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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
JAYHAWKER JOTS

''One-tenth of the people," says Tom
thompson, are working the other nine
tenths for chunps. And they are max
ing a grand success of it, too
Our advice, says the Hutchinson
News. to candidates for state offices is
that this is not the year to run. Next
year Will be time enough to be shot at.
I'VE notice. says the Concordia Kan
san, that the deeper a Kansas editor
gets into the political game the more
boiler plate matter he uses in his pa
per-"
The Wichita Eagle wants to know
Who is going to wear al, the gloves
that will be manufactured by the cot
ton glove factories which are being
started in about every town in the
state?
Abilene is heartbroken because
Charley Parker has decided to re-
move his big sideshows factory to
Leavenworth. Parkers shows have
done more to advertise Abilene than
any other industry, not excepting the
Abilena water.-kansas City Star.
Arkansas City entertained a stranger
the other day who walked, the streets
asking for aims on the plea that he was
deaf and dumb. He made a mistake
and spoke to the city marshal who inn
mediately placed him under arrest He
was charged with being drunk and
fined 81 in the police court He wasn't
of no particular account in the melting
out of Justice in Arkansas City.
The state of Kansas to Daniel Stone
greeting: You are hereby notified that
you are not the only wholesale dealer
in swine, and your claim to being the
champion buyer and seller will be con-
tested from this time henceforth. Will
lam Fuller drove 300 head of hogs
from Aetna to Medicine Lodge in a
day and half. The distance, which is
nearly 40 miles, was covered and with
out watering on the road. A large
part of the road is billy and very
rough, all of which goes to show what
a Kansas hog can do with the right
kind of a driver to urge him on.-Bar-
Der County Index
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

(From the Chicago News1
The umbrella dealer has a lot put by
for a rainy day
A doctor of divinity should believe in
the faith cure.
There is more or less moonshine in
the astrology business.
The winner never has any fault to
find with the referees decision
Even a cyclone cellar will not protect
man from domestic tempest.
Don't forget that your wife enjoys a
little honest praise now and then.
A graft by any other name is just as
apt TO land some men behind the bars.
When it comes to falling in love with
a giddy girl, there is no fool like an old
fool.
The wife of a dyspeptic man may not
agree with him any more than her
cooking does.
The average man will stand up for
himself, no matter how many people he
has to sit on in order to do it.
It's as difficult for some people to
draw their own conclusions as it is for
them to extract their wisdom teeth.
Some men never think of earning ar
honest living until they accidentally
get good, hard jolt in the right spot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

FROM the AtcnlSOn GiODe.
There is a vast difference between
dignity and the swell head.
II hate him." said a man recently,
'fas 1 hated the devil when 1 believed
in him."
People spend so much time talking
about what they should do, that they
neglect what they can do.
If father has a favorite among the
children, the rest of the family soon
find it out and get the favorite to boss
him.
Don't spend your time looking for
an easy job. The easy jobs are in poll
tics, and cost more than they are
worth.
We know an Atchison girl who is so
tanned, sunburned and freckled that
We cannot resist the conclusion that
she has been in swimming.
A certain South Atchison girl is not
versed in music, painting or literature,
but when she milks the COW. she can
throw two streams into a bucket all
right enough.
Not a great many years ago, the
Family Tie was regarded next to the
Bible. But borrowing from relatives,
and employing them has so weakened
the Family Tie that it isn't held in as
high veneration as an old teapot with
the spout knocked off.
The first time a. man eats at a board
ing house, he is a Chesterfield in man.
ners, but before he has taken three
meals there, he is playing a crab game
like the rest of them. It is impossible
to cultivate repose of manner and get
enough to eat at a boarding house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
HUHOR or THE DAY

