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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
An elastic conscience is always will
ing to stretch q point.
1t isn't the henpecked Irishman who
is in favor of home rule.
The fires of ambition don't always
keep a mans heart warm.
The man who is out for the dust
doesn't always strike pay dirt.
it is apt to be taken with a grain
of salt.
The man who is opposed to monopo-
lies says he never trusts a trust till a
trust trusts him.
ing are generally the things some 9TH
er fellow has.
Some men are kept so busy brag-
ging about what they are going to do
THAT they never find time to do it.
good thing about Bighedde." Buggins
S''What is that?'' Muggins- His
own opinion of himself
NeIl-'tYour suffragette friend is
rather mannish, isn't she?" Belle
Yes; that's what 1 don't like about
her. In fact she no gentleman
When a mother and daughter are
taken for sisters, the daughter is apt
to wonder if her mother looks as
young as she does or if she looks as
old as her mother. -
Wiggs-"I always thought that fell
low Bjones was fool till L crossed
the ocean with him. 1 never realized
before there was SO much in him."
Wagg-"Yes, he told me he was
dreadfully seasick.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
POINTED PARAGRAPH

From the Chicago News.1
1t takes a big eater to beat a board
bill.
Heart failure" covers a lot of med
ical ignorance.
Every pleasure is a possible cause
for a lot of pain.
The rule of love is usually more eff
fective than the rule of might.
Good fortune seldom travels around
in an automobile looking for you.
Philosophers and pretty women are
apt to be enamored of their own re-
Elections.
Poverty would soon be unknown if
men could only dispose of their ex-
perience at cost.
Never judge an actors ability by the
size of his name on the program. He
may be the t'angeP' of the show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

missionaries will find a continent of
people long satisfied with low phys
zeal, mental and moral ideals. The
missionaries will point out these low
ideals, and then show them the pos
sibilities of the Christian life; and as
the natives catch something of a vision
of what this life may mean to them
there will come among them a healthy
spirit of social unrest which will not
be satisfied until it breaks the bands
which have bound them for many a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
CHURCH SHOULD CREATE SOCIAL
UNREST.

In a rather remarkable article in
the May Woman's Home Companion
entitled 1.-The New Crusade the Rev.
Charles Stelzle says:
'-It is the business of the church
to create social unrest. There are no
labor troubles in darkest Africa; but
if the missionaries that we are sending
there are faithful in their tasks we
shall soon hear of strikes and lockouts
in that benighted country. For these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

This would appear to be a poor time
for 5000 carpenters In Chicago to
go on strike that is also likely to
deprive twice as many more workers
in allied trades of employment But
this is a free country, of course. and
If a carpenter thinks that IS cents an
hour isn't sufficient pay for his serv-
ices, he has a right to strike for TO
cents, and quit if he doesn't get it,
Such a move, though, is likely to be
a little tough on wives and kiddies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

And the horrors and everlasting
burdens of war are emphasized again
by the opening of a school at Heidel-
berg for one-armed men, a few of the
German victims of the great European
conflice- Instruction is offered in
writing, stenography, bookkeeping and
drawing In other words, the effort is
to be made to train such cripples to
be self-sustaining. The power-lust of
kings certainly takes a heavy toll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

All afternoon the kite and the fairy
flew through the air-over houses
and yards and streets. And the won
pleasant thoughts for days to come.
For the fairy went back to work of
course. Yes, late in the afternoon the
boys mother called them in. They
reeled in their string in such a hlIrrv
that their kite got caught-on the very
telegraph pole where the fairy lived.
Quick as a flash the fairy jumped
off and went back to his job-a wise
and happy -(Copyright-Clara
Ingram JudSOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

In all probability, Cripple Creek,
Colo, struggles along in the conduct
of its municipal affairs with a degree
of efficiency, or lack of it, that is in
proportionate keeping with the salar-
les that are paid to its city officials.
The mayor gets , 5 cents a month and
the aldermen receive a monthly sti-
pend of s u cents each. People sell
dom get more than their moneys
worth of anything in these days of
grace. Indeed, the rule is that they
are lucky if they do as we'll as that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

As matter of fact, spring would be
far more enjoyable for most folk if
that mysterious ailment known as
spring fever" did not come along
with it. This wanting to lie down on
your job and get out in the country
or not knowing exactly just what you
want to do to obtain relief from some
thing the matter with you that you
really can't describe or explain is an
ANNOYANCE to saw the. least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
NO MORE BREAD, THANK YOU.

