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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
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Queer Ferry Boats.

Did you ever read in some histori-
cal story about the old fashioned ferry
boats people used to use for crossing
rivers?
A wire was stretched across the
river, stretched low so that it hung
only three or four feet above the wa
ter. Then the people who wished to
cross got in a quaint old fashioned
flatboat, or sometimes raft was used.
Pulling hand over hand on the wire,
the passengers worked themselves
across the river.
These queer ferries are used in some
parts of the country still-places
pay for bridges.
Then sometimes parcels are sent
across rivers or up mountains by an
arrangement of wires and pulleys. The
bundle to be carried is hung on the
wire by means of a little clamp, then
ley is pulled hand over hand toward
the sender. With every foot of wire
pulled in, the bundle advances just sc
far toward it's destination.
You can use this idea in making
ready for your summer play if you
wish.
Perhaps you have a brother or sis
ter, or a little friend next door, and
you all like to fix up a corner of the
yard for playhouse.
Fix your playhouses on opposite
sides of the yard Collect some
strong wire, twice as long as the dis
lance from one playhouse to another
two small pulleys; and then call in
your father or big brother to helI
you.
He will fasten up a pulley at each
playhouse, rig up the wire and bind
the ends securely.
Now you are ready for fun.
Hook anything you wish to send
a doll dress, some flowers. a bag OF
Notwithstanding that is not toe
heavy for your wire, and send it across
/ to your playmate.
| With this way of communicating
you can play store, or play you are
| in foreign countries and send boat.
| back and forth Or you can pretend
you are regiments in any army ant
/ that you exchange supplies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

Japan's flag. scarcely known in Pa
cific waters thirty years ago, is today
carried on two-thirds of the number
of ships in the Pacific trade. Its ships
are in every ocean on the face of the
earth. Its shipyards are building AGO.
600 tons of additional sea-going ton
mage. Its foreign trade of a little
over 100 million dollars thirty years
ago is today ten times that amount.
Thirty years ago it's industries were
of the crude, household sort; today
over a million people are employed in
modern factories. 1t has established
its credit with the world to the extent
of nearly a billion and a half dollars
gold, as measured in actual foreign
loans. It's manufactured products, al
most unknown thirty years ago, are
today in nearly all the markets of the
would. Is it any wonder that Japan
cannot find time to do her share in
winning the war? She is too busy
making money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
LOOKING AHEAD.

war and Business" is the title of
new book written by Samuel J..
Bloomingdale of the firm of Bloom
ingdale Bros, importers. of New
York The author takes the position
that prosperity follows in the wake of
war The more terrible the war the
more prodigious the prosperity.
Prosperity follows not only after
war, he says, but springs into view
with a great bound almost instantly
with the conflict. This applies to
every part of a country at war except
that part which is in the immediate
theater of military operations
Much history Is quoted to prove
the correctness of his contention.
Following is an excerpt in which faith
in the future is justified:
War involves the destruction of
wealth, that is, of stored up labor, and
rapid and unprecedented consump-
ton of products of immediate labor
that must be met or paid for later in
dual suffers a great material loss or
has in anticipation loss of capital,
| income or resources, he will make eV-
cry effort to stave off the loss, to les
4 sen its volume, and. II possible try TO
cover himself. completely; not being
satisfied then, he will make such eff
forts as he can to make his position
more sound and solid than it was be-
fore the spectre of loss doomed on
his horizon.
So too, does the collective sense of
a whole people bestir itself, guided
by the more foresighted and able
minds of the nation, in the face of
war, to repair the ravages, both i'm
mediate and in prospect, that war is
known to cause. This then is the
psychology, if one may so define it, of
prosperity springing into life on the
| heels of war. New and towering
necessities arise. They must be met
They generally are met, and great
probable necessities looming in antici-
patton are also met, so that a new
enhanced prosperity gets under way
that lasts long after the period of con-
| flict. There can be nothing more true
| in economies than that necessity is
the mother of invention. Invention
meets need and the satisfaction OF
needs, that is production, gives rise &c
prosperity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

ternity insurance.; thru adverse con-
ditions of the labor market (unem-
pIoyment insurance.; CD Permanent
impairment, either partial or total, of
the working and earning power; thru
the after effects of sickness or acct
dent Gnvalidity insurance), thru ad-
vanced years Gold age insurance); CD
Complete destruction of the PERSONAL
ity, that is, when death results in a
financial loss to some survivor; as a
result of the cost of burial (burial
money insurance.: for the survivor
(widow's insurance.; or for the sur
vivor's children Orphan insurance-)
The war has put everything that we
fondly thought was fixed and perma-
ment into the melting pot. Just what
changes and extensions the social in
surance programs of the world will be
made in the next few years, it is i'm
possible to say, but such changes will
no doubt be radical and far-reaching.
Questions on the above or any sub
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
enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

