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The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
TRY OUT YOUR IDEAS.

Farmers should do more experiment.
ing on a small scale. Successful farm
ers are men who experiment intelli-
gently, writes E. ". in the Kansas In
dustrialist. The unsuccessful farmers
can be divided into two classes-those
who experiment too much and those
who experiment too little.
To be Of value, an experiment should
have an object, follow a method Of
procedure. and give comparable re-
suits. The man who experiments too
much fails because he ignores one or
all Of these factors. He takes up new
crops or new methods Of farming with
out an object. in an aimless manner.
or neglects to consider the result. He
follows his interest, but Is not governed
by reason.
The farmer who experiments too lit
tie is the. man who would restrict all
experimenting to the experiment sta
ton. Experiment station work is COM
parative experimenting and should not
be confused with demonstrative ex-
perimenting. which is rightly part of
successful farming. The station seeks
to secure comparative results among
varieties Of methods and to avoid out
side factors by selecting land as uni
form in fertility, condition and drain
age as possible. Check plots are also
used to correct any errors.
The farmer should not use all his
land for this experimenting. but should
not hesitate to use a small part to DEM
onstrate the value Of his ideas. Let the
progressive farmer do some thinking
and testing. for the entire field Of ex-
perimentation Is too large to be con-
fined to the agricultural experiment
stations. The station can only test
methods for adaptation to large areas
or sections, and the farmer should take
that which seems best for his locality
and test it for specific adaptation.
The intelligent farmer studies the re-
suits by the experiment station and se-
lects that which he thinks is adapted
to his farm. He forms ideas new to his
locality and determines their value
by demonstrative experimenting on his
own farm. The result is expressed In
terms Of profit of other crops and Other
methOdS
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
GuNTHAIS, REWARD.

Colonel Goethals' reward for the
construction Of the Panama canal II
apparently to be confined to his -ap-
po.ntment to the governorship of the
canal zone. with salary of $4,000 a
year, which is something Of an un-
usual fortune for . soldier to attain
except by matrimony. This is graft
fication of his natural ambition to be
the first administrator of the wonder
full thing he has created. 1t is also a
fitting recognition by the powers-that-
be of his distinguished services to his
country. But his tenure OF office as
civil governor of the canal gone will
not be for long. two or three years at
most. And IL such q reward sufficient
in comparison with his remarkable ac-
conlplishment?
An admiral Of a fleet wins a great
victory in the course Of a war between
nations. The prize money that custom
and laws give him often makes him
rich. He is feted by an admiring re-
public on his return home. A popular
subscription puts him at his ease for
the remainder Of his life. Some such
treatment is occasionally accorded to
the heroes Of the battlefield, the con-
preference is frequently their portion.
Are the accomplishments of peace
any less worthy Of material recogni-
ton? In building the Panama canal,
overcoming obstacles that competent
engineers had placed among the inn
possibilities, Colonel Goethals has done
as much, If not more. for the glory and
benefit OF this nation as any Of its vic
torious admirals and generals. More
than that he has been a benefactor of
the whole world. for the Panama
canal will bring all the nations Of the
earth into closer communion with
each other, and thus will the progress
Of civilization be accelerated.
OF course, Colonel Goethals' fame
will be imperishable. AS long as the
Panama canal endures 1t will be a
massive monument to his memory. On
the pages Of history his name will
occupy q prominent place among the
master builders of all time. Such re-
wards come to few men. Put shouldn't
they, in this case, be supplemented
with something really material?
II any man ever deserved q SUBJ
stantial bonus for his labors. that man
is Goethals. Suppose the Panama
canal had been successfully built by
contract? No one would have ques-
toned the contractor or contractors
right to a profit of say 10 per cent of
the cost Of the venture. That would
have meant a bonus Of many. many
millions Of dollars.
Why not give Colonel Goethals a
bonus of at least $1,000,000? 1t would
be small pay for the work he has
done. 1t would also put a puncture
in the theory that republics are un-
grateful.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE

