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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
Kansas Comment
KNoWING WHAT rs GOINC

KNOWING WHAT Is GOING ON
1t is of little use for men to hope to
advance in life, unless they know
what is going on in their own locali-
ty. For that reason every dollar spent
on newspapers is more than returned
Years ago people used to be satisfied
with one newspS per, but nowadays
most families have several. The news
paper is full of suggestions to the bust
ness man of ways in which he can sell
his goods. He learns the popular de-
mand for various articles, and be-
comes familiar with styles, fashions,
and manners, which affect the distri-
button of all kinds of commodities.
The retailer lears what his competi-
tors are doing, and sees object lessons
of the art of advertising in every is
sue. The workingman hears of oppor-
turities for better employment, and of
chances to buy goods cheap for his
family. A great many wealthy men
have founded their fortunes on care
full daily study of newspapers. Bust
ness success is all based on popular
tastes and habits. There is no other
way to learn so much about those
tastes and habits as to become an in
veterate newspaper reader.-Winfield
Courier.
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PROOF OF BETTER BUSINESS.

Pointing out that some form of re-
lief in the foreign exchange situation
is imperative, and suggesting that
solution will undoubtedly be facilitated
by the conference that is soon to be
held between American and British
bankers. Henry Clews, the New York
banker. says, in his current weekly
financial review, that some idea of the
increase in business activity can be
obtained from a comparison of bank
clearings with a year ago. The total
clearings at principal cities for the
first three weeks CT August was So
977. 100000, against $6,947, 100000 a
year ago, an increase of $1,000. 600
600. Included in these totals are clear
inss at New York, amounting to $5,-
095 100000, against $2,715,00o, 200 last
year, an increase of $2.2SO,0O
THE great increase in New Yorks
clearings," continues MIR. Clews, lis
chiefly due to the exceptional outburst
of activity on the Stock Exchange
which was closed a year ago. There
has been a sharp revival of specula-
ton, amounting to a boom in the war
group and the transactions since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31

CENTURY OF LITTLE GIRLS.
One went basked in stiff brocade
trett"
And Webster's Spelling Book was made,
rage after page by heart to get;
An0 with her schoolmates on parade
Ihrew a rose at Lafayette.
one in pantalettes and shawl
Sedately walked, a proper lass,
She in the Old Lyceum Hall
Heard Jenny Lind and, class by class,
her school went forth to view the pail,
the catafalque of Lincoln, pass.
cheer
- To dance the two-step DER and Ger.
She worked the Cuban flag and spear
Upon sofa pillow for
a youthful cousin volunteer
That summer of the Spanish War.
The last can ride and swim and wend
- On campfire hikes; and yet would she
rates OF her forbears hear no endi
And oft she cries, What fun 'twould
be
If they could come alive and spend
The afternoon, and stay to tea rs
Sarah n Cleghorn in Harpers Magazine
for August.
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CONCRETE COUNTRY ROADS.

