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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
Jayhawker Jots

AZ the Marquette Tribune says: A
dissatisfied customer IL the best little
business destroyer in the world.
1t will soon be that every little Mex
thinks the Minneapolis Messenger.
The Wichita Beacon thinks there is
fragment Of consolation in the fact
that the price Of flour remains sta
tionary few hours at q time.
All sorts OF agents. selling the peo-
pie all sorts of stuff that they did not
need, have been numerous the past
week, reports the Americas Greeting.
Some repartee. as recounted in the
high school notes in the Sabetha Star:
Sophomore-Don't yell hey" at me.
I'm no horse. Wise Freshfe-Oh! I
know that, your ears are too long.
Some people are born small, points
out the Minneapolis Better Way, 9TH
ers acquire smallness through their
own deeds, but it Is rare. indeed.
where anyone has smallness thrust
upon him.
Says Dave Leahy, in the ElDorado
Of public officers in Kansas to run
for reelection ION their records Is
one of the reasons SO few Of them get
q second term.
An Emporia man thirty years old
married q woman of fifty summers.
notes the Peabody Herald, and it
adds: In passing we might say she Is
worth 100000. What's marrying q
woman old enough to be your mother
II each excess year carries with 1t
$4,000?
|. According to the station agent at
Fiat, a helpful hen comes into the
depot office every day and lays an egg
in his waste basket. II he happens to
be out and the door is shut 50 she
can't get In, she patiently fingers near
till he appears and let's her in, when
she at once gets busy and does right.
Presumably, Click Fockele of tho
Leroy Reporter is the proud possess
sor Of a hero medal. or one for good
behavior that he annexed when he
was a Sunday school scholar. He
writes: There is considerable face
tious comment because heroes wear
their medals. What, we desire to- ask,
| is a medal for IL not to wear? f
A man If vincennes. Ind. spent $24
to talk to his wife, who was passing
through the Katy station at Parsons.
Friday. en- route to a visit to Okla
homa. The telephone girl refuses to
tell what the husband asked his wife:
but we know what he asked her. He
asked her where on earth she put
those stockings she was darning for
him the first Of the week. What il
your guess?-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

There are always two towns to-
gether, one for the living and one for
the deao.
There should be a peace and equity
league in every family Of more than
four.
It is almost as hard to start q new
undertaking business as it is a new
newspaper.
Opportunity to get into trouble
comes much more frequently than the
other variety.
Occasionally there is an Irate Sub
scriber who mistakes an editors sane
tum for an arena.
Supporting one wife is such a chore
that it's wonderful how the Mormon
church has grown.
/ II you should refer to yourself as
one of the Common Peepul' 1t might
make the C. p. sore.
| There il some consolation in the
fact that q lot Of people who marry
for money don't get it.
In country community. the
| wealthy farmers are apt to regard
| forty dollars q month as big pay.
| The losing side in q debate doesn't
have a very high opinion Of the intel
| ligence Of the honorable Judges.
| Alb Adkins says his son-in-law has
the trusting nature OF one who ex-
poets the Boy Scouts to save the pa-
ton.
You aren't really expected to love
your enemies, but don't let hating
them interfere with, your regular
work.
There are plenty OF reckless devils.
but the gent who. tangles up with 9
! mail order wife IL taking the most
1 chances.
| Neither can you convince the de-
jected financier who has had . set OF
tours beaten, that there h no such
thing as luck.
i The Lancaster Literary society will
| soon take up this discussion: (which
is the hardest to do, quitting booze or
leaving a pfmple alone ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
BY RUTH CAMERON.


