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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
THE MAN IsSIrE


revision of the tariff no more looms UP
And most important event underneath the
shining sun;
Nor what Joe Cannon has to say nor what
Bui raft has planned
Nor John D. airy persif1age upon the
witness stand: :
NO longer reck we of rebates nor Arch
bold's golden power
Inc times have changed and sIlch are not
the topics of the hour;
Iney sink to deep Oblivion before this
thought that haunts-s
mat every kid on Christmas day gets
everything he wants.
All manner nan now of craftsmanship is null
20. let the dippy kaiser throw another
verbal fit:
Tafts appointed
Or what supreme coIIrt i,,d1as - -, =
future are anointed: Inv
Affairs OF law and order though ir,,o,-t
ant to the state P0i =
Like other leading matters in that. +,,,-,
~, must stand and wait;
Inc octopus no longer scares-the trust
no longer daunts ~ ~ uS
II every KID on Christmas day gets every
Thing he wants.
Nashville Tennesseean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A jealous woman is the DEVILS
right bower.
It's when they lose that dice are
badly ratified.
The tenor doesn't always belong to
the upper ten.
The man who takes time by the
forelock takes the cake.
Some people f1atter themselves who
never f1atter anybody else.
Many a woman can change her
mind without lettering it.
It's all right to choose the least of
two evils, but often there is little
choice.
The average man will stand up for
himself, even though he may have to
lie to do it.
"One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives" quoted the
Wise Guy. ''And is happier for it, ="
added the Simple Mug.
Wigwag-'sThe government statisti-
clans prove that there is a divorce for
every 20 marriages. Isn't that aw-
ful?" Cynicus-"Yes; awful for the
other 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among other things Dakota Is
place where men flock who are prone to
giving up riddles.
X X
Some men show symptoms of love
of home at night onlv when their wives
Suggest a trip to the theater.
x X X
It's a debatable question as to wheth-
er a man who gives away an autolno-
bile is extravagant or economical
X X
When a first night audience is shock-
ed at a show the second one Is apt 70
be disappointed if it is expurgateo.
4 X
Both a popular and unpopular e1
preston these days is: Il haven't halI
enough money for Christmas presents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
AYHAWKER JOTS

Lawrence boasts that among It's
new jail's other modern improvements
| it is cheated by natural gas" Is TINS
| intended as a joke on the prisoners
| asks Charlie Blakesley
| An eight-foot vein of coal has been
struck near Carlyle. which has al
ready produced gas and oil and Cen
eraI Fred Funston in paying quanltles'
says the Newton Kansan.
The Garden City Telegram is not
| the only paper with an electric inter
urban line. One is running now
| through the columns of the Parsons
Sun. says the Hutchinson News
prompted by jealousy, no doubt.
An ottawa man advertises two en-
I-gines for sale. why" asks the
| Osawatomie Globe. 'doesn,t ne Try me
| Missouri Pacific? His engines are the
stationary kind, but the Missouri Ia
cific has a lot of that kind and may
! want few more"
One of these days we will get a
Leavenworth paper in which there Is
| jointists are having, and then we VIII
not only breathe a sigh of reHef. but
we will also know that the joints are
running again.-Salina Journal.
The great cry about a foreigner
having no rights in Kansas ought to
cease when we learn that the incom-
ing legislature will have members with
names like Schliting, Schomberg,
Skaevec, Fargerberg, Kueni, Krehbeil
and Flanagan, says the Lawrence
Gazette.
The love germ does wonderful
things at lola, where a 15-year- old
girl has confessed to mad infatua-
ton for a negro. The only feature
Of the case that is not extraordinary
is the fact that the negro; as de-
scribed by the papers, is "burly," COM
ments the Ottawa Herald.
The University of Kansas is well
represented in the field of politics.
One United States senator, one mem
Der of the lower house in congress,
two governors, fifteen members of the
officers have been students in the
University of Kansas.-Wichita Bea-
con.
March 1 is the date chosen for the
state oratorical contest. The time
was in Kansas when the annual
oratorical contest was regarded as an
event of statewide importance. That
was when "oratory" was still regarded
as a fine accomplishment rather than
an insufferable bore.-Kansas City
Star.
Quite a little excitement was
caused among the chicken owners of
Dewey. Friday night, when an ami
NAL of some kind visited two different
chicken coops and in one killed fifty
five. All were full grown chickens,
and it is thought to have been the
work of either a wildcat or a lynx
Coffeyville Journal.
The Atchison Globe tells of a Ger
tain father who is fond of putting his
boys through natural history examina-
lions and is often surprised by their
mental agility. He recently asked
them to tell him what animal is
satisfied with the least nourishment."
1.-THE moth" one of them shouted
confidently. at eats nothing but
holes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

