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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison clone. l

tFrom the AtchiSon Globe.J
There is nothing quite so tfresome
as the Overworked Martyr
A mean husband is doubly mean if
he is cross to his wife in public.
The trusts do not cause you as much
trouble as your own extravaganza
II don't know much" said a man
recently, but know too much to take
medicine -
Your mail is bad enough at best,
but during dull times it becomes par
ticularly disgusting.
Il don't amount to much" said a
man the other day, but I pride myself
on one thing; was never tattooed.''
A certain business man was so mad
this morning, over the occupation tax,
that he cussed policeman to his face.
If man looks innocently up into a
cherry tree, and sees a girl there, is an
apology or a compliment due from
him?
When a young man calls on a girl,
and she says she is afraid she will die
an old maid. is that equal to her say
ing he can have her?
There are only two ways for a mar
ried man to be gallant: Give his wife
the rocking chair. and never express
a regret that he didn't stay single
If a preachers wife. in the privacy
of her own family. took the chicken
breast and gave her husband the back,
would she be turned out of the church
IL it became known?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There's a good deal of difference be-
tween calling a spade spade and us
ing one.
= X =
1t is far easier to say than to do,
and that's probably why there is so
much idle talk.
June might properly be likened to a
trouble breeder because SO many we'd
dings happen during it.
The last verse of the average poem is
generally the best one for the simple
reason that it is the last.
X
You often hear the remark that "hfe
is short" vet most people are careless
about wasting a lot of theirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
QUAKER fluctuations.
rFrom the Philadelphia Press

rFrom the Philadelphia Press.l
A man can frequently see his finish
without the aid of telescope.
It's the doctors business to see
that we keep body and soul to-
gether.
BIobbs-"Dees your wife miss
you?" SIobbs-"Not often. She
throws pretty straight
The man who can convince others
that he is as good as he thinks he is
is n wonder.
The average man doesn't think
about mending his ways till they are
pretty badly shattered.
1t may be possible for a woman to
keep a secret, but most of them are
woefully out of practice.
He-"You are the apple of my eye"
She-'Well, I'll tell you right now,
there isn't going to be any CORE
Little WiIlie-"I hate to have my
face washed" Little Bobby-s'So do
I. I wish I was g. big man and could
wear whiskers.'
Wigg-sI don't see what he adj
mires about her. She has such a poor
complexion Wagg-"Yes, but she
has such rich father
Siliicus-"I always hope for the
best" Cynicus-"And when you get
1t 1 suppose you wish you had hoped
for something better"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
THE ADVERTISING SPIRIT.

On Tuesday night Mr.. NacLennan of
this paper who had been invited to adj
dress the Leavenworth Advertising
club. said in part:
1.-THE advertising spirit is today, in
business building and town building,
the greatest spirit in the world.
1.-THE advertising spirit, as it appears
to US here tonight, is the spirit of the
combined enthusiasm which exploits
the good things of a. business or a city
and produces results.
''You meet here as an advertising
club to develop this spirit; to bring it
out.
"The advertising spirit as a creator
of enthusiasm is the only spirit that is
really worth while in Kansas. There
was a spirit which at one time was
considered necessary at dinners TO
create enthusiasm: to loosen the tongue
and to produce bright sayings. But
this order of things passed in Kansas
years ago and completely and finally
at midnight on May 18th last. This
old spirit created enthusiasm and
| sometimes a riot, but 1t always left a
bad taste in the mouth the morning
after. This advertising spirit creates
| the real thing, not merely an effer-
| vescence. 1t has substance to it and it
brings results. The entire country is
pervaded by this advertising spirit
Even Kentucky, Georgia and Texas are
giving up the other kind.
an the east about six kinds of wine
were formerly considered necessary to
| give the diners a good time and put
them in a proper mood for talking and
| listening. But this sort of thing even
in New York is changing; more people
turn down their glasses; more ban
quets are held without mixed drinks.
"a few days ago a notable dinner
was given in Philadelphia. There were
| 800 covers and it is said there were
brighter speeches, brighter ideas and a
better feeling than is usual at eastern
dinners. There was nothing stronger
| to drink than cold water and hot coffee
| but it was the advertising spirit which
was there that created the enthusiasm
and the interest. The event COM
memorated the fortieth anniversary of
the great advertising agency of N. w.
Aver & Son; probably the greatest one
in this country with clean advertisers
as its clients and clean newspapers as
| it's patrons.
1.-THE advertising spirit of a town is
that which brings out the best things
| a town has and let's the outsider as
wen as the resident know of the faciIi-
ties and advantages and things which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
AYHAWKER JOTS


