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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
REAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.

Lincoln Steffens in the February
American Magazine tells an eye-open-
ing story of the work the University
of Wisconsin is doing among the farm
ers and people of its state. And there
certainly is field in Kansas for just
such work on the part of it's finely
equipped and capable educational insti-
tutions which are supported by the
state. In his article entitled, Sending
State to College, Mr.. Steffens tells
how the faculty of the Wisconsin uni
versity have applied the idea of private
correspondence schools to their univer-
sity extension work. He writes:
why couldn't We says President
Van Hise, do for artisans and manu-
facturers, teachers and preachers and
all men and all women and children,
all that we were doing for the farmers
and their wives and their children?'
There, then, is the true birth of the
pure idea of university extension. No
thought in that of money for the uni
versity; no philanthropic fad-notion
about culture for the masses; nothing
but the instinct for democracy and
needed service. President Van Eise
says that after the idea came up, the
only hesitation be had was to find a
way to go about the business. Look
ing around for a method, he noticed
the private correspondence schools
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
LAYHAWKER JOTS

Salina is boasting of a citizen who
knew, Lincoln well enough to call him
/ Uncle Abe
Bankers at Kinsley say that when
farmers want to borrow money they
| go to their neighbors and get it at a
less rate of interest than the banks
can let them have a loan. Right now
| would be a good time for a man who
can build fire and burglar proof vaults
to visit the farmers in the wheat
country, suggests the wichita Eagle
| Charles NJ. Harger, editor of the
Abilene Reflector and dean of the
| Kansas school Of journalism, puts
Prof. Herbert Carruth upon a pedestal
as the poet-laureate of Kansas. This
| is not only null and void, but
unconstitutional, since it deposes Walt
Mason without due process of law"
as guaranteed by the fourteenth
observation-disclosures City Star.
Evidently the Garden City Telegram
has already started using a spring tom
ic for recently broke out thusly: with
the story of the first twftter of the red
bird, the news of the first frog croak
and the interesting tale of the helpful
hen that put bunch of chickens on
dress parade in the neighbor's yard,
comes the news that Henry Allen has
been secured to deliver the commence
ment Grafton at Abilene. Verify, spring
is coming"
Gov. Morrill, was born on Feb. 12,
and is 10 years old. Ewing Herbert,
president of the Commercial club,
sent him on Friday last this telegram
to San Antonio, where he is passing
the winter: your friends remember
today is the birthday of two great men
and they send you good wishes and
good cheer" Gov. Morrill, was born
the same month and the same day of
the month that "A. Lincoln was, but 25
years later. Lincoln was SO years old
when he was in Troy and Elwood in
1859, while Gov. Morrill, was a young
man, had been in Brown county two
years, and at this time was running
a little saw mill and corn cracker out
on Walnut creek.-Hiawatha World.
The first printing press was brought
to Kansas by the Rev. Joseph Meeker,
who started a print shop in Franklin
county in 1S34N when the country was
all in the Indian reservations. The
shop and press were set up at the
Baptist Mission farm, five miles north
east of Ottawa The press was sent
out by the Baptist Home Mission So
eiety of New York, at the urgent re-
quest of Meeker, who was the first
missionary to the Ottawa Indians Mr..
paper In the English and Cherokee
language; also a book of the code law
of the Ottawas. a hymn book and sew
eral Sunday school books. all in the
native language. The type and other
material used at the mission farm by
Meeker were scattered broadcast by
the Indian children, and as late as
1865 whole handfuls of type could be
picked up close to where the Jealous
missionary and his wife were buried
Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
QUAKER 1fEDITATToNs.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record. I
The truth. in a nutshell, is a good bit
of a chestnut.
Even the detective may BECOME a
mere shadow of his former self.
In an art exhibit the price Of rnanv a.
picture is not as high as it is hung,
II theaters put out STANDING room
only" signs why shouldn't trolley cars.
You can blind any man by throwine
dust in his eyes If it happens to be gold
dust. eN'N
Hoax-"Yes, music always fntoxicates
me-. Joax-"Ah, you get alright. eh %
Lightning never strikes twice in the
same place simply because the same
place isn't there.
As a general thing when a man has
more money than he knows what to do
with that isn't the only thing he doesn't
know.
You can generally tell a married man
when you meet one, but not always
Occasionally you run across bachelor
with crouch.
Blobbs-"In these days of competition
1t is hard for man to climb UP in the
world" Slobbs-'Yes, but it's tougher
still to have to climb down again.
"A prophet is without honor in his
own country" quoted the Wise Guy.
Yes" agreed the Simple Mug, "and
the worst of his predicament is that ha
can seldom afford to go abroad"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
APPALACHTAN RESERVE.

