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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

convinced that anything of safety at
taches to a flight by air, and. there
fore. they will be slow to take chances
with one.
Thus far the most of the attention
that has been paid to the navigation OF
the air has come from nations. In this
mad era for military and naval su-
premacy, which is sapping up the life
blood and gold of a good many ma
tiOns. the prospects of using aeroplanes
and comfortable balloons as engines of
war or as important auxiliaries to war
fare. have appealed strongly to the mil
itary experts who are devoting their
talents to finding all sorts of new
wrinkles for national offense and de-
Tense. But as fast as they are point
ing out their assets as helpers to make
war more effective and terrible, another
class of experts is coming to the front
with newly invented guns which will
make the life of an airship just about
as safe as the life Of a quail on whom
a hunter has a fine bead. So while air
machines might prove to be somewhat
valuable factors in warfare it is doubt
full if they will ever occupy the promi-
nent place in that horrible pursuit
which some of the enthusiastic war
riors of peace times are giving them.
The airship of varying types is a
reality today but it will be nothing
more than a plaything for the wealthy
of foolhardy inclinations, or subject
for experiments by governments as
war machines, for many a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago NewsI
A fool and his boat are soon rocked
apart.
There's nothing so gloriously uncer-
tain as the law.
The less she means it the louder a
woman can laugh
Beware of the man who has a good
story to tell you in q whisper
If matrimony doesn't make
woman wise there is no hope for her
Trying to please people is a matter
of business with an office seeker.
A loafer may make a hit with some
people, but he doesn't get paid for it.
Money talks and a penny makes
more noise on a contribution plate
than a 50 bill.
When a woman helps her husband
do anything she invariably wants to
do the bossing.
About the only way man can fool
a woman is to make her believe she
is fooling him when she isn't.
How a woman does envy a man
when he struts up the street on a
rainy day with no skirts to dragglel
And many lovelorn maid
imagines she is heartbroken when in
reality her liver isn't working just
right
During courtship a young man
usually thinks the girl in the case is
an angel, but after marriage she
sheds her wings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
THE PICNIC.

went to a Sunday School Picnic!
m never a-goin' ag'in!
Ef had a-guessed Wot Wuz dom
a Tagged 1t! Wud, sure as sin,
Fher must have bin five billion babies!
You never did see such lot!
An wuz the goat! I wuz Johnny!
yep! Johnny, Their guy on Their spoti
mat teacher, an course I mus jump.
here, Johnny do help with Their baby!''
That's Ma, an it's me fer Their hump.
Hi. Johnny. Run after ther Iunchesl'
Iher deacon's a-handin' me that
come here, little boy! Take them
OF sweet fern"' That's old Granny
you'd best hold Their horse for a mint
you're big enough, Johnny SEE Pa.
nat bags got an orful hole in it!
hetch hold of it, Johnny" SEE Ma.
Now, boy, bring Their water SEE teacher,
An help build Their fireplace sez she.
John, bring me a drink" SEE the
An please have it fresh as kin be!'
I went on Their Sunday School Picnic!
amt never goin' no more!
Iney didn't do nothin' to Johnny,
An mebbe he amt feelin sorel
An wust of it is, Ma keeps sayin'
~ Now; Johnny; you'd orter be good!
we took you a hull day a-play4n'
An picnickin' out in Their wood!'
-I1lrana w. Sheldon in the New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
QUAKER NIEDITATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
The best man at many a wedding
is the bride.
Wise is the man who is too sharp
to be a bore.
1t makes a fellow hot to think what
a cold, cruel world this IL.
Liquor improves with age. but the
trouble with most men is they won't
let it.
The only man who need fear no
rival in love is he who is in love Win
himself
Some people impress us as being
so slow that we wonder how they can
go fast asleep.
The man who needs a rest curs
should have thought of that before he
got married.
Genius is frequently misunder-
stood" remarked the Wise CSu1.
Eyes, genius never could be mad -
use typewriter" added the SimpIe
Mug. PIC
Wigg-"He is the one man 1,,o,,.
in politics who doesn't forget his
promises" Wagg-"Yes. when tbey
are broken he polishes them IN and
uses them over again.
first Detective-''What vas 81
description of that abscondfne hal
cashier we were to look ont Tor 81
Second Detective-"He was six e..
tall and $4,000 short
Wigwag's wife is sore On
MIN because she found out he. bet on
horse race last week" Slobhs
Sore because he lost. s1nnoee =,
Blobbs-"No, because he Won "a
didn't tell her. w" SiiS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

