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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe

From the AtCnlSOn- GlOUe1
It is easy to show another man his
painful duty.
Nearly everyone is looking for the
best of it: and here's where the con-
troversy about honesty comes In.
You NAV have observed that every
man is something of an Insurgent when
he can't have his own way.
When you hear anyone say, Il like
cold weather" take a second look, and
you will find the speaker is young.
When two men try to talk at the
same time, it is a pretty good sign that
each is not trying to tell the other
what fine man he is
AS a man grows older, snow loses
most of the beauty it formerly posses
sed, and is merely cold, and shppery'
and good for the wheat.
Pretty-women are always accused OF
being vain, but as far as we can judge
a homely woman takes as much inter-
est in a looking glass as a pretty one.
/ An Atchison woman lately fell heir
to 100000. She says that now that she
has money to buy any sort OF a man
she wants. she doesn't want one
or course. when you are accused of
wrong doing YOU can explain it, but the
thing to remember is that you are not
going to be given a chance to explain.
In the old days. when a man became
good and mad, something came OF It;
after that, he got MS rlSHlS AOI d liiiie'
But in these modern days, people .laugh
at you when you get mad
A man studies four years to become
druggist We all admit that a druggist
knows more about drug store THAI
we know; then why is it SO hard for
us to admit that tariff expert knows
more about the tariff than we know?
The Look on the Bright Side club has
published little pamphlet. which re-
duced from it's fiowery verbiage to SIM
pie advice means just this: When de-
pressed, go to some moving picture
show and see a man trying to carry a
ladder through crowded streets.
IT have tried forty years to be a fair
man. and failed. / want my enemies
punished by some other man: I want
as high prices for my services. and !
want others to sell at low prices. You
are always hearing of fair men. There
are no fair n."-Parson Irvine.
We suppose in the suffragette's ideal
home, the -oman sits and peacefully
reads her newspaper in the evening
while the men of the family sit around
and talk to callers. taking regular
smashes at the women which the peace
inclined woman who is reading her pa
per, tries not to hear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

is need for some large contribution, one
of 5000 would not be out of place or
out of reason from some one. There
Is also need and room for many who
have already contributed to increase
the size of their gifts. and the oppor-
tunity is also presented for lasting
memorial gifts, which have played
large part in the funds for similar
buildings in other cities. Let these gifts
be forthcoming at once and when the
final figures for the campaign are to-
tailed they will be a magnificent tribute
to the well known generosity of To-
pekans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
IN THE CHoIR.

Our leading treble. slight and fair,
With lustrous aureole of hair. RI
Delights to reach with graceful ease
The skies-that is. the upper Cs.
Our rich contralto treads the scene
With spacious and imperial mien:
A Juno great in Drawn and bone.
She has very weighty tone.
Our silvery tenor tall and slim.
Might match a choir of cherubfrn:
He sings with air Of sanity grace
That goes no farther than his face
Our massive basso, saints defend us,
Has vocal organs quite tremendous
And vast mustachios which he tWirls
with sudden fierce. emphatic curls.
He sings the psalms as though he ~,sr.
A state militia officer "ei>
Shouting the word OF high command
For raw recruits to understand.
With this great four to reign supreme
Our choir should be an angels dream
A paradise of concord Veil 'As
What tales our organist can tell,
Chicago Newa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
FROM OTHER PENS
THE GUILLoTINE IN FRANCE.


Cutlery has been raised in France
against the public execution of GRIM
inals, practice which has recently
been revived in that country at the
behest of public opinion against the
further ignoring of the law of capital
punishment On the few occasions on
which the guillotine has been lately
used scenes of the most shocking
character have occurred. mobs form
ing early and shouting vile oaths,
singing obscene songs and reviving
memories of the Terror. when the
blade fell ceaselessly. 1t is believed
that the chief reason for the revival
of public executions was the hope Of
certain officials that the spectacle
would evoke a renewal of the demand
for the abolition of capital punish
ment. Thus far the sentiment of the
country has not been stirred to that
extent, but there is an unmistakable
demand that future executions should
be conducted in private, so that the
scenes of blood will not demoralize
the crowd and give the condemned a
final opportunity to pose as martyrs.
The present tendency in all civilized
countries where capital punishment
remains an institution of the law. is to
screen the final stroke from the pub
lie view. No longer, in a majority
of American states, are condemned
criminals hanged before the people.
In several of the states electrocution
has replaced the gal1ows. a more hui
name process and less likely to arouse
the passions of the vicious classes
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

