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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
QUAKER MEDrTATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]

L
Two can live as cheaply as one;
also almost as extensively.
Many a man has lost his head who
never saw a gilloutine in his life.
Some people can't even crack a joke
without doing considerable damage
to it.
Don't kick because your cake is all
dough. Lots of people are out for
the dough.
When a fellow takes affrcnt, he is
apt to get back at the fellow from
whom he took it.
The best way to prevent your trou
bles from expanding is to keep them
to yourself.
No, Maude, dear; courtesy on the
part of the iceman isn't always freez
ing politeness.
Perhaps it is quite possible for a
fellow to be a rolling stone and still
be on the level.
Tommy-"Pop, what is a bigamist? 2"
Tommy's Pop-"A bigamist, my son,
is a man who has more wives than
brains"
Wigg-"That fellow Borrowed GER
tainly paid me back in my own COIN
Wagg-"You're lucky to be paid back
at all by Borrowed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
ALL is FISH FOR BRYAN's NET.

If all the men who drink toaSts to
their wives on the anniversaries of
their weddings got as extensive write
ups in the newspapers therefor as Mr..
Bryan did, the papers wouldn't have
enough room left for a sufficient
amount of advertising to keep them
on their financial feet. And there are
probably not a few men who hold
their sentiments for their wives a
trifle too intimate and choice to be
paraded before the public gaze. But
with Mr.. Bryan-wen nothing seems
to be too sacred for him to use in his
relentless pursuit of publicity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
Journal Entries

This is an age of progress except
in the matter of producing new jokes.
= = =
Anybody is sufficiently expert with
a gun to hit an innocent bystander.
j = d
Asking embarrassing questions is an
activity that is not exclusive with
youngsters.
j & j.
A novel must end happily to make
much of a hit with the multitudes.
J. = p
Jumping at conclusions usually
lands one in an undesirable puddle of
some sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
sHEARING THE LAMBS.

The price of seats on the New York
stock exchange is going higher and
higher; meaning among other things
that many lambs are being led to
the slaughter Brisk business on the
stock exchange when much speculat-
ing is going on indicates that the lit
tie fellows are taking out chips by the
stacks in the Wall street game in their
efforts to get rich quicker, and few
of them ever get anything to show for
their spIurges in the stock market,
except a costly experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
Probably the thrifty housewives will

Probably the thrifty housewives will
find a way to juggle their finances so
that turkeys will grace their Thanks
giving tables as usual, despite the con-
siderable increase in price over recent
years that are in prospect for these
festive birds. 1t is meeting the in
crease in price of cranberries that is
likely to test sorely their financial
genius. Or try their tempers. How
ever, this will be the least of the wor-
ries of not few folk. who class cram
berries with sawdust and consider
them expensive at any price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News-l

lFTOm the SDICdSO t4NCWS-I
A fatted calf maketh full stocking
Society weddings come under the
head of fashionable ties.
Some folks get what they want by
pretending not to want it.
Most of US can see a sorrow twice as
far away as a blessing.
The man who lacks push is willing
to take things as they come.
Misfortune is no respecter of per
sons@and neither is fortune, for the
matter of that
Love is considered the ruling pas
sion, but occasionally the almighty
dollar administers a terrific jolt.
It's all right to decorate an old
house with paint, but cynical old
face-well, that's different
A man occasionally interferes with
the affairs of a woman without get
ting the worst of tin novel,
Girls, if a young man doesn't know
how to make love, it is neither arduouS
nor unpleasant to teach him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
Farm AnimaI CIassifications.

A mule thief is not a horse thler-
A Minnesota judge SO rules. holding
that the horse is a fleet-footed animal
on which q thief might make rapid
flight and escape, while the mule is
slow, stupid and lazy and can scarcely
be driven from home" If the judge
ever tried to outwit mule, he would
know that it is not stupid. but is active
and. quick, not slow. and lazy in less
degree than most horses. This decis-
ion is at odds with the Nebraska court
who ruled that blind jackass which
was killed by lightning was In reallty
the animal referred to in an insurance
policy as lone brown mareH-Farm
and Home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
Is to tour the country for the purpose
of studying the public buildings prob
lem and inspecting the customs and
internal revenue offices. But it would
seem to be more important that he
devote his energies to the more press
ing problem of figuring out some plan
whereby a dollar of government reve-
nue. can be made to cover a dollar and
q quarter of government expenditures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
From, Other Pens

