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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
AN A,IERICAN oPpoRTtTNITy.

Now is the time for the manufac-
turers of farming implements in the
United States to conduct a strong and
profitable campaign in Capada Ac-
cording to a report of one of the
United States consuls stationed there,
evidence abounds on all hands that
the business situation in Canada is
improving. Undoubtedly one of the
main factors in the situation has been
the healthy condition of business in
the rural communities. The farmers
of Canada, are, and have been for
some time, in a sound and prosperous
condition. Crops have been good for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
From Other Pens
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

1t may be a matter of reasonable
doubt to say that the death penalty
does not stay the slayer because in
states where capital punishment ex-
lists he has almost 90 chances out of
lOO TO escape. 1t would make a far
more telling argument to the opposite
opinion to say: Give capital pun
lshment trial first before you at
tempt to abolish it," New York and
Chicago together have a population
about equal to London. In 1918 these
two cities had a total of AT murders;
just twenty times many as Lon
don, which, out of it's twenty MUIR
derers, had hanged fifteen. May it
not be possible that the slackness of
the law, the misuse of its criminal
proceedings, vastly more than the law
itself must be blamed? Society owes
to itself adequate protection. What
guarantee has society against the
murderer who, escaping the moose,
goes to Jail in the confidence that
sooner or later he will be turned back
on it? There are many awful fea-
lures to capital punishment that are
shocking and abhorrent, but we pre-
fer these rather than a mawkish SEN
timentality that might leave us a prey
to weak doctrfnaires. Should capital
be abolished in this state,
one safeguard should be given-the
power of pardoning should be taken
from the governor.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
A man who talks to himself hears a
lot of compliments.
There are times when even the bet
ter half may show her worst side
Why go for a change of climate :?
Ours is pretty changeable right here
If our father, were English and our
mother German, would we hate our
self?
You never can tell. The man who
boasts of being a money maker may
be counterfeiter.
All the worlds a stage, and MANY a
man is cast for a thinking part who
never had a thought in his life.
Wigg-"He's very cheerful, and vet
he has trouble to burn Wagg-"No
wonder he makes light of it."
When opportunity comes to the door
the pessimist is apt to wonder if it is
knocker or merely ringer.
knowledge is power" quoted the
Wise Guy. Yes, especially knowing
what not to do added the Simple
Mug.
Some people spend half their lives
the other half in getting what they
don't want.
Blobbs-"He seems rather dense.
don't he?" Slobbs-'Dense Why
that fellow couldn't catch the drift of
a snow storm
One of the many things small boy
can't understand is why the shoulders
of coat should be padded, instead of
the seat of the trousers.
Tommy-"Pop, what is the differ
ence between being well gowned and
well dreSsed?" Tommy's Pop-"Well
my son, woman may be well gowned
and only half dressed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19


Ny small change can never save;
In Iackeys' pockets it doth clink.
The tipping habit holds me slave;
It's letters bind me, link by link.
I'm weak-a fact / may not blink
L nave no courage to employ;
Yet there are depths l cannot sink
VIII not tip the washroom boyi
tip the barber for my shave
Ihe waiter, hatboy and the gink
W no shines my shoes; l cannot brave
me bell hops wrath, but slip him chink.
dare not from the chauffeur stink
without a tip, nor from the coy
Young dame who keeps my nails so pink !;
But L won't tip the Mushroom boyi
A bas that swart and stealthy knave
W no fills the ,yashbowl to the brink
When as my hands / wish to lavei
Who comes with guileful emile and wink
And gives me scented soap! 1 think
He only does it to annoy:
or nufsances he is the .-kink"
L VIII not tip the washroom boy!
ENVOY
Prince, write this down in fadeless ink:
This high resolve naught shall destroy.
Except to tip him in the drink
Will not tip the Mushroom boyi
Berton Braley, in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

