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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
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broom.
One day the Queen saw Nora and asked
VINO she was They told her she was the
gardeners daughter
Let her come to the castle often" said
.ne queen. she Is as dainty as a prin-
And SO Nora and Eugina became play
mates.
When Eugina grew to be a young lady
the King said one day that it was time
Tor her to marry: SO he gave q ball and
invited the people from all the country
whom the King wished Eugina to marry.
Eugina begged the King to allow Nora
NO" and the Queen said IF You al
never marry our daughter:
30 poor Nora sat in the kitchen the
nigh Of the ball listening to the music
and wishing she could see the BRIGHT
lights and the gayly dressed ladies'.
last II will Climb up the rose trs Ellis S az
the ballroom window and look In
:, Now. It happened that the Prince was
path Nora. who was on the trellis, heard
the footsteps of the horse, and fearing
hurried down the trellis Her foot cauEhS
In the rosebush, and she fell to the
ground. spraining her ankle. which panied
her so that she tainted.
me Prince saw her. and jumped from
ca Whsn her sh into sbt the hall Of the castle
beauty and she opened her eyes and
smiled he fell in love with her.
In vain did they tell him that she vr.x
the gardeners daughter and the servants
would care for her; he would NOT lesvs
her side. And when at last poor EuginS
was introduced to him he scarcely noticed
her. e"
Il will carry her." he said when the
gardener came for Nora, and in spite of
all they could say he took her in his arms
and started to carry her home Rut 1,,se
as they reached the door an old woman
hobbled in walt she said. A. sha
raised her cane to stop them: ''hear whss
have to say. Justice must be done this
night. and must undo wrong that ala
many years ago. ~
You shall WOO the princess ana IN.
lady you love- she said to the Prince
Everybody gathered around TO hesr
what the strange old woman had 10 ssv.
Il met the stork.'' she said s.tl,e ni~ht
he brought the babies. The Princeas srS
the gardeners daughter were in fh~
same basket and when the stork Wa not
looking ! changed the ribbons which
marked them
The gardeners wife was happv wher
she heard the story. Now Ne have
daughter that will be . help ana a conn
fort" she said. II win never drive 4
black cat from my door aeain..-ecopy-
fight ma BY. the Mcclure G~wS1Sssss,
syndicate. New York City,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
Euening Chat
Counting the Cost.

COuMtlm$ t0e CO0t.
There are very few of us who feel
some attractive thing that appeals to
us without asking the price.
Yet how many people see some
thing attractive in life's shop window
and forthwith make up their minds
that they must have it without stop
ping to count the cost.
Everything in life's shop window
has its price Unfortunately this price
is not plainly tagged on the article.
If it were, and we could see it, I fancy
many of us would be wiser purchasers
in the business of life.
But life's shop is not run that way.
1t is an installment plan affair. We
buy everything on credit and SO clev-
erly is this business done that we fire.
quently delude ourselves into thinking
that there is to be no charge, but that
in some marvellous way we are getting
something for nothing. A deposit is
seldom called for,-why should 1t be?
We are good risks because we cannot
help being. When life's collector
calls, We pay. not because we want to
but because we must. And when he
has gone we sit down and do what
we should have done before we made
the purchase at all,-count the cost.
Sometimes, though we find it heavy,
we still feel that our purchase was
worth while.
Again. we would give anything to
be allowed to give up the purchase
and not be asked to pay the price. But
life's collections are relentless, there
are no return privileges. and the in
stallments on some apparently simple
purchase may last a lifetime
Sometimes we do try to count the
cost before we buy. We honestly at
tempt to read the price tag, and per-
haps we think we have made 1t out
successfully, but it's a hundred to one
we haven't. For it is an almost uni
versal characteristic of these queer
bipeds known as the human race, that
they shall have an astigmatism which
makes them see the attractiveness of
the thing they covet enormously large,
and the price they will have to pay
infinitely small.
Doubtless nature has her reasons
for giving us this astigmatism. Per-
haps we should be afraid to buy even
the worthwhile things of life If we
understood the price. Perhaps the
fear of living would paralyze us and
we should become that impOtent crea-
ture, the hanger-back, whom Steven
son says not even God can forgive.
Suppose wouldbe parents should
count the cost in suffering and anxi-
ETY., in sleeplessness, in self-denial and
in a hundred other coin. which their
privilege is likely to entail. Would
they not hand back and lose some
thing which is usually worth far more
than it can possibly cost?
There is a time to count the cost,
and a time to be Indifferent to it.
Heaven make us wise enough to
choose Alright!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
Kansas Comment
CHINESE MARRIAGES.