Molly, the-little stenographer-lady.
was worrying about q piece Of work
which was coming into the office the
next week. 1t isn't = like Molly to
worry, but there had been sickness in
her home. She had lost much sleep.
anw with it, as most OF US do, her
sense of proportion.
The o-always-knows-some
how looked up from her knitting
socks for the Belgians, OF course-and
smiled at Molly.
Its the middle of the night, isn't
1t, my dear?" she said.
Molly drew the little stool on which
she was sitting before the fire closer
to the Lady's chair.
THAT means something. doesn't it.
Big Sister? Tell me what"
"Yes." said the Lady. 1T does. You
see, once upon a time when I was a
girl like you I was going away for a
very special visit in special new
gown and hat. In the middle Of the
night before was to go 1 walked up
and the wind wac blowing a gale and
it was showing very hard. 1t was ear
ly in March, remember. sat right
up in bed ready to burst into tears
Perhaps / couldn't go tomorrow. Our
horse had been a little lame the night
before and he might be worse. l had
meant to walk but I knew mother
wouldn't let me walk through the
snow drifts. Then. likely az not. the
snow would stop the trains. And my
new gown! I surely wouldn't be allow
ed to wear that. I lay awake at least
two hours, planning and worrying and
fretting. had made up my mind that
would simply defy mother and walk
to the station If the horse couldn't go,
and that would carry my new gown
in a box and get the station masters
wife to let me put it on at her house.
when finally fell asleep.
II suppose you can guess the rest.
When woke up the sun was shining
and there wasn't bit of snow on the
ground. 1t was q beautiful DAY ana
| you could smell spring in the air. Dob
bins foot was better and wore my
new gown and rode to the station In
state
The Lady dropped her knitting
needles for moment and sat sminne
Il know it doesn't sound Ike very
much" she said picking up her knit
ting again. But 1t made q great Inn
preston on me- When get to fret
ting over things that are COMPS N
| the future 1 remember that night and
think to myself. Wait until the morn
ing; leave your worries until then ana
you may not have any.
II know. Big Sister," aid Molly.
chats very sweet. but stro99les oon
times it's still snOwtng
yes" admitted the Lady, Il know
that But even II itstp thinee are cas-
Ter to deal with In The morning. They
middle Of the n4ght- You are tired
ana downhearte1no now H,s the middle
| Of the night, a{{d everythiug looks
blacker than It rally +. Wait until
morning. Little Sister. AID ppfhaps It
won't be % bad after an And any
Molly turned to seize the s86ntIe
hand that was stroking her hAir. sin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
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and do what could to help him.
Exra's father and old Woggleye went
upstairs to where Ezra lay on the bed
looking. oh! 30 white and i'll and 10
weak that he could scarcely move his
hand.
The old man looked at him for a
moment. laid his hand softly on his
forehead. touched his wrist lightly as
to Ezra's father. he said: II think I
can save his life II you are willing to
trust him in my hands,
Certainly we are willing" said
Ezra's father; this is the only hope
left for u.s." The old man rummaged
in his pocket and brought out three
or four bottles. They were bottles
such as Ezra's father remembered hav-
ing seen an old doctor have when he
was q boy. The old man asked for hot
water. and when it had been brought
he dropped liquid from -wo OF the bot
ties into one glass and from one of
the bottles into another.
Ezra's father, worn with his long
watch. lay down in another room and
old Woggleye sat by Ezra's bedside I'M
tn morning. Hour by hour he gave
him the medicine he had prepared.
and hour by hour he saw the alarm
Ing symptoms Of the illness disappear.
Just before daybreak he saw Ezra
drop into quiet sleep. and then he
knew that tho disease had been con-
Quered ana that he was going to get
well. At was not until then that he
went and oailed Esra's father.
the crisis has been safely passed, ana
all that he needs now IL care ana
nursing to make him ~ well AZ ever.
The doctor will understand It All when
ne comes. and there will be no need
i iSs m ss e be stay . any And then
may be as well. perhaps. II you do not
tea EZRA about me when he awakena
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

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MGhf ffsS sf16NfI EfFnSrs1
eves pleyed 6avoc 40. Eer nerven.
When no had tolA him "a de&ail an
t6af he demanded 81 her Is took her
to The biz drnWinw room. md hirneelf
at DOM a ~ ninno.
Nov ninr.~ he eafd. lanehinkiy. ST
want to - what Won can do" He
nfruck = Yefw snhorts - a To efve SAL
III = bFeathinr cpace sWhfle she CON-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
Journal Entries

