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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
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WSA@ BY MRS EANzLfER

, while he was thinking the flah came
back and with him was \ much larger
one.
Come close to the water" said the
frst fish. and Yeson walked slowly to
the edge OF the bank and quick an a
flash the dognsh opened his mouth
and drew in his breath az though ne
was drinking. and in went Yeson. .nd
all was dark. Then he seemed to
plunge a long distance. and then felt
queer sensation. and he was standing
on the bottom of the ocean. The dog
nsh had opened his mouth ana let him
out All around him SWAN the differ
emit kinds Of fish. They would poke at
him, and because he was 20 sunslI fhsv
nearly upset him.
At last Yeson said to the flsh he had
nrst met: Il think your friends aro
very impolte and inquisitfve: can't
sit on this piece of coral" said the
away" " p '"e'o
just then q great splashine wac
heard, ana Yeson saw an animal ~
pig as house coming rapidly towaEe
The whale did not see him at fYr.e
(for 1t was a whale), but when he ala
he stopped and looked at Y4son. then
ne opened his mouth and laughed. AZ
last ne spoke. You are the smallest
jonah" ~
mo: am Yeson. II you please.
answered Yeson very family. for he
was frightened nearly out OF his seuses.
Jonah ~ va. r.n II hops PES that you wsrs
could swallow You % that old story
about my ancestors could be MADE
true In my time. Ever hear OF Jonah p
NO. don't think he belonged to
our family," said Yeson. gaining cour-
age. but I do wish could ma that
dcgfish that brought me down here.
want to 60 back home.s
You don't have to wait for that Mt
TIE doEnsh. said the whale. I'm take
his mouth as he spoke ana poor YeaeS
fell backward on tho coral, where he
/ why didn't you set in... asked IN.
whale closing his mouth; you win find
e ,t4. mu Sn.1 more comfortable than that
think better wait; he manatH -
mad about II, you know, a II 6rouS,s
me down without charging fare," said
Don't be afraid" said the vhs,.
rHe viii mot bother YOU wi,itas 4 % -. Ne
around. Now set IN this tjm1o.~
The whale opened his mouth aa.in
and. fearing that he. might ~ snSfrv
xeson closed his eyes ana stepped "a.
Up they went like . sbot ara th..
the whale opened his mouth ana 49, ss.cn
found himself on land. -"
Goodbye" said the whale: ssyou .re
quite SURF, are you, that you dils MT
have an ancestor named Jonah r.
Never heard Of him. answered
I II am sorry replied the vha,. ~
thought At last I had, rot a fIse ey,stS,
cr that story.-<Copyrf9ht. 1914. b. fi;e
McClure Newspapers Syndicate, New
Tomorrow's story-.16r. rpr a. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

ditions to far greater extent than We
do Il IN undeniab1e fact. That We
have Il I'm our power to determine and
to dictate the conditions Of old age
to . marvellous degree 10 also an UNI
deniable fact II we are sufficiently
keen and sufficiently awake to begin
early enough.
1T Amy arbitrary divisions Of the
various periods Of life were allowable,
should make the enumeration as fol-
lows: Youth, barring the period OF
babyhood, to forty-five: middle age,
forty five to SIXTY; approaching age.
sixty to seventy-five; old age, seventy
five to ninety-five ana . hundred.
THAT great army Of people who
age long before their time. that like
wise great army Of both men and
women who along about middle age,
say from forty-five to sixty. break and.
AZ we say. all Of q sudden 80 to pieces.
and many die. just at the period when
they should be in the prime Of life, in
the full vigor Of manhood ana woman
hood and Of greatest value to them
selves. to their families. and to the
world, IL something that il contrary
to nature, and 10 one Of the pitiable
conditions Of our time. A great knowl-
edge. little foresight, a little care in
time could prevent this in the great
majority Of cases, in ninety cases out
of every ono hundred. without ques-
ton"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
THE INQU1sr7IvE GOBLIN.

