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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

If the Kansas Natural Gas company
is an interstate concern and beyond
the control of the state public utilities
commission as Judge Flannelly urges,
how does it happen that the Kansas
district court of Montgomery county,
and over which Judge F'1annelly pre-
sides, has legal Jurisdiction and au-
thority over the affairs of this com
pany?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

And what, by the way, has become
Of King Albert of Belgium? Has he
quit his place in the allied trenches in
the western war zone? Anyhow, he
seems to have dropped out of sight
completely. So has the Crown Prince
of Germany. Maybe they're off on a
hunting excursion together. They
used to be friends, and the hunting
used to be fine in the forest of the
Argonne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
disease.

the next step in the Pan-American
plan for the pacification of Mexico
will be taken soon. This is crafty
ing, but the suggestion will not down
that the soon that the Pan-Ameri-
can Mexican conferees deal in is
synonymous with the proverbial ''to-
morrow" the one, you know, that
nay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

And it is rather disturbing to con-
template the kind of submarine war
fare that Won Tirpitz would have di-
rected against United States citizens
traversing the naval war zones in I'M
armed and unresisting ships had this
distinguished German been "unfriend-
1y'' towards the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

Supreme Court Justice Dawson must
have a mighty poor opinion of the
pay that Kansas passes out to her at
torney general inasmuch as he char
acterizes the personal fee of $4,000
that he received from the receivers of
the Kansas Natural Gas company as
being absurdly small. That's as much
as Kansas pays her attorney general
for two years work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

Considering the slumping interest in
baseball that has been pretty general
throughout the cou--try this year, the
Topeka fans have done pretty we'll by
the team that has also been so deserv-
ing of their patronage. Let's give the
Savages rousing farewell attendances
at their closing games of the season.
That will be the best evidence that
Topeka's baseball heart is in the right
place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
EXPLANATIONS.

When we cannot justify
Cruel deeds that we abhor,
We will then explaining cry:
1T is war;
Failing to eIucidate
War with all its horrid strife,
we VIII then quite sagely state:
Such is life
Then when life we could explain,
Once again we miss the thrust
ana but answer with refrain:
.'All is dust"
-McLandburgh Wilson, in New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
From Other Pens
BANKRUPTCY AND PEACE.

BANKRUPTCY AND PEACE.
Is peace to arrive in Europe by the
bankruptcy route? 1t would seem
that this is one of the most certain
ways for it to come to that troubled
continent. Whenever there is no
more money to carry on the war, it
will end. 1t may stop before that
time, but it is bound to stop when
that time comes, be it in a few months
or in a few years. How long can this
war continue? Since the reader has
read this far the war has cost $780,
600. And the next minute and all
the following minutes of the day and
night are costing $So,OOO Tor each and
every one This means that the daily,
expense of the war itself is nearly
S45,OOO,000. And all of this money
is spent without good being accom-
plished. 1t is just the same as if it
was all piled up in one big pile, every
day, S45,000,000 in greenbacks, and a
match touched to it and burned. That
is only a part of the war waste in
Europe. The cost OF the waste in
business and in the ruin brought on by
the conflict cannot be determined. But
the figures are surely enormous. And,
with all of this, the value of the lives
lost are not counted, nor are the weary
years of the future for the wounded
taken into account How long can it
go on Hutchinson News.
%
FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.
The hardest housekeeping in the
world is the housekeeping that people
do for their neighbors. Half the trou-
bles we have are caused by worrying
about what people think. What diff
ference does it make what they think,
anyway? No one can live his own life
and two OF three other peoples lives
besides. What's the use of setting up
housekeeping on the roof or on the
outside walls for the benefit of the
neighbors? You would rightly be
judged insane if you suggested any
thing of the kind, and that is prac-
tically what half the people do. They
can't do this because the neighbors
would talk, and they can't do that be-
cause the neighborS would wonder if
they could not afford to do something
else. They may not say it in so many
words, but they mean it, and it is SIM
ply great big vacuum in some of our
natures where moral courage ought to
be. Half the sting of poverty or small
means is gone when one keeps house
for himself and not for his neighbors.
-Morganville Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

