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Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25
DIVISION 4.

DIVISION 4.
Meets Second and Fourth Mondays,
Bertrand Hall, Sixth Street.
President0John H. Hennessy.
Vice President-Thomas Lynch.
Recording Secretary - John j.
Barry.
Financial Secretary-Thomas ].
Langan.
Treasurer-Patrick Connolly.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Thomas Far
rell.
Sentinel-M. ]. McDermott.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25
GIVES STATUES.

A Protestant woman has pre-
sented two magnificent statues OF
adoring angels to the Catholic
church in South Boulder, Cal. In
making the gift to the pastor she
asked him to withhold her name.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25

Frank /. Donahue. Secretary Of
State of Massachusetts,. has been
elected Division Commander Of the
Sons of Veterans. Another shock
for the Guardians of Liberty. who
are always invisible when the real
patriots are fighting their country's
battles.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25

Columbia University, New York, the
coming year. The lecturer in this
course will be no other than the
loyal supporter and scholar of the
Gaelic tongue, NJ. A. O'Byrne, Phi.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25

head, she said slowly: ooh. Miss
Jane, you're not very good Cath
Ollie yet. Don't you know that moth
ing can hurt the church," The re-
buke made the mistress open her
eyes and mouth. she replied very
meekly: why. Betty, do you mean
to say that you are not angry when
you hear the church criticized?"
"Oh, no. Miss Jane" The girl
smiled, and once more shook her
head. 1.-The church can stand IT,"
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25

Gaelic Leaguers and lovers OF the
Irish language In general will be
pleased to know that a course In
modern Irish IL 20 be introduced In
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-25
DIVISION q.

entinel-Thomas hannon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFrom the Chicago Newa1
Better a hair In the scalp than two
in the brush.
Experience teaches US how dishonest
other people can be.
A wise man makes the best Of It
when he gets the worst OF it.
Every man thinks he needs a wife
until after he acquires one.
A good many people would say moro
IL they didn't talk % much.
How the s1rewd promoter does love to
encounter fool and his money!
One might keep a secret by putting
it in cold storage and losing the key.
The man who really knows q woman
doesn't pretend to understand her.
A man might just as well patronixe
a safety razor AZ q deaf and dumb
barber.
It IL possible to avoid temptation by
attending strictly to ones own busi-
ness.
A woman never feels absolutely sure
that her husband has loose habits until
he comes home tight.
After getting the worst Of 1t in an ar
gument she says to him, Now, why
can't you be sensible?''
Even II an up to date woman did
look like the pictures in q fashion
magazine. she probably wouldn't be
satisfied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28


be less. ana the additional cost for
teachers would not be In proportion
to the humber Of days added What
ever may BE- the terms Of the contract.
teachers are In fact employed by tho
year. Comparatively few OF them
use the vacation months In any prof.
table way. An average addition OF
$500 to the annual SALARY Of city
school teachers would require . total
OF leas than 81. 900. or about :
per cent Of the total cost Of the
schools. For most teachers the adj
ditional months would not be = hard
ship. especially II the school days
were shortened. Certainly this II
true II teachers could b. relieved OF .
large amount Of the unnecessary
bookkeeping, report making and ex-
animation reading with which they
are now burdened."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Editor Rethemeyer Of the Horton
News has been wondering recently why
they put the fun In funeral.
Not q few Of the old-fashioned new
papers who dealenAted married women
as "Mesdames'' are still doing business
in Kansas.
Sometimes the Lyons Democra. won
ders what has become OF the old-f:l3h-
toned boy and girl who used to be home
by bedtime.
The cleverest thing In the world. ex-
ly happy. and the unhappiest to be
merely clever
Reported by the Otter Springs cor
respondent Of the Humboldt Union:
Planting potatoes and feeding hoboes
is the order Of the day.
This u the time Of year. points out
the Canton Pilot, that q man will do
about S2b worth Of work In order to
raise 81 worth Of garden stuff.
At a party, says the sedgwick Panta-
graph, a little girl chooses her cake
by the color Of the icing. while q small
boy regulates his choice by the size Of
the slice.
No matter how prosperous the coun-
try il. says the Phillips County Post.
when a mans hat blows on there are
for him.
Don't poison your neighbours dog to
get even with your neighbor, advises
the Agra Sentinel. Just let him pay
the dog tax of two or three dollars on
the worthless cur. that IL q far bet
ter way to get even
Don't start q quarrel in the morn
ing. Wait until evening, and then the
quarrel won't interfere with business.
who insist on quarreling. OF course.
it Is better not to quarrel at all.-At-
Gibson Globe.
If man gets mixed up with two po-
liticat factions and uses his best ef-
forts to bring about a reconciliation.
says the Washington Republican-Reg-
lister. he generally gets both ends Of
the factions sore at him for his trouble.
Five years ago. according to tho La
Harpe Enterprise. poultry dealer in
Gait wrote his name on an egg which
was shipped east. A few days ago he
received q letter from q man in New
Jersey. saying that he had just found
the egg among a number of others re-
Gently purchased.
A hint to girls looking for husbands.
from the South Randall correspondent
OF the Colby Tribune: A young man
who will buy half a pound Of ten
cent candy and give it to his best girl,
will. after they are married, let her
eat crackers and cheese in the grocery
store when she goes to town. IL she
gets anv dinner Mt all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

