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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

SOUTH AMERICA NEEDS COAL.
Eight South American countries
from which statistics are available
bought 81, 2e5 900 worth of coal IN
one year. OF this amount the United
States sold only $4,223, 118 worth. while
the sales Of Great Britain, including
Australia, amounted to $50. z26.50z. Wniie
all of the SouthAmerican countries buy
more or less coal Argentina, Brazil ana
Chile are by far the greatest consum-
ers. The Pan-American Union OF
Washington. d. c.. is in receipt OF IN
quiries from some of these countries as
to information relative to coal dealers
in the United States while on the other
hand letters are coming in daily from
the latter seeking information anent
the opportunities in South America FOR
the sale Of their product.
1t is a foregone conclusion that even
If the great European war does not en-
tirely cut of the usual sources OF coal
supply for South America. the trade OF
the countries engaged in the war will
be very seriously handicapped. In the
interest of the United States dealers
the following statistics are given:
Taking the year 1912 as a fair aver
age the statistics show that Argentina's
coal imports were valued at $25, 955,692,
of which .-4,500O0O came from the
United kingdom: ssh 1907 from the
United States; 1896, $50 from Germany;
Sis, s07 from Austria Hungary; $33.3l3
from Belgium, and the rest from the
Netherlands and other countries.
During the same year Brazirs i'm
port of coal amounted to $20.679, 052, OF
which 81, 5s9. 1884 worth came from the
United Kingdom: $2,7ss,6o1 worth from
the United States; and $50, 702 from Bel
GUM. Chile's importation was valued
at 81, 163, 5S3, of which the United
Kingdom furnished .$7,146.SSs worth;
Austria, $2,9S1 ,349; United States. $780,
7s7: Germany, $27s,356; France. $s7,Ss7;
Belgium, $70,O65: the Netherlands. Nor
way and other countries the remainder.
Among the South American countries
having less demand for coal may be
mentioned Uruguay. whose imports
amounted to $2,647, 179, no accurate sta
tistics as to source being available.
Peru imported 81, 098 500 worth, $7S6,214
Of which came from the United King
dom, $159,O81 from Germany, $50
from Australia, and $55,058 from the
United States. Venezuela, the closest
neighbor to the Gulf states and their
immense coal mines, imported $112,517
worth. $S1, JOB of which came from the
United Kingdom. 81, 742 from Germany,
and 1865 from the United States.
The only obstacle to supplying the
demands Of Argentina. Brazil. Venezue-
la. and Colombia is lack of transport
tation facilities. Hitherto the length of
the journey around the South Ameri-
can continent has practically prevented
competition on the part of the United
States producers in the markets of
Chile, Peru. Ecuador and Bolivia. With
the Panama canal opened to the COM
merce of the world this obstacle has
been removed, and it is now up to the
coal interests of the United States to
supply the increasing demand Of the
whole Of South America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
THE NEW AMERICANS.

When we compare the America OF
today with the Americas Of half a CEN
fury ago, certain differences stand out
sharply, writes Walter E. Weyl, in
Harper's Magazine for September.
America today is far richer. 1t is also
more stratified. Our social gamut has
been widened. There are more vivid
contrasts, more startling differences.
in education and in the general
chances of life. We are less rural and
more urban, losing the virtues and the
vices, the excellences and the stupidi-
ties, of country life, and gaining those
of the city. We are massing in our
place of country ne'er-do-wells and
village hangers-On. We are more
Sophisticated. We are more lax and
less narrow. We have lost our earlier
frugal simplicity, and have become ex-
travagant and comparatively lavish.
We have, in short, created a new type
of American, who lives in the city.
reads newspapers and even books,
bathes frequently, travels OCCASION
ally; man, fluent Intellectually and
physically restless, ready but not pro-
found, intent upon success, not with
out idealism, but somewhat disillu-
! stoned, p1easure-loving, Woodworking,
humorous. At the same time there
grows a sense of a social maladjust-
ment, a sense of a failure of America
to live up to expectations, and an in
| tensifying desire to right a not clearly
perceived wrong. There develops a
vigorous, if somewhat vague and I'M
trained. moral impulse. an impulse
based on social rather thai individual
ethics, uncsthetic, democratic, head
long.
! Although this development might
have come about in part, at least,
without in igration, the process has
been enormously accelerated by the
arrival on our shores of millions Of
Europeans. These men came to make
a living, and they made not only their
| own but other mems fortunes. They
.hastened the dissolution Of old condi-
tons: they undermined old standards
by introducing new; their very tradi-
tions facilitated the growth of that
traditionless quality of the American
mind which fastened our material
transformation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

