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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

reckoned among the noblest and most
touching OF humanity: antiquities have
disappeared which can never be re-
placed; half a nation, supremely at
tached to its old simple customs and
humble homes. il wandering across the
face Of Europe. Thousands of inno-
cents have been massacred; nearly all
the survivors are doomed to poverty
and hunger. but what survives has
only one soul. reposing in the great soul
Of its king-not a murmur. not q re-
preach.
Yesterday a town Of $1,000 inhabitants
was ordered to quit the white houses
Thirty thousand Inhabitants women.
children and old men plunged into the
night to seek uncertain refuge In q
neighboring city which was almost
equally threatened and would probably
itself be emptied the next day. They
obeyed silently. all approving and bless
ing their sovereign. He had done what
was necessary to do. what everyone
would have done in his place and while
everyone suffers as no other people
have suffered since the ferocious in
vasions of the first centuries, they know
he suffers more than all Of them.
They do not even think any other
course could have been taken; that they
could have been saved by sacrificing
their honor. They do not separate duty
from destiny; their duty with all its
frightful consequences seemed to them
an inevitable. an invincible natural
force against which it was useless to
struggle. They have thus given an ex-
ample of collective and almost uncon-
scious heroism which equals and some
times surpasses the finest things in
legend and history since the days Of the
martyrs.
People never died 50 simply for such
a simple idea. In no time has a people
so sacrificed its life with such ardor,
abnegation and enthusiasm. Immortal
virtues. which have hitherto raised and
protected the outposts Of humanity,
never showed SO powerful and brilliant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
Euening Chat
Demanding . stimulus.

DcAD6nQ1m& u St1lmU1uS.
The religion of people who try to be
good because If they are they expect to
be rewarded by pleasures in Heaven
for those they miss in this life. has ale
ways seemed rather doubtful quantity
to me.
And somewhat similar to it is the
good conduct of those who expect to be
paid in praise and gratitude for being
generous or even for doing what il just
and right.
An acquaintance Of mine graduated
from a school of music last year. She
was a brilliant pupil and one of the
professors offered to use his influence
in securing a certain desirable opening
for her.
Much to everyone's surprise, she
courteously but firmly refused his help.
After some difficulty she found an OPP
portunity for herself. but it is not so
good as the opening the professor Offer
ed her.
Her explanation Of her conduct is
simple, and to my mind at least, a COM
plete justification.
Yes, I know, Professor would have
done well for me, and it was kind of
him to offer, but I couldn't afford to
take his help. You see, I happen to
know what it means. In the first place.
1t means that he expects you to be
eternally and effusively grateful. In
the second place, he expects you to
take his advice for the rest Of your life
and he is furious If you venteure to have
your own ideas about your career And
in the third place. he expects you to be
ready to do anything and everything he
wants from coming at most incon-
venient times to help him with his
classes. to using your influence to
place anyone he happens to fancy"
. think we all know people alike that.
and after a lesson or two we all learn to
avoid their favors.
People who will try to do their best
just SO long as you keep them constant
ly stimulated with praise are another
species Of this genus. / once had a
helper who had been doing poor work
and after a serious talk promised to do
better. She did brace up and improved
greatly and praised her at every op-
portunity. But there were still several
important points in which I was not
satisfied and I finally had to speak of
them. Whereupon she promptly be-
came cross and sulky and said it was
no use trying to please me. Just be-
cause had temporarily removed the
atimulous Of praise!
We all need a little praise and graft
tude now and then to keep us going.
But to crave that stimulus all the time
and to be useless without It is just as
much a weakness as depending upon
any kind of stimulus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

She pulled down her masses of
auburn hair. dressed & ID rine1efa, pat
the pink 9unbonnet On and her SUM
day ginghau and viewed herself in
the mirror. Madge laughed with de-
light Aasuredly she had gDne back
to nature and she drew in q deep
breath in imagination scenting the APP
pie blossoms.
So engrossed was she that she had
not heard the bell ring nor did she
know that her maid had admitted Sir
John Giltroy.
She turned suddenly and looked
into his laughing eyes. He took both
OF her hands in his own and SUR
veyed her from head to foot.
well, II had known you when
you were q wee girl like that you
would never have been crowned by
theatrical laurels and would never
have been a baronet. I would have
married you and kept you out on the
farm with me-"
"You-not a baronet? How could
you help it," Madge questioned the
while she realized that she must give
this man his way whether that way
led through town mansions or coun-
try lanes.
"I won my title" he said. simply.
''It Is q degree of honor and not
hereditary. At heart I long for the
vastness of country. life. am a
farmer by birth and q baronet by en-
deavor." He drew Madge nearer to
him and looked fondly beneath the
sunbonnet. IT have come for my
my answer whispered Madge
softly. ''is-yes. 1914,
by the Mcclure Newspaper syndi-
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
From Other Pens

