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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
.JAYHAWKER JOTS

Victor Murdoch is becoming so dis
tinguished that the fellow who used
to go to school with him is becoming
oppreSsively numerous, says the EN-
poria Gazette.
That the Mcpherson college will
soon have a fine gymnasium is evil
denced by the fact that in two days
soliciting for a fund for it the sum of
$4,344 was raised.
Walt Mason thinks that Bent MUIR
docks first work, upon taking posses
sion of the state fish and game COM
missioner's office, will be to see that
his private car has plenty of fire
escapes.
editing the Usage City Public Opinion
since the death of her husband sew
eraI months ago, has sold the paper
to George w. Jones, an eastern KAN
sas publisher of many years exper-
ience.
A Norton editor shot at a man who
knocked him down, and although the
shot was fired at close range, the as
saiIant received only flesh wound.
This prompts the suggestion that the
school of journalism ought to include
target practice in its curriculum, says
the Salina Journal.
Judge Guyer of Kansas City, Kan,
who says he would much prefer to
pay bachelor tax than to marry, is
40 years old. When a man lives sin
gle until he reaches that age he is
liable to be pretty well "sot'' in his
ways 1t is just as well for himself
to remain a bachelor and very much
better for the woman who may have
passed him up, or who may have been
passed up by him, as the case may
be. As Judge Guyer is good looking
ard we'll today, the fine in his case
should be made exemplary, and of
sufficient magnitude to suppress the
gayety with which he seems to regard
the proposition to discourage celibacy
in the first city of Kansas.-Kansas
City Times.
The Doniphan wine works are going
out of business, and the few last sad
relics of a once prosperous establish
ment will be moved to st. Joe. Doni
phan is a village not far from Atchi-
son, where great vineyards used to
cover the hillslopes, and the Brenner
family manufactured wine by the car
load; and it was good wine, if any
wine is good, for it was the honest old
stingo, without adulteration The
road to Doniphan used to be a popular
thoroughfare in the sinful days of long
ago. In the hot summer evenings,
Atchison sports would drive out there
and seat themselves in the cool wine
cellar, and swill the grape juice by
the gallon, and wake up next morn
ing with their heads so large that they
had to comb their hair with garden
rakes.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

law. bank guaranty and good roads
laws. The session of the Colorado leg
islature is drawing to a close and most
of these pledges are unredeemed and
there doesn't appear to be any posi-
BILE chance of favorable action on tnem'
The governor of the state, Demo-
crat. evidently of the right sort. threat
ems to call an extra session of the legis-
lature through which he hopes to be
able to force some of these good anu
needed laws. He expresses the opinion
that members who do not see their way
clear to vote for the bills intended TO
carry out the party pledges should re-
sign and hermit their constituencies to
select representatives who Will carry
o,1+ the pledges. This is a good sug-
gestion but it will fall on deaf ears, Tor
who ever heard of a legislator express
ing a willingness to resign for any such
reason or for any reason whatsoever
even if he thinks he is being paid n1g-
gardly for his services?
This failure of majority parties to
redeem their pledges to the people
seems to be a growing evil, when in
the natural order of things 1t should be
abating The remedy for it lies with
the people themselves. They'll have to
be more particular as to who they pick
out to represent them in the legis-
latures. They'll have to hunt around
for men who can be trusted to keep
their words. Apparently this will be no
easy task but it surely will have to be
undertaken else the government of the
people for and by the people will be-
come travesty.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
which issued from the lips of the
trem bling Ankle