After irritating delay, the agricu1-
ture committee of the house has
favorably reported the Weeks bill,
providing means of inauguratfng an
Appalachian and White mountain for
est reserve. The defeated Judge
Jenkins and his judiciary committee
now interpose no constitutional OBJ
jections, for the bill recognizes the
a prime object.
First, the prohibition against states
entering into agreement without con-
sent of congress is met by granting
consent to states cooperating in such
conservation aims. Then it provides
that all sums received from sales of
public lands shall be placed in ma
tional forest reservation fund, to be
administered by a commission, con-
sisting of department heads, with one
member of senate Band house. This
would make about $2,000,000 avail
able annually, one-half of which it is
planned to expend upon the
Appalachian project
This favorable report at least brings
the measure squarely before the
house. After debate and by amend
ment its narrow confines may be en-
larged. The senate has thrice shown
its favor by passing a broader BILL
With the legislative declaration made
of intent to improve the navigability
Of rivers involved or to protect water
sheds, courts will be debarred from
declaring the act invalid as an un-
warrantable stretch of power.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicago News.l

Better a fool friend than a wise ene-
my.
The hen-pecked husband has more
than a peck of trouble.
This is a fast age; everything goes
fast-especially money.
A woman is really in a hurry if she
says goodby that way.
The face value of courage shows UP
when it faces misfortune.
Cooks may come and cooks may go
but the eating habit goes on forever.
How a lucky man does enjoy pointing
with pride to his superior judgment!
After a man has acquired a million
he can afford to call his waisteoat a
vest.
It's, surprising how much respect a
worthless man is capable of gathering
for himself.
About this season of the year the old
hen sleeps on her perch and dreams o
what she will do to the flower beds il
the spring.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

The attention of the legislature of
North Carolina is called to the fact
that little children are being sent from
the rescue homes of that state into
other states to be brought up as ser
wants, without any other supervising
agent or legal authority than their new
masters to look after them. AS ser
wants they are bound for a term of
years, until their sixteenth birthday,
and there is no one to see to their be-
ing well and kindly treated.
1t is not difficult to imagine that
without some special legal authority
to look out for the welfare of these
children some of them might be sub
jected to much suffering, and possibly
abuse. Not all of them are sure to fall
into the hands of kindly people. The
state of North Carolina has very rigid
laws regarding the guardianship of ap-
prentices taken out of the state, and
it would seem that the same sort of
watchfulness over the interests of or
phaned and dependent children ought
to be exercised. Where the immature
child is forced to serve strangers and
to receive mistreatment without any
redress except through his own initia-
tive, his condition may approach some
thing little short of slavery. 1t is pro-
badly true that not more than one of
these servant children in ten will meet
with actual cruelty, but the exception
is sufficient to be guarded against
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
BALLADE OF AN OLD BRIAR.

