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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
WAR AND THE X. N. G,

The news from Eu ope makes the
average Kansas man look at his local
company Of the National Guard with
a new and sober interest. Some day
we may need the special training these
guardsmen are acquiring. Some day
we may see these conn -nies march
ing away with steel-nosed bullets in
their belts. Perhaps we may see
them dissolved so that their compo-
nent parts may be scattered as q
leaven through a far greater organi-
zation Of raw material which cries fol-
this special technique of war.
1t makes the average Kansan feel
a bit pleased to know that his Kansas
militia ranks near the top in the list
of the militias Of the Union. It makes
him feel a bit more ready about Zoos
ening up for the benefit Of that eff
cient organization in legislative times
when he reflects upon the bitter pos
sibilities that might be involved II the
need for 1t ever did come. 1t isn't
bad for a young man to have the men,
tai and physical discipline that the
National Guard imposes. There are
no assertions from that organization.
There Is no loss of time from business
usefulness while. on the other hand.
there is the broadening Of his mental
caliber which ought to make him q
better man in tho store, shop or Of
fee.
How would it do to strengthen the
militia and let it carry a bit more OF
the burden which now rests on the
regular army? Better to have a ma
ton Of men competent 10 fight when
occasion demands than a handful OF
fighting experts for the defense OF q
nation which personally knows moth
ing about war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
Journal Entries

Some men who would stand for two
hours in the rear end of a crowded
hall listening to a politician. would
howl like a wolf IL compelled to stand
for twenty minutes waiting for car.
Every time q circus comes to town.
1t brings further evidence that men
are but children OF q larger growth
=
Ask any business man and he will
tell you that he could have made bet
ter profits had he taken up some other
line.
. Z
Some people can't even do the best
they can.
. =
Cupid and Psyche have 1t on other
people. They don't have to get any
new fall scenery to be in style.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

A. Rustem Bey Of Constantinople
has taken his fez and gone home. But
he left behind him the recollection of
some singing remarks about Ameri-
cas- popular outdoor pastime of hang
ing folks on sight as we'll as the addi-
tional painful memory that we couldn't
make him take it back" BY way of
asserting that he is not Withdrawing
under fire. Mr.. Rustem left word that
he will come back to Washington az
soon as he has transacted little bust
ness at home. The reporters will be
glad to see him, even If Mr. Bryan
won't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
Globe Sights

Surgeons do not always give cut
rates.
If you complain a good deal you are
almost surt to exaggerate.
Men don't have as good q time down.
town as the women think they do.
A headache is sometimes needed to
aid conscience in producing remorse.
Next to commanding an army, the
most difficult feat Ii driving pig fifty
feet.
Every hour you spend on the main
corner Of your town IN putting off maxi
ing good.
You can't, however. blame the flag
because it is frequently waved by
crooks and foes.
An Atchison man has done every
thing he said he wouldn't do, except
to marry a widow.
to teach the boy, even II he IL not to
engage in railroading.
A love letter, with the possible ex-
ception Of a legal notice. says the least
in the most words
Home Sweet Home" it il our guess.
wasn't written during the houseclean-
ing catastrophe.
The neighbors can't be expected to
admire your children a great deal II
| they have children OF their own.
It IL a great, though brief, disappoint-
ment to cloud up for a sneexe and then
| have the storm blow over.
Fashion note: Fall weather has in
duced the passing parade to wear duds
as dense as the veil of censorship.
Every once in awhile one encounters
or even more frequently since the wal
began.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
From, Other Pens
PRESERVING our GOOD HuMoR.

