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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
{ From the Philade1r

lF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
We are all too apt to save our
bushes for the mistakes of others.
The pianist may blow about his
playing, but the cornet player blows
more.
You never can tell. Even the hum
bic seamstress is not always what she
seems.
Even the family tree may demon
strate that there is plenty of room at
the top.
Many man will successfully side
step banana skin, only to be tripped
up on a lie.
Don't jump to the conclusion that a
man knows a lot just because he never
says anything.
About the only man who gets more
than he expects in this world is the
fellow who is looking for trouble.
When fellow gets fairly well start
ed on the, downward, path she seldom
thinks Of his emergency brake.
Cynicus-"I am satisfied that many
marriage is an accident" Silicus-
"Oh, well, amputation can always be
performed in the divorce courts"
First crook-"Detectiv-, never fool
me none. I'm onto disguise" Second
crook - Jaw, talk grammar; talk
grammar. Say Desc guys not Dis
guys"
Every man is the architect of his
own fortune" quoted the wise guy.
But lots of us wouldn't take any
medals as architects" added the sim
pie mug.
BlObbs-'What companionable
fellow Wigwag isl Slobbs-"Yes, he
frankly admits that he doesn't know
| anything about politics, religion, or
the cause of the European war"
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HOW PEASANT IooKs ON WARS.

HOW PEASANT LOOKS ON WARS.
Down there in the prairie
Met two brothers from the army.
SAID one brother to the other:
Take this saddle from my horse
And strike me on the heads
What shall we two do a. home?
Mother, father, both are dead;
The cattle have grown old in the stable:
Wnere the house stood, all is grass"
Mountain. mountain. hard rock.
Let the youths pass hy!
Let them go to be shepherds
So they may run away from the army.
The army Is q yoke Of wood
winch the boys pull until they die.
The army Is yoke of brass
Ihat they pull without ceasing.
When man goes to the army
The house becomes SO poor
children have not even hearth.
II some day they grow up,
They Will not know they had q father.
Translated from he Roumanian for
Poetry, by Maurice Aisen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

The only sure weather prediction
nowadays is that it will surely rain on
the day OF the Sunday school picnic.
There was quite sensation at the
meeting of the Ladies' Aid Of the
Hardshen hurch at the home of Mrs.
Anse Frisby last week. Mrs. Frisby
made mistake and served a plateful
Of Anse's poker chips instid of after
dinner waters.
Elmer Jones ruined the most i'm
portant part of his new Palm Beach
suit the other day by sitting down on
q sheet of sticky fypaper. He tore
the buzzom out'n the trousers tryin'
to pull the hypaper off.
Hank TummS, our rud commission
er, has tore up the rud about three
miles out'n town and expects to leave
it that way all summer. He hangs
around with his team ready to pull
automobiles out at 81 per.
Anticipation OF bein' a summer wild
over is a burned sight more pleasant
than realization.
Bud HIS says there is 100 per
cent profit in frog legs that he sells.
All 1t costs him to get 'em is his
time, and that amt worth nothing.
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'sBut, what is it?"