You can't cash what you meant to do.
Some times the Man Of the Hour lasts
about that long.
A woman's mo" doesn't mean ANYTHING
else when addressed to Friend Husband.
A man always knows where he gets his
headaches, which Is more than a woman
can say.
If a girl can't henpeck her little brother.
she tries. and gets practice for future oc-
casions.
Unless he tackles vodville. a young man
can know all the late dances without pro-
v1oing much OF meal ticket.
What has become Of the o. f. boy who
pointed with pride to the fact that he
had broken his arm three times?
Link Preston never went hunting in his
lie. and hasn't a dollar to show for 1t,
Those who hunt can buy and sell him.
When . man tells you he has g. Great
Mission to perform put your pocketbook
in your hip pocket and sit down.
Regardless Of the fact that the con-
sresauon Is small there are people who
church.
NO man engaged in carrying home sup-
plies for his wife's boarding house ehould
pause to tell how to run this great coun-
When man hires his children to do
the chores he wonders how the tyrants
OF trade manage to make money out Of
Child Labor.
The general rule is that a woman who
can quote Browning isn't much Of a cook.
good cook has little time to devote It'd
plain and fancy yearning.
while lay no claims to an exception
ally fertile imagination, 1 can look back
at a record Of wild guesses which would
strengthen such . claim.'-Rufe Hoskfns.
No man who enjoys a cold bath should
try to convince the mollycoddles thai
such IL the case. In fact. except at the
seashore, bathing generally should be m.
or l. a private affair.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Euening Chat
Rights We Haven't . Right To.
By RUTH CAMERON.

hA&nt8 We ASVOuC = 0A8uV AOs
"a man doesn't have q right to all
his rights Brooks.
Everybody believes he IL entitled to
certain rights: that there are certain
things which, II he wants to do, no
one shall say him nay. know q bril-
ordinary chances of success, who in
dulges himself in drink. When any
one demonstrates he says, This IL my
own affair. I'm not hurting any ono
but myself
Another man, relishing the thrill
that comes from handling q speeding
automobile, when taken to task an
swers. "As long as I do not speed
through city streets, or endanger the
lives of others. do not see how any
one can object. am rislking my own
neck: nobody else's. it IL my own af-
Again. I know young sarl who
chooses to wear pumps. AID thin
mothers appeals she answers, ''Now,
mother, II want to wear pumps I
don't SEQ why 1 shouldn't. II get a
cold am the one to suffer-
All three of these examples come
under the head OF personal liberty
that precious thing for which men
have struggled ever since the world
was young.
right to all our rights, is that we do
not stand alone by ourselves. Human
society is cooperative, ,everythins
bears some relation to something else.
We are all cogs in this mighty uni
verse And we must do our part to
The young man who indulges in
drink is no hermit, living away from
the world. standing or falling by his
own Efforts. He has certain human
relationships, on which his indul9euca
has some bearing. Furthermore, is II
not his duty to use the fullest talents
he possesses for the sake of all, rather
than himself? Surely humanity 8
right is greater than his.
The man who speeds his automobile
risks his neck and courts death, risks
not only his own life, but the happi-
ness OF his wife and children. He
threatens the business structure OF
which he Is part and in which GER
tain duties and responsibilities de-
volve on him. A temporary embar-
| rassment perhaps. but an embarrass-
| ment and an infringement on the
rights OF others, nevertheless.
The young girl who exercises. as
her idea Of personal liberty, the right
20 wear foolish pumps and thin stock
fngs In midwinter. pits her vanity
against the knowledge Of a thousand
doctors, and risks q sickness that, If II
comes, will surely throw q well or
dered household into confusion. and
puts upon others a burden that must
Once a man had a right to refuse to
educate his children, and to live in
the midst OF unsanitary conditions,
The state has usurped these rights. II
tells a man that he must live in SAINT
tary surroundings. and that he must
educate his children. Tho state rent
ICES that otherwise the man and his
children become a menace to others
-an infringement upon the rights OF
| others.
As Phillips Brooks says, "a man
doesn't have a right to ali his riRhts. :;
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Humor Of the Day