from the Philadelphia Reeord.l
Any man can tell q He. but 1t IL quite
another matter to prove the truth Of Il.
Come people leave footprints In the
sands OF time, and others cover their
tracks.
No man = apt to have nervous pros
tration who 10 too busy to think about Il.
Always agree with q man, and he viii
have q profound admiration for your
judgment.
Being ground down makes most things
sharp. but men seem to be an exception
to this rule
Come men are born to trouble, some
borrow trouble and others have trouble
thrust upon them.
she-.'Women are naturally generous .
He-"Yee. where one woman will keep q
secret. - win give Il away"
Tommy-"Pcp. what u free speech r.
Tommy'o 90p-Ffeo speech, my son, Il
merely saving what Ne please to fellows
Wo know ~ can HEX
Blobbe-.s1ly uife always acts upon my
advice" 9lob6e-s.You must have an ex-
oep43o0al W14e. Hlobbs-s.Oh. don't
know. always adviss h9 - % - abe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
Kansas Comment
DOC COOKS NERVE,

Very few people now doubt that old
Doc Cook got cold feet and euLneo
about before reaching the North POLE
or the summit Of Mt. Mckinley. bat
brought plenty o. nerve Of another
sort hack from those frapped exped!-
tions. After amaaa1ng fortune tell.
ing how he did II Tor publication. no
played from the other angle, and told
how he didn't. with equal pro1it. ans
to increase his dividends. And lately
he has thought of another scheme tor
tncreA4in9 his income, and thereby his
income tax. He has brought 9uit
against an enterpfis1ng playWr1ght
asking fat damages because = certain
play makes joke Of the Doc Cook
achievements by land and sea- Said
achievements have been regarded -
something OF q Joke ever since sprunB
by those keen little humorists Of the
Copenhagen Geographical society, ana
the playwright can't lay much claim
to originality. but that Won't apply 20
tho daring doctor: = man who can
make money out Of all his mistakes -
entitled to some confederation for
originality. not to say initiative, and
nfty-seven varieties Of nerve. Be-
sides which he seems to have them
copyrighted. or something like that,
which IL also uniQue.-Atchison 0lobo.
RICHEST FARMING COUNTIES.
What is the richest farming coun-
~ in the United States? That Ques-
ton was recently asked and answered
In the house. It IL Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania The census figures OF
1910 show that Lancaster county
ranked first among the IL richest
farming counties in the United States.
The county embraces 6O2.24O acres, OF
which 66O,499 acres are in farms. On
this area in 1919 farm products to the
value OF $20,767,146 were raised. OF
this amount $13,059,588 was in crops
and $4.037.7S6 in live stock products.
Lancaster was not only the banner
county in 1910. but has held this SUI
premacy since 1870. In 1900 1t had q
Nation, which was ranked as q single
county of Indian territory, but the
Chic1kasaw Nation had eight times the
area Of Lancaster county. Yet tho
value of products from the Pennsyl-
vania county was 100000 more than
those of the Chickasaw Nation. The
next productive county in 1910 was
Mclean county. ILL.,, with 733,161
acres in farm lands. The production
in this county was worth S18,368, AIS.
Seven Illinois counties were among
the IL most productive counties the
ranking being: Mclean, second; La
Sale, fifth: Livingston. sixth; Cham
paign, seventh: Cook, eighth; Sanga-
mon, tenth; and vermi1lion twelfth.
Whitman county. Washington. ranked
fourth among tho most productive
counties OF the United States: Aroo-
stock county, Me-. ninth, and Fresno
county, Calif.. eleventh-Saline Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
Euening Chat



