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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
TOPEKA'S FAIR.

Just what the Topeka fair of this
year will mean to Kansas is presented
| forcefully by Secretary Cook of the
| Topeka Fair Association, whose in
\ telligent efforts and the fine assistance
and encouragement he has received
from the other officers of the asso-
citation, are responsible for the re-
markabIe proportions it has assumed.
Mr.. Cook is anything but a hot-air
merchant. He has made no promises
in the development of the fair during
the past three years that have not
been fulfilled to the letter. He is a
dealer in facts, not fancies- His eX-
perience with fairs has been wide and
varied. He knows just what they are
in other states, and any comparisons
he has to make between fairs can be
accepted as authentic and correct. In
speaking yesterday of this years To-
peka fair, he said:
And the fair is going to be an eye
opener. 1t will be the kind of a fair
that the people three years ago never
dreamed could be made possible 1t
will SO far excel the Nebraska state
fair or any state fair held in Missouri
in the last eighteen years that it will
rank as one of the big fairs of the
middle-west. And it will be worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars to
the people of Kansas by showing to
the world what Kansas has produced
in this the driest year of her history.
Conservative people are the ones who
count most and conservative people
like to know the worst of anything
they are interested in, and this fair
will show that Kansas at her worst is
so much better than many other
states at their best that they will no
longer have any doubts about Kansas"
Such a fair will not only be valuable
to Kansas in advertising her POSSIBLE
tiles under adverse conditions to the
world at large. 1t will also be equally
valuable to Kansans themselves. 1t
will stimulate their courage in rather
trying times. 1t will afford the oppor-
tunity to many who have been hard
hit by the drouth of this year to see
and learn just what successes have
been achieved by their neighbors I'M
der the same conditions through diff
ferent methods of agriculture. As an
educational institution alone it will /
more than repay any farmer in any
part of Kansas for the time and rather
trifling expense that will be involved
in his attendance.
The fair, though, will be more than
an educational institution of tremen-
dous value. With it's horse races, its
high class carnival shows, its excel
lent band concerts, it's free exhibitions
of one sort and another, and its spec |
tacular night show, it will be a place
of varied amusements that will be in
teresting to all classes of people. And
the people, those of the cities as well
as of the farms. need amusements to
give them stimulating relaxation from
the humdrum affairs of their daily |
life. S-..
Not only does this fair mean much !
to the whole state of Kansas. 1t means |
even more to Topeka and Shawnee |
And the people in this local
ity will not be doing their duty by |
their community and themselves, if
they are not most liberal in their pat
ronage of the fair. Every one of them |
can learn something of value at the |
fair, and every one can have a good |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Much of the free advice would be ex-
pensive if acted upon.
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Common sense also has the distinc-
ton of not being at all common.
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A good listener is likely to hear a
whole lot that isn't worth while.
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Every man will admit he has one or
two failings. But no woman will do
so.
The harder a man tries to be funny
the more painful is likely to be the
result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
KANSAS COMNENT
MAKING SCHOOLS FREE.

Americas free school system has been
every hiil-aithough no one ever ros saw ga a
RED school house and they quite as
been one no o oe t IN vn,iey as on hilhas
with the nationwide reverence for the
stars and stripes 1t has been one of the
But as matter of fact America hasn't
always had free schools. The country al
of the time high schools and higher
schools-such as normal schools, colleges
and niversites-conducted at public. ex-
pense, but not always have they been
free. That has been because some par
ems nave not always been able to pro-
ing and equipment necessary, to enable
them to take advantage of the free edu-
years a truer conception of free schools
mas spTung up Communities and states
books and chartsNthe tools of edncationS
to the youth at public expense They
have recognized the irony of offering
no fault of their own, were unable to
avail. themselves of the opportunity. In
provided at public expense for the school
children, in order that they might be as
In Kansas City yesterday an election was
held to determine whether the public or
the parents should buy the books to be
used in the public schools of that city:
On all hands there appears to be general
recognition of the fact that there isn't
much to the side. of free schools unless
the children are in a situation freely to
use them. The modern tendency is to
give life to doctrine in which all be-
!!ieve but which has been viewed too much
in an academic instead of a practical
light.-Hutchinson Gazette.
EVEN BIRDS HAVE PROBLEMS.
Ducks and geese that are doing the fall
moving to the south will no doubt be
greatly surprised to find no waters from
the head waters of the Missouri until they
reach the gulf. They can or course fol-
low down the Missouri and find water
enough to battle in, and by cutting across
the country they can wallow q little in
the Kaw; but with these two exceptions
they will find water from the time
they start on their southwark journey
until they reach their destination. Even
the Platte, which runs strong at this
time of the year, as a rule. has not a
drop of water in it. The ducks that have
kept posted on the condition "f the wealth
er and the news from Washington will
take the Mississippi river or Missouri
river route south for in addition to find
ing water along the river, they get alb
solute protection from the government at
Washington. The law and the decision OF
the department there prohibit the shoot
ing of ducks and geese these two riv-
ers, except during the months of Novem-
Der and observation-disclosures Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate
of ten cents a week OF thirty cents
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often desired. While
out of town the State journal Will be
to you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

A report has it that the federal
government is interested in the gas
situation in these parts. Perhaps it
sees a way to increase the supply by
storing and piping this way the i'm
mense volume of gas now being
wasted in the tariff debate in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news IL
ganizatfon for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in TIE State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
Signs of the Times.