PRESERVING OUR GOOD HUMOR.
The American people are showing Q
miracle Of common sense. Five Of the
countries from which the more or less
remote ancestors Of the majority Of
Americans came and In which millions
more were born. are now engaged In q
war that may prove to be one of ma
tional existence. and yet personal bel
ligerency in the United States has yet
to pass from the zone Of more or less
temperate words. OF argument there
has been a plentitude, but of violence
there has been none, II we except in
stances that have been 30 rare as to be
neglible, in which the participants were
not Americans. The situation proves
the efficacy of free speech. Tho in
junction of President Wilson that tho
American citizen preserve neutrality OF
utterance was nothing more than a re-
quest, and at any time a citizen has
been free to speak out in meeting.
But acerbity has been rare. Even such
controversialists as Henry Watterson
and Herman Ridder cannot in the loftf-
est heights of editorial enthusiasm for
get that they are after all brothers in
free country. The result has been
that while one turns his heavy guns
on the Kaiser. and the other aims a
comprehensive fusillade at the allies,
they have only the confetti Of gentle
sarcasm for each other. The foreign
| observer among us must wonder at our
ability to temper our argumentative
powers with good humor. And If he
should remain long enough with us, he
will be even more surprised at the man.
| soon as peace il declared. The Ameri-
can citizen likes to have his say, and
having it. he is satisfied.-Cincinnati
| Times-Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

from the Chicago News.1
It isn't always the winner who
wears q winning smile.
Style IL ono Of the principal inare-
dents in q dreasmaker's bill.
A woman II never popular with q
man who knows less than she does
Fortunate II the woman who II too
busy to have that kind Of q tongue.
Don't hide your light under q BUSH
Ell: use a reflector and make the most
Of It.
to his regular job until he gets into
office.
1t serves q man right If he marries
q suffragette and has to take in white
washing to support her.
A .ragttme philosopher says that
some men are inclined to blow on:
their brains because they haven't any;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

The whole United States will benefit
by the creation Of the cotton loan fund
Of $150,O0O,000 to be used in making
the cotton crop a Liquid" asset. The
benefits will extend to the time when
the crop finally is marketed at the fair
figures Of commercial demand. Agri-
cultural producers in Kansas may well
study the operation Of this plan be-
cause it is applicable to any crop
whether in time of war or peace. The
benefits of this move of cotton finan-
ciers should continue after the cotton
crop Of 1914 has been worn to tatters
and forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Pleading ! severe headache. she left
him early. Before he came again the
Eowlers had returned.
In the store they were meeting daily:
but Cora seemed unlike her spirited and
cordial self. When Wheaton tried to
make an appointment to call she of
fered q plausible excuse. After that
she seemed to be avoiding him: yet once
In q while he caught her looking at him
in q way that pushed him.
He overlook her one night ON her
way home, and easily Tell into step be-
side her. I'm going up your way" he
said nonchalantiy. do you remember
my speaking of q married cousin in
town? I'm going to dine with them
her and her husband"
That's NICE" Cora spoke absently
and she kept her face averted.. Her
companions came to the point directly;
Whats the matter. Miss 0ilmer
Have l offended you I'm. any ways"
"No-oh. no. She bent her strange
glance on him again, and they walked
on in silence. Suddenly Cora turned.
I've been trying to tell you something
for days." she began In nervous haste.
I've got to tell you before shall
know any peace Of mind. The first
evening you came to see me She
perately into a full confession. That's
why wouldn't let you CALI she I'm
ished bitterly. And now I don't sup
pose you'll want to-"
why not?' asked young Wheaton
colmly.
Miss Gilmer, listen. To prove II
that family album. But let me explain.
I'm going to my cousins home now.
Ny cousin is Mrs. Edward Fowler, Of
Corona Court"
mol" cried the girl. standing still
in the darkening street
Wheaton drew her arm across his
own reassuringly.
Strange, but true. Let's finish this
story His tones were soothing. 81
knew It that night when you pointed
out your so-called parents. They
were Mabefs parents-my own aunt
and uncle. Now. now. little girl. listen
to me"
"oh, this is awfuAawful." NUT
tered Cora. Juggling Intellectually tc
should have told me then. Why didn't
you?" Her voice shook. Tears Of
humiliation leaped to her eyes. She
even forgot how she had thrilled wher
he called her little girl" A new dart.
ing suspicion tormented her "Tha
other picture that baby you asked m,
about. and I told you it was myself
'Why-er-that was a little DO,
| named Joseph Wheaton," acknowl
edged the young man slowly.
There was an oppressive silence
Cora's head was crested stif11y I
Wheaton had laughed at that time; 1
he had even smiled. his cause woul,
have been lost forever.
That picture is in our family al
bum at home" he continued witt
guarded gravity Then he pressed he
arm gently and bent his head lower
Cora, hope to show you that album
some day-Cora?"
She turned her face toward him
her eyes shining through their mist
Her slender shoulders relaxed and sh
stepped springingly to keep pace wit
him Some family albums are in
teresting," she made answer in shy
happy tones.
Then they both laughed and pause
to look at each other. And laughe
again, long and merrily. as they wen
on their Joyous way.-(Copyright 19f
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
With the Krupp factory