l want you to come back with me
10 Hillsdale, and take care of tbs
store for me, and live in nv his
mouse. Peggy can run things al
Richard. and I'll go and travsl, as 7
nave wanted to do for years, knowi,s
that when 1 come back everything
will be in order"
AS she beamed on them, Dick rose
ana put his arm about Peggy.
judith, he said, huskily "and We
viii be glad to go to HilIsdale. end
please God I'll make a success NJ
myself-and we will keep the silver
spoons Tor the kid-and we will try
ing as they are-won't We Perg1,
dear p copyrighted, 1903 by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
No More Liberty Bell Jaunts.

Although nothing was done about it
by the city councils at this weeks
sessions, the indications are clearly in
favor of a declaration by that body in
favor of keeping the Liberty Bell per-
manently in its place in Independence
Hall. 1t is well understood that no
legislative body can bind it's successor
to a course of policy. but a resolu-
ton or ordinance tending to discour-
age the further journeyings of the
Revolutionary relic about the country
will so definitely reflect public opin
ion on the subject that it will prove an
effectual deterrent.
Leniency in the past, and perhaps
the natural desire of councilmen to
see the country at the public expense,
have led to the establishment of a pre-
cedent with respect to the bell that is
now generally regretted. All the asso-
Citations of the bell fulfilled the pro-
phetic inscription which 1t bears, and
"proclaimed liberty throughout the
land and to all the inhabitants there
Of" It is one of the great historic
attractions of the city of the Declara-
ton, and Philadelphia does neither JUS
tice to itself nor to it's visitors when it
holds the bell so cheap as to allow its
use as a catchpenny attraction for To-
cal exhibitions in various parts of the
country.-Philadelp Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
Rob Poor of $50, 200. 900.

Poor people in this state, who have to
buy their food supplies in small guam
titles, were robbed of about $50, 000, 900
last year by reason of short weights
and small measure, according to an es-
Innate made by Fritz Reichmann, state
superintendent of weights and meas
ures. OF that loss about $4,000, 900 came
from the people in New York city, in
spite of the municipal bureau of weights
and measures, of whose head Supt.
Reichmann has not a very compliment
tary opinion.
1.-THE people who lose most through
faulty weights and measures" he de-
clared today, "are the very poor, who
have to buy in small quantities. This
state is so far behind its neighbors
that it naturally becomes the dumping
ground of short weight and short meas
ure goods. Russia which we consider
governed than New York state in re-
spect to it's weights and measures as
to make us blush''
Primarily the reason for this great
defrauding of customers by dealers is
not dishonesty, in Supt. Reichmann's
opinion, but the imperfect laws. which
leave each municipality to work out its
own destiny, with merely a general
supervision on the part of a sadly
handicapped state department. Thus
dealers in one city supplying retailers
in some other city with different regu-
lations as to weights and measures, or
perhaps negligent inspection or no in
spection, may unintentionalIy perpetrate
q fraud which the retail dealers would
pass along or intensity.
ITO be sure" Mr.. Reichmann cOntin-
ued, there is much dishonesty, DELHI
crate and intentional. in every large
city and many small ones, and it Is to
guard against this that the sealers of
weights and measures have to watch
consta nt1y Albany Dispatch to the
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
MAN CONQUERs THE All.