COLLINS, as q rule, do not have names,
but this goblin I am going to tell you
about had a name, and there was b
reason for it, also.
His brother COLLINS had named him
Yeson, and II you will, spell Yeson
backward you will learn the reason for
this queer name. Goblin Yeson wanted
to know about everything he saw ana
some he did not see
One day Yeson wandered away from
the other COLLINS and went Gown by
the river. and while he stood on the
bank fish came up to tho surface OF
the water. When hi saw Yeson he
began to laugh.
What are you laughing att" asked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16


1T Is ever SO nice Of you to take me.
It was a lovely ride and it will give
me something to write home about"
So my neighbor's visitor, whom I
had the pleasure of entertaining one
afternoon, thanked me; and I smiled
inwardly at her naively frank phrasing
of a feeling which enters so largely in
to most of our pleasures. For though
few of us are so frank about 1t, even
to ourselves. the thought that this Is
something that we can write or tell
others about gives US large part of
our enjoyment of various pleasures.
II people were permitted to go to
Europe only on the condition that they
should not write q single post card or
letter during the whole trip, should
never mention it afterwards, never say,
When was in Europe" I think that
half OF the tourists who now make the
grand tour would stay right at home.
Not write post cards indeed! It Is
unthinkable. The souvenir post card
has been the most delightful outlet
ever invented for this age-o1d feeling.
When souvenir cards first crept into
we hunted up the picture OF some
famous spot which we had seen and
sent 1t to envious friends with the i'm
pressive information. Saw this today.
cards became more common and we
had the still greater pleasure Of send
ing a picture Of our hotel to the stay
at-home with our room marked with
an x. And when the finished-while-
you-wait picture post cards of one
mouth Rock or the Barney Stone
for q background. proving beyond
controversion that' we had actually
been there" came into being, that
was the last refinement. The future
may hold something better than this
1rr~k t. @0 - o. q
be.
The thought Of telling ones friends
about it afterwards will give zest not
only to the pleasant but even to the
disagreeable experience, providing only
it can be made to sound alluring in
the telling.
Once upon a time a party of tour
lists LETT the beautiful southern seaport
at which they were stopping and spent
day travelling inward to see a big
cocoa plantation. They chose an un-
usually hot day and came back. hot,
dusky. disheveiled and tired with the
utter exhaustion that such a trip
breeds
did you have = good timer" asked
the hotel clerk as they stopped for
their keys
They expressed their dissruntle-
ment.
..Never mind" said the hotel clerk,
who was something Of q human nature
student. never mind: when you 60
home and someone serves you q cup
OF cocoa you can ray, I've been where
the beans that make this stuff grow
and picked them OF the treeE'"
Which was after all Just the reason
most Of those people had taken that
excursion.
If one were ever tempted to envy
Adam and Eve their Eden one. should
recall one terrific drlwback.-there
was no one to whom they could either
write or tell what q good time they
wore having! And what would Eden
b without thnt u94s1I1Ge7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
From Other Pens
coNvERsArToN NAV REruRM..

Conversation NAY RETURN.
In tn, more spacious times Of yore.
conversation and letter writing took
their places among the arts. Leisure
and thought were devoted to than.
as among the moro agreeable occup9-
lions Of those times. We like to read
the old table talks the. carefully
written and neatly phrased letters ana
the conversations Of persons Of gem
teel leisure Of the eighteenth ana ear
erature would be singularly bereft.
But In these degenerate days the
old art >of quiet, leisurely converse
ton has passed away. We are in q
rapid-fire era, in which one gentle
man IL not satisfied to shoot another
with q single pistol bullet or one let
ter but must NOV. him ana his
friends down with q volley Of books,
or with a rapid-fire arm that squifts
bullets as q hose sprays water. 1t II
a waste Of time to talk to one appre-
ciative Boswell even, q man must ad-
dress lie thousand Boswells In the
largest auditorium obtain4ble. 9th
erwise. is not the best Of converse
ton somewhat wasted?
The rapid-fire plan 10 30 unpleasant
q phase OF life that in the nature Of
things the mental attitude that calls
Tor 1t must change enough to permit
something Of the old conversation and
the old letter writing Of q more lei
surely period to find their way back
again. Do we not even now feel some
Of the desire for the familiar friend
to whom we may leisurely listen with
out the necessity Of much or any re-
ply.
We are going back to the charm Of
the old open hfe. even where the
house is superheated by steam. "The
open hre'' in letters and conversation
will come back. II Il IL not already
warming the cold hearts Of the pub
fishers. And SO in the very presence
Of the speeding automobile and the
moving picture show. where CONVERSE
ton Is clearly impossible, We are
somehow cheered and strengthened.
We take heart Of grace. Converse
ton will come back!-1Ginneapoli
-. L : :. s..s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

