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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
KANSAS COMNENT
10 TEACH FARMERs

I1<ACf1 FAfMEfN
Oklahoma is holding county insti-
Iutes Tor farmers. In each county
mere Will be two days session at
wnich STAFF OF agricultural experts
Will teach the farmers many useful
polnts. They will pay attention to
stock judging.
AS the teachers learn much at
teachers institutes held each summer,
SO IL is believed the farmers may gain
information which will help them in
their farming.
But no teachers institute can in
struct a teacher how to handle re-
1ractory pupil, how to meet those
emergencies which constantly arise in
the school room. Only practice can
do this.
1t frequently happens that the wise
professor who conducts this institute
has never taught school outside of a
college or normal or a high school.
He knows actually nothing of the pri-
mary grades and while he has
tiles: he could not hold their attention
for half an hour in actual school
work Hence it is experience more
than institute work which makes the
successful teacher
In the same way the farmer who
expects to learn at the institute must
supplement- theory with practice. He
really knows more about his own
farm, his soil, his own stock and his
own seed than do the men who in
struct him. They can only give gen.
eral principles while he must perform
| the real tests.
The successful farmer will attend
these institutes with an open mind
and willing ear, but he will know
that theory is worthless unless backed
can give at least as much as ne re-
ceives in the way of practical know
ledge.-Wichita Beacon.
| DO WE SLEEP TOO MUCH7
| In his campaign this year Mr.. Bryan
says he has learned that the old notion
| that human beings required eight hours
sleep is not true. He has done very
well on Ave hours since he has beer
making his canvass.
Mr.. Bryan says that I'VE waste q
great deal of time in sleep" That Is q
broad statement and will hardly beal
| close analysis. e
| The first part of Mr.. Bryen's discov.
cry, that eight hours Of sleep is moi
| necessary for everybody is true. Many
people, particularly those Who nave
made a mark in the worlds history
have not been siuggards. They nave
worked from fifteen to eighteen hours
day educating themselves to limited
| hours of sleep.
| But what constitutes waste? That II
an essential point IN this controversy
The man who works ten or twelve
hours at hard labor, seeks his eouef
with great comfort and forced to rls'
at dawn he retires at nine o'clock. H
is not too well rested when the unwel
come summons to arise is heard. n
might say with greater truth that To-
many hours are wasted in PHYSICAL:
exhausting labor. Eight hours of worl
are a plenty il he could control nj
time as the sleeper may,
What do most men and women do Il
their waking hours that sleep is waste
full? That is an important question t
consider. If their daily toll Is necessar
and so praiseworthy, what of their Id
hours? In many cases sleep Is Tar bet
ter for them than late hours.
He is indeed a great and wise ma
who can keep awake 10 hours OF IN
"a and prove that fully nine of hi
waking hours have not been wasted l
worse manner than. in sleeping
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

"Joints" and drug store saloons may
have prospered and their proprietors
waxed fat in Topeka and Shawnee
county on divers occasions, but that
the great majority of the people of
this community are in favor
of a rigid enforcement Of the pro-
hibitory law as it has prevailed for the
past eighteen months is best evil
denced by the way they voted for
John Wilkerson and John Schenck
Their votes tell story that will ever
rebound to their credit and to the
best interests OF the place that they
can continue to point with pride to as
their home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Abraham Lincoln's words about
trying to fool the people have in all
likelihood been brought home with
joiting force to large number of can
didates in the recent election, es-
pecially those who were running for
ONCE in local campaigns all over the
the country, and particularly to few
in Shawnee county who improvised
some righteous .halos for themselves
which were decidedly out of place
around their heads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

No wonder the count of the ballots
has been slow in Kansas. A cursory
glance at a few of them cast in To-
peka shows that so much scratching
was done by the voters that a large
number of the ballots look as though
they had been walked on by hens
with muddy feet. And the same con-
ditions are reported to have prevailed
among the ballots all over the state.
This is a good sign as showing that
the average voter in Kansas has a
rare discrimination and intelligence
when it comes to registering his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

There is no doubt that several
politicians and office-seekers in this
locality believe not only in taking time
by the forelock but in actually grasp
ing the roots of the forelock. Three
of them have already announced their
candidates. for the Republican
nomination for sheriff of Shawnee
county, which will not be determined
until nearly two years hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Among the other results of the cleo
ton It is now reasonably certain that
Mr.. Bristow will secure. in the near
future. a government position with an
annual salary of. $500 attached TO 1t
and one which will not demand his
continuous presence in Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
LAUGH A LITTLE.

