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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22
Globe Sights

The most inflated valuation il that
placed on alienated affections.
1t Is well to live far away from your
relatives SO you can brag ON them.
II there were no ono to hate, a
crouch would have a dreary time.
The general rule is that the man
who likes books hates book agents.
Our revised notion Of the hardest
job is making over the map Of Europe.
A lot Of people have summer grip
which ma--es the European war all
the worse.
Alb Adkins says he knows an enter
prising patriot who makes his own
mOratoriums.
It II hard to understand man talk
ing in his sleep and the women have
other troubles.
The man who can quit when he
wants tc. doesn't want to. and may lie
about other topics.
You are safe in the assumption that
married; he is dead.
Whiskers are unsanitary and should
receive antiseptic treatment from
those who won't use q razor.
Kind words are SO often followed by
q request for a favor that the crouch
has some Champions.
II a man and his wife belong to the
same church they can easily ind some
other cause for hostilities.
Alb Adkins says his children have
learned that his wife mobiles more
frequently than she goes into action
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they were unable successfully to exter-
mfnate the disease even IN its inclpient
and local stage. This was principally
because they did not operate extensive
~ enough. The microscope has now
shown us the paths by which cancer
cells start their invasion Of the body
and modern surgeons are repeatedly
successful in removing the disease once
for all. Cancer Is not a blood disease.
and there il no conclusive evidence that
1t is hereditary. Many efforts have
been made to show that the disease II
transmitted from one generation tosan-
other or that at least certain sus-
ceptibility to cancer is thus passed on.
The evidence on this point. however. re-
mains insufficient. On the other hand.
there IL much statistical and expert
mental evidence to show that heredity
plays q very small part IL any In the
development Of cancer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

tFrom the Chicago News.1
When q wise chap sees an oppor-
tunity he seizes it.
Being fond of cocktails h . feather
in no mans cap.
To believe that task 10 impossible
Is to make 1t go.
Many a man has taken q hand in
politics and then put his foot in it
Fish is no good as brain food unless
It has something to assimtlate with.
People wish q newly married couple
happiness. but they don't expect it
Alas for the man who will never be
useful except to give the undertaken
q job!
Styles that turn women's heads also
put kinks in the necks OF the gentle
men.
It's almost impossible to discourage
the man who thinks he can tell .
funny story.
A man never realizes that time II
money more thoroughly than when he
settles with q taxi chauffeur.
What has become of the old FASH
toned mother who thought that her
small son Waz destined to become .
great musician because 10 QoulA oot Z
tune out Of mouth organ1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22
By the Way
1n HARvE PAReoNa

To endorse Hon. Smoke Williams Al
q pillar OF society would be q little
rough on society, perhaps. Rumor
hath 1t that Hon. Smoke II not all that
known him for 10. these many moons.
But the fact that Hon. Smoke IAN
cuisines in the county cannery because
he cannot produce $500 bond. re-
calls that he is CHARGED WITH
and provided. The officers seem to
think that he il guilty. but he IS
charged-merely charged. At the same
time an observation-disclosures person
who is charged with what, In any otner
community might be considered
$500 furnished by his loving friends.
Nothing has been proven on the farm
er. Neither has anything been proven
ON Smoke Williams, yet Smoke Is IN
and the other party is out.
From which might almost suspect
that the parade of virtue is OF more
Importance than IL virtue itself.
The United Press may have been a
little previous In announcing the oe-
misc of the pontiff but had notnln9 on
q former Kansas editor in the case OF
tho late Queen Victoria The Kansas
paper not only scooped the attending
physicians by two days. but gave her
Majesty's last words without spending
cent for telegraph or cable tolls.
After about three weeks Of strenuous
fighting. the Germans have INVADED
Belgium to a depth of about 70 miles:
And there seems to be widespread
opinion that 1t seemed further than
that.
/ henpecked man cannot be said to
have a state Of mind" 1t Is merely
territory.
War at Fort Riley. as practiced this
week, is the kind of war that meets
with our approval. 1t doesn't necessi-
tate the slaughter of some dry goods
clerk or blacksmith to make q Roman
holiday. No muss or gore ensues.
The war in Europe is a very mussy
war. The chances are good that the
and insist upon heater wars hereafter
Hondo Murphy has found the an
| swer to the ancient question: why
| doth the feeble-minded fowl cross the
road? The answer is. a hen crosses the
When a politician talks too much
the reporters get out of the habit OF
quoting him-unless. Of course. he owns
few papers Of his own. Politicians
should study that problem. and observe
that q quarter-inch rain gets two
deck headline in dry weather. and only
a mention in decimal figures of small
type when it is raining every day.
| Hennery Allen is conducting a whirl
wind campaign, according to the head
liners, but a whirl-wind is supposed tt
raise the dust.
Soldier life in camp at Fort Riley II
| similar to home life, with the one ex
ception: The soldier winds the clocl
and puts out the light, but he doesn'
have to throw out the cat.
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From, Other Pens
WAR AND DIVORCE.