Knicker-Jones brags he has an open
mind. Bocker-Yes, everything escaped
from it long ago.-New York Sun.
Ned-What did the telephone girl say
when she handed back Jacks solitaire and
broke the engagement? Tom-Ring off,
Somervil1e Journal
"I suppose you and your wife share
everythfng?, Not at all She insists that
L have all the faults. Detroit Free Press.
Kitty-hIrs. Carleigh thinks her son.
Harry is the salt of the earth. Janet
Well, can't see. why. 1 think he Is about
the freshest thing ever met.-Ldppin-
colts Magazine.
Travelling NANNY good man. what time
does this train leave Swamp Centerz Agent
My friend, I'm only the agent. Tn not
q fortune teller.-Stray Stories. =
az noticed remarked a tourist in Berlin.
sthat twenty-six of the German papers
speak very highly Of the new Reichstag.
'9Achi'' responded the native addressed
s.Dvendy-six of de members of de new
Rechstag is newsbaber Inen.-New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
HEALTH CAMPS LOCATION.

1t is not unusual these days to hear
the hope expressed that the tuber-
culosis health camp which the
Provident association is planning to
establish will not be located in the
city or in more or less densely popu-
lated locality on it's outskirts. The
fear is expressed that it will be dan
gerous to the health of the people
residing in its vicinity and that it will
be detriment to the value of sur
rounding property. That such fears
are almost groundless is made ap-
parent by a statement issued on this
very subject recently by the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
Vention of tuberculosis. This state
ment shows that in the great majority
of cases such an institution has a
beneficial effect, not only upon the
sale of property. but also upon the
health of the community. This state
ment is, in part, as follows:
In recent investigation con-
Quoted by the national association, 81
institutions located in % different
states in all parts of the country
were considered. According to in
formation received from sanatorium
superintendent, real estate dealers,
and various disinterested parties, 67.5
per cent of these tuberculosis Sana-
toria have had a favorable influence
upon surrounding property, and have
been a benefit to the community in
which they are located.
In the case of %, or 62.2 per cent
of the institutions the presence OF
the sanatorium helped to increase the
assessed valuation of surrounding
property. In only one instance has
properly decreased in value, and
there it was due to ignorance of the
facts In % out of the 81 cases, the
presence of sanatorium has even
been helpful in the recent sale of
land. and in only four places has any
shown. In 51.3 per cent of the cases
residents have been attracted to the
community by the sanatorium, and in
only three localities have residents
been repealed.
The courts of Massachusetts,, North
Carolina and Virginia have decided
that a tuberculosis sanatorium is not
a menace to the health of a COM
munity. and that it does not decrease
the value of land in its immediate
neighborhood.
sanatorium has been 6, benefit also to
the farmers in it's vicinity from the
fact that it affords a market for their
produce, and gives more work TO the
unemployed. The merchants, too
have testified that the sanatorium is
stimulus and help to trade.
The tuberculosis sanatorium has
been of value to the community IN
the raising of health standards In
almost every city or town where such
an institution has been opened, pub
lie splitting has decreased, more win
dows have been opened, and greater
cleanliness in life has resulted.
For these reasons, the National AS
sociation for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis declares that
instead of being a menace, tuber-
culosis sanatorium may be regarded
as a benefit to any community IN
which it is located, whether city or
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
ABOUT a Roy.


One time there was
Named Roy
A joy
To all who knew him best,
his parents were
The kind
Whose mind
Can find
No middle place to rest.
But must go on
And on
And on
And on
Until the limit looms.
lFor any child
AS he,
Sans glee
Is quite the worst of dooms.)
They sterilized the air he breathed they
fed him insect powder;
He played maldehyde-and-seek which
only made them prouder.
lie wrote with disinfected ink on sanitary
paper,
With baked and parboiled pencil, which
was not a comic caper.
He was as free from Gravity things az
hard-boiled china eggs;
He wore curculio barriers bound about
his sterile legs.
But once, alas,
The lad
Poor tad,
IT'S sadi-
Fled his germ-proof duress,
microbe got
Inside
His hide
And died
OF utter lonesomeness!
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