No longer will KansanS have to de-
pend on the lowing kline, as the poets
call them, or the makers of the COM
mon brands of oleomargarin for
grease for their bread. They can grow
it, or the material from which it can
be made, in their back yards or along
their roadsideS. Indeed, in some Sec
tons of the state they won't even need
to take trouble to cultivate the prod
uct, for it runs wild here and can be
had for the mere efforts required to
pluck it. At least, all this is so, if
there is something more than theory
behind an announcement from Ger
many. 1t is to the effect that an in
genious subject of the kasier has dis
covered that a palatable substitute for
butter can be made .cheap1y from an
oil extracted from the seed of sun
flowers. And that the suggestion is
the German government to their rail-
road station agents that they plant
sunflowers along the railroad rights
of way and thereby produce a bumper
crop of sunflower seeds for butter
making. This German discovery is
certainly great news for Kansans or
the few of them that may like a sub
stitute for butter. But then, it isn't
incumbent on the makers of sun
flower butter to eat it. They can pass
it on to other fellows, so the CONNER
cial possibilities of sunf1ower butter
may mean much for Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Obregon, one of the prominent gem
erals of the present in the Mexican
miX-up, must have a Russian press
agent on his staff. He reports that in
q. recent engagement his forces killed
no less than 5000 of Villas men. The
chances are that there weren't half
that many men engaged on both sides
of the fight And the Mexican SOL
diers are too handy at running to
make it at all probable that any such
number of them would be killed in
any single battle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Another one of the rich war jokes.
Great Britain has made full and am
pie apology to Chile for the sinking
by her warships of the German cruiser
Dresden in Chilean territorial waters.
What consultations and satisfaction this
must be to Germany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Seeming proof that lightning is like
rain in falling alike on the just and
the unjust is to be found in the news
that one of it's bolts recently destroyed
the Easter bonnet of a Pennsylvania
clergYman'S wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Picking must be hard, indeed, in the
eastern section of country, when a
band of men will arm and mask
themselves and hold up and loot q
freight train, as happened in New
York state the other night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
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A KITE RIDE.

long cloth tail dragging over the top
of the pole.
And the fairy-what do you sup
pose he did?
Just as the tail passed over the pole,
he remembered his much desired va
cation. Quick as a flash he seized
hold of the cloth kite tail and sailed
away from the pole, away from his
job, out into wide sunny space,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Rah, rah, rahl Washburn. ! Are
you going to do your duty by one of
Topeka'S most valuable assets? Don't
neglect it simply because you may
think that your help might not be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the ful DAY
telegraph report of that great news or
Ranization, for the exclusive AFTERNOON
Qualification In Topeka.
The news Is received In The state Jour
NAL building over wires Tor this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

More proof that a man never gets
400 old to learn. A Missourian, who
has passed the century mark by full
year, has just taken unto himself
bride, and the third one, at that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau OF CALCULATIONS.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

This Cheap money" about which so
much is being heard these days is
cheap only to those who have the
means to obtain it; that Is, high class
nOllateral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Why the delay in the appearance of
the usual spring crop of snake stories?
Maybe the present rigid and efficient
enforcement of the prohibitory law
throughout the state explains it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Russia's evident role in the great
war is to do their fighting while her
allies do the thinking. At any rate,
she has politely told Austria to sub
nit her proposals for a separate
peace to England and France
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17

Judge-"What was the cause of the rum
pus?" Policeman-"Well, you see, judge,
this man here and that woman there are
married-' Judge-"Yes, yes, 1 know !;
but what was the other cause ?'-Boston
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY x. MOULTON.

