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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
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finer dream; poets should be OWNERS
of the higher law, or they are some
thing less than poets. Unless they
can greatly imagine. and greatly set
forth the higher imagining. why
write? The general confusion of
things we can see for ourselves; of
the sand-storm in the desert we are
all aware, for it blinds our eyes. L.
is not for the poet to tell the minute
particulars, but to point the path. The
will to beauty is his strenuous task,
and the individual will to beauty, to
harmony, to faith in the divine order
of things may have larger share in
the working OF the Divine Will to
beauty than we dream, for the primal
act of creation is still going on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

mage brings car-shortage. Only 933
linear miles of road were constructed
in the calendar year 1918 and appar-
emily the record for 1915 will barely
exceed that figure, altho the volume
of industrial activity and hence rail-
way earnings is considerably greater
than in any previous year. Those who
deal with investors continue as for
several years past to report indiffer-
ence of their clients toward railway
securities except for refunding and for
mortgage bonds, now rarely feasible,
upon unencumbered property.
We approve abstention by legisla-
tive bodies from dealing with rates.
We see no exception even in so costly
an item as the eight-hour law. The
new legislation which we urge is that
if at any time in any place rate adj
vances should become necessary in the
public interest authority and obliga-
ton to sanction them will explicitly
reside by statute in a specified branch
of the government.
The public interest-that is the
yardstick proposed by the railway
which they advocate. Responding in
kind, members of the Newlands COM
mittee have rivaled one another in
keeping the discussion at that high
level. Commercial organizations hav-
ing membership in forty-eight states
have, transmitted to us declarations for
a unified regulation where state regu-
lation conflicts with federal. More
than sixty such bodies have urged that
the statute proclaim adequate earn
| ings the policy of the government
| These signs at Washington and thru
out the Union we hail as a bow of
promise, as the token of factor des-
tined to work for prosperity in the fu-
ture, affording in all years an ade-
quate instrument of commerce and in
lean years purchasing power tend
ing to mitigate industrial distress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
SIDE TALK S
A Daily Resolution for 1917
BY RUTH CAMERON.

To cultivate that rare unselfishness
which gives instead of merely barter
ing gifts and services for gratitude;
to hate snobbery like leprosy-and not
to look for it solely in the other man;
to make every mistake my teacher and
every experience a source of wider
sympathies; to be able to win without
undue elation and to lose without envy
or excuse; not to confuse happiness
with pleasure; not to try to still the
restless hunger of the soul by Cutting
the mind and body with pleasures;
not to let my home become clogged
with things and my life with the crav
ing for them; to cultivate that fine,
uncovetous love of beauty in shop
window or flower garden or sunset sky
which is the hallmark of soul culture;
to criticise others less and myself
more; to have more of the right kind
of pride-not the kind that can give
but cannot receive, that is proud of a
talent but careless in the use of it
but the pride that is less proud of any
success than of having won it fairly,
that exalts the need of keeping with
it's own sense or squareness above all
other needs of mind and body; and
last, but first, to be happy and to make
others so.-(Copyright by George
Matthew Adams)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

There were cut from the national
forests in the fiscal year 1916, 6o4,-
$4,000 board feet of timber. Of
this amount 119,4S3.O00 board feet
were cut under free use privilege by
42,055 individuals. In all, 10.S40 sales
of timber were made, of which 81 per
cent were under 500 in value, indi-,
eating the extent to which the home
steader. rancher, miner. small mill
man and others in need of a limited
quantity of timber draw upon the fed
eral forests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