A mosquito gets, just about as busy
as bee but it doesn't get any praise
or credit for it's activity.
\ y y
There may be a time for all things
but there's usually not enough of 1t for
those of the pleasurable sort.
\
Why it is that women seem to get
satisfaction out of the thought that all
the troubles in the world are f1eaped on
their shoulders? se
n n
The value of free advice is shown
by the fact that when people want
something real in that line they have to
pay for it and they are willing to pay
we'll.
Is it a proper division of labor for a
man to run for car carrying little
vaIse while his wife staggers along in
the rear with large child in her
arms?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
QUAKER nrEDrTAT1oNs.
[From the Philadefphia Press.l

[From the Philadelphia Press.1
A gossip is L person who tells all he
knows. and then some.
Don't burn your bridges behind you
unless they are insured.
The man who holds his own is the
one who holds his tongue.
The horn of plenty is seldom played
by the llorny-handed son of toll.
Never tell the bowling-alley attend
ant that he doesn't amount to row
Of pins.
He who takes time by the forelock
is the only one who realizes that time
is money.
sillfcus-'.How is a fellow 70 know
when he is in lover Cynicus-"Oh,
the girl will tell him."
You can truthfully say of onions
and mint drops that they are not to
he mentioned in the same breath.
After an author has written his first
storv without wanting to be q thief he
is ambitious to become second-story
man.
She-eDon't you think a man should
fell his troubles to his wffeT He
yves. and she generally manages it so
he has plenty to tell"
THE fellow who first advanced the
theory that two could live as cffeaply
as one is, responsible for two-thifs7s OF
the worlds unhappiness.
81 am looking for a husband. = re-
marked the worried woman. why. ]
thought you were already married p
said the merry one. so I ann re-
Piled the worried woman. land spens
most of my time looking for him.'f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
a DEEP WATERWAYS sNAG.

Something of a black eye has been
delivered to the deep waterways pro-
jects in this country by the report
which a board of army engineers has
submitted to congress to the effect
that the proposed fourteen-foot deep
waterway plan from st. Louis to the
Gulf of Mexico is undesirable, both as
to the cost of it's construction, the
cost of its maintenance, the length or
time it would take to construct 1t,
and the facilities it would afford. The
cost of the work is estimated at
S12S.OO0,OO0. It is figured that 1t
would take eighteen years to COM
plete the job and that it would cost
$6,OO0,0OO year for the proper
maintenance of the waterway. This
is certainly not a very encouraging
report for the deep waterway enthu-
siasts, as all public spirited citizens
should be. But perhaps it is not
quite as bad as it looks.
These same engineers believe that
deep waterway of considerably les
ser depth would serve all practical
purposes, one of say nine feet from
St. Louis to the gulf and then one of
eight feet in depth from st. Louis to
Chicago and the great lakes. How
ever. those who are deeply interest
ed in the project disagree on this
point. They think that this water
wav should be at least fourteen feet
deep. Some would have it twenty
four feet deep, which would permit
the largest of ocean going vessels to
traffic in it. And reports from Wash
ington are to the effect that while
| this report of the engineers is dis
| couraging, to say the least, still it is
/ not to be taken for granted that the
army engineers possess all the Know
ledge there is in the world on this
proposition in its many and varied
| phases.
There are some who contend thai
such a waterway as is proposed be-
| tween Chicago and the Gulf Of Mexi'
co is not only feasible but also thai
no matter what it cost it could be sat
isfactorily demonstrated that it would
be one hundred times more valuable
to the whole people of this country
than the Panama canal will be. Sucf
arguments are not without theil
weight, for a deep waterway of thii
sort through the heart of the coun
j try would do more to regulate the
freight rates of the land by making
them more reasonable than could {
thousand interstate commerce o.
railroad commissions If they had al
kinds of power.
i AS to the great expense of main
tanning such a waterway it woulC
seem that this could be met to ;
considerable extent by collecting ;
government license or tax or fe'
of some sort on the traffic which viii
be attracted to it. 1t is so inexpen
sive to handle freight by boats a
4 compared with the similar expens
on railroads and by other medium
that a tax of this sort could be de
n vised which would not be UNUSUAL,
burdensome to any one engaged il
Il the river traffic but which woul,
amount to a large sum in the aggre
gate.
; And regardless of this report of tn
army engineers it is reasonable t
|, state that considerable progress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

