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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-27
On tho Spur
aMen1OnGOnt

Their trench companions do not call
our boys "Sammies,' and they do not
(thank heaven) call them "Buddies.
They call them "Yanks.'
There goes the last of the famous
old Mason and Dixon line.
The treasury has decided that win
nings at poker are taxable. But, on
the other hand. do losses entitle one
to exemption? There are good many
things about the great American game
that we do not understand. 1t is just
possible the government owes US, per-
sonally. lot of money.
Mr.. Adam Flores and Miss Eve Has
kins were married Thursday at the
Methodist parsonage.-FairfaX Iowa)
Register. The old story Of Adam and
Eve keeps going on. doesn't it?
Now comes the gentle. rosy-cheeked.
round.armed, smiling barmaid to take
the place of the bartender because the
government has said that bartendins
Is a "nonessential' occupation. In
stalling these barmaids will be an
awful knock on temperance. The sa-
looms will do more business than they
ever did before.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-27

Mayor Gunckel of Union City. The
fines were paid and the liquor con-
fiscated.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-27
New Golden
Chemical Kills
Pesky Bed Bugs

T. D. O., Pesky Devils Quietus, is
the name of a new golden colored
chemical discovery by DR.. Price that
actually rids the worst infested
house of Bed Bugs, Reaches, Ants,
have time to kick after you go after
them with P. D. Q. A wo-ounce
package of P. D. @. makes a quart
of strong bug killer. A quart of
this preparation goes farther than
a barrel of the old fashioned dan
gerous dope. p. d. Q. is harmless
to human and animal life.
You can rid your pet dog of fleas
with safety.
P. D. Q. will not stain, rot or burn
the springs or clothing. Your drug
giSt has it or can get it for you. Owl
Chemical Co, Terre Haute, Ind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
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vice, nor make exhaustive research.
The war has forced so many changes IN
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Keep in touch with your government
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TRAVELETTE
The Sen Islands.
By NIKSAH

The part of the south which is gem
orally considered to retain most per-
fectly the famous ante-bellum atmos-
phere is the sea island region of the
Carolina coasts. It consists of about
a hundred and fifty low, sandy is
lands, which are warmed in winter by
the Gulf stream and cooled in sum-
mer by Atlantic breezes. Here in the
old days great fortunes were made
raising lpng-staple, sea island cotton,
and here-the planter aristocracy of the
Beaufort is the leading city of the
region, and is located on Port Royal
Island, which is connected with the
mainland by a railroad. Beaufort re-
mains a picture of the old south. for
it's water front is still lined. with resi-
dences of that period. built of tab
by" mixture of oyster shell and
cement, their gardens filled with the
color and fragrance of orange and
magnolia.
The island region itself has changed
little, altho the old plantations are
not the busy places that they were.
and rich northerners. who have
bought up the lands as winter homes
and hunting preserves. have to some
extent replaced the old southern stock
AS a sporting region. this is unex..
celied, for deer and wild turkey and
all smaller game still abound IN the
wilder wamps,
There are many old people about
Beaufort and Charleston who can tell
you the tales of the old days, bit
wistfully, when the planters lived in
state on their island domains, and
journeyed to town in great galley-like
canoes, rowed by singing darkies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS s,zaf.
BIT MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear. Mrs. Thompson: am a mar
rfed woman rs years old. have
been married six Years and haven't
any children. About three years ago
l met a man that loved at first sight
and could not help It, Until then 1
thought ! could never love another
man but my husband. He 10 the best
of husbands. This man says 1t was
the same way with hirr--that he loved
me the first time he saw omeg. 1t was
over q year before we let each other
know our feelings. Hogis also mar
rIed man. My husband Is in tEe dark
about it and il he knew ! know he
would leave me. Sometimes ] ami
tempted to confess everything to him
and leave or let hin do rs he wishes
IL it is to kill me.
What would you advise me to dor
WORRIED.
Since your husband Is good to you.
you ought consider his happiness
as well as your own. Six years ago
when you married him you promised
to take him for better or for worse!
He is-doing his part and you Srouid
stick braveiy TO yorr agreemept Since
the other man is married YOU would
gain nothing by leaving your husband.
believe that you have nothing but ins
fatuat.on for the other man and II you
had a chance to marry him you would
be disappointed in MN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

The war has had telling effect on
building operations. Activities in this
line, which have been held up by the
more important work of winning the
war, probably are only delayed. A
great building boom may confidently
be expected when peace arrives. The
building operations in the larger cities
o. the country were much less in 1917
than in 1916. according to the United
States geological survey. In sixty Sc
leeted cities 199,73S permits were is
sued or buildings erected in 1917, a
decrease of 70.O44. The cost of these
operations was s5S4,193,37S In 1917,
as against $500. ss4,512 in 1916, de-
crease of 35 per cent. The principal
causes of decrease were the scarcity
and high cost of material and labor
In some cities the cause of decrease
was financial stringency. The causes
of increase were local. In New Haven
for example, a great increase wa.
caused by the erection of q large
building for Yale university,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

