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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
Euenine Chat
Emcient Reading.

1AAa9CH6nB ttC00InXe
The other day I heard q mother
reasoning with her little son. She
wanted him to eat his roast beef and
potato; he had eyes for NOTHING but
the cake in theacenter of the table.
you must eat your roast beef and
potato. darling said the mother.
You want to grow up and be a strong
man like papa, don't you? Now be q
good boy and eat your meat and per-
maps you can have some cake"
Then, turning to me. she added.
IT'S positively uncanny how children
turn to sweet stun. It seems as IL
they didn't care anything for the sub
stant1al things You simply have to
fight with them to eat what they
should" And she sighed.
said nothing. But suddenly 1
thought Of a little incident. A mutual
friend sent this woman q copy Of a
certain magazine in which was an ar
ticle that seemed SO vital and so inn
portant to her, that she felt as IL ev.
erybody should read it.
Our mutual friend asked the mother
Of little boy who wouldn't eat solid
things to read the article in question.
1t was nothing very heavy, but a
graphically written, splendidly illus
trated discussion of q subject very
much in the public eye.
A few nights after hoppened to see
her with the magazine in her hand.
She was reading the lightest, frothiest
love story it contained. I asked her
what she thought Of the article our
friend had soken Of.
WELL" she explained with some
! hesitation, II couldn't make I'D my
mind to read it. I don't care much
for that sort Of stun. you know"
| Now you may think that this moth
er was Of the class that reads moth
+. ing but yellow-backed fiction. But she
wasn't. She is a splendid mother and
the wife Of an unusually well read
i and informed man who Is becoming q
| power in the civic growth Of his. city.
The parallel that suggester itself to
me. as I saw her with her little son,
+, was deadly. The little boy wanted to
eat nothing but dessert His mother
sought to teach him that that was moi
efficient eating. 1t did not spell ply
steal growth.
Yet when it came to reading. she
herself read nothing but dessert Ap-
parently she never thought that that
was not efficient reading, that 1t did
not spell mental growth.
Efficient eating is subject that Il
securing merited attention. A few
weeks ago / wrote of a chart giving
wen balanced menus. I only wish j
knew Of a similar chart for efficiency
in reading. But know of none. We
must pick and choose for ourselves.
1 But II you buy books, don't always
buy fiction. II you buy magazines.
don't simply read the stories. The ed
itors have prepared for you what they
consider q well balanced mental meal
1t is quite possible that you will not
care for it all. no more than you want
roast beef and lamb together in the
/ same meal
i But don't conflne yourself to the ice
cream and cake pages: turn over to
lan tine
az the mother forced her son to eat
roast beef. Eventually you win moi
have to force yourself to read 'ssolid''
matter-you win enjoy well balanced
/ reading just as you now enjoy well
ba1Anced meA1b And your mental
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
F1nger-Print Test Safe.

F1ngeF-Print Test Safe.
1.-The finger-print test Is practically in
fallible.''
This is what DIR. Charles CHASER. analy-
teal chemist. said recently when asked
to comment on q dispatch from New York
to the effect that q notorious criminal had
discovered q way to eradicate the whorls
and loops on his dfgits, making It difficult
to bring out the characteristics necessary
in the fingerprfnt Identification.
The man mentioned in the dispatch was
found dead on the streets Of New York.
In an effort to identify him the police
took an impression OF his finger tips.
They were found as smooth AZ paper,
and the infallibility Of the fingerprint sys-
tenn was n doubt. For two weeks the
New York police department chemists
worked to bring out the lines. They ac-
complished their purpose. but the marks
were only faint. They were puzzled to
know what means had been used to
destroy the characteristics.
DR.. Chaser explained that criminal
might eradicate the whorls and loops
very easily by means Of I've.
81 imagine an application Of I've, with
out at all mutflattng the finger tips,
would take OF the top layer Of cuticle,
To the naked eye. then, the lines would
be indistinct. Through a magniffer, how
ever, they would be visible, more partic-
ularly on the impression taken.
There are seven layers OF cuticle or
the finger tips. A man might remove one
or two or even three Of these. The more
removed, OF course. the less possible OF
detection are the lines. BY some process
or other. though, the lines could bt
brought out. The finger-print test il
hard to beat."-Baltinore Evening Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

