kicking about? You haven't much
to do. Most of the time you're just
standing in the rear of the house,
watching the pictures"
Yessir, that's why I want a raise
murmured the usher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

well. Leave this until the next morn
ing, then thicken with wheat fIour.
let rise until light, then stiffen it witr,
graham flour and let rise two hours
or until light. Then mold into loaves
and put into pans Let rise again. bt,t
don't let it get too light or it will fair
Prick on top with fork just before
This recipe makes four Ioaves. IT car
be divided A little butter or lard can
be added. but it isn't really necessa ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

If Secretary Lansing's assistants
have been talking too much in the
past, they probably acquired the habit
thru association with their boss. The
public has not yet forgotten an occa-
sion on which that gentleman's mouth
went off at half cock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

Those persons who are urging the
people to economic in their living ex-
take. 1t would be better to urge them
TO work a little harder, increase the
product of their labor and thereby
swell their incomes. A reduction in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

Then. again. that report about
device which is to put the submarine
out of business may have been started
for the purpose of influencing the
market. Where is Tom Lawson? He
would know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-05-12

One by one the kings are being put
out of business. Constantine of Greece
is the latest man to 60 He has been
declared to be down and out by his
people. The kaiser's days as a mon
arch are numbered.