With the two latest and most re-
markable performances Of the Wrigh.
aeroplane, with the spectacular flight of
Bleriot in his monoplane across the
English channel; with the triumphs of
Glen Curtiss in his Observation-Disclosures
machine, with the material successes of
Count Zeppelin Major ParsevaI and
others in their dirigible balloons, it
may be said that mans long conquest
Of the air is well nigh complete. And
now for the development. of these riva:5
of the birds.
Just how rapid it will be is a matter
for conjecture. The cost of aeropIancs
at the present time will put them far
and away beyond the reach of the gen.
eral public. The same is true of bal
looms that are equipped with apparatus
which subjects them to the control of
the will of man. It is also not likely
that there is anv disposition now or
that there will be for some time to
come on the part of the general public
to indulge in the pastime or business
of navigating the air even if the means
of doing so were within the reach %
the average purse. A fool may be born
every minute and there may be a CORE
spending large crop Of chumps
throughout the world but all of them
are mighty fond of life and they are
not taking any undue risks 10 lose Il
Regardless Of the successes with theTa.
the manufacture and operation of aero
planes and dirigible balloons are stu
in the experimental stage. Under these
circumstances the day is pretty distant
before the people. generally, win be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

All the world is not only a stage
but it's audience is mighty critical.
\ y
Circumstances over which persons
have no control are really not very
many.
The little dog with a big bark at
tracts a lot of attention but that's
about all.
It appears as though some married
folks cannot live happily together
without fighting.
q =
There's nothing very difficult about
saying please" and THANK YOU
and they help out considerably
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

How long do you expect to remain
aMay TINS summer? I'm figuring on
about three engagements and four pro
posals. DETROIT Free Press.
Customer-Erirg US two hot-dog
sepcwicles Waiter-Certainly, sir Do
you want dachshunds? They're more
expensive, but they're lOng.-Judge
Mrs. Baker-How can YOU afford to
pay IS to join the village card club?
Mrs. Barker-Because then 1 don't have
Life. iO' ' '''iaSe newspaper
What's your trade. old paI?' Don't
can me OLD pal! As to your question
I'm a gentleman" "Oh. see. on your
vacation now, eh?"-CIeveland Leader.
What in the world have you got
that bill framed up there for?" "Oh.
tkat, sighed the millionaire lis the
only dollar 1 ever earnedl" I'VE un-
derstood. Puck.
Have you inquired the city visitor.
a moss covered bucket about the
rIace? mo, sir" answered the farm
er. IAN our utensils are sterilized and
strictly sanitary. kansas City Jour
nal.
Il go nckin' fer borrowin a quar-
t ter from skinny yesterday" "Hcw's
that?" We'll, had t knock him down
Tiger
Percy-I braced the old man this
morning and asked him If he was going
to dress me up for the summer. Fred
dy-What did he say? Percy-He gave
me dressing down.-Chicago News
The angel was making up the list. Il
never asked my fellow-man IL II was
hot enough fer him" remarked Abou
Ben Adhem. And. 10! his name came
In under the wire first New York
Sun.
Miss Wabash-How delightfully."-
your sister plays? Miss Waldo-Why
my dear that's the man in the back
parlor tuning the piano.-Life.
49,. You want a speedy car, of course?"
You bet" How about a hill climb
err" "Oh, / don't keer to 20 after
pedestrians to that extent. Just gimme
a machine that will get EN- on the
fiat."-Pittsburg Post.
What was saying when do ICED
that autouohile?'' You were saving
that life is not worth living But II
you think so, why did you dodge?"-
Louisville Courier Journal
Waiter this steak is posi-
lively bad. 1t must be three weeks
old. Waiter-Ah, pardon, monsieur!
brought you re venison. Epicure-
leave it. (Tastes it, An, to be sure,
1t is venison; and very nice, too-very
nice, indeed!-TOwn Topics.
Your policy has been one of con-
s!stent opposition to the adr1inistra-
ton Yes" answered the agitetor.
my policy is Be sure the other fellow
IL gton Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
The MOST BeautifuI Bridge.