Replying to the Atchison Champions
query, who starts the gossip?" a
Sedgwick county editor says: I'VE
have agreed not to tell" Mean old
thing.
John Bull is not merely creature of
fiction to depict Great Britain, says the
Hutchinson Gazette. but cattle raiser
or Gray county who ships them to
Kansas City by the train load.
Major A. NJ. Harvey is credited with
having caused a sensation at Emporia
by stating that xalt Mason is a better
poet than Alfred Austin, the poet
laureate of England. 1t really is an
insult to Mr.. Mason to mention him
in the same breath with the dinky Mr.
Austin.
Can there be any connection be-
tween the recent announcement from
Galena that that town is dry liquor
ally speaking, for the first time
in it's history and the subsequent one
that the people oAth place have voted
$40 900 in bonds for the establishment
lot waterworks land an adequate water
supDly2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
FRON OTHER PENS
COLONIAL OFFICE NEXT.

SOlLONlAh Of N EAl.
President Taft is credited with a
plan to create what would amount to
a colonial office in the administrative
service at Washington. At present
the Philippines are under control of
the bureau of insular affairs of the
war department. the Samoan possess
ions and Guam are under the navy
are supervised by the interior de-
partment, though each has some de-
gree of self government. The idea
credited to the president is to bring
all these possessions under the charge
of a territorial Office. With the con-
centration would come greater
authority over them and. of course,
improved conditions would be ex-
pected.
Since we have initiated foreign
powers by acquiring colonies, it is en-
tirely natural that we should initiate
them further by creating colonial
office, even though it is not called by
that name. The alternative would be
to get rid of the colonies, and there
does not appear to be much chance
for that at present.-Buffalo Express.
DISRESPECTFULT TO THE JURY.
The Judge of the criminal court in
Chicago was SO incenSed at verdict
of acquittal found by jury in the
case of two men charged with rob-
y,
believe that the verdict represented
an honest opinion. He cut off the
days pay of the jurymen and ordered
the guns and cartridges which had
been taken from the defendants re-
| turned to them, with the caustic re-
mark that they may want to use
them again. Another account says
| that he ordered the defendants to steI
| up to the jury box and shake hands
| with their friends. What calm ju-
| dicial comment might be on such
| treatment of a jury the Appellate
| division of the Supreme Court of New
york has suggested in recent de-
cision, which reversed conviction or
the ground that the trial judge had
been similarly disrespectful to the l.
| good men and true. They arrived al
| a verdict of, guilty after the judge
| had told them there was no reason
| except through sympathy or improper
motive of some kind, why they should
mot agree Juries frequently may seem
| to be dull-witted and even recatcitran'
bodies. Nevertheless a frontal attach
| on the grand buIwark' of our noer.
/ ties is obviously not sound IN iega
| tactics-Providence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
GO FORTH.

