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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
Jayhawker lots

Paw-paw picnics furnish the season.
able diversion for Seneca young folks.
| .swhy Nit Publish It?'' reads a
headline in Charlie Harger's paper.
Well. why nit?
| Persistent rumor asserts that we'd
ding bells are soon to ring around the
Chanute Tribune Office and that Herb
Cavaness will $780, begin champing
the thorn-bit.
/ An Atchison county dairyman Is do
ing it with an electric motor and two
milking machines which separate
COW from her tactical product faster
than three men could.
THE kaiser still insists that he was
egged on to war, but the world at
large will continue to believe that
Emperor Bill gave good evidence OF
being a self-starter," says the Parsons
Sun.
1.-THE editor Of the Kansan met with
a severe accident last evening, ana
had to be taken home In car-ne
broke his leg. Mr.. Jepson, VINO Is a
very handy man with tools. fixed II at
I.inviIle's garage this morning"
cordia Kansan.
Ibid YOU ever see a tumble weed
carried aimlessly here and there py
each varying wind? Be very careful,
brother, and take care where you are
going, for there are enough of us now
lmlCaI1nE the WOTln1CSo W ecu. OOAA
LESSONS Of the Hiawatha World.
It took two months of war to bring
| it out, but finally the Atch1son GLOBE
| (being the only one who could remem-
Der how the thing was spelledl has
produced it: 'Wonder II Przemysl isn't
| the town from. whence came the we'll
known Przybylowicz family of Leav-
enWorth.'
Steiner and Coons of the Dodge
CITY journal have just produced a
special edition of a quality and con-
tents which should make Dodge City
| folks very proud of their history. their
newspapermen and of themselves. Not
being the paid write up" kind of
special edition, there is a convincing
note about the whole paper calculated
to make the reader want to move to
! Dodge, II he does not already live
there.
The editress of the Galena Times,
feeling the effect of the glum Octo-
Der weather, trims one of the males
| Of her village to this pattern: ga
lena has a society prude that spends
more time in the barber chair than he
does trying to earn q living. His dad
has a nice bank account, SO he has
the tonsorial artist trim him up" q
little each day, sometimes twice.
! Wouldn't it be lucky thing for soci-
| ETY. if the razor would slip!" And
the dictionary specifies that prude
! is womanl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
Journal Entries

