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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

only matter of twenty-three wears
now, and the people of the United
States will have the opportunity of
celebrating the second centenary of the
birth Of George Washington, the undis-
puted father of this country, as the one
hundred and seventy-seventh anniver-
sary of his birthday occurs todav. That
there will be a memorable memorial
celebration when the two hundredth
anniversary of Washington's birth rolls
around there can be no doubt, Until
that time comes, however. the neoDIe
of the nation will continue each wear
to do as they have done in each wear
of the past and as they are doing TO-
day-pay grateful and deserved tributes
to the memory of one of the greatest
men that this country has produced
and one of the greatest of military
geniuses that the history of the whole
world tells about
These anniversaries of the birth of
the famous men of this country which
are generally commemorated are of in
estimable benefit to the people of the
land and particularly to the younger
generations, They call to the mind the
sterling qualities of manhood that these
heroes and martyrs possessed and
thereby provide afresh each year some
lessons that are worthy OF emulation
by all And study of the lives of none
of them can prove to be more fruitful
than of that of George washington
He was man among men almost from
his youth. And some of the credit for
the vigorous character of WASHINGTON
must be attributed to his mother, an
exceptional. woman. He was trained
by her in habits of frugality and in
dustry of the most rigorous sort, even
though the family was weIl-to-do He
was taught by her to obey rightful au-
thority and to speak the truth.
Washington was as reluctant to help
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.
The widow is generally satisfied to
change her weeds for a wedding bou-
quet.
All the world may love a lover except
the particular object of a fellows af-
fections.
It's good thing for lots of US that
the prayers of our enemies are not al
ways answered.
1t takes a wise man to conceal the
fact that he knows anything when he
goes into society.
Many woman's idea of economy is
to cook too much in order to make
dainty dishes of the left-overs.
When a doctor warns his patient not
to drink champagne he probably wants
to be sure of getting his bill.
You can't tell anything about a wo-
man. Even the lady lion tanner would
probably yell for help if she saw a
mouse.
Money talks quoted the Wise Guy.
TeYes," agreed the Simple Mug; "but
even in that case a woman can gem
orally get in the last word"
Rollingstone Nomoss = "Dey say
whiskey is sure cure for snake bite"
Thirsty hingunabob-"Wen, III skir-
rnish around fer de snake II you'll fur
nish de whisky"
Tommy-''Pop, how would you define
a gambler?'' Tommy's Pop-'WelI, my
son, a mans wife thinks he is a gam
bier if he loses and his friends think he
is a gambler If he wins"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
.AYH(WKER .JOTS

No wonder the Richmond CORES
pondent of the Ottawa Herald is re-
joicing over the gales that visited his
town recently. He says they blew six
dogs out of town.
The Lawrence Gazette says that
there are four men in that town in
favor Of government by commission.
Three Of them want to be commits
sioners and the other wants job un-
der them.
"oThe idea of teaching every girl to
thump the piano and every boy to be
bookkeeper." observes the Spring
worth So a barrel in twenty years"
The two Concordia papers are
eterna1ly blowing about the fine offices
they own, claiming they are the best
in Kansas. The stock and machinery
in one is assessed at $500 and the
other at $700. They must be cracker
jacks. Both Alma printing offices are
assessed at more than double these
f1gures.-Alma Enterprise.
One press day the Florence Bull
letin had an argument with its
gasoline engine, which was sitting on
the whiffie tree and refused to bulge
mayor, who was suffering with
toothache. To distract his mind from
the pain the burgomaster shed his
coat and fought three gruelling rounds
with the stubborn engine. When he
was through the machinery was hum
ming along nicely and the toothache
had forgotten it's Importance. The
Bulletin is now firmly convinced that
the city'S executive can and will carry
out any threat he makes, even to the
moving of a mountain.-Minneap
MESSENGER,
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

[From the Chicago News.]
Pluck loses no time on account of
hard luck.
Blessings of poverty may look good
to the millionaire.
A price mark looks all right on aI-
most anything except a man.
1t is easier to dodge responsibility
than it is to dodge the result.
A legal light naturally feels put out
if the Judge turns him down.
Some people are always looking for a
new kind of mistake to make.
It's difficult to convince loafer that
he isn't smarter than men who work.
Never borrow trouble-and never lend
it to a man who has strenuous dis
position
The manly art of self-defense is apt
to go lame when it encounters a wo-
mans eyes.
The man who boasted that he always
says what he thinks may be only a
third-class liar.
A mans last silver dollar looks as
big as a cart wheel just before IT dis
appears around the bend in the pike.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.
EFrom the Atchison Globe.


