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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

[From the Chicago News.1
True friends seldom come in punches.
Mere talk is cheap, but some advice
is expensive.
You can't always Judge a mans worth
by the taxes ne pays.
An ideal may be all right but a
square deal is usually better.
Every time a woman gets married
some mans troubles begin.
It might help some to levy war tax
on the aspirants for office.
Most girls quit having their pictures
taken after they get married.
Nothing pleases a woman more than
to be misunderstood by a man.
But the male Of the species is never
too hoarse to sing his own praise.
Some men are pushed to the front
and others get there through pull.
Time 10 money when you are asked to
pay $1.5o for repairing a % cent watch.
You may think you are different
from others. but you bore a lot OF peo-
pie. just the same.
OF course there are more holdups on
a rainy day than other days. Some are
umbrellas and some are skirts.
No matter how big a man may be.
the odds are that there's a woman
somewhere in the world who is ca
pable of making him feel small
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
Journal Entries

Among the wisest folk are those who
know when to remain silent.
-
And the man who doesn't expect
much usually has to be content with
even less.
If everybody got all he thinks he de-
serves there wouldn't be nearly enough
to go around.
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Take it all in all, old Santa Claus does
pretty we'll considering the demands
that are made upon him.
Did anybody ever tell story with
out prefacing 1t with a remark to the
effect that IT was a good one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Many a girls heart begins to ache
long before her teeth do.
Many a fellow who leads q checkered
career winds up in stripes.
1t isn't every fellow who can be on
pleasure lent without going broke.
Flowery language, like the blooming
idiot. is too seldom nipped in the bud.
Do some people a favor and they
will give you the impression that they
are being done.
AS a general rule, the more a man
knows about poetry the less he knows
about other things.
A man and his wife are one, and in
many a family it's a contant scrap to
see which is going to be the one.
Nell-.'I wonder why Polly Peaches
andcream married that drug store
clerkr' Belle-"Oh. he matches her
complexion. you know"
AT least, I'm glad 1 haven't a wife
to worry me-" said the Optimist. 'Oh,
If you had a wife shed make you forget
all your other troubles" comforted the
Pessimist.
Blobbs--'Scrappingto is a hot-head-
ed individual, isn't he? Slobbs-'l
should say he IN. Why, that fellow II
20 hot-headed he has to wear q stove
pipe hat in midsummer"
Are you sure you can support my
daughter" demanded the stern parent.
Sure" replied the young man. she
has been sitting ON my knees every
evening for about aix months"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Too many bosses also spill the broth.
One dog is a friend and two dogs are
embarrassing.
By listening carefully, you can hear
what you want to hear.
Unless you are the timekeeper, you
aren't paid for watching the clock.
So many people are always willing to
give sympathy and nothing else.
Probably the people make more mis-
takes than any one Of their number.
The general rule is that the white girl
who marries q negro Is that kind of a
girl.
Sickness doesn't amount to much as
q cure for the tobacco habit, unless
one stays sick.
We should also like to test the o. +.
theory that a man can't eat q quail a
day for thirty days.
Very few men like to have a cat
around the house, but there continue to
be many house cats. -.-.s,
An Atchison man devotes so much
time to reading the scriptures he has no
time to go about doing good.
A woman, it may be stated without
fear Of srccessful contradiction, rarely
talks to herself II there IL anyone else
around.
Speaking about the war his wife de-
clared on him several weeks ago. Jude
johnson said today: THE situation is
developing"
Probably the most injured look is
worn by daughter on those rare occa-
sions when she isn't permitted to have
her own way.
Short jerks is having tough luck. At
nights he can't sleep for thinking of his
work. and during the days he falls
asleep while at work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21