Any mother expects her son to pan
out SO per cent better than his father.
To an old crouch with an ossifled
liver, nothing is quite SO foolish as
normal youth.
& . .
It's all right to pick an adversary
your size, but the trouble with the
average is the leaning toward over
estimation Of size.
.
When a man brags: "A cross word
has never passed between myself and
my wife, you have three guesses: He
is a be-dashed prevaricator; he is
dirty bully who has his wife ''bu1aloed,
or he is a henpecked simp who follows
the assertion with the self-laudatory
aside: Amt the patient cuss?"
1t may be observed, by a close OBJ
server, that when a man is always maxi
ing new friends. it is because his old
friends are onto him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
QUAKER AfEDIrATIoNs.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record
Don't say of the spinsters that they
toll not. neither do they spin.
II you would be a hero to your valet,
you must be your own valet.
Even when a man has the latest
wrinkle in clothes, the cleaner will press
it right out.
Many a fellow who says he would
rather fight than eat would rather drink
than do either.
The fellow who lends his money al
lows it to burn hole in some other fell
lows pocket
Love laughs at locksmiths. nor is the
locksmith the only fellow he gives the
merry Ha! Ha!
The one time a man feels like rising
above his surroundings is when he Is
under the weather.
Money is SO tight that even the dentist
says it's like pulling teeth to get any
money out of his patients.
Muggins-.'Lovers are always so silly. $
Buggins-"What do you expect of two
souls with but single thought?" Mug
gins-"As general thing they haven't
even got that"
did you ever perform double
wedding ceremony asked the friend
Of the clergyman. 'sOh, yes" yawned
the clergyman, nonchalantiy. ITS
simply case Of putting two and two
together"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
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+, the chain which you wear about your
neck
The queen drew back when she
heard this request, for the chain was
given her by the king upon her we'd
ding day.
The fairies had woven the chain
and the king had charged her never
to part with it IL she valued their hap
piness.
"Oh! II your majesty does not think
the deed am to do is worth the little
chain I will have nothing" said the
dwarf.
OF course, the queen could not re-
fuse. One day the Princess Good was
riding up a path which led to a beau
tiful castle.
When she came to the door it was
opened by the green dwarf and in
stead of being frightened when she
saw this strange creature the prin-
cess thought he was funny LOOKING
and felt sorry for him because he wa0
deformed.
The green dwarf asked the princes,
to come in and have some refresh
ments. which she was glad to do. and
his voice was so soft and sweet the
princess found herself liking the
queer-looking creature in spite Of the
fAct that he was q dwarf and Of such
q strange color.
In fact. she did not think about re-
seAA AAAAAe AAOAAlC untlA IL was dark ana
then it was too late. so the dwarf told
her that she would find her apart
ments on the opposite side Of the cas-
tie. and the princess said Good
night!" and left him.
When she reached the room where
she was to sleep the princess won
dered at the beauty of the furnish
tngs for everything was silver ana
gold. and the bed covered with the
finest lace and rich silks
A little silver button near the dress.
Ing table made the princess cs,rions
and she pressed IT. wonderfnr whef
would happen, as she had seen M or~
about but the green dwarf.
A silvery tink1e sounded thro,,~s,
the halls and then a tap Was heard ~.
her door. when the princess safd
Come tn, little. maid entered ana
curtsied to her. A
The maid let down the princess.
silken robe and put IL an h. 81
tucked her in the beautiful he'd
Do you live here" asked The r-,,-
cess. unable to keep her curiosifv n
check any longer, ."
Yes. your highness," replied ~
maid: We all live here with his h,ehe
ness. ana then, bidding the n,srr~..
good night. she went out ana rIrs.~s
the door. nu closed
Tomorrow viii tell Won mo-.
aoous the princess ana 'shis hisia.
Continued Tomorrow,
sSSvvpyrlenL 1s14 by the Mcclure
NMsWspaper syndicate. N. =. Cify.1
q - = 49,. - s 100 sfury-Fr1ncezn g.
/
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
BY ROY K. AOuLTON.

Pefplexed.
It doesn't matter much to me
How goes the b4oomin' war;
It's pretty middlin' hard to see
Just what they're fightin' for.
The hardy Frenchmen push them
PACK
Toward Germany. and then
The Germans, on the other tack.
Just push them back again.
Signs Of the Times.
France and Germany couldn't fight
ried.
Army surgeon il extracting bullets
with powerful magnet. Why could
mt every soldier carry a magnet OF
his own and hold it on a stick SO as
to extract the bullets before they hit
him?
Archduke Frederick of Austria says:
Victory is imminent Well. it GER
tatnly looked that way several times.
But whose victory?
If they come home, the war cor
respondents will be abe to learn more
there.
There are about nine million Palm
Beach suits in this country that could
be sent to the heather right now.
/. The dove of peace, that Nobel bird,
is lowering again. That seems to be
about the best thing it does.
Added to the other horrors of the
time, We will soon have Halloween.
Villa Is another who says he would
rather be right than president. But
what is the use Of trying to be either
in Mexico?
It is reported that Belgian life is
very quiet under German rule. Well,
there isn't very much Belgian life left.
There is nothing that looks as old
fashioned as a straw hat two days
after it has gone out of season.
The canning season is almost over,
but President Wilson is still preserv-
ing lot of neutrality
Not having enough trouble already,
the English are buying up a lot of
Missouri mules,
Russia and France are perfectly
willing to let George do it. If he can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the CHICAGO News.1

