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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE WILL
COME TO AID OF SOMERS
President johnson Calls Special Meeting in Cleveland
on Wednesday for That Purpose-Restoration
of Peace Should Bring Prosperity.

Cuic,Go. Dec. os.-president Johnson
A.. - - a. .n. =.
special meeting OF MS pasepail maenates
FOR Wednesday In Cleveland. with the
homo os ,,,a RIM, nm tho ,c,a, dis,res.
-, - . a.. -
tina peace has been established in tho
national game. Johnson thinks the
.-oa,,ors -, c,.rios v,,,.r. ,ros,5on, -,
Tho r,icvci.,d ,Iuh yil IN. mora .a.iiv
.a,isaod ond ,h,t ., y,,li no no.s,hlo IN
L.o, snr,ors ~ ,ho head ~ his ,I,,h
,rbo ,,,in ro.snn To-, ,be sneciaI ,,ea,.
,ny ia that all tn. ,e.une members may
snke an acti>, mart In the p,an To keen
s,mers I'm the organization I'M, there
ara n few other things OF minor import
anoe 20 be ttendei 10. things which
were 10 have been done here two weeks
ago. but were ,n;erruptcd by the rush
MESSAGE from New York calling the men
tn the peace meeting.
,
TO rtRu tOtI Campaign.
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ea~s 80. ,.s ',,,n.os cnnai, lon. an
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I.ap,e .,ill existcj IA , number Of the
i,oaor,i I.as,. s,,rs are N,r,ed by
.I,hs IN the ,morir,n League. Johnson
thinks I, will NO VOL for the members to
90, together aud thrash ON, that matter
.,so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03

that the soil is not dead set of min
erals in a mixing bowl, but an organ
ism having hitherto unperceived like
nesses to the body of man. Cultiva-
ton seems to be to the crop-bearing
earth what exercise and air are to
human beings, and there are probabl
laws of hygiene and sanitation quite
as applicable to the control of the
soils health. A generation ago, chem
istry and physics were everywhere in
vading the biologic domain and APP
parently ousting biology from her
place as mistress of the household
and making it clear that living proc
esseS were due only to physical causes
and effects. Now biology is vindicat-
ing her claims not only in her own
proper field, but also in borderlands
where physics and chemistry were
thought to hold absolutely indisputa-
BILE sway. The vital forces, in addi-
ton to retaining their own, says the
Journal of the American Medical As
ISOLATION, are extending their realm.
This latest recognition Of the soil itself
as strikingly like a living organism is
not only scientifically valuable, but
also eminently suggestive of the trend
of modern science.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
QUAKER MEDTTATIONs.

[From the Philadelphia Record
When there's the devil to pay we
don't always get receipt.
Dazzling prospects shouldn't make
a man blind to his own interests.
Great poets are born. 1t is equally
true that most of them are also dead.
Nor for that matter neither should
people who live in brick houses throw
mud.
The biggest apples in a barrel al
ways realize there is plenty of room at
the top.
You never can tell. Many a girl
with a muddy complexion has a clear
conscience.
The man who is i'll at ease may
sleep eight hours every night and still
lack rcpoSe.
Flattery will sometimes make
friends, but it's poor preservatve if
you want to keep them.
Iced air can be piped in hot
weather. 1t is said to be more cooling
than a frieze on the wall
Wigg-"Skinnum boasts that he is
the architect of his own fortune -
Wagg-'Well, all can say is he must
have had a pull with the building in
spectors.''
Blobbs-'.What a pleasant face
your friend Bjones has" Slobbs-.Yes
he always looks as though he ere on
his way to the photographers to have
his picture taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
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A LESSON IN PATIENCE.

