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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

and the factory course took four years
each. So the course was arranged for
SIX years. and mechanical, electrical.
and chemical manufacturers opened
their doors to the student appren-
tees.
"The boys are hired in pairs. so that
they can attend the university every
other week, alternating with their
work in the shop. In this way, the
shop suffers but little inconvenience.
always having one apprentice of the
pair at the shop. On Saturday morn
ing the one attending school that
week reports to the shop to get the
run of the work his buddy is doing,
that 1t may continue without hitch on
Monday. In this way the boys learn
to teach workmen by teaching each
other.
1T wasn't easy to get together the
first class to try out the big dream.
The boys had to have stiff high
school diploma to enter the university,
and most boys with high school
diplomas don't want to do greasy shop
work. Some of that kind applied,
but when they found that they were
expected to start work at z a. m,
whistle and work ten hours day,
they just. couldn't So there. Others,
though willing. were not robust
enough because the first lessons in
shop work were on the art of wheel
ing sand in a foundry, demonstrated
and perfected by practical exercise of
several weeks. 1@
1.-THE first class was started July 1,
1906. with A neophytes out of 20 in
quirers After summers steady
work, some of them didn't want to
be that kind of engineer, so they went
off to other engineering schools. but
% of them entered the university.
The second class started July 1, 1907,
and out of 500 inquirers, so entered
the shops for summers probation.
and of these Al made good and en-
tered the university in the fall. The
third class was culled from 1900 in
quirers. Work was slack during
1908, but so of the 1000 found places
in the shops in July, and of these So
entered the university in September.
There are no trifiers-for nowhere
else can such an education be had
and the students be paid nearly $4,000
while taking it. If they fail at the
shops. they lose their educational
chance at the university. If they
fail at school, they lose their Jobs.
If they graduate their future is
assured"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
AYHAWKER JOTS

Abilene wants a slogan five dollars
worth. Here's one for nothing: Abb
leans '"To Virtues Side.
Beacon.
Don't forget. The State Agricultural
college has designated Saturday. May
H. as Wheat Day. to be observed by
the 236 farmers institutes in the state.
Ewing Herbert is kind enough to
warn one of his contemporaries as fol-
lows: IF Hiawatha newspaper man
steals any more correspondence from
The World he will be prosecuted for
and has value" But this from Mr..
Herbert is amusing to say the least.
Baker university will celebrate its
iftieth anniversary in June and the
Sahna Journal names some of the fam
GUS alumni of this institution as fol-
Campbell, Herb" Cavaness and Parks
Helmick of Chanute and Homer Hoch.
Robert Goode not only runs two
papers, the Cawker City Ledger and
| the jamestown Optimist, but he runs
| the financial end of the Lincoln Park
ChautauQua, which is unique among
Kansas Chautauquas for having no
| deficit-Kansas City Star.
In the early days in Kansas, says
| Bill Kercher, John J. ingalls, was try
| ing lawsuit, and in his argument
| turned to the other party in the suit
/ dllQ VI dilA1lAOcslAy CANAoAAACo- iO0A
soul would find more room in mus
| tard seed than a bullfrog enjoys in
| Lake Superior"
In the future all school BUILDINGS
erected in the state must be built along
lines laid down by the state architect
This means, says the Wichita Eagle
that the buildings in the future will not
| be fire traps and that when mothers
send their little ones to school they
may feel reasonably certain that they
will not be cremated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

At the Majestic.
you see. for I'm going to marry

you see. for I'm going to marry
Frank"
That young man came hurryinr nm.
His eager eyes were bent on Serena
his audacious arm encircled her waist.
He spoke with ardor.
Our waltz. dearest" he said.
AS Mr.. Davis stared blankly after
them, a hand gently touched his arm.
Come home," counseled Ferris.
Frank has told me Just now that he
was engaged to the girl before the
F'airlies came here to live. I've some
beati" w
Davis met the extended hand-and
gripped It hard
Good boy. You smoke the same
mixture. I dare say. Got a lot from
town this morning. oh. Lord! What a
pair OF old fools we've beenl"
They glanced back as they descend
ed the steps The illuminated hail
was kaleidoscope of whirling fig
ures.
Ferris spoke, his voice not a little
wistful:
The dear young fools.' he said.
God bless them,'' said Davis
(Copyrighted. 1909. by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The leading Of most persons astray IS
easy because they are SO willing.
4 =
1t is safe to set man down as be-
ing fussy if he carries his change in a
little purse.
4 X
About the most unsatisfactory of ar
guments for a man is one on politics
with a woman
4 4 =
Why is it that persons who are free
to offer advice get mad If little IS
given them in return?
4 X
Because a woman gets up in arms
against a man that's not always sign
she is angry with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News.J ~
Some people cannot even do the
best they can.
When duty calls man up it often
gets the busy signal
Z. The eighth wonder of a married
mans world is why he ever did It.
No matter how silly a pretty girl
talks men never seem to notice II.
And many a man after robbing
Peter to pay Paul tries to stand Paul
off.
Usually a mans shyness prevents
him from wanting to meet his
creditors.
It doesn't take long for a hand
some young widow to convince a
woman hater Of the error of his ways
It's usually the man who is too lazy
to carry a stick of stovewood that goes
around with a chip on his shoulder.
Speaking of shooting stars, IL would
be very wrong to take shot at some
of those who pose behind the foot-
lights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
Longevity Among the Jews.

