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The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-30

if it shall be necessary to exhaust the same in order to pay the indebtedness of the district.
 Sec. 2. That all ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after it's passage.
 Passed April 2S, 1914. Approved April 28, 1914.
 J. FRANK JONES,
 Mayor. Attest: GEORGE SHAW, JR.,
 City Clerk.
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SENIORS LET CONTRACT FOR MEMORIAL ENTRANCE

The senior class of Hendrix College yesterday afternoon awarded the con tract for the memorial gate, which will be erected at the south entrance to the campus. Adams & Courtney were given the contract, and the cost of the memorial will be $525. The gate will be built of concrete, marble and iron, and will be handsome ad- dition to the campus. The senior class this year is composed of IS mem bers, the largest in the history of the college.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-30
GAINESVILLE EDITOR DIES

Clarksville, April 29.-Will T. Ward, "A years old, editor and pub fisher of the Johnson County Herald the largest and oldest newspaper in the county, died here yesterday from pneumonia, after six days illness. The funeral was held this afternoon He is survived by his wife and three year-old daughter, and his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. M Ward of Little Rock, two brothers, John and Scott and two sisters, Virginia and Susie His father is receiver of the United States Land Office at Little Rock.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-30
CARPENTERS MEETING.

Local Carpenters and Joiners' Un- ion No. 1888 held an interesting and enjoyable open session at the w. O.. w. hall Tuesday night. Addresses were delivered by Rev E. R. Steel, C. E. Condray and w. H. Duncan and short talks were made by members of the order. Refreshments were served.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-30

little tardy. This is easy if your re- frigerator is large enough for your home and you will spend less for ice.
 K. B. M'CULLOCH, The Old Reliable Ice Manufacturer.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-30
SPECIAL GOES THROUGH.

A special train, carrying Vice-Pres- ident E. J. Pearson, Supt. c. B. Wild man and party of other Missouri Pacific officials passed through Con. way enroute to Little Rock at 9:2C o'clock this morning.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-30
MRS. JAMES STARR.

Holland, April 30.--Mrs. James Starr died near Union Valley last Friday, and was buried at Marcus Hill cemetery Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15
BILLY PIG GOES HUNTING.

One day Billy Pig was walking down
the road and he met Mr.. Dog. "Good
morning. Mr.. Dog!" said Billy Pig, tip
ping his hit in tho most respectful
manner. for he thought Mr.. Dog a very
wise animal
Dog. IF you have nothing better to
do, Billy Pig, come with mo into the
woods; am going a-hunting."
( Billy Pig trotted along. very proud
that Mr.. Dog should invite him to ac-
company him.
FIRST, we viii go to . woodchuck
hole / know Of" said Mr.. Dog. land
see IL can drive him out"
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Joyhawker Jots

| Dan Fling. Of Peru. Chautauqua
county, is a man of family, 10 pre-
sumably he's had his.
Some people. points out the Atchi-
son Champion, arc still green after
they have reached a ripe old age.
AS the Lawrence Journal-World sug-
gests: It is perfectly natural that q
girls ideal should be shattered after it
Is broke.
The Russians have one strategic adj
vantage, insists the jamestown Op?
timist. They don't have to waste any
time in shaving.
speaking of immortals," some one
postcards to the Kansas Notes depart
ment of the Kansas City Star. do
you know that AL Justice IL an onicial
Of the district court In Pottawatomie
county,"
The end Of the world this year il pre-
dicted, notes the Leon News, ana 1t
adds: The prediction IL probably based
on the assumption that the ever
ascending Ugh cost of living will bust
things to eternal smash.
Paw" asked the boy who had been
reading statistics in the daily newspa-
per, according to the Sedgwick Panta-
graph, "how does 1t come that most OF
the whisky and beer IL drunk by the
people in the temperate zone?
There II one man In town who does
not read any war news, reports the
Frankfort Index, but contents himself
war is coming on. Up to date he has
been unable to get an answer.
Attention is called by the Mankato
Advocate to the facts that you must
have license before you may hunt
ducks, license to run an automobile,
a license to bury the dead-and q IL
cense before you can shake hands
with your mother-in-law.
Related by the Wellington News:
One lad who frequently receives in
struction by the laying on OF the
hand was overjoyed recently at see
ing in clothier's window a pair of
pants just his size advertised. Pair
Of pants that are hard to beat" He
has been after his parents to get them
for him.
Concerning the so-called beauty
patches which some Of the social
climbers paste on their faces, q man
writes M A. p In the Downs Times,
asked why any one would want to
wear colored court plaster pasted onto
the face why. to bring out the COM
ple0ion." was the reply WELL" said
he. what do those women wear or do
to bring out their brains?"
Some Of the Potpourri served by Tom
Thompson to the readers Of his How
ard Courant: There never was a reso-
luton SO strong that 1t could not be
broken. You hnd 1t pretty hard
to keep a secret that is worth finding
out. Sometimes q mans fighting
spirit comes to him after he has grown
too old to enlist. The man who
talks about being hen-pecked isn't. He
Is ashamed to talk shout it il he II.
|. The things you do today are
usually the things which you should
have done yesterday
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Globe Sights

