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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

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gu on the table, land his name is VI
gu; that sounds foreign, and it means
that he is ugly. You two are nice
pair" he said, stepping away from the
table and looking at the two images.
Where did you come FROM" asked
Billikin as the door closed behind the
gentleman, but Yl-gu only shook his
head, and Billikin kept on laughing.
But after a while Yl-gu could under
stand Billikin, and he was able to say
few words himself, so that he made
Billiken understand that he was very
important creature, and that he pos
SeSSed strange power.
What can you do?' asked Billil1in.
II can scare away trouble Yl-gu
told him.
$50 can IT, said Billikin, land L was
only made a few years ago"
Il have been watching you" said
Yl-gu, land l cannot see that you
scare away anything or anybody. Why
the master gave you to the baby to
play with the other day and she threw
you on the floor and abused you in the
most terrible manner. 1 should never
have permitted that"
tOh! / do not call that trouble"
said Billikin, but you could not help
it if the master gave you to the baby:
you would have to be thrown around
or anything she cared to do with you"
Just then the door opened and the
master came in with the baby in his
arms. She put out her hands for Bill
likin, and then, seeing Yl-gu, changed
Want old Yl-gu? 2" asked her father.
Now watch me-" said Yl-gu as the
gentleman picked him up and gave
him to the baby.
But no sooner had the baby been
seated the floor and looked at
Yl-gu than she put him on the floor
Yl-gu far as she could.
Her father picked her up. II do not
wonder" he said, "he is a pretty ugly
looking fellow, isn't he, but he can't
hurt you
The baby could not be induced to
take Yl-gu again and he was put back
on the table.
What did 1 tell you?" Yl-gu said.
ct can scare away trouble. She will
never ask for me again and will be
left in comfort"
81 should not call that comfort" sail
Billikin. 'I was made to scare away
trouble, and 1 should not accomplish
my mission in life If 1 sat here day
after day looking glum as you do.
Besides that, what are few knocks
in this world? They only make US
better able to see the funny side. This
is no place for you; you better go back
to the land you came from, where you
can sit and doze all day. For my part,
am glad 1 was made in the land
where they keep things moving"
"All right said Yl-gu, you keer.
moving; I'll go to sleep."-(Copyrighf
1915, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syr
dictate, New York City,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicaro Nar.

lFrom the Chicago News1
But silence would improve some
peoples conversation
Clean sweepers-a new broom and a
straight flush.
A coy corner is a handy place in
which to sweep the dirt.
Better keep your temper; otherwise
1t is apt to give you away
Woman began her career as a rib:
now she is the whole umbrella.
If love were contagious girls would
work overtime trying to catch it.
It's a poor variety of widows weeds
that will not produce orange blossoms.
Nothing is more painful than the
antics of a fat woman trying to act
kittenish.
About the time an actress RECEIVERS
from one attack of matrimony she has
another.
Wealth has it's penalties. You never
hear of a poor man spending money
for dyspepsia tablets.
Any woman can keep an expense
account, but not more than one in a
thousand can make it tally with her
cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE

1t is so easy to talk about getting a
good business manager.
Some people are so dense it is dan
gerous to joke with them.
The underdog isn't always entitled
to such sympathy as it gets.
Alb Adkins says he has an old aunt
who is convalescent most of the time.
A boy who rarely gets enough of
winter, would make the ideal polar
explorer.
There are also certain men who at
tain longevity without giving any ade-
quate reason.
The gent who gets you into trouble
isn't apt to be the same one who is
willing to help you out.
We have never thought much of
having a lemon tree. 1t is not neces-
sary, as people are very liberal.
What a lot of statesmen secretly
think: 1.-The Peepul we love, but how
unreasonable they often arei''
To be congenial all of the time you
must ever keep in mind that what ap-
peals to you doesn't appeal to all.
There are a few philosophers who
will admit they are getting their
moneys worth when they pay ali
mOnV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

she had refused to marry him. Pres
emily his voice rang out cheerfully in
the latest popular song and Trixie,
listening, smiled and sighed at the
same time.
Then. Harry Brinton put his fate to
the test once more and received
Trixie's gentle refusal. If he stormed
for awhile who can blame him ?
Your father promised to speak a
good word for me- he added gIoomily
You asked him ?" questioned Trixie
co1dly.
This morning.
II am sorry"
So Harry said goodnight and went
home.
Trixie felt miserable. but she was
unprepared when. Bob Hayward took
advantage of her being alone for a
moment in the library and deliberate
ly planted himself between her and
the door.
here tonight with the intention of
asking You to marry me. You know
love you-and, how about it?', he
asked grimly.
Miss Lanes heart was f1uttering
strangely and she put up one little
hand to still its beating
Bob" she whispered do Won care
very much?"
SO much.' he growled, that when
your father called me up this morn
ing and asked me jokingly if L want
ed his influence in the matter, / was
tempted to come up and thrash him
honest lnJun, Trixie, 1 was hot! If
a man can't win the girl he wants
without help let him go without heri
l want you-but L don't want Won IN
less you love me-love me beyond
everybody and everything-see How
about it, Trix -
He stood with his hands thrust be-
hlnd him as if afraid he. might n.
tempted to take her in his arms.
Ir1x1e looked up at him and her
eyes filled with tears.
Oh Bob-Bob-it has been Won
ar tne time and 1 didn't know It'll"
sne soDbed; and it was not until she
had laid her rosy cheeks apainst fhe
black lapel of his coat that his arm
came around her and his lips claimed
their reward.-(Copyrigh 1918. nv
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicatel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
Jdyhawker Jots

