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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
By the Way


Our correspondent, who claims that
dandelion1 are tho only crop r1ased on
the state house lawn, IL In error. Tho
state house lawn n raising the finest
crop OF fish worms to be seen in these
parts.
Missouri IL reported to be awfully
short Of farm Nnnds. and prepared to
hire $4,000 Of them at once. This, h
merely printed ut this time 30 that
warned. and take some route to Wash
ington that doesn't pass through Mis-
souri,.
One may note by the papers that
they have q sort OF equal suffrage In
Oklahoma. They have accorded Gull
luG ladies the same rights enjoyed by
cEllud gentlemen in Al Jennings do
main.
Maybe 1t needs q short diagram:
The rights OF q cullud gentleman In
Oklahoma are to be hanged or shot
upon the slightest provocation.
IT have tossed few biscuits into
the creek during my ttme, says HON
do Murphy; land have about reached
the conclusion that the only bread cast
Upon the waters that returns in the
form Of dough is In the story books.
The only result ever noticed was q
Sport note: The Topeka Kaws
haven't lost q game during the 1914
season.
Midland college, at Atchison. il in
a state OF eruption over Tom Masson's
funny magazine, Life" The studies
must be awfully prim at Midland, be-
cause they demand that the Offending
comic be barred from the library. The
objection Is not stated in the report,
but 1t must be because Mr.. Mason
used a cover page this week that de-
p!cts Spring as q well proportional
young lady who does NOT wear
nackinaw coat and overshoes.
Three thousand and fifteen Topeka
adults signed an anti-park-closing Pc
titson in nine hours. With these fig
ures as a basis, expert figurers have
figured that 1871 Topekans could
eigr. q recall petition in just four
hours, thirteen minutes and eleven
seconds.
Tho Bulls. possibly. disguised as a full
ticket.
1t becomes more difficult. each
gear, to convince kid that a rabbit
is responsible for the colored egg. but
grown people fall for the same fake
as often as it offered them.
The rights of the human race have
been reduced to q point where It IL
against the law for a man to say what
he thinks when he swats his thumb
with q hammer, and still favortte
form Of insomnia is lying awake to
frame up new reforms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

..sEWARn,s 1cH BOZ. :


Forty-sevens years ago the ,Unitod
States purchased Russian AmericG. :
tract ~ large - the Atlantic states
put together. for 47.10o. 900. The bar
gain was widely ridicu1ed. The tract
was called Stewards Ice Box" AFTER
Ssecretary OF state Seward who wa9
The United States gave 1t tho name
Alaska-A corruption Of the native
Al-ay-eska, meaning "a great coun-
try." The Inhabitants numbered .
rev hundred whites and Z 4ew thous}
and natives. There were no roads.
commerce was confined lte fishing
and sealing. to the extent Of S, 0O0.-
vOo q yeaf. The people laughed, but
secretary Seward died With the pre-
olcuon tnaf another generation would
say the purchase Of Alaska was the
greatest accomplishment Of his a.
ministration. Today the resources Of
Alaska are stfll unknown, but the peo-
PIE think 30 well OF "Sward's Ice Boz
tnaf their congress has voted and the
president signed q bill for the expcu0i-
ture OF Ss5.o0o.o00 in the buildinx Of
!.ooo miles II railway in Alaska To-day
Alaska buys some 100000 worth
OF goods from the United States every
year, and 1t sends about the same
amount Of merchandise to the state.
In addition there has been q yearly
production Of nearly $50. 900, 900 in
goIo from Alaska The population.
as taken in the last census, il over
SO. 600 whites and 2S.O natives. Over
4,OOO miles Of wire communication
have been established, and some 500
miles OF railway already built, as well
as over 5000 miles Of highway ana
traiis.-Atchison Globe.
ANOTHER WORD FOR THE DOG
We notice great many 'skick''
items In the newspapers about the dog
tax and many Of the said kicks come
from Democratic papers. The Demo-
Gratis have NO kick coming ON the dog
tax. They are responsible for tho
oonole taxation and It i'll becomes the
ones responsible for it to howl. The
writer has a dog and q boy. The dog
- worth about thirty cents AZ dogs are
valued. The boy il worth more. The
dog came to US when it was . pup
grown up together. They have eaten
together. slept together, played to-
gether and are inseparable compan-
lcns. That boy don't regard his COM
Panion az just a dog. but as friend.
them there would be real grief at our
home. They are both members Of the
1a1n1ly group and there is consider
able concern when either OF them are
Isse at meal time. They seem to be
necessity to each other and the rest
OF the family 80 regard the arrange
ment- Money Wouldn't buy either Of
them. It may be silly to waste so
much affection on q dog. but you can't
.aik any such logic to that boy. and
the boy has the ledge" at our home
and his friend IL accorded the same
treatment as himself to save argu-
ment. And then the dog has a 'holt''
OF his own. He has q language. He
talks with those big, brown eyes and
that stub of a tail and generally wins
his point, no matter whether IL IN to
go along with the auto. or a choice bit
TO eat And no matter what tho Homo-
cratic tax on dogs 10 this year. ~ ex-
pect to pay 1t without q kick and keen
Pickles In the family.-Troy Chief,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
INTERNATIONAL PEACE.

