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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
Kansas Comment
A MENACE OF M1L1TARIsM.

a governor of one of the United
States. travelling in special train,
dropped off at Kansas City the other
day. He was attended by a military
secretary his adjutant general and
fifteen of his staff, all oolled up Ia
military uniforms. 1t makes no diff
ference who this governor was nor
what his politics might be. His reu-
nue. of gold-brai6ed scionS of a social
aristocracy pretty clearly typified on
this occasion the chief ambition of the
average militarist-to be on dress pa
rade. The incident also is typical of
the tendency of those in authority to
go the limit in wasting money to
lounge themselves in the lap of lux
ury and vainglory. This is what mil
itarism inevitably leads to. The more
militarism is emphasized in this coun-
try-the larger our army and navy
the greater will be the display of such
authority and the mere profligate the
waste of money in social fetes at gov
eminent expense. Militarism cannot
be separated from aristocracy. One is
an inevitable incident of the other.
And if you will observe closely you
will find the chief advocates of big
army and a big navy are those who
patronize the social distinctions prac-
ticed in the army and navy. Mill
tarism can have no place in a repub-
lie, where all men are held to have
been created free and equal Militar
ism makes no pretense of concedfng
social equality and ultimately 1t will
not conceGe equality of property
rights.-Fort Scott Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
QUAKER MEDTTATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Money is the root of all evil, and of
some family trees.
Let your light shine before men.
Don't keep them in the dark
You seldom hear of a man being a
free thinker who is also married
man.
The only man who really can laugh
and grow fat is he who laughs at
trouble.
When a man says he doesn't care
how he looks he can always raise
whiskers.
Many a man who feels that the
world owes him living can't even col
1ect interest on the debt.
Perhaps it is possible for two to live
is cheaply as one, but the trouble is
few of us want to live cheaply-
do you care for music?" asked the
Aesthetic. well, 1 prefer the horn of
plenty rather than the trump of
fame" replied the Practical Person.
I'VE are fearfully and wonderfully
I'm glad we are made SO we can sit
down." replied the Simple Mug. I'm
tired
Wigg-"Do you think he has had
much experience with girls?' Wagg
Yes. should say he has. under
stand he can write beautiful letter
that doesn't mean anything"
Blobbs-"That's a bad cold Wigwag
has, and he says he doesn't care
whether he gets over it or not Slobbs
-"Despondent, eh?" Blobbs--"Nor
exactly. The doctor has ordered him
to take whisky for it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

that the pecu1iarities of a given kind
or species of insect really help it in
Efe's handicap. For example, some
look so much like the leaves among
which they rest or feed that their enc
mics pass them by unnoticed. Others
are living aeroplanes, submarines,
or drilling machines
every detail of their structure being
obviously subordinated to the one idea
But when all is said that car be said,
there remain many insects that are
They seem to set
reason at defiance-to slap common
sense in the face. Nature must have
been in testing mood when she turned
them out of her Workshop
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

Tommy Sparrow! Come over here!
1 want to talk to you'll" Billy Rooln
sat on the big pine tree where old man
Owl made his home and called to
Tommy in the yard below.
Cant you waite" chirped back
Tommy. 1.-The eating is very good
lust now and I'm hungry -,
This is no time to be hungry.
said RilIv. why don't you get start
ed earlier in the morning. then you
would have, time for fun
"Oh. I get started early enough,
said Tommy; Its just that I'm nun
Want me" and without any more
talk he flew up into the tree.
what do you suppose has come
over Bluey Blackbird?" asked Billy
Robin curiously.
why? Is he up to some new
meanness 2" asked Tommy.
apparently not" said Billy; "he
wants to take us to the park he has
found and show us where to get good
food
"Hump." remarked Tommy in dis
gust you know there is something
back of that. You know very Wen
he don't care what food we get. You
do make me tired, Billy Robin! You're
so trusting and SO believing Can't
Won see he is just fooling you some
way?"
"Do-o-o, doo-o-o. do-o-o stop and
LET me sleepi" murmured old man
owl from his nest in the tree. Why
must YOU talk so loud and long,"
"Oh, it's just that Billy Robin is
so believing said Tommy Sparrow,
land I'm trying to teach him better.
$4,000" said the owl. We'll, as
you've got me awake, 1 suppose you
might as well tell me all about it"
So they told the owl all about Bluey
Rlackbird's sudden interest in the
quality of their food and his offer to
take them to the park. Then go"
advised the owl; "he likely has some
mean scheme up his sleeve and you
ought to go and fool him."
:sThink we can?" asked Billy.
Trust you" replied the owl; now
let me sleep."l
So after little further planning,
Billy and Tommy sat out on the
farthest limb, where Bluey would be
sure to see them and waited for an
other invitation to the park. 1t was
not long in coming, for Bluey was
waiting for them They followed him
over towards the park, listening all
the while to what he had to say about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
CULTIVATE THE WORK HABIT

