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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

Just as soon as Tommy Sparrow
and Billy Robin learned that Bluey
Blackbird and his mate had decided
to live in the pine tree on the edge
of the garden, they knew that trou-
BILE was likely to come-and indeed
it did! Nobody, not even a pleasant
tempered person like Billy, could live
by Bluey Blackbird without a fuss.
Bluey wouldn't let them, If they
didn't like what he did, the way he
bossed everything ana the way he COB
bled all the best food in sight, he
quarreled about that. And if they
were too polite to let him know they
didn't like him, he quarreled about
that, Nothing suited him and he
spent the best part of every day fuss
ing and stewing about something
No wonder Tommy Sparrow and
Billy Robin hated to see him move
near their home.
1.-The thing l can't bear" Tommy
confided to Billy as soon as they knew
Bluey Blackbird meant to stay, lis
tkis-he will fuss much that I will
be tired of fussing and | won't get to
do one bit of quarreIIng myself"
Billy Robin laughed. THAT will
he said, land think of the fun we
can have instead of quarreling. If
he makes you stop, I'll be glad he
came. Well have more time for fun!'
But alas, They little knew Bluey
Blackbird.
Bright and early the next morning.
just as Tommy called over to Billy
to ask him if the eating was good
today (you see, Billy rose earlier than
Tommy and could always tell wheth-
err or not the worms were good) Bluey
Blackbird answered before Billy could
say a word.
You needn't ask him about the
worms in this garden, Mr.. Tommy
Sparrow he said haughtily, for
those worms belong to me! You get
yours somewhere elsei"
For a minute Tommy Sparrow
couldn't say a word-he was that
surprised
Then he found scrap of his voice
and answered, What a rude way for
you to talk, Bluey Blackbird, I should
think you'd be ashamed Those worms
belong to whoever gets them first.
That's how it always has been in
this garden and that's how. it al
ways will be.''
Bluey Blackbird laughed his mean
est laugh and said saucily, "Ho, no,
Well, Tommy Sparrow, I'll have you
know that I'm not one bit ashamed.
nor do care a whit how things have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
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MAKE THE FAIR FREE.

An agricultural exposition's chief
function is educational. At it are as
sembled the highest types of livestock
of all kinds. and of fowl as we'll. The
best of everything that man has been
able to assist nature in producing in
the fields is also there. The secrets
of these achievements are to be had
for the asking. Gathered on the
grounds are all of the latest devices
in farm machinery and other adjuncts
of agriculture. The fine arts of the
homespun variety are also OIL display.
as is the efficiency that the women
folk have attained in the canning of
fruits and vegetables. The activities
of the cityans, too, their manufactures
and the necessities and luXuries they
have to sell are not without their
places in booths and under tents. And
is it not patent to almost every one
that an educational institution of such
Importance and extensive rfmifica-
lions should be just as free to the gen.
eral public as are the common schools
and the higher halls of learning sup
ported by public funds? This. surely.
is one of those questions that answers
itself The fair with a free gate is
the ideal fair. 1t is of para mount
benefit not only to those who are ac-
lively engaged in agriculture, but also
to city people, d large number OF
whom would hasten back to the farm
and its wholesome surroundings, If
they were only reasonably sure that
they could make q go of it. But votes
for the proposal to levy a small coun-
ty tax to assist in the conduct of the
Topeka fair means something more
than free gate. They assure Topeka
the enviable place of prominence she
has gained on the fair map of the
great western section Of the country
This IS an advertisement for Topeka
of incalculable worth. Furthermore,
a free gate at the fair means that
enormous crowds of visitors from
nearby and distant parts will attend
it, and this spells material profits for
Topeka of large proportions. No Won
der the business men of Topeka, and
those whom the tax levy will hit the
hardest-the successful people of the
community who are quick to know
good thing when they see it-no Won
der they are generally in favor of the
plan to extend county aid to the fair
that will be voted on at the special
election to be held tomorrow. Are
you? If so, don't neglect to vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
Jauhauker Jots