BAlAA4ADE OE AN OLD BE1lAR-
When su1try grows the sun and like 9
The Day-god 1engthens out his weary
Far from the city's tunult lies vale :.
"hgTe fbe sTa1n gea1Tle Dreezes whisper through
And there. in one fair spot. wooded
lane
Where clover scents the heavy summer
Far from the eity's many-tongued re-
Smoke my pipe and find a solace there.
Some sing the praise of brimming mugs of
The wft-inspiring sparkle of champagne.
The wassail bowl, the song, the sprightly
Told round the board where Bacchus
holds full reign.
The kindred spirits, all in sportive vein,
With laughter drive away the ghosts OF
care;
1 smoke my pipe and find a solace there
Let others sing of love, of knights in mail.
OF maidens with the eyes of sunny Spain,
OF 1anguorous moon, and warbling night
The amorous glances of tender swain.
Let others sing to Julia, Joe and Jane,
AND all their pent-up passions madly
swear;
True to my only love will remain.
I smoke my pipe and find solace there.
L'ENVOI.
lover, friend, why should
deign
Thy virtues to expose to public glare?
smoke my pipe and find a solace there
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Something unique in the history of
this continent will be the international
conference between delegates from
Canada. Mexico and the United States
which begins in Washington today on
the question of the taking of uniform
action to conserve the natural re-
sources of these countries. 1t is in
the same line as the national con-
servation conference which was held
in Washington last May and the re-
suits of it should mark the taking of
steps of momentous Importance.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Enough is not only as good as a
feast but it is less expensive.
= = =
Is it the duty of a f1ance to give up
his betrothed If she gets a better offer !?
q % n
The path leading to the entrance to
society is generally a disagreeable one
to follow.
A diploma from the college of ex-
perience is apt to represent consider
able of monetary loss.
= X
Perhaps a faint heart never won a
fair lady but one of the latter has
often captured one of the former.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Among those who are not welcome
at the national tariff commission con-
vention which is meeting at In
dianapolis are ''standDatters. AS a
matter of fact this gentry is not
looked on with favor at any place in
the country with the possible ex-
ception OF the halls of congress.
That's about the only place they seem
to have congregated in numbers and
where they are not tabooed.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

In Mr.. Tafts opinion, Philander C.
Knox is legally eligible to serve as
secretary of state in the new cabinet.
This ought to settle the question for
Mr.. Taft has one of the best equipped
legal minds in the nation and he is
also a firm believer in upholding the
constitution of the United States in
all of its particulars. There is no
reason to believe for a moment that
he would so much as wink at cir
cunvention Of the constitution even
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS

baby. With the youngster in his arms
he rushed down the stairs and broke IN
upon the startled young mothers -
Ladies'" he exclaimed triumphantly. 1
pick this child as the prettiest of all!
s'Oh YOU dear, dear mani" whispered the
hostess. taking the baby into her arms
and kissing him energetfcally.
But Barton did not answer until all the
other mothers had gone. Then he said
the thing most natural.
Don't you think your boy might be
taught to say 'papa'?'' he asked with more
sincerity than humor in his voice.
Perhaps so. replied Mrs. Kenton smfl-
ing happily Come, Henry" she coaxed.
''say papa for mamma, won't your
But Henry only. cooed .Jum- Jinl-nam-
ated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
what's this =?

What's this? Reports have it that
some lobbyists are meeting with con-
siderable success in getting members
of the Kansas legislature to delay TAX
ing action on various measures of i'm
portance. In this connection it would
be well to remember that neither good
nor bad lobbyists can ply their trade
with any degree of success unless they
find legislators who are susceptible
to their charms.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
REFLECTIONS or A BACHrLoK
[From the New York Press.1

LFrom the New York Press
What women likes about making
her husband go to an afternoon tea js
how he hates to. -
A lot of trouble in this world comaa
of men interfering in other peonie' q
troubles to settle them.
No matter how much money a man
can save on his drinks and cigars ine
wants to do it on his coal bills.
man can stay out all night with
evening at home he can't keep his ewes
open after 9 O'Clock. - =
The most fascinating trick a girl has
is TO get so tangled up with a man
~ When ZEN sne wont let him kiss her that
ed. esn0-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

It was real careless for Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin to spend
$11,39o for postage during his pre-
1iminary campaign for denomination
and reelection to the United States
senate. He must have overlooked the
fact that he enjoys the privilege of
franking his mail
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

The Kansas house of representa-
tives has killed the bill which sought
to extend suffrage to women. but this
is not a death blow by any manner of
means. 1t is impossible to place a
hand of extinction on a cause that is
just and right. Woman suffrage is
bound to come eventually in every en-
lightened community, and the. sooner
the day of its arrival the better it
will be for all.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

This is decidedly interesting. The
Manitoba telephone system is run by
the government and the officials who
had charge of it's conduct were able
to report a net profit for the first
year of its operation amounting to
$16S.000. In view of this excellent
showing, the Manitoba legislature
which is in succession at Winnipeg has
decided to reduce the present tele-
phone rates one-third
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
FRON OTHER PENS

