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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
KANSAS COMMENT
WHERE THE TAX BELONGS.


Mr.. Rockefeller has made an ad.
oItIonaI gift of $1O,OO0,OOO to the
general education board, which brings
me total amount he has contributed
900 LIS 19ttllgIe purpose up to $4,000
Vou. Altogether Mr. ROckefeIIer has
given about $1OO,OOO,OOO to the cause
OF popular education. Andrew car
HesIe mas given even more for this
cause imam has Mr.. Rockefeller. IT
10 IiaIu 70 appreciate this enormous
lave ever Defore been able to give
away such large sums of money and
SIN nave more left than they have
be mat TT the cause of education has
peeh penehted there can be no cues
tlon, put what the 9O.OOO,OOO people
OF TINS country would like to know is:
now Is 1t possible for any man to OBJ
IAN such riches legally How can so
much wealth in the hands of a few
men benefit the millions of people
VINO Toll daily for their bread?
10 the multi-millionaires pay their
proper proportion of the cost of the
maintenance of this government?
While giving away money thew have
taken from the toilers?
II IS the duty of the men who are
now framing laws in Washington cal
culateo 70 obtain revenue with which
TO pay the costs of government. to
see that the burden is placed as light
iy as possible on the toiler and as
heavily as possible upon the men who
nave accumulated vast riches by
reason of unfair laws which have
been enacted in favor of trusts and
by reason of laws which have not
been enacted against special privileges
and th1eving combinations.
inheritance, income and corpora
ton tax are the only sort which will
reach the multimillionaire. Any
other tax is passed on to the con-
sumer.-Wichita Eagle.
EXPENSES.
The people complain good deal
about taxes, and the continuous de-
mand for more taxes. The reason for
such demand is, of course. increased
expenses. How much of the increase is
waste is hard to estimate And more
of it was thrust upon US, like great
ness, because, in an unguarded mo-
ment. We whipped Spain. The year
1898 was the last year for which appro-
priations were made without regard to
the war with Spain or subsequent
events. Since that year the population
has increased hardly 20 per cent, in
Guiding those brown brethren we gath
cred in, while expenses of government
have increased $50 per cent.
By far the greatest actual and rela-
tive increases are in the war and navy
departments, indicating clearly the dis
of being a world power
with foreign colonies to govern.-Atch-
ison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
QUAKER DIEDITAIIoNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
A coat of whitewash won't make a
spotless reputation.
The lazy man is not looking for a
cure, but a sinecure.
In warm weather it doesn't do to be
all wrapped up in yourself.
Hard luck seldom follows the man
who IS addicted to hard work.
Wealth may not bring happiness, but,
then, neither does poverty.
The fellow with red hair is apt to
tell a girl he would dye for her.
It's the high flyer - realizes tn 1t
riches take unto themselves wings.
The only mark some men want to
make in the world is the dollar mark.
From a girls point of view. to be able
To wear small shoes is great feat.
mans opinion of himself isn't go
ing to have much influence in getting
him into heaven.
wiawag-"I am "1ways - with the
lark GuzzIer-"I prefer swallow be-
fore breakfast.
She-"Do you think widowers maxi
the hest husbands ?" He-"Sure. They
know what's coming to them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
ARE YOU OUT OF GEAR?