Some of the goosebone weather
prophets are predicting that We'll
have a frost right soon now and then
it will begin TO warm up, and quite a
continued spell of real hot weather
will follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
Wives Of Men

And our own wives, they remind US
They can come close over much;
AS with dazzling smiles they blind US
While they make the gentle touch.
Corn Tribber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

1t doesn't do any good to mourn
over split milk, but lot of Kansas
farmers are probably wishing. just the
same, that they had planted fewer
acres to wheat for this year and more
n cOrp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

1t may feel like fall, but you'll no.
tice that the leaves haven't begun as
yet to drop from the trees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

Incidentally, according to the gent
who divided the seasons for these
parts and the purpose of the calendar,
summer doesn't officially end until
SeDfern her 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

Neither has the iceman had much
reason to wax enthusiastic this sum-
mer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01

For the city jewellers, at least, il
has certainly been good old sum
mertime in Kansas this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
His Portion.

will you share my portion ?"
asked the poor young man.
IT fear yours is only half por-
tion," said the girl gently. you
will need it all for yourself. Kansas
City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State journal is q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
Kanization 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, 1915-09-01
On the Spur
of the Moment
By ROY K. MOULTON.

Getting Ready.
We're mighty peaceful nation
We don't want tew lift hand in this
No desire tew lick creation
Only hold to what is right
Hit we might as well git ready anyhow.
We all be so tarnal bizzy,
;Cla we j Just amt , stopped tew think,
And I cal'late we'd get dizzy
II ives standin' on the brink,
But afore a plunge we'd think it over
We're agoin' tew act with reason
Amt agoin' tew lose our head
And were prayin' tibet from conflict We'll
Yit, it's wise about this season.
And we'd feel a mite less dread,
If we know'd thet we wus thoroughly
1t looks as though Sister Susie
would have to keep on sewing shirts
for soldiers for some time to come.
cooking cakes for Cossacks.
Uncle Abner.
Hank Tumms says it is a durn lie
about congress always trying to aid
and protect infant industries. He has
got nineteen kids in his family and
the government amt done nothing
for him.
Some fellers treat their religion like
a life preserver. They don't use it I'M
less they have to.
No Teller ever knows as. much any
other time as he does between the age
of eighteen and twenty-five.
Darwin was near right, after all. A
purity gal kin make a monkey out of a
man any time.
1t doesn't do much good to tell fell
Ter to keep sweet, think good thoughts
and relax when he is tryin' to support
a wife and seven kids and is workin'
fer dollar a day
What has become of the o1d-fash-
toned grocery clerk who used to wear
the wicker basket sleeve protectors on
his arms?
A New Poetess of Passion.
Ellabella Mae Doolittle, passion
poetess of Puckhuddle, sends in the
following weird vers libre. She was
inspired one night when she awoke
and heard strange creakingS from
the doors, furniture, etc. The rhyme
is called Noises of the Night, So
Gray and Bleak" Here it is:
When I awake at midnight,
And hear the clock ticking.
Everything seems so welrd-Hke
And little noises are so tricky.
You think you hear a burglar, perhaps,
Just because the door did creak,
But nothing is to be found behind it,
Noises of the night so gray and bleak!
My sisters child Teeny Ricketts,,
Tried to take bath in the wash boiler.
She got stuck in it, of course,
And really had to oil her.
But getting back to noises of the night.
Never let them brighten you;
There's Rover's leg pounding on the floor
Dear old dog! What can be biting you.
Short Tragedy.
The driest story in the world, &C
cording to H. B. W., is the one about
the Irishman and the Scotchman going
into a saloon together to get a drink,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-01
Short Tragedy.