Naturally, as the Parsons Sun OBJ
serves, it's usually the fellow with
money to burn who sets the hottest
pace.
Generally speaking, explains Editor
Kelley in his Toronto Republican, you
have the men-folks OF a family s
opinion of you by the way the women
folks of the family treat you
Anent the trials and tribulations of
an editor, the Oakley Graphic notes
and reports: The Hoxie Sentinel kill
ed a fellow last week who later walk
ed in and demanded an apology. One.
of our correspondents buried lady
last week and had to dig up ner up
this week. We hurt a fellows feel
ings last week, but there is no way to
fix that.
Another difference between the
city and the country is pointed out
by Senator Howe in his Dickinson
County News, as follows: The country
schools have all dismissed for the
year, and the farmer boy is doing his
share of the farm work. The city
schools will soon be dismissed and
the city boys, many of them. will be
planning how to have good time.
The Catholic Advance thinks that
Brussels should name one of its streets
THE Rue de Kansas in recognition
of the fact that this state vas the
first to contribute relief to the starv
Lcahy put in a demand for "a fauborg
anyway" to which we agree, and in
that case suggest a neIghborhood
fairly sprinkled with red oaks called
the Fauborg ST. Stubbs!-Emporia
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.l
Optimism-A fertilizer for raising hopes.
Give the devil his due, or there's the
devil to pay.
Water the brain is never the result
of a thirst for knowledge.
Every man should look into his own af
fairs. but he should also look out for
others
No. Maude. dear freckles won't prevent
girl from having q spotless reputation.
A woman may be intoxicated with de-
light over new hat. At any rate, it goes
to her head.
The fellow who always wants hand in
other peoples affairs generally puts his
foot in it
You never tell. Even the naked
truth may have taken off its winter under
wear too soon.
As a rule a single man never fully COM
prehends the story the widows might
until she starts out after second hus-
band.
Mrs. Muggins-"Mrs. Borrowed has never
returned my call" Mrs. Buggins-.Thats
nothing. She has never even returned my
umbrella"
Nj Gnaggs- "Never mind. my dear; IN
Gnaggs--'That's just like you; you mean,
horrid. hateful old thing. You just know
how unbecOming green is to me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
IFrom the Chicago News

[From the Chicago News.1
The more fault you look for the
more you will find.
It's difficult to convince pretty girl
that love is blind.
A spider is seldom in danger when
his life hangs by thread.
The hardest branch of learning
grows on a birch tree-says a school
boy.
The first step is often SO expensive
that one can't afford to take a second.
Too many people spend the best
part of their time blowing holes in the
atmosphere.
Probably a man never fully realizes
how golden silence is until he tries to
buy some of it.
It's a good thing for a mans peace
of mind that he doesn't know what
other people know about him
Diamonds of the first water are alb
solutely pure-but when 1t comes to
milk of the first water, we'll, that's diff
ferent.
Every time man gets the best of a
bargain he calls it cunning, but when
the other fellow gets the best of it it's
barefaced swindle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
MORE NAVY AND LESS POLITICS.

1t ought to be possible to suggest
improvements in our navy without in
sulting the entire service, thinks Col
lier's and it continues: The trouble
with the present discussion is that it
is too personal and too political. There
is no reason for making our navy
political football flying between Au-
gustus p. Gardner and Josephus DAN
iels. When the Republicans finished
a sixteen-ycar term of power in
March, 1913, they did mot leave the
navy steaming in the right line of
progress. We were not making our
naval appropriations scientifically; we
were not even building the most mod
ern types of sea fighters. This was
due then, as it is now, to bad organi-
zation and to the clumsiness of con-
gress. The navy has gone on growing
since 1913, but that proves nothing
for or against Daniels. He is negligible
except when he repeats the mistakes
the French humanitarians made in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
A WORTH WHILE SUGGESTION.

Boise, Idaho, IS exemplifying the
Iget-together spirit in promoting even
ing meetings in the schools The
board of education furnishes light
(having put in extra fixtures in sew
eral buildings) pianos and janitor
service free for any evenings enter
tainment At four school houses in
different sections of the city one en-
tertainment a week is given, these be-
ing furnished once a fortnight by a
Joint committee from the three large
women's clubs OF Boise, and in the
alternating weeks by the mothers cir
cles Representatives from the moth
ers' circles are present at each meet
ing to care for the smaller children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
From Other Pens
TWO BEARS.

An old saying has it that there
should be kept in every family two
bears-"bear and forbear." Forbear-
ance will often save friendships
strained almost to breaking. 1t
means peace in the family and be-
tween neighbors. 1t smoothes ones
way through the hard places in life.
When the angry or impatient words
come rushing to the tongue. forbear.
When an irritating thing is said or
done and your impulse is to resent
ment or retaliation, forbear. To bear
an affront in silence or to turn it off
as though none were intended has pre-
vented many a quarrel OF course
there is another proverb that says
there is a point where forbearance
ceases to be virtue. And as in most
proverbs there is truth in this, too. Il
means that habitually putting up with
every affront, knowing no point at
which to resent attacks. is simply to
invite insult and injury. There is n
time when resentment has it's place.
but there is never a time for revenge.
Forbearance is the better motto. There
is less danger of our being too meek
than too quick to take up the quarrel
Milwaukee Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

quainted with the work of the instt-
tuition when he was an officer in the
federal prison at Leavenworth. Men
under the command of an officer
who, like Colonel Slocum, is anxious
to see them improve in other things
as well as military training, are likely
to respond to all his efforts. Tnere
will be a consequent increase not only
in their efficiency as soldiers, but in
their strength of character, and in
their fitness for any occupation they
may wish to take up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
Kansas Comment
THE BASEBALL NEWS.

