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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29
EUenine Chat
Worse man the Dentiss,


/. To admit that they are wrong in any
matter. however small, hurts. some
people more than visit to the dem
tist.
Such people will make the most
ridiculous statements: they will un-
hesitatingiy perjure themselves; they
will call their best friends liars: they
will do or say almost anything. how
ever mean and unworthy, rather than
admit they could have been wrong or
mistaken.
And in 20 doing they overreach
ends by their obstinacy in seeking
them.
For to admit that you are wrong in
some things IL likely to make people
more willing to believe that you are
right in others; whereas never to adj
NIT that you are wrong in anything
has a tendency to make people believe
that you are never anything but wrong.
There L. nothing like better than
cerely, II can now see thstc / was
wrong" A brave. frank acknowledge
ment like that inspires confidence.
You know that the man who made 1t
Is trying to understand himself. You
know that he is trying to be just and
fair. You know that he has the best
sort of courage. and that he has the
fine progressive spirit that will use
mistakes and failures as a foundation
for better things.
On the other hand the person who
persists in defending all his acts and
opinions, however palpably wrong, de-
StroyS your confidence in him.
You know that one of two things Is
true. He's either too much OF q fool
to see that he has been wrong. or too
much of q coward to acknowledge 1t.
Such a man in trying to defend per-
fectly indefensible acts or statements
weakens his power to defend that
which really has justification. He il
like q general in defensive warfare
who, instead of picking out the posts
on the frontier that were capable Of
defense and were Of strategic impor-
lance. would weaken his cause by OBJ
stinately trying to hold q host Of UNI
tena BILE and unimpOrtant positions.
II was wrong are very painful
words for anyone to say, but the pain
is of the kind that comes when you
put q healing antiseptic into your
wound; that is, it is short lived and
the forerunner OF improvement.
It ID good to have the courage OF
your convictions: it is even better to
have the greater courage of changed
convictions. HE Ii fool who has
never changed his mind" writes q
philosopher. Do not be afraid to ad-
init that you are not a fool.
Humble pie Is rather ugly eating
but it IL very nutritious for the char
acter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Those who are expecting any ma
terial reduction in the cost of living.
and especially insofar as the price of
food products Is concerned, are re-
specially referred to the recent esti-
mates of the census bureau which show
that the population of the United
States proper has increased by 7,000,-
900 during the past four years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

The proposition to tax bachelors and
give the money to the spinsters en-
counters unexpected opposition, says
the Buffalo Enquirer. Married men
think they should receive the pro-
Ceeda
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

None of the generals figuring SO ex-
tensively in the news of the day is
of as much interest and concern to
Kansas as General Rain who was kind
enough to wage a campaign through
out the state the other night. Come
again, Gen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Nor is it at all~ likely that the for
eigners who are getting out of Mexico
will ever recover much of the half
billion dollars worth OF property they
are being forced to leave behind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

President Wilson should follow his
appeal to John d. Rockefeller to end
the terrible troubles in Colorado
which was ignored, with action that
will make the oil maggot respect the
demands of humanity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Chicago statisticians have figured it
out that the people Of that city pay
S51,OOO.O00 too much a year for their
food. And they would lop this excess
off the profits of the middlemen and
the retailers. But between this sug-
gestion and its Accomplishment there
is likely to be an extended hiatus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

American sympathizers with Huerta
properly belong in the City Of Mexico
where their criticism of the conduct
of the United States and their express
sions Of admiration for the dictator
will fall on willing ears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Huerta's supply of champagne must
be running low. He became SO fright
ened the other day at the possibility
of being assassinated that he sought a
hiding place and safety in one of the
foreign legations in the City of Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

And the attitude Of John D. Rookie
Teller. jr.. towards the objectionable
condition of affairs that prevails in
Colorado does not jibe very we'll with
the professed Christianity he has been
parading before q certain Bible class
these many wears
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

II Villa and Carranza agree to dis
agree, the situation in Mexico will be
complicated further. And it is likely
that old man Carranza will get much
the worst of the bargain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

