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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28
HABTT.FOks11NG DRUGS.

The United States Public Health ser
vice calls attention in the health re-
ports Of this week to the need of fur
Their control Of the sails and use OF
habit-forming drugs.
Practically every state in this country
has a reasonably efficient anti-narcotic
law. However. even the best OF these
laws are practically imperative because
Of the continued and apparently uncon-
trollable importation of such drugs
from other states.
1t is generally admitted that much
of the traffic in habit-forming drugs Is
carried on by illegitimate dealers. THESE
dealers. however, secure their supplies
through legitimate channels and II IS
this leak which needs to be located
and suppressed.
Up to the present time the estimates
regarding the number Of drug addicts
in this country have not been based on
reliable data and have usually been far
in excess Of the actual number that
could be supplied with the drugs really
available. The anti-narcotic law re-
Gently enacted in the state of Tennes-
see offers to furnish a reliable basis
for estimating the number Of users OF
drugs of this type and the information
so far to hand seems to suggest that
the total number of persons addicted to
the use Of drugs in this country is FAR
below the frequently quoted estimate
that between one and two per cent OF
the total population of the United
States is addicted to the habitual use
of narcotic drugs.
While this statement will no doubt
be pleasing to many who have felt that
the estimates that have been published
were misleading or unfair it is pointed
out that the figures at best show the
existence Of all too many habitual users
Of narcotic drugs and suggests that
anything that can be done to effectu-
ally reduce their number will be well
worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28
Journal Entries

Mistakes that can be rectified are
not very serious.
. = =
As a matter Of fact. it's the poor rule
that won't work out at all.
Foremost among the unusual men il
the one who is popular with his wife.
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Many people fail to get what they
desire because they're too lazy to go
after it.
A pint cup instead Of a bushel. is
sufficiently large under which to hide
most lights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28
THE HOUSE or SORROW.

They that have experienced a great
sorrow are born again. writes a contri-
butor to the December Atlantic. The
world they are now in II quite differ
emit from their old world. In that ear
lier world they lived upon terms Of
household familiarity with joy and fe-
licity: now they must lie down by the
side of sorrow and eat with sorrow be-
side them at the board. Outward things
may assert their identity to eye, to ear.
to touch. but outward things cannot
deceive the spirit within; the house Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28
THE MIRROR,S DREANr.

THE MIRRORS DREAM.
The very idea of putting me in the
attic" said the little old-fashioned ta-
BILE, as it spread out both leaves in a
gesture of despair. Il have stood in
the parlor downstairs for fifty years
and now am consigned to the rubbish
room.' and it dropped its leaves at its
side with a sigh.
II was there longer than that" said
the sofa, many a courtship 1 have
helped along" What do you think of
me?'' asked an old mirror that stood
on the floor leaning against the wall.
why, I was in the family when her
husbands grandmother was a girl, and
she has doomed me to a dusty attic to
dream out the rest of my days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Presumably the war will not be as
popular with the rank and file Of the
German people as it has been since 1t
has begun to interfere with their beer
Slpply
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

From the enormous quantities of
munitions Of war. including ammuni-
ton. clothing. horses and even guns
which the European belligerents are
obtaining from this country. according
to reliable reports. it would seem that
the great war could not be continued
for long without the assistance of d.
vers and sundry business men OF these
ssueutrAy' United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

The shadows deepened in the room
and gradually the discarded mirror
ceased to complain. 1t had fallen
asleep. but later the mOo1ight
STRAINED in through the window and
showed that its dreams were pleasant
ones. for it dreamed Of the old and
happy days.
BY and by the door opened and a
young girl came IN the room. Her dark
hair was piled high on her head. and
her dark eyes looked over the room
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Democratic economy is again ex-
emplified in the fact that the appro-
priations at the last session of con-
gress were not only the greatest in
the history Of the coun ~, but they
were also considerably in excess OF
the estimated governmental reve-
nues. No wonder war tax" is nec-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

