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The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

/! dent on the sub1ect, IN autnoeify who
could tell whether brandy or applejAck
had been used IN the concoction and
whether there was not enough shorten-
ing.
. After the arrest Of WiIdefman and
Joseph Mortimer on charge of steal
ing several miles of trolley wire and
thus leaving q street railway line
stranded. Mrs. WildeFman cultivated
the acquaintance Of Fiigen. according
to his own statement. Whenever she
called ON her husband In 5Ail she stop
ped to speak with the warden. She
learned that he liked mince pie better
than anything else.
| Mrs. Wilderman began to study the
art Of hince pie cookery. ana for two
weeks had been taking mince pies to
her husband IN JAIL She delivered these
pies while they were hot and when she
passed the warden their aroma dlled
his nostrils. From his cell Wilderman
later would send to the warden . small
silver Of the pie-just enough to mako
him anxious.
The warden feIl. Would Mrs. wilder
man make such q pie for him? OF
course she would. So, when she deliv-
cred q pie to her husband ON Wednes-
day evening she also had one for
Fiigen. She was careful to see that
the warden got the PIE with the brown
est crust.
When Ffigen was aroused from his
sleep he discovered the remnants OF z
mince pie in WildeFmAn's cell and two
saws which had been used to cut two
iron bars. Wilderman was gone, and
30 were Mortimer. his cellmate, and
Ignatz Lesok, accused OF burglary.
Lesok's cellmAte. Edward Mehom. was
asleep, and when awakened he said he
knew that two saws had been SNUG
gled in to Wilderman in q mince pie
and that the bars were being cut. He
was angry because the prisoners who
had escaped had not awakened him.
When the police went TO the wilder
man home they found that all the fur
niture had been moved and Mrs Wild
erman had gone.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

was no cold meak - tIe house. - xhey
ruastsd : br1co rof ducks, Ax60 oo1A1
vegetables and = noht dessert. Ihe
inncnson ,x ws. e csiss,eSs an sned .ras aIs
had mo- equal In the world
''0ive Bob some OF the credit. He
deserves It." laughed Sarah.
what = useful mAnr MAxie SUR
veyed him critically. TN exploit your
culinary ability to the girls tonight:
Think Of having Z husband VINO could
Think Of having = husband who
loved you Wou enough to want to
try!" exclaimed Governor Steele, smil-
ing to SEQ the red color creeping up
under the young mans tar:
range flowers and things OF that sort
II Sarah didn't know how to cook
then We simply couldn't impose on
her. That's my everyday theory: you
don't have to do what you don't know
how to do" laughed Aaxio.
Its Sarah for service In this fAm-
ily." returned her father promptly.
It was when everything had been
made ready for tho big dance ana thu
newly arrived servants had been as
signed their duties that sarah, looking
through the rooms to SO that every
thing was in order, found Bob Lang
ford in her fathers den. his head on
his hands, evidently In deep study
She stood watching him for . while
then slipped up behind him and put
her fingers lightly over his eyes.
Guess who it tsl''
His answer startled her out Of hel
composure.
It's the girl love-" he said quietly
"the girl I want to marry and carrJ
away with mo when 60"
''But-but I'm not Mazie," STAN
mered the girl.
He sprang up and drew her from
behind his chair.
Don't you suppose that I'd know
your touch anywhere in this world
Sarah? I love you" He slipped hia
hands up her arms. holding her Arm
ly by the shoulders. She kept hel
head down, 30 he put one hand undel
her chin and forced her to meet his
eyes- why have you treated mo st
abominab1y since have been here p
I'll thought. the truth IL. we al
thought-you loved Maxie."
For q matter-of-fact person, 4arat
was sadly confused.
"Maxie IL all right for q sister," h<
said. holding her close to him. ''but
love you. She is q pretty girl. but
''Sarah's for SERVICE" came q sof,
interruption laughingly.-(Copyr
1914. by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn.
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
Journal Entries

Tho cheapest bargain is expensive
II you don't need It
= .
And the Three Graces are also con-
spicuous for their exclusiveness.
Most people are lucky In that it's
tolerably easy to conceal ignorance.
1t il pretty difficult to realize that
many people are human.
For every move that he makes in
the interests Of the people, the politi-
clan usually makes two or three for
himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
Euening Chat

By RUTH CAMERON.