''But. what is it?''
The inharmony-the incongruity-1
the abuse OF art! You have got red
where brown ought to be--blue in
and don't feel bad when tell you that
my teeth are on edge"
But what's to be done?"
Tnere Is only one thing. The
house must be repapered. and must
be allowed to oversee the work."
Mrs. Cranston cried a little, but
gave Tn. He had given in to her, SO
that it was only fair play They would
be kept out of the cottage a week or
so longer, but they wanted the dec
Grating as they wanted it.
Mr.. Cranston took hold of things
ON a little different line this time. He
had deferred to the painter in many
things before, but now he would trust
to his own taste and Judgment That's
what he did. The first time the man
opened his lips to advise he was met
with:
Yes, I know: but you are here to
paste and hang and not to advise. I
don't suppose you ever looked into an
art book in your Mfe.''
As the work proceeded the painter
squirmed about. Then he heaved long
signs. Then he could not repress q
groan.
| lis it collie 20 was asked.
IL was not. 1t was to see white.
| brown and red and blue and lilac and
green mixed up Like clans and crahs
in q basket. He went to bed to dream
of his job. He had the nightmare and
shrieked out:
Call OFF your cats or 1 am a dead
mani"
| For the second time Mira Cranston
was welcomed to the Bower of Art
She had walked through the house
with teeth on edge and shivers run
ming up and down her spine. when
things went crack! crack. crack!
There were three coats of paper or
the walls and ceilings, and the weieh1
was too much. Every foot of It nilad
up on the floors.
Come on, dearest" the wife said.
| Where to-"
ITO the doctor's.''
| What for?"
ITO have our eyes tested"
why, you are both color blind,
was the verdict
The painter was ordered to clear
the walls and paint them any color h,
Thought best, and neither husband MOI
wife is sure which is red or brown
which is pea green or vioIet.-(Copv
right. 1914. by the Mcclure Newspane,
ISyndicate)
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1t is anything but fair for people
to accuse the American newspapers of
taking sides in the great war and
printing only news that seems to give
the Germans the worst of it. The pa
pers have to print such news as they
can get, and the bulk of it has been
coming from French and English
sources. Germany's news censorship
Is SO strict that hardly line of real
war news filters through from Ger
man sources. 1t II obvious that the
news from France and England may
be colored some to the advantage of
those countries. or perhaps only favor
able news is sent out. If Germany
was sending out any news at all. or
permitting 1t to be sent out. the war
news probably wouldn't be 70 appAr-
ontlv epe-alded S.
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From, Other Pens
SPY HYSTERIA.


Numerous Americans returning from
the war zone in Europe tell moving
tales of : eir experiences in proving
their identity and ayerting popular and
official suspicion of their actions. Ger
tainly. to be arrested as a spy and
searched at a police station or barracks.
while incidentally menaced by street
crowds inflamed by war spirit. is no
joke, and our neutrality-suspicious. and
others who have mad to undergo the Or
deal on the German frontier are EN-
titled to sympathy. But at least no
American has been shot for a spy or
subjected to anything worse than dis
comfort and humiliation. And the SINH
lar experience of a New York college
president in France shows that this
kind of public suspicion is not local.
Doubtless the conditions are aggravated
in Europe by the magnitude of the con-
flict. But spy hysteria Is not peculiar
to European countries. 1t was preva-
lent here at the time of the Spanish
cerned by q heated public Imagination
complexion was a disadvantage. As re-
Gently as the Mexican imbroglio and ON
the day following the occupation of
Vera Cruz, a man was arrested as a
Mexican spy in an Iowa town far re-
mote from any conceivable firing line.
Few people ever saw spy OUTSIDE OF
stage melOdrama, and there are no ia
miliar earmarks by which one may be
known at sight. Perhaps the very Sc
crecy which invests the movements of
real spies accounts for the popular OBJ
session that the woods are full of them.
Generally speaking, it is probably safer
to be a spy in fact than a spy in popu-
lar fancy. which indeed is about as haz-
ardous now in Europe as it was year
| Sn a o. ~ SfiSnonfn6 NJ oa q n
poisoned needle in this country.-New
York World,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

