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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02
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Q. what presidents were related 10 each

Q. What presidents were related to each
other FL. +.
A. The sixth president, John Quincy
Adams. was the son of the second president,
John Adams, and the 23rd president. Ben
jamin Harrisoay was the grandson of the
ninth president. William Henry Harrison
ly in the army2-W- L. r.
A. During the World War. in the Unit
ed States Army, Navy and Marine cerps,
there were Sc names which appeared on
the rolls more than 1000 times. Smith
led. with johnson, Brown. Williams; Jones,
Miller. Davis and Anderson following.
Q. Did the United States government
ever pay General Robert E. Lee for his
nome Th lI beirs of General e Lee were re-
imbursed for this property in the sum of
$150.oo0 altho the estate was assessed at
q. who, holds the record for home runs I?
A. Babe Ruth of the Boston Americans
holds the record with 20 home runs in
1919 Ed. Williams of the Chicago Ma
tionals comes second with 81 home runs in
1854. and John Freeman. of Washington
National League third with % in 1899.
Q. How is the name Magdalen as ap
piled to one of the colleges at oxford. Eng
land. pronounced ?-F. H. E.. :.
A. Englishmen pronounced 1t as IL
spelled MaudIfn-
g. g; What church does President WILSON
A. President Wilson attends Iefe Gen.
trail Presbyterian and st. Mafgafet's Epis-
copal church alternately but has not been
We'll CnbhSH 10 appear at CHURCH SeINlceS
since his illness last autumn.
O. In cost of living computations. how
is the food figured for family of five,
when such family consists of two adults
and three children of various ages Pr.
B. l..
A. Such a family, according to accept
ed statistical standards. requires an
amount Of food equivalent to that required
by 3-3o adult, males For example, the
family would require 1.37 pounds of meat
and fish. lis pound Ioaves of bread daily.
and 1ST pounds of butter or oleomargarine
weekly
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JUST FOLKS

By EDGAR A. GUEST.


There is more in this life for the mo-
ments reward,
A part of ourselves for the future Is stored /:
Our children's tomorrows, the years of our
land,
Depend on our thought and the work of
our hand;
Oh, our glorious flag will come down from
the sky, ~
II wholly We live for ourselves till we die.
The next generation, which now seems
afar,
Depends upon us, upon all that we are;
We might take from this life some rich
pleasure today
For which in the future our children must
pay;
There are some things to think of, to work
for and bleed
More than ourselves and our own present
need.
Something of us must live on thru the
years,
Our Flag must be pure when the next age
appears;
Our country must feel In its pulses the
stir
And the impulse which comes from the
men that were:
Not for ourselves dare we live here and
die,
Or darkness will come when our age has
Copyright. 1920, by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

Among the signs of declining prices
noted by Bradstreet's the past week
are: Leather and hides alike dull
and weak with prices nominal and
actual firm cash orders could do won
ders if presented. Raw wool is to 10
cents lower with trade at a standstill,
the new clip neglected and world mar
kets dull and easing. Staple manufac-
turers of cotton are lower with per-
haps a shade more business doing.
The silk trade lacks life both in raw
and manufactured lines. Lumber is
duh and weaker from q combination
of causes. notably tight money, impos-
sibility of delivery and recent prices
having been keyed too high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE.

Last week my sister Gladdis bawt a
Weejy board. and every time Mr.. Par
kins comes to see her they set on the
sofer in the parler and ask the Weejy
board questions, and last mite I got
the hammer out of pops tool chest, and
went in the parler and crawled under
the softer with it, and pritty soon Mr.
Parkins came and him and Gladdis sat
on the softer without eny ideer who was
underneath it and started to ask the
Weejy board questions, Mr.. Parkins
saying, Suppose we try to get in COM
munication with a SPIRIT tonite, Miss
Potts.
o Mr.. Parlxins. I'm afraid. sed Glad
dis, and Mr.. Parkins sed. I'm not
Weejy, is there eney SPIRIT that wunts
to communicate with us?
o look, look, its pointing to Yes, sed
Gladdis, and Mr.. Parkins sed Who is
it, Weejy, wat the spirits name?
o. its spelling sumthing. Smith. II
spelled Smith. sed Gladdis.
Are you there, Smith? sed Mr.! Par
kins. WITCH jest then I hit the floor
with the hammer times
o, wat was that, o my goodniss, I'm
frightened, sed G1addis.
Did you heer it too, hevvins, that
was queer. wasent it =? sed Mr.. Parkins
and Gladdis sed. Lets stop, don't like
spirits, o deer.
WITCH jest then I nocked 8 more
times and made nay voice mysterious
as enything, saying, Let me in, 1 wunt
to come in. kl
| O yelled Gladdis loud as enything
That voice, sed Mr.. PaEkins, meen-
ing he reckonized it. and he looked
under the sofer and then started to
reech under and I quick crawled out
and ran out of the room and G1addis
got mad at Mr.. Parkins on account OF
thinking he told me to do it, and she
wouldent bleeve him wen he sed he
dident, and she still wasent bleeving
him wen got tired lissening and went
out to see if there was enything doing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02
VARYING SUGAR PRICES.

