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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
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Dickey. eu a.
Dickey was not afraid, because he
mad seen Tim many times and he had
never tried to hurt him. SO Dickey
Folly, however, knew that Tim had
no right to jump on the table, and
sne kept nef eye on him., and flrst a.
I'm put his paw through the care she
s r,,ss, n out: Here! here! bad
noise that Tim jumped down frfrht.
ened that his mistress had refurned
and caught him. 'eu
But when he discovered that n w..
POLY VINO had made all the noise he
seemed to be angry with her ana
jumping on the stand beside her ~:
poked his paw through the bars Of
Now Polly was frightened ana Nh.
maoe 2 erab at Tins head with her
cage. se - the
It was no gentle pick she gave him.
It took off the fur and left n ha6
place on Tins head, and he jumped
with him. for his paw was thron1h
the bars when Polly picked 1t him
and he did not have q chance to free
hiE.-self until he fell.
Toby was asleep by the kitchen
stove' but All this noise awoke him.
and when he came in he saw rim
falling with Polly and the Gaze. ana
he knew what had happened.
Toby barked and ran At Tim Ohio
was SO surprised to have Tobv hsrI
at him that he. stood still fof : mir
ute looking at him, hut when r. .sv
his teeth he ran up the stairs ana
Toby after him. anu
Tim ran under he bed. but 1rohv
did not 80 down stairs. He - -
the door and watched. Whsr NJ
Patty returned Polly waS ecrNs.-ss.~
from her upturned care on fhe finor
and poor little Dickey waa TudSSej
N one corner of his cage terribly
The rumpled cover ON the table
showed Aies Patty what had nan
pe9eo g Dtckey. and she SuDpected
Was POLLY who had saved him. But
s who had saved Folly. She wondered.
ana where was Toby?
She called to him. and = hhhrn ,,t-
Tie DARK answered, but he .wou76 not
ieeve the door before witch n 1T.
Wnen Miss Patty went ubGfafr1 he
ren toward II bed. b4rkfnG and
jumping. ana when 1flaD PaftS l6uke
under Il there was Tim cuf1S6 "a -
though he vas aa1eep, hut II kead
showed that he was guilty. Sh6 from
Tobys action Mi0 Patty know PIN
was q bad punB ana ungr6feSt,l. -
she gave him away to fa6nflv who
did not have birds for pets. aYi1 rim
lost nice home ana q soft hed ana
plenty OF cream Copyright, 1915.
~ the Mcclure Newspaper SynAlcate.
New York City.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
Globe Sights
BY THE ArcHIsoN GLOBE

So much of the energy is wasted energy.
Two clocks in a house are worse than
none.
Some old man 10 every managers safety
valve.
Probably the best conversationalist il q
good listener.
People will never be satisfied until Mon
days are abolished.
You can pay for first class accommoda-
tons on any railroad.
Children's shoes never wear very well
If the children are well.
Remember what happens to the turkey,
which also struts = good deal
When q doctor Doesn't know what else
to say he says: internal injuries"
One thing in favor Of the checker cham
pion IL that he doesn't break into vaude-
Vile. ~,
A drunk man should never attempt to
explain how ridiculous the prohibition Law
Is.
Short jerks IL unpopular because he
will say, 1T II tmmaterial to me-" and
then argue for an hour.
Someone said It before, no doubt. but
one Of the strong arguments against
Socialism IL the Socialists.
While reasonably honest, father would
like to declare a moratorium during the
joyous Christmas season.
Jude Johnson is good for one thing: He
Is good wheat GRADER, probably because
wheat cradles have gone out OF use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23