A visitor from a foreign land VINO
buys a newspaper in any city having
a major league ball team, must De
surprised to see the amount OF space
given to baseball The European war
is called the most sensational ana
tragic event of purely human origin
since the world began. Yet the metro
politan newspaper, with all its facih-
ties for reporting this epochal news
usually gives more space day by day
to the ball games. To the average
man, the big figures of the diamond,
Johnson, Connie Mack, Mathewson.
ETC., seem quite interesting heroes
as Generals Joffre or Hindenburg-
He will read the headlines to get the
war news. But the exploits of his
favorite batters and pitchers must be
studied inning by inning. The moral
list may say that this absorption in a
game tends to duh the interest of men
in the more serious concerns of life.
and that the man who spends his time
porting over box scores is usually not
well informed on matters of human
progress and public affairs. But a
keen interest of this kind is the So
lace for many troubles. The man who
follows the ball scores intently is
rarely an anarchist a misanthrope.
and he finds diversion for many other
wise duh hours.-Winfield Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

Tommy Sparrow gave a desperate
call for help and flew down into the
garden. Il don't care how you talk"
he said savage1y, but you keep off
this garden," and he flew towards
Bluey Blackbird in threatening fash
ion. But threats did no good towards
frightening B1uey Blackbird-he liked
nothing so much as a fight He flew
at Tommy and he bit and he scratched.
He scolded, he bit, and he tore at
Tommy's feathers; till finally Tommy
saw there was no use fighting and
he made the best get -away" that he
could.
Bluey Blackbird followed him to tho
edge of the garden. Now 1 guess you
understand what I say" he squawked
rudely, this garden is going to be nv
home all summer. This is where /
mean TO eat You and the old robins
can just stay awayi"
Tommy flew to tree to nurse his
wounds. What ever will Billy Robin
say" he wondered, when 1 tell hi,Y,
what's happened today" and he
shook his head sadly and climbed on
his -(Copyright-Clara ingram
Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

Suppose the Hessian fly does cut
the Kansas wheat crop by five per
cent The loss in the aggregate Will
be trifling, no matter how serious it
may he to some farmers. But there
are dates for the planting of winter
wheat in the several sections of the
state that will make the wheat fields
practically immune to the ravages of
this pest. Wouldn't it be a good idea
for all Kansas wheat farmers to in
quire about them and act accord
inglX2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

their experiments of ten to fifteen
years ago. What we want now is to
get the navy out of politics and to
get from our navy the necessary sea
power and the maximum potential eff
fectiveness. This is matter of or
ganfzing, planning. and discipline;
and we can't see how the Gardeners
and the Josephuses help any. The
United States is willing and anxious to
do what is needed for our sea power.
and it will be a heavy indictment
against the Wilson administration if
this issue is not frankly met and ably
settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

How it must have gladdened the
heart of Mr.. Walsh, the chairman of
the federal commission on industrial
. relations, to hear William Haywood
an officer of the Industrial Workers
of the World, pronounce the dream of
a revolution that would wipe out
Americas present industrial and po-
: litical system. crush capital into the
: dust and permit labor to rule all. But
maybe not. In Mr.. Haywood's utopia
neither lawyers nor preachers would
s have a place. Then, too, with capital
put out of business, there wouldn't
be opportunities for lawyers like Mr.
Walsh, even were they tolerated, to
earn such comfortable fees as some
of them do, and as he has done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
THE DANGER OF MEASLES.

Old-fashioned folk are more than
likely to sniff at the measles and de-
clare it to be a trifling disease. But
the epidemic of measles that is now
enjoying a genera, run throughout
Kansas is nothing to sniff at, as
matter of fact. There isn't a case of
measles that is not fraught with pos
sible serious consequences to the child
affected unless the most painstaking
attention is given the little patient.
Measles doesn't kill very often, it is
true, but measles MAIN and blind.
And is there anything more pitiable
than a sightless child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

The various governments of the
world own together $50 cables, hav-
ing a total length of 4,4SO miles and
containing $50 miles of conductors.
The French government, which takes
the lead as to length of cables, has
$3.50 miles in 54 cables. AS to num-
Der, the Norwegian government comes
first, with 255 cables, having a total
length of PAS miles. Finally, as to
the length of conductors, the Eng
lish government comes first, with
546S. miles of conductors, divided
among lis cables, having total
length of 1858 miles. Private COM
panies to the number of % own 2SS
cables, having a length of 126,S64
miles and containing 1862 miles of
conductors.
The French companies, only two in
number-the Compagnie Franchise
du Telegraphe de Paris ct New York
and the Societe Franchise des Tele-
graphes Sous-Marins-have a total
length of 7,249 nautical miles. The
most important of the private COM
panies is the Eastern Telegraph COM
pany, which operates IS cables, with a
total length of 25,347 miles. The
total number of cables in the world is
1.16S, with total length of 140,347
miles and 1918 miles of conductors.
This is not sufficient to reach to the
moon, but would extend more than
half way there.-Tid Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
ASSISTING THE SOLDIERS.