Short Tragedy.
The driest story in the world, &C
cording to H. B. W., is the one about
the Irishman and the Scotchman going
into a saloon together to get a drink,
and the Irishman discovering that he
had no money. h..
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02
His Stock In Trade.

The nervous little man next to the
car window sized up the fat man who
shared the seat with him and ventured
the inquiry:
"How's business?'
Cant complain" said the other la
conically.
What do you deal in?"
"Mother-in-laws, billy goats, the
weather, slit skirts, tramps; stranded
actors. candidates, politics and the
like"
'Whattyye tryin' to do?" snarled the
nervous little man. "Tryin' to kid
me?"
Nope" the fat man grinned. 1.-THE
things have named in large meas
ure comprise my stock In trade. You
see, my dear sir, l am a professional
writer of jokes and anecdotes.s-
Youngstown Telegram.
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02
The Crop Situation.

Now that the hints on the husband
ing of food have been scattered
broadcast, one is reminded of those
old days when watchful care was
necessary to be exercised to make
it go the round of the harvests. In the
sixteenth century, for instance, lean
year meant sacrifices for all. A great
scarcity of victuals il the seasons
of 1862 and 1863 prompted typical
move of the authorities of England
Parliament then stepped in and or
dered all persons Of whatever degree
to thresh their corn and dispose Of 1t
at once. Disobediencc meant confisca-
ton. Any stack found standing in the
middle Of July became the property of
the government. An act thus put In
force held good until succeeding harv-
ests had balanced stocks. In addition,
the authorities looked to the welfare
of tn coming crop. A miscreant who
manned beast, broke a pillow or de-
stroyed growing corn was liable to a
death punishment.
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02

will roll aside with strict observance
Of the calendar.
Life Is monotony; monotony stereo-
typed. Four times in the year comes
break. Once every ninety days the
supply schooner comes from Honolulu,
with mail from home, papers and
fresh food; once in so often new op-
orator comes to take his trick at send
ing; once in so often comes the
chance for WEAKNESS to get back to
land where things happen and rules
have exceptions.
Here in picture and in text is Mid
way, outpost of empire, relay station
Of news, wind-blasted sunburnt home
Of three and twenty pioneers. But
there Is no lack of those who would
pioneer in the midst of the sea. At
the executive offices of the cable COM
pany they will tell you that they have
more applications for Midway billet
than they can fill. There Is a five
year contract into which the operators
on this distant post enter, but If the
solitude proves too much for anyone
on the island there are so many on
the waiting list that relief is always
granted.
Part of Great Bird Preserve.
Way back in 1857 the tiny group,
then known as Brooks islands from
their supposed discoverer, was an
nexed by the U. s. s. Lackawanna be-
cause the Pacific Mail company
thought it wanted 1t for coaling sta
ton. The islands lie some fifteen
hundred miles northwest of Honolulu
and between them and the Hawaiian
group is a string Of uninhabited islets
that, together with Midway, have been
set aside as q national seabird pre-
serve patroled by revenue cutter to
keep off the poachers.
OF the Midway group, Brooks island
is a roughly pear shaped lagoon atoll
entirely surrounded by a barrier reef
of coral, with two passages sufficient
ly wide to permit vessels of consider
able draft to enter the lagoon. The
atoll is about two and half miles
long and varies in width from half a
mile to two and a half miles, the
greatest breadth being toward the
southwest. The passages through the
reef lie on the west and northwest
sides. The lagoon is fully mile and
a half wide at its widest and complete
ly surrounds what little land there is;
coral, which In many large masses
reaches close to the surface, but boat
channels may be found by careful
steering and there is no danger, since
the water Is always still.
The land is found at the east side
OF the lagoon, two islands each little
more than mile long Middle Brooks,
or Eastern island, rises to height OF
about fifteen feet, coral sand thinly
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02
Limpy Ted Had "Struck OIL"

