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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
GLOBE SIGHTS
lFrom the Atchison Globe.l

tFrom the Atchison Globe.1
A sick doctor seldom gets much
sympathy.
The man who has the least to say
insists on being heard
Thirty cents will never stand for two
bits pointing out its duty.
Even if lady doesn't remove her
hat, no one can guess how long she
will remain.
The man who starts q conversation
with I'm for Uncle Sam. but 1t seems
to me- etc." always arouses our sus-
picions.
An Atchison man is this stubborn:
He entered a store and ordered win
dow glass 12x14, and refused to take it
because it was 14x14.
A woman wants an emotional pas
tor A man wants a practical
preacher. That's why it is SO hard for
a preacher to be satisfactory.
A young Atchison man who was
married recently abandoned his bride
to a charivari party and fled What
happened when the bride got hold of
him has not been made public.
An old fashioned saying is being
applied to a Kuhlidge man. The old
fashioned saying is something like
this: His brain would have as much
room in a mustard seed as a frog has
in Lake Erie"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
TRAVELETTE

BY NJKsAH.

Few persons besides Chinese traders
visit the forbidding shores Of rock
bound Penon de Coron. The rugged
beauty of its towering cliffs, with
their dark and jagged outlines
against the southern sky, is lost upon
the natives, who see them only as
source of revenue. BY swinging from
ropes or climbing ladders they scour
these rocks for the tiny nests from
which are concocted the famous bird
nest soup. These nests they sell to
Oriental traders by thousands. who
come regularly to barter for this deli
, cacy of Chinese fare.
The nests are not ordinary grass
stick. and mud affairs. A tiny swift
which constructs them, uses tho gum
my substance of a certain tree of
the locality and a gelatine which it
secretes itself. A few feathers and
bits of seaweed cement the whole, but
these are carefully removed before
the nest is cooked. In Chinese mar
kets the nests often sell for their
weight in gold, the price ranging from
three to thirty dollars a pound All
Chinese banquets begin with bird nest
soup which is considered an extrava-
CANT luxury, as it takes at least three
dollars worth to make a small bowl
full, Cooked into jelly with pigeons
eggs, ham. and Chinese candy. it is a
truly Chinese dish and one for which
the Occidental epicurean must ac-
quire a taste before he can enjoy it
Clouds of those tiny swifts circle
and dart about the island The birds
are regarded as almost sacred and
woe to the man or boy who thought
| lessly kills one of these birds that
! build the golden nests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
TAXING THE RAILROADS.

Secretary McAdoo has written to the
governors of all the states protesting
against unnecessary state and local
taxes upon railroad property. Mr..
McAdoo bases his protest upon the as
sertion that in the past railroad taxes
have been paid entirely by the private
owners of the railroads while in the
future they will be paid by the govern
ment. One may question the accuracy
of that statement. In fixing freight
and passenger rates, the interstate
commerce commission has always
taken into consideration the cost of
operation, and taxes have been fig
ured as one of the costs. Taxes were
covered in the rates, and the shippers
and travellers paid them. Unless Mr..
McAdoo expects the roads to be oper-
ated by the government at loss. the
taxes will still be paid by the shippers
and travellers.
The secretary of the treasury asks
the governors to obtain fair" taxes
for the railroads. 1t will imm ediately
occur to every one as strange that a
plea should be made for fair taxes
at one time any more than at another.
There is no particular time nor place
for justice, nor is true justice a re-
specter of persons. No state or COM
munity is proposing now to impose
unusual taxes upon the railroads, so
the logical inference from the McAdoo
protest is that the taxes have been
unfair in the past.
Another observation in connection
with the McAdoo protest is that the
secretary urges the state and local au-
thorities to avoid all public expendi-
| lures which are not absolutely neceS-
sary, thus making the tax burden
lighter and save money for war pur-
poses. AS to the reasonableness of this
proposition, there can be no contro-
versy, but one familiar with govern
ment methods of doing business will
| wonder why the secretary should
make the economy request of the
states, rather than the states make the
economy request of the general gov
eminent. 1t is quite certain that in a
great majority of the states. money is
more economically expended than it is
in the business of the government CEN
| tered at Washington.
The railroads are only temporarily
under operation of the government.
Their business affairs and accounts
will be conducted very much as in the
past. There is absolutely no reason
why any state or community should
change its policy of railroad taxation,
assuming that that policy has been
fair. If It has not been fair, it should
have been changed regardless of the
question of government possession
and operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
you WANT TO KNOW"

