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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
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THE 0R0A3B8y 41D1AMC1XA6
: The worlds greatest Annnc1er u the
Kansas fax4noFe hoasswife. Her dq1ly
investmente excaed a shrewdneas the
clever transactions " wan Street and
no buainess concaEn or corpoea11oa.
however ably oRicered. has ever besn
able to approach hee: In economy. She
Is tho nations ableet trader and ner
transactions moro nearly reflect the
progress and prosperity Of the cooD-
try than the reports Of our clearing
houses. All legislation. financial or
otherwise. ought to be 20 plain that the
housewife can undsrstand t. Our loA-
islators, state and national, shoot %
Tar over the head OF the average
citizen that those who are unable to
employ an attorney ana accept hts
statements In blind faith, must forever
remain In ignorance Of our law. OF
course We have 20 many laws that no
human can expect to read them and
survive the ordeal. but any person who
feels an irresistdble impulse to legte-
late. should try his proposed law on
MS neighbor and get It down where tho
common people can understand It be-
fore attempting to put II ON the statute
oooks.-NeWton Kansan-R Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

verooay Affects tn stains In one state
necessar1ly Injuries the trade In every
other. for Il strikes 1t the foundation
of the buslnes8. Only . settled basis
Of property rights, subject to uniform
regulations that are independent OF
the whims OF many passinE legisla-
lures, win place this species of prop
erty ct once beyond the reach Of those
who profit by it by attacks upon itD
integrity. and Of those whose ignorance
in trifiing with its foundations 10 not
less dangerous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
Jdyhawker yots

The day ID past. says the Newton
Journal, when there n any point to the
imputation that q topper can be identi-
fed by his politics.
Bonnie Franklin. IT,. Of tho Erie Rec
ord, observes: Some men would LOAF
more ON their Jobs than they do. only
for the fact that the mental suspense
Of lodging the boss IN too great a
strain.
Told by the Toronto Republican: It
was little J0hnnie's first day at school
and tho teacher tried in vain to get the
die Of the forenoon Johnnie's shrtll
voice suddenly broke the stiffness of the
room: "Say, do you reckon Mas got
dinner ready YETI"
A new barber in q barber shop has
our sympathy. says the Erie Record.
He appears nervous and about nine
customers out OF ten will pass tho new
barber up every time. II he should
happen to cut q man the boss" would
give him his walking papers the first
day. A new barber does not get a fair
chance.
This sounds like a true story. it's
80 full OF human nature. The Minne-
We know q fellow who will sit up all
night playing penny ante" and yet
when his wife wants him to go to the
picture show with her. his complaint
is that he has to work the next day
and simply must have some sleep. And
besides. he says he can't afford to go
to every old picture show that comes
along.
The mayor tried little strategy re-
Gently, in an effort to scare away the
blackbirds that roasted In droves in the
trees and made a general nuisance OF
themselves. reports tho Independence
Star. He had the fire chief take some
hose and, slipping under the trees. turn
loose full force. It did the work.
Water coming from above doesn't both
er birds, but from underneath It is
more than they can stand. Guns and
fireworks are dangerous. This IL not.
and just a. effective.
Musings Of the Village Deacon. in the
Osborne County Farmer: Moro than
one man has conquered a nation who
couldn't make bluegrass grow in his
front yard. 1t il sometimes diff
fcult to tell sunshine from hot air, 80
beware Of the fellow who Is scattering
what appears to be either one. !.
The friendships you have to buy with
money-on the market Of necessity they
never reach par. Perfect do
nestle bliss will DO realized when some
smart man invents q cigar that won't
drop ashes all over every rug in the
house. . Whenever you run across
a fellow the country owes living you
generally find that he has q vito who
Is hustler and capable Of making a
living for the whole family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
Euening Chat
What rs NfeaAness9