A woman, who had been acting
| rather strangely, was taken before a
police magistrate in New York city.
He asked her to close her eyes and
strike the point of her nose with the
tip of her index finger. She failed in
the attempt and the magistrate sent
her to the psychopathic ward of Belle
vue hospital for examination by physi-
clans as to her sanity. Now, of course,
the failure of the woman to perform
the little trick suggested to her by
one of New York's SoIomons did not
prove prima facie that she was insane.
But it did show that there was some
thing out of gear with her nervous
system; that her mind and her muscles
were not working in harmony and that
she was in need of medical treatment
or a good rest.
With this New York incident as a
basis to work on the Chicago Tribune
dug up a few other simple little tests
which persons can give themselves to
see if their mental and muscular ma
chinery is in proper working order
Here they are as detailed by the
Tribune:
"Close your eyes and make quick
grab for the lobe of your ear. Can
you seize tor did you clutch your
hair, pinch your cheek, or miss en-
tirely? Better cut out the smokes
and the drinks and tune up.
"Stand with your heels and great
toes tight together and then close your
eyes. Can you stand up a minute
or do you feel dizzy or are you forced
to open your eyes to keep from fall
ing? That's bad-youd better take a
good stiff walk every morning.
"Stand with your feet together and
then raise one foot. Can you stand
that way for half a minute with your
eyes closed? If you can't, you aren't
in fit condition and your nerves are
frayed out. Take a vacation and
tune up.
"Close your eyes. extend your arms
from the sides, and try to bring the
tips of your index fingers together in
front of you. Sounds easy, doesn't it?
Well, try it quickly half a dozen times
and see how many times you miss.
You'll not be so confident of yourself,
perhaps.
Now try a little vocal exercise.
Just sentence. Round and round the
rugged rock the ragged rascal ran
run right through it as if it were
a favorite bit of verse.
cor try this one: How much wood
could a woodchuck chuck if a wood
chuck could chuck wood. Or that old
familiar one, Peter Piper picked a
peck Of picked peppers; a peck of
picked peppers Peter Piper picked
Can you do them without STUN
bling and stuuttering? If you can't the
spending to your brain impulses as
they should. Talk to your wife more
at breakfast time. It'll be good for
both of you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
rHE DEN1OCRATs.

All of the medals and insignia OF
| honor that properly belong to the
champion optimists OF the world
should be pinned on the breasts of
the Democrats of various sections of
the United States. This thought is
suggested by dispatches from Harris
burg, Pa, which tell of the recent
state convention that was held there
by the Pennsylvania Democrats. 1t
was enthusiastic to a degree, being at
tended by large crowds of the faith
full who we're brimful of golden hopes
for the future; and this, too, in the
face of the fact that the convention
merely had to make nominations for
the minor state offices.
Now the Democrats of Pennsylvan-
ia are in pretty much the same posi-
ton as are the Democrats of Kansas.
The normal Republican majority in
Pennsylvania is rather abnormal.
Democratic victories have been scare
err in Pennsylvania. if anything, than
they have in Kansas and that is scarce
enough to discourage any body of
men, with the exception, of course,
of Democrats.
Encouragement is word with
which they are evidently not famil-
lar. At least it wasn't noticed by
them to any great extent in the die
tfonaries that they studied at school.
Every time there is a political fight
in hotbeds of Republicanism like
Pennsylvania and Kansas, the Demo-
Gratis go down to defeat with chips of
optimism on their shoulders. No mat
ter how badly they are disfigured
they manage to. remain in the ring.
They are ever ready to battle again.
And they are never willing to admit
that they stand any chance of being
beaten until an announcement is made
of the count of the votes.
Such political courage as this is
bound to be rewarded with some sub
stantiaI victories before many years
have rolled around. In fact, some of
these rewards have already arrived.
There were more Democratic successes
in state campaigns during the cleo
tons of last fall than there have been
in years. There will be more of them
in the near future, if the political
horizons of the day are not made up
of false colors. How could there help
but be? The man who doesn't know
when he's been licked is certain to
got the decision eVentuallV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL.

While marked Improvement has been
r ace in the rural schools of this coun-
try, they are yet not all that they
should be. Frequently they are woeful-
" deficient in the matter of equipment
Often, 200. the condition of the public
highways and the lack of other means
OF transportation make it difficult for
pupils TO reach these centers of edu-
cation.
OF course. in the very nature of
things the rural school probably can
not be brought up to the high stand
ard of schools in urban centers; but
certainly they may be improved in
many ways. and there are few more
important educational problems than the
problem which mas to do with the i'm
p1ovement of these educational institu-
tions.
The country school is an important
ard vital factor in our system of educa-
ton, and we have not paid as much at
te ntion to it IS its work and worth
have merited. The usefulness and social
and economic efficiency of many men
and women VINO must play some part
ir the affairs of tomorrow will depend
wholly upon the kind of training they
receive in country schools for Circum-
stances VIII make it impossible for
such as these to get beyond the viii
Iage schoolroom in their efforts to Sc
cure an edTcation.-Seattle Post-Inteln-
gencer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Actual surprises are really few and
far between. Most folks know just
exactly what is coming to them.
n n
Persons who are satisfied with the
progress they are making will never
achieve any great successes.
y x
After all. the long road without a
turn is the safest one to travel, even
if it is the least interesting.
X
Most men are nervous when they
propose marriage to girls and on the
other hand most girls are nervous that
they won't.
4
Speaking of woman's suffrage, those
women who are merely capable of
voting intelligently are not necessarily
qualified for Wifehood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Glob,

