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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.
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Many a man rides a hobby, only event.
ually to be bucked on.
The lawyers idea of q good witness Is
one who can remember what to forget
Most girls are crazy over spring flow
ers. but the orange blossom IL perennial.
Trouble IL one thing In the world Of
which no man demands more than his
share.
When a man is dry just before dinner
he generally takes something to wiet his
appetite.
The great trouble about taking a chance
Is that you can't always put it back
where you found II.
You can't always tell an athelete from
his photograph. The photograph alone
may be well developed.
1t Is the regret Of many q mans life
that he can't live long enough to enjoy
reading his own obituary.
all men should be placed on An equal
footing today 1t wouldn't be long before
on s-half was pulling the other halls leg.
wigg-'@Buggins Is always talking about
his conscientious scruples against games
Of chance" Wagg-"Yes. he ha no luck. %
Muggins-'T wonder how . war with
Mexico would affect businsss." Buggins
well. our navy ought to make things
boo. down there"
Blobbs-.'Mrs. Bjones always speak1 OF
her business as one Of the infant indus
tries wonder what business she II
In" 9lobos-'T understand sho runs =
oepV 4eSm. ACES go, q ssssz .sezzssl x
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
.Jayhawker Jots

According to the views of the Law
renee Journal-World. the worst
spendthrifts in this country spend only
time.
Mr.. Spring of Greensburg exper-
fenced a fall recently. He tumb1ed
head.
The only pleasant features that the
Butler County Democrat has been able
to see in Mexico is the distance that
intervenes.
People who will not take time for
reflection, says the Blue Mound Sun.
often go to the mirror and look at
their own.
No doubt about the ingenuity of the
Wichita Democrat. 1t announces that
| it is planning to get something inter-
esting before long for it's Esperanto
column.
There is one nice thing about living
in Kansas, points out the Frankfort
Index, with the frankness that its
name suggests, you are in the GEN.
ter Of the United States, and not trou-
bled with invading armies in time OF
war.
Observations by the Home Circle
Editor of the Kingman Journal: Gov
ern your thoughts when alone and
your tongue when in company.
The foundation of happy homes is in
the kitchen.
One OF Anthony's young ladies, &C
| cording to the Anthony Bulletin. says
she starts from home to business at
an earlier hour than formerly and
this because she does not take the
same length of steps as formerly.
Do you get It?
Anent the recent convention of
| Christian churches in Ell Dorado. the
Ell Dorado Republican remarked:
With all these extra ministers in our
chickens will have a hard time to get
| through the season alive.
| Says the faint-hearted Holton
ht-Commercial: Unless ]
young man has some capital saved UP
with which to help himself In case OF
sickness or lost job. it takes more
it does to face a cannon.
| A judgment was rendered at King
man recently against a railroad COM
pany, and the sheriff levied on one
of its freight engines which he
chained to the track and thus held II
captive for a few hours until q legal
kink in the case was Strengthened out
| Related by the Jefferson County
Tribune: A Sunday school teacher wa
| reviewing the lessons. who was the
wisest man, Willie?" Solomon
That's right. Now who was the
strongest mann" Jonah Wrong
said the teacher, but what reason
have you for believing Jonah was the
| strongest man?" Cause the whale
couldn't hold him after it got him
down." he replied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
..But / be.-

