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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Women are always sincere when angry
Never bet on a sure thing unless you
can AFFORD to lose
When women peck at each other they
call 1t kissing-but is 1t?
How easy it is to give trouble the
laugh when you haven't any!
1t isn't necessary to acquire an auto
mobile in order to run into debt.
The law of supply and demand has
nothing to do with the making Of mis-
takes.
We admire man who always laughs
own. -
A Eossipy woman Is bad enough but
when gossipy man enters the game It's
US for the tall timber.
A few weeks later. many young wife
a matrimonial combine and get her old
job back IN the laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14
WILL ITALY JOIN THE ALLIES?

WILL ITALY JOIN THE ALLIES?
The question now remains whether
Italy will remain neutral or whether
she will join the allies. writes T. 10th
rop Stoddard, in the American Review
of Reviews for November, On the
whole, sound policy would seem to die
tate a continuance of Italian neutral
ity. In the first place neutral Italy
occupies an unrivaled diplomatic posi-
ton as the one great European power
free from the scourge OF war: herself
intact while her neighbors are tearing
one another to pieces. Every day that
passes leaves Italy both relatively and
absolutely. stronger, and this increaains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

The report that a German airship
has been within forty miles Of Dear
Old Lunncn, does not worry Jack Supp.
He says that by the time he gets the
price of q trip to Lunnon, Lunnon
Iridge will have fallen down with old
age, so the Germans may as well hasten
the matter by dynamiting same.
Mrs. Hondo Murphy. having discov-
cred that Prof. Joe Kitchen. of the
State Normal Is in no way connected
with the culinary department of Man
ual Training, has lost all interest in the
subject.
The local lady who got a judgment
Of $500 for the pinchency of her hus-
bands, affections, should feel that she
got the best of it.
Only important feature of the story
about a Texas lady killing a brewer is
that it is hard for Kansas ladies to
understand how they had the nerve to
arrest the Texas lady.
| The average woman is afraid of cows
in the country and autos in town.
! Hondo Murphy always sets his alarm
clock for $50 and gets up at 1880. The
theory being that two sleeps are bet
ter than one.
And he knows a guy who brags about
taking a cold bath every morning and
calls upon his wife to prove it. And
although the poor woman knows ne
merely splashed the water In the tub
with broom and makes a lot Of sea-
lion noise for a bluff, she hasn't the
nerve to hawl him out.
| For the luffs, fads. limitations and
other bunk q man pulls In the seclu-
sion of his own home are sacred to that
I particular institution
Forehanded editors are reservins
ment that the Progressive Parry has Ac-
complished its Purpose
lip Jimpson, a Sovereign Voter Of
Charcoal Precinct, had great faith In
Republican Prosperity for a while. but
after q majority had been assured and
no one walked up and handed him q
two dollar bill, he has been inclined tc
suspect q motive behind the campaign
promises. '-Ah done suspishun All
been wha-xooxled outen nah vote, .
says Hon. Jip.
So far as some Of the school kids are
concerned. it will be agreeable to hold
two teachers' conventions week.
The hardest paragraph to write is the
last one.
/ And for that reason. the paragraph
ers' union Is considering the advisable
1 ity Of passing q bylaw to the enec'
that members shall not be required ts
write the last paragraph
And to stop the column just befofs
1.-THE last paragraph arrives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14
HUSTLE FOR HOME MARKET.

In the November American Maya
zine appears a highly interesting and
practically suggestive article entitled
GLOW the War Has Opened q Business
Opportunity to America" The author
saws that in 1913 we imported from
Europe S12O,OO0,O00 worth of goods
that we ought really to manufacture
ourselves. With these importations
cut off, a great opportunity is offered
to American manufacturers. In the
following passage the importance of
this fresh opportunity is elaborated:
".Think of importing nearly mill
lion dollars worth Of soap; three and
"a half million dollars' worth of pickles;
a million and a half dollars in beans;
nine millions in cheese; seven and a
half in gloves; two and half in car
pets: and so on through hundreds of
items, down actually to half million
in lead pencils and a quarter Of a
million in peanuts!
There is $12O.00O,00O worth of
business right here in the home mar
ket that If l were a manufacturer I
would hustle for before began to bid
for the foreign trade. If we can't meet
the home demand for quality on things
like these, it is time something hap
| pened to make us learn how. If we
can't make pickles and cheese and
weave carpets apc raise beans and
peanuts to suit our longtime home
market, it is time something showed
us the reason why.
Here is the biggest opportunity
| opened to US by this war, it strikes me
the chance to reform production
and get 1t on a new basis. We have
only ourselves to blame If the Ameri-
can consumer is fascinated by the
word Imported" Between the pro-
tective tariff and the natural pressure
on production. our industries have
been pampered out of balance. We
know how to keep costs down. but we
have a lot to learn about quality and
service. Now we can get our genius
and enterprise at work making goods
that will really stand up with any
body's, and then we will begin to SEE
something in the legend made in U
Is -"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

