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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
FROM OTHER PENS
QUESTION OF PARTrEs.

II the Republican party had been en-
trusted 2 year ago with the same degree
SON and the Democrstic party. Il would
have made the adoption Of q bank cur
object Of its .ctivities. The Il law w Which Il
its general features. the same which has
81 the to sncien sni is,Sc
ideas which have been the principal OBJ
g sc a rss in . the
would not have revised the tafin, but It
would have created : tarift commission to
DemocTatic tariff revision has q aS SssI
which ~ss shs SSss s. for for
business q particle. but has probably cur
thrown scod many thousan s mem nnes ou sn e
work, Looking fairly It the eituataon to-
not .ss tSat xoSld lave sem Who 6oet
first and leave tariff revision to the slow
sion? II the Republican perty had been
continued IN power. i would have been
i.rmsrs credit systsm. TS4a s idess Il sIks
the bank currency plan had been pro-
Rsfs anS icstrsst;y sssssc put
publican party would have sttackeS the the
about tie crsato so. s. q n S1s y
tional commission to give Worid-Vide
study e what Is plainly . worid-w vide
Ing Jailed % reduce the cost 81 nyin1 Sv
taFin fevtsior 4. for the present. Il Z
has not yet taken up the ReptbiicSn han.
LooklnE back over what has been done
an, whet has bcen proposed and eivinS
que credit TO the effects Of actioi1a az
rsady taken. does Il really appear that
tneTs vas Qualification for being 20 mad
as II the Republican party has M siss,,S
the best IDEAS Of what would be besf Tor
the country. after a1l?--BufRalo Exrreas'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

ested IA my paper / think he va
g140 When 4 NAD done. =
He said something ntcp about 4,
but he sid 4 p6rfunctoF1ly.
Il came back, !" aid No It length,
ITO thank you Tor sending me out
there inducing me to 90" sid he.
you had to forget that GIRL" said I.
ou as merely nodded Dc ~ 1oen srsr e &c
stepped into the hall and ran down
the stairn. heard him coming back
presently. and some one else with him.
Il want to thank you." he repeated.
and the madam wants to thank you.
too. This u Mrs.. Alpheus 1udgett.
professor. She was Mary CArlin down
It the mueeum until about haif-past
seven tol,t9ht. You see." he hurried
ON. IT gave l(oseley that note OF yours
and told him the whole story"
'Entomology!' said he. man.
you're craxy!s
Then I showed him Afaxyss picture.
and he took mo by the shoulders.
Young man. said no, what te the
world coming to that you'd even think
OF giving up . girl with face like
tho World9'
He got me . chance with some
flour milling people. That's where
my eighteen hundred comes FROM"
Was still holding the hand Of the
new and blushing Mrs.. Mudgett- She
seemed . little afraid of me ana of
whatsI might say. I thought So. for
that matter. did Alpheus.
WELL. said severely, the world
has lost q great acknowledgements of
the greatest, I am convinced by what
little know of his early talents. 80
Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndtcate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.


When in doubt, buy liver.
One rabbit can make a lot of tracks.
1t is often said of a preacher that he
was tie meanest boy.
When a man wants to appear learned
he uses the word logic.
1t is taken for granted that every young
man who dies had a brilliant future.
A lot of time Is wasted in many offices
each morning by just reviewing the sit
uatfon.
Don't show your anger. In most in
stances a man is mad because some fool
told the truth.
A man who smokes and has tried to quit
pities booze fighter. but doesn't con-
oemn him.
To Satan with the man who Is glad
when things go bad because the calamity
proves him good prophet
Don't get too bold. Some day a doctor
will P-avely look at you and say:
There's nothing can do for YOU
Why. does a drunk man first shake
hands, swear eternal friendship, and shed
tears, and then knock on some ones
block?
A man who cant afford q private Sec
rotary is apt to expect his wife to do most
of his letterswriting. Most Of 1t, we said.
The man who doesn't bet unless he has
a cinch NAV be a bum sport, but he's q
good Provider. which the women consider
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
ny THE WY