lFTOm the CnC88O NeWS.J
The right side of politics II the inside.
A genuine skeptic has lost all faith
in himself.
The idle brain is advance agent for
a busy tongue.
Usually a man is what he suspects
others OF being.
Confession Of weakness is the begin
ming Of strength.
Love is blind; therefore it fails to see
the danger signals.
II q man has nagging wife. he
knows all about silence that is golden.
A rich girl must be awfully homely
II young man would rather work
than wed her
When a man gets what IL coming to
him he nearly always has to pay the
transportation charges.
As long as a man is able to keep out
of jail he thinks no other chap has any
thing on him in the way Of goodness.
The more a woman says she doesn't
care for gossip the more she seems to en-
joy it.
A woman can find an excuse for any
thing her husband does-unless there IL
another in the case
If woman isn't married she wants to
be, and II she is the chances are she
DOESN'T want to be.
When you see a spinster making q fuss
over q widOwer's children 3 a sign that
IL she doesn't acquire the right to cor
rect them it won't be her fault. n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
Globe Sights
81 THE ATCIIsON QLOBN

All some people do is to sound alarms.
A woman's helplessness is a big help
to her at times.
You can start an argument much
easier than you can stop it.
Altogether too much Dragging is in
the nature of advance notices.
Many people-in Europe-regard this
as land of religious liberty.
Sometimes a man is a pillar in the
church and a pirate on the outside.
1t is possible to break an axe handle
without cutting much wood.
There is always an orator for the oc-
casion il the occasion gives him a
chance.
Another old joke that should be dis
carded is finding long hair on q man 8
coat.
Don't be too critical; it. is possible
that you, yourself. seem somewhat
crazy to others.
If the prodigal son finally puts over
something worth while the family will
closet his bad foot.
A man who is just little sick. is apt
to have trouble convincing his friends
1t isn't iaziness
The loneliness of great city. OF
which much has been said, is hardly
perceptible unless one is broke.
The average man, who has to step
lively to support one wife, can't see
| where Solomon's wisdom came in.
A boy is always advised to save
! money, but he doesn't, as a rule. get
| enough to make the advice important.
The mere fact that you are dissatis-
. fed with everything will not make you
an able critic. but it should help.
| Speaking of football, as the sporting
pages are, 1t is noted that the weak
point in the line gets hammered the
most.
| There are several ways for boy to
attract attention; sometimes he limps
and on even rarer occasions he keeps
clean.
| While a man kicks q good deal or
restaurant grub, IL he has to face il
regularly. he doesn't marry to get home
cooking.
While there is no search for the Holy
Grail these modern days. women are
seternally striving to md a face lotior
which win not produce q downy growth
OF hair. and baldheaded men continue
TO search for something that win.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19

Irma awoke to the full Significance OF
It She had bean Sitting beside the
fire with John Junior In her arms
when Craig had come quietly into the
had revealed the whole truth even an
II his lips had spoken II Irma knew
then that the serpent had stirred. She
wondered how long the serpent had
been there and how deeply Craig's
grieved than stunned when the truth
dawned on her. Irma spent q night
In grave thought. She knew that
Craig could not long remain silent
and she shrank from the scene that
from the knowledge that she had rob-
bed another woman Of her husbands
love. innocent though her own action
in the matter had been.
49,. AZ thinis" sybe, said from out OF her
vaguely conscious Of all this. Ny nus
band is very dear to me. could never
love any man as do him. Perhaps had
manded that I quit the stage would
have done 50 and been more than happy,
but-my duty has never been pointed out
see 1t for myself Her head went for
ward on her arms. but she did not weep;
she was only trying to shut out tho pic
turo Of John Juniors father being happy
with another woman.
your understudy-' suggested Irna
SOFTLY. Gould she not take your play
from tonight. 10 that you may stay At
home and teach your husband the art Of
loving you all over again? I win stay
with you for q time. 20 that he will
never suspect this little chat We have had.
After that, II you like. viii leave you to
your happiness
Irma arose and slipped quickly from the
room. She realised that 6ybel would
| want time to think. It would not be An
easy matter to give up stardom for de-
nestle life, yet Irma felt that Sybel would
not hesitate.
It was not until after dinner that John
Craig was asked very simple question.
John" Sybel asked in q voice that
strove to keep the fear from showing
would you consider me fanciful IL
chose to quit the stage from tonight on
and just stay at homo to make you and
John Junior happy?'
She did not realise until she saw the
glad light in his eyes how fearful she had
been Of his answer.-(Copyright, 1914. by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
Euening Chat
They Who Walt.
By RUTH CAMERON.

