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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
Globe Sights
Pay dirt is seldom labeled.
BY THE ATCrTISoN GLOBE.

Pay dirt is seldom labeled ss,sss
Wild oats don't have to be sown in
March.
Best thing about an election is the
day after.
In real life poverty is different than
it is in poetry.
After supper a jitney is very apt to
become a taXicab. re
The woodpecker7 also does lot of
knocking without getting anywhere.
We are sorry. but there seems to be
lot of people who are proud but
poor.
If you don't believe in hell why
are you always telling someone to go
there?
If you say of a man that he means
all right you mean that everything he
does is wrong.
1t takes some women an awful1y
long time to take a nickel or dime
from their purses.
phone number he turns longingly to
his wife or little son.
The Rev. George Doering. of the
western seminary, has three brothers
in the German army.
Jude Johnson has always longed to
be a fire marshal, and proba bly, would
make good in that job, as he. has
raised a lot of hell
Our botanical researches also reveal
that the leaves of the fig tree are
not transparent, and probably would
never do in this day and age
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
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ing in the sunshine, and frolicked
out into view.
and play out in that big field" said
one little lamb to his playmate back
in the nobody-knows- where land. ut
looks like a nice place to play-let's
play out there in the sunshine"
Eyes, do" said another. "I'n go
with you
Careful. It's pretty cold yeti"
said a cautious old sheep, who was
more wise than brave.
Yes be CAREFUL Maybe winter is
not really over. You may be shiver-
ing cold in minute!" said another
sheep in a panic of fear.
I'VE don't care about the cold"
said a venturesome lamb, see the
wide pasture! Feel the warm sum
shinel Don't croak and be afraid any
more, spring is here!
With laugh and a flirt of his
snowy white tail he jumped over the
fence from nowhere into the broad
sunny pasture.
And you know how sheep do-one
leads and many follow. Soon the pas
ture was full of snowy white lambs
frolicking and Spring is
coming!"
Spring is comingi" sang the red
bird, and began his search for a nest
ing place
roots and bulbs in the ground, and
they began to stretch and grow strong.
Spring is comingl" shouted little
girl as she skipped along home from
school.
How do you know" laughed her
mother as she met her at the door.
Look up in the sky!" said the little
girl, '.see all the little lambs-they
know spring is comingi They have
come back to play in the broad sunny
sky"
The mother looked. Sure enough,
The sunny blue sky was full of tiny
white clouds which drifted hither and
yon like flocks of sheep.
You're wrongi" said the mother
laughing. "I see the clouds, yesi And
everybody knows that when the tiny
white clouds arrive in the sky spring
sn't coming-it's herei"-( Copyright,
1915-Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
ONLY THE RICH MAY RIDE

Not few of the old fashioned vot-
erS in Topeka, and some of the Young
er ones among the fair sex, are al
most certain to insist that the act of
the recent legislature so stringentIv
limiting the voters who may be hauled
to the polls. is contrary not ONLY To
the guarantees of liberty and the pur
suit of happiness in the federal con-
stitution, but also to it's inhibitions
against the infliction of cruel and I'M
usual punishments. Heretofore cleo
ton or primary day has been some
thing of an annual event in their lives
because of the opportunity it gave
many of them to grace the cushions
of a hack or automobile and make a
trip through the streets of the city.
with ease and distinction. But a
heartless legislature steps in and robs
them of this precious privilege. the
only joy that voting had for them.
Only the rich, or the halt or the blind
can ride to the polls henceforth. OF
course. the law was designed to min
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

carry to tidewater every year 100000
600 tons of dissolved matter and 513,-
100000 tons of suspended matter. This
total of 7S3,OOO.00O tons represents
more than 350,0OO,O00 cubic yards of
rocks, or 61e,OOO.0O0 cubic yards of
surface soil. These facts, and they
will have to be accepted as such be-
cause nobody is likely to take the
trouble to attempt to disprove them,
are undoubtedly interesting, more to
some folk than to others. But of what
particular service are they to the bulk
of the people of these United States
who are providing, with the taxes they
pay, the means to make it profitable
for some government employee to de-
vote his time and energies to unearth-
ing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
GIVING RAILROADS A CHANCE.

