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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
A PLEA FOR DANGER.

In these days Of the placarding of
Safety First and the juxtaposition of
safe and sane, is a voice necessarily
that Of a mailman If it be heard in
the land singing the praises of danger
and risk? Asks contributor to
1.-THE Point Of View" department in
the November Scribner, and he con-
tinues: With all our laws and move
ments and committees for the elimin-
alton from our daily life of all
chances unfavorable to life. limb,
health, and property are we in no
danger Of saving the body at the ex-
pense of the spirit? Too great secur-
ity breeds weaklings, and too nervous
a regard for physical safety is not
only craven but ultimately unwise.
Our nation, if it is to be great and
free, must set high value on the cour-
age, resourcefulness. and high spirit
of the individual citizen. Now, cour-
age is nourished on dangers COPIED
with, and the prudent soul that al
ways plays safe" cannot be called
high or noble. Our evolution up to
this point has always been conditioned
by the need of self-preservation in
the face of innumerable enveloping
dangers; the creature that hesitated
to take chances or always avoided
threatened injury soon ceased to exist,
either as species or individual. Hence,
our bodies our minds, our very spirits
have been evolved, in part at least,
to fulfil this function of coping with
some kind of danger. For what pur-
pose our eyes. our ears, our nerves,
our muscles, our sense of right and
wrong? "A removal. then. from our
environment of this element OF danger
tends to be followed by degeneracy
and atrophy in all parts of our ma
lures. Indeed. in modern life we are
prone to become stall-fed in body and
spirit. This we tacitly confess in our
passion for sport. which is essentially
mimic hunting or war, for gambling
Of all sorts, and for the vicarious ad-
venture Of romantic fiction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
Jayhawker Jots

Call it the International Slaughter
House, is the suggestion of the Lebo
Star for a name for the war.
1t is a bad year for kings. observes
the Wichita Eagle. Even King Cot
tons crown has been tilted a bit this
year. 5s
Isn't it the truth7 The wilson
County Citizen observes that there is
no place like home In housekeeping
time.
Down in Anthony the merchants
close their stores during the hours
when the high school football team
plays its big games.
The longer you wait for something
the farther you will find yourself be-
hind the man who Is out in the field
forcing things to come to him.
Mt. Lassen is due to erupt again in
few days. says the Hutchinson News
just to call attention to the wonderful
possibilities of things out in California
and advertise the exposition.
Many a girl, observes Miss Carlson
in the Lindsborg News, who regarded
a man as a meal ticket has discovered
before many months of married life has
passed that the ticket is not comp.
Some folks fail to hear opportunity
knocking at their door. the Horton
Headlight-C quotes Jed
Childers as saying, because they are
doing so much knocking themselves
their own noise browns everything
else.
Watch a mans eyes when doing
business with him, advises the Cawker
City Public Record. The saying with
eyes wide OPEN means he Is interest
ed in what you are saying. You can't
sell him anything If he is irrifated nv
some surroundings.
The Germans. however, are not the
only speedy mobilizers," said Judge
Pettigill recently, within the hearing of
the Chanute Tribune. 1T remember a
bumble-bee that modified SO quickly
one day when was a boy 1 couldn't
get away from 1t although 1 ran ten
blocks, and then. after surrendered,
couldn't sit down for a week."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Hans and Gretchen were to be mar
rfed during the fete, and Gretchen's
pretty eyes were red with weeping.
And so Hans was unhappy because
his pretty Gretchen would not smile.
ssDry your pretty eyes. liebschen," he
said. as he kissed her good night; TIL
make the sun shine tomorrow II I have
to climb to the top of the mountin and
pull his old head out OF the clouds"
He had not walked far before he
heard something splashing along be-
side him.
sSome poor dog" thought Hans. lis
trying to find has way home" And
he swung his lantern around, but in
stead of q dog he saw a huge frog.
You are having wet weather" said
the frog.
Hans was too surprised to reply. and
the frog spoke again.
.sWould you like to know how to
stop this rain p he asked
BY this time Hans had recovered
from his surprise. Yes" he replied:
how can It be done !"
IF you have the courage to climb
to the top Of the mountain" said the
frog, and find Old Witch Bette. yoo
can do # She = angry because you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
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DAWN.

