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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

Most things are not as bad as re-
ported.
Some women actually enjoy poor
health.
Some women look as though they
didn't have the price of a shave.
The morning of a new day is always
something to be thankful about.
When Link Preston is overcharged
he never complains, and never goes
back.
Often one is persuaded to believe
that a good neighbor is a greater
blessing than a rich relative.
When you consider how often facts
remain" is it any wonder that the
truth is not overtaken oftener.
Being tough is no longer considered
an accomplishment. indicating that
Kansas is getting old and is settling
down.
When Prince Charming finally ar
rives, he is apt to be candy kid who
relies upon his father for visible
means of support.
1t has been discovered that tincture
of alfalfa is not only a cure for
dyspepsia but also makes one tight.
1t is getting so it is glorious to have a
bum stomach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
Jayhawker Jots

Typewriting, explains the Osawato-
mie Graphic, is not the only calling in
which the touch system has been high
OF course, the other fellow is al
ways in the wrong, as the Conway
Springs Star says-but he doesn't
know it,
Bonnie Franklin, jr., of the Erie
Record points out: And the gods so
wil1ed that a fools friends last as long
as his money.
moso New Era: The sun rendered the
lard in one of Charley Leydig's hogs
Sunday; the hog died.
Remember twenty years ago when
the fellows who rode bicycles were ar
rested frequently for speeding" says
the Conway Star. Such a thing would
be considered quite a joke today.
An excellent suggestion, from the
Spearville News: If you feel peevish,
and want to smash hat, first see
that the towns Knockers head is I'M
derneath. The hat may be some loss
but the head will not count.
when you've harvested your coin,
put it in the bank" is a cleverly put
suggestion from one of the banks
that advertises in the Washington Pal
ladium, the Washington National
bank.
AS the Cuba Daylight cries its
wares: We write what we write when
we are right, for our readers to read
write, and if you like what we have
wrote tell your friends about reading
the Daylight.
MIXED Pickles" from the Leaven-
worth Labor Chronicle: Too many
men are expecting to catch a ride on
the road to success. Not all suits
listed in the expense accounts are for
clothes-divorces are sometimes men
toned. The safest way to tour
Europe this year is on your back
I1yifh
The man who keeps telling what
he is going to do generally loses his
audience before he does his work.
A Winfield man on a recent Sunday
morning was at work on his lawn dig
ging dandelions, relates the Winfield
Courier. The small son of a neighbor
came over to assist in the work, but
after a few moments remarked:
Don't you know God won't like to
have you working on Sunday" The
man remarked, We'll, how about your
DADDY who is working l,i rS on his his auto
old promptly replied. "Daddy's in the
barn. God can't see him.
Here is a good joke on an editor
who went one evening to report a
party at a home which was recently
blessed with a new baby, tells the Tip
ton Times. He met his hostess at the
door, and after the usual salutations
ne asked after the baby's health. The
lady who was quite deaf, and suf-
fering with the grippe, thought he was
asking after her cold, and answered
that although she usually had one
every winter, this was the worst one
she ever had; it kept her awake at
night a good deal and at first con-
fined her 10 her bed. Then noticing
that the newspaper man had a pc
culiar look in his face and seemed to
be getting nervous, she said she could
tell by his looks that he was going to
have one just like hers, and asked
him to go in and sit down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
Journal Entries

Hot weather time is also the open
season for hot tempers.
T. 4. T.
Good luck is more likely to come to
those who go after it.
= T.
Another rule with few exceptions is
that everybody takes all he can get.
i. r +
The straight road, while having ad-
vantages, is also inclined to be mo-
nOtOnOuS.
- p do
What a great thing it is that so few
people even attempt to fulfill any of
the many threats they make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

one of the $50 wagons drives over 8
miles each day. If they could dlvlce
up the territory, to avoid duplication
of routes, each wagon would need 10
drive only two miles a day to cover
the city. This practice is about as
sensible as having a farmer hitch ten
horses to a buggy, or for a railroao
company to put ten conductors on
trolley car. No wonder the city peo-
pie complain that milk is high, whlie
the farmer complains that it is low
When it takes $50 men with wagons
to do the work of 25 or 80 in one city
with conditions probably averaging
no better over the country-it GER
tainly costs too much to deliver milk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

She pulled out her light little car
riage, got down the harness from
the rack and called to Gypsy. Now
if only I could put this over her head
we could CO." said Susan as Gypsy
obediently trotted out from her stall.
Gypsy seemed to understand for she
bent her head down low and stood
perfectly still while Susan pulled and
twisted in an effort to adjust the
bride. Finally it seemed to be all
right and Susan climbed in to drive
out of the barn. But Gypsy would not
move, She stood and shook her head
so decidedly that Susan at last climbed
out to see if anything was wrong. The
right trace hung down unfastened,
No wonder wise little Gypsy was afraid
to start! Susan fastened it firmly and
then Gepsy was quite content to go.
Wasn't she a wise little horse p
(Copyright-Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
From Other Pens
SHOES AND MOTOR CARS.

