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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

attract your own: Forgive me for say
ing this. Looki"
Jack Martin reading his paper, his
stocking feet on the seat of a chair
before him. sat near the table. Little
Jack was on his knee. The kettle
steamed on the bright stove. and a
great black cat slept on a red cushion.
But these things were as nothing. On
the sofa sat Eugene Goodwin, his coat
off. the two littlest Martins snuggled
into his arms. the year-old babe
sleeping, the other, her curly head on
his shoulder, laughingly delighted. He
was talking. telling a story. Bending
end of the old. old story of the Three
Bears. Never before had she wept
over that story. But her tears were
kind, washing away anger, resent
ment. loneliness. Anne whispered to
her out of the sweetness of her great
heart:
Men. especially husbands, are
nothing but big children. He is mis-
cradle because he thinks you don't
love him. He misses the child as
much as you. but man-grief is differ
ent from woman-grief-it hides it.
self. You must allow for that. He
always wants my baby, and let him
have her though she should be in bed.
Come in. dear, won't you" Mary
shrank back. Should she let him
think she cared where he went, that
she had followed him-that she need
ed him? Her friend, being wise, d.
yined her thought.
Did mere pride ever bring any
woman happiness, Mary?' Her ques
ton was gentle, but 1t struck home.
Mary followed Anne Martin in.
Eugene Goodwin looked up in utter
establishment. but his wife met his
eyes with a smile.
Don't get up, dear" she said.
When you are quite ready 1 will
walk home with you." But he rose
and put the baby in its mothers
arms.
On the way home, going up the lit
tie path in the moonlit freshness,
Eugene Goodwin drew his wife very
close to him. And they said nothing
at all. but the silence was good. 1t
was the peaceful silence of mutual
understanding, of forgiveness and of
love-of the stuff that homes are
made of.-(Copyrighted 1909 by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

can have just as large funeral as his
neighbor had. The coffin maker
quoted was partially wrong when he
declared that funeral expenses are not
a steady drain on the family purse.
This is true of the well-to-do people
who can afford big funerals for their
relatives and friends just as they can
afford automobiles. But the financially
well-fxed people in this country do
not predominant. The poor and those
in moderate circumstances are in the
great majority. And the cases are not
few where such families have literally
had to beggar themselves for quite a
continued period to pay the expenses
of the magnificent funerals they
given to their departed. The holding
of such funerals is to be deplored and
discouraged even if it will work hard
ship on coffin makers and undertake
ers. If there are too many of them
in the field there are also plenty of
other opportunities for the surplus to
earn lucrative livelihoods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
lFrom the Philadelphia Record

When a man is too lazy to work he
either becomes an idealist or a poll
t,cian.
Does the India Rubber Man of mu-
scum fame stretch every time he
yawns?
There is one advantage about nav
ing your leg amputated-you can't get
your feet wet.
The average man is so constituted
that he never sees base drum without
wanting to hit it..
Most of US stand e better chance of
teing stuck with a plugged nickel than
with a counterfeit $50 bill.
When fellow plays poker with his
father he may make 1t so hot for him
that tae old man can't stand the suns
rays.
Wigwag-"Whc was It that said Give
me liberty or give me death?'" Hen
peckke-"I don't know. but I'll bet a
big apple he was married"
Every cloud has silver lining
quoted the Wise Guy. Perhaps So"
said the Simple Mug. "but there are
mighty few of them that we are able
to turn inside OUT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Controversies are about as unsatis-
factory things as there are in the world,
so dodge them.
y 4
Some few men think they are pro-
viding well for their wives II they get
them places to work.
q
Perhaps there is not more happiness
in life for most persons because it is
so dependent upon goodness.
e u y
If gasoline were as expensive as fine
perfumery lots of poor folks could not
make an odor like automobile owners.
Maybe many people have little faith
in human nature because they are pref
ty well acquainted with themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
KYHAWKER JOTS

