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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-11-07
Louisiana Has kiIIIno Ero.t

Alexandria, Lathe first KILN.
frost OF the season was visible Wed
nesday. Frost was also reported -
several other sections of the nor,.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24
QUAKER MEDTTATIONs.


[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Naturally. the only way to keep a
secret is not to give it away.
Even when her hair is her crown
ing glory, woman always wants a
hat.
The great trouble with family jars
is that they are never Theoretically
sealed.
A splitting headache in the morning
may come from splitting bottles the
night before.
Don't tell the man who il always
talking against liquor that he is full
of his subject.
You can't always tell about q mans
bringing up from the way he is raised
in a poker game.
Wig9@"Bjones is aErare fellow. :"
Wagg-"Yes:- he boasts that he has
never been we'll done."@
The fellow who marries a woman
with an independent fortune generally
No. Maude. dear; having pull with
fellow. and roping him in, are not
exactly synonymous terms.
h WtgwaG-I understand you have
the reputation Of not meeting your
bills" Harduppe-"On the contrary.
I meet them at every turn
THE Lord helps those who help
themselves quoted the Wise Guy.
Yes, but the only time some fellows
help Themselves is when they are con-
fronted by q bottle and = glass. added
the Simple Mug,
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Globe Sights
BIZ THE ATCu9ON 0LOBA

Common sense Is tho most valuable
wisdom.
The mere fact that the conversation
lags never perturbs US greatly.
A woman can't demonstrate her re-
nnement by Dragging about it.
A kin row usually shows more en-
durance than the other forms OF
hostilities.
A man isn't necessarily vegetar-
ian because he happens to prefer
grass widow.
Nearly everyone thinks he is doing
as much work as possible until he has
to do more.
In your own particular game. how
far would you be apt to get in an elm
inatiOn contest
Travel note: You can't interest a
asick citizen in anything the wild
waves may be saying.
The self made man is more apt to
brag on himself and give his honor
able ancestors a little rest.
About the only way to beat another
mans game Is to refuse to play it.
although a cinch may not appeal to
you.
the politician is apt to overesti-
mate the value Of handshaking and
cheering: votes are what count in that
game.
Some men are endowed with rug
ged constitutions and can furnish a
! home with tobacco tags and cigarette
cOupOnS 81
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He is afraid we will discover his
treasure" replied one of the boys.
mo one ever steps on those stairs but
old Pumpkin Head; we think this old
place is full of gold-''
But il he keeps US prisoners here.
how can we carry it on even IL we
found it?" asked Amos
IT don't know" replied the boy,
"hut we think he is afraid of some
one: he is always looking through the
iron bars when he Is not watching us.
and it must be he is afraid Of some
one or something.
Old Pumpkin Head came In just
then and Joel and Amos learned no
more that day about their strange
home and master.
The digging and sleeping went IN
the same that day and the next. but
Amos and Joel, who were working
side by side, felt their ehovels strike
something on the third day. and while
they did not say anything to the 9TH
ers, they were sure they had found the
treasure for which old Pumpkin Head
was making them dig.
When they went in to dinner they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24

When in doubt about the reason for
any unusual happening or develop
ment in any field of activity. whether
real Of imagined. charge it to the
great European war. An expert in
the premises is authority for the state
ment that the war has been RESPONSE
BILE for an increased use OF chewing
tobacco an gum in this country. 1t
Is explained that the people here are
chewing Y1uch more tobacco and gum
than they used to because the war
has gotten on their nerves. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24
Jayhawker Jots