The mileage of concrete pavementS
in the United States has increased
rapidly, and it is likely to continue to
increase, according to a new bulletin
of the United States department
of agriculture. This bulletin gives
the estimated amount of con-
crete pavement in the United States
in 1914 as 100000 square yards;
in 1909 it was only $4,000 square
yards. The principal advantages of
concrete pavements which have led
to this increase in popularity are said
to be: Durability under ordinary traf-
fic conditions. A smooth, even surface
offering little resistance. Absence of
dust and ease with which it may be
cleaned. Comparatively small cost of
maintenance until renewals are nee
essary. Availa bility as a base for an
other type of surface if desirable. At
tractive appearance. In commenting
upon these advantages. the bulletin
states that the durable of concrete
roads has not yet been proved by
actual practice, because there are no
very old pavements as yet in existe nee,
but from the condition of those which
have undergone several years service,
found to wear we'll. The disadvantages
of concrete as road surface are:
Its noise under horse traffic. The
wearing Of the necessary joints in
the pavement; and the tendency to
crack, with it's consequent rapid de-
terioration. The difficulty of repairs
when these become necessary. In the
past efforts have frequently been
made TO overcome these objections to
a certain degree by covering the con-
crete pavement with a bituminous
wearing surface. At the present time,
the specialists in the department of
agriculture hold that this can not be
economically justified although it is
possible that future investigation may
change the situation in this respect.
In the present state of road science
however, it seems that where traffic
conditions are such that a bituminous
surface on a concrete road is prac-
ticable a bituminous-surfa macadam
road would be equally practicable and
certainly cheaper. Where traffic is
too heavy for macadam road, the hi
luminous surface is likely to give way
and the uneven manner in which it
fails tends to produce excessive wear
on portions of the concrete.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
He SCOTS at scars who has never
been at war with himself
The popular man ALWAYS tells the
truth, when it doesn't hurt.
The dyspeptic who wines and dimes
really does more whining than din
ing. "in-
You must cultivate magnetism If
you expect to get things COMING vour
way. 80
Some people never put off till to-
morrow what they can do just as well
next week.
The fellow who always tells his
troubles is a nuisance He keeps rs
from telling ours.
Hoax-'It's the bark of the cork
trce that is valuable, isn't it ?" Joax-
Yes, but the dogwood ought to have
more
Wigg-"Who did the best acting
at the amateur theatricals?" WaggS
The audience. pretending to enjoy
the performance
Nell-"But he is old enough to he
her father" Belle-''What difference
does that make, if he is rich enough
to be her husband?"
You can never tell. Many a man
has more real dignity in his shirt
sleeves than another man has in a
high hat and frock coat.
The Pessimist-"The doctor tells
me my life hangs by a thread" The
Optimist- cheer up! Many a
mans has hung by a rope -
When a tall woman marries a lit
tic runt of a fellow, he may come up
fact that he doesn't come up to her
shoulders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
En- enin g Chat
Are You In Love?
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Are You In Love?
The two biggest things in life are
Work and Love.
do not think anyone can deny that
statement.
Every year, nay. every day that we
add to our lives, only makes us realize
more thoroughly that these are the
big realities.
Yesterday as 1 was going over my
collection of beautiful and inspiring
thoughts 1 was interested to see how
many l had unconsciously selected on
these two subjects.
And because 1 feel so sure that they
are the universal vital subjects I am
going to pass some of these thoughts
along. s
Today I'll give you the utterances of
some of the big minds and hearts on
love. Some other day I'll tell you
what they have said about work.
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one,
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
When love is done.'-F. w. Bour-
dillon.
1.-The control of sensuality devel-
ops the deeper feelings of love. Ell
len Key.
Love is an egotism of two."-La
Sale.
Beloved, let us love so we'll
Our work shall be the better for our
love
And still our love be sweeter for
our work'-E. B. Browning.
MANS love is of mans life thing
apart
IT'S woman's whole existence" =
Byron.
'''Tis better to have loved and lost
Tennyson.
Life is a flower of which love is
the honey."-Victor Hugo.
His kiss was on her lips before she
was born
1T is astonishing how little one
feels poverty when one loves."-Bul-
wer-
The reason why lovers are never
weary of one another is this-they
are always talking of themselves. -
La Rochefoucauld.
Love is a nuisance and an impede
ment to important action-'-Lord Ba-
con.
Love is strongest in pursuit, friend
ship in possessi on-''-Emerson
"A woman whom we truly love is a
religion. Emily De Giraidin.
Love is the greatest thing that God
can give US, for Himself is love; and
it is the greatest thing we can give
to God, for it will also give ourselves
and carry with it all that is ours. -
Jeremy Taylor
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bravery as much as your honesty.
Many of us are passively honest when
it's convenient but you are actively
honest even when it means a hard
fight. You've made the world seem
right again for me and now won't you
promise me that if 1 can ever make
serve you 2" The mans sincerity was
unmistakable and Elinor extended
her hand and smiled up at him
frankly.
you've already made things easier
by forgiving me, and you've under
stool, and that is what counts most,
you know" 1t was only after she had
gone that Stanley Morton realized that
she had not told him her name or
given him any clue about her work.
One morning, month later, as
Elinor was at her work in the book
store she turned from the shelves with
half dozen books in her arms and a
near-sighted customer, intent upon a
book he held, collided with her, scat
tering the books in all directions. A
gentleman who was approaching pick
ed up two of the books and was about
to pass on with a formal acknowledge
ment of Elinor's thanks, when their
eyes CHANGED to meet. 1t was Stanley
Morton.
After long, long look into each
others eyes, Stanley took the books
and placed one on table. The other
he opened and pretended to be talk
ing to her about it SO that their con-
versation might appear usual to the
other people about
AT last I've found you, as 1 knew
should find you some day." His
words came deliberately, but his tone
made each word a caress. But there
are always twOfold discoveries about
you, and I'm daring to believe that I've
found in your eyes evidence that in
your heart there is something of the
same love that has been growing in
mine ever since the day L found you
This is no place to say it, but I love
you and need you and want you"
Her eyes fell on the title of the book
ne heId IN his hand. 1t was Paradise
Regained. Copyright, 1915. bv the
MCCLURE NEWSPAPER Syndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
FIGHT ON, BUT HAVE FUN.