DAWN.
The dawn cornee cold: the haystack
The green twigs crackle in the fire,
The dew is dripping from the oats,
Ana sleepy men bear milking Jokes
Slowly toward the cattle byre.
The gray east heaven burns and CLOVIS.
The dew shines on the thatch ricks.
A SLOW old crone comes gathering sticks.
Beyond the stack where we have lain
The road runs twisted like a snake
tine white road to the land OF SPAIN,
Inc road that we must foot again.
Though the feet halt and the heart ache.
John Maseneld. in the Living Age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
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WXA& BY EARS EANALfER

did not invite her to your fete. and il
sending the rain into the valley
Then she will not listen to me, :"
said Hans.
NO. replied the frog, but you can
force her to stop the rain by finding
the green cat"
II never saw green cat, OF heard
Of one, either" said Hans. Where
can such cat be found?'
That is the most difficult part %
said the frog; for you will have to
first find the dwarf who is guarding it.
The green cat il the only thing In the
world of which the old witch il
afraid"
where does the dwarf liver asked
Hans. and why does he guard the
Il will tell you," said the frog. 1.-THE
dwarf is old Betto's son, who lives In
a forest on the other side Of the noun
tain, and in his cave he has the green
cat, and it is guarded night and day by
thousands of insects which fly at and
sting anyone who somes near the
cave"
Hans thought Of Gretchen's tears
and he said, II will try, and II 1 fail
no one will be harmed but me, but II
be happy" So he thanked the frog
and turned toward the side Of the
mountain. where the dwarf lived
Put me in your pocket" said the
frog. Il may be OF help to you" Hans
picked him up and put him IN his
pocket. 1t was a long way mp the
mountain to the cave Of the dwarf. and
Hans sat down on a rock to rest when
he came to the edge Of the forest, for
he expected to have q hard time get
ting to the green cat which the frog
told him was inside the cave. It was
wet and dark, and he had to carry a
torch all the way. but now the frog
told him he must extinguish II, or tine
dwarf and the insects would see him
The cave il only a short distance
away" said the frog. "and there IL
always a fire burning near 1t at night.
When you are In front Of the cave put
me on the ground" Hans walked
along very cautiously. and presently
he saw the fire. and in the doorway OF
the cave sat the dwarf.
Hans carefully put the frog on the
ground and went nearer. The dwarf
did not see him until he was In front
Of him.
He jumped up. gave = peculiar whis-
tie. and instantly there arose what
Hans thought at first was thick smoke.
but he soon found that It was all kinds
OF insects. There were 70 many that
they did look like smoke.
The frog by this time had leaped in
front Of the dwarf, who drew back a.
Il he had been struck blow.
1t II too late" said the frog. call
the insects 1914. by the
Mcclure Newspaner ayndieate. New
York City-l 49, .ss IS 8. S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
IT IS news HERE.
Conxressm,an Aswen Is Advertised TO
Sneak in Kansas.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 29.-Repre-
sentative James B. Aswell of Louisiana
who has been campaigning on behalf OF
Democrat congressman from Michigan
covered the Second district today. He
spoke here advocating the reelection Of
Representative Samuel w. Deaks ana
expected to make several other ad-
dresses in nearby towns.
Woodrow Wilson and the Democrat
party nave the situation well in hand
said Representative Aswell at the local
meeting The house will be Demo-
cratic and if you send a Republican to
Washington he will be a pitiful and
helpless creature, who will take his
place on the minority side. consistently
and persistently vote mo-. draw his
salary and send YOU a few garden
seeds"
Representative Aswen will go to Kan
sas tomorrow to campaign.
At Democratic state headquarters in
Topeka today no speaking dates had
been listed for Congressman Aswell.
Nothing was known at headquarters
concerning the coming of the Louisiana
CONGRESSMAN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