Some things cannot be cultivated
too much, nor can we begin too early,
and one of them is a love for work
writes E. L. Vincent in Farm Life.
Another is a knowledge that all real
worth while civilization is built on
work. Stir the soil about that plant
often: it will make a man of you. Still
another thing that needs cultivating
now and every day is the truth that
the thing at hand right now is the
thing TO do. We may feel that that
thing is beneath us, or that we are
too big and too smart to stoop to it;
we do have such mistaken ideas some
times; but the mighty fact is that so
long as thing is right and proper for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
Jauhauker Jots

A town has been lkened unto a
girl, says the Frankfort Index. It's
wonderful what a little fixing up will
do for her.
Bulletin. is something people used to
express thought before slang came
upon the scene.
Fashion note. in the Emporia
Times: Parasols that look like the
comic section of a newspaper are the
vogue nowadays.
AS the Fort Scott Tribune says: It's
dangerous to venture far away from
home these days with a straw hat or
palm beach suit.
The woodson County Advocate has
figured it Que that every time man
pick up few cents worth of expert
ence he drops a dollar.
According to the Minneapolis Better
Way ore of the Minneapolis drug
stores is SO up to the minute that 1t
is advertising a Bryan Wilson Split"
sundae.
One of the little girls at Mime
apolis who had just had tooth
pulled, is said to have prayed: For
give US our debts as we forgive our
dentists
War news, in the Upton Times:
Several in this community have hung
the German national colors in their
cherry trees to frighten away the Eng
liSh SparrowS-
Speaking of nerve, the editor of the
Netawaka Talk extends this invitation
to his neighbors: Come and get ac-
quainted, and put us next to the good
fishing places.
Don't become too weary of the
weather in this world, suggests the
lola Register. There are no bulletins
available as to the kind they're hav-
ing elsewhere. 81
One family in six has an automobile,
in this state, notes the EmpOria Times,
and it adds: The other five are de
claring that a jitney is just as stylish
and far less trouble.
Now they have aworm out in the
western Kansas fields that trims the
beard of the wheat, notes the Law
renee Gazette, and it adds: The har-
vest hands ought to give the worm a
medal. Any one who has ever ham
died bearded wheat will appreciate
the services of the new worm.
Weather news, in a recent issue of
the Winfield Free Press: For the
fourth time this week the drouth has
been broken in this vicinity. There
was enough rain yesterday morning to
provoke some mild cusSing and when
the real waterfall came last night, the
cussing became spectacular. 1t was
not confined to agricultural circles.
Sam Conner is considering the estab-
1ishment of a boat line to his farm
near Sycamore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

ming to feel foolish and to wish he
had not come, there was heard
through the air mighty swish h''
and there. right in front of Bluey and
Billy and Tommy, appeared the whole
flock of duckSi
Bluey was so frightened that he
shook in his tracks, but he was deter
mined to see the scare the other birds
would have, so he stayed right by
them.
Imagine. then, his amazement and
disgust when Billy Robin few right
down among the great ducks and be-
gan talking to themi
Imposter" shrieked Bluey anzriIv
Il didn't know you knew them!'
"Oh, yes, we do" said Tommy. and
down he went beside Billy. We often
come over here when you need the
whole garden, but we never Dragged
about our trip as you did We are
friends with all the creatures here.
Anybody you want to meet?"
That was too much for B1uey He
answered not a word. He just turned
and flew straight home to his own
garden Copyright-Clara In
gram Judson-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
NvoCATToN.

n.
Q Thou whose equal purpose runs
In drops of rain streams of suns,
And with soft compulsion rolls
The green earth on her snowy poles
O Thou who keepest in thy ken
The times of flowers, the dooms of men,
Stretch out mighty wing above
BE tender to the land we love!
If all the huddlers from the storm
Have found her hearthstone wide and
warm
II she has made men free and glad,
SHARING, with all, the good she had;
II she has blown the very dust
From her bright balance to be just
Oh, spread a mighty wing above
Be tender to the land We lovei
When In the dark eternal tower
The star-clock strikes her trial hour,
And for her help no more avail
Her sea blue shield, her mountain mail,
But sweeping wide. from gulf to lakes.
The battle on her. forehead breaks,
Throw Thou thunderous wing above
Be lightning for the land we love!
Phillips Stafford, in the Allan
tic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