With the Krupp factory working
over time, the Germans are probably
not worrying much over the fact that
some of their guns are beginning to
wear out because of constant use. Had
1t not been for the Krupps, it is prob
able that the present European war
could not have been fought on any
such scale, and possibly not at all. It's
the private armament factories that
have succeeded in keeping the war
spirit alive in this enlightened age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
Epening Chat

Better Re Wrong Than Positive.
But I waasriehts. think that must
be a hereditary quality. For my ia
Their says he is scarcely ever wrong
Mrs. GaskiIl. in "Cranford."
Better be right than president Is
a familiar saying and very comfort
able for those of us who don't seem to
have any immediate chance Of becom-
ing the latter, but It Is not to be too
implicitly accepted. 1t is, indeed,
splendid to be always right. but If you
want to be happy also, you mustn't
let other folks know about 1t.
I know a girl who IL witty. pretty
and wise. And yet she is not espe-
cially popular. And the trouble IL
that she is altogether too right. She
Il right not only about her affairs, but
about her neighbors'. and she does not
from it. She let's US all share in its
effulgence. OF course we should all
be grateful, and equally, Of course. we
are all tho reverse.
Such IL the ingratitude Of human
nature! Indeed, think a list of the
were made out, the sin of being al
ways right and Of letting folks know
fin other words the sin Of positive
lness-would head the list.
OF curse the persons who il always
| wrong IL sometimes trying. Yet we
seldom dislike him. In fact, I think
we are apt to be fond Of him. We
correct his mistakes, we set him in
the way he should go. we glow with
our own superiority, and he shines in
| tiveness Is that when the person who
the reflected gleamA
One of the inevitable results Of posi-
II always right IL wrong. everyone Is
delighted. There IL an old Roman
proverb to the effect that q man will
swim across the Tiber at midnight to
carry the news that some supposedly
homes man IL a criminal. If this Gym
ical estimate Of human nature - true,
man would probably swim two OF
three times across the Tfber, to convey
the goods news that someone who IL
always right IL wrong.
If posittveness Is offensive in a man,
1t Is doubly 90 in q woman. We ex-
pect a certain degree Of positivenesz
Temperament to bo right. Before these
idegenerate days Of feminism, every
man was always sure Of q small femi-
nine circle which accepted his opinion
as an oracle. and 1t will take more
than one generation Of feminism tc
shake men out Of the complacency that
lengendered. But to paraphrase a ia.
miliar bromidiom, Its bad enough &c
see q man positive, but oh a woman!'
All Of which II perfectly natural
The prime need Of woman il love
and since positiveness IN the first Of thu
seven deadly sins against lovableuess
no woman can thus afford to Alternate
her own from her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

According to the accepted authori-
ties, Przemysl, the name Of Austria
eastern stronghold. is pronounced pho
neticaMy-just like it looks-"P-r-z-e-
m.v-s-l"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Who has been hiding the inform
alton all this while? What was the
date of the landing Of that "Mayflow-
er" which came over from the Island
Of zap. recently conspicuously men,
toned in the Toxic cables?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
BIZ ROY x. MoULNoa1.

