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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
A SATURDAY SERMON.

Be not thou envious against evil men,
neither desire to be with them. For their
talk Of mischief. Proverbs XXIV:1 and 2
It is not so strange, after all, that
there is considerable of fascination, If
you will, about the doors of evil
things. Except those of the brute
type. they are generally clever people
and of the companionable sort. If
they were not their days among men
would be limited. and the prisons
would have to be enlarged to accom-
modate them. For the most part they
make their living by their wits, by
their ability to pull the wool over 9TH
er peoples eyes. It is this smart
ness of theirs which makes them at
tractive. They live easy and their
ways appear to be those of sunshine
and pleasure. Little is there to be
wondered at, therefore, that there
should be envy of them among those
who are apt to look upon their own
lives, in proper spheres, as being a
little monotonous, and who believe
that the companionship of evil-doers
would be a welcome change.
Such envfous feelings, however, are
those of evil ways life may appear to
be one continual round of Joy and
pleasure. but such it is only as to its
outward aspects. Behind the auda-
cious smiles against all things that are
decent and righteous in life, there are
faces contorted with pain. Evil brings
nothing in the long run-and it is
never such very long one at that
but misery, distress and an ultimate
disaster that is overwhelming.
Evidences of this abound on every
hand. Every daily newspaper devotes
much space to its quota of tales ex-
employing the homely but expressive
adage that he who puts his finger into
the fire is sure to get burned. The
wages Of sin always have been and
always will be death There is no
denying it. no escaping from it. The
pleasures courted by evil deeds are
but a hollow mockery of the real
thing. The eventual damage done by
them is sure to be great and the pun
ishment melted out for them is ever
severe.
All forms of evil should be Stunned
as are the vipers whose fangs spout
venom. So should those who practice
it. AS Solomon so well says, their
heart studieth destruction and their
lips talk of mischief. There may be an
attractive glamour to their ways, but
it is the veriest of dross. There is
nothing of substance to it. Its ten
ure is as uncertain as is the stability
of house of cards which wobbles and
falls at the first faint breath to touch
it's vulnerable part. And even if the
doer of evil deeds is not caught in
the strong arm of the law or rebuked
by the ostracism of society, the mem
DRY of his sins harrows and torments
his soul from time to time with an
anguish that is almost unbearable
Life may seem a trif1e dull at times to
those who try to travel along the right
way. hard and difficult as it is. but it
is one of unalloyed JOY compared to
that which is pursued by the sinner.
regardless of his smirks of apparent
satisfaction and his insistence that his
method of living is the only real one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
As a japanese Sees Us.

In talking to a Japanese of high
standing and culture who was in thi!
country on governmental business, tn.
impression we make upon an Orienta
was finally extracted.
After evading a long time and pay
ing suave compliments, commenting or
our energy and commercial enterprise
he finally confessed that the two most
striking characteristics seemed to him
to be bad manners and bad taste.
No one remains long in our land
without learning that our bad manners
are but the result of overf1llfng the
hours with activity. and that they hide
a generosity, a real kindness of heart
that it would be difficult to duplicate
elsewhere in the world; but the bad
taste is undoubtedly here.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many people make progress IN
the wrong direction.
X X X
Few married women are so modest
as to believe that they are not good
wives.
\ X X
Most beauty is shallow for the very
good reason that it is only skin deep.
X X x
When all is lost but honor, it's more
difficult than ever to make both ends
meet.
Perhaps men as rule take their
taldness with good grace because or
the rumor that has gone around to the
effect that successful men are general
ly bald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News1
A satisfactory overseeer never gets half
seas over.
If a man ever gives up bad habit it
is because he's tired of It,
Philosophy will help some men even to
endure the trials Of matrimony.
Most Of us are anxious to pose as re-
formers, but we don't want to begin at
home.
In the nature of things wedding isn't
a wedding If 1t proceeds without a hitch.
Sometimes a mans will power is so
strong that he only thinks of his swear
words.
Getting married is like getting drunk:
1t either brings out a mans best or worst
qualities.
Anyway, the grass widow escapes the
annoyance of being told what a fine ma
her husband was
When man in small town tries to be
dignified the best he can get is a reut,ta
ton for having swelled head
An Ohio man died of blood-poisonina af
Yer being pecked by hen. Most hem
pecked men, however. continue to I've ana
suffer szA'A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFrom the Atchison Globe.1

