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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
From Other Pens

MONEY FLEES WRATH OF WAR.
French investors have been noted as
the most prudent in the whole world.
They take fewer risks with their mon-
ey than others and they are content
with a smaller rate of income. First
of all, they demand safety. 1t is highly
significant, therefore, at this time
that French owners of Pennsylvania
railroad bonds have not only sent
those bonds here for safekeeping, but
request that their interest be paid In
Philadelphia instead of in Paris Here
is a case of money fleeing from the
wrath of war. Taxation in Europe is
growing almost to the point of conf
fiscation. Wealth is burdened with a
heavier load than it has been COM.
PEELED to carry in France since the
days of the Revolution. over the
whole continent looms the specter of
a colossal reputation of the national
debts contracted during this orgy OF
destruction. 1t seems only natural
that French as well as other Euro
pean investors, should put their avail.
able capital in the United States and
keep it here. We have already Wit
messed the prenomenon of the worlds
most gigantic war and it's failure 10
induce any stupendous liquidation Of
American securities owned in Europe.
Everywhere the reason is the same, as
in France-the people prefer to save
something from the wreck of war and
the fearful onslaughts of the tax col
tOr.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
EVEN THE RABBIT HAS A FRIEND

Illinois seems to be going Kansas
one better in the matter of game law
While Kansas offers protection to It's
skunks, the Sucker state proposes 10
do likewise for it's rabbits. But why
should Illinois go to the trouble OF
importing the Kansas rabbit crop so
that her huptsmen will have plenty OF
game of this variety to shoot at before
long. If her rabbit protective law IS
adequate, all Illinois needs to DO is
to possess herself of couple or rea-
sonably healthy rabbits, give them
fair show, and in a surprisingly short
space of time her fields and woods
will be overrun with the frisky cotton
tails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

LFrom the Chicago News.
Folly, as she flies, should be swat
ted.
Good luck is but another name for
common sense
Too many people are charitable for
publication only.
If a man and his job are not con-
genial little is accomplished.
Gabriel is expected to play the last
trump in the game of life.
Spring lamb by any other name
may be mutton just the same.
One woman can almost worship a
man that other people can't even toll
crate.
! A good deal of conversation should
be canned and the can thrown away
When a woman wants to loaf she
leaves her pocketbook at home and
goes shopping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

mining of the soil-by which 1 mean,
getting as much out of the soil as you
can and never putting anything back,
as it is mostly praoticed by one-year
renters-and the difficulty of Dor
rowing money just in time whcn
everything is cheapest even though
the renter has to sell to pay rent,
all these things fill one with appre-
hension as to the future possibilities.
There can be but one result, and that
is abandoned farms, the children go
ing to the cities or other parts OF the
country where land is cheaper"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Although Henry James, the noted
American writer. has expatriated him
self by taking the oath of allegiance as
a British subject, he will probably be
content to help the cause of Great
Britain with efforts to demonstrate
that the pen is mightier than the
sword. And the pen wielders of Eng
land would seem to need all the re-
cruits they can get. They haven't
been able to do much for their coun-
try thus far in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
MEASURING SPELLING ABILITY.

Seven out of every 100 third grade
public school children cannot spell
has" This and other curious evil
dences of the special problems inner
ent in the teaching of spelling are
brought out by DR.. Leonard P. Ayres'
of the Russell Sage Foundation, in a
study just published. AS result OF
combining the four most extensive
studies that have been made to 1den-
tify the words commonly used in dill
ferent sorts of English writing, Dr.
Ayres has selected the 1000 words
that constitute 80 per cent of the IAN
guage ordinarily used. This selection
was made from various English auth
ors. from four Sunday newspapers OF
Buffalo, n. Y, and from the business
and family correspondence of over p
900 adults. The objects of the study
was to develop a scale for measur-
ing attainment in the spelling of COM
mon words on the part of school chill
dren." Cooperating with the city su-
perintendent in "a cities of the United
States, DR.. AyreS had the 1,OOO COM
monest words tested by an aggregate
of 100000 spellings, secured from
10000 public school children. The re-
suit. according to DR.. Ayres, made it
possible To accuracy
ing ability, and to compute the
amount of improvement in spelling
the same words from grade to grade.
Ry a scale arrangement, extending
on a line from to 100, spelling abil-
ity'' is easily and scientifically de-
termined. For example, nine words
of most frequent use, viz, the, in,
$50" mo- now mar" ten" bed,
top revealed that second grade
pupils, on an average, spelled correct
ly "a per cent of these words. At the
other extreme of the scale the words
Judgment" recommend and "al-
Iege" were found to be spelled correct
" by just so per cent of the eighth
grade pupils Percentages above and
below these would indicate variation
from the normal in spelling Dr.
Ayres finds that intellectual abilities
are distributed in much the same way
among people as are physical traits.
Just as there are few dwarfs, many
people of medium height, and very
few giants; so there are very few ex-
ceedingly poor spoilers, many medium
ones, and very few excellent ones.
Few words do most of our work when
we write. Fifty words constitute, with
their repetitions, one-half of the
words written. The child who masters
the 1000 words on the scale given
will make no spelling errors in nine
tenths of his writing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Flies Avoid Blue.