Automobile salesman-"And, whatever
speed you may be going. when you put ON
this brake you stop In five yards-dead"
Prospective woman purchaser - How
dreadful! I've always thought they were
30 danGe1ouo."-Punch
Bespattered Pedestrian (victim OF pass
ing motor car IN muddy StreettE'l want
sS e - sxcis somS .,r TuaxYards "ros what make
they're for me."-Punch.
Alice-"My face II my fortune. - Ethel
You'll have no income tax to pay. DEAR
-Boston Transcz1pt.
True ect-Henrietta-"Why didden'
ye raise yer hat to her. Henry? Henry
'Wot. that DANCED oil hdr'-Judge.
II thought she didn't like him?' s.shs
doesn't But she seems to be encour-
eging mm Huh! Wait until after
Christmas. Post.
Jack boasts Of his abllfty a. : wrest-
ler-says he can throw anybody pittod
against him-" ~1sonqon0o. An he can
throw - hls shadow ON TIE pavel11nt.'s@
Ba1timofO Amoe3oan-
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
(From the Chicago News.1

kr TOM Tue CulC4kO NeW9,I
Beware Of toy pistols and platonic love.
The demand for information bureaus ex-
ceeds the supply.
Marriage is more often disappointment
than q failure.
A lazy man seldom complains because
he il unable to find work.
The luckiest day for getting married
has not yet been discovered
the mother and denounced by the father
1t isn't necessary for n man to have
money to burn in order to keep tho pot
boiling.
Some men try to console themselves
with the thought that they could be bet
ter II they tried.
II you don't believe = woman can keep
q secret. just ask her age Of ono on the
shady side OF %.
one woman he il trying to get and anOth-
e he u trying to set away from.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
FACTS CONCERNING CANCER.

So much discussion is going on
these days about cancer and its cure.
particularly through the use Of ra-
dium. that some salient facts about
this dread disease are we'll worth
knowing. They are presented tersely
and forcefully by the American So
ciety for the Control Of Cancer, IS
follows:
Cancer is of greater frequency in
adult life than tuberculosis, pne1-
monia. typhoid fever or digestive DIS
eases.
In 1913 there were about 1900
deaths from this disease in the United
States.
One person in eleven at ages forty
and over dies of cancer.
One woman In eight and one man
in fourteen at this period OF life II
attacked by the disease with fatal re-
suits.
Largely because Of public ignorance
and negligence this terrible scourge
now proves fatal in over ninety per
cent of the attacks.
OF the $4,000 deaths from this dis
ease in the United States in 1918
about $4,000 were deaths from can
Ger Of the stomach and liver. $4,000
from cancer Of the uterus and other
organs OF generation. $500 from can
Ger Of the breast and about zs.50o
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Journal Entries

Most of the good stories are spoiled
in the telling.
Many people seem to labor under
the hallucination that slang is humor.
r
Occasionally, when q fellow asks for
a girls hand he gets her fathers foot.
Although time has been flying fast
these many years, 1T has never yet be-
come SO foolish as to try to loop the
loop.
This new-fangled fiction which sell
dom ends happily doesn't make much
Of a hit with old-fashioned people.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
From Other Pens