IT tell you saw them with my own
eyes," said old white hen. standing on
one foot with her neck outstretched
and her bill wide open.
lone was pink and the other was
blue. They were just like any other
egg as far as size, but the color
think Of it-pink and blue eggs. Who
ever could have laid them?" Old white
hen looked from one to the other Of
the group Of ! chickens IS
hey stood around her.
where d.. ~ Ihem! asked
speckled hen.
ION the table. by the window, Of
the farmhouse said old white hen.
II few up on a barrel that stood I'M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21

Of knees and . heart that beat With
painful rapidity.
II would be sorry for myself IL love
came to me more than once In q life
time IL this ID the way 1t bowls one
over" he told himself with a short
laugh. .''f that girl won't listen to
melt VIII be al up with yours truly.
However. he had been crossing many
bridges before they came even into
sight. Sally was at her post in the
typewE1ting office and she looked up
with Q most charming smile when Bel
lew stood beside her.
IT want you to take down \ latter inn
mediately," he said and Sally put q
fresh sheet OF paper In her machine.
Dear" dictated Bellew. darling Girl
Of the Sea-"
This lot r il rather OF = private
nature" suggested Sally looking In .
very startled fashion at Bellew.
Il love you." continued the youns
man aud watched with delight the
color that leaped into Sa1ly's checks.
III you won't try TO return my love ]
shall JUMP
II wouldn't do anything desperate %
Sally interrupted with soft laugh. 1T
delays the trip when hfeboats have to
be lowered to fish for people who act
foolishly.''
1T wouldn't be acting foolishly," Bel
lew said with more feeling that he
thought himself capable OF. Life
wouldn't be worth a farthing to me II
you refuse me-Sally-please don't re-
fuse to love me-" he pleaded boyishly.
Sally laughed and her level blue eyes
met his with a world Of v armth in
them. The typewriter remained idle,
for Sally's fingers were engaged.
II did not say intended to refuse:
she told him.
Wonderful thing-the ocean," Bellew
murmured.-(Copyrtg 1914. by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
From, Other Pens
LATIN NAMES NEEDED

What is called a cruller in New
York is called a doughnut in Boston.
and what is called q cruller In Boston
is called a doughnut in New York.
And SO on through the list. There y
no more certainty or fixity about the
popular names Of flowers and birds.
At least thirty different flowers are
known by the name OF "mayflower
of New England Is the arbutus of New
York. and the wax myrtle Of the South.
To obtain certainty in such matters
it is necessary to have a scientific
classification and Latin name. When
you speak to a botanical gent about a
''mayflower" he knows not what you
mean. but IL you refer to the Epigaea
repens he knows exactly what you
are talking about. Consequently we
shall never have any certainty about
what a dish is until we have q regu-
lar scientific classification. with Latin
names for all dishes. In that case the
botanical name" Of Vermont hasty
pudding would be something like
mushius commandments, and no chance
for controversy.-New York Mail.
THE RAILROAD WORM TURNS
At last the worm has turned. The
Erie railroad has filed a suit for 500
damages against a man who drove his
wagon in front of a train. causing the
complete destruction of the wagon ana
some damage to the engine. The rail-
road wants 500 to pay 1t for money
spent on engine repairs, The. cow
catcher had to be -repainted,. some
new stats put in and the service OF
the engine was lost for several days
while it was in the shops. 1t is some
thing new for q railroad to bring suit
OF this kind but there seems to. De no
good reason why 1t should not do SO.
Fully 80 per cent Of all railroad acci-
dents are caused by the carelessness
of trespassers upon railway property
and the railroads have the same rights
for redress under the law that midi
viduals Neutrality-suspicious. Reporter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
Kansas Comment
WHERE WAR HELPS.

