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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
AS RUSSIA MARCHES ON.

The progress OF Russia has been
tremendous in the last decade, writes
Prof William E. LinGelbach. in. the
Popular Science Monthly. The years
since the japanese war have seen the
adoption Of a constitutional regime.
the rapid spread, OF industrialism, the
greatest agrarian reforms since eman-
cipation. and a remarkably intelligent
study and handling of the problems
Of primary education. agriculture and
intemperance. Along with this has
come a clear appreciation Of the rich
ness OF her sesources. I'm the mar
kets Of the world there exists today a
famine in meat, lumber and bread
stuffs," say the Russian economists
and Russia has, or can develop. all
three to an indefinite amount. Russia
has a geographic basis for a great ma
ton such as is possessed by no other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
Jayh Jots

AS the Jewell County MoAitor says:
There are so many unnecessary steps
taken and SO many unnecessary words
spoken.
Don't expect an editor to know all
about everything. urges the 1nman
ing misinformed more than any other
man on earth.
Paying its compliments to gossip
ers. the Potter Kansan says that "any
hog can root up the fairest flowers. .
Virtue is its own reward. admits the
Minneapolis Better Way. but, 1t adds.
people are poor for other reasons.
If we were a sailor in the German
navy We wouldn't care to be decorated
with an iron cross, meditates the Kan
Sas Optimist. When a shop goes down
the men have trouble enough without
trying to float around under q pile OF
scrap iron.
Sabetha Herald, that Toby Strahm is
the best story teller in town. When
they had only walking implements for
the fields. Toby says he often was in
doubt whether his legs would last.
With nothing but riding implements
now, it keeps him guessing whether
his pants will hold out.
Some 20 Shorts. by T. L. A. in the
Marysville Acknowledgements: Work
ing gives value to wishing. Bet
ter have impulse than no pulse. :.
Sharpen your tools but not your
tongues. If we are wrong defeat
is better than victory. :. Excuses
come easy but duty is done by none Of
them. Some fellows make bad
debts in order to have a good time
!. The stingier a man is the more
suffering his wealth causes him.
One of the stories in the Funny Col
umn in the Mankato High School Rec
ord: Walter was spending the sum-
mer in the country and one afternoon
accompanied his father to watch the
cows being MIXED. Father, where
do the cows get the mike" he in
quired. looking up from the foaming
pail which he had been regarding
thoughtfully. Where do you get your
tears?" asked his father. After an
other thoughtful pause he questioned.
DO the cows have to be spanked,
then ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

In collecting $42ossso during year
for the state, ana at an expense Of
only $4,000. tho state insurance de-
partment makes q rather remarkable
financial showing, but the fact also
probably is that the insurance COM
panies in turn collected this money in
devious and divers ways from their
policyholders in addition to the pre-
miums that they might be able to do
business on were they not levied
against SO heavily by the insurance
departments Of Kansas and other
states where they do business. In the
final essential the ultimate consumer
in all matters il the one who pays the
freight. On the other hand, if Kan
sas did not raise a near half-million
dollars through its insurance depart
ment, 1t would have to raise it by d.
rect taxes or in some other way that
would indirectly fall on the common
herd. So 1t Is as long or as short for
the latter In one way as in another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

[F'rom the Chicago NeWs.1
A wise man says what he has to say
and then shuts up.
Experience comes high. Still, the au-
tomobile factories are busy.
You can always tell when a girl IL jeal-
Gus by the way she says she isn't.
knowledge isn't always power. There
Il the football contest. for instance.
- a matter Of fact 0ne-hAlf tho world
doesn't care how tho other half lives.
It's difficult to convince old bachelors
that love and common sense have anything
In c-mmon.
The man who il always roasting his
neighbors probably wouldn't do It II he
had to pay for the fuel
Every girl Vows when she mafries that
she will not stand for neglect from her
husband the way her poor old mother
does.
develop into . nonentity In the eyes Of
the capable young woman who chased
him to the altar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
&17 50 9ESaSg&{9@
WA@ BY rms EAN4LKER
BY rms EAM4LKER

