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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

SOME RHYllE0.
The robin hoped upon the lawn,
He was a daring fellow;
so perk was he in Waistcoat gay
or reddish brown and yellow.
But disappointed he soon grew
And shook his wings for flying,
And chirruped in his piping voice,
That derned ground hog was lying!
The heights OF great men reached and
kept,
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they. while their companions slept,
Were building airships in the night.
= .
Better to stem with heart and hand
The roaring tide Of life than lie"
Ito all your neighb0rs and your friends,
For they VIII catch you by and by.)
"Better with naked nerve to bear
The goadtng needles Of the air"
Ethan hear the gr-r-r-rinding Of the burr
That gets you In the dentists chair.1
Ruth Alexander Peffle in the Erie Rec
ord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

One night the king had a dream,
and he dreamed he was q miller and
ground corn into meal for the people
in another country. There seemed to
be no king there, and ali the people
had all their money for themselves.
The more they had the more they
wanted, and the rich men made the
poorer people work for them and
paid them small wages. boarding all
their wealth.
At last one day the miller saw a
line of men standing in front Of his
mill with bags on their backs, which
looked heavier than bags Of corn, and
they fought each other to get to the
mill and the miller.
When the miller let them in and
they poured the contents Of their baga
into the grinder. the miller was shock
ed to see. instead OF corn. that these
men were pouring in hearts to be
ground into money.
He tried to stop the wheels that
ground them, but he could not gel
| to them-the men held him back
ana out rolled the gold. which was put
into bags and carried off as fast Al
| 1t fell.
Some of the hearts were broken but
! the mill ground out the gold from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
Jayhawker Jots

Bob Hayden submits this question.
through the Atchison Globe: (which
am worst, pinched feet, or a crushed
heart ?"
AS the Rossville Reporter says: The
nice balmy weather of the last few
days has heartened up folk whose
coal piles were getting low.
There is an AtchiSOn women by the
name of "Jawless." notes the Troy
Chief, and it adds the sentiment to
which countless others will subscribe:
May her tribe increase"
From the average newspaper mans
viewpoint the population of the earth
is made up of two classes, declares
the lola Register: The men who are
looking for free advertising and the
| men who want to keep something out
of the paper. -,s4-=-==-..
Horton Headlight-Comm When
the teacher asks a question: Fresh
man-"Please, mann, 1 didn't get the
question Sophomore-"Will you
please repeat that ?" Junior-How's
that" Senior-''Huh!"
readjustment of their estimates of
their fellow men. observes Mrs. Hoch
| in the Marion Record. because they
are always ready to believe the worst
about said t. m. first. They even go
the law one better which holds a man
innocent till he be proven guilty.
| Next to listening to a Progressive
j trying to convince himself That ne
hasn't sacrificed anything by return
\ ing to the Republican party, the most
i wasteful conversation thus far in
vented, to the mind of the Barber
| County Index. Is a discussion of dog
fight in a tonsorial emporium.
Wheat is pretty high now. writes
the Beanville correspondent OF the
Troy Chief, but we remember that In
the summer of 1877 wheat sold at the
Wathena mill at $3.50 a bushel, and
in 1880, we paid Robert Flickinger
who ran a Touring mill In Geary City
him spring wheat for $1.15 bushei
Maybe we are, but you can't prove It
When we were in knickerbockers
writes Bonnie Franklin, jr., in the
Erie Record. the kids that hadn't
taken a swim by the last OF March
were ridiculed and jeered and calico
sissy by their companions. and the
one who took the first plunge OF the
season had honor piled upon him
equal to Captain Kidd and had more
influence in the crowd" than did the
mayor.
Uncle Bill Reitz, of Olathe. must be
among the oldest continuous SUD-
scribers to Kansas newspaper. a.
: this item from the Olathe Mirror
would Indicate: This makes the
forty-fourth dollar the Mirror has had
of my good money, said Uncle Bill
Reitz, as he planked down big sill
yer dollar at the Mirror office Satur-
: day. He has been reading the Mirrol
, ever since his marriage in III, to Miss
, Mize a neighbor and sister of Henry
! Johnson, James and the rest OF the
Mize boys We hope Uncle Bill vii
: live long enough to pay us at leas
= fOrty-fOur more dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
QUAKER fluctuations.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
About the only thing some people
are willing to pay is a grudge.
Treading on other peoples toes Is
poor way Of getting up in the world.
Homemade happiness generally
lasts longer than the kind you get out
side.
About the only exercise some peo-
ple seem to get is jumping at conclu-
sions.
Some people are so eager for church
gossip that they would even pump the
organ.
Blobbs-"Wigwag is rather close.
isn't he?" Slobbs-''Well, he's open
to that suspicion"
Pugilists may waive their rights in
order that they can land a knockout
with their lefts.
If we could see ourselves as others
see us there wouldn't be so much hap
piness in the world.
No. Maude, dear; when Fellow
gets too soft it doesn't do much good
to call him hard names
The nearest approach to the per-
feet woman is the one who succeeds
| in concealing her imperfections.
Hoax-'T am thinking OF getting q
hunting dog What is the easiest kind
| Of dog to break?" Joax-'A china
dog. I suppose"
Love laughs at locksmiths." quoted
| profound respect tor goidsmtths.
added the Simple Mug.
'Sillicus-"All woman thinks of Il
clothes Cynicus-"Yes. she nc
sopYr gets her wedding gown off hez
mind than she begins to piansher di-
vorce suit"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
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W&A@ BY HlRl EHNzLKER

