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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH
TOnnrcmy.

Eomremy.
Nestled snugly in the foothills of
the Vosges, on the banks OF the placid
Mouse. the quaint French village of
Do.nremy, in which Jeanne Dare first
saw the light of day. lies TRANQUILITY
in the midst of the hustle and hustle
of modern war.
Just of the only street of the village
is the cottage in which the heroine
of France was born, a small affair of
stone which, save for the distinction
of being adorned with the coat-of-
arms of France and those of Joan's
family differs little from the dwelling
places typical of every village of
France.
Standing guard like a silent SEN
tinel. a huge evergreen tree, its knot
ted and gnarled trunk giving evide- &c
of centuries which have glided into
the past. spreads its protecting
branches like a shield over the little
whose water the youthful Joan went
wading of an evening after returning
with her flock
On a nearby hill, overlooking a
beautiful green valley. stands the mod
ern basilica of LIE Bots Chenu, With a
bronze statue of Joan. Here. it is said.
the Maid of Orleans received her sp:-
ritual mission to deliver France from
the enemy.
The ancient and modern are per-
haps brought into closer contrast III
this historic spot than in any other
part of France. While feasting the eye
on the beauties of nature which the
lovely Joan beheld. one can lower his
eyes to the winding road below. climb
ing about the hills like a CLEANING
streak of silver and see hundreds of
huge motor trucks driven by khaki
clad Sammies hurrying up supplies to
the front. Our boys wash their hands
in the brook in Joan's front yard They
smoke their pipes and talk of Manhat-
tan, California and Arkansas under
the old tree where she dreamed of
leading armoured knights to LATHE
Uncle Sans fighters call the village
o-Ray-Me.
The old women of Domremy will
tell you that the wraith-1ike spirit of
Jeanne Dare still turks among the
mist clad hills. silently watching the
new struggle which is going on The
patriarch of the village. feeble and
tottering. is not yet 90 old to visit
Joan's shrine in the hills each lay at
sunset. confident that her spirit will
arise and '""d t. cohorts of moe
racy to glorious victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
DINNER STORIES

What's your timer asked the old
farmer of the brisk salesman
Twenty minutes after five. What
can 1 do for you?'
Il want them pants" said the old
farmer. leading the way to the win
dow and pointing to a ticket marked,
Given away at 500"
The minister's little son was strug-
Cling with his home lessons, and hap
pened to remark to his father that
the teacher had told him that CON
gregate" and collect" meant exactly
the same thing.
Quite wrong, said the father;
quite wrong, Tell your teacher
there is all tn difference in the world
between congregation and a col
lection'i"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting of the Young Peo-
pies Standardization Eadeavor.
etc.-for July 21: Lessons From
Favorite Psalms" Ps. 1O3:1-13.
Wherever one goes nowadays in the
English speaking world he hears the
same songs-"Keep the Home Fires
Burning THE Long, Long Trail,
Joan of Arc" and SO forth. People
sing when stirred. The heart always
expresses its deepest moods in music
Primitive people preserve their his
tory in songs. Now that the soul of
the world has been moved as never
before, we observe that the songs of
the people are more serious than
usual. But for the words that sing
solace to our deepest being. we turn
to that oldest collection gf music in
the world, the Psalms of the Old
Testament. These ancient writings
are the most contemporaneous litera-
ture. They speak what our hearts feel
better than any of the verse by liv-
ing writ'rs. In them is the pulse
beat of a great sympathy and a great
reality. Tens CT thousands of persons
having dear ones in France are daily
turning for comfort and light and in
spiration to these deathlesS lines of
the Hebrew singers.
The Oldest songs still extant are the
the race than any other literature.
For nearly three thousand years they
have been voicing the deepest senti-
ments-the hopes, the fears, he joys,
the sorrows, the contrition, the adora-
tion-of millions of persons. They
are attuned to a universal note; for
altho they were written in little land
on the eastern shore of the Mediter-
ranean, they more completely express
the varying moods of the people Of
today in all lands under heaven than
any purely local or contemporary
production. This universally is the
highest test of literary excellence
Nothing is great literature which does
not widely appeal to the human heart.
So 1t comes to pass that the scholar
and the housekeeper, the sage and the
worl<ingman, alike find delight and
comfort in the Psalms.
Let the words Of my mouth and the medi- I
tation of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight
Q Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer |
Jehovah is my shepherd;
shall not want |
-Ps. % L
Jehovah is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear!
Jehovah is the strength of my life: |
OF whom shall be afraid?
-Ps 27:L
Weeping may tarry for the night,
But JOY cometh in the morning.
have been young. and now am old;
Yet have / not seen the righteous forsaken !
Nor his seed begging bread.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
by MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am TWEEN
ty-three years old and 1 am going
with man my parents do not. like.
They are prejudiced because he Is
older than / am. He is in his thir-
ties. but he is a very fine man and
tn y admit that. Do you think a
man/ten years older than a girl is
too old for herr 1 know that this
m; is not over thirty-three.
GERTRUDE.
man ten years older than a girl
is too old for her if she is in her
tens. When a girl is twenty-three
or over she has learned a certain
amount of discretion and can choose
her friends with some judgment Be-
cause a man is getting on toward
middle age is no reason he should
be condemned. OF course some older
men are dangerous, especially for
very young girls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
PASSING OF THE U-BoAT.

