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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
THE MEAT SITUATION.

THE MEAT SkEUAxION.
The present deficiency in the supply
OF Matchmaking animals Is not con-
fined to Kansas and adjoining states.
nor to the United States. but il world
wide, writes w. A. c.. In the Kansas
Industrialist. Meat il one Of the few
products Of the farm which have shown
a gradual but continuous rise in value
during each five-year period for the
past 50 years.
The importation Of foreign meat may
have a temporary effect on values. but
every carcass sent to the United States
simply increases the shortage in for
eign countries. During the first three
months Of the current year there were
131 .914 fewer cattle received at the six
leading live stock markets than dur
ing the same period last year. All the
foreign beef imported into the country
during that period replaces less than
half the deficiency in our own mar
kets. With our increase in population
it is doubtful II native and foreign
meat will ever hereafter be available
In such quantities as 1t has been in the
past.
With everything indicating a con-
tinued deficiency in the meat supply,
farmers and landowners are justified
in Increasing their herds up to the full
carrying capacity Of their farms.
Kansas Is adapted by nature to the
production Of live stock. Winters are
usually dry. with comparatively few
days Of extremely low temperatures.
The valleys produce heavy yields Of
alfalfa. rich in protein. for maximum
growth. and of corn. rich in starch and
oil. for highest finish. The western
prairies are especially adapted to the
production Of kafir and other drouth
resistant plants with which silos can
be filled and which can be held over
for periods Of low yields. BY combin-
ing silage with small quantities Of con-
centrates, an ideal winter ration is Sc
cured for breeding herds and for stock
ers and feeders. The live stock farmers
In every part of the state are prosper
Gus and happy. Those who are at
tempting to farm without live stock
are restless and discontented. For
these reasons the college and expert
ment station is encouraging greater
live stock production in every county
in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
Hu,,,or of the Day

Mighty few folks kin keep dey place
an stan ter dey raisfn' wild q new suit er
cloze an diamond PIN. Dey win think
dat dis ole WORT 10 only turnin' round
ter look at 'emv'-Atlanta Constitution
8 DO you think / can safely ask your
daughter to marry me?'' Lam as,ra a.
1t. She told me she wouldn't marry Won
II you were the last man ON earth."-
Houston Post.
Excitable party tat telephone)-5ello ,
Who 70 this? Who II this, say?s' M
at Other End-'sHaven't got time to S1,ess
riddlees Tell me yourself who you are."-
Bo9tod Transcript.
80 you favor an absolutely honest a.
ministration Of city afLairs!' Sure. re-
piled Boss McNabb THAT il. for : v,s1s
You can't keep taking it from thu 49,
pie Al the time You've got to let up now
and then give than . chance 70 ret som.
I'm 20 sorry xcgr wife couIdn't come
to our party Ven miss bar terribly. .
80 win l. I'm have nobody 70 ren,ina
me ON the way home OF the bad breoF.
made. "-Detr0it Free Press.
Bay. my man. don't you no to vork,
What's your trader why. RIM : ian.
trimmer In the winter time ana : enoS-
sh0veller In summer, and never fir1A
anything doing In my Iine."-Bunalo Ex-
=
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

again. So now 60 about swafhed
up. and It II much better
Dawson was nrst struck with the
beauty Of her ungioved hands and
features revealed from under the dis
figuring folds Of the veil
Pardon me-" he said, feeling that
his expression showed his surprise.
but I had no idea that-that II.
really hadn't seen you till you took
that veil off. It may take some time
Tor me to get acquainted again."
Tho girl laughed and helped him
generously to her sandwiches. For
hours during tho Afternoon they lin
gerod together In the mountains.
Dawson went back to the hotel with q
feeling Of deep contentment. and
iounged In a hammock for two hours
waiting for Morgan.
Morgan returned hot and tired and
tory.
she Is perfect pippin." he said.
as he threw himself into the opposite
hammock. Il waited around the Dam
yer mouse all day and saw her just
now for the first time. She was walk
ing In the shade In her garden with
. big. noppy hat She looked like q
picture following q butterfly. Prefti-
est girl I think ever Saw. That q
enough for one day."
Dawson raised his eyee At the men.
ton. or the butterfly. but az Morgan
oiont ask him about hts adventures
with the begoggled spinster he didn't
eth him. For week Morgan and
Dawson were content to Nnger at Lake
Bliss. Every morning Morgan sailed
fortn to catch what glimpses he might
OF the Danver beauty. expecting each
oay that by some chance he would
manage to meet her. And every tlay
Dawson went into the hilb to helm
tho butterfly spinster. Sometime
they left the hills and wandered to-
gether on tho shores Of the little LAKE
ana other times they read toRether
books that the butterfly spinster e.
peciaNy liked.
One evening Morgan came home
from his quest brimfun Of importan
news.
"Dawson. what do you think? She
|Ithe Danver heirees-the beauty
ID the same person as the butterfly
spinster. 1 saw her coming home
from the hills this afternoon. It Il
just because she wears those awful
mountain clothes that she looks such
fright: What ripping good Joke
"Fact?" asked Dawson with fef~ned
surprise. I'm mighty glad because
tnat butterfly spinster and 1 are great
friends. 1t will sound better to say
That l am going to marry the Danver
neiress than a hopeless butterfly
catcher. won't tt?"-(Copyright. 1917
by the Mcclure Newspaper synd,.
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27