which issued from the lips of the
trembling Ankle.
Five minutes of dreadful suspense
followed, during which the rafters fell
In and sent the sparks flying upward
IN a mad shower. Surely no one could
live in such a place. Ankle. moaning
piteously, sank to the ground, needless
of the crowd of spectators, and burst
out into wild weeping.
Suddenly a stout of joy arrested her
attention, and sitting up she saw.
through mist of tears the form of
Dirk issuing from the burning house
der the weight of huge rack which
held the precious pipes, not one Of
Which was missing.
Straight to the man who had refused
Van Pelt. Then as old Jan took the
burden from him the young man fell
senselesS at his feet.
When he opened his eyes Jan Van
derstreet was standing by him, tears
streaming down his cheeks. He took
Dirk's hand, saying brokenly: "A house
one can soon acquire, but such treas
ure of pipes-ah. that takes a very life
time to acquire. Such a deed as yours,
Dirk, is worthy of any reward. What
can do to repay you?"
Raising himself on his elbow DIRK
summoned Ankle, who was lowering
near. Then, with a determined glance
he signified to her father what reward
he wished.
So said Jan slowly. you still want
Ankle? I have already told you she
was not for you, but-take her, Dirk
Van Pelt; she is yours. All. what col
lection of pipes! What colorlngl What
noble bowls and what grand stemsP'
Ankle is worth all the pipes that
ever were made or every will be made"
protested the happy lover, holding her
hand tightly in his own and gazing
adoringly into her tender blue eyes.
Perhaps so, perhaps So" muttered
Jan absently, but such pipes as mine
-" He turned and summoned a man
to help him carry the rack of match
less pipes to place of safety and left
the lovers still looking happily into
each others eyes.-(Copyrighted. 1909,
by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

lFrom the Chicago News.]
II you can't talk of anything but
your woes, don't.
Well-balanced people are careful to
weigh their words.
Free speech is all right if you don't
get too free with it.
No truly great man needs a brass
band to herald his coming.
1t isn't easy for a learned man to
learn to love a learned woman.
No man was ever known to forgive
another for stepping on his pet corn.
A grass widow usually knows
enough to make hay while the sun
sinner.
A man would rather be held up by
strangers than thrown down by his
friends.
If you have time to waste you can
afford to argue with a man who Is in
love.
1t sometimes happens that a woman
has an attentive husband and doesn't
know II.
The heads of some people are cap
able of generating more noise than a
bass drum.
No, Cordelia, a man doesn't neces-
sarily bait his breath for the purpose
O.. catching it.
After leaving college many a bach
elor has taken postgraduate course
by marrying a widow.
: When a man begins to make flow
cry speeches it's up to the woman in
the case to nip them in the bud.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
FRON OTHER PENS
THE MULE OF CAVALRY.

A writer in the Army and Navy Jour-
nal of recent date renews the sugges-
ton that mules be substituted for
horses for cavalry remounts. Why
not? The modern tendency is to elm
mate everything of the pomp and cir
cumstance of glorious war, and to place
the whole military arm of the country
on a strictly utilitarian basis. Gone
from the field of active warfare are
the shakoes, the cooked hats, the
epaulets, the gold lace, the flashing
sword. An army in the field is equip
ped like a lot of day laborers engaged
in ditch digging, and the officers can
be distinguished from the rank and file
only as the straw boss is distinguished
from those with whom he works-by
his more lurid and picturesque vo-
cabulary.
1t is in the strict line of progress to
eliminate the war horse, the theme Of
one of the greatest as well as the oldest
of known poems. He goes out with the
fuss and feathers, and for the same
reasons. To replace the traditionary
war horse with the humble and neces-
sary mule, "the short and simple anil
NAL of the poor,' as some irreverent
parodist styles him, will help towards
bringing the soldier to the plane of
other men engaged in necessary but
repulsive work.-Seattle Post-Intell-
genCer.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
QUAKER NIEDITATIONs.
[From the Philadelphia Recor

EFrom the Philadelphia Record
1t is not until a fellow suffers from
being too green that he feels blue.
1t sometimes happens in a theater
that the gallery gods make an un-
godly racket.
Sillicus-"The strenuous life for
me-" Cynicus-"Ah, going to get
married, eh?"
We often say of f1nancier that he
works wonders when in reality he
merely works suckers.
Wigwag-"So you admit that your
marriage was disappointment" Big
hedde-"Y es, to whole lot of girls
In preparing for the stage the
school of acting takes a back seat to
the prize ring and the baseball dia-
mond.
The individual who does the most
talking about his mansion in the sky
generally has it pretty heavily mort
gagged.
Hoax-'They say the Khan of
Afghanistan is quite a sport" Joax-
LET US hope he isn't one of the tin
Khan variety"
"A miss is as good as a mile.''
quoted the Wise Guy. Better" said
the Simple Mug. "You can take a
miss out il buggy and never notice
the miles
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
DEATH TO THE FLIES.