The taste of the Ieelander for
American products has evidently de-
veloped with closer acquaintance.
The 10000 people of Iceland were i'm
porting, prior to the war. about s3,-
5000 worth of merchandise, chiefly
from the mother country-Denmark
and Great Britain, and of the s4.-
100000 worth of merchandise which
they exported the bulk also went to
Denmark and Great Britain. With
the opening OF the war it became ap-
parent that neither Denmark nor
Great Britain would have the kind Of
materials which the Icelanders need
ed, namely: foodstuffs and manufac-
lures. and as a consequence they
turned to the nearest country likely
to have supplies of those materials
the United States. and so increased
their demands upon US that, according
to compilation by the National City
Bank of New York our exports tc
the island have grown from $4,000 ir
1913. to s251.o00 in 1915. $1.4o4.0OC
in 1917. and approximately $2,0oO.0O(
in 1918. all these figures being for fis-
cal years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

Government control and operation
OF the telegraph and telephone should
make possible i number of economies
not practicable under the system I
divided operation and competitive
methods. But, unless past experience
Is misleading, there, will also he in
creases in expenses. If government
operation of railroads may be taken
as criterion, there will also lie d.
minished service and convsniences
with the wires under government
management. There will be incre ased
salaries for telegraph employees, prob
ably shorter hours. and some - the
favors heretofore extended to patrons
will probably be cut off. as they were
in the management of the railroads.
But out of the whole transaction we
shall discover whether the adv',e Gates
of government ownership were right
In the contention that cheaper and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

No finer compliment has been
paid to the American soldiers than
that of the Italian Journal II Secolo,
whose war correspondent writes: II
V Guild define the American army as a
revealing phenomenon. The speeches,
the thoughts of the officers and SOL
dicrs are surprising; it is not simply
an army which goes into line, not
merely soldiers who make ready to
fight, it is a people in arms which
lands from across the ocean; sure of
its own thought, confident in its own
deeds, like knights in helmet, and
breSstplate approaching to study the
magic of an enchanted island. They
believe. They come with the psychol-
ogy of Crusaders, confident of a great
tank, decided to accomplish 1t, to
avenge wrongs and right them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Things Worth knowing.

In these days of flour economy,
bake pie-that naturally requires two
crusts, with under crust only. Invert
another pie tin over pie while baking
in a hot oven and pie does not dry
out. Works fine.
A help IN straining liquid@To
strain lard drippinss or any other hot
liquids fasten the cloth to the retainer
with clothespins. This enables one to
work alone without fear of burning
oneself.
Save the pie juice-When making a
pie the juice from the fruit very often
soaks thru the under crust and spells
the appearance of 1t. This can be pre-
vented by brushing the under crust
over with the white of an egg
Oatmeal should be cooked several
hours to be digestibie. Cook In usual
way in double boiler. Turn gas low on
pilot burner. Let boil all night.
Tasturtium blossoms and leaves.
put on alternately around a platter.
make beautiful decoration for cold
meat.
Sanitary Way to Wash Dishes-A
small vegetable brush with q handle
can be purchased for or 10 cents.
| 1t keeps the hands ont of the water
and no more ill-smeiiing dishcioths
are needed.
Take Two oil Stove wicks that
i have been burned down so they can.
not be used any more. Cut wick No
| off about one and one-haif inches
/ from top of tin Next take wick No
! 2 out of tin and place IN No. 1. so II
/ sets even on top of wick and sew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

I can't go, I shall be miserable. Per-
haps I am not a Cordova, after all.
And it has been my lifelong dream
Her eyes filled again with tears. She
then. as he drew her detected face to
him, she gave way to another deluge
of tears. He tried to raise her face.
but Alice thereupon chung to him and
kissed his cheek, lutte as IL this were
not the first time in all her life that
she had permitted any tepderer show
of emotion than prolonged hand
shake.
And the neighbors"-at last she
managed to say between sobs. the
reighhors win say 1 am not a Cordova.
and really IL isn't that at all; it's just
because" and then she hid her
face again and refused further expla-
nation.
Gradually It became apparent to
Alexander Burton, tho perhaps he
had guessed 1t several days before,
that Alice had yealiy decided that she
loved him enough to stay home for
him.
And we'll marry and settle down
and plant perennials," Alice said. And
we'll just tell people that l loved you
SO much I gave up bel lg nomad-
that I decided to be a9Burton instead
of Cordoya." . --.tss
why do that?" calmly eueried
Burton, who had saved a surprise till
the last. I've made all arrangements
to start out next week with you. We
can begin with tbs Argentine and then
| go where we choose. 1 have sold my
| business to really very good advan-
| tage and it's all settled
Y Aiice's eyes were beaming with such
joy as they had never shown before.
/ "But you aren't a Cordova," she
I gasped.
| mo, but I've been studying the
records Of the Burtons," laughed
/ Alexander. and I've discovered thai
they have done Just as much nomad
ing as the Cordovas."
Copyright. 1918 by the Mcclure News
| paper Syudicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