1t seems though a good American
baseball umpire would be the right man
for king of the new Balkan principally.
Some of his enemies say Underwood
should be in the navy He is such great
revenue cutter.
A famous London taxiderrnist has died
in poverty He should have been a taxi
cabbiSt.
1t seems though George Barr Nc
Cutcheon should be made ambassador to
GrauStark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06
FROM OTHER PENS
A CHANCE TO SAVE MONEY.


Congressman Tavenner of Illinois
has introduced bills providing for the
enlargement of the governments plant
at Rock Island, Ill, so that the gov
eminent may manufacture its own
field artillery equipment and ammu-
milton and small arms cartridges. Ac-
cording to Congressman Tavenner the
government is now paying to private
manufacturers $25 for Al inch shrap-
mel the ammunition used for heavy
artillery, while at the same time it IS
manufa turing the same article in its
Frankfort arsenal. at Philadelphia, for
S12.52. The government records show
that the war department has been pay
ing private manufacturers from 25 to
33 per cent more for small arms cart
ridges and from 33 to so per cent.
more for field artillery ammunition
and equipment than it can manufac-
ture them for in its own arsenals. Ball
cartridges, caliber 80, for the regula-
ton service rifles, were made at the
Frankford arsenal in 1912 for $26y5
per 1000, including all overhead
charges For the same cartridge prt-
vate parties are receiving $3S.04. Pri-
vate manufacturers got $1,70S for
three inch caisson, when the identical
caisson is manufactured at Rock Is
land arsenal for $1,0S1, all overhead
charges included. Private manufac-
turers get $3,26S for three inch gun
carriage proper, when it is produced
by the government at a cost of $2,341.
Why has this condition existed? Con-
gressman Tavenner doesn't know. Il
confess that ] cannot answer" he says.
Nobody in the war department could
give him a reason. But the question
is, Will the government continue TO
pay private manufacturers these eX-
orbitant prices when it has the means
to produce the articles itself at less
cost ?-St. Joseph News-Press.
WASHINGTON'S GOVERNMENT.
representative has introduced a bill
in the house which provides for the OPP
Grafton of the street railways in Wash
that if Washington throws off the
yoke of private monopoly it will set
a good example to the rest of the
country. The bill is doubtless doomed
to long slumber, but the authors de-
sire that Washington should set an
example to the rest of the country i'm
mediately suggests the thought that
never has been a leader in
civic progress. 1t is the nations cap
ital and is governed by congress
through its committees and through a
commission made up of two civilians
and one army officer. In theory it has
the benefit of the collected political
wisdom of this country. mere is moth
ing upon which the ring politician can
thrive and the ward boss is unknown.
1t would seem that Washington ought
to furnish the finest possible field for
municipal development along the most
advanced lines. There are two reasons
why it is not so. The people of Wash
ington have little or nothing to do
with the government of the city and
the men who govern it look elsewhere
for votes and approval.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Jay drivers come in for the. bulk of
the criticism. But jay walkers de-
serve as much Between three and
five hundred pedestrians are killed in
Chicago each year because of the
habit of cutting across streets in the
middle of the blocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

While mosquitoes are disappearing.
buffaloes are increasing. Is it pos
sible that we shall yet be called upon
to swat the buffalo?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

their cold storage facilities. will see
to it that there is no corresponding
decrease in the prices of meat to the
consumers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Possibly one reason why the presi-
dent declines to recognize the Mexican
government is the fear that Huerta
will appoint Henry Lane Wilson the
Mexican minister to Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Marshall Fields widow objects to
paying a $4,000 income tax in Eng
land on her American fortune. Never
theiess that is cheaper than marrying
an English lord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Once in a great while the punish
ment fits the crime. An indiana
flute player was shot BY a neighbor
because he persisted i'm playing over
and over again silver Threads
Among the Gold ~.ftafss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

There is nothing unusual in Sena-
tor Bristow's stand in opposition to
some of the important features of
President Wilson's Mexican policy
Mr.. Bristow seldom endorses any
policy that he does not originate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

in the cattle marts because of the
enormous quantity of stock that has
been rushed to them on account of
the drouth, the beef barons, through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