lease $500 000, 900. Deposits Of national
banks in central reserve cities are. say
q, 0o0. oo0. 900: the reserve requirements
Of these banks will be reduced from q
to 10 per cent. which means an addi-
tional reduction in reserves Of $112.000
900. From these figures 1t will be seen
that the total amount to be thus re-
leased to the national banks under the
law will be $3.50. 000. 900. If there ever
wss justifiable occasion in the financial
affairs Of this country which called Tor
prompt action 1t Is probably now. To
my mind. therefore, 1t would undoubt-
eddy be wise II some means could be
found to put in operation that part OF
the law which would permit of a re-
duction in reserve requirements Of the
put the country on an easier and more
comfortable financial footing than any
other plan that could be at present de-
vised. besides enabling the banks to in
crease their call loan facilities which at
present. is an essential need.
This war will probably prove which
is the mightier. 1t is to be hoped that
1t will destroy the use Of the sword and
make the power Of the pen everlasting.
If SO, this will be the last great war
with the sword. The pen is all powerful
In commerce. and this is 4 commercial
age. The sword IS death to commerce,
the present cruel slaughter being an
evidence thereof. After the first great
battle is fought every one left to tell
the story should urge with voice and
Hno ho
warning nations. Such a result would
prove a victory for both sides alike that
would produce a general disarmament,
thereby saving all tho nations con-
cerned from general bankruptcy"
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G5R7 5}s r E&g&I2}
WW&S~ BY ms EHNHLHER
BY MRS AM4LHER

around, his tail was right on his face
and he had little eyes. I don't believe
he ever saw the whole Of himself, his
eyes were SO small But he could
make noise deaf.
But how can play circus?" asked
Bobby; L am not an animal. am II"
'Oh, you will be something l saw in
a side show. a Punch and Judy they
call it. you look just like the Punch"
What did he have to dO?" asked
Bobby.
"Oh, he talked and he wasn't very
nice to his wife, and a policeman car
ried him off,
."Oh. goodbye" said Bobby, think
ing Of the time Drusilla was arrested,
then shall have an adventure"
Drusilla did not reply to this re-
mark, but went on with her story.
I'm another tent there were places
to sit down. SO we all went in there
and ate peanuts and popcorn. and by
and by some beautiful horses, with
spangled saddles, walked past us and
gold carriages and many beautiful la
dies"
The window Of the paper dolls
house opened wider. What did they
do ?" she asked with q smile.
"They did not do anything said
Drusilla with a toss Of her head, ''they
did not even speak"
II guess 1 better look over my
wardrobe" said the paper doll. clos
ing her blinds.
isn't she the conceited creature %
said Drusilla. II don't suppose she
will be in the circus at all. I didn't
see anyone that looked the least bit
like her"
was that ALP asked Bobby.
mo. there was q lot more" said
Drusilla. Funny men who stood on
their heads and monkeys riding ON the
littlest ponies ever saw Oh, We had
IL splendid time and everybody
laughed"
what did they laugh ut? asked
Bobby.
ION. / don't just know. but II w.
awfully good. You will 80 tomogs
row.: Drusiiia to- him~-( Copyrighe
Aieate.) !. rs s. S
Innnoessap s =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25
Almost Time for These.

That sterling patriot, Senator -.
I now have the honor to introduce.
I'VE are gathered here his evening
with a noble purpose. that OF protect
ing our country from the hand OF the
spOiler. To do this we must send to
Washington that fearless champion OF
the peoples rights, Byron H. Binks. !"
''The possibilities of this country ex-
tend from the Aurora BOrealis to the
day Of Judgment
THAT magnificent document, the
Declaration of Independence-'
I'VE will rally around that magnif1-
cent emblem of our country, the grand
old Stars and Stripes"
when you leave the polling place
on election day. fellow patriots. leave
1t with the knowledge tina you have
done your full duty for Septimus w.
Soggs for coroner of this great and
glorious county which you call your
hOme.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25
Journal Entries

More futures probably look dark
than bright.
.
Most troubles loom up larger than
they are.
= . =
Mistakes that could be easily avoid
ed are the sorriest kind.
= .
Every man is capable Of doing a lot
Of things he considers impossible,
A man who really wants to do what
is right can do so without much diff
Guilty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

Spencer Wishart, who was killed in
the recent Elgin National road race
was a young millionaire who followed
automobile racing for the love of the
sport. Which seems to be even a more
foolish undertaking than the pursuit
of this game by the professionals who
seem to labor under the delusion that
they can make a profitable living in no
0fher
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF tho State Journal
away from home during the summer
nay have the paper mailed reSuAFiy
eoch day to any address At the rate
n ten cents q week or thirty cents
q month (by mail only).- Address
0a,aneed - often as desired. While
out Of town the State Journal VIII DC
% you like . daily letter from home.
e1heoe short time subscriptions, to save
Bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

