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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
Jayhawker Jots

I: the coastwise ships don't want to
nav the Panama canal tolls they can
90 around the horn, as the Merloen
Ledger suggests.
1t is impossible to tell what dog
is worth. writes the court house re-
PORTER of the Valley Falls Review. the
returns Of the assessors snow valua-
lions ND to SIS. Occasionally q nlgner
value is placed on the dog tnan ON
the household goods.
Related by the st. Peter & Paul cor
respondent OF the Barton County
Democrat: Two Irishmen just after
landing in New York from the old
country were walking up Broaoway:
They had heard a great oeai apous
money being all over the country, ana
lar gold piece. After going q little
farther they saw a blind man. and they
sa,d: Here, poor blind man. take
this twenty dollars. You can't see them
and we can"
They tell a story relates the Newton
Kansan- Repubhcan. on a leao" ,,rtv
started the first bank in kiowa county
in the early days In Kansas. 1t seems
he had a friend back east who made
nile of money out Of the banking pusi
ness, and this man made up MS nina
to start a bank. He told his own ex-
perience as follows: Il Just went oown a
the street and rented an empty store
building, and hung out a ban. sign;
The first day q fellow dropped IN ana
deposited 800. The next day anotner
man came in and deposited $1oO. by
that time I had begun to nave conf
couple of hundred into it myself. sure
1 made money"
One of Turon's most handsome
--oun1 ladies says that she steams ana
syeats her face regularly once a week
over her mothers wash tub. Sne says
wringing the clothes makes nen n,a as
has enlarged her bust measurement
$veral inches, while the exercise OF
shopping and lifting clothes makes ner
waist line smaller. She says Ine nur
rvinr from stove to table while help
in1 her mother get the meals, gives
her good control of her lower Inn Ds
and poise and dignity SO many az
mire. We don't give the young laoy
name but she is a favorite among tns
unit! she pick up some young man
| looking for q good wife.-Turon Press
From the Marquette Tribune: A city
man wrote to his country cousin: w
certainly have been having some Iuu
| the last few days Thursday we autoeo
out to the Country club and goifed un-
! til DARK then we trolleyed back 70
| town and danced until morning. Inen
we Fridayed all day at the office;
The cousin promptly replied: we
have pretty good times mere, TOO. me y
other day we busgied out 70 Cncii
NEEDS and went out to the back lot and
f,a seballed all afternoon. In the even
ing we sneaked up to the attic and pok-
cred until morning. The next day we
| muied out to the cornfield ana ge-
hawed until sundown- Then we sup
nared until dark and piped Until nine
after which we bedsteaded until ths
clock fived, after which we breakfasteo
\ a nd began all over again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

PORTRAIT or a. GIRL
About whose proud and fauaens name,
this day.
Arc you Adrean1?
Your sllken lashes seem
Heavy with secrets your red up Wouao
Around your placid brow what rsveziss
Their Melin tune.
In this light- hearted noon
OF girlhood. with its green ana golden
May!
within your gently rosy finger hands
Where lilies sleep.
Great destinies you keep
Thrice happy he who kneeas 70 your
From that gold disarray. your crown.
what stands
Shall CLEAN anew
Some distant day. when you
Wrap round q smaller head these INLET
bands!
what though the stealthy years en-
croach. you'll wait
With your slow smile.
brief. impexf0uS while.
Dreaming white dreams til Love smiles
from the gate
Then, in the darkling years. may kindly
Fate
TINS solace lend
My dim eyes, and forfend
That gracious. gradual end to youtn's
w. q. nnckom-rernandex in February
Smart Set-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

list are likely to be forthcoming. Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels has placed
the ban on the winecup at the naval
officers mess. This also may lead to
serious foreign complications. How
will it be possible for American naval
officers to entertain properly" their
brethren of other nations. aboard ship.
unless they can raise the glass and say
Here's how" or BEST Regards" or
Here's lookin' at yuh." or ITO your
health" ct cetera. ct cetera. Incident
ally, Secretary Danielss order il 10
sweeping that it even bars the grape
Juice Of his Chautauqua confrere, Mr..
Bryan. as the experts insist that this
beverage contains more alcohol than
beer. Hence there may be cabinet
complications even at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

