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ALL MEN AT HOME SHOULD
PREPARE FOR WAR

The first test a man is put thru fol
either war or life insurance is an exami-
nation of his water. This is most essen
tial because the kidneys play a most i'm
portant part in causing premature old age
and death. The more injurious the pois-
ons passing thru the kidneys the sooner
comes decay-so says DR.. Pierce of Sur
gical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y, who further
advise all people who are past thirty to
preserve the vitality of the kidneys and
free the blood from poisonous elements,
such as uric acid-drink plenty of water
sweat some daily and take Anuric, double
strength, before meals.
This An-u-ric is late discovery of DR..
Pierce and is put up in tablet form, and
can be obtained at almost any drug store,
For that backache, lumbago, rheumatism,
rusty" joints, swollen feet or hands, due
to uric acid in the blood, Anuric quickly
dissolves the uric acid as hot water does
sugar. Take little Anuric before meals
and prolong your life. Send 10 cents to
DR.. Pierce for trial package of Anuric.
Large package 60 cents.
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| permission, although he would prob
ably give it. When the interview was
written for publication we were still
neutrality, although he was hopeful
that some day he could lay the case
| of Belgium before the world. 1t is
| enough to say that he confirmed the
atrocities out of his intimate knowl-
edge, and that not the loss of a king
dom but the inhuman methods of the
invaders was the thing that had struck
to his very heart. Here is that inter-
view, brought now to the attention of
the American people, lest we forget, in
the tangle of international law and the
cutlery of Germany that we are fight
ing the allies war, the real cause of
our entrance into the world conflict.
To the American people today this
is a war not merely of democracy
against military autocracy, not mere
~ of the breaking of treaties, not at
all of diplomatic juggling and disputed
points of law.
1t is a war against brutality and
inhumanity; war against cruelty; a
war against ruthlessness and barbar-
ism and incredible savagery; war
against the German conviction that
might is right.
KING ALBERT'S CHARGES.
The first time King Albert of Bel
GUM gave to the world at large his
statement as to the conduct of the
German army in Belgium was on that
January afternoon in 1915 when, in his
own villa at La Panne, he gave me
the following interview. Later he re-
read it carefully.
Later on, when his equerry brought
me the interview, officially approved,
he said, "This will make history,
so sure was he that the
kings statement would carry with it
not only conviction but the outraged |
of the American people
Fearful things have been done, par
during the INVASION" the
King said, weighing his words care
'ully, although it would be unfair to
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medicine put up without alcohol-ingredi-
ents on wrapper. Liquid or tablets. All
Druggists. Tablets Coo.
An easily procured vegetable pill is
made up of May-apple, the dried juice of
the leaves of aloes, and the root of jalap,
made into tiny pellet and coated with
sugar. 1t was first put into ready -to-use
form by DIR. Pierce nearly so years ago.
Almost every drug store in this country
sells these vegetable pellets in walls for
3Oc-simply ask for DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They have DR.. R. V. Pierce stamp.
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BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

will quiet your cough, soothe the in
fiammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
inspiring good nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
In the morning. Made and sold In
America for fifty-two years. A won
derful prescription, assisting Nature id
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group,
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all. civil
lied countries. Adv.
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The Turtles Choice.

The auto had skidded and upset. An
Irishman came up and said to another
in the crowd: whats the excitement,
Pat?"
"Shure, an automobile has turned
turtle"
Turned turtle, is it?' said the new
conner. "Bedad, that must be the ray
son it chose mud puddle"
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500 Reward, 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly tnfiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature in
doing it's work. $4,000 for any case of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure
Druggists Toe. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney G. Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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It's all right to stand by the fag,N
but don't stand still by the flag.
The defeated candidate always hates
to meet the sympathizing friend.
WHEN LOOKS DARK to any weak

OF aiming WOuldu,
DR.. Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription
comes to her help.
For ''female COM
plaints," pains, in
ternal inflamma-
ton or liberation,
bearing-down SEN
sations, a n d all
chronic W e a k =
n e E s e S and de-
rangements, this is
the proven rem
aJv TIE, tho op1x,
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The Elusive Cook.

81 see the army is advertising for
cooks, with a proviso that they need
not enlist for any stipulated time"
"Shows they understand the nature
of cooks, all right enough. louisville
Courier-Journal.
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Strange Behavior.

81 like for man to be natural"
"Yesp
For instance, yesterday a chap
pulled my $700 car out Of mudhole
with his f1ivver."
"And did you a favor"
Certainly, but he was neither sar-
castle nor humorous"
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for opportunity instead of waiting for
1t to call.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-09

No, Herman, the family tree Of the
scrub lady isn't necessarily scrub
oak.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-09

The various hotels and amusement
places In Great Britain employ over
81 900 women.
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Patriotic Girl.