From the Philadelphia Record.1
It generally takes more than a club to
kill time o ~
The man in the moon must be an nm
things. -'e". "
You can't convince a man that II in bet-
ter to be done to turn than mt 70 he
done at all.
You never can tell. Some men are so
strong that they will yield to nothing.
except temptation.
Some people keep US SO busy listening
70 their troubles that We haven't any time
Tor our own.
Wieg-"Guzxler is rather shallow. don't
hard to get him full''
all his time seeking the truth who can't
tell 1T when he finds 1t.
Swipes-'Is dat goil youse il engaged to
FOND O. sports?" Mugsy-"Sure Amt
she goin' to marry one?'
We are told that Eve was made from
ADAMS rib. but We sometimes have a
suspicion that Adam really lost his back
bone.
1t is possible to have too much Of a good
thing. The dog with the shortest tail runs
the least danger of having tin cans tied
to 1t. .'e~
Wigg-"I wonder where this moving mic
lure rad VIII stop Wagg-"Give 1t up
Even an art gallery can't seek now 0uar-
tiers without moving pictures"
Now here" said the daughter nj tha
magazine editor, lis young man who
Is wasting his energy. He writes that he
loves me and hopes 1 may return his at
1ection. and yet he neglects to inclose
postage"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
THE LONELY CHILD.

I41E LONELY G0z1HxO
live with Auntie ON the farm: she's
ntco ~ she can be;
6h0 says she means to do ~ wei ~ she
knows how by me:
she bids mo think II I've been good, she
bids me ny my prayers,
Ana then she takes the light away and
leaves me hero upstairs:
She does not tuck the covers In. or Pat
The way my mother used to do before
that she was dead!
And Auntie says she never dreamed Of
bringing up = child:
She hasn't any Of her own, and children
drive her wild;
try to be AZ stiu ~ still, and help her
do the chores,
And when 1 really have to cry I slip
away out doors,
Then wash my eyes out in the brook to
take away the red.
They never used to get that way when
Mother wasn't dead!
I think of how we used to 60 and take
the lOveliest walks,
And just before went to bed we had
the sweetest talks:
1t was 30 dear to cuddle in the hollow
OF her arm,
I never used to be afraid. or think OF
any harm:
And O. the songs she loved to sing, the
stories that she knew
l Wtnder II God needs the Mothers more
than children do?
Emma A.. Lente, in the Mothers Mag
axine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
From, Other Pens
CHORES AND PLAY

Z
The vanishing Of war has long been
prophesfed. hut the time when chill
dren should learn Chores no moro
has been beyond the vision of the
bOldest. Yet 1t has come upon us. and
parents are urged to "go to some
pains to find light and regular work
for boys to perform" The easy in
functions. run away and play like
SO many easy things, will not do. In
addition to making a living and a
home. fathers and mothers must now
make work for their boys and girls.
In the old days. as the Toledo Blade
remembers them, work Just natur-
ally created ITSELF" The stoves of the
period were so constructed as to con-
sumo all the wood that could be put
into them during ones spare hours.
Houses were set back from the street
in order to insure that boys should
have something to do when the snow
fell. Pumps were ingeniously con-
structed to freeze up, so that. ON
mornings when the thermometer was
below zero. boys should have to carry
boiling water to pour into them. Ey-
erythfng worked together to compel
youth to be industrious. Now. bv
some fronfcal turn. chores are van
tshing of their own accord. while
child labor has to be fought against
But there Is one compensation: Play
IL becoming so scientific that It win
soon seem like doing chores.-New
York Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
Jayhawker Jofs