RIDDING THE COURTS OF IDLERs
Praise IL due Justice Davis Of tho
New York supreme court for order
ing that women should not be admit
ted to the second trial Of Hans
Schmidt. the murderer Of Anna
Aumueller. over which he is presid-
ing. The judges action IN q proper
rebuke to the morbidly curious fe-
males who flocked daily to the frst
trial of the case and made them
selves disgracefully conspicuous by
their anxiety to obtain front seats
where they would miss none Of the
details Of the horrific story. The only
possible regret h that Justice Davis
did not go further and also bar out
the male busy-bodies and corridor
idlers who batten ON this sort Of pu-
trescence. The court room i0ungefs OF
York alone. They are to be found In
every city. town and hamlet where
the courts are in session Like buzz
yards they can spot the carrion from
afar and they are ever present when
anything particularly disgusting to the
sected and laid bare by the legal anat-
omists and pathologists. Without
shame or innate decency themselves,
they seem to think that the courts
are maintained to exacerbate their
perverted emotions. by furnishing
ence is a contamination in the halls
of Justice. Justice Davis stand af-
fords a precedent which should be
emulated by his brethren Of the bench
wherever and whenever similar occa-
sion arises. It will help to raise the
tone of the criminal courts and add
dignity to their proceedings. which too
often are regarded az affording free
entertainment exceeding IN realistic
horror tho attractions OF q Grande
Guignol-Phiadelphia Bulletin.
r1P1AND AND AN11-r1P1AND.
The vexed, old and ever new ques-
ton Of tipping is raised once more ny
two interesting announcements. In
New York a popular restaurant has
mum Wage for Women. $1s Per
Week"-"No Tippings, Please" The
patrons Of the place must feel that
business is meant Many tip from
hsre r anc wage IS isw bald fT9% there Is n.y.
more reason for tipping q waiter than
for tipping q saleswoman or q clerk.
Perhaps the tipless restaurant
charges a little more for food. but
who does not prefer such q system to
the nuisance of tipping. with the im-
pudence. discrimination. servtlity ana
snobbery 1t breeds? The other item
is a Chicago one: Tho Illinois Ath-
members. rescinded its anti-tippips
rule because It could not be strictly
enforced and favoritism resulted. But
the club has not revived the tip-as-
you-please system. To each food
check fve cents II added, and the pro-
ceeds are distributed among the watt
ers. To this modified scheme there IL
no serious objection. 1t mends II 1t
does not end. Hotels and restau-
rants generally might try 1t with ad-
vantage. What right-minded people
dislike IL the element Of mystery, un-
certainty, special privilege. Publicity
and certainty are potent antiseptics in
tipping az we'll az in tariff and trust
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

THINGS WORTH WHILE.
These are the things worth while:
The rainbow sitter rain:
Ihe peace that follows pain:
The dew dipped garden rose:
The flower that by the wayside growD
To claim an urchin's smile.
The little sacrifices made
By patient mother-love:
The touch OF little children's hands;
And sweet affections subtle bands.
The bright sunshine above:
The song the robin sings;
The chord Of music that awakes,
Yearning for nobler things.
These. and q trusting woman'0 love-
In life ara most worth while.
Verne Dewitt Rowell in January Nau'
titus.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

One more indication that the peo-
pie of this land of the free and home
of the brave are returning to the san
ity of their forebears Is to be found
In the verdict Of twelve tried men and
true that acquitted an lola school,
ma'am of criminal charge because
she found it necessary to flog an un-
ruly pupil.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
Kansas Comment
Is NEW YORK LARoHBT9