Nothing 20 much ~ War-uniesa "
b the stress Of . great religious re-
vival-ssrves 20 POW srfully to stir tae
contents Of the human brainpan. ;Tas
il awful: but It lnakeA, men think: 4.
brushes away cobwebs: !. presents new
needs for them to supply through
their ingenuity: Il freaks down UNI
thinking conservatism. Russia .haa
found that suppression Of vodka Will
make up to It . large part Of the
economic and even the human loss
that var enfcrcea. Britain has gone
out OF politics.. = hasn't time to fuss
with politics while national life 10 at
stake. France has ceased to be tenn
peramental; IT. attitude toward tho
war IL more etoical than that Of the
Russians, more phlegmatic than that
Of the British. less Galiic than that Of
the Germans. t.. United States has
crisis in finance without boiling over.
and can even become .. stabiliz!ng :,,-
stead Of q disturbing element in The
business world. The world leorcs q
good deal through the strain OF vsr.
Science and invention turn themselves
to the problems that war makes sne
more acute, though they are also the
problems OF peace AZ we'll as war:
From Switzerland comes account o.
the invention, by two eminent sur
geons, Of a preparation which will al.
most instantly stop the flow Of blood
from q wound: Appropriately enough;
they have called 1t coagumen: and
great quantities Of II have already
been supplied to the hospital organise
tons In the field. 1t. is expected to
save thousands OF lives; and its good
work for humanity will go on after
the war, as well a. during the prog
ress Of the struggle.-Salfna Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
PENALTIES OF CHILD LABOR.


Exposure to accident and a definite
tendency to tuberculosis are the penal
ties that young children pay for work.
ing in the cotton mills, according to
Lewis w. Hine. staff photographer Of
the National Child Labor Committee.
who has just returned from several
weeks of investigation in the south.
II was shocked to find conditions still
SO bad in North Carolina. The legal
age limit there for factories is Is years.
but from my study of 20 mills in North
Carolina alone, believe that there are
hundreds of violations. and that the
1910 census figures which reported
1000 children under IA in the cotton
mills of that one state and 1000 chill
dren under IA in non-agricultural work
throughout the country, are conserva-
tive estimate Of the number of young
children at work today. There are still
20 other states besides North Carolina
in which the employment Of children
under IA in mills or canneries is legal.
SO that physical danger and the lack
Of education resulting from premature
work continue unchecked"
With these facts in mind, the Ma
tional Child Labor Committee 10 Calling
= conference Of an interested in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
EXPLOSIONS IN GRAIN MILLS.

EAfxAJ61O0S IN 6&&hxN lQxlA<6s
According to the millers' committee
of Buffalo. in thirteen explosions
which have occurred in grain mills
ana similar industrial plants In re-
cent years, seventy-eight men were
killed and 119 injured. The damage
to property exceeded 100000. In
four explosions in Europe since 1911
two in dextrin works. one in q pro-
vender mill grinding peas. beans and
wheat, and one in q; iinseed miIl-the
human loss was forty-seven killed and
119 injured.
Surely. as The Journal Of the
American Medical Association says.
some consideration Of methods per-
tanning to the prevention Of such ex-
plosiops Ia called for. 1t has already
developed from laboratory study that
most II not all. grain dusts are more
fnf1ammable than standard coal dust
(which has long teen recognized as a
source of danger in the industries).
l. ain duSts in most cases develop
higher pressures on explosion. espec-
tally at the lower Temperatures. The
preliminary observations seem to indi-
low Ho-i are more inflammable than
those from wheat and other grain.
The investigations of the mfllers'
committee indicate a difference in the
infiammability OF dried and undried
dusts. In nearly every case the pres
sure developed on explosion was in
creased appreciably after drying. The
result OF a decrease in the humidity
Of the air is thus suggested.
Various causes have been assigned
to many o. the explosions in milling
plants in this country and abroad.
among them the use OF open lights. or
ne ed James. such as lamps, torches.
gas Jets, lanterns. candles, matches,
etc. property fires; introduction of
foreign material in grinding ma
chimes; electric sparks from motors.
fuses, switches and lighting systems,
and static electricity produced by
friction Of pulleys and belts. grinding
machines, etc.
The field-engineering inquiries of
the Buffalo investigators indicate tina.
a large number of the recent explo-
sions and fires have been caused by
the Introduction OF foreign material
into grinding machines. A possible
means Of prevention would be some
system by which foreign material
might be removed before it reached
the mill. For the present, it is recon-
mended that revention Of explosions
may be assisted by complete electric
lighting systems. the use OF portable
electric lamps instead of lanterns or
na.;ed lights, the enclosing of the cleo
trio light bulbs in strong wire guards
or protectors, and the possible use of
vapOr-proof globes, and the locating
of all fuses, switches, starting boxes,
motors. ETC., at points where no dust
is l-csent. 1t is also advised to have
the receiving bins from the grinding
machines as small as practicable with
the operations, as increased size gives
increased space for dust clouds and.
therefore, opportunity for a more vio-
lent and destructive explosion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21

