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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22

THE ERRONEOUS DAY.
Gray lawn, an1 H. boom g eurtxesq
4 czy q DEAN. ana ths f,xht.s aseun.
The grass = wet With the night dew yet:
e win drown In blood ere the sun has 81.
The ailiers start mp from their bed h
Their faces :. ray ~ she nov born az.
Just 2 moment thsy shrink. for the uosn
But shsi III heart. ,s.p quick. ana th..r
A. thy lnngs to their work. and they
kin with win.
And they kill snd they KIN and they KIN
For the f1sht Il ON.
High noon. ana the din Of Thousand
Curses ana shrseks and sobs and means:
Ciashing Of steel and the rattle Of guns.
and the drip. Drip. drip. where the red
stencil on the a,r. ana the vuitures come.
The starved dogs wait and the green ries
Death in IN hundred SLOPES. death every
On plain and ON hill. in the mine. in the
And TIE killers toll on. and they KIN
And they kin and they kin and they KIN
and they kill
For The night goes on!
Black night. and the killers he down from
their toll,
Throw their blood stained arms ON ths
blood soaked soil;
And they sleep and they dream Of their
unfinished work.
While the starved dogs gorge in the gloom
and the murk.
And the chief of the killers walks forth
ON the plain,
Where he stumbles and falls on the forms
OF the slain.
And his tin medals rattle. the baubles
he's won
And he curses the dead but he mutters.
well donei .s=szz
Twas q glorious day. but there's work "a
do atfl1
And wen kin ana we,li kill and wen kin
X ana we'll kill.
TIL the last fights wonr
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22
EDUCAIIOMAL CONTROL.

Except for New England. where the
township plan works admirably. county
control of education is recommended
by the United States bureau Of educa-
ton as an important factor in the inn
provement Of rural schools. So
According to A. C. Monahan. author
Of bulletin just issued, the county il the
unit OF supervision in at least - states
OF the Union, and some form of county
control Of schools is now found IN Is
states. Comparing county control with
district and township control. the
county unit seems to have most to
commend it," says the bulletin. al
though the district unit is still the most
common form Of control for the country
at large. The district unit Of organika-'
ton is in practice In % states.
Mr.. Monahan's Investigation shows
that county control has been adopted
by most of the southern states.s while
the district is the unit Of organization
in most of the states west of the Mis-
sissippi river.
In the New England states, where
cities and. Incorporated towns are in
ciuded in the township. and where the
township is the unit OF local taxation
and local government in nearly all
civil affairs Township control has
proved very satisfactory"
Where conditions are not exceptional,
as in New England, Mr.. Monahan finds
that county control recommends itself
because it is already the unit Of super
vision in most Of the states; 1t gives the
schools better support by giving the en-
tire county the benefit of taxes paid by
corporations such as railroads. it gives
the schools better teachers with better
salaries, yet the schools arc run more
economically; it removes the school
from sunwise local influences and gives
opportunity tor the selection Of teach-
ers from a wider range and upon their.
merits; it injects business into the man
agement Of the schools with no axes
to grind. no favorites to reward,
small board for all schools Of the coun-
ty provides the best possible schools for
all the Children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22
By ROY "a MOCLToN. =