The analogy between a neighborhood
Of natural individuals and a neighbor-
hood composed of artificial persons
called nations. writes Frank 8. Roby IN
the April Case and Comment. The Law
yer's Magazine. is perfect. and meth
DDS which keep peace in the one will
keep peace in the other. The chief
basis for war is found in the desire
for territorial aggrandizement- Other
causes Of controversy arise. but this
main one furnishes sufficient illustra-
ton for the point which 1t IL here de-
sired to make.
Territorial aggrandizement is not
solely national desire. Before there
was any government. when society was
in its infancy, it would be easy 20
imagine the two strong men Of the is
land fighting to the death for the pos
session Of a fertile point Of land. a
flowing spring. or an overhanging tree
OF fruit. The primitive man is in US
after ALL The desire to own more land,
to increase our acreage, and extend our
boundary lines, is keen and common.
Lihe-fence controversies occur quite
frequently in Indiana. Farmers who
have been friends for years become
over night, when such controversies
begin, bitter and implacable enemies.
The fires of passion blaze and burn
at once, but neither man goes for his
Winchester rifle. Left to themselves q
bloody conflict would be inevitable, but
the common welfare Of the citizens Of
the civilized neighborhood Of which the
contestants are members demands tina
There shau be no conflict and the will
Of every person in the community t.
that end is made manifest to the dis
lputauts in Gpch manner - to comps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
Journal Entries

Good health pays the most salts
factory dividends.
A mean man often has . pretty good
excuse for being that way.
Any number Of : the good men
haven't the price to be otherwise.
= -
Most mistakes can be- easily cor
rected II there's q disposition to do so.
If you have something worth while
to say 1t doesn't matter 20 much as
to the kind Of grammar you use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From tho Chicago News.I

[From tho Chicago News.1
The best thing to do IL to do your best
We all get our start in life by picking
up ideas.
with more Justice comes less desire to
talk about 1t.
Good people are supposed to be happy,
but their looks often belle II.
It's hard to keep mp appearances and
save money at the same time.
There are times when the truth il about
as inspiring as q cold fried egg.
More people might acquire wisdom If
they were not preoccupied with foolish
ness.
Wne m , sn ga nr eas g r psi - tns
him red-handed.
II takes, q woman to conceal the things
she doesn't know, but q mans ignorance
Is always cropping out
1t has been said that wise man never
makes the same 161otAkes tWfco. Yet the
W1Dost may marry the second tiDe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
LYNCHINGs IN 1913.