SHOES AND MOTOR CARS.
Word comes from South Africa that
the demand for American boots and
shoes, always great in that district, has
been increased in remarkable fashion
since the war. From another part OF
the Southern hemisphere (Argentina)
our consuls write in that American
automobiles are gaining in popularity.
and that if commerce with the United
States can be made half as easy as
commerce with Europe, Yankee motor
cars will lead all others on the Plains
of the Plata. Apparently, whether the
people under the Southern Cross go
on foot or by auto, they are learning
to look to America for their travelling
gear. Their educatin in this matter is
still incomplete. For the last year for
which figures were available the
United States supplied only one-fifth
of the automobiles imported into Ar
gentina. The proportion is greater
now, but there is plenty of chance for
it to increase. AS for boots and shoes,
there is no reason why this country
should not gain as clear a supremacy
in the whole western hemisphere, as
it has now in Cuba, where practically
everyone who does not go barefooted
gets his foot-coverings from America.
Chicago journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
MISSOURI MUST ACT, ALSO.

If the small increase in the gas
rates that has been granted condi-
tionally by the public utilities commits
sion will help the gas companies as
much as if will harm the pocketbooks
of the gas consumers little, HAPPY
solution of the gas problem has been
effected And the conditions imposed
by the commission that the increase
will become effective, only if a similar
raise in rates is put in force in Mis-
souri,, appear to be most reasona ble
The Missourians who have the adj
vantage of the service of the Kansas
Natural Gas company should certain
Iy have to pay the same price for 1t
that Kansans are compelled to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

AS matter of fact, isn't the huge
waste" of the great war, except for
the property being destroyed and the
lives sacrificed, greatly exaggerated. A
considerable portion of the billions of
dollars it has and will cost the belliger-
ents, goes to labor, to manufacturers,
and to food producers the world over.
And tremendous sums of money are
thus getting into circulation, and to
the advantage of countless wko get
their bits of it, that would otherwise
have remained dormant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
BROOKLYN has rushed from last nj

Brooklyn has rushed from last place
in the National League race to a close
third and within Is points of the lead
ing team since June 80. Is Brooklyn
going to duplicate the stunt that made
the Boston Braves so famous a year
ago? But there probably has never
been pennant race in the history of
baseball like the one that is being
staged at this time in the National
League. Only 115 points separate the
teams at the top and bottom of the
heap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
MEMBER:
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Association.
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal away
from home during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents a week or
thirty cents q month (by mail only). Ad-
out of town the state journal will be to
you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on these
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ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

tiles have granted permission for a
limited number of shiploads to be dis
patched to the United States. The
German authorities, however, decline
absolutely to allow any shipment OF
these dyestuffs unless free passage to
Germany is guaranteed for American
cotton or other materials of an equal
value. Their position in this matter
has been firmly maintained for num-
Der of weeks, and there is no indica-
ton of any change of attitude.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
WHY MILK COSTS TOO MUCH.

Could anything be more wasteful
than the method of delivering milk in
the city? queries Farm Life, and it
continues: 1t takes on an average
nine wagons to carry the bottles to
each block, when one could do the
business just as we'll, and so much
easier. In Washington, where the
government has just completed an in
vestigation, the retail milkmen drive
about 5000 miles a day, when there
are only goo miles of streets. Zach
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

At heart, New York City probably
isn't wildly enthusiastic over gain OF
a half million in her population dur
ing the past five years. 1t merely adds
to her problems and burdens, which
are already so complex and enormous
that she is facing bankruptcy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Suppose the European war should
m to a sudden ermination.
Wouldn't some of the big spectators
in "war stocks" in this country be
holding sacks of elaborate proportions.
The European belligerents could coun-
termand the bulk of the war orders
they have placed here with the same
facility with which they gave them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

IN THE COUNTRY
So bright and warm, soft and fresh,
The sun and breeze upon me play.
The whistle of an unseen train
Reminds of cities far away.
I do not like the city's din
Or office to be cooped up in.
Give me the mountain or the plain
And fields of waving ripening grain.
V. RYLATT.
Hays City, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
AND THE CITY PAYS THE BILL