JOURNAL ENTRIES

Love may be a sweet dream but fire.
qUently the awakening is rude.
\ X X
Women inspire men to be good more
often than they prompt them to be
bad.
Time is scarcely money for the un-
fortunate chap who is doing his bit
in Jail.
X y
More folks ought to get wise to the
fact that they are at their best when
they are silent.
y x y
Tt sometimes happens that there is
nothing in the way of a worm for the
early bird to catch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago News.1

From the Chicago News.1
Common sense is more uncommon
than otherwise.
Many a great hope is erected on q
small foundation.
Mixed drinks are responsible for a
lot of mixed ideas.
One way to f1atter a woman is to
tell her that you can't
woman can go to church three
times week and enjoy it.
Does any one really Understand
you? Do you understand yourself?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
: o rEMpoRA: O MoREs.

When first saw sweet Peggy,
In rose-ptnk evening gown,
1 vowed she was the fairest,
The daintiest. girl in town.
Next time saw the maiden
She strolled along the beach,
IN suit supremely fetching,
1 thought her just q peach.
we met again; twas showing.
With foil of richest furs,
Her beauty was enhancing.
OF course. my heart was hers.
Today again I've seen her
o, mel Eheui All, woei
was she a peach? A daisy?
A thousand times not! NO,
Pray fancy pretty Peggy,
Society's past pet
Parading, fierce. defiant.
A sandwich suffragette!
New York Times,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.]

IFrom the New York Press.]
A man puts enthusiasm into his poll
tics because he can't put convictions
into it.
A man needs all the sense he is born
with to offset all the foolishness he
picks up.
AS fast as you can find truth any
where in the world it goes right off and
gets lost again.
Most everybody is always wishing for
something that, if he had it, would
make him wish for something else.
The thing a person likes about SLAM
der against another is how he wouldn't
like it IL it was against himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

There is nothing particularly small
about Eusapia Palladino. the famous
italian medium who is now IN this
country, and she is evidently in the
spiritualistic business not entirely for
the fun she gets out of it. She will
put on one of her shindigs for a select
party of seven after each of them has
put up an admission fee of $5c. Ac-
tual conversation with the spirits in
the other world or manifestations of
their existence would be cheap.
though, even at such a fancy figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

HaHey's comet is now reported to
have star in its head and also some
thing like a hood in the way of further
equipment. 1t has prepared for the
cold weather, no doubt, and is also
lighting it way so tht aeroplanes
and dirigibles can travel through the
sky at night without running the risk
If bunlxiur into il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Topeka's park system now embraces
IA acres and it has only cost the tax
layers an average Of $4,000 a year for
six years to maintain the parks and
at the same time make many valu-
able improvements on them. This is
an excellent showing and the members
of the park board are deserving of the
heartiest concentrations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Because several of the unfortunates
who have been cared for of late by
the local Provident association have
been persons who have enjoyed the
advantages of higher education to a
greater or less degree, it is hardly fair
TO draw the deduction that the ac-
ouirements of good education do not
heighten a mans position in life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Cold weather has arrived apparently
and with it will come the bursting of
waterpipes. No use denying it, there
is always something to worry the
househoiders. If the lawns do not need
cutting, the leaves have to be raked up,
Then comes a season with weak and
tickle waterpipes and SO on al infini-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Secretary Knox announces that the
recent treaties between China and
Japan do not endanger the .open
door" policy, and no protest will be
made. Brother Crane probably did
all the protesting that was necessary
when the time was opportune and it
is the opinion of many that he was
rather shabbily treated for his en-
daa1nrs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Desertions from the army continue
to increase. Adjutant General Aims
worth believes that this alarming situ-
-tion can be remedied only by making
the punishment for desertion more
severe. Others have arrived at the
onclusion that the present punish
nlent melted out to soldiers who over
stay their leaves of absence and take a
day or without leave are responsible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Things are improving in the athletic
world. The Amateur Athletic union
las decided that in the future all men
Competing in running races of more
than five miles must undergo a phys
zeal examination as to their fitness for
such contests
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

More prosperity for the south. The
tobacco crop is of the bumper variety
and prices for the weed are good.
Evidently the prosperity of the present
Is going to play no sectional favorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganixation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