YOU" answered the fish. MY. but
you are q funny looking little Great
|ure.''
well. you better take . look In 4
mirror and see yourself" said Yeson:
you are pretty funny yourself
BE that as It may" replied the
good natured fish. do tell mo where
you live? I never before have seen
such q small creature"
'T'n tell you II you will tell ME
where you live said Yeson. for he
was becoming curious about this Great
ure that could stay so long In the
water.
IT live I'm the water, ana rnder It
most Of the time" answered the fish
81 should not care to live all the tine
In the WATER" said Yeson.
"Oh! yes you would, II you could
ZEE our beautiful home." said the fish
why don't you come to the bottom CT
the ocean with me and zee for your
selfT'
'T should like to very much" an
swered the inquiaittve Yeson. ssbut
am afraid I might DROWN"
"Oh, no you Wouldn't" answered the
nsh: I'll get the dog1lsh 10 come m
for you: wait here" he said. and dis
appeared.
Yeson did not know whether he had
better run or stay and see an the won
lers the dah had told HIN abopt, bat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
Journal Entries

Innocence is admirable except whom
it's affected.
= .
Few troubles are as large as they
look in the distance.
Most Of the wisdom worth while IL
acquired only through experience.
A few welI-directed prayers for
more domestic peace might net be
amisS.
The sudden advent Of late fall
weather l. also another jolt for faith
er. The millinery bills will be coming
in a month earlier than usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago Newa1

IETULI Iu0 chicago N0W&
It's easy for some men to drink hard.
Occasionally q man does a good deed
by mistake
Few men smoke for the sole purpose
OF burning their money.
The chronic invalid II q blessing to
the doctor who needs the money,
Gossip Ii what others say about you:
what you say about others is news.
Many a summer girl has posed a
such longer than she cares to admit
Most married men realize the diner
ence between home ties ana bargain
counter ties.
II you have been foolish most Of your
life. brace up and try to be sensible for
a change.
Some marriages may be failure, but
We have noticed that most widows and
WidoweEe frs an sss e sEy ssaiar 80. -:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
WHEN MIDDLE AGE BEGINS

In the October Woman's Home Com
panion Ralph Waldo Trine writes an
article entitled when Is Youth
What After YOUTH" The principal
point which he brings out is the power
OF the mind to keep the body young
and vigorous In the following extract
from his article he touches on this
point and also indicates the divisions
between youth. middle age and old
age:
That we have it in our power to
determine our physical and bodily con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

A horse famine il scheduled for this
country and Canada as one Of the re-
suits of the European war. Still it
won't bear as heavily on the bulk of
the people as such a famine would on
the citizens Of France. where horse
flesh is the poor mans meat, and
where it is sold as regularly in the
butcher shops as pork and beef are
hnpa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
Eyidentix tine slauehter In the rrea

Evidently the slaughter in the great
European war has not been as extern
sive as unofficial reports have indi-
Gated. According to the dispatches
from Berlin. the German casualties, in
cluding killed, wounded and missing,
are placed at 1929. But it is possible
that the German authorities are not
making public all the information of
this sort that is in their possession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

Although the pay is only three dol
lars per day. the men who get elected
to the Kansas legislature are strong
for coming back if possible. No less
than half Of the members OF the last
house are candidates for reelection.
There's q lot Of fun, however. in max
ing laws for the other fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