Emphasis is laid from time to Tune
by the county commissioners on the
fact that one of their most expensive
activities is the dispensation or char-
ity, and they are particular always 10
add that the poor of the city OF To-
peka'' are the chief beneficiar1es. II IS
also a fact that the taxpayers OF the
city of Topeka provide me bulk OF the
taxes that are levied for the purposes
of Shawnee county,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

If words were of any avail in the
Great War, Germany would have been
entirely burned up and thereby put
out of existence long ago by Winston
Spencer Churchill, erstwhile first lord
Of the British admiralty. And al
though he has an Insignificant place
in the British cabinet now, he keeps
on talking just the same, and at ran
dom "a usual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Uncle Sam is soon to have a subma-
rine whose steaming radius will permit
it to cross the Atlantic ocean and re-
turn, and it is probably the fervent
hope of all good Americans that it
will never be called upon to make
the trip unless its mission be peace
full one; unless it merely goes on such
a parade to show what it can do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

An Iowa man urges the selection of
old and homely wives, as young and
pretty ones are apt to be spoiled,
notes the Baltimore American and it
adds: With the usual perversity OF
human nature, however, those to
whom he addresses this wise advice
will keep on preferring them spoiled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Probably the girl in the case will
follow with like action the Chicago
court that freed the man who
"peeped'' in her bedroom window and
who claimed justification because he
WAS soon to marry her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Sensible folk who are reasonably
concerned about their health, won't
be handicapped to any great extent
during the next two or three months,
at any rate, by the arrival of Their
Highnesses, the $S-Hog and the $40
Steer. The less meat folk eat in warm
weather the better it is for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
~ CEara hNSranJUdson

seemed to say, BE sure you have lit
tie brother tucked in tightly" Then
she would start down the road.
One day Susan Unexpectedly decid-
ed she wanted to take a ride. No one
was at home to harness Gypsy, but
Susan didn't mind. ct can do it my
SELF" she cried gaily, as she ran to the
barn. II know just how to do it, be
cause l have watched father"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Should Warsaw fail to see the real
thing in the war line, it evidently
won't be the fault of the Germans not
trying hard enough to show it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fuI DAY
telegraph report of that great news or
Ranixation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news 10 received in The state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

The Omnipresent Pest.
1 toot,
/ Scoot,
I break the laws
Because
I'm out for speed.
That's what / need.
/ scour the town
And run folks down.
Although a cop
May get the drop
On me, I'm out
OF sight
All right 4f
Before I'm pinched;
I've got it cinched.
My arm is placed
Around the waist
OF some fair dame.
Mine is the game.
With just one hand
GOOD odi1 FOLK + { shsSe fano'
In every block.
The car I steal.
l grab the wheel
And off we go.
Just so.
That's nothing new.
1 speed her up.
We're out for joy.
My lady hollers:
That's boy.
Turn on the juice
And cut her loose
Car wrecked? That's fine.
1t isn't mine.
The prison gates
Just yawn for me;
My time awaits.
It's plain to see
They'll get me yet,
But 1 should fret.
My gal? No skirt
Looks good beside her.
Prize pest am 1,
The fool joy-rider.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Uncle Sam now designates his sub
marines with the letter, G, and a num-
Der. But it would seem that N. q.
would be more appropriate for most
of those of which his navy is now pos
sessed. However, better ones are on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Speaking of old soaks, the Kaw val
ley would seem to be entitled to all
the medals that this honor carries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

And the weather is now right fol
the pursuit of that favorite indoor and
Outdoor sport, Consulting the Their
noneter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

America is now the richest of ma
items, declares the Louisville Courier
Journal. and it asks: Can We keep
our peace and our ducats?" Probably
if we can keep our heads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
On the Spur
of the Moment
By ROY X. MOULTON.