They are still talking of a marriage
between the Duke of the Abruzzi and
Miss Katherine Elkins. Apparently
This match is not one of those that is
to be made in haste, if it is made at
all. and then repented with leisure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

This is just a little too much.
Astronomers report that antarctic re-
lions on Mars have been visited of
late by snow storms. Surely nobody
was looking for a balmy rain in the
south polar Marian territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

1t is reasonable to assume that the
man who used up $4,000 worth of
opium in painting his house under the
impression that he was daubing on red
paint will continue to kick himself for
several months
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Tor much of the desertion in the army.
It would be peculiar question,
though. if there was not more than
one way of looking at it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

That German who is going to at
tempt to cross the Atlantic within the
next six months in q dirigible balloon
should see to it that his craft is equip
ped with a boat of ocean-going abili-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

Pennsylvania jurors are evidently in
q class of their own. Twelve of them
recently awarded a woman $4,000 in
Damages in her suit against railroad
company when she only asked for
$1,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19

How nice. The McNeaI- Herbert
controversy has been brought to q
close with a few apologies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
KANSAS COMAENT
THE NEW ENEMY.

We have been prone to believe that
the hook worm" is a joke, that in
me words of Josh Billings. there
amt so sech thing" But when Mr..
John d. Rockefeller put up a million
ooHars to investigate and fight the
nook worm, our respect for the hook
worm increased several Thousand per
cent We never knew of John D.
wasting any money foolishly and If he
IS IN on the warfare against this new
~ discovered enemy of humanity,
there must be something to it. Prob
ably Miss Ida Tarbel could tell us
the deep meaning behind Rockefeller's
gHt to the cam paign fund, but she is
busy now and the hook worm will
have to get along without her help.
As we understand it, the hook worm
is a first cousin to the octopus. and
according to some. Kansas ideas
Rockefeller is an octopus SO this may
be a family quarrel
The physician who discovered the
thlng says the worm gets into the
insides of the southern gentleman of
leisure. saps his blood. cuts holes in
his bylaws and undermines his con-
stitution. The unfortunate victim
gets that tired feeling you read about
in the patent medicine advertise
naents, and is unable to work. His
wife takes in washing and SUPPORTS
him and the hook worm.
The subject is evidently to be an
interesting one. Rockefeller against
the hook worm. Most people Will hope
that the standard oil magnate will
win. but the Insurgents and the real
friends of the people will line up with
the hook worm and resent this insid-
ious effort of the octopus to take the
minds of the public off its troubles.
There does not seem to be any hook
worm in Kansas. If there were it
ing business in the state without
charter. That would place it on the
same plane with the other trusts, the
octopus, the vampire, the money
power and the foot and mouth dis
ease. This last ailment is the only
worm that works in Kansas and there
does not seem to be any relief in
sight The hook worm could not live
here through one campaign and there
is no chance to get any of the Rookie
Teller fund distributed in this state.
So it does not really appear to be our
quarrel and our folks are free to take
either side of the fight. or which ever
one seems to be down-Hutchinso
News.
AN EXCELLENT PRACTICE
The Kansas City schools have de-
pupils by physicians. Eventually, the
practice will be a part of the regulation
of all the schools. It is part of the en-
lightened policy which has reduced in
lection and disease at an astonishing
rate during the past decade. by enforc
ing sanitation and ventilation, and q
purer food supply. The same concern
for the social good which prompts So
ciety to compel the child's attendance at
school will some day look rigidly into
the child'S sanitary surroundings at
home, and secure a condition of health
fulness as one of the conditions of adj
mission to the school room. With this
will be coupled direction for the
restoration of health, when the child of
school age is barred from school asso-
citation by illness.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
Victor Hugo's Superstition.

An amusing story of Victor Hugo
is related in French contemporary.
The poet had accepted an invitation
to dine at the house of one of those
ardent republicans who at the time
were wittily termed les precieuses
radicales.''
The dinner hour had passed some
time without any announcement that
the dinner was served. when one of
the company, friend of Victor Hugo,
inquired Of the hostess the cause of
the delay. The latter explained that
owing to one of the guests having sent
an excuse at the last moment there
would be thirteen instead of fourteen
at the table, SO she had sent to find
another to make the fourteenth.
A moment later the same individual
was conversing with Victor Hugo DO
you know why we are waiting?" ask
ed the poet. Eyes," was the reply;
"some imbeci1e is afraid to sit at table
when there are thirteen" Victor
Hugo in a solemn and severe tone,
replied, "Limbecile, c'est moi
London Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
THE FRANCHISE.