"And she frowned upon his suit"
Eyes; she told him it ought to be
khaki"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05
A DANGER AvERTED.

1t appears from the messages ex-
changed between kaiser and car in
19O4-05 that German diplomacy al
most succeeded in effecting a combi-
nation of the two great autocracies
against the world. All that blocked
the combination was Russia's deter
mination to stand by France, and the
impossibility of securing the adhesion
of France to a continental leagne, so
long as the question of Alsace-Lor-
ralne remained unsettled
If Gar Nicholas had been less
scrupulous of his obligations to
France, or if Germany had been will
ing to conciliate French opinion by
the retrocession of the lost provinces
the liberal world would now be facing
a combination of military forces
against which resistance would be
vain.
What principles of international
conduct the combination would have
applied. says the New Republic, is
indicated by the kaisers avowed in
tention of violating the neutrality OF
Denmark in case of a Baltic war. All
this, happily, is ancient history. But
it suggests what dangers the world
will incur if Russia again falls under
the sway of an autocratic monarch
German autocracy. tho shattered in
this war, may be restored under the
menace of an autocratic Russia. And
the bitter experience of this war will
have taught the two autocracies that
they must hang together, or hang sep
arately.
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FAILURES on A DECLINE.

If general and serious economic dis
turbance had resulted from the nearly
half a year of adjustment to new war
conditions, its effects would be seen in
the insolvency statistics; but no evil
dence Of conspicuous unsettlement
appears in the record. Instead, com
mercial failures make an especially
gratifying exhibit, and for the nine
months just ended number only TO-
1877 and involve S141, 95O,O3S of de-
faulted Indebtedness, exclusive of
banking and other fiduciary suspen-
sions and large life insurance receiv-
ership in Pennsylvania in the second
quarter
These figures compare with $3.50
business reverses for 1854, 5S6,707 re-
ported to r. C. Dun & Co., in the first
nine months of 1916, and with 1928
in 1915 for $241,464.O6O. The present
returns, in fact, are the best for the
period since 1911, while in number the
September defaults. but 963, are fewer
than in any month in practically six
years, and the liabilities, s11,9O3,O51,
are the smallest, excepting those of
May. back to last October, tho slightly
larger than in September, 1916.
When it is remembered that more
people are in business than ever be-
fore, and that there have been many
other factors calculated to enhance the
possibilities of financial embarrass-
ment. the failure statement can only
be regarded as highly favorable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05
AN ENFORCED PEACE.

Former President Tart, in an ad-
dress in Montreal last week, outlined
the conditions on which peace will be
possible in language which must meet
the approval of the people of the
United States and our allies as we'll.
Mr.. Taft is the head of the League to
Bliforce Peace, and as spokesman for
that organization he said:
THE allies cannot concede peace
until they conquer it. When they dc
so. it will be permanent. Otherwise
they fail
He who proposes peace now either
does not see the stake for which the
allies are fighting, or wishes the Ger
man military autocracy still to con-
troll the destinies of all of us as to
peace or war.
The allies are fighting for prin-
ciple, the maintenance of which af-
fects the future of civilization.
THE revelations and disclosures OF
this war satisfy the members of the
League to Enforce Peace that as Iong
as the present military caste controls
the German military and foreign pol
icy, the league is impracticable. and
would not be worth the parchment or
which its obligations would be re.
corded
This war is now being fought by
the allies as League to Enforce
Peace. Unless they compel it by vic
tory, they do not enforce it.
The United States will insist on {
just peace. not one of material con
quest. 1t is moral victory the worlt
should win"
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Toppy Makes a RESOLUTION.


Poor little Toppy Cottontail! He
felt SO sorry and SO foolish! After Billy
Racoon had scolded him and had gone
to bed again in the hollow tree he for
got all about being a great discov-
erer; he forgot everything except that
he had been unl1ind to Billy Raccoon,
nice, kind Billy Raccoon who in all
other times of the year was sucn
kind, good friend.
Il don't see what made me bother
him. cried Toppy. Il don't see why
1 did it! I ought to have known bet
teri And Toppy actually shed tears
of distress and shame.
But crying over split milk never
brings it back, never. And Toppy
knew that.
So he bravely dried his eyes and sat
down to think what he might do.
Il think Tommy Jay was just teas
ing me, when he told me to wake up
Billy Raccoon," he decided. He want
ed to see if 1 was silly enough to do
what he told me to without using my
own head. Well, / was a silly. But
I'll not be any more. I'll not ask an
other question. I'll go back to where
that bird was digging and see for my
self who he is. where he lives and all
about him. That's what I'll do. Things
L find out for myself. nobody can
tease me about, SO there
And back he hoped, ipity, ipity, op
to where he had left that bird dig
ging.
There he was still, digging away
and who do you suppose was talking
to him? Tommy Jay! Yes sir. Tommy
JAY Would you have guessed it J? And
what do you suppose Tommy was say
ing? ListenI
And he thought you were some
strange new bird-hahai He's a funny
little rabbit person. he is; don't use
his eyes to look above the ground half
the time. He doesn't know that you've
been here for days and that you al
ways dig worms just this way, Colby
Flickeri"
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THE SOLDIERS
Ussued by the War Department and all
rights to reprint reserved.)
XIV
XIV