One of the most significant features
of the session of the legislature, just
closed, is to be found in the fact that
bills of almost every conceiva BILE sort
aimed at this or that regulation or
restriction for the railroads, only a
few of them, scarcely more than a
bakers dozen found their way to the
new statute books; and none OF these
is likely to add much to the legislative
burdens that the railroads are now
carrying. This is also a reassuring
sign of the times that the Kansas
legislature has ceased to be a railroad
batter. And this is probably due to
changed sentiment among the great
bulk of the people of the state. A few
years ago they seemed to be agin' the
railroads from A to lizard. But it is
apparent now that they are awake to
the fact that the unreasonable regula-
ton of the railroads is about the worst
thing that could happen to Kansas.
They have begun to realize that if the
railroads are not permitted to operate
at a fair profit, their development
and extension will cease, as it nearly
has already, and this would mean a
check to the growth and development
of all the business activities of the
state, even to it's farming. Nor is
Kansas alone in such a changing SEN
timent There seems a disposition all
over the country these days to give
the railroads the chance to which
they are entitled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
Journal Entries

things that bother many folk, women
especially.
= = =
Truth is naturally stranger than fic-
ton because there is so little of it in
comparison.
AS a matter of fact it is only a very
few folk who are treated worse than
they deserve.
= = j.
If Ananias had lived in this era he'd
have had a much harder time to win
the reputation that he did.
+ !. j
There may be room for everybody
on this earth but the cemetery is the
only place where this is no crowding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Unusual climatic stunts are common
In Kansas, but few Kansans probably
ever imagined the arrival of any con
unued period when cloudy days would
be the rule and not the exception 1t
is TO be supposed, though that the sun
Is st1lI doing business at his old stand
ana that he will soon put a rather
permanent Jinx on the clouds. that
nave overwhelmed Kansas for so long.
Ihere's nothing like hope, is there?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Maybe another salute-the-fiag fiasco
will be staged by the Watchful Wait
ers at Washington. 1t appears that
the murder of Citizen McManus of the
United States was also attended by an
insult to the Stars and Stripes on the
part OF the ZaDatistas who staged this
outrage. But then, the Uncle Sam of
these days is apparently even longer
suffering and slower to wrath than he
has been of late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

imize the advantages that an unlim-
tied supply of cash might give to the
candidates possessed of it. But, as is
the case with most laws, it will lay
its heavier hand on those not able to
possess automobiles or even one boss
shays of their own, and for whom the
future holds out nothing in the way
of a free ride unless it be as mourn
ers at a funeral or occupants of a
hearse. 'Tis a sad world, mates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

where did they go?" do you ask
oh nobody knows quite where they
went-they just went away. They
were seen no more for many long
months and that is all anybody
knows.
Then one day when the sun was
over the worst of his sleepiness-
when he got up early and stayed up
late-the sheep and the little lambs
came back.
Not all at once, of course, nature
never does things so suddenly.
First one, then another peeped out
from the land of nobody-knows-
where; saw their broad pasture glow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Russia's hint to Italy that it is now
or never if she is to get into the war
will probably be needed. In the event
of a big victory for the Allies, Italy
could not expect to pick many rich
plums if she delayed her entry into the
war-fest until the eleventh hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27


Seth Wells, of Erie, dropped in
tother day to vote for House for
mayor and was dismayed to find that
Jay used to sleep together in the back
room of the same little print shop,
and as Jay voted for Seth when he
was elected state auditor, Seth felt
under obligation to return the compli-
ment.
They never get too old to respond
to the right kind of treatment. A man
of so and dyspeptic, will surrender
when the wife of 10 or more puts her
arms around his neck.
Nothing furnishes more entertain
ment than an air gun that is of such
slight force that it will jog a dogs
feelings.
There was no mock session of legis-
1ature held by the Fourth Estate this
time. The workers in that vineyard
felt that the Third Estate had beaten
them to it.
Hondo Murphy has been through
fire, train wreck and high water, but
up to a late hour this afternoon, no
one has been able to get him into one
of those jitney things. He says it
isn't exactly fright, but respect for his
sacred carcass
The smartest girl in the world is the
one that invented the kewpie. She
made something without clothes on
it that a merchant may expose for
sale without being pinched by the
purity league.
A book called "Pan-Germanism'
has been selected as a text for school
teachers to read. The word pan"
however, is not used in connection
with the word "Germanism" as the
English papers use it.
Mason White, senate cloak room at
tendant, has gone back to his home in
Harper county, after making a tour
of the city to say farewell and 81 wish
y'all a pleasant mawnin," to his local
friends.
Mason is a man of parts. One part
Is OF wood, to be sure. but before a
Katy train removed his favorite leg,
he was the champion sleeping car por-
ter of the universe. Many bets were
won on the speed with which he made
up berths, and he had a record of
making up every flop in a standard
car, and ready for the passenger to
hit the hay, in 80 minutes. Mason is
old now; his hands are bent with
rheumatism and he walks on a bass.
wood limb, but he likes to mingle with
legislators while they legislate, and.
de good Lawd swillin', will try to come
back two years hence
A big man can wear a watch fob
the size of an o1d-fashioned flat iron
and get by with it, but a little man
with the same rig looks like a burro
in Clydesdale harness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
AUTUMN SONG.