Habit 10 often the sleep Of the self
satisfied.
Short jerks has a runabout. He mar
ried 1t.
II you can't help yourself, don't expect
too much from the administration.
The late corset models, one infers from
the illustrations. are built for standing UP.
War il what Sherman said.'' said Jude
johnson today. probably because q war
tax 10 to be placed on whisky.
When q man walls that the dead are
very soon forgotten It II q sign he IL get
ing old, and rebel1ing at his fate.
Some day some bold man Will arise from
his chair and declare the truth that often
temperament 10 mere anarchy.
No woman can be an active suffragette
and support . husband in that style to
which he wants to get accustomed.
Partisan enthusiasm-of the other fell
1ow-frequently enables ono Of cool judg-
ment to meet the coal bill with election
bets.
Alb Adkins has had 80 much trouble In
this highly ctvilixed world that he 10 OPP
posed to contributing to foreign missions
and enlightening the heathens-
That era has arrived when you can't
say q man Ii q hard worker because he
has his sleeves rolled up. All OF the
candy kids wear their sleeves rolled up.
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QUAKER 11EDTrAT1oNs.
rFrom the philadelphia. Reeor

[From the Philadelphia RecordJ
A straight tip IL seldom necessary in
explaining that q man IL crooked.
On the other hand. an ounce Of cure
IL worth pound Of I-told-you-so
Occasionally q story will fall flat in
spite OF the fact that It has a good point,
= woman can be always harpinG ON one
son9ect ~ltnout having muaca1 voice.
1t IL sometimes the better hair that
doesn't believe in doing things by halves.
You never can tell. Even q safe rob-
perry isn't always ~ safe - 1t sounds.
This 10 work-a-day world, but some
Away down I'm his heart every man
would Ike to be ~ perfect as he tries
to make his wife think he il.
II every bit OF Islander had q revenue
stamp affixed to 1t, that $1O0, 600 900 war
tax would soon be raised.
No. Maude dear; there 10 no similarity
between spirit rappings and the paper q
wine merchant does up his parcels with.
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1t takes = clever man to conceal his
ignorance.
Any number Of people work hard
est when they play.
Contentment il - ticket that IN good
only for q trip to a rut.
He who laughs last 10 also likely to
be slow at catching the point OF q
joke.
=
AZ q rule. it's. the triding thing
that's the most annoying. and espec-
tally SO as you grow older.
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90R T04sD3CT