The great Hun drive on the western
front appears to have been definitely
checked. The weather which favored
the enemy in the early days of the at
tack. now has turned against him and
Hindenburg's men are Laundering in
e-ea of mud in Flanders There
u general expectation that Foch
sh fly will begin a counter offensive
VIII, re the blow win be launched is
not known The army of the allies
has been strengthened by the addi-
ton of many thousands of Americans
and Italians since the day that the
enemy started his big thrust in front
of Cambria. So far as is known the
bulk of the American, Italian and
French armies are somewhere south
of the first German wedge, altho
the French may be holding their re-
serves behind the Arras sector. The
opinion has prevailed in allied mill
tary circles that if the Hun would
come out of his dugouts, he gould be
whipped in short order. The Hun has
come out and now the world awaits
the next move of the ally commander
in chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

Introducing an appeal to its readers
to subscribe to the third liberty loan.
the Atchison Globe says: Have you
stopped to think what it would mean
IL Germany won this war? 1t would
mean the rape of Belgium and Serbia
would be unavenged, the destruction
of republican France would be newt
able, the independence of the British
empire would be doomed, the future
redemption of Russia would be impos-
sible, the destiny of the world would
be changed from freedom to serfdorl
and a thousand other things would
happen to destroy the peace and hap
piness of the people. American man
power and American dollars will de-
feat the brutal plundering kaiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

clergyman noticing a woman at her
cottage door with a baby in her
arms. asked:
Has that baby been baptized? ?"
well, SIR replied the curtsying
mother. 81 shouldn't like to say as
much as that, but Your man came
and did as much as he could
An old negro went to the office of
the commissioner of registration in
Missouri town and applied for
registration papers.
What is your name?" asked the
official.
George Washington" was the
reply.
well. George. are you the man
who cut down the cherry tree?"
NO, sub, 1 amt de man. I amt
done no work for nigh onto a year"
Five-year-o1d Mary, who is always
anxious to be in everything that goes
on, lives in small town where the
long suffering minister still endures
donation parties to make up his back
salary. Just before the last one she
begged eagerly:
Cant / take something, too, muv-
ver?"
NO, if father and I take some
thing, that will be plenty"
But the child could not bear to
give up the idea, SO she rarsacked
the whole house for something suita-
BILE. Finally she appeared before her
mother with a worn and faded dress
of her own.
please, muvver. can't I take this !?
See, it's not a speck of good for any
thing" she urged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

1t is heresy. states Walter George
Smith in Case and Comment. that We
owe no reverence to the past, or duty
to the future. Those who teach the
doctrine that material wealth belongs
morally as well as legally to him who
can get it without mourning the PEN
alties of criminal law. and that it may
be used for selfish purposes alone, are
not only untrue in the religion. they
still profess, but are sowing the seeds
OF anarchy and revolution. Those who
would seek to establish a state instead
of an individual conscience will bring
on the very evils they seek to avoid.
It is not thru any form of state gov
eminent. but thru a common sense of
justice pervading adj the individuals or
the vast majority of those who make
up the commonwealth, that security
for person and property and the ad-
I7'~i~tration of the law of justice is
isAcnrsS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

Director General McAdoo has
placed a ban on the illustrated rail-
road folder, so generously distributed
during the vacation season. The or
der will deprive many persons of their
favorite summer excursion, which
they have been accustomed to take,
in the peace and quiet of their own
homes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

There are more ways than one of
Stacking" 1t is sand that few buy
ers of war savings stamps within a
few days after making their purchase
have presented these stamps at the
postoffice for redemption. Such per-
sons are not aiding the government
with their money. They are obtaining
credit for patriotism under false pre-
lenses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

