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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
WHAT'S FAILURE?

WHAT'S FAILURE?
Failed we yesterday, my heart?
Seemed our way path of thorns,
Spite of opalescent moons;
Spite of crystal dawns?
Beat the pulse of Life in Pain?
Dropped the spirit, tho thrill,
All the world in golden garb
Wandered Summers hill?
Why, then. what's a failure for?
Ills but brake to halt some madness;
Serves to stay our pace awhile
Till we're sure of gladnessl
What's a grief but that sure spillway
Built to hold Joys overflow?
Skies this morn may glover leaden,
But, for Us, they glow.
And. to us. the barren Indigenous
Echo still some song of bird,
Hark, what says its burden: Courage.
Ave, at last. we've heard,
Edna Mead, in New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
THE STORY OF THE HOME.

We'll. Bushyi" exclaimed Mother
Beaver when she looked up and saw
Bushy coming into her room, what
in the world are you doing"
Getting so much food that you
will have time to tell US that story"
replied Bushy promptly. There's all
this and some more outside" Then
ne happened 10 think that usually he
ate a good deal himself, so he added,
And I've eaten all my dinner, so
this is yours" And he slipped out
fo- his second load.
Now think of thatl" laughed
Mother Beaver good naturedly. He
surely does want TO hear all about
this house. And this is good food
too" She nibbled ut the little pile
of damp and tender water plants
Bushy had laid before her and found
them quite to her liking "Bushy is
growing up she said to herself; ''its
no time at all since 1 was getting food
for him.
Just then Bushy returned, bringing
this time some tender bark that he
then" he said, as he dried off his
paws, tell us the story"
Bushy's brothers ana sisters settled
themselves beside MIN and Mother
Beaver began.
Five years ago" she said thought
fully, when Father Beaver and 1
decided to build a house OF our own.
we looked up and down the creek for
tho very best place to build. | had
lived on the bank of the river on the
other side of the forest ana your
father had spent the whole Of his life
on the edge of the swamp at the foot
of the lake. So we both knew pretty
well what we wanted. 1 didn't care
to live by a big river, there are too
many dangers; and your father knew
the disadvantages of a swamp. After
carefully looking up and down the
lake and the creeks We chose this
spot, because here the currents are
swift and the water deep enough so
that it does not freeze in the winter
time"
Did the current make any differ
ence?" asked Bushy, who had listened
to every word.
Indeed. yesr replied Mother
Beaver. The swift current is our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Dr. Lyman Abbott's pen. So firm a
believer in free will is DIR. Abbott, that
he holds without question to the view
that his own life has been worked out
through a series of voluntary choices,
and not through the compelling forces
of heredity Yet the admirable chap
tiers of "reminiscences that tell US of
his father and uncle, and of other per
sonages in an environ1ng kinship, help
us to see how remarkable in the shap
ing of our destinies has been the in
fluence of fathers upon sons through
several generations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
DECREASING DEATH RATE.

A preliminary statement just made
public by the United States Bureau OF
the Census shows a death rate of 1876
the lowest on record-per ], 900 esti-
mated population of the registration
area of the United States in 1914. In
fortunately the mortality statistics do
not cover the entire United States
since not all communities have ade-
quate characterization systems.
Those States and cities in which the
registration OF deaths is approximate
ly complete constitute what is known
as the registration area. This area
comprises rs States Gin one of which,
North Carolina, registration is re-
stricted to municipalities which had
1000 population or over in 1900. the
District of Columbia, and 80 cities in
nonregistration States, and contained
two-thirds (66.S per cent? of the total
estimated population of the United
States in 1914. This represents a very
gratifying increase as compared with
1900, when the registration area con-
tanned only about two-thirds (40.5
per cent? of the total population of
the country. Figures for Kansas are
included for the first time in the sta
tistics for 1914. The death rate for
1914 is 16 per cent lower than the
average for the five-year period 1901
1905. When due allowance is made
for the addition of many new States
to the registration area between 1905
and 1914, and the comparison is con-
fined to the registration states as they
existed during the period 1901-19o5,
there still is shown a decided decrease,
amounting m o 4 nor cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
%CaTa lnSFanJOdson

We gathered wood and twigs and
grasses, we piled them on the bank
till there was plenty, then we began
building. But hard rs we worked.
winter began before the house was
finished and the mud neatly plastered
on the sides. We didn't mird that
though, because the winter froze the
mud AMI made our new home safe
and secure from tho fierce wolves we
OFTEN heard bowling in the night"
And so you have stayed here ever
since" said Big Sister Beaver when
Mother Beaver stopped for breath and
a bite of the good eatings Bushy had
iaic before her.
Ever since" she added. .'Of
course We nave added to the house
since then--at first IL wac onlv -
room-but we will stay here aixavs
rms is the very best place a beaver
can live -(Copyright-CIara Ingram
Judson.b
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Journal Entries

