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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
THE SWISS SYSTEM.

Right and Duty. or Citizen and Sol
der is the title of a book written by
Frederick A Kuenzli, former lieu
tenant in the Swiss army and now as
sistant appraiser of the post of New
York. 1t is published by the National
Defense league. Tribune building, New
York. The object of the work is to
inform the public regarding the Swiss
system of military training.
There are two paths to prepared
ness" the author says in his preface
zone is that of militarism and is re-
pugnant to freemen. 1t means a large
standing army in which each man
would be compelled to serve his al
| lotted term of years. 1t means being
| driven.
THE other path is the way of edu-
cation, the training and proper devel-
opment of the bodies of our boys while
they are in school so that no long pc
riod of military training when they
are grown will be necessary to make
potential soldiers of them"
| The Swiss system of military train
| ing as described by the author of the
book follows:
| Every male Swiss at his 18th wear
has to undergo a mental and physical
examination. If he passes the test
and is recruited as an infantry soldier,
he enters the service at his goth year.
The first year he serves for 81
days in a recruiting school, and after
that for 8 days each year until he is
%. He belongs to the first line for
four years longer until he is 80, but
is not bound to do ally yearly service
during that period.
From 80 to AZ he belongs to the sec
ond line or Landwehr. In this ca
pacity he serves for one week every
second year. For six years, until he is
4S, he serves in the Landsturm and is
called to the colors twice for a period
of one week. In addition, every Land
| wehr and Landsturm soldier has to
present himself for annual inspection
when he must account for the care of
his uniform and arms. A private of
infantry therefore serves from his goth
to his AID year: 1913 days, which
means an average of only DAYS of
| actual service per year for % years.
But long before the 20-year-oId
Swiss youth dons the uniform of his
country for the first time and marches
to his initial service with the coIors. he
has been developed into a physically
fit, well-drilled unit, requiring only the
finishing touches of little practical ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
GLOBE SIGHTS


L
In eXpounding the truth a lot of
WhopperS are told.
Be useful now Don't spend all of
your time preparing to be useful.
You are also aging when dancing
becomes work instead of pleasure.
Hope is fine thing, but there must
be some work done along with it.
Most every woman is accused of
trying to marry off her daughters.
The men who occupy them very
easily convert political jobs into posi-
tions.
If you think you are stern, the
chances are other people think you
are grouchy.
1t isn't always safe to judge bird
by its feathers we once knew a pr:ze
fighter who wore a wrist watch.
Nearly every man has a few gold
bricks lying around the house, and,
for the most part, they are those he
has bought.
While patience is virtue there
are those who devote their lives to
waiting patiently without accomplish
ing anything.
just about the time you conclude
Towser has human intelligence he
runs out in the street and tries to
bluff an automobile.
Why not be foolish once in a while ?
People who are always extremely Sc
rious and sensible seem to die with
considerable regularity.
Militarism should be possible with
the young things who bewa:l the fact
that there aren't enough handsome
| lieutenants to go around.
A boy doesn't care to know that
Gaul was divided into three parts. He
wants to know why mother insists or
dividing a pie into five parts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
Admiral George Dewey has en-

Admiral George Dewey has en-
baFked upon the long voyage from
which there is no return His chief
claim to greatness lies in the fact that
he did what was given him to do
Nothing better can be said of any man.
1t was the country's good fortune that
he was in command of the Asiatic sta
ton when war was declared with
Spain. He was ordered to capture or
destroy the enemy's fleet, and like the
immortal six hundred he did not hes
itate. He did not stop to inquire what
was inside Manila bay. He went in
ana fulfilled his orders. He was one
of the most notable examples of the
type of American naval officer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The great testing time often comes
when one is unawares
X K
One should always look first for the
good-the bad will take care of itself
Y X X
The most tiresome people in the
world are those who talk about them
selves.
x x
Success is sometimes the result of
ones faith and sometimes it is the
faith of another that has carried you
along.
= X X
A person is deprived of a great part
of life when he loses the capacity to
enjoy the normal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