Many obstinate people have the idea
that they are merely firm.
Bric-a-brac Is nothing more than q
fancy characterization for junk.
An . general thing. people have just
a. good or bad regulations as they
. . .
A few folk keep silent. not because
they're 30 wise, but to conceal their
ignorance.
Almost every man also fools him.
self into thinking that he II an excel
lent Judge Of human nature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

The village was 20 small that scarce
~ anything that happened In It was
not known to everybody. and when
Ezra Sampson was taken III with dis
ease which the doctor said was very
unusual, 20 unusual that he had never
seen case of 1t before. everybody in
the town knew about It before night
fall
EGra,s father and mother were ter
rfbly frightened because he was 70 i'll,
and they were especially alarmed be-
cause the doctor said that he could not
tell how his illness was going to end.
Now Ezra had been one of the boys
who had done much to make the life
of old Wogg1eye uncomfortable.
Therefore Ekra's father and mother
were surprised ON the night when
Ezra was most critically nj to hear =
knock At the door and ON opening 1t
to find old Woggleye standing outside.
May l come tn.'' he said. II have
heard that your boy Ezra ID III with
q strange disease- The doctor told me
az he passed my door and / asked him
IL might mot come mp and 80 him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Playing the part Of a neutral to a
war Of the proportions and ramifica-
tons of the European conflict seems
to be as much Of a producer of gray
hair as active participation in. it. is.
Uncle Sans locks are apt to be snow
white before the present struggle
abroad is ended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Nor must the important fact be
overlooked that the United States is
not alone in it's protests against the
naval war zone plan of Germany that
IL fraught with such dangers to le-
ultimate neutral shipping. Italy, Dem
mark. Norway and Sweden have made
similar representations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
saTHE ARRIVAL OF THE FIT"

1t has been aptly said that while
Darwin's theory of natural selection
may account for the survival Of the
fittest, it does not account for the ar
rival Of the fittest, writes John Bur-
roughs, in the February number Of
the North American Review. The ar
rival Of the fittest, sooner or later.
seems in some way guaranteed by ten
denotes that are beyond the hit-and-
miss method of natural selection.
Yet one hesitates to appeal to any
theological principle.
1t il hard to believe that the course
of organic evolution would have
eventuated in man and the other
higher forms of life without some
guiding principle; yet it il equally diff
ficult to believe that the course Of any
guiding intelligence down the ages
would have been strewn with SO many
failures and monstrosities.s SO much
waste and suffering and delay. Man
has not been specially favored by one
force or element in nature. Behold
the enemies that beset him without
and within, and that are armed for
his destruction! The intelligence
that appears to pervade the organic
world and that reaches it's conscious
expression in the brain Of man is just
as manifest in all the forms OF ami
mails and plants that are inimical to
HMM all his natural enemies
venomous snakes and beasts of prey.
and insect pests-as in anything else.
Nature is as wise and solicitous for
rats and mice as for men.
There are harmony and cooperation
among the elemental forces, a. we'll a.
strife and antagonism. Life gets on.
for all the cropping and laundering
There is the inherent variability OF
living forms to begin with-the
Primordial push toward the develop
ment from within which. % far AZ we
can see. IL not fortuitous, but pre-
destined.
The essence Of life Is i'm adApta-
bility; 1t goes into partnership with
the forces and conditions that sur.
round 1t. It IL the trait which Leads
the theological philosopher to cele.
brate the fitness OF the enyironmen,
when its fitness 10 4 foregone con.
clusion. Shall We praise the fitness
OF the air for breathing. or OF the va
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
PREVENTIVE FARM MEDICINE.