'But be.s
.swelll weill xou hook ana aet 1ust
Ike Mr.. Duchaxma, the millionaire.
The resemhAnce = almost perfect
Enoe had pa1pltataon Of the heart
- he drove on. He aloo had . pea
cocks pride.
THOUGHT my name was Du-
charmel' he gurgied to himself.
Thought she had danced with me!
aires!'
It wasn't Eno9 sparkling night. but
no felt 30 good over thineD that he
took the six mile walk to tell Ruth OF
tho incident Of tho morning. 10 his
surprise she didn't chuclkle with him
over it. On the contrary. she listened
quietly to the story and then replied:
Enoe. that girl was making = fool
But how could sher I'll bo hanged
II don't think she's smitten."
When Enos denertsd: the mother
bio between your
Enos has met q girl from the city
reply.
And what win you do?''
Let him flicker
In q week more the girl NJ the hotel
nad Enos Rodgers bound hand and
foot. He was not going to SEQ Ruth
any more. He had almost ceased to
Snmk OF ner. He dressed up and hung
around the hotel. and was laughed at
behind his back.
Enos wrote verses. and the girl wore
| them next her heart.
He talked Of the moon and stars,
and she talked Of the million dollar
| check that was to be hers on her we'd
ding morn.
At length the girl tired of the farce
and would end 1t. One evening she
had Enos row her to an island half q
mile on shore. and then wander about
in the thickets looking for a flower
that bloomed only in the night. He
didn't ind 1t. What he did find, how
ever, when he came back was that nc
boat and no girl waited for him.
Enos shouted. No answer. Enol
swore. His cusswords were echoed
back.
| He had to remain on the island al
night, and give q fisherman 3 to take
him OF in tho morning.
Tho mosquitoes bit him ana the owls
hooted at him.
When morning came he didn't looh
q bit like Mr.. Ducharme of Fifth ave.
nue..
An hour after shutdown, Ruth fount
him at her fathers gate, and, ate,
looking him over. she queried: well =
Ruth. I have fiickeredy'
Sometimes it's a good tonic Come
in.-(Copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure
INeWSpaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
Euening Chat
The Duty ON ..Bauff. ,,
By RUTH CAMERON,

Inc Duty ON sBlufY."
1t is unfortunate that SO many
Americans accept money as the stand
ard OF the man. A man with a great
deal OF money Is very successful;
man with very little il not And as
we all want to appear very successful.
we like to pretend to have money,
whether we have 1t or not
1t is this senseless pretense that In
killing much Of the pleasure in what
should be q real joy-the opportunity
to travel.
Il never saw anything like the way
Anssissmsn TIA 4d;S much travelled
on the steamer. heard my steward
talking with another. They were oom-
pairing their tips.
Well. said my steward. I've got
another American down here; he'll
an Englishman in 33, but he won't
give mo more than five bob!'"
The steward. knowing human ma
ture, knew that he could expect three
American than he could from the Eng
ltshman. Not because he had render
ed more service to one than to the
other, but simply because one was
American. the other English.
some places those who fatten ON tour
lists will appear in droves when an
American ship arrives. and in hand
fuls when an English ship docks.
It would be nice to think that this
was generosity on the part Of the
American. But 1t isn't The English
man tips for services rendered. a cer-
tain stated amount The American
tips for show, as much as he can at
ford sometimes more.
There are some people who can
stand the strain. But there are other
Americans who, following in their
wake and travelling on a certain sum
they have saved and which should
cover all contingencies, are forced
either to tip beyond their means. or
suffer that annoyance which q servant
can always subject you to. IL he tries.
The practice OF tipping, as far as
Americans 80, has grown all out Of
proportions Those who wait upon us,
when we travel, expect US to tip not
for what they do, but for what we
are, or what we try to appear to be-
financially.
The American traveller. no matter
where he goes. within or without our
borders, must pay . heavy, ever in
creasing duty on that we'll known but
wholly worthless American product
ssHnl,sfP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
Tho japanese Saloon.

japanese saloons have the Amer
lean habit Of always providing re-
freshments other than drinks for their
customers They are not partial to
sandwiches; usually 1t Ii dish OF her
rings or octopus. and the price IL 3
sen. 1t IL seldom that q man can
get away from q saloon without
spending at least 20 sen. which II q
large part of q poor mans daily
wage.
It is remarkable the world over
that men will patronize any estab-
lishment that can show pretty face.
even though it be no more than q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
DEATH AND LOWE

DEATH AND LOVE
Thus runs the maxim. An are essn -
Cried follows Joy - twilight fealsws
Old loves depart and beauty WIN not
wherefore, too sad 70 wesp. henoeforth
must
Encounter only death, the pa4Der-by.
For every pleasure we with sorrow pay.
We are but dreamers, dreaming dreams
by day.
Yet there Be those who suffer cruelty
Who find q rainbow In their cup OF tears.
Smiles beget smiles on faces sad ~
ours,
The pale moonlight silvers the sobbing
One love supreme and constant through
the years
II dearer than fine rubies. sweet -
flowers,
Sweet and AZ dear ~ that you gave
to me.
William Theodore Peters. in the Trend
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
THE SEWER GAS BUGABOO.