Laugh a little IL you can:
Every one has loads of care,
And SO many thorns are pricking,
And so many pins are sticking,
All around US everywhere.
Wear a face that's like the sun,
Let it shine where'er you are;
Other weary hearts will tighten,
Other weary ways will brighten
Like the passing of a star.
Laugh a little while you may,
If you'd do mankind a good;
Do not of your smiles be chary,
Be a laughing missionary
To YOUR suffering brotherhood.
Do not grumble. show your best;
Sing. and woes will disappear;
Do not with your troubles harry,
Each has all that he can carry;
Give him greeting, smile, and cheer.
-Woman'S Home Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
Mr.. Roosevelt saws that

Mr.. Roosevelt says that the best
definition he can give inquiring
friends of the word "frazzle" is to
refer them to the election returns.
But even this defnation needs a dia-
gram. To help the president out, and
this is done with fear and trembling
for he is most averse to help of any
sort, it is suggested that when any
thing is beat to a "frazzle" it has the
semblance of an egg after 1t has been
anrannhled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
From the New York Press.l

From the new Iufh
People who are engaged aren't m
sane. they only act as II they WERE
The only sure thing in lie Is the
friends you can't depend on IL you
should need them.
normal boy has a much greater
borror of the scrubbinR brush than of
the rawhide.
No matter how good a figure a
woman has she never misses a chance
to dress on some more
A woman takes as much pride In
having a family physician as man
does in knowing . millionaire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Bets are now in order that the word
"ancillary" will be used one or more
times by Mr.. Taft in his inaugural ad-
dress and in his first message to con-
gress. 1t was one of his pet CAM
paign expressions and was used on all
occasions by him where ordinary folks
would get along with the words sub
ordinate" or auxiliary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

mot yet" says Mr.. Taft to his
friends who insist on calling him
"president-elect," but there is no
doubt that this condition will be as
sumed by him soon" just as soon as
the electoral college does its formal
work in the premises,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Mr. Bryan must be given credit for
being a much greater man than a
good many people have thought he
was He is apparently cheerful in
his defeat A third defeat for presi-
Dental honors would be likely to so
crush down the ordinary man that he
could not even ever smile again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

King Edward, the recognized
arbiter of fashions in his own do
mains, has recently set one that is
certainly most estimable. He has paid
up all his debts in full. Many of his
subjects and followers, however, will
be unable to ape him unless they cor
raj a few more wealthy American girls
for helpmates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Mr.. Taft may be merely private
citizen for the time being, as he likes
TO refer to himself, but there are few
meR in the whole world just now who
occupy such a prominent place in the
public eve.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

1t viii be a difficult task for
large number of men to realize that
the election is thing of the past and
that the time has come for them 10
settle down again into the customary
rontina WaYs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
FVTIL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal ls a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the iulI ny -.
telegraph report OF that great news "
Eanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received II The State jour
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

.Hrhis cash register you sold me is a
fraud" declared the country editor. Just
like the sample" argued the salesman !
Why, man, can't put potatoes, turnlps
and the like in these tiny bins.
burg Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

opinions on public affairs and into
whose hands they should be en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Papa from the next room)-Ethel aren't
you going to light the gas in there? Ethel
Yes papa we were just speaking OF
er-striking a match.-Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Dat Darwinian theory" said Uncle
F,ben wouldn't worry me none If could
he good am sure dat some of us weren't
doublin On de trail. star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
sFRON OTHER PENS
WORK IS WORK.