THE ROAD BECOMES a STREET.
I know z graas-ftinsed country road
OF haste 1t never 1elt the god
And noddtng blooeoms near IL sleep.
Unvexed by eordtd time to save,
II winds where singing brook1ets run
Or where the fragrant cornfIe3ds wave
Their purple tassels In the sun.
Like childhood's careless grace IT play,
With many q 6auntering curve and
turn
SO runs the country road away
BY daisied bank and cluSterfne fern:
Tho wild grapevine. that drapes the wan,
With fragrance halls the passerby.
And the friendly berry bushes call
With color notes the schoolboy's eye.
But all too soon. ~ cen the boy
To manhoods grave estate must Grow.
His comrade road must leave the joy
OF widowed fields where brooklets flow;
Must lose its .curving lines OF grace.
Grow broad and straight for city feet,
Where, purposeful, the boyish pace
Must mate the road. become . street.
Ellen Burns Sherman, in the New York
Times.
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Signs of the Times.
QUAKER MEDrrATIoNs.
From the Philadelphia RECORD

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
It's all right to sometimes put up =
blum. but don't fall over 1t.
You can't make German mad by tell
Ing him the wurst Is yet to come.
Many a fellow never gets engaged be-
ing.
The objection to 4 young girls sutton in
perfectly plain when it's . parent.
There seems to be quite a difference be-
tween having word with q friend and
having words with him.
pedigree 10 all right in its way, but
many man has been thrown in the
shade by his own family tree
Shea woman has more logic and rea-
soning power than q man. He-'sWhy 20
She-''Oh, just because
About the only things some people
never put on till 41morrow are the dis
agreeable things they can do today.
No Maude, dear; We have never heard
that the dead languages are oo-called be-
cause they were talked to death.
Love Is blind" quoted the Wise Guy.
.Is that why we can't read the kisses
that Ire printed on girls lips?' asked
tn Simple Mug.
Dashaway-'T think I'll surprise my
friends by getting married" Wiswag-
That wouldn't be % much Of . surprise
- staying married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

In the May American Magazine Ray
Stannard Baker, the famous journal
list. writes An interesting article about
Woodrow Wilson in which he COM
pares him with Roosevelt and Taft,
explains the reasons for his extraordi-
nary success. and gives an excellent
statement of the progress that he has
made.
With respect to the political pros
poets for 1916, Mr.. Baker says:
II have been talking thus far about
thinking and thinkers. 1 wish now to
descend from this rarified atmosphere
and, while still speaking of Mr.. Will
son. deal for a moment in that popu-
lar Washington beverage known as
dope
Dope is edging its way irresistibly
into our language. I even find it set
down soberiy cslang, AMI in my new
Standard dictionary. 1t may be used
both as a noun and a verb. 1t fills a
long-felt want; it Is a convenient word
to express those viscous and gummy
cerebrations that stop this side of
thought. Dope is peculiarly rel
ished at Washington. They swallow
,
they even make punches of 1t and
serve it to the diplomatic corps. 1t
has a somewhat gentler soporific eff
feet than purple lemonade, it induces
a slight itching at the apex of the
Uranium, and causes hardened drink
ers to lay one thumb on the tip Of the
nose and wriggle the lesser digits.
Il preface the remarks which fol-
low concerning the presidential cam
paign Of 1916 in this learned manner
that they may not be taken too Sc
riously.
Bryan versus Roosevelt in 1916:
this IL the dope which Is now being
'doped out in. Washington
why Bryan? Mr.. Wilson has
shown an extraordinary loyalty n
carrying out the provisions In the
platform Of the Baltimore convention
That platform contains a plank favor
| ing a single presidential term and
| pledeing the. candidate Of tho conven-
ton to this principle MI. Wilson will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
Jayhawker Jots

