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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

The Wichita Beacon has entirely
forgotten about the spring election and
now speaks with a voice of hope and
cheer. did Wichita" it demands.
lever look SO good before as it does
this spring."
1t seems that some imitation green
bugs have been soaring the farmers in
Douglas county and other parts OF
Kansas. There ought to be a law pro-
viding pains and penalties for in
Engagements upon the rights of the old
original bugs, thinks the Emporia Ga
zette.
A motor car in Hope, according to
the Dispatch of that city, last week
had "a very severe attack of COM
pound hypertrof1ed protoplasm1c ding
oleoginous affection" After a sur
gical operation performed with a file
it consented to move.
The local authorities at Holton cap
tured several cases Of beer one day
last week at the Pacific Express office.
1t was conffscated and H. j. Edwards,
the agent, was arrested on a charge of
maintaining nuisance. He gave
bond for his appearance for trial on
Wednesday of this week.
Jesse Montgomery, of Preston, says
a company of people passing his place
in an automobile last week frightened
a two year old colt of his and it ran a
hundred yards and dropped dead. He
thought Of telephoning ahead and hav-
ing them captured, but as the colt lack
ed thirty cents Of being worth anything
he passed the matter up.
They're certainly going some down
around Pratt. Listen to what the local
paper says: Farmers of Pratt county
are frequently seen driving up to the
stores in their nice automobiles, I'M
loading their butter and eggs and other
farm products, then while the ladies
go in and do their trading the men
dash away to the bank, newspaper,
mess bent. By the time the ladies are
through, the men drive back to the
general store or the grocery store for
another spin homeward. We are going
some. Those who do not own autos
could buy if they desired to do So"
]. L. Brady has consented to turn
his Lawrence Journal over to the
school of journalism of the university
Saturday. April rs, for one day. An
effort will be made to issue a model
country daily. Jerome Beatty has
been chosen as managing editor; Roy
Roberts, city editor, and Brock Penn
berton, telegraph editor. The paper
will be issued entirely by students Of
the university, even to student fore
man of the composing room. But even
with all this experience in the actual
work of getting out a newspaper, the
college boys will not get even smell,
much less taste. of the real thing,
says the Atchison Globe. They will
meet no kickers; no bores; no book
agents at a busy hour; no indignant
woman because her marriage engage
ment has been mentioned, and no
angry woman who is raving either be-
cause her party was, or was not. writ
ten up. Standing out in the yard and
getting Whit from the kitch en- is not
cooking the meal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
GFrom the Philadelphia Record.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
1t isn't exactly charity for a man to
to give himself away.
Conscience il a luxury that manv a
rich man can't AFFORD.
In the game Of love the queen IA
often taken by the deuce.
Some men do their best and others
would do their best friends
Even when woman's face In her
fortune she can't always realize on
it.
When money is a mans religion he
isn't particular about the denomina-
ton.
1t doesn't do much good to saw we
are not at home when the wolf is at
the door.
The devil is not as black az he IN
painted, nor are some mourning cos
tunes.
1t would be a little less than a feat
of legerdemain for some fellows to
make something Of themselves.
Tell a woman che Ii clever ana sha
will like you; tell her she is beautiful
and she will be your friend for life.
Wigg-"Bjones has Joined a sui.
eide club" Wagg-'T suspected AZ
much; I saw him buying a chafine
dish the other day."
1.-TWO heads are better than one.
quoted the Wise Guy. How about
1t when the nurse s4ys It's twins ?.
asked the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

LFrom the Chicago News.J
well-informed physician Is fire.
Quently fll-informed.
Even poor wallpaper hanger may
put up at good hotels.
Race horses and watches should 20
for all they are worth.
A little fattery now and then will
soften up the hardest man.
A mans enemies anxiously await
an opportunity to meet his widow.
Speaking of good voices, what's
the matter with the voice Of con-
science?
Some people seem to make q Spec
ialty Of thinking secondhand
thoughts.
Think three times before you speak
then you may decide to keep your
face closed.
A man has an az to grind OF else
he turns the grindstone for some wo-
man who has.
Even Solomon, with all his wis
dom, never succeeded in handing
friendly advice to a woman.
Probably nothing tries a lazy man
more than the thoughts of what he
may have to do tomorrow.
No doubt his Satanic majesty grits
his teeth when he meets a man who
loves his neighbor as he loves him
SELF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
A SPRING Poem.