Tho Greatest Philanthropy.
That he had held o true course.
had gradually become q very vital
thing to her; and she could have
imagined no greater personal calam-
ity now than to have seen him incon-
sistent. For there are such men. and
most people have known them. They
are the men who unconsci0usly keep
life sweet.''-Winston Churchill.
We were talking about love, mar
riage and divorce the other day.
A young girl had cynically doubted
the permanency Of love under the
man, q young school teacher, spoke
you're wrong" she said. II used
to think that love always new out of
the window when poverty came In at
the door. but I've learned better since
people 1 boarded with last year.
They have been as poor as church
mice all their lives, and they've had
all kinds OF other troubles. sickness
and loss and interfering relatives, and
yet can see they love each other
just as much as any young lovers.
And they are happy. too. In spite
Of everything. 1 can tell you it's been
q great lesson to me In the meaning
Of love to have lived with them"
Can you imagine a finer tribute
than that which this woman paid her
two old friends?
cannot For in her defence Of the
power of love inspired by them she
proved these people philanthropists
Of the very highest order.
To give a library. q hospital. a COL
lege. or any other costly and benef1-
cent institution is recognized as q
great philanthropy; and. the world
ri, xzyifH. hA orfu nj
praises.
But to give the world the inspira-
ton Of a life worth while-fs not that
a far greater philanthropy?
mot long ago I to.k a beautiful
trip over some thousand miles of
country. saw many new and won
derful sights. but 1 think the greatest
event OF my whole journey was that 1
met a man in the finest, fullest sense
Of that word.
The wonderful fact that here was
a man who was successful in the
successful in the higher. ethical sense.
dwarfed everything else to me.
Personality is a tremendous force.
In our love for system and organixa-
ton and costly buildings. and vast
philanthropies. we are apt to forge.
IAN institution IN the heightened
shadow OF one man." Give US more
men and we can get along with fewer
institutions. The world needs the
kind Of lives that will make us believe
in the worthwhileness Of worthwhile
things, the kind OF men and women
who ''unconsciously keep life sweet
more than 1t needs anything else in
the world.
II you love your fellowmen and wo-
men with a love that makes you sad
because you cannot give them some
great and costly gift like a library or
q hospital, do not be sad and lisc0ur-
aged any longer. Give them q greater
gift. Give them . life.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
MINISTER'S AND FARM WORK


Agricultural training for parsons
takes us back to the old days-yet not
so very old in England-when the
vicar and the curate had their gar
dens, their orchards, their pigs and
their poultry, and in that way came
in close and sympathetic contact with
their rural parishioners, writes John T.
Bramhall in the Survey. Rev. Fred
erick I. Drexel. pastor Of the Baptist
church at Willow, in the Sacramento
valley, California, was in an agricul-
tural community. but he himself was
a scholar rather than a farmer. His
neighbors grew alfalfa beside the
Sacramento, but alfalfa by the rivers
brim mere alfalfa was to him. and it
was nothing more. But he longed to
c. his neighbors a human service, on
weekdays as well as on Sundays.
So this minister wrote to Dean Hunt
Of the college of agriculture OF the
state university, and suggested a plan,
or an idea, Of cooperation between
minister and farmer. The dean took
it up. called the faculty and the rail-
road officials in consultation, and
ministers week at the university farm
school at Davis was the result.
The railroad. figuring on future traf-
fic. gave the transportation, and the
farm school stood host. the students
giving up their dormitories and going
to the barns. Six hundred ministers
from all parts of the state were on
lark for a week. enjoying life. prob
ably. as they had not enjoyed 1t since
they were boys, because it was real
life. They played ball. and. it ID said,
leap-frog. They sang songs, cracked
jokes. And they studied, too. listen
ing to half a dozen lectures a day with
all the earnestness Of a chautauoua
class examining for q degree. It waa
week of play and work, with never
an idle minute.
They learned much about farm
methods, farm animals, farm economy
and farm sociology. and probably
more about men. though they did moi
realize it. They learned about mans
work. and that labor. far from beins
a curse. Is his greatest blessing.
Ministers week will be held annual.
ly at the farm school. and between
times the ministers will endeavor te
get next" the farmers, learning and
teaching at the same time.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