Some men have over-drafts at the
bank, says the Sedgwick Paragraph.
and others spend their wife's chicken
money.
1t is said. observes the Spring Hill
New Era, that q camel can work sew
en- days without taking a drink. In
that. 1t Is just + e opposite of some
men. who can drink seven days with
out doing stroke of work.
A string of tabloid news items and
comment in the Wilson County Citi-
zen: School days. Frost immin-
ent. .Pawpaws are ripe. .Ho-
tel business is good. 80. Colds con-
straw hats Is over. Travel in
creasing on the railroads. The
ice men have discontinued Sunday de-
liverfes. 80. Don't forget to do your
Christmas shopping early.
An Atchison girl walked down Com
mercial street today. wearing q dress
that had no more fit than q mans
neck to just above the knees, where
it was caught in with a sloppy look
ing sash. A row Of buttons zigzagged
down the back OF the dress, and a
queer looking white satin collar stood
up around the girls ears. Her hat
was about as big as a pancake and
had a miniature steeple standing in
hose and Topped along the street In
slippers with no heels. An old lady
looked at her and smiled, 'How ridic-
ulous.'' A young girl stared at her
and exclaimed, admiringly, "Stun-
ming" And that's the difference be-
tween age and youth.-Atchison
Globe.
The latest fad in society il the tub
cure, notes the Troy Chief. which 1t
describes thusly: In this the patient
arises just as the crisp air of the morn
ing is mellowed by the first sunbeam
An ordinary washtub is then filled
with hot water and soap suds. into
which various articles Of linen are
thrown. After they are thoroughly
saturated the patient takes them UP
one at a time and rubs them briskly
up and down on a washboard placed
| in the tub. This is kept up until the
hands, arms and face are a glowing
pink. The patient then goes into the
open air and hangs all the linen arti-
i cles on a line stretched for that pur-
pose. The one completing the task first
announces the time to the others over
i the telephone, and is entitled to 8
prize. It is exciting sport and also
i invigoratfng exercise.
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From the Chicago NewA1f
Everything has bright side-even
the dark lantern.
Some men were born asleep and for
got to wake up.
It's too bad that we can't live long
without getting old.
Before going into politics equip
yourself with q mud guard.
Women. as a rule are more generous
than wise in financial matters.
Laughing draws the corners Of the
mouth up; crying pulls them down.
BY the way. did you ever hear a man
complain because q sermon was too
short?
The average woman's idea of an
editor Is q man who keeps her name
out of the paper.
Nothing jolts a poor man who mar
ries an heiress like having her sue him
for nonsupport.
Some young men SOW wheat and
raise corn, and some others SOW wild
oats ind raise Cain.
Every woman imagines that she
shows up WILL in . decollette gown
but not every woman can prove it.
Many a man is under the impress
sion that he is wise merely because he
has no children to ask him questions.
A mother is always seeking a good
match for her daughter-yet q good
match Is merely q cheap stick with a
head on one end Of it.
When we see a ninety pound man
annexed to a 500 pound wife we can't
help thinking that the eternal fitness
of things got an awful jolt.
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has seemed to realize th9t the sink
could be improved by raising. So wo-
men were-and are-compelled to en-
dure discomfort when doing their or
binary household work. There may
be certain percentage of fnconven-
fence to be reached before the human
mind gFasps the fact that something
must be altered. The wise inventor
says the Journal OF the American
Medical Association. attains q reputa-
ton for brilliancy by making his in
vention before the need becomes OBJ
vious to others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24