Statistics again show that the di.
vorce evil continues to occupy q prom
1nent place among the unsolved prob
lens OF tho country. What tho exact
the fact itself being tho Formidable
feature. Nor OF the various causes
assigned Is 1t requisite to choose any
particular one to expafiate upon. un-
less 1t can be shown that the condition
is remediable by any process other
than q changeable moral view or eco
nomic condition to which the Offend
ers, or the victims, as the case may be,
are able and willing to submit. 1t
ts, however, a peculiarly unhappy
thought that the arts Of peace have
been held as being more conducive to
marital disJoinings than those which
prevail in the piping times of war. A
measure Of relief from the pressure of
poverty itself has been said to encour-
age the minds Of the frivolously in
clined. among husbands as well as
wives. to q greater liberty Of action,
which. lacking the proper moral curb
ings, SO easily degenerates into license
crease of population makes the stress
OF competition greater, and in the ups
and downs of business the unskilled
wage-earners hanging to the fringe of
livelihood are shaken temporarily
from their means Of subsistence; de-
alone are traced a large percentage of
the divorces that are recorded annual
ly. What, then. If war should afford
the bitter remedy for this growing
evil? A sharp medicine. no doubt, yet
it is one not past effecting q cure.
Whatever the blameworthiness of the
male creature, however great his bru-
tally, will not the woman cling more
closely to him once the ranks of men
| have been depleted by the lannon's
fire? After a similar fashion, war
may play its effectual part in modify
ing the militant movement in those
portions OF Europe where 1t has
! gained a momentum that ordinary op-
position has failed to Withstand. Al
ready the operations OF the law Of
| supply and demand have served to
kite food prices toward the zenith.
with the charge that the shadow Of
scarcity has -Lfficed to further the
unpatriotic plans of calIous specula-
tors. But there is no artificiality in
the article Of death. A man once
gone, he can't come back. II there
are not enough to go around later on.
| may it not eventuate in an increase
among the Lucreces and Cornelias.
even though the sterner sex become q
synonym for f1ckleness ?-Washington
Post.
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R5R T0HDScR

