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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-02-04

DR.. A. T. Schoffeld spoke in London a
Few days ago on THE National Import
ance of Woman's Health" In the future
condition OF the race he placed the wo-
mans influence far ahead Of MANS both
from physical and intellectual stand
point, He said that the points which dis
beasts are more marked in woman than
In men. And thus he went on:
For instance, woman's ear Is more
human than mans, and 80 is her lower
Jaw. as well as her skin. Nor is there
any animal whose first finger is longer
than his third. Now you will find that
this Is the case with most women
The account says the women Immediate
ly went to work Comparing Figures. and
found what the lecturer said was true.
They generally found their first finger
provingly upon the doctors learning. We
reprint two or three more Of the doctor's
observations:
Men trust more to their reason, and
they are guided entirely by pure reason.
The average woman lives two years
longer than the average man.
Woman buttons toward the heart. Her
instinct IL to protect what she has. Man
buttons the other way, because his in
stinct Is to grab"
These observations are very entertain
Ing, and important If true. If tho but
toning is in the back, the doctors rea-
soning does not apply, and SO we may
conclude that custom indicates an auto
We make one more quotation from the
doctors address. even at the risk of it,
raising scowl. as the account said II
did in the audience that heard 1t:
THAT nature herself recognizes the
greater value of women is proved by the
fact that during the siege Of Paris, when
the population was badly fed or starving
SO you see nature only makes girls OF
good material, whereas she will make
boys OF anything."-Ohi State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-02-04
SALOONS AND SAFETY FIRST

SALOONS AND SAFETY FIRST
A prohibition zone around industrial
plants, just as around schools and
churches. is urged as necessary part
of the safety first campaign by
Thomas d. West, manager Of Cleve-
land steel foundry, who writes in The
Survey.
1.-THE very fact that saloons en-
deavor to cluster around industrial
plants and to locate as close an they
can to the entrances and exits, dem
onstrates that there are highly priced
opportunities in such locations for the
sale Of intoxicating liquors.
MANY instances are cited by en-
ployers and liability insurance
agencies of the responsibility of the
nearby saloons for the manning and
killing of men in factories, and Of its
being at the bottom OF various kinds
of trouble when men have carried its
misunderstanding influence into their
work-a-day hours.
THAT the close proximity of sa-
looms to establishments having ma
chinery or tools in any form is one of
the chief contributing factors in acct
dents, should interest every manufac-
turer, society, state or municipal au-
thority now taking any active part in
our nations rampant crusade of
safety first
THE laws of today say to our In
dustries, If a man in your employ
loses his fingers, an eye, or a limb,
you or your insurance agencies are
liable to the payment of a heavy in
demnity. Still saloons are licensed to
be located next door to factories to
sell employees drink that will weaken
their limbs, befuddle their intellects
and thus render them liable to acct
dents that all the best safety appli-
ances and watchfulness Of managers
superintendent or foremen in this
world cannot prevent. This incon-
sistent outwitting of Justice, common
laws, is responsible for many of the
! 100000 irjuries and $4,000 death,
that occur annually In the United
States today.
! when saloons are In such clos,
proximity to Industries that men car
get to them and back again within
five to fifteen minutes they can sill
out occasionally without being missed
Under such circumstances a boss
may not have reason to suspect Their
has been any drinking until he hear
loud talk. a quarrel begins or some
one Is injured or killed.
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Jayhawker lots

