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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
Questions-Ans1Ders

Q. In what countries do we own the
buildings occupied by our diplomatic rep
A. The United States government has
built legations in China and Salvador: and
has bought legations in Cuba and Panama
and embassies in Japan and Turkey. In
Morocco and Siam, the buildings occupied
governments TO ours. In England. J. p
Morgan has offered his London residence to
gift has not yet been accepted.
Q. Is there nicotine in tobacco smoke
A. Nicotine. the alkaloiG contained in
tobacco does not appear in Tobacco smoke.
1t Is split into pyridine and cellodine;
used on bolts and screws invented? J. s.
A. William Sellers suggested the first
formula ever offered for bolt and screw
thrends in 1864.
O. When was the attempt made to assas-
sinate J. PierRont Morgan? NJ. r. K.
A. On July /, 1915. at Glen Cove, Long
Island. j. Pierpont Morgan was shot BY
Q. What was the ''Buckshot war"3 r.
A. An election controversy in 1sss in
Pennsylvania, between the Wings and Dem
one side threatened the other With 'bail
the 'Buckshot War. Federal Intervention
was demanded, but was refused.
q What musical instruments did the
A. The Indians had various drums: a
f,ute. with scale Of seven notes; a whis-
made of dry gourds, loaded with sand or
pebbles.
Q. what was the nature Of the Mercy
Letter which created such a furore in the
Garfield campaign? J. H G.
A; During the Garfield Hancock presi-
Dental campaign of 1880 a letter which
favored Chinese immigration purporting TO
have been written by General Garfield &c
II. J.. Morey of Lynn. Mass, was made
public and used as a campaign document
by the. Democrats. General Garfield de
noUnced the letter. as a forgery:
O. In what section of the United States
is sulphur produced F. s.
A. Nearly all the sulphur produced in
the United states comes from Louisiana and
Texas.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
George Matthew Adams
Daily Tdk
HE WHO WAITS

One of the finest and most widely
known poems ever created is the
'Elegy Written in a Country Church
yard by Thomas Gray.
And yet Gray thought so little of its
merit he demanded that it first be
published anonymously.
1t took eight years to write and
polish this poem so that the author
was willing TO let it leave his hands.
On the night of September 49, 1853,
the night before the battle of the
Plains of Abraham, Wolfe was de-
scending the ST. Lawrence with a part
of his troops 1t was an unusually
calm night. There was almost com
plete silence among the boats as they
floated on their way. 1t is said that
Wolfe repeated the stanzas from this
great poem to those about him and
added afterwards: Now, gentlemen, I
would rather be the author of that
poem than take Quebec
Lincoln thought little of his brief
speech at Gettysburg. And after it's
delivery he was the first to congratu-
late the scholarly Everett for his
speech, forgetting his own.
But all the pent-up heart fervor
and all the days and nights of years
this one simple, beautiful, immortal
speech.
He who waits may have to travel an
exceedingly lonely path, and feel quite
deserted at times. but there is re-
turning satisfaction to every who who
is conscious that he is building some
thing that is long going to outlast his
life efforts.
I watched a group of boys in a
swimming contest There was one
boy who came in last in every event.
But-he came up smiling each time,
Someday he will be champion-he will
come in first because he has learned
how to wait.
Every time we are defeated in our
purposes or desires We learn some
thing that is sure to help US win later
on.
Strength brews in waiting.
Copyright, 1922. George Matthew
Adams1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

The striking textile workers in New
England are reminded by the HART
ford Courant that the one thing which
they have TO sell is a commodity
which cannot be placed in cold stor-
age as are so many other things which
are offered for sale. ''Today's work.
it says, must be marketed today or
never and yet, whenever a strike is
begun this fact is lost sight of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
DECISIVE LABOR BATTLES.

