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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A fellow is really down and out
when he is up against it and all in.
It's a good plan to put off till to-
morrow the things we shouldn't do at
all.
Many a woman never realizes what
she wants till she is convinced she
can't get it.
You never can tell. Even the near
sighted man can sometimes see his
finish.
Some men are so phlegmatic that
even an alarm clock can't get a rise
out of them.
The one thing in the world that is
apt to be taken by storm is a borrowed
umbrella.
Criticise a man who is left-handed
and he will tell you he has q right to
be that way.
Trouble is really most accomm odat-
ing. 1t never lodges the people who
are looking for it.
Happiness is divided between get
ting the things we want and not get
ting the things we don't want
Newlywed-''Why have you never
married % Oldbach-"Oh, 1 prefer to
fight life's battles single handed"
Muggins-'My next door neighbor
has built high spite fence. 1 con-
slider it an insult Buggins-''Yes, an
insult you can't very well overlook
Blobbs-"Oh, most men are all
right" Slobbs-"You are optimistic
Blobbs-''Not at all. They will tell
you so themselves if YOU take the trou-
BILE to ask them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
From, Other Pens

UNIFORMITY IN PRONUNCIATION
A scant 100000 persons in the
year 1900 used the English language.
Now there are said to be 5000, 900
users of the tongue of Chaucer. Shake
speare Milton and Tennyson. In the
spelling of this modern cosmopolitan
medium of intercommunication among
Europeans, Americans, Australians.
Asiatics and Africans there are but
few differences. OF varieties of pro-
nunciation there are more. and of in
tonation a yet. larger number. But
the differences and variations are few
compared with the points of agree
ment; and wide distribution of litera-
ture throughout the whole area of
the English reading constituency and
increasing travel of persons convers-
ing in English are together fostering
a certain Standardization both OF
spelling and of speech that in time
will induce virtual uniformity. Hence
formal propaganda efforts to bring
about this end are quite needless, as
a contributor to the March Atlantic
Monthly points out. 1t will come fast
enough without agitation by cham
pions of linguistic unity and concord.
Once let the passion for standardizing
pronunciation and intonation take in
stitutional and propaganda form and
at once an issue will arise which it
might be difficult to meet without de-
velopment of some friction. is the
model to be followed to be determined
by the practise of the men bred in uni
versities and living somewhat apart
from the great tides of human expert
ence or by the likings of the multitude
for words, wherever found, that stand
for insights and feelings indescribable
in the older Technology? On lines OF
this sort will men divide. The diff
Guilty of developing respect for author
ity, once it is agreed who or what shall q.
be authoritative, is especially obvious
in modern society, and notably in mat
tiers of thought and though-expression,
whether spoken or written. Such
agreement as finally comes is usually
a slow growth, informal rather than
formal in type, and comprised by in
direct rather than direct means. New
ertheless it also remains true that all
signs should be welcomed pointing 10
any due recognition by the English
speaking peoples that style in spoken
speech Is as important as it is in N
book and that no changed conditions
of society on it's political, economic
or moral sides can be made the ex-
cuse for disregard of the niceties, per-
fections and achievements of linguis-
tic commerce.-Christia Science
Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
FUTURE MEAT SUPPLY.

From the very earliest Bible times
down to the present day, the human
race have been meat eaters, when they
could get it, writes H. H. Windsor in
the April Popular Mechanics. Vege-
tarians have propounded their the
cries, and pointed to long life as a
reward for abstaining from flesh but
not forsake his meat to any percepti-
bic e&IO..> -.-- ..l- .,,-....
methods of canning and cold storage
have brought the shipment of meats
to such a high degree of certainty and
perfection, its consumption has great
ly increased. City jewellers are large
consumers, and our cities have dou-
bled in population in the past genera
ton. while our export trade has grown
from almost nothing to immense pro-
portions during the period named.
While this demand has been in
creasing, the system under which our
beef was produced has largely van
ished- Twenty years ago millions of
acres of western range were as free to
use as the air. and ranchers and cat
tie companies grazed their stock by
the tens of thousands. These vast
herds, advancing leisurely, slowly
grazed their way from one good feed
ing ground to another; and, after a
herd was once started, the compare
lively trifling cost of herding was all
it cost, while the production and ship
ping went on year after year Now
conditions are radically changed. The
vast ranges have been surveyed, sold,
fenced, and passed from government
ownership to individuals. 1t is no
longer possible to drive the herds
from one feeding place to another
both on account of distractions and
inability to Craze while on the way.
The evident readjustment must
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
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1 Clara lrssramJOdson