There is no use trying to keep a
sucker and his money together" OBJ
serves the Hays Free Press. But who
does?
It's the Anthony Republicans opin-
ion that with the women voting, the
rat man In politics sees the handwrit-
ing on the wall.
True patriotism IL everyday loyalty,
points out the Barton County Demo-
crat, and means far more than an &C.
casional brass band or fireworks
If all the Kansas men and women
who talk of getting into the political
game this year do go in who will be
left to vote for them? asks the An
thony Bulletin.
A doctor bet a man a dollar he
couldn't get billiard ball into his
mouth. The man won the bet, but the
doctor got fifteen to get 1t out. An
other form of advertising with the re-
advertiser spends one dollar and gets
fifteen In return.-Solomon Tribune.
Advice to horticulturists. from the
Coolidge correspondent of the Syracuse
Journal: II the rabbits are barking
your fruit trees and shrubbery take a
cake of laundry soap and rub it on the
body of the trees and shrubbery and
assure you the rabbits won't touch
them. OF course If it rains you will
have to rub on more soap.
Some observations by the Oakley
Graphic: Next to a game of ping
pong, the most exciting thing il a
woman's lodge. If our schemes
would cash in according to advance
| figures we would all be rich. 80. "A
great many men whose wives are
| making them a living talk too much
about how to run the government. .
A fellow will travel ten times as far
to do something to- an enemy az he
will to do something 'for'' q frienda
From the Eureka Herald's Safety
Valve:" Any man or woman will bite
| provided the proper bait is used.
omy is with words. Appearances
| may not always count against q man.
but disappearances always do. 80. Ii
| words had to be weighed the scale
business would be the leading indus
| many folk who can't stand prosperity
of try at it.
Some fun and philosophy from the
Leroy Reporter: If everything else
| fails there 10 always a good crop OF
wild oats. 1t is said that no one
can be real good tango dancer un-
less he or she Is an expert at wrestling
Our idea OF an easy mark il q
man who pays a baldheaded barber s
cents for an application Of hair tonic
1t does some men a mighty LOT
| of good to run for office. They sort OF
| force themselves to be halfway pleas
ant during the campaign and often &C.
Quire the habit.
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QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Hot air often results from a heated
argument.
The fellow with . weak head shouldn't
butt IN.
Never give advice unless you label it
...ln1le with care
The good die young. Lying about your
age won't prolong your life.
You never can tell Even a good fellow
may make q model husband
The people who trust to luck can't al
ways get any other kind OF trust.
NV idea of an optimist," says the Gym
ical Bachelor, lis q man who is married
and glad of It,
Love, ah! love! How can you describe
itr' exclaimed Miss GiddithinE. That's
easy replied Mr.. Blunt Love IL q
thing people write novels and plays
Talk Is cheap" quoted the Wise Guy.
Yes, but on the other hand We would
never realize how great some people were
II they didn't tell u.s. added the Simple
Mug.
It was at the symphony concert II
want you to watch Herr Sweitxerkase."
eaiu the musical crank HE Is wonder
full conductor" TN bet he couldn't get .
job on = trolley ear" tep11ed tho moco
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From Other Pens

STUDYING SOUND WITH THE EYE
To the superman. the super-dread-
nought. and their like, add the super
the super-stereopticon. This instru-
ment throws on a screen large visual
fzations of the waves of any sound
made in its neighborhoOd. Professor
D. c. Miller has been using one in a
series of lectures before the Lowell
institute to show the exact wave con-
figuratiOns of simple sounds and the
many complex combinations OF waves
in the spoken word or the voice Of the
singer.
Not only is this method Of great
theoretical interest on account of its
aid In the study Of sc3nd. but such a
reformer OF pronunciation as the Poet
Laureate of Great Britain could doubt
less use 1t as a very potent weapon in
his war on faulty pronunciation. A
gentleman whose feelings were undis
turbed by the charge that he spoke
abominably would probably be shock
ed into repentance when he saw what
humped-up, irregular curves his voice
actually made in the atmosphere. A
more unitarian use of the instrument,
however. has been made by Dean
Sabine of Harvard. He has taken
photographs of sound waves moving
through a theater and has used them
to aid him in planning acoustically
perfect auditoriums. without any risk
of their being unsuccessful when built.
Chicago Post.
RESTRICT THE DRUG SALES
Two specific needs stand out in the fight
against the drug evil. One Is an extension
Of the state law, obtained through the eff
sale and prescription of heroin as well as
of cocaine and morphine. The second IL
the enactment OF a federal law to regulate
the sale of habit forming drugs in inter-
discussed at the conference. called By
Judge Swami. and will be advocated by
the fighters against the drug evil who
united there to abate it.. Since the enact
ment OF the Walker law II has been
harder r. for . drug ; users to obtain cocaine
safe for the drug to be offered for sale to
those not habitual users. But heroin,
which is not banned. has taken its place
to some extent 1t should be placed UNI
the sale Of habit forming drugs some fed
eral law is necessary. Experience of go
ciai workers and police judges. who meet
the victims of the habit, recognizes that
Before the law regarding possession of CO.
simple matter to import It from New Jer-
sey, where a similar law did not exist.
Complete unantmity Of state laws cannot
be hoped for: the only course open Is the
passage Of federal restrictions on the
traffic in all these deadly drugs. 1t is not
to be expected that drug victims can be
wiped out Of the world by legislation. Yet
great deal can be done to protect young.
thoughtless folk and to remove the
: dope" from the reach Of the person all
possession or prescribing by physicians OF
habit forming drugs are amply warranted
Of victims-New York Tribune.
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sKING CORN" Is MAPPING.