Fame.
Somebody's got to be content,
Without the artistic temperament;
Somebody's got to till the soil,
Somebody's got to work and toll,
Somebody's got to wash and scrub,
Somebody's got to produce the grub,
Somebody's got to stew and sweat,
Somebody's got to fume and fret,
To support the fellers who are in
the game
OF dom nothing but chasin' Fame.
The road to Fame is a rocky way,
And it's getting rocker every day,
Fer competitions so goi burned
stout
That one in a hundred won't win
out.
To be a celeb no doubt is grand,
But, for me, I'll take a little land.
And a certain Twin throughout the
year
Instid of chasin' a vague career.
Three meals a day and coat to yer
back
Beats Fame by mile on a kite
shaped track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
No.

Since the automobile has grown
so in public favor even horsef1esh
has gone out of style So has horse
sense. Anybody seen livery stable
lately?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
A Sermon.

We have the honor to report that
the world betterment is growing apace,
although it gets jolted once in a while
as in the case of the prison visitor who
told a guard there is good IN every
body, and to prove it sought out the
prison demon and found him stroking
a huge tomcat do you love that
cat?" he was asked. YES" he re-
piled, still stroking the animal, you
bet I do. Anybody who hurts that
cat will do it over my dead body--he
bit the warden this morning"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
Hints to the LoveIorn.

Amaryllis-Why, you poor little
cuss. You say he promised you a
nice golden present for your birthday,
and then gave you a goldfish. You
ought to pass up that mutt, AmarylIis.
He's a shine.
Lettie W.-You say you gave him
a piece of your mince pie and that
YOU haven't seen him since. Any girl
who wooes a man with mince pie is
a fool He probably met the end in
terrible agony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-17
The Hickeyville Clarion.


1t takes a great deal of fortltude
for a Teller to wear a full beard all
summer, because he not only makes
himself uncomfortable, but makes
everybody else feel like going ana
jumping in the creek.
The lightning express on our rail-
road ran into handcar last Thursday
and was derailed, nobody being hurt.
Rem BinkS, who was running the
handcar didn't know about the acct
dent until he heard about it in the
paper. The train was "a hours late, so
it got into our place right on time.
At the musikale at the opry house
next Tuesday evening Miss Amaryllis
Teeter is on the program to sing, "All
Through the Night" Uncle Ezra 1Iar-
kins says he'll be burned if he is go
ing. A Teller has got to have little
sleep
Those cute little peek-a-boo dun
ming letters with the windows are GER
tainly a great invention. Anybody
who wants to know how much you
owe a concern can twist the envelope
a bit, look inside and see the exact
amount, also the items. This is some
what embarrassing to the ultimate
consumer and we, for one. long for
the old blind envelopes. Then at least
the boss had to guess when he sorted
the office mail in the morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
BOY TOUCHES A LIVE
WIRE AND Is KILLED

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug 81
Climbing one of the SO-foot high
steel towers supporting high tension
electric wires from the Estacada
plant Marvin A. Larson, ager is
years was instantly killed near An
dedson station when he touched one
Of the wires with his hat to see what
would happen.
Larson was employed as a Portland
Railway. Light & Power company
section hand under his father. HIS
home was at Boring.
The accident happened a few hun
dred yards west of the station at An
derson, Just east of Gresham, and
200 feet north of the Clakamas eSun-
ty line.
H, c, Larson, the parent, who is
section foreman, had just gone up
the track TO gather up some shovels
and other tools, preparatory to the
return to Boring.
Mr.. Kimbley. aged 20 years, an
other section hand residing also at
BORING, and young Larson were left
together standing near one of the
towers.
According TO Kimbley, Larson
"bannered' him to climb the mast,
and he refused.
I'm going to grab that wire and
see what happens" Larson is said to
have remarked when halfway up the
tower.
Although Kimbley warned him not
to, Larson persisted to the top of the
tower, and proceeded to lay his hat
against one of the live wires. The
strands on these towers carry $4,000
volts.
Instantly there was a binding
flash, Larson's body swung from the
mast stiffened and dropped. The
body was burned black and death
was instant When the father re-
turned a few minutes later he was
prostrated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
SPORTS.
AL MOSler Seeks
Another Chance
to Fight Farrell
JEWISH JAOKRABBTT is ANXIOUS
FOR GO AND CONFIDENT
OF WINNING.