Mrs. Tom Thompson OF the Howard
COurant has sent out q searcher for
the old-fashioned man who had to have
ma or the girls tie his necktie for him.
is the way the Stafford Courier puts
it. for verify they shall not be disap-
pointed.
We heard Trouble Smith laughing
at the owner of a Ford the other day
just because he had stopped at q farm
house and borrowed q little water for
his toy. tells the Wamego Reporter.
The water failing to work he borrowed
a little gasoline and failing to obtain
results with that. he borrowed an old
gray mare and reached town In per-
feet safety.
The female labor problem is near I'VE
editors heart at this writing" says
Editor Button in the current issue of
the Powhattan Bee, and apparently
not without reason; as he continues:
What with doing his own house work,
teaching school, acting as city clerk.
editing a paper, acting as librarian.
ETC.. to say nothing Of walking the
floor with the newly arrived boss" he
finds his time pretty well occupied.
Preparations are under way for the
proper observance Of Ground-Hog day
here. reports the Frankfort Index.
Scouts are now out looking for a
grounding and if one can be secured
he will be placed where his actions can
be observed on GroundHog day; and
II he comes out and sees his shadow,
then we will all know that we are to
he comes out and doesn't see his shad-
ow then he will know 1t is time to begin
making early garden.
A card for the legislature from the
Masmer correspondent Of the Ellsworth
Reporter: Now watch the legislature
hatch out another ''settin'" Of mushy
laws to cucumber the statute books
the majority Of which will die for want
OF nour1shment or rather because they
are incompatible with present thought
and were merely passed in vote swap
or to please some 2x4 politician who
is seeking notoriety. Freak law pass
ing should be stopped and those we
have be smashed in the snoot.
Friday young man went into the
county clerks office and asked for a
license, tells the Hiawatha World. "A
hunting?'' asked Miss Smith. the dep
uty. Eyes," responded the young man.
who evidently did not catch all the
question. Miss Smith then asked his
age. color of his hair and other de-
cense. After she had the blank partly
filled in the young man saw what he
was getting. Hold on. want a mar
riage license. My hunting il DONE" he
exclaimed without the slightest embar-
rassment. He was directed to the Of
fee OF Probate Judge Seaman.
Some of the Potpourri that Tom
Thompson dishes up for the readers of
his Howard Courant: If you ever saw
a section hand at work, you know why
he doesn't get much pay. He doesn't
earn it. When two women chase
the same man he has some show of
getting away. Was there ever
off, kn hnr
husba nd's letters? 1t doesn't take
a very smart son to spend money faster
than his father can earn and save it.
The pneumatic tire was first used
twenty-six years ago. Think Of the
troubles your grandfather never had.
|. 8. If you can't find anything to do,
don't hang around and bother other
men who are busy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
CHRISTIANITY AND WAR.

Christianity and war have walked
together down the centuries, writes
Agnes Repplier, in the January At
Iantic. How could it be otherwise
We have to reckon with humanity.
and humanity is not made over every
hundred years. Science has multiplied
instruments of destruction, but the
heart of the soldier is the same. 1t is
an anachronism, this human heart,
just as war is an anachronism, but it
still beats. Nothing sacred and dear
could have survived upon the earth
had men not fought for their women,
their homes, their individual honor.
and their national life. And while
men stay men. they must give up their
lives when the hour strikes. How shall
they believe that, dying on the from
tiers of their invaded countries, or at
the gates of their besieged towns. they
sin against the law of Christ?
Heroism is good for the soul, and
it bears as much practical fruit as
law-making. 1t goes further in mould
ing and developing the stuff of which
a great nation is made. There is a
flower of honor, there is a flower of
chivalry, there is a flower of religion -
So Sainte-Beuve equips the spirit of
civilian, cherishes this three-fold
bloom. Because he Lives dangerous
ly." he feels the need of God. Be-
cause his life is forfeit. there is about
him the dignity of sacrifice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23

1t is no more than reasonable to
suppose that the state board of admin
istration would not ask the legisla-
ture for a full million dollars more
than was appropriated two years ago
for the development and maintenance
of the states schools. II such a sum
were not deemed necessary. The
members OF this board are on the job
all the time and they certainly ought
to have a pretty good idea as to the
necessities of the state educational in
situations. Above az things, the leg
islature can afford to be liberal with
out being extravagant in its awards to
the schools. Each OF them in its par
ticular sphere is rendering immeas-
urable aid to the commonwealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23