On the Spur
3. of tie Moment

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I never could teax tana e say itwith
viu). gss ~.
With him dyin. fos her. ana her PIN
In for him
with his heart torn to shreds and her
I can't see just NW they're 20 slow to
mend n1at1SfR
ira jump ON tn Villain, his folks-and
I'd XIII s&m
And grab off the raj In tho first foot
Uncls sAbner. =.
Hank Tumyns ain't very fond Of
Eaod Peters, 10 has il going to give
Holds SON q nice Aver alide trombone
for Christmas.
Judging by the way they dreas, the
female of the species kin stand a lot
more cold weather than the male.
Imitation ID the sincerest form of
flattery. excepting when Teller gives
his gal an imitation diamond engage
ment ring.
What he's become OF the Teller who
used to come around selling wire
clothes hangers which he made him
self on the spot?
Signs of the Times.
Gutenberg gets $25O.0OO from Ger
many for the violation OF her neutral
ity. 1t must be that Nuremberg s
neutrality is not worth very much.
President Wilson is waiting for a
stable government In Mexico. but he
should remember that a garage gov
eminent would be more m0dish.
A Jersey woman wants a divorce
because her husband Is not tall
enough. Most men are short during
the Christmas season.
Party Of University of Pennsylvania
explorers has started for Egypt. One
thing thov ara almost certain dis
cover IS a war.
Uncle Joe Cannon may be one of
the big guns in Washington. but un-
fortunately he fs an old-style muzzle
loader.
A man who yells constantly about
an aching corn is suffering from one
Of the forms of foot and mouth dis
ease.
The average Russian has to stay
sober SO he can tell his wife the names
of the cities he has visited.
All the important European gen
erals have passed the age of 60. Oh,
where is DR.. Osler now?
A travelling man. the other day,
told what he alleged to be his ex-
perience on a small railroad. He said
he had made" the towns on the road
many times, and the usual snafl-like
pace of the train was on this trip ex-
ceeded for slowness. In seat near
the commercial traveller was an old
lady, who was evidently a stranger to
the road and was on the train when
Friend Travelingman got on. She was
nervous and fidgety, and every time
the conductor or brakeman passed
her seat she would ask, Amt we ever
going to get to F-?" Finally tt
conductor said in an injured tone.
please have q little patience. madam.
Why, I have been on this line over
two years, and p Before he could
finish what he w1S about to say. the
impatient lady passenger exclaimed.
You have! Good land! What station
did YOU get on at ?'
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BY mrs AMLfER
THE PINK AND BLUE EGGS.

