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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-01
Jayhawker Jots

It's an old saying, remarks the
Americas Greeting, that "one-half the
world doesn't know how the other half
lives" and observation teaches that
nine-tenths Of the people don't care a
cent.
1t is the belief of the Pratt Union
that II the law required all men to
think before speaking. some would
have no use for the powers of articu-
lation.
Do firemen like. to be called fire
ladies? asiks the Clay Center Tfnaes.
Or do people call them that in the
hope that 1t will make them mad so
that they will fight fires all the more
.fiercely? ~. a.
Recounted by the Sabetha Herald:
s'Why. is he a farmer?' asked one
small boy of another. "Of course he
is" replied number two. Didn't he
go to college and study pharmacy two
years."
We see by the pa-apers that Walt
Mason will soon have enough money
to buy an automobile. notes Editor
Kelley in his Toronto Republican, and
he advises: Better go slow, Uncle
Walt. Buy a Ford first.s - ~
AS the editors of the 1larysvfile
Advocate Democrat figure things out !:
1t is the dead monotonous calm, not
the storms on the sea OF matrimony
that wrecks the ship of love-. :. 1t
is consoiing to know that the monot-
ony of life can always be varied by a
little change in the pocket.
May be a new one, suggests the
Downs News: A man who carried ac-
cident insurance was kicked by a mule
and duly made application to his COM
pany for the accident: benefits. The
company refused to pay the claim on
the ground that 1t was not an acci-
dent. They said the mule kicked him
on purpose.
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through Canada In the year ending
June 30, 1914, of the - tresp1qBors
killed On that road only three were
killed in Canada.
I'm the United States laws are few.
and even where penalties arc pro-
scribed. magistrates hesitate to inn
pose them. as local authorities dislike
to feed and lodge convicted tramps"
Trespasssrs. however. include Attle
children and wage earners living in
the vicinity. whose death or disability
leaves families destitute.
Elevation Of track in Chicago was
resorted to at an expense Of 20 mill
lions. which is expected to reach $50
millions. Trespassers leap over q city
ordinance and climb up on to the ele-
walton In their conscientious devotion
to the pursuit of being killed and
MANNED. In three months 33s arrests
were made on the elevated right of
way Of four systems. Only 81 Of the
offenders were punished.
Thirty-f five states have no laws
specifically prohibiting persons walk
ing on railroad right Of way. Thir-
teen states by statute prescribe penal
ties ranging from IS fine to 10 days
in Jail in Maine to $500 fine or one
year in jail in New York; New York.
Wisconsin,, Maine, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, Massachusetts,, Virginia.
Missouri, Rhode Island. Delaware,
Georgia. Minnesota and Washington IS
Missouri has q law which protects
the railroad from damage suits, for
the purpose of which trespass is a de-
fence for the railroad, but the law In
defining the act a trespass for that
purpose specifically says but not
otherwise"
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4HE GAIL or KANSAS.

114E GAIL O. AANSA6s
Sur1efted hsre with beauty. and the
oeusuou1-sWoet perfume,
Borne II ercm thonsana ssrdsns' ana
AWed by the tlleut mountains, stunned By
the breakeros roar III
The restless ocean pounding and tugginG
away at the shore,
I He on the warm 6and-beach and hear,
above the cry Of the sea.
The voice Of the prairie calling,
Calling me.
Sweeter to mo than the salt sea spray, the
fragrance OF summer rains:
Nearer my heart than these mighty hilla
are the windswept Kansas plains.
the roadsideSs dusty way.
Than all the splendor Of poppy-1eads n
blaze in the sun Of May.
Gay a. the bold poinsettia IL, and the
burden OF pepper-trees.
The :unflower. tawny and gold ana brown.
And rising ever above the song Of the
hoarss, iusistent sea,
The voice Of the prairie calling.
Calling me.
Kansas. beloved Mother. today in IN alien
land,
Yours is the name have iafy traced with
. bit OF wood in the sand.
The name that. flung from Z scornful lip,
VIII make the hot blood start:
Inc name that IL craven, hard and deep.
on the core OF my loyal heart
Q higher. clearer. and stronger yet. than
the boom OF the savage sea,
The voice Of the prairie calling,
Calling me.
ESTHER M CLARK
First published in The Lawrence (KAn-
sas) Journal May H. 1907.
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Globe Sights
By THE ATCHISON GLOBE