HOW A TOWN WAS REMADE.
1t is a sad time in the life of an
American town when it stops speaking
to itself And yet it often does. There
is nothing intentional about it. Its
people draw within their shells, lose
interest in one another, do not visit,
and grunt and nod when they meet
instead of saying good morning and
bowling like human beings. But 1t
need not be. Recently our American
towns have had the cleanup fever
and incidentally we compliment our
paint makers on turning tie idea into
a business success by developing 1T
into both a paint-up and cleanup
campaign. A town reported to me
did all this and one better. 1t was a
town that had stopped speaking to it.
self One happy minded citizen suG-
gested that cleanup and paint-up day
be also made cheer-up day 1t took.
Neighbors stopped grunting and spoke
right out. Men passed the time of day
and even joked. Women smiled and
said pleasant things TO each other.
riots. Before evening came, the town
found itself. Its eyes were brighter
citizen and very much more of
Christian. 1t went to he'd with a
clearer conscience, slept more sound
" than ever before and woke to a
new and brighter life. Blessed are
the cheerful? More valuable than
riches are good neighbors. But to
have good neighbors you must be n
good neighbor. Even in your home
there will be darkness unless YOU
turn on the light. So, smile.-Wo-
mans World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
MEMBER:
? Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of CALCULATIONS
American Newspaper Publ1sheF~
Association.

Another certainty is that the world
will be quick to believe all stories of
Turkish atrocities, no matter how
horrible they may be. All of which
demonstrates that it is just as essen
tiaI for a nation to have a good repu-
tation as it is for an Individual. And
that is something that Turkey has
never had during her entire career.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

But now that you have the stamina
what VIII you do with them? Thaf
paste them into a little blank boo-
and keep them to look at-won't thar
be jolly? Make the stamp pictnres
s about things that you have done dur
remind you of boat ride vo,, 49,.
a train stamp recalls your s1,mma,
Journey; beach picture tells Of 1oir-
pathing-and so on all through ths
stamp book of your fun. you,iI 1,ilo a..
-tcopyright' Clara Ingram JudsonS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Speaking of the heroes of peace,
how about the resoluteness of the of
ficers and men of the United States
navy who make up the crews of
Uncle Sans submarines that have
started on a journey from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Nature is more generous to man
kind than mankind is to itself, insists
the Omaha Bee. While a dozen ma
tions are striving to destroy each
other, the unravished earth rewards
the cultivator and supplies ample
food resources for another year of
destruction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Great news for the cows and other
stock in Kansas is to be found in the
statistics which indicate that silos are
being built here at the rate of
eight a day. This means substantial
and succulent eats for the cattle in the
winter time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

r Ultimatums of one sort and another
appear to be flying as thick and fast
around Europe these days as the
bullets are. And the ultimatum seems
to be the least effective of any of the
tools of which belligerents make use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Prospects seem excellent that long
after the European war is ended the
United States and Germany will still
be engaged in the diplomatic contro-
versy engendered by Germany's meth
DDS of submarine warfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

San Francisco is quick to report
severe earthquake shocks in Nevada,
Utah, Idaho and Oregon, and an
nounce that they were barely per-
ceptibIe in California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Were there anything in a name,
things might be expected to slide
along a little easier for the Allies as
soon as Greece JOINS forces with them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

At any rate, the automobile ap-
pears to be supplanting the horse in
Kansas as far as the activities of the
Anti-Horse Thief association are con-
lcernad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
On the Spur
of the Moment

BY ROY K. MOpL-ON.

Impossible.
am somewhat chicken hearted
And am often moved to tears;
Not hard to get them started
When e'er pathos appears.
But 1 don't always shed them
Upon my spacious coat;
No picture fillum heroine
VIII ever get my goat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
POSTER STAMP DAY BOOKS.

stamps of games you play with other
Children picnic stamp; a street
car ride stamp; a boat ride stamp
oh, you will think of a great many to
make when once you are started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
MOSQUITOES.

Surgeon General GOrgaS, in an in
terview on the elimination of mos
quitoes, directs attention to the ne
cessity to drain all still water and to
prevent standing pools within 200 feet
of dwelling. He even recommends
the abolition of all open roof cutters.
in which small quantities of water
may accumulate without current and
afford breeding places for the insects.
1t is we'll to emphasize the fact that
the mosquito does not need q great
swamp or a large pond for reproduce
ton. A saucer full of water may be
the means of bringing scores of these
pests into existence. Tiny pools OF
water under the thick growth of va
cant lot, left by the rain, will accom-
mediate swarn1s of larvae. Each
householder must constitute himself a
sanitary agent for his own protection,
to hunt out and if possible to cure
these mosquito breeding conditions. II
every Washingtonian, aware of the
fecundity of the mosquito and the GER
tainty with which it will find breed
ing pool if one is within the range If
it's flight would start in each spring
to cover the radius of 200 feet from
his own premises with a corrective
search the city would be surely ridded
of the nuiss nce.-We shingtoE Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
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
ganization, 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, 1915-10-05
Scotch? OF Course.