All the intense excitement and the
palpitattng interest that comes to an
american, when he contracts his fyrut
marriage. IL altogether unknown in
China. It is all arranged for the lat
ter by his parents and the parents OF
the young girl given him for q wife.
His own wishes are not considered.
ne doesn't see the girl and he doesn't
know what she looks like. He takes
her for better or for worse. But It
IL when he il widower and takes
himself his second, third, fourth or
fifth wife. that he has little some
thing to say. After he is q married
man he has some liberties and can
see the girls and the widows. He can
make acQuaintances with the women
folks. II the time comes that he's .
widower he has perfect right to go
out in the world and Took them
over" He can select himself q maid
for q wife, and do it all on his own
hook, or he can choose q widow, IL his
taste runs that way. And no one can
say him nay. That is the law. This
is why the average Chinaman Is fon-
der OF arranging to get married the
second time than he IL the first and
why he can pick a widow or q young
girl as far a. he can see.-Hutchinson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron the Chicago !

From the Chicago News.1
morning. -
all you hear.
Th-- man is generous to a fault who
never corrects one.
Its many feet are what enable a gas
bill to run up SO rapidly.
Greatness is never thrust upon a man
w.Io leads an aimless life
1t sometimes costs more to neglect q
duty than 1t does to perform it.
poor excuse Is better than none-ff It
passes muster with the boss.
The easier 1t is to get a man to make
promise the harder it is to get him to
make good.
Don't think that man is ready to take
the advice of every fool he meets Just be-
cause he takes yours.
One philosopher informs us that neces-
sity is the mother of invention, and. an
other says 1t is the father of lies. Query:
What Il the sex of necessity?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
Journal Entries

A miser. presumably, has the most
uncomfortable time of it,
= = .
The bulk Of the fighting is confined
TO an exchange of words.
= =
Poverty is blamed for a whole lot
OF things for which it isn't at all re-
SpOnsible
= q
The critical person is never at a loss
Tor material on which to exercise his
talents.
. .
It's a poor joke, indeed, that doesn't
get hearty laugh from the man who
tells 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
From, Other Pens
PHYSICAL FITNESS.


The war has emphasized the import
ance of physical fitness for the work
Of hostilities. Men are daily rejected
because they do not come up to the
physical requirements. Even the men
accepted must go through much physi-
cal training before regarded as ready
for the field. Is not now a good time
to emphasize the other side of the
shield: the Importance Of physical fit
ness for the work Of peace? Everybody
knows this theoretically. but few take
the trouble to act on 1t. They go ON
the theory that they are entitled to
keep their physical fitness in peace
without effort and when it goes wrong
they imagine something Is wrong with
the universe. The neglect Of physical
preparation for doing ones work well
In time OF peace-particular7y in the
large cities-is all the more inexcusable
because such exercises do not entail
great deal Of time or labor. There Is
hardly anyone who cannot follow out q
system that will make his body
stronger, his eye clearer. his brain bet-
ter and his work more valuable.-Chi-
cagO Herald,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

In denying that he will resign from
President Wilson's cabinet, Mr.. BRYAN
states that he has a work to do in his
present position that he wishes to see
carried out. But he leaves the coun-
try in the dark as to just what the
nature of the task Is. Maybe it's con-
cerned with the development Of a new
and more effective method for trap
ping the Nobel peace prize Of 100000.
Or perhaps he is collecting lot of
interesting material at first hand for
future chautauqua lectures. Or pos
sibly,-but why conjecture further?
Suffice 1t to say, that it's almost sure
to be an important job. important. of
course. to Mr.. Bryan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Even though the Hutchinson fair
gets the 100000 it wants from the
legislature for improvements for its
grounds. it wouldn't be able to estab-
lish anything like the fair plant that
is possessed by the Topeka Fair asso-
citation, and which would be given to
the state for the asking. Ali of which
suggests that the legislature could
save the state a lot of good money by
changing the location of the state fair
from Hutchinson to Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Myron T. Herrick's experience as
the ambassador of the United States
to France was also of the expensive
variety. He is authority for the state
ment that his duties cost him $780,
600. No wonder he was decorated
with the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Lynching negroes has become such
a popular sport in Mississippi that
such events now take on all the as
poets OF carnival or a street fair,
which are attended by crowds from
all over the surrounding territory. And
then we of this country shudder at the
brutality that the Europeans are dis
playing in their war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

This Przasnysz that has just been
occupied by the Germans in the east
ern arena Of the war must be of the
same family stock as Przemysl, first
cousin, probably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Nobody seems to be able to forget
poor, old Mother Eve and her SIM The
Purity experts insist that the girls are
to blame for the tango, or for main
tanning it's popularity. But the girls
wouldn't dance it long if they were
compelled to do SO only with each
other for partners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

From financial standpoint, Russia
has certainly made the largest sacri-
flee for the cause of prohibition. Her
revenue from the sale of vodka is now
less than $1,OOO,OOO a month where it
used to run as high as $4O,OOO,OOO a
month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
THE sTORK AND THE WITCH.