Without You.
Without you, love, the day would hold no
light;
The kindly stars would vanish from the
night;
The flowers wouId all forget TO wake at
morn;
The rose die sleeping, leaving but the
thorn
Without you.
without you love, I'd buy no Paris lids,
And other fancy things that Fashion bids.
nave no rugs to pound or grass to NOV !;
But Ia be lonesome, surest thing you
know
Without YOU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Ordinarily, Kansas has a dry
spelF' each year, but the one for 1919
assuredIy will not be of long dura-
ton, unless it runs on into the late
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Uncle Abner.
Old Bushrod Peters says if a Teller
takes care of the pennies, the dollars
Will take care of themselves. Yet
and II they don't take care of them
selves there are always a lot of rela-
t1ves who will take care of them.
1t is purity hard to get an old maid
20 ADMIT, even now, that she remem-
bers any of the events of the Span
ish-American war.
II you want square deal, go and
see a stranger. If you don't care
what happens to you, do business
with a relative.
Old Pete Hinkle says he is afraid
ne Is going to die. Well, by hockey,
he probably will Most everybody
does.
If every Teller had the shape of a
nose he liked life would be Utmost
worth living in this world.
L see by the papers that Teller
down in New York has been shot in
the rotunda. If he had been a thin
Teller this wouldn't have happened to
him.
Nothing to Do Till Tomorrow.
The life of an editor is one path of
sweet-scented, blusbing roses. If you
don't believe it, ask any editor. All
he has got to do is work. One of the
esteemed weekly editors sizes up the
matter as follows:
To run a newspaper all fellow
has to do is to be able to write poems,
discuss the tariff and money queS-
tions, umpire a baseball game, report
wedding, saw wood, describe fire
SO that the readers will shed their
wraps, make 81 do the work of $40,
shine at dance, measure calico,
abuse the liquor habit, test whiskey,
subscribe to charity, go without
meals, attack free silver, wear dia-
monds, invent advertisements, sneer
a. snobbery, overlook scandal, ap-
p~aise babies, delight pumpkin rails
ers, minister to the afflicted, heal the
disgruntled, fight to finish, set type,
hold opinion, sweep the office, speak
at the prayer meetings and stand in
with everybody and everything"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
Kansas Comment
WAGES AND MORALS.

There was some time ago evolved
the theory that low wages was the
cause of immortality among shopgirls
1t was conceived with the good pur-
pose of bringing that class of workers
to a better standard of pay. 1t was,
at first glance, plausible argument,
but it was quickly found to be a ter
ribIy unjust indictment of the work
ers The latter, willing enough to
have an increase in pay, stoutly re-
sented the implication that they were
without morals. Inquiry after inquiry
has proved the unwisdom and injus-
tice of the charge. The latest vindica-
ton of the shopgirlS comes from Phil
adelphia where the Consumers
league after an investigation, reported
that low pay and low morals have no
general relation. Environment counts
for something" it is said, but expo
sure to temptation need not mean
Welding to it" And for the most part,
it does not There are, in this class
of workers, many real moral heroines.
and it is time that the fact were gem
orally realized. But the charge ana
the refutation have done good. They
have caused many employers to think
of their own responsibility in the mat
ter and of the justice of the case, to
say nothing of the reward that is the
moral heroine's due. Such employees,
it is now said, are as rule not under
paid in Philadelphia. If that is true,
it would be interesting to know by
how much the agitation helped to
raise the wages.-Marysville AdVo-
cate-DemOcrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STEALING

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STEALING.
Three caseS-one a banker in Chi
cago, one postoffice employee in New
York, one a government employee
in San Francisco, reported during the
last week, reveal the fact that courts
do not appear to consider stealing
from city, state or national govern
ments as serious a crime as stealing
from private individuals. In each of
the three cases the court has granted
leniency and given the thief another
chance" Just what another chance
means in these cases remains TO be
seen. Also the three cases reveal one
of the chief reasons for graft -
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-19

Hays City, Kan.
The border vidette., 1915-10-30
BIG CIRCUS HERE NOVEMBER 6

Without doubt some of the most sensational, thrilling, death defying wild animal acts ever shown are presented by the Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus.
 Over GOO educated wild and domestic animals. are used in giving the performance of this Show-the greatest collection of trained animals ever aSSSem bled under one management. The Barnes circus was the original wild animal show and now holds the rank of being the largest aggregation of its character in the world, presenting as it does, more trained animals than all other shows combined.
 Sixty five sensational, anus ing, amazing, thrilling acts are presented at each performance. These acts are given in two divisions, the wild animals acts in large steel barred arena iii the center of the big tent, and those of the domestic animals in the regulation sawdust rings at either side of the arena. There's something doing in these two rings and the arena every min nute of the solid hours of enter tainment.
 The members of the Barnes animal acting troupe have been recruited from jungles, plain, desert, forest, ocean, and home stead. Lions, tigers, elephants, leopards, juguars .zeb1 as, hyenas, camels, zubus. monkeys, apes. ouran- utangs, ogs, horses, ponies, goats, seals and sea lions are members of the troupe every one trained to perform, in fact every animal carried with this big show is an actor.
 A glittering, four band, mile long street parade is presented at 1O:3O. Performances will be given here at ? and p. m. on November 6.