When Matteo and Niece heard this
they began to plan . way to get rid of
Nardo. In the country where they
lived there was . high mountain. on
the top OF which there lived q witch,
and 1t was said she possessed . huge
cow that gave quarts and quarts of
rich cream each day instead Of mix,
and that all she ate was no more than
one ordinary COW would consume.
So Matte0 and Niece went to their
uncle and said. "H you had this COW,
uncle. you would not need any other;
she would eat little and give more
cream than all Of the cows you now
have. We are sure that Narao could
get her for you, he In 30 clever" The
uncle, OF course. did not zee through
the scheming brother1 plan, % he
sent for Nardo and said, III you wish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
WOMEN FILL POSITIONS BEST

Men. writes Mary M. Lilly Of the
New York bar, in the October Case and
Comment, the lawyers magazine.
have accused the woman lawyer of
being a failure. A failure. forsooth,
because she has not grown rich in the
practice OF the law, and that in the
short space Of twenty years.
The mans standard again-the ac-
QUESTION Of wealth and power. would
say to these accusers. the aim OF the
woman lawyer is not SO much the
acquisition of money as to make such
an impression upon the laws of our
country as will benefit the whole race:
and with that thought in mind would
recommend to the women of the law,
the solution Of the criminal problem;
and the first step in the solution Of
this problem il the woman Judge in
the children's court.
There should be in every state q
woman lawyer holding the office of
public guardian, who should have the
oversight Of the estate Of every child.
whether that estate be large or small.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
IFrom the Chicago Newal

l.
But many q fair woman IL unfair.
Liquor doesn't drown troubles; it floats
them.
A lazy man wants to paddle his own
canoe by proxy.
man loses his appetite II forced to
eat his words.
ne can often dodge a common event by
observing its shadow.
Some men outlive their usefulness If
they live to be q day over q.
Well. why shouldn't green grocer tall
In love with a grass widow?
Laugh and the world laughs with you
unless you are telling the joke.
When some people do good by stealth
they manage to let 1t be found out by
accident.
One-half the world may not know how
the other half lives. but It spends . lot
OF time trying to lind out.
A man may have n lot Of sense, but the
chances are he will not display any Of
y when he gefD into an argument with Z
pretty woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Advance sheets upon the forthcom-
ing bulletin Of the census bureau show
many things to the advantage of the
American negro, among these being a
decrease in the percentage Of illiteracy
and OF the death rate. Owing to the
heavy white Immigration the percent
age of negroes in Americas popula-
ton dwindles until 1t now il but TO-
per cent Of the whole. Three-fourths
of the negro population lives ON farms
or In villages Of less than $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
From, Other Pens
LrrrrRs AND oRAroRY.
President Wilson's decision to ma

President Wilson's decision to make
NO political speeches before the Mo-
vemiber election IL based on sound rea-
SONS. Public duty. comes before party
leadership. At q time which q world
crisis puts heavy responsibilities upon
the president. and when he = asking
his fellow citixens, without distinction
OF party, to do what they can In help
ing him to meet them, he considers It
but fair and right that he should abb
stain from active campaigning. II he
were to go on the stump for only .
few times, he would necessarily ex-
pose himself to reply and attack. That
would be unfortunate at q juncturo
when the authority Of his office ought
to be preserved whole for possible use
In ways far transcending party con-
f1icts, or even the interests of our own
country alone. Asking the support Of
all his countrymen an vigilant uphold
er of our neutrality in DEVASTATING
war. and as mediator between the
combatants. IL the opportunity offers,
President Wilson will prudently re-
fratn from doing anything that might
cause political controversy to rage di-
visively about him.-New York Post.
CARRANzA's sHIFTY ATTITUDE.
AS time goes by it becomes palmer
that the peaceful elimination Of Car
| rama a. presidential possibility
l
country. ss4
! At no time has Carrafixa evinced any
appreciation OF the dfsinterested efforts
of the United States to bring peace to
| Mexico. Everything he does shows q
thinly disguised opinion that this coun-
| try is officiously interfering.
This attitude received it's first illus
tration In the Benton case. Recent dis
patches showing his failure to give sat
isfactory replies to American repre-
sensations regarding the future evacua-
ton Of Vera CruS serve to emphasis
1t.
He has failed, for instance, to say
plainly whether he win comply with the;
reasonable demand of the United States
that. on receipt of the 81, 000, 900 collected
at Vera Cruz. he will not further mo-
lest the importers at that point.
He has failed, though asked by this
government to do 30, to give satisfac-
tory assurances that he will respect
the reasonable conditions laid down by
General Funston.
All this savors Of a shifty, hostile
state Of mind, II not Of actual bad faith
There is no reason IN the world why he
should not deal FRANKLY with the United
ST. States an,s and every reason why he
He will probably have his attitude
to thank for It II the American troops
remain at Vera Cruz much longer than
he desires.-Chicago Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