Enthusiasm is the stepmother of
hustle
When money is tight man should
keep sober.
Poetry may bring returns-if a
stamp is Enclosed with it.
When the officeholder loses his grip
he does less handshaking.
A pessimist is one who believes that
all eggs come from cold storage.
Happiness is always where we find
it. but seldom where we go to seek it.
The world has but little use for the
man who tells it a disagreeable truth.
The man who likes to hear himself
talk is about the only one who cares
to listen
Occasionally man takes a day off
to celebrate the anniversary of his
birth, hut woman usually takes a
year of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
Journal Entries

Why not class truth and fish among
the antonyms?
+ r +
You are the wise one, it's the other
fellow who's ignorant.
+ r r
If you want to make a girl angry,
tell her she looks like some other girl
+ = =
The boaster does fairly well until
the time comes for him to deliver the
goods.
+ + +
1t pays to be honest, all right, but
there is some uncertainty as to wheth-
er or not the deserving party always
gets the pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
From Other Pens
MORE THAN ONE CROP.

After twenty or thirty years of agita-
ton, the south has decided to abandon
the one-crop idea. The war in Europe
is credited with convincing the cotton
planters that it is not wise to place
all dependence upon a single staple.
Reports from the agricultural depart
ments of the southern states indicate
that there is a general interest in food
crops, and that the farmers in the cot
ton belt will enjoy greater prosperity
this year than in 1914, even though
a change in the European situation
should increase the demand for tex
tiles The south is in good position
to raise cattle and other food supplies.
Increasing population insures good
market for all of these that can be
produced, and as yet there is nothing
to warrant the fear that they will not
give fair profits. There is room
enough in the south for both cotton
and other crops, and the wonder is
that the people of that part of the
country failed to see the advantage of
diversity many years ago.-Providence
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
On the Spur
Of the Moment
Pea.ant and King.
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Peasant and King.
tWhat the peasants of Europe are think
You who put faith in your banks and
Drank and ate largely. slept easy at
Hoarded your Iyddite and polished the
Let down upon us this bnstering
You have. played grandly the easiest
Now can you shoulder the weight of the
Say, can YOU fight? 49,
This i il your game; it was none of our
We are the pawns with whom you have
Yours Is the winning and ours is the
But when the penalties have to be paid.
We who are left and our women folk, too,
Are you afraid?
Musings of Pessimist.
An elephant eats more than a can
airy bird, which is one reason why the
pet.
No one has ever been able to dis
cover any use for the vermiform APP
pendix, except the doctors who get
paid for cutting it out.
An oyster gets four months vaca-
ton every year.
We have a theory that wild flowers
get tndt way by trying TO pronounce
their botanical names.
1t is very hard to convince a writer
who is paid by the word that brevity
is the soul of wit
Eating onions should either be pro-
hibited or else made compulsory for
everybody.
Hard Times, What?
College boys are again wearing their
trousers turned up, and many of them
by the way, are wearing the same old
trousers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

There is considerable talk among
the sport experts about the Ameri-
can League pennant race being un-
usually interesting and uncertain. But
how about the one an the National
League? Between the teama in the
latter at the top and the bottom of the
percentage column, mere is differ
ence of only $50 points, while between
the leaders and the trailers in the
American League the difference is 252
points
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

expressed it AUNT Keziah spells vio-
lin with a capital ". and I'm respon-
sib1e for it!''
1t was the episode of the violin;
also. that hade him the gratified
brother-in-law of pretty Mirella. FL
wood.-(Copyright, 1915. by the NC
Clure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

While the gasoline war may make
1t nice for the automobiles of to-
day, it is almost certain to hit hard
the pocketbooks of their brethren on
the morrow when the war is over and
the gasoline makers begin to boost
prices again and recoup all of the
velvet" and then some that they have
been tossing to the winds of late ANY
old kind of war always brings it's day
of reckoning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

While pure, clean milk from the
milkman is essential for Baby's health
the state board of health is particular
TO point out that there are plenty of
opportunities for the milk to become
dangerous to the child if it is not
handled properly in the home, and
after it has been received from the
milkman. Don't forget this, Mothers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal away
from home during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day to any
address at the rate of ten cents a week or
thirty cents a month (by mail only). Ad-
dress changed often desired. While
out of town the State Journal will be to
you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on these
short time subscriptions, to save bOokkeep-
ing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

Br1tishers are facing CONSUMPTION
after all, but of a rather remarkable
variety. If the laboring men do not
volunteer for work in the factories
making munitions of war as the gov
eminent thinks they should, they are
going to be drafted for such service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

And the attention of. those here
abouts who may yet be skeptical of
the adequacy of bikes to hold the surg
ing flood waters of a river at bay is
respectfully directed to the fact that
bikes keep the sea out of Holland.
And the pounding Of the sea is cease
less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

Fine news for the morbid folk The
whole sordid story that has made the
Thaw case so nauscating is to be re-
hashed again in open court. But the
probabilities are that there won't be
many newspapers who will deem 1t
necessary to reprint it in all of its dis
gushing details.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