them just as bright as from the whole
hearts. and the king wept and tried
to- call out to the men to stop, but
he could not be heard above the noise
Of the mill.
At last his agony was so great that
he fell to the floor. weeping, and while
he lay there something touched his
shoulder. The king raised his eyes
and saw standing beside him a figure
dressed in gray robes.
Arise and listen to me-" II said
The king did as he was told, and
tn figure pointed to the men who were
pouring the hearts into the mill.
You weep because of what YOU
see. said the figure, land think of all
the suffering these men have caused
to get their gold. But you did not
think about that when you were king
and made the poor people in vo,1r
kingdom bring to you more than half
OF what they got from their small
lands and hard worl. that you might
be rich and live in sDlendor. You ala
not see the hearts that were broken
or the suffering you caused becauae
of your love of gold"
Was I as cruel as these men 1 see
before me?" asked the king. ssDi,1
I really cause the people in INV KIM
dom to suffer until their hearts were
crushed and broken
You did" answered the figure. "In
this land there are many doing lust
- SOA w. tAAc Ouly Ol1IerenCA In that
you took all in your country. while
mere there are many to take It ana
more hearts are sacrificed"
oh let me go back to INV throne ;.
begged the king. dropping on his
knees before the figure; .Iet me he
king once more and I promise to maj
amends for the suffering / have car,S-
cd. 1 VIII spend all the wealth I hsve
Tor the good of my subjects ana to he
king" soco
| SO be it," said the figure. ana the
f., s Kin1 awoke to find himself on the
Iioor OF his bedroom, where he had
| A@nen N the agony Of his dream.
BUT he did not forget Il on HE
promise to the gray figure. He snen1
MS money in building Comforts NE
| MONIES for his people. and gave them
the land they titled. He prepared :
teast each year and invited An the
| people in his land to come.
From being king that all hta s,h.
Jects mated he became one that thex
Al loved. and he grew to know M
tnis was more to be desired than ereas
riches. and there was peace ana con.
tentment in his heart. Old are - ~
upon him like the sunset al fheT ~
OF beautiful day. which the snle,, =,
Of thousand thrones cannot r,.aerN
I-(Copyright. 1915. by the 9cfSIssrse
I - 'aADeper Syndicate New Yorh Cifvsl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
Journal Entries

Few are the successful men who
haven't experienced one or more fail
ureS.
The faults a man is willing to con-
fess he has are never very serious.
People who are strictly honest in
other things seldom hesitate about
stealing another's time.
Z =
Distances are frequently measured
as 1.-The crows fly but nobody else
can go that way.
=
Not few folk are actually proud
of the fact that their handwriting is
illegible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.