Head of the family is merely an
honorary title with most married men.
= = j.
There is nothing more pleasing in
the way of smiles than one from
nature.
= !. =
No music is SO sweet to the ears of
most folk as that made by bank-notes.
= i =
A few mems only bid for distinction
is that they get up unreasonably early
in the morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Harry c. Bowman. member of the
state board of control, must have the
arrival of the millennium in mind. He
says that some day, all taxes ma
tional state. county. school and town
ship, will be based en- ability to pay.
instead of supposed benefits derived
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Nothing much in the way of benefit
cent results may be expected from the
presence of no less than So newspaper
men in congress, twelve of whom are
in the senate. The probabilities are
that these So newspaper men will have
65 differing ideas on every question
that is presented for their considera-
ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

And the ten billion dollars value of
the farm products that were raised IN
the United States during 1915 explains
in 2 large measure the present general
prosperity of the country and why l.
IS more general in the central and
western sections. the great farm re-
gions of the land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

II might be, too, that Admiral
Dewey has fixed the limit of the num-
Der of dreadnaughts that the navy
needs at AS as there are only that
number of states for which they could
be named. Fifty dreadnaughts, for
instance. would mean that a couple of
them would have to worry along with
out silver services for their buffets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Merry laughter from the automobil-
lists will greet the suggestion of the
New York Association of Horsemen in
its petition to the legislature that
part of all state roads ard highways
be reserved for the exclusive use of
horse drawn vehicles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Father, at any rate, has expert
enced the delights of white Christ
mas. or rather he has had the priv
ilege of trudging around in the condi-
tons attending one while settling
some of the Christmas bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Congressman Taggart may reason
ably be expected to line up with the
greater navy enthusiasts. The patent
office has granted letters of patent to
him on his invention to protect battle
ships from torpedo attack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

A good deal has been heard lately
about the laying records made by
many hens. but the most helpful hen
seems to be the Missouri bird that re-
gently laid two eggs within an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Bad news doesn't always travel
quickly. The detaile description of
the saclIing of Brest-Litovsk by the
Russians in August of last year has
Just reached this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Full LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegram renort Of tl.at great news or
ganizatinn for tho exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The Stafi. jour
nal building over wires for this sole pu--
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Presumably, none of the members
of house of commons who participated
in the wild enthusiasm that attend
ed the passage of the CONSUMPTION bill
is in any danger of feeling the weight
of its hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Another admirable characteristic of
tho snow storms that visit Kansas is
that not very many of them stay on
the job very long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

United States firms have furnished
over 40 per cent of the electrical ma
chinery and supplies used in Brazil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

"Jitneur" is the French sounding
word now being used to signify the
driver of a jitney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

of boiling water. place crushed part of
coat over basin and let steam from
three to five minutes. This is harm
less and successful. Be sure to place
right side to the steam.
Advice for Young Housekcepers.
Begin by carefully planning each
days work.
you cannot have a couple of hours
each afternoon in which to rest, and
be refreshed at his" Homecoming.
Each day brings its work. such as
washing, ironing, mending, sweep
ing, busting and baking. But do not
try to work more than eight hours a
day. Overwork makes you so tired
that your disposition becomes soured.
you speak sharply, you are unable to
be wen dressed and looking forward
to your sweetheart's homecoming
Consequently, your husband may
tire of you in time and be spirited
away by some fresh face that knows
how to keep young.
Simple Home Remedy.
Homemade Liniment-Five cents
worth hartshorn, five cents worth
spirits of camphor, five cents worth
of arnica, two ounces turpentine, one
cup very strong vinegar, one whole
egg. Put this in one quart bottle.
shake ten minutes. Apply externally
only.
Things Worth Knowing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
Things Worth knowing.

Water in which potatoes have been
boiled is the best thing with which to
sponge and revive a silk dress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Daily editiJn. delivered by. carrier. 10
cents week to any part OF Topeka or
suburbs or at the same price in any Kan
Has town where the paper has n carrier
system.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

Now they say that a submarine
drinker is one who sneakS in and
hoists one while the enemy isn't look
ing
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-25

They were married in the little
church, and the weeks that followed
were of unaIloyed bliss to both of
them.
Now for the first time Jack Barrett,
as he had again called himself, tasted
of the fullness of life. He marveled
that he had ever loved another
woman.
But as months rolled on gradually
the island began to clOy. Fugitive
memories Of the old world fitted
through his brain. He thought of the
tumult of Wall street again. and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-25
Jones, and he left Jack Barrett as
a relic of a forgotten past.