If there has been any improvement
in the Mexican situation since Presi-
dent Wilson delivered his ultimatum
to the military leaders below the Rio
Grande a couple of weeks ago, it
hasn't been of such proportions that
anybody could detect it, even with the
aid of a microscope
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

anybody to do, we are the chaps to
do It, with all our might, mind, soul
and strength And if we do that.
there will be a harvest for us. and a
better field to cultivate tomorrow. For
the way to get a bigger and better
job is to put the last ounce of our
selves into the job we have todayi And
there is absolutely no other way
known under heaven among men
whereby good, big jobs may be found
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

California's news censors appear to
be asleep at the switch. Possibly the
attractions on the Midways at the ex-
positions have made them forget their
work. At any rate a little news man
aged to filter through their fingers
about an earthquake at Ell Centre that
was SO severe as to shake down build
fnCS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

And the creation of the state civil
service commission by Governor Cap
per under the law that was enacted by
the last legislature also emphasizes
the fact that the positions in the state
service which are exempted from the
provisions of this act are exceedingly
numerous and diverse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

News from the state house is to the
effect that care is to be taken from
now on in the selection of men for
the positions of game wardens. And
this is beginning OF a reform worth
while that should be pressed with
vigor in the making of appointments
to fill all places in the public service,
the big ones as well as the little ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

What will become of the plans of
American gamblers to esta blish a
Monte Carlo in Mexico just across the
line from southern California if Uncle
Sam should find it necessary to inter
vene in that free and easy land below
TO the south of us?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
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
ganization, 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, 1915-06-25

No matter what might have been
the real cause that brought about the
resignation of Mr.. Bryan as secretary
of state, its development was of i'm
measure BILE advantage to the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
SyBed [|] e. 3! e:
10y (@can k&ramAdson :2Ssks

THE JOKE is ON BLUEY.

the wonderful worms and insects they
would find at their journeys end.
Bluey and his guests flew straight to
the water, where he had first seen the
great ducks. They were nowhere to
be seen. Just as Bluey was begin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

THAT'S a nice house you've built there,
Subbubs; but it's rather thrown in the
shade by that new mansion next door"
Eyes: that's the contractors house. built
out of the profits he made on mine
Boston TRANSCRIPT .--.- t-.e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
MEMBER:

MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers As
ISOLATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
Hard Times. WHAT?

trousers turned up, and many of them
by the way, are wearing the same old
trousers
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-11-26
OUT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally.
says a well known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which excites the kid
neys, they become over-wroked from
the strain. get sluggish and fail to
filter the waste and poisons from the
blood, then We get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism. headaches. liver trouble.
nervousness. dizziness, sleeplessness
and urinary disorders come from
sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache In
the kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full OF
Sediment. irregular of passage or at
tended by q sensation Of scalding,
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces Of Jad Salts from any pharma-
cy; take tablespoonful in glass Of
water before breakfast and in few
days your kidneys will act fne This
famous salts is made from the acid
'of grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys. also to neutralize the acids
In urine 80 1t no longer causes irrita-
Ition, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful effedves-
cent lithia water drink which every
one should take now and then to
keep the kidneys clean and active and
the blood pure. thereby avoiding seri-
ious kidney complications.-Adv.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-11-26
'Shahorn Tells Of His
Central Oregon Journey

They rose as one man, and pledged
everything we wanted.
"One thing that impressed me with
the interest the people are taking in
the railroad was the fact that the del
egation from Harney county went
with US all the way from Bend to
Lakeview. and from Iakeview to
Klamath Falls.
klamath Falls welcomed us with
one of the biggest demonstrations !
ever saw. They had prepared . state
ment Of resources and potential trafnc
that was complete in every detail. At
the banquet In the White Pelican ho-
tel delegation Of high school boys
fled in and the spokesman declared
the boys wanted share in the rail-
road development. and pledged their
help in any way possible.
'.That incident was only one. In
almost every town where We went ]
was called upon to talk to the school
children. Sometimes they formed lit
tie parades along the street.
1T was pathetic. almost. to see all
these evidences of the interest Cen.
trail Oregon has in the railroad pro
ject. They are welcoming anything
that will release them from isolation
They want to belong to Portland
that is another thing Portland should
consider more. Although LAkeview
and Klamath Falls are now tributar,
to San Francisco. they promise t.
bend every energy to get into com
munication directly with Portland.
Though we left Klamath Falls y
a Pullman car. we had to get OF q,
Weed. Calf. and wait three hour
| In the rain for train to bring US t.
Portland. 1t took nearly twenty-foul
hours. That is what everyone has L
do who comes to Portland from tina
city"