That persons everywhere should
wage a relentless warfare on the
/ house flies, mosquitoes and other in
sects and bugs which are vigorous
agents in the spread of all kinds of
| diseases is made plainly apparent by
a bulletin issued recently by the bu-
reau of entomology of the federal de-
partment of agriculture. It was pre-
pared by L. o. Howard, Phi. D., the
| governments chief entomologist, and
in it he says:
at has been definitely proven and
Is now generally accepted that malaria
| in its different forms is disseminated
among the individuals of the human
| species by the mosquitoes of the
genus Anopheles, and that the ma
lariaI organism gains entrance to the
| human system, SO far as known, only
by the bite of mosquitoes of this
genus. 1t has been proven with equal
definiteness and has also become gen.
orally accepted that yellow fever is
disseminated by the bite of a mos
quito known as Stegomyia calopus
(possibly by the bites of other mos
quitoes of the same genus), and, so
far as has been discovered, this dis
ease is disseminated only in this way
Further, it has been scientifically
demonstrated that the common house
fly is an active agent in the dissemina-
ton of typhoid fever, Asiatic cholera,
and other intestinal diseases by carry
ing the causative organisms of these
diseases from the excreta of patients
to the food supply of healthy indi
viduals; and that certain species of
fieas are the active agents in the con-
veyance of bubonic plague. More
fl1n Il
filariasis is transmitted by a species of
mosquito. Furthermore, it is known
that the socalled spotted fever of the
northern Rocky mountain region is
carried by species of tick; and it
has been demonstrated that certain
blood diseases may be carried by sew
eral species of biting insects. The
purulent ophthalmia of the Nile basin
is carried by the house fly A similar
disease on the Fiji Islands is conveyed
by the same insect. Pink eye in the
southern United States is carried by
minute flies of the genus Hippelates.
The house fly has been shown to be a
minor factor in the spread of tuber-
culosis. The bedbug has been con-
nected with the dissemination of sew
eral diseases. Certain biting flies carry
the sleeping sickness in Africa. A
number of dangerous diseases of do
mestic animals are conveyed by in
sects. The literature of the whole
subject has grown enormously during
the past few years, and the economic
loss to the human species through
these insects is tremendous. At the
same time, this loss is entirely I'LL
necessary; the diseases in question can
be controlled, and the suppression of
the conveying insects, so absolutely
vital with certain of these diseases
and so important in the others. can
be brought about"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
PARTY PIFnCES

A perusal of 4Na political history of
the country will soon acquaint one
with information which will pardon the
conclusion that political platforms of
national and state scope are made to
stand on only during the course of 4
campaign. As soon as a party is suc-
cessful at the polls it seems to be an
almost inherent attribute of it's mem
bers who are elevated to office mar.
ticularly to the legislature. to begin tn
forget the promises that were made be-
fore election, and when the time comes
for the making of laws these GENTLE
men proceed with their work with al
most an utter disregard of the prom
fses they made to the people.
And it doesn't matter at all which of
the two big political parties is the VIC
torious one. The failing is common to
them. Kansas recently experienced a
Republican legislature which refused to
make good several of the important
pledges of that party to the people
which were made with all apparent
sincerity before election and which
We're insisted upon by a few of the
present leaders of the party but with
out avail. A similar condition of af
fairs has now developed in Colorado
but in that state it is the Democrats
who are at fault The Democratic
party has substantial majority in the
Colorado legislature. Its platform on
which the last election was fought out
pledged the party to the enactment of
numerous pieces of legislation of i'm
portance, such as a primary law, a
railroad commission law. an Australian
ballot law. a public service commission
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t takes the bitter things of life to
make the sweet ones appreciated.
n K
Sometimes when a fellow is in the
path of the busy bee he is apt to get
stung.
X
Two is company and three is crowd
but it is often desirable to have a
witness around.
X
Quite number of persons evidently
go along on the theory that they have
no time to think.
n <
Unfortunate is the man who does
not drink smoke or gamble. He can
not experience the joys of reforming
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Mr. Bryan is hale and hearty at
forty-nine years of age. he having
passed that milestone of life a couple
Of days ago. Let's see now. A vigor-
Gus man of seventy years is not con-
sidered too old to be capable of serv-
ing as president of the United States.
This means that Mr.. Bryan will have
at least five more chances to run for
the presidency. And in view of the
fact that he is an unusual man the
chances are that he will consider HIM
self available as presidential timber for
many years after he reaches the age
of seventy. This is pleasing prospect
for the Republicans.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
A DECLINING INDUSTRY.