One day day a stork was going through
the woods carrying a basket, when he
met an old witch.
How do you do, my fine fellow?'' she
said. What have you in your basket p
The stork did not know she was witch,
and thinking that all old ladies like.i
babies he set his basket on the ground
and took on the cover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Car. Nicholas is at the front again.
But he is with his army that is acting
against the Turks where the danger
is less than it is with the Russian
force that opposes the Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

AS a general thing, says the Calves
ton News, when the man at the table
ties the napkin around his neck he did
not come there to indulge in table talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Most of the 100000 Thomas A.
Edison plant at West Orange, N. j.,
which went up in flame and smoke
the other night was Of latest and high
est type of fireprOOf construction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Further evidence to substantiate the
claim of some folk that nothing is i'm
possible is to be found in the fact that
Topeka will end the year with a sur
plus of $1,000 in her stocking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED rRESS

The State Journal II q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganixation. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news Is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

A letter addressed to Major General
Frederick Funston, lola, Kan. would.
of course, reach him, says the Chicago
Herald, but over there he is just plain
Fred, with everybody glad to see him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

New Zealand's reputation for pro-
gressiveness gets black eye in the
refusal Of its people to adopt national
prohibition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Another cargo of Kansas flour
should be on the New York docks
awaiting the return of the Kansas
Belgian relief ship which starts on it's
first journey on December 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Talk and money seem to be the
only kinds of ammunition needed for
the waging of a baseball war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau Of Circulattons.
American Newspaper Publishers' A.
ISOLATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Another vigorous effort is being
made by the Germans to make the
''war" in Warsaw a reality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

A man needs all the sense he W.
born with to offset the foolishness
picks up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

A neighbours dog fs never SO un
welcome as when he calls after dar
and spreads the contents of q swtl
pail all over the back yard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-12

Half a truth is a dangsight worse
than a whole 1ie
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-28
WHY HE WAS ANGRY

First Motorist (after very narrow
shave)-But why al this fuss? We
haven't damaged you. You can't sue
me.
E Second Motorist-I know l can't,
sir. l know / can't; that's just my
point.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-28
STUMPED

1--WE really ought to have a chap
eron," she said, as they went out in
to the garden
= ooh, we won't need one, 1 assure
you" he replied.
ooh, won't we? Well, then, what's
the use of going?"-N. Y. World.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-28
RECOGNITION

The bored youth turned to his din
-ner partner with yawn.
who is that strengthening man
over there who ,stares at me so
much?" he drawled.
Z ooh, that's Professor jenkins"
she replied, the famous expert on
insanity"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-28
BREAKING lie MoNoToNY !

BREAKING THE MoNoToNY I
Stranger Gin HckViIle) Life in
this burg must be kind Of mOnoton-
Gus, isn't It?
Hotel Keeper-Used to be little
that way, but two weeks ago the
manager of our theater started to
change the pictures twice week.
Puck.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-28

TALK THAT COUNTS
Deed All wasn't abusin' dat mule,
jedge," the old man demurred.
did you not strike it repeatedly
with club?"
fYassah."
"And do you not know that you
can accomplish more with animals
by speaking to them?"
''Yassah; but dis critter am diff'nt.
He am so def he CANT heah me when
All speaks to him in de usual way, so
All has to communicate wild him in de
sign language"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-28
FATAL DAY

t"CharIes seems to be very exact
ing" said fond mamma to the dear
girl who was dressing for the we'd
ding.
Never mind, mamma" said she
sweetly. "They are his last wishes"
-ippineott's.
THE DRAMA
"Good show at the FrivoIty nov"
said the New York man to his coun-
try cousin. want to go?"
Dunno. Is it clinical or sociology
cal?"-Washington Herald.
1870
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
First Clubwoman-She has a per-
feet knowledge Of how the other haR
lives.
Second Clubwoman-Gossip or so-
biologist? Magazine of Fun.
-O-O-
THE CRAB
The crab is largely legs and claws;
You catch him when you go fishin',
/ hold him in esteem because
OF his retiring disposition.
ConoioI E5nnIxinc Adorno y
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18

Clerical and Ofnee.
~ you are looking for . hish-erada p6sl.
ton see the
co-oPEflATIvE PREFERENCES CO.
z4b-N CITY MA HAL 1ld8
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18
Unclaimed Answers
to the
"Swappers' Column"

Hundreds Of other answers have been
called FOR and delivered during the last
week IL n reasonable 70 suppose tnat
eli OF the people below have made tne
fhe balance OF their answers. Bee Want
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18
HELP WANTEp-AfALE