had hardly begun to eat when olo
Pumpkin Head burst into the room
! and shouted: Come out, come out:
no time :or eating. You must dig,
dig, dig!"
And this time he grabbed an arm
Into the holes he went. too. when
the boys were all in, and with his
great hands he made the dirt ny fast
er than the shovels.
He was digging right where Amos
and Joel had felt something strike
their shovels. and soon Pumpkin Head
began to shout and laugh.
II have found it; have found it!''
, cried old Pumpkin Head, and taking
two boys at time in his great hands
he threw them out of the hole and
climbed out after them.
He would not leave one of them
there while he carried the others up-
stairs this time. but drove them in
| front Of him with his whip so fast
their feet scarcely touched the stairs.
But this time they did not go to the
room where they ate. He drove them
IN another direction and opened an
iron door.
The boys went into the room. and
the door closed after them with a
bang, and they found themselves In a
room OF stone, with only one window.
and that SO high they could not reach
ders of another.
But the boys were too sleepy to care
much. and soon all the boys were fast
asleep on the stone and earth floor.
After waiting all one day Joel pro-
posed that one boy stand on the shout
ders OF another, and third boy climb
up to the shoulders Of the second ana
look out and call for old Pumpkin
Head.
But all their calling was in vain No
answer came and no one came to let
, them out. They pounded on the from
door, but not a bit could they move ~
and they could hear no sound h,,f en-
wind through the trees
Il see 1t ALL said one bow. "o,a
Pumpkin Head found the treasur> =.
made us dig for and he did not v.rS
US any more. SO he put us in hers -
starve; and that is what will hannen -
None OF Us IL very fat" said Zoe,
II think one Of us could .rr~~s.
through the bars II we knew hov hsrS,
up we WERE" ---e -
That is so," said one Of n. h.,,.
But you may be sure we are NJ.
up. Old Pumpkin Head wo,,16 t,as,a
thought OF that. We might -
through the bars, but we would fsIi
TO the ground and be killed. NJ
tnere is another way thak n s.f Ar -
we only had knife or a NIECE -
iron" pece OF
Copyright, 1914, bv tha u.~,,
Newspaper Syndicate, New yors
Tomorrow's story-'5ow To-, go
: Amos Found . Home" Pnrf nj -''1
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may increase the IRE loss. And he ID
going to arrange for q IRE preven-
ton cleanup day after the election.
There will be a lot OF campaign hit
erature lying around loose by that
time" says Mr.. Parkman. This STUN
is a positive menace to the safety OF
buildings all over tho state. 1t may
start a fire any time" But why v'aie
until after election to attack ana oe-
stroy this danger? isn't it just az na-
BILE to cause a confagration the DAY OF
week before az the day or week aiter
election? And az far a. the general
run OF peol lie is concerned. they would
he inst as well pleased If this stun
were destroyed before it is sent 10 t"o
postofYice to clutter up their mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24
PROGRESS IN THE KITCHEN.

The fact that a thing has always
been done in a certain way-the mere
precedent-limits originality and ha1ts
progress For example: In q recent is
sue of the Survey the question why
kitchen sinks have been made so low
was discussed. No one seemed able to
explain. Finally a certain maker dis
covered that the original sinks were
made when the washing OF dishes and
other sink-work was done In wooden
tubs with high sides. Such a tub
when used in q high sink came up too
far, so the sink was made low. Furth-
ermore. as running water and fixed
faucets had not long been made, the
tub had to be lifted out of the sink.
and the lower the sink the lighter the
lift. Though improvements in faucets,
dishpans ana other accessories o1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24
Euening Chat
By RUTH CAMERON.

Hens and Human Nature.
Molly. the little stenographer lady,
leaned over the bArnyard fence. The
Cynic hailed hsr: What are you
studying human nature" said Mol
ly soberly. 81
1--WE always hated hens" she ex-
planned. ."They have such cold, beady
eyes. But this morning I stopped to
watch them for minute have been
here almost an hour! never knew
hens could be SO nearly human
I'm their intelligence, or their lack
of it?" asked the Cynic.
''Oh-their lack of it, by all means
you came she found an old cigar stub.
She picked it up. Apparently every
other hen in the yard saw her do it,
because they all started for her. and
she tried to run and chew it at the
same time. When she found it was no
suer picked it up and started off with
it in her turn. Then she dropped it
and the next one grabbed it. They
kept 1t up for about ten minutes.
''It reminds me Of women foraging
around table of bargains in a de-
partment store. They scratch here
and there, each seeking the biggest
bargain. One woman will snatch up
something that looks like a better bar
gain than the rest. Then all the other
women step hunting to see what the
first one has secured. They all hunger
for that particular thing. The first
woman, having examined it, finds it
not as good as she thought. and the
second snatches it up. She drops it
and a third grabs it, and so on. Just
like the hens, for all the world!
That's one quality the hens seem to
have very strongly in common with us
humans. They are never satisfied with
what they've got-they're always
wQfchinU n What Snro0hn6v oloo
is getting. There is plenty for all In
the yard. But the yellow hen is afraid
that the red hen or the white hen will
get something she doesn't, and the red
Ing toward her and each other"
whats happening now?" asked the
Cynic. as the hens rushed madly to-
ward the end Of the yard.
"Oh. nothing special" said Molly
That's Just another of their human
three hens happen to get together and
seem to be intent upon something. al
1 the rest rush over to see what It's al
! about That's something you can see
any day in any city"
But the cocks don't seem to rusE
about 80 much" said the Cynic. 81
suppose" he added maliciously. THAI
being the male of the species. they are
more intelligent than the hens
"Are they?" asked Molly. "Watcf
that young cock over there. He stalks
about like king. He thinks he's the
most important creature on the face
. Of the earth. But the hens pay very
little attention to him, the farmer pay.
none BY and by one of those younger
cocks will lick him, and eventually
he'll get the axe. But like lots OF
males I know OF another species he
thinks the females of his kind are al
crazy about him. and that everything
that happens is ordained for his bene
fit. He's almost human, in fact, in hi.
conceit.''
Come away" begged the Cynic
j I'VE are going to have roast CHECKER
for dinner and / don't want to fee
! like a cannihal:,
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Kansas Conll1,(s1f !
RrcoMnp AcrIoN.

