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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05


tne open windows swept like the
touch Of ANGEL wings over the SOL
Qlers emotions, and not one OF them
spoke = word
a young lieutenant surreptitfously
brushed the moisture from his eyes
heart had tried to sing Tor him that
song ct parting. but her voice had
broken.
Stop! Barbara's voice. too, had
br0ke- She jumped UP and went
swiftly into the moonlight among the
soldiers. They arose ~ one man at
her coming and stood looking at the
slim white ngure.
Il can't stand it to have you Sleep
Ing out here" she said breathlessly.
You must all come inside. win have
all the room necessary" She smiled
when they demurred. and commanded
In most adorable manner. PLEASE
have never done anything In my whole
life for any one save myself. Please
let me do what can now And be-
cause she was cryfngBarbara hasten
cd to help Jenkins make up the many
beds In the great house. It cheered
trif1tng thing In. the war movement.
and out Of the Joy she derived from
making ND those bedo Barbara knew
that nsver more could she be happy
Wniie there were those In the world
less fortunate than she.
The troops remained only until the
morning o. the third day. and when
they had marched off with their
bands playing and 4 smile on their
lips Barbara wept as II her heart
would break.
Bedfordshfre was. Impossible to her
after that The life OF ease and lux
ury was not to be borne. She could
not sit idly by and wait for news from
the front; she must go and be a part
of that working contingent and do her
mite.
Barbara knew that somewhere,
some day. after the great war was
over she would again stand beside the
young lieutenant commander who had
slept beneath her roof on the way to
battle. His eyes had told her that he
would come back to her, and Bar
bara was living only for that day and
for the good she might do to be
worthy of him.
II am glad.'' thought Barbara,
that lived on the line OF marching.
Otherwise. might never have known
Lieut.-COmmander Blakely.'' She
smiled softly and added, And yeti
must surely have met him some day."
1914. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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vote which was c<Et on Tuesday. and
in the gubernatorsa. contest. The re-
submissionists in Kansas are In . mea-
ger minority. They had the oppor-
tunfty Of their lives to express their
sentiments emphat.cally at the. polls.
It is reasonable. thefefore. to assert
that Mr.. Billiard received the Kansas
resubmission vote in almost its en-
tirety. And the vote that Mr.. Billiard
was able to gather IL of insignificant
proportions compared with the total
vote that was cast in the state, or even
a majority OF it. And this Is probably
the last time for years that the Ques-
ton of prohibition or resubmission
will be injected seriously into q Kan
sas campaign. The people of the state
plainly say that they are unalterably.
and in preponderssnt numbers. on the
side of prohibition.
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Billy Pig tried on a green one and
then the red. and the red won. for Billy
Pig. thought every one viii look at me
when they zee this cap lid think how
white my skin Is. Il believe win wear
1t home. This old cap looks so shabby
So Billy Pig put ON his new cap. al
though his mother had told him not to
wear it home. Il will only wear IT a
little way thought Billy Pig, land
then put 1t In the paper bag and put on
my old one"
Billy Pig was half through the woods
when he espied some large berries on
a bush.
Il must get those berries" said Billy
Pig. II have not had any dinner, and
II stop minute mother will not mind
am sure
But Billy Pig forgot all about his new
cap. and when he went through the
bushes it caught on an overhanging
branch of q tree. and before Billy Pig
knew what had happened, 1t was hang
ing on the branch out Of his reach.
There was only one thing to dc-climb
the tree and shake 1t off-So Billy Pig
went through the bushes and climbed
up to limb but the cap was tar out ON
the end Of = branch that Was not very
axtnne looking. a.,d poor Rilly PIG was
- y, 49, s ss q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05
QUAKER MEDITATTONs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Recor,