What can you do?" asked the man.
II am willing to do anything that 10
honest" replied William.
The man told him to &C to work in his
stable and care for the horses.
This man was not rich. but he wished
to make a display. and he gave his
poor horses SO little to eat that William
spent the small wages he received for
the first month for food for the poor.
starved horses.
One day another servant was taken
sick. and the master turned him cut
because he could not work.
Here is a man that il worse of than
1 am" said william. Il have two pieces
Of gold. 1 must help him." So he took
the man to the hospital.
Now, must find work at once" said
william, for have only one piece OF
gold left,' but he had not gone far be-
fore he met a poor beggar who was
blind.
IF I pass him without giving him
my last piece Of gold" said William. Il
shall not be honest. and he is worse on
than am
He dropped the piece Of gold into the
outstretched hand Of the beggar and
hurried away.
The next place that he asked for
work was at the door of a rich man.
William .-orked here for a long time.
Out ne received only Sfnuil Wd8eS, aAs<A
ut the end Of a year he saved very
little.
ct cannot make a fortune and be
honest to myself and everyone else," he
said. "In go home and live with father
and mother. They are old and need me
and I can support them by cutt'~.
wood. We shall have very little. but
we shall be happy and tina. means q
great DEAL
His father and mother were pleased
to see him. But where is your for
tuner" they asked.
william told them how his gold was
spent and that he found the rich and
poor alike in their greed for gold.
There are SO many in the world who
need help he told his father and
mother. THAT we can only care for
those that are nearest to M, and my
duty is here"
And 10 william lived witt his father
and mother and took care Of them.
they were repaid for taking into their
home a friendless babe and william
lived a contented life, feeling sure he
nae been right In an things.-(Copy-
right, 1914. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate, New York C1ty)
1ronday's stogy- How Hlly PIG Kept
1AoN IS 'fss.5
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1--WE have five pieces Of gold" said
his father: you shall have three. az
you will need more than we.''
william took the gold and told them
he would make his fortune and come
back to take care Of them.
BE ar honest man." said his mother.
s.and whatever you do remember that a
clear conscience can only be had by be-
ing honest"
"And when you are discouraged" said
his father, remember that there are
many worse on than YOU"
So William started on his journey. He
Travelled for a day or two without meet
ing any one. but just as he came to the
city he saw a poor woman sitting by
the roadside with q baby In her arms
william stopped and spoke to her. She
told him her baby was i'll and that she
was taking IT to q doctor In the city.
william thought Of his gold. III do
not help this woman" he thought. II
shall not .he honest" ana 20 he put q
piece Of "a into her hand.
h 81 at . hOqee ard es&e1 fos
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smilfng-you are laughing at me!
Ana thought you were such q diff
ferent sort Of mani"
Evelyn's voice was thick. She
pressed her lips together and dis
tractedly walked the length Of the
room; then she faced him imperiously
7 shall tell Cassie to forget you!" she
announced with passion.
Il wish she would" returned her
caller cheerfully.
Then. while Evelyn was regarding
MIN with horror q tap came on the
door. It was the maid with q letter
which messenger had just brought
to the houe,. Evelyn read the
scrawled words quickly beneath the
swttched-on lights.
wait. Mr.. Dwight! Oh. I don't un-
derstand." she gasped; then he sprang
to pick up the fluttering paper and to
assist Evelyn to her cushions. She was
crying softly and repeating, II don't
understand. 1t can't be true!"
Already. at her gesture. Dwight was
dashlng through the familiar scrawl.
Dear coz-When you get this. a.
the novelists say, I shall be Mrs. Lee
Lansing. VIII you send my trunk to
the Grand Hotel, Washington. D. c..
as we are on GU WAY south to visit the
'in-laws. TRUNKS all ready, for I've
been planning for this getaway all
the week. I would have told you. but
you think 50 well Of that gentleman
with the collie eyes that knew you'd
NEEDLE and try to stop me.
Dear Evelyn. forgive me. It il bet
ter so. Anyway, Lee and 1 have some
new dancing stunts that will make the
folks down south step lively. And
when we return to town we're coins
to give public exhibitions. Seriously,
sweet Coz, I'm happy.
Hoping you'll try to be the same
AZ ever, CASSIE"
Cassie is married to Lee Lansing
and she IS on her way to Washington
and wants her trunk. explained Far
mol Dwight dryly. ''Poor broken.
hearted little girl"
But SUCH levity-and no regrets!'
Evelyn looked bewildered. Then, a
she met her companions deep glance
| flood OF color hotly dyed her droop.
ing face. "Oh, am SO sorry spoke
to you as did just now" she faltered
But you know. And now; oh, do yot
really suppose Cassie is happy?'
'Of course. Don't worry. Lansing
isn't a bad chap. I've known for 8
long time I wasn't the right man. Tn
reconciled." Dwight looked at her re-
flective1y. How sweet and appealing
she was in her soft, repentent mood
He leaned nearer with q glance thai
EMBODIED her with q protective tender.
ness. Cassie wants you to be happy
he reminded her. Can 1 help you il
any way-Evelyn?"
II believe you cam murmurei
Evelyn. thrilled by the clearer vision
that was dawning. you understand
women SO well-Farnol!"-(
right. 1914, by the Mcclure Newspape
lSyndicate.)
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HOW THE WAR w111 Hrr ,,s