Why do they call a baby boy '.bounc-
ing?"
Sometimes the simple truth seems most
ly simple. car ~ y
Every man feels entitled to lie 4 little
in his love letters.
There is usually q casualty list in the
home where boys abound.
One trouble with the saloon business,
is the men who run them.
Some husbands are seldom at home and
others arrive at the wrong time.
1t doesn't take much of an effort to
imagine that you fought in self-defense.
A hobby il a mans best asset right
up to the time 1t gets him into an asylum,
When people begin to accuse an author
OF plagiarism, he may feel that he has
arrived.
A woman gifted with q beautiful back
Is apt to have her evening dress built
that way.
A surprise party shouldn't be too much
of q surprise IL 1t IL to be entirely sue
cessful.
Chances are that II a sick man shows
great deal Of fortitude he hasn't much
pain.
II you can make a physician INDIGNANT
ask him about a sick man who isn't his
patient.
There are, however, more anarchists
than one would infer from the number
of bombs thrown.
While a burglar IL up nights 4 good
deal, it isn't the watch dog that causes
him to lose sleeD.
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QUAKER MEDrrArIoNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
A part of knowledge In in knowing
what not to know.
II wishes were horses, the feed dealers
would get rich
A fellow is apt to do some tall thinking
when he is short.
Luck win do a lot for q man, but 1t
generally balks at pushing him up hill.
Some men are SO fond Of applause that
they are perfectly willing to pay Tor IT.
A poor excuse is better than none. pro-
vided you can get anybody to believe It.
He must be a mighty lucky gambler
who can win a mans friendship In poker
game.
Many a man boasts Of the cardinal vir-
tues, but painting the town red isn't one
Of them.
Considering how few Of US lose oul
faults, there seems to be good bit OF
fault-finding.
SillicusE'"The popular novel no Longer
seems to deal with married life." Cynicus
NO, married life 10 . short story now.
Wiz Wsseg4lns avaiiassss Susi..ss.s s i III
no use for a dead one" Wagg-"Then
suppose you wouldn't call the undertaken
an average business man.
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90R V0HcDash7
BY ms EAMLfER

noticed ahead of him man leading
pig by a cord, and then he heard the
man say in loud voice, Come, come.
one and all! See the greatest living
trained pig. He will do his tricks and
you give US what you like
! Billy Goat hurried, for he wanted to
see all the sights, and when he came
closer to the man and the pig he al
most fell over, for there was Billy Pig
dressed in 4 red coat and q little dinkey
cap with red ribbons tied to the tips Of
his ears.
Billy Goat hid behind the crowd that
had collected to see the performing pig.
Now. them" said the man. show the
people that you understand all 1 say.
Minnie"
Again Billy, Goat. almost fen in .
heap on the ground. Poor Billy Pig.
The man had named him Minnie, q
girls name.
But the ran was speaking again. and
Bill Goat listened.
Minnie. do you love your master?''
h1 asked. and Billy Pig shook his ears
yes.
Now, Minnie, stand ON your hind
legs and waltz" commanded the man.
Up stood Biny Pig. ana around and
tune on a little pipe.
Now. show the people you can spell
your name.'' and the man put severed
letters made of wood on the ground.
Billy Pig polked the letters with his
nose. and then slowly picked out the
letters. Minnie.
You see, he IL q wonderful animal,
this pig of nine." said the man.
Billy Pig was made to do some moro
tricks. and then the crowd went away
and the man started to lead Billy Pig
away.
Billy Pig looked 20 sad Billy Goat was
afraid he would cry out when he saW
him. and that was Just what he did not
want him to do. 20 he ran up the road
! behind the wall and then Jumped out
and came down IN front Of them lump
ing up and down and doing all sorts
OF things.
The man saw him and said: "Ah!
here Is just what need-a performing
goat. and when they came nearer he
made a grab for. Billy Goat. which
made Billy Pig look up.
Billy Goat lodged the man and shook
his head in warning At Billy Pig Then
ne rushed ut the man and butted him
ana bumped him until he was on the
ground. and, OF course, he let 10 Of
the string which he had tied to Biliy
Biily Goat was not SATISFIED with
having the man on the ground: he
bumped him along until he came to a
hill. and there he butted him until he
rolled down the hill.
Come along. Bully Pig" h casod:
he win b. rolling long tinnes ct u
Take me home" sa,d BIN -. ~
have suffered dreadfuliy: that - was
Terrible 49, ~ 81
Billy Pig did mot have to - - i.
He trotted Oft beside Billt c. =.
to know No. 1lsd eocapo0 tho ~
i-(CopyTiglat 1915. BY the 81
lNewspeper syndscats. New q!
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Madam Pig put up big basket full
of good things to eat and the next
morning bright and early Billy Goat
walked through the woods and very
carefully crept up to Bruins house and
listened, but he heard not word about
Billy Pig.
But presently he did see something
that made him start, for one OF the lit
tie Bruins came out of the house
dressed in Billy Pigs best coat. and
then Another little Bruin came out
wearing Billy Pigs best hat, and then
another little Bruin came out wearing
Billy Pigs pantaloons-
They got him. said Billy Goat to
himself. They must have got him. for
those are his clothes" Billy Goat was
Just about to creep away when he
heard some one else coming ont of
Bruins house. and he slid behind the
bushes again.
1t was Mr.. Bruin, and he was carry
ing Billy Pigs suit case. Then Billy
Goat felt sure Of what had happened to
Billy Pig
He wasn't fortunate enough to find
anyone that had seen Billy Pig. and 30
he Travelled many days. asking every
body he met If they had seen Billy Pig
or heard anything about him. and he
had come to the conclusion that Billy
Pig had been captured by Mr.. Wolf or
that he had run away and did not fn-
tend to return.
One night he was walking along look
ling fee . nice place to sleep when he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-01