As the Chicago Record-He says:
People who claim that the annexation
of Mexico would make that country
peaceful may not have been reading
the recent news from Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal IL a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full DAY
telegraph report Of that great news n"
gauiza ton for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news II received IN The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole Dus'
Dooa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

1t is just as well that the peace talk
has not put a damper On the prepare
tons for war. Its avoidance seems
impossible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Almost every one is undoubtedly
hoping that the present breaking OF
heat records Is not a forerunner of
what will happen later on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Whoever put the FUN" in Funston
made a mistake. The most difficult
kind of military business Is always
his portion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Regardless of its expense and h r
rors. war seems to be popular with all
peoples. The citizens of France have
just voted to- accept a bigger army
hnrHan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Somebody is sure to suggest before
long that 1t will be decidedly UNI
patriotic for loyal Americans to eat
chilli and hot tamales for the time be-
inR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29

Running true to form, the D. A. r
began its annual convention with 9
quarrel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29
From, Other Pens
HEALTH OF THE ARMY.

Tho record of the army medical
corps for the past decade, and par
ticularly for the past hve years. has
been one OF consistent and rapid
made 1t may well be proud. Yellow
fever was robbed of its terrors to the
soldier by the investigation carried on
after the Spanish war, and
now typhoid, which has been the
dread guest at 30 many camps. has
been reduced to a negligible factor in
the army mortality rate. In 1909. tho
year that inoculation was introduced
into the army a . preventive for this
disease, there were ITS cases of ty-
phoid, with death rate of a little
more than one to every 1000. DUR
ing 1913 there were two cases, with
no deaths. An objection that has been
which an American soldier must now
undergo once every four years, II that
It increases the subjects susceptibility
to tuberculosis. This theory has been
held by few reputable physicians. and
1t II not borne out by figures which
show that during the same five years
In which typhoid has been practically
wiped out Of our soldiery the hospital
admission rate for each 1000 men for
Tuberculosis has decreased from AS
to 3.49. Among the other ills to which
the fighting man Is heir, veDereal dis
ease, alcoholism, and malarial fever
are the most troublesome. Statistics
on these diseases for 1918 are. not yet
available, but in the period from 1908
to 1912. inclusive. the admission rate
for venereal diseases was reduced
from 1b5 men out Of each 1000 to
116, for alcoholism from 80 to IL. and
for malarial fevers from - to IA.
Such figures speak for themselves.
Since typhoid incubation and Other
prophylactic measures have succeeded
In the army, they might well be adopt
ed generally by the vast private cor
pOratiOns whose employees are legion.
The increased efficiency and the
result are incalculable.-The Outlook
WHO SAID NATURE .FAKER?"
II you should ever happen to be
wandering about the ChOcO section Of
Colombia It would be we'll to have an
eye. eye out for the sobbing monkey. If
mfeht as well ring down the curtain
and put q period after yourself. When
1t gets after the Colombian Indians.
according to H. G. Spurrell. naturaliet
Tropical Medicine. the Indian Mstens
to the beasts scul-witherfng sobs Tor
three days and three nights, and then
commits suicide. Mr.. Spurrell, Who
arrived In New York recently. says
h one of the most rare animels IN
South Americas For reasons thaf
have never been made clear, the sob-
bling monkey viii, at certain timea in
impenetrable wilderness, ana "a to M
nearest Indian encAmpment, where Il
will select its victim and follow him
day and night. keeping up confinuai
wsep,ne ana wailing- According to
that the victim will shortly b taken
with the sleeping sickneas o. eoms
other fatal disease. It has been cun-
tomary Tor the natives to listen to the
monkeys eobbfne for three days md
three nfghtsA ana then commit Suicfde-
thus avoiding death by the dreadf,.i
stckness.-Neee.sxork Nail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29
400 BIo FOR eolGr.