PRICE CHANGES OF A CENTURY
A subscriber to the Weekly Blade,
living in Pennsylvania, has sent US
an account of q daybook kept in 1914
by one of his forebears, the keeper of
a general store in Amity township.
Berks county. From this daybook one
catches a glimpse not only of what
100 years ago it cost the Pennsylvania
citizen to live. but also q glimpse Of
how he lived. For instance. with
nearly every bill Of goods charged
would be attached one gallon Of whis-
ky, rum or brandy, price rs cents"
Homes were lighted with candles.
costing anywhere from 37h cents
.Caiico was s7K cents to rs cents
per yard.
"Tea was 81 a pound.
I'm one charge a man bought one
quarter of veal at cents a pound.
Eggs were never more than 10
cents per dozen. with to cents the
commoner prices.
"Chickens, 12Kc to 10 cents apiece:
Chickens, 12hc to IS cents apiece;
Beef, to cents: wool, 10 cents
to 12h cents per pound; muslin, SO
cents per yard.
1.-The climax was reached in one
charge-one bushel of salt. $16."
We seem to have boxed the COM
pass in the matter OF the costs of liv-
ing. One hundred years ago 1t was
manufactured goods and commodities
against which transportation costs
were charged which were high. food
that was cheap. Today factory pro-
ducts are cheap. food dear. We won
ably arranged that food and manu-
featured goods and commodities from
far distances will all be cheap-FrOm
The Toledo Blade.
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Journal Entries

Why worry about making your
money go q long way? Most Of it
goes SO far that it never comes back.
anyhow.
The wording, Ten to One" on a
physicians Office door does not nee
essarily indicate your chances of re-
covery in his hands. although with
some doctors they might.
About the, time a song becomes
popular it is found that it isn't.
II small shoes were cheaper there
might be some excuse for pinching
the feet.
Belgium didn't need to turn the
other cheek. The kaiser could
reach it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record. !

From the Philadelphia Record1
A man Of note Isn't necessarily ono
who tndorses another fellows.
The more trouble some people have. the
more they want to borrow.
Many fellow couldn't put up a good
stin front. even with q boiled shirt on.
Some people fish for compliments with
bated breath. but with bare hook
Water may be at a. premium in the in
fernal regions. but the devil generally
gets his dew. :
If absence makes the heart grow
fonder, why should we try to make our
presence felt? =
Some people are 10 absent-minded that
themselves.
The touch Of genius is sometimes ex-
emplified by the Bohemian who strikes
you for a loan.
love Of a husband who is willing to wear
the neckties she buys him
Wigg."Why are you, always late in
getting to the OFFICER" Wagg-'I believe
the office should seek the man."
Ancestral pride is all right, but many a
fellow has been thrown completely in the
shade by his family tree.
The only way to have a good time Is ia
go ahead and have it.
A poor Imitation OF ewickedness is usual
~ better than the real thing.
/. And most men are stockholders in the
Good Intentions Paving company.
Even when the unexpected happens. thu
'1-told-you-so'' man is always on the job
AS a matter of fact, most womer
wouldn't want their own way If the,
could have it.
Some women wouldn't object to tn,
| simple life II they could live 1t in a 5000
bungalow.
Every girl wants to marry rich Girl
don't believe in love as much as men sup
Can Won still renernber the old fa.hio,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

So the cat went along with the fox
to his den, for he very much admired
the tail of the fox and thought IL
would male all the cats jealous when
they saw his bushy tail.
1.-The first thing you must do" said
the fox when they arrived at his
home. sis to build the fire and cook
the supper. Exercise is the best thing
to make yolr tail grow bushy.''
So the cat cooked the supper and
when 1t was ready he sat down at the
table to eat with the fox
"And another very necessary thing
to be dOnc," said the fox, lis to diet.
You should eat very little and MOTH
ing but green stuff. You better go out
and eat some grass and then drink
some water. lou will fnd . creek
back Of the rock by the door. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
ALBERT OF BELGIUM.