When it comes to drawing conclu-
sions, says the Mcpherson Republi-
can, all women are artists.
AS the Lawrence Journal-world
analyses it: Equally foolish it is to
refuse to change because it is
change.
Turkey seems to the Concordia,
Kansan to be in the position of the
man who interfered in a family fight
between an Irishman and his wife
it is getting the worst of it.
The Kansas farmer with a bin full
of wheat should be pulling" for the
Democrat. Their staying power is
boosting the wheat market.
Mud which delays the motor cars
will enable a lot Of downtrodden
farmers to purchase them later on,
suggests the Pittsburg Headlight, and
it urges: Business of cheering up.
Another difference to which atten-
ton is called by the Cherryvale Re-
publican: Men who play poker for
money get into Jail. Women who play
bridge for prizes get into society.
Observing a fashion note stating
that quaint ornaments of straw,
some of them suggesting ba bies' rat
ties, adorn the neat little straws, the
Missus remarked, says the editor of
the Walnut Valley Times, that she
could trim a new hat every once in
while if it only took rattle.
According to the Atchison Globe,
an Atchison woman went to the tele-
seven, please" Double six seven ?''
inquired central. YES replied the
woman: six hundred and sixty-sev-
en?" asked central. YES replied
en- six six seven is talking" said
central
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
Journal Entries

The overworked men are few as
compared with those who don't work
hard enough.
4. + +
Naturally, there being a reason for
everything some of them are mighty
poor ones.
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Another rare man is the one who
deems his salary commensurate with
his services.
j. j d
At any rate, automobiles are no
crankier than many of the humans
who operate them.
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About the only time a man and
woman are in perfect agreement is
when he proposes marriage and she
accepts him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
PAST AND PRESENT.

PAST AND PRESENT.
Can you remember
A long time ago,
OF that heavenly sunshine
When the breezes would blow?
Sweet flowers were blooming
In the green, grassy hollow,
While robins and sparrows
In the warm dust would wallow
You should feed those same sparrows
With crumbs from your hand
For the mud here In Kansas
Is so deep they can't land.
The robin has left us,
He's a wise bird, you bet
He flew to the southland
His mudguards to get.
Inc poor things would all mire
In the deep sloppy ruts
Lord send us some sunshine
Before we go nuts.
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Yl-Gu was little Chinese idol, but
if you will spell his name backward
you will find that his name at least is
English. 1t was given to him by the
American gentleman in whose house
Yl-gu was lying.
For years and years, thousands per-
haps, Yl-gu, we call him, had lived
in a temple in China, where there were
many other idols, some large and some
small, tall and short, lean-looking and
fat ones. But all ugly to behold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

A step in the right direction is
taken in the Bardwell committee bill
that has passed the house in the pro-
vision for free text books in the. coun-
ties that vote for them. The textbook
is as much a part of school, equipment
as is the desk or the blackboard, or
the apparatus and tools for domestic
science and manual training, and
should be just as free to the school
children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Great Britain's inquiry of Carranza
as to why a British ship was seized
at a Mexican port will probably elicit
a reply that some other Mexican pa
triot is responsible for the occurrence
There are SO many presidents and mil
itary chiefs in Mexico now that it isn't
necessary for any of them to take the
blame for anything that may happen
there. At any rate, one of them will
do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Texans having formed a branch of
the International Peace and Equity
league, it is no more than reasonable
to assume that they have given up
their plans to invade Mexico and re-
store order there on their own hook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

There is not the slightest possibility
that such expert philologists as Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan will
construe the recent murder of an
American citizen in the City of Mexi-
CO as a massacre. So there is no dam
ger of forceful intervention on this
score. Then, too, the .'watchful wait
ing policy is sufficiently elastic to
cover such trifling Incidents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

That something adequate in the way
of park for the East Side is assured
is good news. But better news for
that section of Topeka would tell that
work was soon to begin there on the
construction of a sewer system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