IFrom the ChicaGo News.l
When man gets fresh he's spelling for
a fight.
Better an ounce of did than a pound of
going to do.
Some people are too dull to cut even an
undesirable acquaintance.
There il turning point in every mans
career-even IL he isn't crank.S
People are always begging somebody .
pardon-just Is IL they really wanted it.
Don't think because q girls complexion
ia dream that all dreams are hand
painted. ---@
Whisky Is the key that has enabled
many a man to unlock the door and let
himself into jail.
And many a married man is known as
good fellow" by all his acquaintances
except his wife.
A young man may have to fight for the
FIRST kiss and thereafter wear q catcher'a
mask for self-DrOtection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
MECHANISM IN THE GREAT WAR


1t is fought as much with electri-
city and gasoline, as with powder and
shot. this war of the nations. writes
Waldemar Kaempffert, in the Ameri-
can Review of Reviews for October,
in an article entitled 1.-The War as
Affected by New Inventions" Rifles
and machine guns. field pieces and
.howitzers there are in plenty, every
one of which is as complicated as an
automatic piano player. 1t is not the
instruments of destruction. however,
that drive home the extent to which
mechanism is employed in warfare.
but the dynamos that feed current to
searchlights whose long, rigid white
pencils Of light alternately sweep the
sky for aircraft and the terrain OPP
posite for advancing infantry: the tel
egraph and the telephone net that
spreads out from the tent of a COM
manding general to the very firing
line; the mixing machines that supply
concrete for anchoring heavy mortars.
which batter down fortresses; the gas
works that travel on rails and on
highways and generate hydrogen for
dirigible balloons; the traction en-
gines that haul heavy cannon and
caissons; the automobiles and the
! aeroplanes that whirr over roads and
through the air: and the selfpro-
PEELED machine shops in which brok-
en-down engines can be repaired.
From the rifle placed in the hands
of an infantryman to the dirigibIe sill
| houetted against the sky. there is not
n single mechanism that has not been
| scientifically studied in physical and
chemical laboratories and on proving
grounds to note its merits and it's linn
itations. Most of these destructive
devices have been evolved as the re-
suit of invention Systematically con-
Quoted for a longer period and at a
greater cost than the investigations
carried on by physicians to discover
a cure for cancer. Ba1listics is prob
| ably more advanced than bacteriol-
ogy. Scientific thought has been more
intensively applied to discover a way
| of reducing the erosion of guns by
modern smokeless powders than to
the mitigation of l ,llagra's destructive
effects among the peasantry of
! Europe. In the decade that has
elapsed since the Russian-Japanese
war. field artillery has been more
markedly improved than agricultural
! machinery.
And yet despite this immense
amount Of real scientific inquiry into
the surest way of killing the greatest
possible number of men in the short
est possible time, war remains In prin-
ciple what 1t was when Xerxes in
vaded Greece and when Hannibal
crossed the Alps. Force your enemy
into an untenable noaifion-thaf ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
THE GREEN CAr-Part l.

Old Witch Betto stood in the door Of
her cave on top of a high mountain.
OLD Witch Betto was very angry. The
people of the village were giving fete
to which she had not been invited.
In her cave on the top of the noun
tain she was calling down the rain and
spelling their fete. Such rain had never
been seen before. The valley was like
a river. and all the pretty decorations
which had been put up for the fete were
spoiled, and the young people were be-
moaning their lost pleasures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

II the armies engaged in the war
only hurt and injured each other, it
wouldn't be SO bad. But it's the suf-
fering their activities bring to the
women and children and the infirm
non-combatants that makes the war
SO frightful, and especially to those Of
these classes who had their homes in
the fields Of the larger military oper-
atoms. Those of them, and more par
ticularly in Belgium. who have not
been able to flee the land and to
Ravens of safety where a generous
charity gives them some aid, are now
being stalked by hunger. The horror
of II all cannot be appreciated by
those who are not in close touch with
the situation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
Want 10000 HORSES
British, French and Russian Arcnts
Are in the Market.