tically five years of separation Airline
said softly:
David. 1 wanted to tell VOW before
either of us is called to the other side,
that 1 understand why yor Joined the
army lunches are grea big, won
derful things in life. 1 am sorry 1
spoke to you as 1 did and want to
know you have forgiven me. will
finish my work at the hospital in two
months and hope to sail with the first
lot of Red Cross nurses [ don't want
Il to go away without seeing you"
airline blushed holly. David's laugh
over the phone was so possesslve and
so tender. Airline had not known a
| laugh could be So thrilling
"And 1 don't want to go without
seeing-and marrying you. Airline
David's voice was steady. I'VE have
j loved each other all this time. l know
I it and I think you do, dear. I have
been fighting down in Mexico and
now I'm sailing for France with the
/ engineers. so we shall at least be on
/ the same side of the wat ~ doing our
bit. Those good-looking British and
French officers have a way of falling
in love with their nurses so you had
better marry your american officer
and not run any risk
There was a pause.
. 'We1l-I don't see why I SHOULD
take any needless risks airline sait
laughingly and happily.
II have always had a bunch tina
some wonderful thread of destin,
would bind US together, dear" Davit
said very softly.-(Copyrigh 1917, b!
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
THE SEARCMLIGMT
Latest News from the Fields Of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTION
Liquid Fire.

Detailed descriptions of the "Flam-
menwerfer" or flame-thr wers used
by the Germans in their attacks have
reached this country. The apparatus
consists of tank holding a mixture
of oil and benzine at a pressure of
800 pounds to the square inch. The
pressure is secured by pumping in
nitrogen gas. A pipe and a flexible
hose lead to the nozzle, where a burn
ing oil wick ignites the outrushing
stream of oil The spray of flame is
cast about 100 feet, with a tremendous
roar and a great blaze of light. The
effect is said to be largely psychology
ical, consisting chiefly in the demon
alization of the opposing troops. The
flame-throwers grow less and less eff
fective as the enemy becomes familiar
with their work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
SIDE TALK S
Why He Went Blind.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

Something was said about Millions
blindness the other nigne and the
Man-Who-Thinks contributed the in
teresting information that it was
caused by his persistence in writing
the Defense of the People," a poll
teal document. The doctors told him.
said the Man-Who-Thinks that he
would lose his sight if he went on
with the work at that time, but he
thought it was his duty to finish it for
the sake of the people. And so he
finished it and wenv blind
Molly, the little Stenographer-Lady,
heaved an ecstatic sigh. wasn't that
terrible, but wasn't it spl Andid?' she
said.
It's wonderful how the thought of
men living UP to their convictions like
that can thrill you, even when it all
happened two or three centuries ago."
said the Man-Who-Think5
Doesn't it show what the real
things. the things that endure, are %
said the ho-Alwcys-Knows-
Somehow.
An outsider happened to be with
us.
do you know what 1 think?" he
said, I'll bet Milton thought the doc
tors didn't know what they were talk
ing about, or else he wouldn't have
dared to go on
Two men looked out from prison
bars; one saw mud, another stars,
quoted the Cynic.
81 don't know what that has to do
with the subject" said the Outsider.
MOP" said the Cynic
And we spoke of other things. But
1, for one, felt as If some. hing mean
and ugly had come into view in a very
beautiful landscape.
What a terrible thing il is to al
ways see mud in humanity. and what
a self-revelationi
Mean minds look for mean motives
because they cannot comprehend fine
motives.
To show by always being on the
lookout for the less CONNIE udable mo-
tive that you do not believe in high
motives is to show that yoU have not
found the one person with whom you
are best acquainted capable of acting
upon them.
leave you to guess who that per.
son is.
Sometime ago a young lady who
signed herself NJ p. asked me for ad-
vice. 1 was to write to General De
| livery. I wrote her long letter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