The frightful slaughter of men on
the battlefields of France and Elan
ders now has been in progress a
month and there still are no signs of
a let up. 1t is not surprising that the
Kaiser seems Mortified at what he has
brought upon the world, as indicated
in remark which he is credited with
making recently
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
DINNER STORIES

gree, but of kind, which is supposed
to separate the English. rector from
the inferior order of curates is anus
ingly exemplified in the following:
Returning to his parish after his
autumn holiday, a dignified country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

sitting with clouds of steam. Thru
the efforts of these men and their
hauling of the fires serious results
were averted. McCurdy enlisted in
the navy in 1912 at Philadelphia. His
next of kin is his father, Joel Nc
Curd-, of Williams, Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of Men In
Americas Fighting Service

For devotion to duty in going thru
a steam filled room and by quick ac-
tioI- saving their ship, Floyd Nc
commended for bravery. The bottom
valve of boiler had been carried
away and the engine rooms were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

The last state to join the compul-
sorry education procession is Mississip-
pi, the United States bureau of educa-
ton announces. Mississippi completes
the chain of states that have passed
compulsory school attendance laws.
Practically no foreign countries are
without such laws except Turkey. Rus
STA and Spain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

Roast With NegetaDies-Ldy tntny
slice of round steak in a baking pan.
sprinkle with salt. pepper and one
onion sliced fine: fill dish with pota-
toes and carrots cut in thin pieces,
season and cover with water; bake I'M
til vegetables are done. Cover the
first fifteen minutes.
Salmon Loaf-One can salmon. two
eggs beaten light, four tablespoons
melted butter, one cup sweet milk. one
cup bread crumbs. salt and pepper to
taste. Put in butter dish and steam
one hour. Serve plain or with cream
sauce. Cream sauce: One cup milk.
one tablespoon butter. two teaspoons
flour blended with butter. Cook TIL
creamy: add salt and pepper and bits
of parsley.
Cornstarch Cake-A fine layer cake
that will save wheat flour: Butter sub
stitute-the size of egg. one cup sugar.
one egg, one-half cup sweet milk two
and lone-half teaspoons baking pow
der. one and one-haff cups flour. one
and one-half CUPS cornstarch. one tee
spoon lemon extract. Cream butter
and sugar, add egg. milk, then baking
powder. Stir little more. then let
stand while you get mans ready. Sift
cornstarch and flour together. beat
ten minutes. add favoring and bake as
you would any other layer cake.
Potato Pie CruSf-To one and ore
half Guns freshly mashed POTATOES add
one-third cup milk. four tablespoons
melted shortening. one level tea spoon
salt with a fork work IN enough
flour which has been siftet. to make n
stiff dough- Chill. roll out add any
desired filling and bake as the usual
pie crust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

machinery. 1t is necessary that as
little strain as possible be put upon
the resources Of France, which have
already been taxed to the uttermost,
so American working equipment is
used in every case where the con-
struction is for the American army.
All these things and many others,
the nature of which is not divulged
by the army. are done by American
engineers at the front. One company
of engineers is working a series of
quarries; others work solely on maps
of the fighting zone; others are
dredging a new harbor Somewhere,
on the French coast, and still others
tacks and of placing underground
mines for the destruction of the Ger
mans.
common sense of which engineers
speak so lightly, is being applied to
certain ordnance problems with graft
flying success. All these activities. of
course are clothed in the darkest
secrecy.
I'VE are not giving any information
t. the enemy if we can help it," said
an officer in speaking. of these secret
activities of the engineer corps. He is
one of the builders of the Panama
canal. but still regards engineering as
an unrema rka BILE science. Neverthe-
spite of our best efforts he says. 1.-THE
war will probably last much longer
than most of us imagine it will last.
Its conclusion and results will depend
largely upon the absolutely self-sacri|
ficing efforts of the engineers of the
United States"
Names in the News.
Rosalie is the name given by the
French soldier to his bayonet. Some
~, Il for
that ST. Rosalie is the patron of
Bayonne, the place from which the
weapon receives it's dictionary name;
others that it came of the color ac-
quired by tn, bayonet in doing its
work.
Questions on the above or any SUBJ
Ject upon which the reader desires
information, should be addressed the
Topeka State Journal Information
Bureau, Frederic ]. Haskin, Director.
Washington, D. c., with a 3-cent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

a resolution to eliminate pairs"
has been offered in congress. Does
this mean that one must hold three of
a kind to open jackpot?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint.