England evidently hasn't any idea
that the war will soon be concluded.
Not only has she a tremendous force
OF . million and a quarter men now in
training for service at the front. but
she has also made plans for the en-
Astment of another million men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Supreme effort" is another express
sion that has come to mean nothing
in connection with the fighting of the
Germans in Belgium and northern
France, the war correspondents have
overwOrked it to such an extent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Among the wiser Of the business
men are the few who have both ice
and coal to sell. Any old kind of I'M
seasonable weather is perfectly salts
factory to. them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

1t occurs to the New York World
that If everybody could make his es-
cape from the European armies as
easily as the bassos and tenors and
baritones Of grand opera do, the trou-
BILE would soon be over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

reopening of the gas case by the
Kansas public utilities commission on
December II is far from meaning that
the winter supply of this desirable
vapor will be materially increased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

La Presna of Buenos Aires says
American capital is more timid than
British and German capital, notes the
Chicago Herald, and 1t adds: One
reason is because it never had the
ferocious backing from it's govern
ment that the British and German
governments afford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Those who should be in a posi-
ton to know are agreed that this
country is totally unprepared for a
war of any proportions. Even the
coast defences are declared to be
most inadequately manned. And it
Il also fact that any. old kind of
I war il the last thing that the peo-
pie Of this country care to indulge in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14
1UIL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal n q member Of the
1ssociated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
0001safion, for tho exclusive afternoon
Dublication IN Topeka.
Tho news II received IN The State Jour-
nal building ever wires for this sole pur.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

The temperance of the old-fash-
Toned folk who used to carry their
lunchbaskets with them when they
took a railroad journey is in prospect.
An announcement is made that the
railroads have decided to increase the
prices of their dining car and eating
house service,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Many a man who runs for office
10 also sorely afflicted with the "hoof
and mouth" disease but the trouble
IL that the quarantine laws cannot be
applied to such animals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Maybe that Oklahoma man who
took the trouble to shoot his wife
nine times while they were in a st.
Louis hotel and before he killed him.
self, had it figured out that she was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

That bath train with accommodate
lions for 1000 baths daily which Car
Nicholas is sending to the front must
his armies. The Russian peasant is
famous for experiencing but two
baths in his entire lifetime. the first
at his birth and the second when his
body is prepared for burial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

As q producer of a commotion in a
school room, Mary's little lamb has
finally been forced out of the lime
light. A New York youngster recent
~ carried a skunk in his pocket to
the fount of learning where he had a
3aat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

The hundredth day OF the big war
that many Of the experts in the prem
tses declared had to be short one
has passed and the end appears to
be exceedingly far away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

II put my reliance in the wisdom Of
but suppose the plain people do not hap
pen to agree with your ''Then 1 refuse
to be influenced by the clamor OF the
thoughtless Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Now for . bigger and better conven-
ton Of the Kansas state Teachers as
Dociation next year, II such an achieve
ment be possible. Topeka will try and
do her part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Topeka's finances are reported to
be In pretty good shape. which they
should be considering the city tax
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

Probably there is no connection
with the general alignment Of the wo-
men on the side of prohibition and
the recent killing Of a Texas brewer
by q trained nurse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14
BILLY PIG IS ILL-Part III.

He Is In bed, DOCTOR" said Billy Pigs
mother. leading the way to the bedroom.
Bi Pig looked and saw Billy Goat
looking so queer In the doctors clothes
that he had to hide his head in the bed
clothes and laugh
He shook so hard that his mother
thought he was having chill, and she
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau OF ClfCula&1on0.
DoC1o1aon, .+r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

And to stop the column Just before
the last paragraph arrives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-14

And for that reason. the paragraph
ers' union Is considering the advisable
ity Of passing . bylaw to the enes
that members shall not be required I
write the last paragraph
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
SAYS j. S.
HAS PASSED CRISIS
FEDERAL RESERVE DIRECTOR
ASSERTS GOOD CONDITION
AvERTED PANIC.
DEPRESSION WORSE THAN 's7
Paralysis of Business that Followed
Opening of European War Showed
Dependence of America on
Rest of the World.