In the big down town park of a
great city. men were setting out trees
ready for summer growing. Row and
rows of trees they had-trees were
piled up on the walks and stacked up
on the grounds, and all the while,
wagons were hauling trees and more
trees from the great freight yard near
at hand. For. you see, it was intended
to transform that bare tract of ugly
land into a forest park-all in one
winter
While the wagons hauled the trees
and men planted them, other men
worked unwrapping the trees as they
were put off the wagons. They took
off the gunnysack covers with which
the tender roots were protected. They
pulled off the straw and moss and
threw it aside and they made the trees
ready for planting.
And because they were so busily
working, not one of those workmen
noticed the straw and moss; it just
laid there till, later in the day, trash
men came and hauled it away.
But somebody noticed 1t, yes in
deed Somebody eyed that moss and
straw and thought 1T so fine and beau
tifu1! And that somebody was a pig
con who happened to be flying by.
Up in the air, he spied something in
darted downward to investigate.
Yes. 1t was exactly as appeared
All over the ground were straws and
bits of soft moss, every bit just right
for nest building. He picked up one
straw balanced it in his bill ready for
flying. and then ne happened to won
der where he was going to carry it,
II don't believe I'd better carry this
way back to where we had planned to
build a nest" he said to himself as he
cooked his head to one side that
would make too long a journey for
each straw and bit of moss / believe
should build a nest near so I can
surely get all the nice material 1 need
before somebody else takes it ALL But
where should the nest be made?" Yes
where? That was the question. Ger
tainly the neighborhood didn't seem
the place for birds. There were only
high buildings on one side of the to-be
park and only freight cars on the 9TH
trees just set out were too new
to count
Just as the pigeon was waiting
there, hesitating, Mrs Pigeon, who |
had been following in his wake, I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

Austria is said to realize that she
must pacify the Italians if they are to
be kept out of the war. Austria could
easily do this by giving the Italians
all they want in the way of territory
now controlled by the dual monarchy,
and some of which was once in the
possession of Italy. But the portion
demanded by Italy is so extensive that
Austria probably won't be able to see
her way clear to pass it out. So about
the only avenue open to Austria is
to spar for time with the Italians in
the hope that the war will come to an
end before the Austrian-Italian diplo-
matte negotiations are concluded
Then Italy can whistle for the fat for
which she waited too long to fight.
Certain it is that if Italy enters the
war it will soon be all over with the
Austrians except for the shouting of
the other fellows, and it might even
mean that the Allies, with Italian aid,
might be able to administer crush
ing military defeat to Germany, and
end that doesn't seem possible under
the present war conditions. This is
probably appreciated by Germany, and
accounts for the fact that the Ger
man statesmen are doing all in their
power to influence Austria to yield to
the Italian demands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
THOSE HANDY HOSPITALS.

Almost every time Zeppelin drops
bomb on any of the Allies territory,
whether it be in France, or in what
IS left of Belgium or on the coast of
England. the official report of the oc-
currence from London or Paris in
variably states that the bomb either
hit hospital or came near hitting
one. All of which indicates either
that the hospitals of Germany'S enc
mics are so numerous that it would
be impossible to drop missile from
the air without hitting one of them,
or that the Imagination of the gentle
men who prepare these official dis
patches is permitted to run riot in any
direction that might tend to give Ger
many Il black eye in the worlds
opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Mrs. Pigeon exclaimed over the
suitableness of the moss and straws
and then said, I'VE must build near.
and we must build at once before all
the straw and moss is taken by other
birds as lucky as We"
Il know that" replied Mr.. Pigeon,
I'VE must build near-but where 2"
Lets explore these buildings"
said Mrs. Pigeon, and away they flew
towards the top of the high office
buildings. After a bit of careful ex-
ploring, they found a stone ledge
twenty stories above the sidewalk and
there they decided to build. Down
they flew for the first straws and then
back up again to their lofty. home.
For days they worked. and by the
time the trees were all set out. the
muss cleared away and the park I'm
order. five little baby pigeons came
to the nest high above the busy
street. And though they We're so
high up. they grew just as fast, and
ate just as much and pleased their
parents quite as thoroughly as any
baby pigeons born in the farmers
Clara Ingram Ind
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.

