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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

OF course, Topekans are gratified at
an opportunity to get into personal
touch with the distinguished members
cf the Flying Squadron and its work.
But isn't it a waste of time and effort
for these prohibitory crusaders to
present their program in Topeka or
any other place in Kansas? Prihibi-
ton is a fact in Kansas a permanent
fact. And there isn't a member of
congress from Kansas, either in the
senate or house of representatives,
who would so far ignore the sentiment
of his constituents as to vote against
any kind of a measure designed to
bring about national prohibition. 1t
would seem, therefore, that the Fly
ing Squadron could deliver its mes
sage to larger advantage in other To-
calities, where there is real need for
missionary effort for the prohibitory
cause. So far as Topeka is concern
ed the war for prohibition is over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
y Cbara ln@ramJUdson

can, what should he find but crust
of bread, OF course it was hard as
rock and pretty sooty, but hungry
Tommy Sparrow thought it the finest
dainty he had seen that day. No mat
ter about the hardness and the dirt, 1t
was foodI Pecka-ble, bore-able, eat
able food and he set to work at it with
a vim.
Now you're not to suppose that
Tommy Sparrow was the only spar
row in that whole city who could find
no breakfast on this particular snowy
morning-for he wasn't, Many and
many another little bird found himself
in exactly that same fix; so of course
all the hungry little fellows were
watching for food, just as Tommy was.
How he had the good luck to find the
only crust in sight, he never knew.
Certain it was that he didn't have it
long till the others saw him eating and
flew down to see what he had.
t'Oh look" shouted the first one 10
come, "Tommys found a crust Let's
make him divide it,"
Tommy Sparrow You know me-"
chirped another, you know me! Give
me a peck!'
You get away" answered Tommy
saucily, 81 found this crust myself, II
you are hungry go find one of your
own!' And he spread his wings and
looked as fierce as he could-which
was pretty fierce and warlike he
But the other sparrows were not
one bit impressed. They just stepped
up to him as though he hadn't said
one word and prepared to take his
own precious crust.
Didn't you hear what / said?" he
asked. 81 said get away and I
meant it," He ruffled up his feathers
and pitched in to the nearest bird.
Such a fight as it wasi The other
sparrows saw that Tommy meant
business, so they kept a respectful dis
lance and watched the fight. Faster
and faster those birds whirled round
and round. At each others throat
neck and breast-it seemed as though
they would never stop.
But stop they did-and quickly too
they saw up on the back
fence, a little kitten. He watched the
fighters a bit. then he said. "nouehi"
and darted down towards them. The
birds saw him coming and flew away
JUST in timei Nobody wanted the
crust enough to risk being caught bv
Mr.. Kitteni-(Copyright 1915-Clara
Ingram Judson)
Tomorrow-CIoud Pastures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

What the Russian military authori-
ties apparently need to assure the
largest possible success for their arms
is the advice of some of the war
analysts working on newspapers in
this country and who have been no
nearer to the arena of the war than
New York or Boston. They are al
ready pointing out just how Russia
will throw away the advantages that
have come to her through the capture
of Przemysl by following up this vic
tory with moves in the wrong direc-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
Kansas Comment
TEACHERS PENSIONS.

TEACHERS PENSIONS.
Social insurance is in the public ear
today and among teachers one phase
is known as pensions. AS a rule it is
taken to mean an annuity in conSidera-
alton Of past services.
Germany was first in this field. In
1885 Prussia passed a teachers pen
sion act, and other German states fol-
lowed her lead. The age limit was
placed at IS. In 1906 there were more
than ten thousand folk school teach
ers receiving pensions. The average
for man was 1,61S marks; for a
woman, S79.
Great Britain, in 1898, passed the
elementary school teachers superan-
nuation act. 1t fixed the age at SIS
and required that he shall have spent
one-half the years since his certifica
ton as a teacher. =
Laws in Scotland, Italy, France
and Switzerland have also made pro-
visions in kind.
In the United States teachers pen
sions promise to be the first step in
general social insurance. There are
four types being considered, private
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
Journal Entries

Everything that's cheap isn't neces-
sarily a bargain.
= i i
Isn't it also true that many self
made men are failures?
+ + +
With most people, the good things
of life are those they don't possess.
Z, 80
Many of the awfully nice people in
company are disa greeable folk at
home.
:. - =
The love that laughs at locksmiths
usually has the first laugh, the lock-
smiths having the last and best one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
A woNDERFUL EXHIBIT.