Impolite people are fond of saying,
'I say exactly what I think
When you bury the hatchet with
some people, mark the grave.
The inveterate croaker is a gloomy
creature, to be sure, but it is doubt
full if he is as annoying as the inveter-
ate joker.
After five years of married life love
becomes so thoroughly seasoned with
duty, that it is difficult to tell what
was the original article.
1t is impossible for any girl to look
at her storm-beaten mother and father
and realize that their present condf-
ton is one result of romance
You may say your financial judg-
ment is pretty good if you are wise
enough not to risk it bucking the
stock market or board of trade
1t is every mans opinion that his
patience is acquired; that woman
deserves no credit for patience be-
cause it comes natural to her to be
patient.
Years ago. boys thought they were
abused, and ran away from home, but
here of late life is made so much hard
er for the parents we wonder they
don't run.
The people do not sit properly, they
do not walk properly, they do not eat
properly, they do not rest properly,
nor do they work properly. Every
thing they read finds so much fault
with them it is a wonder there isn't
a swinging back to ignorance of the
alphabet, and all the Joy of not being
faund fault withs that goes with 1t.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's a good thing that most hearts
are broken only f1guratively speaking.
~ y q
There is no trouble about increas-
ing an inheritance if it consists or
debts.
In reality it's the wife who generally
commands the salary the husband
earns.
When a friend asks you to forget
your troubles it's a sure sign he wants
to tell you about his own.
y \ Il
So few people are able to make both
ends meet that there must be some
thing of a trick about it.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

In the legislative rush incident to
the closing of the session the various
excellent measures relating to the
educational affairs of the state should
not be forgotten. AS Mr.. Fairchild,
the state superintendent of public in
struction. says: "Good roads have a
definite value; bank guaranty may be
necessary; the extinction of the San
Jose scale is desirable; but a liberal
and Intelligent training of our youth
is imperative. The enactment of these
laws will help 5os,O00 boys and girls
in Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFronn the New York Press.I

IFrOm the New ork Press
Either a man is always wronging
somebody or somebody is wronging
him.
The way to make any nonsense
sound reasonable to a girl is to put it
into a song or love letter.
It takes an awful lot of money to
convince people they can afford to act
as if they didn't have any.
A bank account is good thing to
keep a woman from having balance
"a hours after her husband makes a
deposit for her.
The only thing woman regrets
about not being man is how, if she
was one, she could pretend she had too
much brains to understand her wife.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Hotel men and proprietors of other
buildings in this locality where large
numbers Of persons eongregate. who
have continued TO fail to equip their
buildings with the fire escapes that
are demanded by the law. stand
chance now of being prosecuted as the
matter has been placed by the fire
chief in the hands of the county at
torney. and Mr.. Schenck is the right
kind of a stickler for all varieties of
law enforcement. This is just as it
should he
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

From the evidence taken so far inthe
famous Carmack case it is evident to
everyone that Mr.. Carmack was killed
by the Coopers, who are on trial for
the crime, and that the killing was
anything but an accident. But there
is no telling what the Jurors in the
case will decide as four of them are
not intelligent enough to either read
or write and two others can scarcely
speak or understand the English
language
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

From the actions of the state senate
and the house of representatives in
tearing to tatters, while in the COM
rnittee of the whole, most of the
measures that come Up for considera-
ton. it may be said that it is a wise
legislator who is able to recognize his
own bill after 1t has been prepared
for passage by his friends"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
Race track gambling has been kill

Race track gambling has been kill
ed in California by legislative and
gubernatorial action. And the Kan
sas legislators would do well to emu
late their brethren on the Pacific
coast in this regard. Betting on races
has not developed into much of an
eyil in this state as yet, but there is
no telling when it might do so. Every
thing is to be gained by passing the
bin which has been prepared that will
specifically make it unlawful to bet
on races even during the period of
country fairs. which is now permis-
sihle.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