For spring, indeed. do not long;
1 hate to hear the robins sing;
For me it has one meaning.
know that pretty soon my wife
VIII make a misery of life
With that old vernal cleaning
do not think of grass and buds,
It's paint and whitewash. soap and suds
I'm fond of winter, on the Whole,
Though admit the bills for coal
Have kept me pretty hard up.
But in the winter. after all,
am not subject to the call
To go and clean the yard up.
Spring fancies do not turn to love
When there's wheeibarrow to shove.
The leaves and flowers could spare;
I'm sure do not greatly care
To feel the south wind blowing.
In spring. to my extreme disgust,
The women will declare they must
Begin their summer sewing,
really don't know anything
That dislike much more than spring.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.

There is a belief in some quarters
that the instruction given in the pub
lie schools is inferior to that in high
grade private academies says the
Chicago Tribune. Sometimes this
feeling has led parents to prefer the
latter to the former. Other factors
no doubt are influential in the de-
cision in the home which results in
the selection of the private prepara-
tory school. But the superiority of
instruction is not supported by the
testimony Of President Eliot in his an
nual report on the work Of Harvard
university.
"In the last year more than 43 per
cent of the candidates for first ad-
mission came from the public schools
When the great number of private
schools and famous academies in the
east is recalled the statement of this
proportion is surprising. During the
year out of 1913 holders of scholar
ships awarded for high standing in
studies 129 were prepared In the pub
lie schools. This large proportion is
called the normal one.
1.-THE opinion is expressed that in
all probability the boys who come
from the public schools have a more
vivid sense than the others that they
must acquire in college the capacity
to earn a good living in some inte1lec-
tual calling. AS the fees in many Of
the private schools are large, the sons
of the well to do naturally predomi-
nate. 1t is quite likely. therefore.
that the stimulus to hard work upon
hnnLc g
as it is among a similar number Of
boys in the public schools. When
every allowance is made the para
graphs of the report mentioned will
AFFORD qualification to the friends of
the public high school.
1.-The democratic influence of asso-
citation in the public schools has been
urged as one of the most important
features of such institutions. The
aggressive teachers in them have also
asserted strongly the fact Of the
steady improvement of methods and
facilities for work of the highest
scholarly type in secondary subjects
This testimony from the oldest of
American universities Seems to bear
out their contention.
1.-The demands of life have drawn
many boys from school before the
high school age was reached. Some
have said this is due to the lack of
teachers Of power. The figures from
the Harvard report bring encourage
ment to the large company who have
steadfastly believed in the ability and
the earnestness of the instructors in
the high school and in the apprecia-
| ton by the pupils of the ADVANTAGES
offered at the public cost"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

Hectively, st never noticed whether YOU
were plump or slender in the picture.
sYou must have" insisted Mamie:
Don't be afraid to confess. It's all
right. guess I'm getting hardened to
comment
'sBut 1 really didn't" insisted Har-
ward. II saw only the eyes with their
glorious promise of womanhood. In
them I am not disappointed. For the
rest made no comparisons and-you
are perfect as you are"
The girls eyes glowed with pleas
ure, but her voice was cool and even
as she spoke.
BILLY says that they are pop-eyes."
she said reminiscentiy. do you think
they are?"
They are the most beautiful eyes
In the world" declared Harvard fer
vently. They are more beautiful than
in the picture. Mamie. dear. can't we
stop playing at cross purposes? =
loved you before I even saw you;~
loved the woman those eyes told me
you would be-but they did not tell
half the truth. don't care about the
picture-now-but may I have the
original, dear?"
And so "the picture girl" was Won.
1906.ass by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
Iron the Atchison Globe. ]

IOUl The AtCLlSOH 0tOOcI
A man who is social success is
seldom a business one.
Old people who whisper are as i'm
polite as young people who giggle.
A woman Is a bride as long as her
husband takes her along to a show.
The longer a marriage is put off,
the less probability that 1t will come
off.
When a boy gives anything away,
it Is sign he does not want 1t him
self.
The doctors are good fellows, but
none of them can make an old man
young.
At the age of sixteen a girl never
or despiSes them.
Someway, we always distrust the
man with a jaunty air. He looks as
though he were bluffing.
1t is a bad plan for a girl to have
faith in any man to whom her father
would be afraid to lend money.
When a mans hair is really curly,
he wears a very little hat. and often
walks along the street carrying it in
his hand.
If, when he coughs, a young man is
able to make a noise like an ele-
plants roar, he considers himself no
longer a child.
Did you ever know a young mar
ried woman who did not show a dis
position to make nurse maids of her
friends and her kin?
: When a friend is in trouble, don't
annoy him by asking If there is any
thing you can do; think up something
appropriate, and do it.
We have noticed that the second
time a girl becomes engaged to be
married. she keeps it more a secret
than she did the first time.
When a newcomer has lived in
town for few months, and begins to
abuse the town. he isn't expressing
his opinion of the town so much as
he is echoing the estimate the town
has placed on him.
A big square envelope, of very
heavy, white texture, means an ex-
pense of at least SIS for a wedding
gift; the larger the envelope, and the
heavier the texture. the more the
wedding gift must cost.
A friend of a Missourian was go
ing to a party, and the Missourian
was giving him some advice. "You
will meet a good many strangers, !"
the Missourian said; maybe you had
better wear white cotton Gloves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
KANSAS COAAENT
NINETEENTH BIRTHDAY OF. OK
LAHOMA.