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Many man has no ambition because he
prefers contentment
Before q man IL f1eeced he generally has
the wool pulled over his eyes.
There are some diseases we can catch
only once. but love isn't one Of them.
The fellow who IL his own best friend
must be satisfied to have few others
She-'Woman Ii creature of mood"
He-"Yes, usually the imperative mood"
Some fellows don't know the difference
between rising to the top. and going up in
the air.
It takes two to make quarrel. which
proves that where there's q will there is
always won't.
Even the fool may. have his field Of use
fulness, but he generally puts q barbed
wire fence around 1t.
The man who .maEries to improve his
financial condition would trade = counter
felt Decent piece tor . better hail.
Muggins-"Does your wife ever try to
punish your" Buggins~.'Oh, she makes
me go shopping with her sometimes,'s
Nell-''Jack and are all the world to
each other" BELIEF suppose one-haIf
the world doesn't know now the other
half could live without II.
Every man should know himself snid
the Wise Guy. II suppose . married man
could easily get an Introduction from his
wife" suggested the alInpJs Mug.
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From Other Pens
GREAT LITERARY OPPORTUNITY

0AsAShA LII e A0x OETOHIONxIx
American authors who have vainly
stormed the fortified citadels Of the
leading home magazines and who, GO
ing to Europe Ito gain q reputation
are maro0ned there, will take heart
and hope from the viewpoint Of Prof.
Brander Matthews. who says that the
present European war may date q
great creative epoch in literature"
He thinks that the war will cause "a
stiffening OF the public will. and from
this spirit springs great literary
achievement" He does not think,
however. that the literature following
the conflict will take the form Of the
novel. but rather that Of drama, and
that at last we shall have a great
world-poem. But for all that, the
novelist will be heard from. Some Of
the best stories of De Maupassant are
OF the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.
The drama will not have a popular
appeal; the demand will be for the
novel and the short story. Already
the war correspondents have given
aspiring authors plots for a thousand
stirring tales: indeed, much Of their
work could be placed In book form
with very, little change. and true. to
the stirring incidents of. war as they
have witnessed them, would pass for
real literature. All the elements Of
love, and grief and divided lives are
there, blent with heroic deeds. The
day Of the historic novel has come
again, and they will not have to delve
in the musty legends Of the past for
it. stumbling over beaten ground. The
material for new literature Is at hand:
all that Is needed Is the genius to de-
velop it.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Jayhawker Jots

Speaking as one :ond of good coffee.
extensive experience leads the HOlton
Signa1 to believe that more ofenses
are committed by cooks in the name OF
good coffee than any other article OF
food.
An observation from Mrs. Hosler.
who edits the Mitchell County Farmers
Union department in the Beloit Ga
zette: Fine feathers do not make fine
birds, If a fellow is jay. all the feath-
ers in the world would not disguise the
fact.
Among the high school notes in the
Downs Times: Making up the deficit:
Teacher-"Your last problem is wrong.
You'll have to stay after school and
work it right. The answers Is two
cents short" Pupil-'Tm in a hurry,
ma'am, IL you don't mind. I'll pay the
difference
1t remained for a picture show man
to assist materially in cleaning up Ar
kansas City. He offered a pass to the
show for a certain length of time to
each boy who would bring a note
from his mother to the effect that he
had cleaned up the back yard. No
hess than 800 boys brought the proper
credentials to see the show free.
A good story was told on Chas. john
son by 4. A. Fairchild. the POSTMASTER
at q banquet at Netawaka Saturday
evening, relates the Holton Signal. A
man. so the story went, was travelling
along the country road in a certain part
Of Jackson county the other day and
stopped at a farm house to solicit the
votes 81 the shouseh61da, FOR he c4anced
ITO be a candidate. His attention. was
attracted by woman in the barn yard
trying to perform that difficult feat Of
milking a COW and keeping a sucking
I calf away. The man obliginglyi offefed
his assistance in the way OF holding the
calf while the woman did the milking.
Straddling the refractory calf he caught
1t by the neck and managed to keep it
at a safe distance. While the calf in
his struggles to free himself tossed the
candidate about. he addressed himself
to the woman in the following
manner. my name is Noah San
dersOn. am q candidate for sheriff
Of Jackson county on the Republican
ticket and would like your vote" Are
you Noah Sanderson, and are you run
ming against Chas. Johnson" The man
signified that such was true. well.
Chas. johnson has got you beat" the
woman said. "for he is In the house
holding the baby
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05
Signs OF the Times.
Euenine Chat
The Usages OF silence.
BIZ RUTH CANEROey.