ALI things that fade and fall
With strange haunted sound
Upon the astered ground,
In sad September nights;
Apples and yellow leaves
And the low, ghostlike call
OF summers lost delights
That grieves and grieves:
OF these be the song made,
Like them to fall and fade.
OF garden corners dank,
With piercing smell of mold,
OF summers cup of gold,
Wherefrom SO deep he drank
By the dry fountains edge
Cast down and grown arust;
Dust calling unto dust
Sedge signing unto sedge;
OF these let the song tell
That pleaseth autumn well.
OF wOOds-a painted scene,
A hollow mimic show
A mask within whose glow
A grinning death is seen;
OF flowers funeral
That seem not flowers at all,
But little paper shapes
An art fantastic apes:
In these has autumn pride
That knows not she hath died.
Richard LIE Gallienne, in Munsey's Mag
azine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Think of marching soldiers into bat
tie with dummy cartridges in their
cartridge clips. Yet that has been the
case with considerable numbers of the
Turkish forces. AssuredIy, the Turk
is as much sinned against as SHINING.
It's his ignorance that is responsible
for much of the latter, while the
blame for the former rests solely on
his 1ndefensible exploitation at the
hands of the INSCRIPTIONS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

AS soon as the flies and mosquitoes
get busy in Europe this. spring.
plaques expected to join hands with
the terrible artillery and other engines
OF destruction to add to the horrors or
the war. The Lord knows they were
severe enough in the winter season. but
the indications are that they Will be
worse when the warm weather comes.
what mockery the good, old summer
time will be in Europe this year,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

One of the most distressing fea-
lures incident to the delayed arrival
of something like the weather that is
common to spring, and especially for
the horde of folk who are honing for
a change of diet, will be the COM
Elementary delay in the appearance of
homegrown garden sass
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Criticism on the score Of the judi
ciary usurping legislative functions
runs rampant when the courts declare
an act of a legislature unconstitution-
al. But when a governor abrogates
appropriations made in due form by
a legislature-well, that is apparently
another story. OF course the law
gives a governor this privilege, but the
constitution does likewise for the
courts in the case in point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
fOrtunateS.

Photographs of the Kansas roads in
their present condition would make
graphic exhibits for the Pan-American
Road congress that is to be held at
the Panama-Pacific International ex-
position during September, and the
arrangements for which are being
made jointly by the American Road
Builders association and the Ameri-
can Highway association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Conservative estimates now are that
before the next harvest fully 100000
Belgians will be forced into the bread
line. All the more reason why Kan
sans should respond again and liber
ally with substantial aid for these I'M
fOrf11DatpS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Nor was it reasonable to suppose
that such peace terms as Austria
might be willing to concede to Italy
would be acceptable. They are as
nothing compared to what Italy de-
sires, and what she figures she could
grab if she joined forces with the
Allies and helped them win conclu-
Siuo victory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

If the candidates for the municipal
offices stick to their ''gentlemen'S
agreement" not to pass cards around
the polling places at the forthcoming
primary and election, one of the an
noyances of voting will be eliminated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
CLOUD PASTURES.

A flock of sheep once lived in a
great wide pasture-a sunny and
roomy wide pasture.
All through the summer they gam
boiled and played, cared for and tend
ed by the shepherd.
But when the cold winter came,
the sheep and all the tiny white lambs
went away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER:
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American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Paris's aerial night cop surely ought
to be able TO cope with the high-f1iers
that have made the night-life of that
town so famous for it's revelry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Eyes, / saw Chawlie Chippendale at the
front" Good old Chawlie. / suppose he
was waving his sword in the sunlight and
shouting Come on, lads, come on d? - "Well,
no. he wasn't. He was waving a spade
and yelling Dig you Tommies, dige"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Affirmative vote has been cast in
favor of the theory that a man who
finds time to play seven up or check
ers at $50 in the morning, is not
busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