To know the sort Of person one
ficult task.
On the other hand. to know the sort
OF person ones friends ought to marry
seems very simple 70 most people.
Two women were discussing the en-
gagsment Of one Of the young girls in
our neighborhood.
She's the very last person he ought
to marry. said the first (queer how
son" isn't it?)
IT know it, said the other, ..he
has such q quick. overbearinR temper.
He needs ono of those patient, sweet
tempered girls who viii put IN with
him. and Mary isn't = bit that kind
Now I happen to know Mary pretty
well. and I also realize that she isn't
Of the patient Griselda type. And yet
I venture to differ, and to think she
may be exactly the kind Of q girl Sid
ney needs. Sidney certainly has a
quick. overbearing temper. Give him
q meek. sweet tempered girl and he
will grow more and more overbearing.
He will tyrannize over her just AZ he
does over his meek and sweet temper
ed mother and sister. Give him Mary
and he'll be brought up short against
her unwflltnGness to be tyrannized
over. And after he has gone bump
up against that blank wall q few times
he will probably begin to learn to con-
troll himself and respect the rights OF
others.
Now won't that be better for him
than to gradually develop. for lack Of
opposition. into a household tyrant?
The observation-disclosures Of character
by marriage il very wonderful thing.
One of the reasons why 1t IL 30 diff
cult to say what any two characters
will make of marriage IL that they will
not remain the same after marriage.
but will act and react into two entirely
different characters. And the chem
istry of love il not yet q sufficiently
exact science to predict what tho re-
action will produce.
When q serious man and frivolous
woman r.arry, people arc always quick
to say that the match will be failure.
And yet I know Of one case OF the
kind in which the Woman's frivolity
was toned down and the mans Sc
riousness was toned up by tho reaction
of characters. and the marriage was q
signal success.
Again. Some years ago when two
extremely reckless and tmprovfdent
young people were married, everyone
who knew them held up their hands
and said, "What will become of them
they are both SO heedless?" What
happened was that the mans reck-
lessness developed caution in the wo-
man and they are now q fairly well
balanced couple.
And go 1t does.
Marriage is q strange and wonder
full melting pot ana until erotic chem
istry become q more exact science. We
might as we'll decide that 1t is almost
as hard to pick the right person foI
our friends as for ourselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
AS THE BrBLE nrARuHEs on.

AS THE BIBLE MARCHES ON.
From the Bible House in New York
. thousand Bibles have lust been sent
ON =. voyage Of l1fteen thousand miles
They are q part OF the eighth edition
in the Gilbert Islands lan9uage print
ed by the American Bible Society, and
their destination is sydney in Aus
tralia. there to be reshipped to Ocean
Island and Apaian in Micronesia. The
preparation Of the Gilbertese text was
the loving labor OF a lifetime to the
famous missionary translator, the late
Rev. DR.. Hiram Bingham. The an
ished books disclose a happy collabor-
alton Of Bible Society and missionary
in giving light to tho isles that wait
for His law
In the biudery at the Bible House
poison was worked into the covers to
discourage insect foes: the packing
room was turned into n tinshop while
the books in parcels of twenty were
soldered up in tin to guard against
wetting by waves or weather. and the
shipping office supplied the tin cases
with nifty stout boxes as armor against
rough handling by stevedores Of many
races-all these pains being taken to
insure the safe arrival Of the precious
freight at the Gilbert Islands. The
cost to the American Bible Society of
this CONSIGNMENT was $1,s67, It is q
free grant to the American Boards
MicroneSian mission While the mis-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
Globe Sights
By THE ATcHIeON GLOBE