09W0I9c]l

and now you do not notice me and lis
ten to the nightingale
why. you silly little drop" replied
the rose. do you expect one as beauti-
ful as I am to be in love with you?
That you should love me is not to be
wondered at, and that I allow you to
remain near me and love me should
love for me makes me appear more
beautiful. and let you rest upon my
soft cheek
The poor little dewdrop shrank away
as he heard the cruel words Of the
naughty rose and moved nearer to her
heart, thinking that pity might move
her II nothing else
But the proud rose gave II no word
Of pity or love. and the dewdrop rolled
her, more beautiful than ever the next
morning.
The rose n like many people in this
world, who expect and take an the love
and friendship the generous natures OF
their friends offer and never think OF
giving one word Of sympathy or love
for all these blessings.
And the little dewdrop II like many
others who five their love and worship
to those 20 TAR removed from Their
sphere in life that the one to whom
they are given never knows Of the
gifts offered. or sees the gfver.
Love and friendship are priceless
lifts. but they viii not bloom or Give
forth their sweetness unless they take
root I'm the heart Of . friend.
If these gifts are given to one who,
cause they think them their Just dus.
they lie dormant, for8otten Ia fin6
BY both the Gfver and the 60 NJ ~
oe3veD them. 49, III
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
A SLANT Az PHuxns

A SLANT AT PHYLLIS.
wnen l take note Of Phyllis hat,
Tipped ON one side. one eve l1iss,,fssner
I wonder why It II 20 NAT
Ana II her aspect quite surprising.
For though her skirt fits c,c.. h.,ov
with sits that aid her lucomotion.
II grows IN volume. rs you know.
Above. such II the craxy notion.
Her waist II underlined. and yet
Full many contours she f.onfeanea-
In fact, 30 many you FORGET
Just how q tropic maiden dresses.
And ~ again you her survey
To mark her well you are beholden-
You wonder If some later day
Viii Phyllis further stin embolden.
u. A. Waldron in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE
[From the Atchison e1obe.1

[From the Atchison Globe.]
When the COW goes dry the calf al
ways bawls.
A good policy is one that changes
with the times.
There is war lord in nearly every
nome, and he is a woman.
Character writes better than most
people who follow writing for living.
Some men never pay any attention
to a bill until they get one they do not
owe.
An Atchison man brags up every
thing he possesses excepting his wife's
feet.
The first thing Jude johnson does
cards printed.
A knocker is also a "scab," because
he doesn't quit at the end of an eight
hour day.
This may be a short war, as the
critics say, but 1t seems long to the
tired telegraph editor.
People claim to be pretty busy, but
they find time to smoke up a large
TOBACCO crop every season.
Because a man is quiet and peace
able when sober is no defense for his
loud and silly talk when drunk.
Automobiles are so numerous it has
become difficult to see a white horse
every time one sees a red-headed girl.
Conceding Solomon's so great wis
dom, odds are offered that he fire.
Quently was fooled by some of his
regiment of wives and brigade Of lady
friends.
Ever notice the fourteen-year-old
girl. with a braid as thin as a slate
pencil has as much hair on top of her
head by the time she IL eighteen as the
girl with . braid ~ big - your arm1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
Jayhawker Jots