|infroduction ana III tlsaf ,ox< y
thing; but couldn't nnd any one Who
knew you-that = NO one that !
knew too
noon was fairly desperaGe-just to
meet you-to talk to you well. It 0c-
Cured to mo to have . little accident
and rum into your wharf there.
meant 70 do e easily: gently. Just
I thought maybe 1t would lead to
knowing you"
She eyed him silently.
Peter felt cold chills chasing one
another up and down his spine.
II didn't intend to hit It a. hard
a. did. ana wouldn't have spilled
you off for worlds. Say. feel about
the meanest creature ON this planet.
I'll 60 now. Just let me have the
name OF your father OF brother or
along q check to cover the damages
Two DONE"
He Jumped up and went to the riv-
er bank.
your boat" she sugse.ted.
'T1 send some one for It"
He was moving away when hez
voice stopped him.
"Just minute she called. He
turned.
UuI yOu TO AA WSts ZIG u my OAOsss
ers IL about your size. think he'll
let you have some dry clothes. And
then-then you'd better stay to din
ner. You could talk the damage .ovel
with father go much better at din
ner."
The glow on tho river at that min
! ute was caused by something elee
than sunset. And Peter Bryant. fol
lowing the girl up tho path to the
house. walked on clouds far rosies
than were those in the west.-(Copy-
right 1914. by the Mcclure Newspa-
| per Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
On the Spur
Of the Moment
NJ ROY K .l6oUIJrofa.

Ouatr1bueen.
said Austria to poor little Servia,
I'm re4lly surprised at the nervia:
II you do not be good and do a. You
should.
There Won't be enough left to OBJ
SAID tine K1tser to Emperor Nicholas,
Inc way you behave il redicolas;
II your troops mobilf our anger Win
rise
And the way yo.-n get licked win
sure tfcholas.
Said the Frenchman sacre Parley-
vous.
Count US in that jamboree toux:
we've long wanted q chance to mako
Germany dance.
Ana Win furnish the orchestra
BLAST me 'Heyes." says Uncle John
Just let me get in Kiser Bill's
"wull:"
IN shake him by the neck. till his
heels break his neck.
And he'N soon get his Dutch Buley
| full.
Then Belgium. Holland dhd switz,
Each threw q succession Of fltx,
AND Turkey and Greece both frac-
tured the peace.
And pounded each other to bitx.
But old Uncle Sam was too wise
To get tangled in any war tie,
the fight. "a
And furnished the rest their sup
plies.
Uncle Abnef.
If Teller could remain a football
hero all his life, the game would be
wuth while. but he can't.
There would never be a divorce II a
husband and wife would only take
turns at getin' mad.
There IL one time when q Teller likes
TO nave the blues, and that il a poker
game. A stack Of 'em is worth while.
A Teller doesn't know anything until
he's forty years old. and then ne knows
player OF any village git to be a mil
1ionaire.
When a Teller il in no hurry to git
there the train is always on time.
Eatin' tudstools never gifts to be q
War Notes.-The Biplane.
The biplane, does not flap it's wings up
and down in flight az does the goose or
that other celebrated bird Of passage the
turkey. The wings remain stationary and
fiops is the tail and this goes around at
the rate Of four million revolutions per
second. When q biplane is doing its
durndest it makes q noise which resem-
bles a cross between a saw mill and \
boiler factory. 1t rattles like the bones
end OF minstrel first part and sends
iorth an aroma like that Of a combination
tannery and glue factory.
The qu1etest one / ever heard sounded
IKE g automobile going over a corduroy
road with its diaphragm banging against
a
smokestack Is on the biplane' They keep
1t carefully concealed and 1 don't know
where they dump their ashes. They stay
spill q thing on the crowd, excepting per-
haps few monkey wrenches and now
and thenea mschanician or an aviator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Representative Oscar w. Underwood
IL authority for the statement that the
American loss from the European war
10 $12s.o00.000 a year. This is the
governmental loss in revenue. What
the cost is to the American producer
and merchant is past computation; a
fact which emphasizes the necessity
for the keenest possible thought for
recouping the damage which we can
not escape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Kansas University instructors have
made the discovery that the average
freshman knows no rhetoric. Which
10 the same discovery the city editor
usually makes about the college gradu-
ate he hires as q cub reporter; and the
same conclusion tho college professor
draws from the work Of the average
newspaper man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