ing by. I'LL ask him." said Maggie
to herself, ST don't mind asking him.
for I know him SO well from seeing
him every night"
So she hailed him with her hand
and called to him, "Oh, MIR. Moon,
there are SO many stars in the sky to-
night. please may I pick some?"
"Pick some stars?" asked the man
in the moon, in his most surprised
voice. What in the world will you do
with stars when you have picked
them?"
Maggie hadn't thought of that--she
she told the man in the moon so.
Dear mel he exclaimed, such an
extravagant little girl you are.
Never pick anything you do not need"
But 1 do need themi" exclaimed
Maggie, "only / hadn't thought of II.
l need them to take to earth with me-.
The earth looks awfully bare and these
stars would make it very pretty.
Please may pick some?"
ITO be sure! To be sureI' said the
man in the moon, help yourself to
all you wantl" and he went on with
his journey across the sky.
AS you may well guess. Maggie
didn't need to be told twice. She be-
gan picking at once and she picked
and she picked, till her arms wouldn't
hold another star.
And just then, when she couldn't
pick another star. the fairies who had
brought her to the sky appeared from
the nowhere land and took her back
to earth. But, of course, she couldn't
take her stars in the house, anybody
would know that even in dream, so
she spread them over the front yard
and then went in the house and to
bed.
In the morning she remembered
her dream and ran to the window.
What do you suppose she saw in the
yard? yellow star flowers all over
the yard! She called her mother and
told her all about bringing the stars
from the sky. THAT was only q
Dream said mother.
Maybe it was only a dream" re-
piled Maggie, But there are the stars.
and there are none left in the sky so
I'm going to believe they are the ones
brought down." And so she always
called dandelions. my star flowers"
1915-Clara Ingram
Judson.)
Tomorrow - Jack Forgets Some
times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

come through a reversal of the for
mer system. Instead of one man mar
keting 5000 head a year, there will be
5000 owners producing each one beef
per year. Some farmers, of course,
will market more, but the great reh-
able, steady flow of beef production
will ultimately go to the packing
houses in a vast stream made up of
innumerable small branches. Under
these conditions one or two beeves
will live on what is now practically
going to waste, and with the extra
care which usually is given small units
the weight and quality will profit.
There will still be some cattle kings
in each of the western states. but
great abundance can be maintained
indefinitely through a million small
producers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
Jauhauker Jots

Among the other favorite indoor
pastimes at this season of the year
is knocking on the preacher.-Olathe
Register.
1.-THE man who gets mad at what
the newspaper says about him should
return thanks three times day for
what the newspapers knew about him
and suppressed opines the Marys-
vile Advocate-Democrat.
Efficiency is a very much abused
the management of state affairs"
thinks the Phillips County Post, which
does not seem to be pleased with
things at the state house.
Boyd Newberry returned from Ok
1ahona last week and brought some
fighting roosters with him, tells the Troy
Chief. They were pit game, the kind
that stay in the ring until they die or
kill the other rooster. He showed
them to his father at their home north
of town and the old gentleman rather
doubted the story of their prowess.
But the old man was willing to be
convinced and took his wife's big
White Rock down in the cellar and
turned him loose with one of the game
roosters. The fight was so lively. and
the old man became SO interested in
the struggle that he waited too long
to separate them and when the game
stood on the neck of the White Rock
and crowed he ran over to pick up
the family pride and found that the
white rooster was dead. He knew
there would be trouble if Mrs. New
berry found it out SO he picked up the
dead bird and was sneaking out rof-the
cellar door to give the rooster a fitting
burial without his wife's knowledge
when he met Mrs. Newberry face to
face. He had the goods on him and
the interment didn't take place until
the Mrs. had taken part in the obse-
quies. He is still explaining to his
wife how it happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFronn the Chicago News. ]

LFron the Chicago News.1
hint.
Men spend a lot of money for things
they don't want.
man runs into debt, but he either
walks out or stays in.
No girl wants a secret marriage
still it is better than none.
Courtship and novels are more in
teresting than marriage and history.
The world owes much to its writers
and a great deal more to its cooks.
When a man is satisfied with him
self he is apt to be dissatisfied with
others.
Men at the theater who are unable
to get out between the acts for a smile
must grin and bear it.
A woman always figures on what
she could buy with the money her
husband wastes on cigars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
Journal Entries