A man with horse sense. suggests
the Sedgwick Paragraph, Is supposed
to know when to say neigh.
Talking sense to some persons, in
trying to shoot through a two-inch
steel plate with a % rifle.
Running from drouths is a rather
poor practice, advises the Phillips
County Post. You are likely to en-
counter one in your new location.
when the place you leave is having
good crops.
A perfect town is defined by the
Troy Chief as that In which you see
the farmer patronizing the home mer-
chants, the laborers spending the
money they earn with their own
tradesmen. and all animated by a
spirit that will not purchase articles
abroad If they can be bought at home.
A farseeing, worldly Atchison moth
er, according to the Atchison Globe.
is struggling hard to keep every word
of the European war from reaching
the ears of her ten and twelve year
old daughters. She says any remem-
brance of it will be such a give-away
in regard to their ages in years to
come.
Observations, by Mrs. Tom Thomp-
as you are satisfied with what you
know. you remain at a dead level.
Some who will work hard to get
raise in salary will steadfastly de-
cline to '.hurt themse1vts'' ever after.
A crowd finds more enjoyment at
a fire than at the laying Of a corner
stone, however imposing the cere-
mony.
Sometimes at the evening session of
the prevaricator's roost the converse
ton turns to good things to eat in this
world, reports the Americas Greet
ing. After chicken pie and sweet po-
tatoes have been sufficiently discussed
and extolled, someone will spring frog
legs as a culinary delicacy, and from
that minute the menu grows rapidly
worse and fellows give their expert
ence eating eels. gars and the ratlike
'possum- The bill of fare generally
concludes with blackbird pie, fricaseed
mule and a polecat stew. This may
sound a little bad. but really. now, is
it any worse than eating toadstools or
oysters with their clothes on, or sar-
dimes that have been drowned in hot
olive oil and sealed up in a tin coffin
before they quit Hopping, or had time
to get properly dressed?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

The most senseless worries are those
concerning possibilities.
Almost everybody's memory is ex-
cellent as to matters Of no conse-
Quence.
More aim should be taken with the
countless bricks that are thrown.
Too much mental energy is wasted
in thinking about what might have
been.
Another way to make an enemy is
to prove to a person that he's wrong
about anything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Among the major powers of the
world Germany ranks second in the
matter Of naval strength. Yet this
naval advantage on paper seems to be
of little worth to Germany in her
present great trials. The bulk of her
naval force appears to be bottled up
effectually in the Baltic sea, with a ire
mendous force of the British navy on
guard in the North sea and ready for
a naval engagement that the Germans
do not seem keen to hazard. And so
for all practical purposes. it would
seem that the great German navy is
little better than useless just now. 1t
may be. though, that the clever Ger
mans have naval plans and programs
that will produce unusual results
when least expected. But this ap-
pears unlikely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Surely there is nothing in a name.
Congressman Doolittle has broken all
records as to the number of private
pension bills for the benefit of his
constituents that he has succeeded in
urging through congress. His score
IL IS for the present session Of con-
gress. while the average allotment to
congressman in this particular runs
from 10 to is during an entire con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
How many Topekans have forgotten

How many Topekans have forgotten
to contribute their mite or what they
can well afford to the Red Cross
funds? The disasters Of floods or
earthquakes. no matter where they &C.
cur in the world always bring quick
responses from the American people.
But the suffering of the women and
children and the sick and the wounded
in the war zone Is more terrible than
any that was ever experienced by the
victims of one of natures shocks.
Hence the contributions for their sue
cor should be prompt and large. and
especially from the people of the Unit
ed States who are suffering the least
from the awful havoc of this horrible
WaR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Oubscrlbess Of the state journal
away from homo during the summer
each day to any address 1t tho rate
Or ten 0emtD . week or thirty cents
Q month (by mail only).. Address
changed - often a. desired. While
ont Of town the State Journal will bo
% you like . daily letter from home.
these short time subscriptions, to save
hookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Bill Suffers boom for the Progress
sive gubernatorial nomination in New
York. started by himself, of course,
did not get very far. All of which in
dicates that a man is not without dis
honor ia his own country, and the
same thing is pretty sure to happen
to all of the Sulzer political endeavors
of the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
Euenine Chat