The epidemic of foot and mouth
disease and its effect on the packing
industry and the stock yards of Chi
cago have been commented on widely
in the daily press from various points
of view. One of the most Illuminating
comments appears in a recent issue OF
the Chicago Journal under the head
ing Live Stock Versus Quail" Taking
the best available estimates OF the
amount of live stock contained in the
state and figuring on an average value
of horses at $40 a head, milk cows at
$65. other cows at $50. swine at SIS,
sheep at Sc and mules at $50 (mini-
mum valuations, as most will admit),
the Journal says the total value OF
live stock in Illinois would be $685.
5000. for the protection of which
the state legislature appropriated for
the current year a total Of $37,340.
By way of comparison. the Journal
quotes the appropriation for the pro-
lection of fish and game for the same
time. which amounts to $151.6OO. The
Journal properly characterizes such
situation as ''intolerable." 1t says,
ITO spend four times as much money
protecting quail, ducks and prairie
chickens as we spend in caring for
one of the basic industries of the state
is sheer communal lunacy." This is
true. The farmers and business men
of Illinois should see to it that every
cent that is necessary to protect the
live stock Of of the state is provided.
no matter what economies may be
necessary in other directions But.
asks the Journal of the American
Medical Association, II such appro-
priations are Justified for the protec-
ton Of the lives and health of animals.
how much should be appropriated to
protect the lives and health Of the
men, women and children of the
state? Certainly more than for fish,
game and live stock. Yet the apprO-
priation for the protection of the
5,63S,591 men, women and children in
the state was for 1914 only 100000.
$4,000 less than was appropriated
for the protection of fish and game.
Are the lives Of it's citizens of less
value to Illinois than the preservation
of it's quail and bass?
And Illinois doesn't shine alone in
this particular Mal.y other states,
including kansas, devote more money
to their fish and game departments
than they do to their board of health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
Kansas Commend


Years agO in this state county CONF
mis1ioners were elected BY all the peo-
pie Of the county. The cofnmaeoloners
were elected from the several districts:
but the vote on commissioners was open
to the whole county, not to the people
commissioners served all the peop1e OF
the county. and mot just their own
neighbor1. Commissioners elected ~ All
the people serve al the people. The
election OF commissioners BY di0tfictss
restricts the loyalty OF the commission
ers to districts. They bid against each
other to set things In their various dis
tricts. and a. q result taxes pile mp.
fake improvements are put In the var
ioun districts ana the people foot the
bills. The law under which the commits
sioners were elected by an the people
will be found - follows In section II.
page III. chapter q. Of the Compiled
Laws Of Kansas Of 1861. sSec IL Each
county shall be divided. by the present
county board of supervisors holding Of
fice. into three compact districts. ~
equal in population AZ possible, num-
bered respectively one, two and three.
and not subject to alteration oftener
than once in three. years; and one COM
missioner shall b elected from each
OF such districts, by the voters Of the
whole county, ~ hereinbefore provided:
but II. in any county. the aforemen-
toned board Of supervisors shall fail to
make such division before the first cleo
ton for county commissioners provided
for in this act. such failure shall. In no
case, prevent the election Of said COM
missioners. who shall. within nix months
after their election. make the said d.
vision Of the county into distf1cts." Now
then-why not reenact that stAtute7 1t
would be step In the right direction.
1t would bring the commissioners near
to all the people of q county and not
make them the special agents Of one
neighborhood. 1t IL vastly more demo-
cratic to have commissioners represent
ing all the people. than merely part of
the people, and having them trade with
other agents Of part OF the people to
rob all the people.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
The Story Of Four Pets.

The Story Of Four Pets.
This Is the story of how a parrot
saved a canary and how a dog saved
a parrot. These animals belonged to
Miss Patty, and she also had a hand
some tiger puss named Tim, who
when his mistress was about was az
wish to know.
One day Miss Patty went out, and
SO did the maid, and after calling and
looking for Tim they decided he was
out doors and gave no more thought
to him.
But Tim was not outdoors at all. He
was under the bed upstairs and he
heard his mistress calling to him.
Now, Tim did not want to go. be-
cause he had seen the cage, which was
Dickey's home on the table in the sit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23