There will shortly be opened in
Switzerland the Wiser viaduct, on
the route from Davos to Filisur. It is
entirely constructed of stone; at a
height of 80 meters, or 292 II feet
and has central arch of SIS meters
and six others each of 20 meters, the
entire length of the bridge being 175
meters 1t is, according to a Paris
contemporary, the most beautiful
bridge in the world.
The new line of Albula, moreover,
presents some other admirable works
of great holiness. among which is the
Soils bridge, 25 meters in length and
at an altitude of n meters, upon
which the "diligences' stop to enable
tourists to admire the beauties of the
situation. Then, at meters higher, is
a second bridge, that of railway,
about 40 meters in length, which
crosses an abyss of IS meters.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
'ULL LEASED 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
70 any address at the rate of ten
cents week or thirty cents a month
Etby mail only.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
5tne State Journal will be to you like
q daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LFrom the New York Press.1

1t spells all a woman's pleasure in
shopping to buy anything.
knowledge is power to think you know
a heap more than you do.
The way to write a good love letter
is to be careful not to say anything
rational in it.
The only time a man takes much
pride is being a pillar of the church
is when he is running for a political
office.
No matter how long a woman has
been married to a man she can keep
on expecting that it's going to turn out
better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

The fact that Nordica's recent we'd
ding dress was one of the most beauti-
full that has ever been seen is not so
important as is the question as to
whether or not her matrimonial inten-
tions this time are of the permanent
order. Three weddings ought to he
enough for even so famous a woman
as the noted diva.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

The G1idden tour has been brought to
a successful conclusion Will some ona
please announce any result of value
that was accomplished by it except the
quantities Of free advertising that have
been given to the cars participating?
Surely no fun or enjoyment was Sc
cured out Of 1t by any of the con-
ksstartS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

great one. Not a little share of the
Taft victory in this matter belongs To
the fine, unrelenting stubbornness of
Mr.. Payne in refusing to agree to aEv
report of the conferees that did not
coincide in a measure with Mr.. Taft'5
desires
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

The animals in Africa which are yet
to fall before the guns of Colonel
Roosevelt will be distinguished above
those that have already gone this route
because they will be brought down b.
the hand of a man who is now an Ii.
ID. through the dictum of the Univer-
sity of Leipsic But possibly the
AFRICAN animals yet to be killed will
not appreciate this additional honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

AS might have been expected William
J. Bryan denies the report that he is to
move his home from Nebraska %
Texas. The latter is a big state but
It is. scarcely large enough to hold two
big Democrats of such varying creeds
as Bill Bryan and Joe Bailey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

A special election is to be held in this
city on August "a to vote on the propo-
sition TO issue bonds for the erection of
q municipal garbage removal plant
Such bonds should carry by a large
majority. If Topeka is sorely in need
of any one thing it is such a plant as
this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

There is no formation of images on
the retina Of the eye of a fea,' says
Professor Woodwork Of the University
of California. In other words a flea
cannot see. But what matters that to
the flea as long as it's biting abilities
are in first class shape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

A woman is considered to be Capable
in every way of presiding as superi1-
tendent of Chicago's mammoth public
school system. And yet there are some
folks who still insist that women are
not capable or should not be permit
ted to handle the ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

It is estimated that the Chicago po-
lice collect as much as 100000 a year
in hush money from the keepers ~
evil resorts and their inmates. This is
quite bad enough but it is not the worst
phase OF the case. Some Chicagoans
seem imbued with pride because they
think their city is almost as corrupt
as was San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

Chicago is in danger of a bigger fire
than that of 1871. Fortunately, it
hasn't started vet. Some experts have
merely delivered an opinion that the
city's water supply is wholly made
quate in case a. big confiagration should
get under wav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

The continued incarceration of Harry
K. Thaw as a dangerous Iunatic simply
because he is afflicted with an "exag-
gerated ego" would be the establish
ment of a precedent that ought -
make a whole lot Of PERSONS uneasy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

In the applause which is being pre-
cipitated by the really revised tariff
bill, a considerable portion of it should
be directed toward Serene Elisha
Payne. representative from the Thirty
first New York congressional district
The fight that he fought in the confer
auces with stand-pat Aldrich was a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

Samuel Gompers certainly has not
made much of a bid for the favor OF a
considerable labor element He al
tacks the custom of tipping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
KANSAS COMMENT
THE PRIZE .JOLLIER.


