The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
KANSAS COMMENT
GRIM yIsAGED wAR.


MOST of the dead game sports of
Inns western country are hoping that
the threatened war between this
country and Nicaragua will be pulled
OH during the cool weather, and that
lesersea seat tickets will be sold at
reasonable prices. A few crankS are
ooJecting to the proposed combat on
the ground that Uncle Sam, as a
heavyweight, has no right to mix
tnings with a featherweight. but it
sioulu Always be remembered that
Inc challenge comes from the smaller
party. If the cranks were speaking
from honest conviction, instead of
trying to make q, grandstand play,
tney would have objected to the re-
cent Johnson-Ketchell fight, which in
soivea large man and small man..
a nght between this country and
nicaragua for the Police Gazette d,a-
Inond belt, if it takes place during
the winter, will be a great blessing
10 every true sport AS general
Ihing, there is nothing doing in the
WINTER months except basketball and
rev other trif1ing games, which be-
come SO wearisome by the middle of
January that the sports are driven to
desperation, and attend lectures in a
| vain effort to drown their sorrows in
words. A really satisfactory winter
game has not yet been devised, but
the problem of providing healthful
recreation and amusement for the
people will be solved for all time, - a
war with Nicaragua proves a success.
Inc South American republics are
not much good for anything, but they
are always ready for a scrap, and will
PACK the home team to the limit of
their pile. That is their one redeem
ing feature, and it seems shame that
no advantage has ever been taken
OF IT.. Ii we whip Nicaragua this win
ter, we might take on Honduras next
WINTER, and Venezuela year later,
ana go on down the line, until those
countries are all cleaned up. and then
we might whip them in a bunch.
This country needs a war about ev-
cry SO often. 1t affords wholesome
exercise for our army and navy, and
II puts the people in a better humor
When we have too much peace and
prosperity we become cllesty, and
iussy, and. cranky, and begin quarrel
ing among ourselves, which is q bad
thing. The fact that the people nave
peen wrangling for weeks over the
Cook-Peary business, which isn't
worth serious consideration, shows
now necessary it is to have some out
sldef TO quarrel with. Show us some
Dody that needs a licking, and well
be contented and united people
once more, and all our foolish wrang-
ling VIII be abandoned and forgotten.
-Emporia Gazette.
OSERVALUED THE DOG.
Sometimes humorous incidents are
concealed in the dry and formal re-
rorfs of government departments A
snort paragraph in the recent rulings
OF the interstate commerce commits
SION tells how the owner of dog was
'6itfen' by the anxiety of his agent to
make 1t appear to the shipper that it
vas valuable animal, when, in fact,
l. was only oneTof the common ours
whose name is not registered in the
Due book of dogdom. This particular
cog was offered to the express COM
pany for shipment and valuation
vas placed on sit of $500. At that
valuation, the company being respon-
!, sibie for its safe transportation, a
charge of $45 was made to transfer the
animal to the consignee. who, however,
declined to- pay the charges on the
sround that the total value of the dog
was not more than is, o.. which valu-
stion the shipping charge would have
peen So. Query: Could the express
company accept the revised valuation
ind collect So charges? Held that the
agent of the owner was responsible
end that the original charge must be
collected. Result: Owner loses a dog,
me express company loses IS, and has
2 hungry boarder, and one dog is
probably elected to be cast out into an
wheeling and unsympathetic world
Hutchinson Gazette.