Much has been said and written re-
garding the decisive battles that have
taken place in the worlds history.
Reference ian had OF course TO battles
that have been fought with guns. The
coal strike may take its place as one
of the decisive battles of industry.
There have been two such before.
They were the Debs strike and the
Boston police strike.
The Pullman strike of 1894, led by
Eugene V. Debs, was marked by much
violence. Several murders were COM
mitted and much railroad property
was destroyed In Gace of the grow
ing disorder officials OF Chicago and
Illinois seemed impotent. When the
disturbances were threatening to as
sumo dangerous proportions, Presi-
dent Cleveland put an end to the mat
ter by sending in federal troops. de-
spite the protest of Governor Altgeld
OF Illinois.
This action Of the presidents effec-
tually decided the question, until then
in dispute. as to whether or not the
federal government had the authority
to override the authorities of a state
in order to quell disorder within that
state.
For a year or two prior to the Bos-
ton strike the police had been re-
questing higher wages in order to
meet the cost of living sent soaring
by the war. The commissioner re-
fused to listen to them. Then the po-
lice affiliated with the American Fed
demanded that they rescind this &C
ton. The men refused and an
nounced their intention of striking
Mayor Peters, alarmed at the pros
pect, suggested to the commissioner
that the militia be made ready for
duty in case the police quit. The COM
missioner replied that he would have
on hand an auxiliary force adequate
to cope with the emergency.
The police struck and the promised
auxiliary force was not to be had.
Rioting and looting became rampant
thruout the unguarded city. Gov
ernor Coolidge issued his law and or
der proclamation, took charge of the
situation. and modified the state
troops. Quiet was restored, new po-
lice force was recruited, and none of
the strikers was reinstated.
This strike made clear the principle
that policemen were something more
than mere municipal employees in the
same category as industrial employees.
1t is their duty to protect the city, and
they are sworn to perform that duty
to the best of their ability. To have
policemen strike. therefore, is akin to
having soldiers mutiny.
Probably one more decisive labor
barule was averted in 1916 when con-
gre SIS surrendered to the railroad men
and passed the Adamson law. The !
pending struggle between the coal
operators and the miners may end in
a compromise. as hundreds of such |
struggles have ended before. but there |
is a widespread feeling among the |
PEOPLE that they would like to see it |
fought out and settled so that it would |
stay settled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

Since all the treaties have been rat
flied. Secretary Hughes may think
better of the Genoa conference and
decide to send a man to the parley
While the treaties were pending he
could not afford to do anything that
might arouse the suspicious OF the
patriotic senators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

1918 = ssss.4ss.OOo. ooO;. 1889
s1s,0oo.00O Apparently the more
money they make the less tax they
pay. But this may be due to the dis
covery OF additional ways OF evading
payment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
LITTLE BEHNY'S NOTE BOOK

The Invention OF the Wireless Telefone
a Play
Ack
Scene, outside.
Mark Cony. These feIefone wires
all over the city make me sick. Every
time I want to look up at the sky
haff to see a lot OF telefone wires
Waits the use Of having a sky? Wat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

The worldwide peace movement IN
augurated at che Washington confer
ence. finally has extended to and in
Guided the United States senate ana
ireland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