There is no more serious accusation
to be made against large class of
nativeborn American citizens than the
wilful lethargy, refusal to take inter
est in a righteous cause and thus lend
a helping hand to the civic forces
which work against misgovernment.
There is no way of discovering just
how extensively this inertia may be.
Success at the polls breeds perversion
of point of view. For success at the
time being means everything; it means
immediate employment for the needy
and ignorant voter; his franchise
means a job.
Who is to blame him? Any man
with family dependent upon him
would take advantage of a promising
offer. No reasonable man would re-
fuse one. No one ever does. Thus
tunity to office, and that is the main
spring to political vice.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
CONSULAR WASTE.

If business house had an agent at
foreign port who cost the firm
$4,000 year and brought in only IS,
there would be immediate abolition of
that agency or an effort to bring its
revenue approximately up to the. ex-
pense. But Uncle Sam is not like the
commercial house: he knows that he
has a considerable number of such
agencies, as in the consular service,
yet he calmly goes on footing the
bills. 1t is in order for the practical
man of affairs. confronted with such
a showing as that made by the audi
tor of the state department, to ask II
it is necessary for this waste to con-
tinue in such marked degree. The
consular agents reply whenever that
question arises that their presence at
remote points is essential for reasons
other than commercial.
It has been common. practice among
the nations to merge the interests or
friendly powers at remote and unpro-
fitable points, and to have one con-
sular agent look after the occasional
business that offers. Why could not
this system be operated at every port
where the commercial interests are SO
slight. and where no international
matter of importance is. likely to
arise Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
HabituaI seDrunks,, in Maine.

New Zealand. New South Wales and
other Australian lands are treating
the criminal scientifically. Why not !?
The other day in the Androscoggin
county supreme court so per cent of
the convicts were boys. What's to be
done with them-left to develop a
criminal class?
We are told that out of 1000 ar
rests for drink in Portland, there are
not more than 400 individuals. We
are inclined to believe the figures of
the latter too small; but there is force
In the distinction. Here in Lewiston
and Auburn we have a class of ha-
bitual DRINKS, who are arrested in
October, serve 80 days, come out. are
re-arrested in a week, and go back
again for 80 days. Over and over
again is this done. Some practically
live in Jail, with intermittent sprees.
These persons are diseased. They are
victims of pronounced dementia or
whatever it may be called.
Suppose, for instance, we had. as
has been suggested by others, state
or a county place of detention for
these unfortunates. Suppose they
could be sent to this farm Gas it
should be) until by treatment and
education and by the recreative pro-
cesses of outdoor life they were bene-
fitted and cured. Society would be the
gamer and the product of their labor
on the soil would be to the benefit of
society and not in competition with
the trades as it now is. The jails of
today are plenary, not educational
Prisoners come out rebellious and
disgraced- The simple drunk is
thrown into the society of other GRIM
inals. He learns their ways frequent
ly and loses his sense of right and
wrong as he loses his self-respect. He
Is jailbird, and that settles it. The
open life of detention farm such as
is suggested would not affect him in
any such way, and might be reform
atory and corrective-an appeal to
manhood in the outdoor life.-Lewis-
ton Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-19
The Kaiser's Favorite Dishes.

According to a writer in one, of the
most courtly of Berlin journals, the
kaiser is very fond of vegetables.
Il have so many gardens" he is re-
ported to have said to the kaiserin,
that surely you can let me have
fresh vegetables every day.
He likes German beefsteak-that is,
chopped meat and onions fried This
he eats with mashed potatoes. 1t is,
in fact. his favorite dish. His ma
jesty can not stand oysters since he
was made i'll once by some baked
mollusks which an august English
relative offered him. Fish must
never be absent from his table. and
he always eats quantities of it.
at is good for the BRAIN" he says,
"as it contains plenty. of. phosphorus. :"
> His early breakfast is at s. o'clock.
and then he enjoys plenty of toast
and butter. prepared in the English
fashion. His beloved sweets are pam
cakes. with lemon juice and sugar
over them. He eats rapidly. and does
little talking while at meals. but af-
ter a hearty repast he enjoys half an
hour of easy, familiar talk and a
strong cigar.-London Tit-Bits.