What Is MeAAneee3
There are many people in this world
who are far moro afraid Of appearing
mean than Of actually being mean.
On the seat in front OF me on the
trolley the other day man and Q
woman were discussing finances in
tones 30 unguarded that could not ac-
cuse myself Of eavesdropping in hear
ing all that they said.
1T will be q week and six days when
we leave" said the man. II suppose
we ought to pay her for full two
weeks"
The woman, q thin. anxious little
creature with the haunted look in her
face Of those who are forever harried
by money Worries protested.
sBut think what that will mean
about a dollar and ninety cents differ
ence for the three OF us That would
just about pay the milk bill. don't
see why we shouldn't pay her just what
we owe her and no more"
mo, Of course you don't" flung back
the man. That's just like a woman.
wanting to count the dimes and pennies.
I say 1t would look downright mean. II
pay her I shall pay for the full two
weeks
The woman subsidized. Az she turned
her face to gaze listlessly out Of the
window, could almost see the anxious
lines deepen. There is nothing in the
world more harassing than to struggle
ale ng on a small income with an easy
going -son who thinks that an at
tempt 20 live within that income il
I pitied her from the very bottom Of
my heart just an 1 pity all SUCH
He evidently thinks she he's q mean
nature. AS a matter of fact. he II the
mean one.
Extravaganza is often the worst kind
of meanness and rigid economy the real
liherality. So
In q magazine article. supposed to be
| a true personal history. man tells
how he made a reputation for mean
ness because he refused to be lavish
about little things. His brothers were
80 afraid Of being called mean that
they never could save q cent. Event
ually he was -Dle to help them out Of
scrapes into which their loose fingered
| habits had gotten them. and 20 look
after his parents, with the money he
had saved by being mean" He spent
large sums in these ways without in the
leest begrucging them but. even now,
| dime wasted without feeling regret
Now. which was really liberal In the
highest sense Of the word, this man OF
| his brothers?
| The most generous man know can
not bear to see anything wasted. !
once went camping in party with
him and when the rest Of us would
have thrown the remainder Of IN
especially tempting dish away. he OBJ
| Jected, hunted up . jar to put 1t In
and carried 1t h0me to . friend whom
he knew to be particularly fond OF
| that dish.
Throwing money around ID not lib
erAlity. UnW1llingness to waste any
thing or to overpay whom you can
not AFFORD It II not meanness- Re
tempted to avoid the appearance Of b.
Ing mean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
UNIFORM TRADEMARK LAWS

There undoubtedly exists at this
time, writes Mr.. Arthur w. Barber
of the New York bar in the Septem-
Der Case and Comment. the Lawyers
magazine, widespread sentiment
among the owners Of trademarks
against the confusion, uncertainty.
and liability to serious damage to
which business is subjected by the acts
or the threatened acts OF SO many in
dependent jurisdictions dealing with
the same subject-matter. and legis-
lating thereon without a proper
knowledge and appreciation Of the
principles involved. or of tho import
ance of the interests to be affected
thereby. Indeed. Of all species Of
property, this Is the one in which q
form system of regulation throughout
tho states of the United States are
most to be desired. So far as real
property is concerned, 1t IL Of no
moment to the owner Of property To-
Gated in one state what may be the
law of any other state upon the sub
ject. Equally in the case Of movable
personal property. which IL subject to
the law OF the owners state Of resi-
dence. the occasions are few when the
law of any other Jurisdiction becomes
OF importance to it's owner. Much
has been done within recent years to
bring about a uniform condition of
legislation governing negotiable instru-
ments in the several states, yet this Is
q species Of property wherein a lack
of uniformity is much less disturbing
to property rights than in the case of
a trademark. At most. any particular
instrument is concerned only with the
laws Of two or three jurisdictions. and
the instances in which the laws of
more than one jurisdiction become
applicable to a single instrument are
rare. A trademark. however, il a spe-
cies Of property Immediately affected
by the law Of every Jurisdiction where
the owner trades. and. under existing
conditions, a business il Of little mag
nitude unless 1t reaches the markets
of all or a majority of the states. It
Is impossible for business to have
different trademark for each Of
forty-eight distinct jurisdictions. One
mark must serve the purposes Of trade
In all states. and what. therefore, ad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
From, Other Pens
THE lforTvDe on n6K1e.