under Roadway.
And, having been in vaudeville for
more than two months, we are glad to
return to the legitimate stage.
About the first thing that attracts
our notice, upon return to the grind.
is the lead editorial in a recent copy
of the Atchison Globe, concerning the
dislike that children hold for oil, cal
omel and pills, and how the dear tots
love certain patent panacea- This
editorial is well written and convlnc-
ing, and we know not whether to
credit it to Gene Howe or Joe Rank.
One gathers, from the current
press, that certain officers of the law
desire the presence of the Awfully
Reverend James L. Delk, open air
evangelist of church of his own
making. He is charged with follow
ing certain lines of endeavor other
than evangelism
The Awfully Rev. Jas, perchaLce
you forget, is the goof who was chased
out of Topeka, rotten-egged in some
other town and then removed to Ken
lucky, from whence the Topeka pa
pers got phony kilograms, sent, of
course, by the Awf. Rev. Jas, con-
corning the conversions he was max
ing and the way lie battled with Sin
and the w. k. Mr.. Satan.
In fact, the Awf. Rev. Jas. De1k is
one of those people who feel that the
world owes them a living, and that the
best weapon to use in collecting the
same is that weapon used by the late
Mr.. Samson, r. f. d. 2, Gath.
Italy, observes the dispatches, is
about to take the plunge. And it may
find the water sufficiently deep for d
header.
Lima Bresette remains on the job,
by reason of recent reappointment.
The sunshine and a few more refresh
ing incidents like that should cure the
epidemic of crouch that has prevailed
this winter.
AS for the New York gentleman
who shot his wife while she was play
ing the piano, a number of us feel
that his action was too drastic. He
should have shot the piano.
Or, at least, refrained from any
thing stronger than swatting her over
the head with chair. We do not be-
lieve in this practice of shooting a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27
By The Way
By HARVEY PARSONS.

How Do! This is our first visit, in
this column, since the big show got
under Roadway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Or. at least, refrained from any
thing stronger than swatting her over
the head with a chair. We do not be-
Heve in this practice of shooting a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Przemysl has fallen, and we of the
press will not have to worry over that
word, but maybe the Russian will re-
name it MISUNDERSTANDING and
that would be dangSight worse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

perfectly good wife for a minor Of
Tense. Wait, we say, until she does
something real brash. like burning the
biscuits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

AS for the New York gentleman
who shot his wife while she was play
ing the piano, a number of us feel
that his action was too drastic. He
should have shot the piano.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

And. having been in vaudeville TO
more than two months, we are glad t.
return to the legitimate stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

Lima Bresette remains on the job
by reason of a recent reappointment.
The sunshine and a few more refresh
ing incidents like that should cure the
epidemic of crouch that has prevailed
this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-27

A big man can wear a watch fob
the size of an old-fashioned flat iron
and get by with it, but a little man
with the same rig looks like burro
in Clydesdale harness.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-12-02
Get Rid Of It

The gist of the instructions to county
officials is that there must not be drop
of liquor in the county after midnight
on December 81. Saloon men and
wholesalers must get rid of the stocks
as best they may before that hour.
Those who keep liquor. in their houses
will do so at the risk of having their
homes entered by officers with search
warrants and the mere possession of the
liquor will be sufficient to convict them.
Under the circumstances it is more
than probable that the liquor sellers
will take pains to dispose Of every drop
of their stock before December 81,
since they cannot ship it after that date
nor legally retain it in their possession.
The instructions to peace officers of
the county are positive and unmistak-
able. They are required to be "dili-
gent" and all the prohibition advocates
from the governor down are insisting
on the rigid enforcement of tn,
statutes.-Boise Statesman.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-12-02
MOTOR RURAL
CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service COM
mission has announced an examination
for the county of Bingham, Idaho, to
be held at Blackfoot, December IL,
1915, to fill the position of motor RI Il
carrier at Aberdeen and vacancies that
may later occur on motor rural routes
from postoffces in the above mentioned
county. The salary on motor routes
ranges from 81 800 to 81 800 per annum.
The examination will be open only to
male citizens who are actually domiciled
in the territory supplied with mail by
postoffice in the county and who can
meet the other requirements set forth
in forms 2121 and 1877. Form 2121
may be seen posted at any postoffice in
the county for which the examination
| is held, and form 1877 and application
blanks may be obtained from the Offices
at which the vacancy exists and where
the examination is to be held, or from
the United States Civil Service com
mission at Washington, D. c. The ap-
pointee to this position will be required
to furnish, maintain and operate a mo-
dern motor vehicle with carrying ca
pacity of not less than 800 pounds and
cubic capacity of not less than 80
feet. Applicants must file with their
applications a statement of the equip
ment they will be able to provide in the
event of appointment. Applications
should be forwarded to the commission
at Washington, d. c., at the earliest
practicable date.