Sickness and suffering are cruel
things to endure.
But sometimes wonder II they who
undergo them really have the harder
part. They also suffer, who only
stand and wait.
A woman in our town has been TAX
en- to the hospital for serious opera
ton. Every one says Poor Leslie
Now that doubtless is quite right. She
will suffer pain and weakness, she will
approach the gates of death. And yet
it is not Leslie; it is her sister Mar
garet who has my deepests ympathy.
Leslie, -ho isr'the younger OF the
two girls, has always been delicate.
and has had one Illness after another.
Margaret is never sick. She has a
very remunerative. and correspond
ingly strenuous position. as a private
secretary, and she has never missed
a day in her eight years Of service.
Leslie Is eaapposed to. keep house.
which she undoubtedly does as well
as her delicate health will permit, but
there are many times when the care
of the house, from finch a hard work
ing business woman should be abSO-
lutely free, devolves upon Margaret's
shoulders. Sometimes too, Margaret
has to be nurse, as well as business
woman and hOusekeeper, and half OF
the night between two strenuous days
at the office, will be spent waiting on
her suffering sister. Did you ever try
lens that demand the most acute con-
centration, when you were almost sick
from lack Of sleep? Then perhaps
you will wonder with me, whether
Leselie's night sufferings are not
equaled by Margaret's the next day.
Sickness must have money. Marga-
ret makes a good salary, but she has
none of the Injuries which to the
other business women of her class, are
compensation for the pleasures of do
nestle life. She cannot even save fol
her old ag,.
And last, but by no means least
Margaret loves Leslie very deeply
And that means she suffers the con-
slant ache of anxiety.
Leslie is at the hospital. in an at
mosphere of care and solicitude, flow
ers and tenderness. Margaret stays
at home, lonely and anxious. Leslie
faces death, to be sure, but Margaret
faces life.
Understand I do not grudge the
Leslies Of this world their need OF
sympathy. But 1 demand more fol-
the Margarets.
| There are some compensations fol
| illness. 1t gives the invalid the center
of the St e; it surrounds him with
an atmosphere OF tenderness and So
licitude: It gives him the right to be
tyrannical without fear of reproach;
| II he be sufficiently i'll. he acquires q
sort OF halo. The friendship of his
friends grows infinitely more tender
and expansive, the enmity of his enc
| mics cannot come nigh him.
But tell me, where are the compen-
sations of having some one whom you
| love sick? They do not exist.
And that is why when go to a
home where there is Illness. I try to
remember to give plenty of sympathy
and attention to those who only stand
and wait.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
UP TO U. S., US.

Speaking in large way, the principal
job ahead of the United States just now
il to save money, declares Golfers.
For 125 years we have borrowed money
from Europe. We can't do so any
longer. Europe isn't going to have any
money to lend. 1t isn't going to have
enough for its own current needs.
When we wanted to build the Rock
Island railroad we borrowed the money
from Holland. When we wanted to de-
velop the Anaconda mine We borrowed
from the same place. When we wanted
to improve the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco we borrowed from France. For
other railroads and other improvements
we borrowed from England and from
Germany. That's all in the past. We
can't borrow any more. For the future,
IL we want to build more railroads or
electric plants or develop more mines.
we must supply the money from our
own pockets-or go without. The one
great necessity put upon us by the war.
the biggest economic need in America
today. is to save money. In the past
we have not been savers. This table
tells the story. 1t shows for each coun-
try, the number of persons out of every
thousand Of the population who are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19