SOBER THOUGHTS FOR HEROES.
No one can begrudge the person
who has done humanity a service the
grateful recognition of the public, but
there is something incongruous in the
thought of such a person springing at
once into the limelight. The hero of
yesterday is the drawing card at the
vaudeville show today, and tomorrow
he will be pushed aside and forgotten.
Today the chorus girls leave the artis-
tic colorfng of their own tinted cheeks
upon his, but after the rays of glory
have beat down upon him for a few
short weeks, at the most, he finds
himself treated like any other individ-
ual, unless he does something to re-
capture the attention of the public.
Were it possible to determine be-
forehand the individuals who would
stand most in need of 1t, a course of
special training for heroes might be
devised. 1t is unquestionably difficult
for the average human being who
finds honor suddenly thrust upon him
to bear himself with grace and dig
nifty. But it should be borne in mind
that the glare of the limeIight is for
the moment only, and that there will
be a lifetime in which to think about
it and wonder how, on sober second
thought, when those glorious days
have become history, the incidents fol-
lowing upon the initial act of heroism
really looked.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Mr.. Stephenson and Mr.. Hopkins
who are so near and yet so far from
being elected to the United States
senate from Wisconsin and Illinois,
respectively, are qualified in every re-
gard to organize a select society for
mutual commiseration. Stephenson
is really in the worse boat. though,
for the Wisconsin legislature has
been fussy enough to appoint a select
committee to find out how he spent
that 100000 in seeking his primary
nomination and election.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

This bill which has been presented
TO the legislature for the protection of
the American eagle ought to be ex-
tended in its scope so that it will
throw some safeguards around the
eagles on the dollars. They have a
habit of slipping away from one too
easily.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Someone in congress, overburdened
with wisdom, will probably declare to
be unconstitutional the recommenda-
tion Of President Roosevelt that some
thing ought to be done for the coun-
try's dependent children
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
KANSAS COAAENT
REASON FOR SLOW TRAINS.


/ Travellers on the railroads through
Kansas often kick because their
train stops only at PaoIa where it
case that tells why this is true:
me frisco for many months has been
operating five passenger trains daily
from Fort Scott to Kansas City.
Four OF these stop at PIeasanton.
Inc other train is a fast one put on
70 handIe through passengers from
Memph1s to Kansas City. Between
Kansas City and Fort Scott this
ram stops only at Paola where it
crosses the Katy and Missouri Pacific
main lines. But of course Pleasanton
is equally as ambitious as Paola
this train stop there. Pleasanton's
Petltlon Is now followed by one from
La Cygne and also one from Olathe.
Olathe has four trains to Kansas City
on tne frisco and four on the Santa
re besides ninety minute trolley SER
wee all day, yet it needs this fast
train or the Frisco in addition to all
these other ways of getting to Kan
sas CITY! The movement is not far
enough along yet to reach the rail-
ROAD commissioners, but when Len
exa, Spring Hill and OcheItree are
heard from with petitions for stops
there also, the matter will probably
noD up serenely at Topeka. If the
road had even fifteen daily trains to
Kansas City and tried to make just
one or them fast through train,
there would probably be some town
with complaint The travelling pub
lie is entitled to some consideration
and one OF these rights is fast service
for the accomm odation of through
SSengerS.-Lawrence Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

to satisfy the fondest of his personal
desires. All prominent men in public
life today. are not like. him in this re-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
FTTLL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRFS'

Raymond Hitchcock. the actor, also
seems to have been rather nifty as a
dnancier. His petition to be declared
a bankrupt shows that he has $2S,294
in debts and SIS 10 pay them with.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