Superficial scrutiny of the vital sta
t1stics- yields the Jew a prominent posi-
uon-in the sanitary world, if longevity
serves as an index of hygienic living.
With the average length of life for all
Christian. people placed at SO years
and months (190O), the jew may
hope to reach As years and months.
Melville (1SS5), inquiring into the
comparative duration of life and causes
of death of Jews and Christians in
Frankfort. learned that one-fourth of
the Jewish population swos living be-
yond- II years. while only -one-fourth
of their neighbors was living beyond
the age of SO years and 10 months.
Abbott claims that they ii. e., Jews)
are much less frequently the subjects
of tuberculosis and acute epidemic di-
sease than any other race of mankind.
Why should this seeming vital SUI
periority exist2 asks Dietetfc and Hy-
gienic Gazette According to Rich
ardson, 1.-THE causes are simply sum-
med up in the term 'soberness of 1ife.'
The Jew drinks less than his even
Christian he takes as a rule, better
food; he marries earlier; he rears the
children he has brought into the world
with greater personal care; he tends
the aged more thoughtfulIy; he takes
better care of himself To this might
have been added that through religi-
GUS customs hygientc tendencies be-
came an inheritance.-New York Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

Why did you marry?' For SYM
patny. Did you get what you were af-
Leader.
Visitor-How old are you, Waldo, wal
90 Emerson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the sub
Ject really interest you, madam, or do yo,,
introduce 1T merely as a theme for polite
conversatfon?-Life.
wonder why an intoxicated man al
ways thinks his companions are worse Oft
seeing double their condition looks twice
as bad kansas City Times. "a
Possible Client-And is the district at all
malariai! Ny husband has told me to be
careful about that. Agent-Er-what is
your husbands business, madam? HE is
compeis me to admit, madam. that tbara
has been a good deal of it about here of
Yes he said thoughtfully. when I get
TOO bumptuous and naughty and pulled
citizen of the most progressive nation that
ever existed, 1 have an admirable way OF
nTWln 5af 40 myself ye al back to earth again
and a,1 look at the horse cars.'-Cleveiand
"Shadbolt. did you ever have a touch of
anything like appendicitis?' sOnce
Have you forgotten, Dingus that when
you W were operated on for it you touched
me Tor an even ed?"-Chicago Trib-
une.
The New Pastor-It is my desire to be
forever at the service of the members OF
my flock. Bluntman-Well, you'll have TO
cut your sermons, dominic; they don't
want to be forever at yours.-Life.
Little Gladys Con seeing the pieces of
emma on the floor)-Oh, mamma! Just see
the lovely jigsaw puzzle Mary's made out
or one of the new platesi-Puck.
At the Ball Game.-Grace-Who is that
man they're all quarrelling with? Jack
why, he's keeping the score. Grace-Ohi
and wont he give 1t up?-Bohemian
Mistress (making an unexpected raid ON
the kitchen).Who is this. Mary? Mary
Nine b-rother, please m. Mistress-fn-
Qeeo. But he doesn't resemble you in the
least. Mary-No'm! But we was remark
abe alike before e 'ad is beard shaved
When Diplomacy Failed.-Mjstress =
Bridget, it always seems to me that the
crankiest mistresses get the best cooks
Sook,Ah; go on wild yer biarney!-Ilus-
A man never ought to be so good that
even his wife can't conceal thai he is n
-hypocrite about it.-New York Press
Another Sign.-"Spring is here. all
right How can you tell?" Nearly
everybody has fresh ld."-New York
Not Deceived.-''Never In my life have
deceived my wife. Same here. Mine
only pretends to believe the yarns I fell 3
washington Herald i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From New York Press.l

