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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

IFrom the New York Press.l
Art is a convenient profession for
people who don't know how to do
anything,
The way for a widow not to get too
old to marry again is to have a lot
of money.
Even church is a relief to a man
from staying home with his family on
a rainy Sunday.
When a woman has good meals for
the family it's a sign she has much
more brains than if she knew how to
write poetry.
A girl always knows enough about
baseball to make the fellow who
takes her think what "a. wonderful
man she thinks he is to understand it
better than the players, =, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
WALLED IN.

Oh. for the sound of the long surf break
And gulls wild calling beyond the
The whippoorwilrs notes from the swamp
in the twilight,
Or the small sweet chirring in meadow
land.
The rustic and sigh of the wind-stirred
forest,
The fair faint calls in its depths at
night,
Or the white-throat's high. sweet note in
Thanking God for the gift of the light
Oh, for the simmer of wide, wide
waters,
Stretching away till they meet the sky
Oh, to look down on long leagues of
forest.
Where with glistenings of silver the
breezeS go by;
On sweet, dim fields where the pulsing
fireflies
And steadfast stars give the only light.
Or on billowing grass, pearled with dew
and with daisies
And brushed by the swallows in long,
free flight.
But I, hear forever the towns din and
clatter.
The grinding of wheels and the beating
OF hoofs.
see all day only buildings and pave
And the wide sky is hid by the high,
crowded roofs.
walls and pavements-and faces of
strangers,
Strangers in throngs; and as twilight
Lights that flare and dazzle and twinkle
All down the long miles of paVements
and walls.
Maud Going in the Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
IiInsOn Juice.

The chemist who viii extract the
bleaching principle from the common
Unison weed and place it within reach
of family and laundry use has a for
time in store It is a we'll known fact
that there is no better way of bleaching
the family linen during washing than
by putting a few leaves of jimson into
the boiler, but there is an objection to
this practice, as a very unpleasant odor
Is the result. This can be removed,
however, by placing the clothes in cold
water and boiling them, or by repeat
ed rinsing. but all this is troublesome
and therefore many who know the
value of the leaves do not use them
Eternal Progress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

No wonder Europeans have a poor
opinion of Americans. One of the lat
ter of the millionaire type recently
distinguished himself as an ass by
riding a horse into London hotel.
Everybody at home here, though. is
glad that such Americans pass most
of their time abroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

den return of prosperity in America
makes Americans willing to pay
more" for the gems. The diamond
supply, as is well known. while fur
nished by nature. is controlled abso-
lutely by a monopoly. Still, this is a
situation that most folks do not have
to worry about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
The Printer,s ChiIdren.

The case of the musical man who
named his four daughters after the
eight notes of the tonic sofia scale is
matched by that of the provincial
printer who named his children from
the type fonts he used-Ruby, Pearl,
Diamond. The first two are no I'M
common names for girls, only Ruby
happened to be a boy. He followed in
his fathers footsteps, and afterwards
became printers manager in London.
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

No use talking. the purveyors of
feminine fashion are adopts when it
comes to rushing the season. They
are now displaying dresses and hats
for the fall. And if the real truth
were known, many women have not
their summer outfits paid for in full as
VET
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Another Daniel has come to judg-
ment. He is found in the person of
a WashintOn, D. c., police magistrate
who has decided that boys who play
marbles "for keeps" shall be treated
as common gamblers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Commenting on the complaint which
has been made that the new Lin
coin cents are too thick to go into
the slot machines, the Chicago Trib-
une sagely remarks that you can slip
them into the savings banks, which is
a great deal better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

If the plans for the Lincoln nonu-
ment which the members of the G.. A.
r. propose to place in the state house
square continue to grow that memorial
will be so huge as to make the state
house look like a pigmY hut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Speaking of lucky dogs, how about
that st. Louis lawyer who received
$4,000 in interest from the govern
ment on government bond for $4,000
which was stolen from him 20 odd
years ago and the possession of which
had been forgotten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