Little is heard Of the U-boats these
DAYS. The submarine menace appar-
emily has ceased to be. Sir Eric
Geddes, first lord of the British ad-
miralty, in a speech in London re
Gently, stated that the German sub
marine menace was under control and
rapidly being overcome. The hopef4'
feeling occasionAd by this assurance is
heightened by the confirmatory fact
that shipping loses by submarine at
tacks have greatly diminished. on -
progressing scale, ard the curve of
losses is still downward.
Success agains the U-boats has fol-
lowed offensive tactics.- AS Sir Eric
Geddes put it, the hunter has become
the hunted. Most important among
the Instruments of attack upon the
submarine has been the swift, always
alert and mobile torpedo boat destroy
ers. With their comparatively heavy
ordnance and the depth bomb the de-
stroyers drive the undersea boat to
cover wherever It is encountered. The
depth bomb, an American develop
m ent, has rendered submergicg peri
lous. Once a submarine is sighted by
destroyer with depth bombs it's
chance of escape is comparatively
SLIM.
But the destroyer has not Seen the
only weapon us u against the subma-
r.ne. Airplanes and dirigibles have
proved their title to a good share of
the honor of victory. Mines and raids
m SI1b vi
great value. The operations by which
the English navy blocked the harbors
Of Ostend and Zeebrugge were a serf-
Gus blow to the U-boat campaign
The admiralty now disclcses that
mire fields have been planted ac1 oss
the straits of Dover, in Heligoland bay
and in the North sea from Norway tn
the coast of Scotland. Thee. said SIR
Eric Geddes. had restrictt the free
dom of submarine operations. At he
same time he stated that the number
of enemy submarines available for
operation was steadily decreasing.
The effectiveness of these measures
plus the convoy system, against the
submarines is indicated in a striking
manner by the fact that in transport
ing over one million American SOL
diers to France only POI men have
been lost. Another sign that Ger
many is feeling their effect is the des-
perate maneuver of sending few u
boats to the American coast of the
Atlantic to attack small, unarmed
coasting ships. It is no longer posi-
BILE for the undersea assassin to terror
ize shipping in the North and Med
iterranean seas.
1t is possible that Germany is not
sending out all the U-boats she has
available. Officials of the American
navy department recently said the
rate of submarine building in Ger
many was not known. But on the
other hand we have the assurance of
French cabinet member that the
ally fleets were sinking U-boats twice
as fast as they were being built.'
The U-boats may make another des-
perate effort and cause a temporary
increase in the loss of shipping, but
their day of effectiveness, except as
terror in unprotected waters, is draw
ing to a close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

The internal revenue collections for
the fiscal year ending June 80 last
totaIed s3,672. 100000. OF this amount
Kansas paid more than s26.O0O.000.
The collections for the entire country
for the preceding year were 100000.
900. This years collections exceed by
nearly s2OO.000.00o the estimates
made when the war revenue measures
were passed by congress last year
Four thousand persons were employed
in the work and the total cost of the
collection was 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

From the standpoint of the govern
ment it was all right of course for
Director General McAdoo to pick out
all the best paying railroads and then
leave the others to shift for them
selves. but it was hardly fair to the
short lines. They are thus left to the
tender mercies of the interstate CON-
merce commission and everybody
knows what chance any railroad has
with the I. c. C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
A Cheese Dish.

