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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
Jauhawker Jots

Some people take this world too
seriously, insists the Macksville En-
terprise, or rather, they imagine that
the world takes serious consideration
o. them.
1t remained for a man who has
voted for thirty years to sign his bal
lot. says the Oakley Graphic, and we
apologize to the ladies-not one Of
them signed.
preaching. says the Americas Greet
ing. q mans mail will be flooded with
whisky circulars, but 1t will be some
variation from the annoyance of
looking through a bunch of literature
sent out by the candidates.
The women have an awful load of
responsibility upon them, writes Mrs.
Tom Thompson in the Howard Cour-
ant. 1t 10 becoming more apparent
every day. Recently, one man in whose
power 1t was to help another was re-
preached for not doing something. He
returned the answer that he'd darned
II he was going to help fellow that
1t was that people cite the speaker az
the same sort of a victim, only that he
Is hypnotized into the bargain, never
having found it out. Now, women. il
we are going to run the men: and it
looks that way, for PHYS sake, let's
learn to do it right. Mistakes are ex-
travacant IL not fatal. And you know
We need the money.
A few Of the new Slides shown in
the Lindsborg News vitascope:s- 1t
is no mark OF superiority to find
fault with everything and everybody.
Any plug can do that. :. The
dressmakers and the milliners can do
wonders. but they cannot make an at
tractive girl out of one who has q
mean disposition. If a man
loves q girl-that's his business. II
a girl loves a man-that's her bust
ness: and usually their friends also
consider 1t their business.
Whenever parents believe that their
children are made Of better clay than
the rest of humanity, there will be
some nice brick spoiled in the
making.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
Globe Sights
By THE ArcHIsoN GLOBE

When certain people annoy you is 1t
their fault or yours?
spreading the bull" is still a fairly
good substitute for work.
Comparatively few people die of over
work, none OF whom are statesmen.
II q jury Is ever overpaid, no one con-
tends that the state is responsible. -
The truth about a baby is that it
doesn't resemble anybody in particular.
1t is our theory that the apple which
cause the upset In Eden was a Ben
Davis
Considering where he is going. tramp
is altogether too anxious to get there.
Among the other heroes, are those who
fearlessly attempt to pronounce the war
names.
In a small town tie most ornery boy
can usually be found loafing around the
depot.
A telephone girls sweet vice has diff
ficulty softening the harsh news that the
lines busy.
An old-fashioned man is usually as
proud of that fact as his daughter is of
the new fall styles.
There aren't, however, as many soft
might indicate.
Come now the long evenings when q
farmer has ample time to peruse his mail
order catalogue.
By the time he reaches middle age. q
man Is apt to arrive at the conclusion
that nothing matters much
Circuses finally learned that honesty
pcid better than graft, and that should
remove all doubt about 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IFrOm the Philadelphia Record
For that matter, one-half the world
doesn't know how tho other half dies,
either.
The only thing many q man has done
in the past Is to dream Of the future.
Business must be pretty poor when
even the middleman can't make both ends
meet.
Perhaps it is just rs well to have more
confidence In ourselves than in other
people.
Any man would rather have one friend
congratulate than have a dozen condole
with him.
Tell some fellows they should only
drink with their meals and they'll want
to be eating Al the time
she-.A girl has little respect for .
Yes. especially II he doesn't make good. .
Wi.g.-That fellow Longbow \ a most
plausible liar. Wagg-'T should say he In.
He can tell lie. and then prove the
truth of it,
Blobbs-'-The doctor advises me to get
an outdoor job. He says I need little
change" Slobbe-'sWell, II you need
change. why don't you get Job ~ =
trolley car ce0ouetors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16

marked ..And do yoar ~ - sx-
We wiii: Babsra returned. Skating
on oe.tae Georgs Mason guess We
sven OF ~ arc antiques. !" she laughed.
an-Eve already gtvpn the pxtse IN
my own mind," the man laughed.
/ That's not fair" Barbara replied,
though she knew well what ~ meant.
After thAe they gave their attention to
the figures and elected the couples who
seemed most deserving OF the trophies.
Mrs. Holt and her young partner were
not among the prize winners. for both
Barhara and her colleague decided that
their steps were top exaggerated for
grace.
And yet I'd like to give them prise. =
Mason said.
'sWhy!" asked Barbara.
Because they introduced me to you.''
he said shamelessly.
sO-h!' Barbara said, comprehensively.
The trophies were presented at the lit
tie supper party at the home OF Mrs.
Holt. and at 1t Barbara and George
Mason sat side by side and talked to no
one but each other and thought Of no
one but each other. All OF which was not
very polite but all is fair IN some phases
Of life. and this was one Of the phases
It was love.-(Copyright 1914 by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l