I conquered inch by crumbling inch-to
see
The goal afar.
And though / struggle toward it thru
hard years,
Or finch, or falter blindly, yet within.
You can. unvavering my spirit ars ::
And l shall win'
II L knew you as YOU know me
IT both OF us could clearly see.
And with an inner sight divine
The meaning of your heart and mine,
I'm sure that We should differ less
I'm sure that we should differ less
And clasp our hands in friendliness:
Our thoughts would pleasantly agree
If knew you and you knew me.
If 1 knew you and you knew me.
As each one knows his own self, we
Could look each other in the face
And see therein a truer grace,
Life has so many hidden woes.
So many thorns for every rose;
The why" of things our hearts would
If knew you and you knew me.
Nixon Waterman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Did you ever hear the story of how
some children saved themselves from
wild Indians years and years ago?
Long long ago when our United
States was very different from the
way it is now, fathers and mothers
had to go a long journey to buy
things they needed but could not
raise on their farms.
OF course they would not go very
often, for the long hard journey back
to the settlements took too much time.
They went on horseback, for the roads
were too rough for wagons, even if
there had beer any, and when they
returned they carried the new sup
plies in big bags from their saddles
In one family there was a little
boy of five named John, and a girl
of seven, named Prudence.
One morning their father said,
Your mother and / are going to the
nearest settlement for some supplies
and we are going to leave you here,
for the journey is too hard for you. !"
The children felt very proud to
know that their father would trust
them so much-they were not a bit
they knew no wild animals would hurt
them. There had been no Indians
around for a lorg time, SO they did
not think of them.
All day long they worked Ind
played and when it began to grow
dark they went in the house and care
fully locked the doors.
The next morning they found foot
marks all around the house and as
Prudence was feeding the chickens
she saw an Indian peep from behind
the wood pile and another slip into
the barn.
She didn't scream as she wanted to.
for she was brave little girl In
stead, she began to plan what to do.
At last a bright idea car e into her
head and she ran and got her BROTH
err and told him. Together they car
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Senator Sutton of Stafford has
solved the car shortage problem to the
satisfaction of everybody with the pos
sible exception of the railroads. He
has introduced a bill requiring rail-
roads to furnish cars to shippers when
they are wanted. 1t is strange that
nobody ever thought of that before.
Some member of a Kansas legislature
always can be trusted to provide for
the removal of any difficulty which
may confront the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Go, if you will. and search for woe.
go look for direfulness and rue, go
hunt for trouble high and low-youi
find a plenty if you do. The wisdom
of the world avows that each but has
himself to blame and if you look for
scraps and rows you'll find plenty or
the same. Just look about you, as you
60 for bits of cheer and scraps or JOY,
you'll find a lot of them, you know,
you never knew were there, my boy.
Upon this large terrestrial ball are Ia
NOUS people by the scores and yet the
hero after all is he. who thru his daily
chores, will never fail to try to see In
those he meets upon the way, what
ever grace or charms there be in what
they do or what they say. The man
who hops into the strife and raises
cain to raise the dough, he's not the
sweetest thing in life, he's not the fair
est here below. The man who min
giles. in the crowd and wears few lau-
rel leaves or bay, who's seldom
cheered for long and loud. but always
wears a pleasant way, who's always
willing for to see the best in those he's
living near, to see the good in you and
me-he is the one we ought to cheer.
This Day in History.
Fifteen years ago today a Cincin-
natl man planned the easy instalment
idea. Recently he died on the plan he
lived to plan.
Tut. Tut!
I've never seen a purple COW,
1 never hope to see one.
But L can tell you anyhow
When yesterday there by me went
A girl, quite overdressed by half;
To my extreme establishment,
1 saw a purple calf!
Recently st. Louis man, hailed
before the law for beating his wife,
declared he did SO because she nag
ged him. The wife said that she
nageed him for breaking New
Years resolution The Judge asked
him what had been his resolution.
And he said he had resolved if she
1aeged him not to beat her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

on the opposite side of the house from
TIE barn and -yo )dpile.
There they hid and worked all day
making jack o. lanterns from the
pumpkins Prudence cut the holes
a. John scooped out the inside and
put in the candles
When dark came they lit the can
dies and then listened and watched
carefully.
1t wasn't long till two shadowy
forms crept around the house. Quick
as a flash. Prudence and John held
up their lanterns and waved them
about With .-hriek of terror al the
unknown lights, the Indians fled 10
the forest and the children were safe.
When the father and mother got
back the next day they were very
proud of their brave children
Copyright by Clara Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Was awe to land it. When at last he
had made sure of his catch he took it
home in ecstasy and related his
triumph to his maiden aunt. OF
course, like all fishermen, he made as
much of the story as possible. and laid
special stres on the time it took and
the immense energy he had to expand
before he could bring the salmon safe
" to land.
anxiously for the praise due to his
cleverness and heroism. For some mo-
ments there was silence, and then his
aunt looked up from her knitting with
a puzzled expression on her face.
But my dear, Tom she said quiet
ly. why did you not cut the string
and get rid of the brute2"
SPANS sardine industry has yield
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Corn on the Chicago market passed
the dollar mark. on Wednesday of this
week. A demand for an embargo on
the export of this grain may be ex-
pected soon. When corn was selling
at@17 cents a bushel nobody raised any
outcry about the price except the
farmer and his complaint passed I'M
noticed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Aunition manufacturers are doing
500 satisfactory a business that they
allowed a British firm to take con-
tract for three million dollars worth of
shells to be furnished the United
States government. The singular part
of it is that Uncle Sam was able to
save 5000 per shell on the cost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
A Lawyers Love Lyric.