4 u
If the spirit of Morgan. the pirate,
had taken the seas again and over
hauled the United States auxiliary
ship, Caesar, as it sailed through the
waters which he onced infested, that
long deceased pirate would have be-
held the most wonderful prize cargo
which ever fell into his hands
Were the boxes containing the ex-
hibit that is to be displayed by the
United States public health service at
the San Francisco exposition broken
open, strange and varied would be the
objects which would be found there
in; many of them illustrating subjects
which were undreame of in Morgan S
day.
There would be a small theater in
which would be shown by beautiful
paintings the story of typhoid
bacillus carrier and how she innocent
ly spread typhoid fever and brought
sorrow and death to many. Other
models would show how the same dis
ease is spread by flies, oysters, and
water, and still other models would
show the influence of the improve
ment of public water supplies on the
spread of the disease. There are mos
quitoes in this strange cargo, mos
quitoes as large as eagles, ifeless to
be sure, yet showing in every detail the
life history of this disease carrying in
sect from the egg to adult mosquito
hood. There would be fleas that
would strike terror to the heart of
the looting pirate; fleas big as
dogs; so exhibited as to demonstrate
the manner in which they carry
plague from rats to man, and speaking
of rats, there would be the model of
ratless ship in which no rodent is per-
mitted to take passage, and in order to
further discourage this ubiquitous
enemy of man. the exhibit graphically
shows the various methods which may
be employed in it's destruction. Poor
Morgan would certainly rub his eyes
in amazement were he to see the
beautiful blown glass models of the
germs which produce the various dis
eases of man, and were he a scientist
of today he would go into raptures
over the delfcately tinted glass models
showing the lower forms of vegetable
life which transmute foul and danger
Gus sewage into harmless materials
There is a model showing the money
which flows out of Uncle Sans pock-
cts every year to pay the bills for
wholly preventable diseases; more
money than Morgan took in his fam
Gus sacking of Panama, a sum far
greater than the total amount of his
lootings.
When this exhibit is installed at San
Francisco it will include a model
municipal laboratory which will be
engaged in the examination of water
furnished by common carriers to pas
sengers in interstate traffic. There
will be models and charts and draw
ings to illustrate the ravages caused
by yellow fever, smallpox, tubercu-
1osis, rabies, Rocky mountain spotted
fever typhus fever, and diphtheria;
and moving pictures will show the
various methods employed by the
public health service in protecting the
health of the citizens of the United
States. This is the most extensive eX-
hibit on hygiene and sanitation ever
created in the United States, and is
expected to play very vital part in
the dissemination of knowledge which
the average citizen can utilize as a
health asset.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

An Easter offering from the people
of Kansas for the starving BeIgians
has been suggested by the Kansas Bel
Eian Relief Fund executive committee.
1t is an idea of noble proportions. Let
the offering be a large one. Kansas
responded finely with it's first contri-
button of flour for the Belgians. But
the latter are still on the verge of
starvation and need much help. Sure
~ Kansans will respond again and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

At any rate, the latest to enter the
lists for one of the provisional presi-
denotes of Mexico, General Felipe An
geles, is blessed with a name of felici-
tous significance. But as there is sell
dom anything in a name, he might
turn out to be quite the imp that his
rivals in the Mexican executive arena
1,.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

1t would be interesting to know how
many members of the recent Kansas
legislature are reasonably familiar
with the details of the 37S laws that
were passed by that body, and the
bulk of which were enacted during
the hurry and rush of the closing ten
DAYS of the session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
TELEPHONES.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES.

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication IA 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, 1915-03-26

An amplification of Kiplings sug-
gestion that the Colonel's lady and
Judy O'Grady are sisters under the
skim is to be found in the announce
ment of the enrolment of a negro on
the roster of England's famous Cold
stream Guards. In other words, 81
mans a man in war time no matter
what his color NAV be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
THE PET KITTEN PLAYS UMPIRE;

A furry of cold and snow covered
the ground with white and made
breakfast getting a serious problem
to Tommy Sparrow. Not but what he
was used to problems-any sparrow
who spends the winter in the north is
used to most everything-but Tommy
was more than usually hungry this
morning and there seemed not one
thing to eat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26

More proof that Uncle Sam is re-
1entless in the pursuit of those who
offend against him. A former rail-
way mail clerk has just been arrested
for a big mail robbery that occurred
in the spring of 1912, or three long
years ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
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Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association

Jersey justice also scores again in
decreeing that dirt is ''disorderly" and
that parents will be punished for con-
duct of that variety if they do not see
to it that their youngsters are prop
erlV cleaned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
The HickeyyiIIe Clarion.