OF all the heroes Of this enormous
war who will live in the memory OF
man, one of the purest, one who can
never be loved enough, writes Maurice
Maeterlinck from Paris, is the king OF
my little country. At the decisive hour
he was the heaven-sent man to whom
we call his people.
In a single moment he revealed what
Belgium was to the world. He had
the admirable fortune to act decisively
in the most tragic hour when the best
balanced consciences lost their assur-
ance. Had he not been there things
would certainly have gone differently
and history would have lost one Of its
beautiful and noble pages. Assuredly
Belgium would have been loyal to her
word and q government which hesitated
would have been pitilessly swept away
by the indignation of the people, who
have never been treacherous but there
would inevitably have been some vacil-
lation and confusion in the general up
heaval
The kings heroic line of action is
straight clear. and magnificent, like
that of Thermopylae indefinitely ex-
tended; but what he has suffered and
suffers every day can only be told by
those who have had the happiness tc
approach this hero-the most sensitive
and mildest OF men. discreet, silent. Of
delicious timidity. who loves his people
no less than a father loves his children
than a son loves the mother who adorei
him..
OF all that dear kingdom, his pride
and joy, his house of happiness. there
remain only a few towns intact and
threatened by the vilest invader thu
world has even seen. All his othel
| towns, so beautiful, smiling, tranquil
SO happy. living inoffensively, jewels o.
the crown OF peace. models Of uprigh
family existence, haunts of loyal activ'
ity and cordial welcoming, open handed
bonhommie-all these are dead. Ston'
no longer rests on stene. The country
side. even to its tender verdure, on,
OF the most beautiful in the world, /.
only q field of horror.
Treasures have perished which wers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
from the C6icaeo News.1

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Procrastination il the thief of a good
time.
Don't try to do man who has a mania
for getting even.
The chronic kicker is always looking for
something to boot
Poetry is the pastry of literature; prose
the corn bread and bacon.
No, Alonzo,. it isn't the best man At q
wedding who Is roped In.
Somehow intellect doesn't seem to have
much to do with happfness-
An automobile tha4 win consume hay
would cause the farmers to rejoice.
Before asking children questions in
public be sure OF their answers.
Many a politician with wheels thinks he
is the whole political machine
A man never realizes how fond he il
of brunettes until he marries blonde
A woman's idea Of . good figure de-
y
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GONE;

Cons with the mists and rainA
Slipp'd from old mem'ry's chains.
Deep with the shadows blent
Heaped - the cash we've spent.
Sums that We fingered DER,
Bills that once made US sore,
Things We were forced to buy,
Charges that made u Sigh.
Gifts We could Ill AFFORD.
Cash paid for bed and board.
Cash for our petty needs,
Cash for our festive feeds,
Cash for q thousand things
Gone on the sWiftest wings.
Whittier it flies. or fares,
Now that It's gone, who cares?
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

Explanations of the ferocity of the
Russian attacks may be found in the
fact that a Russian colonel receives
only $S97.5O a year. A colonel forced
to live on that sum would be likely to
have an unpleasant disposition" points
out the Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

Edison is figuring out q submarine
which will extract oxygen from the
water. That should give the occupant
Of the boat q better chance for his
life. The idea II strikingly Edi-
soneque for it cuts straight to the
greatest need. The submarine has
demonstrated its terrific efficiency a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

In Europe the monarchs are dis
tributing decorations with both hands,
but the decorations that will be the
most permanent are the ones the men
in the trenches are passing out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

John Lind. the presidents personal
representative in Mexico, has been
taken to a sanitarium tired out and
eager to rest" according to the news
columns. Watchful waiting at close
range evidently is distressing duty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

There are fewer flies on Maine. or
in it. Boy scouts in a recent swat
contest destroyed 1925 Of the pesky
things, the prize-winner putting more
than $4,000 Of them out of business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

A Rhode Island college president
points out that the automobile exer-
cises a demoralizing influence on col
leges quite equal to alcohol. Thanks,
we have been needing something fresh
to worry over, here in Kansas, since
automobiles became SO numerous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
Harvard,

Hoary Id Harvard. asked to
make choice between a ten-million-
dollar bequest and one of its profess
sors to whom the prospective bene-
factor objects. turns its back on the
money. Harvard can't be bought for
$10.000.000." is the attitude expressed
at the college office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

1t will be remembered that the
American colonies obtained their in
dependence at a time when England
was busy feeping her various irons
from becoming too hot. The Beers
have picked out another such oppor-
tunity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
THE FOX AND THE CAT.