Al Mosler, the Jewish jaoSrabbit
who gave Billy Farrell such. hard
battle last Thursday evening. is seek
ing another chance at the local light
weight. In a letter to the sporting
editor of the East Oregonian this
morning he expresses a yeArning to
enter the ring with the battling Billie
boy again and states a confident be-
lief that he can beat him.
Moslen thinks he put up good
fight with Farrell and none who saw
the bout thinks otherwise Farrell
himself, admits Mosler was the hard
est man to hit he has ever fought but
believes he could have Knocked him
out in a few more rounds,
In the event that Farrell constants
to a. return battle, it will probably be
26 round go as that distance is
Farpell's preference. Mosler's style
of fighting makes him almost in-
vincible for 10 rounds but such ac-
tiOn as he puts into his milling nat
orally tires a man out in longer go
Farrell has won every fight he has
fought in this coanty and is receiving
all kinds of offers for bouts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
FEDERAL LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Forelgn pentIsls Attend Congress

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S1.-Den-
lists from all parts of the world are
attending the Panama Pacific Dental
Congress. With over 5000 delegates
already registered, this meeting is the
largest in the history Of the profess
sion.
Both the Central and South Amer
lean republics are fully represented,
Chilli alone sending 22 delegates ia
pan is represented by 20,
The National Dental Association
numbering thousands of members, !;
represented on the program. Other
dental organizations holding separate
meetings are the California, Southern
California, Utah and the International
Dental Federation.
One of the interesting features Of
the congress is an exhibit showing
the latest methods of treating the
mouth and teeth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
ENEMY AIRMEN ARE
COURTEOUS IN DEATH

LONDON, Aug. 31.-A strange
courtesy of war which attends the
fraternity of airmen, regardless Of
the fact that they are divided into
hostile camps, was reported by Eng
lish army ayiators on leave of alb
sence here.
If a British birdman kills a Ger
man aviator, he makes a second flight
over the enemy's lines, drops a note
expressing regret that the demands
Of war made his action necessary and
asks that his sympathies be carried
to the dead aviator's family.
A young English aviator started
the practice several weeks ago. The
Germans promptly reciprocated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
POWDER MILLS IN THE
EAST ARE DESTROYED

ACTON. Mass, Aug. 31.-With a
shock that was felt within a radius
of 20 miles the glazing mill Of the
American Powder Company, which
since the war has been working to its
capacity blew up. So far as known
nobody was killed.
The actual money loss TO the COM
pany was not heavy, but it was stated
chat work on large orders probably
would be held up for several weeks.
Property owners in the surrounding
towns, particularly in Maynard, were
heavy losers because of shattered
windows.
The min had been closed down since
Saturday afternoon and the police ex-
press the belief that the explosion
had been caused with intent to. Grip.
pie the plant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31

The picture shows Sergeant shep-
herd, Of the U. s army station at
Texas City Tex, and his wife sitting
beside the ruins Of their home
which was almost completely demol-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
Events in the War
One Year Ago Today

q The French minister of war
. issues call for additional rser-
. VISITS, bringing into the field all
. men between 70 and As.
= Left wing French army fails
y back to avoid engagement ON
q unfavorable ground that might
. have been decisive.
. Germany reports 100000 Rus
y SLAMS killed and 10000 prison
y ers taken at Allensteim Rus,
. slams claim they have NOT been
. seriously checked,
. Cars ediot renames st. Pc I
= tersburg Petrograd,
. Vienna reports say 100000
= men are engaged on Russian
. Prussian- Austrian border, the
. battle line 400 miles bong
. With the movement toward I
. Lublin a failure and Lemberg
. taken hy Russians, Austria re- I
. calls troops from France.
: 0A%~A~N~N~ANNN
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
Three Cigarette Faults
to Avoid