AT East Aurora, N. Y, there resides
man who has just title to that of
winner OF the Grand Prix in the jollier
class.
This man is Ebert. Hubbard
| here Tor example, is a letter from
Fra EIburtus, which is Characteristic.
1t came to a Salina man the other
day; 1t wants the Salina man to sub
Scrlpe 1or some lunatique magazine.
II IS one OF the most delightful ''jol-
hes" that ever appeared from the ad
dress to the autograph, although no
DOUBT the autograph is forged.
moi Mote me address: "Mr. A. B..
Inside there is an envelope address
ed to Gilbert Hubbard (Personal). :"
rms is Tor you to send your money in.
But it is personal"
ouch close, intimate relations exist
between yourself and Ebert already
that your money must go to him, the
Fra, personally.
In the letter the Fra whispers to
you softly: "a little bird tells me that
1909 for you will be the happfest and
most prosperous year you have ever
knoWn. How can you refuse to hand
perity is assured?
But the finish is the finest
Elbert Hubbard appears the
signature, in a large, overlooking hand,
and then below. in the same: ''Come,
BrOther Jones, we surely need Won
When you consider that all this de-
1ghtful cordially originated because
Elperts hired man took your name in
IT'S regular order out of some telephone
directory, you must admit that cham
pion Jollier is this Roycroft shark
rake 1T In whatever way you will,
and the Roycroft game is one of the
most beautiful and well developed
pieces OF artistic jollying the world
ever saw. 1t is an edition de luxe,
bound in ooze calf. with hand-ilIumin-
ated initials, and the owners name
stamped in gold leaf on the cover
And the owner of the graft is Elbur-
tus, the Fra. ''-Salina Journal,
o
INVENTIVE PEACE-MAKERS.
Much of the worlds best mentality
IS pent toward inventions intended to
ferent make of bullet which shall
penetrate more pine and men than it's
predecessors, a silencer to remove the
noise of battle; all of these things
nave been studied out with painful
eHort and much experimenting. The
hopeful say that these Inventions and
others that will follow, will some day
make war so terrible that men will
stop 1t because they dare not fight. But
such is not the case, unfortunately.
For never battle worth the name
but required the limit of human cour-
age: to die with the face to the foe,
or bear wounds, and thirst. and hun
ger And men are as abundant as
ever who can stand the test. There
are lots of towards whose pride win
not let them run. Perhaps they are
the bravest. And there are many
others who know no fear, to whom
fighting is a sort of a game, with the
stakes large, Others, like the Jap
anese, regard it a privilege to die
fighting, which makes an ugly foe.
But all men must die, and the best
the inventors can do is to find a means
to kill them with greater ease and GER
tainty; hence their work as peace
makers is hopeless. Universal peace !
will not come with great inventive
genius, but with more universal com
mon sense.--Atchfson Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

For the love of man." Well. when
all is said and done, that's a mighty
poor excuse for a young girl to take
her own life. There's not a man in ten
million who is worth any such sacri
Zee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

As cheap comedian once remarked
in these parts: Whether les warm or
whether it's not, we must have wealth
er whether Oh. not"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
Prescriptions Correctly Compounded


at seems to me that the use of the
adverb correctly gives the customer q
little more confidence, which is good
thing in such cases, as there isn't one
man in a thousand that knows any
thing about the nature of the ingredi-
ents he is about to swallow. "-Balti-
more American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
A Hint From London.

"You have noticed said Mr. f. w
''that in the average drug store of this
country a common sign reads like
this:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.

cent sotourn, I noticed in the apothe-
cary shops almost the same legend,
but I like the English version better.
The London druggists hang up notices
to this eect:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02

What in the world have you got
that bill framed up there for?" "Oh.
that" sighed the Millionaire lis the
only dollar I ever earnedl" I'VE IN
derstood. Puck.