shes gone away; and if she hadn't,
she wouldn't accept you"
rs she engaged to some one else ~
stammered poor Ethan.
Yes" said Miss Hanna. ITO Joshua
Simpkins. But, Ethan, do not
grieve; I am ready to entertain your
suit, altho Mirandy despises you, and
But she doesn't, aunty!" interrupt
ed a clear, distinct voice, and Mirandy
herself entered from an adjoining
room. ION the contrary. she loves
Ethan Crane dearly, and she refused
Joshua Simpkins, as you know very
well. Oh, Ethan" with a reproachful
glance at her lover, would you have
believed her falsehoods?"
How came you here?" screamed
Miss Hanna.
said Mirandy, land she had gone to
spend the holidays with her niece at
Stanford. So I came back home"
"You are a dreadful minx!'' cried
Miss Hanna, nearly suffocated with
anger.
aGently,". said Ethan Crane, inter-
posing in Mirandy's defense. mo call
ing of names, please"
"And you shan't stay in my house
another day!" added the indignant
lady.
Then she shall come to mine"
boldly asserted Ethan. Come, Mi
randy, darling-my sleigh is at the
door and it holds exactly two. Wen
go to Parson Squire's and get married
this very hour"
So they were married, and old Mrs.
Crane, who was waiting at the farm
house door to receive her son, was de-
lighted.
IF it hadn't been me-" said Miriam
dy, mischievously, ut would have
been Aunt Angela, for she was de-
termined to marry Ethan"
1.-The Lord forbid" said Mrs. Crane,
raising her eyes.
"And after this" said Ethan, as he
led his bride in, the first day of the
year will be a double anniversary
the happiest of Happy New Years. Eth,
Mirandy ?"-(Copyright, 1917, by the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
DINNER STORIES

A peaceable looking Irishman had
been brought into a suburban police
station on some petty charge. He
pleaded innocence.
rs there - anybody here who can
vouch for your responsibility? said
the examining officer.
Patrick singled out the head of the
small police force.
He cam he said.
Me ?" exclaimed the policeman.
why, 1 don't know the man.
Exactly" said the accused. 81 have
lived in this place twenty years and
the police don't even know me, so 1
can't be such a bad lot
Doctor called the small boy,
come up to our house uuickr'
who is sick at your house q asked
the doctor.
Everybody but NE. I'd been
naughty, SO they wouldn't give me
any of the nice mushrooms pa picked
in the woods"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Making the best of it is also one
of the easiest ways out
X X x
Why not look up the things YOU
don't know before talking about
them?
Too many people merely imagine
they have reached the end of their
rope.
X X
Nor will this New Year be a happy
one for those who don't try to make
it so.
X X X
Cheerfulness begets cheerfulness.
so do your bit to increase the worlds
supply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

Neither the note writer's at Wash
ington nor those in the European cap
itals have anything on old man Car
rama, as is indicated by his plea for
a modification of the peace proto-
COLI that was drafted and signed by
the Mexican and American commits
sioners. It is just about as indefinite
as a perfectly good diplomatic note
evidently should be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

Booze has also been added to the
beans and baseball for which the B in
Boston stands. Evidently extreme Gull
ture is not what it's cracked up to be
by those who possess it. But posi-
bly, the cultured class of Boston didn't
take the trouble to go to the polls at
the recent liquor election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

Reports from all sections of the
west and southwest indicate that the
high cost of living, and more especial
ly the fancy prices for meat, have
made this an unusually hard winter
them are likely to be few and far be-
tween
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

This Texan who has roped 20 goats
in minutes and IL seconds may be
mighty proud of his record, but it
doesn't amount to much when set
alongside the one that has been estab-
lished by the food spectators of the
cnnntrv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

Germany counters on Russia's an
nouncement that the Allies are
stronger than they ever were with a
declaration that the next big move of
the forces of the Teutons will be an
invasion of Russia via the conquered
Rumanian route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

Henderson Martin has finally es-
tablished worlds, or maybe it is only
an American record. At any rate
there is no doubt about it being rec
ord among Kansas Democrats, and
Kansas Republicans. too, for that mat
ter. He has voluntarily pried himself
loose from a federal job paying $15,-
900 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

Should Germany make the proper
overtures in the right way. the pos
sibilities are that she can get Henry
Ford to participate in the peace con-
ference she proposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

the lure that is calling and she will
get two dollars more a week.
A horses hair left in water will not
start snake. Left in soup, however,
it will start something.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
Hired Girls.