st. Louis. Oct. 2S.-Twenty thousand
additional head Of horses are to he
purchased in Missouri and southern H.
linois by agents Of the British. French
and Russian governments, according
to reports to live stock circles here
the various governments have been IN
structed to make the purchases. A
uniform price Of 1910 IL being paid for
each horse. The French agents. aiso
It Is stated, have bought 100000 bar.
rels OF flour and great quantities IF
other provisions here and orders have
been placed with local shoe factories
for thousands Of pairs of shoes
Representatives of the German COW
ernment are said to have been here
Of buying horses. The fnahiIitv -
Germany to insure safe transnortc IT, y.
Tor the horses from America h.s ~ ~"
vented any sales being made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Not a few of the statesmen are free
with their criticism of the large SAL
aries paid to railroad presidents and
the heads OF other of the big corpor-
atoms. And while many of them are
larger than the $4,000 a year that is
TO be paid to the governor of the fed
era' reserve bank in New York, the
latter is a neat little salary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
Journal Entries

Time that's wasted is gone forever.
One mans success often means fail
ure for another.
Nor does it follow that good ideas
come exclusively from good. men.
=
Any number Of people are prone to
accept the applause meant for others.
Q e =
It's easy enough to find things to
complain about, but not SO easy to sug-
gest remedies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

User. the name of TIE river where
one Of the major engagements be-
tween the Allies and the Germans has
been fought, contains only four let
tiers. it is true, but it takes six to pro-
nounce 1t. The gazetteers fix the pro-
nunciation as ee-zair, with the accent
on the last syllable,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Uncle Sam is now scratching his
head in an endeavor to reach a deci-
sion as to what constitutes pure wa
ter. The result is likely to be along
the line of the famous whisky is
whisky decision that he gave voice to
three or four years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Mexico is. indeed. land of strange
happenings. The employees of the
Mexican Railway company at the city
of Mexico threatened to strike II their
demands for 30-per cent increase in
pay were not complied with The
company issued a statement explain
ing that economic conditions did not
warrant any such increase. And this
explanation was accepted by the en-
ployees. Who ever heard of the like
before?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

and substance of warcraft. Three
hundred years ago a soldier was
killed In a hand-to-hand encounter.
At the present time he Is more apt
to be killed by a man whom he has
never seen. The human arm has
been artificially heightened and
strengthened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
supply.

This wearing-cotton-clo move
ment which has been inaugurated as
another means to give aid to the cot
ton growers may be all right for the
people of the southland at this season
of the year But it really is a trifle
too much of n sacrifice to ask of those
who dwell where Jack Frost revels
and where wintry winds are as sharp
as they ever were.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Raise more hogs" a slogan that's
been sounded by Secretary Houston
of the federal department of agricul-
ture. should be needed by those who
have the facilities. Not only will it
be exceedingly profitable to them. 1t
will also confer a boon on the count
less cityans who are not in a position
to raise hogs by increasing the meat
SUNNY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Although President Wilson is re-
naming on the job at Washington,
most of his hired hands Of cabinet
caliber are touring the country doing
their duty, not by their jobs and for
which the people pay them. but by
their Darty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
Robbed Of $4,000.

New York, Oct. as.-Two smessengers
employed by John T. Stanley. a soap
manufacturer. were held up and rob-
bed of $4,000 here this afternoon. The
messengers reported to their employer
that while they were passing the corner
of Thirteenth street and Eleventh ave-
nue. two men stopped them and at the
point of revolvers, took the money
they were carrying. The robbers es-
capped in taxicab.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
Big German Gun Blows Up

Paris, Oct. 29.-The Journal pub
fishes a Madrid dispatch, credited to
the impartial which alleges that one
of the German 42-centimetre cannon
on their right wing in France explod-
ed as the result Of an excessive powder
charge and that the gunners and ESQ
men were blown to pieces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Germans appear to be as clever at
financiering as at fighting. The Inn
perial German bank actually shows a
gain in species on hand instead of a
deficit that it was reasonable to expect
the war might create.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Isn't it expecting little too much to
hope that Villa and Carranza will be
able to agree on any sort Of a PROPOSE
ton? Mexico doesn't seem to be nearly
large enough for both Of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

This flood Of gold" that's to pour
over the country when the federal re-
serve bank system begins working on
November 16-excellent security will
be needed to make connection with
any of il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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

And the most prolific fields in
northern France and Belgium these
days are those that are filled with
dead,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
n0ciot1OD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29
Wanted to See Bfrth ns..,.

