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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

pened to make her wear that yellow
gown today"
"A little bird told me you were at
the hotel"
"A little bird ?"
"Bob-o-link,' said Bobbie from the
other side of the table.
oh and Conseantius grasped the
others hand. Il told you 1 knew Miss
Perkins? 20
Yes" said Bobbie. "and I told Judy
and thereby hangs the tale
But Constantius was not listening
hand in hand with Miss Priscilla he
was looking at the daffodils that nod
ded under the golden light.
And Judy, watching the old lovers,
turned her eyes presently on her
young lover, and then her hand went
out to him. and behind the backs of
the others he bent and kissed her
Copyright, 1909, by Associated Liter
airy Press.)
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ward, which is the only kind that will
be satisfactory TO President Taft and
the people who placed him in office.
II this is not done a veto from Mr..
Taft may be expected. He has not
said SO bus it is not difficult 20 read
as much between the lines of his recent
statement on the subject. Such a veto
would be hailed with delight by the
people Of the country. It is to be hoped
that one will not be necessary. But if
it is the people will applaud Mr.. Taft
for writing 1t.
Evidently the voters of the United
States mace no mistake in elevating
William Howard Taft to the presiden-
cy. He's been dubbed the ''easy- going"
smiling president. That's true. But
he goes in the right direction and be-
hind his smiles there is a force and
determination to see that his constitu-
erts get a square deal Three cheers
for Taft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
IFrom the Chicago News.I

lFrom the Chicago News.1
He's a stingy man who will not give
you a smile.
An easy beginning doesn't always
justify the finish.
Time will tell-unleTs the gossips beat
it under the wire.
Too many men try to build sky
scraper on one-store foundation.
Opportunity sometimes has to kick a
man before it can wake him Up.
A good story is better than solid facts
from literary point of view.
Occasionally a man is forced to call
on his uncle before he can raise the
ante
A girl never knows how % do any,
thing that a nice young man is willing
to teach her.
Now a scientist says gold has a dis
tinct odor. He must have been handed
bunch of the tainted kind.
Fools in glad rags are often permit
ted to rush in where unlaundered
hoboes would be knocked down and
dragged out.
Beware Of people who pat you on the
back. They may be looking for an on
portunity to kick your feet from under
you.
If there's one thing in a newspaper
that interests a fat woman more than
the bargain sales it is the obesity cure
advertisements
There are s15.O0oO 200 worth Of buttons
made in this country every year, vet
lots Of men use nails to connect their
suspenders with their trousers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
TAFT AND THE TARIFF.

President Taft's long silence on the
tariff question has been broken by him
at last. As was to have been expected
he is as strongly in favor today of an
adequate revision of the tariff down
ward as he was during the presidential
campaign. He makes it plain. too, that
he does not believe the Republican
party will be true to its pledges to the
people unless it makes such a tariff re-
vision.
He outlired his views on this most
important topic to a delegation of %
congressman who called upon him to
state that their political life would be
ended if certain essential raw materials
we're placed on the free list or If the
duties on them were materially re-
duced under what they now are in the
DingIey law. They told the president
that their constituents sent them to
congress with the understanding that
they would continue to have these raw
materials protected.
Their remarks were listened to at
tentively by President Taft and then
he, expressed an opinion or two that
must have landed in the AIdrich camp
like a bombsheIl. He was not specific
as to the details of how the tariff
should be revised downward or of what
law materials should go on the free list
But he wa specific enough TO state
that nothing but an honest revision of
the tariff downward would be satisfac-
tory to him. That was what he prom
ised the people. That was what the
Republican rarty promised to them
curing the last campaign. And that
was what he was going to try and
secure for them He remarked that
the interests of any particular locality
ir the nation III regards to tariff re-
vision were not quite so essential as
VI ere the interests of the people of the
whole country In this he is exactly
right 1t would be far better that %
or more Republican congressman Should
go down to defeat because they could
rot protect the selfish interests of their
communities than that the supremacy
of the whole Republican party should
be threatened because it proved false
to its trust. Aldrich and his me toos''
may think differently but they are in
The wrong. Mr.. Taft shows that they
are in words that are unmistakable
1t is their duty now to revise the
tariff bill in the conference committee
so that the tariff legislation viii be
in the nature OF a revision down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
FROM OTHER PENS
MIDSUMMER MADNESS.