One Of the indirect results Of the
war viii be the loss Of millions Of dol.
lars to promoters OF international
sports IN the United States. Already
the international yacht race in which
Sir Thomas Upton planned an a.tamnt
to INT tho cup from America, has been
called on on account OF the outbreek
OF war. The promoters Of this bir
event alone have spent more than a
million dollars in building yachts and
trying them out for the races. Then
the Panama-Pacific exposition win suf-
Ter severely from the strife now BEING
waged across the Atlantic. Each OF
the nations now engaged in the war
with the exception Of Germany-had
agreed to participate in the fair. Need
less to say their participation win be
NIL now that they are engaged in what
promises to be the greatest war In his
tory. And Americans. too, will be less
concerned. probably. because of the
momentous event in Europe. The pat-
ronAge gives every promise OF being
cut in half because people lose their
interest to a large degree in ali forms
OF pleasure ana recreation when a RrAat
war il in progress.-PArsons sun.
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Another unusual feature Of the war
Il that many of the Jews in Europe
win bear arms against each other. For
instance. as many as $3.50 Jews are
eulisted in the German army. There
are 10000 Of them in the French
army, and $1,000 in the Austrian
army. while in the Russian army there
are no less than 100000 Jews And
II Germany and Russia do the bulk
Of their fighting in the vicinity of the
German Russian border the battles
will be fought in territory that con-
tains the thickest jewish population
- The world.
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WILLIAMS CHOICE.

Once upon time there was a wood
cutter and his wife who lived on the
edge Of a forest. They had one son
named William; at least, they called
him their son. for the woodcutter found
him on the steps one morning and had
taken him in.
But the woodcutter was very poor,
and now William was grown and there
was no money to educate him.
Let us divide the little we have with
him and send him out into the world to
seek his fortune" said his mother.
So they called william to them and
told him what they intended to do.
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TWO WAYS OUT.

Two roads lead out from poverty
To ease and wealth galore,
And one OF them IL Do without,
And one II Make Some More:
Ono or the other each must take
II any pathway he would break.
Upon the road OF Do without
Tho Old World peasants plod.
And women walk its narrow way
And press It cherries sod.
For there II little bloom or shade
In all the windings 1t has made.
Upon the road Of Make Some More
The New World armies tread,
And strong men walk its lusty length
And forge their way ahead,
While flowers grow at every bend
And beauty lines It to the end.
Wilcox, in the New Yorh
World.
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Journal Entries

Few of the vacations measure UP to
their anticipatiOns.
= .
The poor spend their money. The
rich save it. That's the way OF botn.
If you can fool q man in the same
way twice, do it. He deserves 1t.
Were truth stranger than fiction. 1t
isn't likely that there'd be 80 many
''best sellers"
Any sermon IS likely to strike hear
er as being fine If it hits some one else
good and strong.
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Euenine Chat
Paving Idfe's Prices.
By RUTH CAMERON.