Colonel Goethals declares that no
enemy could harm the Panama canal
But Congressman-Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson has differing ideas in
the premises, and especially as far as
Japan is concerned. However, Hob
sons word is not likely to have much
weight along side Colonel Goethals'.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

There appears to be some uncer-
tainty as to whether the frock coat is,
or Is not. to be abolished. observes the
Christian Science Monitor, and 1t con-
tinues: Those who possess frock coats,
however, have the consolation of
knowing that uncertainty on this
point has always existed among those
who are not so provided
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
rFrom the chicago NewA1

lFFOIn Ino Cn4c88O N0W&I
Never threaten to kiss . girl.
Keep one eye on your enemies ana two
on your friends.
She may find It easier to fool him thAn
to keep him fooled.
Some men mistake . decanter for the
fountain OF youth.
rev men are able to appreciate q good
joke-on themselves.
Some girls are shy about marrying men
who are shy of ready money.
The man who believes in luck II very
likely to develop into q loAfef.
Tho older q man groWs the less wisdom
he discovers In himself and others.
Many man has real money in his
pocket because he doesn't own An auto
mobile.
A critic, CordeIia. IL person who u un-
able to do thing in the way he thinks
1t ought to be done
Blessed is the man who discovers In the
~ nour oL nls aoveLsasy tnAt no mas e lot
but he is scarce
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

They finally seem to have hit on the
right plan for dealing with the British
suffragettes. A London magistrate
has ordered a lunacy inquiry for a suf-
fragette who attacked prominent
member of the house of lords, having
mistaken him for Premier Asquith.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

The London Times has begun to
scold Lloyd George, notes the Chicago
Record-Herald. and it adds: The chan
cellor Of the exchequer, you see.
has been openly admitting that GER
tain British institutions ought to be
changed
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE8s

The state Journal II . member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news NJ
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
Oublicat1on in Topeka
The news - received In The State jour
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

Perhaps Villas willingness to stage
the prospective battle of Torreon out
side of the limits of that city, If the
federals will agree, is prompted not
only by a desire to protect the non-
combatants, but also to provide a set
ting for the fight that will be most
advantageous for the moving picture
men with whom he is in partnership
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

Wonderful testimony Of the general
good looks of American women is to
be found in the fact each of the count
less artists is able to select a different
set of eight or ten Of them as the most
beautiful.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

If Governor West of Oregon can get
along for a little while without Miss
Fern Hobbs, President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan should engage her serv-
ices. no matter what their cost. and
send her to Mexico forthwith. All Of
their other special ENJOYS, representa-
tives and messengers have certainly
proved dismal failures,
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

Villa 10 the Mexican or Spanish word
FOR little town. But as tho name of
the rebel martinez now operating In
northern Mexico 1t seems more signifl-
cant Of the ever-growins city Of the
AooA
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
changed.