door work II being actively resumed.
and there II every indication Of . ma
terial decrease In the number Of un-
employed: all Of which will aid in re-
starting the wheels of industry and
imparting fresh confidence in the fu-
ture. Conditions are such that we can
now confidently advise our friends to
worry less and hope more. Cheerful
ness will be . valuable factor in re-
storing confidence. Our people have
been gazing too persistently Mt the sor-
did and pessimistic. Self-effort ID
needed to shake off morbid spirits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
From Other Pens
ONE LESSON MADE IN GERMANY.

ONE LESSON MADE IN GERMANY.
= In q United States consular report
designed especially to show the enor-
mously rich market that Germany Of
fers for American goods there IL a
lesson on the benefits that accrue from
the use of Intelligent methods in fos-
tering trade and industry. This re-
port, by Vice Consul Poole of Berlin.
discusses DIR. Karl Helferich's mono
graph published at the time of the en-
peror's silver jubilee last June. In
which is set forth the growth OF Ger
many under William II. DR.. Heiff-
erich places the present gross in
come Of the German nation at $1O.-
600, 900, 000, as compared with about
SO, 900. 900, 900 in 1895, and he estt-
mates that Germanys accumulated
wealth il now more than $76.OOO,OOO,-
600, as compared with $4,000. 100000
in 1896. From 1SS8-when Williams
reign began-to 1913 the population
increased from 100000 to 66,0O0,-
900, and the great prosperity of the
empire reduced emigration to almost
nothing. In fact, immigration OF Ia
borers from Italy and Austria has now
grown to a considerable volume. This
economic prosperity has not been at
tanned by any loose optimism, but by
a thoroughgoing search for the best
methods by the perfection of eco
nomic technic'' and the Improvement
of processes by the practical applica-
ton Of the sciences, especially physics
and chemistry. and the development of
economic organization. Perhaps the
most obvious lesson supplied by Ger
many for the great manufacturing and
agricultural region of which Chicago
is the center L. the necessity for vOca-
tional schools and for attacking the
many Industrial problems with some
thing of the same methodical devo-
ton and patience that have wrought
marvellous results in the German en-
pire.-ChicagO News.
AN AGE OF EFFICIENCY.
! This Is an age of efficiency, and IN
the successful stores, offices and cor
pora tons one sees many things that
make for more efficient work on the
part OF every one from the big boss
down tc the janit0r. Nowhere perhaps
is efficiency more rigidly demanded
Ger just issued by the Erie IL illustra-
tive CT the point. This order forbiJs
The use of roll-top desks by any Of the
-enirIoyees-all offices from the presi-
dents down and all those along the
system have been equipped with fiat
top decks This IL so the men win not
cram pigeonholes full OF papers and
File work and papers on their desks,
close them up and 20 h0pe. The man
with a flat-top desk will clear It on
bcft.rs. leaving. in fact. it's mandatory
In tlis case. and he steps up to his
desk the next morning. not having to
fus. and frme over q pile OF unoortej
papers. but ready to dig right in on zllo
days job There's nothing left undono
from ts.erday.-Aarion (Ohio) Trfb-
unc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Some unusually interesting facts
about New York City are thus detailed
by the New York World: That there
are 1913 COW stables in New York City,
running up to large establishments
with 100 animals. may surprise some
people. AS a matter of fact. New York
City includes some very profita BILE
farms and truck gardens. The near
ness of a market and a practically un-
limited supply of fertilixer lead to In
tensive production, and the yearly
yield runs well into seven figures.
Three county fairs-the Richmond,
Queens-Nassau and Westchester-
serve this thrifty rural interest in
three of the five boroughs. >
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
QUAKER AfEDTTATIONs.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record
Many a man loses his reputation
without suffering much of a loss.
The trouble with many a self made
man Is that he isn't quite finished.
Some people waste entirely too
much time waiting for the unexpected
to happen.
You never can tell. The people
the brightest.
It's q we'll trained conscience that
can be made to speak only when it IL
spoken to.
A man must indeed be mighty busy
when he hasn't time to stop and
watch q dog fight.
The difference between pride and
vanity depends upon whether it Ii
ours or another'8.
This would be q mighty fine sort OF
world II we were all as good AZ we
expect others to be.
low feel like a bird. much more than
being tarred and feathered.
THE good die young" quoted the
good men are the dead Ones, sug-
gested the Simple Mug.
BlobbsHs'Give me q synonym for q
painful silenca." Siobbs-Well. .
falkative woman in . dentists chail
with q rubber dam In her mouth
Gomez pretty close to it.
Tommy-..Pop. what is supersti-
tion." Tommy's Pop-Superstftion
| my son, Is what prompts person e
believe q horseshoe over the door hal
9more vlrturo than = lock ana hey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOULTON.