If thou faint in the day of adversely,
thy strength is small Proverbs xxiv:10
These words form a truism that ad-
mits of no argument. They can also be
interpreted as an admonition that the
time for bravery of heart, for real
courage is when adversely, when trou-
bles of all sorts, great and small,
seemingly overwhelm. To the person
who shows a white feather under cir
cumstances such as these the way is
certain to be dark and at the end of it
turks ultimate disaster
Not long ago a Montgomery county
farmer, Tom MCGEE is his name. woke
up one morning to find that the richest
portions of his farm land were mum
dated with waters from a nearby turb-
ulent stream. This was the fourth time
during the year that his property had
been flooded. 1t can be imagined that
under these conditions his farming for
the past season did not bring him much
in the way Of monetary return or pros
perity of any kind. In fact the last
flood rather put him out of business, as
it were.
Many man would have become dis
couraged with attempting to farm and
earn a living for himself and family in
such q situation. Not so with Tom Nc
Gee. His farm was a most productive
one under normal conditions and he at
once began to make plans for the COM
ing season with the hopes that extra
effort would recoup him for his losses
of this year. Shortly after this last
flood had visited him he went to the
nearby town. The local newspaper told
of his visit and his misfortunes and
then remarked that his troubles had
not affected his good disposition. When
asked what he was doing in town he
remarked. with happy twinkle in his
eye. that he was trying to make a deal
to trade his wife's chickens for ducks.
Any man who can be as cheerful as
was Tom MCGEE in the face of depress-
ing troubles such as he had experienced
and there is no good reason why all
cannot cultivate the same sort of dis
positions,-is never going to be sub
merged and overwhelmed by a flood of
any sort. His is the spirit that spells
farming or in any other kind of pur-
suit.
Many of the greatest. successes of life
have been made only after repeated
failures. What if the strivers for them
had become disheartened at the first
disaster that overlook them? The
world, indeed, would be a peculiar
place today. It has only been by the
overcoming of many and varied diff
culties that the great achievements of
the age have been accomplished. OF
course. there are a few in the world
who are temperamentally weak-heart-
ed, who lack fortitude especially in
times of disaster, the occasions when
they most need it. This number is
small. But the number of those who be-
come discouraged easily. bat who
would not go down and out if they
would cultivate the cheerfulness of
spirit that makes for firmness of reso-
lutions and purpose, is large. There is
the other class who are brave and in
trepid under all circumstances, but it
is chiefly the middle class that should
that they are small in
and spirit if they become
downcast by the adversities of life
which are on every hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

But the very next evening Warren re-
membered that he had left his cane at
three hours to recover it. And on Sun
day morning he decided that it was high
church was~out he waited for Bonnie and
drove her home in his motor. On Monday
slight diversion from the fair.
Tuesday evening was almost past and
around the Room frying to T0cate Char
been taken in. yet to. Bonnie the affair
10 O'Clock when Warren appeared
I'm late. Miss Bonnie. know, but I've
affairs and get the bargains
About fifteen girls pounced on him to
and the forty other things that no man
ever uses; He scattered bills until his
pocket6o f1T was literally rail- empty. and he
'There's nothing to do now but to put
oh V What at cre nf Banne me
diatelv. Just think how handy it would
be to have, a lawyer that you didn't have
to pay. and you're such a big strong man.
you could hang pictures and do a lot of
things about the house. Here, Tom,'' she
Warren is offered at auction-how much
st Wouldn't take him as a. gift
That's rather discouraging. isn't it?"
pretty well occupied with Miss Ellston"
He put her in the tonneau of his. big
touring car and the chauffeur drove slow
Miss Brewster-Bonnie--" Warren be-
very well as a chance proposition at the
fair tonight, but I wonder if you would
accept me as gift?"
You mean"
THAT love you" he interrupted. 1--WE
loved you ever since that morning that
you came to see me, and 1 lied to you,
and said had no money about me. just
to make YOU come again And now, want
YOU with me alwaYs-could you give your
self to me. Would YOU be willing to take
that chance on happiness?"
Yes. I'll take that chance on happi-
ness" she almost whispered, because"
Because why?"
Because I love YOU. too she answered
quite close to the sleeve of his fur coat
(Copvrighted. 1908, by Associated Literary
Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atcnison Globe.1