EVERY one of us asks many things of
life. We all want health, most of as
have a craving for wealth. and there IS
q universal desire for happiness. Among
the lesser things that we might add to
this list are such qualities as courtesy
and refinement, and such attributes as
a well informed mind and an air Of good
bre edinE.
How many of us realize that life Of
fers us any Of these things-if we will
only pay the price.
There is nothing abnurr-~' about
health. Rather is i'll health the alb
normality that has beer forced upon US
by our failure to Fay the price. And in
this case the price is the observance OF
few simple rules OF nature. We eat
too much, sleep and exercise too little.
play or work too hard. We dc not paS
the price, we are 0unned with ill health.
There Is nothing miraculous about
wealth. Some achieve it by a very SIM
pie, straightforward route. They work
hard and long, cultivatiDg all the while
the open eye for opportunity; they save
much and spend little; they labor while
others play. They pay for the wealth
that is eventually theirs by sacrificing
that most Of US consider life unbearable
| without. Others achieve wealth by
| more devious routes. paying over their
| own finer qualities and the esteem OF
their fellow men In exchange. Others
pay for it in loss Of health, even life
itself. as have many Of our multi-mil-
lionaires. dead and buried long before
the passing Of the allotted three score
and ten.
To add courtesy. or a reputation for
1t. to your list Of qualities, you must
| pay in self control and self repression
| You must be at the service OF others,
even though it means the sacrifice OF
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purchased. 1t means the painstakine
elimination Of rudeness and vulgarity
and the cultivation Of the opposite quail
tiles.
Lies shop windows are full-but lift
Is the inexorable creditor. You pay II
advance and then pay over again. OF
the installment plan. Even when life
In seemingly benignent mood, showers
her gifts upon some favored mortal
she exact; some price. Talent like
Psderewskis. fos instance, can only
reach its full fruit upon the payment
OF years OF unrelmitting practice. You
may remember his own commentary or
the price. IF neglect my finger exer.
cises one day I notice 1t; II I neglect
them a week my friends notice It: and
II neglect them for q month the world
knows it,
\ A voice like Farrar's can only be ac'
Quired through careful training, and
even then 1t cannot retain its purity
and sweetness except under a regime O
rigid self direction and denial. "a sing
er is the slave nf his voice." some ont
has well said.
1t 10 equally true that you, IL YOU
would achieve that thing you want o.
lie, must be slave to it-pay for +
now and for ever after. You can ge
life runs no charge accounts. permit,
almost anything you want of life, bu
no bad bills.
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Surely the Democratic statesmen at
Washington are overlooking an oppor-
tunity in not arranging for an addi-
tional tax on oleomargarine as a war
revenue measure. This is a food pro-
duct. popular with the common peo-
pie. whose price is increased by the
government tax on IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22

Those who may have made up their
minds that a real rain for this immedi-
ate section is a thing of the past for this
season. at any rate. should remember
that the Topeka fair is not SO far in
the distance. AS a rain-maker 1t has
no rivals. But why couldn't the rain
come along in a few days and do its
duty and then take a vacation during
fair week. 1t is needed more now and
would be more welcome. Surely the
Topeka fair deserves a little luck, and
q clear week once in 'steen years.
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

0uhucE1bexD Of the state journal
sway from home during the summer
unay have tho paper mailed regularly
each day TO any address Mt the rate
~ ten cents . week or thirty cents
. month (by mail only). Address
CHANGED ~ often ~ desired. While
out OF town tho State Journal will be
% You like . daily letter from home.
Adyanco payment II requested ON
thee short time subscriptions, 70 save
Bookkeeping expenses.
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bears and other wild beasts SINGLE
handed don't sound very good along
side the news from Kansas City about
the armed mobs that were needed to
run down and extinguish a bear that
escaped from a zoo.
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These Christians that are at war in
Europe-they utter prayers to God
for tho success of their arms and use
a church steeple as an advantageous
place from which to manipulate their
rapid fire guns.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal 10 q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
eaaegrap report of that great news or
9anisation for the exclusive afternoon
Dubiication in Topeka.
The news II received in The State Jour-
oal building over wires for this sole pur4
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Whom . Suffragette,s Out OF Jail.
Master Of the house married to q sur
ragette}-What's happening about the
dinner, Mary?
Maid-There amt going to be none.
sir.
Aaster-What! No dinner?
AaidENo. air. The misBus as come
'oUe frpm IN. eir. and ste uD heverx-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22

How history repeats. One Of the
most terrible battles that the world
has ever known il now being Tough
on or near the already famous fielG
of Waterloo.
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Notice that terrible octopus, the
Standard Oil company. 1t is cutting
the prices of its wares, ION account of
the war" no doubt.
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Just how long Carranza is to be
president of Mexico is likely to be de-
pendent considerably upon the activi-
ties of his erstwhile next-friend, Villa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22

Why shouldn't the Belgians be beat
en- back by the Germans? Belgium's
population approximates 100000.
Germany's is close to 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-22

If good intentions counted for any
thing. this locality owes Rain a dia-
mond medal. 1t has been trying sc
hard apparently to deliver the goods.
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And the evidence seems to be that
prices of foodstuffs have advanced in
this country since the declaration of
war in Europe without any regard to
the supply on hand or in prospect.