A cluster of newspaper friends blew
into this shop during the recent con-
clave of editors. The only surprise
they expressed. after looking over the
shop, was that this department was
not segregated. To be more explicit,
thre, o1t of five expressed that SUR
prise. and the other two that 1t was
not barred.
And. in extenuation, we reprint. by
request. little ditty from our book,
which, by the way, is still in print. 1t
is self explanatory:
TT TAKES AN ASSORTMENT OF
JUNK TO FILL A. NEWSPAPER.
Reports Of Chess Games. which we
To others are. no doubt, a Daily
Although they are our fav'rite
Synonym
For Nothing Much. Dear Ermyn-
trude, to read.
here indite
May be a waste Of paper In the
Sight
OF many good Subscribers: yet
few
Do read the same-just as you do
From by The Way" Crane
and Co.
Did some one spring it in bunch OF
war talk, or did we think it up? Any
how. it occurs: that the probable Diff
ference between a fort and a fortress Is
that the latter is harder to silence.
Maybe Mr.. Bowman. the minority
member of the Board of Control.
helped both Capper and Billiard, but,
as the testimony comes in. comes with
hn
be much help to either in any further
political activities.
An American tobacco millionaire is
sending scads Of cigarettes to the
French soldiers. And there are q num-
Der in this country who will at once
put him down as German sympa-
thiser.
Many indeed are the officers Of the
big war who get their names In the
cable dispatches, but the greatest of
them all are General Starvation, and
Major Operation. ~ M
Concerning the Mexican Consul who
sent his u1timatum to Sheriff Kiene:
Why not fire a salute of Fl guns and
square it with him? A raid on the
Mexican quarter Of this village would
easily raise the q guns. They all
tote 'em.
And, as a further impertinence: Why
is a Mexican consul? What does he
represent? So far as we are able to
discover, there is no Mexican govern
ment to authorize a Mexican consul.
So. comma, this Mexican consul with
the big noise IS merely a Mexican by
birth, and outside of that a foreigner
who lives in Kansas because 1t is a
point removed from the territory sur
rounded by that eminent military ex-
pert General Disturbance.
AS an old fashioned person, we de-
plore the passing of the good old fash
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Russia actually must have more
soldiers than she knows what to do
with. Regardless of her important
personal engagements with the Ger
mans. the Austrians and the Turks,
she is sending an army of $4,000 men
to the aid of the Servians
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

If this Holy war that the Sultan of
Turkey has proclaimed gets under
full sway. it is sure to be even more
savage than the civilized variety now
on the European boards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Along comes Rear Admiral Blue
with the assertion that the system of
promotions in the navy is absolutely
worthless and the sponsor of ineffi-
cheney. And yet the history of the
country shows that the right man has
always been on the job whenever the
navy has been tested in any particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

IL raging throughout the country is
likely to be even more destructive Of
property values than was that Of the
"hoof and mouth" disease. Both might
have been prevented with the exercise
Of reasonable caution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is q member Of the
Associated Press and receives tho full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganixation. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Is received in Tho State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pun
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

In all likelihood. the bitterest pill that
the German emperor has had to swal-
low lately was the seeing with his own
eyes of the recent defeat of his forces
at the hands of the Russians
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Most of the football heroes of the
last few weeks have already boarded a
train whose next and last stop is
Oblivion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Kansas is lucky again that the
drouth for 1914 staged its perform
ance during the late fall and not at a
crop-kiliing time. At that, though, it
may be levying a toll on next years
wheat crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

This no more "Papa's-clothes-fo for
Willie campaign which has been
launched by the state board of health
is sure to make a great hit with Will
IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Even "watchful waiting" policy is
not without its expense. Uncle Sans
expedition to Vera Cruz cost $40, O0O, 900
and the lives Of 10 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Only one state in the union raise
more wheat this year than did the Sew
enth congressional district of Kansa
alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Mexico would probably do much bet
ter IL she could be freed from the
Vaccinations OF her patriots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Kaiser Wilhelm is probably convinced
by this time that the divine right"
under which he thinks he rules does
not include divine aid in the prosecution
Of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

More evidence that birds Of a feather
flock together is to be found in the
alliance between Villa and Zapata.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

1t takes all kinds Of people to make
a world. The prize fighters celebrate
Thanksgiving and other holidays by ex-
erting all their strength to knock each
other out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

toned turkey shoot, wherein certain
persons foregathered and shot for a
turkey with guns instead OF dice.
Jack Supp says poetic license should
be higher than any other form OF IL
cense. but that q license of IS cents
per would bar most of the poets.
Addition to the Gage Park zoo. One
perfectly good golf lynx.
Filling Fuller reports dreary
THANKSGIVING. His mint bed was
spoiled by the recent freeze.
The Art Hargis idea of a turkey
shoot was fairly good. His patrons shot
with moth balls instead of lead balls,
and got a perfectly good turkey with
out spending money for chances .
Buying chances on something is the
favorite form of misdemeanor with
many poor simps who can't ano1rd to
gamble, but anyone is justified in taxi
ing a chance IL it doesn't cost any
thing.
Rev. Stuckey. the preacher who not
only fell but was caught with the
goods, is now inside. Perchance he had
not been caught with the goods on him.
he would still be the highly respected
gospel sharp of his community. The
only moral seems to be: II you are a
preacher, don't get caught with the
goods.
Tubby sure, there may be other NOR
ais, but that seems to be the only one
connected with the case of Rev.
Stuckey.
when. BY the way. is Winter sup
posed to commence wintertnE9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Mexico also seems to be suffering
these days from a plethora of presi-
dents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28
By the Way
~ HARVEY RAR0oet2