Removing large sections of the
epidermis of one, Aldrich of Rhode
h1siand by one, LaFollette of Wiscon-
kein is becoming an every day hap
opening in the senate chamber as the
fdiscussion of tariff measure con-
fhinues. This is not accomplishing
knauch in the revising of the tariff as
l4he people would like to have it be-
cause one, Aldrich, has the votes to
lido as he pleases. But it is opening
1.-THE eyes of the people of the land to
the way their interests are disre-
ixarded by the powers that be in
congressional circles and that is doing
"a great deal. LaFellette is being
helped out in this excellent work by
polIfver, by Bristow. by Cumnins and
Others. The s'honor ro1l' of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

From Mrs Howard Gould's own
testimony, in her suit for divorce, as
ITO how she squandered money. it is
evident she made a serious mistake
in marrying mere millionaire. Moth
ing less than Millionaire could begin
70 provide the money for her expen-
sive whims without registering some
sort of a kick. Mr.. Gould must have
been hard put to it to keep himself
supplied with street car fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

being made towards solution of
these important deep waterways
problems. Nor does it seem reason
able that the United States will al
low to slip out of its grasp such Won
derful advantages that it has for
deep and serviceable waterways,
which every other country in the
world would have appreciated and
developed long ago, if they had only
been favored with them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate OF ten
cents week or thirty cents n month
ffby mail only.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State journal will be to you like
a 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, 1909-06-14

Fred S. Jackson, the states attor-
ney general. has discovered that an
important law passed by the last
legislature governing the methods of
procedure of the building and loan
associations in increasing their capital
stock, is unconstitutional because its
enscting clause is glaringly defective.
For pure, downright carelessness in
framing legislation the Kansas legis-
lature of 1909 established most un-
enviable record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

Hegewisch, Chicago hamlet which
has the reputation of being the
'lonesomest town in the world is
agog with excitement. There was a
safe blowing in its midst the other
day. The safe attacked by robbers
was in the postoff1ce and their loot
consisted of "a pennies and SO worth
of postage stamps. A postoffice bal
ance on hand of that size is a good
index sto why the place is lone
some.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

Announcement comes from the
state bank commissioners office that
the largest banks in the state are
among the first to take advantage of
the guaranty deposit law. There's
nothing unusual about this. The
bankers who have the ability to make
large financial institutions of their
banks are smart enough to recognize
the benefits of a statute which will
make their banks stronger and more
stable institutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
a REAUT1FuL CUSTOM.

The touching and beautiful custom
of giving newly married folks a rous-
ing charivari seems to flourish in
spite of the check placed on it by
the non-sentiment justices of the SUI
preme court in their recent decision.
At Parsons, few nights ago. this
charming custom was carried out in
all it's beauty and simplicity. The
friends of the young people gathered
around the hotel where they were
stopping and began a beautiful med
ley that stirred the hearts of the peo-
pie in the house. IN the exchange of
compliments that followed. one of the
merry cut-ups presented the bride
with a handsome 32-caliber bullet in
the foot as a token of esteem, and an
other of the happy party carried off
a similar mark of appreciation in his
shoulder Such touching cHmaxes of
happy events cannot fail to stir up
pleasant sentiments in the hearts of
the participants and the effort to
check this unrestrained flow of humor
and spirits will no doubt have g. brief
and fleeing career. when the lack of
tender sentiment that inspires 1t is
fully dem onstrateds-Fort Scott Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
FROM OTHER PENS
POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION,

POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION.
1t is no longer 1.-The public be damn
ed" as one of the elder Vanderbilts
once said. Up to recent times no one
except public officials ever thought it
worth their while to consider what the
public thought of their doings and
undertakings and even this class heed
ed it in a perfunctory way. Next the
men occupying semi-public positions
felt the force of its pressure and rail-
road and public service corporations
discovered the necessity, if not of
yielding, of at least discounting 1T.
Corporations which have to deal with
the public everywhere are adopting
the plan of giving publicity to their
business formerly concealed. They
have discovered that the people de-
sire only what is fair and that re-
strictions which have been unjust
have gone on the statute books
through enforced popular ignorance
which they could have cured Tne
millennium has not arrived nor have
these men told>it all, but only so
much as the logic of conditions has
impressed them as being necessary,
vet the recognition of public opinion
is growing and every day sees more
light let in on hitherto dark places.
What is still more astonishing is the
fact that men in private life, doing
business on a large scale particularly,
have found It desirable to reckon
with this newborn force in civic life.
Omaha Bee.
THE VIRTUE OF CONSISTENCY.
with nations as with individuals con-
sistency is q virtue which should be
cultivated, especially since the mani
| fest tendency of the age is to initiate
great movements for the benefit OF
civilization as whole by a coming to-
gether of the world powers, but un-
fortunately its support of proposition
may not always carry the full weight
in which it is entitled because our ma
| tional policy has not always been con-
sistent with our professions.
| In this connection The Boston Herald
remarks: 'Rumors come from Wash
ington from time to time that the
| United States may soon take the in
| itiative in an effort to commit the ma
lions to reduced expenditure for MILL
tarism, looking to ultimate disarm-
ament. Attention, for instance, is now
called to the fact that the United
/ States, in communication with Russia,
prior to the second Hague conference,
reserved the liberty to propose for con-
/ sideration the reduction or limitation
I Of armament.
But, unfortunately, the inconsistency
| of our policy of naval expansion, devel-
J oped rapidly since the second Hague
conference, has diminished the un-
doubted coign of advantage this coun-
4 try had in ehampioning disarmament
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

A baseball player was most ser
iously injured, possibly fatally. in a
game played recently at Medicine
Lodge. Now the occurrence of such
an accident on a Kansas football field
would have been the occasion of hor-
rible howls of protest from many
quarters against a brutal sport"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

George AIDE has been elected
to trusteeship of Perdue university.
1t is reasonable to =, suppose. there
fore, that that institution will soon
equip it's curriculum with a course in
high class slang t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
tF'rom the New York Press.l

IFrrom the New York Pressl
A good joke on other people is a
mighty poor one on ourselves.
The only way you can get the cook to
stay is to try to get her to go.
When the minister comes to dinner
everybody enjoys 1t except the family
A girl gets lots of enjoyment out of
athletics wondering what it's all about.
One of the luckiest things that can
happen to a man is not to count on his
luck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

Probably the Topeka merchants
will not be so accommodating in the
future in the cashing OF checks for
strangers. The ease with which a
couple of young men relieved them
recently of considerable sum of
money in the aggregate ought to be a
good lesson to them in this regard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

United States senate is not large now
but it will be larger as soon as a few
more states indulge in direct pri-
maries for the nomination of United
States senator's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

Concerning the rumor of a day or
two ago that another Castro plot was
being Matched, the Chicago Record
Herald thinks that it is merely an
other case of exploiting a. bad egg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

Mark Twain's advice to the sweet
girl graduates of st. Timothy's school,
Baltimore, Md. not to marry to ex-
cess is exceedingly pertinent in this
day of disgrace in the divorce mill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-14

H. c. Frick, the millionaire steel
magnate. is going into the sauer
kraut business on an extensive scale.
This would lead to the conclusion
that there must be big money in it.