The recurrence of the maple sugar
season impels the Boston Transcript
to plead for a more general cultivation
of the sugar maple as feature of the
movement for the conservation of ma
tural resources. The popularity OF
maple sugar and syrup ought to insure
the maintenance of sugar orchards,
but it seems that the industry is eX-
periencing a marked decline. Between
uct decreased from 40,120,000 to about
100000 pounds, a loss only partial
ly mitigated by the fact that in 80
years ending in 1900 the production OF
maple syrup increased about 33 per
cent. A further point to be consider
ed is that 80 to 40 years ago maple
sugar was generally sold in pure
state, while now the output is SwelIed
by the combination of various in
gradients with the product of the ma
pie, a practice that the pure food laws
do not serve to diminish materially.
Sugar-raising has shared in the de-
cline of farming activity in many sec
tions, and a large number of maple or
chards have been sacrificed for lumber
or fuel. The sugar maple may well
have a share of attention in the work
of setting out trees on neglected
lands. 1t lacks some of the advan-
tages which distinguish certain other
trees grown for timber, but it comes
quickly to maturity The fact that the
last few seasons have proved more
of maple sugar, together with the
fairly satisfactory price paid for ma
pie sugar of good quality, may encour-
age farmers to take more interest in
this somewhat neglected farm indus
try.-Sprfngfield Union.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

DR.. L. w Munhan a Methodist di-
vine of Germantown, Pa, is evidently a
believer in Christianity of the muscular
sort. Although sixty-four years old, he
has issued a sweeping challenge to all
drinking men to meet him in ten
athlete contests. including jumps. runs,
a five mile swim and an "a mile bicycle
race. He is willing to enter these con-
tests for the purpose of proving his
contention that man who INDUCES in
stimplants is not the physical equal of
one who abstains from them.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Shakespeare was rightly styled a
myriad minded man. And the versatile
Tom McNeaI is fast getting into th3t
exclusive class. An editor by calling,
OF profession. and a state printer by
trade, he is demonstrating in his side
line of public and private speaking,
that he is familiar with every subject
under the sun, at least familiar enough
to talk about them. Not long ago he
discussed Telephones" in a way that
gave much light on the subject to
those who make them and operate
them. More recently he turned prophet
and handled the subject Future in the
Medical Profession in an Illuminating
fashion 1t is even whispered that he
is an authority on Sanskirt tones and
is familiar with each and every esoteric
cult Probably he will soon announce
that he has at last discovered way to
square circle.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
HUNCR OF THE Day

Stella-what were the marriage settle
ments? Bella-She settled down and he
settled up.-New York Sun
Mrs. John-Fm going to cook dinner to-
day myself What would yoy like MT;
City Journal
Mamma-Oh, George. Georgel Our
daughter has eloped with the chauffeur.
Papa-Great heavens! NV, whose go
| ing?-CIeveland Leader.
Bones J(teuing a .storyl-well, the even
| ing wore JoneS-If did. eh2 What
| did it wear? Bones-WeIl. If you must
know, 1 believe it was the close of sum-
mer day.-Life.
Burglar-Sorry. madam. but want your
money: Spinster (furiously)-You are just
like all the men; it's only my money you
want.-Judge
'I enjoy an occasional dinner with a
married friend" Some of these brides are
watch your hat and coat."-LouisviIle
your husband seems. so gloomy. Mrs.
Smith Is he misanthrope?" mo, in
deed; he's Bryan Observation-Disclosures
American.
The night rider protested. droowsilys
enoush? erHSRs h?"-Phiiadeiphia Public Ledger.
'I always exchange my presents carly
''Why?" It's such unpleasant shock
to be told they have been marked down. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There seems to be a steady demand for
verse Yes" said the busy poet, the
magazines have to have it to wedge the
prose articles apart.'-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Mrs Dabington-Edgar, believe there
is a man under the bed. Dabington-What
of it? But he might come out and shoot
met "Oh, go to sleep, dear; maybe he
has nothing with him but bowie knife
or a stiletto. PUCK.
''Were you ever held up in a stage
coach?" ''fSo. Do they have porters in
those things, too?'-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
Does a poet read much poetry2' mo-
he's kept too busy looking over the busf-
ness chances. s."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
If women were half so careful in SET
Iecting their husbands they are their
hats there would be fewer unhappy mar
riages.-Florida Times-Union.
''I wonder what this taxicab mystery Il
that New York is talking about" IT sup
pose it's the same old mystery. They are
still figuring on why two trips over the
same route never call for the same fare"
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Tom Longboat. the Canadian Indian,
Johnny Hayes. the Irish American and
Olympic Marathon winner, Alfred
Shrubb. the Englishman, Dorando
Pietri. the Italian and Henri st. Yves
the Frenchman. are all entered for the
so-called Marathon derby to be run off
In New York city on April 3. A long
suffering public probably hopes that
this race will settle for year or so the
question as to which of these long dis
sance runners is the best.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