There IL . place for everything. but
. bedroom IL not the place for rock
ing chair.
Hondo Murphy says that Il he soea
into politics he will make the attend
ance OF the Methodist church at Jew
ell City his campaign issue. ~ 1T seems
to be the most Important proposition.
Judging from the Kansas press. before
the public at this time.
Constant Reader wants to know why
cartoonists always picture the new year
az an undressed kid. The answer II
easy; someone started It.
0adfrey Journeyman. who has trav-
eled, says the only places. where car
penters wear square paper caps are IN
pictures and Boston.
A careful newspaper will not at
tempt to print q list Of living ayiators.
because the list IL subject to material
revision downward before the paper can
get OF the press.
Sir Tommy Upton IL maintaining
great secrecy in the construction OF naS
new racer, Shamrock the Steenth. He
won't allow q married man on the JoD'
II In hard to tell. at this time Of the
year, whether a man IL wearing q
green and yellow neclktie ON a bet Oh
because. it is a Christmas present from
someone he is liable to meet any min
ute.
Concerning the report that they are
going to build q 81 story building In
New York, Jack Supp opines that 1t IL
the only way New York Will ever get
any closer to Heaven.
The state officials may or may not
be entitled to raise Of wages. but the
members Of the legislature should be
paid at least $3.25 per diem. Under the
present system, the only legitimate ex-
cuse for accepting an election to the
LEGISLATURE is to keep someone else
from getting it.
This political situation is some stu
alton The bust up between Bill White
and Bristow is Simply Awful!
In fact, 1t is gosh-awful. awful. that
about the only thing that expresses II
is that simp expression. "lsh ka bib
ble"
Filling Fuller says that everybody In
a dry town IN onto the expedient OF
wrapping a quart so it looks like q pair
Of shoes, but that he has been prac-
ticing and can now do up the package
SO it resembles head of cabbage.
FRITZ Scheff Is married again. II
hapoened several days ago. so 1t Is
unsafe without further advice. to say
that she is married yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
QUAKER MEDIIAT10Nss
IFrom the PhiIadeiphia Record. j

IL AVtA4 tAk0 EuA4<lS1P n4<e sAAA<CUSN-I
The actor with q fur-ltned overcoat
naturally thinks ne il hot stun
Mighty. few men are fast enough to keep
peace with their good intentions.
It's one thing to recall the past and
quite another thing to get your presents
back.
You never can tell. Many woman who
can't even drive tack has no difficulty
in mailing . lie.
When fellow IL always talking about
putting something by tor . rainy day,
watch your umbrella
Come people are better than others. but
the fellow who thinks he IL good enough
viii bear watching.
The ups and downs of some people con-
eist of running up bills and then being run
down bv their creditors
II believe every woman should have q
husband," remarked Mrs. DasnaWay.
Yea, but 1t should be her own" snapped
Mrs. Blunt.
THE good die young" quoted the Wise
there must be in this world" supple
What sort Of animal would YOU like to
be II you had your choice' asked wig
wae, II t4.1nk I'd nke 70 b the kitty in
poker game" replied Jack Potta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
RATING THE BOYS.

In the January American Magazine
Charles X. Taylor writes an interest,"
ing article entitled Better Boys" in
which he presents new standards for
judging your boys physical develop
ment. He divides boys into three
classes-the slender type. the medium
gives the standard measurements in
each of these divisions for boys of
from to Is years OF age. He then
shows how delinquent boys in the var
ious divisions can improve and bring
themselves up to the proper stand
ards. This system is in practical use
in Philadelphia, as the following ex-
tract from Mr.. Taylor's article will
show:
I'm some Of the public schools of
Philadelphia boys may be seen wear
ing pretty little buttons on their coats.
There are three designs and two quail
ties Of button. One, made cheaply of
celluloid, is simplified form Of the
shield of the United States. Another
button. similar in design, has white
ring around it. The third button Is
well and strongly made Of plated met
al and enamel, with two rings around
the design, one white. the other blue.
Wearing the last button signifies
that its wearer has a 'first-class' ply
sique, the second button indicates a
'second-class' physique. and the first
button mentioned indicates that the
wearer. physically at least, is distinct
ly third rate
you wouldn't think a boy would
wear a button advertising himself as
third rate would you? But he does
for the simple reason that there are
very desirable clubs and activities to
which a boy from one of these schools
cannot belong unless he wears one Of
the League buttons. So the third
rater wears his miserable button until
he makes up enough of his physical
weakness to get at least into the Sec
ond-rate class. and finally, If he has
energy and ambition enough, into the
first class. All this is the part of an
experiment in direct character devel-
opment."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
Hvl1oR or 7nr DR.