= Last time Bud Hicks was locked up
in our sheet iron village Jail some
body smuggled can opener in to
him, and he amt been saw since
around these parts. Constable Hand
carries a pistol, but it amt ludded.
He says it is always the guns which
amt 1udded that does the most dam
age, according to the newspapers
Mrs Arson Frisby has got new
sectional book case so she can keep
on hands books from all sections of
the country.
There was a pound social at the
parsonage the other evening and Rev.
Hudnut says that most everybody
who came brought a pound of salt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-26
On the Spur
of the Moment
Not Yet, but Soon.
By ROY K. ,MouLTON

Not Yet, but Soon.
What is that scintillating thing,
Seen from afar,
Outshining newly painted sign
Or touring car?
1t cannot be the sun. on, no;
The orb of day
Does not scare all the horses most
To death that way.
1t cannot be the moon because
No moon would dare
To come out boldly at noont1de
With such a glare.
And still it comes right boldly on
And pains the eyes
OF passersby who greet it with
A mild surprise.
All, ha. At last we plainly see
The bright thing that
Is causing the sensation is
The first straw hat.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
AMERICAS GREATEST FOES,

Had saloons never been discovered,
and were 1t then in my power to por.
tray the effects of such a discovery, all
men, without exception, would declare
1t impossible to conceive Of any more
diabolical plan for the degradation and
destruction Of the human race. Our
greatest foes are the manufacturers
and distributors of alcohol. The
stories Of injuries done by drink are so
written in the sad life history of many
Of our greatest men; are so evident
throughout our land in squalor, pov.
erty, misery and crime, and replete in
prisons, warehouses; and asylums, as
well as in domestic infelicity, that it
is inconceivable that any intelligent
rational man can deny the necessity
for strong. united action to rid the
land Of both manufacturer and dis
tributor."-Dr. A. Kelley OF Johns Hop.
kins Hospital. Baltimore.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
BEER WORSE THAN WHISKY.

This is what the Home Life Insur.
ance company of New York has to say
about beer:
"Of all intoxicating drinks, it is the
most animalizing. 1t dulls the intel.
'ectual and moral and feeds the sen.
sual and beastly nature. Beyond all
other drinks, it qualities for deliberate
and unprovoked crime. In this re-
spect it is much worse than distilled
liquors. A whisky drinker will com
nit murder only under the direct ex-
citement of liquor. a beer drinker Is
capable of doing it in cold blood. Long
observation has assured us that a
large proportion of murders deliberate
~ planned and executed. without pas
sion or malice, with no other motive
than the acquisition of property or
money, often Of triflirg value, are per.
petfated by beer d,.nkers."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
STOP ALL DRINKING.

A handbook recently issued by the
German government for the use OF
field surgeons sounds a note of warn.
ing against John Barleycorn. The
article is by Prof. Max Gruber of the
Royal Hygienic institute Of Munich.
We quote:
This is no time for the use of alco-
hol. Not only is the guzzling Of all
alcoholic drinks to be stopped, but
the use of even small amounts is, as a
rule. an evil.
at is scientifically established that
even small amounts of alcohol weaken
and paralyze our powers of observa.
ton, memory and judgment, the com.
mand of our intellect. our wills and
our reason, our impulses, our brains.
our body; cut down the gains fro.l
exercise, the endurance of hardships.
the ability to resist external injuries.
zones strength and mental power
may be enough to Withstand the mod
crate use, but efficiency cannot be i'm.
proved by 1t. And those of US who
are small and deficient in mental and
physical power act recklessly when
we dissipate the little that we have,
especially when we are under obliga-
tions to accomplish the most that we
can"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
power voodworking machinery

power Woodworking machinery q
within reach of the town Iorkmen.
A farmer needs two or three nail
hsmners, together with the hard and
fast rule that one belongs exclusively
in the shop and must be left there.
The farm shop should also be sup
piled with = good brace and . set Of
bits 5-l6ths to l inch. Pod bits arc
better up to and including 4 inch.
A jack plane and q draw shave. with
some smaller odd tools, will complete
the necessary carpenter outfit to start
with.
A supply Of red paint and two or
three brushes of different sizes are
necessary to complete a repair job ON
q farm implement or machine There
Is only one kind of red paint for q
farmer to buy, and that is pure red
lead. 1t penetrates better when mixed
with pure raw linseed oil, but boiled
oil is better for some purposes. The
word pure" In this connection means
a good deal to a farmer. Brick dust
resembles red lead very closely, but
brick dust is not much good to protect
either wood or iron from rusting. Cot
tonseed oil resembles linseed oil, but
it won't make good paint.
A farm implement shed, built and
equipped in this way. is strong in
ducement to keep the tools and ma
chinery in good working order 1t
means a great deal at seeding time
in the spring. when every minute
should count, to have the tools all
ready to hitch on to and to have them
in condition to do their very best
work. A farmers time in winter is
well spent by getting things ready
for the busy season in the spring.
Farming is largely mechanical. A
farmer. to be successful, must under
stand his machines and have mechani.
cal ingenuity enough to keep them in
good proper condition to do their work
as the manufacturer intended.
The illustration shows how the shed
is built of light timbers with plenty
of large doors to get the machinery
in and out easily.
A word OF caution in regard to the
front OF the building may be neces.
sary. When a front Is all doors, there
is little room for bracing. 1t is q
good plan to make the door posts
three or four feet longer than the IL
lustration indicates, and to extend
them down into the ground. This
should be done by digging holes larger
than the posts, then set the posts with
concrete to make them solid and tc
preserve them from rotting 1t takes
the place OF sills. This makes a very
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
Beautiful European City.