Chicago, m.-The United States
has successfully passed through a
business depression far worse than
the one Of 1907" George M. Rey-
nolds, a bank president and director
of the federal bank of Chi
cago, asserted in an address at the
University of Chicago.
Only the fact that the nation was
in better condition to meet financial
reverses than seven years ago saved
the country from a disastrous panic.
81 may say that we have safely
passed through it," Mr.. Reynolds
said. "The paralysis of business that
followed the opening of the European
war showed the dependence of Amer
lea on the rest of the world.
"The federal reserve system, which
will be carried into operation on
Monday, Nov. 16, while not perfect.
has the basis for the best system in
the world. Forty per cent Of the
banking power Of the world is con-
centrated in America. We have not
the place this power entities us to
in the worlds banking affairs. We
have not known what a foreign in
vestment looks like. But under the
new system we will, I believe, be able
to occupy our place"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
FABLE THAT CARRIES MORAL
Certain Class of Truths Is
Worth Consideration.

A fox that was caught in a farmers
hen coop concluded that prevarication
might save him. In response to the
farmers query as to what he meant
by stealing chickens, the fox said: Il
eve stole chickens in my life, I'm a
vegetarian"
What were you doing in my hen
coop?"
81 merely stopped her to talk about
the war from a perfectly neutral stand
point"
But how about that dead and half
eaten chicken? Perhaps you know
nothing about that?"
But | do, though" said the fox. "a
mink did that. He a away at your
approach. l would have left, too, but
the smell of fresh blood made me sick
and faint"
When the farmer ~regained CON
seriousness the fox was gone and SO
was another fat hen.
Moral: An athletic falsehood is bet
ter than a kindergarten truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

printed leaflets that should make an appeal to an enemy, and SO insHl a
spirit II forgiveness and generosity, and thus produce the sentiment of peace
There are also incendary po6ct1es and bullets that. as the name and
title implies, produce confagraton and are capable of creating havoc by fire.
In the class of devices that, are defensive rather than offensive there is
the arrangement OF huge mirrors set up at such angles that the approaching
enemy does not see the opposing force behind these mirrors, but gets the i'm
preston Of terrain, which is merely the reflection of that ovr which they are
trayerstng. Then there are the electrical devices which betray the approach
of an enemy, such Is threads stretched across the country which on fracture
communicate with signals or sound alarms indicating the location Of troops,
There are hidden platforms which can be 81 nicely adjusted that there will
be an indication at headquarters of the strength of the enemy and it's charac
ter, whether infantry, cavalry or artillery.
One invention has to do with what is described in the files as composite
armor," which may be Of alternate thicknesses, or, as in one case. be mounted
on powerful springs, afording no adequate backing for the attacking shell to
penetrate. The projectne, it is represented, under such nonresistng target,
will bounce back.
Not all of the suggestions which are derived from unmiitary sources are
yalueless. Now and then there is obtained an idea which can be developed
into something of practical utility. Such an instance is afforded in the case
of the radio control of torpedoes, which was suggested by John Hays Ham
mono, Jr. and which has been under investigation on the New England coast
under the encouragement of the war department which has provided a
searchhght to aid in the observations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

Baker of Oregon, where it remained for several years. It was then trans
fered to the rotunda of the capitol and placed between the pictures repre-
sentng the surrender of CORVALLIS and General Washington surendering
his commission. by Trumbull After occupying this position for some time 1T
was again removed and placed on the right hand side of the east entrance to
the rotunda, opposite the statue of Washington, where 1t now stands, but just
how long it may continue in this position is not certain. @
Just why Thomas Jefferson, third president Of the United States 18O1-
1S09), should change his location SO often is rather peculiar; surely Thomas
Jefferson of Virginia q7421826) and author Of the Declaration of Independ
ence and sgner Of the same, member Of congress and minister to France, is
entitled to have his statue located in some permanent and conspicuous place.
The bronze OF which tho statue is composed, having been cast in Paris,
is of a most excellent quality, having withstood the rayages of the elements
for many years while exposed in front of the White House.
This statue Of Jefferson was the first statue OF artistic merlin fact
the first statue Of any kind-to be placed in Statuary hall, formerly the old
hDuse of representatives, in the capitol It was located there when General
Babcock was acting as private secretary for General Grant The bronze Of
which it IL composed is OF superior quality, and 1T is said that there is a
susuicion of silver in the composition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
Turks pemoraIized.

Turkey.-Advices from CONSTANT
nople, via Athens, say the expedition
with which the Russians have invaded
Turkey, via Armenia, has somewhat
demoralized the Turks, who have
been compelled to retreat. The Rus
sian left rests on a position at the
foot of Mount Arrarat, and extends
from there to the Black Sea. The
bombardment of the Dardanelles con
tinues, with very little damage being
done.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
pisprtants Must Settle.

