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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
COLDS AND THEIR RESULTS.

The most prevalent illness in the
United States is the common cold, a
disease group included under one
name and considered of such minor
Importance that vital statistics do not
record the enormous number of per-
Sons who annually are subjected to
suffering. inconvenience, and eco
nomic loss thereby. Remarkable as
it may seem, the widespread famil-
iarity with this condition has bred a
ccntemI t which hides it's seriousness,
yet when the sum total of the raw
ages committed by common colds is
made, it becomes evident that instead
of being a group of trivial affections,
common colds must be classed as seri-
Gus diseases.
The phrase common colds" like
Charity says bulletin issued by the
United States public health service.
covers a multitude of sanitary sins,
and, curiously enough, the name has
been applied to a group of affections
which far from depending absolutely
on cold ara frequently the direct re-
suit of living in close, overheated sur
roundings having a lower relative hui
Nudity than the dryest desert known
to man.
! The word colds" means an acute in
lection of the lining membranes of the
nose, tonsils. throat and larger bron-
chial tubes. The process may be ever
infection of the entire body. All of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

thought / could trust my little grill"
Patience jumped up before she was
even awake-"John! he's all right
here MOTHER was telling him i
story and 1 must have fallen asleep
But John was not right there-nor
was he anywhere near.
In the loft, in the store room in
the yard and barns they searched.
At last the father and his helpers
were called from their work to hunt
too.
Finally. the dark was coming on
the father said: Its no use, mother
he must have wandered to the forest.
well go quickly and start a search
there"
Just then a faint little voice piped
out, Mother mother, I'm hungryt''
1t was Johns voice. but where did
it come from p"
They were not long in doubt The
door to the great oven swung open
and John stepped out
You see he explained gravely. over
his bowl of bread and milk little
later. II always wanted to see in there
ard so when sister went to sIeep I
went in the oven and then-and then
maybe L went to sleep, foo.~-
tCopyright-Clara Ingram Judson,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
rs YEARS AGO IN topeka
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL

February o, 1892.
Charlie Holiday returned TODAY from
Emporia where he attended a Fourth dis
trict Democratic committee meeting.
The spring hand-organ plays boom ia
ra- dah.'
The place for 1.-The Fourth street gang
is in the penitentiary or soon will be-
Even the boys want a giant convention
hall for Topeka. They want to play in
door baseball in it.
North Topeka. Ed Arnold is at home
this week
Eugene B. Yates will entertain the
members of the Ninth Street Tennis club
at cards at his home in Potwin tonight
Forty sites have been offered for the
new high school by Tops IA property own
ers Among the sites offered were A. Il.
Jetmore. S lots on Tenth and Harrison.
$4,000: Mrs. Mary Horton, lots on north
west corner Eighth and Harrison. S27.O00 ::
J. E. Sauires lots on Tenth street be-
tween Quincy and Kansas 1.-THE old nata-
torium), $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
SIDE T TALK S
In My Finishing School.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

If I were conducting a finishing
school for young ladies (Which heav-
en- forbid) I know of one course l
should surely include course in So
cial conversation.
We had French conversation in col
Iege, but we didn't have English con-
versation. and 1 am sure there were
a great many of US who would have
been more benefited by the latter.
In my course I'd have a lesson on
what to say in the line of small talk
to a casual acquaintance. And an
other on what to say when congratu-
lations and condolences are called for.
And another-and here-y hangs my
tale today-on how to speak enthusi-
astically.
A neighbor of mine showed a group
of us her new hat the other day.
1t was not particularly becoming,
but she had bought it. she couldn't re-
turn it, and she couldn't afford to buy
another.
This is what those women's said:
The first: That's a pretty orna-
ment on it, isn't it?''
The second Ga relative): Yes. it's
a nice hat, but I've seen hats liked
better on you.
The third: wouldn't it look bet
ter if you turned it around? ?" After
trying that out. NO, guess it looks
better the way it is"
velvet, isn't it? Don't you think the
crown is a little high?''
They all spoke in the flat tone OF
one who is called upon to admire
something she really doesn't admire.
Not one of them would tell lie foI
anything, but they didn't mind letting
that other woman see plainly that they
did not like her hat, and thus con-
demning her to that female inferno
wearing a hat which one feels is moi
becoming.
Perhaps they shouldn't have forged
an exaggerated enthusiasm if they fell
none, but surely there is some middle
course between that and the one they
took.
Some people haven't even the abilit.
/ to show enthusiasm when they do fee
it. 1 showed a new gown to a woman
of this type the other day. you've go
a thread on it, she said, picking of
| the offender. Eyes, isn't it pretty?''
| Afterwards I heard that she liked i
| immensely. 1 should never hav,
| guessed it.
| Surely a course in saying the unen
| thusiastic thing in a way that will
soften instead of heighten its unen
| thusiasm, and in expressing our ad
miration when we do feel it in ;
gracious, pleasure-giving way woult
be worth while. - Copyright b,
| George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