If there are any more serious or
ridiculous mistakes than usual in
these columns during the next few
days please charge them to a brand
new typewriter which has not vet ac-
customed itself to the blacksmith
blows with which it is operated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

There is this much to be said in
favor of the new tariff law. 1t won't
create much Of a disturbance in the
business world. There is nothing in
it to worry the Interests" to any ex-
tent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

In the hustle and the hustle con-
cerned with the framing of the tariff
law Senator Curtis especial plea for
the adequate protection of dried eggs
was not lost sight Of A duty of
fifteen cents a pound has been levied
on them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

John D. Rockefeller, jr., appears to
have a monopoly on real estate bar
gains this summer. His dad just sold
him another 100000 worth of real
estate. this time in Cleveland property,
for 81. And there are some persons
in the world at that who would ac-
tuaIiy have to pass up such a bargain
unless they could beg. borrow or steal
the necessary four quarters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
FROM OTHER PENS
THE VALUE OF PUBLICITY.


The progress of the investigation into
the causes OF the death of the late
Lieutenant James N. Sutton, United
States marine corps. does not, of course,
justify at present any CONCLUSION in
regard to that mysterious and tragic
affair; but the sessions Of the naval
court nave sufficiently advanced to
show that the first inquiry was insult
ficient in an amazing degree. Perhaps
the present court will sustain the for
neer'S finding that Lieutenant Sutton
committed suicide; it certainly looks as
if the court would be unable to de-
sible foc the shooting. That finding,
however, will noS alter the situation in
the least, so far as it is a manifesto
ton of the incompleteness of the for
Ter procedure. 1t is we'll also that
there should be publicity connected with
the inquiry, regardless of the fact that
it shows that certain officers of the
marine corps were engaged in a brawl
which was not particularly edifying. If
there were more Of this sort of publicity
connected with Investigations of alleged
misconduct on the part Of army and
navy officers, there would be every ad
vantage gained by the service.
It is a mistake. which many estima-
bile officers make. in assuming that ben
eflts are derived to the army and navy
by secrecy. Such officers are too so
licitous of the welfare of culprits, The
latter are protected whenever secrecy
9nG mystery and the suppression of
facts prevail. The officer who does his
duty and conducts himself in a respec-
table fashion has no reason to fear in
vestjgacion of the most public sort
Washington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

When a bungalo. like the one that
Nordica's latest husband is going to
build for her. costs $4,000. it
might be more appropriate to refer to
the structure as a palace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Idle freight cars are fast becom-
ing fewer; all kinds of labor is get
ting to be mighty scarce; crops are
going to be bountiful-these are a
few of the indications that old Cen
eral Prosperity is returning to Uncle
Sans domain with a rush Just keen
1t UP, old friend, nobody is going to
try and stop you in any way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
Amerfcen Cans IIead.

Spencer F. Edge, the British Motor
list, has returned from America en-
thuSiastic over the rapid deveIopm ent
of motoring in that country. Near
~ everybody in America is going in
for some sort of car he said. land
the fever has reached the remotest
villages in the farming regions.
Many farmers have learned that the
motor car is not only a great ma
chine for pleasure. but an even more
important means of pushing modern
business. Petrol sooner or later. in
large measure will supersede the
horse in hauling grain to market and
drawing heavy Dlows.
american manufa cturers of cars
are close students of the demand of
public conditions in the country. They
are also ingenious, inventive, and i'm
made in America are equal to the
finest made in the world. and the
cheaper American cars are without
equal in any other country. They
give more value for their cost,
weight, and size than any other ar
ticle Of manufacture on wheels. I'm
less the European manufacturers
wake UP to the Importance of the
cheap car market and produce more
cheap cars and better ones. the Amer
leans are going to sweep Europe with
sweeping America.
THE Yankees have lots of bad
roads but they are finding out the
best way to negotiate them in motor
cars. Moreover, they build cars that
go after bad roads and hills like a
hungry boy after popcorn."-London
dispatch to New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

If there is one avenue Of trade
where the law O. supply and demand
does not prevail it is in the diamond
market. Prices OF these precious
stones have recently been boosted for
40 better reason than that the sud
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Oklahoma farmers are evidently a
mean lot. Those who have swimming
holes on Their farms are charging the
boys 10 cents each time they take a
din in them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

President Taft has certainly earned
his summer vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
GIVE YOUR CHILD A CHANCE.