Naturally big business. or rather
bad business as that's the only variety
which should have reason to fear, Is
very favorab1y impressed with the
Sherman antitrust law, now that
plans are well under way for its
amendment and strengthening.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
Some sanity folks in this town are

''Some sanity folks in this town are
always throwing the game Of poker
at our unoffending head" says a
Georgia editor, according to the At
lanta Constitution. I'VE want to say,
once for all, that we don't know the
game. If we had known 1t. we'd be
richer. at this writing. by house and
lot, a gold watch and chain and a real
diamond stud"
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
Nlince Pies Free Prisone,

The ability Of Mrs. John C. Wilder
man to make an enticing mince pie led
to the escape of her husband and two
other prisoners from the Middlesex
county Jail. at New Brunswick, N. J.,
and to the downfall of Joseph FIiRen
the Jail warden.
Fiigen was born In Norway, but since
his arrival in this country, twenty
years ago, he has been Interested I'M
tensely in mince pies. He was q stu
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

President Wilson's policy Of watch
1ul waiting doesn't appear to be of
any particular advantage to the for
eigners who still deem 1t necessary to
hang their hats in Mexico.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
From Other Pens
sPELLINo AND THE SCHOOLS

The average business or profes.ion.
Al man perhaps believes that the public
scnoois no longer drill into pupils the
got az Lad. The feeling il natnrsi % 81
BUT 1t leads at times to generalitiea
which show nothing else quite "a
p!alnly as that the critic has FORGOTTEN
nis own boyhood. A man writes that
tine ename OF the public schools of
New York becomes most apparent in
advertising for an office boy. One
lad says he will "expect'' IS q week:
another declares he IL s.fiftheen''
years old. It IL unfortunate that ap-
plicants for such positions often can
not declare that misspelled applica-
tions indicate shame in the schools.
A reasonable investigation, one be-
lteves. would reveal that the average
pupil of today in any grade Of the
public school can spell better, figure
better, read and write better. that he
knows more geography, grammar and
language, than the average Of the
same age and grade Is years ago. The
public school as an easy target. re-
fire at it, and a proneness to false as
sumption Is perhaps natural. But let
no one assume that because q man Of
affairs can spell better than an appli-
deteriorated since his own boyhood
days There IL q serious flaw in that
argument.-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
GIRLS AS FOES OF SLANG.
1t must not be taken for granted.
because the girl students of the South
Bend. Ind. high school have signed
an agreement among themselves not
to use or tolerate slang, that they will
become purists in the sense Of barring
really profitable contributions to the
tongue now lying in the borderland
between slang and q literary legiti-
macy. Their resolution Is commend
able SO far as 1t applies to the poor in
ventions that clutter and clog our pro-
team speech. There IL not, and by the
very nature Of the thing never can be,
an authority to determine what is per-
missible and what Is inadmissible in
slang, but that does not alter the fact
that certain striking and vivid phrases
not SO long ago classified as execra-
BILE have now attained dictionary dig
nifty without any bracketed stigma. It
is the history Of language that what
gains favor with the most scrupulous
writer's in the next, and. by q curious
reversion, what today Ii accounted the
baldest kind of slang once was re-
ion in language. Defoe. prolific and
vividly expressive in his writings.
would be ''in bad'' with all the speech
refineries from Brander Matthews to
the pretty misses of st. Joseph county
for some OF his phrases, but that
doesn't modify the fact that the ven-
Grated Daniel had his characters in
bad more than once without exciting
even q frown from the wardens OF
double-distilled purity in his day. And
SO it goes. Slang has its partisans and
its devotees and also its virulent enc
mics, who will use no word not decent
ly mummified by an eminent re-
spectability in the best and the least
readable auth0rA But it would be
queering the game Of future dictionary
makers to have q hammer out for all
slang, and surely the South Bend girls
mean no such thing.-Indfanapoli
Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

Unusual temperatures prevailed in
these parts during the past few days.
They were normal for this period of
the year.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

Another thing is q certainty. Those
hats that the women Of Wisconsin pro-
pose to make for themselves in order to
reduce the high cost Of living are sure
to look the part.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
BY ROY K. MoULToN.