Chicago' Oct: zs.-Mrs. Bertha Mar.
tin Of Alton, Ill. Unexpectedly met M
s,sser, MT MIS-. Laura Kranx Of Chicaro.
waiting room Of the union 49, IN tne
today. MS. Kraaz had not seen rls
sister Tor 70, years. but reco~ni~eI ~ sr
me after Thoughts Mrs. Kren~ V.. ae -:
mark on her sn ne sas ala not not f.nd birth
eeon who had removed Il fhrsn su[-
a3o was necessary to convince ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-29

Every man says fhfn~.
Wore than that!" erci.,,,,.ss ofry
1Snsnton. Sometimes he Wrife. 10 :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

Special all mahogany Colonial Dining Room Suite, Sdeboard, China Closet, Serv- ing Table, Extension Table, six Side and two Arm Chairs. Big value at original price. Former price 59100. Sale price 45900.
 Solid mahogany plain Colonial China Cab inet fluted columns full mirror backs-(on account of being odd piece out of suite). Former price 125.00 Sale price 75.00
 Special 60-inch, S-foot, odd Colonial solid mahogany Extension Table, plain, heavy massive Colonial base, Duofold lock For mer price 11000. Sale price 79o0.
 Solid mahogany Colonial Buffet, no mir TOT. S4 inches long Scroll pattern, very massive Former price 120.00 Sale price 10000.
 Solid Mahogany Sideboards for apartment dining rooms, high grade pieces, with French bevel plate mirrors Former price 5000 Sale price 2900. 4nr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
$25,OO0 Worth of Dining Room Furniture to Be Sold for $l7,5O0 in the August Sale

Solid Mahogany Sideboard, Elizabethian pattern, 72 inches long, French bevel plate mirror, hand carved, highest grade cabinet work Former price 175.00 Sale price 135.o0.
 Golden oak quarter sawed Sideboard, French bevel plate mirror. Former price 27.00. Sale price 2o0o.
 Extra large size Early English China Cab inet, full mirror back, heavy claw feet For mer price 77.50. Sale pyice 5000.
 Golden quartered Oak China Cabinet mir TOT in back and top, swell end claw feet. Former price 27.50. Sale price 23.75.
 Mahogany Buffet, wood back, scroll pat tern, 60inch case, fine case work. Former price $500. Sale price 45.o0
 Mahogany Buffet, suitable for apartment dining room. French bevel plate mirror. Former price $500. Sale price 25.00 A spe- cial value. tI4s4=f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Loveman, Joseph 6 Loeb
Lovemon, Joseph 6 Loeb
Lovennan, Joseph @ Loeb Give This Notice of Their
 18th August F furniture Sale Which Hos Good Beginning Here On Monday August the 3rd

There are people who would say that fortune has smiled the preiminares of this Furniture Sale But it is not fortune that is bringing you this good life time Furniture at much less than regular prices but our own endeavors sale as carefully planned and diligently executed piece of business en- terprise. =
 The Blue Tags hang from every piece of
 Furniture telling in plain figures the reduc-
 tions made for the sale, and from these tags
 we make but comparatively few quotations
 You must realize that would not be possible for us to list here every piece of Furniture and it's marked price, so only here and there have shining examples been garnered.
 In addition to the Blue Tag, every piece of Furni- ure is the original tag which confirms the original price at which this Furniture sold and tells eoquenty of these August Furniture Economies.
 Contrary to the usual custom of conserving certain kinds of Furniture not single exception has been made in this sale and we have even included
 Sectional Bookcases, Filing Cabinets Office Desks and Office Furniture of all kinds at sale reductions