BILE in locating it and fastening II on
the dress of her mistress.
Mrs. Black was too busy greeting
her friends to note that they smiled
broadly when they looked at her.
When the family was assembled at
tea Mrs. Black entered and was re-
ceived with laughter by her children.
who made her look at her badge for
the first time.
The gold lettering on the ribbon
read: "Redfield Poultry Show. First
Prize, Bantam"
Tommy Tomkins was keen on base.
ball and particularly ambitious to
AXE his mark as a catcher. ANY
mint. however small, was welcomed IL
1t helped on his advance in this de-
partment of the game. When he be-
gan to have trouble with his hands.
ana somebody suggested soaking them
in salt water to harden the skin. he
quickly followed the advice Alasi q
few days later Tommy had a rnisfor-
tune. A hit at the bottom of the
garden sent the ball crashing thru a
nelghbor's sitting room window. 1t
was the third Tommy had broken
since the season began.
Mrs. Tomkins nearly wept in anger
when Tommy broke the news.
Yer father IL skin yer when ha
comes home tonight" she said.
Poor Tommy went outside trern-
bling to reflect His thoughts Travelled
to the punitive strap hanging in the
Kitchen and he eyed his r nds rue
fully.
"Ahi" he muttered, 18th a sigh. ssT
made a big mistake 1 ought to have
sat in that salt and water"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
ON SPUR f 4h MOMENT
BY MORRIS MILLER.

Perhaps Not.
Alas when our wives and our sisters
Are wearing the garb of the male,
And aping the manners OF m1sters,
Disdaining the frocks of the frail!
With never a skirt nor a sash ION
They'll soon be a-rollicking by,
eve note in a journal of fashion
That trousers are taking their eyeD
Alack when they soon will be fitting
To dinners and parties and teas,
And learn to be mlnd1ul IN SUING
To care for the crease at their KNEES
They'll yet be at carrying matches,
That husband will below in spleen
Whose wife deliberately scratches
But maybe you see what we mean
Us men at the thought are all quaking,
We ought to speak firmly and say,
You've really no right to be taking
Our dearest possessions away!
Yet here is one means we might mention,
If We can agree not to bawl
Or pay them the slightest attention,
They'll likely not want EN- at all
Some people seem to get their
grudges on the credit plan and are
never thru making payments.
Gosh!
He Edward M Tierney) plucks
from the cerulean blue the shining
stars of rhetoric, and, while thou
sands exclaim ard admire, arranges
them in a spangled, splendid galaxy
of shining marshaled words. To him
old Noah Webster's great collection
| is a fascinating storehouse from which,
| like a bee in search of sweets, he
fits from word to word, selecting an
adjective here, culling there a verb or
| noun or adverb, and then combining
! them into a honeyed fabric which
startles even while it charms.-Bing-
| hamton IN. W Republican Herald.
| If some men haven't The best OF
| friends it's not because they don't try
| to get the best of them.
| A lot of men who think they take
| everything in never learn enough to
carry anything out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
GERMANY's WAR POWER.

The Russian misfortune can hardly
increase to any great extent the Ger
man forces in the west, says Lord
ticalIy the whole German army is
there already, yet Sir Douglas Haig
has rendered it powerless. Continu-
ing, Lord Northcliffe says: Haig and
the French have had opposed to them
for many months past the bulk of the
German forces. Even in the summer
of 1916, after Hindenburg had drawn
off from the Russian front a number
of divisions to be passed thru the
slaughterhouse of Verdun, the north
ern sectors of that front were very
lightly held on both sides. Along the
whole of it Germans, Austrians, and
Turks together did not number a mil
lion. The Austrians were a mixture
of races and nationalities with nothing
but discipline and fear to hold them
together. They surrendered in droves
whenever opportunity presented itself
There were probably five divisions
of Germans, not a hundred Thousand
men, on the entire Russian front. AL
the rest were either in Germany or or
the western front. Therefore, it i.
nothing new for the French and Brit
ish armies in France and Flanders tt
know that almost the whole of Ger
many's available strength is pitte(
against them.
There is certainly nothing terrifying
in the knowledge. They are as nu
merous as the enemy. Man for maj
they are better troops. They have al
armament which now exceeds in guam
tity and is more modern because newe
than that of the Germans.
True, the Germans being in the de
fensive' have a great advantage. De
Tending underground positions sucl
as the Germans, with the aid of tn
enslaved Belgians and French, dig an,
build today is a far easier bushes
than attacking them. A small numbe
can keep off large number. That i
why the assistance of the Unite
States armies is necessary. With tina
assistance the task can and will be ac
complished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

employed as letter carriers and farm
ers. nurses, policemen. mayors of the
villages. They are taking up duties
which formerly were dependent entire
ly upon the greater physical capacity
of men. According to Mrs. Atherton,
race of Amazons is being evolved,
whose brawny muscles and Swapping
shoulders bid defiance to any ''su-
perior' attitude on the part of men.
But they still powder their noses
the author herself remarked it-and
she thinks it likely that they all cher
ish hopes of a happy romance when
war is ended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
lFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