right over Kim and barking in the most
awful manner.
When Billy Pig picked himself mp Mr..
Dog was nowhere to be seen. II guess
he got scared" said Billy Pig, .snd I
always thought Mr.. Dog was q brave
fellow. Now I'll show him how to catch
that woodchuck all alone and have the
laugh on Mr.. Dog
Billy Pig poled his nose in the hole.
but he could zee nothins. Il WIN To
larger" And 30 1t was. for Mr.. Doe
had dug away the earth each time ne
poked In his head, 90 that Billy P19
FOUND quite an opening at the Other
door of the woodchuck's house.
Indeed he found room enough for n.
most the whole OF his BODY and ne could
see quite well that there was no oua A
home. but when he tried to get ont it
was quite another thing. He was strsnar
fast In the hole and he could oe4flsor
go or get out So he oQuealed and
squealed. but no ono came, ana BiIIv
Pis had about given mp all hope Of ever
came in at the other end Of the hcie
and Billy Pig got . sharp scratch on his
nose and then another and hia no
smarted with pain.
He sQueAled ana he kicked hfs hinA
legs ana suddenly he found himeeR 0Tl
the ground rolling down the side of tie
hill. - -
When he pot up he NV Mr. Dor colm-
ing toward him on the run. where did
you co.. asked Billy Pig. Were you
But Mr.. Dog ala not stop to replv. ne
made straight for the woodcAuck'9 hoio
the most unidentified manner. BiIIv pse
thought.
Then he noticed Mr.. Dor. u...s.
standing at the other door IL the vroS6.
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Kalssos Covl,is5J
w11L wAR eonm NA11oag3f'

s-Thero was = oouna oe srovo114 ~
night" wrote Byron IN boG1nm1n9 ~
majestic story Of the battle Of WaeeR-
loo. He tells how Ne thouBAo3ooD 1870
dancing to tia gAy mnain, whom ~
deep sound Of the boomlng cannon
burst upon their eax1 str1k1n9 terrier
to their hearts ana blanc111ng their
cheeks, There wa 1ndoo1~ q ooun6 ct
revolry in the world when the ca0nou'o
roar burst upon It some weeks ago. 1e
was busy with tts monoy-maAlnGs with
its love-making. with tts ncentlous
dances. with it, su9geeeive plays. with
its lascivious dressing. There vae lit
tie thought Of anything 0oriouas 9c1ouco
was engaged In devising ways for more
rapid money-makiugs literature Wao at
the lowest ebb It has reached in hum
. thing for Jest. The old story repre-
sents the Lord Of Hoots opening the
flood gates Of Heaven ana drowning
the world when It had reached such .
point - this. Time altar time in the
worlds history when civilization Ap-
come upon the world. Il this the
method Of Providence or II It simply
the logical END OF Wild excooU3 How
ever. it may be Il 10 we'll that some
thing occur to put IN end to the dt13y
dance Of death In whose mases the
wars were followed by rapid growth
Of tho nations engaged IN them. The
people were sobered bv them and went
about their business with sAuer mindA
They became more earnest. moro en-
lightened. more independent. with
half the world engaged In the greatest
war the world has ever known we may
expect that the growth Of the world
after the war will be correspondiugly
great.-Leavenworth Times.
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EUening Chat


Oppressive HOSPITALITY.
II hope you will find the bed comfort
able. Are you sure you wouldn't rather
have the curtains drawn? The sun comes
in. quite early here. Wouldn't you Ike q
you want anything don't hesitate to say
30. hope you won't mind the children
IN the morning. we viii try to keep them
When you have a guest visiting you
your chief thought IL to make her COM
Portable: In your own words you want
about achieving that end? Are you gem
timely hospitable. or oppressively 50?
True hospitality IL q very fine art. To
be able to make a guest feel genuinely
and fully at home IL q quality worth Gull
tivavting.
But true hospitality does not mean
showering all manner Of attentions on
your guest It means making her COM
Portable ~ unobstrusively ~ possible.
For instance. when you 90 to a friends
homo to dinner, do you enjoy being
Of everything ON the table! Do You enjoy
having your preference asked every mo-
ment or 20? Do you feel really comfort
able and at home II. at every turn Of the
emphasis Is 30 laid upon the fact that
you are q guest?
You have heard Of being killed wth
bored to death with hospitality"
Few guests feel really at home. For
when the hostess ID pa1pably exerting ev-
l OGuGVG2
| devOlves upon her AZ such, the guest
cause of all this terrific responsibility can
not but be aware Of the commotion he ID
causing, or help bnt breathe . sigh Of re-
LEI when no IL no longer In 20 strained
| an atmosphere.
| It Il the hardest thing in the world t.
get . guest to express q preference any
way. II he hkes white meat and abhorl
dark he will swear to his hostess that he
has no preference II he hates children
| he will protest that he loves to have your
little ones Chamber over him.
| The trouble with 20 much so-called hos
pitaHty IL that the spirit has become
crushed to earth under the FORM
The next time you visit fmpresg upon
your mind the little things that make you
feel anything but at home-thingB like the
excessive and wholly needless monologue
given above, characteristic OF the manner
in which some hogtesses put their guests
In . proper frame Of mind for slumber.
| Then make mp your mind that you WIN
eliminate those same things from your
manner when you are Entertaining guest
In your own home. Do all that you can ia
make that guest comfortable without
making him think that you are making
yourself uncomfortable, but don't do a
enme hoGeeeses do. actually mag . guest
IN their efforts to make him '.feei q
home"
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From, Other Pens