ooh. just as you WISH" was the
reply: "as a matter of fact some peo-
pie call me an old idiot"
Indeed" she said sweetly, but
then they are people that know you"
NO remarked the determined
lady to the indignant taxi driver WHO
had received his eXa>- fare, you can
not cheat me. l haven't ridden IN
cabs these last twenty-five years for
nothing
"Hcven't you?" he retorted bitterly.
well. you've done your best
A city bred child whose knowledge
of the wild was very limited was
walking thru the woods with her gov
erness. They cnanced upon a por-
cupine. At the approach of two in
dividuals whose Intentions might be
hostile, the creature bristled agrees
sively, its weap on-like quilts rising in
menace.
"Oh, look" exclaimed the little girl
What a fright we have given that
funny animal! Its hair is standing on
endt"
During the impane1ing of jury in
Philadelphia the following colloquy
ensued between the judge and a tales
man:
You are a property holder?"
Yes, sir"
Married or single ~
Married three years last March,
Have you formed or expressed any
opinion?''
Not for three years. your honor"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
Prices of railroad material in 1915

Prices of railroad material IN 1912
were much higher than in the precea-
ing year In 1915 they rose again.
and are still rising. Recently an
extensive investigation into the
changes in prices in select list OF
commodities, constituting railroad
staples, was conducted. The roads
from which returns We're received rep
resented an aggregate of $1,000 miles.
They were thoroly representative OF
the country. Three were eastern SIX
western and one southern. In some
cas- SEES these increases amounted TO sew
era1 hundred per cent In most of the
rtatie articles increases ranged from
25tto IS per cent. The information
given was based upon the cost of the
rgcles on July /, 1914, July l, 1919
and JUL /, 1916.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

The term Tommy Atkins" applied
TO abe British soldier, gained its pop
nlBity by the large number of that
name in the British army, and the
United States Marines point to Frank
SnEth" as being The logical sobriquet
Of tthe American military man. OF
the 1882 Smiths who have recently
ENLISTED in the United States Marine
coeps there are Isl Franks, los Johns
ana $50 each OF Charles and Will
labs. Murphys take the lea among
lhdse OF Irish descent with 522, and
among the Hebrews, 1872 Cohens stand
bravely to the fore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

In no particular. perhaps, has the
advance in prices been more marked
than in railroad rolling stock. 1t has
been computed that in 1895 the cost
luf- railroad locomotive was only
|Sl e,446; in 1915 this engine cost $25,-
|5Fe. A baggage car which cost $4,000
in l1S95s rose to $1,000 in 1915. In
I1ss5 the cost of an express car was
ls6p0O and in 1915 $4,000. Similar
by in 1895, three coaches could be
purchased for the small amount of
is q, 500. The cost of these in 1915
WAS $5O,355. In 1875 a dining car
could be purchased for $4,000 and in
i s15 for $4,000. Coal cars have risen
frcgn 81 900 to 81, 500 Uncertain cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
SPIRIT.