Scotch? OF Course.
Sandy had stopped smoking his
pipe. much to the surprise of the
neighborhood.
Mcpherson asked: why did We
stop ut, Sandy?''
"Weel, utss like this replied
Sandy when We smoke yer own
baccy, it costs too mootch, and when
We borry baccy from a fren, We pack
so mooch in the bowl it won't draw"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05

Fire When You Are Ready.
To lynch them we are goaded,
These twins that we all know:
4 didn't know twas loaded and
Il was driving very slow"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
just a RuInOr.

A Pittsburg clergyman is said to
have refused legacy of 100000.
Note the words lis said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-05
The Drummer Par Excellence.

1H6 drummer Far excellence.
A travelling man who came this
way recently goes to the postoffice at
every town he makes and inquiries
about the letters which are held for
postage He pays the shortage and
sends the letters on to the addressed.
He says that he feels he is doing
somebody. good, and he considers this
a fine way to show real charity with
out letting his left hand know what
his right hand doeth.-F'ayette
(Mo.) Advertiser.
No Rest for Him.
This extravaganza has got to
STOP said the head of the family,
wrat hfully. You are spending
money faster than I can make it,
IF you'd stick to your office in
stead of going out to play golf every
afternoon, perhaps you could make
money faster,'' replied his better
half.
Very Real.
The boundary line between Mexico
and the United States is largely i'm
aginary but the killings are not.
just a RumOr.
A Pitt Sburg CLERGYMAN is said to
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
ONE-CENT POSTAGE FOLLY

It is folly in the face of deficit of ISlO,OOO,o0O in the postal operations to talk of cutting first-class postage In half, according to an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer. "We do not believe there is any call for such a movement" says the paper. "The business man can we'll afford to pay two cents and the ordinary letter writers do not feel the burden"
 At present circulars go through the malls for cent and most of them promptly are consigned to the waste basket. Of all kinds of advertising this Is the most expensive and pro- duces the smallest results. The diff ference between the green stamp and the red is sufficient to serve in sorting out the mail. To be compelled to go through mass of circulars which come to most persons for fear of miss Ing letter would be a nuisance.
 But the plain fact is that the country cannot afford the loss and doesn't want to do so. This is not a wise time to seek to reduce national revenues.-- Little Rock Democrat.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
Repeal That Law.
Philadelphia Press.

philadelphia Press.
 Out of just such need as the Ma tlonal Marine League sprang the wide spread public sentiment for military and naval preparedness. A few pub llc-spirlted citizens got together and declared themselves in favor of pre- paredness; others took it up: the sen tlment grew and spread until the re- luctant Administration at Washington was compelled to recognize it and even make some half-hearted concessions to It. So let it be with the movement Tor great merchant marine. Public presentation of the facts is all that is necessary to create a sentiment so great that the next Congress will not dare to refuse to repeal the saman's law and to enact legislation that will put the American flag back on the seas.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
lerllpefa|l1tlds 5l ca YSSaKAS tIonducted by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
WAR AGAINST ALCOHOL.

Get on the water wagon," is now department. Its head, Dr. Sigismund s. Goldwater says that anything which affects the health of the people of city is a subject of concern to the health officials and in accord ance with this view he has declared war on liquor. Tt is nonsense he says, Ito go on fighting disease and crime if we don't do something to abol- ish the chief factor in causation. There are too many people sick from liquor in New York city-thats enough for me. 1 want it understood that this is to be real fight It is not enough to make occasional depre- catory mention of alcohol and it's re- suits; we must have definite antial- cohol program. The work of the health department in this field will henceforth be systematic, aggressive and unremitting" Every means of publicity will be utilized in this cam- paign. It will be spectacular and in the vernacular, the rich mans cham pagne and highballs, as well as the poor mans third rail" whisky and beer, will be the object of attack.
 For months the New York state board of health has been giving out to the press of the state, under the title Health Hints,' strong state ments concerning tho injurious effects of alcohol. Therefore the action now taken by the New York city board is not great surprise It is being warm ly commended by members of the medical profession. and without doubt health officials of other cities will fol low the lead.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
FEWER BUT BETTER TRAINED
 PHYSICIANS

Fifteen years ago a noted educa- |r who was thoroughly familiar with |e conditions underlying medical edu- (don, tersely remarked, "We do not bed more doctors, we need more betOr" The statistics published last fek show that this need is being at |ined. Fifteen years ago this coun- |y had l62 medical colleges, which bs over half of the worlds supply. PthOugh some were we'll equipped and Ell conducted, a large proportion gre owned by individuals or by joint |p6 corporations and were conduct
 for profit. In some instances a FOfessorShip could be secured by any Pyslclan who bought certain Pount Of stock; for a smaller amount would secure a lectureship. Since |ese institutions were organized for |Ont, It was important to secure Fge classes so the income from fees PuIa De correspondingly increased. (O"lng advertisements, follow-up F'ers and paid solicitors were freely
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
Didn't Need Them.
Philadelphia Telegraph.