eng minds arc necessary to grn1p
big ideas. One of the commoneet Of
errors practiced by W all. y to take
Tor granted that our Visions are Of
equal size. We think We zee. when
we may see only in part. When Dias
was extled q popular sentiment In the
United States took for granted that
in his place would be substituted . oys-,
tenn of government based ON popular
opinion. ana . freedom OF action on
the part Of the citizenship. somewhat
akin to our own form Of government.
We have been taking for granted that
the Mexican people hold in their minde
the same sort Of admiration for Law
and order which we ourselves value ~
one OF the nrst considerations Of gov
ernment. Yet incidents are being
multiplied to show that in the minds
Of the Inhabitants NO such value IL
attached to law and order. II there
order In Mexican minds a. there II in
American minds it would be dimcult
for the disturbers Of national peace to
secure their followings. We have
plenty Of disturberD in our own coun-
try. the Kalleys. the Coxeys. and the
!. w. w. insurrectors but their ignor-
ance of law and order ideals in held
whelming public opinion. The finder
they spread falls inert amidst . pre-
ponderance Of opinion which values first
Of all an established rule Of law and
order and peaceful behavior. We take
for granted that constitutionalist0 In
Mexico cherish law and order ~ we
do. for We are ourselves constitutional
lists. The duty devolvine upon the
United States ~ to demonstrate to our
unfortunate brother constitutionalist
the difference between an imitation and
the real thing.-Wfchita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-29
ku,1d cos.sssses.f


We have hsqzd s lot about the GAM
or sof war ana shout tho excitednenf
thh& aecompauioo the entrAaninG a sol
diers wheu they leave for the; 'front.' A
trip to 10rt Riley yesterday hiled to
show any amount of this said g1amor.
The soldiers were hard 1t WORK buck
ing bales Of hay and sac1ED of odtQ int
freight carr; na1l1Qg cannono ana Gnpi5
ply wagons on to Nat cars and gettin9
the3r equipment In shape. They hao
ben hustling since 3 q. m. and with.
n0ohqnce q roAief before the following
a m. Tho Officers were hustling
ba3k and forth with little apparent sys-
tenn and the loss of sleep and added re-
sponetbflity had gotten ON their noe-
vous system. And Ill around were
women and children, Who looked any
thing but gay and happy; II there wea
any picnic In leaving for the front, tia
wtve4 and bebics were apparontly
missing It. The men. however. ~ ..
rule, were anxious to 60. And afte1'
they get there. they want to fight. I'VE
can come mighty near hitting q bulro
eye dve miles away with one of theDo
cannon oaid ono Of them, ''and ne
are anxious to ret close enough to the
0reasera to exchange. shots with them.
We are tired Of loaflng around hire
anyway. and welcome the change"
8ut there isA't much glamor to II: not
much giamor.-1fanhattan Mercury.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

-. you know, little book, that there
.T, be great compensations In age,
sig, tally to a woman. Yes, ] know
emo women are expected TO lose all
be they get old. but that Is what
LOTT thinks about 1t. Aunt Mary ana
All Selwin have taught me that
the q woman has reached the point
iof e she can look back on all her
II md understand 1t was good she
Qui cached a point or her existence
De she can rest a while and give
tom II the wonderful pleasure OF be-
seasa locker on"
OF, Mrs. Selwin told me the 9TH
~ that nothing In this world
worth tear l looked at her
cret Q face, and. oh, how pitied her.
MOI ught Of the terrible experiences
are nan must pass through to reach
Car conclusion. I thought or the
Jen. tears she must have shed be-
cor she came to understand that they
Ma useless either as method OF
for ing her desires or as q manner
20. working on surplus emotional
I tor q.
ths .. selwin has certainly had some
~ that she does not tell to the
for no woman could be as alb
rely law unto herself and q
E INN Of strength to those about her
she IL, without passing through
ere than the Joys and rose-lined
hp Of life. These experiences
sS left her cold. Her sympathy II
a hat aloof kind which tells you
ever mind. you'll feel better by and
Or rather you viii cease to fee"
.(think when ! grow old I'd rather
ike Aunt Mary, who can still feel
:. her Joy or sorrow for herself or
others.
had great illustration Of this
when We arrived at her old home.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
Modern Guns Could Demolish
Fort Wayne In Few Hours