Make some whole meal scenes,
using one-half pound meal. hal. tea
spoonful cream of tartar. quarter tea
spoonful salt Mix to a soft dough
with cold milk; roll out half inch
thick, cut into rounds, and bake in a
not oven When cooked. pull in half
and spread with the following mix
ture' return 20 the oven for a few
minutes, and serve very hot.
Mixture: Four ounces cheese
grated, stirred over the fire with one
Deaten-up egg and quarter teaspoon
ful of salt and a dash of cayenne
pepper, d little chopped parsley. and
half ounce margarine. When almost
set use as directed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY K. MOULTON

The latest name for a lounge
lizard is couch cootie," which seems
to express it about as well as any
thing could.
1t becomes absolutely necessary. in
order to keep the record straight, to
mention that there is a Lieutenant
Bomb in the ordnance department
so that M. Y. Needle is tailor in
Washington.
The kaiser has promised his SOL
diers peace by July II.
If peace doesn't come then, he will
delete July II from the calendar by
imperial decree and tell his soldiers
that July IT did not happen this year.
Can't beat efficiency.
he 'Weser Zeitung'' calls President
Wilson "a Mikado." Let US hope he
emulates another famous Mikado and
makes the punishment fit the crime.
Ready for Another German Blow"
Headline.
German blow is right.
Pretty soon We will begin calling
them eternal revenue collectors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

The American casualty list is
lengthening from day to day, but never
did men die in a nobler cause than
tat for which our young manhood is
fighting in France. Since the begin
ming of history people have bean called
upon to give their lives in defense of
justice and right. Perhaps when this
war is over a better way may be found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

tons. In all other respects, the skirt
clad yeoman has all the privileges and
responsibilities of her male prototype.
Names in the News.
SoiXante-Quinze-pr swah-
zahnt-kanz-is a French term mean
ing "seventy-five," and refers to the
famous French guns so-called from
the fact that they have a calbre of rs
or about three inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

But they that seek Jehovah shall not want
any good thing.
Jehovah is night unto them that are Of
broken heart
And saveth such are of contrite spirit.
-Ps. 81 is
Why art thou cast down. o my soul?
Hope thou in God; for l shall yet praise
Who is the help of my countenance, and ms
God.
-Ps. a. IL
God is eur refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
-Ps. 461
Jehovah is merciful and gracious.
Slow to anger, and abundant in loving
kindness.
He will not always chide:
Neither will he keep His anger for ever
He hath not dealt with after our sins,
Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.
For as :he heavens are high above the
earth.
So great is His loving kindness toward
them that fear him.
As far the east is from the west
So far hath He removed our transsres-
sions from u.s.
Like father pitieth His children,
So Jehovah pitieth them that fear Him.
-Ps. 103 :S-14.
wherewith shall young man cleanse his
By taking. heed thereto according to Thy
word. -Ps. 1899.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

Edna was pleading-"Forev.r isn't a
long, long time-is 1t, Billy"
IN for stupid husband" said
Billy blan lily.
Copyright, 1918 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

Trust in nothing but in Providence and
your own efforts: never separate the two
Dickens.
A good many people are waiting for
their ships to come in, when tie fact is the
ships were never launched.-Anon.
The doing evil TO avoid evil
Cannot be good.
-Coleridge.
hero or a genius or both. is the man
who guesses right most of the time and
then does it.-Stevenson.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days OF my life
And shall dwell in the house Of the Lord.
for ever. Ps. D g.
There is n home ior weary souls
BY sin and sorrow driven
When tossed on lifes impestuous shoals,
Where storms arise and ocean rolls.
And all is drear but heaven.
William B. Tappan.
What does II mean that a bird has wings
but that there is air in which to fly.
or that men are moved TO pray in an or
derry universe. but there Is God
to answer them John Watson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
See What's Inside The Pill!
OR TOWNLEG