When 1t IN proposed to extend the
parcel post system by raising the limit
on the weight Of parcels there " in
vited another tour over the familiar
road of the governments opportunity
to do a good service and its duty there
in. The question changes little. how
ever, when the extension y to be to .
size and weight that would possibly
impose a great added burden In
freight 1t becomes one OF how much
the postofI1ce should be burdened and
whether the addition IL not the inva-
sion Of q new field. The parcel post
an it stands has. we think. fulfilled
all that was promised for It. It II q
great public accommodation. Some OF
it's consequences have not quite kept
to the predicted fiue. the country mer-
chants. 1t is now said. having found
that 1t does lessen their profitable
trade instead Of adding to their ad-
vantage in business. One Of the great
catalogue merchandising houses in
creased its sales in the eight months
of this year a. compared with last by
$3,257,O72, some Of which, II not all
il attributable to the new facility tho
government has supplied for mail or
derin8. The same concefn's grocefy
sales increased 100 per cent hst
month. Tho system has been In use
but twenty months. Once alroady the
limitation OF the weight Of parcels has
been increased ana the rates lowered.
When 1t u proposed to extend the
weight from twenty to 100 -pounds, or
even fifty, for the entire country. and
to carry 1t up as high a. 100 tor the
nearest zone, there II, we believe,
cause to take account Of the present
business and whether in faisness the
postal burden can be greatly increased,
and whether public accommodation
calls for it. The service is not, and
ought not to become, an adjunct Of any
interest or class of trade.-Christtan
Science Monitor.
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tFrom the Chicago News.1
A man 10 living the simple life II he has
no kick coming.
A dime In tho hand Ii better than = dol
lar mark on paper.
1t takes = woman to love . man because
he doesn't deserve II.
Don't talk to woman. All she expects
you to do II sit and listen.
When Father Time tries to overtake .
woman she makes faces at him.
A tightwad 10 q man who has more
money than frtends-and IL Glad Of it.
Many man who tried to get rich quick
A woman can think an awful lot Of Z
man for . few days after becoming his
widow.
never reiguing favorite with other f.
males Of the species
The first dime . man II called upon to
think Of anything to say until after he
has finished 8
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until late In IL hope of seGin9 l1leD
BvanA When she had called him Z
fool ~ hnd replied that her heels ware
too hons. and h fslt > bit conscience
At midniehf he quit his btliiards ana
made . Decline for hona. No MIS-
Evans yet.
Look here. wintsss.'. said : boardsr
Who had just come In. you deduce
things, doa't you?"
Then you'd better got to work ON
th1D case. 4iaB Winters u steady ~
he clock. Something must have hap
psned to her thia time.''
we've had = few words today"
sWe an know that you are splitting
at each other Hike two cats haR the
time. but she can hold her own at
that She 1sn't Saying out this lato
to worry you. Get to deductions. my
And NJ. winters eat down in his
room with hipe In mouth and deducsd
Nov then. what happened during
the day? A Mttie row. Mr.. Billiard
called. 1Er1. Davis called. The owner
Of the now studio called. He wanted
NJ to look them over. We didn't 60.
Ha! I didn't 90, but didn't Miss
Evans? Tho card u At the studio. II
she went what could have happened
to herr"
Within an hour Mr.. Winters Wa
there.
No one knew where the janitor
lived or were sure about the owner.
He appealed to the police.
How can she be In the buil0ing?"
they asked.
The janitor might have carelessly
locked her in"
but wouldn't she raise . window
and cry for help"
At o'clock In the morning the
artist led the way up stairs. When
he came to the locked door he paused
q moment.
only an empty storeroom! 90
groWled the tanitor.
Yea, only an empty storeroom with
Miss Evans asleep in q corner!
Your heels are not too bong" said
Mr.. Winters ~ she sat up and rubbed
her eyes.
Then you are not = fool" she
smiled-(C 1914, by the Nc
Ciure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Presumably. nobody IL praying hard
Or and longer for an immediate peace
In Europe than the Kansas politicians
and their candidates for office. The
flood Of war news Is making it almost
impossible for them to get their prom
ases to the people displayed as usual in
the newspapers,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