LFrom the Atcnison Globe
What a lot of things people hide
from each other!
Do you get yours in your stocking
or under your plate?
Did any person ever thoroughly
understand" another.
There is not a particle of sense
back of a great deal of hope.
We don't like people who are al
wavs fussing about hard times.
When a man exhausts every other
method of getting rid of a thing, he
rafles it off.
The smaller the woman, the larger
the hat she looks at when she goes
into a millinery store.
The woman who only powders.
feels mighty superior to the one who
also paints her cheeks.
A bald headed man makes a good
deal better appearance than man
with a whole lot of bushy hair.
About the time a man reaches SO,
he begins seeing insults in the papers
to the effect that he is an old man.
An Atchison woman, who was bap-
tized recently, did not get her nose
wet and made the preacher do it
again.
There should be fewer warships
built in time of peace, and more
homes for old people neglected by
their kin.
Some mems systems of reform
closely resembles a boys method of
driving cattle: To ''holler'' as loudly
as possible.
Speaking of old-fashioned things,
what has become of the old fash
toned barlow knife, which was given a
boy to keep him from screaming for
a real knife?
When a wife hands her husband an
ash holder Christmas morning, she
expects him to accept with it her in
tentions of buying him a Morris chair
if her money had held out.
We should think a preacher would
enjoy this glad holiday season. The
sisters he meets on the streets have
their hands SO full of bundles that he
is relieved from shaking hands with
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
POINTED PARAGRAFHs
rFrom the Chicago News. J

From the Ch1cago NEWS
One cuff on the wrist Is worth a
dozen on the ear.
The first person to forget a favor
is the receiver thereof.
From the big-headed mans view
point this is tiny world.
Some people are witty and some
others are not even half-wftted.
The knocker has a large audience
because he gives a free show.
All women would want religion IL
it was good for the complexion.
A fool friend can WELD a hammer
as effectually as a bitter enemy.
A bachelor says a mule is the most
obstinate thing on earth, but married
men know better.
In accord with the eternal fitness
of things, the forger should use
steel pen in his business.
The brain of an elephant is larger
than that of man, but his trunk il
smaller than that of a woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
FRON OTHER PENS
cERMANY AND JAPAN.

Though it is officially denied at Ber-
lin that an understanding has been
reached between Germany and Japan
similar to those orrived at between
Japan and France and Russia and the
United States severally, there is every
reason to expect that one will ulti-
mately be announced.
1t is true that Germany has not in
terests of such magnitude in the
Orient as either of the three govern
ments mentioned, but her specific in
terests are appreciate and her general
interest in the preservation of the in
tegrity of the Chinese empire, and In
the maintenance of the open da0r in
that empire and in the Orient at large,
is substantial. AS regards trade, in
deed, it is not at all impossible that in
a future not remote Germany may
have closer and more important con-
Germ in the open door than either of
these countries. Her industry is ex-
panding steadily and with a scientific
thoroughness that promises continued
development along important lines.
Politically also it is not without adj
vantage to Germany at the present mo-
ment to enter the circle of the other
powers, and thus to .abate that appar-
.ent Isolation of which the kaiser
spoke with such bitterness in his inter-
view in the London Telegraph.-New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
A RISE IN THE WORLD.