''AI persons in the military service
are required to obey strictly and to
execute promptly the lawful orders
of their superiors." (Army Regula-
tions par. -
Discipline is not merely an obliga-
ton imposed upon you; it is a pro-
lection to you. Your superiors, from
the commanding general down, are
just as much bound to respect the
regulations of the army as you are;
this includes respect for the rights of
every soldier.
Military authority will be exercised
with firmness, kindness, and Justice.
While maintaining discipline and the
thoro and prompt performance of
military duty, all officers, in dealing
with enlisted men, will bear in mind
fthe absolute necessity of so treating
them as to preserve their seIf-respect.
Officers will keep in as close touch
as possible with the men under their
command and will strive to build up
such relations of confidence and SYM
pathy as will insure the free approach
of their men to them for counsel and
assistance. This relationship may be
gained and maintained with out re-
Taxation of the bonds of discipline and
with great benefit to the service as a
whole" (Army Regulations, pars. 2
and 81
Tomorrow; The Rule in Army
Life.]
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05

There are two great loyal humani-
tartan organizations in this country
me mbers of which are found to be
working at cross purposes. These are
the Red Cross and the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Among the
other activities of the Red Cross is
that of seeing that the American SOL
diers at the front are supplied with
tobacco. The W. c. T. u. is as busily
engaged in an endeavor TO have the
ed.withheld. Were the question left
TO a vote of the unprejudiced portion
of the people, probably the soldier
would continue to receive his tobacco
There are no more loyal soldiers in
the world than the Americans, but if
anything would start a mutiny in our
army it would be the following out of
the suggestion of the w. c. T. U.
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GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.1

LFrom the Atchison Globe.
Why do they call them loving cups :?
Some of the worst tyrants in this
world are invalids.
Gossip seldom stops for lack of
someone to spread it.
Usually there is a banquet before a
man is asked to subscribe.
What has become of the woman
who looked for a man under the bed :?
Ever so often a man runs across a
cantaloupe that tastes like a German
carp.
Some men never want to fight un-
less there is someone handy to hold
them.
Very few men seem to be broken
down by the responsibility of great
wealth.
The copyright is sometimes used to
protect that which doesn't, really
need it.
When the public is cordially invited,
the public is expected to pay for the
entertainment
A woman is sometimes anxious to
get her daughter married, because she
thinks the daughter will do better
than the mother did.
In every community there is a mar
ried couple who aren't seen together
often enough for anyone to suspect
they are married.
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economically and sometimes even with
the threat of military force. This pro-
gram did not make for good relations
with the United States; the Chinese
questions was really the only point of
friction between the two countries.
When China declared war, she
thereby became an ally of Japan. She
also became an ally of England,
France, Russia, Italy and the United
States-of the circle of powers which
will determine the fate of the nations
at the peace table. Japan has appar-
emily made up her mind that the al
lied powers will win a decisive vic
tory. China now has a strong claim
on the consideration of the allies
of whom, in fact, Japan herself is
one. Hence the future program of
Japan in China may we'll have been
and in such way that full cooper
alton between japan and the United
States is an integral part of it.
Weak Powers Protected.
For, in the largest view, this war
has already gone far enough to decide
once and for all that the domination
OF weak powers by strong powers is a
doomed policy. Japan has leaned at
/ times in the past, toward such a DOM
ination of China; but there is hardly a
nation in the world that has not acted
on the same policy at some time
somewhere. Japan came late into the
arena of worldpolitics. and she played
the game largely according to the rules
she found already in force. Today
those rules are being changed. and
Japan Is nothing if not far-sighted
1t may be that she has decided to
play the game according to the new
rules-the rules that are being ham
mered out by the cannon in Flanders
and France, that say that no weak ma
ton shall be dominated against its
Will politically or economically, by a
! stronger nation. The new rules mean
that the open door will come back to
| China. And if Japan's friendly mis-
sion to the United States means that
| she is willing to meet America half
way in establishing the new order of
things in the Pacific, then the enthu-
siastic welcome rendered to Viscount
lshii was none too warm.
Questions on the above or any sub
tect Upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic ]. Haskin. Director,
Washington. D. c., with 2-cent stamp
| enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05