American consuls are acquitting
themselves creditably in the war zone.
doing their best to serve not only the
interests OF countrymen but those of
the governments whose affairs have
been entrusted to them. Consul Henry
w. DIETRICH with his family left Ant
werp only after the bombardment by
German artillerists had actually begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Italy hangs breathless upon the re-
ports from the bedside of her foreign
minister, the Marquis di San Giuliano'
knowing that his death may be followed
by q change Of attitude Of the govern
mont and an abandonment Of the neu-
tral role Italy thus far has preserved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

President Wilson IL demonstrating
that a college man may take useful
thought to affairs Of business by his
determined efforts to bolster up inter-
national trade in the face Of trying
conditions imposed by European war.
His administration bids fair to mark
an epoch in American industrial and
trade development.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Holland has her many dikes Kan
sas has one Dyche which for servica-
billy and integrity Of purpose seems
to compare well with anything that Is
pronounced the same way. No po-
litical flood has yet undermined or
washed over the Kansas one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

War seems to be a matter OF guns
rather than bravery. No amount OF
courge in the allies line can resist the
superiority Of German artillery. Bold
hearts that face the music merely
make better targets. s-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORi
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tho State journal IL . memper, , 81 sa nv
1cieSrsn report OF that great news Or
ssnixation for the exclusive AFTERNOON
pubIica ton in Topeka.
The news II received In The state So s,r
nal building over wires ZOE snls so'e 49,
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16
NARDO ND HIS BROTHERs.

Once upon a time a man had three
nephews. Nardo, Matteo and Micco
Nardo was always ready to help
his uncle and, OF course, became his
favofite.
You shall have all my gold" de-
clared his uncle one day, land your
lazy brothers will have to work or
starve when am gone"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Holding q dry farming congrSss in
Kansas while the state Is kettfng
soaked with October rains. Ought to
take it back to New York state where
they are complaining Of q fifty-day
drouth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

What must the shades Of Zachary
ravlor and Winfield Scott think about
the present day American policy re-
earding Mexico?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

CalIer-'Is your daughter an euues-
trian?" Proud Mother =" Either that Or
valedictorfan. These. class offices are 20
confusing. don't you .know.''-Buffalo
express. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

MEMBER:
Associated DreoD.
American Newspaper PubIisnefs'
Association. zH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

General Carranza is trying to get
General villa into real trouble. He Is
spreading a report that his opponent
has conf seated lot OF German prop
erty in Durango. q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

The Turks are reported to be forti1y
ing Palestine. Looks as though TN
Land Of Israel might make some mor'
hfaforv 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

And now tho autumn rains pee1n
to introduce their arguments Tor more
wood road work in. Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Five thousand tons of steel ordered
by the French government from Pitts
burg mills is to be devoted to making
bayouets. - 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

And there were those who said 20
team could take four straight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-16

Upon what beans doth this. oul
Boston, feed, hat he hath grown DC
great?
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-07
WANTED--MaIe Help

MEN learn Barber trade. or complete
Avoid iInitators. We prepare you for
1880 positions. We furnish shop ex.
barber College. Cincinnati. Ohio.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-07
INSTANTLY KILLED
S PhoenixyiIIe Miner When
Run Down by a Min