Signs Of the Times.
Lord Decies of England is taking
trip over the American railroads that
he married some time ago.
An Illinois man swallowed 1886 in
nickels. He probably mistook himself
for a slot machine.
Mathew Mcintyre of Rhode Island.
who never learned to read or write,
left a fortune Of million dollars
Doubtless his heirs will be able to
overlook his lack OF education.
II they're going to talk wirelessly
and freely between the Eiffel tower
and Arlington, Virginia. there ought
to be a law or something boycotting
Jack johnson news.
The London bench show has been
receiving some attention. but 1t will
not be thoroughly advertised in the
English way until it is blown up by
the suffragets.
A man arrived In New York from
Paris with diamonds in his teeth. He
bought his equipment in order to
meet American pastry on fair
basis.
Spring floods on Mars are reported.
Isn't this another good excuse for an
advance in the price Of food in the
United States?
AN Altoona man made $1O6 on one
hog. Still some folks will linger in
the cities and try to grow rich.
Uncle Abner.
Elmer Perkins lays there amt no
such thing as true love, but probably
Elmer hasn't been able to spend
enough money to find it.
Somewhere in this world there may
be a man who kin talk faster than a
woman, but, If so, he has been rather
backward about coming forward.
Most of the good pool players in
this country eat at home with the old
folks.
The Teller who has brain but no
business ability is as bad of as the
Teller who has business ability but no
brains.
If it wasn't for the shyster lawyer
and the fellers with patenttglass cut
tiers to sell this would be quite a pleas
ant world.
When a Teller keeps his mouth shut
you never know whether he is q wise
man or a burned fool, but when he
talks all the time you are never left
| in doubt.
Every man likes to see Teller gil
ahead, providing the Teller is himself
There are q lot of ex-purts in THU
country who kin predict the weather
exactly, but most of 'em have to wall
until the weather happens before they
| do it.
Most Of the red noses come from
the drug store counties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

rFrom the Chicago News ]

CFrom the Chicago NeWA1
If a man is truly great he lives to
forget about 1t.
Marriage IL responsible for the loss
OF many q vacation.
Better be up and doing before the
other chap beats us to it
People can enjoy living close to ma
ture II they don't have to.
An ambitious woman seldom looks
her age-unless she u . suffragette.
She Ia q wise wife who can delude
her husband into believing that he Is
boss.
Some women are born beautiful and
some acquire their beauty ut drug
store.
A household necessity il ono that no
family can anord to be Wtthouf-un-
less it has one.
The man who kicks when he re-
|ceives short weight Decent alWaya
rive thir<y-atx. inches 1nEAJAx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
Journal Entries

An enthusiasm doesn't amount TO
much IL it won't open pocketbook.
Too many people leave their ren9lon
behind when they walk out OF cnufcn.
A social lion is more than likely to
he q. lamb in the business district.
.
A marriage is often happy in pro-
portion to the amount OF alimony the
wife is awarded.
Neither il it always possible to pre-
serve the peace merely by putting q
lid on q town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
Kansas Comment
MOTHERS JOB THE BIGGEST.

