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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15


For the Feds to move out Of TAM
ptco and the Rpbs to move in. VIII
not improve the general complexion
OF things. Co1orado-maduro - .
prevailing complexion with the Rebs
- well a. the Feds.
Governor Hodges 'swins around
the circle" may help considerably. as
he II an able speaker with HkeAbie
personality, but nothing will contrib
ute 20 beautifully to his collection. OF
votes next tail asa good wheat crop.
blamed upon the administration. ana
by the same reasoning. an admins
trAtion Is usually satisfactory to those
who enjoy bumper crops.
And concerning tho origin OF that
word bumper" in reference to good
crops: others may have other ideas Of
the origin. but Hondo Murphy thinks
1t got started on the ground that q
good crop bumps the calamity
bowler where 1t win do the most
good.
Watermelons sold at four bones the
copy in St Louis yesterday. A four
dollar watermelon bears q striking
resemblance to the thousand dollar
dog. to-wit: there amt no sech ami
mile.
However. an early melon might be
worth $3.ss to q colored person.
Mr.. Huerta has arrested several
Americans and two bul1mooseru, the
latter being MedN Mccormick and r.
Harding Davis. But he had better
confine his attentions to Amertcans.
and let the m0osers alone. The col
onel will be home presently.
Marconi Is going, into politics in
Italy. He should be invited to come
over here and try It. There has been
crying need in our fair land for
many moons for wireless politi-
clans. 49, H..
TO avoid any question Of the real
ness Of his new river. tho colonel
should have brought along a sample
OF same In q bottle. Oh, mebby ne
did. mebby he did.
General" Flo Drummond's effort
to visit Sir Edward Carson was q
bowling success. or course she didn't
which furnished the ''how1ing' part
Of the ruccess. and was pinched
twice.
Mr.. Villa wants to import Just
enough ammunition to carry him into
Mexico City. but Jack Supp. who Is
long on figures, says the railroads
couldn't transport 1t, were the en-
barge raised. 1T takes an average
OF three tons Of cartridges to pot one
federal" says Mr.. Supp, land there
are several federals between Villa
and the capital"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
Jayhawker Jots

Bill Baird il quoted in the Formoso
New Era as saying: Anyway the
bald-headed man realizes that he has
come out on top.
According to q number OF the neWu-
papers printed in the rural districts.
this spring has also been q nno one
for tho cut worms. 49,.
There is nothing in the theory Of the
survival Of the fittest, declares the
Wetmore Spectator. Tailors aver that
| the misfits stay with them Longest.
Horror of horrors! You may be
tired Of petitions, says tho Dickinson
County News. but do not get discouf-
aged. the biggest bunch is still to
come. .
It is an old saying that one extreme
follows another, writes Die Tagraph
in the WaKeeney Western Kansas
World. Modern example: Balloon
trousers chasing a tight skirt.
When you want the editor to roast
somebody, suggests Mack Gretchen,
why not try writing the article your
self and signing your name to 1t? Why
bility? Nobody pays the editor for
being the goat.
E. w. Voorhis says that votes are
goods to the professional politician,
writes Judge Ruppenthal in tho Luray
Herald. that they are actually
things OF value, ana ne wonders
whether laws relating to obtaining
goods under false pretenses should not
be applied.
A good talker tried to sell the edf-
tor a check protector to prevent some
crook from raising one Of our
checks and getting rich. tells the Man
kato Western Advocate. The agent
understood his line all right, but he
didn't understand that If a newspaper
mans check for more than ten dol
lars should ever appear at the bank
1t would ring the burglar alarm and
call out the fire department.
| An announcement in tho Stafford
County Republican runs: T. b. De-
Selms wishes to inform tho party or
parties who have been taking young
chickens from his coop that 1t would
be a good idea for them to leave
their money in their pockets or at
home. The other morning he missed
some chickens but found a new half
dollar beside the coop. The party or
parties must have been excited.
| Reported by the Cawker City
Ledger: A young fellow who was
here from another town to see his
girl last Sunday thought he would
show the young lady just how low he
| could turn the gasoline light during
the evening while the two were alone.
and managed to set the whole thing
afire. He emerged from the flames
with q badly burned hand. and q de-
termination to hereafter either blow
the light clear out, call the old man
to regulate the same. or let 1t burn
full tilt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
Globe Sights
By THE ATClI0OlI GLOBR