A man would rather go to Jail than
to a reception IL he could get out as
quick.
Everything in love letter to a girl
is beautiful sentiment, even to the bad
spelling.
What a woman can never under
stand is how other women can say the
mean things about her that she says
about them.
A mans idea of being a devil of a
fellow is to bow to some one he knows
who is in an automobile with an
actress.
Men who come home late at night
have two ways of acting at breakfast
the next morning. One is to be very
cross, so nobody will dare say any
thing about it; the other is to be very
cheerful. so no one will want to spoil
his good humor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

is practically made on the big wheat
marts of the United States. The only
remedy lies in legislation, federal and
state, which viii prevent gambling in
grain. And no legislation to this end
will help out in the present situation
But it will prevent a recurrence of
such disastrously far-reaching affair
as the present Patten corner in the
wheat market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
WHITE ROSE SLEPT.

In the little white room where the white
rose slept
1 sit alone at close of day
And dream of the fragrance fled away,
And gaze on the many petals kept
In the little white room where the white
rose slept.
In the little white room where the white
rose slept
A Teddy bear of beady eye
And ragged felt of yellow dye
Among the petals sweet is kept,
In the little white room where the white
rose slept.
rose slept = = :
The shadows come and softly play
Ger little white bed at close of day
Ger pillow white where a mother wept,
In the little white room where the white
Walter Beverley Crane in New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

A New Jersey man recently refused
to move his animal rendering plant to
a more isolated spot. One Of his neigh
bors has started a skunk farm nearby
for spite. The result is that an i'm
portant public road which passes these
properties is to be closed because per-
sons travelling along it find it impos-
sible to stand the combination of edors
which are waited by the breezes that
blow in that vicinity. Some, men are
assuredly most curious critters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
Eggs Boiled to Music.

A we'll known evangelist tells a story
of visit to a small town In one or the
Southern states, where he. was awak-
ened one morning by a soprano voice
which came from the kitchen singing
a famous hymn AS the, bishop was
dressing. he meditated on the piety of
the servant Speaking to her after
hreakfast of the pleasure it had given
him. he was met by an unexpected
answer. "Oh, thank you. sir!" she re-
piled: but that's the hymn 1 boil the
eggs by-three verses for soft and five
verses for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
ouirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
Belgian Postal Service.

The number of ordinary letters pass
ing through the Belgian postoff1ce in
1907 was lis, ,749. showing an increase
of 1856 per cent on the previous year.
The total number of letters passing
through the post-that is, including
foreign OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1885, 57S.
The average is stated to be 2oo4 per in.
habitant against 1856 in 1906. Last
year 500, 1886 Belgian letters were re-
turned through the postof1ce. but 1885,
oot1 Of these reached their destination
on being opened or verified.-London
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
KANSAS COMAENT
PATTEN CALLED A Cp1M,N.1

PATTEN CALLED A CRIMINAL.
Ihere is much talk about James A.
delen, the man who has cornered
the wheat market. Probably he en-
Joys II, But do you know what he
mas done? He has brought sorrow
10 thousands of homes. He has caused
nimseif and his country to be cursed
ny the poor every where. The
poor baker in New York is pelted
with loaves of his own bread but he
9oes not deserve it. He is not to
plane He does not make prices.
he he only conforms to the inevitable.
me real offender. the criminal it
ought TO be is the man Patten who is
making his millions out of the flour
consumers The farmers do not have
wheat. The bakers do not have -four.
Inc price has gone up and the mil
hons this gambler is making are taken
from the life blood of the people.
IL rs time to stop such gambling 1t
Is time to prevent this criminality.
Fatten is as much of a criminal as if
ne mad murdered a man. He has
taken many lives. He has taken COM
fort out of many others.-Lawrence
Journal. )
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

It is said that a young Kentuckian Of
note was drowned through an accident
But,-well, he was named for all of the
famous preachers his parents could
think of. his name being Arthur Hugh
Thomas T. De Witt Talmage Hardin
Eddy Lane Irland Linnie Marion
Branch Sam Jones Pigg Reuben Walk
or Chilea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

BY wireless telegraph from the in
terror of Africa: Great excitement
among the denizens of the forests over
the news that It. r. has arrived at
Mombasa. Notaries public in the ami
NAL world are being overworked these
days attesting to last wills and tesla
pnents. One galloping 1allapaloosa
has bowed to the inevitable and COM
na1tted suicide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

AS Congressman Scott points out
not much If any relief for the present
conditions surrounding wheat and
bread could be secured by cutting or
the tariff on Canadian wheat as that
wheat is held at the same figure as is
the wheat of this country. inasmuch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
FROM OTHER PENS
MODERN INSTANCES OF HERo1sM

