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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
Life is made up of little thing

Life is made up of little things.
Even the great events are brought
about by series of little affairs and
the gravest decisions are the result of
unconsidered habits of thought and
turns of temperament
We live our lives not by days, but
by moments And the joys of the
world lie not at the mountain sum-
NIT toward which we journey as the
end of our ambition. No. indeed!
The real joys lie in the violets and
daisies that grow wild along the way
the little acts of thoughtfulness,
kindnesses and courtesies that are
sweet to the soul.
One of the greatest of English
statesmen was asked in his old age
what had been the greatest joy of his
triumphant life. and he answered.:
Following the hounds"
The high ambitions, even when
fully realized, are not the source of
the truest happiness. That is found
in the little domestic delights. friend
ships and the humble blessings which
are common to all.
Even nature moves through the
endless cycle of the seasons by a
ceaseless succession of trifies. What
could be less important or more In
significant than the budding of a
single leaf? Yet multiplied and con-
tinued, it becomes the most
momentous process in the world.
Grant Allen, in one of his charm
ing essays, tells that for a long time
there has been a contest between the
squirrels and the nuts, which has res
suited in important consequences to
both. To resist the squirrels, the
nuts have been for centuries thicken-
ing their shells. and to meet the
changing conditions the. squirrels
have been Strengthening and sharpen
ing their teeth, with the result that
the soft-shelled nuts which once tried
to grow in the habit of the squirrels
to grow in the habitat of the squirrels
with dull teeth, not being able to live
where soft nuts grow, have all
starved to death.
Simple forces such as these are at
work in endless variety all through
nature and human life.
Things ordinarily of great con-
sequence may become trihes- 1t is told
of one of Napoleon's marshals at
Marengo that as he was giving in
structions to some generals, and point
ing out to them the places where
troops were to be hurriedly massed, a
bullet cut off his extended finger. The
great marshal gave one glance at the
bleeding stump, and then, with "As
was saying, gentlemen extended an
other finger and continued his in
structions.
One of the most difficult things in
life is to view things in proper
perspective. Ills that are really of no
consequence are apt to be regarded
as of great importance, while little
habits, impulses and ideals that, If
followed, would lead onward and up
ward, are apt to be neglected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

There seems to be something of n
wild, uncertain scramble going on just
now between the friends and support
ers of many men who would like the
Republican vice presidential nominal
ton, even though a good deal of sense
less fun is ever being poked at the
position. Why all this unnecessary
waste of energy? The man who gets
on the ticket with Taft will be one,
probably already chosen, who is salts
factory to the distinguished Ohioan and
his next friend, Theodore Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
Windfan for Austrian E1chequer.

Through the death of Baron
Nathaniel Rothschild the Austrian
sum of 100000 crowns. or fs33.O00,
being duties and taxes at the rate of
per cent on the total value of the
estate, which is about ten and a half
millions sterling.
Although the baron died nearly
three years ago, the estate is only now
being wound up. Under the will the
testator's brother, Baron Albert
Rothschild, is the residuary 1egatee
and chief beneficiary. Twenty million
crowns is beQueathed for the erection
of a sanitarium for nervous diseases,
and another ten millions must be
capitalized to provide for the pay
ment of numerous annuities to en-
ployes of the bank and on the estate
Of the late baron, as we'll as to house
hold servants. All of these have been
most generously remembered with
annuities ranging from f100 to f1,500.
Vienna correspondence Pail Mall
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
Secret of Spring Happiness.

1.-THE coming Of spring makes us
happy" said an ethnologist. because
millions of years ago it made happy
the hairy, gibbering creatures that
men then we're. Primeval man lived
in trees, in caves. and burrows. He
could not build and he had not yet
discovered fire. Hence winter, with its
sleet and snow and ice, was a time
Of terrible suffering to the poor naked
wretch. With the springs coming. the
return Of the flowers, the birds, and
the blue skies; with the return, above
all, of the warm sunshine. naked man
reioiced with an intensity we can
hardly imagine. He lay on the green
grass, the sunlight poured its gold
floods of warmth on his reddish hide.
and he was profoundly happy in the
thought that for five or six months
he would be quite comfortable. 1t is
a faint, dim memory of that happi-
ness which makes US today vaguely
rejoice in the beautiful spring wealth
err vaguely hope snaI some.nins pleas
delphia Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most women are wholesalers Of the
highest type because they are in
everybody's business.
X X
Some keen children are like a
razor In more ways than one. They
frequently need strapping.
X n
There's no doubt about some
beauty being Intoxicating. The looks
of many a girl would be apt to drive
a man to drink.
+
Maybe women want number of
hats because they feel the need of
one for each of the many distinct
personalities they possess
& 4 4
It's a bill collector who does not
observe the conventionalities and
wait for one to return his call before
he makes another.
\
1t is said that there are more mar
riages of blondes than brunettes.
That's to be expected for the light
headed ones surely. would go first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
In all probability there's