Whereas, thy sundry graces, charms
And certain airs appear to call me;
And all thy divers eyes and arms
And other witcheries enthrall me;
Whereas. said charms and graces. love,
And those said ways and manners of you
Bewitch me ((see hereinabove),
I love you.
With sundry feelings do / view
Thy two in number feet so tiny,
Oh, party of the first part, do
OF all my love, be the assigned
Thy plaintiff never, never has.
In any cause so well or more said.
Ny dear. love you truly, as
Aforesaid!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Uncle Sam added three islands to
his already large collection this week
when there was formal exchange
offtreaties with Denmark. 1t was one
of5the largest real estate deals recent
lysrecorded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

For a nation which claims to be
mistress of the seas, England appears
to be faring badly in the matter of
her merchant marine. 1.-The proof of
the pudding" etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Everybody is better than ANYBODY
thinks he is
A cartoonist once complained that
his work had so trained his eve to see
the grotesque in every persons face
that he had lost his capacity to enioy
the normal or to see the beautiful
Some of us have SO long INDUCED in
the critical habit that our spiritua
vision has suffered some such defects
as that of which the cartoonist COM
planned. We fail 10 see the good first
Which is a worse calamity, really
than to have lost an eye or a leg OF
an arm
Life is like a market place, in tina,
We exchange commodities, getting
back value for what we offer.
$50 give to the world the best you have
And the best will come back to you"
If you were busy being true
You'd be SO busy you'd forget
The plumbers of the folks you've met
II you were busy being right,
You'd find yourself too busy quite
To criticise your neighbor long,
Because he's busy being wrong.
-Rebecca Foresman.
Ark that rode the Deluge wave
Found on Ararat her grave,
All her staiwart gopher-wood
Rotted in that solitude:
Ark that held the holy things,
I Swallowed by the golden wings
Fallen into dust, Is blown
RounC the hills where once it shone
Yet the Covenant is true
God hath kept His oath with you;
In the humblest heart. behold
Something costfier than gold =
Hush within that quivering shrine
Broods the Immanent Divinei
Frederic Lawrence Knowles.
Only the persons who believe in III
can help us. Every true success il
the story of som sbody's faith in tn,
J winner. Adds Dunbar once put thu
| thought in poetry:
Because of your strong faith, 1 kept tn
track
Whose sharp-se s-ones my strength ha,
well-nigh spent.
1 could not meet your eyes if 1 turne,
back:
So on L went
Because you woull not yield belief il
| The threatening crass that rose. my wa.
to bar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
DINNER STORIES

Lord Buxton, the governor general
of South Africa, is an ardent dis
ciple of IZaak Walton, and he tells
many good fishing yarns
One of his fayorites is about an
angler who one day had four hours
tussle with a huge salmon before he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Evidently the accommodating gov
ernment has not yet installed stock
tickers in all Washington offices for
the convenience of officeholders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

"A prediction is made that aero
planes will be used on the western
cattle ranches. Why not, considering
how high beef is?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Tarranza has shown President Will
son that two can play at the game OF
watchful waiting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

When the salaries of the professors
I'M Brown university were raised, the
tuition fees were raised also. The
consumer pays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

President Wilson has a rival King
Constantine also kept the Greeks out
ofswar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Peace may come and peace may go,
but the the pork barrel rolls on for
ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
Eyes for the Best.

1eIse comments on the Uniform
Prayer meeting Ioplc of the Young
Ieopies SoclelleS@Christian En-
deavor, etc.-for January p: See
ing the Good in Others"-Phil
2:1-11.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

The law of gravitation appears to
have no effect on the high cost of
living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19
BED TIME TALES
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON
JACK O'LANTERNS.

ried six big pumpkins, knife I'D
some candles from the house to the
potato pit-a big hole in the ground
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

SPANS sardine industry has yield
ed 100000 a month during the pres
ent year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Everybody is better than ANYBODY
thinks he is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-19

Life is like market place. in that
We exchange commodities, getting
back value for what we offer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
POSTAGE INCREASE NEAR!