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
| There is never much disposition to
r lex about the other fellows taxes.
We never knew a woman who really
loved her husband that wasn't loved
II return.
A question for the grammarians:
Does a wedding occur, take place, OF
| just happen?
There are all sorts of people: man
as actually turned up who says SER
mons are not long enough.
1t takes a brave man to say what
| he thinks about a woman. And when
| he does it, he is called Coward.
This love-on-sight business is more
dangerous than looking into the top
- a can of gasoline with the aid of
q lighted match.
Taking one day with another, year
il and year out, and all other condi-
tions being equal, we prefer a man
who does not wear a badge.
when 1 get hold of a book par
ricularly admire. I am so enthusiastic
that / loan it to some one who never
Irings it back."-Drake Watson.
my home" said an Atchison man
the other morning, sis conducted on
always meets me at the gate with a
request for money
OF course a boy loves his mother.
but offer him a nickel. and see him
let go her hand, ana lOpe on after the
money. Then he will lope back again,
nearly always without saying thank
you.
The great amount of false hair worn
by the women is criticised very sharp
~ by the men: they don't like it, but
have you observed that the women
wear any less false hair on that ac-
count?
When a preacher begins to talk of
the need of a large collection, those
who don't go to church often look at
each other as if to say, There, what
old tell you?'' But those who go to
church often remain like craven i'm
ages: They are used to it.
When you meet a particularly po-
lite, fair and agreeable man, ever re-
mark that you afterwards glow with
pleasure? You are very apt to COM
climent the polite man to others. Why
don't YOU get some of the common
dation that comes from being polite,
agreeable and fair?
When we eat we like to turn a bite
over two or three times, and then
swallow it. But we never pick up a
Newspaper or magazine that doesn't
have something to say about chewing
very mouthful until it melts away in
liquid. You can't dispose of the ten
derest meat in this manner without at
&c asst a hundred and fifty chews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
KANSAS COMMENT
WHEN TEDDY GETS BACK


| Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is
shooting lions and things in Africa
ana presumably paying just as little
attention as possible to what is going
on on IN the rest of the world. OF course,
the Dig news reaches him occasionally
through belated newspapers and
through his correspondence, but for
all that he is to a great extent out of
touch with affairs. Consequently,
| when he gets back to civilization, he
will be ready to review the events of
the world that have transpired since
| he went into the wilds.
Already speculation is rife as to
now ne VIII act in regard to certain
or course that man who has always
been SO fond of expressing his opin-
ION as the former president will con-
tinue to do SO. And there have been
many things occurring on which Mr..
Roosevelt Will have decided opinions.
Wnetner ne expresses them or not.
Incidentally, there will be some things
with regard to which he can scarcely
refrain from expressing his opinions.
For example, the New York World
continues to keep up an intermittent
fire on him, its dearest enemy, its
latest essay being an attempt to prove
an improper connection between the
former president and the sugar trust.
That so able controversialist as Mr..
Roosevelt will refrain from paying
eIStCASAOl ~ SQCll Oil dSSdQlI OIk Ill1Il
and his administration seems next to
impossible.
And there's the Cook-Peary contest.
Surely the Rooseveltian view in re-
gard to that will be worth while. He
has turned himself into an expert on
such short notice on other subjects
that he can hardly fail to weigh the
evidence and hand down an opinion
In regard to so moot a question as
the polar controversy presents. espec-
tally since Commander Peary did him
the honor to name his ship the Roose-
welt. The rest of the country is
strongly anti-Peary but If Mr.. Roose-
welt should take the cudgels in Peary's
behalf what might we not expect.
A year after the ex-president's re-
turn the campaign for the nomination
in the next presidential campaign al
so will be in full blast and here will
be an opportunity to get into scrap
that surely will be hard for him to
pass up. Truly, there should be plen-
ty doing. when Teddy gets back home.
Hutchinson News.e
A LAWN DOCTOR.
Emporia, Newton and other Kan
sas towns are considering the advis-
ability of appointing lawn doctor
1t would be his duty to go about call
| ing on peevish lawns, diagnose their
| ills and prescribe. Some lawn Itera-
ture in one syllable would be dosed
out to the owner of the lawn and IN
structions given him what to buy to
cure the lawn. The lawn doctor idea
is not wholly bad. A seedy lawn is
as bad for a city as is a funeral pro-
cession at health resort. Both seem
out of place. If a lawn doctor can
make a sickly lawn luxuriant and Wig
orous then it is a lawn doctor we
have been waiting for long time
A careful and sensible survey of the
situation might enable every lawn
owner to be his own physician. AS
the person who would be served well
must serve himself, SO should the per-
son who wants a beautiful lawn be
his own beauty doctor.-Wichtta
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Somebody ought to tip President
Taft off to the fact that it is about
time for him to issue the annual
Thanksgiving proclamation. Presum-
ably many governors of states have
had their effusions on this topic pre-
pared for long time and are more
than anxious to see them in print.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