Don't you think you are making a mis-
take my dear bringing up your children
not be able to catch mice or get their
now, you may not always be here to look
after them. or your mistress might move,
aer n what take oy ySY ond family with
But Mrs. Table Grey did not take her
neizhbor's advice. and her children were
the sun doing while Mrs Table looked
out for them.
Now. the very thing that Mrs. Tiger
Table had predicted happened. ana one
tens found themselves ali alone in tn.
oaSk yard Of an empty house:
Ysios We vs. w:nt cried lied blsSk white and
hungry"
Don't cry. my dears." replied their
a mouse epice for you"
I'VE do not want mice" me-ow-ed the
kittens; I'VE want milk
.h,l II do ,O. not know where We can get milk
hind.
Mrs; Table brought back the mice. but
awhiie, however. they were SO hungry
that they had to eat what their mother
bad prepared. For :. long time Mrs.
for herself and children. ' snd al last " sSs
yoa1.elves Come With ' me a and a'f | VIII Vii
The kittens followed slowly after their
mother. but they had not gone far when
Black said: II am tired. ana here IL a
can bring my mouse here when you
II se not want te learn to catch mice
sure my coat would get soiled.
cam s sssy ., j s:ss ssa White and you
Poor Mrs.. Table Grey looked at her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
Journal Entries

Not much energy and intelligence
is required to manufacture q COM
plant.
=
Nor can you convince the lucky
man of his luck. He thinks it's his
judgment.
There would be many more gam
blers If the chances OF losing were not
SO great.
The truth may be more desirable
than a lie but it isn't always so con-
venient.
A real automobile enthusiast is one
who goes riding for pleasure during
cold weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

- to make hi9 presence known. The
sound of weeping stopped suddenly
and slim figure came through the
doorway.
" to hide the trace OF tears.
Hargrave gnxed blank1y at the girl.
Have you come to have your palm
read9" ehe asked.
Hardly" Harsrave said with =
short laugh. then asked quickly, "But
what II the matter here and why have
you been crying? Is there anything
can do for you? 20
mo-" the girl said In . hopeless
voice. II just thought I could earn
my living reading palms, but there
hasn't been Z single palm in this room
since I opened It and I have no other
means Of earning . living" The girl
was as frank as Hargrave himself
and he found himself drawn to her by
some subtle emotion that for the time
being he was only startled at.
He knew. too. that Ju1ia's story had
been q fabrication by which to trap
him, ana he again thanked the day
for having given him an insight into
her true character.
when was in college, the girl
continued because Hargrave was ST.
lent: every one wanted her palm
read: now-because l have to read
them-no one wants to know the flu
ture." She smiled through her tears,
and Hargrave gasped at the witchery
In that smile.
81 know my future and hers" he
told himself with inward Joy, ''but I
suppose 1t win be some time before I
can decenty tell her so.'' He looked
long and earnestly at the girl, as IL
trying to make her realize the sud-
den emotion that had come over him,
but all he said was: II have 4 desk
in my ONCE. but no girl to sit at it
and take down addresses and answer
the telephone WONDER
you will not have to wonder long, -
the girl smiled softly back at him. IT
know you are doing this to help me
and am very much in need OF help
Perhaps in a short time I can find
something else to do and your ONCE
chair win be free for some one who
can really serve you.'' She looked
again into Hargrave's eyes, but found
it difficult to meet the expression
there.
ooh. yes" he told her with a soft
laugh, I'VE certainly will find some
thing else for you soon.' And IL there
was the picture OF q tiny cottage on
Willow lane before Hargrave's eyes he
did not tell the girl about it-just
them Copyright. 1914, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndfcate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
By he WaI
By HARVEY PARsoNs.