While Attorney General Palmer is
spending large sums of money in an
effort to run down sugar profiteers, it
is reported that the war department
is selling sugar from its commissary at
fifteen cents a pound while the gem
eral public is paying twenty cents or
more a pound. A difference of five
cents pound, or more, is too great to
be explained by the difference in cost
of purchase and sale thru a govern
ment commissary.
If the government can buy sugar at
such a price as to enable it to sell to
the consumer at fifteen cents a pound,
Attorney General Palmer has available
for his use conclusive evidence that
would Justify prosecutions against
those who sell sugar at twenty cents.
II he can induce the war department
: to cooperate with him he can easily
, ascertain where the war department
buys sugar at a price that permits re-
sale at fifteen cents a pound and can
thus demonstrate the unreasonable
ness of sales at twenty cents.
Mr.. Palmer should request the pres
ident to direct the secretary of war
to cooperate with him as contemplate
ed by the provisions of the Overman
act and thus bring to justice, without
needless expense to the public, those
who are charging exorbitant prices for
sugar.
One of two things must certainly be
true: either the war department is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

1t is expected that the railroad Ia
Dor board will render a decision June
Is on the demand of the railroad en-
ployes for an increase in wages
amounting to approximately $1,000
100000. If these demands in their en-
tirety be granted, probably the roads
will ask for an Increase in freight
rates sufficient to yield $4,000. 000,o 900
instead of the $1,OOO,OOO,O 900 which
they now are seeking. Meanwhile
the public must stand by and gaze
shelplessly on the proceeding, knowing
that whatever the result it will be
compelled to pay the bill. Transpor-
tation the country must have at what
ever price, Probably, what mostly
concerns the people at this time is a
desire that the whole matter be set
tied as speedily as possible SO that
the agony may not be further pro-
longed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
THINGS THAT COME BACK.

Lots of things are thrown away
but few things are wasted.
Sometimes for years the thing
thrown away may lie idle and asleep,
but at some moment when you least
expect, it will spring up. and begin to
live its life again.
over and over again the words and
teachings of a professor I had in col
lege, come back to me. We used to
call him Daddy Ward, because he
was the daddy of us all. He taught
mathematics, but there never was a
student who didp't go from his classes
bigger in character than in the science
he expounded with figures and dia-
grams
What YOU give out from your heart
freely. always comes back to some
one, somewhere-and to you!
There is a story of "Androcles and
the Lion" which tells how Androcles,
a Roman slave. took refuge from his
brutal master in a cave. There a lion
came upon him-a lion tanned for the
moment by the agony of an injured
paw. Androcles took care of the lion.
cured its paw and was kind to it.
Later. when the slave was captured
and thrown into the arena to be de-
voured by lions. a generous fate would
have it that the lion in the arena was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

It is reported that the tide of i'm
migration from Europe which it was
expected would set in following the
close of the war already is in evil
dence and its volume is limited only
by the shipping available. This coun-
try never ste Il in greater need of ad-
ditional laborers than it does today.
The United States has always depend
ed upon immigration. The uAskilled
labor that has done the digging, haul
ing. track laying in this country is a
reminder of the service rendered by
the immigrants of the past. As the
American children of immigrants
have prospered. these descendants.
like other Americans. sought other
and more attractive tasks. So one
wave nj immigration after another has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

blinkingly at MIN, then her own lips
quiyered and a big tear that sparkled
like a jewel splashed down her cheek.
but I do. Bill. 1 want to do all of
those things for you
flashed into his face at that. Needless
of the people around them, he squeezed
her hand. Maybe I'm not such fool,
after ALL" he chuckied. Then he
leaned nearer. Tonight I'm going to
kiss that dimple in your cheek until
I make up for every time I've wanted
to do it. girl, and never dared"
Copyright 1920, ny the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