Ernma's reactions. But We gather that
she regards Russia as the same sort
of hell hole which she formerly con-
sidered these United states.
Doubtless there is a great deal the
matter with Russia But probably its
greatest drawback is that it has too
many Emmas Goldmans, too many
Alexander Berkmans.
Likely there is something in the
story that Henry Ford will campaign
New Jersey against Senator Freling-
huysen The one temptation which
few Americans are strong enough to
resist is that of getting up before
an audience of their fellow citizens
and making spectacles of themselves
Personally. we are for the contem-
plated excursion. We have long con-
tended that Mr.. Ford is not as great a..
man as his friendly ybiOgra pliers have
way of proving it than that of permit
ting him to make public speech.
Hoist by Our Own Petard.
OsceoIa MiIIs.sPa.. March 29.-(By
wire. )-Trusting you have found Of
flee boy, you are now subject to con-
ordinations from fellow Shifter.
FIFTH DEGREE SHIFTER-
We are now ready to believe all
that has been said of thenl Firth
Degree Shifter sent his telegram col
lect and it cost us sixty-one cents.
We believe, too, with most of the
proponents of the bonus. that the rich
ought to pay it. BY passing laws
compelling them to do it, the rich
could be forced to put their money in
government bonds and other non
taxable securities and driven out OF
all the arteries Of commerce and
trade
Somehow the performance of
Judge Frank Irvine. who is running
for congress as a Democrat in the
Thirty-seventh New York district.
does not tremendously impress us. 1t
is true Judge Irvine has freely ex-
expressed what undoubtedly are his
honest convictions, but he is running
for congress in a district which gave
a Republican majority of $4,000 in
1920.
y y =
What we are looking for-the bird
we wish to lamps the candidate for
congress who will express his honest
convictions in a district where the
vote is close and the result in doubt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

We are now ready to believe all
that has been said of them. Firth
Degree Shifter sent his telegram col
lect and it cost US sixty-one cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03
Holst br our own Petard.

OsceoIa MiIIs.sP March 29.-(By
wire. )-Trusting you have found Of
flee boy, you are now subject to con-
ordinations from a fellow Shifter.
FIFTH DEGREE SHIFTER-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

Ernma.s reactions. But We gather that
she regards Russia as the same sort
of hell hole which she formerly con-
sidered these United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

Doubtless there is a great deal the
matter with Russia. But probably its
greatest drawback is that 1t has 100
many Emma. Goldmans, too many
Alexander Berkmans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-03

What we are looking for-the bird
we wish to lamps the candidate for
congress who will express his honest
convictions in a district where the
vote is close and the result in doubt,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15
CAREFUL WORK IN ORCHARDS
Only Constant, Alert Attention That
Holds Up Productiveness Of
Various Trees.

One of Natures strongest laws Is
that of the survival of the fttest. The
weaklings. the Indifferent, the unfit,
all go the inevitable way to oblivion.
Only the strong, the necessary, the fit
survive in the final analysis. Fruit.
especially, is the product Of mans
Skill, working In conjunction with
natures laws. The average fruit tree
or berry bush. allowed to 60 It's way
unmolested by man. will shortly de.
generate into a bramble patch or a
non-prOductive thicket. Isis only the
constant, alert attention of the or.
chardist that holds up the productive
trait Of his tree or his berry patch.
Without his skill In combining the I'm.
pulses Of nature which are contra.
dictory to a short fruit yield, nature
would shortly render his orchard non.
productive.
Orchards do not run ont" half so
often as the man himself runs out"
Orchards having the benefit of careful.
systematic pruning and attention to
insect pests will endure for years and
years. And many an old orchard which
has lain for nearly a generation un
productive and deserted, under the
hand Of a skillful orchardist Is
brought back to profitable production
In a season or two of careful sys.
teInatic work.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15
AGE WHEN FRUIT TREES BEAR
Apples and Pears Should Begin to
Yield When F'srtsd About Six
to Eight Years.

Reckoning the age of q tree from the
time when it is planted in It's perrna-
nent place. apple trees should begin to
bear. as a rule, when they have been
planted from six to eight years. Ger
tain varieties. such as the Yellow
Transparent and Wagner. may bear
considerably younger; others, stch as
the Northern Spy and yellow Newton.
nc until they are somewhat older. In
dividual trees Of the ann variety vary
somewhat In this respect.
Pear trees hear, in general, at about
the sar.e aye as apple trees, though
perhaps a little younger.
Peach tres under favorable condi.
lions often bear at three years of age,
and In any event they should bear at
four years. unless injured by frost or
otherwise.
Plums vary considerably according
to the group Ia which they belong, but
most sorts begin to bear In four or five
years after planting.
Sour cherries ordinarily begin to
bear in about four years and sweet
cherries at six OF seven years after
planting.
R~aspberries, blackberries and dew
berries. if planted in the spring, should
bear a light crop the next year. Straw
berries planted In the spring, or early
enough In the autumn to make a good
growth before the advent of cod
weather. should produce a crop the
next eason
Currants and gooseberries commonly
bear q few fruits the third season
after planting. s.
Grapes may bear very lightly the
third season. where conditions are
favorable, but not much fruit should
be expected earlier than the fourth
year..
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15
horticultural
Points
BETTER PACKING is NEEDED
Complaint Made Of Fraiity Of Contain.
es Used in Shipping Fruit to
Other countrist