''He is opening his eyes. He will
recover"
He opened his eyes, to see himself
looking into the face of a girl of
about twenty years. Dark hair,
bound back with fillet of cOlOTed
cloth, a dazzling skin, milk-white at
the throat, but tanned by the sun
above the chin. Garments of woven
fiber and bare feet in sandals. And,
in her eyes, a divine compassion he
had never seen before on any face
except his mothers.
Slowly consciousness returned to
him. He remembered his hardships
on the tramp ship, the brutal mate,
the drunken captain, the typhOon
that had struck them off Fiji, forcing
them to run for days before it; then
the grounding on the shores of the
unknown island, the wreck, the ours
es of the sinking sailors, his own
fight for the plank on which he had
been washed ashore, to fall sense
less upon the beach.
Days passed, during which he was
visited from time to time by serious,
strengthening men and women.
When at length he was convaIescent
Jack learned where he was. It was
Pitcairn island, peopled by the de-
scendants of the mutineers of the
Bounty, who had fed there in the
18th century. GOd-fearing men and
women, they lived on the loneliest
island in the world, visited only once
a year by a government vessel
Doris Adams, the girl who had
compassionately taken him into her
hut, was the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
granddaughter of the old pirate who
had become chief of the island.
Far from civilization, this little |
community of souls led its simple |
life, deeply religious, and unstained |
by the foIlies and vices of civilization. |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-25


rival of a strange men was there
fore an incident of the highest i'm
pOrtance.
When Barrett was well he was adj
mitted into the community and given
his. own little patch of fertile land.
Willing hands built him hut. After
a few weeks he was regarded as one
of the Pitcairn men.
The romantic attachment that had
begun between himself and Doris
lasted. It was impossible not to love
her. They walked together under
the palms; they stood side by side
upon the promontOry, gazing out
over the sea; they were all to each
other. AS the schOolmaster, Jack
had already acquired great influence
among the people.
One night two elders came to him.
when the next ship arrives you will
go back to your own land" they told
him.
NO." answered Jack, 81 shall re-
main"
Then" they said, ct is not right
that you and Doris Adams should re-
main unmarried. All young folks on
Pitcairn are expected to marry as
soon as they can find mates. 1t is the
natural life" s
"She is pining for you," said the
other. Marry her, and then we shall
believe in you" Z
'I'H ask her." answered Jack, and
could not understand why the gray
boards smiled.
90.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-29
BASEBALL SPORTS OF ALE SORTS BOXING

ALL n AJN1AN ~ A8NbAAA4NN1
ice race of one mile also is on the
card and a half-mile scratch race for
boys under 13 years old. The other
race will be a boys event for those
between Is an 16 years old. Con-
testants in this match will skate one
mile.
With the closing of entries yester-
day, nominations have been received
from the Northwest Skating club,
U. S. BaIlbeaTing A. c., Saoxa A. c.,
Norwegian Turner'S, Palmer Park A.
G. and Northwest WheeImen- A. G.
State Senator Daniel HerIihy has
offered a trophy to the club whose
representatives score most points,
five points to be given for first place,
three for second and one for third.
w. P. Northoott had high score of
217 in the weekly shoot of the Chi
cago Revolver club at 1900 N. Hal
sted st. o
Ad WoIgast has been forced to call
off the fight he had scheduled for
New Years in Kansas City with Otto
Wallace, because Of illness.
Basketball Scores
Chicago SO, Detroit A. c. "a.
c. H. L Mercurys 80, Keewatins 7.
Chi. 'FY'' 43, Buffalo Germans 40.
Francis e. Walsh has been elected
president of the Seminole Athletic
club. Lee H. Wagner is new. vice
president and Albert ]. Jourdain is
treasurer. The Seminoles will play
indoor mines that have gymnasiums.
Phone Sunnyside $685. Ask for
Harry.
Figures of the Eastern league con-
tain a record that is remarkable.
Fred (Klondike) Smith, left fielder
for the Springfield club, participated
in SO games, had 1877 putouts and z
assists without an error.
This, added to Smiths errorIess
record with Rochester and Montreal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-29
CAREFUL ATHLETES TIGHT
.FISTED OFF FIELD