The summer is yet young in the
calendar, but old in crime. Yet the
judicious are not SO deeply stirred or
heavily oppressed by deed of physical
violence as by those deadly blows at
sanity and propriety which have been
struck by great minds to whom we
look instinctively for light and lead
ing.
Woodrow Wilson has exposed to
view his book of synonyms IN which
the .laboring man and the assassin are
interchangeable terms. David Starr
Jordan has given off sophomore
view of the French people which,
amid the subsequent confusion, he ex-
plains was to be taken only in a Pick
wickian sense.
Hardly had the disappointment and
chagrin over DR.. Charles w. EIiot's
apotheosis of inbreeding abated than
it developed that the assiduaously ex-
plotted debate over his five foot shelf
of books was but a clever ballyhoo for
compendium of masterpieces for
which he is under contract with his
enterprising publishers. All of which
may well perturb the wise man and
Observation-Disclosures Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It is particularly hard work to do
most things that must be done.
= x -
Hatred is mighty poor thing for
any one to invest in extensively.
q
Hope is a cheering thing but too
much reliance should not be placed
on II.
There is altogether too much
theory and not enough tune in most
of the really classical music.
q
Wealth may not bring happiness
but poor folks would probably just
as soon be a trifle unhappy if they
could get hold of some of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
WAR on THE GRoUNDHoG.

Grounding day has been wiped off
the calendar in illinois, At least if II
hasn't been wiped off literally it might
as well be. The state legislature at its
session recently closed placed a bounty
on the groundhog's scalp and the act
has just become effective. There is
cause for fear that the animals useful
ness as a weather prophet is ended, so
far as the state of Illinois is concerned
The unfortunate creature will be afraid
to come out Of his hole to look for his
shadow and the farmers over in
Egypt win be forced to the dire
necessity of taking the weather as il
comes.
The action of the Illinois legislature
is surprising. More than that, it is
revolutionary, iconocIastic, uncalled for
and unkind. It is a blow at one of the
most cherished traditions of rural COM
munities. The grounding is more than
a mere animal He is an institution.
What manner of men are these Iegis-
lators who would refuse him rest in
the aIIuvial soil of Illinois? Surely the
honest farmer must have constituted
the feeble and helpless minority in that
remarkable body. or else he was asleep
at the switch when this vicious piece
OF legislative railroading was put over.
Louisville CourIer-Journal
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FULL T.PsASFD WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE away.

Subscribers of the state journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate of ten
cents a week or thirty cents month
Thy mail on1y.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the state Journal Will be to you like
a daily letter from homo.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

The new child labor law is being
enforced to the letter in this city. This
is as it should be- 1t may work few
hardships in some cases but its ade-
quate enforcement will probably prove
TO be of great benefit to the growing
children of Kansas. Children of ten
der years should not be permitted to
do laborious work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press.I

A heap of a mans generosity is due
to his passion for showing off.
After a man learns how to sup
port himself he can do it for his re-
latives.
Even people who won't tell a lie
will dress up the truth so its own
mother couldn't recognize it.
When you see a woman who wants
to wear a gown till it's in rags it's
a sign somebody told her how young
she looks in it.
A girls idea of something awfully
romantic is to see what she thinks is
man out in the yard by moonlight
when she is pretty sure it is lilac
bush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

for attempting such a performance,
which really has not accomplished
much But such has been a trifie out
Of place. Mr.. Weston is entitled to all
sorts OF praise for the unusual cour-
age and pertinacity he has displayed
In this instance age has certainly
tossed a smile at youth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
Quaint Injunction in VIII.

The quaint testamentary injunction
of an eighteenth century gardener ana
botanfst was last evening observed for
the 18Oth successive year at Shore
ditch Parish church, when what is
known as the vegetable lecture" was
preached by the vicar, the Rev. r. r.
Ford. In 1929 Thomas Fairchild died
at the age of So years, and bequeath-
ed s125 to the church wardens of
Shoreditch, stipU1ating that the inter
est should be paid each Whit Tuesday
for the delivery by selected preach
er of an address on THE Wonderful
works of God in creation; or, The GER
tainty of the resurrection of the dead
bv certain changes of the animal and
Vegetable forms of the creation" Fair
child had extensive gardens in the days
when ssthe Hoxton hamlet was noted
for its production, and he introduced
manv varieties of foreign fruits and
flowers. In the borough councils small
public garden in Hackney road. close
to the church, there is a tombstone re-
cording the injunction as to the lee
ture.-London Evening Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Probably If that hippo which was
recently shot by Colonel Roosevelt
weighed more than three tons, the
dispatches from Africa about the
killing of it would likely have been
particular so to state. It is also ap-
parent that in the Roosevelt outfit
there is quite an extensive pair of
scales
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Civilization has evidently developed
considerably even in the lands of the
heathens. The sultan of Turkey was
lifted from his throne and has been
permitted to keep his head on his
shoulders And now the same thing
has happened in Persia, where the
shah has been forced to abdicate and
has not been murdered. century or
so ago things would have been de-
cidedly different in these particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Baseball may be the national game
but it Is not such because of any pro-
fciency that the national lawmakers
may have at it. This was fully dem
onstrated the other day at the game
participated in by two mines made up
from members of the lower house of
congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