You can just imagine how surprised
Reddy and Frisky were when Mr.. Gar
den Toad told them about his friend
Mr. Snail. He explained to them all
about how Mr.. Snail lived in the very.
very inside of his little shell house
and how, when he wanted to go about
from place to place he just crawled
out to the edge of his shell and walked
along the ground carrying the shell
on his back.
Reddy looked thoughtfully at the
shell. "But he isn't moving now" he
said, land was sure 1 saw him move
just as we noticed him"
Maybe so,'' replied Mr.. Garden
Toad in a matter-of- fact voice, like
Nv he stopped and went back into his
innermost chamber when he Sensed
your nearness. That is what he usual
IL does. I know
II don't see what good that does
him. said Frisky Cottontail,- 'if any
body wished to kill him, they, could
do it easy enough even if he is in the
very inside"
Eyes, that may be true" said Mr..
Garden Toad, but you see, they might
not know he was inside. They might
think, just you were tempted to,
that they were mistaken about there
being anything moving They would
watch awhile, and then give up and
go on. Mr.. Snail knows that, $50 he
keeps STILL
Reddy and Frisky looked at the tiny
shell thoughtfully. 1t seemed impos-
sible that anything small enough TO
live in that tiny shell should have
sense enough to figure out such a wise
plan for safety, Now, isn't that
most amazing" exclaimed Reddy,
then he turned to Mr.. Garden Toad
again. ''Are you a friend of his?"
ITO be sure! To be sure!' croakeG
the toad cheerfully. I'VE are the best
kind of friends. Why shouldn't we
be? We never bother each other and
there is room in the world for us ALL"
Then, if you please" added Reddy.
tell Mr.. Snail that we mean him no
harm. Then perhaps he will go on
with his journey without fear"
THAT 1 WILL replied Mr. Garden
Toad. He gave a funny little sound
that seemed to say, Friends here,
Friends here" though Frisky and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
Evening Chat
The Way of the World
BY RUTH CAMERON.


We had been discussing ObSeSSiOnS
those strange fears that seize upon one
and seem to sap ones common sense
and ones powers of reasoning.
We had laughed at the ObsessionS of
some of the people whom we know.
One man has an obsession on burglars
and spends more than he can afford
on electrical burglar alarms which are
always being set off by mistake and
frightening everyone needleSSly. An
other has an obsession on fire, pro-
vides his fireplace with the most elab-
crate screens, is always fancying he
smells smoke and eyes anyone who
lights a match within his house anx-
iously until he sees the burnt match
safely deposited in one of the cast iron
arrangements literally provided for
the purpose.
One of our group had been laughing
most heartily at the various anecdotes
related until some one said, Don't
forget Bob. he has an obsession on
gas. won't have it in his house"
''Is that so, Bob?" we asked.
He nodded. YES" he said, but
that's not an obsession. The blame
stuff really is dangerous. you know
1 think he still feels that the burst
of laughter which followed that naive
self justification was uncalled for.
It's the way OF the world, isn't it?
Your particular anxiety is always
something to worry about. The other
llow's-ah, that's quite another
matter. He is absurd, unreasonable,
he has an Obsession. If he used his
common sense he could get rid of it,
but you or 1 are using our common
sense, that's why we feel the way we
de about the matter, and people who
can't see it as we do are simply blind
foolish.
1 know a woman who is extremely
apprehensive and nervous about her
children. She will never go away
without leaving a trained nurse with
she calls them very sick and alto
gether she wears herself to a shadow
over them.
This woman has friend who is ex-
tremely devoted to, an invalid sister.
She worries continually about her
health and sacrifices herself to her to
an extent which has made the latter
selfish and exacting.
Now each of these two women
thinks the other obsessed. Her own
case? Well, that's different, she has
good reason to worry, etc.
There is no one so blind as the man
or woman with an obSeSSion. ObSeS-
sions seem to cause a paralysis of the
mental optic nerve. What's the cure?
Well, a sense of humOr keen enough
to make you able to laugh at yourself,
and the habit of self analysis, are
about as great helps as 1 know, but
even these cannot be depended upon
when the disease has too firm a hold.
The best cure of mental as well as
physical disease is prevention. Every
time you laugh at some one elSes OBJ
session give yourself the mental once
over and make sure you haven't any
tendencies that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
DISEASES OF THE SOIL.