Many trains of thought carry no
freight.
thoughtless man loses time when he
hurries.
It's wise mining stock that knows its
own par
Far better be on pleasure bent than on
pleasure broke.
1t isn't what a man aims at, but what
he hits. that counts.
Never try to dictate to a woman-unless
she's your stenographer.
Nothing warns up the congregation like
cold facts from the pulpit
Some men are better satisfied with fall
ure than others are with success.
Many a man who Is sure he's right goes
ahead and finds he was wrong.
A society woman's idea of foolish girl
is one who wants to marry for love.
Did It ever occur to you that most OF
the men who drink to excess ara married!
A man 10 always expecting he friends
to do for him what they expect him to
do for them.
You can't convince the owner Of . small
automobile that q big one Is worth the
money 1t costs
Columbus was probably looking for .
place where hay fever was unknown
when he discovered America.
After living on bread and cheese and
kisses in cottage for q few weeks, the
young married couple begin to ecuoomtxe
by cutting out ~ klnses
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60 T$9}R5 5aS8&{I
~ SAW BY rms E4N4LKER

Good-day. Billy Pig. your mother 10
one fine COOK
Billy Pig ate until his mothers
cake and all her good things were
gone. and then he turned on his side
and went to sleep. but before bedtime
he was awake. groaning with pain, and
his mother ran for the doctor, but this
tims she did not ind one. and back
she ran to Billy Pig, who was really
suffering this time.
His mother mixed some medicine.
and, though it was black and horrid
tasting, Billy Pig swallowed 1t. Then
she put mustard on his feet and
stomach and give him more medicine.
and after a while he went to sleep.
Billy Pig was not able to leave his
bed for three days, and his mother
declared she would rever again have
q doctor in the house.
II just knew that sweet stun was
not good for you." she told him.
These new doctors and their new
school will kill more patients than
they will save. know. with their diet
Of sweet food. I'll doctor you myself
after this. and 1t will not be sweet
medicine you get, either. 1t will be
black and bitter, and the blacksr the
better. Medicine, to do any good,
must taste bad and look bad, too" she
said. as she tucked the clothes close
about Billy Pig.
II wonder how Billy Goat feels
thought Billy Pig. HE ate as much
az 1 did. He must be pretty sick,
too"
Just then Billy Pig beard his moth
er say tc some one:
BILLY Pig is sick. He has been
very sick. He ate too much sweet
stun, and had to give him some bit
ter medicine"
Then he heard Billy Goat saying:
II am -orry to hear that: I have
been SO well for the last few days. I
i don't think ever felt better. Did
you have q doctor?'' he asked.
Yes, I called in q doctor the flrst
day. but he was worse than none. for
he prescribed all the sweet food Hlily
could eat, and he almost died AFTER
he ate 1t. These new doctors are full
Of new ideas. and II they keep ON they
will kill all their patients. The idea
OF swing Billy Pig ali the cake ana
cookies and pies and
you don't mean to tell me that
doctor save tim all these thingn to
eat 2" said Billy Goat
Yes. do replied Madam Pie.
and II you ever need doctor You
come to nae. can cure you better
than these new-schoo1 doctor. 90
lGopyrieht 1914. BY the Mcclure
MsWspaeer eyudicatss New Y9sk
Il +s-4 = ~ 49, Ssss zss3 x ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
Euenine Chat
TOO Much ON.