Hog cholera causes q loss Of a good
ha1f-million dollars yearly in Kansas.
This IL a sufficient reason why 1t
should be swatted with vigor. and espe-
cially as there 10 a tried and tested
means nowadays for combating It sue
cegsfully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

Wireless telegraphy has done much
for us. and probably-or rather, surely
wtll-do great deal more for the
benefit OF humanity at large. But, II
they could speak. many birds would
probably tell you that they don't ap-
prove of this new invention in the
least. For In tho parts Of the world
where there are q large number of
wireless stations observations have
been made which seem to indicate that
birds are disturbed in q very curious
way by the wireless waves. The UNI
onendtng sea gull IL one Of the chief
sufferers, as also IL the harmless dove.
This strange state of things n attrib-
uted In some way to IN effect Of the
ether waves, though how It IL brought
about IL not yet Observation-Disclosures
Answer
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal 10 Q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fuu oay
te1agrAp report Of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka.
The news 10 received In The State JouI-
nal building over wires for this sole pune
peso
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

News from the war zone indicates
that the Germans can retreat even
faster than they can advance. And
their rushing ahead when the going il
good breaks all military speed records.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

It Is q cheerful item that the war
may deprive the United States OF many
foreign drugs. says Golfers. Our peo-
pie take too much dope anyhow. What
We need Is saner eating and exercise
and less medicine. The war may be
for many Of us a valuable compulsory
discipline in personal hygiene, a start
toward better living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

II. as some of the Democratic states
men appear to believe. freight can
stand tax Of per cent. they would
be doing the country a bigger service
AZ they arranged it so that the railroads
could add this increase to their freight
rates rather than that 1t be collected to
boost the revenues OF the government.
Tho railroads need this money worse.
and the prosperity Of tho country is
dependent in a large measure on the
efficiency of the railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

It IL eminently right that the Ameri-
can residents Of Paris should lend a
hand to the French army. The soldiers
Of France were never reluctant to help
IN the battles that this nation has had
Ia flRhf
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Each Of the participants in the great
European war has prayed fervently for
Divine assistance. And the question
naturally arises: Are the victories go-
ing to the best supplicants Or to the 1ext
0RhfArl9
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without the purported decrease OF sev-
eral thousand in Shawnee county alone
a. reported by the local assessors. but
which report. Secretary Nohler. Of the
state department OF agriculture. right
" rejected. It was too palpable an
error to pass muster with any one who
knows the conditions In this locality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

No doubt about the weather man
having 1t in for the Topeka fair. And
then he wonders why he is 50 unpopu-
lar in these parts.
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Villa and Carranza seem to have
reached the conclusion that President
Wilson is doing a trif1e too much
''watchful waiting" at Vera Cruz.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

Not much in the way Of war news
from Berlin these days il pretty good
evidence that tho reports from Paris
and London Of recent large successes on
the part Of the allies are substantially
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Nothing could be more appropriate
than that Austria, which began tbs
great European war, should be the ma
ton involved in 1t to suffer the most.
Present indications 20 point.
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Incidentally. the right sort Of armies
are busy again in these United States
the school children. God bless them.
and they're millions strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

Such jokers are the British. They
are sending tokens OF, love to the kaise,
chalked on the shells they've Deer
shooting into the few Of his warships
that have ventured into engagements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

worked out in Kansas this spring evi-
IDENTIFY forgot all about taking q census
Of the people. It stretches the imagi-
nation to tho swapping point, to belieye
that the Kansas population decreased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-15

Billy Sunday is coming to Kansal
again, but there are other localities
that need him worse.
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Finding the silver Innings to the rain
clouds Of a Topeka fair week borders
ON the impossible.