About all some people do Is try
again.
Mighty few women blow their nose
In q businesslike manner.
Most Of the foolish questions and
cross answers occur at the breakfast
table.
A genius who takes to drink be-
cause he isn't recognized. never will
be.
II you have a mean disposition. get
over it; don't try to disguise it as dis
ciplina
Poor Father is fooled 30 often every
day he doesn't worry much about All
Fools day.
A country town won't stand for
Journalists. and sometimes Il pretty
rough on newspaper men.
Self-sacrtfice IL q hobby with some
who seem to consider the martyrs
celebrated crown becoming.
People always en5ey seeing q po-
nceman whipped. indicating that there
are lot Of polite anarchists in this
world.
Some men make It matter Of
policy not to spit ON the moor until
they arrive at the best room in the
building.
A sterling citizen who Il scared into
quitting the use Of tobacco should
have 1eaD to say about his cast-iron
will power.
I'm not boosting, said Short
jerks today, "but II Jude johnson
should happen to whip me I'd feel
deeply Inundated"
Come times the doctor won't tell
because he doesn't want to frighten
you, and At other times he won't tell
because he doesn't know.
Admitting that the late Col Alad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
CORN IN ROTATION SCHEME.

Corn occupies a valuable place In
the rotation of crops. 1t removes a
large amount of gross fertility. but
it's habits are such that it generally
leaves an average soil in better con-
dition for succeeding crops. Corn is
not injured like many grains by heavy
applications of stable manure. In
fact, corn is one Of the safest and best
crops to which manure can be applied.
Soils that have been cultivated for a
number of years are hungry for man
ure and there il no better way of util-
izing it than. on a corn crop. When 1t
has been we'll MANFRED and a crop of
corn grown 1t is in good condition for
almost any crop, particularly such del
icate feeding ones as flax and spring
wheat. On new prairie soil corn is
always a safe crop to bring the land
into condition for small grains, a. an
excess Of fertility has no injurious in
fluence on it. l. serves the same pur-
pose where land il run down, accord
ing to M. Melvoid in Orange Judd
Farmer.
In our western farms corn takes the
place of roots in the English and
European systems of rotation. The
cultivation which the corn crop re-
ceives makes the soil more permeable
and improves its general physical con-
dition. Soils need to be periodically
compacted and hard soils loosened up.
In a rotation corn can follow almost
any crop provided the land IL manur-
ed, and likewise almost any crop can
follow corn. When grown az a mar
ket crop. it should be given a favored
position, such as following a clover
crop. Corn is responsive to manures
and cultivation, and its yield is cap
able OF being materially increased
when 1t is given a good place in ro-
tation and it is properly MANFRED and
cultivated. Not only is its own yield
increased, but it increases the yield OF
every crop grown on that ground the
next two or three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
Journal Entries

Most Of the plain people are severe
ly that way.
Tho rub comes in teaching the
young idea to shoot straight.
The love that laughs 1t locksmiths
u9ually results in copious weeping.
There II also this consolation just
now: 1t isn't compulsory to read tho
spring poetry.
II is pretty difficult to do anything
without rubbing tho fur the wrong
way ON some one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
SCHOOL AND THE VACATION.

SCHOOL AND THE VACATION.
While denying extreme statements
attributed to him. DR.. p. p. Claxton,
United States commissioner OF educa-
ton. recently. reiterated his belief in
continued school activity of some kind
in summer months for most children.
1.-The schools should provide some
kind Of instruction for the children
through what Is now. in most cities.
a long. wasteful vacation" declares
DIR. Claxton. He points out that
school takes at most 900 hours year
out of 5,110 waking hours-assum-
ing ten hours OF sleep for children
every night: the average child spends
about 900 hours in school and the
remaining 4.510 waking hours out of
school DR.. Claxton suggests that
summer work last not longer than
four hours-from Tor o'clock to II
or II o'clock in the forenoon
According to DR.. Claxton. the school
of the future. both in summer and
winter. will give less time to intensive
school study OF the ordinary type
probably about three houRs; and four
or five hours to productive work SUI
pervised by the school. done in shops,
outdoor gardens, or in the home.
with this kind Of an organise
tion,r he. declares, sit would b very
easy for children to do ordinary
school work three hours q day. six
days in the week. through eleven
calendar months In the year. and at
the same time contribute largely to
their own support by well-directed
productive educational work. either
at home or in the school. thus maxi
ing it possible for the great majority
Eof children to remain in school
throughout the high-school period
THE cost OF adding the three
months Of school would be compara-
lively little. There would be NO cod
for fuel. the cost Of attendnnco would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