After complicating our plumbing sys-
TENS with traps and more traps and
vents and backair pipes. we find at
last that the air of sewers does not
cause disease, as we were taught, or.
II It does 80 at ALL that the chance Of
its causing disease Is SO small as to
be almost negligible, writes George C.
whipple, in the May Atlantic. MIGUEL
found that the air of the Paris sew
ers contained fewer bacteria than the
air over the Paris streets: long ex-
perience has shown that the workmen
in sewers do not contract the disease
that one might expect them to con-
tract. Winslow has calculated that a
person breathing air all night from a
house drain would inhale fewer bac-
terra of intestinal origin than he would
swallow with q glass Of Croton water
from . tap In New York city.
This idea certainly seems revolution
airy, and we must be careful not to go
to the other extreme. It would not
do to do away with all traps and SINH
lar fixtures intended to prevent the air
Of the sewers from entering our
houses. Sanitation ought to make for
our comfort a. well as for our health,
and bacterial infection IL not all there
IL to the causation Of disease. Be
sides, 1t In just possible that our lat
est discoveries are not without nav.
Nevertheless, considering all Of the
facts in their cumulative aspect. il
does seem that good case has been
made against the unnecessary COM
plexity Of our house plumbing systems
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
Journal Entries

Woman. lovely woman. is more 30
as long as she has her own way.
The biggest feathers in some mems
caps are the enemies they have.
&
Eelflshness causes most of tho trouble
and unpleasantness in the world.
A mans idea Of personal liberty IL
what he imagines some other fellow
has.
q
The subsequent fish tale is often the
most interesting development of fish,
ing expedition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

and It would appear to be wise econ
omy to simplify their design and im-
prove the quality Of the materials and
the workmanship. Already in England
royal commission. after making an
extensive Investigation. has recom-
mended that the trap ON the main
drain from the house to the sewer
be no longer required. In Germany
these traps have never been much
used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
From certain ana numerous resol

From certain ana numerous resolu-
tons that have been promulgated Of
late. one might gather that CONNER
cialised vice IL the chief industry in
Topeka. Nothing could be further
from the mark. It II well within the
truth to assert that the number Of
houses Of ill-fame in Topeka are neg
ligible in comparison with what 1t IL
In other cities OF this. sise, ana even
In smaller ones. Let this evil be
stamped ct. ~ Ill naana But to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
From Other Pens
ON KEEPING oNE.s woRn

On KEEPING ONES WORD.
corneretone of character. At least. II 4
an indispensable element. And reiisbIlity,
u nothing more than the integrity Of
ones e WORD. The man who IL ''as good as
Ms WORD - tho one you can rely on:
tne man who u careless OF his word. re-
saToiess Of az Other considerations, needs
70 70 g Nascned. And he IL always at . Mt
other fellow: Men risk good deal in
Juggling with truth. They risk their stand
In In life. Cleverness In the shading Of
BILE Of a double construction, may BE-
s 9. ana cunning. but, paradoxically.
1t - also dull and stupid. Every man's
ter because under Certain circumstsncc.
q man might be rendered unable to meet
MS note. but he can always keep his word
1nvioiate All Of which. though said b.
times One Of the best times to repeat Il
- while the character fs in the MAXIM.
before the Cornerstone Is laid or fully set
ed into is BE-. the P 10Y VINO xos Into Into
word Is his chief asset in life goes with - 8
tremendous Advantage over the other fel-
AMERICANS STAY AT HOME.
American emigration to Canada IL rap
months Of 1919 immigration into Csnsds
from Great Britain increased by G.00o
persons and from continental Europe By
N.Ooo. But during the same period the
United States sent 5000 fewer emigrants
to the northern dominion than In 1872
And the return Of Americans from Can
ada is q no less marked feature Of the
year. This ID in part . natural reaction
to the unwonted Canadian boom Of five
or ten years ago. but It IN also q tribute
to the patr1otism and good sense Of
Americans who see In their own country
ample opportunities for economic gain.
precludine the necessity Of pulling ur
stakes and Migrating to 4 now land.
We have nesd in the United States Of
cial resources OF the American farmer.
who might but for the splendid oponin9s
at home. b disposed to depart 70 the
Canadian northwest Right here In MIN
nesota arc as excellent opportunifiea ~
can be found the length and breadth OF
Canada, ana Americans arc fortunately
BEGINNING to realise this. to their ana our
advantaGe-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Some people hold that John d.
Rockefeller and his rivals in the oil
business are at the bottom Of most Of
the trouble that has developed in Mex
leo. But there seems to be little
doubt a. to where the blame lies for
the disgraceful conditions in Colo
RADIO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Some OF the Drawer among the
males of the species in these parts
have begun to wear straw hats. But
why shouldn't the men put them on
as soon as the women do? OF course.
mere man cannot arrange his hair SO
as to keep his ears warm. But a
frostbite or two IL not much OF q sac
rifice to make to fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