An Indiana farmland, writing to
the president in connection with the
inquiry of the Country Life Commits
sion, draws an uninviting picture of
the conditions of farm labor. To be
up before dawn and to work till
nfghtfall, with Sunday a day of rest
in name only-"what can we expect
of a hand" the writer asks, in the
way of intellectual Development"
With grim irony he calls the major
ity of farmers eight-hour men"-men
who work eight hours in the morning
and another eight after noon.
The simple portrayal of the rfgors
of farm labor makes powerful ap-
be thought that the farmer enjoys a
monopoly of exhausting toll? Do the
girls who pass a ten-hour day oehlnd
the bobbins in the mill or behind the
counter in the store think SO! is the
bank clerks day over the ledger less
Frustrating? The farm boy at least
does his work outdoors under atmos-
pheric conditions that fortify against
disease and make for sturlness. He
does not pass his day In sWeatshop
bent over a sewing machine or in the
foul air of mine or factory.-NeW
York World.
REVIVAL IN SHIPBUhD1N0-
A first-rate barometer of trade con-
ditions in different parts OF the world
! n
ress. The United Kingdom. the Unit
| ed States. Germany and France, all
exhibit a serious decline in the ship
tonnage constructed this year Inc
figures for September show thar the
| tide was then running low, but since
| then there has been harheo ie0oF-
| cry. or
cent less tonnage IN course OF pulld-
ing than they had in September, lSoi-
1 ORR
Iso. 600 tons thSt of France from
los, 900 to $4,000 tons, while Amerl-
can wards had in hand last month on
| ly $4,000 tons, compared with ilS'oVo
one year before.
| In view of these depressing hgures
the renorts which now come from the
big wards of Scotland are cheering. In
tba mast few weeks more orders foi
ships have been placed than In the
previous four months. A sinnliai
awakening is beginning 10 De ,elI II
other European countries. ana ina
should produce a speedy revival of the
shipbuilding industry in America
Philadelphia Press.
| "REFORMED" FOOTBALL.
.pesorr,ed" football, so-called. i
being played this year, ana II IN
casualties continue to occur as ire
ouentlv as they have in the last coupi
. weeks there will be widespread dc
. mand for a return to the Ola style
game from all except young hospita
Ta+erens saw that never in their ex
! nerience have there been so man
.. serious injuries to players SO early l
. the season. ~
The amending of the rules TOT IN
purpose of rendering rootpan les
5 dangerous has evidently not had tn
desired effect. It is Questio
: whether any change in the regula
, lions, short of a return 10 the e
clusively kicking game, can max
: football a reasonably safe pastlm
e When masses of men colnoe VIM
D running at full speed, somebody
t bound to get hurf.-Ptttsbur
1 Gazette-Tfmes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Artist-When you fish for a. big haul
what bait do you use? Railroad Magnate
(absently)-R ebate,-Baltimore American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Bills that watch your father gave you
ten years ago still doing good service
Jiil-Yes, pawned it again today for the
twentieth time.-London Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Father seems impressed with your talk
about coupons" said the maiden. Have
Won really any?" Sure" answered the
guiieful Youth. Got 500 saved up toward
a piano for our little fiat.
Courier-J ournal. -, ? J. -. n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

"I hear Lushley has bought his boy a
pony" when l saw him he was buying
schooners for himseif."-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

rs Jones cosmopolitan Yes. Dutch
treat and French leave.'-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

..T want a photograph representing me
inst as am. None of this 'touching-up
business. understand" You are In the
rsnher "Better try the police station. Its
a Bertillon style of picture you're after
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Mrs Hicks was telling some ladies about
the burglar scare in her house the night
and got up, and there, from under the
bed. / saw a mans legs sticking out.
burglars legs?" mo. my husbands legs
He heard the noise too. "-Eyerybodys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06
Dog Must Not Work.