If the people of this city who pro-
fess ignorance concerning the commits
sion plan of government will takA the
trouble to inform themselves in the
premises they will find that it is so
far superior to the antiquated and
cumbersome method of administering
municipal affairs, which now prevails
in Topeka, as to be almost beyond
comparison with it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

THE suggestion is made says the
New York World. that consumers in
all parts of the country write to Mr..
Taft urging him to veto any bill that
does not materially reduce the cost of
living. Nobody questions the sincerity
of Mr.. Taft's campaign pledges or
doubts that he is greatly dissatisfied
with the bill that has passed the sen
ate. He is entitled to all the moral
support that he can obtain in seeking
to fulfill his promises
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Edward Payson Weston has finally
reached San Francisco. the goal of his
walk from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast. He covered this long distance on
foot in los days In some quarters
there has been a disposition to poke a
lot Of fun and zidicule at this old man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

There will be no special session of
the Kansas legislature for two weeks.
anyhow, according to information
which has come from the states
executive department. If one
should then be called Kansas will
have chance of going on record
first among the states of the union
on the proposition to amend the fed
eral constitution so that it will be
possible for congress to lawfully
levy a direct tax on incomes Such
an honor would be no small one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

The paper dollar of the United
States OF Colombia is worth less than
one cent. Gold is at 10000 per cent
premium. This leads the Chicago
Tribune to remark that Bryan could
be elected president there all right,
all right But why rub it in on Mr.
Rrvan in this U-iseP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

The attorney for the defense proceeded
chueksiey' he asked. what tl Is your oceu cur
panonY si II II am grocer" DO you sell
e1y real .rb Mocha n s IF JSTa e6fesg Why
may step side.'-Chicago Tribune
mer boarder girl. Why not?'' asked the
outlook for the crops is poor."-Bufraio
Express.
Mrs. De Style-That big artist. Zorolla.
wants to paint my portrait SO I've ar,
how about me? Mrs. de styleoDb H 5GS
have to stand for it.-Boston TRANSCRIPT
The Stranger-Do the people who live
chickens? Rastus-Dey keeps some OF
'em. Standardization Advocate.
What are you talking about7 A thing
cant be q great help and a great draw
How about a mustard plaster?'-Boston
ing. Tom-What did she do? Jack-Kept
her eyes closed the rest of the evening"
Bride-I1ere is a telegram from papa
BBriiddeg1room (eagerlyl-What does he say?
be forgiven.-Chicago Record-Heraid.
The Landlady-I thought Won said VOL,
nad a poor appetite when you came here7
Lhe Boarder-I did have-then. But the
STARVATION cure has been wonderfully ef-
1ectlYe; May have some more prunes
please ?-Cleveland Leader.
Bacon-Don't know what he's going IN
90 with that boy of his Egbert-Why?
Ba.GG,on-He's SO slow. Egbert-Perhaps
ne make chess player of him.
Honkers Statesman
my. wife has no idea of proportion"
WHAT'S WrOnp2p tGba had ehan
Journal.
He seems to be a gifted speaker"
y es He can pronounce New Orleans
were a native Of Orleans Parish. ,L Z he
eago Record-Ierald.
Knieker-I remember a sprinp inst lilo
this. Bocker--So do 1; it was the spring
you borrowed that FLYER you always forgot
to return.-New York Sun.
'Drat the eatr' What's the matter.
girl?'' oh. the cat went to sleep on my
baek."-Louisville Courier-Journal
Mother Cat Iunch)-Yes. darling. these
Ilttle sardines are sometimes eaten by the
larger fish. Mabel (aged 5)-But. mamma,
now DO they get the cans open?-Boston
Transcript.
f rs bark is worse than his bite. Mr.. Softly
L hope ne won I DaTk4-SkllS.
John, are you nearly through in here7''
yes, sir. wei, when you get through
go out and spread the life-net unSer room
NO. 56OSs2,. Mr. Jones has fallen from the
top story."-Harper's Weekly.
Give woman the credit she deserves"
the suffragette cried. "and where would
man be?'' If she got all the credit she
wanted, he'd be IN the poorhouse," sneer-
ed coarse person in the rear of the hall
Stray Stories
We'll" said Cassidy, "'tis too bad that
none av us kin liver be as good as some
people think We sh,u'd be-" "Ayel" re-
phed casey, but tbs consolin' to think
some people think we are."-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
MONEY, POWER AND WISDOM