Washington.-Partly changing its
position on account of the decision
of the supreme court in the tap line
case, the interstate commerce com
mission announced that it would not
hand down an order in the industrial
railway case, but would permit the
railroads and the industrial corpora.
tions to reach an agreement them
selves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

but you must be wounded more
seriously than you said, she said. anx-
ionsly.
Bend near, mother, and / will tell
you.
my two legs and my left arm have
gone,
"The shock was terrible she rushed,
a demented creature, from the ward,
crying out her misery"
A writer tells this story Of a trip out
from IA Ferte:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
Renudiates Confession.

Champaign, Ill.-Scott Stone, To
lono farmer, who confessed in st.
Louis to dynamiting his home at
Tolono, in order to marry a woman
of a Champaign resort, gave a new
version Of the tragedy, admitting the
dynamiting story was fiction, and that
he only set fire to the house after
finding that his wife had shot her
children and herself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
Women Elected to Office.

Denver, Colo.-Of 10 women candi-
dates for political positions in Colo
RADIO at the recent election, only two
were successful. These were Mrs,
Mary C. G. Bradford, reelected state
superintendent Of instruction, and
Mrs. Evangeline Hearth, elected to
the lower house of legislature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

and may before long be told again to
move on" finding a final resting
place in Monticello. For several years
after the statue was delivered it re-
manned In obscurity for some reason
not explained, but it wal finally placed
in the semicircle In front Of the White
House, about where the fountain now
stands. In 1874 1t was removed to
Statuary hall In the capitol, and occu-
pied a position between the plaster
statue Of Washington, after Houdin,
and the statue Of Edward Dickinson
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

4 have Just heard q story poignant
in Its misery" cables a correspondent.
IA mother went to see her son at a
hospital. He was lying comfortably
tucked in bed. his head wrapped In 2
ibandage.
1.-THE day is fine she said let us
90 for a little turn in the garden;
your head will be better for IT. and
she pointed to his bandaged brow.
Excuse me. mother dear, he said.
Lam = little satiEuel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
carranza Has Four DAYS Grace.

Ell Paso, Textile Mexican peace
conference at Aguascalientes will
give Gen. Carranza four days in
which to present his resignation I'M
conditionally and accept Gen. Eulalio
Gutierrez as provisional president of
Mexico. If he does not comply with
this demand by Nov. 10 the movement
of the entire army of Gen. Francisco
Villa will be ordered by the conven-
ton to remove Carranza frow power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

the Bryan peace treaties. Included in
the number are the representatives
here Of Great Britain, France, Russia
and Belgium, all Of which countries
are at war,
Recalling the Biblical text, They
shall beat their swords into plow-
shares" the secretary obtained from
Tie war department q number Of OBJ
soiete swords. the blades Of which he
had made into miniature plowshares.
on them he had engraved the text
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
Alsace and Lorraine.

The area of Alsace is 3,344 square
miles; of Lorraine, 1900 square miles.
Population of Alsace-Lorraine, $780,
600, of mixed German, French and Celt
stock. Incorporated with the German
empire in the tenth century, Alsace-
Lorraine had been practically French
since the treaty of Westphalia, in 164S,
until it was taken by Germany in 1871
as one of the spoils of the Franco
Prussian war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

Yonkers, N. Y, has a Housewives
league that has started an investiga-
ton of the high prices being charged
by the local dealers, Mrs. H, M. Crow
der, at the head of the league, eau
toned the members against laying in
too large supplies and urged them to
buy more economically than yer The
farmers will be asked to cooperate
with the league and keep the members
supplied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
Disaster Blamed on Miner.

Duquoin, Ill.-A party of mine ex-
perts have completed an investiga-
ton Of the causes of the Royalton
mine disaster. A verdict that the ex-
plosion was caused by a miner cross
ing the examiners danger mark and
igniting the gas in one of the entries
was returned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12

In the Hood. Most numerous Of the
recent inventions which have been
sent to the departments in Washing
ton are those relating to bomb-drop-
ping devices. The bombs assume
many ingenious forms. Some are
loaded withIa vapor which produces
sleep, so that an enemy may be lulled
to slumber and easily captured with
out loss Of life and the suffering which
comes from the explosion of bombs of
more destructive character. One man
suggested that the bomb be filled with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
Adverse Report on Cure.

Washington.-After an exhaustive
investigation, the United State public
health service announced DR.. f. F.
friedman, the Berlin physician, has
no claims to discovery Of a specific
cure for tuberculosis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-11-12
$4,000 Fire At Hartford. AR.

Hartford, Ark.--Fire Of unknown
origin caused $4,000 loss in the busi-
ness district here. "A brelsct brigade
Of 1000 volunteers wproSsbly saved
the entire town from freffon SIX
buildings we're destroy