hygiene, inashuch as the wisestS OF
laws can be rendered ineffectiyeS by
ignorance or iisinterestedness on the
part of those for whose benefit it is
designed. - -
Railroad Hill is long narrow sec
ton Of Waterbury, running between
the Naugatuck river and the tracks of
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad. The city sewer is laid
along the hill for about one-quarter
of the length. The greater number of
houses on the hill were not connected
with the sewer, and waste pipes from
the sinks poured greasy water into the
yards whence IL ran down hill into
the swampy land about the river.
There were; SIX basement dwellings in
this district. all of them made unfit for
habitation by this condition. The rest
of the houses in Railroad Hill were
of frame, small, old and in very poor
repair. In one of these houses, occu-
pied by widow with four small chill
dren, every step on the stairway was
broken. The roofs. floors and ceilings
were sagGiQg, covered with mildew,and
threatening instant collapse. The door
of a two-room hut in the same neigh
borhood had been blown away and
was replaced by curtain. r-- a,
In a third floor apartment of one
Waterbury tenement building lived "a
nine year old boy in the incipient
stages of tuberculosis and 17-year-
old girl dying of bronchial asthma. IN
an apartment adjoining, a baby had
recently died of consumption, and an
other member of the family was in the
advanced stages of the same disease.
He slept in a small bedroom with his
wife. In another bedroom of the
same size were crowded the rest of
the family, a father, mother and two
children. This room contained $50
cubic feet of air space. In another sec
ton of Waterbury, known as Wards
flats, ESQ persons were crowded into
four small and diiapidated buildings.
The walls of these buildings were dark
and filthy, the halls dark and narrow
and. the stairs generally broken. The
| waste pipes of this section drained into
| a river which followed along the side.
Amid such conditions as these 1t is
obviously impossible for infants to at
| tain their rightfui share of develop
mcnt. These evils are everywhere in
urgent need of correction and elimi-
nation. Yet in most industrial cities
the menacing conditions. far from be.
| ing bettered, are rapidly growing
worse. England. France and Ger
| many have at last awakened to the
woefui mistake of neglecting this
! problem and are trying frantically tc
| retrieve it. 1t is the manifest duty OF
| the United States to lend every effort
toward the reduction of the infant
mortality rate in this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
rFrom the Atchison Giobe.J

Airs well on the Marine, like II used
to be on the Potomac.
Being unnecessarily disagreeabts II
almost as bad as being a pro-Gcrman-
An Atchison woman attended .
wedding, a funeral and q circus all in
one day.
The Hindenburg line 10 becoming
something like the equator, which Is
an Imaginary lire.
When a girl has on an old dress she
advertises the fact by saying. Don't
IL ok at me-"
The German officers. who expected
tn eat Christmas dinner in Paris. will
be lucky If they get dinner any place.
reporters don't like two classes of
people: Those who love notoriety and
tiaese who never want their names In
print
Even when you are doing your best
q lot of people will give you q casual
glance and wonder why you are not
doing better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

With contracts pending for forty
two ocean-going concrete ships of
nearly 500, 900 tons deadweight capac-
ity, this phase of the Emergency Fleet
program is assuming an important
place in Americas war activities.
Since the building of the concrete ship
Faith the 5,O0o-ton experimental
ship laid down and completed in San
Francisco, remarkable strides have
been made in expanding this field OF
the ship-building industry. Plans
now call for the construction of l.
5oo-ton type of concrete vessel in var
ious yards, and for the erection of
plants especially equipped to build
concrete ships. In addition to prepar-
ing plans for concrete ships. which
are now under contract, the concrete
ship construction department is pre-
pairing plans for the building of 500
ton concrete barges to be used on the
Erie canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
Names in the News.

Camions - are heavy transport
trucks used in the French army. They
are used to carry from the depot to
the front supplies for trench making
road making and bridge building. be-
sides equipment and food TO the men
In cases of emergency they are also
used to transport troops when re-
serves have to be rushed to any point
Shortly after the outbreak of the war,
numbers of young Americans Of the
American field service volunteered as
cannon drivers and became known as
"camioneurs-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

better service can be had. Men who
have been praising government own
ership in other countries are now In
charge of the wire systems ia this
country, and they have their cha nee
to make good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

Having started the Huns in the di-
rection of the Rhine Marshal Foch is
giving them no rest. If he can con-
tinue this course, 1t must bring the
war to a speedy termination. The Hun
army is in no condition to stand per-
sistent hammering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
METHOD IN HER MADNESS.