THOUGHT BECOMES ACTION.
Perhaps much OF the mtoundef-
standing which Germans claim Amer
leans have OF the kaiser's motives has
come about because all that the mose
people in the United States know
about the kaiser IL from printed pic
lures OF him. So far a. yisuali1ing the
Kaiser for most Americans the word
suggests q man with brfstling baYonet
mOustache pictured generally in mill
tary costume. The kaiser has been =
Disqualification Of war. The Kaiser
has been pictured in war trappingS
and as q warrior, which has seemed
an anomaly when those things which
make for civilization have been trend
inR towards world peace. The man
who thinks war Is bound to get into
a war. Emerson sized that up years
ago when he wrote: I'VE surround
ourselves always according to our
freedom and ability. with true images
Of ourselves in things, whether 1t be
ships or books or cannons or churches
The standing army, the arsenal, tho
camp. and the gibbet do not appertain
to man. They only serve az an index
to show where man - now; what q bad
ungoverned temper he has: what an
ugly neighbor he Is: how his affections
halt; how low his hopes lie. He who
loves the bristle Of bayonets only sees
in their glitter what beforehand he
feels in his heart. 1t is avarice and
hatred: it il the quivering lip. the cold.
hating eye. which builds magazine and
powder houses."-Wichtta Eagle.
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From Other Pens


THE WAR THEATER IN AFRICA.
According to q recent dispatch from
Washington, foreign diplomatists sta
toned in that city are closely watch
ing the war news" from South Africa,
where several battle have occurred
between British and German colonial
troops. The number Of combatants
engaged and their casualties are in
significant by comparison with those
OF the European theater. The interest
displayed In diplomatic quarters Ii ex-
planned by the character and magni-
tude OF the stake for which these far
away outposts Of the two empires are
contending. The '@world-war," as one
OF its consequences. may realize the
ALFRED" Cape-to-Cairo railway project,
coined out of the ambitious dreams Of
Cecil Rhodes. Something like 5000
miles Of the territory to be traversed
by this line are under British author
ity. Railway construction has been
pushed steadily for many years. one
Of the obstacles pronounced insuper-
able by the engineers-the drifting
sands of tie Soudan-was overcome az
military necessity. on the insistence
railroad be built to transport his army
to khartoum. The second and last
is German East Africa, which extends
straight across the Cape-to-Cairo
route for d width Of 200 miles. From
the Cape the South African system has
been rapidly built northward. BY
using Lake Tanganyika as q connect
ing water route the British builders
have arranged to get round the bar
rier Of the German colonies. The last
OF the southern links to bring the rail
lines to Lake Tanganyika is now, we
believe, under construction. The nine
nations war, naturally enough, has
been carried into Africa And while
the world watches the mighty battles
In France and along the Russian from
tier, the colony builders Of the war
ring nations doubtless are giving no
little attention and study to the ''out-
post affairs in Africa The stake is
vaster than many OF US realize. Africa
offers most splendid of remaining op-
portunities to Europe's empire build
ers. With something like $4,000 miles
already in operation, according to re-
Gently published estimates, railway
lines are being built on African soil al
the rate of 1000 miles a year. The
disposition of that 20O-mile strip OF
German East Africa needed to com.
plete Great Britain's Cape-to- Cairo
project probably will be determined
by the results of the combat in Europe
But its physical possession at the clos.
of hostilities will have to be reckonel
with in the final adjustment Ant
that doubtless explains the keen inter
est reported in diplomatic quarter.
over the news from the faraway Afri
can battle front.-New Orleans Plea.
yune.
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Journal Entries