It il but infrequently that some
one pulls the obvious answer. right
from the humerus socket. Hence We
record the case wherein the spot writer
gamers large feather from the
midst OF his chewing supply, and won
ders: Now how do you reckon that
feather got in there?' And the Old
Vet Of the Office speaks right up
just like that: Maybe they employ
chickens in that tobacco factory"
With half the world at war. let us.
at this belated hour. some time after
Thanksgiving. give thanks that we
live in tho other half
1t cost MS 10 cents per head to
vote at the recent primary. The can
didates couldn't trim us an average
of 40 cents each IT we let them choose
and elect themselves.
So why an election?
Or q primary?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Jack Supp says poetic license should
be higher than any other form of IL
cense, but that q license of IS cents
per would bar most of the poets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Addition to the Gage Park zoo. One
perfectly good golf lynx.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

Tubby sure, there may be other NOR
ais, but that seems to be the only on
connected with the case of Rev
Stuckey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

When. by the way. IL Winter sur
uoaed to commence wintering3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-28

AS an old fashioned person, we de-
plore the passing of the good old fash
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
RELIGION NOT POLITICS.

Ohio liquor men are protesting against anti-liquor petitions being signed in the churches, claiming that it is political action. The pastor of a Toledo Congregational church-Rev Ernest Allen-thus replies to this claim:
 Any petition against an institution which induces poverty, crime and sor- row is in place in a Christian church The church would not deserve its name, nor be true to it's leader, nor hold the respect of men, if it did not fight the saloon because of the woe 1t creates. There are no party lines in the church when it comes to an esti- mate of the damage done to life and society by the saloon"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
Take Liv-ver-Lax
 And Feel We'll

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The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
DISEASE AND POVERTY.

DISEASE AND POVERTY.
 Doctor Salesby of London in an arti- cle contributed to the Pail Mall Ga zette Gone of series entitled "The House of Life") says:
 ''If we are to successfully attack that most unpopular fungus, the tu- berculosis bacillus, we shall have to impugn the popularity of its trusty cousin, the yeast mold Alcohol makes the bed for tuberculosis, and it is just this making of the bed we should seek to stop
 The following paragraph on the eco homie side of the liquor question from the same article applies equally we'll to America. In reading it, substitute America" for England" and Brit ain"
 "Over vast areas of our land, where now we might be growing wheat. later to turn into brains and eyes and hands for England, we are growing nothing but whisky. Now, spirits are admirable for the preservation of DOT tions of corpses, but for the preserva- tion of limbs and members of living England, wheat is to be preferred. When our children learn in what the wealth of the nation consists, they will grow no whisky within these shores, but in its place bread, for bone and brains and beauty and bravery and Britain"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
His Finish.

"Whar's Red-Face?" asked Four-Fin- ger Hogan in the hotel bar of Tin Can. T haven't seen Red-Face around for some time"
 A general sigh went up. Then Si~ t. gun Simpson shook his head and said:
 Poor Red-Face! He got loaded the other night, rode into Cemetery Gulch, struck his head in the window of the Resurrection Arms hotel and yelled: 'Fire!
 Everybody did
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
THEY KNOW.

THEY KNOW.
 Liquor dealers themselves know full we'll that because of the nature or alcohol. drunkenness and degeneracy either in the thinker or in his oil- spring is the natural and logical re- suit of the liquor traffic. They know their business makes dependent and undesirable citizens unto the third and fourth generation. They know and have not hesitated to declare that their customers are the prospective patients" of drink cure sanitariums.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27

mind; but overindulgence is likely to be detrimental.
 The dangers referred to are not in- significant; they are real. Prof. c. K. Bardeen of the University of Wis consin has pointed out, in connection with the participation in athletics in his institution, that the increasing amount of heart disease noted in this country by life-insurance companies and others makes it important for the physician to make himself acquainted with the chief causes responsible for these conditions so that he can pro- tect his patients. Over-exertion in competitive sports especially in school boys, is one factor. From 5 to 10 per cent of freshmen entering the state university have enlarged hearts with dilation attributed to athletic sports. This condition not only keeps these students out of college sports, but to some extent hampers their scholas- tic work in college.
 Criticisms of this sort are never wei comed when they contravene estab- lished customs. Yet there is an ob- vious contradiction in directing the energies and funds of the state toward the prevention of disease and the es- tablishment of habits of right living in the earliest years of our public schools, only to permit their undoing at subsequent period. School doc tors and school nurses in the primary departments have come to stay for some time at least. Why not more healthful school customs in later years?
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27