IN al probability there's a good
deal of truth in recent statement
made by President futile of the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad company in
which he declared that many of the
railroad accidents are not due to over
working the railroad employees nor to
lack of safeguards but to brain fag."
He added that men guaranteed not to
suffer from this psychological disea Sc
cannot be obtained. And he thinks
that this mysterious obsession, which.
he says, makes the most competent
trainmen temporarily irresponsible al
intervals. Is one of the greatest prob
lens confronting the railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
The Transatlantic Habit.

The transatlantic habit is expensive
to acquire, but once acquired it is in
eradicable. Ten years ago every one
was advised by promoters of European
tours of the most limited kind not to
think of setting out with less than 3d.
600 for three weeks jaunt. This figure
kept thousands at home, and proved a
bad publicity agency for some Of the
have been so much reduced that the
expenses of a trip are merely nominal,
and vast numbers of people are "get-
ting the habit" of spending a month on
the other side each year. Gen. Fred
erick Charles Eberlin, Of the Stock
Exchange Power House and Alsace-
Lorraine, is just back from a tour last
ing seven weeks. His entire expenses
were $3.50. including f1rst-class cabin
passage on palace steamships from
from Bremen to New York. The gen.
eral visited among other places, Gibral-
tar, Naples, Genoa, Monte Carlo Nice
Strasburg, Weissenburg, Berlin, Ham
burg. Bremen, and Frankfort. OF the
last named city he says: ut is a won
derfully beautiful town. and as SUBJ
stantially built as any I have seen hers
or abroad, both in private and COM
mercial buildings. An inspection of il
gave me great respect for the Germans
They are a clean, systematic, thrifty
race; everything you see is in good
taste, nothing skinny or irregular
Take it all in all, Germany is a wide
open country. A mans rights are re-
spected there. You can do what yol
please. Personal liberty is the watch
word. The people are happy and con
tented" On the journey from Brussels
to Amsterdam, Gen. Eberlin rode
through miles and miles of hyacinrhs
1.-The scenes near Lisse. a small towf
16 miles from Amsterdam he says
ARE indescribable and never to be for
gotten. Acres upon acres of hyacinths
white, yellow, blue, purple, green
cream, orange, pink, lavender. red, VIC
let, indigo, and other colors-greet the
eye. The air is deliciously fragrant
You feel as if on enchanted ground
The beauty Of the fields is enhanced by
the background of quaint old-fashion-
ed buildings in the little towns-resi-
dences, churches, barns, ETC., all as
gaudy as pretty young Dutch peasant
girl"-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
FROM OTHER PENS
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

1t Is a sign that the world is begin
ming to understand the importance OF
teaching the young to work at things
which are beneficial to them and pro-
fltable to the communities to which
they belong, that so many Industrial
schools are springing up in the civiiiz-
ed portions of the earth. Greatly as
education is to be desired. it Is use
less to educate a man beyond what
he can use in making his way in life
Only certain number can find employ
ment in those professions that require
the most thorough education, while
the field of employment widens as the
educational requirements become less.
One of the chief drawbacks to overedu-
cation. when the demand for such
knowledge is small. is that 1t is liable
to render one unwilling to accept the
kind Of work which the world has to
offer There is hardly an occupation
wherein a certain amount of education
is not an advantage, but when it rend-
ers men disconnected with the only
honest work they can find to do it
ceases to be a benefit. 1t is for this
that schools to instruct in the arts Of
essential part of all mission work
among half civilized or savage people.
And there can be no question also OF
the civilizing influence exerted over
people by the advent of the railway, 1t
being one of the strongest missionary
upon the heather. And so. when lines
of steel rails stretch themselves across
the dark continent. through those reg
ions still lying in ignorance and heath
en- darkness, we may be sure that the
fulfillment of the prophecy will soon
follow and Ethiopia shall soon stretch
out Of her hand unto God" America
need look no farther than her own
western plains to see how the morals
of a people are affected by learning
| to work. Every Indian tribe when
! has learned the employments OF civili-
zation has ceased to be menace to
| the peace of the country.-Charlesto
News and Courier
THE FEDERAL FINANCES.
| 1t is no longer probable that the Uni
ted states will pay off the $64. 000.o00 of
debt which natures this year. On the
| contrary, these per cent bonds will
doubtless be refunded with an issue OF
| 2 per cents. The government will thus
| save third In interest charge and the
banks will not be inconvenienced by
| having to surrender so much OF their
basis Of note circulation. Uncle Sam
+! has felt the industrial depression as
| everyone else, as his balance sheet
| fully testiies. In 10 months of the
current fiscal year the federal receipts
were $41 100000 less than during the
| corresponding period of 1907. But dur
| ing the same period expenditures In
creased $64, 900 .000. The chief loss came
through falling OFF in customs du-
ties. The United States treasury Is
! today $f05, 900 Horsepower than it was one
year ago OF course there is a very
big balance of cash carried in the ina
tional banks. But even SO. 1t is nc
time for wasteful expenditures al
Washington. National economy. IN
small things is just az wise as individ-
ual saving along similar unes.-Fhtia-
delphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