IFrom the Chicago News.
Every man is a promoter of his own
interests.
You should love your neighbor in
spite of his spite fence.
If wishes were mules most beggars
would have more kicks coming.
However, the man at the bottom of
the ladder hasn't far to fall.
1t is far easier to drive soft headed
nail than a hard headed man.
The wise girl smiles at a compli-
ment and then proceeds to forget it.
Sometimes the hardest thing for a
jury to decide is which lawyer lied
the most.
1t may be difficult to climb up in
the world, but just think how easy it
is to slide down again.
man doesn't need common sense
if he has enough of the uncommon
kind.
No matter what married man buys
downtown, his wife always knows of
place where it could be bought 2
cents cheaper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
Jayhawker lots


One advantage a defeated candidate
has over his successful rival, declares
the Pratt Union, is that the agony is
sooner over.
Told by the Mulvane News: Three
year-old Edward watched the cat
catch a mouse. Then he said, Mother,
the cat ate all the. mouse but the
stem"
A Randolph insurance agent adyer-
tises to the effect that while there
may be something to the old saying
that lightning strikes only once in the
same place, once is enough if it causes
your house to burn.
Editor Satterthwaite, of the Doug
lass Tribune, is an optimist of purest
rays serene. He says: Mankind will
eventually acquire refinement and
civilization that will make it possible
to hold city elections without engen-
dering any ill will.
The beasts and birds of the field
are often as contrary as humans. The
Beanvine correspondent of the Troy
Chief observes: There are a few OBJ
streperous old hens in nearly every
flock, that persists in flying in the.
gardens. We have also seen cattle
leave a good pasture and Jump into,
the public road where there wasn't a.
bit of grass.
In this springs Kansas big egg con-
test, the Rossville Reporter presents
one contributed by a neighbor, o. A.
Zickefoose, that was left in the latter's
chicken house by a barred rock hen.
1t weighs six ounces and measures
nine inches in circumference around
the long way and seven and quarter
inches around the other way. The
Pawnee Rock Herald recently report
ed one from the pen of A G. Korn, of
Dundee, via a Rhode Island Red hen,
that measured eight inches around the
long way and over five the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
Journal Entries

All the donkeye on earth are not
equipped with long ears and four
legs.
/ + + j
Vows of everlasting love are fragile
things, as the divorce court records
show.
J. >
Most folk who fail to hit the
mark are apt to insist that it was not
properly placed.
= = r
Another genius is the individual who
can make the commonplace things of
life interesting.
r J. r
In order to maintain the proper
lions found in the theaters, if all the
worlds a stage, seventy-five per cent
of the actors are of the bum variety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
THE KHIJOYS.