KansAs-nrst in roar, flfst in freaks
and first in the eye Of the funny man.
has this new one to offer:
N0tice-As my husband, L c.. Dale.
has left my bed and board, Twill not be
responsible for any accounts contracted
by him. nor pay any debts which he
may contract, nor. be responsible for
any instruments which he may sign
s. Carrie Dale"
-wellsvills (Kan.) Globe.
The above was first discovered by a
Chicago par1grapher, as the Wellsvflle
Globe II not well known as q Kansas
exchange. But the Chicago source il
good enough as an authority for re-
print.
Incidentally. suffrage has brought
other funny things into our more or
less funny state, and 1t il suspected
that the photographers of our more or
equally good reading matter in our
county weellies.
In We days Of old, each newly elected
member Of the Kansas legislature came
in with a carpet sack full Of sand bags
for the railroads.. But things-and leg
islators-are different now. The merry
merry populace has no desire to walk
from hither to yon, and views with
alarm any further effort to rub the
railroads on the map. The politicians
have worked the anti-railroad lead to
the end of the tunnel. and are in q
stratum Of non-paying sand that il
liable to cave.
Polk Daniels, yclept Tom Thompson.
veteran editor Of the Howard Courant,
punched a portion of his ''Potpourri''
between covers and sent it to friends az
Christmas remembrance. The edi-
ton was limited, as Hon. Polk made
his list before making the book. 1t
isn't for sale and there are no copies
left to give away. But half a century
from now, contain grandchildren will
find copies Of Polk Daniels's pot
pourri" wrapped in heavy paper and
planted in the bottom of certain desks.
together with other relics. And. il they
read it, they will get an idea that may
not be conveyed by the histories OF the
good will, sound sense and other quail
les Of the "o1d time country editor.
Peace il Hon Folks middle name:
the hammer has no place in his coat
of arms. His paragraphs exude the
salve that quiets jumping nerves and
cools hot tempers. In reading his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
MRS. Table GREY.

Mrs. Tabby Grey had three Kittens
Black. White and Yellow. They were
licked their coats shiny every morning.
You are three as handsome kittens IS
any mother could wish for.'' she said.
giving one more touch to Blacks white
vest.
Now sit in the sun, my children, and
get nice and warm she said, but mind
coat il of such q delicate color I am
afraid 1t might fade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
Euening Chat
A Queer Lover.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A Queer Lover.
Il know Of a young man who thinks q
pany WITH writes letter friend. but a
good many times in front Of other people
he acts as IL he didn't care much about
her and she didn't amount to much any
front OF people but she does want him
courteous to her. Isn't 1t right that he
Right that he should be, little girl, Of
course 1t is. A thousand times right.
When a good man loves a good woman
he has no reason to be ashamed Of the fact.
the world know 1t by his attitude towards
her. And by that. I mean by his cour-
tesy and his Difference. and his manner
OF restrained tenderness. not by public
Public Caresses I'm Bad Taste.
As you say. they are silly. They are in
bad taste. too. The well-bred man does
not caress his fiancee in public; the we'll
bred girl is not forever lowering over her
fance, or assuring her ownership by
picking . thread from his sleeve or
straishtening his tie. Perhaps the young
man Of the letter intensely disiikes this
sort OF thing and tries to show his dis
taste by flying or on the opposite tangent,
by affecting coldness and indifference in
the presence of others.
He needs to learn that this extreme is
in quite as bad taste as the other. besides
being the height Of unkindness to her
whom he says he loves.
AvAeSsA . 1IOVC ~ - W OAu0u , NEUWUs
Mans love is woman's crown Every
woman who receives a mans love il a
queen for day. To take from her tho
privilege OF wearing her crown before the
eyes OF other men and women, is to take
away one OF the most precious prerog-
0ttves OF her Queenshtp and shame her
before her sister royalties.
OF course there arc women who flauut
their crowns and WELD their sceptres with
an emphasis that aitenates their subjects.
No man likes 10 be ordered about in pub
lie no matter how willingly he may bend
his head to the flowery yoke In private
1t Is not to be wondered at when there
is revolt In such i'll ruled kingdoms but
l do not think the girl OF whom my letter
friend speaks is making such 4 mistake.
I suspect from the tone Of the letter that
she has to deal with q selfishly Thought
less man who does not realize Of how
much happiness he is depriving her. or
how much humiliation he IS causing her
In withholding the public Difference which
Is her due.
One Kind Of Code.
Perhaps he IL one Of those men who
cannot bear to make his relations with
other women uninteresting by showing
himself too utterly devoted to one.
Let us hope for her sake that he il not
For when that tendency shows itself IN
lover IT. Is apt to grow stronger rather
than weaker in q husband,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
News Circulated by windmtlls.