Wnen Mother Comes Marching Homo.
(There II = news item to the erect that
the sunra&ets will In the near fueure
march 70 Washington again IN an EFFORT
70 orans about certain legisiation
When mother comes marching home again.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
from boarding the lion In his den.
Hurrah! Hurrahs
Her htgh-heeled shoes will be worn and
soiled,
Her gown : sight and her temper spoiled.
But wen all feel gay when
Mother comes marching home
Hsi h.'s zs ri. s sss,s Sps q. curl.
And she won't look IKE the same old girl.
Hurrah! Hurrah!s
VII Win be bespsttsseS 80 Win dtn eastern mud.
But well give three cheers when
Mother comes marching home
For woman.s place ii at home, you know.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
II you'd start q fight just tell her 30.
It's mighty lonesome when she's away.
There's no one to boss you around all day.
s And youswont feel right tili
Mother comes marching home
When mother cofnes marching home.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
She nevf au n,'1 ix1 Har e mareh as.
For after that she will shun the NIKE;
She'll take the train, auto or humble bike,
She'll have enough. so help her. Mike
When mother comes marching nome.
Immortals.
Certain persons having been awarded
last week the grand medal Of the Ma
tional Institute of social Sciences: tne
American equivalent for the french
Legion OF Honor, this country now has a
few more "Immortals.''
Sometime. perhaps. the real Immortais
of this country may be admitted TO the
sacred ranks. Ebert Hubbard Is an I'M
mortal. 1t isn't necessary to prove IT, he
admits 1t. He hasn't got the grand medal
yet and maybe he will never get It Then
tnese is the man who invented the grano
American institution known as the nook
and eye. Queer nobody has mentioned
him. How about the fellow who invented
the nickel-in- the-slOt hOrseless piano ana
that other notable who invented the dve-
cent motion picture show?
Yes, and there is the party who bumps
up and down stairs on his head In the
pumpkin pie eating contest IN New Jer.
sey last year, the party who first found
that shark meat is a good substitute Tor
beef, the man who discovered that gaso-
line would remove raspberry stain from
a fancy vest, the human pincushion, the
rubber-skinned man. the educated horse.
the lady who went over Niagara Falls IN
barrel, and the gent who started tho
anti-tipping campaign.
This country IL bffm full OF Immortais:
Why pick out few for this signal
honor? szs-~ 49,.
We know a lady, who took a dollars
worth Of beefsteak home In her purse
the other day. Still they say there's
nothing to this II. C. OF L.
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! his anger, and presently it opened.
The white rabbit he had seen in the
woods stood there. What do yOu
want ?" asked the rabbit. -
Il want to go where it IL warmer
freeze If stay here"
Alfred was scowlinS as he spoke
and the rabbit looked at him and
| shook his head.
1T is too late" he said to Alfred.
"You have scowled too long this time
and besides that I was sent to take
you to the room Of mirrors. not to the
warm room"
''Who sent your" asked Alfred, stiIl
scowling.
my master. the old man who lives
here" replied the rabbit. Here Is
the room." he said, tapping ON a door
three times.
A door opened and Alfred went in
and the door closed with q bang
II suppose 1 am locked in here,
too" said Alfred. but it is not SO cold
as 1t was in the celler."
The room was filled with mirrors,
the ceiling, the floor and the wallis
were of mirrors, and every way he
turned he saw himself.
But when he beheId his face he was
frightened. His forehead was wrfn-
killed. and his lips pouted; he looked 80
himself.
"oh; dear! / wish could smile
seeing this scowling face"
The door opened and the old man
Alfred met on the road camD into the
room. 80 you are tired 0.1Ooking
you ever think that your fries,6s have
had to look at it.. for q long time?
They are tired Of It also" -
II didn't know that looked 90
at said Alfred Il want verb mnch
to smile, and 4 dosnet fee8 ciSi6o in
the least"
II believe will take you to my sun
light room" said the old man, 'sand
The old man snapped his fftgers
three time and the rabbit appearSd.
Take this boy to the sunlight
room said the Old man.
Alfred followed the rabbit aIon3 the
hall to q door fhich flew open When
the rabbit tapped on it, ana Xifred
went In: but this time the door $500
very softly. The SAN was streaul1ng
it seemed to Aires. that the ruom ~
ail sunshine It va 20 warm. H feIt
IKE singing he Wa % happX.
In the corners 6fz the foom were
mirrors. and AlfreS walked sfIfst to one
was fast lssvins his Ffess de isn1 .sI ~
gone from his fofehoni, ~ - -SIe
was shoWing In its D1oDo.
Anre4 Was - pseoGod 70 fInd that
~. face was not fso1sn that h. lases-
1T does look settsr -. -. 49, q,
face, dos Il D0t - aa1EoA the o. H~nL
Who - entered While AlfFod ~
4 66slI never seovi ~ 49,
agnin: replied A1ffel n ~ - ~
that looked - d1onGt<Gn1fr -, ~
- snss: my h.es .31'et 49, -
tunafe nslt tine d 0usS5s9 - ~
Guilo- 100 - ~ -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22

at is lucky for you that it il hot, .
.aid the old man. IF the weather
were cold your face might freeze with
that scow1 upon it. You better smile
before winter comes or you may AL
WAYS wear that frowM
Alfred did not reply, but he scoWled
and looked crOsSer than before. A
urhjte rabbit ran across his path ana
into the woods Alfred forgot to look
cross and followed it. On and on the
rabbit ran, and Alfred kept up the
chase. when all at once the rabbit dis
enneared and Alfred saw that he was
IN front of a queer looking house in
a thick part Of the woods.
He went to the door ana just as ne
raised his hand to knock the door
f1eW open and q gust OF wind blew
MIN into the haIl and the door closed
with a bang.
when he tried the door 1t was
locked. Then Alfred scowled, but he
could not open the door, so he ran
IN and down the hall trying to keep
warm.
door Al the end Of the hall. which he
did not notice at first He opened II
and saw . flight OF stairs. s'ru 20
into the ceIler," said Alfred; s'it may
re- warmer down there"
He felt colder a. he went down the
stairs. and he noticed that his feet
n' "a looked At the stairs. They 1ooa-
"a like GAS, but when he put hi
nnna on them Alfred found ~ WnD
Valking on ice. He fe1t n the Wa11o
Aimed shfvered harder than eUor.
II shall freese e I eeay here" he 50,
running mp t0o Dto1rA Bot Il va =
- thought. tie dooe wns licked
He ca11ea 49, poan1o1 ~ Asse =
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Jayhawker Jots


