The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-11
Complaints to Topeka Of ,Wav-
Ing, Tossing Fields.
PASSENGERS on RllWlYS
Forced to Look Away Whez
Going Through State.


SeAdckness In the heart OF Kansas
In the geographical center OF the
United States Thousands of miles
from the deep blue sea, has arrived.
The malady has appeared In q strange
form and IL caused by one Of the
Kansas wheat field.
Travellers on railway trains In GEN.
tfal and western Kansas tell some
weird tales about the sickness. On
nearly every line in the state. long un-
feet stalks. can be seen a. far as the
human eye can reach. And 1t il
known Tar and wide that . wind, more
or less gentle, blows most of the time
In the Sunflower state. The wind.
of wheat. produces . billowy wave.
The stalks go back and forth in con-
tinuous motion. It IL beautiful
movement the wheat fields present to
prettier than the hesitation waltz A
gentle sway IL all there IL to 1t, but
railroad officials In Topeka have re-
ceived q lot of trouble because Of the
activity Of the Kansas humorist. the
There have been several cases
where the traveller aboard q Kansas
train has become sick because of the
gentle wind which blows the wheat
fields. The sickness is akin to the
person who crosses the ocean. One or
two persons have become violently i'll.
all because Of the wheat. And now
the railroads are in receipt Of several
complaints because of this. They are
powerless to stop the action OF the
wind. 1t would be unwise to cut the
wheat near the railway tracks before
1t becomes ripe. And 80, unless the
wind ceases its operations in central
and western Kansas, tourists going to
the nj a sSru he - -
will experience seasickness in q new.
and modern form.
Too Much for Marco Polo.
A tale is told OF one man who
found that the waving wheat was not
exActty to his liking. This man was
peraen swhos had travelled Tar ana wtda-
e ssd ef6asso t6s S6RRs a 81 fssss Messco. as aSe
his days Of seasickness had long been
over. This blase traveller passed
through Kansas on his way west, per-
haps to take another long ocean voy-
age. Sitting in his comfortable Pull
man on q through train, the traveller
looked out the window to admire the
luxurious v heat lands Of the state. As
usual. the wheat was waving quietly
but firmly. It caught the eye of the
traveller. It worried him. He ceased
looking It the wheat and decided to
soothe his feelings with a cigar. He
arose to enter the smoking compart-
ment and made his way there with
some difficulty. In q short time he
was seasick. The man who could
cross the Atlantic ocean without hav-
ing q single meal interrupted, was
forced to admit that the wheat ,lelds
had purloined his goat
Doctors at first tried to diagnose the
trouble but failed utterly. Finally
one of them reached the conclusion
that it was a new illness. whea.sfck-
ness. that had caused the grief. And
later circumstances point out that It Is
true. Trainmen report daily that sew
eral passengers have slight or serious
attacks of wheatsickneas. Passen-
gers declare that the train, running
through the heavy stands Of wheat,
Is similar to the sensation that occurs
when a steamship plows through the
''briny Deep