| Charlie Blakesley thinks that Mr..
| Skourup, who lives in Colony, does not
need any assistance from the Gold Dust
| twins.
The Jewell County Republican adj
viSes people to emulate the wind, which,
when abused, pays not the slightest at
tention but whistles and buckles down
to business all the harder.
The FIiawatha World has come to the
conclusion that "if there is one thing
a man should do it is to refrain from
speaking i'll of any woman. a man
might better steal. lie or drink than
do that
Bill Sincaller is quoted in his mouth
piece, the Vinland Vine. as saying that
conscience is not more than knee deep
in some parts of Vinland." He would
find similar conditions in other por-
tions of Kansas.
The discerning editor of the Linds-
borg News, Miss Anna Carlson. re-
marks that SO MANY girls fail to make
good in their office work because they
consider their jobs coaling stations on
the way to Matrimony."
A farmer living in Franklin county
has been arrested on the charge of forg-
ing checks. ''Whv in the name of Pros
perity." inquiries the Wichita Eagle,
should a Kansas farmer go to the
trouble of forging a check to get mon
ey."
discovered that the law applies to girls
as well as to boys. notes the Emporia
Gazette. She sent her little auto a.
humming down the main street of the
town, and a rude. unladylike policeman
gathered her in. and she had to pay
fine and costs.
The only way the Tribune can ex
plain the uncalled for antics of Its
press last evening. which caused the
delay that brought SO much anxiety
to our valued subscribers. judging from
the way the telephone rang. Is that the
strange sound of rain pattering on the
roof. gave 1t an attack of heart fall
ure.-Chanute Tribune.
Three well known Lawrence society
girls were going home the other even
ing when they saw some little girls.
playing ''hop SCOTCH" They stood and
watched a while and finally after they
couldn't resist it any longer they too
Joined N the game. They saw. however,
that times makes wonderful changes
and they had to rest for three days
after the game.-Lawrence Journal
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FUNERALS.

Death and funerals are rather dis
tressing subjects to discuss under any
and all circumstances but perhaps a
few words on them might not be out
OF place in view of the protests which
are going up from the coffin makers
OF the country to the effect that they
are engaged in an Improbable ven
ture because the cost of dying has not
kept pace with the cost of living.
These manufacturers of the grewsome
boxes, regardless of the silks and
satins they may be covered and lined
with. held convention in Cincinnati
last week. One of their number ex-
pressed the sentiments of the gather
ing when he discoursed as follows:
I'VE coffin makers want the under
takers to help us out more than they
DO We want the undertakes to
make sitter bills. and then we can
get more for our goods. Why should
we have to pay double what we used
to pay to live and let people die
cheaply? 1t isn't fair and it isn't logi-
cal. There are too many undertakes.
| They are cutting each others throats
to get business, and, what is more to
the point, they are cutting prices. An
| other thing, the supply of coffins is
| greater than the demand; that's what
makes 'em SO cheap. If a man wants
decent burial he ought to be made
] to pay a decent price for it. It isn't
| as though it was a steady drain on
the family purse. Coffins are bought
only occasionally. and when the occa-
sion arises they ought to be willing to
do the thing Handsomely"
Now. as matter of fact, one of the
banes of society in this country in all
its classes is the inclination of fam
lilies to give their deceased members
| expensive and gorgeous funerals.
| Much of it is done under the guise of
respect for the dead but it is in real
| ity for the purpose of showing the
world that certain dead individual
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
Once a candidate, generally a candi-
date.
The trouble is. all of US have such a
lot of fool habits.
Every man believes his business is
the most monotonous.
There Is one fortunate thing about
mistakes: many of them are easily cor
rected.
1t is hard to tell which is the more
worthless business: prospecting, or
working on inventions.
Fat men are lazy. but you can't help
admitting that there is something lik-
able about them.
When a mother shows her baby's
picture, she always says: THE baby
moved, or the picture would have been
better"
We always feel sorry for a dog that
doesn't belong to a boy; he somehow
reminds US of a man who belongs to
a woman.
We all have more good luck than
bad; if We didn't. most men would
have legs or arms cut off, or be in
the penltentiary.
80 many are ahead of you,'' a sick
man said to a neighbor, who recon-
nended a cure, that / can't try your
remedy for two or three weeks"
If you don't know that friends talk
about each other viciously, and with
little provocation, then you are too
trusting; you don't know as much about
human nature as you should.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
REEF OR MUTTON?

1t may not be generally admitted,
but as proposition we make bold to
state it. that slice of two-year-old
mutton, cut thick from loin roast.
that has been well baked and basted
and allowed to swelter in its own
liquor over night, is the best meat
that can be put on a table.
We make this remark not to evoke
a controversy, but simply to celebrate
an event that is transporting in the
west, which is no less than the chang
ing of the great cattle ranges into
sheep pastures and covering the hills
and valleys with f1ocks instead of
herds. We don't say that this comes
about because of a preference for
mutton over roast beef. The fleece
has something to do with it. The
flock is food and clothing combined.
But the account, from which we
draw our intelligence, puts another
meaning on he change. In the re-
gion of these cattle ranges, there has
been much voting of dry territory un-
der the local option regime, and this
has had something to do with the
passing of the cowboy, which is said
to be actually taking place. There
can be no cattle if there are no cow
boys.-Ohio State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