Kansas needs a revival in corn
growing, the Agricultural college has
decided, according to the Kansas In
dustrialist. The state grew its small
est crop in years last season. OF
course. the unfavorable season largely
was responsible for the unusually low
yield. but even in good years Kansas
isn't doing its best with corn. Where
fore. the Agricultural college has asked
Kansas people to set apart February
as Corn Month" in Kansas. Every
body is to talk better corn. Every
organization that meets in February
will be asked to have q corn pro-
gram" The extension division Of the
college is urging proper observation
OF Corn Month" The college will
send speakers, bulletins, and circulars
to aid in the corn revival.
Corn is the commercial barometer
for Kansas" said J. H. Miller. dean of
extension work at the agricultural col
lege. today. I'VE can talk az we
please about wheat and brag big about
alfalfa, but after all we must admit
that corn Is king Therefore. the
Agricultural college is asking every
body to study corn and sorghum for
the month OF February. It. is asking
every rural school teacher and every
school principal to devote a part of
each school day in February to the
study of these two big crops. 1t is
asking every farmers institute and
every grange and every commercial
club and every organization in the
state that is interested in agriculture.
To str, <n GOT hoftQr nnQ11tV
crop and a bigger crop and also the
best way of marketing the crop. The
last season was a hard one. but pos
sibly We may have learned one or two
lessons on seed-bed preparation, seed
testing. cultivation. ETC.. that will help
in the work this year,
Dean Miller suggests these questions
as some that may be discussed 'in
schools, in farmers meetings, or on
the street corners, in blacksmith
shops. in stores and at crossroads"
Does it pay to disk in February or
March ahead Of the pillow or lister
Does it pay to disk or cultivate ground
two or three times before planting ?
How does it help? Does it pay to test
seed for termination? Does it pay to
pillow deep. whether early or late? How
deep should corn be planted? Are we
in the habit Of planting too thick in
Kansas? Does it pay to grade seed
corn? Do we plant too early? Do we
plant too late? How soon should we
cultivate after planting? What is the
best implement to use first on listed
corn? On planted" corn? How many
times will it pay to cultivate corn
What yield should be had in this To-
cality? Where are we to get seed for
l1914?
What are the best methods Of plant
ing kafir and milo? Will it pay to test
seed? Do we plant too early? Do we
plant too thick? Do we cultivate Of
ten enough? Is it wise to plant seed
that has lain in bulk? What grain
yield should be had in this locality
Will it pay to use corn for silage when
sorghum can be grown? Where are
we to get seed for 1914?
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nursery still cabin and conflno his Or
binary contemporaries.
Wootton began at 10, and at - he
finds himself superAnnuated by adj
posity, as It il counted In racing cir
cles. It may be considered hard luck
in one sense that 80 brilliant a per-
former should be unable to comply
with the handicApper's requirements
when other riders continue all their
lives to earn the honors and rewards
of a lucrative profession. Neverthe-
less. the man who has completed a
successful career before completing
his majority, and II set free to start
again in other walks of life, has been
generously dealt with by fate. And to
be able to eat square meals without
searchings OF conscience II probably
worth many winners in the eyes OF
ono who has tried both."-PaM Mall
Gazette.
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Kansas Comment
.THn WOMAN fM pnIITTcs