Tho chains of age should heavy lay
And storms of eli; os vent their hate,
Disease and debt l., strew my way.
Tho pitfalls for my footsteps wait
And CHASTITY war rage DER the land,
l feel that thru eternity
Somewhere my spir:. shall command
The fuliness of ff:i destiny.
Tho now confined IL mortal shell,
/ thank my God tlsIt yet my soul
Undaunted stands Il faces well
Whatever storms riay toward me roll F,
Tho mortal flesh shall turn to dust
And worlds shall let in ashes lie,
know that God :hove is just
And never made the soul to die
Arthur Justin Stephens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

Senator Doerr wants the state to
pay bounty on English sparrow
scalps. This proposal calls to mind
that many years ago a member from
Doerr's part of the state introduced
a bill providing for a bounty on rattle
snake scalps. Noble Prentis, who was
sitting at the reporters table at the
time, turned to his nearest neighbor
and remarked: Il thought killing
rs.ttlesnakes was like virtue, its own
reward"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

It will be interesting to note how
much of Turkey will remain when the
iTat ends. The carving has been go
Ing on nearly a century. Greece was
severed from Turkey. in 1882. Ru-
nania in 1851. Serbia in 1867, Monte
negro in 1873. Egypt in 1885, Bulgaria
IN 1879. Bosnia in 1908, Tripoh in
fs12, Albania, Macedonia and the is
lands in 1913. The vast Moslem pop
t1lation of India came under the Brit
|sfe government in 1857. Great Brit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

not long ago, says the Christian
Science Monitor. a New England gro
cer purchased from a commission
firkn a barrel of apples for which he
paid $3.50. On taking off the head of
the barrel and removing a few tiers
+ sthe fruit he came upon this note,
written by the producer: II got $2.5O
fog this barrel of apples; how much
Did you have to pay?" The incident
might have been practically dupli-
Dated here in Shawnee county. APP
|plss that are sold for so cents a peck
|bysthe grocer have been sold by the
Producer for so cents a bushel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

A BIT OF WISDOM.
Life is too short to fuss and fret,
To waste the hours in vain regret.
To fancy sights, to bother why
This listener gave a vague reply.
Or that one made some foolish threat.
And. tho duh cares our way leset
To court Indifference and let
Each proffered bit of joy slip by
Life is too short.
But put the world for mirth in debt,
And strive that odds be gaily met;
iumor in every cross espy
And no least plea for cheer deny:
Then, for the friendliness we get.
Life is too short.
Charlotte Becker, in Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

ain now rules over 10000. 900 of Mos
lens. Eighty millions more are sub
iect to Russia, France. Holland and
other Christian powers. There are
eight millions in China, leaving not
more than twenty-four-at most,
nty-seven-milIion Moslems, about
one-eighth of the whole number, sub
jects of Moslem states. Those states
are Turkey, Persia and Alghanistan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
eY BOY g. MoULrON.

Alice in Wonderland.
Oh Treasury of Drollery and Whim,
When I'm in sorry case, when bills
accrue
Then what solace is it just to skim
The leaves of you
For tho 1 suffer countless ills and live
Unloved and lonely in world of Woe,
For all the cheer and happy moods you
give.
To you 1 go.
And once within thy pages do l stroll
With vOid familiar friends, whose CHEEKY
wi1eS
Danish all bale and give the gate to dole.
Awakening smiles.
Tho l grow old. tho l be friendless then.
Tho govt beset me and rheumatic knees,
May kindly Fates spare me the moment
when
You fail to please.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Apricot Salad.

1ngredientS-One can aprlcotS, one
bunch celery cut into dice, one cup of
nut meats chopped, one cup grated
eli eese.
Arrange lettuce leaves on individual
plates, place two or three halves or
apricots on lettuce, add celery nuts,
cheese and, lastly. two teaspoonfuls "f
salad dressing.
The Table.
Pineapple Fluff-One can grated
pineapple, pour into bowl and fold
through it one-half can of marshmal-
low; whip. Serve in sherbet glasses.
Escaloped Sweet Potatoes That Afe
Delicious Parboil (after pairing
them) in salt water, then have but
tered dish, put IN a layer, put over
them salt, pepper, and butter, Their
another layer, and so on. When dish
is full pour over cream; put in oven
to brown.
Ham Toast-Melt one tablespoon
butter, add one cup finely minced
ham and gravy enough to make
moist When hot, stir in quickly one
egg. Place the mixture over buttered
tast and serve
To Cook NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cook
ing, cut each berry in half crosswise
and put in colander. hold colander
under cold water faucet, turn on wa
ter with pretty good force and wash
out the seeds After doing this it is
not necessary to strain the cranber-
ries-the bitter taste that cranberry
sauce so often has is lacking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
DINNER STORIES