What q man says. what he does,
what he is-these are legitimate OBJ
3ects Of criticism. What he thinisl.
intentions and motivee--these are hts
own. ana no man may fairly reprobate
him Tor the unreveAled contents az his
heart and mind. In all controversy the
tendency Of man IN to got away from
the facts and to hrl invectives. The
more slender ones equipment in knoWi.
edge or the weaker ones case, the more
ready 10 he to 1mpugn motives and to
caf names. The controversies xaxing
around the great war In this country,
In which are 80 many foreign-born cit
few men restrict themselves to facts in
argument. because so many are ready
to leap far beyond what IN known and
certain and to use rumors, reports, ex-
Aggerations and differences to help out
their cause. 1t would tend to better
humor among the people Of this poly
glot nation II this discussion among I'm
dividuals and in the letters to the
newspapers were curbed and held WITH
In the limits Of legitimate discussion
ana personal invective strictly elm
inated.-New York Mail.
-
CREDIT FOR SOUTH AMERICA.
Statements issued by various com.
mercial bodies impress with increas-
ing force the now manifest truth that
1t ts not shipping or lack Of trade ma
chinery that has held up the inter-
course with South America and that IL
ie not the providing Of these facilities
that VIII restore or enlarge It. Tho
underlying fact seems to be that. in
order to occupy the place Of Europe
In business with South America, 1t 10
necessary for the United States to fur
nish the facilities ana accommodation
in the way Of credit banking ana the
associated mechanism OF Commerce
that was furnished by European coun-
tries. This has never been done BY
American bankers and exporterD-wiil
II be supplied today7 a To the extent
that 1t h 80 supplied. there seems to
Do an unusual chancS 1ops'the. fSarthef
Development Of Americas exu6ft tradA
In South America. To Ghe oxtent that
It - not. 1t would appear that there IL
but very moderate ground. for expect
Ing q growth Of business, since the mo-
tive power win be lacking-New York
Journal Of Commerce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
PLUMBING AND HEALTH.

1t Is not surprising perhaps that old
ideas concerning the causes Of dis
ease survive a long time after these
ideas have been generally outgrown
or discredited. All the same 1t II q
little disconcerting to md that typhoid
fever can still be complacently attrib-
uted to bad plumbing. When we
read that insufficient laws regulating
plumbing and sanitation in Virginia.
Maryland and the District Of Column
bia are largely responsible for the
high typhoid rate and the prevalence
Of other diseases in the two states and
the district" and again that much
Of the fever and other forms Of dis
ease with which the health authorities
are constantly wrestling IL caused by
noxious gases and vapors emanating
from neglected or defective pipes in
the homes OF the people," we are in
clined to -ub our eyes and ask our
selves il the education Of the COM
munity il really proceeding at the
pace we sometimes like to believe.
The assertions quoted above. however.
were reported as made at the Associa-
ton Of Plumbers, Gasfitters and
Steamfitters which recently met In
Richmond, Va, and not at q conven-
ton Of health officers or physicians.
It is hardly necessary to point out
that typhoid fever-or any other fe-
ver-is not caused by bad smells, and
that the small quantity of the gases
of decomposition found in well ven
tilated sewers has never been proved
t4 Sv%%r ~ 40 -I
on health. A connection between
plumbing and health has been shown
to exist at just ono point. Plumbing
is Of value to public health only 30 tar
as it removes human excreta from the
immediate neighborhood and dwell
ings and SO does away with the dan
ger Of fy-borne typhoid and other in
fectiou which arises from allowing in
fictitious material to accumulate. Dis
ease germs are not found in sewer
air; indeed, it II difficult on physical
grounds to see how they could get
there. The "noxious gases and va
ination, are conspicuous by their alb
sence in all perfectly constructed sew
err systems, as every visitor to the
great sewers Of Paris and other mod
ern cities well knows. Defective
plumbing, says The Journal Of the
American Medical Association. has
about as much relation to public
health as any other mechanical defect
in house construction.
The most serious obstacle to the
universal lstabiiAhment In -ee1eerea
towns Of the water-carriage system IL
the. high cost Of the plumbing. In
this respect every unnecessary reflne-
ment and elaboration in plumbing
outfits and legal requirements. IL a
harm, not a help. to public health.
The greatest possible simplicity and
cheapness compatible with efficiency
is what is needed in really "sanitary''
plumbing, not labyrinth Of traps,
vents and back-vents. If the plumb
ing interests really wish to aid the
hygienic welfare Of the community
they can best do this not by insisting
on still more complicated devices and
inspections" but by simplifying and
cheapening the cost of installing and
maintaining the pipes ana fixtures es-
sential for carrying or the house
wastes in a speedy and inoffensive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Russia is apparently determined not
TO overlook anything In the way Of
making -eprisals on Germany She has
cancelled all German patents in force
within her empire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