r PREV ANI1VE FAftM N4EO1O4NEs
Preventive medicine il not confined
to the field Of the physician. The up
to-date farmer uses 1t likewise. de-
clares the Kansas Industrialist.
= Take soil depletion, for example.
While in some Of the older states ac-
tive efforts are in progress for the
restoration Of fertility to depleted
Soils up-to-date farmers in the mid
die west are following out plans. in
Guiding crop rotation and live stock
raising, to prevent the soils from los
ing their present fertility. The man
who starts an orchard today employs
spraying and all the other modern
methods OF preventing loss through
insect depredations. The land owner
in a region where soils blow does not
wait in any season until the blowing
begins, but adopts'the necessary meas
ures early enough to prevent serious
difficulty.
Where you see a farm that has been
prosperous for q series of years. you
will usually find on it an advocate of
prevention rather than cure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

More evidence that the Democratic
majority in the house of representa-
tives Is like SO much clay in the hands
OF President Wilson. His compromise
ship purchase bill slid through it with
the same facility that a creased pig
makes its way through a bunch of
awkward yokels at a country picnic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

By the time the New York probe
into the price Of flour is concluded,
tho speculative wheat bubble will have
bunst in all probability. and more rea-
sonable flour prices will prevail. This
Is certainly a great little country for
locking the stable after the horse has
disappeared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

my dear Watson. you've been walk
ing in mud" Marvellous, Sherlock!
Your powers of deduction are amax-
ing. Will you tell me how you know
j have been walking in mud?" Ger
tainly. my friend, certainly. see
some on your shoes" After an ex-
tended and searching inquiry. Frank
p. Walsh, chairman of the federal in
dustrial relations commission, an
nounces that the foundation created
by John d. Rockefeller. ST., and sup
ported by him. - under his domino
fi0n-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

These reports from Berlin about the
significant German victories that have
been won in East Prussia are I'M
doubtedly founded on facts. Petro-
grad is as silent as a clam just now.
But maybe the famous Russian press
agent there Is busily engaged with a
magnus opus that will demonstrate. to
the Russian mind at least, that the
German successes in question are OF
absolutely no importance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Some substantial proof that money
isn't everything to everybody in this
country. The Electro Steel company
Of Pittsburg, Pa, has turned down a
contract for 100000 worth of drop
forge shells for one Of the European
beiligerents for humanitarian rea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

The Colonial Danes and the Sons
and Daughters Of the American Rev
olution must needs look to their
laurels. The cowboys Of the good old
days have perfected an organisation
that answers to the name Of 1.-THE Old
Time Cattle Trail Mems association -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
COLDS.

People who have colds. according
to the United States public health
service. are suffering from an attack
OF germs witch they carry IN their
own mouths or threats. These have
been permitted to reside there in .
state Of armed neutrality between the
germs and the body defenses. until
fatigue, emotion, intemperance. over
exertion, or. sudden chill, temporarily
reduces the integrity. Of the hody's de-
fensive agents. This produces the az
gregation OF symptoms known as
cold. Colds are really very serious
matters, and should never be treated
lightly. If the body's resistance to
one kind Of disease germ IL lowered.
1t IL quite easy for other germs to gain
Ia foothold and spring into activity at
such q time. The infection which has
produced . cold may extend to other
parts Of the body. and middle-ear dis
ease and deafness may ensue. or a re-
mote joint may be infected. thus caus-
ing q lowered efficiency throughout
life. Many Of the cases which are di-
agnosed as rheumatism are merely
chronic poisoning which results from
the continued growth Of the same
germs which produce colds Since
colds are induced by q lowering of the
bodily efficiency. 1t II seen that they
may be avoided by the maintenance OF
the bodily processes in a good condi-
ton. This means the Observance Of
the rules Of hygiene, adequate food.
avoidance Of excuses, the securing of
sufficient sleep and the like. Above all.
the teeth should be kept In good con-
Asttnvn ~ h> vvr~,.<H. liant
It IL the duty of persons who have
colds to take every precaution against
transmitting them to others. The
agency in the transmission Of colds
from one person to another IL the
sputum and this transference may
occur directly by sneexing. coughing
or expectoratins. Someone has called
the cold the strap hangers disease be-
cause Of the frequency with which it
IL contracted in overcrowded street
cars The common handkerchief il .
great transmitter of disease. People
with colds should either destroy the
handkerchiefs which they use or ster-
ilixe them by boiling them. II you do
not want to give your cold to some-
body else, hold your handkerchief or
your hand over your face when you
cough or sneeze, and do not indulge
in promiscuous splitting. If you do
not wish to contract q cold from q
person who has one. avoid intimate
personal contact with him. In the old
days they used to hang a bag OF asa
fetida around the schoolboy's neck in
order to protect him against colds and
this did to a certain extent perform
the function for which 1t was de-
signed. because the odor Of asafetida
is such as to discourage close personal
contact. A little cold IL q dangerous
thing. Many q case of tuberculosis is
dated from a neglected cold. Keep UP
your bodily defenses and avoid the
careless person who il acting AZ q
chronic distributor of colds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Maybe the Topeka police pay little
or no attention to tho maneuvering Of
the automobiles because the latter
neither smoke cigarettes nor practice
bootlegwing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

And the many folk who arc keen to
borrow trouble are not enjoying the
April weather that prevails because
OF their fears that it may mean Feb
Tuary weather in April.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

How the work Of a legislature
would be facilitated and improved IL
1t consisted of a single body. Scarcely
a day passes in the present session of
the Kansas legislature that either the
houSe or the senate does not make inn
portant changes in measures passed by
the other. This means either the
eventual death OF such legislation or
compromises that weaken it's struc-
ture or destroy its purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Kansas legislators may not accom-
plish much work during the first four
or five weeks Of q session. but 1t has
taken the bunch in the Illinois house
= full six weeks to choose q speaker
and thereby get ready for business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18

Just why Turkey should be exceed
ingly enthusiastic over the war, as
Talaat Bey, one of her more or less
distinguished statesmen. asserts il an
other mystery. So far. Turkish arms
have met with nothing but reverses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-18
BIZ ROY K. NOuLToN.


Every moment uneie snSv
s s.in: 4 Rlan fG sh. ns-se n 1ist hand
H ! &c champion .erld peace schener.
But It's very sad to ~
We have not yet reached the day
Deesn't =, yearn t g I'M e ana 1sf rsvase.
While there's loot and there IL pi1lage
TSsS wiz EHn try to prove v tS.f might
e the only thing that's right
Masht :. z.S Tsll h, ss.:a. qR ths hdd'e.
Il is in the book Of Fate
That You've simply. got to wait
You have sprung your w0rld-ptece boon
many nunoleo years too soon-
r
The mayor Of northern Michigan city
has received the following letter Of inquiry
kind and e1 resb bciedns Cir: 1 see In a
paper that man named John Sipeg was
ea.cted v; ana ct ct 1R BY bare whose Nh Cubs he
mp and stopped him by eAtin him mp near
your town. What I want ID did It KIN him
this place and al about tie bare. don't
Know Dut Wnet ne Is distant huSDand OF
mine Ny first hnsband was Of that name
ana suppose ne was Ruled In the war put
same l thought It might be him after an
~ .VuSne ~ 4AASN - uS wan A1AAeu
eitner IN the war or by the bare Tor nave
Deen merr1eo tW1ce since anu tnefe oognt
tattoed ON his front chest and Z snkor on
his right arm which you VIII know him
~ Y sne pare o1a not eat up tnsee elnes o.
IIs Deias nm. II awe aont zen nlm !., am
M 4a1 20 Joe nite, Iof ne never n1 1s
yOe. MeD1e youd Detter iet on - u I'm In
. 1SH O"t III anI GUY al you can .gSut q n
f9F. That Y Z. 4 s.. the hare hare. did not eat him
~ up, II aiu -, non re - you Srn
90 ahyInng anu you neednt take no ttOu.
PIE. MY respecks 70 your iamny ana
KILLED: Also was he married again and
ing @ Claim no 7" ," my property "''" '''e
aug eiaam W.
The Days News.
The air u fT3i Of bunk and con
They utilize fst th sn sPssing owe
These senatorial overlords
Do wrench and tear their vocal cords,
And Time they would assassinate-
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-08-23

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