[From the Atchison Globe.l
ugly person is not to blame for
his looks, but people notice it just the
same.
enjoys more than assisting a girl in
landing young man.
HE is better off" is often said at
funerals; it is not proper to say it Of
the groom at a wedding.
When a man and wife talk to each
other, have you ever noticed the seri-
Gus expressions on their faces?
Some women make the same dis
play of discipling their children that
they make of their embroidered doll
les.
When mothers brag about children.
it makes a mere man wonder why
every one is so down on him for tell
ing fish stories.
Either a mans kin or his wife's kin
has the pull. If the wife's kin visits
at a house often, the other kin are
seldom met there.
when 1 say grandmothers," said a
man who was talking on the street the
other day, Il mean grandmothers Of
both sexes, and of all ages"
Though it is proper to refer to a
woman as an angel of forgiveness and
mercy, almost every man finds out
some day, to his cost, that women
never forgive.
Since the great ambition of a wom-
an is to marry well, girls should be
taught that the best men are not
caught by the boldest efforts; in fact,
no effort at all is what charms the
man the Lord made to be a good hus-
band.
A man knows just how a hen feels
when a woman is shooing it, when he
ventures into the parlor when a girl
is entertaining her beau The manner
in which she Shoes him outu ouf there
would make a hen go through a win
dow in her fright.
Il want to be operated upon" said
a man in a doctors office recently
There isn't anything the matter with
me, but notice that after every death
it is said the patient could have been
saved If He Had Been Operated Upon
Soon Enough. L want to be operated
upon Soon Enough"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
FULL LEASED WIPE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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away during the summer may have
fflo paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address at the rate of ten
1cents week or thirty cents a month
R(by mail onIy.) Address changed as
pfteD as desired. While out of town
2he State Journal Will be to you like
n daily letter from home.
{ Advance payment is requested on
Ekhege short time subscriptions. to save
Bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
FROM OTHER PENS
A HUMANE WORK.

During the meeting of the medical
association at Atlantic City a sug-
gestion was made that the women
physicians of New York and other
large towns of the North should CO.
operate in the work of teaching the
poor to avoid disease. Thus an in
diVidual work has become one of
strength and union The physicians
of the female persuasion have already
begun at their humane task, and the
poor, infected children of the crowd
ed quarters will be saved by it.
The great philanthropy of this
movement can scarce be weighed I'M
til one realizes the want, the ignoT-
ance and the disease that reign over
the tenement districts of New York.
The women especially will be taught
to take hygienic care of their little
ones as we'll as of themselves. What
is the use of supplying pasteurized
milk to the infants if the mothers
don't know how to feed it to them
in clearly, sanitary manner? Be
sides, pasteurized milk does not dis
infect a room where baby lives, Meth
err does it make him immune from
the diseases which attack his elders
with whom he is in too close contact.
Teaching the poor, ignorant mothers
is saving the race, and no other class
of women can be better teachers of
the miserable masses than the Wo-
man who holds medical diploma
Florida Times-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

shown that one physician can care 70,
LOCO OF the general population. and il
is estimated that. even with more
stringent requirements to diminish
their ranks, it will be past 1919 before a
proportion is reached which is there
deemed normal. We are over IS wears
In advance of the natural requirements.
whlch means not only individual aver
age suffering for the profession hut
also a serious economic problem for the
country.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
ono NAV to- Get Rain.