When a proposition strikes Mr..
Rooseveit's fancy he goes to the ex-
treme limit with if. Now he is form
ing plans for the convening of
world wide conference on the con-
servation of the natural resources of
the nations Of the earth. This is
good work, though, that can well be
r111Shad alnnp
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Possibly some of their devotees will
now be willing to admit that high
heels on women's shoes have their
disadvantages. Two New Jersey
women who tripped and fell while
they were alighting from street cars
have lost their suits for damages be-
cause they wore high heeIed shoes.
The court was satisfied with the argu-
ments of the railroad company that
it was the high heels which caused
the fair ones 10 trip and fall.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
"RiIIvcocks.n

principal in a well known firm of
Nuneaton hat makers. The business
was established about two centuries
ago at Atherstone, and subsequently
passed by purchase into the hands of a
Joseph Willday, whose family conduct
ed it for more than 100 years. As early
as 1745 the round hats made of soft felt,
then known as tAtherstone cocks
were not only sold largely in Great
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Just about everybody in. Kansas
seems to be agreeable to the estab-
lishment of a state fair with the pos
sibIe exception of majority of the
members of the financial committees
of each branch of the legislature.
These gentlemen should not get any
idea into their head that they are
spending their own money when they
make an appropriation for state fair
vr for anything else. It's the peoples
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Can any state in the Union beat the
Kansas record for variable weather
during the month of January? The
temperature varied one hundred de-
grees. At one locality, in the state it
reached a height of 80 degrees, or
tropical weather. while at another
time and in another place it fell as
low as 20 degrees below zero. or
arctic weather. -.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Grand.
at the Novelty
At the Majestic.

Britain, but sent to the American
plantations. Mr.. Willday SO increased
the manufacture of these cheap felt
hats that they became known as will
day cocks" from which arose the term
'billycocks." The English armies
which fought in America, India, and
at Waterloo, were supplied with hats
from Willday's favtory.-London Even
ing Standard
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

money they are handling and if the
people make it known, as they have,
that they want state fair, or any
thing else, it is the duty of the MEM
bers of the Legislature to take steps
to make the peoples money available
for the purnose
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
FpON OTHER PENS

PROPER AGE TO ENTER SCHOOL.
There has been a noticeable ten
dency in this country within the last
decade or two to lower the age at
which children are admitted into the
public schools. Tots of four are now
eligible to enter the kindergarten. and
many parents take advantage of this
opportunity to relieve themselves of
the care of their little ones for part
of the day
This may be a good thing for the
teacher, upon whom the task falls of
molding the mind of the child, but it
is not approved by all physicians.
American Medicine fndorses an article
from the Scientific American, con-
tending that pupils UP to or 10 years
of age have not the slightest con-
ception of the subjects studied, under
the curriculum of our public schools
as at present arranged. 1.-THE matter
is the most serious defect in our
public school system" observes the
medical journal quoted. (which in
this respect really wastes the time of
the student and the money of the
taxpayers. s."-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

As is usually the case in affairs of
the kind. the maiden ladies played the
prominent parts in the convention of
the National Congress of Mothers
which was held last week at New
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Among a variety of other things
there is this to be exceedingly thank
full for: There is to be no retrial of
the disgusting Smell case.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
AT THE MASQUERADE.

I was cowboy and she was a queen
AT the annual masquerade;
And our faces couldn't be guessed or seen.
And our manners were not displayed.
ua.aesq ae-q "1lh a gypsy and she with an
She with a clown and I a flower girl.
ms godoess or night or a tramp OF the
We ttriRRped the fantastic with untiring
We laughed as we danced and we took
AND ,oa our En- hearts hearts were in tune at the
We never could tell who our partner might
AND mas ives Twas little we cared at that
"heIner pauper or prince. whether ser
Who had handmaids to come at her beck
What mattered it thenr No distinction
whether Topsy in rags or Louise In
And she with the Irish voIfcer,o, -~a1
proud
To circle the hall in fun sight of the
crowd;
While took the homeliest freak from the
And was glad OF the chance at that
vas q cowboy and she was a. queen.
ana never one In that ballroom was
To feel that. unwanted. she blotted the
Equality reigned at that gay masquerade
Inc bars of distinction were broken in.
The mighty, the humble. the fair ana the
plain.
Their faces were hidden and nobody knew
that lacked hue:
ana none was too awkward, too short or
too tall, -
Before we unmasked at that rnasouarad do
ball. -e- ''~-o
1t now, 3- -A-A1
What glorious place this old world
would become
II It could be managed, some way or
That we would wear masks when our
faces are glum;
II by wearing a domino, as at a ball.
We could humble the great and Iift I'D
the small P
Then love would Green In and all E,.+~a5
creep out;
doubt, A
Then the rich would be poor and poor
would be rich,
For nobody here then would care which
was which.
-T0afy-oif
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
FTTL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New potatoes, which are on the
market at two pounds for twenty-five
cents, are more of luxury than
box Of Strawberries.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22