Take up the quirt of the braided hide,
Take up the lasso Topped and curied,
Lash your Fate till you stem its tide,
Lasso your luck from out of the world!
lis there in the flat OF the grassy plain
Where the Pickering heat-waves dance,
And deep in the mountains hidden vein
1t waits for the pick of chance.
And out on the sea where the brusque
waves slap,
And the ropes and ratlines sing and
snap.
1t rides with the sun of the ranging
horse,
1t flies with the flag unfurled,
1t sails with the ship on her changing
course,
This glorious luck of the world
And the place to capture this won
derful thing.
Is out In the open where Strength is
King.
So win your spurs of the smiling gold,
And leap. to the lists where the gaunt-
let is hurled,
And fighting the fight with odds untold,
Lasso your luck from out of the world
William Adams in Uncle Sans Maya
zine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrona the Chicago >News.1

LF'rom the Chicago >News.l
The open season for snake stories is
here.
A male gossip is nearly always look
ing for a job.
When a henpecked man does talk
he speaks his wife's mind.
Women and newspapers should
never be judged by their wrappers.
Some men are homeless. and some
haven't sense enough to go home.
But for the credulity of some peo-
pie they wouldn't believe in them
selves.
Duty calls a, man to church on Sum
day, and pleasure urges him to go
fishing.
The woman question always has
been, and probably always, will be: rs
my hat on straight?''
It's some satisfaction to know that
people can't draw sight draft on you
for q debt OF gratitude.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
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.GN ElRlB ZUIaSs MA

Wroten to Looie Linkenfusser, YER
effer he ISIS At:
Wharyah, Looie. Recently 1 haf
peen looking ad der baperss. ad-
tempting to gedt idea uf umpor-
dance to conversationize nit YOU ad
dls time, but I candt findt id. AID
ieasd, uf dere vas someding wort vile
10 vas concealed pehind thick LAYER
uf Gould diforce case, vich ISIS aboudt
All vot ISIS printed. Derefore. / will
nam to dake es der supchect uf my
weekly epizoodic der Gould case. yich
ISIS a delicatessen supchect to discus
sion. Howeffer. will addempt. Looie.
10 expurgate und disefection der sup
chect pefore handing id to YOU.
To commencement: Here We hat
der case uf laty vich ISIS a lifting
example uf vot clothes addention TO
bitzness can pull ouf. But a short
| time backwards, We opserf der laty as
socinating init Biffalo Billiken, ad
slgsty cendts week und horse-feed.
NOW We fid her sitting on der besd
end uf millyunt dollar ehob es d.
vorcee, und a egspense accoundt uf
oen-tousand month. Uf course We
| musd nod dafe dem witnesses too Sc
rlouslessly, pecaus efen witnesses ISIS
sometimes like Italy. You will bleas
remember. Looie. dot Napolyun vonce
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

viction Of indulging in bank frauds. is
given his liberty under a heavy bail
pending the appeal of his conviction
and sentence to the higher courts. A
poor man without influential friends
would now be serving out his sentence
IL he were in Morse's shoes. In the
first place he would not have had, the
money to appeal his case to the higher
courts and in the second place he
would not have been able to furnish d
bail bond of $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
NO USE TO SOB.

Governor Stubs has faults. no doubt,
other than his attorney general and his
red hair, but he is showing one strong
point which cannot fail to please sensi-
BILE people. He isn't listening to every
wall which rises from Lansing, backed
by the folks at home. He is showing a
disposition to abide by the sentence of
the court, and to let erring humanity
pay the price, even if it be a prison.
He doesn't intend to let Jessie Morrison
go home, and he isn't listening with a
ready tear and reader pardon to the
wall of a young man who has been in
prison most of the time since he was
seven years old. The governor gets
many letters demanding tanother
chance for this young man, but the
sobs are in vain. A youth who breaks
so easily into prison. and stays so long,
might find 1t difficult to keep out, and
the governor is saving transportation.
Criminals whine too much, and decent
people whine too much for them. They
had a chance before their crime; the
same chance you have, to be decent
Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press-l

