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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

tinuation schools must furnish the
selling and buying. the drawing and
planning. the mathematics. the figur-
ing on the job. the stuff that is given
to our college men. in order that they
may have the road open for them, and
throw upon industry not only educa-
ton till seventeen Y airs of age, but till
twenty-one years of age or over. If
we are TO be really efficient in this
thing we must see to it that there is a
way open to every boy or girl who
wishes to come up the line, and we
must not forget that we are making
good citizens meanwhile.
Manufacturers and labor will soon
er or later realize that they have a
common interest, for we car. not have
efficiency unless We have the right
kind of education. If the continuation
ture. they will not succeed thru the
help of the universities and the school
teachers who have so long dallied with
fossilized metho $ in dealing with edu-
cation, but they must come from the
determined effort of manufacturers
and labor to see that the right kind of
education is given to the working men
The school men of America have as
body showed themselves utterly in
capable of handling this problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
Tanning the Mink

The United States department of
agriculture is making experiments in
demonstrating the mink Well. here-s
luck to its efforts-but heaven help
the poultryman who tries to rear his
chickens near that experimental farm.
The mink has fur as fine as the most
exacting lady could desire, but his dis
position is as bad as that of a Villista
bandit. and he has at least as much
cunning He can dig his way into any
Enclosure not made of brick, stone or
concrete; he loves blood as well as a
weasel; he has a perfect genius for
evading traps. and he can conduct his
depredations so skilfuI1y that for
months and even years they will be
laid to other marauders, and only the
closest observers will know that there
is mink in the neighborhood.-Chi-
cago Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
STANDARD VEHICLE PARTS.

In April of the present year a num-
Der of the largest manufacturers of
aXles, wheels and wheel material met
in Cleveland. Ohio, to discuss the pos
sibility of adopting standard patterns
and dimensions for all axles and
wheels used in horse-drawn vehicle
construction, according to a bulletin
that has been issued by the Carriag e
Builders National association. At that
time another committee, appointed by
the association just mentioned, was al
ready at work on the Standardization
of the parts that go to make up a
body for the popular carriage known
as the American buggy
| The result of the Cleveland confer
ence and the meetings which followed
it, was that set of standard speci-
fications' have been drawn up, printed
and widely circulated among manu-
facturers interested. These nanufact-
urers have been instructed to go over
the spec ieations carefully, and sug-
/ gest necessary changes or corrections.
After sufficient time has been allowed
for the consideration OF such criticisms
as may be offered by the trade, the
specifications will be printed in large
quantities. and distributed to the en-
tire wheel, axle, carriage, wagon, job
bling and repairing trade.
Following this widespread notifica-
ton manufacturers and jobbers will
carry in stock only such goods as con-
form to the standard specifications
All other sizes in spindle lengths
flange and hub sizes, will be consid-
cred as "odd Sizes and are not ex-
pected to be carried in stock but will
orders
1t is claimed that the shortage OF
material in the vehicle trades can only
be relieved by the adoption Of stand
ard sizes in all the parts and materials
used in the industry. Manufacturers
of wheels, axles. malleable iron, and
the builders of buggies and wagons
are all expected to give the new
standard specifications their approval
and help to establish vehicle standard
ization en- a permanent basis Every
carriage and wagon builder in the
United States large and small, should
be interested in this plan for the con.
servation of raw material and the saw.
ing of time and labor which are in
volved in the vehicle Standardization
plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

Nottinghamshire. England, has long
been regarded as an important center
of the bone-glue industry of Great
Britain 1t was estimated that about
700 tons of bones come into this dis
trict every week from all parts of the
United Kingdom and are converted
into CLUES, animal fats and fertilizers.
AS the shipments arrive they are
automatically sorted over to extract
any piece of metal or rubbish. and
the marrowbones are laid to one side
for separate treatment, all others go
ings to the grinding mills and thence
to the benzine extractors The fat thus
extracted is sold to soap, glycerin
and stearin works. The bones come
from the extractors in a perfectly dry
state and are then cleaned and pol
ished, after which they go to the glue
rooms, where the glue is extracted by
various processes. Many different
qualities of Clues are made.
After the glue has been extracted.
the bones are dried and finely ground
and either in this condition or after
chemical treatment they are sold TO
agriculturists as artificial fertilizers
with guaranteed analyses. The mar
rowbones, which are tire ated separate
w. are sold for the manufacture of
buttons tooth brushes and piano keys.
Commerce Reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