Too much praise is even more
harmful than not enough.
4. j. =
Magnifying ones troubles is anoth-
err favorite human pastime.
+ - =
Gloomy weather and gloomy views
are boon companions. In fact, gloomy
weather is the MOST prolific producer
of blues extant.
= + =
Some of the biggest battles are
those which people fight out with
themselves, and about which the
world hears nothing at all!
j + +
No poet has as yet had the temerity
to take advantage of the license, ac
corded his gentry, and declare that
ouse-cleaning days are the happiest
of the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

Who said that Zapata is a brigand
of the cut-throat variety? Nix on such
comedy, He's a perfect gentleman.
He apologies most profusely and de-
clares that he is sorry, indeed, for the
murder of John B. McManus. More
than that he is arranging things to
pay an ample indemnity to the dead
mans family. And what a gratifying
outcome of the incident this is for the
Watchful Walters at Washington.
What a delightfully."- peaceful way it is
out of an annoying dilemma. Or
maybe it wasn't annoying at all. The
"watchful waiting policy possibly
does not permit the consideration of
ANYTHING in that light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

And while she slept some fairies
swooped down from the sky to her
took her in their arms and carried her
up to the sky.
There she saw stars-oh, so many
stars. Big stars, little stars, middle
sized stars and all the in-betweens and
they were all so beautiful. She wanted
to reach out her hand and pick some
of them out of the sky!
But she didn't quite like to do such
a thing as that when she was a guest
in the sky, so she waited to see if some
one would come, some one of whom
she could ask permission to pick stars
She waited what seemed like a long
time, then her patience was rewarded,
for the old man in the moon came sail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
"sPRING Is HERE"

March 21.- 1851
Ole Cy Stubbins; "B'gosh ~ says he
" tbs the Earnest curiostist weather 1 ever
did see.
The plow's all rusty, from layin' in the
barn,
We can't plant taters an we can't plant
corn.
The ground all covered with wintry snow,
An there amt no tellin' when it will go,
But if the sun shines tomorrow, I reckon
as to how
I'll feed ole Dobbin an hitch him to the
pillow,
An If the grounds too hard, an the clods
won't turn,
I'll help the ole woman to milk and churn.
The blue-jays are singing a mournful tune
! reckon they came up north too soon.
I'm glad 1 amt bird, amt you2
For you can't rely pom bird's-eye view.
I'm feelin' mighty gol darn blue,
Reckon better split cord of wood or two
Then I'll jes go back an take a seat
In the chimney corner, an warm my feet
MRS. H. A. HOPPER.
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

large indemnity. and with this 1t viii
be able to build anew it's ruined cities,
and restore it's devastated farms. 1t
is fortunate that the United States
is so ill prepared to take a hand in
the conflict. Il now has no excuse
for going around with chip on it's
shoulders, Neither the president nor
Mr.. Bryan has shown much states
manship, but they are for peace, and
will not get us into war, unless it be
through some foolish blunder in diplo-
cy-Leavenworth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

Italy has apparently concluded that
the water of the war is getting fine
senough for her to take plunge. Ger
tainly the rowdy boys of Europe have
been standing on the bank this long
while and reckoning her in with most
enticing gestures. And one set of
them has probably succeeded in con-
vincing Italy that if she is to enjoy
any of the fruits of the war to her
particular liking she. will have to take
off her coat of neutrality and battle
fnf. them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
Hun1or of the Day

"I understand, Mrs. Nurich. your hus-
band used to be an esperantist'' 1No: he
started in as q section hand."-Buffalo Ex-
press.
"a perfume manufacturer has one ad-
over the director of the mint"
what is that 2" HE coins dollars by max
ings scents. baltimore American.
First Young Thing-"Don't you Just dote
on Shakespeare" Second DittoI"1 adore
dal' last month and it was perfectly love-
ly."-Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

Topeka women have a wonderful
opportunity to play a major part in
making their city grow and prosper
by becoming enthusiastic supporters
of the Made in Topeka" movement
that is being pressed with such vigor
by the Commercial club. In nine
families out of ten, or, probably in
ninety-nine out of every hundred, the
women do the bulk of the buying. And
for this very essential reason the sue
cess or failure of the Made in To-
peka" campaign will rest largely on
their shoulders. So get busy, girls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
Kansas Comment
STALLED.

