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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

you'll never be anything but Pump
kinhead, no matter how big your ears
are
oh" returned Jack, nodding. Il
think / understand
"If you do, you're a wonder" re-
marked the boy, but there's no harm
in thinking you understand. 1 guess
these ears are ready now. Will you
hold the horse while 1 stick them on ?'
Certainly. if you'll help me up"
said Jack.
So Tip raised him to his feet. and
the Pumpkinhead went to the-horse
and held its head while the boy bored
and inserted the ears.
They make him look very hand
some" said Jack, admiringly.
But those words, spoken close to
the Saw-Horse, and being the first
sounds he had ever heard, so startled
the. animal that he made bound for
ward and tumbled Tip on one side and
Jack on the other. Then he COM
tinued to rush forward as if frightened
by the clatter of his own footsteps.
Whoa" shouted Tip, picking him
self up: whoa. you idiot-wlioa."
The Saw-Horse would probably
have paid no attention to this, but
gopher-hole and stumbled head-over-
heels to the ground. where it lay L pom
its back. frantically waving its four
legs in the air.
Tip ran up to it.
you're a nice sort of a horse.
must sayi" he exclaimed. why didn't
you stop when yelled whoa q"
Docs whoa mean to stop" asked
the Saw-Horse, in a surprised voice,
as it rolled its eyes upward to look at
the boy.
''Of course it does" answered Tip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
&Do KEEP THOSE LEGS STILL

'And hole in the ground means to
stop. also, doesn't it?" continued the
horse.
ITO be sure; unless you step over
it," said Tip.
What strange place this is" the
creature exclaimed, as if amazed.
What am 1 doing here. anyway"
''Why. I've brought you to life" an
swered the boy; but it won't hurt you
any, if,you mind me and do as l tell
your"
Then will do as y6u tell me-" re-
piled the sSaW- Horse humbly. But
what happened to me, a moment ago?
don't seem to be just right, some
way"
you're upside down." explained
Tip. But just keep those legs still a
minute and I'll set YOU right side up
again.
How many sides have II" asked
the creature, wonderingly.
Several" said Tip. briefly. But
do keep those legs still"
The Saw-Horse now became quiet,
and held its legs rigid; so that Tip.
him over and set him upright.
'Ah, I seem all right now" said the
queer animal. with a sigh. ea
"One OF your ears is broken" Tip
announced, after a careful examina-
ton. 'Ill have to make a new one"
Then he led the Saw-Horse back to
where Jack was vainly struggling to
regain his feet, and after assisting the
PUN )kinhead to stand upright. Tip
whitfield out a new ear and fastened it
to the horses head.
Now" said he, addressing his steed.
pay attention to what I'm going to
tell you 'Whoav means to stop; Get
Up!' means to walk forward; 'Trotp
means to go az fast as you can. Under
stand?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

; The proposal of the south to plant
less cotton is regarded as sound in
well informed business circles. 1t is
held that the south at least should
grow enough of tine feed and food
crops to supply its own wants. 1t is
profligate management for SOUTH
ern farmer to buy these supplies from
the north,.padng freight and middle
mems charges when his own soil will
grow them as cheaply as they can be
produced elsewhere. The south will
be well-advised to adopt a welI-bal-
.anced policy of production and rota-
tion and adhere to it. This is aside
from any attempt to regulate the
world market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
THE AWAKENING OF THE SAW
HORSE.