Hired girls may be fat or freckled,
thin or thievish, dumb or disorderly,
but they are always hired. There is
nothing more hired than a hired girl
The more frequently they are hired,
the truer they are to the type. Once
in a while a defective is found who
has been in one family for as long as
eight months, but the family is us
ual1y careful to hush it up. There
was once a hired girl in New Jersey
who worked for one family for three
years, but it was later found she was
disturbed in her mind and imagined
that she was the family cat. Your
hired girl may behave about the
kitchen as tho she aspired to movie
comedy roles, but if she stays in three
afternoons a week she is jewel. The
fat dowager- who Furnishes your chops
may seem a dull and unpoetic Great
ure But don't be sure about it. There
will come a day when the love of
romance will bloom once more in her
underestimate soul. She will yield
to the yearning of all her kind. She
will unfold the wings of adventure and
fit from thy threshold. She will hear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED ESs

The State Journal is n member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization. for the exclusive afternoon
pub, alton in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Journal
building over wires for tbs sole purpose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01

liant red color had faded out of i
sky and all the little stars were shF
ing brightly. Oh, he is a wise a5dX
quiet fellow-no rushing into thin
till everything is just right, that's d
way.
Then, when every wind was mapping
and the stars were busy with theif
own business of shining, he softly put
on his silver speed shoes and his shin
ing wings and-DOWN-he swooped
on the world-just that way; and Il
left carpet of silver all over
fields and meadows!-(Copyrig
Clara ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
BED Time TALES
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON
JACK FROsT's JOKE.

But Jack Frost didn't hurry-not
he,
He waited till the last little sun
beam was out of sight; till the brill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-01
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
To Lydia in Winter.
81 ROY z. MOULTON.

To Lydia in Winter.
Could I only tell you dear,
How at times 1 gravely fear,
That your reason really totters,
That you act little queer!
Fairest of Ewes lovely daughters,
Lend me now lovely ear.
When the weather's more than chill,
Why, oh, tell me why, you will
Be parading late and early
Dressed SO very fit to kill
It may make my little grille
Rather seriously ill.
Really 1 don't mean to tease,
There-you II heard you ssneeze!
Any doctor says it's baneful
You can ask one, il you please.
Colds are really VERY painful
When they settle in the knees!
But of course the main difference
between the little brook and sou
brette's complexion is that the latter
does not go on forever.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

Thnt cancer Is not inhertcd ia man
seems to DC proved by statistics col
lected by Arthur Hunter ana present
cd to the Association Of Life INSURANCE
Presidents. Nh Hunter investigated
the history Of policy holders ana found
that when both Of a mans parents had
died OF cancer only TWO grandparents
ont Of 234 had died Of this disease
Among 3ll sons aud daughters Of rar-
cnts both Of whom had del Of can
Ger he could find not one case Of can.
cor He considered only these above
the age Of forty.
lie found only nine cas- Of cancer
among 30l brothers md sigtsW Of can.
eerous pairs. or the $40 sons and
daughters above forty in 1888 families
Of which orc parent had died Of can
cor only three were known 70 have
had The disease.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
PROGRESSIVE NORTH DAKOTA.

North Dakota is the latest stata to
take q big step in advance in taxa
ton The legislature, with enc house
overwhelmingly controlled by farr
ers has passed the bill providing that
in 1918 all land, city lots, public nth.
ity stock and bank stock, shall he As.
sessed at 80 rer cent of its true value;
all tangible personal property and an
improvements on farm land shall ..c
assessed at per cent, ana all otter
property at 30 per cent Cities arc
empowered to assess their improve.
ments in the same way if they wish
to do so.
North Eak0ta has thus adopte for
statewide purpoes the system which
Houston. Texas, has had In effect for
several years. 1t is an approaf h ID
the Single Tax idea. And the fact
that a legislature of farmers approve |
It, shows that the tilless Of the soil
IN the northwest know d eoca system
OF taxation when they see ii.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

10 those engaged III the handling of
grain the natural shrInl;age Of shciled
corn willie II storage and in transit il
. matter of Urine Importance ana nf.
ten a source OF dispute because Of
shortage renoitcd at time o. rcsent
at warehouse and Il further loss nj
cate Of iigal sale In order 90 deter.
lnllc TIC amount Of shinkage or ltss
81 weight occurring in corn the d..
paItMchi of agriculture cuudurtcd an
experiment With SEQ bushels Of SHIELDED
corn. ~ tIe time OF storage the nlo,s.
tlire CONTEXT Tas 1873 por cent aud a,
close ol the Test III per cent, or a
1855 OF ~ PER cent. The weight pr
bushel he'd decreased from 5lT poaud3
to 80 puuAda, aud the total loss o.
weight was 1870 pounds. or Slightly
more tlinl' I Per cent.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
0heDAGKYARD
FARNI(R3
= PROF JNTLLARD BOIL
Copyright. Western New paper GnlonI
BACKYARD FRUIT TREES.