The walking delegate usually rides.
No news isn't good news to q re-
porter.
Apply procrastination to worry in
stead of work.
There is always a pot Of gold three
miles up the creek.
This is the season when straw hats
and overcoats occasionally meet.
If wishes were wampus cats, tho
bully would be whipped more fire.
quently.
Nonplussed seems like the most
awkward word in our well known
language.
Some men assert their independ-
ence by not letting their conscience
boss them around.
Occasionally an enterprising citi-
zen seeks a Larger Field only to get
lost in it when found.
Ever notice that every drowning
man was rescued just as he was going
down the third time?
With Short jerks business IL rush.
ing-right by his door. Short prob
ably grumbles too much.
Fishing also shows large quantities
Of patience and optimism which might
otherwise never be discovered.
When it's raining on your picnic
the fact that the sun il shining else
where affords little consolation.
Girls who insist on giving a parade
are reminded that the circus conceals
most Of its attractions during the street
pageant.
women are so serious-minded: aft
err diagnosing q joke for my wife. it ID
| sometimes necessary to explain the
chart."-Rufe Hopkins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
CHANGE 0f HANS

CONTINUED From Pass onA.l
sentaxiveo sent t0 meet Tia 1e13ca1
peace delegates which would simplify
the formation Of an the peace plans.
Confidence that the mediation would
be ultimately successful IN bE1no1u9
about peace in Mexico, despite tho
temporary delay was expronooo by cab
met officers after today's meeting.
One OF the cabinet members said con-
ndeuce in mediation was growing
bility Of war was diminishing rapidly.
He spoke OF the TAmpico victory. By
the constitutionalists, ~ likely to have
an indirect elfect on the mediation IN
that It reduced the Huerta govern-
ments strength to oppose plans witch
might be suggested for the paciflca1ioo
Of Mexico.
The shipments Of arms into Tampico.
from foreign ports. other than the
United States, was discussed At the
cabinet nesting but one Of the cab
met OFFICERS in close touch with Mex
lean affairs. said he did not believe the
American government would attempt
to interfere with foreign shipments In
any way.
Discussion .Is General.
The cabinet meeting brought out no
vital developments. the discussion
about the policy being brief and een-
eral.
Secretary Daniels spoke Of the ap-
parent return to normal conditions In
the Tampico oil fields, saying this had
relieved the American government Of
comfortable anxiety.
Secretary Bryan said he had no fur
Their word about J. r.. Silliman, the
missing American vice consul, and be-
ieved he was still in Saltillo. Although
| the Huerta government has ordered
Silliman's release there Ii some doubt
about the ability Of Mexico City OIL
Gals to communicate with Saltillo. ~
the telegraph lines north are said to b
interrupted.
| Speaking Of the request for post
ponefnent Of the mediation confer
ence. Secretary Bryan said no thought
the Huerta delegates wanted the two
extra days because their journey was
long and connections Were close and
they wanted time apparently to c.
tablish themselves comfortably at
Niagara Falls before opening tho ne
gotiati0ns. Bryan said he had no rea-
son. however. for the postponement
other than the conjecture as to their
personal convenience.
The mediating ENJOYS made no an
nouncement following their confer.
ence. which ended at o'clock, when
they left the Argentine legation in an
automobile planning to return later in
the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
EMERGENCY RELIEF DRILLS.