boat to OLD Point Comfort and Nor
folk. We were ut luncheon In the
hotel when Y he should walk IN bot
Lieutenant Ericsson.
Gle took US through the fort and
everywhere I thought forts were big
and high and stony like castles; but
they aren't. you know. They arc low
and fiat and awfUiiy big around, and
the walls are made Of sand and stones.
and they look like
Yes. yes. know. I've been there!
Then suppose he went hack to AM
napolis where he Belonged"
who? Oh, indeed he didn't! Dad
and mother and got on the boat that
two days and we were all seasick the
whole way. We didn't see ANYBODY
until Monday morning. and then the
first per1on I saw on deck was Lieu
tenant Ericsson"
The nerve!"
beg pardon?"
"Ncthing!"
Here he had an errand in the
Charleston navy-yard and he was on
our boat the whole time!''
PITY you didn't know it," bitterly.
Eyes. wasn't It? And he told us all
about Boston hafbor when we were
going in, and explained how they were
going to fortify all those little islands.
and everything"
ut must have been grand!" sar-
ut was! And he was 30 handsome
and so kind"
'Well-that's all, 1 suppose
mo, indeed! The best"-very in
nOcently-':is yet to come"
Heavens! I suppose he suddenly
developed q pair Of wing and
why Don, you act 30 funny! don't
understand you at ALL"
"Humph! Well, 20 on about your
brown-eyed god from Olympus. What
next?"
''why, that very day we were COM
ing out of a shop on fremont street in
Boston. when whom should We run
into but -"
Lieut.. Jupiter Won Fri son. sup
pose!''
'Yes." wonderingly "How did you
guess? And his wife!'
His wife! His wife. did you say?''
"M-hum! And The was as beauti-
FIJI 3 he was Handsome! Her hair
was a beautiful light
But what her hair was like Don
never heard. you little tease!" he
cried, holding her tight to his breast.
Tell me what color Of eyes you like
best. before I let you co.
Gray" confessed Lorraine softly.
I-(Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicnte.)
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Euening Chat
Pride and Prejudice.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Pride and Prejudice.
81 never read Serials" girl said to me
the other day.
There Is nothing startling in that state
ment In fact it is SO far from startling
as to be ''bromidiom." But there was
one thing about (which made me thought
full And that was the pride with whicn
1t was uttered.
why should one be proud Of prejudice?
Especially one that deprives one OF pleas
I have heard that statement at least a
hundred times and each time 1t was ut
tered and with an air Of great pride. Evil
IDENTIFY pride and prejudice go nano IN
hand today just as they did In Jane Aus
tins time.
+ The joys of Reading Serials.
Personally like to read serials. am
reading three at the present time ana they
furnish delightful little points OF interest,"
in my life. Again and again the people
in them come into my mind and I wonder
what will happen ID them In the next in
stallment. speculate as to whether the
q doctor again, and IL the woman who lost
her money will learn to make the little
home beautiful; and find pleasure IN
these speculations akin to the pleasure
which the yelled uncertainties and vast
possibilities Of life itself (the greatest
serial OF alp give.
parted from the heroine at q crucial mo.
ment by q cold-blooded Ito be continued.
but ANNOYANCE soon passes and In the
balance we have the antictpatory delight
Of suddenly discovering that the time foI
the next installment is close at hand and
the fulfillment OF hurrying home with q
fair new copy Of the longed-for magazine
under ones arm to an open IRE ana q
| lovely read
why It almost makes my heart ache to
think of all that these people miss who
never read serials.
Old Prejudice Against Canned Music
1T don't care for canned music," 10 an
! other prejudice in which people seem to
take infinite pride. know girl who
adopted this epiSram before the music
machines were satisfactory to anyone OF
real musical discrimination. Today when
| they have reached Z point Of perfection At
enjoy them she stfll clings proudly to her
| prejudices and refuses to listen to the
| most beautiful records
| Indiscriminate race prejudice - another
| fence to keep out happiness. To make mp
| your mind to dislike . whole race and to
| the claims to Friendship or admiration Of
/ any member Of that race, however worthy
| II to steel yourself against many p00gtbu-
| ties Of breadth and happiness, ~ well ~
| to do injustice to others.
No one who read the painfully sincere
woman Who had sd1I Ned from the in5us-
tice inflicted by thoee Who eher1sh such
. who1esaIe pretu4tct aEa1nse Z certain
race can help feeling this
Don't cherish youkk preJudices; distrust
them. examine them; end discard then
thua make xure Of beang Just and reason
able but only no can you open y04r heart
and liz to the fullest pc4sibiItfteo 1t hap
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The candid, rather self-satisfied
admission of the local police magis-
trate that he has followed the prac-
tice of padding the city's drunk
record and given the VETS a peg
whereon to hang the assertion that
prohibition does not prohibit" by fin
ing persons for drunkenness when
they were not drunk, looks like an
added incentive to bring about a
change in city administration at the
next election.
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TREsPAss ON RAILWAYS.