What with being at his desk all day.
lecturing on the chautauqua circuit in
the evening and travelling back to
Washington on night trains. one has
to wonder what Secretary Bryan does
with all. his time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

In Wall street Sulzer was a lamb.
In Albany he was a goat. And there
are people who think they can see in
him resemblance to the animal that
spoke to Balaam.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Some countries protect their citi-
zens wherever they may choose to
wander and some merely advise them
to come home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Declaration is made by the Prince
of Monaco that he has caught a
grimaldischthys profundissimus at a
depth in the ocean of 90, 600 feet And
probably he can get old Doc Cook to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Rumors that Senior Huerta is about
to resign the presidency have all the
credibility that the wish can give the
Thought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Now that Senator Ben Tillman has
started after the suffragists with his
pitchforlz, why not let England bor-
row him |?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Captain Hobsons alarm over the
yellow peril seems to have given place
to anxiety about the outcome of the
senatorial campaign in his state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

II might simphfySmatters if the
government wereS 10 establish a per-
r;anent board to investigate wrecks on
the New Haven. tt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Lord Chancellor Haldane is called
the busiest man in Europe. Some
body ought to introduce him to Colo
mel Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

Our little standing army isn't
standing any more. 1t seems to be
on the trot up and down the Mexican
border
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

If few more of Castro's generals
are killed now he won't have SO many
to get rid of in case he regains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-06

In glancing over the list of Thaw
lawyers. we find that Harry has a
Shurtleff. but opine that he will not
have when they get through with him.
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
GERMAN "KURs" NOT "cUREs"
Error of Translator Causes a Medl.
clne's Value to DO Over
estimated.

Many newspapers are hasty In Az
nouncing the discovery in Germany Of
some method of treatment moro Of
less new, and not infrequently mis-.
Information is given the public
through the failure to keep in mind
the actual meaning Of one little word.
The German word kur does not mean
"cure," although 1t ia not an I'M
common thing to find it 30 translated
into English.
ITO cure in English means Ito re-
store to health: to effect cure;" but
In other languages 1t means merely to
apply "a method Of remedial treat
ment OF disease; medical or hygienic
care; method Of medical treatment" -,
The German word for restoration to-
health" is heilung, not kur.
The Latin word cura means merely
"care." shade Of meaning which is
preserved in the derived term 'cura-
tor" An Italian physician was re-
Gently made to say, when his article
was translated into English, II cured;
ten typhoid patients last month and
six of them died" What he really
said was that he had treated ten pa
tients-From the Journal Of the Amer.
lean Medical Association.
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Science Of Detection.

There had been bold, brazen rob.
berry in the jam closet. Evidence of
haste was plain, splotches of jam be-
ing everywhere. When the owner of
the jam made the discovery that she
had been robbed, she spent no time or
effort in futile speculation. She took
prompt and practical steps She
searched in the spilled jam for finger.
prints and found them.
"Hah!" she chuckled in the best
Sherlock Holmes manner, II shall have
the thief in five minutes" She went
to her bedroom and took from a bu-
reau drawer four squares Of paper.
They were labeled respectively: Will
lies thumbprint; Helen's thumbprint:
Tommy's thumbprint; and fourth-a
very little one-Baby's thumbprint
Quietly she took them to the jam
closet and made comparisons.
1t is as l suspected" she said, as
she got down; 1T was Tommy's."
THAT night Tommy got his.-Wom.
ans Home Companion.
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Notable Reminder.

DR.. Simon Flexner, the noted physi.
clan of New York, is foe to warfare,
and at a recent dinner he said:
"A friend Of mine was telling me
about the horrors Of the war in the
Balkans. One incident fingers in my
memory.
Three young surgeons, during ter.
rible battle, were working in an ex.
posed and dangerous place. The gen
eral sent an orderly to them. The or.
derby galloped up with bowed head
amid a rain Of bullets, and demanded
angrily:
What are you here for? The gen.
eral wants to know what the deuce
you're here for?"
"A young surgeon, covered with
blood, looked up from the PROSTATE
form he was bending over. and with q
smile he answered:
Tell the general we are hero to
remind you all Of civilization in the
midst of this brutality"
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Gladstone on Disraell.

G. A. Storey, A. r. A., records o
touching incident he witnessed at the
Academy banquet Of 1881 in London,
when a portrait for which Beacons.
field had sat to Millais shortly before
his death was among the exhibits
This unfinished work, pale and even
CHASTITY. was in one Of the side gal
leries. Gladstone, catching sight Of
the picture. went and stood in front Of
1t. No one disturbed him. At
the end of the feast Gladstone rose,
and in the finest and most feeling tone.
delivered panegyrfc on the great
man who had passed away. In a voice
clear and sympathetic and full of emo
ton, he told us of his admiration for
the sterling qualities Of the man who,
though opposed to him in politics. was
in no other sense an opponent. He
spoke as only one generous IN heart
and of broad and great mind could
speak of another great man who had
passed away. The speech surpassed
anything ever heard.
Chronicle.
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Teachers AGE.