An old lady who had been intro
duced to a doctor who was also a
professor in a university, felt some
what puzzled as to how she would ad-
dress the great man.
Shall 1 call you doctor or pro-
fessor' ?'' she asked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

There is promise of much sickness
in fhe future in South Carolina. The
LOVER house of the legislature has
passed a bill prohibiting the obtain
ing of liquor except for medicinal and
scientific purposes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

Germany appears to be DESTROYS of
fighting the whole world. If she win
there will be none to challenge her
victory. If she lose she can say she
was overpowered by numbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

Perhaps Mexico will learn in time
that having a president who looks like
Santa Claus doesn't mean a merry
Chfistmas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

England announces that she ex-
,eeted the submarine warfare and was
prepared to meet it. Up to Thursday
she had met it with the loss
II Nhirty-two ships
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

IF Germany desires to hang herself,
size now has at hand sufficient
amount of rope furnished by the
Crited States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

As was suggested in this column a
flew days ago, Boston has begun to
sight submarines off the shores of the
sBaS state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

The country still maintains an even
break The -severing of diplomatic
relations with Germany is to be fol-
lowed by their resumption with Mex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

Che entente allies have decided to
|ena the war during the current year.
|This, doubtless, will be pleasing to
Germany. She has already shown
Isig9as of being tired of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

1t is gathered from the news dis
atches that Sweden is not too proud
} Fight, but she simply can't afford it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
BED TIME T ALEs
A COLONIAL STORY.
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSoN

Then seeing Patience fast asleep On
the floor and John nowhere about,
she called sharply-"Patience. Pa
thence. where is your brother?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
Standing Up and Speaking Out.

Standing Up and Speaking Out
Terse Comments On the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
ae sople societies SOC Christian En-.
confession. Luke 1910
We cannot choose our own way #
we would walk with Christ His will
must prevail in the companionship
between himself and a disciple. Self
Surrender is the first condition of
comm on. The disciples who get
closest to- Christ, and who live most
constantly in the sunshine of His near
presence, are those who have passed.
thru the valley of Self-Surrender and
VINO there learned the secret of a sub
mlsslve spirit. Jesus delights to walk
with those whose hearts declare, Not
my WILL but thine, be done"
Many people thronged near the per-
son Of Christ during the days of His
popularity, but only a few were by his
side at the time OF his rejection The
first never were truly close to the real
Christ: that was a boz reserved only
slor those who were willing to go with
Him thru all the way that his foot
steps walked. We cannot enjoy com
mu2ion with Christ unless we are
willing to cross the brook and enter
with Him the gloomy garden on the
hillside If we will not have His COM
partnership thru all experiences we
Nearness to Christ does not mean
distance from our fe1lowmen.
There is friend that sticketh closer
than a brother, and whose love is
strong as death. That friend is .Iesus
Christ. who stands today at the door
of every heart, pleading for admit
tance as a friend. Until we let him N
we shall never know love in its full
ness
We must sit at the feet of the Mas
ter before we can walk at his side.
Grown Christ king. That is the Sc
cret of victory. No life has two
sions and desires of the old nature
will clamor in vain for hearing. Only
that is a mastered life over which
Christ is Master.
For all that men have trusted
Christ in the past, we may trust Him
today. Every triumphant Christian,
every martyr, every hero of the faith,
and the Church of God itself, are all
witnesses to the truth that our Lord
is to- be unwaveringly trusted for
everything needful.
A child goes driving with his father
and pleads to hold the reins. He is
permitted to do so-aboye where the
fathers hand grips them. The real
guidance and control is with the
father. AS little children, we chafe
and fret to be given free rein over the
world within and without but we are
safe only when we let the hand Of
Omnipotence control.
A great change in meaning is eff
fected by a slight alteration which the
revised version of the Bible has
made in some texts. The changes
from the active to the passive voice
are notable. The old version said, BE
strong" the new says, BE strength
ened.'' That is, the power is taken
| from the readers hands and placed II
| the hands of God. Instead of being
the active agent, become the passive
Strength is got by yielding rather than
/ by striving. God helps those who
! cannot help themselves"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