my thoughts, did YOU : tfi is : 49,! nsnny Tor
millions Of ideas In them p ~No: r. ~
just cent-I-msant." -Ba1tin,ore amees.
can. -
~! And yeu rsf..s e act = guide tor NJ
fuse p.1d you we'll last SEASON. ala
and you didn't hit me oncet btsf ditSn.e
you just say you haA been prScticfns
shocting during the merf'-Houefo1
ing exponent OF tbs ~ dSnesS' TccSr
!essons from two acx0hets ana \ eontor-
ZIONIST He must be kept bur-. ssfSn
dance with him-"-ClevelaS6 riain -. - =
0he-"Did you make napa eorne "a
terms ~ you oA1d you would p He-~vS
and they were the very NO.. ffat so1
one ever applied to tno-"-Boofon Trsns.
Count SpagAstf1-'T have com. a -
for your dAQghtef'S hand 81 marr1sea.
love hef." 0r. G0mmonot0cR-ss6uf vllaf
makes you think I don'ffs-Puc5.
lGoem1st (who has run ovee = nofrs.
archA1 foW0-sBut the pefco q rGrv ESIk
The birds 81 htB second c6IIdhoG6 6SSs
P11sant-sIt's tbs tlrue woed - ho9G1ss
spak1n.; nlm you9F Sel6como = HGGES1oo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
UTILIZING SCHOOL HOUSES.

Herbert Quick, editor of Farm and
Fireside. the national farm paper pub
lished at Springfield. Ohio, writes an
editorial in the current issue of that
publication, calling attention to the use
that is being made of school houses in
Wisconsin where the law compels
school boards to give the use of the
school houses to the organized people
of the district for any sort of social
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. recreation or study.
The district must heat and light the
school houses for these gatherings. but
the principle is established that the
school house belongs to the people.
The state department OF education
and the extension men Of the univer-
sity have arranged a program for meet
ings this winter. and Mr.. Quick tells
what has been arranged for these
social-center meetings. In, October the
organization was perfected all over
Wisconsin in the school houses. De-
bates on various important subjects
have been held and social gatherings
have taken place,
Mr.. Quick goes on:
ut is the New. England town meet
ing improved and magnified 20 as to
take in the affairs of a mighty nation
of hundred millions.
Wisconsin, through her school social
centers. is preparing the minds Of her
citixens to masticate. swallow and di-
gest the problems Of the right way Of
collective life for all OF az. And other
states are doing quite as well, 1 have
no doubt
f. And 70 it goes all winter: Public
health Other amendments to the
constitution Shall we increase our
army and navy? New Years night.
Immigration And ON January rs q
general exchange Of recipes for the
entire neighborhood!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
s1nEws OF CONSUMPTION WAR

Out Of nearly $4,000, 900 spent last
OF tuberculosis in the United States.
6s.3 per cent of tho money was de-
rived from public funds. either fed
eral state, county or municipal
These are some Of the interesting fig
ures given in the annual statistical
statement Of the National Association
for the Study and Prevention OF Tu-
berculosis. made public today. The
statement IL based largely on actual
reports received from anti-tuberculo-
sis agencies throughout the country.
but where reports were not available.
the figures have been estimated
Treatment Of tuberculous patients
in the more than 500 sanatoria and
hospitals OF the country and the con-
struction OF such institutions cost over
100000 Of the total expenditure.
Care OF patients in dispensaries and
open-air schools cost about $825.0OO.
Anti-tuberculosis associations ana
committees spent nearly $675.0o0 in
furthering their work Of organization
and education, while state and local
boards of health and special tubercu-
losis commissions spent over $25O.OOO.
More than $13. 100000 or ss.s per
cent Of the total expenditures came
from public funds. The National AS
ISOLATION points to this growing IN
crease in the spending Of public mon
ey for tuberculosis as one OF the most
significant facts in the report, as 1T in
dicates the shifting of the burden OF
institutional care of -consumptives
from the private purse to the general
public purse, where it rightly belongs.
Since 1909 the percentage of public
money spent in tuberculosis work has
increased from 53.5 to nearly 70 per
cent.
New York state spent more money
in tuberculosis work than any two
other states, due largely to the in
creased and growing activities of city
and county governments in building
adequate hospitals for consumpttves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

Living OPP to Ones standard.