1t hasn't been so very long since Mr.
Frank A. Vanderlip was reporter on
one of the Chicago papers. He was a
commercial reporter, but he kept his
eyes and ears open and now it is an
nounced that he is to succeed Mr.. Still
man as president of the National City
bank. of New York, the biggest institu-
ton of the kind in the United States, If
not in the world. Mr.. Vanderlip is now
the senior vice president, and, there
fore his promotion is by seniority, but
it was his ability that put him in thu
position he at present occupies
He went from Chicago to Washington
was appointed secretary of the treas
ury. He is still young man, but
shining example of what can be &C
complished in a few years by earnest
effort and strict attention to BUSINESS:
OF course, the requisite amount or
brains is necessary.-Savannah News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

TO Looie Linkenfusser, verefferheiss.
LITTER L4ooie: Der text fer today'ss
dlspassionated discourse will be taken
from der steenth book uf Hashknife
Togo, und ISIS as foIlers:
Can chungly Africa Wait undi1
March der feir-spodt?
Perscewandt dereto. We may lead of
someding like dis: Id depends.
On vot? 1 hear you burbIe. Der
anser ISIS, on vedder er nodt congress
will ledt i'd wait. You see dere ISIS a
chance dot congress will inserdt der
skids pefore more den swef Of dem
skix pairss uf hunting bootses is
completed. bod would necessitation
a hasty packency uf trunks ad der
Pale House, und a high-speed re-
movancy. But, Looie. ven dis sup
position Games true, id will be safe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

Topeka is to have a fair next fall
whether or not it is selected as the
home of the state fair which the leg
islature will make a. great mistake if
1t does not establish one somewhere.
That's the proper spirit to show. There
Is plenty of room in Kansas and reason
too for a fair in Shawnee county and
also for fairs in the other localities that
are candidates for the location of the
state fair. OF course. a fair held on
dates that would conflict with the state
exposition would be. handicapped but
this is a matter that can be ironed out
after the state fair is definitely decid-
ed upon and its location established.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

During the past few years the women
attending theatrical performances have
done the right thing by removing their
headgear of various proportions. Thus
have the folks behind them been able
to see a few of the things that happen
on the stage. But there would seem to
be room for a still further reform in
this line. They should take off their
hats as soon as they reach their seats.
The custom has grown up among them
to leave their hats on until the very
last bars of the opening overture by the
orchestra This not only results in
considerable commotion just as the cur
tain goes up and for minute or two
thereafter but 1T also binders persons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

Considerable criticism has been in
dulged in in various localities concern
ing the activities of that orga nizatfon
known as the American Salvation
Army" A suit is now In progress in
New York, instituted by the regular
Salvation Army, to restrain the newer
organization from using the salvation
Army" part of its name. During the
examination of General Duddin. the
head of newer organization, he ,reluct-
antly admitted that he has been ar
rested a number of times and has serv-
ed terms in prison. once on a convic-
tion of the crime of abduction. Com
ment is unnecessary, except to call at
tention to the fact that a certain per-
centage of all the money collected by
his followers finds its way directly to
his hands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

Archaeologists of France have
found the bones of a human being
who is supposed to have lived 173, 900
years ago. The shape of the skeleton
indicates that its owner walked on all
tours. and the skull is shaped much
like that of a monkey. There is only
one thing that can be done in the
premises. The French gentlemen will
have to be taken at their word for
there is nothing handy with which to
dispute their conclusions Still France
and her people are known to be fond
of romancing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

An opinion seems to have prevailed
that Kaiser Wilhelm has had Mr..
Roosevelt bested as an authority on
art. Not so. it would appear. The
president now comes to the front as
an art expert by portraying August
Saint Gaudens as a great sculptor,
whose works will stand in the very
forefront among the masterpieces of
the greatest periods and the greatest
peoples. Mr.. Roosevelt certainly is
entitled to be dignified as a myriad
minded man."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


Marriage. like salad, is a failure
when the dressing is poor.
All of the nejoyments of our youth
become a mad misfit in our old age.
A girl has such a coaxing way she
can make a mirror lie to her own face.
There's nothing quite so horrible to
married woman as what if she
weren't.
We accept our trials of the spirit
just the way a man accepts ten-story
building when 1t falls on him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
TACT IN THE PULPIT.