Fort Wayne. Detroit's sole fortifca-
ton. begun in 1s41 and completed
about 1851 at total cost OF about
100000. would not Withstand the bat
tering Of the present day big siege
guns Of Europe or this country for q
single day. according to experts.
When the Grand Army encampment
Ia held here Aug. 31-Sept s, Il II ex-
pectcd that the old fort will be point
Of general interest to the old veterans
az II was a training and recruiting
camp during the Civil war, one Of the
three In Detroit, the others having
been the old Detroit driving park, and
a piece Of vacant property at Elmwood
and Jos. Campau-aves. and Clinton-st.
The fort was named after General
Anthony Wayne and was built under
the direction Of General Meigs. The
fort and grounds include 66 acres To-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

A pile of newspapers rustled on thu
table and the fingers Of the departet
turned them over page by page. War
war. war! Nothing but war! Sin
white heads nodded and the door
swung wide. Came the ghost OF politi
cal publicity. and the ghost from the
city hall. and the ghost from the police
station and the banks and the waters
Of the sea and river. and the ghost
from the theaters and the multitude OF
little ghosts.
Behold we are brothers" they wall.
ed. LET US weep one with one an
other"
And they did. And having wept they
twisted the typewritten ribbons on the
machines to denote crepe and CRASHED
their toothless Jaws and were sad.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
NEW BOOKS LISTED IN
PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following new books have been
listed In the public library:
K. II. Bosanquet, Days in Attica;'
M Buttenwieser, THE prophets OF
Israel. from the eighth to the NTH
century," e. Ciodd. "The childhood OF
the world--new edition." M. A. Aid
rich. w. H. Carruth and others. "Du-
genics;" 8. 4. Forman. Advanced
American History" Tasnku Harada
The Faith OF Japan" j. w. Hays
HOW TO Build up furnace Efficiency
c. q. Hoag. "A Theory OF interest" J.
A. tombstone, Essentials In piano
playing and other musical studies
Ellen X. s. Key. "The renaissance OF
motherhood" T. and NJ w. Kinney
The Dance" r. J. Maccunn. .'The con
temporary English view of Napoleon
J: n Morecroft. Continuous and al.
ternating current machinery" Hugo
Munsterberg. Psychology and social
sanity New York Public library
"HeroIsm, a reading list for boys and
girls;" " Paget, "The tower OF the
mirrors" Rafael Reyes. The two
Manifestations. from the Spanish, by
Leopold Grahame;" A. Sieffrfsd, Dem
ocracy In New Zealand" A. +. Tired
gold. Mental deficiency"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
MAN ACCUSES GIRL OF
STEALING DIAMOND RING

Dorothy Daley, 10 years old. and
pretty, was arrested by Detectives
Reid and Dibble, early Friday morn
ing, on the charge Of stealing q dia'
mond ring valued at $3.50, from Mel
vim Barry, of No. $50 Trumbull-ave.
The young woman declared that
Barry told her she could wear the
ring for a few days, and that she had
no intention OF stealing 1t. She
pointed out to the police that she told
Barry just where she could be found
which indicated that she didn't mean
to steal his ring. She was wearing
1t when arrested.
Barry was obdurate, and insisted on
the girl being prosecuted. He admit
ted that he had met her through q
street Irritation. The girl was taken
TO the woman's station, weeping.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

father rested on the judges desk. 9
thick, wide strap and near the end
were stains of blood.
A few hours before Marie had slip.
ped her fiimsy gown from her starved
body and Miss Knill had shrunk IN
horror, for crossing and recrossine
the child's back we're great red welts
with bits OF dried blood along the
edges. She had been beaten terribly
.That girl told lie. said the
father. "No child OF mine shall lie
II have to beat her senseless She
Is my child and you can't stop me-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
IAN Do AS Like With My Own" Fathers Defiance
When Hailed to Court for Lashing Young Daughter

Cant II" said the Judge srimly.
I'VE shall see."
The girl told revolving story OF
beatings by her father and stepmoth-
er who. according to her. lost their
reason once the beatings began and
seemed to take savage delight In
the sound OF blows and the sobs OF
the child. Neighbors had stood II as
long as they could and then reported
II. The girl was turned over to st.
Vincent de Paul society and an effort
will be made to have her taken from
the father permanently. /.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