Stricter laws and stricter enforce
ment for the prevention Of trespass-
ing upon railways are urged upon the
state legislatures in The Deadly
Toll of Trespass on Railways" a bull
letin of the Railway Business associa-
ton. the national organization of
manufacturing. mercantile and en-
cheering concerns dealing with the
railroads.
There were," the bulletin declares.
$4,000 persons under 81 years Of age
killed or injured while trespassing on
railways of the United States from
1901 to 1910, enough to make q mile
post for every mile around the world"
Comparing the record Of the United
States and the United Kingdom. the
following figures are quoted:
United States. 1so1-1o 5o.oz5 5s.427
Telling why this striking difference
exists. the explanation is given:
I'm the United States laws against
enforced.
In the United Kingdom persons
other than passengers or employees
| AOuI0 OAA A0AA O00 PAOPCASy oAC AAAAG~A
$40 for each offense."
When a Titanic goes down, it is
pointed out, and hundreds perish. a
thrill Of horror runs through Christen-
dom. Thousands perish one at . time
and nobody pays any attention. not
even the neighbors.''
Progress toward enactment OF laws
providing effective penalties and to-
ward conviction and sentences fol
those who wilfully expose themselves
to danger II said to be slowly spread
ing, while loss of life and damage n
affecting railways is increasing
France Furnishes trespassers by fines
up to $b7s and Jail up to = month;
Germany. by fines up to SIS: Canads
by fines up to $50 and Imprisonment
up to two months. The wabash rail-
lroad operates = part Of its mileagt
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From, Other Pens
TRUE RovERs OF THE SEA.

TRUE ROVEEtS OF THE oEA.
Into q machinists, war Of submarines
and Jack Johnsons and barbed-wire traps
and treacherous mines and afmored en-
gines and other hideous contrtvAnces.
forty men Of the Emden injected s0me-
thing of the old time spirit Of sea rovers
and sea fighters. They have earned
thanks. They were ashore with three
officers and q pair Of machine guns. NOV.
10. --hen the Emden was smashed BY the
sydney. So they seized little schQoner
belonging to the King of the Cocos
IslaldsLhimself a romantic character
shipped their Maxims and were away
with full water butts and hAsty pro-
visioning to seek adventure. Then they
captured . collier with more provisions
and scuttled the schooner. Their cruise
could not last long-neither schooner nor
collier could show her heels to the siowest
gunboat: nor could they do much DAMAGE
them. But at least they had for some
weeks a lovely cruise upon sunlit seas
and, as we all heard yesterday. fair
capture at the end. How Stevenson would
have rejoiced in telling the tale OF the
forty-three men of the Emden, who in .
better ay would have turned pirate and
lived happily ever after! Is there no one
left to scan their log and get the poetry
GU. Of 1t for q weary world of war-sick
readers?-New York World.
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BILLY GOAT FINDS BILLY PIG.