High school students at Cleveland,
O., are on strike because morning
and afternoon sessions have been in
stituted and this necessitates, so they
claim, the expenditure of a consider
able sum of money for noon-day
lunches. Why don't they take their
lunches with them from home? Or
maybe this generation of high school
youngsters is too proud to lug lunches
to school with them. If that's the
case they ought to go hungry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

l. E. Meyers, of Chicago, president
of the local Edison company. is in the
CITY. He ought to be well pleased
with the energy displayed by the lab
orers in the employ of his company.
Although they have only been at work
for a few days the destruction they
have wrought in the newly laid pave
ment on West Eighth avenue and in
the new asphalt pavement on Kansas
avenue is of immense proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Pat Grove, erstwhile train robber.
uuondam kidnaper and more recently
a lecturer in the temperance cause,
has been barred from Milwaukee be-
cause of his Fostering folks to buy
him drinks To-such depths do the
famous fall if they are naturally in
famous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.]

[FrOm the New 4Ork Press.1
The only person the average man
can't bore to death is himself.
A man has such a good opinion of
himself he thinks his plumbers are
peoples plots against him.
The more a man can lose his head
over a girl the more they can both fool
themselves it is his heart.
There's some satisfaction in thinking
how many relatives miss discovering
you by your not being rich.
Every woman always had hair some
time that fell below her waist; every
man once came very near taking up a
public career
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The police of Newark, N. J., have
set new high standard for
efficiency Two of them caught a
murderer the other night in the act
of striking down a man with a
dagger. Of course they got around
Just trif1e late to save the victim
from the death blow. but they cap
tured the murderer before he had a
chance to take a step towards escape,
and that is certainly going some-for
DOlicemen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Considerable stress appears to be
laid to the fact that Colonel Roose-
Welt, ]. Pierpont Morgan, Andrew Car
negie, Cardinal Gibbons. John D.
Rockefeller and President Taft did not
vote at the recent elections in their
home communities. But none of these
elections were SO close that their
vS4Aa would have counted for any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

cared, held up the cashier, and forced
Elm to open the safe. The casualty
policy provided indemnity only in
cases, after the bank had been closed,
where entrance was made to the safe
Dy means of tools or explosives en-
Tloyed directly thereupon.'
The bank claimed that the cashier
formed tool within the meaning of
the policy, but the court holds that
more ordinary burglars tools were
meant.-Daily Eastern Argus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Mr.. Peary has a special gold medal
To- the discovery of the North Pole
which has been awarded him by the
National Geographic society. But DR..
Cook has the respect of the rank and
file of the people the country and
a few medals will also be coming his
way as soon as the proofs of his MEM
orable trip are passed upon by COM
petent authorities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