The Nuparin Lea puts GU a In Of
le h pu in keep 10y h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

A hero or a genius, or both, is the man
who guesses right most of the time and
then does it-Stevenson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

Trust in nothing but in Providence and
our own efforts: never separate the two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

The doing evil to avoid an evil
Cannot be good.
-Coleridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

A good many people are waiting for
their ships to come in, when tie fact is the
ships were never launched.-Anon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

But they that seek Jehovah shall not want
any good thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

wherewith shall a young man cleanse his
way?
BY taking heed thereto according TO Thy
word. -Ps. 1899.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Songs for the Great Hour.

Pretty soon We will begin calling
I'm eternal revenue collectors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

God is cur refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
4
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-01-03
OLD WALL MAPS
Utilized FOR
CLOTHING
by Associated Press)

BERNIE, Jan. German ingenuity
has once more found way to stave
off the crisis threatening by reason
of the lack of clothes and clothing The
authorities of the so-called imperial
clothing headquarters, according to
Berlin papers just arrived, have or,
dered all schools to turn in old wall
maps that are mounted on linen or
cloth of any sort.
The maps, it is explained by the
clothing headquarters, will then be
separated from the cloth by a cleans
ing process, and the supply of linen
thus obtained will be used, for cloth
ing if possible, but in any event for
Innings
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-01-03
MUSTARD
IS FORhCE:
PLANT
(By Associated Press)

SPOKANE. Jan. 3.--"Jm Hill' mus
tard, so called from it's prevalence
along the railroad right-of-way built
across the northwest by the late rail-
road magnate, has been found to be a
valuable forage crop, according to
Y. G. Mansfield of Endicott, Washing
ton, stock grower
1--WE lost thousands of dollars fight
ing Jim Hill mustard" said Mans
field. Then about six years ago, we
commenced experimenting with it as
a forage plant. Last year we sold S.
900 worth of sheep that had been
raised on these weeds, and all it cost
us was the moving"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-01-03
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received
until IL a. m. Jan. Z, 1917 at the Of
flee of the Divisional Road Commits
sion for the Third Division of Alas
ka, for the construction of a bridge
across the Nizina River near Youngs
Creek as provided for in the Session
Laws of Alaska, Capter so, H. B. No.
II. Said Bridge to be pile bridge of
416 bents, 6225 feet to be the total
length. Proposals must be made out
in triplicate and accompanied by a
bond signed by two sureties for the
iull amount of the bid, said bond to-
be of full force only in case the con-
tract is awarded to the bidder. Bid
ders will bid for the whole of the
bridge and will also make a separate
Did per lineal foot for the bridge be.
ginning at station O-5, up to the
amount of $4,000.
The above work must be performed
according to the specifications and
conditions on file at the office of the
Divisional Road Commission at Val.
dez, Alaska, and at the office of the
Alaska Transfer Co., Cordova, the
Chitina Hotel, Chitina; and the post
office at Mccarthy, Alaska, where a
copy of the same with form of con-
tract may be seen, and proposal forms
obtained.
bidder, enclosed in a plain, sealed
Proposals must be signed by the
envelope and addressed to the Divis-
ional Road Commission, Valdez, AL
aska, and be plainly marked pro
posals for the Construction of the
Nizina Bridge"
The right is hereby reserved to re-
ject any and all bids.
JAMES E. WILSON,
Chairman Divisional Road Com.
Third District, Territory of Alaska
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-01-03
SNUFF BOXES USED
TO CARRY SUGAR
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Snuff boxes are
said to be coming back into fashion,
but with the difference that they now
contain sugar instead of snuff.
The sugar rationing is expected to
make it necessary for visitors to car
ry around their own sugar and the old
tightly fitting snuff boxes, of silver,
enamel, and inlaid wood are being
brought to light for this purpose.
There is said to be also a demand for
futurist boxes with weird effects paint
ed on them.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-01-03
WOMAN JURY REFUSES
CONVICT FAIR SEX
(By Associated Press)