Fifty-two persons, 81 colored and one
white, were put to death by mobs in
this country in the year that has just
passed. according to The Survey. This
is IL fewer than the number lynched
in 1912. It is the smallest number of
lynchings in one year since records
have been kept.
Not all OF these lynchings were mere
ly "a kind Of wild justice" Twenty-one
Of the persons killed were accused only;
there had been no conviction, no weigh
ing Of evidence. Several innocent per-
sons were put to death. In Greenville.
Ga, black man was lynched for q
murder. Another man confessed to
the crime a few days later. At Hous-
ton. Miss. negro accused Of murder
was lynched. 1t was later discovered
that he was the wrong man. Two ap-
parently innocent colored persons were
put to death at Germantown, Ky. At
Spartanburg, s. c.. the bravery Of a
sheriff prevented q mob from lynching
a colored man accused Of rape. He
was later acquitted by white jury.
In only ten Of last years lynchings
was rape. proved or alleged. the crime
which reused the mob's frenzy.
To call the roll Of states in this mat
ter may SAVIOR too much Of bringing
indictments against whole peoples. Yet
ten lynchings in a single state.
Georgia's record, and nine in another,
Mississippi's. with the other 33 distribu-
ted among 18 states, suggest that some
thing more than the blind forces Of CO.
incidence was at work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
EDening.Chat
Automatic Conversation.

A friend who dropped in to call tho
other afternoon found me curled up on
the couch with touch OF the grippe.
She expressed her sympathy. men
toned two other friends who were also
AFFLICTED with violent colds, and then
startled me, and I suspect herself, by
saying automatically the words which
had been on her lips when she first
entered, and which had been driven
back by finding me on the couch.
well, how are your
relate this little incident az an ex-
ample OF the extent to which tho auto
matte and the obvious dominate con-
versatton among conventional people.
One Of Margaret Deland's characters,
an embarrassed young lover blurts out
a remark in praise of the weather and
then suddenly remembering that It is
raining hard. explains his praise by
saying, II mean it isn't raining quite
SO hard as 1t was yesterday"
Not being embarrassed young lovers,
Of course you and would not be guilty
Of anything quite SO absurd. But
haven't you sometimes caught yourself
making some automatic remark about
the weather that didn't tally with
actual conditions? I'm sure I have,
and felt as foolish as deserved to.
Thinking is just what nobody wants
to do" someone has said. And the
average person proves this fact in his
conversation both by the automatic and
unthinking things he does say and the
Intelligent and the worthwhile things
he doesn't say.
It II remarkable how much is said
that might not just as well have been
left unsaid at the average dinner table
or under the evening lamp. Obvious
ness is tho order OF the day. Some
body makes a perfectly obvious state
ment and somebody else picks 1t up and
restates 1t in an equally trite and
superhuous manner, or adds something
equally obvious: and nobody seems to
notice the absurdity OF 1t all
Now the hallmark Of really intelHseut
conversation is to take the obvious for
granted.
Thinking people save their breath to
say things that are interesting, either
as news or az the product of actual
thinking or intelligent observation On
their part.
For a child to be brought up in a
household whore the talk is the product
of thought instead Of merely the vo-
calfxation Of q set Of mental reflexes,
is as valuable to him a. q college edu-
cation.
Nor is it merely among the so-ealled
lower classes that the people who don't
bother to base their conversations on
thought, are found. / know many peo-
ple OF 1.-THE cultured class" whose con-
versation il q series Of banalities: and
many Of the uneducated class who have
the precious habit Of thought. A let
ter. came to me this very morning
crudely written, filled with mingpelIed
words, plainly the work Of an unedu-
Gated man, and yet packed with
thoughts I'd rather hear that man
II you think before you talk you may
talk 4 good den1 les. but the world Mtjl
)p9ohab1y survive the custa11ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
EARlGERs MUST ORGANIxE.