We have fire drills in our schools
and factories. Why not emergency
relief drills for cities and towns !?
Why not require every mayor, before
entering upon the duties Of his Office,
to think out his course Of action in
case of disaster? suggests r. L.
Hines in The Survey
A Mississippi river levee breaks.
Railroads are overlooked. and trains
stopped. People move upstairs or
into the attic. The waters will re-
main for weeks and possibly months.
Pestilence and famine stare from out
the murky tides.
How can relief be given to thesc
people? The first element in the an
swer is. Do something. First appoint
relief manager or executive officer
Who shall appoint him? The COM
| munity upon which the work de-
wolves. The mayor may do it. The
mayor and council may do it. A mass
meeting for the purpose may do it
Do it now. Do not select a man fol-
the job because he has the time. p
The man you want IL a man Of execu.
tive ability who has q knowledge OF
men and affairs.
Having chosen him. call upon you,
people to cooperate with him in an,
way he requests. He will at once cal
to his aid council Of the best mer
in the community, one to be chief .,
each Of the following Offices: dispen
sation, survey and information, com
missary. homes. treasury, sanitation
and medicine.
Emergency relief drills for com
munities would be Of two kinds:
First. drin in what We should d,
If our community were stricken. I'm
der. this point talk ana plan plainl,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Sheriff Kiene. accompanied 10y A.
G. Lewis, secretary OF the Shawnee
Motor league, and Samuel p. Wilcox
Of Oakland. returned this afternoon
with Harry Fleming and the Over
land touring car belonging to Wilcox
which was stolen from In front of tho
Majestic theater Tuesday night.
Fleming was arrested at Westmore-
land Thursday night on q description
furnished thu ough the ONCE Of the
Motor league by postcards mailed
from Topeka Wednesday. On receipt
Of q telephone message from West
morelard this morning the sheriff left
with q blank warrant, taking the
owner Of the car to identity the ma
chine. Fleming. who claimed that he
had purchased the car from a man
named w. H. Pearson. belongs at
Foetoria, PottaWatomie county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
QUAKER MEDTrATIoNs.
IFrom the +

(From the Philadelphia Record.1
A clear conscience needs no filter.
II you want dry weather. lay something
by for rainy day.
The fellow who hasn't been in bed all
night naturally lacks repose.
Any fisherman will tell you it's tho
early worm that gets the hook.
No. Maude. dear; a fashionable dinner
Is never served on fashion plates.
The baseball magnate, a. well as tho
theatrical manager. likes to get a run
for his money.
In calling On your best girl 1t is per-
haps better to be an everyday sort of
fellow than one Of the once-a-week kind.
"How much are your four-dollar
shoes?'' asked the facetious customer
1.-TWO dollars a foot" replied the sales
man. YEARLY.
sillicus-''They are going to be married
In May. Isn't that unlucky?" Cynicus-
ssOh don't know. They can always have
something to blame 1t on
Blobbs-.'Bjones IL one Of those fel-
lows who are clothed In their own right
eousness." Slobbs-''Weu, don't zee that
he IL such q warm proposition, at that
Look before you leap" quoted the
Wise Guy. Eyes, when fellow II thrown
on his own resources he should Be SUR
they are there." added the Simple Mug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
FINDS EARTH'S OLDEST NAN
Skeleton, Buried Hundreds Of Thou
sands Of Years, Unearthed in Africa.

Int . highly developed human race in
habited Africa many hundred thousands
Of years ago 10 shown. according to DR..
Hans Reck, professor Of paleontoIogy Of
Berlin. by the discovery of . perfectly
preserved fossil human skeleton in the
desert Of German East Africa.
Tho skeleton was extracted from dilu-
VII tratA in . dry and deserted canyon.
once apparently q fertile equatorial
swamp. The fossil IL one Of the most
remarkable in existence. being quite per-
feet In teeth skull, ribs. breastbone, and
extremities, despite Its incalculable age
proved by fossils of extinct animals which
surrounded 1t. The skeleton shows few
signs OF ''undeveloped' humanity.
lat this geological epoch a very highly
developed human race inhabited the
African continent declares the doctor.
The fossil was found in tufa limestone
and must have been deposited there when
the existing desert was an equatorial
swamp-that is. at the period when Con-
trail Europe was passing through the
glacial epoch"
The same tufa excavations revealed
monstrous elephants. Mppopotami, rhi-
noceroses. gigantic apes. and many other
animals either extinct or degenerated.
The skeleton is believed to be much near
er than anything yet discovered to- the
original foundation Of the human race
Berlin cable to the Warrington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago NeWs.l