1t is not so many years ago that
New York City spent 100000 for
the erection of what is known as its
Criminal Courts building. There is
so much danger now OF the structure
falling down that the judges and other
public officials having their quarters in
1t have deserted it. This is another
monument to the grating propensi-
ties of the politicians in the nations
metropolis, but it must be said that
It is not Of a very enduring sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

For the eleven hundredth time Mr..
Murphy, who owns the Chicago Ma
tional league baseball club, announces
that Johnny Killing will either play the
game with that club or not at all. 1t
is to be hoped that everybody con-
cerned will now let this matter drop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
Bank Burglars Tools.

According to a recent decision of
the Kentucky court of appeals bank
can not recover indemnity from cas-
calty or burglary insurance company
IN the case of robbery through intimi-
cation of the cashier or other official.
1t appears that the bank in this case
had closed and the money had been
locked In the safe. when robbers ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
congress.

The demar of the residents Of the
Second Ward for additional street
lights is a most reasonable one and
the proper authorities should get busy
without delay in seeing that these
lights are provided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

thing. Votes of big men. such as
these, never do count for very much.
It's their ante-election activities which
have the weight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The weather which has been visit
ing these parts of late is of the real
summer variety. There is nothing OF
the Indian about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Mrs Augustus r. Stetson. one of the
leaders of the Christian Science faith,
is to be congratulated for being ac-
quilted by her brethren of charges of
mental malpractice" That must be
a most serious offense, whatever it is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

The Washington Post thinks that
perhaps Speaker Cannon's attendance
at the prize fight in New Orleans was
simply for the purpose of getting a
few pointers for the coming session of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
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
ganization 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, 1909-11-06
ADVICE TO FARMHANps.

II you use crooked hoe
Twill obstruct another's.
When you fling dirt from your row,
Don't fill I'D your brothers.
Everything you do today
Makes for joy or sorrow.
Good or bad sown by the way
Bears like fruit tomorrow.
Everything misdone somehow
Makes your back trail double.
Why not do your wedding now,
And save later trouble?
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

President Taft's greatness as man
is ever coming to the front. He Is
able to state honestly that he Is with
out prejudice against 'possum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Be not thou envious against evil men
neither desire to be with them. For thei
heart studieth destruction and their lip
talk Of mischief. Proverbs XXIV:1 and {
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Der French duel ISIS practically
harmless, egsept to der nerfs. Der
gazink vot butted into the Steinhalls
trial, hat gone any French duelists
Won besser. He hat hunted real trou-
hIo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

Der AntiTam gang in Moo York
sayss der election uf a mayor vas No
victory fer der Tams. Maybe nod. but
1 bat me der oder fel1erss feels der
fangs uf der tiger in der bootsum uf
DER panfSes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

A Indiana feetball rooter died nit
heart stoppency. MORAL: Ven you
zip fer a feetball team. leaf ad leasd
Won zip in your sysdem. Dondt zip
all der yips you hat ad Won time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

will belief dot Misder Teddyfelt ISIS
demised ven 1 see der corpse. Und
der corpse will hat to be ofer-ripe ven
belief Id den.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19