The daughter Of the queen was not
kind and gentle as the Princess Good.
and the people did not love her, so
they named her Princess Bad. which
made the queen very angry. and she
tried to think of . way to be rid Of
Princess Good forever.
One day she was riding along
through q forest, where she saw an
old witch sitting in front Of her cave.
The queen dismounted and told her
attendants to leave her alone with the
witch.
Then she promised her a bag Of
gold If she would tell her how she
could be rid of the Princess Good.
The old witch told her she could
find in the forest IL she came there
alone at midnight q green dwarf. who
would carry on the Princess Good,
and no one would ever md her
So that night when everybody in
the palace was asleep the queen stole
out and went to the forest, where she
found the queer-looking green dwarf
and the old witch with him. for she
had come for the bag OF gold the
queen had promised.
And what shall give to you IL
you succeed in carrying on the prin-
cess?" asked the queen Of the green
dwarf.
II will have the princess" said the
dwarf. land that will repay me for
my trouble. but II your ma1esty Wishes
- show mo some 1Avos ahaQ toke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19
NAVIGATING THE CANAL.

Regulations for the operation and
navigation of the canal have been pro-
mulgated, and cover in every detail the
behavior Of all ships from the moment
they arrive in port 1t either terminus
until they leave the zone Of control on
the opposite side Of the isthmus. says
Popular Mechanics. It continues: After
entering one OF. the terminal ports no
vessel is permitted to leave. either for
the canal or the ocean, without being
given authority to do SO. 1t is within
the power Of the officials to deny pas
sage to any vessel. or hold it for inves-
tigation. If its sanitary condition is
questionable or The status Of its cargo,
hull. or machinery such as might en-
danger or obstruct the canal. Craft
carrying explosives or inhammable oils
are expected to seek permission for pas
sage before leaving ports Of departure.
and such ships, while crossing the 18TH
mus, must display red fiags by day and
red lights at night. Each ship must
the course through the canal. Respon-
sibility for accidents resulting from. a
refusal to follow his advice is placed
upon a ships owners or representa-
tives. All radio apparatus is entirely
under control of the canal authorities
throughout the voyage. It may be used
for canal business, must have an oper-
ator in attendance constantly, and must
not interfere with the canal radio sta
tions. Excepting while plying the wa
tiers Of Gatun Lake, ships may not pro-
coed faster than 60 miles an hour.
Unnecessary whistling. the discharge
of firearms, cross signaling" the gen.
eral use of searchlights, the pollution
OF the canal waters, and the failure to
disclose anything pertaining to ship
or it's cargo which might cause trouble
to either it or the canal. are prohibited.
A steam vessel proceeding under sail
carries a black ball feet in diameter,
forward: and seagoing suction dredges.
when under way and dredging, carry
two black balls of the same size.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19

With unerring scent the Mexican pa
triot goes after the available cash. The
provisional government has seized the
Mexico City tramway system, which,
by the way, is as modern and efficient
a street railway as is to be found any
where. so that the shower Of centavos
from that source will jingle in the gov
eminent till. Under the depreciation OF
currency the tramways company has
been hauling passengers at a fare
equivalent to about l and a half cents
in real money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19

OF the country win be fairly swamped
with advice and driven frantic with
offers OF assistance.
What seems to be more needed
than anything else at persent Is some
central headquarters through which
all the suggestions for farm improve
ments can pass and which can also
keep q check on the large amounts OF
money which are being spent Other
wise the present duplication OF ma
chinery and Of expense seems likely
to continue and increase
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-19

Whether you own or operate a bust
ness. or just pound typewriter or an
anvil in some other mans employ, If
you are a bit interested in Topeka. you
ought to belong to the Commercial Club
and make an effort to take a part in its
affairs. The Commercial Club is what
its members make it: 1t is a measure
of Topeka's ability to pull together -
and SO ought to be understood byevery
citizen Of the city. It must be made
the one big get acquainted. orsanixa-
ton for every person who hopes to
amount to anything in this town.