Miss Edith Bennett, OF winona-ave., n
spending the month at Lake Minne-
tonka, and Minneapolis. Wis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

were tragedies Of the homes. Then
there were four ghosts from the third
noor. These were shortlived ghosts
who were born when the circuit judges
went away on vacation and they will
die when the JUDGES return.
Brothers," said the presiding ghost,
Il have called this meeting TO ask
your pleasure In admitting new mem
bers. There are now thousand
spirits OF departed news who wish to
join us In our tombs"
Whence came they?" asked mem.
Der
They were born last week In Er
rope and their father Is War and their
mother is Rrmors OF War;" moaned
the chief ghost sadly. Here Il their
application card and their proof OF
good standing among the dead"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
The Confessions of a Wife
A Leaf From Aunt Mary's Book

could see she wanted to be alone and
II went up to my room with the con-
Iyentional lie of headache II was
my heart that was aching ss
thought OF Dick coming home and not
finding me. | wondered what ne
would think. My loving heart kept
saying let's go back but my pride
whispered you are only treating him
as he treated you.
looked out my window and saw
Aunt Mary going over to the GENE.
terry, her arms full Of old-fashioned
flowers. Her face was as radiant as
though she was keeping a tryst. Her
husband, though dead, was nearer
to her than mine was to me TINS
minute.
/ slipped down to meet her as she
came back and said, impulsiveiy
Aunt Mary, l have come to the con-
clusion that, instead Of multiplying
happiness into ecstasy and dividing
unhappiness into innnitesimal fac
tions, marriage Is sort or compui-
sorry education for ripening character
end intoxicating wisdom"
Che looked at me Incompetence
ingly and said: "Margie, look what |
found this afternoon In an unused
drawer In Johns desk"
It was picture postcard and bore
this inscription:
"All to myself think Of you
Think OF the things we used to do.
Think of the things we used to say
Think OF each happy yesterday; !.
Sometimes I sigh and sometimes
smile,
But keep each olden golden all to
myself while"
AS finished looked up to Aunt
Mary through a mist Of tears. but
she was smiling.
Do you suppose, little book. that
Dick will come after me tomorrow?
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

don't know anything the Cover
mouse. made after this recipe:
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
GIANT CELT IS
!; POLICE PREY
Threat To Lick Kaiser Single
Handed Leads to Edward
Troy's Arrest

+. =
Edward Troy, Celt Of massive
frame, was the first person to be ar
rested by the Detroit police in their
effort to safeguard the neutrality OF
these United States, and prevent De-
troit from being served with an ulti-
matum In the European war.
Troy, who IL 81 years old, and gives
his address as No. 81 Center-st., an
nounced, In Harrison's saloon, No. "a
Library-ave., that he. single-handed,
would whip the German army and
navy. and would wipe Austria and
Italy on the map, too. II they "butted
In ..
Sergt Mark Baker was attracted by
the roaring noise, STROBE into the sa-
loon. grabbed Mr.. Troy and took him
to central station. where he was held
until he sobered up.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08

Bring this coupon and re-
ceive Fifty (50) Extra
Stamps on a purchase Of
$1.O0 or more. Somebody is
going to be awarded a prize
of $40 in Gold. Full par
ticulars in our show window.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-08
rhosts Of Departed" Sources of News
Hold Solemn Conclave In Press Room

X sorrowful ghosts came out Of
darkness In the county building.
trsday night, and with low moan
} slipped along the silent halls TO
press room. Here they gathered
ut the table In convention assem-
and ratified their ghostly bones
le their white-drapen figures trem-
ST with emotion.
be Oldest ghost among them pre-
ID. He was the ghost of the News
n the prosecutors ONCE" and he
born when Shepherd passed
~" AT his right hand sat the ghost
was next oldest, and he was the
Al / Of the News from Judge Lacy's
L" He. too, was born at the pass
OF a man. and he was very sad
L who wept and walled always
use hts father and his mother