IF'rom the New York Press-1
The reason a girl can be sure her
ewes are blue is they aren't.
A widow knows how to be just as
much interested in man as II he was
interesting.
One reason women have such a good
time talking so much is they have so
little to say.
charities, the more the people who drag
the money out of you act as if they
supported them.
A mans idea of comfort is when his
wife thinks it would be disgrace to
her for any of her friends who call in
carriages to see him dressed that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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away during the summer may have
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TO any address at the rate of ten
rents week or thirty cents a month
(by mail only.) Address changed as
often as desired. While ont of town
the State journal Will be to you like
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, 1909-06-19


mans Kills.
These words of the gifted Paul to
the Romans present an admonition
that all men should delight to heed.
They suggest the creation of a condi-
ton among folks that would approach
the ideal; a condition when petty bick-
ering and wrangiing over the most
trivial sort of affairs to violent quar-
rels about more serious matters in dis
pute would be things of the past; when
all people would dwell in harmony and
tranquility one with the other.
1t will probably be the opinion of
some that such a condition of affairs
will never prevail on this earth I'M
til that chimerical period, called the
millennium arrives. Maybe this is true.
The ideal in anything is mighty diff
cult of realization. And nothing could
be more difficult than the bringing
about Is universal reign of personal
peace among the members of the hu-
man family. Even Paul to whom moth
ing, almost, seemed impossible and
from whom no secrets were hid, appre-
ciated this. He was particular to say
in his urging of people to live at peace
with each other, ''tf it be possible"
Occasions arise frequently where it
does not seem possible that quarrels
of greater and less purport can be
avoided. A man would probably lose
his own self-esteem,-an certainly the
respect of his friends and acquaint-
ances,-if he failed at times to stand
up for himself with his tongue or his
fists. But the times in the average
mans life when it is necessary for
him to fight in the defense of his name
or rs honor, or the name and the
honor of those who are dear to him,
are really few and far between. And
it almost rests with. a man himself as
to just how often it may seem neces-
sary for him to quarrel. Assuredly the
picking of quarrels among people of
intelligence is always to be avoided,
SO is association with persons of quar-
reIsome dispositions, The latter is easy
for they almost wear the badge of
this failing on their faces. But above
all things, the best way to avert dis
putes and quarre1s is to so conduct
yourself in such proper fashion that
YOU will not be liable to have excep-
lions taken to your varied attitudes.
Be careful not to offend in any way
the men and women with whom you
come in contact. They, in turn, will
be more than apt to treat you as you
treat them.
AS it should be in this respect with
men and women, so should it be among
the nations of the earth. There is
plenty of room on its surface for all
people and all nations to develop
themselves to the highest possible
standards and to acquire as much of
the worlds goods as is sufficient for
all of their wants without any man
or any nation encroaching on the
rights Of others. And the energies of
kings, potentates and plebeians. of en-
perors and peasants, of presidents and
peoples cannot be better expended
than in efforts to live at peace with
each other. The victories of peace are
no less renowned than those of war.
They are more satisfactory, too. And
this is just as true of individuals In
their private life as it is Of empires,
Kingdoms and republics in their world
40
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

In Minneapolis. Mimi, the city mag
istrates are sending Automobiles who
disregard the speed limits to the work
house for periods of from five to ten
days. No option Of paying a fine is
given to them. And that's just the
proper sort of medicine that should
be dealt out to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

If Mr.. Bryan goes to the United
States senate. the Chicago Tribune
thinks that there will be at least one
Bryan Democrat in that body. any
how. But then there is no telling just
how Mr.. Bryan would act in the SEN
ate after he has basked a while in the
peculiar environment which surrounds
that peculiar body
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

To the average individual who
smoked a piece of glass and took a
peek at the recent partial eclipse of
the sun the sight he saw resembled
big yellow pumpkin pie with a large
mouthful bitten out of its edge. Prob
ably the astronomers saw much more
in the occurrence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

City and state authorities are to work
hand in glove in the enforcement OF the
law against short weights and meas
ures. That's business. In union there
is strength. And many laws have Their
efficiency spoiled by city and state Of
hcsrs working at cross purposes in ad-
slninistering them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