Belgium is the first of the war-torn
European countries to show signs of
an early return to pre-war conditions.
The Befgians have been working and
much has been accomplished along the
line of restoration of the country's in
dustries. Her progress has been such
that she has just been able to obtain a
loan of $5O.OoO.OOO from a New York
banking house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

followed with pick and shovel. push
ing up the wave ahead to better
wage level. and in time being itself
pushed up by still another wave. And
because there are so many more re-
sources in the United States to be de-
goes steadily on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

The reason for the decline in the
price Of liberty bonds is no secret. 1t
is merely that a lot of persons want
ed to collect on the governments notes
before they were due. Anybody who
tries TO collect on a note before it is
due will find that he must stand a
discount unless the interest rate be
unusually high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

In California it is reported the Jap
anese are demanding 60 cents an hour
for work in gardens and are getting it,
No longer can it be said that Oriental
labor is beating down the wages of the
American working man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

The senate committee investigating
campaign expenses seems bent on di-
recting public attention to the fact
that the track on which General Wood
is running has been soaped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02
! Household Hints
Menu Hint
BREAKFAST.

Menu Hint
BREAKFAST.
Steamed Apricots.
Cereal and Cream.
Waffles. Bacon.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Vegetable Soup.
Cheese and Hominy.
Bran Bread and Butter.
Mold Tapioca Cream Tea.
DINNER.
Celery.
Roast of Veal. Brown Gravy
Baked Potatoes. CaulifloweT
Red Cabbage Salad.
Cranberry Pie. Coffee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

Marmalades
Orange Marmalade-A1low pound
for pound. Pare half the oranges and
cut the rind into shreds. Boil in three
waters until tender and set aside.
Crate the rind of the remaining
oranges (take off and throw away all
the thick, white inner skim. Quarter
all the oranges and take out the seeds.
Chop or cut in small pieces; drain all
the juice that will come away without
pressing them over the sugar. Heat
this until the sugar is dissolved, stir
ring to prevent burning. adding a very
little water unless the oranges are
very juicy.
Boil and skim five or six minutes;
put in the boiled shreds and cook ten
minutes, then the chopped fruit and
grated peel and boil twenty minutes
longer. When cold put in small jars
and seal
Lemon Marmalade is made as you
would orange, allowing a pound and a
quarter of sugar to a pound of fruit
and using half of the grated peel.
Fruit Marmalade (delicious)-One
pound peaches. one pound pears, one
pound p1ums, two oranges, two lem
ons. one-half pound raisins.
Put all thru food chopper. Add
three and one-half pounds sugar. Boil
one-half hour. Add one-half pound
chopped nuts. L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

We love the velvet-cushioned life
against which the bourgeoisie leans,
but hoi polloi is vastly more in
triguing and exciting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

How do we find the going in the
new environment? Well, confidentially
speaking, rather dull. The middle
classer feeds and does one rather well.
and he is an agreeable chance ac-
quaintance But as a boon companion
he is enervating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

1.-THE hope in Russia, as we get 1t
from the Associated Press, lis that a
middle class intelligensia m y
emerge" Speaking as one who has
painsta kingiy worked himself up to
the middle class. we say too much is
expected of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

The moral in the case writes itself.
1t is important to obey the law.
Those who do SO do not get into the
penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

NF--~fraF tfl
A man enjoys being chased by the
women, but he hates to be run down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

Why do we insist on relating the de-
tails of our domestic relations? WellI
chiefly because they probably are very
similar to yours. We not only write
a column such as it is. We go further;
we show you the wheels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

sell them something that will more
than cover the loss, and in fact make
you about rs per cent profit. If you
don't like my business methods, say
sol I'll resign this morning"
We'll, there's. some sense to what
you say. I apologize
She went back to the clamoring
throng.
At o'clock Hart crossed the avenue
and entered the smart new tearoom.
where Bill had taken the Amazonian
blonde two days before. She did not
know why she was going there, but
she was going She had just been
seated by a waiter when she saw Bill
Maloney slipping into ,the-chair oppo-
site her.
you put it all over me this morn
ing, girl" he said quietly. I've heen
watching for you since twelve-thirty
to acknowledge that you are shrewder
than am and that all my talk about
girls staying home and keeping house
has been hot air. You got the crowd
this morning. and, of course, you COW
cred your loss by increasing prices on
other things Anybody could sting 'em
with 4 hypo when they were all lined
up waiting for the needle. You're
some smart little girl No wonder you
don't want to marry a big boob like
me and cook and wash dishes and"
A little PARKWAY light shone in his
blue-gray Irish eyes and seemed to
CULVER for a second at the corner of
his WIDE straight mouth And
Bother with-littie Maloneys, girl" he
added
Hart had not expected anything like
that For a fan second she stared un-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-02