Colonel Roosevelt couldn't very we'll
do anything else than withdraw his
support of Harvey D. Hinman, can
didate for the New York Republican
gubernatOrial nomination, after Mr..
Human had come out in a flat-footed
announcement that he was opposed to
the initiative and the referendum, the
recall of judges and judicial decisions
and womans suffrage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

Ordinarily. about the biggest news
item in this country or the one that
would interest the most people would
be the thrilling race that is under way
for the National League pennant. Only
a game, or a game and half separate
the leaders. and two other teams seem
to be within striking distance. But
baseball seemed to be pretty dead all
over the country this year, even before
the war swatted it out of the lime
light
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

DRUSILLA GOES no THE CIRCUS.
Drusilla could hardly wait for the
house to be still she had SO much to
tell Bobby Jones.
81 have been to the circus,'' she an
nounced, land heard my little mother
say that there was to be a circus in
this room tomorrow, SO you better
listen to Ill have to tell.
ITO begin with, today my little
mothers father took two little girls
and my little mother in the automo-
bile. and 1 went with mem, though the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

AS a rule, most folk are better
pleased with a clear Sunday, but the
one that happened along last was I'M
doubtedly the most acceptable kind
that could have hit these parts. Its
cool winds. clouds and rain were GER
tainly welcome relief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

Conditions seem to be SO shaping
themselves in the race for the Nation
al League pennant, that the New York
Giants may have another chance to
win It or lose it on a single game.
They lost it the other time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

During the years that peace has
prevailed among them, the military
powers of Europe. through their STRAIT
egy boards, have been placing on pa
per most elaborate plans for the sue
cessful prosecution of any old kind of
a war that might develop. And it
would be interesting to know just how
these plans are working out. The
chances are that they are not deliver
ing the goods in any important partic-
ularS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

Even little, old Holland, the home
of the International Peace Palace,
serves notice that she is willing to
fight to preserve her neutrality. Sure
" the very foundations of that famous
institution are rocking with laughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

With Japan's declaration of war on
Germany, it becomes almost q world
war, in fact; but not one of the battle
royal variety, with every nation in
action hitting the head of every other
one that shows. 1t il the world
against Germany and Austria.
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Kansas Comment
MlsrC. MUSIC. M11sre,


The small boy grinds and rrird. ~
an old horse fiddle and joys in its mu-
sic. The youth toots away on his f,r~t
trombone and revels in its blared-out
notes the young man thumps ON the
big base drum and pounds the claneinr
cymbals. To him 1t is rare music
The great chorus leader beats out per-
feet time with the small baton. The
hundred voices sound as one and the
listening crowd is thrilled with glorious
ltltingly and the listening mate rives
soft answers to his love-lorn music. a.
tiny voice calls sweetly and trustinglv.
Mother. Mother from a distance. And
rare cords Of music are searched ont
IN the mothers heart which give re-
Spouse to that infant call. And that
call to her is the dearest music that ear
may ever hear. And the world Of cities.
forests and fields IL overlooking with
music which many never hear. And
our neeo Is not more music but more
ears. That hearing they may hear
Mrs. Homer Hoch in the Marion Rec.
ord.
TEXAS AND LIQUOR
Texas mtght go dry at the election
this year. To remember Texas as she
was, score or SO years ago, makes IL
difficult to believe that a liquor drouth
was ossi~le. but that might have also
been said, that score of years ago, about
other habits the Lone Star state had
then. Once Texas was noted all over
the worli for carrying firearms and do
ing fancy and fearless shooting-ircn
work on the slightest provOcation. 1t
went on for some time, then the legis-
| Iature made it a felony to dream of an
exposed gun. 1t was out Of style. Card
playing once was the sport of cowboy
| and millionaire, old timer and tender
| foot. Then the legislature looked over
the trouble it brought and placed the
aces and deuces and other things on
the black list. 1t Is like bootlegging in
Texas to make a business OF playing
cards there since. So it isn't q far step
from uccurbed liquor drinking and SELL
ing to making the state like q Sahara.
1t can be done. Two years ago there
were lacking but 5000 votes Of putting
| the dry over" then. This year it could
go still further away from the saloon,
and may do SO, for Texas is preparing
to vote on it once more.-Hutchinson
News.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE. ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member Of the
Aseociated press and receives the full day
telexrap report Of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news 10 received In The state jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