Living Up to Ones standard.
To judge ones fellow beings under
any condition il presumtuous. but to
Judge them merely by what they are
or have been. without attempting to
take into account their heritage. their
environment, and especially the stand
ards OF their class. Is the most IRA
tional and UNJUST Of proceedings.
I once happened to be with q girl
who had been brought up In the sub
first visit to a very small. very prim-
tive country town.
She had never been in such a place
before, and when she found how limited
was the outlook, how scanty the edu-
cation and how crude some of the mo-
niied with a vast sense Of superiority
which she scarcely tried to hide from
them. Needless to say, she was not
very popular. But that In another
story. What particularly interested
me was the fact that she FELT that
ture and education in that little village
were about az limited as you can
imagine. There were no schools be-
yond the primary. The library had
been only recently established and was
very small. and church services were
only conducted once in two or three
weeks. The simple folks with whom
we stayed were the product OF such
conditions. They were neither above
nor below the standard Of education in
that community-just about ON par.
Now, OF course, their visitor was
much better educated than they. But
think Of the opportunities she had had!
Think OF her environment and the
high standard of education that pre-
vailed in the city where she lived. She
was not one whit above that standard
Of education and she hadn't taken adj
vantage Of half her cultural and edu-
cational opportunities. X Why, : then,
should she think herself superior to
people who had done as well with their
who stood full as high by the standard
Of their community az she by tho
standard Of hers?
Again. the girl who has been reared
in a class where the standards Of
feminine morality are high, usually
considers that she has a right to look
down upon the girls OF the streets. And
yet, many times the girl in the shelter
ed home has not lived UP to her stand
ard any better than the girl Of the
streets. She has never been guilty of
actual immortality because that meant
too great drop from her standard,
but she has gone just as far as she
dared with her masculine admirers,
What right has she. then. to consider
herself superior to the other girl who
has lived no farther below the standard
of her society than the girl In the shell
tered home has lived below that stand
ard to which she was accustomed?
None whatever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Watch parties are also often staged
by pickpockets-
A good loser is always given plenty
of opportunities to perform.
Once in a great while a man will
lock the stable door in the nick OF
time.
Friendship has q habit Of ceasing
when it has the best chance to dc
good work.
It is also possible to Judge the quail
ties of a man by the caliber Of the
enemies he makes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03
Measuring the Earth.

Az the earth il q sphere, its mag
nitude will depend ON the length Of
its diameter or its circumforence But
how can. the length Of either be as
certained? We cannot follow q line
through the center Of the earth to the
antipodes; nor can We even travel
around the surface Of the earth in q
great circle to measure the circumfer-
ence, nor IL 1t necessary to attempt
either. For. az the circumference Of
the earth, like the circumference of
every circle. Ii conceived to be divided
into $50 equal parts, or degrees, It il
evident that II we can ascertain the
length Of any one Of these parts, We
have only to multiply it by $50 to find
the length OF the circumference. And
II we divide the circumference by
3 1T. we get the diameter. To illus
trate:
The latitude Of Philadelphia Il 80
degrees 81 minutes north: this il the
altitude of the north pole OF the celes-
tial sphere. Now, as we have shown
that the polar star is not at the north
pole of the heavens, but near It, the
pole star il 1 u degrees from the pole.
and describes q small circle around It.
Such stars are called circumpolar. The
pole star Ii selected to flnd the precise
position Of the north pole Of the heav-
ems. It's upper ana lower culminA-
lions (highest and lowest points, are
accurately noted; the point midway
between these two positions Of the
star IL the pole Of the heavens.
Knowing the altitude Of the pole.
not Of the pole star. IL we travel due
north or south till we md that the
pole has increased or decreased = de-
gree in altitude. 1t 70 evident from
what has been said that We have trav-
eled q degree on the earth's surface,
and II we measure the distance in
miles travelled over, making due al
lowance for elevated ground. etc, we
have the length Of q degree, and II
We multiply this by $50. No have the
entire circumference, and II we divide
this circumference by : 1T. No get the
diameter. Tho length Of . degree Of
latitude ON the earth's surface n
found by actual measurement to be
80 lilo miles which. multiplied by
$50. gives z4.S76 miles in the circum-
ference Of tho earth; and which dis
tance, divided by 1t. gives about
5000 miles diameter. The enact stu-
dent would divide by Silt. The
mean diameter Of the earth II nearly
1856 mile4-Philadelphia Teleeraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