HORSE.
The Saw-Horse. finding himself
alive, seemed even more astonished
than Tip. He rolled his knotty eyes
from side to side, taking a first won
dering view of the world in which he
had now so important an existence.
Then he tried to look at himself; but
he had, indeed, no neck to turn, so
that in the endeayor to see his body
he kept circling around and around.
without catching even a glimpse of it.
His legs were stiff and awkward, for
there were no knee-joints in them; so
that presently he bumped against
Jack Pumpkinhead and sent that per-
sonase tumbling upon the moss that
lined the roadside.
! Tin became alarmed at this acct
dent as we'll as at the persistence of
the Saw-Horse in prancing around IN
circle; SO he called out;
"Whcai Whoa, therei"
The Saw-Horse paid no attention
whatever to this command. and the
next instant brought one of his wood
Ell legs down upon Tips foot so fore
IDLY that the boy danced away in pain
to a safer distance, from where he
again Yelled:
"Wtca. Whoa, say"
Jack had now managed to raise
himself to sitting Position, and he
| looked at the Saw-Horse with much
interest
II don't believe the animal can hear
you," he remarked.
81 shout loud enough, don't IL an
swered Tip, angrily. :.
yes: but the horse has no ears"
said the smiling Pumpkinhead.
Sure enough!" exclaimed Tip. not
| ing the fact for the first time. How.
then, am I going to stop him?"
But at that instant the Saw-Horse
stopped himself, having concluded 1t
was impossible to see his own body.
He saw Tip. however, and came close
1t was really comical to see the
creature walk, for it moved the legs
on it's right side together, and those
on it, left side together, as a pacing
| horse does; and that made its body
rock sidewise, like a cradle.
| Tip patted it upon the head, and
said. Good boy, Good boy!" in a
coaxing tone; AMI Nthe Saw-Horse
pranced away to examine with its
| buIging eyes the form of Jack Pump
kihhea l.
Il must find a halter for him." said
| Tip, and having made search In his
pocket, he produced a roll of strong
cord. Unwinding this, he approached
| the Saw-Horse and tied the cord
around its neck, afterward fastening
! the other end to a large tree. The
Saw-Horse, not understanding the ac-
ton, stepped backward and snapped
! the string easily; but it made no at
| tempt to run away
He's stronger than thought" said
the boy, land rather obstinate, too"
why don't you make him some
ears?''. asked Jack. Then you can
tell him whatato do" s-saa
- That's a splendid ideaV' said Tip.
| How did you happen to think of it?'
why, I didn't think of it," answer ed
the Pumpkin sad; Il didn't need to,
for it's the simplest and easiest thing
to do"
So Tip got out his knife and fash
Toned some ears out Of the bark of a
small tree.
| Il mustn't make them too big" he
said, as he Whitfield, or our horse
would become a, donkey"
How is that?" inquired Jack, from
the roadside.
why, horse has bigger ears than
man, and donkey has bigger ears
than Il horse" explained Tip.
Then, if my ears were longer,
would 1 be a horse?" asked Jack
My friend" said Tip, gravely,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

try and discover how much you can
see in everything that you pass or
give attention to-
The smoke coming out of a factory
chimney may represent a thousand
thingS-the picture of men working
long and hard, that home may be kept
and children be<fed and educated and
made happy. Also it may represent
the making of things that go INTO all
parts of the World, perhaps-in turn
to give happiness and use to others.
A tree is simple thing in itself.
park is a simple thing in ITSELF But
each has it's service in sheltering the
bin DIS of the air-in giving shade and
recreation to people-in rendering
service.
1t is interesting and most helpful to
see things every time you look.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

1t is estimated that more than 49,
poo persons. 70 per cent of whom are
wofnep and children, are burned to
Death annually in the United States.
Several times this number suffer pain
full injuries. The property destruction
exceeds s25O.O0O,OOO a year. Authori-
ties agree that practically all fires are
preventable. They are chiefly due to
careless habits. A fire prevention
manual for use in the seventh and
eighth grades of the schools has been
prepared by the national board of fire
underwriters FOR the United States bu-
reau of education. 1t presents in SIM
pie language practical instruction de-
signed to stimulate Interest In fire
prevention. 1t is prepared for use
either as a textbook or as a supple
mentary reader, has ninety-one pages
and contains 100 Illustrations The
booklet is being supplied by the ma
tional board in any desired quantity
at three cents a copy. This. it is said.
covers merely the current cost of pa
per and printing in quantities, as the
board has donated the entire prelim-
mary expense of writing, illustrating.
composition, plate making, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
Litt1QDQflflHHs
NotQzDooK
The Park Ave. News.