Now is the time to begin planning
to let that boy or girl enter college.
Arrange to get some one else in the
office o rstore and give the young peo-
pie a chance to fit themselves for life.
Do not say that because you had no
college education your son or daughter
does not need one. Conditions have
changed a good deal since you were
young and it is not as easy for a man
with little or no education to make a
place for himself in any line of activi-
ty as it was two or three decades ago.
is true tfat-aH- the education you
could give some young men and wom-
en- would be worse than wasted, but
it is just as true that these are excep-
tiOns rather than the rule, and now
While opportunity offers, do not refuse
your son or daughter an education
because a few persons have misused
their education or never used it at ALL
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
KANSAS cOMMENT
TIE DECLINE Ga PERSIA.


IN a general way it may be said
that the Persian empire has been
e 3 tad going down hill for the past
z,4Oo years And in the course of 2,4oO
on the down grade provided 1t is in
ness.
In its present state. it may be said
bottom, and there IS not much further
for 1t to go and still retain even a nomi-
naIly independent existence.
Persia commenced to go into its long
ana interesting decline at just about
the time OF the famous encounter with
the Greeks at Marathon. That was
ABOUT 4SO b. {. Just previous to that
h1ng cyrus had been adding materially
10 the PERSIAN empire by the conquest
OF the sister-kingdom of Media. You
have doubtless heard of the Modes and
Ferslans who were a terror to the
good people of Bible days. After Cyrus,
came Canbyses, a blood-thirsty king,
VINO also dld a good deal of conquering.
1 hen came Darius and it was Darius
VINO conquered Thrace and Macedonia,
ana then undertook to move down into
greece. IhlS led to the battle of Mara
thon and the defeat of the Persians.
Darius son, Xerxcs, one of the most
famous fighters that ever lived, took
up the JOB of whipping Greece which
his sire had not had time to complete.
XerXes gathered an army which beat
all records up to that time, both for
SIZE and equipment. xerxes, however,
was overwhelmingly whipped by the
Greeks on land and sea at Salinas and
Platea about 40 b. c.
This was just where. Persia COM
menced to go down hill though it had
been marking time ever since the
Marathon encounter 20 years previous
~.
One by one. Persia lost its conquer
eG countries, and was torn to pieces
by internal wars. Its history is a his
tory of national gangrene and corrup-
ton. Here aud there there has been
some honest king who manifested some
ability, but by the year 1900, A. D.,
Persia was but O ghost Of it's former
self. In 1897 it had a war with Russia,
ard this YVES followed by two more wars
with the same power. Each time Per
sla was humiliatingly conquered, and
stripped CT morn territory. In 1855.
Great Britain took a turn at whipping
Persia.
There is not much doubt that Persia
deserved all the whipping which came
its way, for Its people were decadent.
They were even more backward than the
Turks, and that is saying good deal
1t is sad to be sure. to see one of
the very Oldest members of the family
CT nations, go to the bottom as Persia
has done. 1t has become SO utterly use
less and helpless as q nation that 1t
would probably be the best thing for
all concerned If Russia and Great
Britain would simply take charge of
the miserable country, and at least as
sure it of stable laws and reasonable
goVernment.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
PAssING OF THE TALL HAT.