Prepared by the unned States pspar,m men,
of Asrieaiturel
The frailty Of packages used In ship
ping American fruits to other countries
Is pointed TO by the United States De.
partmeut OF Agriculture as a real cause
for complaint, True, II is mol always
Known at packing time whether the
fruit is TO be exported or nor, and
would not be practicable always TO en-
ploy special export packing methods
even IL such methods were adopted ;
hut at the same time, improved pack
ing methods might well be used in
the purely domestic trade. for the
necessity exists there as well, even II
In lesser degree.
Compared with the results secured
American shippers have much to learn
m packing fruits for foreign shipment.
Australian apples require about two
months in transit 10 England, but the
with lutte or no breakage or decay,
The same Is true of South American
oranges. Even such tender fruits as
apr!cois and peaches are brought to
England. from South Africa. not only
sound, hut free even from the little
dents and marks which the American
shipper has come 10 accept AS inev-
table.
Barrels are not entirely satisfactory
as containers for apples In expert ship
menr. says tie department., and. II
might be worth while to experiment;
rather extensively with third and half
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15
GEESE QUITE EASILY RAISED
Kept Generally In Small Fioeks on
Farms and Purchased by Expert.
eneed Fattener&

prepared by the United States Depart
msnt Of Agriculture)
There is a demand usually for young
geese from June to January, although
most Of them are sold around Thanks
giving and Christmas. Ten-weeks-old
goslings Of. the largest breeds Of pure
bred geese weigh up to ten pounds
when forced for rapid growth, and
sometimes are prortably marketed at
that & as green geese. Large cities
containing a foreign population offer
the best markets for geese.
Geese usually are killed and picked
the ss,nie as other kinds of poultry. but
are much more difficult TO pick than
chickens. Generally the veins in the
back of the mouth are severed with q
long-blAded knife, followed with q
blow on the back Of the head with a
short club. The wings are picked to
the first joint. and the feathers are re-
moved from the neck half way TO the
head, pulling with the feathers and not
back toward the head. The soft pin
feathers and fine down may be re-
moved partly by rubbing the body with
moistened hands or by shaving the
skin.
The dry picking Of geese is rather
difficult. The most common practice Is
to scaid or steam the goose feathers
before picking. This can be done over
a wash boiler th~ree-fcurths full Of
boiling water. laying the dead goose
on a burlap sack stretched tightly over
the boiler, and steami2g first the
breast. then the back. and then each
side. The whole process Of steain!us
will not take more than W o. three
minutes, and the goose must be kept
moving to prevent Scalding the flesh.
The goose is steamed until TIE feath-
ers can be pulled out easily. and the
head usually is laid elder the breast
to keep the breast from scalding. After
picking, the bird is sinsed over an al
cohol fame. the alcohol usually being
burned in shallow tin plates.
Another method for removing the
down Is TO sprinkle powdered rosin
owe the body of the goose and dip II
into hot water. which melts the rosin
so that 1t and the down can be rubbed
of easily. leaving the body clean.
Geese may also be steamed by scalding
slightly and wrapping the body tightly
for five minutes or longer in buriap or
cloth TO allow the steam TO work thor
oughly through the feathers. Some
markets prefer dry-picked geese. while
In other markets no difference is made
In scalded or dry picked.
Geese are raised successfully in all
parts of the United States, but are
most abundant in the South and the
Middle West. Slightly more than one
tenth of the farms in the United States
reported geese in the census Of 1917.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15