In some parts OF Holland they have a
curious way Of signaling items OF news
by manipulating the sails Of the numerous
wtndmills that dot the landscape. For in
stance. the sails 'reefed' and set dead
square. in the local code, indicates thar
2 baby boy has, been born in the milier's
IamiIy. Il ts curious to note that the
germans In Eastern Prussia accused the
Russians OF signaling Information in this
very way by means Of the many wind
mills OF the district.-From the January
Wide World. "1S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

There is only one distressing possi-
bility in connection with the fact that
the bumper crops in Kansas have ma
terfally stimulated the activities Of
Cupid. The future business Of the di-
vorce courts is also likely to be in
creased thereby
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

Instead of the cathedral chimes
ringing in the New Year in Europe,
cannons and guns belched out their
death roar. 1t was a case this time
in Europe of shooting the old year
out and shooting the new year in.
Will they be doing the same when
1916 swings into it's stride?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

book. no effort is required to visualize
the placid, gray-topped editor, sticking
the type of his little message. He set
all the type and did the presswork and
binding of the book without tipping
his hand to his office force, and it came
as a surprise to the Daniels family
A state factory inspector has located
a number Of girls who work 10 hours
per day for s. per week. Needless to
say, they were unmarried. Married
women work Is hours per day for 80
per cent less than nothing.
It has been suggested that the In
diana authorities build a wall around
Terre Haute and save the trouble of
sorting out the village malefactors.
Nay, josephine, our exchange editor
does not exchange Christmas presents.
Take your four pickle jabbers to jew
eler and have them made into can
openers.
Let us be thankful that we live in
the geographical center of the nation
Mexicans shoot 'em down by the SOUTH
west border, and Cannuck cops shoot
'em on the Niagara river, but they will
have to cross the boundary to reach us
with any gun now in use.
Infant prodisies are merely infants
with highly imaginative parents.
When a woman gets to the point
where she ~an refrain from talking in
q card game, 1t is time for her to swear
off and take to some more natural form
of sport.
A lot of swearing orr was done yes
terday, and a major portion of 1t by
that class of guys who spend half their
IN SVA,1 1T mo ond tina nfHAF
half explaining why they failed to keep
them.
The man who wants but little here
below ia about the only cook who gets
what he wants.
Bull Moosers do well to do their pres
identiaI planning early, as by the time
another presidential election rolls
around, they will be too be-nashed
view the remains.
So far as we can discover. q num-
Der of legislators-elect are coming here
for the same reason that the bear went
over the mountain.
Hondo Murphy says the report OF
local good times must be exaggerated.
~ not only q few burglartes are re-
ported. but q few have been driven to
that last extremity, taking jobs as
special policemen and ptnching re-
spectacle citizens at six bits per pinch.
The New York Doc who advocates
killing or the mentally deficient must
be Of the opinion that this world il
overpopulated by about 80 per cent
Jack Supp thinks the order making
gas meters register heat instead OF
pressure is impractical. mo machine
20 delicate and sensitive is safe in q
damp cellar" says Mr.. Supp
One of the special cops says he IL not
the kind OF officer the administration
wants. This department has waited for
some time for an excuse to agree with
the Administrations Shake. Hon. Ad-
miniStratiOn, shake.
And as for running Vic Murdoch for
vice president, 1t II . consensus of Opin-
ion that Vic. who 10 really . good fel-
low. was sufficiently chastised Nosem-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