New York City and its environD
chim to have = population of consid-
erAbly more than six million people
And IL it's true this ought to hold
London town for I little while. New
York City IL counting In BROOKLYN. 10
be sure. which u q part Of the city.
She goes across the Hudson river into
New jersey cities, too. In making the
big count. CALLING It the population OF
Industrial New York. And. COM
pairing 1t with the way London counts,
it ID fair enough. This II an immense
population. It n four times ~ many
people AZ the state OF Kansas has al
together. It II q population that de-
pends upon the outside world. nearly
altogether. for its food. The neigh
bor9 have to bring things in before
New York City may eat and be merry.
To be sure, they pay we'll for the ouD-
tenance outlying gardeners bring to
town and for the butter and egRB and
the milk which comes In many spe-
cia1 trainsS and boats daily, and can
therefore be counted as one Of the
best customers the world has for the
necesBartes OF life. Undoubtedly that
city and the surrounding cities, with
In q radius of ten mikes Of the central
portion of New York. y the most
thtckN settled spot ON earth ana Il viii
likely continue to be %, at least for q
great many years.-Hutchinson News.
TR1RI1NG WITH TRUTH.
It seems strange that whenever one
town goes to vote on Z proposition 1t
Immediately begins to misrepresent the
conditions In some other town then an
der the same proposed law. When Atchi-
son was voting recently ON commission
government the papers there were full OF
mfs-statementS about the taxes in other
towns ruled by q commission government,
Independence included. These stories APP
peared in paid advertising and the pa
pers were not the authors Of them. But
letter TO any ono of the towns listed
and misrepresented would have ELECTED
the truth. Just now some sections OF
Michigan are voting ON prohibition and
all kinds OF falsehoods are being told
about Kansas. Many Of them probably
win be believed simply because no one
Will 60 to the trouble to investigate.
Those telling them will perhaps reap a
benefit from such stories because they
won't be disproven. The statute books
are full Of laws against the libel and
SANDER Of individuals. Why not afford
cities and states some protection from
willful misrepresentation?- ?-Independen
Reporter.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Nothing like mamma fell from the
war clouds that hovered over the
Balkans so long. Where men were
killing each other with cannon and
gun a little while ago, they are now
dying for lack of bread. What fol-
lows war is often worse than what
General Sherman said war was.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

That professor Of the University
Of Chicago who has perfected a device
for measuring hunger would have
been a much greater benefactor to the
human race had he. developed some
inexpensive method Of assuaging hun
ger
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

"A Yale gridiron star had his arm
broken while tangoing with the bride
at a Chicago wedding" Any football
player who will take chances IN dane
ing the tango with a Chicago girl Is
entitled to no sympathy.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

New York's new mayor has decided
not to make any after dinner speeches.
Now II some Of the other public men
would cut out their after-dinner
speeches, life would be even more
worth while.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state journal IL a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news M
Ganixat1on for the exclusive afternoon
Dublication In Topeka
The news IL received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole puf-
pose.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Probably by perseverance and de-
votion to study some Of the office
boys who start in a Detroit automobile
factory at $50 a week may in time be-
come college professors at $1,000 q
wear.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

There was a time. points out the
washington Star, when an ex-Presi-
dent was supposed to be as unobtru-
sive as q Vice-President.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

And the announcement that special
trains will not be parked within fifty
miles Of the San Francisco exposition
shows that the railroads expect to
leave a little something for the hotel
Vrnnnoro
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

A Philadelphia woman is suing Tor
divorce because her husband has not
spoken to her for six months. But has
she given him q fair chance?
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

President Wilson also seems to pe
one of the old-fashioned poi1ticlans
who never lost an opportunity to make
a hit with fathers and mothers by
showering attentions on children.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

It Is contended that women over 81
years of age are eligible to the off1ce
of governor of Illinois. But where Is
the Illinois woman who Is over 80!
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Pensacola, Fla. has flying
school. Nevertheless the real high
flyers are at Palm Beach.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Janitors of London apartment
houses now have a good excuse. Eight
thousand coal porters are on strike
there,
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Isn't it reasonable to assume tnat
there il much strength to butter wn1cn
ID able to survive the rigors OF
twelve thousand mile journey between
Ne% Zealand and the United States!
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

In George AIDES state every little
boy is taught that he may grow up and
get to be vice president some day.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Evidently the oil that is such q fac
tor in Mexican governmental affairs
isn't the kind that quiets troubled wat
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

It il entirely pardonable to cross
ones fingers while contemplating Bill
Sulzer's announcement that he is now
telling the truth.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

Present indications are that the
courts will have hand this spring In
the. preliminary shaping OF several OF
the teams in the major leagues.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-28

As police commissioner of New
York, Colonel Goethals would have no
lack Of Gamboas to bust.