For the better part of a generation,
We have been hearing of the exhaus-
ton of the soil in this country. Adam
doned farms in New England had to
be given up because they returned
such poor crops that their further Gull
tivation was not worth while. Impor-
tant elements for plant life and growth
were said to have been ruthlessly
| taken from them by wasteful farming
and never restored, and it was prophe-
sled that the same thing would hap
pen to our great farming lands in
the middle and far west. The popular
impression existed that the earth be-
meath our feet was IAN inanimate mix
ing bowl out of which plants ate as
cattle feed from the trough. What
was not put in could obviously not be
taken out; and since chemical analysis
proved that plants. do absorb mineral
plant food elements, the bowl must
quite obviously run empty unless we
poured back as much as the crops
took out" This seemed an eminently
satisfactory theory. When the United
States bureau of soils undertook an
investigation, however, it found no
basis for the general deterioration of
the soil thus suggested. 1t did find
that properly cultivated soil increased
in fertility in the course of time, but
that certain changes in the soil, which
might well be called diseases" were
responsible for the lessening of the
crops; further, these diseases could be
treated rather readily, once they were
recognized. The whole story has many
analogies with certain theories of hu-
man diseases and with many medical
problems. Out of this investigation
| has come the interesting conclusion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCKISON GLOBE.

Seems like the devil always gets
organized first.
This year the only kin worth a
durn are those living in Frisco.
When a girl marries a good fellow
There is a big difference between
house and home, don't you for
get.
Once in a while a man pays fifteen
cents for a lot of talk and the re-
moval of a few hairs.
An Atchison man says he is a Nor
mon, probably because he is married
to all of his wife's kin.
Some men don't attain success be-
cause they always have several deals
on and never finish one.
When you feel that you just must
say something then is the very best
time to keep your mouth shut.
If marriage doesn't make man
realize the value of dollar then all
hopes of his ever becoming a finan-
cier should be annulled. .a
A man who is clever in scheming
for invitations in his youth, will find
his cleverness valuable in getting out
of accepting invitations in his old age
A cynic is a man who hasn't had
his curiosity excited since the DAYS
when he was young, and his mother
used to bring packages from town
with her.
A brief baccalaureate sermon:
Here's best wishes to you all. And
KEEP in mind by all means that elbow
grease will do more than the big
words you have just learned toward
holding jobs for you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News I

From the Chicago News.
Better a turn-up nose than a cab
bage head.
Silence may be golden but golden
eagles talk.
A man tips the scales by dropping
a penny in the slot
An obedient wife IS the real power
behind the domestic throne.
Figures may not lie, but figures of
speech are often misleadin
F If a man doesn't enjoy his work it's
time for him to get another job
/ Most woman lodge organizers would
make good suffragette lobbyists.
A girl doesn't always make a noise
like belle when she dresses loudly.
The wife of a man of few words
usually has monopoly on the yocab-
ulary.
In some churches they pray for the
widows and the orphanS-but. as a
rule, more wives are in need of pray
Iers than widows.
The portrait of manya distinguished
man shows up in the newSpa perS-
with full details of what cured him of
his otherwise fatal ailments.
Occasionally we meet man who is
proud of the fact that he never be-
longed to the uniform rank OF lodge
land wore feathers and a tin sword
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
Jayh apker lots

There is no reason, insists the Pitts
burg Headlight, why a girl should
study painting until her complexion
really needs it.
As the Fort Scott Tribune cleverly
puts it: With nearly nine inches of
precipitation, May gave the good roads
movement grand boost.
If those who attend the "home
folks" picnic aren't more agreeable,
suggests the Newton Kansan-Republi-
can, than some home folks the pic
mic will be inclined to be 'scrappy."
According to the Atchison Globe, a
mean little boy went along CONNER
cial street recently singing something
like this: No more school, no more
books, no more teachers with hard
looks.
A doctor in this city carries SIS 900
insurance against alleged malpractice,
in case he should be sued for such, re-
ports the Kansas City, Kan, Gazette
Globe. The insurance costs him 81 5
annually. There is also said to be an
organization of doctors to fight such
cases to the supreme court in the
event of suit brought against any of
it's members.
The women who complain about be-
in the country to do real work, says
the Hiawatha World, and it cites as
proof: Mrs. Err Hixson has 1900
spring chickens. If the eggs had
Matched well she would have had O.
600. And she has more chickens to
hatch. In addition to raising chick
ems, Mrs. Hixson has the househol
work and the care of five small chill
dren to keep her busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
THE COST OF HIGH LIVING.