Some misguided person returnlng
from a continental holiday has won
dered why dogs are not used In Eng
Wbv e. nothing less simple than
statute. AS long ago as 1888 an act
was passed making it punishable
offense for any person within the
metropolitan area to ''use any dog TOT
the purpose of drawing or helping 10
draw any cart, carriage, truck, or
harrow" Fifteen years later, 1854, an
act, passed in "the more effectuai pre-
vention of cruelty to animals ex-
tended the prohibition to all parts OF
the Observation-Disclosures Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Professor Cat chemistry examination)-
Under what combination is gold released
most quickly? Observation-Disclosures
gende Blaetter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

st thought" said the American who waSS
seeing Europe for the first time, that
YOU people had a lot of intereEtin old
ruins over here" "Once we had such
things the native apologized, but your
them put in good repair.,-Pittsburg OBJ
server.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

"Did the brides father give her away?'
mo sir: when he was asked how old
she was he lied like gentleman. "-Hous-
ton Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

One day an Irishman was asked to come
to work an hour earlier than usual rms
an hour late. "Shure. sor. / should have
been no good If Old come. as l was 1ast
aSleen. TIT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

I'VE are to have joint debate hetween
are you to conduct it?' Going TO turn
em both loose at once and the last one
to run down gets the decision. ''-l<ouisVllie
Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

Neetinr the Need.-Lady-No, 1 don't
want no brushes, nor no laces! Peddler-
Here Won are, madam, Grammar for Be-
einners," only sixpence!-London Opihloh'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

A woman may fool her husband into
believing that he is the head of the house.
but she can't fool the neighbors.-New
York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-06

DE real resourceful man." said Uncle
Eben, when some one hands him lemon
Is ready wifi de sugar and other fixin's
to make it tol-able pleasant to take.
Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-13
WILL GIVE
BRYAN SOLID VOTE

limo democrats and the ollroad in
tercHtH, make up the opposition
The conservatives as rule speak
kindly Of him, but they figure that
as he has twice been beaten an
other candidate would stand bet
ter chance of election The rail-
roads are controlled In Wall street
and the fact that they can stir az
opposition here IL luai AN ordinary
denomination OF the farreaehins
Influence of the eHyHtem
The braYanitea. however. are the
dominating Influence In the politica
OF the state. The administration
headed by GOV n II. nroward. who
IL "a cousin of the Nebraskan. has a
strong organization throughout the
state Opponents denouuee II an a
machine OF great wickedneEs. II
commanded a majority OF votes at
the last election, however. aud Il
seems very probable that. with the
support Of the aaEresHivea. It will
swing the state for bryan In that
case Gov. Hroward viii head the
delegation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-13
relieve CLEVER :
CROOK CAUGHT

Apparently no important city on
the line OF bis march frum uOalon
ta San Francisco has been over
locked hy Wilson.
To date the handsome and eyi
dsutlA thoroughly refined wife at
the danpef amt faultlesslt attlred
prisoner 10 an culgma 10 the police
Beth she aud her husband protest
heg cniiro Ignorance Of her hus
baud Q operations.
Denver has first call on Wilson
4 tcleafam Was received here from
that eitN aud Philadelphia vas q
cinne sncond requiring that Wilson
be sent haet to the Quaker city "a
answer for had paper he Il accused
of passing As the trial ~lil b.
faIced hY the Bankers association
and the managers ~ the hotels be
Is accused of swlndlinK. Il IL prob
ahle he will be sent east,
The 81 Francis hotel has tndi
Gated Il VIII not prosecute Mrs VII
sou bceansc ef silverWatc found la
her possession. and Il u prohahl.
that abe will be- released She de-
clared her maiden name was sal
sent and that she has a brother Al
Sunny side. Wash.
Her first husband. accordinE %
Mrs Wilson. was a baptist minister
uamod Wcbb. who had a church la
Grand Rapids. Mich.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-13
NAVAL CRITIC HAS
PRAISE FOR OFFICERS
ny United Pfeaa1