Many of the things done by Ger
many during the war which other
nations have denounced as of insig-
nificant military Importance disclose
themselves during a careful reading
of Germany's after-war preparations.
according to the view of Guaranty
Trust company, as merely a part OF
her general plan of national rehabili-
tation.
For example, says the writer. there
is reason to believe that neutral ships
not engaged in traffic to or from a
belligerent country have been de-
s.royed not only because of the dam
ger of their supplanting German ships
in certain routes, but also, and more
especially. to reduce the sum total of
world tonnage and thereby increase
the proportionate share of it which
Germany will have when the war
ends. If Germany can reduce the
total of world tonnage to a point
where at the conclusion of Ihe war
every available ship will be necessary
for the distribution of needed products
to and from her present enemies and
their colonial possessions German
ships will be able to concentrate on
neutral countries or even to revive
transportation to enemy countries
whose necessities are so great as TO
dull the edge of their resentment. And
other nations lack of ships combined
with Germany's geographical position
will be conducive to that enormous ex-
pansion of business upon which the
German economic prophets look as
the foundation for the gradual build
ing up of industrial and commercial
supremacy.
The systematic stripping of such adj
jecent countries as have been con-
quered by the central powers and their
allies is the initial step in a long and
carefully devised process. Every pos
sibie source of wealth in these coun-
| tries has been destroyed or, where abb
solute destruction was impossible,
ruined, not to serve any present mill
blind, mad hatred, but in accordance
With the plan of creating there a ne
cessity for goods SO great as to compel
the welcoming of German products.
| According to the calculations of the
Germans their own needs and the lack
of ships, will operate to curtail the
abilities of her present enemies to do
much for the denuded countries ada
cent to the central powers. Her esti-
rate OF the character and purposes of
America, Great Britain. France and
| japan is that when relieved of the
burdens of war these countries will
turn Immediately to the revival OF
business with their own rich colonies
or neighbors and leave Belgium, Po-
i land. Russia, Rumania, Serbia, All
bania and Montenegro to regain theii
feet as best they can. Having stripped
these countries of their wealth and
having left them but slender means
of creating it, Germany feels that she
ground for the vast quantities o.
cheap manufactures which she is or
gaaizing her Industries and her dis
tributing machinery to produce ant
market.
SO certain are her leaders of thei
opportunity in this direction that the.
affirm that Italy may be counted witt
the other Immediately prospective
, buyers because position and the loni
custom of her people make German
her natural source of both raw an
finished materials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

Under the caption. 'FWhereu We
Send Kaiser Bil?" the Washington
Herald prints a map giving a few Is
land suggestions for his future ban
ishment. A more appropriate place
than any island is planned for the
kaiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

If the pioneers of 40 were writing
a slogan for this war it would prob
ably be Berlin or Bust" And that Is
what we are up against. We shall
dictate terms of peace in Berlin or the
peace will be of doubtful value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

When they reached the Threshold he
turned to the agent. suavely. Would
you mind introducing me, - he whis-
pered, ito the person who threw that
stone?"
Hello, Aaroni Hear you've got
married. What kind of match did
you make ?" queried the first yiilager.
well. ne.ghbor. I didn't do MS well
as 1 expected-but, to tell the truth.
I don't think she did. either" his
neighbor replied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
~ 49, ~r<.ryv no%y
Mr.. Whiting Secs 1t Thru.
By ROY K MoULTON

"Ninety-five cents is lot for a
watermelon" said Mr.. Whiting
mildly.
81 have to pay "a cents for them"
replied the green grocer, with some
dignity. '"They are very scarce. The
water crop has failed -
81 can't afford to pay IS cents Tor
a watermelon"
They will be s1.oB tomorrow. But
have some lovely muskmeIens for
IL cents I pay 46 for them"
I'll take turnip," said Mr.. Whit
thing, guiping hard. That's about my
speed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

I'VE want peace with honor" says
Hindenburg. Germany may furnish
the peace but somebody else must put
up the honor. In the latter particular,
Germany is hopelessly bankrupt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12
DINNER STORIES

A house-hunter saw an advertise
ment In the paper describing charm
ing house within a stones throw of
the station" He made an appointment.
and in due course was escorted to, the
house in question, two miles away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

The courts have ordered that the
Harvester Trust be dissolved. Now
look out for a sharp advance in the
prices of agricultural machinery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-12

firmly in and out holes around tin so
il will set smooth and slide easily back
in burner. As good as new and saw
ing of 25 cents. as wick No.. / can she
used each time by ripping off wicS
No. 2. ~ ts.r. -ts'-i5 L