Ping Edward apparel in public a
month ago with q SLOUGH hat and
frOck coat.
With this, the tai: hat. the beaver of
the past, loses its last use and claim.
Once every one with any pretension to
responsibility were q tall kat. Before
the civil war our city streets swarmed
With them. Pictures of Lincoln raising
tie flag over Independence hall show
tie crowd, each and all. wearing a tall
rat. Or St. Patrick's day there were
T Hes of tall hats in serried array.
For so years the chimney pot has
been disappearing. Business men drop
ped it. Professional men ceased 10
carry its weight. For q season soph
omcres solemnly wore it. but even
this custom ended. A groom once al
ways wore a shiny new one on his
V edGing journey. He does no longer
One solitary claim the tall nat still
had. 1t must be worn with a frock coat.
: his was disregarded. In the south they
wear a straw hat with a frock coat. In
the west a SLOUGH hat of brirn. In the
eest the derby and frock coat are daily
united.
The frock coat and the top hat have
not only kept company, they have kept
each other in company and prolonged
their mutual life. But if King Edward
can wear a SLOUGH hat with a frOck
coat anyone else can. If he can "rend
and deracinate the unity and married
CAIN Of these garments, so long we'd
ded, then neither is longer necessary.
They can both so. If they have not al
lrcady gone.-PhiladelrhIa Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
Town Pump WIN Yield cider to

cider pumped from a big cistern
will uuench thirsts at Zoar after next
fall.
The cistern, whose wall is of ce-
ment has a capacity of 100 barrels,
and is located in the public square.
1t is being cleaned out ana Will De
filled with apple juice.
The cistern was used for this pur-
pose years ago when the Zoar Com
1nunist society was in existence. With
the advent of the Rose local option
law the citizens determined to re-
store the old custom. A pump will
be Installed, and the beverage will
be free to all WHO care to work the
handle-Canal Dover correspond
ence Pittsburg Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
A Gigantic Blast.

One of the greatest blasts ever ex-
ploded in this country occurred recent
ly near STEMS Pass. N. M, few miles
from the Arizona border. Seventy
eight thousand pounds of giant powder
We're used in this explosion. which COM
pIetely wrecked one whole side of 81
mountain, dislodging and breaking into
fragments sufficient rocks to ballast
100 miles of railroad track.
The Southern Pacific railroad for soV-
eraI weeks had been making prepdra-
lions for this blast. the work being
done under the personal direction of it's
powder expert and one from the mills
which supplied the explosive. The III
tention was to obtain material for pal
last on the Tucson division of the
Southern Pacific. and the attempt was
entirely successful. Approximately 49,
900, 900 pounds of rock was dlslodged.
The spectacle when the charge was
fired was stupendous.-Harper' Week
~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
Hats for Horses.

Experiments made by Baron Henri
d'Anchald, a French scientist, have re-
suited in proving that the wclI-meant
practice of affixing straw hats to the
heads of horses for the purpose of pro-
tecting them from the suns hea- not
only fails to accomplish its purpose,
but actually aggravates the suffering
of the animals.
"a The experiments were made when
the temperature of the atmosphere Was
70 degrees in the shade. Bareheaded
horses standing in the sun were found
to have a temperature of Sc under their
forelocks. When straw hats were put
on them their temperature under the
forelocks rose to 1903. A horse moving
in the sun had a temperature of So. I'm
der a straw hat the temperature rose to
81 and under cloth to 100.
The explanation is that the covering
prevents the free movement of air and
serves to accumulate heat.
The head covering for horses should
be discarded. therefore, and relief
should be given BY frequent sponging
of the head.
incidentally, the result of these ex-
periments teaches. logically, that hu-
man beings. too. would be better off
hatIess on hot days-Albanv Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

My wife took me to the orchestra con-
cert last night. and I think they played
Wagner" What makes you think so:"
Why, big bunch of plaster fell from the
ceiling into the middle aisle during the
concert. and a man who was sleeping near
me woke up and said, Wagner f-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Yes. many thousand emigrants come to
America every year What assimilates
them into good American citizens p Base
ball. Louisville Courer-JournaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