Tt would hardly be thought neces-
sary for any one now to advise young
men about to leave college to honor
money, honor money-getting and
honor power" yet such was the
strongest note of the baccalaureate
orator at Dartmouth. If there is
anything on the earth or under the
earth that on-coming Americans do
not need to have urged upon them it
is love of money and love of power.
This may be said without indorsing
in any respect the malicious and, for
the greater part, insincere attacks
upon wealth SO often made by dema-
gogues and hypocrites- The passion
for money and the obsession of mon
ey-getting have become altogether
too conspicuous as American traits
They bring little content to those who
are thus afflicted and they awaken
resentment in the breasts of millions.
In spite of new teachings and prac-
tees, knowledge still is power. Sup
plemented by wealth, knowledge be-
comes power triumphant. without
wisdom the power of money is law
less and destructive curse to its
possessor and an evil example to the
world.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
nature Tales From Maine.

Mrs. William Holbrook, of Harps-
we'll. an ardent nature student. was
much amused at a fight between her
cat and some robins The cat came
rushing into the house pursued by two
robins screaming with rage He ran
through the house, intending TO es-
cane by the front door, but was met
on the porch by four more robins, very
much riffled in plumage and temper.
Jim Blaine fled up the front stairs,
and was not seen for hours. Upon in
evstigation some young robins were
found on the ground in the archard,
where they had fallen from their nest.
and the parents had evidently called
in their neighbors to repel the enemy.
On the other hand, Mrs Tom Walsh,
of the same town, has cat that al
lows some deserted chickens to nestle
in her fur to keep warm.-Kennebec
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Professor Edward Scribner Ames.
Of the University of Chicago. was not
so very much out of the way when
he classed religious 'revivals'' with
HYPNOTIC seances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Commercial and financial reviews
for the past week are to the effect that
the general business of the country
continues to show a steady advance.
When the tariff question is finally
settled one way or the other, business
will begin to boom with a vengeance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

at is pretty hard to detect signs of
trouble on the horizon says the
Houston Post, when you have a cold
fifty pound melon in front of you and
a buzz fan at your back" But sup
pose you don't like melon, then what :?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
THE MEADOW.

know way-will you go, my dear,
VIII you follow the path with me
The path that leads from the Now and
Here
Forth into Already?
Where always the rose is red and sweet,
" mere always the skies are blue,
where there is rest for wandering feet
In the Meadow Where Dreams Come
True.
Bid farewell to your bitter grief,
Laugh at your haunting carej
Loose the letters of unbelief-
Arcady's flowers are fair.
Make you a garland of danodlls,
With never a sprig Of rue,
And wen follow the path Ger the happy
hills,
To the Meadow Where Dreams Come
True.
We viii dream our dreams as the hours
go.
We will fashion them fair and fine.
And all of my dreams will be yours, you
know,
And all OF your dreams be mine.
Dear, will you follow the path with me!
m waiting for you, for you!
To take the path into Already,
To the Meadow Where Dreams Come
True.
Blanche Allyn Bane in Success Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19
A REASONABLE MOVE.

decent and sensible step was
taken by the members of the board of
regents of the state university when
they decided to increase the salaries Of
the members of the faculty and fixed
permanent salary basis. This will give
the professors something to look for
ward to. 1t will tend to make them re-
main with the institution. 1t has long
been said that the instructors at the
university were not paid sufficient sal
airy. The proof is that the state has
lost many good educators because it
does not pay salaries as high as do
other universities. It does not appear
to the average man that the state uni
Versity should be used as a training
school for educators. When one of the
professors shows that he is the man
for the place and the board Of regents
are satisfied with his work his salary
should be advanced. This rule holds
good in every business, and 1t should
hold good in all the -i-'s educational
institutions.
Kansas cannot afford to be stingy
with its institutions of learning -
Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

Bride-Here is a telegram from mana
Bridegroom (eagerly)-W does he saw
Bride (reads)-Do not return, and all will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-19

What are you talking about? A thing
can't be great help and a great draw
pack at the same time" II don't know
bow about mustard plaster?''-Boston
Transcript.