quaintanceship of Miss Dare, the
daughter OF comparatively wealthy
man. He sat musing over the situa-
ton when there came messenger from
the main Office of the plant
"Mr. Boyd, the manager wishes to
see you" the newcomer informed
Brock, who closed and locked the door
Of the powder house and was soon in
the presence of his employer, whom
he found pacing the floor of his lux
uriously furnished office in rather a
distracted way.
Wilton" spoke the manager in his
accustomed sharp and mandatory
voice, do you recall reporting a miss
ing package Of dynamite last week."
Perfectly" assented Brock Some
one sneaked into the powder house
while was busy with the men, and l
missed 5O-pound package Of the ex-
plosive an hour later"
mo trace of the theft"
None | cannot see why any one
should steal dynamite, certainly none
OF our men, for they have all they
need to use legitimately."
do you think this connects with
the theft?" suddenly and rather anx-
iously inquired the manager.
AS he spoke he extended soiled,
creased fragment of paper to Brock
Across its face in pencil was scrawled
the words:
Il got the dinimit look ut! I'm
going to get evin."
Il found that pushed under the
door of my office, first thing this
morning" explained Boyd. What do
you think Of it,"
"A crank or sensation monger,
should say" replied Brock Il would
pay no attention TO it.
But fear that the dynamite and
the threat connect" said the man
ager. "You know some of the en-
ployees we have discharged from time
to time have been surly, menacing and
vicious"
But nothing ever came Of it, sub
,mitted Brock. Il will keep this In
mind, though, and pursue an investi-
CATION
That afternoon at quitting time. a.
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02

entirely aolian, mere dune drift OF
sand swept by the wind from the
beaches; at any rate digging to such
depth as was possible in the loose
and readily sliding material failed to
disclose anything but sand.
Water is nowhere visible, in fact
there can be said to be no supply Of
fresh water at all. Pits along the
beach will yield water at depth of
about four feet and this is potable.
AS is so commonly the case in the
Line islands nearer the equator, this
water is sea water, filtered and sweet
ened by percolation through the coral
sand. One such pit will be found serv-
iceable in general for about month,
a brief life for we'll, but matter OF
no great moment, since another pit
may be dug to fresh supply within
few feet.
Plenty of Birds and Fish.
If the land is Of little worth, the
sea and the air bear an inordinate
share of the burden of food for man.
Small as the islets are, the number of
birds passes all reckoning; one may
mention a million merely as a con.
venient unit Of measure.
The albatross grudges mankind the
room to walk about in, the BOBBY is
as absurd and foolish and altogether
we'll named on Midway as wherever
found, the Sandwich tern is under foot
and an excellent table bird, the Dos n
bird and the frigate are found at GER
tain seasons on their nests, and the
plover and the curlew are in sufficient
quantity to find their way to the bill
of fare. In the lagoon is abundance
Of fish, cod, sea perch, the always
toothsome mullet, mackerel and the
gaudy coryphenas, so brilliant in their
varied coloring that to put them into
the pan seems almost to desecrate
the rainbow by cooking it. The ire
pang, or beche-de-mer, may be had
with no more exertion than that Of
picking its dark ugliness from the
clear bottoms of the tide pools, and
those who have had oriental table ev-
perience recognize that it may be
made into the most savory of soups.
A delicious cookie is somewhat sparse
ly found and many univalve mollusks
afford a plentiful supply of palatable
foods.
In the crevices of the sea reefs
which skirt the lagoon lie hidden
many large CTustaceans. These are
rarely seen, for their habit is secre.
tive; but pot baited overnight with
somewhat high fragments of fish Is
usually found well filled in the megn-
ing and the size Of the crustaceans
runs rather higher than our best lob
sters. They lack the strong claws of
the lobster; they are more of the
squilla type, but the meat is very fine
eating and abundantly wholesome.
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02

L|MPY STRUCK OIL
BY BELLE MATTIsoN LoWRIE.