With the Germans putting elephants
on the firing line in the western arena
of the war for work in heavy hauling,
the British might import a few tigers
from their East Indian possessions to
annOV them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Vigorous imaginations will have to
be called into play by the legislators
who may be disposed to point with
pride" to the accomplishments of the
Kansas legislature of 1915. However,
1t hasn't done much harm to any one,
and that is something to its credit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Will the 1. & r. stay dead for the
present session of the legislature, or
is it like unto the cat in the matter of
lives? 1t has just been killed again
in the house, this time the house judi
ciary committee getting in its fine
work on the measure of this purport
which was passed by the senate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

In all probability, the British SOL
diers will be better content with their
lot in the trenches in the western
arena of the war now that their COM
missariat has begun to serve them
with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Incidentally, the early birds among
the automobile tourists from the east
to the California expositions are al
most sure to get into some mud, after
they cross the Missouri, the like of
which they never ina gined possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

1t will come with bad grace for any,
body in this country to protest against
the warning to leave Mexico that Car
rama has given to foreigners. Our
own secretary of state, Mr.. Bryan,
established the precedent in this par
fic1lar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Regardless of the sorry and expen-
sive experience of Texas with state
owned railroads, Governor johnson Of
California is trying to bring about the
purchase by his state of the Western
Pacific railway. now in the hands of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal 10 q member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
qualification 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, 1915-03-13
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Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Suppose the legislature should pass
n bill adopting a state song? Wouldn't
other and compulsory legislation be
necessary to get the people to sing it ?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Nor would 1t be at all reasonable to
place a charge of cowardice against
the German mechanics who are reluc-
tant to serve in the crews of the Yep
DSlins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Just now the German cruiser, Prinz
Eitel Frederick, and its decidedly
questionable capers at sea, are the big
gest thorns in the neutral side of Uncle
Sam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Uncle Abner.
I never knew a farmer who could
not find time to dicker a grindstone
for a spring-tooth harrow or a corn
planter for a hay fork.
One advantage of hearing grand
opry on photograph is that you kin
shut it off whenever you want to.
If a Teller waits fer somebody else
to boost his game he is going to have
a long, tiresome wait. A Teller who
find a new game.
Sir Thomas Upton has been ar
rested in London for speeding. He
never did that when he was engaged
in the American yacht races.
A fellow who saves $50 a week
amt never going to die in the poor
house.
Winter and spring feel so much
alike nowadays that it takes a burned
smart Teller to tell 'em apart.
The trouble with this here new
tangled spelling is that it is harder
to spell than the old-faShioned kind:
There are few millionaires in this
country who are not running garages,
but not very many.
Some fellers will wear necktie
ten years and still wonder why they
are not considered strictly up-tO-the-
minute.
When we come to consider our
the old fellers ever got along at all.
The Secretary.
1t doesn't require much of a man
for the position of presidents secre-
tary. All he has got to have are the
following:
The patience of Job.
The polish of a Chesterfield.
The vocabulary of Noah Webster.
The constitution of a Hercules.
The charity of a saint.
The diplomacy of a John Hay.
A sense of humor like Mark
Twain's.
The hide of a rhinoceroS.
The digestion of an ostrich.
The inventive genius of an Edison.
The detective ability of a Sherlock
Holmes.
He must serve the president from
z a. m. until IL p. m. All the rest of
the time he can spend as he pleases.
Or the Hypo Needle.
If President Wilson continues to
call special sessions it may be neces-
sary to enact labor laws for the pro-
lection of congressmen.-Chica
News If a little work is so painful,
give them the twilight sleep treat
ment.
A F. Mistake.
Bandits held up a train coming
from Palm Beach. Bad business
Judgment They should have held
up a train going to Palm Beach.
Fffty-Fifty, Perhaps.
Physician now states the tango is
responsible for mental ailments, but it
has always been supposed that mental
ailments have been responsible for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
Tbis Is Zeal broadway Humor.

PENNSYLVANIA chicken thieves are using
automobiles in making their rounds. But
then it is possible to see autom obile loads
of chickens almost anywhere in the coun-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
Fifty-Fifty. Perhaps,

Physician now states the tango is
responsible for mental ailments, but it
has always been supposed that mental
ailments have been responsible for the
tango. 4s54..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13
On the Spur
of the Moment
Flicker Philosophy.
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Flicker Philosophy.
She only goes three times a week;
She thinks it quite in reason.
For one must have a little peek
AT things that are in season.
Still, Arabella Simpkins Brown,
She says its awful funny
How folks will run about the town
To give the movies money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-13

A F. Mistake.
Bandits held up a train coming
from Palm Beach. Bad business
Judgment They should have held
up a train going to Palm Beach.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-12
FARMER RADFORD ON
WOMAN SUFFRAGE