Once upon q time q cat was walk
ing through q forest when he met a
fox MY good friend" said the fox.
you have a very handsome coat, but
your tail is not anywhere near as
handsome as mine. Come with me
and I will show you how to make IT
grow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

Dallas, Texas, is swelling around
with an order for half a million dol
lars worth Of harness and saddles for
one of the warning countries in Eu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

Educational note: Columbia has a
professor who is permitted to boost
the beer business. Drury college
won't even let its janitors smoke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal IL member OF d sne
"A saoc,sfed press and receives the fun cay
<sSe~r.n renort OF that great news or
Sanixation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news 70 recelv ,sa. ~ ~ tf,s eoIs pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

It's said John D. Rockefeller takes
hot water in preference to '8ther
drinks. Poor old chaps been in it so
much he ought to like it by this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

Next summer Topeka will get all
of its baseball entertainment where
it has always looked for most of its
diversion Of that sort-from the bull
letin boards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

The wires click the intelligence:
"Prince Oleg shot through the leg
Now II he had only been shot through
the 20" it might not have been SO
aeriOug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

One thing in favor of an October
circus: the Polar bears seem to EMO.
life more than in July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

II swatted flies are worth Is cents
q quart, how much are batted rats
worth?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

MEMBER:
Associated PRESS.
Audit Bureau o. C1rculatl0ns:
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

England for a long time was salts
fed with being a tight little isle.
Now she wishes she had a lid. to boo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

The aeroplane creates the most talk
but it's she submarine which gets the
most results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15
KdIlsos C6J.,55aejlt
MORE wArcHr1JL wArrrNo.

II seems to be the JUDGMENT Of most
observers that the fir1t chief Of the
Mexican revolutionists u Z type OF per-
son very difficult to tolerate. Carran1a
IL described AZ painfully touchy, vain
and proud: suspicious, intense, narrow:
quite lacking in sense Of humor. He
seems also to have some Of the merits
Of his defects-persistence. stubborn
ness Of will, the long memory Of an
Indian. Whether the more human villa,
half savage, half child, but q ready
listed genius with q dim but growing
vision of what brotherhood might be.
has waited until too late to try to lift
the whiakered nuisance out Of the sad
die, time must reveal. The one sure
thing in thissnewest mixup IL that it
isn't primarily our affair and that II
will be the course Of wisdom for us to
keep far out Of It. We can lose nothing
II Carranxa shall be canned. for he
hates US with q snakes venom. Villa
seems 10 much ADLER. broader and more
human that we may feel like giving him
our sympathy.-Wichita Beacon.
ETHICAL.
No lover OF civilization can fail to
rejoice at the high ethical tone of
modern warfare-the kindly consider
alton that the warrior has for tho
feelings of his enemy.
In olden times the brazen trumpet
| Oh u~A 4CAK " TIC He8Il OF the victim
Of carnage and caused him to writhe
In suspense as he contemplated the
hour when he must meet his foe on
the field of conflict. The whole
scheme of warfare was designed with
q view to prolonging those miserable
moments Of waiting for a chance to
fight for ones life Nowadays we 81
lently sail above our enemy, drop
ping sweet bombs that painlessly ami
hilate him and his companions. We
quietly slip up under his ships and
send a thousand Of his brothers into
eternity without giving them a single
tremor for their safety. Without
causing q moment uneas.less in q
single heart, we mine q field and blow
a brigade to atoms.
Horror and fear have been driven
from warfare. painless and sudden
eternity Is the boon that science has
conferred upon us. The modern war
rior armed with ethical ideals, sends
out these words Of comfort: make
your peace with God, and fear not, for
I will kill you unaware."-Manhatta
Industrialist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

In Baltimore they have what the
call 'Eutaw" street. Is that a protes
against Brigham Young?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-15

Ask for the article with the Made
IN America" brand.
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Apparently there are no such thing
As impregnab1e forts.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-04
Daysey Mayme
andHer Folks
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

VXYHEN some folks receive a let
w ter from a girl which she says
was written in the library,
they are reminded of Daysey Mayme
Appleton who calls her fern a con
sevatory
1t was in this "conservato tory that
she received a newspaper reporter,
having sought the interview much
against her natural Instincts. Dayse
Mayme being the kind Of girl who
can give the violet cards and spades
and beat it every time when IL comes
to modesty. 1t was the good of 9TH
ers that prompted her to make
! sacrifice of her natural instinct 10
shrink.
Il find myself greatly troubled over
my parentage,' she said. after pro-
ducing a half dozen photographs that
the reporter might take his choice,
and feel that perhaps many other
young girls are depressed by the
same torturing doubt,
Look pointing to her parents in
the next room; there is no resem-
blance between us. They are old and
ugly and Wrinllled while l am not,
They show every mark of the com
monpiace, while | bear every evidence
Of aristocratic birth.
In the twilight when | sit and look
out into the gathering gloom | am
haunted with memories Of an exist
enCe not like this. | see myself "A
babe in the palace of a king with
countless devoted attendants. Ha,
hist, | see among them one who is
disloyal for a piece of gold. She
bends over me when others sleep.
smothers me in shawl and carries
me away to be held for kings ran
a., . D., IN