John D. Rockefeller also takes a
unique place among the famous Amer
lear millionaire collectors. His hobby
runs to big rocks. Just now he is
moving one of 25O-tons volume all the
way from Long Island to his larry
town estate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Think of some of the tremendous
sacrifices that are being made by the
prominent officers who are resigning
their commissions in the British army.
For instance, when they have their
pictures taken in the future they won't
be able to wear those brilliant uni
forms Of their erstwfIile trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28
On the Spur
of the Moment
BIZ ROY K. MOULr0N.

A Pot Boiler.
How comes the poet who win sing
And t the y 5oy sen Fl h Es1 1es :prns
He tries to spread this ancient bunk
In lines whose feet are always punk.
He writes about the daffodil.
II The wind with frssranes rare.
He sits and tunes his ba1ly Tyre,
While other folks are making fire
To warm the chilly air.
HAT s sary splnr Is lust hn Slu
And nd so o he A pulls his6iasted fake
On gentle g, sprihn r.d for sn he must make
The March Of Science and Invention
A man with aeroplano ears some
how evaded our vigilanr and watch
full, though courteous and obliging
butler and entered our sanctum sane
forum the other day for the purpose
Oft interesting w in q whip socket for
automobiles.
The contrivance is Of his own in
ventton and serves as an ornament
as well as having its useful Qualifica-
tions. When not used for the whip 1t
q good place to keep . bouquet Of
beautiful flowers.
1t is believed this il the only auto
mobile appliance that does not cost
money to run. Most OF the appli-
aaces use up SO much power that there
isn't power left to run the car itself,
but this whip socket does not. It look
ed to US like q good thing. but we
were unable to buy any stock in the
enterprise, as we had just spent our
last loose 10000 for q hundred shares
of stock in a company that il get
ting a right OF way for q wireless tel
egraph line between New York and
Philadelphia.
A man never appreciated how sci-
ence and invention are marching ON
ward until a rich uncle dies and leaves
him glue factory. It seems az though
the opportunities for investment are
lfmitless. The master brains Of this
country are working while we Of the
sordid sombre hue are asleep. They are
inventing left-hand monkey wrenches.
patent can openers. that can also be
used as an automobile jack and folded
up and carried in the vest pocket; nom
breakable window glass. noiseless au-
tomobile horns and colicless eucum-
beers.
It seems a. though men can In
vent almost anything nowadays ex-
ceptinx excuses that they can make
their wives believe. Let the good work
go on and sometime. perhaps, even
that will be accomplished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

If Uncle Sans high-salaried wealth
er observers couldn't call the turn Of
cards any oftener than they call the
turns in the weather. they'd soon go
broke in a gambling game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Even in staid, old, conservative
Massachusetts,, the cause of woman's
suffrage is marching strongly on it's
way to success. The Bay state legisla-
ture has adopted resolution by which
the necessary amendment to the con-
etitution will be submitted to vote of
the people. Ft.I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Neither does a rivers and harbors
appropriation bill of the proportions
OF 100000 jibe very well with the
platform professions of economy that
are so popular with the Democratic
Statesmen. Rather does 1t indicate
that when they get the chance to help
themselves. nothing will do them but
cCrn-fed pork
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

II there Is anything to the theory
that a bad beginning makes a good
ending, the Topeka baseball club
should win the Western League pen
nant hands down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Chicago's municipal store that sells
erocery staples for less to the poor
has been doing a business since it's in
ception that has averaged only $9.11 a
day. All of which serves to empha-
rize the fact that the problem of help
ing the poor is mighty difficult of
sol,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Farmers in Kansas and elsewhere
may suffer some because of the
whacks that have been given to but
ter and eggs by the new tariff law.
But how about the multitude Of con-
sumers? Are they entitled to no con-
side ration at allr Possibly not. At
sny rate they have seldom received
much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Presumably, the New York legisla
tors are incensed at church lobby
lists" because they ply their trade will
arguments instead Of coin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-28

Kansas is now developing as man.
auto highways on paper as it did rail
roads in the good. old, imaginative
days OF the past. 81