Statistics show that there are now
$4,000 Indians in the United States;
that they own 6O,000.000 acres of land
and that they are worth in the aggre-
gate the round sum of S90O,oO0,00O-
This fixes the per capita wealth of the
Indians at about $2,570. But most of
The Noble Red Men seen around these
parts seem to present substantial Wis
ible evidence that their per capita
share of the Indian wealth is in the
possession of some of their brethren
or in the hands. perhaps, of sup
posedly not unfriendly white man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Calculations
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Here's a rich one. In the course OF
his recent address in the reichstag'
Won Betmann- Hollweg, the German
chancellor. observed that the territorial
greed of the Central Powers foes is
not only prolonsing the war but IS
also piling up mountains of corpses.
As matter of fact, the foes OF the
Teutonic and Turkish alliance have a
considerable job ahead of them to win
back the territory that Germany, Aus
tria and Turkey gobbled up so speed
iIy and so extensively during the ear
lier stages of the war, and before the
Entente Allies were prepared to do
much but save themselves from an
initiation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
NO. SECTIONAL ISSUE.

Unnecessary. exeiaims Leslie's, and
it continues: 1t is unnecessary to
raise sectional issue in this pres
idential campaign. Let the dead past
be buried. If the South is the con-
trolling factor in the present govern
ment. it is because the people voted to
have it so. The solid South is the
mainstay of the Democratic party, and
under ali the rules of the game it is
therefore entitled to dominate in the
councils of the administration. Nor
should it be forgotten that the South
ern states have made it a rule for
years to return tic congress their rep
resents tive men and to keep them
there so that they might become train
ed in the practice of legislation. 1t
would be infinitely better if the West
and North were to follow this excel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

tell you! 1t didn't take long for
Bushy Beaver to dive down. down,
down into Crooked Creek when ne
felt the rush and whir of Hoot the
owls. wings over him, Indeed IL
DIDN'T Bushy didn't care if Little
Brother did want fish; he didn
care if he had promised to get MIN
one; he didn't care anything except
for his safety He dived down to
the bottom of the creek and then
swan. silently and carefully. over
toward the shore.
AS he felt the weeds at the waters
edge brush against his SIDES, ne ven
tured to stick his nose ever so little
out of the water and see what was
going on. Not a sound did he hear,
not a sound. But Bushy was not TO
be fooled He waited a good long
time before he climbed out of the
water and found Little Brother-he
meant to take no chances this time.
And wasn't Little Brother glad to
see him. 1 just guess he wasi Glad
der than he'd ever been in all his life,
for. YOU see. he had heard the rush
of the owls wings and he had seen
Hoot fly up from the water with the
fish in his mouth No wonder he had
been anxious about Bushyi
But 1 got nothing for you to eat
complained Bushy, and you are SO
hungry
Never mind about me-" said Little
Brother, I'll eat bark any day rather
than nave you go out INTO Thai cISeA
again l wish Mother was here she
help us find something good Where
do you suppose she went, Bushy?'
Bushy was Just about to say, How
should / know? ?" when there was
stir in the weeds beside them Bushy
and Little Brother crouched down
low together and waited They were
so frightened they could hardly
breathe, This Wiggleisksken country
might be all very well, but il certain
" was an exciting place to stay with
out ones father or mother,
But this time. they needn't have
worried for the stir in the weeds was
caused by. who do you suppose?
Mother Beaver herself coming back
to them, Bushy ami Little Brother
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

Apparently the rank and file of un-
ion labor in New York City is some
what wiser than their leaders. as is
evidenced by their failure to quit work
eat of sympathy for the striking street
car men. Only a few of them re-
sponded to the first call for this SYM
pathic strike. so few of them. in fact,
that the leaders will set another date
in the near future when they will ex-
pect all of their followers to quit their
Jobs and thereby tie up all industries
in the greater city. However, ii
doesn't appear likely that this second
call will be any more generally re-
sponded to than was the first one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atkinson Globe

FROM the Atch1SOn GLOBE.
Chances are the train won't be late
the same time you are.
The chances are your generosity
costs less than your extravaganza.
Some men have an alibi; while 9TH
ers are merely trying to prove one.
1t isn't so hard to quit smoking;
some men quit two or three times a
week.
Skating on thin ice is a pastime not
limited to the first cold snaps of the
season.
You owe a duty to your country,
tics is a duty.
Looks amount to 80 much that the
Ben Davis apple continues to rank
among the best sellers.
A lawsuit is apt to be an expensive
luxury to the winner, but it isn't any
luxury to the loser.
There are plenty of danger signals
for those who happen to be looking
for something in that line.
There are some boys who leave the
farm because the calf they own be-
longs to their father when it becomes
a COW.
The most unfortunate woman in the
world is any young woman who has
nothing to do. She is going to get into
trouble.
An Atchison man always greatly ex-
agSerates things. 1t is said he once
saw crooked stick and then claimed
to nave seen thousand snakes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