THE WOMAN IN P0lslT1CS.
The only speech at the Kansas Day
banquet that was entirely frank, en-
tirely honest, and that brought out
real cheers was the speech of Mrs.
Charles F. Scott Of lola. declaring
that the prodigal SON. referring, OF
course. to Senator Bristow. should
not come home and try to run the
ranch. but should come with an
humble and contrite heart, ana not
ask for honors until he had done PEN
ance. When she said this. the roof
lifted. She had spoken the one can
did word said at the banquet. That
il tho flne thing about women. They
do speak tho truth. Every man who
amounts to anything has at one time
or another in his career had Gods
great truth spoken to him by some
woman. and he has needed 1t. Mrs.
Scott told the Republicans tho truth
as her heart saw 1t. and made the hit
OF the day. Also, and getting down
to things of this earth. Mrs. Scott.
who lives in the summer time less
than five hundred feet away from the
family Of the editor Of the Gazette. in
Estes Park, Col, makes a variety OF
gingerbread which, IL properly dis
tr1buted, would carry conviction with
1t which would make every Progres-
sive in this broad and beautiful lslhd
cheer for Taft. No wonder Editor
Scott il against the I. & r. II his
wife IL, when she makes such grand
gingerbread. The woman in politics
J Is going to do two important things.
| women q lot more. Mrs. Scott is
showing what woman can do for pol
itics. But her influence for good in
| Thousands of homes by her brave con-
vincing statement, will make women
better and broader citizens. by show
ing them. that when they do speak
| and speak with courage and wisdom,
| they are heeded.-Emporia Gazette.
| %
GOOD ROADS.
| The main reason we do not have
| first class public roads where they
are generally in from a semi-accept-
able to an impossible condition, in
our opinion, il largely due to the fact
that 80 many of us don't care to spend
q little OF our time in dragging the
roads and trying to keep them in
| good condition because the other fell
low will derive as great a benefit as
we do and will not have done his part
toward keeping the road in repair.
| The system is altogether wrong, IL the
present system of neglecting the high
ways may be called a system, and
| when 1t becomes some ones particu-
lar duty to look after q short strip of
road in their immediate vicinity and
they derive something for their labor
more than the mere satisfaction of
riding over 1t without q jolt, then the
dirt roads will be in better condition,
and nine months out Of the year will
be as good as most any macadam
road. Material to construct and re-
pair dirt roads is always at hand in
quantities sufficient for the task and
the work OF repairing IL but q few
minutes to the mile occasionally.
after the road Is once to grade and
has the proper drainage. We need
some system which will make the
tenant or landlord responsible for the
condition of the highway along his
property and one that will provide a
remuneration for his services.7Ar-
kansas City News.
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..suttee" still Practiced.

Justice Tudball and Justice Ryves. In
the Allahabad high court, have upheld on
on a charge of abetments of suicide at
Yaraule, village in the Mainpuri district:
The sentence of one and one-hAlf years
rigorous Imprisonment passed on three OF
the accused was upheld, while that of two
years passed on the two persons most
prominent in the AFFAIR was increased to
A Brahman who died at Yaraule. June
q last, left a young widow. who an
and would not listen to efforts to dissuade
her from the determination. One OF the
village watchmsn was sent on to o., the Pc,
noon the act Of SELF immolation on the
committs RrH In the presence Of crowd Of
spectators roughly estimated to number
from 1900 to 1000, drawn from the neigh
boring villages. The accused persons as
sisted to build the funeral pyre. and one
Of them is alleged to have poured ghi
clarified butter, over her. III The En- sym m
silence, said Justice Tudball in giving
pyre I'm facs the witnesses joined the acs
cused in declaring that it was miraculous
~ fired by the widow herself. when she
her act flames would burst forth.
Judge Tudball held that though the ac-
ce ersS remnonstrated With the Widow. thew
and Intentionally aided in the doing Of the
deed. With respect to the enlightenment
ton of the severity of the law II, such q
matter would result I'm the occurrences OF
an evil which 1t had taken many years To
reduce to q minimum. The feelings and
beliefs which prompted suffice sfiil ex-
listed.
suffice was rendered illegal in spite AZ
fierce opposition. by a regulation Of Lord
William Bentinck's government in 1029 de-
claring that all who abetted suttee were
guilty OF culpAble homicide. "-London
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-02-04
EUening Chat
The Fear OF Obligation.
BY RUTH CAMERON