tCopyright, 1914. by w. q. Chapman)
Rather gruesome work, l should
fancy" observed Mr.. Ronald Dare.
Il cannot see how you can ever
smile or speak above a whisper with
such ominous surroundings" supple
mented Miss Eva Dare, sister Of the
first speaker, with a pretty little
shiver of dread.
She drew slightly closer to Brock
Wilton as she spoke, and he was
pleased with this appeal to his pro-
tection-thrilled, too, at the presence
Of that bright young face and the ten
der spirit that inspired it with truth
fulness and trust
Dynamite Is harmless as -four when
handled judiciously," explained Brock,
and went on to tell the visitors of the
plant, of it's uses and power. When
they had departed he cast lingering
look after the graceful young woman
who seemed really concerned in his
unpleasant environment Then, sigh
ing deeply as though over the sepul
ture Of faded hope, he returned to
the little stone building of which he
had been given charge.
The Vulcan company quarried a
form of tungsten and ground it in
their great mill for distribution to a
large clientele. Brock had studied
chemistry and had secured his pres
ent position about year ago. His
duty was to keep up the stock and
hand it out for use, and to make analy-
ses Of the various mill runs.
The position did not pay a very
princely salary, but Brock was glad
to accept It. He had come from the
city, where he was working his way
through a medical school, to find his
father and mother in a deplorable con-
dition. There had been traces of oil
discovered in the district, and his
father had caught the speculative
fever Brock found that he had ex-
pended all his money and had run
deeply in debt to have we'll dug on
the little barren farm tract. Half the
proposed boring work done, the old
mans funds had given out, oil finding
prospects generally had receded, and
Brock had to pitch in to save his ia
theirs credit and support the fam
lily.
Poorly paid, the plant on tread
mill system with its manager a tyro,
Brock felt that it would be hopeless
to continue the pleasant friendly ac-
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02

covered with grass and low bushes.
Lower Brooks-ssand island, about a
quarter Of a mile west, rises to the
comparatively imposing height Of
fifty-five feet; but what 1t makes up
In altitude 1t loses in vegetation, Its
covering of grass being much thinner.
1t is a mile and half long, three
quarters Of mile wide.
GIarine Coral Sand.
The corals, on which the islets are
based, Of whose disintegration they
are In fact composed, are principally
meandrinas and madrepores, as
shown by the specimens still growing
in the lagoon as well as by the frag-
ments in the dry soil which have not
yet been reduced by the weather.
The sand, which is the product Of the
teaching Of the dead coral by the rain,
is clear white, very glazing In the
bright sun and remarkably trying to
the eyes.
In the center and eastern part of
the Sand island the, disintegrating
coral has been compacted by the rains
into a stiff lime crust about third of
an inch thick and forming glistening
surface which requires considerable
force to break. On the immediate
shores of the island the sand is about
eighteen inches deep before the frag-
ments of coral begin to appear Of any
size; the higher levels are apparently
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02
IFE at a cable relay station on
the westward course of empire
is loneliness sublime. There one
IN watches day and night the swing

watches day and night the Swing
back and forth of the siphon re-
corder of the Morse code, which brings
to the cable hut the news Of the world,
its policies, its pulse Of commerce,
and every dot which comes in from
the Orient must be relayed for Its
next leap to the waiting Occident. and
every western dash must be sped on
ward as an eastern dash that the
world may go ahead. That is Midway,
station on the Commercial Pacific
cable. Few have ever heard OF this
remote outpost.
Out at Midway Is vedette of civil
nzation, two dozen men and women.
The sun glare is over them; they all
go goggled lest their eyes be burned
In their sockets. Even variety has
gone from their lives in the lonely
exile; there is neither variableness
nor shadow of turning. Also the wind
is not fitful; all day long for months
on end it blows from just the same
corner of the horizon and the sand
which whirled in yesterdays blast
will dance the same endless whirl to-
day and again tomorrow. The rains
will come on their appointed days;
just so many gallons will pelt down
as this day a year ago and the clouds
The Western outlook., 1915-01-02
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