CFrom the Chicago Newsl
A woman is never too good to be
true.
1t takes a spinster to give motherly
advice to a young mother.
! And sometimes. little learning
saves a man from jury duty.
People will have a good opinion OF
you if you agree with them.
To err is Humankind the divine
part is to keep from being found out.
Never tell a middle aged woman
that she reminds you of an old friend.
Many a man hasn't enough sense
to become a successful wheelbarow
chauffeur.
Some women who wear golden slip
pers on earth may find it difficult to
climb the golden stairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
Globe Sights
BY THE ArcHIsoN GLOBE.

What does a loafer do when he feels
he needs a rest?
Compliments shouldn't be limited TO
those found in obituaries.
The stranger who gets SO all-fred
lonely in a big city probably u broke.
There probably will be an argu-
ment whether there is room for 1t or
not.
A snob can usually find a large fol-
lowing eager to get acquainted with
him.
The mere fact that he likes to camp
out is no sign q man enjoys house
cleaning.
Alb. Adkins says that waiting pa
tiently is about the best thing hts SON.
in-law does
There are a good many tramps. but
more men would join the leisure class
If 1t paid better.
Some people are SO afraid of a lit
tie fresh air they should try Living In
a thermos bottle.
If you feel you are likely to lose. II
may be a good idea to settle the mat.
ter by arbitration.
| A man isn't necessarily deadbeat
because he bears up bravely under the
strain OF owing letters.
| There are men who seem to weaz
a silk hat naturally. while there are
others who can't learn how.
No man with q boosey breath car
have much luck convincing us he Il
hungry. although he may be-
| While a man sometimes starts 9
| quarrel with his wife, the chances are
he Is short-winded. and can't end it.
1 II a woman is sufficiently gOot
looking, she doesn't need much OF al
lexcuse to set her picture IN the paper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
Evening Chat
Christianity and the War.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

ASeAeeAAASy
In my mail the other morning 1 re-
ceived a letter from a woman who is
grieved and bewildered at the spec
tacle of the world in arms. She wants
to know If believe that, as some peo-
pie maintain, Christianity has failed
US in a terrible crisis.
To her and to my other reader
friends 1 want to go on record as ans
wering most emphatically mol"
Listen. A young japanese was told
the story of Christ. He listened Gag
erly. The sublime humility. the su-
preme self-sacrifice stirred his imag-
| ination. He began to understand
Christianity and what it meant.
The Japanese and Missionary Teacher.
II should like ito be a Christian .
he said. because Christians have such
splendid ethics"
He thought, quite naturally, that
Christians patterned themselves and
their lives in accordance with the
teachings of Christ. To have such high
ethics seemed to him better than
holding to the faith of his fathers.
And SO, eager to be with these Chris
tians and to live as they did. he en-
rolled in the missionary school.
| One morning the superintendent
and one of the teachers had an argu-
ment over methods. Unfortunately
both came close to losing their tenn,
pers. The Jananese listened in panied
amazement. Finally he went to the
woman who had told him the story
Of Christ
/ "How Can They Be Christians?'
Hon. Superintendent-is he Chris
tian?" he asked. :
i "Why of course" he was assured
Hon. Teacher, too?"
'Of course!"
i But" he protested, ''how can they
} be Christians when they are not
Christ-like?"
} He went away and thought the mat
} ter over. Then he returned II
christians are not Christ-like they are
no different from JAP" he said. why
should I be Christian"
The japanese was not interested IN
creed nor dogma. He had found II
the story of Christ an ideal. He be-
lieved that to live up to it, to be
Christian, would be beautiful. But t.
be a Christian in name and not II
spirit, or to find that other Chrlstian'
were thus, destroyed his belief
) We Who Have Failed Christianity.
In other words 1t is not Christianit,
that has failed us, but we that havt
failed Christianity. The splendid IDEA
is still there, even the non-convertet
Japanese could understand 1t ana o.
, fired by it; it is we who have smut on
eyes to the vision.
No. my dear. bewildered reaoer
friend. it is not Christianity that ha
| failed mankind, but mankind that ma
/ failed Christianity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
From Other Pens
LAUNDERING INTO MArRIMoNY.