A hunt has been begun by tho Ness
County News for the old-fashioned
wax flowers in glass cases which used
to ornament the parlor table.
1t may be that an honest man has
no show in this world. observes the
Beaver Valley Booster, but it is always
the unsuccessful man who says SO.
If, advises the Spearville News,
your garden has been made and your
house cleaning has been done. 1t will
be safe for you to feel well enough
to go fishing.
Sewer systems" the Valley Falls
Review quotes Lee Shippey as saying.
ARE like babies in some ways. A lot
Of people think they can get along
without them before they have them
but after they have them while they
wouldn't give them up fo- anything
else on EARTH"
1t is now declared that gasoline is
q sure killer for dandelions. says the
Lawrence Gazette. But those who
have tried a hundred or more sure
cures for them will not be caught by
this thinly-veiled advertisement of the
Standard Oil company. The one who
that the only way to get rid Of a
dandelion is to dig 1t up to the last
tiny root and eat it.
Observations, by Click Foclelc In
the Leroy REPORTER: The main trou-
BILE with q white vest Is that 1t isn't.
Many a man who appears to
be very busy doesn't accomplish much.
|. AS a rule. the louder a man talks
the less sense there is in what he says.
|. You will notice that the rich
guy is more apt to make a fool of
himself than a poor man. .
Most prize-f1ghters are married men.
That is probably why they feel at
home In the ring. We are all
inclined to consider a man q fine fell
low il he is a good listener to our
hot air.
ideas of a Plug" by S. NJ. s., in
the Eureka Democrat Messenger:
The millionaire has nothing on the
man with a bunch of good -lairy COWS.
/. If the women knew all, what
an upheaval there would be in do
nestle circles We can stand
for "have came and "have went" all
right, but ''have did, is too much.
/. Quit smoking and your
friends will become astonishingly lib
era1 with their cigars. Now
that the campaign is on. the express
sion Rank and File" will be greatly
overworked. After years of
fighting the chinch bug, now comes u
new worm in the wheat to worry the
farmers. To the farmer. life seems
to be just one blamed insec. after
another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
Euening Chat

By RUTH CAMERON.


Every young man is assayed in the
nina OF his immediate superior from
the day he begins work, and after a
t;me' II he has merit, he il assayed in
the council chambers Of the firm
Andrew Carnegie
mine came to the house to ask INV
ADVICE. He was suffering from what.
Tor want Of a better term, I call busi-
ness wanderlust. He felt that the work
ne was dolng DID not begin to tax his
grow ~
It's small place and a small com
Germ. 1t seems to me that II shift to
larger city and a bigger concern, I
VIII get along faster. What do you
thought Immediately of a CONVEX
sation | had had only a few days be-
fore. with the head of one of the larR.
est concerns of its kind in New York.
me president. prosperous, efficient,
sat facing me in his private office. The
talk somehow shifted to the subject
OF business success.
Twenty years ago." he said. LAUGH
ing, Il thought was side-tracked for
lie. At that time I was a chemist in
see no chance to grow. 1 should have
moved to New York and struck out
anew. II 1t had not been for my wife
and children.
"As near as could see. was stag
mating. I knew that the work 1 was
doing did not begin to tax my capable
| tiles. Still, it was my work and 1 was
rond OF 1t. So I plugged ahead.
II shall never forget my surprise
wnen, one day. the man who founded
this business wrote and asked me to
come to New York to see him. knew
him only by name. And even greater
was my surprise when he offered me
the position of general manager.
But what do you know about
me-? 1 asked. oh, 1 heard of your
work and have been keeping INV eve
On you for some time
Of course / took the position
jumped at 1t. Nowadays. when 1 hear
OF young men being side-tracked some
where. and feeling AZ IL the current
OF life was sweeping by, leaving them
hopelessly stranded. smile. The man
who 10 doing an honest, faithful, eff
ftcfent days work, six days every
week, Is never stranded. Somewhere,
somebody is watching him.
And am ever SO glad that never
became discouraged, and never slack
ened up in my work.
This ia what told the young man
who asked my advice. Now pass 1t
along to all Of my reader friends who
feel that their work il q very little
part of what they could accomplish
II they only had q chance chance
they fear they never will get.
Perhaps somewhere, somebody is
watching you; perhaps your chance il
on the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
THE PRECEPTORIAL PLAN.