A French scientist is authority for
the statement that flies have distinct
objection to the color blue. This was
first discovered by farmer who keeps
a large, number of cows in several
sheds. One of these sheds happened
to be painted blue on the inside, and
in this the cows were little tro ubled
by flies. He blued all the walls and
thus protected all his cows. French
farmers in the vicinity are now add
ing a blue coloring to their whitewash
Their formula is as follows: To TWEEN
ty gallons of water add ten pounds of
Stacked lime and one pound of ultra
marine. The walls are tinted twice
during the summer.-The American
Boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
WHY LONG FARM LEASES PAY

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside a contributor shows how
many farms are poorly cultivated be-
cause the tenants are unable to get
long time leases. OF the Importance
of long time leases, both to landlords
and tenants the writer of this article
saws in part: Considering this ten
ant question, 1 venture to say that
it is the most important question OF
this generation, owing to the rowing
disposition of the renters. "A rolling
stone gathers no moss they say. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Journal Entries

Few girls are pretty as their
mothers think they are, ncr are many
boys as fine.
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Many of the cool-weather observa-
lions may also be properly character
lied as ''hot arr
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Drinking is not only a failing with
some men. 1t is also their most sig
nal achievement
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It's just the luck of some men to go
fishing and not catch anything until
they get back home.
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Many a man spurns bride because
he thinks the services demanded are
worth double what he Is offered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

y One thing appears to be certain in
the natural gas situation. The cards
have been gummed to such an extent
that there is little prospect that any
thing like an adequate supply will be
available next winter. All of which
will undoubtedly duly impress the gas
consumers with the rare wisdom that's
been displayed by the commissions
and the courts that have had a hand
in the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY X. MOULTON

Watch Our Little Verselet Grow.
How doth the busy little fly
improve each shiny minute,
And where he finds an apple-pie
Plant micro-millions in it.
Grand Rapids News.
The self-same busy little fly
Is surely no nonentity,
Although on top of currant pie
He loses his identity
Youngstown Telegram.
Our favorite pie is the mince,
Which is served in seasons cold;
Thus 1t is minus the footprints
OF those flies, so bad and bold.
GAINESVILLE Signal.
This insect why calumniate,
He tries to be quite neat;
He washes his face on your plate,
And in your milk, his feet
And though in vilest filth he's born,
Such clearly ways he hath,
That in your coffee oft at morn
He'll take Turkish bath.
Newark Advocate.
And when at last you find him
In your teacup at the bottom,
Your heart is filled with great regret
That you did not arise and swat
i'm.
American Medical Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

And the Kaw fishermen who are
seeing snakes these days probably
have their bait baskets we'll filled with
things other than worms and liver.
Indeed, it is likely they carry their
esbait' in bottles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
MEMBER:
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal away
from home during the summer may have
Che paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents a week or
thirty cents a month (by mail only). Ad-
out of town the State journal will be to
you like q daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on these
short time subscriptions, to save bOOkkeep-
ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Radium's cost has dropped from
$4,000 a gram to s36,O5O a gram.
But as the price of radium is not
any considerable factor in the cost of
living, the decrease in the cost OF
radium will not make a strong ap-
peal to most folk, enormous though 1t
is. Still it is somewhat encouraging
that the price of something is on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

In several sections of Kansas the
grasshoppers are dying off in a most
mysterious fashion, but they're giving
up the ghost, and that's the essential
thing. Now if the mosquitoes would
proceed to do kewise-well, there'd
be even more cause for rejoicing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