LAUNDERING INTO MATRIMONY.
A series of matrimonial escapades
by a plausible young adventurer mas
demonstrated once more that par
ents should exercise the greatest pos
sible care when their daughters are
sought in marriage by men whose past
lives are not known to the naturai
guardians Of the inexperienced girls.
All the blame, Of course. does not lie
with parents for the casual manner In
which American young people rush
into matrimony. Much OF 1t must be
borne by the children themselves.
particularly If they resent parental
interference with their affairs. IL
would be incompatible with American
of family and financial convenience
as is done in some foreign countries.
In land of wide opportunity where
every youth is supposed to be capable
of assuming family responsibilities
when he reaches manhood's estate
financial considerations should not be
made q matter of prime importance.
But character should be weighed and
superficial appearances should not be
accepted as conclusive. The records
of American divorce courts prove
that getting married as a sort of gam
bling chance is amazingly common In
this land Of Intelligent men and wo-
men. These records constitute evil
dence of a weak spot in the social
structure. That the weakness is due
| in large measure to q dangerous lOOS-
ening of family ties and unfilial scorn
| of parental authority is not to be
| doubted. American parents must
learn to protect their daughters from
the serious danger of contracting
reckless marriages. This is a duty
that they have no moral right to shirlk
Chicago News. a. ~-.sf
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Kansas Comment
HARD WINTER NEARLY ENDED.

HARD WINTER NEARLY ENDED'
This has been hard winter on .
great many people. The weather ~ nss
been bad much Of the time ana ~ nas
required q great deal Of fuel ana exaISs
clothing. Work has been scarce. anu
the expense Of living has been n, enr
And it is not only the really poor
people who have felt the effects OF
the long winter, but many VINO arg
counted fairly we'll OFF. or in GOOD cir
cumstances SO far as property 10 con-
cerned. and who ordinarily i've az
well as anybody, have. been hard up
for ready money. and have nad 20
deny themselves many neceesities
which they felt they really shouIo
have. But there is one satisfactaon
at this time 1t will soon be spring.
Winter is mostly passed. Everything
looks good for the coming season.
We are thankful that conditions are
no worse Glad that our country Is
at peace, and beyond stating these
few facts, which are true here. ana
true elsewhere, and more especially
in the large cities; it has been q hard.
long. disagreeable winter. ana many
door people have suffered unbeknown
to their neighbors or the world
Frankfort Index.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Editorials.
The United States mail is certainly
a wonderful institution. Not once in
a thousand times does a dunning let
ter fail to reach its destination.
The Germans hold one twenty
seventh of France, but it takes more
than one twenty-seventh of France to
just what Sherman said it was, but if
many more god looking nurses like
Mona McAdoO go over from here the
soldiers will find it at least bearable.
Man in Wisconsin missed a certain
train only twice in 80 years. 1t is al
most impossible to miss those Wiscon-
sin trains. They are always two or
three hours late.
But then. a smaller loaf OF bread is
Uncle Abner Says:
No man knows what trouble is I'M
til he buys a secondhand sewing ma
chine for his wife and tries to pawn
it off on her for q new one.
Grandpa Bibbins is the Oldest man
In our town, l guess. He says he can
remember back when tomaters were
called love apples" and was thought
to be pizen.
A man who never changes his mind
amt got any mind to change.
There amt no Teller who is more
optimistic than one who orders hash
in a dining car when there is anything
else in sight. e
About the only place a Teller kin
buy a box Of figs nowadays is on the
train.
1t amt no railroad trip at all tc
some fellers unless they kin keep theiI
heads stickin' out Of the car window
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
On the Spur
of the Moment