q One of the chief complaints against
army life is that it encourages idle
ness, says the Kansas Industralist
The average man who has served in
the army, it is asserted, is unfit for
the activities of civil life. To remove
any ground for such criticism is the
sevident purpose of Colonel Slocum.
who commands a large body of troops
on the Mexican border and who has
written to the college as to possible
correspondence courses that would
interest his men. He became ac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
Hun1or of the Dau

DO you regard politics in your State
at all as square deal Z" No" replied
ton of who gets lost in the SHUTTLE
Washington Star.
Husband (at breakfast tabIe)-"Oh. for
some of the biscuits my mother used to
ma ke. Wife (sweetlyD-"Im sorry you
have not got them, dear. They would be
just about stale enough by this time to
go well with that remark. Boston Trans
cript.
Social tact is making your company
feel thoroughly at home, even though you
thoroughly wish they were.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
Journal Entries

1t may take two to make a quarrel,
but one Is enough to begin it.
+ = =
One route TO happiness is to learn to
forget all troublesome things-except
debts.
+ + =
Some wit is so delicate that it would
be more properly classified as sickly.
+ + e
Among the more enthusiastic pedes-
trains are those who cannot afford
to own automobiles.
+ = +
When a girl says she dearly loves
houSework the chances are that her
folk have a few servants around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

Carranza's recent military victories
over Villa seem to have been no more
substantial or permanent than were
the many that Russia achieved over
Austria at the beginning of the war.
But probably one of the rules that pre-
walls in connection with the European
war is also in working order in Mex
leo, namely, the reports as to the eX-
tent of military successes and the
actualities in the premises do not al
ways coincide. At any rate. Villa
seems to be coming back" just now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

News that Italy has decided finally
to get into the war is almost sure to
be followed by reports that she has
determined not to enter it, or that her
course is still undecided. In other
Ewords, Italy's attitude towards the war
lis of perfectly lady-like proportions.
1T is impossible, you know. to guess
rightly what a woman will do until she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
THE SAME ODD STORY.

In spring the veteran player
Always spouts the same old stuff.
And some folks can't help believe him,
He's so earnest with his BLUM.
Better now 1 feel than ever"
He will boast and square his chest.
Never was SO spry and active,
Seems I'll never need a rest.
Fast? Say, I'm a streak o. lightning,
Every muscles hard and tough.
Why, love to slide the bases
When the COINS good and rough.
And my eye-twas never better.
l can pick em by inch;
Watch me clout the pill this season,
I'll be there in every PINCH
Thus he chatters on unending,
Striving hard to save his face,
But his big league days are numbered,
Soon some busher'll take his place.
Ed A. Convey in Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

A great deal is heard these days
about the rules of war;" but the
average plug individual has probably
reached a conclusion that there 'ain't
no SIGH thing If there is, these rules
are assuredly most conspicuous for
their exceptions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

Come and let us save the kiddies,"
said Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to his
valet just before he went to his death
: with the LuSitania. Young Wander
: bilt's end and the similar heroic death
kof Colonel John Jacob Aston in the
Titanic disaster have undoubtedly
changed the sentiments of many peo-
pile in this country towards the mill
Z 1iOnaire class
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

3 Even more important than being in
favor of free gate at the Topeka fair
and the insignificant tax levy to make
sone possible is a willingness to take
the trouble to go. to the polls on Sat
lurday and cast a vote in accord with
your sentiments. Don't forget this,
MIR. Free Fair Enthusiast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

: Probably the professional crop kill
aers are working much harder these
days than even the Hessian flies, the
schinch bugs and such other pests as
may be in the wheat fields and it is
more than likely that a large part
of the activities of the latter are con-
fined to the imaginations of the for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

AS the medals usually go. The chief
of the German general staff has re-
ceived the Order of the Black Eagle
from Kaiser Wilhelm for the success
1ful fighting that has been done recent
Ely in East Galicia by the rank and file
I. of the German army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

No doubt about it now that Kansas
has a clear title to the agricultural
queenship of these United States Ac-
cording to J. c. Mohler, secretary of
the Kansas department of agriculture,
Kansas also has more alfalfa than any
other state in the Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14

In all likelihood. there are a few
folk who are worrying over the pos
sibility of a frost hitting these parts
in the near future inasmuch as the
records of the weather bureau show
that one has arrived here as late as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
gAnizatlon. for the exclusive afternoon
Qualification In Topeka.
The news is received In The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose