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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
SIDE T ALK S
The Endless Circle.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

The Endless Circle.
Live life. do not only get iiv-
ing
which a kind letter friend has sent
me, that is the second quotation.
1t hangs over my desk and more
than that it is written in my heart.
l don't believe there is any re-
especially in this twentieth century of
ours.
Getting a living is such an import
ant and compelling business.
1t fills your life up with BUSINESS:
it keeps your ambitions occupied; 1t
gives you sense of accomplishment
from day to day; it seems to supply
reason for living.
1t is only now and then that one
gets q glimpse of the fact that to de-
paraphernalia of living, so that YOU
can keep on living and keep on de-
voting your energies to getting that
paraphernalia. comes pretty close to
being an endless circle.
Life leaves you empty and crav-
ing, leaves you nothing to do but little
immediate things that turn to dust as
you do them" says character in
one of Mr.. Wells books. who has
reached his goal of material success
and discovered suddenly that he has
failed to live a life instead of only
getting living"
What do / mean by Live a life"@
There you have me. / don't wholly
know To find that out you have to
open your soul to life and let Il come
in and teach you. 1 think 1t means
living day by day towards a greater
appreciation of beauty, a better I'M
derstanding of truth, cultivating
worthwhile friendships instead of
just neighborhood or society acquaint-
ances, trying as definitely to build up
, your character as your bank account,
thinking more instead of just dream
ing, broadening and deepening your
sympathies, trying to do your bit for
human betterment not in any patron
izing goodgoody way, but as a natural
right thing to do. finding out what
really gives you happiness and not
constantly chasing thta will-o'-the-
-.sp, pleasure.
That's some of what it means to
me; to you 1t may mean something
entirely different.
As l said. you can only open your
soul and make up your mind to let
life come in and teach you.
But know this one thing surely
1t means more than only getting a
living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
GLOBE SIGHTS
tFrom the Atchison Globe. ]
All the world kids a lover

CFrom the Atchison Globe.
All the world kids a lover.
Another reason boys leave the farm
is their ability to get away.
Investigation so often reveals that
there are several sets of facts in the
case.
You are also familiar with the sort
of man who always flies a remon-
STRANGE.
Nothing else seems quite SO disgust
ed with life in general as a circus
canal
A shiftless man always expects too
much o; the government and too lit
tie of himself
Don't be SO proud of your virtue if
it consists of nothing more than not
being found out
1t doesn't have to get very warm to
make some people crazy with the heat
or something.
Occasionally there is a man so con-
ceited he had rather brag on himself
than knock the neighbors.
A mans success may not be due to
his wife. but she probably made him
dc a lot OF things he didn't intend to
do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
TOO MUCH WASTE.

Everybody is being urged to cut out
the waste. but apparently the appeal
IS not needed by the various r; ards
and commissions empowered TIC look
after the business of the country.
During the war emergere.- it
would simplify the problems # the
railroads, thus increasing the effec-
tiveness of Americas fighting strength.
if regulating bodies of all kinds would
grant the carriers respite in submit
ting thousands of reports on every
conceivable subject requiring the time
of men who could be used to letter
advantage" says a railroad executive
in connection with a discussion of
shortcuts to efficiency in the move
ment of government materials and
supplies and the handling of troops.
BY way of illustration he cites the fol-
lowing:
I'VE constructed a spur track into
an industry having a government con-
tract and the time of two me-, was
required a month in preparation of
500 pages of report which we were
required to submit to the authorities.
One of the men was an engineer who
might have devoted his time to far
better advantage assisting in the ac-
tual operation of the railroad or help
ing the government in some other
way"
The probability is strong thai the
body of men demanding the report
did not know anything about L. and
after receiving it placed it in a pigeon
hole without reading it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
WHY WE Stand.

America has no national air. The
Star Spangled Banner has been
widely accepted as such. altho an au-
dience will arise to the strains of
America or other patriotic air al
most as frequently as to these of
Keys immortal song.
The origin of the custom of sand
ing while the Star Spangled Ban
ner'' is being played is given ia Bur-
rows of Michigan and the Republican
Party, by William Dana circuit, to be
issued by Longmans. Green & Co. in
October.
1t was in 1891 when Senator Julius
C. Burrows was the orator of tie day
at the closing exercises of the gradu-
ating class at West Point. Toward the
close of the speech he said: Soldiers
ahould not be needless to the senti-
ment of their songs and ito the music
of their bands-I would like &c see
every true American, soldier or citi-
zen. when he hears the grand notes of
cur national air, rise to his feet in pa
triotic recognition and uncover
Almost instantly the band began to
play the "Star Spangled Banner" and
Colonel Wilson, the superintendent,
and the entire battalion of cadets re-
sponded to Burrowss patriotic sug-
sestion by springing to their feet with
common impulse, which action was
followed by every person in the audi
ence. and all stood with bowed heads
until the last note had ceased. 1t was
an impressive sight, and attracted
much public atteRtion. Later. Bur-
rows had this custom made compul-
sorry at West Point, but it required &c
legislation to have the custom become
universally popular. To Senator Bur-
rows belongs the credit of first sug-
costing what has now become an I'M
written law of the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

Not more than per cent of the
people of this country are producers
OF wheat. These and the other %
per cent are consumers. AS a rpeans
of benefiting the 5 per cent at the
expense of the 95 per cent. congress
proposes to fix a minimum price of 81
a bushe1 which the producer shall re-
celve for his wheat. While this is
double the average price of wheat for
many years before the war. even that
would not be so bad If it stop there
But it will not. The farmer is not
compelled to sell at the price fixed
by congress. Being assured a price
Of 50 for his wheat. the farmer nat
urally will hold for still higher fig
ure. The world, wanting his crop, will
be compelled to pay whatever figure
he may demand. The guaranteed
price will enable the farmer to borrow
money from the banks in case of need
tnd he can hoard his grain for an in
definite period. Producers of wheat
already are preparing to do these
things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

The vicar. taking pity On him. said:
Come into the Ncarage and have .
After while the boy got restless.
Il must go, sir" he said. Father
will be angry with me-"
"Oh. that's all right, my boyi
There's no great hurry Where IL
your father"
Please. sir" replied the child,
fathers under the hay"
An energetic yo,- ng priest in charge
of parish in Gambia county. Penn
sylvania, had succeeded in raising
money enough to build and equip q
new church. allexcept the bell. To
get enough money for the bell he
held meeting of his parishioners,
at which the members Of his build
ing committee made speeches.
All except McCarty had spoken.
One mentioned their fine church; an
other. their comfortable pews; am
other. their splendid altar and an
other spoke of the steam heat they
had in the church and of the coal
in the cellar for the furnace. They
were all sorry, they said. that they
were without bell and hoped the
members would be able to make q
further effort and secure the money
for that purpose.
Then caIue McCarty's turn and he
spoke as follows: I'VE have a fine
church. Our pews is comfortable
and our altar is grand It's true we
have no bell. But said he. 1--WE have
steam heat In the church and plinty
OF coal in the cellar. The divvle with
the bell Let's put a whistle on the
church,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

Receipts from the national forests
IN the fiscal year just closed exceeded
those for 1916. the banner previous
ear. by more than $500. 900, and to-
tailed over $3,450,0OO. The cost of
operating the forests, about $1,000
600. was virtually the same as in 1916.
The increase. according to the forestry
OFFICIALS, came chiefly from more
active timber business and from the
figher fees charged for grazing. altho
practically every form of use cf the
forests was greater than ever before
and nearly every revenue-producing
activity contributed to the gair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
TRAVELETTE
The Gypsles OF Europe.
BY sIKsaH


In the mountainous Balkan lands,
the gypsies are as nearly at home as
anywhere on the planet. There are
native dialects in these parts not un-
like their own, and there are regions
where the people resemble them
closely in personal appearance The
Rcmany name is surely near akin to
gypsies are as alien to the people as
whole as are their brethren tramp
ing the roads in western America
If the ethnologists are right, this
Balkan region is probably the orig
inal European home of the clan, and
they have been wandering back and
forth across it for many centuries
Certainly they know all the roads and
by-paths, and in search for a guide
you will sometimes find a gypsy who
will tell you that he can take you
over a certain mountain pass or thru
a certain valley, aIfho he has never
been that way himself, because he
has heard his father or his grand
road is to the gypsy what lore of the
market is to the broker or lore of
the soil to the farmer. something
precious. by which he lives. to be
stored away for reference.
These gypsies Of eastern Europe
range back and forth across the
tumbled Balkan country. all tie way
from Constantinople westward to
Hungary and Austria. even as far
as Bohemia and the Russian frontier.
OF all the worlds kypsies they are
the most poverty-stricken in appear
ance; their caravans are the most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
THE Sc ARCMLIGHT
Latest News from the Fields OF
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
Instructing the Aviation.

One of the greatest problems in
connection with our $40, 100000 air
ship fleet is the training of pilots. In
this connection a recent invention for
use in instructing the novice is of par
ucular interest, especially as it prom
ises to, do away with a certain amount
of the risk involved. The device con-
sists of a glass Illuminated from be-
hind, containing the twelve most i'm
portant directions which an instructor
may have to give his pupil in the air.
The instructor sits behind the novice,
and in an emergency, instead of hav-
ing to shout above the roar of the
propeller or make signs, he touches
a button and the proper command
stands out illuminated on the glass
background. This machine has been
tested with excellent results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

with her. telling her great stories
about some of the wonders. he had
seen in the outside world. Finally,
when he stopped to take breath. the
old woman took her pipe out of her
mouth and said:
Stranger. if 1 knowed as much as
you do. I'd go som'ers and start a
little grocery
certain kindly vicar one day came
across an immense load of hay over
turned in tho middle of The road. A
little boy was busily engaged in fork
ing the hay back into the cart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

A dozen times every day in the exper-
fence of the average American druggist a
customer enters who says. Il want some
thing to make me sleep. or want some
Charles Il. Town. who writes I'm Habits
That Handicap on the increasingly prev
aient drug addition in the United States.
although under the present law he cannot
prescribe. the druggist may, and does. adj
wise customers to purchaae advertised
preparations and those which he himself
dispenses preparations in which the mt
most peril turks Only very powerful
drug stop a heaaache as quickly and
completely as Americans have come to de-
mand- The preparation must be strong
enough to deaden disordered nerves. aud
being chosen because 1T will be generally
effective, not selectively effective, 1t IL vtr-
tuaily certain to have no cura i've qualities
whatever. Hundreds of deaths Mr.. Town
asserts. have resulted from unwiseIy ex-
perimenting with such preparations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

The acquittal of Mrs. Mooney. in
San Francisco. has been followed by
the granting Of a new trial to her hus-
band. The state has not made ott a
thoroly convincing case against Mr..
Mooney. who was convicted of muir
Ger in the first degree not long ago, in
the opinion of many cool-head4d peo-
pie, and their opinion will be strength
ened by the jury's verdict in the case
of the wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

The annual worry and alarm about
the corn crop in Kansas now is in full
! swing. Everybody seems to forget
that this summer is like every other
GUNNER in Kansas. Always it Is dry
and hot in July and August Easing
expectations OIL past records, there is
no reason to expect anything differ
ent. Kansas has not had sufficient
rain since the flood year. but size al
ways turns up with a pretty fair crop
at harvest time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

President Wilson knows what it
means to have any kind of business
conducted by a board or a commits
sion. 1t is not remarkable that he
should hold out against placing food
control in the hands of junta What
would become of this country if we
had board of three or five presi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

j. E. House has been charged with
eisregarding the opinions of anybody
ut himself in conducting the affairs
OF the city. Well, whom did the peo-
pie of Topeka elect to be mayor:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

The grand opera business must have
reached low ebb. The American
star. Carolina White. has found it
necessary to resort to the well worn
plan of having all her Jewels stolen
ty a burglar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

President Wilson, it seems, is to
have his way about the manner of
food control and it is to be placed in
ne hands of one man instead OF three.
Since congress always comes around
to the presidents way of thinking it
GEMS an unnecessary waste of time to
ut in days and weeks in debate. why
not Just find out what Mr.. Wilson
''ants and do it? Much wear and tear
On the machinery might be eliminated
and the war business might be made
10 move more expeditiously
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

piles of blocks only to see his older
brother come along and kick them to
pieces. Rebuilding them is slow and
discouraging work. The only conso-
lation is that each time he can build
better than before. By the end of
the war the Red Cross should be SO
expert in hand ing our money that we
will never want to let it stop. We will
put it to work on our own domestic
problems of reconstruction-sickn
poverty and vice.
Questions on the above or any SUBJ
Ject upon which the reader desires in
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director.
Washington. D. c.. with 2-cent stamp
e: closed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01

The embargo on the shipment of
ammunition from this country into
Mexico has been modified to the ex-
tent that 2.700.0OO rounds of cart
ridges, consigned to Carranze. which
have long been held up. will be per-
mitted to make their way to their
eminent consignee. 1t would be in
teresting to know how many of these
cartridges will be fired at Americans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
DINNER STORIES

A man who was travelling in the
mountains stopped at a cabin and
asked for a drink of water. An old
woman brought it out to him, ard
after drinking he had quite talk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
ON SPUR OF
TILE MOMENT
nv nov u afoTrI.ToN-
81 ROY q. MoULTON

The Old Saws.
When a grief is at the portal
OF an average human mortal
When he rends the air with agonies and
How disturbing, how distressing,
That he seldom sees the blessing
In the many little adages he knows!
There are aphorisms dealing
With each celebrated feeling
That In any human breast may ever dwell
Tho the greatest grief immune him
There's saying to assure him
That it's folly for to holler and to yell.
But alas, when Man is screeching
With woe, the simple teaching
OF the sayings that were taught him in his
Tho judicious and sagaeious,
Is not always efficacfous
And he doesn't always ponder on its truth.
If he's happy and contented,
All the adages invented
Lend but little to the comfort of his lot !;
When q It OF woe attacks him
Foes he often seek its solace? He does not.
So it goes In many cases.
Optimistic commonplaces.
Tho they're often very excellent, indeed; ;
Tho we honor those who wrote them,
And tho frequently we quote them,
Yet it's seldom that We give them any heed.
Baseball Fans.
In private life a baseball fan is
often a kind husband and father. To
see him in his little home circle one
could scarcely believe that he is a
baseball fan.
In sending his little boy to the
store for a loaf of bread one would
expect to see him rise out of his
chair, grip his cigar in his teeth,
grow purple in the face and scream,
Shake leg, you loafer! Little of
the old lifey'
Or when his wife tries to hold out
some of his wages you would think
he'd shout "Robberr' and heaye a
catsup bottle at her.
Oddly enough, this sort of thing is
seldom the case. After a hard after
Moons raving and jumping up and
down baseball fan has to have per-
feet quiet at home. He takes a hot
bath and goes to bed with his head in
a rag. If he rests well thru the night
he may be ready for more roofing the
next afternoon.
Baseball fans do not always bring
their worries home. But there are
days when the team will lose a
double-header. And this often means
that the wife is given the custody of
| the children. =.
p Wise Words.
Tho Fate is harsh, be brave and stout,
And don't forget to grin,
For If your courage won't give ont
Then you will not give in.
Some people have such mean ma
lures they seem to be sorry they're
not alarm clocks.
Apparently.
IAN heir apparent, he may be-"
Said fretfu1 Papa Sales
This baby howls so lusti-lee
He's made as anyone can see,
narrow parent out of me-
Yet on the other hand, tee-hee
He is the Prince of Wails'
Happy Thought.
The Stepping Stones to Success are
often Rocky Road.
Birds
The little birds that fit along
So sweet and free OF care
We love to hear their pretty song,
That fills the morning afr
We love the little feathered folk
That chirp about and fit
| We often think we'd like to stroke
Their necks little bit.
Their little neeks we'd like to reach
Some early morn we will,
/ When forty of them chirp and screech
upon orr window SILL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-10
GUARD CALLED
BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, July 10.-The fed
eral militia bureau was today arrang
ing for transportation Of the national
guard which will be modified for ac
tive service Aug in accordance with
a proclamation issued by President
Wilson.
The various state units will be or
ganized into sixteen tactical divisions
and assigned to campass for final
training before being sent to France.
The constitutional inhibition against
use of military militia outside the coun.
try has been avoided by the insertion
of a clause in the proclamation specif.
ically discharging the forces from their
militia status.
Regiments in the northern and east
ern sections of the country are called
into federal service in two increments.
July Is and %. Many units are al
ready federalized and the remainder
will be modified on August 5.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-10
He Stood 1t Till
She Went Through
His Pockets --Then

He didn't mind being hit with large
glass bottles, and he didn't care SO
much about being stuck with an ice
pick.
He would even stand for having his
clothes torn UP, but when she got up
in the wee sma' hours of the night
and went through his pockets he got
mad.
AS a result suit for divorce was
filed by BENJAMIN Wade in circuit
court Tuesday against Marie Wade,
charging cruel and inhuman treat
ment.
Wade is a machinist and is capable
OF taking care Of wife. the complaint
declares.
Suit for divorce also was filed Tues
day by Nellie Thompson against How
ard Thompson, charging failure to
provide. Custody of minor children is
asked in this complaint
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-10
FEW APPLY FOR
OFFICERS CAMP

NEW YORK, July 1O.-Much disap-
pointment was expressed here today
by those in charge Of the second Off
GERS training camps, to begin on
August 27, at the apparent lack Of in
terest those who might qualify have
taken in the movement
Col. P. E. Traube, U. S. A.. who is
in charge Of applications received at
Governors Island for the department
of the East was inclined to attribute
the Indifference on the part Of the
public to the fact that many thought
that only men above the age Of 81
were desired. He said that men most
needed are those between the ages OF
25 and 35.
There are eight districts in the de.
partment of the East. Because Of the
severe physical test only about one
man in three who applies can pass the
examination.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-10
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Several villages captured and more
than 1000 additional prisoners and
three guns taken, attest the success
of the seconds days attack by Gen
eral Korniloff in eastern Galicia.
Already this branch of the Russian
offensive movement has resulted in a
deep wedge being driven into the Aus
tro-German line between Stanislau
and Halicz, southeast OF Lemberg. 1t
took the throwing in of strong German
reserves and the launching of heavy
counter-attacks even to slow up the
rush OF Korniloff's men.
Position Favors Russians
The strategic position in this sector
is now clearly in favor of the Rus
slams. The long established Teutonic
line has been definitely broken and
the continuance of the Russian pres
sure points to the probable speedy
fall of Halicz, opening up the way to
Lemberg along two first-class railway
lines.
A dangerous salient already has
been created around Halicz.