A8SAMEtE6 MOOV O4S&3ANxN8ls
In an address before the students
Of ono Of the northern agricultural
colleges. q prominent farmer and stock
breeder OF one OF our states which
borders ON the Great Lakes empha-
sized the great need Of definite organ
tzation IL farmers are to keep abreast
of the times. He said that 20 Tar al
soil fertility was concerned the am
cient Egyptians and Chinese knew
about as much about it az we do:
enough. in fact. that they have farm
ed their soils in such q way for 5000 or
5000 years that today they are as fer-
tile as our own.
This is indeed true, writes J. r. II. in
the Kansas Industfialist. and although
agriculture has advanced rapidly with
in the last few years. 1t has bean un-
progressive in that 1t has not yet es-
tablished itself upon an equal basis
with the other professions. In prac-
tically every industry. profession. and
class. people have Organized for their
mutual welfare and protection. They
have demanded and obtained fewer
hours and a living wage. But agricul-
ture has made no such federation.
The agriculturists are the exception to
this rule: they have been content,
though compelled to work early and
late to make ends meet" for often
the farmer was selling his goods be-
low the cost of production.
A paper read before the National
Association OF Bankers at Chicago.
recently. showed that the ilcome the
farmer and his family live upon is a
small margin. According to this re-
port, which had been very carefully
compiled. the annual income of a farm
Of 160 acres in the United States il
$1,000. But after deducting taxes, de-
probation Of buildings. cost of hired
labor. and such. there remained a profit
Of $1s1. upon which the farmer and
his family live.
The real fault II that the. farmer
has not been receiving a fair compen-
sation for his crop-he has not had his
share. He receives only one-third of
the ultimate price his products bring.
His live stock he sells at the price stip-
ulated by the packers and pays the
prices demanded for his farm machine
~ ana supplies.
This has made it possible for the
packing houses. the great mail order
houses. and the railroads to accumu-
late enormous wealth in a few years.
So the trouble IL not with the farm.
but with me farmer. If agriculture IL
to come into it's own. it must be
through the farmers. The great need
today Is for progressive farmers who
will carry on the spirit Of organization.
Such an organization Is found among
the western fruit growers and the to-
bacco growers of Kentucky and Ten
nessee. This will enable the farmer
to demand and receive a fair return on
his investment. Not until then will the
profession Of agriculture take its pro-
per place on an equal basis with the
other professions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Better babies. Better mothers for
babies. Better home surroundings.
Better schools. Better roads to get the
children to the schools. Closer rela-
lions between the parents and the
school teachers" These comprise the
program of the KanEas women who
have organized state chapter of the
National Congress of Mothers and Par
ent-Teachers' association. But surely
all of these things cannot be brought
atrut unless there be better fathers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

A German aviator has driven an
aeroplane to height of approximately
four miles, which would appear to be
sufficiently high for all puractical and
foolish purposes. Incidentally. he
neglected a magnificent opportunity
to stage a record-breaking fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
On the Spur
Of the Moment
BY ROY X. NOUIR0N.

The Spring Hat.
Whence and what art thou. ridicu-
"A month asonp& wcman wore
Velvet with GHuEy drape.
Or a mans Fedora,
Or something with stack
OF violets and things
Or wings
We couldn't quite keep track
OF all they did wear
And then thou contest. Thou!
Wow!
We are up against thee good and
hard:
We meet
Thee on every street,
Thou thing of beads
And stick-up feathers.
We don't know whether
We're seeing things or not.
They are thicker than
Tomato cans in q vacant lot,
Blackberries- or the pulex irritans
On a dog. stars In the sky.
It came quicker
N seal,
That
Hat
It is not
mat We nave my p2IIASuA4I OUJ0Ce
ton
To this CONNECTION
Not the least Under the sun;
1t is none
OF our obsequies. They arc not our
style.
We should smile,
They are not.
We men have got
Our little weaknesses-our
Red neckties-
And we surmise
That our array,
Bright and gay,
Dubs us foolish, Just a bit,
We admit.
Funny coats, hysterical hose,
But we have nothing like that skew
Hawed and stupendous heady sky
Nit.
And so, o hat,
Monstrosity of beads,
Wave on,
Thou'rt at the bat,
o hat.
This is thy busy day,
And thou wilt stay
In shoals and swarms and myriads
awhile.
Thou style,
Then fade away.
HurrAy!,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