"Grandcourt's speeches were Of
that brief sort which never fail to
make a conversational figure when
own circle. Stopping so soon, they
give signs Of a suppressed and for
midable ability to say more and have
also the meritorious quality Of allow
ing lengthiness to others.
Daniel Deronda."
OF ten women eight are apt to be
overdressed to one who is too simply
costumed.
OF ten rooms eight are sure to be
overcrowded to one that il too bare.
And OF ten people, at least eight
will talk too much to one who says
too little.
The poise, the dignity, the signi1-
canoe of silence is something little un-
derstood.
Few people realize what an impress
sion OF superior force the man who
says little and says it with an air Of
being able to say much more, may
give.
know a man of little early educa-
ton who has risen by force Of ability
into the companionship of educated
and cultured people. Most Of these
people know nothing of his lack OF
education and suspect nothing for he
has thoroughly learned the usages Of
silence. When the talk turns on top
les with which he is familiar and he
has something good to say, he says it.
When 1t swings on to dangerous
ground he does not try to BLUM, with
the inevitable result of sooner or later
making himself ridiculous to people
who know. Instead he listens and alb
serbs. throwing in a sympathetic
word now and then. and for the rest
| n a
often makes him seem wiser than
those who speak.
Again I know a young woman who
was thrown among people of more
breeding and SAVIOR faire than she
herself possessed She was self con-
scious, and like most self conscious
people. made the mistake of talking
too much and saying things she re-
GREETED. She was clever enough, how
ever. to soon realize her own mistake
and make up her mind to check her
self. Accordingly she made q deter
mined effort to say as little as possf-
bic, and she was astontshed to md
how often a smile or a nod OF ac-
Acknowledgement would serve for an
answer to her friends sa1lies instead
OF q reply which she was not enough
at ease to make gracefully.
A smile Is the universal language
Understood by young and old. rich
and poor. AsiAtic and Caucasian. We
should speak in this tongue more
than we do. Pauses, 30. are auxil-
iaries to vocal speech Of which few
people take full ADVANTAGE. A pause
before an answer not only gives you
time to prepare that answer properly
and put it into the words which best
express it. but it adds weight to what
You finally do say. A pause indicates
the presence of thought. that rare
but welcome ingredient In converse
ton.
II speech indeed IL silver ana H.
Hence golden. few Of NJ seem 70 10
anxious for riches.
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SA@ By rms EANzLKER

While he was thinking what ne should
do he heard q noise. and. peeping
through the leaves he saw old Mrs.
Brufn and her three little ones coming
toward the tree.
l can tell you. Billy Pig began to
tremble and wish he was at home.
"Oh, see the cunning little red cap
hanging on the tree" said one little
Bruin.
Billy Pig was trembling SO that he
felt sure old Mrs. Bruin would see the
tree shake, and the little Bruins were
looking SO eagerly at the cap that Billy
Pig expected every minute that they
would see him.
"Oh! / want the cap, mother. Let
me wear it FIRST" said one again.
No. want it first Don't let him
have 1t. am bigger than he Is and
want 1t FIRST" said the second biggest
little Bruin.
Il am the biggest and 1 want It
mother. can have It can't 1? because
am the biggest Say I can mother:
please d." said the biggest Bruin,
jumping about his mother and pulling
at her skirt.
Stop this instant" said Mrs. Bruin.
Il seem to sniff him in the air. she
raised her head as she spoke and
shifted hard and long. Then she drop
ped her head and looked over her
glasses with wide-open mouth. She ,
saw Billy Pig in the tree.
Il thought you must be about here"
she said smiling at him. How did you
get up there?''
Il lost my cap" replied Billy Pig.
"and was trying to shake It down.
Shake harder!" commanded lfrs.
Bruin.
Billy Pig made another try. and time
down went the cap and the little Bruins
tumbled over each other trying ia
get 1t.
But at last the middle little Bruin got
IT. and jumping up. he ran 1ickerty-split
into the woods. and the others after
him.
Mrs. Bruin gave one longing look at
Billy Pig and smacked her mouth. but
she was q true mother and knew her
children must be cared for. 10 she ran
after them and left Billy Pig alone in
the tree.
Billy Pig crawled back to safety. and
after making sure the Bruins were
gone for good. he got down and started
for home. His cap was gone. his
trousers torn and he was weak from
fright and hunger.
His mother ran out to meet him.
Where IL your cap?" she asked.
Billy told his story. and while MS
mother scolded him for disobeytng her.
she felt he had been punished severely
with the fright he had from the 9ruin
family. Copyright, 1914. by the McClurs
NeNeDe1eF 4yNMttatA New Icsk Glty-s
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GovERNoR CAPPER.