Where is the like o the expeditions
of Cervera and Rojestvensky So
soon as the Russian was dispatched
on his fateful cruise to the coasts of
japan the whole world recognized the
parallel to the Spanish Squadron of
sacrifice" If any other precedent
existed in the annals of bold adj
venture, none was then cited, and 1t
will be difficult to find one. The lost
cause has been CALAMITY fought in
sion styled the ''forlorn hope" is not
unfamiliar to strategy. Brave men
have been trapped and died game1y.
In the zeal of battle, the superb folly
of the six hundred has been often
exemplified. But the circumstances of
the exploits of Rojestvensky and of
Cervera distinguished the sacrifice.
They were not besieged, or beset, or
driven into the last ditch. These des-
perate enterprises were inaugurated
deliberately; yet never was there
CLEAN of hope that success would
crown them.
To be confronted Unexpectedly with
the prospect of defeat is the normal
hazard of the warrior. To set forth
g1oriously with definite purpose to
suffer humiliation, as did this Rus
sian and this Spaniard, surely con-
stitutes noteworthy episode. In
these modern instances of fortitude
and unQuestioning devotion to a cause.
Crusaders has been surpassed; that
the quality of heroism therein dis
played has been no more than
matched throughout the ages.-Provf-
dence Journal.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS MASTERY.
A few months ago Europe was ring
ing with the praise of certain shrewd
diplomats who were credited with hav-
ing accomplished the Isolation of Ger
many. The Anglo-F'rench entente was
particularly exploited as a clever means
of clipping the German eagles wings.
Since the bold action of Austria in the
Balkans, however. there has been no
Boosting of the Isolation of Germany.
Emperor William has proved himself
master of the European situation. His
support of Austria has more than offset
I the opposition of all the other powers.
[ The success of Emperor william is
dazzling for the time being but it is
full of menace to the people of Europe.
| The relations of the powers have been
/ SO rudely disturbed that rupture may
not be far away. Mutual fear of the
rising power Of Germany may drive
the powers to action, confidence
based upon his recent achievements
may lead Emperor William to attempt
another bold strike which would lead
to war. The anxiety of British states
men is not without warrant at this
time. for they Know very well what If
would mean TO the British empire to
lengage in a struggle with Germany
! washington Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

1t is most reasonable to suppose
that William Jennings Bryan winked
quite extensively in Kansas City the
other night when he remarked that
he hoped his party would not find it
necessary to call on him as a presi-
Dental candidate in the next cam
pafRn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

1.-THE man with the hoe" is anything
but a poetic fancy these days. This
combination can be found in almost
every corner of the city. And while
the hoes seem to stand the ordeal
pretty well, this is not the case with a
good many of the men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

What's the answer? The number of
members of that organization known
as the Daughters of the American
Revolution has reached a total of S.
O24 and is increasing at the rate OF
about 5000 a year. The number of
men who fought in the Revolutionary
army was never more than 5000 and
averaged about 5000. and many of
them were bachelors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

In comparing the expenses of the
state of Kansas with those of the state
of Oklahoma, Governor Haskell of the
latter commonwealth, did not give the
true figure for Kansas, according to
one of this states officials who is
qualified to speak in the premises.
Nothing else might have been expect
ed from Mr.. Haskell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

Now that the crusade for the re-
moval of women's hats in the theaters
has succeeded, it will be in order for
some brave man to suggest that the
ladies be required to remove the great
wads of false hair which are so popular
with them these days. Even the larg-
est of hats was not as successful in
obscuring the view of the stage as are
many of the latest coiffures,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press ard receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

1t is the opinion of the Columbia,
South Carolina, Record. that the polit-
ical lesson of the situation seems to be
that the Democrats as individuals are
no more averse to the benefits of pro-
lection than are the Republicans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

Some lingo lost grand opportunity
to agitate a war between the United
States and England because an Ameri-
can fishing schooner, which was
pooching, was fired on recently by a
British cruiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

Like the Inauguration of a presi-
dent, which it equals in Importance if
the crowds attending count for any
thing, the opening of the major base
ball leages season should be postponed
until a more seasonable period of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

The Chicago Record Herald thinks
that what this country needs is some
kind of an arrangement that will
make it necessary to do the tariff re-
Vising just before the votes are to be
cast on election daY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

That there are any Armenians left
at all is a wonder. They have been
slaughtered by the thousands from
time to time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-23

President Taft appears to be the
real thing in the way of a baseball fan.
He eats peanuts while watching a
game