HUNOR or THE DAY
THE girl who knows she is pretty makes
a fool of herself" "And the girl who
doesn't know she is pretty makes fool
of some man."-Houston Post.
Mark-+Faith. and see ye're back from
the seryicel-Begorra knew was thin,
that-Harvard Lampoon.
NOW. dear. take one of those powders
that the doctor prescribed for your in
you won't hear me when come in to-
night. ."-Fliegende Blaetter.
"I'H take it to the Mayor. If he re-
fuses me Justice, III take it to the Cover
ho to es OF 90 the 1ned
what d1sgraceful thing did he do? He. 8
been fined 81 for not having his dog tag
ged."-Kansas City Journal
Il am so happy she said. Ever SINCE
seems different 1 do not seem to be in
dull, prosaic England, but" ''Lapland,"
ing his geography lesson.-Il1ustrated Bits.
Peter" said Mrs. Pneurich. "I want
and one of a different kind put on "What
for?" demanded Mr.. Pneurich. WHATS
the matter with it?'' IT heard an archi-
tect say the other day that it's a hip roof
Everybodys knows that hips are out of
style now."-Chicago Tribune.
De Young-I hear you and your young
wife are on the outs. Oldgold-Yes. De
toward a reconeiliation? oidsoid-ohi YES YES.
I've made an advance of several thousand
dollars.-Chicago News.
,,,1H113a What's that mantle Of Elijah, I fire.
be gas mantle. kansas City Times.
Doesn't she ever stop talking?" "oh,
yes; when she's breaking in a fresh piece
of gum. louisville Courier-Journal.
sumo the next thing will be a long and
tlreSome speech from some talkative guy.
the 1an Srtslg e1 tSat Suppose so I'M I'M
speech.-Chicago Tribune.
Friend-what-yoti pawned your over
coat to get canvas for your painting? Ar
tist-Yes. Friend--And how much did you
enough to get my overcoat out.-Cieve-
land Leader.
tween a cook and chef? Tommy's Pop
About $50 a. week. my son.-Phiiadelphia
Record. f..
Impossible;-"You could hire house in
New Is, York $50 .,1 years g. ago for Ssa year,
Impossible, tell you. I wasn't there."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Just His Bluff-''So you have named your
little girl Investigation? ?'' Yes" isn't
day of some rich man counting investiga-
ton, and shall want our daughter to
marry well."-Houston Post.
Hubbubs--Do you have any police pro-
lection out where you live? Subbubs-
Oh, yes, no trouble about that. We have a
saloon on the next corner and an Irish
cook in the kitchen.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
'Ts Mrs. Brown at homer" inquired the
caller. No, ma am, she isn't" replied the
maid. Then 1t was you who was sing
ed the corner" said the caller. mo. in
deed, ma am," cried the indignant maid;
that's was missus"'-Cleveland Leader.
tai strain involved in the conduct of inn
rnense interests like yours?" 'I should
say so,'' answered Mr.. Dustin Stax. It's
mighty hard to go on the witness stand
lawyer told you to forget. washington
Star
Lady-What do you mean by applying
for q position without a written reference?
Applicant-If you please, maam, 1 can't
write.-Kansas City Journal.
''The course of true love seldom runs
entirely smooth mo; most girls are
foxy enough to. place a few obstacles in
the way."-Louisville Courier-JournaI.
My boy. do you know the nature of an
oath?" Yes, sir; we got a parrot
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
KANSAS COMAENT
NEW LIQUOR LAW.