Every Newspaper man should take
keen inward satisfaction when one OF
his fellows. prominent and successful,
has been summoned to honorable pre-
ferred service.
If Arthur Capper sees his expressed
public aspirations fulfilled he will re-
fleet glory on his calling and those en-
gagged in it.
No man has set a higher standard
for the conduct Of an Office entrusted
him than the governor elect.
Expressing lofty ideals. taking high
aims, il he sees performed q goodly
portion of the promises he holds
forth his state and our state will be-
hold the dawn Of a practical millen-
MUM.
A resident from birth Of Kansas in
whose past he glories, to whose pres
ent he points with pride, and in whose
future he has unbounded faith. he
comes prepared to serve with a hope
that means to be gratified.
All Of our good people may well
stand sQuarely on his own platform
as announced of
"Clean manhood, clean citizenship;
more religion in our daily life: one
standard of decency for men and wo-
men; prohibition; abolition of child
labor; more practical service from
schools, and more attention to the
great fundamentals of all education
and bread-and-b butter usefulness;
honesty. efficiency, economy and the
merit system in public office. and
elimination of the abominable spoils
system
Everyone can afford with profit to his
citizenship to aid him in carrying out
his purpose as he sets it forth in these
words:
ut will be my purpose to work for
every measure. no matter by what po-
litical party it is proposed, which will
make government cleaner. more eff
ficient. more economical. 1 will throw
out and keep out the cheap politicians.
the Office hucksters. the tax-eaters who
swarm around the state house from the
very first day Of an administration"
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Kansas Comment
WORLDS MopEKN woNprRs.


In group Of folks = pom MAS re-
Gently taken ON the modern wonders
Of the world. The highest vote was
cast IN behalf OF mana conquest Of
the air by means Of devices for flight.
Next came wireless telegraphy and.
In order. radium. the Panama Canal,
the movies and the x-ray. some Of
these. az novelties. may. for . time,
cause WONDER. You can hardly. how
ever call the Panama Canal . wonder,
It II simply large ditch; well dur. to
be sure, but involving few Intricate
problems- 1t 10 it's size not engfneer-
ing difficulties. which caused itn
fame. The mysteriousness OF the ac-
creates profound wonder among stu-
dents of science: and the time may
come when we shall find tremendous-
~ important uses for these effects in
what IL now twilight land of our
knowledge of electricity. As yet,
though. this quest has hardly begun.
Not yet are we warranted in chasing
them among the large achievements
OF mankind. for we know too little
about them. Discarding. II possible.
the factor for wonder. suppose you
try to think which among the achieve
times you would place among the
seven of greatest value to society.
Would the list include the steam en-
CINE. the printing press, the tree
school, the discovery Of drugs to dead
en- pain. the capture of electricity Gas
in the telegraph, the telephone, the
electric light. etc.), the armored bat
tleship. the high-powered shooting
iron?. Or would It include the sewing
machine, the safety pin. the discov-
cry and Harvesting Of petroleum, the
cotton gin. the game Of baseball and
the modern microscope? Fact 10,
there are so many useful wonders
nowadays that pleasant evenings can
be had by pa, ma and the kids most
any time trying to pick the best ones
out.-Wichita Beacon.
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Journal Entries

Hard luck 10 your portion; good
luck is what the other fellow has.
Neither does the ounce of preven-
ton cost nearly as much as the pound
of cure.
Honesty is not only the best policy.
1t is also often the handmaiden of
poverty.
Occasionally q man will admit he's
In the wrong. But no woman was
ever known to do so.
= =
TOO many people are measured
solely by their vices, no matter what
their virtues may be.
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From the Hickeyville Clarion.