In accepting the offers of tho South
American nations to mediate, HuertA
confesses, incidentally. that he II not
prepared in any way to engage In =
war with the United States. Were he
in such q position or did he think
that he had the slightest chance Of
success. suggestions for mediation at
this early stage Of the hostilities would
be spurned with contempt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

And the prominence of Mexican
matters at present calls attention to
the fact that in this land of free
speech everybody pronounces the cur
rent Mexican words as he pleases. and
no two persons do so alike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

NJ. C1emenceau. a former premier
Of France. is poking fun at President
Wilson and his Mexican policy. All
of which comes with pretty poor grace
from q political has-been. 1t IL a
sure method. though of getting in the
limelight for the nonce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

As the law has recently been laid
down by the New York courts IL a
neighbours hen walks into your yard
and lays an egg there it is your egg.
But the trouble is that most Of the
hens go home to lay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Do It Now.
oh, listen, I pray.
To the scientists tune
A fly swatted now
Saves 1,675, 483
In June.
Perhaps It IL true
And perhaps It's no lie.
That a fly swatted now
Saves 4.s7s. 643. 1888
In July.
But I've hunted all day
And as yet ! have not
Found q ny round tho place
To swat.
They carry the germs
And they carry bacilli,
And it is q good plan
To knock 'em silly.
If someone will please go
And dnd me q fly
I'll hasten the pest
. To the sweet by and by.
But uness I can md one to swat
Pretty soon,
cannot save 1,e75, 483
In June.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Spring, gentle spring, apparently
had engagements elsewhere this year.
Certainly the weather hereabouts sue
ceeded in looping the gap between the
winter and summer varieties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PREBk

The State Journal Is . member q the
Aseocisted Press and receives the full DAY
SeIeeraph report Of that great news n.
Sanisafion for the exclusive afternoon
0ub1ication in Topeka.
The news II received IN The STATE Soues
al h,,iidinr ovor v4roo fer this sole Deaes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

OF more interest to many and divers
Topek ans than any developments in
Mexico is the fact that the Kaws have
. stride of the right sort and are get
ing into 1t with both feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28
BIZ ROY X. AoULToN.

Love. &
It IL q thing that's very hard some
times to understand,
The short ma railways asks the tall
slyscraper for her hand.
Tho man who's six feet in his socks
will wed, for good and all.
Some maiden who's passing fair,
but only four foot tall.
Tho prettiest Of all tho gals will wed
some cross-eyed gfnk.
Who doesn't look as though he had
quite brains enough to think.
The learned man. who knows his books,
and has q learned mind,
Is apt to wed the dizziest young
blonde that he can find.
The pious girl is apt to draw Some
old. night-prowling shark,
The handsome man will get q maid
who's homely in the dark.
The pastor Of the church may draw
a brainless buttercup.
The best way known to solve the prob
lem, is to give it up.
Signs Of the Times.
The investigation OF the tobacco
trust Is causing considerable smoke.
Rockefeller institute doctors have
discovered a cure for pneumonia. Can
not they also discover q substitute for
gasoline?
Colonel Roosevelt is looking for rare
birds in South America Well. he can
look and look, and nowhere can he find
a rarer old bird than the American
eagle.
Pythagoras said: Wealth is a weak
anchor" But Pythagoras lived before
the day Of automobiles ana gasoline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Senator Bristow's opposition to
President Wilson's Mexican policy Is
exactly in line with his general prac-
tice of craftsmanship. He opposes
everything that anybody else suggests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