Eighty-eight million gallons of
whisky were made in the United
States last year., writes John A.
Sleicher in Leslie's, and he continues:
Who drank it all? Fifteen billion
cigarettes were manufactured in the
United States last year. Who smoked
them all? Thirty-two million pounds
of snuff were manufactured in the
United States last year. Who did all
the sneezing? Two hundred and
twenty million pounds of smoking to-
bacco were made in the United States
last year. Who had all the pipe
dreams? Eight and a half billion CT
garS were made in the United States
last year. Who made all the smoke
Half a billion packages of chewing
gum were manufactured last year in
the United States. Who worked their
Jaws? Twenty thousand moving pic
ture theaters paid s25, 100000 for films
last year and 100000 persons saw
the moving pictures. Where did they
get all the dimes anC nickels? Ten
billion copies of newspapers were
printed in this country last year. Who
took time to read them? One hun
dred and seventy thousand -clergymen
preached in two hundred and twenty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
THE GRILL FOR MIR. WALSH.

When President Wilson finds the
time, he should dispatch another of
his vigorous notes, or perhaps a
muzzle would fill the bill better, to
Frank Walsh. Mackenzie King, one
of the Rockefeller agents, brands the
chairman of the federal commission
as a liar and charges him with a per-
version of the testimony given before
the commission. And Mr.. King seems
to present pretty good case to back
up these accusations. Mr.. Walsh may
think he is mounting his way to such
a place of prominence in the Emelight
that it will be easy for him to pluck
the Missouri United States senatorial
toga that he desires; but unless the
mold and discernment of the Mis-
sourians have changed, they are al
most certain to size him up for the
1oose-talker that he is, and continue
to place their senatorial togas on more
stable heads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
NEW HARVEST HAND PROBLEM

If prospective harvest hands con-
tinue to arrive in Kansas during the
three weeks to come before the wheat
is ready for cutting at the rate they
have been in the past ten days or so,
the probabilities are that most of the
$4,000 men needed to assist in the
wheat harvest will be on hand or
nearby when the farmers want them.
In the meantime, the caring for and
handling of this. unusual and prema-
ture influx of harvest hands is pre-
senting a problem that is growing
more difficult to deal with daily.
Nearly all of these men are flat broke.
and it so happens that the task of
providing for them in some way does
not fall on the wheat farmers. These
men naturally gravitate to the cities
and are congregating in many towns
in large numbers. So it is the people
of the Kansas cities, for the most part,
that will have to foot this unexpected
feature of the Kansas harvest bill for
1915. And such ala as it is necessary
to give these men should be of the
community variety. Their incessant
pan-handling at the doors of resi-
dences is an annoyance to which the
women of the households, generally at
home alone, should not be subjected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
THE sPRINGTIME PLAINS.


Heart of me, are you hearing
The drum of hoofs in the rains?
over the Springtime plains l ride
Knee to knee with Spring
And glad as the summering sun that comes
GaIOping north through the zodiac.
Heart of me. let's forget
the plains death-white and still,
When lonely love through the stiffness
called
Like smothered stream that sings of
Summer
Under the snow on Winter night
Now the frost is blown from the sky
And the plains are living again.
Lark lovers sing on the sunrise trail,
Wild horses call to me out of the moon,
Watching Inc pass with impish eyes,
Gray coyotes laugh in the quiet dusk
And the plains are glad all day with me.
Heart of me, all the way
My heart and the hoofs keep time,
And the wide, sweet winds from the green
ing world
Shout in my ears a glory song,
For nearer, nearer, mile and mile,
over the quivering rim of the plains,
Is a valley that Spring and l love best
And the waiting eyes of youi
Badger Clark, in the April Scribner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
Journal Entries