One day Mr.. Fox sat by the door of
his cave thinking how good his suppsr
Of tender goose he had caught the night
before would taste, when he saw M.
Wolf coming over the hill.
II believe I win ask him to suope.
tonight" he said. IT have plenty ana
to spare, and it will be nice to have
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

One thing that Kansans are not
worrying about just now is the light
ness of the flood of campaign oratory.
In fact, Kansans could get along fine
without hearing a political speech for
q couple Of years. But no such luck
Tor Kansans or anyone else in this
home of the brave and land Of free
talk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

II told my boy that II he wss careful
OF htc behavior I'd take him to q baIl
rox. II think that boy IL Z greater com
fort than girl. My daughter told me
that II didn't show more culture ahe'd
-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Just one thing after another comes
along to hamper the Panama EXPOSE
ton. So many Of the French reserv-
lists are beating it home for duty on
the firing line that San Francisco
3aces a famine in French chefs and
walters for 1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Car Nicholas has decided to cut out
all side trips for his enormous army
and send it straight to Berlin, where
there is nc doubt that it will be given
an exceedingly warm reception as well
asNnumerous hot times while it is en-
route
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Evidently the great European war
10 to become famous for its cleverly
executed retreats. The Allies staged
tho first series and the Germans are
now showing that they can do az we'll
in this line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II . member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fu1l day
1ole9rap report Of that great news or
6anTsation for the exclusive afternoon
DublicatiCn in Topeka.
The news II received in The State Joux-
nal building over wires for this sole puS>s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

How does it happen that John Lind
10 not representing the United States
in Europe on some sort Of a noiseless
diplomatic mission? And what a boon
companion he would be for the CEN
sors Of tho war news!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Why not fix the dates for future
Topeka fairs at that time in the sum-
mer when the corn needs rain most !?
Then they would be of the greatest
possible service to the Kansas farmers.
AZ lawmakers, they are unexcelled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

II tulip bulbs make as good bread
as they produce beautiful blossoms.
the Hollanders. who are now being
forced to use them for that purpose,
are not in such hard straits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

1t remains to be seen just how long
peace will prevail in Iexico after Gen.
eral Funston and his forces have re-
turned home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

AZ the Chicago Herald understands
It. the European nations are perfectly
willing for anybody to go off and talk
about peace all he wants to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Every man has his day to laugh,
points out the New York World. For
instance. what cares the collarless one
for the strike IL the necktie trade?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Surely the Topeka fair should have
a-warm spot insthe heart Of the farm
ers in this section Of Kansas. The
rains 1t brought with It have put the
ground in fine shape for fall blowing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

And the longer the war continues
the more indefinite becomes the news
as to what is actually happening on
the fighting lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17
~ ROT =. NOUIW0N.