Letters mailed after midnight to-
day must bear three cents postage, as
at 1901 a. m. Friday the provisions
of the new war revenue act increas-
ing postage rates on letters goes into
effect. Parcel post packages bear
ing postage of rs cents or more will
be taxed at the rate of one cent and
an additional cent for each addition
al rs cents or fraction thereof. Rev.
enue stamps must be used for the
payment of the tax. Word was re-
ceived by Postmaster Kehoe yester-
day Christmas parcels to soldiers in
France may weight 20 poundsS pro-
vided a wooden box not more than
two cubic feet in volume and having
a hinged or screwed lid is used as
the receptacle.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
LAST DAYS SPECIAL REGISTRA.
TI0N

Yesterday was the last day of the
special registration at the County
Clerks Office and resulted as follows,
as compared with the same day last
year:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
Personals

Hon. T. ID. Slattery came up from
Covington yesterday to register and
look over the political situation.
Judge C. D. Newell is in Flemings-
burg for two days, presiding over
Circuit Court.
Mr.. C. M. Jones, president and sales
manager of the Liberty Warehouse,
has returned to this city from Kings
ton, N. c., where he spent the sum-
mer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01

Two women also registered yester-
day, making total of 100 to regis
ter on all the registration days.
The grand total for the registration
this year is as follows, as compared
with last year:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
BIG FIRE
Destroys Food and Munitions Intend.
cd For American Soldiers In
France Baltimore Piers
Mass Of Flames = Loss
Placed ut s5y0O0,0O0.

Baltimore, Nd, October 31-Slain
In the sweep of fame that destroyed
munitions bound for General PERISH
ing's forces In France, three Britons
were identified today as victims OF
the five million dollar fire on Balti-
more's water front. The dead men
are Chief Gunner BROMLEY, Of the
British steamship Kerry Range, and
two sailors. The vessel was badly
damaged and sunk today. The death
list is not expected to go higher than
fifteen although more than a score
Of docks workmen have been report
ed as missing. One man Is already
under arrest as the result Of COM
bined efforts OF secret service men
and police. He Is John W. Hitter
man, alleged to have been seen run
ming away from the pier when the
blaze was discovered. Other arrests
are expected bnOTtly.
Baltimore, Nd, October 31-Twelve
men are unaccounted for and damage
estimated at five million dollars was
done In the fire that swept the B. &
o. piers here today, according to the
latest reports.
Five of the men believed dead were
working on the piers. Two are I'M
accounted for among fifteen of the
crew of the British steamship Kerry
Range, which was badly damaged and
sank today. They leaped overheard
when the flames swept from the pier
to the vessel. Explosion punctuated
efforts of Baltimore's entire freight
ing force. Piled on the pier and with
in steamships were many cases OF
which detonated as the
flames reached them. Foodstuffs
went up in smoke, food that was to
have gone to the army of America
and France. All doubt as to the orig
in of the fire was removed by state
ments from the B. & o. guard and
firemen stationed at the pier. A few
seconds before the flames broke out
in five sections of the pier, these men
saw what appeared to be rockets 60
ing up from half d oxen places.
These were followed by muffled ex-
plosions and the flames came immedi-
ately. Less than five minutes before
the entire structure was in flames the
chief Waterman had made complete
round of the pier.
Officials of the B. & o. this morn
ing fixed the loss at five million dol
lars. This is covered partly by the
railroads replacement fund and in
surance. Only by heroic work did
the firemen save huge elevators of
the B. & O., which are laden to their
capacity with grain.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01

NASHVILLE PRODUCE MARKET
Following are this mornings quota
tions on country produce telephoned
US at 8 o'clock by the e. l.. Manches-
ter Produce Company:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01

Camp Taylor, KY, October S1-An-
nouncement was made today at d.
vision headquarters that the line
drawn by Secretary Baker, that no
soldier may leave camp to vote in
coming elections, will be observed
strictly. Louisville men, who could
vote and return to camp within an
hour, are included in the order.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
THOMAS VI. RUSSELL for Mayer

The Ledger was in error yesterday
when 1t stated that the Shannon
Stock Company would be here next
week. Mr.. Russell, manager of the
Washington Theater, informs us that
this company will not be here until
the first of January.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
HoW's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot b
cured BY Halls Catarrh Medicine
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
i've years. and has become known a. the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expeliing the Poi
son from the Blood and healing the dis.
eased portions.
Medicine for short time you will see q
great Improvement In your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials. free.
r. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold By all Druggists. TIC.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
THOMAS M. RUSSELL. for Mayor
RED CROSS REFLECTS DIREC'
TORS

At the annual meeting of the Ma
son County Chapter Of the American
Red Cross held here yesterday after
noon and reelected as directors Mrs.
Stanley F. Reed, Messrs. H. G. Sharp,
Louis Merz and A. G. Sulser. Their
term of office will expire in 1920.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01
OUR COLoRED CITIZENS

The Congo River Tabernacle Lodge
No. 80, will hold its regular business
meeting tonight. All members are
urged to be present as we have bust
ness Of importance to transact.
MRS. BERTHE L. DUDLEY, II. P.
Maria J. Smith, c. R.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-11-01

Mr.. William Davis of Maysville and
Miss Hattie Valentine of Newport,
KY, were united in marriage at the
home of Mr.. Henry Fields on West
Fourth street, this city, Wednesday
afternoon. The occasion being a very
quiet one, and a surprise to their
many friends. Rev. r. Jackson offic-
iating,