Agram. in Croatia, is one of the
most popular cities in Europe. because
years ago its public-spirited citizens
got behind movement and carried
out a plan for an extensive park.
The city has population of only
about 100000 persons. but everywhere
it is known and spoken of as the city
of beautiful parks. Few persons pass
through on train that do not return.
They are drawn back by reason OF
the beauty of the park The city
spent more than one lNillion dollars
to set 1t Oh properly"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
LIVE ON ALF0Ns0's PENSION
Spanish King Remembered an In.
termed Hungarian Musician In a
Most Practical Way.

The king Of Spain has a way of re.
membering people when they are in
trouble. The celebrated hungarian
gypsy violinist and orchestra conductor
Boldi. who played daily and nightly at
the Ritz. Meurice and Cafe de la Paix
In Paris for some thirty years, was
sent to concentration camp by the
French authorities at the opening of
the war. Boldi had brought up large
family in Paris, but he had never
thought of getting naturalized. So
when the war came the whole family
along with the score or more of Hun
garian musicians in the orchestra,
were bundled off to a camp. The
property which Boldi had acquired out
OF his years of savings was put under
sequester and the family found itself
in straits.
Now the king OF Spain is passionate
ly fond OF Hungarian music and used
to give really royal tips to Boldi every
time he went to Paris for many years.
Boldi's sen even went to play in fash
ionable restaurant at Madrid on recon-
mendations given by the king. When
the king heard from Hungarians at
Madrid that the Boldi family was in
difficulties he had his secretary send
them monthly allowance of 800
francs ($60l, which has gone to the
camp every month since the outbreak
OF the war. There is little need for
money at the camp, SO the whole fam
lily is quite comfortable on King Al
fonsos allowance.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
AUSTRIAN YOUTHS IN WAR

The Austrian newspapers are devot-
ing considerable space at present to
the part played by schoolboys in the
present war They are affectionately
termed the war boys and In the op-
erations In eastern Galicia they were
Of great assistance to the troops.
In some Of the artillery battles. es-
pecially those which centered around
Czernovitz and Weinberg schoolboys
in large numbers braved the shells and
carried water and ammunition for the
troops.
After battle they would so over the
field and gather pieces of shrapnel and
the shells Of cartridges to be made
over again into ammunition. Occa-
sionally boy thus sacrificed his life.
but this did not deter the ardor OF his
companions.
Many Of the boys followed the in
fantry regiments and fought and slept
with the soldiers In the trenches. The
boys who remained at home took the
place OF their fathers and brothers who
were at the front.
The story is told of a fourteen-year-
old youngster who all alone managed
the biggest hotel in Czernovitz. He
looked personally after his own cashier
and bookkeeper. Other boys peddled
goods among the soldiers and so
earned a good living for their mothers.
Some became guides. and many an
army automobile had as guide a bright
schoolboy who sat beside the chauf-
fear and showed him the right road.
1t is said that when the history OF
this war is written the schoolboys of
Austria will deserve prominent place
in its pages.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-30
euiIdine That ls Of Vital lmpor-
tanee n the Interests Of
Real Economy.
INCLUDES A MACHINE SHOP
Farmer Who Keeps His Working I'm
peHnents in Trim 10 the One Who
Succeeds, and With Such m
Arrangement as This Hs
Can Do II.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRo.

Mr.. William A. i.ad:prd viii answer
questions and give advice FREE Of
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm. Tor
the readers of this paper: On account OF
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer. he Is. without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William a. Rad
ford, No. 1877 Prairie avenue, Chicago.
H., and only inc!ose two-cent stamp for
reply.
A shed to hold farm implements
may not look as important as some
of the other buildings, but it is neces-
sary to prevent waste. The depreci-
alton in the value Of farm imple-
ments and machinery is about 10 per
cent per year under good care. When
the machines are left to weather and
rust in the rain and wind the loss
is simply ruinouS. More machinery is
required on farms than formerly, and
it Is not a question whether q farmer
only problem is to find out how to
build it and how large to build 1t.
, In the first place the implement
shed should he big enough to hold all
farm tools and it should be well built
and tight enough to keep out the wind
and small animals. including chickens.
The plan shown herewith is 16 feet
in width and 60 feet in length. The
width is all right for any length shed.
1t may be built shorter and the length
continued at any time II more room
is needed. The doOrways provide
headroom sufficient for the highest
machines. and the width of the widest
opening when the double doors arc
opened and the center post removed