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST
Stewed Prunes.
Oatmeal Top Milk.
Corn MuffinJ. Cofi ee-
LUNCHEON.
Giblet Stew Cleft over).
Boiled Rice. Rye Bread.
DINNER.
Nut Roll Mock Hollandaise.
Scalloped Tomatoes. Cress Salad.
Canned Peach and Hominy Pudding.
Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

Here is one more reason for buying
a liberty bond: 1T is better to bt
safe than sorry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22

Spring in the Park.
How sad the early loyrs' lot,
For William and Eliza
Find every sentimental spot
Spread thick with fertiliza.
To what base uses some of our
institutions are falling!
Now 1t is proposed to make the
effete Coney Island a supply base for
the army.
Headline says: Kaiser SEES Hand
of God in the East
Hope he also sees the handwriting.
Several years ago play.
Called Mrs. Warren's Profession"
Written by G. B. Shaw, the bold
Irishman,
Was driven from the stage in America
A matter which was not fit for the
public.
Now the play has returned.
And is making the biggest kind of a
hit.
The people simply love it,
And 1t is the same old play,
without c. line changed.
Which gees to show something
We don't know what-bUt something.
II civilization keeps on advancing,
It may catch up with Shaw yet.
Have you ever stopped to think
asks one of our serious thinkers, how
tired a wad oe chewing gum must get
along toward the close o. the day."
Not as tired as we get of some of
these serious thinkers along toward
the end of the day.
Bet Hoover will soon be establish
ing Senator, Reedless day.
Headline says:
T
Ear"
Now that the kaiser is lending his
ears to his countrymen, they may
soon ask for more-his head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-22
ON SPUR f Fl MOMENT
A Little Slice o. Life.
81 ROY &. NOULTOM


Little Slice o. Life.
have a six-year-Old son
Who listens to table conversations
The other day he heard us talking
About the new discussion concerning
The origin of the human race,
And questioning the Wood theory.
About an hour afterward my son
Came to me and in confidential tone said !:
Daddy, l heard you say you believed
In the old ia shioned Darwin theory
That human beings descended from mon
keys"
Yes" 1 replied, that is what 1 said
We'll" he asked, AIN 1 human being
Certainly you are human being.
He went away, studying the matter
In another hour he opened my door
And tossed me a peanut.
The editor of who's Who in Rus
STA, 1915" has our sympathy. He
has the worlds hardest job ahead of
him.
A Chicago man found a $3.50 dia-
mond inside a turkey when he carved
il. So ne just about got back the
cost of the bird. "
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-12-10
DARKEN GRAY HAIR.
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Grandma's recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur darkens so naturally
that nobody can tell.

Hair that loses its color and lustre,
or when it fades, turns gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by lack of sulphur
in the hair. Our grandmother made
up mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dark and beautiful,
and thousands Of women and men
who value that even color, that beau
tiful dark shade of hair which is so
attractive, use only this old-time
recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition of 9TH
er ingredients by asking at any drug
store for a bottle of 'Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" which dark
ems the hair SO naturally, SO evenly,
that nobody can possibly tell it has
been applied. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time. By morning
the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeths
Sage and Sulphur Compound is that,
besides beautifully darkening the
hair after a few applications, it also
brings back the gloss and lustre and
gives it an appearance of abundance
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
to impart color and a youthful ap-
pearance to the hair. 1t is not in
tended for the cure, mitigation or
prevention of disease.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-12-10
BEDFAST EVERY
WINTER, STOMACH
TROUBLE GONE
Mrs. Mershon Found Speedy Relief
After 18 Years Suffering.