Senator Joseph L. Bristow Of Kan.
sas contributed this one at a recent
banquet when reference was made to
the somewhat doubtful age of the
fair sex. Est~-
In village school short time ago
so ran the senator's anecdote. the
teacher was instructing a class OF
small youngsters In history. whose
lesson for that day related to the
Civil war. The wish Of the teacher
was to impress on the minds of the
children how long ago 1t had oc.
Cured.
"Just think, children" she care
fully remarked, glancing up and down
the class, "that terrible war was
fought so long ago that even I do not
remember It," -
Gee, Miss Mary!" earnestly ex.
claimed one of the wondering kids
"Was it before the d?"-Philadel
phia Telegraph.
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Just One Little Thing Wrong.

The late John H. Twachtman, tho
we'll known landscape painter, was
essentially an ARTISTS artist" in that
his style appealed more to his col.
leagues of the art world than to the
lay public. Any one familiar with
the man and his work would say that
the following incident, which h re-
lated of him. might easily be true:
A man who had bought one Of tho
artists paintings wished his opinion
on the hanging Of the picture and
invited him to dine. Mr.. Twachtman
expressed his approval of the back.
ground, Of the height at which the
canvas was hung, pronounced the
light favorable-indeed, he said, there
was only one particular In which he
would suggest any change.
"And what is that?" inquired his
host soltcitously.
Why" said the artist, II should
hang it the other side up. I always
have."-Everybodys Magazine
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
AMAzoNs ASKED NO FAvoRs
Women In Dahomsyan Army Com,
PEELED the Admiration o. The1e
French cenqueeoes.

An interesting account Of ths
prowess Of the Dahomeyan Amazons,
the female furies who fought the
French during their struggle with the
refractory King Behanzin. 10 given by
Mr.. Frederic Martyr in his book,
Life in the Legion" The author. .
former English officer. enlisted in the
Foreign Legion Of france and saw
sharp fighting both in Tonkin and In
Dahomey.
1.-THE turn Of the Senegalese TiraiA
leurs came next. A battalion Of Anna.
tons attacked them, and gave them q
very rough time indeed. but the
Tirailleurs stood their ground until
reinforced by some marine infantry.
Any one who is inclined to sympa-
thize with the Amazons on account Of
their sex can be assured that their
sympathy Is misplaced. Those young
women were far and away the best
men" in the Dahomsyan army, and
woman to man were quite match for
any Of us. They were armed with
Spencer repeating rifles. and made
much better use Of them than the men
made Of their carbines. For work
at close quarters, they had small.
heavy-backed chopping sword, or
knife. very much like . South Ameri-
can machete.
"They fought like unclaimed de-
mons, and If driven into . corner, did
not disdain to use their teeth and
nails. A marine infantryman seized
and disarmed one Of them tn this
fight, but she was DO far from being
beaten that she turned on her captor
and began to bite his nose Oh.
THE uniform Of these female war.
riors was sort of killed divided skirt
Of blue cotton stun. The garment
barely reached to the knees. It was
supported at the waist by q leather
belt that carried tho cartridge pouch
es. They wore little or nothing above
the waist, but on their heads they
wore a coquettish rcd fes, or tarboosh,
ornamented with an eagles feather.
These women were all exceedingly
we'll developed, and some Of them
were handsome in their own way.
I'VE Of the Legion had q good ap-
portunity Of seeing them In action,
and we were much impressed with
their dash and gallantry."-Youth's
1 Companion.
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Most Unhatterino.

George w. Perkins. In a tariff argu
ment, said the other day:
well, that may be good defense
but It certainly isn't very hattering to
the intelligence Of the American PEG
pie. It is, In fact, 80 unflattering that
It reminds me of chap who was
sued for breach Of promise.
This chap was twenty-five, and the
lady suing him was forty or so.
What is your deefnse?" the Judge
asked.
1.-THE defendant waved his hand
toward the lady and promptly ~
Piled: F....
insanity. your honoS.'S
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05

The bigger a man is the less excuse
be has for being stilted,
The Irish standard., 1913-07-05
Providing for the Future.

II am thinking Of adopting a literary
career" said young Pitcher. What
would you adviser"
First Of ALL" answered his elderly
friend, Wasby, Il would advise you be-
fore adopting literary career to see
II you can't get yourself adopted by
some childleas millionaire"