lFrom the Chicago News.
Probably a kings worst enemy is an
ace.
Honesty is one of the best excuses
for poverty
One way not to settle a question is
to argue about it.
Bores talk about themselves; gossips
talk about others.
A girl seldom admits that she's In
love unless she isn't.
Many q girl passes for a beauty be-
cause her feet cont show.
Getting in a tight place doesn't i'm
prove q loose character.
One can't judge a mans religion by
the rent he pays for his pew
Love makes thu heart light even
when the moon Is behind a cloud.
When it comes to creating a part tha
civorce judge puts it all over an actor.
If some men ever had any good in
tentionS they must have chloroformed
them.
Many people seem to mako a speciality
of doing the wrong thing at the right
time.
Every woman who has a good hus.
band imagines that his goodness is due
to her influence.
The part of the average mans life
that isn't spent getting into trouble il
spent trying to get out.
II angels are half as nice as girls
who are just entering womanhood we'll
have no kick coming
We are told that two heads are bet-
ter than one, but we believe one is bet
ter than a dozen of some brands
About the first thing a hired girl does
Is to look into all the closets to see if
she can discover the family skeleton.
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Why do they want to preserve the
"Winkley is a good deal of a crank, isn't
ne That doesn't half describe him
the postoffice department has to be made
demonstrating. the war and navy depart
Chicago Tribune.
The ladies of the audience rushed for
waved them off YEARLY II do not want
to seem ungracious,' he said s'but il you
to more than the address ia rather Give
your money back."-Phiiadelphia Ledger.
~, aDo ogs you believe bell surgery can yard on
p patient dies under an operation Phil
ali day; Dejeeted Ang sk nne here erss
Where did you fish?-Boston Transcript.
The poet took his silver-mounted pistol
from the bureau drawer; What are you
wife. I'm going to use it to drive the
wolf from the door" he answered. Ten
mnutes b, Later I'll the ps%InbrokeE had ad
Cholly-If you don't accept me. Ethel.
choily, you should aim at some Vital
spot.-Chicago Daily News.
Teacher-Felicia, name some bird that
is extinct. Felicia-Our canary-the cat
got it last night.-Chicago Daily News.
Police Official-Prisoner, have you any
collateral about your PTisoner-No, sab!
Nebah teched 1t, sah.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
PA. what is true greatness ITO be
represented on float in a parade a hun
dred years after one is dead."-Chicago
Record-Eerald.
Nell-Maude has costume for every
occasion. Believes, 1 suppose she
wouldn't even make salad without wear
ing dressing gown.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Examiner-Now, children, what is the
difference between pro and con?
Bright Boy-Please. sir. they're spelt diff
ferent.-Punch.
Don't COMPLAIN Of people tellin' yoh
secrets" said Uncle Eben. '.Dey couldn't
do 1t If you hadn't stahted it.''-washing-
ton Star.
The Horse Trade-'T CANT say I'm
stuck on him. You will be IL you buy
him, sirr'-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
FR0A OTHER PENS
MURDER BY SPECIAL REQUEST


A French jury has acquitted man
of the murder of his wife because con-
WINGED that the killing was done at the
request of the victim. The defendant
declared that he had loved his wife de-
votedly, but that she had long been q
sufferer from asthma, and that lie hao
become a burden to her. During one
of her spells of acutest suffering the
woman had repeatedly begged him to
end her agony. and at last he acceded
to her request. Deliberately and with
the woman smilingly awaiting the bul-
let, this man performed what he con-
sidered an act of mercy.
American juries should observe this
as something altogether new In the way
of an excuse There has been a strong
tendency to find some reason or otner
for acquitting murderers in this coun-
try, and it is by no means certain tnat
some of the pleas put forward nave not
been as ridiculous as that OF the Frencn-
man. How easy for any slayer to swear
that his victim had begged for death;
Unwrftten law, brain storms emotlonai
INSANITY and other such rot are PAD
enough to thwart justice and free the
guilty from their deserts. but these ex-
euses appear weak and inenectlve IN
comparison with the murder y-request
nlea-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

Count De Lambert. a French avia-
tor, made a remarkable flight of thir-
ty-one miles the other day in an aero
plane. He travelled over Paris and
circled around in the clouds above the
pinnacle of the Eiffe1 tower. But
please remember that he travelled in a
Wright machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
GOVERNED BY DIsGUsTs.