Most prominent among them are the
weather prophets. 1t doesn't matter
whether they are of the old fashioned
goosebone variety, or whether they
are of the professional sort, those
clever gentlemen who are able to con-
meet with a remunerative wage for
Willing away their hours of labor in
dreaming forecasts that often don't
come true. But regardless of their
species, the weather sharps are all in
the same boat when it comes to put
ting a crimp into the contentment and
tranquility that often settles down
upon the people in respect to the
weather. They're killjoys of the first
water. That's what they are. Here the
folk in these parts have succeeded in
struggling somehow through lengthy
winter season of most miserable
weather. They waited with all the
patience possible for the arrival of
spring. 1t was slow in coming, and it
didn't stay long, but it wasn't super
seeded by disagreeable climate condi-
tions. Nix! A premature summer
stole in during a night and is still on
the job. Naturally most folk have
gotten to thinking that their weather
troubles for 1915 were a thing of the
past They've been working in their
gardens and watching their fruit trees
get ready to bloom. And they've
been serenely happy. But the weather
men, the professional fellows this time,
just couldn't let the people enjoy
themselves in this fashion any longer.
They dug into their records and un-s
earthed the facts that on four occa-
sionS in this neck of the woods there
have been killing frosts after this date.
And three of them came in May, one
as late as the middle of May. Of
course, they don't predict that there
will be such frost this year. On the
contrary they point out that the
chances are against it, especially since
March was abnormally chilly. But
they've said enough to cause the folk
who are susceptible to worry to worry
about something else. Ham -stringing
and quartering should be their portion
with little boiling in oil on the side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Once upon a time when E,mporia
raised $4,000 for the college there,
the subscription lists were started off
with contributions of $4,000 each
from five or six of the sterling citi-
zens of that town. Maybe the To-
pekans who can easily afford to do as
we'll by Washbu1n are waiting until
the close of the local endowment cam
paign to spring some pleasant sur
priSeS of this variety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Maybe the reluctance of England
professional football players to enlist
is fathered by opinions on their part
that in providing football amusement
for the public they are performing d
national service that is sufficiently
hazardous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Inasmuch as Nelson w. Aldrich, the
veteran Rhode Island statesman, has
returned to the dust from whence he
came, the time has arrived for q Choir
us of complimentary remarks about
his personality and his public service
And they'll come nearer being the
truth than was most of the criticism
which was shot in his direction while
he was alive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

On Board the British Liner.-The
Executive Off1cer-"Captain, there's a
submarine sighted to th'nor'east She
has a suspicious look" The Captain
-"Hoist a flag" The Executive Off
cer-"Which one, sir?" The Captain
THE first one you come to-" The
Executive Offieer-"The first one lis
the Stars and Stripes The Captain
the one. "-CleveIand Plain
Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson probably classes Ig-
mace Jan Paderewski among the pix
ers On the recent arrival of the dis
tinguished pianist in New York he
was content to kiss the hands of the
many women who were at the dock
to greet him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

No matter when death may strike
down John Bunny, the movie coined
ian, who is now suffering from a seri-
Gus complication of diseases, he will
not have lived in vain. He has helped
millions of people to forget their trou
bles for the nonce in wholesome
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

This doesn't happen to be the only
country where the public funds of the
people are dissipated in a rather ruth
less fashion. Japan has planned to
waste no less than $2.0OO,OO0 for the
expenses of the ceremony attendant
upon the coronation of Emperor
YoshihitO, which has been set for next
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

That proposed interurban line be-
tween Olathe and Topeka sounds
mighty good, but it is likely to be no
more than paper affair for some
time to come. If all the railroads
that have been projected i'm Kansas
on paper were in operation, there
would be room for little else in the
state except railroad tracks. stations
and terminals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Neither is there anything unusual
in the possibility that the Kansas
Democrats will have achieved COM
plete harmony within their ranks
when the time arrives for them 20 do
battle again with their political en-
emies. The Kansas Democrats are
inharm onious only when they are in
nffica
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

the last few years and prices have
been high. The farmers of Canada
have more money at their disposal
than for a long time in the past be-
cause of this years high prices on all
farm products
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

The weather continues to be the
most powerful force that plays part
in the great European war. At any
rate, it has proven strong enough to
bring the tremendous numbers of men
engaged in the titantic struggle for the
Carpathian passes to their knees for
the time being
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
Kansas Comment

NEWSPAPERS AND ADVERTISING
Recently a prospective advertiser
wanted this newspaper to guarantee
results from his advertising. This
man had a wrong concept of the func-
ton of the newspaper in this respect.
When a newspaper. through its adver-
Using columns has informed its read
ers of what the merchant has to Of
fer it has performed its full func-
ton. 1t is then up to the reader as
to whether he will be attracted by
the inducements offered, and it would
be manifestly impossible for the
newspaper to guarantee the merchant
a given amount of business as the re-
suit of his advertising. The news
paper carries to it's readers the mes
sage of the business man, it is chan-
mel for information, and is but indt-
rectly a salesman. The most that 1t
is possible for the paper to do is to
bring the prospective purchaser and
merchant together; the merchant
must do the rest.-Leavenworth
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