The home lis the greatest contribu.
ton of women to the world. and the
hearthstone is her throne. Our SO.
cial structure is built around her, and
social Righteousness is in her charge.
Her beautiful life lights the skies of
hope and her refinement is the charm
of twentieth century civilization. Her
graces and her power are the cumu-
1ative products of generations of
queenly conquest, and her crown of
exalted womanhood is jeweled with
the wisdom of sanity mothers. She
has been a great factor in the glory
of our country. and her noble achieve
ments should not be marred or her
hallowed influence blighted by the
coarser duties of citizenship Ameri.
can chivalry should never permit her
to bear the Burdens of defending and
maintaining government, but should
preserve her unsullied from the allied
influences of politics. and protect her
from the weighty responsibilities of
the sordid affairs of life that will
crush her ideals and lower her stand
ards. The motherhood of the farm
is our inspiration, she is the guardian
of our domestic welfare and a guide
to higher life, but directing the af.
fairs of government is not within wo-
mans sphere. and political gossip
would cause her to neglect the home,
forget to mena our clothes and burn
the biscuits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-12
Seed Potato lmportations.

The cultivation of potatoes, which
were originally introduced into Ger
many from the United States, has been
brought to such wonderful stage Of
development that two distinct classes
Of potatoes are raised, the one rich in
carbohydrates, but poor in heterogeneous
matter for the fermentation industry.
and the other rich in heterogeneous mat
ter for eating purposes.
Curiously enough. seed potatoes are
now imported into the United States
from Germany because our farmers
allowed this vegetable ito degenerate
to such a degree that it has substan-
TALLY lost all value for seeding The
science of fertilizing achieved the
amazing result that Germany's soil,
although cultivated for almost 1000
years. is today more productive than
the virgin soil Of the United States and
Canada.
Deserted farms like those of the
New England states and the state of
New York are unknown in the empire
Chemistry is not only educating the
farmer in scientific fertilizing. but pro.
ducing the requisite artificial fer
tilizers. Popular Science Monthly
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-12
(By Hal Sheridan)

What has become of Willie Richie,
is, the question just now before the
local sporting public. The question
is, especially appropriate at present
with the really fine crop of light
weights now bidding for public affair
The White-Welsh, the Welsh-Shu
grue and the Shugrue-White fights of
recent memory and the White-W Welsh
affair scheduled for tomorrow night
have all server to focus attention up
on that class. But to date Richie
has not been hard from.
No one thinks that the man con-
quered by Welsh at London is all in
Ritchie's friends have declared that
his eyes were suffering as result of
that famous-or Infamous battle
in the English capital, but no one
believes that the injury is a perman-
ent one. Richie is probably doing
the sulking Achilles stunt and taking
on weight at the same time. If he
ever expects to get back in the ring
he will have to do it soon or not at
all. In the meantime he will have
the hopes and the best wishes of
countless fight fans, for he has al
ways been a popular scrapper.
While on the subject of light
weights it is worth while to, notice the
varying points of view in judging
ten-round and other short bouts. The
question is, which is worth more, SCI
ence or the punch?
Following the dictum laid down
by "Snowy" Baker, the Australian
promoter, most of the New York
critics favor the scientific boxer in
the short bout. This is the English
system which takes into cOnsidera-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-12
THE COUNTY FAIR
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

The farmer gets more out of the
fair than anyone else. The fair to a
city man is an entertainment; to q
farmer it is education, Let us take a
stroll through the fair grounds and
linger moment at a few of the points
of greatest interest. We will first
visit the mechanical department and
hold communion with the worlds
greatest thinkers.
You are now attending a congress of
the mental giants in mechanical sci
ence of all ages. They are addressing
you in tongues of iron and steel and
in language mute. and powerful tell an
eloquent story Of the worlds progress.
The inventive geniuses are the most
valuable farm hands we have and
they perform an enduring service to
mankind. We can all help others for
brief period while we live, but it
takes master mind to tower into the
realm of science and light a torch of
progress that will illuminate the path.
way of civilization for future genera
tons. The men who gave us the
sickle, the binder, the cotton gin and
hundreds of other valuable inventions
work in every field on earth and will
continue their labors as long as time
Their bright intellects have conquered
death and they will live and serve
mankind on and on forever, without
money and without price. They have
shown us how grand and noble it is
to work for others; they have also
taught us lessons in economy and eff
cheney, how to make one hour do the
work of two or more; have length.
ened our lives, multiplied our
opportunities and taken toll off the
back of humanity.
They are the most practical men
the world ever produced. Their in.
ventions have stood the acid test of
utility and efficiency Like all useful
men, they do not seek publicity, yet
millions of machines sing their praises
from every harvest field on earth and
as many plows turn the soil in mute
applause of their marvellous achieve.
ments. '''