Salvation is free. remarks the An
thony Bulletin, but many churches
are decorated with mortgages.
Spring is in the ofiing. all right.
The Marion Review advises that it
will soon be time to SOW that early
lettuce bed and dig that trench for
sweet peas.
1t may be true that the Indians are
a dying race, thinks the Wilson COuD-
ty Citizen; they aren't even as numer-
Gus in the movies as they were a
while back.
/ Pity the poor doctors, suggests the
Wathena Times, who have become ac-
customed to the speed. the luxury and
the ease of automobiles only to have
to go back to Glow. plodding horses in
the worst weather of winter. often
tho family doctor is about the most
faithful friend to man.
A small boy asked his father the
meaning of the word equinox and re-
ceived this answer. relates the Atchison
Globe: What do you go to school
for? Don't you study mythology?
An equinox is a mythical ami
NAL, half horse. half OK. The name
is derived from the Latin equine.
horse, and OK Dear me. they teach
you absolutely nothing that is useful
nowadays!'.
Observations by Editor Henrie. in
his Lansing News: Some people give
the impression that they believe every
word they say. Because a man
is humbug il no sign that he will
make things hum. Some wom-
en- could hold their husbands love bet
ter II they could hold their tongue bet
ter. Persistency may be de-
scribed as the trait of character which
a woman exhibits who is trying to get
rid of wrinkles. Not wishing to
violate the presidents neutrality talk,
we rise to. inquire II it is, against the
rules to lick war stamps.
Stationery printed at this Office is
giving the best satisfaction. says the
Shawnee Chief. Last week we print
ed 500 statements for a man and by
their aid he collected fortune. Two
months ago a man bought of US some
note paper and envelopes to use when
writing to his sweetheart-apd now
he Is married. Another man forged
a name on check printed at this Of
fice-and is in Jail. Another stole
some of our paper with which to make
cigaretteA-he IL dead. A young lady
bought some OF our paper to curl her
hair on@and now she has UAau
eve only have a little OF this left }
BY using our statements a person can
collect old accounts. tell fortunes,
cause rain, change the color Of the
hair, have teeth extracted without
pain, find out the name OF your fu-
ture wife or husband. be successful
in business and get elected to Office.
Give US call
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22

Kills Three Bears; Misses Fourth.
Jesse English OF Kinzua is the cham
pion bear hunter of this region for the
season Of 1914. While English was
hunting near the mouth of Brown Run,
he discovered four bears coming down
the side OF the mountain within 500
feet of him.
English dropped the largest of the
four with one shot AS he fell the three
others stood gazing at their wounded
mate. English quickly opened fire and
shot two more. When English reached
the scene he found two of the bears
dead, while another shot at close range
killed the third, which had been badly
wounded by the first shot.
The largest Of the bears weighed $50
pounds, while the other two, which
were much smaller, weighed ITO pounds
each.-Kane (Pa-)- dispatch to the
Phfladelphia Record.
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From, Other Pens