Funeral services over the body OF
Michael Norton, aged 5s years, an
employee of the Orr Coal Company
at its PhoenixYille mine, who was
instantly killed late Saturday after
noon when he was. run down by 2
runaway mine car, were held at 3
o'clock this afternoon at the church
of the Immaculate Conception ana
the burial was In the Holy Cross GEM
etery.
Norton was employed as a miner
and had finished HIS days work Sat-
urday and was leaving the mines
when the fatal accident occurred. He
was walking behind a string of mine
cars which were being hauled out OF
the mine. one of the cars on the
string broke loose and ran back down
the+sfope, hitting him ana 1causingf In
slant death.
Tine deceased man is survived by
a widow and one child.
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oRprn Or PusIIcAr1oN.

At Rules held in the S--ce of the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court OF Harrison County.
on Monday, the 31st day OF August. 1914,
the following order was entered:
poration. Hardy oil Company. a corpor-
s Nseafen p0Pan ssiiiYan s'eeS hsrle. s.
Morthington, T: ]. Kittle. G. A. Gartlan
b. c. WEIGH Company, corporation,
den. G. W. VALLEY. Eureka Pipe Line
Company, corporation, and Fairmont
Gas Company e corpoEatton:;,-, -
of Continental Supply Company, a cor
poration. versus said Kelm and others;
. The object OF the above mentioned ans
wer and CROSS bill is to recover of the
defendants the sum of sixteen hundred
and S1-100 dollars ls16O0.31) to reim-
burse the said j.. j. Keim for money ad-
drilling of an oil and gas well on a GER
tain tract or parcel Of land .lensed by
Murray to J. j. Keim and others, and,
attempted transfers of one thirty-second
interest each in the lease known as the
Murray Madden lease" the property OF
J.yJ. Reim, from J. J .Kefm to j. E. Do
man. as a cloud on the title OF said
Keim to said interests.
And 1t appearing from an affidavit
McClaren. c. F. Sullivan and Charles s.
Worthington are each non-residents OF
this State, IT Is ordered that they do
appear within one month from the date
do what is necessary to protect their In
terests herein.
Given under my hand this the 31st day.
= =, I. WADE coFFMAN. Clerk.
CORNELIUS c. DAVIS.
Counsel for Respondent.
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Pre- ana Lax Insursass
Room ass Fourth BIG
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MR. MUssER
Is Home from Stay of Several
Weeks In the City of Charleston.

6. Guy Musser, principal Of the
new Linden school here, has return
ed from Charleston where he had
been working on the grading board
for the last teachers examination
doing clerical work In the depart
ment of schools and attending the
Kanawha county teachers institute.
Mr.. Musser reports a pleasant ana
profitable time during his five weeks,
stay in the capital city, and says the
people of the Cog are sufficiently
courteous and hospitahle to keep 2
fellow from getting: homestck.
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WORTH KNoWlNG ABOUT
TAIloRlNG

I'VE rAILoR SUITS. OvERCoATs. ETC.
for both ladies gentlemen. Ont
work q sur best MISUNDERSTANDING
brinT5 the customers back. Baltimore
Taiiorine Company, Greaney Bldg.
Daily TeIORr&m.
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MoT1C1 70 aHIPFERs.

Fraction Company express cars leave
Clarksburg for Grasselli. O'Neil, Mt.
Clare Weston, Shinnston. Fairmont,
Fairview. Pennington. Warrington and
points daily except Sunday.
shipments for Warrington and inter-
mediate points should be delivered In
station not later than 900 a M: Fair
view and intermediate points, 1900 a.
1900 NJ. -,
Quick service, reasonable rates. and
care in handling make this an ideal line
MoNoSGAHELA VALLEY TRACTION
COMPANY.
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FOR SALE OR WILL
TRADE FOR CIT
PROPERTY

l83 acres good land 20
acres of which is rich hot
tom land, 80 acres cleared
balance wooded. This faaan
is well watered, has small
house, is situated near Cen
ter Point. The price e
right. Come in today and
get price, terms and further
description.