4 great many subErbanites haze on,
or more fruit trees in their back yards
Some city folks are as fortunate, and
everybody with a sunny bacl. ward
can enjoy the SHADE. beauty and las
cioua fruit Of Their own trees If they
will 80 to z small amount OF expense
and trouble
One interesting and possibly dis
courasils feature Of the backy. I'd
fruit tree is the fac. chat very few of
these trees produce enough fruit to be
noticed. They produce the shade and
the beautiful bios ems to perfection.
but they also produce such alarge crop
OF bugs and parasites CT other kinds
that there il no roGm for The fTuit.
It is freely admitted chat ID is harder
to secure good crop OF fruit from
one or two trees aia1e than from the
same trees in an orchard. but Il is by
no moons an iwno4aiani-y n the
orchard there i3 less wind to blow or
blossoms and fruit. There are other
trees 20 cross fcrtl,ze and there are
more bees 20 cary the pollen. On
the other hand, there are also more
trees to propagate diseases and bugs
in the orchard, and if the backward
fruI' grower will but give his trees the
same medicine that the commercial
fruit grower does. he viii get all the
fruit that is coming to him
II You have some sour cherry trees
in your yard, all you have to do il
prune out the suckers and interfering
branches ard keep the birds away from
the reddening fruit Nature will tend
to your yearly reward. Keeping the
birds away is the great job, and it il
practically impossible unless you
cover the entire tree with MOSQUITO
bar just before the fruit begins to
turn.
Peaches do not stand pruning well.
but plums, apples and pears should
DO nruncd every year. Cut out the
suckers and the inside branches.
Trim off the tops of vertical limbs
that promise to grow too high for
easy picking from a ladder Keep the
tree free from dead and diseased
branches and clean out the center so
hat the air ard sunshine may reach
no fruit.
Should your trees be infested with
scale insects of any kind, spray them
thoroughly with a solution Of lime,
alt and sulphur early in the spring.
lust when the petals drop and three
7eeks after also, the trees should be
prayed with Bordeaux mixture to
MI the apple worm and put In lit
lc paris green to get the caterpillara.
'hesc remedies will prevent leif curl
'lso. II there are plant lice on the
caves a good spraying with kerosene
will put an end to them.
Any Of these sprays can be applied
With a bucket force pump, and your
ieedsman can supply both the mate
'lals and full directions.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
WHERE Tit WHITE CHICKENS
CAME From.

+ The scientific men tell us that white
Is not color. 1t IS the result of a
total absence of ell color, a color
vacuum, as 1t were. The chicken fan.
cier knows that by Washing white
BIRDS in blueing the white becomes
winter than ever. Questions white
color after you add blue to it, and
II not, why not?
These wise men also tell us that the
white chicken is not a natural pro.
duct but is sport, kind Of a Joke
on tie old folks The father and
mother CT all our domestic breeds Of
chickens belonged to one Of tho two
or three puro breeds OF original Jun.
gle fowl These old time antedluvial
paleollthic--or is it neolithic ?-chich-
ems lived and still do live lively life
IN equatorial jungles They look and
act Just like n Brown Loghorn and
they were domesticlted very carly in
the history of mankind.
Crossing of the wild birds and
changes in their environment az they
were carried north by the early mi
grations OF the human tribes, caused
changes to occur in the size and colcr
or some of the young chickens. These
different colored and shaped chickens
were preserved as curiogities by the
owners and by degrees a great nun.
ber Of distinct types of domestic fowl
were created.
Spotted, barred, striped and varie.
gated coors were produced cutie ear
" and the FIRST OF the solid colors
produced was undoubtedly the black
early black breeds being the Black
Spanish, Minorca and Java.
From the crossing Of tho Black Java
and the old time Damlnlck came the
barred Plymouth Rock and one OF the
very first white chickens known was
White Plymouth Rock, an unex-
pocted product from the mating OF
two pure bred Barred Plymouth
Rocks This white fowl produced q
few others when mated with very
light colored Barred Rocks and in this
manner one of the most popular OF
our white varieties had ito origin
Many of the other white varieties
were created By crossing White
Rocks upon other colored breeds and
Then crossing the offspring with the
White Rock again
Among our more prominent white
varieties today we number Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes, Games, Cochins.
Orpngtons, Loghorns, Minorcas, Ban.
tams, Polish Fri2zles Silglos and Lang.
shans.
The whites are quite easy to breed
true to color and they enjoy great
popularity with both practical poul.
trynen and fancers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
JAPANESE TROOPS
FIGHTING IN FRANCE