CFrom the Chicago News.J
A joy ride often ends with a. blowout
A good cook may be one who attends
church regularly.
Some fool men try to gain a woman's
sympathy by wtning.
Misery may love company. but the COM
pany seldom reciprocates.
The modern woman wants the last word
in clothes as well as conversation
The best thing to be said In favor of
women is they are different from the men.
A man usually makes an exhibition of
himself when he starts out to show peo-
pie.
The girl who il always trying to attract
attention usually attracts the wrong kind.
Home never seems ~ good to . man ~
when he il a hundred miles away and
broke.
1t has been said that faint heart ne'er
won fair lady-but what's the matter
with brunettes?
A joke isn't necessarily new because
1t has never appeared In print It may
have been on tap before the art Of print
ing was discovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE WORKER

PHILOSOPHY FOR THE WORKER,
Don't stop at obstacles, surmount
them; the tougher they are the moro
exercise you'll get. writes Maurice
Switxer. in Leslie's. Any way you look
at it, It's better to fall down than to
lay down. A good mechanic can man.
age somehow even with inferior tools,
but a poor workman will do a botched
job with the best instruments in the
world.
No man can rise above his limita-
tons. and we all have them; but
there's no disgrace in failure when
you've done your best.
Your personal work will tell its own
story. but II it's good there's no GER
tainty that your reward will be in pro-
portion to your worth. Injustice, I'M
fairness and selfishness are all in the
game and you've got to learn to take
them philosophically. Failure to do
your best is your fault; failure to get
a just recompense il your misfortune:
that you can't help and no man should
worry about something which is be-
yond his control.
But I've noticed one thing. In most
cases where an employer fails to rec
ognize real ability in an employee,
some competitor with foresight and in
sight grabs the man. OF course 1t
doesn't follow that this will happen to
you. but no fellow who keeps his
health. his job and an increasing bal
ance in the bank need Worry one way
or the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
Journal Entries

Mistakes that can be rectihed arr
not worth worrying about.
Most troubles are not a. large a.
they seem at first glance
A man always has q good word to
say when he speaks for himseH.
=
II sympathy cost anything there
wouldn't be nearly SO much OF 1t
floating around.
Crossing a bridge before you come
to 1t usually gives q wrong idea OF
what's ON the other side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Regardless Of the assurances given
by one Of Huerta's generals that the
Mexican dictator has no intention Of
attacking the American forces at Vera
Cruz, General Funston will likely con-
tinue to sleep with one eye open. An
enemy bearing gifts is Of the kind that
needs Watching
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

[so. that IL the unloaksd-fors shcu1d
happen. the organisation viii be ready
In advance. .
Second, what We should do II an
other community suffered. Using the
same organisation. take mp. ,coltse-
ton. Let every perAon give hts mite.
a penny from each family in this ma
ton would make nearly q quarter of .
million, dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15
IVY WING0 MAY JUMP
st. Louis Cardinal willing to Go II
Given Price.

st. Louis, May 16.-Ivy Wingo.
catcher on the st. Louis National
team. said today he IL willing to jump
to the Kansas City Federals IL he gets
his price, but that as far as he knows
negotiations with President Madison
OF the Kansas City club are ended.
Madison and Wingo failed to come
to terms yesterday. Wingo said he
was offered $4,000 q year for three
years, but that he demanded $1,000 q
year and q $4,000 bonus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

DIR. Washington GLADDEN. holds that
the newspaper man is on an equal
footing with the clergyman. But To-
peka newspaper men may be pardoned
II they insist on being placed on a lit
tie higher plane than a few of the
clergymen who make this town their
Headquarters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Had Colonel Cocktails been COM
PEELED to await the pleasure Of the
United states senate In the matter of
opening the Panama canal, the event
would have been delayed indefinitely.
To set such a~date would require weeks
and months of debate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

The interstate commerce commits
sion's investigation of the New Haven
railroad affairs may develop a new
nickname for Mr.. Mellen, former
president thereof. Considering his
stock manipulations. Water Meller
almost forces itself into consideration
as q proper nom de business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