4NI~Ff LIQUOR LAW.
receive some drastic LIQUOR legislation
e. the nandS of the present legislature
Ine new Dill that is likely to become a
"a law WIN prohibit the sale of intoxicants
| III IA nansas Tor any purpose whatever II
1 cal or mechanical purposes.
for the violation of the law the PEN
| alty is pretty severe. For the first Of
| tense the penalty is about the same as
under the present law. The second vio-
| iatlon VIII be felony and the penalty is
| Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Ihls law has already passed the
| state senate and telephone message
| from Hon. w. L. Cunningham this
morning was to the effect that there
was no doubt but that the bill would
pass the house and become a law.
This is as it should be. If we are go
ing to have prohibition in Kansas let
| US have it. The state has been fooling
about 1T too long now. The new law
VIII make 1t so that no one will care
to handle it.
The fine imposed for violations under
the present law, those engaged in the
Illegal traffic do not care for, but the
pen1tent1ary sentence under the pro-
posed law will make all who have been
selling liquor sit up and take notice.
Or course there are many VINO Will
kick on the proposed new law. Among
the kickers there will be found many
prohibitionists no doubt, who always
have to keep a little liquor around for
medical purposes. It is the medical
and mechanical fellows that have given
the liquor business in this state the
only claim to Responsibility. Take that
provision away and it will not have
peg to stand on. Make it an outlaw
completely and Kansas Will have ABOUT
as near prohibition as can be obtained.
Arkansas City Traveller
"A DEFECT OF THE JURY SYSTEM.
The effect of a law that precludes
men from sitting as Jurors in a case
because they may know something
at Nashville The case will now be
tried before a jury of II men, of whom
four cannot read or write, two of whom
have not read the papers for ten years
English. Yet before such a bunch OF
ignoramuses as these two men are to
be tried for murder in the first degree.
Their lives will depend upon the de-
cision of these IL 'fnteHects." Far bet
ter had the court accept as a juror any
fair-minded man of intelligence who
may know something of the case but
who will be capable of listening to tes-
tinony impartiaIly. than men who may
not know of the case at bar but who
likewise know little, of anything else.
Such juries as that selected for the
Cooper case are a menace to liberty
Lawrence Journal.
o.
THE WHISTLING BOY.
Some eastern legislature is trying to
shut up the whistling boy by legfs-
lative enactment This from the east
where a poet once sang. Blessings on
the, little man. Barefoot boy. with
cheek Of tan. with thy merry whistled
tunes and thy turned up pantaloons,"
shows that the east is becoming more
Grabbed and tart than has been sus-
pected. 1t would be just as sensible
and easy to legislate sunshine and f1ow-
ers out of the world as the whistling
boy. Shut up the whistling boy. and
you will raise a nation of chronic
whining grouches, like this legislator.
The boy who doesn't whistle isn't worth
raising.-Chanute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
ROOSEYELT-PLATT.

On the fourth of March next. the
senior senator of the great state of
New York, Thomas Collier Platt. will
retire from the upper house of the
national legislature at Washington,
giving place to the Hon. Elihu Root,
one of the very ablest statesmen the
venerable American Union" has ever
seen.
A subtle, scheming. wire pulling
politician this same Platt, who for
long years controlled a great political
machine in the Empire state, and i'm
periously ruled the Republican party
in that rich commonwealth. With the
purpose of Kidding himself Of that
strenuous young reformer, Theodore
Roosevelt, then governor of New
York, Senator Platt procured in 1900,
his nomination as vice president on
the ticket with President Mckinley.
who was UP for reelection. So did
the blundering Easy Boss at one
stroke make Roosevelt's presidential
career possible, and ruin his own in
f1uencei
1t was very like the action of the
foolish French directory in sending
the young Bonaparte on distant ex-
petitions to have him out of sight
and hearing, and so giving that
mighty genius his opportunity!-Mex
lean Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22

Mark-Faith, and see ye're back from
the front, Pat. Pat Gust invalided out OF
the servtce)-Begorra I knew was thin
but / didn't know I was SO thin as all
that.-Harvard Lampoon.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-22
HUMOR or THE DAY

'The girl who knows she is pretty makes
fool of herself" ''And the girl who
doesn't know she is pretty makes a fool
of some man."-Houston Post.