The preceptorial method of instruc-
ton inaugurated by President Wilson at
Princeton university has so amply
proved its value that number Of 9TH
er institutions have been led to adopt
it wholly or in part" declares DR.. 8. P.
Capen, specialist in higher education
Of the United States bureau Of educa-
ton. in a statement just issued. Bow
dom college is one of tho latest con-
verts to the idea, according to DR..
Capen.
In Bowdoin college the preceptorial
method has been applied to history,
government. and English literature.
Group conferences of five or six stu
dents have replaced "quiz'' sections in
these subjects. President Hyde finds
that the new plan costs double in
money, time and labor but bears fruit
four fold in vitality, responsibility
scholarly ambition" One Of the de-
velopments of the work at Bowdoin has
been q course in English composition
for the best six writers in college.
with six professors to teach them.
President Hyde answers one Of the OBJ
jections sometimes urged against the
plan by declaring: Giving the most
vital and costly instruction to a limited
number Of those who prove most COM
petent to profit by 1t Is not inconsistent
with democratic equality Of opportun-
ity freely offered to ALL"
DR.. Capen points out that the only rea-
son many more colleges do not adopt
the preceptorial plan is the expense in
volved. This plan requires a substan-
tial increase in teaching force, and sue
cessful ''preceptors'' must be men Of
high ability. sound training and cul-
ture. To attract such men good sal
aries must be paid. and Bowdoin pro-
poses to devote requests amounting to
$6O0,O00 to the single purpose of raising
~o1arjoo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
Kansas Commend
THE STRENGTH or UNION.

&SA~A~<8
A solo h . beautiful thing. and
many times thrilling. But who can
describe the wonder and uplift Of
union, Of five hundred voices like that
OF tho Lindsborg Messiah chorus,
pouring forth music ~ one whelmine.
mighty wave. the oncOming Of which
bears the listener afar into = sea Of
harmony az = bit Of driftwood IL car
ried ON the crest Of the OCEAN BILL
lows Who can measure the soul
healing ana 5oy-kindling influence Of
such music! The listener can only
breath ant. ''wonderful!" The came
uplifting efficiency OF endeavor ID true
IN prop0rtionate degrees Of an united
effort In the different phases of Iife's
activities. The forgetting Of diner
ences. the laying aside Of prejudices.
bring people together for .iinite6 ef-
Tort yields q two-foid harvest Of good
70 those who are big enough to mite
tne1r efforts and q harvest OF rood 70
those for whom the effort Il made.
Many OF life's greatest needs can never
be met by single sndsavor ana then
the mightier hand Of united strsn~fh
Indispensable. All united sffort.
however. means self Annexation in
some degree to every Individual but
does anyone doubt the satisfying rec
ompense of reward which answers the
sAcr1nce! NO one can live unto him.
selt ana he who tries it dwarfs hin
souL-Mrs. Homer Hoch In thu Ma.
rion Record.
THE CRUEL WAR.
Inc attention Of the nation II fixed
on the budding war with Mexico. II
the war continues probably the aften-
eaon OF the people will become more
ana more fixed upon the war. And
!! De. as one or the horrors of war.
because the war with Mexico IN not
an event Of first Importance in This
country. The events of first imnor-
lance IN this country and in any coun-
~ ~, are those events that indicate the
Ieai progress Of the country-or its
retrogresston. The battle between the
miners ana the hired guards az the
mine owners in Colorado. Involved a
vastly more important question than
mat involved in Mexico. 1t is impor-
tant that men and women should earn
that they should get all they earn and
get no less. 1t Is important that in
oustriaI Justice be guaranteed to men
VINO work under the flag-and II e.
immensely more important that fus-
ice should be reasonably exact among
tne men now under the flag than that
nHlons or other men be brought nm
ger the flag to live in q stage of fus-
t,ce tnat Is more or less archaic. But
the mind of the nation IL fixed on mar
me Dig fellows can break and steal
ana the little fellows can pick pocketa
A war Is crowd and the devil always
sets loose IN a crowd. For the people
are thinking of anything but their
rights-so they lose them. IT isn't
the killed and wounded in a war that
makes 1t expensive. It's the thinea
we lose. the Progress that stops, the
reversion to old types-these are the
horrors OF war.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27
Journal Entries