The Park Ave. News.
Weather. People asking each other
weather they awt to wear their rub
birs and then wishing they had.
Spoarts. Last Thersday at recess
Pubs Simkins and Sid Hunt lad a con-
test to see wich one could jump up
in the air and clap their heels together
the most times before they cam down
again, Sid Hunt clapping his to Pubs
Simkinses 2. Pubs claiming a fowl on
account of Sid having rubber heels,
saying they proberly made his feet
bounce back quicker.
Bit by a Dog. Sid Hunts father
four d one of his bed no. m slippers all
tore up in different peeces last
Wensday, and Sid Hunts fox terrier
Teddy has bin kepp out in the yard
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Pubs Simkil.S says hes libsi to
eat about IA buckweek cakes in sue
cession without feeling eny different
frum what he did when he started,
and then hes libel to eat jest one more,
and jest that one is libel to give him
a fearse stummick AXE.
Pome by Skinny Martin.
Maybe 1t Rely Was.
We had yello canary herd
Witch its voice was frequent and sweet.
And we diSent know wat its name was
So we always called it Peet-
Sissiety. Miss Mary Watkins de-
MES she was ackting stuck up on
Broad Street last Sundey, saying she
had to wawk that way on account of
having new shoes on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
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BUDS VIEWS.
Old folks think it's fun to be
Just little boy like me-
Think that all ! got to do
Is to play the whole day thru
And to say out in the sun,
Havin' every kind OF fun.
Poets write about the joys
That belong to little boys,
But no poets written yet
Bout the seedlings that they get.
Wonder what old folks would say
If, a dozen times a day,
They were scrubbed until II hurt
Coz their mothers hated dirt.
Wonder how they'd Ike to be
Treated just the same as me
An as soon as they were fed,
Chased upstairs an put to bed,
Or when they've n stummick ache
Castor oil be forced to take.
'Spose those long haired poet chaps
Had to sit in women's laps,
An ne kissed an Rugged a lot,
II they wanted to or not;
'Spose while playin' one-o'-eat
1t had come their turn TO bat,
II their mothers called 'em In,
Chased EN- on an errand for
Something at the grocery store.
Old folks think it's fun to be
Five years old an young like me,
An the poets sing the joys
of the happy little boys,
But right now I'm telling you
Boys have lots Of troubles. too
Lots of things to make 'em mad,
They're not always feeling glad.
When you're five years old: BY Jingt
You get blamed for everything
Copyright 1919 by Edgar A. Guest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

FASTENING sole responsibility for the
war upon the kaiser is the worst kind
of 'sophistry. The kaiser could not
have started the war without the will
ing cooperation of the German peo-
ple. He could not have financed the
war without the willing help of Ger
man financiers. He could not have
committed a dozen of the atrocities.
however willing he might have been.
The crucifixion of children, the merci-
less slaughter of old men, the attacks
on helpless women, the driving of
whole cities into slavery, the demoli-
ton of cathedrals and art treasures
all these were the acts of the German
people, undertaken with unbounded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

Debs is making as hard a fight to
keep out of Jail as he made to keep
his country from winning the war.
The man who continually skates over
thin ice is almost certain to fall into
the pond sooner or later. Should the
president pardon Debs the authorities
probably will be forced to do all their
work over again at a later date. He
has been defying the laws of the coun-
try for quarter of a.. century and
making money by SO doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ hrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am girl
thirteen and am very fond of a boy
friend. He Is in my room at school
and IL getting so he doesn't care much
ABOUT me any more What can I do
to make him like me again.
ANXIOUS.
Pretend that you no longer care for
the boy. When he observes that you
are no longer interested in him he
will wonder why he has dropped from
your favor and will probably show in.
terest in you again.
would suggest that you forget
about boys for a few years and enjoy
your studies and your girl friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Recipes

hCC1TcS-
Tomato and Bean SJup-To any
tomato soup add some left over baked
beans put thru a strainer. The beans
make the soup more substantial and
give it a particularly good flavor.
Plum Pudding Jelly One-half
ounce gelatine soaked in one-half cup
cold water. one ounce chocolate. one
half cup sugar, one cup milk, raisins.
currants, nuts
Dissolve sugar in milk and scald.
Melt chocolate Rub smooth with a
little cold milk Add to hot milk.
Take from fire and add gelatine. Stir
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K MoULToN