mOters without money are still talk
ing largely of staging fight some
where against some man, with Les
Darcy as the principal attraction.
There is no longer talk of pitting the
Australian against George Carpen-
tier. Most of the offers now include
the name of Mike Gibbons.
Harry Sherman is the latest with
an offer of $4,000 for a bout be-
tween Darcy and Gibbons, to be held
either in Minneapolis or st. Paul
The winner would take Is per cent
of the purse.
Leonard Hicks, local hotel man,
has complicated the situation a bit
by saying that no one has authority
to act for Darcy in this country. Les
has kept himself clear of promoters
and managers and Tex Richard has
not a claim on his services. Hicks
adds that he will be sort of an adj
wiser to Darcy and may arrange his
first fight in this neighborhood.
Capt. J. j. BoIger of the Seventh
Infantry, prominent in western anna
ture athletics for the past 13 years,
died yesterday at his home, 5008
FOTTestville aV.
Two hundred skaters, represent
ing the flower of the speed artists in
Chicago, will take part in the annual
skating derby of the Sleipner A. c.
on the Humboldt park lagoon New
Years day. The fastest skaters in
and near Chicago compete in the
first open tourney sanctioned by the
Western Skating assn, and kids of
different ages will take part in races
of various distances.
In open eVgnts a one-miIe scratch
race will be held and a two-nile
handicap. Gold, silver and bronze
medals will be given for first, second
and third places respectively A nov
The Detroit times., 1916-02-12
Diaghilef Ballet Proves
A Gorgeous Spectacle But
Really It's Not At All Natlo|

zouncv ana others, until thio Mc1
composition for the piano wno
in themat.c maze. gave MlIe. L.
kova and male dancer Of Il
tian stature. NJ. S.anislaws I1u1 ~
ski. opportunity for sprightly 0
edy and playful coquetry The
tire ballet was charming ana IN
idzikowski extremely clcver.i 81
Tnis ballet. Bakst provided 49,
box setting or deep blue.
The orchestra, a soIendid body 4
players under an exceptionally G.
ole director, NJ. Ernest AnparI
was a notable part OF the poYo61l
ance. Unfortunately. the ma5or r
tion OF the audience preferyo1 o
versation, and the music. v&1
should have been listened to ~ 4
perfect silence expected At . ~
phony concert, was heard By q
Few WHO desired TO listen "a
through buzz OF talk that was Z
tracing and wholly annoying.
For the afternoon rerforman(
the company Will give LES q
phydes.' "rApres midi dun FSunt
lie Prince Igor" and "CarnavaI
and in the evening. these balIets y
be repeated together with "Schshl
azade."
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-12
6y PRINCE OSCAR,
OF Prussia, Author-oon OF Kaiser
Wilhelm.

This translation made especially
for the Newspaper Enterprise Asso-
I citation and copyrighted. 1850
AS in drama the action mast
, rise till the dnal act, 80 in the battle
OF the Champagne me fight around
the height and Us end in defeat
took place.
During the last few battle days
ON the war-toSsed height we had no
tieed comparatively large numbers
OF Frenchmen in heir trenches bI'
the firmly expected at;acA had Bot
taken place. Not withaat reason
did we thercupon deduce t'-.l ouy
opponents 10 longer received their
eonsigamerts of regiment Jrc ~
ly, and that our artillery fire kept
them in tn hsir trenches.
So we no longer expected any
serious attack on this day Bul the
French would not give up the strug
gle without one last despairing at
tempt. Suddenly in the afternoon
in great masses they attacked Hill
1876 and its eastern slope. The
guards, reserves, and other troops
OF the first line who received the
main force OF The conflict. held their
ground without wavering
The Fourth Turkish regiment aud
others attacked in five separate
waves, man going past man, the
company's leader usually riding at
the head. They were received with
a hail of hand grenades. which tore
hundreds to pieces and which threw
the two front lines into air Ike let
ters of the alphabet, while the ones
at the rear Jared no better Who
ever escaped the grcnadcs fell un
The Detroit times., 1916-02-12

Genealogisi-Rm sorry. Mr.. Per
lxins. but can't find that your wife
is descended from anybody whatso-
ever.
Perkins-2And I paid you only $500
for that. II is worth at least a thou
sand.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-12
JULIAN eLTiNeE

JULIAN ELTiNGE
The entertain star. who wears
the latest modes from Paris, IN his
inpersonation OF Cousin Lucy. in n
new comedy by that ramc. which
ne will bring to the Detroit opera
house. the weea Of Feb. ?