Once upon a time there was a
woman who was very good to her
neighbors. She was always carrying
in dainty little dishes when someone
Of them was i'll; she often took care
OF the baby who belonged to the little
wife in the apartment next door for an
afternoon SO that the latter might get
in town for a few hours shopping:
and when the lady in the house OPP
posite had wedding in her family
and a big crowd Of company. she Of
fered her the use of the spare room
for the weekend
From these few samples you can
judge the tenor of her life.
Now it happened one day that sick
ness came to this woman, as 1t fire.
quently comes to the Just and unjust
month at the hospital This was her
neighbors' opportunity to repay her
kindness, and being real neighbors-
she Nved in one of those semi-coun-
try places where there are such
things as real neighbors, they did
their best to live up to that oppor-
tunity.
The lady in the house opposite Of
fered to have the washing done at
her home; her husbands sister (for
whom she had done many kind
things In times past) insisted on TAX
ing InO I1tLl0 daughter IL AGE IOII6
during her mothers illness: the little
wife whose baby she had cared for
wanted to have the husband get his
breakfasts with them; and the neigh
Dor on the other side insisted that he
spend his Sundays at her home.
These are just a few samples of offers
of help she received. Lack of space
makes 1t impossible for me to give
them all
Now wouldn't you think that the
sick-a-bed lady, since she had good
reason to know what a. pleasure 1t Ia
to give, would have accepted all these
kind offers graciously and gladly?
| But she didn't. Instead, as her hus-
band conveyed each offer to her, she
would look worried and say. That's
F, too much for her to do. I don't want
| to be under 30 much Obligation to
her" And SO she had her husband
make arrangements to hire an ac-
commodator-a functionary whom
she could i'll afford to employ at that
time
1t seems to me that this woman's
case is typical The fear of being un-
| der obligation IL something which
dominates a great many people. They
are ready to put others under obliga-
ton. but when it becomes their turn
| they become FESTIVE and ILL at ease.
They know that 1t Is more blessed
to give than to receive and they seem
to want all the blessedness them
selves. Which. after all. isn't much
| different from selfshness in. other d.
rections.
Learn to receive graciousy. 1t is
| as much the mark of a fine soul as
the willingness to give. Don't be
afraid Of obligation. Other people
have the right to give az well as you,
and it is genuinely selfish of you to
deny them this right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-02-04

Prospective visitors to Paris of the
souvenir crank variety may be inter-
ested to learn that fourth tail has
been provided for the stuffed remains
of Napoleon's famous charger. vizier,
which is on exhibition at the Invalides
Museum. According to a special cable
dispatch to the New York Times. it is
believed, that Of the three tails that
have already disappeared at the hands
of sightseers. despite the vigilance of
the guardians. at least two are in
And ica IN small detachmsntg
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Journal Entries

As a man grows older he ought to
grow wiser. but he seldom does.
=
It's to be presumed that an ideal
husband is one who won't talk back.
A cheap hat never looks good to q
woman who can afford q moro expen-
sive one.
Most OF a mans day dreams arc de-
voted to what he would do were he
wealthy.
q . .
The crafty individual who can't
keep promise will break it by sub
shutting a better one.
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Hu,nor of the Day

''Oh! Ethel, why don't you use your
finger BOWL? whats the use O. wastin'
this good jam. mother. when can HEX
my dngersT-Life.
Prisoner. have you any collateral about
your mo. sab. an dat mans q Haf
what said even dom teched any.'-Bal-
timore American.
do You object to the income tax7.
mo. only wish I had occasion to-
Boston Transcript.
my dear woman. II your husband an
altruletT Law, nom. He's 4 49,
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
fFrom the Chicago News.1

IrxUm INC CHic18U NeWb-J
The lack Of money is one root Of evil.
Better a t11readbare coat than breach
OF promise suit
Fortunate is the man who doesn't get all
that is coming to him.
It's easier for an actress to get puf1s In
her hair than in the newspapers
Thinking over our own faults makes US
talk less about other peoples
Women seldom show the white feather
unless white feathers are fashionable.
Most Of the spankings we get are vast
ed ON us before we are old enough to dis
ting,1ish between right and wrong
Before some men exert themselves to
cast theff bread upon the waters they
want to b. sure that It u gotng - -
mentioned - t6o no4nDoDokA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-02-04

Wheat is looking fine, all right. but
how about the peach buds? So far.
and it il most unusual, they seem to
have been neglected entirely by the
fruit crop killers and their optimistic
enemy, the fruit crop savers.