Last summer the Sicilians suffered
from drought. The peasants implored
heaven for rain, but without effect.
st. Sebastian was besought, but he
seemed Indifferent to the temporal
wants of the people. Some one on the
present occasion has hit upon novel
idea, and when the statue of the
saint was carried in procession they
stuck in his mouth a bit of fish, the
hardest and driest that they could
find. 1t now remains to be seen
whether this procedure will have the
desired effect-London Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
YOUTH NOT FLEETING.

Wonderful are the achievements of
the so-called old men and women of
today. But their cases are by no
means exceptional, as some aver.
There were mighty old people in Bible
times. Their doings once seemed myth
ical to some critics, but in the light
of what the aged are known to have
done in historical times, statements
that once were accepted only on faith
can now be accepted without
strain.
Pagan traditions also seem nearer
the truth than they formerly did. The
achievements of that noble Roman,
Cato, who learned Greek at 80 and
commanded an army when older than
that, have been equaIed. if not sur
passed by some modern Venera bles.
Their name is legion, but the world
knows only the conspicuous ones, such
as Mrs. Eddy, Mrs. Howe and Weston,
and remembers Pope Leo and Glad
stone.
Patriarchs and matrfarchs like these
need not say with Adam in LAS
You Like 1t" that age for them is
really an Indian summer. Youth is
not fleeing. 1t may be prolonged
much further than is imagined. Even
now French scientist is at work on
q theory that life may be heightened
far beyond the years of Abraham, if
not to the limit of Methusela h.-Bos-
ton Globe,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press.I

Good judgment is not so much
knowing what to do as what not to do.
The reason a mother is sure her
daughters decorum is proper is
sometimes she fears it isn't.
What a girl likes about horseback
exercise is if she thinks her figure
looks fine in a riding habit.
Even when a mans liver gets out of
order from staying out late he can
think it's his wife's fault because she
sat UP for him.
What a woman can never under
stand about finances is why the bank
always wants to balance her account
when she never has any balance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
TEST OF A FISHERMAN.

The world has many anglers, but
Real fishermen are few;
An angler loves to sit and chat
About the sport with you.
He'll tell you how he loves the game,
How he could spend all day
Casting a baited hook for bass
In river. lake or bay.
And yet the angler is a man
Oh, there are lots of them
Who will not quit his bed to fish
At o'clock A. NJ.
The fisherman will rise at dawn
And quickly slip away
To cast his line into the deep
Before it's break of day.
The angler, though, the night before
VIII swear that he will rise.
But when the fisherman gets up,
1t is in vain he tries
To rouse the angler from his sleep
He sticks unto his cot:
would he get I'D at 4 A. M
To fish? Well, 1 guess not.
The fisherman will row boat
For miles and miles and miles,
And, catching but fish or two.
HIS face he wreathed in smiles.
The angler wants a cushioned seat
And room to stretch and ydWn;
A place to sleep if they don't bite
And WEAKNESS comes On.
The morning star knows fishermen,
And smiling. welcomes them,
The anglers, though, it never sees
They sleep till 8 A. NJ.
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06
HUNOR OF THE DIP