There is no air in the natural gas
that is served to the Kansas consumers,
80 say the scientists. But its lack of
heating power Is due to an ever-in-
creasing presence Of carbon dioxide.
And while the latter is of no use for
fuel and lighting purposes, it IL evil
IDENTIFY powerful enough to keep the
wheels in the meters running at full
speed ahead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

Mr.. Bryan did the New. Years hon
ors for the diplomatic corps at Wash
ington IN the absence OF President Will
son. And Immediately thereafter he
started on speechmaking tour, to re-
coup the expenses OF his New Years
entertainment, presumably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

And the roster OF General Rosaiie
Jones's suffraeette army that is en-
gagged In another march from New
York city to Albany rsads good deal
like one OF Mexican regiment. It ID
distinguished for the absence of pri-
Yates. All on it are officers, either
colonels, captains, lieutenants or COR
pora1s. TO bo correct there II only
one Of the latter rank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

DID NOT ACT pno1rPTLY

DID NOT ACT RROAPTLY.
hard INTO ne Susinsss Of st the ezprs re-
companies this year. and there = eveFy
reeeon to believe that the cutting has
only Degun The parcel post has been
u operation ONLY yeer now. but the
great . surprise to the Officials Of the
poato1uee department ~ It has to the
expreee companies ana the peopio
snemsslys9 a year aeo the expsea
At the threatened danger to their busi-
ness. even though inWardly they may
have b0en hAraaoed with doubts ana
masgtvinGN They are doing mo laugh
a nsstn no y.. = Y serious . Ute snd az
no one rejotces to 80 the destruction
OF any great business enterprise. yet
little sympathy can be felt for this
particular business. that has worked
these captains OF industry. notably just
now by the heads OF the telegraph
ana telephone compantes. that the
government can not do the business 1t
al. to say nothing Of doing II -
companies. The same argument was
used by the express companies. The
iallacy Of that part has been shown.
AID unless the telegraph and tele-
BILE, decrease their rates ana improve
their service. the same thing will hap
pen to them that has happened to the
express companies. II, two or three
wears was nsc whs S the parcel post .tsm
the express companies had taken the
initiative and reduced their rates, they
might have been able to stop the pro-
posed plan. At any rate they could
ment of It. But they laughed at Il.
and made NO effort to improve the
service or reduce the rates until it
was too late. The telegraph and tele-
same misguided way. And they are
foolish Themselves, for Postmaster
General Burleson Ii In deep earnest in
the matter of government control OF
these utilities, and unless the tele-
graph and telephone companies stop
him by better service and lower rates.
he will, before his term OF office ex-
ptres, have taken the matter beyond
their control. and government owner
two things will be an accomplished
fact. Instead OF arguing that the gov
eminent cannot do it. Mr.. Mackay and
Mr.. Vail should bring themselves to
eminent not only can do 1t, but that
the government will do it-Lawrence
Gazette.
sPUDs ON THE OIL CANS.
anybody who ever worked az gem
eral utility clerk around q grocery
store knows that one of the handiest
features about a potato IL its utility
to be stabbed on the spout of q coal
oil or gasoline can. But the German
people. clever investigators that they
are, have found q closer relation be-
tween spude and oil. Potatoes are
raised In enormous quantities In Ger
many, not simply for table use, but for
fuel. Germany has produced q great
use for potato alcohol. ana has discov-
cred also that the mash. which 10 q
residue after alcohol II extracted from
the potatoes. makes q good cattle feed.
federal bulletin says: NEVERTHELESS,
We are using up our great. petroleum
resources. and tho time may not be
far distant when the distfllin9 OF alco-
portant industry.'-Wichita Eagle,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

Reports from Washington state that
the usual New Years glitter was lack
ing because Of the absence of Presi-
dent Wilson. And, come to Think Of
it, frosty things do shine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

With the Progressive leaders in
Kansas declaring that there can be
no such thing as harmony with the
Republicans, the beginning of the new
year il assuredly most happy one
for the Democrats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-03

Those who propose to convert the
earth within this generation have cut
out q reasonably large job for them
selves. 1t Is worth tackling. though,
ana the volunteers for this righteous
call to arms should be legion,