There appears to be many to
blame in such a variety of ways for
the Eastland disaster, the probabilities
are that it will be impossible to fix the
actual responsibility, to place it on any
one or group of shoulders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

u Out here in Kansas-we1l, there's a
husky, aged 81 years, who is working
like a Trojan in the wheat fields, and
as a harvest hand-nOt in one of the
thinking parts-and furthermore, he
beats his way from place to place rid
ing the beams" on freight cars. He
doesn't want to be dependent on a son,
that's all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Germany's people are reported to
be surprised that we fail to grasp their
Viewpoint and are said to be united
against the abandonment of their SUBJ
marine policy. But the United States
is not demanding that. We are mere
" urging that Germany conform her
submarine policy to the tenets of in
ternational law and the dictates of hui
YnanitV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Every day that the Savages are at
home should be Booster day for
them. Taking three falls out of four
from the leading team of the league at
this stage of the season is going some.
Let's show the Savages that they are
honored in their own country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

In all probability there is material
substance for the assertion of the sec
rotary of the Lake Seaman's union
that there are many excursion boats
on the Great Lakes that are just as
dangerous as was the Eastland. And
the process of wedding them out
should be through
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Tennessee also achieves the unusual
distinction of having one of it's cities,
Nashville, placed in the hands of a
receiver. incidentally, this will give
the general manager plan of munich
pal government, or one-man rule the
best possible sort of a tryout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the IuIl Jay
feIegraph report of that great news or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The state jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

fairy. 81 and my mates, the oak tree
fairies and all the other fairies of the
garden, are pledged to care for all
creatures. Think how I must feel 10
see one of my charges eaten before nv
very eyes? That is, he will be eaten
unless 1 warn him, but / don't know
how to do that"
well, 1 do" said Old Man Owl
suddenly realizing his Importance. II
can save him for you," He flew over
to che bush nearest the log and in his
loudest voice called, 'Who-o-o?
Whe-o-o?' and that greedy house cat
was so frightened he scurried off to
the house and Tommy TittIefnouse
went along sleeping without even
knowing of the danger that had
threatened him.-CCopyright-
Ingram Judson.) ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Probab bly, the daughters of the Penn
sylvania father, who has invented a
kiss detector. will be clever enough to
meet the emergency by developing
kisses of the noiseless variety. Hence
their dads device to make common
lIissin' - reverberate through the
house with the noise of a roaring
ain will be as useless as it is in
oeniOuS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
OLD MAN OWL COMPLAINS AGAIN.
. Clara laSranJudson

of the cat crouched close by the log
waiting, waiting, and he thought it
might be fun to see him catch his
prey. 'Why not lett him catch
Tommy"
ITS plain to see that you don't
understand fairies said the pine tree
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Haitf's president flies. say the news
dispatches from Porte au Prince.
Which would be sufficient evidence to
Sherlock Holmes that the efforts of
the revoIutionists to swat him were
TDSucceSSfuI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Uncle Abner.

Uncle Abner.
T. Egbert Peavey has got two pairs
of white socks and is all ready for
his summer conquests among the fair
sect.
Our well-known druggist is putting
in a choice line of steam calliopes and
he now keeps everything on earth ex-
cepting drugs.
Link Butts has received a very
touching letter from his wife. She is
spending the summer at a resort Link
sent the check on the next mail.
There are only two or three fcllers
in this country that kin wear a four
finland necktie with dress suit and
get away with it, and they all live in
our town.
The citizens of our village were
much surprised one day last week to
see No. IT pull IN at the depot APP
parently on time Ben Binks, the
station agent, hollered to Rod Skibbs,
the engineer, and said: Hello, there,
Rod. You're on time for once, amt
ye?" Rod stuck his head out'n the
window and said: "On time, HI
we're tWenty-four hours late. This
is yesterdays train
Strenuous Times.
Two Ohio weddings have failed be-
cause the grooms didn't appear. The
only way to do in these hard times is
to throw the groom, rope him and
brand him Immediately after the pro-
pOsal
Or Drive EN- All Crazy.
In California they are going to try
baseball as cure for insanity. Seems
as though the expositions out there
would cure most of it.
Those Dry Spots.
Report says rye looks good. 1t GER
tainly does look good to some of the
parched brothers out in the dry
counties.
Gone.
Where is the ancient dame who used
to stay at home and knit?
Where has the chimney corner gone
where she was wont to sit?
Where is the old grandmother who
would not go out at night
Preferring to stay with the kids and
read by candlelight?
Where is the good old gentle soul
who had rheumatic knees?
o, she's just hoppin' round and TAX
ing IN the tango teas.
She's going to the movies and the la
carte cafes,
For grandma is n gay young soul in
these progressive days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Kansas Comment
A HOT wEATurp rIr.Nr,