SAN DIEGO. Cal. March Ia
Henry Heuterdahl. the correspond
ant whose magazine article CRITICS
Ing The ships OF the United States
navy as being faulty In construction
created such D stlr In official circles
In Washington and which finally
led to a congressional investigation
arrived here today on the supply
ship Culgna from Callao.
Heutefdahl left the fleet al Cal
lao. stating II was his intention %
return to the United States and an
sNer his critics
Heuterdahl animated that bis ar
tieie WIS Intended only 20 show that
there was certain defects ia the con
atruction ofthe ships aud that not all
OF the work f. open ~ adverse criti.
cism.
tie praised highly the officers and
men Of the navy. saying that the
United States has the best person
mel In the world.
Rsuterdahl left at once for New
York over the Santa Fe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-13
Sta Special Service

f&tAf 8HNNAat R.FNANNHA
1Ai.iaAfASkkE. Fia.. March s. --
Delegates from the state Ca the ma
tional democratic Convention will
be chosen IN open primaries. aud
the1 viii not be pledged "a the sup
port of any candidate.
Under the Florida plan a demo
cfat may declare lanacif a can.
didnte for any office or faf dele
gate to the national convention. and
his name will go on the ticket. n
he h n candidate fas offiee he must.
"a help meet the expense OF the
primaries. contribute nm amount
equal 10 5 per cont OF years sal
AIRY OF the office 10 witch he az
pires A delegate IL not required
Ga pay hut the financial nroposi.
ton facing him has 20 do with rail
road fare Ia distant Dcnyer and re
turn. NOT to m.ntion hotel bills aud
an Incidental or two In order TO
Win a candidate must receive a
ma iotitY OF votes cast. II at the
FIRST primary eieetion ~ candidate
resolves = tina ioritY The twn men
having the largest sute fight q out
az = second primary. This year the
flrNi primary viii ba hrid MAY 10.
and the Aecond ON tuns 10. Owing
10 The primary plan there has not
been = democratic platform In Flor
ida aimee 1900
Present indications are that nFY
an uih Est the aniid delegation af
10 xoten There n a strong under
cafreut of Opposition 10 hts cAndI
dacf. but u IL without form. and
more or l~Ea void for that Hcamon
Two elem~uts certain Of the old
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-13

Seattle Star Exclusive Service. }
CHICAGO. Mar t3--ls there q
hoodoa on the trait of John "
Walsh. wfeeker Of che Chicago Ma,
sional bank
The superstitious are pointing out
tia, some tn-sriieahle fate seems
Ia dos the efforts of the former
banker 20 escape Jail since the day
his three hanks crashed Not even
the legal battery which Ass aided
the flnAnci~f has escaped this un
seen force Sickness and death and
shooting affairs have mingled
ausrriy With tho prolonged flnan.
riai difficulties Of thls dfesmef Of
railroad empires
Perhaps tn. figure IA Is the fate
ful number II has figured pfomi
nentiF In thu case
II YES on Dee -. 1905. that the
Walsh banks were closed
Ou Jan "a. 1907. Walsh was In
dict.d BY first grand Jury.
On Feb. -. 1877. he appeared Ia
ruurt.
On Ian 10. 1905. Walsh x.s con
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-03-13
DRUNK WHEN he
SIGNED LEASE

, G. Turner. in a complaint filed
with the county clerk today. SAYS
that be was deprived Of hia rea.
son through the Influence OF liquor
when he signed q lease 10 T.. =.
Paulsy, covering four years. for
compliments slaughter house.
harms aud carrala. on block G. of
OEias Garden Tracts
Tho property, which IN worth
s. 600. according 90 the complain.
ant. was leased at n ridicuiously
low figure. and he nov asks the
court 10 intervene and set the lease
aside
The least was signed ON the
LIST OF this month one year ago. aud
possession vas 10 be given the LIST
81 February, this year.
In the meantime Psuiey relcaned
the property 10 Alfred Biodgett