A Little Slice o. Life.
Yes, sir said a friend of mine
As we walked along the street,
The present high price
OF liquor is great thing.
1t is so high that a man has to be
A millionaire to accumulate
Any sort of u package.
| can remember the time when
Anybody could get drunk,
Whisky was that cheap.
Even poor man could go out
And celebrate.
Now il is a rich mans sport,
Aud 1t is the greatest thing
That has ever happened to the
Masses in this country.
Liquor is out of reach
OF the poor"
Just then We turned a corner
And we met the raggedest bum
We, had ever seen
Leaning up against a laInppost
And talking to an imaginary horse.
His breath was fatal
At forty PAGES, and
He asked us for a nickel
To get Just one more drink.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

until dissolved and strain into bowl.
When firm enough stir m raisins. cur
rants and chopped nuts. any or all of
these can be used as convenient Serve
with cream
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

Salad-SprinkIe pimento cheese
over lettuce. Serve with French
dressing to which two drops OF to-
mato catsup and two drops of Wor-
cestershire sauce have been added.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05
Buslness OPPORTUNITIES.

Get a cigar case and soda fountain
and start a drug store. 1t doesn't mat
ter whether you can go any further or
not. OF course, if you want to have
regular drug store, you will lay in a
stock of books, calendars, seashell
souvenirs, fireless cookers, automatic
parts, golf goods revolvers, postage
stamps, toys, quick lunch, granite
kitchen ware, hammocks. fishing rods,
gas lighters, mantel clocks and lawn
mowers. The up-to-date druggist aims
to keep everything in stock except
drugs.
Between the British and the Irish
our president will probably prefer to
spend most of his time in France.
Secretary Redfield says he is look
ing for lower prices So is everybody
else-without finding them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-05

Z The war department now is enjoy
ing a slight respite while our governor
takes on the southern cotton growers.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02

County Board of Education.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
WROTE OF LIFE AT HARVARD
Author Now Forgotten Conceded to
Have Been the First to Depict
Undergraduate Days.

Harvard graduates. the world over
have long believed that the earliest
pictorial record Of undergraduate life
at the oldest college In the United
states was made when f. @. Atwood
drew his pictures of college life for
the first volume of the Harvard Lam
poon. The Lampoon was the fore
runner OF humorous Journalism to
America; Atwood became a famous
humorist; and his Manners & Gus.
toms OF We Harvard Students" was es-
tablished as a classic. The discovery
OF time-stained book in. New Eng.
land farmhouse reveals an earlier
craftsman, whose college Scenes"
antedate "Ye Harvard Studente" BY
about quarter Of a century. but were
soon generally forgotten. OF N. Hay
ward. the artist, no record remains
but the bare fact that he was then ID
college. The discoverer. however. had
rare afternoon when he found the
volume In dusty chest. where 1t had
been packed away with a lot Of con-
temporary textbooks and an old Har.
ward Christian Science Mon
itoY.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
)F INTEREST TO THE FARMERS
BY w. f. HOWELL. COUNTY AGENT.

cold or without moisture, and have
been known to live in pasture for
several years.
AT one onset of this disease in
cattle, there is sudden elevation
of body temperature. The animal
refuses to eat and is greatly de-
pressed. Then the characteristic
Blackleg swellings appear, usually on
the legs, shoulders, thighs, rump. or
in the region of the neck and throat.
These swellings, which never occur
below the knees or hooks. are at
first hot and painful to touch, later
becoming dark. stiff dry. and some
times parchment-like. Upon pressure
they give crepitating or cracking
sound similar to that Of crushing
paper in the hand. Should an Incl
sion be made into one of these swell
ings. a dirty. frothy. sweet-smell-
ing liquid would be discharged. An
animal usually dies OF this disease
from one to three days after the
symptoms are first noticed.
AS rule. Blackleg does not yield
to treatment. but it may be prevent
ed by the use OF Blackleg Vaccine.
All animals that die of 1t should be
buried Immediately and their hides
should not be used.
The Veterinary Division OF Glenn
son College keeps on hand at all
times supply OF Blackleg Vaccine,
which is distributed without charge
upon application. This Vaccine Is
injected under the skin by the use
OF hypodermic syringe.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
WHEN JIMMY BRITT LAUGHED
operssman Who Had eantered Him
sn Looking Old Got Consider
able Of q jolt.