POPLAR, Mont, Jan. 5.-What is
believed to have been the first jury
composed entirely of women over en-
paneled in this state recently tried a
woman on a charge of assaulting a
man, and found her not guilty.
Mrs. George Craig was alleged to
have met c. T. Dickey in a bank here
and bloodied his nose in an alterca-
ton following an unsuccessful suit
she had brought to recover compen-
sation for nursing
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-01-03
FIRE BURNED TWO
MONTHS UNNOTICED
(By Associated Press)

SPOKANE, Jan. 3.-That a forest
fire burned for two months last sum-
mer in northern Idaho, starting July 8
from lightning, was the declaration OF
Chief Fire Warden Charles A. Fisch-
er, of Orofino, in his report to the
Clearwater Timber Protective asso-
citation. 1t was located in a deep can
yon, he said, and the heavy vegeta-
ton and foliage held it in check for
that period before lookout sighted
it.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-19
CHAUTAUQUA
TO Be Held Here From June Is 4
July president Is Boosting
Chautauqua Movement.

Secretary Carl Dodds of the Cham
Der of Commerce received the follow
ing letter yesterday setting dates for
the Chautauqua this year:
Mr.. Carl Dodds, Maysville, Ky.
Dear Mr.. Dodds:
In former years one of the most dill
icult features of arranging an entire
circuit of towns for a Chautauqua
program, has been to get the date TO
come somewhere near being satisfac-
tory to all parties concerned.
We know that you realize that the
great economies of the circuit plan
which saves more than 100 per cent.
over the old Independent Chautau-
auas", are possible because you al
low us to select the program and ar
range the schedule. We have no 9TH
er desire than to please you, it is our
interest. but it is necessary to Keep
in mind that we are furnishing Chau-
tauoua to over 100 towns and that II
is no small task to arrange every
thing to suit everybody.
This year over half the trains have
been discontinued thus more than
trebling our usual difficulties.
We make this explanation that you
NAV know something of the compn-
cations we must overcome. With these
things in mind and after weeks OF
work we have fixed your dates as
,June 90 to July 5, inclusive.
1t is more necessary than usual that
our printers start the dating OF the
advertising soon. Much OF the ac-
tual printing is now complete. Unless
for some unexpected. reason, such as
the refusal of the railroads to handle
our equipment to conform this sched-
ule. we will consider these dates as
settled, If any correspondence is ne
cessary with your committee, it VIII
have to be within the next week.
Our program we believe Will set
new high-water mark this year. The
correspondence with our towns be-
tokens more enthusiasm than usual
since President Wilson and the GOV.
eminent has come out squarely be-
hind the movement.
We join the President Wilson III
Expressing the hope that you VIII
let no encouragement weaken your
activities and that the people will not
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-19
Geo. H. Frank & Go.
Maysvilless Foremost Clotbiers
Navarro Cafe and Billiard Par|Ors
Cigars, Tobacco, Lunch and Soft
Drinks.
Call and spend your leisure hours
c. e. MARTIN, Proprietor.
TOMORROW TO BE DOLLAR DAY
IN NASHVILLE

Our merchants have been receiving
goods afor some time which will be
put on sale for One Dollar.
Dollar Day, while new event for
Maysville, is not an experiment. In
the large cities they have a Dollar
Day three and four times year.
On these days the public is offered
exceptional values in all articles of
wearing apparel and necessities OF
life The success that attends this
Dollar Day will serve as barometer
to the business men as to whether the
citizens of Mason county desire more
of them.
A special invi tation is extended to
our rural neighbors to attend. Bring
your families and meet your friends
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-04-19
BERTsCHY's HAWAIIAN ENTER.
TAINS

In addition to the regular program
at the Washington Opera House next
Friday and Saturday, Manager Rus
sell has booked the much talked Of
Bertschy's Hawaiian Company Of
musical artists. This company has
appeared before many audiences
throughout the state and the press
notices have been most compliment
tary, A matinee will be given each
afternoon and only one show at night
Admission charge will be 10 cents for
children and 20 cents for adults, plus
war taM