(From the Atchison Globe.
A warning is an invitation to a fool.
A knocker likes to think of himself
as a critic.
Free speech is responsible for most
of the church rows.
Men have their faults but women
do most of the visiting.
Sometimes it isn't clear whom the
representative citizens represent
No man is likely to begin a flirta-
ton unless the prospects look good.
There is a difference between those
who go to college and those who are
sent.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who insisted the circus was
divided?
A married man is a person who
thinks he would be a killer with the
girls if he were single.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned farmer who thought two-bits
was enough for any meal?
Some people are so very busy saving
for rainy days they don't enjoy the
sunshine of the nice days
The average man doesn't dare to ex-
press his opinion at home and he can't
express it down town for fear of hurt
ing his business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

The women in the French NUM-
ton factories show no Signs of physi-
cal breakdown, if Mrs. Atherton's new
book. 1.-The Living Present" (Stokes)
is to be believed. According to this
authority. the tossing of thirty and
forty-pound shells is now a simple
matter to girls who before the war
engaged in nothing more strenuous
than the manufacture of paper flow
ers. Mrs. Atherton made a journey to
France especially to study the work of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

1t remained for Colonel Bryan to
present the question of peace or war
in a nutshell. In his talks to chau-
tauqua audiences the late secretary OF
state says: THE more any one ia
vors peace the more loyalty he should
support the government as the only
means of Fastening peace. There
can be but one end to the war. and
that is the overthrow of Germany ]
find the desire to support the govern
ment practically universal. If one
man of a thousand utters some dis
loyal sentiment the disloyalty of thai
one man is announced while the 10y
atty of the 500 is not emphasized"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

which was returned "Unc!aimeo.
She will send me her rea, address l
viii he glad to send it to her again.
Question. Could you ell me .nru
your column where the ssaying Se .aa
iness is next to Goodness orlglhateu.
Answer. In a sermon on dress 49,.
Wesley said, Certainly TINS - raSt
NOT sin. Cleanliness is indeed next
to godliness." He may have oeen
quoting from Bacon who sad, Ciea. ~
liness of body was ever discoveries - ;,
proceed from a due reverence 10 oou'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
-wHATEvER YOU WANT TO Know"

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

Much discussion is in progress re-
garding whether or not the study of
German shall be continued in the
schools. The result of the controversy
is of little Importance. since rarely can
be found high school graduate that
has taken the German course. who
knows anything of useful character
about the language.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

The unwarranted assumption in
certain quarters that President Will
son in his reply to Pope Benedict
undertook to dictate form of govern
ment for Germany, calls for no serious
consideration. The president merely
said that we cannot treat with the
existing government because it cannot
be trusted. There is the situation and
it is up to Germany to get out of it
in any way that she can. But escape
from it she must before there can be
any discussion of peace terms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

Senator Overman's bill providing
for fine of $4,000 and loss of citi-
zenship for accepting foreign title
looks like an effort to prevent LaFol-
lette from obtaining his just reward
from the kaiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

Unless, in its attempt to control
food prices, the government succeed
better than it did when it tried to
curb Standard Oil, another big adj
vance in the cost of provisions is
about due. Altho the Standard did
not pay the fine of 5000, 900 imposed
upon it, it promptly proceeded to col
lect that amount from the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12
DINNER STORIES

Mrs. Black was an ardent worker
in the temperance society and, being
late, she dressed hurriedly and came
down stairs painting.
Lizzie she called to the maid,
run and get my temperance badge.
l have forgotten it. 1t has a blue
ribbon with gold lettering.
Yes, ma'am, / know it WELL" said
Lizzie. Lizzie could not read. but
she knew a blue ribbon with gold let
tiers when she saw it, and had no trou-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

At the outbreak of the war, Aus
tria and Germany struck Serbia. Bel
GUM and France, but the blows were
intended to reach England and the
United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

1t is impossible to ascertain to what
extent the White House picketing in
fluenced the vote on suffrage in the
Maine election. but there can be little
doubt that the little group of wilful
women in Washington contributed to
manf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

What's in a name? That of La
Toilette indicates French ancestry, but
its owner, altho holding an American
office. is in every other respect Ger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

In one city apartment building
where there is no children's play
ground, two boys have rugged up a
wire carrier across the stone court.
Sitting in their own windows, they
can contrive to play many interesting
games by means of the exchange.
Try it some time yourself and let
me know how Won like il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-12

Didn't you know that If you struck THIS
pedestrian he would be seriously Injured ~
Yes, sir. replied the chauffeur Then
why didn't You zigzag your car and miss
honor."-Birmingham ge-Herald- :