We believe we have hitherto stated
Buck Kilby's objection to suffrage.
Since you probably have forgotten it.
we refresh your memory. Buck says
you can't confer the ballot ON women
without giving the suffragettes the
right to vote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-24

Buster Bear was puzzled. Never in
all his life had he been more puzzled.
What was Farmer Browns boy trying
to dot There he was in that little
sunny place right in front of where
Buster was hiding and he seemed to be
very intent on something, but what
that something was Buster couldn't
make out.
In one hand Farmer Browns boy
carried a little square box and in the
other he held the cover to it. He went
from flower to flower. Presently Bus
ter was reminded of what he himself
was there for by seeing Busy Bee
alight on flower. He watched her for
only a second, then again turned
toward Farmer Browns boy.
The latter was stealing very softly
toward that flower in the heart Of
which Busy Bee was hard at work.
Slowly and carefully Farmer Browns
boy held the little box close to that
other hand br6shed Busy Bee into the
boz and put the cover on.
Then he peeped In at the little win
dow In the cover Of the box and watched
Busy Bee. OF course Busy Bee was
very indignant and few about inside
that little box, all tho time buzzing
angrily. But It didn't take her long
to discover that honey on the bottom
OF the box. Right away she forgot
that she was prisoner. She forgot
everything but the fact chat here was
honey all ready TO take away, and she at
once began TO load up with all she
could carry.
Farmer Browns boy walked over to
an old stump and carefully placed the
little box on it. Then he took off the
cover. Buster Bear blinked hiss eyes,
"Now what did he do that for ?" thought
Buster. 1T he doesn't watch out
Busy Bee will get away"
Right that very instant Busy Bee
little boz straight up in the air. .circled
and darted away. Buster Bear couldn't
see in which direction Busy Bee few,
but he knew that Farmer Browns boy
could by the way he looked toward the
Green Forest.
"Huh!" grunted Buster Bear, taking
great care not to do it aloud but down
inside. Huh! That was a stupid
thing to do What did he 90 to all
that trouble TO catch Busy Bee for and
then let her get away like that? And
what under the sun is he watching for
now? He looks for all the world as
II he expects Busy Bee to come back.
Huh! He must think she is stupid. |
always thought these two-legged hu-
man creatures were smart, but guess
was mistaken"
Now Farmer Browns boy did am.
Dscs Busy Bee AssA aaA-Aa. expeeesA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-24

thought that it belonged to the roam
mare that was killed by the explosion.
1t was actually issued to black
gelding that was yesterday found haul
ing oysters.
Among the witnesses called before
the grand jury yesterday was Raw
Clark, foreman of crew of building
WI eckers employed by the A. Volk
House Wrecking Company. They are
tearing down the building on the site
Of the Stock Exchange extension. Clark
denied he had spoken to the driver Of
the death-wagon before the explosion
More Warnings Received
He said that shortly after the blast
man came onto the platform over
the excayating work and asked to be
permitted to take look at the scene
because, he explained, "that was his
horse down there that was killed" Tho
man left the place little while later
Three other workmen corroborated
Clsrk's story. -''oi a'eo
Three other"men testified to having
been visited several days before the
olsaster by man, not foreigner, who
inquired for nine-pound sash weights.
They .could. not give an adequate de-
sGcrlption OF the man. Officials Of the
Dlttmars and Dupont powder com
panles will be Intercepted at the
grand Jury session to-day.
Warnings that life and property were
to be destroyed continue to be received
In cities all over the country. In Bos-
ton Mayor Peters has again been mott
fed that he will be shot Friday night
at r." A proclamation has been issued
IN that city calling upon citizens to re-
port to the police any acts involving a
menace to public institutions.
The authorities at Fall River and
Providence have received similar warn
ings: At South Norwalk letter was
received saying that buildings there
are to be blown up Saturday at noon.
From Hartford, Conn, it is reported
that the life Of Governor Holcomb has
been threatened. A guard has been
thrown around public buildings In that
city.
The Louisville, KY, police have for
warded to the local authorities a photo
graph and Bertillon measurements of
A: O. Perkins, ffty-one years old, in
whose pockets were found clippings and
pictures relating to the Wall Street
explosion.