Some of the big national banks
throughout the east are already get
ting together and making plans to per-
feet organizations for national currency
associations under the terms of the
Aldrich-vreeland emergency law. The
purpose in forming these associations
at this time. it is announced, is to be
prepared for any emergency, although
II is not expected that there will be anv
actual need for such an association in
the immediate future. 1t might be an
excellent plan for the national banks
all over the country to organize similar
associations. There's nothing like be-
ing prepared for an emergency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
brown stout-A fat Filipino.
A round of drinks will square some
things.
small excuse.
The fellow who feathers his own
nest is a bird.
OF course, man tries to mend his
wavs after he is broke.
< girl sometimes encourages a
vo,,ns man Just to keep her hand in.
Money won't make the man unless
the man first makes the money.
IT'S when a fellow thinks he In out
If sight that he feels all eyes are upon
him.
thermometers. They are pretty high
now.
some men never borrow trouble,
hut lending money is a pretty good
Imitation OF 1t.
Some people are unhappy because
they have never been In love. and
Others because they have.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

Members of the New York State
Butchers association recently adopted
resolutions blaming the federal govern
ment for the high price of meat and
not the meat trust. They declare that
the tariff on cattle is the real reason
for the prices to which meat has soar
ed and they demand that it be removed.
Probably there is something to this
contention of the New York butchers,
but few people will doubt that the beef
trust has a hand in maintaining the
prices Of meat at their almost prohibi-
tive figures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

Most folks will be able to rest easier
now that the dancing masters OF
America, in convention duly assem-
bled, have given official recognition
to the barn dance" and placed the
seal of their approval on 1t. Wouldn't
it have been simply awful if these terp-
sichorean experts had delivered a
dictum to the effect that this combin-
alton hop, skip and a jump was a
trifie undignified and not worthy of a
place on the programmes of the balls
~ "societv p"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

England is to be highly honored.
Nine. Anna Gould and Prince Helie
de Sagan are to be married there.
They fear the development OF I'M
pleasant incidents should the wedding
occur in Paris. This suggests the
thought that there are number of
Americans whom the rank and file of
the people of this country are delight
ed that they have expatriated them
raiyea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

LFrom the New York Press1
II man really has any virtue. y.
apologies for them Ae
About 80 per cent Of bad luct :.
a misnomer for bad MANAGEMENT.
One OF the great problems OF life
is when there is SO little in Il 49,
much less Is there out of 1t.
thinks she's in love with a mar ~
she can make him believe he is too
The reason women get SO much en-
5oyment out of novel il they have
IMAGINATION enough to make believs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
crowded,

Minnesota's state federation of LABOR
has sent a communication to PRESIDENT
Roosevelt thanking him for the several
messages he sent to congress. That
ought to help some and is considerably
more than was done by the members
of congress themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

How are the mighty fallen. The re-
nowned, the famous Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery Of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, the oldest military organiza-
ton in the United States, is about to
quit being a private military company
and become a part of the state militia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

Kansas City does not seem able to
lose her present inadequate union depot
by any manner of means. 1t is ap-
parent that there is no chance or IT
being supplanted by new one or
proper proportions. And events of the
past two weeks show that fires pass 1t
up as do the floods. It's the towns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

The Paris correspondent of the
London Commercial Intelligence states
that all engaged in the metaliurgic in
dustry In France are now beginning to
feel the financial effects Of the act
which renders the employer civilly re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

A place on the Taft band wagon,
which has already rolled into Chicago,
is mighty hard to find these days. This
popular vehicle is already over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
A SATURDAY SERMON.