According to the treaties that Mr..
Bryan has promulgated. the United
States is at peace with a billion peo-
pie. But the European war has dem
onstrated pretty conclusively that
treaties and conventions between ma
lions are not worth the paper on which
thew are written.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

A in the past, so in the present The
fruits of the activity of the Progressive
party are Democratic victories. In the
recent state election in Maine, the Re-
publican vote was increased a full 125
per cent over what it was two years
ago in the presidential election. Yet
the Progressives polled enough votes
to make this gain count for naught and
. Democratic success certain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

All Of the prominent English prize
fighters are doing service either in the
British army or navy. Citizen Jack
johnson of France is busy with his
vaudeville engagements and arrange
ments for future glove contests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
tsaegrap report OF that great news or
Sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
0ubucstion In Topeka
The news II received in The State JouI,-
nal building over wires for this sole pune
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

That twelve months famine which is
faced by millions Of Cinnamon. because
Of recent floods. is equally as terrible.
r. not more so. than any Of the ravages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

About the only CLEAN Of silver that
can be seen in the clouds that have
cast their shadows and their water as
we'll on the Topeka fair, is that there
won't be any dust to annoy the visitors
at the fair grounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

Peace talk is not popular in Eng
land, where the disposition Is not to
end the war until the spirit Of militar-
ism has been wiped off the map OF
Europe. And if such a thing can be
brought about the war may better be
continued to that end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

Something righteous in the filibuster
line is the one that is being waged in
the senate against the rivers and har-
bors appropriation bill. Much Of the
''pork" in it is so rank and rotten that
its q wonder some Of the members OF
congress who have their noses in the
barrel are not overcome with the
fumes therefrOm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

II, as Is reported, Kaiser Wilhelm is
in . mood to listen to peace proposals,
It can only mean that he has reached
the conclusion that his plans to over
Whelm France are not possible of ac-
complishment. There is little likeli-
hood that he would give peace a
thought as long as there was the
slightest chance in that direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

Consolation.
When the world seems dark ana
gloomy
And you're feeling mighty blue
Has the Chinese curse on you,
1t viii bring q lot Of comfort,
Though the pessimist may scoff.
To consider some poor Teller
Who's q hundred times worse on.
II your finances ara droppin'
In q dismal sort Of way. Is.
And you owe some one five dollars
That you can't mako out to pay.
While you may think you surely
Are the most forlorn of men,
You're exactly twice az well on
AZ the Ter that owes ten.
When your clothes are gettin' shabby
And your friends begin to think
That you've hit the steep toboggan
And you're surely on the blink.
When this autumn you are wearing
The Same buds you wore last fall.
Just consider we'll tho Zulus
Who can have no clothes at all.
No use kickin' on your troubles.
You can't dodge them and I guess
Some have moro and some have
less.
You can just defy Dame Fortune
And her Wanted Chinese curse,
For no matter much what happens.
1t might be whole lot worse.
From tho HickeyviIle Clarion.
Some Teller dropped a good nickel
in the hossless piano in tho Golden
Nugget the other evening, and the
constable is keepin' his eye on him,
as he must have robbed the bank
somewhere.
There will be a surprise party on
Rev. Hanks next Wednesday evening.
and every Jody IL supposed to take
something. Hank Purdy says he Is
going to take his wife and nine kids.
Lem Higgins Is laid up with the
misery and the doctors can of1er his
wife no hope. They say he IL almost
sure to cover.
william TIbbitts. our progressive
salte1 Goldfish and several new wood
en- hams to hang in the store. WILL
liam says It took him some time to
work OF the last dozen Of wooden
hams that he had, but he finally got
rid Of 'em. Uncle Lafe Tubbs bought
three Of 'em to last him over the win
ter. and he hes got a surprise coming
when he takes the ye1ler wrappers on.
SEN Possible.
When am lodging touring cars to
get across the street.
And bounding. leaping here and there
upon elastic feet,
It often has appeared to me. perhaps
1t has to you,
That In the other life I was q Jump
ing kangaroo.
When travelling around the state in
local option towns.
Where cen the soda fountain wink IL
met with frigid frowns,
When for a whole week at a stretch
q thirst must endure,
I feel that in the other life I was .
camel sure. g.. -, 81
7 sometimes tt, ,antt I uaed to swing
from .rees and wear q tail,
And chatter language Simian, IL pres
ent signs don't fail,
There are some indications that cling
li fast. tits plain to sec:
It's still quite possible to make q mon
key out OF me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-16

In the matter Of broken promises,
the weather man in these parts seems
70 have no rival.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07
i KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAXI Sal IS
Says Biakache i I sign you have been
eating too much meat which
forms uric acid.