II had suffered from stomach trouble
for IS years, and had spent hundreds
of dollars doctoring. Every winter
was bedfast most of the time. l COM
fall. and before 1 had taken half
dozen bottles, my stomach trouble dis
appeared and I have had no return OF
it since. This is the first winter in Is
years that I have not been bedfast.
also give Milks Emulsion to the child
rem for Group. with splendid results"
Mrs. w. G. Mershon, Brazil, Ind.
Thousands of people who have suf-
fered for years from stomach and
bowel troubles. as Mrs. Mershon did.
have found the same wonderful relief
and lasting benefit from Milks Emulp
sion.
Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nutri-
tive food and a corrective medicine 1t
doing away with all need OF pills and
physics. 1t promotes appetite and
quickly puts the digestive organs in
shape to assimilate food. AS builder
of flesh and strength. Milks Emulsian
is strongly recommended to rundown
nervous people. and 1T has produced
amazing results in many cases of tu-
berculosis of the lungs. Chronic stom-
ach trouble and constipation are
promptly relieved-usually in one day.
This is the only solid emulsion made,
and so palatable that it is eaten with
a spoon like ice cream. A truly Won
derful medicine for weak, sickly child
rem.
are urged to try Milks Emulsion under
this guarantee-Take six bottles homo
with you, use 1t according to directions
and if not satisfied with the results,
Price 60c and $1.20 per bottle. The
Milks Emulsion Co, Terre Haute, Ind.
Sold and guaranteed by Thistlethwaite's
6 Drug Stores.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-12-10
To Those Who Did Not Go Overseas

Wayne county soldiers by the score are re-
turning home from the cantonments and mill
tary training schools. Most of them were denied
their wish of seeing overseas service. Some OF
them believe that they have been cheated out OF
an opportunity to prove their manhood and fight
ing ability on the front. They cannot forget
their longing to see active service after many
months of careful and conscientious training.
1t is natural that these sentiments should be
urpermost in their minds as they lay aside their
uniforms to don civilian garb, for what man,
after months of preparation for an enterprise,
does not feel discouraged if he cannot execute
the work for which he has trained zeaously and
eagerly.
The nation however, accepts their honorable
discharge into civilian life in quite a different
spirit. The republic feels that these men did
honorable work. They showed the spirit of men,
the willingness to train for combat and danger,
the sterling qualities of free born men who are
willing to die in behalf of their country. And
that's the important point which these men
should remember. Their willingness to do their
duty wherever they were assigned is the test of
their character. Whether they went abroad or
remained at home is inconsequential Service
at home in the trenches is negligible factor
so far as it is test of loyalty and devotion. The
one, big, VITAL outstanding fact is that these
showed an eagerness to do what their country de-
manded of them at home abroad. If they had
to remain in America because of factors over
which they had no control, they should not be
disconsolate or rate themselves failures. They
know, and the nation knows, that if they had been
transferred to the front line they would have
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-12-10
A CLEAN COOL SCALP
Partisan Sage Stops Itching, Keeps
the Scalp Cooi-Prevent Dandruff

Partisan Sage Stops Itching, Keeps
the Scalp CooI-Prevent Dandruff
Almost everybody nowadays knows
that Partisan Sage, the invigorating
hair restorer, is guaranteed to remove
every trace Of dandruff, stop falling
hair and itching scalp, or the cost,
small as it is. will be refunded.
But you should know more about
this marvellous hair grower You ought
to know that 1t Immediately destroys
all odors that are bound to come from
the excretions of the scalp, and in
five minutes after an application, no
matter how hot the weather, your
head will feel cool and comfortable.
Everyone should have a bottle Of
Partisan sage handy because it is such
a pleasant and exhilarating hair treat
ment. Ladies use it because they know
it is delicately perfumed, not sticky
or greasy, and surely does make the
hair beautiful, silky and abundant.
Here's what New York woman
writes: Il have used Partisan sage
two weeks only, yet in that time find
my hair has wonderfully increased in
beauty, thickness and luxuriance, but
what surprised me most was the dis
appearance of all dandruff."
A large bottle of Partisan sage can
be obtained from Quigley's drug stores
or at any good drug or toilet counter
it's not expensive.-Adv.