AU0TRIA'6 INCOMPETENT AR19Hk
Nothing in the cufrehf waf II neee A.
tcniahinE than the poor snOW q. the
Au:tfe annsar,.n srmy;s = tsSs
1t is nov credited with. bud We eoreiy are
in possession Of sufficient facts to indt-
done done tn NO more than to make some re-
sistance to Russian Aggression and to fall
in its operation against oervfA- With
military service. one would suppose that
the empire could easily have put INTO the
field the 100000 soldiers with which II
ing may Be found to some extent In the
fact that the empire q composed Of thir-
teen different nationalities and that the
not seem to account for ali Of the situs-
tion Russia has preponderating numbers.
but 1t has been demonstrated again I'm
Russians do not have efficiency com
pared with their numbers 1t 10 reported
German leaders have replaced the Austro-
Hungar1ans around CrAcow and they ap-
pear to be getting better results. Al
the asked to SeeYe 4 mot
! troops from the Trentino resent being put
| into the Galician front for the purpose
soldiers of IBohemia and Galicia object
| to being made to fight their kin. but ttfAl
does lot explain the admitted failure Of
the Austro.H Hungarian troops to mako
any offensive success throughout tho
nearly five months Of fighting. 1t IN evil
dent that the empire Is very loosely con-
federated. that efficiency Is lacking, al
though there seems to be az good military
material In its borders As elsewhere. Il
is true that since the days of the Arch
duke Charles in the early Napoleon era
Austria troops have ever made q poor
showing, but this was believed to be due
1 to bad generalship. Apparently other
reasons are involved, and this has made
the struggle for Germany much harder
than was expected, since to all intents
and purposes 1t has been Germany alone
against the allies.-Philade1phia Inquirer.
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Foee ef You are 1nw0neroua hn1nok
ana. nerceM- mind
snH ncss pxotented NJ
\ IS. $ Z - sssS 4 49, S
r10rs eyelids mn erred. Un-
Just' am II! ne -oarked- What do
you Know about my sons marriage.
A. g. Alnslee
KNOW your sons vile. She loves
r I.1 -. 0Iio AZ 00Wn nor Iine Tor
nlnl. acr said Nurse Atnsiee
earnestly She y "A nurse by pro-
ano ne. your SON. has been Ill
Tor long time. They havc been out
9! funos ana she has - rlked to buy
MIN the food and medicine that he
neeoed. hven now he has not Lent the
n0.RstAt - -
ftoeer>-sick :" gasped Mr.. Prior.
sitting mp In bed. and extending his
Wr1nkled hands. Tell me
Re = almost well now" she
soothed him. There, / don't know
Wnat the doctor Will say have agi-
tafed you But could not bear that
you should speak that way about him.
he would be heartbroken IL you died
ana withheld your. forgiveness
amos Pr1cr stared at her keenly.
Wnae - my sons -wffe's name,
nuase ne asked quietly.
Her name-her name Is Hilda, .
answered Miss Ainslee.
her maiden manner" persisted her
Pasaent'
There was q long silence, then
faintiy came the nurses voice, ssFIer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22
QUAKER fluctuations.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
He laughs best who laughs least at his
own jokes.
Thin ice Is like budding genius 1t doesn't
always bear.
In buying experience you generally
have to pay cash for 1t.
The man who is always telling his
troubles is generally looking for more.
Divorce demonstrates that wedding bells
cannot only be pealed. but repealed.
The juggler does a feat with his hands
but the skater has to be handy with his
feet.
Where kisses are concerned. a man will
seldom get married who is too honest to
steal.
No, Maude. dear; 1t isn't blowing ones
own horn that is most calculated to make
one feel blue.
Notwithstanding is SO contradictory as
woman. Slobbs-s'Oh, don't know
Do you ever read the war news?'
Hoax-"Scribbler's fiction reminds me
Of his hair; it's SO vivid" Joax-"Are his
books read?' Hoax-.'No, but his hair
is.'
-Tommy-"Pop, what il q pessimist?''
Tommy's Pop-'A pessimist, my son, is
a man who only puts his best foot for
ward when he is looking for trouble
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THE WAR AND THE FASHIONS.


No one can study history scientii-
cally without also studying contempt
raneous costume, for the temper of
the times inevitably reflects itself in
the fashions that it produces, say the
Youths Companion. The rich fancy
of the mid1l ages found expression
in voluminous folds and magnificent
embroideries. and in slippers SO long
that their toes had to be held up by
chains fastened to the knee. In the
time OF the French revolution the pas
sion for republicanism was SO sweep
ing that the costumers went back to
the days of republican Rome. and
produced an ardent if somewhat in
correct imitation of the classic style
an imitation that was responsible for
the short waist that came into vogue
throughout France. and afterward
throughout E gland.
Today shows a similar TRANSFORMED
ton in style as a result Of the great
European war, although, to be sure,
the winter fashions have not yet been
fully determined, since many of the
great French designers are at the
fr4nt, and the gowns and the coats
thar women are wearing now were
put out in the very earliest days of
the conflict. A little while ago ST.
000,0 worth of dyestuffs came into
this country from Germany. but for
several months before that dyes had
been extremely difficult to get, and SO
putty color and sand color became
suddenly fashionable. And it was not,
as many people believed. the preva-
lence of mourning in Paris, but the
lack of colored dyes, that made black
SO popular.
| Military styles have been gradually
establishing themselves. High, SOL
dierly collars. belts with little pockets,
suits with braided fronts and epaulet
effects. three-cornered hats and hats
that bear stir cockades, gaiter-topped
shoes. and flowing capesNall are ex-
pressions of military enthusiasm The
signs are even more interesting be-
cause of the survival of the influence
of the Balkan war, as shown in
sleeves of a different color from the
rest OF the waist, and in turbaned
hats and stri. d silk trimmings.
But perhaps the most noticeable in
fiuence th-t the war has had upon
style II shown in the new Cossack coat
Beited in at the waist, with its DARING
three-quarters-length skirt. and IL
'lons. sight-atting sleeves ana III high
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AMERICANS EXCEL IN. DARING.