"A man will scrutinize the menu card
d i.}I halt an hour and then order steak
folders and then go to his usual place.
Kansas City Journal.
drink habit you misjudge me me. Lack seiS
long ago. It's merely the thirst that both
ers me now."-Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Pippin such a clever manager"
is she?' Yes Her husband gave her
the money to get their two daughters
graduating dresses, and she bought herself
Dealer.
':'War is the curse of civilization de-
claimed the orator. 1T is indeed hell NY
wife's first husband was killed at SANTA
audience thought he'd said something fun
ny.-Cleveland Leader.
Errand Boy carrying box Of cut glass;
HOW much will git for carryin' dis, lady?
klnd Lady-Ten cents; 1rrand Boy-Wen.
make It a quarter or I'll drop de boX.-St.
Louis Times.
I'm sick of these stories about people
giving other people rewards for kindness
done many years ago. Here is a lot of rub
bish about a man dying and leaving IS 600
to a stranger who was good to him. I've
Deen waiting for years for a reward for
my kindness, and it hasn't come vet. Yes.
once did a kindness to an entire town :;
How did you do the town a kindness?'
by leaving it."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mabel don't believe you really
meant it when you said you were anxi-
Gus to hear me sing. Sam-Oh, I as
sure did! You see. had never
heard you sing bcfcre.-Pick- A1e-TTp.
Does he attend to his own business"
Yves. But do YOU know what his
business is?'' "No-What?" "Atten-
ton to other people s-''-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
she-Fanny Feline. the sunregette. says
He-That old maid! Well, I'll bet a dough-
nut that if she could get a man she
wouldn't use any rat poison-Cleveland
What is this Chautauqua saIute2''
One that won't disarrange the eye-glass-
es, don't you know."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
City Mani wonder if Adam had any
regrets when he left the Garden of Eden?
Urbanite-Its safe that he didn't If he
tried to raise his own vegetables.-Chicago
News.
mornin'? Nora-We amt got to eat noth-
in if we don't want to.-Widow.
so you were deeply touched by the
poem young Mr.. Guffson wrote to you"
said Maude. Yes said Maymie But it
was just as much trouble for him to write
it as if he had been Shakespeare. wash
ington Star.
Waiter-Table d'hote. sir? Uncle Cy-
What's tabledote? Waiter-Course din
ner, sir. Uncle Cy-Nit fur me- / git all
the course grub need at home. and when
git to town 1 want somethn' a bit
fancy.-Judge.
so you have named your little girl IN
VeStigatiOn' p Yes - Isn't that queer
name?" well, we read every day of
some rich man counting investigation, and
we shall want our daughter to marry
WelI."-f1oustOn Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

The Commercial club is going to start
on another campaign for new members.
That's the proper spirit to show. The
club now has $50 members and it wants
a membership of LOCO That is none too
large for the. size of Topeka and there
ought 10 be little trouble in securing
it. The Commercial club is doing a
great work now It can do a greater
ore If there are more men to help with
A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

There is nothing very strange in the
fact that the American Tobacco com
rany, the tobacco trust. was able the
other day to declare an extra dividend
Of IL per cent on it's common stock.
The tobacco consumers of the country
gre still paying into the trust Golfers
the annual sum which went to the gov
>crnnenr for the special tobacco tax
during the Span.sh-American war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

An unusual force has been projected
In the proposed strike which threatens
to tie up the street car systems of
Chicago. The wives of the street car
Union officials say that their husbands
must earn more money or suffer dietary
1ed1JctfOus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

Perhaps the west would get more
of those $4,000 men that she wants to
help harvest the crops if she could
promise profitable occupation for them
after the crops are harvested" says
Ethe Boston Globe. Well. the west can
do this for a good many of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

On any expense bills which contain
charges for riding on Pullman cars in
the daytime. The amount of money
hich will be saved through this re
form will probably not be extensive,
but then. every little bit helps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

+ Aiabama's legislature has answered
AYE 20 the proposition to amend the
federal constitution so that direct
1ncome tax can be legally levied. Kan
sas' legislature will follow suit as soon
as it has an opportu1itv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

s In his address of welcome to the
car Of Russia. King Edward said Eng
Hands great navy was maintained for
the purpose Of preserving peace. The
Chicago Record-Herald remarks that
3t doesn't seem to be effective insofar
lEs the AFFAIR between Premier Asquith
land the suffragettes is concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

a Chicago coroner declares that the
Increase in the murders and suicides
during the summer months is due to
the heat. Well. that is as reasonable
ar excuse as some of the actual ones
given for suicides and murders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-06

f Colonel Roosevelt did not forget TO
cazTy his wonderful versatility with
him to- Africa He recently showed the
natives there that 1t was just as easy
for him to handle a trowel effectively
IN the laying of a corner stone as it is
6or him 20 bring dowr a gauopIng lal-
1apaloosa with his trusty gun. Surely
Is he ''Bwana Tumbo' in all things.