Napoleon was a great fighter, OBJ
serves Z. L. Vincent in Farm Life, and
he goes on: As man we do not think
much of him, but he said one thing
that has snap I'M it. Conquest made
me what 1 am and conquest must
maintain me- That's It. When we
stop fighting, we stop winning. If we
ever should come to a place in life
where there was nothing to do. no
hard knocks, no trying things to bear,
all the happiness would go out of liv-
ing There is no place on earth for
the man who will not do his share of
the fighting. Under the earth there
is little place about two feet wide
and six long, all ready for him; but
that is the only spot he can claim
for his own. So let's get all the fun
we can out of life as we go along The
best way to keep off wrinkles and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
Jayh awker Jots

According to the Hill City Repub-
lican, about the hardest exercise some
men take is a hearty laugh.
AS the Kanopolis Journal explains:
Profit that is eXorbitant if we are
buying is about all right if we are
selling.
Ernest Trimmer of the Cove City
Republican-Gazette evidently is a ro-
mantica1ly inclined old sport. Says
he: y moonlight summers night
vineclad veranda and-you and a
pretty girl. Can you beat it2
They gather at the river on Sun
day all right at Haddam. At least
the Haddam Clipper-Leader reports
that the fishing has been so good in
Mill creek lately that the banks were
lined with people Sunday and some
report catching good string, while
others report bad luck.
Harve Plumb of Wellington seems
to be entitled to seat well to the
front in the forehanded class. The
Wellington Journal says that as the
result of the paving being done on F
street, HarVe will have an auto drive
way leading into the premises at his
residence. And now" he says, eff I
only had an auto"
Related by the ottawa County
Democrat: The other day when an
auto horn footed a quiet looking man
jumped and looked around in a
startled manner. When asked what
troubled him he replied that a few
weeks ago a fellow eloped with his
wife in an automobile and every time
he heard a horn toot he was afraid
the man was bringing her back.
Something new in the rat-killing
line is reported by the Beattte Eagle,
as follows: To take the place of I'M
satisfactory rat poisons, r. L. Burk-
EFT, a druggist at Reserve, Kan, has
introduced a new method of killing
the animals, which farmers who have
tried it say proves very satisfactory.
Birkett's plan is to feed the rats small
pieces of sponge that have been fried
in bacon grease, which kills them al
most instantly.
A brace of Armourdale Peculiari-
ties as set forth in the Kansas City,
Kan, Press: A girl who works in an
Armourdale real estate office found
bedbug in a cinnamon roll the other
day and she threatens to sue a grocer
for damages. She says it is bad
enough to find them in bed. .
The stingiest man in the world is in
the grocery business in Armourdale.
He will break a cracker in two to
make the scales balance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
CANADA's IMMIGRATION.