Even the best friends of the Rev. Dr.
Charles H. Parkhurst have never
claimed for him the possession of con-
summate tact. His long and exciting
career as a reformer in the metropolis
has not been characterized by diplo-
macy His policy has been: when
Won see a head hit it" So it is not
surprising that in launching his cam
paign against the wearing of big hats
in church he should have gone at it in
his accustomed bungling manner Dr.
Parkhurst informed the feminine MEM
bers of his congregation on Sunday
that any woman who obstFucts the
view of those behind her, by a display
of millinery, commits a theta theft
mot tolerated in any theater and theft
which Christian consideration ought to
render impossible in the sanctuary"
One can imagine the embarrassment of
the numerous worthy women In the
con gregation to whom general atten-
ton was thus directed by their pastors
indignant MISUNDERSTANDING Ga
zette-TimeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

Donald G. Mitchell, the author whose
pseudonym was elk Marvel" is no
more. His many interesting works in
the field of letters survive, however,
and his Dream NI.ffe'' and ''Reveries
of a Bachelor" which are known
wherever the English language is
read, will keep him in the memory of
lovers of English classics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

from hearing with complete satisfac-
ton the music played by the orchestra.
Sound will not pass through the ordi-
nary large hat any easier than will
sight. OF course, 1t Will float around
it but when it reaches the ear 1t is a
jumbled mass of strains and echoes
that has little semblance to music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
Face suicide in New zealand.

France is not the only country with a
falling birth rate. The Hon. j. A.
Millar, the minister of labor in New
Zealand has been calling attention to
the staggering statistics on this sub
ject in that part of the empire. 4 The
New Zealand birth rate has fallen from
Al a thousand in 1890 to q last year.
The reduction of the attendance at
their schools is very noticeable. 1t is
feared that New Zealand's industries,
instead of expanding, will shrink and
disappear if the population is not
Observation-Disclosures Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

To the travelling public that has been
accustomed to use Pullman cars, the
evidence adduced by Mr.. Lane, the in
terstate commerce commissioner at the
hearings he has been holding incident
to an investigation of the affairs of the
Pullman company, that passengers
have to tip porters if they would have
them perform the almost necessary
services on the road is no news at ALL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

Mayor Green's suggestion that legis-
1ation should be enacted compelling all
physicians to register birth statistics
Is a good one. There should also be
more stringent regulations regarding
the fling of mortuary statistics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19

fer you to bet fifdy on a pair uf tens
ven der oder Teller holdts oudt tree
cardss. Ven congress runs Misder
Rosinfeldt oudt uf town, der brice
uf bif-steak will drop to der blaze
we're We can reach id, und Chesuscrist
Schlatter will remoof hiss viskers.
Derefore, Looie, you und der oder
feir-fiusherss may suffer in peace.
He ISIS der proonsipal high-carder uf
your association, und der charter
member. Id ISIS nod oop to you to
pecame skittinish. Dey couldn't pry
him loos NIT seven niggles-vort uf
dinnymite, und uf he vas pried loos.
he vouldndt know id. Der gladstone
he-haws uf congress cannod make a
dint in hiss shell.
How 1 wish, Looie, dot had a crust
like dot. Els am, von-er several,
fer dot masser-could poke a hole in
me NIT a match. A unkind word
bumps me like a vitrolized brick
dornick. I am bot timid und BASH
full. Ut I had a gall like our chef
egsecutif, I would lif long und pros
per. Els i'd ISIS, 1 will croak early, NIT
notifications, unf go to Fiddler
Greens. Hoping dis will find you der
same, Looie. L remaineseffer.
HANS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-19
recommendations


Important recommendations for
changes in the organization of the pos
tai service are made by the commits
sion appointed for that purpose. Re
gardless of what these changes are
they must certainly be for the better
for they couldn't very well be for the
worse. A deficit for the year of ST.
600, 900 in the management of this fed
eraI department speaks for itself