STALLED.
The, awful European war goes
steadily on, leaving death and de-
struction in it's path, with little, if
anything, to show for the immense
loss of life and property. Neither of
the warning nations has made any
marked advance. The line of battle
shifts little here and there, but no
signal advantage has been gained by.
either of the powers. 1t begins to
look as though that would be the re-
suit to the end with the sole excep-
ton that Turkey will be ousted from
Europe But it will require centuries
of peace to remove the scars of this
inexcusabIe war. Belgium, which is
suffering most now, may come out of
it best in the end. 1t is entitled to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
Now that there is a law permitting

Now that there is a law permitting
the use of voting machines at Kansas
elections, no time should be lost in
starting a movement in Topeka that
will result in the city adopting this
method for voting. These machines
will cost some money, it is true, but
they will also obviate the necessity of
having double election boards here,
also provided for in an act of the re-
cent legislature, and they will be a
cheap investment in the long run But
that is not their largest advantage
The facility with which elections are
conducted and votes counted with
such machines is their chief virtue
And in cities where these machines
have been used for years, the voters
would look askance on a suggestion
for a return to old method of voting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
MAGGIES DREAM.

One day Maggie played so hard in
the yard, that when bed time came
she didn't mind one bit. It really felt
good to stretch out under the covers
and rest. And she had the pleasantest
feeling-she felt as though something
nice-oh very nice-was about to hap
pen to her. She didn't stop to figure
out what the feeling might mean, she
just knew that it was pleasant, and,
then, first thing she knew, she was
sound asleep!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

What a joke the sudden surrender
of Przemysl was on the European war
analysts in this country who recently
promulgated decided opinions on an
elaborate array of supposed facts to
tthe effect that this Austrian strong
hold was in an excellent position to
Withstand the Russian investment for
another three months. at least.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

AS was reasonable to expect, the
haste and more or less disorder with
which the legislature wound up the
transaction of much of its important
business resulted in the commission of
many mistakes, and some of which
are likely to affect seriously the order
1y administration of the affairs of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

2 If it is possible for the bakers in
New York, Chicago and elsewhere to
restore the prices of bread and the
size of the loaves to what they were
Before the increased prices or the de-
creased 1oaves became the order of the
day a month or SO ago. it would ap-
pear that the bakers in all sections of
the country should be able to follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news Or
Eanization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

Except for the activities of the can
didates and one or two rank outsiders
less interest is apparently being mani
Tested in the local municipal cam
paign than has been the case in many
years. This would seem to be a griev-
Gus mistake. Nothing can be of more
importance to Topekans and their
varied interests than the selection of
the best possible men to conduct the
1nultitudinous affairs of the city. And
they should give this matter the care
full attention and consideration that it
deserves The present apathy can
possibly be explained by the unde-
niable fact that Topekans, like all
other citizens of Kansas, are well-nigh
politicked to DEATH The boiling of the
political pot in the Sunflower state has
come to be so incessant that it is an
annoyance to most folk. And the only
remedy would seem to lie in lengthen-
ing the terms of municipal, county and
state officers, and thereby make the
elections and their. campaigns less
frequent. s5zs--zsszss.gssss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

Wish they'd get this deadlock in
the weather department settled and
give us our necessary appropriations
of sunshine and real spring weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
The STAGE Telephone.
ALTERATION SALE
NOW GOING ON.

Some day the sign painters in this
country are going to get what is
coming to them.
Hello!
The first spring Robin has been
discovered at Muncie, Ind. Police
man discovered two yeggs breaking
into bank.
An Ambition.
I'd love to be a suffraget,
With warlike flag unfurled.
And captainess a battfeship,
With SailoresseS girled.
Music Hath Harms.
The allies claim they have q scare
ity of brass bands. The more brass
bands, the more horrible the war
becomes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24

And the strangest thing about the
temperance of King Sun on Tuesday
was the fact that on Monday evening
the weather bureau predicted that
Tuesday would be fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-24
On the Spur
of the Moment
BY ROY K. MOI LTON

Our Ideas of Nothing to Do.
Playing. checkers
Eating shrimp salad.
Making banquet speeches.
Hearing banquet speeches.
Buying John Mccormack records.
: Dancing the fox trot.
Holding bob-tails.
Arguing with a woman.
The Stage Telephone.
81 haven't seen all the plays and
vaudeville sketches that ever were
staged writes a friend, so it may
be that there was one in which there
was a telephone with a bell that
sounded like a telephone bell. The gar
den variety of telephone has a double
bell, and the clapper, striking the
bells alternately, produces a charac.
teristic sound. The stage telephone
has a bell with only one gong-a COM
mon door bell, in other words. And
do you suppose the bell ever rings
anywhere but away off stage?"
Are the Partners Quarreling?
A sign displayed prominently in a
down town street:
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