There be things which are little upon the
earth. but they are exceeding wise.-Pro-
verbs xxx, "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13


Years. ago. ven I vas kid, oldt
sea-capting invited me to dake init
hiss sailing ship a trip aroundt der
regretting. Uf 1 had vent, I might
hat acquired der Crossword vocabulary
I now need to express vot tink
aboudt dis wet-vedder.
Id ISIS reported from Beloit dot
"Peepul' Young hat withdrawn from
der race. Seferal oder reports uf
absolutely unnecessary Withdrawals
hat butted in near und adjacendt to
pure reading matter during der lasd
| few dayss.
Natural idiocy iss nod confined to
honesd peoples. A few dayss ago a
| couple uf fellers stole a horse unstead
uf a motor boat, und tried to make a
| getency-avay.
| Now dot Chon Dawson hat returned
NIT a full report uf der Billwhite mas
sacre, I am Wiling to crawl back under
der cofers, skatisf1ed dot hat heard
der straight uf i'd. -.
White sayss he will keep on smash
| ing Id ISIS pretty poor work for a
literary light to crib Carrie Nations
| faforite expression like dot.
Mosd any kind uf foolishment iss
beniflciciency to somebody. yet. Efen
| der Chawcawgo convention ISIS froot
| fer der poor ofer-vorked cartoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

Ad lasd. I hat discofered vot iss a
"invectif." Hating vendt trough life
SO far NIT der belief dot ID vas some
ding to eat, I now discofer dot iss Q
speech cofering sefen pages. nod
counting der sub-heads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

But der feet remains, dot any fe1lel
vich will poison dog ought to hat al
der lath und plaster kicked OUT ri
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13
The Road to Happiness.
By TampIa RaiIevA

IHy Temple BaiIey.)
Margaret. with her eyes on the heavy
SKY that hung over the stubbly fields
sang softly:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-13

will continue to catch hel1e, es per
usual. OF diss ISIS a fiddle too strong,
soak id in saldt vasser.)
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-15
BORAX IN THE DAIRY

The problem of keeping sweet all the utensils used in connection with milk and cream selling and butter making has been serious one with the farmer.
 He has come to realize that the slightest taint or hint of staeness left in a can. tin churn may ruin a whole output; that the taint that is left is in form of bacteria, which grow and multiply in milk or butter, producing disastrous results.
 The farmer has learned that hot water won't rinse away the greasy residue in dairy utensils.
 He has learned that soap leaves a residue of its which is, if anything, worse than the milk cream residue, and there has and sweetener that will meet modern re- quirements.
 A few of the largest creamery establish ments called experts into consultation on this problem, and these scientific aids de- cided unanimously upon product of nature which exactly fills the bill-BORAX-
 Scientists have long known borax as a cleanser, a sweetener and an antiseptic de- stroyer of bacteria and green growths that destroy all that is harmful, preserves fresh ness, sweetness and purity. and relieves the dairyman and dairy housewife of drudgery and of needless work and worry.
 Write Pacific Coast Borax Co., New York City, for Successful Dairying," being yalu- able information the most profitable se- lection of cows. their feeding and care, the handling of milk to yield the highest price product, and the protection and preserva- tion of these products from deterioration; {; with articles on diseases of COWS, and reel pes for their cure This book is FREE
 Local agents wanted. Write for money making plan.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-15
Finds Lake of Qaicksilver.

A lake of quicksilver, covering an area of more than three acres and having a depth ranging from ten to fifty feet, has been discovered in the mountains of the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, says the New York World. The value of the product Is estimated at many millions of dollars.
 The news of this discovery wa brought to the City of Mexico by C. A Bungi, reputable mining man, who declared he was suffering from mer- curial poisoning from having passed much time Investigating the extent of the lake and coming in contact with the quicksilver. He went to Santa Rosalia springs in the state of Chi- huahua, where he took a course of treatment for his ailment. He return ed to Mexico City several days ago fully restored In health.
 Mir Bungi interested F. Lagerwall, wealthy iron manufacturer of Swe- den, who is now in Mexico on business. and J. B. Feelin, of New York, who accompanied Bungi to the state of Vera Cruz and proved the truth of his discovery.
 This lake of quicksilver has been known to the Indians of that locality for many generations. It Is situated far up In the mountains in an almost inaccessible position. Its surface is partly covered by stones. It is be- lieved that volcanic action in the noun tains above smelted the quicksilver out of the cinnabar ore and that 1t ran down and filled this depression.
 Lagerwall and Feelin have agreed to provide the capital for the opera tion of the rich find. A tunnel will be drven through the base of the noun. tain and the quicksilver will be brought down by means of gravity.