II can marry rich girl, whom do not
love, or a penniess girl. whom I love
dearly. Which shall I dor" Follow the
dictates of your heart, my boy, and be
happy. Marry the poor one. and-say-er-
would you mind Introducing me TO the
other one?' -Lippincott's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

a Bates county minister was Mortified
one Sunday to see a boy in the rear OF
church pelting the hearers in the amen
corner with paper wads. As the good man
looked at him the boy called out You
tend to your preaching, misteri III keep
EN- awakc!'-kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

How did you cure your boy Of playing
truant?" by the laying on OF hands
New York Evening Telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Brooklyn Lady excited and very much
mixed IN stations)-Oh sir. where is New
York? Guard-At the top of those stairs,
ma am.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09
HUMOR or THE DAY

What part of my book did you most
ENJOY asked the aurnorette as She
brushed her hair over her ears. And after
a moments reflection Miss Cayenne an
sWered: Tine cover design. '-Washingtou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

DE man who speaks muffin but de sim
pie truth" said Uncle Eben, win find 50
much to do in de We OF investigating an
meditatin' dat he ain g'ineter have much
time foh talkin. W shington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

How nice and warm it always seems
TO be in your flat You must have your
Janitor bribed" No. The woman who
who quarrels with him every day because
he keeps her nearly roasted. Chicago
Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Mrs. Gramercy-If you want a nice hall
rug why don't you get one of those tiger
skins with the real head on tt? Mrs Cay
boy-I never could use one of those things
in my hall You don't know how imagin-
alive my husband is every time he comes
in late.-BrOoklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Houston-The French may now buy our
stocks on their bourse. Mulberry-They
would find it safer to marry them, as
usual.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Athletic Bather-I just dote on Brown
ing, don't you? Fair Bather-l don't mind
browning as long as it doesn't freckle.-
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-09

Eyes. I tell my wife everything" We'll.
! wish you'd cut il out. She comes and
tells my wife. and then Imm in bad. -
Cleveland Leader.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-14
WOMEN MISSIONARIES
AT CENTRAL UNION

At the midweek meeting at the Cen
trail Union church last evening short
but interesting talk was given by Mrs.
H. B. Newell of Matsuyama, Japan.
Mrs. Newell told of her work there
during the last twenty-one years and
gave some interesting details of the
Shikoku, especially about the settle
ment work among the factory girls.
This work has received the endorse
ment of the central government and
i the manufacturers at Osaka, the largest
manufacturing city in japan.
Another speaker was Miss Rosamond
Bates, who is a graduate of Vassar, of
the class of 1908, and is on her way
to Kobe, Japan, to teach in the
woman 5 Bible school there. Miss
Bates gave a delightful account of how
the missionaries are given their edu-
cational farewell now in America.
This evening, both these ladies will
be at the social to be given and it is
hoped that many ladies of the church
and members of the congregation viii
be there 10 meet them. The members
of the ladies society are planning some
delightful features for the evning All
newcomers are cordially invited to at
tend.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-14
Regal Shoe Store
FAIR WILL HELP PAY
FOR MEMORIAL ALTAR
Catholic Ladies Will Hold Sale
of DeIicacies Next
Saturday.

A beautiful altar in Gothic style has
lately been erected in the Catholic
church of st. John the Baptist at Ka-
lihi-waena, as monument to the mem
Dry of late Father Clement.
Part of the funds to cover the ex-
penses has yet to be collected, and the
ladies of the memorial committee have
planned charitysale which win take
place next Saturday.
Mesdames J. Lucas. James Holt and
Wong Leong will personally prepare
and sell the most delicate of Hawaiian
dishes. The sale will take place at the
Baltimore Dairy, Fort street, opposite
Benson, Smith & Co, between the hours
of 1920 and ) o clock.