In admitting that he knows who
killed Madero, Huerta is merely cor
roborating a positive opinion that has
long been held by every person who
has given any attention at all to the
happenings in Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Turkeys long time boast of the i'm
pregnability of its defenses at the
Dardanelles seem not have been of
the vain variety. A report even has
it the Allies have abandoned Il serious
attempt to reach Constantinople.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

If the activity on the New York
stock exchange, or the lack of it, is
the certain barometer of the condi-
lions with business that many hold it
TO be, the wheels of prosperity have
begun to turn at a rapid rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
Another Proof of 1t.

Two petrified skeletons - one a
man of giant stature and the other
one woman, much Smaller-were
found in a cavern blasted out of
solid blue rock in a hillside near
IDENTIFY belong to a prehistoric age.
Merely indicates woman never was
mans equal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
Roy. Page MT. Sunday.

Roy. Page Mr.. Sunday.
After viewing trains, automobiles
and moving pictures, for the first
| time, a Pennsylvania woman remark
ed: They certainly do beat all I've
ever heard tell about, but it's UNI
cody for humans to know so much,
think" Wish she could have seen
Billy" Sunday.
Some Hope Left.
You may drive a horse to water, but
you cannot make him drink, and you
may drive a man to drink, but you
cannot make him take water.-ln-
dianapolis Star.
Land sakesi Heard them say that
aerated stuff is bad and ginger ale not
much better, but, thank goodness, the
book beer sign is out.
Right to Be Angry.
Jones (to his grecer)-You seem
angry Mr.. Brown
Brown am. The inspector of
weights and measures has just been in.
Jones-Ha, ha! He caught you CIV
ing 1 5 ounces to the pound, did he?
Brown-Worse than that. He said
I'd been giving II.
The Retort Courteous.
Have you any dates?' asked the
lady of the groceryman over the tele-
phone.
mo, madam, I haven't" he replied.
land 1 am not making any. I am a
decent married man
Oh, Yes, Certainly!
Down east the socialists are pulling a
new drink known as the Billy Sundae.
But we know drink that is twice as
refreshing as a Billy Sundae.
1t is the Georgeade.
Eb Gets the Plum.
At the monthly meeting of the Max
Ploan Dramatic society. Eb Skinner
was elected manager because of his
theatrical experience. Ed was a scene
shifter at the Quincy theater two sea-
Ull.) Leader.
Saving Gasoline.
Headline in Michigan paper:
III E. BENNETT PUSHING
KRIT CAR IN BARRY CO."
PeSSimiSt.
Yes, there are many better things
in this world of ours than money.
But we never happened to run
across any of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

AS Kansas marches on her accus-
toned climatic way. April is only
half gone, but weather normal for
June has put in an appearance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19

Topeka's modest share of the de-
sired addition to Washburn's endow-
ment fund is growing, growing, grow
ing towards a realization. Have you
done your part yet? If not, get busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
Ivy Clara lnSramJudson

caught up with him. Look at what
1 found" the pigeon cried to her,
Just the stuff for our nest! But
where in all this down town world.
shall we build?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-19
BRITISH SENSE OF HUMoR.

Americans generally have the inn
preston that the British sense of hui
NOR is sadly dwarfed. Clearly that is
a mistake. In his reply to the protest
from the state department at WASH
ington against the British course in
declaring the blockade of German
ports Sir Edward Grey says: II can
at once assure your excellency that,
subject to the paramount necessity of
restricting German trade, his ma
jesty's government have made 1T their
first aim to minimize inconvenience to
neutral commerce" In Nellie, the
Beautiful Cloak Model" the play
which had run in the melodrama
houses a few years ago, the villain
locked Nellie in a burning building,
threw her in front of an express train,
dropped her from the BROOKLYN
bridge, and then, meeting her on the
street, plaintively inquired. Nellie,
why do you shun me Indianapolis
Tribune.