For the fifth time since the war
.urted the United States Steel Corpor-
ton has advanced wages 10 per cent
I'd other large manufacturers have
pnowed. The high wages that are
lrrent turnout the country represent
buying power that never before has
ZEN equaled. Our agricultural inter
SIS are in at least an equal position
l. to prosperity. which means a con-
|nued demand by consumers at home
pr luxuries as we'll as necessities dur
the period of the war. That these
'nditions will continue for some time
ter the close of the war is scarcely
lbject to doubt. The immense vol
ne of money in circulation in this
sUntry cannot fail to maintain good
ines.
If the farmer does not quickly
yaken to the possibilities of profit
aEing by seeking direct connection
18th the consumer. big capital may do
Present and probable future high
ices for all farm products are too
tractive to be ignored when. in ordi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05

The treasury department promises
purchasers of the second liberty loan
bonds that they will receive the bonds
8 soon as they pay for them. This
curse will be in marked contrast to
hat pursued in regard to the first
osn. The Y per cent bonds now are
uoted at premium, indicating that
hey are regarded in some quarters as
eng more desirable than the 4 per
ents. Purchasers of the first bonds
re entitled to this premium but only
favored ones will get it. They will be
lven per cent bonds instead. No
EXPLANATION of its failure to deliver the
irst bonds in the west has ever been
1ade by the treasury. They ere near
four months old.
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DINNER STORIES

Vice President Marshall, at .
luncheon at Atlantic City. was con-
demning the kaiser.
From 1.-THE time he mounted the
throne" he said, from the time he
ousted Bismarck and imprisoned his
own mother in a castle he showed
what a dangerous bully he was.
His memory in history will be
like the memory of that other Bill, an
east side one. to whose widow q
ne.ghbor said:
a. so Bits dead
Yes, he's dead
- I suppose he's hittin' the harp
with the angels now
More likely said the widow,
he's hittin' the angels with the
harp "
She was fisherman's daughter. and
wore her hair in net. The city youth
came round to court her, and here
are few things he said:
My love. you hold first 'plaice' in
my heart AItho 7 founder about in
expressing myself, my sole wish is
that you will save me from becoming
grabbed old bachelor. / shall stick
TO you closer than a 1impet,' and
from you 2 .winkn' he the rod to
guide. Together wen skate Ger life's
rough rocks. and when look at your
hand shall say. Fortune smiled upon
me when / put herring there"
And the lady dropped her eyes and
sweetly murmured, You giddy kip
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you would really rather live with me
on a farm instead of in one of those
cheap, gaudy cottages in the Center
They are not real, dear" he said,
softly. They just pretend to be
homes, and know the owner Of this
place will never care to redeem it, for
it wouldn't be a home to her. She
never romped over the old house with
her lover; she doesn't know which
path leads to the big spring and which
leads 70 the black haw tree. So she
doesn't want it Nobody wants a
place that isn't a home"
Tears stood in Grace's eyes now A
homei Nobody wants a place that
isn't a home" The words pounded
themselves into her brain. This was
a home for these two, and hers was
far away. She laughed as she turned
back toward the village determined
to catch the accommodation" as it
went back to the Center.
Goodbye, young loversl Goodbye,
Ozark estate, I'm going home -
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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self. 1t will never be given to MIN
who exalts himself to know the glory
and blessedness of exalting God
Sometimes, il must be said, we serve
God for the applause of men. We do
our aims in the market-place. We
perform our devotions on the house
tops. We fast. that we may appear
unto men to fast. In short, we rali
to heed the commandment that bids
us do our service only in the sight of
Him who seeth in secret. There is
no reward or blessedness promised TO-
this kind of service except the reward
of the Pharisees-the praise of So
ciety.
All blessings are promised to those
who hearken unto the voice of God.
The problem is to be able to distin-
guish the voice of God from the voices
of pride. of inclination, of selfishness,
and of Satan. If the soul is kept SO
fresh and sensitive by daily commun-
ion with God and by loyalty to His
known law, that it will be quick to
perceive the true voice, then all will
be well. and the path of blessedness
will be plain and straight
Gods standards are high, and r7s-
ing. He asks of us our uttermost. ana
expects that to grow better. Less
than our best is not good enough for
to offer Him aught that is second
! rate. 1t may be poor. but it must be
our best.
If God were a little God He might
properly make small requests of man,
but because He is King of kings and
Lord of lords, God over all. blessed
forever. His requirements never fall
below mans highest possibilities. The
loftiness and comprehensiveness of
His commandments are indications OF
His own greatness and the heights to
which He has made 1t possible for US
to rise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05

Japan has gone the United States
one better in the matter of announc-
ing a Monroe doctrine. According to
Count Ishii she will not only keep
other nations out of China but she
will keep out herself. This should
make China feel comparatively safe
and save her much money, which
might otherwise be expended on an
army and a navy. It places her in a
position similar to that of Latin Amer
ca minus the cause for fear which
some American republics have felt to-
va I'd Uncle Sam.