According to a report from Julius
D. Dreher, the United States consul at
Toronto, recent publication of the
Dominion department of immigration
shows that only 144,7S9 immigrants
arrived in Canada during the fiscal
year ending March 81, 1915 From
Great Britain there were 1872 as
compared with 142, 622 in the previous
year, and from the United States
59,779, as compared with 1878 in
1884. 1t will be observed that the
immigration statistics for the last
fiscal year embrace a period of four
months before the outbreak of war.
The problem of immigration after the
war is already being discussed in
Canada and Great Britain, and plans
are under consideration for the set
tIement of returned soldiers on the
vacant lands of the Dominion of Can
ada as well as of other oversee coun-
tries of the British empire. 1t is ex-
pected that thousands of families will
emigrate from continental Europe
after the war to find homes on the
fertile lands now idle in Canada and
other British countries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

AS the days grow shorter so does
pas pocket book.
If he must lose, young man pre-
fers to lose sleep.
There is comparatively little COM
plant that the preachers vacation is
too long.
1t is comparatively easy to start a
new party; the difficulty is in getting
anywhere with it.
A politician doesn't care so much
about winning the confidence of the
people, if he can get their votes.
No man should sing that touching
ballad, THE Cat Came Back when
his wife returns from the country
Jude Johnson is honest now, and
Short jerks says it is because people
no longer give Jude a chance to steal.
Some people are proud of their hay
fever, although there is nothing beau
tiful about red eyes and a 1eaky nose.
You may have observed that South
ern Chivalry is found in the same
region which runs largely to lynching
ana child labor.
An old-fashioned woman who has
raised large family, isn't anxious to
listen to any silver-tongued orator
expounding Child Hygiene.
The stone bruises of childhood be-
come corns as one grows older, and
life is just one DANCED thing after
another, as the sage remarked.
Womans ability tc overcome handi-
caps is again demonstrated by the
length of time she can talk over a
telephone without saying anything.
No woman who has stayed up to
await the return of her husband from
an extended lodge session, will hearth
ly indorse the watchfuI waiting policy
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Sl}edgin1e Ialeany
Elesss - &caa ararn.hd4son. 49,
BLUEY SHARES HIS BREAD.

Bluey Blackbird stayed over in the
park so long that the garden folks
nearly forgot what he was 1ike-at
least they had time to forget his
faults, which was, perhaps, a good
thing.
So when Billy Robin on a bright
summer morning said to Tommy
Sparrow: Il do miss Bluey Black
bird! 1 wonder where he has gone"
Tommy Sparrow was really con-
cerned.
I'm sure can't imagine where he
is replied Tommy, looking all around
the garden THE last L knew he was
in the park Do you suppose he has
stayed there all this timer
Maybe said Billy Robin Tets
go see" So together Billy Robin and
Tommy Sparrow flew over to the
park to hunt up B1uey Blackbird.
stayed all this long time IN the park,
because he was having such a good
time, and finding so many good things
to eat, that he never could make UP
his mind to go back to the garden.
There were fishermen in the park
who left worm bait carelessly around
where birds might eat it up; and
picnickers who scattered crumbs over
the grass-oh, the park was a fine
Billy and Tommy flew straight to
the spot where they had last played
with Bluey, a pretty little nook at
the side of the lagoon. This is
where ] saw him last" said Tommy
maybe he will come around near
here soon-that is, if he is in the
park"
But though they looked and looked,
no B1uey turned up to greet them.
Il believe we had better fly around
a Bit" suggested Billy Robin, so they
flew across the lagoon to the beach
on the other side.
There just around the curve of the
shore, they saw Bluey, and what do
you suppose he was doing? Billy
and Tommy craned their necks to
see. but they couldn't quite make out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
MECHANICAL MILKMAIDs.