he leaned his lank frame against the
fence and pulled his long beard
thoughtfully.
On finding that what had long
since passed into history was a matter
of news to the mountaineer, the tray
eler asked why he did not take some
weekly or monthly periodical that he
might keep in touch with world at
large.
Well said the mountaineer.
when my old man died. nine years
ago he left me stack of newspapers
that high'-indicating a height of
about three feet-"and i amt done
readin' EN- yit.'
Light-hearted Bill Thompson was
light-hearted no longer.
Marriage" said Mr.. Thompson. lis
not what it is cracked up to be-"
What is the trouble?' asked a
bachelor friend.
Money" said Mr. Thompson The
wife is always asking for money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
SIDE TALKS
THE" OR YOUR,
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A neighbo~ of mine sometimes
drives an automobile belonging to a
friend of his when the latter is away.
When things go smoothly, he re-
fers to the automobile as the ma
chine" For instance. I'VE were out
in the machine today"
But when things go ill., he always
calls it Jacks machine" For in
stance, That lighting system on
Jacks machine is the greatest nuis-
ance. 1t got out of order yesterday
and we were fussing over it for an
hour
This shifting of the point of view
according to the state of mind is an
interesting phenomenon. isn't it?
Surely, you have noticed it.
For instance, you and your husband
buy some article of furniture. Per
haps it is at your suggestion, willingly
acquiesced in by him. Ordinarily it
is called the table, or chair, or what
ever it may be.
Then some evening he goes into the
room in the dark and stumbles over
it. Whereupon he indignantly cries
out What's that COMPOUNDED table
| of course the place where it has stood
unchallenged ever since it was
bought.)
A neighbor of mine has a dog
/ when people say how handsome il
! is. my husband calls it our dog OF
sometimes even, my dog she says
! But when it digs up the flower bed
I he tells me to come and see what
! that dog of yours has been doing"
Again, 1 have even heard fathers
who ask their wives what that child
of yours is crying about"
! Perhaps you may have noticed thai
in all the examples of shifting poini
or view which I have used, tbs
shifter was of the masculine sex.
I assure you that this was entirely
! unintentional.
1 only used the examples which
attracted my attention. Queer the,
should all happen to be of that on,
| sex. wasn't it
Not knocking any. a slang,
friend of mine says when any one
has delivered a left-hand compliment
Question-Where is the correc
place to set up an old-fashioned ches
of drawers and an old warming pan
Answer should put the warming
pan in my guest-room- The chest o
drawers might go in the bedroom. il
the hall. or, is specially good looking
in the dining room. for linen and silver
Copyright by George Matthew Ad
iams)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

and told them not to worry. thai
everything was all right now: and
then they began to feel better. II tell
you, Bushy, I'm proud of you.,' she
said; when they had told her about
busny narrow escape. That was
kind of you to want to get TifrIe
Brother something to eat when he was
hungry And you were smart and
brave to dive into the creek so quickly
that the old owl couldn't get you.
l m proud OF you l think I'll let you
into my secret y
Bushy and Little Brother pricket
up their ears at that. l tell you. Sc.
cretsi What fun.
Listen nowi'' continued Mothar
Beaver when all three heads wers
close together. land don't tell a sonr.
I'm going to have party'-fCopZ--
rlgnt-Clara Ingram Judson.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

THEN WOULD 1 KNOW.
Should years reveal that dreams were
mockerfes,
That hopes were futile, visions idle
waste:
Then, with my young ideals, for spark and
finder
A bonfire would 1 kindie in white haste.
And on it 1 would thrust youths signal
treasures
Desires of spring. the trust of innocence,
Quixotic zeal-of all. retaining only
Unchanged belief in Gods beneficence.
And when the sacred pyre had blazed to
heaven,
And died away and left the ashes cold.
With smoke still tangling thru my MEM
ory's woodland
Then would know L had indeed grown
old.
Marion Hicks Dexter. in Boston Tran
script
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the more popular folk are
those in a position to pass out favors
X X X
If forgiving we're not so dependent
upon forgetting there might be much
more of the former.
X * i.
Better late than never i another of
those general rules that is conspicuous
for its exception.
X X \
A loss for one man is almost always
a gain for another but this isn't much
consolation for the fellow who loses.
X x
People who are prone to holler be-
fore they're hurt usually stand up
pretty well when the blow subsequent
y hits them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS.