Possibly the reformers who would
abolish football. the season for which
is fast approaching. are unwilling to
concede that ever war Is worse. But
1t is. and besides, 1t is more unneces-
oary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

This is an exceedingly bad year for
the politicians in this country. There
10 little space in the newspapers to de-
vote to their campaigns and promises.
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DiapllanOuS.

The postmaster at Medicine Lodge,
Kan. is named q. C. Herr. Sounds as
if he were named after a silhouette
gown.-New York Mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-25

nurse tried to get the little mother to
leave me at home. But her father
said, One more will not matter; let
her take Drusilla slong.'
I'VE drove to q place where there
were some tents and we all got out
and went into the biggest one. Bobby
Jones, you never heard such . noise
it was just awful.
II saw an awful big Teddy bear IN
q cage, and one animal had such =
long neck that I did not nnd his head
at all There wa1 another animal
Ethere. the Queerq9 looking cxe9tQres
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can possibly Oen01lt 1ICIu Tic CoAooSdI
disaster now hanging over Europe, it
will he the United States, which is hap
, PLY free of all foreign entanglements
,, and should absolutely keep so.
considering the abnormal conditions
which have prevailed since the Euro
pean nations became engaged in a
death struggle. the banking interests
| throughout the country have handled
/ their affairs remarkably we'll; neverthe-
less. it goes without saying that
the banks are under serve strain
| to provide for the legitimate wants
of their customers and every meas
ure calculated to relieve the situa-
ton should be resorted to. In about
| two months time it is understood
that the federal banking system will be
in operation. 1t should be started in
much shorter time, II possible. for tho
simple reason that when this becomes
a fact the national banks throughout
the country will be permitted to reduce
their reserve requirements quite con-
siderably. It il estimated that the de-
posits Of country banks amount to
about $2.6C0000. 900. Under the new law
the reserve on these deposits will be re-
duced from Is to II per cent, which will
release $4,000, 900. The deposits of ma
tional banks in reserve cities are placed
at around 5000. 100000 Under the new
law the reserve win be reduced from =
70 Is per cent which Win 1ufther -
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WAR AND CULTURE.
~ DIR. KARL LAMPRECHT.

From the Illustrirtc Zcitpr9 Of Leipzig
MES Of war are the periods in
which State and political lie
evolve. The statement Of clause
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ment in the broadest and best sense ~
the word OF the cultural tendencies ~
,h- nation. filing the Sat" with ever
higher and NOR" spiritual and no the
same time national deals
TIE example set by US has gone IA"
beyond our boundaries To- the sis'"r
nations. helping on all SIDES 90 max"
history. II the Reformation was on,
of these great forces oar classic,sm
and the thought and feeling of our ro-
maut.cism have all helped in th.s world
wide result.
The real significance and value o' all
this vii, first he appr", .alod when ""
consider .hat the common cosinopol tan
cultural relations are Brought thHHt
finally only 10y the production OF Oh. 81"
great spiritual national powers. tn"
examples Of commercial life. the forms
Of state ana army urgtuZlton yol
even the flyer forms Of right. are d.ii
cult TO transfer from on. nation 90 an
other It * quite otherW SO with the
powers Of finer penetration. such As tho
great spiritual achievements Of creative
art. Of poetry ana mu~.' ana above
all of thought and moral consciousness.
And there j. nothing in the world which
draws peoples together more poWcr-