WANTED, MEN 10 LEARN THE BAR
Der TRADE. Another rush for bar
bers. Our course prepares you for hlgn-
eat salary. Best trade IN existence today.
Good money. Light work. Easy TO learn
Busy season now Few weeks completes
Investigate. MOLER BARBER col
IsEGE, no s. 18th 81
EXPERIENCED flour mill hands. to take
t-,o ISeerors ia so,,r tsborcrs Good
wages, free board and transportation.
Apply room s. Midland hotel. 18th and
Chicago.
WANTED-First class butter maker. I.
Mucci. as West Broadway, Council
Bluffa Ia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18


LOST AND FOUND
OMAHA q COUNCIL BLUFFS STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Persons having lost some article would
do we'll to call up the office OF the Omaha
& Council Bluffs Street Railway company
70 ascertain whether they Left II in the
street cars. {.
Many articles each day are turned In
and the company Is anxious TO restore
them to the rightful owner. Call Doug
las a.
LOST-Black suit case, containing fish
Ing tackle; left on bench, 10th and
Sprague. Harvey l78
LOsT-Hanscom park. gold necklace with
bangle; initial l. on enc side, 1898 on
other. Reward. So. ass
LosT-A small black purse, containing
about s. on Dundee car OF 18th and Far
nam. AZ o'clock Thursday. II. z2ol Re-
ward
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18

DEATHS AND FUNERAL NOTICES
wHITE--Fny, aged u years. died August
~ ipiA daughter Of MT. and Mrs..
charles 3. White. -.
rfraef Monday, 2 D. IA. tDtermont, for-
81 Lawn cemetery. Friends invited.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18

CAau OF THANKS.
WE acrtrc % thank our many friends ano
hind nelrhbors for tho sympathy SHOWN
ua and TIE beautiful floral tributes sent
furinr cur late bereavement
Nra. r. J. E1xa ans Cnforen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-18
MARRIAGES LICENSES.

BUILDING PERMITS.
Mrs. Minnie smith, lsi7 Saratoga. frame,
Al 500; Hiatt-Fairfleld Co.. 800 stone
avenue, frame, S2oo0; James Walter, lz&i"
x Briggs. apartment. 1850.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-01

It was spring in the South Seas
when, for the first time, went ashore
at Batengo, which is, the Polynesian
village, and the only one on the
big grass island of the same name.
There is a cable station just up the
beach from the village, and good
natured young chap named Graves
had charge of it. He was an upstand-
ing, clean-cut fellow. Don, who dis
likes anything Polynesian or Melane-
sian, took to him at once. He gave
us lunch on the porch, and because
he had not seen a white man for
two months, or lver-and-white dog
for two years, he told us the entire
story of his young life and plans for
the future thrown in.
The future was very simple. There
was a girl coming out to him from
the states by the next steamer; the
captain of that steamer would join
them together in holy wedlock, and
after that the Lord would provide.
He led the way to his bedroom, and
stood in silent rapture before large
photograph that leaned against the
wall over his dressing table.
1.-THE usual cable agent" 1 said,
keeps from going mad by having a
dog or cat or some pet or other to
talk to. But l can understand photo
graph like this being al-suficient to
any man-even if he had never seen
the original. Allow me to shake hands
with you"
you haven't asked me my bust
ness in these parts" 1 said, ''but I'll
tell you. I'm collecting grasses for
the Bronx Botanical Garden"
''Then, by Jove" said Graves, you
have certainly come to the right
place Grass! The place is all grass;
there are fifty kinds right around my
house here"
Give noticed only eighteen" said,
but that isn't the point. The point
is: When do the Batengo Island
-. - 7
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-01
BACK THERE IN THE GRASS
BY GoUVERNEUR MORRIS

.UR MORRIS
ed, don't your" he said. "That a mere
cable agent wouldn't notice such
things. Well, that grass there" and
he pointed beach nut we call it
is the first to ripen seed, and, as far
as know, it does it just six weeks
from now"
"In that case," 1 said, expect me
back"
Anything I can do to help you
while you're gone? I've got loads of
spare time"
eff you knew anything about
grasses
81 don't. But I'll blow back into
the interior and look around. I've
been meaning to right along, just for
fun. But can never get any of them
to go with me-"
''The natives?"
Eyes. Poor lot. They're commit
ting race suicide as fast as they can.
There are more wooden gods than
people in Batengo village, and the
superstition's so thick you could cut
it with knife"
"They say that if you go back
there in the grass something awful
will happen to you"
CAS- WHAT" l asked.
''The last man to try it," said
Graves, ''in the memory of the old
est inhabitant, was a woman. When
they found her she was all black and
swollen-at least that's what they
say. Something had bitten her just
above the ankle"
Nonsense" 1 said, there are no
snakes in the whole Batengo group"
'They didn't say it was a SNAKE"
said Graves. ''They said the marks
of the bite were like those that would
be made by the teeth of very little
child"
Five weeks later was once more
coasting along the wavering hills of
Batengo Island, with a sharp eve out