PerhapS you are not enjoying the
summer because you have no hot
weather temperament. This season of
limp collars, bedraggled dispositions
and irritability calls for a complete
change in the temperamentaI makeup
Many men of splendid characteristics
have made the mistake of believing a
winter mental pose will carry them
through the summer.
1t will not. With temperature
near 100 degrees, keeping cool is an
impossibility. An electric fan blows
some of the hot air from your soak
ing collar but the temperature has not
changed. Those who continually la
ment about the humidity are never
cool The surest way to Keep hot un-
der the collar is to growl. The man
with the hot weather temperament adj
justs himself to the irrefutabIe fact
that he must have some inconvenience
and displeaSure because of the tenn
perature and he might as well accept
what comes.
The chap who goes through a try
ing summer without losing his friends
is a good sort. Kansas summers have
been referred to as melting pots to
refine our gold. The man who is con-
tinually boiling over with indignation
because he can't keep cool, isn't being
refined. The best thing to do is to
sizzle with the majority. don't talk
about it and keep off of cucumbers as
much as possible.-Salina Journal. I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
GET TO THEM DAILY.

Other town newspapers are making
away with any dull season talk that.
comes up by carrying pages and
double pages of advertising. Farmers
are getting out of their harvest rush
and will soon be threshing and mar
keting their grain. That means that
they will be in the market for new
clothes and new implements to pillow
and plant their grain. So the wise
merchant plans to get to each home
daily with a neat list of goods and
prices. 1t causes the farmer and his
wife to have neighbOrly feeling to-
ward their city neighbor. 1t shows
the farmer that the city fellow is send
ing him an invitation day by day to
come in and talk a few moments and
supply his wants. Get to each home
daily, that is one secret of successful
merchandising.-L Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Those Dry Spots.

Report says rye looks good. 1t GER
tainly does look good to some of the
parched brothers out in the dry
counties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29
Or Drive EN- All Crazx.

In California they are going to try
aseball as a cure for insanity. Seems
S though the expositions out there
-ould cure most of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-29

Two Ohio weddings have failed be-
cause the grOomS didn't appear. The
only way to do in these hard times is.
to throw the groom, rope him and
brand him Immediately after the pro-
DOSaI
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-04
Woman's Club Will
Give Play to Raise
Money for the Sour

Lady Windermere's Fam" by Oscar
wilde, Is being rehearsed by a picked
oast for presentation early in January
By the Omaha Women's club. the pro-
ceeds 70 go toward financing the penny
soup kitchen at Train school. The ora
tory section. which has the work in
charge. has assigned the following parts:
MRS. Grant Williams will play the part
OF Mrs. Brlyun. leading woman; Mrs. w.
G. Lambert. wife OF City Attorney Lam
bert. will do Lady Windermere; Prof. E.
l.. Pulls. head OF the department OF ex-
preston at Bellevue college. will be
leading man In tho person OF Lord Darl-
ington; A. w. Hunt Is booked as Lord
WinderTnere. and Dean Fales. a sopho-
more at Bellevue college, will appear as
Lord Augustus Lorton.
Miss Amy Woodruff. formerly OF Chi
cage. now OF the Omaha Conservatory. Is
serving as director. First rehearsal took
place Wednesday evening In the city at
torney's office.
Three performances will be given. two
at the auditorium OF the Omaha Con-
servatory of Music and Art In the Metro
politan building, and the third ut Bellevue
college.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-04
Council Bluffs
Saloon Men Want
to Locate Here

Private detectives are busy scanning
the saloon license applications on file
with the city clerks office. One OF these
Hieuths was recognized as having beer
active q year ago when he took a rs
sear-old boy of unusual height around
with him TO various saloons and caught
some liquor men unawares.
No protests have been received as yet.
but Il Il understood they will be forth
noming next week.
Next Monday morning the city COM
nnissioners will decide when they will
begin to sit as an excise board for con-
nideration OF licenses.
A saloon man AZ Eleventh and Douglas
streets will be advised that unless he re-
moves Questionable signs from his place
he win not be granted a license for next
year. Other signs will be removed
Commissioner Kugel continues TO be
sought by Council Bluffs liquor men who
want 20 open saloons In Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-04
Mexican Money a
Cheap Commodity

The late Xavier stadIer deposited $3.50
In Mexican money at Tampico several
years ago. lie died recently.
Probate Judge Crawford has just re-
ceived n draft good for 500 American dol
lors In alleged settlement of the entire
account.
Tho difference represents the distinction
between American and Mexican money
and the exorbitant exchange which is ex-
acted by Mexican banks. according to the
best information which the county court
has been able 20 secure.