BY W.. T. ELLIS

anev- by all who would be fountain
friends of His.
The Tactful Approach.
To be willing to accept favors is
more difficult for high spirits than to
be willing to bestow them. The eX-
auisitie tactfulness of the Masters ap-
proach to this common woman is
noteworthy: He permitted her to do
Him a favor. That is often the sur
est approach to the good will of a
person. The weary, thirsty Jesus
sought a drink at the hands of the
woman, who had doubtless come from
the harvest field with vessel to be
filled In wayside ministries there
must be wisdom in making begin
ming. Contact is the first important
step in personal work. So this tired
traveller entered the first and most
natural door to this woman's conf
dence.
All the surroundings recall to the
modern traveller, as to Jesus and the
Samaritan woman, the history of the
Jews. In NabluS alone does one find
a synagogue of the Samaritans. So
when the talk OF Jesus crowded the
woman close, and He had shown to
her her real self, she took refuge in
a theological controversy-no new
dodge.
Then followed the greatest defini-
ton ever made of spiritual religion.
We are amazed that such treasures
should be poured out to a congrega-
ton of one-and such a one at that!
Some teachers and preachers do not
do their best because they do not
have hearers worthy of them. That
was not the Jesus way. He gave His
finest to the least deserving Last
week we learned how one timorous
aristocrat heard God so loved the
world" Now it is to the Samaritan
peasant woman that the words ring
out: God is a Spirit, and they that
worship him must worship him in
Spirit and in TRUTH
In the light of that sublime decla-
ration from the lips of the Lord Him
self, how all petty controversies over
forms and codes and creeds, and the
lesser things that make up our de-
nominationalism, shrive1 into moth
ingness. The plumb-line has been
laid to our building by the Master;
except our worship conform thereto,
all of its beauty and ecclesiastical cor
rectness will be in vain. These are
the words to whisper to our own
hearts as we enter upon our daily
devotions and as we approach the
sanctuary on the Sabbath-"Spirit
and TRUTH
In this immortal story the Sam
| 1tan woman found the Messiah for
; herself; and straightway her entire
life was changed and she became a
bearer of the Good News May the
same result follow its study by count
less lives the world around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

The cry: He kept us out of war"
soQn may be changed into: He led
IS hnto war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09

The Cynic.
He likes to scowI.
He likes to leer,
To lift his nostril
In a sneer.
The things that you
Revere he flags.
Those You dislike
He's sure to praise.
It's hard to love
So sour Il one.
1t is, in fact, -t
1t can't be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
Thoughts About Things.

We never admire get-up-and-go in
Ter.
Many a poker player has the blues,
because, oddly enough, he hasn't.
Not all the calves brains in the
world are on the bill fares.
You never can be sure what wo-
men will do till they make up their
minds. And they never make up their
minds.
Comparisons are odious, but they
haven't much on Dignity.
Look after your character and your
reputation will look after itself.
Precision and Punctuality are ad-
mirable, but nobody loves an alarm
clock.
Use your noodle and you won't get
in the Soupi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-09
How to Lose Your Mind.

How to Lose Your Mind.
Answer all of a four-year-old' S
questions.
Try to read all of the magazine Sc
rial stories
Move next door to an amateur flute
player.
Let on you're a movie comedian.
Imagine it.
Save coupons
Get interested in golf.
Get married to a poetess.
Do it.
Diet.