1t is never necessary for smart
man to tell others that he is.
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The person with a great command
of language usually has poor control
of it.
E j +
Isn't it reasonable to urge that the
liar is one who always thinks before
he speaks?
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AT any rate, a castle in the air has
this advantage: You can't mortgage
it and lose it through foreclosure.
+ i i
No matter how long they keep COM
pany, a couple never begin to get well
acquainted with each other until after
the wedding bells have rung for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03

not Alice be a k1eptomaniac? Was it
her guilty hand in his pocket seeking
what? He had captured the ring.
She had said, also, that the ring
had been stolen from her. Had he
stolen it?
Tell me- he said at their next
meeting, tell me when it was that
you lost your emerald ring =. :.
Again Alice blushed and looked I'M
mistakably annoyed. TT was the zth
of April" she said coldly. Please
don't forget, Mr.. Bronson, that 1 dis
like to talk about it, 49, -.-'-' s---e-
rashly.
She nodded and made an excuse to
leave him to himself.
The following day he went UP to
town, and he did not return to the
CedarS for week
Alice was still there. She appeared
glad to see him, but there was un
m1stakable reserve in her manner to-
ward him.
Il want to speak to you.' whispered
Jack as they met next morning in the
breakfast room. Join me on the
beach in half an hour. May 1 expect
you?'
She nodded assent and he passed
on. When they met he told her of his
love for her, and his utter inability to
live without her.
When she, in turn, confessed that
his swift wooing had won her heart,
he would have slipped a blazing soli-
taire on her finger, but she drew her
hand away hastily.
MY VOW, you know" she reminded
him.
"Close your eyes" he almost sharp
ly commanded. When he saw she had
obeyed him he took the emerald ring
from his pocket and slipped it on the
little, finger of her right hand.
At its touch Alice uttered a a cry,
and with wide open eyes stared fixedly
at the ring.
IT'S mine, Jack-my ring" she
cried amazedly. ,"Where did you get
p found it in my pocket"
I'm your pocket? How absurd!
Please tell me what what you mean,'
she went on nervously.
Then, with grave look in his eyes
he told her all, wondering if she, too,
recognized the amazing hand of fate
that had interviewer the threads of
their destinies in such a mysterious
fashion
Her face was a study in surprise,
embarrassment and joy.
What was your hand doing in my
pocket?" he asked, breaking the
silence.
She laughed relievedly.
Now 1 can tell you, Jack. 1 was
with my brother. Arthur. The car
felt faint and put my hand, as 1
thought, into Arthur's pocket to get
my little handbag. The pocket was
empty and I was just going to speak
to Arthur about it when mans hand
gripped mine. 1 managed to get my
hand away, but my ring remained in
his pocket.
"Of course I did not dare make a
fuss because the stranger could face
me and accuse me of having my hand
in his pocket, and so let it go. I did
not dare advertise for it.
81 often wondered which of the men
around US had struggled with my
hand, and to think it should have been
you!"
"Why not?"
Because the memory of his hand
clutching mine was not unpleasant
it was such a strong, masterfu1 grasp!
1t seems too good to be true"
"Most perfect happiness ISL he said,
holding her close to his heart
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-03
From Other Pens
A FORGOTTEN LESSON.

How easy it is to forget the lessons
of a pinch. A little while ago the
farmers of the South were in agony
on account of the bigness of their cot
ton crop. Throughout the country
they were hearding declaring, Never
again. Diversification of crops was
preached with every evidence of APP
probation on the part of the listeners.
Buy a bale" Wear cotton Clothes"
and like petitions were heard through
out the land. But the price began
to mount and ships could not carry
the supply away fast enough to salts
fly foreign purchasers. And now comes
the report that through the South the
farmers are planning TO increase in
stead of decreasing their cotton out
put. Maybe they are right about it.
The war is eating up cotton at tre-
mendous rate, between cotton cloth
and guncotton. 1t is hardly possible
that the waste can be made good be-
fore the next crop is exhausted even
though the war is over before long.
Nevertheless, a diversity of crops is
the advantageous plan; and if the
south should happen to find herself
stuck again with a larger cotton crop
than ever, she will find less read3-
sympathy and will wish she had put
in greater variety.-San Diego
Union.