In the loboy of hotel the assem- bled delegates were discussing the servant problem, when Congressman Charles H. Dillon of South Dakota recalled an appropriate story.
 Recently a prominent matron in a big Eastern town had occasion to em-. ploy new domestic, and as soon as the girl reached the house a large questioning seance started.
 q suppose, Gwendolyn," remarked the matron, that they served the din- ner in courses where you worked last"
 "Yes, ma'am," answered Gwendolyn collectively, that is, they did some- times and sometimes they didn't"
 "Um, I see," thoughtfully respond ed the matron, and then continued: Did they use finger bowls ?"
 "No, a'am," was the startling re- joinder of the domestic, they always washed before they came to the table,"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
CHICAGO GOING DRY.

Billy Sundays message to Chicago to the effect that Batter Booze has three balls and two strikes called on him." prompted Chicago Tribune to interview some of the downtown sa- loonkeepers. This what one oldtimer said:
 Three balls and two strikes isn't putting it strong enough. The bat half swung on the third strike
 way over the ball. You can go Il one end of the loop to the other and crisscross, and you won't find a single saloonkeeper making money. In some where between three and five years this towns going to be dry as Evan ston. The women are going to do it, and I don't much blame them. It's the women the things hit. Who suf- fers when a good fellow making SIS a week, shows his sporting blood by spending four or five of it over the bar on pay day? Say, it's trag- edy for that woman! So, what's she going to do? Just stop it, put her foot down and her vote down. Three balls and two strikes, eh? You can just call that third strike now"
 There's no doubt about it, said another, Chicago is going dry We all know that, and so far as we are concerned down here in the loop, 1t might as we'll be dry now"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03

used; thus enrolments were sweIled to mammoth proportions. No wonder that the actual number of students fifteen years ago reached the amazino total of 2S,142, and that there were 5y747 graduates!
 In the fifteen years there has, in- deed, been a marked reduction: there are nearly 50 per cent fewer medical colleges; there are nearly 40 per cent fewer medical students and medical graduates. Medical colleges sans teachers, sans laboratories and sans ideals have given way to well-equipped medical colleges having fair entrance standards, skilled teachers, modern laboratories and an abundance of clin- ical material. The sum total of col leges is decreased; the number of bet ter ones has been greatly increased.
 Instead of great army of students, many having not even a grammar school education, and enticed from more fitting occupations by glowing advertisements and "easy" require we now have about half the num- Der; but practically all have had a preliminary training, which enables them better to understand the more complex problems of modern medi- cine. As to the opportunities for pro- perly equipped medical students, these have not been diminished, but have been deciddly improved. There could be further reduction in the number of colleges and still allow of greatly increased student enrolment. And the students would be further benefit ed by the change, since greater pro- portion would be in the better equipp- ed colleges.
 As to the reduction in the number of graduates, surely this country need ed fewer doctors, but more doctorl' For the public welfare it is certainly better to have a hundred swell-trained graduates from modern highs grade medical schools than a thousand from the old-time variety of run-for-profit institutions. There is no danger, says The Journal of the American Medi- cal Association, that there will be dearth of physicians. The annual number of graduates is still nearly double the loss of physicians by death; and even if it were less than the an- nual loss, it would be many years be- fore a dearth would result because of the seriously overcrowded condition of the profession. There is now one physician to from 600 to $50 people, as compared with one to from 300 to 2,5OO in the leading nations in Eu- rope. Even with this amazing con trast, we have not included In the fig ures for this country the hordes ot s O called "druglSss practitioners, Christian Scientists, osteopaths. chiro- practors, naprapaths, etc, who are scarcely found in other countries.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03

State Educational Convention of C. M. E. Church in America, Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 8th to 18th. For this occasion the St. L. I. M. X S Ky. will sell tickets Prescott to Little Rock and return for $3.90. Tickets on sale September Eth and 8th going passage to commence on date of sale and bear final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of September 14th.
 G. A. Hays, Agen.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
ALCOHOL QUESTION FIRST.

''lf the alcohol question were solved there would still remain other social questions to be solved, but it Is also true that as things stand today no other question of social welfare can be taken up with any prospect of se- curing efficient results until the alco- hol question is solved. Judge Her man Popert, Hamburg, Germany.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-09-03
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

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 eS excellent preparation for technical and professional Nr % graduates admitted full standing the best Iost Graduate schools
 Specialists w 'e '''' " ''iN > N Ina i town of Fayetteville is almost 1900 feet above seaeve
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 President the Unver sity Fayetteville Arkansa.