IRRATIONAL SGHOOKCH1ID8EN
It 10 not often realized that IRA
tional individuals who reach insane
asylums in early adult life have prob
ably shown during their school years
indications that they were either dis
tinctly lacking in intelligence or were
Of perverted minds. This constitutes
one OF the most important problems
Of modern school life. Those familiar
with educational systems know that
usually most Of the difficulty in man.
aging 4 class, particularly Of boys. is
caused by one or two pupils who are
not amsnable to ordinary discipline.
Commonly these pupils are a little
older than the average Of the class be-
cause they have been left behind in
several examinations. and their added
age and superiority OF strength gives
them an unfortunate influence over
other pupils. Often neither teachers
nor principals can govern them. They
have all the cunningsof the insane and
sometimes boast that no one can man
age them and no one dare touch them.
In fact, the mothers of many such
boys admit that they have always
been uncomfortable.
In some places, particularly the
larger cities. special schools are pro-
vidde for these deficient children, but
very often this class Of pupils either
keep out Of such schools, or they are
deliberately kept out because they
exert an unfortunate influence on 9TH
err children Of low-grade intelligence.
often take advantage of them and
cruelty abuse them. Ono or two un-
manageable children who consume the
teachers energy without purpose and
set bad example to the other pupils
may create lamentable disciplinary
conditions in the whole school; and
many schools in this country are be-
ing conducted under such conditions.
Many school teachers can tell of being
frightened or even Of being threatened
with weapons by such children; not a
few have preferred to have nothing to
do with such pupils and have allowed
them to go their own way rather than
suffer the worry or run the risks in
volved in the attempt to control or
discipline such pupils. Yet the public
has not been aroused to the dangers
involved in the failure to recognize
and segregate deficient children, as
adult lunatics are segregated, for the
sake Of society.
This subject has been placed in the
limelight by the murder Of a school
teacher in western New York She
had, as many teachers have, special
sympathy with this class Of pupil and
was going to visit the father of one
such in order to secure a mutual I'M
Outstanding between home and school.
The conditions Of the murder seem to
make it clear that it was more Of an
irrational than q criminal deed.
The solution of this problem, says
the Journal of the American Medical
Association. requires expert medical
assistance. Indeed. in some places
such expert aid is already used in the
care Of these pupils. A crime such as
that recently reported should make
plain the imperative necessity Of deal
ing adequately with this problem
wherever it exists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

OF course. the Western Union Tele-
graph company did not obey the most
recent city ordinance about removing
its poles from East Fourth street. The
Western Union removes its poles from
the city's streets when it gets good
and ready. This il the plan it followed
In respect to its poles on Kansas ave-
nue..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Headlines over a bit Of recent tele-
graph news presented the rather sur
prising information that some movie
men had been shocked. But a reading
Of the article showed that it took a
bolt of lightning to turn the trick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

That minister who disturbed
lawn DIS pet church by asking the
pastor for the temporary loan of his
pulpit to spread a few remarks, got
nix months in the workhouse. thereby
Becoming 4 martyr in the sight OF the
ssprotesters." q crank who got what
vas coming to him in the eyes Of the
Rockefeller church members, and an
unfortunate "simp'' in the estimation
of the general public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Whoever put the "go" in lingo evil
IDENTIFY did not consider the predilec-
don of this gentry to stay at home
when the volunteers are called on to
march to the front. f"-'it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Ism of Hoke Smith. Yet he doesn't
consider the repeal Of the Panama
canal tolls exemption as an ract sof
trucking to England.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

u Huerta may be at bay, but he ISM
whining or barking like q dog. AS 9
matter Of fact, Huerta Is not without
his admirable traits. But that's the
way with all villains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Mr.. Mellen's amazing story Of high
finance probably won't be sufficiently
definite to permit OF the punishment
Of the men higher up. Then besides
they can blame it all on a dead man,
the late J. p. Morgan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

Some Of the boys.will be keener than
ever about going to the front. That's
the way they'll be affected by the
news that the Red Cross is getting its
nurses ready for war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-15

And the fact that Governor Hodges
can travel through the most thinly
populated counties at the busiest sea-
SON Of the year and draw large and
enthusiastic audiences wherever he
speaks. is an i'll omen for the oppo-
Gttion. In Kansas, about the only
thing that will beat q state Official for
= second term is q poor crop PROS
Dect.