Not so many people miss a chance
to be mean.
A good fellow is up against a tough
proposition when his money is gone.
.
Compliment a man, and he will give
you a reputation for wonderful dis
cernment.
A woman is certain, until she opens
it, that every telegram she gets con-
tains bad news.
If there were pots Of gold at the
ends OF q rainbow, some one would
have located them long ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Spring? Huh!
By RoY K. MoULroN.

Spring? Huh!
The poets all delight to sing
Anent the joys of luscious spring,
And hail the brides all awning,
But have no use for the thing.
They'd better lay away their Tyres
And keep on feeding furnace fires.
o gentle spring, your rhubarb tea
Has never made hit with me.
The bards and I do not agree
About your charms, because, you see,
OF all the pesky household chores,
surely hate to hang screen doors.
o spring, you bring the weddings.
too,
And tell us that the gifts are due.
Must be remembered. So we do
Not rise in our delight and sing
Most 5oyfully OF you, o spring.
Musings of Pessimist.
When a woman gets hold of an auto
mobile in a crowded street. 1t Is time for
pedestrians to take to the woods.
The old home cooking always seemed
good because you were always hungry.
1t would serve every sour old bachelor
and vice versa.
There are too many young kids running
automobiles and not enough of them
working for a living.
For all around knowledge, nobody has
got ANYTHING on the hotel clerk in a town
of 100.
The new woman will never get very far
without the old man.
From the Hickeyyille Clarion.
1t mas been SO cold the past week that
Hank Tumms has had to blast his cistern
with dynamite in order to get water so
that his wife could take in washing.
Deacon Stubs, our esteemed fellow citi-
zen and pillow of the Hardshell church,
who never takes more than 20 per cent
on chattei mortgages. has ordered a
stained glass memorial window for the
church to be erected in his honor. It will
be put in before he dies as the deacon
does not care to take any chances by
leaving the matter to the congregation.
There have been several sleighride
Butts, our gentlemanly and genial under
taker, has had the body of his hearse
put on runners and, with an oil stove in
side, 1t makes a splendid vehicle for
sieighrlde parties. being in demand nearly
every evening.
Signs of the Times.
Northern Pacific employees have
been warned to cut out all noise. The
brakemen who announce stations will
have to talk on their hands.
Reports say there is no money in
aviation unless a man can fly upside
down. And most men who do that
never need money again.
When General Coxey's army gets to
washington on it's second trip 1t will
find the Washington policemen lust "a
strong as they used to be.
Chicago churches are using a talk
alive barber to advertise their serv-
Ices, but who ever saw a barber who
was not talkative?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Indignities of any sort that are Of
fercd by thoughtless persons to the
Mexican laborers in this country will
border on the outrageous. Most OF
them are as inoffensive as they are
ignorant. and they are worthy of the
consideration that their good behavior
warrants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Considerable Of the startling news
that comes from Mexico these days
should be taken with a grain of salt.
1t emanates from sources that are
likely to be unreliable, from imagina-
tons that are stimulated by excite
ment. Any old kind OF q rumor 10
accepted as fact until 1t - disproved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Most of those who congregate
around the newspaper bulletin boards
these afternoons seem more interested
in the returns from the ball games
than the war news.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

How about this, Mr.. 'Hobson. Japan
was the first of the major powers in
announcing that its attitude in re-
spect to the Mexican muddle would
be one Of strict neutrality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Mr.. Bryan might pacify Mexico and
establish happiness and contentment
among its people by sending a num-
Der of first class circuses on tour
through that country. The Latin
Americans lay aside all their troubles
in the presence of a circus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Vice President Marshalrs modera-
ton in the present crisis is remark
able. His views in the premises are
long since overdue. Maybe the news
paper men at Washington are too busy
to take the trouble to interview him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

1t seems most reasonable for Car
ranza's friends to urge that he meant
exactly the opposite to what he said in
his rather unusual note to President
Wilson. That is the accepted method
in the practice of diplomacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-27

Now that he has left the City OF
Mexico, Charge d'Affaires O'Shaugh-
messy will probably have to set up the
champagne for himself.