OF all the fossels in our town.
81 Haskins was the boss.
He said the autymobl1e never
Would replace the hoss.
He always used to sneer and snort
Whenever one went by,
And when he'd see one busted down,
He'd laugh until he'd cry.
He said the owners all were fools
To go and spend their dough
For them gol ding contrivances
That never seemed to 60.
Them devil wagons got his goat,
He'd never fall for one.
OF all the gol-dum foolishness,
Gas wagons took the bun.
One day = nephew died and left
An old one-lung machine
A-standiug out in old Sis barn.
81 got some gasoline
And poured 1t in the gosh burned thing
To see II It would start.
He cranked her up and thought he'd try
To drive the old gas cart
He drove it down the road all right,
Forgettin' all his care,
And rode around till almost night
And visited everywhere.
Next morning bright and early he
Was poundin' down the street.
He scared the hosses right and left
And knocked folks on their feet
A week from then he bought a car.
It was Of high hoss power.
He didn't take time on to eat,
But drove it every hour.
He raced with everybody who
Showed up within a mile
He said you might as well be dead
AS not to be in style.
His whiskers blew out in the breeze,
AS down the road he flew.
He said: I'll show those gol ding boobD
A fancy trick or tew."
He spent all Of his waking hours
In showing them new tricks.
Four cylinders became too tame,
And so he bought a six.
He's been arrested nineteen times
For speedin, so they say.
He got his whiskers all shaved on
For they got in his way.
He talks OF touring cars all day
And dreams of them at night.
And nowadays whene'er he sees
A piece Of horseflesh pass
He snS sort tos,erc Hf chuekle: o;t snesrins nks
The Safety Deposit Box.
For twenty years 1t had been our pet
ambition to have a safety deposit box IN
the Trust building. It seemed like the
climax Of desire. There was nothing in
the world we wanted more.
The other day we went and rented the
box and attached the two bright keys to
our key ring. Fondly we carried the
Now that you have got the safety de-
post box. what are you going to do with
1t!' asked the wife.
Gosh. I hadn't thought Of that before
We had been so intent upon getting tho
box that We had forgot to arrange for
anything to put in 1t. But we got very
busy that evening and raked up all Of the
valuables we could find. An inventory Of
our safety deposit box at the present
writing Is a. follows:
One lock of hair (old sweetheart's).
Souvenir Of the Chicago worlds fair.
Pair Of cum buttons grandfather wore.
Picture Of Niagara Falls by Moonlight.
Diploma from business college.
Rare Mexican bean (watch charm).
Horsehair ring worn by grandfather.
The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23
PUNCrUALITY A vrRr11r

Hardness 10 . nuisance to society, 4
nlndrance IN business. ana shows \ lack
OF respect for engagements ana pride
IN ones hour. One may fool away his
own time, but he has no rirht "a
waste that OF other 10 he on time.
functua1ity shows conscientious atten-
tion TO duty and consideration for the
rights OF otheEs.-Wal ut Eagle.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-10

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Sol5idgen. = 2ette @ode bat Sc
9l1ce 60. ibr eleftriid)es 8abnnet
bon bier nob ltpiola al1sgemeiien.
Meire 8rpbe.
Die erite Sod5eit nad Ser 9eidloi-
leuen Ibpents5eit miro Sic oes 8nt.
3iesfe nit Sri. 9elena Spatb fem.
Sim Mbenoe 0es 0anfl agulngSfeltes
battcn Sic Mitglieoer unierer Ml1iif.
fapeue inn @al1ie ibres &apellmeiiters
@erm. MeDer cine angenebme Inter.
baltl,ng, III meld)er beidloiien >pl1roe,
fiiroerbim iebe @o6e cine nebl1ng gu
balten. = Cine %mertbpol(e MGbre
oes Soiepb Meper> unter oelien @ru11-
5ern sic Sdapeine6olera cine ltarte
@erlpiiltu1g anridtete, peren6ete leb=
tie 8ode. = 8anffaiiierer Sic. 8ep-
lan6 tragt ii6 NIT 6em @e6anfen>
lih in Sen 8elib zines MlttomobilS st
bringen.
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cern6eqIri9.