To try to make oneself universally
agreeable by sacrificing ones selfish
usages Of social intercourse Is very
commendable thing.
But to try to make oneself universally
agreeable by sacrificing ones genuine
ness. ones individuality il not, to my
mind at least even excusable
Besides which, 1t il never wholly sue
cessful. There are some people who like
q mush Of concessions" who enjoy never
hearing dissenting word. but 1 think
they are as much in the minority as peo-
pie who like to eat sweet things all the
are sure to be found out and found want
by hypocrisy.
My neighbor at a dinner of a woman .
ner Is often praised by superficial ac-
quaintances. People who know her bet
For myself I was at first charmed by
her acQuiescent manner, and felt as II I
had met q kindred spirit SO entirely and
alphabetically did she agree with every
And then my ardor was suddenly chilled
by the following: had just expressed an
opinion about certain much mooted
agreed enthusiastically with my point of
view. Then turned to talk with my left
hand neighbor and she with her right. ]
my best ear was towards her. and i
heard her cordially asserting to her
right-hand neighb0r'S view Of the much
mooted question. 1t was exactly the op-
posite to mine. and her enthusiastic
sympathetic manner was the same in
both cases.
Can you blame me that my ardor
abated? 1t simply meant that the SYM
pathetic cordially which I thought waf
sterling, was only very thin plate.
OF course this acquiescence springs
please anyone who likes genuineness? II
1 know that my friend takes the tonei
of his discourse, not from what he feels
or thinks, but from what he thinks
want him to say. know I am being
cheated. Such person is about as sat
isfactory to anyone who wants to feel the
contact of a real personality as to see
oneself In a mirror hear the echo o,
ones own voice when one is lonely and
some people even carry this &C.
quiescence so far as to repeat ones las,
words. wonder II am alone in being
made nervous by the habit. It makes me
feel just as I used to as a child when
anyone teased me by hooking me. I have
just met a sweet little woman who wal
that she scarcely waited for me to finish
a sentence before she echoed the last few
words. 1 knew she meant 1t in a kindly
spirit but it made me SO self-conscious
that couldn't think of a thing to say.
OF course 4 measure Of acQutescenct
| has its usage. 1t oils the wheels of so
ciety. and when we meet people who dc
not know how to use this oil the wheels
creak feafully, but let us not forget thai
there is such a thing as retarding ma
chine by clogging 1t with too much oil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
AMERICAN BRANCH BANKS.

In most of the discussions in recent
years on the extension OF American
trade in South America the thing most
insisted on as necessary to this trade
expansion has been the establishment
of American banks. On account of the
war and the resulting interruption OF
the regular exchange operations
through London. the problem Of finance
ing shipments both ways became acute,
and the need of exchange facilities has
been emphasized as the most pressing
problem which the present commercial
situation presents. That this need is to
be met, at least partly, is indicated by
the steps taken by the National City
bank Of New York in establishing
Janeiro, in accordance with the author
eral reserve act.
The work of starting these banks is
we'll under way, according to an an
nouncement of the parent institution
i'll New York. The corps of employees
who will have charge of the Buenos
Aires branch sailed for Liverpool on
September 26 and were scheduled to
sail from there October 8. 1t is ex
pected that the branch will be in opera
ton before the end Of this month. The
men who will have charge of the Rio
de Janeiro establishment have not yet
started. The National City bank while
of course Offering the regular facili-
ties from the start, intends to proceed
with care, as the field is new and con-
ditions are different in many respects
from those in the United States. After
the first two branches are well estab-
lished a similar institution at valpa-
raiso will probably be next in order,
and after that the bank will consider
and investigate the fields in Peru, CO.
lombia, and Venezuela.
These branch banks will perform the
usual banking functions. including the
receipt OF deposits, making collections.
and dealing in foreign exchange. The
ability to make cable transfers will
prove a great convenience. Besides
| these functions the bank will fur
nish credit information. general trade
information, and reports on special
trade opportunities, and the National
City bank will maintain a bureau of ex-
porters. There will be attached to the
| stan Of each branch a man who will
act as commercial attache. and others
who will gather credit information, and
in time these branches will be in a DO
sition to answer requests for special
| credit reports on any particular bust
ness house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16

Madam Pig smiled with pleasure at
this complipent and hurried out OF
the room to get another bowl for
Billy Pig.
You will spoil everything IL you
don't keep quiet" said Billy Goat to
Billy Pig. Here 1 am trying to get
you all the nice things you want, and
you md fault because take q little
taste myself and nearly give away
what we are doing"
Billy Pig. did not reply. as his
mother came in just then with big
bowl filed with cream and stewed
pears.
'.Here are cakes and some cookies
and q dish OF stewed pears for you to
take home. DOCTOR said Madam Pig.
'sYou seem to like my cooking 20
we'll
sThank you. Madam Pig, thou
sand times" said Billy Goat, taking
the package and putting II in his bag.
And now think can safely leave
Billy Pig to your good care. Feed
him we'll with thu right kind Of food,
and you VIII hayS : hpalfhy 30.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
WE ALWAYS REAP IN krND.