There are q good many important po-
stttona, but the most important lob In
the whole list OF industries II that Of
bsing 2 mothsr Much has ben said
ties and duties OF the fathers an1olpero
to the mothers in the work Of Neve1op-
tnE child life into honorable manhood
or womanhood. but It remd1no uue that
rortunities and hence til larger re-
spopstbility. During the yeArD when the
child nature 10 most plastic. when the
young life Is most susceptible to the In
fiuence Of associatione, the mother y
constantly in more intimate contact
sible for the father or any other per-
SON to be. 1t II her privilege to watch
the gradual unfolding Of faculties. char
acteristics and rrOpensities. 1t IL her
heavenly and beautiful growth. Many
q woman who spends largo time In
training, trimming. watering, powder
ing or fumigating her plants seems TO
forget that the more marvellous plant.
the child, needs still more constant and
careful culture ana guardianship, Z cul-
ture none but she can give In the need
ed measure. How often we hear sue
cessfu1 men say that they owe their tr1-
umph to their mothers training. thus
putting emphasis on the suggestions We
have here made. On the other hand So
when they hear . down and OUT man
say, IT had no help At home" We arc
not ignoring the fact that now and then
one who has had one Of the best OF
mothers will be led astray. but tne
number of such IL comparatively few.
and these are the ones who in later
years are generally reclaimed through
the memories Of the mothers love ami
teachings. The business Of being a
mother is the most important business
on earth. 1t should be more carefully
prepared for and more assiduously at
tended to than any other calling known
to woman.-Sterling Bulletin.
QUARANTINE THE DRONES.
The man who has no interest in the
welfare of his community is a defrt-
ment His don't care spirit becomes
His neighbor may be energetic and
| willing to contribute his mite toward
making this community better place
| in which to live but he Is hampered
| by coming in contact with the don't
| care man. This lax individual should
| BE- Guaranteed, where II he will not
| be an aid, he at least cannot be q
| hindrance to the active citizen. There
is no virtue in being too conservative
when 1t comes to lettering conditions
in this community. The live wire
| may make mistakes, but II everyone
lends his support to movements which
have for their purpose the good of the
public then the interchange OF ideas
will result in weaving fabric In
which there will be no flaws. Those
mistakes. If you insist on being q
drone at least don't criticise the man
who Is trying to do things. Though
! he may make mistakes, he is better
citizen of this community than your
self.-Beaver Valley Booster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

the audiences who had novar seen good
acting. wanted her taken OF, but TIE
manager kept her ON. HA wanted the
aHow did / dor she asked him
whom the audience had filea out
"Superb!" Wa1 the reply. Funny
Davsnport tainted away the first dime.
she played that role:"
The next and last night the receipts
were only forty cents. The manasers
accounted for this by saying that It
was the season for going abroad ana
that most of the High Glenere had
sailed for Europe. Owing to this fact
the company would have to walk the
thirteen miles to Huckleberry COrners.
Just ~ the soul of Little EVA was
leaving ftS mortal tenement house tnat
evening one Of the audience Of four
rose up and said:
for allowing that girl to make such
fool OF herself!''
Miss June went to the rest Of the
cast for consolation. They had been
let into the secret by the manager. and
I'VE expected to - you mobbd!"
Strike job as waiter!"
Go home to your mother!"
your acting would kill GOVT"
She went to the manager and told
his honest opinion.
You made the whole cast jealous.
and that ID what's the matter he re-
Piled. You will have to canry your
own suitcase tomorrow ana that Of
Legree ~ well. He has lame arms .
| Thirteen miles. and most Of it up
hill: but In spite Of the blisters on
her feet and the ache In her back,
violet" was ready for her part that
evening when the play opened In a
horse barn kindly loaned for the oc-
casion." In fact. she played with
aueh FArvor that she herne1f hrNlxa q
down and wept. There were dry eyes
in the audience, however, and ono of
them got up and said:
"I am sheriff Of this county, and II
that girl IL not sent home to her
mother I will have some one ar
rested
"An jealousy" explained the man.
ager to the weeping girl. He has a
daughter of his own he wants to play
the part. Don't let such things up
set you"
From Huckleberry Corners to
Strawberry Hill was ten miles. The
company walked it. When Miss June
reached the Corners she was twenty
three miles from home as the crow
Lilies Her shoes were ready to give
out, and after the performance, which
was attended by five persons, she
asked for money to get them re-
paired.
But the roads are dry and the
walking good" replied the manager
What do you mean by that?"
You will head for home in the
morning. II you step lively you car
reach it by night
4 But I don't understand"
You have busted the company by
iyour bad acting!"
And my salary?''
Nothing doing, but here is half {
dollar to buy your dinner at som,
farm house."
But they say I was cute and smar
and cunning!" sobbed the girl
There are always fools around t.
say that"
And I can't act?"
, mot for sour apples!'
Miss June walked every step OF tina
} twenty-three miles, and after being IL
} bed for a week she sent word To-
: Mr.. Newcomer to call. When he re
sponded she asked:
I'VE were engaged before went OF
J the stage % s3ai'
. If we were then we'd better ge
married before have time to get tn,
, idea into my head that was bor1
: to become a great prima donna!"-
Copyright, 1914, by the McClur
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