Jimmy Britt. the immsculately
dressed lightweight champion, used to
tell story about Eugene Corrl, the
English referee.
"One day in the Strand" 80 the
story ran. "Corri came up to me and
said:
Britt. you've made a lot of money
out of boxing. haven't your
Yes said 1, 4 have
"Well.' said Corri, why don't you
quit? You're beginning to show signs
Of what you area pugilist on the
down grade. Jimmy. my boy, you're
beginning to look old
"Well, after that speech Corri took
me to lunch at the Savoy. While we
were lunching nice-looklng couple Mt
a nearby table kept looking at us con.
tinually, and finally we heard the
young lady say as she nodded toward
Corri:
"Who Is that manr
He's pugilist,' her escort an.
swered.
Graciousr said the young lady.
What brutal face he has.
Yes said her escort. To Judge
from his looks he must be about the
foulest fighter In the ring
"Then little later we heard the
young lady ask
=" is he marriedT
Yes; oh. yes said her escort.
That handsome, gentlemanly little
Fellow with him Is his SON."
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
Gasoline 70 De Mined.

The latest estimates Of the United
States geological survey show that II
gasoline continues to be used up at
the present rate. all the petroleum
fields now In use will be exhausted be-
fore 1850. Where. then. will the fu-
ture supply Of gasoline come from
Billions Of dollars are involved in the
question. The probable answer IL that
"mine6 gasoline will be used.
Colorado. Utah and other Western
and middle Western states contain ~.
tensive oil.bearIng deposits Of bitum,n.
ous shals. Crude oil can be extracted
from them and this can Be distilled
further to obtain gasoline.
1t 10 estimated that enough gasoline
could be produced in this way to equal
many times the amount obtained from
al present-day fields.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
RATS DIE

so do mice. once they eat RAT-SNAP.
And they leave no odor behind. Don't
take our word for it-try package.
Cats and dogs won't touch 1t. Rats
pass up all food to get RAT-SNAP.
Three sizes.
3oc. size Il cake) enough for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
oOc. size q cakes) for Chicken
House, coops, or small buildings.
*l.O0 size q cakes) enough for all
farm and dout-buildings, storage build
ings, or factory buildinKs.
Sold and GuaranteedSby Lancaster
Drug Co. and w. 8. Stewman & Co. 1
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Whereas. one-third OF the free
holders and one-third Of the electors
OF the ago Of 81 years. residing In
Jscksonham school district No. 8 have
petitioned the county board OF educa-
tion to order an election to determine
whether or not an additional tax of 4
mills shall be levied on all real and
personal property for school pur-
poses.
We hereby order said election to be
held by the trustees in said Jackson
ham school district, No. 9. on Tues
day. Sept. 9th, 1919, at the school
house.
At which election only such cleo
tors as return real or personal prop.
erty for taxation and exhibit their
tax receipts and registration certifi-
Gates shall be allowed to vote.
The opening and closing hours shall
be the same as In all general cleo
tions.
A. G.. ROWELL,
b. F. CARSON.
. II. f. COFFEY,
County Board of Education.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-02
Prof. w. H. Mills Coming.

Prof. w. II. Mills. who holds the
chair of Rural Sociology at Clemson
College is to be in this county for
several days. coming here on Sept.
9th. Prof. Mills is recognized as one
OF the best authorities in tho country
On rural life problems. and the people
OF the county should avail them
selves OF the opportunity OF hearing
him. He is to give a,series of lee
lures throughout the county. His
itinerary will be announced later.