When Billy Pig left home he had
only told his mother, you remember,
that he was going on a vacation. He
did not say where he was going or how
long he intended to be gone, SO when
the days heightened into weeks his
mother called in Billy Goat one day as
he was passing and told him she was
stolen him.
1T will look for him for you, Madam
Pig" said Billy Goat. II am sure
can find him, and he certainly IL
selfish fellow to let you worry ike
this
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Journal Entries

Many photographs may be proper
ly classified as fiction.
=
Almost any woman has a sneaking
idea that she could have made a sue
cess on the stage.
1t takes a sharp bunco artist to un-.
load a gold brick on his own wife.
= . .
More people would be spendthrifts II
they had anything to spend.
= =
Any man has sufficient proof that
the world is against him when he falls
on it.
= 80
A majority Of the hopes and fears
never come to pass.
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Stuck on, Horse.

A ''yo lng blood" belonging to the
newly rich" was invited by q friend
ly patron to his home at Tuxedo and
given a ride on q blooded horse. 1t
was a novel and most disagreeable ex-
perience, but somehow or other the
young fellow maintained his balance
until he came round to the starting
place. Then, with an effort to appear
perfectly at his ease, he said:
.'Cholly, dear boy. I'm Just stuck on
this. h0rse OF yours" sesstsu., ..,c.x....I
Lucky for you." said tho owner,
"or you would have been or dozen
imes."-Chicago News.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News1
Don't bury the dead past. Cremate It.
The hot air spouter should be welcome
now-f ever.
Go to the gas meter. thou sluggard.
consider its ways.
Few tips come to the waiter who sits
down while waiting.
Heroes have to wade through . job lot
OF trouble to get q reputation.
The really conceited man II the whole
parade when walking alone.
The only thing that worries q woman
more than being married IL not being
hut married man always gets every
thing that il coming to him-and then
some.
Marriage certificates should be printed
ON bond paper In order to jfbo with thu
eternal fitness Of thingA - = :. :
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While some Democrats view with
alarm the tendency Of Senator Will
liam Howard Thompson of Kansas to
break with the administration in his
effort to ''get a plenty while he's a
gettin'." others declare that he is
right in the premise. They hold
that he is right. because the ''gittin' -
is liable to be awfully slim for him
after the next election that affects
his iOb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-01

Whether or not Villa was shot or
merely half shot may remain un-
known for several days, but there is
a consensus of opinion that there are
q number of ncar-leaders in the tur-
bulent so-called republic who would
not hesitate 20 shoot him if they
thought they could get away with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-01

Senator Shoots heroic effort to
talk the government ship purchase
bill to death may go down in history
as the vocal Marathc: record Of the
upper house of congress. but the
thing about it that most impresses
the average citizen is the fact that
Senator Smoot represents a state
that contains salt water but no sal,
water shipping of consequence. There
Turks also the suspicion that had Sen
ator Smoot been called upon to repre-
sent Maine. Massachusetts,, Louisiana
or Texas. he would not talk all nigh,
in an effort to defeat the measure.
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The Kansas editors are q prosper
GUS and easy going lot. Those attend
ing the meeting of the Editorial assc-
citation did not worry s,,y about get
ting out the paper" or making the
ghost walk on Saturday Eight. They
left competent help at home and
money in the till and took in the con-
vention with an Il should worry, air.
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The bulk sales law, a bill which
has been before the Kansas legisla-
ture every session for a. dozen-years,
would have kept George 4Badders. out
of Jail and saved a lot Of overtime,
dark night work for draymen and
other merchants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-01

Wheat at $3.50 a bushel and corn at
80 cents should instil slight degree
of hope in the breast of the down
trodden farmer who was SO hard hit
by the tariff reformers.
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Big business appears not to be so
badly hampered as has sometimes
been asserted. A Chicago concern is
about to distribute $2O,00O,00O of an
accumulated surplus of profits.