Labor is vitality interested in the
continuation schools, as DR.. Charles
Mccarthy writes in American Indus
tries for September, and he continues:
With all our boosted democracy we
have absolutely neglected the educa-
ton of the working boy anc girl. The
sight Of great colleges unive1 sites and
splendid high schools for the sons and
daughters of the rich and nothing for
the boy and girl who must work has
also been too frequent in America. We
have taken a page from Germany in
the Wisconsin continuation schools. We
have provided that working boys and
girls up to seventeen years of age shall
be given some sort of an education
which will fit them for life and give
them a chance to advance in any posi-
ton they happen to be in. We must
throw the cost of this education on in
dustry for the good of industry as well
as of the individual. just as we threw
accidents by the workmen's compensa.
ton act upon industry. Strange it is
that labor has not demanded its right.
in this matter. strange that those who
have been given the control over edu.
cation. the universities and the sohoo
teachers. have not only not helped
labor in this matter. have not beer
true to their trust or to the ideals o
true democratic education, but nav,
actually hampered the ed tcatioa o
the working people.
However skillful we may make gu
them to industrial educati N. our con
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
JAYMAWKER JOTS

A man may not get as much SYM
pathy as woman when he has cold,
says Ralph Tennal of the Sabetha Her
aid, but neither does he look as tough.
1t occurs to Editor Hartman of the
Frankfort Index that it is not good
form for the undertaken to give a So
cial party in honor of his neighbour
the local physician.
A Bluff City lady, tells the Bluff
City News. not having a cistern about
the residence to catch soft water, set
u--1er the caves of her house some
time ago and finally got them filled
with water during the recent rain.
When she went to get the water
somebody's old COW had just beaten
her to it, and had drank all of her
highly priced soft water from the
buckets and tubs. The News is also
inclined to think that the lady will
have to wait for the snow now for
the soft water for which she is so
anxious.
Whenever a town girl gets too
proud to marry a man with 100 acres
of land and twenty red pigs, just be-
cause he can't tell the tango from a
sloe gin rickey, you can set it down
as a fact, insists the Great Bend Trib-
une that she will either die an old
IIltAu VI HldliS a @V-"-NCCh SAci n with
a head full of ozone and only one
change of hole-proofs. We would
rather see her the Tribune adds,
hooked up with some fellow who
wears Accent overalls and knows
when to hit the top of the market
than to be yoked to some cuthbert
who plays the mandolin, smokes Turk
ish cigarettes and lives off his fathers
pension. Still there's no accounting
for tastes. That's why they are estab-
fishing courts of domestic relations
| here and there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

Morning. noon and night; breakfast,
dinner and supper; awake and in her
sleep. it is nothing but will give her
money"
WELL said the bachelor friend.
What does she do with all that
money!"
Il don't know" said Mr.. Thompson.
Il have never given her any yet
whats a diplomat" asked Mrs.
Rattlebrain of her husband.
"A diplomat" said her husband 5
bachelor friend maliciously, lis a hus-
band who after losing forty dollars at
poker can smile as he hands his wife
the dollar and twenty cents he says he
won
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT


How to Make Movie Drama.
Take the following ingredients and mi,
them thoroughly:
The papers
one mortgage on the old farm.
One che-iId.
One railroad track.
One old mill
One villain from New York.
One heroine.
One adventures.
One gray haired father.
One gray-baired mother.
One honest young harvest hand.
One comic undertaken.
Two revolvers.
One dog barking in distance.
One high cliff.
One wind machine
Five bushels of snow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
Overriding the Thing.

Bro. johnson of Lowell says:
Not long ago our old home town
of Mayville voted the saloons out and
now the village waterworks have
gone dry-which is too much of n
good thing. Reminds one of the long
dry spell when vegetation was pareheJ
and good people gathered at The
church to pray for rain. Gentle petit
tions were sent up. but Deacon
Strong was not satisfied, and in
thunderous tones he beloved for
rain, more rain and lots of it. Be
fore the people could get home there
came a cloudburst and water fell in
torrents. carrying away the bridges,
furrowing the l1illsdes and convert
ing marker lines into rivuletS, which
destroyed the young plants. Deacon
Strong was castigated: "Pesky old
fool: he always overdoes it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

1t is also convenient for any CORY
minded poet that Combles. the latest
scene on the western front of some of
the most terrific fighting of the whole
European war, sort of rhymes with
SHAMELESS. And this would be most
fitting rhyming, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30

Many of the names of places that
have figured in the European war
news are of the jaw-breaking variety.
but what of Cusihuirachic. the name
of the locality where the Villista ban
dts and the troops of Carranza en-
gagged in their most recent battle?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-30
DINNER STORIES

man travelling in the Ozark
mountains on horseback came to
stop before a typical Arkansas farm
house to inquire the way What's
the news?' asked the mountaineer. as