From the Hickeyville Clarion.
MRS Anse Frisby has got two maids.
one TO wait on the other. and has to but
ton her own dress up the back.
Hank Purdy says Teller has got to be
little pertickler when away regarding
the Kind OF money he spends but any old
kind will go around home. There has been
burg ever since last March. Every Teller
has had 1t once or twice and Rev. Hanks
says IT has come in with the usual morn
ing Offering nine times.
Mr.. Elmer Jones said to Miss Amy Prin-
gle that the muffler Of his oatmobile
wasn't no good and so she IL knitting one
for it and will give it to him for his
birthday.
One of the most startling phenomena
ever chronfc1ed In this township occurred
on the farm of LATE Tubbs yesterday
morning. when a fine pond disappeared
in a most strange manner Saturday night
flock OF wild geese settled on this pond
estimated at S75 in number. 1t was then
change in the weather is believed to have
frozen them in, for in the morning two
hunters In visiting the pond found them
there. but on their appearance the geese
with them. The hunters were SO nom
plussed by the disappearance Of the pond
that they never fired a shot and the flock
flew or to the south honkinE and Tapping
their wings SO loudly that people along
their course heard it and seeing the
strange sight fled to their homes.
Signs OF the Times.
War has killed the champagne business
but Broadway seems to keep perked up
pretty we'll by other MEANS
Mexico has suffered another relapse at
ents are busyo in. Europe r5S
After 1916 Virginia viii. be dry. The
ante-bellum glories OF the old south seem
to be departing.
The Safety First signs in Belgium
and France probably are all shot to pieces
by this time. 81" =
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Neither will the term ''standpatter''
carry the odium that it was once used
to convey. The people demonstrated
with their votes on Tuesday that they
have considerable confidence in many
OF the prominent Republicans who
were 30 classified.
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BILLY PIG AND HIS NEW CAP.

One morning. Billy Pigs mother sent
him to town to buy himself new cap.
Billy Pig thought all along the way
about the new cap and could not quite
make up hts Lind which he wanted. a
green or red one. and when he at last
reached the shop he was still unde-
cided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05

Inasmuch as the baseball magnates
are in mood to end their war, why
don't they submit their differences to
The Hague tribunal for adjudication !?
That institution isn't very busy these
days with the matters for which it
was orgauized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05

One or more Of the Bull Moose
enthusiasts is sure to arise and re-
mark: I'VE have just begun to
nght." But most folk have this sized
up. and rightly. as one of the more
famous Of the "swan-songs" in the
POLITICAL arena
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Surely there is no reason for -ar-
prise over the record breaking vote
that was cast in Kansas. This il the
llret election at which the women
have had full suffrage. and they are
the state. Indeed, the state vote
would have been much larger had
nearly "a many women n men voted.
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On the Spur
Of the Moment

-
~. News.
CnlIy story
AionS the River
Hiene
Elrst tne Allies
Enase the Germans;
linen tney are chased
5AcA again.
EveIy sortie
Important
H. AZ = Sreeted
x WIN anout-
nvvement
oeclSlve.,
livery snlrmisn
ious
,
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Pugilists are not in the same class
with politicians !; the matter of ne
gotiating come back" Look at
Uncle joe Cannon and William b.
McKinlev
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Among the respects in which the
election was a welcome relief is that
It crowded the tiresome European
war news from its positions Of prom
inence in the newspapers. If only for
a day or two
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF. THE ASSOCIATED rRESS

The State Journal 10 q member Of tho
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganization. FOR the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news II received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
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Thus are the mighty fallen. Bev-
eridge and Pinchot, two OF the stars
in the Bull Moose Armament, went
down to overwhelming defeat in the
United States senatorial contests in
Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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II the South really wants to reduce
the cotton acreage, suggests the Chi
cago Herald. why not provide for q
series of colored protracted meetings
or watermelon cuttings during the sea-
son
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-05

A political landslide has this ad-
vantage over the other variety. None
Of its victims loses his life, regardless
OF how sick it makes him.
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A report from the western arena of
the war that has a reasonable ring to
It il that the German soldiers are tir-
ing of the fighting. This is also prob
ably true of the French and English
no1diera