First, avoid cigarettes that
don't just suit your own taste.
Second, avoid those that
bother your throat or tongue.
Third, avoid those that
make you feel mean" after
smoking all you want.
If Fatimas, for instance,
seem to you to be guilty on
any one Of those three counts,
we say, avoid Fatinas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
Among TOday's birthdays.

? -NHHH7HE4 IVFEtEI y HIIH tH1tEdIyds
, Queen Wilhelmina of Hol-
, land is 35 today.
, Brig. Gen. Anson Mills, U. S.
, A., is 81.
, Congressman Doremus, chair
, man democratic congressional
campaign committee, is so.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 81
Several local autoists will start this
week to map out tours as far north
as the Potomac and Ohio rivers.
which will be published in the 1915
Blue Book. The idea is to stimulate
travel between the north and south.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31
RECORD OF DEEDS AND
OTHER INSTRUMENTS

Maude D. and J. H. Haseall, to
Archie s Warner, $500. 1851 acres
land in sec. SO, T. s, R. SO E., W,
NJ.
Sadie NJ. Buel ct al 10 Vernie
Grant. $40. Lot 4, BLOCK in Athe-
ma.
Adm d. Sloan to Hattie B. Sloan,
$1.0O. A series Of lots title descrlp-
tive.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31

Armed guards have been stationed
about the works for several weeks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31

We mean what we say
for, when Il comes to the taste.
FatiEnas can't possibly please
everybody cigarette can
do that. But Fatimas do please
more men than any other ciga-
rette costing over Sc.
That's one reason why you
should try them.
Another reason is because
they are so SENSIBLE-so
free from any "after-Seeling."
If you want TO know exactly
what a sensible" cigarette Is,
just try Fatimas by these two
tests. Do that little thing to-
\ day you'll be glad.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31

A mortgage executed by J. Pelmul'
der to H. H. Reeves, Sept Il, 1918
a. satisfied.
ClIattel Mortgage.
T.. o. Kelly to d. w. Jackson, 500
] auto.
Deed
Albert Warner TO Maude D. Has
call. sf25o. 1871 acres land in
sec. S2, T. . S, R 81 F., w. NJ.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-08-31

WILMINGTON. Del, Aug. ST.
Two workmen were instantly killed
and considerable damage was done to
property by an explosion of two black
powder mills of the Dupont Powder
Company in the Upper Hagley yards,
near here.
The cause Of the explosion has not
been determined, but officials say il
probably was due to a spark or to
grit in the powder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-06
TODAY IN HISTORY

342-Died st. Nicholas. eminent Grecian
bishop and the patron Of children. At
the council of Nice H. was said IA br
like n sun among 50 many stars.
1790-Kentucky declared an independent
state.
1799-Died Dr. Joseph Black. called the
founder of modern chemistry. i'll Edin-
burgh, Scotland. aged a..
lSl5-Magazine explosion at Danzig. Ger
many, killed 600 blew down 700
houses.
lSSl-Completion Of the Washington
monument 1T Washington. u. G.,
lSS9-Dicd jefferson Davis, former pre~i-
dent Of the Confederate States ~
America. aged 81.
ls97-German cruisers at Port Au Prince
gave lIayti eight hours 70 pay IN
demnity.
l905-French ~enate adopted separation
Of church aud state, by q vote Of ISL
70 1O2.
19l4-The War: Germans capture city of
LODI, il Russia. French capture Yer
melleS, north Of Arras. AuStrian~
claim they have stopped the Serbian
drive.