When the suffragettes stage a riot
in London, the English newspaper
men, noted for their extreme polite
ness in the use of language, describe 1t
as diversion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Hard times in Kansas. Although
this is still the season between crops,
the deposits in the state banks con-
tinue to increase, and the bank sur
pluses and reserves grow -laFGef.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

considerable sentiment seems to
have developed in the city against the
closing of the amusements in the
parks on Sundays. In matters of this
kind, the voice of the people if 1t can
be correctly appraised, should be
needed by the powers that be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Prospects seem bright for the de-
vclopment of another important CO.
educational institution in this country.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick predicts that
by 1915 women will hold the balance
of power in the electoral college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

About the best news that the local
Democrats have heard in some time is
that which indicates that the Progress
sives intend to put full county ticket
in the field
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Iuerta will be decidedly up against
1t in his efforts to keep its pOpulace
in ignorance of the fall Of the City of
Mexico when the time for that event
comes along
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

At any rate, CASTOR Calmette, the
French editor who was murdered by
the wife of man he criticized, had
q gorgeous funeral, which is a trifle
out of the ordinary as the funerals of
editors go. W eF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Maybe New York city is erecting
the tallest Jail building in the world
70 that it will have appropriate quar-
tiers for the incarceration of the men
"hjgher up there, should they ever
he "a injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Next to obtaining garden seeds that
will grow, says the Milwaukee Sentinel
perhaps the most difficult task on the
hands of the citizen of domestic
tastes is to find a setting hen that will
atav set
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Now the coal bills are pretty well
out Of the way, the icemen are getting
ready to flirt with the poor old con-
sumers. Nor can their ogling be
denied, when the sun gets busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

According to the experts in the
premises such business activity as
there Is throughout the country is
greatest in the west and the south.
And there's a reason. These are the
ccnters Of productivity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Missouri's wheat Is reported to be in
fine condition. But how about its
prospective mule crop. also its corn
cob pipe crop? These are the things
that the rest of the world looks to
Missouri for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

This il exceedingly disagreeable
weather for the preliminary trials of
the Easter finery with which the wo-
men have equipped themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Sent in: To trade: A perfectly good
slogan, little used, for one efficient
sanitary policeman. must have been
born since 1865.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Building activities are going forward
with a rush all over Kansas these
days. Best of all. they are of the per-
manent and substantial, not the boom
variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

There's a screw loose somewhere.
Easter, the great egg season, Il at
hand and the price Of hen fruit con-
tinues at an unusually low ebb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal IL a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fuil oey
eeleRraph report OF that great news NJ
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
Dublication in Topeka
The news II received in The state jour
nal building over wires for this sole pos.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Taking about shortage Of food at
enc period during his last expedition,
SIR Ernest Shackleton tells q story Of
one Of his companions On his return
to England his bootmalker met him.
and asked.
How did you nnd those boots
made for you
s.Beot ever tasted!" Was the prompt
lroody-x16nnan T1t-Btto.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-07

Haven't the candidates for nominal
lions for the important Kansas offices
just a word or two to say to the men