spring attending to some planting and
looked at him ~ II he were crazy.
Isabel began to laugh softly and :
warm color crept Into her cheeks
Anyway. he explained that he had
hao soup at this BUNGALOW on an 0c-
casion when he had been skating ON the
pond to pass away IN hour he had
had to spend In the town. He described
you IN glowing terms. and told him all
about you- did like him. too. II
seems that he knows Charles sister.
and SO. altogether. We became weI ac-
quainted. and he's at the bungalow now
Just gaspinG to meet you again. Isn't
It too unusual to be true in this prosaic
age. Isabel?
Almost" admitted Isabel. .And yet
I'm rather glad It il true. III think I
know who It is
Mrs; Walker Brown patted the
gl0ved hand that lay ON Labels Ian.
You think so?-you know 90! It's cate,
ana I'm the instrument, am I not?''
You and my talent for soup making.' =
laughed Isabel
When they reached the bungalow by
the waterside. George Helmar came to-
ward them and opened the tonneau
door for Them
I shan't introduce you two-it'u be
90 romantic to remember that you were
never properly introduced. WON'T it9''
MRS. Walker-Brown asked
The others laughed with q trifIe of
embarrassment.
We have a good deal to remember
tnat isn't quite usual. think" Isabel
remarked.
And during the weekend Mr.. and
nars. Waiker-Brown felt SO utterly in
the way every time they happened to
JOIN their guests that by the last even
ing tney gave up trying to make the
gathering a foursome. but. left the two
l HSsNVa 1~H~~v
moonlit pond. -e
I've been looking for you ever since. %
George He1mar said. And now tha1
I've FOUND you again on the very spct
tnat first beheld you shall tell Won
ALL May I?'' 'O0
1T would seem rather too bad to
aDanoon such a promising oppor-
lunisy' laughed Isabel. using the very
words he had employed when advisins
ner TO continue her business venture
Now, wouldn't it?"
But the opportunity was not aban-
ooned-(Copyright. 1915, by the Nc.
Cure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
Journal Entries

Among the rare things floating
around are accurate quotations.
Soon. all too soon, will the crop OF
spring poetry be harvested.
Some sons do well il they fail to fol-
low in their fathers footsteps.
A whole lot of energy is wasted by
the many folk who attempt to break
AS people get on In life. they don't
put much stock in the saying that the
good die young.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
IFrom the Chicago News.1

Iron the Chicago News.1
It's ~ easy to begin loafing AZ it ID
hard to stop.
cause more go up against It,
A really skillful woman can laugh ~. .
pointless joke just n easy.
woman simply has to love something,
even II It is nothing but q man.
No man IL . nonentity unless he 10 the
husband OF . too prominent woman.
A woman likes to jolly her husband BY
telling him he II working too hard.
Some people are born polite and
some acquire the habit OF telling white
lies.
The young man who marriee q cooking
school graduate hopes she viii pan out
well.
Yet the garrulous Han never knows
enough about any question to put up an
interesting argument
public speaker never reaches tho pin
nAc1e OF fame until some country news
paper duhs hin the prince Of oratcrA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-23
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT.

In the February American Magazine
Ida NJ. Tarbell goes on with her new
series of business articles entitled 1.-The
Golden Rule in Business" Her article
this month has to do with the subject
of wages, and what she has to report is
exceedingly interesting to the general
public as well as to employers and en-
ployees. In the course of her article,
she tells many stories of interesting
businesses and she also has a good deal
to say about scientific management
which, by the way, she regards highly.
On this subject she comments, in part,
as follows:
"Popularly, scientific management is
characterized as a cunning device for.
speeding up workers. Actually, it is a
scientific method of finding out the
pace at which worker and machine will
do the best continuous work. 1t does
not drive; it gauges, standardizes.
Almost the first attack of the sys-
tenn is on the tools. chairs, benches, and
machines a worker uses. Are they
fitted to him? Is five-foot man using
shovel suitable only for a six-footer?
Is a short girl sitting on a chair COM
Portable only for tail one? Are heavy
irons lifted when they might be
showed?
What is done for the equipment is
done for the task 1t is divided into
parts. and each of these parts is sepa-
rately studied. the object being to cut
out unnecessary motions. The observa-
tons made on the worker with the stop
watch. to which there has been objec-
ton. are intended to find which of two
or three or more possible motions made
in doing particular thing is the
quickest and easiest.
What you have as a result of this
study is a task standardized, that is,
the best way possible of doing it
worked out. OF course the worker must
be taught this standard method, it cam
not be picked up nor learned by watch
ing some one else. The standard for
each task-it is known as q time study
us kept in the office of the shop,
just as patterns for machines are, and
whenever the task il to be performed
1t comes out and is given to the worker.
1t is equivalent to saying to him: The
operation we ask of you is no unslkilled,
unformulated thing. 1t is something
to which science has been applied, as
it has to the pattern of the thing you
are to make. II you follow your In
structions you should turn out a fixed
amount in = fixed time without over