N 1/sS10 u keG0&OCRvOs
The other day a neighbor died. She
had been walking along the sidewalk
when a passing automobile threw up
q stone which bruised her face. In
three days she was dead Of blood
poisoning.
The absolute tragedy of it all lay in
the fact that that afternoon she had
been asked to make one Of q party Of
automobiles and had refused.
John hasn't had his car very long"
she explained, land have three little
children dependent upon me. 1 do
not feel that I should go anywhere I
might be in danger"
What Is more, for years she had or
dered her life with this same view in
mind. not to incur danger! She had
denied herself pleasures; had stayed
home while others went automobiling
or sailing in the power boat, because
automobiles and power boats were a
source Of danger!
Sources Of danger! Where are they.
or rather where are they not: How
can we escape from them? True. peo-
pie do die in automobiles and in motor
boats. Likewise they die in beds and
in bath tubs. Drowning IL both un-
pleasant and frequent. but It 1. no less
pleasant and nowhere as near ire
Quent as apoplexy.
For months. because IF an unQues-
tionable element of danger which now
and then claims victim, this woman
had denied herself certain pleasures
in which thousands Of people indulge
daily with absolute immunity. She
had children dependent upon her: but
fate, unmindful Of her precautions or
her children. stepped in and snatched
her away.
The doctor. consoline her husband.
added that 1t was too bad she hadn't
gotten outdoors more, because her
-
ditfon and less liable to infection.
To blame her for wanting to avoid
all danger for her children's sake
would be unkind ana unjust. But one
cannot help plying her for . loss Of
perspective and q blind senseless sys-
tenn OF petty precautions against the
one great force before which man
stands helpless; q system which was
a source OF deprivation to herself ana
an evaporation to her husband ana
her friends
The last few days Of her life she
did not really live; she guarded her.
self against death. She watched over
a hundred entrances through which
death might come. She knew the
danger that turks in q pin prick: Of
the bacillus that might make q mortal
wound OF q scratch. She watched
with fascinated eyes The r atch with
which her husband and his friends lit
their after dinner cigars. She pro-
tested. laughingly taxed with her deep
concern over the match's final dis
position. tina: she wasn't going to
''be burned like q rat in . trap"
And 20 1t went. She watched over
= hundred entrances through which
danger and death might come upon
her: but death. free to use thousands
OF entrances over which NO mortal
can hope to stand euard. efaik66
down upon her nevertheless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Thanks to the Panama canal, one #
the greatest monuments to the accom-
plishments of peace in this world of
strife. it Is now possible to make a trip
by water from New York to San Fran
cisco within thirty days. One steam
ship has already done SO. And much
better time is likely to be made before
1on1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Congressman Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson must be off his feed.
Else how can be explained his absence
from the forum with ringing speeches
insisting that we should get into the
war, or that part of it. at least. in
which Japan is busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Such remarkable turns does Kan
sas weather take, that here in the last
of August, men have appeared on the
streets in such combinations as straw
hats and overcoats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Another strange thing from the
human standpoint is that the Japs
should be eager for the war that
they've been thrust into against Ger
many through their alliance with
England. The burdens of their war
with Russia are still bearing most
heavily upon them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal 10 . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegrap report Of that great news or
ganisation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news II received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur%
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Whoever recalled the Austrian am
bassador from Toxic had a nimble
tongue and elastic vocal chords. He
answers to the name of Baron Muller
de Szentgyorgy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

Paris is reported to be preparing for
a siege. And the same kind of news
may be expected from Berlin before
long, as the advance of the Cars
mighty host appears to be irresistible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29

A bright doctor doesn't prescrib,
simple, old fashioned remedies To-
anyone who pays income tax.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05

The members Of party around q
table In an exclusive club In q down.
town skyscraper were much amused
the other evening by controversy
between their waiter and another EN-
ployee Of the club.
One Of the party had ordered sirup
What the sirup was for has nothing to
do with this story. Going to the
dumb waiter the servitor shouted In
his best ordering voice:
'Sirup!''
II don't getchu." came the response
down the shaft
"Sirup!r' this time with two excla,
nation points and rising infection.
| "Come again." was the imperturbabie
yesponse
| "Sirupr' 1t went up the shaft hkt
the blast of an explosion
law. spell it." said the echo.
/ .S-u-r"-the waiter had his fee
planted firmly" "s-u-r"-he had tight
j ened his vest and taken n deep breath
-"s-sn-r. Say. bring some one to tn
shaft that can understand me. vii
yuh?'
And he waited with some dignity tn
coming Of a person with sharper ears
Pittsburgh Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05
Melting
of Molly
-BY-
MARIA THOMPSON
DAVlESS
Copyright, 1912, by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company
Synopsis