l once travelled abroad with two
young men. writes Orison SWEET Mar
den, in November Nautilus. These
men were as opposite as two people
could possibly be. One was gloomy
and morose. cross and disagreeable
to the servants In the hotels, the at
tendants on the trains, the clerks in
the stores. and those whom he daily
encountered. Everybody, at least, SO
he thought. seemed to have 4 grudge
against him. He was snubbed,
jostled about. and treated unceremon-
iously wherever he went. His chops,
he declared. were always tough, his
soup cold. and nothing ever came to
him quite as he expected. He was
constantly in trouble about some
thing or will somebody. ana did not
enjoy his trip in the least.
The other had a bright, sunny tenn
per. and most agreeable disposition.
He was pleased with everything. and
people seemed anxious to serve him,
simply because he appreciated what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
THE FEEBLE-MINDED.

When legitimate methods of social in
quiry and scientific investigation take
the place of superficial observation,
which IL now becoming the case regard
ing the treatment of mentally defective
children, it may be assumed that Ques-
tons now in doubt win be solved to the
mutual satisfaction Of all interested. It
has been generally thought that an ex-
perienced observer can distinguish the
feeble-minded from the normal by GER
tain marked signs or tests. In a re-
cent study by Karl Pearson. contrary
evidence is offered by groups Of photo
graphs showing feeble-minded, normal
or mixed types of children OF the same
age. The observer will have difficulty
in determining which Of the children
shown are mentally defective. Pearson
takes issue with many other workers In
the field of eugenics regaf ding the diff
Termination between the normal, feeble
minded or the mentally backward. The
Importance Of q correct determination
of these various classes for purposes OF
segregation and the protection Of So
ciety can hardly be overestimated, and
yet there are lacking truly scientific
StQQlCS uCCC8SdIy " l0AAu " W4A0S OAA-
tent the mentally defective class is pro-
duced by inheritance, improper envt-
ronment, or from poisoning Of the pa
rental system. Although there exist
numerous Investigations of the heredity
Of mental defects, there seem to be
lacking adequate anthropometric meas
urements Of the feeble-minded COM
pared with controlled series of normal
children, as well as psychometric
studies and a purely scientific investt-
CATION Ct the factors of heredity and
environment. The settlement OF these
questions cannot come from the physi-
clan alone. nor will the social investi-
gator be able to determine 1t.
From our present knowledge we are
not able to segregate all the feeble
minded. Although a mental test may
strain off 20 or 80 per cent Of the So
called feeble-minded. beyond that point
1t is not reliable. What are needed are
tests of self-control of emotions.
of feelings and relation to social
duties; in other words, tests OF
moral Judgment. Until this type
of investigation Is adopted, segre-
CATION of the feeble-minded will be
a matter Of the personal equation OF
the investigator. These problems. says
the Journal Of the American Medical
Association, are vital and affect every
community, They are not alone the care
Of the physician, but Of all persons. The
physician, however. must be able to de-
termine early the need of help when 1T
exists and be able to direct the proper
procedure to better the conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-16
HAS A KINGDOM TO RENT.
Fine Opening for q Wealthy Young
American

HAS "A A1NGDOM IO RENT.
Fine Opening for q Wealthy Young
American.
Here's a chance for a man who
would be king.
Over in Europe-precise location
not now to be 'revealc1-is a small
kingdom in trouble. An Ameri-
can with plenty of money and a dis
position for adventure can have q reg
ular Graustark of a time with 1t. An
agent is in town now with the tidings.
THE right American can found a
dynasty t. e." said the agent He
would be welcomed by the subjects OF
that kingdom. The present king would
abdicate gladly. The powers would
not object. They would even approve,
for thereby a troublesome problem
would be solved. The future Of his
little kingdom would be assured by
political necessities in Europe. am
not jesting. There is a crown lying
ready to hand for the right man to
pick up a.-d wear"
What are the conditions?''
HE must be an American. That
would prevent political complications
arising. He Rust be rich-very rich
money. He must be Protestant, be-
cause of the religious tangle in that
corner of the world. He must be will
ing to take a chance"
The agent meant what he said, His
plan, as he outlines it in detail, seems
perfectly feasible to one who knows
nothing whatever of European poll
mind.
The modern rifle makes such a very
small. blue hole.-New York dispatch
to the Kansas City Times.
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tka,ssas Comment
I ncroR1oI1s WAR.