England's most expensive and USE
less investments appear to be her
tremendous battleships. During the
five long months Of the war they have
done nothing for her. and another of
them has just gone to a watery grave
without having anything like a fight
ing show for it's life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

These reports Of the Frenchmen
lighting with their fists because their
guns are SO frozen that they cannot be
used do not sound very we'll. In the
manly art of self defense. the French
use their feet, not their hands. La
eavate they call it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

Neither is this a very comforting
thought to carry into the the new
year. DR.. Osborn, president of the
American Museum of Natural History,
insists it's a question whether the hui
man race as a whole has greatly inn
proved since the stone age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

After warning for five months, each
of the European belligerents is just
as far from any, particular goal as it
was when the war began. One or two
OF them are even further away. For
at one time the Germans were within
striking distance of Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

Except, possibly. among the gentle
men whose sinecures may be abolish
ed. there seems to be a general agree
ment that the state has more inspec-
tors of one kind and another than it
needs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

1t would appear that the Kansas COR
poration tax law is one efficient agency
for squeezing the water out of capital
stock. At any rate, a number of COR
portations have notified the state au-
thorities that reductions have been
made in their capitalizations, and at a
time when the payment of this tax Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED rREEs

The State Journal 10 member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganl1ation, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news IL received IN The etafe Jour-
mai building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

Any old kind of 4 soup kitchen con-
veys its distressing suggestion. But
what of the one that Mrs. Belmont has
opened in New York city to give a
little sustenance to unemployed wom-
en- and girls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
ISOLATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

Binks-"Why, where's the breakfast ~
Mrs. Binks-"Hush. dear. the cook ute it..'
Binke-"What! Ate It all?'' Mrs; Binks
think cook is just the sort Of woman
who would 80 round and say we starved
ou- help.'-C1eveland Plain Dealer,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

A state factory inspector has located
a number of girls who work 10 hours
per day for IS per week. Needless to
say, they were unmarried. Married
women work Is hours per day for 80
per cent less than nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

And as for running Vic Murdock for
vice president. 1t II . consensus Of Opin-
Der
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-02

:"Peace''sis Hon .Polk's middle name:
the hammer has no place in his coat
of arms. His paragraphs exude the
salve that quiets jumping nerves and
cools hot tempers. In reading his
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-09
CHARGE 4 FORMER
ROSWELL DOCTOR
WITH FRAUD
Suit Filed In Chaves County
Court to Collect SIC, 900
from DR.. Keith Now Con-
fined in an Asylum.

Roswell, y. NJ, June s.--Aiieeins
that Dr. IA. II. Keith. formerly 81 this
city. appropriated $4,000 to his own
use while administrator % the estate
OF Carl Meyer In Shawnee county.
Kansas. Robert Steele, present adj
miniatrator Of the estate, has nied
suit here In the district nj 10 re-
cover this amount.
Mr.. steele. through his attorneys.
Reid and Hervey Of this city, and
Fisher ana Lock o. Topeka. Kaa.. Gays
that Dr. Keith was appointed admin
lstrator OF the Meyer estate In Octo-
her. 1903. and that the estate was
finally closed and the administrator
was discharged December 5 Of The
same year. He alleges hat Or. Keith
received ti0.00e IN cash when he took
charge OF The estate and that he made
no mention whatever OF this amount
when making his final report.
The fact that he did receive this
amount, which the complaint alleges
belonged 20 the estate. was not dis
covered until April az this year. and
the heirs then asked thas the estate
be reopenod and the present admin
lstrator was appointed.
The complaint alleges that the DO
PENDANT Is now Of unsound mind and
confined In a hospital In Kansas, and
asks the court 20 appoint n guardian
ad iitem To look after his Interests IN
this suit. The complaint further
states that Dr. Keith conveyed all his
property. real and personal. to Helen
r. Keith and asks the court 20 set
aside this deed on the ground Of no
consideration and the fact hat DR..
Keith was not capable OF making a
deed when the instrument was signed.
Tho plaintiff alleges on belief that the
property is worth $4,000 above all
encumorances and that this Il the
only method by which he may re-
cover.