When you wake up with backache and
dull misery in the kidney region it gem
orally means you have been eating too
much meat, says a we'll known authority.
Meat forms uric acid which overworks
the kidneys in their effort to filter it
from the blood and they become sort of
.Paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels; re-
moving all the body's urinous waste,
else You have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue
is coated, and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The urine
is cloudy, full of sediment, channels ofJen
get sore, water scalds and you are obliged
to seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult good, reliable physi-
clan at once or get from your pharmacist
about four ounces Of Jad Salts; take
q tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
also to neutralize acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is life saver for REL liar
meat eaters. It is Inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes a. delightful, effer-
vescsnt Whitewater drink. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07
BIG LINERS SEEK
SAFETY IN FLIGHT

. . .
New, York, Aug. THE presence
close to the American coast of war
ships of the warning European ma
tions, prepared to descend on and
capture merchant vessels of their OPP.
posing belligerents, was shown in
news of great Atlantic liners arriving
at Halifax, N. S., and by reports by
wireless of the Warships' activities.
The fast Cunard liner Mauretania,
with $500 passengers, and the White
Star liner Cedric raced into the Ca
madam port presumably to escape
pursuit by two German cruisers be-
lieved to be lowering in the vicinity
of the Grand banks for just such
prizes. ~.:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07
.AUSTR|ANS FAIL TO
GET INTO SERv|A.

Belgrade, via London. Aug. THE
Austrian attempts to cross the River
Save at Avala, nine miles from Bel
grade, and at Obrenoyac, sixteen miles
to the southwest, have failed The
Servian volunteers crossed the river
and hoisted the Servian nag at Da-
1arme.
Servian officials express the Opin-
ion that the passage of the Austrian
troops through Servian territory has
become impossible.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07
Grand Duke a Prisoner. {

London, Aug. IA dispatch to the
Post from st. Petersburg says that
the indignation in the Russian capital
over the detention of the Dowager
Empress Maria Feodorowna at Berlin
has been increased by reports that
Grand Duke Constantine, who was
undergoing the cure at Wildungen, is
being treated as a prisoner of war.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07
THIRTY WEIGHT DEAD
IN RAILWAY WRECK

i
Joplin, Mo, Aug. 7.-Thirty-eight
persons are dead and more than a
score injured, some fatally, as the re-
suit of a collision between gasoline
motoI car of the Missouri and North
Arkansas railway and passenger
train on the tracks of the Kansas
City Southern railway, eleven miles
south of this city >> .>>
The wreck is said by railroad off
Gals to be the first one in the fifteen
years history of the railroad gasoline
motor car in the United States caus.
ing heavy loss of life This, it was
said, was due primarily to the type OF
car. The huge gasoline supply tank
for the cars big motor burst, saturat.
ing the imprisoned passengers. Then
the gasoline caught fire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07

Pioneer wanus-oae .1alt cunt
word cash. .
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07

Results are most always certain
when you use q Pioneer want ad.
0ne-han cent q word. Phone 31as
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07

Madrid, Aug. IA dispatch
from the Canary islands says
a British squadron has sunk
one German cruiser, the name
of which is not given, and has
= captured another, which is be-
ing conveyed to Gibraltar.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07
Captured Officers to Be Shot.

Brussels, Aug. 1.-Two disguised
German officers arrested at Ostend
had in their possession extensive
military notes and plans Of great val
ue They ARE to 4be shot - ~;
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-08-07

We've been waiting, so have you
for a New Bemidji. Get one. Fol
sale by All Dealers.-Adv.