Arrogance il the most indefensible Of
the attitudes.
Almost every man has an idea he's
Drawer than he II.
It's often the case that one mans
profits are another's losses.
A war Of words hasn't much to rec
ommend it but it's better than the
other kind.
. .
The girls are getting wiser. Not SO
many Of them nowadays wish that
they were boys.
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Part II.
Old Pumpkin Head sat at the top
of the big hole with the whip in his
hand. and when a boy did not dig
fast enough he would give him little
tap with the whip.
When morning came the boys were
taken out and carried back to the
room where they had eaten the night
before and they found a good break
fast on the table.
When they were eating their dinner
Joel asked why they were all carried
down the stairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24

Senator Tho odore E. Burton of
Ohio has rendered a distinguished
service to the cou- try in his successful
flibuster against the pork in the riv-
ers and harbors appropriation bill
Parceling out pork is always an indie
feasible congressional practice. and
never more so than at a time when 1t
is deemed necessary to enact emer-
gency legislation to increase the gov
ernmental revenues.
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Russia has q wonderful opportunity
to enhance her reputation and also
astonish tie world by not making re-
prisals on the German cities for the
devastation and destruction that the
kaiser's troops have wrought in Bel
GUM and France. But there is lit
tie chance that she will take advan-
tage of it.
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Although a good gas supply is
promised Tor these parts during the
coming fall and winter season, the
wise folk v no like to live in a warm
house when the weather is cold will
have plenty Of coal and wood in their
cellars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24

II Hetty Green has purchased The
Chicae Cubs, as rumor in the
sporting orld has it, she will I'M
doubleday manage the team from the
box Office and not from the bench.
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In all likelihood, the Allies have 1t
figured out that much OF the success
full resistance of the right wing Of the
German army is due to the luck" in
Won KluCk.
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News dispatches Of the happenings
In the war zone during the past few
days would seem to indicate that the
armies of Germany and the allies
have fought each other to a standstill
for the time being at any rate.
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A cloak Of mystery has been
thrown around the loss and recovery
by Mrs. Henry M. Flagler of a $4,000
pearl and diamond necklace while she
was a guest at a hotel in Asheville,
N. c. Probably she left it on a
Washstand in q bathroom.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

The State Journal IL q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
tolegrap report OF that great news or
ganiSation for the exclusive AFTERNOON
Solicitation In Topeka.
The news 10 received in The State JouIs-
nal building over wires Tor this sole pur'
pose
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Austria apparently has plenty OF
courage. Regardless of the way her
armies have been ravaged by Russia
and also by Servia, che is reported to
be planning a campaign against Italy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24

AS Postmaster Burleson has con-
cluded, it would be a trifie untimely
for Uncle Sam to go ahead with the
proposed issue OF q series Of peace
postage stamps.
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Many Of those wooden socks that
the women of England are going to
knit for their boys at the front will
be shrunk with tears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-24

That French savant's theory that
Germany will be in the throes of a
famine within five months Is probably
another Of those famous theories that
work out satisfactorily on paper but
not in practice
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forced the word retreat" into the vo-
cabulary Of the German soldiers, from
which, before the war, 1t was held to
be missing.
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And the River Aisne. that is now
the scene of one Of the major strug-
giles in the great European war, is
pronounced either as "Ain" or EN-. -
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Those two hundred. British war
ships in the North Sea on Heligoland
seem to provide rich and easy pick
ing for the German submarines.