"Begolra," observed Pat, making love to widow is quare thing to do Before ye begin ve know what the end will be and yet you're scared that meb- be somethin'll happen. Ye make up your mind it's no use tryin' and thin ye discover ye've gone so far ye cant back out. It's full av disappointments and hopes and in the end comes the greatest surprize av all whin just what ye expected happens s.'-Puck.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS

The competitive athletics of our American colleges and universities of ten harbor unsuspected dangers in that they encourage overdoing on the part of the participants. No one would deny that systematic and even strenuous exercise may exert most wholesome effect on the human organ ism. But the win-at-any-cost exer- ton, taxing vital organs to the very limit of their endurance, exceeding the factor of safety in physiologic functions, and sometimes carried to the breaking strain, represents sort of unjustifable self-sacrifice that may properly be made for ones country but is never called for to uphold the glory of ones college. The sooner it is realized that there are better tests of Ofmanliness than the ability to endure 4-mile race nj the college boat or to complete the bootball season in spite Of acquired injuries,> the more whole some will American college life be- come.
 Unfortunately, there is a widely manifested tendency for the pupil of the high school to ape the performan- ces of his older brother in the college. ms IS shown in the introduction of Greek letter societies and social func- tons into the secondary schools, tend Ing to counterbalance some of their wholesome features of social inter course with the snobbery of exclu- aVeness and the deteriorating influ- thce of late hours and tiring dis uaetlons. Even more baneful, how ever, IS the growing custom of allow lg the same sort of etinsne compe- aVe sports in the high school that are the cause of complaint in respect !" thelr dangers to the older college student.
 we are glad to note, says The Jour- adi or the American Medical AssOcia-
 u0n' a spirit of protest in various parts Of the United States against aa the forces, social and athletic,
 'ieh tend to deteriorate the Ameri- ''n boy tor girD at the adolscent 4se oi nigh school period. One health
 sA'er has recently made a public an-
 s~u'icement ~m that proper exercise in
 se.,,-equipped gymnasium, under the
 s''uahce of a trained instructor, is
 s. ssVu TOT any one, but the competitive
 .... 'e'ics' requiring most strenuous ex- s.'s 0i' long and tedious training and
 o D-uenlal, is positively bad for any .n e Oeiore full development, and that lo. suei' overacts tend to impair the
 wa n'ess of the mind and interfere ,;' a' school work proper, as we'll as to
 ts. sa'e the body. The competitive in- o,as. a"oiastic games which require
 tss. sa' physical exertion and mental O', should be done away with and | tos gymnasium, under the direc- bon,, one trained in physical culture i. 4. oe provided and work accord m,, /" 'he condition and need of each
 ths' M assigned. We agree, further, erc;. '''io and well-timed athletic ex-
 win ana occasional social functions
 shoo, Seno to relieve the monotony of
 VI He and invigorate body and
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27
GOVERNOR FAVORS STATE AID

The ninth annual Arkansas State Fair at Hot Springs has closed with a deficit probably much larger than usual, but the people of the Vale of Vapors have the consolation of ex- pressions of commendation from all sides because of the highly success full exposition. Now will come the annual aggitation that Little Rock take over the State Fair and make of it a great annual exposition in the nature of the Texas State Fair at Dallas. At the beginning let it be stated that Little Rock will not con- sider such a project unless tic peo- pie of Hot Springs voluntarily e. press a desire to retire in favor of the Cap itol City. The people of Litte Rock recognize the great courage and the fighting spirit of the citizens of Hot Springs, for only bull dog tena 'ity could keep the fair going for the nine years.
 Gov. G. w. Hays now favors state aid for the fair, and if this is granted Hot Springs may continue with it's annual season of festivity but it is reported that Hot Springs has other t. ings to ask of the legislature, and if they are granted the Stale Fair might be surrendered to Little Beck with a sigh of contentment.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27

There was never fair held in Ark ansas like the one just closed at Hot Springs, and practically all of the cre- dible exhibits will be sent from there to the Panama Pacific International Exposition, where they will demon- strate to the world what Arkansas can do in the agricultural and horti- cultural line.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-11-27

four of these booths, of ornamental design, in the Mineral building, and the exterior will be mass of the crystals. Ten barrels of crystals were shipped in the car of decorating materials recently sent to San Fran cisco, and the balance will go forward in the next car sent out