New York, May lS.-Thc following
was printed in the Now York licrald
today The first contngon. OF
Japanese troops landed at MarseHles
on April 20, according to information
which has reached this city rho
general belief in Paris, according TO
me Heralds informant, is that the
japanese will be assigned to .,ght
shoulder to shoulder with a livsion
OF their Russian allies, which has
been hclding q sector of the western
front for months
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

May IS. 1888 -Kaskaskia River
Survey Beats were being constructed
at Vandalia under the direction Of
Captain Linn fer the survey of the
KasKaskia River. They were Of the
most approved model, one for the
company and the other for the bag
cage. The beats draw over 5 inches
Ct water They are the best cor.
structed boat seen in any western We.
tiers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
He Almost Fell Down.

a. NJ. Hunsuckcr, Boguo Chitto,
MISS, felt so grateful because Of be-
ing freed from pain and distress
that ne wrote the following letter: Il
was suffering from rheumatism. kid.
uoy and bladder trouble, also dizzi.
ness; would almost fail down at
times. ! started taking Foley Kidney
Pills and two boxes gave me entire
relic, DisorGered kidneys give
warning by pains in side and back.
rheumatic aches, sore muscles. swol-
len joints. puffiness under eyes. tired
and languid feeling.
For sale by W. y. Duncan.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

Joshua eommand to the aun and
moon to stand star only meant that
they should iie "oclipsed" according to
Pr Thomas DIR Wilson, professor Of
Hebrew % PRINCETON 'Fheclogcal.sam
mary Tho word usually translated
stand at'i" in tlm E.bla Is the He
brew lani0,' said Df. wilson. which
really Icgns "ccllpsa." "Whcn my
students GENE 70 me he enld. with
doubt ~ IL whcthcs Cod actually M.
set The mws Of graritaiiyn al the re.
quest OF Joshua say Don't Worry
Nothing tf the kind took pluce.' r.
philadelphia North American.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.
Street SWceniild

Sealed bids will be received by the
UNDERSIGNED until Friday, May Is,
1917, O'Clock a. m, for the sweeping
OF paved streets as per specifications
on file in city office.
W. W. CURTIS,
City Clerk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18
A Use For Il.

Young Hardfax But. dad, there can't
De any real harm In sowing few wild
oals Old llardfax Mehbe not. cause
you're ms much uf donkey as
.lllil' You arc yon can eat the crop
NhInNgo NeMS.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

The United states has two active
volcanoes rs sights for tourists
Mount Lassrn. in California. and Hi
iaupa in Hawaii.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

Tlylcsrille May Is. The li;e Of 4
naya' rilt.aman is solt when he has
the coed fcstunc to be assigned to q
vessel hich was '2rmerly the private
Ucht Of The Vanderbilt family. ac
cc.dins to letter received from
E1eone DUR. Of this city now q mem.
he' OF the Cornell students unit in the
naval cuaclsmen service The Cor
rel students have been assigned to
the Nedeuo which was turned over
70 the governments b. its owner on
the outbreak Of the war. 1t is being
used as q scout patrol.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

Nlneiyarlne mles IL tho total length
OF the Snez canal, and The width Is
Just over III ret.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-18

8Dtngfeld, May Is. Ycsgs who
htoAe inlo Che W. /. BlucKe harness
stc-o with Che intention of blowing
The safe were saved the t.oub!e by
the thoaghtfulness OF the owner who
had left the door open. However.
they found only 81 in The drawer.