The teller OF the story, Molly Carter, b
young widow. awaiting the return Of
Bennett. an old fame. who is now p
distinguished diplomat. tries to reduc.
weight Her physician. adviser and mex
door neighbor Is DR.. John. a widower ant
father of young Billy. whom Molly loves
Molly is surprised at play with Billy by
Judge Wade who is the most digni!iec
and able man in Hillsboro. Billy come
over from next door with his father
Hillsboro receives visit from Rutf
Chester. friend of Bennett. and Moll,
finds her delightful. Molly goes to tn,
city for an outfit Of clothing
Molly has trouble in reducing her weight
Billy's singing of an old love song aboh
Molly under her window brings tears 10
her eyes.
She fiirts with Tom Pollard. her cousin
who is ladies man. She decides tt
re-enter Hillsboro society by giving din
ner The doctor catches her eating for
hidden lam
DR.. John and Molly pay visit to one OF
his patients. young mother She doesn''
know whom she really wants to marry
but thinks she will accept Bennett. Ton
invites Molly to dance.
OF all Moliy's dances the one with Dr
John pleases her most. Prepara tons fol
the dinner are under way. Bennett Is al
most due in Hillsboro Billy eats tor
much and becomes sick.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05
c.ourtshin hx Flowers.

In remote Alpine hamlets and VII
lages. especially in the Bernese Ober-
land. there still exist ancient and prcs-
ty customs of proposing marriage py
the language of flowers. II maid
accepts bouquet of edelweiss from 4
man she Mt the same time accepts him
as her fiance. the idea being that the
man has risked his life to obtain the
flowers for the woman he loves An.
other method which exists in the can.
ton Of Glar,ls is for the young man to
place a flowerpot containing single
rose and a note on the window sill OF
the girls room when she is absent
from home and wait-perhaps days
for reply. If the maid takes the rose
the young, man boldly enters the house
to arrange matters with her parents
but If the rose is allowed to fade away
the proposal is rejected without a sin
gle word having been exchanged be
tween the couple Sometimes tickle
girl will keep young man waiting q
day or two for an answer, but what
ever it may be it Is final.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05
Daddy sBedtirne
q The Mole
: NOV And Turtle
Open Store.
Open a Store.

said daddy how little mole who had got
off heads his children
friend, Mr. Turtle
Mole for he knew how sad
children However, Mr. Turtle
little
the bank on the 0
Turtle carried mud his
which picked
Then they build Mr. Turtle had more
the end
finished and Mr. Turtle and Mr. Mole around
the Turtle Mole Bros
The
all did their
Mr. Turtle
while Mr. Turtle
blackberry
would
the
tile nexd would them
with
which they with
animals
in rabbit silk and
after
t was the of ami
had we'll MIR Mole smeed
almost
The ahrep
lake with their lives
again. but fully expect they have ere this
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05
When Buttons Were Big.

Bachaumont writes in his Secret
Memoirs" Nov 1S 17S6: THE mania
for buttons is today extremely rfdicn-
ious They are not only of enormous
size. some of them as big rs six pound
crowns. but miniatures and pictures
are made upon them. and this orna
mentation is extremely costly Some
of them represent the medals OF the
twelve Caesars. others antique stat
nes and still others the Metamor2
phoses of Ovid" isabey, In his bio
graphical notes. says that when ne
came to Paris he worked for living
By making copies Of Vanloos and
Rouchers on the lids of snuffboxes
and that for these medallions he was
paid from 6 to 8 francs each "As II
was still the fashion" he said. ITO
wear buttons as big as five franc
piece upon which cupids. flowers and
landscapes were cut in cameo, Went
into that business. ! got II sous Tot
each Philadelphia Ledger
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-03-05
GETTING Around Il.

Continued in neat aDeek's Banner.