Mature Geese and Partly Grown Cos
iinss viii Get Their Living From a
Good Pasture So Long as the Grass
Remains Green.
Practically all there are in this coun-
try are In small iocks. and few, If any.
farms are devoted entirely to their
raising. Fattening, however, is con-
Quoted as a special business on a large
scale In the producing sections, In
which case the geese are collected
from the general farms, usually over
q large area, and fattened for a few
weeks before they are killed.
On farms where there Is plenty Of
grass OF pasture land geese can be
raised successfully in small iocks. A
natural supply Of water is, Of course,
essential. The birds are very hardy.
both young and old, and rarely are af-
fected by any disease or insect pest.
Grass forms the bulk Of the feed, ami
II is doubtful whether il pays to raise
them unless II Is available. They are
the closest known grazers. Both ma
ture geese and partly grown goslings
will get their entire living from q good
pasture 50 long as the grass remains
green. A body Of water where they
can swim Is considered essential dur.
Ing the breeding eason and Is a good
feature the rest Of the year.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15

" iSS. G'HS
Experimental shipments in different
kinds of shipping cases and with the
different methods of packing the eggs
in the cases have been made and the
results compared. An instrument has
been devised for measuring and re-
cordilg the shocks TO which cars con-
tanning eggs were subjected while in
transit.
AS a result OF these experiments the
specialists have recommended methods
Of packing eggs which reduce ~breakage
TO a minimum. These methods have
been tried under a great variety of
conditions, and have been incorporated
as requirements in the. railroad and ex-
press clasSificatiols for the transp0r-
tati5n Of eggs.
Nails in place save claims. it is terse-
~ said and. as shown in figure l,
the number and arrangement of these
necessary in order TO conform with
the requirements of the express and
consolidated freight clas%sifications are
as follows:
Threepenny nails, cement coated. with
large heads.
Is nails for each side, S for each end.
s In center.
q nails for bottom, : In each end. 7 In
center.
nails for top. ( in each end. for hush
cleat.
s nails for top. ) in each eni. for dror
cleat
Egg packers are advised TO be sure
that they use the correct number OF
nails.
When 6 paper-coyered excelsior mats
a'e used. fats should not be placed be-
tween the mats and the filters. When
cupped trays made of compressed pulp
ale employed. II is best TO begin by
placing n 25-cup filler. receiving side
d. INWARD. on the bottom of the case.
Then place one 16-cup filler, receiving
side upward on top. nesting it. Fill
the cups with eggs and cover with one
16-cup filler. Then place n 25-cup
filler, receiving side upward; fill cups
with eggs and V with q 25-cup
filler.
Improper packing invites breakdge.
and figure 5 illustrates a poorly packed
case. Sometimes an extremely thin
layer Of excelsior, many times a small
amount Of loose paper, or perhaps
nothing at all is placed on the top and
bottom, leaving the a loosely packed
and the chances for breakage and loss
are great Very frequently such poor
ly packed cases have broken and
stained filters and fats, and such a
combination greatly increases the prob.
ability Of damage.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-06-15
D0UIIM MIF[
M&ZANU

Fresh filling for nest boxes every
month is none too often.
Don't expect 200-egg pullets from
100-egg hens. Remember that "iike
begets like"
Lice, dampness and overlooking are
responsible for the greater part Of the
heavy mortality in young stock.
Improve the quality Of your aocks
BY purchasing some good fowls from
a heavy-laying strain Of ~pure-breds.
II will be money well spent.
The best way TO kill of lice Is to
prevent them from getting a start.
This is much easier than 1t is to give
them q chance and then fight them
%afterward,