pounds Of candy and a pint of Ink.
WAsni the oahyy d. gone ana t66 it
used up sAeS Knows THAT the hook II
LONG enough, It Is merely q coinci-
dence' that this lady's writings run
as a rule into the --latest CONNECTION
or hunor. while. her pints OF. Ink turn
themselves into liquid measures Of
poesy. ~. = -,
Anyway, the confession of this
fair writer Is In new line. II not
good for the souls Of readers IL ought
to 'saEEe "as.a suggestive precedent
to other authors. Let many Of these
tell US also how they know when ta
stop. Let others tell us why they
do not know: Let some 'expiRiM $it
obey can why they ever begin;
IL the candy box limit Or bS Mb6si-
ton Is of frequent occupation, the
question will become Important of
what the boxes hold. Surely there
wottld be for a writer Of the Henry
James school nothing less than mo-
lasses rolls famous for affordinR the
long chew, while a Marie Cof91n Ir1&N
mancist would work on taffY at ASA
sorted fiavors, tested for -sndtifa noa.
Lozenges Of high scent. world, marx
naturally~~thec course of the ANA
Katherine Green detective Yarn. J.,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19
THIS is MY s3RD BIRTHDAY.
{F'ranA ArT,eacb ...'

frank A. Leach. who has resigned
the dictatorship Of the United States
mint to accept the presidency Of the
Peoples Water Company Of Oakland,
Cal.' was born in Auburn, N. Y,
August 10, 1916, and received his
early education in the public schools
OF his native place. At the age Of
twenty he began his business career
as a newspaper publisher in Napa,
Cal. Later he esta blished the Vale
10 Evening Chronicle and the Oak
land Enquirer, both Of which. papers
he sold. In 1896 he was appointed
superintendent Of the United States
mint at San Francisco. His efficient
work in this position attracted the
favorable notice of the secretary; of
the treasury and in 1907, after a
service of ten years in San Francisco;
Mr.. Leach was transferred ito Wash
1ngton as director of the United
States mint.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19
TRUTH GETS A HEARING.

The Committee of Twelve, whose
pamphlets have been frequently
mentioned in these columns, has
caused to be printed and distributed
the paper read by Superintendent of
Schools Charles l.. Coon, of Wilson,
N. c., before the Twelfth Annual
Conference for Education in the
South.
Professor Coon's subject, public
Taxation and Negro Schools" is by
no means a new one, nor are his find
ings unsupported. Readers of The
Advocate may recall comments in
these columns, several months ago,
on a pamphlet written by r. r..
Wright, and an address delivered by
Prof. H. T. Healing, both Of whom
treated much In the same manner the
subject which engages Prof. Coon's
attention, and all arrived at the same
conclusion: the Negroes of the South
are not getting any more for the sup
port of their schools than they are
paying in the form Of taxation. If
anything, several states, according to
Prof, Coon. do not. find their Negro
schools burden, but, rather, are u.s.
ing funds, Justly belonging to their
black citizens, for the education of
the whites.
This, our side of the question, has
been long in getting a hearing, and
even now it will not receive the at
tention 1t merits, nevertheless it is
refreshing to learn that the colored
citizens Of the country are not such
helpless wards as our good friends
at the South would have the world
believe.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19
THIS. |. DATE 4 IN N. A:iiS'''TD|RY(
August 10.


1607-First settlement in Maine,
made at the mouth of the Kenne-
bee river. 3, o. -. .
1779-Major Lee captured the Brit
1sh garrison at Paulus Hook, N. J.
l7S2-kentucky pioneers under Col
onel Boone defeated force of In
dams near the Blue Licks.
1S04-The president ordered two
gunboats to cruise of the coast OF
Georgia and South Carolina To
protect the coast Of these states.
1S12-U. s. frigate Constitution
captured and sunk the British fri
gate Guerrero. $685. ~ ~ !;
Decentralization Of the first Roman
Catholic church in Utica, N, Y.
1S35-Richard p. Bland, Missouri
statesman, born. Died June. Is,
1898.
1S47-Americans defeated the Mexi-
cans in battle of Contreras. .,
lS72-Third National Bank of Balti-
more robbed of 100000 In cash
and securities.
1SS4-GroXer Cleve4and's letter ac-
cept1ng Tne presidential nomina-
tion made public.
1S91-Bennington battle monument.
at Bennington, VT, dedicated
with great display. .-
l9OS-The American battleship fleet
arrived at Sydney, N. S. w.