tn European war concerns every
Amefidan citi1en. Nobody knows
which sidA Will win. We know that
we are notste1ponsable for the terrible
struggle. Our NATIONAL feeling Il one
Of profound synpethy vith the suf-
because they are humah, and thou
sands Of us are related to them by
blood. Indeed. In . large sense, they
are all our brothers. IN rocognition
of that fact Il Il our privilege and OPP
portunity to do whatever We properly
ordered life after the conflict shall
have ceased. This II the purely hu-
man side OF the case. There II am
other It IL inevitable that the United
States should, In commercial oonoe,
be the beneficiary OF the wal. This -
an accident which We ~ friends Of
mankind deplore. but which, az = ma
regard a. an extraordinary Qpportun-
ity for the expansion of our productive
industries. Eventually America will
be the Overwhelming victor because,
with her vast resources and uninter-
rupted activity. she will be SECURED to
worlds provider. This II . decree of
the fates: our hands are clean: we
shall profit legitimately, fairly and
abundantly not becauae. OF our designs
but because of our position and re-
sources. Pending the settlement that
cannot be long deferred, our business
10 to build up and proportion our own
ed to accept our responsible position
as a producer of the commodities
which millions Of people will expect us
to offer. Such action will reward the
world in general and US IN particular.
Smith County Pioneer.
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POer FurUa1gr MrANY.


II bumblebees could make Brio eaeeoo
And ang5eWorms could sing.
Then no raccoons would keep saloons
Or wear diamond ring.
When every man perfects plan
To educate his feet.
It's plain to me no Sadduceo
Will have enough to eat.
/ never knew but very few
Who worked AZ hard a. I,
And 30 wait for kindly Fate
To pass the apple pie.
Too many men lie down and then
Get up and comb their hair.
Too many wives spend half their lives
Without . rocking chair.
II were you, and maybe. too,
Another lovely gent
wouldn't bite q GirgAshite
Or ask him for q cent.
So don't despair. and have no care
II pyramids decay,
Tomorrow night the candle light
Win shine as bright az day.
New York Sun.
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From, Other Pens
MELOpRAMA.


Two years ago the persons who are
paid for pretending to know all about
such things. told us that melodrama
was dead. With the production Of 1.-The
Whip 1t was to be respectfully inferred
and forgotten. It's place. on the stage
was to be taken by realism, psychology
and social uplift. The affairs OF actual
life. it was commended. do not progress
by cataclysms; the long arm OF coin
cidence does not tamper, with it, mis-
chievous fingers. in the affairs Of our
its melodrama came, and remained
while Damaged Goods" and all it,
realism and psychology and social up
lift grew nightly and died. And after
that came such a crop of melodramao
as our theaters have seldom seen. Tho
critics deplored the bad taste OF the
public, and threw hunks of continental
drama at its offending head; but they
did not bankrupt the box once Of
within the Law or Under Cover"
Now melodrama with all its inconsist-
encies, its coincidents, its lack OF mo-
tivation. usurps the stage Of the worlds
history. A series Of accidents that any
Union playwright would scorn, has
made an inadequate cause the basis
Of world war. Melodrama 10 master
Of the boards.-Boston Advertiser.
WAR IS FOUGHT BY BOYS.
That war il fought by boys is q ia
miliar truth that We often forget. But
the records Of our own Civil war prove
1t Overwhelmingly. The department
rolls show that in the great rebellion
there were enlisted In the army OF the
north 1.77S 300 men and Of these Is were
10 years old and younger: 216, IL years
and under; 1923. II years old ana un-
der; S44.S91, 16 years and under; 1.l5l.-
436. Is years and under; 1878, II and
under, and 1851, 70 years and over.
Thus the average Of the whole army
was 1877 years. When war thus takes
away the young manhood OF the coun-
try, who can estimate its cost?-Chica-
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