In a we'll known and beautiful prayer
of DIR. Henry Van Dyke is the petition
that we may be ruled by our admira-
tions rather than by our disgusts. 1t
is wholesome thought. with many ap-
rlications. Too many of us are govern
ed nv resentments over minor things
TOO many of us cannot see the dough-
nut for the hole. Too many of US allow
petty spites to overcome broad views
of a subject in its chief and most I'M
portant bearings.
The fundamental difficulty with those
who allow little blemishes to obscure
great merits and revel in their disgusts
to the neglect of their admirations Is, OF
course, a defective sense of proportion.
What is a mere incident. If 1t is objec-
tionable becomes of more moment than
the event as whole. useful career is
damned in their eyes because of some
sight defect which has aroused their
Observation-Disclosures star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

Another evidence of the peanut size
of Mr.. Peary's caliber is found in his
refusal to allow his negro guide, Matt
Henson, to use some pictures of the
Polar trip to illustrate a lecture. Mr..
Rsary is well qualified to hold a promi-
Rent position with the Klaw & Erlanger
theatrical trust. The motto of the
members of this voracious concern is
everything for us and nothing for any
body else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

AS might have been expected the peo-
pie in North Topeka are generally most
enthusiastic for the commission form
of government. But then they are
progressive in all things. 1t will be
remembered that they had their dixie
along the Raw river built some time
before the folks on the South side of
the river even began to talk seriously
about constructing one for their terri
tory. and the latter project is still in
the talking stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

John Dawson has conferred a great
boon on his fellow Kansans. Evidently
they have been laboring under delu-
sions for a long time, but no longer
will it be necessary for them to agitate
the construction of north and south
railroads in the state. John says that
Kansas has more than 1900 miles of
railroads, (which traverse all sections
of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
IFrom the New York Press.1

from the New York Press.J
A really brave man Is afraid to ACT
so.
Friendship best endures by not un-
dergoing any tests Of it,
II the baby would sleep all night the
house would catch on fire or some
thing happen to keep you awake.
The trouble with making love to your
wife Is it gets you into the habit Of
doing it when she's not around.
There's nothing makes man admire
costly gown on q woman SO much a.
If he didn't have to pay for it. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

Surely the folks who patronize one
of the largest department stores in
Chicago in the future will feel like
strangers in a strange land, since an
edict has gone forth which ,forbids the
salesgirls from wearing hair puffs, rats,
false curls, hair bows, peek-a-boo
waists, powder, paint, or other make
nm" faShy rings etc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

Lions, tigers and elephants are ar
irving at washington from the African
jungles trophies of Colonel Roosevelt's
prowess as mighty Nimrod. notes the
Baltimore American and it adds:
''They ought to give a significant hint
to the game he may hunt later when
he gets home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

Guy Morrison Walker. the New
York attorney and authority On Chi
nese affairs. who announces himself as
q passive candidate for the post of
United States minister to China, will
probably stay at home. He has talked
TOO much already
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

And so Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's
African hunting trip has not been in
vain. He had a close call for his life
in a sortie after elephants. Unless sew
eral more exciting incidents of this
kind happen the hunt will be anything
but a success from the Rooseveltian
standpoint
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

Mr. Taft is rusticating on his BROTH
er's ranch in Texas and says he pro-
poses to do just as he pleases for four
whole days. That's exactly what his
distinguished predecessor did during
the entire seven years Of his presiden-
tiaI fncumbency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

The linotype machine which has
been installed as an adjunct to the
state university school of journalism
ought to furnish fine field for labor
among those students who are taking
mechanical courses which include the
learning how to repair machinery and
keen it in working order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

in the various banks. All of this was
a net gain for the state but it is rather
peculiar that this reform must be
credited to the Square Deal Politi-
clans" when it was made possible by
a law which was passed by the legis-
lature that the chief apostle of the
square deaP' has insistently dubbed as
being Curtis legislature"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

A four-line rhyme is used by the
New York Sun to state the fact that
while aeronauts may fly very high
thse days, eggs. butter, meat and milk
are going higher. 1t might be added
that with the latter the old principle
that what goes up must come down
does not prevail, apparently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

That young Russian in New York
who is going to renounce the joys of
free land and return to Russia to
serve three years in the army of the
czar so as to keep his mothers home
from being confiscated, is of the stuff
of which heroes are made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
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
ganizatlon for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
ma. building over wires for this sole pur-
nose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

DR.. Cook has just announced that he
discovered large deposits of coal in the
Polar regions. 1t would come in
mighty handy for the Eskimos II they
Only had stoves to burn it in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

The Washington Post has a suspi-
cion that China's "open door" is being
fitted with a Japanese lock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21

There is good reason for congratu-
Iaifons all around that the state re-
ceived last year the sum of $4,000 in
interest on the deposits of state funds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-21
STORY of KAISER Wilhelm

1t goes without saying that the kaiser
is most popular with his army, hut not
every one is aware that he possesses
a nickname among his soldiers, VIZ.
Herr Lehman.
One day while on his way to the
palace he asked sentry his name, and
was astonished when the soldier, 81
may not tell
What do you mean?" demanded the
kaiser. in an assumed temper
''Majestat, my names Lehman,
too blushingly replied the sentry.
This, it is said. SO tickled the kaiser's
Iancy that he presented the man with
a coin.-London Daily New