see the blue and pink eggs, too" cried
the chickens. I'VE never saw any and
we want to look at them"
"Oh, dear. why did I talk before
them?'' said brown hen. They Will
not be quiet unless they see. and how
in the world shall get them up 20
that Window"
Did it ever occur to you not to give
them everything they cry for?" sai6
white hen. Say no once in a while:
it will save you lot OF trouble"
II cannot bear to deny the Etti4
darLngs anything" said brown aesi,
cluckiny her little brood and trying to
quiet them.
well you better begin now. for this
Is one Of the things you win no, BIS
able to do" said white hen, Struttfng
over to tho dogEouse to tell the story
of the blue and pink eggs TIC Towseg.
"wouIdn't It be just too awful IL tho
nests?' asked white hen. when she
had finished her story.
"Oh-oh." laughed Towser. that is
a good joke on you: don't know your
own eggs when you see them"
Don't tell me I laid those fancy
coiored eggs" said white hen, looking
around to see II any Of her compan-
ions were within hearing distance. II
know 1 never did,
But you did," said Towser, laugh
ing again. II heard the master say.
to my little mistress, If you want eggal
to color for Easter take the 0nes that
white hen laid; they are not so large
az the others. ard i cannot sell them
SO WE'LL"
"Towser. II you will never mention
what you have just told me ! will tell
you where I saw a great big bono this
morning." said white hen. II was saw
ing it for myself. I like to pick at
one once In while. but you shall
have it II you promise 20 keep secret
what you just told me-" 2
Towser promised. and white hen.
showed where 1t was hidden.
A few days after brown hen said
II wonder when master IL going to
bring out those fancy eggs. II he
leaves them in the house much longer
no one will be able to hatch them.'
oh! 1 forgot to tell you that those
eggs were not real eggs after ALL
said white hen, but only Easter eggs
for the masters little girl to play with.
SO We had all our worry for nothing
Towser told me. but don't say q word
to him, for l did not let on that We
were worried. and didn't know they
were only make-belfeve eggs: he
thinks he II so wise. you know. IL
would never do to let him know how
We were fooled."-(Copyright, 1914.
By the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
New York Cify.l Z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21

Natural gas at SIS cents a thousand
cubic feet would still be the cheapest
kind Of q medium for cooking and
lighting. And such price might also
be deterrent to the present general
use Of gas in heating stoves and fur
naces. This would be certain to make
the supply last longer and that 10 q
consideration worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
German soldiers Yen by Orders.

Here is q curious instance OF the
German way Of doing things. The Ger
man military system does not take into
account the natural impulse Of q
charging, excited trooper to yell any
way under the vociferous conditions OF
a battle. He is commanded to yell as
part Of the shock action to which each
man must contribute to make overpow-
ering. During the winter schooling he
actually IL drilled in individual charg-
ing to yell at a certain point in the
charge and is severely criticised II he
does not make noise enough. 1t Is the
same way with singing. The Germans
are naturally a musical people and sing
spontaneously. but with regiments in
the field songs are started and stopped
by communicable Worlds Work"
for November
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-21
THE EVERLASTING LESSON.

Christmas comes to most of us in
this northern world with summers
heat and dust forgotten. with the
earth renewed by the silent magic OF
the snow, writes an editorial contrib
utor to Golfers. Frost and the fir
woods and a keen blue sky that shows
forth by night and day the beauty of
the universe-that is what Christmas
means to many of us. And in our
hearts should be no less plainly evil
dent that eternal truth of human re-
lations: Good will to men'-a Law
unchanging as the stars themselves.
The war has hidden this truth, but 1t
is still there. Hatred may be nursed
and organized, glorified into science
and infiamed into conflict. but If you
would hate men you must shut your
soul away from them. If you do not,
you will be warmed into comrade-
ship. The soldiers of Europe are
the thousand, but, unless the battle is
kept going. humanity will overcome
them. These so-called enemies drink
their tea together between the DEATH
blasted trenches In France and Flan-
ders, and give their scanty food to the
starving foe in the Polish marshes.
They freely acknowledge each others
bravery and skill as If the rigor Of wal
had cut away the lies and contempt Of
old days SO that they. saw these men
for the first time. 1t is the truth OF
the world that they see now, but why
have they delayed so long? Peace
m oonA v.,ilJ 70, 1,~~yo
known that saying for nineteen hum
dred years, but when will we know its
meaning. when will we see that this
truth underliee our human life and
must some day be manifest and gu
preme therein? That is what we are
in this world to learn, and Christmas
day is the day on which the eternal
lesson Is read for US again.