magnify It away beyond its proper
lions. IL q serious SANDER against To-
peka and an insult to its citixenship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

What has become Of one Felix
Diaz? The time seems exceedingly
ripe for him to get into the Mexican
muddle in some way or another, II
only with q pronunciamento or two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

"Spotter' evidence is getting no
more than 1t deserves at the hands of
the jury in the district court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Old man Carranza. just now, seems
to be directing the flow Of most of
his talk through his hat. as is evil
denced by his messages to Spain that
he will fight against 1.-THE invaders to
tho last breath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Nor would 1t be at all surprising II
there are even now a few people in
this country who are keen to invest
their savings in Mexican mining
mfnrk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

It surely will be a case with the
naval officers after July 1. of water.
water everywhere and not a drop to
drink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

No matter how or when the Mexi-
can trouble 10 settled. 1t will take the
time Of a generation or two for poor
old Mexico to get firmly on her feet
A~otv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Germany must be getting a lot Of
secret satisfaction out Of the fact that
her manufacturers Of the munitions
Of war are providing the arms and
ammunition for tho men of Ulster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-28

Juarez is making a reputation for
peacefulness that is most unusual.
The Hartford republican., 1914-12-04
OFFICERS watch
GUN development
American Army Officers Believe
German Gnns II
Inch.
Copyright Hart Schaffner s Marx

Washington, Nov. 2S.-ln common
with the military observers of every
other nation. United States Army
officers are watching with keen inter
est the artillery development of the
warning nations of Europe as disclos-
ed upon the battlefields of Belgium
and France. Every news dispatch
that mentions the great German guns
is read closely and photographs are
studied with greatest care; but SO
far nothing conclusive has been found
to conform the report that the Ger
mans are placing their main reliance
upon forty-two cehtimeter mobile
howitzers.
American officers believe that the
Germans have accomplished the de-
struction of opposing forts with
standard ll-inch howitzers and mod
ern high explosives which are virtu-
ally the same for all nations. The
key to German successes OF this char
acter. they say. lies in the thoroness
with which the work is done and the
accuracy of their shooting with H.
inch weapons.
Photographs OF the forts before
Liege ,Namur, Antwerp and elsewhere
The Hartford republican., 1914-12-04
Fire Destroys Gym at Centre College.

Fire Destroys Gym at Centre College.
Danville, KY, Nov. 24.-At five
O'Clock on the morning of November
23, fire was discovered in the base
ment of the new Boyle-Humphrey
Alumni Gymnasium and the College
Union Building of Centre College and
before help could arrive and the To-
cal fire department reached the scene
the blaze was beyond control and the
building was completely gutted. The
loss was approximately $4,000 with
insurance of about $4,000. This
handsome new building had just been
completed and was TO have been
thrown open next week. This was
the first and most completely and
and modern equipped building of its
kind in the South.
Scarcely had the smoke died away
from the ruins before active AMI
thorogoing preparations and plans
were under way for the immediate
reduplication of the structure. The
slogan of the college has become
"a new gymnasium by commence
ment, 1915" Meetings of the board
of Trustees and student bodies are
being held at frequent intervals and
the highest enthusiasm prevails. At
student rally held in chapel this
morning there was raised s110O by
the members of the student body
themselves. The alumni of the col
lege are already responding enthus-
iastically to the cause.
The prospects for a greatly en-
larged body are most encouraging
and l915-16 will be one of the most
successful years in the history of
the institution.