An Unusual Party.
The cares and worries Of this life
Ne,er bother him a single bit;
He never Quarrels with his wife.
And IL content. no doubt of 1t.
He gets no pesky monthly bills,
And moneys naught at all to him:
He never knows financial ills,
He doesn't have to scrimp and trim.
he takes no interest at all
In things political, you see;
He does not hear his country's cali
No o1ice-seeking man is he.
He cares not If it's wet or dry,
Or bitter cold or fiercely warm;
He cares not how the winds may sigh,
Presaging an approaching storm.
He never takes a passing glance
At the Official weather map.
And there is not the slightest chance
That he could ever care snap.
He's not afraid OF footpads or
OF burglars who break in and steal
He never must go begging for
The price to buy good square meal;
He doesn't care how prices soar
The cost of living is a joke.
He ne'er lets out frenz.e1 roar.
The same AZ other common folk.
He lets things happen as they will
And takes the good right with the
bad;
Nobody can give him a thrill.
He's not q crank on any fad.
He never speaks an unlkind word
About a single living soul.
For gossip to him Is absurd
His tongue Is under strict control.
Remarkable" of course, you say,
But this man you will never know,
Because you see 1t is this way
They buried him ten years ago.
Uncle Abnef.
Everything 10 divided excl in this
world. The piccolo player in the or
chestra has to play harder than the
bass viol player. but he doesn't have 30
much to carry home.
The clarionet il one of the hardest in
struments to play on and ID also one OF
the hardest to listen to.
When q Teller cannot make up his
mind what his sphere in life Ii. 1t seems
as though he gen'ally goes into the life
insurance business.
The hardest kind Of. Teller to entertain
lis one who doesn't smoke. drink. chaw
tobacker. gamble. play golf or talk
about his neighbors.
II Teller goes back to the old home
town busted they say he IL shiftless
and If he goes back flush. they say he
is a crook, and there you are.
/ never saw a woman who could drive
q nail or one who couldn't drive q bar
gain.
There may be q difference between
Eyeglasses and nose-glasses. but Il
there is one. 1t has never been revealed
to me.
They say nothing y impossible in THU
world, but don't believe the suffraget<
will ever wear suspenders and smoke
corncob pipes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

AS the great war runs into its third
month, it appears to be even farther
from a conclusion than 1t was when
1t began. There was a prospect then
that 1t might be brief. But all such
hopes have long since taken wing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Union labor leaders have been maxi
ing pointed remarks to the effect that
John D. wouldn't need to "sic" his
100000, O00-research-fo foundation ex-
perts on an investigation of industrial
problems II he would only take time
to go to Colorado and look at the sit
uation in his own coal and iron mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Under the new war revenue tax,
beer will form a large part Of the fuel
on which our good old ship Of state
will be run. And the national prohi-
bition propagandists insist that beer
isn't even good for that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

British scientists have discovered q
golf bug that destroys the grass on the
links" ''Pshaw. they're nothing new! We
had a lot Of trouble with them at our golf
club, but we got out Of the difficulty by
posting signs saytng, Please replace turf
cuts buffalo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRES:

The State Journal 10 q member OF t sns
%sIeSran renort Of that great news Or
Sanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news II received N me o'. ~. nv
nal building over wires 1or tnis so'' '.'
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

One of the observers in the war zone
calls attention to the fact that only the
officers get any pleasures out OF the
war But such as they get must be, OF
a rather doubtful variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Some of those European countries
could raise a lot of emergency reve-
nue. by levying light tax, say about
ten cents a letter, on the consonants
which their citizens wear in their
names
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Don,t worry when you find this ex"
preston in the dispatches from
Europe: Name deleted by the CEN
sor." You probably wouldn't be able
70 pronounce it,. anyhow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

That the geese" in Portuguese wa
not misplaced il made apparent ny the
determination of this people 10 take
out a stack Of chips in the great EURO
pean war game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Who puts the "bulr' in the bulletin
from the seat Of war!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

MEMBER:
Associated PRESS.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

its object, but has been the GAUGE Of
decided but unmarried suspicion In
several quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Europe's Billion Dollar mystery
Who wins in this war!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-09

Europe's turmoil has done this for
America: The Dresident and his two
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-18
NEWS OF THE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGO

NEW - VI LIE LA ~
Louis F. Swift, Jr., son of president
of Swift & Co., and Nelson Swift Nor
ris of Morris & Co. fined in Evanston.
Speeding.
Chicago Assn of Commerce to try
to get 100000 American College
of Surgeons to locate here.
Adams Express Co. taking over
business of United Express Co., which
iquidates June 80.
Edmund Grossman, 4719 Beacon
ST., took Miss CoTnelia Bartlett, 4733'
Kenmore av., to movies. Wife OBJ
jected. Hubby and woman arrested.
Miss Mae e. Foster has filed $25,-
900 suit against Harry Heidhues.
School census shows Evanston
population decreased 791.
Chas. j. Singers 100000 estate
goes to widow.
States attorney to serve notice on
1000 corporations which failed to file
antitrust afidavits.
Coroner Hoffman wants safety first
commission to give general warning
of railroad crossings.
GICCIiOII " SLotL
precinct redistricting. Made neces-
sary by women's votes.
Car company has obtained proper
ty permits for Lake Park av. extern
sion, fifth to 55th SITS.
S. S. Richardson, $50 N. Clark ST.,
fined 500 as keeper of disorderly
house.
Pesidan+s IF Morris III on war
path. Burglars robbed 10 homes.
Max Rotherburg, wanted in ST.
Paul, arrested. Police found 16O I'M
cut diamonds.
International Motor Bus Co. wants |
permit to operate park bus line.
Edw. A. Wood, 1884 jackson blvd. |
robbed and shot by. 8 men. Lost $40,
Wood in hospital
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-18

in neighborhood organizations and
probably keep to the point better than
we through this training.
Their functions will be greater
than ours and, believing in fair play,
we must have these neighborhood or
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-18

4NSA1N4Nx4NON NJ 44N<ANO
Gambling squad raided room at
Germania Hotel, SO E. 33d st. Found
phones and buzzer system. Believe
place clearing house for handbooks.
Peter Collins dreamed he saw wife
with Earl Boone Arrested them.
Case dismissed.
Louis SeigeI and Mrs. TiIIie Cohen,
Philadelphia, arrested. Held as sus-
poets pending investigation.
Four Chinese found in Grand
Trunk freight car, 47th st. yards. Al
most starved
Arthur FeItz, 13, who accidentally
shot grandmother, exonerated. Cor
oner's jury scored sale of firearms.
Robert Arnold, 1929 w. Austin aV.,
held to grand jury. Sold $1,000
stolen brass for $23.
R. SteweII, 2121 WaVeIand aV., and
W. Reichel, 1880 Otto ST., motor
cyclists, hit by auto. Severely in
jured.
Albert crosst, 22oe Winona av., hit
father when he threatened mother.
Judge refused warrant for arrest.
Dogs bit 8 Wednesday.
IS ownesr fined SIS and costs for
unmuzzled dogs.
Miss Ada Conway paraded through
Revere House, N. Clark ST., in nightie.
Guests frightened. Claimed she play
ed ghost. Sent to Bridewen for drug
cure
Christ Stevens claims he killed
Peloriors for carrying letters between
wife and affinity.
Eight movies sIashed by censors.
Boxing scene and nude statue object
ed to.
Arthur Dion, 124e Hastings ST.,
given 60 days in Bridewell for taking
purse from woman at church.
Judge Lands forced to adjourn
court when witness told of tricking
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-18

CARNATIONS so that the social side Of
their lives may be developed
A bevy of very pretty girls adj
dressed the biennial on the subject
of Youth" and what the Federated
Women's Clubs may do for it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-23
ID. G. Watkins

I am a candidate for reelection to
the office of county commissioner of
district No. 2, Marion county.
went into Office without any strings
the people according to my own way
of thinking. II / should be elected
again to this Office, l shall serve the
people as a whole without fear Or IA
vor, and will not be governed or
controlled by any one, ring or fac
ton. Soliciting your appreciated
vote, l am, Yours very truly.
D. G. Watkins.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-23
ID. III. Baker

am a candidate for the Office of
state senator, twentieth senatorial
district of Florida, comprising the
counties of Marion and Sumter, sub
ject to the action Of the democratic
primary to be held June End, 1911.
The voters can best judge by my
past record how / can serve them in
future. D. H. Baker.
Orange Home, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-23
COMMISSIONER FIRST DISTRICT
Ed. Carmichael

To the Democratic Voters of Mar
ion County: l desire to announce
my candidacy for reelection to the
position of county commissioner for
the first district of this county, SUBJ
ject to the action of the primary. My
past record in this Office is before
you and l trust it is such as meets
your approval.
C.. (Ed.) Carmichael
Ocala, Fla, March 81, 1914. dly