The average farmer has declared in
no uncertain terms that he will not be
tied to a cows tail, however profitable
the milking of cows may be. But
economic necessity is compelling many
farmers each year to turn to dairyinss
in spite of it's unpleasant features.
Since hired men as a class will not
milk, the dairyman can not keep more
COWS than he and his family can ham
die. Now comes the successful milk
ing machine and another white mans
burden" has been removed. By hitch
ing ar air pump to the cows udder a
boy can do the work of two men and
enjoy it. No longer will it be neces-
sary to stop the work of a couple of
men and teams in order to get the
milking done before bedtime. The
dairyman will start the gasoline engine
and he and his son will milk the cows
while the men put in a full day with
the teams.-G. c. W., in the Kansas
Farmer.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News.1
A kiss in time may be one of nine.
It's as difficult to find a friend as
it is to lose enemies.
Only a lucky man can afford to
pose as a disbeliever in luck.
Probably more intellectual women
would marry if they were asked.
Every time q man gets 1t in the
neck he realizes how little he
amounts to.
Some men get rich because of their
ability to separate others from their
coin.
What has become of the old fash
toned people who used to go TO bed
with the chickens?
If you happen to hear woman
praising a mans wisdom it's a sure
sign that he is not her husband.
Ever notice how easy it is for a
person afflicted with insomnia to go
to sleep when it is time to get up?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31
From Other Pens
A FOOLISH NOTION.


The proposal of certain eastern wo-
men to call a strike in which all wo-.
men employed in outside activities
shall remain at home for a day, by
way of demonstrating their impor-
lance in the modern business world,
belongs among those inconsequent no.
tons that now and then get into print.
The idea of the projectors is to fur
nish an answer to the nineteenth CEN
fury argument or assertion that
'womans place is in the home" a
doctrine practically obsolete in this
generation, when women have dem
onstrated that their place is wherever
they find anything that needs to be
done. That the suggested lay-oft
would cause almost or quite as much
inconvenience as a street car tie-up
no one doubts. The good is entirely
problematical. There would be a great
deal of evaporation on the part of
employers, whose annoyance would
negative any possible recognition of
the business value of women. That
some who need work would lose their
positions, while all would lose days
wage, is certain. Moreover, women who
work are not sufficiently impressed
with the importance of the proposed
demonstration. They do not care
what people think about their place"
as long they are satisfied with it,
nor feel the necessity of impressing
"goes without saying" BY far the
larger number have a genuine inter-
est in hsir work, and are sensible
enough to ask, What good will it do
to demonstrate in such fashion an in
dustrial importance which the world
is perfectly willing to acknowledge
without it.-Detroit Free Press.
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Journal Entries

It's lucky for widows that dead
men tell no tales"
The remarkable boss is the man who
has perfect control over his children.
20 Il u
Many women soon discover to their
sorrow that the bonds of matr1mony
don't pay very good interest.
j. - u
A summer vacation is usually as ex-
tensive as the pocketbook of the indi-
vidual taking it.
j. j
If people were not naturally blind
to their faults they'd find some other
way of seeing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31

Were Boston able to accept Cover
nor Capper's invitation to take a look
at Kansas, Boston would get a glimpse
of something worth seeing. And after
walking on the broad streets of I o.
peka, Boston would be more Disguised
than ever with the crooked and mar
row lanes that attempt to serve her
as streets. A good jumper could
leap across many Boston streets and
on some of them it is possible to step
from the curbing onto the street cars,
and the street car tracks are set in the
middle of the street, as usual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31

Marshall county's plan of cooper
alive organizations to deal with the
hog cholera problem appears to be
delivering the goods in such a hand
some manner that the farmers in
some or all of the other counties in
the state might well try it. The Kan
sas farmers would have another gold
mine in their dooryards if hog choI-
era could be made a~thing of the past
in Kansas, or reduced to such a mini
mum that it would not amount to
much.
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of course, the rather big slump in
the Kansas wheat yield, occasioned by
the unfavorable weather, will hit
many a Kansas wheat farmer a hard
blow, but an aggregate Kansas wheat
production of 9S,0OO,000 bushels, the
present estimate of Mr.. Mohler, the
secretary of the Kansas department of
agriculture, is far from being small
one Indeed, it is among the record
Kansas wheat yields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-08-31

With the Arabic and Lusitania
cases as good as disposed of in a man
ner satisfactory to the United States
provided, OF course, there are no repe-
titions of these horrors, Uncle Sam is
girding up his loins for a paper tight
with England on the big question of
the freedom of the seas. After ALL
though, these paper or diplomatic
battles are by far the better kind.
Words never hurt any one beyond re-