AMERICANS EXCEL IN DARING.
The American Magazine has been Of
fering prizes for the best letters in a
contest entitled What Is Americas
Greatest Asset? - The prize-winning
letters are published in the February
issue. One of these letters advances
the idea that daring Is Americas great
est asset. A part OF this letter follows:
Americas greatest asset Is Its dar-
ing. Americans have an unequaled
quantity and quality Of daring; it dis
tinguishes Americanism. Other nations
have daring leaders upon whom the
average citizen depends, but in America
each one is thrown more upon his own
initiative and venturesomeness
1.-THE spirit of self-reliance, this will
to dare to think, act, feel, live, to make
tremendous demand on nature and So
ciety, and to force nature and society
to deliver to these demands, this physi-
cal impulsiveness and mental fearless
ness is, at the bottom of American
Individuality. and is therefore its great
Z BASED upon freedom, conceived and
fostered in great daring. this nation
has transmitted to its children the
courage to pioneer and invent. to be
resourceful' and progressive.
Daring keeps US comparatively free
from militarism. the bane of less dar-
ing nations. 1t keeps US from caste
systems, because each American de-
mands a recognition of his individual
Hsllts. 1t prevents the tyrannical domi-
nance OF any one or more religious, So
cial or political sects. 1t breaks down.
prejudice, precedent and convention
atty. 1t is the one characteristic that
demands facing instead Of stunning
great problems"
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Euentng Chat
By RUTH CAMERON.


ts~& StOfn0cl19 and Furnaces.
The woman in the seat in front of me
-, IN voice that carried the
was '"'As " I.,,...,~,la
ienstn u me eai
anairA Usher eo4ffeG fnTeoi.
One thing that She SAID particularly
;nterestad uiexoAT arx.a ~ r
a. ;, -. "a. aIs'' ~
Alnus : sa's t'.u '''e' pa..oa'
that can run my heater much bet
didn't draw SO we'll and gave us terri
h. cI;nker. Won cant imagine how
'
makes.
..s. u ,my S;soHv.-,, >. ,n+sr~..,nr
Sr,,1', h"@.a,,.a ~ t-ois ~ tho,~ht
Witch - sn~~es+ed
The 1adv with the uenetr,ttnr voice
hod d;scov.rad th.t ~. ,,royor re, For
= hos,tsr ,s.,Sa .t,,s.t S,Wes.,,no ut
81 $50, at.soS,,, 49, $500 ~ 49,
.e na.,.. &c, 80. 49,. ..,..
ne r,,,ch aifrerenc.
S,
r"cl Aor tn0 nu"lAh rnno'
For It was patent that she WASH I
using the right fuel In her human
furnace. She was at least thirty pounds
overweight There were pouches un-
derneath her eyes, and she had puffed
violently when she got on the car.
Sne was very keen about knowing
now TO run her neater economically and
effectively. I doubt II she had ever
given a thought to running her body In
the same way.
| To consider ones stomach as a hui
man furnace may not be particularly
poeticals But then stomachs aren't
particularly poetical anyway, and II
certainly . eminently practical.
i Almost anyone who has, heater to
| deal with tries to study its individual
| needs with a view to attaining the
maximum of efficiency and economy
Yet how few of US ever seriously study
this infinitely more important human
fuel question?
Choosing Fuel for Its Pretty Appear.
ance.
| We would never think of sbov.,;rs
all kinds of noncoYn hnsfib,es into ou1
heaters but we do lust that in orr nor
sonal furnaces. We are "a fncon.i.fen,
as a man would he r. he tried ~ heo
| ~. l,,,., ..sth N..:S-ASA - -, -.
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journal Entries

Enough for some folk would be .
.
Time may fly hut Il never forgets to
collect its toll.
. 49,
Thoughts Of what might have been
are poor things to deal In.
Nor IL the good blown by i'll winds
always Of compensatory character.
Imagination is responsible for con-
siderable of the trouble in this old
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-22

Another Of the poor excuses Of the
bettcr-than-none variety seems to be
the one put forward by the Anti Horse
Thief association that assembled at
Parsons the other day, to the effect
that bandit pictures in the. MOWER
are responsible for the epidemic OF
bank robberies in that section.