/ l-~-AS0SO AAA
| Has that orator you went to hear last
night @ t. a very big voeabrlary? no; rs
hundred, s'pose. e."-IIouston Post.
! Knicker-The distress signal is C. o. d.
Bocker-or o U.-New York Sun.
! Responsibility-Ffrs Little Girl Ccon-
\ stitch and feather-stitch, and my mother
tie GirlMThats nothing iHr o I'm GonG let go by by
myself to draw Observation-Disclosures Guar
dian
ndReg Re%anceTwhat "a Ts,y hat DO you think hap,
| What do think of II? why, I think it's
| Leader.
All of One Kind.-''Have your poems
been read by many peopie?'' Certainly
about al3:G twenty publishers that know off,
Notwithstanding plans wen for man
| could be more convenient than ears fo
hook spectacles over?'-Washington Her
aid
Too Much-'Do you think that Miss Kid
GER zTeT Was haying h1yn1g G fun with me?" asked
tails, - was ;Awthur's response. You see.
l had my bull terrior with me. And 1
I do And she said, Don't YOU think foTT f,
dollars and a half too much to pay for
MIN? ?'-Cleveland Leader.
Domestic Economy.-They had automo-
billed In twenty-five miles to see Mr. High
flyers pet oculist, and on the return trim
I'M rnree ,IT1ires, one after another, had blown
plaintively and with intense conviction:
MY dear Alfred, 1t would nave been much
bought you a glass eyeP'-New York
Times.
guage: Enclosed find check. k."-St Joseph
Hans came in from his ranch, two miles
from Odney, to buy a horse. I've got the
'it's a fine road horse. s' Years Old id SOUND
as quail, $175 cash down, and he goes
p f9n his mSs aDGn %ithSTt Hans threw
said-"not for me, 1 wouldn't gif you )
toria, und I'd hat to walk back fwomiles.' @
-Argonaut.
machine, do you? Well. what part Of The
machine do you consider me? Oldum-Oh!
you're one of the cranks.-Pick-Me-Up
He .(with newspaper)-Ah. So AFFINITY
ear Earle,g s, wife has turned the tables on him.
with chair-Boston Transcript.
rs hypocrisy ever excusable?" 'T think
SO. For instance, the interest that a young
man pretends. to take in the girls fam.
ly'-Louisv1lle Courier-JournaL
The critics. all say that my pictures
lack warmth" do you work in oils ?"
" es." Then why not paint in a few oil
stoves?'-New York Times.
Literature is a sort of consolation class
for books that don't sell very weIi-Puck.
Cheap Hospitality.-"He has treated me
on several occasions I'll ask him 10
have a drink" But he's on the water
wagon Then III invite him to a wine
supper. This Is the time to square IN voIlr
social obligations. ns."-washington Herald
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

The argument against the creation
of a state fair to the effect that the
state of Kansas, is too poor to afford
one just now is no argument at all.
It is a mere subterfuge.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
a coLoRED GENTLEMAN.

There died in Augusta, Ga, one day
last week a negro by the name of
George Washington Walton, an old
time slave, and the most prominent
white men in the city paused in their
work to do homage to him by attend
ing his funeral This is an incident
that the south should herald far and
wide. 1t goes far to refute the stories
that the well behaved negro has no
chance in the south
At the close of the war, Walton be-
came a barber. He had many promi-
nent white men among his patrons,
and. by his courteousness, kindness,
and good behavior, he made lifelong
friends. He had Joined the First
Presbyterian church, an aristocratic
white church, many years ago, and
was buried from that church, the
regular choir sang, and the preacher
delivered an eulogy that few men
hear. and fewer deserve. Walton was
negro, but he was a gentleman, and
the south, as we'll as the north, appre-
ciates a gentleman no matter what his
color.-Atchison Globe
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Colonel Gunnsome is getting to be a
pretty big man in politics, isn't hep .'Yes
whenever he calls on the president he has
to be careful to explain TO the reporters
that his visit has no political Significance :"
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

night a very big vocabulary mo: it's
one of these little red ones, cost about six
hundred, s'pose."-Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

All of One Kind.-"Have your poems
been read by many people?" "Certafnly-
about twenty publishers that I know of. =
F'hegende Blatter.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Knicker-The distress signal is c. o. d
Bocker-Or 1 o U.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Nothing Nature plans well for man.
KINDS needs Il should say so. What
could be more convenient than ears to
hook spectacles over?'-Washington Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Yungun-You regard society as merely a
machine, do you? Well, what part of the
machine do you consider me? Oldum-Ohi
you're one OF the cranks.-Pick-Me-Up
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-18

Romance do you think hap
pened?" Tell it." Conductor saw me
running after the car, and he held 1t till 1
caught 1T. What do you think OF that 2"
What do think of It? Why, L think it's
the most original lie I've heard for long
time: Good work, old manr-Cleveland