If a tax of 81 was imposed on every
deadly weapon such as revolvers, dirks,
brass knucks, etc, as has been sug-
gested in washington by Representa-
tive Sisson of Missouri, perhaps the
revenue derived from it would not be
great or of near as much value as the
probable decrease in the sales of such
weapons. Anything that will help to
put stop to the carrying of concealed
weapons is a measure of the right
sort
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
from the New York Press.I

[From the New York Press ]
People will nearly always tell the
truth when they can make something
by doing it.
The hardest lesson to learn in life is
that you never learn any worth much
of anything.
Generally a man who thinks he is
witty is about as successful at enter
tanning you as a nail in your shoe.
The average man seems to think
the best way to get ahead in the world
is to hold some other fellow back.
The more money man could make
investing it in good thing. the surer
it would be not to be a good thing II
he had it to invest.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24
PROGRESS IN TURKEY.

A dispatch from Constantinople says
football and automobiles are being taken
up by the Turks
Inc Turkish senior blithely wrecks the
turkish juniors nose,
Inc turkish sophomore goes down and
DleedS some while he goes;
Inc turkish football players writhe and
Jab and claw and tear
ana gouge out eyes and kick in teeth ana
DO not seem to care,
But, lest the Turks who think that they
are down to date forget,
we wish to say that Turkey has no h1gh
school frats as yet.
The motor cars are smashing dogs hard
by the Golden Horn,
In gay StambouI the drivers laugh the
old speed laws to scorn;
Constantinople's beggars press themselves
against the walls,
And here and there an ancient Turk who
Is not agile falls,
But landlords where the haremS are ana
no man wears a hat
Have not as yet combined to bar the baby
from the flat.
The Turks are getting on, they say
they've rapidly progressed;
They've turned their backs against the
East and now are facing west;
Their statesmen fight in council halls, the
women lift their wells,
Turks even think sometimes and keep
outside of Turkish jails,
But lest they put on airs and lest they in
their pride forget,
We warn them that they have not learned
to be strap-hangers yet.
1Chicaso Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

It's all right and an evidence of great
perspicacity to take time by the fore
lock. but it does appear to be a little
premature for gentlemen to begin at
the early dote to announce their candi-
dacies for nominations to county offices
at the primaries and elections which
are a matter of eighteen months away.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Cuba will produce about 100000 tons
of sugar this season unless there Is d
revolution in that land and the crop IS
destroyed. It's peculiar that the Cuoans
with the advantages of their lana ioL
growing valuable crops would sooiiei
fight than make a good living
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Carrie Nation is back in her own
country again. There was one goou
feature. at least, to her trip ABROAD
She found places where crime runs
more rampant and drunkenness ana
other vices prevail to greater extent
than at any spot in her home land.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

The celluloid collar appears to ne
running a close second to the gun that
wasn't thought to be loaded. The
latest victim is a plumber of East
Orange. n. J.. who was severely burned
around the neck and head through the
explosion of one of these collars.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Mr.. Castro is a braver man than ne
has been given credit for belng- ne -
actually going back to Venezueia.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Goose Island near the mouth oI the
Kaw will no longer be a mecca Ior VIZ
Iators of the law The United States
.,,,9-a,,,a court has decided that it be-
longs to the state of Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-24

Not very long now and the question
on everyone's lips will be, WHATS the
a1ora