Maybe Mr.. AIdrich and his friends IN
the United States senate are playing
politics as Senator Burkett, of Ne
braska, said the other day. But it is a
mighty poor kind and they'll awake to
a realization OF that fact some day, and
possibly just a little bit too late.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

There is an increase of $1,000, $50
in the assessment of the property in
Shawnee county for this year as com
pared with 1908. It seems to be. a
reasonable one, and it may be said that
the assessors have generally done their
work we'll. Some kicking is being reg
istered against some of it, but this is
ONLY natural
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

The Chicago Tribune likens the fol-
lowing from the Charleston News and
Courier as a fair compromise: ION
condition that Colonel Bryan will cease
to run for president, we will advocate
making the anniversary of his birth
a national holiday. What say you, col
onel?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

A note Of warning is issued to MEM
bers of the house of representatives by
the Boston Transcript with the remark
that Speaker Cannon's playful turn
with Pugilist O'Brien shows that if
moral suasion fails he has other re-
sources
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

France also gets aboard the uni
versal peace wagon which is so popu-
lar today among the great nations of
the earth. She is processing to spend
$500, 600, 900 in the next cen years in the
construction of warships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

Statesmen in Illinois are preparing
to draft another primary law to take
the place made vacant by the decis-
ion Of the courts of that state which
declared the third law made by them
on this subject to be unconstitutional
They have certainly had practice
enough in the making of these laws to
frame a proper one this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
KANSAS COMMENT
WHAT WoMEN REALIY wANr

WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT.
What women want today, what they
nave always wanted, what they will
want, so far as we can see, as long as
human nature is human nature, is
something to take care of, says a
writer In Harper's Weekly. From the
WasherWoman with her half dozen
pables always underfoot and in the
way, to the celebrated professor of
geology, the dream is the same
something to take care of. Learnin g
does not quench the instinct nor dead
en- 1t. A woman at the very top of one
of the learned professions recently ex-
pialned her economies by saying she
was investing in little farm, upon
which she intended to bring up a lit
tie adopted boy or girl. adding with
infinite pathos: 1.-THE part will have
TO play will be fathers and not the
mothers because of my work, but it
VIII be worth while, anyway"
No political duties or interests are
going to change this instinct. Con-
ditions have changed woman's occu-
pations; necessarily she has changed
she is still the caretaker, still finding
her chief happiness and her chief la
Dor in looking out for others, in pro-
tecting the rising generation. 1t will
be the very last instinct to yield, if
ever it does, to new and strange
forces. The adjustment to economics
IS unavoidable. Women are demand
ing new rights because new conditions
render their work futile or difficult
without them, but wherever and
whenever women are able to get be-
yond the actual needs of the body,
the necessities of life, they will pro-
vide next for their happiness, and
their happiness lies always in some
thing to take care of-Wichita
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

Professor Lefranc of the College of
France must have kept his eyes shut
a good portion of the time while he
was in this country. He says he saw
no ugly houses In America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19
WORK FOR ALL.

1t is the Socialist doctrine that there
should be work for all, and that all
should work. But they would cut the
working day to about fifteen minutes,
after which the world could devote
the balance of the day to free lunch,
free railroads, and other free and
easy pastimes But such conditions
not obtaining, some of them devote a
full day to grumbling at conditions as
they are. and they will not even be
treasured by the statement that So
cialism is due by 1913. as Upton Sim
clair says That author has shot wide
SO often that even his friends are wise.
Still, there is work for all, and for a
longer day. The development of the
country has made only fair start,
and there will be plenty to do. Panics
and misfortunes do sometimes pro-
duce unemployment, but the general
rule, that the man who wants work
gets it. is as good today as ever
AtchiSon Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

Sands that sing and stones that
speak are reported to abound in the
Santa Monica mountains in California.
Somebody will soon be discovering
trees that smile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-19

The Chicago News wants to know
''if Bryan is made a senator will he
quit running for PRESIDENT" Possibly,
but probably not.