Dor etpa So}resfrtt erf4iu IN Der
8. 8. 2etrerbtlSunesaatalt in @ra3
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prufune. sSn G1ren beftanb e bieie.
obf9on ct rur cine eiutlaffige Bolts
fdule beiu4t bate. Mber fdon Ssrt
bate er einen groben 2erneifer ent>
tpidelt. Gr fdaute nit 8emunbernng
aum 2ebr.r e,npor; babel mar fein
einaieer Wun54, aud Qebrer gu ,ptrz
ben. Mus Der @4ule entlaKen. mubte
Ct unter bic 9ol3tne@te seben. Mnz
mdbli9 %periorgte er it@ nit ben mo-
tbtgen 2ernbebelfen uno arbeitete in
Der freien 3eit an ieiner Tortbiloung.
@ines 9ases erbat CT ii@ pom Gorfter
einen fur3en urlaub fir cine Mol=
fobrt na9 M~ariatroft unb legte In
@ra3 bic MISUNDERSTANDING ob. Wtit
8eeeifterung CAB CT fi@ Dem @tubium
Fin unb lieB bal6 ale feline &ol1eeen
'peit binter fi@. Sour bic ungelenlen
Singer brau@ten 1anse 3eit, bts ite ii6
auf Der @eise auredtfanben. @iel
{4mieriger, als bic intelleftuele, 1T
fir Sen arn1en, tpiHensourftigen 5ol5z
fne4t bic materielle 5rase gu lofen.
9ie 200 &ronen, bic er als @ol3arbeiz
ter erfpart batte, itnb ldnsit aufgez
braudt, unb bitten tbm ni4t einige
%moblpolenbe Skinner bilfrei@ unter
bic Mrme gegriffen, 10 Bate .. Mobez
regger - 70 ser Same beg meroenoen
2ebrers - tpobl f@on ldngit pieber
bos @@ul3immer nit Sem eriinen
@alb unb bic Geber nit Der @1t per>
tauf9en miiHen.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-12-10

m1ng REF tulr6e ibm eine grobe
Spation 5utbeil. Cine falt beI3ablige
delegation bot iid aus Minneiota I'M
9an|e nn6 Senat eingeiteQt. Sena.
tor 9sell ion mar % uno alle &ongreb-
moller NIT Mnsnabme bes Mbgeorb-
neten Mauaban. gr trifft megen seq
6ar1ler : &onpents in ct. Yaul crit
an Gonreri tag Elm. @er5lib begriibt
m1roe &ongrebmam Steoens aus
st. Hmtl, ebenlo Ser 5l1fiinftige @ou-
perrelr 9ammon6.
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Gin 8rief bon Yater
Spiepb &oeiters.
SIN Gle lieben Ireunoe!

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@ilbof @enningbm1s ian6te midi nod
Yuoli, 6em n0roliden Centrum ser
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Sabsen P. Singer, Ser lpdter 10 be-
riibint g%emoroene 8ii6of nit elmer
@anopoa Mlt=Gbrtiten Ste Miliion be-
gam. Son bier aus 1trablte 6as 2i9t
bes @laubens iiber sic tpeiten Sc,
biete in 5ii6=S6antung aus, iiber
5ablloie Std6te un6 00rfer, mo- eS
nun Elm Seim fat. 9arum lit B11oli
cine ebrmiiroige statte> Sic @iege Ser
Miiiion! @ier ion i6 Nun mirfen fir
nab un0 fern. @egen 200 @atien=
finder umgeben mt@ un6 1ren11ert mild
ibren Safer. au6 iebr alte &in6er
babe ib bier. @egen so arrte Drift
lide @reiie baben namli6 bier Elm