March's exit like a lamb also shat
tered one Of the fancies Of the goose
bono weather prophets. But they can
point with pride to this years prog
nostications Of the grounding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Topelka's police force is wonderfully
effective in picking up boys Cor smok-
ing. lettering, cutting corners, ct cetera,
ct cetera, but when it comes to making
the streets Of the city reasonably safe
for unescorted women to use after dark
well. a. Rudyard Kipling would say,
that Is another story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

them to acquiesce therein. Instead OF
Winchester srifles. they 80 for = sur
veyor. The line IL rerun: II ARBITRATION
II not had, an action in eJectment II
brought, in which, event evidence II
heard and . Judgment rendered. to
which both parties bow and By which
their respective rights are forever set
tied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood
are scarcely in position to wax en-
thusiastic over their influence as lead
oes Of the Democratic hosts in the
house Of representatives. OF the 272
Democrats who voted on the repeal OF
the Panama canal tolls exemption only
81 Of them followed their leaders"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Denials that the price Of sugar is
fixed by q trust have a reasonable ring
to them. If a trust were attending to
this business, the price Of sugar would
likely be much higher than 1t Is. Sugar
IL now almost as cheap as flour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Nor is President Wilson without q
sense Of humor. His invitation to Vic
toriano Huerta to participate in the
preparatory work for the approaching
peace conference at The Hague is all
the evidence needed on this score.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

More proof that troubles never
come singly. Henry Siegel, the bank
rrpt banker and merchant. who is
under indictment in New York for
grand larceny and violations of the
banking laws. has just been sued by
his wife for an absolute divorce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

The efficiency Of police force is not
properly measured by the monthly to-
tai Of the fines that are assessed and
collected In a police court. Neither is
1t indicated by the number Of petty Of
tenders arrested each month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Incidentally, the pictures Of most Of
the Federal League stars show them in
uniforms Of the major league teams
that helped so materially to make these
players famous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Were the appointment Of Dudley Field
Malone. his son-in-law. to the fat and
powerful, job Of Collector Of the Port OF
New York still hanging fire. it il barely
possible that Senator O'Gorman would
not b 30 vigorous and violent in his
opposition to President Wilson's plan
for the repeal of the Panama canal
tolls exemption.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

Tho STATE Journal IL Z member 81 the
Associated Press and receives the roIl oay
0eiegraph ropoet Of that 0reA& news of-
ganisaaou Tor the exclusive AFTERNOON
Dublicat1on n Topeka s.'
The news II received IN Tho STATE JouE.
ri building over wires for this sole p0e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

It occurs to- the Richmond Times
Dispatch that Mr.. Wilson has 1t on
that earlier statesman who would
rather be right than president Mr.;
Wilson has COPIED both. pennants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Sir Edward Grey's suggestion for
the establishment Of a federal system
of government for the British isles has
probably prompted not a few English
patriots to chant fervently: God
save the King"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

'Nfuggsy' McGraw. the manager Of
the New York Giants. must have a
tough one. Else the repeated batter
lngs It has received would have put it
out Of commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

II the hailstones as large as eggs,
for which Kansas is famous, were also
like eggs, they would suffer the smash
ing instead Of infiicting it. But think
OF the splashes that would likewise
result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

OF course, it almost goes without say
ing that the plain clothes women who
are to appear on the streets Of Pitts
burg, Pa. are members of tho police
force. fz 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Persistent Contributor.'sYou are quite
sure you do not wasn't this story. then?''
Candid Editor-"Quite sure" Persistent
Contrtbutor-"And yet you say It II not
bad" Candid Editor-''Excuse me. You
misunderstood. The story IL bad. but not
bad enough."-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-03

Where, also, was the frost that the
weather bureau predicted for Wednes-
day night?