LAHOMA.
How Time spreads his wings and
raves! IL seems to US but yesterday
that we saw a peaceful cavalry drawn
up on the rim of original Oklahoma
waiting Tor the pistol to announce the
LICK OF noon when that country would
Delong to men who had the ,f1eetest
horses and held the steadiest rein.
inese same naen-the ones who sur
Viveo the hardships Of pioneer life
VIII meet In groups tomorrow to cele-
pirate the nineteenth anniversary of
tnat unrivalled impulse of the white
mans instinct to find a place to build
a home.
The fre-lit bivouac of the night be-
fore was the grandest western scene
the eyes OF man ever witnessed. A
peao OF fires two hundred miles long
or more, surrounded the country that
Anglo-Saxon civilization was to subdue
on the morrow. Every man who laid
ms mead on his saddle on that starry
April night had a dream-and some a
VISION. The dream was Of wealth-the
vision was of an empire that has sur
passed itself in the reality.
TO be OF those who made state is a
great prfvilege-especially to be OF
tnose who have made great state as
oklahoma. This newest star In the
confederation is the brightest and those
who placed it in the constellation of
the flags blue field have ample reason
FOR the pride and Joy they must feel
tomorrow when they meet to celebrate
the natal day of Oklahoma.
1t Is to be hoped they will not take
all credit to themselves, but will re-
member those who blazed the way for
them-the original boomers who follow
ed Payne and Couch and Croker.
They were the men who made the Ok
1ahoma OF today possible, and in the
eulogtes OF orators they should not be
forgotten.
Long live Oklahoma-and the men
who made it.-Wichita Eagle.
SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN.
They have saying down south that
no gentleman fights with his fists. Con-
sidering this tradition, and the fact
that the gun is their favorite argu-
ment, in Dixie, they occasionally do
some poor shooting. 1t Is open season
for the innocent by-stander twelve
months in the year down there, and
just now the hunting seems good. Two
men engaged in a gentlemanly contro-
versy at Bernfce, La. yesterday. using
revolvers and repeating shotguns to
make their arguments stick. Six per-
sons not interested in the quarrel. ex-
cept that they desired to get away,
were shot, two fatally. The duel has
been tabooed in this country as thing
OF barbarism, which it is, but dueling
was a nice, 1ady-lilke game compared
with the modern American gun fight
the duel being pre-arranged, afforded
peaceful citizenssan opportunity tocrawl
in the cellar. If southern gentlemen
insist on fighting with other weapons
than fists, they should either learn to
shoot, or use a elub.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
DO LAKES BREATHE?

do LAKES BREATHE?
We are. it appears, on the threshold
of a new era of nature taking with
such stolid, impersonal, not to say, in
organic, things as glaciers, mountains,
valleys, and lakes. For instance, the
signing and breathing of lakes has, as
literary material, always been consid-
cred the sole property of poets. Now the
do Animals Reason?" folks or their
near relations have taken up the lakes,
and these erstwhile poetic questions
are moved over into the realms of
chemical psychology. In the current
issue of the Popular Science Monthly,
Professor Birge. of the Wisconsin fish
commission, explains at length of some
IA pages, how lakes breathe, and the
fatal results which follow their asphyx-
iation.
As an illustration of the practical
Importance of "lacustrine respiration
the professor states that the respira-
tory capacity of a lake may have even
greater influence on it's value as a
fish preserve then the food supply, al
though the latter factor is the one
generally assumed to be of chief con-
sequence. Oxygen is just as necessary
to fish as to man, and water in
which the oxygen is used up is as
fatal to the former as Is vitiated air
to land animals. I'm a very large pro-
portion of our inland lakes says Pro-
fessor Birge, 1.-The bottom water loses
its stock of oxygen comparatively
early in the season. and becomes I'M
inhabitable for higher animals" There
fore these lakes, while apparently emf
nently suitable for fish culture, may
as matter of fact be able to sup
port but a relatively small piscian
population.
The breathing of lakes is controlled
largely by two phenomena-winds and
temperature. The wind stirs up the
surface layer and aerates 1t more or
less constantly. In a shallow lake this
form Of respiration is very important.
Deep bodies of water must depend
more on temperature changes for their
respiration. In both fall and spring
they take deep inhalations Of air which
serve to revivify the water from top
to bottom. In the fall, as the surface
water grows cooler, it sinks and the
deeper layers come to the surface. The
result Of this process continued from
day to day is that by the time ice
forms the entire lake is we'll aerated
and prepared to carry it's population
of fish safely through the winter with
out asphyxiating them. The import
ance of this ability is occasionally il
Illustrated. says the professor, in GER
tain shallow lakes by the mad rush Of
the fish to any air hole cut through
the ice in winter. They are so eager
for oxygen as to sometimes even leap
out upon the ice.
Lakes also respire internally as a
result of vegetable growth on their
bottoms, but their chief source of oxy-
gen is the overhanging air, and the
surfaces of the water exposed to the
air constitute their lungs. The rela-
tive sma1lness of this absorption area
as compared with that of man is strik-
ing. 1t is estimated that the interior
area Of an average pair Of human
lungs is equivalent to about 1000 square
feet of absorbing surface-an area as
great as that of floor, ceiling, and walls
of a room 20 feet square and Is feet
high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
HUA0R OF zHE Day