Al 81k9t10s
Tho first thing in the morning.
I buy an extra raper-
re40 the heads A0ornin9
And learn some new war cApeH.
read 1t in = minute.
Then telephone to- mother
The war news thaf II in IT.
And then buy another.
/ study situations
Until my brain 10 muddied.
Inefe are 20 many nations
That become befuddled.
I don't know which il tother
Or what they're fighting for
But still I buy another
And load up on more war.
stu extras come a-plenty,
l. read and try to think,
In ono day buy twenty
Ny mind tD on the blink.
I can't tend to my knitting.
And when I sleep at night
dream OF atrships fitting
And hordes prepared to fight.
l near the cannon rumble
:, I hear the hoaree command:
I'm mixed up in tho tumble
Upon some foreign land.
hear the wagons squeaking.
hear the battle yell
hear the missiles shrieking,
hear the shot and shell.
"A hundred times I've baft1ed
Each night or thereAbout:
Those extras have me ratified
: swear to cut them out.
But. first thing In the morning.
I 30 ON buying papers
L read the heads adjoining
From The Hickeyville Carton.
Hank Lucas has received . letter
from his son Willie, who IL at Kibooh
college taking . course in broad Jump
ing and hammer throwing. while
says he 10 going into foot ball and
will play on the right end. Hank says
observed q good many of 'em play Il
on the wrong end and land on theiI
heads.
Grandma Perkins has been barred
out'n polite society in our town bekuz
she smokes Q, pipe, but she says, by
amt never kissed q poodle dog yit.
Miss Euphemia Perkins. our poetess
Of passion. has wrote a great poem
which she expects to git published in
one Of the 36-cent magazines before
she dies. We know 1t ID q great poem
bekuz nobody kin tell what 1t IL about
Anne Hiniker has lived In this town
forty years and amt never rode on 9
railroad train or seen sis Hopkins. y
IT don't never pay to make fun OF
anybody's religion or criticize the way
q Teller has his hair cut. A feller's re-
is very close to him.
"Helpfup' Hints.
The pitiable case Of q hard-working.
law-abiding citizen who fell victim to
tho propaganda Of the faddists is re-
ported. Lem Hutchins read some
where that whiskers are insanitary.
SO one night he sacrificed the proud
growth OF q quarter Of a century and
went quietly homo and to bed. Awak-
ening at dawn. Mrs. Lem saw an UNI
familiar face on the pillow beside her.
She placed her feet in tho middle OF
LENS back, and followed this up with
a kick that rolled him doWnstairs.
Then she kicked him over the fence.
where he ~ untii, he told q neighbor
who he WIS. Relations between the
couple are stills strained and LENS
hip il broken. He says he IL through
reading the Helpful Hints" column.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-17

Pictures Of the Algerian fire
eaters" of the French army suggest
that these demons might not object to
drinking q little blood.
The Holbrook news., 1914-02-20
Mortality Among Doctors

During 1913, 2,196 physicians died in the United States and Canada. Reckoning on a con- serYative estimate of 150, 900 physicians. this is equivalent to an annual death rate 14.64 per thousand. The average annual mortality among physicians from 1902 to 1913 inclusive, was 15.82 per thousand, so that last year the mortality was below the av- craze. The chief death causes were senIlity. heart disease, :" cerebral hemorage. pneumonia and nephrltis. The age at death varied from p to 98, with an av- craze of 59 years. 8 months, and 12 days. The general average age at death since 1904 is 59 years ' months. and 21 days. The number of years ot practice va red from l to 73, the, average being 32 years, Il months and 2 days.
 Of those who died, 1 had been a member of congress; 10 mem- bers of state senates; 32 mem- bers of the house of representa- tives; A had been mayors; 28 councilmen or aldermen; 41 had served in various civil official po- II had been postmasters; "A were also clergymen of whom IA were or had been foreign mis- g had been attorneys; IA editors of medical or lay jour nals; 2 had been members of the diplomatic corps; 33 were bank CTS; 6 dentists; Is pharmacists;
The Holbrook news., 1914-02-20

than $1, GOO. or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
 Sec. 2. That twenty-five per centum of all moneys received from each grazing district dur ing any fiscal year shall be paid at the end thereof by the Secre- tary of the Treasury to the State or Territory in which said dis trict is situated. to be expended as the State or Territorial legis- lature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which the grazing district is situated: Provided. That when any grazing district is in more than one State or Ter ritory, or county, the distribu- tive share to each from the pro- ceeds of said district shall be proportional to it's area therein. The sum of $5O0,OO0 is hereby appropriated. to be available un- til expended. for the payment of expenses necessary to execute the provisions of this Act.
 Sec. 8. That the President is hereby authorized to modify any proclamation establishing any grazing district. but not oftener than once in five years, to take effect in not less than one year thereafter, and by such modifi- cation may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of each grazing district.