Tho Days News.
Now a New York expedition
On an interesting mission
Has Jared forth to find where hid
Is the wealth OF Captain Kidd
They are sailing Ger the ocean
And they have q sort Of notion
That II they are brave and bold
They will find the pirates gold.
Seems as though since the beginning
Everyone has had an inning
At this interesting job,
But they've never found q bob.
1 surmise their course is faulty.
I would never sail the salty
Hoping that I'd find a store
OF the pirate wealth galore.
l would stay right in the village
OF New York where there is piIlage.
There's more pirate gold right there
Than is buried anywhere
Piracy unprecedented,
Right in New York was invented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Kansas hasn't anything like a mort
gage on legislative proposals of the
freak" variety. In the fullness of his
wisdom. Missouri statesman has pre-
pared and presented a bill to the Mis-
souri, legislature which makes it a mis-
demeanor for a farmer to indulge in
CUES words. And Missouri happens to
be the state where almost every far
mer Is the possessor of brace OIL
more of mules.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
shipping.

In view of the determination of the
governments agents to enforce the
migratory bird law to the letter, the
wise sportsman in these parts will de-
fer taking a shot at wild ducks during
the spring season until the law in
question has been passed upon by the
federal courts. There seems to be q
consensus of opinion among the legal
lights that this statute il unconstitu-
tional, but until it IL SO declared, the
gun-artists who are of a mind not to
heed 1t are in for lot of expensive
trouble and annoyance. II experience
teaches one thing emphatically, 1t il
that II doesn't pay to monkey with
Uncle Sam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Once upon a time there was king
who was very wicked, although he did
not think he was. He thought only
of money. and his poor subjects had
to pay him out Of their scanty store
nearly all they had. SO that the people
who lived in his kingdom were very
poor and almost starving because of
the greediness of their king.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Some of. the German newspaper
statesmen are insisting that the now
famous United States note will not
divert the German admiralty from it's
plan Of submarine warfare. Well and
good. The United States isn't inter-
ested one way or the other in the Ger
man plans for submarine warfare. The
United States Is merely insisting that
neither this variety Of warfare, nor
any other kind for that matter, shall
be directed against legitimate neutral
ahipDinR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Representative Hendricks of Raw
Inns county is quite right in his in
sistence that it is impossible to leg
fslate brains INTO the people, but the
chances are that he has Joined with
others occasionally in voting for meas
ures that sought to legislate morals
into the people, which is another leg
islative impossibility as it hinges
largely on the one that he points out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

No doubt the stomachs of British
royalty are extremely gratified over
the decision of King George to elimtn-
ate elaborate meals from the royal
tables while the war is in progress, as
an example of an economy and frugal
ity that his subjects should practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Not a few folk would be more en-
thusiastic over the announcement
from the local weather bureau that
Spring is just around the corner were
it not also the fact that the spring
poets are lurking in her shadow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

AS prohibition marches on. The
French chamber of deputies has en-
acted a law placing the ban on the
sale of absinthe, the tipple in France
that is as destructive of men and
their morals as is American whisky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

II a gag rule is forced on the
United States senate, not few of the
august solons among its membership
are likely to hesitate in the future
about characterizing this as a free
couutrv"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II q member OF the
Aeoociated press and receives the full day
tojearaph report OF that great news or
Ganisat1on. for the exclusive afternoon
0ublication in Topeka.
me news IL received in The state Jour-
nsi building over wires for this sole pur-
Dooo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

One reason advanced for opposing
the introduction of a revivalist CAM
paign into New York, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, is that the aver
age New Yorker prefers his town to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

With Italy setting aside $4,000
900 for further military expenses up
to July, it would appear that she is
planning to jump into the war when
the going becomes easier in the
anrin0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

News from Pennsylvania that diet
of beer makes hens lay most pro-
lifically may be interesting to the
Kansas chicken fanciers, but they
won't be able to do much experiment.
ing in this direction. Beer is almost
as scarce in Kansas as hens teeth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-16

Possibly, those Chicago women, who
denounce the three-minute kisses
which seem to be popular incidentals
to the mask balls there. never had an
opportunity to sample any of that va
rfofV
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publisher
Association.

So excitable are the German news
papers that it wouldn't be at all sur
prising if one or more of them should
threaten the United States with q Ger
man invasion.