Did you break this dish, Mary?'
Nom; 1 only droppet it.'-St. Louis
Times.
First Frog-That young Miss Greenback
came all the way over from the next pond
Second Frog-weu. this is leap year.
Life.
links. 1t is highly important"
I'll mention It to him today. I'm bound
to bump into him. I owe him money
st. Paul Pioneer-Press.
First Lady(at Military Academy review
What a career the army opens for those
GERS. with nearly a thousand dollars a
year.
Second Lady-No danger of that! When
they get old enough to take command
their places will be occupied by DOCTORS
Did you ever sign a paper without first
mo NO.. but once answered Hypothetical
about. Detroit Free Press.
Say" asked the first messenger boy,
IT got Big Foot Bins Revenge" re-
piled the other.
rs it long story?"
Nav! Ye kin finish 1t easy in two
messages. "-Philadelphi Press.
| for love. but when they grow older they
want to marry a man with money.
She-You're wrong. They don't grow
older; they merely grow wiser.-St. Jo-
seoh Press-News.
| The new rubber IN the Turkish bath had
formerly been a barber. Thus it was.
| new rubber looked him over and said pity
ingly: Wash yourself sometimes, don't
you?'-Louisville Courier-Journal.
emn Ths e, time has come" dec,arsa the sol,
crisis"
I'm which maeazine?" inquired his friv-
Pa" asked Freddy. what is social
Generally speaking" replied pa, '4t's
IAN
Charley. dear" said the young Mrs
money on horse races?'' - :, - : :
Yes. against the laws of chance
Washington Star.
Speak every day to some one whom
you feel is your superior" urged her con-
lessor.
yes, but suppose all the servants have
Life.
visitor-How long are you in for. my
Door man?
Prisoner-Dunno.
Visitor-How can that be?
Prisoner-Its life sertence-The Path
finder.
Dismal Dave-Wonder WHY tits dat vim
men is most alters better 1oolxin' dan us
men is?
washes her face most every rye day list fer
de looks NV it.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.l

(From the New York Press
The reason a woman wants a butler
is it sounds as If her husbands SAL
airy was an income.
Every man is conceited about how
wild he could have been II he hadn't
wanted to make a name for himself.
Mix little mild spring weather
with two soft young persons of
opposite sex and you have a violent
love affair.
A girls way of being interested in
man Is to sit at a window all day
watching for him and then when he
goes past refuse to see him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

Opportunity knocks at the door
while poverty generally walks right in.
X X
Girl chums are apt to get so thick
that they can not see through each
other.
X X
If everybody minded his own bust
ness not so much would be heard of
people being overworked.
X X
It's hard to be sentenced to thirty
days On bread and water but it might
be worse If it was on res taurant pie.
x X X
Gossipping is on the wane. The new
hats prevent women from getting close
enough to each other to whisper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

due him for service as private soldier
from September 6 to October 16, 1861.
The government is little slow but If
a man lives long enough he is pretty
sure of getting what is coming to him.
The major earned this money forty-six
years ago. He can now say he has
some Of the money he earned when a
young man. The government pays no
interest on matters Of this kind but If
interest at per cent from October 16.
1861. compounded had been allowed on
this sum he would receive $280.85.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

Although diamonds are something
of drug on the market in this coun-
try these days the head Of the dia-
mond trust declares that the prices
Of them will be maintained at their
present figure. This will not be re-
ceived as welcome news by the young
men who expected to get some bar
gains in engagement rings this sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-27

Some folks are expressing the opin-
ion that Governor Johnson of Mime
sofa will land the Democratic nomina-
ton for president in case Mr.. Bryan
fails to do So It's hard to figure out
how anybody could think that Mr..
Bryan will not do with the Denver
convention Just what he pleases and
II he wants the nomination. as he evil
IDENTIFY does, he will take it.